BORN HULL 31/08/1874. SON OF RUEBEN DRINKALL (1849-1914) & HANNAH FORREST (1847-1927), OF 26 WILLIAMSON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). JOINED THE ROYAL NAVY, ON 01/12/1896.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL WHEN WAR BEGAN. SERVED WITH THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE PIONEERS. LEFT ENGALND FOR GALLIPOLI, ON 14/07/1915. SAW ACTION AT TEKE TEPPE, ON THE 08/08/1915 AND SCIMITAR HILL, ON 21/08/1915. DIED OF DYSENTRY ON 01/10/1915, AGED 42, AT ALEXANDRIA.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, HANNAH. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE WILLIAMSON STREET MEMORIAL. HE IS BURIED AT ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, EGYPT. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “IN HOPE OF A GLORIOUS RESURRECTION”.
First name:
FREDERICK
Regiment:
Military Number:
3/7058
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/10/1915
Place died:
Alexandria (Chatby) Military And War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
Age:
42
26 , WILLIAMSON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
