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FRANK EDWARD LOVELL

  • Died: 28 Oct 1918
  • Rank: Private
  • Service no at death: M2/099342 & M/280141
  • Died: 28 Oct 1918
  • Rank: Private
  • Service no at death: M2/099342 & M/280141
Personal
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  • Surname: LOVELL
  • Forename: FRANK EDWARD
  • Initials: FE
  • Date of Birth: 1897
  • Place of Birth: Wimborne
  • Place of Birth Source: 1911 Census
  • Address: 1911 Census shows him living with parents and three siblings at 3 Station Rd, Wimborne
  • Schools attended:
  • Employment / trade: 1911 Census shows him as an errand boy for a Drapery.
  • Place of work: Drapery
  • Family (parents and grandparents): Parents: William and Rose Lovell. In 1911 census William shown as a Coachman, Domestic.
  • Spouse Name: No trace of any marriage.
  • Notes: Western Gazette for 1/11/1918 shows that he had been a member of the 1st Wimborne Troop of Scouts. Also that before enlisting he had been apprenticed to F.W. Barrett Motor Works.
Military
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  • Regiment at call-up:
  • Regiment at discharge: Army Service Corps
  • Rank at call-up:
  • Service no at call-up:
  • Date of attestation:
  • Date of call-up:
  • Area reported to:
  • Source: 1911 Census
  • Naval vessels served:
  • Decorations and awards:
  • Other service details: Possible previous service in Dorset Regiment
  • Other rank: Private
  • Other service no: M2/099342
  • Service facts:
Death and Memorial
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  • Age at death: 21
  • Date of death: 28 Oct 1918
  • Regiment at death: Army Service Corps
  • Battalion at death:
  • Rank at death: Private
  • Circumstances of death: Died of pneumonia following influenza while home on leave.
  • Service no at death: M2/099342 & M/280141
  • Field of action at death:
  • Place of death: Wimborne
  • Location of grave: Wimborne Minster Cemetery
  • Position: C.3.5013
  • Other memorials: St. John’s Church, Wimborne . Town Memorial, Wimborne Minster. Plaque within Wimborne Minster
  • Newspaper Reference : Wimborne Minster Parish Magazine for November 1918 confirms death details, as does Western Gazette for 1/11/1918.