218849 Pte. Frederick George Margrove British Army 11th Battalion att. 54 Mortar Battery Royal Fusiliers from:35, Sandford Avenue, Wood Green, London. (d.2nd Nov1917) Uncle Fred Margrove, who I never knew, volunteered for duty in September 1914, joining the 11th Battalion Royal Fusiliers and was later attached to 54th Mortar Battery. After training, at Muswell Hill and on Salisbury Plain, he proceeded to Folkestone and embarked for Boulogne.
Along with his Battalion he fought on the Somme battle front between 1914 and 1916. He then went to the Ypres Salient and was involved in the '3rd Battle of Ypres (Passchendale) where he was mortally wounded near Poelcappelle. He subsequently died of his wounds and is buried at Dozinghem cemetery. He was one of thirteen children, of whom my mother was one.
I have been researching him for two years now but, so far, have been unable to find a photograph of him.
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