b. ? 1887 ? d. ?
DATE OF EM ACTION: 11/07/1912 Bukhtiarpur, India.
Little is known about Albert Edward Stroud. What is known is that he was born in 1887 and his father’s name was Edward. It is not known if he was born in England or India, but he became an employee of the East Indian Railway as a guard, at the time of his Edward Medal action at Bukhtiarpur Railway Station on 11th July 1912. It is known that on 26th June 1913 in Khagole, Bengal, he married Edith Julia Swinnerton (born 1895), and that he was also a Freemason, being a member at Dinapore from 1913-1916.
EM CITATION:
On the 11th July last Stroud, who is a guard on the East Indian Railway, was employed on special duty at Bukhtiarpur Station, and was engaged in controlling a large crowd of pilgrims. Just as a passenger train was entering the station, an elderly Indian woman jumped on to the line intending to cross. Stroud at once jumped after her, and, though she had fallen, succeeded in dragging her out of the way of the train.
BURIAL LOCATION: UNKNOWN.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.
