In Memory Of

HEAL, FRANK HENRY

Service Details
Age:
 37
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Rank:
 Lieutenant Colonel
Unit:
 1st Regt.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1918-03-24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in Battle of Marrieres Wood
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 95.
Cemetery:
 POZIERES MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Somme
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Decorations:
 D S O, Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 DSO LG 17 December 1917 pg. 13180 - "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When all his company commanders were casualties, and the advance appeared not to be progressing satisfactorily, he went up to his battalion on the first objective, and accompanied it in the advance to the second objective, which was gained, two counter attacks being repulsed."; MID LG 28 May 1918 pg. 6205
Son of Capt. W. H. Heal, of Twyford Cottage, Acton, London; husband of Lilian Mary Austin Heal (nee Fabb), of Brooklyn House, 148, Chesterton Rd., Cambridge, England.