Frank Achard

This name is on the St Mark's War Memorial, Kennington Oval, London SE11F. Achard (Frank Achard)Service no 1866 Private, Honourable Artillery Company Died age about 21 of wounds 15 May 1915 (There is no record of Archard at Commonwealth War Graves Commission) Information from the National Archives and censuses Frank Archard lived at 47 Handforth Road. He enlisted in the Territorial Force on 2 September 1914. In 1901 he was a seven-year-old living at 80 Upper Kennington Lane, Lambeth with his parents Thomas E. Archard, 38, a grocer and "provision dealer" and mother, Florence, 35. The children on the census were

George Archard, 8

Frank Archard, 7

Charles Archard, 6

Ada Archard, 4

Lilian Archard, 3

Sydney Archard, 2

Laura Brookbank 21, a single domestic servant, lived in.

All members of the household are listed as having been born in London (no district given).

The 1891 census shows that Thomas Archard's mother, Martha Archard, a 60-year-old widow was born in Denbighshire, North Wales.

1911 census