Isaac Frazer

Forename(s):
Isaac

Surname:
Frazer

Initial(s):
I

Service Number:
52323

Rank:
Private

Regiment:
Cheshire Regiment, 9th (Service) Battalion

Died:
02/10/1917

Buried:
Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul

Service History:
Enlisted at Alnwick, Northumberland.

Formerly 1595, Northumberland Fusiliers.

Died of wounds received.

In a letter of condolence to Frazer's wife, who was living at Hampton Court, Morpeth, Northumberland when she received it, 2nd Lieutenant wrote:

'I am very sorry to inform you that your husband died from wounds received from a German shell on October 1st. He was with a Lewis gun team at the time, when a shell fell into the middle of them, killing three & wounding the remainder. He was taken to hospital as soon as he was hit & I know that everything possible was done for him.

He has been with this Coy. quite a long time & his loss is felt very much by officers & comrades. I feel there is very little I can do to help you during such a time as this, in fact there does not seem anything at all.

You will probably wish to know where your husband was buried; his grave is at Locre. I shall be very glad to tell you anything I possibly can if you will let me know what it is.'
(Source: newmp.org.uk)

Background:
Born at Amble, Northumberland.

Resident at Guide Post, Choppington, Northumberland.

Pre-enlistment occupation: Choppington Colliery, probably a Miner.

The UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 (available via Ancestry.co.uk) records Frazer's wife as Hannah, & her grandparents as John & Catherine Cairns, of Middle Greens, Morpeth.

Local Memorial:
Choppington, Memorial Monument, Cyprus Westgreen Choppington, 1914-1918 Reredos in St. Paul's Church (Source: newmp.org.uk)