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Private

Fred Tansley

Service number 7611931
Military unit Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Address 256 Chesterfield Road South, Mansfield
Date of birth 28 Dec 1918
Date of death 12 Dec 1942 (23 years old)
Place of birth Mansfield. Nottinghamshire
Employment, education or hobbies

In 1939 he was working as a shop assistant in a Co-Op grocery store.

Family history

Son of Albert and Ellen Tansley of 256 Chesterfield Road South, Mansfield.
Siblings Nellie (1907) and Albert (1915).
In 1921 the family were living in the Nags Head Yard, Mansfield.

Military history

According to the telegraph from the War Office, Pte Fred Tansley died of a gun shot wound to the head and compound fractured skull.

Extra information

Buried at Heliopolis War Cemetery, Egypt plot 3. C.7.

Photographs

No photos