1977 Pte Bernard Frank Flanders, 20th Bn, London Regiment

1977 Private Bernard Frank Flanders of the 20th Battalion, The London Regiment was killed in action on the 20th October 1915. He was born in Hitchin in Hertfordshire but was living in East Dulwich at the time of his enlistment. He joined up at Blackheath between the 10th and 18th August 1914.

Bernard arrived in France on 9th March 1915 and he was serving with C Company, 1/20th London Regiment at the time of his death. He was killed in the fighting around Loos and has no known grave. He is commemorated on the Loos memorial. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission website adds the additional information that he was 23 years old and the "son of Emma Flanders of 5 Oakfield Place, St. Paul's Road, Clifton, Bristol, and the late George Charles Flanders (A.M.I., R.F.C.)".

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (MIC)
Army Ancestry
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission