Please Archive.......Albert Brettell born 1887 - died 1914

[mallosa]

UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919
Name: Albert Brettell
Birth Place: West Bromwich
Residence: Oldbury, Worcs
Death Date: 23 Oct 1914
Death Location: France & Flanders
Enlistment Location: Birmingham
Rank: Private
Regiment: Worcestershire Regiment
Battalion: 2nd Battalion
Number: 8228
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre
Comments: 1

from the 'Commonwealth War Graves Commission' site
Name: BRETTELL, ALBERT
Initials: A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Worcestershire Regiment
Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 23/10/1914
Service No: 8228
Additional information: Son of Edward and Elizabeth Brettell, of 85, Pope's Lane, Oldbury; husband of Harriet Brettell, of 45, Parsonage St., Oldbury, Birmingham.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 34.
Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

[mallosa]

Can we find more information?

[cid]

1901

44 Victoria Park Road, Smethwick

BRETTELL, Edward Head Married M 43 1858 Moulder (Iron) Smethwick
BRETTELL, Elizabeth Wife Married F 42 1859 West Bromwich Staffordshire
BRETTELL, Lilly Daughter Single F 21 1880 Pen Maker West Bromwich Staffordshire
BRETTELL, John Son M 18 1883 Brass Filer West Bromwich Staffordshire
BRETTELL, Albert Son M 14 1887 West Bromwich Staffordshire
BRETTELL, Nory Daughter F 10 1891 West Bromwich Staffordshire
BRETTELL, Howard Son M 8 1893 Smethwick
BRETTELL, Alfred Son M 2 1899 Smethwick

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could this be part of the family in 1911??
4 Nelson St Oldbury

STONE, Thomas Frederick Head Married M 26 1885 Painter Paperhanger Ancoates Manchester
STONE, Sarah Elizabeth Wife Married F 30 1881 Pen Worker Spon Lance West Bromwich
LEWIS, Clara Elizabeth Glendora Stone Adopted Daughter Married F 4 1907 Oldbury Worcestershire
BRETTELL, Elizabeth Mother In Law Married F 50 1861 Housekeeper Spon Lane West Bromwich
BRETTELL, Mary Amelia Glendora Sister In Law Single F 21 1890 Penworker West Bromwich
BRETTELL, Thomas Howard Brother In Law Single M 17 1894 Rivet Heater Smethwick
BRETTELL, Alfred Ridsdale Brother In Law M 12 1899 School Smethwick

Names and ages similar
But no Edward or Albert

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1891
193 Spon Lane West Bromwich
BRETTELL, Edward M Head Married M 32 1859 Ironfounders Clerk Smethwick Staffordshire
BRETTELL, Elizabeth Wife Married F 31 1860 West Bromwich Staffordshire
BRETTELL, Sarah E Daughter F 9 1882 Scholar West Bromwich Staffordshire
BRETTELL, John W Son M 8 1883 Scholar West Bromwich Staffordshire
BRETTELL, Albert E Son M 3 1888 West Bromwich Staffordshire
BRETTELL, Mary A Daughter F 1 1890 West Bromwich Staffordshire

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Could this be Albert and Harriet in 1911 ?? ages are a bit out

87 Webb St Stockingford Nuneaton

BRETTELL, Albert Boarder Married M 29 1882 Coal Miner Hewer Smethwick Staffordshire
BRETTELL, Harriett Boarder F 28 1883 Oldbury Staffordshire
BRETTELL, Florence Boarder F 6 1905 School Oldbury Staffordshire
BRETTELL, Albert Boarder M 1 (16 MONTHS) 1910 Oldbury Staffordshire

Married 3 years 2 kids born both still alive (1st one born before marriage? or not his?)

[mallosa]

added Albert and his parents - http://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/fa ... ell-Family

[mallosa]

Could this be Albert and Harriet in 1911 ?? ages are a bit out

87 Webb St Stockingford Nuneaton

BRETTELL, Albert Boarder Married M 29 1882 Coal Miner Hewer Smethwick Staffordshire
BRETTELL, Harriett Boarder F 28 1883 Oldbury Staffordshire
BRETTELL, Florence Boarder F 6 1905 School Oldbury Staffordshire
BRETTELL, Albert Boarder M 1 (16 MONTHS) 1910 Oldbury Staffordshire

Married 3 years 2 kids born both still alive (1st one born before marriage? or not his?)

That ties in with the marriage I found...

Marriages Dec 1908
BRETTELL Albert Edward Nuneaton 6d 829
SMITH Harriet Nuneaton 6d 829
THOMPSON John Bates Nuneaton 6d 829
WOOD Gertrude Nuneaton 6d 829

[Dennis]

If I can throw my two pennyworth in: I actually knew Alf Brettell b. 1899 quite well in my childhood. If we're talking about the same man, he was Alfred Ridsdale Brettell b. 30 June 1899 in fact in Smethwick, died 1980, son of Edward Nock Brettell b. 19 June 1858 in Smethwick and Elizabeth Povey, grandson of John Brettell b. West Brom 1829, d. 1901. Alf Brettell was my grandfather's best friend, I have photos. He was lovely chap, slightly melancholy, was in Oldbury Ambulance Corps with my granddad during WWII, looked very like John Le Mesurier. He lived in Stone Street, Oldbury, was married with a son and a daughter, if I remember rightly.

[Northern Lass]

If I can throw my two pennyworth in: I actually knew Alf Brettell b. 1899 quite well in my childhood. If we're talking about the same man, he was Alfred Ridsdale Brettell b. 30 June 1899 in fact in Smethwick, died 1980, son of Edward Nock Brettell b. 19 June 1858 in Smethwick and Elizabeth Povey, grandson of John Brettell b. West Brom 1829, d. 1901. Alf Brettell was my grandfather's best friend, I have photos. He was lovely chap, slightly melancholy, was in Oldbury Ambulance Corps with my granddad during WWII, looked very like John Le Mesurier. He lived in Stone Street, Oldbury, was married with a son and a daughter, if I remember rightly.

Sent you an email Dennis

[Northern Lass]

Flagging to archive this if all done

[mallosa]

All done NL