Frederick Robert William John Hitchings

Biography

Surname:  Hitchings
Christian name(s):  Frederick Robert William John
Date of birth:  1896
Place of birth:  Frampton on Severn
Parents:  Frederick George Hitchings and Mary Ann Halling
Wife: 
Date of marriage:  Did not marry
Children: 
Pre-WW1 occupation:  Pupil teacher
 
Rank:  Corporal or Lance Serjeant
Number:  23434; 30846
Served:  11th (Reserve) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment;
               10th (Service) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
 Medals awarded:  British War Medal; Victory Medal
 
Date of death:  12 May 1917
Place of death:  France
Commemorated:  CWGC Memorial, Faubourg d’Amiens Cemetery, Arras
War memorials:  Frampton on Severn War Memorial; Plaque in Frampton Village Hall