Frederick had previously served in the Home Hospital Reserve. He enlisted into the R.A.M.C. on 23rd September 1914. He was 43 years and 1 month old and a shopkeeper by trade. On 7th December 1914, he was admitted into the Seaside Hospital at Seaford suffering with influenza. He was admitted into hospital again on 20th September 1915 after complaining for several months of severe headaches, which appeared on waking up in the morning. On 15th November 1915 he was brought before a medical board and recommended for discharge as permanently unfit for service. Frederick was the husband of Daisy Jane Knight of 10 Norfolk Road, Littlehampton.