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Fred Kitching

Service Number 22003
Military Unit 9th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Date of birth Unknown
Date of Death 14 Nov 1915 (35 Years Old)
Place of Birth Misterton Nottinghamshire
Employment, Education or Hobbies He was employed as a brickyard labourer at Mr George Coopers brickyard in Misterton
Family History

Fred was born at Misterton in 1880, he was the son of Henry and Sarah Kitching (nee Barthorpe). His father was a brick maker. He had two elder brothers George born 1872 and William born 1875.

Military History

He arrived in Gallipoli on 28 August 1915 and was probably one of the 10% kept back in Mudros during the battalion's first battles. He was killed in action on 14 November 1915 and is buried in Azmak Cemetery, grave I.D.4. From Monday 8th until 15th November, the battalion was in the front line in the Lone Tree Gully sector around Leather Lane, near Oxford Circus and Oxford Street, just behind Jephson's Post. John Morse

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