Address: 1901: 1 Woodend Lane, Long Street, Hanslope
1911: Gold Street, Hanslope
1915: Wilmour Rooms, Hastings Street, Vancouver, Canada
Parents: Father – Jabez Welch born Chackmore (north of Buckingham) 1866. Died Hanslope Nov 11 1941. Mother – Emily Welch (nee Neale) born Hanslope 1867. Died 25 Gold Street Hanslope July 11 1956.
Born: March 1 1896; Baptised May 29 1898 at Hanslope
Family information:
1901 census: Father – farmer in own right; mother – no occupation. Children – Kate aged 7; Frederick aged 4; sister Emily aged 2; Edith aged 2 months.
1911 census: Father – farm labourer; mother – no occupation. Children – Frederick aged 15 – farm labourer; Emily aged 12 – school; Edith aged 10 – school; Mary aged 8; Hilda aged 5.
Information from HDHS:
Kate Welch died January 4 1923 aged 28 in the Mental Hospital, Stowe.
Edith Welch married Frank Herbert (who also served in WW1) June 5 1926
Hilda Welch married Arthur Wills April 6 1931
Mary Welch married George Cole July 30 1932
Hilda Welch married Laurence Daniells Oct 31 1932
Army career: Frederick was in Vancouver, Canada by 1915 where he enlisted on December 13 and served in 72nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry as Private 130172.
Attestation record details: height 5ft 10ins; girth when expanded 44 ins and range 24 ins; brown complexion, hair and eyes; tattoo on back right forearm of clasped hands and heart.
Killed in action March 1 1917. Buried at Villers Station Cemetery, Villers au Bois, Pas de Calais, France. Grave ref. VI.D.10
Remembered: Hanslope War Memorial, St James Church