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Wakefield Frank Mahan Lieut
Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/21334
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SKR/DAT/IP/21334
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Title (The name of the record)
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Wakefield Frank Mahan Lieut
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Date (When the record was created)
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2000-2024
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Surname: Wakefield;
Forename(s): Frank Mahan;
Initials: FM;
Rank: Lieut;
Born in: Palmyra;
Previous Regiment: Dorset Yeo;
Date of transfer to MGC: 28-Apr-1917;
MGC Branch: Cavalry;
MGC Unit: 17 Sqn;
How killed: D;
Where: UK;
When killed: 02-Jan-1919;
Other Data: Inns of Court OTC Record of Service: 6/Sqn/5643 16/8/1915, Dorset Yeo 28/10/15, att MGC, Lieut. Died 2/1/1919
Frank Mahan Wakefield of Apartado 426, Tampico, Mexico, born Palmyra, Missouri, USA. Father English. Home in UK: 706 Salisbury House, London Wall, London EC. Died Royal Victoria Hospital, Southampton 2/1/1919. Aged 39
Inns of Court OTC Register: 6/Sq/5643 - 16/8/1915. Dorset Yeo 28/10/1915. Att MGC, Lt, died 2/1/1919.
Next of Kin: (sister) Mrs E Thorne, 1290 Scott Avenue, Hubbard Woods, Illinois, USA.
Will - Gross value £446.3.11d, grantee: Edward Otto Forster BrownMedical Board, Nasrieh Hospital, Cairo, 30/10/1918 on Lt FM Wakefield, Dorset Yeo att 17 MG Sqn. Gun-shot wound left leg - amputation at knee joint. To UK.
States shot by Turkish rifle which went off spontaneously as it was lying on the road 28/9/1918 Nr.Deraa. Bullet smashed tib/fib with much sepsis and comm. Amputation 17/10/1918. Gen condition very poor - sleeps badly. Depressed. In May 1918 had acute dysentry.
Casualty Form : 17/10/1917 from OC B Depot Helmieh. 8/12/17 joined 17 MG Sqn in field. 24/10/1917 LG - to be prom Lt. 9/2/18 to…..on course, Fula. 17/2/18 rejoined. 23/3/1918 17 Gen Hosp - dengue fever. 6/4/1918 MG Base Depot Class A (Helmia). 6/5/1918 rejoined 17 Sqn. 2/6/18 to Luxor on course. 3/7/1918 Nasrieh Gen Hosp - diarrhoea. 27/7/1918 rejoined. 29/9/1918 Acc. Injured. 14/10/1918 dangerously ill. 26/11/1918 embarked Alexandria for UK.;Other Notes: WAKEFIELD, Lieutenant, F M, Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own) and Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 2nd January 1919. Officers'. 1999. Netley Military Cemetery - Hampshire, United Kingdom.;
Related National Archives files: WO374/70916;
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Graham Sacker
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1 digital record
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SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
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Machine Gun Corps Database Collection
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Machine Gun Corps Database
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