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Albert william Brill
23/09/1889 –01/12/1974
Albert william Brill
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Unmarked grave Albert “Bill” William Brill (1889-1974)
Albert, the son of carpenter Frederick Brill and his wife Anna (née Clarke), was born 23 September 1889 at Burcott Lane, Bierton in Broughton, Buckinghamshire. He was baptised 22 December 1889 at Bierton. In 1901 he had a younger brother and sister.
Private Albert William Brill, Service No. 45922, enlisted 11 December 1915 in the Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry. His home address was Burcott Lodge Farm, Bierton.
Albert, described as “farmer of Stoke Mandeville”, married Florence Ada Kirby of 69, Bicester Road, Aylesbury on 15 April 1916 at St Mary's Church, Aylesbury. Their son Robert Victor was born 20 January 1918 in Aylesbury.
Albert, was discharged from the Army 16 January 1919 to Gurney Farm, Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire. If the marriage had not already broken down it did so very shortly afterwards, as in May 1919 Florence obtained a maintenance order against him for 25s a week (About £20 in 2025).
In June 1921 Albert was living with his parents at Broughton Lodge, Bierton. His father was a farmer and Albert and his younger brother Sydney were assisting him on the farm. Both young men were shown as married, but neither had their wife with them.
Florence, and son Robert, were actually living with her parents at 69, Bicester Road, Aylesbury.
On June 19 1925 Florence appeared before the Aylesbury Petty Sessions and applied for a separation order on the grounds of cruelty. She was living at 69, Bicester Road Aylesbury and stated that Albert had threatened her with a loaded gun after she asked him for money. She said that drink was the cause of the problem. The court ordered the continuation of the maintenance order to be paid to the Collecting Officer of the court and granted custody of young Robert to his mother.
30 January 1926 Albert was before the Aylesbury Petty Sessions for non-payment of arrears of the maintenance order, amounting to £5 4s 6d since the June 1925 order. In total he owed over £30. Albert stated that he had only had a few weeks work since June and promised to do his best as he “expected to secure a permanent position under the Grand Junction Canal Company at £2 a week with the chance of a house.” The Chairman said that they would have given him time to pay if it wasn’t for the fact that “on no occasion had he made payment voluntarily but the money had to be extracted under compulsion. He would be imprisoned for two months unless he paid up immediately.”
On 7 July 1933 Albert was summonsed to appear at Aylesbury Petty Sessions in respect of arrears of the maintenance order of £132. He stated that he had been employed as a porter at the Isolation Hospital in Tring, but in April he had had to leave that employment. He said he now had an offer of work in Westminster. The court sentenced him to a day in the police cells but ordered that he must continue paying at 10s a week. (£31 in 2025). He replied, “I will. I am quite willing to pay but you can’t get blood out of a stone. I am not earning anything now.”
From about 1934 he was co-habiting with Alice Maud Baker and their daughter Eileen Edith was born in 1935 in Berkhamsted.
The 1939 Register records the couple at 10, Middle Row, Berkhamsted. He was a carpenter and joiner and also a Special Constable.
Alice died 7 January 1945.
Albert’s wife Florence died 6 January 1975 at Chestnuts Old Peoples Home, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.
Albert died 21 November 1974 age 85 at the General Hospital, Hemel Hempstead. The cause of death was given as “Bronchopneumonia, Uraemia, Carcinoma of the Rectum.”
Albert was cremated and his ashes interred on 5 December 1974 here with Alice Maud Baker.
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Unmarked grave Albert “Bill” William Brill (1889-1974)
Albert, the son of carpenter Frederick Brill and his wife Anna (née Clarke), was born 23 September 1889 at Burcott Lane, Bierton in Broughton, Buckinghamshire. He was baptised 22 December 1889 at Bierton. In 1901 he had a younger brother and sister.
Private Albert William Brill, Service No. 45922, enlisted 11 December 1915 in the Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry. His home address was Burcott Lodge Farm, Bierton.
Albert, described as “farmer of Stoke Mandeville”, married Florence Ada Kirby of 69, Bicester Road, Aylesbury on 15 April 1916 at St Mary’s Church, Aylesbury. Their son Robert Victor was born 20 January 1918 in Aylesbury.
Albert, was discharged from the Army 16 January 1919 to Gurney Farm, Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire. If the marriage had not already broken down it did so very shortly afterwards, as in May 1919 Florence obtained a maintenance order against him for 25s a week (About £20 in 2025).
In June 1921 Albert was living with his parents at Broughton Lodge, Bierton. His father was a farmer and Albert and his younger brother Sydney were assisting him on the farm. Both young men were shown as married, but neither had their wife with them.
Florence, and son Robert, were actually living with her parents at 69, Bicester Road, Aylesbury.
On June 19 1925 Florence appeared before the Aylesbury Petty Sessions and applied for a separation order on the grounds of cruelty. She was living at 69, Bicester Road Aylesbury and stated that Albert had threatened her with a loaded gun after she asked him for money. She said that drink was the cause of the problem. The court ordered the continuation of the maintenance order to be paid to the Collecting Officer of the court and granted custody of young Robert to his mother.
30 January 1926 Albert was before the Aylesbury Petty Sessions for non-payment of arrears of the maintenance order, amounting to £5 4s 6d since the June 1925 order. In total he owed over £30. Albert stated that he had only had a few weeks work since June and promised to do his best as he “expected to secure a permanent position under the Grand Junction Canal Company at £2 a week with the chance of a house.” The Chairman said that they would have given him time to pay if it wasn’t for the fact that “on no occasion had he made payment voluntarily but the money had to be extracted under compulsion. He would be imprisoned for two months unless he paid up immediately.”
On 7 July 1933 Albert was summonsed to appear at Aylesbury Petty Sessions in respect of arrears of the maintenance order of £132. He stated that he had been employed as a porter at the Isolation Hospital in Tring, but in April he had had to leave that employment. He said he now had an offer of work in Westminster. The court sentenced him to a day in the police cells but ordered that he must continue paying at 10s a week. (£31 in 2025). He replied, “I will. I am quite willing to pay but you can’t get blood out of a stone. I am not earning anything now.”
From about 1934 he was co-habiting with Alice Maud Baker and their daughter Eileen Edith was born in 1935 in Berkhamsted.
The 1939 Register records the couple at 10, Middle Row, Berkhamsted. He was a carpenter and joiner and also a Special Constable.
Alice died 7 January 1945.
Albert’s wife Florence died 6 January 1975 at Chestnuts Old Peoples Home, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.
Albert died 21 November 1974 age 85 at the General Hospital, Hemel Hempstead. The cause of death was given as “Bronchopneumonia, Uraemia, Carcinoma of the Rectum.”
Albert was cremated and his ashes interred on 5 December 1974 here with Alice Maud Baker.
