Bielby, Albert

BORN YORK 1893. SON OF FRANCIS BRYAN BIELBY (1853-1932) & MARY JANE WISE (1855-1910), OF 71 GOODWIN STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND NORTH MOOR FARM, COTTINGHAM, HULL (1911 CENSUS). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A FARM WORKER.

HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 17/04/1915. TRANSFERRED TO THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SALONIKA, ON 02/10/1916, AGED 23. BURIED IN GREECE.

HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, FRANCIS B.

LISTED ON THE COTTINGHAM WW1 MEMORIAL & ROLL OF HONOUR.


First name:
ALBERT
Military Number:
78548
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
02/10/1916
Place died:
Struma Military Cemetery, Greece
Age:
23
NORTH MOOR FARM, COTTINGHAM, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK