The grave Private Albert Ingham 10495 Bailleulmont Communal Cemetery, France - shot for desertion
There are four soldiers buried in Bailleulmont Communal Cemetery, France who were executed by firing squad. Young Albert Ingham is perhaps the reason why many people come to this cemetery, for his is the only gravestone amongst the over three hundred executed soldiers which states the cause of his death. Private Albert Ingham 10495 18th Bn Manchester Regiment Died on 1st December 1916 aged 24 Son of George and Eliza Ingham, of Atherton Cottage, Lower Kersal, Manchester Shot at Dawn One of the first to enlist A worthy son Of his father Albert Ingham and Alfred Longshaw had both been clerks at the Salford Goods Yard for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railways. They joined up together and served together in 11 Platoon of C Company the 18th Manchesters. Having served through most of the Battle of the Somme the pair absconded in October rather than face another stint at the front. Getting as far as Dieppe they managed to stow away on a ship - where they were discovered and handed over to the military authorities. The pair had been found in civilian clothes and were sentenced to death by the subsequent Court Martial. In the years following the war George Ingham discovered that whilst the official description of : died of gun shot wounds, was essentially correct it hid the true reason for his son's death. Grave: B 12
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Location: Bailleulmont Communal Cemetery, France
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