Frederick Ernest Biss was born 13th May 1896 at 11 Laburnum Street, Shoreditch, London. He was the third child of Frederick William Biss and Emma Biss (nee Roylance).
On 7th June 1896 Frederick Ernest Biss was baptised at St Leonard Church, Shoreditch, London.
On 31st March 1901 the Cenus was held. Frederick Ernest Biss was living at 159 Great Lawsbridge Street, Shoreditch, London, with his parents Frederick William Biss and Emma Biss (nee Roylance) and his siblings, Florence Rose Caroline Eliza Biss and George Biss.
In September 1907 Frederick Ernest Biss attended Fulham Palace Road Board School, Fulham Palace Road, Fulham, London.
On 2nd April 1911 the Census was held. Frederick Ernest Biss was living at 25 Hartopp Avenue, Fulham, London, with his parents Frederick William Biss and Emma Biss (nee Roylance) and his siblings, George Biss, Nellie Biss, William Biss and Ernest Biss. Frederick was working as an Errand Boy for a Chemist.
In July 1911 Frederick Ernest Biss left Fulham Palace Road Board School and joined the Territorials.
On 14th August 1914 Britain declared war on Germany, starting the First World War. Frederick Ernest Biss volunteered for active service and joined the 1/18th Battalion Middlesex Regiment. He was given the army number T.F.2733. He was mobilised to Sheerness, Kent and then onto Sittingbourne, Kent.
In September 1914 Frederick Ernest Biss was transfered to Gibraltar. He arrived on 17th September.
In February 1915 Frederick Ernest Biss returned to England.
On 9th March 1915 Frederick Ernest Biss landed at Le Havre, France.
In September 1915 the allies launched major offensives, with the French attacking at Champagne and the British at Loos. The French had spent the summer preparing for this action, with the British assuming control of more of the front in order to free up French troops. The bombardment, began on 25 September.
Prior to the British attack at about 06:30, 140 tons of chlorine gas was released with mixed success—in places the gas was blown back onto British trenches. Due to the inefficiency of the contemporary gas masks, many soldiers removed them as they could not see through the fogged-up talc eyepieces, or could barely breathe with them on. This led to some British soldiers being affected by their own gas as it blew back across their lines.
The battle opened on 25 September, the British were able to break through the weaker German defences and capture the town of Loos, mainly due to numerical superiority. However, the inevitable supply and communications problems, combined with the late arrival of reserves, meant that the breakthrough could not be exploited. A further complication for many British soldiers was the failure of their artillery to cut the German wire in many places in advance of the attack. Advancing over open fields in range of German machine guns and artillery, British losses were devastating.
While emerging from a trench Frederick Ernest Biss was killed in action.
Frederick Ernest Biss was buried at Y Farm Military Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, France.
On 7th June 1896 Frederick Ernest Biss was baptised at St Leonard Church, Shoreditch, London.
On 31st March 1901 the Cenus was held. Frederick Ernest Biss was living at 159 Great Lawsbridge Street, Shoreditch, London, with his parents Frederick William Biss and Emma Biss (nee Roylance) and his siblings, Florence Rose Caroline Eliza Biss and George Biss.
In September 1907 Frederick Ernest Biss attended Fulham Palace Road Board School, Fulham Palace Road, Fulham, London.
On 2nd April 1911 the Census was held. Frederick Ernest Biss was living at 25 Hartopp Avenue, Fulham, London, with his parents Frederick William Biss and Emma Biss (nee Roylance) and his siblings, George Biss, Nellie Biss, William Biss and Ernest Biss. Frederick was working as an Errand Boy for a Chemist.
In July 1911 Frederick Ernest Biss left Fulham Palace Road Board School and joined the Territorials.
In September 1914 Frederick Ernest Biss was transfered to Gibraltar. He arrived on 17th September.
In February 1915 Frederick Ernest Biss returned to England.
On 9th March 1915 Frederick Ernest Biss landed at Le Havre, France.
In September 1915 the allies launched major offensives, with the French attacking at Champagne and the British at Loos. The French had spent the summer preparing for this action, with the British assuming control of more of the front in order to free up French troops. The bombardment, began on 25 September.
Prior to the British attack at about 06:30, 140 tons of chlorine gas was released with mixed success—in places the gas was blown back onto British trenches. Due to the inefficiency of the contemporary gas masks, many soldiers removed them as they could not see through the fogged-up talc eyepieces, or could barely breathe with them on. This led to some British soldiers being affected by their own gas as it blew back across their lines.
The battle opened on 25 September, the British were able to break through the weaker German defences and capture the town of Loos, mainly due to numerical superiority. However, the inevitable supply and communications problems, combined with the late arrival of reserves, meant that the breakthrough could not be exploited. A further complication for many British soldiers was the failure of their artillery to cut the German wire in many places in advance of the attack. Advancing over open fields in range of German machine guns and artillery, British losses were devastating.
While emerging from a trench Frederick Ernest Biss was killed in action.
Frederick Ernest Biss was buried at Y Farm Military Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, France.
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