Stephen Francis
Memorial: Yate - St Mary's Church Lych Gate
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 15545
Parents: George and Sophia Francis
Home address: Elm View Cottage, Yate, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Strontin or Celestine digger
Date of birth: 1898
Place of birth: St. George, Bristol
Date of death: 13/10/1915
Buried/Commemorated at: Loos Memorial (Panel 60 to 64), France
Age: 17
Further information:
Stephen Francis was born in the St George’s area of Bristol in 1898 to George and Sophia Francis of Elm View Cottage, Yate. Brother to William, Harry, John, Clifford, Elizabeth, Mary, Frederick and Cora. Like his father George, who was from Wellow is Somerset, Stephen worked as a Strontin or Celestine digger before the war. In the 1911 census the family are listed as living at Raysfield Strontin Works, Chipping Sodbury, Bristol
Stephen enlisted in Bristol and served with the 10th (Service) Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment. He was Killed in Action on the 13th October 1915 and is remembered on the Loos Memorial, Ref: Panel 60 to 64, in France. Steven was only 17 years old
Stephen Francis is remembered on the Yate Lych Gate Memorial and the Chipping Sodbury and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital board, which is now at Yate and District Heritage Centre, under Yate (as G Francis)
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
With kind permission of Yate and District Heritage Centre, Forces War Records and CWGC