Maslen

Alfred John Maslen

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Maslen, Alfred J

11 April 1896, Fermoy, Cork, Ireland

Alfred and Norah (née Cullen)

"C" Company, 1/13th Kensington Battalion, London Regiment

490529 (2479)

Corporal

17 July 1916, France, age 20

Thiepval Memorial, France: Pier and Faces 9 D 9 C 13 C and 12 C

Biography:
Alfred John Maslen was born, on 11 April 1896, in Fermoy, Cork, Ireland. He was the son and eldest child of six of Alfred, a
soldier with the Royal Sussex Regiment, and Norah (née Cullen). He grew up on army bases, mainly in India, where his three
youngest siblings were born.

The 2nd Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment was based at Inkerman Barracks from January 1912 until the outbreak of the war.
Alfred and his family were living in Knaphill.

When war broke out, Alfred signed up with the London Regiment. He was serving on the western front, with the 13th
(Kensington) Battalion, from 11 February to 10 March 1915 and from 2 August 1915 to 17 July 1916.

Alfred John Maslen was killed on 17 July 1916, during a raid on an enemy trench. His final resting place is unknown. His name,
along with others of his regiment, appears on the pier and faces 9C, 9D 12C and 13C of the Thiepval Memorial.

The Thiepval Memorial, the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, bears the names of more than 72,000 officers and men of the United Kingdom and
South African forces who died in the Somme sector before 20 March 1918 and have no known grave.

The memorial was built between 1928 and 1932 and unveiled by the Prince of Wales, in the presence of the President of France, on 1 August 1932.