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Family Group: Three: Private F. I. Kite, 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, who landed...
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Family Group: Three: Private F. I. Kite, 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, who landed at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, where his Battalion earned ‘Six Victoria Crosses before Breakfast’ 1914-15 Star (6928 Pte. F. I. Kite. Lan. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (6928 Pte. F. I. Kite. Lan. Fus.) very fine Defence Medal, unnamed as issued, in named card box of issued addressed to ‘Miss A. Kite, The Greaves, Prince of Wales Rd., Dorchester, Dorset’, with Home Secretary’s enclosure, nearly extremely fine (4) £80-£100 --- Frederick Isaac Kite was born in Gillingham, Dorset, in 1877 and attested for the Lancashire Fusiliers on 26 October 1898, having previously served in Dorset Volunteers. Posted to the 1st Battalion on 16 December 1898, he served with them during the Great War at Gallipoli from the first day of the Gallipoli campaign, 25 April 1915, where his Battalion famously earned ‘six Victoria Crosses before breakfast’. He saw further services on the Western Front from 13 March 1916 to 6 April 1917, before transferring to 170 Labour Corps South Command in France on 3 December 1917. He was discharged on 26 November 1919. Amy Matilda Kite, younger sister of the above, was born in Gillingham on 27 March 1888, and in the 1939 Register she is recorded as living at The Greaves, Prince of Wales Road, Dorchester, previously a nurse. She died in Gillingham on 2 May 1980.
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Family Group: Three: Private F. I. Kite, 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, who landed at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, where his Battalion earned ‘Six Victoria Crosses before Breakfast’ 1914-15 Star (6928 Pte. F. I. Kite. Lan. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (6928 Pte. F. I. Kite. Lan. Fus.) very fine Defence Medal, unnamed as issued, in named card box of issued addressed to ‘Miss A. Kite, The Greaves, Prince of Wales Rd., Dorchester, Dorset’, with Home Secretary’s enclosure, nearly extremely fine (4) £80-£100 --- Frederick Isaac Kite was born in Gillingham, Dorset, in 1877 and attested for the Lancashire Fusiliers on 26 October 1898, having previously served in Dorset Volunteers. Posted to the 1st Battalion on 16 December 1898, he served with them during the Great War at Gallipoli from the first day of the Gallipoli campaign, 25 April 1915, where his Battalion famously earned ‘six Victoria Crosses before breakfast’. He saw further services on the Western Front from 13 March 1916 to 6 April 1917, before transferring to 170 Labour Corps South Command in France on 3 December 1917. He was discharged on 26 November 1919. Amy Matilda Kite, younger sister of the above, was born in Gillingham on 27 March 1888, and in the 1939 Register she is recorded as living at The Greaves, Prince of Wales Road, Dorchester, previously a nurse. She died in Gillingham on 2 May 1980.
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