Part 75

=FOUCAR, CLEMENT AUGUSTE=, Rifleman No. 1931, 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F), 4th _s._ of the late Ferdinand Louis Foucar, of Rangoon and Moulmein, Burma, Teak Merchant [of a Huguenot family, who came from Proisy in Picardy, after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, 1685], by his wife, Martha, dau. of the late (--) Grasemann; _b._ Rangoon, 11 Sept. 1892; educ. privately and at Doncaster Grammar School, etc.; joined the Queen Victoria Rifles after the declaration of war, in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action on Hill 60, near Ypres, 21 April, 1915; _unm._

=FOULKES, HERBERT=, Stoker, P.O. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10294), 299552, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=FOUND, JOHN=, Mechanician, Po./279973 H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=FOURNIER, EMILE=, Private, No. 26321, 14th Battn. (65th Regt.), 3rd Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Adelard Fournier, of Hull, P.Q., Canada; _b._ Hull, aforesaid, 1 Feb. 1896; educ. Hull Brothers’ College, and with the Capucin Fathers at Ottawa; enlisted early in Aug. 1914, immediately after the declaration of war; left Canada with the first contingent in Oct.; went to France in Feb., and died in hospital at Rouen, 10 May, 1915, of wounds in the right leg received in action at Langemarck, 27 April; _unm._ His commanding officer, Capt. D. E. Serres, wrote that “he was one of his best men,” adding, “I praise you to have in your family such a courageous and brave child.”

=FOWLER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD=, Private, No. 1465, 1st Battn. H.A.C., 2nd _s._ of Arthur Christopher Fowler, of 12, Grange Park, Ealing, W., Printer and Bookbinder, by his wife Laura Jennie, dau. of Richard Clarke Pauling, C.E.; _b._ London, 27 Feb. 1893; educ. Xavierian College, Mayfield, Sussex, and St. Edmund’s College, Old Hall, Ware, co. Herts; was apprenticed to his father as a Printer and Bookbinder through the Stationers’ Company; on the outbreak of war enlisted in the H.A.C.; served in France and Flanders, and was killed in action in Flanders, 13 March, 1915; buried at Lochre, nine miles from Ypres; _unm._ His Capt., Ernest Boyle, wrote: “An attack was made upon the German position, and our company held a trench immediately in front. We were subject to very heavy firing from German machine guns and your son was unhappily hit in the head. He was unconscious from the first and cannot have even been aware that he was hit, so he suffered no pain at all. He survived his wound some hours. As he still lived, as soon as it was dark he was taken away to the hospital, where he died, so I do not know whether he ever recovered consciousness, but I do not think he did. Two others of his company gave their lives for their country the same day ... Personally I had not known your son very long, as I have only recently joined his company, but I soon came to know him and greatly admired him. He was the heart and soul of the football teams, and I had a long talk with him on the morning of his death about future matches. He was so keen in all he did, so determined, so plucky and so willing, showing all those characteristics which endear a man at the front to his comrades and to his officers”; a Sergt., Geoffrey Ernst: “At the time we were supporting an attack by keeping up a heavy rifle fire on the German trenches, and unfortunately they turned a machine gun on us, which, I am afraid, was the cause of all our trouble. At the time, too, he was blazing away with his rifle most cheerily.” Private Brown also wrote to his own father: “During the last time up I have lost my great pal, Dicky Fowler.... We have had a very hot time, and this last time up we had twelve good days of it. Dick was hit on the Friday (12th inst.) in the afternoon and died early on Saturday morning. Glad to say the old boy lived long enough to be brought back to this village, as now he is buried in the churchyard. He was a grand fellow and such a ‘White man.’ We were always together, whether in the firing line or back here; naturally I feel his loss, but it must be cruel for his people and his girl. He hadn’t missed a single trench, and both he and I were proud of our record, but he could not have died a finer death, as his shoulder was hard against the parapet. This was how it happened. We were assisting in a charge by some well-known regulars (great pals of ours) by firing straight in front of us to keep the Huns opposite down below their parapet, and avoid them firing on our chaps, who were making the charge on our right. We were to fire straight and then sweep along to the left as our boys came along, but the blighters swept a machine gun along the top of our parapet and poor Dick got one right through the head. When I got to him he was unconscious and he never regained his senses. Of course I was with him until night, and then he was carried back on the stretcher. The bullet went right through his head and it was a marvel he lived so long, but he was a fine healthy chap and any amount of natural pluck.” Private Fowler was a keen sportsman and played cricket and football for the Neasden Sports Clubs.

=FOWLER, GEORGE=, Transport Sergt., No. 128, 1/5th Battn. The Royal Scots (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Colour-Sergt. George Fowler, of 55, Lochend Road West, Edinburgh (who served with the 5th Royal Scots for 35 years), by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Malcolm Kirk, of Musselburgh, Painter; _b._ Edinburgh, 25 Aug. 1887; educ. Regent Street Public School there; was a Clerk in Midlothian County Council; joined the 5th Royal Scots, then the Queen’s Edinburgh Rifle Volunteers, 16 Feb. 1905; volunteered for active service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, left England for the Dardanelles on 21 March, 1915, and was shot by a sniper on 21 May, 1915, and died there the next day; _unm._ Buried at B. Line, W. Beach. Sergt. Fowler was the Battn. representative at the King’s Coronation in London, and was secretary of the Sports Committee (1912–13), the two years that the Battn. sports were held.

=FOWLER, THEODORE HUMPHREY=, Corpl., No. 2446, Honourable Artillery Coy., _s._ of Oliver Humphrey Fowler, of Cirencester, M.D.; _b._ Cirencester, co. Gloucester, 25 Sept. 1879; educ. Lancing College; volunteered after the outbreak of war and enlisted in the Honourable Artillery Coy., 3 Oct. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; was wounded at Kemmel, and died in the County of London War Hospital, Epsom, 17 Aug. 1915; _unm._ His brother, Capt. R. C. Fowler, Northants Regt., is now (1916) on active service.

=FOWLER, WILLIAM=, Stoker, R.N.R., T. 2294, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=FOWLER WILLIAM HENRY=, Private, No. 21600, 7th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of John Busteed Fowler, of 8, Sidneyville, Bellevue Park, Cork, Member of Cork Stock Exchange, and Insurance Agent, by his wife, Annie Louisa, dau. of William Henry Hill, B.E.; _b._ Summount, Cork, 7 Aug. 1893; educ. Cork Grammar School and University College Cork; went to Canada in Feb. 1912, and settled at Calgary, Alberta; was an official of the Bank of Commerce, volunteered on the outbreak of War, and enlisted, 11 Aug. 1914; left with the 1st Contingent in Oct. 1914; trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter of 1914–15; went to France, March, 1915, and was killed in action near Ypres, 27 April, 1915; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “I was right there when it happened, and we buried him. We had not time to do very much, for the bullets were flying all round us, but we wrapped him in his blanket, and we put a cross up.” His two brothers both enlisted when war was declared and served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in France. Private Richard T. Fowler, Princess Patricia’s Light Infantry, was invalided home in Nov. 1915, and Private John G. Fowler, 5th Battn., was wounded at Festubert in May, 1915. Another brother, Frank R. Fowler, is now temporary 2nd Lieut. 3rd Leinsters.

=FOWLING, BERTIE EVELYN=, Shipwright, 1st Class, 342885, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=FOWLOW, RICHARD=, Corpl., No. 886, D Coy., 1st Newfoundland Regt., eldest _s._ of Thomas Jenkins Fowlow, of Trinity East, Newfoundland, Owner and Master of 50-ton Fishing Schooner, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of John P. Fowlow; _b._ Trinity East aforesaid, 18 Jan. 1893; educ. High School there; was a Clerk in a Dry Goods Store; joined H Coy. of the Trinity East Church Lads Brigade, 4 Oct. 1912, was appointed L.-Corpl. the same year and promoted Corpl. in 1913; volunteered for foreign service after the outbreak of war, and joined the Newfoundland Expeditionary Force, Jan. 1915; left for England with the second contingent, 20 March, 1915; went to the Dardanelles, and died at Malta, 23 Nov. 1915, of typhoid contracted while on active service there; _unm._ Buried in Pieta, Malta (Row 8A, No. 6).

=FOX, HARRY=, Stoker, P.O., 301863, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=FOX, HARRY EDWIN=, Leading Telegraphist, J. 6260, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1913.

=FOX, JOHN=, Private, No. 12768, 4th (Service) Battn. South Wales Borderers, yst. _s._ of the late Arthur Fox, of Bradford, Yorks, Police Constable, by his wife, Ada S. (27, Layard Street, Splott, Cardiff), dau. of Maurice Devine, Army Pensioner; _b._ Bradford, 5 Aug. 1897; was employed as a boy at the Cardiff Cinema Theatre, which he left in May with an excellent character; enlisted Aug. 1914; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles, from 4 July to 12 Aug. 1915, on which date he was killed in action there; _unm._ His brother, Private M. A. Fox, was killed in action in France (see following notice), and the only surviving brother, L.-Corpl. William Kenneth Fox, is serving with the A.S.C.

=FOX, MAURICE ARTHUR=, Private, No. 4634, 1st Battn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, _s._ of Arthur Fox, of Bradford, Yorks, Police constable (see preceding notice), _b._ Bradford, 6 Jan. 18..; served three years with the Colours and then joined the Reserve; mobilised 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 4 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action on the 20th of that month; _unm._

=FOX, WALTER HENRY=, Lieut., 4th Battn. South Staffordshire Regt., attd. 2nd Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., elder _s._ of George Martin Fox, of Walsall, M.D., by his wife, Emily, dau. of Henry Vaughan, J.P.; _b._ Walsall, co. Stafford, 30 Nov 1895; educ. St. Ninian’s, Moffat, and Bromsgrave School, where he was in the O.T.C., and in the Cricket XI and Football XV; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the South Staffordshires, 15 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. ... April, 1915; went to France, 29 May, and there was attached to the 2nd Bedfords, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 16 June, 1915; _unm._ His Capt. wrote: “I feel that in losing him, I lose a very good subaltern and a very good and cheery comrade.” He was an enthusiastic golfer, and won numerous prizes.

=FOX, WILFRID ARMSTRONG=, 2nd Lieut., 1/4th Battn. Lincolnshire Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the late George Fox, of Horncastle, by his wife, Mary H., dau. of Henry Nicholson; _b._ Horncastle, co. Lincoln, 12 Oct. 1892; educ. Clevedon House, Woodhall Spa; Aldenham School, and Keble College, Oxford, where he had just finished his second year when the war broke out; joined the 4th Lincolns, 4 Aug. 1914, serving as a Private until he received his commission in Oct. to rank as from 20 Aug. 1914; went to France, 1 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Zillebeke, 29 July, 1915; _unm._ Buried in Dranoute Churchyard. Lieut.-Col. Barrell, commanding 4th Lincolns, wrote: “During the time he was with us he endeared himself to everyone of us, and he had the makings of a very good officer”; and a Horncastle soldier: “The unfortunate death of Lieut. Fox occurred in these trenches. It would have been a job to find a more capable man in the battalion. His cheery manner was just the thing that’s wanted out here, and although he was not in our company and had not been with us very long, his loss was felt acutely by the whole of the battalion, who all appreciated his readiness to help in any concert or sport that was arranged to pass the evenings while we were resting. Most of us knew him as a Private, and all agree that he was a jolly good Private and an ideal officer.”

=FOX, WILLIAM=, Stoker, P.O., 172400, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronal, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=FOX, WILLIAM ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7020), S.S. 101584, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=FOXELL, FREDERICK JAMES=, Ship’s Corpl., 1st Class, 209944, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=FOXTON, JAMES=, Stoker, R.N.R., A. 3049, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=FOYER, WILLIAM=, Petty Officer, 176217, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=FRAMPTON, JOHN THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3007), S.S. 350, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=FRAMPTON, JOSEPH HENRY=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R, B. 4207), 292170, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=FRAMPTON, WALTER JOHN=, Sergt., No. 648, 16th Battn., 4th Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of the late Walter Frampton, of the Civil Service, by his wife, Fanny (3, Lennox Mansions, Southsea, Hants), dau. of Edward Kirk Horn, of Adelaide, South Australia, and grandson of the Rev. Canon John Frampton, of the Priory, Tetbury, Gloucestershire; _b._ Adelaide, South Australia, 20 Dec. 1867; educ. St. Edward’s School, Oxford; enlisted as Pay-Corpl. in the Australian Expeditionary Force after the outbreak of war, about 14 Oct. 1914; left with his Battn. for Egypt in Jan.; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles on 25 April; was seriously wounded at Gaba Tepe on the 27th, and died in the 17th Royal General Hospital, Alexandria, 3 May, 1915. Buried in Chatby Military Cemetery, Alexandria: _unm._ Sergt. Frampton was most highly spoken of for his bravery by his commanding officers, who said that, but for his death, he would shortly have received his commission. A tablet to his memory was placed in the chapel of St. Edward’s School, Oxford.

=FRANCIS, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 8146, 1st Battn. Dorsetshire Regt., _s._ of Job Francis, of 95, Abercynon Road, Abercynon, co. Glamorgan; _b._ Ashton Gate, Bristol, 4 Feb. 1895; educ. Board School there; enlisted 1 Sept. 1914; and died from the effects of gas poisoning at Hill 60, 4 May, 1915; _unm._

=FRANCIS, BASIL HUGH=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. The Royal Scots, _s._ of Capt. Harold Hugh Francis, late Royal Scots; _b._ Firth House, Rosslyn, 8 Oct. 1895; educ. Rugby and University College, Oxford (admitted March, 1914), and on the outbreak of war was gazetted to his father’s old regiment, 14 Aug. He was killed in action near La Bassée, 4 Feb. 1915; buried Château de Gerve, near Bethune.

=FRANCIS, GILBERT BRYAN=, Private, No. 10/2138, Wellington Infantry, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of the Rev. David Francis, B.A., Vicar of Llandygwydd, Cardigan, R.D., by his wife, Amy, 3rd dau. of J. M. Bryan, of Northampton, M.D., F.R.C.S.; _b._ Llandygwydd Vicarage, 17 Oct. 1886; educ. Llandovery College; went to New Zealand, 4 Dec. 1912; enlisted, 15 Feb. 1915; left New Zealand with reinforcements, 12 June, 1915, and died of enteric fever at St. George’s Military Hospital, Malta, 13 Nov. 1915. Buried in Pieta Cemetery, Malta; _unm._

=FRANCIS, HENRY WILLIAM=, Private. No. 11133, 4th Battn. 1st Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, elder _s._ of Henry Francis, of Georgetown, Ontario, Canada, by his wife, Barbara Wells, dau. of William James Saunders; _b._ Poplar, London, E., 6 Feb. 1897; educ. Hermit Road Council School, London, and Georgetown, Canada; started work at the age of 13 at the Barber Paper and Coating Mills; Georgetown, Ontario; volunteered 6 Aug. 1914, two days after the declaration of war; left. Canada with the first contingent; went to France, 6 Feb. 1915, took part in the various engagements, including the repulse of the German gas attack at Langemarck, until 17 June, 1915, when he was shot through the temple by a sniper, while taking a message down the trench. His Commanding Officer wrote: “As a soldier there was none braver and none who played the game more manfully than did Henry.”

=FRANCIS, JAMES THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./11729, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=FRANCIS, JOHN=, Capt., 1/5th Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt. (T.F.), only child of John Horace Francis, of 7, Westbourne Road, Edgbaston, member of the firm of Deakin & Francis, Birmingham, and his wife, Ethel, yr. dau. of the late John William Botsford, of Manchester; _b._ Edgbaston, 30 June, 1887; educ. Uppingham and Gottingen, Germany; and was Director and Secretary of Deakin & Francis, Manufacturing Jewellers. He joined the 5th (Territorial) Battn. of the Warwicks on its organisation in 1907, and became Lieut., 30 Oct. 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.

=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.