SALISBURY Albert Henry George

  • First Name(s):
    Albert 
    Henry 
    George 
  • Surname:
    SALISBURY
  • Service Number:
    241537
  • Rank:

    Corporal

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    2nd/8th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    13th April 1918
  • Age At Death:
    21
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium, Panel 5.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of George and Elizabeth Salisbury, of Banutt Hill, Kempsey, Worcester

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SALISBURY Albert Henry George Is Named On These Memorials

Kempsey St Mary’s Church

Further Information About SALISBURY Albert Henry George

London Gazette, 23rd February 1918:
His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to confer the Military Medal for Bravery in the Field to the undermentioned “Non-Commissioned Officers and Men”: –
Page 2429:
241537 L./C. (A./Cpl.) A. H. G. Salisbury,. Worc. R. (Kempsey).

The same photograph of Corporal Salisbury of Kempsey can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 22nd December 1917 and Saturday 25th May 1918, available at Worcestershire Archives.

The following information has been researched by Dave Pugh:
Son of George and Elizabeth Salisbury, of Bannutt Hill, Kempsey. On the 1911 Census, Albert, aged 14, gave his occupation as a farm labourer, his father was a Market Gardener, at The Greens, Kempsey. Albert was the oldest child, there were also Reginald 12, Harold 9, William 5, Jeanetta 3, and baby Archie just 5 months. Lance Corporal (Acting Corporal) A.H.G. Salisbury was awarded the Military Medal on 23rd February 1918.

Albert Salisbury has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Ploegsteert Memorial.

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