Basic Details
Surname
Searson
Forenames
F
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Frank Harbour
Served or died
Died
Service number
9596
Notes
The Roll lists his address as St Mary's Street, andstates he was entitled to the 1914 Star medal. (It also recorded the death of his brother Wilfred in 1917).

(CWGC records that Private F. Searson, regimental number 9596, died on 7/12/1914 serving in 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is buried in grave III.B.56 at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery in France. Soldiers Died in the Great War records that Private Frank Searson was a native of St John's parish in Peterborough. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that he died at Boulogne and that his sisters Clarisse and Ivy Irene were his legatees. Frank Harbour Searson's birth was registered in Peterborough District in 1895. On the 1901 census he was living with his mother Elizabeth in St John's Street, Peterborough; his absent father was stated to be an Army Reservist. Frank's mother died in Peterborough District in 1910. On the 1911 census he was living with his father George at 46 St Mary's Street, Peterborough; among Frank's siblings in the household were his brother Wilfred and younger sisters Clarice and Ivy Irene).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
1st
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Not Stated on Memorial
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1914
Month of death
December
Day of death
7
Manner of death as stated
"Died from appendicitis. Fought during retreat from Mons"
Manner of death reference
Died of Disease
Personal Details
Address
ST MARYS ST
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial