Name
Albert Final
1894
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
08/02/1917
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
3/7357
Bedfordshire Regiment
4th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ANCRE BRITISH CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL
VII. E. 27.
France
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Berkhamsted Town Memorial, Sunnyside Memorial, Berkhamsted
Pre War
Albert Final was born in Berkhamsted in 1894, the son of John and Fanny Final and one of eleven children. He was baptised on 15 August 1894 in Great Berkhamsted.
His father died in the summer of 1899, aged 50, and on the 1901 Census he was living with his widowed mother and siblings, Alfred, Rose, Harry, Nellie and George, at 2 Station Road, Berkhamsted. They had moved to 8 Thompson's Row, Sunnyside, Berkhamsted by 1911 and Albert was then working as a labourer in a chemical factory.
His mother later lived at 25 Ellesmere Road, Berkhamsted.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Berkhamsted and initially served with the 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment in France from 23 November 1914, later being transferred to the 4th Battalion.
Albert was killed in action on 8 February 1917 and is buried at Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel, France.
Additional Information
His mother received a war gratuity of £11 10s and pay owing of £11 0s 4d. She also received a pension of £3 a week, rising to £5.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Jonty Wild
