Name
Frank Halfhide
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
09/03/1921
32
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
88890
Machine Gun Corps
17th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HODDESDON CEMETERY
4. N2.
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hoddesdon and Rye Park Town Memorial, Hoddesdon,
St Catherine and St Paul’s Church Memorial, Hoddesdon,
St Cuthbert's Rye Park Church Memorial, Rye Park,
Diocese - Book of Remembrance, St Albans Cathedral, St Albans,
Diocese of St Albans - ROH, St Albans Cathedral, St Albans,
Not on the Ware memorials
Pre War
Born in 1889 in Ware, Hertfordshire son of Charles William and Martha Halfhide. He was a malster’s labourer and lived in High Oak Road, Ware in 1891 and in 10 North Road, Hoddesdon in 1901 and 1911.
He married Blanche E Thurgill in 1913 in Ware and she lived at 10 Hertingfordbury Road, Hertford.
Wartime Service
Enlisted in Jan 1917 formerly Norfolk Regiment. While he was attending to a wounded comrade he suffered a penetrating wound to the chest on 24 Aug 1918 and was evacuated to a casualty clearing station (Forces War Record).
He was repatriated to a London Hospital and finally to Hertford County Hospital on 23 May 1919 where he stayed until he died.
Additional Information
Not in CWGC list.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Phil Holland
