South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project |
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Military History |
| Theatre of War | Medals | Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial |
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| France and Flanders | British War & Victory Medals | Arras Memorial |
| Arrived in Theatre | Medal Citation (if app) | SWFHS Area Memorials |
| 31 Mar 1916 | ~ | Lapworth WM | Lapworth St. Mary |
| Hockley Heath War Memorial | ||
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed | Date and Place Enlisted | Umberslade Baptist Church |
| Battle of the Somme | 31 Aug 1914 at Birmingham | |
| Place of Death | Previous Regiments or Units | Other Service History |
| Mametz Wood | 4th Entrenching Bn K.R.R.C | 10 Jun 1908 - Enlisted in Territorial Army at Warwick |
| 20 Apr 1915 - mobilised |
Letter from Parents to Army
On 21/8/16 Frederick's parents wrote the following to the King's Royal Rifle Corps Record Office:
"I should be extremely obliged if you could give me any information as to where my son was killed and buried as it would greatly relieve me from my sufferings as he was my only boy. From his broken hearted Mother & Father".
Their is no evidence of any reply and Fredericks remains have never been found for burial.
Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)
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Frederick is listed as being killed in action on 6 Aug 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. The brief war diary entries for the period 3rd to 7th August are transcribed below: 3rd August: Moved to front line approx S.3.d.0.4 to S.3.d.9½.½ with supporting trenches in rear. The trenches were for the most part shallow and contained many unburied dead. 4th August: Heavy bombardment during the night. 101st Bde on our left attacked with four companies a position of the intermediate line at 1.10am & secured the left of their objective. They had to withdraw owing to difficulty of communications 5th August: Nothing to report 6th August: Were relieved at 5am by 10 RF [10Bn Royal Fusiliers] and move to our old line in Mametz Wood. Enemy shelling very active from about midnight until 6am on Mametx Wood and onm the valleys S & W. 7th August: Nothing to report. |
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Baptism Date/Place |
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| Jul Qtr 1889 at Bishops Tachbrook | 18 Aug 1889 at Bishops Tachbrook |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| Frederick and Emma Doughty | Malt House Farm, Lapworth |
| Schools | Colleges |
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| Address History | Employment History |
| 1889 - Bishops Tachbrook | 1901 - Scholar |
| 1891 - New Inn, Church Hill, Bishops Tachbrook | 1908 - Farmer |
| 1901 - Rushmore Farm, Leamington Priors | 1911 - Farmers son, working on family farm |
| 1908 - Rushmore Farm, Leamington Priors | 1914 - Farmer |
| 1911 - Malt House Farm, Lapworth | |
| 1915 - Malt House Farm, Lapworth |
