RFA 53347 Albert Henry Channon

[Carol]

Hi
royal field artillery
I have seen a medal card for Albert Henry Channon
14/7/15 Served in France
Survived the war

Have looked at a few records but can't find anything else anywhere
Wondered if anyone could help please?

Also can anyone interpret anything from this medal card? I can make out France andrank -something Private?
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa21 ... 2311a1.jpg
Albert was born 22 March 1893 in Plaistow, London. He died on 6th October 1951 at Rush Green Hospital, Romford.

[Jimmy]

Albert Henry Channon of 246 Reede Rd, Dagenham, Essex died 6 October 1951 at Rush Green hospital, Rochford, Essex. Administration London 19 Jan to Rose Maud Channon widow,
Effects £690 5s 2d.

England, Select Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1900 about Albert Henry Channon.
Name: Albert Henry Channon.
Gender: Male.
Marital Status: Married.
Marriage Date: 9 Nov 1920.
Marriage Place: Holy Trinity, Canning-Town, Essex, England.
Marriage Age: 24.
Father: Albert Channon.
Spouse: Rose Maud Moreley.
Father: Henry Arthur Moreley.
FHL Film Number: 1471945.
Reference ID: 1471945.

[Jimmy]

Wodnder if this is him different fathers name,

Image available on Ancestry,

London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 about Albert Henry Channon.
Name: Albert Henry Channon.
Record Type: Baptism.
Baptism Date: 22 Nov 1895.
Father's Name: Thomas Robert Channon. Labourer.
Mother's name: Maria Channon.
Parish or Poor Law Union: Battersea St Peter.
Borough: Wandsworth.
Register Type: Parish Registers.

4 Knox Rd.

Birth date, 6/11/1895.

[Jimmy]

England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007 about Albert H Channon.
Name: Albert H Channon.
Birth Date: abt 1893.
Date of Registration: Dec 1951.
Age at Death: 58.
Registration district: Romford.
Inferred County: Essex.
Volume: 5a.
Page: 407.

There is 2 of them,

England, Select Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1900 about Albert Henry Channon.
Name: Albert Henry Channon.
Gender: Male.
Baptism Date: 16 Apr 1893.
Baptism Place: Barking Road, Essex, England.
Father: Albert Channon.
Mother: Minnie Matilda Channon.
FHL Film Number: 1471966.
Reference ID: p 187 rn 1494.

[Carol]

Hi Jimmy

Thanks so much fo rlooking all those up for me. I will send a link to my friend. Not sure what she has out of these.

[Jimmy]

1901. 34 Whitwell Rd, West Ham.
Albert Channon 38. Dairyman.
Minnie Channon 33.
Albert Channon 8.
Minnie Channon 6.
Lilian Channon 8 Months.


1911. 34 Whitwell Rd, Plaistow, Essex.
Albert Channon 48. Stable man. Rockbeare, Devon.
Minnie Channon 43. London, England, Middlesex.
Albert Channon 18. Son. Warehouse man. Plaistow, Essex.
Lilian Channon 10. Dau. Plaistow, Essex.

Married 19 years, 3 children.

England, Select Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1900 about Albert Channon.
Name: Albert Channon.
Gender: Male.
Marital Status: Married.
Marriage Date: 21 Jun 1892.
Marriage Place: Canning-Town, Essex, England.
Marriage Age: 29.
Father: Sidney Channon.
Spouse: Minnie Matilda Davis.
Father: Henry Davis.
FHL Film Number: 1471944.
Reference ID: it 2, p 58.

[Jimmy]

Albert Channon, of 34 Whitwell Rd, Plaistow, Essex. Died 18 October 1927, probate London 10 December to Minnie Matilda Channon widow.
Effects £764 15s 6d.

[Kelly80]

Hello, I'm new here. Carol was kindly asking about Albert Henry Channon on my behalf.
Albert was my great great grandfather.

Here he is in his RFA uniform




I have all the family history information on him, and yes Jimmy you have found the right man. His father did indeed work as a Dairyman in West Ham, his mother was Minnie Matilda Davis. He married Rose Maud Moxley (Morley must be a misread entry by whoever put the records where you found them).

The entry for a Thomas Robert Channon is a red herring, that isn't a match to anyone in my tree that I'm aware of. Albert Henry's father was definitely Albert from Rockebeare, Devon, and Albert's father was Sidney Channon (or at least that's what we believe since on Albert's birth certificate no father was listed and was named Albert Brown, taking his mothers maiden name as he was born out of wedlock).

What I was really looking for is any information about Albert Henry Channon's military career as I haven't been able to find anything other than his medal roll card with the details that Carol posted above. If anyone can find anything about where he might of served or with which regiment etc, I'd be very interested.

[Jimmy]

I couldn't see any more on the military side.

[Kelly80]

I couldn't see any more on the military side.

That's a shame, but not unexpected. I've hit a wall with this one. I'd love to know where he served and what he might have been involved in.

[Jimmy]

You might find this of interest.

http://www.1914-1918.net/rfa_units.htm

[truebritmega]

Hello....i dont know too much, but looking at the card I'd say rank is either brigadier or bombardier (Bdr) and under that Cpl, corporal?

And if where it says RFA/4/A-B is what I'm thinking...maybe he was in 4th division, a and b batteries?

The only reason I'm thinking that is that I recently accidentally found my grandad in the RFA as a driver in 5th division A batterry