Albon, Frank Bryant MM

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Frank was born in 31 November 1886 at Ashwell, Hertfordshire, the only son of Joseph and Mary (nee Bryant) Albon, a brewery labourer and a laundress of Ashwell.  He was a pupil at the Merchant Taylors School in Ashwell.

Frank enlisted with the Machine Gun Corps in June 1916. He fought in the Western European Theatre of War, France and Flanders and was awarded the Military Medal for gallantry and devotion to duty under fire. He was also awarded the Victory Medal and the British War Medal.

Frank survived the war and returned to Hertfordshire.

He is commemorated on the St Mary’s Church Ashwell Roll of Honour.

The 1911 census shows Frank, a grocer’s assistant, living with his parents in Kingsland Terrace, Ashwell.

Frank married Ethel Rebecca Burton in 1922 at Ashwell, Hertfordshire.  They had one son, Neville John, born in Ashwell 1925.

The 1939 census shows them living at Station Road, Ashwell, Hertfordshire with Frank a grocery shop assistant and special constable.

He died on 11 May 1966.