only _s._ of Robert Fraser, of Glasgow, by his wife, Mary;
_b._ Glasgow, 1881; educ. Dobbies Loan School there; enlisted in
the 3rd Battn. Highland L.I.; served through the South African war and
retired in 1905 with the rank of Corpl.; re-enlisted in the 2nd Battn.
on the outbreak of the European War; went to France in Nov. 1914; was
wounded at Neuve Chapelle and again at Hill 60, and was killed in
action at Givenchy, 25 Sept. 1915. After the fighting that day he was
officially reported “Missing,” but on 29 Nov. a letter was received
by a wounded comrade who stated that he saw him buried that night. He
_m._ at Glasgow, 25 May, 1906, Mary (130, Taylor Street, Townhead,
Glasgow), dau. of James McLaughlan, of Glasgow, and had four children:
Robert, _b._ 22 Dec. 1908; James, _b._ 6 Oct. 1913; Mary,
_b._ 23 March, 1907; and Janet, _b._ 13 Jan. 1912.
[Illustration: =Robert Fraser.=]
=FRASER, WILLIAM ST. JOHN=, Lieut.-Commander, Royal Navy, 4th
_s._ of Sir Thomas Richard Fraser, of Drumsheugh Gardens,
Edinburgh, and Druimbeg, Acharacle, co. Argyle; M.D., F.R.S., LL.D.,
Professor of Materia Medica and of Clinical Medicine in the University
of Edinburgh; Hon. Physician to the King in Scotland, by his wife,
Susanna Margaret, dau. of the Rev. Robert Duncan; _b._ Edinburgh,
18 Sept. 1883; educ. Edinburgh Academy and Stubbington House, Fareham;
entered the Navy, Britannia, 1898; became a midshipman, 1899; and was
promoted Sub-Lieut., 1902, Lieut. 1904 and Lieut.-Commander, 1912;
served in China, 1899–1902, on board the Endymion (medal), and in the
European War, 1914–15, and was killed while on active service in the
North Sea, near Heligoland, Jan. 1915, in command of Submarine E 10,
which was destroyed with all hands. Admiral Sir George Warrender wrote:
“I knew him well, for he was with me in the Shannon and I admired and
respected him as one of the finest of our young officers.” He _m._
at Colinton, Midlothian, 9 April, 1908, Kathleen Lilias (Colinton,
Midlothian), dau. of Capt. Abel Chapman, 19th Hussars, and had two
daus.: Mary Kathleen, _b._ 16 Aug. 1911; and Rachel Margaret,
_b._ 22 Jan. 1913.
[Illustration: =William St. John Fraser.=]
=FREDERICK, HENRY=, Stoker (Native), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=FREDERICK, JOHN EDWARD=, Gunner (R.F.R., I.C. 43), H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=FREDERICKS, WILLIAM=, A.B., 198858, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action
in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FREEBOROUGH, CHARLES HENRY=, Leading Seaman, 228949, H.M.S
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FREEMAN, CHARLES WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER=, Stoker, 1st Class, K.
15937, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about
20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=FREEMAN, GEOFFREY WILLIAM=, Private, No. 1201, 5th Battn. (London
Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of William
Edward Freeman, of 77, North Side, Clapham Common, S.W., L.D.S.,
R.C.S. Eng., Dental Surgeon, by his wife, Maud, dau. of the late John
Hopkins, of Sydney, N.S.W.; _b._ Narrabri, New South Wales, 11
Sept. 1896; came to England with his parents, 1903; educ. Manor House
School, Clapham Common; and when war broke out was studying to enter
Guy’s Hospital. He immediately volunteered and joined the London Rifle
Brigade, 4 Nov. 1914, and, after training at Crowboro’ and Haywards
Heath, went to France, 12 March, 1915. He wrote home regularly and
cheerfully, his last letter being dated 8 May when the battn. was
resting from a long spell in the trenches. A day or two later they were
rushed up to take part in the Second Battle of Ypres, and he was one of
the gallant band of nine who were with Sergt. D. W. Belcher when he won
his V.C. on 13 May. Sergt. Belcher, with his handful of men, elected to
remain and endeavour to hold a portion of an advanced breastwork south
of the Wieltje-St. Julien Road, which was under heavy bombardment from
the enemy’s artillery, after the troops near him had been withdrawn,
and there is little doubt that the bold front shown by Sergt. Belcher
and the few men with him prevented the enemy from breaking through and
making a flank attack on one of the divisions. They held on during the
whole day, and at nightfall reinforcements came up and the position was
saved. Unfortunately, however, Freeman was killed during the course of
the day. He had volunteered to take a message under heavy fire to Capt.
Somers Smith of the L.R.B.; the message was taken and delivered, but
almost immediately a shell burst and he and all around him were killed.
He was named in Battn. Orders, and 2nd Lieut. A. G. Sharp wrote; “He
was always popular wherever he went, and everyone who came in contact
with him, liked him. During the whole time I knew him I never met one
person who had anything but good to say of him. In his last term at
Manor House he won the Gold Medal, and everyone who was with him during
his short but glorious career in the Army says that they have lost in
him a great pal. During his whole life he upheld the traditions of
his school, which was very dear to him, and he died as every Manorian
would wish to die. Truly when one thinks of him one is convinced that
Manor House makes no idle boast when she says that all her sons are
‘Sportsmen and true gentlemen.’”
[Illustration: =Geoffrey W. Freeman.=]
=FREEMAN, JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3402), 217667, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=FREER, ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 7890, 1st Battn. Highland L.I.,
6th _s._ of George Freer, of 18, Cameron Street, off New City
Road, Glasgow, by his wife, Barbara Park, dau. of William Ferris, of
Dundee, Carpenter; _b._ Glasgow, 31 June, 1894; educ. Oakbank
School there; was an apprentice shipwright with Messrs. Berdmore &
Dalmuir; enlisted 30 Jan. 1914; went to France, 4 Jan. 1915, and was
killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915. His yst. brother,
Robert, died on active service (see his notice), and of his other
brothers, James and John are both on active service, the former with
the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders and the latter at Salonika.
[Illustration: =Alexander Freer.=]
=FREER, LEACROFT HOWARD=, Sapper, No. 5089, 1st Coy. (6th North
Vancouver Engineers), Canadian Engineers, 2nd _s._ of the late
Howard Freer, of Bidford Grange, Warwickshire, by his wife, Gertrude
Louisa (Port Hammond, P.O., British Columbia, Canada), dau. of Peter
Davis, of Bickmarsh Hall, co. Warwick; _b._ Bidford Grange, co.
Warwick, 26 Aug. 1884; educ. Bedford Grammar School; went to Canada in
1903, farming, afterwards taking up carpentering; volunteered on the
outbreak of war and joined the North Vancouver Engineers, 11 Aug. 1914;
came over with the first contingent; went to the Front in Feb. 1915,
and was killed in action at Givenchy, 15 June, 1915, by shell-fire;
_unm._ A comrade wrote: “On the evening of 15 June, the Canadians
were making an attack, a party of engineers, including your son and
myself, were waiting with some infantry in a communication trench
immediately behind our front line for the word to go forward. Before
the word came a large German shell exploded quite close to us, killing
seven of our men, your son being one. He was killed instantly, as he
was nearest to the explosion. Your son was thought much of by both
officers and men. He was always so willing to help others. His services
to the company will be greatly missed. He was so capable, being able
to turn his hand to such a variety of works”; and another: “He was the
ideal type of an Englishman, I always thought, and I know that everyone
who had anything to do with him liked and admired him.”
[Illustration: =Leacroft Howard Freer.=]
=FREER, ROBERT=, Private, No. 3351, 3/5th Battn. Highland L.I.
(T.F.), 7th and yst. _s._ of George Freer, of 18, Cameron Street,
off New City Road, Glasgow, by his wife, Barbara Park, dau. of William
Ferris, of Dundee, Carpenter; _b._ Glasgow, 28 Oct. 1897; educ.
Oakbank School there; was an apprentice with a boat builder; enlisted
7 April, 1915, a month after his brother Alexander was killed at Neuve
Chapelle, and died in the Military Hospital at Ripon, 26 Dec. 1915, of
pneumonia contracted while training; _unm._
[Illustration: =Robert Freer.=]
=FREIGHT, STANLEY GEORGE=, Corpl., No. 123, 1/4th Royal West
Surrey Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Edward James Freight, of 40,
Windmill Road, Croydon, Builder, by his wife, Jessie, dau. of Samuel
Cross, of Frome, Somerset, Farmer; _b._ Brixton, 1884; educ.
Croydon; was a Builder and Decorator in partnership with his father;
joined the 4th Surrey Territorials in 1908; volunteered for foreign
service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to India with his
regt. 29 Oct. 1914, and died on active service at Lucknow, 1 May, 1915,
of enteric fever; _unm._
=FRENCH, ALFRED=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po./11057, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chile, 1 Nov. 1914.
=FRENCH, ARTHUR ROBERT=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26373 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=FRENCH, FREDERICK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2469), 196044, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=FRENCH, HERBERT=, Private, No. 7145, 1st Battn. (33rd Regt.)
1st Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of John French;
_b._ Kimer, co. Sussex; enlisted as a Driver (No. 40744) in the
R.F.A. about 1894, and was 18 years with the Colours; served in the
Sudan (medal), 1897–98, and in the South African War (medal with two
clasps), 1899–1902; went to Canada about 1912 and settled at Vingham,
Ontario; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Canadian
Expeditionary Force, 16 Aug. 1914; came over with the first contingent
Oct., and died on service in Bulford Manor Hospital, 24 Dec. 1914,
following an operation. He _m._ at Brighton, Sussex, 22 April,
1894, Jane (Broughdale Avenue, London, Ontario), dau. of Harry Hayles,
and had six children: Hezekiah George, _b._ 7 June, 1878,
_m._ with three children; Harry, _b._ 8 April, 1883; Herbert
John, _b._ 21 June, 1900, now (1916) on active service in France;
George, _b._ 9 Aug. 1910; Daisy, _b._ 9 Dec. 1897; and Maude
Gladys, _b._ 4 March, 1903.
[Illustration: =Herbert French.=]
=FRENCH, JOHN EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10100), 202476, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FRENCH, JOSEPH ROBERT=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16365, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FRENCH, VALENTINE DOUGLAS=, 2nd Lieut., 5th (Service) Battn.
Shropshire L.I., 3rd _s._ of [the Hon.] John French, of Miramar,
Queenstown, Resident Magistrate, J.P. [2nd _s._ of Charles, 3rd
Baron De Freyne], by his wife, Nani, dau. of Valentine Blake Dillon;
_b._ Peatra House, Frenchpark, co. Roscommon, 3 Jan. 1889; educ.
Jesuits College Limerick; gazetted to the 5th Battn. Royal Munster
Fusiliers, 9 April, 1906; but retired in 1907 and became Manager of
the Shelford Rubber Estate at Klang, Malay States. On the outbreak
of war he returned home and received a commission in the 5th King’s
Shropshire L.I., 10 March, 1915; went to France with his regt. 20 May,
and died 16 June, 1915, of wounds received in action, and was buried in
Dickebusch Churchyard, at the corner of the south wall of Sanctuary;
_unm._ Capt. H. Measor wrote: “When we knew at the last moment
before leaving England that he was coming with us, all of us, and we
C Coy. officers in particular, were delighted that we should have him
with us. His wonderful good spirits and cheeriness at all times was a
tonic of inestimable value to those of us who are not blessed with as
stout a heart and as great courage as he was. I last saw him standing
in a field which was swept with a hail of shrapnel, cheering the men of
his platoon on, and seeing them all into the comparative safety of a
concentration trench before he took any advantage of the cover himself,
and even after he was hit I am told that he went on encouraging his men
and giving them heart.” Lieut. French’s elder brother was wounded in
the same action, and has since died of his wounds. His cousins-german,
Lord De Freyne and the Hon. George French, were killed in action a few
weeks previously.
[Illustration: =Valentine Douglas French.=]
=FRICKER, ALFRED HENRY=, Private, No. 6463, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of George Fricker, of Wookey Wells, Somerset, by
his wife, Elsie; _b._ Radstock, co. Somerset, 4 Aug. 1885; educ.
Radstock and Wells; enlisted 5 Dec. 1905; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914,
and was killed in action at Chivy, France, 14 Sept. 1914. He _m._
at Wells, 20 March, 1909, Emily (63, Thomas Street, Miskin, Mountain
Ash, Glamorgan), dau. of William John Berryman, and had three children:
George William Henry, _b._ 3 Feb. 1910; Alfred John, _b._ 16
June, 1913; and Ellen Norah, _b._ 17 Jan. 1911.
=FRICKER, BASSELL SAXE=, Private, No. 3/894, Ambulance Division,
New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late Henry
Charles Fricker, of Greymouth, New Zealand; _b._ Greymouth, 22
March, 1884; educ. Greymouth High School; volunteered for Imperial
service after the outbreak of war; left New Zealand with the sixth
reinforcements, and was drowned while on active service in H.M.S.
Marquette, 23 Oct. 1915; _unm._ He was a keen sportsman and
powerful swimmer, and held several medals for swimming.
[Illustration: =Bassell Saxe Fricker.=]
=FRICKER, JOSEPH HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 110662 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FRIEND, GEORGE BURTON TADDY=, Capt., 6th (Service) Battn. (The
Buffs) East Kent Regt., eldest _s._ of the late James Taddy
Friend, of Northdown, D.L., by his wife, Mary Stewart (Northdown, Isle
of Thanet, Kent), dau. of George Irvine, of Bruckley House, Mossley
Hill; _b._ Northdown, afsd., 1 Oct. 1879; educ. Wellington House,
Westgate-on-Sea and Harrow; gazetted to the 1st Battn. E. Kent Regt.,
from the Rifle Brigade Militia, 7 March, 1900, and promoted Lieut.
2 Nov. 1900; served with his regt. in India 1900 to 1903, retiring
in 1906 to take up farming. At the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914. he
rejoined his old regt. and was gazetted Capt. to the 6th Battn. 1
Oct. 1914. He went to France, 1 June, 1915, and was killed in action
in Flanders, 25 July, 1915, while with a party repairing barbed wire
entanglements in front of the trenches. He _m._ 1 June, 1906,
Susie Frances Selby, 2nd dau. of the late Richard Copley, of Thrapston,
co. Northants, and had two sons: James Irvine, _b._ July, 1907,
_d._ 17 Aug. 1911; and Geoffrey Francis, _b._ 26 Jan. 1909.
His three brothers are (1916) on active service.
=FRIEND, HARRY EDWIN=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27538, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=FROGGATT, ALEXANDER=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./15598, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FROST, EDMUND LIONEL=, Lieut., 4th Battn. South Lancashire
Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Edmund Frost, of Chesterfield, Meads,
Eastbourne, M.D., Mast. Surg., etc., by his wife, Mary Elizabeth, 2nd
dau. of the late Walter Theobalds, of Birkenhead, Cheshire; _b._
Lasswade, Midlothian, 30 May, 1891; educ. Dover College Junior School,
and Uppingham, where he was a Præposter, Captain of Games, Captain of
the School Football and Hockey teams, Captain of his House (Fircroft),
and Champion Heavy Weight Boxer; and Trinity College, Cambridge. He
passed his “Little Go” at the age of 16, but remained at Uppingham till
old enough to go to Cambridge. He graduated with honours in the Natural
Sciences Tripos, 1912, and during his three years there, he obtained
sixteen medals, two silver spoons, a cup, and three oars, for Boxing,
Rifle and Revolver Shooting and Sports. He was the ’Varsity champion
heavy weight boxer in 1910, for which he received his half blue, and
gained another half blue for Rifle Shooting. He only became a “wet bob”
his last year, but so excellent an oarsman was he that he narrowly
missed inclusion in the Cambridge Crew of that year; as it was, he was
awarded the Trial Eights Cup. He was Captain of the ’Varsity Revolver
Team and obtained the ninth place in the International Revolver
Championship, N.R.A., at Bisley in 1912; he made a remarkable record
in marksmanship with a revolver, by scoring 82 out of a possible 84,
under service conditions. On leaving Cambridge he became actively
associated with the firm of Messrs. Peter Stubs, Ltd., File and Steel
and Tool Manufacturers, Warrington, of which his uncle, Mr. F. A.
Frost, was Chairman and Managing Director. The following year, 1913,
he went to France with the object of perfecting his knowledge of the
language and coming into touch with the Continental trade of the
Company. He received a commission in the 4th (Territorial) Battn. South
Lancashire Regt., 1 Nov. 1912, and on the outbreak of war volunteered
for foreign service, was promoted Lieut. 24 Sept. 1914; went to France
11 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Hooge, Flanders, 16 June,
1915; _unm._ On this occasion his Battn. with three other regts.
assaulted the German position at Hooge, and carried three trenches at
the point of the bayonet, and the Brigadier-General, addressing the
Battn. after the battle, said: “The Battalion did splendidly. You have
proved that the 4th South Lancashires can never be broken.” Lieut.
Frost was shot through the head, and though he lived three-quarters
of an hour, never regained consciousness. He was buried in Sanctuary
Wood, near Ypres. Major Crosfield wrote: “I was speaking to him only
ten minutes before, and though we were in the thick of it, he was just
as bright and cheery as ever. The whole Battalion mourns his loss.” The
Rev. W. Bracecamp, Chaplain to the Battn., wrote: “When the Battalion
left to make the charge he was thoroughly cheery and said to me,
‘Good-bye, Padre. We shall soon meet again.’ Your son was one of the
finest characters it has ever been my privilege to meet. He was beloved
by officers and men alike. His fine physique, his noble character,
endeared him to everybody. He was one of the noble fellows whose life
could not be spared, but he has voluntarily laid it down in a noble
cause for God, King, and Country.” Lieut. Frost had travelled a great
deal in company with his father, both in Europe, America, and the Far
West.
[Illustration: =Edmund Lionel Frost.=]
=FROST, GERARD GARTON STACY=, Private, No. 2692, 16th Platoon, D
Coy., 9th (Highlanders) Battn. Royal Scots (T.F.), eldest _s._ of
Charles Edward Frost, of 30, St. Mark’s Terrace, City Road, Lakenham,
Norwich, Private House Agent for Bullard & Sons, Ltd., Brewers, by his
wife, Annie; _b._ Lakenham, Norwich, 20 Nov. 1884; educ. Norwich,
and had been in business in Manchester, holding a very good position
with Vincent Smethurst there. After the outbreak of war he joined the
Royal Scots with his great friend Charles Newsham (who was afterwards
killed by the same shell as himself), 10 Nov. 1914, and after training
at Edinburgh and Kilmarnock, left for the Front towards the end of
Feb.; he lost his life during the bombardment of Ypres, three shells
dropping into the billets of his company and killing him and six of
his comrades as they lay sleeping, 7 April, 1915. He was buried on the
ramparts of Ypres close to the Porte de Lille; _unm._ Lieut.-Col.
R. S. Blair, commanding 9th Royal Scots, wrote: “He died a soldier’s
death, and we are grateful and proud of his courage and devotion to
duty and his Corps.” Private Frost was a member of the Cheadle Golf
Club, and was well known in the amateur rowing world of the North,
being for two or three years captain of the Didsbury Rowing Club, the
junior four of which he stroked to victory at the Northwich, Agecroft
and Lancaster regattas in 1912. He was also on the committee of the
Norwich Swan and Dolphin Swimming Clubs and winner of many swimming
trophies; his two younger brothers are in a Canadian regt.
[Illustration: =Gerard G. Stacy Frost.=]
=FROST, KENNETH=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt.,
yr. _s._ of Ralph Frost, of Wandsworth Common, London, Managing
Director of J. Miles & Co., Ltd., 68–70, Wardour Street, member of
the Westminster City Council, by his wife, Sarah (died 1895), dau.
of John Bolton, of Manchester; _b._ London, 28 April, 1892;
educ. Reading School, and afterwards entered the employ of a firm of
wholesale stationers in London. He joined the Artists’ Rifles in 1909,
and on the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service, and as a
corporal left with his Battn. for France, 22 Oct. 1914. Three months
later he was given a commission in the South Staffordshire Regt., being
transferred to the 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt., 16 Feb. 1915, and
was killed in action at Zillebeke, Flanders, 22 Feb. 1915; _unm._
His Commanding Officer in the South Staffordshire Regt. described him
as one of the promising young officers in his command both for resource
and bravery.
[Illustration: =Kenneth Frost.=]
=FRY, HORACE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7348), 291257, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FRY, JAMES=, Sergt., No. 7267, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd
_s._ of the late John Fry, of Timsbury, Bath, Farm Labourer and
ex-soldier, by his wife, Emily; _b._ Southstoke, co. Somerset,
21 Oct. 1889; educ. Marksbury National School, near Bath; enlisted
24 Feb. 1907; went to France with the Expeditionary Force; killed in
action at Langemarck, near Ypres, during the Battle of the Aisne, 23
Oct. 1914. He _m._ at Greenwich, Amelia Ann (100, Brookmill Road,
St. John’s, S.E.), dau. of Henry George Shephard, and had two children:
James Arthur George, _b._ posthumous, 12 Dec. 1914; and Ida Edith,
_b._ 30 April, 1913.
=FRYER, EDWIN SAMUEL=, Rifleman, No. 2902, B Coy. 9th Battn.
(Queen Victoria Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd London Infantry
Brigade, only surviving child of Samuel Fryer, of the Harvest Home,
Bury Cross, Alverstoke, Hants, Beer Retailer, by his wife, Mary Anne,
dau. of James Day, of Manwell, Somersetshire; _b._ London, 20 Jan.
1887; educ. Archbishop Tenison’s Grammar School, London; and after
a short time in the Civil Service, left at the age of 21 to enter a
private firm. On the outbreak of war he volunteered and joined the
Queen Victoria Rifles, 2 Sept. 1914; went to France 4 Nov., and was
killed in action at Lindenhock, 18 Dec. 1914; _unm._ Buried at
Lindenhock, Belgium. His Commanding Officer wrote: “He always did his
duty well and cheerfully under often very trying conditions, and showed
a fine spirit, setting a splendid example to the rest of the men, by
whom he was much liked and respected, and who, in common with myself,
will feel his loss very much.” He was a Freemason and a highly esteemed
member of the Equitable Friendly Society, having been Worthy Master
during the year 1912.
[Illustration: =Edwin Samuel Fryer.=]
=FRYER, ERNEST GEORGE=, Sub-Lieut., R.N.R., _s._ of the
late Robert Edward Fryer, of Bristol, by his wife, Mahala Rebecca
(now widow of the late Thomas Alfred Paczensky, of Abberton Glebe,
near Colchester), dau. of David Rhamm, of Wisbech; _b._ Writtle,
Chelmsford, co. Essex, 20 Jan. 1887; educ. St. James’ Collegiate
School, Jersey; entered the P. & O. S. N. Company’s Service about 1908,
and was a Second Officer when the war broke out. He was appointed a
Probationary Midshipman, 25 July, 1905, rank confirmed in 1908, and
became Sub-Lieut. in 1912; commissioned to H.M.S. Triumph, 4 Aug. to 4
Sept. 1914, he was placed on the German H.A.L. Frisia and navigated her
with a prize crew from the neighbourhood of Tsing-tau to Wei-hai-Wei.
On 4 Sept. he was placed on board H.M. Destroyer Jed, which proceeded
to the Eastern Mediterranean, where, in Feb. 1915, he was appointed to
H.M.S. Vengeance. On 12 June he was sent with a party to blow up a rock
at the entrance to an island harbour in Asia Minor, when some accident
caused a hose of gun-cotton to ignite. Several of the party were badly
burnt and the boat had to be abandoned. Fryer died on board H.M.S.
Vengeance three days later, 15 June, 1915, and was buried at sea, off
the coast of Mitylene; _unm._
[Illustration: =Ernest George Fryer.=]