BORN HULL 1899. ELDEST SON OF HENRY & RACHEL ANN RAINE, OF 120 CLUMBER STREET, HULL & 198 , BELVOIR STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A POSTMAN. HE HAD AN OLDER SISTER MABEL AND YOUNGER BROTHER HARRY. HE WORKED AS A CLERK IN THE INSURANCE OFFICE, OF THE ELLERMAN-WILSON SHIPPING LINE.
HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED IN THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. WOUNDED IN ACTION, ON 10/04/1918. HE DIED IN WARRINGTON WAR HOSPITAL, ON 22/05/1918, AGED 18. HIS BODY WAS RETURNED TO HULL FOR BURIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FATHER HENRY. FRED WAS A KEEN SPORTSMAN AND HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE WILSON LINE CRICKET & ATHLETIC CLUB’S.
HIS NAME IS ALSO RECORDED ON THE HULL METHODIST CHURCH ROLL OF HONOUR, PRINCES AVENUE.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 29/05/1918. *
