Fred was born in Walkington in 1896, the son of William Jackson Dinsdale and Mary Dinsdale who were both born in Walkington and lived in a cottage on East End, almost next door to other men who had lost their lives. (Cross, Oliver, Dinsdale). Fred enlisted in Beverley and by the 25th March 1918, the day before Fred died, the 5th Battalion
suffered furious attacks from the German advance and had to retreat under a hail of machine gun and artillery fire, it was in this mayhem that Fred and many others lost their lives.
Fred had been reported missing in March 1918, but his death was not recorded in the Beverley Guardian until 12 July, 1919, as the brother of Mrs. Appleton of Norton Street Beverley. He is also commemorated on the Beverley War Memorial in Hengate, and on the East Riding.
Memorial in Beverley Minster. Fred has no known grave and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial to the missing in France.
