20th January 1915
100 years ago today Albert Benjamin Uden (My Great Grand Uncle) enlisted at Ottawa with the Canadian Expeditionary force.
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Born in Dover, Kent on the 17th October 1882, the son of Albert Uden and Eliza Sowman. His father was a Potato merchant and the family grew up on Seven Star Street in Dover. Albert married Maude Torr, also from Dover, in 1905 in Paddington. Along with their newly born son Albert they emigrated to Toronto, Canada in 1907 sailing on the Empress of Britain.
In 1915 Albert, Maude and their two sons Albert (born in
Paddington in 1906) and George (born in Ontario, Canada in 1910) were living in
Bellwoods Ave, Toronto.
A carpenter by trade Albert aged 32 years and 2
months enlisted in the 4th Field Company of the Canadian Engineers.
He was 5ft 5in tall with brown eyes, dark brown hair and a dark complexion.
Albert also had two vaccination scars on his right arm and a scar on his left
shin.
Eight years after sailing 1,000's of miles to start a new life in Canada, Albert Uden volunteered to return.
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