Name
Albert Edward Handscomb
6 September 1879
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
23/02/1917
38
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
27458
Bedfordshire Regiment
2nd Bn.
"B" Coy.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CALAIS SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Plot F. Row 4. Grave 10.
France
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Bishops Stortford Town Memorial, Bishop's Stortford College Memorial Hall, Bishop's Stortford
Pre War
Albert Edward Handscomb was born in Bishop's Stortford on 6 September 1879 to George and Emma Handscomb and baptised at St Michael's, Bishop's Stortford on 28 November 1979.
On the 1901 Census he was living with his widowed father and brother Alfred at Basbow Lane, Bishop's Stortford and remained there on the 1911 Census, when he was living alone at 5 Basbow Lane, Bishop's Stortford and working as a domestic gardener.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Bedford and served in the Bedfordshire Regiment. The 2nd Battalion were active in trenches in Agny and Arras in the days prior to Albert's death.
His death at the No. 30 General Hospital in Calais suggests that he was due for evacuation to England for further treatment but died beforehand.
Additional Information
A war gratuity of £3 was awarded to his friend Ann Mason, as well as his pay owing of £5 5s 6d.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
