ALBERT EDMUND NUTTALL
Image courtesy of Louise.
Image from the Suffolk Chronicle And Mercury – 1915.
Born: 2nd December 1895, at 24, Crown Lane, Horwich, Lancashire.
Died: 13th August 1915; age 19; drowned aboard the Royal Edward, following a torpedo attack by an enemy submarine.
Bolton Evening News – Tuesday, 14th September 1915 – FORMER HORWICH SOLDIER ON LOST TROOPSHIP – Intimation has been received in Horwich that a son of former Horwich residents has been lost in the Royal Edward troopship disaster. The victim was Private Albert Edmund Nuttall, of the East Anglian Ambulance, R.A.M.C., and the only son of Mr. and Mrs. William Nuttall, of Ipswich. Ten years ago, they resided in Crown Lane, Horwich, when Mr. William Nuttall was employed as a cashier at Messrs. Cooke and Nuttall’s Vale Paper Works, Horwich. Private Nuttall was 19 years of age. When setting sail, he was promoted to Acting Lance Corporal. The family were very well known in Horwich.
Residence: 34, Tovells Road, Ipswich.
Occupation: Clerk at the Land Valuation Offices, Russell House, Russell Road, Ipswich, for nearly 4 years.
Date of Entry Therein: 11th August 1915 – Egyptian Theatre.
Albert had belonged to the 3/1st East Anglian Field Ambulance for just over ten weeks when they left for Ipswich. Whilst waiting to en-train on the morning of departure, he was called out of the ranks by the Commanding Officer, promoted to acting Lance-Corporal, and placed in command of the draft.
Rank: Private; Service Number: 2289
Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps, 3rd/1st East Anglian Field Ambulance.
Medals Awarded: Victory, British War & 1915 Star.
Memorial Reference:
Panel 199 7 200 or 236 to 239 & 328.
Turkey (including Gallipoli).
Relatives Notified & Address: Eldest son of William M. & Florence L. Nuttall, of 34, Tovells Road, Ipswich.
CENSUS
1901 10, Mary Street West, Horwich, Lancashire.
Albert was 5 years old and living with his parents & sisters.
William Millwood Nuttall, 35, an Insurance Agent, born Horwich, Lancashire.
Florence Louisa Nuttall (nee Seddon), 33, born Liverpool, Lancashire.
Ida Florence Nuttall, 3, born Horwich.
Edith Irene Nuttall, 1, born Horwich.
1911 34, Tovells Road, Ipswich.
Albert was 15 years old, a Law Clerk. He was living with his parents & siblings.
William, 45, a Bill Distributor.
Florence, 42.
Ida, 13.
Edith, 11.
Ronald Nuttall, 3, born Ipswich.
Albert was educated at California Boys’ School, Spring Road, Ipswich.
In May 1910, Albert successfully passed the shorthand examination of Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, Ltd., and was awarded an Ipswich Borough Education Committee elementary certificate.
Ronald Nuttall died on the 13th March 1912, of Diphtheria at the Borough Fever Hospital, Foxhall Road, Ipswich and was buried in Section C, Ipswich Old Cemetery.
Soldiers’ Effects to William M. Nuttall – father.
Albert is also remembered on the war memorial at St. John the Baptist Church, Ipswich.
Royal Army Medical Corps, 3rd/1st East Anglian Field Ambulance
The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) is part of the British Army, providing medical services to all British Army personnel and their families in war and peace. Together with the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, the Royal Army Dental Corps and Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps, the RAMC forms the British Army’s essential Army Medical Services. In combat, the men followed the troops over the top into no man’s land, suffering losses of 743 officers and 6130 soldiers killed, while delivering medical care to wounded exposed to enemy fire.
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