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Rfmn. Frank Wardhaugh
British Army 8th Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:Jarrow
(d.30th July 1915)
Frank Wardhaugh, Rifleman 9829, enlisted at Jarrow and served in the 2nd Battalion The Rifle Brigade. He was killed in action age 18 on the 30th July 1915 and is remembered at Palmer Cenotaph, St. Paul's Church and Ypres(Menin Gate) Panel 46 - 48 and 50. His medal car records the award of the 1915 Star, War and Victory Medals.
Frank was born in Jarrow 1896, son of George and Frances Ann Wardhaugh nee Lauder of 62 Albert Road, Jarrow. In the 1911 census the family is living at 19 Victor Street, Jarrow with George(44) a joiner in Building Contractors, his wife of 19 years Frances Ann(44) who had 4 children of whom 2 survived.
Frank(14) is an office boy in shipbuilders and Janet is 9 years old.