Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookdenhock, Belgium. His Commanding Officer wrote: "He always did his duty well and cheerfully under often very trying conditions, and showed a fine spirit, setting a splendid example to the rest of the men, by whom he was much liked and respected, and who, in common with myself, will feel his loss very much." He was a Freemason and a highly esteemed member of the Equitable Friendly Society, having been Worthy Master during the year 1912. [Illustration: =Edwin Samuel Fryer.=] =FRYER, ERNEST GEORGE=, Sub-Lieut., R.N.R., _s._ of the late Robert Edward Fryer, of Bristol, by his wife, Mahala Rebecca (now widow of the late Thomas Alfred Paczensky, of Abberton Glebe, near Colchester), dau. of David Rhamm, of Wisbech; _b._ Writtle, Chelmsford, co. Essex, 20 Jan. 1887; educ. St. James' Collegiate School, Jersey; entered the P. & O. S. N. Company's Service about 1908, and was a Second Officer when the war broke out. He was appointed a Probationary Midshipman, 25 July, 1905, rank confirmed in 1908, and became Sub-Lieut. in 1912; commissioned to H.M.S. Triumph, 4 Aug. to 4 Sept. 1914, he was placed on the German H.A.L. Frisia and navigated her with a prize crew from the neighbourhood of Tsing-tau to Wei-hai-Wei. On 4 Sept. he was placed on board H.M. Destroyer Jed, which proceeded to the Eastern Mediterranean, where, in Feb. 1915, he was appointed to H.M.S. Vengeance. On 12 June he was sent with a party to blow up a rock at the entrance to an island harbour in Asia Minor, when some accident caused a hose of gun-cotton to ignite. Several of the party were badly burnt and the boat had to be abandoned. Fryer died on board H.M.S. Vengeance three days later, 15 June, 1915, and was buried at sea, off the coast of Mitylene; _unm._ [Illustration: =Ernest George Fryer.=] =FRYER, NORMAN MOODY=, Private, No. 13740, 5th (Western Cavalry) Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late Thomas Henry Fryer, of Wells, co. Norfolk; _b._ West Kensington, London, 1895; educ. Gorleston High School, Suffolk; went to Canada; joined the 16th Light Horse, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered for service overseas; left with the First Contingent of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Oct.; went to the Front in Feb. and was killed in action at Festubert, 24 May, 1915; _unm._ =FUCHSBALG, MAURICE MARCELLE=, Private, No. 1450, Honourable Artillery Coy., only _s._ of Edward Bernard Fuchsbalg, of Ovingdean, Trinity Road, Tulse Hill, S.W., Managing London Partner of Schenker & Co., by his wife, Adele, dau. of the late Edward Frankel, of Vienna; _b._ Brixton, S.W., 29 May, 1888; educ. Dulwich College, and on leaving there spent four years in Austria, Belgium and France, and then entered his father's business in London, where he held an important post when war broke out. He joined the Honourable Artillery Coy., 21 Aug. 1914; went to France, 27 Dec. 1914; was wounded in action at Ypres and admitted to the Canadian Stationary Hospital at Le Touquet, 15 Feb. 1915, and died there on the 23rd; _unm._ Buried in the Cemetery there. [Illustration: =Maurice M. Fuchsbalg.=] =FULCHER, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 4450, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Charles Fulcher, of Easton, Wickham Market, co. Suffolk; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =FULFORD, WILLIAM IRA=, Private, No. 109346, 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles, 3rd _s._ of Henry York Fulford, of Silcote, Ontario, Canada, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of the late Samuel Greenfield; _b._ Sydenham, Grey co., Ontario, 29 Nov. 1888; educ. Owen Sound and Toronto; was a first class mechanic and was employed in the Russell Automobile Factory of Toronto; enlisted 12 April, 1915; left Canada with a draft for the 2nd Contingent, went to the Front about 1 Nov. 1915, and was killed in action near Ypres 1 Dec. 1915, by a shell which burst over the tent he was then in. He was buried at Chateau Rosenburg (grave E. Ref. B. 670, 11); _unm._ His officers all spoke highly of him, one wrote: "As his troop officer I found your son to be a thorough soldier, always dependable and filled with a patriotic desire to do the most for his country." [Illustration: =William I. Fulford.=] =FULLER, COLIN MELVILLE=, Private, No. 2271, H Coy. 1/4th Battn. Seaforth Highlanders (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Robert Henry Fuller, of 10, Epsom Road, Croydon, Tea Merchant, by his wife, Janet Hellen Innes, dau. of Colin Wright, of Perthshire; _b._ Croydon, co. Surrey, 13 Sept., 1894; educ. there; was in the Motor Trade; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and enlisted Aug. 1914; went to France in November, 1914, and was killed in action at the battle of Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915; _unm._ =FULLER, FRANK ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 1676, 1/8th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Alfred Fuller, of 11, Laurel Villas, New Road, Bedfont, Middlesex, Gardener, by his wife, Belinda, dau. of William Bowden; _b._ Hoddesdon, co. Herts, 4 Jan. 1894; educ. Ivor Heath, Bucks; was a gardener; joined the Middlesex Territorials in 1912, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service; went to France in March, 1915, and was killed in action at Zonnebeke in the fight for Hill 60, 26 April, 1915; _unm._ His brother Thomas, 1/8th Middlesex, was killed in action the same day as himself (see his notice), and four other brothers are now on active service: William, Bombardier, No. 55760, R.F.A.; James, Private, No. 77739, R.H.A.; Harry, Private, No. 1281, Royal Fusiliers; and Victor, No. 10881, Army Cyclist Corps. [Illustration: =Frank Alexander Fuller.=] =FULLER, HARRY=, Ship's Corpl. 1st Class, 208912, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =FULLER, JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R.. B. 5769), 179913, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =FULLER, LEONARD=, Private, No. 1170, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, 5th _s._ of the late Alfred Fuller, of Ramsey, co. Hunts. J.P. and Alderman of Hunts County Council, by his wife, Augusta Elizabeth, dau. of Charles Pope Bates, of Ramsey, M.R.C.S.; _b._ Ramsey, co. Hunts, 2 Sept. 1881; educ. Aldenham School, Herts; went to Canada in 1912, and settled at Montreal as a Real Estate Agent; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined P.P.C.L.I. in Aug. 1914; came over with the 1st Contingent in Oct.; trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter; went to France, Dec. 1914, and died at Dickebusch, Belgium, 8 March, 1915, from wounds received in action at St. Eloi. He was buried in the Regimental Cemetery at Dickebusch; _unm._ [Illustration: =Leonard Fuller.=] =FULLER, THOMAS=, Private. No. 7681, 1/8th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Alfred Fuller, of 11, Laurel Villas, New Road, Bedfont, Middlesex, Gardener, by his wife, Belinda, dau. of William Bowden; _b._ Hoddesdon, Herts, 27 Oct. 1889; educ. Iver, Bucks; was employed on the Metropolitan Railway; joined the Middlesex Territorials in 1912, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service; |