Crabtree,+Fred

Private, 1st/4th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Service No: 204137. Age: 33. Died 10th April 1918. Son of John and Ellen Crabtree, of Quarry Bank, Crummuck, Oxenhope; husband of Lillian Crabtree, of 5, Back Leeming, Oxenhope, Keighley, Yorks. Fred married Lilian Southwell in 1913 and the couple had at least ond child ,Frank, born in 1916
 * Fred Crabtree**

His name is recorded on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Panel 82 to 85 and 162A.where 11,954 Commonwealth soldiers are commemorated.

The Germans took Tyne Cot Ridge on 13th April 1918 after heavy fighting there through March and Apil.

Born: Oxenhope, Yorks Enlisted: Keighley, Yorks Died on: 10 Apr 1918 Died in: France & Flanders Type of Casualty: Killed in action Theatre of War: Western European Theatre
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Victory Medal. Roll: 0/2/101 B18. Page: 2567. British War Medal. Roll: 0/2/101 B18. Page: 2567.
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