Born on 10th October 1885 at Walthamstow, son of Henry (Coal Carman) and Eliza Nightingale. 1891: Living with his family at 9 Field Road, Walthamstow. 1901: With his family at 12 Chase Road, South Woodford. In 1909 he married Louisa Anne Brookes. 1911: A General Labourer living with his wife Louisa at 1 Chase Road, South Woodford. Her address is later given as 20 Chase Road, South Woodford. At the time of the Census his father was in the West Ham Workhouse Union Road, Leytonstone, and he died there later that year. His mother worked as a Charwoman.
After the 1911 Census, Frederick joined the Great Eastern Railway, working as a Porter at Devonshire Street. He enlisted at Stratford in April 1915.
On 28th July 1915 Frederick left Avonmouth on the HMT Royal Edward with other badly needed reinforcements destined for the Middle East Forces at Gallipoli. On 13th August 1915 in the Aegean Sea, the ship was torpedoed by Heino von Heimburg in the UB14. Fredrick Nightingale was one of the many soldiers lost when the Royal Edward sank, reportedly within six minutes.
He was the second of the brothers to be lost, and his name appears on the Great Eastern Railway Memorial at Liverpool Street Station.
X/R: Lance Corporal Charles Nightingale (1914) Rifleman James Henry Nightingale (1915) Trooper Walter Henry Nightingale (1917) (Brothers)
Research by Adrian Lee, Local Historian
Sources:
Ancestry.com
FindmyPast.co.uk