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Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Belgium Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Belgium
First Name: Frederick Last Name: MASKELL
Date of Death: 05/02/1916 Lived/Born In: New Cross
Rank: Rifleman Unit: Rifle Brigade3
Memorial Site: New Cross, St James Hatcham

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Age-19

33, Angus Street, New Cross

Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Ypres

 

On 31st January, 1916, 3rd Rifle Brigade of 17 Brigade, 24th Division left huts at Ouderdom and moved into the front line at Hooge in the Ypres salient. This was a notorious part of the line, with the opposing trenches close to each other and the German artillery ever active and their snipers always on the look out for targets. On 5th February, 1916, Frederick Maskell was killed as a result of enemy fire.

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