Name
Albert George William Canvin
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
63782
Royal Field Artillery
28th Brigade
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Biography
Albert Canvin was one of five brothers from Grove Wharf that served during the Great War. He was born in the winter of 1893 at Kensal Green. He was one of twelve children born to Albert and Clara Canvin. In the 1901 and 1911 Census the family lived at Grove Wharf. In 1901 Albert was employed as a Miller’s Carter, and in the 1911 Census he worked as a General Labourer. By 1911 Albert had joined the Regular Army and was stationed at the Woolwich Barracks, where he held the rank of Driver with the Royal Field Artillery (RFA).
Albert, together with his four brothers, was not registered in the Abbots Langley Parish Magazine Roll of Honour until September 1916, however it was likely that more than one of them would have been engaged in War Service from much earlier in the War. As a recently, or currently serving soldier Albert would have been mobilised immediately. His Service Record has not survived so it is not possible to trace his exploits, however his Medal Roll Card indicated that he served with the 28th Brigade Royal Field Artillery.
Albert and his four brothers all survived the War, and are also commemorated in the Kings Langley Parish Roll of Honour.
Acknowledgments
Roger Yapp - www.backtothefront.org
