Remembered Today: Gunner Frederick William HITCHMOUGH, 255th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery who died on 8th April 1917, Soissons Communal Cemetery

CWGC Information

HITCHMOUGH, FREDERICK WILLIAM

Rank:GunnerService No: 114467

Date of Death: 08/04/1917

Age: 38

Regiment/Service: Royal Garrison Artillery

255th Siege Bty.

Grave Reference Mil. 3. 6.

Cemetery SOISSONS COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Additional Information:

Son of William and Susan Hitchmough; husband of Elizabeth Hitchmough, of 65, Liverpool Rd., Warrington, Lancs.

From Rootschat http://www.rootschat...?topic=227220.0

1891 at 341 Knutsford Road, Warrington

Susan, head of household, widow, age 37 born in Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire

Frederick Wm. son, age 12 , born Warrington

Edith Alice, daughter, age 10 b. Warrington

Herbert John, son, age 7, b Warrington

Lilian Agnes, daughter, age 4, born Warrington,

Sarah Elizabeth Fountain, single, sister to head of household, age 38 born Sharnbrook

Syndney Gregory Fountain, single, brother to head of household, born Sharnbrook.

1901 at 16, Miller Road, Warrington

Susan, head of household, widow

Frederick, Edith, Herbert and Lilian are still living with her.

From a post on the forum: http://1914-1918.inv...howtopic=193208

Gunner 114467 F.W. Hitchmough, 255th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery was 37 years old when he enlisted on 16th August 1916.

A newsagent and confectioner from Warrington, Frederick was married with 3 children, the youngest was just 2 when Frederick died. He and his wife, Elizabeth, had married in 1906.

He first went overseas on 18th January 1917 and died of wounds less than 3 months later. Frederick was returning from an attachment to the 2nd Army Artillery School when he was wounded, he died the same day.

On 19th November 1917 Elizabeth Hitchmough was awarded a Widow's Pension of 26/3 for herself and her 3 children.

Elizabeth never remarried and died in Warrington in June 1940.

Frederick has 2 memorials, his CWGC gravestone in Soissons Communal Cemetery (where he is buried) and a family grave in Hill Cliffe Baptist Cemetery, Warrington.

Lest We Forget