BORN HULL 1888. SON OF CHARLES THOMAS & HANNAH OLDROYD OF 91 PARK GROVE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A SCHOOL MASTER. HE WAS A SCHOOLMASTER ASSISTANT LIKE HIS SIBLINGS, CHARLES AND EDITH. HE EMIGRATED TO CANADA. ENLISTED CALGARY, ALBERTA. HE SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, IN THE 7TH CANADIAN MACHINE GUN CORPS, 3RD DIVISION OF THE CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION, SOUTH EAST OF ZILLEBEEKE, 31/05/1916, AGED 28. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, IN HULL.
HE IS BURIED AT MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY, YPRES. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “HIS NAME LIVETH EVERMORE – MOTHER AND DAD”.
First name:
FRANK PROCTOR
Military Number:
117454
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
31/05/1916
Place died:
Menin Road South Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
28
