Albert Dudden


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Phyllis Cram’s excellent book “Parish Pump to Parish Present” includes a representation of Sandford’s “Lost” memorial plaque. This shows “R. Dudden” as fallen. The Winscombe Cross and Tryptych both show “A. Dudden”.

From the Parish Council records it is clear that the Sandford memorial had become dilapidated enough by 1944 so that they moved that the “Framed memorial be repaired and the names re-written”. It was possibly then that the “A” was transposed to the “R” which appears on the extant recreation of the, now lost, Sandford memorial.

War	WW1
Rank	Private
Initial 1	A
Initial 2
Initial 3
Forename (s)	Albert
Surname	Dudden
Award for Gallantry
Citation from the London Gazette
On War Memorial	Yes
On Porch Triptych	Yes
Other
Born	Croscombe
Enlisted	Cardiff
Residence	Bristol
How died	KIA
Theatre	France and Flanders
Rank	Private
Regiment/service	Welsh Regiment
Unit text	1st Bn.
Age	18
Date of Death	05/05/1915
Additional Info	NO RECORD
Service #	6945
Grave/ Memorial Reference	Panel 37.
Grave/Memorial	YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Biographical Info	Albert and Edward [Also remembered here] are possibly Cousins, both having been born in Croscombe. However by 1901 Edward and his father, John, have both moved away and are living in Winscombe.
Research Info	In Wells Cathedral memorial book. Albert is 3 in 1901 Survey…this indicates it is UNLIKELY he was actually 18 at time of death [though I've shown this as such]