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Frederick Tee was born in Beverley the 5 Jul 1882 and baptised at Beverley Minster the 7 Aug 1882, the son of Frederick Tee a Corporal, and later Sergeant, in the 2nd Battalion of the East Yorkshire Regiment and Mary they married in 1867 in Portsea. They had seven children, three were born in India where the 2nd had served. Frederick’s father left the army in the 1890s and the family moved to Chorlton, Manchester, where he worked in a drapery warehouse as a porter and driver.
Frederick junior served as a regular soldier in the East Riding Regiment reach the rank of Corporal. He was stationed at Victoria Barracks when he left the army in 1910. He married Emma Smelt at Beverley Minster on 17 Dec 1905. They lived in Wilbert Lane with her parents, by 1911 they had moved to West View Drive, Sculcoates. Frederick worked as a general labourer in a rubber works.
In 1914 Frederick joined the 6th Battalion (Pioneers), East Yorkshire Regiment and was rapidly promoted to the position of Company Quartermaster Sergeant Major by 1916. He had served in Gallipoli arriving at Suvla Bay on 7 Aug 1915. The campaign at Gallipoli was a disaster, prompting a withdrawal. The 6th were evacuated to the Greek island of Mudros on 17 Dec 1915, having experienced heavy casualties as well as the effects of disease and bad weather. In Jul 1916 they arrived in France and took part in many actions on the Somme. On 24 Sep 1917 Frederick received a commission and rose to the rank of Second-Lieutenant in the Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI). Frederick was awarded the 1914-15 Star and the War and Victory medals.
Frederick returned to Beverley, the family moved to Chorlton in Manchester, where he worked as a driver in a rubber works. He died on 6 Feb 1953 and was buried at the Southern Cemetery, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester. Emma died in 1968.
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