1909. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for Imperial Service; was

promoted Capt., 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 21 March, 1915, and was killed in action in France, 12 June, 1915, being shot by a sniper; _unm._ Buried in the 5th Battn. Warwicks Cemetery, White Gates, Petit Pont, Ploegsteert. The Col. of the battn. wrote: “He belonged to a fine battn. He was proud of the battn. and the battn. were proud of him,” and after remarking on the loyal spirit of the corps, pointing out that 900 of the 960 men volunteered for foreign service, continued: “It was the officers of the type of Johnny Francis, as he was known in the mess, that made the regt, what it was. Francis loved the regt., loved his company, and his men were devoted to him. Amidst 30 or 40 officers there are bound to be degrees of character, force and capacity, but in Francis I had a perfect soldier. As to character, he was the soul of honour, a disciplined officer, a true friend. He had a keen sense of justice and a sort of rough lovingkindness to his men which made them value him. As to force, he was a born commander, a leader of men. As to capabilities, he was clever, knew his job thoroughly and had a way of imparting his knowledge to his men, and he was hard-working; he was never idle. As to courage, there never was a braver man. He was not merely a brave fool who saw no danger. I think he was the kind of man who enjoyed danger. He would take a fearful punishment on the football field or in a boxing match with the utmost good temper. There was about him a joyous courage. I doubted some men’s courage, I doubted my own, but I never doubted his.” A Memorial Cross was erected in the Churchyard at Fladbury, and was dedicated by the Bishop of Worcester, June, 1916. Capt. Francis, who was the first officer to fall of the 5th and 6th Warwicks, was the great grandson of John Francis, who was the first man to be given a commission as Lieut. in the Volunteer movement of 1803. He was a well-known player for the Moseley Rugby Club. [Illustration: =John Francis.=] =FRANCIS, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2086), 290778, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =FRANCIS, WILLIAM SAMUEL=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17236, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =FRANKLIN, ALBERT EDWARD=, Private, No. 1752, 1st Battn. Australian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of George Franklin; _b._ Poplar, London, E., 25 Nov. 1892; educ. Daubeney Road School, Clapton Park; went to Australia, 18 June, 1914, and settled at Glen Innes, New South Wales; enlisted in Jan. 1915; left with the fourth reinforcements, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 10 Dec. 1915; _unm._ He was buried on the slope of the hill where he fell, overlooking Anzac Bay. =FRANKLIN, ARTHUR=, Chief Stoker, 286935, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3262), 164423, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =FRANKLIN, WILLIAM THOMAS=, Seaman, R.N.R., 4902B, H.M.S. Cressy lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =FRANKS, JABEZ=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8075), S.S. 103825, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =FRASER, ALEXANDER=, V.D., Lieut.-Col., 1/4th Battn. Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late Alexander Fraser, Provost of Inverness, Agent of the Commercial Bank of Scotland there, by his wife, Elizabeth (Island Bank House, Inverness), dau. of the Rev. John Spray, M.A., Vicar of Kinneagh, Ireland; _b._ Beauly, co. Inverness, 6 May, 1865; educ. the Royal Academy, Inverness, Inverness College and Edinburgh University, and was admitted a Solicitor on 25 March, 1890, and made a Notary Public on 18 Oct. 1892. He practised in Inverness and became Senior Partner in the firm of Fraser & Ross of that town. He joined the ranks of the 1st Volunteer Battn. of the Cameron Highlanders, 9 May, 1883, and served with them until 10 Nov. 1887, and with the Q.R.V.B. Royal Scots from 20 Feb. 1888 to 13 Nov. 1889, and received a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the former, 17 May, 1890. He was promoted Lieut., 20 Dec. 1890; Capt., 10 Aug. 1898; Hon. Major, 5 April, 1902; Major, 25 Feb. 1905; and from 24 Feb. 1909 to 23 Aug. 1913, was Lieut.-Col. Commanding. He then retired and joined the Reserve of Officers (T.F.). On the outbreak of the European War he immediately volunteered for foreign service and rejoined, 19 Sept. 1914, on a reserve unit being formed at Inverness; and his successor in command of the 4th, being incapacitated for active service by an accident, he was re-appointed Lieut.-Col. Commanding, 29 Oct. following. He went to the Front with his Battn. in Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, France, 18 May, 1915. On the 16th, the first day of the British attack on the German trenches south of La Bassée, the 4th Camerons were in reserve, and occupied trenches and dug-outs made by themselves, about 1,000 yards behind the British line, and on the afternoon of the 17th were ordered forward to the attack, and moved via the village of Festubert up to the trenches captured by the British the day before. The objective was a long trench, previously a communication trench, but now used as a fire trench by the enemy, with a group of houses on the enemy’s right. Two Battns. were ordered to attack, and the Camerons were allotted the houses and the portion of the trench next them; the other Battn. being on the right. Our artillery bombarded the enemy during the day and at 7.30, just as dark was coming on, the attack was launched. They had to advance over what was apparently a perfectly level piece of greasy ground, about 800 yards across, but which was found to be intersected by deep ditches full of water. The Battn. on the right suffered so severely that they had to fall back, and some of D Coy. had to retire with them, but the remainder successfully rushed the enemy’s trench. Every effort was immediately made to put it in a state of defence, but the houses had not been captured and our supports failed in the dark to find the trench where the Battn. was, and when, just at dawn, the Germans made a strong counter-attack and assailed both flanks with hand-grenades, Col. Fraser saw that it could not be held and ordered a retreat. He himself refused to leave his post of danger before the last of his men was away, and just as he was starting to go he was shot at the edge of the ditch. The Chaplain, in a letter to Mrs. Fraser, wrote: “Shortly after I joined the Battn. as Chaplain, we were ordered to take up a certain position. The date was 11 May. The Battn. waited there in reserve until last night. At four o’clock in the afternoon the order came to march out to ---- and turn due east. The front British trench was reached without any casualties, and, led by your brave husband, the gallant Camerons crossed over the backbone right into the German trench. It had been evacuated by the enemy, but a communication trench was still held by them, leading to their reserve trenches. The task allotted to our Battn. was to cut off the German retreat from this communication trench. Officers and men behaved like immortal heroes.... Lieut. ----, A Coy. told me that he saw Col. Fraser at an advanced point. He was then wounded, but was giving orders. Lieut. ... was sent with orders to another point, and when he returned he could find no further trace of the Colonel. When the Battn. had to fall back under a withering fire and the roll was called, there was still no word of the Colonel. At 11 a.m. to-day Dr. Lindsay and I went out to look for him, and though we reached to within a few hundred yards of the spot, no trace of him could be found.... In the few days that I had been with the Battn. I was led to cherish the profoundest admiration for your husband. He was a wise leader, a considerate commander, and one of the finest men that I ever had the good fortune to meet.... I was very much struck with the religious note in his life, and it is a source of inspiration to me to recall how earnestly he counselled his men to guard against all manner of excesses.... It will comfort you to know that the Brigadier-General told me that the Camerons crowned themselves with glory.” He was twice mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French (31 May, 1915, and 15 Oct. 1915). Col. Fraser was Factor for the Estates of Culloden and Ferintosh; a military member of the County Territorial Force Association for Inverness; a member of the Town Council of Inverness, and for some time a Magistrate; Clerk to the Deacons Court of the United Free High Church; President of the Sanitary Association of Scotland, 1912–13; convenor of Public Health Committee of Inverness, and secretary of the northern branch of the Royal Arboricultural Society. He was Right Worshipful Master of St. John’s Lodge of Freemasons, Inverness, and Provincial Grand Treasurer of Inverness-shire. He passed the School of Musketry, Hythe, 18 Oct. 1899, and had certificates for Tactics (May, 1892), Organisation and Equipment (May, 1903), and Military Topography (Nov. 1903). He had the Long Service medal, the Volunteer Decoration, and the Coronation medal (1911). Col. Fraser _m._ at the West Parish Church, Inverness, 27 April, 1893, Ella (Westwood, Inverness), only dau. of the late Col. Duncan Menzies, Blarich, Sutherland, Scotland, who for many years commanded the 1st Sutherland Highland Rifle Volunteers, and left two sons and seven daus.: Duncan Menzies, _b._ 15 April, 1894; Alexander Redmond Hugh, _b._ 25 Jan. 1908; Elizabeth Sibell, _b._ 9 June, 1896; Mary Millicent, _b._ 14 March, 1898; Muriel Jess, _b._ 26 June, 1900; Alexandra Dorothy, _b._ 1 Jan. 1903; Eleanor Beatrice Stewart, _b._ 31 Dec. 1905; Margaret Iris, _b._ 30 July, 1910; and Frances Alice Murray, _b._ 10 Nov. 1912. Col. Fraser’s elder _s._ Menzies obtained a commission in the Royal Engineers (S.R.) at the outbreak of the war and is now (1916) Lieut. in the 75th Field Company R.E. attd. to the Guards Division in France. [Illustration: =Alexander Fraser.=] =FRASER, DONALD ALEXANDER=, Trooper, No. 862, 1st Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of the late William Fraser, by his wife, Mary (Loloma, Barry Street, Neutral Bay, Sydney, N.S.W.), dau. of John Oswald, of Melbourne, Victoria; _b._ Louth River, Darling, New South Wales, 15 Feb. 1889; educ. Scotch College, Melbourne; joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, 12 Jan. 1915, left Australia with the fourth reinforcements and was killed in action at Suvla Bay, 7 Aug. 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =Donald Alexander Fraser.=] =FRASER, GEORGE JAMES=, Private, No. 2276, 4th Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of James Fraser, of 3, Reeves Place, Hoxton, N., Labourer, by his wife, Flora, dau. of William Nixon; _b._ Bethnal Green, 13 Dec. 1892; volunteered following the outbreak of war and joined the 4th London Regt., 22 Aug. 1914; went to France, 5 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Hill 60, 27 April, 1915; _unm._ =FRASER, THE HON. HUGH JOSEPH=, M.V.O., Major, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards, 2nd _s._ of the late Simon, 15th Lord Lovat, by his wife, Alice Mary (Beaufort Castle, Beauly), dau. of Thomas Weld Blundell, of Ince Blundell; _b._ Beauly, co. Inverness, 6 July, 1874; educ. Fort Augustus Abbey School. Inverness-shire; gazetted 2nd Lieut. from the Militia to the Scots Guards, 12 Dec. 1894, promoted Lieut. 15 Nov. 1897, Capt. 16 March, 1901, and Major 12 June, 1907, and served in the South African War, 1900–2; took part in the operations in the Orange Free State, May to 29 Nov. 1900, including actions at Biddulphsberg and Wittenbergen (1–29 July), also in those there and in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1901 to 31 May, 1902, and was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901], and received the Queen’s medal with three clasps and the King’s medal with two clasps; was Adjutant in Lovat’s Scouts (Imperial Yeomanry) from 1 April, 1903 to 31 July, 1907, and Aide-de-Camp to the Viceroy of India from Nov. 1910 to April, 1913. On the outbreak of war with Germany he went to the Front with the 2nd Battn. Scots Guards, which formed part of the 7th Division, and was killed in action in the 1st Battle of Ypres, 27 Oct. 1914; _unm._ He was made a M.V.O. (4th Class) 1912. [Illustration: =The Hon. Hugh J. Fraser.=] =FRASER, JAMES HOWIE=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Gordon Highlanders, only _s._ of Edward Cleather Fraser, C.M.G., Member of the Council of Government, Mauritius, and a Partner in the firm of Ireland, Fraser & Co., of Port Louis, by his wife, Mary Josephine, dau. of the late Thomas Howie, and gdson. of the late James Fraser, of Newfield, Blackheath Park; _b._ Blackheath, London, 4 April, 1888; educ. Summerfields, near Oxford, Rugby and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, out of which he passed first in Summer Term 1907, with prizes for Tactics and Military Engineering; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Gordon Highlanders, 9 Oct. 1907, and promoted Lieut. 20 March, 1909; joined the 2nd Battn. in India, and served with it there and in Egypt, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action 30 Oct. 1914, in the attack on Zillebeke Farm House. He was _unm._ and was buried at Klein Zillebeke. Lieut. Fraser was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. [London Gazette, 17 Feb.] 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. [Illustration: =James Howie Fraser.=] =FRASER, JAMES O’NEILL=, Private, No. 1341, 5th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of Evan Fraser, of 4, Caledonian Place, Newton, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Railway Signalman, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of John O’Neill; _b._ Beith, co. Ayr, 6 June, 1894; educ. Hallside School, Cambuslang, and after being for some time a clerk with the Caledonian Railway Co., emigrated to Australia in April, 1914, to take up farming. On the outbreak of war he enlisted in the Australian Expeditionary Force; left for Egypt, 1 Feb. 1915; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25–26 April, 1915, and was killed on the latter day; _unm._ =FRASER, LACHLAN HENRY VEITCH=, Lieut., 4th Battn. The Middlesex Regt., yst. _s._ of Major Francis Fraser, of Tornaveen, co. Aberdeen, by his wife, Alexia Mary Beatrice de Dombal, dau. of Capt. John Henderson MacDonald, of Caskieben, co. Aberdeen, 78th Highlanders; _b._ Tornaveen, 22 April, 1894; educ. Malvern and Sandhurst; gazetted to the 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt. 8 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 15 Nov. following; went to France, Sept. and was killed in action in the trenches at Ypres, 24 Feb. 1915; _unm._ Buried at Goderzom Farm, Vierstraat. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. [London Gazette, 17 Feb.] 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. [Illustration: =Lachlan H. V. Fraser.=] =FRASER, ROBERT=, Private, No. 8313, 2nd Battn. Highland L.I., only _s._ of Robert Fraser, of Glasgow, by his wife, Mary; _b._ Glasgow, 1881; educ. Dobbies Loan School there; enlisted in the 3rd Battn. Highland L.I.; served through the South African war and retired in 1905 with the rank of Corpl.; re-enlisted in the 2nd Battn. on the outbreak of the European War; went to France in Nov. 1914; was wounded at Neuve Chapelle and again at Hill 60, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 25 Sept. 1915. After the fighting that day he was officially reported “Missing,” but on 29 Nov. a letter was received by a wounded comrade who stated that he saw him buried that night. He _m._ at Glasgow, 25 May, 1906, Mary (130, Taylor Street, Townhead, Glasgow), dau. of James McLaughlan, of Glasgow, and had four children: Robert, _b._ 22 Dec. 1908; James, _b._ 6 Oct. 1913; Mary, _b._ 23 March, 1907; and Janet, _b._ 13 Jan. 1912. [Illustration: =Robert Fraser.=] =FRASER, WILLIAM ST. JOHN=, Lieut.-Commander, Royal Navy, 4th _s._ of Sir Thomas Richard Fraser, of Drumsheugh Gardens, Edinburgh, and Druimbeg, Acharacle, co. Argyle; M.D., F.R.S., LL.D., Professor of Materia Medica and of Clinical Medicine in the University of Edinburgh; Hon. Physician to the King in Scotland, by his wife, Susanna Margaret, dau. of the Rev. Robert Duncan; _b._ Edinburgh, 18 Sept. 1883; educ. Edinburgh Academy and Stubbington House, Fareham; entered the Navy, Britannia, 1898; became a midshipman, 1899; and was promoted Sub-Lieut., 1902, Lieut. 1904 and Lieut.-Commander, 1912; served in China, 1899–1902, on board the Endymion (medal), and in the European War, 1914–15, and was killed while on active service in the North Sea, near Heligoland, Jan. 1915, in command of Submarine E 10, which was destroyed with all hands. Admiral Sir George Warrender wrote: “I knew him well, for he was with me in the Shannon and I admired and respected him as one of the finest of our young officers.” He _m._ at Colinton, Midlothian, 9 April, 1908, Kathleen Lilias (Colinton, Midlothian), dau. of Capt. Abel Chapman, 19th Hussars, and had two daus.: Mary Kathleen, _b._ 16 Aug. 1911; and Rachel Margaret, _b._ 22 Jan. 1913. [Illustration: =William St. John Fraser.=] =FREDERICK, HENRY=, Stoker (Native), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =FREDERICK, JOHN EDWARD=, Gunner (R.F.R., I.C. 43), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =FREDERICKS, WILLIAM=, A.B., 198858, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =FREEBOROUGH, CHARLES HENRY=, Leading Seaman, 228949, H.M.S Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =FREEMAN, CHARLES WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 15937, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =FREEMAN, GEOFFREY WILLIAM=, Private, No. 1201, 5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of William Edward Freeman, of 77, North Side, Clapham Common, S.W., L.D.S., R.C.S. Eng., Dental Surgeon, by his wife, Maud, dau. of the late John Hopkins, of Sydney, N.S.W.; _b._ Narrabri, New South Wales, 11 Sept. 1896; came to England with his parents, 1903; educ. Manor House School, Clapham Common; and when war broke out was studying to enter Guy’s Hospital. He immediately volunteered and joined the London Rifle Brigade, 4 Nov. 1914, and, after training at Crowboro’ and Haywards Heath, went to France, 12 March, 1915. He wrote home regularly and cheerfully, his last letter being dated 8 May when the battn. was resting from a long spell in the trenches. A day or two later they were rushed up to take part in the Second Battle of Ypres, and he was one of the gallant band of nine who were with Sergt. D. W. Belcher when he won his V.C. on 13 May. Sergt. Belcher, with his handful of men, elected to remain and endeavour to hold a portion of an advanced breastwork south of the Wieltje-St. Julien Road, which was under heavy bombardment from the enemy’s artillery, after the troops near him had been withdrawn, and there is little doubt that the bold front shown by Sergt. Belcher and the few men with him prevented the enemy from breaking through and making a flank attack on one of the divisions. They held on during the whole day, and at nightfall reinforcements came up and the position was saved. Unfortunately, however, Freeman was killed during the course of the day. He had volunteered to take a message under heavy fire to Capt. Somers Smith of the L.R.B.; the message was taken and delivered, but almost immediately a shell burst and he and all around him were killed. He was named in Battn. Orders, and 2nd Lieut. A. G. Sharp wrote; “He was always popular wherever he went, and everyone who came in contact with him, liked him. During the whole time I knew him I never met one person who had anything but good to say of him. In his last term at Manor House he won the Gold Medal, and everyone who was with him during his short but glorious career in the Army says that they have lost in him a great pal. During his whole life he upheld the traditions of his school, which was very dear to him, and he died as every Manorian would wish to die. Truly when one thinks of him one is convinced that Manor House makes no idle boast when she says that all her sons are ‘Sportsmen and true gentlemen.’” [Illustration: =Geoffrey W. Freeman.=] =FREEMAN, JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3402), 217667, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =FREER, ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 7890, 1st Battn. Highland L.I., 6th _s._ of George Freer, of 18, Cameron Street, off New City Road, Glasgow, by his wife, Barbara Park, dau. of William Ferris, of Dundee, Carpenter; _b._ Glasgow, 31 June, 1894; educ. Oakbank School there; was an apprentice shipwright with Messrs. Berdmore & Dalmuir; enlisted 30 Jan. 1914; went to France, 4 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915. His yst. brother, Robert, died on active service (see his notice), and of his other brothers, James and John are both on active service, the former with the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders and the latter at Salonika. [Illustration: =Alexander Freer.=] =FREER, LEACROFT HOWARD=, Sapper, No. 5089, 1st Coy. (6th North Vancouver Engineers), Canadian Engineers, 2nd _s._ of the late Howard Freer, of Bidford Grange, Warwickshire, by his wife, Gertrude Louisa (Port Hammond, P.O., British Columbia, Canada), dau. of Peter Davis, of Bickmarsh Hall, co. Warwick; _b._ Bidford Grange, co. Warwick, 26 Aug. 1884; educ. Bedford Grammar School; went to Canada in 1903, farming, afterwards taking up carpentering; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the North Vancouver Engineers, 11 Aug. 1914; came over with the first contingent; went to the Front in Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 15 June, 1915, by shell-fire; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “On the evening of 15 June, the Canadians were making an attack, a party of engineers, including your son and myself, were waiting with some infantry in a communication trench immediately behind our front line for the word to go forward. Before the word came a large German shell exploded quite close to us, killing seven of our men, your son being one. He was killed instantly, as he was nearest to the explosion. Your son was thought much of by both officers and men. He was always so willing to help others. His services to the company will be greatly missed. He was so capable, being able to turn his hand to such a variety of works”; and another: “He was the ideal type of an Englishman, I always thought, and I know that everyone who had anything to do with him liked and admired him.” [Illustration: =Leacroft Howard Freer.=] =FREER, ROBERT=, Private, No. 3351, 3/5th Battn. Highland L.I. (T.F.), 7th and yst. _s._ of George Freer, of 18, Cameron Street, off New City Road, Glasgow, by his wife, Barbara Park, dau. of William Ferris, of Dundee, Carpenter; _b._ Glasgow, 28 Oct. 1897; educ. Oakbank School there; was an apprentice with a boat builder; enlisted 7 April, 1915, a month after his brother Alexander was killed at Neuve Chapelle, and died in the Military Hospital at Ripon, 26 Dec. 1915, of pneumonia contracted while training; _unm._ [Illustration: =Robert Freer.=] =FREIGHT, STANLEY GEORGE=, Corpl., No. 123, 1/4th Royal West Surrey Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Edward James Freight, of 40, Windmill Road, Croydon, Builder, by his wife, Jessie, dau. of Samuel Cross, of Frome, Somerset, Farmer; _b._ Brixton, 1884; educ. Croydon; was a Builder and Decorator in partnership with his father; joined the 4th Surrey Territorials in 1908; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to India with his regt. 29 Oct. 1914, and died on active service at Lucknow, 1 May, 1915, of enteric fever; _unm._ =FRENCH, ALFRED=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po./11057, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chile, 1 Nov. 1914. =FRENCH, ARTHUR ROBERT=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26373 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =FRENCH, FREDERICK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2469), 196044, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =FRENCH, HERBERT=, Private, No. 7145, 1st Battn. (33rd Regt.) 1st Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of John French; _b._ Kimer, co. Sussex; enlisted as a Driver (No. 40744) in the R.F.A. about 1894, and was 18 years with the Colours; served in the Sudan (medal), 1897–98, and in the South African War (medal with two clasps), 1899–1902; went to Canada about 1912 and settled at Vingham, Ontario; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 16 Aug. 1914; came over with the first contingent Oct., and died on service in Bulford Manor Hospital, 24 Dec. 1914, following an operation. He _m._ at Brighton, Sussex, 22 April, 1894, Jane (Broughdale Avenue, London, Ontario), dau. of Harry Hayles, and had six children: Hezekiah George, _b._ 7 June, 1878, _m._ with three children; Harry, _b._ 8 April, 1883; Herbert John, _b._ 21 June, 1900, now (1916) on active service in France; George, _b._ 9 Aug. 1910; Daisy, _b._ 9 Dec. 1897; and Maude Gladys, _b._ 4 March, 1903. [Illustration: =Herbert French.=] =FRENCH, JOHN EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10100), 202476, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =FRENCH, JOSEPH ROBERT=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16365, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =FRENCH, VALENTINE DOUGLAS=, 2nd Lieut., 5th (Service) Battn. Shropshire L.I., 3rd _s._ of [the Hon.] John French, of Miramar, Queenstown, Resident Magistrate, J.P. [2nd _s._ of Charles, 3rd Baron De Freyne], by his wife, Nani, dau. of Valentine Blake Dillon; _b._ Peatra House, Frenchpark, co. Roscommon, 3 Jan. 1889; educ. Jesuits College Limerick; gazetted to the 5th Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, 9 April, 1906; but retired in 1907 and became Manager of the Shelford Rubber Estate at Klang, Malay States. On the outbreak of war he returned home and received a commission in the 5th King’s Shropshire L.I., 10 March, 1915; went to France with his regt. 20 May, and died 16 June, 1915, of wounds received in action, and was buried in Dickebusch Churchyard, at the corner of the south wall of Sanctuary; _unm._ Capt. H. Measor wrote: “When we knew at the last moment before leaving England that he was coming with us, all of us, and we C Coy. officers in particular, were delighted that we should have him with us. His wonderful good spirits and cheeriness at all times was a tonic of inestimable value to those of us who are not blessed with as stout a heart and as great courage as he was. I last saw him standing in a field which was swept with a hail of shrapnel, cheering the men of his platoon on, and seeing them all into the comparative safety of a concentration trench before he took any advantage of the cover himself, and even after he was hit I am told that he went on encouraging his men and giving them heart.” Lieut. French’s elder brother was wounded in the same action, and has since died of his wounds. His cousins-german, Lord De Freyne and the Hon. George French, were killed in action a few weeks previously. [Illustration: =Valentine Douglas French.=] =FRICKER, ALFRED HENRY=, Private, No. 6463, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of George Fricker, of Wookey Wells, Somerset, by his wife, Elsie; _b._ Radstock, co. Somerset, 4 Aug. 1885; educ. Radstock and Wells; enlisted 5 Dec. 1905; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Chivy, France, 14 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at Wells, 20 March, 1909, Emily (63, Thomas Street, Miskin, Mountain Ash, Glamorgan), dau. of William John Berryman, and had three children: George William Henry, _b._ 3 Feb. 1910; Alfred John, _b._ 16 June, 1913; and Ellen Norah, _b._ 17 Jan. 1911. =FRICKER, BASSELL SAXE=, Private, No. 3/894, Ambulance Division, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late Henry Charles Fricker, of Greymouth, New Zealand; _b._ Greymouth, 22 March, 1884; educ. Greymouth High School; volunteered for Imperial service after the outbreak of war; left New Zealand with the sixth reinforcements, and was drowned while on active service in H.M.S. Marquette, 23 Oct. 1915; _unm._ He was a keen sportsman and powerful swimmer, and held several medals for swimming. [Illustration: =Bassell Saxe Fricker.=] =FRICKER, JOSEPH HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 110662 (Ports.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =FRIEND, GEORGE BURTON TADDY=, Capt., 6th (Service) Battn. (The Buffs) East Kent Regt., eldest _s._ of the late James Taddy Friend, of Northdown, D.L., by his wife, Mary Stewart (Northdown, Isle of Thanet, Kent), dau. of George Irvine, of Bruckley House, Mossley Hill; _b._ Northdown, afsd., 1 Oct. 1879; educ. Wellington House, Westgate-on-Sea and Harrow; gazetted to the 1st Battn. E. Kent Regt., from the Rifle Brigade Militia, 7 March, 1900, and promoted Lieut. 2 Nov. 1900; served with his regt. in India 1900 to 1903, retiring in 1906 to take up farming. At the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914. he rejoined his old regt. and was gazetted Capt. to the 6th Battn. 1 Oct. 1914. He went to France, 1 June, 1915, and was killed in action in Flanders, 25 July, 1915, while with a party repairing barbed wire entanglements in front of the trenches. He _m._ 1 June, 1906, Susie Frances Selby, 2nd dau. of the late Richard Copley, of Thrapston, co. Northants, and had two sons: James Irvine, _b._ July, 1907, _d._ 17 Aug. 1911; and Geoffrey Francis, _b._ 26 Jan. 1909. His three brothers are (1916) on active service. =FRIEND, HARRY EDWIN=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27538, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =FROGGATT, ALEXANDER=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./15598, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =FROST, EDMUND LIONEL=, Lieut., 4th Battn. South Lancashire Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Edmund Frost, of Chesterfield, Meads, Eastbourne, M.D., Mast. Surg., etc., by his wife, Mary Elizabeth, 2nd dau. of the late Walter Theobalds, of Birkenhead, Cheshire; _b._ Lasswade, Midlothian, 30 May, 1891; educ. Dover College Junior School, and Uppingham, where he was a Præposter, Captain of Games, Captain of the School Football and Hockey teams, Captain of his House (Fircroft), and Champion Heavy Weight Boxer; and Trinity College, Cambridge. He passed his “Little Go” at the age of 16, but remained at Uppingham till old enough to go to Cambridge. He graduated with honours in the Natural Sciences Tripos, 1912, and during his three years there, he obtained sixteen medals, two silver spoons, a cup, and three oars, for Boxing, Rifle and Revolver Shooting and Sports. He was the ’Varsity champion heavy weight boxer in 1910, for which he received his half blue, and gained another half blue for Rifle Shooting. He only became a “wet bob” his last year, but so excellent an oarsman was he that he narrowly missed inclusion in the Cambridge Crew of that year; as it was, he was awarded the Trial Eights Cup. He was Captain of the ’Varsity Revolver Team and obtained the ninth place in the International Revolver Championship, N.R.A., at Bisley in 1912; he made a remarkable record in marksmanship with a revolver, by scoring 82 out of a possible 84, under service conditions. On leaving Cambridge he became actively associated with the firm of Messrs. Peter Stubs, Ltd., File and Steel and Tool Manufacturers, Warrington, of which his uncle, Mr. F. A. Frost, was Chairman and Managing Director. The following year, 1913, he went to France with the object of perfecting his knowledge of the language and coming into touch with the Continental trade of the Company. He received a commission in the 4th (Territorial) Battn. South Lancashire Regt., 1 Nov. 1912, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service, was promoted Lieut. 24 Sept. 1914; went to France 11 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Hooge, Flanders, 16 June, 1915; _unm._ On this occasion his Battn. with three other regts. assaulted the German position at Hooge, and carried three trenches at the point of the bayonet, and the Brigadier-General, addressing the Battn. after the battle, said: “The Battalion did splendidly. You have proved that the 4th South Lancashires can never be broken.” Lieut. Frost was shot through the head, and though he lived three-quarters of an hour, never regained consciousness. He was buried in Sanctuary Wood, near Ypres. Major Crosfield wrote: “I was speaking to him only ten minutes before, and though we were in the thick of it, he was just as bright and cheery as ever. The whole Battalion mourns his loss.” The Rev. W. Bracecamp, Chaplain to the Battn., wrote: “When the Battalion left to make the charge he was thoroughly cheery and said to me, ‘Good-bye, Padre. We shall soon meet again.’ Your son was one of the finest characters it has ever been my privilege to meet. He was beloved by officers and men alike. His fine physique, his noble character, endeared him to everybody. He was one of the noble fellows whose life could not be spared, but he has voluntarily laid it down in a noble cause for God, King, and Country.” Lieut. Frost had travelled a great deal in company with his father, both in Europe, America, and the Far West. [Illustration: =Edmund Lionel Frost.=] =FROST, GERARD GARTON STACY=, Private, No. 2692, 16th Platoon, D Coy., 9th (Highlanders) Battn. Royal Scots (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Charles Edward Frost, of 30, St. Mark’s Terrace, City Road, Lakenham, Norwich, Private House Agent for Bullard & Sons, Ltd., Brewers, by his wife, Annie; _b._ Lakenham, Norwich, 20 Nov. 1884; educ. Norwich, and had been in business in Manchester, holding a very good position with Vincent Smethurst there. After the outbreak of war he joined the Royal Scots with his great friend Charles Newsham (who was afterwards killed by the same shell as himself), 10 Nov. 1914, and after training at Edinburgh and Kilmarnock, left for the Front towards the end of Feb.; he lost his life during the bombardment of Ypres, three shells dropping into the billets of his company and killing him and six of his comrades as they lay sleeping, 7 April, 1915. He was buried on the ramparts of Ypres close to the Porte de Lille; _unm._ Lieut.-Col. R. S. Blair, commanding 9th Royal Scots, wrote: “He died a soldier’s death, and we are grateful and proud of his courage and devotion to duty and his Corps.” Private Frost was a member of the Cheadle Golf Club, and was well known in the amateur rowing world of the North, being for two or three years captain of the Didsbury Rowing Club, the junior four of which he stroked to victory at the Northwich, Agecroft and Lancaster regattas in 1912. He was also on the committee of the Norwich Swan and Dolphin Swimming Clubs and winner of many swimming trophies; his two younger brothers are in a Canadian regt. [Illustration: =Gerard G. Stacy Frost.=] =FROST, KENNETH=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt., yr. _s._ of Ralph Frost, of Wandsworth Common, London, Managing Director of J. Miles & Co., Ltd., 68–70, Wardour Street, member of the Westminster City Council, by his wife, Sarah (died 1895), dau. of John Bolton, of Manchester; _b._ London, 28 April, 1892; educ. Reading School, and afterwards entered the employ of a firm of wholesale stationers in London. He joined the Artists’ Rifles in 1909, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service, and as a corporal left with his Battn. for France, 22 Oct. 1914. Three months later he was given a commission in the South Staffordshire Regt., being transferred to the 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt., 16 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Zillebeke, Flanders, 22 Feb. 1915; _unm._ His Commanding Officer in the South Staffordshire Regt. described him as one of the promising young officers in his command both for resource and bravery. [Illustration: =Kenneth Frost.=] =FRY, HORACE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7348), 291257, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =FRY, JAMES=, Sergt., No. 7267, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd _s._ of the late John Fry, of Timsbury, Bath, Farm Labourer and ex-soldier, by his wife, Emily; _b._ Southstoke, co. Somerset, 21 Oct. 1889; educ. Marksbury National School, near Bath; enlisted 24 Feb. 1907; went to France with the Expeditionary Force; killed in action at Langemarck, near Ypres, during the Battle of the Aisne, 23 Oct. 1914. He _m._ at Greenwich, Amelia Ann (100, Brookmill Road, St. John’s, S.E.), dau. of Henry George Shephard, and had two children: James Arthur George, _b._ posthumous, 12 Dec. 1914; and Ida Edith, _b._ 30 April, 1913. =FRYER, EDWIN SAMUEL=, Rifleman, No. 2902, B Coy. 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd London Infantry Brigade, only surviving child of Samuel Fryer, of the Harvest Home, Bury Cross, Alverstoke, Hants, Beer Retailer, by his wife, Mary Anne, dau. of James Day, of Manwell, Somersetshire; _b._ London, 20 Jan. 1887; educ. Archbishop Tenison’s Grammar School, London; and after a short time in the Civil Service, left at the age of 21 to enter a private firm. On the outbreak of war he volunteered and joined the Queen Victoria Rifles, 2 Sept. 1914; went to France 4 Nov., and was killed in action at Lindenhock, 18 Dec. 1914; _unm._ Buried at Lindenhock, Belgium. His Commanding Officer wrote: “He always did his duty well and cheerfully under often very trying conditions, and showed a fine spirit, setting a splendid example to the rest of the men, by whom he was much liked and respected, and who, in common with myself, will feel his loss very much.” He was a Freemason and a highly esteemed member of the Equitable Friendly Society, having been Worthy Master during the year 1912. [Illustration: =Edwin Samuel Fryer.=] =FRYER, ERNEST GEORGE=, Sub-Lieut., R.N.R., _s._ of the late Robert Edward Fryer, of Bristol, by his wife, Mahala Rebecca (now widow of the late Thomas Alfred Paczensky, of Abberton Glebe, near Colchester), dau. of David Rhamm, of Wisbech; _b._ Writtle, Chelmsford, co. Essex, 20 Jan. 1887; educ. St. James’ Collegiate School, Jersey; entered the P. & O. S. N. Company’s Service about 1908, and was a Second Officer when the war broke out. He was appointed a Probationary Midshipman, 25 July, 1905, rank confirmed in 1908, and became Sub-Lieut. in 1912; commissioned to H.M.S. Triumph, 4 Aug. to 4 Sept. 1914, he was placed on the German H.A.L. Frisia and navigated her with a prize crew from the neighbourhood of Tsing-tau to Wei-hai-Wei. On 4 Sept. he was placed on board H.M. Destroyer Jed, which proceeded to the Eastern Mediterranean, where, in Feb. 1915, he was appointed to H.M.S. Vengeance. On 12 June he was sent with a party to blow up a rock at the entrance to an island harbour in Asia Minor, when some accident caused a hose of gun-cotton to ignite. Several of the party were badly burnt and the boat had to be abandoned. Fryer died on board H.M.S. Vengeance three days later, 15 June, 1915, and was buried at sea, off the coast of Mitylene; _unm._ [Illustration: =Ernest George Fryer.=] =FRYER, NORMAN MOODY=, Private, No. 13740, 5th (Western Cavalry) Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late Thomas Henry Fryer, of Wells, co. Norfolk; _b._ West Kensington, London, 1895; educ. Gorleston High School, Suffolk; went to Canada; joined the 16th Light Horse, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered for service overseas; left with the First Contingent of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Oct.; went to the Front in Feb. and was killed in action at Festubert, 24 May, 1915; _unm._ =FUCHSBALG, MAURICE MARCELLE=, Private, No. 1450, Honourable Artillery Coy., only _s._ of Edward Bernard Fuchsbalg, of Ovingdean, Trinity Road, Tulse Hill, S.W., Managing London Partner of Schenker & Co., by his wife, Adele, dau. of the late Edward Frankel, of Vienna; _b._ Brixton, S.W., 29 May, 1888; educ. Dulwich College, and on leaving there spent four years in Austria, Belgium and France, and then entered his father’s business in London, where he held an important post when war broke out. He joined the Honourable Artillery Coy., 21 Aug. 1914; went to France, 27 Dec. 1914; was wounded in action at Ypres and admitted to the Canadian Stationary Hospital at Le Touquet, 15 Feb. 1915, and died there on the 23rd; _unm._ Buried in the Cemetery there. [Illustration: =Maurice M. Fuchsbalg.=] =FULCHER, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 4450, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Charles Fulcher, of Easton, Wickham Market, co. Suffolk; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =FULFORD, WILLIAM IRA=, Private, No. 109346, 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles, 3rd _s._ of Henry York Fulford, of Silcote, Ontario, Canada, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of the late Samuel Greenfield; _b._ Sydenham, Grey co., Ontario, 29 Nov. 1888; educ. Owen Sound and Toronto; was a first class mechanic and was employed in the Russell Automobile Factory of Toronto; enlisted 12 April, 1915; left Canada with a draft for the 2nd Contingent, went to the Front about 1 Nov. 1915, and was killed in action near Ypres 1 Dec. 1915, by a shell which burst over the tent he was then in. He was buried at Chateau Rosenburg (grave E. Ref. B. 670, 11); _unm._ His officers all spoke highly of him, one wrote: “As his troop officer I found your son to be a thorough soldier, always dependable and filled with a patriotic desire to do the most for his country.” [Illustration: =William I. Fulford.=] =FULLER, COLIN MELVILLE=, Private, No. 2271, H Coy. 1/4th Battn. Seaforth Highlanders (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Robert Henry Fuller, of 10, Epsom Road, Croydon, Tea Merchant, by his wife, Janet Hellen Innes, dau. of Colin Wright, of Perthshire; _b._ Croydon, co. Surrey, 13 Sept., 1894; educ. there; was in the Motor Trade; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and enlisted Aug. 1914; went to France in November, 1914, and was killed in action at the battle of Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915; _unm._ =FULLER, FRANK ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 1676, 1/8th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Alfred Fuller, of 11, Laurel Villas, New Road, Bedfont, Middlesex, Gardener, by his wife, Belinda, dau. of William Bowden; _b._ Hoddesdon, co. Herts, 4 Jan. 1894; educ. Ivor Heath, Bucks; was a gardener; joined the Middlesex Territorials in 1912, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service; went to France in March, 1915, and was killed in action at Zonnebeke in the fight for Hill 60, 26 April, 1915; _unm._ His brother Thomas, 1/8th Middlesex, was killed in action the same day as himself (see his notice), and four other brothers are now on active service: William, Bombardier, No. 55760, R.F.A.; James, Private, No. 77739, R.H.A.; Harry, Private, No. 1281, Royal Fusiliers; and Victor, No. 10881, Army Cyclist Corps. [Illustration: =Frank Alexander Fuller.=] =FULLER, HARRY=, Ship’s Corpl. 1st Class, 208912, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =FULLER, JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R.. B. 5769), 179913, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =FULLER, LEONARD=, Private, No. 1170, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, 5th _s._ of the late Alfred Fuller, of Ramsey, co. Hunts. J.P. and Alderman of Hunts County Council, by his wife, Augusta Elizabeth, dau. of Charles Pope Bates, of Ramsey, M.R.C.S.; _b._ Ramsey, co. Hunts, 2 Sept. 1881; educ. Aldenham School, Herts; went to Canada in 1912, and settled at Montreal as a Real Estate Agent; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined P.P.C.L.I. in Aug. 1914; came over with the 1st Contingent in Oct.; trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter; went to France, Dec. 1914, and died at Dickebusch, Belgium, 8 March, 1915, from wounds received in action at St. Eloi. He was buried in the Regimental Cemetery at Dickebusch; _unm._ [Illustration: =Leonard Fuller.=] =FULLER, THOMAS=, Private. No. 7681, 1/8th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Alfred Fuller, of 11, Laurel Villas, New Road, Bedfont, Middlesex, Gardener, by his wife, Belinda, dau. of William Bowden; _b._ Hoddesdon, Herts, 27 Oct. 1889; educ. Iver, Bucks; was employed on the Metropolitan Railway; joined the Middlesex Territorials in 1912, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service; went to France in March, 1915, and was killed in action at Zonnebeke in the fight for Hill 60, 26 April, 1915. [Illustration: =Thomas Fuller.=] =FULLER, WILLIAM JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 106984, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =FULLICK, ROBERT STANLEY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13038 (Po.), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =FUNNELL, THOMAS EDWARD=, Leading Stoker, Coast Guard, 299136 (Po.), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =FUREY, IGNATIUS=, Private, No. 1312, 1st Newfoundland Regt., _s._ of George Furey, of Harbour Main, Newfoundland, Fisherman and Farmer, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Michael Murray; _b._ Harbour Main, aforesaid, 29 July, 1896; educ. High School there; joined the Newfoundland Expeditionary Force, 27 March, 1915; left for England, 27 April, 1915; served at the Dardenelles, and died in the Third Canadian Stationary Hospital at Mudros, Gallipoli, 7 Dec. 1915, of tetanus and frostbite; _unm._ =FURNESS, ARTHUR=, Sapper, No. 20130, 55th Coy. Royal Engineers, 2nd _s._ of George Furness, of 64, Gibraltar Road, Halifax, Fruit Merchant and Commission Agent, by his wife, Mary Ellen, dau. of George Hodson; _b._ Halifax 5 Dec. 1889; educ. Halifax Council School; enlisted in May, 1910, and when the war broke out had been stationed at Singapore for three years. He was ordered home with his regt., went to France in Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at Fauquissart, 21 March, 1915; _unm._ =FURPHY, GEORGE HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R, Ch. B. 10045), S.S. 2611, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =FURSE, GEORGE ARMAND=, Capt., Royal Field Artillery, 2nd _s._ of the late Edmund Furse, of Alphington, Frimley, co. Surrey, by his wife, Lydia, dau. of Fred King; _b._ Rhode Island, Providence, U.S.A., 21 Feb. 1880; educ. Cheltenham and Woolwich; gazetted to F. Battery, R.H.A., 23 Dec. 1898, and promoted Lieut. 15 Feb. 1901, and Capt., 116th Battery, 29 April, 1907. In 1909 he was appointed to V Battery in India, and after three years came home to do a musketry course. When war broke out he was posted to the 60th Battery. R.F.A., and went to France with the 2nd Division, 17 Aug.