Private 23277 Alfred HALLSWORTH
16th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
Killed in Action, Tuesday 11th April 1916, France, Age 23
Home address:
4 Elizabeth Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Born:
1893, Denton, Lancashire
Parents:
Maria Hallsworth and Henry Hallsworth
4 Elizabeth Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Marital Status:
Single
Occupation:
Piecer Cotton Mill
Enlisted:
Stalybridge, Lancashire
Remembered:
Royal Irish Rifles Graveyard, Pas de Calais, France, plot II, row D, grave 8.
Link to Hyde:
Lived in Hyde
His Last Letter Home:
Dear Mother,
I write these lines to let you know that I am alright at present, and hoping that you are the same. I received your kind and welcome letter, with post card. I was just going to the trenches again when I received the letter, and when I read it, it upset me. I have been in the trenches for five days and have come out alright once again. I was very sorry about our John’s death. I have received your parcel. I don’t know how long it has been here.
I write these lines to let you know that I am alright at present, and hoping that you are the same. I received your kind and welcome letter, with post card. I was just going to the trenches again when I received the letter, and when I read it, it upset me. I have been in the trenches for five days and have come out alright once again. I was very sorry about our John’s death. I have received your parcel. I don’t know how long it has been here.
Brother to Private 25806 John Hallsworth. They died within a month of each other.