Finding Private Appleby
I first spotted my ‘namesake’ Private Frank Appleby – many of you will already know my nickname from schooldays is Frank – on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing during the All Quiet on the Western Front tour in October 2008. Even though Pte Appleby’s name appeared on the Yorkshire Regiment panel on the memorial, I wasn’t aware of any ancestor of mine having served in the Battle of the Somme, so paid my respects and didn’t really think much more about it… Until last year, th
