Basic Details
Surname
Franklin
Forenames
Sidney
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
33399
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 24 New Road, Woodston. It wrongly records his date of death as 28/6/1916.

(CWGC records that Lance Corporal Sidney Franklin, regimental number 33399, died aged 23 on 30/6/1917 while serving in the 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, and is buried in grave III.E.1 at Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension in France. They record him as the son of William and Anne Franklin of Woodston, Peterborough. Soldiers Died in the Great War records him as Sydney Franklin, and that he had formerly served in the Northamptonshire Regiment under regimental number 23394; it states he died of wounds, and that his mother Anne was his legatee).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Bedfords
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
L/Cpl
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Aubigny
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1916
Month of death
June
Day of death
28
Manner of death as stated
"Died of wounds 28 June 1916 [sic] at Aubigny Hospital"
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds
Personal Details
Address
24, NEW ROAD, WOODSTONE
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial