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22346 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
Frederick was born around 1885 in Long Melford, the son of Frederick John and Emma Albon. His father was employed as a cocoa mat weaver when the family lived in Back Lane, Long Melford. The family moved to Sudbury to 5 Bridge Foot and then Alston’s Yard at 93/94 Cross Street. At the age of 16 Frederick was employed as a bargeman. In 1911 he was living next door to his family at 92 Cross Street and was employed as a general labourer.
Frederick enlisted in Sudbury, serving with the Suffolk Regiment. He first served in France from 29 December 1915. The battalion which formed part of 35th Brigade, 12th (Eastern) Division saw action on the third day of the Somme offensive in July 1916 at Ovillers; suffering 470 casualties with every company commander killed. Frederick would have served alongside other Sudbury men including Arthur Botham, Herbert Couch and William Edwards.
On 29 November 1916 he was listed as ‘killed in action’. The battalion saw action in the Battle of Le Transloy and suffered over 500 casualties on the 12 October 1916 in the attack on Bayonet Trench and Luisenhoff Farm. Amongst more than 100 of those casualties who were killed that day was Frederick
Frederick died on 12 October 1916. There is no known grave and he is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and Victory Medal.
A Cross of Remembrance was laid at the Thiepval Memorial in April 2006 and April 2009.
Frederick’s details were originally incorrect on the CWGC records. The Western Front Association has been working on a vast project – ‘In From the Cold’ - to get missing names and incorrect information amended. The information from this research helped to ensure Frederick is now listed correctly on the CWGC website.
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