Alfred (Alf) Rolfe - York and Lancaster Regiment

Alfred Thomas (Alf) was born in Wickham in 1876 and served in the York and Lancaster Regiment, the same regiment as his brother William. 

Before joining the army, and certainly by age 14, Alf was working as a sawyer of timber like his father. After leaving the army he ran a tobacco and sweet shop in Southsea. He married someone called Emily Rose and they had no children. Alf's mother Sarah (nee Bailey) lived with them and died after falling down the stairs.

Alf Rolfe - Yorks and Lancs Regiment

From the National Probate Calendar we know that Alf and Rose lived at 70 Bradford Road in Southsea and that Alf died on the 13th of December 1960 in St Mary's Hospital, Portsmouth.