Name
Frederick Arthur Wells
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
11/03/1915
29
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
7079
Bedfordshire Regiment
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LE TOURET MEMORIAL
Panel 10 and 11.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hertford Town Memorial
Pre War
Born in 1886 in Bloomsbury, London son of William and Jane Wells and living in The Lions Head, 61 Railway Street, Hertford in 1901 and in 1911 and assisted in the pub.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Hertford and was killed in action at the Battle of Neuve Chappelle.
Additional Information
Frederick is commemorated on his mother’s headstone in Hertford (All Saints) Churchyard, his part of the inscription reads:
ALSO FREDERICK ARTHUR, SON OF THE ABOVE (Jane Wells) KILLED IN ACTION AT THE BATTLE OF NEUVE CHAPPELLE
MARCH 12(*1) 1915, AGED 29 YEARS.
*1 CWGC records 11th.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
