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Surname: MYERS
Forename(s): Frank
Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire
Service No: 266168
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 2nd Battalion
Division: 4th Division
Age: 19
Date of Death: 1918-05-30
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: LXVII. E. 8.
CWGC Cemetery: ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Frank Myers was the son of James William and Eliza Myers, née Gibson. James was born at Accrington, Lancashire and Eliza at Leeds, Yorkshire (c. 1872). Frank was the half-brother of Corporal Walter Davis Gibson (265178) (q.v.) and cousin of Private Arthur Bailey (83117) (q.v.).
1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 4, Albert Street - Frank Myers, aged 2 years, born Skipton, son of James W. and Eliza Myers.
1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 73, Brougham Street - Frank Myers, aged 12 years, born Skipton, son of James William and Eliza Myers.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Frank Myers, 266168, W. Rid. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Frank Myers, 266168, 2 W. Rid. R. D. of W. 30.5.18.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Frank Myers, 266168, 2nd Bn W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: 30.5.18. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother - Eliza. £9 5s. 9d. War Gratuity: Mother - Eliza Postill. £16 0s. 0d. [Eliza married Charlie A. Postill in 1918.]
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Frank. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mrs Eliza Postill. Relationship: Mother. Address: 18, Ward Street, Skipton, Yorkshire.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
MYERS, Frank, aged 19, West Riding Regiment, of Skipton, died of wounds May 30, 1918.
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Private Frank MYERS

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 4th Division
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