Francis is not remembered on the war memorial at Christchurch Park.
Recorded as John Tennant on war records.
Born: 23rd October 1893, Stoke, Ipswich.
Baptised: 3rd June 1894, at Earsham, Norfolk. Parents: Fanny & John Tennant. Address: Earsham.
Died: 25th September 1915; age: 21; KiA.
Residence: Horley, Surrey. Mother’s address: 12, Portman Street, Ipswich.
Enlistment Location: Guildford, Surrey.
Rank: Private: Service Number: G/5288.
Regiment: Queen’s (Royal West Surrey), 1st Battalion.
Grave Reference:
III.A.1.
Guard’s Cemetery Windy Corner,
Cuinchy,
Pas de Calais,
France.
CENSUS
1901 8, Little Queen Street, St. Matthew’s, Ipswich.
Francis was 7 years old and living with his widowed mother, sisters & cousin.
Fanny Tennant (nee Johnson), 39, born Carlton Colville, Suffolk.
Beatrice Maud Tennant, 15, born Carlton Colville – died June 1906, at the Workhouse East Preston, East Sussex.
Nora Elsie Tennant, 13, born Carlton Colville.
Doris Tennant, 5, born Earsham, Norfolk.
Cecil Johnson, 8, born Kelvedon Common, Essex.
1 boarder.
1911 12, Portman Street, Ipswich.
Francis was 17 years old, a Hairdresser. He was living with his mother & sisters.
Fanny, 50, Independent – own account.
Marjorie Tennant, 19, a Domestic Servant, born Carlton Colville.
Doris, 15, a Domestic Servant.
Francis’s father was William John Tennant, born 1854, Rockland All Saints, Norfolk – died 1899, in the district of Loddon, Norfolk. A Coal, Corn & Seed Merchant’s Clerk.
Soldiers’ Effects to Frances Tennant – mother.
Probate to Florence Eva Wood (wife of Herbert Joseph Wood) – sister.
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