Born: 1891
Died: 3 May 1917
Buried: NKG
Address: 22 Moorside Place, Eccleshill
Parents: Abraham & Mary Ann, nee Mosey
Spouse: Lucy, nee Bolton
Siblings: Alic, Joseph and six step siblings
Occupation: Mule Spinner
Organisations/clubs:
Military
Rank: Pte
Medals/awards:
Rolls of Honour: Arras Memorial
Children: Jack, Frank
Regiment: Leicestershire
Frank Wormald
Frank Wormald was born in 1891
the son of Abraham and Mary Ann.
nee Mosey. Abraham had originally
married Mary Ann Cooper in 1871
in Dewsbury and they had six sons,
Mary Ann dying after the birth of
their youngest son George born
1884.
Abraham re-married in 1885 to
Mary Ann Mosey and three
children were born to this second
marriage, Alice in 1886, Frank in
1891 and Joseph in 1893.
Abraham died in 1901 aged 71
years and by 1911 Mary Ann and
her own children were living at 10
Craven Terrace, Eccleshill and
Frank at 19 years of age was
working as a mule spinner.
In 1913 at St Mary, Laisterdyke,
Frank married Lucy Bolton and
they had two sons, Jack born in
1914 and Frank in 1915. When
Frank enlisted the family were
living at 22 Moorside Place,
Eccleshill.
He enlisted on the 19th of June
1915 as Private 24244 in the King’s
Own Yorkshire Light Infantry but
at some point transferred to the 8th
Battalion of the Leicestershire
Regiment as Private 241990.
Frank’s Battalion was involved in
the Arras Offensive, the First Battle
of the Scarpe 9th to 14th April
1917 and also in the Third Battle of
the Scarpe 3rd to 4th May 1917
when Frank was killed in action,
death presumed. He was 26 years
of age.
He is remembered on the Arras
Memorial which records the names
of the men who fell in the Battles
of Arras from the spring of 1916
until the 7th August 1918 and who
have no known grave.
He left his effects to his wife Lucy
but when he died he had a debtor
balance of £0.5.5d but she did
receive his War Gratuity of
£8.10.0d on the 21st November
1919.
Frank’s name does not appear on
either of the Eccleshill Rolls of
Honour but he is listed in a later
roll of war dead in the Parish
Magazine.
Researched and written by Jean
Britteon, to whom many thanks
