Frederick attested on 23rd April 1915 into the 3/3rd Home Counties Field Ambulance, number 3560. He was 29 years and 1 month old, and a gardener by trade. On 27th September 1916 he transferred into the regular army, his service number then changed to 88875. On 18th November 1916, he embarked at Southampton, disembarking at Rouen on the 20th he was posted to No 1 Territorial Base Depot until the 28th, when he was posted to serve with the 142nd Field Ambulance in the field. On the 19th March 1917, he was admitted into his unit as a patient- Pyrexia of Unknown Origin, he was then transferred to the 36th Field Ambulance on the same day. Frederick was granted leave from 17th-30th December 1917, but did not return to his unit [142nd Field Ambulance] until 06:30 am on 31 December, he was admonished and forfeited 2 days pay. On the 3rd December 1918 he was admitted into No 48 Casualty Clearing Station with dental problems and transferred to No 55 Casualty Clearing Station 3 days later. He was discharged from hospital on the 11th, returning again to his unit. He was granted further leave from the 5th– 19th January 1919, finally leaving for home on the 20th. Being discharged on the 12th October, Frederick had qualified for two blue overseas chevrons, and as a cook. He re- enlisted into the Military Foot Police under AO 238 1919 on 9th October 1919 at Guildford and promoted to Lance Corporal, his service number changed to 18976. He served with the Black Sea Force (Allied Police Commission) from 16th April 1920 – 17th November 1920, returning to Southampton on the 18th on board HMT Kildonnan Castle. He was finally discharged from the Army on 16th December 1920, his service number at the time had changed to 7682690. [Information sources: Service record and researched by David Underdown]