MCQUAY Fred

  • First Name(s):
    Fred 
  • Surname:
    MCQUAY
  • Service Number:
    215
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Royal Warwickshire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    14th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    30th July 1916
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier and Face 9A 9B and 10B.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and resident Redditch, Worcestershire, enlisted Birmingham
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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MCQUAY Fred Is Named On These Memorials

Bidford on Avon St Laurence Church
Bidford on Avon War Memorial
Redditch St Stephen’s Church
Redditch War Memorial

Further Information About MCQUAY Fred

The Birmingham Daily Mail, Monday 21st August 1916:
Roll of Honour
Private F. McQuay (26), Royal Warwickshire Regiment, only son of Mr and Mrs McQuay, Redditch.  Before joining a City Battalion he was employed by Bell and Nicholson Ltd., Cannon Street, Birmingham.

Birmingham Daily Mail courtesy of British Library image:    http://www.britishnewspaperarchives.co.uk

The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger, Saturday 9th September 1916:
Other casualties
killed
(215) F. McQuay €“ Royal Warwicks from Redditch

Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger digitised by and courtesy of Martin Stephens:   http://www.bromsgrovebmsgh.co.uk

On the 1911 census Fred aged 20, Draper’s assistant, lived with his parents Frederick, Draper employer and Sarah Catherine McQuay at 15 Market Place, Redditch.

Fred McQuay has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Thiepval Memorial.

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