BORN HULL 1893. SON OF HARRY & SARAH ANN FRANKISH (1864-1942), OF 57 SHERBURN STREET, HULL, 41 ARTHUR STREET, WITHERNSEA AND SUTTON-ON-HULL. YOUNGEST OF FOUR SONS. THEIR FATHER WAS A GROCERY MANAGER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A DRIVER IN THE ROYAL IELD ARTILLERY. DIED IN SALONIKA, GREECE, ON 11/10/1917, AGED 24. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, SARAH ANN.
HIS SECOND BROTHER, PRIVATE, CYRIL BERTRAND FRANKISH, 22513, 11TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT ,HAD BEEN KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/09/1916, AGED 27. THEY ARE COMMEMORATED ON THE FAMILY GRAVE AT SUTTON CHURCHYARD, HULL. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE WITHERNSEA WW1 MEMORIAL.
THEY LEFT BROTHERS, PERCY & SIDNEY FRANKISH.
First name:
CLEMENT ROLAND
Military Number:
44601
Rank:
Driver
Date Died
11/10/1917
Place died:
Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery, Greece
Age:
24
