Forename: Albert Edward
Surname: Armitage
Rank: Private
Regiment: Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
Institution: Cheltenham Training College
Albert Armitage Troy illustration MS Chelt 1911 (UA34/1/40)
Albert Armitage illustration MS Chelt 1911 (UA34/1/40)
Albert Armitage signature MS Chelt 1910 (UA34/1/39)
1909 – 1911 Year Group (UA36/12/6)
Albert Armitage was a student at Cheltenham Training College from 1909 – 1911, and was originally from Mansfield. After qualification he worked as a teacher at York Street School in Mansfield.
He was a Private in the 1st/ 8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) and died at Ypres on 15 June 1915, aged 24. He is buried in Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery in Belgium.