BORN HULL 1896. SON OF THOMAS SMELT & ANNIE ELIZABETH LOFT OF 99, HODGSON STREET, HULL AND 12, JAMES STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A SUGAR HOUSE LABOURER.
HE SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED ON 10/09/1916, AGED 19.
HE IS RECORDED AS KILLED ON THE HODGSON STREET MEMORIAL SHRINE (HDM 20/10/1916)
HE IS BURIED AT BAZENTIN-LE-PETIT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE, READS, “LOVED AND REMEMBERED BY ALL”
HIS HALF BROTHER, PRIVATE, THOMAS LOFT, 11/1183, 11TH EYR, WAS KILLED AT OPPY WOOD, 3RD MAY 1917.
First name:
FREDERICK LARARD
Regiment:
Military Number:
2495
Rank:
Private
Date Died
10/09/1916
Place died:
BAZENTIN-LE-PETIT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME, FRANCE
Age:
19
12 , JAMES STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK