Basic Details
Surname
Platt
Forenames
F K
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Frank Kenneth
Served or died
Died
Notes
All extra information is has been provided by the College Archivist (see References) in response to an enquiry from the IWM, including this biographical detail: ' (1940) Born 13 April 1922, 162 Birmingham Road, Walsall; son of Frank Arthur Platt, Solicitor, and Dora May Devis. Tutor(s): R L Howland. Educ: Bridlemere Private School, Walsall; Queen Mary’s Grammar School, Walsall; Denstone College. Career: Lieutenant, 13th Battery, 17th Field Regiment, RA 1940–1943. Awards: Scholarship, SJC. Died 24 April 1943 (killed in action in Tunisia).'
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Tunisia
Year of death
1943
Month of death
April
Day of death
24
Age at death
21
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action