Service Details
Name:
 HEAL
Given Name:
 FRANK HENRY
Initials:
 F H
Trade:
 Commanding
Rank:
 Lieutenant Colonel
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 1st Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1918-03-24
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Age:
 37
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in Battle of Marrieres Wood
Decorations:
 D S O, Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 DSO LG 17 December 1917 pg. 13180 - "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When all his company commanders were casualties, and the advance appeared not to be progressing satisfactorily, he went up to his battalion on the first objective, and accompanied it in the advance to the second objective, which was gained, two counter attacks being repulsed."; MID LG 28 May 1918 pg. 6205
Additional
Information:
Son of Capt. W. H. Heal, of Twyford Cottage, Acton, London; husband of Lilian Mary Austin Heal (nee Fabb), of Brooklyn House, 148, Chesterton Rd., Cambridge, England.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 POZIERES MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 95.

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