No.48202, Private, Frederick Henry PASK
Aged 27
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Frederick Henry Pask was born in Depden(2nd qtr 1889 Thingoe 4a:717) son of Frederick and Jane PASK (née BOREHAM).
1891 census...Aged 2, he was at Rookery Farm House with his father Frederick PASK [36] bailiff; his mother Jane [37] born Brockley; sisters Ada [12] and Maud Annie [3]; brothers Harry [11], Herbert [9], Arthur [7] and George [6]. All except his mother were born in Depden. His mother died in 1891 and father then married Mary Ann PRYKE in 1893 1901 census...Aged 12, he was at Street Farm, Horringer with his father (farm steward), step-mother Mary A [43] born Depden); sister Maud A; brothers Harry, Herbert, Arthur and George (all farm labourers). 1911 census...Aged 22, a carter from mill, he was still at Street Farm, Horringer with his father and step-mother; brothers Herbert (farm labourer) and George (shepherd). His father died in 1913 and brother George became his legatee. |
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He enlisted in Bury St.Edmunds.
On the right of the Brigade, the 11th Battalion Royal Fusiliers attacked on a 375 yd (343 m) front and were met by heavy machine-gun fire. Some troops got into the southern edge of Glencorse Wood and on the right flank and a company of the 6th Bn Northants attached as a mopping up party, advanced to fast that it took 40 prisoners from the pillboxes along the southern edge of the wood. On the right, some fusiliers reached Fitzclarence Farm and small engagements took place around the Albrechtstellung pillboxes, which resembled islands surrounded by a sea of mud; both sides captured and re-captured the fortresses in costly attacks and counter-attacks. The fusiliers could not gain touch with the 7th Queen's to the south and a 300 yd (270 m) gap separated the parties around Fitzclarence Farm from Glencorse Wood. German troops bombed along Jargon Trench and other trenches between Inverness Copse and the wood as a counter-attack began from the Copse. Enfilade fire from the south caused many casualties and the counter-attack nearly got behind the fusilier support company, forcing the British out from the most advanced posts, to a line about 200 yd (180 m) east of Clapham Junction. The 11th Fusiliers had suffered so many casualties that an officer collected batmen, runners and pioneers to help with the defence, Lewis guns were used to cover a gap on the right and a company from the Middlesex Regiment took over the line north of the Menin Road. CWGC have 112 killed, only 14 have identified graves
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