Will O'Brien Posted 30 May , 2005 Share Posted 30 May , 2005 As per CWGC STAFFORD, ALBERT EDWARD Initials: A E Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Serjeant Regiment: Leicestershire Yeomanry Unit Text: 1st/1st Age: 33 Date of Death: 30/05/1915 Service No: 1031 Additional information: Territorial Efficiency Medal. Son of William and Elizabeth Stafford, husband of Bessie A. Stafford, of 67, Oxenden St., Highfields, Leicester. Served in the South African Campaign (Queen Victoria's South African Medal with five bars). Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: O1. 278. Cemetery: LEICESTER (WELFORD ROAD) CEMETERY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 30 May , 2005 Author Share Posted 30 May , 2005 & the cemetery info Cemetery: LEICESTER (WELFORD ROAD) CEMETERY Country: United Kingdom Locality: Leicestershire Historical Information: During the two world wars, the United Kingdom became an island fortress used for training troops and launching land, sea and air operations around the globe. There are more than 170,000 Commonwealth war graves in the United Kingdom, many being those of servicemen and women killed on active service, or who later succumbed to wounds. Others died in training accidents, or because of sickness or disease. The graves, many of them privately owned and marked by private memorials, will be found in more than 12,000 cemeteries and churchyards. Between 1914 and 1919, the 5th Northern General Hospital, with more than 2,600 beds, occupied several buildings in Leicester and North Evington. More than 95,000 officers and men were admitted to the hospital, which recorded 514 deaths before its closure. During the Second World War, there was a Royal Air Force operational training station near Leicester. Leicester (Welford Road) Cemetery contains 286 First World War burials, more than half of them forming a war graves plot with a screen wall bearing the names of those buried there. The 46 Second World War burials are scattered throughout the cemetery, which also contains seven Belgian war graves. No. of Identified Casualties: 339 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 30 May , 2005 Author Share Posted 30 May , 2005 Strangely Albert Stafford has two online MIC index entries..........the first can be seen here & the second here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 30 May , 2005 Author Share Posted 30 May , 2005 Can't find Albert on the 1901 census................not surprising given the additional information on the CWGC entry...............more than likely he was in South Africa at the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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