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Leonard Arthur Fabian
Royal Marines HMS London
from:Chatham
(d.18th April 1922)
Pte. William George Face
British Army 7th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment
Account by William George Face, 7th Leicestershire's Regtl No 235623 of his capture:
Captured May 27 1918 at Champagne district. Marched down to temporary camp for a few hours. Marched to Rethel and stopped for night in prison. May 28 entrained for internment camp at Blanc Saint Jen, stopped for a few days entrained for new camp at Bazan Court where worked on new railhead for five weeks pay 30 Fncs a day. Was picked out for work. Sent away on July 10 entrained for Charleville and stopped there in small French cage for three nights. Entrained for a destination unknown (13 July ) at present. First day we were travelling through France and Belgium where the people on station were very good to us giving us cigarettes and money. We continued our journey through the night and waking up in the morning found ourselves just in the border of Germany. We arrived at Coln on the 14th where we had to change and stopped there an hour or two, and the next stop was Bremen where we arrived at midnight and stopped the night. We started off again on the 15th at 6am and travelled on until we arrived at Hamburg at 10:30 where we changed again and had the first basin of hot soup at a Red Cross building which was very good. We started off again at 3 o'clock for our destination which we had been guessing at all the way. We arrived at 8 o'clock and had a very agreeable surprise waiting for us for we were issued out with two loaves a man as an emergency parcel and a grocery parcel the next day, both issued by our Red Cross society. We are waiting to be sent out as working parties. We stay here until 31 July, my 25th birthday, by which time we had another grocery parcel and two biscuits parcels. On the night before we left we have a train journey of about 28 hours and arrived at ? where we are billeted on board an old warship and where I have my first experience of sleeping in hammocks, which I find very comfortable. There are several more Englishman here who have been captured from 1914, and all receiving their parcels and they are very good to us giving us biscuits and cigarettes. Held by SOM 3194
Pte. Albert John Facey
British Army 6th Btn. Devonshire Regiment
from:Bishops Tawton, Devon
Bert Facey served with the 6th Devonshire Regiment.
Sgt. Howard Alexander Fagan MM, MID.
British Army 1/16th (Queens Westminster Rifles) Btn. London Regiment
from:2 Briarwood Rd, Clapham, London
(d.21st Jul 1916)
Sergeant Alec Fagan was seriously wounded on the 1st of July 1916 at the Battle of Gommecourt and was taken to No.16 General Hospital, Le Treport suffering from Gun shot wounds right thigh and side. His parents were given permission to attend and see him which they did on the 19th July but alas he died two days later and was buried in the Mont-Huon Military Cemetery. He was still only 18 years old when he died and received the Military Medal posthumously.
Sgt. Howard Alexander "Alec" Fagan MM, MiD.
British Army 1st/16th (Queens Westminster Rifles) Btn. London Regiment
from:2 Briarwood Red, Clapham, London
(d.21st Jul 1916)
Howard Fagan, my great uncle, joined the Queens Westminster Rifles a Territorial Army Battalion on leaving school whilst still 15 years old in 1913. The 1st Battalion of the QWRs was sent to France in November 1914 and fought in Flanders, firstly near Armentieres, then in 1915 in the Ypres Salient. In the Spring of 1916, the 56th London Division was formed and pulled out of the front line for extensive training before the attack on Gommecourt on the 1st of July 1916, part of the Somme campaign. Alec was badly wounded in that disastrous attack, probably by machine gun fire but made it to the No.16 General Hospital near Le Tréport where his parents were able to visit him. Sadly Alec died on the 21st July a week before his 19th birthday.
In his brief Amy career, Alec was awarded the Military Medal for gallant service in the Ypres Salient, was mentioned in dispatches by General Haig and was promoted three times from rifleman to Sergeant, but he turned down a commission. His letters home show him to be a loving son and brother and he made light of the horrors of trench warfare. All in all, he was like many young London office boys who served his country valiantly when the time came, and he proved himself a brave and outstanding rifleman and a hero to his family.
2nd Lt. James Edward Fagan
British Army 6th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Lismacaffrey, Co. Westmeath
(d.5th Oct 1916)
My great uncle, James Edward Fagan from Lismacaffrey, Co. Westmeath, was a 2nd Lieutenant (temporary) with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 6th Battalion attached to the 8th. He was injured in late September 1916 and died of his wounds on the 5th of October 1916. I am not sure which battle he was injured in. We have his ceremonial swords, an uncle of mine has his service revolver and helmet.
Pte. James Fagan
British Army 5/6th Btn. Royal Scots
(d.6th Dec. 1917)
James Fagan was my grandad, he had two sons when he died, John aged 3 and my dad, James who was born in 1917, they were never to meet.
Pte. Thomas Fagan
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Glasgow
(d.29th Mar 1915)
Thomas Fagan was married with two daughters when he joined the army. He died on 29 March 1915 and is buried at Ration Farm la Plus Douve annexe.
Pte. Thomas Fagan
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Dublin
(d.29th March 1915)
Thomas Fagan was my great grandfather and he was from Dublin, not Glasgow as suggested. He had two daughters, Rosemary and Annie. He had never seen Annie, who was just a few months old when he died. The family history is that he was hit and killed by a shell, and there is some suggestion that he was decapitated by that shell. He is buried at Ration Farm, on the outskirts of Ypres and on 29th March 2015 three generations of the family visited his grave on the 100th anniversary of his death.
Pte Frederick O'Brien Fahey
British Army King Edwards Horse
from:Trinidad
Frederick joined the Army in Trinidad, although unwell with what seemed to be depression. He became more ill as the war developed and was admitted to hospital in London where he met his wife-to-be who was a mental nurse at that time.
The Caribbean roll of honour website said he served in France and Italy and was "gassed".
He survived the war and returned to Trinidad July 1919.
He continued to be treated for depression throughout the rest of his life.
Pte. Joseph Fail
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Seaham
Pte. A Fair
British Army 2nd Battalion London Regiment
(d.8th Nov 1915)
Pte A Fair died of wounds on the 8th Nov 1915.
Pte. George Fairbairn
British Army 1st Btn. Black Watch
from:Cockburnspath
George Fairbairn was my grandfather. He was in the 1st Black Watch and was reported as wounded on 29th of December 1917, shot in the upper arm in the Battle of Cambrai, France. Before that, he was in 1/2nd Scottish Horse. He arrived in Gallipoli (Suvla) on 2nd of September 1915 and was evacuated to Egypt on 20th of December 1915.
Pte. John Fairbairn
British Army 7th/8th Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borderers
from:Kelso, Scotland
(d.5th Dec 1918)
John Fairbairn was a 42 year old father and husband when he was conscripted into the Kings Own Scottish Borderers in 1918. Restrictions on who could be called up were lifted due to the horrific losses suffered during the previous three years. He survived the war but fell victim to the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918 and died on the 5th of December 1918. He is buried in Lille Southern Cemetery. He was my Grandad William's father on my mother's side.
Pte. Charles Edward Fairbanks
British Army 11th Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
from:Thurstaston, Cheshire
(d.19th September 1918)
I have discovered my great great uncle, Charles Fairbanks, served with the 11th Cameronians. I know very little apart from he was killed in Salonika and is buried in Dorian Military Cemetery in Greece.
Pte. William Fairbridge
British Army 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment
from:Middlesbrough
(d.10th July 1916)
William Fairbridge was killed in action on the 10th of July 1916, aged 20 serving with the 9th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards)
Our Great Uncle Willy, much loved brother of our Nana (our paternal grandmother). Only son of the late William and Jane Elizabeth Fairbridge, the end of that family's male lineage.
Pte. S. Fairbrother
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Gnr. William John Thomas Fairbrother
British Army 136th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Southdown, Millbrook, Cornwall
(d.29th April 1917)
William Fairbrother was born in Millbrook about 1888. His parent were Charles Benjamin and Elizabeth (nee Manning) and they lived at Southdown, Millbrook, Cornwall. William was killed in action on 29th of April 1917. He was 29 years old. He is buried at Mazingarbe Cemetery Extension in France.
Pte. Edward Fairburn
Canadian Expeditionary Force 18th Btn.
(d.2nd Mar 1918)
Edward Fairburn was executed for desertion 02/03/1918 age 23 and buried in Villers Station Cemetery, Villers-au-Bois, France. He was born in St. Catharines, Ontario on 21 September 1895. After enlisting in November 1915, Fairburn was sent to France as part of a reinforcement for the 18th (Western Ontario) Battalion.
Following a period of charge-free conduct, Fairburn went missing during the period 9–16 April 1917 and he remained missing for 10 months, before being arrested just north of Arras. During his period of absence, Fairburn had missed the major battles at Vimy Ridge, Hill 70 and Passchendale (Third Battle of Ypres), which made his desertion appear even worse in the eyes of the Army authorities, and it came as no surprise that Fairburn was court-martialled for desertion, found guilty and sentenced to death by shooting.
Pte. James Frederick Fairburn
British Army 2nd Btn. Durham Light Infantry
(d.21st Oct 1914)
James Frederick Fairbairn, my great grandfather was the second man of the 2nd Durhams to be killed. He was 30 years old and left behind 4 children, the youngest my nanna was 4 weeks old. He is buried in Boulogne.
Pte. John Fairburn
Army Durham Light Infantry
(d.15th Sep 1916)
Cpl. William Fairburn
British Army 1st Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:Burnley, Lancs.
(d.26th March 1918)
William Fairburn died on the 26th of March 1918, aged 28. Buried 5A in the Etaples Military Cemetery in France, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fairburn. A widower, he lived with his wife's parents and two children at 30 Clifton Street, Burnley.
Nurse Helen Fairchild
from:Pennsylvania
(d.18th Jan 1918)
Helen Fairchild was a nurse from Pennsylvania who staffed a unit at the Western front at Passchendaele in Belgium. She died after surgery on a gastric ulcer due to the effect of mustard gas in January 1918.
Helen Fairchild
British Red Cross No.4 Casualty Clearing Station Voluntary Aid Detachment
(d.18th Jan 1918)
VAD Helen Fairchild arrived to serve at No.4 Casualty Clearing Station in the Ypres Sector on 22nd of July 1917. During the November fighting she was exposed to mustard gas and developed severe abdominal pains. Helen continued to work but just before Christmas a Barium meal X-Ray revealed a large gastric ulcer obstructing her pylorus. Doctors suggested that it had probably been worsened by exposure to poisonous gas. She underwent a gastro-enterostomy operation on 13th of January 1918. Initial recovery progressed well but on the third day she began to deteriorate and after going into a coma she passed away on the 18th of January 1918.
Pte. Horace Chadwick Fairclough MM.
British Army 13th Btn. Cheshire Regiment
Horace Fairclough was my grandfather. I have his Military Medal and copies of the newspapers in which he is listed as being the recipient of the medal. He was also gassed and became Home Guard during WW2 and I believe he died 1947
Pte. John Fairclough
British Army 7th Btn. South Lancashire Regiment
from:St Helens
(d.8th June 1917)
John Fairclough went missing in action on the 8th of June 1917 and is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial.
Pte. Arthur Fairey
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. George Adzhead Fairhurst
British Army 39th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Newton le Willows, Lancashire
(d.24th May 1916)
Pte. Matthew Fairhurst
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Wheatley Hill
(d.1st July 1916)
Matthew Fairhiurst is named on The Thiepval Memorial
Spr. William Fairhurst
British Army 643rd Field Company Royal Engineers
from:St Helens
(d.13th Mar 1919)
William Fairhurst was found drowned at North Walsham, Norfolk on 13th of March 1919. He was still enlisted and appears on the UK Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 dataset.
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