1 July 1916.
1 July 1916.
On this day 2nd Lt. Frank Fawcett 1/5 South Staffordshire Regiment was killed near Gommecourt France. He has no known grave and served in the front line for less than 15 hours. He was amongst the 60,000 British casualties, many of them Scots and from the Commonwealth, from the first day of the Battle of the Somme that continued relentlessly until November of that year.
We remember Frank as we remember them all.
"Lest we forget".
Last edited by Jock Scot; 1st July 12 at 02:43 AM.
" Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the adherence of idle minds and minor tyrants". Field Marshal Lord Slim.
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