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Captain JOHN FERGUSSON FRANKS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Adjt. 3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 September 1915

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FOUQUESCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

III. K. 2.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of the late Capt. Robert Norman Franks and of Frances M. Franks, of 16, Chelsea Court, Chelsea Embankment, London.
  • Personal Inscription WHOSOEVER WILL LOSE HIS LIFE FOR MY SAKE SHALL FIND IT
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Buried or commemorated at

FOUQUESCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 376
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