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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
Pte. Joseph Kelsall Fyfe
British Army 7th Btn. Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment
from:Hyde, Cheshire
(d.31st Jul 1917)
DH Thomas Fyfe
Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Trawler "George Milburn"
from:Cowie, Stonehaven
(d.12th July 1917)
Deckhand Fyfe was the Son of John Lees, of 4, Helen Row, Cowie, Stonehaven,
On July 12th, 1917, George Milburn was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-42 (Otto Heinrich Tornow), off Waterford, 1.5 miles south of Dunmore Point. 11 persons were lost.
He was 27 when he drowned and is buried Between the Church and the North boundary of the Templetown Graveyard,Templetown, Co. Wexford, Ireland.
Pte. William Henry Fyles
British Army 6th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:Burnley, Lancashire
(d.16th July 1917)
William Fyles died on 16th July 1917 of heatstroke, aged 33 and is buried in the Baghdad North Gate Cemetery, Iraq. He lived at 55 Spencer Street, Burnley, Lancashire.
Pte. James Henry Fynn VC.
British Army 4th Btn. South Wales Borderers
from:Bodmin, Cornwall
(d.30th March 1917)
James Fynn died on the 30th of March 1917, aged 23 and is commemorated on the Basra War Memorial in Iraq. He was the son of Mr. J. Fynn, of 19, Downing St., Bodmin, Cornwall.
An extract from The London Gazette, dated, 26th Sept., 1916, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery. After a night attack he was one of a small party which dug in in front of our advanced line and about 300 yards from the enemy's trenches. Seeing several wounded men lying out in front he went out and bandaged them all under heavy fire, making several journeys in order to do so. He then went back to our advanced trench for a stretcher and, being unable to get one, he himself carried on his back a badly wounded man into safety. He then returned and, aided by another man who was wounded during the act, carried in another badly wounded man. He was under continuous fire while performing this gallant work."
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