BORN BECCLES, SUFFOLK 1891. SON OF ROSINA ASHLEY. ENLISTED MARKET WEIGHTON, ON 08/09/1914. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. PROMOTED TO CORPORAL, ON 18/05/1915. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 13/07/1915. AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL (MM) FOR BRAVERY. PROMOTED TO LANCE SERGEANT, ON 18/02/1916. KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 10/07/1916, AGED 25. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS GRANDMOTHER, SARAH ANN WRIGHT, FOR HER MAINTENANCE. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON HULL’S HYMERS COLLEGE MEMORIAL. NO HULL ADDRESS FOUND.
First name:
ALBERT EDWARD
Regiment:
Military Number:
13210
Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Date Died
10/07/1916
Place died:
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE
Age:
25
