FRANK PITCHFORD SILVERS (1903-1910 : 25), Captain, 1/6 Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment, was the youngest son of Mrs Silvers of the Talbot Hotel, Wolverhampton.  At school he was an enthusiastic player of football, taking the position of outside left in the 1st XI of 1909-1910, and later becoming captain of the Penn Fields club.  On leaving school he was articled to Mr R H Johnston, Accountant, and when the war came he at once enlisted in the South Staffordshire Regiment.  Devotion to duty and great capability led to advancement through the non-commissioned ranks until he received a commission, and finally he became captain in his own battalion.  His superior officers and those who were more intimately associated with him unite in deploring the loss of one who was so good an officer and so true a man, a courageous and conscientious soldier, a merry companion, and a firm friend.  Thus we see the qualities that we admired in the boy at school, brought to maturity in young manhood and manifesting themselves in the cruel test of war.  Captain Silvers died on May 27th 1918, as the result of severe wounds in the head received during a bombardment, and he was buried with all military honours at Pernes on the following day.  He won the Military Cross last year, the award being accompanied by the following official statement:  “This officer has done very good work since the Division came to France.  As Battalion Lewis Gun Officer he did valuable work in training and instructing Lewis Gunners.  He is now commanding a company in a most efficient manner.  During the successful attack on the 24th June 1917, his company captured and consolidated Fosse 3, de Lievn, and Admiral trench”.