Biography of Private Alfred Weldon (201410)
2nd/4th Lincolnshire Regiment
Died 8th June 1917

Soldier

  • Name: Alfred Weldon
  • Date of birth: 1893
  • Place of Birth: Witham on the Hill, Lincolnshire, England
  • Date of Birth Registration: April – June 1893
  • Place of Birth Registration: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Father

  • Name: Thomas Weldon
  • DOB: 1852
  • Place of Birth: Tickencote, Rutland, England
  • Occupation: Ag lab

Mother

  • Name: Louisa Holmes
  • DOB: 26th October 1863
  • Place Of Birth: Witham on the Hill, Lincolnshire, England
  • Marriage: 27th October 1884 Witham on the Hill, Lincolnshire, England

Siblings: (Name), (DOB), (POB)

  • William Weldon, 1886, Baston
  • Mary Weldon, 1887, Witham on the Hill (Died 1887 Age 0)
  • Rachel Weldon, 1888, Witham on the Hill
  • Ellen Weldon, 1891, Witham on the Hill
  • Alfred Weldon, 1893, Witham on the Hill
  • Louisa Weldon, 1895, Witham on the Hill
  • Frances Weldon, 1899, Witham on the Hill
  • John Thomas Weldon, 1901, Witham on the Hill

Census

  • 1901: Alfred is living with his mother in his grandfathers house William Holmes in Witham ion the Hill, Lincolnshire
  • 1911: Alfred is living with his mother in Witham on the Hill, Lincolnshire. The census gives him an age of 17 and he is listed as a farm labourer.
  • 1921: Alfred’s mother is living in Witham on the Hill, Lincolnshire.

Relatives in services

Marriage

  • No marriage for Alfred has been found and because of his age we can assume that he never had the opportunity to marry.

Newspaper Mentions

  • Grantham Journal Saturday 20th April 1918
    Pte. A. WELDON, Witham-on-the-Hill
    201410 Pte. Alfred Weldon, Witham-on-the-Hill, joined the 4th Lincolns in May 1915, and went to France in the same year.  He was about to come home o leave when the attack on Messines was made in June, 1917 from which date he was posted “missing.”  Now his mother has been notified by the War Office of his presumed death since the Messines attack.  His mother lives at Witham-on-the-Hill.

Military Records

Attestation Papers

  • None found
Soldier’s Died In The Great War

  • These records show that Private Alfred Weldon, 201410, 4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment was killed in action on 8th June 1917 in the Western European Theatre in France and Flanders.

Pension Records

  • Available

Effects Left To

  • Mother Louisa

Medals

  • The British Medal
  • The Victory Medal
  • The 15 Star

Memorials

 

  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
  • In memory of Private Alfred Weldon, 201410, 2nd/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment who died on 8 June 1917
  • Remembered with honour, Thiepval Memorial
  • Pier and Face 1 C.

 

Alfred Weldon

© BNA

© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials

© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials

Military Service Timeline

  • Enlisted in Bourne

 

  • This is ongoing research and will be posted when completed

Sources

  • WW1 Soldier’s Records (www.ancestry.co.uk)
  • British Newspaper Archive.
  • Fold 3
  • Find My Past
  • Genealogist
  • Forces War Records
  • British Army Service Numbers
  • War Gratuity Calculator
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  • National Archives – Battalion War Diaries
  • General Registry Office

Last Updated – 8th November 2026