Private 16337 Francis (Frank) John KEEN

2nd Battaltion, Grenadier Guards

Died of wounds in France and Flanders, Bethune, 20th January 1915, age 23

Buried Bethune Town Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Grave ref: III.B.61

Awarded 1914 Star, British War and Victory Medals

Son of John and Elizabeth Keen, 40 Main Road, Glascote, Tamworth

Links to Relevant Information

Grenadier Guards

CWGC page for Pte Keen

Bethune Town Cemetery

Other Information

1891 born on 25th December at Glascote and baptised at St Ediths, Tamworth 24th January 1892 (Find My Past)

1901 Census living at 54 Bamford Street, Bolehall & Glascote, Tamworth, with his parents and siblings

1911 Census living at 54 Bamford Street, Glascote, Tamworth with his parents and siblings and employed as a labourer

1915 death reported 6th February in the Tamworth Herald