{"id":153,"date":"2014-10-15T16:00:20","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T16:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/echoes\/?page_id=153"},"modified":"2024-08-20T14:49:32","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T14:49:32","slug":"albert-french-died-aged-16","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/echoes\/?page_id=153","title":{"rendered":"Albert French &#8211; boy soldier (died aged 16)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Albert French was allowed to enlist after lying about his age so that he could &#8220;do his bit&#8221;. He was killed at Ploegsteert (&#8220;Plug Street&#8221;) in Belgium, south of Ieper (Ypres) when he was still just 16. His story was uncovered and published by <b>The Living Archive<\/b>, which is based in Wolverton, Albert&#8217;s home town: one result of this is that Wolverton is now twinned with Ploegsteert.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/echoes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/albert_french_grave.jpg\" alt=\"albert_french_grave\" width=\"350\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/echoes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/albert_french_grave.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/echoes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/albert_french_grave-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As a result of a successful campaign to get Albert&#8217;s age added to his headstone (see above &#8211; photographed on 11th November 2004), his grave is now one of those featured on tours of the Western front, and his story commands a paragraph in the latest edition of <i>Major and Mrs Holt&#8217;s Battlefield Guide:The Western Front &#8211; North.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The Living Archive runs a website about Albert &#8211; please visit it for the full story:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mkheritage.co.uk\/la\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>http:\/\/www.mkheritage.co.uk\/la\/index.html<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/echoes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/albert_french_wreath.jpg\" alt=\"albert_french_wreath\" width=\"350\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/echoes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/albert_french_wreath.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/echoes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/albert_french_wreath-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albert French was allowed to enlist after lying about his age so that he could &#8220;do his bit&#8221;. He was killed at Ploegsteert (&#8220;Plug Street&#8221;) in Belgium, south of Ieper (Ypres) when he was still just 16. His story was &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/echoes\/?page_id=153\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Albert French &#8211; boy soldier (died aged 16)<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-153","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/echoes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/echoes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/echoes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/echoes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/echoes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=153"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/echoes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":767,"href":"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/echoes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/153\/revisions\/767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/echoes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}