Son of Thomas the Hannah Jane Archer, of 8, Mill Lane, Horwich, Lancashire. Formerly employed as a moulder at the Horwich Loco Works. Enlisted May 1915. Died of pneumonia in France.
Archer, Frank –
Personal details
- Surname: Archer
- Forename: Frank
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Horwich, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 22
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: February 7th, 1917
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Driver
- Unit: "A" Battery, 170th Brigade.
- Service number: L/17679
- Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Horwich, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Holy Trinity C.E. Church WWI Roll of Honour - Horwich
- Horwich 1914-18 Roll of Honour - Horwich Heritage
- Horwich Loco Works (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company) WWI Memorial - Horwich
- Horwich Parish Church Boys School Roll of Honour - Horwich
- Horwich Town Hall WWI Memorial - Horwich
- Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company WWI Memorial at Victoria Station Manchester - and also WWI Roll of Honour Book
- CWGC Memorial: Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France
- CWGC reference: II. F. 10.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 16/02/1917
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 6g*