| Surname: | Frost |
| Initials: | R |
| Rank: | Acting Corporal |
| Army Number: | P/11925 |
| Notes: | MMP. Awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (2a) Balkans, amended to (2b) Gallipoli, 8/7/1915. Shown as (2b) Gallipoli 8/7/15 to 17/2/16 and (4) Mesopotamia, 18/2/16 on medal roll page B553. Formerly A/Sgt. B/56 Battery, Royal Field Artillery. No. 97291. Appointed A/Cpl. with pay with effect from 4/4/1917 for duty with Mesopotamian Exp. Force. He formerly served in the 4 Lancashire Fusiliers, 1887 discharged by purchase, the Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry 1902. 27/8/1914 he enlisted at Gnr 67 Battery Royal Field Artillery No. 97271, age 29 years, address: 73 Twist Lane, Leigh, Lancashire, Mother lived at 101 Lorne Street, Wigan, Lancashire. 4/4/1917 transferred to MMP. Served Home 27/8/1914 to 7/7/1915, Med Exp Force 7/7/1915 to 17/2/1917, Mesopotamia 18/2/1916 to 18/11/1918, Home 19/11/1918 to 3/2/1919, Class Z Reserve 4/2/1919 address: Queen's Arms Hotel, Leigh. 28/9/1897 he married Martha Margaret Thompson, Spinster at the Parish Church, Leigh, Lancashire, 2 children, address 101 Lorne Street, Wigan. A letter in his army record stated: 5/2/1915, Kildare states that he was married, but has been legally separated from his wife for the past 5 years. He mad this statement to the recruiting officer. The wife is now living with another man, by whom she has had children, and does not appear to be a deserving case to receive any allowance. 25/4/1918 he caught smallpox in Mesopotamia. Robert Frost. |