ALBERT GEORGE HOLLINGSWORTH

Albert is remembered on the memorial at the Town Hall, Ipswich.

Born: 1903, Bredfield, Suffolk.

Died: 14th March 1941; age: 38.

Residence: Frinton, Main Road, Martlesham, Suffolk.

Occupation: with Ipswich Corporation.

Rank: Sapper; Service Number: 1944889.

Regiment: Royal Engineers, 23rd Bomb Disposal Coy.

Grave Reference:

185. 185.

Christ Church Portsdown Churchyard,

Widley,

Winchester,

Hampshire.

Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Samuel Charles & Eliza Hollingsworth; husband of Eunice Mary Hollingsworth, of Martlesham, Suffolk.

CENSUS

1911   Bredfield, Suffolk.

Albert was 7 years old and living with his parents & siblings.

Samuel Hollingsworth, 50, a Wheelwright – Iron Works, born St. Pancras, London.

Eliza Hollingsworth (nee Mayes), 50, born Ipswich.

Frederick John Hollingsworth, 24, a Bricklayer – Builders, born Claydon, Suffolk.

Walter Samuel Hollingsworth, 18, a Gardener – Domestic, born Bredfield.

Alice Ellen Hollingsworth, 16, born Bredfield.

Florence Mary Hollingsworth, 14, born Bredfield.

Harry Richards Hollingsworth, 9, born Bredfield.

1921   Church Villa, Bredfield, Suffolk.

Albert was 17 years and 11 months old. He was a Railway Porter for the Great Eastern Railway Company at Saxmundham Station. He lived with his parents and brother.

Samuel Hollingsworth, 60 years & 11 months old, an Estate carpenter for Eaton White Esq., a Landowner and J.P., of Boulge Hall.

Eliza Hollingsworth, 60 years & 7 months old, Home Duties.

Harry Hollingsworth, 19 years & 11 months old, a Cycle Mechanic for Albert List – Cycle Agent, of 64, Carr Street, Ipswich.

In 1933, in Martlesham, Suffolk, Albert married Eunice Mary Darvell, born June 1909, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex – daughter of Alfred Darvell, who was killed in action on the 13th March 1917. Alfred was ranked a Private, 40494, for the Bedfordshire Regiment, 7th Battalion. He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France, and Eunice Darvell (nee Bedingfield), of 11, Crown Street, Woodbridge, Suffolk.

Eunice and Albert had three daughters.

ENGLAND and WALES REGISTER 1939

Albert was a Coach Painter. He lived with his wife and two children at their family home – Frinton, Main Road, Martlesham, Suffolk.

Eunice Hollingsworth, unpaid Domestic Duties.

2 others.

Donald John Cockerton, at School, born July 1925, West Ham, Essex.

Three  of Albert’s brothers fell in the First World War:

Charles James Hollingsworth, a Private, service number 26822, of the Suffolk Regiment, 11th Battalion, lost his life between the 9th April – 19th April 1918. Remembered on Panel 3 of the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium. Charles was born, 1880, Claydon, and had enlisted at Bury St. Edmunds.

Walter Samuel Hollingsworth, a Lance Sergeant, service number: 43144, in the Suffolk Regiment, 7th Battalion, was KiA on the 12th October 1916, at Grevillers. Buried I.AA.17, Grevillers British Cemetery, France. Walter had enlisted at Ipswich.

Frederick John Hollingsworth, a Private, service number: 43879, in the Suffolk Regiment, 11th Battalion, was KiA on the 19th April 1918. Buried I.B.3. Suffolk Cemetery, La Rolanderie Farm, Erquinghem-Lys, France. Frederick had enlisted at Woodbridge.