This name is on Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 F. J. Doel (Frederick John Doel) (Doel, Frederick John) Service no 31188 Private, East Surrey Regiment, 8th Battalion Killed in action aged about 20 on 3 May 1917 Remembered at Arras Memorial, France, at Waterloo Station War Memorial, London SE1 and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 Information from the censuses In 1901 Frederick J. Doel, 4, was living at 5 Spring Gardens with his mother, Ada J. Doel, 23, a washer and ironer born in Lambeth, and his younger brother, Walter H. Doel, 2. The boys were born in Lambeth. There is no mention of their father. In 1911 the family was living in 3 rooms at 29 Fountain Street (now gone), Lambeth. Frederick is listed as Fredrick. There were 3 sons: Frederick, 14, Walter, 12, and Arthur, 9, the latter born in Brixton. Again, Ada describes herself as married and a "wife" rather than "head" but there is no husband on the census. |
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Frederick John Doel |