Second Lieutenant Frederick William Arthur Stubbs

Army Number : n/a

Battalion : 6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Awards : M.C. (Military Cross) 1/6th Battalion attached 6th York and Lancs: London Gazette 26.4.1917, For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. On the 8th March 1917, he led a patrol for 800 yards along unknown trenches in order to ascertain the exact location of the enemy. He led his men over three barricades and then suddenly came upon a hostile bombing post. The patrol accounted for several Germans, but were compelled by superior numbers to fall back. 2nd Lieut Stubbs and Lance Corporal Parkes covered the withdrawal with great gallantry and coolness, and the patrol reached our lines without loss in spite of several attempts of enemy bombers to rush them. On the 10th March a small party of the enemy approached our trenches under cover of a mist, and shot an N.C.O. who was working just in front of our parapet. 2nd Lieut Stubbs without hesitation at once jumped on the parapet and tried to bring the N.C.O. in, although the enemy was only 50 yards away. As 2nd Lieut Stubbs picked up the N.C.O., an enemy sniper fired at him but hit the N.C.O. killing the latter instantaneously. 2nd Lieut Stubbs was compelled to leave the body, as it was too heavy for him to lift alone. He is invariably one of the first to reach the point of danger, and his personal example is invaluable in encouraging his men.

Son of William R. And Alice Stubbs, of Ashford, Bakewell, Derbyshire; Husband of Hilda Amelia Stubbs, of 4, Water St., Fenton, Staffs.

Died : 10th May 1917, aged 26.

Buried/Commemorated : Maroc British Cemetery, Grenay, France. Plot 2. Row O. Grave 4.