Captain Albert Edward Gearey

Army Number : n/a

Battalion : 8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Awards M. C. (Military Cross) 2nd Lieut: 1/8th Battalion: London Gazette 18.6.1917, At Riaumont Village on 19/20.4.1917, He showed great skill and courage when leading his platoon during house-to-house fighting. He drove the enemy from various positions, and later repelled a counter-attack with complete success.:

Son of Edward and Agnes Ann Gearey, of Ii, Ferriby Road, Barton-On-Humber.

Died of Wounds 17th October 1918, aged 25

De Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour, 1914-1918

Buried: Fresnoy-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Row B. Grave 10.

Fresnoy-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, France.