Frank William Strange
Memorial: South Gloucestershire war dead not on a local memorial
Regiment: Machine Gun Corps
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 10400
Parents: Mary Ellen and James Strange
Home address: 1 Prospect Place, Small Lane, Stapleton, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Box Maker
Date of birth: 1892
Place of birth: Kingswood, Bristol
Date of death: 27/07/1916
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France
Age: 24
Further information:
Frank was born in Kingswood, the son of a gardener and a middle child of six children with three sisters and two brothers.
Frank initially enlisted in the Gloucestershire Regiment (25360) then transferred to the 135th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Frank was killed in action during The Battle of the Somme (1 July – 18 November 1916). The result of the battle was indecisive at a cost of 620,000 allied casualties. Frank was buried near to where he fell and reburied from the battlefield after the armistice. The cemetery where he is buried was named after a German trench.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
Some information supplied by Kingswood Heritage Museum