Basic Details
Surname
Wadlow
Forenames
Frank Henry
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
267565
Notes
The Roll lists his address as Marylands, Dogsthorpe.

(CWGC records that Private Frank Henry Wadlow, regimental number 267565, died on 15/8/1916 serving in 1st/1st Battalion of the Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry, and is commemorated on Thiepval Memorial in France.
The birth of Frank Henry Wadlow was registered in 1888 in the Hampstead District. On the 1891 census he was living with his parents Henry George and Emily Mary Jane at 65 Hillfield Road in Hampstead. On the 1901 and 1911 census he was living with his parents at Marylands, Dogsthorpe Road, Peterborough.
The Medal Rolls record that he served in the 1/1st Hunts Cyclists Battalion under regimental number 1580, before joining the 1/1st Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry under regimental number 20782, which later changed to 267565. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that he died "on or since 15/8/1916" and that his father Henry was his legatee).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Not stated
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1916
Month of death
August
Day of death
15
Manner of death as stated
Reported missing, believed killed in action
Manner of death reference
Missing
Personal Details
Address
MARYLANDS DOGSTHORPE
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial