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Private

Fred Lidgett

Service number S/200987
Military unit Royal Army Service Corps
Address 4 Sandhurst Avenue, Mansfield Woodhouse.
Date of birth 12 Jun 1914
Date of death 30 Sep 1940 (26 years old)
Place of birth Dover, Kent
Employment, education or hobbies

Worked as a grocer's assistant at Shentall Ltd provisions shop in Bolsover

Family history

Son of Frederick James Lidgett and Edith Lidgett of Dover, Kent.
Married Kathleen Crosby in 1937 and their son in 1940. In 1939 Fred and Kathleen were living with her widowed father, John at 47 High Street, Bolsover.

Military history

Mansfield Chri=onicle Advertiser: 11/10/1940 Pt Fred lidgett of Mansfield.
A wide circle of friends in mansfield and Bolsover will regret to learn of the tragic death of Pte Fred Lidgett of 4 Sandhurst Avenue, Mansfield Woodhouse as a result of an aeroplane accident.
He leaves a wife and a 3 month old baby. A native of Dover, Pte Lidgett joined RASC and was employed by Shentall Ltd, provisions shop n Bolsover.

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