NASH, Albert Henry

Damascus Communal War Cemetery, SyriaCredit: Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Corporal
2nd Battalion
The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment

Albert was born on the 27th of December 1913 in Bristol the eldest son of Albert William & Louisa (nee BRIDGEWATER) NASH who were living in Rotherhithe in London around the time of Albert’s death. In 1937 at St. John’s Church, Newport Albert married Muriel Olive DAWKINS who was living with her mother & two young children at 55 Melbourne Street in Newport.

Albert, aged 27, was reported as Killed in Action on the 10th of July 1941 & is buried in the Damascus Communal War Cemetery in Syria beneath a Commission Headstone. It bears the Family Inscription “LIFE GOES ON IN SPITE OF GRIEF AND PAIN BUT I KNOW THAT WE SHALL MEET AGAIN” chosen by his wife. Albert rests with 503 of his Second World War comrades, 14 of whom remain unidentified.

Albert is also remembered on the Newport Borough War Memorial.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetery

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.