FRANK PARKER BOON

Born: 1895, Chelmsford, Essex.

Baptised on the 15th June 1895, at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Chelmsford, Essex – family home in Chelmsford.

Died: 18th March 1919; age 23 – of Bronchial Pneumonia – at the 51st Casualty Clearing Station. Illness caused by exposure under active service conditions whilst engaged on military duties. Served 3 years & 288 days.

Residence: 13a, High Street, Ipswich.

Enlistment Details: Location: Ipswich; date: 4th June 1915; age: 20 years. Signed up for the Duration of the War. Height: 5ft 2ins.

Service:

Embarked: Southampton, 25th January 1917 – ‘Archimedes.’

Disembarked: Havre, 26th January 1917.

Attached 2/3 (Home Counties) Field Ambulance 58 Division.

Leave: 17th March 1918 – 31st March 1918.

Rank: Driver; Service Number: 238389.

Regiment: Royal Army Service Corps, No. 1 Coy, 58th Div. Train.

Medals Awarded: Granted 1st Good Conduct Badge – 4th June 1917. Victory & British War.

Grave Reference:

IV.M.11.

Tournai Communal Cemetery Allied Extension,

Hainaut,

Belgium.

Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Alfred & Louisa Parker Boon, of 13a, High Street, Ipswich.

CENSUS

1901   10, Conduit Street, Chelmsford, Essex.

Frank was 5 years old and living with his parents & sister.

Alfred Boon, 35, a Cycle Dealer – own account – at home, born Earl Soham, Suffolk.

Louisa Parker Boon (nee Grave), 41, born Chelmsford.

May Louie Boon, 13, born Chelmsford.

1 servant – Agnes Annie Perry.

1911   13, High Street, Ipswich.

Frank was 15 years old and living with his parents & sister.

Alfred, 47, living on Independent Means.

Louisa, 52, living on Independent Means.

1 housekeeper – Agnes Annie Perry.

Soldiers’ Effects to Alfred Boon – father.

On the 10th March 1920, Frank’s mother received the Memorial Scroll. She wrote a letter in reply to acknowledge and thank.

Frank is also remembered on the war memorial at Northgate High School. Formerly Ipswich Grammar School for Boys.

The Boon family’s housekeeper, Agnes Annie Perry, born June 1880, in Springfield, Essex, remained with the Boon family until after the deaths of Louisa Boon in 1928 and Alfred Boon in 1930. She returned to Chelmsford, Essex, and in 1932, married John Judge and made their home at 34, Rectory Lane, Chelmsford.

Royal Army Service Corps:http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-army-service-corps-in-the-first-world-war/