Frederick Lewis Krause
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Frederick Lewis Krause was born in 1891 the son of Joseph Henry am furniture dealer and Catherine Ann Krause née Day and the brother of Hubert Stuart, Henry Archibald, Percy George and Joseph Leonard (killed in action 26/9/1917) Krause. Joseph was born in 1861 at Old Basford, Catherine Ann Day was born in 1862 at Radford, married in 1881 at Nottingham, they had 9 children, sadly 4 died in infancy or early childhood. In 1911 the family lived at 2 Collinson Street Hyson Green Nottingham. Joseph 50 yrs and a furniture dealer , Frederick Lewis 20 yrs and a butcher Joseph Henry Krause later moved to 49 Hull Street Brooklyn New York USA.
Private Frederick Lewis Krause, enlisted at Nottingham and served with the 18th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment, he died of wounds on 1st March 1917. He is buried at Couin New British Cemetery.Grave Reference: B 19
His brothers was killed in the war. Pte. Joseph Leonard Krause, 2/5th Battalion Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment, was killed in action on 26th September 1917. He is buried in Brandhoek New Military Cemetery. Nottingham Evening Post notice (abridged) 16 March 1917: ‘Krause. Died of wounds March 1st 1917, Private Fred Krause, West Yorkshire Regiment, 2 Collinson Street. Mother, brothers.’
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