King, A
About King, A
ALBERT KING
Remembered with honour Thiepval Memorial: Pier and Face 5A and 6C.
He enlisted in East Ham, Essex; was entitled to the Victory, British War and 1914-15 Star medals, his qualifying date being 4 July 1915, and was killed in action. Unfortunately, Albert’s Service Record appears to be one that did not survive the World War Two bombing.
Son of William and Emma Susan (nee WRIGHT) KING of Plaistow, Essex.
His parents married 4 December 1890 at St Luke’s, Victoria Dock, West Ham, Essex.
Albert was born 1894 in Canning Town, London, and resided in Plaistow.
On the 1901 Census, aged 7 he lived in West Ham, with his parents and one sibling. On the 1911 Census, a law clerk aged 17, he lived in Plaistow, with his parents and one sibling.
Service number
14821Rank
PrivateUnit
2nd BattalionRegiment
Worcestershire (9)
Date of death
21/08/1916Age at death
22Place of death
France (780)
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Notes
Based on Leavesden Asylum's minutes of 30 August 1916 which state: Killed in action Attendant A KINGSearch by memorial
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