Will O'Brien Posted 25 May , 2005 Share Posted 25 May , 2005 As per CWGC Name: FAGG, FREDERICK Initials: F Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment: The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) Unit Text: 2nd Bn. Age: 25 Date of Death: 25/05/1915 Service No: G/4977 Additional information: Son of Edward and Hannah Fagg, of Weddington, Ash, Canterbury. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 12 and 14. Cemetery: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 25 May , 2005 Author Share Posted 25 May , 2005 & the memorial info Cemetery: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Country: Belgium Locality: Ieper, West-Vlaanderen Location Information: Ypres (now Ieper) is a town in the Province of West Flanders. The Memorial is situated at the eastern side of the town on the road to Menin (Menen) and Courtrai (Kortrijk). Each night at 8 pm the traffic is stopped at the Menin Gate while members of the local Fire Brigade sound the Last Post in the roadway under the Memorial's arches. Historical Information: The Menin Gate is one of four memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders which cover the area known as the Ypres Salient. Broadly speaking, the Salient stretched from Langemarck in the north to the northern edge in Ploegsteert Wood in the south, but it varied in area and shape throughout the war. The Salient was formed during the First Battle of Ypres in October and November 1914, when a small British Expeditionary Force succeeded in securing the town before the onset of winter, pushing the German forces back to the Passchendaele Ridge. The Second Battle of Ypres began in April 1915 when the Germans released poison gas into the Allied lines north of Ypres. This was the first time gas had been used by either side and the violence of the attack forced an Allied withdrawal and a shortening of the line of defence. There was little more significant activity on this front until 1917, when in the Third Battle of Ypres an offensive was mounted by Commonwealth forces to divert German attention from a weakened French front further south. The initial attempt in June to dislodge the Germans from the Messines Ridge was a complete success, but the main assault north-eastward, which began at the end of July, quickly became a dogged struggle against determined opposition and the rapidly deteriorating weather. The campaign finally came to a close in November with the capture of Passchendaele. The German offensive of March 1918 met with some initial success, but was eventually checked and repulsed in a combined effort by the Allies in September. The battles of the Ypres Salient claimed many lives on both sides and it quickly became clear that the commemoration of members of the Commonwealth forces with no known grave would have to be divided between several different sites. The site of the Menin Gate was chosen because of the hundreds of thousands of men who passed through it on their way to the battlefields. It commemorates those of all Commonwealth nations (except New Zealand) who died in the Salient, in the case of United Kingdom casualties before 16 August 1917. Those United Kingdom and New Zealand servicemen who died after that date are named on the memorial at Tyne Cot, a site which marks the furthest point reached by Commonwealth forces in Belgium until nearly the end of the war. Other New Zealand casualties are commemorated on memorials at Buttes New British Cemetery and Messines Ridge British Cemetery. The YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL now bears the names of more than 54,000 officers and men whose graves are not known. The memorial, designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield with sculpture by Sir William Reid-Dick, was unveiled by Lord Plumer in July 1927. No. of Identified Casualties: 54338 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 25 May , 2005 Author Share Posted 25 May , 2005 Frederick Fagg's online MIC index can be seen here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrtle Posted 26 May , 2005 Share Posted 26 May , 2005 SDGW Born: Elham, Kent En: Canterbury Res: Birchington, Kent KiA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted 29 May , 2005 Share Posted 29 May , 2005 (edited) Frederick first went overseas with the 2nd Battalion on 12/5/1915 and lasted only 13 days. It looks like Frederick joined up with a relative on the same day; Percy Fagg's number was G4975 and he also served in the 2nd Battalion. Mick Edited 29 May , 2005 by Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 29 May , 2005 Share Posted 29 May , 2005 I wonder if he was related to Arthur Fagg, First Class cricket Umpire, who I believe played for Kent before taking up umpiring? Arthur retired years ago, so it's possible he was a younger brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Saunders Posted 29 May , 2005 Share Posted 29 May , 2005 I wonder if he was related to Arthur Fagg, First Class cricket Umpire, who I believe played for Kent before taking up umpiring? Arthur retired years ago, so it's possible he was a younger brother. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I undertsand your train of thought but Fagg is a reasonably common Kent surname so it is very unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 29 May , 2005 Share Posted 29 May , 2005 I undertsand your train of thought but Fagg is a reasonably common Kent surname so it is very unlikely. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks. Didn't realise that. He was a jolly good umpire, though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 29 May , 2005 Author Share Posted 29 May , 2005 I undertsand your train of thought but Fagg is a reasonably common Kent surname <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I can vouch for that................When I originally atarted this thread I did a quick scan of the 1901 census on the surname Fagg using Ash in Kent (where Frederick's parents lived).............a large number were returned in the search........certainly more than just one family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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