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Pte Alfred John Mirfield
British Army 5th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Bethnal Green, London
Alfred John Mirfield was my great grandfather. I was told by my father that Alfred was gassed at Ypres in Flanders and would gasp for air at times. He also said he was at the Battle of Somme and he remembered the horses that were casualties and that they would expand to enormous sizes. He also said that at one point Alfred was very sick and his fellow soldiers had left him in a barn with some food and water because he could not continue. After about 2 weeks he found his unit and was eventually discharged 20-10-1918.