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SCUNTHORPE WAR MEMORIAL
WORLD WAR 1 - SURNAMES F

World War 1
Compiled and copyright © Stuart Bristow 2019
additional information Christopher Coade

FAWCETT Albert
Lance Corporal 2604, 1st/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died 13 October 1915. Aged 28. Son of Henry and Mary Ann Fawcett, of 18 Princess Street, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 31 to 34.
FIDOE Norman Godfrey
No further information currently available
FIELD Elias William
Sergeant 525, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Yeomanry. Died at sea 22 December 1915. Aged 53. Born Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, resident Doncaster, enlisted Grimsby. Husband of Mary Ellen Field of the Ferry Boat Inn, Winteringham, Lincolnshire. Buried in LE PETIT LAC CEMETERY, Oran, Algeria. Plot E. Row F. Grave 35.
FISHER John William
No further information currently available
FORREST Jacob
Private 40512, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 10 february 1917. Born Ilkeston, Derbyshire, resident New Crosby, Lincs, enlisted Grimsby. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C. See also Crosby Angel
FOSTER Charles Selwyn
Private 15604, 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 3 July 1916. Born and resident Frodingham, Lincolnshire, enlisted Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1C. See also Frodingham and also Crosby Angel
FOSTER Frederick Henry
Private 9791, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 15th March 1915. Born Willoughton, Lincs., resident Ashby, Lincs., enlistd Lincoln. No known grave. No known grave. No known grave. Commemorated on on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 8. See also Ashby
FOSTER Walter Henry
No further information currently available
FOWLER Alan
Office Staff and Laboratory, John Lysaght and Co. - See also Scunthorpe Works memorial
FOWLER John
Private 12384, 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 26 September 1915. Born Elton, Huntingdonshire, resident Crosby, Lincolnshire, enlisted Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire. In the 1901 census he was aged 6, born Elton, Huntingdonshire, son of Ann Fowler (a widow), resident Chapel Lane, Elton, Huntingdonshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 17, born Elton, Huntingdonshire, an Improver to Pork Butcher, a servant, resident 9, Worship Street, Hull, Sculcoates, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (East Riding). No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 31 to 34. See also Crosby Angel
FOX Charles
Private 3645. 1st/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 13 October 1915. Aged 29. Born and resident Frodingham, Lincolnshire, enlisted Grimsby. Son of G. Fox of 7, Queen Street, Frodingham; husband of Edith Fox, of 25 Redbourn Street, Frodingham, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 31 to 34. See also Frodingham
FOX James
Steel Smelting Department, John Lysaght and Co. - See also Scunthorpe Works memorial and also Frodingham
FOX Joseph

Private 81264, 15th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action 27 April 1918. Born 1899, and resident, in Frodingham, enlisted Scunthorpe. Son of George and Mary Ann Fox. Buried in GODEZONNE FARM CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row C. Grave 8.

His parent's headstone in Brumby Cemetery reads:

Mary Ann Fox died 31 May 1922 age 62
Her husband George Fox died 6 June 1935 age 64
Their son Private Joseph Fox fell in the Great War 1914-1918 age 19 years
FRANKLIN Albert
No further information currently available
FRITH Joseph Arthur
No further information currently available
FROGGITT Charles Thomas
Private 77272, 5th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry formerly 14065, East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action 12 December 1917. Aged 19. Born and enlisted Scunthorpe. Son of Charles and Mary Froggitt, of 12, John Street, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire. Buried in TYNE COT CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row H. Grave 20.
FROST Arthur
Corporal 10973, 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of wounds 9 March 1916. Born Brigg, Lincs, resident crosby, Lincs, enlisted Scunthorpe, Lincs. Blast Furnaces John Lysaght and Co. Buried in WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row L. Grave 28A. See also Scunthorpe Works memorial and also Crosby Angel
FROW T
No further information currently available. See also Frodingham
FULLER Bennett
Private 11773, 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 3 July 1916. Aged 23. Born and resident Frodingham, Lincolnshire, enlisted Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire. Son of Mrs Frances Farow, of 23 Redbourn Street, New Frodingham, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C.

Last updated 26 April, 2023

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