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Albert Tarry

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
203460
Unit at enlistment: 
Notts and Derby Regiment
Force: 
B.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
September 26th, 1917
Cemetery: 
New Irish Farm Cemetery - Ypres, Belgium - VII.A.20.
Birth country: 
England
Birth county: 
Northamptonshire
Birth city: 
Wellingborough
Address at enlistment: 
42 Colborne Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
40 Wood Street, Wellingborough, England
Trade or calling: 
Shoemaker
Employer: 
Brandon Shoe Co.
Religious denominations: 
Church of England
Marital status: 
Widower
Age at enlistment: 
35

Letters and documents

BX January 3, 1918
 
Last of Family Killed in Action - Mother and Two Children Were Lost On "Empress of Ireland"
 
Many readers of The Expositor will recall the sad incident connected with the loss of the Empress of Ireland, when Mrs. Tarry and her two children lost their lives whilst on a holiday trip to England. Mr. Albert Tarry, husband and father, was left to mourn their loss. Shortly after, he left Brantford for the Old Country, from there enlisting with the Notts and Derby Regiment. News recently received in this city states that Pte. A. Tarry had been killed in action. Whilst in Brantford deceased worked for the Brandon Shoe Company.

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