Stalbridge Remembers
ALBERT C. JEANS
Private 22045
1st Garrison Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
Formerly Private 7591
Dorsetshire Regiment
Died Wednesday 8th January 1919
Aged 40
His grave is No. 29, Row E, Plot 11 in
BANGALORE (HOSUR ROAD) CEMETERY
and his Memorial is on Face 19
MADRAS 1914-1918 WAR MEMORIAL, CHENNAI
Son of Alfred John and Sarah Ann Jeans of
Anvil House, Ring Street, Stalbridge
Personal details:
Albert Charles Jeans, born in 1878, had an older sister Mary Louisa, and two older brothers Christopher and George. Christopher is the Grandfather of Christopher and Geoffrey Jeans, both of whom still live in Stalbridge. Father ran the family blacksmiths business in which all the sons were employed. We have no personal military records for Albert and therefore do not know when he enlisted. He is likely to have been with the Dorsetshire Regiment a very short time before being transferred to the Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. As he did not qualify for the 1914-1915 Star he did not see service in a theatre of war before 1916
Albert Charles Jeans, born in 1878, had an older sister Mary Louisa, and two older brothers Christopher and George. Christopher is the Grandfather of Christopher and Geoffrey Jeans, both of whom still live in Stalbridge. Father ran the family blacksmiths business in which all the sons were employed. We have no personal military records for Albert and therefore do not know when he enlisted. He is likely to have been with the Dorsetshire Regiment a very short time before being transferred to the Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. As he did not qualify for the 1914-1915 Star he did not see service in a theatre of war before 1916
Military details:
The 1st Garrison Battalion of the Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry was formed in Portland in February 1915 and went to India in February 1916. Albert was a farrier, looking after the battalion’s horses. He wrote to his brother George in August 1917 from the Veterinary Hospital in Bangalore. The Spanish Flu pandemic, which arrived in India in Bombay in August 1918, swept north and east across the country, killing as many as 17 million people. Albert died of the disease on 8th January 1919 while still on active service.
The 1st Garrison Battalion of the Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry was formed in Portland in February 1915 and went to India in February 1916. Albert was a farrier, looking after the battalion’s horses. He wrote to his brother George in August 1917 from the Veterinary Hospital in Bangalore. The Spanish Flu pandemic, which arrived in India in Bombay in August 1918, swept north and east across the country, killing as many as 17 million people. Albert died of the disease on 8th January 1919 while still on active service.
His grave in Bangalore
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His name is on Face 19, Madras 1914-1918 War Memorial
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