Alec, the youngest son of William and Harriett, was born in Melton on 7th September 1898. He was conscripted into the army at the age of eighteen and, after training, was posted to France with the 2nd Battalion Border Regiment, part of the 7th Division. Alec is likely to have been involved in the Third Battle of Ypres or “Paschendaele” in 1917 before being posted to Italy.

He was transferred to the 22nd Battalion Manchester Regiment in the 7th Division, fighting at Asiago and Piave.

When the war was over, Alec ran Booth’s cycle shop on Melton Corner. In 1930, he married Emily Jessie Tricker in Woodbridge. By 1939, the couple were living in St John’s Street, Woodbridge, where he was working as a machinist fitter. During the Second World War, Alec was a warden with the ARP.

Alec died on 23rd November 1951 in Woodbridge. His widow, Emily, died in Ipswich in 1980.