Biography of Private Frank Kime (61635)
1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
Died 18th May 1919

Soldier

  • Name: Frank Kime
  • Date of birth: 1899
  • Place of Birth: Graby, Lincolnshire, England
  • Date of Birth Registration: January – March 1899
  • Place of Birth Registration: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England

Father

  • Name: Henry Kime
  • DOB: 1863
  • Place of Birth: Old Leak, Boston, Lincolnshire, England
  • Occupation: Farm foreman
Mother

  • Name: Fanny Tinkler
  • DOB: 1864
  • Place Of Birth: Denton, Lincolnshire, England
  • Marriage:1886 Grantham District

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

  • Maria Kime, 1886, Whatton
  • Susannah Kime, 1888, Denton
  • George Henry Kime, 1890, Denton
  • Charles Richard Kime, 1892, Denton
  • John William Kime, 1896 Denton (Died 1896 Age 0)
  • Frank Kime, 1899, Graby
  • Joseph Barton Kime, 1902, Graby
  • Alice Kime, 1905, Rippingale

Census

  • 1901: Frank is living with his parents in Aslackby.
  • 1911: Frank is living with his parents in Rippingale.

Relatives in services

  • Brother George also served in the Lincolnshire

Marriage

  • No marriage for Frank has been found and because of his age we can assume that he never had the opportunity to marry.

Newspaper Mentions

  • Lincolnshire Echo Friday 12th September 1919
    At Rippingale it is proposed to make a house to house collection for the War Memorial Cross, to be erected at the estimated cost of £250, to the honoured memory of those who served in the great war, especially the fallen, those whp made the supteme sacrifice from here being: Arthur Hill, George Hill, Frank Kime, George Daff Pollard, John William Sandall, Walter Sandall, Charles Sharpe, Walter Scarborough, and Arthur Thompson.

Military Records

Attestation Papers

  • None found
Soldier’s Died In The Great War

  • None found

Pension Records

  • Available

Effects Left To

  • Father Henry

Medals

  • The British Medal
  • The Victory Medal

Memorials

  • UK:
  • Rippingale, outside memorial at St Andrew’s Church

 

  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
  • In Memory of Private Frank Kime, 61635, 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment who died on 18 May 1919 Age 20.
  • Son of Henry and Fanny Kime of Sudbrook, Grantham. Native of Rippingale, Bourne, Lincs
  • Remembered with Honour Les Baraques Military Cemetery, Sangatte
  • Grave Ref: XVIII.A.12A

© Picture courtesy of Jim Latham

© Picture courtesy of Jim Latham

© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials

© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials

Military Service Timeline:

  • This is ongoing research and will be posted when completed

Sources

  • WW1 Soldier’s Records (www.ancestry.co.uk)
  • British Newspaper Archive.
  • Fold 3
  • Find My Past
  • Genealogist
  • Forces War Records
  • British Army Service Numbers
  • War Gratuity Calculator
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  • National Archives – Battalion War Diaries
  • General Registry Office

Last Updated – 21st February 2026