Albert Edward Stickland

Story:
Albert Edward Stickland was born in Bishops Caundle, Dorset, on 30 Mar 1885 and baptised there on 10 May 1885 the son of John Stickland and Mary Anne Stickland (nee Laver). He lived his early life in Brown Street, Bishops Caundle and later at Summerleaze, East Knoyle, Wiltshire.   By 1911 the family had moved to Oborne, Sherborne, Dorset.  Albert had enlisted on 18 Nov 1915 with the Scots Guards as a Guardsman (Service No. 14801).  He had joined the 1st Battalion in France and Flanders where, on 23 Aug 1918, he had received shell wounds to his right leg and shoulder as well as gas poisoning on 17 Aug 1918.  He was repatriated to the UK mainly due to the effects of gas poisoning on 23 Sep 1918 and finally discharged on 11 Feb 1919.   He was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.  The 1921 Census shws him living with his widowed mother (his father having died in 1912) at 3 Simons Road, Sherborne, Dorset, working as a Dairy Worker for South Western Dairies Co Ltd. His marriage to Ethel May Sheldrick was registered in Sherborne, Dorset, during 1926.  By the time of the 1939 Register he was still living at 3 Simon Road, Sherborne, Dorset, working as a General Labourer in a Glove Factory.  His death was recorded in Sherborne during 1947.   His brother, Charles Laver Stickland, also served during the conflict.