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Surname: WADE
Forename(s): Albert
Place of Birth: Silsden, Yorkshire
Service No: 31555
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 9th (Service) Battalion
Division: 17th (Northern) Division
Age: 30
Date of Death: 1918-09-21
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: IV. D. 16.
CWGC Cemetery: GOUZEAUCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SILSDEN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Albert Wade (born 9 January 1888) was the son of William and Mary Wade, née Riley. William was born at Royton near Oldham, Lancashire and Mary at Silsden, Yorkshire.
1891 Silsden, Yorkshire Census: 34, Bridge Street - Albert Wade, aged 3 years, born Silsden, son of William and Mary Wade.
1901 Silsden, Yorkshire Census: 4, West View - Albert Wade, aged 13 years, born Silsden, son of William and Mary Wade.
1911 Silsden, Yorkshire Census: 25, Skipton Road - Albert Wade, aged 23 years, born Silsden, son of William and Mary Wade.
The British Army Service Record for Albert Wade exists but may be incomplete.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Albert Wade, 31555, W. Rid. R. K. in A.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Albert Wade, 31555, 9 W. Rid. R. K. in A. 21.9.18.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
WADE, Albert, aged 30, Lewis Machine Gunner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wade, Skipton Road, Silsden, killed in action in France Sept. 21, 1918.
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Private Albert WADE
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 17th (Northern) Division
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St James's Churchyard, Silsden
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St James's Churchyard, Silsden
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22 November 1918
SILSDEN – TOLL OF WAR
News has been received by Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wade, Skipton Road, Silsden, that their son, Private Albert Wade, West Riding Regiment (Lewis Machine Gun Section), was killed in action on September 21st. Private Wade, who was 30 years of age, enlisted in March, 1917, and went out to France in March last. He was formerly employed by Messrs. Berry and Fletcher, Airedale Shed, Silsden, as a warp dresser. He was also a member of the Conservative Club. Another brother, Gunner Percy Wade, is serving in Salonica. Mr. and Mrs. Wade received a letter from Colonel Arthur Driver, in which he writes:– “I am very sorry to inform you that Albert has been killed in action. He was killed instantaneously by a shell whilst on duty in the first line and was buried near to the place in which he was killed. I am having a cross made, which will be over his grave in due course. It has been a great blow to me, especially as I had known him all my life. During the short time he has been with us he has always proved himself a very cheerful and efficient soldier, and I can assure you such men are bad to replace now-a-days.”
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22 November 1918
An Efficient Silsden Soldier
Pte. Albert Wade, West Riding Regt. (Lewis Machine Gun Section), son of Mr. and Mrs Wm. Wade, Skipton Rd., Silsden, was killed in action on September 21st. Pte. Wade, who was 30 years of age, enlisted in March, 1917, and went out to France in March last. Prior to enlisting he was employed as a warpdresser by Messrs. Berry and Fletcher, Airedale Shed, Silsden. He was also a member of the Conservative Club Committee. Another brother, Gunner Percy Wade, of the R.G.A., is serving in Salonica. In a letter to Mr. and Mrs. Wade Lieut. Col. Arthur Driver, of Silsden, writes:– “I am very sorry to inform you that Albert has been killed in action. He was killed instantaneously by a shell whilst on duty in the first line, and was buried near to the place in which he was killed. I am having a cross made which will be over his grave in due course. It has been a great blow to me, especially as I had known him all my life. During the short time he had been with us he has always proved himself a very cheerful and efficient soldier, and I can assure you such men are bad to replace nowadays.”
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