Albert Cast
- Family History
- Military history
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Albert was born at Nottingham in 1898 the son of Henry John a fruit salesman and Alice Cast nee Brooks, of 8 Morris Street, Daybrook, Nottingham.
His father Henry John was born in 1870 in Nottingham and his mother Alice was born in 1867 in Nottingham , they were married on 23rd November 1889 in the Ilkeston Registration district. They had seven children: - James b1891 Cossall, Ann b1893 Ilkeston, Ellen b1895 Nottm, William b1897 Nottm, Henry J b1898 Nottm, Albert b1898 Nottm and Herbert b1900 Nottm.
In the 1901 census the family are living at 28 Richmond Street, Nottingham , it has not been able to trace the family on the 1911 census.
Albert was educated at the Daybrook Primary School and later at the Robert Mellors Secondary School Arnold.
In the 1911 census the family are living at 2 Hedderley Street, Nottingham, Henry John 41 yrs is a coal and firewood dealer, he is living with his wife Alice 44 years and their children including Albert Cast 13 yrs a scholar.
Albert Cast enlisted at Derby and served with the 8th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
He was killed in action on 8th June 1917. Albert has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium (Panel 47).
CWGC History of the Memorial (extract): The Menin Gate is one of four memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders which cover the area known as the Ypres Salient ... The Salient was formed during the First Battle of Ypres in October and November 1914, when a small British Expeditionary Force succeeded in securing the town before the onset of winter, pushing the German forces back to the Passchendaele Ridge. The Second Battle of Ypres began in April 1915 ... ending with the Allied withdrawal and a shortening of the line of defence. There was little more significant activity on this front until 1917, when in the Third Battle of Ypres an offensive was mounted by Commonwealth forces to divert German attention from a weakened French front further south. The initial attempt in June to dislodge the Germans from the Messines Ridge was a complete success, but the main assault north-eastward, which began at the end of July, quickly became a dogged struggle against determined opposition and the rapidly deteriorating weather. The campaign finally came to a close in November with the capture of Passchendaele.' (www.cwgc.org)
CWGC Additional information: 'Son of Henry J. and Alice Cast, of 8, Morris St., Daybrook, Notts.'
additional information Peter Gillings
Photo of Albert Cast
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium