Albert Sweetzer
Lance Corporal 24026
1^st Battalion Hampshire Regiment

 War Plot

Albert Sweetzer was the son of Albert and Alice Sweetzer of 5 Blake’s cottages Reading.   He died on 26^th October 1918 of phthisis (tuberculosis), aged 44 years. 

 The Reading Chronicle November 8^th  1918 made reference to the military funeral of Albert Sweetzer, as belonging to the  Hampshire Regiment  and late Royal Berkshire Regiment The funeral procession started from his home and was headed by bearers of the Depot Royal Berkshire Regiment and buglers.

 An account of the funeral published in the Reading Standard November 16th 1918 gave more details:

Military funeral.

 Last week the funeral of Corporal Bert Sweetzer, of, Reading, took place at the Reading Cemetery amidst every token of sympathy.  The deceased joined up early in the war quite voluntarily, and had seen much service in France and Flanders.  He had several very narrow escapes, and finally being wounded was sent to two English hospitals.  On resuming duty he was ordered to Dublin, being attached to the Garrison Battalion Worcester Regiment.  While there he soon had to go to hospital where he passed peacefully away.  Previous to enlisting he was a house decorator, and in his younger days was a familiar figure on the entertainment platform as a banjo and bone artist.

Albert Sweetzer’s graave is in the War plot but his family lie close by to his grave on the other side of the hedge in Division  71.