CHANCE Albert Henry

  • First Name(s):
    Albert 
    Henry 
  • Surname:
    CHANCE
  • Service Number:
    200621
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    9th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    Formerly Private, 2479 Worcestershire Regiment.
  • Date of Death:
    27th May 1919
  • Age At Death:
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery. Iraq, Grave X. A. 7.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Probably on Elmley Lovett St Michael’s Church WW1 War Memorial.

Further Information About CHANCE Albert Henry

1911 Census
Lower Hasbury, Halesowen
John Chance, head, age 41, widower, hay trusser born Sneads Green, Worcestershire
Daisy Chance, daughter, age 21, housekeeper, born Chaddesley Corbett, Worcestershire
Albert Harry Chance, son, age 19, general labouer, iron forger, born Chaddesley Corbett, Worcestershire
Alfred John Chance, son, age 16, labourer, steel works, born Chaddesley Corbett, Worcestershire
Dennis Avery Chance, son, age 2, born Hasbury, Worcestershire

Medal Index Card:
Private Albert H. Chance, 2479, later 200621. Entered France on 31st March 1915. Awarded the British War Medal, the Victory Medal and the 1915 Star.

On the 24th June 1915 Private A. Chance, 2479, Worcestershire Regiment was operated on for an €˜old gunshot wound, right arm.’

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