Name
Albert Edward Doyle
1886
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
04/10/1917
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
G/7633
The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Panel 106 to 108.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
No Report
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Tring memorials, Bletchley WW!1 & 2, Bletchley, Bucks, Freeman St Primitive Methodist Church, Bletchley, Bucks.
Pre War
Albert Edward Doyle was born in Tring in 1886 to James Doyle, railway porter, and Kate (nee Tooth).
on the 1891 Census the family of parents, Lawrence (born 1885), Martin (born 1886), Albert, Mary A (born 1887), Ellen (born 1891) and Anthony (born 1895) were living at Sibson, Stamford, Cambs.
On the 1901 Census the family of parents, Lawrence (hotel pot boy), Martin (brush maker), Albert (labourer, iron foundry), Ellen (born 1888), Anthony, Ella (born 1890), Mabel (born 1892), Clarence (born 1897) and Cyril (born 1899) were living at 44, Park Street, Fenny Stratford, Bucks.
Wartime Service
On the outbreak of the Great War Albert volunteered on 4 Aug 1914 as Private 981 in the West Kent Yeomanry(Queens Own). No service Record was found for Albert. It would appear that Albert only served abroad following his transfer to 1 Battalion, Queens Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) probably late in 1916. The Queens were part of 13 Brigade, 5th Division and in 1916 were engaged in the Battles of the Somme at Guillemont (3-6 Sep), Flers-Courcelette (15-22 Sep), Morval (25-28 Sep). In 1917the Division moved to the Arras Sector for The Battles of Arras 1917 in the phases of the Battle of Vimy (9-14 Apr), the Attack on La Coulotte (23 Apr), 3rd Battle of the Scarpe (3-4 May), Oppy Wood (28 Jun).
On 7 Sep 1917 the Division was relieved and moved out of the line for a period, being sent next to Flanders for the Battle of 3rd Ypres (Passchendaele) in the Battles of Polygon Wood (26 Sep – 3 Oct) and of Broodseinde (4 Oct). In this last action Albert was reported killed, his remains were not recovered and he is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Ypres.
Additional Information
War Gratuity of £14 10s and arrears of £7 5s 3d was paid to his mother.
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
Jonty Wild
