ALBERT EDWARD PALLANT
Born: 1889, Ipswich.
Died: 14th January 1916; age: 26; KiA by a rifle grenade from the enemy’s trenches.
E.A.D.T. – Friday, 21st January 1916 – THREE IPSWICH SOLDIERS BURIED – At a cemetery in France on Sunday were interred the remains of Lance Corporal Wilfred Sidney Elmer, a single man, of 14, Cromwell Street, Lance Corporal Albert Edward Pallant, a married man, of Bramford Lane, and Private Robert Powell, a single man, of Tooley Street, three Ipswich members of the 4th Suffolks, who were killed in action by a rifle grenade from the enemy’s trenches on the 14th January. The English Burial Service was rendered at the graveside, and the graves will be turfed and properly marked by their comrades. The case of the married man is made more sad by the fact that his period of service would have expired and he would have been sent back to his wife and family in a fortnight. All three had won the highest reputation as good soldiers – men who always did their duty, and were an excellent example to their comrades. Private A. C. Gage, was on Saturday removed to hospital, wounded.
Residence: 42, Gymnasium Street, Ipswich.
Occupation: Ransomes Sims & Jefferies, Orwell Works, Ipswich
Enlistment Location: Ipswich.
Rank: Lance Corporal; Service Number: 881.
Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 4th Battalion.
Date of Entry Therein: 8th November 1914.
Medals Awarded: Victory, British War & 1914 Star.
Grave Reference:
Plot 32.
Mazingarbe,
Pas de Calais,
France.
CENSUS
1891 16, Black Horse Lane, Ipswich.
Albert was a year old and living with his parents & brothers.
Pryor Pallant, 36, an Iron Plate Worker, born Yaxley, Suffolk.
Emma Amelia Pallant (nee King), 36, born Ipswich.
Philemon Edgar Pryor Pallant, 7, born Ipswich.
Walter Ernest James Pallant, 3, born Ipswich.
1901 16, Black Horse Lane, Ipswich.
Albert was 11 years old and living with his widowed mother & brothers.
Emma, 40, a Tailoress.
Philemon, 17, a Printer’s Compositor.
Walter, 13.
1 boarder.
1911 42, Freehold Road, Ipswich.
Albert was 21 years old, a Blacksmith’s Striker – Engineering Works. He was living with his mother, brother and 2 adopted children.
Emma, 56.
Walter, 23, a Blacksmith’s Striker – Engineering Works.
Hilda Chandler, 13, born Hackney.
Jessie Maude Daniels, 1, born Ipswich.
Albert’s father, Pryor Pallant, died 1895, Ipswich.
In 1912, Ipswich, Albert married Matilda Mary Woods, born 1899, Ipswich. They had 1 son:
William B. Pallant, born 1913, Ipswich.
Albert is also remembered on the Orwell Works Memorial Ransomes Sims & Jefferies Ipswich, St. Matthews church memorial.
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