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Albert Hart died in France aged 29 years. The Broadstone Church Magazine, April 1917 reported; On the 1891 census Albert Hart is found living next to the school in Broadstone with his father, Richard, a mariner, his mother Ellen, four sisters, Mary [a pupil teacher], Emma, Annie and Flora and two brothers William and Edward only 8 months [who was killed in July 1916 in Iraq]. In 1901 he is living in Wimborne Road [now Dunyeats Road]. His father is not listed, his mother is the head of the household. Emma is now a dressmaker, Annie a school mistress, William a pupil teacher, and Albert is aged 13, Edward aged 10 and another brother Henry, aged 7. The Broadstone Church Magazine, April 1917 reported; "Albert Hart was a man who inspired respect wherever he went, by his lofty aims and devotion to duty, and his death is mourned by a large circle of friends in Broadstone." (Taken from Broadstone"s War Memorials, by Jill Floyd)