Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Booker, by his wife, Eliza, dau. of Henry Nichols; _b._ Londesborough, Ontario, 17 May, 1894; educ. Exeter and Watford High Schools and Albert College, Belleville; was a Bookkeeper; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914; came over with the First Contingent, Oct. 1914; went to France, Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 15 June, 1915; _unm._ =FAIRCHILD, EDWARD JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5973 (Ports.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =FAIRCLOUGH, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10324), 203995, 3rd _s._ of the late Thomas Fairclough, of Mossley Hill, Liverpool, by his wife, Sarah (20, Bearton Road, Hitchen, co. Herts), dau. of William Rawlinson; _b._ Holmfield, Aigburth, Liverpool, 19 Jan. 1884; educ. Beachwood, co. Herts; joined the Navy at the age of 18 in 1899, and served his full time, passing into the R.N.R. 19 Jan. 1914. On the outbreak of war he joined H.M.S. Cressy, and was lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._ [Illustration: =John Fairclough.=] =FAIRES, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3911), 194391, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =FAIRS, ERNEST WILLIAM=, Private, No. 9551, 5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of William Fairs, of 32, Beaconsfield Road, Croydon, Surrey, Joiner, by his wife, Ellen Sarah, dau. of Skillington Medwell; _b._ Banstead, co. Surrey, 15 Dec. 1895; educ. Sydenham Road Council Schools, Croydon, and was employed at Messrs. Giddy & Giddy, Regent Street, Auctioneers & Estate Agents; joined the London Rifle Brigade in Aug. 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war, in Aug. 1914; went to France, 5 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 3 May, 1915, and buried at Forturn; _unm._ [Illustration: =Ernest William Fairs.=] =FAIRWEATHER, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 6889, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =FAIRWEATHER, JOHN=, 2nd Engineer, R.N.R., yst. _s._ of William Fairweather, Gas Engineer to the Corporation of Kilmarnock, by his wife, Marjory, dau. of Peter Young, of Glamis, Forfarshire; _b._ Kilmarnock, 25 Jan. 1887; educ. Kilmarnock Academy; served his apprenticeship with Messrs. Andrew, Barclay, Sons & Co., Ltd., taking his second certificate as a marine engineer, and gaining considerable experience not only in shipbuilding yards on the Clyde, but in the service of the British India Co. and the Red Star Line; he was afterwards engaged in transport service between Canada and Liverpool, and after the outbreak of war joined the Royal Naval Reserve at the end of Oct. 1914. He was posted to the Clan MacNaughton which left Birkenhead just after Christmas, 1914, on her first patrol. The last signal made by her was at an early hour on the morning of 3 Feb. following, and it is supposed, according to the Admiralty report, that she was lost during the bad weather which prevailed at that time. Fairweather was _unm._ [Illustration: =John Fairweather.=] =KEAY-FALCONER, WILLIAM=, Jun., Lieut., 7th Battn. Princess Louise's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), only _s._ of William Keay-Falconer, Clerk of Lieutenancy and Sheriff-Clerk and County Clerk of Kinross-shire, by his wife, Margaret More, dau. of James Thomson Morrison, of Coatbridge; _b._ Kinross, 29 Nov. 1894; educ. Edinburgh Academy (1907-13), where for the last two years he served in the O.T.C., and at the Institut Polyglotte, Namur; afterwards being employed in his father's office. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 20 Sept. 1913, and was promoted Lieut. 7 Sept. 1914. On the outbreak of war he immediately volunteered for service abroad, went to France with his regt. in Dec. following, and was killed while leading his men in a charge against the enemy, at Ypres, 25 April, 1915; _unm._ The Brigade of which his battn. was a unit had been called from a rest camp to help the Canadians whose flank was exposed through the troops acting with them having fallen back owing to gas. Col. Craig wrote: "While I was with the battn. in France I had many conversations with him on the subject of his work and have frequently remarked to Capt. Murdoch, and others who interested themselves in him, upon his coolness. He knew his work well, and was devoted to it. He didn't know what fear was, and he seemed fully to realise the responsibility of his men's comfort that rested upon him as a platoon commander, and the men were devoted to him.... I will never forget your son's interest in his work, and his valuable services from the time of mobilisation in Aug. last till I left the battn. on 11 March." Col. Carden who succeeded Col. Craig, wrote: "During the short time I have been in command of the battn. I had formed the highest opinion of your son's military capabilities. He died bravely leading his men, and is mourned by all his brother officers"; and Capt. Murdoch: "Keay fell like a hero in front of his men." Lieut. Keay-Falconer was a keen golfer, and a member of Edinburgh Academical Golf Club. He was also a prominent and enthusiastic member of Kinross Club, and held both the gold and silver medals for 1914. He spoke French fluently, and was consequently of much use to his comrades when abroad. Memorial brasses were erected to his memory in the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Princes Street, Edinburgh, and in St. Paul's Church, Kinross. The tablet in the former church was placed there by the children of the church to perpetuate Lieut. Keay-Falconer's memory, as he was Warden of their special services during the greater part of his school days in Edinburgh. The last five words of the inscription on the brass sum up his character as the subscribers to the memorial knew it: "Gallant and true and tender." The brass in St. Paul's Church, Kinross, was dedicated by the Bishop of St. Andrews on 1 Feb. 1916. [Illustration: =W. Keay-Falconer, Jun.=] =FARDELL, HUBERT GEORGE HENRY=, Lieut., 3rd, att. 2nd, Battn. East Surrey Regt., only child of Hubert Askew Fardell, of 16, Brechin Place, S.W., late Capt. 4th East Surrey Regt., by his wife, Henrietta Alice, dau. of Henry Woods, of Warnford Park, Hants; _b._ London, 7 July, 1895; educ. Eton (R. S. de Havilland's House), where he was Sergt. in charge of G Coy. in the O.T.C.; left there on the outbreak of War to join the Inns of Court O.T.C., and was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 3rd East Surrey Regt., 15 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut., 9 March, 1915; went to the Front, 23 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Zonnebeke during the 2nd Battle of Ypres, 23 April, 1915. He was killed instantaneously, about 2.30 in the afternoon, whilst passing through a communication trench to see how one of his brother officers was faring as the shelling had been heavy. His servant wrote: "He was a very brave man, one of the bravest I've seen out of my seven months in the trenches." |