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Fred was born and baptised at Middleton on the Wolds in 1890, the son of James and Sarah Elizabeth Leake (nee Eastwood). Fred was employed as a shepherd at Dalton Holme in 1911. He married Muriel Sharp in Beverley the following year and when their son, also Fred, was baptised in 1912 their address was 72 Norwood Grove, Beverley, Fred worked as a railway labourer. By the time daughter Elsie May was baptised in 1914 Fred was a policeman with London and North Eastern Railways (LNER) living in Cottingham.
Fred enlisted with the Royal Army Medical Corp in Aug 1915. His training took place in Sheffield where he was promoted to Sergeant and in Aug 1916 he was on his way to Salonika in northern Greece where he stayed for nearly 3 years. In early 1919 Fred became seriously ill with bronchitis, then dangerously ill with pneumonia. He was invalided home also suffering from malaria. Initially he was sent to a military hospital in Nottingham, then transferred to 4th Northern Hospital in Lincoln before finally being demobilised from Belton Park in Grantham.
Fred returned to work for LNER as a policeman. He and Muriel had three more children, two of whom had their births registered at Sculcoates. In 1936 Muriel died in Hull, less than a year later Fred married Mary Cassidy in the Great Ouseburn registration district. The 1939 Register shows Fred and Mary living at 14 Norman Drive, York and Fred an LNER police inspector.
Fred died 15 Jul 1971 aged 81.
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