Openshaw, Frank –

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.

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

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

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