Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Booktion: =George Fowler.=] =FOWLER, THEODORE HUMPHREY=, Corpl., No. 2446, Honourable Artillery Coy., _s._ of Oliver Humphrey Fowler, of Cirencester, M.D.; _b._ Cirencester, co. Gloucester, 25 Sept. 1879; educ. Lancing College; volunteered after the outbreak of war and enlisted in the Honourable Artillery Coy., 3 Oct. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; was wounded at Kemmel, and died in the County of London War Hospital, Epsom, 17 Aug. 1915; _unm._ His brother, Capt. R. C. Fowler, Northants Regt., is now (1916) on active service. =FOWLER, WILLIAM=, Stoker, R.N.R., T. 2294, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =FOWLER WILLIAM HENRY=, Private, No. 21600, 7th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of John Busteed Fowler, of 8, Sidneyville, Bellevue Park, Cork, Member of Cork Stock Exchange, and Insurance Agent, by his wife, Annie Louisa, dau. of William Henry Hill, B.E.; _b._ Summount, Cork, 7 Aug. 1893; educ. Cork Grammar School and University College Cork; went to Canada in Feb. 1912, and settled at Calgary, Alberta; was an official of the Bank of Commerce, volunteered on the outbreak of War, and enlisted, 11 Aug. 1914; left with the 1st Contingent in Oct. 1914; trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter of 1914-15; went to France, March, 1915, and was killed in action near Ypres, 27 April, 1915; _unm._ A comrade wrote: "I was right there when it happened, and we buried him. We had not time to do very much, for the bullets were flying all round us, but we wrapped him in his blanket, and we put a cross up." His two brothers both enlisted when war was declared and served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in France. Private Richard T. Fowler, Princess Patricia's Light Infantry, was invalided home in Nov. 1915, and Private John G. Fowler, 5th Battn., was wounded at Festubert in May, 1915. Another brother, Frank R. Fowler, is now temporary 2nd Lieut. 3rd Leinsters. [Illustration: =William Henry Fowler.=] =FOWLING, BERTIE EVELYN=, Shipwright, 1st Class, 342885, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =FOWLOW, RICHARD=, Corpl., No. 886, D Coy., 1st Newfoundland 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; _ |