MALLARD, Frederick Cecil

La Brique Military Cemetery No.2, BelgiumCredit: Unknown

Corporal
3rd Battalion
Rifle Brigade

Frederick was born 1892 in Newport to Charles Henry & Ellen Hannah (nee SIMMONDS) MALLARD of East Lynn Cottage, Gunville. The 1901 Census had the family living at 1 High Street in Newport.

Frederick was involved in the 1914 Christmas Day truce & subsequent football match. At age 23 he was, however, Killed in Action on the 4th of September 1915. Frederick is buried at La Brique Military Cemetery No. 2 in Belgium beneath a Commission Headstone & rests alongside 839 of his First World War Comrades, 400 of these are unidentified.

Frederick is also remembered on the County & Newport Borough War Memorials.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

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.