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188610

L/Cpl. Albert Henry Garnett

British Army North Irish Horse

I have some photos of my Uncle Albert Garnett and recently a research archivist in England has finally identified the cap badge. It appears that when he left England for the Western Front he was seconded to the North Irish Horse. Due to missing records we are unable to determine which year he joined up, but in 1914 he was only 15 years old so perhaps it was later in the war.

Additional Information:

Albert Garnett's father Major William Garnett was at his military cantonment in Cawnpore, India when the family sent Albert to England for his education in 1910 - Alderman Newton's School in Leicester. At the age of 17 or 18 he was conscripted (probably direct from school) into the Derbyshire Yeomanry for his basic training, achieving the rank of Lance Corporal. He then departed Folkeston by ship to Boulogne to join the Corps of Hussars of which his regiment was the North Irish Horse. He dropped rank to private upon leaving England. He was sent to France about June 1917 as part of the reserve troops fighting alongside many other divisions. At the conclusion of war he was sent to Vignacourt to await discharge in UK which occurred in Eebruary 1919.

michael garnett








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