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War Memorials Elsewhere, - Sunderland, - Names "F" |
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The
War Memorial in Sunderland's Mowbray Park (1)
Photo : Edward Nicholl
The names of those soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment and recorded in the Book of Remembrance for Sunderland, surnames beginning "F", are listed below.
The page numbers in the Sunderland Book of Remembrance in which their names are recorded are shown below.
Private Joseph Ferguson.
30036. 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly
22794 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 16 June 1918.
Born Fatfield (Co. Durham), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Sunderland.
Buried BERLIN SOUTH-WESTERN CEMETERY.
(Page 228 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Private Frederick William Finley. 14782. 10th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 28 September 1915.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Sunderland.
Commemorated on Panels 44 & 45, LOOS MEMORIAL.
(Frederick William Finley was a former resident of the Sunderland Orphan Asylum.)
(Page 77 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Private Peter Finnigan. 21131. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
See Martin, the true family name. Killed 21 September 1915. Aged 22.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Wareham, Resided Sunderland.
Buried LE TREPORT MILITARY CEMETERY.
(Page 75 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Private John Flett. 12892. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
8 February 1917.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Sunderland.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
(Page 75 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Private David William Forbes. 11153. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of James and Julia Forbes, of 5, Pensher St., Sunderland. Killed
6 September 1915. Aged 21.
Born Hendon (Sunderland), Enlisted Sunderland.
Buried PIETA MILITARY CEMETERY.
(Page 73 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Lance Corporal Isaac Forrest. 15050. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 1 July 1916.
Born New Durham, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Hendon (Sunderland).
Buried FRICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY.
(Page 75 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Private George Forster. 34567. 8th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment,
formerly 72858 D L I. Son of Robert H. and Margaret Forster, of 15, Lily St.,
Trimdon St., Sunderland. Killed 16 April 1918. Aged 20.
Born South Hylton (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland.
Buried BARENTHAL MILITARY CEMETERY.
(Page 76 and 226 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Private Henry Forster. 10943. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 22 August 1915.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Monkwearmouth.
Commemorated on Panels 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL
(Page 73 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance) .
Private John Forster. 16075. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
7 August 1915.
Born Hendon, Enlisted Sunderland.
Commemorated on Panels 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.
(Page 73 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Private William Forster. 14003. 8th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Joseph and Jane Forster, of 8, Pattinson Town, Washington Station,
Co. Durham; husband of Ellen Forster, of 25, Pattinson Town, Washington Station,
Co. Durham. Killed 14 August 1916. Aged 26.
Born Barnston (Durham), Enlisted Washington Station , Resided Sunderland.
Buried ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN.
(Page 76 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Private William Joseph Forster. 12985. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Husband of Mary Beatrice Forster, of 23, Leechmere Rd., Grangetown,
Sunderland. Killed 29 September 1917. Aged 29.
Born Ryhope (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland.
Buried DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY.
(Page 73 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Private William Henry Fowler, 20370. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Husband of M. A. Gofton (formerly Fowler), of 36, Lanton St., New Herrington.
Died at home 12 September 1916. Aged 39.
Born Hendon (Durham), Enlisted Shiney Row, Resided Fencehouses.
Buried HERRINGTON (ST. CUTHBERT) CHURCHYARD.
(Page 77 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)

The War Memorial in Sunderland's Mowbray Park (2)
Photo : Edward Nicholl