FREDERICK ARTHUR WILLIS

image from 1917 Suffolk Chronicle & Mercury newspaper.

Born: 1892, Ipswich.

Died: 7th June 1917; age 25; KiA. Served 345 days.

Residence: 60, Rope Walk, Ipswich.

Enlistment Details: Location: Ipswich; Date: 9th February 1916; Age: 23 years & 10 months; Religion: CofE; Occupation: Hairdresser. Signed up for the duration of the war. Height: 5ft 4 1/2 ins.

 Service: Admitted to hospital 17th August 1916 – 4th September 1916 – Tonsillitis.

 Embarked 3rd December 1916 – Disembarked 3rd December 1916 – Arrived in field: 4th September 1916. 

Rank: Private; Service Number: 45037

Regiment: Princess Victoria’s (Royal Irish Fusiliers), 7th/8th Battalion.

Formerly 20773, Norfolk Regiment.

Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.

Grave Reference:

XVI-K-24.

Voormezeele Enclosuren No 3.

West-Vlaanderen,

Belgium.

Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Ellen Willis, of 60, Rope Walk, Ipswich and the late Fred Willis.

CENSUS

1901   60, Rope Walk, Ipswich.

Frederick was 9 years old and living with his parents & sister.

Frederick William Willis, 36, a Hairdresser – own account, born Kensworth, Hertfordshire.

Ellen Willis (nee Bloomfield), 33, born Nacton, Suffolk.

Ethel May Willis, 3, born Ipswich.

1911   60, Rope Walk, Ipswich.

Frederick was 16 years old, a Hairdresser – own account. He was living with his widowed mother & sister.

Ellen, 43.

Ethel, 13.

1 boarder.

Frederick‘s father, Frederick William Willis died 1906, Ipswich.

Soldiers’ Effects to Ellen Willis – mother.

Frederick is also remembered on St. Clement’s Church WW1 War Memorial.

Princess Victoria’s (Royal Irish Fusiliers), 7th/8th Battalion