BORN NEW WORTLEY, YORKS, 15/10/1879. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF HENRY MOYSER FRANKS (1848-1909) & HARRIET ANN BELL (1857-1923), OF 6, ALBERT TERRACE, GREEN LANE, HULL AND 6, SYDNEY STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS.
EMPLOYED AS AN OIL MILLER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 35=37.5 INCH CHEST, 112 LBS WEIGHT, BLUE EYES, BROWN HAIR, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION.
MARRIED AT ST SILAS, NEWLAND, HULL, ON 24/12/1900 – WIFE EDITH AGNES ATKINSON, OF 49, SWANN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD SIX CHILDREN.
ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY, ON 11/11/1914. TRAINED AT BELTON PARK AND DUDLEY CAMPS. HE SERVED IN THE 6TH EYR PIONEERS, REPORTED MISSING AND KILLED AT GALLIPOLI, ON 22/08/1915, AGED 35. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 286 DAYS. COMMEMORATED ON THE HELLES WAR MEMORIAL, TURKEY.
HIS WIDOW, EDITH, REMARRIED ANOTHER EYR SOLDIER, ON 31/03/1917.
