LEDICOTT, Albert William

Loos Memorial, FranceCredit: CWGC

Serjeant
8th Battalion
Lincolnshire Regiment

Albert was born 1886 in Newport to William Smith & Emily Cooper (nee MOREY) LEDICOTT. At one time the family lived at 42 Crocker Street in Newport.

Albert, aged 29, was listed as Missing Presumed Killed in Action on the 26th of September 1915. His body was never found or identified & so Albert is commemorated by the Commission on the Loos Memorial in France together with 20,630 of his missing First World War comrades.

Albert is also remembered on the County & Newport Borough 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.