2/Lt Frederick Athelstan Fanshawe Baines, 4th Bn KRRC.
Born at Hove on 2 February 1896, Frederick was educated at Winchester (he won a scholarship in 1909) where he was a platoon sergeant and active member of the OTC alongside being a prefect. In October 1914, he left Winchester for Sandhurst, upon the Headmaster's nomination, becoming the senior Sergeant in his company. Gazetted to the King's Royal Rifle Corps in February 1915, he was attached to the 6th Battalion which he joined at Sheerness on 17 February.
Leaving for France on 18 May 1915, he joined the 4th Battalion at Busseboom on 23 May and proceeded to the frontline in the vicinity of Railway Wood and Bellewaerde Lake the following day. He was killed in action some 500 yds west of Hooge in the early hours of the 25th May whilst leading his men in a counter-attack on Bellewaerde Wood. Frederick has no known grave and is, therefore, commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.
25 May 1915
Research by David O'Mara, Croonaert Research Services.
