FAHEY, Frederick O. 1315. Private KEH. Left Trinidad for UK 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Served in France and Italy, gassed. Discharged physically unfit 13/06/1919. Born in Trinidad in July 1891 and noted as living there in 1946. Entitled to British War and Victory Medal.
FAIRBROTHER, Walter Henry. 250. Staff Serjeant. Entered France 22/04/1915. Awarded the Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in April 1917 as Shoeing Smith Corporal. Discharged 1/07/1920. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.
FAIRBURN, Frederick A. 953. Private. Entered France 2/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 63rd Royal Naval Division Reserve on 26/06/1917. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio.
FALCONER, Reginald Keith. 255. Private. Entered France 22/04/1915 and discharged 5/04/1919. Born in 1892 and died on 27/01/1959. Photographs of his 1914/1915 Star trio are shown on the accompanying page (author's collection).
FANNIN, Valentine Gowen. Second Lieutenant then Lieutenant KEH. 2nd Troop, 'B' Squadron attached to 1st Army Corps, 55th Division in October 1918. Prior service with Umvoti Mounted Rifles 1912-14 then as a Second Lieutenant, 4th South African Horse in East Africa but not eligible for 1914 or 1914/15 Star. Lieutenant Colonel in South African Army in WW2. Born 14/02/1884 and died 23/09/1961 in Hilton, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Awarded British War and Victory Medals.
FARRANT, R. Private. Prior service with the South African Constabulary. Named in a photograph of Ex-Mounted Police serving in KEH in Longfield, Ireland in 1916 (CU184396). Courtesy of Glenbow Library and Archives Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.
FARRELL, Joseph. 1556. Private. Born in County Longford, Ireland in 1876. Discharged in February 1919. No Great War Service Medal entitlement with home service.
FAWCETT, Frank Edward. 986. Private. 1st Section, 1st Troop, 'C' Squadron in 1917. Enlisted in 1914 and entered France 8/09/1915. WIA. Discharged 5/04/1919. Emigrated to Bolivia and worked on the Bolivian Railway returning to England to enlist. Died La Paz, Bolivia in 1948. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.
FAWCETT, Reginald. 1884. Private. Discharged 4/12/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.
FEARNLEY, Ernest Walter. 1504. Private. KIA 31/07/1917 aged 26. Son of Mr. R. and Mrs. F. Fearnley, of 31 St. James Street, Leeds. Commemorated on the YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, BELGIUM. Private Ernest Walter Fearnley, born around 1890 in Norwich, Norfolk, served with the KEH during the Battle of Passchendaele. In July 1917 all KEH Squadrons were positioned near Watou, under direct command of the XVIII corps. “A” Squadron was instructed to control traffic. “B” Squadron came under orders of the 39th Division and “C” Squadron under the 51st Division. The following days were spent preparing for the operation on 31st July. The 39th Division would be on the right of the 51st Division and would attack the village of St Julien, so at 10 pm, 30th July, “B” Squadron moved to Hospital Farm. The 51st Division would be on the left and advanced towards Maison Bulgare. “C “Squadron moved an hour later to Trois Tours. As the 39th Division met its objective with relative ease, there had been no need to deploy “B” squadron during the operation. “C” Squadron on the other hand, was called upon and went via Below Farm to Gournier Farm, where they arrived around 11am. At 12.30 pm the 1/6th Seaforths called on the “C” Squadron after they had crossed the Steenbeek stream. The squadron mounted and hurried past Vanackert Farm to Ferdinand Farm, where they veered left to cross the Steenbeek. Just before they could cross the stream, heavy machine-gun fire was opened from Maison Du Rasta. The Squadron dismounted and dug in along the road to Ferdinand Farm. At 11.30 p.m. an order was sent that said that the horses and as many men as could be spared were to return to Essex Farm. Only 10 men and the Hotchkiss gunners were left at Ferdinand Farm. At 8 a.m. they also withdrew and at 11 a.m. the whole squadron was sent to Essex Farm, where they mounted and returned to Watou. Private Ernest Walter Fearnley was presumably killed near Ferdinand Farm, when “C” Squadron tried to cross the Steenbeek. He was the only man from the other ranks who was killed in action on the 31st. Captain William Henry Dillon was also killed during the operation, Major Swann was wounded and 2nd Lieutenant Brakell went missing. Seven other ranks were wounded, two were injured and 51 horses were either killed or went missing. Ernest has no known grave and is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. His brother, William, was killed nearly a month later, while working on a road near Ypres. Civilian photograph of both brothers shown. Ernest was entitled to the British War and Victory Medals.
FEARNLEY, William George. 1503. Private. KIA 26/08/1917 aged 25. Son of Mr. R. and Mrs. F. Fearnley of 31 St. James Street, Leeds. Born Norwich, Norfolk. Returned from Australia in 1915 to enlist. After partaking in the opening day of the offensive on the 31st of July 1917, the KEH was stationed near Watou. The troops were engaged in working parties and were ordered to regulate traffic. But the supply routes along which the men were to regulate traffic were well known by the Germans and the roads were frequently shelled by the German artillery. In the period up until 27th August, four men were killed during traffic control duty. On August 27th it was reported that three men died of their wounds. These three soldiers were probably Trooper William George Fearnley, Trooper Percy Welstead H. Noble and Trooper James McCloskey. All three of them seem to have been wounded while being on a road construction party near Ypres. They were brought to Duhallow Advanced Dressing Station, where they died of their wounds. The three soldiers were buried at Duhallow A.D.S. cemetery, Ypres, Flanders. Brother of Private Ernest Walter Fearnley 1504 and tragically both KIA within a month of each other. Remembered on the Commemorative Roll of the Australian War Memorial. Civilian photograph of both brothers shown. William was entitled to the British War and Victory Medals.
FEGAN, Daniel. 13. Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM). RSM Fegan was born in 1851 in Ireland and saw service with the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, the King’s Colonials and then King Edward’s Horse. He saw out the final years in service as a Yeoman of the Guard. Photograph of RSM Fegan, 274 (his KEH service number) in Full Dress uniform of ‘B’ Squadron, KEH circa 1911 (Image Copyright Imperial War Museum Q 69197). Image of medals worn by RSM Fegan with a set of miniatures: the 1902 and 1911 Coronation Medals; Egypt Medal with ‘Tel-el-Kebir’ bar, Khedives Star; Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal; Army Meritorious Service Medal and the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal (Reproduced courtesy of Richard Winterton Auctioneers Ltd, UK). Photograph of RSM Fegan in Ireland in 1917 courtesy of Peter Saunders from his father's (Private Ernest Gordon Saunders) album of KEH and 2KEH photographs taken during his service in Ireland in 1917.
FEILDING, Henry Simon. The Honourable. Lieutenant in KEH in 1915 see Figure 19. Accidentally wounded 30/06/1915 at Divisional Bombing School. Second Lieutenant, Captain Coldstream Guards. KIA 11/10/1917 aged 23 with 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Son of the Earl and Countess of Denbigh of Newnham Paddox, Lutterworth, Rugby. Buried in DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
FELL, David N. Farrier Serjeant. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Navy commanding submarine A12 reported 20/02/1915. Lieutenant Commander, Central Reserve Minesweepers on 20/02/1920. Served in the Boer War. Son of Mr. A. Fell, Member of Parliament, New Zealand. Born 30/11/1886 in Wimbledon, Surrey and died 17/07/1948 in Suffolk, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio and commemorated on the Auckland Online Cenotaph.
FELLGETT, Sidney James. 1642. Serjeant. 'B' Squadron. Enlisted 29/08/1916 and entered France 5/04/1918. Discharged 24/06/1919. Born in East Bergholt, Suffolk, England in 1899 and returned from the Argentine to enlist from the Argentinian Railway staff. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.
FERGUSON, Thomas. 2114. Private KEH. Transferred to KEH as Private 1487 from 2KEH. Arrived in France 30/07/1915 and discharged 29/07/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.
FERREIRA, Edwin Lionel. 1296 Private. From Trinidad having sailed 18/10/1915 with 1st Caribbean Merchant and Planters Contingent. Served in France and Italy. Discharged to Reserve 13/04/1919. Died Sep 1948 in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Named in photograph of Hotchkiss Gun team at Valhuon in 1916 see Figure 22. His brother was potentially Private Albert Joseph Ferreira, 2nd/6th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, 2nd Contingent.
FERRIER, Alexander. 2071. Private. Transferred from 2KEH as Private 2058. Discharged 25/10/1918. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.
FETHERSTON, Guy. Private KEH. Entered France 2/1915. Reported in Auckland Star 11/01/1915 as being from Auckland and that he had joined the KEH. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 45th Brigade, 8th Division, Royal Field Artillery. Later Major (as noted in the Chronicles of the NZEF, 2/05/1917) and awarded the Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross and Croix de Guerre (London Gazette 6/11/1918) and was Mentioned in Despatches. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from the Department of Overseas Trade, Whitehall, London.
FEZAN, . Regimental Serjeant Major, King's Colonials in 1902 with prior service with 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards (Photograph see Figure 5).
FFRENCH, V. T. H. 372. Private. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Naval Air Service 22/03/1918.
FIELDING, Morris Glanville. 201. Corporal. 2nd Troop, 'C' Squadron KEH 1915. Joined the Oxford University Troop of KEH on 2/01/1912. Entered France on 22/04/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant on 5/05/1916, promoted to Captain from Jan 1917 in the 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Wounded three times and awarded the Military Cross 13/11/1916 for gallantry at Beaumont Hamel. Awarded Silver War Badge B230838. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio. Born in Parramatta, Sydney, Australia on 30/06/1892 and after being ordained he worked as Curate then Rector in Sydney before his death there on 27/11/1972. Biography from an excellent article on Captain Fielding MC by Peter Nemaric published in the 'Sabretache' XXXVII: 34-36, 1996 which includes several photographs of Captain Fielding.
FILLIS, Cecil Edward. 1941. Private. Prior service in WW1 as Corporal, 126 with 4th Mounted Rifles. WIA at the defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Born 7/11/1892 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, resided in Durban, South Africa and died 26/10/1962 in Malvern, Victoria, Australia. Discharged 13/03/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.
FILMER, Geoffrey F. 863. Private. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 1/05/1915. Commissioned as Second Lieutenant later Acting Captain, Surrey Yeomanry 14/01/1916. Severely wounded upper arm 22/06/1915. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.
FINCH, William. 1384. Private. Transferred to Corps of Dragoons as Private D/32095. Discharged 13/08/1920. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.
FINLAY, Alan Gordon. Second Lieutenant KEH. Prior service as a Second Lieutenant, Gordon Highlanders and transferred to KEH on 4/09/1914. After service with the KEH he was promoted to Temporary Captain, 9th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment 12/1914 and then later Captain, Grenadier Guards. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio and enquired about his eligibility for the Coronation Medal.
FINLAY, Reginald Gedye. Second Lieutenant, King's Colonials in 1905 and then Lieutenant on 1/05/1907. Lieutenant KEH 1910. Captain Special List 2/04/1913 KEH. KEH attached to 6th Dragoon Guards Cyclist Division and arrived in France 8/11/1914. Born in England, lived Henley-on-Thames and died 20/02/1952 aged 70. Lieutenant in 1915 see Figure 19. Awarded 1914 Star trio.
FINNELLY, William Abel. 1634 Private. Discharged 14/12/1918. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.
FINNEY, A. Private. Born in South Africa and died in 1943 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Noted in Old Comrades Bulletin and service in King's Colonials more likely than Great War with no matching Medal Index Card or Medal Roll entry identified with King Edward's Horse.
FINNEY, Vincent Joseph. 1223. Private KIA 09/04/1918 aged 42 defending Vieille Chapelle. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Lude Finney of 19 Witham Road, Isleworth, Middlesex born Apr 1875. Commemorated on the LOOS MEMORIAL, FRANCE. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Commemorative plaque from Commonwealth War Graves Commission shown.
FISH, Joseph. 499. Private. Enlisted 26/08/1914 and discharged due to illness 25/02/1916 and did not serve overseas. Awarded Silver War Badge 19187 as sole entitlement.
FISHER, Alexander. 436. Staff Serjeant. Arrived in France 22/04/1915 with 4th Troop, 'C' Squadron and discharged 5/04/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. (Possible photograph see Figure 23).
FISHER, Edward Henry. 397. Private. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant 26/01/1917 'B' Squadron. Orderly Officer 'A' Squadron when he was KIA 09/04/1918 aged 21 defending Vieille Chapelle. Son of Henry Edward and Matilda Ann Fisher of 64 Westover Road, Wandsworth, London. Also served in Italy. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Name commemorated on the LOOS MEMORIAL, FRANCE. (Possible photograph Figure 23).
FISHER, Hyman. 202169 Private. Enlisted 25/9/1917 and deserted 24/10/1917 and discharged. Medal Index Card notes additional Regimental number of 202169. No medal entitlement.
FISHER, Walter. 1125. Private KEH. Enlisted 31/05/1915 and entered France 1/10/1915. Transferred as Private, Machine Gun Corps 71547. Discharged 18/08/1917 due to sickness. Awarded Silver War Badge 133,907. Born in 1886. (Possible photograph Figure 23). Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.
FISHER-DEANE, . Private. Service with the King's Colonials from 1904-07 with 'B' Squadron and then pre-war KEH.
FISHLOCK, Aynsley Charles. 1621. Lance Corporal KEH. Transferred as Private, 3rd/6th Dragoon Guards 393869. From Ireland. Awarded Military Medal (London Gazette 20/08/1919). Transferred to the Reserve 7/03/1919. Born 12/07/1894 in Green Lane, Liverpool, England. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Portrait photograph in Dragoon Guards uniform shown on accompanying page.
FITTON, John. 1098. Private. 'B' Squadron 1916. Transferred to Reserve 18/02/1919. Private (Trooper) in accompanying photograph at the Curragh, Ireland alongside Trooper Mulley, KEH in 1915. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.
FITZGERALD, William Patrick Gerald. 1313. Private. 2nd Troop, 'C' Squadron. Enlisted in Blackpool, England. Awarded Military Medal (London Gazette 23/07/1919). Discharged 13/04/1919. Born in Ireland. Saw service in the Boer War in the Uganda Police and British East African Police. Applied for British War and Victory Medals from Brixton, London. Portrait photograph from an account he wrote for the "The World Wide Magazine" published in 1920 entitled "The Maddest Exploit of the War" shown on the accompanying page with photographs of his Military Medal courtesy of a UK private collector. Also named in a photograph shown on the accompanying page of Ex-Mounted Police serving in KEH in Longfield, Ireland in 1916, (CU184396). Courtesy of Glenbow Library and Archives Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary
FITZ-HERBERT, John Aloysius. 326. Private KEH. Born in Launceston, Tasmania on 19/05/1892. Enlisted in KEH in 1913 whilst at Trinity College, Cambridge and originally attended Sydney University. Entered France on 22/04/1915 with 'C' Squadron. Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Garrison Artillery 20/10/1915 and absorbed into Anti-Aircraft Section, Royal Artillery 7/06/1916. Lieutenant 1/07/1917. Seconded to Royal Flying Corps 31/08/1917. Observer with 15 Squadron RAF 1/04/1018 and wounded 2/05/1918 in an aeroplane crash near Amiens. Returned to England 3/06/1918 and transferred to Royal Garrison Artillery 3/06/1918. Awarded Military Cross 1917, Mentioned in Despatches and 1914/15 Star trio. Became a Professor at Adelaide University from 1928 and died in South Australia 15/04/1970. Commemorated on the Sydney University Roll.
FITZPATRICK, Clement. 983. Private. Born in England in 1882, enlisted 1/03/1915 and arrived in France 21/04/1915 with 'C' Squadron. Attended Cadet School 8/09/1916 and commissioned Second Lieutenant 20/10/1916 in the Indian Army Reserve of Officers. Prior service of two years with Uttar Pradesh Light Horse Volunteers and occupation on enlistment with KEH stated as Police Officer. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.
FITZWATER, Charles F. Private. D/12428. Transferred as Private, Corps of Dragoons D/12428. Discharged 18/10/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.
FLASHMAN, Frank Francis. 6. Saddler Serjeant. Enlisted 7/04/1913, entered France 2/06/1915 and discharged 2/07/1918. Entitled to 1914/15 Star Trio. Born circa 1879 in Lambeth, Surrey, England and married 10/06/1905 to Nellie Mills with two children. Prior service in the Royal Artillery as Gunner 99042 from 1/09/1893 until 31/08/1909 including service in Gibraltar. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.
FLEMING, Royd. 1189. Private. 2nd Troop, 'B' Squadron in 1916. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 15th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment 27/05/1917. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.
FLIGHT, Frederick Herbert. 2084. Private. Discharged 27/03/1919. Awarded the Territorial Forces War Medal, British War and Victory Medals.
FLOYD, Sidney. 1058. Private. Entered France 4/05/1915. Private Corps of Dragoons D/32706. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Medals applied for c/o requested from The Office of the Commissioner, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Ottawa.
FOGARTY, Harry Richard. 1632. Private. WIA at the defense of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 14/02/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.
FORD, Frank E. 1726. Signaller. Discharged 14/02/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals with Medal Index Card noting they were to be administered by the Metropolitan Police.
FORD, Stanley. 1115. Corporal. 'B' Squadron. Entered France 15/09/1915. Wounded at Savy 21/03/1917 and awarded the Military Medal. Discharged 16/04/1919. Attended third KEH re-union in South America in 1945. Died in 1966 in South America. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio from Dublin, Ireland.
FORD, William Henry. 25. Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant. Regimental number 100 with KEH. Farrier Quartermaster Sergeant Major William Henry Ford was born on 18/04/1874 in Berrington, Surrey, England and served with the 106th (Staffordshire) Company, Imperial Yeomanry as Farrier Serjeant, 20679 in the Boer War before enlisting in the King’s Colonials Imperial Yeomanry on the 16th March 1903. His enlistment papers state prior service in the Royal Field Artillery. He re-enlisted in King Edward’s Horse on 1st March 1913, was embodied 5th August 1914, landed in France 2nd June 1915 and was discharged on the 15th March 1916 due to his age. Awarded Silver War Badge 71432 and 1914/15 Star trio. Shown in accompanying photograph with his field blacksmith's forge at Latimer Camp in 1903.
FORREST, Harold Archibald. 940, Private. 1914-15 Star (940 Pte. H. A. Forrest. K. Edw. H.); British War and Victory Medals (940 Pte. H. A. Forrest. K. Edw. H.). Harold Archibald Forrest was born in Streatham in 1889 and attested for General Service on 4/09/1914, giving his profession as Assistant Riding Master. He served during the Great War with KEH on the Western Front from 5/05/1915. Having subsequently transferred to the 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, was discharged on account of wounds on 9/08/1918 (entitled to Silver War Badge). He died in Rochford, Essex, in 1948. His 1914/15 Star trio sold by Dix Noonan Webb auctioneers, UK in 2017.
FORT, George Seymour. Honourable. Lieutenant King's Colonials 1902 and commanded 2nd Troop (New South Wales), 'C' Squadron (Australasian) in 1903 (Photograph see Figure 4). Captain in King's Colonials 2/07/1904.
FORTESCUE, Henry. Senior Major, King's Colonials 1905 joined 20/07/1904. Colonel, Commanding Officer April 1909 - January 1913, late 17th Lancers. Awarded Coronation Medal 1911. Born in Pimlico, Middlesex 15/05/1856, enlisted 17th Lancers 15/07/1876 and died 23/07/1940 in Weybridge, Surrey, England. (Photograph from The King Edward’s Horse Senior and Junior Comrades’ Association Annual Bulletin.19: 1952).
FOSTER, David. 603. Private KEH. Discharged 19/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.
FOSTER, Henry. 652. Acting Corporal KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Discharged 25/09/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.
FOSTER, Theodore. 731. Private KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Commissioned as Second Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery on 22/06/1917 then transferred as Second Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.
FOTHERGILL, William H. 961. Private. 'A' Squadron. Private. 'A' Squadron. Emigrated to Argentina before the Great War and returned to join up in 1914/15. Entered France 28/07/1915 and discharged 3/03/1919. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio and a note on the Great War Forum indicates that his British War and Victory Medals are held in a private collection. His brother Captain Reginald Hannay Fothergill, Royal Army Medical Corps was Mentioned in Despatches as a Temporary Lieutenant (London Gazette 1/01/1916) and survived the war. He served in Battle of Loos in the Hohenzollern redoubt area for over a year before moving down to the Somme where he was wounded. He never claimed his medals. He was with 36th Field Artillery, 12th Division, 7th East Surrey Regiment and 134th Field Artillery.
FOTHERGILL, Reginald Hannay. Private. 'A' Squadron. Brother of William Hannay Fothergill noted on Great War Forum as having been hospitalised.
FOUNTAIN, Anthony P. 1715. Serjeant. Transferred as Serjeant, Royal Engineers 206086 then Serjeant WR/553257 with Inland Water Transport Section. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.
FRANCIS, Ernest (Jim) William. 529. Private. Entered France 2/06/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 14/09/1915 later Lieutenant with KEH. Same Troop as Private George Bull. Born 6/02/1891 in South Yarra, Victoria, Australia. Ran a riding school at Cranbourne, Victoria. He had two sons, one of whom was killed in WW2. Jim served in the Citizen Military Forces in WW2. Died 21/09/1960 in Moorooduc, Victoria. Applied for 1914/15 Star trio.
FRANKLIN, Brian. 425. Corporal. 3rd Troop, 'B' Squadron. Entered France 20/10/1915. Discharged 13/02/1919. Served in home guard in WW2. Born JULY 1889 in Fareham, Hampshire, England and 27/11/1956 in Ealing, Middlesex. His brother Lance Serjeant Geoffrey Franklin, 1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment was born in Oct 1891 also in Fareham, Hampshire, England and was KIA 19/10/1914 in France and commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial. Brian was awarded 1914/15 Star trio and WW2 Defence medal and these are held in a private collection.
FRANKLIN, John G. 1422. Private KEH. Transferred as Sapper, Royal Engineers 229158 and later Sapper, Royal Engineers WR263360. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.
FRASER, Douglas Galloway. Lance Corporal. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.
FRASER, Ernest F. 1921. Private. Transferred as Private, Machine Gun Corps (Motor) 80437. Discharged 15/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.
FRASER, John Neville (Neville). Private. Enlisted KEH 24/08/1914. Entered France 24/08/1915. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery attached to 'D' Battery, 105th Brigade, 23rd Division. Promoted to Lieutenant in Jan 1916. Wounded 25/08/1917. Promoted to Captain in 1918. Returned to Victoria, Australia on 24/12/1918. Born the son of the Honourable Simon Fraser, Senator for Victoria on 6/08/1890 in Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria. He was educated at Melbourne Grammar School, before going up to Trinity College, Melbourne. From there he studied in England at Magdalen College, Oxford and became a first class cricketer. He served in the Royal Australian Air Force in WW2 and he died in the Sydney suburb of Lindfield in January 1962. His son Malcolm would serve as the Prime Minister of Australia from 1975 to 1983.
FRASER, William. S. 879. Private. Entered France 2/05/1915. Discharged 5/04/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.
FRAZER, Donald. 974. Private KEH. 'A' Squadron. Enlisted 26/02/1915 at Liverpool on return from USA and entered France 1/06/1915. Discharged 19/04/1919. Born in 1890 in Brighton, England. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.
FREEMAN, Frank. 1645. Private KEH. KEH. Reported as Missing in Action at defence of Vieille Chapelle 9-11/04/1918. Discharged 17/03/1919. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals.
FREEMAN, H. I. 103. Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant, King's Colonials then KEH. Serjeant Freeman pictured at Colchester Camp 1911 see Figure 61. Second Lieutenant in photograph Marlborough Barracks, Dublin 1918 see Figure 33. Awarded Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal April 1914.
FREEMAN, John Christian. 1565. Private. 3rd South African Mounted Rifles, 2329. Served in South West Africa. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 22/02/1918 KEH. Prior service in the Boer War with 1st Imperial Light Horse as Private, 1033 and awarded Queen's South Africa Medal with South Africa 1900 clasp. Born 17/11/1893 in Steenkoolspruit, South Africa and died 14/10/1953 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Awarded 1914/15 Star trio with 1914/15 Star issued by the South African Ministry and British War and Victory Medals by the British Army. Named in a photograph of Ex-Mounted Police serving in KEH in Longfield, Ireland in 1916 (CU184396). Courtesy of Glenbow Library and Archives Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary. Post war portrait photograph also shown on accompanying page in South African Army uniform courtesy of Ancestry.
FRODSHAM, Henry Freer. 852. Private KEH. Record identical to Private John William Thompson, 852 on Medal Index Card.
FRODSHAM, Hugh Rose Swire. 584. Serjeant KEH. Entered France 22/04/1915. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for gallantry at Maulde on 9/11/1918 and 1914/15 Star trio. Discharged 14/04/1919. Born in Bengal, India on 5/12/1883 and died at Bridport on 13/02/1950. Served in pre-war KEH after service with South African Constabulary and North West Mounted Police. He served as the Chief Royal Observer, Dorset in WW2.
FRY, James Leslie Rood. 1235. Private. Enlisted 19/08/1915. Discharged 17/06/1918. Awarded Silver War Badge B4615 after service in France. Had enlisted 12/06/1915 in No. 2 Depot Company, AIF and discharged at own request 26/06/1915. Born in Armadale, Victoria in 1891 and died on 11/08/1961 in Gembrook, Victoria, Australia. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. His brother Lieutenant George Vincent Fry, AIF also served in the Great War.
FULLER, Charles C. 141. Corporal. 'A' Squadron. Entered France 1/06/1915. Later promoted to Serjeant. Served in pre-war KEH and March 1913 Regimental Orders show him as Shoeing Smith, 1128. Discharged 8/05/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Brother of Shoeing Smith Thomas C. Fuller, 248, KEH and they were both promoted to Shoeing Smith in March 1913 in the pre-war KEH as Troopers 1128 and 1129.
FULLER, Charles Drury. Private, Flying Officer Royal Air Force
FULLER, E. A. 47. Farrier Serjeant. Awarded the Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal April 1917.
FULLER, Percy. 536. Shoeing Smith, Serjeant. Entered France 21/04/1915. Discharged 19/04/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio.
FULLER, Stanley. 28. Farrier Staff Serjeant, Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant. Originally in King's Colonials enlisted 20/07/1906. With 'A' Squadron when entered France 22/04/1915 then 3rd Troop 'B' Squadron in 1916 and discharged 19/07/1916. Awarded Silver War Badge 255364 and the Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in April 1917. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Photograph and biography available www.kingedwardhorse.net. Father or brother of E. A Fuller and/or Percy Fuller and/or Thomas C. Fuller?
FULLER, Thomas C. 258. Shoeing Smith, Corporal. 'A' Squadron. Pre-war service in KEH with Regimental orders for March 1913 noting Trooper T. C. Fuller 1129 to be Shoeing Smith. Entered France 22/04/1915. Reported Missing in Action at the defense of Vieille Chapelle 9-11.04/1918. Discharged 6/04/1919. Entitled to 1914/15 Star trio. Brother of Farrier Serjeant Charles C. Fuller, 141, KEH and they were both promoted to Shoeing Smith in March 1913 in the pre-war KEH as Troopers 1128 and 1129.
FURSE, Ralph Dougnon. He was Private when attending training camp in 1908 as part of the Oxford university detachment. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant KEH 1910, Lieutenant, Captain, as a Major commanded a Squadron of the KEH in WW1. Major Sir Ralph Furse, Colonial Service, late King Edward's Horse. ORDER OF ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE, K.C.M.G., neck badge and breast star in silver, gilt and enamels, the set contained in its Garrard case of issue, some minor chips to the enamel on the reverse of the badge, DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER, G.V.R., with second award bar suspension ring re-soldered; 1914-15 STAR (Capt., K. Edw. H.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, Mentioned in Despatches (twice) (Major); JUBILEE 1935; CORONATION 1937, the group mounted as worn and sold with a copy of his autobiography 'Aucuparius - Recollections of a Recruiting Officer' London, 1962. DSO., London Gazette 26th July, 1918: 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during a hostile attack when he held for over five hours, 900 yards of a system with a hundred men and a weak company of infantry, ultimately withdrawing in good order, in spite of hand-to-hand fighting in the trenches. His skill and courage were most marked.' Bar to DSO., London Gazette, 8th March, 1919: (details 4th October, 1919). 'He handled the advance guard of Corps Mounted Troops in a most skillful and dashing manner during the advance from Lille to the Escaut on the 18th and 19th October, 1918. Under heavy machine-gun fire he turned the enemy's flanks and drove them out with the loss of one man killed and one wounded. He showed cool courage and able leadership throughout.' M.I.D., London Gazette, 20th December, 1918 and 5th July 1919. Major Sir Ralph Dolignon Furse, K.C.M.G., D.S.O., made a unique personal contribution to the history of the British Colonial Service. Born in September, 1887, the son of J. H. M. Furse, he was educated at Eton and Balliol College. In 1909 he was brought into touch with the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Lewis Harcourt, who was looking for an additional Assistant Private Secretary, to help his co-called 'patronage' work. Up to that time apart from the Eastern Cadetships, which were filled by competitive examination, recruitment for the Colonial Service had been sporadic and not on such a scale as to call for any special organization. The rapid development from 1900 onwards, of the hitherto un-administered inland territories of Tropical Africa changed all that. When Furse came to the Colonial Office in 1910 the administrative staffs alone of the Tropical African Dependencies had increased from a mere handful to a total of nearly 500. To deal with this situation was the task offered to Ralph Furse, he undertook it with alacrity. Though in form a personal Private Secretary to the Minister, and liable to discharge on a change in the incumbency, he was too good to lose, and he was kept on until 1914, by which time he had established a close relationship with University Appointments Boards and other sources of supply and had built up a system of selection based on the candidate's personal record and the impression made by him at interview. After his service in King Edward's Horse in the First World war, the Colonial office again turned to Furse, and in 1919 he was once more installed as Assistant Private Secretary (appointments). From 1919 onwards, Furse, though still holding no official position and still nominally a member of the personal entourage of the Secretary of State, was in practice the head of an efficient and growing Recruitment Department. The separation of the Dominions Office from the Colonial Office in 1925, and the appointment of a Colonial Governor, Sir Samuel Wilson, as Permanent Under-Secretary of State, enabled attention to be given to the need for reorganization of the office. Furse felt that satisfactory recruitment would be made possible only if the Colonial public services could be unified on a functional basis instead of being regarded as entirely separate territorial organizations. Largely as a result of Furse's representations that Leo Amery, as Secretary of State, decided in 1929 to set up a committee, under the chairmanship of Sir Warren Fisher to go into the question of recruitment. As a result of this committee's recommendation, the policy of unification was accepted by the succeeding Secretary of State, Lord Passfield; a Personnel Division was set up in the Colonial Office and Furse, along with his team of assistants, was admitted by special dispensation to the established Civil Service to form that half of the new division which was to be responsible for recruitment and training. Furse took a full share in the subsequent working out of the unification policy, and under his direction (he was now styled Director of Recruitment) the staffing of the Colonial Service went ahead until the outbreak of war in 1939. One of Furse's major concerns was the establishment of Colonial Administrative Service courses at Oxford and Cambridge, and also, subsequently, at London University. During the Second World War he initiated further study of the problem which was undertaken by a committee under the chairmanship of the late Duke of Devonshire when Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State. As a result the well known 'Devonshire' courses were established after the war. Furse retired officially in 1948 but continued until 1950 to act as part-time adviser to the Colonial Office on training questions. He published 'Aucuparius: Recollections of a Recruiting Officer' in 1962 and died in Exeter on the 1st October, 1973 aged 87. Only four DSO's were awarded to the KEH during the Great War and only Furse went on to win a bar to the decoration. Eleven uniform and equipment items of Major Furse's are held in the National Army Museum. His medals were sold at auction by Dix Noonan Webb, UK in December 1992. Photograph of Major Furse taken at the Royal Review 5th July, 1953 (King Edward's Horse Senior and Junior Old Comrades Association Bulletin 20: 1953) and in 1915 see Figure 19.
FUTCHER, Cyril (G.H.C. initials noted on Shirburnian record). 1380. Corporal. KEH 1915-17. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, (10th Battalion shown on 'Old Shirburnian Navy and Army List, 1914-19' and attended Sherborne School, Dorset 1905-07) Notts & Derby Regiment 30/04/1918. Applied for his British War and Victory Medals from Salisbury, England.
