Son of John Thomas and Maria Carey (nee Heaviside), of 17, All Saints Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Received a penetrating gunshot wound to the head at Gallipoli, and transferred “dangerously ill” to hospital at Alexandria, Egypt.
Carey, Alfred –
Personal details
- Surname: Carey
- Forename: Alfred
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 20
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: July 5th, 1915
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Corporal
- Unit: 1st (Regular) Battalion.
- Service number: 2404
- Regiment: Lancashire Fusiliers
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Bury, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Bolton (Queen's Park) Gallipoli Memorial
- Bolton (St. Peter) Parish Church WWI Memorial
- Bolton (Victoria Square) War Memorial and Bolton County Borough Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Book (Hall of Remembrance)
- Bolton Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Printed Book (Library / History Centre)
- Queen Street Methodist Mission (Central Street) WWI Roll of Honour - Bolton
- CWGC Memorial: Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
- CWGC reference: M. 52.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 06/07/1917 12/07/1918
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 4g 6g
- Bolton Chronicle: 03/07/1915 17/07/1915 24/07/1915