INGRAM Francis Stephen

Francis Stephen Ingram was the brother of Charles Ingram and second son of Stephen and Sarah Ingram, 8 Leys Road Harvington.  His name is given in the 1901 census as Frank.  He was born in 1899.

In 1918, he was serving in the 2nd Battalion Prince of Wales Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) part of 64th Brigade, 21st Division that was involved in the Battle of the Aisne.

He went into action on the 26th May and was posted missing on the 1st June.  His parents received two cards saying that he had been wounded in the thigh and was in a prisoner of war camp at Rastatt, Baden, Germany.  Later they received a letter from a Major MacDougall of the South African Forces saying that “he himself was a P.O.W. in hospital with their son who had reached Rastatt on or before 31st May 1918 and that he had died on 8th June 1918”.  He is buried at Niederzwehren cemetery 6 miles south of Kassel, Germany.  A memorial service was held in Harvington 11th August 1918.

A photograph of Private Private F. Ingram of Harvington can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 3rd August 1918, available at Worcestershire Archives.