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FREDERICK AUSTIN FORD

  • Died: 27 Aug 1918
  • Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Service no at death:
  • Died: 27 Aug 1918
  • Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Service no at death:
Personal
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  • Surname: FORD
  • Forename: FREDERICK AUSTIN
  • Initials: F A
  • Date of Birth: 1898
  • Place of Birth: Canford
  • Place of Birth Source: Parish Registers
  • Address: Merley
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  • Family (parents and grandparents): Parents Walter Bertram Ford (18701950) and Julia Mary Austin (18661933) Grandparents Robert Alford Ford (18311888) and Martha Mary Budden (18351878); Charles Austin (18341890) and Eliza Jane Hooper (18411906)
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  • Notes: Father Walter clerk to the Parish Council Frederick's brother also served as Lieut in 4th Dorsets he survived.
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  • Regiment at call-up: Royal Engineers
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  • Source: Parish Registers
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  • Other service details: Guards Division, Signals Company
  • Other rank: Second Lieutenant
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Death and Memorial
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  • Age at death: 20
  • Date of death: 27 Aug 1918
  • Regiment at death: Royal Engineers
  • Battalion at death: Guards Div Signal Coy
  • Rank at death: Second Lieutenant
  • Circumstances of death: Killed in action in France
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  • Place of death: France
  • Location of grave: DouchyLesAyette British Cemetery
  • Position: II B 21
  • Other memorials: Brass plaque inside Canford Church
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