Individual Details
Alfred Ernest BELSON
(8 Jun 1879 - 27 Jun 1916)
Events
| Birth | 8 Jun 1879 | Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, England |  | ||
| Baptism | 10 Aug 1879 | Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, England |  | | |
| Census | 1881 | Six Bells Beer House, Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, England | | | |
| Census | 1891 | Scholar - The Common, Nuffield, Oxfordshire, England | | | |
| Military | 1901 - Jun 1916 | Royal Navy | | ||
| Census | 1901 | Gunner - Gibraltar, Vessel: HMS Magnificent | | | |
| Census | 1911 | Gunner RMA | | | |
| Religion | 1911 | Church of England - Malta, Vessel: HMS Exmouth | | ||
| Death | 27 Jun 1916 | Killed or died as a direct result of enemy action - France | | | |
| Burial | Jul 1916 | Mailly Wood Cemetry - Grave: I. P. 8., Mailly-Maillet, Picardie, France | | ||
| Alt name | Ernest Alfred BELSON |
Families
| Father | Cornelius BELSON (1845 - 1895) |
| Mother | Hannah Maria SMITH (1846 - ) |
| Sibling | Isaac BELSON (1873 - 1933) |
| Sibling | Mary Ann BELSON (1875 - ) |
| Sibling | Walter Joseph BELSON (1877 - ) |
| Sibling | Cornelius BELSON (1882 - 1938) |
| Sibling | Annie Elizabeth BELSON (1884 - ) |
| Sibling | Albert BELSON (1888 - 1960) |
| Sibling | Alice BELSON (1890 - ) |
| Sibling | Edith May BELSON (1892 - ) |
Notes
Baptism
Extract from parish register: Baptisms solemnized in the parish of Chalgrove in the county of Oxford in the year 1879No: 534
Date: 10 August 1879
Name: Alfred Ernest
Parents: Cornelius & Hannah
Surname: Belson
Address: Chalgrove
Father's occupation: Beer Shop Keeper
By: Robert French Laurence, Vicar
Census
Listed as AlfredCensus
Listed as Ernest A.Military
In 1901 census listed as a Gunner on board HMS MagnificentIn 1911 census listed as a Gunner RMA on board HMS - in additional field says CofE
Census
Birthplace: Oxford.Census
Listed as a Gunner RMA on Board - birthplace: Oxford, OxfordshireDeath
Extract from UK, British Army & Navy Death Register:Name: Belson, Alfred George
Rating: Gnr (gunner)
Official No: R.M.A./7509
Branch of service: R.M.A.
Ship/Unit: R.M.A. Howitzer Brigade
Date & place of birth: 8 June 1879, Chelgrove (sic), Oxford
Date of death: 27 June 1916
Cause of death: 1
Name & address of cemetery: Mailly Wood Cemetery, France
Location of grave: Plot: 1 Row: P Grave No: 8
Relatives notified: Mother - Maria - Huntercombe End, Huffield (sic), Henley on Thames
Remarks: -
Endnotes
1. GRO (England & Wales) Birth Registrations Index, 1879 Jul/Sep - Thame - Vol: 3a Page: 649.
2. UK, Royal Navy and Royal Marine War Graves Roll, 1914-1919.
3. Oxfordshire, England - Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813 - 1915, Oxfordshire Family History Society; Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: PAR57/1/R2/2.
4. 1881 Census of England and Wales, Class: RG11; Piece: 1492; Folio: 11; Page: 13.
5. 1891 Census of England and Wales, Class: RG12; Piece: 1159; Folio: 138; Page: 4.
6. 1901 Census of England and Wales , Class: RG13; Piece: 5327; Folio: 70; Page: 40.
7. 1911 Census of England and Wales, Class: RG14; Piece: 34973; Page: 24.
8. 1911 Census of England and Wales, Class: RG14; Piece: 34973; Page: 24.
9. UK, Royal Navy and Royal Marine War Graves Roll, 1914-1919.
10. Commonwealth War Graves Commission Web-site, BELSON, ALFRED ERNEST.
11. UK, British Army and Navy Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1730-1960, The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Admiralty: Naval Casualties, Indexes, War Grave Rolls and Statistics Book, First World War.; Class: ADM 242; Piece: Piece 007; Piece Description: Piece 007 (1914 - 1919).
12. Commonwealth War Graves Commission Web-site, BELSON, ALFRED ERNEST.
13. UK, British Army and Navy Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1730-1960, The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Admiralty: Naval Casualties, Indexes, War Grave Rolls and Statistics Book, First World War.; Class: ADM 242; Piece: Piece 007; Piece Description: Piece 007 (1914 - 1919).