This name is on the Stockwell Green URC War Memorial Albert Henry Sheldrake (Sheldrake, Albert) Combatant (not a casualty) British Army WW1 Pension Records, 1914-1919 Service no 553694 Lance Corporal, City of London Rifles Address 49 Hargwynne Street, Stockwell Joined at age 1 years and 6 months on 5 June 1916. 5 feet 8 inches Chest 34½ inches with 2 inches expansion Worked as a clerk Home 6 June 1916 - 1 February 1917 British Salonika Force 2 February 1917 - 20 June 1917 Egypt 21 June 1917 Wounded (gas shell) 14 October 1918 Posted to Bromley Prisoner of War camp 1 February 1919 Promoted 30 April 1919 Served total 2 years 330 days Disabilities: D.A.H. (disorderly action of the heart) 20% Awarded 5 shillings and sixpence (conditional) from 1 May 1919 Information from the 1911 census Albert Henry Sheldrake was 13 in 1911 and at school. He lived at 49 Hargwyne Street with his family, Albert Sheldrake, 42, a carman fro a builder-ironmonger, born in Camberwell, and Agnes Sheldrake, 43, born in Lambeth. In 1911 Albert had 1 sibling: Ernest Arthur Sheldrake, 9. |
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