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First World War (1914-1918)

Durrant, William Blencowe Wells, 1894-1915

  • GB-2014-WSA-06525
  • Person
  • 1894-1915

Durrant, William Blencowe Wells, only son of Frederick Chester Wells Durrant, of the Middle Temple, barrister-at-law, Attorney-General of the Bahamas, West Indies, by Gertrude, daughter of William Blencowe, of Brackley, Northants; b. May 4, 1894; adm. as K.S. Sept. 24, 1908; left (with Triplett) July 1913; Magd. Coll. Camb., exhibitioner, matric. Michaelmas 1913; 2nd Lieut. 6th Batt. (Reserve) Rifle Brigade Nov. 1, 1914; went out to the western front in March 1915 and was attached to the 2nd Batt.; killed in action near Ypres May 8, 1915; unm.

Fleming, Harold Winning, 1898-1917

  • GB-2014-WSA-07206
  • Person
  • 1898-1917

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.

Flockhart, William Whyte Stuart, 1886-1914

  • GB-2014-WSA-07226
  • Person
  • 1886-1914

Flockhart, William Whyte Stuart, son of William Flockhart, of St. Marylebone, architect; b. June 24, 1886; adm. May 3, 1900 (H); left Dec. 1903; Cpl. 14th (Co. of London) Batt. the London Regt. (London Scottish); served on the western front; killed in action at Messines Nov. 1, 1914.

Forbes, Alexander Stewart, 1894-1916

  • GB-2014-WSA-07271
  • Person
  • 1894-1916

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, 1898-1917

  • GB-2014-WSA-07314
  • Person
  • 1898-1917

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.

Frith, Herbert Philip, 1890-1914

  • GB-2014-WSA-07509
  • Person
  • 1890-1914

Frith, Herbert Philip, only son of Edward Philip Frith, of Notting Hill, and grandson of William Powell Frith, R. A., C. V. O.; b. Jan. 21, 1890; adm. May 4, 1905 (A); left Easter 1907; Asst. District Officer at Lokoya, Nigeria, West Africa; was attached to the West African Frontier Force on the outbreak of Great War I; d. Nov. 16, 1914, from wounds received in action at Lokoya.

Furze, Nevil Ford, 1897-1917

  • GB-2014-WSA-07561
  • Person
  • 1897-1917

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, 1898-1918

  • GB-2014-WSA-07652
  • Person
  • 1898-1918

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, ChamĀ­ pagne, May 27, 1918; unm.

Garvin, Roland Gerard, 1895-1916

  • GB-2014-WSA-07677
  • Person
  • 1895-1916

Garvin, Roland Gerard, only son of James Louis Garvin, of Kilburn, editor of the Observer, by Christina, daughter of Robert Wilson, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne; b. Oct. 12, 1895; adm. April 30, 1908 (H); won the Public Schools Foils Championship at Aldershot 1913; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1914; 2nd Lieut. 7th (Service) Batt. the Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancs Regt.) Sept. 19, 1914; Lieut. July 3, 1915; went out to the western front July 15, 1915; Capt. July 15, 1916; killed in action near Bazentin le Petit July 22, 1916; unm.

Gascoyne-Cecil, John Arthur, 1893-1918

  • GB-2014-WSA-07684
  • Person
  • 1893-1918

Gascoyne-Cecil, John Arthur, brother of Randle William Gascoyne-Cecil (q.v.); b. March 28, 1893; adm. May 4, 1905 (A); left July 1912; entered Vickers' works; 2nd Lieut. 5th Kent (Howitzer) Battery R. F. A., 4th Home Counties Brigade, July 27, 1913; Lieut. Oct. 17, 1914; went out to the western front with his brigade, which was converted into a Divisional Ammunition Column in Dec. 1914; attached to a Regular Battery of the R. F. A. and given a section; Adjutant Oct. 31, 1915; joined the Salonika Expeditionary Force Jan. 1916; Capt. May 1917; Brigade Major; returned to the western front Aug. 10, 1918; mentioned in desĀ­ patches; M.C. Jan. 1, 1918; killed in action Aug. 27, 1918; unm.

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