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Pte. Frank David Chambers
British Army 10th Battalion, "C" Company Royal West Kent Regiment
from:Dartford, Kent
(d.7th Jun 1917)
My great uncle Pte. Frank David Chambers was a 20 year-old dispatch rider (motorcycle messenger) who was lost in action with the exploding of the mines at Messines on the morning of June 7th. His name now appears on Panels 45/47 on the Menin Gate at Ypres.
All we have left to remember him by is the Army's letter of condolences sent to my great grandmother. Attached with a paper clip to the top of the letter is a single one penny stamp, which according to the text of the letter, is all that was left of my great Uncle David's army pay after his expenses had been paid.