Pte Alfred Charles Steggles
19 Pte Alfred Charles Steggles
240748
1st/5th Norfolk
Age: 22
Died: 19-Apr-17
Listed: Little Dunham Memorial
Remembered: Jerusalem Memorial
Son of Alfred and Kezia Steggles Lt Dunham
240748
1st/5th Norfolk
Age: 22
Died: 19-Apr-17
Listed: Little Dunham Memorial
Remembered: Jerusalem Memorial
Son of Alfred and Kezia Steggles Lt Dunham
Alfred was born in 1896, one of Alfred and Kezia’s 12 children. The family lived on Necton Road, Little Dunham. At the time of the census in 1911 Alfred was a farm labourer.
Alfred joined the Norfolk Regiment, in November 1914 in East Dereham. He enlisted in the 1/5th battalion, the Norfolk Territorials. The battalion trained in Watford and were sent to Gallipoli on June 29th, 1915. The battalion lost many men in their first day of fighting, August 12th where they became known as the “Lost company.” Edward obviously survived this terrible day. The battalion was sent to Egypt on December 15th. They stayed there, defending the Suez Canal, until February 1917 when they marched across the Sinai Desert and attacked the Turks in Gaza on 19th April. This was another disastrous attack with 250 Norfolk’s killed and a further 410 wounded. Amongst the dead was Alfred.
His body was not found and he is commemorated on the Jerusalem Memorial. His brother Ernest died on the Somme in November 1916 and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Biography written by Gordon Phillips
Alfred joined the Norfolk Regiment, in November 1914 in East Dereham. He enlisted in the 1/5th battalion, the Norfolk Territorials. The battalion trained in Watford and were sent to Gallipoli on June 29th, 1915. The battalion lost many men in their first day of fighting, August 12th where they became known as the “Lost company.” Edward obviously survived this terrible day. The battalion was sent to Egypt on December 15th. They stayed there, defending the Suez Canal, until February 1917 when they marched across the Sinai Desert and attacked the Turks in Gaza on 19th April. This was another disastrous attack with 250 Norfolk’s killed and a further 410 wounded. Amongst the dead was Alfred.
His body was not found and he is commemorated on the Jerusalem Memorial. His brother Ernest died on the Somme in November 1916 and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Biography written by Gordon Phillips