Will O'Brien Posted 27 February , 2005 Share Posted 27 February , 2005 As per CWGC Name: ANDREW, FREDERICK Initials: F Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment: East Yorkshire Regiment Secondary Regiment: West African Regiment, W.A.F.F. Secondary Unit Text: attd. Age: 32 Date of Death: 27/02/1915 Additional information: Son of the late William Radcliffe Andrew and Elizabeth Andrew, of 102, Victoria Avenue, Blackley, Manchester. Enlisted in 1900 in Grenadier Guards. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Cemetery: FREETOWN MEMORIAL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 27 February , 2005 Author Share Posted 27 February , 2005 & the memorial info Cemetery: FREETOWN MEMORIAL Country: Sierra Leone Location Information: The Freetown Memorial is located outside the Secretariate Building in the centre of Freetown. Historical Information: The West Africans who died whilst serving with the Royal West African Frontier Force in West Africa, whose graves are not known, or are unmaintainable, are commemorated by name on memorials in the countries of their enlistment: men of Sierra Leone at Freetown, Nigerians at Lagos, men of Ghana at Accra, and of Gambia at Bathurst (now Banjul). The Freetown Memorial commemorates 1,109 First World War casualties and 247 from the Second World War. No. of Identified Casualties: 1356 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 27 February , 2005 Author Share Posted 27 February , 2005 Frederick Andrew's online MICindex entry can be seen here It indicates he started his active service as a Colour Sergeant in the Grenadier Guards before being commissioned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrtle Posted 28 February , 2005 Share Posted 28 February , 2005 ODGW has two entries for same man 2/LT T/LT West African Regiment (E. Yorks Reg) KiA & 2/LT T/LT East Yorkshire Regiment (W. African Reg) KiA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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