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WILLIAM FRANK FORD

Died : 11 Jul 1917

Rank : Private

Service no at death: PLY/1935(S)

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Surname:	FORD
Forename:	WILLIAM FRANK
Initials:	W F
Date of Birth	23 Mar 1896
Place of Birth	Sturminster Marshall
Place of Birth Source	Parish Registers
Address	Newton Road, Sturminster Marshall
Schools attended

Employment / trade	Farm Labourer Railway Porter
Place of work
Family (parents and grandparents)	Son of Harry & Fanny FORD, of Sturminster Marshall, Wimborne, Dorset
Spouse Name
Notes	Bellringer in St Mary's Church

Regiment at call-up	Royal Marine Light Infantry
Regiment at discharge
Rank at call-up	Private
Service no at call-up	PLY/1935(s)
Date of attestation	-
Date of call-up	18 Nov 1915
Area reported to	Blandford
Source	World War I Service Record

Naval vessels served
Decorations and awards
Other service details	2nd Royal Marines Battalion, Royal Naval Division.
Other rank
Other service no
Service facts

Age at death	21
Date of death	11 Jul 1917
Regiment at death	Royal Marine Light Infantry
Battalion at death	2nd Bn.
Rank at death	Private
Circumstances of death
Service no at death	PLY/1935(S)
Field of action at death	France & Flanders
Place of death	France

Location of grave	ARRAS MEMORIAL
Position	Bay 1.
Other memorials	Sturminster Marshall War Memorial Plaque to 3 bellringers who died in WWI in St Mary's Church
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