Fred Williams
Memorial: Tytherington - St James's Church
Regiment: Worcestershire Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Lance Corporal 41409
Parents: Robert and Agnes Williams
Marital status: Married
Home address: Brislington, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Worker at Messrs. Howes and Co. Timber Merchants, Bristol
Date of birth: 1888
Place of birth: Elberton, Glos
Date of death: 19/01/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Etretat Churchyard Extension (Ref. II. A. 13.), France
Age: 29
Further information:
Fred Williams was born in Elberton, Glos in October 1888, the youngest of five brothers; William, Robert, Arthur, Albert and a sister Mabel, moving with the family to Brook Farm, Tytherington in 1914. Later he was living in Brislington in Bristol, being married with a daughter, who was born before he died but sadly, he never saw
Fred joined the 3rd Battalion of the Worcester Regiment and died in Flanders on 19th January age 29. He is buried in Etretat in France
The Tytherington Parish Magazine of February 1918 included the following entry:-
"Our deepest sympathy go out to Mr and Mrs R Williams of Brooke Farm, on the death of their son Lance-Corporal Fred Williams, of the 3rd Battalion of the Worcester Regiment. His loss was all the harder to bear as the first account brought news only of a slight wound. Unfortunately, however, Lance-Corporal Williams suffered from gas poisoning, and this infected his wounds and caused his death. The officer in charge of his platoon writes of him as a fine soldier, and very popular with the men of his platoon, and how greatly they were overcome by the news of his death. For nine years the late Lance-Corporal Williams had worked on the staff of Messrs. Howes and Co. Timber Merchants, Bristol"
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Tytherington Roots, Forces War Records and CWGC