Name
Frederick George Margrove
1890
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
02/11/1917
27
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
7910
London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles)
11th (City of London) Bn.
attd. 54th Trench Mortar Bty.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY
XIV. D. 10.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Hemel Hempstead memorials
Pre War
Frederick George Margrove was born in Hemel Hempstead in 1890, the son of George and Alice Margrove and one of thirteen children, although 3 died in childhood. He was baptised at St Paul's Church, Hemel Hempstead on 15 June 1890.
On the 1891 Census the family were living at 6 Church Street, Hemel Hempstead, when his father was working as a Flower Pot Maker. By 1901 they had moved to Faulkner Terrace, Wood Green, Middlesex and his father was still working as a Flower Pot Maker. They remained in Wood Green in 1911, at which time 21 year old Frederick was working as a News Vendor, with his father's occupation then described as Potter, Red Ware.
His parents later lived at 35 Sandford Avenue, Wood Green (North London).
Wartime Service
Frederick volunteered in September 1914 and joined the 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London) Regiment. After training at Muswell Hill, London and Salisbury Plain, Wilts, he was sent to France, sailing from Folkestone, Kent and arriving at Boulogne, France, on 26 July 1915. He was later attached to the 54th Trench Mortar Battery of the 18th Division.
He fought on the Somme in 1916 and the 3rd Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) in July 1917, followed by the Battle of Poelcapelle in October 1917.
Frederick was probably wounded during 30 - 31 October 1917 when the 82nd Artillery brigade suffered severe losses, losing all their officers and many of other ranks when they were targeted by the German artillery. He was evacuated to one of the Casualty Clearing Stations posted at Dozingham, where he died of his wounds on 2 November 1917, aged 27. He is buried at Dozingham Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Additional Information
His mother, Mrs A L Margrove, 35 Sandford Avenue, Wood Green, London N22, ordered his headstone inscription: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS ", she received a war gratuity of £14 and pay owing of £6 19s 4d. She also received a pension of 10 shillings a week.
*1 Believed more correctly, (County of London) Bn. London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles).
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Jonty Wild, archives.passchendaele.be., wartimememoriesproject.com/greatwar
