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Alfred Highfield Warren was born on 22 May 1917, the son of Agnes (née Highfield) and Alfred Warren, a master grocer. He was educated at Nottingham High School from 1929 to 1936, where he was a prize winner for modern languages and history. He entered Worcester College, Oxford, on 9 October 1936 and achieved 3rd class honours in Modern History in 1939.
Alfred Warren was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the East Yorkshire Regiment on 15 October 1939 and was posted to the 2nd Battalion of his regiment. He joined the Battalion in France. On 30 May 1940 Lieutenant Alfred Warren was killed in a defensive action at the Yser Canal near the village of Dixmunde in Belgium, aged 23.
Alfred Warren is buried at Wulpen Churchyard in West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. He is commemorated on the war memorials at Nottingham High School and Worcester College, Oxford.