Name
Albert James Saville
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
14/01/1918
27
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
G/44006
Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment)
17th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
TOURNAI COMMUNAL CEMETERY ALLIED EXTENSION
IV. N. 3.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
The Church of St Mary the Virgin Memorial, Albury
Pre War
Albert Saville was born in 1890 the son of Charles and Emily Saville, of Upwick Green, Albury. His father was an agricultural labourer.
In
1901 the name is spelt Savill in the census and the father was then recorded as
a horse keeper. In 1911 Albert was still
at home with his parents and working as a farm labourer.
Wartime Service
Albert enlisted in Bedford. The 17th Bn. of the Middlesex Regt was known as "The Football Bn", and was originally made up of a core of professional footballers. ·Whether Albert was one of these we do not know, he may have joined then to make up numbers after losses.
He is said to have "died", not been killed in
action or died of wounds.
Additional Information
After his death he was recorded as the son of Mr. C. Saville, of Upwich Albury, Little Hadham, Herts.
See also Oliver Faircloth who was also in a football battalion of the Middlesex.
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild
