Francis (Frank) Harold Done
Memorial: South Gloucestershire war dead not on a local memorial
Regiment: Royal Lancaster Regiment
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 28194
Parents: Albert Henry and Alice Done
Home address: Ansteys Lane, Hanham, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Bootmaker
Date of birth: 1898
Place of birth: Hanham, Bristol
Date of death: 22/09/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: No known burial site. Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial. Not commemorated on a local memorial.
Age: 19
Further information:
Frank was born in Hanham, the son of a bootmaker and the second eldest of six children with five brothers and a sister.
Frank enlisted in the Army shortly before his 18th birthday and was recorded as being 5' 7" tall. Frank embarked for France at the end of July 1917 and transferred to the 7th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) two weeks later. Frank was killed in action just four weeks after arriving at the front, in the Battle of Menin Road Ridge (20–26 September 1917). The battle was a British victory but at a cost of over 20,000 casualties. Frank's body was never found and the Tyne Cot Memorial where he is remembered, is one of four memorials to the missing in an area of Flanders known as the Ypres Salient, which stretched from Langemarck in the north to the northern edge in Ploegsteert Wood in the south.
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/