Frederick Thomas WARR

1898 - 1916  (18 years)

• Name	Frederick Thomas WARR  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Birth	9 Jun 1898	Bedminster, Somerset, England   [2, 3, 6, 8, 9]
  1901 Census	31 Mar 1901	Bristol, Gloucestershire, England   [3]
  Baptism	31 Jan 1906	Bedminster, St Michael and All Angels, Somersetshire, England   [7]
  Gender	Male
  1911 Census	2 Apr 1911	Bristol, Gloucestershire, England   [2]
  Joined Ordnance Survey	28 Oct 1912  [8]
  	Register of Staff
  Register of Staff	28 Oct 1912  [8]
  	8661, Fredk T Warr
  	Name: Fredk T Warr Date of Birth: 9/6/1898 Date Joined OS: 28/10/1912 Date Left OS: 13/6/1916 Killed in action Date of Death: 13/6/1916
  CA1915	7 Dec 1914	Bristol, Gloucestershire, England   [10]
  	Spr, South Midlands Company, Royal Engineers (T)
  Occupation	7 Dec 1914	Bristol, Gloucestershire, England   [10]
  	8th Division, Bristol
  _MILT	25 May 1916	France   [4, 9]
  	1685, Sapper Frederick Thomas Warr, 2/2 South Midland Field Company, Royal Engineers
  Commonwealth War Grave	13 Jun 1916	Royal Irish Rifles Graveyard, Laventie, France
  	1685, Sapper Frederick Thomas Warr, 2/2 South Midland Field Company, Royal Engineers
  Left Ordnance Survey	13 Jun 1916  [8]
  	Register of Staff, Killed in action
  Death	13 Jun 1916	Laventie, France   [1, 5, 8, 9]
  	Laventie
  Person ID	I49100	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Father	William WARR,   b. Abt 1869, Manchester, Lancashire, England
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Emma Frances THOMPSON,   b. Abt 1873, Chatham, Kent, England d. Apr 1911, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England (Age 38 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	12 Jun 1894	Rochester, Kent, England   [2, 11, 12]
  Family ID	F37	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Frederick Thomas Warr was born on 9th Jun 1898 in Bedminster, Somerset the child of William Warr, a Sergeant in the Royal Engineers and Emma Frances Thompson. He had six siblings, five are: William, Harry, Arthur, Ernest Ronald, and Emma F. Frederick was baptised on 31 January 1906 at St Michael and All Angels, Bedminster. 31 March 1901: St Johns Lane, Bristol with Father, Mother and Brothers William and Harry. 2 April 1911: 7 Ash Road, Horfield, Bristol with Father, Mother and Siblings Harry, Ernest and Emma. 28 October 1912: Frederick joined Ordnance Survey. The Ordnance Survey Wallis collection includes a photograph, taken about 1913, of Frederick with colleagues from the Ordnance Survey Bristol office. 7 December 1914: Enlisted as a Sapper, South Midlands Field Company, Royal Engineers (Territorials) Frederick set sail from Southampton on 25 May 1915 with 2nd/2nd South Midland Field Company, Royal Engineers which was part of the British 61st (2nd South Midland) Division. On 9 June 1915 the Company headquarters moved to the village of Laventie. The Company were assigned to an area between Elgin and Strand trenches near Fauquissart. Sapper Frederick Thomas War, 2/2 South Midland Field Company, Royal Engineers was killed by a sniper on 13 June 1916. He is remembered on the Ordnance Survey War Memorails. His Commonwealth War Grave is in the Royal Irish Rifles Graveyard. Frederick was killed four days after his 18th birthday. The entry recording his death in the unit war diary describes him as "a good Sapper and a cheery comrade".

  
  

• Sources

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