HANBURY, Albert
Private 30900,
2^nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment.

Born - Maypole, Monmouth
Enlisted - Cardiff, Glamorgan
Resided - Maypole, Monmouth
Died - 2nd April 1918 - Western Front - died of wounds.

Buried at St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen
 

Albert Hanbury was born at Maypole, Rockfield, Monmouth, Wales in 1898. Albert would have been about 20 years old when he died.
‘Maypole’ appears to be the name of the house.

His father William Hanbury was born in around 1841 and was shown as a quarryman. His mother Elizabeth and was born in Ebbw Vale around 1858. Children in the family were:

James Hanbury, born around 1881 and shown as a tinker,
Charles Hanbury, born around 1889, also a tinker,
Alfred Hanbury was born around 1892,
Frank Hanbury was born around 1896,
Henry Hanbury, born in 1901, and,
Thomas Hanbury, born about 1903.

Albert was the youngest of the children.

All currently available census records show Albert was still living with his parents to 1911.

News:

Saturday June 29^th 1918.

Killed in action.

Information has been received of the death in action in France of Private Albert Hanbury, Dorset Regiment. The deceased soldier, who was a native of Monmouth, was in the employ of Mr William Hopkins, grocer, Commercial Street, when he was called to the colours, and had only been in France five weeks. He resided with Mr & Mrs William Hughes, 8 Wern Crescent.

[Source: Merthyr Express]

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