Born: 16 March 1892
Died: 9 April 1918
Buried:
Address: 25 Peterborough Place, Eccleshill
Parents: William & Clara, nee Rhodes
Spouse:
Siblings: James, William, Walter, Tom, George, Ernest, Herbert
Occupation: Stuff warehouseman
Organisations/clubs:
Military
Rank: Pte
Medals/awards:
Rolls of Honour: Eccleshill Park and St Luke’s; Ploegsteert Memorial
Children:
Regiment: Northumberland Fusiliers
Frank Fogden
Frank Fogden was born on the 16th
of March 1892 and baptised at St
Luke, Eccleshill on the 4th October
1903. He was the son of William
Joseph and Clara nee Rhodes of 56
Charnwood Road, Eccleshill.
By 1891 the couple had six
children: James, William, Walter,
Tom, George and Ernest. Two
further children were born, Herbert
in 1889 and Frank.
William Joseph died in 1900 at the
age of 41 and by 1911 the family
were living at 48 Hatfield Road.
All the family were working and
Frank, aged 19, was a stuff
warehouseman.
Frank enlisted on the 1st May 1916
when living at 25 Peterborough
Place.
He became Private 291447 of the
9th Battalion of the Northumber-
land Fusiliers and served on the
Western Front.
On the 9th of April 1918 German
troops launched an offensive
against Allied positions in
Armentieres, on the River Lys to
become known as the Battle of Lys.
Fourteen German divisions
attacked along a 10 mile front
driving a hole 3.5 miles wide
through the British line and
unleashing 2,000 tons of poisonous
gas incapacitating 8000 and killing
30.
Frank was killed in action on the
first day of the battle and he is
remembered on the Ploegsteert
Memorial which commemorates
servicemen who died in this sector
and have no known grave.
His effects were left to his mother
Clara who received £3.11.8d on the
12th October 1918 and a War
Gratuity of £9.0.0d on the 31st July
1919.
Researched and written by Jean
Britteon, to whom many thanks
