 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Albert Edward LadysmithSteptoe Wilfrid Brambell akaberekwa musi wa 26 September 1899, kunyange zvazvo nguva dzose aiti akaberekwa muna 1901. Haana kuroorwa; baba vake vakanga vasingazivikanwi asi vaidavirwa kuva vakanga vari mugadziri wemakeke womunzvimbomo uyo akafa muna 1910. Mufananidzo waAlbert wababa vake chaizvoizvo ndiwaWilliam Gladstone. Albert anoratidzika kuva akabatana neuto achiri muduku pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika Yokutanga uye anoonekwa akapfeka menduru dzeMons Star kuti azviratidze. Pane imwe nhambo anoudza mutori wenhau kuti akabatana neGrenadier Guards, zvimwe zvisingabviri nemhaka yechimiro chake chiduku. Anotaura kuti akarohwa negranade muna 1917; apo harina kuputika akarikanda kudzokera kumakomba echiGermany nemigumisiro inoparadza, zvikurukuru paimba yokudyira: masoseji nemakaroti zvakabhururuka mumhepo. Sezviri pachena akashanda neBritish Expeditionary Force kuArchangel, White Russia muna 1919. Albert ane usimbe, akaoma musoro, ane pfungwa dzakatetepa uye ane muromo wakaipa ane miitiro yomunhu oga inonyangadza; anogutsikana nenzvimbo yake munyika, asina kuzvirumbidza chose chose uye anonyomba chose chose. Anogona kuva anotsiva zvikuru uye anoita chinhu chiri chose chaanogona kudzivisa mwanakomana wake Harold kubva mukuzvivandudza amene - zvikurukuru kana kuchireva kuti anofanira kubva pamusha. Kazhinji kazhinji haana kuveurwa uye akapfeka mazino okunyepedzera akwegura zvikuru asina ruvara ane mamwe mazino asisipo. Mudzimai wake - ainzi Gladys naEmily - akafa musi wa 23 December 1936. Anotaura mune chimwe chiitiko kuti akanga ari mumwe wevana 14. Steptoe a la Cart inoratidza kuti ane mwanasikana muFrance uye Cuckoo in the Nest inoratidza kuti ane mwanakomana muAustralia; Oh, What a Beautiful Mourning! inoratidza kuti munununa wake angangova mwanasikana wake. 