BORN HULL 1897. ONLY CHILD OF ALICE SLIGHT, OF 133 BELMONT STREET. 1911 CENSUS. HIS GRANDPARENTS JOSEPH AND FRANCES SLIGHT LIVED IN KIRK ELLA. THIS WAS HIS ARMY ADDRESS. EMPLOYED AS A NER ENGINE CLEANER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 1 INCHES TALL, 108 LBS WEIGHT AND 34 INCH CHEST. ENLISTED HULL, 28/02/1916. SERVED IN FRANCE FROM 18/11/1916. RECEIVED A GUNSHOT WOUND TO HIS LEFT ARM ON 24/04/1917 AND AGAIN ON 04/10/1917. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/03/1918, AGED 20, DURING THE GERMAN SPRING OFFENSIVE. HE HAD SERVED 2 YEARS AND 32 DAYS. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, WHO BECAME ALICE CUTSFORTH
HE IS COMMEMORATED: Pozieres Memorial, Pozieres, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
First name:
FREDERICK STANLEY
Military Number:
23/428
Rank:
Private
Date Died
21/03/1918
Place died:
Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
20
5 ELM VILLA, BRAZIL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
