FREDERICK WILLIAM MAPLESTONE
Photograph courtesy of Frank
Frederick is not remembered on the war memorial at Christchurch Park, Ipswich.
Born: 4th February 1903, at 5, Siloam Place, Ipswich.
Mother: Florence Maplestone was employed as a Trimmer at a Stay Factory.
Died: 20th September 1943; age: 40; died of Acute Enteritis, Avitaminosis and Dysentery at Chungkai POW Camp whilst a Japanese POW on the Thailand/Burma Railway.
Captured 15th February 1942 -Fall of Singapore.
Residence: 51, Sidney Street, Gloucester, Gloucestershire.
Occupation: Bank Messenger for Lloyds Bank – Gloucester Office.
Rank: Lance Corporal; Service Number: 5836533.
Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 5th Battalion.
Grave Reference:
1.N.1.
Thailand.
Image courtesy K.Knights
Relatives Notified & Address: Husband of Margaret A. Maplestone, of Gloucester, Gloucestershire.
CENSUS
1911 12, Siloam Place, Duke Street, Ipswich.
Frederick was 9 years old and lived with his mother, stepfather and stepsiblings.
George Robert Charles Pizey, 30, a Quay Labourer, born Ipswich.
Florence May Pizey (nee Maplestone), 29, a Rug Sorter, born Ipswich.
Florence May Pizey, 6, born Ipswich.
Edith Maud Pizey, 4, born Ipswich.
George Edward Pizey, 2, born Ipswich.
Frederick’s stepfather, George Robert Charles Pizey lost his life in the First World War. George was KiA on the 5th October 1915, he was ranked a Lance Corporal, service number 12347, of the 7th Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment. The body was laid to rest at Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos, Pas de Calais, France.
1921 28, Munton Road, Southwark, London.
Frederick was 20 years and 4 months old. He had enlisted in the Army and lived with his mother, stepfather and stepsiblings.
George Miles, 32 years & 4 months old, a Porter for the General Post Office, Union Street, Southwark, born in Southwark.
Florence Miles, 39 years & 5 months old, a Cook’s Assistant for James Spicer & Sons – Paper Merchant and Wholesale Stationers, of 50, Upper Thames Street, London.
Edith Pizey, 14 years & 2 months old, at School.
May Alice Miles, 5 years & 7 months old, at School, born Ipswich.
Benjamin Augustus Miles, 4 years & 6 months old, at School, born Southwark.
Florence J. Miles, 21 months old, born Southwark.
In 1932, in Ipswich, Frederick married Helen Daisy Upson, born 1907, in Woodbridge, Suffolk – daughter of Thomas Upson, a journeyman bricklayer, and Daisy Maria Upson (nee Smith), of 11, Shackleton Square, Ipswich.
Helen and Frederick had one daughter in 1935.
In 1933, Frederick and Helen lived at 23, Wellington Street, Gloucester.
In 1934, Frederick and Helen lived at 34, Station Road, Gloucester.
Helen Daisy Maplestone died in 1935, in Gloucester, Gloucestershire.
In 1935, 1936, 1937 and 1938, Frederick lodged at the home of Edgar & Alice + Alfred Jones, of 28, Jersey Street.
On the 22nd September 1938, at St. Michael’s Church, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, Frederick, of 28, Jersey Street, married Margaret Annie Hodgetts, born April 1916, Gloucester – daughter of Henry John Hodgetts, a railway plumber and railway A.R.P. warden, and Margaret Annie Hodgetts (nee Williams), of 114, Alfred Street.
ENGLAND & WALES REGISTER 1939
Frederick was employed as a Bank Messenger. He lived with his wife and mother at 51 Sidney Street, Gloucester, Gloucestershire.
Margaret Maplestone, unpaid Domestic Duties.
Florence Miles, a Cook at a Restaurant.
Probate to Margaret Annie Maplestone – widow.
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