BORN ST BARNABAS, HULL 1890. ENLISTED HULL NOVEMBER 1914. SON OF JOE & ESTHER FLETCHER & 7 CHILDREN ABOVE 1911 CENSUS ADDRESS. WORKED FOR NER AS A COAL TRIMMER AT ALBERT DOCKS WITH HIS FATHER. HAD BEEN IN FRANCE FOR ONE YEAR AND NINE MONTHS. DIED OF WOUNDS TO HEAD, NECK, RIGHT HAND AND RIGHT KNEE RECEIVED 10 DAYS BEFORE. AT NO:11, STATIONARY HOSPITAL, ROUEN. HE WAS 27. HIS BROTHER PTE. JOE FLETCHER SERVED WITH THE SAME REGIMENT. FRED’S DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 8TH FEBRUARY 1917 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
First name:
FRED
Regiment:
Military Number:
13482
Rank:
Private
Date Died
31/01/1917
Place died:
St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France
Age:
27
67 , WALCOTT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK