Yardley Frank 2/Lt

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Surname: Yardley;

Forename(s): Frank;

Initials: F;

Rank: 2/Lt;

Born in: Coventry;

Resided in: Coventry;

Previous Number: 2486;

Previous Battalion: 8 of;

Previous Regiment: R Warwks Regt;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 246 Coy;

Date abroad: 22-Mar-1915;

How killed: KIA;

Where: Belgium;

When killed: 07-Aug-1917;

Other Data: 1914-15 Star roll - transferred MGC N0 23098 and later Commissioned
Photograph "Emma Gee" Summer 2006
Yardley, Frank Second Lieutenant 246th Company., Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) who died age 29 on 07 August 1917. Son of Laura E. Yardley, of
77, New George St., Coventry, and the late Walter Yardley.Remembered with honour Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
Born 18th June 1888, in Brewery Street; resided at 83, Somerset Road; School Teacher. Enlisted September, 1914; killed in action. 7th August 1917; Buried
in Oosttaverne Wood Cemetery, Wytschaete.
Death recorded in war diary "whilst visiting his guns at Junction Buildings - presumably a chance shot from a sniper"
PHOTO: GS Archives;

Other Notes: YARDLEY, Second Lieutenant, FRANK, 246th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 7th August 1917. Age 29. Son of Laura E. Yardley, of 77, New George St., Coventry, and the late Walter Yardley. Panel 56. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial - Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.;

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