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Gnr. Fredrick Henry Chandler
British Army 335th Seige Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Gloucester
I have my grandfather Frederick Chandler's Soldier's Own Diary. He was in France and Belgium in 1919, prior to that we believe he had been in Malta.
His brother was also in WWI and joined up in 1914. He embarked to Boulogne in July 1915 and was killed in action on 20th March 1916. This as Percy, 12th Btn., King's Royal Rifle Corps. My grandfather's diary makes several references to days, when presumably he had no duties, when he would walk to either Vlamertinghe or Poperinghe to view the military memorial registers for news of his brother. His comments after these visits was usually "no luck". Percy's memorial is at the Menin Gate. I am sure my grandfather and my father did not know this before they died.
