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Pte. Frederick James Curtis
British Army 12th (Bristol) Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment
from:Stoke Bishop, Bristol
(d.3rd September 1916)
Frederick James Curtis British Army 12th (Bristol) Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment This is an extract from a local newspaper at the time, Western Daily Press 27th September 1916.
Private F.J. Curtis
Official information has been received of the death in action on Sunday, September 3, of Pte. F. J. Curtis, Gloucester Regiment, in his 19th year, younger son of Mr and Mrs J. T. Curtis, Down House Gardens, Stoke Bishop. Deceased enlisted in July, 1915, proceeding to France on Christmas Eve. Prior to joining the Army he was on the staff of the Co-operative Wholesale Society, Broad Quay. He was deeply interested in Sunday School work in connection with the Westbury Park Wesleyan Church, of which he was a member. In writing home recently he said he had a wonderful confidence that his work was not done, and that he would come through the campaign all right, remarking, "I still have that trust in God which has been with me ever since I have been out here that, whatever happens will be for the best possible end."
The same article appeared in the Bath Observer on 7th October 1916.
