Private Fred Underwood was my great uncle, he set out for France along with many other young, proud, patriotic men in 1915, he was part of the 1st/5th Yorks & Lancs Regiment. 70 TA Divisions from Rotherham, Rawmarsh and Parkgate which went to making the 49th Brigade The West Yorkshire Division. He was shot near a place called Martinsaat Woods somewhere along the Somme lines. He dies of his wounds on the 20th June 1916 aged 19 years old.

Daryl Hobson