Frederick John Dearman
He was a shop assistant.
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Frederick John Dearman was born in 1895 at Nottingham, he was the son of the late Herbert Drewry a stabler and Alice Dearman née Forrest and the brother of Edith Alice, Olive Evelyn and George Edgar Dearman. 92 Hartley Road Radford , Nottingham
His father Herbert Drewry Dearman was born in 1866 at Nottingham, he ded in 1917 in South Africa, his mother Alice Forrest was born in 1866 at Appleby, Lincolnshre, they were married on 11th April 1887 at Nottingham, they went on to have 5 children.
In the 1911 census the family lived at 374 Meadow Lane, Nottingha, Alice Dearman is head of the family married and is living with her children, Edith Alice 21 yrs a french polisher, Oliver Evelyn 19 yrs a picture framer, Frederick Jon 15 yrs a shop assistant and George Edgar 13 yrs a school boy.
His father was not present at the address of the night of the census.
Gunner Frederick John Dearman, attested at Nottingham on 30th June 1914 , he was posted as a gunner into the Royal Field Artillery. He landed in the Balkans on 9th July 1915 and whilst serving with “B” Battery, 69th Brigade Royal Field Artillery, he died of disease at Sheikh Saad, Mesopotamia on 9th July 1916 he was buried in Amara War Cemetery,
Obituary published 15th August 1916 in the Nottingham Evening Post :-
DEARMAN. – Died of disease, July 9th, Gunner Fred Dearman, R.F.A., aged 21 years, beloved son of Herbert and Alice Dearman, 374 Meadow Lane. We cannot, Lord, Thy purpose see; but all is well that's done by Thee. – Sorrowing father, mother, brothers, and sisters.”
Above is courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918.
Frederick John Dearman
Photograph was published on 9th September 1916 in the Nottingham Evening Post, courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town great War Hucknall 1914-1918