Wagstaff A Pte 11472 3rd Coldstream Guards
WAGSTAFF, ALFRED, Private, No. 11472, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 4th s. of William Wagstaff, of Thorpe, near Thrapston, Northampton, by his wife, Emily Ann, dau. of Kidman Giddings, of Long Stow, Cambs.; b. Thorpe, co. Northants, 14 Sept. 1891; educ. Lilford School, near Oundle; worked in copper sheds on L. & N.W.R. at Birmingham; enlisted, 5 Sept. 1914; went to France, 28 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Vermelles, 30 Sept. 1915; unm. His four brothers, Samuel, William, Albert Kidman, and Jack, and a nephew, Reginald R. Wagstaff, are (1916) all on active service.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1