Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment: Welsh Regiment, 14th Battalion.
Died: 31st July 1917
Age: 23 years old
Born in Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth on the 29th October 1894 and baptised there the following month on the 24th November, Francis was the only son of Agnes Denise Fox (née Rogers) of Southdown Lawn, Gownhill, Devon, and the late Francis Wilson Fox, of Uplands, Crown Hill, Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth, Devon. They had married in St. Michael's Church, Mawnan, Cornwall on the 30th November 1892. The Baptism register entry for Francis records his father's occupation as Gentleman. He was also a Justice of the Peace. In 1900 the family were living at Riverside Precinct 8, Riverside, California, USA. His father died on the 3rd June 1904 in Bad Nauheim, Germany. His death is registered in the Consular Records.
Francis was educated at Hamilton House in Bath before attending Malvern College from 1908-1914 where he was a House Prefect.
On the outbreak of war, he joined the Officer Training Corps at Epsom and on the 19th November 1914, was given a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Welsh Regiment, also known as the "Swansea Pals". He eventually went to France in September 1916 as part of the British Expeditionary Force and served with his Regiment throughout France and Flanders.
On the 31st July 1917 during the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele), Francis was killed leading his men into action on the first day of the Battle of Pilckem Ridge in Belgium.
Letters from those who knew him as a soldier all speak highly of his courage and coolness, and, above all, of that unfailing cheeriness which won him the affection of men and officers. Under the surface, too, there was a depth of feeling that perhaps only his most intimate friends were aware of.
His Colonel wrote:
He will be a great loss. He was a brave boy; he always did his work well and under all conditions was cheerful – a very great asset under the present conditions."
A brother officer also wrote:
He had an exceptionally fine nature, and was an excellent soldier, who was loved by the officers and men. His chiefest good quality was his continual cheeriness under all conditions and he has kept us so, many times. He has left us all a great example of a soldier and a gentleman".
Originally buried on the west side of the Pilckem Road due east of Glimpse Cottage Cemetery, Boesinghe, Francis now rests with his "Pals" in New Irish Farm Cemetery. His name is also commemorated on the War Memorial in Tamerton Foliot, Devon.
(Sources: CWGC, Find My Past, Ancestry, Malvern College, Newspaper Reports, National Archives, IWM)
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Regiment: Welsh Regiment, 14th Battalion.
Died: 31st July 1917
Age: 23 years old
Born in Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth on the 29th October 1894 and baptised there the following month on the 24th November, Francis was the only son of Agnes Denise Fox (née Rogers) of Southdown Lawn, Gownhill, Devon, and the late Francis Wilson Fox, of Uplands, Crown Hill, Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth, Devon. They had married in St. Michael's Church, Mawnan, Cornwall on the 30th November 1892. The Baptism register entry for Francis records his father's occupation as Gentleman. He was also a Justice of the Peace. In 1900 the family were living at Riverside Precinct 8, Riverside, California, USA. His father died on the 3rd June 1904 in Bad Nauheim, Germany. His death is registered in the Consular Records.
Francis was educated at Hamilton House in Bath before attending Malvern College from 1908-1914 where he was a House Prefect.
On the outbreak of war, he joined the Officer Training Corps at Epsom and on the 19th November 1914, was given a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Welsh Regiment, also known as the "Swansea Pals". He eventually went to France in September 1916 as part of the British Expeditionary Force and served with his Regiment throughout France and Flanders.
On the 31st July 1917 during the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele), Francis was killed leading his men into action on the first day of the Battle of Pilckem Ridge in Belgium.
Letters from those who knew him as a soldier all speak highly of his courage and coolness, and, above all, of that unfailing cheeriness which won him the affection of men and officers. Under the surface, too, there was a depth of feeling that perhaps only his most intimate friends were aware of.
His Colonel wrote:
He will be a great loss. He was a brave boy; he always did his work well and under all conditions was cheerful – a very great asset under the present conditions."
A brother officer also wrote:
He had an exceptionally fine nature, and was an excellent soldier, who was loved by the officers and men. His chiefest good quality was his continual cheeriness under all conditions and he has kept us so, many times. He has left us all a great example of a soldier and a gentleman".
Originally buried on the west side of the Pilckem Road due east of Glimpse Cottage Cemetery, Boesinghe, Francis now rests with his "Pals" in New Irish Farm Cemetery. His name is also commemorated on the War Memorial in Tamerton Foliot, Devon.
(Sources: CWGC, Find My Past, Ancestry, Malvern College, Newspaper Reports, National Archives, IWM)
(Bio: Woose)
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment: Welsh Regiment, 14th Battalion.
Died: 31st July 1917
Age: 23 years old
Born in Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth on the 29th October 1894 and baptised there the following month on the 24th November, Francis was the only son of Agnes Denise Fox (née Rogers) of Southdown Lawn, Gownhill, Devon, and the late Francis Wilson Fox, of Uplands, Crown Hill, Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth, Devon. They had married in St. Michael's Church, Mawnan, Cornwall on the 30th November 1892. The Baptism register entry for Francis records his father's occupation as Gentleman. He was also a Justice of the Peace. In 1900 the family were living at Riverside Precinct 8, Riverside, California, USA. His father died on the 3rd June 1904 in Bad Nauheim, Germany. His death is registered in the Consular Records.
Francis was educated at Hamilton House in Bath before attending Malvern College from 1908-1914 where he was a House Prefect.
On the outbreak of war, he joined the Officer Training Corps at Epsom and on the 19th November 1914, was given a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Welsh Regiment, also known as the "Swansea Pals". He eventually went to France in September 1916 as part of the British Expeditionary Force and served with his Regiment throughout France and Flanders.
On the 31st July 1917 during the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele), Francis was killed leading his men into action on the first day of the Battle of Pilckem Ridge in Belgium.
Letters from those who knew him as a soldier all speak highly of his courage and coolness, and, above all, of that unfailing cheeriness which won him the affection of men and officers. Under the surface, too, there was a depth of feeling that perhaps only his most intimate friends were aware of.
His Colonel wrote:
He will be a great loss. He was a brave boy; he always did his work well and under all conditions was cheerful – a very great asset under the present conditions."
A brother officer also wrote:
He had an exceptionally fine nature, and was an excellent soldier, who was loved by the officers and men. His chiefest good quality was his continual cheeriness under all conditions and he has kept us so, many times. He has left us all a great example of a soldier and a gentleman".
Originally buried on the west side of the Pilckem Road due east of Glimpse Cottage Cemetery, Boesinghe, Francis now rests with his "Pals" in New Irish Farm Cemetery. His name is also commemorated on the War Memorial in Tamerton Foliot, Devon.
(Sources: CWGC, Find My Past, Ancestry, Malvern College, Newspaper Reports, National Archives, IWM)
(Bio: Woose)
Regiment: Welsh Regiment, 14th Battalion.
Died: 31st July 1917
Age: 23 years old
Born in Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth on the 29th October 1894 and baptised there the following month on the 24th November, Francis was the only son of Agnes Denise Fox (née Rogers) of Southdown Lawn, Gownhill, Devon, and the late Francis Wilson Fox, of Uplands, Crown Hill, Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth, Devon. They had married in St. Michael's Church, Mawnan, Cornwall on the 30th November 1892. The Baptism register entry for Francis records his father's occupation as Gentleman. He was also a Justice of the Peace. In 1900 the family were living at Riverside Precinct 8, Riverside, California, USA. His father died on the 3rd June 1904 in Bad Nauheim, Germany. His death is registered in the Consular Records.
Francis was educated at Hamilton House in Bath before attending Malvern College from 1908-1914 where he was a House Prefect.
On the outbreak of war, he joined the Officer Training Corps at Epsom and on the 19th November 1914, was given a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Welsh Regiment, also known as the "Swansea Pals". He eventually went to France in September 1916 as part of the British Expeditionary Force and served with his Regiment throughout France and Flanders.
On the 31st July 1917 during the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele), Francis was killed leading his men into action on the first day of the Battle of Pilckem Ridge in Belgium.
Letters from those who knew him as a soldier all speak highly of his courage and coolness, and, above all, of that unfailing cheeriness which won him the affection of men and officers. Under the surface, too, there was a depth of feeling that perhaps only his most intimate friends were aware of.
His Colonel wrote:
He will be a great loss. He was a brave boy; he always did his work well and under all conditions was cheerful – a very great asset under the present conditions."
A brother officer also wrote:
He had an exceptionally fine nature, and was an excellent soldier, who was loved by the officers and men. His chiefest good quality was his continual cheeriness under all conditions and he has kept us so, many times. He has left us all a great example of a soldier and a gentleman".
Originally buried on the west side of the Pilckem Road due east of Glimpse Cottage Cemetery, Boesinghe, Francis now rests with his "Pals" in New Irish Farm Cemetery. His name is also commemorated on the War Memorial in Tamerton Foliot, Devon.
(Sources: CWGC, Find My Past, Ancestry, Malvern College, Newspaper Reports, National Archives, IWM)
(Bio: Woose)
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