Personal Profile

Savage, Frederick Harold

Date of Birth: c1895, Llanelly, Carm (SR & SDGW)
Occupation: Printer
Enlisted - Date: PW
Service O/S: Gallipoli & Egypt: 9/10/15 - 11/4/18
Other service: Pte, 2201 & 368304, 3/3rd & 1/3rd Welsh Field Amb, RAMC
Date Died: 11/4/1918
How Died: Died of Wounds
Awards: 14/15. BWM. VIC.

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born Q1, 1895, Llanelly, Carm. Parents - William & Emma

1901 - 45 Swansea RD, Llanelly. 6yo. W mum & 4 older sibs

1911 - 6 Wellington ST, Swansea. 17yo. Occ-Litho Apprentice. W parents (Dad-Printer, letter press) & 3 sibs

1918 - Died of Wounds received in Enemy Air Raid 11/4/1918, Buried Jerusalem War Cemetery

Personal Info: Son of William and Emma Savage, of 6, Wellington St., Swansea. (CWGC)
Address:
6 Wellington St
Swansea (SR-RAMC)

Military Service

No SR

Served with 1st Welsh Howitzers pre-war - 4 years - disch medically unfit

- Likely disch after start of war, so enl c 1910

7/6/1915 - Enl 3/3rd Welsh Field Amb, RAMC , Swansea. Pte Nos 2201 & 368304

23/10/15 - Gallipoli

28/11/15 - Joined 1/3rd Welsh Fd Ambulance

20/12/15 - Alexandria

Died of Wounds received in Enemy Air Raid 11/4/1918, Final Unit 1/3rd Welsh Fd Amb. Buried Jerusalem War Cemetery

Date Entered Theatre (MIC): 9/10/1915
First Theatre (MIC): (1) France ?
Addnl info: Buried Jerusalem War Cemetery
Final Unit: 1/3rd Welsh Fd Amb
Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)(SR-F)

Explanation Of Abbreviations

Awards

  • 14/15 – 1914/15 Star
  • BWM – British War Medal
  • VIC – Victory Medal
  • SWB – Silver War Badge
  • TFEM – Territorial Force (1908-1921)
  • TEM – Territorial Efficiency Medal (1921-1930)
  • TFWM – Territorial Force War Medal

Gallantry

  • MID – Mention In Dispatches
  • LG – London Gazette
  • MM – Military Medal
  • DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal

Sources

  • ROLL – Medal Roll for British War Medal and Victory Medal (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • MIC – Medal Index Cards (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR – Service Record (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR-F – Service Record (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • SR-NA – Service Record (National Archives) – officers
  • COMM – Commission letters (National Library of Wales)
  • SWB – Silver War Badge Records (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • PENS – Pension Records (Western Front Association/Fold3)
  • CWGC – Commonwealth War Grave Commission
  • RAA – Royal Artillery Attestations 1883 -1942 (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • NEWS – Newspapers
  • CENS – Census Records (Ancestry.co.uk & FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • BFB – Briton Ferry Boys at the Front Fund Committee Records (swansea.gov.uk)
  • FAM – Family Records
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