WAY, Frank

Pozieres Memorial, FranceCredit: CWGC

Rifleman
7th Battalion
King's Royal Rifle Corps

Frank was born on the 19th of February 1878 in Newport to Thomas & Emma (nee KENTFIELD) WAY. The family previously lived at 26 South Street in Newport. In 1902 at St. John’s Church in Newport, he married Hilda Frances SAUNDERS & lived at 4 Trafalgar Estate in Newport.

Frank, aged 42, was listed as Missing Presumed Killed in Action on the 21st of March 1918. His body was never found or identified & so Frank is commemorated by the Commission upon the Pozieres Memorial to the Missing in France together with 14,718 of his First World War comrades.

Frank is also remembered on the Newport Borough War Memorial.

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.