Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameFrederick Edward BROCKETT, 2C2R
Birth11 Jul 1899, Earlsfield, London
Baptism26 Jul 1899
Death8 Aug 1918, Villers-Bretonneux, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
BurialCrucifix Corner Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux
FatherGeorge BROCKETT (1863-)
MotherCaroline Hilda HART (1866-1905)
Notes for Frederick Edward BROCKETT
In the July to September 1899 birth index, Frederick Brockett, Wandsworth, Surrey, volume 1d, page 731.
parish records St. Andrew, Earlsfield, Wandsworth
Baptism July 26, 1899 Frederick Brockett, father George Brockett, mother Caroline Hilda Brockett, abode 7 Groten Road, father is a musician, ceremony performed by G. Hammond Torrance
In the 1901 census 7 Groton Road, Wandsworth, London.
Caroline H. Brockett, wife, age 35, born Westminster, Middlesex.
daughter Caroline H. S. Brockett, age 12, born Westminster.
Daughter Daisy Brockett, age 10, born Battersea, Surrey.
Son George Brockett, age 8, born Maidstone, Kent.
Son William Brockett, age 6, born Maidstone.
Son Bertie Brockett, age 3, born Maidstone.
Son Frederick Brockett, age 1, born Earlsfield, Surrey.
London Poor Law School District Registers
Admitted November 4, 1903 First Meal Dinner
George Brockett, born 1892, legitimate, parish Wandsworth, Church of England, father George
William Brockett, born 1894
Frederick Brockett, born 1899
Canadian Passenger Lists
Arrived Quebec, Canada, October 8, 1908 on the Dominion
Bertie Brockett, child, 3rd class, age 11 and
Frederick Brockett, child, 3rd class, age 9.
[Their older brother took the same ship to Canada about 5 months earlier. There were many children and teenagers on this ship.]
1911 census of Canada
Lot 2 Con [Concession?] 4, Subdistrict 14 - Reach Township, Ontario south, Ontario
[Reach now is part of Scugog Township in the Regional Municipality of Durham. The largest Town is Port Perry and the Township is next to Uxbridge]
Head Stewart McKay, age 47, farmer
his family
a hired man
Hired boy Fred Brocket, born Jun 1899, age 12, English, immigrated 1907 [1908?], Methodist [the family he was living with were Methodists]
WWI Canadian Attestation Papers
December 2, 1915
Frederick Edward Brockett, 116th Overseas Battalion, Regimental Number 746402
Address Uxbridge, Ontario
Born July 11 1897, West Sandling, Kent, England
Trade: farm labourer
Next of Kin - Elizabeth Brockett, sister. Address c/o Mrs. Burns, Cannington, Ontario
Findagrave.com
Private Frederick Brockett
BIRTH 11 Jul 1899
Earlsfield, London Borough of Wandsworth, Greater London, England
DEATH 8 Aug 1918 (aged 19)
Villers-Bretonneux, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
BURIAL Crucifix Corner Cemetery
Villers-Bretonneux, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
PLOT I. D. 22.
MEMORIAL ID 56180720
Service No: 746402
Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry, 19th Bn.
Canada War Graves Registers
Private Frederick Edward Brockett, Regimental Number 746402, 19th Battalion
Date of Casualty August 8, 1918
Religion Methodist
Circumstances Killed in Action
During the attack East of Villers Bretonneux, this soldier was instantly killed by a splinter from an enemy shell, which struck him in the head. This occurred about three minutes after zero hour.
Next of kin - none listed
Cemetery Crucifix Corner Military Cemetery
Grave 22, Plot 1, Row D
unable to locate next of kin
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial lists his Unit as - Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment), 19th Battalion
parish records St. Andrew, Earlsfield, Wandsworth
Baptism July 26, 1899 Frederick Brockett, father George Brockett, mother Caroline Hilda Brockett, abode 7 Groten Road, father is a musician, ceremony performed by G. Hammond Torrance
In the 1901 census 7 Groton Road, Wandsworth, London.
Caroline H. Brockett, wife, age 35, born Westminster, Middlesex.
daughter Caroline H. S. Brockett, age 12, born Westminster.
Daughter Daisy Brockett, age 10, born Battersea, Surrey.
Son George Brockett, age 8, born Maidstone, Kent.
Son William Brockett, age 6, born Maidstone.
Son Bertie Brockett, age 3, born Maidstone.
Son Frederick Brockett, age 1, born Earlsfield, Surrey.
London Poor Law School District Registers
Admitted November 4, 1903 First Meal Dinner
George Brockett, born 1892, legitimate, parish Wandsworth, Church of England, father George
William Brockett, born 1894
Frederick Brockett, born 1899
Canadian Passenger Lists
Arrived Quebec, Canada, October 8, 1908 on the Dominion
Bertie Brockett, child, 3rd class, age 11 and
Frederick Brockett, child, 3rd class, age 9.
[Their older brother took the same ship to Canada about 5 months earlier. There were many children and teenagers on this ship.]
1911 census of Canada
Lot 2 Con [Concession?] 4, Subdistrict 14 - Reach Township, Ontario south, Ontario
[Reach now is part of Scugog Township in the Regional Municipality of Durham. The largest Town is Port Perry and the Township is next to Uxbridge]
Head Stewart McKay, age 47, farmer
his family
a hired man
Hired boy Fred Brocket, born Jun 1899, age 12, English, immigrated 1907 [1908?], Methodist [the family he was living with were Methodists]
WWI Canadian Attestation Papers
December 2, 1915
Frederick Edward Brockett, 116th Overseas Battalion, Regimental Number 746402
Address Uxbridge, Ontario
Born July 11 1897, West Sandling, Kent, England
Trade: farm labourer
Next of Kin - Elizabeth Brockett, sister. Address c/o Mrs. Burns, Cannington, Ontario
Findagrave.com
Private Frederick Brockett
BIRTH 11 Jul 1899
Earlsfield, London Borough of Wandsworth, Greater London, England
DEATH 8 Aug 1918 (aged 19)
Villers-Bretonneux, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
BURIAL Crucifix Corner Cemetery
Villers-Bretonneux, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
PLOT I. D. 22.
MEMORIAL ID 56180720
Service No: 746402
Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry, 19th Bn.
Canada War Graves Registers
Private Frederick Edward Brockett, Regimental Number 746402, 19th Battalion
Date of Casualty August 8, 1918
Religion Methodist
Circumstances Killed in Action
During the attack East of Villers Bretonneux, this soldier was instantly killed by a splinter from an enemy shell, which struck him in the head. This occurred about three minutes after zero hour.
Next of kin - none listed
Cemetery Crucifix Corner Military Cemetery
Grave 22, Plot 1, Row D
unable to locate next of kin
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial lists his Unit as - Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment), 19th Battalion