BORN HULL 16/2/1896. SON OF JOHN FRANKS & ADA HELENA (REYNOLDS), HULL. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. HE EMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1912. ENLISTED WHEN WAR BEGAN. SERVED WITH THE 28TH CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 06/11/1917, AGED 21. COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENIN GATE MEORIAL, BELGIUM.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 28/05/1918.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL WW1 MEMORIAL.
First name:
LESLIE FRANCIS WILLIAM
Military Number:
886260
Rank:
Private
Date Died
06/11/1917
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
21
