FLEET, Albert George

Carlow (St. Mary's) Cemetery, IrelandCredit: Uknown

Serjeant - Distinguished Conduct Medal
Royal Engineers

Albert was born 1886 in Newport to Frank & Fanny Terrett (nee COX) FLEET who were living at 10 Barton Road in Newport around the time of Albert’s death. He married Mary Margaret & lived at Hanover Mills, Carlow in Ireland.

Albert, aged 30, died on Active Service in Ireland on the 6th of June 1919 from an unspecified cause. He rests in Section 2 Row 1 Grave 8 of the Carlow (St. Mary's) Cemetery, Ireland beneath a Commission Headstone in a family plot within the cemetery alongside 6 of his First World War comrades.

Albert is also remembered on the County & Newport Borough War Memorials. His brother Sidney Arthur also fell in The Great War.

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.