Service Details
Name:
 ROADKNIGHT
Given Name:
 ALBERT FREDERICK
Initials:
 A F
Service No:
 7649
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Grenadier Guards
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Unit:
 1st Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1915-03-14
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Age:
 35
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, at No. 6 Clearing Hospital, Merville, France
Additional
Information:
Son of Mrs. Roadkinight, of 120 Needham Street, Leicester, East Midlands, England. Husband of Alice Roadknight, of Addington, Durban. Born Berkhamsted, England. Served with the 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards in the ABW 1899-1902. A policeman in Durban. Served with the 1st Battalion in France in WWI; WIA in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. Commemorated on Durban Cenotaph and St. Mary's Anglican Church, Greyville & Christ Church, Addington WWI Memorials
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Nord
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Cemetery:
 MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 II. B. 6.

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