Lance Corporal Frank Primett

Title (Mr/ Mrs/ Capt/ Rev etc): 

First name(s): 

Frank

Surname only: 

Primett

 

L-Cpl Frank Primett, 14026, 8th Battalion Beds Regiment, was killed in action on the Somme on September 15th, 1916. He was the first of two sons of Albert and Agnes Primett to be killed on the battlefield - Pte Charles Augustus Primett, 2nd Bedfords, also died on the Somme, on October 12th,1916.

Born in Ickleford on March 9th, 1886, he spent most of his life in the Hitchin area. By 1915, and possibly after he had enlisted, his parents were living at 18 Spencer Road, Luton, the address on the Luton Roll of Honour.

Frank married Alice Gertrude Emms in 1905 and the couple had three children - Frank, Dora and Florence - living in Hitchin. Alice remarried in 1919 in Richmond, Surrey, to become Alice Leach.

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Service Number: 

14026

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Place of Birth: 

Ickleford
United Kingdom

Place of Death: 

Somme
France

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Grave Location: 

France

World War I Address: 

18 Spencer Road
Luton
United Kingdom

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Year of Birth: 

1 886

Month of Birth: 

Mar

Day of Birth: 

9

Year of Death: 

1 916

Month of Death: 

Sep

Day of Death: 

15

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Most Relevant Date: 

Friday, September 15, 1916