Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History BookJessie, 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 Co |