We remember Gilbert Frankau

We remember Gilbert Frankau

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Timeline

Timeline

1884
birth Gloucester Terrace, London United Kingdom Source:7651060 21st April 1884
1891
dates Age 6 Source:7901355 1891
1891
location Weymouth Street, Marylebone, London United Kingdom parents address Source:7901355 1891
1891
sibling Paul Ewart Frankau Source:7901356 June 1891
1894
sibling Ronald Hugh Frankau Source:7901356 22nd February 1894
1896
sibling Joan Frankau Source:7901356 1896
1901
employment Cigar Merchant J Frankau and Co London United Kingdom Source:7901355 1901 - 1914
1905
marriage Dorothea Frances Markham Drummond-Black Source:7651060 12th December 1905 - 1919
1906
children Ursula Nannette Frankau Source:7901725 1906
1908
children Pamela Sydney Frankau Source:7901726 3rd January 1908
1914
commission Temporary Source:7901758 9th November 1914
1914
service British Army Temporary Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment 9th Battalion Source:7901767 9th November 1914 - 25th March 1915
1914
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:7901787 9th November 1914 - 22nd February 1918
1915
service British Army Temporary Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery Source:7901775 25th March 1915 - 18th September 1916
1916
appointments Staff Captain Source:7901783 18th September 1916 - 1st November 1917
1916
service British Army Temporary Captain Royal Field Artillery Source:7901783 18th September 1916 - 1st November 1917
1918
discharge Source:7901787 22nd February 1918
1918
service British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery Source:7901787 22nd February 1918 - 26th August 1939
1922
marriage Aimee de Burgh Source:7651060 2nd February 1922
1932
marriage Susan Lorna Harris Source:7651060 14th July 1932
education Eton College United Kingdom Source:8781799
education Eton College Source:7651060
education St Michael's Preparatory School Westgate-on-Sea United Kingdom Source:7901355
1952
death Unknown Lung cancer, could be stress related. 4A King's Gardens, Hove, Sussex. United Kingdom Source:7651060 Source:7901726 4th November 1952

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Gilbert
Initials G
Last Name Frankau
Source 2541573
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
Weymouth Street, Marylebone, London United Kingdom parents address known 1891
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army East Surrey Regiment 9th Battalion Temporary Lieutenant
British Army Royal Field Artillery Temporary Lieutenant
British Army Royal Field Artillery Temporary Captain
British Army Royal Field Artillery Captain
Family
Children
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Ursula Nannette Frankau daughter 1906
Pamela Sydney Frankau daughter 3rd January 1908
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Julia Frankau mother
Arthur Frankau father
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Paul Ewart Frankau brother June 1891
Ronald Hugh Frankau brother 22nd February 1894
Joan Frankau sister 1896
Spouse
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Dorothea Frances Markham Drummond-Black wife 12th December 1905
Aimee de Burgh wife 2nd February 1922
Susan Lorna Harris wife 14th July 1932
Religion
DateReligionSource
1952 Roman Catholic

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Official Records

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1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Mara60295
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Silver War Badge Roll Transcription Guy74824
Britain School & University rolls 1914-1918 Transcription Guy74824

External Evidence

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Frankau, Gilbert (1884–1952) - Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Carolyn35894
London Gazette, 10 November 1914 Mara60295
London Gazette, 23 March 1915 Mara60295
London Gazette, 14 November 1916 Mara60295
London Gazette, 21 December 1917 Mara60295
London Gazette, 2 February 1918 Mara60295
London Gazette, 12 September 1939 Mara60295
London Gazette, 28 February 1941 Mara60295
Gilbert Frankau's poem, 'The Voice of the Guns' Charlotte33
Frankau's poem on war horses: "Gun-Teams" Connie110407
Frankau's poem "Ammunition Column" Connie110407
Gilbert Frankau Jonathan101862
From shell-shock to PTSD, a century of invisible war trauma Jonathan101862
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Jonathan101862

Multimedia

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Portrait of Gilbert Frankau Mara60295
"The Voice of the Guns" at Fort Nelson Yvonne27542
First verse of "The Voice of the Guns" Yvonne27542

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