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FARMER |
Charles George Edgar |
Old Etonian. Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action 18th August 1916. Birth registered in the January to December Quarter 1886 in the Chelsea Registration District, London. Son of Charles Edward and Emily Anne Farmer, of 18, Sloane Court, Chelsea, London. Brother of Henry Gamul Farmer (below). Husband of Angela M C (nee Ewart) Farmer, married April to June Quarter 1914 in St. George Hanover Square Registration District, London; father of Pamela Mary Farmer, born 19th June 1916. Educated Eton College and Oxford University; matriculated 1904 New College, Oxford University. In the 1911 census he was aged 25, born Chelsea, London, a Barrister at Law, son of Charles Edward and Emily Anne Farmer, brother of Henry Gamul Farmer, resident 16, Herbert Crescent, Chelsea S.W., London & Middlesex. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 13 A and 13 B. Extract from The Queen - Saturday 23 December 1911, page 33: Marriages have been arranged between: FARMER-
EWART.—Mr Charles George Edgar Farmer, eldest son
of Mr and Mrs Charles E. Farmer, of 16, Herbert-crescent and Miss
Angela Ewart, daughter of Sir Herbert and Lady Mary Ewart.
Extract from Oxford Chronicle and Reading Gazette - Friday 25 August 1916, page 12: LASTEST
CASUALTIES LIEUT. C. G. E. FARMER Lieut. Charles George Edgar Farmer, Bing's Royal Rifle Corps, who fell on Aug. 18, was the eldest son of Mr. Charles E. Farmer. Senior Chancery Registrar, and a grandson of Mr. W. F. G. Farmer. of Nonsuch Park, Cheam, Surrey. He was educated at Cheam School, Eton, and New College, Oxford, where he played in his second year in several of the Trial matches, but failed to get his Blue. In the following year he was much pressed to play, but refused, being anxious to obtain his degree in his third year. This he did, taking a second class in chemistry. His younger brother, Capt. H. G. Farmer, Seaforth Highlanders, died of wounds received at battle of Loos. |
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FARMER |
Henry Gamul |
Old Etonian. Captain, 7th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, the Duke of Albany's). Died as a prisoner of war at Julich, Rheinland 12th November 1915 from wounds received in action at Loos on September 25. Aged 28. Son of Charles Edward and Emily Anne Farmer, of 18, Sloane Court, Chelsea, London. Brother of Charles George Edgar Farmer (above). Educated Eton College, left in 1905. Matriculated 1905 at New College, Oxford University. In the 1911 census he was aged 24, born Chelsea, London, an Architect Clerk, son of Charles Edward and Emily Anne Farmer, brother of Charles George Edgarl Farmer, resident 16, Herbert Crescent, Chelsea S.W., London & Middlesex. Buried in COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY, Koln (Cologne), Nordrhein-Westfal, Germany. Plot VIII. Row G. Grave 4. |
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FILMER, M.C. |
Sir Robert Marcus, Baronet |
Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1916: FULMER
sir Robert Marcus of East Sutton-place Maidstone
captain H.M. Grenadier Guards died 27 January 1916 at No. 2 London
Casualty Clearing Station either in France or Belgium Probate London
15 April to John Sherard Reeve captain H.M. Grenadier Guards and
Henry Edward Verey solicitor. Effects £172542 18s. 4d. Extract from South Eastern Gazette - Tuesday 15 February 1916, page 5: THE LATE CAPTAIN SIR R. FILMER, BART. The promotion of the late Lieut. (temporary Captain) Sir Robert Marcus Filmer, Bart., to be Captain in the Foot Guards, General Reserve of Officers, was gazetted on the 3rd inst., with an intimation that he had since died of wounds received in action. Extract from Dublin Daily Express - Monday 24 January 1916, page 7: MILITARY CROSS His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to confer the Military Cross on the undermentioned officers, in recognition of their gallantry and evotion to duty in the field:- Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Sir Robert Marcus Filmer, Bart., 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. He made a most succesful and daring reconnaissance of the German trenches previous to a successful attack, crawling down the entire length of one trench yo a point where it joined another, finding out the best points to attck and the weak spots in the wire. The success of the enterprise was alrgely due to his reconnaissance and subsequent gallant conduct in the trenches. Extract from Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 31 January 1916, page 5:
NOTES ON OFFICERS. Sir Robert Marcus Filmer. Bart., who twice unsuccessfully contested Lincoln in the Unionist interest, has died from wounds he received last Monday. He was a lieutenant (temporary captain) of the 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards, and was passing behind some trenches which the enemy were shelling, when he sustained wounds to the chest and head and had an arm and leg broken. Only a few days previously Sir Robert was awarded the Military for conspicuous gallantry and skill near Neuve Chapelle on the night of December 11th-12th, 1915. The recipient, said the official record, made a most successful and daring reconnaissance of the German trenches previous to a successful attack, crawling down the entire length of one trench to a point where it joined another, finding out the best points to attack and the weak spots in the wire. The success of the enterprise was largely due to his reconnaissance and subsequent gallant conduct in the trenches. Born in 1878. Sir Robert was the tenth baronet. He was educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and had seen a good deal of service with the Grenadier Guards. He took part in the Sudan campaign and the South African war, and possessed these war medals. He was brother-in-law of Captain A. Sidney Wilson, M.P., who was recently captured in the Mediterranean by an Austrian submarine, and is now a prisoner at Salzburg. Sir Robert first contested Lincoln in January, 1910. It was a three-cornered fight, Mr. C. H. Roberts, the present Member, being the Liberal champion, Mr. (now Sir) Charles Hilton Seely the Unionist Free Trade candidate, and Sir Robert Filmer the Unionist Fiscal Reform candidate. Mr. Roberts was returned by a majority of 2,146, but in December of the same year fought a straight fight with Sir Robert Filmer, and that majority was then reduced to 603. On the December election day Mr. Winston Churchill, the then Home Secretary, visited Lincoln, and there were riotous scenes. Mr. Churchill endeavoured to address a crowd from the balcony of the Liberal Club, but a large number of Unionists gathered, and showed their disapproval of a Cabinet Minister visiting another constituency on an election day by booing and creating a din. As a protest against what was considered a breach of political etiquette, Sir Robert Filmer also presented himself, and remarkable scenes followed. Mr. Churchill, who was an old military colleague of the Unionist candidate, left the balcony, and, pushing his way through the crowd to Sir Robert, endeavoured to converse with him, but the latter declined to speak to him. Free fights were general, and all sorts of missiles were thrown. Mr. Churchill eventually left the club by a side door. The deceased soldier was a keen follower of hounds, and a fine rider. He was for some time Master of the Blankney Hounds, and also hunted with neighbouring packs. His seat was at East Sutton Park, Maidstone, and he was the owner of about 10,000 acres. Extract from Aberdeen Press and Journal - Friday 21 April 1916, page 6: Captain Sir Robert Marcus Filmer, 10th baronet, Grenadier Guards, of East Sutton Place, Maidstone, and Scopwick House, Lincoln, who died of wounds on February 27 at No. 2 London Casualty Clearing Station, France, has left estate of the value of £172,542. Ho left an annuity of £150 to his housekeeper, and £500 in trust for the widow and children of his old huntsman, Tom Isaac; and his final request, stated in his will, was—"If I have harmed any person by word or deed, I here now humbly ask for their forgiveness." All the testator's lands and premises and the residue of the personal property he leaves to Arthur Filmer Wilson, son his sister, Mrs Wilson, for life, with remainder to his first and other sons tail male. |
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FISHER |
Charles Dennis |
See his statistics on CricInfo and also Sussex Cricket remembers those it lost during the First World War Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1916: FISHER Charles Dennis of Christ Church University of Oxford senior censor of Christ Church and lieutenant in His Majesty's Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve died 31 May 1916 in the North Sea on active service Administration Oxford 23 August to Herbert Arthur Laurens Fisher vice-chancellor of the university of Sheffield. Effects £4679 0s. 2d. Extract from Reading Mercury - Saturday 17 June 1916, page 6: THE
LATE LIEUTENANT C. D. FISHER.— Evensong at Christ
Church Cathedral on Whit-Sunday was in commemoration of those fallen
in the war, especially Charles Dennis Fisher, student of Christ
Church and formerly censor, lieutenant H.M.S. Invincible, who met
his death heroically in the great naval battle in the North Sea.
The Vice-Chancellor (the Dean of Christ Church) was accompanied
by the following canons:-Doctors W. Sanday, K. L. Ottley, E. W Watson,
H. S. Holland, and G. A. Cooke. Archdeacon Houblon was unavoidably
prevented from attending. The congregation included a large number
of the governing body of Christ Church and several prominent members
of the University. The Vice-Chancellor, in addressing the congregation,
said they were met under the shadow sorrow and anxiety both public
and private. The whole country was full of grief and dismay the
loss through an untoward accident of Earl Kitchener of Khartoum,
a man who without any personal effort or flattering methods had
won its confidence and retained it in the time their greatest need.
This loss overshadowed everything else. But the last few days had
brought them a loss which they within those walls could not fail
to feel with special force, in the death at sea of C. D. Fisher,
Student of that House. Coming up from the school most closely associated
with Christ Church, and finding friends of his father still in residence,
he was from the first and always had been in the most intimate connection
with the spirit and traditions of the place. They were met under
the shadow of sorrow, but not to mourn—to thank God and take
courage. Praise was then offered the Vice- Chancellor for those
who had laid down their lives for King and country, and the impressive
service closed with the playing by the organist (Mr. H. G. Lez)
of the Funeral March from "Saul." |
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FISON, M.C., MiD |
James Frederick Lorimer |
Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1916: FISON 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 19s. 6d. Extract from Scotland, Edinburgh Gazette 1916, issue number 12955, 26 June 1916: His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to confer the Military Cross on the undermentioned Officers 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 party 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. |
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FITZGERALD |
Alfred Edward |
Extract from Du Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, Volume 3, page 101: FITZGERALD, ALFRED EDWARD, Lieut.-Col., 15th (Service) Battn. The Durham Light Infantry, 2nd s. of the late Robert Allan Fitzgerald ; b. Liverpool, 25 Oct. 1872 ; educ. Harrow ; served in the ranks of the B.S.A. Police 1896 (Medal) ; entered the Army through the Militia in 1899 ; obtained a commission in the West India Regt. 1899 ; served as Garrison Adjutant in Jamaica ; was employed on the Gold coast in 1900 ; took part in the operations at Ashanti (Medal and clasp) ; subsequently was attached to the Egyptian Army 1904-8 ; promoted Capt. 1907 ; transferred to the East Surrey Regt. the same year, being promoted Major 1915, and Lieut.-Col. Sept. 1915, when he was given command of the 15th Battn. Durham Light Infantry : served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders ; took part in the Battle of Loos ; was wounded near Fricourt. during the operations on the Somme, 1 July, 1016, and died in a London hospital on the 13th of that month. Buried at Twyford, co. Buckingham. His Brigadier wrote " There is no harm in telling you now that his name went in for immediate reward ' for a D.S.O., and I have no doubt whatever he would have got it, as I had especially starred his name. This is what was actually said : "This officer commanded his battalion until wounded on the evening of 1 July. He was placed in command of the captured German position, and acted with great coolness, and showed a sound appreciation of the situation. His messages were always clear,'" and a brother officer wrote : "There was not an officer or a man in the Regiment who would not have followed him anywhere, and, what is more, did so, when they were asked to the other day. The Regiment did so well that the division made a lasting name for itself, and that is undoubtedly due to the manner in which he led his men ; one hears of it on every side." One of his men wrote : "The Colonel proved himself not only an officer, but a man who loved his men and the N.C.O.'s. The men out here will never forget how brave he was, and how he inspired them and led them to victory that day." He m. at Arthuret, co. Cumberland, 7 Aug. 1907, Mary Eleanor, dau. of the late Col. T. A. Irwin, of Lynehow. Carlisle, and had two daus. : Pamela, b. 5 Dec. 1911, and Patricia, b. 19 April, 1916. Extract from The Scotsman - Saturday 15 July 1916, page 8: LT .-COL . A . E . FITZ-GERALD. Lt-Col. Alfred Edward Fitz-Gerald, East Surrey Regiment, attached Durham Light Infantry, who died in London from wounds, was 43 years of age. In the operations in South Africa in 1896 he served in the ranks of the British South African Police, and received the medal for the campaign. Four yeara later he took part in the Ashanti campaign, for which he also held the medal. Extract from Bucks Herald - Saturday 22 July 1916, page 8: TWYFORD. We regret to record the death of Lieut.- Colonel Alfred Edward FitzGerald, East Surrey Regiment. He was in command of a battalion the Durham Light Infantry, and had been all through the Battle of Loos. On July 1st he took the first line of German trenches at 7.30 in the morning, capturing 70 prisoners, and was himself wounded at 5 o’clock in the evening by a machine gun, through the thigh, breaking the bone. He was taken to Boulogne hospital, and from thence brought to England where he arrived on the following Saturday and was taken to 17, Park Lane, London, where he was attended by Sir Alfred Fripp, His wife and brother, Colonel G. J. FitzGerald, saw him on arrival, when he seemed very cheerful and apparently suffered but little pain. But after two or three days blood poisoning set in, and passed peacefully away. He was too weak for the operation of having the leg amputated. He leaves wife and two little children, the younger daughter having been born whilst he was in France. Born in October, 1892, he served in the ranks with British South Africa Police in operations in South Africa, 1896, receiving the medal. He secured a commission from the Militia in the West India Regiment in January, 1899, and was promoted in the same year. After serving as Garrison Adjutant Jamaica, he was specially employed at the Gold Coast, 1900, taking part in the operations in Ashanti (medal). From 1904 to 1906 he was employed with the Egyptian Army, having been gazetted captain and transferred to the East Surrey Regiment in 1907. In October, 1912, he was appointed adjutant of the Nilgiri Volunteer Rifles in Madras. He was given his majority in September, 1915, in the same month received the command of a service battalion of the Durham Light Infantry. A memorial service was held on Monday morning at Brompton Parish Church, when there were present : Mrs. FitzGerald (widow). Lieutenant-Colonel FitzGerald, Royal Horse Guards (brother), Mr. FitzGerald (nephew), Colonel and Mrs. Fitz- Gerald, Mr. J. FitzGerald, Major Edward and Mrs. FitzGerald, Major-General and Mrs. Blewett and Miss Helen Blewett; several officers, past and present, of the Royal Horse Guards. The body was brought by motor-hearse to Twyford, where the intermeut took place in a plain earth grave in the Churchyard. The widow was too ill to undertake the journey from London. The large congregation in the Parish Church included Lieut.-Colonel G. J, FitzGerald Royal Horre Guards (brother), and Mrs Fitzgerald. Mrs. (mother) Major-General Blewett, Mrs. Irwin (sister-in-law), and Mr Irwin, 2nd Lieut. P. K. FitzGerald, 60th Rifles, and Mr. E. J. FitzGerald (nephews), Major Babbage, Durham Light Infantry, Lord Lincolnshire, Major Otway Mayne (Chief Constable of Bucks), Messrs. Woodrow, F. Tew, A. Smith, and J. Barnett (Shalstone), F. Wood, Geo. Harper, A. Tew, G. R. Chapman, T. Barge, W. Hedges, (Hillesden), P. Parrott (Steeple Claydon), and a large number of the inhabitants. The officiating clergy were the Rev. C. Greaves (Vicar of Twyford) and the Rev. A. J. Jones (Vicar of Banbury). There was a large and beautiful collection of floral wreaths and crosses. |
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FOLJAMBE |
Hubert Francis Fitzwilliam Brabazon |
Extract from Du Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, volume 1, page 137: FOLJAMBE, HUBERT FRANCIS FITZWILLIAM BRABAZON, Major, King's Royal Rifle Corps, : 3rd s. of the Right Hon Francis John Savile Foljambe, P.C., by his wife, Lady Gertrude Emily, née Acheson, eldest dau. of Archibald, 3rd Earl of Gosford, K.P. ; b. in London, 16 Nov. 1872 ; educ. Eton ; gazetted to the King's Royal Rifle Corps, 6 March, 1895, and promoted Lieut., 18 Feb. 1898, Captain, 20 July, 1901, and Major, 17 July, 1912. He served in the South African War, 1900-2 ; took part in the operations in Natal, May, 1900, also in those in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900, to 31 May, 1902, and was for some time Commandant at Helvetia. For his services he was awarded the Queen's medal with two clasps and the King's medal with two clasps. When the European War broke out, Major Foljambe went out with the first Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914 ; served through the retreat from Mons, and was killed in action on the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914. Our troops had crossed the river and he was leading his men in a flanking movement when he fell. Major Foljambe was a typical Regimental officer and Company Commander, sincerely attached to his men and by them deeply loved and implicitly trusted. His Colour-Sergt. wrote : "He was killed instantly. He was brave and I miss him. The men all loved him." He was a good shot and rider, and a very keen cricketer, and played for the Eton Ramblers, Free Foresters and "Greenjackets." He m. at Sprotborough, co. York, 16 Nov. 1909, Gladys, dau. of Gen. Robert Calverley Alington Bewicke-Copley, of Sprotborough Hall, co. York, C.B., J.P., D.L., and had a son, John Savile, b. 6 Oct. 1911. Extract from The Bond of Sacrifice Volume 1: MAJOR HUBERT FRANCIS FITZWILLIAM BRABAZON FOLJAMBE, 2nd BATTN. THE KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS, who was born on the 16th November, 1872, was the son of the Right Hon. F. J. S. Foljambe and the Lady Gertrude Foljambe, daughter of the third Earl of Gosford, of Osberton, Nottinghamshire. He was educated at Eton, and joined the King's Royal Rifle Corps from the Militia in March, 1895, becoming Lieutenant in February, 1898, and Captain in July, 1901. He served in the South African War, being present at operations in Natal in May, 1900, and in the Transvaal from November, 1900, to May, 1902. He was Commandant at Helvetia for some time from December, 1901, and for his services he received the King's and the Queen's medals, each with two clasps. Major Foljambe was a member of the Army and Navy Club. He was a good rider, a very keen cricketer, a good shot, and fond of racquets. He played cricket for the Eton Ramblers, Free Foresters, and the “Green Jackets." He was killed on the 14th September, 1914, while leading his company up the heights of the Aisne, near Troyon. Major Foljambe, who was promoted to that rank in July, 1912, married Gladys, daughter of General and Mrs. Bewicke-Copley, of Sprotborough, Yorkshire, and left one son, John Savile, born October, 1911. Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1914: FOLJAMBE Hubert Francis Fitzwilliam Brabazon of Minden Lodge Frimley Surrey a major 60th King's Royal Rifle Corps died 14 September 1914 in France on active service with His Majesty's Forces Probate London 31 December to Gladys Foijambe widow. Effects £8281 18s. 4d. |
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FOLLETT, D.S.O., M.V.O. - |
Gilbert Burrell Spencer |
Extract from Distinguished Service Order 1916-1923 published by Naval & Military Press: FOLLETT, G. B. S. (D.S.O. L.G. 10.1.17); b. 1878; o. s. of J. S. Follett; m. 1904, Lady Mildred, fifth d. of 7th Earl of Dunmore; educ. Eton and Sandhurst; ent. C. Gds. 1899; Major, 1914; Bt. Lt.-Col. Jan. 1918; T/Brig: Gen.; M.V.O.; served S. Africa (wounded; Queen's Medal, 2 clasps); Europ. War; thrice wounded; Despatches. He was killed in action 27.9.18. London Gazette, 10 Jan. 1917.—" War Office, 10 Jan. 1917. His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve of the appointments of the undermentioned Officers to be Companions of the Distinguished Service Order, in recognition of their gallantry and devotion to duty in the field." FOLLETT, GILBERT BURRELL SPENCER, M.V.O., Major (Temporary Lieut.-Colonel), Coldstream Guards. For conspicuous gallantry in action. Although wounded, he inspected the front-line trenches under heavy fire. Later, he remained with the battalion until they were relieved. He has on many previous occasions done tine work. |
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FRANCE-HAYHURST |
Frederick Charles |
Extract from Manchester Evening News - Friday 14 May 1915, page 3: COLONEL FRANCE-HAYHURST KILLED. News was received at Bostock Hall, Northwich, yesterday, that Colonel Frederick Charles France-Hayhurst, of the Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers, had been killed in action in France. Colonel France-Hayhurst. who was 43 years of age, only succeeded to the Bostock and other Cheshire estates twelve months ago on the death of his father, Colonel France-Hayhurst, a prominent Cheshire public man. His youngest brother. Commander Cecil France-Hayhurst, of the Patuca, also died on duty three months ago. Colonel France-Hayhurst was very popular with his tenantry. He succeeded as squire of Bostock by his second brother. Lieutenant William Hosken France-Hayhurst, Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons. Extract from Manchester Evening News - Tuesday 22 June 1915, page 5: A
CHESHIRE FORTUNE. Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Charles France-Hayhurst, Royal Fusiliers, of Bostock Hall, near Middlewich, eldest son of the late Mr. Charles Hosken France-Hayhurst, of Bostock Hall, Cheshire (to which estates he succeeded about a year ago), who was killed in action, left £415,130, with net personalty of the value of £29,788. The testator gives
All his manors, lands, advowsons, and hereditaments he leaves in trust for his brother, William Hosken France-Hayhurst, for life, with remainder to his first and other sons in tail male with remainder to his brother, Cecil Haletead France-Hayhurst, and his first and other sons in tail male, and on failure as his brother, William Hosken France-Hayhurst, may suggest. The residue of the personal estate he gives to his brother, William Hosken France- Hayhurst. |
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FREEMAN |
Edward |
Extrct from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1916: FREEMAN Edward of Bryn Celyn Pwllheli Carnarvonshire major 10th Royal Welch Fusiliers died 6 March 1916 in France killed in action Probate London 10 July to Thomas Arthur Carless Attwood esquire and George Frederick Cunningham York estate agent. Effects £517 3s. 8d. Extract from Clifton Society - Thursday 23 March 1916, page 6: ROLL OF HONOUR. MAJOR EDWARD FREEMAN. Major Edward Freeman, 10th Royal Welsh Fusiliers, of Bryn Celyn, Pwllheil, aged 40, who was killed in Flanders on March 3rd, was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Freeman, of Thorn Bank, Malvern, Wells, and grandson of the late Edward Augustus Freeman, Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford, and nephew of Canon Scott Holmes, of Wells. He leaves three sons, the eldest, Harold Augustus, being in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, and the youngest at Osborne. |
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FREEMAN-THOMAS |
the Hon Gerard Frederick |
Extract from The Bond of Sacrifice Volume 1: 2nd LIEUTENANT the Honble. GERARD FREDERICK FREEMAN-THOMAS, 1st BATTN. COLDSTREAM GUARDS, is believed to have been killed on or since the 14th September, 1914, in France; but his name had not been included in the monthly official casualty lists up to November, 1915, although it is omitted from the Army List of that month. He was the elder son and heir of the first Baron Willingdon and the Baroness Willingdon, daughter of Earl Brassey, and was born on the 3rd May, 1893. He was gazetted to the Coldstream Guards in September, 1913, and when killed was serving with the 1st Battalion, which formed part of the 1st Division. Extract from Manchester Evening News - Tuesday 05 May 1914, page 3: The
Hon. Gerard Frederick Freeman-Thomas, heir to Lord Willingdon, Governor
of Bombay, was yesterday presented with an address by the villagers
at Ratton (Sussex) in honour of his coming of age. Lord Brassey
was among the gathering.
Extract from Globe - Wednesday 27 October 1915, page 5: ESTATE OF PEER’S HEIR. Lieutenant the Hon. Gerard Frederick Freeman-Thomas, 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards, of Ratton, Willingdon, Sussex, son and heir of Lord Willingdon, who was killed in France on or about September 14, 1914, has left £66,858. He died intestate. Extract from Globe - Monday 14 June 1915, page 6: ECHO OF THE AISNE BATTLE. In the Probate Court to-day Mr. Justice Bargrave Deane gave leave to presume the death of the Hon. Gerard Frederick Freeman-Thomas, son of Lord Willingdon, as having occurred or since September 14 last. Mr. Freeman-Thomas was in the Goldstream Guards, and on September 14 last, the second day of the Battle of the Aisne, he fell injured by shrapnel. As the troops had to retire no aid could be rendered, and although subsequent search was made no trace of him could be found. He was insured for £15,000, and there were questions of real estate. |
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FRYER |
John |
Major, 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars. Died 2nd March 1920. Aged 49. Son of Lt. Gen. Sir John Fryer, K.C.B., Col. The Carabineers; husband of Winifred Fryer, of Derwent Hill, Stamford Bridge, Yorks. In the 1911 census he was aged 40, born Dundalk, Ireland, a Major 7th Hussars, married to Winifred Llwellyn Mandale Fryer for six years with two daughters, resident 6 Sumner Place, Kensington, London & Middlesex. Buried in ST. ANDREW CHURCHYARD, KINSON, Hampshire. |
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Old
Etonian. Captain, 4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Died of wounds
at No. 2 London Casualty Clearing Station, France, 27th
January 1916. Aged 37. 10th Bart. Born 25th February 1878. Baptised
4th May 1878 in East Sutton, SS Peter & Paul, Kent, son of Edmund
and Mary Filmer. Son of Sir Edmund Filmer, 9th Bart., and the Hon.
Lady Filmer, of East Sutton Park, Maidstone. Educated at Eton and
the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, commissioned into the Grenadier
Guards 16th February 1898, promoted Lieutenant 22nd October 1899.
Served Sudan 1898 - Khartoum. South Africa 1899-1902. Resigned his
commission in 1904 and transferred to the Reserve of Officers 18th
March 1905. Commissioned Lieutenant Royal East Kent Yeomanry 25th
February 1907. Sir Robert rejoined the Grenadier Guards in 1915
and was appointed to the 3rd Battalion and attached 4th Battalion
for service in France from 26th July 1915. Promoted Temporary Captain
25 October 1915. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.) [London gazette
22nd January 1916]. Buried in MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord,
France. Plot VII. Row A. Grave 4.
Lieutenant,
Lieutenant-Colonel,
East Surrey Regiment attached 15th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry.
Died of wounds 13th July 1916. Buried north-east of the church in
THE ASSUMPTION CHURCHYARD, TWYFORD, Buckinghamshire.
Old
Etonian. Major, "B" Company, 2nd Battalion, King's Royal
Rifle Corps. Killed in action 14th September 1914. Born 16th Nocember
1872 in London. Son of the Right Hon. F. J. S. Foljamhe, P.C., and
Lady Gertrude Foljambe; husband of Gladys Foljambe, of 8, Pont St.,
London. Educated at Eton College, left 1891. Religious persuasion
Church of England. First commission 6th March 1895. height 5 feet
11 inches. Served in the South African War. In the 1891 census he
was aged 18, born London, Middlesex, an Eton Scholar, son of Francis
Savile and gertrude Emily Foljambe, resident Osberton Hall, Scofton,
Worksop, Nottinghamshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 38, born
Marylebone, London, a Captain in The Army Corps Rifles, married
to Gadys Foljambe, resident The Mount, Kings Worthy near Winchester,
Hampshire. No known grave. Commemorated on LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE
MEMORIAL, Seine-et-Marne, France.
Old
Etonian. Brigadier-General, commanding 3rd Guards briagde, general
Staff formerly Coldstream Guards. Killed in action 27th September
1918. Aged 40. Son of John Skirrow Follett and Blanche Katharine
Kenneth Follett; husband of Lady Mildred Follett (now Lady Mildred
Fitzgerald, of Warren House, Stanmore, Middx.). Native of London.
Awarded Croix de Guerre (France), the Distinguished Service Order
(D.S.O.) and Member of the Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.). Buried
in BEAUMETZ CROSS ROADS CEMETERY, BEAUMETZ-LES-CAMBRAI, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot/Row/Section F. Grave 24.
Major,
10th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed in action 3rd March
1916. Aged 41. Son of Harold and Alice Freeman, of Malvern Wells;
husband of Katherine M. Ffoulkes (formerly Freeman), of Gallt-Y-Beran,
Pwllheli, Carnarvonshire. Buried in SPOILBANK CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot I. Row M. Grave 5.
Old
Etonian. Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Killed
in action 14th September 1914. Aged 21. Son of 1st Viscount Willingdon
and Viscountess Willingdon, of 5, Lygon Place, London and of Ratton,
Willingdon, Sussex. No known grave. Commemorated on LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE
MEMORIAL, Seine-et-Marne, France.