247032 Pte. Alfred James Keylock British Army 11th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers from:Rhayader (d.29th Sep 1919) My grandmother Emmeline Price was the sweetheart of Alfred Keylock. He was one of several siblings who had been orphaned in early life and raised in a home in Bristol, although he had been born in Tewkesbury. Emmeline’s father Richard Price had adopted Alfred and at the date of his enlistment he was working as a Farm Labourer at Noyadd in Rhayader. He enlisted at Knighton on 1st of July 1916 and sent to Kinmel Park near Liverpool for training. He embarked on the Franconia at Devonport for the Balkan theatre on 1st of September 1916, and joined his unit on the 13th of that month. The 11th Battalion were involved in fighting against Serb forces at Dorian just before the armistice with Bulgaria was declared at the end of September 1918. Alfred lost his battle with pneumonia and malaria at the 4th General Hospital just days before. He was buried at Lambert Road Military Cemetery in Salonika.
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