Biography:
Albert Thorn
1867 –05/02/1936
Albert Thorn
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Unmarked grave Albert Thorn (1867-1936)
Albert was born in 1867 in Hackney, London to John and Mary Thorn. His father was a labourer.
In 1881 Albert and his younger brother John were living with their parents at 11, Louvaine Street, Mile End Old Town, London. Fourteen year old Albert was a “press boy”. “Boot” has been added to the census record.
Albert never married.
He became a labourer, but on 27 March 1890 he enlisted in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. His record shows him to have been 5’ 4 ¼” tall with brown eyes and dark brown hair.
Albert served in the East Indies 21 February 1891 to 17 May 1897, then South Africa until 3 March 1898. He returned to England and was discharged at the rank of corporal “at his own request” after eighteen years’ service on 29 September 1908. The notes on his discharge state that his character was “exemplary” and that he was in possession of four good conduct badges, that he was “a most reliable and dependable man” and that he would make an ideal caretaker. He received an Army pension.
His army record notes that, his father being deceased, his next of kin was his younger brother John who lived at 11, Cowper Road, Berkhamsted. Albert was at that address in 1901 and in Shrublands Avenue in 1911.
In June 1921 he was lodging with Job and Caroline Dorrell in 5, Park Street. He was a draper’s labourer, employed by HC Ward & Sons.
Albert died at Hempstead House, Hemel Hempstead on 5 February 1936 aged 69 of cardiac degeneration, chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
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Unmarked grave Albert Thorn (1867-1936)
Albert was born in 1867 in Hackney, London to John and Mary Thorn. His father was a labourer.
In 1881 Albert and his younger brother John were living with their parents at 11, Louvaine Street, Mile End Old Town, London. Fourteen year old Albert was a “press boy”. “Boot” has been added to the census record.
Albert never married.
He became a labourer, but on 27 March 1890 he enlisted in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. His record shows him to have been 5’ 4 ¼” tall with brown eyes and dark brown hair.
Albert served in the East Indies 21 February 1891 to 17 May 1897, then South Africa until 3 March 1898. He returned to England and was discharged at the rank of corporal “at his own request” after eighteen years’ service on 29 September 1908. The notes on his discharge state that his character was “exemplary” and that he was in possession of four good conduct badges, that he was “a most reliable and dependable man” and that he would make an ideal caretaker. He received an Army pension.
His army record notes that, his father being deceased, his next of kin was his younger brother John who lived at 11, Cowper Road, Berkhamsted. Albert was at that address in 1901 and in Shrublands Avenue in 1911.
In June 1921 he was lodging with Job and Caroline Dorrell in 5, Park Street. He was a draper’s labourer, employed by HC Ward & Sons.
Albert died at Hempstead House, Hemel Hempstead on 5 February 1936 aged 69 of cardiac degeneration, chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
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