Frank BARRITT

Main CPGW Record

Surname: BARRITT

Forename(s): Frank

Place of Birth: Foulridge, Lancashire

Service No: 69798

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 1st Battalion

Division: 24th Division

Age: ---

Date of Death: 1918-03-22

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: VI. B. 4.

CWGC Cemetery: JEANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE

Local War Memorial: FOULRIDGE, LANCASHIRE

Additional Information:

Frank Barritt was the son of Abner Brunskill and Ann Sarah Barritt, née Barrett. Abner was born at Foulridge, Lancashire and Ann at Salterforth, Yorkshire. Frank was the cousin of Private John Robert Barritt (29087) (q.v.). Alice Ann Barritt, Frank's cousin, was married to Private Lewis Carr Marsden (18615) (q.v.).

1901 Foulridge, Lancashire Census: Hare and Hounds Inn - Frank Barritt, aged 2 years, born Foulridge, son of Abner and Ann Sara Barritt.

1911 Foulridge, Lancashire Census: 10, Blenheim Place - Frank Barritt, aged 12 years, born Foulridge. [Frank was living with his four sisters: Alice, Lucy, Annis and Hilda. Their parents and younger brother, Robert, were living at the New Inn, Foulridge.]

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Frank Barritt, GS/69798, R. Fus.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Frank Barritt, GS/69798, 1/R. Fus. Theatres of war in which served: 1(a) [France and Belgium]: 29.1.18. to 22.3.18. K. [in] A. 22.3.18.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Frank Barritt, G/69798, 1st Btn R. Fus. Date and Place of Death: between 22.3.18 & 10.4.18 France. Wounds or K. in A. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother sole legatee - Ann S. £7 8s. 3d.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Frank. Name(s) on card(s): Mrs Ann Sara Barritt. Relationship: Mother. Address: 5, Hawthorne Terrace, Foulridge, Nr Colne. Nominee: Alice Omerod [sic]. Address: 2, Omerod Terrace, Skipham [Skipton] New Road, [Foulridge,] Near Colne, Lancs. [Alice was Frank's sister. She married John Wilfred Ormerod in 1918.]

Photograph: 'Colne & District Roll of Honour & War Record 1914-1919'.

Data Source: Memorial Inscription on Family Gravestone

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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