Name
William Franklin
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
16/08/1917
34
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
36311
Princess Charlotte of Wales’ (Royal Berkshire) Regiment
6th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
I. AA. 10
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Redbourn Town Memorial, Not listed on the Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
Born in 1885 in Redbourn, Herts. son of George and Harriett (Cass) Franklin.
He was living in Redbourn in 1901 as a hay binder and was a boarder with his sister Kate and brother-in-law John McGrath in Redbourn as a hay carter in 1911.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Hertford, formerly 5920 Hertfordshire Regiment and it was reported that he was killed as a result of an "air bomb". He died of wounds probably in a field ambulance stationed in Brandhoek.
Additional Information
Brother of Private Alfred Franklin who died on 30 Oct 1918 in France and is also commemorated on this memorial.
Acknowledgments
Gareth Hughes, Malcolm Lennox, Jonty Wild
