{"id":11849,"date":"2024-03-22T16:53:24","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T16:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.overloonwarchronicles.nl\/?page_id=11849"},"modified":"2025-12-18T18:14:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T18:14:36","slug":"vears-alfred","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.overloonwarchronicles.nl\/en\/vears-alfred\/","title":{"rendered":"Vears Alfred"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Vears | Alfred John<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>First names<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Alfred John<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Age<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>18<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Date of birth<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>1926<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Date of death<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>14-10-1944<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Service number<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>14400258<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Rank<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Corporal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Regiment<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Lincolnshire Regiment, 2nd Bn.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Grave number<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>I. C. 12.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Alfred-John-Vears-portrait.jpg\" alt=\"Alfred John Vears\"><\/p>\n<h3>Alfred John Vears<\/h3>\n<p>Alfred John Vears<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Graf-Vears-findagrave.jpg\" alt=\"Grave Alfred Vears\"><\/p>\n<h3>Grave Alfred Vears<\/h3>\n<p>Grave Alfred Vears<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Biography<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Alfred John Vears (Service No. 14400258) was killed in action on 14 October 1944 aged just 18. He was a Corporal in the 2nd Battalion of the Lincolnshire Regiment. He was initially buried at the farm of the Vogelsangs family in Overloon and subsequently re-interred on 15 July, 1946 in grave I. C. 12 at the Overloon Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in Overloon. His inscription reads \u201cDear are the memories silently kept of one we lost and will never forget R.I.P.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Military career<\/h4>\n<p>It isn\u2019t known when Alfred enlisted with the 2nd Battalion of the Lincolnshire Regiment, though given his age, it cannot have been long before D-Day on 6 June 1944 in which the Battalion took part. <br \/>\u00a0<br \/>It is known that Alfred, then still a Private, was wounded on 8 July 1944 but remained at duty. This was when the Battalion was involved in Operation Charnwood. This was part of the Battle for Caen which was an important objective for the Allies during the opening stages of Operation Overlord. By evening on 8 July the allies had cleared the villages in their path and reached the outskirts of Caen. However, the operation was costly for both the Allies and the enemy and Caen was only fully captured a week later. This latter offensive included Operation Goodwood in which the Battalion also took part. <br \/>\u00a0<br \/>He will then have moved through Belgium and the Netherlands in August and September.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Following the failure to take the bridge at Arnhem in Operation Market Garden in late September, the Allied Forces were left in a very precarious narrow salient through the Netherlands. It was the aim of Operation Aintree to widen this salient by heading south from Nijmegen to take Overloon and then Venray before finally eliminating a German bridgehead on the River Maas near Venlo.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>On 9 October 1944 the Battalion found itself in Haps, just south of Nijmegen and North of Overloon. They were ordered to move south to St Anthonis on 11 October, but this was postponed to the following day due to bad weather. The move was completed on 12 October and they then moved slightly further west the next day, though with one man killed and 3 wounded. <br \/>\u00a0<br \/>On the 14 October, the day on which Alfred died, the plan was for B Company to be guided through a wood held by the Royal Ulster Rifles to its front edge from where they would carry out a recce to check if a stream was passable and if the north eastern corner of a wood to the south was held by the enemy. However, the guides were late and the move through the wood was slower than expected, so the recce did not take place. At 7.30am the Company began to advance south out of the wood. However, before the Company had advanced 100 yds the enemy opened fire from a track about another 100 yds ahead. The advance continued but came under such heavy fire with so many casualties that the Company Commander issued an order to retreat back to the Royal Ulster Rifles\u2019 position. By this point one Lieutenant and 34 other ranks had been killed or wounded. Following a recce by the Company Commanders, it was decided to launch an attack at 1530 hours with D and A companies in the lead. The enemy had been seen moving in the area of the stream in front of the wood. It was thought that the enemy holding the Battalion objective were probably a Company strong. Immediately the attacking force came into the open they were subjected to intense artillery and mortar fire but they pressed steadily on to reach their objective. During this action the Battalion suffered very heavy casualties including four officers killed and another four wounded. <br \/>\u00a0<br \/>A total of 27 men of the 2nd Battalion of the Lincolnshire Regiment who died that day are buried alongside each other at Overloon, including Corporal Alfred Vears.<\/p>\n<h4>Family history<\/h4>\n<p>Alfred John Vears was born in 1926 in Birmingham to Harry and Clara Isabel Vears, whose maiden name was Goodwin. <br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Harry Vears was born on 19 January 1899 and was the son of John Vears who married Louisa Chilton on 3 February 1896 in Balsall Heath, Birmingham. John worked as a Labourer. It is thought that John and Louisa had four children in total of whom Harry was the second oldest. However, there is some uncertainty as it seems that the family had moved to Newcastle under Lyme in Staffordshire by 1901 and were using John\u2019s mother\u2019s maiden name of Jackson instead of Vears. By 1911 it seems that the family had some problems as all but the eldest of the four children, including Harry, were inmates in the Newcastle Under Lyme workhouse. By 1921 Harry seems to have reverted to using the name Vears instead of Jackson. He was lodging in the household of Mrs C Busby at 3 back of 161, Barr Street, Birmingham. He had been working as a Groom for W Grimbsley but was out of work. <br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11865\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11865\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.overloonwarchronicles.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Grandfather-William-Goodwin.jpg\" alt=\"Grandfather William Goodwin\" width=\"250\" height=\"338\" class=\"wp-image-11865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.overloonwarchronicles.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Grandfather-William-Goodwin.jpg 308w, https:\/\/www.overloonwarchronicles.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Grandfather-William-Goodwin-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11865\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grandfather William Goodwin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Clara Isabel Goodwin was born on 30 November, 1904 in the Aston district of Birmingham and was the daughter of William Goodwin and Rosannah Goodwin (nee Coffman). She was the eldest of their three children. Prior to her marriage, Rosannah was living with William\u2019s parents in 1891 in Aston and was described as his father\u2019s nephew\u2019s daughter. In 1911 William and Rosannah were living with their three daughters at 3 House, 16 Court, Ashley St Birmingham. William was working as a Fish Porter. In 1921, prior to her marriage, Clara, aged 16, was working as a domestic servant in the household of Andrew and Mabel Jane Murray at 89, Douglas Road, Smethwick, Worcestershire.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Harry Vears married Clara Goodwin in Birmingham in 1923. They had children as follows, all in Birmingham: Irene I 1924, Alfred J in 1926, Harry in 1928, James A in 1930 and Jeanette V in 1938. However, young Harry died in 1931 aged just 2.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>In 1928 to 1931 Harry and Clara were living at No 3 Court 25, 105 William Street in the Ladywood district of Birmingham. However, Harry, still living at the same address and described as a Hawker, found himself in trouble with the police in December 1929 and January 1933, though on the second occasion which involved a theft, Harry pleaded guilty, allowing his young accomplice to have a more lenient sentence.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>By September 1939 Harry and Clara were living at 53 Yockleton Road, Birmingham. Harry\u2019s occupation was described as \u201cGP Groom\u201d. He also seems to have become an ARP warden and first aider. With them were four un-named individuals who would be their four surviving children, including Alfred.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Sadly, Alfred, died in the Netherlands in 1944 aged just 18. <br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Harry Vears died in 1962 in Birmingham. <br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Clara went on to marry Alfred G Owen that same year. She died in 1993 in Birmingham.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Sources and credits<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>From FindMyPast website: Civil and Parish Birth, Marriage and Death Records; England Census and 1939 Register Records; Electoral Rolls; Military Records<br \/>Lincolnshire Regiment War Diaries via Traces of War Website<br \/>Wikipedia \u2013 information on the Lincolnshire Regiment, Operation Charnwood<br \/>Evening Despatch 16 December 1929 <br \/>Birmingham Daily Post 11 January 1933 <br \/>From Ancestry \u2013 Reilley Tree &#8211;\u00a0 Minute books, Newcastle Under Lyme Workhouse<br \/>Photo of Alfred and his grandfather William Goodwin courtesy of Marie Craddock and Pat Sullivan, Alfred\u2019s niece and nephew<\/p>\n<p>Research Elske Van Kammen, Elaine Gathercole<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<!-- {\"type\":\"layout\",\"children\":[{\"type\":\"section\",\"props\":{\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"style\":\"default\",\"title_breakpoint\":\"xl\",\"title_position\":\"top-left\",\"title_rotation\":\"left\",\"vertical_align\":\"middle\",\"width\":\"small\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"row\",\"props\":{\"layout\":\"1-2,1-2\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"column\",\"props\":{\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"position_sticky_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"width_medium\":\"1-2\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"headline\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"Vears | Alfred John\",\"title_element\":\"h3\"}},{\"type\":\"description_list\",\"props\":{\"column_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"layout\":\"grid-2\",\"list_element\":\"ul\",\"list_size\":\"collapse\",\"list_style\":\"divider\",\"meta_align\":\"below-content\",\"meta_style\":\"text-meta\",\"show_content\":true,\"show_link\":true,\"show_meta\":true,\"show_title\":true,\"title_element\":\"div\",\"title_grid_column_gap\":\"small\",\"title_grid_row_gap\":\"small\",\"title_grid_width\":\"small\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"description_list_item\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"\n\n<p>Alfred John<\\\/p>\",\"title\":\"First names\"}},{\"type\":\"description_list_item\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"\n\n<p>18<\\\/p>\",\"title\":\"Age\"}},{\"type\":\"description_list_item\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"\n\n<p>1926<\\\/p>\",\"meta\":\"\",\"title\":\"Date of birth\"}},{\"type\":\"description_list_item\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"\n\n<p>14-10-1944<\\\/p>\",\"meta\":\"\",\"title\":\"Date of death\"}},{\"type\":\"description_list_item\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"\n\n<p>14400258<\\\/p>\",\"meta\":\"\",\"title\":\"Service number\"}},{\"type\":\"description_list_item\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"\n\n<p>Corporal<\\\/p>\",\"meta\":\"\",\"title\":\"Rank\"}},{\"type\":\"description_list_item\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"\n\n<p>Lincolnshire Regiment, 2nd Bn.<\\\/p>\",\"meta\":\"\",\"title\":\"Regiment\"}},{\"type\":\"description_list_item\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"\n\n<p>I. 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He was a Corporal in the 2nd Battalion of the Lincolnshire Regiment. He was initially buried at the farm of the Vogelsangs family in Overloon and subsequently re-interred on 15 July, 1946 in grave I. C. 12 at the Overloon Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in Overloon. His inscription reads \\u201cDear are the memories silently kept of one we lost and will never forget R.I.P.\\u201d<\\\/p>\\n\n\n<h4>Military career<\\\/h4>\\n\n\n<p>It isn\\u2019t known when Alfred enlisted with the 2nd Battalion of the Lincolnshire Regiment, though given his age, it cannot have been long before D-Day on 6 June 1944 in which the Battalion took part. <br \\\/>\\u00a0<br \\\/>It is known that Alfred, then still a Private, was wounded on 8 July 1944 but remained at duty. This was when the Battalion was involved in Operation Charnwood. This was part of the Battle for Caen which was an important objective for the Allies during the opening stages of Operation Overlord. By evening on 8 July the allies had cleared the villages in their path and reached the outskirts of Caen. However, the operation was costly for both the Allies and the enemy and Caen was only fully captured a week later. This latter offensive included Operation Goodwood in which the Battalion also took part. <br \\\/>\\u00a0<br \\\/>He will then have moved through Belgium and the Netherlands in August and September.<br \\\/>\\u00a0<br \\\/>Following the failure to take the bridge at Arnhem in Operation Market Garden in late September, the Allied Forces were left in a very precarious narrow salient through the Netherlands. It was the aim of Operation Aintree to widen this salient by heading south from Nijmegen to take Overloon and then Venray before finally eliminating a German bridgehead on the River Maas near Venlo.<br \\\/>\\u00a0<br \\\/>On 9 October 1944 the Battalion found itself in Haps, just south of Nijmegen and North of Overloon. They were ordered to move south to St Anthonis on 11 October, but this was postponed to the following day due to bad weather. The move was completed on 12 October and they then moved slightly further west the next day, though with one man killed and 3 wounded. <br \\\/>\\u00a0<br \\\/>On the 14 October, the day on which Alfred died, the plan was for B Company to be guided through a wood held by the Royal Ulster Rifles to its front edge from where they would carry out a recce to check if a stream was passable and if the north eastern corner of a wood to the south was held by the enemy. However, the guides were late and the move through the wood was slower than expected, so the recce did not take place. At 7.30am the Company began to advance south out of the wood. However, before the Company had advanced 100 yds the enemy opened fire from a track about another 100 yds ahead. The advance continued but came under such heavy fire with so many casualties that the Company Commander issued an order to retreat back to the Royal Ulster Rifles\\u2019 position. By this point one Lieutenant and 34 other ranks had been killed or wounded. Following a recce by the Company Commanders, it was decided to launch an attack at 1530 hours with D and A companies in the lead. The enemy had been seen moving in the area of the stream in front of the wood. It was thought that the enemy holding the Battalion objective were probably a Company strong. Immediately the attacking force came into the open they were subjected to intense artillery and mortar fire but they pressed steadily on to reach their objective. During this action the Battalion suffered very heavy casualties including four officers killed and another four wounded. <br \\\/>\\u00a0<br \\\/>A total of 27 men of the 2nd Battalion of the Lincolnshire Regiment who died that day are buried alongside each other at Overloon, including Corporal Alfred Vears.<\\\/p>\\n\n\n<h4>Family history<\\\/h4>\\n\n\n<p>Alfred John Vears was born in 1926 in Birmingham to Harry and Clara Isabel Vears, whose maiden name was Goodwin. <br \\\/>\\u00a0<br \\\/>Harry Vears was born on 19 January 1899 and was the son of John Vears who married Louisa Chilton on 3 February 1896 in Balsall Heath, Birmingham. John worked as a Labourer. It is thought that John and Louisa had four children in total of whom Harry was the second oldest. However, there is some uncertainty as it seems that the family had moved to Newcastle under Lyme in Staffordshire by 1901 and were using John\\u2019s mother\\u2019s maiden name of Jackson instead of Vears. By 1911 it seems that the family had some problems as all but the eldest of the four children, including Harry, were inmates in the Newcastle Under Lyme workhouse. By 1921 Harry seems to have reverted to using the name Vears instead of Jackson. He was lodging in the household of Mrs C Busby at 3 back of 161, Barr Street, Birmingham. He had been working as a Groom for W Grimbsley but was out of work. <br \\\/>\\u00a0<\\\/p>\\n[caption id=\\\"attachment_11865\\\" align=\\\"alignleft\\\" width=\\\"250\\\"]<img src=\\\"https:\\\/\\\/www.overloonwarchronicles.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/Grandfather-William-Goodwin.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"Grandfather William Goodwin\\\" width=\\\"250\\\" height=\\\"338\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-11865\\\" \\\/> Grandfather William Goodwin[\\\/caption]\\n\n\n<p>Clara Isabel Goodwin was born on 30 November, 1904 in the Aston district of Birmingham and was the daughter of William Goodwin and Rosannah Goodwin (nee Coffman). She was the eldest of their three children. Prior to her marriage, Rosannah was living with William\\u2019s parents in 1891 in Aston and was described as his father\\u2019s nephew\\u2019s daughter. In 1911 William and Rosannah were living with their three daughters at 3 House, 16 Court, Ashley St Birmingham. William was working as a Fish Porter. In 1921, prior to her marriage, Clara, aged 16, was working as a domestic servant in the household of Andrew and Mabel Jane Murray at 89, Douglas Road, Smethwick, Worcestershire.<br \\\/>\\u00a0<br \\\/>Harry Vears married Clara Goodwin in Birmingham in 1923. They had children as follows, all in Birmingham: Irene I 1924, Alfred J in 1926, Harry in 1928, James A in 1930 and Jeanette V in 1938. However, young Harry died in 1931 aged just 2.<br \\\/>\\u00a0<br \\\/>In 1928 to 1931 Harry and Clara were living at No 3 Court 25, 105 William Street in the Ladywood district of Birmingham. However, Harry, still living at the same address and described as a Hawker, found himself in trouble with the police in December 1929 and January 1933, though on the second occasion which involved a theft, Harry pleaded guilty, allowing his young accomplice to have a more lenient sentence.<br \\\/>\\u00a0<br \\\/>By September 1939 Harry and Clara were living at 53 Yockleton Road, Birmingham. Harry\\u2019s occupation was described as \\u201cGP Groom\\u201d. He also seems to have become an ARP warden and first aider. With them were four un-named individuals who would be their four surviving children, including Alfred.<br \\\/>\\u00a0<br \\\/>Sadly, Alfred, died in the Netherlands in 1944 aged just 18. <br \\\/>\\u00a0<br \\\/>Harry Vears died in 1962 in Birmingham. <br \\\/>\\u00a0<br \\\/>Clara went on to marry Alfred G Owen that same year. 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