Frederick George – Unwin – Great Eastern Railway – Lance Corporal [Sapper] – 30/12/1917
Title
Frederick George – Unwin – Great Eastern Railway – Lance Corporal [Sapper] – 30/12/1917
Initials / forenames
Frederick George
Surname
Unwin
Railway company
Great Eastern Railway
Military unit
Royal Engineers, 96th Light Railway Operating Company
Military rank
Lance Corporal [Sapper]
Military number
267523
Railway department
Middle Drove
Railway job
Signalman
Date died
30/12/1917
Magazine reference
Great Eastern Railway Magazine, April 1918, p82
Memorial
Chatby Memorial, Egypt
Notes
Age 23, the brother of A E Unwin (porter guard at March). Joined the GER in Sept 1912 as a lad porter at Great Chesterford. Appointed porter-signalman at Smeeth Road in April 1915 and signalman at Middle Drove in August 1916. Enlisted in March 1917. Drowned when ship was sunk. This was probably the SS Aragon, torpedoed off Alexandria.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Great Eastern Railway Magazine (image: Great Eastern Railway Society)
Date entered
15/08/2016
Last updated
15/08/2016
Citation
“Frederick George – Unwin – Great Eastern Railway – Lance Corporal [Sapper] – 30/12/1917,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 18, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/43944.