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Pte. Albert Fulwell VC
British Army 8th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment
from:Aston Birmingham
(d.2nd July 1916 )
This is my Great Great Uncle Albert Fulwell, our family war hero, from Aston, Birmingham. He was called to serve with the South Staffordshire Regiment, 8th Battalion and was sadly killed in action on the second day of the Battle of the Somme, July 2 1916
He was posthumously awarded the Victoria cross a few years later RIP
George Funnell
Australian Imperial Force. D company 41st Btn.
from:Cunningham street, Warwick, QLD
(d.23rd Jun 1917)
Rflmn. Robert James Funnell
British Army 3rd Battalion Rifle Brigade
from:16 Chancealot Road, Abbey Wood, Kent.
(d.9th Aug 1917)
My Great Great Uncle Robert Funnell. We believe he was conscripted in early 1916. Killed by artillery near Hooge at the beginning of the 3rd Battle of Ypres. Remembered on the Menin Gate.
Pte. Ernest George Furnaess
British Army 8th Btn. South Lancashire Regiment
from:Rhyl
(d.29th August 1916)
Ernest George Furnaess was my grandmother's brother. He was born in Pembroke Dock in 1887. He was killed in action in the village of Thiepval in the Somme, aged 28 years on 29th August 1916. He had married Susannah Jones in February 1915 and they lived at 42 Victoria Road, Rhyl. I know nothing more about him.
Pte. Ernest Charles Furneaux
British Army Royal Engineers
from:Swansea
Ernest Charles Furneaux was my great uncle. He was born in 1888 in Swansea and married Esther Hughes from Llanelly in 1911. They had 3 children, none of whom lived for more than 6 months. At the time of the 1911 census, Ernest was a labourer in a colliery. I'm not sure exactly when he joined the army but he qualified for the 1914 Star on 10 September. In January 1915 a letter he sent home was published in the Cardiff Western Mail describing his experience of the Christmas Truce in the trenches. Later on, Ernest suffered badly as a result of a gas attack. Although Ernest survived the war, he died in 1929 at the age of 41. His wife had predeceased him in 1920, aged only 30. If anybody has any further information or knows the whereabouts of his medal trio, please contact me.
Pte. Arthur Furness
from:
My grandfather Arthur Furness was one of the first volunteers in the Leeds Rifles, West Yorks in 1914, he was lucky and survived until the end of the war. He made Corporal but was reduced in rank through being awol. At the time my grandmother had six children and was having the seventh when he went awol. It looks like he repeated this later when she had another child. He got 28 days loss of pay, and 9 days loss of pay. In about 1916 he was transferred to the Lincolnshire Regiment probably to make up depleted numbers. He must have been wounded as he received a pension after the war it looks like they kept giving him a medical to assess him.
Pte. Arthur Furness
British Army West Yorkshire Regiment
My grandfather, Arthur Furness, was one of the first to enlist in 1914. He was wounded twice and later went to the 3rd Lincolns, for those who had been wounded and could not take part in frontline action. I think they went to Ireland where there were some trouble at the time.
Pte. John Thomas Furness
British Army 17th Btn. (N.E.R) Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Monks End Aycliffe
Pte. Robert Furness
Britsh Army 6th Btn. B Coy. Northamptonshire Regiment
from:Irchester
(d.3rd March 1917)
From humble beginnings in a Northamptonshire hamlet, Robert Furness had traveled, effectively, 28 miles in the first 33 years of his life. With the onset of World War One, Robert had no real option over the next 2 years but to travel, effectively, 260 miles to his death in Cable Trench in Cherisy, France. In 1916 he was in action in The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, The Battle of Trones Wood, The Battle of Thiepval Ridge, The Battle of the Ancre Heights, The Battle of the Ancre. In 1917 during Operations on the Ancre, The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The Third Battle of the Scarpe.
Cpl. George William Furnevel
British Army 15th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Coxhoe
(d.16th Apr 1918)
Willie Furnevel served with 15th Btn. Durham Light Infantry.
Pte. E. C. Furniss
Army Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Harold West Furniss
British Army 6th Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment
from:Grimscote, Towcester, Northants
Harold Furniss enlisted 7/9/14 at Northampton, and joined 6th Northamptonshire Regiment as a private, he trained on Salisbury Plain to May 1915. He landed in France 26/07/15, and was posted near Le Cateau. Harold was wounded in the field on 4/07/16, and sent back to England on 17/07/16, where he was admitted to the Lord Derby War Hospital until 22/07/16 for a neck injury. He was posted to France 28/09/16 and rejoined his Battalion 10/10/16. He transferred on 1/03/17 to the Royal Engineers as a Pioneer (Roads and Quarries). Harold survived the war and returned home via Purfleet on 28/01/19, and transferred to army reserve on demobilization on 25/02/19.
James E Furniss
British Army 4th Bn Royal Irish Rifles
(d.30th July 1917)
I am looking for information about a British Officer from World War 1. The reason is that I have bought an officers sword M/1897 with the owner's name engraved and I want to know more about this officer and the unit he belonged to: James E Furniss Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles 4th Bn. Killed in action 31/07/1917 Age 29 Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Son of John E, and Ellen Furniss, of Straid, Ballynure, Co. Antrim I would appreciate if anyone could help me with any information about this officer, his background, his career, his units, were he fought and were he died and a picture of him and about the Royal Irish Rifles 4th Bn. I visited the Somme-area this summer including the Ulster Tower and Thiepval and my interest increased when I recently bought the sword
Walter Raymond Furniss
British Army 195th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:3 Moorgate Street, Halifax
Walter Furniss served with the 195th Seige Battery Royal Garrison Artillery in WW1
Pte. Richard Edward Furnival
British Army 2nd Btn. Manchester Regiment
(d.16th Sep 1914)
Richard Furnival served with the 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment.
Pte. William Furnival
British Army 2nd/5th Btn. North Staffordshire Rgt.
from:Fenton, Staffs
(d.21st March 1918)
Pte. William Furnival
British Army 2nd/5th Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment
from:staffordshire
(d.21st March 1918)
Pte. A. S. Furth
Australian Imperial Force. att. 3rd Salvage Coy. 10 M.G. Coy
Maj. Leslie George Fussell MC.
Australian Imperial Force 17th Batn.
from:Australia
Leslie George Fussell was born at Ballarat on 3rd November 1883. He was married to Ruby Evelyn Fussell and was employed as a bank clerk, when he was commissioned into the Australian Imperial Force as a lieutenant on 7th May 1915. He departed Australia with the 17th Battalion aboard HMAT Themistocles only five days later.
The 17th Battalion trained in Egypt before landing at Anzac Cove on 20th August 1915. At Gallipoli, the Battalion participated in the last action of the August Offensive and then spent the remainder of its time defending Quinn's Post. After the evacuation, Fussell proceeded to France with the 17th Battalion and by June 1916 had become a captain. He fought at Pozières between 25th July and 5th August 1916 and in Belgium until the end of the year.
Fussell spent most of 1917 away from the 17th Battalion as between 3rd January and 23r July 1917, he was seconded for duty to the Ist Anzac Corps School. He was awarded the Military Cross on 5 June 1917 for his consistent devotion to duty, and was promoted to major on 22nd June 1917. After a short period back with the 17th Battalion, he was attached to the 2nd Australian Division as a brigade major trainee from 13th August 1917. He returned to his unit on 23rd November 1917 and remained with the 17th Battalion through most of 1918. The 17th Battalion helped to thwart the German Spring Offensive of 1918 after which the Allied armies turned to the offensive. During this period, the 17th Battalion participated in a number of battles: Amiens on 8th August, the attack on Mont St Quentin on 31st August, and the forcing of the Beaurevoir Line around Montbrehain on 3rd October. Montbrehain was the battalion's last battle as it was in training when the armistice was declared. Active throughout 1919 with demobilisation of the AIF, Leslie Fussell returned to Australia in early 1920 and his military appointment was terminated on 16th June 1920.
Lt.Col. Thomas Barnes Futcher
Canadian Expeditionary Forces Orpington Hospital Royal Army Medical Corps
Thomas Futcher, M.D., was my grandfather. He was raised in St. Thomas, Ontario, the son of farming family. Went to medical school in Toronto and became one of Sir William Osler's chief medical residents at the newly founded Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD, USA. My grandfather, who had a successful private medical practice in Baltimore in 1917, at Dr. Osler's urging, I believe, (or perhaps he was drafted, I don't know. He would have been 46 years old at the time) joined the Canadian Forces in England and became medical director at Orpington Hospital No. 16 from Oct. 1917 through much of 1918. He was a colleague and friend of Thomas McCrae, MD, who preceded him as medical director, and I believe he knew T. McCrae's brother Col. John McCrae, who wrote the poem "In Flanders Fields" and died in the war.
I have some of the letters my grandfather wrote to his wife and his two sons from Orpington during his service there. He talks very little about the war and the patients he treated, who no doubt had many heart-wrenching medical problems. But he talks eloquently about the farm animals and the natural delights he experienced on his Sunday walks through the country roads of Orpington.
If you know more about what it was like to serve as a nurse or physician or to be a patient at Orpington No. 16 during WWI, please contact me. Thanks! I am writing a novel inspired by my grandfather and his experiences during the Great War.
Pte Robert Futter
British Army 9th Btn. Norfolk Regiment
from:Martham, Norfolk
(d.15th Sep 1916)
Robert Futter, a carpenter from Martham, near Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, Robert volunteered on 7th of September 1914 aged 19. He was listed as missing in action, presumed killed during the battle of Guillemont on 15th of September 1916.
Cpl. Alexander Fyfe
British Army Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Corporal Fyfe was captured in September 1914 and was sent to Giessen and Merseburg POW camps.
Pte. Joseph Kelsall Fyfe
British Army 7th Battalion King's Own (Royal Lancaster)
from:Hyde, Cheshire
(d.31st July 1917)
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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