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Arthur FRAZER

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Surname: FRAZER

Forename(s): Arthur

Place of Birth: Normanby (Eston), Yorkshire

Service No: 24095

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: East Lancashire Regiment

Battalion / Unit: 2nd Battalion

Division: 23rd Division

Age: 20

Date of Death: 1916-07-05

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: XIV. D. 8.

CWGC Cemetery: A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: WEST MARTON, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Arthur Frazer was the son of Arthur and Mary Elizabeth Frazer, née Needham. Arthur, senior, was born at Appleton Roebuck, Yorkshire and Mary at Burgh le Marsh, Lincolnshire.

1901 Headingley, Yorkshire Census: Gadener's Cottage, Kirkstall Grange - Arthur Frazer, aged 5 years, born Normanby, Yorkshire, son of Arthur and Mary E. Frazer.

1911 Claxsby, Alford, Lincolnshire Census: Arthur Frazer, aged 15 years, born Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, nephew of John William Needham, Farmer.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Arthur Frazer, 24095, East Lancashire Regiment.

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: East Lancashire Regiment

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: East Lancashire Regiment

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 23rd Division

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 23rd Division

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Surname: FRAZER

Forename(s): Arhur

Born: Normanby, Yorks

Residence:

Enlisted: Whalley, Lancs

Number: 24095

Rank: Private

Regiment: East Lancashire Regiment

Battalion: 2nd Battalion

Decorations:

Died Date: 05-10/07/16

Died How: Killed in action

Theatre of War: France & Flanders

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Surname: FRAZER

Forename(s): Arthur

Country of Service: United Kingdom

Service Number: 24095

Rank: Private

Regiment: East Lancashire Regiment

Unit: 2nd Bn.

Age: 20

Awards:

Died Date: 05/07/1916

Additional Information: Son of Arthur and Mary Elizabeth Frazer, of Hutton Wandsley, Marston, York. (CWGC Headstone Personal Inscription: GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN)

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2nd Bn. East Lancashire Regiment

Arthur Frazer was killed during the Battle of the Somme, 1916. The exact date of his death is unknown, but may have been on the 7th July, when his battalion attacked the village of Contalmaison. For an account of this action view additional information for Patrick Prior.

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A.I.F. Burial Ground, Flers

A.I.F. Burial Ground, Flers

CWGC Headstone

A.I.F. Burial Ground, Flers

A.I.F. Burial Ground, Flers

CWGC Headstone - personal inscription

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