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Fairbairns, JM
(1896 - 1917)
2nd Lieutenant
Royal Field Artillery
Born in Streatham on April 1st 1896 Joseph was the fourth and youngest son of commission agent Thomas Fairbairns and his wife, Elizabeth; not only…
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Faithfull-Davies, GV
(1888 - 1917)
Lieutenant
13th Battalion, Royal Scots
Vere, as he was universally known, was born on February 18th 1888, the youngest of eight children born to the Reverend Robert Davies and his…
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Farquharson, CG
(1884 - 1918)
Lieutenant Colonel
Royal Marine Light Infantry
Born on July 24th 1884 in Gosport, Hampshire, Cecil was the eighth of nine sons who were amongst fourteen children born to Matthew Farquharson, a…
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Farquharson, JCL
(1881 - 1914)
Lieutenant
1/14th (London Scottish) Battalion, London Regiment
John was born in Hull on May 16th 1881, the seventh of nine sons who were amongst fourteen children born to Matthew Farquharson, a Colonel…
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Farrar, HR
(1887 - 1914)
2nd Lieutenant
3rd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment
Ronald was born on July 25th 1887 in South Shields, the second child of the local vicar, also called Herbert Farrar, and his wife, Florence.…
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Fenner, AT
(1899 - 1917)
Lieutenant
North Staffordshire Regiment
Born on October 26th 1899, Alan was the only son among four children born to draper’s shop worker George Fenner and his wife, Ellen. He…
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Fesche, HAM
(1893 - 1918)
Private
2nd Battalion, Auckland Regiment, New Zealand Infantry
Frank, as he came to be known, was born on August 5th 1893. He joined Dulwich in September 1908, not long after his fifteenth birthday,…
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