Frederick William Preddy
Memorial: Mangotsfield - St James Place
Regiment: Kings Liverpool Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 57615
Parents: Absalom and Mary Jayne Preddy
Marital status: Single
Home address: 91 Henley Grove Road, Masbrough, Rotherham
Pre-war occupation: Postman
Date of birth: 28/08/1894
Place of birth: Masbrough, Rotherham, Yorkshire
Date of death: 16/06/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: La Capelle–En-Thierache-Communal Cemetery in the Aisne Department of France.
Age: 24
Further information:
18th Battalion, The Kings (Liverpool Regiment) 2nd City Battalion
Frederick was baptised on 2nd October 1898 at St. James Church, Mangotsfield following the family's return to the village where his father was born. In 1901 they were living in Northcote Road, Mangotsfield
The Mangotsfield War Memorial shows him as a Lance Corporal whereas the Imperial War Graves Commission and 'Register of Soldiers' Effects' lists him as a Private, as does the National Army Museum
Frederick died at German War Hospital III at Capelle (Aisne) and was buried at German Extension of the Communal Cemetery (Soldatenfriedhof No. 2) before being exhumed and re-buried at La Capelle–En-Thierache-Communal Cemetery in the Aisne Department of France
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Battalion War Diary, German Army Medical Records, Medals Index Card, Imperial War Graves Commission, David Blackmore