FREDERICK GEORGE SAGE
From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG” https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730
As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570
Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.
FRED
Born: 27th May 1898, Ipswich.
Baptised on the 3rd July 1898, at St. Peter’s Church, Ipswich – family home at 29, Key Street, Ipswich.
Died: 17th July 1918; age 20; died of wounds received on the 12th June 1918. Gunshot wound to the head, Influenza and Pneumonia, at the Military Hospital, The Barracks, Whittington, Lichfield, Staffordshire.
Residence: 20, Cemetery Road, Ipswich.
Occupation: at the Engineering shop at Messrs. Pretty’s Corset Works, Ipswich.
Enlistment Location: Ipswich.
After serving in France for six months, Frederick was wounded in the leg.
Rank: Rifleman; Service Number: 50966
Regiment: King’s ( Liverpool Regiment), 6th Battalion.
Formerly T/291867, Royal Army Service Corps.
Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.
Grave Reference:
BA. 1A. 27.
Ipswich Old Cemetery,
Ipswich.
Relatives Notified and Address: Youngest son of Arthur T. Sage, of 6, Cemetery Road, Ipswich.
CENSUS
1901 17, Little Whip Street, Ipswich.
Frederick was 3 years old and living with his parents & siblings
Arthur Thomas Sage, 41, a Corn Carter; born Marylebone, Middlesex.
Eliza Sage (nee Pursglove), 41; born Islington, Middlesex.
Catherine Sarah Sage, 16, a Paper Bag Maker, born Needham Market, Suffolk.
Arthur Robert Sage, 13, born Needham Market.
Edith Eliza Sage, 6, born Ipswich.
1911 29, Cobbold Street, Ipswich.
Frederick was 13 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
Arthur, 51, a Carter.
Eliza, 51.
Sarah, 26, an Almond Blancher, at a Confectioner’s.
Arthur, 23, a Labourer at an Iron Foundry.
Edith, 16, a Dressmaker.
Frederick was a member of St. Michael’s Church, Ipswich and was the Sunday School secretary.
Soldiers’ Effects to Arthur T. Sage – father.
Frederick is also remembered on the war memorial at St. Margaret’s Church, St. Michael’s Church, Ipswich and Ipswich Oddfellows Lodge Memorial.
Evening Star – Friday, 26th July 1918 – MILITARY FUNERAL – On Monday the funeral took place at Ipswich Cemetery of Private Frederick G. Sage, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sage, of 6, Cemetery Road, Ipswich. Before joining the Army in January 1917, the deceased was employed in the engineering shop at Messrs. Pretty’s Corset Works. After serving in France for six months, he was wounded in the leg. On recovering, he went out again and was wounded in the head on the 12th June, and was brought to hospital at Lichfield, where he passed away on the 17th July. The body was conveyed to the Cemetery on a gun carriage, supplied by the R.F.A. The service in the Field of Honour was conducted by the Reverend C. F. T. Parsons, of St. Michael’s, at which church the deceased was Sunday School secretary. The wreaths included one from the Ipswich Women’s Guild. Messrs. Hastings and Son, of Berners Street, Ipswich, carried out the funeral arrangements.
King’s ( Liverpool Regiment), 6th Battalion
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