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G/26975 12th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
Frank Hagger was born in Sudbury in 1897, the son of James and Ellen Amelia Hagger. His father was employed as a miller and his mother was a dressmaker. The family lived at one time at 5 Bulmer Road in Ballingdon, they later moved to Victory Cottage in Upper East Street. Frank had two sisters: Dorothy and Bertha Margaret and three brothers: James William (Bill), Joseph Ernest (Ernie) and Basil Osborne. At the age of 14 Frank was employed as a mat maker.
Frank enlisted to serve with the 12th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, which formed part of 54th Brigade, 18 (Eastern) Division. In the spring of 1917 the battalion saw action at the Third Battle of the Scarpe (3 – 4 May), a phase of the Allied offensive at Arras (9 April – 16 June). The Battle of Arras had the heaviest daily casualties of any battle in the war involving the British Army. The Allies suffered over 150,000 casualties of which twelve were Sudbury men.
Frank died aged 20 on 3 May 1917. There is no known grave and he is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France. He was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal.
A Cross of Remembrance was laid close to his name on the Arras Memorial on behalf of his family in March 2007 and October 2011.
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