Francis William Voelcker

Lieutenant-Colonel Francis William Voelcker (9 October 1896 – 22 May 1954) was a British army officer and colonial administrator.

Biography Born in London in 1896, Voelcker attended Shrewsbury School before joining the Royal Military College, Sandhurst in 1914. and went to fight in Belgium in 1915, where he was taken prisoner by the German army. During his three-and-a-half years as a POW, he escaped from three camps. He continued his military service, initially serving in Ireland in 1919, before going to Aden. He subsequently commanded the Third Battalion, Fiji Regiment during the Solomon Islands campaign. and was later given the Distinguished Service Order.