Name
Albert Burgess
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
26/10/1917
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
4/7223
Bedfordshire Regiment
7th Bn,
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY
VII. A. 40
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Berkhamsted Town Memorial, Not on the St Peter's Church Memorial, Berkhamsted
Pre War
Albert Burgess was born in Great Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire with a sister Emma and brother William.
It has not been possible to positively identify Albert from birth or census records.
Wartime Service
Albert enlisted in Hertford and served with the 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
He died on 26 October 1917 from wounds received in action during the Battle of Ypres. The Battalion were in the area of Canal Bank and Cane Trench and had been subjected to a great deal of shelling the previous day, some of it from their own guns which fired short.
Additional Information
A war gratuity of £14 and his pay owing of £6 15s 8d was equally divided between his brother William and sister Emma.
N.B. The Berkhamsted Town Memorial lists an A. Burgess and an A. J. Burgess. The St Peters Church Memorial, Berkhamsted only lists an Albert J Burgess of the 12th Middlesex Regiment.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Jonty Wild
