Date of Birth
1895
College
Borough Road College
Service number
Unknown
WW1 rank
Second Lieutenant
Royal Fusiliers, 9th Battalion
Theatre of war
France, Europe
Date of death
4 August 1916
Location of death
Albert Front, Battle of the Somme
Buried/memorial
Thiepal Memorial (Grave/Memorial reference: Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A.)
Biography
Second Lieutenant Frank William Lupton was born in 1895. He won a County Council Scholarship to Abingdon School in 1906. He was apparently a prominent member of the 6th Form, and obtained First Class Honours and Distinction in English in the Oxford Senior Local Examination. Whilst at school he enjoyed playing cricket, and won the Average bat of the Cricket XI with an average of 47. Lupton attended Borough Road College for two years, little is known about his academic studies, but he kept up his love of cricket by representing the college.
Sources
Entry on p.88 [Roll of Honour page], Mentioned on Framed Borough Road College Roll of Honour, BFSS/2/9/12/11, BRCSYG52, BRCCR010, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Abingdon School Memorial (http://www.abingdon.org.uk/index.php/second_lieutenant_frank_william_lupton), University of London O.T.C. Memorial List (http://www.mocavo.com/Roll-of-War-Service-1914-1919/585128/52)