Francis Herbert George Norman
Memorial: Downend - Christ Church
Regiment: Royal Berkshire Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 44630
Parents: George and Sarah Jane Norman
Marital status: Single
Home address: Soundwell, Bristol
Date of birth: 1899
Place of birth: St. George, Bristol
Date of death: 08/08/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Beacon Cemetery (Ref. III. G. 22.), Sailly-Laurette, France
Age: 19
Further information:
Francis Herbert George Norman was born in 1899 in St George, Bristol. The son of George and Sarah Jane, he lived initially with his parents in Soundwell, Bristol. It appears that his mother died between the 1901 and 1911 census’ and his father remarried, Jenny Stephanie. The family moved to Twerton, Bath.
There is no record of Francis’ occupation prior to him enlisting. He served as a Private in Princess Charlotte of Wales’ (Royal Berkshire) Regiment, 8th Battalion (formerly Royal Warwick Regiment) until he was Killed in Action on 8 August 1918 aged just 19 years. He is remembered in the Beacon Cemetery, Sailly-Laurette, France.
Commemorated on the Christ Church Downend and Staple Hill (Page Park) Memorials.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Ancestry.co.uk
Forces War Records and Commonwealth War Graves Commission