Albert Edward – Diver – Great Western Railway – Private – 25/09/1915

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Title

Albert Edward – Diver – Great Western Railway – Private – 25/09/1915

Initials / forenames

Albert Edward

Surname

Diver

Railway company

Great Western Railway

Military unit

Devonshire Regiment, 8th Battalion

Military rank

Private

Military number

10302

Railway department

Engineering Department, Plymouth (North Road)

Railway job

Relaying Labourer

Date died

25/09/1915

Magazine reference

Great Western Railway Magazine, December 1915, p320. Photo: December 1915, p324

Memorial

Loos Memorial

Notes

Aged 33. Diver had been in the GWR service for five and a half years. He was killed in action.

Information source

St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919, Great Western Railway Magazine (image and research contributed by STEAM: Museum of the Great Western Railway), Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Date entered

15/03/2017

Last updated

15/03/2017

Citation

“Albert Edward – Diver – Great Western Railway – Private – 25/09/1915,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 18, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/57473.