Print out of a photograph of a man in civilian clothes || Frank Thornton was Anthony's Great-uncle. He was born in Oxfordshire. Before the war he worked as a farm labourer. He enlisted at the beginning of the war with the 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. He fought on the 1st of July and was wounded early in the offensive. He climbed out of the trench and got shot on the first day of the battle, but died of his wounds 10 days later. His service number 19108 tells us he is a late Kitchener volunteer. His brother also enlisted and survived the war. || || Private Frank Thornton || Private Frank Thornton photograph || || Private Frank Thornton || Private Frank Thornton's story

Treatment card Frank Bailey from Addington Park military hospital 17 April 1919 Certificate of postal draft for £1.15s.6d - last pay up to when he was discharged Silver war badge B187722 Great War Medal Victory Medal || Francis Bailey was born on October 24 1897 in Cheshire. He was a farm worker until being conscripted on 4 January 1917 into the Cheshire Regiment No 243655. He was the Grandfather of Sheila Hylton. Bailey was aboard the SS Transylvania, which was taking men and nursing staff from Marseilles to Egypt. The ship was sunk on May 4 1917 by U63 U-Boat. He was rescued by a Japanese destroyer which was escorting SS Transylvania and continued to Alexandria. He was discharged on 17 April 1919 with chronic amoebic dysentery. Army Reserve and Territorial, serving in 1st /7th Cheshire Regiment Home address Outward Road Handforth Cheshire Frank Bailey died in 1972. || || Frank Bailey's silver war badge || Silver war badge, number B187722 || Francis (Frank) Bailey || || Francis (Frank) Bailey || Silver war badge, number B187722 || Frank Bailey's silver war badge || || Frank Bailey discharge certificate || Francis (Frank) Bailey || || Francis (Frank) Bailey || Frank Bailey discharge certificate || || Francis (Frank) Bailey || Frank Bailey's treatment card || || Frank Bailey's treatment card || Francis (Frank) Bailey || || Francis (Frank) Bailey || Frank Bailey's certificate of postal draft || Certificate of postal draft for £1.15s.6d

Fragment of an incendiary bomb