Frere, Lionel Basil | Universities at War

Personal details

Badges and Insignia - Durham Light Infantry. Image kindly provided by Durham Record Office

Name on Memorial:

Frere, L. B.

Forename(s):

Lionel Basil

Surname:

Frere

Date of Death:

Wednesday, September 29, 1915

University life

College:

College of Medicine, Newcastle upon Tyne

Staff or Student:

Student

Military Service

The information displayed here is at the time of death.

Rank:

Lieutenant

Service:

Army

Unit:

Durham Light Infantry, 2nd Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment

Prisoner of War:

Military Training:

University Officers' Training Corps, College of Medicine Newcastle upon Tyne

Theatre of War:

France and Flanders

Biography

Lionel attended the College of Medicine in Newcastle upon Tyne from 1910 to 1914.

At the outbreak of war, Lionel received a commission with the Durham Light Infantry. He was subsequently attached to 2nd Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, with whom he served with in France. Lionel was promoted to Second Lieutenant on 15th August 1915.

Lionel was killed in action on the 28/9th September 1915 in Hulloch, France, while leading his platoon of ‘bomb-throwers’ in a raid into German territory.

Addresses before and during the war

Place of Burial or Battle Site Memorial

Lionel is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France.

Memorials

Additional images

Research information

Sources:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Newcastle University Archives (Roll of Service, Medical Gazette, 1915-16, vol. 16, p. 25.)

Researched by:

Ben Howson

Sha Qi