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Corporal Frederick James Marks

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1884-08-27
Place of birth: Wellington Somerset England
Next of kin: Thomas Marks, father. 14 Rockwell Garden Green, Wellington, Somerset, England
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Car Repairer
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Canadian Cemetery No. 2, 1.A.8.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 163393
Highest Rank: Corporal (75th Battalion)
Rank detail

Corporal, 75th Battalion, Infantry (Army).

Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Vimy Ridge

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 2954838
LAC ID: 198337
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B5927-S048
Uploader's Notes:

CVWM includes a newspaper clipping about his death in action.

Previous service: Militia

Circumstances of Casualty form gives his religion as Church of England.

Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database [Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 75th Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2014-08-08
Last modified: 2021-04-29