GUNNER FRANCIS HAZZLEDINE
ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY
15TH OCTOBER 1917 AGE 19
BURIED: THE HUTS CEMETERY, YPRES, BELGIUM
Frank and Ann Hazzledine had two children, Annie Eliza and Francis, also known as Frank. Frank senior was an assistant engineman in Beeston Colliery; at the time of the 1911 census, Frank junior was an errand boy in a lace factory. He was only 16 when he enlisted in September 1914 but became ill and spent some time in hospital before being sent to the Front in June 1916. Sent home again early in 1917 with shell shock, he had only recently returned to the Front when his gun received a direct hit and he was killed.
Exploring Beeston's History has more information on Hazzledine together with a photograph which shows a very youthful, gentle-faced boy - his parents' pride and joy.