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Act.Bmbdr. Albert Smith
British Army 10th Brigade, 63rd Bty. Royal Field Artillery
from:Worplesdon, Surrey
(d.28th Aug 1916)
My great uncle Albert Smith was born in Tooting, Surrey on 16th May 1883. He became a domestic gardener and eventually moved to work as a gardener in Worplesdon near Guildford. Albert was not married when he joined up in Guildford. He was captured by the Turks at the siege of Kut-el-Amara and marched through Mesopotamia to work on the Berlin to Baghdad railway. Albert died of enteritis on 28th of August 1916 and was originally buried near the modern town of Islahiye. After the war the International Red Cross reinterred his remains to the Baghdad North Gate War Cemetary. Albert's war medals were eventually passed to my grandfather who was his next of kin.