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1876 - 04/01/1917

Place of birth: Wallingford, Berkshire
Last known address in Bromley: 14 London Road

Military information

Regiment/Service: Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Battalion/Ship: 3rd/5th Bn
Rank: Private
Number: 4766

Family information

Parents: Joseph & Mary Jane Follett (nee Gore)
Parents' occupation: Baker, confectioner and postmaster
Siblings: Joseph Follett, Edward Gore, Horace, Jane, Frederick William (d), Jesse, James Pittman, Cecil, Howard

Census information

1891
Address: 6 Promenade, London Road
Occupation: Baker's apprentice
1901
Address: 14 London Road
Occupation: Baker
1911
Address: 14 London Road
Occupation: Baker & roundsman

Extra details

Albert was the sixth of Joseph and Mary Follett's ten children. By 1887 the family had settled in Bromley. Albert's brother Frederick died in 1895, aged 20, when he lost control of his bicycle going down Westerham Hill, he had no brakes! After school Albert joined the family bakery business on London Road, the family business survived for over 40 years.

Albert enlisted in the Royal West Kents on 10th December 1915. He was 5ft 10½ins tall and had a scar on the right of his jaw. In July 1916 he was mobilized and posted to 3/5th Battalion. Albert did not see active service. He was taken ill and admitted to Devonport Military Hospital on 2nd January 1917, He died at 10.55pm the next day from cerebrospinal meningitis. CWGC gives 4th as his date of death.