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Private Frederick Thomas Cordwell

 

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Private Frederick Thomas Cordwell, North Irish Horse, Service No. 2284. Born Bristol, England. Son of Thomas and Anne J. Cordwell, Bristol, England. Enlisted Holborn, London. Died in Belgium on 19 September 1917, aged 30. Buried at Poperinghe New Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave II.H.27. The gravestone inscription reads:

2284 TROOPER

FREDERICK T.CORDWELL

NORTH IRISH HORSE

19TH SEPTEMBER 1917

FATHER

IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING

LEAVE WE NOW

THY SERVANT SLEEPING

 

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Image of gravestone kindly provided by Steve Rogers, Project Co-ordinator of the The War Graves Photographic Project, www.twgpp.org. For the image of Cordwell's temporary gravesite, my thanks to Gerry Chester, and through him Dr John Cordwell, Private Cordwell's nephew.