Adey, Albert

Age: 22
Date of birth: 22nd May 1995

Parents: Josiah and Sarah A Adey
Wife: Mary Clare Adey nee Taylor
Address: 8 Garden Row, Chapman Street, Warwick

Occupation:

The shrine slip, on behalf of his wife, states that he was 26 but it seems that he was probably 22 at the time of his death:

 

Military Service

Rank & Number: Lance Corporal, 8718
Regiment/Service: 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Brigade/Division: 5th Brigade, 2nd Division
Date of death: Wednesday, May 01, 1918
Cause of death/Battle: Killed in action
Commemorated/Buried: Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Pas de Calais
Awards: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Commemorated locally at:

Albert enlisted on 29th November 1914.

 

Contributors

  • Unlocking Warwick Research Group
  • Shrine Application Slip courtesy of Warwickshire County Record Office
  • Cemetery photograph courtesy of CWGC

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