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Surname: FRAMPTON
Forename(s): William John Goulbourn Shipdern
Place of Birth: Dover, Kent
Service No: ---
Rank: Captain
Regiment / Corps / Service: East Lancashire Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 2nd Battalion
Division: 8th Division
Age: 32
Date of Death: 1918-04-24
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 42 and 43.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: POZIERES MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: NEWTON-IN-BOWLAND, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: SLAIDBURN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
William John Goulbourn Shipdern Frampton was the son of William John and Mary Barbara Beatrice Frampton, née Parker. William, senior, was born at Dover, Kent and Mary at Browsholme Hall near Bashall Eaves, Yorkshire.
1891 Habergham Eaves, Lancashire Census: Coal Clough House - Wm John G. Shipd Frampton, aged 5 years, born Dover, England, son of Wm John and Mary B. Beatrice Frampton.
1901 Crowthorne, Berkshire Census: Wellington College - William John Frampton, aged 15 years, born Dover, Kent. Pupil
1911 Dover, Kent Census: The Lodge, Park Avenue - William Jno G.S. Frampton, aged 25 years, born Dover, son of William John and Mary Barbara Beatrice Frampton.
William was married to Bayer Ada Mitchell Hill in 1913.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Capt William John Goulbourn Shipdern Frampton, East Lancashire Regiment. Theatre of War first served in: France. Date of entry therein: 8 April 1918. Correspondence: Mrs. W.J.G.S. Frampton (widow), The Lodge, Park Avenue, Dover.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Capt W.J.G.S. Frampton, E. Lancs Regt. Date and Place of Death: On or since 24.4.18. To whom issued/Amount: Adm - Mrs Bayer Ada Mitchell Frampton. £120 8s. 2d.
William is commemorated on the Dover and Wye College War Memorials and Wellington College WW1 Roll of Honour.
A short biography of William is included in: ‘In Love, In Gratitude, In Remembrance – Remembering the Men & Women of Slaidburn, Newton in Bowland, Dunsop Bridge, Dale Head & Tosside’ by Margaret Brenchley (2018).
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: East Lancashire Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 8th Division
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