Frederick William Bryant
Memorial: Downend - Christ Church
Regiment: 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 405538
Parents: George and Elizabeth Bryant (nee Teagle)
Marital status: Married
Home address: Lower Station Road, Staple Hill, Bristol. Lived at 139 Lisgar Street, Toronto, Canada
Pre-war occupation: Pattern Maker
Date of birth: 07/05/1889
Place of birth: Mangotsfield, Bristol
Date of death: 02/06/1916
Buried/Commemorated at: Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium
Age: 27
Further information:
5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment), Canadian Expeditionary Force - (previously served with 48th Regiment(Highlanders).
Married to Florence Ludlow on 31st October 1914 at St. James Cathedral Church, York, Toronto, Canada.
Following Frederick's death his widow Florence returned to England to live at 26, Burwash Road, Plumstead, Kent.
Frederick died of wounds on 2nd June 1916, Mont Sorrell, Belgium.
Frederick was awarded the following medals: British War and Victory Medals. Wound Stripe.
Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium. Also commemorated on the Christ Church Downend, Staple Hill (Page Park) and the Staple Hill Methodist Church Memorials.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Canadian Military Personnel Records, Medical Record, Battalion War Diaries, Attestation Papers, Emigration Records and Passenger lists, Canadian Census. David Blackmore