Albert Templeman

Albert was the son of John Bradwell Templeman and Elizabeth Templeman (nee Maddock). John was born in Southwell and Elizabeth in Radford. They were married in Nottingham in 1878 and had three children; Joseph William, John and Albert who were all born in Nottingham. In 1881 John, a warehouseman, and Elizabeth were living at 13 Radnor Street, Radford, with their eldest son, Joseph William (2). Ten years later in 1891 they were living at 1 Hedderley Street, Nottingham, and John was a commercial traveller. He and Elizabeth now had three sons; Joseph (12), John (9) and Albert (5). Elizabeth Templeman died in 1897 aged 40 and her widower married Mary Elwin in 1898 (Jul/Aug/Sep). Mary was the daughter of Benjamin and Lucy Elwin who had at least six children; Louisa, Benjamin, Mary, Elizabeth Millicent (Eliza), Henry and Amy. Amy married a John Taylor in the same registration period as her sister Mary's marriage to John Templeman. John and Mary had two children, Marjorie and Arthur Bradwell. By 1901 John (43), now a lace warehouseman, and Mary (40) were living at 23 Humber Road, Beeston, Nottingham, with their daughter, Marjorie (1, b. Nottingham), and John's two sons, John (19, lace warehouseman) and Albert (15, cycle fitter). Albert's oldest brother, Joseph William, married Eliza (Elizabeth) Millicent Elwin, their stepmother's sister, in Nottingham in 1899. In 1901 Joseph (22), a cycle labourer, Eliza (35) and their one-year old daughter, May, were living on Wollaton Road, Beeston. Eliza died four years later in 1905 aged 41. Albert joined the Royal Navy in April 1907 when he was 18 years old and in 1911 was serving onboard HMS Orontes. By 1911 John and Mary were living at 18 Chaworth Road, Colwick; John was now a financier's clerk. Also in the household were their two children Marjorie (11) and Arthur (9, b. Beeston) and their granddaughter/niece, May (11). May's father, Joseph Templeman, was working as a servant at the Dog and Gunn Inn, Trinity Square, Nottingham. John's second son, John (29), had married in 1907 and in 1911 was living at 33 Finsbury Avenue, Sneinton Dale, Nottingham, with his wife, Florence Elizabeth, and his widowed grandmother, Hannah Tomlinson (74). John and Florence had had two children, both of whom had died. At the time of Albert's death in May 1916 his parents were living at 38 Holborn Avenue, Sneinton Dale, Nottingham. Albert's brother, John, also served in the war (2422852 Private, 2/5th Bn KOYLI). He attested on 8 December 1915 at the age of 34 and transferred to the Army Reserve on 9 December 1915. He was mobilized in October 1916 and served at home until going to France on 14 January 1917. In May the same year he suffered a gunshot would to his right leg/ankle and was treated at 45 Casualty Clearing Station where his right leg was amputated. He was evacuated from France and admitted to the Military Hospital Devonport on 27 June 1917. He was granted furlough on 28 September 1917 pending admission to Roehampton Hospital where he was fitted with an artificial limb. Later that year he was discharged from the army as 'no longer fit for war service' and discharged to his home at 34 Whittier Road, Sneinton, Nottingham. He had served in the army for 2 years and 222 days. He qualified for the British War Medal and Victory Medal. It is likely that Albert's older brother, Joseph William, also served as there is a record for a Joseph William Templeman serving in the ASC (M/287293 Private); he qualified for the British War Medal and Victory Medal. Albert's father, John, died in 1931, aged 74.