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Francis Hulland (Frank) was born in Beverley in 1888, the youngest of eleven children born to George and Harriet Hulland. Francis was baptised in St Nicholas Church in 1894. In 1911 he was employed as a waggoner on a farm in Wawne, and in 1912 married Sarah A Hunt.
He joined the Royal Field Artillery, and was transferred to the East Surrey Regiment and later drafted to the Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex) Regiment to work in agriculture in England. He was killed in a farming accident, his death was reported in the Beverley Guardian 23 Jun 1917, stating:
“It appears that he was attempting to mount a horse yoked to a roller which was being moved from one field to another when he fell and the roller passed over him causing injuries from which he died. He was 29 years of age”
A later report in July 1917, added: "He died for his country just as if he had fallen on the field of battle" said the Coroner at the inquest. His employer said "He was most industrious and a fine specimen of the British Tommy”
He is buried in St. Nicholas Church Cemetery, Beverley, and he is commemorated on the Beverley War Memorial in Hengate.
Frank’s widow, Sarah, subsequently married Theodore W Gray of Beverley, and in the 1939 register they were living in Routh Avenue, Beverley.
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