BORN HULL 1884. SON OF JOHN AND ANN BROWN, OF 86 PORTER STREET, HULL. HE WAS IN BUSINESS WITH HIS FATHER AND WORKED AS HARNESS MAKER AND LEATHER MERCHANT. HE WAS ALSO A LEADING MEMBER OF THE HULL BOYS CLUB, ROPER STREET, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 02/09/1914. SERVED WITH THE HULL COMMERCIALS BATTALION AND TRANSFERRED TO THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS COMMISSIONED AND PROMOTED IN FEBRUARY 1917. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/03/1917, AGED 33.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE HULL TECHNICAL COLLEGE MEMORIAL.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 12/10/1917, WITH PHOTOGRAPH. *
First name:
FREDERICK DAVID
Regiment:
Rank:
2nd Lieutenant
Date Died
08/03/1917
Place died:
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, FRANCE
Age:
33
