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Recovered 12.6.23 from www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1748388/frederick-wilson-russell/
LANCE CORPORAL FREDERICK WILSON RUSSELL
Service Number: PO/1481(S)
Royal Marine Light Infantry 1st R.M. Bn. R.N. Div.
Date of Death 25 August 1918 Age 31 years old
Commemorated at VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL Panel 1.
Son of Frank Russell, of 2, Norwich Villas, Great Preston Rd., Ryde.
Recovered 12.6.23 from legacy.isle-of-wight-fhs.co.uk/iwmm/iwmm_results_2p.php?Seq=13641
Newspaper entry : Official news is to hand that Lance-Corpl. Fredk. Wilson Russell, R.M.L.I., has been killed in action in the advance of the Naval Division in France on August 25th. He went to France in 1916 and was home on sick leave last year. Known amongst his friends at Ventnor as "Sammy." Lce.-Corpl. Russell was a very popular lad. He worked for many years at Messrs. Pearson's ironmongers. He was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Russell, formerly of Park View Villas...
Newspaper Source : IoW Mercury, 13 Sep 1918
Father : Frank Russell
Mother(Maiden name shown) : Frances Coleman
Birth Place : Ventnor, Isle of Wight
Birth Date : 1 June 1887
Death Place : France
Death Date : 25 Aug 1918
Commemorated at : Vis-en-Artois Memorial Pas de Calais, France Panel 1.
Census 1891 : 7, Park View Villas, Gills Cliff Road, Ventnor, Isle of Wight
Census 1901 : 13, Gills Cliff Road, Park View, Ventnor, Isle of Wight
Census 1911 : 15 Missenden Road, Chesham, Buckinghamshire