Albert enlisted into the Regiment and was assigned to the 1st Battalion with number 6438 and saw action during the first Boer War of 1897-98.  

Albert was promoted to Sergeant in 1911 and continued to serve with the 1st Battalion during the Great War.  He joined them in France in March 1916. 

He rose through the ranks during the First World War, he was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant into the 15th Battalion, in August 1916. He then became Adjutant in January 1917 and later Major in April that same year. 

Albert was also selected to attend a Senior Officers course at Aldershot in April 1918 (according to the 3rd Battalion Roll of Officers Casualties 1914-18 book, held in the regimental archives). After the completion of this, Albert served with the Expeditionary Force in France in June 1918. 

Albert featured in the London Gazette when he was awarded the Military Cross on the 18th of October 1917, for leading his company with great zeal in an attack and consolidating the ground taken. He then led the company in a defensive action, repelling three counterattacks, showing great skill and contempt for danger.