Pte Frank Haynes - a personal tragedy
Item
Title
Pte Frank Haynes - a personal tragedy
Who?
Pte Frank Haynes
Item(s)
Photograph
Story
Frank Haynes was born in 1885 and worked as a brewer for his mother, the landlady of The Dog Public House in Dunley near Areley Kings on the outskirts of Stourport-on-Severn.
After enlisting in the British Army, he served in the Dardanelles campaign and later as a hospital orderly.
After being discharged from the army, Frank suffered from shellshock and later attempted to murder two men who visited The Dog. As a result, he was sentenced to Broadmoor Mental Institution where he died in 1935.
After enlisting in the British Army, he served in the Dardanelles campaign and later as a hospital orderly.
After being discharged from the army, Frank suffered from shellshock and later attempted to murder two men who visited The Dog. As a result, he was sentenced to Broadmoor Mental Institution where he died in 1935.
When?
1915-35
Where?
Dardenelles, Turkey, Dunley, Worcestershire and Broadmoor Mental Institution.
Contributor
William Wood
Collection Day
Stourport-on-Severn Library, 10th November, 2018.
This item was submitted on March 30, 2019