Basic Details
Surname
Meadows
Forenames
Fred
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
14667
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 398 Gladstone Street. It mistakenly records that he served in the 2nd Battalion.

(CWGC records that Private Fred Meadows, regimental number 14667, died aged 28 on 18/8/1916 serving in the 7th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is commemorated on Thiepval Memorial in France. They record him as the son of "F T Meadows" of Peterborough. Soldiers Died in the Great War records that Fred was a native of Peterborough, who died serving in the 7th Battalion. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that siblings were his legatees. Although CWGC record him as the son of "F.T. Meadows", on the 1911 census Fred had been living at 398 Gladstone Street, Peterborough; his mother Eliza was also in the household. On the 1901 census Fred had been living with his parents John T and Eliza Meadows in Gladstone Street, Peterborough).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
2nd
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
Guillemonts
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1916
Month of death
August
Day of death
18
Manner of death as stated
"Reported missing believed killed in action 18 August 1916 at Guillemonts"
Manner of death reference
Missing
Personal Details
Address
398 Gladstone Street
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial