Private Frank Ernest Robey (44939), 8th Battalion Royal Berks

Frank Ernest Robey died from his wounds on 31st October 1918, less than 2 weeks before the Armistice, he was 19 years old. He served with Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment), 8th Battalion. Frank is buried at the Awoingt British Cemetery near Cambrai in Northern France.

He was born in 1899, his mother Mercy (Beechey) and father Robert of Dawes Farm Great Coxwell, had one other son Edric (1906), Edric died at the age of 17 in 1923.

Frank's death was reported in the Faringdon Advertiser (attached below) on November 16th 2018, less than a week after the Armistice.

Great Coxwell
Killed in Action.- It is particularly sad now that hostilities have ceased to have to record the death of yet another young and highly respected inhabitant of the village in the person of Lance-Corpl. F. E. Robey, 8th Royal Berks Regiment, who fell in action on October 31st. Lance-Corpl. Robey, who was only 19 years of age, was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Robey, and joined the army on reaching militray age in May of last year. Needless to say the deepest sympathy is expressed with the relatives and friends in their sad loss. 

Frank is commemorated on the Great Coxwell memorial and in St. Giles Church.

There is an excellent piece written by Mark Stone on his Facebook Page - here.