Frank Templeman
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William Templeman was the third generation of Templemans born in Normanton on Trent. He married Emma Burton, also a native of Normanton in 1884. They lived in Normanton all their lives and had three children, Kate born 1885, John William born 1886 and Frank born 1890. William died in 1904 at the age of 51. Prior to his death he had been a farmer and employer and after his death, his widow carried on with the farm with her two boys also contributing to its upkeep. Emma remarried in 1912 to Francis Poole
Frank Templeman enlisted at Newark, Notts and was reported to formerly be No. 3115 in the Notts Yeomanry. He would have been transferred to the 2nd Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters as that is where he was killed in action on the 10th Oct 1918. As his body was never recovered or identified he is commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, in France. This Memorial bears the names of over 9,000 men who fell in the period from 8 August 1918 to the date of the Armistice in the advance to victory in Picardy and Artoi.
CWG additional information:- Son of the late William Templeman and Mrs. E. Poole (formerly Templeman).
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