Frank Stephen Bakewell
Service Number
27287
Military Unit
17th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Date of birth
Unknown
Date of Death
03 Sep 1916 (18 Years Old)
Place of Birth
Coalville Leicestershire
Employment, Education or Hobbies
He was a fitter
- Family History
- Military History
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Family History
He was the son of John and Amelia Bakewell and the brother of Joseph Harold, Raymond, Jonathan, David, Grace and Robert Bakewell. In 1911 they lived at 100 Queen's Walk Meadows Nottingham.
Military History
Private Frank Stephen Bakewell enlisted on 12th June 1915 at Nottingham. He went to France 6th March 1916 and was killed in action, 3rd September 1916, aged 18, during the British attack at Beaumont Hamel, France, during the Battle of the Somme. Having no known grave his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.
Extra Information
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