Mash Albert Victor 1899

Albert Victor Mash

1899-1967

Father Nm: John James Mash was born in 1873 in Northamptonshire died 1940 Northamptonshire

Mother Nm: Emma Louisa Lawrence was born in 1872 in Northamptonshire died 1967 Northamptonshire

Marriage Dt: 1926 Northampton Doris Blenco

K comments:
Spouse comments:   Doris Blencowe [10025] b. 24.12.1902 Northampton died May 1987 Northampton

Children. Richard J Mash b. 1927 Northampton

Born 1899

Albert V Mash was born on 25 Aug 1899 in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire.

1901 Census

Albert Victor Mash was age 1 and the son of the head of the household when they appeared in the 1901 UK Census on 31 Mar 1901 at Hinwick End in Wollaston, Wellingborough

1911 CENSUS

Islington Towcester, Towceste

First name(s)	Last name	Relationship to head	Marital status	Sex	Age	Birth year	Occupation	Birth place
James	Mash	Head	Married	Male	38	1873	Clicker	Northampton Northampton
Emma	Mash	Wife	Married	Female	39	1872	–	Northampton Northampton
Doris	Mash	Daughter	–	Female	13	1898	Machinist upper	Northampton Wollaston
Edith	Mash	Daughter	–	Female	11	1900	School	Northampton Wollaston
Albert	Mash	Son	–	Male	11	1900	School	Northampton Wollaston
Annie	Mash	Daughter	–	Female	6	1905	School	Northampton Wollaston
Jessie	Mash	Daughter	–	Female	4	1907	School	Northampton Wollaston

WW1

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derbys) Regiment

Private 103853, 10th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters)

Synopsis

We have no service records for Albert, but we do have his medal card that suggests the period he was overseas and one hospital record that suggests his battalion in 1919 was the 10th, Battalion Sherwood Foresters. His medal card and this record show he had a 6-digit service number and that he was not awarded the 1914-15 Star. This indicates he was probably sent out to the 10th Bn as a replacement for the losses in 1915/16. I speculate then that he was sent overseas no earlier than after the battles of the Somme. If this was the case, then Albert missed some terrible times in the trenches in Flanders and on the Somme. However, as my study shows a good half battalion of losses occurred during the time he was with the 10th Sherwood’s. Furthermore, I do think he was with the 10th Bn all the time the war was in progress.

1914

Background

• 13 September. The 10th Service Battalion formed as part of Kitchener’s Army. It was organised under the  51st Brigade, 17th (Northern) Division
• Initial training was at Lulworth and Wool
• May. The 17th division moved to the Winchester area for final intensive training.

1915

Note: In 1915 the 10th suffered 57 fatal casualties but Albert not probably with the 10th.

• July. Crossed from Folkestone to Boulogne and then onto Caestre to Billets near the Belgium border. At end of the month marched to Ypres (Hooge)
• Aug. Into the trenches at Reninghelst and the 10th Bn. suffers its first casualties of the war. The first of many to come. Four men were killed on 17/18 and 27/28

  

   

• Sept. In the trenches again. Heavy enemy bombardments and an allied attack later in the month resulted in a stalemate but 14 casualties.
• Oct-Dec. relatively quiet trench activity in October and November with 10 casualties but much more enemy bombardment to its toll with 29 casualties.

1916

Note: In 1916 the 10th Bn. suffered 388 fatal casualties

• The Division was involved in fighting at the Bluff (southeast of Ypres on the Comines canal), part of a number of engagements officially known as the Actions of Spring 1916. For the 10th Bn. the month of February was particularly hard.
• 1- 13 Jul. The Battle of Albert* The Division captured Fricourt in this battles
• 14 Jul– 15 Sept. The Battle of Delville Wood*

The battles marked * are phases of the Battles of the Somme 1916

• Oct-early 1917 It’s likely, in this period that Albery joined the battalion perhaps when they were still in the Somme at Carnoy Camp in Dec when 94 reinforcements joined the 10th Bn.

1917

Note: In 1917 the 10th suffered 193 fatal casualties

• • Jan-March. Trenches in the Somme. In this period trench raids and bombardment accounted for 26 casualties. At the end of March the 10th Bn. was moved from its Bronfay Billets in the Somme to the Arras sector and was in billets at le Souich on 31st March.
  • 9-14 Apr. The First Battle of the Scarpe** The 10th Bn. held in reserve for this battle.
  • 23-24 Apr. The Second Battle of the Scarpe** The 10th took part in this successful attack but suffered 26 killed and about 80 wounded. Below the map of the battles of the Scarpe, the 17th Division was central in the attacks and captured Roeux

• The Capture of Roeux**
  The battles marked ** are phases of the Arras Offensive
• June-September. The 10th was in and out of the frontline in Arras in this time which was very active and they suffered 49 men killed.
• 4 October. The 17th Division moved back to the Ypres sector in Belgium.
• 12 October. The First Battle of Passchendaele*** From the Great War forum: ”

  On the 10th. The 10th Bn. moved into the front line and relieved Middlesex & Worcester Regiments. The line held was approx 20SW4 U12d8.8 to 20SE3 V13a8.6.(Tranquille House to Conde House)

  11th Oct. Order received for an attack, battalion had to close in on the right with the 7th Lincolns filled the gap. The line held 20SE3 V7d3.5 to V13a8.6 .5 ORs were killed. (SDGW).

  12th Oct. Zero hour for the attack was 5.25am……

  Objective of attack Senegal Farm V7c9.2, Huts at V7d3.2, Berthier Farm at V7b3.05 Gravel Farm V7b95.05 . 15 killed and 150 wounded.

  Casualties 39 men killed.

  

• 26  Oct -10 Nov. The Second Battle of Passchendaele***
  • The 10th entrained for Boesinghe and moved in a support line in Wijdendrift area 51st Inf Bde diary says (under orders of 106th Inf Bde) 51st Bde diary counts casualties as 12 kelled and 19 wounded CWCG has 21 men killed.
    The battles marked *** are phases of the Third Battles of Ypres

1918

Note: In 1918 the 10th suffered 425 fatal casualties by far its most deadliest of the war.

• March-April. The German Spring Offensive. The 10th Bn. were at Bertincourt when on the 20 March they came under heavy attack they lost 44 men from this offensive in March.

  

The Battle of St Quentin  +
21 August – 3 September. The Battle of Bapaume +
The battles marked + are phases of the First Battles of the Somme 1918
The Battle of Amiens
The Battle of Albert++
The Battle of Bapaume++
The battles marked ++ are phases of the Second Battles of the Somme 1918
The Battle of Havrincourt^
The Battle of Epehy^
The Battle of Cambrai 1918^
The battles marked ^ are phases of the Battles of the Hindenburg Line
The pursuit to the Selle
The Battle of the Selle^^
The Battle of the Sambre^^
The battles marked ^^ are phases of the Final Advance in Artois

 

1919

First name(s)	A V
Archive	The National Archives
Last name	Mash
Series description	War Office: First World War Representative Medical Records of Servicemen
Admission year	1919
Piece	MH 106/117
Admission date	25 Jan 1919
Register type	Hospital admission and discharge registers
Hospital	51st Field Ambulance
Description	Officers and other ranks.
Rank	Private
Record year range	1918 Nov. 2-1919 Apr. 29
Service number	103853
Country	Great Britain
Battalion	10
Record set	British Armed Forces, First World War Soldiers’ Medical Records
Corps	Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment)
Category	Armed Forces & Conflict
Transfer year	1919
Subcategory	First World War
Transfer date	25 Jan 1919
Collections from	Great Britain, UK None

Medals

Sources

1. 1. Find my Past  and BFA database
   2. War Diary 10th Sherwood Foresters
   3. War Diary 51st Infantry Brigade

After the War

1921 Census

9 Vernon Terrace, Towcester

John James	Mash	Head	Male	1872	49	Northampton, Northamptonshire, England	Clicker Boot Trade	C & E Lewis Towcester Boot Manufacturers
Emma Louisa	Mash	Wife	Female	1871	49	Northampton, Northamptonshire, England	Home Duties	–
Ada Doris Rhoda	Mash	Daughter	Female	1898	23	Wollaston, Northamptonshire, England	Upper Machinist Boot Trade	C & E Lewis Towcester Boot Manufacturers
Edith May	Mash	Daughter	Female	1899	21	Wollaston, Northamptonshire, England	Upper Machinist Boot Trade	C & E Lewis Towcester Boot Manufacturers
Albert Victor	Mash	Son	Male	1899	21	Wollaston, Northamptonshire, England	Rivetting Machine Operator Boot Trade	C & E Lewis Towcester Boot Manufacturers
Annie Ethel	Mash	Daughter	Female	1904	17	Wollaston, Northamptonshire, England	Upper Machinist Boot Trade	C & E Lewis Towcester Boot Manufacturers
Jessie Elizabeth	Mash	Daughter	Female	1907	14	Wollaston, Northamptonshire, England	Upper Machinist Boot Trade	C & E Lewis Towcester Boot Manufacturers

1939 Census

76 Malcolm Drive, Northampton

First name(s)	Last name(s)	Birth date	Sex	Occupation	Marital status	Schedule	Schedule sub number
Albert Victor	Mash	29 Aug 1899	Male	Boot Operative	Married	234	1
Davis	Mash	24 Dec 1902	Male	Unpaid Domestic Duties	Married	234	2

The record for this person is officially closed.

Emily L	Ford	10 Dec 1913	Female	Unpaid Domestic Duties – Evacuee	Widowed	234	4

The record for this person is officially closed.

Death 1967

Albert V Mash died about May 1967 at age of 67 years in Northampton

Gallery

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