Private, FRANK FULCHER 12/1113. Born in Hull, December 1891, Frank was the youngest of nine children to Joseph Tindale Fulcher (1850-1907) and Emma (Cox) Fulcher (1850-1948), of 10, Withernsea Street, Wilmington (War Pension address) and 3, Alexandra Avenue, Bridlington Street, Hull (Army address). He had three brothers and five sisters. Joseph Miller died in 1906 leaving Emma to raise the family alone.
Frank was a bag repairer (1911 Census) and Flour Miller by trade. He had served four years in the 1/4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment as a Territorial meaning he would automatically be mobilised soon after the outbreak of war. He was 5 foot, 4 inches tall, 135 lbs weight, 36-38 inch chest, dark complexion, blue eyes, brown hair, Church of England religion.
He enlisted at City Hall on 10th November 1914, aged 23, joining the 12th Battalion EYR, ‘The Sportsmen’, 3rd Hull Pals. Tragedy struck in 1915 when Frank’s brother, Harry, slipped from the deck of a ship and died of a cerebral haemorrage, tragedy compounded when Frank was wounded in the thighs and abdomen, 27/07/1916, on the Somme and died at 7th Casualty Clearing Station on 31st July 1916. He is buried in Merville Communal Cemetery; a young man of 24. He had served in the army for 1 year and 265 days. He left a Fiancee Florrie Sutton.
His elder brother, William Henry Fulcher served in the Labour Corps.
