Name
Albert Bristow
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Biography
The Parish Records for Abbots Langley included very little information for Albert Bristow. The Parish Magazine Roll of Honour listed Albert Bristow for the first time in September 1917, serving with the Royal Navy. His record was unchanged through to the end of the War. Arthur and William Bristow were also listed from October and September 1917 respectively, and shown serving with the Royal Navy and the Army Service Corps respectively. It is not known if these men were related, or what their connection was to Abbots Langley.
A possible link was with the family of William and Ann Bristow from the Portsmouth area. William was employed as a Skilled Dockyard Labourer from the 1891 Census onwards. William and Ann had four sons and a daughter, and three of their sons were named Albert Henry, William Dugelby and Arthur Thomas. In addition they had associations with the Navy and Army in line with the 1917 details listed in the Abbots Langley Roll of Honour – Albert and Arthur with the Navy, and William with the Army.
Albert Henry was born in the winter of 1884 at Southsea. He married Mary Jane Kidd in 1904 at Portsmouth. In the 1911 Census, Albert was absent and not recorded. Maybe he was serving in the Navy at the time? His wife was recorded and two daughters, Queenie Daisy and Doris Alberta were also listed, living at 24 Prince Albert Street, Eastney, Portsmouth.
Albert Bristow survived the War.
Additional Information
Rank unknown
Acknowledgments
Roger Yapp - www.backtothefront.org
