Basic Details
Surname
Steels
Forenames
Albert
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
17172
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 19 School Place, Albert Place.

(CWGC records that Lance Corporal A Steels, regimental number G/17172, died on 27/9/1917 serving in 12th Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment, and is now buried in grave XI.K.5 at Hooge Crater Cemetery in Belgium, having been reinterred after the War. Soldiers Died in the Great War records him as a native of Peterborough. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that his father John was his legatee. On the 1911 census Albert was aged 13, living with his parents John and Emma Jane Steels at 19 School Place, Albert Place, Peterborough. Albert's birth was registered in Peterborough District in 1898).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Royal Sussex
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
L/Cpl
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Not Stated on Memorial
Country of burial
Belgium
Town of burial
Ypres
Cemetery
Hooge Crater
Year of death
1917
Month of death
September
Day of death
27
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
19, SCHOOL PLACE
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial