ALBERT FRANK RANDALL

IPSWICH WAR MEMORIAL | Posted on 10th May 2016 |

From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG” https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730

As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570

Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.

Born: 1899, Maidstone, Kent.

Baptised on the 2nd April 1899, at All Saints Church, Maidstone, Kent.

Died: 8th September 1918; age: 19; died of wounds.

Residence: 12, Victoria Street, Ipswich.

Enlistment Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.

Rank: Private; Service Number: 235305

Regiment: South Staffordshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion.

Formerly 4031, Cambridgeshire Regiment.

Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.

In September 1920, the body was exhumed from the Vaulx Churchyard Extension Cemetery, identified by a regimental cross on the grave and by clothing, and reburied at the Vaulx Hill Cemetery.

Grave Reference:

II.H.4.

Vaulx Hill Cemetery,

Pas de Calais,

France.

CENSUS

1901 6, Lancaster Road, Hitchin, Hertfordshire.

Albert was 2 years old and living with his parents & sister.

Alfred Frank Randall, 26, an Upholsterer, born Kinson, Dorset.

Edith Randall, 26, born Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

Edith Ellen Randall, 5 months, born Hitchin, Hertfordshire.

1911 89, Childers Street, Hyde Park, Doncaster, Yorkshire.

Albert was 12 years old and living with his parents & siblings.

Alfred, 36, a Upholsterer.

Edith, 36.

George William Randall, 7, born Newark, Nottinghamshire.

Ernest Henry Randall, 4, born Newark, Nottinghamshire.

Kathleen Hilda Randall, 3, born Doncaster, Yorkshire.

1 boarder.

Soldiers’ Effects to Alfred F. Randall – father, a foreman upholsterer of furniture, blinds and cushions for Footman, Pretty & Co. – Drapers & Furnishers, of Waterloo House, Ipswich.

Albert is also remembered on the memorial inside Holy Sepulchre Church, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.