Private Albert Joseph Eaton

Army Number: 71016 formerly 6960 Leicestershire Regiment

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

Born and lived at Bicknacre, near Woodham Ferrers, Essex. Son of Marshall and Sarah Eaton, of Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, Essex. He was a carpenter before enlisting at Chelmsford Essex. He died of wounds 18th June 1918, aged 35

Buried: Pernes British Cemetery, France. Plot 5. Row B. Grave 19.

He is also commemorated on St Mary’s church war memorial, Woodham Ferrers, Essex.