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Frank Joseph was born in Nov 1893 in Newmarket, Canada, the son of Joseph Duncumb who was born in Beverley in 1860. Sometime after the 1881 census, Joseph emigrated to Canada where, in 1892, he married Ida Elizabeth Bains in Schomberg. Joseph’s occupation was given as photographer. By 1901 Joseph had returned to Beverley, Frank was seven years old and the family were living in Morley’s Yard, Beverley. In 1911 at the age of 18, Frank was employed as a kitchen porter working for a caterer in Bridlington.
In 1914 Frank was living in Hull and was employed as a lorry driver. He married Lillian Knaggs on 16 Dec 1914, and on 17 Dec 1914 he enlisted in the Mechanical Transport Division of the RAMC as a motor lorry driver. Frank embarked with the British Expeditionary Force in France in Jan 1915. While he was overseas Lillian lived with her family in Pudsey, Leeds, where their son, Ian Frank was born in 1915.
Frank served in France throughout the war in the Mechanical Transport Division as a motor lorry driver and as a light car driver until he was demobilised in July 1919 when he was transferred to the Z Class Reservists. He was awarded the British War and Victory medals and the 15 Star.
In 1923 Frank and Lillian had a daughter Alma Joan, they were living in Walkergate, Beverley and Frank was employed as a chauffeur. The 1939 Register shows Frank, Lillian (and possibly Alma) living in Welwyn Park Avenue, Hull, his occupation is given as chauffeur, mechanic.
Frank died in Holderness in 1972 aged 79 years.
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