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Commemorations in Cheltenham General Hospital |
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| Location: Sandford Road, Cheltenham | Grid Reference: SO 952215 |
| Commemorations in the Hospital: 1 | |
| Visited and photographed: September 2001 | UKNIWM Ref: 20679 |
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Commemorations in the Hospital |
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2Lt Frank Aldridge Fawcett, 1/5th
Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment, is commemorated on a brass
plaque. He was killed in action on 1st July
1916 on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. He has no
known grave and is listed on the Thiepval Memorial To The Missing.
He is commemorated on the Charlton Kings Village Memorial and on the Charlton Kings (St Mary's Church) War Memorial. His father, Mr Frederick Fawcett, a benefactor of the Cheltenham General Hospital, resided at "The Orchards" Ryeworth Road, Charlton Kings. UKNIWM Reference No 20679. |