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Fred Archer

Service Number 5229
Military Unit 2nd Bn Coldstream Guards
Date of birth 28 Oct 1883
Date of Death 28 Oct 1914 (31 Years Old)
Place of Birth Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Employment, Education or Hobbies Worked as a gents outfitter, before becoming professional soldier
Family History

Father: Charles Archer, born 1860, Mansfield. Worked as a greengrocer. Mother: Elizabeth Archer, born 1857, Mansfield, died 12 October 1917 age 61. Worked as a milliner. He also had two sisters; Edith, born in 1887 and Nellie, born 1889 and a brother, Charles born 1890. Fred was killed on his birthday, 28 October.

Military History

Arrived in France 12/08/1914. Killed in action in Ypres Salient less than three weeks later. His body was never found, but his name was commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres.

Extra Information

Nottingham Evening Post obituary (abridged) 12 November 1914: 'ARCHER killed in action on October 28th, on his birthday, Fred Archer of the Coldstream Guards, age 31. Son of E Archer, 165 St Ann's Well Road.' Family headstone, Nottingham Church (Rock) Cemetery: 'Also her son [Elizabeth Archer] Fred Archer killed in action October 28th 1914, aged 31 years. Some day we'll understand.'

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