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BIRKS F. F.
Felous Frederick Birks*
Private 21403
2nd Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.)
Felous Frederick Birks died on Saturday 4th December 1915, Age 28, and was buried at ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France.
He was born c1887 at Alfreton, Derbyshire, to parents Fredrick and Alice Birks. Frederick Birks was a Railway Guard, and a native of Aston, Shropshire. The family were still living in Alfreton on the 1901 census.
Felous Birks was also the husband of Annie Elizabeth Birks, who later lived at 2 Carlton Terrace, Carlton, Barnsley.
Notts Free Press - In Memoriam - 8th December 1916
In loving memory of our dear Brother, Private F. Birks, died of
wounds, December 4th 1915, aged 28 years.
Sleep on, dear brother, in a far off grave,
A grave we may never see;
But as long as life and memory last,
We will remember thee.
From Brothers and Sisters.
Notts Free Press - Sutton's Roll of Honour - 10th January 1919
Birks, Private Felous Frederick, Sherwood Foresters.
From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War
1914-19 – Part 49 The Sherwood Foresters’
BIRKS Felous Frederick. Enlisted Sutton-in-Ashfield. 2nd Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.). Private 21403, Died of Wounds France & Flanders, 4th Dec 1915
Research by Heather Faulkes
* The details at www.cwgc.org
show the spelling as FELVUS FREDRICK BIRKS, but the "Felous" spelling
shows on the 1901 census, where he is living at Alfreton.