Francis Edward Letford

Forenames

Francis Edward AWMM

Surname

Letford AWMM

Service number

WWI 38046 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

19 Sept 1896 AWMM

Next of kin

Victor Letford (brother), Otaki, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 38046 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Railway porter/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 13 Feb 1917-02 May 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 77 AWMM Vessel was Mokoia AWMM Private AWMM 22nd Reinforcements, F Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM

• Francis Letford was the son of the late William James and Eliza Letford, of Otaki, Wellington, New Zealand.
  
  Next of Kin: Mr V. Letford, Otaki, Wellington (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM
• Aged 20, or 21 looking on Archway. Middle son of William James Letford, 1870-1923, who also went to France.
  Public - GRAHAM FRANCIS - Other relative - 9 October 2017 - Family story and photos.

Death

12 Oct 1917 AWMM
Age  20 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM
• Railways Roll of Honour board. Wellington Railway Station, Pipitea, Wellington 6011. AWMM
• Hamilton Memorial Park, Memorial Drive, Hamilton East, 3216 AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10919173
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/847801/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/847801
  Further Reference
• Passchendaele Museum Profile
  https://archives.passchendaele.be/en/soldier/3185
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Macdonald, L. (1978). Passchendaele : the story of the third Battle of Ypres 1917. London : Penguin Books.
• Harper, G. (2000). Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins.
• Information kindly provided by family
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  55: 20
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 5: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.
• HMNZT 77 S.S. Mokoia - The nomad : unofficial organ of E., F. & G. Co...Z.E.F. (Troopship 77 (S.S. Mokoia) -- Souvenir edition -- Cape Town : 22nd Reinforcement Printed by Cape Times Ltd. : 1917