Surname(s) | Wastell |
First name(s) | Frank |
College | King's College London and/or King's College London Hospital |
Dates at college | Michelmas 1913 - |
Dept / course | Faculty of Arts, General Literature and Science |
Military unit | London Regiment, 9th London Rifles |
Service number | 302458 |
War / conflict | World War One (1914-1918) |
Campaigns | France and Flanders |
Date of death | 17 June 1917 |
Rank at death | Rifleman |
Cause of death | Killed in action |
Commemoration(s) | King's College Chapel, Arras Memorial |
Notes | The College Review, December 1916 in the OTC report stated that Private Wastell (home with a recommendation for a commission for gallantry in the field) took part in the capture of Comble. Described various phases of trench warfare and gave a description of the operations of 'tanks' |
Sources | King's College London Archives; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; University of London O.T.C. 1914-19; Soldiers Died in the Great War |