Private Frederick Harold Wightman MM

Rank or Title

Date of Birth

1894

Date of Death

23 Apr 1917

Service Number

14761

Place of Birth

Hornsey
London
United Kingdom

World War I Address

78 Wellington Street
Luton
United Kingdom

Place of Death

France

Grave Location

No known grave
France

War Memorial Location

Soldier or Civilian

  • Soldier

Pte Frederick Harold Wightman MM, 14761, 6th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, was killed in action near Arras in France on April 23rd, 1917. He was aged 22.

No report of his death appears to have been published in local newspapers around that time, although he is commemorated on the Luton Roll of Honour as a recipient of the Military Medal. However, a report in the Beds & Herts Saturday Telegraph (February 1st, 1919)said Pte Wightman had been awarded the Military Medal for gallantry during the Battle of Arras.

Frederick Wightman was born in Hornsey, London. In 1915 he married Lilian Draper in St Albans, but she died the following year.

Frederick's mother, Emma, was living at 78 Wellington Street, Luton, at the time of his death. His father, Clement Edward, had died in Luton early in 1915.

The 1919 report in the Saturday Telegraph said Pte Wightman had sent home a German steel helmet which he found after the Germans had been driven from Monchy. By then the Wightmans were living at 28 Salisbury Road, Luton.

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Author: Deejaya

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