BRASSINGTON

		CWGC	SDGW	Uttoxeter Advertiser	Other
Parents	Mrs. J. Brassington	Yes			3
Position in the family
Where born	Uttoxeter, Staffordshire		Yes
When born	About 1893 or 1894				8
Address	4, New Street, Uttoxeter (Mother)	Yes		2d, 2e	3
Address	New Street, Uttoxeter (Mother)			2a, 2b
Spouse
Children
Employment Before Joining up	Imperial Laundry and then worked for Mr. John Bamford, J.P., C.C.			2a	3
Where enlisted	Luton, Bedfordshire		Yes		3
Regiment	North Staffordshire (Prince of Wales’s)	Yes	Yes	2a, 2d, 2e	3, 4
Unit	1^st/6^th Bn	Yes	Yes
	2/6^th (T.F.) Bn				3
	6^th Bn			2d, 2e
	‘C’ Company				1
Rank	Private	Yes	Yes	2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e	1, 3, 4
Service Number	(Old) 20511 (New) 242575				1
Service Number	2995	Yes	Yes	2d, 2e	3, 4
Date of Death	19 July 1916	Yes	Yes	2b, 2c, 2d, 2e	3
Date of Death	24 May 1917				1
Age at time of death	22	Yes
Age at time of death	23			2a
Where Killed or died	Pas de Calais - Arras area (Laventie)
Where Killed or died	‘France’			2c
How he died	Killed in action		Yes	2c, 2d, 2e	1, 3
Location of Grave or Memorial	Arras Memorial, Bay 7	Yes			7
Location of Grave or Memorial	Utttoxeter Town War Memorial				3
Awards	Victory Medal F/104B 22 Page 2703				4
Awards	British Medal F/104B 22 Page 2703				4

Albert’s parents lived at 4 New Street, Uttoxeter^{2d, 2e, 3}

Their home was the one on the corner

Before the war Albert worked for the Imperial Laundry. ^{[2a, 3]}

Albert was one of the first to go to war from Uttoxeter. He joined up in September 19142^f, barely a month after the outbreak of war

News of his death reached Uttoxeter when his friend, Private Ford, wrote to his own mother.^[2]Private Ford and Albert had joined the North Staffordshire Regiment together. Albert’s mother had not received any official communication concerning his death. ^[2]

She later received a letter from Albert’s sergeant, which said that he regretted that Albert had been killed. ^[2]

The obituary published in the Uttoxeter Advertiser ^[2a] described him as being of a bright and genial disposition and it was said that

"many with whom he formerly came into contact in the course of his work will remember this courteous and well-behaved lad who has so unselfishly given his life for his King and Country".

He was the youngest of 3 soldier sons and when he was killed he had been in the army for about 2 years.^[2a]

When the officer attached to his Company later wrote to his parents to tell them of his death ^[2b] he said, "He was one of the best soldiers in the Company and put his heart and soul in the work. His loss is very keenly felt.".

The roll of honour says that he died at Laventie.

Albert has no known grave and his name is recorded on a panel in the Arras Memorial

Albert has no known grave and his name is recorded on a panel in the Arras Memorial

All of the memorial notices which follow were posted in the Uttoxeter Advertiser to mark the anniversaries of his death:

This very touching notice was posted in the Uttoxeter Advertiser in July 1917 ^[2c] to mark the first anniversary of his death

BRASSINGTON. – In Ever Loving

Memory of a dear Son and Brother,

Pte. Albert Brassington, who was

killed in France, July 19, 1916.

Could we have been there at the hour of his death,

To whisper a last farewell,

The grief would not have been so hard

For those who loved him well.

- From his sorrowing Father, Mother Brothers and Sisters

This was posted in July 1918 ^[2d] to mark the second anniversary

BRASSINGTON. – In Loving Memory of Pte. Albert Brassington (2995), 6^th North Staffs. Regt., killed in action July 19, 1916.

He has gone like a flower cut down in full bloom,

From the sunshine of life to the shade of the tomb;

But death cannot sever the chain of our love

Nor steal the fond hopes we shall meet him above.

- From his sorrowing Father and Mother,

Brothers and Sisters, 4, New Street, Uttoxeter

The third anniversary was marked in this way in July 1919. [2e]

Two of his brothers also served³.