BORN HULL 1882. SON OF SARAH BATES. EMPLOYED AS A DOCK LABOURER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/03/1918, AGED 36. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL, FRANCE.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS MOTHER AND PENSION TO HIS UNOFFICIAL WIFE, ADA STRAFFORD, LIVING AT 2 FAWCETT SQUARE, GREAT PASSAGE STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS) AND 3 KINGSTON PLACE, PORTER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
First name:
FRED
Regiment:
Military Number:
26636
Rank:
Private
Date Died
26/03/1918
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
36
