Pvt Frederick William Soper (1865-?) Pvt.20502 5th Battalion, Hampshire Reg : [ES's tree; ]
WW1 Records
Attested 1 Sep 1914 at Southampton; [age 47] Medical Exam 5 Sep Aldershot; born 1865; Girth 38-40 inches, a dock stevedore; born Southampton; wife Emma 271 Manor Farm, Bittern Park, Southampton [Hants], Medical Category B2; 5 Sep 1914 Military examination, found fit
F W Soper class 2 1st Aldershot Btn, Hampshire Reg, National Reservist at Southampton
Pvt nr.20502 5th Battalion, Hampshire Reg; address 271 Manor Farm Road, Bitterne Park, Southampton; age 47; Already belonged to The National Reserve, Royal Garrison Artillery
Transfered 29 Apr 1914, 111 Protection Company, Royal Defence Corps & 22 May'16; Driver nr.2298 149 Coy, RDC, III compy; Transfered from Edmonton to 16th (transport workers) Battalion, York & Lancaster Reg TF & posted transport docks 26 Jul 1916 for port works; Transfered & Posted 26 Jul 1916; 9 Sep 1916 to 6 Coy RDC; 23 Dec to Driver nr.2298 257 Coy, RDC
Medical Southampton 24 Jan 1919; To Nr2 Dispersal Unit, Fovant [Wilts] 30 Jan 1919; Discharged 27 Feb 1919, service 4 years 180 days all Home Service, age 53, Medical B2
Volunteer Long Service medal
: Frederick William Soper b.31 Mar 1865 S'ton eldest child of George Soper (1838-?) m.Charlotte Joynt, Jan>Mar 1865 at Southampton - ESs tree (D31)
: ?a Frederick William Pte medal roll Hants Reg 1887-9 campaign in Burma www.britishmedals
Frederick William Soper m.Emma Thompson Jul>Sep 1890, Southampton
- Alice Kate Soper b.Apr>Jun 1892 S'tn; '39cen 47unm; d.Jan>Mar 1951 age 58 b.S'tn
- Frederick George Soper b.Jul>Sep 1894, S'tn; Royal Horse Artillery Gunner; d.3 Apr 1918 Somme, France, age 23 see
- Nellie Soper b.c1897 S'tn [not vis bmd] : Nellie m.Earnest F Stent Apr>Jun 1915, Hartley Wintney, Hants : [had 5 children from southamptoncenotaph]
- Bessie Victoria Soper b.Jan>Mar 1898 & Bessie V d.Jan>Mar 1919, age 21, both S'tn
- Harold Soper b.c1900 S'tn : [not vis bmd ] Harold W m.Rosina F Emery Oct>Dec 1922, S'tn; So seems 'William Harold Soper' b.Jan>Mar 1900, South Stoneham; '39cen William H 39m tram conductor (b.28 Jan 1900)
: '91cen Frederick 27 general labourer in 2 rooms at 28 Northumberland Rd, (St Matthew), Southampton, St Mary, Hants; b.Southampton, Hants; Emma 30 b.Gosport, Hants; scan
: '01cen Frederick 37 ships stevedore [a dock loader] at 40 Dukes Rd, Portswood, Southampton, Hants, b.Southampton; Emma 40 b.Gosport, Hants; Kate 9; Frederick 6; Nellie 4; Bessie 3; Harold 1; father George 59 widower, blind, all b.Southampton; scan
: '11cen Frederick 46 dock labourer in 5 rooms at 15 Manor Terrace, Manor Farm Rd, Bitterne Park, Southampton, Hants; b.S'tn '11cen Emma 49 {m.21y, 5 births; 5 alive}; b.Gosport, Hampshire Kate 19 general domestic servant; Frederick 16 shop porter; Nellie 14 domestic servant; Bessie 13 school; Harold 11 school; George 73 (totally blind, 20y) all b.Southampton scan [he'd been blind since c1886]
: at 271 Manor Farm Rd, Bitterne Park, Southampton on son's death, 1918, WW1
: '39cen Frederick W 74m stevedore (retired) (b.31 Mar 1865) at 271 Manor Farm Rd, Southampton; Emma 81m unpaid domestic duties 'udd' (b.25 Mar 1858); Alice K 47unm unpaid domestic duties (b.19 Mar 1892) scan : [Alice Kate Soper b.Apr>Jun 1892 S'tn; d.Jan>Mar 1951 age 58 b.S'tn]
: '39cen William H 39m tram conductor (b.28 Jan 1900) at 6 Pansy Rd, Southampton; Rosina F 48m unpaid domestic duties (b.18 Jan 1891) ; also Horace Emery b.6 Jun 1912 unm storeman & drive, mechanic, heavy worker; Ernest Emery b.15 Dec 1914 unm, medically unfit, to be discharged from royal navy scan
: Emma d.Oct>Dec 1947, Southampton, age 89; from www.southamptoncenotaph.com
: Frederick W Soper d.Jan>Mar 1951 S'tn, age 86
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