PRIVATE ALBERT EASTON

Private Albert Easton was one of the 49 heroes who died for his country in World War 1 and whose name is on the Cenotaph in St Mark’s Church in Mosborough. He was born in Norton, Derbyshire in the Civil Parish of Coal Aston, he lived with his parents Alfred and Mary E Easton. He was born in 1895 Ancestry reference: Class: RG13; Piece: 3260; Folio: 29; Page: 6

In the 1911 Census Albert Easton was a Servant at Plumbley Farm Mosbro, he worked as a Farm Labourer. Registration No 438 Vessel: 9 Piece 21139

LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS 11^th BATTALION

Albert Easton enlisted into the Lancashire Fusiliers11^th Battalion and is regimental no was No 26203.

During the First World War the Regiment raised 30 Battalions and was awarded 63 Battle Honours and 6 Victoria Crosses losing 13,640 men during the course of the war.

Albert Easton served in the 11th (Service) Battalion he probably served in the battles below:
Sept 1914 Formed in Codford as part of the Third New Army (K3) and then moved to Boscombe to join the 74th Brigade of the 25th Division and then moved to Hursley and then on to Malplaquet Barracks.

29.09.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne and the Division engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;

During 1916 German attack on Vimy Ridge, The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin, The Battle of Pozieres, The Battle of the Ancre Heights.
During 1917 The Battle of Messines, The Battle of Pilkem. 12.08.1918 Disbanded in France near Diepp

Albert died at the age of 23 years in France and Flanders on 23 MARCH 1918 and was buried at The Arras Memorial at Faubourg-D´Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France

ARRAS MEMORIAL

At the entrance to the Faubourg d’Amiens Cemetery in France stands the Arras Memorial. The memorial commemorates nearly 35,000 soldiers of the British, South African and New Zealand forces with no known grave. Most of those commemorated were killed in the Battle of Arras, fought between 9 April and 16 May 1917.