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Lieutenant Frank Green, youngest of four brothers that served in the war and aged 23, died of wounds the 28 Dec 1917 at Passchendaele and is buried at Lijssenthoek Cemetery, Poperinghe, Belgium. His older brother Philip was to be killed in action precisely three months from this date. Frank was serving with the 5th Yorkshire Regiment (150th Brigade, 50th Division) on the front line east of and south of the ruined village. According to Lieutenant Colonel Thompson of the 5th, and reported in the Beverley Guardian of 5 Jan1918.
“A shell burst at the entrance of the dug-out in which Lt Green and two other officers were sitting, killing the other two instantly and so seriously wounding Lt Green that he passed away very soon after reaching the casualty clearing station. He was wonderfully brave and I trust did not suffer much.” Sgt-Major Alfred Thompson also noted that, “he died as he would have wished, as an officer and a gentleman, sacrificing himself in his country’s just cause…on the battlefield afraid of nothing, and always cool and collected, his interests always being centred on his men and their welfare, both at home and abroad.”
Frank initially served as a private in the 1/1st East Riding Yeomanry, “B Squadron”, based in Beverley but was commissioned as an officer in the 5th Yorkshires, Jun 1915, arriving in France on 25 Oct 1915. He saw service at the Somme in 1916, Arras in 1917 and then in Belgium. He was awarded the War and Victory Medals and the 1914-15 Star.
Frank was born in Beverley the 9 Jan 1894 and baptised the 4 Feb 1894 at Beverley Minster. His parents were William and Martha Green. William was a printer, bookbinder and stationer whose business was located at 44 Saturday Market, Beverley. He was also the proprietor of the Beverley Guardian newspaper where Frank was a reporter before his war service. The family lived at the Old Grammar School, 52 Keldgate, Beverley. Philip attended Beverley Grammar School from 1903-09 and then studied at Gotha in Germany. He was unmarried.
Frank, and his brother Philip, are remembered on a family brass plaque in BeverleyMinster. He is also remembered on the Hengate War Memorial, the East Riding Memorial in Beverley Minster, the Beverley Grammar School Rolls of Honour and on the Keldgate Street Shrine
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