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  • ROE
  • FEM
  • FRANK EDWARD MERVYN
  • Salisbury
  • Wiltshire, England
  • 81 Staines-road, Twickenham
  • Eldest son of Herbert Frank Roe, of 8, Craufurd Rise, Maidenhead and Caroline Emma.
  • Portsmouth grammar school; Naval Cadet school 1890
  • Retired Lieutenant Royal Navy
  • DCM for 'gallant conduct on 18th December 1914, in voluntarily going to reconnoitre the enemy's trenches and remaining out for a period of three hours in a position of danger'.

Military service

  • 13 October 1914
  • S/4954
  • Captain
  • 12th Bn. Rifle Brigade
  • 60th Brigade
  • 20th Division
  • B.E.F.
  • Served with the Royal Navy till 1907; Queen's Medal for his services during the South African War; enlisted as a Rifleman; to France as a Corpl. November 1914; 2nd Lt. February 1915; Capt. June 1915; two times severely wounded; returned to France March 1916

Death

  • 6 June, by a shell while in command of his company
  • Died of wounds in n° 10 CCS
  • 7 June 1916
  • 38
  • VI - A - 14

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