We remember William Frank Roper

We remember William Frank Roper

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Timeline

Timeline

1896
birth Source:6974388 4th July 1896
1910
education Brentwood School Brentwood, Essex United Kingdom Source:6974388 13th September 1910 - 29th July 1913
1916
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:3819301 24th June 1916
1917
commission Temporary Source:7647751 31st July 1917
1918
dates Age 22 Source:7647747 29th September 1918
awards Military Cross (MC) British Award/Decoration Source:7647747
service British Army 570720 Royal Fusiliers Corporal Source:3819301
service British Army Corporal 2526 London Regiment 2/17th Battalion Source:3819301
service British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 11th Battalion attached 54th T.M. Battery Source:7647747
1918
death Killed in Action Source:6653686 Source:3819301 29th September 1918
burial Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Somme France III. K. 20. Source:7647747

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names William Frank
Initials WF
Last Name Roper,
Source 7647747
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 570720 Royal Fusiliers Corporal
British Army 2526 London Regiment 2/17th Battalion Corporal
British Army Royal Fusiliers 11th Battalion attached 54th T.M. Battery Second Lieutenant
Awards
AwardTypeSource
British War Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
MC British Award/Decoration
Military Cross (MC) British Award/Decoration
Victory Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Augusta Helen Roper mother
Frank Albert Roper father

Media

Communities

Communities

Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription Yvonne27542
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Yvonne27542

External Evidence

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission record Stacey27046
Brentwood School Admissions Register, 1904-11 Stacey27046

Multimedia

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Memorial in Brentwood School chapel Stacey27046
Second Lieutenant William Frank Roper, M.C. Katharine147857
Barclays Bank - We Will Remember Them James201
Detail Page from Barclays Bank Book of Remembrance James201
Original London and South Western Bank Memorial James201

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