BERRY Frederick William

Evesham Journal and Four Shires Advertiser, 5th May 1916:
Hampton Man Killed
Mr. and Mrs. W. Berry, of Hampton, have received letters from a Lance-corpl. and Sergt-major of their son’s company informing them that their third son, Pte. F.W. Berry, of the Worcesters, has been killed in action. They state that Pte. Berry was killed on April 1. Pte. Berry joined the Army at the outbreak of the war. He previously worked for Messrs. White Bros., of Evesham. After several months training he was sent to France, where he was unfortunately gassed. He was sent home for a short leave, after which he was sent abroad again, this time to Gallipoli. When the English troops were withdrawn from Gallipoli he was again sent back to France for about a month before he met with his death. He was just 20 years of age. We hope to give a portrait of Pte. Berry in our next issue. Mr. and Mrs. Berry have another son serving in the Army, Pte. Ernest Berry, of the Royal Horse Artillery. This son is a regular soldier.

Evesham Journal and Four Shires Advertiser, 13th May 1916:
Our War Portraits
We this week give the portraits of four local soldiers, who’s death fighting for King and Country we reported last week. The first is Pte. W. Berry, of the Worcesters, third son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Berry, of Hampton, who was killed on April 21, not April 1, as reported last week.

(Frederick was the son of William and Sarah Esther Berry (nee Spiers) who were married 22nd August 1888).

The clock on Hampton St Andrew’s Church is a war memorial to WW1 and is inscribed with the words: War Memorial 1914-18.

The tenor bell is inscribed “also in memory of the sons of Hampton who died for the sacred cause of liberty and freedom”.