Regt., eldest _s._ of Thomas Jenkins Fowlow, of Trinity East,
Newfoundland, Owner and Master of 50-ton Fishing Schooner, by his wife,
Elizabeth, dau. of John P. Fowlow; _b._ Trinity East aforesaid, 18
Jan. 1893; educ. High School there; was a Clerk in a Dry Goods Store;
joined H Coy. of the Trinity East Church Lads Brigade, 4 Oct. 1912,
was appointed L.-Corpl. the same year and promoted Corpl. in 1913;
volunteered for foreign service after the outbreak of war, and joined
the Newfoundland Expeditionary Force, Jan. 1915; left for England with
the second contingent, 20 March, 1915; went to the Dardanelles, and
died at Malta, 23 Nov. 1915, of typhoid contracted while on active
service there; _unm._ Buried in Pieta, Malta (Row 8A, No. 6).
[Illustration: =Richard Fowlow.=]
=FOX, HARRY=, Stoker, P.O., 301863, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action
in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FOX, HARRY EDWIN=, Leading Telegraphist, J. 6260, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1913.
=FOX, JOHN=, Private, No. 12768, 4th (Service) Battn. South Wales
Borderers, yst. _s._ of the late Arthur Fox, of Bradford, Yorks,
Police Constable, by his wife, Ada S. (27, Layard Street, Splott,
Cardiff), dau. of Maurice Devine, Army Pensioner; _b._ Bradford,
5 Aug. 1897; was employed as a boy at the Cardiff Cinema Theatre,
which he left in May with an excellent character; enlisted Aug. 1914;
served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles,
from 4 July to 12 Aug. 1915, on which date he was killed in action
there; _unm._ His brother, Private M. A. Fox, was killed in action
in France (see following notice), and the only surviving brother,
L.-Corpl. William Kenneth Fox, is serving with the A.S.C.
=FOX, MAURICE ARTHUR=, Private, No. 4634, 1st Battn. Royal
Welsh Fusiliers, _s._ of Arthur Fox, of Bradford, Yorks, Police
constable (see preceding notice), _b._ Bradford, 6 Jan. 18..;
served three years with the Colours and then joined the Reserve;
mobilised 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 4 Oct. 1914, and was killed in
action on the 20th of that month; _unm._
=FOX, WALTER HENRY=, Lieut., 4th Battn. South Staffordshire Regt.,
attd. 2nd Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., elder _s._ of George Martin
Fox, of Walsall, M.D., by his wife, Emily, dau. of Henry Vaughan, J.P.;
_b._ Walsall, co. Stafford, 30 Nov 1895; educ. St. Ninian’s,
Moffat, and Bromsgrave School, where he was in the O.T.C., and in
the Cricket XI and Football XV; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the South
Staffordshires, 15 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. ... April, 1915; went
to France, 29 May, and there was attached to the 2nd Bedfords, and was
killed in action at Givenchy, 16 June, 1915; _unm._ His Capt.
wrote: “I feel that in losing him, I lose a very good subaltern and a
very good and cheery comrade.” He was an enthusiastic golfer, and won
numerous prizes.
[Illustration: =Walter Henry Fox.=]
=FOX, WILFRID ARMSTRONG=, 2nd Lieut., 1/4th Battn. Lincolnshire
Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the late George Fox, of Horncastle, by
his wife, Mary H., dau. of Henry Nicholson; _b._ Horncastle, co.
Lincoln, 12 Oct. 1892; educ. Clevedon House, Woodhall Spa; Aldenham
School, and Keble College, Oxford, where he had just finished his
second year when the war broke out; joined the 4th Lincolns, 4 Aug.
1914, serving as a Private until he received his commission in Oct.
to rank as from 20 Aug. 1914; went to France, 1 May, 1915, and was
killed in action at Zillebeke, 29 July, 1915; _unm._ Buried in
Dranoute Churchyard. Lieut.-Col. Barrell, commanding 4th Lincolns,
wrote: “During the time he was with us he endeared himself to everyone
of us, and he had the makings of a very good officer”; and a Horncastle
soldier: “The unfortunate death of Lieut. Fox occurred in these
trenches. It would have been a job to find a more capable man in the
battalion. His cheery manner was just the thing that’s wanted out here,
and although he was not in our company and had not been with us very
long, his loss was felt acutely by the whole of the battalion, who all
appreciated his readiness to help in any concert or sport that was
arranged to pass the evenings while we were resting. Most of us knew
him as a Private, and all agree that he was a jolly good Private and an
ideal officer.”
=FOX, WILLIAM=, Stoker, P.O., 172400, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronal, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=FOX, WILLIAM ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7020), S.S.
101584, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FOXELL, FREDERICK JAMES=, Ship’s Corpl., 1st Class, 209944,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=FOXTON, JAMES=, Stoker, R.N.R., A. 3049, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=FOYER, WILLIAM=, Petty Officer, 176217, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=FRAMPTON, JOHN THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3007), S.S. 350, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=FRAMPTON, JOSEPH HENRY=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R, B. 4207), 292170,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=FRAMPTON, WALTER JOHN=, Sergt., No. 648, 16th Battn., 4th
Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of the late Walter
Frampton, of the Civil Service, by his wife, Fanny (3, Lennox Mansions,
Southsea, Hants), dau. of Edward Kirk Horn, of Adelaide, South
Australia, and grandson of the Rev. Canon John Frampton, of the Priory,
Tetbury, Gloucestershire; _b._ Adelaide, South Australia, 20 Dec.
1867; educ. St. Edward’s School, Oxford; enlisted as Pay-Corpl. in the
Australian Expeditionary Force after the outbreak of war, about 14 Oct.
1914; left with his Battn. for Egypt in Jan.; took part in the landing
at the Dardanelles on 25 April; was seriously wounded at Gaba Tepe on
the 27th, and died in the 17th Royal General Hospital, Alexandria, 3
May, 1915. Buried in Chatby Military Cemetery, Alexandria: _unm._
Sergt. Frampton was most highly spoken of for his bravery by his
commanding officers, who said that, but for his death, he would shortly
have received his commission. A tablet to his memory was placed in the
chapel of St. Edward’s School, Oxford.
[Illustration: =Walter John Frampton.=]
=FRANCIS, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 8146, 1st Battn. Dorsetshire
Regt., _s._ of Job Francis, of 95, Abercynon Road, Abercynon, co.
Glamorgan; _b._ Ashton Gate, Bristol, 4 Feb. 1895; educ. Board
School there; enlisted 1 Sept. 1914; and died from the effects of gas
poisoning at Hill 60, 4 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Arthur Francis.=]
=FRANCIS, BASIL HUGH=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. The Royal Scots,
_s._ of Capt. Harold Hugh Francis, late Royal Scots; _b._
Firth House, Rosslyn, 8 Oct. 1895; educ. Rugby and University College,
Oxford (admitted March, 1914), and on the outbreak of war was gazetted
to his father’s old regiment, 14 Aug. He was killed in action near La
Bassée, 4 Feb. 1915; buried Château de Gerve, near Bethune.
=FRANCIS, GILBERT BRYAN=, Private, No. 10/2138, Wellington
Infantry, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of the Rev.
David Francis, B.A., Vicar of Llandygwydd, Cardigan, R.D., by his
wife, Amy, 3rd dau. of J. M. Bryan, of Northampton, M.D., F.R.C.S.;
_b._ Llandygwydd Vicarage, 17 Oct. 1886; educ. Llandovery College;
went to New Zealand, 4 Dec. 1912; enlisted, 15 Feb. 1915; left New
Zealand with reinforcements, 12 June, 1915, and died of enteric fever
at St. George’s Military Hospital, Malta, 13 Nov. 1915. Buried in Pieta
Cemetery, Malta; _unm._
[Illustration: =Gilbert Bryan Francis.=]
=FRANCIS, HENRY WILLIAM=, Private. No. 11133, 4th Battn. 1st
Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, elder _s._ of Henry
Francis, of Georgetown, Ontario, Canada, by his wife, Barbara Wells,
dau. of William James Saunders; _b._ Poplar, London, E., 6 Feb.
1897; educ. Hermit Road Council School, London, and Georgetown, Canada;
started work at the age of 13 at the Barber Paper and Coating Mills;
Georgetown, Ontario; volunteered 6 Aug. 1914, two days after the
declaration of war; left. Canada with the first contingent; went to
France, 6 Feb. 1915, took part in the various engagements, including
the repulse of the German gas attack at Langemarck, until 17 June,
1915, when he was shot through the temple by a sniper, while taking a
message down the trench. His Commanding Officer wrote: “As a soldier
there was none braver and none who played the game more manfully than
did Henry.”
[Illustration: =Henry William Francis.=]
=FRANCIS, JAMES THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./11729, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=FRANCIS, JOHN=, Capt., 1/5th Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt.
(T.F.), only child of John Horace Francis, of 7, Westbourne Road,
Edgbaston, member of the firm of Deakin & Francis, Birmingham, and
his wife, Ethel, yr. dau. of the late John William Botsford, of
Manchester; _b._ Edgbaston, 30 June, 1887; educ. Uppingham and
Gottingen, Germany; and was Director and Secretary of Deakin & Francis,
Manufacturing Jewellers. He joined the 5th (Territorial) Battn. of
the Warwicks on its organisation in 1907, and became Lieut., 30 Oct.
1909. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for Imperial Service; was
promoted Capt., 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 21 March, 1915, and was
killed in action in France, 12 June, 1915, being shot by a sniper;
_unm._ Buried in the 5th Battn. Warwicks Cemetery, White Gates,
Petit Pont, Ploegsteert. The Col. of the battn. wrote: “He belonged
to a fine battn. He was proud of the battn. and the battn. were
proud of him,” and after remarking on the loyal spirit of the corps,
pointing out that 900 of the 960 men volunteered for foreign service,
continued: “It was the officers of the type of Johnny Francis, as he
was known in the mess, that made the regt, what it was. Francis loved
the regt., loved his company, and his men were devoted to him. Amidst
30 or 40 officers there are bound to be degrees of character, force
and capacity, but in Francis I had a perfect soldier. As to character,
he was the soul of honour, a disciplined officer, a true friend. He
had a keen sense of justice and a sort of rough lovingkindness to his
men which made them value him. As to force, he was a born commander,
a leader of men. As to capabilities, he was clever, knew his job
thoroughly and had a way of imparting his knowledge to his men, and he
was hard-working; he was never idle. As to courage, there never was a
braver man. He was not merely a brave fool who saw no danger. I think
he was the kind of man who enjoyed danger. He would take a fearful
punishment on the football field or in a boxing match with the utmost
good temper. There was about him a joyous courage. I doubted some
men’s courage, I doubted my own, but I never doubted his.” A Memorial
Cross was erected in the Churchyard at Fladbury, and was dedicated by
the Bishop of Worcester, June, 1916. Capt. Francis, who was the first
officer to fall of the 5th and 6th Warwicks, was the great grandson of
John Francis, who was the first man to be given a commission as Lieut.
in the Volunteer movement of 1803. He was a well-known player for the
Moseley Rugby Club.
[Illustration: =John Francis.=]
=FRANCIS, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2086), 290778,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=FRANCIS, WILLIAM SAMUEL=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17236, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=FRANKLIN, ALBERT EDWARD=, Private, No. 1752, 1st Battn.
Australian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of George Franklin; _b._
Poplar, London, E., 25 Nov. 1892; educ. Daubeney Road School,
Clapton Park; went to Australia, 18 June, 1914, and settled at Glen
Innes, New South Wales; enlisted in Jan. 1915; left with the fourth
reinforcements, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 10 Dec.
1915; _unm._ He was buried on the slope of the hill where he fell,
overlooking Anzac Bay.
=FRANKLIN, ARTHUR=, Chief Stoker, 286935, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3262), 164423, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FRANKLIN, WILLIAM THOMAS=, Seaman, R.N.R., 4902B, H.M.S. Cressy
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FRANKS, JABEZ=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8075), S.S.
103825, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FRASER, ALEXANDER=, V.D., Lieut.-Col., 1/4th Battn. Queen’s Own
Cameron Highlanders (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late Alexander
Fraser, Provost of Inverness, Agent of the Commercial Bank of Scotland
there, by his wife, Elizabeth (Island Bank House, Inverness), dau.
of the Rev. John Spray, M.A., Vicar of Kinneagh, Ireland; _b._
Beauly, co. Inverness, 6 May, 1865; educ. the Royal Academy, Inverness,
Inverness College and Edinburgh University, and was admitted a
Solicitor on 25 March, 1890, and made a Notary Public on 18 Oct. 1892.
He practised in Inverness and became Senior Partner in the firm of
Fraser & Ross of that town. He joined the ranks of the 1st Volunteer
Battn. of the Cameron Highlanders, 9 May, 1883, and served with them
until 10 Nov. 1887, and with the Q.R.V.B. Royal Scots from 20 Feb.
1888 to 13 Nov. 1889, and received a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the
former, 17 May, 1890. He was promoted Lieut., 20 Dec. 1890; Capt., 10
Aug. 1898; Hon. Major, 5 April, 1902; Major, 25 Feb. 1905; and from
24 Feb. 1909 to 23 Aug. 1913, was Lieut.-Col. Commanding. He then
retired and joined the Reserve of Officers (T.F.). On the outbreak of
the European War he immediately volunteered for foreign service and
rejoined, 19 Sept. 1914, on a reserve unit being formed at Inverness;
and his successor in command of the 4th, being incapacitated for active
service by an accident, he was re-appointed Lieut.-Col. Commanding, 29
Oct. following. He went to the Front with his Battn. in Feb. 1915, and
was killed in action at Festubert, France, 18 May, 1915. On the 16th,
the first day of the British attack on the German trenches south of La
Bassée, the 4th Camerons were in reserve, and occupied trenches and
dug-outs made by themselves, about 1,000 yards behind the British line,
and on the afternoon of the 17th were ordered forward to the attack,
and moved via the village of Festubert up to the trenches captured by
the British the day before. The objective was a long trench, previously
a communication trench, but now used as a fire trench by the enemy,
with a group of houses on the enemy’s right. Two Battns. were ordered
to attack, and the Camerons were allotted the houses and the portion
of the trench next them; the other Battn. being on the right. Our
artillery bombarded the enemy during the day and at 7.30, just as dark
was coming on, the attack was launched. They had to advance over what
was apparently a perfectly level piece of greasy ground, about 800
yards across, but which was found to be intersected by deep ditches
full of water. The Battn. on the right suffered so severely that they
had to fall back, and some of D Coy. had to retire with them, but the
remainder successfully rushed the enemy’s trench. Every effort was
immediately made to put it in a state of defence, but the houses had
not been captured and our supports failed in the dark to find the
trench where the Battn. was, and when, just at dawn, the Germans made
a strong counter-attack and assailed both flanks with hand-grenades,
Col. Fraser saw that it could not be held and ordered a retreat. He
himself refused to leave his post of danger before the last of his men
was away, and just as he was starting to go he was shot at the edge of
the ditch. The Chaplain, in a letter to Mrs. Fraser, wrote: “Shortly
after I joined the Battn. as Chaplain, we were ordered to take up a
certain position. The date was 11 May. The Battn. waited there in
reserve until last night. At four o’clock in the afternoon the order
came to march out to ---- and turn due east. The front British trench
was reached without any casualties, and, led by your brave husband,
the gallant Camerons crossed over the backbone right into the German
trench. It had been evacuated by the enemy, but a communication trench
was still held by them, leading to their reserve trenches. The task
allotted to our Battn. was to cut off the German retreat from this
communication trench. Officers and men behaved like immortal heroes....
Lieut. ----, A Coy. told me that he saw Col. Fraser at an advanced
point. He was then wounded, but was giving orders. Lieut. ... was sent
with orders to another point, and when he returned he could find no
further trace of the Colonel. When the Battn. had to fall back under
a withering fire and the roll was called, there was still no word of
the Colonel. At 11 a.m. to-day Dr. Lindsay and I went out to look for
him, and though we reached to within a few hundred yards of the spot,
no trace of him could be found.... In the few days that I had been with
the Battn. I was led to cherish the profoundest admiration for your
husband. He was a wise leader, a considerate commander, and one of the
finest men that I ever had the good fortune to meet.... I was very
much struck with the religious note in his life, and it is a source
of inspiration to me to recall how earnestly he counselled his men to
guard against all manner of excesses.... It will comfort you to know
that the Brigadier-General told me that the Camerons crowned themselves
with glory.” He was twice mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir John
(now Lord) French (31 May, 1915, and 15 Oct. 1915). Col. Fraser was
Factor for the Estates of Culloden and Ferintosh; a military member of
the County Territorial Force Association for Inverness; a member of
the Town Council of Inverness, and for some time a Magistrate; Clerk
to the Deacons Court of the United Free High Church; President of the
Sanitary Association of Scotland, 1912–13; convenor of Public Health
Committee of Inverness, and secretary of the northern branch of the
Royal Arboricultural Society. He was Right Worshipful Master of St.
John’s Lodge of Freemasons, Inverness, and Provincial Grand Treasurer
of Inverness-shire. He passed the School of Musketry, Hythe, 18 Oct.
1899, and had certificates for Tactics (May, 1892), Organisation and
Equipment (May, 1903), and Military Topography (Nov. 1903). He had the
Long Service medal, the Volunteer Decoration, and the Coronation medal
(1911). Col. Fraser _m._ at the West Parish Church, Inverness, 27
April, 1893, Ella (Westwood, Inverness), only dau. of the late Col.
Duncan Menzies, Blarich, Sutherland, Scotland, who for many years
commanded the 1st Sutherland Highland Rifle Volunteers, and left
two sons and seven daus.: Duncan Menzies, _b._ 15 April, 1894;
Alexander Redmond Hugh, _b._ 25 Jan. 1908; Elizabeth Sibell,
_b._ 9 June, 1896; Mary Millicent, _b._ 14 March, 1898;
Muriel Jess, _b._ 26 June, 1900; Alexandra Dorothy, _b._ 1
Jan. 1903; Eleanor Beatrice Stewart, _b._ 31 Dec. 1905; Margaret
Iris, _b._ 30 July, 1910; and Frances Alice Murray, _b._ 10
Nov. 1912. Col. Fraser’s elder _s._ Menzies obtained a commission
in the Royal Engineers (S.R.) at the outbreak of the war and is now
(1916) Lieut. in the 75th Field Company R.E. attd. to the Guards
Division in France.
[Illustration: =Alexander Fraser.=]
=FRASER, DONALD ALEXANDER=, Trooper, No. 862, 1st Light Horse,
Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of the late William Fraser,
by his wife, Mary (Loloma, Barry Street, Neutral Bay, Sydney,
N.S.W.), dau. of John Oswald, of Melbourne, Victoria; _b._ Louth
River, Darling, New South Wales, 15 Feb. 1889; educ. Scotch College,
Melbourne; joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, 12 Jan. 1915,
left Australia with the fourth reinforcements and was killed in action
at Suvla Bay, 7 Aug. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Donald Alexander Fraser.=]
=FRASER, GEORGE JAMES=, Private, No. 2276, 4th Battn. (Royal
Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of James Fraser,
of 3, Reeves Place, Hoxton, N., Labourer, by his wife, Flora, dau.
of William Nixon; _b._ Bethnal Green, 13 Dec. 1892; volunteered
following the outbreak of war and joined the 4th London Regt., 22 Aug.
1914; went to France, 5 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Hill 60,
27 April, 1915; _unm._
=FRASER, THE HON. HUGH JOSEPH=, M.V.O., Major, 2nd Battn. Scots
Guards, 2nd _s._ of the late Simon, 15th Lord Lovat, by his wife,
Alice Mary (Beaufort Castle, Beauly), dau. of Thomas Weld Blundell, of
Ince Blundell; _b._ Beauly, co. Inverness, 6 July, 1874; educ.
Fort Augustus Abbey School. Inverness-shire; gazetted 2nd Lieut. from
the Militia to the Scots Guards, 12 Dec. 1894, promoted Lieut. 15 Nov.
1897, Capt. 16 March, 1901, and Major 12 June, 1907, and served in the
South African War, 1900–2; took part in the operations in the Orange
Free State, May to 29 Nov. 1900, including actions at Biddulphsberg and
Wittenbergen (1–29 July), also in those there and in the Transvaal,
30 Nov. 1901 to 31 May, 1902, and was mentioned in Despatches [London
Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901], and received the Queen’s medal with three
clasps and the King’s medal with two clasps; was Adjutant in Lovat’s
Scouts (Imperial Yeomanry) from 1 April, 1903 to 31 July, 1907, and
Aide-de-Camp to the Viceroy of India from Nov. 1910 to April, 1913.
On the outbreak of war with Germany he went to the Front with the 2nd
Battn. Scots Guards, which formed part of the 7th Division, and was
killed in action in the 1st Battle of Ypres, 27 Oct. 1914; _unm._
He was made a M.V.O. (4th Class) 1912.
[Illustration: =The Hon. Hugh J. Fraser.=]
=FRASER, JAMES HOWIE=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Gordon Highlanders, only
_s._ of Edward Cleather Fraser, C.M.G., Member of the Council of
Government, Mauritius, and a Partner in the firm of Ireland, Fraser
& Co., of Port Louis, by his wife, Mary Josephine, dau. of the late
Thomas Howie, and gdson. of the late James Fraser, of Newfield,
Blackheath Park; _b._ Blackheath, London, 4 April, 1888; educ.
Summerfields, near Oxford, Rugby and the Royal Military Academy,
Woolwich, out of which he passed first in Summer Term 1907, with prizes
for Tactics and Military Engineering; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Gordon
Highlanders, 9 Oct. 1907, and promoted Lieut. 20 March, 1909; joined
the 2nd Battn. in India, and served with it there and in Egypt, and
with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed
in action 30 Oct. 1914, in the attack on Zillebeke Farm House. He
was _unm._ and was buried at Klein Zillebeke. Lieut. Fraser was
mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan.
[London Gazette, 17 Feb.] 1915, for gallant and distinguished service
in the field.
[Illustration: =James Howie Fraser.=]
=FRASER, JAMES O’NEILL=, Private, No. 1341, 5th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of Evan Fraser, of 4, Caledonian
Place, Newton, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Railway Signalman, by his wife,
Sarah, dau. of John O’Neill; _b._ Beith, co. Ayr, 6 June, 1894;
educ. Hallside School, Cambuslang, and after being for some time a
clerk with the Caledonian Railway Co., emigrated to Australia in April,
1914, to take up farming. On the outbreak of war he enlisted in the
Australian Expeditionary Force; left for Egypt, 1 Feb. 1915; took part
in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25–26 April, 1915, and was killed on
the latter day; _unm._
=FRASER, LACHLAN HENRY VEITCH=, Lieut., 4th Battn. The Middlesex
Regt., yst. _s._ of Major Francis Fraser, of Tornaveen, co.
Aberdeen, by his wife, Alexia Mary Beatrice de Dombal, dau. of Capt.
John Henderson MacDonald, of Caskieben, co. Aberdeen, 78th Highlanders;
_b._ Tornaveen, 22 April, 1894; educ. Malvern and Sandhurst;
gazetted to the 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt. 8 Aug. 1914, and promoted
Lieut. 15 Nov. following; went to France, Sept. and was killed in
action in the trenches at Ypres, 24 Feb. 1915; _unm._ Buried at
Goderzom Farm, Vierstraat. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now
Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. [London Gazette, 17 Feb.] 1915, for
gallant and distinguished service in the field.
[Illustration: =Lachlan H. V. Fraser.=]