Frank Walter Warmsley

Frank was only 19 when he died, making him one of the youngest soldiers recorded on the Dore War Memorial.

At the time of his death the family were living at Brentwood, on King Ecgbert Road. He had enlisted as a Private in the Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, but was later promoted to Lieutenant. He died on 22nd November 1917, only three months after his promotion.

He was the only son of Walter Leonard and Agnes Ann Warmsley, born in 1898 in Chesterfield. At the time Walter was a Poor Law Clerk, later becoming Assistant Overseer and Clerk to the Parish Councils of Beauchief, Dore, Totley and Norton - all of which were then in Derbyshire.

Frank is buried in the Noeux-les-Mines Communal Cemetery in northern France.

Related Topics: Dore in the First World War | Dore's War Memorial | Lych Gate War Memorial | Roll Call of War Dead 1914-1919