261761 Cpl. Frederick Roulstone Morrow British Army D Bty. 174th Brigade Royal Field Artillery from:Sandymount, Dublin (d.27th Sep 1917) Frederick Morrow was born in Belfast in 1895, son of Alexander and Frances Morrow. The family moved to Londonbridge Rd., Dublin, and Frederick was educated at Pembroke Technical school (now the Ballsbridge College of Further Education on Shelbourne Road). He joined the Boys’ Brigade in St. Matthew’s and was a keen footballer, captaining the Irish Boys’ Brigade team against England at the age of 15. He became a law clerk, but continued his football, playing for Bohemians, Shelbourne, and Tritonville. He also played as a junior Irish international.
He enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery in August 1915 and served with the Expeditionary Force in France from February 1916. He became a corporal, and at the time of his death he was Acting Sergeant. His commanding officer wrote “I can only say what a loss he is to the battery and also that I was sending him home for his commission as soon as we came out of action”. He was badly injured on 25th of September 1917 and died in the casualty clearing station the next day. He is buried in Outtersteene Cemetery near Bailleul in France.
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