Name
Frederick John Baugh
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
27/07/1916
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Corporal
10859
East Surrey Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 6 B and 6 C.
France
Headstone Inscription
NA
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Harpenden memorials
Pre War
Frederick was born in 1896 in Harpenden to Lizzie Ridge Reeves. His mother seems to have been in domestic service in London.
By 1911 Frederick was a messenger at Kingston on Thames Barracks (Regimental Depot for East Surrey Regiment). He enlisted in East Surrey regiment as Private 10859. From his serial number he would have enlisted after Jan 1914 but prior to Aug 1914. His 18th birthday would have been early 1914.
Wartime Service
He went to France 27 April 1915 and joined the 1st Battalion there on 5 May 1915. The East Surreys were part of 5 division who were detailed for the attack and fighting for High Wood on the Somme.
Frederick was killed in action on 27 Jul 1916. His remains were not recovered and he is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing.
Additional Information
War gratuity £12 and arrears of £26 13s 1d paid to Mother Lizzie.
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
Jonty Wild
