Second Lieutenant FREDERICK NIVEN GERDS
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Engineers
176th Tunnelling Coy.
Date of Death
Died 01 June 1915
Age 26 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Additional Info Son of Ada A. Gerds, of Four Winds, South Benfleet, Essex, and the late F. W. Gerds. Educated at Repton School. Associate of the Royal School of Mines. Associate Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Manager of the Radnor Mine, South Rhodesia. Employed by the London and Rhodesia Mining and Land Company from 1910, as Surveyor and Assayer, Cam and Motor Mine. Resigned to join the Forces. Commissioned May, 1915. Previous service in Rhodesian Volunteer Force. Born in South Africa.
- Personal Inscription COME FROM THE FOUR WINDS O BREATH AND BREATHE UPON THESE SLAIN THAT THEY MAY LIVE
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