BORN YORK 20/11/1882. SON OF WALTER STEAD (1853-1921) & MARY JANE STEVENSON. LISTED AS LIVING AT 80 VICTORIA AVENUE, HULL (HDM ADDRESS, 05/11/1919), BUT NUMBER 89 IN CWGC RECORDS. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. UNMARRIED. EMPLOYED AS A SHIPPING CLERK. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 137 LNS WEIGHT, 35-37 INCH CHEST SIZE.
HE ENLISTED 12/12/1915. CALLED UP 10/04/1916. ARRIVED FRANCE, 12/07/1916. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, 05/11/1916, AGED 33. HE LEFT BROTHERS GEORGE, HERBERT, ARTHUR AND HAROLD, AND SISTERS, EDITH ELIZABETH AND FANNY.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
First name:
FRANK WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
22849
Rank:
Private
Date Died
05/11/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
33
