Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookto the Aisne. In Sept. he was attached to the 2nd Battn. of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, in which regt. he was constantly employed on patrol work, his accurate knowledge of German proving of great service. He was twice mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French's Despatches, those of 14 Jan. and 31 May, and was killed in action near Bois Grenier, France, 20 March, 1915; _unm._ His yst. brother, 2nd Lieut. R. W. Fletcher, was killed 31 Oct. (see his notice). =FLEURY, LEOPOLD M'CLINTOCK=, A.B., No. T.Z./359, C Coy., Hood Battn., R.N.V.R. (2nd R.N. Brigade), 5th _s._ of the Rev. Louis Richard Fleury, of 4, Seafield Terrace, Castle Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin, M.A., late Rector of Kilworth Parish and Chaplain to the Forces at Kilworth Camp and Moore Park, by his wife, Alice Dora, dau. of the late Rev. Canon Robert Gilbert Eccles, and grandson of Capt. John Franquefort Fleury, 36th Regt.; _b._ The Glebe, Kilworth, co. Cork, 25 Feb. 1892; educated privately, Elphin Grammar School, and Dublin, and having just completed his course of Marine Engineering on the Tyne when war broke out, volunteered in the Hood Battn., R.N.V.R., in Oct. 1914. He left England with that corps for the Dardanelles in March, 1915, and was killed in action there, 6 May, 1915, being shot through the brain; _unm._ A comrade wrote: "He is deeply missed, as he was such a fine fellow, and he was very much liked both by officers and men." An elder brother, Assistant Paymaster Richard Chenevix Fleury, is (1916) on the Staff of Vice-Admiral Sir F. D. Sturdee, on board his Flagship in one of the Squadrons of the Grand Fleet in the North Sea, while his two yst. brothers, John Charles, 4th Battn. New Zealand Rifle Brigade, and Hugo Valentine, 95th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, are, respectively on active service in France and at Shorncliffe Camp, Kent. =FLINTOFF, ARTHUR JOHN=, Private, No. 1121, 4th Battn. Australian Contingent, 5th _s._ of the late Churchill Flintoff, of Hill House, Alnwick, Dentist, by his wife, Susan H. (West House Haighington, Darlington), dau. of the Rev. Francis P. Gladwin Miss; _b._ Alnwick, co. Northumberland, 17 March, 1886; educ. Grammar School there, and Padcroft School, West Drayton; went to Australia in 1909, and on the outbreak of war joined the Australian Imperial Force, going to Egypt with the 4th Battn. in April, 1915, and shortly afterwards to the Dardanelles, where he was killed in action 1 May, 1915. He _m._ at Sydney, Australia, 13 June, 1913, Ida, dau. of the late (--) Reid; _s.p._ =FLINTOFT, JOHN WILLIAM=, Private, No. 11658, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest _s._ of John Flintoft, of Lastingham, Sinnington, Hull, Stonemason, by his wife Mary Jane, dau. of Charles Ward; _b._ Lastingham, co. York, 26 Nov. 1891; educ. Darley Memorial School; was an Asylum Attendant; enlisted, 7 Sept. 1914; went to France, 22 Jan. 1915, and died in No. 1 Casualty Clearing Station, Choques, 6 Feb. 1915, of wounds received in action. Buried in Choques Cemetery. =FLIPP, CHARLES COLLINS=, S.P.O. (R.F.R., B. 3465), 294461, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =FLITTER, JESSE=, Private, No. 10056, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of David Flitter, of Drury Lane, Mortimer, Reading, Labourer, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of James Bushnell, late 33rd Regt. of Foot (with 21 years 7 months service); _b._ Mortimer, co. Berks; educ. there; enlisted 31 March, 1913; went to the Front with his regt. in Aug. 1914; was wounded while assisting some wounded comrades 7 Sept., and died at No. 10, Station Hospital, Orleans, 4 Oct. 1914, of wounds received in action at the Marne; _unm._ He was buried in the Grand Cemetière, Orleans. [Illustration: =Jesse Flitter.=] =FLOCKHART, ADAM=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27403 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =FLOOD, ARTHUR HENRY=, Corpl., No. 25671, 14th Battn. (1st Grenadier Guards of Montreal), Canadian Expeditionary Force, 5th _s._ of Samuel Flood, late of Balham, Carpenter and Joiner; by his wife, Sophia; _b._ Balham, London,] 7 Jan. 1891; educ. there; went to Canada in June, 1911, and was an engineer with the Marconi Wireless Co. in Montreal, and gained his N.C.O. certificate; volunteered after the outbreak of war, left Canada with the first contingent in Oct. 1914; trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter; went to France, 10 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action in the attack on Hill 60, 29 April, 1915. He _m._ at Montreal, 15 Aug. 1914, Jennie Bowes (Delorimier Avenue, Montreal), dau. of the late William Brown, of Auldtree, Townend, Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Hairdresser; _s.p._ Two of his brothers--Leonard John and Charles Percy--are now (1916) serving in the Royal Navy, and a third brother, Walter Christopher, is in the Grenadier Guards of Montreal. =FLOOK, THOMAS EDWARD=, Private, No. 3119, 15th Battn. (Civil Service Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Joseph Thomas Flook, of 56, Crooke Road, Deptford, S.E., Paperhanger (for 22 years a member of the 3rd Vol. Battn. Queen's Royal West Surrey Regt.), by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of the late Thomas Lowe, Watchmaker and Jeweller, Citizen and Freeman of London; _b._ Rotherhithe, 2 June, 1893; educ. Deptford Park School and Christ's Hospital, Horsham; and on leaving there became articled to Mr. William Strachan, F.S.A.A., of Messrs. Martin, Farlow & Co. He passed the preliminary examination in May, 1911, and took the first place and prize. At the intermediate examination in May, 1914, he was placed third, but was awarded the 1st prize, the first and second candidates being over age. After the outbreak of the war he joined the Civil Service Rifles in Sept. 1914, went to France, 17 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 24 May, 1915; _unm._ He went out with a party of about 60 at 2 o'clock in the morning to carry some trench mortar bombs up to the breastworks. The last piece of road was under frequent shell fire, and the party sustained several casualties, Flook and two others being killed. His body was subsequently recovered, and buried at Festubert by two of his old schoolfellows, and a cross, with an inscription, was erected over his grave. His Platoon Sergt. (W. B. Lambert) wrote: "He was one of my best men, keen, willing and coolly bold." Two of his brothers are (1916) on active service. [Illustration: =Thomas Edward Flook.=] =FLOWER, WILLIAM EVELYN FRANCIS DI DELLE=, Lieut., 6th Hauraki Regt., Auckland Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late George Flower, by his wife, Annie (Heatherleigh, Alexandra Road, Parkstone, Dorset); _b._ Maida Vale, London, 26 Jan. 1885; educ. Winchester College, joined the New Zealand Territorials in Oct. 1912; was appointed 2nd Lieut. 24 Feb. 1913; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war; left for Egypt in Oct.; was promoted Lieut. there and was killed in action during the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915. He _m._ at Renwick |