FEREDAY, Joseph Allen

Joseph Fereday was the son of George and Alice Fereday of 29 Church Street, Pensnett. His wife was Beatrice and they had two children. He worked as a wages clerk at Birmingham gas-works and enlisted in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in June 1916. He served in the 1st Battalion and went to the Western Front on the 4th December. The major attack of Spring 1917 was at Arras and was aimed at the new German defences of the Hindenburg Line. The opening day of the battle of the Scarpe was the 9th April and large gains were made by the Warwicks in the direction of the village of Fampoux. However, the cost was high in casualties. Private Joseph Fereday was seriously wounded and taken to a Casualty Clearing Station, where he died of wounds on the 18th April. He was 30 years of age and is buried in Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension (II B 14) and commemorated on the Pensnett Memorial.