Name
Frederick Robert King
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
30/07/1916
21
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
17994
Bedfordshire Regiment
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS
XVI. E. 1.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Ardeley Village Memorial,
St Lawrence Church Memorial, Ardeley
Pre War
Frederick was born on the 8th October 1894, the son of Charles and Elizabeth King, of Luffenhall, Hertfordshire.
Before joining the Army he had been employed as a Farm Labourer by Arthur Gray in Luffenhall.
Wartime Service
He arrived in France on the 8th June 1915 and was killed on the 30th July 1916 when his Battalion were involved in an action at a position known as Maltzhorn Farm. "A" Company moved up into its forming up position along the Sunken Road just East of the British Front Line Trench, ready for the attack at zero hour. They attacked Maltzhorn Farm and Trench and captured it and the whole action was deemed to be a brilliant success. 70 to 80 Germans being killed in the Trench, and one Prisoner taken.
As soon as "A" Company had cleared the Maltzhorn German Trench, they were ordered to re-join the Battalion in the original British front line. This they did and suffered about 30 Casualties in the whole operation. One of these was Frederick King, who is buried in the A.I.F. Burial Ground, Flers, France.
Additional Information
www.stevenageatwar.com
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild
Paul Johnson
