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Personal data Frederick Key 

• He was born (Birth of Key, Frederick) in the year 1894 in Little Ouse Downham Norfolk England.
• He died (Death of Key, Frederick) on August 8, 1918 in killed during World War 1, he was 24 years old.
• He is buried (Burial of Key, Frederick) in Warnton Hainaut Belgium.
• A child of David Key and Louisa Butcher
• This information was last updated on May 17, 2008.

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.In Memory of
FREDERICK KEY
Private1657611th Bn., Suffolk Regimentwho died onThursday, 8th August1918. Age 24.
Additional Information: Son of David and Louisa Key, of Little Ouse,Downham, Norfolk.
Commemorative Information
Memorial: PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium
Grave Reference/ Panel Number: Panel 3
Location: The Ploegsteert Memorial stands in Berks Cemetery Extension,which is located 12. 5 kilometres south of Ieper town centre, on the N365leading from Ieper to Mesen (Messines) , Ploegsteert and on toArmentieres. From Ieper town centre the Rijselsestraat runs from th emarket square, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort) and directly over thecrossroads with t he Ieper ring road. The road name then changes to theRijselseweg (N336). 3.5 kilometres alon g the N336 lies a fork junctionwith the N365. The N365, which forms the right hand fork, lea ds to thetown of Mesen. The Cemetery lies 3 kilometres beyond Mesen on the righthand side o f the N365, and opposite Hyde Park Corner Royal BerksCemetery. The Memorial now commemorate s 11368 men who have no knowngrave. They fought throughout the War on Belgian soil beside Fr enchtroops, and died in France or Belgium when the frontier was of littleinterest in this a rea in which trench warfare lasted longest. TheMemorial is a covered circular colonnade, 2 0 metres across and 11 metreshigh, enclosing an open space, and is entered by an opening bet ween twostone lions. The names of the dead are carved on panels set in the wallsof the colo nnade. They belonged to thirty-six different Divisions and toa hundred Regiments; of these R egiments the Rifle Brigade with 559names, the Northumberland Fusiliers with 535 and the Durh am LightInfantry with 444 are the most heavily represented..
Historical Information: The Memorial in Berks Cemetery Extension,Ploegsteert, is one of tho se erected by the Commonwealth War GravesCommission to record the names of the officers an d men who fell in theGreat War and whose graves are not known. It serves the area from the line Caestre-Dranoutre-Warneton, on the north to the lineHaverskerque-Estaires-Fournes on th e south, in which the best-knownfeatures are the towns of Hazebrouck, Merville, Bailleul an dArmentieres, the Forest of Nieppe, and Ploegsteert Wood; and it coversthe period from th e arrival of the III Corps in this area in 1914 to thedate of the Armistice with Germany. Th e Battles of Ypres and Messinesfall to the north of these limits, and the Offensives of 191 5 mainly tothe south; the normal state of the area, during the greater part of theWar, wa s one of trench warfare. The Memorial is a covered circularcolonnade, 20 metres across and e leven metres high, enclosing an openspace, and entered by an opening between two stone lions . The names ofthe dead are carved on panels set in the walls of the colonnade. Theybelonge d to thirty-six different Divisions and to a hundred Regiments;of these Regiments the Rifl e Brigade with 559 names, the NorthumberlandFusiliers with 535 and the Durham Light Infantr y with 444 are the mostheavily represented..

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In Memory of

FREDERICK KEY

Private
16576
11th Bn., Suffolk Regiment

who died on
Thursday 8 August 1918 . Age 24 .

Additional Information: Son of David and Louisa Key, of Little Ouse,Downham, Norfolk.
Cemetery: PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIALComines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium
Grave or Reference Panel Number: Panel 3
Location: The Ploegsteert Memorial stands in Berks Cemetery Extension,which is located 12.5 kilometres south of Ieper town centre, on the N365leading from Ieper to Mesen (Messines), Ploegsteert and on toArmentieres. From Ieper town centre the Rijselsestraat runs from themarket square, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort) and directly over thecrossroads with the Ieper ring road. The road name then changes to theRijselseweg (N336). 3.5 kilometres along the N336 lies a fork junctionwith the N365. The N365, which forms the right hand fork, leads to thetown of Mesen. The Cemetery lies 3 kilometres beyond Mesen on the righthand side of the N365, and opposite Hyde Park Corner Royal BerksCemetery. The sounding of the Last Post takes place at the PloegsteertMemorial on the first Friday of every month at 7 p.m.
Visiting Information: The Panel Numbers quoted at the end of each entryrelate to the panels dedicated to the Regiment served with. In someinstances where a casualty is recorded as attached to another Regiment,his name may alternatively appear within their Regimental Panels. Pleaserefer to the on-site Memorial Register Introduction to determine thealternative panel numbers if you do not find the name within the quotedPanels.
Historical Information: The PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL commemorates more than11,000 servicemen of the United Kingdom and South African forces who diedin this sector during the First World War and have no known grave. Thememorial serves the area from the line Caestre-Dranoutre-Warneton to thenorth, to Haverskerque-Estaires-Fournes to the south, including the townsof Hazebrouck, Merville, Bailleul and Armentieres, the Forest of Nieppe,and Ploegsteert Wood. The original intention had been to erect thememorial in Lille. Those commemorated by the memorial did not die inmajor offensives, such as those which took place around Ypres to thenorth, or Loos to the south. Most were killed in the course of theday-to-day trench warfare which characterised this part of the line, orin small scale set engagements, usually carried out in support of themajor attacks taking place elsewhere. BERKS CEMETERY EXTENSION, in whichthe memorial stands, was begun in June 1916 and used continuously untilSeptember 1917. At the Armistice, the extension comprised Plot I only,but Plots II and III were added in 1930 when graves were brought in fromRosenberg Chateau Military Cemetery and Extension, about 1 kilometre tothe north-west, when it was established that these sites could not beacquired in perpetuity. Rosenberg Chateau Military Cemetery was used byfighting units from November 1914 to August 1916. The extension was begunin May 1916 and used until March 1918. Together, the Rosenberg Chateaucemetery and extension were sometimes referred to as 'Red Lodge'. BerksCemetery Extension now contains 876 First World War burials. HYDE PARKCORNER (ROYAL BERKS) CEMETERY is separated from Berks Cemetery Extensionby a road. It was begun in April 1915 by the 1st/4th Royal BerkshireRegiment and was used at intervals until November 1917. Hyde Park Cornerwas a road junction to the north of Ploegsteert Wood. Hill 63 was to thenorth-west and nearby were the 'Catacombs', deep shelters capable ofholding two battalions, which were used from November 1916 onwards. Thecemetery contains 83 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and fourGerman war graves The cemetery, cemetery extension and memorial weredesigned by H Chalton Bradshaw, with sculpture by Gilbert Ledward.
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