Name
Frank Grace
1899
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
25/09/1918
18
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
78829
Royal Fusiliers *1
11th (County of London) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BOIS-GUILLAUME COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
F. 14A.
France
Headstone Inscription
THE STRIFE IS O'ER THE BATTLE DONE.
UK & Other Memorials
Berkhamsted Town Memorial, St Peter's Church Memorial, Berkhamsted, Sunnyside Memorial, Berkhamsted
Pre War
Frank Grace was born in Berkhamsted in late 1899, the son of Herbert and Elizabeth Grace and the youngest of five children.
On the 1901 Census the family were living at 71 George Street, Sunnyside, Berkhamsted where his father was working as a labourer at the chemical works. They remained there in 1911 when Frank was an 11 year old scholar.
His parents later moved 143 George Street.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Hertford and was initially posted to the 4th East Surrey Regiment (Reg. No. 37029), later being transferred to the 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers.
Frank died of wounds on 25 September 1918, aged 18 and is buried in Bois-Guillaume Cemetery Extension.
Additional Information
His mother received a war gratuity of £3 and pay owing of £9 12s 5d, She also received a pension of 5 shillings a week.
*1 Believed more correctly, (County of London) Bn. London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles).
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Jonty Wild
