4972286, Private, 6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
Scunthorpe and Frodingham Star, 19th August 1944
"ALKBOROUGH MAN KILLED - Mr and Mrs S. Gaunt, of Alkborough, have received news this week that their second son, William Alfred, (32), was killed in action in Normandy in June. A reservist who was called up at the outbreak of war, he came through Dunkirk, and later served in Egypt and Sicily. His wife lives at Winterton."
Scunthorpe and Frodingham Star, 19th August 1944
"ALKBOROUGH MAN KILLED - Mr and Mrs S. Gaunt, of Alkborough, have received news this week that their second son, William Alfred, (32), was killed in action in Normandy in June. A reservist who was called up at the outbreak of war, he came through Dunkirk, and later served in Egypt and Sicily. His wife lives at Winterton."