Lillie, Frederick Sutherland


Major / Royal Irish Regiment

1872 - 1915
Biography:

Frederick Sutherland Lillie was born 5 April 1891, the son of the Reverend John Edward Sutherland Lillie, formerly of the Bengal Civil Service, and Rector of Wakes Colne in Essex,  and his wife Cecilia Mary Nutt.

Frederick camed to Winchester College in September 1885 from WW Gedge's school at Malvern Wells. He was an Exhibitioner in A House, Chernocke House, and later became a Commoner Prefect. He was also joint-editor of the Wykehamist, played for two years in Soccer XI and captained the OTH VI in 1890.

In 1891, Frederick was elected to an Exhibition at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and he left Winchester in the summer of that year. From Cambridge he joined the army and was gazetted Second Lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment in 1893.

In 1897, he took part in the Tirah Expedition and other operations on the North-West Frontier of India. After a period of service as Adjutant to the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion, and at the regimental depot at Clonmel, he returned to India to join the 1st Battalion. In September 1914, they were ordered to Europe, and reached France late that year. The battalion was heavily engaged during the fighting round St. Eloi in March 1915, and on 15 March Major Lillie was killed while trying to get his men into shelter after an unsuccessful attack on an enemy position. He had previously been commended for skill and judgement while observing for the artillery, and on two occasions brought in wounded men at the risk of his life.


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