Rank: Rifleman
Service Number: B/431
Regiment: Rifle Brigade 3rd Battalion.
Awards: Distinguished Conduct Medal
Died: 14th September 1915
Age: 29 years old
Born in Dartford in Kent, Albert was the son on of William and Eliza Holton, of 12, Plough Court, Lower Hythe St., Dartford, Kent.
Albert served in the Army Service Corps from 1899-1904. He was court martialled and found guilty of stealing from another soldier and was subsequently imprisoned and discharged from the Army.
In July 1913, along with some other men, Albert was involved in the rescue of a little boy who had fallen from a swing bridge into the Dartford Creek. Sadly, despite their best efforts the child drowned.
On the outbreak of the Great War in 1914, Albert was working as a labourer when he was recalled to the Army and joined the 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade. He was sent to France with them on the 30th November 1914.
Fighting near Armentieres in early 1915, his actions saw him awarded a Distinguished Conduct Medal.
This award was announced in the London Gazette on the 10th March 1915. The citation published on the 1st April 1915 stated:
'For conspicuous gallantry and great daring near Armentieres on the night of 3rd February, 1915.
In company with another man he crawled close to the German trenches to ascertain their movements, he then returned to our lines, and obtaining a hand grenade went back and threw it amongst them, scattering the enemy in all directions. To achieve his object it was necessary to crawl through the German wire entanglements, and the risk was very great.'
Albert died of wounds in France on the 14th September 1915. He was 29 years old.
Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France, Albert is also commemorated on the War Memorial in his hometown of Dartford, Kent.
Albert was awarded the DCM, 1914-1915 Star and the British War & Victory Medals.
(Sources: CWGC, Ancestry, Find My Past, Register of the DCM, Newspaper Archives, London Gazette)
(Bio: Woose)
Service Number: B/431
Regiment: Rifle Brigade 3rd Battalion.
Awards: Distinguished Conduct Medal
Died: 14th September 1915
Age: 29 years old
Born in Dartford in Kent, Albert was the son on of William and Eliza Holton, of 12, Plough Court, Lower Hythe St., Dartford, Kent.
Albert served in the Army Service Corps from 1899-1904. He was court martialled and found guilty of stealing from another soldier and was subsequently imprisoned and discharged from the Army.
In July 1913, along with some other men, Albert was involved in the rescue of a little boy who had fallen from a swing bridge into the Dartford Creek. Sadly, despite their best efforts the child drowned.
On the outbreak of the Great War in 1914, Albert was working as a labourer when he was recalled to the Army and joined the 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade. He was sent to France with them on the 30th November 1914.
Fighting near Armentieres in early 1915, his actions saw him awarded a Distinguished Conduct Medal.
This award was announced in the London Gazette on the 10th March 1915. The citation published on the 1st April 1915 stated:
'For conspicuous gallantry and great daring near Armentieres on the night of 3rd February, 1915.
In company with another man he crawled close to the German trenches to ascertain their movements, he then returned to our lines, and obtaining a hand grenade went back and threw it amongst them, scattering the enemy in all directions. To achieve his object it was necessary to crawl through the German wire entanglements, and the risk was very great.'
Albert died of wounds in France on the 14th September 1915. He was 29 years old.
Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France, Albert is also commemorated on the War Memorial in his hometown of Dartford, Kent.
Albert was awarded the DCM, 1914-1915 Star and the British War & Victory Medals.
(Sources: CWGC, Ancestry, Find My Past, Register of the DCM, Newspaper Archives, London Gazette)
(Bio: Woose)
Rank: Rifleman
Service Number: B/431
Regiment: Rifle Brigade 3rd Battalion.
Awards: Distinguished Conduct Medal
Died: 14th September 1915
Age: 29 years old
Born in Dartford in Kent, Albert was the son on of William and Eliza Holton, of 12, Plough Court, Lower Hythe St., Dartford, Kent.
Albert served in the Army Service Corps from 1899-1904. He was court martialled and found guilty of stealing from another soldier and was subsequently imprisoned and discharged from the Army.
In July 1913, along with some other men, Albert was involved in the rescue of a little boy who had fallen from a swing bridge into the Dartford Creek. Sadly, despite their best efforts the child drowned.
On the outbreak of the Great War in 1914, Albert was working as a labourer when he was recalled to the Army and joined the 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade. He was sent to France with them on the 30th November 1914.
Fighting near Armentieres in early 1915, his actions saw him awarded a Distinguished Conduct Medal.
This award was announced in the London Gazette on the 10th March 1915. The citation published on the 1st April 1915 stated:
'For conspicuous gallantry and great daring near Armentieres on the night of 3rd February, 1915.
In company with another man he crawled close to the German trenches to ascertain their movements, he then returned to our lines, and obtaining a hand grenade went back and threw it amongst them, scattering the enemy in all directions. To achieve his object it was necessary to crawl through the German wire entanglements, and the risk was very great.'
Albert died of wounds in France on the 14th September 1915. He was 29 years old.
Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France, Albert is also commemorated on the War Memorial in his hometown of Dartford, Kent.
Albert was awarded the DCM, 1914-1915 Star and the British War & Victory Medals.
(Sources: CWGC, Ancestry, Find My Past, Register of the DCM, Newspaper Archives, London Gazette)
(Bio: Woose)
Service Number: B/431
Regiment: Rifle Brigade 3rd Battalion.
Awards: Distinguished Conduct Medal
Died: 14th September 1915
Age: 29 years old
Born in Dartford in Kent, Albert was the son on of William and Eliza Holton, of 12, Plough Court, Lower Hythe St., Dartford, Kent.
Albert served in the Army Service Corps from 1899-1904. He was court martialled and found guilty of stealing from another soldier and was subsequently imprisoned and discharged from the Army.
In July 1913, along with some other men, Albert was involved in the rescue of a little boy who had fallen from a swing bridge into the Dartford Creek. Sadly, despite their best efforts the child drowned.
On the outbreak of the Great War in 1914, Albert was working as a labourer when he was recalled to the Army and joined the 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade. He was sent to France with them on the 30th November 1914.
Fighting near Armentieres in early 1915, his actions saw him awarded a Distinguished Conduct Medal.
This award was announced in the London Gazette on the 10th March 1915. The citation published on the 1st April 1915 stated:
'For conspicuous gallantry and great daring near Armentieres on the night of 3rd February, 1915.
In company with another man he crawled close to the German trenches to ascertain their movements, he then returned to our lines, and obtaining a hand grenade went back and threw it amongst them, scattering the enemy in all directions. To achieve his object it was necessary to crawl through the German wire entanglements, and the risk was very great.'
Albert died of wounds in France on the 14th September 1915. He was 29 years old.
Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France, Albert is also commemorated on the War Memorial in his hometown of Dartford, Kent.
Albert was awarded the DCM, 1914-1915 Star and the British War & Victory Medals.
(Sources: CWGC, Ancestry, Find My Past, Register of the DCM, Newspaper Archives, London Gazette)
(Bio: Woose)
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