Private Albert Edward Cresswell

Army Number: 27040

Battalion: 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Nottingham and lived in Rotherham, Yorkshire. Son of William and Lucy Jean Cresswell, of 3, Ethel Street, Rotherham, Yorkshire. He was a railway labourer prior to enlisting on 5th June 1915 at Chesterfield, Derbyshire. He was posted to the 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, on 29th July 1915. He went to France on 6th March 1916 and suffered gunshot wounds to his left leg, On 3rd September 1916 and was taken to the 4th General Hospital, Camieres and transferred to England on Hospital Ship Stade Antwerpen, 17th September 1916. He returned to France on 10th December 1916 and accidentally gunshot wounds to his left leg whilst cleaning his rifle. He died, on 18th February 1917, aged 36, at No. 3 Casualty Clearing Station, Puchevillers, following the amputation of his left leg on 14th February 1917.

Buried: Puchevillers British Cemetery, France. Plot 5. Row A. Grave 6.