Early Life :

Service Life:

Campaigns:

• The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.

Natural causes is attributed those deaths due to causes that were not directly associated with the war. Included in this are wartime deaths resulting from, for example, theSpanish Influenza pandemic and its associated pneumonia problems and other attributions such as age and exhaustion. It also groups those who through Post Traumatic Stress committed suicide as a result of their experiences.

Detail :

He was stationed at HMS Curlew, Devonport in 1918. He "died from heart failure [...] bronchial catarrh."

Probate OLIVER Frederick William of 27 Alexandra-road Ford Devonport warrant officer cookery instructor R.N. died 26 September 1918 Administration Exeter 2 August to Beatrice Mabel Oliver widow. Effects £126 12s. 10d.

He is interred at Weston Mill Cemetery, Plymouth.

Masonic :

He is listed as a 44 year old Warant Officer, resident at Devonport at the time of initiation, late in the war, 1918. He may not have had the opportunity to elevate beyond that of Entered Apprentice, and a year later, the contribution record shows "Died 26th Sept 1919," this being exactly a year out from the official record meaning he died 5 days after his initiation.

Source :

The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:

• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• The (UK) National Archives
• Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
• ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry

Additional Source:

• Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
• Researcher : Bruce Littley