Basic Details
Surname
Warren
Forenames
A H
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Alfred Highfield
Served or died
Died
Notes
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.
Primary Service
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Service (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Belgium
Town of death
Dixmunde
Country of burial
Belgium
Town of burial
Wulpen
Cemetery
Churchyard
Year of death
1940
Month of death
May
Day of death
30
Age at death
23
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action