Frank William Harvey

A Private with the 7th Bn., Frank died on 10th of July 1915 at the age of 19. 

Frank was born at Lowestoft on 3 April 1895, a son of John William and Ellen Louisa Harvey. He was baptised at Saint Peter’s Church, Kirkley, on 3 May 1895. From 27 February 1899 Frank was a pupil at Kirkley School and his family lived at Horn Hill. In 1901 Frank was staying with his grandmother, Emma Bird, at 8 Mill Road, Horn Hill. In 1911 his family lived at 31 Horn Hill and Frank was a milkman. 

Frank volunteered and enlisted in the Army at Lowestoft. He joined the Suffolk Regiment and was posted to the 7th Battalion. Frank arrived in France with the 7th Battalion on 30 May 1915 and served with A Company. 

At the beginning of July 1915 the 7th Battalion were at Pont de Nieppe. On 4 July they began to take over trenches near Ploegsteert Wood with the Battalion Headquarters at Reserve Farm.

The Battalion War Diary makes no mention of casualties on 10 July, hence we do not know what actually happened to Frank. However, the War Diary states that on 8 July there was a lot of sniping and that in the evening of 9 July the enemy shelled Reserve Farm.