Lance Corporal Frederick George King
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
King,
Frederick George
Date of birth: 1884-03-07
Place of birth:
Marital status: no data
Date of death:
1917-04-14
Cause of death:
Died in war, unknown cause
Buried:
Etaples Military Cemetery, XXII. H. 2.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 406342
Highest Rank:
Lance Corporal
(1st Battalion)
Rank detail
Lance Corporal, 1st Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Survived war: no
Awards
Military Medal
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RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 497392
LAC ID:
499445
Service file: B5163-S046
Uploader's Notes: Son of John W. and Sarah E. King, of St. Catharines Ontario.
Uploader's Research notes: 406342 L/Cpl. Fred King MM
1st (Western Ontario) Battalion CEF
Frederick George King was born at St. Catherines Ontario on March 7, 1884. The son of John and Sarah King of St. Catherines Ontario Canada. Frederick is noted as working as a Butcher, and serving in the 19th Lincoln and Welland Regt. In St. Catherines.
He enlisted into the 36th Battalion (raised in Ontario) on April 15, 1915. Enlisted only under the named ‘Fred King’.
Joined the 1st Battalion CEF in a draft in France on September 29, 1915.
Awarded the Military Medal for actions at Ypres:
On the 9th July 1916, the enemy opened a very intense bombardment with heavy artillery and trench mortars on the trenches on Observatory Ridge, occupied by the 1st Canadian Battalion. This bombardment was kept up for three hours. As all the wires were destroyed communication could only be kept up by runners. Observatory Ridge was alternately bombarded with the result that the communication trenches has ceased to exist and runners had to make their way over the shell-swept open ground in carrying messages between Battn. H.Q.’s and the front line. This man and four others volunteered for this work and repeatedly carried messages between Battn. H.Q. and the front, and it was due to their gallant work that the commanding Officer was kept informed of the conditions in the trenches and of the enemy’s movements. (LG: Sept. 1, 1916)
Frederick King was severely wounded in attacks on Vimy Ridge on April 14, 1917 and died of his wounds the same day. He is buried at Etaples Military Cemetery France. He was 33 years of age. [Lance Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 1st Battalion Military Medal ]
1st (Western Ontario) Battalion CEF
Frederick George King was born at St. Catherines Ontario on March 7, 1884. The son of John and Sarah King of St. Catherines Ontario Canada. Frederick is noted as working as a Butcher, and serving in the 19th Lincoln and Welland Regt. In St. Catherines.
He enlisted into the 36th Battalion (raised in Ontario) on April 15, 1915. Enlisted only under the named ‘Fred King’.
Joined the 1st Battalion CEF in a draft in France on September 29, 1915.
Awarded the Military Medal for actions at Ypres:
On the 9th July 1916, the enemy opened a very intense bombardment with heavy artillery and trench mortars on the trenches on Observatory Ridge, occupied by the 1st Canadian Battalion. This bombardment was kept up for three hours. As all the wires were destroyed communication could only be kept up by runners. Observatory Ridge was alternately bombarded with the result that the communication trenches has ceased to exist and runners had to make their way over the shell-swept open ground in carrying messages between Battn. H.Q.’s and the front line. This man and four others volunteered for this work and repeatedly carried messages between Battn. H.Q. and the front, and it was due to their gallant work that the commanding Officer was kept informed of the conditions in the trenches and of the enemy’s movements. (LG: Sept. 1, 1916)
Frederick King was severely wounded in attacks on Vimy Ridge on April 14, 1917 and died of his wounds the same day. He is buried at Etaples Military Cemetery France. He was 33 years of age. [Lance Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 1st Battalion Military Medal ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2009-03-11