WW1 Casualty: Private 359549 Albert Edward Orange - Private 359549 Albert Edward Orange
| Unit/Regiment |
10th Bn., King's (Liverpool) Regiment |
| Date of Death |
30/11/1917 |
Age at Death |
20 |
Burial/Memorial
& Reference |
Cambrai Memorial
Panel 4 |
| CWGC Family Details (if shown) |
Son of Walter and Mary Orange, of 19, Melville St., Warrington |
| Census Details |
1911 Census -
Albert, aged 14, lived with his grandparents, Mary and Peter Broad, at 17, Hale View Road, Huyton Quarry |
| SDGW - Where Born |
Huyton Quarry |
| Enlisted |
Prescot |
| Resided |
Huyton Quarry |
| How Died |
Killed in Action |
Theatre of War |
France & Flanders |
| Notes |
November 1918 edition of the BI "Link" Magazine � Reported missing November 30th 1917, now presumed by War Office to have been killed on or since that date. Late of Wire Mill Department |
| Research Ref. No. |
BI-086 |
Service DetailsPrivate Orange is remembered on the BICC Memorial
The 10th Bn were engaged in the actions at Cambrai around the date on which Pte Orange was killed.
The Battalion War Diary reported, "On the morning of 30th November 1917 at 7:00, the enemy opened heavy artillery fire against all trenches and occupied areas in the Battn sector and at about 8:00 attacked in strong force. The Right front Coy held ip the direct attack, except on the extreme right, where the enemy penetrated quickly. 2 platoons in KILDARE POST counter attacked, one reinforcing the front line and the other garrisoning DADOS LOOP. A stand was made from SUPPORTS but being outflanked on both sides from the direction of COXS BK on the left and HOLTS BK on the right withdrew fighting and established themselves on the ridge running south from Bn HQ (THE ADELPHI). The progress of events on the left front coy area is unknown as nobody returned after the initiation of the attack. The enemy barrage was exceptionally heavy on PIGEON QUARRY and the enemy attacked it in great strength from the high ground to the north, taking it in the rear. Nothing further is known of subsequent events."
84 men of the Battalion are recorded as being killed in the action of 30th November 1917. None of them has a marked grave and all are remembered on the Cambria Memorial
The Register of Soldiers Effects lists Arthur's father, Walter, as his next of kin
He was entitled to the British War Medal and Victory Medal
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