Private 18355 Albert Henry DABNER

A Company, 8th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Previously served in the Royal Navy 1907-1909 on HMS Acheron, HMS Pembroke and HMS Lord Nelson

Killed in action in France and Flanders, 25th September 1916, age 28

Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 2C and 3

Awarded 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals

Son of Edward and Martha Dabner, 9 Bridge Street, Polesworth

Links to Relevant Information

CWGC Page for Pte Dabner

NNWFHS Polesworth War Memorial Page

Thiepval Memorial

Leicestershire Regiment

Other Information

Born 22nd June 1887, Darenth, Kent

1911 Census living with his brother, James and family, 8 the Gullet, Polesworth and employed as a coal miner