In Memory Of

PAPWORTH, ALFRED WYATT

Service Details
Age:
 37
Date of Birth:
 1879-09-28
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
Unit:
 129th Field Coy.
Regiment:
 Royal Engineers
Date of Death:
 1917-04-02
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 I. V. 30.
Cemetery:
 AIX-NOULETTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Localitly:
 Pas de Calais
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of Wyatt Angelicus van Sandau Papworth, F.R.I.B.A., and Marian Papworth; husband of Katharine Baker (formerly Papworth), of The Seasons, 17, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, London. Born London. Educated at Sutton Valance School. A.R.I.B.A. Member of Savage Club. Liveryman of Clothworkers' Company. Joined the army in 1915 enlisting in the 28th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment, (Artists' Rifles), service number 4399, and rose to the rank of Corporal. He was commissioned on 19 August 1916 in the Royal Engineers and was attached to their 129th Field Company. Commemorated on Royal Academy War Memorial. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918