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Rank : Private

Army Number : 3064 / 240940

Unit : 2/5th and 6th Bns

Biography :

Enlisted at Coalville. Served with the 6th Bn during World War One. Killed in action France and Flanders campaign 7.10.1917, aged 20. He is commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium

Albert was born in Coleorton in 1897. His parents, Albert and Elizabeth, had both been born and brought up in Limby Hall, Swannington.
In 1911 Albert 13 was living in Highfields, Snibston with his coal mining family. Albert worked underground as a coal mine door boy.
He enlisted in Coalville and was Private 240940 6th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment he was 20 when killed in action 7th October 1917 in Belgium.

After his death his outstanding wages of 4 pounds, 18 shillings and 9 pence were paid to his mother Elizabeth who also received a gratuity of 14 pounds after the war.

Place of Birth : Coleorton, Leicestershire

Date of Death : 7.10.1917

Place of Death : Belgium

Period of Service : 1910s

Conflicts : WW1

Places Served : France and Flanders