Frederick Thomas Garwood

A Private with 3 Home Counties Field Ambulance attached 66th Casualty Clearing Station, Frederick died on 18th of November 1918 at the age of 22. 

Frederick was born at Lowestoft in 1896, a son of Ephraim Dowe and Tabitha Ann Garwood. In 1901 his family lived at 228 Raglan Street, Lowestoft. By 1911 his family were living at 1 Leiston Road, Lowestoft, and Frederick was a watchmaker's striker. By February 1915 they were living at 78 Alexandra Road Lowestoft.

Frederick enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps (Territorial Force) at Lowestoft on 9 February 1915, with service number 90. He embarked the troopship Royal Edward, at Devonport, on 30 July 1915 and was one of the Lowestoft men who were involved in the sinking of the Royal Edward on 13 August 1915. Frederick was one of the survivors.

After the loss of the Royal Edward Frederick was not sent to Gallipoli, but was posted, as a nursing orderly, at Port Said, spending the rest of the war in the Middle East. On 11 April 1916 he was attached, for duty, to 2/1 East Anglian Field Ambulance at Shallufa. On 24 April 1916 he was posted to the 54th Casualty Clearing Station at Kuliri. From 19 June 1916 he was granted additional pay for his work as an operating room attendant. 

On 13 March 1917 he was appointed Acting Lance Corporal. In 1917 the territorial soldiers were renumbered and Frederick was given the service number 479007. On 29 September 1917 Frederick was posted to the 66th Casualty Clearing Station. He was promoted to Corporal on 16 March 1918 and appointed Acting Sergeant (unpaid) on 10 April 1918 and appointed (paid) Acting Lance Sergeant on 4 September 1918. 

Frederick became unwell and, on 8 November 1918 was admitted to 66th Casualty Clearing Station with a high temperature and coughing. He had contracted pleurisy and this led to his death on 18 November 1918.