Artillery, elder _s._ of Arthur John Fluke, of Nunnery Road,
Canterbury, by his wife, Sarah; _b._ Nasirabad, India, 9 Sept.
1891; educ. King’s School, Canterbury, and Royal Military Academy,
Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 19 July, 1912, and promoted Lieut.
shortly before his death; went to France, 14 Aug. 1914, and was killed
in action at Cuinchy, 10 Jan. 1915; _unm._ He met his death
while rallying some men of another regt., their own officers having
all been killed or wounded. Lieut. Fluke, with one N.C.O., stuck to
his mortar, and continued to work it till it was put out of action,
although he himself was wounded in four places, and then, unarmed
and wounded as he was, he rallied the men who had been driven out of
their trenches and led them back to the attack, only to fall himself
by the fifth and fatal wound at the moment of success. Capt. Guy B.
Oliver wrote: “I felt I must write you a few lines to tell how very
greatly I feel for you in the terrible loss you have sustained. I am
the only representative now in the Battery who has been with it since
the beginning of the war, and before that at Aldershot, and the loss
of your brave son has been a great personal loss to me, and as I know
to all ranks in the Battery, for his presence had helped to reduce
the various trials of this campaign. Much as we deplore his loss, the
Battery is proud in the knowledge of the very gallant way your son
conducted himself, and it is very sad indeed to think that he has not
been spared to enjoy the honour he so richly deserved. Major Charlton
has, I know, written to you and given you details. I am so sorry that
none of us were with him at the last, but, as you know, the particular
work he was on took him right away from the Battery. From what I can
gather, he cannot have suffered much, and his death must have been
almost instantaneous.” He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord)
French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915, and Major C. A. Graham Charlton,
Commanding 116th Battery, wrote he “was killed yesterday evening in
rallying some men of the 60th Rifles, who were driven out of their
trenches after all their officers had been killed or wounded. I have
not heard many details yet, but, from what I hear, your son behaved in
a very gallant manner, and, had he been spared, I am sure his heroism
would have been rewarded. Many artillery officers have been trained
in the use of trench mortars, and yesterday afternoon an order came
for your son to proceed to the front trenches, occupied by the 60th
Rifles, with one of these mortars. He had an artillery non-commissioned
officer with him. There had been an attack earlier in the day, when
this particular trench had been taken from the Germans. After dark the
latter counter-attacked, and the 60th were driven out of their forward
trenches after all their officers had been killed or wounded. Your son,
however, with his N.C.O., stuck to his mortar and continued to work it,
although he was wounded in four places. The mortar was then put out of
action, and he then, wounded as he was, rallied some men of the 60th
and led them back to the attack. He died, being wounded in five places.
I cannot tell you how much all his brother officers feel his loss, and
on behalf of them I send you our deepest sympathy. The only consolation
I can offer you in your great sorrow is that he died a noble and
gallant death, a credit to his Battery and his regt.” He was in the
XI and XV at King’s School, Canterbury. He was third in the batting
averages in 1908 with 38·23, second in 1909 with 30·11. and first in
1910 with 39·40. He was also in the XI at Woolwich, and was a member of
the famous Woolwich Rugby XV in 1911, which K. F. Q. Perkins, of the
Engineers, captained.
[Illustration: =Arthur Charles Fluke.=]
=FLUX, HENRY JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9068), S.S. 2129, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FLUX, HENRY JOHN=, Leading Cook’s Mate, M. 65, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=FLYNN, JAMES=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1894T, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FOLEY, MARTIN=, Private, No. 19717, 10th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, _s._ of James Foley, of Kilmurry, Kenmare,
co. Kerry, Shoemaker, by his wife, Margaret; _b._ Killarney,
co. Kerry, 15 June, 1874; educ. there; went to Canada, 10 May, 1911,
settled at Brandon, Manitoba, was a Butcher; enlisted, 4 Sept. 1914;
went to France, 1 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action there, 21 May,
1915. He _m._ at Kenmare, 2 Sept. 1902, Elizabeth, dau. of Timothy
Callaghan, and had five children: James, _b._ 8 Sept. 1903;
Timothy, _b._ 20 Sept. 1904; Mary Angela, _b._ 15 Sept. 1906;
Margaret, _b._ 20 June, 1908; and Elizabeth, _b._ 10 April,
1911.
=FOLEY, THOMAS ALGERNON FITZGERALD=, Lieut., 1st Battn. The
Norfolk Regt., only _s._ of the late Vice-Admiral Francis John
Foley, by his wife, Frances Jane (The Moat, Britford, Salisbury), dau.
of De La Bère P. Blayne, and gdson. of Admiral the Hon. Fitzgerald
Algernon Charles Foley [4th _s._ of Thomas, 3rd Baron Foley,
P.C.]; _b._ Egerton Gardens, London, S.W., 29 Dec. 1889; and
went to Eton (Mr. F. H. Rawlins’ and Mr. H. de Havilland’s Houses)
in 1904. There he was in the Army Class, took prizes for history,
mathematics, etc., and was in the O.T.C. From Eton he passed direct
into the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in 1908, passing first in
order of merit in the Junior Trials; he was in the revolver team in
1909 which won many competitions, and he himself made the highest score
against Woolwich. He passed sixth out of Sandhurst and was gazetted 2nd
Lieut. in The Norfolk Regt. 18 Sept. 1909, joining the 1st Battn. at
Brentwood, from which it went to Aldershot; there he shot successfully
in several of the Aldershot rifle meetings, and was in the company’s
team for the Inter-Regimental Grand Challenge Shield, which they
retained, and was promoted Lieut. 14 Oct. 1911. On 3 Aug. 1914, his
battn. being then at Holywood, Belfast, he was sent to take charge of
Grey Point Fort; on the 6th he was recalled for mobilisation to his
battn., and sailed with it for the Front, 14 Aug. 1914, landing at
Havre. The battn. almost immediately proceeded to Dour in Belgium and
was in action there. He took part in the retreat from Mons, and was in
every action after proceeding to Dour, including Le Cateau, the Marne
and the Aisne, till he fell at Festubert on 25 Oct. 1914. The following
account of the circumstances of his death was given by the Colonel
and others: “He had just made a most gallant advance to the trenches
with his men under a very heavy fire, and had reached there safely.
He was in the very foremost of the British lines when he fell, and he
died at the head of his men, driving back a most desperate attack by
overwhelming numbers of the enemy. He was buried, like a soldier, where
he fell. The actual place where he was laid to rest is close to the
most advanced trenches, as our line in that part of the battlefield has
not advanced a yard since the day when he fell gallantly defending it.”
Lieut. Foley was a keen soldier, an excellent shot and horseman. He was
_unm._
[Illustration: =T. A. F. Foley.=]
=FOLEY, THOMAS FRANCIS=, Sick Berth Attendant, M. 5213, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=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.
=FOLLOWS, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 11742, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Richard Follows, of Sunny Bank, Ansley Village,
near Atherstone, Miner; _b._ Norton Canes, co. Stafford; educ.
Church Schools there; enlisted 9 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action
at Guinchy, 25 Jan. 1915, the same day as his brother Richard, who had
enlisted with him; _unm._
=FOLLOWS, RICHARD=, Private, No. 11743, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Richard Follows, of Sunny Bank, Ansley Village,
near Atherstone, Miner; _b._ Norton Canes, co. Stafford; educ.
King Edward’s Grammar School, Nuneaton; enlisted 9 Sept. 1914, and was
killed in action at Guinchy, 25 Jan. 1915, the same day as his brother
Arthur, who had enlisted with him; _unm._
=FOOT, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4259), S.S. 102948,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=FOOTITT, JACK FREDERICK LIONEL=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27414, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=FORBES, DUNCAN=, Corpl., No. 1003, D Coy., 12th Battn. 3rd
Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, 5th _s._ of Roderick Forbes,
of Muirton Cottage, Fairburn, Muir of Ord, Ross-shire, Gamekeeper,
by his wife, Jessie, dau. of the late Duncan McKay, of Knockfarrel,
Dingwall; _b._ Fairburn, aforesaid, 6 Jan. 1892; educ. Marybank
School, Urray, Ross-shire; went to Western Australia in Oct. 1910, and
settled at Pingelly; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and joined
the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force; left for Egypt with the main
force, was promoted Corpl., 25 April, 1915; landed at the Dardanelles,
25 April, 1915, and was killed there, 25 May, 1915, while returning to
the trenches from patrol duty; _unm._ He was buried in Anzac Cove.
Corpl. Forbes was mentioned in despatches by Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton for
gallant and distinguished conduct in the field. Capt. J. A. W. Kayser,
the Officer Commanding his Company, wrote: “Duncan was under my command
since I took over the command, and my report on him is that he was a
brave, trustworthy, honourable soldier and gentleman, and I cannot
speak too highly of the way he carried out every mission entrusted
to him”; and Archdeacon Richard, Chaplain, 12th Battn.: “His Company
Commander told me yesterday, ‘I have lost one of my most reliable men.
I have known him for nine months and I have never heard him say or seen
him do anything that was unbefitting the character of a true soldier.’
His brother, T. Finlay Forbes, Private, No. 998, who enlisted in the
same Company with him, has been missing since 2 May, 1915, and three
other brothers are (1916) on active service, one being a 2nd Lieut. in
the 1st Seaforths.
[Illustration: =Duncan Forbes.=]
=FORBES, GEORGE FRANCIS REGINALD=, Lieut.-Col. Commanding 1st
Battn. The Royal Irish Regt., eldest _s._ of the late Col. the
Hon. William Francis Forbes, Resident Magistrate at the Curragh, by
his wife, Phillis Gabriella, 2nd dau. of John Rowe, of Ballycross, co.
Wexford, D.L., and grandson of George, 6th Earl of Granard; _b._
Castle Forbes, co. Longford, 6 Sept. 1866; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the
Royal Irish Regt. (which was raised by the 1st Earl of Granard in
1684) from the Militia, 6 July, 1889, and promoted Lieut., 25 March,
1891; Captain, 30 Jan. 1895; Major, 7 Sept. 1904; and Lieut.-Col., 12
March, 1912. He served through the Tirah Campaign, 1897–8, including
operations on the Samana, and received the medal with two clasps;
was Adjutant of the Bombay-Baroda Railway Volunteers, 17 May, 1899,
to 16 May, 1904, and Staff Capt. No. 12 (South Irish) District, 1
June, 1905, to 31 May, 1909. He succeeded to the command of the 1st
Battn., then serving in India, 12 March, 1912, and after the outbreak
of war came home with his regt., Nov. 1914; went to France, 18 Dec.
1914, and died at Bailleul, 17 March, 1915, of wounds received at St.
Eloi three days previously, and was buried at Bailleul. Col. Forbes
was mentioned in Field-Marshal Sir John French’s despatch of 31 May,
1915, for distinguished conduct. He _m._ at Windsor, 4 Aug. 1904,
Agnes Margaret, dau. of the late Walter Ewing Crum, of Thornliebank,
Renfrewshire, and had a son, Walter Arthur Hastings Forbes, _b._
18 Dec. 1905.
=FORBES, SPENCER DUNDAS=, Commander, R.N., yr. _s._ of the
late George Edward Forbes, of Colinton, Queensland, by his wife, Louisa
Lillias (4, Grosvenor Crescent, Edinburgh), dau. of Archibald Trotter,
of Dreghorn, co. Midlothian; _b._ at Keswick, 29 May, 1874; educ.
at St. Ninian’s, Moffat; Aysgarth, Yorks; and at Mr. Littlejohns’;
entered the Royal Navy as a Cadet in 1887, and became a Midshipman two
years later, serving in the Cordelia, on the Australian station, Feb.
1889, and in the Immortalité, in the Channel Squadron, Oct. 1891. As an
acting Sub-Lieut. he was lent to the Galatea for the naval manœuvres
of July, 1894, and in Feb. 1895, was confirmed as Sub-Lieut. and
appointed to the Collingwood, on the Mediterranean Station. He became
a Lieut. 30 Sept. 1896, and in the following month was transferred to
the Melita on the same station. For nearly four years he was associated
with the training service, as watch-keeper in the Volage, Dec. 1898,
and in the Juno, Oct. 1899 (both in the training squadron), and as 1st
Lieut. in the Cruiser, sailing training vessel for ordinary seamen in
the Mediterranean, April, 1900, to Aug. 1902. After a short course at
Whale Island he was first and (G.) of the Hermes in the Channel Fleet
and as tender to the Royal Naval College, Osborne, April, 1903, and of
the Eclipse, which relieved her in the latter duty, Jan. 1906. On 31
Dec. 1907 he was promoted Commander, and served in the Suffolk, in
the Mediterranean Cruiser Squadron, from April, 1908, to May, 1910. In
Sept. 1910, he joined the war course at Portsmouth, which was followed
by a course at the Military Staff College, Camberley, Jan. to June,
1911. He was Commander of the London, as flagship of Rear-Admiral
Cradock in the Atlantic Fleet, Aug. 1911, and of the Hibernia, as
flagship of the same officer and of Rear-Admiral Thursby in the Third
Battle Squadron, May, 1912, to Aug. 1913. During the last four months
of 1913 he was member of a Committee, presided over by Rear-Admiral
Hood, on the question of training young seamen and boys in sea-going
ships. Previous to her being commissioned by Capt. Brandt at the end
of July, he commanded the Monmouth, in the Third Fleet at Devonport,
from 30 Jan. 1914, and went down in her when, with the Good Hope,
Rear-Admiral Cradock’s flagship, she was lost in action off Coronel, on
the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. He _m._ at Malta, 21 Feb. 1913,
Ethel, yst. dau. of Col. Selby Walker, late of the Black Watch, and had
a son, Spencer Malcolm Edward, _b._ 17 Nov. 1914.
[Illustration: =Spencer Dundas Forbes.=]
=FORD, ATHOLE STANLEY=, Rifleman, No. 1993, 16th Battn. (Queen’s
Westminster Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of
Stanley Ford, of 1, Ardlui Road, West Norwood, S.E., by his wife,
Mary Elizabeth, dau. of William Armstrong; _b._ Dulwich, S.E.,
9 March, 1896; educ. Dulwich College, where he was a corpl. in the
O.T.C. and a member of the “Gym” Six; joined the Queen’s Westminsters
for foreign service, 6 Aug. 1914, the day following the declaration of
war; trained at Hemel Hempstead, went to France, 1 Nov. 1914, and was
killed in action at Hooge, 9 Aug. 1915. One of his officers wrote that
he “made a fine, plucky little soldier and was universally popular”;
and his Corpl.: “He was a good lad, a fearless soldier, a splendid
comrade--one I was proud to call my friend. By his courage, sympathy
and cheerfulness, even under the most trying circumstances during all
these months, he endeared himself to us all, and deeply we feel his
loss.”
[Illustration: =Athole Stanley Ford.=]
=FORD, FRANCIS JOHN=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., 3592), 196782,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=FORD, FRANK=, Private, No. 6713, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards,
only _s._ of the late Elijah Ford, by his wife, Emily Jane
(Bathpool, near Taunton), dau. of John Wilkins, of West Monkton,
Somerset; _b._ Gosport, co. Hants, 21 March, 1888; educ. West
Monkton, Somerset; enlisted 22 March, 1906, and served seven years with
the Colours, then going to the Reserve. He joined the Cardiff City
Police, and prior to the war was stationed at Canton. On mobilisation
he rejoined, left Windsor for France on the last day of Aug. 1914, and
was killed in action at Ypres, 25 Oct. 1914; _unm._
=FORD, GEORGE=, Stoker, P.O., 285093, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=FORD, HORACE FISHER (“RED”)=, Private, No 12982, 5th Battn.
Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of George Robert
Fitzroy Ford, of 2, Cavendish Mansions, Langham Street, W., by his
first wife, Charlotte Diana, dau. of the late Capt. John Kendall, 4th
West Yorkshire Regt.; _b._ Hitchin, co. Herts, 14 Dec. 1889;
educ. privately; The Roan School, Greenwich, and St. Francis Xavier’s
College, Bruges; went to Canada in 1906, and settled at Moose Jaw, and
had been Sporting Editor of the “Moose Jaw Morning News” since 1912,
and was, according to his editor, responsible for the initiation of
clean sport into Western Canada. It was in the Y.M.C.A. building at
Moose Jaw where his influence for good athletics was most felt. After
the declaration of war he enlisted in the 27th Light Horse, under
his friend Col. Tuxford, afterwards transferring with him to the 5th
Battn.; left for England with the first contingent in Oct. 1914; went
to the Front, 7 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 24
May, 1915. Col. Tuxford wrote of him: “His conduct was always good and
he never gave trouble; during the Battle of Festubert, when we took
the German trenches and machine-gun emplacement at a cost of nearly
400 casualties, a position that had been attempted on three previous
occasions by other units and failed; Ford was wounded, not seriously,
and was walking down the trench to the dressing station when another
shell caught and killed him. His death was instantaneous;” and in his
letter to the “Moose Jaw Morning News,” chronicling the events of the
Battle of Festubert, he said: “Private Ford came to me to enlist, and
said he was determined in his course and that I could rely on him to
‘play the game.’ He died as he declared to me in my office ‘playing
the game.’” The “Winnipeg Telegram” said: “‘Red’ Ford was a character
of the great West, and in the days to come he will be remembered as a
first-class sporting editor, a fighter and a hero.” His brother, Ernest
Kendall Ford, is a Sub-Lieut. in the Royal Naval Division.
[Illustration: =Horace Fisher Ford.=]
=FORD, PERCY GORDEN=, Rifleman, No. 3250, 9th Battn. (Queen
Victoria Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F), 2nd _s._ of John William
Fletcher Ford, of 57, Friday Street, London, E.C., and Rozel, Roydon,
Essex, Linen Merchant, by his wife, Catherine, dau. of Thomas Strout;
_b._ Hornsey, London, 11 Sept. 1891; educ. Tollingham School and
Christ’s College, Finchley; was a Traveller; joined the Queen Victoria
Rifles immediately on the outbreak of war, in Aug. 1914; went to
France, 14 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Hill 60, Flanders, 24
April, 1915; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “He was in hospital when we
went up to Hill 60, but joined us up there in the dug-outs when we had
been relieved from the firing line. I remember him, Claude, coming up
to me and saying, as we shook hands, ‘By Jove, Ashford, old man, I’m
glad to see you; you fellows have had a rough time.’ Not a word about
the narrow escape _he_ had had with our transport in Ypres. We
left on the Thursday morning, 10 men at a time; they were shelling us
and it was dangerous to offer too large a target. We assembled outside
the hospital at Ypres and Smith-Dorrien inspected us. We marched
back to huts as we thought to a well-earned rest. The huts were not
completed and we had to bivouac. About 6.30 p.m. we saw the French
coming pell mell across country, a regular rout, we spoke to them and
found they were retreating. We had to fall in and dig ourselves in
by hedges in some fields near. We did not know which way the Germans
were supposed to be coming, and had to change our position three times
during the night. We were fagged out and had had no proper sleep since
the Saturday previous--we couldn’t get much at Hill 60. At about 2.30
a.m. we had orders to stop digging; marched back some way and spent
the remainder of the night in a field. In the morning we had to sit
in ditches along the road, in order to be out of sight of aeroplanes,
awaiting orders. The cookers came up and we had some tea, I remember as
well as if it were yesterday; Percy gave me some of his condensed milk,
and I sat down beside him and we laughingly arranged to go to Golder’s
Green in the afternoon. Shortly afterwards we had to march off with
the rest of the 13th Brigade, to which we were attached. We were in
support on the banks of the Yser. The Canadians had driven the Germans
back after the French retreat. During the night we had to go up to the
firing line, but only for a few hours. The morning of Saturday found
us on the banks of the Yser, awaiting orders. We had dug ourselves in
as a protection against shrapnel. We moved off about 11 o’clock in
single file along the banks of Yser, towards Ypres, then we cut inland
and gradually wound our way forward, moving in zig-zag manner, taking
as much advantage of hedges, etc., as we could. Shells were flying all
around, but Percy was there then, and that was Saturday. Amy tells me
you were told Friday; I feel certain that it was Saturday. Well, we
must have marched about 3 to 4 miles and we then got right into the
thick of it, it was raining shells. We deployed and were told to take
shelter behind some semicircular parapets. The Germans seemed to have
them taped and dropped shells right in amongst us. It was flat country
and evidently they could see us approaching and shelled us very heavily
indeed, the air was thick with shells. We advanced by short stages
about 100 yards, and then I got hit by a shell in the right shoulder,
and missed Percy then; he was in the right half platoon and I was in
the left half, so that we got separated. Those that were comparatively
lightly wounded were the fortunate ones, Claude. I am sorry that I
cannot give you more news of Percy; the last I saw of him was coolly
smoking a cigarette as we marched along over those fields in that awful
hail of shells.” He was junior sidesman in the Wesleyan Methodist
Church, Finchley.
[Illustration: =Percy Gorden Ford.=]
=FORD, ROBERT JOHN=, Private, R.M.L.I., 15137 (R.F.R., B. 1785),
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FORD, WILLIAM FRANK=, A.B., 212470, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=FORD, WILLIAM GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1469), 211586, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=FOREMAN, SAMUEL JOHN=, Private, No. 1713, 12th Battn., Australian
Imperial Force, 3rd _s._ of the late Samuel Foreman, Carter, by
his wife, Anne; _b._ Ladywood, Birmingham, 27 Feb. 1875; educ.
Foundry Road Board School there; went to Australia, and was an employee
with the Commonwealth Salt Company in Kangaroo Island; enlisted shortly
after the outbreak of war, and died at the 10th Australian Clearing
Station, 14 June, 1915, of wounds received in action; _unm._
=FOREST, HENRY SCOTT=, Private, No. 41781, 2nd Field Artillery
Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 5th _s._ of John Forest,
of Coaticook, Quebec, Canada, Farmer and Teamster, by his wife, Mary
Ann, dau. of Neil McGeehan; _b._ Coaticook, Quebec, 8 Oct. 1897;
educ. Coaticook Academy; enlisted July, 1914; left Canada with the
first contingent; trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter; went to
France, Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Ypres, 25 April, 1915;
_unm._ Buried on the St. Julien Road.