Private 45709 Fred INGHAM

12th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry

Killed in action in France and Flanders, 7th October 1916, age 23

Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Ref: Pier and Face 14A and 15C

Awarded 1914 Star, British War and Victory Medals

Son of John and Ellen Ingham

Brother of Private John Ingham

Links to Relevant Information

CWGC Page for Private Ingram

NNWFHS Atherstone War Memorial Page

Thiepval Memorial

Durham Light Infantry

Other Information

Born c. 1891 Atherstone

1901 census living at 20 Welcome Street, Atherstone with his parents and siblings

1911 census living at 39 Stafford Street, Atherstone with his parents and younger brother Albert. He was employed as a hatter finisher.

1914 appears on the electoral role, living “bedroom on second floor and use of other rooms on the ground floor, furnished” in Stafford Street, Atherstone. The landlord was his father, of the same address.

Enlisted 3rd September 1914 at Atherstone

20th October 1916, his death was reported in the Atherstone News and Herald (Find My Past)