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Kelly's 1956 directory
Albert Keward
Rank
Private
Service number
266285
Date of death
01 Jul 1916
Military Unit
1/7th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Family History
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Keward, of 5, Dakeyne St., Carlton Rd., Nottingham (CWGC).
Employment/Hobbies
Member of 2nd Nottingham Company Boys' Brigade (Dakeyne Street Lads' Club).
Military History
Earlier Sherwood Forester number of 3940, serving in A Company. He served in France from 27 October 1915. He was reported in the Red Cross Enquiry List of 1 September 1916 listed as missing 1 July 1916 following the attack on Gommecourt on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. Qualified for the 1915 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.
Memorial
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Location: Somme, France
Cemetery/memorial reference: Pier and Face 10 C 10 D
Remembered on
Rank
Private
Service number
266285
Date of death
01 Jul 1916
Military Unit
1/7th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Family History
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Keward, of 5, Dakeyne St., Carlton Rd., Nottingham (CWGC).
Employment/Hobbies
Member of 2nd Nottingham Company Boys' Brigade (Dakeyne Street Lads' Club).
Military History
Earlier Sherwood Forester number of 3940, serving in A Company. He served in France from 27 October 1915. He was reported in the Red Cross Enquiry List of 1 September 1916 listed as missing 1 July 1916 following the attack on Gommecourt on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. Qualified for the 1915 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.
Memorial
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Location: Somme, France
Cemetery/memorial reference: Pier and Face 10 C 10 D
Remembered on
- Nottingham - Dakeyne Street Lads' Club (2nd Nottingham Company Boys' Brigade) War Memorial as Albert KEWARD Private
- Sneinton District Virtual War Memorial as Albert Keward