Name
Frederick James Gadsden
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
30/10/1918
32
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
18073
Bedfordshire Regiment
"D" Company, 2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
WILDEN (ST. NICHOLAS) CHURCHYARD
North-West of Church.
United Kingdom
UK & Other Memorials
St Peter’s Church Memorial, Bushey Heath
Pre War
Son of Mrs. Walter Giddings, of Arlesey; husband of Elizabeth Rose Lovell (formerly Gadsden), of East End, Wilden. Born at Wilden. Frederick was employed as a farm labourer in Wilden and on 15 January 1912 he married Elizabeth Rose Wells, who was born in Bushey, a member of an established Bushey family.
Wartime Service
He volunteered in November 1914, and served as Private 18073, "D" Coy. 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. After completing his training, he rendered valuable service whilst employed as Lewis Gun Instructor at Felixstowe until 1916, when he was drafted to France. There he took part in strenuous fighting on the Somme front and at Vimy Ridge and Arras. Invalided home later on account of ill-health, he was discharged in April 1918, and unhappily died in Bushey Heath on October 30th, 1918, from an illness contracted on military service.
Additional Information
Also see ‘Additional Information’ provided with kind permission of Bushey First World War Commemoration Project – Please visit www.busheyworldwarone.org.uk.
Acknowledgments
Dianne Payne - www.busheyworldwarone.org.uk, Jonty Wild
