![]() He was joined another battalion in the Regiment on 18th October 1917. He arrived in Etaples the next day and was posted to the 18th Middlesex Regiment in the field on 9th December 1916. He crossed the English Channel from Folkestone to Boulogne on 28th November 1916. On 19th October 1916 he transferred to the 5th Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment with a regimental number of G/3444. On 23rd November 1915 he was placed in the army reserve, until mobilised on 20th January 1916 and posted the following day as Private 5948 in the Essex Regiment. He was five feet six inches tall, had a chest of 36 inches, weighed 149 pounds and had good physical development. His next of kin was his sister Annie of Rose Cottage, Victoria Avenue, Laindon Hills, Essex. At the time he was 20 years and two months old, resident at 48 Navigation Road in Chelmsford (pictured) and unmarried. He was entitled to the British War Medal (receipt acknowledged by Annie Reeves on 29th December 1920) and Victory Medal.Īlbert was born in Edmonton, Middlesex in 1896, the son of William Wood and Mary Ann Wood.Īlbert attested at Chelmsford on 22nd November 1915 to serve for the duration of the war. ![]() 21), some seven and a half miles south of Arras.Īlbert is commemorated on the Civic Centre Memorial, Chelmsford. On 27th May 1920 the Infantry Record Office at Hanwell, Middlesex wrote to Albert’s sister to advise that his body had been exhumed from its original resting place and removed to Douchy-Les-Ayette British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France (grave: IV. Mary Ann Green was then living at 32 Burgess Well Road in Chelmsford (with her husband William Henry Green). His parents were said to be dead, though his mother’s sister, Mrs. She stated that he had brothers who were soldiers but did not know where they were. In July 1919 she completed an army form, listing herself and Florence as his surviving sisters - the latter living at The Village Home in Barkingside, Essex. Twelve days later she acknowledged their receipt. On 3rd December 1918 the army posted photos and two wallets belonging to Albert to his sister Annie Reeves. He had been back in France for just over two weeks. He was unmarried and had served for two years and 217 days. Fuller) wounded and 117 other ranks killed or wounded.”Īlbert was among the battalion’s dead, killed in action aged 21. The result of the attack was that the 1/7th and 1/8th Middlesex Battalions were forced back to their original starting positions. Orders were received late in the afternoon to continue the attack at 7.30 p.m., the objective being Croisilles Reserve and the Hindenburg Line along the Brigade front.īut the enemy put up a very stout resistance: the powerful Hindenburg Line was still a big proposition to tackle and such a storm of machine-gun and rifle fire broke out as the attackers advanced that their progress was soon brought to a standstill. The losses in the other ranks were 51 killed or wounded. ![]() The Battalion had thus gained its objective at a loss of three officers killed (Captain C. and consolidated, outposts being pushed forward. There was no hesitation as our screen of fire fell and swept the enemy’s front line, and with ‘A’ Company on the right, ‘B’ on the left, ‘C’ in support and ‘D’ in reserve, the 1/8th Middlesex (Lieut.-Colonel C. This trench covered the village of Croisilles and was about 1,500 yards away. the barrage fell and at once he advance began. That evening they relieved the 1st Battalion of the London Regiment in the front line known as Boyelles Reserve, ready for an attack the following morning to capture Summit Trench near Croisilles assisted by the 1/7th Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment and the 1st Battalion of the London Regiment.Ī post war history of the Middlesex Regiment reported: The day was the final day of the Battle of Albert 1918. Around midday on 23rd August 1918 Albert’s battalion reached support trenches near Blaireville, south of Arras. ![]()
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