Name
Albert Dollimore
1894
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
18/11/1918
24
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
M2/188002
Army Service Corps
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
GREAT BERKHAMSTED (ST. PETER) CHURCH CEMETERY
Row 11. Grave 106.
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Berkhamsted Town Memorial, St Peter's Church Memorial, Berkhamsted
Pre War
Albert Dollimore was born in Berkhamsted, Herts in 1894, the son of Charles and Lucy Dollimore and one of three children, with older sisters Winifred and Ada.
On the 1901 Census the family were living at 6 Middle Road, Berkhamsted where his father was working as a timber hewer. They had moved to Chalgrave Villa, 24 Shrublands Avenue, Berkhamsted, by 1911 at which time 16 year old Albert was working as a houseboy.
Wartime Service
He served with the Army Service Corps as a motor driver (motor engineer).
Albert died on 18 November 1918 at home in Berkhamsted from influenza and pneumonia and is buried in Rectory Lane Cemetery, Berkhamsted.
Additional Information
His father received a war gratuity of £14 but there does not seem to have been any pay owing.
A pension card exists in respect of his mother as dependant but no pension amount appears on the card.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Jonty Wild
