BORN HULL 16/O8/1888. SON OF HENRY FRANKS (1865-1901) & CHARLOTTE FRANKS. A LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6.5 INCHES TALL, 135 LBS WEIGHT, 37-39 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, DARK BROWN HAIR, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION.
MARRIED AT ST BARNABAS CHURCH, HULL, 1912. HIS WIFE, LILLIAN CHARLOTTE MORRIS (1895-1974) LIVED AT, 85, WASSAND STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS) AND 2, ALBERT TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL (1918 ABSENT VOTERS).
HE ENLISTED HULL, ON 29/09/1914. DESERTED ON 15/02/1915. REJOINED ON 06/04/1915. SERVED IN THE ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS, 70TH FIELD ANULANCE. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 22/07/1915. POSTED TO ITALY, ON 10/11/1917. DIED OF INFLUENZA, AT 29TH HOSPITAL, ITALY, ON 06/11/1918, AGED 31. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 3 YEARS AND 193 DAYS.
HE IS COMMEMORATED AT CREMONA TOWN CEMETERY, ITALY.
