DORE, Frank Arthur

Credit: CWGC

Private

1st/15th Prince of Wales Own Civil Service Rifles

London Regiment

Frank was born 1893 in Carisbrooke to Arthur DORE & Frances F (nee PAYNE) DORE. His father had passed away & his mother was living at Merestone Farm Cottage in Newport around the time of Frank’s death. In 1901 the family lived at 17 Carisbrooke Road in Newport.

Frank, aged 25, was reported as Missing Presumed Killed in Action on the 1st of December 1917, & is commemorated by the Commission on the Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing in Belgium together with nearly 40,000 of his First World War comrades who have no known grave.

Frank is also remembered on the County & Carisbrooke War Memorials.

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CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.