Private Frederick Arthur Fensome

Rank or Title

Date of Birth

1896

Date of Death

10 Mar 1917

War time / or Pre War occupation

Clerk

Employer

Vauxhall Motors Ltd

Medals Awarded

Service Number

PS/2553

Place of Birth

Luton
United Kingdom

World War I Address

33 Inkerman Street
Luton
United Kingdom

Place of Death

France

Grave Location

Grove Town Cemetery
Meaulte
Somme
France

War Memorial Location

Soldier or Civilian

  • Soldier

Source

The Saturday Telegraph , 24th March 1917

 

Pte Frederick Arthur Fensome, 2553, 16th Battalion (Public Schools) Middlesex Regiment, died in France on March 10th, 1917, following wounds received on the battlefield. He was aged 20 and was serving in the machine gun section.

He had been in France for 12 months and was in action on March 2nd. He sent a field card to his mother Elizabeth (Lizzie) at 33 Inkerman Street, Luton, in which he said he had been wounded in the knee by a gun shot and taken to a clearing station [2/2nd London Casualty Clearing Station] behind the lines.

A letter from the hospital chaplain said Frederick had been going on well, but on March 10th his leg had to be amputated and he died after the operation.

Before joining up about 19 months previously, Pte Fensome was a clerk at the Vauxhall Works and a member of the Luton Adult School. His mother was informed that her eldest son had been buried at Grove Farm Military Cemetery (sic) in France with a simple cross marking his resting place.

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Author: Deejaya

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