Frederick James Massey
Memorial: Downend - Christ Church
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Corporal 2571
Parents: Elijah and Rose Ann (nee Pegg) Massey
Marital status: Married
Home address: Home Address: 2 Holly Cottage, Pleasant Road, Staple Hill, Bristol Lived: (1911 census) – 49 Lawn Road, Fishponds, Bristol. (1901 Census) – 8 Pleasant Road, Staple Hill, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Tailors Presser
Date of birth: 1870
Place of birth: Balsall Heath, Birmingham
Date of death: 08/10/1915
Buried/Commemorated at: No Known Grave – Commemorated Loos Memorial, France
Age: 44
Further information:
Frederick James Massey was born in 1870 (4th Quarter) in Balsall Heath, Birmingham. He married Annie Selina Kite in 1898 and they had one daughter Ethel Annie who was born on 9/04/1899. After the war, Annie married John Eddy (1922) and moved to Stokes Croft, Bristol.
Frederick served with the 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment and was Killed in Action on 8/10/1915.
Frederick Massey is commemorated on the Christ Church Downend Memorial and the Staple Hill (Page Park) Memorial. He is also commemorated on the Staple Hill Methodist Church Memorial and the St Mary's Memorial in Fishponds.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Findmypast (Soldiers Died during the Great War, 1901 & 1911 Census etc), Researcher John Davis.