Name
Frederick Charles Reed
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
16/07/1917
22
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Sergeant
25353
Bedfordshire Regiment
4th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
STE. CATHERINE BRITISH CEMETERY
E. 25.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hoddesdon and Rye Park Town Memorial, Hoddesdon,
St Catherine and St Paul’s Church Memorial, Hoddesdon,
St Cuthbert's Rye Park Church Memorial, Rye Park
Pre War
Born on 25 Mar 1895 and baptised on 2 Jun 1895 in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire son of Alfred and Esther Reed and was living in 17 Rumbold Road, Rye Park, Hoddesdon in 1911 and later lived at 49 Old Highway, Rye Park, Hoddesdon with his brother.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Hoddesdon and died of wounds probably in a Field Ambulance in St Catherine.
Additional Information
Frederick is also commemorated on the family headstone in Hoddesdon Cemetery. His part of the inscription reads:
ALSO IN AFFECTIONHATE REMEMBRANCE OF
SERG. FREDERICK CHARLES REED
BELOVED YOUNGEST SON OF ABOVE (Alfred Reed)
DIED OF WOUNDS JULY 16 AGED 22 YEARS
SERG. FREDERICK CHARLES REED
BELOVED YOUNGEST SON OF ABOVE (Alfred Reed)
DIED OF WOUNDS JULY 16 AGED 22 YEARS
INTERRED ST. CATHERINE BRITISH CEMETERY, FRANCE
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
