No.M2/177131, Private, Edward Leslie PALFREY
Aged 17
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Born at 6 Hilmer Street,Fulham (4th qtr 1898 Fulham 1a:331) son of Robert and Alice PALFREY (née BIRD). Baptised at St.Andrews, Fulham on 15th January
1899
1901 census...Aged 2, he was at 14 Montpelier Place, Hammersmith with his father Robert [31] horsekeeper born Fornham; his mother Alice [28] born Notting Hill, London; brother Sidney R [4] born Hammersmith and uncle William FULLER [17] horsekeeper born Fornham. 1911 census...Aged 12, he was at 44 Victoria Street, Bury St.Edmunds with his parents (father now laundry worker); brothers Robert Sidney, George Percival [9] born London, Frederick Claude [5] and Jack Oswald [1]; sisters Gladys Violet [7] and Olive Gwendoline [3]. The four youngest born in Bury St.Edmunds. On the pension card his father was at 19 Prospect Row, Bury St.Edmunds. |
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He enlisted in Bury St.Edmunds. Tracking soldiers in the Army Service Corps is seldom easy and attached to an Artillery unit makes it nearly impossible.
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