FAIR

James Gerald

FARQUHARSON

Lewis Shaw

Captain, 1st Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). Killed in action 12 May 1915. Aged 31. Born 23 April 1884 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Only son of the Rev. Alexander and Mary Walker Farquharson, of 41, Camden Square, London. In the 1901 census he was aged 16, born Chesterfield, a school boarder, resident Charterhouse Block, Godalming Rural, Guildford, Surrey. He was Adjutant of the 1st Bn. from 1911 to 1914. Buried in VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row G. Grave 4.

From the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1898:

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, volume 1, page 128-129:

FARQUHARSON, LEWIS SHAW, Capt., 1st Battn. Royal Scots, only s. or the Rev. Alexander Farquharson, of Spital, Aberdeenshire, and 41, Camden Square, London. N.W.. by his wife, Mary Walker, dau. of Lewis Shaw, of Chesterfield; b. Chesterfield, co. Derby, 23 April, 1884; educ. Cottesmore, Charterhouse, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 10 Oct. 1903, and promoted Lieut. 5 April, 1908, and Capt. 31 Aug. 1914: served in India successively as Station Staff Officer at Kamptee, and as A.D.C. to General Keir, and was Adjutant of the 1st Battn. from 28 Aug. 1911 to 28 Aug. 1914. He also had the honour, with Col. D. G. Wemyss, of being selected to represent the regt. as extra A.D.C. to the King in Calcutta, during the Durbar tour. On the outbreak of war Capt. Farquharson was in India, and he went to the Front with his Battn. early in 1915. He saw much fighting, went through the varying phases of the long and severely contested Second Battle of Ypres, and had different narrow escapes. On 11 May, 1915, when the British line had been broken and a trench captured, on his own initiative Capt. Farquharson led forward his company, from the reserve line, drove back the enemy, and regained and held the lost around. For his promptness and gallantry on this occasion he received the special thanks of his C.O., and Gen. Allenby sent his congratulations for what he described as "a splendid and successful counter attack." Early the following morning (12 May) while superintending fresh protections for the shattered trench, he was shot through the head and killed instantly. He was subsequently mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French's Despatch [London Gazette, 1 Jan. 1916] for gallant and distinguished service in the field. He was buried in Valmertinghe Cemetery, near Ypres. Col. Callander wrote that the whole regt. mourned his loss and that Capt. Farquharson was in every sense, one of the best of the younger officers in the Army and the most sterling good fellow he had ever known. Gen. Sir John Keir also wrote saying that his future as a soldier had been assured, and that his name would be honoured for all time." At school and college he took many prizes and represented each of them at both cricket and football. He played cricket twice for All India.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1915:

FARQUHARSON Lewis Shaw of 41 Camden-square Middlesex captain Royal Scots died 12 May 1915 at Ypres in Belgium killed in action Administration London 20 Judy to Alexander Farquharson minister of religion.
Effects £288 12s. 10d.

FELLOWES, MC, MiD

Hedworth George Ailwyn

Captain, 11th King Edward's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse), Indian Army. Killed in action 12 May 1917. Aged 25. Baptised 7 August 1891 in St Paul, Wilton Place, Knightsbridge, Middlesex, son of Agatha Eleanor Augusta Fellowes. Son of 1st Baron Ailwyn and Lady Ailwyn, of Honingham, Norfolk; husband of Audrey Fellowes (nee Boyle) married July to September Quarter 1916 in Whitechapel, London, now Mrs. Wilfrid Denison. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.) 21 October 1915, Mentioned in Sir John French's Despatches (MiD) . Embarked for France 2 Ovember 1914, disembarked France 2 December 1914, joined 1st Battalion 7 July 1915, posted to 'C' Company. Commission at Sandhurst 18 January 1911. In the 1911 census he was aged 19, born London, Middlesex, Second Lieutenant with 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, billeted West Ridge, Rawalpindi, India. Appointed Temporary Captain 17 July 1915 [London Gazette 4 September 1915], appointed Staff Captain 11th Infantry Brigade, appointed Brigade Major 10th Infantry Brigade 25 October 1916. Probate with British India Office Wills & Probate 1917. Buried in HERVIN FARM BRITISH CEMETERY, ST. LAURENT-BLANGY, Pas de Calais, France. Row C. Grave 7.

Extract from Daily Mirror - Tuesday 19 September 1916, page 6:

Captain Hedworth Fellowes, son of the Right Hon. Ailwyn Fellowes, and Miss Audrey Boyle, daughter of Colonel Lionel Boyle. They were married yesterday at the Tower, where weddings seldom take place.

Extract from Diss Express - Friday 18 May 1917, page 5:

Military Cross Citation, Supplement to the London Gazette, 4 November, 1915, page 10890:

Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Hedworth George Ailwyn Fellowes, 11th King Edward's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse), Indian Army, attached 1st Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry).

For conspicuous resource and good work on 7th October, 1915, when with a Noncommissioned Officer he went out in daylight to locate a hostile trench mortar near Beaumont Hamel. They reached the enemy's wire, located the trench mortar, and obtained other valuable information, remaining out 3 hours in observation. On the night of 11th August Captain Fellowes and a Non-commissioned Officer attacked a German patrol and brought in the patrol leader, thereby gaining most valuable information.

FERGUSON

Hugh Mortimer

Captain, 9th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Killed in action 11 June 1917. Aged 26. Born 25 October 1891 in Colombo, Colombo District, Western, Sri Lanka. Son of Mrs. Gertrude Caroline Ferguson, of Frognal House, Hampstead, London. In the 1901 census he was aged 9, born Ceylon, son of Alastair M and Gertrude C Ferguson, resident 65, Frognal, Hampstead, London & Middlesex. In the 1911 census he was aged 19, born Dimbuld, Ceylon, a student, son of Alastair M and Gertrude C Ferguson, resident Frognal House, 65, Frognal, Hampstead, London & Middlesex. From Officer Training Corps to be temporary Second Lieutenant 23 September 1914. Buried in Railway Dugouts Buria Ground (Transport Farm), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Special Memorial. Row E. Grave 30.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1917:

FERGUSON Hugh Mortimer of Frognal House Hampstead Middlesex captain South Staffordshire regiment died 11 June 1917 at Ypres Belgium Administration (with Will) London 29 September to Gertrude Caroline Ferguson widow.
Effects £348 0s. 9d.

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FERGUSON

James

Major, 9th (Highlanders) Battalion (Territorial), Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). Killed in action 22 July 1916. Aged 30. Son of James and Georgina A. Ferguson, of Kinmundy, Aberdeenshire. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 6 D and 7 D.

FERGUSON, MC

Philip Hew

Captain Acting Major, "D" Battery, 152nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 22 October 1917. Aged 30. Son of Charles and Alice Ferguson, of Cardew Lodge, Carlisle. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). In the 1891 census he was aged 3, born Wreay, Cumberland, son of Charles J and Alice A Ferguson, resident Cardew Lodge, Cardewlees, Dalston, Carlisle, Cumberland. In the 1901 census he was aged 13, born Cumberland, a Pupil at Preparatory school, run by Sophia Taylor, resident Green Lane, Belper, Derbyshire. Buried in CANADA FARM CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot III. Row F. Grave 2.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1918:

FERGUSON Philip Flew of Cardew Lodge near Carlisle major in the Royal Field Artillery died 22 October 1917 in Belgium Administration Carlisle 4 March to Alice Angela Ferguson widow. Effects £1039 19s. 9d.

FERGUSSON

James Grant

Second Lieutenant, 8th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Killed in action 14 July 1916. Aged 27. Son of the late Robert Arklay Fergusson, of Ethiebeaton, Forfarshire, and of Maud Carleton Arklay Fergusson. Came from America in August 1914 to serve. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 10 A.

FERGUSSON

Robert Allan Arklay

Lieutenant Acting Captain, 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Killed in action 15 September 1916. Aged 29. Born 10 March 1887 in Broughty ferry, Forfarshire. Son of Maud Arklay Fergusson, late of Ethelbeaton, Forfarshire, Scotland. Educated Adrech Crieff and Charterhouse, Height 5 feet 8 inches. Initially with Scottish Horse Yeomanry from 5 August 1914 thenColdstream Guards 18 August 1915. Served in France from 3 October 1915 to 16 April 1916 and then from 12 May 1916. Buried in GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS, Somme, France. Plot VIII. Row P. Grave 6.

FINCH

Frank Marshall

Second Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Killed in action 22 September 1918. Born 15 January 1899 in Cape Colony, South Africa. In the 1911 census he was aged 12, born Cape Colony, a student, son of Herbert Marshall and Florence Kathleen Finch, resident Anlaby Castle Avenue, Dover, Kent. Buried in BROWN'S COPSE CEMETERY, ROEUX, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VII. Row F. Grave 2.

FISHER

Frank

Captain, 1st Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Killed in action 13 September 1914. Aged 30. Born 23 December 1883 in London. Son of Frederick and Louisa Fisher. In the 1891 census he was aged 7, born London, Middlesex, a scholar, son of Frederickm and Louisa Fisher, resident Tulse Hill, St Mary, Lambeth, London & Surrey. In the 1901 census he was aged 17, born London, a student boarder, resident Charterhouse Boarding House, Charterhouse Road, Godalming, Guildford, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL, Seine-et-Marne, France.

From the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1897:

FISHER-SMITH

Fereday

Lieutenant, 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars. Killed in action 28 November 1917. Born 15 December 1893. In the 1911 census he was aged 17, born Antique, West Indies, a school boarder, resident Charterhouse, Godalming, Godalming Rural Detached, Surrey. Appointed from Royal Military College to 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars to be a Second Lieutenant 16 December 1914. No known grave. Commemorated on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord, France. Panel 1.

FISON, MC, MiD

James Frederick Lorimer

Captain James Frederick Lorimer Fison © IWM (HU 122115)

Captain, 6th (Cyclist) Battalion (Territorial) [4th Battalion on CWGC], Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 2 November 1917. Aged 27. Son of James Oliver and Lucy Maud Fison, of Stutton Hall, Stutton; husband of Hazel Patricia Charlotte Nee Elliot) Fison, married January to March Quarter 1917 in Kensington Registration District, London, (now Mrs. Dorling). Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.), Twice Mentioned in Despatches (Mid). Buried in North East corner of STUTTON (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD, Suffolk.

See also Lord's Cricket WW1

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1918:

EPSON James Frederick Lorimer of Bluegates Wherstead Suffolk captain (brigade major) M.C. died 2 November 1917 Probate Ipswich 11 March to Charlotte Patricia Hazel Fison widow. Effects £4148 195. 6d.

Extracts from The London Gazette, supplement 3 December 1914, page 10284:

4th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment.

James Frederick Lorimer Fison (late Cadet Officer, Charterhouse School Contingent, Junior Division, Officers Training Corps) to be Lieutenant (temporary). Dated 26th October, 1914.

Medal citation The London Gazette, supplement 24 June 1916, page 6296:

His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to confer the Military Cross on the undermentioned Officer and Warrant Officers, in recognition of their gallantry and devotion to duty in the field:—

Lt. temp. (temp. Capt.) James Frederick Lorimer Fison, 1/4th Bn., Suff. R., T.F.

For conspicuous gallantry. When the enemy exploded a mine he led a bombing Tarty over the parapet, bombed the enemy right out of the crater, and held them till the near lip was consolidated. He also patrolled beyond the crater to find out where the enemy were.

FLETCHER

Roland Sackville

Captain, 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action 1 November 1914. Aged 32. Born 24 March 1882. Baptised 2 May 1882 in St Peter, Eaton Square, Pimlico, Middlesex, son of Lionel and Mary Fletcher. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Fletcher, of "Elmscroft," West Farleigh, Maidstone, Kent. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 8 and 12.

From the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1895:

FLOYD

John Marcon

Second Lieutenant, Royal Air Force. Died from pneumonia and influenza at his residence of 7, Sloane Street, London, 22 February 1919. Aged 36. Born 25 March, 1882. Baptised 2 June 1882 at Runcton Holme with South Runcton & Wallington, son of Charles Greenwood and Edith Ellen Floyd. Son of the Rev. C. G. Floyd and Edith Ellen Floyd, of Runcton Holme, Norfolk. In the 1891 census he was aged 9, born Holme, Norfolk, resident with his mother Edith Floyd and grandmother Ellen Marcon (a widow), at Cadogan Place, Chelsea, London & Middlesex. In the 1901 census he was aged 19, born Holme, Norfolk, an Articled Clerk, a boarder at 5, Osnaburgh Street, St Pancras, London & Middlesex. In the 1911 census he was aged 29, born Holme, Norfolk, a Chartered Accountant, resident 80, Park Mansions, St Margaret and St John, London & Middlesex,. Buried South of the church in FLEMPTON (ST. CATHERINE) CHURCHYARD, Suffolk.

From the Charterhouse Register, Long Quarter 1896:

FORD

Arthur Llewellyn

Second Lieutenant, 12th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Killed in action, shot dead while on patrol duty, his men retrieved his body, 27 September 1915. Born 19 June 1893. Baptised 17 July 1893 in Hartlepool, Durham, son of Charles Henry and Elizabeth Ford. In the 1911 census he was aged 17, born West Hartlepool, Durham, a school boarder, resident Sanatorium, Paperharow Road, Godalming, Surrey, amd also in the 1911 census he was listed as aged 17, born West Hartlepool, Durham, son of Charles Henry and Elisabeth Ford, resident Wooler Road, West Hartlepool, Durham. Played for Durham County Cricket Club. Buried in RUE-PETILLON MILITARY CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 68.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, volume 2, page 121:

FORD, ARTHUR LLEWELYN, 2nd Lieut., 12th (Service) Battn. The King's (Liverpool Regt.), only s. of Charles Henry Ford, of West Hartlepool, J.P., by his wife, Elisabeth, dau. of the late Llewelyn Roberts; b. at West Hartlepool, 19 June, 1893; educ. Aysgarth, Yorkshire, and Charterhouse; he was well known in local cricket circles, and assisted the Durham County Cricket team on one or two occasions; on the outbreak of war, joined the Public Schools Battn., and trained for some time at Ashtead, being promoted Sergt.; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 12th Battn. of the King's Regt. 2 Nov. 1914; went to France in July following; killed in action there 27 Sept. 1915, whilst on patrol duty, being shot dead. His men succeeded in securing his body and bringing it in. A letter to his father stated: "He was plucky and determined, and was on dangerous and difficult duty. He was a great favourite, and his death is a great blow to his fellow officers and men." Unm.

FORSTER

Hugh Murray

Major, 8th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Died of wounds 26 September 1915. Aged 32. Born 8 September 1883. Son of Sir Ralph C. Forster, 1st Bart., of The Grange, Sutton, Surrey. In the 1891 census he was aged 7, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, a scholar, son of Elizabeth Forster, resident Fenham Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. In the 1901 census he was aged 17, born Newcastle on Tyne, a Student, boarding at Charterhouse School, Charterhouse Road, Godalming, Guildford, Surrey. Buried in NOEUX-LES-MINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row K. Grave 5. No Cricinfo details. See also Kennington, The Oval, Surrey CCC Memorial

From the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1897:

FOSDICK

John Hyland

FOX

George Herbert

Lieutenant George Herbert Fox © IWM (HU 122337)

Second Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery attached to G.H.Q. Intelligence Branch. Killed in action in Palestine 23 April 1916. Born 16 April 1880. No known grave. Commemorated on JERUSALEM MEMORIAL, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Panel 7.

From the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1892:

FRANKLAND

Robert Cecil Colville

Captain, 3rd Battalion, Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) attached 8th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action 7 August 1915. Born 7 July 1877 in Greystones. IN the 1891 census he was aged 13, born Kildare, ireland, a pupil boarder, resident Timsbury School, St Johns Road, Eastbourne, Sussex. Educated at Charterhouse School and Cheltenham College. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 171 to 173. See also Hove

From the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1891:

FRANKLAND

Thomas Hugh Colville

Captain (Brevet Major), 2nd Battalion , Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Killed in action 25 April 1915. Aged 35. Born 17 October 1879. Son of the late Col. Colville Frankland and Mary Jay Frankland. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 192 to 197. See also Hove

From the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1893:

FRASER

Geoffrey Norris

Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached to 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action 12 March 1915. Aged 22. Son of Simon Henry and Amy B. Fraser, of 8, Windsor Terrace, Newcastle-on-Tyne. In the 1901 census he was aged 8, born Northumberland, son of Simon H and Amy B Fraser, resident Cleadon Meadows, Cleadon, Whitburn, South Shields, Durham. In the 1911 census he was aged 18, born Newbiggin by the Sea, Northumberland, a Mining student, resident Milton Hall, Brampton Junction, Brampton, Cumberland. No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 19 and 20.

FRASER

[The Honourable] Simon

Extract from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916, volume 1, page 142:

2nd LIEUTENANT the Honble. SIMON FRASER, 3rd (attd. 2nd) BATTN. GORDON HIGHLANDERS, who was killed in action near Ypres on the 29th October, 1914, was the third son of the eighteenth Lord Saltoun, of Abernethy.

He was born on the 7th September, 1888, and was educated at Winton House, Winchester (preparatory school), and at Charterhouse. He received a commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion Gordon Highlanders on the 7th September, 1914, and at the end of that month was attached to the 2nd Battalion, leaving with it for the front on the 4th October, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant Fraser was a member of the Stock Exchange. Two of his brothers are serving in the Gordon Highlanders as Lieutenants : the Master of Saltoun and the Hon. William Fraser.

Extract from de Ruvigny's ROLL OF HONOUR 1914-18:

FRASER, THE HON. SIMON, 2nd Lieut., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 2nd (92nd Foot), Battn. The Gordon Highlanders. 3rd s. of Alexander William Frederick Fraser, the Lord Saltoun of Abernethy, J.P., D.L., by his wife, Mary Helena, only dau. of Thomas Arthur Grattan-Bellew, MY.; b. 7 Sept. 1888; educ. Winton House. Winchester, and Charterhouse; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Gordon Highlanders 7 Sept. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, attached to the 2nd Battn. and was killed in action near Ypres 29 Oct. 1914.

Extract from the Stock Exchange Memorial Book:

LIEUTENANT THE HON. SIMON FRASER, Gordon Highlanders, was born in 1888 and educated at Charterhouse, where he attained a considerable position in his House. From school he entered Greenwell and Co.'s office and, after learning the business, became a member of the Stock Exchange in 1912.

On the outbreak of war he applied for a commission, and in August was gazetted a lieutenant in the Gordon Highlanders. In October he was sent to conduct a draft to the 2nd Battalion at Lyndhurst. On arriving there he found that there was a vacancy in the battalion. He at once applied to the Commanding Officer and, obtaining permission to join that Battalion, went with it in the famous 7th Division in the same month to Belgium.

Finally they joined the British Army at Ypres and in the first battle of that name he was killed by a shell whilst talking to a brother officer.

In the few weeks he had been with his battalion he had won great popularity and he was greatly loved and respected by the men of his Company, who carried his body back the same evening to the headquarters of the Battalion, a distance of nearly three miles. He was buried the next morning in the garden of a neighbouring château by his younger brother, who was in the same Battalion.

FRASER-TYTLER

Patrick Seton

FREKE-EVANS

Fisher Arthur Haslett

FROST

Charles Dale

Captain, 110th Mahratta Light Infantry, Indian Army. Died 22 November 1915. Aged 27. Born 8 January 1888, baptised 24 february 1888 in Bengal. India,.Son of Henry Francis Burnes and Lilian Frost, of 16, Marten Rd., Folkestone. Served on North-West Frontier of India (1908) with Royal Munster Fusiliers. No known grave. Commemorated on BASRA MEMORIAL, Iraq. Panel 48 and 66.

Extract from de Ruvigny's ROLL OF HONOUR 1914-18, volume 2, page:

FROST, CHARLES DALE, Capt. and Adjutant, 110th Mahratta Light Infantry, I.A., only child of Henry Francis Burnes Frost, of 16, Marten Road, Folkestone, late Superintending Engineer, Public Works Dept., India, and Lilian; dau. of Dr. Dale, of Stockton-on-Tees, J.P. ; b. Gopalgunge, Bengal, India, 9 Jan. 1888 ; educ. The Wick, Brighton ; Charterhouse, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst ; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Munster Fusiliers 3 Oct. 1906, and with them took part in the fighting on the North-West Frontier of India 1908 ; operations in the Momand country (Medal with clasp) ; promoted Lieut. 10 Feb. 1909, and joined the 110th Mahratta Light Infantry, officiating Quartermaster 15 Sept. 1912, and Quartermaster 10 Mar. 1914. In May, 1914, he was attached to the A.Q.M.G. Branch at Poona, and on 4 Nov. 1914, he went to the Persian Gulf, " attaché " Q.M.G. Branch 6th Poona Division, and took part in the taking of Basra and the engagement of Sahil. Rejoined his regiment Feb. 1915, took part in the Battles of Shaiba and Kut-el-Amara, and was killed in action at Ctesiphon 22 Nov. 1915. Buried there. Capt. Frost was mentioned in General Sir John Nixon's Despatch of 28 Sept. 1915 [London Gazette, 5 April, 1916], for gallant and distinguished service in the field.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1916:

FROST Charles Dale of 16 Marten-road Folkestone captain 110th Mahratta L. Infantry H.M. Indian Army died 22 November 1915 at Ctesiphon Mesopotamia Administration London 1 November to Henry Francis Burnes Frost retired civil engineer. Effects £269 12s.

FROST

Thomas Lawrence

Captain, (Adjutant), 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Killed in action 28 March 1915. Aged 25. Born 9 June 1889 in Chester. Baptised 7 August 1889 in Chester, St Mary, Cheshire. Son of Sir John Meadows and Henrietta Frost, of Upton Lawn, Chester. Buried in BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Enclosure No.2. Plot IV. Row A. Grave 41.

Extract from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916, volume 2, page 170:

CAPTAIN THOMAS LAWRENCE FROST, ADJUTANT 1st BATTN. CHESHIRE REGT. was the third son of John M. Frost, J.P., Mayor of Chester, Upton Lawn, Chester.

He was born at Chester on the 9th June, 1889, and was educated at Charter-house and Clare College, Cambridge. He received his commission in the Cheshire Regiment in February, 1911, becoming Lieutenant in August, 1913. He left with his battalion for the front in August, 1914. For his services in the war he was mentioned in Sir John French's Despatch of the 14th January, 1915. He was appointed Adjutant of his battalion in October, 1914, and was promoted Captain in December, 1914. Captain Frost, who was almost the last effective survivor of the officers who originally went to the front with the 1st Battalion, was killed in the trenches on the 28th March, 1915, and was buried near Ypres.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1916:

FROST Thomas Lawrence of Upton Lawn near Chester a captain in His Majesty's Cheshire regiment who was killed in action in the present war on the 28 March 1915 Probate Chester 12 May to John Meadows Frost the younger a major in the Cheshire Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery Territorial Forces. Effects £14245 5s.

FULLERTON

Charles Alan Clarke

Second Lieutenant, 72nd Training Squadron, Royal Air Force formerly 106th Infantry, Indian Army. Failed to recover flying position when spinning, killed when he crashed, flying in an Avro 504, serial number C656, 29 May 1918. Aged 22. Born 14 December 1895. Son of John Skipwith Herbert Fullerton, of Thrybergh Park, Rotherham, Yorks. In the 1911 census he was aged 15, a school boarder, resident Bodcites Godalming, Godalming, Surrey. Buried in North West corner of THRYBERGH (ST. LEONARD) OLD CHURCHYARD, Yorkshire.

Extract from Barnsley Independent - Saturday 8 June 1918, page 3:

ACCIDENTALLY KILLED WHILE FLYING.
LIEUT. C. A. C. FULLERTON.

Much sympathy will be felt for Lieutenant- Colonel J. S. H. Fullerton, D.L., and Mrs. Fullerton, of Noblethorpe Hall, Silkstone, and Thrybergh Park, Rotherham, in the bereavement sustained by the death of their son, Lt. Charles Alan Clarke Fullerton (22), of the Royal Air Faroe, who was accidentally killed with another officer, Sec.-Lieutenant T. Jowett (20), of Cleckheaton, while flying in a Yorkshire district on Wednesday week. At the inquest it transpired that the two officers were flying in one machine, which crashed to the ground. They were both alive when extricated from the wreckage, but died soon afterwards. Lieut. Fullerton, who was concious for some time, said the accident was due to the rudder becoming jammed. The medical evidence showed that death in each case was due to shock, and the Jury returned verdicts of "Accidental death."

THE INTERMENT.

The interment of Lieutenant Fullerton, took place on Sunday afternoon in the private burial ground of the famil, at Thrybergh Church. The Rev. G. H. C. Bowen, rector of Thrybergh, and the Rev. J. V. Prince, vicar of Silkstone, officiated. The choir of Silkstone Church assisted the local choir. The local troop of the Church Lads Brigade, K.R.R., formed a guard of honour, under the command of Captain Milner, and at the close of the ceremony a sergeant of the Troop sounded the "Last Post."

The mouners were Lieut.-Colonel and Mrs. Fullerton, Lieutenant J. H. R. Fullerton, 19th Hussars, and Mr. David Fullerton (brothers), Mrs. Clarke, Barton, near Darlington (grand-mother), Colonel Key, York (cousin), and there were also present the Earl of Wharncliffe, Countess Fitzwilliam, the Hon. Irene Lawley, Kecrick Park, York; Miss Kley, Kecrick Villa, York ; and other representative people. The tenantry and members of the household at Noblethorpe Hall and Thrybergh also attended, and those sending wreaths included:—The Countess Wharncliffe, Countess Fitzwilliam, Lord Milton, the Rotherham and District Golf Club, and the Thrybergh Cricket Club.

FURZE

Frederic (Jun.)

From de Ruvigny's ROLL OF HONOUR 1914-18 Part 3, page 108:

FURZE, FREDERIC, Capt., 2nd battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T. F.) elder s. of Frederic Furze, of 6, Wetbeck House, London, W., by his wife. Helen, dau. of W. A. Hubbuck; b. Beckenham, co. Kent. 29 April. 1881; educ. Charterhouse obtained a commission in the London Rifle Brigade in Aug. 1914; was Adjutant for two years, and in 1917 appointed Company Commander; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action at the Menin Road Battle 20 Sept. 1917. Buried at Hubner Farm, between Poelcappelle and St. Julien. His Commanding Officer wrote “His behaviour during the attack was splendid, and it is due to his fine example and great gallantry that the attack was the great success it was. He was shot three times, but still carried on, and was finally killed by a sniper at the final objective. His loss to us is immense he was most popular with all ranks.” He m. at Beckenham, 27 Oct. 1908, Alice Duthie, dau. of J. Trimmer.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1916:

FURZE Frederic the younger of Rayleigh 33 Albemarle-road Beckenham Kent captain 5th city of London battalion London regiment (London Rifle Brigade) died 20 September 1917 at Menin-road Flanders Belgium Probate London 28 December to Alice Mary Duthie Furze widow Sydney Smith stock jobber and Frederick Edmund Cross merchant.
Effects £8606 0s. 8d. Resworn £7937 0s. 8d.