Albert Andrew's Story.
Albert Andrew Arthern was born in High Legh, Cheshire in 1887, one of eleven children born to Thomas (a police officer) and Martha Arthern of High Legh. Albert was a farm labourer.
He enlisted in the Royal Irish Rifles at the beginning of the war, becoming Private no. 17550 of the 3rd Battalion. They were a Reserve Battalion and did not serve abroad.
He died in Dublin on the 26th October 1914.