Lives of the First World War

known 31st July 1916

PRIVATE FRANK FULCHER 12/1113. Born in Hull, December 1891, Frank was the youngest of nine children to Joseph Tindale and Emma (Cox) Fulcher of 3 Alexandra Avenue, Bridlington Street, Hull. Joseph Miller died in 1906 leaving Emma to raise the family alone. Frank was a Flour Miller by trade and had served four years in the 4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment as a Territorial meaning he would automatically be mobilised soon after the outbreak of war. He enlisted at City Hall on 10th November 1914 joining the 12th Battalion EYR, 'The Sportsmen', 3rd Hull Pals. Tragedy struck in 1915 when Frank's brother Harry slipped from the deck of a ship and died of a cerebral haemorrage, tragedy compounded when Frank was wounded in the thighs and abdomen on the Somme and died at 7th Casualty Clearing Station on 31st July 1916. He is buried in Merville Communal Cemetery; a young man of 24. He left a Fiancee Florrie Sutton. NB: HERBERT FULCHER, RAMC LIVED 56PEEL STREET.

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