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Personal data

• Name KERSHAW
• Initials F
• First name FRANK
• Place of birth Luddenden Foot
• Country West Yorkshire, England
• Last residence Sowerby Bridge
• Family Youngest son of M. H. Taylor, of 9, Grove St., Bolton Brow, Sowerby Bridge, Yorks; two brothers, Walter and Harry; Harry died on the 11 April 1917 while serving on the SS Gretaston;

Military service

• Service number C/7691
• Rank Rifleman
• Regiment and unit 18th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
• Division - Brigade 122nd Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 41st Division
• National force B.E.F.

Death

• Type of wounds Died from drift gas poisoning, in n°3 Can CCS
• Date of death 9 August 1916
• Died at the age of 19
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery VII - D - 37

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