South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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 The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One

Private 626 Frederick BATCHELOR - 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment


Killed in Action Sunday, October 18, 1914 aged 26
 Military History

Theatre

France & Flanders

Action/Battle/Other

Battle of Yser (Race to the Sea)

Place of Death

Houplines

 

Medals

1914 Star & Clasp, British War and Victory Medals

Medal Citation (if app)

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Enlisted Date/Place

5 Aug 1914 at Alcester

 

Commonwealth War Graves Page

Houplines Communal Cemetery

SWFHS War Memorial(s)

Exhall and Ettington

Other War Memorial(s)

 

Previous Regiments/Units

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Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)

The battalion were in the lines near Armentieres when at 4am they were ordered to move to Avile D'Alieniens. At 8am they came under fire and attack from the German lines. At 3.30pm they were ordered to advance on Houplines. War diary records one man was killed during the day who would have been Frederick.

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 Houplines Trench Map  Houplines Communal Cemetery
 Personal & Family History

Birth Date & Place

 Ettington

Baptism Date & Place

 Exhall, St. Giles

Parents

John and Louisa of Exhall

Wife & Marriage

Sarah Hannah nee Cotterill

Jan Qtr 1911 at Mansfield

Children

  • Constance Gertrude b 1911
  • Florence Edith b 1914

Address History

  • 1901 - Grove Hill Cottage, Exhall
  • 1911 - 31 St Thomas Row, Tibshelf, Notts

 

Occupation(s)

  • 1905 Farm Labourer
  • 1911 Coal Miner (Hewer)

Other Information

 

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