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Fisher, Charles Dennis, sixth son of Herbert William Fisher, of Hove, Sussex, sometime Vice-Warden of the Stannaries of Cornwall and Devon, by Mary Louisa, second daughter of John Jackson, M. D., of Brighton, Sussex; nephew of Cecil Edward Fisher (q.v.); b. Aug. 4, 1877; adm. as Q.S. Jan. 15, 1891; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon. 1896, matric. October 1896; Slade Exhibitioner 1897; 1st class Classics (Mods.) 1908; 2nd class Lit. Hum. 1900; B.A. 1900; M.A. 1903; lecturer and tutor at Ch. Ch. 1901; official student 1903; censor 1907-14; played cricket for Oxford against Cambridge 1900, and for Sussex 1901; a Governor of the School from 1908; also a member of the Governing Body of Christ's Hospital School; being disabled from joining the army, Fisher, on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, learned to drive a motor, and enlisted in the R.A.M.C. Ambulance Corps; served in Flanders for a year and was mentioned in despatches for his bravery under fire; obtained a commission as Lieut. in the R. N. V. R. Aug. 16, 1915, and was appointed to H. M. S. Invincible; edited the text of Tacitus in the Oxford series of Scriptores Classici, and was engaged in writing a commentary of the Histories of Tacitus; drowned on board H. M. S. Invincible when it went down in the battle of Horn Reef, off Jutland, May 31, 1916; The Chivalry of the Sea was dedicated to his memory by the Poet Laureate; unm.

Fleming, Harold Winning, second son of Alexander John Fleming, M. D., of Hampstead, by Lily Huthart; daughter of Forrest L. Brown, of Bombay, India; b. April 25, 1898; adm. as non-resident K.S. Sept. 28, 1911 (H); left July 1915; went abroad on account of his health; R.M.C. Sandhurst Aug. 28, 1916 - May 1, 1917; 2nd Lieut. 1st Batt. Beds Regt. May 11, 1917; went out to the western front May 31, 1917; mentioned in despatches L. G. 1917; killed in action at Gheluvelt, Belgium, Oct. 5, 1917; unm.

Forbes, Alexander Stewart, son of Patrick Lewis Forbes, of Hampstead, by Sara Mildred Leckie, of Blackheath, Kent; b. March 29, 1894; adm. Jan. 14, 1909 (H); left July 1913; entered a firm of Anglo-Russian cotton manufacturers, and was in Russia at the outbreak of Great War I; returned heme in Oct. 1914; 2nd Lieut. wth (Reserve) Batt. the Seaforth Highlanders Nov. 9, 1914; Lieut. Oct. 7, 1915; attached to the 181st Machine Gun Co., and went out to the western front in June 1916; d. Aug. 17, 1916, of wounds received in action near Albert on the previous day.

Forster, Ralph Louis Francis, son of Ralph George Elliott Forster (q.v.); b. July 13, 1898; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (G); left Dec. 1915; 2nd Lieut. 1st Batt. the Buffa (East Kent Regt.) Aug. 16, 1916; went out to the western front in the autumn of 1916; killed in action at Monchy May 3, 1917; unm.

Furze, Nevil Ford, youngest son of Herbert Furze, of South Kensington, by Mary Ford, daughter of Edward Tidswell, of Chigwell, Essex; b. April 30, 1897; adm. April 26, 1912 (H); left July 1914; enlisted in the 18th (Service) Batt. (1st Public Schools) the Royal Fusiliers in Sept. 1914; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. (Reserve) The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regt. June 12, 1915; was attached to the 2nd Batt. and went out to the western front in Sept. 1915: killed while leading a night attack on Bucquoy March 14, 1917; unm.

Gardiner, Paul Wrey, brother of Geoffrey Baring Gardiner (q.v.); b. April 13, 1898; adm. as K.S. Sept. 28, 1911; left July 1915; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. (Extra Reserve) The Manchester. Regt. Sept. 25, 1915; Lieut. July 1, 1917; went out to the western front April 11, 1918, and was attached to the 1st Batt. of the Worcestershire Regt.; killed in action at Roney, Cham­ pagne, May 27, 1918; unm.