Name
John Franklin
1892
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
29/07/1917
25
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Gunner
113899
Royal Field Artillery
Y 4th T.M. Bty.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ARRAS MEMORIAL
Bay 1.
France
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
Bourne End Village Memorial, St John's Church Roll of Honour (book), Bourne End, Not on the Hemel Hempstead memorials
Pre War
John Franklin was born in Hemel Hempstead, Herts in 1892, the son of Joseph and Rhoda Franklin and baptised in Bovingdon, nr. Hemel Hempstead on 31 July 1892.
On the 1901 Census, the family were living at Bourne End Lane, Northchurch, Herts where his father was working as a Farm Labourer. By 1911 they were in Bourne End, Boxmoor, where John was working as a Nurseryman/Gardener.
Wartime Service
He served as a Gunner with the Royal Field Artillery and was killed in action at the Battle of Arras on 29 July 1917.
He has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Arras Memorial.
Additional Information
His mother received a war gratuity of £8 and pay owing of £8 1s 4d.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
www.dacorumheritage.org.uk
