Fulton

Frank Laurence Fulton

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Fulton, Frank L

15 September 1897, Wandsworth, Surrey

George and Isabella (née Savage)

2nd/16th Battalion, London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

2056 / 550330

Corporal

20 Mar 1917, Salonica, age 19

Karasouli Military Cemetery, Polykastro, Central Macedonia,
Greece: F. 1216

Biography:
Frank Laurence Fulton was born, in Wandsworth, on 15 September 1897. He was the son and youngest child of George
Edmondston, gunsmith, and Isabella Lansdown (née Savage). His father was the famous 1888 winner of the Queen’s Prize for
rifle shooting – he established Fulton’s Gun Shop on Bisley Camp. Frank’s brother, Arthur, won the prize a record-breaking three times and Frank himself was well known in shooting circles.

In 1911, Frank’s family had moved to Brookwood, Surrey and he most likely completed his schooling at Brookwood School.

Frank volunteered for active service when he was 17. He joined the Queen’s Westminster Rifles in August 1914. During 1915, he
qualified at Bisley Musketry School as a first class instructor. In 1916 he was deployed to France where his skills were employed
as a sniper.

In December 1916, the 2nd/16th Battalion, The London Regiment was deployed to Salonica. The brigade marched 97 miles to
‘take over’ on the Macedonian front on 18 March 1917.

Frank Laurence Fulton was killed, near Doiran, Macedonia, on 20 March 1917. He is buried in grave F 1216 within Karasouli
Military Cemetery, Polykastro.

Karasouli Military Cemetery was begun in September 1916 for the use
of casualty clearing stations on the Doiran front. At the Armistice, it
contained about 500 burials but was greatly increased when graves were
brought in from many other nearby cemeteries.

Karasouli Military Cemetery now contains 1,421 Commonwealth burials
of the First World War, 56 being unidentified.

Frank Laurence Fulton is also commemorated on the WWI memorial stone outside the Brookwood Memorial Hall.