Pte. Clarence Victor Frost 98205 RAMC

[Ivor Anderson]

Pte. Clarence Victor Frost 98205 RAMC

 

Born 14 Nov 1896 Forest Hill, London

Birth registered Q1 1897, Lewisham District, London (1d 1222)

Parents Albert Edward Frost & Mary Elizabeth Coleman,

              they married 1 Nov 1894 All Saint’s, Newington

1901 7 Marriot St., Dartford, Kent. Father ‘Grocer’s traveller’.

1911 Living with uncle’s family 27 Gloucester Rd., Dartford Kent, aged 14.

         with mother & 2 brothers: Percy Albert (15) & Stanley Leonard (4).

 

WW1 Enlisted Nov 1915 aged 20, occ. ‘turner’. Dover Lodge, Dover Rd, Northfleet.

          Prev. service as 141818 Royal Engineers. Height 5 foot 6 inches

Married Lily Priscilla Coleman (1892-1953) at Dartford RO, 30 Dec 1915

Dau. Joan Dorothy b. 7 Aug 1916

Dau. Mary Lilian b. 28 April 1918

Service at home from 18 Nov 1916 to 15 Feb 1918.

Service in Sierra Leone (inc travel) 16 Feb 1918 to 15 April 1919. Discharged 31 March 1920.

His service record is on Ancestry:

https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=1219&h=717094&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=8913

Re-enlisted with RAF medical service, 1 Feb 1923 as 353197

War medal was sole WW1 entitlement. Interesting service. Would he have been a conscientious objector?

 

1939 Parents living 77 St Mark’s Avenue, Northfleet, Kent.

1940 Registered as a male nurse 20 Nov 1925. Trained with RAF Medical Service 1921-1924.

          Living 77 St Mark’s Ave., Rosherville, Northfleet, Gravesend.

 

 

Died 5 August 1987 aged 90, at 26 Oyster Lane, Byfleet, Surrey

Edited 10 January , 2023 by Ivor Anderson

[charlie962]

9 hours ago, Ivor Anderson said:

Service in Sierra Leone

in his service file, Courtesy Findmypast

[charlie962]

9 hours ago, Ivor Anderson said:

conscientious objector?

Unlikely if he volunteered 1915 for the RE, even if it was for  less than 3 weeks. More likely his physical grading?

[Ivor Anderson]

Many thanks Charlie. Interesting place of service. It was obviously a major medical hospital for the African theatre in WW1. His BWM survives:

 

Edited 11 January , 2023 by Ivor Anderson

[TEW]

Medical Services General History. Vol I may be of interest. It covers Sierra Leone in Chapter XVII.

Archive.org have it as an online read or as pdf download. I think this link will work but otherwise you'll have to search archive.org for it. My phone won't let me access the site!!

Or, perhaps if my link doesn't work someone may provide another.

TEW

 

 

[kenf48]

On 10/01/2023 at 12:28, Ivor Anderson said:

Interesting service. Would he have been a conscientious objector?

There is no indication on his record. This enrolment form for non combatant service is from April 1916

Non Combar Corps enrolment copy.pdf

His protection certificate shows medical category B1 on discharge, unfortunately we don't have his medical examination on enlistment but as suggested it may have led to his discharge from the RE.

8 minutes ago, TEW said:

Or, perhaps if my link doesn't work someone may provide another.

It works - I was reading it earlier, not a theatre of war therefore no Victory Medal.

[Ivor Anderson]

1 hour ago, TEW said:

Medical Services General History. Vol I may be of interest. It covers Sierra Leone in Chapter XVII.

Thanks TEW.