Major Frank Eggleton

Frank EGGLETON

Birth Name EGGLETON, Frank
Gender male
Age at Death about 31 years, 9 months, 20 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about 1886 Chinnor, Oxon.   1a
Death 21 October 1917 France   2a
Military Service 1917   Promotion 3a

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Henry David EGGLETONabout 1844December 1916
Mother Annie Brigenshaw KEENabout 18416 September 1922
    Brother     Thomas Henry EGGLETON about 1877 31 January 1935
    Brother     William Robert EGGLETON 2 March 1878 10 June 1958
         Frank EGGLETON about 1886 21 October 1917
 
Father Henry David EGGLETONabout 1844December 1916
Sarah Ann WHITE27 September 1873

Attributes

Type Value Notes Sources
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Source References

  1. 1911 Census
      • Citation:

        Name: Frank Eggleton
        Age in 1911: 25
        Estimated Birth Year: abt 1886
        Relation to Head: Son
        Gender: Male
        Birth Place: Chinnor, Oxfordshire, England
        Civil parish: Chinnor
        County/Island: Oxfordshire
        Country: England
        Street Address: Hill Farm Chinnor Wallingford Oxon
        Marital Status: Single
        Occupation: Mercantile Clerk
        Registration District Number: 151
        Sub-registration district: Thame
        ED, institution, or vessel: 11
        Piece: 8098

  2. CWGC
      • Citation:

        Major FRANK EGGLETON
        Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Field Artillery 13th Bty. 17th Bde.
        Date of Death Died 21 October 1917 Age 31 years old
        Buried or commemorated at CANADA FARM CEMETERY III. F. 1. Belgium
        Awards Mentioned in Despatches
        Additional Info Son of Henry David and Annie Eggleton, of Chinnor, Oxfordshire.

  3. Newspaper
      • Citation:

        Bucks Herald 02 June 1917
        PROMOTION
        Captain Frank EGGLETON, youngest son of the late Mr H D EGGLETON, of the Hill Farm, Chinnor, has been promoted to the rank of Major, and is now in full charge of a battery. Major Eggleton was mentioned in Field Marshal Sir Douglas HAIG's dispatch of last week, for distinguished service and devotion to duty.