BORN BURTON PIDSEA, 1891. SON OF JOHN & EMILY LAMB OF 17, MAPLE STREET, QUEENS ROAD, HULL. SON OF A BUILDER’S LABOURER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS AN ELECTRIC CRANE DRIVER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A SERGEANT IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/08/1917, AGED 26. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JOHN LAMB.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HULL’S MAPLE STREET ROLL OF HONOUR, – 27 MEN SERVED IN THIS STREET. HULL TIMES 01/05/1915.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, GEORGE WILLIAM LAMB, ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INFANTRY, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 29/02/1916, AGED 21.
| Name | Albert Wilson Lamb |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Burton Pidsea, East Yorkshire, 1891. Son of John and Emily Mary Lamb, of 17, Maple St., Queen’s Rd., Hull. |
| Death Date | 25 Aug 1917 |
| Death Place | Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| Enlistment Place | Hull, Yorkshire |
| Rank | Sergeant |
| Regiment | Royal Field Artillery, ‘C’ Bty. 58th Bde. |
| Regimental Number | 75120 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
First name:
ALBERT WILSON
Military Number:
75120
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
25/08/1917
Place died:
Bard Cottage Cemetery, Belgium, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
26
