Cemetery: Vimy Memorial
Country: France
Area: Pas De Calais
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Official Number: 718573
Unit: 107th Bn. Canadian Pioneers.
Country of Service: Canadian
Details:
15th August 1917.
Pte Albert Henry Detmold 718573 – UK national in CEF – KIA 15/8/17 in France – born to a Jewish family who all seem to have converted to Christians when emigrating to Canada from UK before WW1. Mother descended from Rufus Isaacs. Albert attested as Presbyterian in CEF, body only found and ID 2026. He appears in the British Jewry Book of Honour as ethnically Jewish via his mother, and also father listed as Jewish on Albert’s German birth certificate
'The body of this man was found in France in 2020; he is to be buried in summer 2026. He was Jewish and the nephew of Rufus Isaacs , Lord Reading, of British Jewish fame. It is not yet known what religious symbol will go on his grave but a Jewish Chaplain Rabbi from Canada will be attending the ceremony organised by the CWGC
Photograph by David Milborrow