Haldenby, Frank

Pte, Frank Haldenby, 6th NFus

BORN HULL 1889. SECOND SON OF EDWARD (1849-1944) & JANE HALDENBY (1854-1918), OF 163 HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. SON OF A PROVISIONS DEALER. THE FOURTH OF SEVEN CHILDREN. WORKED IN HIS FATHER’S SHOP AS AN ASSISTANT. HE MARRIED IN 1916. HUSBAND OF NORA JESSIE HALDENBY OF “THISTLEON HOUSE”, STONEFERRY ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS).

HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1/6TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIER TERRITORIALS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 15/11/1916, AGED 27. HE LEFT £140 HIS HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW, NORA, AT 153 HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (PROBATE ADDRESS)
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST MARY’S CHURCH MEMORIAL, LOWGATE.
HE IS BURIED ON THE SOMME AT BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “HAVE FAITH IN GOD AND WAIT”.

HIS BROTHER, THOMAS HALEDWNBY, SERVED IN THE DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1219&h=807337&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=ccO27817&_phstart=successSource


First name:
FRANK
Military Number:
7743
Rank:
Private
Date Died
15/11/1916
Place died:
Becourt Military Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, Somme, France
Age:
27
THISTLETON HOUSE, STONFERRY ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK