Battn. Hertfordshire Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Frederick Joseph
Forfeitt, of Medburn, Elstree, A.C.P., Schoolmaster, by his wife,
Lucy Jane, dau. of Charles Cooper; _b._ Elstree, co. Herts, 22
July, 1889; educ. Medburn School (his father’s), and St. Alban’s
School (Scholar and Member of the Cadet Corps), and on leaving there
entered Messrs. Barclay’s Bank, St. Albans. After the outbreak of war
he joined the 1st Hertfordshire Regt. 4 Sept. 1914, went to the Front
5 Nov. following, and died 20 May, 1915, of wounds received in action
at Festubert the previous day; and was buried in Bethune Cemetery;
_unm._ A letter from a comrade showed that he met his death in a
most gallant fashion. His friend had been killed near him, and though
sorely wounded he said: “Never mind me, have a look at poor old ‘Mal,’
I’m afraid he’s gone.” Another wrote: “I have never known a man bear a
wound more bravely than he”; and his Capt., writing later, described
him as being “much loved by us all, and one of the bravest men in his
company.”
[Illustration: =Frederick W. L. Forfeitt.=]
=FORREST, JOHN=, Private, No. 13451, 12th (Service) Battn. The
Royal Scots, eldest _s._ of Robert Forrest, Engine Driver, by his
wife, Isabella, dau. of Hugh Fraser; _b._ Leith, 4 Aug. 1890;
educ. St. Thomas School, Leith; was a Riveter at Ramage & Ferguson’s;
enlisted soon after the outbreak of war, 2 Sept. 1914; went to France,
11 May, 1915, and died of wounds received in action at Loos, 25 Aug.
following; _unm._ 2nd Lieut. R. B. Stewart wrote: “Your son was
wounded last night when he along with some others was carrying out a
difficult piece of work in front of our trenches.... He was a fine and
plucky fellow and a man in whom I could place my implicit trust. He was
always one of the first to volunteer if there was any ‘ticklish’ work
to be done.”
=FORREST, WILLIAM LYON=, Third Writer, M. 2759, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FORRESTER, ADRIAN ANDREW=, M.B., Fleet Surgeon, H.M.S.
Implacable, only _s._ of William Forrester, of Glenmiln, Campsie
Glen, co. Stirling, by his wife, Jessie Ann Hill, dau. of Archibald
MacFarlane; _b._ Glenmiln, afsd., 20 Jan. 1874; educ. Larchfield,
Helensburgh, co. Dumbarton, and Glasgow University, graduating M.B.
in 1897; entered the Navy as a Surgeon, 8 Nov. 1898; and was promoted
Staff Surgeon, 8 Nov. 1906, and Fleet Surgeon, 8 Nov. 1914. He was
appointed to H.M.S. Implacable in Feb. 1914, and was killed in action
at the Dardanelles 25 April, 1915. He married at Sydney, N.S.W., 20
Jan. 1904, Ruby Westwood, dau. of Charles Andrew Guesdon, of Hobart,
Tasmania, and had a dau., Thelma Westwood _b._ 10 March, 1905.
[Illustration: =Adrian A. Forrester.=]
=FORRINGTON, CHARLES HOARE=, Signalman, J. 10092, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=FORSTER, ANDREW FORRESTER=, Private, No. 1713, 11th Battn.
Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of William Forster, of
Mainsoflaig, Newluce, co. Wigtown, Farmer; _b._ Brownknowe,
Nicolforest, co. Cumberland, 17 Sept. 1887; educ. Newluce and Stramuir;
went to Australia; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the
Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, 16 Aug. 1914; went to the Dardanelles
and was killed in action there, 17 May, 1915, and buried behind the
trenches; _unm._
=FORSYTH, ARCHIBALD JAMES=, L.-Corpl., No. 10/1054, 9th (Hawkes
Bay) Wellington Infantry Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force,
_s._ of Archibald William Forsyth, of Gisborne, New Zealand [a
native of Scotland]; _b._ Frasertown, Wairoa, Hawkes Bay, New
Zealand, 6 Feb. 1894; educ. Frasertown, and High School, Gisborne, at
which latter he passed the Junior Civil Service, and matriculated,
gaining a first in Hawkes Bay Education Board. On leaving there he
started teaching, and when war broke out was Assistant Master at
Patutahi School, Gisborne. He was a Territorial and immediately
volunteered and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force; left with
the main body for Egypt in Oct.; took part in the landing at the
Dardanelles, 25–26 April, and was killed in action there at Walker’s
Ridge, 29 April following; _unm._ Chaplain Major Grant (since
killed) wrote: “His time of service was soon over, but he was of the
heroic band who climbed and conquered this hill.”
[Illustration: =Archibald J. Forsyth.=]
=FORSYTH, PETER=, A.B., J. 19371, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when
that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=FORTES, THOMAS=, Sergt., No. 7687, 1st Battn. East Yorkshire
Regt., _s._ of Harry Fortes, of 4, Clark’s Pace, Wilbert Lane,
Beverley, by his wife, Mary Kidd, dau. of Philip Spencer; _b._
Cherry Tree Terrace, Grove Hill Road, Beverley, 25 Oct. 1888; educ.
Minster School there; enlisted in the East Yorkshire Regt., 20 Nov.
1903, and joined the 1st Battn. at Shorncliffe; after a few months
was drafted to the 2nd Battn. in Burmah, with which he served first
in Burmah and after 1909, in India, till 1913, when he came home and
rejoined the 1st Battn. at York. He was promoted Sergt., 6 June, 1914,
and after the outbreak of war, went to France with the Expeditionary
Force, 10 Sept., and was killed in action at Parride Hill, 28 Oct.
1914. He _m._ at Shorncliffe, 1904, Louisa, dau. of Henry Kent;
_s.p._ His brother, Private William Fortes, No. 7651, was with him
in this engagement and is still (1916) on active service.
=FORTUNE, JAMES=, Private, No. 6844, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 4th _s._ of the late Henry Fortune, of Foxham, co. Wilts,
Platelayer on the Great Western Railway, by his wife, Hannah (Little
Alne, Wooten Wowen, Birmingham), dau. of the late George Lovelock;
_b._ Foxham, 5 Dec. 1887; educ. there; enlisted July, 1906, and
served seven years with the colours, including two in Egypt, when
he passed into the Reserve and obtained employment at Farnborough.
On mobilisation he rejoined, went to the Front 12 Aug. 1914, served
through the retreat from Mons and the subsequent engagements, on the
Aisne and the Marne, and was killed instantaneously at Rentel, by a
bullet while on sentry duty 27 Oct. 1914; _unm._ While living at
Farnborough he was connected with the Gospel Mission and was an earnest
worker and devoted Sunday School teacher.
[Illustration: =James Fortune.=]
=FOSTER, ARCHIBALD COURTENAY HAYES=, Lieut., Hampshire Regt.,
attd. 4th King’s African Rifles, 4th _s._ of the late Montagu H.
Foster, of Stubbington House, Fareham, co. Hants, by his wife, Mary
Henrietta Foster (The Lodge, Stubbington, Fareham), dau. of the Rev.
Richard Foster Carter; _b._ Stubbington House afsd., 19 May, 1886;
educ. Stubbington House and Cheltenham; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Hampshire
Regt. 24 Jan. 1906; promoted Lieut. 19 Oct. 1907, and seconded for
service with the King’s West African Rifles, 8 Oct. 1913; took part
in the Jubaland campaign, 1914, and was killed in action at Marabu,
British East Africa, 19 Sept. 1914; _unm._ It appears from the
official report of this action that on the night of 6 Sept. orders were
given for Lieut. Foster and A Coy. King’s African Rifles to start at
dawn and regain touch with the enemy, Lieuts. Phillips and Hardingham,
with 80 King’s African Rifles, to support him. No sign of the enemy was
seen on the 7th or 8th. On the 19th the three section A Coy. 4th King’s
African Rifles (Lieut. Foster, King’s African Rifles), with one maxim,
one section Somali Mounted Infantry (Capt. Isaacson, East African
Rifles, and Lieut. Miles, East African Mounted Rifles), “were occupying
Campa Ya Marabu. The Somalis and mules were occupying a thorn boma
‘A.’ and the King’s African Rifles a similar boma ‘B.’ It was arranged
between Capt. Isaacson and Lieut. Foster that, in case of attack, the
mules were to be taken out of the boma ‘A’ and crossed over to the
north bank of River Mol Turesh at point ‘D’ through bushes at point
‘E.’ A picquet, composed of Somalis, was posted at point ‘G.’ At 5.30
a.m. the enemy advancing up the river came into touch with the picquet
at ‘G.’ Capt. Isaacson immediately ordered the mules across the river
and then proceeded towards the picquet, shortly afterwards meeting a
wounded Somali retiring on the boma, who reported the enemy to be in
strength. The enemy, estimated at three or four white officers and
rank and file, had now opened out on either side of the track at point
‘G’ and kept up a heavy fire; seven of the mules were hit in crossing
the river. Lieut. Foster, on being informed that the enemy’s strength
was only about 100, ordered his company to advance to bushes ‘E’--one
section King’s African Rifles, one section Somalis, two sections King’s
African Rifles on the right, with Capt. Isaacson and Lieut. Miles.
The enemy kept up a very heavy fire to our front and left. As our men
reached point ‘E’ Lieut. Foster was hit, but continued to urge on his
men in a very gallant manner.... The whole action lasted about two
hours, and from reports received later from the Masai the enemy appear
to have retired in disorder.... This little action was fought with
spirit and determination. Lieut. Foster died a gallant death, and the
British officers and rank and file of the Somali section and A Coy. 4th
King’s African Rifles gave him courageous support.”
[Illustration: =Archibald C. H. Foster.=]
=FOSTER, ARTHUR CEDRIC=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Grenadier Guards,
yr. _s._ of Capt. Arthur Wellesley Foster, of Brockhampton
Court, co. Hereford, M.A., J.P., D.L., T.D., late Master of the
South Herefordshire Foxhounds (now serving as Brigade Instructor
of Musketry, attd. to the Staffordshire Infantry Brigade), by his
wife, Alice Madeline, dau. of the late Eben Dyer Jordan, of Boston,
U.S.A.; _b._ Caton Green, co. Lancaster, 26 April, 1891; educ.
at Remenham, Eton, and Exeter College, Oxford; entered the Diplomatic
Service in Feb. 1914, and was for some time Hon. Attaché to the British
Legation at Stockholm. When the European War broke out he was home on
leave, and obtaining his release from the Foreign Office, volunteered
and joined the Public Schools Battn., 18 Sept. 1914, from which he
was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Grenadier Guards, 24 Oct. following.
He went to France, 12 Jan. 1915; was wounded in action at Neuve
Chapelle, 11 March, 1915, and died in Merville Hospital the following
day; _unm._ He was buried in Merville Churchyard. He was a good
all-round athlete, and at Eton won both the Junior and Senior Long
Jump, the latter in 1909, when he created a record of 20 ft. 1 in.
He also played frequently for the Hereford County Cricket Club. His
brother, Lieut. Cuthbert Foster, R.M.A., is (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Arthur Cedric Foster.=]
=FOSTER, DAVID=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9343), S.S.
106620, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FOSTER, FREDERICK=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, R.N.V.R. (Sussex),
298, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of John Foster, of 4, Nelson Road,
Hastings; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914.
=FOSTER, HERBERT KNOLLYS=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Gloucester
Regt., only _s._ of the Rev. Herbert Charles Foster, T.D., Vicar
of Groombridge, co. Sussex, and Hon. Canon of Gloucester Cathedral,
by his wife, Susan Edith, dau. of Rev. Prebendary Robert Shuttleworth
Sutton, of Winkenhurst, Hellingly, formerly Rector of Rye, Sussex;
_b._ All Saints’ Vicarage, Gloucester, 18 Oct. 1895; educ.
Glyngarth Preparatory School, Cheltenham, Marlborough College, and
Sandhurst; obtained his commission in the 1st Battn. Gloucester Regt. 8
Aug. 1914; went to France, 20 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at
Gheluvelt, near Ypres, Flanders, 29 Oct. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Herbert Knollys Foster.=]
=FOSTER, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8497), S.S. 104740,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FOSTER, JOHN THOMAS=, L.-Corpl., No. 12374, 10th (Service) Battn.
Durham Light Infantry, eldest _s._ of Robert Foster, of 28, Wear
Street, Southwick-on-Wear, Shipwright, by his wife, Dorothy Ann, dau.
of John Rames; _b._ Southwick, co. Durham, 15 July, 1886; educ.
National School there; was employed in a shipyard at Sunderland;
enlisted 10 Aug. 1914; trained in Surrey, went to the Front in May and
was killed in action in France, 31 July, 1915, and buried at Sanctuary
Wood, near the dressing station; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Thomas Foster.=]
=FOSTER, LAURENCE TALBOT LISLE=, Lieut., 16th (Service) Battn.
Durham Light Infantry, 4th _s._ of the Rev. Albert John Foster,
Vicar of Wootton and Rural Dean of Haynes, by his wife, Edith
Margaret, dau. of the Rev. T. A. Voules, Rector of Beercrocombe,
Somerset: _b._ Wootton Vicarage, co. Bedford, 15 Feb. 1885; educ.
Eastbourne College (Scholar); was a Forest Manager in the Bombay and
Burma Trading Corporation; gazetted Lieut. 16th Durham L.I., 21 Nov.
1914; left England for the Dardanelles, 12 May, 1915, was attd. to the
5th Manchesters, and was killed in action at Anafarta 7 Aug. 1915;
_unm._ His Colonel wrote: “As an officer he was splendid, always
steadily doing his duty and quite fearless. He led his men with the
utmost bravery, and was killed, as he would have liked to have been, at
the head of his men, and without suffering. He is a great loss to the
Battn. and you have every right to be proud of him, as we are.”
[Illustration: =Laurence T. L. Foster.=]
=FOSTER, ROBERT=, Private, No. 8/137, Otago Infantry Battn. New
Zealand Expeditionary Force, yst. _s._ of the late Edward Foster,
of Lowburn Ferry, by his wife, Christine (Lowburn Ferry, via Cromwell,
Central Otago, New Zealand), dau. of George Dalziell, of Shetland;
_b._ Lowburn aforesaid, 10 Aug. 1894; educ. Lowburn Public School,
and was engaged in farming. He volunteered for Imperial service six
days after the declaration of war, joined the Otago Infantry Battn.,
11 Aug. 1914, and left New Zealand with the main body. He took part
in the landing at the Dardanelles on 25 April, and remained in the
trenches until 4 Aug. 1915, on which day he was killed in action. His
second brother, William, died on active service (see following notice),
and his eldest and now only surviving brother is now (1916) on active
service with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.
[Illustration: =Robert Foster.=]
=FOSTER, WILLIAM=, Trooper, No. 9/698, Otago Mounted Rifles, New
Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of the late Edward Foster,
of Lowburn Ferry, by his wife, Christina (Lowburn Ferry, via Cromwell,
Central Otago, New Zealand), dau. of George Dalziell, of Shetland (see
preceding notice); _b._ Dunedin, 25 May, 1888; educ. Lowburn
Public School; volunteered for Imperial service after the outbreak
of war, and joined the Otago Mounted Rifles, 10 Oct. 1914; left New
Zealand with the second reinforcements and landed at Anzac on his 27th
birthday. He served in the trenches for three months, when he was
removed to Malta suffering from pneumonia, and afterwards contracted
enteric fever and died at St. Andrew’s Hospital there, after four
months’ illness, 16 Nov. 1915; _unm._ He was well known as a
footballer, and before the declaration of war was for some years one
of the representatives for Vincent County in the interprovincial Rugby
matches.
[Illustration: =William Foster.=]
=FOTHERINGHAM, ALEXANDER BOYNE=, Leading Seaman, No. 2/2693, Anson
Battn. R.N., yr. _s._ of John Fotheringham, of 34, Dudley Avenue,
Leith, Baker, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of Alexander Boyne; _b._
Leith, 26 April, 1894; educ. Bonnington Academy, Leith, and George
Heriot’s School, Edinburgh; and was employed as goods clerk in the
Leith Walk branch of the Caledonian Railway until the outbreak of war.
He had joined the R.N.V.R. in July, 1913, and after the outbreak of war
was called up and attached to the Anson Battn. Royal Naval Division;
served at Antwerp Sept. 1914, and afterwards at the Dardanelles, took
part in the landing at Cape Helles, 26 April, and was killed in action
there, 6 May, following; _unm._
[Illustration: =A. B. Fotheringham.=]
=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._
[Illustration: =Clement Auguste Foucar.=]
=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.
[Illustration: =Christopher R. Fowler.=]
=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.
[Illustration: =George Fowler.=]
=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.
[Illustration: =William Henry Fowler.=]
=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.