Frederick Charles Redgrave

A Private with 2nd Bn., Frederick died on 18th of June 1917 at the age of 39. 

Frederick was born at Lowestoft on 11 October 1878, a son of Edmund and Ann M. Redgrave. James was baptised at Saint Margaret's Church, Lowestoft, on 3 November 1878. In 1881 his family lived at 22 Mariners Street, Lowestoft. In 1891 his family lived Sudbury Cottages, 1 Bevan Street, Lowestoft. By 1901 his family were living at 12 Sandringham Road, Lowestoft, and Frederick was a fish packer. 

On 5 January 1902 Frederick married May Florence Page at Saint Margaret's Church, Lowestoft, Frederick was a fish curer living at 12 Sandringham Road, and May lived at 66 Tennyson Road. In 1911 they lived at 12 Stanford Street and Frederick was a fish curer. 

Frederick enlisted in the Army at Lowestoft. He joined the Suffolk Regiment and was posted to the 2nd Battalion in France. 

On 1 June 1917 the 2nd Battalion moved from Denier to Arras. On June 12 they took over trenches near Monchy-le-Preux and during the night of the 13th moved to positions in readiness for an attack on Infantry Hill. The attack began at 7.30 a.m. on the 14th. Within an hour the trench system of Infantry Hill was in British hands. Later in the day the Germans laid down a barrage and made a counter-attack, but the Battalion held their positions. Another attack, on the 18th, led to the Battalion sustaining heavy casualties in the Hook and Long trenches. 

The Battalion's casualties for 12 to 19 June 1917 were: 
Officers: six killed, six wounded
Other ranks: 56 killed, 183 wounded, 2 missing

Frederick was killed in action during the battle at Infantry Hill. 

Frederick's brother, James, was killed in action in 1918 whilst serving with the Royal West Kent Regiment. His sister Eleanor, and nieces Lily Redgrave and Beatrice Harvey, were all killed in an air raid in 1941.