Albert Perriman

Memorial: Marshfield - High Street

Regiment: Royal Field Artillery

Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal

Rank and number: Gunner 10397

Parents: Jonah and Rhoda Perriman

Marital status: Single

Home address: Sheepfair Lane, Marshfield, Glos

Pre-war occupation: Labourer

Date of birth: 1886

Date of death: 20/11/1915

Buried/Commemorated at: Helles Memorial (Panel 21 to 23), Turkey

Age: 29

Further information:

Albert Perriman was born in 1886, the son of Jonah and Rhoda Perriman of Sheepfair Lane; his father Jonah was the village postman. Albert, who was unmarried and worked as a labourer, enlisted on 2 September 1914 and was posted to the Royal Artillery where he joined 189 Battery, a training unit at Hilsea. Six months later, training completed, the unit was judged to be ready for overseas service and became "C" Battery, 59th Brigade

By this time the difficulties of trench warfare had become apparent and that there was deadlock on the Western Front was obvious, at least to the restless mind of Winston Churchill. His solution was a Second Front to be mounted against Turkey who had aligned herself with Germany. The Gallipoli peninsular was the chosen objective. On 2nd July the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force sailed from Devonport reaching Alexandria twelve days later. After acclimatisation and further training Perriman sailed for Gallipoli, landing there on 9th August. By this time the battle at Gallipoli had been raging since late April and conditions were difficult. It had proved impossible to any make any advance from the beaches and cover from enemy fire was not easy to find. The battle raged on Perriman had a spell in a Field Hospital suffering from a severe attack of enteritis resulting from poor sanitation

On 13 November the 29th Brigade launched an attack on Hill 53, a key strategic point overlooking Sulva Bay, and Perriman’s battery of artillery supported the assault. This in turn led to the Turks responding with artillery fire of their own to try and silence the guns of "C" Battery. Albert Perriman was badly wounded, he had received shrapnel in his back and was eventually evacuated to 53 Welsh Casualty Clearing Station where he died of his wounds on 20 November

Albert Perriman is remembered at the Helles Memorial (Panel 21 to 23) on the Gallipoli Peninsula. By the time his personal possessions and war medals were received by his parents they had moved to Ivy Cottage in the Market Place. The Marshfield Parish magazine for January 1916 included the following:
In the War Intercession Service last month we used the clause “That it may please Thee to receive in mercy and love the soul of our brother Albert Perriman, who has given his life for his country” Albert Perriman, of the R.F.A., was wounded in action at the Dardenelles on the morning of November 13th, by a fragment of shell, and died on the 20th. He was 29 years old. His parents have received, through Lord Kitchener, the expression of “the true sympathy of His Majesty and the Queen” in their sorrow

By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):

https://allaroundmarshfieldorg.wordpress.com/world-war-1-remembrance-stories
Forces War Records and CWGC