Private Albert Victor Hirst was born in 1899 and enlisted on the 27th December 1917. He served during the Great War in France and Belgium with the Northamptonshire Regiment, serving a total of 1 year and 53 days with them. 

On the 18th February 1919, he transferred into the 1/7th (Robin Hood) Battalion. He was discharged on the 31st March 1920.