action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FIPPARD, HERBERT JOHN=, Corpl. No. 2087, 9th Battn. (Queen
Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), elder _s._ of Herbert
Samuel Bradshaw Fippard, of 11, Oakington Road, Maida Hill, W., by his
wife, Anne Stephens, dau. of John Thomas Clift; _b._ Oakington
Road aforesaid, 14 Aug. 1885; educ. Regent Street Polytechnic; joined
Queen Victoria’s Rifles shortly after the outbreak of war, 20 Aug.
1914, and was killed in action near Ypres while attending a wounded
comrade (the same day as his younger brother, see following notice), 4
June, 1915; _unm._ Capt. R. H. Lindsay Renton wrote: “He met his
death while helping a wounded comrade, an act characteristic of his
life out here. He was a man who always did his duty, a man respected
by his comrades and trusted by his officers. I feel that his death is
a great loss to my company, and I shall find his place difficult to
fill”; and a comrade testified that: “In the recent trying experiences
the company has gone through at Ypres, Hill 60, and with the Canadians
his coolness was remarkable and gave confidence to every one around
him.” He was mentioned in Orders, 1 May, by Lieut.-Col. R. B. Shipley,
commanding 9th London Regt., who said: “In such operations as these
it is difficult to pick out individuals who particularly distinguish
themselves. All have done their duty so nobly and without the slightest
hesitation. I, however, wish to call attention to the services of the
undermentioned, and to thank them in the name of their battn. for the
invaluable services on Hill 60 and during the operations east of the
Yser Canal: Capt. W. F. Roe, R.A.M.C., and all stretcher-bearers;
Lieut. G. H. Woolley, Sergt.-Major E. W. Andrews, Sergts. G. R.
Warrington, F. Hooper and E. H. Pulleyn, Corpl. H. D. Peabody,
L.-Corpls. F. A. Swoffer, P. G. Clarke and G. F. Selfer, and Rifleman
A. B. Ashford, A Coy.; Sergts. M. Brown, S. D. Ramus, R. Browett and H.
J. How, B Coy.; Coy.-Sergt.-Major Sherriff, Sergt. C. Arnold, L.-Corpl.
Bell, and Rifleman A. Payne, C Coy.; Coy.-Sergt.-Major F. T. A.
Brehant, Sergt. H. E. Soundy, L.-Corpls. C. H. Rose and H. J. Fippard,
and Rifleman J. Darrell and C. A. Spooner, D Coy.”
[Illustration: =Herbert John Fippard.=]
=FIPPARD, RICHARD CLIFT=, F.I.A., Capt., 14th (Service) Battn.
West Yorkshire Regt. (The Prince of Wales’s Own), attd. Lancashire
Fusiliers, yr. _s._ of Herbert Samuel Bradshaw Fippard, of 11,
Oakington Road, Maida Hill, W., and yr. brother of the preceding;
_b._ Oakington Road afsd., 30 Dec. 1887; educ. Regent Street
Polytechnic; matriculated at London University; admitted a Fellow of
the Society of Actuaries, 14 June, 1910, and was Assistant Treasurer of
the Prudential Approved Society, and joint author of a Primer on the
Construction of Mortality and Sickness Tables. After the outbreak of
war he was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 14th West Yorkshire Regt., 14 Dec. 1914
and promoted Capt. 30 March, 1914. He was attached to the Lancashire
Fusiliers, drafted to them at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action
at Achi Baba, 4 June, 1915; _unm._ He was at first reported
missing, but on 21 Nov. 1915, was officially reported to have been
killed on the former date, the two brothers thus being killed the same
day--the one in Flanders, the other in Gallipoli.
[Illustration: =Richard Clift Fippard.=]
=FISH, FRANCIS EDWARD=, of Winterslow, Salisbury, Capt., 3rd
(attd. 2nd) Battn. (Alexandra, Princess of Wales’ Own) Yorkshire Regt.,
_s._ of the late Ralph Fish, of Manchester and Blackburn, by
his wife, Elizabeth Margaret, dau. of H. Loxon, of Leeds; _b._
Heaton Chapel, Manchester, 24 March, 1876; educ. King Edward’s School,
Birmingham, and Askern College, Doncaster; joined the old 2nd Volunteer
Battn. of the Yorkshire Regt. (The Green Howards) in 1901, and was
transferred to the 3rd Battn. (Knaresborough Militia) in May, 1904,
getting his company in 1909, in which year he retired. On the outbreak
of war he rejoined, was gazetted Capt., 3rd Yorkshire Regt., Sept.
1914, and was for some time employed on Coast Defence, being blown
off his feet during the bombardment of Hartlepool by a shell which
burst some yards away; embarked for France with a draft of 350 men of
the 2nd Battn. on 19 March, 1915, and was killed in action by a shell
near Festubert, 17 May, 1915. He _m._ at Southport, March, 1912,
Elizabeth, dau. of Edward Ackroyd, of Southport. She died _s.p._
June, 1914.
[Illustration: =Francis Edward Fish.=]
=FISHBOURNE, CHARLES EUSTACE=, Capt., Royal Engineers, eldest
surviving _s._ of the Rev. Edward Alexander Fishbourne, Vicar
of Gresford, by his wife, Harriet, dau. of the Venerable William
Crawley, Archdeacon of Monmouth, and Rector of Bryngwyn, Mon.;
_b._ Llandyssil Rectory, co. Montgomery, 15 Jan. 1885; was educ.
St. George’s, Windsor; and Malvern College; and after passing through
Woolwich and Chatham, obtained his commission in the R.E., 21 Dec.
1904, and was promoted Lieut. 23 June, 1907. Subsequently he was
employed under the Colonial Office from June, 1907 to 1908 in Uganda
upon survey work, for which he was highly commended, and the Royal
Geographical Society awarded him the Cuthbert Peek grant. In Oct. 1909,
he was appointed under the Board of Trade upon the London Traffic
Commission, and on 4 Jan. 1913 retired into the Special Reserve R.E.
on taking up a post as Assistant General Manager to the London General
Omnibus Company. On the outbreak of the war he rejoined, went to the
Front with the 9th Field Company R.E., 21 Aug. 1914, and served till
18 Nov. 1914, when he was wounded at Ploegsteert Wood, and invalided
home. On his recovery he was appointed Adjutant to the R.E. Reserves
at Chatham. He died at Field House, Beaconsfield, 10 June, 1915, of
spotted fever contracted at Chatham. He _m._ at Llanbedr, 8 June,
1911, Mary Elizabeth (89, Overstrand Mansions, Battersea, S.W.), dau.
of William Gaskell Holland, and left two sons: Patrick Alexander,
_b._ 10 Feb. 1913; and Charles Michael Eustace, _b._ 2 Nov.
1915. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir J. French’s Despatch of 14 Jan.
[London Gazette, 17 Feb.] 1915.
[Illustration: =Charles E. Fishbourne.=]
=FISHER, ALBERT WILLIAM=, Gunner, Immed. Class (R.F.R., 90),
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=FISHER, ALFRED=, Engine Room Artificer, No. 1523, Royal Naval
Reserve, 3rd _s._ of Robert Fisher, Master Mariner, by his wife,
Henrietta, dau. of John Myers; _b._ Boston, co. Lincoln, 15 April,
1888; educ. Hull Technical College; served his apprenticeship with
Messrs. Earle & Co., Shipbuilders, Hull, and then went to sea. After
obtaining his 1st Class certificate, he was appointed Resident Engineer
at the Robert College, Constantinople, for three years, and on the
outbreak of war returned to Hull; joined the R.N.R., and was appointed
to H.M. auxiliary cruiser Viknor. He was drowned when this ship was
lost off the North Coast of Ireland, 13 Jan. 1915. His body was
recovered and buried in the island of Aronsay, Argyle. He _m._ at
the British Consulate, Constantinople, 7 Oct. 1912, Elsie (10, Myrtle
Avenue, Williamson Street, Hull), dau. of George Sloper, and had two
sons: Alfred, _b._ 16 Dec. 1913; and Frank, _b._ 1 Aug. 1915.
[Illustration: =Alfred Fisher.=]
=FISHER, ARTHUR ERNEST=, A.B., 205321, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FISHER, CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3992), 197064, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FISHER, EDWARD=, Stoker (R.F.R., B. 7255), S.S. 102176, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FISHER, EDWARD HERBERT=, Private, No. 10/1166, Wellington
Infantry Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Edward
Herbert Fisher, of Wellington, New Zealand, Clerk in Valuation
Department, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of the late Ralph Milligan, of
Drumderryglass, co. Cavan, and gdson. of the late James Temple Fisher,
Postmaster-General in Sir George Grey’s Government; _b._ Ingham,
Herbert River, North Queensland, 13 Oct. 1891; educ. Townsville, North
Queensland, and at Wellington, New Zealand; was in the Telegraph
Department, Wellington, but after the outbreak of war left 13 Oct.
1914; joined the Wellington Infantry Battn. the following day, and
sailed for Egypt in the Arawa (Transport No. 10) two days later. On the
voyage to Egypt was transferred to the Limerick (No. 7) as Wireless
Operator, and was on duty during the engagement between H.M.A. Cruiser
Sydney and the German Cruiser Emden, near Cocos Island; also on duty
in Telephone Bureau on the banks of the Suez Canal during the Turkish
attack; after being on the Canal for about a month he returned to
Zeitoun Camp and from thence to Gallipoli, where he was killed a
few days after landing, 29 April, 1915; _unm._ Fisher was an
enthusiastic Rugby footballer, and was one of the team that won the
Ranfurly Shield in Taranaki in 1914. It was reported that he was shot
through the head while helping a wounded Australian.
[Illustration: =Edward Herbert Fisher.=]
=FISHER, HENRY RAYMOND=, Corpl., No. 25710, 14th Battn. (1st
Royal Montreal Regt.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of
Charles Frederic Fisher, of Rollingdam, New Brunswick, Farmer, by his
wife, Mary Ellen, dau. of Henry Johnston, of Rollingdam; _b._
Rollingdam, 1 April, 1883; educ. Rollingdam School; was for 15
years with the Canadian Pacific Railway as a fireman and engineer;
volunteered on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and enlisted at
Montreal; came over with the first Canadian Contingent in Oct.; trained
on Salisbury Plain during the winter; went to France on 15 Feb.; took
part in the Battle of Ypres, where the 14th Battn. is said to have
saved the day, and died 2 May, 1915, from shrapnel wounds in the head,
received in action in the reserve trenches. He was buried in Poperinghe
Cemetery. His brother, L.-Corpl. Charles D. Fisher, 15th Battn. (48th
Highlanders of Canada) is now (1916) on active service in France.
[Illustration: =Henry R. Fisher.=]
=FISHER, JOHN EDMUND=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 341), late
Ch./6698, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FISHER, LESLIE BENITO=, Lieut., 12th (Service) Battn. King’s
Royal Rifles, only _s._ of the late William Edgar Fisher,
Accountant, by his wife, Emma Louisa (Brampton Park, Brampton,
Huntingdonshire), dau. of Benjamin Beasley; _b._ Fulham, S.W., 25
June, 1885; educ. privately; went to the Federated Malay States (Klang)
in 1910 to take up a post with the North Hummock Rubber Co. Here his
promotion was rapid, and at the time of his return home on leave in
1914 he was making an excellent position for himself. He arrived in
England in August of that year, and three weeks later joined the Royal
Fusiliers (Empire Battn.). In Nov. he was offered a commission in the
12th Service Battn. of the King’s Royal Rifles, which he accepted, and
was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 17 Nov. 1914, and promoted Lieut. and machine
gun officer in April, 1915. He was killed instantaneously by a shell in
action at Bois Grenier, France, 14 Aug. 1915. As a schoolboy his great
hobby was physical culture, and he was an ardent follower of Sandow,
being remarkable for his splendid athletic physique and physical
fitness. In 1909 he competed in a Marathon race at Bapton, Wiltshire,
the course being 20 miles, and out of 32 entries only three ran the
whole course, Lieut. Fisher being one of them. He was a brilliant
hockey player, playing for Sussex and Dorset, and obtaining his colours
for the latter county. In 1908 he joined as a trooper the Dorsetshire
Yeomanry, and was offered a commission, which, however, he declined.
His grandfather, the late Mr. Benjamin Beasley, was a noted shot, and
in 1862 competed at Wimbledon for the Elcho Challenge Shield, becoming
one of the first famous “English Eight.” Lieut. Fisher was _unm._,
and was buried at Bois Grenier, France. A monument was erected to his
memory in the chancel of St. Mary’s Church, Brampton, Huntingdonshire,
Brampton being the village in which a great part of his life was spent.
[Illustration: =Leslie Benito Fisher.=]
=FISHER, ROBERT=, Leading Car. Crew, 344814, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=FISHER, WILLIAM HENRY=, Bandsman, No. 2710, 6th Battn. Welsh
Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Ebenezer Fisher, of Cockett Farm,
Cockett, labourer, by his wife Ann, dau. of William (and Rachel)
Richards; _b._ Swansea, 2 April, 1888; educ. Plasmarsh Council
School; was a brickmaker; joined the Army, 17 Nov. 1914; went to
France, 7 March, 1915, and was killed in a motor lorry collision at
Calais, 30 May, 1915, while on active service; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Henry Fisher.=]
=FISK, ALBERT ARTHUR=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26689, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=FITZCLARENCE, ARTHUR AUGUSTUS CORNWALLIS=, Capt., 2nd Battn.
Royal Fusiliers, and Adjutant, 15th Battn. (Civil Service Rifles) The
London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Henry Edward FitzClarence, of
41, Ovington Square, S.W., by his wife, Mary Isabel, only dau. of John
Parsons, and gdson. of the Rev. Lord Augustus FitzClarence, Chaplain to
Queen Victoria [4th _s._ of King William IV]; _b._ Ceylon,
16 March, 1880; educ. Radley College; enlisted in the City of London
Imperial Volunteers on the outbreak of the South African War, and
served in that campaign 1900; took part in the operations in the Orange
River Colony, Feb. to March and May, 1900, and in Cape Colony, Feb. to
March, 1900, and operations in the Transvaal, May, 1900, to Aug. 1901
(Queen’s medal with four clasps); recommended for a commission by Col.
(now Gen. Sir) W. H. Mackinnon; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Fusiliers, 4
Aug. 1900, and promoted Lieut. 11 Feb. 1904, and Capt. 22 Nov. 1909;
was employed with West African Frontier Force, 12 Sept. 1903 to 29
July, 1908; served in South Nigeria, 1904–5, where he patrolled the
unsettled portions of the Ibibio and Kwa country (medal with clasp),
and in Northern Nigeria, 1906 (clasp); Adjutant Civil Service Rifles
(15th London Regt., T.F.), 22 Nov. 1909 to 21 Nov. 1913; left for the
Dardanelles, 4 June, 1915, and was killed there, 29 June, 1915. He was
mentioned in despatches for conspicuous gallantry, in reorganising
the defence, and keeping the Turks at bay until he was shot [London
Gazette, 5 Nov. 1915]. He received his certificate for signalling in
1902; that for musketry on passing his examination at Hythe in the
following year, and in 1909 he obtained one for gymnastics at the
Aldershot Gymnasium. At Radley he rowed in the college boat at Henley,
in 1896–7–8, being Capt. of the boats in 1898. He was also in the
school football eleven. He rowed for Kingston both in the Eights and
Fours, and he won the Wyfolds in 1902. He was a fine athlete-- a good
boxer and long-distance runner. In latter years he went in for fencing
and sabre play, competing at the Royal Naval and Military Tournament
and winning the second prize in the epee in 1913, and second prize
in the sabre _v._ sabre in 1914. He _m._ at St. Paul’s,
Knightsbridge, 7 April, 1910, Lady Susan, née Yorke, only dau. of John
Manners, 7th Earl of Hardwicke; _s.p._ His cousin, Brig.-Gen. C.
FitzClarence, V.C., was killed in action, 11 Nov. 1914.
[Illustration: =A. A. C. FitzClarence.=]
=FITZCLARENCE, CHARLES, V.C.=, Brig.-Gen., formerly Lieut.-Col.,
Commanding Irish Guards, eldest _s._ of the late Hon. George
FitzClarence, Capt., R.N., by his wife, Lady Maria Henriette, née
Scott, eldest dau. of John Henry, 3rd Earl of Clonmell, and gdson. of
George, 1st Earl of Munster [eldest s. of King William IV]; _b._
Bishop’s Court, co. Kildare, 8 May, 1865; educ. Eton and Wellington;
gazetted Lieut. from the Militia to the Royal Fusiliers, 10 Nov. 1886;
promoted Capt. 6 April, 1898; transferred to Irish Guards, 6 Oct.
1900; and became Brevet Major, 29 Nov. following; Major, 2 May, 1904;
Lieut.-Col. 14 July, 1909; Col. 6 March, 1913; and Brig.-Gen. 5 Aug.
1914; served in South African War, 1899–1900; was Special Service
officer with Protectorate Regt., 15 July, 1899, to 28 Aug. 1900, and
Brigade Major, on Staff, 29 Aug. 1900 to 4 Feb. 1901; took part in
defence of Mafeking (twice wounded; mentioned in Despatches [London
Gazette, 8 Feb. 1901]; Brevet of Major; Queen’s medal with three
clasps; decorated with the Victoria Cross for three specific acts of
bravery [London Gazette, 6 July, 1900], viz.: on 16 Oct. 1899, taking
with him about 50 unseasoned men of the Protectorate Regt., he went
to the relief of an armoured train which was in difficulties. Capt.
FitzClarence advanced his men under a furious fire. At one time the
squadron was nearly surrounded but it was saved with few casualties
through coolness and clever handling on the part of its leader. About
a fortnight later he led a night sortie of 60 men and drove the
Boers from their trenches at the point of the bayonet. On that night
Capt. FitzClarence was the first to leap into the trenches sword in
hand, and it is said that he himself killed four of the enemy and
was wounded. On Dec. 26 he again distinguished himself in the action
at Game Tree, where he was shot through the legs); Brigade Major,
5th Brigade, Aldershot Army Corps, 22 April, 1903 to 31 March, 1906;
Brigade Commander, 5th London Infantry Brigade, and Mil. Member London
Territorial Force Association; Lieut.-Col. Commanding Irish Guards,
14 July, 1913 to Aug. 1914; commanded 29th Brigade, 10th Division at
Curragh from 23 Aug. to 22 Sept.; went to France, 23 Sept. and took
over command of the First Guards Brigade, 27 Sept.; killed in action
leading his Brigade in the night attack at Ypres, 11–12 Nov. 1914. He
was specially mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch
of 20 Nov. [London Gazette, 30 Nov.] 1914, where he said: “His loss
will be severely felt.” He _m._ at The Citadel Church, Cairo,
20 April, 1898, Violet (12, Lowndes Street, S.W.), 4th and yst. dau.
of the late Lord Alfred Spencer Churchill, M.P., and granddau. of
John, 6th Duke of Marlborough, and had two children: Edward Charles,
_b._ 3 Oct. 1899; and Joan Harriet, _b._ 23 Dec. 1901. His
twin brother, Edward, Capt., 1st Dorsetshire Regt. attached Egyptian
Army, was killed in action at Abu-Hamed, 7 Aug. 1897, and his cousin,
Capt. A. A. C. FitzClarence, was killed in action in Gallipoli, 29
June, 1915.
[Illustration: =Charles FitzClarence, V.C.=]
=FITZGERALD, EDWARD THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po./12363, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=FITZGERALD, GERALD HUGH=, Capt., 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon
Guards, only _s._ of the late Lord Maurice FitzGerald, of
Johnstowne Castle, co. Wexford, by his wife, Lady Adelaide, dau. of
George Arthur Hastings Forbes, 7th Earl of Granard, K.P., and grandson
of Charles William, 4th Duke of Leinster, P.C.; _b._ Johnstowne
Castle, 11 April, 1886; educ. Eton; joined the Royal North Devon
Hussars (Yeomanry) in Nov. 1904; gazetted from them to the 4th Dragoon
Guards, 11 Dec. 1907; promoted Lieut. 17 Nov. 1908, and Capt. 25 Nov.
1913; accompanied the Expeditionary Force to France; was slightly
wounded during the first week in Sept., and fell shot through the head
in the Battle of the Aisne when in charge of the machine gun section
of his battn. 13 Sept. 1914; buried in the cemetery at Bourg. Col. R.
L. Mullens, his commanding officer, wrote: “It happened early in the
morning of the 13th. We were fighting in the village of Bourg-et-Comin,
about 17 miles east of Soissons, which is about 63 miles north-east
of Paris. Gerald was as always, working hard and doing good work with
his maxims. Some Germans were on the canal bank about 500 yards away,
and I had warned him and his men to keep their heads down. Some little
time after I had to leave him to attend to other matters he was hit.
Major Bridges was close to him at the time, but there was nothing
to be done--the end was instantaneous.... His loss to the regt. is
immense. He was universally popular and loved by his brother officers
and men.” Capt. FitzGerald was a keen sportsman, a fine rider, and took
great interest in polo. He _m._ at South Tidworth, 5 Aug. 1914,
Dorothy Violet, yst. dau. of Spencer Charrington, of Winchfield Lodge,
Winchfield, Hants; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Gerald Hugh FitzGerald.=]
=FITZGERALD, JAMES=, Chief Yeoman of Signals (R.F.R., A. 1818),
147643, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=FITZGERALD, JOHN MARTIN=, Private, No. 295, A Coy., 1st
Newfoundland Regt., 2nd _s._ of the late John Fitzgerald, of
St. John’s, Newfoundland, Cooper (died 24 Aug 1886), by his wife,
Mary Ann (20 Carter’s Hill, St. John’s, Newfoundland), dau. of John
Patrick Crowdell; _b._ St. John’s aforesaid, 19 Sept. 1884; educ.
Convent of Mercy (1892–93), and St. Bonaventure’s College (1893–1901;
Scholarship 1899; Graduate Druggist 1901) there; entered the employ
of Mr. J. J. Canning, Druggist, 1 March, 1901, and on the latter’s
death in April, 1913, became Manager of the business and so continued
until 30 June, 1914, when he started a business of his own at 90, New
Gower Street; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war,
and joined the 1st Newfoundland Regt., 8 Sept. 1914, sacrificing his
newly started business; left for England, 3 Oct. 1914; went to the
Dardanelles, leaving Aldershot, 19 Aug. 1915, and arrived in Egypt
19–20 Sept.; was attached to the Ambulance Section of the Regt., and
acted as dispenser and dresser with Dr. Frew, R.A.M.C.; killed in
action there 1 Dec. 1915, while binding up the wounds of a comrade.
Buried in No. 52 Borderers Ravine 117. J.S. Surgeon-Capt. Frew wrote:
“I feel I must tell you of the noble death he died this morning. Some
men were shot by snipers behind our lines this morning, and though, as
dispenser, he might have sat still and let the stretcher bearers bring
in the wounded, he was on his feet at once and rushed out to render
first aid services. In so doing he fell a prey to the deadly snipers.
While he was dressing Sergt. McLeod, he was wounded, but still went on
with his work, receiving, unfortunately, three or four more wounds, one
of which proved fatal.”
[Illustration: =John M. Fitzgerald.=]