Frederick Fletcher
Memorial: Yate - St Mary's Church Lych Gate
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 16528
Parents: George and Amanda Fletcher
Home address: Fir Grove Cottage, Chipping Sodbury, Bristol
Date of birth: 1897
Place of birth: Iron Acton, Bristol
Date of death: 08/05/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: Arras Memorial (Ref: Bay 6)
Age: 20
Further information:
Frederick was the son of George and Amanda Fletcher of Fir Grove Cottage, Chipping Sodbury. He was brother to George, Ellen, James and Mary. Their father was a coal miner who had been born in Iron Acton
Fredrick enlisted in Bristol and joined the 12th Service, Bristol Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment. Frederick was Killed in Action and is remembered on the Arras Memorial (Ref: Bay 6). Fredrick was just 20 years old when he died
Fredrick Fletcher is remembered on the Yate Lych Gate Memorial and the Chipping Sodbury and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital board, which is now at Yate and District Heritage Centre, under Yate
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre, Forces War Records and CWGC