Name
Frederick George Thurgood
31 August 1897
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
18/09/1916
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
27035
Somerset Light Infantry
6th Bn
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE
II. H. 50.
France
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Bishop's Stortford Town Memorial, Holy Trinity Church Memorial, Bishop's Stortford, Not listed on the Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
Frederick George Thurgood was born on 31 August 1897 in Bishop's Stortford to Alfred and Alice Thurgood, and baptised on 28 November 1897 at St Michael's Bishop's Stortford.
On the 1901 Census the family were living at Water Lane, Bishop's Stortford where his father was a bricklayer, but by 1911, although aged only 13 he was a part time servant/schoolboy living with Mr Arthur Harrington and his housekeeper at 16 Church Road, Bishop's Stortford. His parents were living at 2 Wharf Road, South Street, Bishop's Stortford.
Wartime Service
He initially joined the Hertfordshire Regiment in 1913, then a Territorial Force Battalion, under service no. 2460 and would have been called up at the outbreak of war.
He later transferred to the Somerset Light Infantry.
He was wounded and died of his wounds in one of three casualty clearing stations positioned at Heilly at the time.
Additional Information
His mother received a war gratuity of £9 and pay owing of £4 11s 11d. His father received a pension of 5 shillings a week.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Jonty Wild
