Corp. Alix Bolstridge

1896 - 1917  (21 years)

• Name	Alix Bolstridge
  Title	Corp.
  Service Number	1814  [1]
  	Gunner 1367
  Born	17 Feb 1896	Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  GRO Birth Index	Mar 1896
  	Atherstone 6d - 456
  Baptism	15 Mar 1896	All Saints, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England
  Miltary Service	Between 1914 and 1917  [4]
  	Royal Field Artillery
  Service Number	1916
  	Corporal 835378
  Decoration	1916  [5]
  	Military Medal
  Buried	Mar 1917	La Neuville Communal cemetery, Corbie, France   [6]
  Died	2 Mar 1917	France and Flanders   [6, 7]
  	Cause: Died as a result of Wounds
  Notes	In the 1901 Census living with Grandmother Sarah Bolstridge nee Latham RG13/2897 Folio 192 ********************************************************************** ********************************** From Birmingham Library Following from Royal Field Artillery Book Territorial Division Alex Bolstridge b Ratcliffe E Birmingham 835378 Corp K in A 2/3/17 France and Flanders (Note Date discrepancy) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ From Commonwealth War Graves Web Site In Memory of ALEX BOLSTRIDGE MM Corporal 835378 " D " Bty. 242nd Bde., Royal Field Artillery who died on Friday, 2nd March 1917. Age 21. Additional Information: Son of Alice Marshall and Police Serjt. William Marshall, Birmingham City Police (stepfather), of 50, Grange Rd., King's Heath, Birmingham. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Cemetery: LA NEUVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, CORBIE, Somme, France Grave Reference/ Panel Number: B. 87. Location: Corbie is a village 15 kilometers south-west of Albert and approximately 23 kilometers due east of Amiens. La Neuville Communal Cemetery is north of the village. Historical Information: In April, 1916, No. 21 Casualty Clearing Station came to La Neuville, to remain there throughout the Battles of the Somme, 1916, until March, 1917; and the British Cemetery was opened for it early in July, 1916. Burials from this hospital, and during this period, form the great majority of the British and Dominion burials in either Cemetery, though a few graves were added in each during the fighting on the Somme in 1918. The War Graves in the Communal Cemetery form one long row on the East side of the Cemetery. There are now nearly 200, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site.
  Person ID	I643	bolstridge
  Last Modified	5 Dec 2018

  
  

  Mother	Alice Bolstridge,   b. 25 Mar 1872, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England ,   d. 1949, Birmingham, : Registration District, England  (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F280	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 17 Feb 1896 - Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England Baptism - 15 Mar 1896 - All Saints, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England Buried - Mar 1917 - La Neuville Communal cemetery, Corbie, France Died - Cause: Died as a result of Wounds - 2 Mar 1917 - France and Flanders  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S645] WWI Campaign Medals, War Office WO series, ( PRO;), 1914-1920 WO 372/2. Medal card of Bolstridge, Alex Corps: Royal Field Artillery Regiment No: 1367 Rank: Gunner... [S70] Birth Certificate Bolstridge Alix, General Records Office, ( Certified Copy GRO;), 1896 Atherstone Alix 6d 456 Mar qtr., 17 Feb 1896. Ratcliffe Culey Alix son Alice Boulstridge a Domestic Servant registered by mother 31 Mar 1896 at Atherstone [S434] Parish Registers LEI, Ratcliffe Culey Baptisms 1813 - 1933, ( Original Register;), DE 1621/18., March 15 1896. Aleck s Alice Bolstridge Singlewoman [S627] See Notes. [S647] WWI Soldiers? records, War Office WO series, ( Public Records Office;), Wo series. [S144] Casualty Details First - Second World War, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, ( Debt of Honour Register;), See Notes. [S344] Monumental Inscriptions All Saints Churchyard, Ratcliffe Culey; LEI, Martyn Parsons, ( Site Survey;). George son of Ann Bolstridge died Oct 4th 1903 aged 20 Also To the Memory of Alex Bolstridge Corporal Signals RFA died and buried in France March 2nd 1916 aged 21 Beloved son of Alice Marshall of Kings Heath Birmingham