South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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 The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


 Private 1975 Frederick WARDLE - Canteen Section, Royal Army Service Corps


Died Wednesday November 26th, 1919 aged


Military History

     
Theatre of War Medals Commonwealth War Grave of Memorial
France and Flanders British War & Victory Medals None
     
Arrived in Theatre Medal Citation (if app) SWFHS Area Memorials
2 Jun 1916 ~ Fenny Compton
     
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed Date and Place Enlisted Date Other War Memorials
Died at home of TB    
     
Place of Death Previous Regiments or Units  
Fenny Compton? ~  
     

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

Fred died at home of tuberculosis on 26 Nov 1919.

 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/Place Bapitsm Date/Place
Apr Qtr 1884 in Bolton District  
   
Parents Names Abode
Daniel and Anne (nee Miller) Wardle Kearsley Moor, Lancashire
   
Wife & Marriage Date/Place Children & Year of Birth
Elizabeth Wardle nee Barrow born 26 Aug 1887 Leslie C Wardle born 23 May 1915
21 Nov 1914 at Emscote All Saints  
   
Schools Colleges
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Address History Employment History                                            

1891 - 57 Manchester Road, Kearsley
1901 - 70 Cornwall Street, South Manchester (with brother)
1911 - 108 Chorley Street, Bolton (widower & boarder)
1914 - 7 Wyndham Road, East Ham (marriage cert)
1918 - High Street, Fenny Compton (pension card)
1918 - c/o Mr. Green, 2 Brook Street, Fenny Compton (medal roll)

1891 - Scholar (census)
1901 - Barman (census)
1911 - Furniture Dealers Assistant (census)
1914 - Furniture Salesman (marriage cert)
Again we differ from the Warwickshire Roll of Honour Book which lists a Canadian soldier who was born in Liverpool but lived with family in Canada and no connection to the area of Fenny Compton was found by us.

Other Family History Information

  • 14 Sep 1908 - Married Ada Harriet Jackson at St. George's in Bolton
  • Ada died in 1910
  • Remarried in 1914 and lived in Fenny Compton
  • Son Leslie was living with Charles Philip & Clara Louisa Green (Clara was Fred's sister-in-law) in Fenny Compton on the 1921 census.