Biography of General Servant Fred Fairchild
Merchant Navy
Died 30th December 1915
Sailor
- Name: Fred Fairchild
- Date of birth: 27th August 1892
- Place of Birth: Thurlby, Lincolnshire, England
- Date of Birth Registration: July – September 1892
- Place of Birth Registration: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Father
- Name: Joseph Fairchild
- DOB: 1845
- Place of Birth: Thurlby, Lincolnshire, England
- Occupation: Publican then farmer
Mother
- Name: Sarah Ann Glenn
- DOB: 1849
- Place Of Birth: Thurlby, Lincolnshire, England
- Marriage: 26th May 1875 Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Siblings: (Name), (DOB), (POB)
- Joseph William Fairchild, 1876, Thurlby
- Ernest John Fairchild, 1878, Thurlby
- Edith May Fairchild, 1880, Thurlby
- George Cecil Fairchild, 1882, Thurlby
- Tom Fairchild, 1885, Thurlby
- Harry Fairchild, 1888, Thurlby
- Fred Fairchild, 1892, Thurlby
- Florence Eva Fairchild, 1895, Thurlby
Census
- 1901: Fred is living with his parents at Thurlby Green, Thurlby, Lincolnshire.
- 1911: Fred is living with his parents in Thurlby, Lincolnshire. The census gives him an age of 18 and he is listed as a milkman.
Relatives in services
- None found
Marriage
- No marriage for Fred has been found and because of his age we can assume that he never had the opportunity to marry.
Newspaper Mentions
- Fred can be found on a crew list for the Persia that was published in many newspapers.
Military Records
Attestation Papers
- None found
Soldier’s Died In The Great War
- None found
Pension Records
- None found
Effects Left To
- None found
Medals
- None found
Memorials
- UK:
- Thurlby, Roll of Honour in St Firmins Church
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
- In memory of General Servant Fred Fairchild, S.S. “Persia” (Greenock), Mercantile Marine who died on 30 December 1915 Age 23
- Son of Joseph and Sarah Ann Fairchild, of Ivy House, Thurlby, Bourne, Lincs.
- Remembered with honour, Tower Hill Memorial
© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials
© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials
Military Service Timeline
- This is ongoing research and will be posted when completed
Sources
- WW1 Soldier’s Records (www.ancestry.co.uk)
- British Newspaper Archive.
- Fold 3
- Find My Past
- Genealogist
- Forces War Records
- British Army Service Numbers
- War Gratuity Calculator
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- National Archives – Battalion War Diaries
- General Registry Office