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ALFRED ERNEST PETTINGALE
BORN HULL 1881. SON OF JOHN EDWARD PETTINGALE & SARAH ELLEN STUBLEY (1856-1915), OF 55, WALMSLEY STREET, HULL. SON OF A TOBACCO MAKER. HE WORKED AS A CHAIR MAKER.
HE MARRIED AT LINCOLN, IN 1916. HIS WIFE, INA M PASHBY, LIVED AT 96, BARMSTON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). THEY HAD NO CHILDREN.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 01/11/1915. HE SERVED WITH THE ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS DEPOT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 307881, 730TH COMPANY, LABOUR CORPS. DESCRIBED AS A GOOD WORKER, WELL DISCIPLINED AND STEAD MAN. HOWEVER, AFTER AN AIR RAID ON 01/08/1918, HE BECAME NERVOUS. WENT ABSENT AND WAS FOUND BY THE POLICE, TEN DAYS LATER, HANGING IN A TREE. THE VERDICT WAS SUICIDE. HE DIED OF A SELF INFLICTED WOUND, ON 17/09/1918, AGED 37.
HE LEFT A WIDOW, BROTHERS, ALBERT AND WILLIAM, AND SISTER, ALICE.
| Name | Alfred Ernest Pettingale |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Hull |
| Residence | Hull |
| Death Date | 17 Sep 1918 |
| Death Place | France and Flanders |
| Enlistment Place | Hull. |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Labour Corps, 730th Company |
| Regimental Number | 307881 |
| Type of Casualty | Died |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
| Comments | Formerly 21974, R.A.S.C. |
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