Name
Frederick Wilshere
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Corporal
Royal Fusiliers
13th
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Pirton School Memorial
Biography
Frederick appears on the School War Memorial, confirming that he attended the school. The Hertfordshire Express of April 28th 1917 reports him as one of four brothers serving whose parents were Mr and Mrs J Wilshere of Andrew’s Cottages (the three cottages at the bottom of the High Street). In all it would appear that four brothers served, of whom three survived - refer to Arthur Wilshere for more family details.
By 1911 only Bertram was living with his parents; all the others were making their own way in the world. Frederick is not recorded in the Pirton census, so he was working or living away from the village.
Frederick is recorded in the Parish Magazine of September 1915 as enlisting sometime during 1914, but after July, and serving as a Corporal in the 13th Royal Fusiliers. The Hertfordshire Express of April 28th 1917 informs readers that Frederick had a leg amputated and was home on leave waiting for his discharge.
Acknowledgments
Text from the book ‘The Pride of Pirton’ by Jonty Wild, Tony French & Chris Ryan used with author's permission
