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Albert Leslie Tetley

Service Number 266813
Military Unit 1/7th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Date of birth Unknown
Date of Death 16 Feb 1917 (23 Years Old)
Place of Birth Old Radford Nottingham
Employment, Education or Hobbies Grocer's assistant
Family History

Albert Leslie Tetley was the son of Charles Albert Tetley and Ada Holland who married at Nottingham in 1877. Their children included: Samuel James (b.1880), Bernard (b.1881), Harriett Ada (b.1883), Winifred (b.1890) and Albert Leslie (b.1893). The Tetley family lived at:16 Mosley Street, Basford [C.1881]; 81 Norwood Road, Radford [C.1891 & C.1901]. Charles Albert Tetley who worked as a tailor, died at Nottingham, aged 47, in 1903. In 1911 his widow, Ada, was an in-patient in the Nottingham General Hospital. The post-war address, given for her in the CWGC records, was 20 Trafalgar Street, Radford. She died at Nottingham in 1931, aged 72. In 1911 Albert Leslie and his younger sister, Winifred, were both staying with his married brother, Bernard and his family at 15 Peveril Street, Radford.

Military History

He enlisted at Nottingham; killed in action; buried at Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty, Pas de Calais, France.

Extra Information

Obituary published 16th February 1918 in the Nottingham Evening Post:- “TETLEY. – In loving memory of Pte. Albert Leslie Tetley, Sherwood Foresters, aged 23, died from effects of gas February 16th, 1917. Gone from our home but not from our hearts. Sadly missed. – Mother, Winne, Bernard.” Obituary courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918

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