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Pte. Frank Belton

British Army 1st/8th Battalion Prince of Wale's Own West Yorkshire Regiment

from:Hunslet, Leeds

(d.28th July 1917)

Rifleman Frank Belton

My Grandad, Frank Belton, was married to Mary Markham on the 30th July 1910. He was 18 years old and worked as a glass blower. Mary was 17 years old.

In August 1914 he volunteered and joined the West Yorkshire Regiment firstly given the service number 1590. He was in the trenches in Nieuport, Belgium on the 21st/22nd July 1917 when the Battalion was subjected to a gas attack. Frank was injured and taken to Le Treport, France, where he died of his wounds, gas, on the 28th July. He is buried in Mon-Huon Cemetery, Le Treport, France. He was 25 years old when he died and left a 7 year old daughter, Mary and a 5 year old son, Ernest.

Frank Belton

Frank's Grave, Mont-Huon Cemetery



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