Name
Frederick Andrews
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
27/09/1916
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
15856
Bedfordshire Regiment
7th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 2 C
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Flamstead Village Memorial, St Mary the Virgin Church Roll of Honour, Flamstead, St Leonard's Church Roll of Honour, Flamstead, Markyate Village Memorial, St John The Baptist Church Memorial, Markyate
Wartime Service
North Bluff, Authuille via Hedauville, Bouzincourt and Martinsart (25/9). In reserve during attack on Thiepval (26/9) - moved forward during night and made successful assault on north-western corner of village - C and D Companies advancing at about 5.45am (27/9). Fierce hand-to-hand fighing at Schwaben Redoubt (28/9). Second-Lieutenant T E Adlam awarded Victoria Cross. Withdrawn to Thiepval (29/9), Mailly-Maillet Wood (30/9).
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild, Simon Goodwin, Gareth Hughes, Anne & Gordon Mead
