Private 18227 Alfred Ernest HANDS

Private 18227 Alfred Ernest Hands{gallery}Pte A E Hands{/gallery}1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards
Killed in action in the Battle of the Somme, France and Flanders, 18th July 1916, aged 22

• Buried: Essex Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave II.Z.10
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Thomas and Lizzie Hands of 127 Croft Road, Nuneaton
• Brother of Private 310848 Lewis Hands
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments | Stockingford

Hyperlink to his brother needs sorting.

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Pte Hands
• Essex Farm Cemetery
• Grenadier Guards

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born Jan Qtr 1894 and baptised 4 Feb 1894 at Nuneaton
• Lived at 18 Tuttle Hill, Nuneaton [1901]
  
• Lived at 11 North Street, Nuneaton [1911]
• Employed as a general labourer [1911]
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton. Arrived in Theatre 16 Mar 1915