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Pte. Albert Victor Burdock
British Army 96th Company Machine Gun Corps
from:Guildford
(d.3rd December 1917)
Albert Burdock was a bell ringer in Holy Trinity Church, Guildford prior to the 1st World War, though it appears his home town was Derby.
He joined the RAMC (service No. 72906)and was later transferred to the Machine Gun Corps, 96th Company, attached to 96th Brigade, 32nd Division.
He was killed in action 3rd Dec 1917 in Ypres Salient, and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
He is also remembered on a small memorial in the bell ringing chamber at Holy Trinity, Guildford.