FRED HERBERT WEEKS
- Died: 27 Aug 1914
- Rank: Private
- Service no at death: 6817
- Died: 27 Aug 1914
- Rank: Private
- Service no at death: 6817
Personal
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- Surname: WEEKS
- Forename: FRED HERBERT
- Initials: F H
- Date of Birth: 1884
- Place of Birth: Sixpenny Handley
- Place of Birth Source: Parish Registers
- Address:
- Schools attended: Sixpenny Handley School c. 18941895
- Employment / trade: Career soldier
- Place of work:
- Family (parents and grandparents): Son of John Weeks and Charlotte Brewer Grandparents William and Mary (nee Kettle) Weeks Robert and Jane (nee Raymond) Brewer
- Spouse Name:
- Notes: Information on Commonwealth Graves is "Son of Mrs E. Weeks, of Handley, Salisbury". This could be an error as unable to trace another Frederick Weeks and his mother is Charlotte. Inscription on headstone "Their glory shall not be blotted out"
Military
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- Regiment at call-up: Wiltshire Regiment
- Regiment at discharge:
- Rank at call-up: Private
- Service no at call-up: 6817
- Date of attestation:
- Date of call-up: 08 Mar 1904
- Area reported to: Devizes
- Source: Parish Registers
- Naval vessels served:
- Decorations and awards:
- Other service details: Fred would be an "Old Contemptible" as he served between August and November 1914.
- Other rank:
- Other service no:
- Service facts:
Death and Memorial
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- Age at death: 30
- Date of death: 27 Aug 1914
- Regiment at death: Wiltshire Regiment
- Battalion at death: 1st Bn.
- Rank at death: Private
- Circumstances of death:
- Service no at death: 6817
- Field of action at death:
- Place of death:
- Location of grave: Bethencourt Communal Cemetery
- Position: Sp. Mem 3.
- Other memorials: Sixpenny Handley War Memorial
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