Albert Tweedy

A Private with the 7th Battalion, Albert died on 18th of July 1944 aged 24. 

Albert was born at West Hartlepool on 14 December 1919, a son of Frederick G. and Hannah Tweedy. In 1921 his family lived at 34 Uppingham Street, West Hartlepool. By 1939 they were living at 108 Scarborough Street, West Hartlepool, and Albert was a van attendant at a general laundry. Later his mother lived at Saint Anne’s on Sea. 

In 1942 Albert married Sylvia Doreen Leech. This was registered in the Amounderness district. Sylvia came from Lowestoft. In 1939 she lived at 127 Rotterdam Road and later at 4 Wellington Cottages. 

Albert enlisted in The Royal Scots and was later transferred to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and served in France with the 7th Battalion. Before going to Normandy Albert had served in North Africa and Italy as part of the Eighth Army.

The 7th Battalion landed at Normandy on 10 June 1944. For the next few weeks they were part of the divisional reserve holding positions near Caen. During those weeks the battalion was subjected to considerable enemy shell-fire. On 18 July the battalion were in the vicinity of Ranville and on that day, Ranville underwent German bombing raids. Albert was killed in action.