Keightley, Albert Joseph

BORN PARIS 19/8/1891. ENLISTED HULL 10/8/1910. SON OF JOSEPH & ANN (LAVAL). WENT TO PRYME ST RC SCHOOL. WAS A FORMER HAIR DRESSER. BEFORE HE WENT TO FRANCE HE WAS STATIONED AT COLCHESTER. HE HAD A BRIEF LEAVE IN FEBRUARY AND RETURNED TO FRANCE ON THE 7TH FEBRUARY. HE WAS KILLED A WEEK LATER BY AN UNDERGROUND GERMAN MINE, WHICH BLEW UP HIS TRENCH. HE DIED INSTANTLY ON THE 14TH FEBRUARY 1916. HE IS REMEMBERED IN THE DU RIVIGNEY ROH. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 14TH MARCH 1916. *


First name:
ALBERT JOSEPH
Regiment:
Military Number:
5879
Rank:
Private
Date Died
14/02/1916
Place died:
Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
25
62 , GOULTON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK