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York [2]

Barton upon Irwell, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Beverley, Yorkshire [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Cleethorpes [1]

East London [1]

Gildersome, Yorks [1]

Goulburn New South Wales [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Hull England [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Hunmanby, Yorkshire [1]

Lincoln [1]

York, Yorkshire [1]

Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [46]

Gunner [10]

Driver [7]

Sapper [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Wagoner [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [12]

Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Army Service Corps [6]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Labour Corps [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Royal Engineers [5]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

3rd South African Infantry [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Fort Garry Horse [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

HM Submarine E36 [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Pembroke II [1]

HMS Sentinel [1]

Irish Guards [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Lancers [1]

Leinster Regiment [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Northumberland Regiment [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Royal Army Pay Corps [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Service

British Army [74]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

Royal Navy [8]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

F [108]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [108]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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People [109] Stories Communities

Place of birth

York [2] Barton upon Irwell, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Beverley, Yorkshire [1] Birmingham England [1] Cleethorpes [1] East London [1] Gildersome, Yorks [1] Goulburn New South Wales [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Hull England [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Hunmanby, Yorkshire [1] Lincoln [1] York, Yorkshire [1] Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [46] Gunner [10] Driver [7] Sapper [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Serjeant [2] Bombardier [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Wagoner [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [12] Yorkshire Regiment [8] Army Service Corps [6] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] Labour Corps [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Royal Engineers [5] Royal Fusiliers [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Durham Light Infantry [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 3rd South African Infantry [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Fort Garry Horse [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] HM Submarine E36 [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Pembroke II [1] HMS Sentinel [1] Irish Guards [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Lancers [1] Leinster Regiment [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Northumberland Regiment [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1] Royal Army Pay Corps [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Defence Corps [1]

Service

British Army [74] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] Royal Navy [8] Australian Imperial Force [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

F [108] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [108]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Albert Trees Frankish

Born 1886

Died 1929

British Army PS/4841 Private Royal Fusiliers Depot

British Army PS/4841 Private Royal Fusiliers 20th Battalion

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Fred Skelton Frankish

Born 1894

Died 1985

British Army 153660 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 201790 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Harry Frankish

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 4483 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Harold Frankish

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 44616 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 21590 West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 44616 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 103rd Company

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John Frankish

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 127248

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James Simpson Frankish

Born 1895

Died 1917

Royal Navy K21432 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy K21432 Stoker 1st Class HMS Sentinel

Royal Navy K21432 Stoker 1st Class HM Submarine E36

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Alfred Frankish

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 12866 Private Irish Guards

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Robert H. Frankish

Died 1918

British Army 243215 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 78968 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Gilbert Samuel Frankish

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98092

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Norman Cecil Frankish

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 76559 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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William Frankish

Died 1916

British Army 32/465 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 34296 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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John Arthur Frankish

Born 1886

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 117250

Canadian Expeditionary Force 117250 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 2nd Battalion

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John William Frankish

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54390

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Clement Roland Frankish

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 44601 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Thomas Frankish

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 2665 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 756202 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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Thomas Lumley Frankish

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 550 Serjeant Yorkshire Regiment

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Cyril B. Frankish

Died 1916

British Army 22513 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Albert Frankish

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 184159

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Matthew Frankish

Born 1902

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 157430

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William Ethelbert Frankish

Australian Imperial Force 2561

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