BORN HULL 1896. ONLY SON OF ADA & FRED SOWDEN, OF 3 CONSTABLE BUILDINGS, ENGLISH STREET, HULL. SON OF A FISH MERCHANT. EDUCATED AT ST GEORGE ROAD SCHOOL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX 2233 EAST RIDING YEOMANRY. TRANSFERRED TO THE MACHINE GUN CORPS. DIED OF DYSENTERY, IN DAMASCAS, ON 13/10/1918, AGED 21. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FATHER FREDERICK.
First name:
FRED
Military Number:
95953
Rank:
Private
Date Died
13/10/1918
Place died:
Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Syria
Age:
21
