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Pte. Albert Alexander Augustus Appleby
British Army 1st/1st. Surrey Yeomanry Lancers
from:Marchington, Staffs
Albert Appleby saw service in the Lancers in Northern France up until May 1915 when he was shipped to Salonica, where he served for the remainder of the war spending some of his time as servant to his commanding officer Captain Barclay. He got no medals, no 'mentions in despatches' just good, conscientious service until he was demobbed in May 1919 having finished his time guarding prisoners of war in the Caucasus region. Albert was born in Marchington, Staffordshire December 10th 1882, he married Daisy Warner in November 1918 and died in 1968.

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