| BORN | 1880, Passenham Parish, Northamptonshire |
| LIVED | Maltings Row, Deanshanger, Northamptonshire in 1911 census. Living with his mother, brother and 2 of his sisters |
| Enlisted | Northampton |
| Death | 28/09/1916, Killed in action in France |
| Buried | Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 10 D |
| Rank & Regiment | Private 28441, 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment |
| Father | William Franklin b. 1844 Westbury, nr Brackley, Northants. Died prior to 1911 census |
| Mother | Emma Franklin, b 1845 Hanwell, Oxon. Died December 1911 |
| Notes | The extract from the Army Registers of Soldiers’ Effects shows that William’s war gratuity was shared between his brother and 4 sisters. Both parents had died prior to William so he would have been the a main wage earner for the household, along with his brother George, who worked at the foundry. This gratuity would have been a help to support the family after the loss of William |
