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Private Fred Dinsdale, aged 23, was killed in action on 26 Mar 1918 in the vicinity of the Ablaincourt sector of the Western Front in France. Initially he was reported in the Beverley Guardian 1 Jun 1918 as being missing, but in the edition of 16 Jul 1918 was suspected of being a POW. It was a year later that the edition of 12 Jul 1919 noted that his sister Mrs. Kate Appleton, 5 Norton Street, Beverley had received official confirmation of his death. His body was never recovered and he is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial on the Somme in France.
Fred was awarded the War and Victory Medals and also the 1914-15 Star as he had arrived in France with the 5th on 18 Apr 1915. He fought in Belgium and France between 1915 and 1918. Fred was a “Beverley Terrier” a member of the Territorial Army before the war and who had consented, to serve abroad.
Fred was born in Walkington in 1895 and baptised at the parish church 25 Aug 1895. He was the youngest of six children born to William Jackson Dinsdale and his wife Mary. Mary was originally from Hull, William worked as a joiner and wheelwright. They lived in East End, Walkington. In 1911 Fred was a domestic gardener.
Fred is remembered today on the Hengate War Memorial in Beverley and also on the Walkington War Memorial. He is also recorded on the East Riding Memorial in Beverley Minster.
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