Private Frank STEEL, G/21528, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 27th August 1918.

Born Winchester, Hampshire, son of Frederick & Mary Annie Steel

1911 Census - 40 Union Street, Winchester, Hampshire - Mary Ann Steel, head, age 64, widow, married 34 years, 7 children, all still alive, born Exeter, Devon; Frank Steel, son, age 28, single, slaughterer, pork butcher, worker, born Winchester, Hampshire; Eleanor Steel, daughter, age 22, single, domestic, boarding house, worker, born Winchester, Hampshire; Amy Edwards, boarder, age 35, single, upholsterer, worker, born Winchester, Hampshire.

Previously served 4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, 1 years & 149 days.

Enlisted  Winchester, Hampshire, age 34 years & 4 months, height 5ft 3 inches, weight 119lbs. Resided 34 Union Street, Winchester, Hampshire / 21 Eastgate Street, Winchester, Hampshire /  40 North Walls. Formerly labourer.

Home 20th November 1915 to 6th September 1916; BEF 7th September 1916 to 16th April 1917; Home 17th April 1917 to 6th September 1917; BEF 7th September 1917 to 27th August 1918.

20th November 1915, enlisted; 21st November 1915, to Army Reserve;  20th March 1916, mobilized & posted 3/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, Service No.5165 / 241885; 7th September 1916, Southampton, embarked; 8th September 1916, Rouen, disembarked; 8th September 1916, 55 Infantry Base Depot; 16th September 1916, joined Battalion, In the Field; 4th December 1916, Field Ambulance, myalgia; 11th December 1916, Rouen, 6 General Hospital, myalgia; 14th December 1916, Convalescent Depot; 23rd December 1916, 55 Infantry Base Depot; 2nd January 1917, rejoined Battalion, In the Field; 9th February 1917, Field Ambulance, boils; 28th February 1917, to Duty; 7th April 1917, Field Ambulance, wounded, gun shot wound, right thigh; 8th April 1917, Havre, 2nd General Hospital, gun shot wound, right thigh; 16th April 1917, to England; 17th April 1917 to 31st May 1917, 2nd Birmingham War Hospital;

31st May 1917, Winchester Registration District, Frank Steel, married Amy H Edwards;

10th June 1917, Command Depot, Ballyvonare Camp, Cork, joined; 21st July 1917, posted 4th Reserve Battalion; 7th September 1917, Southampton, embarked & posted 1/5th Gloucester Regiment; 8th September 1917, Havre, disembarked; 10th September 1917, Rouen, 55 Infantry Base Depot; 19th September 1917, posted to join 14th Gloucesters; 21st September 1917, joined Battalion in the Field; 16th December 1917, 106th Field Ambulance, sick; 16th December 1917, discharged to Duty; 19th February 1918, transferred to 12th Entrenching Battalion; 14th April 1918, attached 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th August 1918, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th August 1918, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 27th August 1918, posted missing.

27th April 1919, date when Separation Allowance of 16/- a week will cease.

28th April 1919, pension of 13/9 a week awarded to widow.

1920 September Winchester Registration District, Amy H Steel, married Frederick P Mitchelmore.

17th November 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow Amy Henrietta Mitchelmore, nee Steel, 40 North Walls, Winchester, Hampshire; Children, none; Father, none; Mother, none; Brothers - Walter Steel, age 44, 26 Western Road, Winchester, Hampshire; Half Brother - William Fine?, age 53, 6 Union Street, Winchester, Hampshire; Mabel Steel, age 39, 14 Clifton Road, Winchester, Hampshire.

Commemorated at Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Panel 7, France.

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