No.11790, Private, Albert Edward FROST
Aged 22
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Albert Edward FROST was born in Barrow (2nd qtr 1893 Thingoe 4a:779) son of Edward Harry and Ann FROST (née MANNING)
1901 census...Aged 8, he was at Barrow Green, with his father (Edward) Harry FROST [31] farm labourer; his mother Ann [32]; sisters Annie [4] and Elizabeth [2]. All were born in Barrow. 1911 census...Aged 18, domestic under groom, he was in Barrow with his parents; sister Annie Amelia, Elizabeth Emily, Alice [9], Daisy Violet [2] and Olive Jane [ 6 months]; brother Frederick [5]. His mother had lost 2 of her 9 children. On the pension card his mother was at Burthorpe, Barrow. |
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He enlisted in Wetherby. The battalion war diary has not been found, but the 9th West Yorks landed at Suvla bay on the 6th August 1915.
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