Albert Edward Moore

Item

Title

Albert Edward Moore

Who?

Albert Edward Moore

Item(s)

Chess Set
Medal
Ripped photograph
Sketchbook
Swagger Stick

Story

Albert Edward Lord was the youngest of 6 children, born in Halifax, Yorkshire. The chess set was used in the trenches and there is also a sketchbook with drawings by Albert Lord which he drew during the war. There is a photograph which was torn into pieces and pieced back together.

He served in France and Belgium and was wounded in action and repatriated to a hospital in Sheffield where he died of his wounds (April 1918). He was later buried in Halifax.

When?

1914-1918

Where?

France, Belgium and Germany. Buried in Halifax, Yorkshire.

Contributor

Angela Moore - Albert was her grandfather's brother

Collection Day

South West Roadshow, Plymouth

This item was submitted on June 3, 2019