Frank Strange
Memorial: Yate - St Mary's Church Lych Gate
Regiment: Royal Berkshire Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 44906 (formerly 42707, Hampshire Regt.)
Parents: Moses and Jane Strange
Home address: Bird’s Bush, Yate, Bristol
Date of birth: 1899
Place of birth: Yate, Bristol
Date of death: 27/05/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France
Age: 19
Further information:
Frank Strange was the son of Moses and Jane Strange of Bird's Bush, Yate. He was brother to Fred, Bessie and Arthur. Moses Strange was a carter on a farm and had also been born in Yate
Frank enlisted in Birmingham and joined the 2nd Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales’ (Royal Berkshire Regiment.) Frank was formerly Private 42707 of the Hampshire Regiment, he was Killed in Action on the 27th May 1918 and is remembered at the Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France
Frank was just 19 years old when he died
Frank Strange is remembered on the Chipping Sodbury and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital board, which is now at Yate and District Heritage Centre, under Yate
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre, Forces War Records and CWGC