THE  DOVER WAR MEMORIAL  PROJECT

Service Record Notes

PRIEST, ALFRED HENRY

Short Service.

Attestation of
No. 9452 – Alfred Priest – Rifle Brigade. 
Alfred Priest.
London.
Middlesex.
Age 18 years.
Occ. Clerk.
 
Examined at Dover Castle 3/12/02.
Enlisted at Dover 3/12/02.
Joined at Gosport 5/12/02.
Joined on enlistment - Rifle Brigade No. 9452.
 
Black Watch. Attested and Posted Pte. 3/12/02.
Rifle Brigade – Transferred – Pte – 5/12/02.
Transferred to Army Reserve Pte. 2/12/05.
Re-engaged 25/7/14.
 
Killed in action – field – 14/5/15.  
Received 1914 clasp.
Granted good conduct badge – Pte. - 2/12/05.
 
Particulars as to marriage.
Susannah Ethel King – Spinster – Parish Church, Buckland, 29/2/08.
 
Children.
Alfred Henry – 8/3/09, Dover.
Daisy Evelyn – 16/8/14, Dover.
 
Widow of soldier. Susannah Ethel Priest, 7, The Grove, Barton Road, Dover.
 
Children
Alfred Henry Priest – March 8^th 1909.
Daisy Evelyn Priest. August 16^th 1916.
 
Father Alfred – deceased.
Mother Ellen Ann – deceased.
 
Brother.
2^nd Lieut. Jack Priest – age 24 – 10^th R.W.K. Regt. Army (Occupation?) Germany.
 
Sisters.
Mrs Matilda Cotton, age 34, 32, Belgrave Road, Dover.
Mrs Amy Torr, age 25, 147, Clarendon Street, Dover.
Mrs Annie Chambers, age 36, 32, Belgrave Road, Dover.
Mrs Babbage, age 40, A. Block, Kennedy Road (Hong ?)
Mrs Dove, age 43, 132, Snargate Street, Dover.