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Frederick Thomas Fennell
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 22/05/1896 |
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Place of birth: Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom |
General information
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Profession: Electrician |
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Religion: Baptist |
Army information
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Country: Canada |
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Force: Canadian Expeditionary Force |
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Rank: Private |
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Service number: 174270 |
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Enlistment date: 8/09/1915 |
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Enlistment place: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
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Units: — Canadian Machine Gun Corps, 2nd Coy. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 07/11/1917 |
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Place of death: Crest Farm, Passchendaele, Belgium |
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Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.) |
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Age: 21 |
Memorial
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Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel: Panel 32. |
Points of interest 3
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| #3 | Place of death (approximate) |
My story
"Killed in Action." He was killed by the explosion of an enemy shell, which landed on the dugout he was in, when he and his comrades were preparing to move to another location.
Sources 2
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Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC) RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 3033 - 4). https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx Sources used |
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War diaries: 2nd Canadian Machine Gun Company (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG9-III-D-3, Volume number: 4982, Microfilm reel number: T-10812, File number: 602). https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng Sources used |
More information 5
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1592106 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=f855ef6b-f79e-47e8-84fa-50fb75dd37b8 |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5864472 |
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The Canadian Virtual War Memorial https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1592106 |
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A Street Near You https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1592106/ |