Captain Fawckner of the 12th Battalion: Service in France and Mediterranean We regret to announce the death of Captain W. F. S. Fawekner of [the 12th Battalion, Royal Marines, who passed away' at Royal Hospital on Saturday morning from pneumonia after an illness of about Jone week.
Captain Fawekner entered the Royal Marines through the Civil Service examinations in the summer of 1933, and in September of the same year he entered the Royal Naval College at Greenwich. Whilst there he distinguished himself at games, and after a short he got his cap for the first XV, being a prominent member in the' serum.
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