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Here
we see him in 1894 at the rebuilding of the permanent camp.
He went on to become senior Army surveyor and on his retirement
was given the honorary title of Lt.Colonel .He was also the
only civilian in Aldershot to have had a Barrack Square named
after him( there is a map on the shop landing outside the
Museum.) which was eventually demolished in 1960. Alfred's
third son, my ascendant Frederick Ernest was born in 1857,
and the family was definitely in Aldershot by 1870 because
he was apprenticed to Mr William Reavell a Grocer and Tea
Dealer at number 2 Wellington Street, at the age of thirteen.
I have his apprenticeship papers.
This information came from a little wooden box belonging to
my grandmother Eunice and containing wonderful papers and
notes. These are in the Museum.
Frederick Ernest married a girl called Ellen West, we can
see them here with their son, my grandfather Frederick Edgar
West. Ellen's father was a baker in Frensham. He built two
shops in Union Street one being for his use the other for
a Mr Rivett a jeweller. These two shops are identified in
Union Street now as Cromwells and the car accessories shop
next door. They are the only two storeys high. Shops in Union
Street.
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