Basic Details
Surname
Anthony
Forenames
Fred A.
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Frederick Arthur
Served or died
Died
Service number
203415
Notes
The Roll of Honour lists his address as 22 Victoria Place, Old Fletton; it records that he was killed in action in France, which differs from official records.
(CWGC records that Private F.A. Anthony of the 15th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment, regimental number 203415, died on 26/10/1917, and is buried in grave IX.B.1 at Hooge Crater Cemetery in Belgium. Soldiers Died in the Great War records that Private Frederick Arthur Anthony served in the Hunts Cyclist Battalion under regimental number 1539, before transferring to the 15th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment in which he was killed in action. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that his mother Constance was his legatee. On 8/12/1917 the Peterborough Advertiser announced his death, stating he was one of five brothers who had served in the Army: Frederick was the 2nd to have died; his brother Herbert had died in 1916; another brother, Charles, had been gassed).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Royal Warwicks
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
15th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Not Stated on Memorial
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
October
Day of death
26
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
22 VICTORIA PLACE OLD FLETTON
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial