Casualty Information
Serjeant
YVES
LE FRIEC
Service Number
Age
Date of death
7811128
49
Sunday, February 16, 1947
Company:
Researching
Son of Yves Marie and Mariane Le Friec; husband of Ellen (Nellie) Le Friec, of Croutes.
War Service details:
Original Regiment joined- (Based on their Service No).
Machine Gun Corps
1st Bttn KOSB location on day of death (According to War Diary)
Researching
Yves Marie Le Friec was born in February 1899 in St Peter Port, Guernsey, the Channel Islands. His mother's maiden name was Trebuy.
He served with the Machine Gun Corps in WW1 with Service No. 132006.
In the 1921 census he was in Apbar Barracks in Agra, India.
In January 1924 he was serving in Iraq with KOSB and 8th Machine Gun Corps. From what we can tell, he was promoted from Private to Lance Corporal around this time.
He married Ellen Jameson in late 1927 in Berwick.
In 1934 he received the Long Service and Good Conduct medal (LSGC)
In 1936 he lived in Dovecote Street in Hawick, Scotland and was listed as a 'Drill Instructor'.
