Name
Frederick William Day
3 June 1897
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
27/10/1917
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
21318
The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
XXII.H.17.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
AT REST IN PEACE
UK & Other Memorials
Knebworth Village Memorial, Knebworth (Old)
Pre War
Frederick was born on 3 June 1897 in Broadwater, Hertfordshire, the son of William and Ada Ellen Day and was one of three children. He was baptised at St Mary's Church, Shephall, Herts on 4 July 1897. [both Broadwater and Shephall are now part of Stevenage]
By the 1901 Census the family had moved to London and were living at 96 Stanley Building, St Pancras, Camden Town, where his father was working as a general labourer. They had moved again by 1911 and were living at 20 Upper Park Road, New Southgate. His parents were later recorded as living at 8 Garfield Road, New Southgate, London.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Southgate, Middlesex and initially joined the East Surrey Regiment, under reg. no. 21330, later transferring to the Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment, and serving with the 2nd Battalion in France and Belgium.
Frederick died, from wounds received in action, on 27 October 1917 and is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Additional Information
His father received a war gratuity of £6 and pay owing of £ 18s 1d. His mother received a pension of 7 shillings a week.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Paul Johnson
