Francis Edmund Storrs
Person details
| Forename(s) | Francis Edmund |
|---|---|
| Surname | Storrs |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Regiment | Royal Navy |
| Age | 35 |
| Death | Died of pneumonia |
| Place of Death | Chelsea, London, England |
| Date of Death | 10/11/1918 |
| Year of Entry | 1897 |
| House Letter | F |
| School Notes | Junior (Sewell) Scholar; Gold Medal; Historical Essay |
| Comments | Photo, no inscription; album gives RNVR. A "Rustat Scholar" at Jesus Cambridge. Civil Service work for Russia 1915, RNVR 1916, served Greece 1916-17, afterwards special work with War Cabinet. Biographical details of Storrs' work as head of counter-espionage in the Aegean to be found in Compton Mackenzie: Aegean memories. London, 1940, pp24-27, 250 passim. Thumbnail photo taken from p. 337, shows Storrs (rear view) with Compton Mackenzie. CWGC notes him as RNVR, HMS "President", which is London RNVR. Obituary in Radleian of 18/12/1918. Storrs Oral French Prize founded in memoriam. |
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link | https://www.cwgc.org/find-record... |
| Unit | HMS President |
| Prefect | Prefect |
| Military Decorations | Order of St. Anne (Russian) |
| Album Number | 7 |
| Battle | - |
| Previous Regiment | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve |
| Additional Notes |
Added to Imperial War Museum 'Faces of World War One' project and Radley College War Memorial Flickr website on 13 March 2013 http://www.flickr.com/photos/radley_college_war_memorial/ Father of Peter John Francis Storrs (B Social 1929) and Martin Basil Storrs (B Social 1930) |
| Burial or Cemetery | KENSAL GREEN (ALL SOULS') CEMETERY. Grave ref 174. 2. 46128 |
| Place of Birth | Eaton Square, London |
| Post School | Exhibition Wadham College, Oxford; Jesus College, Cambridge; Private Tutor 1905-07; Professor at Elphinstone College, Bombay [Mumbai] 1908; Professor Rangoon College Burma [Mayanmar] 1912; Barrister inner Temple 1911; 'in Permit Dept Russian Government Supply Committee' 1915; married 1912 Catherine Josephine Schiff |
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