Glageon Communal Cemetery Extension.

At the 1901 census Frank, aged 9, was living at 6 Vaughan St.
His father Charles was a Skelton man and worked as a Deputy in the Ironstone mines.
His mother Bessie came from St Ives, Cornwall.
He had three older brothers - Joseph aged 16, who was an assistant schoolteacher; Frederick aged 14, who was a grocer's assistant and Richard aged 11.
He also had two little sisters - Annie 4 and Mary aged 2.

The 1st/4th Bn East Yorks were part of the 150th (York and Durham) Brigade, which was in turn part of the 50th (Northumbrian) Division.
The Division served with distinction on the Western Front throughout the War.
In September it fought in the Battles of the Hindenberg Line.
The tide was turning against the Germans and a series of offensives were made against the lines of trenches, barbed wire and concrete emplacements that had proved impenetrable for four years and was the Germans stronget point.
Frank was killed just before The Battle of St Quentin Canal which began on the 27th September 1918.