Name
Albert Bierton
1893
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
23/10/1918
26
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lance Corporal
F/3278
Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment)
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CROSS ROADS CEMETERY, FONTAINE-AU-BOIS
I. I. 10.
France
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Little Gaddesden Village Memorial, St Peter & St Paul Church Roll of Honour, Little Gaddesden, St Peter & St Paul Church Roll of Honour (2018 Revision), Little Gaddesden, Family grave in St Peter & St Paul Churchyard, Little Gaddesden
Pre War
Albert Bierton was born on 14 August in 1892 in Ivinghoe, Bucks, the son of Eli and Matilda Bierton and one of five children.
On the 1901 Census the family were living at Little Gaddesden, Herts where his father was an agricultural labourer. They remained there in 1911 and Albert was was working as a Gardener (Domestic).
Although his parents were still living in Little Gaddesden, Albert gave his address on enlistment as High Street, Stanmore, Middlesex, c/o Mr Bevan.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in January 1916 at Edgeware, Middlesex and served with the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex) Regiment. He was mobilised on 13 February 1916 and went to France on 2 May the same year.
He was seriously wounded on 24 June 1916 with shrapnel/gunshot wounds to his left shoulder, back and the side of his face. He was initially treated at the 1st Canadian Casualty Clearing Station and 140th Field Ambulance and later admitted to the 13th Stationary Hospital, Boulogne. He was repatriated to England on 30th June and received hospital treatment at Tankerton, Shorncliffe and Ramsgate, followed by a month's convalescent at Epsom.
He was posted back to the front on 14 June 1917 and joined the 11th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment.
The following year he was wounded again with a gunshot wound to his right leg and thigh on 8 April but he again recovered and returned to the front, joining the 1st Battalion on 22 June 1918.
He was appointed unpaid Lance Corporal on 17th October 1918. but was killed in action on 23 October 1918, aged 26, during the Battle of the Selle and is buried in Crossroads Cemetery, Fontaine-au-Bois, Nord, France.
Additional Information
His mother received pay owing of £4 1s 0d and a a pension of 5 shillings a week.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Jonty Wild, dacorumheritage.org.uk, hemelatwar.org., littlegaddesdenchurch.org.uk
