Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Great Crosby (St. Luke) Churchyard | B. 49. | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.123 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 22C GQS | |
| 4. Memorial: | Liverpool Masonic Hall War Memorial | Col.1. Hope St. | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Early Life :
An extensive biographical account exists on the Merseyside Roll of Honour.Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: Seaforth Military Hospital |
| Action : Natural Causes |
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 :
British Medical Journal 8th April 1916: "Captain Frederick Francis German, R.A.M.C. (temporary), died at his residence, Bedford House, Sandy Road, Seaforth, Liverpool, on March 30th, aged 55. He was educated at Liverpool, and after taking the L.R.C.P. and L.R.C.S. at Edinburgh in 1881 he acted as junior House Surgeon of the Stanley Hospital, Liverpool, house-surgeon of West Bromwich District Hospital, and acting assistant surgeon of His Majesty's prison, Liverpool. He then went into practice at Seaforth, where he took much interest in public life. In 1895 he became a member of the local council, and three years later its chairman, a position which lie subsequently resigned. He was also honorary physician to the Waterloo and District Hospital, surgeon to the troops at Seaforth, and to the Lancashire county police, and medical examiner to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. He was a Captain in the Lancashire Artillery Volunteers, but resigned his commission in 1907, and had lately joined the R.A.M.C. as a temporary Captain. He was a prominent Freemason, being a Past Provincial Grand Warden of West Lancashire and a Past Master of the Skelmersdale Lodge No. 1380. In politics he was a Conservative. He leaves a widow, daughter, and son, the latter being a staff-sergeant in the Royal Field Artillery."
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Skelmersdale No. 1380 E.C. | West Lancashire |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
4th October 1886 | 1st November 1886 | 6th December 1886 |
Past Provincial Grand Warden
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