Private 16090 Frank BAULCOMBE

South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One

Private 16090 Frank BAULCOMBE - 6th Battalion, Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

Killed in Action on Tuesday 5th October 1915 aged 24

Military History


Theatre of War	Medals	Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France & Flanders	1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals	Rue-du-Bacquerot No.1 Military Cemetery

Arrived in Theatre	Medal Citation (if app)	SWFHS Area Memorials
22 Jul 1915 in France	~	Dorridge St. Philp's
		Hockley Heath War Memorial
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed	Date and Place Enlisted	Knowle War Memorial
Battle of Loos	August 1914 in Birmingham	Knowle Soldiers Chapel
		Umberslade Baptist Church
Place of Death	Previous Regiments or Units
La Bassee Road	~	Other War Memorials
		Solihull

Circumstances of Death

Frank is listed as being killed in action on 5 October 1915. The 6th Battalion war diary entries for the 4th, 5th & 6th October are transcribed below along with an article from the Stratford on Avon Herald regarding his death.

War Diary Entries

La Bassee Road - 4th: Spent in cleaning up trenches - collecting material found and sending back in evening. Rations dumped at Pump House. - WET. 1 man accidentally wounded.

La Bassee Road - 5th: Enemy commenced shelling about 2am - through Rifle Grenades from the crater into Ducks Bill. 3 men killed & 5 wounded. Day quiet, same as day before. Trench Mortar Battery put with C Coy.

La Bassee Road - 6th: Quiet - damp - not raining - Coys collecting things in trenches and cleaning. 1 man killed.

Stratford Herald Article

Stratford on Avon Herald - Friday October 22, 1915
Hockley Heath - War Item

Much sympathy is felt with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Baulcombe, of Bentley Heath, and the family in the sad intelligence they have just received stating that their eldest son, Frank Baulcombe, aged twenty-four was killed in action in France about a fortnight ago. Shortly following the outbreak of the war the deceased joined Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry and he was greatly by all his comrades.

Before joining his Majesty’s forces Private Baulcombe was employed at Umberslade as a gardener and was well known in the district as a chorister as well as in other useful directions. The family enjoy a splendid record of patriotic service.

Personal & Family History

Birth Date/Place	Baptism Date/Place
18 Feb 1891 in Kenilworth	7 Jun 1891 at Kenilworth, St John

Parents Names	Abode
Frederick and Selina Baulecombe	East Dene, Browns Road, Bentley Heath

Schools	Colleges
Bentley Heath School	~

Address History	Employment History
1891 - Warwick Road, Kenilworth	1901 - School age
1901 - Bentley Heath, Knowle	1911 - Gardener - Domestic
1911 - Bentley Heath, Knowle	1914 - Gardener in Umbersland
1914 - Widney, Knowle

Brother of Frederick Baulcombe who also fell

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