Worcestershire Regiment - Mentions in Despatches (MiD)

Surnames starting with F

The list below show all ranks of the Worcestershire Regiment who were Mentioned in Despatches and were recorded in the London Gazette.

Boer War

Surname	Forename/s	Number	Rank	Gazette (Date)	Theatre of War	Batt.
Foley	J. H.	2201	Sgt.	10/09/1901	South Africa
Farfield	W.	5778	L/Cpl.	29/07/1902	South Africa

First World War

Surname	Forename/s	Number	Rank	Gazette (Date)	Theatre of War	Batt.
Farley	James H. (H. J.)	5661	C.S.M.	08/10/1914	France & Flanders	3rd
Farmar	George Jasper		Major	19/10/1914	France & Flanders	-
Farmar	George Jasper		Major	17/02/1915	France & Flanders	-
Farmar	George Jasper		Lt.-Col.	15/06/1916	France & Flanders	-
Farmar	George Jasper		T/Brig.-Gen.	04/01/1917	France & Flanders	-
Farmar	George Jasper		T/Brig.-Gen.	11/12/1917	France & Flanders	-
Farmar	George Jasper		T/Brig.-Gen.	20/05/1918	France & Flanders	-
Farmar	George Jasper		T/Brig.-Gen.	20/12/1918	France & Flanders	-
Farmar	George Jasper		T/Brig.-Gen.	05/07/1919	France & Flanders	-
Farrell	James	5991	A/R.S.M.	04/01/1917	France & Flanders	4th
Faulkner	Harry	1601	L/Cpl.	04/01/1917	France & Flanders	1/8th
Faviell	William Frederick Oliver		Major	19/10/1916	Mesopotamia	-
Faviell	William Frederick Oliver		T/Lt.-Col.	15/08/1917	Mesopotamia	-
Faviell	William Frederick Oliver		T/Lt.-Col.	07/01/1921	Mesopotamia	-
Faviell	William Frederick Oliver		T/Lt.-Col.	14/01/1921	Mesopotamia	-
Featherstone	Thomas		2/Lt.	21/07/1917	Salonika	-
Felix	Charles	4833	R.S.M.	05/08/1915	Gallipoli	4th
Felix	Charles	4833	2/Lt.	12/07/1916	France & Flanders	4th
Felix	Charles	4833	2/Lt.	22/05/1917	France & Flanders	4th
Field	Christopher S.		Capt.	31/05/1916	West Africa	-
Firbank	Charles	19479	C.Q.M.S.	05/06/1919	Mesopotamia	-
Fitch	Cecil Edwin		T/Major	09/04/1917	France & Flanders	14th
Fitzjohn	Geoffrey N.		Capt.	22/06/1915	France & Flanders	-
Fitzjohn	Geoffrey N.		Major	21/07/1917	Salonika	-
Fitzjohn	Geoffrey N.		T/Lt.-Col.	07/06/1918	Salonika	-
Fitzjohn	Geoffrey N.		Bt.-Major	30/01/1919	Salonika	-
Fitzjohn	Tudor		Major	01/01/1916	France & Flanders	-
Fitzjohn	Tudor		A/Lt.-Col.	04/01/1917	France & Flanders	-
Fitzjohn	Tudor		A/Lt.-Col.	09/07/1919	France & Flanders	-
Ford	Richard Jellard		Capt.	17/02/1915	France & Flanders	2nd
Fox	Charles Alexander Newcome		2/Lt.	01/01/1916	France & Flanders	2nd
Fox	Frank Leslie Hooton		Capt.	30/01/1919	Salonika	11th
Freeman	Russell Herbert F.		Capt.	06/07/1917	France & Flanders	-
Fulton	Herbert Albrecht		T/Lt.-Col.	04/01/1917	France & Flanders	-
Fulton	Herbert Albrecht		T/Lt.-Col.	22/05/1917	France & Flanders	-

Note:

2nd Lieut. Charles Alexander Newcome Fox (later Captain) was a 4th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment officer who as attached to the 2nd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment as Adjutant. He was killed in action on the 25th September 1917 (age 21) by an enemy shell which it hit Battalion H.Q. at Inverness Copse (Menin Road) near Veldhoek.

Captain Russell Herbert F. Freeman (born 27/01/1894, London) was attached to the R.A.F as a pilot. He trained to fly at the Military School at Shoreham and passed on the 9th February 1916. He was awarded the Military Cross 26/01/1917 and the Croix de Guerre (French) 21/05/1917 whilist serving with the R.A.F. He died on the 21st July 1918 (age 24) at the time his rank was Major.

Second World War

Surname	Forename/s	Number	Rank	Gazette (Date)	Theatre of War	Batt.
Farrar	John Dennington	72327	Capt.	10/03/1942	France and Belgium	8th
Fisher	J. T.	62194	Capt.	19/09/1946	Burma	-

Note: Captain J. D. Farrar was killed in action on the 29th May 1940 (age 30) whilst firing an anti-tank rifle at enemy tanks at close range. At the time he was commanding 'D' Company, 8th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment who were at West Cappel.