Private WILLIAM RICHARD FRANKS
Service Number: 6151222
Regiment & Unit/Ship
East Surrey Regiment
1/6th Bn.
Date of Death
Died 31 August 1943
Age 29 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Additional Info Son of William and Emily Franks; husband of Lily May Franks, of South Lambeth, London.
- Personal Inscription SO YOUNG HE WAS AND GAY, SO GALLANT AND SO BRAVE A SOUL COULD NEVER PASS AWAY
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