DIFFY, Frederick Ernest

Cologne Southern Cemetery, GermanyCredit: Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Gunner
A Battery 251st Brigade
Royal Field Artilery

Frederick was born 1894 in Chale to Frank & Emily (nee BUTCHERS) DIFFY who were living at 42 Upper St. James’ Street in Newport around the time of Frederick’s death.

Frederick, aged 24, died from dysentery whilst a German prisoner of war on the 16th of August 1918. He is buried at Cologne Southern Cemetery in Germany beneath a Commission Headstone. Frederick rests alongside nearly 2,000 of his First World War comrades also held prisoner in the area.

Frederick is also remembered on the County & Newport Borough War Memorials. His brother Sydney George also fell in The Great War.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetery

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.