Name
Albert Edward Mole
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
03/12/1917
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
26690
Grenadier Guards
1st Bn. 3 Guards Brigade
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL
Panel 2.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Ashwell Village Memorial,
St Mary’s Church Roll of Honour, Ashwell
Pre War
Born Ashwell. Enlisted Hitchin. Albert lived at West End, Ashwell and was his parents’ second son.
Before joining up in October 1916 and being attached to the Grenadier Guards he was employed by William Pack in Ashwell.
Wartime Service
He entered military service in October 1916 and following his training at Caterham was posted to France in February 1917 where he saw much severe fighting.
An article in the Hertfordshire Express of the 22nd of December 1917 confirms that his parents had received an official communication from the War Office that Albert had been killed in action in France.
Acknowledgments
Derry Warners
Adrian Pitts, Paul Johnson
