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| Eighteen was the minimum age for enlistment, but Albert was still 16. When Albert's father applied for a war pension the application was originally denied. Eventually the family was granted a pension of 5/- a week. | |||||||||||||
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| In the 1980 Radio 4 Documentary entitled "He Shouldn't Have Been There Should He?" Albert's brother George remarked that he'd visited Albert's grave and that it had been the only grave he'd seen without the age of death on it. An official at the common wealth War Graves Commission heard the programme and offered to rectify the omission. Albert's grave now bears the legend "Age 16". Visit Albert's citation on the War Graves Commission web site . | |||||||||||||
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| In addition, Albert's name was not to be found in the LNWR Railway Works' Book of Remembrance . This was because as his Works Record recorded he "left without notice". However, on the back of his Raily Works' Employment Card (discovered in April 2001), there is a note to record that he was Killed in Action click here to read it. | |||||||||||||
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