Born: 1885
Died: 11 September 1915
Buried: Gibraltar North Front Cemetery
Address: 171 New Line, Greengates
Parents:
Spouse:
Siblings:
Occupation:
Organisations/clubs:
Military
Rank: Pte
Medals/awards:
Rolls of Honour: Greengates
Children:
Regiment: Border Regt
Frank Barraclough
On 15 October 1915, the Shipley
Times & Express reported:
In a letter from the matron of the
military hospital at Gibraltar, Mrs
Barraclough of 171 New Line,
Greengates, has received
information of her son Pte F
Barraclough, who has died of
wounds received at the Dardanelles
on August 22nd.
Pte Barraclough, who, before the
outbreak of war resided with his
wife and child in Worsley Street,
Manchester, is a native of
Greengates and the grandson of Mr
Frank Smith, a prominent worker in
connection with the Greengates
Primitive Methodist
Chapel and ex-
superintendent of the
Sunday School.
As a youth he joined the
3rd West Yorkshire
Regiment and later
transferred to the
Border Regt. He, as a
reservist, was recalled
to the colours and went
to France with the first
British contingent. Later he was
sent to the Gallipoli Peninsula.
He was wounded at Christmas in
France and again in August of the
present year at the Dardenelles,
passing away on the 29th
of last month.
In the letter it stated that
Pte Barraclough was
admitted to the hospital
at the end of August
suffering from very
severe wounds in the
back and leg.
‘From the time he came
in the case was quite
hopeless. He was a
splendid patient, never
complaining; when the end came it
was quite peaceful. He had already
been unconscious for some hours
and as soon as it was apparent that
nothing could be done for him, he
was kept practically free from pain.
‘He was buried with full military
honours and lies in the cemetery
here, amongst other soldiers, who
like himself, have given their lives
for their country.’
Pte Barraclough is the fifth
Greengates soldier to lose his life in
the war.
The Commonwealth War Graves
site gives Frank’s death as 11
September and also reports that he
served as Jones but so far there is
no explanation as to why.
