BORN WATER PRIORY, POCKLINGTON, YORKS 1886. SON OF FRANCIS JOHN THOMAS FRANKISH & JANE SCRUTON. A DOCK LABOURER. HE LIVED AT 5 CARLTON AVENUE, DELHI STREET, MARFLEET, HULL. MARRIED OCTOBER 1909. WIFE, MAUD EDITH BOSS & DAUGHTER MAUD (BORN IN 1915). HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE SHERWOOD FORESTERS. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT ARRAS, ON 26/10/1917. AGED 31. HIS WIFE LATER MOVED TO 6 ABBEY STREET, HULL.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE MARFLEET LANE ROLL OF HONOUR.
| Name | John William Dry Frankish |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Water Priory, Pocklington, Yorkshire, 1886 |
| Residence | Marfleet, Hull |
| Death Date | 26 Oct 1917 |
| Death Place | Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Notts and Derby (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment |
| Battalion | 2 6th Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 242355 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
First name:
JOHN WILLIAM DRY
Military Number:
242355
Rank:
Private
Date Died
26/10/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
31
