GENEVER Frederick John

  • First Name(s):
    Frederick 
    John 
  • Surname:
    GENEVER
  • Service Number:
    27106
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    9th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    25th January 1917
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Amara War Cemetery, Iraq, Grave XIX. G. 11.
  • Place of Birth:
    Clifton-on-Teme, Worcestershire, resident Grimley, Worcestershire, enlisted Worcester
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

GENEVER Frederick John Is Named On These Memorials

Clifton on Teme Council School now in St Kenelm’s Church
Clifton on Teme St Kenelm’s Church WW1 Memorial
Grimley St Bartholomew’s Church WW1 War Memorial

Further Information About GENEVER Frederick John

Rank given as Lance Corporal on Soldiers Died in the Great War, Private on his Medal Index Card.

United Parish Magazine March 1917:
The whole-hearted sympathy of the parish is with Mrs Genever, of Sinton Green, in the loss of her son, Lance Corporal Frederick J Genever.  He was killed in action whilst fighting in Mesopotamia.  He proved himself a zealous, gallant soldier.

A photograph of Private F.J. Genever of Clifton can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 24th February 1917, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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Credits: United Parish Magazine researched by Eve Fraser. Berrow's Worcester Journal Supplement researched by Sandra Taylor.