Source: 116th Excel sheet by Mark Carmichael re. soldiers of 116th that served with the 18th Battalion.
Family Search: Frederick Eldridge was born on 27 March 1898, in Stafford, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. He married Lulu Eveline Hodgson on 10 February 1926, in Palm Beach, Florida, United States. He lived in Calgary, Calgary Metropolitan Region, Alberta, Canada in 1921 and Glen Cove, Nassau, New York, United States in 1930. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 17, his occupation is listed as farmer. He died on 23 September 1954, at the age of 56, and was buried in Park Lawn Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Under age when he enlisted.
| Reg number | 745060 |
| Name | Eldridge, Frederick |
| Rank | Private |
| Year of Birth | 3/11/1905 |
| Date of Death | |
| Cemetery | |
| Cemetery location | |
| Country of birth | England |
| Home Country | Canada |
| City born | Stafford, England |
| Address | 824 Grosvenor Ave, Toronto ON |
| Enlistment Date | 11/8/1915 |
| Drafted? | |
| Enlistment place | Port Perry |
| Origin Unit | 116th Battalion |
| Pre war Unit | |
| Final Bn | 18th |
| Ship | SS Olympic |
| Date in England | 7/31/1916 |
| Date in France | |
| Date w 116 | 11/8/1915 |
| Left 116th | 10/5/1916 |
| Married | no |
| Occupation | farmer |
| Wounded date | |
| Wound type/Death particuolars | pneumonia, dangerously ill, VD |
| KIA | |
| DOW | |
| Died other | |
| Missing/Presumed Dead | |
| Wounded | |
| Sick | yes |
| PTSD | |
| Medals | |
| Vimy | |
| Vimy area | |
| Raid | |
| Hill 70 | |
| Pass | |
| Amiens | |
| Parvillers | |
| Boiry | |
| Canal | |
| Other | |
| Unit History | 116th to 18th |
| Other details | A Coy, |
| Field Punishment | yes |
| FP Details | 14 days FP for drunkenness, 2 years detention for being awol from Jan 19, 1918 to Jan 17, 1919 |
| Gravestone | |
| Underage | |
| Medically Unit | |
| Deserter | |
| Undesirable | |
| Casualty Description |
War Diary of the 18th Battalion CEF 