LEATHERHEAD WAR MEMORIALS - WWI
Private Albert John Treadgold
6 Bn The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Taken, Not Given, Liam Sumption, L&DLHS
Pte
Albert J Treadgold
6th Royal West
Surrey Regt
Arras
March 12 1917
The Regimental Records of the Queens (1) indicate that Albert Treadgold
was born in Epsom and enlisted in Leatherhead.
The War Diary of the 6th Bn. confirms that they were in ARRAS and that
between 5th and 11th March supplied working parties to the Royal
Engineers, and that on the 8th "1 OR" was wounded. (2)
However on 12th March, the War Diary notes "enemy shelling of ARRAS. Send
over 5.9s and 9.2s in vicinity of Grand Place. Shelling continued
until 2 p.m. 2 men wounded."
There are two possibilities, maybe Albert Treadgold was injured on 8th
March or even earlier, or he was one of the two men injured by shelling on
the 12th. Over this distance in time it is not possible to say,
unfortunately.
Notes on sources
1. Regimental records of the Queens, Clandon Park, Surrey
2. File WO95–1863 War Diary of the 6th Bn. The Queens Regiment: Public
Record Office, Kew, Richmond
Further research
Private
TREADGOLD, ALBERT JOHN
Service Number G/13529
Died 12/03/1917
Aged 31
6th Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Son of John and Eliza Treadgold, of Epsom; husband of Nellie Louisa
Treadgold, of 218, Kingston Rd., Leatherhead, Surrey.
Buried at FAUBOURG
D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS
Location: Pas de Calais, France
Cemetery/memorial reference: II. F. 23.
He was initially not found on the CWGC database. In
November 2001 Sue Parrott of Fetcham found him listed as Treadgol
and provided information about his relations still living in the area.
The CWGC were informed and the database was corrected.
Surrey Mirror
Friday 13 April 1917
ROYAL WEST SURREY REGIMENT.
Died of Wounds. 13529 Pte. A. J. Treadgold (Leatherhead).
Albert is also named on War Memorials in Epsom (see
below).
His story is also told, including a photo of his headstone, on the Epsom
& Ewell Explorer website.
His life
Albert John Treadgold was born on 15 April 1886 and was baptised at
Christ Church, Epsom Common on 30 May 1886. In the 1911 Census he was a
Domestic Gardener.
His father was John Treadgold, a son of Joseph and Sarah Treadgold: his
mother was Eliza Knight a daughter of Ambrose Knight and Mary Bullard.
John was a Bricklayer.
John and Eliza were married at Epsom Parish Church on 11 March 1883.
Albert's siblings were Ada Mary b abt 1884 and Charles Ambrose b 1891.
Albert married Nellie Louisa Reynolds at Christ Church, Epsom Common on
2 August 1913.
Nellie was born in Bangalore, Karnataka, India in about
1888. She was a daughter of Sergeant John Reynolds of the 4th Oxford
Light Infantry and his wife Elizabeth.
Albert and Nellie had two children, both born in Epsom - John Albert b
1915 and Nellie Elizabeth b 1917.
Albert lived at:
1891 Census: The Folly, South St, Epsom
1901 & 1911 Census: 5 The Folly, South St, Epsom
He married in 1913. In the 1918 Electoral
Register his widow Nellie was at 4 Pretoria Cottages, Kingston Road,
Leatherhead. Possibly that is where they lived after getting married,
presumably because he might have found employment in Leatherhead rather
than in Epsom.
After the war
His father, John, died on 23 April 1918, Reigate, Surrey. His mother,
Eliza, died at the age of 94 in 1953 (Surrey Mid eastern District, July
1953).
According to the Electoral Registers Nellie lived on at 4
Pretoria Cottages until 1922.
From 1923 to 1926 she was at 218 Kingston Road, Leatherhead, the address
given for her in the CWGC record.
From 1927 to at least 1931 she was at 4 Waterloo Cottages, off Church
Street, Leatherhead
Nellie married Leonard Small, a widower, on 6 February
1932 at St. Martin of Tours, Epsom.
By the time of the England & Wales Register in 1939
she was again a widow and her son John was living with her: