Rifleman R/712 Frederick Richard Stanley

Rifleman R/712 Frederick R Stanley, 7^th King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Killed in action in Belgium on 30 July 1915, aged 25/26

• Named on the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium
• Awarded: 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory medals
• Son of Thomas and Jane Stanley
• NNWFHS Memorials: Coleshill

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC page for Rifleman Stanley
• Menin Gate
• King’s Royal Rifle Corps
• NNWFHS Coleshill War Memorial Page

Census and Family Information

• Born Jul qtr 1889 in Coleshill
• Lived in Ansley, a stockman on a farm [1911 census]
• Later employed at Arley Colliery
• Enlisted in Birmingham