Category: Military
Rank: Sapper 1519
Regiment or Ship: 1st/2nd Home Counties Royal Engineers (T)
Service Number(s): 1519
Occupation: Milk Carrier
Date of Birth: 1878
Place of Birth: Rye Foreign
Date of Death: 20.04.1915
Place of Death: Ypres
Place of Burial / Memorials:
1 – Menin Gate Memorial,Ypres, Belgium.
2 – Town Memorial Bexhill. 3 – St Stephen’s Church Memorial Bexhill.
Address: 52, Chandler Road, Bexhill
Photos and newspaper articles
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Family Information
Wife: Florence b.1877
Daughter: Florence May b.1907
Parents:
Father: William Filmer
Mother: Harriett
First World War Experience
Albert served in France and Flanders. He was awarded the 1914/15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.