Name
Frank Dove
1890
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
28/07/1915
24
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
13330
Bedfordshire Regiment
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ST. VAAST POST MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE
I. H. 5.
France
Headstone Inscription
REST IN PEACE
UK & Other Memorials
St Peter & St Paul Church Roll of Honour (2018 Revision), Little Gaddesden
Pre War
Frank Dove was born in Middleton, Yorks in 1890, the son of George and Eliza Dove. On the 1891 Census the family were living at North End, Middleton, where his father was working as a Blacksmith, and they remained there in 1901.
By the 1911 Census he was a Boarder at the home of Edward and Sarah Meek at Sharrow Cottage, Pooley Bridge, Penrith, where he was working as a Groom (domestic).
Wartime Service
Frank is mentioned on the 2018 Revision of the Little Gaddesden, Ringshall and Hudnall Roll of Honour and it is likely he was living in the Little Gaddesden area as he enlisted in Hertford and served with the 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment in France from 17 March 1915.
In late July, the Battalion were in trenches near Robecq which were being shelled intermittently. Frank was killed in action on 28 July 1915, aged 24. He is buried in St Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richbourg-L'Avoue, France.
Additional Information
His father, Mr G F Middleton-on-the Wolds, East Yorkshire, ordered his headstone inscription: “REST IN PEACE”.
His father received a war gratuity of £3 and pay owing of £5 3s 6d.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
littlegaddesdenchurch.org.uk,
