Lance Corporal Frank Scrivens (10385)
4th Bn, The Worcestershire Regiment, 88th Brigade, 29th Division, B.E.F.
Malvern Commemoration: St Mary Guarlford
Burial/Commemoration: Etaples Military Cemetery
Nature of Death: Died of wounds Etaples, France 1/5/1917
Age: 31
Next of Kin: Brother of Rosina Beard of The Malthouse, Guarlford
Frank Scrivens was a regular soldier who served with the 4th Battalion in India and Burma before the War. He probably served at Gallipoli [1] and was mortally wounded after the 29th Division, of which the 4th Worcesters [2] were a part, transferred to the Western Front. His death was reported in the Malvern News in June 1917.
Malvern News 2/6/17
Article printed from Malvern Remembers: https://www.malvernremembers.org.uk
URL to article: https://www.malvernremembers.org.uk/ww1-profiles/frank-scrivens
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[1] Gallipoli: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallipoli_Campaign
[2] 4th Worcesters: http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/
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