Rank: Captain F. M. B., K. O. R. L. R.

Date of Birth: 17/09/1894

At St Peter's: 1885-1893

Home: Alfreton

Date of Death: 22/05/1915

Regiment: King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

                                                  Cemetery: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

Additional Information:

Frank trained as a doctor at St Thomas’s Hospital Medical School.  He spent four years in charge of a Medical Practice in Alfreton, moving on to Hornby near Lancaster.  From 1911 he worked in Lancaster with Drs Parker and Dean. In his spare time Frank was a talented cricketer and was Captain of Caton Cricket Club for many years. 

There is further information on the First World War Poetry Digital Archive site: http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/9588?REC=5

Thanks to Johan Moors for the images from his website Footsteps…1914–1918