Sopwith, Frank Wesley | Universities at War

Personal details

Badges and Insignia - Royal Field Artillery. Image kindly provided by the Wartime Memories Project.

Name on Memorial:

Sopwith, F. W.

Forename(s):

Frank Wesley

Surname:

Sopwith

Date of Birth:

Tuesday, March 30, 1897

Date of Death:

Monday, May 27, 1918

Age at Death:

University life

College:

College of Medicine, Newcastle upon Tyne

Staff or Student:

Student

Military Service

The information displayed here is at the time of death.

Rank:

Lieutenant

Service:

Army

Unit:

Royal Field Artillery, 251st Brigade

Prisoner of War:

Military Training:

University Officers' Training Corps, College of Medicine Newcastle upon Tyne

Theatre of War:

France and Flanders

Biography

Frank was the son of Alfred and Elizabeth Sopwith. He attended Miss Green's Prep School in South Shields, before attending South Shields Grammar School. In 1913, Frank went on to study at the College of Medicine in Newcastle upon Tyne.

While in action in France in May, 1918, Frank was reported missing. He was later declared as having died on 27th May 1918.

Addresses before and during the war

Place of Burial or Battle Site Memorial

Vendresse British Cemetery

Memorials

Additional images

Research information

Sources:

UK Census registers, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

UK Military Service Records, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

Newcastle University Archives (Roll of Service, College of Medicine Calendars, The Medical Gazette, 1917-18, vol. 19, p. 11.)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Researched by:

Ben Howson (Newcastle University)