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Albert C. Stanton

Ancestry site, Military records
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CSM Albert Charles Stanton, born in Feckenham enlisted in Redditch, Service No 4160, 4
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Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, , killed in action, 16 August 1917, Belgium.

Remembered on St Luke’s war memorial, Headless Cross, Redditch.

(On the 1911 census Albert Charles Stanton, aged 33, Colour Sergeant, was married to Sarah Ann, lived at 3
Hatfield Road, Broomhall, Kempsey, Norton, nr Worcester. Albert Charles Stanton married Sarah Ann Pratt,
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21 March 1903 in Feckenham. Albert’s father was Charles Stanton and it stated that he was born c1877. He
was born in 1877 in Alcester District.)

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 8
September 1917
Hunt End Casualties – Mrs Stanton, of Hunt End, near Redditch has been informed that her
husband, Sergt-major Stanton, Worcestershire Regiment, was killed in action about three
weeks ago. Sergt-major Stanton was an old soldier; he enlisted at the age of 17, and had
spent 23 years in the service. During the Boer War he was stationed in Cape Colony. After
the declaration of peace he returned to the depot at Worcester, where he spent a number of
years. At the outbreak of the present war he was removed to Devonport as a drill instructor,
and towards the close of last year he joined his battalion at the front. In a letter to the
deceased officer’s wife, the commanding officer of the company speaks in high praise of his
abilities and soldierly conduct, and adds that as such a time his loss is irreparable.
Acknowledgements: www.bromsgrovebmsgh.co.uk - Martin Stephens who digitised the Bromsgrove, Droitwich
and Redditch Messenger

He is remembered on the Worcestershire Regiment Roll of Honour at:-
http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/wr.php?main=inc/roll_honour_WW1_S

Company Sergeant Major Albert Charles Stanton is remembered at:-
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/105276/STANTON,%20A%20C
It states that he was buried at Oosttaverne Wood Cemetery, Belgium, Grave: V. J. 15.

Oosttavern Wood Cemetery – source:- http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-
cemetery/cemetery/10200/OOSTTAVERNE%20WOOD%20CEMETERY
He was possibly in the Battle of Passchendaele.

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