Basic Details
Surname
Stansfield
Forenames
Albert
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
War
First World War (1914-1918)
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. Married, with 3 children, he worked as a weaver and enlisted in June 1916. Initially classified for only Home Service, he was reclassified and went abroad in August 1917: he died by an aerial bomb whilst he was on a pass in a local town. He is also commemorated on IWM 29384.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
The Northumberland Fusiliers
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Private
Death and Burial details
Country of burial
Belgium
Town of burial
Zuydchoote
Cemetery
British Military Cemetery
Year of death
1917
Month of death
October
Day of death
21
Age at death
34
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action