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Edward Fegen
Royal Navy HMS Amphion
Driver Dorothie Feilding MM.
Voluntary Aid Detachment
Dorothie Feilding was born into a rich, aristocratic family in Warwickshire, England. She was presented to the King and Queen of England when she was 18 years old. But Fielding shunned her entitled upbringing and jumped into the war effort with both feet. She became an ambulance driver with a volunteer unit stationed in Belgium. And the Western Front soon provided its own challenges, from driving under enemy fire, to dealing with inconvenient marriage proposals and lice. Feilding was easy-going and charismatic, even hosting tea parties amongst the ruins of Furnes. Her bravery earned her a French Croix de guerre, a Belgian Order of Leopold II Knights Cross, and the Military Medal which was presented to her by King George V at Windsor Castle.
Lt.Cmdr. Hugh Cecil Robert Feilding
Royal Navy
(d.31st May 1916)
Lt.Cmdr. Feilding was killed in action at the Battle of Jutland.
H. Feinhols
South Africa Active Citizen Force
(d.8th October 1918)
Lieutenant Feinhols is buried in the Kimberley Jewish Cemetery, Northern Cape, South Africa
Pte. Arthur Felgate
British Army 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment
Arthur Felgate served with the 8th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment.
Cpl. Sydney Alfred Felger
British Army 122nd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Brighton
Sydney Felger served with 122nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.
Rflmn. Arthur Edward Felix
British Army 11th Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
from:Camberwell
My grandfather, Arthur Felix, joined the 11th KRRC, I think during the last stages of the 1918 war. He was greatly affected by the memories and often had nightmares, so my mother says.
He would tell me about the trench foot and how horrible gas attacks were but otherwise he did not say much about his experiences. He was a good tailor and he said he would often alter friends' uniforms, so that they would fit better because army policy was 'one size fits all'. He died in 1976. This is a short account but still relevant to us as a family.
Lt. Alfred James Fell MC.
Australian Imperial Force 34th Battalion
from:Australia
Alfred James Fell was born on 7th of May 1890 at Liverpool, England to Captain Alfred and Christina Fell. He attended Wallasey Grammar School in England and Sydney Church of England Grammar School after arriving in Australia. Fell worked as an accountant before enlisting as a sergeant in the Australian Imperial Force on 22nd August 1915. In April 1916, he was assigned to the 34th Battalion which had been formed in Maitland, New South Wales that January.
Fell departed Australia aboard HMAT Hororata with the 34th Battalion on 2nd May 1916. The battalion spent five months training in England and it was during this time that Fell attended the bombing school at Lyndhurst and Officer training school for Non-Commissioned Officers at Tidworth. He accompanied his unit to France on 21st November 1916. Fell was awarded the Military Cross on 27th November 1918 for his actions at Villers Bretonneux between 4th and 5th April 1918. In May 1918. He was reported missing and noted as a German prisoner of war on 27th May 1918. He was repatriated after the war and arrived in England on 1st December 1918. Alfred Fell returned to Australia from England aboard HMAT Orca and arrived in Sydney on 3rd April 1919.
Pte. David Fell
Britsih Army 15th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:20 Hanna St., Belfast
(d.29th March 1918)
David Fell was killed during the St Michael German offensive in Villiers Tornelle on 29th of March 1918. He served from 1914. He was a member of 107th Brigade Trench Mortar Battery in the 36th (Ulster) Division. He was the eldest son of Thomas and Ellen Fell, 20 Hanna St., Belfast. He joined the 15th Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles (North Belfast Volunteers) in 1914. He had signed the Ulster Covenant.
In 1915 the RIR moved to France and they were first engaged in major action on 1st July 1916. David survived the slaughter and with the rest of the Division was moved to Messines. There they fought alongside the 16th (Irish) Division. His unit with others captured Wytschaete. His unit was involved in the 3rd Battle of Ypres in July and in November 1917 at the Battle of Cambrai.
David's unit was in the front line on 21st March 1918 south west of St Quentin. There they were overrun by the enemy and put up courageous resistance in a series of redoubts. On 28-29th March the Battalion was withdrawn to regroup. During the retreat to Saleux he was killed in action. He is remembered in Pozieres Cemetery on the Albert to Bapuame Road not far from the Ulster Tower.
Pte. David Fell
British Army 15th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:20 Hanna St., Belfast
(d.29th March 1918)
David Fell was my uncle. He joined the 15th Royal Irish Rifles and in 1915 moved to France. As part of the 107th Brigade he was at the Somme on 1st July 1916 and they with the Division moved to Messines. He was attached to the 107th Trench Mortar Battery and remained with the unit till March 1918 when he was killed during the Operation Michael, German Spring Offensive, He is remembered in Pozieres Cemetery on the Albert Bapuame Road in Picardy and not far from the Ulster Tower. He is also remembered in St Paul's Parish Church, York Street, Belfast. His name appears also on the Workman and Clarke's Shipyard Memorial in Belfast Harbour Estate near HMS Caroline.
David was the eldest son of Ellen and Thomas Fell. He was my father's brother. At his death he was aged 23 years. I have in my possession several items of interest, medals, the Penny and some photographs. There is some doubt about the exact date of his death. Official records at the time were few and scant due to the pressure caused by the enemy in March 1918. Officially it is 29th March but I am not sure.
L/Cpl. Frank Fell
British Army 11th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:52 Plantation Street, Accrington
Pte. Henry Fell
British Army 1st Btn. Border Regiment
from:Wigton
Henry Fell was a Territorial in the 5th Battalion when war broke out. He went to France in late 1914 but did see combat until May of 1915. He witnessed his brother John get shot in the abdomen while bringing water for the troops in Ypres. He was in the line when the Germans used poison gas for the second time at the battle of Battle of Bellewaarde were the battalion took over 300 casualties.
Between this date and the 1st of July 1916, he was transferred to the 1st Border Battalion. I know this because he did an interview for a book written by Melvyn Bragg in the 70's called Speak for England, where he takes about being there on the 1st of July. The 5th Border Regiment did not enter the Somme battlefield till much later. From there he was at all the major engagements that the 1st Battalion took part in. In the interview he mentions Passchendaele and Cambrai.
He was never badly wounded, I know that he suffered from shell shock after the first day on the Somme. He also took a bullet through an ear which grazed the back of his head in 1917. He survived the war and lived to the grand age of 92 passing away in 1985.
Luckily, I have a number of resources that feature Henry. The first, the above-mentioned book, where he and his brother W.S Fell MM with 2 bars are interviewed. Also, he has many mentions and published letters in the Wigton Advertiser. The research continues.
Pte Reuben Fell
British Army C Coy 2nd Btn Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:Coventry
(d.3rd Sep 1916)
2nd Lt. Basil Hamilton Abdy Fellowes
British Army 2nd Btn att 5th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
(d.22nd March 1917)
Basil Fellowes died on 22 March 1917 at age 19 at France, from wounds received in action. He is buried at Avesnes le Comte, Arras, France
Cpl. Benjamin Fellows
British Army 175 Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:48 High Street, Moxley
Pte. Ernest Fellows
British Army 3rd Btn. Worcestershire Regiment
from:Birmingham,
(d.26th Jul 1915)
Ernest Fellows served with the 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment during WW1. He was executed for desertion on the 26th July 1915, aged 29 and is buried in Perth Cemetery (China Wall) in Belgium. He was the son of James and Emma Fellows, of 65, Moseley Rd., Birmingham; husband of Mary Annie Crosby (formerly Fellows), of 5 Court, 5 House, Dymoke St., Birmingham.
Private Fellows of Birmingham was a married man with children. At the start of the First World War Ernest Fellows as an ex Worcestershire Regiment soldier was on the Reserve List and as such was called up for service in September 1914. He re-joined his Regiment on the 29th September 1914.
Fellows was sent to France as part of reinforcements for the 3rd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment early in 1915. Private Fellows was a well respected soldier in the Battalion and he had past experience. Early in June 1915 the 3rd Battalion was holding a line of trenches from the Menin Road on the left to Sanctuary Wood on the right. After 4 days of fighting, on the 9th June 1915 the 3rd Battalion was relieved by the 2nd Royal Irish Rifles. The 3rd Battalion then moved out of the line to Busseboom just east of Poperinghe where they were billeted in bivouac and rested until the 15th June 1915. It was during this rest period that Private Fellows went missing without permission. Following an evening roll call it was discovered that he had gone absent. The Battalion had just received orders that it was to attack enemy trenches at Bellewaerde the following day.
Fellows was apprehended and was tried at a court martial on the 14th July 1915. At his trial he offered no evidence in his defence and was found guilty of desertion and sentenced to death. Fellows was shot by firing squad with 4 other deserters from the 3rd Battalion on the ramparts of Ypres on the 26th July 1915. He was 29 years of age. He was originally buried at the Ramparts Cemetery but was later transferred to the Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Belgium which is 3 Km east of Ypres town centre.
Pte. James Edwin Fellows
British Army 7th Btn. South Lancashire Regiment
from:37, The Willows, Woods Bank, Darlaston, Wednesbury.
(d.10th Jun 1917)
Piper. John William Fellows
British Army 20th (Tyneside Scottish) Btn, No.1 Coy. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:29 Weardale Avenue, Walker, Newcastle
(d.1st July 1916)
John Fellows was my great, great uncle. He served with the 20th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers in WW1 and was 21 when he died at the Battle of the Somme on 1st of July 1916.
He was a piper in the Battalion band. Family memories of him were that he could pick up any instrument and play it, he was very musical. This is particularly poignant for me as I too am very musical. I have been head of music in a high school for 25 years. He was known as John Willie. John's uncle Tom was also in the same Battalion but he survived the war. He said the last time he saw John he had thrown down his bagpipes and was running towards the Germans drawing his bayonet. The pipers of the 20th Battalion led the troops into battle on the very first day of the Battle of the Somme. John would literally have been right at the front, playing his pipes to stir morale, and probably as a result, one of the first men to die in the battle of the Somme. He was my great grandma's brother.
John's initial training was in Newcastle, then they moved on to the grounds of Alnwick Castle before completing training in 1915 on Salisbury Plain. Once in France his Battalion moved to La Boiselle. He was in France for approx 6 months and died somewhere near La Boiselle, I think near where 2 large craters were created. I feel very proud of him but also deeply moved that he died at such a young age, unable to have a family of his own.
We have a photo of him in his uniform and kilt. I will make sure my own children know all about him. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial and I hope to visit one day to pay my respects. Son of William and Martha Fellows of 29, Weardale Avenue, Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne. I would dearly love to find out more about him.
2nd Lt. Mervyn Fellows
British Army 173 Brigade, C Â Bty. Royal Field Artillery
(d.25th August 1917)
Second Lieutenant Mervyn Fellows was aged 27 when he died. He was the son of Peter and Louisa Elvira Fellows, Hurst Hill, Bilston, Staffs. He is buried in Lijssenhoek Military Cemetery, Belgium, Grave XVI.A.17.
Pte. Percy James Fellows
British Army 10th Battalion East Kent Regiment
from:6 Doleham Cottages, Guestling, East Sussex
(d.13th Oct 1918)
I have been researching Percy Fellows for about a year now, I have found out a lot about him but still do not know important things about him like date of birth and company. I also know he had enlisted in Hastings, East Sussex. I know that he was baptised on the 6th of August 1899 and that he had many brothers and sisters. He was 19 when he died from wounds suffered at the Battle Of Epehy. He is now buried at Cambrin Military Cemetery.
Private Percy James Fellows
British Army 10th Battalion East Kent Regiment
from:6 Doleham Cottages, Guestling, East Sussex,
(d.13th Oct 1918)
Percy was born in late July 1899 to Jesse and Elizabeth Fellows. He was born in Three Oaks, was baptised in Icklesham and lived in Guestling. He died on the 13th of October 1918 of wounds suffered while serving with the 10th East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) as Private G/25999. He is buried in Cambrin Military Cemetery. Rest in Peace my great-great uncle Percy James Palmer Fellows
Pte. William James Feltham
Royal Marines Light Infanty HMS Indefatigable
from:Chitterne Wiltshire
(d.31st May 1916)
Pte. John Felton
British Army 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Monkton, Jarrow
(d.8th Oct 1918)
John Felton served with the 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, he was the son of William and Mary Jane Felton (nee Dixon) of Monkton Jarrow. John was born in Bill Quay and enlisted in Newcastle. He died aged 20 on 8th October 1918 and is remembered on the Vis-En-Artois Memorial. Panel 3.
In the 1911 Census, he is living at White Cottage, Monkton, Jarrow: William Felton age 39 Locomotive Driver on the Pontop Jarrow Railway born Usworth, Durham. (married 14 years, children born 1, children living 1) Mary Jane Felton wife age 39 born New Herrington, Durham. John Felton son age 13 at school born Heworth.
Pte. Joseph Felton
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Blackrock, Dublin
(d.27th Jan 1917)
My Great Grandfather was John Edmund Sterry, an Englishman from Lowestoft and a member of the RNR based in Kingstown, Dublin. He married an Irish woman named Mary Margaret Felton, younger sister of Joseph Felton. Joseph Felton enlisted to the British Army in Kingstown, Dublin and served with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 1st Batallion. He died in action aged 20 in 1917.
2nd.Lt. Percival Claude Felts
Royal Flying Corps 6 Squadron
from:Potton, Bedfordshire
(d.23rd July 1917)
Percival Felts was the son of James William and Agnes Maria Felts of The Laurels, Potton in Bedfordshire. He served with the 6th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps based at Abelee Aerodrome, Belgium. He is buried in Lijsenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. He is remembered on the War Memorial at St. Marys church, Potton, Bedfordshire. A pupil of Bedford Modern School 1909-11, he os commemorated on the School War Memorial, which was unveiled in 1923 and in the Roll of Honour, published in The Eagle, December 1923.
Ac/Sgt William Fenby
British Army 8th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Bewholme
(d.8th January 1917)
Gnr. Charles William Maurice Fender MM.
British Army 310th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Leeds
Charles Fender was awarded the Military Medal while serving with 310th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. He died in 1969.
Pte. Thomas Edward Fender
British Army 6th Btn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
from:Crieff
(d.19th December 1915)
Gnr Percy George Fenly
British Army 181st Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Cilfynydd, Pontypridd
Rflmn. Charles Fredrick Fenn
British Army 9th Btn. Rifle Brigade
(d.24th March 1918)
Charles Fenn was born Westminster in 1881 to Charles Robert Fenn and Janie McIlwraith Fenn. The family owned a chemist's shop and lived at 83 Regent Street, Westminster. Charlie was the only son, among seven sisters. Formerly R/17436, K.R.R.C. He also served in the South Africa Campaign. An official letter dated 1st March 1919 was sent to his father, CR Fenn, reporting Charlie as missing. His body was not recovered. He was later declared to have died between 21st and 24th March 1918, aged 34; and his effects, which consisted only of the sum of £19 4s 8d due to him, were forwarded to his father.
Charlie is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial with honour under service number S/25928. He is presumed to have died on the Somme.
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