Individual Details

Frank "Francis" EUSTACE

(18 Feb 1889 - 15 Sep 1916)

CWGC says he is the husband of Kate Eustace (formerly Denton) but on enlistment claims to be unmarried.

Events

Birth18 Feb 1889Benson, Oxfordshire, England
Baptism24 Apr 1889Bensington, Oxfordshire, England
Census1891Bensington, Oxfordshire, England
Census1901Roke, Oxfordshire, England
OccupationAbt Aug 1914Collier
MilitaryFrom 28 Aug 1914 to 15 Sep 1916Rifle Brigade, British Army
Death15 Sep 1916Killed in Action

Families

FatherWilliam EUSTACE (1847 - )
MotherEliza FREWIN (1854 - )
SiblingSarah Ann EUSTACE (1877 - 1877)
SiblingSarah Ann EUSTACE (1878 - 1878)
SiblingCatherine Kate "Kate" EUSTACE (1879 - )
SiblingJames EUSTACE (1882 - )
SiblingWalter Charles EUSTACE (1885 - 1955)
SiblingLily EUSTACE (1892 - 1892)
SiblingJesse EUSTACE (1892 - 1892)
SiblingEllen Maria EUSTACE (1894 - )
SiblingWilliam Thomas EUSTACE (1898 - 1899)

Notes

Baptism

Extract from parish register: Baptisms solemnized in the parish of Bensington in the county of Oxford in the years 1889

No: 804
Date: 24 April 1889 - Born: 18 Feb (1889) - Privately Baptised
Name: Frank
Parents: William & Eliza
Surname: Eustace
Address: Roke
Father's occupation: Labourer
By: J E Field, Vicar

Census

Listed as Frank

Census

Listed as Francis

Military

Extract from British Army Service Records.
Attestation form dated: 28 Aug (1914)
No: 1927
Name: Eustace, Frank
Corps: 9th (s) Btn R.B. (R.B. = Rifle Brigade)
Where born: Benson, Wallingford, Berks
Age: 25 years 189 days
Are you married: No
Occupation: Collier

Statement of service: Service reckons from: 28 August 1914
Joined at Winchester on 1 September 1914
Killed in Action: 15 September 1916

Description on enlistment: Height: 5 ft 6½ins - Weight: 149 lbs - Chest: 33 ins - Expansion: 3 ins

Admission to hospital:
12 Aug 1915 - 4 Oct 195 - Bullet Workd G.S. (Left knee) - 54 days

Personal effects sent to: Mr William Eustace, Roke, Benson, Wallingford (father)
Statement of living relatives - submitted by his father William - 16 June 1919

Father: William Eustace - Roke, Benson, Near Wallingford
Mother: Eliza Eustace - Roke, Benson, Near Wallingford
Brothers: Walter Eustace - 30 - Winterbrook, Wallingford
James Eustace - 37 - Serving in France?
Sisters:
Kate Belcher (widow) - 40 - Winterbrook, Wallingford
Ellen Chignall - 24 - London (not known)

Medals:
1914-15 star - sent to his father on Feb 1920.
Victory medal & British War Medal - sent to his father Jan 1921

Service history:
Home: 28 Aug 1914 - 20 May 1915 = 266 days
France: 21 May 1915 - 9 Aug 1915 = 81 days
Home: 10 Aug 1915 - 16 Dec 1915 = 129 days
France: 17 Dec 1915 - 15 Sept 1916 = 274 days

Campaigns: B.E.F. France - 1915-16 - 1914-15 Star
Wounded: G.S.W. Knee 31 July 1915

Next of kin: Sister: Mrs Kate Belcher ?

Endnotes

1. Oxfordshire, England - Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813 - 1915, Oxfordshire Family History Society; Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: PAR28/1/R2/2.

2. GRO (England & Wales) Birth Registrations Index, 1889 Jan/Mar - Wallingford - Vol: 2c Page: 302.

3. Oxfordshire, England - Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813 - 1915, Oxfordshire Family History Society; Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: PAR28/1/R2/2.

4. 1891 Census of England and Wales, Class: RG12; Piece: 986; Folio: 93; Page: 7; .

5. 1901 Census of England and Wales , Class: RG13; Piece: 1140; Folio: 66; Page: 22.

6. British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920.

7. British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920.

8. British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920.

9. Commonwealth War Graves Commission Web-site.