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Surname: TITTERINGTON
Forename(s): Albert
Place of Birth: West Bradford, Yorkshire
Service No: 38909
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 2/4th Battalion
Division: 61st (2/South Midland) Division
Age: 19
Date of Death: 1918-03-21
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 56 and 57.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: POZIERES MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: WEST BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Albert Titterington was the son of Albert and Margaret Titterington, née Hindle. Both parents were born at West Bradford, Yorkshire. Albert, junior, was related to Private John Watson (36486) (q.v.).
1901 West Bradford, Yorkshire Census: Albert Titterington, aged 2 years, born West Bradford, son of Albert and Margaret Titterington.
1911 West Bradford, Yorkshire Census: Albert Titterington, aged 12 years, born West Bradford, son of Albert and Margaret Titterington.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Albert Titterington, 38909, Royal Berkshire Regiment.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Albert Titterington, 38909, 2/4th Bn R. Berks. Date and Place of Death: 21.3.18 - 3.4.18. Death presumed France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Albert. £8 17s. 8d.
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 61st (2/South Midland) Division
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St Catherine's Churchyard, West Bradford
Family gravestone
© Paul Clarke (WMR-71743)
St Catherine's Churchyard, West Bradford
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© Paul Clarke (WMR-71743)
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30 January 1920
WEST BRADFORD – PTE. ALBERT TITTERINGTON PRESUMED DEAD
Mr. and Mrs. A. Titterington, of Town Green, West Bradford, have now received official intimation stating that their son, Pte. Albert Titterington, 2/4th Royal Berkshire Regiment, is to be presumed killed. He was reported missing on March 21st, 1918, and no further information has been forthcoming. The deceased soldier was only nineteen years of age, and was the first eighteen-year-old recruit to leave West Bradford. He was employed on the Eaves Hall estate, and was a member of the choir at St. Catherine’s. He was also connected with the village Reading Room.
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