Biography of Private Frederick North (15621)
7th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment
Died 27th September 1915

Soldier

  • Name: Frederick North (registered as Ralph before renaming)
  • Date of birth: 25th June 1892
  • Place of Birth: North Street, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
  • Date of Birth Registration: July – September 1892
  • Place of Birth Registration: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England

Father

  • Name: William Alfred North
  • DOB: 1842
  • Place of Birth: Dyke, Lincolnshire, England
  • Occupation: Shoe maker

Mother

  • Name: Sarah Jane Ravell
  • DOB: 1855
  • Place Of Birth: Haconby, Lincolnshire, England
  • Marriage: 1875 Bourne, Lincolnshire, England

Siblings: (Name), (DOB), (POB)

  • Elizabeth Mary, 1876, Bourne
  • James Ernest North, 1878, Bourne (died 1902)
  • Eva Ravell North, 1880, Bourne
  • William Alfred North, 1882, Bourne
  • Sydney Harry North, 1885, Bourne (died 1897)
  • Nellie North, 1887, Bourne (died 1892)
  • Frank North, 1889, Bourne
  • Frederick North, 1892, Bourne
  • Geoffrey North, 1896, Bourne

Census

  • 1901: Frederick is living with his older brother William and Mother in Haconby, Lincolnshire.
  • 1911: Frederick is living with Kemshead family at47 Edinburgh Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire. The census gives him an age of 18 and he is listed as a boot maker (clicker).
Relatives in services

  • None found

Marriage

  • No marriage for Frederick has been found and because of his age we can assume that he never had the opportunity to marry.

Newspaper Mentions

  • War Office Casualty Lists 29th October 1915
    N.C.O’s and MEN
    Missing
    Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion
    North 15621 Private F.

 

  • John Bull Saturday 13th November 1915
    TOMMY’S TROUBLES.
    A WEEKLY TRIBUNE OF THE TRENCHES AND THE CAMP.
    Pte. F. North, 15621, B Co., 7th Northants

Military Records

Attestation Papers

  • None found

Soldier’s Died In The Great War

  • These records show that Private Frederick North, 15621, 7th Bn Northamptonshire Regiment was killed in action on 27th September 1915 in the Western European Theatre in France and Flanders.

Pension Records

  • Available

Effects Left To

  • Father William

Medals

  • The British Medal
  • The Victory Medal
  • The 15 Star

Memorials

  • UK:
  • Bourne, Roll of Honour in Bourne Abbey Church
  • Bourne War Memorial in the Memorial Gardens

 

  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
  • In memory of Private Frederick North, 15621, 7th Bn.,Northamptonshire Regiment who died on 27 September 1915
  • Remembered with honour, Loo Memorial
  • Panel 91 to 93.

© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials

© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials

Military Service Timeline

  • This is ongoing research and will be posted when completed

Sources

  • WW1 Soldier’s Records (www.ancestry.co.uk)
  • British Newspaper Archive.
  • Fold 3
  • Find My Past
  • Genealogist
  • Forces War Records
  • British Army Service Numbers
  • War Gratuity Calculator
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  • National Archives – Battalion War Diaries
  • General Registry Office