Frank – Sumner – Great Western Railway – Signalman – 24/12/1917
Title
Frank – Sumner – Great Western Railway – Signalman – 24/12/1917
Initials / forenames
Frank
Surname
Sumner
Railway company
Great Western Railway
Military unit
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Military rank
Signalman
Military number
Bristol Z/105
Railway department
Leamington, Traffic Department
Railway job
Porter
Ship
SS Daybreak
Date died
24/12/1917
Magazine reference
Great Western Railway Magazine, March 1918, p42. Photo: December 1918, p184
Memorial
Plymouth Naval Memorial
Notes
Age 18, the son of Edith Sumner of Fenny Compton, Leamington Spa and the late Elijah Sumner. SS Daybreak was an armed merchant vessel, sunk with all hands by U-87 off the coast of Northern Ireland on Christmas Eve 1917.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Commonwealth War Graves Commission ; Great Western Railway Magazine (image and research contributed by STEAM: Museum of the Great Western Railway); J Higgins, Great War Railwaymen
Date entered
15/03/2017
Last updated
15/03/2017
Citation
“Frank – Sumner – Great Western Railway – Signalman – 24/12/1917,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 16, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/44924.