BORN MYTON, HULL 1886. SON OF WILLIAM SHANN & ELIZABETH ANN SADLER, OF 2 ISABELLE TERRACE, YORK STREET, HULL. LEFT TWO BROTHERS FREDERICK & MATTIAS SHANN. AN OIL MILLER, HE JOINED THE ARMY, IN WORCESTER, AGED 18, ON 14/07/1902. SERVING UNDER THE NAME ALBERT FOSTER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8.5 INCHES TALL, 119 LBS WEIGHT, 33 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, BROWN HAIR, TATTOO MARKS ON LEFT FOREARM. HE MARRIED AGNES CHALMERS, ON 23/7/1906, AT ST PAUL’S, HULL. SERVED 10 YEARS IN THE ARMY IN IRELAND AND SOUTH AFRICA. HE ENLISTED IN HULL WHEN WAR BEGAN. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, WITH THE 3RD WORCESTER REGIMENT DURING THE WAR. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 16/06/1915, AGED 29. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE, YPRES. HIS ARMY PENSION WAS AWARDED TO HIS WIDOW AGNES, AND ADOPTED DAUGHTER, BUT DISCONTINUED DUE TO HER CONDUCT. NO PENSION ADDRESS GIVEN
