BORN HULL 1878. SON OF WILLIAM RICHARD BODFIELD (1831-1895) & MARY ANN SALTON (1843-1908), OF HULL. HE MARRIED SUSANNAH LOCKING (1877-1973), AT HULL, ON 02/06/1906. THEY LIVED WITH THEIR 5 CHILDREN, AT 20 NEWINGTON STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS) AND 24 OXFORD STREET, SCARBOROUGH. HE WORKED AS AN IRON MONGER AND MERCHANT SEAMAN.
HE JOINED THE 13TH EYR (HULL PALS) ON 23/11/1914, AGED 35 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS.
HE DIED OF BRIGHTS DISEASE AND BRONCHITIS ON 25/02/1915, AGED 35. HE DID NOT SEE ACTION. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, SUSANNAH. HE IS BURIED AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY.
First name:
ALBERT EDWARD
Regiment:
Military Number:
13/677
Rank:
Private
Date Died
25/02/1915
Place died:
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
35
