Born: 1895, Ripon
Died: 24 April 1918
Buried: Douai Communal Cemetery Extension
Address: 12 Airedale Street, Ecclehill
Parents: Jonathn & Ellen, nee Black
Spouse: Mary Elizabeth, nee Moir
Siblings: Seven
Occupation: Chauffeur
Organisations/clubs:
Military
Rank: Pte
Medals/awards:
Rolls of Honour: Eccleshill, Park and St Luke’s
Children: Mabel and Amy
Regiment: RASC
Alf Ingleby
Alfred Ingleby, known as Alf, was
born in 1875 in Copt Hewick,
Ripon, the son of Jonathan and
Ellen, nee Black.
Jonathan was an agricultural farm
labourer and he and Ellen lived and
worked in Copt Hewick for the
whole of their lives. They had
eight children.
By 1891 Alf was working as a farm
servant and living on the Main
Street in Carlton Miniott but by
1901 he had moved to live in
Bradford to work as a coachman.
On the 17th of September 1900 at
St Augustine, Bradford,
Alf married Mary
Elizabeth Moir. Alf was
25 years of age living at
23 Hatfield Road and
Mary 27 years of age, also
living at 23 Hatfield
Road, the daughter of
John Davison Moir, an
engineer.
They began their married live at
this address but by 1911 they had
moved to 17 Airedale Street in
Eccleshill. Two daughters had
been born, Mabel in 1902 and Amy
in 1910. Both children had been
baptised at St Luke Church,
Eccleshill.
Alf enlisted in Bradford on
the 19th of June 1915 as
Private M2/114234 in the
641st Mechanical Transport
Company attached to 111
Corps Heavy Artillery.
He was to use his skills as a
chauffeur being employed in
the transport section.
Alf in the III Corps took part in the
Battles of the Somme in 1916, and
the German retreat to the
Hindenburg Line in the Spring of
1917.
He was killed in action on the 24th
of April 1918 during the Battles of
the Lys. He was 43 years old.
Alf is buried in the Douai
Communal Cemetery Extension
which from April to the middle of
August 1918 was almost a front
line cemetery.
He left his effects to his wife Mary
who received £16.12.6d on the 18th
July 1918 and a War Gratuity of
£13.10s on the 5th of July 1919.
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Researched and written by Jean
Britteon, to whom many thanks
