Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the husband of Mrs Fort.

Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project.
Albert James Fort was born in 1878 in Bardon Hill, Leicestershire.
He was the son of Herbert (1849-1935) born in Bardon Hill, Leicestershire and Sarah Anne Colley (1855-1939) of Hugglescote.
He lived with his wife Florence Fort née Wood (1885-1962) from Copt Oak, Markfield, Leicestershire; they married 19th May 1909, and had three children: a boy who died age 1, and two daughters: Agnes Winifred (1913-2004) and Lucy (1915-1964), both born in Copt Oak, Markfield, Leicestershire, and lived at 20, the Crescent, Bardon Hill, Leicestershire Before the war, Albert James Fort was Quarryman at Bardon Granite Quarry.
Albert James Fort enlisted with the Army in August 1918. Formerly Sapper in the Royal Engineers No 196309.
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Submitted by F. Tilley 2016


Coalville Times article - Friday October 4th, 1918

LOCAL CASUALTIES

Mrs Fort, of 20, the Crescent, Bardon Hill, has received news from an officer and chaplain that her husband, Sapper A. J. Fort, of the Royal Engineers, has met with his death in one of the quarries. Deceased, who was 40 years of age, was a quarryman by trade, formerly working in the Bardon Hill quarries, and went to France as a skilled workman. He leaves a widow and two children. His parents reside at Hugglescote, his father being the caretaker of Hugglescote Cemetery. In both letters, deceased is described as a good soldier, of cheerful disposition, and popular with his comrades. His death has occasioned much regret among the officers and men of the company who express sympathy with the relatives. The chaplain states that on Sunday morning, September 22nd, deceased attended church parade in the morning, and later went to work as usual. The same afternoon he was found dead in the quarry. Sapper Fort volunteered for service in France and went there two years last August.

Research undertaken and submitted by Andy Murby 14/6/2018