The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private V Franklin

Private Vivian FRANKLIN, G/24441, (TF/3060), 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 17th July 1917, age 19

Son of Albert James Franklin and Hannah Franklin (nee Evans), of Fairseat, Parkhurst Road, Bexley, Kent.

1911 Census - Bourne Farm, Bexley, Kent - Albert James Franklin, head, age 50, married, farmer, employer, born Bexley Parish, Kent; Hannah Franklin, wife, age 55, married 28 years, 12 children, 9 still alive, born Brecon Trallong, Powys, Wales; William Franklin, son, age 27, single, farmer son, working on farm, born Bexley Parish, Kent; Lizzie Franklin, daughter, age 26, single, shop assistant, greengrocers & fruiterers, born Bexley Parish, Kent; Beatrice Franklin, daughter, age 24, single, born Bexley Parish, Kent; Leonard Franklin, son, age 23, single, farmer son, working on farm, born Bexley Parish, Kent; Oscar Franklin, son, age 21, single, shop assistant, greengrocers & fruiterers, born Bexley Parish, Kent; Gwennie Franklin, daughter, age 14, school, born Bexley Parish, Kent; Vivian Franklin, son, age 13, school, born Bexley Parish, Kent; Kenneth Franklin, son, age 9, school, born Bexley Parish, Kent.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent. Resided Bourne Farm, Bexley, Kent.

1st August 1915, posted Balkans Theatre of War.

His brothers also fell:

Corporal Sydney Franklin, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, Service No.9092, died 16th June 1915, son of Mr. A. J. Franklin, J.P., and Mrs. A. H. Franklin, of "Fairseat," Parkhurst Rd., Bexley, Kent.

Private Oscar Franklin, 17th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, Service No.G/12545, died 8th August 1916, son of Albert James Franklin and Hannah Franklin (nee Evans), of Bexley, Kent.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47., Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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