Pte
Frederick Sedge

Informatie over geboorte

Geboortejaar:
1900
Geboorteplaats:
Gravesend, Kent, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Informatie legerdienst

Land:
Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Strijdmacht:
British Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Private
Service nummer:
G/24296
Eenheden:
 —  Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), 1st Bn.  (Laatst gekende eenheid)

Informatie over overlijden

Datum van overlijden:
26/10/1917
Plaats van overlijden:
North of Geluveld, België
Doodsoorzaak:
Killed in action (K.I.A.)
Leeftijd:
17

Begraafplaats

Tyne Cot Cemetery
Plot: LIV.
Rij: F.
Graf: 6

Onderscheidingen en medailles 2

British War Medal
Medaille
Victory Medal
Medaille

Points of interest 1

#1 Geboorteplaats

Mijn verhaal

Private Sedge served in the Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion part of the 13th Brigade of the 5th Division. The 13th Brigade participated in the Second battle of Passchendaele on the 26th of October. It was the first day of the attack. The Battalion’s objective was the North of Gheluvelt. The Germans had several strongpoints in this area. At 5.40. am, zero hour, the attack started. The Battalion had to attack enemy strongpoints through the valley of the Scherriabeek. The ground was a bog and in their attempt to push forward, they found themselves under heavy German machine gun- and shell fire which caused numerous causalities. Pte Sedge was most likely one of the casualties in the attempt to cross the valley of the Scherriabeek. His remains were found at the following coordinate 28 J 22 a 72.18, north of Geluveld in the Polderhoek area. He was later reburied at Tyne Cot Cemetery.

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Bronnen 3

1 Battalion Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) , (The National Archives, KEW (TNA), WO 95/1555/1 ).
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14303
Verdere verwijzing
Captain Atkinson C.T., The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 1914-1919, (London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & co. LTD, 1924), pg. 300-302.
Gebruikte bronnen
McCarthy C., The Third Ypres Passchendaele. The Day-by-Day Account, (London, Arms & Armour Press, 1995), pg. 125-126.
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