Soldier

• Name: Henry Frank Wells
• Date of birth: 12th March 1882
• Place of Birth: Byfleet, Surrey, England
• Date of Birth Registration: April – June 1882
• Place of Birth Registration: Chertsey, Surrey, England

Father

• Name: James Wells
• DOB: 1842
• Place of Birth: Manthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
• Occupation: Road labourer

Siblings: (Name), (DOB), (POB)

• Arthur Edward Wells, 1875, Manthorpe
• Sarah Elizabeth Wells, 1877, Byfleet
• George Thomas Wells, 1878, Byfleet (Died 1878)
• James Warren Wells, 1879, Byfleet
• Henry Frank Wells, 1882, Byfleet
• Charles Ernest Wells, 1884, Byfleet
• Robert Moysey Wells. 1887, Byfleet
• Frances Mary Wells, 1889, Walton
• Frederick William Wells, 1891 Thurlby
• Emma Eleanor Wells, 1893, Manthorpe

Census

• 1891: Henry is living with his parents in the High Street, Thurlby, Lincolnshire.
• 1901: Frank is living with his Uncle Thomas Wells at Top Forge, Hunsheld, Yorkshire. The census gives him an age of 18 and he is listed as a Carter at Iron Work.
• 1911: Henry is living with the Grayson family at Top Forge, Wortley, Yorkshire. The census gives him an age of 28 and he is listed as a Carter.

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Soldier’s Died In The Great War

• These records show that Private Henry Frank Wells, 35228, 7th Bn King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Regiment was killed in action on 7th October 1916 in the Western European Theatre in France and Flanders.

Pension Records

• Available

Effects Left To

• Sister Sarah E
• Clara Sanderson
• Father James

© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials