Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man:
Able Seaman Albert Edward Lambert. He was born on the 13th March 1897 in Hoxton, London. In 1911 the census shows that he was living with his sister, Emily, and her husband at 79 Philip Lane, Tottenham. He was a 14 year old schoolboy. He joined the Royal Navy on the 4th July 1912 as a Boy II and was promoted to Boy I on the 7th January 1913. On the 13th March 1915, his 18th birthday, he signed up for 15 years and was rated as an Ordinary Seaman and was made an Able Bodied Seaman on the 24th April 1916. His service number at the time was Devonport J18775. He served on a number of ships and was awarded The 1914-15 Star, The 1914-1918 British War Medal and The Victory Medal. He paid £24 and was granted his early discharge by purchase on the 17th January 1924 and was placed on the Royal Fleet Reserve, service number C/JX170465. He married Beatrice Mary Hodgson in 1926 in Hackney and they had one daughter. In September 1931 he was appointed as a Porter in the London Postal Service (West). The Electoral Registers show that he and his wife were living at 12 Bertram Road, Enfield, Middlesex during the years 1937-1939. With the outbreak of the Second World War he was recalled and on the 15th November 1942 he was serving aboard H.M.S. Avenger, an Escort Carrier escorting Convoy MKF-1Y from Gibraltar to the River Clyde, Scotland. At 04.14 hours it was hit by one torpedo from the German submarine U-155, about 120 miles west of Gibraltar. The torpedo ignited the bomb load and blew out the centre of the ship which sank in two minutes. Of the 526 officers and men on board there were only 12 survivors. He died, aged 45 years and as his body was never recovered he is also commemorated on Panel 55.1 of the Chatham Naval Memorial. Probate of his estate was granted to his widow. Effects amounted to £238-3s-0d.
Andrew also found the photo on which Lambert is highlighted. It was taken on the 19th August 1939 at the wedding of his wife's sister at St Marks Church, Dalston. His wife is the lady, 2nd on the left in the front row.
