Pte
Albert Edward Hammarton

Informations sur naissance

Année de naissance:
1890
Lieu de naissance:
Stratford, Essex, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Informations générales

Profession:
Coupeur de l'imprimeur

Informations service militaire

Pays:
Angleterre, Royaume-Uni
Force armée:
British Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Private
Numéro de service:
S/27667
Incorporation date:
31/10/1916
Incorporation nom de lieu:
Winchester, Hampshire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni
Unités:
 —  The Rifle Brigade, 2nd Bn.  (Dernière unité connue)

Informations sur décès

Date de décès:
21/11/1917
Lieu de décès:
No. 4 Casualty Clearing Station, Dozinghem, Westvleteren, Belgique
Cause du décès:
Died of wounds (D.O.W.)
Âge:
27

Cimetière

Dozinghem Military Cemetery
Parcelle: XV
Rangée: C
Tombe: 15

Distinctions et médailles 2

British War Medal
Médaille — 28/04/1921
Victory Medal
Médaille — 08/09/1921

Points d'intérêt 4

#1 Lieu de naissance
#2 Lieu d'enrôlement
#3 Lieu de blessure
#4 Lieu du décès (approximatif)

Mon histoire

Albert Edward Hammarton was a 27 year old printer cutter from Stratford, Essex. Private Hammarton enlisted on October 31st 1916 and was part of the 2nd Battalion The Rifle Brigade, 25th Brigade, 8th Division. During the second half of November, his battalion served in the area of Ypres.

On the 17th of November, the 2nd Bn. The Rifle Brigade relieved the 47th Canadian Infantry Battalion and moved into the line northwest of Passchedaele, in the area near Venture Farm. For 48 hours, they encountered heavy shelling. Nevertheless they managed to advance the line in the centre and thus straightened a re-entrant. On the 19th of November, they were relieved and went to Brandhoek, where they trained until the 30th. However, a lot of the men didn’t make it to Brandhoek. During the 48 hours in the line, 39 soldiers were killed, 22 went missing and 84 were wounded.

Albert Edward Hammarton was one of the soldiers who were wounded. He was taken to the 4th Casualty Clearing Station at Dozinghem with wounds to the face and a fractured left leg. He died of his wounds on the 21st of November. He was buried at Dozinghem Military Cemetery, plot XV, row C, grave 15, where he is still remembered today.

Not only did his wife, Emily Brice, lost her husband. Only two months earlier, on the 27th of September, their little girl Dorothy died at the age of three.

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Ancestry
https://www.ancestry.com/
Sources utilisées
CWGC
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/620863/A%20E%20HAMMARTON/
Sources utilisées
Seymour, William W. The history of the Rifle Brigade in the war of 1914-1918. Londen: The Rifle Brigade Club, 1936. 164.
Sources utilisées
The Long Long Trail
http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/the-rifle-brigade-1914-1918/
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