Name
Frederick William Overton
1890
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
26/06/1917
27
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Rifleman
302701
London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)
5th (City of London) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ACHIET-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
I. M. 19.
France
Headstone Inscription
THO' DEPARTED HIS SPIRIT IS ALWAYS WITH US MAKING HIS MEMORY DEAR
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Barkway memorials
Pre War
Frederick William Overton was born in 1890 in Enfield, Middlesex, the son of Frederick and Fanny Overton and one of ten children.
On the 1891 Census the family were living at Cedar Cottage, Enfield where his father was working as a joiner. They remained there in 1901 but had moved in 1911 to 52 Abbey Road, Enfield, at which time 21 year old Frederick was working as a clerk.
His parents later lived at The Three Horse Shoes, Barkway, Royston, Herts.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Enfield and joined the London Regiment, serving with the 5th (City of London) Battalion.
He died, from wounds received in action, on 26 June 1917, aged 27, at the 49th Casualty Clearing Station and is buried in Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
Additional Information
His father received a war gratuity of £4 10s and pay owing of £3 16s 7d. Pension cards exist naming his father as dependant but give no details of any pension paid.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Paul Johnson, Adrian Pitts
