Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Frederick Warwick Waite, a bank cashier, born 1861 in Fletton, Huntingdonshire and his wife Jane Waite (nee Simpson, married in the 2nd quarter of 1892 in the Halifax, Yorkshire district), born 1862 in Halifax, Yorkshire. Frederick Maxwell was born on the 4th May 1895 in Little Bowden, Northamptonshire and was baptised on the 3rd November 1895 in St. Nicholas’s Church, Little Bowden, he had one sibling, Norman Simpson, born 1894 in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, in March 1901 the family home was at 23, Northampton Road, Little Bowden. In April 1911 Frederick was absent from the family home at The Spinneys, Manor Road, Oadby, Leicestershire, residing there was his father, a bank manager and his mother.
Frederick first entered the theatre of war in France on the 5th March 1915. He was awarded the 1915 STAR, British War Medal and Victory Medal.
The British Army, The Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916 published the following entry, accompanied by a photograph: Frederick was educated at Stoneygate College, Leicester and Oundle School, where he was a member of the O.T.C.. He obtained the Oxford and Cambridge School Certificate in 1911, and the Higher Certificate in the following year. He was a good shot and oarsman, and he played tennis and golf. On leaving school he was articled to Messrs. Hopps and Bankart, Chartered Accountants, Leicester, and at the outbreak of the war he applied for a commission. He was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, in August, 1914, and left for the front early in March, 1915. He was killed in action near Lindenhoek, Belgium, on the 7th June, 1915, and was buried at Chapel Shrine, near Lindenhoek. His superior officers wrote of him: He was always cheerful, was a real leader of men, he did not know what fear was, always a soldier, and a gentleman, beloved by all about him, ready for work or fun, each in its own place. His men would do anything for him and follow him anywhere.
The War Diary records: 7 Jun-15 - At 2.00am 2nd Lieutenant F. M. WAITE died between REGENT STREET DUG OUTS and LINDENHOEK Dressing Station. 2nd in command visited trenches. Very quiet night. Misty morning no wind. At 2.00pm Commanding Officer, 2nd in command, Adjutant and signalling officers of 5th OXFORDSHIRE AND BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY arrived at Chalet for tour of inspection. 5.00pm Germans shelled junction E2 – F2. No damage. At 7.15pm Germans again shelled junction E2 – F2. At 7.30pm Support trenches in rear of F2 and F4 shelled resulting in damage to PALL MALL. About same time trench mortar was fired from East end of E3. Damage to enemy parapet reported.
On Saturday June 12th 1915 The Leicester Daily Post published the following article under the heading. “LOCAL NEWS.” – DEATHS. – WAITE:- Killed in action in Flanders, on the 7th June, Frederick Maxwell Waite, 2nd Lieutenant, 4th Batt. Leicestershire Regiment, dearly loved younger son of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Waite, The Spinney’s, Manor-road, Leicester; aged 20.