Basic Details
Surname
Rudkin
Forenames
Frederick William
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative surname
Rudkin
Alternative forename
F.William
War
First World War (1914-1918)
Served or died
Died
Service number
27638
Notes
Private enlisted in Kettering. He served as a Private 6044 with the Essex Regiment, then with the 7th (Service) battalion, Border Regiment (5682, 27638). Son of Frederick and Mary Rudkin of Gretton born in Harringworth in 1894 was a well known Bell ringer at the St Johns Church. Also remembered on the Gretton War Memorial
Secondary Service
Our references
Service (Secondary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Secondary - Our reference)
Border Regiment
Rank / Title (Secondary - Our reference)
Artificer Quartermaster Sergeant
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Etaples
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Etaples
Cemetery
Etaples Military Cemetery xxxi.H.25
Year of death
1918
Month of death
March
Day of death
25
Age at death
23
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds