Samuel Frickleton

Forenames

Samuel AWMM

Surname

Frickleton AWMM

Service number

WWI 6/2133 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

1 Apr 1891 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Pre 12 Feb 1915 AWMM Blackball, West Coast, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• Mrs Elizabeth Frickleton (mother), Clifford Street, Blackball, New Zealand AWMM
• Mrs Elizabeth Logan Frickleton (mother), Clifford Street, Blackball, Greymouth, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 13 Jun 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
• Regular Military Service AWMM

Campaign

1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 6/2133 AWMM

Military service

• New Zealand Staff Corps AWMM
• New Zealand Territorial Force AWMM
• Third New Zealand Rifle Brigade,Third Battalion AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Victoria Cross (VC) AWMM
  Citation: "On 7 June 1917 at Messines, Belgium, Lance-Corporal Frickleton. although slightly wounded, dashed forward at the head his section, pushed into our barrage and personally destroyed with bombs an enemy machine-gun and crew which was causing heavy casualties. He then attacked a second gun killing all the crew of 12. By the destruction of these two guns he undoubtedly saved his own and other units from very severe casualties. During the consolidation of this position, he received a severe wound." Source :The Register of the Victoria Cross AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 12 Feb 1915 AWMM Coal miner/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• WW1 13 Jun 1915-01 Aug 1915 AWMM
  HMNZT 25 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM Canterbury Infantry Battalion AWMM 5th Reinforcements AWMM
• WW1 26 Jul 1916 AWMM
  HMNZT 59 or HMNZT 60 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata or Ulimaroa AWMM Sergeant AWMM 6th Reinforcements 3rd Battalion, G Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Wounded in action June 1917 AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Illness in October 1917 AWMM

Last rank

• WW1 11 Nov 1915 AWMM
  Medically unfit AWMM
• WW2 1948 AWMM
  Posted to retired list AWMM
  Captain/Military AWMM

Death

1 Sept 1971 AWMM
Age  90 AWMM

Cemetery

Taita Lawn Cemetery, Northern end Rimu Street, Naenae, Lower Hutt, New Zealand AWMM

Memorial name

• Dunedin, Victoria Cross winners' plaque, Queens Gardens, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
• Samuel Frickleton Memorial, Messines, Belgium AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, L T Watkins. Digital copy
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH1-NZRi.html
  Sources Used
• National Army Museum, Waiouru
  http://www.armymuseum.co.nz/
  Further Reference
• National Archives of New Zealand, National Collection of War Art. Portrait.
  http://warart.archives.govt.nz/node/305
  Further Reference
• NZETC topic page. Samuel Frickleton.
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-418961.html
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Dunedin RSA building, formerly site of the VC winners' plaque.
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/dunedin-rsa-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• Birkenhead (Auckland) Returned Services Association website. Victoria Cross.
  http://www.birkenheadrsa.com/victoria-cross.html
  Further Reference
• The Scotsman: newspaper article
  http://www.scotsman.com/news/vc-hero-honoured-in-his-homeland-after-93-years-1-798464
  Further Reference
• Wikidata Entity
  http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7411428
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R23513645
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R23523702
  Further Reference
• Lance Corporal Samuel Frickleton, VC ARTIST: Mary Elizabeth Richardson Tripe
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22498106
  Further Reference

References

• Sanders, J. (1974). New Zealand VC winners : the story of New Zealand servicemen who won the greatest honour for valour on the battlefield. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson and Horton.
• Harper, G., & Richardson, C. (2006). In the face of the enemy: The complete history of the Victoria Cross and New Zealand. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins NZ.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• The Register of the Victoria Cross. (1997). (3rd ed.). Cheltenham, England: This England.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 248
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  37: 16
• The Register of the Victoria Cross. (1997). (3rd ed.). Cheltenham, England: This England.
  p. 115
• McDonald, W. (2001). Honours and awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. Napier, N.Z.: Helen McDonald.
  p. 110
• London Gazette
  London Gazette (2 August 1917, citation)
• Dominion Post
  Kiwi war hero gets memorial at Messines. (2007, June 2), Dominion Post.
• Harper, G., & Richardson, C. (2006). In the face of the enemy: The complete history of the Victoria Cross and New Zealand. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins NZ.
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 1: Includes portrait
• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• HMNZT 42. The blast : the magazine of the Third Battalion of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade. (1917). London: John Long Ltd. ; [On board ship] : [H.M.N.Z.T. No. 42, Ulimaroa]
• HMNZT 25. The Tahitian tatler : the unofficial organ of that portion of the Fifth Reinforcements on board H.M.N.Z.T. no. 25, Tahiti. (1915). Bombay, India: Printed by the Times Press for the Units of the Fifth New Zealand Reinforcements.
• Reddiex, G.R. (2015). Just to let you know I’m still alive.
  Wellington NZ: Grantham House Publishing
  Public - Glenn - Researcher - 10 January 2021 - Autographed photo from the private collection of Glenn Reddiex, published in this book, page 80.