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South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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 The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


Private 201737 Frank HARVEY - 1st/5th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment


Killed in Action Thursday, October 4th 1917 aged 30


Military History

   
Theatre of WarMedalsCommonwealth War Grave of Memorial
France and Flanders British War & Victory Medals Tyne Cot Memorial
     
Arrived in TheatreMedal Citation (if app)SWFHS Area Memorials
After April 1916 ~ Whichford Roll of Honour | Whichford War Memorial
     
Action, Battle or Other Reason KilledDate and Place Enlisted DateOther War Memorials
Battle of Broodseinde (Passchendaele)  April 1916 at Coventry  
     
Place of DeathPrevious Regiments or Units 
Poelcappelle  ~  
     

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

Frank is listed as being killed in action on 4 Oct 1917. The battalion war diary for the mentions that the 1/5th attacked enemy lines at Poelcappelle in the build up to the later Battle of Poelcappelle. The Battalion report on the attack can be found by clicking here PDF file.

 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/PlaceBapitsm Date/Place
Jan Qtr 1887 at Whichford 22 May 1887 at Whichford
   
Parents NamesAbode
Edwin and Sarah Harvey Yew Tree Cottage, Whichford
   
SchoolsColleges
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Address HistoryEmployment History
1887 - Whichford 1901 - Ploughboy on farm                 
1891 - Whichford 1911 - not yet found
1901 - Road, Whichford  
1911 - Whichford  
1917 - Yew Tree Cottage, Whichford