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Pte. Joseph Walter Fox
British Army 1st Btn Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Bolton-upon-Dearne
(d.2nd Aug 1915)
Joseph Fox was the husband of Isabella Fox, of 9 Furlong Rd., Bolton-on-Dearne, Rotherham.
Pte. Louis Fox
British Army 18th Battalion Manchester Regiment
from:Stretford, Manchester
(d.9th Jul 1916)
Louis Fox was not a direct relative of mine. He was taken in as a homeless teenager by my maternal grandmother in the early years of the 20th century and remained with the family as a well loved family member until his death in 1916.
Dvr. Percy Fox
British Army 135th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Menston
(d.13th Jun 1918)
Percy Fox was the nephew of Lawrence Arthur Smith, who married Mary Elizabeth Crabtree. They both worked at Menston Asylum as did his brother-in-law George Frederick Fox who married Lawrence' sister Annie Elizabeth Fox. Lawrence and Annie were born in Batley Yorkshire.
Pte. Peter Fox
British Army 25th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Jarrow
(d.21st Mar 1918)
Peter Fox was the son of Catherine Fox (nee Connor) and the late Peter Fox, brother of Felix Fox of 3 Shakespeare Street Jarrow. On the 1911 census Peter Fox age 26 Ropeworker is with his parents Peter and Catherine Fox at 3 Shakespeare Street, Jarrow. He was born in Jarrow and enlisted in Newcastle.
peter died aged 25 on 21st March 1918 and is remembered on the Arras Memorial. Bay 2-3. He is also commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church, Jarrow.
Pte. Richard Fox
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Birmingham
(d.30th Nov 1917)
Richard Fox was my Great Uncle and enlisted in the Army in Birmingham on 20th Sep 1905, aged 17, following the untimely death of both his parents (my Great Grandparents) the year before. During WW1 he was rated as a first class machine gunner and died of his wounds at 101st Field Ambulance in Flanders on 30th of November 1917.
Robert Fox
Royal Navy Drake Battalion
Having just watched “Who Do You Think You Are†on TV with Robert Lindsay – I was very moved by the footage of Gallipoli. My father Robert Fox at 16 years old served there with the Royal Naval Division – Drake Battalion.
I am very glad to say that what mementoes he had are safely in the Imperial War Museum. They were very glad to receive them as they had very little from the RND. These mementoes were mainly from his service in France. He kept a very rough pencilled diary [verboten]. I have retained a copy. I took my great-nephew, his great-grandson from the US, to the Museum to see those mementoes – I’m not sure he really understood what he was seeing.
Several years ago, my late husband and I visited all the places he mentioned. Standing there and looking at buildings he must have seen – that and visiting numerous 2nd World War cemeteries, looking for the graves of men with whom my husband served [D-Day] really tore me to bits.
About 30 years ago – or more – my father made a pilgrimage back to Gallipoli – rather difficult at that time. He said he was hoping to find a keg of rum he had buried there – I think it was rather more than that.
Pte. Robert Michael Fox
British Army 6th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Hull
(d.9th August 1915)
Robert Fox served with 6th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment, he went missing on the 9th of August 1915 and was later presumed dead.
Pte. Stephen Albert Fox
British Army Argyle & Sutherland
from:Salhouse, Norfolk
(d.20th August 1918)
Stephen was killed shortly after arriving. Died from his wounds and is commemorated at Five Points Cemetery, Lachelle
Pte. William Henry Fox
British Army 11th Btn. Border Regiment
from:Liverpool
(d.25th Nov 1917)
William Fox served with the Border Regiment 11th Battalion. He was the eldest son of William Fox and brother of Ernest Fox DCM who served with 15th Cheshire Regiment during WW1. The family was made up of our younger brothers and two sisters. William in 1914 was turned down for active service, as he had 'flat feet.' However, in 1917 he tried again and was then passed A1 fit for service. He was killed at Passchendaele on 25th November 1917, just eight months after signing up. His body was not found, he is remembered on the wall at Tyne Cot Cemetery. I have found a letter within his war records from his father, dated four years after his death, a humble request for any personal belongings or decorations due to him. Indeed this is a very sad letter when you read it from my great grandfather. William Henry Fox rest in peace. His brother Ernest my Granddad, a decorated hero, returned home and enjoyed a good and fruitful life. I enjoyed his company when growing up and was very close to him. He was a great role model until he died in 1974. I have visited Tyne Cot and I am soon retuning again. I am the first family member to visit the memorial and to do so after nearly 100 years. A very, very proud family member of both my granddad and great uncle.
Pte. William Fox
British Army 8th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
from:Curbridge, Oxon
(d.26th Oct 1918)
L/Cpl. Ernest Bert Foxall
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:Camden Road, Birmingham
Ernest Foxall was born in Birmingham in 1892 and lived on Camden Street. He joined the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in 1911. He was serving with the 2nd Battalion in Malta at the outbreak of WW1 and arrived in Belgium on the 4th of October 1914. He was wounded and taken prisoner of war in early 1915. Ernest was repatriated to Britain in August 1915 and this was reported in the Birmingham Gazette and the Birmingham Evening Despatch on the 30th of August 1915.
He must have been returned by the Germans due to the severity of his wounds. Ernest was transferred to the 3rd General Hospital Wandsworth (the building still exists and is now a residential property called Royal Victoria Buildings - it is Grade 2 listed) and was eventually transferred to Chatham, Kent. At some point he was made an acting Sergeant. Ernest was still in Chatham in 1920 as my grandfather was born there on the 6th of June 1920.
Ernest never fully recovered from his injuries (allegedly he was bayoneted and after being captured the Germans chained him to the wheel of a cart). He suffered with ill health all his life and died in 1948.
Men relax at 3rd General Hospital
Pte. Reginald Foxhall
British Army 12th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment
(d.28th June 1918)
Reginald Foxhall was from Crofts Street in Cardiff and was employed by the Great Western Railway goods department. He originally enlisted in 1917, joining the Monmouthshire Regiment. At some stage he was drafted into the 12th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, serving with them in Italy and France before being killed in June 1918. His name is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial to the missing in Belgium.
Pte. Ernest Edward Foxob
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
(d.15th Sep 1914)
Ernest Edward Foxon was my grandmother's brother. She never told us much just that he was killed in the Great War. He has no grave but is Remembered with Honour at La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre MemoriaL. He was killed in the Battle of Aisne on the 15th September 1914.
Pte. Christopher Foy
British Army 8th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Dublin
(d.8th Sept 1916)
Pte. Francis Foy
British Army 4th Btn. C Coy. North Staffordshire Regiment
from:43 Blantyre Street, Longton, Stoke on Trent
(d.20th Apr 1918)
I am proud to be named after my Great Uncle Francis Foy, he actually joined up in 1914 and was medically discharged in 1915 for poor eye sight but re-enlisted in 1917. He served with the C Coy. 4th Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment, and died from his wounds on 20th April 1918. He is buried in Doullens Cemetery ext. 1, and is listed at the Longton Cenotaph in Stoke on Trent. I would like to find out which battle he died at if possible
Pte. Henry Snow Foy
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.24th Apr 1915)
Pte. James Foy
British Army 4th Btn. King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
from:Esh, County Durham
(d.20th Nov 1917)
James Foy, Private 28023, served in the 1/4th Btn. King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment and is remembered on the Malton War Memorial (Sadlers). James was born on 15th November 1877. He married Mary Ann Ward on 1st July 1908 and between 1909 and 1916 they had five children.
On 28th February 1917, James was called up and enlisted at Newcastle and he was posted to 80th TR Battalion. On 1st March James joined 80th TR Battalion (Preston?.) On 8th June of that year, he embarked at Folkstone and on the same day disembarked at Boulogne. On 9th June he joined the BEF at Etalpes (80th TR Batt). On 23rd June James transferred to 1/4th Kings Own Royal Lancs ("B" company?), and on 15th July he joined the battalion.
On 31st July 1917 the battalion was involved in the Battle of Pilckem Ridge. On 20th September they took part in the Battle of Menin Road Ridge. On 1st November the 1/4th was at Lempire east of Peronne under Lt Col G.B. Balfour. On 3rd November they were at Longagavesnes (playing football and training up to the 19 November). 20th November saw the battalion involved in the Battle of Cambrai. Zero hour was set at 6.20.am. At 6.22 A, B, and C company went over the top. At 6.37 A coy tried but failed to contact B coy. By 12.40am it was all over, with 81 reported missing, 11 dead and 120 wounded. James Foy was recorded as missing in action. He had served 267 days. On 28th November his disc was forwarded to the Central Office for effects by the battalion of an infantry regiment. A request to London from Preston for any personal possessions to be forwarded to Mary was made on 8th January 1918. On 26th January James was listed on the official German list of the dead (Y.78172). The next day Mary was informed but told his death had to be confirmed as fact. On 4th July 1918 Mary received notice of a pension award (£37/11s a week to commence on 22nd July 1918). (NB James is still officially missing.) James's ID Discs are forwarded from Preston on 26th November 1918 and on 28th November 1918 Mary acknowledges receipt of Discs.
Pte. Owen Foy
British Army 9th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
(d.4th Jul 1918)
Owen Foy is buried adjoining the South boundary of the Strade (Old Abbey) Cemetery, Templemore, Co. Mayo. Ireland.
Pte. Thomas Foye
British Army 8th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Dublin
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Thomas Foye was my great, great grandfather. I would like to find out more about his service and how he died on that fatal day.
Pte. Thomas Foye
British Army 2nd Btn. Duke of Wellington's Regiment
from:Keighley, West Yorkshire
(d.3rd May 1917)
Thomas Foye was killed in action at the Battle of Arras. He was involved in a series of actions in the area of Fampoux and lost his life along with 391 men on the same day as they went over the top on the 3rd of May 1917. He was a Grenadier with the 2nd battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regt.) There were no remains but Thomas is honoured for his bravery with his name on the monument at the British graveyard in the town of Arras, northern France.
Pte. John Foyster
British Army 9th Btn. Norfolk Regiment
from:Norwich
(d.1st May 1917)
John Foyster was wounded at the Somme in 1916 and evacuated via Australian Hospital to hospital in Cardiff. He returned to the front. He was killed in action on his last day in the trenches by a direct hit on the dugout. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial.
Pte. A. Frafra
West African Frontier Force Gold Coast Regiment
(d.28th Sep 1916)
He was executed for casting away arms 28/09/1916 and is commemorated on the Kumasi Memorial in Ghana.
Pte. Austin Frain
British Army 16th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Dewsbury
(d.16th Aug 1918)
Austin Frain of the 16th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own), died on 16th August 1918 and is buried in Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.
The following text is taken from a clipping of the local newspaper: "Two telegrams in one day brought dread news to Mrs Frain, of 8, Back New Street, Westtown, regarding the youngest of the four sons she had serving in the Forces. Austin Frain was nineteen, and according to the first of the telegrams that his mother received was `dangerously wounded last Friday'. The second telegram, arriving in the afternoon, stated that he `had died at a casualty clearing station' on 16th August 1918. He had not been in the Army a year, having donned khaki on 30th August 1917. He was an old boy of both St. Paulinus Day and Sunday Schools. Before joining up he had worked for a Wakefield-based firm of haulage contractors."
Pte. Thomas Frain
British Army 25th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
This is a extract from an Autograph Book which at a guess belonged to a nurse who treated wounded soldiers in various hospitals in the UK between 1913 and 1917. My Mother rescued the book which was about to be thrown away with the rubbish in 1968.
Thomas Frain served with the 2nd Tyneside Irish, 25th Btn, Northumberland Fusiliers. He signed this autograph book whilst he was being treated at the Acute Hospital Alnwick on the 13th July 1917.
Pte John Wallace Frame
British Army 8th battalion Seaforth Highlanders
(d.7th May 1916)
John Wallace was my uncle. He died near Vermelles. I would like to find out any info in which battle he might have been killed.
Pte. Arthur Edward Frames
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.16th Feb 1915)
Gnr. Alfred Frampton
British Army 224th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Sandown, Isle of Wight
My Grandfather Alfred Frampton joined up May 1916 aged 39. He was a postman on the Isle of Wight and left behind a wife and son aged 5 years. After training, he was sent to France in January 1917 but was sent home sick by April due to frost bitten feet and being gassed. My father remembers visiting him at Bartholomew's hospital in London as a boy of 6 and seeing a Zeppelin flying over London. He eventually returned to convalesce on the Isle of Wight and was discharged November 1917. He lived on the Isle of Wight the rest of his life and died in 1959.
Pte. Frederick George Frampton
British Army 5th Btn. Wiltshire Regiment
(d.5th April 1916)
Frederick George Frampton was killed in action on the 5th of April 1916 and is commemorated on the Basra War Memorial.
Pte. Frederick George Frampton
British Army 5th Btn. Wiltshire Regiment
(d.5th Apr 1916)
Frederick Frampton died on 5th April 1916 and he is commemorated on the Basra War Memorial in Iraq.
Pte. William Henry France
British Army 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards
from:Deepcar, Yorkshire
(d.29th Oct 1914)
William France was killed in action in Ghelevult, Belgium. He is listed on the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium and also on the War Memorial at Bolsterstone, Yorkshire.
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