Name
Frederick George Street
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
18/11/1918
36
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Gunner
179656
Royal Garrison Artillery
8th Mountain Artillery Brigade
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
C.128.
Egypt
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Stevenage Old Town memorials
Pre War
Frederick was the second son of William & Emily Street of High Street, Stevenage.
He married his wife, Ellen Isabelle, in Dartford, Kent, during the Autumn of 1905. The couple lived 15 St. Albans Road, Dartford, where Frederick worked as a Printers Compositor in a local publisher.
They had two children, Albert & Frederick. In the Summer of 1913 Ellen sadly died and Frederick returned to Stevenage with his young sons where they lived at 37 Grove Road. Frederick found himself employment as a Printer with Burroughs & Welcome in Hertford.
Wartime Service
He was one of five brothers who were serving in the forces.
His brother, Walter, was killed on the 5th July 1916 during the opening days of the Battle of the Somme.
Frederick was serving in the Egyptian theatre and had taken part in the capture of Jerusalem. He died in Hospital on the 18th November 1918 suffering from Dysentery and is buried in the Hadra War Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt.
It is not known why his name was excluded from the Stevenage War Memorial.
Additional Information
www.stevenageatwar.com
Acknowledgments
Paul Johnson
