Albert Hobbs
Memorial: Frampton Cotterell - St. Peter’s Church
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 18894
Parents: Thomas and Clara Hobbs
Home address: Watley's End, Frampton Cotterell, Bristol
Date of birth: 25/06/1896
Place of birth: Winterbourne, Bristol
Date of death: 16/08/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: Poelcapelle British Cemetery, Belgium (Ref: XIV. F. 13)
Age: 21
Further information:
Albert Hobbs was Born in 1896 in Winterbourne to parents, Thomas and Clara Hobbs, he was brother to Daisy and Eleanor. Their father was born in Winterbourne and worked as a coal miner. The family were living at Watley’s End in Frampton Cotterell in 1901
Albert Hobbs enlisted in Tonypandy on 28/4/1915 and served with the 1st/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment as a private. Albert was Killed in Action on the 16th August 1917 at the age of 21 years. Albert is buried in the Poelcapelle British Cemetery, Belgium (Ref: XIV. F. 13). Albert was awarded the 14-15 Star and the British War and Victory Medals
Albert is also remembered on the Chipping Sodbury and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital board, now at Yate and District Heritage Centre, under Frampton Cotterell and possibly Acton Turville
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre and Forces War Records