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225964 Pte. Frank Sidney Williams British Army 19th Btn. Manchester Regiment from:Wandsworth (d.6th Sep 1917) My grandfather was Frank Williams. He was 39 when he died in Ypres, Belgium on 6th of September 1917. My mother told me that he was called up into service in the summer of 1917. He died within weeks of arriving in Belgium. He left behind six children and a widow. Subsequently, his widow Emma Williams died in 1921 from disability caused by her husband's death (CVA), leaving six orphans behind. We have had no details of what happened to him and what battle he was at, other than being at Ypres, Belgium. I am finding it almost impossible to track what happened to him. There are no records of his date of being activated into service or any record of his dates of service. There is no mention of the 19th Battalion, Manchester Regiment being called in to service in 1917. Any help on shedding light on this would be helpful. It is shocking for me that there is no history of the individual battalion movements. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put the first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**