Military History

Theatre of War	Medals	Commonwealth War Grave of Memorial
France and Flanders	British War & Victory Medals	Caudry Old Communal Cemetery
Arrived in Theatre	Medal Citation (if app)	SWFHS Area Memorials
After 1 Jan 1916	~	Walton
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed	Date and Place Enlisted Date	Other War Memorials
Battle of the Somme (Battle of Albert)	After July 1915 at Warwick
Place of Death	Previous Regiments or Units
Caudry	~

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

Frank died of his wounds at one of the German medical units that used Caudry Cemetery. We believe that he was wounded north of Albert on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. The battalion formed up at Mailly to advance NW towards Serre which was held up south of Serre by heavy machine gun fire. Red Cross records show that he died in German hands and was buried at Caudry. Frank was one of the 120 men who were listed as killed or missing, there were also another 316 men who were woundedon 1 Jul 1916. The war diary records no further actions or casualties between the 1st and 6th July