BORN HULL 1897. HE LIVED AND ENLISTED IN SHREWSBURY. HE WAS THE STEPSON OF WILLIAM DAW, OF HULL, AND THE GRANDSON OF MRS BECKWORTH, OF 11 TYNEMOUTH STREET, HULL. HIS MOTHER, FRANCES DAW, LIVED AT POCKLINGTON, & ALSO AT ‘THE MOUNT’, SHREWSBURY. HE WAS EDUCATED AT POCKLINGTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL AND TRAINED AS AN ACCOUNTANT. HE WORKED FOR COLLIER ACCOUNTANTS IN SHREWSBURY. AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR, HE JOINED THE 5TH SHROPSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. HE WAS KILLED AT ARRAS, ON 03/05/1917, AGED 20. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH, IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 25TH MAY 1917. *
First name:
STANLEY FREDERICK
Military Number:
17794
Rank:
Private
Date Died
03/05/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
20
