Life story: Frederick Whiddon Stear | Lives of the First World War

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1872

sibling Mary Elizabeth Stear Source:6201394 1872

1873

sibling Margaret Stear Source:6201394 1873

1877

birth Charles, Devon United Kingdom Source:6201394 13th April 1877

1880

sibling John Whiddon Stear Source:6201394 October 1880

1884

sibling Florence Stear Source:6201394 1884

1887

sibling Olive Stear Source:6201394 1887

1893

service Royal Navy Boy (Second Class) 173071 HMS Impregnable Source:9137205 May 1893

1894

service Royal Navy Boy (First Class) 173071 HMS Impregnable Source:9137205 10th May 1894 - 31st July 1894

1894

service Royal Navy Boy (First Class) 173071 HMS Source:9137205 1st August 1894 - 3rd October 1894

1894

service Royal Navy Boy (First Class) 173071 HMS Benbow Source:9137205 4th October 1894 - 18th January 1895

1895

service Royal Navy Boy (First Class) 173071 HMS Vivid I Source:9137205 19th January 1895 - 25th January 1895

1895

service Royal Navy Boy (First Class) 173071 HMS Arethusa Source:9137205 26th January 1895 - 16th April 1895

1895

enlistment United Kingdom Source:9137205 17th April 1895

1895

service Royal Navy Ordinary Seaman 173071 HMS Arethusa Source:9137205 17th April 1895 - 3rd September 1895

1895

service Royal Navy Ordinary Seaman 173071 HMS Cruizer Source:9137205 4th September 1895 - 12th February 1896

1896

service Royal Navy Ordinary Seaman 173071 HMS Arethusa Source:9137205 13th February 1896 - 19th February 1896

1896

service Royal Navy Able Seaman 173071 HMS Arethusa Source:9137205 20th February 1896 - 22nd July 1896

1896

service Royal Navy Able Seaman 173071 HMS Vivid I Source:9137205 23rd July 1896 - 1st September 1896

1897

service Royal Navy Able Seaman 173071 HMS Vivid I Source:9137205 21st August 1897 - 14th September 1897

1897

service Royal Navy Able Seaman 173071 HMS Blake Source:9137205 15th September 1897 - 22nd September 1897

1897

service Royal Navy Able Seaman 173071 HMS Cambridge Source:9137205 23rd September 1897 - 1st October 1897

1897

service Royal Navy Able Seaman 173071 HMS Excellent Source:9137205 2nd October 1897 - 4th May 1898

1898

service Royal Navy Able Seaman 173071 HMS Cambridge Source:9137205 5th May 1898 - 8th May 1898

1898

service Royal Navy Leading Seaman 173071 HMS Cambridge Source:9137205 9th May 1898 - 31st May 1898

1898

service Royal Navy Leading Seaman 173071 HMS Impregnable Source:9137205 1st June 1898 - 1st December 1898

1898

service Royal Navy Leading Seaman 173071 HMS Vivid I Source:9137205 2nd December 1898

1898

service Royal Navy Leading Seaman 173071 HMS Buzzard Source:9137205 14th December 1898 - 17th January 1899

1899

service Royal Navy Leading Seaman 173071 HMS Renown Source:9137205 13th January 1899 - 31st March 1900

1900

service Royal Navy Petty Officer (Second Class) 173071 HMS Renown Source:9137205 1st April 1900 - 18th November 1900

1900

service Royal Navy Petty Officer (Second Class) 173071 HMS Cambridge Source:9137205 19th November 1900 - 6th October 1901

1901

service Royal Navy Petty Officer (Second Class) 173071 HMS Vivid I Source:9137205 7th October 1901 - 31st January 1902

1901

marriage Ada Louise Carty Source:6201394 October 1901 - 19th February 1939

1902

service Royal Navy Petty Officer (Second Class) 173071 HMS Impregnable Source:9137205 1st February 1902 - 23rd July 1902

1902

service Royal Navy Petty Officer (First Class) HMS Impregnable Source:9137205 24th July 1902 - 17th November 1904

1904

children Ada Olive Stear Source:6201394 January 1904

1904

service Royal Navy Petty Officer (First Class) 173071 HMS Source:9137205 18th November 1904 - 31st March 1905

1905

service Royal Navy Petty Officer (First Class) 173071 HMS Victory I Source:9137205 1st April 1905 - 28th April 1905

1905

service Royal Navy Petty Officer (First Class) HMS Impregnable Source:9137205 29th April 1905 - 16th September 1905

1905

service Royal Navy Petty Officer (First Class) 173071 HMS Eclipse Source:9137205 17th September 1905 - 29th January 1906

1906

service Royal Navy Petty Officer (First Class) 173071 HMS Vivid I Source:9137205 30th January 1906 - 26th February 1906

1906

service Royal Navy Petty Officer (First Class) 173071 HMS Cornwallis Source:9137205 27th February 1906 - 3rd June 1908

1907

service Royal Navy Chief Petty Officer 173071 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Source:9137205 17th April 1907

1909

children Frederick Thomas Stear Source:6201394 27th February 1909

1910

children Ernest Frank Stear Source:6201394 April 1910

1911

location 18 Maida Vale Terrace, Mutley, Plymouth United Kingdom their own address Source:9033646 1911

1911

children Winifred M Stear Source:6201394 July 1911

1914

theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:9033651 1914

1914

service Royal Navy Chief Petty Officer 173071 Royal Naval Division 8th (Anson) Battalion Source:6201394 16th September 1914 - 1915

1914

location 17, West Hill Road, Mutley, Plymouth United Kingdom their own address Source:9033644 16th September 1914

1915

theatres Gallipoli :2b Source:6201394 1915 - 7th November 1915

1915

service Royal Navy Temporary Sub Lieutenanrt Royal Naval Division 8th (Anson) Battalion Source:6201394 14th June 1915 - 9th May 1916

1915

hospitalisation Admitted to Field Ambulance Hospital/Institution Source:6201394 20th July 1915

1915

hospitalisation Admitted to Hospital Hospital/Institution Source:6201394 20th July 1915

1915

hospitalisation Admitted to Hospital Hospital/Institution Source:6201394 25th July 1915 - 16th August 1915

1915

awards Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (CGM) British Award/Decoration Source:9033645 13th September 1915

1915

hospitalisation Admitted to Hospital from H.S. Soundan Hospital/Institution Source:6201394 5th November 1915

1915

hospitalisation Admitted to Hospital Hospital/Institution Source:6201394 14th December 1915 - 16th December 1915

1915

hospitalisation Repatriated to England Hospital/Institution Source:6201394 16th December 1915 - 4th December 1915

1915

hospitalisation Admitted to Hospital Hospital/Institution Source:6201394 17th December 1915

1916

hospitalisation Repatriated to England Hospital/Institution Source:6201394 24th January 1916

1916

service Royal Navy Temporary Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Division 2nd Hawke Battalion Source:6201394 10th May 1916 - 30th July 1916

1916

commission Temporary Source:6201394 14th June 1916

1917

service Royal Navy Temporary Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Division 4th (Reserve) Battalion Source:6201394 29th May 1917 - 28th May 1917

1917

service Royal Navy Temporary Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Division Hake Battalion Source:6201394 29th May 1917 - 28th June 1917

1917

theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:6201394 8th June 1917

1917

service Royal Navy Acting Lieutenant Royal Naval Division Hawke Battalion Source:6201394 29th June 1917 - 4th June 1918

1918

awards Military Cross (MC) British Award/Decoration Source:6201394 3rd June 1918

1918

service Royal Navy Temporary Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Source:6201394 5th June 1918

1918

service Royal Navy Temporary Lieutenant Royal Naval Division Source:6201394 5th June 1918 - 8th June 1919

1919

service Royal Navy Temporary Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve HMS Excellent Source:6201394 7th June 1919 - 1st January 1920

1920

discharge Source:6201394 1st January 1920

employment Errand boy Source:9137205

hospitalisation Admitted to Hospital Hospital/Institution Source:6201394

location Sunnyside Peeks Estate, Plymstock United Kingdom their own address Source:9137271

1939

death Not War Related Plymouth United Kingdom Source:9137271 19th February 1939

Details

Names

Type	Name
First Names	Frederick Whiddon
Initials	FW
Last Name	Stear
Source	9137271
First Names	Frederick Witton
Initials	FW
Last Name	Stear
Source	9137271

Gender

Gender	Source
Male

Locations

Address	Country	Type	Date
17, West Hill Road, Mutley, Plymouth	United Kingdom	their own address	known 16th September 1914
18 Maida Vale Terrace, Mutley, Plymouth	United Kingdom	their own address	known 1911
Sunnyside Peeks Estate, Plymstock	United Kingdom	their own address

Contribution

Military Service

Service	Number	Unit	Section	Rank
Royal Navy	173071	HMS Impregnable		Boy (Second Class)
Royal Navy	173071	HMS Impregnable		Boy (First Class)
Royal Navy	173071	HMS		Boy (First Class)
Royal Navy	173071	HMS Benbow		Boy (First Class)
Royal Navy	173071	HMS Vivid I		Boy (First Class)
Royal Navy	173071	HMS Arethusa		Boy (First Class)
Royal Navy	173071	HMS Arethusa		Ordinary Seaman
Royal Navy	173071	HMS Cruizer		Ordinary Seaman
Royal Navy	173071	HMS Arethusa		Ordinary Seaman
Royal Navy	173071	HMS Arethusa		Able Seaman
Royal Navy	173071	HMS Vivid I		Able Seaman
Royal Navy	173071	HMS Vivid I		Able Seaman
Royal Navy	173071	HMS Blake		Able Seaman
Royal Navy	173071	HMS Cambridge		Able Seaman
Royal Navy	173071	HMS Excellent		Able Seaman
Royal Navy	173071	HMS Cambridge		Able Seaman
Royal Navy	173071	HMS Cambridge		Leading Seaman
Royal Navy	173071	HMS Impregnable		Leading Seaman
Royal Navy	173071	HMS Vivid I		Leading Seaman
Royal Navy	173071	HMS Buzzard		Leading Seaman
Royal Navy	173071	HMS Renown		Leading Seaman
Royal Navy	173071	HMS Renown		Petty Officer (Second Class)
Royal Navy	173071	HMS Cambridge		Petty Officer (Second Class)
Royal Navy	173071	HMS Vivid I		Petty Officer (Second Class)
Royal Navy	173071	HMS Impregnable		Petty Officer (Second Class)
Royal Navy		HMS Impregnable		Petty Officer (First Class)
Royal Navy	173071	HMS		Petty Officer (First Class)
Royal Navy	173071	HMS Victory I		Petty Officer (First Class)
Royal Navy		HMS Impregnable		Petty Officer (First Class)
Royal Navy	173071	HMS Eclipse		Petty Officer (First Class)
Royal Navy	173071	HMS Vivid I		Petty Officer (First Class)
Royal Navy	173071	HMS Cornwallis		Petty Officer (First Class)
Royal Navy	173071	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve		Chief Petty Officer
Royal Navy		Royal Naval Division	8th (Anson) Battalion	Temporary Sub Lieutenanrt
Royal Navy		Royal Naval Division	2nd Hawke Battalion	Temporary Sub Lieutenant
Royal Navy		Royal Naval Division	4th (Reserve) Battalion	Temporary Sub Lieutenant
Royal Navy		Royal Naval Division	Hake Battalion	Temporary Sub Lieutenant
Royal Navy		Royal Naval Division	Hawke Battalion	Acting Lieutenant
Royal Navy		Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve		Temporary Lieutenant
Royal Navy		Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	HMS Excellent	Temporary Lieutenant
Royal Navy	173071	Royal Naval Division	8th (Anson) Battalion	Chief Petty Officer
Royal Navy		Royal Naval Division		Temporary Lieutenant

Awards

Award	Type	Source
1914 Star with Clasp	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
British War Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (CGM)	British Award/Decoration
Military Cross (MC)	British Award/Decoration
Victory Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal

Family

Children

Name	Relationship	Dates
Ada Olive Stear	daughter	January 1904
Frederick Thomas Stear	son	27th February 1909
Ernest Frank Stear	son	April 1910
Winifred M Stear	daughter	July 1911

Parents

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Mary Stear nee Widdon	mother
Frederick Stear	father

Siblings

Name	Relationship	Dates
Mary Elizabeth Stear	sister	1872
Margaret Stear	sister	1873
John Whiddon Stear	brother	October 1880
Florence Stear	sister	1884
Olive Stear	sister	1887

Spouse

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Ada Louise Carty	wife	October 1901

Physical

Complexion	Eyes	Hair	Source
Fresh	Grey	Brown

Date	Height	Source
1907-04-17	5'7"

Religion

Date	Religion	Source
1914-09-16	Methodist

Media

Lieut. F W Stear MC CGM RNVR

A half length portrait of Lieutenant F W Stear of the Hawke Battalion, 63rd Royal Naval Division. He is shown wearing uniform and cap, with his medal ribbons on his chest and his battalion badge on his tunic collar.

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Title	Connected by	More information
Royal Naval Division Service Records 1914-1920
Royal Naval Division Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription	Keith1947
Royal Navy Officers Medal Roll 1914-1920 Transcription	Keith1947
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Keith1947
England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription	Keith1947
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription	Keith1947
Royal Navy, 1914 Star Medal Roll 1914-1920 Transcription	Keith1947

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