Fred Fawcett and the Eve of Peace

"Buck up old sport, the war will soon be over altogether, and then we shall have you back home again for good."

By all accounts, Fred Fawcett was a beloved son and brother hailing from Blackpool, Lancashire. Born in 1894, he was a model youth who enjoyed the experience of coming from a close, loving family, who were very religious. As a teenager, he balanced work as a designer with evening art classes on subjects such as model drawing.¹ He later would work for hig…