BORN DRIFFIELD 1883. SON OF MARY CONWAY LIVED AT 8, ANVIL’S TERRACE, SPRING STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). WORKED AS AN ELECTRIC CRANE DRIVER.
HE MARRIED IN HULL, ON 25/06/1910. LIVED AT 7, STORY’S BUILDINGS, SPRING STREET, HULL, WITH HIS WIFE ELIZABETH MARY BURKHEAD AND THEIR SIX CHILDREN (SIDNEY, EDWIN, IVY, FREDERICK, MURIEL & KENNETH (DIED ON 20/9/1917).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 02/12/1914. SERVED EGYPT, ARRIVED FRANCE 08/03/1916. KILLED AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW ELIZA, WHO WAS AWARDED A WEEKLY PENSION OF 33 SHILLINGS AND NINE PENCE FOR HER AND HER SIX CHILDREN.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 15/12/1916. *
First name:
FRED
Regiment:
Military Number:
13/993
Rank:
Private
Date Died
13/11/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
33
