Pte Moulton The Argus Newspaper

Aged 21 years

Died 18th June 1917

Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
Panel 43 and 45.

Killed—Pte. Frank C. Moulton, of the Northants Regt. (attached to the Light Mortar Battery), son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Moulton, Farndish-road, Irchester, has been killed. He joined up in Lord Kitchener’s Army, and prior to the war was employed by Mr. Duncan, boot manufacturer, Rushden. Gus Elsdown, a friend of the deceased, writing to Mrs. Moulton, says that Pte. Moulton was killed early in the morning of June 17th by a shell. He adds that all the lads of the battery were sorry, for he was always so jolly. Capt. P. B. Powell, in a letter to the mother, says: “Your son was a good soldier, and I knew him well. He was liked by all his officers, and I held the greatest respect for him.”

Irchester Victim of the War – Captain’s Tribute

An Irchester soldier, Pte. Frank C. Moulton, Northants Regt., attached to the Light Trench Mortar Battery, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Moulton, was killed in France on June 18th by a shell. Pte. Moulton was 21 years of age. He joined up at the outbreak of war in August 1914, and went to France in January 1915. He was wounded at Aubers Ridge on May 9th 1915, going back to France the following August. He came home on leave in January 1917, after being out there the second time for seventeen months.

Capt. P. B. Powell has sent a letter to the parents, in which he states: “He was a good soldier, and I knew him well. He was liked by all his officers and comrades, and I held the greatest respect for him. I am enclosing a snapshot I took of him about a fortnight before he was killed., I am extremely sorry to hear of the lad’s death, and send you my deepest sympathy.” Many other letters have been sent from deceased’s chums, stating they are very sorry to lose such a good fellow, as he was always so cheerful.

Mr. and Mrs. Moulton have two other sons serving in His Majesty’s Forces, one being in France and the other in Salonika.