Heslop's Local Advertiser
Menin Gate
Pauline Priano has submitted the following:-
Frederick Jukes was born at Bill Quay, near Gateshead, County Durham in 1882, one of 6 known children 4 sons and 2 daughters. His father William Jukes who was born at Kingsgrove Potteries, Staffordshire in 1851 and living with his uncle in 1861 at 9 Brick Kiln Street, Willinhall, Wolverhampton. Between 1871-1881 he was employed at the iron works but transferred to the north east where he married in 1883 in the district of Gateshead, Barbara Ann Henderson born 1858 at Bill Quay. The family lived at Reay Street, Heworth, William was employed as an ironworker until his death in 1899, aged 48 years, when Frederick was 17 years old. His widow Barbara Ann remarried in 1900 in the district of South Shields to William Dobson, five years her junior, a ships carpenter born at Pelaw. Frederick was now 19 years of age and working on a farm as a cartman with horses, he changed occupation, by 1911, employed as a labourer at the paint works. His brother William was a ship platter apprentice, Thomas a labourer, his step-father a ship wright/carpenter.
Frederick Jukes enlisted August 1914, assigned as Private 3991 1/6th Northumberland Fusiliers, a battalion of the Territorial Force based at St. George’s Drill Hall, Northumberland Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Initially the brigade was posted to the Tyne Defences later mobilised they departed as part of the British Expeditionary Force bound for France, April 1915 to join the 149th Brigade, 50th Northumberland Division and transferred to the Ypres salient in Belgium participating during the 2nd Battle of Ypres at Gravenstafel Ridge, St. Julien, Frezenberg and Bellewaarde Ridge, April 22-25th May 1915. Although they did not take part in any other major offensives until the beginning of the Battles of the Somme in 1916 they remained on the salient in support of the 7th Battalion relieving each other during day to day trench warfare, forming working and digging parties as well as training and looking after their equipment whilst in the dugouts.
Private 3991 Frederick Jukes Northumberland Fusiliers was killed in action December 19th 1915 on the Ypres salient. His sacrifice is recorded as one of the 54,395 names of servicemen from the Commonwealth inscribed on the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing at Ypres, Belgium, panel 8 & 12 which commemorates those who fought on the salient until August 15th 1917 and have no known grave. Frederick was 33 years old and single.
His mother received all monies due to him, a pension and his awards of the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. Barbara Ann Dobson-Jukes nee Henderson died 3 years after her son in 1918, aged 60 years, in the district of Gateshead, County Durham.
Although Frederick enlisted under the alias of Henderson, his mother's single name, the CWGC has correctly recorded him as Private Frederick Jukes.
In God’s safe keeping. Rest In Peace.
His death was reported in Heslop's Local Advertiser 21/1/1916:
"Private F. Jukes, 6th Northumberland Fusiliers, killed in action in France, on Dec. 19th. Son of Mrs. B.A. Jukes, 13 Ann St., Bill Quay."
He is remembered at Bill Quay on B119.01 and at Heworth H92.03
