Frederick Charles Hamlin

   Cause of his death was Influenza.

  General Notes:

Frederick's first school was Lavender Hill he then went to Gideon Road in Wandsworth where he started on 25 August 1898, on the same day his brother George Robert Hamlin also started there.

Frederick was 5' 8 3/4" in height and had hazel hair hair and brown eyes.

Florence Hughes was born around 1886 and died on 3 Decemeber 1942 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.

On May 15 1915, there was a gasoline explosion in the engine room on the C G S Mildred McColl near Yarmouth, Nova Scotia while Frederick was on duty. He was injured on his right ankle and caused contusion to the left thigh and area. He was in bed for 3 months with the ankle injury. After recovery, he claimed that the pain prevented him from doing drills. The doctor did not believe him and said he was a 'malingerer to a large extent'. The Medical Board declared that he would be fit for duty after 4 months of physical training at Monk's Horton. The board advised that he be disciplined as a malingerer.

On Tombstone:

In Memory of
Private FREDRICK CHARLES HAMLIN

166037, 54th District, Canadian Forestry Corps
who died age 32
on 03 November 1918
Son of Henry Charles and Eliza Louisa Hamlin, of London; husband of F. C. Hamlin, of 79, Albert Rd., Kilburn, London, England.
Remembered with honour

http://www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/360022/HAMLIN,%20FREDRICK%20CHARLES
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Name: Fred HAMLIN
Date of departure: 5 April 1913
Date of Arrival: 14 April 1913
Port of departure: Liverpool
Passenger destination port: Portland, Maine
Passenger destination: Portland, Maine

Age: 25
Marital Status: Married
Sex: Male
Occupation: Painter
Passenger recorded on: Page 10 of 45
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The following people with the same last name travelled on this voyage: -

Florence HAMLIN

Florence HAMLIN

Fred HAMLIN
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Ship: CANADA
Official Number: 116706
Master's name: R O Jones
Steamship Line: White Star Line
Where bound: Maine, USA
Square feet: 20714
Registered tonnage: 6016
Passengers on voyage: 1371

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  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence: 43 Wycliffe Road, 1887, Battersea, London.

• Residence, 1891, Clapham, London.

• Education: Gideon Road School, 25 August 1898, Wandsworth, London.

• Residence: 16 Acanthus Road, 1901, Battersea, London.

• Army Service: 3RD BN East Surrey Regiment, 28 August 1903.

• Army Service: Oxford Light Infintary, 2 May 1904.

• Occupation: Royal Navy Seaman, 3 October 1906.

• Residence: 24 Speke Road, 1910, Battersea, London.

• Occupation: Painter, 1910, Battersea, London.

• Marriage: to Florence Hughes, 12 November 1910, Wandsworth Registry Office, London.

• Residence: 19 Delaford Street, 1911, Fulham, London.

• Residence: 5 Gathar Terrace, 4 October 1911, Y Bettws, Carmarthenshire.

• Emigration, 5 April 1913.

• Residence: 458 Quebec Street, 1915, Canda.

• Occupation: Private in Canadian Forestry Corps, 54th District, 21 September 1915.

• Residence: 634 Elias Street, Pre 1918, London, Ontario, Canada.

• Education: Lavender Hill School.