
Private Frank Chandler Williams
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Williams,
Frank Chandler
Date of birth: 1898-09-29
Marital status: no data
Date of death:
1918-06-27
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Halifax Memorial, Nova Scotia, Panel 2.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 536236
Final Rank:
Private
(H.M.H.S. Llandovery Castle (Hospital Ship))
Rank detail
Private, H.M.H.S. Llandovery Castle (Hospital Ship), Canadian Army Medical Corps (Army).
Degree of service: Great Britain
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle torpedoed 114 miles south-west of the Fastnet Rock by U86
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 4021800
LAC ID:
314753
Service file: B10386-S055
Uploader's Notes: Son of Charles A. and Blanche A. Williams, of 334 Brunswick St., Fredericton, New Brunswick.The Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle, bound from Halifax, Nova Scotia, for Liverpool, was torpedoed on June 27th, 1918, 114 miles south-west of the Fastnet Rock by U-86. Despite regulation Red Cross lights, the ship was deliberatly torpedeod and most survivors, including 14 Nursing Sisters were machine gunned. The Llandovery Castle became the rallying cry for the Canadian troops during the Last 100 Days offensive.
Uploader's Research notes: Son of Charles A. and Blanche A. Williams, of 334 Brunswick St., Fredericton, New Brunswick.The Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle, bound from Halifax, Nova Scotia, for Liverpool, was torpedoed on June 27th, 1918, 114 miles south-west of the Fastnet Rock by U-86. Despite regulation Red Cross lights, the ship was deliberatly torpedeod and most survivors, including 14 Nursing Sisters were machine gunned. The Llandovery Castle became the rallying cry for the Canadian troops during the Last 100 Days offensive.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2005-04-08
Last modified: 2013-07-20