Cromer Servicemen and Servicewomen in the First World War

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Name	Alfred Salter
Ward	Cromer
Armed Force	Canadian Volunteer Force
Notes	Alfred Salter was a son of Alfred Edward Salter, the schoolmaster in Cromer and of his wife Sarah Ann Salter, née Mayes. Alfred was brother to William, who went missing in August 1916, near Waterlot Farm, during the battle of the Somme. Alfred emigrated to Canada prior to the war but returned with the Canadian Volunteer Force. After the war Alfred senior emigrated himself to join his son in Canada. In his notes for his final Magic Lantern lecture in Cromer, Alfred senior says that the two plates seen below for the photos of Alfred were sent to British Columbia first and then sent back to him in Cromer. Alfred junior was the first Secretary of the St John Division in Cromer, which his father had help establish.
Service Information	Private 77559, 30th Battalion, Canadian Regiment. He enlisted on November 10, 1914, at Victoria, British Columbia. His LAC Reference is RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 8619 - 29. . A link will take you to his enlistment papers online in the Canadian Great War Project. From there you can click to see either side of his form.
Date of Birth	22/03/1883
Place of Birth	Cromer
Date of Death	06/08/1954
Place of Death	British Columbia
Place of Burial	Blind Bay, Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, British Columbia
Source	Cromer Post 15th Jan 1915, Afred senior's lantern slide note
	Alfred Salter, in a photo made into a lantern slide by his father.
	Alfred Salter and pals in the trenches.