BORN HULL 1877. SON OF EDWIN THOMAS DOWDE (1849-1928) & ELLEN EDITH DOWDE (1849-1923), OF 215 WALTON STREET, HULL (1918 VOTERS ADDRESS). ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE WAS A BRICK LAYER.
HE MARRIED AT SCULCOATES, HULL, IN 1905. HUSBAND OF FLORENCE GIBSON (1883-1959), OF 16, MINNIE’S GROVE, WALTON STREET, HULL WAR PENSION ADDRESS.) THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN, NORAH, EDWIN AND GERTRUDE.
HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL ENGINEERS. DIED AS A PRISONER OF WAR, IN GERMANY, ON 27/06/1918, AGED 41.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW FLORENCE.
HE IS BURIED AT DENAIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “A LOVING SON”.
First name:
FREDERICK
Regiment:
Military Number:
487040
Rank:
Sapper
Date Died
27/06/1918
Place died:
Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, France
Age:
41
16, MINNIE'S GROVE, WALTON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
