Name
Francis Scott Marchant
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
22/03/1918
21
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant
Border Regiment
5th Bn., attached Tank Corps
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
II. D. 1.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Royal Masonic School Memorial, Rickmansworth
Pre War
Born on 13 May 1896 and baptised on 6 Jun 1896 in Leeds, Yorkshire son of William Edward Boutland and Gertrude Elizabeth Marchant. Educated at the Royal Masonic School and then became a bank clerk. He emigrated to Toronto, ON, Canada on 3 Aug 1912.
Wartime Service
Enlisted on 25 Sep 1914 at Valcartier, QC, Canada 20048, 10th Bn. Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force and served in France from 13 Feb 1915, promoted to Lance Corporal on 15 May 1915 and Corporal on 31 Jul 1915. He then obtained a commission as 2nd Lieutenant, Border Regiment on 4 Dec 1915 and was attached to the Tank Corps. He was killed in action during the German Spring Offensive.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Old Masonians Association
