Frederick was die seun van Paul Thomas Wortley en Ada Parkin.
Census 31/03/1901: Bethel Road - Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Event Date 1911
Event Place Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom Sub-District South East Rotherham
Sub-District Number 2
Enumeration District 16
Registration District Rotherham
District Number 511
Name Fred Wortley
Sex MaleAge 16
Birth Year (Estimated) 1895
Birthplace Rotherham, Yorkshire
Marital Status Single
Occupation LABOURER
Number in Family 8
Industry STEEL WKS
Relationship to Head of Household Son
Soupir: Residence: Wellingborough
Death Date: 14 Sep 1914
Enlistment Location: Rotherham
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: Coldstream Guards Number: 9946
Killed in action - Soupir - Aisne, France
Death Date: 14 Sep 1914
Enlistment Location: Rotherham
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: Coldstream Guards Number: 9946
Killed in action - Soupir - Aisne, France
According to the records I can see - he was awarded The 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and the Victory Medal - but I can't find any other service records so far. His name is listed on the Wellingborough War Memorial. It appears to me that he fell in the early stages of the war, when the German forces made a rush towards Paris. The BEF was involved in a lot of skirmishing before the war settled down to trench warfare. This is described in the following : (two web references and 1 piece computer-translated from French) http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/British_Front/Aisne_01.htm
http://www.scarboroughsmaritimeheritage.org.uk/greatwar/f6-mobilisation.php
According to some reports there were 33 Coldstream Guardsmen killed that day, but I can't trace the graves as such, despite the excellent records of the War Graves Commission. The Germans later occupied the area until 1918.
During the War of 1914-1918, many more or less important events took place in or near Soupir, This town is located near the center of the department of Aisne, a distance of 21 km from Laon and Soissons 23. Its soil is limited to the north by the Braye-en-Laonnois to the west, and those of Chavonne Ostel, to the east by those of Courtonne and Moussy Verneuil-sur-Aisne, and Finally, in the south, the river Aisne between Cys-la-Commune of Saint Mard and Pont-Arcy. The information that follows, use a book written by Canon LEBERGUE shortly after the war. This book, devoted entirely to the village Soupir, entitled: Monograph My village in the municipality of Soupir (Aisne)
September 1914
If the village is so bruised, he is a long series of battles, delivered within its walls during the war. Here is the brief story. It has no pretensions to military. Conterons we relate the stories that have been provided either by residents of Soupir, either by soldiers who stayed. The sinister rumblings of the gun during the battle of Guise, 28, 29 and 30 August 1914, relative calm had succeeded, and since our troops continued their strategic retreat, we had to wait to see them get a moment to another.
The first soldiers appeared, crossed the country on the night of Wednesday 1 September . Other infantry belonging to the army Lanrezac. marched, without stopping all day 2 . On their way, they were offered refreshments, but he had more need of rest than food. A march of three days had broken fatigue. On the morning of 3 , detonations are heard them announce the destruction of the bridges of the Aisne at Bourg, and to Chavonne Vailly, engineering blowing to impede the march of the enemy.
The first Uhlans through the village at high speed towards the evening of the same day, and soon all the streets are filled with all sorts of troops, infantry, artillery crews.
These unwelcome guests staying at the inhabitant in barns and even farmers on the banks of the road, "La Pointe" and "Thiolets." They are scattered to plunder the crops in the fields, to serve as bedding for men horses and food. They are left with little intermission at daybreak, they're gone "nach Paris" a bridge built makeshift hastily to Chavonne, allows them to cross the Aisne and continue their journey. On their departure, order is restored in the town, and the silence of flat land again.
Not for long, of course, because about a week later, the voice of the cannon was heard in the direction of Paris, then the roar gradually approaching the enemy, in the day of 12 , appeared on the ridges of the left bank of the Aisne. Detachments crossed the river Chavonne, Pont-Arcy and Bourg these seem to want to settle in the cliffs on the right bank, particularly over Chavonne, the "Court of Sighs" to "Hyppes" and over the entire extent of the timber, the "Bovette".
British patrols follow closely. The next day, Sunday, they crisscross the country, through the fields and search the woods. Are they found? Still, at noon, the German artillery opened a heavy fire on the batteries of our allies, hidden in the castle and around the river. The response does not wait: soon, enemy positions are furious deny attacked by British guns, and in the middle of the night, you can see our streets full of defenders who are moving in for the attack, slopes of "The Cross" and "Bois des Cugnets." Reserves to support these first columns, and fighting continue for four days.
We conquered the plateau, but at what price! Nine hundred men, it seems, and thirty officers littered the ground. However, attacks against the approaching enemy. He eventually establish their trenches near the village, the "Cross". to "Masures" and "Hyppes." At any time, you had to take shelter in the cellars field work was impossible, and crops rotting on foot.
Finally, here are our soldiers in France! They come for the next generation, because British troops if proven, can no longer. They arrive, but too few in number, we were told, almost without artillery, and ammunition. Why, in such conditions, do not they hurry to evacuate the civilian population? So close to the front, it is not exposed to it any time a fire bombing and the danger of falling. the hands of the enemy?
It is, indeed, what happened. (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K8BF-3HQ)
Fred Wortley
BIRTH unknown
DEATH 14 Sep 1914
BURIAL
Vailly British Cemetery
Vailly-sur-Aisne, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France PLOT I.F.9.
BIRTH unknown
DEATH 14 Sep 1914
BURIAL
Vailly British Cemetery
Vailly-sur-Aisne, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France PLOT I.F.9.
Gravesite Details
Lance Corporal, Coldstream Guards. Age: Unknown.
(https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56395736/fred-wortley)
