Frederick Albert Harding

Name

Frederick Albert Harding

Conflict

First World War

Date of Death / Age

27/08/1918
22

Rank, Service Number & Service Details

Lance Corporal
285230
Welsh Regiment
13th Bn

Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards

British War and Victory medals

Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country

CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
XVI.C.37
France

Headstone Inscription

Not Researched

UK & Other Memorials

Rickmansworth Urban District Memorial,
St. Mary’s Church Memorial, Rickmansworth

Pre War

Frederick was born in 1895 in Rickmansworth the son of Albert and Rosa (nee Elbourn) Harding. His father was a Blacksmith and in 1901 the family was living at 6, Norfolk Road, Garden Terrace, Rickmansworth. By 1911 they had moved to 109 Norfolk Road and Frederick was a Grocer’s Apprentice.

Recorded as enlisting in Hornsey, Middlesex.

Wartime Service

Formerly No 4566 7th Middlesex Regiment and 292652 the Cheshire Regiment.

The 13th Battalion was raised in Cardiff on the 23rd of October 1914 and landed Le Havre in December 1915 as part of 114th Brigade 38th (Welsh) Division. They served on the Western Front throughout the war.

Frederick was killed in action at High Wood during the Battle of Albert in August 1918. 114th Brigade attempted to pass north of Delville Wood but were held on the line of the Flers-Longueval Road.

Additional Information

Monies due to Frederick at his death were paid to his father.

Frederick is also commemorated on his family’s grave in Rickmansworth (Chorley Road) Cemetery. His part of the inscription reads:

Acknowledgments

Malcolm Lennox, Tanya Britton, Mike Collins