Private Sydney Franks

Army Number : 19375

Battalion : 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Nuncar Gate, Nottinghamshire. Son of James and Hannah Franks, of 39, Portland Villas, Nuncar Gate. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting at Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. He went to France 3rd May 1915 and was killed in action, 23rd July 1915, aged 20, whilst on digging fatigues at the Yser canal bank near Ypres, Belgium.

Buried: Potijze Burial Ground Cemetery, Belgium. Row C1. Grave 6,

Private Sydney Franks is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. John the Evangelist Church War Memorial, Annesley Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire.
Kingsway Cenotaph War Memorial, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.