No. 15589, Private, Frank GREEN
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Born in Hockwold cum Wilton [Thetford Q3-1896 4B:354] 3rd son of Albert Edward and Julia Sabina GREEN (nee JOHNSON)
1901 census: Frankie, aged 5, was living in Mill Lane, Hockwold cum Wilton with his father Albert Edward. GREEN [37] a woodsman; his mother Julia [34]; brother Charles [13] ordinary agricultural labourer; brother Frederic [11]; sister Gwendolin[8]; brother George [7]; sister Olive [1]. The entire family were born in Hockwold cum Wilton 1911 census:Aged 15, Frank is living in Hockwold with his father ( a forester), mother, brothers Charles (forester) , Frederic (farm labourer) Albert[6] and Robert [3], with sisters Olive Pearle, Daisy Cora Irne [8] and Laura [4]. All ten children of this marriage had survived by 1911. |
| Harelbeke New British Cemetery is a concentration cemetery started after the Armistice with bodies brought in from the surrounding area so there is no way now of telling where Frank died, or how. The 10th November seems to be the accepted last day of the 2nd Battle of Passchendael. Records show Frank died on 10th, which tends to mean of wounds or illness. The 8th Battalion were the Reserve battalion, disbanded and amalgamated into the 9th Norfolks in 1918. The 8th Battalion suffered only 6 deaths that entire week, 4 buried in scattered cemeteries around Ypres and 2 on the Tyne Cot Memorial. |
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