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Pte. Albert Needham
British Army 4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
from:5 Railway Cottages, Sutton Bank, Hull
(d.29th Apr 1915)
Albert Needham was my uncle and came from a family with 7 siblings, two sisters and 5 brothers. Not a lot is known about him and I didn't know he existed until I started researching my family history. The saying "survivors never really talked about the war" was certainly true in this case. My Father, who was twelve when the war ended, never mentioned these events at all. He also had a second brother, that served with the Northumberland fusiliers, who was Killed during the war as well. I can only imagine how his father felt because not only did he loose two sons to the war he also lost his wife and a younger son and daughter during this period which shows that not only did people have to worry about their children fighting in a war but also had to deal with the traumas of every day life as well. Thank god their sacrifices, not only in ww1 but also ww2 and subsequent conflicts, were not in vain and has enabled us to live in freedom as we do today.
