Alfred's Story.
Birkenhead News 25 September 1917TRANMERE PATRIOT KILLED.
Formerly Lever Bros. Employee
News of the death in action of Lance-Corporal Alfred Alderwood, of the 1st/4th Cheshire Regiment, has been received by Mr. George H. Alderwood, who resides at 44 Seymour Street, Higher Tranmere. Lance-Corporal Alderwood, who was 23 years of age, was the second son, and enlisted soon after the outbreak of war. He took part in the landing at Suvla Bay and the subsequent fighting. Only one letter had been received from him dated ?? August (exact date illegible), and then he appeared to be in the best of spirits. In the official telegram conveying the sad news, which was received on the 21st inst., it states that the young Alderwood was killed on the August 21st, the day after the letter was written. Prior to enlisting he was in the office of Messrs. Lever Bros., Port Sunlight, and is one of the numerous employees who have laid down their lives for the old country. He was educated at the Tranmere Higher Grade School, and later at the Higher Elementary School, where he was held in high esteem by both masters and boys. Lance-Corporal Alderwood took a keen interest in athletics, and was a playing member of the Birkenhead Parish Church F.C. for two years. He was connected with St. Mary’s Church, and took a prominent part in the children’s services.