Only son of James and Mary Openshaw, of 661, Chorley Old Road, Bolton, Lancashire. Formerly employed at Outwood Colliery. Noted locally as a good full-back playing football for the Halliwell Wednesday and Walkden Wednesday clubs. Enlisted August 1916. Died from pneumonia following being gassed.
Openshaw, Frank –
Personal details
- Surname: Openshaw
- Forename: Frank
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 29
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: May 20th, 1918
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Private
- Unit: 2nd/4th (Territorial) Battalion.
- Service number: 27678
- Regiment: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Bolton (Victoria Square) War Memorial and Bolton County Borough Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Book (Hall of Remembrance)
- Bolton Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Printed Book (Library / History Centre)
- CWGC Memorial: St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
- CWGC reference: Q. III. F. 7.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 24/05/1918
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 6d/f*
- Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 31/05/1918 02/08/1918 27/12/1918