Lives of the First World War

This is my uncle Frederick Reginald Waiwright , from the Manchester Regiment.he died on 9th October 1917 age 19, His name is in the TYNE COT MEMORIAL,in Belgium, he was the eldest of my dads family, and probably signed up when he was 16 in 1914. he is one of the millions of young men ,who died for our country. WE MUST NEVER FORGET THEM.

Frederick himself? The records of the CWGC list 117 officers and men of the battalion who lost their lives on 9 October 1917. 82 of them including Frederick Reginald Wainwright have either never been found or identified and are commemorated at the Tyne Cot Memorial. 29 others lie in the adjacent Tyne Cot Cemetery. The area in which they lost their lives was “combed” on many occasions after the war, but it had been subjected to heavy shellfire throughout much of 1918 and many battlefield graves had simply been destroyed. Remains of men are often found in the area and it may be that Frederick will be found one day.

Tyne cott

Manchester Regiment

PHOTO OF FREDERICK REGINALD WAINWRIGHT OF MANCHESTER REGIMENT

In uniform ready to go to war

bronze memorial plaque (often called the “death penny” or “widow’s penny”) given for those men who had died on active service during the war

Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium where Frederick Wainwright is honoured and remembered.

Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium where Frederick Wainwright is honoured and remembered.

Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium where Frederick Wainwright is honoured and remembered.

Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium where Frederick Wainwright is honoured and remembered.

Manchester Regiment Cap Badge, similar to the one which would have been worn by Frederick Wainwright.

His service overseas qualified Frederick for the two standard campaign medals: the British War Medal (essentially for all men who left their native shore) and the Victory Medal (for men who also entered a theatre of war).

Service man in action for King and Country

Assault on Passchendaele 12 October - 6 November, 1917: a line of infantry seen from the rear marching to a forward area along a muddy corduroy track strewn with debris at Westhoek. It had been raining heavily on 9 October 1917 and the battlefield began to be a quagmire. This photograph was taken not far from Frederick’s position before the assault

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