Basic Details
Surname
Roberts
Forenames
Fred
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
War
First World War (1914-1918)
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler and myrastrick.com provide thee extra details. He left thee school in 1907 and did not marry. He worked as a telephone engineer before the war in which he served in a machine gun section. He was killed by a sniper whilst using a periscope on sentry duty and is also commemorated on IWM 2747, 2738 and 2741.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Private
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Belgium
Town of death
Ypres
Year of death
1915
Month of death
September
Day of death
27
Age at death
24
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action