Boden F Pte 5798 11th Royal Sussex Regiment

BODEN, FREDERICK, Private, No. 5798, 11th (Service) Battn. The Royal Sussex Regt., s. of Frederick Boden, of 38, Miniver Street, Blackfriars, London, S.E., Labourer, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Richard Hunter: b. Walworth, S.E., 27 Jan. 1882; educ. Friars Street School there was a Carman for Messrs. Cooper, Fruiterers; enlisted in the Sussex Regt. 13 May, 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 1 Oct. 1915, and was killed in action on the Menin Road on 27 Sept. 1917. Buried where he fell. His Commanding Officer wrote: “With sympathy and regret at losing a good soldier and comrade, who always had a good character.” Hem. Catherine (20, Miniver Street, Friar Street, Blackfrairs, London, S.E.), dau. of the late Thomas Alexander Turner, and had five children: Frederick, b. 19 Jan. 1909; John, b. 29 Nov. 1915; Catherine Turner, b. 1 July, 1902; Clara Jane, b. 19 May, 1904, and Sarah Jessie, b. 16 Jan. 1913.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

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