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Pte. Frederick Webb
British Army 21st (Wool Textile Pioneers) Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Doncaster
(d.1st Nov 1918)
My great Uncle, Frederick Webb served with the 21st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment in WW1. He died of his wounds, 10 days before Armistice Day, 1st of November 1918, after fighting his way across France and fell on the second to last battle of the Great War.
Frederick was aged 19 years and is buried in Cambrai East Military Cemetery in France. Son of Ellen Webb of 23 Littlemoor St., Doncaster and the late William Webb. His mother had the words "He died so that we may live" engraved on his stone.