Frank Reachill
Service number
266610
Military unit
10th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Address
Unknown
Date of birth
Date of death
14 Oct 1918 (20 years old)
Place of birth
Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
- Photographs
Family history
Son of Mrs Harriett Reachill, 5 Melton Terrace, Raleigh Rd, Nottingham. His mother was a widow and he had been her sole surviving son.
Military history
Died from gas poisoning in hospital at Boscombe. Nottingham General Cemetery, CWGC Screen Wall 03259.
Extra information
All Saints Church News, February 1919 (War Obituaries): Frank Reachill, 5 Mellon (sic) Terrace, Private Notts and Derby Regiment, who died from gas poisoning on October 14th last [1918] in hospital in Boscombe, aged 20 years. Had been 2½ years in the army; the sole surviving son of a widowed mother.
Buried Nottingham General Cemetery
Photographs
Frank Reachill
Photograph showing the panel on the screen wall memorial at the Nottingham General Cemetery commemorating Frank Reachill, courtesy of Peter Gillings
Frank Reachill
The screen wall memorial at the Nottingham General Cemetery, courtesy of Peter Gillings