Private 16216 Francis James SOUTHAM

Private 16216 Francis (Frank) James Southam{gallery}Pte F J Southam{/gallery}11th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 23rd September 1917, aged 25

• Buried: Hooge Crater Cemetery, West- Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave XIX.G.1
  
• Awarded: British War and Victory Medals
• Son of George and Elizabeth Southam of The Rectory, Whitchurch, Shropshire
• NNWFHS Memorial: Grendon
• Other Memorial: St Luke’s Church, Hodnet, Shropshire
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Southam
• NNWFHS Grendon War Memorial Page
• St Luke’s War Memorial
• Hooge Crater Cemetery
• Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born Jan Qtr 1893 in Grendon. Baptised 28 Jan 1893 at Grendon
  
• Lived at Bradley Green, Grendon in 1911 and later at the rectory in Whitchurch
  
• Employed as a carpenter [1911]