BORN COTTINGHAM 1894. SON OF JOHN STORK & LUCY ANN, OF THWAITE STREET, COTTINGHAM, HULL. ENLISTED ST ALBANS. EX, PRIVATE, 4420, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 203060, TO THE 1/4TH KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. HE HAD BEEN IN FRANCE FOR 15 MONTHS BEFORE HE WAS WOUNDED. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, AT BOULOGNE HOSPITAL, ON 18/10/1917, AGED 22. BURIED AT WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE COTTINGHAM WAR MEMORIAL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 24TH NOVEMBER 1917, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
HIS BROTHER, GUNNER, WILLIAM WILBERFORCE, RFA, SERVED IN FRANCE FOR THREE YEARS AND WAS AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL.
First name:
FRED
Military Number:
203060
Rank:
Private
Date Died
18/10/1917
Place died:
Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
22
THWAITE STREET, COTTINGHAM, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
