Lance Corporal Frank ADCOCK (1896-1915)
In February 2009 I received an email from an author who was
"I am looking for information - hopefully
a list - of men commemorated on the Pitsmoor WWI War Memorial, if one exists.
Can you tell me if it does, and if there is a transcript someplace? Or any
memorials in the Sheffield area for which there are also transcripts?
I am a member of the
Gallipoli Association. For the past 25 years, I have been compiling a
biographical register of all British and Dominion servicemen who died at, and as
a result of, Gallipoli. So far I have also proven 19 Gallipoli deaths and 2
burials to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Now, the Association
routinely forwards requests for information about casualties to me.
I have just completed writing a book about the Gallipoli campaign. It is a
readable history of the campaign - which has been done - but is tied together
with accounts about men who were killed - which has not. I gathered these
accounts from personal and unit war diaries, letters, missing in action reports,
family lore, etc. Memorials are an excellent source of information for me, as
they are sometimes the only indication I have that a man lived in a particular
area, any they also help me identify brothers. My reason for looking up
Pitsmoor this morning is that I am trying to associate this man with a memorial:
ADCOCK, Lance Corporal Frank -
No.10628 6th (Service) Battalion The York and Lancaster Regiment"
Frank's service record gives the following information
Born in Pitsmoor, Sheffield, Yorkshire, a son of Frank Adcock and Jane Adcock of
104, Solly Street, Sheffield. He was unmarried. In civil life he was employed
as a brass turner and lived with his parents. On August 10, 1914, at the age of
19 years 201 days, he enlisted in Sheffield. He had no previous military
service. At the time of his enlistment he was described as being 5' 3¼" tall
and weighing 127 lbs. with fresh complexion, grey eyes, brown hair and a scar on
the left side of his forehead. On May 19, 1915, he was appointed unpaid lance
corporal and on September 13 he was posted to the 6th (Service) Battalion from
the 11th (Reserve) Battalion. Killed in action on December 13, 1915, aged 20
years. Buried Hill 10 Cemetery, Suvla.
From Frank's British Army Service Record
Hill 10 Cemetery Sulva Turkey - where Frank is buried
Name: ADCOCK
Initials: F
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment/Service: York and Lancaster Regiment
Unit Text: 6th Bn.
Date of Death: 13/12/1915
Service No: 10628
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. F. 15.
Cemetery: HILL 10 CEMETERY
The only personal effect that could be sent to Lance Corporal Adock's parents,
from the Infantry Records Office in York, Yorkshire, was his identity disc
(received by his mother on April 12, 1916).
In October 2011 I obtained the following information from the 1911 Census -
Personal Information Name Frank Adcock Relationship to Head of Household Son Condition Single Gender M Age 15 Estimated Year of Birth 1896 Occupation Carter Employed Y Working at Home N Industry Steel Manufr Place of Birth Yorkshire Sheffield Enumerator Information Address Court 33 H 9 Upper Allen St Sheffield Parish Sheffield Town Sheffield Type of Building Private House Number of Rooms 2 Inhabited Y Reference RG14PN27874 RG78PN1595 RD510 SD2 ED7 SN192 Administrative County Yorkshire (West Riding) Registration District Sheffield Registration Sub District North Sheffield Enumeration District 7
The intensely sad element is that Frank and Jane had thirteen children in total but by 1911 only three of them were alive. By 1916 they were only two alive. His mother had to live with these until she passed away in Sheffield's Royal Hospital aged 62 in 1930
Adcock, Jane (Wife of Frank, age 62). Died at Royal Hospital; Buried on August 30, 1930 in Consecrated ground; Grave Number 7501, Section V1 of City Road Cemetery, Sheffield.
I would of course be pleased to receive any additional information about Frank and his family
Sources
CWGC Website
Ancestry
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