PRICE Albert George

Served in the North-West Frontier and South African campaigns.

Albert Price was born on 4th July 1869, the son of George and Elizabeth Price of Bewdley, Worcestershire.  He entered Old Swinford Hospital on 17th December 1878.

Kidderminster Times, 7th July 1917:
Fallen in Battle – Sergeant A.G. Price
News has been received of the death of Sergeant A.G. Price (Worcesters), of High street, Bewdley, who died in hospital in France.  He was the eldest son of Mr and Mrs G. Price, of Wyre Hill, and was formerly employed as a gardener by Mr Elliot, of the Palace School. Sergeant Price was admitted into hospital, and died within three hours on June 17th.  He enlisted in the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry in 1892, served eleven years in India, and went through the Boer war, taking charge of Boer prisoners in Ceylon.  He then joined the Reserves, afterwards enlisting in the Territorials at Bewdley, and was the first man to volunteer for foreign service at the outbreak of war.  Sergeant Price was forty-eight years of age, had completed a total of twenty-five years service on June 2nd, 1917.  He leaves a wife and four children.

Source for additional information: Old Foleyans Remembered Casualties of WW1 published by the Old Foleyans Association, October 1998.