Frank Leonard Rowe (1899-1918)
An ongoing project to commemorate and research the lives of those who appear on war memorials and rolls of honour in the local area, who served in the military, or whose deaths were linked to conflict.
Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:
- ROWE, FRANK LEONARD. Private. No 43598. 1/4th The Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly No 110492 87th Territorial Reserve Battalion. Born Brook Street, Moldgreen, 27.6.1899. Son of Mr and Mrs Stephen Rowe, 9 Wormald Street, Almondbury. Educated Almondbury Council School. Employed by Messrs T. and H. Blamires Limited, Leeds Road, Huddersfield. Single. Enlisted 8.10.1917. Killed in action near Estaires, 9.4.1918, aged 18 years. Buried CROIX-DU-BAC BRITISH CEMETERY, STEENWERCK. Grave location:- Plot 3, Row E, Grave 11.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Private FRANK LEONARD ROWE
- regiment: Yorkshire Regiment
- died: Tuesday, April 9, 1918
- age: 18 years
- record ID: 279819
Links
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission (ID #279819)
- Imperial War Museums: Lives of the First World War (ID #3839101)