Service Details
Name:
 EMINSON
Given Name:
 ROBERT ASTLEY FRANKLIN
Initials:
 R A F
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 King's Royal Rifle Corps
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Unit:
 6th Bn.
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Unit 2:
 attd. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
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Date of Death:
 1916-07-20
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Date of Birth:
 1891-08-23
Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, gallantly endeavouring to bring in a wounded sergeant
Additional
Information:
Son of Thomas Benjamin Franklin and Clara Eminson, of Gonerby Cottage, Scotter, Gainsborough. B.A. Cantab. (Downing College). Assistant Entomologist to British South Africa Co., 1913-15. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT
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Grave Reference:
 I. S. 16.

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