Soldier

• Name: Francis Edward Henry Wass
• Date of birth: 1887
• Place of Birth: Gedney, Lincolnshire, England
• Date of Birth Registration: April – June 1887
• Place of Birth Registration: Holbeach, Lincolnshire, England

Father

• Name: William Wass
• DOB: 1855
• Place of Birth: Toft, Lincolnshie, Engalnd
• Occupation: Farm labourer

Siblings: (Name), (DOB), (POB)

• Frederick William Garfit, 1877, Baston (Half brother)
• Harriett Elizabeth Garfit, 1878, Baston, (Half sister)
• Thomas Garfit, 1882, Baston, (Half brother)
• Charlotte Ann Wass, 1883, Thurlby
• Arthur Wass, 1885, Sutton Marsh
• Francis Edward Henry Wass, 1887, Gedney
• Maria Wass, 1889, Baston
• Annie Wass, 1892, Toft
• Mary Wass, 1893, Toft
• Ellen Wass, 1895, Toft
• Alice Maud Wass, 1897, Toft
• Joseph Wass, 1900, Baston

Census

• 1891: Francis is living with his parents in Toft, Lincolnshire.
• 1901: Francis is living with his parents in Baston.
• 1911: Francis is living with his wife and son at Baston Common, Baston, Lincolnshire The census gives him an age of 34 and he is listed as a farm labourer.

Wife

• Name: Maude Louisa Bailey
• Date of birth: 8th October 1889
• Place of Birth: Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England

Marriage

• Date of Marriage: 1908
• Place of Marriage: Bourne District

Children

• Francis Leslie Wass, 1910, Bourne
• Mabel Ida Wass, 1911, Bourne
• Violet M Wass, 1912, Stamford

• None found

Soldier’s Died In The Great War

• These records show that Private Francis Edward Henry Wass, 18368, 6th Bn Lincolnshire Regiment was killed in action on 14th September 1916 in the Western European Theatre in France and Flanders.

Pension Records

• None found

Effects Left To

• Wife Maud L

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