MARRIOTT Fred

  • First Name(s):
    Fred 
  • Surname:
    MARRIOTT
  • Service Number:
    24749
  • Rank:

    Sergeant

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
  • Battalion:
    13th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    4th September 1916
  • Age At Death:
    27
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Vimy Memorial, France.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of the late Samuel and Harriett Marriott, husband of May Marriott, 6 Wylds Lane Worcester, England

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MARRIOTT Fred Is Named On These Memorials

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Further Information About MARRIOTT Fred

Fred Marriott enlisted in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 23rd September 1914 in Valcartier, Quebec, Canada.  On his attestation paper he gave his date of birth as 20th January 1888 in Worcester, England, his occupation as a mechanic and his next of kin as his mother, Harriett Marriott, Box 103 Valley Field, Quebec.  Fred was a member of the 5th R.H.C. Militia and had been for 3 years.  He was 5 feet 8 inches tall with green eyes, dark hair and a medium complexion.

Fred sailed from Canada with his unit on 3rd October 1914.  He left England bound for France on 18th January 1915.  He was admitted to No 14 General Hospital, Boulogne on 2nd March 1915 for a gunshot wound to his right foot and after 7 days in the hospital he was transferred to a convalescent camp. Fred was promoted to Lance Corporal on 27th May 1915.  Just 5 days later on 1st June 1915 he was admitted to No 4 Casualty Clearing Station before being transferred to No 15 Train suffering from influenza.  He was discharged to duty from No 3 General on 29th June 1915 rejoining his unit on 30th. He was promoted to Corporal (confusion of various dates) before being granted 7 days leave to England on 23rd September 1915. Fred was reported absent without leave on 30th September 1915 before it was established on 19th October 1915 that he was sick at home (26 York Place, Worcester) suffering from tuberculine bronchitis.  He rejoined his unit in France on 13th November 1915.  He was appointed Lance Sergeant on 19th April 1916 and promoted to Sergeant on 4th June 1916.  Fred was killed in action on 4th September 1916.

National Archives of Canada Reference: RG150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 5938 – 1.

The Canada War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty) records the following information on Sergeant Fred Marriott:
€œKilled in Action€ in the trenches South East of Mouquet Farm, Courcelette.

The Canada Commonwealth War Graves Registers records the following information on Sergeant Fred Marriott:
Killed in Action. Killed in the area €“ The Somme. (War Diary C.B.D.)

A photograph of Sergeant F. Marriott can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 30th September 1916, available at Worcestershire Archives.

Fred Marriott has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Vimy Memorial.

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