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Sgt. Fred Gustavus Tunnicliffe
British Army 16th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Leicester
(d.23rd April 1917)
Fred Tunnicliffe was married to Marion Grace (Field). They had one son, Kenneth Fred, my father. Before the war he was a tailor and made hunting jackets for a number of Leicestershire hunts. He joined the 16th Battalion, KRRC at Denham in September 1914, just after my father was born. He was 29 years 270 days old when he volunteered. He played cricket for the regimental team and there is a photograph of him together with other team members.
He was killed in action on 23rd April 1917 in the Second Battle of The Scarpe. He has no known grave and his name is on the memorial at the Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery in Arras. Records appear to show that he had served in the Army for 3 years in 1906 before he was married.
