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Surname: WINDLE
Forename(s): Fred
Place of Birth: Barnoldswick, Yorkshire
Service No: 19545
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Coldstream Guards
Battalion / Unit: 4th Battalion. (Pioneers)
Division: Guards Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1918-11-11
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: ---
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: BARNOLDSWICK - GHYLL UNDENOMINATIONAL BURIAL GROUND
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Fred Windle (born 12 September 1889) was the son of James William and Amelia Windle, née Cawdrey and brother of Gunner Robert Windle (23996) (q.v.). Their father was born at Barnoldswick, Yorkshire and mother at Caldecote Hill, Hertfordshire.
1891 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: Chapel Street - Fred Windle, aged 1 year, born Barnoldswick, son of James W. and Amelia Windle.
1901 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: Cobden Street - Fred Windle, aged 11 years, born Barnoldswick, son of James W. and Amelia Windle.
Fred was married to Sarah Pickering in 1909. Sarah was the sister of Private Thomas Pickering (75219) (q.v.).
1911 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 19, Clayton Street - Fred Windle, aged 21 years, born Barnoldswick, husband of Sarah Windle.
The British Army Pension Record for Fred Windle exists but may be incomplete.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Fred Windle, 19545, C. Guards. Date of Enlistment: 10.10.16. Date of Discharge: 5.6.18. Cause of Discharge: Neurasthenia. [Fred received the Silver War Badge.]
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Fred Windle, 19545, C. Gds.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Herbert. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Sarah, born 25.5.87. Date of marriage, 9.1.09. Address 1. 19, Clayton Street, Barnoldswick, Yorkshire. Address 2. 19, Craven [sic] Street, Barnoldswick, Colne.
A short biography of Fred is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
BARNOLDSWICK
WINDLE, Fred, Coldstream Guards, died from pneumonia Nov. 11, 1918.
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Private Fred WINDLE
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Coldstream Guards
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: Guards Division
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15 November 1918
BARNOLDSWICK – DISCHARGED SOLDIER’S DEATH
A discharged soldier, ex-Private Fred Windle, residing at 19 Clayton Street, Barnoldswick, died on Monday after a few days’ illness from pneumonia. He was 29 years of age, and had been discharged from the Army about four months owing to a wound in the head. He leaves a wife and four children.
06 December 1918
BARNOLDSWICK – BROTHERS DIE OF PNEUMONIA
Gunner Robert Windle, R.F.A., died in the 2nd Australian General Hospital, France, on November 29th, from pneumonia. The news came to his sister, Mrs. Lawrence Carroll, 34 York Street, on Tuesday, following a letter received a week earlier from a C.C.S. stating that Gunner Windle was improving nicely and that he was being removed to the base hospital. He was 26 years of age, and prior to enlisting in May 1915, was employed as head warehouseman by Messrs. R. Nutter and Co., Grove Shed, Earby.
His brother, ex-Private Fred Windle, Coldstream Guards, died of the same complaint (as previously reported) at his home, 10 Clayton Street, on November 11th, leaving a wife and four children. He had been discharged six months, having been wounded in France last year, and had spent nine months in hospital with a fractured skull.
13 December 1918
BARNOLDSWICK – BROTHERS DIE OF PNEUMONIA
We reproduce photographs of two Barnoldswick brothers, Gunner Robert Windle, R.F.A., and Ex-Private Fred Windle, Coldstream Guards, both of whom, as recorded in last week’s ‘Herald,’ died recently from pneumonia.
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27 December 1918
Barnoldswick Brothers Die of Pneumonia
Gunner Robert Windle, R.F.A., died in the 2nd Australian General Hospital, France, on November 29th, from pneumonia. The news came to his sister, Mrs. Lawrence Carroll, 34, York Street, on Tuesday, following a letter received a week earlier from a Casualty Clearing Station stating that Gunner Windle was improving nicely and that he was being removed to the base hospital. He was 26 years of age and prior to enlisting in May, 1915, was employed as head warehouseman by Messrs. R. Nutter & Co., Grove Shed, Earby.
His brother, ex-Pte. Fred Windle, Coldstream Guards, died of the same complaint (as previously reported) at his home, 19, Clayton Street, on November 11th, leaving a wife and four children. He had been discharged six months, having been wounded in France last year, and had spent nine months in hospital with a fractured skull.
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