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Westoby Frank Durrant 2/Lt

Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/21370

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SKR/DAT/IP/21370
Title
Westoby Frank Durrant 2/Lt
Date
2000-2024
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Surname: Westoby;

Forename(s): Frank Durrant;

Initials: FD;

Rank: 2/Lt;

Previous Battalion: 7 of;

Previous Regiment: Middx Regt;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 167 Coy;

How killed: KIA;

Where: France;

When killed: 07-Sep-1916;

Other Data: born Sudbury, Suffolk 1880, a professor of Music. Attested 9/9/1914 7RF. Disch to commn 12/8/1915.(7 Middx R) Address: Gravel Hill, Boxmoor Herts. NOK: William John Byford Westoby (brother) c/o Keary Stokes & White, Chippenham, Wilts (brother). Died(KIA) 17/9/1916, a bachelor, without parents. Estate value £227/18/3d;

Other Notes: FRANK DURRANT WESTOBY Second Lieutenant 1st/7th Bn., Middlesex Regiment who died on Saturday 16 September 1916 .
Cemetery: COMBLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSIONSomme, France Grave or Reference Panel Number: VII. H. 37.;

Related National Archives files: WO374/73269;

END OF RECORD.

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Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
Language
English
Creator(s)
Graham Sacker
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