Hi Kath,
You're most welcome.
I've managed to track down his Regiment and Battalion which opens a lot of doors for us.
He served with the 1st Bn Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters) and was promoted to Company Sgt Major (important rank).
He was in hospital in France twice to my knowledge both early 1916 with influenza and then (Battle of Somme) shrapnel wounds to left hand and back. On the same document, he was admitted with 7 others all suffering shrapnel wounds from the same Regiment and Battalion, wonder if they were in the same company and all hit at the same time. Albert took part on the Somme and was probably wounded during the Battle of Albert (below).
1st Bn Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment
Opening phase: the Battle of Albert, 1 – 13 July 1916
In this opening phase, the French and British assault broke into and gradually moved beyond the first of the German defensive systems. For the British, the attack on 1 July proved to be the worst day in the nation’s military history in terms of casualties sustained. It is the aspect of the battle that is most remembered and most written about, and for good reason – but to concentrate on the failures is to entirely miss the point of the Somme and why the battle developed into an epic period of the Great War.On the first day, British forces at the southern end of the British line made an impressive advance alongside the French Sixth Army, capturing the villages of Montauban and Mametz and breaking through the enemy’s defensive system. North of Mametz the attack was an almost unmitigated failure. The situation led to a redirection of effort, with the offensive north of the River Ancre effectively being closed down and all future focus being on the line south of Thiepval. There was a stiff fight for Trones Wood and costly, hastily planned and piecemeal attacks that eventually took La Boisselle, Contalmaison and Mametz Wood during the rest of the period up to 13 July.
Download this for free and it's the war diaries for Albert's Battalion during 1916
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov. ... /C14017284Regards
Adrian