Name
Frank Gentle
March 1879
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
17/02/1916
37
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
20052
Bedfordshire Regiment
8th Battalion
"B" Company
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
II. B. 40.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
No Inscription
UK & Other Memorials
Baldock Town Memorial,
St Mary the Virgin Church Memorial, Baldock,
All Saints Church Memorial, Radwell,
Stotfold War Memorial
Pre War
Frank was born in Stotfold, Bedfordshire, in March 1879, the son of George and Ann Gentle.
1881 Census records Frank aged 2, living with his parents, brothers Noah 11, Lewis 9, sisters Sarah 6 and Emily 4, in Astwick Road, Stotfold, Beds.
1891 Census records Frank aged 12, working as a Field Worker living with his parents in The Green, Stotfold, Beds, with his brothers Noah, Lewis, Cyrus 5, sisters Sarah, Annie 9 and Elizabeth. His married sister Selina and her daughter Dorothy are also staying with them.
By 1901 Frank is now working as a Carter for a Builder (Carrier of goods by wagon). Living with his parents, brothers Lewis, Cyrus and sister Annie in Fen End, Stotfold, Beds.
In 1908 Frank marries Grace Constance Ingrey; they had one son Ebenezer born in 1912.
1911 Census records Frank married to Grace and living in Grange Cottages, Radwell, Hertfordshire. His occupation is given as a Farm Labourer.
Wartime Service
Frank enlisted in Bedford, posted to the Bedfordshire Regiment with the Service Number 20052.
He Landed in France with his Battalion on the 30th August 1915.
Frank
died of his wounds at No 10 Casualty Clearing Station, Nr Poperinge, on
Thursday 17th February 1916.
Additional Information
Effects of £6-1s-2d left to his widow Grace.
Acknowledgments
Stuart Osborne
Adrian Pitts, Paul Johnson, Stuart Osborne.
