Category: Military
Regiment or Ship: Army Reserve
Occupation: Baker
Date of Birth: 1880
Place of Birth: Bexhill
Date of Death: 14.08.1953
Place of Death: Bexhill, Sussex
Address: 38 Windsor Road, Bexhill
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Family Information
Parents: George William Jewhurst, born 1836 in Northiam, Sussex, and Margaret Jewhurst (nee Wood), born 1848 in Newhaven.
Siblings:-
Catherine Jewhurst, born 1877 in Eastbourne.
Sydney George Jewhurst, born 1883 in Bexhill. W0010 JEWHURST Sydney George
Ernest W. Jewhurst, born 1888 in Bexhill.
Spouse:-
Albert married Florence Louise Birthfield in April 1906 in Eastbourne. They had one daughter, Queenie Joyce Jewhurst in 1911 and she died in 2001. Florence died in 1964 – aged 81.
Albert’s probate dated 20th January 1954 showed that he left a sum of £15,129.7s.7d. – this to his widow and daughter.
First World War Experience
Unfortunately, no record can be found of Albert’s war experiences apart from a small reference in the Bexhill Observer dated 18th December 1915 saying that he had joined up in the Army Reserve. No sign of a service record or medal awards have been found.