Frederick Ernest Long (medals; cap badge; commemorative scroll)

Item

Title

Frederick Ernest Long (medals; cap badge; commemorative scroll)

Who?

Frederick Ernest Long

Item(s)

Medals, CWGC headstone, cap badge Royal Warwickshires, royal commemorative scroll.

Story

Frederick Ernest Long was the paternal grandfather of Sue Navias of Menston, Yorkshire. Frederick was a regular soldier in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment at the turn of the century and at the commencement of the First World War was consequently one of the first to go to Belgium.

He was killed by sniper fire at Prowse Point, near Pleogsteest Wood on 13th December, 1914.

When?

1914

Where?

Ploegsteet Wood, near Ypres

Contributor

Sue Navias, grandaughter

Collection Day

November 3 2018 Menston

This item was submitted on February 6, 2019