The Ploegsteert Memorial - Surnames F
Photo : Chris Weekes
The names of those men of the Yorkshire Regiment with a surname beginning with âFâ listed on the Ploegsteert Memorial are recorded below.
A photograph of the commemorative panel for the Yorkshire Regiment and the one of the Lions gurading the memorial can be viewed by selecting here.
Men commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial
Private William Fairbairn
326210. 16th Battalion Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment), formerly 22790 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Sarah Fairbairn, of North Grimston, Malton, Yorks. Killed 16 April 1918. Aged 20.
Born North Grimston (Yorks), Enlisted Malton (Yorks).
Commemorated on Panel 1, PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL.)
(Shown in SDGW as “Fairburn”)
Private Thomas Roddam Featherston
242710. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late George F. C. and Mary Featherston, of Middlesbrough; husband of Euphemia F. Featherston, of 36, Thornfield Rd., Linthorpe, Middlesbrough. A Schoolmaster. Died 10 April 1918. Aged 32.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees, Resided Stockton-on-Tees.
Private John Charles Cuthbertson Fenwick
202039. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Florence L. Fenwick, of 50, Moses St., North Ormesby, Middlesbrough. Died 12 April 1918. Aged 43.
Born North Ormesby, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided North Ormesby.
Private William Foster
46221. 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 211922 R E. Husband of Emma Foster, of Colsterworth, Grantham. Died 9 April 1918. Aged 37.
Born Sheffield, Enlisted Grimsby, Resided Twyford (Colster-Worth).
Private Robert Henry Frankish
78968. 1st/7th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, formerly 17450 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 13 April 1918.
Born Hull, Enlisted Hull.
Commemorated on Panel 8 and 9, PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL.
Private Percy Fryer
28836. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Fryer, of Old Scriven, Knaresborough, Yorks. Died 12 April 1918. Aged 21. Born Knaresborough (Yorks), Enlisted Harrogate, Resided Knaresborough.
A Photograph of the Yorkshire Regiment Commemorative Panel on the Ploegsteert Memorial and one of the Guardian Lions.
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Photo : Christopher Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)
Photo : Edward Nicholl