Deanshanger Village Heritage Society

Albert Grant

Clip from Google Maps showing the position of the Basra Memorial on a modern-day map. Albert must have felt a long way from home particularly being in captivity. Lawrence of Arabia was in Basra in 1916, which was a key port and centre for the British Mesopotamian campaign

Albert Grant

BORN1891 Nether Heyford, Northamptonshire
LIVEDHigh Street, Deanshanger, Northamptonshire
EnlistedBicester, Oxfordshire. Listed in the census as being in India in 1911 with 1st Oxon & Bucks Light Infantry
Death31/10/1916, Died in Mesopotamia, age 28, in captivity
BuriedCommemorated on BASRA MEMORIAL, Iraq. Panel 26 and 63
Rank & RegimentPrivate 8922, 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
FatherJames Grant. B 1865 Nether Heyford, Northamptonshire
MotherEllen Grant. B.1867 Syresham, Northamptonshire
NotesAlbert was one of 8 siblings. His father worked at the carriage works in Wolverton. Two brothers, Percy and Ernest also served, with the Wiltshire Regiment, during the conflict and returned home. Percy worked at the carriage works and Ernest for E & H Roberts