Francis Charles Starkey
Memorial: Charfield - Wotton Road
Regiment: Corps of Military Police
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Lance Corporal
Parents: Francis Charles and Frances Amelia Starkey
Marital status: Married
Home address: Parents: 6 Horsford Cottages, Charfield. Francis and Gwyneth: Mill Hill, Middlesex.
Date of birth: 1915
Date of death: 15/07/1944
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery, Departement du Calvados,Basse-Normandie, France
Age: 29
Further information:
Military Police 49th Divisional Provost Company.
Francis was the middle son of 3 brothers and his father was a heavy manual worker who dug the claypits. Francis died during the battle for Caen which was an extremely vicious battle that lasted just under two months. It ended finally on the 21st July, by which time 73% of the city was destroyed and 3000 French civilians killed.
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/
http://www.glosgen.co.uk/warmem/charfieldwm.htm
https://www.normandythenandnow.com/caen-before-and-after-the-battle-of-1944/