FROST, Henry James


No.18313, Guardsman, Henry James FROST
Aged 24


3nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards
Killed in Action on 11th July 1917


Henry James Frost was born in 1894 in Depden (2nd qtr 1894 Thingoe 4a:731) son of David and Maria FROST (née PLUMMER). Baptised in Depden St,Mary's on 6th May 1894

1901 census...Aged 7, he was "by the Green, Depden" with his father David FROST [51]farm labourer born Hargrave; his mother Maria [50] born Hargrave; sister Mary [16] born Ousden and brother Albert [9] born Depden.

1911 census...Aged 17, a farm labourer, he was at Depden Green with his widowed mother, sister Mary and brother Albert (horseman on farm.) His father appears to have died in 1910.

On the pension card his mother was at Depden Green



He enlisted in Bury St.Edmunds
The battalion was part of an attack to take German positions some 3 miles east of Elverdinge. It was actually the first time that the officers dressed the same as the men, hoping of course to reduce their losses from snipers.
A cross was found at 28.B.8.d.9.1 with his details but no remains, removed to Duhallows Cemetery and details added to Menin Gate Memorial
It is of course unknown as to whether the cross discovered in Elverdinge actually marked where Henry was originally buried, or whether the cross itself had somehow been moved. As there were no remains found, his name was entered on the Menin Gate and on a Duhallows Stone at that cemetery.




Henry Frost is commmeorated on the Menin Gate, Ypres panel 11

click here to go to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website for full cemetery/memorial details


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