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General => Armed Forces => World War One => Topic started by: Alexander. on Friday 08 March 13 18:20 GMT (UK)
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I have a medal rolls index card for a W. C. Frecknall who served in the Army Veterinary Corps, regimental number SE/2803 or 7803 (can't tell which).
Under the W. of his name, 'Williams' was written in. However, I can't find any Frecknall with that name or initials.
I am trying to identify who this is. I can't find any service records. Does anyone have any ideas how I might find more information about him?
Thanks,
Alexander
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HI i can see the medal card on and it's clearly SE/7803
do you have any idea where he was from?
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I'm afraid not - if I knew where he was from I'd know who he was. I've traced all Frecknalls in the UK as part of my ONS, but there is no-one with those initials. There were two Charles William Frecknalls, but I can rule out one completely and don't think the other seems likely as he was in his mid-40s.
Alexander
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Alexander this guy may have dropped the Frederick?
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1911England&h=25626244&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=7814
Think he is Frederick William Claude.
Ady
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I'm afraid not - if I knew where he was from I'd know who he was. I've traced all Frecknalls in the UK as part of my ONS, but there is no-one with those initials. There were two Charles William Frecknalls, but I can rule out one completely and don't think the other seems likely as he was in his mid-40s.
Alexander
i meant england ,scotland, wales. etc
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Alexander this guy may have dropped the Frederick?
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1911England&h=25626244&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=7814
Think he is Frederick William Claude.
Ady
Hi Ady,
I hadn't though of him. I know he went by Claud, and he married in 1920 after the war.
It's a good idea, I'll have to look into it. I'm not sure how we could show either way if it was him. :-\
Doran54, I'm assuming he was English.
Alexander
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probate index
fredrick william claude frecknall of 5 the downs dunmow essex died 19 aug 1959 at 142 rayne road braintree essex probate london 15 oct to francis howard lovelace fracknell telecommunications engineer effects £1191-2s-4d
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death 3rd Q 1959 braintree vol3a page 278 age 76
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birth record vol 2b page 642 3rdQ 1883 lymington hampshire england
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marriage by banns at st pancras chapel camden 3 april 1920 age 35 father fredrick fracknell, bride francis lynette wenyon, her father joseph gallimore wenyon
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with his family 1891 census living at the national school lymington
fredrick fracknell age 32 schoolmaster born grafton wiltshire
selenia wife age 32 born milford hampshire
fredrick son age 7 born lymington
georgina daughter age 2 born lymington
rg 12, piece 898 folio 27 page 11
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Thank you, I have all this information.
Alexander
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Mystery solved. :)
I have confirmed with Frederick W. C. Frecknall's grandson that he worked with horses during the war, and that he spent some time in Canada. I've just found W. C. Frecknall as a soldier in Saskatchewan, Canada on the 1916 census, which clinches it.
Thank you for your help Ady and Doran.
Alexander
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Yes, W C Frecknall is my grandfather.he was called formally Frederick William Claud Frecknall.Known as Claud by his family, but William officially.
He was born in Hampshire and died in Dunmow Essex in 1959 or 1960.
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Hi,I am sure that this is my grandfather.He was in Veterinary Corp.
He was called William Claud Frecknall,but was always known as Claud.
He was born in Hampshire, moved to Staffordshire with his parents later on, and spent a few years in Canada.After the war after a few years back in Hampshire he lived the rest if his life in Dunmow Essex.
Let me know if you want any more info.
Jane