Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Booke Havilland's Houses) in 1904. There he was in the Army Class, took prizes for history, mathematics, etc., and was in the O.T.C. From Eton he passed direct into the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in 1908, passing first in order of merit in the Junior Trials; he was in the revolver team in 1909 which won many competitions, and he himself made the highest score against Woolwich. He passed sixth out of Sandhurst and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. in The Norfolk Regt. 18 Sept. 1909, joining the 1st Battn. at Brentwood, from which it went to Aldershot; there he shot successfully in several of the Aldershot rifle meetings, and was in the company's team for the Inter-Regimental Grand Challenge Shield, which they retained, and was promoted Lieut. 14 Oct. 1911. On 3 Aug. 1914, his battn. being then at Holywood, Belfast, he was sent to take charge of Grey Point Fort; on the 6th he was recalled for mobilisation to his battn., and sailed with it for the Front, 14 Aug. 1914, landing at Havre. The battn. almost immediately proceeded to Dour in Belgium and was in action there. He took part in the retreat from Mons, and was in every action after proceeding to Dour, including Le Cateau, the Marne and the Aisne, till he fell at Festubert on 25 Oct. 1914. The following account of the circumstances of his death was given by the Colonel and others: "He had just made a most gallant advance to the trenches with his men under a very heavy fire, and had reached there safely. He was in the very foremost of the British lines when he fell, and he died at the head of his men, driving back a most desperate attack by overwhelming numbers of the enemy. He was buried, like a soldier, where he fell. The actual place where he was laid to rest is close to the most advanced trenches, as our line in that part of the battlefield has not advanced a yard since the day when he fell gallantly defending it." Lieut. Foley was a keen soldier, an excellent shot and horseman. He was _unm._ [Illustration: =T. A. F. Foley.=] =FOLEY, THOMAS FRANCIS=, Sick Berth Attendant, M. 5213, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =FOLJAMBE, HUBERT FRANCIS FITZWILLIAM BRABAZON=, Major, King's Royal Rifle Corps, 3rd _s._ of the Right Hon. Francis John Savile Foljambe, P.C., by his wife, Lady Gertrude Emily, née Acheson. eldest dau. of Archibald, 3rd Earl of Gosford, K.P.; _b._ in London, 16 Nov. 1872; educ. Eton; gazetted to the King's Royal Rifle Corps, 6 March, 1895, and promoted Lieut., 18 Feb. 1898, Captain, 20 July, 1901, and Major, 17 July, 1912. He served in the South African War, 1900-2; took part in the operations in Natal, May, 1900, also in those in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900, to 31 May, 1902, and was for some time Commandant at Helvetia. For his services he was awarded the Queen's medal with two clasps and the King's medal with two clasps. When the European War broke out, Major Foljambe went out with the first Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914; served through the retreat from Mons, and was killed in action on the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914. Our troops had crossed the river and he was leading his men in a flanking movement when he fell. Major Foljambe was a typical regimental officer and Company Commander, sincerely attached to his men and by them deeply loved and implicitly trusted. His Colour-Sergt. wrote: "He was killed instantly. He was brave and I miss him. The men all loved him." He was a good shot and rider, and a very keen cricketer, and played for the Eton Ramblers, Free Foresters and "Greenjackets." He _m._ at Sprotborough, co. York, 16 Nov. 1909, Gladys, dau. of Gen. Robert Calverley Alington Bewicke-Copley, of Sprotborough Hall, co. York, C.B., J.P., D.L., and had a son, John Savile, _b._ 6 Oct. 1911. =FOLLOWS, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 11742, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Richard Follows, of Sunny Bank, Ansley Village, near Atherstone, Miner; _b._ Norton Canes, co. Stafford; educ. Church Schools there; enlisted 9 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Guinchy, 25 Jan. 1915, the same day as his brother Richard, who had enlisted with him; _unm._ =FOLLOWS, RICHARD=, Private, No. 11743, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Richard Follows, of Sunny Bank, Ansley Village, near Atherstone, Miner; _b._ Norton Canes, co. Stafford; educ. King Edward's Grammar School, Nuneaton; enlisted 9 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Guinchy, 25 Jan. 1915, the same day as his brother Arthur, who had enlisted with him; _unm._ =FOOT, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4259), S.S. 102948, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =FOOTITT, JACK FREDERICK LIONEL=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27414, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =FORBES, DUNCAN=, Corpl., No. 1003, D Coy., 12th Battn. 3rd Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, 5th _s._ of Roderick Forbes, of Muirton Cottage, Fairburn, Muir of Ord, Ross-shire, Gamekeeper, by his wife, Jessie, dau. of the late Duncan McKay, of Knockfarrel, Dingwall; _b._ Fairburn, aforesaid, 6 Jan. 1892; educ. Marybank School, Urray, Ross-shire; went to Western Australia in Oct. 1910, and settled at Pingelly; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force; left for Egypt with the main force, was promoted Corpl., 25 April, 1915; landed at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed there, 25 May, 1915, while returning to the trenches from patrol duty; _unm._ He was buried in Anzac Cove. Corpl. Forbes was mentioned in despatches by Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field. Capt. J. A. W. Kayser, the Officer Commanding his Company, wrote: "Duncan was under my command since I took over the command, and my report on him is that he was a brave, trustworthy, honourable soldier and gentleman, and I cannot speak too highly of the way he carried out every mission entrusted to him"; and Archdeacon Richard, Chaplain, 12th Battn.: "His Company Commander told me yesterday, 'I have lost one of my most reliable men. I have known him for nine months and I have never heard him say or seen him do anything that was unbefitting the character of a true soldier.' His brother, T. Finlay Forbes, Private, No. 998, who enlisted in the same Company with him, has been missing since 2 May, 1915, and three other brothers are (1916) on active service, one being a 2nd Lieut. in the 1st Seaforths. [Illustration: =Duncan Forbes.=] =FORBES, GEORGE FRANCIS REGINALD=, Lieut.-Col. Commanding 1st Battn. The Royal Irish Regt., eldest _s._ of the late Col. the Hon. William Francis Forbes, Resident Magistrate at the Curragh, by his wife, Phillis Gabriella, 2nd dau. of John Rowe, of Ballycross, co. Wexford, D.L., and grandson of George, 6th Earl of Granard; _b._ Castle Forbes, co. Longford, 6 Sept. 1866; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Royal Irish Regt. (which was raised by the 1st Earl of Granard in 1684) from the Militia, 6 July, 1889, and promoted Lieut., 2 |