Identity
Person No.
6622
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Robert Astley Franklin
Initials
R A F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, gallantly endeavouring to bring in a wounded sergeant
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Just inside the entrance to the Victoria Falls World Heritage Site, Livingstone, Zambia
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Notes
Son of Thomas Benjamin Franklin and Clara Eminson, of Gonerby Cottage, Scotter, Gainsborough. B.A. Cantab. (Downing College). Assistant Entomologist to British South Africa Co., 1913-15. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Research notes
13 Sep 2026: Northern Rhodesia Great War Memorial, Victoria Falls ("Cenotaph") -- Confirms exactly: 2/Lt R.A.F. Eminson, King's Royal Rifle Corps, 6th Bn. Named on the memorial's Great War 1914-1918 plaque.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Northern Rhodesia Great War Memorial (Cenotaph, Victoria Falls)
open source ↗
Northern Rhodesia Great War Memorial, Victoria Falls
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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