Corporal PLY/1667S Frederick Austin GHENT

Corporal PLY/1667S Frederick Austin Ghent{gallery}Cpl F A Ghent{/gallery}2nd Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry
Killed in action in the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele), France and Flanders, 26th October 1917 aged 21

• Buried: Poelcapelle British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave XVII.B.10
  
• Awarded: British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of Frederick and Annie Ghent [nee Newbold]
  
• Husband of Mary Ghent [nee Ford]. Married 3 Mar 1907 at Chilvers Coton
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton, Abbey Church of St. Mary
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Corporal Ghent
• Poelcapelle British Cemetery
  
• Royal Marine Light Infantry
  

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born 9 May 1883 at Mansion Street, Hinckley, Leics
  
• Lived at Hereford, Herefordshire [1891]
• Lived at 26 George and Dragon Yard, Chilvers Coton [1901]
• Lived at 102 Coton Road, Nuneaton [1911]
  
• Employed as a hairdresser [1901 & 1911]
  
• Enlisted at 14 Feb 1916 Warwick