Frank Rugman

Memorial: Alveston - St Helen's Church

Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment

Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal

Rank and number: Private 20225

Parents: Mapson and Sarah Jane Rugman (nee White)

Marital status: Married

Home address: Rudgeway, near Alveston, Thornbury, Bristol

Date of birth: 1884

Place of birth: Alveston, Bristol

Date of death: 11/10/1916

Buried/Commemorated at: Hebuterne Military Cemetery (Ref. I. M. 3.), France

Age: 32

Further information:

1st/4th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, British Army

Frank Rugman died in Village of Hebuterne on the Western Front, France in 1916 and was Killed in Action

Frank Rugman married Evelyn Annie Rugman (nee Cornock) of 161 Scholefield Street, Nechells, Birmingham in 1910 and lived at Church Cottages, Alveston, near Thornbury, Bristol. Their son, Reginald F Rugman was born in 1912

Frank Rugman's mother, Sarah Jane Rugman (nee White), lost both her husband and a son - Frank himself - in 1916. Mapson Rugman, Sarah Jane's husband (Frank's father) was buried at St Helens Church, Alveston, near Thornbury, Bristol on 21 January 1916, he was 77

By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):

Forces War Records and CWGC