Lives of the First World War

known 6th August 1914

Rifleman, Alfred Blackman 10978, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 1st Bn, who died 10 September 1914, age 24. His father James, mother Margaret, Joined at Mile End 19 February 1913, occupation labourer. He was born in Mile End, Notting Hill Gate in 1890. His occupation was laundryman when he joined 55th Regt ASC, Aldershot 1908-1910, as a driver, described as 5ft 3.75 ins high. 105 lbs, hazel eyes, dark brown hair and sallow complexion. On 27 August 1910 he was transferred to the Reserve List on one eighth pay. He should have reported to Woolwich Depot every quarter on reserve, although marked as absent on June 1911, September 1911, and December 1911, was called up from the Reserve List on 6 August 1914. He was a butcher in Frimley 1911, living with mother and sister at 37 Princes St, Camberley. Son of chimney sweep Alfred Blackman of Portsmouth, mother Emily Eliza Cook of Walton on Thames (widow in 1908, Princes St, Camberley), who married on 9 January 1888 in Walton on Thames, Alfred had two siblings, Richard Blackman (1889-1967) and Eleanor Lydia Blackman (15 February 1892-??, legally changed her name to Blackburn noted on her marriage certificate in 1923).

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