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Pte. Fred Atherall
British Army 2nd Btn. East Kent Regiment
from:Speldhurst, Kent
Freddy Atherall was captured on 26th of May 1915 at Wittes Poort Farm, during the 2nd Battle of Ypres, Battle of Bellewaarde Ridge, after his battalion made an unsuccessful attempt to counterattack the Germans.
Fred was held at Hamelin, Germany.
A friend of Fred's recieved a picture of a few prisoners of war in March 1918. Fred was shown alive and well. An article was placed in Kent and Sussex Courier on Friday 29th of March 1918.
Fred was released and returned to England during 1918.
He never married and died in Saffron Walden, Essex in 1956 aged 63. Fred also had three brothers in WW1, two of whom are commemorated in Langton Green, Kent.