DANNER, Frederick
DANNER, Frederick Leslie
Aged 43
Killed by Enemy Action on Sunday 28th June, 1942
Frederick Leslie DANNER was born on 27th June 1899 (Birmingham Q3-1899 6D:67), baptised at t Thomas in the Moor, Worcester, on 19th July 1899, son of Frederick and Emily Blanche DANNER (née OAKES). Father was a tailor, of
6 St Martins Terrace, St Luke's Road.
1901 census...Aged 2 he was at 33 Medlicott Road, Yardley, Worcs with his father Frederick DANNER [33] married, a tailor, born Northampton;
mother Blanche [31] and sister Marguerite [3] both born in Birmingham.
1911 census...Aged 12 he was at 281 Moseley Road, Aston, with his father (coat maker); sisters Marguerite [13] and Elise [7], both born Birmingham. and a married boarder, Florence PAYNE
Husband of Ethel Louise DANNER (née SOUTH), married in 6th September 1926 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, they lived at Hilltop,
Exning.
His widow returned home to the Tewkesbury area, Holly Green, Upton on Severn, Worcestershire where she died in 1959
Frederick is most likely the married chauffeur [30-6-1899] in private service at Tregarth Lodge, Cardiff in the 1939 register. This date of birth is at variance with his 50
years of age recorded by CWGC and his death registration. Tregarth Lodge was attached to the house of Joseph Strong FRAZER, a ships store merchant who had as a visitor that night Lord GLANELY.
His wife [13-7-1879] a housewife (travelling),was apparently at Boxbush Villas, Chaceley, Gloucester with her sisters Florence SOUTH [16-5-1876] and Edith F SOUTH [2-3-1878], both single.
There is a medal index card for a Driver Frederick L Danner, # 255043 Royal Field Artillery, with War Medal and Victory Medal, and also a record of conscription
Surrey of an F.L.Danner into the R.F.A. # 61816, on 15th April 1918, with an address 73 Rothchild Avenue, Chiswick.
Another record has him joining the Territorials in the Royal Artillery #743806, at Oaksey on 30th July 1921, when he was a servant, father F. at 73 Oakfield Road, Birmingham.
He had previously served in the Royal Field Artillery # 255043 for 1 year 350 days, so the medal index card is his.
He had once been chauffeur to Alfred Tristram Lawrence, 1st Baron Trevethin. He was on the river bank when Lord Trevethin, aged 92, a former Lord Chief Justice
of England, collapsed and fell into the water while fishing in the River Wye at Builth Wells, Breconshire on 3rd August 1936.
On 7th February 1938 he arrived back at Southampton the the SS "Alcantara" from Rio de Janeiro, accompanying Lord Glanely
Frederick was killed, together with Lord Glanely, at 16 Malvern Road, Weston Super Mare
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Of the many civilians of the Commonwealth whose deaths were due to enemy action in the 1939-1945 War, the names of some 67,092 are commemorated in the
Civilian War Dead Roll of Honour, located near St. George's Chapel in Westminster Abbey, London. Unfortunately Frederick's grave has yet to be found He is commemorated on the War Memorial at Grove Park, Weston Super Mare. |