Private Albert Ernest Bithrey
Rank or Title
Date of Birth
1898
Date of Death
1 Jul 1918
Regiment
Service Number
41546
Place of Birth
Islington
World War I Address
192 North Street
Luton
Place of Death
France
Grave Location
Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension
War Memorial Location
Soldier or Civilian
- Soldier
Source
The Luton News , 25th July 1918
Pte Albert Ernest Bithrey, 41546, 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, was killed in action in France on July 1st, 1918, according to military records.
However his lieutenant wrote to Albert's mother in Luton: “On the night of 29th June he was acting as platoon gunner, and sitting next to me when a shell pitched on his packs and killed him instantly. His body was brought down and buried in a cemetery behind the lines, and a proper memorial has been put up to his memory.”
Albert was born in Islington, London, in 1898, the son of Ellen and the late Edward Bithrey. By 1911 schoolboy Albert and his mother, plus brother Edward and sister Winifred, were living at 192 North Street, Luton.
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Author: Deejaya
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