Private Alfred Franklin

Army Number : 28337

Battalion : 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Pinxton, Derbyshire and lived at Beeston, Nottinghamshire. Son of John H. and Sarah Franklin, of Beeston. He enlisted at Nottingham and died of wounds, 13th July 1916, age 22.

Buried: Etaples Military Cemetery, France. Plot 2. Row B. Grave 83.

Etaples Military Cemetery, France.

Private Alfred Franklin
Photograph of grave kindly supplied by Paul Withey.

Private Alfred Franklin is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. John the Baptist Church War Memorial, Beeston, Nottinghamshire.