COWARD, Albert Charles William

7th Field Ambulance Cemetery, Gallipoli TurkeyCredit: Bernie Wood

Rifleman
1st/8th Battalion Isle of Wight Rifles
Hampshire Regiment

Albert was born 1894 in Carisbrooke to Albert Frederick & Ada (nee SHAWYER) COWARD who were living on Carisbrooke High Street around the time of Albert's death.

Albert Died of Wounds, aged 21, on the 29th of November 1915 & is buried in Section I Row C Grave 44 of the 7th Field Ambulance Cemetery in Gallipoli, Turkey. He rests beneath a Pedestal Marker alongside 639 of his First World War comrades, 276 of whom remain unidentified.

Albert is also remembered on the Carisbrooke & IW Rifles War Memorials.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.