Franks, Charles Herbert

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF AARON FRANKS & ALEXANDRA BAILEY, OF 5, PARK AVENUE, PERTH STREET, HULL. NEPHEW OF J & E HOYES, OF PARK AVENUE, PERRY STREET (HULL DAILY MAIL, 27/04/1917).

EMPLOYED AS A CLERK. HE LIVED IN MANCHESTER AT TIME OF ENLISTMENT. SERVED WITH THE HULL PALS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 13/04/1917, AGED 22.  HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL.

HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 27/04/1917. HIS WAR PENSION, WENT TO HIS AUNT, ELIZABETH HOYES, AT 98, MELROSE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).


First name:
CHARLES HERBERT
Military Number:
14/128
Rank:
Private
Date Died
13/04/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
22
5, PARK AVENUE, PERTH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK