Albert Edgar Eberlin


Captain Albert Edgar Eberlin FRIBA MC was an architect based in Nottingham.

Background and family

He was born in 1895, the son of Albert Eberlin, a Chemist in the partnership of Waterall & Eberlin, and also director of the Nottingham Building Society, and Annie Charlotte Maden. He was educated at Nottingham High School and Mill Hill School, Wills Grove, Mill Hill, Hendon.
In 1924 he married Edith Annie Daft.
In retirement he lived at 122 Sutton Passeys Cresent in Wollaton and he died on 13 January 1977 and left an estate of £68,555.

Military career

During the First World War he served in the 3rd Battalion the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry but was later transferred to the 26th Brigade Machine Gun Corps. In 1918 he was awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry for continued command of his company on 25 April 1918 for over 2 hours whilst under attack despite being shot in both legs.

Architectural career

He was articled to Stockdale, Harrison and Sons of Leicester where he was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1921. He later formed a partnership with Basil Baily. A later partnership from 1934 resulted in the architectural practice of Eberlin and Darbyshire.
He was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1939.

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