Albert Edward Hoffen
Service number
71619
Military unit
2nd Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Address
Unknown
Date of birth
Date of death
13 May 1917 (20 years old)
Place of birth
Nottingham
Employment, education or hobbies
He was an errand boy in 1911.
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Family history
He was the son of Richard and Eliza Hoffen and the brother of Agnes, Lily, Mabel, John and Harold Hoffen. They lived at 7 Bleasby Street, Sneinton, Nottingham.
Military history
Private Albert Edward Hoffen, served with the 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire) Regiment, he was killed in action on 12th April 1917. He is buried in Noeux-les-Mines Communal Cemetery,(grave ref l.R.22).
Extra information
Nottingham Post notice (abridged), 18 May 1917: 'Hoffen. Killed in action (-), Lance Corporal (sic) Albert Edward, age 20, youngest son of Mr and Mrs Richard Hoffen, 7 Bleasby Street, Sneinton. Mother, father, brothers, sisters.'
Photographs
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