Alfred Wolstencroft

Rank:

Corporal

Regimental number:

772397

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Soldiers' Plot, Brantford, Ontario

Commemorated at:

St. Paul's United Church, Slingsby Mfg. Co. Honour Roll

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Lancashire

Birth city:

Manchester

Address at enlistment:

315 Grand River Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

12 Holme Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Textile worker

Employer:

Slingsby Mfg. Co. Ltd.

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

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BX November 16, 1964

Alfred Wolstencroft

Alfred Wolstencroft, 72 of 257 Grand River Avenue, died today in the Brantford General Hospital. He was born in Manchester, England, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wolstencroft, and had resided in Brantford since 1907. Mr. Wolstencroft was a textile worker with Slingsby Manufacturing Company for 47 years, retiring in 1955. During the First World War he served overseas with the 125th Battalion. He was a life member of the 25 Year Club of the Royal Canadian Legion, formerly served as sergeant-major of the D and H Rifles, was a life member of the 56th Battery Sergeants Mess, and was a member of St. Paul’s Anglican Church. Surviving are his wife, the former Louise Long, a son, Alfred A. of Farmington, Mich.’ Two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Kite and Mrs. Mary Taylor both of Brantford; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. Mr. Wolstencroft is at the Hill and Robinson Funeral Home until Wednesday at 3 p.m. then to St. Paul’s Church for service at 3.30 p.m. Interment will be in the Soldiers’ Plot, Mount Hope Cemetery.