Basic Details
Surname
Lister
Forenames
Alfred
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He was a member of a local tennis club, was a member of the Brighouse ATC and worked in his father's wireworks before he enlisted in 1941. He trained as a wireless operator and navigator in South Africa and flew with 464 Squadron, dying when his Mosquito was shot down by flak over Normandy. He is also commemorated on IWM 2604 and there is a memorial bed in the Holtzmann Ward of the Bradford ENT Hospital in his name.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Falaise
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Menil-Hubert
Cemetery
Communal Cemetery
Year of death
1944
Month of death
August
Day of death
8
Age at death
21
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action