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231107 Pte. Frederick Lewis Bond MID British Army 2/7th Btn. Warwicks from:23 Thompsons Rd., Keresley, Coventry Frederick Lewis Bond joined up on 2nd Dec. 1915. He went to France on 22nd May 1916 with 2/7th Royal Warwickshire Regt. He was Mentioned in Dispatches in the Battle of Fresnoy le Petit in April 1917 for courage and devotion to duty. He received gsw beetween the legs on 17th April 1918 in the Battle of Kemmel or Mount Kemmel. He had time to recover and finished WW1 service south of Valeciennes 11/11/1918. He was a great chap, my grandad. He was always happy considering what he and many others went through. He lived till he was 86 years old died in 1980. He went into hospital in Coventry for a minor operation on his leg were they found parts of bullet casings from WW1 when he was wounded. The bullet fragments had been in his leg all that time from 17th April 1918. When they removed the brass bullet casing from his leg he got gangrene in it. He always used to say "I would have got better treatment in a battle field hospital". Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**