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FRANK TESSYMAN BOUSFIELD
Hull
Kingston upon Hull HU2 9AP
England
BORN HULL 1885. ELDEST SON OF HENRY BOUSFIELD (1851-1933) & MINNA TESSEYMAN (1857-1929), OF 28 CLIFTON STREET, HULL. A PLUMBER.
HIS WIFE JANE ANN INMAN (1885-1973) & THREE CHILDREN, TWINS, LIVED AT MILBECK STOCK, WINDEMERE, CUMBRIA.
HE ENLISTED AT WINDERMERE. FORMERLY, A SAPPER, 170926, ROYAL ENGINEERS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND LEINSTER REGIMENT (ROYAL CANADIANS). DIED OF GUN SHOT WOUNDS AND DISLOCATED HIP, AT HOME, ON 22/11/1918, AGED 34.
HE IS BURIED AT WINDERMERE (BOWNESS) CEMETERY, CUMBRIA, UK.
HIS MOTHER'S FAMILY LIVED AT 21 FREEHOLD STREET, HULL. HIS COUSIN, CORPORAL, WALTER DOUGLAS HENRY HIGGINS, 4TH EYR, WAS KILLED ON 25/09/1916, AGED 20. ANOTHER COUSIN, PRIVATE JOHN CLIFTON SCOTT, 18463, COLDSTREAM GUARDS, WAS KILLED ON 13/04/1918, AGED 21.
| Name | Frank Bousfield |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Hull, Yorks |
| Residence | Windermere |
| Death Date | 22 Nov 1918 |
| Death Place | Home |
| Enlistment Place | Windermere, Westmorland |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) |
| Battalion | 2nd Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 15187 |
| Type of Casualty | Died of wounds |
| Theatre of War | Home |
| Comments | Formerly 170926, Royal Engineers. |
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