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Corporal Albert Tams

Birth
Colwich, Stafford Borough, Staffordshire, England
Death
29 Sep 1918 (aged 31)
France
Burial
Vendhuile, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France Add to Map
Plot
Plot II. Row D. Grave 19.
Memorial ID
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Albert was the son of Leonard TAMS (1849-1891) and Mary YOUNG (formerly TAMS nee FROGGATT). After Leonard Tams death in 1891, Mary married William YOUNG in Staffordshire in 1894.

BIRTH RECORD

Surname: Tams, Forename: Albert, Mother's Maiden Name: Froggatt, Year: 1887, Sub-District: Colwich, Registers At: Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Reference: COL/12/222.

Source: https://www.staffordshirebmd.org.uk/


Albert arrived in NSW, Australia on the 28th April 1900 on the ship 'Ortona'.


Service Number: 28985

Enlisted: Not yet discovered

Last Rank: Corporal

Last Unit: 6th Medium Trench Mortar Battery

Born: Native of Weston-on-Trent, South Derbyshire England., date not yet discovered

Home Town: Stockton, Newcastle, New South Wales

Schooling: Not yet discovered

Occupation: Not yet discovered

Died: Killed In Action, France, 29 September 1918, age not yet discovered

Cemetery: Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile

Plot II, Row D, Grave 19 Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile, Picardie, France

Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, St Paul's Church Stockton HR, Stockton Soldiers Memorial

Albert was the son of Leonard TAMS (1849-1891) and Mary YOUNG (formerly TAMS nee FROGGATT). After Leonard Tams death in 1891, Mary married William YOUNG in Staffordshire in 1894.

BIRTH RECORD

Surname: Tams, Forename: Albert, Mother's Maiden Name: Froggatt, Year: 1887, Sub-District: Colwich, Registers At: Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Reference: COL/12/222.

Source: https://www.staffordshirebmd.org.uk/


Albert arrived in NSW, Australia on the 28th April 1900 on the ship 'Ortona'.


Service Number: 28985

Enlisted: Not yet discovered

Last Rank: Corporal

Last Unit: 6th Medium Trench Mortar Battery

Born: Native of Weston-on-Trent, South Derbyshire England., date not yet discovered

Home Town: Stockton, Newcastle, New South Wales

Schooling: Not yet discovered

Occupation: Not yet discovered

Died: Killed In Action, France, 29 September 1918, age not yet discovered

Cemetery: Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile

Plot II, Row D, Grave 19 Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile, Picardie, France

Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, St Paul's Church Stockton HR, Stockton Soldiers Memorial


Inscription

"IN MEMORY OF THE DEARLY LOVED SON OF MRS.MARY YOUNG OF STOCKTON,N.S.W.",

Gravesite Details

Corporal, Australian Field Artillery. Age: 32.



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  • Maintained by: Cobber
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 7, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56438607/albert-tams: accessed ), memorial page for Corporal Albert Tams (Apr 1887–29 Sep 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56438607, citing Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France; Maintained by Cobber (contributor 50072026).