Albert was born in 1898 in Leicester to Frederick Solomon Wills, a boot finisher, and Ellen (nee Ebourn).
They had 14 children-
Edwin 1879
Eliza 1881
Thomas 1882
Nellie 1883
Georgina 1885
John 1888
Caroline Georgina 1890
Frederick 1892
Arthur 1894
Albert 1898
Walter 1901
Lily 1904
Frank 1910
1 unknown
Albert’s photograph is in
Illustrated Chronicle 22.2.1819 Pg 1.
In 1901 census the family lived at 24 Rodney Street and by 1911 they had moved to 97 Sherard Road.
Albert became Private 38783 9th Battalion King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. He was Killed in Action on 26.4.1918, aged 20, and is on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium.
