Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of John William and Lucilla Tyrrell.

Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project.
Shortly after Albert was born, his father John William a farm labourer and mother Lucilla, moved the family to the small village of Dunston in Staffordshire. It must have been a hard life as by 1901 Lucilla is recorded as head of the family and taking in washing as a laundress to bring in some income. The wretched John William is confined in the Stafford County Lunatic Asylum. Like so many other young men Albert worked on the land as a labourer. It is not known when he was enlisted into 2nd/1st (North Midland) Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery with the service number 313441. The Battery was assigned to 59th Division and was concentrated around Luton tasked with the defence of London – a somewhat improbable objective particularly as they had very limited resources. Initial training was in civilian clothes with mock up guns made from blocks of wood mounted on whatever cart wheels could be found. These “guns” were called “Quaker guns” because they were peaceful! On 30th May 1916 the Battery of 187 officers and men, four gun carriages, limbers, ammunition wagons, store wagons, farriers, saddlers and smiths, all pulled by dozens of heavy horses proceeded to Le Havre. They moved north to near Arras and handing over their 4.7 inch guns to another unit, took delivery of four 60-pounders. They were soon in action opening fire on 20th June as a part of the Third Army’s attack on Gommecourt in the build up to the Battle of The Somme. At some time he was promoted to Bombardier, the artillery equivalent to Corporal. The Allies were slowly creeping forward as the Germans were preparing to withdraw to the Hindenburg Line. On 15th February 1917 Albert Edward was killed. He lies peacefully now in the Avesnes- le Comte Communal Cemetery Extension. This is a small cemetery west of Arras with 333 casualties. He is also on the Roll of Honour board in St. Leonard’s Church Dunston. Possibly not surprisingly, because the family had left Hallaton so many years before, although born in the village his name was not on our memorial. It was added in 2008.

Information kindly provided by Dennis Kenyon.