Date of Birth
9 September 1891
College
Borough Road College
Job(s)
Council School, Kimblesworth
Service number
Unknown
WW1 rank
Second Lieutenant
Northumberland Fusiliers, 22nd Tyneside Scottish Battalion
Theatre of war
Europe
Date of death
31 May 1916
Buried/memorial
Franvillers Communal Cemetery (Grave/Memorial reference: I. A. 1)
Biography
Second Lieutenant Albert Bruce Cosgrove was the son of John and Mary Elizabeth Cosgrove, of Old Elvet, Durham. He attended Borough Road College for 2 years before enlisting into Northumberland Fusiliers. Cosgrove was 24 when he died from wounds sustained following an incident with a grenade the day before the Battle of the Somme.
Sources
Entry on p.87 [Roll of Honour page], Mentioned on Framed Borough Road College Roll of Honour, 1914 Annual reports, Secondary source information provided by Douglas Craik (taken from Commonwealth War Graves Commission)