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Sapper

Frederick Easom

Service number 1894164
Military unit 219 Field Park Coy Royal Engineers
Address 2 Meadow Cottages, Mansfield Woodhouse
Date of birth 05 Sep 1919
Date of death 09 Jun 1941 (21 years old)
Place of birth Mansfield Woodhouse
Employment, education or hobbies

In 1939 Frederick was working has steel foundry worker.

Family history

Son of Thomas and Edith Easom of 2 Meadow Cottages, Mansfield Woodhouse.
Siblings Johnson Thomas (1904), Charley (1905), Phyllis May (1907), Arthur (1910), and
Edith Ellen (1921).
Thomas was a special constable in 1939 and Edith joined the Women's Land Army.

Military history

219 Field Park Coy provided workshop and stores for infantry divisions.
Frederick was lost at sea.

Mansfield Chronicle Advertiser: 7/6/1945:
Easom. In loving memory of my dear brother Fred, Sapper Easom From Edith and Albert
In loving memory of our dear son Fred who died at sea, Mam, Dad brothers and sisters.

Extra information

Remembered on the Brookwood 1939-1945 panel 6 col 1. This memorial is for men and women who died but have no known grave.

James Easom who died during the evacuation from St Nazaire on the Lancastria may have been Fred's uncle. Born in 1900 James was possibly the much younger brother of Thomas Easom.

Photographs

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