Medal card : Pte. - 25th London
Regt. Medal roll : 25th London R. Pte., Attached Infantry Base Depot
1(a) France 10.11.17 to 23.11.17.,
Posted to 13th Rifle Brigade London R. 1(a) France 24.11.17 to 5.11.18.
D.W. 5.11.18.
[Soldiers Died in the Great
War 1914-19]
Still, Frederick Albert, born Lambeth, enlisted Whitehall
(Pascall St), 741939, Rifleman, died of wounds, France & Flanders, 5
Nov 1918.
In Memory of
Private Frederick Albert STILL
741939, 25th Bn., London Regiment (Cyclists)
who died age 18 on 05 November 1918
Son of Frederick and Martha Sarah Ann Still, of 12, Portland Cottages, Heman St., Wandsworth Rd., South Lambeth, London.
Remembered with honour Solesmes Communal Cemetery,
Nord
,
France
. Grave Ref. B. 5.
Commemorated in perpetuity by
the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Solesmes Communal Cemetery,
Nord
,
France
.
The 2nd South Lancashires and the 1st Wiltshires
were attacked at Solesmes on the evening of 25 August 1914 and on 19-21
October 1918, the 62nd (West Riding) Division, followed by the 61st (
South Midland
) Division, captured and cleared the town after severe fighting in the
streets. The north-west corner of
Solesmes
Communal
Cemetery
was used by the Germans who buried Commonwealth soldiers and airmen who died
in August 1914, May 1917 or October 1918. Rows A and B, in the north-east
corner, were made by Commonwealth troops in October and November 1918. The
cemetery contains 30 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, five of
which are unidentified.
Solesmes is a town some 18 kilometres east of
Cambrai, or 9 kilometres north-west of Le Cateau. The
Communal
Cemetery
is on the eastern outskirts of the town, beside the road (D43) to Ovillers.
[Courtesy of
Commonwealth War Graves Commission]
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