Military History

Theatre of War	Medals	Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France and Flanders	British War & Victory Medals	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
Arrived in Theatre	Medal Citation (if app)	SWFHS Area Memorials
15 March 1916	~	Arrow
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed	Date and Place Enlisted	Other War Memorials
Local actions near Ypres	19 Aug 1915 at Toronto
Place of Death	Previous Regiments or Units
west of Zillebeke

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

Frank was killed during his battalion's attack on enemy lines in the Maple Copse area west of Zillebeke and east of Ypres.

The following is an excerpt from the dairy of 5th Battalion of June 2, 1916 (click here for more ):

A new defensive front line was organized later that day, to be consolidated as much as possible before being used as a jumping-off position for the counter-attack which began at ten minutes past seven on the following morning, June 3. It is not clear exactly what role the 5th CMR played: it held Maple Copse all day during a bombardment so intense that apparently no-one could ascertain exactly what was happening elsewhere; attempts were also made to communicate with the survivors of the 4th CMR Battalion
which had been holding the front-line at the time of the attack but which had been isolated ever since that time.