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Rfmn. Jacob Franks
British Army 2/2nd Btn. London Regiment
(d.1st Sep 1918)
Jacob Franks was a regular soldier serving with 3rd Kings Royal Rifle Corps. His service record has been lost (one of the burnt records). However, he is shown on the 1911 census as serving with the KRRC at Shorncliffe, Kent.
He was married in April 1918 but was killed in Sept 1918 whilst serving with 2/2nd London Regiment and he is commemorated on the CWGC memorial at Vis en Artois in France. It is not known why he was serving with the London Regiment, a battlefield casualty replacement perhaps. Certainly his old Regiment stayed in Salonika till the end of the war so the reason is a mystery.