BORN HEBBURN, DURHAM 17/12/1888. SON OF SARAH ELIZABETH SMITH (FORMERLY DAVIDSON) & THE LATE JOHN DAVIDSON, OF 4 WILLIAMS TERRACE, WOODHOUSE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE JOINED THE ROYAL NAVY, ON 09/01/1907. HE MARRIED ALICE MAUD COX, IN HULL, IN 1915. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 825, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 8TH MACHINE GUN COMPANY. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 03/05/1917, AGED 28. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 12/06/1917. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ALICE M. BARBER.
First name:
FREDERICK JOHN
Military Number:
71882
Rank:
Private
Date Died
03/05/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
28
4 WILLIAMS TERRACE, WOODHOUSE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
