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Pte. Alfred William Thacker Woolcock
British Army 9th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Swansea
(d.7th February 1917)
Alfred Woolcock served with the 9th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers in WW1. He was 44 years of age when he was killed in action on 7th of February 1917 on the Belgian front near Kemmel.
He joined the regiment at Swansea shortly before it went to France in December 1915 and would surely have been considered an old man compared to the majority of his comrades. He had worked in Swansea docks for at least 5 years before joining up. It must have been difficult to see so many young men go off to fight and it's assumed he felt he could no longer stay behind. It's not known why he joined the Dublin Fusiliers (there were 4 other men killed during WW1 who did so from the Swansea area) but Alfred left behind a widow Sarah Ann and 2 young children. His son Fred was 3 years old when he watched his father march through the streets of Swansea, never to return.
