Private 30712 Joseph Thomas Franks
1891 -25/1/1917 (26)
Dob abt 1891 Dudley
Joseph Thomas Franks
Registration Date 1891
Quarter of the Year Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration Place Dudley, Staffordshire, England
Volume 6c Page 115
Baptism
Joseph Thomas Franks
Gender Male
Baptism Date 24 Aug 1891
Baptism Place St. James, Dudley, Worcester, England
Father Joseph Thomas Franks
Mother Eliza FHL Film Number1470598
Reference IDitem 5 p 341
Parents
Joseph Thomas Franks & Eliza Price
Parents Marriage 27/4/1890 St James Dudley
Worcestershire Dudley
Church name St James
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 100
Marriage date 27 Apr 1890
Groom forename Joseph Thomas
Groom surname FRANKS
Groom age 25
Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation Platelayer
Groom abode 34 Grove Street
Bride forename Eliza
Bride surname PRICE
Bride age 24
Bride condition spinster
Bride abode 23 Cross Street
Groom father forename John
Groom father surname FRANKS
Groom father occupation Ironworker
Bride father forename Samuel
Bride father surname PRICE
Bride father occupation Miner
Witness 1Joseph WATERHOUSE
Witness 2 Mary Ann PRICE
1901 33 Grove St Kates Hill Dudley
Joseph Thos Franks 36 Head Ironworker
Eliza Franks 35 Wife
Joseph Thos Franks 11 Son
Gertrude Jones 19 Niece Tailoress
All born Dudley
1911 Grove St Kates Hill Dudley
Joseph Thos Franks 45 Head Blacksmith
Eliza Franks 45 Wife Blacksmiths
Jos Thos Franks 19 Son Ledger Clerk
WW1 Records
Private 30712 Joseph Thomas Franks
Worcestershire Regiment
9th Battalion
Date of Death 25th January 1917
Killed in action
Burial: Mesopotamia Iraq
Amara War Cemetery, Iraq, Grave XIX. G. 14.
Place of Birth:
Dudley, Worcestershire, enlisted Worcester
Dod 25/1/1917 (26) KIA Mesopotamia Iraq
Burial
Amara War Cemetery, Iraq, Grave XIX. G. 14.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find- ... /j-franks/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56324947/j-franks
Commemorated
Dudley High Elementary School WW1 Memorial now Claughton Centre &
Dudley St John the Evangelist Kates Hill WW1 Memorial
https://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/cas ... ph-thomas/
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