Basic Details
Surname
Whitney
Forenames
Frank
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
267512
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 5 Princes Road, Old Fletton.

(CWGC's register records that Private Frank Whitney, regimental number 267512, died aged 19 on 16/4/1917 serving in 1st/1st Bucks Battalion of the Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry, and is commemorated on Thiepval Memorial in France. They record him as the son of Fred and Mary Whitney of 5 Princes Road, Old Fletton, Peterborough. (Their online page currently misrecords Frank's date of death as 19/4/1917. They have been alerted to the typo and requested to amend the database).
The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that Frank died on 16/4/1917, and that his mother was his legatee. The Medal Rolls record that he had formerly served in the 1/1st Hunts Cyclist Battalion under regimental number 385, that his original regimental number in the Bucks Battalion was 20728 before changing to 267512, and that he was entitled to the Territorial Forces medal. They also record that he was killed in action on 16/4/1917.
Soldiers Died in the Great War recorded Frank Whitney as a native of Stanground who enlisted at Fletton. His birth was registered in Peterborough District in 1898. On the 1901 census he was living with his parents Frederick and Mary Whitney at Berrystead in Stanground, which was given as his place of birth. On the 1911 census he was living with his parents at 5 Princes Road in Old Fletton, Huntingdonshire).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
1st
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
Lempire
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
April
Day of death
16
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action at Tombois Farm near Lempire
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
5 PRINCESS RD OLD FLETTON
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial