Can you Help? Private Frank Lloyd Faulkner

Someone has contacted the Webteam asking if anyone in the village has knowledge of an individual who was killed in The Great War – Private Frank Lloyd Faulkner.

During the 2014 'Tattenhall Remembers' event, the local history group displayed a private collection relating to Frank Lloyd Faulkner.

Frank Lloyd Faulkner was born in 1896 and was killed on 31 July 1917 by a sniper's bullet. He was 20 years of age. He originally enlisted into the Cavalry (9th Lancers) with the East Surrey Regiment. The unique collection which was displayed at that time included a variety of very personal items – his silver epaulettes, his 9th Lancers lapel pin, a pearl embossed pendant containing a photograph of Frank, his British War and Allied Victory Medals, a private notebook with pressed flowers, photographs of Frank, his 1915 Whistle and several letters, includin a letter to his Mother dated 30 July in which he wrote '... if I ever get home...'. A letter from his Commanding Officer dated 31 July 1917 (i.e. the following day) informed the family of Frank's death.

Frank Lloyd Faulkner was not local to Tattenhall – he was the son of Leonard and Jessie Faulkner, of No Mans Heath Farm, Bickley, Malpas, Cheshire. However, it was a Tattenhall resident who allowed the local history group to display these items throughout the 'Tattenhall Remembers' event.

Private Frank Lloyd Faulkner is buried in The Somme.

If you are that person, or you know of the individual to whom the collection belongs, could you please contact terri9hull@gmail.com or ykeeping@btinternet.com

Many thanks.