Basic Details
Surname
Kew
Forenames
Albert Edward
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
27582
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 43 Church Street, Stanground. It which states he died on 18/1/1917, which differs from official records.

(CWGC records that Private Albert Edward Kew, regimental number 27582, died aged 35 on 19/1/1917 serving in the 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, and is buried in grave II.K.10 at Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport in France. Soldiers Died in the Great War records him as a native of Stanground who enlisted at Bedford, and indicates that Albert died on 19/1/1917, as do the Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, which state he died at No 16 General Hospital, and that his father James and brother Harry were his legatees. On the 1911 census Albert had been living with his parents, James and Elizabeth, at Chapel Street, Stanground).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Bedfordshire Regiment
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
2nd
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Not stated
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
January
Day of death
18
Manner of death as stated
"Died of wounds 18th January 1917 [sic] at No 16 General Hospital Le Treport"
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds
Personal Details
Address
43, CHURCH STREET STANGROUND
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial