Born: 19 October 1890
Died: 12 August 1916
Buried: Railway Dugouts Cemetery
Address: Canada, previously 4 Cunliffe Road, Manningham
Parents: Fred & Adelaide, nee Russell
Spouse:
Siblings: Arthur, Charles, John, Edith, Lilian
Occupation: Salesman
Organisations/clubs:
Military
Rank: Pte
Medals/awards:
Rolls of Honour: St Luke’s, Eccleshill
Children:
Regiment:Canadian Expeditionary Force
Fred Greenwood
Fred Greenwood was born on the
19th of October 1890 and baptised
at All Saints Church, Little Horton
the son of brewer Fred Greenwood
and his wife Adelaide, nee Russell.
By 1891 Fred and Adelaide had
moved to 2 Lower Ash Grove. Two
of their six children - Arthur and
Charles had died but they still had
four living, John Russell, Edith,
Lilian and Frederick.
Fred snr was now a brewer and a
grocer and the family had one
servant.
In 1901 the family were living at
Hazel Bank in Daisy Hill Lane and
Fred is now retired and he died in
1909.
Adelaide and the unmarried
members of her family
were living at 4 Cunliffe
Road, Manningham in
1911 and Frederick at
17 years of age was
working as a traveller in
Stuff Goods
The family still had one
servant. Fred had been
educated at Bradford
Grammar School and
later at Heaton Moor College,
Manchester.
On the 26th of July 1913 Fred
sailed from Liverpool for Montreal,
Canada on the White Star shipping
line, second class and his
occupation was given as a
salesman.
On the 4th of February 1915 Fred
enlisted in the 10th
battalion of the Canadian
Expeditionary Force as
Private 430074.
On his attestation papers he
gives his next of kin as his
brother John Russell
Greenwood who was living
at 4 Cunliffe Road,
although his mother
Adelaide was still alive and
living at 3 West Royd Avenue, Idle.
Fred at that time was working as an
engineer.
Little is known about Fred but the
battalion participated in every
major Canadian battle of the War
and was known to contemporaries
as ‘The fighting tenth’.
The Canadians were not involved
in the opening phases of the Battle
of the Somme but participated in a
series of Operations from the 8th of
September to the 17th of October.
Before this date Fred had been
killed in action on the 12th of
August 1916. He was 26 years of
age.
He is buried at the Railway
Dugouts Cemetery 2 km west of
Zillebeke village where the railway
runs on an embankment
overlooking a small farmstead
known to the troops as transport
farm.
Researched and written by Jean
Britteon, to whom many thanks
