The
ROLL OF HONOUR
A BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF ALL
MEMBERS OF HIS MAJESTY’S NAVAL
AND MILITARY FORCES WHO HAVE
FALLEN IN THE WAR
BY
THE MARQUIS DE RUVIGNY
_Author and Editor of “The Blood Royal of Britain,” “The Titled
Nobility of Europe,” and other works._
“And he Passed over ...
and all the Trumpetts sounded
for him on the other side.”
Volume I.
With some 2,500 portraits.
LONDON:
THE STANDARD ART BOOK COMPANY, LIMITED,
30–32, LUDGATE HILL.
AND EVER THE FAITH ENDURES.
These men have laid down their lives for England. In the future,
History will pass its verdict upon the War, its causes and its
consequences, the methods of its accomplishment, and on the men who
planned and schemed and fought to bring it to a triumphantly victorious
ending. Our children, and the generations which are to follow us,
for whose sake we have believed this war is being waged, will sit in
judgment on all that has been done in it for good or for ill. Let us be
content to be so judged.
But, whatever may be that verdict, what grander tribute can we humbly
pay to those who have fallen, what else can we proudly say of them than
the bare reiteration of the simple fact that they have made that last
and greatest sacrifice of all? That sacrifice has been reached after
the manner of our race, for the benefit of others, for the sake of
those ideals which we rightly regard alike as the foundation and the
characteristics of our nation.
From the fringes of the Empire men came homing back to the Motherland
to shoulder her troubles and die for her alongside of the veterans who
had already grown grey in the service of the King, and of the boys from
London Town.
Some have gone out to meet their death with laughter on their lips, and
some with prayers; and others have faced the end racked with the pain
of long drawn suffering. Some have died in the gladdening exaltation of
accomplished victory; and there are those who fought--and fought--and
turned again and fought--and fell, sleeping as they fell and dying as
they slept, in that grimmest nightmare of retreat at the opening of the
campaign.
Victory we have known--failure we have met; yet those who have fought
this fight for us have heaped up laurel upon laurel to add eternal
lustre to that battle fame which the centuries behind us have woven for
our name; and our children’s children will rejoice in the glory they
have made.
There are British graves in Flanders and Gallipoli, on the bleak
hillsides of Serbia and by the waters of the Euphrates. There are those
who now rest peacefully beneath the sullen waves of the grey North
Sea or the sun-kissed far Pacific; and of those who sleep so quietly
none now hears the maddening racket of this world at war in which they
played out their parts so gallantly.
Here are their names, officers and men together, as they fought and
died for this dear Empire which they have loved so exceeding well. Let
us pay tribute to their memory.
PREFACE.
The purpose of the Roll of Honour is to place on permanent record
the name of every officer, non-commissioned officer and man of His
Majesty’s Forces, on land or sea, who is killed in action, who dies of
wounds, or whose death is otherwise resulting from the present war. The
work is to be issued in a series of volumes, and the arrangement is
alphabetical.
The name, rank and regiment of every one whose name appears in the
official casualty lists are included, and where details have been
obtainable, the parentage, place and date of birth, schools, a
biographical sketch of career, and date and place of death, with
extracts from letters of Commanding Officers or comrades relating to
the action in which the officer or man fell, or to the particular
circumstances of his death. The names of children have been included
so that in the years to come they may themselves read, or teach their
children to read, of the glorious way in which their fathers died;
and of those individual acts of bravery that are the chief redeeming
features of war.
The present volume contains some 8,000 names, and deals with casualties
during the first year of the war, though certain exceptions have been
made in order that relatives, though killed at different periods, may
be included together. In every case it has been found possible to give
the full name and to state the actual date, and the locality, of death,
and these details must add very greatly to the value of the record, as
they are not to be found in the Official Casualty Lists.
A large number of portraits of officers and men will be found included.
With some 300,000 casualties it was obviously clearly impossible that
one should be given in every case, but when a portrait is supplied, the
publishers do their best to include it.
The three following volumes, which are at present in course of
completion or preparation, will, it is hoped, be issued this year.
These are the second and third volumes for 1914–15, and the first
volume for 1916. It is earnestly hoped that relatives of those deceased
in the service will, by furnishing particulars, co-operate in carrying
out what is, even with the official facilities which are being given,
an exceedingly difficult task.
The Editor and Publishers wish it to be distinctly understood that the
insertion of any name is in no way dependent upon the payment of any
fee or of subscription to the book, and that no fee will be accepted
for the insertion of any name.
The complete text of the official despatches will be given in the final
volume, and in this will also be included a regimental index, in which
will appear under each regiment a roll of the officers and men who have
been killed, or died on active service, throughout the war, with a
reference to the volume in which the biography appears.
14–15, HANOVER CHAMBERS,
BUCKINGHAM STREET,
ADELPHI, W.C.
_December, 1916._
The Roll of Honour.
=ABBAY, MARMADUKE JOHN NORMAN=, Capt., 87th Punjabis, Indian
Army, 2nd _s._ of the Rev. Richard Abbay, Rector of Earl Soham,
Framlingham, Hon. Canon of Norwich, and Alderman of East Suffolk, by
his wife, Janet, dau. of the Rev. Canon C. F. Norman, and grandson
of Thomas Abbay, of Great Ouseburn; _b._ Earl Soham Rectory,
co. Suffolk, 3 Nov. 1885; educ. at The College, Framlingham; Mr.
T. Eastman’s, Winchester, and at Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut.
Dorsetshire Regt. 16 Aug. 1905; promoted Lieut. and transferred to the
87th Punjabis, 16 Nov. 1907, and Capt. 16 Aug. 1914. On the outbreak of
war he was attached to the 47th Sikhs, Lahore Division, served with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was slightly wounded at
Neuve Chapelle, 10–14 March, 1915, where only one British officer out
of ten was untouched; and in the attack at Ypres on Sunday, 25 April,
when the machine gun bearer--a Sikh--was struck down, Capt. Abbay took
the gun and carried it, drawing the fire of the enemy on himself, until
he fell badly wounded. Being very hot with his exertions and faint
from loss of blood, he told his men to pour cold water over him, and
they, being Indians, did so. The result was that, besides being very
seriously wounded, he was very ill when he reached the hospital at
Boulogne, the wound would not heal, and he was unable to survive the
third serious operation, and died under an anaesthetic on 10 May. He
was brought home and buried with military honours at Earl Soham. Bronze
memorial tablets by Sir Thomas Graham Jackson, Bt., R.A., have been
placed in the churches of Earl Soham, Suffolk, and Great Ouseburn,
Yorkshire. His two brothers are (1916) on Active Service--Major Bryan
Abbay as second in command of the 20th Royal Fusiliers (3rd Public
Schools Battn.,) and Lieut. Ambrose Abbay, in command of the Destroyer
Garry.
[Illustration: =Marmaduke J. N. Abbay.=]
=ABBOT, JOHN=, Private, No. 3248, 1st Battn. Loyal North
Lancashire Regt.; was employed at Mr. J. Fletcher’s Great Lever
Brickworks, Bolton; enlisted on the outbreak of war; went to France
early in April, 1915, and was killed in action on the Western Front,
June following, aged 19.
=ABBOTT, ALBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5365), S.S. 99, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=ABBOTT, CHARLES THOMAS=, Coy. Q.M. Sergt., No. 5080, B Coy.,
2nd Battn. Royal Irish Regt., _s._ of Graves Abbott, Sergt. 1st
Battn. Royal Scottish Fusiliers; _b._ Secunderabad, India, 13
Sept, 1881; enlisted 15 April, 1896; served in the South African War
(Medal with Clasps), in India, and with the Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders; killed in action 24 May, 1915. He _m._ at
Karachi, 9 Dec. 1908, Margaret Helen, dau. of John William Gorbey, of
Carrick-on-Suir, and had a son and two daus: Henry Graves, _b._
Agra, 17 Nov. 1910; Agnes May, _b._ Agra, 2 Oct. 1909; and Ellen
Rewa, _b._ on the troopship Rewa in the Bay of Biscay, 26 Dec.
1911. Sergt. Abbott’s brother-in-law, Corpl. Frank R. Gorbey, D.C.M.,
was killed in action, 23 April, 1915.
[Illustration: =Charles Thomas Abbott.=]
=ABBOTT, ERNEST WILLIAM=, Private, No. 16125, 1st Coy. Grenadier
Guards, eldest _s._ of William Abbott, of 123, Ranelagh Road,
Ipswich; killed in action in France, 26 Oct. 1914, aged 20.
=ABBOTT, FREDERICK CHARLES=, Corpl., No. 20738, 10th Battn. 1st
Canadian Contingent, yr. _s._ of Frederick Charles Abbott, of S.
Mildred’s, Salters Hill, Norwood, S.E., Solicitor; _b._ Brixton,
2 Feb. 1885; educ. at Dulwich College; was Assistant Baggage Master,
C.P. Railway, at Medicine Hat, Alberta. On the outbreak of war joined
the Canadian Contingent, Sept. 1914, was promoted Corpl. April, 1915,
and was killed in action in the second Battle of Ypres, 23 April, 1915;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Frederick Charles Abbott.=]
=ABBOTT, ROBERT=, A.B., 211311, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ABBOTTS, HARRY=, Private No. 16814, 5th Battn. Shropshire L.I.,
_s._ of David Abbotts, of Brierley Hill, co. Stafford, and Hampton
Charles, co. Hereford, by his wife, Jane (_d._ 19 May, 1912),
dau. of Richard Bedford, of Bromyard, co. Hereford; _b._ Hampton
Charles, 4 May, 1896; educ. Bockleton National School; enlisted, 3
Feb. 1914; was sent to the Front at his own repeated request, and
died of wounds received in a bayonet charge at the Battle of Loos, 25
Sept. 1914. After being wounded he was removed to the trench occupied
by the Durhams, where he died. Corpl. R. J. Smith wrote: “At 3 a.m.
on 25 Sept. the big guns started to clear the way for the R.B.’s, O.
and C.’s, Bucks and Shropshires to get over the parapet ... all too
eager they went before it was intended, and the R.B.’s fell to a man,
principally owing to a mine being exploded. Five only crawled back.
The O. and C.’s and Bucks in the middle found no support for them, but
still went on with the Shropshires on the right, and gained their goal,
‘but owing to the heavy losses and no supports being forthcoming’ the
ground gained had to be left again, and most of the casualties of the
Shropshires happened then. Your brother managed to get back to our
lines, and everything possible was done for him and others, but this
was not much in the trenches in the daytime. He died 8.30 a.m. 26 Sept.
in the traverse I was in charge of.”
[Illustration: =Harry Abbotts.=]
=ABBS, TOM WILLIAM ROBERT=, S.B.A., M. 4398, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ABEL, CLAUD CECIL=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B.1884), Ch.
12162, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ABERCROMBIE, ROBERT HENRY CHESTER=, 2nd Lieut., 1/8th Battn.
Middlesex Regt., only _s._ of Chester Abercrombie, of Ashberrie,
Ruislip, Middlesex, by his wife Ada, dau. of Robert Large Baker, of
Leamington, M.D.; _b._ Willesden, N.W.; educ. at Woodriding
School, Pinner, and Elstow School, where he was a member of the O.T.C.
On leaving school he entered the London County & Westminster Bank,
and was successively in the St. John’s Wood, Hanover Square, Uxbridge
and Hastings branches, and after the outbreak of war joined the 2/9th
Battn. of the Middlesex Regt. in Oct. 1914; was promoted Corpl. in Nov.
and Sergt. in Dec.; obtained his commission as 2nd Lieut. with the
3/8th Battn. of the same regt. in March, 1915, and the following month
was transferred to the 1/8th Battn., then in Flanders. In the fighting
at Frezenberg, near Ypres, 3 May, 1915, the company were detached as
escort to the artillery, and he was killed while in command (the other
company officers having been all killed or disabled) in the act of
helping a wounded comrade. Buried in Poperinghe Cemetery; _unm._
[Illustration: =Robert H. C. Abercrombie.=]
=ABERDEEN, JAMES=, Corpl., No. 5391, B Coy., 2nd Battn. Queen’s
Own Cameron Highlanders, _s._ of (--); _b._ Durham, 8 June,
1880; joined Army 10 July, 1900, served nine years with the Colours
and five years in the Reserve, and had a medal with 4 clasps for the
South African Campaign. On the outbreak of war he was called up, and
after going through the Battle of Ypres, was killed by a shell on 30
April, 1915, while resting in a wood. He _m._ 20 March, 1900,
Brandon, co. Durham, Margaret Hannah, dau. of George Stringer, of New
Brancepeth, Durham, and had two children: James Gordon, _b._ 16
May, 1913, and Vera Rebecca, _b._ 19 Oct. 1911.
[Illustration: =James Aberdeen.=]
=ABRAM, ERNEST WILLIAM=, P.O. (N.S.), 167361, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1915; _m._
=ABRAMS, FREDERICK=, L.-Corpl., No. 9504, 2nd Battn. Duke
of Cornwall’s L.I., 3rd _s._ of the late William Abrams, of
Portsmouth; killed in action on the Western Front, 23 April, 1915, aged
23.
=ABRAMS, HAROLD JAMES=, A.B., No. 233190, H.M.S. Good Hope, 2nd
_s._ of the late William Abrams, of Portsmouth; lost in the naval
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914, aged 25.
=ABRATTHAT, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), B. 1999, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ACTON, WILLIAM ALBERT=, Private, No. 9952, 2nd Battn. L.N.
Lancashire Regt., _s._ of William Samuel Acton, of 26, Stansfield
Road, Brixton, S.W., Labourer; _b._ Bow, E., 2 June, 1891; joined
the Army 28 Feb. 1910, served two years at Preston and Tidworth,
was drafted to India in Sept. 1912, and whilst serving there gained
certificates for signalling and firing; in Jan. 1915, accompanied the
Indian Expeditionary Force to British East Africa, and was killed in
action at Makton, 3 Sept. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Albert Acton.=]
=ADAM, THOMAS=, Corpl., No. 5558, Royal Scots Greys, 2nd _s._
of the late George Adam, of Edinburgh, Merchant; killed in action on
the Western Front, 10 Sept. 1914, aged 28.
=ADAMS, CLARE ROBERT=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27420, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=ADAMS, ERNEST ALEXANDER HECTOR=, Leading Seaman, 206926, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=ADAMS, FRANCIS HENRY=, Private, No. 10349, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Edwin Adams, of New Barn, Stanton Fitzwarren,
Highworth, Wilts; reported missing between 29 Oct. and 2 Nov. 1914, and
now assumed to have been killed in action in France between these
dates.
=ADAMS, FREDERICK=, Canteen Assistant, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ADAMS. GEOFFREY LLOYD=, Private, No. 1711, Princess Patricia’s
Canadian L.I., 4th _s._ of the late George Frederick Adams, of
Cardiff, M.Inst.C.E., by his wife, Ellen Gertrude, Ty-Draw, Parkstone,
dau. of Frank Irwin, of Ebbw Vale, co. Monmouth, M.D.; _b._
Penarth, co. Glamorgan, 9 Aug. 1881; educ. Bedford Grammar School.
While at Bedford School he was awarded the Royal Humane Society’s
Certificate for saving the life of a little child at Cardington Mill,
near Bedford. Enlisted in Princess Patricia’s L.I. in Ottawa after the
outbreak of war, 1 Oct. 1914. Killed in action at Bellewarde Lake, near
Ypres, 8 May, 1915. His Commanding Officer wrote: “He was loved and
respected by his comrades and trusted by his officers. I say in all
sincerity that no braver man ever lived than G. Lloyd Adams. He died
facing the enemy with his rifle in his hand, and twice they drove them
back.”
[Illustration: =Geoffrey Lloyd Adams.=]
=ADAMS, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, (R.F.R.), B. 2978, 299119,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=ADAMS, GEORGE STOPFORD=, Major, 1st Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers,
elder and only surviving _s._ of the late Lieut.-Gen. Cadwallader
Adams, C.B., late Col. 49th Foot (served in the Crimean War, wounded
at Inkerman), by his wife, Ann Catherine Elizabeth (66, St. George’s
Square, S.W.), dau. of Brig.-Gen. James Stopford, C.B., and grandson
of the late Henry Cadwallader Adams, of Anstey Hall, co. Warwick,
J.P., D.L.; _b._ Belgum, India, 2 July, 1872; educ. Wellington
College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted (Hon.
Queen’s Cadet) as 2nd Lieut. Lancashire Fusiliers, 25 Feb. 1893, and
promoted Lieut. 10 July, 1895, Capt. 9 Oct. 1899, and Major 30 April,
1913, and was Adjutant of Volunteers, 15 July, 1904, to 14 Jan. 1908;
served in the South African War, 30 Nov. 1900–31 May, 1902; took part
in the operations in the Orange Free State and Cape Colony (Queen’s
medal with four clasps), and with the Mediterranean Expeditionary
Force, 1915; was present at “Lancashire Landing” on Beach W, Gallipoli,
24–25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there 11 May following. On
reaching the beach on the 25th, a withering fire from right left and
centre was poured into them, and many were instantly killed, including
the subaltern on his right, and the Sergt. with the wire-cutter on
his left. Major Adams at once seized the wire-cutter from him and cut
a lane through the barbed wire, through which he and the survivors
of his company rushed. Owing to submersion in the water the breech
mechanism of their rifles had become clogged. Major Adams therefore
gave the order to fix bayonets, and they charged up the heights and
drove the Turks from their trenches. The Colonel-in-Chief wrote: “I
have heard from many in the regt. of the particularly fine behaviour
and leading of your son, and I know that in his case the V.C. was
thoroughly deserved.” The Colonel wrote: “It is far the worst loss we
have suffered, and has cast a gloom over the whole battn., as he was so
popular with all ranks.” He _m._ at St. Matthew’s Church, Denmark
Hill, London, 12 July, 1905, Muriel Ada (3, Rectory Place, Guildford),
dau. of John Cooke Harker, of Danehurst, Champion Hill, S.W., and had a
son, Derric John Stopford, _b._ 17 Jan. 1907.
[Illustration: =George Stopford Adams.=]
=ADAMS, GEORGE THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9765), 205993, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ADAMS, JOHN GOOLD=, Capt., 1st Battn. Prince of Wales’ Leinster
Regt. (Royal Canadians), _s._ of the Ven. John Michael Goold
Adams, Rector of Clonleigh, co. Donegal, and Archdeacon of Derry, by
his wife, Emma, dau. of Robert McClintock, of Dunmore, co. Donegal,
D.L.; _b._ Rossdowney Vicarage, Londonderry, 10 Oct. 1883; educ.
Bilton Grange Preparatory School, Rugby, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. Leinster Regt. 22 April, 1903, becoming Lieut. 15 Dec. 1904,
and Capt. 21 Sept. 1912; served at Pretoria, 1903–4. with the Mounted
Infantry at Harrismith, 1904–5, and in the Mauritius, 1905–6, and was
employed with the West African Frontier Force in Northern Nigeria, 1908
to Nov. 1913. After the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he accompanied
his regiment to France (Dec. 23), was wounded in Feb. 1915, and was
killed in action at Hill 60, near Ypres, 4 May following. He _m._
at Moneyguyneen, Birr, King’s County, 5 Aug. 1913, Ierne Grace, dau. of
Assheton Biddulph, M.F.H., of Moneyguyneen aforesaid; _s.p._
[Illustration: =John Goold Adams.=]
=ADAMS, LAURENCE KINGSTON=, M.A., A.R.I.B.A., Lieut., 7th King’s
Liverpool Regt., _s._ of William Adams, of Wyndcliffe, Birkdale,
co. Lancs, by his wife, Celia; _b._ New Brighton, co. Chester, 10
Aug. 1886; educ. Elleray Park School, Wallasey, Cheshire, Shrewsbury
School, and Liverpool Univ.; joined the 7th King’s Liverpool Regt.
(T.F.) as 2nd Lieut. in 1908, becoming Lieut. four years later. On the
outbreak of war the entire regiment volunteered for foreign service and
proceeded to the front early in March, 1915. Lieut. Adams fell at the
head of his platoon in the attack on the enemy’s trenches at Richebourg
on the night of 15–16 May. They had gained the first trench, and he
was shot dead on the parapet of the second trench. His brother-in-law,
Capt. Marriott, of the same regiment, and six willing privates had his
body removed and buried in the Rue du Bois, about two miles south-west
of Neuve Chapelle. A cross bearing his name marks the spot. After
leaving Shrewsbury he graduated at Liverpool Univ., taking his degree
with first-class honours in architecture, later becoming an A.R.I.B.A.
[Illustration: =Laurence K. Adams, M.A.=]
=ADAMS, ROBERT JOB=, Rifleman, 17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney
Rifles) The London Regiment, _s._ of William George Adams, of 139,
Green Street, Bethnal Green, China and Hardware Dealer, by his wife,
Jane Sophia, dau. of Robert Ormes; _b._ Bethnal Green, E., 19 Feb.
1895; educ. Bonner Street L.C.C. School, and became a clerk in the Wool
Department of the Port of London Authority at the London Docks. Having
originally joined the Poplar and Stepney Rifles 14 April, 1910, he
rejoined 6 Aug. 1914, the day following the declaration of war, went
to the Front with his regt., 17th County of London, and was killed
in action at Le Philosophe, between 9 and 10 a.m. on 11 June, 1915;
_unm._ His company officer (Capt. J. Evan Evans) wrote: “He was
on sentry duty, and with great keenness was trying to locate a sniper
who had been seen to move earlier in the morning, unfortunately too
much of his head showed over the parapet which resulted in him being
struck by a bullet believed to be an explosive one. I do hope this will
be of some consolation to you to know that he played a man’s game and
died a man’s death in face of the enemy. Death was instantaneous with
no suffering whatever.” Adams was secretary of the Christian Endeavour
Society of the Grove Road Baptist Chapel and was a good all-round
athlete. He won his school prize for swimming at the age of eleven.
=ADAMS, ROLAND=, Signal Boy, J. 23322, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ADAMS, THOMAS HENRY=, A.B. (Ch. R.F.R., B. 6034), late No.
188155, R.N., _s._ of Thomas Henry Hicks Adams; _b._ Buxton,
8 Aug. 18--; entered Navy, April, 1897, and was lost on the Aboukir, 22
Sept. 1914. He _m._ Lancaster, 18 April, 1908, Mary Ellen, dau. of
William Thomas Beattie, and leaves two sons: Thomas, _b._ 10 July,
1910, and Harry, _b._ 29 March, 1912.
[Illustration: =Thomas Henry Adams.=]
=ADAMS, WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3866), S.S. 101726,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ADAMS, WALTER FREDERICK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4909), 195243, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=ADAMS, WILLIAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 11241, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of William James Adams, of 78, Brighton Road,
Watford, Gardener, by his wife, Mary Jane, dau. of James Borthwick;
_b._ East Finchley, N., 11 Jan. 1887; educ. St. Matthew’s School,
Ipswich; enlisted after the declaration of war, in Aug. 1914, and was
killed in action at Richébourg, 14 March, 1915; _unm._ He was
buried in Bethune Cemetery.
[Illustration: =William Adams.=]
=ADAMS, WILLIAM FREDERICK=, Private, No. 7115, 29th Battn.
Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of William James Adams, of
Middle Street, Preston, Canada (now on active service with the Canadian
Expeditionary Force); _b._ London, 21 Sept. 1897; went to Canada;
joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force on the outbreak of war; came
over with the 1st Contingent in Oct.; crossed to France in Feb.,
and died 7 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at the Battle of
Langemarck; _unm._
=ADAMSON, DAVID=, Private, No. 8233, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards,
_s._ of William Adamson of 2, North George Street, Dundee;
_b._ Pettenween, co. Fife; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders; killed in action 14 June, 1915.
=ADAMSON, JOHN EDWARD=, No. 10473, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
nephew and adopted _s._ of Stephen Adamson, of South View, South
Pelaw, Chester-le-Street; _b._ Durham; _d._ 2 Feb. 1915, of
wounds received in action at Cuinchy; _unm._
=ADAMSON, THOMAS=, formerly of the Bank of Scotland, Corpl., No.
S/11312, 2nd Battn. Cameron Highlanders, yst. _s._ of Robert
Adamson, of Garfield, Cardross; killed in action in France, 11 May,
1915, aged 24.
=ADAMSON, WALTER BENJAMIN=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27366, H.M.S.
Hawke, _s._ of Samuel Adamson, of 4, London Road, Halesworth, co.
Suffolk; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=ADDLEY, EDWARD=, Officer’s Steward, 2nd Class, L. 3401, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=ADDY, EDWARD=, Lieut., 9th Battn. Australian Imperial Force,
eldest _s._ of Edward Addy, of Catfield, co. Norfolk, by his wife,
Marion, dau. of John Garrod, of Swaffham, Norfolk; _b._ Ludham,
co. Norfolk, 5 July, 1873; enlisted in the Norfolk Regt. in 1888, and
served in that same regiment for twenty-two years, being for ten years
Colour-Sergt.-Instructor at Bungay, Yarmouth, and Gorleston-on-Sea;
was afterwards for seven years in India, and went to Australia in
1911. There he joined the Commonwealth Forces as a Staff-Sergt.-Major,
and when war broke out volunteered for Active Service with the 9th
Battn. of the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force. He was gazetted Lieut.
24 July, 1915; left for Egypt with his Battn. and proceeded to the
Dardanelles, taking part in the landing; died from dysentery in Imtarfa
Hospital, Malta, 17 Aug. 1915. Lieut. Addy had a Good Conduct Medal,
and also a medal with two bars for the Tirah and Punjab Frontier
skirmishes. He _m._ at Colchester, 31 Oct. 1900, Annie Laurie
Gladden (72, Magdalen Street, Colchester), dau. of John Gladden, and
had two sons and two daus.: Edward John, _b._ 27 April 1907;
Raymond Clive, _b._ 27 Feb. 1913; Dorothy May, _b._ 6 Aug.
1904 and Pearl Mary, _b._ 30 Aug. 1910.
[Illustration: =Edward Addy.=]
=ADDYMAN, WILLIAM JOHN=, Officers’ Steward, 2nd Class, L. 645
(Chat.), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast
of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ADEANE, HENRY ROBERT AUGUSTUS=, Capt. 4th, attd. 1st, Battn.
Coldstream Guards, only _s._ of Admiral Edward Stanley Adeane,
R.N., C.M.G., by his wife, Lady Edith Isabella Dalzell, 2nd dau. of
Harry Burrard, 14th Earl of Carnwath; _b._ 28, Eaton Place, S.W.,
31 July, 1882; educ. Winchester and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to
the Coldstream Guards 18 Jan. 1902; promoted Capt. 1910, and retired 17
May, 1913. On mobilisation he rejoined the 4th (Special Reserve) Battn.
Coldstream Guards, 5 Aug., and was killed in action near Ypres, 2 Nov.
1914, with the 1st Battn. He _m._ at the Chapel Royal, St. James’
Palace, 15 Sept. 1909, Victoria Eugenie, dau. of Col. Sir Arthur Bigge,
now Lord Stamfordham, and had a son, Michael Edward, _b._ 30 Sept.
1910.
[Illustration: =Henry Robert A. Adeane.=]
=ADLAM, ARTHUR WILLS=, Private, No. 1269, 1/4th Battn. (Queen’s
Edinburgh Rifles) The Royal Scots (T.F.), yst. _s._ of the late
Richard Wills Adlam, Superintendent of Public Parks in Johannesburg
(_b._ co. Wilts., England; _d._ 17 July, 1903), by his wife,
Grace Campbell (49, West Savile Terrace, Edinburgh), dau. of Duncan
McDiarmid; _b._ Johannesburg, 7 Jan. 1895; came home with his
mother after his father’s death; entered the service of the British
Linen Co. Bank on leaving school in 1911; joined the Banker’s Coy. of
the Royal Scots in Feb. 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the
outbreak of war; left Liverpool about the end of May, 1915, and landed
at the Dardanelles, 14 June, and was killed in action there in the
attack on Achi Baba, 28 June, 1915; _unm._ He was twice hit early
in the charge, and was endeavouring to get back to the dressing station
when he was again struck, this time fatally.
[Illustration: =Arthur Wills Adlam.=]
=ADMANS, WALTER GEORGE=, Corpl., No. 13092, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Walter William Admans, of Sunnyside Cottage,
Newbury, Farmer, by his wife (1st son), Jane Sophia, dau. of (--);
_b._ Kentish Town, London, 3 Dec. 1889; educ. Charlton Road
School there; enlisted 6 Oct. 1914; was severely wounded in the head
at the Battle of Hooge, 10 Aug. 1915, and _d._ at Calais, 13 Aug.
following, being buried in the Southern Cemetery there. He _m._
at Oxford, 26 July, 1909, Alice Elizabeth (Avon Villas, Avon Street,
Stoke, Coventry), dau. of Eli John Greenwood, of Magdalen Road, Oxford,
and had two children: Walter William John, _b._ 25 Jan. 1910, and
Dorothy Mary Alice, _b._ 30 July, 1912.
[Illustration: =Walter George Admans.=]
=ADSHEAD, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 12294, 3rd Battn. Middlesex
Regt., _s._ of Thomas Adshead, of 47, Ermott Street, Stepney, E.;
killed in action on the Western Front, 15 Feb. 1915.
=AFFLECK, LEWIS ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 8494, 1st Battn. Scots
Guards, _s._ of George Affleck, of Loanhead, Midlothian; _b._
Lesmahagow, co. Lanark; killed in action on the Western Front, 12 Nov.
1914.
=AGER, JAMES ALFRED=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 19331, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=AGNEW, NATHANIEL=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8676), S.S.
105083, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=AIKENHEAD, ROBERT=, Private, No. 27853, 15th Battn. (48th
Canadian Highlanders), Canadian Expeditionary Force, elder _s._
of Major Frank Aikenhead, commanding The (Somerset) R.H.A., by his
wife, Mabel, dau. of the late Major-Gen. Edward Andrée Wylde, R.M.L.I.,
and grandson of the late Robert Aikenhead, of Otterington Hall, near
Northallerton; _b._ Southsea, 22 April, 1892; educ. Cheltenham
College. Was Commercial Editor of the “Toronto News,” but on the
outbreak of war enlisted in the 48th Highlanders, and was killed in
the second Battle of Ypres, 24 April, 1915. His Commanding Officer
wrote: “He displayed the greatest gallantry and courage, and though
severely wounded and gassed, continued fighting till killed by a bullet
in the head. He was always brave and cheerful, and one of the best.” A
memorial tablet has been erected to his memory in the Great Elm Parish
Church, Somerset.
[Illustration: =Robert Aikenhead.=]
=AINAND, CHARLES=, Private, No. G. 5942, 3rd Battn. Middlesex
Regt.; killed in action on the Western Front, 30 April, 1915; _m._
=AINDOW, FRANK NORMAN=, Sapper, No. 47873, 14th Division, 89th
Field Co., R.E., 2nd _s._ of George Aindow, of 10, Cunard Road,
Litherland, Liverpool, Bricklayer, by his wife, Eliza, 3rd dau. of
Thomas Potts; _b._ Litherland, near Liverpool, 6 Dec. 1896; educ.
Church School there; enlisted 4 Sept. 1914; killed in action at Ypres
while working in the first line of trenches; buried at Cambridge Road
Junction, Ypres; _unm._
=AINGE, GEORGE ALFRED=, Private, No. G. 845, 1st Battn. Royal West
Surrey Regt.; killed in action on the Western Front, 16 May, 1915;
_m._
=AINGER, HAROLD=, 1st Class Boy, C.Y. 27513, H.M.S. Hawke, 2nd
_s._ of Charles Ainger, of Horsley Cross, Mistley, Essex, Horseman
on Farm, by his wife, Annie, dau. of James Goby; _b._ Horsley
Cross, 16 Nov. 1897; educ. St. John’s School there; entered H.M.S.
Ganges at Shotley, 15 Sept. 1913; was transferred to H.M.S. Hawke at
Chatham in Aug. 1914, and was lost when that ship was torpedoed, 15
Oct. 1914; _unm._
=AINGER, JOHN=, Corpl., No. 11337, 2nd Battn. Middlesex Regt.,
_s._ of Christopher Ainger, of 14, Southern Road, Fulham; killed
in action on the Western Front, 23 Dec. 1914.
=AINLEY, CHARLES ERNEST=, Private, No. 1638, 4th Battn. East
Yorkshire Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of George Frederick Ainley, of 51,
Cogan Street, Hull; _b._ Hull, 9 March, 1896; educ. South Myton
School there; joined the Army, 18 Aug. 1912, and was shot through the
head during a battle of Hill 60 by a sniper whilst leaving a trench and
instantaneously killed on 1 May, 1915; _unm._ Before entering the
Army he was an apprentice with Messrs. King & Co.
[Illustration: =Charles Ernest Ainley.=]
=AINSLEY, GEORGE HENRY=, Private, No. 7834, The Queen’s Royal
West Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and
Flanders; was reported missing after the fighting on 31 Oct. 1914, and
is now assumed to have been killed in action on that date. He _m._
Susan (254, Bensham Road, Thornton Heath).
=AINSLIE, DENYS ALFRED LAFOUE=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Devonshire
Regt., 3rd _s._ of William Langstaff Ainslie, of Hanworth House,
Harrow Weald, Middlesex, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Alfred Lafoue;
_b._ Hanworth Park, 21 May, 1894; educ. Wellington College, Berks.
Joined 3rd Reserve Battn. Devonshire Regt. in Jan. 1911, promoted
Lieut. 25 April, 1913; gazetted to the 1st Battn. as 2nd Lieut. 14 Aug.
1914, killed in action at Givenchy 24 Oct. following; buried there. He
was promoted Lieut. (after death) March, 1915. Col. Boles (commanding
3rd Battn. Devonshire Regt.) wrote: “We deplore the loss of a capable
and gallant officer, and one who was most popular with all ranks.” And
the chief of the Tutorial Staff of the Law Society says: “No one who
knew Ainslie could fail to be impressed by the charm of his character,
and attracted by his personality.”
[Illustration: =Denys Alfred Lafoue Ainslie.=]
=AINSLIE, EDWARD=, Private, No. 5860, 1st Battn. East Surrey
Regt.; killed in action on the Western Front, 15 Dec. 1914; _m._
=AINSWORTH, PHILIP=, Private, No. G 4661, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex
Regt., killed in action on the Western Front, 9 May, 1915.
=AINSWORTH, WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 3198, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards; _b._ Leicester; enlisted 8 Jan. 1900; became L.-Corpl.
14 March, 1910; Corpl. 11 July, 1912; L.-Sergt. 18 July, 1914, and
Sergt. 9 Aug. following; served in South Africa, 16 Jan. to 6 Oct. 1902
(Queen’s medal with two clasps), and with the Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders from 12 Aug. 1914; killed in action, 13 Sept. 1914.
=AITCHISON, RONALD ANDREW COLQUHOUN=, Lieut. 1st Battn. The
King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt., only _s._ of Gowrie Colquhoun
Aitchison, of South Collingham, Newark-on-Trent, Lieut.-Col., 2/5th
Battn. Sherwood Foresters, by his wife, Rose Mabel, dau. of Thomas
Smith Woolley; _b._ Burbage, co. Derby, 27 Dec. 1894; educ. at
Hillside, Godalming, Charterhouse, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut.
to the King’s Own, 17 Sept. 1913, and promoted 9 Dec. 1914. Went to
France with his regiment in Aug. 1914; was first in action at Cambray
on 26 Aug., and was through all the subsequent actions in which the
regiment was engaged, including the Battle of the Marne and the
crossing of the Aisne; wounded in action near Armentieres, 14 Dec.
1914, and died a few hours later; _unm._ He was buried in the
convent garden at Le Bizet. He had been recommended for accelerated
promotion to Capt. about a month before his death, and a Staff
Officer wrote: “Ever since the beginning of the war your son has done
splendidly, his bravery was well known.... The men I know were devoted
to him.... He was recommended on two separate occasions for gallantry
on Aug. 26, and since then was again mentioned.”
[Illustration: =Ronald A. C. Aitchison.=]
=AITKEN, JAMES HOME=, Private, No. 6/4, 1st Canterbury Battn., New
Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th _s._ of James Home Rigg Aitken,
of Canterbury, New Zealand (8th _s._ of John Aitken, of Cupar,
Writer, and great-grandson of John Aitken, of Thornton, co. Fife), by
his wife, Jessie, dau. of Stanley Bouchier, of Tipperary, and nephew
of Col. Robert Hope Moncrieff Aitken, V.C., one of the defenders of
Lucknow; _b._ Christchurch, N.Z., 15 Dec. 1887; educ. Christ’s
College there, and Canterbury College. Was attorney and chief agent
in Christchurch of the Northern Insurance Co., and of the Indemnity
Mutual, and also a member of the firm of Aitken Bros., sharebrokers,
of Hereford Street. He had for a number of years been Capt. Commanding
the Queen’s Cadets, but had relinquished his command owing to pressure
of business, and when war broke out, no commissions being available,
he joined the ranks rather than remain behind and await his chance of
receiving one. He was killed near Quinn’s Post, Gallipoli, 5 May, 1915:
_unm._ Writing to his brother, Gen. Sir A. J. Godley said: “He had
been my special orderly since we landed here, and had been invaluable
to me. On the 5th, the day he was killed, he was with me as usual,
carrying my telescope, as he always did, and with his rifle, acting as
my escort. We happened to be in one of the most forward posts when it
was attacked in the afternoon by a considerable body of Turks, who,
in addition to heavy rifle fire, were also throwing bombs. Some of
the men were rather shaken by the explosion of a bomb in their midst,
and Aitken was most cool and plucky in helping to rally them. He then
helped me to extend some supports that came up, and shortly afterwards,
the attack having been repulsed and having died away, I started to walk
down the hill, thinking he was following me, and it was not until I
reached the foot of the hill that I missed him. I then sent word back
to let him know that I would walk slowly on down the valley and that
he would catch me up, and it was not till I had gone some way and met
Tahu Rhodes, that we began to be uneasy about him, and sent back again,
with the result that, to my great grief, I heard he had been hit in
the chest and had a lacerated wound, evidently from a bomb, and had
died on the stretcher on which he was being brought down the valley. My
two A.D.Cs., Major J. H. Hughes and Lieut. Tahu Rhodes, have carved a
wooden cross, which will be placed on his grave.” Aitken was a member
of the ’Varsity first fifteen, and one of the best half-mile, mile,
and cross-country runners Canterbury has ever produced. He served
for several years as secretary of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic
Association, and he was also actively connected with the United Tennis
Club and the Hagley Golf Club. His next elder brother, Edward Bouchier
Aitken, served in Egypt, and is now (1916) serving in France with the
New Zealand Rifle Brigade.
[Illustration: =James Home Aitken.=]
=AITKEN, SIDNEY CHARLES=, Private, No. 10447, 2nd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Charles William Aitken, of 72, Clinton
Lane, Kenilworth; _b._ Warwick; killed in action on the Western
Front, 23 Oct. 1914. Buried 700 yards south of cross roads, north-west
of Zonnebeke.
=AITON, ANDREW ALFRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1045). 143845, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=AKED, GEORGE=, Lieut., 5th Battn. Leicestershire Regt. (T.F.),
only _s._ of George Aked, of Mapperley Park, Nottingham, by his
wife, Sarah, dau. of Samuel Wilkins; _b._ 19 April, 1895; educ.
at Nottingham High School, where he served in the O.T.C. for two and
a-half years, and was one of the High School Contingent reviewed by the
King at Windsor in 1911. He received an appointment in the Nottingham
and Notts Bank at Shepshed, near Loughboro in 1911, and in 1912, when
a company of the 5th Leicesters was formed at Shepshed, he was given a
commission 26 Oct. 1912, and promoted Lieut. 30 Aug. 1914. He was the
only resident officer at Shepshed and had sole charge of the training
of the company. At the outbreak of war the battalion was in camp and
after various duties in England, including night guard near Enfield,
they went to France in Feb. 1915, and were immediately sent to the
Front. He was killed in action at Le Bizet, 5 March, 1915; _unm._
Lieut.-Col. Jones in command wrote as follows: “We have lost in him an
officer of much promise. He had developed very rapidly since he joined
us. He was extraordinarily conscientious in his work, and everything
his duty called him to do he did faithfully, thoroughly and well.” He
was buried near Armentières.
[Illustration: =George Aked.=]
=AKEHURST, ALEXANDER JAMES=, Private, No. 1539, 5th Battn. Royal
Sussex Regt., _s._ of Alfred Akehurst, of Walters Farm Cottage,
Ticehurst, Sussex, Farm Labourer, by his wife, Susannah, dau. of George
Cheesman; _b._ Etchingham, co. Sussex, 22 June, 1896; educ.
Frimwell School; was a farm labourer on Walters Farm; joined the Sussex
Territorials, 29 Aug. 1912; mobilised, 5 Aug. 1914, on the outbreak
of war; went with his battn. to Dover and then to the Tower, where he
volunteered for Imperial service; left England for the Front, 18 Feb.
1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Carency, 9 May, 1915;
_unm._ He was buried about half a mile from St. Vaast.
[Illustration: =A. J. Akehurst.=]
=ALCOCK, HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6711), S.S. 999, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=ALDER, DAVID=, Petty Officer, 212628, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ALDER, WILLIAM STANLEY=, Corpl., No. 11057, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, yst. _s._ of Joseph George Alder, of 35, Floyd Street,
Charlton, S.E., by his wife, Emma, dau. of John Gilson; _b._ East
Greenwich, 13 Oct. 1896; educ. Christ Church School there; enlisted 8
or 10 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at La Bassée, 1 Feb. 1915;
_unm._ He was buried in Cuinchy Cemetery (Section C, Grave No. 4).
[Illustration: =William Stanley Alder.=]
=ALDERSON, HENRY=, Corpl., No. 5902, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Thomas Alderson, of 33, Martin Street, Sheffield,
Carpenter; _b._ Sheffield, 18 Nov. 1885; educ. there; enlisted
Oct. 1904, and was killed in action at St. Julien, 21 Oct. 1914. He
_m._ at St. Andrew’s Church, Islington, 24 Dec. 1911, Ethel
Francis (75, Copenhagen Street, Islington, N.), dau. of Thomas Barker,
of London, and had a son, Edward Thomas, _b._ 21 July, 1913.
[Illustration: =Henry Alderson.=]
=ALDERSON, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 423, 8th Battn. (90th Winnipeg
Rifles), Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of James Alderson,
of Ingleboro’ House, Formby, near Liverpool, Farmer and Butcher, by his
wife, Margaret, dau. of William Ellison, of Yorkshire; _b._ Duke’s
Farm, Formby, 27 July, 1890; educ. Clitheroe Grammar School, and was
then articled to a well-known firm of solicitors in Liverpool. After
two years of office life he felt the need of open living, so went to
Canada, where he joined the Saskatoon police force, and quickly rose
to a detective. On the outbreak of war, 5 Aug. 1914, he at once joined
the 90th Winnipeg Rifles, known as “The Little Black Devils,” and came
over with the first contingent. After being in several engagements he
was killed, 3 June, 1915, by a “coal-box” shell which exploded at the
door of a dug-out he was leaving, in a communication trench known as
“Gunners siding” in Givenchy; death was instantaneous. He was buried in
an orchard behind the trenches.
[Illustration: =Joseph Alderson.=]
=ALDERTON, ARTHUR=, Arm. Mate, 342982, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ALDERTON, CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3310), 176323, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ALDISS, HARRY=, Stoker, P.O. 283643, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ALDOUS, CECIL=, A.B., 211922, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that
ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept.
1914.
=ALDOUS, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 8286, 1st Battn. Middlesex Regt.;
died on active service with the Expeditionary Force in France, 20 Sept.
1914; _m._
=ALDRED, JOHN WILLIAM=, A.B., R.F.R., B. 2386, 208914, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=ALDRIDGE, DAVID=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ports. 14961, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=ALDRIDGE, ERNEST SIDNEY=, Private, No. 9720, 1st Battn. East Kent
Regt., _s._ of William Harry Aldridge, of 5, Curzon Road, Chatham;
died 4 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action on the Western Front.
=ALDRIDGE, REGINALD JOHN PETTY DEVENISH=, Capt. 2nd Battn. Royal
Sussex Regt., _s._ of the late Reginald Aldridge, of Poole,
Dorset, Solicitor; _b._ Poole, co. Dorset, 7 Sept. 1877; educ.
privately and at Worcester College, Oxford, where he took his B.A.
Degree, and won his blue for football, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut.
Royal Sussex Regt. 23 May, 1900, and promoted Lieut. 21 March, 1903,
and Capt. 1 April, 1910. In 1902 he was Instructor of Signalling at
Kasauli, and in 1904 commanded a company of Mounted Infantry in Malta.
He was attached to the West African Regt. from May, 1905 to Jan. 1908,
being Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster from June, 1906, to Jan.
1908, and was Adjutant to the 2nd Royal Guernsey L.I. Jan. 1908, to
Jan. 1912, when he rejoined his regt. at Woking. He went to France
with the first Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed
instantaneously by a high explosive shell, 7 Oct. 1914, while preparing
to return to the trenches for the night. He was buried in the little
churchyard at Troyon. He _m._ in London, 5 May, 1908, Mabel
Dulcibella (Broadlands, 2, Prideaux Road, Eastbourne), yst. dau. of the
late Rev. John Padmore Noble, of 20, Palace Court, London, W., formerly
Vicar of Childs Ercall, Market Drayton, and had two children: Reginald,
_b._ (posthumous), 24 Dec. 1914, and Dulcibella, _b._ 24 Dec.
1909.
[Illustration: =R. J. P. D. Aldridge.=]
=ALDRIDGE, THOMAS=, Sapper, No. 1103, Kent Fortress R.E. (T.F.),
_s._ of John Aldridge, of 50, Cambridge Road, Strood; died at
Sheerness, 16 Aug. 1914, of pneumonia contracted on active service.
=ALDRIDGE, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 1540, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Absolam Aldridge, of Aston Farm, Wallingford,
Berks; enlisted 18 March, 1898; served at Gibraltar, 10 March to 27
Oct. 1899, and in South Africa, 28 Oct. 1899, to 20 July, 1902 (Queen’s
medal with six clasps: “Belmont,” “Modder River,” “Dreifontein,”
“Johannesburg,” “Diamond Hill” and “Belfast”; King’s medal with two
clasps: “South Africa, 1901,” “South Africa, 1902”); obtained his
discharge, 17 March, 1910; re-enlisted 1 Sept. 1914; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 8 Aug. 1914; killed in
action at Cuinchy, 25 Jan. 1915.
=ALEXANDER, CHARLES=, Stoker, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action
off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ALEXANDER, ERNEST=, Officer’s Steward, 3rd Class, L. 5030, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=ALEXANDER, JAMES=, Private, No. 27032, A Coy., 15th Battn. (48th
Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of
James Alexander, of 3, Eastmount Avenue, Toronto, formerly of Drumoak,
Scotland, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of Andrew Milne, of Echt,
Aberdeenshire; _b._ West Cairnton, Peterculter, co. Aberdeen, 9
July, 1892; educ. Drumoak Public School, and Robert Gordon’s College,
Aberdeen; on leaving the latter, joined his father at Niagara Falls,
Canada, afterwards going with him to Toronto. Here he spent several
years with the firm of Cockburn and Bundy, wholesale milliners, during
which time he gained the respect of all. After being with them for
one year, he became one of their travellers, and was making a success
of his work. He was an enthusiastic member and officer of the Prince
of Orange Lodge, No. 111, of Toronto. When war was declared, he
volunteered for overseas service, 11 Aug. 1914, and left Canada with
the first contingent. He was gassed, wounded and taken prisoner at
the Battle of St. Julien, and died of wounds about 27 April, 1915;
_unm._ He was buried at Moorseele.
[Illustration: =James Alexander.=]
=ALEXANDER, THOMAS=, Blk. Mate, M. 7537, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ALGIE, ROBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5311), S.S. 40, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=ALLAN, CHARLES=, Private, No. 10957, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of James Allan, of 195, South Glen Craig, Loch Gelly,
Fife, by his wife, Bridget, dau. of F. Connor, of co. Derry; _b._
Habern-on-Tyne; educ. Loch Gelly; enlisted on the outbreak of war, and
died at No. 7 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, of wounds received in
action, 9 Jan. 1915; _unm._ He was buried in Boulogne Cemetery
(Grave No. 1041).
[Illustration: =Charles Allan.=]
=ALLAN, JOHN MEIN=, Private, No. 1078, 5th Battn. (Queen’s
Edinburgh Volunteers) Royal Scots, _s._ of Andrew Allan, Machine
Printer, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of William Mein; _b._
Edinburgh, 1 Dec. 1894; educ. North Canongate School; joined the
Queen’s Edinburgh Volunteers in 1907, and was killed in action at
the Dardanelles, 7 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried near the village of
Krithia. He held the Long Service medal. Writing to his mother, Private
J. M. Anderson, a comrade, said: “Allan’s section was told off to clear
a wood, and had got to the centre of it, when a machine gun was turned
on them and your son was shot through the head.”
=ALLAN, PETER=, Private, No. 7173, 2nd Battn. Highland L.I.;
killed in action at Richebourg, 16 May, 1915; _m._
=ALLAN, THOMAS MARTIN=, Seaman, R.N.R. 3133C, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ALLARD, DONALD=, Private, No. 73, 10th (South Australian) Battn.
3rd Infantry Brigade, Australian Expeditionary Force, elder _s._
of William Henry Allard, of Messrs. Baillieu Allard Proprietary, Ltd.,
of 360, Collins Street, Melbourne, by his wife, Florence Benson,
dau. of John Wilson, of Brighton, Victoria; _b._ Elsternwick,
Melbourne, 2 June, 1891; educ. Brighton Grammar School, Melbourne.
Joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force on mobilisation, took part
in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, was wounded in the
subsequent fighting, and was killed by shrapnel at Gallipoli, when
going to the beach, 18 May, 1915; _unm._ He was one of the twelve
who volunteered to land for the purpose of cutting barbed wire, and
landed before day broke on 25 April, 1915. His brother, William Keith
Allard, was in the Southland when she was torpedoed and blown up by a
howitzer, and suffered from concussion and was invalided home.
=ALLCHIN, ALBERT GEORGE=, A.B., J. 4333, H.M.S. Laurel; died of
wounds received in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=ALLCOCK, HERBERT ERNEST=, Private, No. 6774, 2nd Battn. York
and Lancaster Regt., _s._ of Charles Allcock, by his wife, Emma,
dau. of J.... Brett; _b._ Norfolk, Oct. 1882; educ. Burley Road
Board School there; joined the Army 14 June, 1902, and served eight
years with the Colours, three years being spent in India, and received
two good conduct stripes and cross guns. He rejoined at the outbreak
of war, and was killed in action in France 18 Oct. 1914. He _m._
Leeds, 29 July, 1911, Ethel Rose (30a, Greenlow Avenue, Burley, Leeds),
dau. of (--) Bloomfield, and had issue two children: Winifred Emma,
_b._ 24 Aug. 1912, and Ellen Kathleen, _b._ 18 April, 1914.
[Illustration: =Herbert Ernest Allcock.=]
=ALLCORN, HERBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, R.F.R., B. 4624, S.S.
103841, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast
of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ALLEN, ARTHUR JAMES=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 1318), late
Ch. 14735, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ALLEN, DANIEL=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch., B. 5107), 206565 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=ALLEN, HENRY=, Petty Officer, 191506, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ALLEN, HENRY=, Stoker, P.O. (R.F.R., A. 1920), 160090, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ALLEN, JOHN CECIL=, Private, No. 2602, 6th Battn. Northumberland
Fusiliers (T.F.), only _s._ of John Allen, Engineman (6, Queen
Alexandra Road West, North Shields), by his wife, Mary, dau. of Jacob
Williamson, of Ryhope; _b._ Ryhope, 20 Oct. 1897; educ. Jubilee
School and Municipal High School, Tynemouth; joined Northumberland
Fusiliers about 20 Sept. 1914; killed in action at St. Julien, near
Ypres, 26 April, 1915; _unm._
=ALLEN, JOHN FRANCIS=, E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 7329, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ALLEN, JOHN HUGH=, Lieut., 13th (Service) Battn. Worcestershire
Regt., attd. Essex Regt., _s._ of Col. the Hon. James Allen,
Minister of Defence, New Zealand, by his wife, Mary J., dau. of (--)
Richards, of Alford, co. Somerset; _b._ Dunedin, N.Z., 1 March,
1887; educ. at Wanganiu Collegiate School and Otago University, and
went to Jesus College, Cambridge, in 1907, where he took the degrees
of B.A. and LL.B. in 1911. While at Cambridge he took a leading part
in politics and public affairs, and was President of the Union and of
the New Carlton Club. He was keenly interested in Imperial problems,
and contributed articles to the “Saturday Review” and the “Oxford and
Cambridge Review.” His intention was to devote himself to law and
politics in New Zealand, and his early career gave promise of great
service to the Empire. He was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple
early in 1914, and his passage home was booked when war broke out in
August. He at once joined the Inns of Court O.T.C., and after three
months’ training with them was gazetted Lieut. 20 Oct. 1914. He was
killed in action at the Dardanelles, near Krithia, Hellis, 6 June,
1915, while gallantly leading his men.
[Illustration: =John Hugh Allen.=]
=ALLEN, MARSHALL CLAUDE=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 22871, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=ALLEN, THOMPSON=, Corpl., No. 964, Essex Yeomanry, _s._
of Edgar Allen, of The Laurels, Great Horkesley, Colchester, Farmer;
_b._ Great Horkesley, 5 Dec. 1893; joined the Essex Yeomanry
Nov. 1913, and was killed in action near Ypres, 13 May, 1915, while
taking part in what Brigadier-Gen. Johnson described as one of the
finest charges he had ever seen. He was buried in a graveyard on the
road running from Ypres to Z----, about a quarter of a mile beyond the
village of Potilga. Lieut. Victor Hine wrote: “I had a personal pride
and fondness for your son. He has always been my ideal of a soldier.
Nothing was too much for him to do, and he always took a pride in
himself and his work.... In fact, I relied upon him more than I can
say.”
[Illustration: =Thompson Allen.=]
=ALLEN, WILLIAM LYNN, D.S.O.=, Major, 2nd Battn. Border Regt.,
_s._ of Bulkeley Allen, of Altrincham, co. Chester, J.P.;
_b._ 1871; educ. Rugby; gazetted 2nd Lieut. from the Militia to
the 1st Battn. Border Regt. 2 Sept. 1893; promoted Lieut. 27 July,
1896, Capt. 23 July, 1902, and Major 20 Oct. 1915. Served in the South
African War, 1899–1902, being acting Adjutant 1901–4, and again at the
Discharge Depôt, Gosport, 1905–9; took part in the operations in Natal,
1899, the Orange Free State, April-May, 1900, and in the Transvaal,
June, 1900, including the Relief of Ladysmith and the actions at
Colenso, Spion Kop, Vaal Kranz, Tugela Heights (14–27 Feb. 1900), and
Pieters Hill; twice mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept.
1901, and 29 July, 1902], and received Queen’s medal with five clasps
and the King’s medal with two clasps and the D.S.O. On the outbreak
of the European War in Aug. 1914, he rejoined the 2nd Battn. of his
regiment, and was killed in action 25 Oct. 1914. He _m._ 1902,
Adeline Miriam, dau. of Isaac Garbutt Dickinson.
=ALLEN, WILLIAM BENJAMIN=, Corpl., No. 24452, 13th Battn. (Royal
Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the
late Capt. William Benjamin Allen, of Albion Road, Rowhedge, Essex,
Merchant Service, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of Daniel Potter; _b._
Rowhedge, co. Essex, 25 April, 1888. Was in business in New York when
war was declared. He immediately proceeded to Montreal, joined the
Royal Highlanders, and came over with the first Canadian Contingent in
Oct. 1914. After training on Salisbury Plain during the winter, they
went to France in February, where Allen was transferred to the machine
gun section and later promoted Corpl. He served through the Battles of
Ypres, St. Julien, etc., and was killed in action in the early morning,
11 July, 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the cemetery behind
Ploegsteert Woods.
[Illustration: =William Benjamin Allen.=]
=ALLENBY, AUGUSTUS HEATHCOTE=, Lieut.-Col., 7th (Service) Battn.
Royal Scots Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of Major Robert Allenby, of
St. Mary’s Lodge, Bootham, York, J.P., by his wife, Agnes, dau. of
Benjamin Blades Thompson, of Tadcaster, co. York; _b._ Halford,
co. Warwick, 22 Nov. 1862; educ. Silsby and St. Peter’s School, York;
received his first commission in the York and Lancaster Regiment from
the Durham Artillery Militia, 23 May, 1885, and was gazetted Lieut. to
the Indian Staff Corps in April, 1887. He was promoted Capt. 23 May,
1896; Major, 23 May, 1903; and Lieut.-Col. 23 May, 1911, and retired
under limitation of age rule in Nov. 1914, having been in command of
the 83rd Wallajabad Light Infantry since May, 1911. He served in the
Burmah Expedition, 1885–7, with the Upper Burmah Field Force, 1887–9,
and in the Chin Hills Expedition, 1891–2, and received the Burmah
medal with three clasps. On his return to England he at once offered
his services with the New Armies, was gazetted to the command of the
7th Royal Scots Fusiliers 3 June, 1915, and left for the front the
following month. Col. Allenby was killed in action at Le Philosophe,
France, 7 Aug. 1915, by shell fire, and was buried in Mazingarbe
Cemetery, Bethune. He _m._ at Secunderabad, India, 24 Sept. 1890,
Margaret Maud, 4th dau. of the late Thomas Rowe, R.E. Dept.; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Augustus H. Allenby.=]
=ALLEYN, JOSEPH=, Acting Sergt., No. 12874. 4th Battn. The
Middlesex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and
Flanders; killed in action, 14 May, 1915.
=ALLINSON, JOSEPH=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 3692), 301349,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ALLISON, DAN WALTER=, Private, No. 7280, 1st Battn. Scots Guards,
_s._ of William Allison, of Bawburgh, Norfolk; _b._ Cossey,
near Norwich; enlisted 27 Nov. 1908; served with the Expeditionary
Force in France and Flanders, and was reported missing after the
fighting on 11 Nov. 1914; aged 21.
=ALLISON, JOHN MALCOLM=, Gunner, No. 3158, 1st Field Artillery,
Australian Imperial Force; killed in action at the Dardanelles, 9 May,
1915.
=ALLISON, ROBERT=, Leading Carpenter’s Crew, 119411, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ALLISON, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Private, No. 887, 2/5th Battn. (London
Rifle Brigade), The London Regt., eldest _s._ of George William
Allison, of the Central Telegraph Office, London, and 30, Cavendish
Flats, Gilbert Street, Grosvenor Square, W., by his wife, Georginia
Rose, dau. of the late William Dean; _b._ St. George’s, Hanover
Square, W., 20 Nov. 1890; educ. Polytechnic, Regent Street; and when
war broke out was on the clerical staff of a City shipping firm. He
joined the 2nd Battn. of the London Brigade, 2 Sept. 1914, and left
for France on 27 March, 1915. The London Rifle Brigade supported
the Canadians at Ypres when they re-took the guns which had been
temporarily captured by the Germans, and after nine days in the
trenches he fell a victim the very day they were relieved, being killed
by shrapnel, 3 May, 1915; _unm._ Field-Marshal Sir John (now
Lord) French, in his report, stated that the 5th City of London Regt.
(London Rifle Brigade), although their losses were heavy, unfalteringly
retained their position.
[Illustration: =William George Allison.=]
=ALLOWAY, WILLIAM HENRY=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24691 (Devon.),
H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=ALLUM, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2174), 172241,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914: _m._
=ALLWRIGHT, ALFRED WALTER=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch., B. 9238), 211594,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ALSBURY, JAMES=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 3635), 187202, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=AMBROSE, WILLIAM CHARLES JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R.,
10399), 299915, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=AMES, JOHN=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 181534, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=AMIES, STEPHEN JOHN=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 22634, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=AMOS, ALBERT EDWARD=, Officers’ Steward, 2nd Class, 365970,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=AMOS, CHARLES BYRON=, L.-Corpl., No. 28951, E Coy., 16th Battn.,
3rd Brigade, 1st Canadian Contingent, yst. _s._ of Henry Amos, of
New House Farm, Sheldwich, Faversham, Kent, by his wife, Ellen Mary,
dau. of John Byron, of Kirkby Green, Sleaford, co. Lincoln; _b._
Littles Manor, Sheldwich, 12 Aug. 1886; educ. Felsted School, Essex,
and the Crystal Palace School of Engineering. Went to Canada in April,
1913, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, enlisted at Vancouver,
B.C. He was killed in action near Ypres, 25 April, 1915. A comrade
wrote: “Charlie was shot after we had recaptured the guns and were
returning. We were sent out of one small fort and had to dig ourselves
in about 100 yards in advance of the fort, and it was whilst doing this
that Charlie got hit; in fact, we had just received the order to get
back to the fort, and he and I were making our way down a small ditch
when he fell; his death was instantaneous, as he was shot in the head.
Our ranks were, indeed, terribly thinned by that attack, but as we have
been told by Gen. Anderson that it was our brigade who stopped the
whole of the German line advancing, we feel very proud, and my deepest
regret is that Charlie was not spared to share the honours; but you
can all feel proud of him. He died like a man, and a better friend or
braver soldier there was not.” At Felsted he made a name for athletics,
winning the junior steeplechase one year and the senior twice. He also
took the championship for sports. He _m._ at Hillingdon, West
Uxbridge, 25 Oct. 1911, Brenda Grant, dau. of Edward Bailey, 9, Belmont
Road, Uxbridge, and had issue a dau., Angela Mary, _b._ 1 Nov.
1913.
[Illustration: =Charles Byron Amos.=]
=AMPHLETT, EDWARD BAYLIE=, M.A., Capt., 12th Battn. Worcestershire
Regt. (T.F.), attd. 2nd Battn. Royal Fusiliers, yr. _s._ of John
Amphlett, of Clent, co. Worcester, by his wife, Eliza Anne, only dau.
of Edward Biven Baylie, of Stourbridge; _b._ Clent, 15 Jan. 1877;
educ. Marlborough and Worcester College, Oxford, and was called to
the Bar, going on the Oxford Circuit. He saw service with Paget’s
Horse in South Africa, and in 1912 was appointed Police Magistrate in
the island of Grenada, W.I., a post he resigned to volunteer for the
war. He was given the temporary rank of Lieut. in Nov. 1914, and was
gazetted Capt. on 15 Jan. 1915, when he was also appointed Adjutant. He
went out in May, 1915, to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force,
being attached to the Royal Fusiliers, and was killed in action at the
Dardanelles, 4 June, 1915; _unm._ He was well-known in musical
circles in Worcestershire and Birmingham.
[Illustration: =Edward Baylie Amphlett.=]
=AMPLEFORD, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9079, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=AMY, RAULIN ANTHOINE JOHN=, L.-Corpl., No. 63057, 4th (formerly
23rd) Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of Raulin
William Amy, of 39, D’Artigny Street, Quebec, Canada, Accountant,
by his wife, Matilda, dau. of James Clark; _b._ Grand Bay, co.
Saguenay, Quebec, 29 March, 1893; educ. Victoria and Boys’ High
Schools, Quebec. At the age of 15 years he entered the employ of the
Jonquiere Pulp Co., manufacturers of paper and cardboard, and when
this company was absorbed by Price Brothers & Co., Ltd., of Quebec,
continued in their employ, being transferred to their large paper mill
at Kenogami. Here he remained until 1914, and was then transferred
to the company’s main office at Quebec, attached to the paper sales
department. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for service overseas,
and joined the 23rd Battn. 15 Nov. 1914. He came over with the Second
Contingent in March, 1915, went to the Front, 1 May, 1915, and was
killed in action at Festubert, 31 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Raulin Anthoine J. Amy.=]
=ANCILL, HARRY PEARCE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4796), S.S.
104187, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast
of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ANDERSON, ABDY FELLOWES=, Capt. 3rd Battn. Cameronians (Scottish
Rifles), attd. 2nd Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, 3rd
_s._ of the late Col. James Alexander Anderson, 14th Regt. (West
Yorkshires), by his wife, Catherine (19, Gloucester Square, W.), dau.
of William Campbell; _b._ near Melbourne, Australia; educ. Harrow
and Sandhurst; passed into the 13th Hussars for five years; saw service
as Lieut. during the S. African campaign in the Queenstown Rifle
Volunteers, for which he received the Queen’s medal with two clasps;
later joined 4th Border Regt. as Capt., and retired on its disbandment
in 1908. On the outbreak of the European war he joined 3rd Scottish
Rifles as Capt. 5 Sept. 1914, and was attached to the 2nd Battn. King’s
Own Scottish Borderers in Oct. 1914. He was killed in action near the
village of St. Jean, on the Yser Canal, 23 April, 1915, while his
battalion was supporting the Canadians in the first gas attack. Capt.
Anderson’s company was the first to reach Hill 60 when it was captured
by us on 17–18 April, 1915. He _m._ St. George’s, Hanover Square,
W., Phyllis Evelyn Carr (32, Walpole Street, Sloane Square, S.W.), only
child of William Morris Fletcher, Burley Beacon, co. Hants, J.P., late
I.C.S., and granddau. of Henry Alworth Merewether, Bowden Hill, Lacock,
Wilts, Q.C., and had two sons: David Allan Fletcher, _b._ 2 May,
1904, and Gerald Donald, _b._ 29 Jan. 1908.
[Illustration: =Abdy Fellowes Anderson.=]
=ANDERSON, ALEXANDER CLAIRMONTE=, Capt., 6th Jat L.I., Indian
Army, _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Alexander Anderson, of Pitt House,
Dawlish, late R.A.M.C.; _b._ Muttra, N.W. Provinces, India, 28
April, 1885; educ. Kelly College, Tavistock, and Sandhurst; gazetted to
the Royal Sussex Regt. 28 Jan. 1905; joined the Indian Army in 1907,
became Lieut. 1908, and Capt. Jan. 1914, and was accidentally killed in
the trenches at Festubert, 23 Nov. 1914, by the premature explosion of
a hand bomb which he was about to throw; _unm._ He was buried in
the cemetery near Bethune.
=ANDERSON, CHARLES ALEXANDER KENNETH=, 2nd Lieut. 1st Battn. The
King’s Royal Rifle Corps, attd. to the 1st Battn. The Royal Scots
Fusiliers, only _s._ of Alexander Richard Anderson, F.R.C.S., of
Nottingham, by his wife, Edith, dau. of the late C.... E.... Tuck,
J.P. co. Norfolk, and grandson of the late Col. Richard Anderson, H.M.
56th Regt. He was born at Nottingham on 31 May, 1893; educ. at Harrow
(1907–11) and Pembroke College, Cambridge; gazetted as University
candidate to the 1st Battn. The Royal Scots Fusiliers on 4 Aug. 1914,
and transferred to the King’s Royal Rifle Corps on 14 Aug. 1914, but
having already left for France with the Royal Scots Fusiliers he
remained attached to that regt. He took part in the Battles of Mons,
the Marne, the Aisne, and the first Battle of Ypres, and was killed in
action about 3 a.m. on 12 Nov. 1914, while leading his men in a night
attack on the German trenches near the Chateau Harantalge, on the
Ypres-Menin road, being at the time in command of half of C Coy. 1st
Battn. Royal Scots Fusiliers. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Charles A. K. Anderson.=]
=ANDERSON, FREDERICK KINLOCH=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. The Black
Watch (Royal Highlanders), 4th _s._ of the late William Joseph
Kinloch Anderson, of the City of Edinburgh, J.P., D.L., by his wife,
Mary, dau. of the late James Wilson, of Edinburgh; _b._ Edinburgh,
7 April, 1880; educ. George Watson’s College there; was a Civil
Engineer in the Engineers’ Department of the North British Railway
Co., and after joining the 9th Battn. of the Royal Scots (T.F.) at
the outbreak of war, was given a commission in the 4th Black Watch, 2
March, 1915. He was killed in action near Loos, 25 Sept. 1915, and was
buried at Pont du Henn; _unm._
=ANDERSON, HENRY KEMP=, Private, No. 12/297, 6th Hauraki Regt.,
New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Alexander Anderson,
formerly of Perth, Scotland, School Teacher, by his wife, Elizabeth
(Balmoral Road, Auckland, New Zealand), dau. of Robert Coghill, of
Wick, Scotland; _b._ Hokianga, Auckland, New Zealand, 20 March,
1882; educ. Auckland; joined the Expeditionary Force in Sept. 1914;
fought at Achi Baba on 8 May, was fortunate in getting through, but
was mortally wounded a few days later in a rest camp, two miles in the
rear of the firing line, from a stray bullet. He was shot in the back,
above the kidneys, was taken on board the hospital ship Sicilia, and
died between Gallipoli and Alexandria, 21 May, 1915; buried at sea;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Henry Kemp Anderson.=]
=ANDERSON, HENRY SMALL=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1604), 209596, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=ANDERSON, JOHN=, Sergt., No. 8150, 2nd Battn. Yorkshire Regt.,
_s._ of Jabez Anderson, of 87, Wood Street, Norton, Malton,
Agricultural Labourer, by his wife, Mary Ellen, dau. of (--); _b._
20 May, 1887; educ. Bower Memorial School, Norton. Entered Army 24
April, 1905. Killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 13 March, 1915; buried
at Lavanta. Sergt. Anderson had completed ten years’ service all but a
few months with the Yorkshire Regt. He served through the S. African
War, and in the present war passed unscratched through the heavy
fighting at Mons, Ypres, and Armentières.
=ANDERSON, JOHN GRANT=, Private, No. 71568, 27th Battn. (City of
Winnipeg Regt.) Canadian Expeditionary Force; 2nd surviving _s._
of Lieut.-Col. John Grant Anderson, Military Knight of Windsor (late
the Leicestershire Regt., and formerly Royal Welsh Fusiliers), by his
wife, Beatrice, dau. of Col. Samuel Bradburne, Commanding 2nd Battn.
The Leicestershire Regt.; _b._ Brentwood, co. Essex, 20 Nov. 1894;
educ. at Christ’s Hospital, Horsham, and the Imperial Service College,
Windsor. Went to Canada in June, 1912, with a view to taking up farming
there, and settled in Manitoba. Shortly after the war broke out,
however, he enlisted, and came over to England with the 2nd Canadian
Contingent, arriving at Shorncliffe on 29 May, 1915; and on 17 Sept.,
left with his Battn. for the Western Front. Very shortly after arrival
in France, they were sent into the trenches in the fighting line in
the Ypres district--he having meanwhile volunteered for the Grenade
and Bombing Section of his battn., and during an enemy bombardment on
13 Oct., he was killed by a high explosive shell, which penetrated the
parapet. He was buried in the Military Cemetery at Kemmel, Belgium,
where his grave was carefully marked and tended by his comrades. The
following are extracts from some of the letters received by his parents
from his officers and comrades. From Major Beattie, Senior Chaplain,
2nd Canadian Division: “Your boy made many dear friends in the battn.,
and leaves a record that others might be proud to emulate.” From Major
Owen, Chaplain to the Brigade: “Your son was always spoken of very
highly, a general favourite and very lovable. I have heard nothing but
good of him.” From Lieut. Cay, in charge of Grenade Section: “I want to
say how much I appreciate the way in which all his work was done. You
will know what I mean when I say he was a real soldier.” From Corpl.
Howard Chalmers: “He was very much endeared to us all by reason of
his wonderful cheerfulness under all conditions. I need not tell you
his death was a great loss to us all.” From Pte. C. A. Smith, Grenade
Section: “I can’t say enough for him. Everybody had a good word for
him, the bravest and kindest boy that ever lived.” He was _unm._
[Illustration: =John Grant Anderson.=]
=ANDERSON, KENNETH ANGUS=, Cadet, R.N., H.M.S. Bulwark, 2nd
_s._ of Sir Kenneth Skelton Anderson, of Stamford House,
Wimbledon, K.C.M.G., by his wife, Louisa Mary, 4th dau. of the late
James Cochrane Stevenson, for many years M.P. for South Shields;
_b._ Kings Langley, Herts, 13 Nov. 1898; educ. St. Aubyn’s School,
Rottingdam; entered Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, in Sept. 1913. On
the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he joined H.M.S. Bulwark, and lost
his life when that ship was blown up at Sheerness on 26 Nov. 1914.
[Illustration: =Kenneth Angus Anderson.=]
=ANDERSON, JOHN ROBERT=, Pensioner Cooper, 135921, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=ANDERSON, MERVYN KEBBLE=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Irish Regt.,
4th _s._ of James Anderson, of Brentford, Orwell Park, Dublin,
by his wife, Sarah Olivia, dau. of Michael Thomas Brown; _b._
Ballina, co. Mayo, 22 Jan. 1892; educ. at the Diocesan School and
St. Andrew’s College, Dublin; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Battn.
(Special Reserve) of the Royal Irish Regt. 12 Sept. 1914; went to
the Front in Jan. 1915. He was wounded by shrapnel while passing
through a communication trench at Ypres on 7 May, 1915, and died in
No. 7 Stationary Hospital at Boulogne, 11 May following. His captain
wrote: “As his captain I knew him better than any other officer in the
regiment, and next to his own people I don’t know who could feel his
death more than I do, unless it be his men. He was always so good to
them and thoughtful of their comfort. He was, indeed, a true type of
British officer.”
[Illustration: =Mervyn Kebble Anderson.=]
=ANDERSON, REGINALD WILLIAM CHRISTIE=, Private, No. S. 4, 070893,
Army Service Corps, _s._ of Robert Anderson, of Fraserburgh, co.
Aberdeen, Solicitor; _b._ Fraserburgh, 9 Nov. 1875; educ. Blair
Lodge School, Polmont; enlisted 18 March, 1915, and _d._ of
pneumonia in the Connaught Hospital, Aldershot, while going through his
course of training. He _m._ Alvescot, co. Oxford, 9 Nov. 1901,
Edith Elizabeth (The Warren, Carterton, Clanfield, S.O., Oxon.), only
dau. of the late John Pearse, Fleet Engineer, R.N., and left two sons:
Robert Pearse, _b._ 20 Feb. 1905, and John Christie, _b._ 3
Dec. 1908.
[Illustration: =Reginald W. C. Anderson.=]
=ANDERSON, ROBERT SAMUEL=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 16946, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ANDERSON, SAMUEL=, Private, No. 997, 2nd Battn., Australian 1st
Infantry Brigade, only _s._ of Charles Anderson, of Eastwick,
Ollaberry, North Mavine, Shetland, R.N.R., by his wife, Christina, dau.
of George Clark Sharp, of Ollaberry; _b._ Ollaberry, Shetland, 14
Nov. 1890; educ. Public School there; was a few months in the Merchant
Service, and went to Australia in 1910, and was working on a farm
until the outbreak of war. He enlisted, went with the 1st Australian
Contingent to Cairo, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 15
April, 1915; _unm._
=ANDERSON, WILLIAM ARTHUR=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 14318, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ANDERSON, WILLIAM JOHN=, Leading Seaman, J. 918, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ANDERSON BEY, GEORGE WHITEFIELD=, Quartermaster and Hon.
Major, late Seaforth Highlanders, Director of Stores, Headquarters
Staff, Egyptian Army, _s._ of the late James Anderson, Farmer
in Bogieside, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of George Wright, of
North Ardlair, Kennethmont, Farmer; _b._ at Muir of Rhynie, co.
Aberdeen, 30 June, 1856; enlisted in the Seaforth Highlanders (then in
India) at Stirling, 9 July, 1874, and after being attached to the 91st
Highlanders in Ireland for a time, went out to India with a draft in
1876, and joined his own regt. at Sialkot, and served 17 years and 57
days in the ranks. He went through the Afghan War, 1878–80, first with
the Kuram Field Force; took part in the reconnaissance of 28 Nov.; the
assault and capture of Peiwar Kotal, passage of the Chappri Defile, the
Khost Valley Expedition, action of Matoon; then with the Kabul Field
Force; took part in the night attack on rearguard at Zahidabad, Battle
of Charasiah (promoted Sergt.); pursuit to Asniai Heights, occupation
of Kabul, actions at Doaba and Lataband, operations in and around Kabul
in Dec. 1879, relief of Sherpur; action of Childukbteran; march from
Kabul to relief of Kandahar, reconnaissance of 31 Aug. and battle of
1 Sept., and was awarded the medal with four clasps and the bronze
star. He afterwards served in the Egyptian Campaign, 1882; present
at Battle of Chalouf, seizure of Canal east of Ismailia, Battle of
Tel-el-Kebir, occupation of Zagazig and of Cairo (medal with clasp,
bronze star), and in the Bechuanaland Expedition, 1884–85, acting as
chief of the signalling party. He became Regimental Sergt.-Major, Sept.
1891, and was promoted Quartermaster, 22 Dec. 1894, with the hon. rank
of Lieut. He was with his regt. in Crete during the insurrection of
1896, and took part in the Nile Expedition, 1898. He was present at the
Battles of Atbara and Khartoum, and was again mentioned in Despatches
[London Gazette, 30 Sept. 1898], and given the hon. rank of Capt. 16
Dec. 1898. On the conclusion of that campaign his services were asked
by Lord Kitchener and Sir Reginald Wingate for the Egyptian Army,
and he was attached to it with the rank of Major in 1901. He became
Director of Stores on the Headquarters Staff of the Egyptian Army in
1905, and his successful efforts in re-organisation and in matters of
armament and equipment were gratefully recognised by the Khedive and
Sirdar. He was made an Hon. Major in the British Army, 17 Oct. 1908,
a Lieut.-Col. in the Egyptian Army, and created a Bey and decorated
with the Imperial Ottoman Order of the Medjidieh. His period of
services ended in 1911, but he was induced by Lord Kitchener to extend
his service for three years, and before this was ended the European
War had broken out. He volunteered to go to the Dardanelles, but was
retained at his post in Cairo, and he died there on active service, 31
Aug. 1914. Anderson Bey was a great traveller and explorer, and had
at one time or other penetrated to the outskirts of every province in
the Soudan, inspecting, hunting, sketching and snap-shooting. Speaking
Arabic fluently, his agreeable manners made him a welcome visitor,
and “Assad Ahmar” (“The Red Lion”), as the Arabs called him, had many
loyal friends among the desert tribes on the Nile. He was the author of
“Seaforth Songs and Ballads” and “Lays of Strathbogie.”
[Illustration: =George W. Anderson Bey.=]
=MOORE-ANDERSON, WALTER GRAHAM, M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O.=, Staff
Surgeon, R.N., 3rd _s._ of Sir Robert Anderson, of 39, Linden
Gardens, Bayswater, W., K.C.B., LL.D., late Assistant Commissioner of
Police, Scotland Yard, by his wife, Lady Agnes Alexandrina, sister of
Ponsonby William, 9th Earl of Drogheda, and dau. of Ponsonby Arthur
Moore; _b._ 7, Kensington Gore, S.W., 12 Sept. 1877; educ. Coombe
Down School, Bath, and Trinity College, Dublin, and took his degrees
in 1902. He was for some time House Surgeon at the Adelaide Hospital,
Dublin, and joined the Navy in Nov. 1903, entering Haslar R.N.
Hospital, Portsmouth. During his three years on H.M.S. Scylla, Sept.
1908, to May, 1911, he saw three revolutions--at Haiti, Nicaragua and
Honduras--and was complimented on the wonderfully good health enjoyed
by that ship’s company in the very trying West Indian climate. After
the outbreak of war he served in H.M.S. Royal Arthur--doing patrol
work in the North Sea--until Dec. 1914, when he went to the armed
merchantman Clan McNaughton, on the paying off of the Royal Arthur
(Cruiser), and was appointed Chief Medical Officer. She left Tilbury
Docks, London, just after Christmas, and was lost with all hands on
or about 3 Feb. 1915. Dr. Moore-Anderson was a very good all-round
sportsman, and while serving in the Impregnable training ship, did a
great deal in working up the boys’ enthusiasm for manly sports and
exercises. He played cricket for the Navy on several occasions, and
in July, 1914, at 37 years of age, gained the Silver Cup presented
to the winner of the Officers’ Flat Race for the Queenstown Training
Squadron. He _m._ at Plymouth, 6 July, 1907, Nora Edith Martin
(39, Linden Gardens, London, W.), yst. dau. of Alfred Henry Martin,
Paymaster-in-Chief, R.N., had issue a son, Barry Loftus, _b._ 12
July, 1911, _d._ 17 March, 1912.
[Illustration: =W. G. Moore Anderson.=]
=ANDERTON, JAMES=, Private, No. 8651, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards,
_s._ of James Anderton, of 15, Harper Street, Wigan; _b._
Wigan, co. Lancaster; enlisted 30 June, 1913; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action in France,
16 May, 1915.
=ANDERTON, JOHN WAINWRIGHT=, Corpl., R.M.L.I. (Ports.), 14411,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914; _m._
=ANDERTON, WILLIAM LYON=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. Duke of
Wellington’s West Riding Regt.; elder _s._ of the Rev. William
Edward Anderton, M.A., Congregational Minister, Woodford Green,
Essex, by his wife, Ellen Anderton, dau. of John Tyrer, of Liverpool;
_b._ Woodford Green, 17 Jan. 1885; educ. St. Aubyn’s School,
Woodford Green, and Merchant Taylors’ School, where he gained his
colours for both cricket and football, and afterwards became a Director
of the firm of George Anderton & Son, Ltd., Cleckheaton, Yorkshire. On
the declaration of war, he enlisted as a Private in the West Riding
Regt., 10 Aug. 1914, and six months later (-- Jan. 1915) was given a
commission in his own regiment. He was shot by a sniper, while going
his rounds as bombing officer, at 4.30 a.m. on 21 Aug. 1915, about two
miles north of Ypres, on the eastern bank of the Yser Canal. Writing to
his father, Brig.-Gen. E. Brereton, Commanding 147th Infantry Brigade,
said: “I am able to send you the following particulars:--I left my
headquarters at 4 a.m. yesterday morning on my round of inspection.
There is one corner where one has to leave a trench and be in the open
more or less for about six paces, and then enter the trench again.
At about 4.30 a.m. I came to this bit, and as I turned into the open
found a small party with Mr. Law, of the 6th Battn., with your poor son
lying at their feet. They said: ‘For God’s sake jump in quick; they
have sniped Mr. Anderton.’ I saw at a glance his case was hopeless,
poor boy. He was not suffering; of that I am sure, for practically the
bullet had, I should imagine, passed through or near the brain....
I then proceeded on my rounds, and about three-quarters of an hour
afterwards passed back, and found he had been moved to a first-aid post
about 200 yards along the trench. He was still breathing as I passed,
but quite unconscious. He died shortly afterwards, I understand. He
died doing his duty nobly. As you know, he was bombing officer to his
battn. I knew him fairly well, and looked upon him as a very charming
fellow, and an excellent officer.” Other letters from his Company
Officers and comrades unite in speaking of him in the highest terms.
Gen. E. M. Perceval, 49th West Riding Division, wrote: “Brig.-Gen.
Brereton, who commands the 147th Brigade, told me that your son was
one of his best officers, and I know that his brother officers and men
were very fond of him.” Lieut.-Col. E. P. Chambers, Commanding 4th
W.R. Regt.: “He was a most popular officer with the men, and everyone
will feel his loss. Officers of his experience are most difficult to
replace, and our Battalion is much the poorer by his death.” And Capt.
W. F. Denning: “I was quite close to him when he was killed, at about
4.30 a.m., being caught by a sniper. He was shot in the head and never
regained consciousness, and I am thankful to be able to assure you that
he suffered no pain. We have been in perhaps the worst trench in the
whole line, and have had a very hard and trying time, losing some good
men, but I think poor Lyon’s death was the last straw. I buried him
on the canal bank in the afternoon, and we have put a cross over his
grave, which adjoins the graves of other soldiers. I’m afraid no words
of mine can lessen your grief, but I should like you to know how much
we all loved him, officers, N.C.O.’s, and men alike, and how terrible
it feels to miss him.” He was _unm._ His cousin german, Major H.
Lyon Anderton, 1/6th West Yorkshire Regt., was wounded while attached
to and in command of the 11th West Yorkshire Regt., and is now (1916)
on active service with the Expeditionary Force in France.
[Illustration: =William Lyon Anderton.=]
=ANDREW, FREDERICK RUSSELL=, Private, No. 51041, 16th Battn.
(91st Canadian Scottish), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of
Capt. James Andrew, of Owen Sound, Ontario, Merchant Service (who
_d._ 14 April, 1916), by his wife, Sarah (_d._ 9 Nov. 1907),
dau. of John McKechnie; _b._ Owen Sound, 1 July, 1885; educ.
Owen Sound Public and Collegiate Schools. He had served as a Cadet in
the Collegiate O.T.C., and later in 1903 in the 31st Grey Co. Regt.,
and after the outbreak of war enlisted at Victoria in Sept. 1914,
and in Jan. 1915, was sent from the 30th Battn. with reinforcements
to Princess Patricia’s L.I. He died 30 May, 1915, of shrapnel wounds
received at the Battle of Festubert: _unm._ Lieut. H. A. Colquhoun
wrote: “‘Happy,’ as he was called by the men, came through the fight in
the Orchard, where he did exceedingly well, being very courageous and
cool under the most trying fire. After this attack we were in reserve
behind our former position. We were all out in the open when the
Germans put six shrapnel shells among us. I managed to get to a dug-out
with Capt. Morison, when Andrew came in wounded. I remember well he had
some flesh wounds in the back, but one bad one in the left breast. At
the time he was being bandaged up I tried to hold his head on my knee,
but he seemed to want to get up and walk. He was a splendidly strong
man, and we all thought he was quite safe; but I fear that shot in the
left breast was worse than we thought. On making inquiries I find that
he passed quietly away without pain about 30 May. He was a splendid
chap.”
[Illustration: =Frederick Russell Andrew.=]
=ANDREW, HARRY=, Seaman (R.N.R., 2672B), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ANDREWS, CHRISTOPHER BOYD=, Capt., R.M.L.I., Royal Naval
Division, yst. _s._ of the Rev. John Marshall Andrews, Vicar of
St. Jude’s, Gray’s Inn Road, and afterwards of St. Michael’s, Highgate,
by his wife, Lucy Anne (2, Winchester Road, Oxford), dau. of the Rev.
James Nash, of Clifton; _b._ St. Jude’s Vicarage, King’s Cross,
London, 20 May, 1880; educ. Cholmely School, Highgate. He obtained a
commission in the Marines in 1898 and served twelve years, becoming
Capt. 3 Oct. 1906. On his retirement in 1910 he took up farming in
Western Australia, but on the outbreak of war he returned to England,
rejoined, and was appointed to the Plymouth Battn. He was killed in
action at the Dardanelles, 11 May, 1915; _unm._ His Commanding
Officer wrote of him: “His men revered and respected him; he met his
death solely in serving their interests and actively seeking their
welfare.” His elder brother, E. Lancelot Andrews, of the 2nd Australian
Contingent, was severely wounded at the Dardanelles.
[Illustration: =Christopher B. Andrews.=]
=ANDREWS, EDWARD SILVESTER=, Private, No. 13908, 4th Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Henry Andrews, of Norah Farm, Hatfield,
Leominster, Farmer, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of George James Witbourne,
of co. Worcester; _b._ Bockleton, Tenbury, co. Worcester, 2 March,
1895; educ. Bockleton and Hatfield Parish Schools; enlisted 26 Nov.
1914, and was killed at Vermelles, Belgium, 17 Oct. 1915, by a bomb
explosion.
[Illustration: =Edward Silvester Andrews.=]
=ANDREWS, FREDERICK CHARLES=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. (Reserve
Battn.), att. 2nd Battn., Prince of Wales’ Leinster Regt. (Royal
Canadians), only _s._ of Charles Henry Andrews, of 26, Mapleside
Avenue, Hamilton, Canada (_b._ Hammersmith, London, 22 April,
1862), by his wife Frances Cowan, dau. of John James Matthews;
_b._ Toronto, Canada, 7 Oct. 1888; educ. St. Andrew’s College,
Toronto, and Toronto University (B.A. & D.Sc.). He was working on the
Dome Gold Mine, Porcupine, Ontario, but on the outbreak of war came to
England, and was gazetted to the 3rd Reserve Battn., Nov. 1914. He was
killed in action near Armentières, 16 March, 1915, and was buried at
La Bitterne Farm, Armentières; _unm._ The Adjutant, Capt. C. E.
Harman, wrote: “He was a great class of man, the best of all the young
officers we had; keen and able to handle men, and as gentle as a child,
at the same time as hard as iron.” Another Adjutant of the 2nd Battn.,
to which he was attached, Capt. W. D. Murphy, said: “Andrews was most
popular with both officers and men, and his death is a great loss to
the Regiment. I might mention a few days previous to his death, your
son was detailed for a particular ticklish duty, which he accomplished
with great skill and credit, and it was a deed that would have stood
him had he lived.”
[Illustration: =Frederick Charles Andrews.=]
=ANDREWS, FREDERICK GEORGE=, Lieut., 4th Battn. King’s Liverpool
Regt.; _b._ Christchurch, New Zealand, 2 Dec. 1872; educ. there;
gazetted Lieut. 4th Battn. Liverpool Regt., 10 Aug. 1914; killed in
action on the Western Front, 21 Oct. 1914; _unm._
=ANDREWS, FREDERICK JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3726),
S.S. 1023, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the
coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ANDREWS, JAMES=, Sergt., R.M.L.I., Ch. 6945, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ANDREWS, JAMES JOSIAH=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class (R.F.R., B.
4206), 162842, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22
Sept. 1914.
=ANNABELL, FREDERICK FELIX=, Private, No. 10/1175. Wellington
Infantry Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Joseph
Robert Annabell, of Wanganui, Surveyor, by his wife Theresa; _b._
Wanganui, New Zealand, 23 Oct. 1890; educ. there; volunteered Nov.
1914 and was killed in action at Walker’s Ridge, Gallipoli, 27 April,
1915; _unm._ Lieut. F. K. Turnbull wrote of him: “He had been in
my platoon since he joined the main body in Egypt, and was quite one of
my best men.”
=ANNAND, WALLACE MOIR=, Lieut.-Commander, R.N.V.R., and Acting
Major, Collingwood Battn., Royal Naval Division, 4th _s._ of
Robert Cumming Annand, Managing Director Northern Press and Engineering
Co., Ltd., of South Shields, Proprietor of the Shields Daily Gazette,
by his wife, Margaret, dau. of John Young; _b._ South Shields, 23
Aug. 1887; educ. South Shields High School, 1896–1904, and Armstrong
College, Newcastle-on-Tyne; on leaving there in 1904 joined the
Northumberland Fusiliers as a Private: served two years, and then
joined the R.N.V.R. as Midshipman, 11 April, 1907, being attached to
H.M.S. Satellite on the Tyne, in which he took great interest and spent
much time and labour creating greater efficiency. On the creation of
the Royal Naval Division he was promoted Lieut., and on the outbreak
of war volunteered for foreign service, and was employed training men
until appointed to the Collingwood Battn. Just before leaving the camp
at Blandford he was gazetted Lieut.-Commander, 8 May, 1915. He was
killed near Achi Baba, Gallipoli, and was buried on the battlefield.
He represented the Northern Press Co. in South Africa and at home
for some years, and had recently become a Director. He _m._ at
South Shields 10 Jan. 1914, Dora Elizabeth, dau. of Henry Chapman, of
Seacroft, South Shields, and had a son: Richard Wallace, _b._ 5
Nov. 1914.
[Illustration: =Wallace Moir Annand.=]
=ANNESLEY, HON. ARTHUR=, Capt., 10th (Prince of Wales’s Own
Royal) Hussars, eldest _s._ of Arthur, Viscount Valentia, C.B.,
M.V.O., M.P., late 10th Hussars, by his wife, Laura Sarah, widow of
Sir Algernon William Peyton, 4th Bart., yst. dau. of Daniel Hale Webb,
of Wykeham Park, co. Oxford; _b._ Bletchington Park, Oxford, 24
Aug. 1880; educ. Eton; joined the 3rd (Militia) Battn. Oxford and Bucks
L.I. in 1898, and was gazetted into the 10th Hussars during the War,
4 April, 1900, being promoted Lieut. 16 Nov. 1901, and receiving his
company 6 April, 1907. He served in the South African War, principally
in the Transvaal, 1900–2, receiving the Queen’s medal with three clasps
and the King’s with two clasps, and afterwards went to India with the
regt., being stationed at Mhow, Rawal Pindi, and other places; and when
the regt. was transferred to South Africa, was appointed A.D.C. to
Major-Gen. the Hon. Julian Byng, General Officer Commanding the Forces
in Egypt, 1912. On the outbreak of war, Capt. Annesley left Cairo,
rejoined his regt., and was killed in action at Klein Zillebeke 16 Nov.
1914; _unm._ Capt. Annesley, like his father, was a distinguished
polo player. In 1907 he played at No. 1 for the 10th Hussars, when they
won both the Inter-Regimental and the Subaltern Tournament of India,
and, excepting in 1909, he was always at No. 1 in the team, which
between 1907–12 ran up such a remarkable series of successes in the
Indian Inter-Regimental tournaments. He also assisted the 10th Hussars
to win the Indian Championship at Calcutta.
=ANNESLEY, FRANCIS=, 6th Earl, Sub-Lieut. Royal Naval Volunteer
Reserve, only _s._ of Hugh, 5th Earl Annesley, Lieut.-Col.
Scots Fusilier Guards, by his first wife, Mabel Wilhelmina Frances,
eldest dau. of Col. William Thomas Markham, of Cufforth Hall, co.
York; _b._ Castlewellan, co. Down, 25 Feb. 1884; educ. Eton and
Trinity Hall, Cambridge; suc. his father in the peerage, 15 Dec. 1908;
volunteered his services on the outbreak of the European War in Aug.
1914, and was gazetted a Sub-Lieut. Royal Naval Air Service, R.N.V.R.,
20 Sept. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force and rendered
valuable services in the operations in Belgium, Oct.-Nov., and was shot
down by the Germans at Ostend, 5 Nov. 1914, and killed instantaneously,
together with Lieut. Brevor, when returning to Belgium in an aeroplane
from Sheerness. He _m._ at the Savoy Chapel, 14 Sept. 1909, Evelyn
Hester (Castlewellan, co. Down; Donard Lodge, co. Down), sometime 1st
wife of the late Hugh Robert Edward Harrison, of Caerhowel, dau. of
Alfred Edward Miller Mundy, of Shipley Hall; _s.p._
=ANNING, HUBERT PERCY=, Sergt., No. 1492, Royal East Kent Mounted
Rifles, _s._ of Owen Hubert Charles Anning, of 23, Hale Gardens,
West Acton, and of the Chief Office Staff, Prudential Assurance Co.,
by his wife, Fanny May, dau. of John Challice, of Cowley, Devon;
_b._ Brook Green, Hammersmith, 7 Oct. 1889; educ. Latymer Upper
School, Hammersmith; was a Fruit Farmer at Canterbury; joined the East
Kent Mounted Rifles in the spring of 1912, and in his first camp won
six prizes including Troop Challenge Shield for shooting and the Lloyd
Lindsey Prize; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war
in Aug. 1914, being promoted Sergt. shortly afterwards; left with
his regt. for the Dardanelles in Sept. 1915, and after being in the
trenches for six weeks was taken ill with jaundice and was sent to St.
George’s Hospital, Malta, where he died 28 Nov. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Hubert Percy Anning.=]
=ANNIS, ROBERT=, Sergt., No. 8258, 1st Battn. The Middlesex Regt.;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in
action, 25 Sept. 1915; _m._
=ANSELL, ALBERT=, Private. No. 10948, 2nd Battn. East Surrey
Regt., _s._ of George Ansell, of Maple Road, Ashstead; served with
the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action, 25
April, 1915.
=ANSELL, CHARLES HART=, Armourer’s Mate, M. 2728, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ANSELL, CHARLES WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3025), 182981, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ANSELL, WALTER=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch., B. 8976), 198896, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ANSELL, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 7482, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards; _b._ co. Middlesex; served with the Expeditionary Force
in France and Flanders; killed in action at Souper, 14 Sept. 1914;
_m._
=ANSELL, WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B.
4175), S.S. 102841, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel,
on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ANSTISS, HENRY CECIL=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 15448, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ANSTEY, GEORGE ALEXANDER=, Capt., 1st Battn. The Devonshire
Regt., elder _s._ of Major William Frederick Anstey, late 71st
Highland L.I., by his wife Isabella Frances Alexandra, dau. of George
Alexander Whitla, late Capt. Royal Antrim Rifles; _b._ Ulundi
Lodge, Curragh Camp. Ireland, 29 Feb. 1888; educ. Wellington College,
from where, having received an Hon. King’s Cadetship, he passed into
the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 4 Nov.
1908, and promoted Lieut. 7 June, 1911, and Capt. 21 June, 1915. He
accompanied his regt. to the Front at the end of August, 1914, and
was wounded at La Bassée and invalided home in Oct. 1914. He returned
to the Front in Jan. 1915, and on 17 June, 1915, he was temporarily
attached to the 2nd Cheshire Regt., and had been with them one week
when he was killed in the trenches in Flanders by a sniper at 1.45
a.m. 24 June, 1915. He was buried near Dickebusch in the 2nd Cheshire
cemetery; _unm._ Major Walter Goodwyn, 1st Devonshire Regt., in
temporary command of the 2nd Cheshire Regt., wrote: “It was at 1.45
a.m. this morning that your son’s senior subaltern, Beckett, rang
up on the telephone to say that his company commander had just been
shot through the head whilst standing at the parapet in the trenches.
I understand from his subalterns, Beckett and Jones, that he wished
to give some of the latest joined lads in his company confidence in
manning the parapet and replying to the enemy’s fire. These infernal
snipers though have rifle batteries sighted and clamped on certain
spots for night firing, and your boy must have most unluckily struck
one of these places, as he had two bullets in head and neck. The
trenches were roughly 150 feet apart (_i.e._, German and British)
where he was hit, and it was a fairly dark night with little or no
moon.” And Lieut. Beckett himself wrote: “I was an officer in his
company and came up only a minute afterwards. He was firing with a
rifle over the parapet and was hit in the neck by a rifle bullet, and
died at once without any pain at all. He was wonderfully cool, and
during the short time he was with the regiment had done an awful lot
to pull the company together. We are awfully sorry to lose so good an
officer.” Lieut.-Gen. Sir Charles Fergusson, C.B., M.V.O., D.S.O.,
commanding 2nd Army, in a letter to Capt. Anstey’s father, said that
“Gen. Bulfin, who commanded the Division to which he was temporarily
attached, told him that in the few days Capt. Anstey had served with
the Cheshires he had shown himself a really first-rate officer, and had
put new life into them.”
[Illustration: =George Alexander Anstey.=]
=ANSTICE, JOHN SPENCER RUSCOMBE=, Lieut., 2nd Royal Fusiliers,
only child of Col. Sir Arthur Anstice, K.C.B., V.D., J.P., D.L.,
cos. Salop and Gloucester, by his wife, Agnes Pauline, dau. of the
late Ferdinand Unna, of Lancaster Gate, W.; _b._ Marnwood, co.
Salop, 13 Feb. 1894; educ. Eton and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut.
Royal Fusiliers 17 Sept. 1912, and promoted Lieut. 21 Jan. 1915. At
the outbreak of war he was with his regt. in India. He took part in
quelling the Sikh riots at Budge-Budge, near Calcutta, in Sept. 1914,
and brought home their Sikh banner. Returning home he joined the
Mediterranean Expeditionary Force with his regt., took part in the
memorable landing from H.M.S. Implacable of the 29th Division on the
Gallipoli Peninsula on 25 April, 1915; distinguished himself at the
Battle of the Five Beaches, and when ammunition was urgently wanted
carried 161 lbs. at a time to the firing line under a murderous fire,
and finally took a trench and prisoners, receiving special mention in
Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 22 Sept. He was killed in action at the
Dardanelles, 2 May, 1915, and was buried near the spot where he fell.
[Illustration: =John S. R. Anstice.=]
=ANTILL, ALFRED MANSFIELD=, Private, No. 18889, 2nd Battn. South
Wales Borderers, _s._ of George William Antill, of Carisbrooke
Road, Newport, Monmouth, by his wife, Harriett, dau. of Elisha Sant;
_b._ Newport, 25 Jan. 1895; educ. Maindee Board School there;
enlisted in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 28
June, 1915. He had been acting as orderly to Capt. Fowler.
[Illustration: =Alfred Mansfield Antill.=]
=ANTROBUS, EDMUND=, Lieut., Grenadier Guards, only _s._
of Col. Sir Edmund Antrobus, 4th Bart., of Antrobus, co. Chester,
of Amesbury Abbey, co. Wilts., and Rutherford, co. Roxburgh, late
Grenadier Guards, by his wife, Florence Caroline Mathilde, dau. of the
late Jules Alexander Sartoris, of Hopsford Hall, co. Warwick; _b._
Eaton Square, S.W., 23 Dec. 1886; educ. Eton and in France; gazetted
as 2nd Lieut. to the Grenadier Guards from the Militia, 27 May, 1908;
became Lieut. 21 Nov. 1908; killed in action at Ypres, 24 Oct. 1914.
Buried in the orchard of a small farmhouse in the village of Keghside;
_unm._ Lieut. Antrobus was reported a very keen and courageous
officer, and highly popular.
[Illustration: =Edmund Antrobus.=]
=APLIN, ELPHINSTONE D’OYLEY=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Gloucestershire
Regt., _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Hugh Morgan Aplin, Royal Naval Ordnance
Dept.; _b._ Upnor Castle, Rochester, 14 June, 1892; entered the
Army Feb. 1913; promoted Lieut. 31 Oct. 1914; was severely wounded in
action near Ypres 9 May, and died at No. 3 Casualty Clearing Station,
13 May, 1915; buried Bailleul Cemetery. He was complimented by the
Major-Gen. Commanding ... Division B.E.F. for distinguished conduct in
the field.
[Illustration: =Elphinstone D’Oyley Aplin.=]
=APPLEYARD, WALTER D’ANCIE=, Private, No. 14789, D Coy., 7th
Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 3rd _s._ of William Appleyard, one
time secretary to the National Children’s Hospital, Dublin (_d._
5 April, 1903), by his wife, Mary (32, Sandford Road, Dublin), dau.
of Stuart Corrie Chambers; _b._ Dublin, 21 Dec. 1884; educ. High
School, Dublin, where he won honours, prizes, and exhibitions, and
was afterwards employed in the Irish Land Commission. On the outbreak
of war enlisted in the 7th Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, and left for
the Dardanelles with D Coy. 10 July, 1915, arriving at Gallipoli 6 Aug.
and landing at Suvla Bay on Saturday, the 7th inst. The moment they
landed the troops were in action, and D Coy. leading they advanced over
the open plain a target for heavy shell fire and snipers, at evening
driving the Turks out at the point of the bayonet and capturing Hill
53. Private Appleyard escaped without a scratch, though a bullet passed
through the leg of his trousers. Later he was with three or four men
in a small post without ammunition; the enemy were throwing bombs on
them. It was while throwing back these bombs that he was shot through
the heart, 16 Aug. 1915, on the ridge Kislagh Dagh. He was buried in
Gallipoli at the foot of Dublin Hill (Hill 53); _unm._ Letters
from his comrades are unanimous in extolling his bravery, devotion to
duty, self-sacrifice, and good comradeship. His brother, George, is now
(1916) serving with the Leinsters at the Front.
[Illustration: =Walter D’Ancie Appleyard.=]
=ARBUTHNOT, KENNETH WINDHAM=, Major, 2nd Battn. Seaforth
Highlanders, 6th _s._ of William Reierson Arbuthnot, late of
Plawhatch, East Grinstead, co. Sussex, by his wife, Mary Helen, dau. of
Philip Anstruther, late Colonial Secretary of Ceylon (by his wife, née
Stewart-Mackenzie, of Kintail, granddau. of Francis Lord Seaforth, and
a descendant of the Sir Walter Scott who originally raised the Seaforth
Highlanders); _b._ 23 July, 1873; educ. privately, at Bath College
and Sandhurst; obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Seaforth
Highlanders, 19 July, 1893, and was promoted Lieut. 3 July, 1895; Capt.
29 April, 1900; Brevet Major 22 Aug. 1902; and Major 10 June, 1909.
He took part in the operations in Chitral in 1895, serving with the
Relief Force and receiving the medal with clasp; and with the Sudan
Expedition, 1893. He was present at the Battle of Khartoum, and for his
services received the King’s medal with clasp and the Egyptian medal.
In the South African war, 1901–2, he was employed with the Mounted
Infantry, taking part in the operations in Cape Colony (Feb. 1901),
the Orange Free State (Feb.-March, 1901), and the Transvaal (March,
1901–31 May, 1902). He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette,
29 July, 1902], given the brevet of Major and the Queen’s medal with
five clasps. After his return to England he acted as Adjutant of the
4th Volunteer Battn. of his regt., 10 Aug. 1907, to 31 March, 1908,
and of the Territorials, 1 April, 1908, to 9 June, 1909, and was
Brigade-Major, Gordon Infantry Brigade (Scottish Command), 12 Oct.
1911, to 9 Aug. 1914. On the declaration of war he rejoined his regt.,
went to the Front in Nov., and was killed in action at the second
Battle of Ypres, 25 April, 1915. He was buried on the left side of the
St. Jean-St. Julien Road, about 1,000 yards south of St. Julien. Major
Arbuthnot _m._ on 26 April, 1911, Janet Elspeth, dau. of Major
Sinclair Wemyss, Gordon Highlanders, and had two children: John Wemyss,
_b._ 11 Feb. 1912, and Robert Michael Wemyss, _b._ 9 March,
1914.
[Illustration: =Kenneth W. Arbuthnot.=]
=ARCHER, FRED=, Private, No. 5229, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
_s._ of Charles Archer, of 163, St. Anne’s Well Road, Nottingham;
_b._ Nottingham; enlisted 24 Oct. 1903; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 12 Aug. 1914, and was
killed in action at Rental, 28 Oct. 1914.
=ARCHER, GEORGE=, Private, No. G 8965, 4th Battn. The Middlesex
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders;
killed in action, 10 Oct. 1915.
=ARCHER, JOHN WILLIAM BUTTS=, Lieut., The Buffs (East Kent
Regt.), only _s._ of the Rev. George Archer, Rector of Stilton,
Peterborough, by his wife, Beatrice, dau. of Capt. William Pitt Butts,
The Buffs; _b._ Longfield, Halifax, co. York, 14 March, 1890;
educ. Stubbington, in France, and at the Royal Military Academy,
Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 5 Oct. 1910, and Lieut. 9 March, 1912;
served at Singapore 1910–12, and in India, 1912–14. Recalled to England
at the outbreak of war, he arrived home late in Dec. and spent a few
days at his home at Stilton before proceeding to France on 16 Jan. The
regt. was at once moved up to the firing line, he was wounded in the
fighting at Ypres 15 Feb. 1915, and died the following day; _unm._
The story of his death is told in a letter of his Commanding Officer.
It appears that on the night of 15 Feb. (almost exactly a month after
he went to France), Lieut. Archer was sent out with his men to the
relief of a regiment which was holding a trench which had been attacked
by the Germans in the dark. He succeeded in fighting his way to the
trench at the expense of half his men and of his own gallant life. The
effort to hold the trench was successful. It was Lieut. Archer’s task
thus to take the lead in the counter-attack which the Brigade made
to retake the trenches which had been lost, but the other regiments
were so badly knocked about by a bitter shell fire that they could
not get up to support him and his gallant little handful of men, and
so the work was splendidly done by this small company themselves.
When he fell, mortally wounded, they carried him at enormous risk
to themselves, into a dug-out in the trench, and here he died about
twenty-four hours afterwards, for it was impossible to get him out of
the trench and into hospital in face of the terrible fire which was
maintained.
[Illustration: =John William Butts Archer.=]
=ARCHIBALD, WILLIAM=, Major, 2nd Lowland Field Co., R.E. (T.F.),
29th Division, _s._ of the late William Richmond Archibald, of
Mossend, Schoolmaster; educ. at Glasgow High School; was with Messrs.
William Jacks & Co., of Glasgow, iron and ore merchants; joined the
old 2nd Lanarkshire R.E.V. after the Boer war, and in 1908, when the
Volunteers were reorganised, became attached to the Works Company of
the Lanarkshire Fortress Engineers at Bellshill, being given the rank
of Lieut. Subsequently after the disbandment of this unit, he was
posted as supernumerary to the 2nd Lowland Field Co., became Captain,
12 Sept. 1914, and Major Commanding 26 Jan. 1915; served with the
Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles; was wounded
on the evening of the 18 June, 1915, while on his way to visit the
section officers, and died the same day. A brother officer wrote:
“The death of Major Archibald is a great loss to the country; he was
an exceptional soldier and officer.” Major Archibald _m._ at
Dundyvan, Coatbridge, co. Lanark, 9 Aug. 1911, Helen Gibson, dau. of
the late James Mitchell, of Coatbridge, iron master and had issue two
daus.: Margaret Allan, _b._ 5 June, 1912, and Elizabeth Campbell
McLellan, _b._ 25 Sept. 1914.
[Illustration: =William Archibald.=]
=ARGENT, WILLIAM ROBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10426), 229038, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ARLAIN, EDWIN=, Stoker, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off
Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ARMES, JOHN HENRY=, A.B., R.F.R., B. 1756, 211569, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov 1914.
=ARMITAGE, THOMAS WILLIAM=, Ch. E.R.A., 1st Class, 157690, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ARMSTRONG, ELLERAY FRANCIS=, L.-Corpl., No. 63046, 3rd Battn.,
Canadian Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of Elleray Armstrong, of
Eastmoor Drive, Carlton, Nottingham, by his wife, Jane Davidson, dau.
of the late Walter Watson Walker, of Manchester; _b._ Stretford,
near Manchester, 9 Feb. 1893; educ. Elmswood College and Sale Grammar
School; went to Canada in 1912, and settled down to business in
Montreal, returning for a short visit in June, 1914, for a deferred
celebration of his twenty-first birthday; volunteered after the
outbreak of war, and enlisted, 9 Nov. 1914; came over with the Second
Contingent, landing in England, 7 March, 1915; went to France, 1 May,
and was killed in action at Givenchy, 16 June, 1915, during an attack
on the German lines. He was buried near Givenchy, 500 yards east of
Duck’s Bill; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote that he “was a
grand soldier and man.”
=ARMSTRONG, GEORGE LEIGHTON=, Private, No. 18186, 1st Battn. Royal
Welsh Fusiliers, _s._ of the late Edward Armstrong, 16th (Queen’s)
Lancers, by his wife, Isabella (Methuen Street, Wavertree), dau. of
John Smart, and grandson of the late Col. Edward Armstrong, of Bedford;
_b._ at Edge Hill, Liverpool, 3 March, 1884; educ. at Sefton Park
School; joined the Army after the outbreak of war, 22 Nov. 1914, and
died of wounds at Neuve Chapelle, 15 March, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =George L. Armstrong.=]
=ARMSTRONG, JAMES=, Stoker P.O., 294264 H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost
when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=ARMSTRONG, JOHN=, A.B., J. 3996, R.N., killed in action at
Tsing-tau, 22 Aug. 1914, on board H.M. Destroyer Kennet while engaged
in chasing the German Destroyer S 90.
=ARMSTRONG, ROBERT=, Private, No. 2706, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Robert Armstrong; _b._ Marylebone, London;
enlisted 1 June, 1899; served in South Africa, 23 May, 1900, to 6
Oct. 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps: “Belfast,” “Cape Colony,”
“Orange Free State”; and King’s medal with two clasps: “South Africa,
1901,” “South Africa, 1902”); and with the Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders, 12 Aug. 1914, to 13 Feb. 1915, when he was killed
in action at Cuinchy. Buried in the rear of the trenches there. He
_m._ at Marylebone Parish Church, 1 Jan. 1905, Elizabeth (56,
Ashmill Street, Lisson Grove, N.W.), dau. of (--) Leonard, and had four
children: Charles, _b._ 1 Jan. 1908; Thomas, _b._ 1 May,
1914; Elizabeth, _b._ 4 Oct. 1905; and Annie, _b._ 1 Nov.
1909.
=ARNELL, JAMES ALEXANDER=, Private, No. A. 34446, 10th, formerly
50th, Battn., Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of John
Arnell, of Calgary (who joined the 56th Battn., 1 May, 1915, as a
Military Policeman, and died on active service at Calgary, 27 Dec.
following), by his wife, Jessie G. (805, Fifth Avenue, West Calgary,
Alberta), dau. of (--) Taylor; _b._ Calgary, 25 Oct. 1894;
educ. Calgary, Woodstock College, Ontario, and Mount Royal College
(diploma), Calgary; joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 23 Jan.
1915, and was killed in action in France, 30 Sept. 1915, by a rifle
grenade; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote speaking highly of
his conduct. He was a keen sportsman, and had won two medals for Rugby
football.
[Illustration: =James Alexander Arnell.=]
=ARNOLD, CHARLES EDGAR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9600),
S.S. 106981, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=ARNOLD, FERDINAND FRANCK WILLIAM=, Capt. 1st Batt. Suffolk (The
12th) Regt., elder _s._ of Franck Thomas Arnold, of the University
College of South Wales, M.A. Trin. Coll. Cambridge, by his wife Edith
Maud, dau. of Samuel William Kelly, and grandson of the Rev. Charles
Thomas Arnold, of Rugby; _b._ Penarth, near Cardiff, 19 March,
1888; educ. Rugby, and after going through Sandhurst, was gazetted
to the 1st Battn. of the Suffolk Regt., 29 Aug. 1906, being promoted
Lieut., 6 Mar. 1909, and serving with the Battn. in Malta and Egypt.
When war broke out, he was in Khartoum, and acted as Italian Censor,
for which he received a letter of thanks from the Sirdar. In Dec.
1914, he was given his company, and on going to the Front in Jan.
was appointed Machine-gun Officer to the 84th Infantry Brigade, but
afterwards returned to regimental work, taking command of a double
company owing to shortage of officers. He was killed in action, near
Zonnebeke not far from Ypres, being shot in the trenches, which were
enfiladed by the enemy, 23 April, 1915; unm.; buried in the garden of
a farmhouse, near Zonnebeke. Capt. Arnold belonged to an old Suffolk
family, from a branch of which Dr. Arnold of Rugby was also descended.
Many of his forebears served with distinction in the Royal Navy. Capt.
Thomas Arnold distinguished himself in 1718 by boarding and taking the
colours of the Spanish flagship Royal St. Philip, which are still in
the possession of his family. The son of the latter, Thomas Arnold,
sailed round the world as midshipman on the Centurion, under Lord
Anson, and in 1782, and Aldous Charles Arnold (great-great-grandfather
of Capt. F. F. W. Arnold) was present as midshipman in the Royal
William at the Siege of Gibraltar. Capt. Arnold was a keen sportsman,
and letters from brother officers bear witness to the value that was
set upon him in the regt., both as a soldier and as a friend. One
wrote: “He was always merry and cheerful, even under the most adverse
circumstances, and set an example to officers and men alike.” The late
Major Maycock, D.S.O. (late of the 1st Suffolks), wrote as follows:
“As you know, your son was my subaltern for two years, and I had the
highest opinion of his ability as a soldier. He was a thoroughly keen
and efficient officer, and would have gone far had he been spared. I
am expecting to go to the Front immediately, and if I rejoin the 1st
Battn. I shall miss your son very much. I felt I must write to you both
to say how grieved I was to hear of your loss, and to let you know the
high opinion I had of your son, personally and professionally.”
[Illustration: =Ferdinand F. W. Arnold.=]
=ARNOLD, HARRY RICHARD=, Private, No. 13058, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards; eldest _s._ of Harvey Arnold, of 251, High Street, Henley
in Arden, co. Warwick, boot and shoe maker, by his wife Ellen, dau.
of John Mills, of Yew Tree View, Henley in Arden; _b._ Henley
in Arden, 3 Feb. 1895; educ. Council School there; enlisted 5 Oct.
1914; went to the Front, 7 April, 1915, and was killed in action at
Cambrin, by a rifle grenade which fell in the trench, badly wounding
him in the back, and breaking his left leg, 6 July, 1915; _unm._
He was buried at Cambrin. Capt. Lloyd, writing to Mrs. Arnold, said
that though her son had not been out long, he had proved himself an
excellent soldier, and that by his death the Company had lost one of
its best and pleasantest members.
[Illustration: =Harry Richard Arnold.=]
=ARNOLD, HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9798), 297700,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ARNOLD, ROBERT=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 16953, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ARTHUR, CHARLES=, Rifleman, No. 1770, 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria
Rifles) The London Regt. (Machine Gun Section), only _s._ of the
late Richard Arthur, for several years manager at Messrs. Busvines,
4, Brook Street, London, W. [2nd son of James Arthur, of Great
Treveryan Farm, Tynardreath, Cornwall], by his wife Emily (Pentillie,
Lostwithiel, co Cornwall), dau. of the late Alderman Charles Taylor
Cheesman, of Hove, Sussex; _b._ Regent’s Park, London, N.W., 2
July, 1890; educ. Brighton Grammar School and London Orphan School,
Watford, at which latter he passed all the local Cambridge Exams,
(three with honours), also earning the scholarship given by Mr. J.
Debenham for two years’ tuition in Switzerland; he was in the employ of
Messrs. Debenham & Co., of Wimpole Street; joined Queen Victoria’s in
1908, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered for foreign
service. He was killed in action near Ypres, 5 Jan. 1915, being buried
at Neuve Eglise; _unm._ When at Watford he was Captain of the
1st Eleven cricket team. He also won the championship for swimming,
and while in Switzerland gained a diploma for football. At Messrs.
Debenham’s Sports Ground he won the silver cup in a tennis tournament.
[Illustration: =Charles Arthur.=]
=ARTHUR, HERBERT GEORGE=, Private, No. 1357, D Coy., 1st (Royal
Fusiliers) Battn. The London Regt., 3rd _s._ of Harry Reginald
Arthur, of 5, Kingswood Avenue, Kilburn, by his wife, Lydia Arthur,
dau. of Benjamin Wyatt; _b._ Kilburn, N.W., 7 Nov. 1895; educ.
Kingsgate Road L.C.C. School there, where he was top boy of the school
in chemistry, and afterwards obtained a berth in the Haberdashers’
School, Cricklewood, as science master’s assistant. He remained here
for three years, and then went to Messrs. Burroughs & Wellcome,
chemical manufacturers, Dartford, where he was employed until the
outbreak of war. He had joined the 1st Battn. London Regt. in 1911,
and, volunteering for active service, left with his regt. for Malta,
4 Sept. 1914, and returned after having passed as a first-class shot.
After a few days’ leave, he went to France, and was killed in action,
17 May, 1915; _unm._ His officer, Lieut. H. A. Eiloart, wrote:
“He died a soldier’s death in the face of the enemy, being shot in the
head and dying instantaneously while firing from our trench. He was in
my Half-company and in my platoon from the time we left for Malta up
to the time of his death, and I feel his death most keenly, both as
a soldier and a man.” His two elder brothers are now (1916) serving
in the Army: Gunner H. Arthur, R.M.A., on board H.M.S. Colossus, and
Corpl. J. R. Arthur, with the 1st Australian Expeditionary Force.
[Illustration: =Herbert George Arthur.=]
=ARTHUR, RICHARD VICTOR=, L.-Corpl., No. 8118, 3rd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, 4th _s._ of John Meredith Arthur, of 46,
Aston Lane, Handsworth, Grocer, by his wife, Emma Jane; _b._
Shirley, co. Warwick, 9 Feb. 1892; educ. Small Heath Secondary
School, Birmingham; enlisted on or about 5 Oct. 1908, and was killed
in action at Landrecies, 8.30 p.m., 25 Aug. 1914, during the retreat
from Mons. He _m._ at St. Michael’s Church, Camberley, 27 July,
1912, Margaret Emily (12, The Mews, Watchetts Road, Camberley), dau.
of Thomas Herridge, of Camberley, and had two sons: Richard John,
_b._ 23 Nov. 1913, and Victor George, _b._ 28 Jan. 1915.
[Illustration: =Richard Victor Arthur.=]
=HARRIS-ARUNDELL, JOHN D’AUVERGNE=, Sergt., No. 25911, 14th Battn.
(1st Royal Montreal Regt.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._
of the late Robert Harris-Arundell, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, by his
wife, Elizabeth Blanche, dau. of the late John D’Auvergne Dumaresq,
C.M.G., Acting Administrator of the Government of Lagos, W. Africa, and
grandson of the late William Reinfred Harris-Arundell, of Lifton, co.
Devon, England; _b._ Fairmont, Martin co., Minnesota, U.S.A., 14
May, 1889; went to Halifax, Nova Scotia, with his family at the age of
five; educ. Collegiate School, Windsor, N.S., and joined the staff of
the Royal Bank of Canada in 1905, and when war broke out in Aug. 1914,
was in Montreal. He was at the time a Corpl. in the Victoria Rifles of
Montreal, and volunteered at once for active service, and on 24 Aug.
his regt., then called 1st Royal Montreal Regt., went into training
at Valcartier Camp. On the night of 23 Sept. they left for Quebec,
where they embarked for England, arriving in Plymouth on 14 Oct., and
after training at Salisbury, left for France on 5 Feb. At the Battle
of Langemarcke on 24 April, 1915, he was shot through the heart while
helping Lieut. Whitehead, who was wounded in the foot, to cross 200
yards under withering fire; _unm._ The ground was captured by the
enemy, and Sergt. Arundell’s body was never recovered.
[Illustration: =John D’A. Harris-Arundell.=]
=ASBURY, ARTHUR GERARD=, Sapper, No. 45044, 3rd Field Coy.,
Canadian Divisional Engineers, _s._ of Joseph Asbury, bank
accountant; _b._ Burton-on-Trent, 13 Oct. 1889; educ. Burton
Grammar School and Hymers’ College, Hull; enlisted on the outbreak of
war, Aug. 1914, and _d._ of wounds in No. 14 General Hospital, at
Wimereux, 21 May, 1915; _unm._; buried there, No. 496.
=ASCOTT, VINCENT JOHN DAWSON=, Volunteer, Nyasaland Volunteer
Reserve, _s._ of Capt. William Ascott, A.V.C., of West Bridge,
Bideford, by his wife Frances Annie, dau. of the late William John
Keyte; _b._ 26 Aug. 1892; educ. at Allhallow’s School, Honiton.
Volunteered for active service, 3 Aug. 1914. He was killed in action
at Karonga, Nyasaland, 9 Sept. 1914; _unm._ The official account
states: “Field Force advanced from Karonga on afternoon of 8th. Enemy
in strength of about 400 appears to have evaded our Force, and at
sunrise on the 9th attacked Karonga, which was defended by Bishop in
charge of a few K.A.R.’s and Resident, with police, in all about 55
natives and 8 civilians. This small garrison very gallantly resisted
the attack for three hours until relieved by Column 3 under Capt.
Griffiths. They drove off and pursued the enemy, who left 2 officers
and 40 native soldiers dead on the field. Casualties in Karonga: Webb,
slightly wounded; 1 askari killed and 4 wounded. Entire British Force
came into action later. Enemy fought with great determination, and
had to be dislodged by repeated bayonet charges, but ultimately fled
towards Songwe. Total German losses: 8 officers killed and 2 wounded
and captured with Medical Officer; two field guns and three Maxims
captured. British losses: killed, Caldecott and Ascott; since died of
wounds, Manning and Merriman; seriously wounded, Muirhead, Garnett,
Mason, Sinclair; slightly wounded, Barton, Ness; missing, Williams and
Harvey. All reports speak highly of gallantry of all engaged.” His
Commanding Officer, in a letter of sympathy to his parents, wrote:
“Your son died a gallant death firing one of the Maxim guns in the
battle of Karonga, on 9 Sept.... I feel his loss doubly, as he was one
of my Planter neighbours, and a very close friend.” Another comrade,
writing to his aunt, wrote: “The whole of Nyasaland will be grieving
that one so popular as a true English sportsman will never play again
in those games in which he so much excelled. Zomba has lost a fine
athlete and gained a noble hero.” He was mentioned in despatches
[London Gazette, 3 Aug. 1916] for gallant and distinguished service in
the field “while working maxim guns under heavy fire with coolness and
effect.”
[Illustration: =Vincent J. D. Ascott.=]
=ASCROFT, ROBERT GEOFFREY LEES=, 2nd Lieut., 1/10th Battn. The
Manchester Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of the late James Henry
Ascroft, of Oldham, Solicitor (_d._ 1900), by his wife, Mabel
Gertrude, dau. of John Lees, of Primrose House, Oldham, Cotton
Spinners, and nephew of the late Robert Ascroft, M.P.; _b._
Oldham, 25 April, 1896; educ. Charterhouse, and on the outbreak of
war volunteered and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 25 Aug. 1914; went to the
Dardanelles, May, 1915, and was killed in action there, 4 June, 1915.
His commanding officer wrote: “Geoffrey was absolutely fearless and had
endeared himself to all ranks by brave deeds which he had performed
previously. His comrades all speak of his pluck and say, ‘he did not
know what fear was.’” His brother-in-law, 2nd Lieut. J. B. Emmott, of
the same regt., was killed in action the same day.
[Illustration: =Robert Geoffrey L. Ascroft.=]
=ASH, BASIL DRUMMOND=, Lieut., R.N., and Flight Lieut., R.N.A.S.,
_s._ of the Rev. Cyril Alfred Drummond Ash, B.A., Keble College,
Oxford. Incumbent of Saxton, Tadcaster, co. York, by his wife,
Hester Elizabeth, dau. of the late F. J. Alexander, B.C.S., India;
_b._ Southport, Queensland, Australia, 16 May, 1890; educ.
Preparatory School, Arlington House, Brighton, and Mr. Foster’s School,
Stubbington, Fareham, Hants; joined the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth,
as a Cadet, 18 Sept. 1905, and became sub.-Lieut. 12 Sept. 1910,
and Lieut. 1 Oct. 1912; served as Midshipman in H.M.S. Dreadnought
(Flagship of Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman, Home Fleet), Prince of
Wales (Flagship of Admiral Prince Louis of Battenberg, Atlantic Fleet);
and Africa (Capt. Leveson, Home Fleet); as sub-Lieut. and Lieut. in
H.M.S. Philomel and Espiègle, in the Persian Gulf, Oct. 1911, to Nov.
1913; and in the R.N.A.S., 27 Jan. 1914, to 29 Sept. 1914, on which
latter day he was lost in Seaplane 77 off the coast of Scotland, while
engaged in scouting for German submarines. All his commanding officers
testified to his ability as a Naval Officer. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Basil Drummond Ash.=]
=ASH, WILFRID JOHN=, Lieut., 3rd Batt. Middlesex (Duke of
Cambridge’s Own) Regt., _s._ of Herbert Edward Ash, of Keilawarra,
Warlingham, Surrey, Solicitor; _b._ Croydon, 29 July, 1890; educ.
Littlejohn’s, Greenwich; Haileybury and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut.,
2nd Battn. Middlesex Regt., 5 Oct. 1910; exchanged to 3rd Battn., then
at Lebong, India, July, 1911; promoted Lieut., 23 July, 1913. Lieut.
Ash was in England on leave when war broke out. He was recalled to
rejoin his regt. at Cawnpore, and sailed for India in September. Two
or three days before Christmas Day, 1914, he was back again in England
with the 3rd Middlesex, who had come over as a complete unit. He went
with the regt. to France in January, 1915, and was killed in action
on the afternoon of Sunday, 14 Feb. 1915, between Ypres and St. Eloi,
while leading his men in a successful counter attack against the
enemy’s trenches. Col. E. W. R. Stephenson, Commanding the 3rd Battn.
Middlesex, wrote that he “died gallantly leading his men in an attempt
to capture a trench that had fallen. Previous to this, he saved the
life of my nephew, Moller, who had been severely wounded, and after
placing him in a place of safety, he again entered the fight.... He
nobly did his duty, and we deplore his loss.” Private Worsfold also
wrote: “On the afternoon of Sunday, 14 Feb., we were ordered to attack
a position occupied by the enemy, north-west of Ypres and west of the
canal ... on the morning of the same day we had been badly cut up,
and the Surreys, who afterwards came up in support, opened to let us
through. Lieut. W. J. Ash, who had been previously wounded in the arm,
was still leading up to the last moment.”
[Illustration: =Wilfrid John Ash.=]
=ASHBY, GEORGE=, Stoker, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off
Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ASHTON, EDWARD STANLEY JOHN CHARLES=, Corpl., No. 1248, Army
Service Corps, elder _s._ of Charles Ashton, of 21, Endymion
Road, Finsbury Park, by his wife, Alice Elyzabeth Sophia, dau. of
George Nelson Howlett; _b._ Finsbury Park, 19 June, 1894; educ.
Ealing Grammar School, and St. Frances Xavier’s College, Bruges;
joined the Army at the outbreak of the war, 11 Aug. 1914, and died at
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, 16 June, 1915, from heart failure
caused by rheumatic fever contracted while at the Front; _unm._
=ASHTON, EDWIN=, Rifleman, No. 1667, 1/12th Battn. (The Rangers)
The London Regt., former Engineers’ apprentice, _s._ of Edwin
Ashton, fancy leather worker; _b._ Peckham, 7 April, 1895; was a
Scout and Patrol Leader from 13 years of age to 18, when he joined the
Rangers; killed in action at Zonnebeke, 20 April, 1915. Cart. Jones
wrote: “He was hit by a bullet on the evening of the 20th, and died
soon afterwards. We buried him that night in a small wood behind our
trench. He was a man for whom I had a great liking; a good soldier, and
he died doing his duty.”
[Illustration: =Edwin Ashton.=]
=ASHURST, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4246), S.S.
102939, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast
of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ASHWORTH, EDMUND=, Leading Stoker, 311053 (Dev.), H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=ASKEW, HENRY ADAM=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Border Regt., elder
_s._ of the late Canon Edmund Adam Askew, Rector of Greystoke,
Cumberland, by his wife, Mary Penelope (Bushby House, Greystoke,
Cumberland), dau. of the late Rev. Henry James Feilden, Rector of Kirk
Langley, and grandson of the late Henry William Askew, of Conishead
Priory, co. Lancaster, and Glenridding, co. Cumberland, J.P., by his
wife, Lucy, dau. of the Right Rev. and Hon. Hugh Percy, D.D., Lord
Bishop of Carlisle; _b._ Greystoke Rectory, 8 Sept. 1881; educ.
Aysgarth, Harrow, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted
2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Border Regt. 8 May, 1901; joined his battn. in
South Africa in the Sept. following, and took part in the operations in
the Transvaal, Nov. 1901–2 (Queen’s medal and three clasps); promoted
Lieut. 5 Sept. 1903. On his return to England he went through two
courses with Mounted Infantry and the Gymnastic course (certificate
1908); Assistant Superintendent of Gymnasium at Devonport for the
Southern Command, 3 Aug. 1909–13, when he rejoined his regt. On the
outbreak of war he received his company, 23 Aug. 1914, was appointed
Transport Officer, and went to the Front with the Expeditionary Force.
On the death of the Adjutant, Capt. Andrews (26 Oct.), he took over
his duties, and as Adjutant was with his Colonel when wounded, and
assisted in carrying him back, becoming then second in command; and
from 25 Nov. to 3 Dec. was in command, his Colonel sending in his name
as “doing exceptionally well.” He was killed on 19 Dec. 1914, in a
night attack on the German trenches at Sailly. He was at first reported
as wounded and missing, but was later found to have been killed. He
was twice mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir John French. A private
wrote home to a friend: “There was one officer called Capt. Askew. I
was right against him when he got shot. I shall never forget him; the
last words he uttered were, ‘Stick it lads, stick it Borders,’ and
then he got killed. It happened on the top of their trenches.” Another
writes that he was in the trench. The Germans buried him behind their
first line of trenches, and erected a cross on which they inscribed in
German. “To a brave British officer, Border Regt.” This information was
obtained during the truce on Christmas Day, when Lieut. Nunnerly, 3rd
Bedfords, was sent by the Commanding Officer of the Border Regt. in
answer to a German officer, who passed over the badge from the cap of
Capt. Askew. He _m._ at St. Cuthbert’s Church, Carlisle, 25 April,
1908, Winifred Lucy, dau. of Col. Thomas Angelo Irwin, of Lynehow,
Carlisle, Solport, co. Cumberland, D.L., and had issue 2 sons and a
dau.; Henry Cuthbert Adam, _b._ 21 Sept. 1909; David, _b._ 16
June, 1913; and Winyfred Anne, _b._ 19 Jan. 1911.
[Illustration: =Henry Adam Askew.=]
=ASKEW, JOHN HENRY=, Sergt., R.M.L.I., Ports. 11610, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914; _m._
=ASLIN, GEORGE=, Private, No. 1941, C. Co., 1/8th Battn. Middlesex
Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of George Aslin, of Melrose Villas, 7, Avenue
Road, Hampton, Bootmaker, by his wife, Fanny, dau. of Edward Busby,
R.M.; _b._ Gosport, co. Hants, 31 Dec. 1891; educ. Hampton Council
School; was a Fitter’s Labourer; joined the Middlesex Territorials,
Feb. 1913; went to France, 8 March, 1915, and was killed in action at
Frezenberg, 11 May following; _unm._
=ASSITER, ALFRED=, Chief Yeoman of Signals, 168358, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ATCHESON, JOHN=, Private, No. 9474, 2nd Battn. Durham L.I., 2nd
_s._ of the late Hugh Atcheson, of Jarrow, Machine Planer, by
his wife, Mary (Carley Place, Southwick, Sunderland), dau. of Michael
Benson; _b._ Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, co. York, 24 May, 1894;
educ. St. Banett’s, Sunderland; enlisted Oct. 1910; and after serving
his time with the Colours joined the Special Reserve, and was employed
at Thomson’s Yard, Sunderland. He was called up on mobilisation, 5 Aug.
1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 1 June, 1915; _unm._ His
elder brother, Private Samuel Atcheson, is now (1916) serving with the
Expeditionary Force in France.
[Illustration: =John Atcheson.=]
=ATKIN, JOHN CLAUDE=, R.M.L.I., Ch. 7931, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ATKINS, EDMUND JOSEPH=, Leading Seaman, 222044, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ATKINS, FRANK STANLEY=, Private, No. 12608, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 2nd _s._ of William Edward Atkins, of Gravesend, co. Kent,
Nurseryman and Florist, by his wife, Elizabeth Hollwey, dau. of William
Hollwey, of Chilcompton, Bath; _b._ Gravesend, 30 July, 1892;
educ. Christ Church School there, and then entered the service of the
P. & O. Steamship Co. He joined the Garrison Artillery at the age of
eighteen, and on the declaration of war enlisted in the Coldstreams,
15 Sept. 1914, and was killed at Cuinchy on 25 Jan. 1915, in his first
action. He was buried where he fell, 500 yards from Cuinchy Church, and
a cross marks the spot. He was spoken of as a keen soldier, who never
failed to do his duty.
[Illustration: =Frank Stanley Atkins.=]
=ATKINS, JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3519), 162449, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ATKINS, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4569), S.S. 1544, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=ATKINSON, ALFRED GEORGE=, A.B., 193724, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in
action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=ATKINSON, ANDREW GEORGE=, Private, No. 798, 25th Infantry Battn.,
Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of George Andrew Atkinson,
Solicitor, and Coroner for North Fermanagh; _b._ Ballyshannon,
co. Donegal, 12 March, 1891; educ. Conway College and Jones School,
Lispoole Abbey, Enniskillen; went to Australia; enlisted in the
Australian Force in Dec. 1914, following the outbreak of war; was
wounded in action in the fighting at Anzac, near Hill 971 (Sari Bair),
and died in No. 19 General Hospital at Alexandria, 27 Nov. 1915;
_unm._ Buried in Chatby Cemetery, near Alexandria (Grave No. 1883).
[Illustration: =Andrew George Atkinson.=]
=ATKINSON, WILLIAM JOSEPH=, R.N.R., No. 3672C, _s._ of Joseph
Atkinson, Merchant Seaman, by his wife, Jessie, dau. of Isaac Thomas,
of London; _b._ Hull, 8 Aug. 1873; educ. St. Paul’s Street School,
Hull; was formerly employed in the weekly boats, and was delegate for
the Sailors’ and Firemen’s Union; was called up on mobilisation, 2
Aug. 1914, and lost his life on the Cruiser Hogue, torpedoed in the
North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at St. Paul’s Church, Hull,
15 Jan. 1900, Lucy Anne (7, Kingston Street, Hull), dau. of John
Scarborough, of Spilsby, Lincolnshire, shoemaker, and had issue a son
and six daus.: John, _b._ 11 March, 1910; Jessie, _b._ 8 Oct.
1900; Lucy, _b._ 17 Nov. 1901; Annie, _b._ 11 Aug. 1902;
Muriel, _b._ 17 Aug. 1905: Mildred, _b._ 10 April 1908; and
Charlotte, _b._ 19 Sept. 1911. Had Atkinson lived throughout the
year 1915 he would have received a medal for fifteen years’ service in
the R.N.R.
[Illustration: =William Joseph Atkinson.=]
=ATKINSON, WILLIAM NOEL=, Capt. and Adjutant 2nd Battn. 10th
Gurkha Rifles, eldest _s._ of the late Rev. Augustus William
Atkinson, Principal of the Lawrence Memorial School, Ootacamund, by
his wife, Mary Louisa (Mountain View, Ootacamund, Nilgiris, S. India),
dau. of Brinard Antony Daly, Tonyville, Yercand, Shevaroy Hills, Madras
Presidency, S. India; _b._ Calcutta, 21 Nov. 1883; educ. Bedford
Grammar School and Sandhurst, from which latter he passed out fifth
with honours in Feb. 1902. He was gazetted to the unattached list
for the Indian Army, 21 Jan. 1903, being temporarily attached to the
Durham L.I., and was posted to the 72nd Punjabis in Aug. 1904, and to
the 1st Battn. of the 10th Gurkhas the following year. He was promoted
Lieut. 21 April, 1905, and Capt. 21 Jan. 1912, and appointed Adjutant
1 Oct. following. He did valuable work in helping to raise the 2nd
Battn. of his regt. in 1908, to which battn. he was appointed Q.M., his
Col. placing on record his appreciation of all the “solid excellent
work done in recruiting for the battalion.” The 10th Gurkhas were
sent to Egypt in Oct. 1914, and Capt. Atkinson received his baptism
of fire at Toussoum on 4 Feb. 1915, when he took part in the repulse
of the attempted Turkish invasion. In May the regt. was sent to the
Dardanelles; he was present during the severe fight on the 28th of that
month and was killed in the trenches on the following day by a sniper
while encouraging his men to repel a fierce counter-attack of the Turks
on their freshly seized trenches. His death was instantaneous, and he
was buried on the hillside where he fell, the grave being marked by
a heap of stones and a wooden cross bearing his name, etc. “His loss
is irreparable to the regt.,” wrote his Col., and he was mentioned in
Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 22 Sept. 1915. “A good sportsman and
a good rider, well read and untiring in energy. A thorough all round
soldier, whose judgment is always sound and to the point. Is on the
Staff College list, and should make in the future a most reliable
Staff Officer. His profession is his first thought, and his power of
imparting knowledge is quite above the normal. A most able officer,
of whom I cannot too highly speak, and a general favourite,” was the
verdict of one of his chiefs. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =William Noel Atkinson.=]
=ATTERBURY, WILLIAM JAMES=, Private, No. 9583, 1st Battn. East
Surrey Regt., eldest _s._ of William Atterbury, of 3, Spencer
Road, Mitcham; _b._ Carshalton, co. Surrey, 7 Oct. 1888; enlisted
5 June, 1908; served with the Expeditionary Force in France from 7 Oct.
1914, and was killed in action there, 24 Nov. following.
=ATTLEE, JAMES MERVYN=, Private, No. 3152, 1st/23rd Battn. The
London Regt., only surviving _s._ of James Attlee, of Hillcrest,
Chart Lane, Reigate, formerly partner in the firm of C. & J. Attlee,
Tooting Brewery, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of William Thomas Butler;
_b._ Wandsworth, 6 June, 1883; educ. New College, Eastbourne,
and Crystal Palace School of Engineering, where he won the medal of
the School of Art, Science, and Literature. Held a good position in
the Reinforced Concrete Engineering Co., but on the outbreak of war
threw this up and enlisted, 19 Sept. 1914. He was killed in action at
Givenchy, 26 May, 1915, in the attack on the German trenches led by
Major Streatfeild, and was buried at Festubert; _unm._
[Illustration: =James Mervyn Attlee.=]
=ATTREALL, ALBERT=, Corpl., No 8032, 2nd Battn. The Sussex Regt.;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in
action at Richebourg l’Avoué, 9 May, 1915.
=ATTREE, BENJAMIN=, Private, No. 8745, 2nd Battn. The Sussex
Regt., s. of Cornelius Attree, of 88, Beaconsfield Avenue, Toronto,
Canada; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and
died of wounds, 27 Jan. 1915.
=ATTREL, ERNEST CHARLES=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27515 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Frank Attrel, of 2, Bampfield Terrace,
Southern Cross, Portslade, Brighton; lost in action in the North Sea,
15 Oct. 1914.
=ATTWATER, RICHARD=, Leading Stoker, (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8422),
294694, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ATTWOOD, ALGERNON FOULKES=, Capt., 4th Battn. Royal Fusiliers,
only _s._ of Llewellyn Carless Foulkes Attwood, of Pandy, co.
Monmouth, and of Llay Gresford, co. Denbigh, J.P., and his wife, Rachel
Edith, dau. of Arthur Alexander Corsellis, of Wandsworth, co. Surrey;
_b._ Wandsworth, 17 May, 1880; educ. Haileybury and Christ Church
College, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut. (as a University candidate) in
4th Battn. Royal Fusiliers, 4 May, 1901; promoted Lieut. 15 Oct. 1904,
and Capt. 1 March, 1912. In the spring of 1914, after undergoing a
course of instruction in aviation at Upavon, he was recommended for
an appointment in the Royal Flying Corps, but rejoined his regt. on
its mobilisation in Aug. of that year. This was one of the first units
of the British Expeditionary Force to arrive on the Belgian frontier
in that month. He took part in the Battle of Mons, the retreat to the
Marne, and the subsequent advance to the Aisne. On 14 Sept. 1914,
however, he was reported severely wounded and missing, and it was
afterwards ascertained that at Vailly, near Soissons, at the Battle of
the Aisne, “while skilfully and gallantly withdrawing his men from an
advanced position which could not be held he was hit twice in rapid
succession and fatally wounded.” He _d._ _unm._, and was the
only male of the last generation of the family of Attwood, formerly of
Hawne House, Corngreaves Hall, and The Leasowes, Worcestershire.
[Illustration: =Algernon Foulkes Attwood.=]
=ATTWOOD, ARTHUR=, Private, No. G 7559, 3rd Battn. Middlesex
Regt., _s._ of James Attwood, of Dale View, Hackney, near Matlock;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was
killed in action, 30 Sept. 1915.
=ATTWOOD, ARTHUR CHARLES=, Gunner, R.F.R., 26, Immed. Class,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ATTWOOD, CHARLES=, Private, No. 26, 8th Battn. (90th Winnipeg
Rifles) Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of Henry Mark
Attwood, Superintendent of Police, Somerton Division, Somerset, by
his wife, Emma Matilda, dau. of the late James Coles Taylor, of
Weston-super-Mare; _b._ Bishopsworth, near Bristol, 5 Oct. 1893;
educ. at various schools in Nailsea, Chard, Taunton, and Somerton, and
was afterwards apprenticed to Mr. J. G. Williams, Somerton, to learn
the trade of printing. At the termination of his indenture he left
for Canada, where at the outbreak of war he held a good position as a
printer in Winnipeg, Canada. He immediately volunteered, and joined
the 90th Winnipeg Rifles on 6 Aug. 1914, coming over with the first
Canadian Contingent. After training at Salisbury during the winter he
went to the Front, 10 Feb. 1915 (sailed from Avonmouth), was slightly
wounded by a splinter at Neuve Chapelle, but, in his own words when
writing home, “It was not enough to stop me,” and took part in the
memorable charge at Ypres on 23 April, 1915, when the Canadians, in
spite of heavy odds, recaptured the guns which the retirement of the
French before the asphyxiating gas (then used for the first time) had
left in the hands of the Germans. He was killed in action at Langemarck
the following day, and as the trenches held by his company had to be
evacuated shortly afterwards his body was not recovered. Attwood was a
fine athlete and a member of the Somerton Rifle Club, and later of the
Winnipeg Rifle Club. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Charles Attwood.=]
=AUBIN, ALFRED CHARLES=, Capt., East Lancashire Regt. (attd. West
African Field Force), _s._ of Alfred Jackson Aubin, of Belle Vue,
Lower King’s Cliff, Jersey, by his wife, Christiana Spark; _b._
16 Oct. 1878; educ. Bedford Grammar School and Oxford Univ.; gazetted
2nd Lieut. from the Militia to the East Lancashire Regt. 21 April,
1900, and promoted Lieut. 11 Sept. 1901, and Capt. 12 Feb. 1913; served
in South Africa with the Mounted Infantry as a Railway Staff Officer,
1899–1902, taking part in the operations in the Transvaal and Orange
Free State (Queen’s medal with three clasps and King’s medal with two
clasps); employed with the West African Frontier Force (local Capt. 11
Jan. 1911) from July, 1904, to Feb. 1909, and again from Jan. 1911;
killed in action at Garua, in the Cameroons, 30 Aug. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Alfred Charles Aubin.=]
=AUSTEN, WILLIAM FRANK=, Ord. Seaman, J. 13723, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=AUSTIN, CYRIL FREDERIC=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Queen’s Royal
West Surrey Regt., yst. _s._ of the late Louis Frederic Austin,
of 48, Woodstock Road, Bedford Park, W., the well-known journalist,
by his wife, Wilhelmina, dau. of Richard Robinson, C.E.; _b._
Bedford Park, W., 6 Oct. 1884; educ. in Belgium and Germany; was on
Reuter’s editorial staff, and had been a member of the Artists’ Rifles
since 1907. Went to the Front with them in Oct. 1914, and was given
his commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Queen’s 15 Nov. following; served
continuously in the trenches during the winter of 1914–15, came home
for the week-end in Feb. for his marriage, returning to the Front
the following day, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 10
March, 1915; buried at Laventie. While serving at the Front he sent
home several graphic sketches of soldier life, which were printed as
“From a subaltern in the trenches.” He was mentioned for important
and dangerous reconnaissance work in ascertaining the whereabouts of
enemy saps by F.M. Sir John French in his Despatch of 31 May, 1915.
The Medical Officer of the battn., writing with reference to his
death, said: “For some time he and his men occupied a small position
of the utmost importance to our line, a position constantly sniped
and bombarded by the enemy. I well remember going down to see a
wounded man in this isolated post after the German trench mortars
had blown the defences about their ears. Austin--wet, muddy, but
cheerful--crawled out of the ruins and displayed the utmost concern
about his wounded man. Brave, cool, and fearless himself, he would go
out of his way to show me a safe way out of the trenches and where I
could avoid ploughing through too much mud and water. I was talking
to him a few minutes before he was hit, and it was a terrible blow
to me that when I was called to him his condition was such that no
treatment was available.” While a member of the Artists’ Rifles Sec.
Lieut. Austin won cups with the Tent Pitching Team, and for five
years was in the Bayonet Team, taking part in the Naval and Military
Tournament at Olympia in 1913 and 1914, and winning many spoons and
cups. The chairman of Reuter’s at the annual general meeting on 3 June,
1915, described him as “one of our most promising young editors.” He
_m._ at St. Ippolyt’s, Herts, 27 Feb. 1915, Margaret Elizabeth
(Gosmore, Hitchin), elder dau. of Samuel Bridgman Russell, of Gosmore,
Hitchin, Herts.
[Illustration: =Cyril Frederic Austin.=]
=AUSTIN, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Private, No. 9726, 2nd Battn. Royal
Scots, _s._ of Edward Austin; _b._ Birmingham, 13 Dec. 1884;
educ. St. Mary’s Schools there; served seven years in India; went to
France with the first Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action
during the retreat from Mons, 26 Aug. 1914; _unm._
=AUSTIN, GEORGE=, Stoker, R.N.R., 514 V., H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=AVELING, LANCELOT NEVILLE=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Connaught Rangers,
only _s._ of Neville Clifford Aveling, temporary Capt. R.F.A.,
by his wife, Evelyn Mary, of St. Germans Hall, Norfolk, dau. of Capt.
Hurton Barker, of Needham House, near Wisbech, and grandson of Stephen
Thomas Aveling, of Restoration House, Rochester; _b._ Rochester,
20 March, 1892; educ. Gresham’s Holt School; was for four years in the
O.T.C., and shot at Bisley for school; joined the Surrey (Queen Mary’s
Own) Yeomanry 1911, and the Special Reserve of Officers (3rd Connaught
Rangers) 13 June, 1913, and passed third in qualifying examination for
Regular Army on mobilisation, being gazetted 1 Sept. He left with the
Expeditionary Force for the Front at the end of August; was wounded
(two bullet wounds) at the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept.; again at
Ypres, 7 Nov. (mentioned in Despatches, Feb. 1915); and a third time at
the same place, 26 April, and _d._ in hospital at Hazebrouck three
days later, being buried in the cemetery there; _unm._ His colonel
wrote: “He was such a splendid officer and so charming a fellow. He is,
indeed, an almost irreparable loss to my battalion.... He came to us
with a very high reputation from the 2nd Battalion, and more than made
it good. Gen. Egerton had especially asked for your boy’s services for
the day as orderly officer.”
[Illustration: =Lancelot Neville Aveling.=]
=AVERILL, ALBERT=, Private, No. 9974, 1st Battn. North
Staffordshire Regt., _s._ of Alfred John Averill, Officer’s
Waiter, 11th South Staffs. Regt., by his wife, Hannah, dau. of Hiram
Pritchard; _b._ Hanley and Stoke (N. Stafford), 6 Aug. 1891; educ.
Cauldon Road Elementary School there, enlisted in Sept. 1913; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action at
Armentières, 2 Nov. 1914; _unm._
=AVIS, HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4659), S.S. 103859,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=AVIS, RALPH CUTTS=, Yeoman of Signals (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6683),
191425, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=AVIS, WILLIAM=, Sergt., R.M.L.I., Ch. 10913, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=AWDRY, CAROL EDWARD VERE=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Munster
Fusiliers, _s._ of the Rev. Vere Awdry, Vicar of Ampfield, Romsey,
by his wife, Mary Louisa, dau. of Edward Desborough Man; _b._
Broad-Hinton Vicarage, co. Wilts, 11 June, 1894; educ. Marlborough
House School, Hove (April, 1903–Dec. 1907), Marlborough College
(Foundation Scholar, Jan. 1908–June, 1912), and Royal Military College,
Sandhurst (G Coy., June, 1912–June, 1913); gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the
Munster Fusiliers, Sept. 1913; joined the 2nd Battn. at Aldershot, 15
Oct. 1913; went to the Front with them 13 Aug. 1914, and was killed in
action near Etreux, 27 Aug. 1914, during the retreat from Mons. Writing
to his father, the senior surviving officer, Capt. H. S. Jervis, who
was himself taken prisoner, said: “Your boy lost his life that day
while leading his men against overwhelming odds. The Army was at the
time withdrawing, and the battn. was occupying an important position
covering the movement. In order to better safeguard the retreat of the
remainder our withdrawal was delayed by some hours. We were attacked
on three sides, and when we moved off finally it was found that the
greatly superior forces of the Germans had enabled them to cut us off
from our main body. Faced by odds of 6 or 8 to 1 we put up the best
fight we could until compelled by fire from all sides to surrender. C
Coy--to which your son belonged, of course--was chosen to watch our
right rear (on the north-east) as the battn. withdrew to the south,
and Capt. Rawlinson selected your son to take his platoon (No. 9) out
to an exposed position the far end of a village named Fesmy, through
which our line of retreat lay. He performed the duty in a most able
manner, and although harassed with a nasty fire, he held on until the
battn. withdrew, and then rejoined with his little force intact. It
was a commendable performance, worthy of one of far greater age and
experience than your son. His company then continued the withdrawal
until we came to the next village (Oisy), when it was detailed to act
as rearguard. Again they were sharply engaged by largely increased
forces this time, but they gallantly held their own, your son again
holding a detached position at an important cross roads, and again
the battn. was able to withdraw in safety. Your boy’s party was the
last to come in, and though he lost a few men he saved many more. It
was now six o’clock (p.m.), and it was now discovered that we were
cut off from the main body. The battn. shook out to the attack in an
endeavour to break through, every officer doing good work, your son
no less than the others. With sword drawn he led his men in support
of the attack which was in progress in front (to the south), and as
he advanced he fell shot through the lungs. His death was painless
and practically instantaneous. He was buried with his eight brother
officers who fell the same day, 28 Aug. 1914. I write as a prisoner
in German hands. The grave is near the railway station of Etreux, 400
yards to north of the level-crossing, right-hand side of the road.”
It seems clear that from the first the situation was so critical that
to enable the Army to escape the sacrifice of a regt. might possibly
prove to be inevitable. Major Charrier, in command of the Munsters,
fully recognised this, and, according to a survivor, in the absence of
definite orders to retire, felt it his duty to hold on to the last at
all costs. Though they had had two little “scraps” with the Germans
lasting a few minutes on 24 and 26 Aug., the Munsters’ first serious
fighting was on the 27th. The morning was very misty, and while waiting
for the Germans a German aeroplane came over them, quite close, about
10 a.m. It flew back at once, and shortly afterwards a heavy fire was
opened on them, rendering their position untenable. They therefore
retired through Fesmy, where Awdry with his platoon held a detached
position and succeeded in holding the Germans back till the regt. was
safe, and then rejoined. He received a slight flesh wound here. Next
they came to Oisy. Here they had to cross a canal, a little distance
in rear of which was an important cross roads. Attacked in flank, in
danger of being cut off in front, a cavalry attack now threatened them
in rear, and Awdry was sent to the cross roads with his platoon. He
left about 12 men under a sergt. at the canal bridge while he with the
rest went forward and succeeded in holding the Germans at bay for some
three-quarters of an hour. The sergt. and nearly all the detachment at
the bridge were killed, and a corpl. went forward to get instructions,
and as he got up he saw Awdry put his hand up to his chest and fall.
Private C.... says he was hit high up on the left side. The corpl.
thought he was killed, and as nearly all that party were _hors de
combat_ he returned to the bridge, where, finding no one left, he
thought all was over and escaped as best he could with a few stragglers
who joined him and worked round to St. Quentin, where they eventually
joined the remnant of the regt. (about 260) who had escaped destruction
or capture. Awdry was not, however, killed then, and held on; but his
numbers were so reduced that he signalled for reinforcement, and though
none could be sent then, he refused to leave the post till assured that
the battn. was safe. Eventually a few men from another platoon came to
his help, and finally they retired and rejoined, his party being the
last to come in. Then about 6 p.m. the battn. found themselves attacked
on three sides, and it was now in the last desperate attempt to break
through that Awdry got his fatal wound, in the forehead. Private C. ...
was again close to him, and though himself slightly wounded managed to
get him back near the road, and was putting his own field dressing on
the wound when his left shoulder was shattered and he fell over and
Awdry fell on the top of him, and so about an hour later died in his
arms. They lay there all night till a burial party composed of captured
men of the Munsters under German guards brought them in. The nine
officers of the Munsters who fell that day were buried in one grave,
and the N.C.Os. and men in another, side by side, near the railway
station of Etreux, on the right hand side of the road, 400 yards north
of the level-crossing. A German Pastor read a funeral service over
them and the Germans put up crosses to mark the spot. Two memorial
windows have been put up in St. Mark’s Church, Ampfield, in memory of
2nd Lieut. Awdry and officers, N.C.O.s and men of the Munsters who fell
that day.
[Illustration: =Carol Edward Vere Awdry.=]
=AXON, WALTER HENRY=, Ship’s Corpl., 1st Class, R.F.R., A. 1230,
late Ports., A. 2045, 128826, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=AXUP, VICTOR EMMANUEL=, Leading Signaller, 215587, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=AYLING, WILLIAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 9330, 1st Battn. Hampshire
Regt., _s._ of Horace Ayling, of Stubbington Lane, Stubbington,
Fareham, Hants, Cowman, by his wife, Anne, dau. of Edward Etherington;
_b._ Hindhead, co. Surrey, 18 Dec. 1895; educ. Fareham and Crofton
Elementary School; enlisted April, 1912; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914;
was seriously wounded near Ypres, 7 Nov. 1914, by a wounded Prussian,
and was invalided home; but returned to the Front in May, appointed
L.-Corpl. June, and was killed in action at Ypres, 9 July, 1915;
_unm._ His commanding officer wrote that “he was killed instantly
by a shell which burst in a trench”; adding, “He was an excellent
fellow.... He was buried behind the trench. I am afraid it was only a
rough grave, as we left that night.”
=BABER, THOMAS EDWARD=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 154395, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BACHELOR, FRANK=, Gunner, R.M.A., 12282, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BACK, JOHN RICHARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2843), 199592, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BACON, BASIL KENRICK WING=, Major, D Coy., 1st Battn.
Worcestershire Regt., 4th _s._ of Kenrick Verulam Bacon, of The
Lodge, Hale, Farnham, J.P., late Capt. Worcestershire Regt. (with
which he served in the Indian Mutiny, 1857–8), by his wife, Jessie,
dau. of the late T. Wing, Gray’s Inn; _b._ Eastbourne, 28 May,
1872; educ. United Services College, Westward Ho! was gazetted as 2nd
Lieut. to the 2nd Battn. of the Worcesters, from the Militia, 4 Oct.
1893, and promoted Lieut. 14 Dec. 1896, and Capt. 14 Feb. 1900, and
Major 1 April, 1909. When the Boer war broke out he was with his regt.
in Bermuda. They came home to Aldershot in order to mobilise, and
then went to South Africa. He served with the 2nd Battn. in the South
African war of 1899–1902, took part in the operations in Cape Colony,
south of the Orange River, 1899–1900, including action at Colesberg
(1 Jan.-12 Feb.); in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, and Orange Free
State, May-Feb. 1901, and in the Orange Free State, Feb.-May, 1902;
was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901], and
obtained the Queen’s medal with three clasps, and the King’s medal with
two clasps. After the war he continued to serve with the 2nd Battn.
in South Africa, subsequently moving with it to Ceylon and thence
to India. He obtained his Majority in the 3rd Battn. at Dover, but
afterwards was posted to the 1st, which was at Cairo when the European
War broke out. He was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 13 Dec. 1914;
_unm._ A memorial brass was erected in Hale Parish Church by the
N.C.Os. and men of his company “in token of their esteem and affection.”
[Illustration: =Basil Kenrick Wing Bacon.=]
=BADDELEY, EDWARD LAWRENCE=, Major, 8th Battn. Lancashire
Fusiliers (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late John Bratton Baddeley,
of Whalley, co. Lancaster, M.D., by his wife, Marion (afterwards wife
of Charles Edward Emmet, of Southport), dau. of (--) Brewer; _b._
Whalley, 12 July, 1870; educ. at Macclesfield, and was admitted a
solicitor in June, 1893, but did not practise, being secretary to
Messrs. W. T. Glover & Co., of Trafford Park, Manchester, Cable
Makers. Major Baddeley joined the Halifax (1st Volunteer Battn. Duke
of Wellington’s) Volunteers as a Private in 1888, and obtained his
commission, 21 March, 1900, in the 3rd Volunteer Battn. The King’s
Liverpool Regt., and afterwards transferred into the Lancashire
Fusiliers; Southport Volunteers, 13 June, 1903; and on 24 Jan. 1914,
obtained his majority in the 8th Territorial Battn. of the Lancashire
Fusiliers. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for Imperial service,
went out to Egypt with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and was
killed in action at Gallipoli, 6 June, 1915, being then second in
command. He helped to form one of the first cycle corps in England. He
held the Volunteer Long Service medal. Major Baddeley was a leading
member of the Southport Yachting Club. He _m._ at Halifax, 4 July,
1911, May, only dau. of John Oakley, of Halifax, M.D., J.P.; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Edward L. Baddeley.=]
=BADDELEY, LIONEL RICHARD LOGAN=, Corpl., No. 11/566, Queen
Alexandra’s 2nd Squadron, Wellington Mounted Rifles, New Zealand
Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Richard Baddeley, of Kakatahi,
Wanganui, New Zealand, Runholder, by his wife, J..., dau. of Thomas
Logan Williamson, grandson of Capt. Frederick Clinton Herman Stuart
Baddeley, 40th Regt., and great-grandson of General Frederick Henry
Baddeley, R.E.; _b._ Wanganui, New Zealand, 4 Dec. 1887; educ.
Wanganui College. On the outbreak of war he joined the New Zealand
Expeditionary Force, Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at the
Dardanelles on 20 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Lionel R. L. Baddeley.=]
=BADDER, SIDNEY JOSEPH=, A.B., J. 6017, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BADENOCH, JAMES=, Leading Stoker, R.F.R., Ch. B. 9396, 296586,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BAGLEY, ARTHUR DAVIES=, Private, No. 107, 5th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, _s._ of Frederick Bagley, Master Draughtsman, by
his wife, Ann, dau. of the late Stephen Davies; _b._ Broseley,
co. Salop, 22 Nov. 1889; educ. there, and emigrated to Australia in
1911. At the outbreak of war he volunteered, and was killed in action
during the landing operations in Gallipoli, 25 April, 1915; _unm._
A comrade writing said that he was shot through the head by a sniper
whilst going to the assistance of a wounded officer.
[Illustration: =Arthur Davies Bagley.=]
=BAGSHAWE, LEONARD VALE=, Capt., 3rd Battn. King’s Own Scottish
Borderers, yr. _s._ of Rev. William Vale Bagshawe, of Moorlands,
Calver, Sheffield, formerly Assistant Master at Repton School, Master
of the Uppingham Lower School, Vicar of Isel and Rector of Pitchford,
by his wife, Alice Katharine, dau. of Edward Otto Partridge; _b._
Highfield, Uppingham, 30 Nov. 1877; educ. Lower School, Uppingham,
Shrewsbury, and Christ Church, Oxford. After taking his degree he
entered the service of the Bombay Burma Trading Corporation, and later
became one of their forest managers. Being home on leave when the war
broke out he applied at once, with three other members of the company’s
staff, for a commission in the King’s Own Scottish Borderers, and was
gazetted 2nd Lieut. 30 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 9 Nov. following.
He trained at Portland and Sunderland, left with a draft on 4 Dec., and
was attached to the 1st Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers near Ypres,
where, having acted as Capt. of his company for several months, he was
gazetted to that rank 5 May, 1915. He was killed in action at Hooge, in
Flanders, 16 June, 1915; _unm._ Lieut. Edward Partridge wrote from
Ypres: “His example enabled his men to carry the position and retain it
against counter attacks, and they all speak so highly of his pluck and
resource.” And Private Pike, Northumberland Fusiliers, from the Base
Hospital at Sheffield: “I was with your son when he got killed in the
great charge at Hooge, near Ypres, on 16 June. I was very proud to be
led by such a brave and noble man--for he led the company as if he were
in the streets of England.” Private Pike also said that “Capt. Bagshawe
and his men were in the fighting in March at St. Eloi, St. Julien, and
Hill 60. One night he had 18 men in a trench which was shelled by the
Germans preparatory to an attack; 16 men were killed or wounded. Capt.
Bagshawe mounted the parapet and fired into the attacking enemy. He and
his two men held the trench through the night until daylight caused the
Germans to relinquish the attack.” The adjutant of his Battn. said:
“... He was as popular with his men as with the officers.... He was
from the first in a responsible position, which he filled with great
energy and tact.... We were attacking, and I heard that he got into
the first line of the enemy’s trenches, and I think he was hit in the
actual assault. He will have been buried close to where he fell, which
is just south of the Ypres-Roulers Railway, about three miles east of
Ypres.” Capt. Bagshawe was a keen and successful all-round sportsman.
At college he rowed in the eight and represented Christ Church in the
crew which competed for both Thames and Ladies in 1897 at Henley. They
were beaten in the semi-final of the Ladies Plate by Emmanuel, and in
the final of the Thames Cup by Kingston after a good race.
[Illustration: =Leonard Vale Bagshawe.=]
=BAILEY, ARCHIBALD ERNEST=, L.-Corpl., No. 9592, 2nd Battn.
East Kent Regt., _s._ of Samuel Bailey, of 16, Blackwall Road,
Willesboro Lees, near Ashford; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France; killed in action, 28 Sept. 1915.
=BAILEY, ARTHUR EDWARD=, Private, No. 9703, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of William Bailey, of Hyam Cottages, Malmesbury,
Wilts., Farm Labourer, by his wife, Annie, dau. of the late Matthew
Clark, of Malmesbury; _b._ Brokenborough, near Malmesbury, co.
Wilts., 2 Aug. 1890; educ. Malmesbury National School; enlisted 31
July, 1912, and was killed in the fighting round Ypres, Oct. 1914;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Arthur Edward Bailey.=]
=BAILEY, FREDERICK JOSEPH=, Acting Sergt.-Major, No. 4640, 1/5th
Battn. The Royal Scots (T.F.); killed in action at the Dardanelles, 12
May, 1915.
=BAILEY, GEORGE HENRY=, Leading Seaman, 220337, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. His brother, Wallace J. Bailey, was lost in the
Cressy.
=BAILEY, JOHN JAMES=, Private, No. 2280, 7th Battn. Durham L.I.
(T.F.), only _s._ of the late (--) Bailey; b. Sunderland, co.
Durham, ... Aug. 1887, and was employed at Foster’s Forge, Sunderland;
joined the 7th (Territorial) Battn. of the Durham L.I., and trained at
Gateshead; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and was killed in action
“somewhere” in France, 15 May, 1915. He _m._ at Sunderland, 24
Aug. 1912, Elizabeth Jane (who died 16 June, 1914), dau. of William
Chambers Farley, of Sunderland, Machine Driller, and had an only child,
Catherine (15, Victoria Street, Southwick, Sunderland), _b._ 9
Jan. 1913.
[Illustration: =John James Bailey.=]
=BAILEY, THOMAS DISMORE=, Private, No. 3189, B Coy., 1/5th
Battn. Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regt., yr. _s._ of
Samuel Bailey, Coachman to Mr. J. H. Sykes, of Bryancliffe, Edgerton,
Huddersfield, by his wife, Selina, dau. of Thomas Dismore; _b._
Marsh, Huddersfield, 29 Dec. 1895; was a cutter’s apprentice at Messrs.
Bairstow, Sons & Co., Ltd., Clothiers, but on the outbreak of war
joined the Army as a Stretcher-bearer and First Aid Ambulance man, 6
Oct. 1914, and was killed while attending to the wounded at Fleurbaix
at 12.15 p.m., 14 June, 1915; buried at La Croix Marchal; _unm._
Writing to his parents his Commanding Officer, Capt. J. E. Eastwood,
said: “We had just had one man badly wounded, and your son as a
stretcher-bearer was attending to him, when I heard that we had another
man wounded higher up the trenches, so your son set off to attend to
him, and while doing so was shot dead on the spot.” And Lieut. A. L.
McCully, of the R.A.M.C., wrote: “As you know, I have not been very
long in charge of the Ambulance Section, but I have heard nothing but
praise of your son from Sergt. Flood and his late comrades. He was
always willing to do his share of whatever was in hand, and the fact of
his at once going out to a dangerous place to help a wounded man shows
that he had the very highest conception of what his duty was.” He was a
member of the choir at Holy Trinity, Huddersfield.
[Illustration: =Thomas Dismore Bailey.=]
=BAILEY, WALLACE JAMES=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2467A, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. His brother, George
Henry, was lost in the Pathfinder.
=BAILEY, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7729), S.S.
103118, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BAILEY, WILLIAM=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 576), H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BAILEY, WILLIAM HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9459),
S.S. 106853, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=BAILLIE, DOUGLAS ANDERSON=, Leading Seaman, 230740, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BAILLIE, SIR GAWAINE GEORGE STUART=, 5th Bart., of Polkemmet,
Lieut., 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys), elder _s._ of the late
Sir Robert Baillie, 4th Bart. (who commanded the Australian Squadron
of the King’s Colonials), by his wife, Isabel (Polkemmet, Whitburn,
Linlithgow), dau. of the late David Elliot Wilkie, of Ratho Byres,
Midlothian; _b._ Victoria, Australia, 29 May, 1893; educ. St.
David’s, Rufalt, Eton and Sandhurst; gazetted to the 2nd Dragoons, 4
Sept. 1912, being stationed at York till the war broke out. He went
to France with the Expeditionary Force Aug. 14; was promoted Lieut.,
and was wounded in the hand in Aug., but insisted on returning to the
firing line, although unable to use it. He was killed in action at
Rebais on 7 Sept. 1914, when the onward rush of the Germans was stopped
at the Marne. In the words of a brother officer: “Unable to draw any
weapon himself, he died charging the enemy like the gallant English
gentleman he was.” His body was brought home and buried in the family
burial ground: _unm._ Numerous letters were received from his
brother officers and the men of the regt. testifying to his gallantry
and to the high esteem and popularity in which he was held by the whole
regt.
=BAILLIE, IAN HENRY=, Capt., 4th Battn. Cameron Highlanders
(T.F.), 3rd _s._ of the late Lieut.-Gen. Duncan Baillie, formerly
of the Royal Horse Guards, by his wife, Anna Glentworth (Lochloy,
Nairn, N.B.), dau. of the Rev. Gustavus Burnaby, of Somerby Hall,
Leicestershire; _b._ Househill, co. Nairn, 3 Sept. 1870; educ.
Wellington College; was for some time a Lieut. in 1st Lanark Rifle
Volunteers, and on the outbreak of war was gazetted Capt. to the 4th
Battn. of the Cameron Highlanders, 20 Nov. 1914. He was wounded at
Festubert, 18 May, 1915, and _d._ in hospital at Rouen four days
later; _unm._ An elder brother, Capt. Alan Baillie, Seaforth
Highlanders, was killed at Atbara in 1898, and another brother, Major
Hugh Baillie, D.S.O., of the Seaforth Highlanders, was wounded in the
early part of the war, and has now (1916) a staff appointment abroad.
A third brother, Major Duncan Baillie, 2nd Lovat Scouts, is serving
abroad with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force.
[Illustration: =Ian Henry Baillie.=]
=BAILWARD, THEODORE=, Lieut., 26th King George’s Own Native L.I.,
3rd _s._ of Thomas Henry Methuen Bailward, of Horsington Manor,
co. Somerset, B.A. Oxford, J.P., C.C., by his wife, Margaret Eliza,
dau. of Henry Hobhouse, of Hadspen House, Castle Cary, J.P.; _b._
Horsington Manor, 9 March, 1888; educ. Summerfields, near Oxford, Rugby
and Sandhurst; received commission in Somerset L.I., then quartered at
Poona, 1907. The following year he passed into the Indian Army, joining
the 26th Native Cavalry at Bangalore, and in 1913 was appointed A.D.C.
to the Governor of Madras (Lord Pentland), and became Master of the
Ootacamund Hounds, which office he held until the outbreak of war, when
he rejoined his regt. He was attached to the 7th Lancers, and with them
joined the Indian Expeditionary Force in the Persian Gulf in March,
and was killed, with two other officers and some men, at Imanzadeh Ali
Ibuhussin, 18 miles due east of Awaz, when on a reconnaissance, 29
April, 1915. He was buried there; _unm._
[Illustration: =Theodore Bailward.=]
=BAINBRIDGE, THOMAS LINDSAY=, Lieut., 5th Battn. Northumberland
Fusiliers, attd. Northumbrian Signal Coy. R.E., 3rd _s._ of the
late Thomas Hudson Bainbridge, of Eshott Hall, co. Northumberland;
_b._ Holmwood, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 24 April, 1882; educ. privately
and Dr. Osborn’s, Colwyn Bay; qualified as an electrical engineer, and
then entered the shipbuilding yard of Messrs. Swan, Hunter & Wigham
Richardson, at Wallsend. He received his first commission in 1913 as
commander of a signalling section, and was in the Special Reserve of
Officers. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for Imperial service,
and after being stationed at Blyth left for the Front about the middle
of April, 1915, and was killed in action at Ypres on the 26th of that
month; _unm._ The following is an extract from a letter read
at the Newcastle Wesleyan Synod at Durham on 13 May: “Last night,
after dark, we buried Lieut. Bainbridge and others. It was the most
impressive ceremony I have ever attended. It was a beautiful moonlight
night as we carried the bodies down the lines wrapped in blankets
and lying on stretchers. As we passed each entrenched battn. the men
stood to ‘Attention.’ At about a quarter of a mile from the trenches,
on a piece of ground where about six other officers lie buried, we
laid them to rest. The guns were roaring on every side, and the huge
fire-balls the Germans threw into the air illuminated the sky. Lieut.
Bainbridge was a plucky and good fellow.” Prior to Lieut. Bainbridge
being gazetted to the 5th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers he had held
a commission in the Engineers Volunteers, and subsequently was a Cadet
in the Senior Division, Durham University O.T.C. During his service
in the 5th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers he endeavoured to qualify
himself in every way to become as efficient a soldier as possible,
and with this in view he did a month’s tour of duty at the regimental
depôt, receiving a good report on his work during that tour. He also
prepared himself to qualify, and qualified in examination “B” for
promotion to Capt. He took a month’s course in signalling at Bulford
Camp, at the end of which he qualified most satisfactorily. After
this he became battn. signalling officer, and never spared himself in
bringing his signallers into as high a state of efficiency as possible
in all branches of military signalling. He also became interested in
“wireless,” and provided himself with an apparatus, which he studied
with great zeal and ability. When the war broke out he commanded the
Northumbrian Divisional Signalling Coy., and was consequently attached
to the Northumbrian Divisional R.E. He was a popular officer with all
ranks, was a keen rifle shot, and in 1913 won the revolver championship
of Northumberland. He was also a very keen motorist, and, in fact, an
all-round sportsman.
[Illustration: =Thomas L. Bainbridge.=]
=BAIRD, COLIN=, Sergt., No. 2768, D Coy., 1st/14th Battn. (London
Scottish) The London Regt., _s._ of Thomas Baird, of 25A,
Wood Street, E.C., by his wife, Lucy Maria, dau. of Mark Williams;
_b._ West Norwood, 5 Nov. 1886; educ. Lancaster College, West
Norwood; killed in action near Loos, 13 Oct. 1915, while in charge of a
party sent out to cut wire entanglements; _unm._
[Illustration: =Colin Baird.=]
=BAIRD, STANLEY CHARLES=, Probationary 2nd Cook’s Mate, No. Ch.
M. 7600, H.M.S. Cressy, 4th _s._ of George Alexander Baird, of 4,
Pleasant View, Farnborough, of the Metropolitan Water Board, by his
wife, Fanny, dau. of Francis Balchin; _b._ Farnborough, co. Kent,
11 June, 1893; educ. Farnborough Board School; joined the Royal West
Kent Territorials, 1912; entered the Navy, 12 May, 1914; lost in H.M.S.
Cressy in North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._
=BAIRD, WILLIAM FRANK GARDINER=, Capt., 4th Battn. Bedfordshire
Regt., yr. _s._ of Sir William James Gardiner Baird, of Saughton
Hall, Midlothian, 8th Bt., J.P., Lieut.-Col. Lothians and Berwickshire
Imperial Yeomanry, formerly 7th Hussars, by his wife, the Hon. Arabella
Rose Evelyn Hozier, dau. of James Henry Cecil, 1st Lord Newlands;
_b._ Inch House, Liberton, Midlothian, 15 April, 1885; educ.
Castlemount, Eton and Sandhurst. Served in the 7th Dragoon Guards and
Scots Guards. On the outbreak of war he received a commission from
the Reserve of Officers as Capt. in the 4th Bedfordshires, 11 Aug.
1914, and went to the Front attached to the 1st Lincolnshire Regt. He
_d._ 5 Nov. 1914, in hospital at Boulogne, from wounds received in
action, and was buried there. Capt. Baird _m._ at Ware, 24 Nov.
1910, Violet Mary, dau. of the late Richard Benyon Croft, of Fanham’s
Hall, and had three children: James Richard Gardiner, _b._ 12
July, 1913; William Henry Gardiner, _b._ 11 Oct. 1914; and Lilias
Mary, _b._ 26 Sept. 1911.
=BAKER, EDWARD JAMES=, P.O., 1st Class, 164169, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=BAKER, EDWIN JOSEPH=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6773), 189515, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BAKER, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 44, 54th Field Coy.,
R.E., _s._ of the late Frederick William Baker, of 118, Denmark
Road, and Commercial Road, Lowestoft, General and Shipsmith, by his
wife (--), dau. of (--) Naunton; _b._ Lowestoft, 8 Dec. 1876;
educ. there; was apprenticed to his father, and was an old Volunteer
in the Lowestoft Rifles; joined the R.E. as a sapper at Chatham, 2
March, 1895; served in the Bermudas, Canada, at Aldershot and in South
Africa, and with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action
near Fleurbaix, 7 Jan. 1915, being shot by a sniper. He was buried at
Fleurbaix on the Bois Grenier Road. Sergt. Baker held the Long Service
and Good Conduct medal with the crossed guns, and Lieut.-Col. D. S.
MacInnes, D.S.O., wrote: “Sergt. W. Baker, when I knew him, was section
sergt. of the 54th Field Coy., R.E. He was particularly capable and
resourceful, and inspired great confidence in the men of his section.
His bravery when making wire entanglements in the face of the enemy,
and in other dangerous work was beyond all praise.” He _m._ at
Broadstairs, 26 Nov. 1904, Maud Elizabeth (The Ridge Cottage, Crawley
Hill, Camberley), dau. of William Fisher, Dockyard Pensioner, and had
issue three sons and two daus.: Frederick William Naunton, _b._ 25
Nov. 1906; Montague Reginald, _b._ 1 Aug. 1908; Robert Naunton,
_b._ 15 July, 1913; Elsie Maud, _b._ 29 Sept. 1905; and Irene
Naunton, _b._ 23 Oct. 1910.
[Illustration: =Frederick William Baker.=]
=BAKER, GEORGE BRANDON=, Elect. Art., 3rd Class, M. 399, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=BAKER, HENRY TILLET=, Armourer, 345914, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BAKER, JAMES HENRY=, Rifleman, No. 971, 8th Battn. (Post
Office Rifles) The London Regt., 2nd _s._ of Samuel Baker, of
Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, ex-Police Constable, by his wife, Harriet, dau.
of Thomas Durrance; _b._ Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, 21 Aug. 1875;
educ. St. Andrew’s School, Clapham. He was a postman, and had done 25
years’ service at Brixton. He joined the old 24th Middlesex Volunteers
in 1896, and afterwards passed into the Post Office Rifles. On the
outbreak of war he volunteered with his battn. for foreign service, and
_d._ of wounds received in action at Festubert, 26 May, 1915. A
comrade wrote “he was wounded severely in my company on Wednesday night
(25th) at Festubert, and have just now received official information
that he died in Bethune Hospital on the 26th, and was buried in
Bethune cemetery. I knew he was terribly wounded, but did not think
he was dangerously wounded, as I had the sad task of attending to his
wounds; the latter were in both legs, from the knees downwards.” And
his Colonel, in writing to express his sympathy with Mrs. Baker, spoke
of the “Many kind things he did to help one.” Baker _m._ at St.
Saviour’s, Brixton, 12 Jan. 1901, Eliza Susan (114, Cornwall Road,
Brixton Hill, S.W.), dau. of Alfred Mills, of Thurlow, Suffolk, and had
two children: James Alfred, _b._ 7 Dec. 1904; Constance Sophia,
_b._ 31 Dec. 1901.
[Illustration: =James Henry Baker.=]
=BAKER, JOHN=, A.B., No. 1402D, Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BAKER, JOHN WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5353),
S.S. 100106, _s._ of the late Daniel Baker, Labourer; _b._
Chislet, Kent, ... 1868; educ. there; joined the Navy 1904; was called
up at the outbreak of the war, and was lost in the North Sea when
H.M.S. Cressy was torpedoed 22 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at Chislet,
17 April, 1906, Margaret A., dau. of ..., and had three children:
John William Henry, _b._ 1910; Annie, _b._ 1907; and Ivy,
_b._ 1908.
[Illustration: =John William Baker.=]
=BAKER, MARSHALL=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3734), 166055, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BAKER, OSBERT CLINTON-=, Lieut.-Col., 1st Battn. Royal
Irish Rifles, 3rd _s._ of the late William Clinton-Baker,
of Bayfordbury, co. Herts., by his wife, Edith Mildmay Ashhurst
(Bayfordbury, Hertford), dau. of the Rev. Henry Lewis Majendie, Vicar
of Great Dunmow, co. Essex; _b._ Bayfordbury, 25 Sept. 1869; educ.
at Winchester and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, receiving his
first commission in the Royal Irish Rifles 1 March, 1890. He obtained
his step 18 Nov. 1894, and his company 24 Feb. 1900, being promoted
to field rank 22 Sept. 1906, and succeeding to the command of the 1st
battn. of his regt. 15 March, 1915, on the death of Lieut.-Col. G. B.
Laurie, who fell in action at Neuve Chapelle. From Jan. 1896 to 31 Dec.
1899 he was Adjutant to his regt. and from Feb. 1905 to Sept. 1906 he
occupied a similar position in the Militia. He served in the South
African War, and in May, 1902, obtained the command of the 21st Battn.
of the Mounted Infantry, and held that position until the end of the
war, receiving the Queen’s medal with three clasps, and the King’s
medal with two clasps. After this he was for some years in India and
Burmah, accompanying his regt. as 2nd in command to the front in Nov.
1914. Lieut.-Col. Clinton-Baker was one of four officers R.I.R.--out
of 22--who passed unhurt through Neuve Chapelle. He was killed in
action during the abortive attack near Fromelles on 9 May, 1915. The
battn. had to face a perfect inferno of machine guns and rifle fire
as soon as they mounted their own parapet after the lifting of the
guns. It appears that after the Rifles had carried the first line of
trenches allotted to them, and had advanced to the road beyond, the
enemy concentrated a terrible fire on them. The General in command of
the Brigade was killed and a battn., which was to have come up and
relieved the Rifles, was not sent forward. The Rifles held on to the
position and were being enfiladed, when Lieut.-Col. Clinton-Baker took
a party to the right flank to prevent this, a similar party being sent
to the left. It was when he was with his party, which was practically
annihilated, that he was shot. A good cricketer, fine shot and keen
polo player, he, with other officers, won for his regt. King George’s
Cup for polo at Aden in 1914. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Osbert Clinton-Baker.=]
=BAKER, WILLIAM HENRY=, Ordinary Seaman, S.S. 4754, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BAKER, WILLIAM JOHN=, Blacksmith, 341057, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BALCOMBE, FREDERICK=, Stoker, P.O., 276783, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in
action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BALDING, ROBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6413), 190103, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BALDOCK, WILLIAM ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14609, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=BALDWIN, ANTHONY HUGH=, Brig.-Gen. Comdg., 38th Infantry Brigade,
late Manchester Regt., only _s._ of James Baldwin, of Smithies
Bridge, Clitheroe, co. Lancaster, by his wife, Ann, dau. of James
Part; _b._ Stratford-on-Avon, co. Warwick, 30 Sept. 1863; educ.
Clitheroe Grammar School and Giggleswick; obtained his first commission
as Lieut. in 1st Manchester Regt. from the Militia, 14 May, 1884, being
promoted Capt. 3 Feb. 1892; Major 15 Dec. 1900; Lieut.-Col. 17 Feb.
1908; substantive Col. 4 Oct. 1911; Col. 13 Aug. 1914; and Brig.-Gen.
24 Aug. 1914. He joined the 2nd Battn. in India in 1888, served with
it at Agra, Meerut and Dinapore, and was Adjutant from 5 July, 1891,
to 4 Aug. 1895 when he returned to England. From 14 Nov. 1898, to 13
Nov. 1903, he was Adjutant of the 6th (Militia) Battn., and was at
the depôt at Ashton-under-Lyne until July, 1902, when he went out
with this battn. to South Africa, and took part in the operations in
the Orange River Colony, March to 31 May, 1902, receiving the King’s
medal with three clasps. On his return in Sept. he served with the 2nd
Battn. at Aldershot, Cork, Alderney, Portsmouth and Mullingar, and in
1910 returned to India to command the 1st Battn. He was present at the
Delhi Durbar (medal), and 1 June, 1914, retired on half-pay. On the
outbreak of the European War he offered his services and was given the
command of the 38th Infantry Brigade, 13th Division, 5 Sept. 1914,
which he trained at Tedworth, Winchester and Blackdown, and took to
the Dardanelles on 14 June, 1915. He was killed at its head on 10 Aug.
1915, in an attack on Chanak, about a month after landing. The Brigade
after his fall were forced to retreat, and his body was not recovered.
The A.D.C. to the Divisional General wrote: “He died in the front line
leading his Brigade--he died as a gallant English gentleman, beloved,
honoured, respected and mourned by all. He met his death as I am sure
he must have wished, absolutely in the front line of his splendid
Brigade.” And the Brigade Machine Gun Officer: “In General Baldwin the
Brigade has lost a wonderfully capable leader, cool and collected in
the moment of danger, always ready with a cheery word and a smile to
help those who, not having his nerve, were not so collected as he. In
quiet times a more charming and considerate officer could not be found.
His kindness and consideration for the junior members of his staff, and
indeed for everybody, down to the merest drummer boy, were wonderful,
and he held the heart and affection of every man he commanded.” Gen.
Baldwin _m._ in London, Emily Seabrooke, dau. of the late Thomas
Dyson, of the Bank of Bengal, and had issue: Mary Violet, _d._ 25
June, 1913; and Betty, _b._ 1 Sept. 1899.
[Illustration: =Anthony Hugh Baldwin.=]
=BALDWIN, JOSIAH=, Stoker, R.N.R., 2537T, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BALL, ALBERT RANSOME=, Lieut., A Coy., 10th Battn. 2nd Brigade,
Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of William Lee Ball, of 155,
Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg, by his wife, Nellie Lenore, dau. of
William M. Ransome; _b._ Richmond, P. Quebec, Canada, 21 April,
1891, removing with his parents to Winnipeg in 1903, and was educ.
there and at Trinity College School, Port Hope, Ontario. He was engaged
in commercial pursuits, but on the declaration of war felt it his duty
to join the Colours, and enlisted in the 106th Winnipeg L.I., which
was united with the 103rd Calgary to compose the 10th Battn. They left
Quebec with the first Canadian Contingent in Oct. 1914, and after
training on Salisbury Plain during the winter, went to France in Feb.
1915. At the Battle of St. Julien the 10th Battn. was assigned the
post of honour, and led the memorable charge on the night of 22–23
April, which is said by Sir John French “to have saved the situation.”
In the action Lieut. Ball was mortally wounded, and he died in No. 7
Stationary Hospital at Boulogne on the 29th of that month; _unm._
His body was taken back to Canada for burial.
[Illustration: =Albert Ransome Ball.=]
=BALL, JAMES=, Sergt., 11659 (Plym.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action
in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BALL, SOLOMON=, Stoker, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off
Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BALL, WILLIAM ORMSBY WYNDHAM=, M.B., Lieut., R.A.M.C., _s._
of the late Henry Wyndham Ball, of the Registry of Deeds Office,
Dublin; _b._ Dublin, 27 Sept. 1889; educ. St. Andrew’s College and
Dublin University; obtained his colours on the Hockey XI. two years
in succession, and represented Ireland in six international hockey
matches. Gazetted Lieut. R.A.M.C., 24 Jan. 1913, and on the outbreak
of war was attached to the 2nd Battn. S. Staffords, and proceeded to
the Front with them 13 Aug. He was killed by a shell at Sonpir on the
Aisne, 26 Sept. 1914, when attending the wounded there, being buried at
Sonpir Farm; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Ormsby Wyndham Ball.=]
=BALL, WILLIE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10509), 226180, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BALLAM, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 6060, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BALLANTYNE, DANIEL=, Private, No. 4264, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots,
_s._ of the late Daniel Alexander Ballantyne, of 38, India Place,
Edinburgh, Watchmaker, by his wife, Jane, 3rd dau. of Angus Kennedy;
_b._ Stockbridge, Edinburgh, 18 March, 1878; educ. Hamilton Place
School, Edinburgh; enlisted in the Royal Scots, 1 Oct. 1896, and spent
six years in India and eight years in the Reserve. He joined the
National Reserve, and transferred about 1912 to the Kames Gunpowder
Works (Messrs. Curtis’s & Harvey, Ltd.), and raised branches of the
National Reserve in Kames, Tighnabruaich and Millhouse. On the outbreak
of war in Aug. 1914, he got up rifle competitions in aid of the local
Red Cross Society, and received the thanks of the Society for the sum
of money he thereby raised. He re-enlisted in his old regt. in Sept.,
and while at Glencorse did good recruiting work. He went to the Western
Front in Jan. 1915, and died 27 April of wounds received in action at
Hill 60, and was buried at La Clytte Reninghelst, Belgium. He had been
in the trenches on Thursday, the 26th, until midnight, when he left to
have a cup of tea, and while partaking of it a bullet entered his left
shoulder passing across the back and injuring his spine. He was taken
down to the hospital, but only lived a few hours. His letters from the
trenches were published in “The Buteman and West Coast Chronicle.” In
the last one written on the 21st, just five days before his death,
he said: “You were asking how we could be so cheery in the trenches.
Well, it’s like this. There is no use in being sad, and the cheerier
you are the better, for one never knows when it may be his turn to stop
laughing for a long, long time. We do not think on half the things
those at home bother about, and consider our duty our ordinary course
of work, as it certainly is; and there you are! Some may not come back,
but we get accustomed to that thought, and think nothing of it. It may
be our turn next, but we know that if it does come we have tried to the
best of our ability to do our duty to our people at home and King and
country.” Ballantyne _m._ at Edinburgh, 16 Oct. 1906, Mary Jane
(187, Gala Park Road, Galashiels), dau. of the late James Donaldson,
and had a son and five daus.: Daniel, _b._ 23 Oct. 1911; Jane
Kennedy, _b._ 29 March, 1908; Alice Weddell, _b._ 24 April,
1909; Mary Alexandrina, _b._ 17 July, 1910; and Margaret Inglis,
_b._ 19 Jan. 1913.
[Illustration: =Daniel Ballantyne.=]
=BALLANTYNE, THOMAS=, Private, No. 7114, 1st Battn. Northumberland
Fusiliers, _s._ of Thomas Ballantyne; _b._ Dunston-on-Tyne,
28 Feb. 1886; educ. St. Dominic’s Schools, Newcastle-on-Tyne; joined
the 5th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, 22 June, 1905, and re-enlisted
2 Aug. 1908. On the outbreak of war he was drafted to the 1st Battn. at
the Front, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 1 March, 1915.
He _m._ at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 6 June, 1906, Margaret Nathans (44,
Byron Terrace, Shieldfield, Newcastle), dau. of C. H. Dagg, and had
issue two sons and two daus.: Thomas Hubert, _b._ 28 Jan. 1907;
Edward, _b._ 3 Nov. 1912; Sarah Elizabeth, _b._ 16 Aug. 1910;
and Margaret Alina, _b._ 12 Dec. 1914. Private Ballantyne held
several certificates for service.
[Illustration: =Thomas Ballantyne.=]
=BALLARD, CHARLES FREDERICK=, Commander, R.N., yr. _s._ of
the late Lieut.-Col. John Fane Ballard, Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., by his
wife, Mary (The Grove, Kingston Blount, Oxford), dau. of Arthur Henry
Clerke Brown, of Kingston Blount, Oxford; _b._ Rock, Washington,
co. Sussex, 23 March, 1879; educ. Herbert Bull’s, Westgate-on-Sea,
and Littlejohn’s, Blackheath. Joined the Britannia in 1892, passing
in eighth; became Midshipman, Jan. 1895; Sub-Lieut., July, 1898;
Lieut., Nov. 1900, and Commander, June, 1913. Served in China, 1900, as
Sub-Lieut. on the Aurora, and was present at the taking of Tientsin,
being mentioned in Despatches and specially promoted. He was appointed
to the Formidable in Aug. 1913, and was lost in that vessel 1 Jan.
1915. Commander Ballard was last seen on the bridge of the Formidable
with Capt. Loxley. He had previously superintended getting the boats
out, and had ordered as much wood as possible to be thrown overboard
for the men to cling to. A survivor narrates that he met the Commander,
who told him to tell everybody to keep cool. He then gave the command
to get the boats out. He _m._ at St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington, 15
July, 1913, Violet Hazel, dau. of Admiral Sir Cecil Burney, K.C.B.,
K.C.M.G., and had one dau., Margaret Charley, _b._ 29 Dec. 1914.
[Illustration: =Charles Frederick Ballard.=]
=BALMAIN, JOHN=, Officer’s Steward, 3rd Class, L. 4470, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=BAMFORD, EDWIN SCOTT=, Capt. and Adjutant, 1st Battn. York
and Lancaster Regt., yst. _s._ of the late Arthur Bamford, of
Misterton Hall, Lutterworth, by his wife, Annie (who re-_m._
Capt. the Hon. Harold Brooke Hawke), dau. of John Nash, of Chicago;
_b._ Bromborough, co. Chester, 23 April, 1885; educ. Uppingham
and afterwards in Switzerland, and joined the 3rd (Militia) Battn.
Leicestershire Regt., from which he passed into the York and Lancaster
Regt. 6 July, 1907, becoming Lieut. 1 Feb. 1909. In that year he
passed the Signalling Course at Poona, and obtained a certificate for
Field Telephoning; in 1911 he took the Musketry and Machine Gun Course
at Satara, and in 1912 the Physical Training and Swordsmanship at
Poona, where he was Gymnastic Superintendent for eight months, serving
altogether seven years (1908–14) in India. On 12 March, 1913, he was
appointed Adjutant of his battn. with which he joined the Expeditionary
Force in France in Jan. 1915. He had been promoted Capt. 5 Sept.
1914, and was mortally wounded in action on his birthday, 23 April,
1915, during a charge at the second Battle of Ypres, and _d._
at the Poperinghe Clearing Station the following day. The following
abbreviated account of the circumstances attending his death was
received from a brother officer: “On the morning of April 22 the battn.
was resting--the men playing football--when the French troops came
hurrying back completely overcome by asphyxiating gases. Immediately,
on their own initiative without any command, our men fell in and moved
off by companies from trenches near St. Jean, with fixed bayonets,
across open country in broad daylight, with only two guns to support
them, to fill in the gap left by the French, which the Canadians were
unable to protect with their flank. They made the attack through a
hail-storm of high velocity shell fire and machine guns at short
range, which nearly wiped out the whole battn., leaving 300 out of the
original 1,200. In spite of the heavy casualties, they pushed on, as a
Canadian officer remarked: ‘As if they were on parade,’ and eventually
reached a field which was under still heavier fire. At the top of
the field was a hedge on which the enemy’s fire was concentrated;
very few of the battn. got past it. It was here that the Colonel was
killed outright and Capt. Bamford, having done magnificent work during
the whole attack, was mortally wounded. Some days after, Gen. Plumer
came to see the few survivors and congratulated them on their gallant
attack. Had it not been made the Germans would have broken through. To
use the General’s own words: ‘They had saved the situation.’” Capt.
Bamford was a keen sportsman and a first-class shot. He _m._
London, 1 Jan. 1913, Lulu, only dau. of the late Edwin Whitney Smith,
of Bath; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Edwin Scott Bamford.=]
=BAMPTON, WILLIAM=, 2nd Ship’s Steward, 347283, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BANBURY, CHARLES WILLIAM=, Capt., Coldstream Guards, only
_s._ of the Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick George Banbury, of Warnford
Place, Highworth, co. Wilts., 1st Bt., M.P. for the City of London, by
his wife, Elizabeth Rose, dau. and co-heir of the late Thomas Barbot
Beale, of Brettenham Park, co. Suffolk; _b._ 19, Grosvenor Street,
London, W., 11 Feb. 1877; educ. Eton and University College, Oxford;
gazetted to the Coldstream Guards, 9 Aug. 1899, and promoted Lieut. 16
Feb. 1901, and Capt. 27 March, 1909. He served in the South African
War, receiving the Queen’s medal with three clasps, and the King’s
medal with two clasps. From March, 1909–Aug. 1910, he served as A.D.C.
to the General Officer Commanding 1st Division, Aldershot Command, and
from March, 1912, to the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern
Command. He _d._ at Soupir, near Soissons, 16 Sept., 1914, from
wounds received in the Battle of the Aisne two days previously, and
was buried at Soupir. He _m._ at the Guards’ Chapel, 29 April,
1913, Joseph Marguerite (Wadley Manor, Faringdon, Berks), dau. of Jose
Reixach, and had a son and a daughter: Charles William, _b._ 18
May, 1915, and Mary Heritage, _b._ 28 March, 1914. Capt. Banbury
won the Grand Military Gold Cup at Sandown, riding Capt. Christie
Miller’s Sprinkle Me two years in succession, 1909 and 1910, and also
the Grand International Steeplechase on the same. He won the Aldershot
Gold Cup, and the United Service Hunter’s Cup both twice on horse Noble
Roy, and the Coldstream Plate twice (1903 and 1904) on his own horse
Casino, and once (1911) on Noble Roy, besides many other races. He
rowed in the University College four and in the eight, and played polo
for the Coldstream Guards.
[Illustration: =Charles William Banbury.=]
=BANFIELD, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4170), S.S.
102835, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast
of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BANKES, EDWARD NUGENT=, Capt., 3rd Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers,
5th and yst. _s._ of the late Henry Hyde Nugent Bankes, of
Wraysbury, co. Bucks, by his wife, the Hon. Lalagé, née Vivian, dau.
of Richard Hussey, 1st Lord Vivian, P.C., G.C.B., and grandson of the
Right. Hon. George Bankes, of Kingston Hall, Dorset, M.P.; _b._
Wraysbury, 3 Oct. 1875; educ. Charterhouse. During the South African
War he served in the ranks with Lumsden’s Horse, and was afterwards
employed with Imperial Yeomanry; took part in the operations in the
Orange Free State and Transvaal, May, 1900, including action near
Johannesburg, and in those in the Transvaal, March, 1901, to Jan. 1902,
and was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 20 Aug. 1901], and
awarded the Queen’s medal with five clasps. He was given a commission
as 2nd Lieut. in the 2nd Dragoon Guards (the Queen’s Bays), 25 Dec.
1901; became Lieut. 25 Dec. 1902, and Capt. 12 Sept. 1908, and was
Remount Officer in South Africa, 29 Sept. 1905, to 12 March, 1907,
and Staff Officer there, 13 March, 1907. He retired 4 Dec. 1912, and
joined the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battn. of the Dublin Fusiliers. On
the outbreak of the European War he was called up, and joined the 2nd
Battn. in France on 16 March, 1915, and was killed in action near St.
Julien, 26 April following. He was buried close to a farm about 500
yards on the Ypres side of St. Julien. His commanding officer wrote:
“He came safely through our big action of 25 April against the village
of St. Julien, some 3 miles north of Ypres. He was with me throughout
the day of the 25th, while we dug in on the ground gained on that day.
I left him in command of the battn. on the night of the 25th, as I
was slightly wounded myself. He was instantaneously killed by a rifle
bullet on April 26th, during an attack made by another Brigade sent up
to our assistance. He behaved with the greatest gallantry on 25 April,
leading his men all the time.” He _m._ at Pietermaritzburg, Natal,
19 Feb. 1906, Lettice Adelaide, eldest dau. of Charles Wriothesley
Digby, of Meriden Hall, near Coventry [great-great-great-grandson of
William, 5th Lord Digby], and had issue a son and two daus.: John Digby
Hyde, _b._ 16 Nov. 1906; Adelaide Margery Dora, _b._ 21 Feb.
1908; and Lettice Monica, _b._ 12 April, 1909.
[Illustration: =Edward Nugent Bankes.=]
=BANKS, FRED LAKEMAN=, Corpl., No. 370, 5th Battn. (London Rifle
Brigade) The London Regt., 2nd _s._ of Frederick Seymour Banks, of
4, St. John Street, Bedford Row, W.C., Commission Agent, by his wife,
Elizabeth, dau. of (--) Belsham; _b._ Doughty Street, Mecklenburgh
Square, London, 20 Jan. 1874; educ. Whitgift Grammar School, and on
leaving school entered his father’s business. He joined the London
Rifle Brigade in 1892, and served all through the South African War
in the C.I.V. Mounted Infantry, receiving the medal with four bars.
On the outbreak of the European War he rejoined the Brigade with his
old schoolfellow, J. L. Hampton, and arrived in the trenches about the
middle of November. He was shot and died on 13 May 1915, near Ypres.
Writing to his parents, the officer commanding his company stated that
Hampton (who met his death ten days before Banks did) and he well
helped to maintain a fine tradition by their spirit and experience,
and that it was almost impossible to write any sort of appreciation of
what those two men were to their company. They many times gave their
officer comfort and courage in difficult times, and he adds, “When we
get into the tight places again I know that many of us who had been
taught by him will think of Freddy Banks and his cheery confidence, and
take courage.” On more than one occasion he was offered a commission,
but preferred to remain in the ranks alongside his comrades. At the
Whitgift Grammar School athletic sports he won the mile on three
occasions, 1889, 1890 and 1891. A fourth win was obtained in 1893
when he secured the Old Boys’ mile. He joined the Cadet Corps, and
won the Spencer Cup for the champion shot of the Public Schools at
Bisley in 1891, scoring 33 out of a possible 35 at 500 yards. He also
won the Easty silver medal. He won the Whitgift Veterans in 1896. In
1892 he made a brave attempt to rescue a boy who had fallen into the
river at Rainham. He was competing for his Regimental Bronze Badge at
the time, and was waiting his turn to fire, when he plunged into the
river and, after diving repeatedly, recovered the lifeless body of the
boy. He afterwards resumed his shooting, and obtained second place,
being beaten by only one point. He received the Royal Humane Society’s
certificate on vellum and a bronze medal, being also complimented by
Lord E. Pelham Clinton (at an inspection by the Duke of Cambridge) on
his deed. Corpl. Banks won the D Coy. Waldegrave Challenge Cup three
times, when it became his, as also did the Moger Cup similarly thrice
won. He shot in the winning team for the “Daily Telegraph” Cup in 1897
and 1898. On his return from the South African War the late Sir Walter
Gilbey, Bt., presented him with a massive silver cup “as a token in
appreciation of services rendered to his country.”
=BANKS, GEORGE EDWARD=, Stoker, P.O., 287551, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=BANKS, PERCY D’AGUILAR=, Capt., Queen Victoria’s Own Corps of
Guides, attd. 57th Wildes Rifles, only _s._ of Col. Samuel Henry
O’Brien Banks, of 9, Eaton Place, Brighton, by his wife, Katherine
Rosa, dau. of the Rev. John Burton D’Aguilar, late Senr. Chaplain of
H.M. Forces; _b._ Bath, 9 May, 1885; educ. St. Peter’s, Weston,
and Cheltenham College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Battn.
Wiltshire Regt., 10 Oct. 1903; joined 16 Nov. following, and left for
India to join the 1st battn. in April, 1904. He was appointed to the
Guides the following year; promoted Lieut. 10 Jan. 1906, and Capt.
10 Oct. 1912. He was A.D.C. to the Hon. A. D. Younghusband, C.S.I.,
Commissioner in Sind during the visit of the King, then Prince of
Wales, to India in 1906, and afterwards served as transport officer
with the Chitral Relief Force in Aug. 1907. He was killed 26 April,
1915, during the second Battle of Ypres only 50 yards from the German
lines; _unm._ On this day Wilde’s Rifles were in the front line
of the Ferozepore Brigade. Capt. Banks’ double company guides formed
centre, and he, the only English officer, led them. The position
to be assaulted was an extremely strong one, and the assaulting
force laboured under heavy disadvantages. It had been impossible to
reconnoitre the ground in a satisfactory manner, and little was known
of the exact position of the German line beyond the fact that it
was somewhere on the opposite ridge about 1,500 yards distance. The
ground was devoid of cover, and rose slightly for the first 500 yards,
then dipped and ended in a gradual upward slope towards the German
position which commanded the whole line of advance. On crossing the
first ridge the regt. came under an absolute tornado of fire of every
description--shrapnel, machine-gun, rifle, and, last but not least,
high explosive shells filled with asphyxiating gas. From this point
onwards the men began to fall rapidly, but still the gallant regt.
pushed on. The murderous nature of the fire can be gauged by the fact
that when the bottom of the slope was reached, at a point some 900
yards from the start, the Commanding Officer, Major Willams, and four
of his colleagues had been severely wounded. Still the attack was
pressed to a point about 80 yards from the German trenches. Here Major
Duhan, Capt. Mackie and Capt. Banks were all killed, as were also two
of the Indian officers. Capt. Banks’ orderly, a Sikh named Bhan Singh,
had been severely wounded in the face early in the action. In spite of
this he insisted in following Capt. Banks till he was killed. As soon
as darkness set in, in the face of the appalling fire, and severely
wounded as he was, his one thought was to bring back the body of his
officer. Weak as he was from loss of blood, he staggered along carrying
the body until he fell from exhaustion. They were both brought in,
and Capt. Banks was buried near a farm house two miles north-east of
Ypres. For this act of devotion and gallantry Bhan Singh received the
Indian D.S.M. and later a Russian decoration. Col. Egerton wrote: “We
were all very fond of him in the Guides, and he had a great many other
friends besides who will feel his loss very keenly I am sure. His men
were also very fond of him, and were following him bravely when he
fell. His name was, of course, brought to notice by Col. Gray, and
I was proud and glad to endorse his mention, and I know that it was
passed on by the next higher authority, the Divisional Commander.” A
brother officer also wrote: “Many of the Eusafzai Pathans who were with
him, and actually in the advance in which he was killed, are back here
wounded or invalided, and I have spoken to many of them, the Subadar,
one Afzal Khan, in particular. The very genuine love they had for him
and their admiration for his great personal pluck and power as a leader
is apparent in everything they say about him, and the Subadar broke
down altogether when telling me of him. He says that not the smallest
detail relating to the men’s comfort was overlooked, and that in fact
they really had a father to command them. I’ve never seen any native
express such genuine sorrow at the loss of one of their sahibs.” Capt.
Banks was mentioned for conspicuous bravery in F.M. Sir John (now Lord)
French’s despatch of Jan. 1, 1916. He was a good all-round athlete and
sportsman. At Cheltenham he won the school rackets and fives, and he
was in the eleven both there and at Sandhurst. After making a score of
131 for the Somerset Colts, he played for the Somerset County Eleven.
He also played cricket for the Army against the Rest at Lahore in 1904.
A fine polo player, he twice in 1913 led the Guides to victory, and
also the same year took part in a tour in Germany, playing for the
Frankfurt team, which won three events--the Challenge Cup, Champion
Cup, and Ladies’ Cup.
[Illustration: =Percy D’Aguilar Banks.=]
=BANNAN, JAMES CHARLES=, Private, No. 79897, 31st Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Joseph Cope Bannan, of Kilkenny,
Ireland, ex-Sergt. Royal Irish Constabulary, by his wife, Mary, dau.
of Edward McElveny, ex-Insp. M.D. Police; _b._ Kilkenny, 24 Feb.
1894; educ. Model National School there. Went to Canada 10 March, 1913,
and after the outbreak of war enlisted at Calgary in Oct. 1914; came
over with the 2nd Canadian Contingent; went to France 14 Sept. 1915,
and was shot by a sniper 6 Nov. 1915; _unm._
=BANNER, FREDERICK SIDNEY=, Private, No. 2515, 10th Battn.
(Liverpool Scottish) The King’s Liverpool Regt. (Gun Section),
eldest _s._ of William Banner, of 113, Bridge Road, Litherland,
Liverpool, by his wife, Emma, dau. of the late Thomas Oswald Rudge;
_b._ Litherland, near Liverpool; educ. at St. Philip’s and
afterwards at Seaforth High School; enlisted 1912; killed in action at
Ypres, 1 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried in an enclosed burial ground
700 yards west of Verbranden Molen.
=BANNER, JOSIAH=, Private, No. 4138, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of William Banner, of Birmingham, Wheelwright, by
his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of (--) Herbert; _b._ Birmingham, 29
Oct. 1879; educ. at St. Anne’s Boys’ School, Duddeston, Birmingham;
enlisted in the Coldstream Guards, 12 March, 1901, and served in Egypt,
Sept. 1906–Jan. 1909, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and
Flanders 1914, and was killed in action at St. Julien, 3 Nov. 1914.
He is believed to have been buried in the Rentel Woods, close to St.
Julien. He _m._ at Birmingham, 24 April, 1909, Bertha Elizabeth
Charlotte Sophia (4, County Terrace, Pears Road, Hounslow), dau. of
James Kingston Merrick, of Hounslow, and had two sons, Joseph James,
_b._ 29 April, 1910, and William Albert Kingston, _b._ 26
Oct. 1913.
[Illustration: =Josiah Banner.=]
=BANNER, SYDNEY ALFRED=, Private, No. 1501, 13th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, _s._ of Alfred James Banner, of 17, Francis Road,
Hay Hill, Birmingham; _b._ Small Heath, Birmingham, 25 Nov. 1893;
educ. at the Red Hill Road Board School there; went to Australia;
enlisted towards the end of 1914; killed in action at the Dardanelles
during a night attack, 2 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Sydney Alfred Banner.=]
=BANNERMAN, ORIEL WILLIAM ERSKINE=, Capt., 15th Lancers
(Cureton’s Mulatnis), Indian Army, 2nd _s._ of the late Gen.
William Bannerman, C.B., 104th Wellesley’s Rifles [great-grandson
of Sir Patrick Bannerman, 3rd _s._ of Sir Alexander Bannerman,
of Elsick, 1st Bt.], by his wife, Louisa Constance (6, Lansdowne
Crescent, Cheltenham), dau. of Robert Goddard, of Monkstown; _b._
Bombay, 13 Dec. 1877; educ. Cheltenham College and Sandhurst; joined
the Indian Army, 27 July, 1898, was promoted Lieut. 27 Oct. 1900, and
Capt. 27 July, 1907, and from Oct. 1903–07 was A.D.C. to Major-Gen. G.
Henry, Divn. Commander at Meerut. He was severely wounded in action
at Givenchy, 20 Dec. 1914, and _d._ in hospital at Boulogne, 3
Feb. following. He was buried in the cemetery there. He _m._ at
Mussoorie, 14 Sept. 1907, Emilie Henriette, 2nd dau. of the late Capt.
Charles Lousada, of Shelburne Hall, Cheltenham; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Oriel William Erskine Bannerman.=]
=BANNING, PERCY STUART=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Royal Munster
Fusiliers, only child of Lieut.-Col. Stephen Thomas Banning, of 50,
Kensington Mansions, Earl’s Court, LL.D., late Royal Munster Fusiliers,
by his wife, Isabel Margaret, dau. of the late Rev. Denis Moriarty;
_b._ at Yorktown, co. Surrey, 22 June, 1887; educ. Westward Ho!
Bath College and Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and received his
commission in the Munsters, 19 Sept. 1908, being gazetted Lieut. 19
March, 1910, and Capt. (posthumously), 30 Aug. 1914. He went to the
front with the first Expeditionary Force as battn. transport officer,
and was killed in action at Ypres, Belgium, 4 Nov. 1914, while attached
to Sir Douglas Haig’s staff. Capt. Banning was an all-round athlete
and a good cross-country runner. While at Sandhurst he won the two
miles in the Woolwich and Sandhurst Sports in record time. He was also
a first-rate horseman, and won the point-to-point race at the Mounted
Infantry School in Jan. 1911. He _m._ 25 March, 1913, Mona Mary,
only dau. of the late Alfred Chaplin, of Henfield, Sussex; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Percy Stuart Banning.=]
=BANON, HAROLD OLIVER=, Private, No. 77982, 7th (British Columbia)
Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of Capt. A. T.
Banon, of the Manali Orchards, Kulu, Punjab, India, late Bengal Staff
Corps; _b._ Manali, Kulu, afsd., 2 June, 1890; went to Canada,
1 March, 1910; volunteered from the Canadian Naval Volunteers,
and enlisted after the outbreak of war; came over with the second
contingent, 14 Feb. 1915; went to France, 29 April, 1915, and was
killed by a shell in the trenches near Petit-pond, Ploegsteert, near
Messines, 19 Oct. 1915; _unm._ Buried at the Canadian Cemetery,
Chateau Rosenberg. He was wounded on 23 May, 1915, at Festubert when
60 men volunteered to attack the Germans with bombs. Of these 58 were
killed or wounded, and only two returned unwounded. Capt. W. Holmes,
who led the party, got the Military Cross for leading on this occasion.
[Illustration: =Harold Oliver Banon.=]
=BARBER, ALFRED EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., 8817), 205320, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARBER, CYRIL FREDERIC=, Major, Royal Marine L.I., 3rd _s._
of the late Ven. Edward Barber, Archdeacon of Chester, and Canon of
the Cathedral, and Rector of St. Bridget with St. Martin’s, Chester,
by his wife, Edith Sarah (St. Bridget’s, Hall Place Gardens, St.
Albans), dau. of the Rev. Thomas Evetts, Hon. Canon of Christchurch,
Oxford, and Rector of Monk’s Risboro’, Bucks; _b._ Radley
Vicarage, Abingdon, co. Berks., 18 Oct. 1876; educ. New Brighton (Miss
Staley’s), Rossall and Greenwich, where he gained the Sword of Honour,
being gazetted to the R.M.L.I. 1 Sept. 1895, and promoted Lieut. 1
July, 1896, Capt. 27 May, 1901, and Major 11 April, 1915. In his
examination for company officer he received special certificates with
distinction in fortification and topography. He was appointed to the
Naval Intelligence Department 1 Aug. 1906, and Intelligence Officer
at Gibraltar in Aug. 1910. He also qualified as a first-class gunnery
officer. He joined the Goliath 2 Aug. 1914, and was lost when that ship
went down on 13 May, 1915. A fellow officer wrote: “I worked a great
deal with your husband in the Goliath. He and I were together in the
control top all day long during the majority of days in action since
we came to the Dardanelles. I have made careful inquiries concerning
your husband’s actions on the night of the accident, and there appears
no doubt that he went from his cabin straight on to the marines’ mess
deck and endeavoured to save the lives of his men by calling to them
to keep quiet and not panic, and not to scramble for the ladder. He
then, according to Sergt. Thorne, went still further along the mess
deck. I imagine he was going to X3 casemate to try and get his men out.
Anyhow he must have known by the heel the ship had on that he was
going away from his own personal chance of safety. I heard yesterday
when in London from the Capt. of Marines there that on the day of the
accident or the day following your husband had received his promotion,
and that Gen. Paris, in command of the Naval Brigade, has specially
asked for him. I think it is to your husband that we all owe our
escape from several sure disasters when on the East African coast. I
have such a deep and lasting admiration for your husband, as we all
had in the Goliath, and he was a real good friend to me. It was only
the day before the loss of the Goliath that your husband went ashore
into the French trenches on the right flank to confer with the officer
in command concerning the position of some enemy snipers that were
worrying them. He went there at considerable risk to his own life, but
someone had to go, so he went without any hesitation, and ascertained
what was wanted. This great war is taking its hourly toll of brave
men, and your husband was one of the best, and he had done his share
and more than his share for the country ere he too was called.” Major
Barber _m._ in Spain, 5 March, 1912, Satunina Josepha, dau. of
Manuel Morales; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Cyril Frederic Barber.=]
=BARBER, JAMES WILLIAM=, Petty Officer, 183362, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BARBER, ROBERT=, Seaman, R.N.R., 4186A, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARCLAY, ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 158, 1st Battn. 1st Brigade,
Australian Imperial Force, only _s._ of Alexander Barclay, of 38,
Braemar Place, Aberdeen, by his wife, Kate, dau. of John Davidson,
M.A.; _b._ Aberdeen, 13 Feb. 1895; educ. Ashley Public School.
He went to Australia in May, 1914, having previously served nearly
four years in the Royal Engineers (T.F.), and at the outbreak of war
volunteered, joined the Australian Imperial Force, and was killed in
action at Gabe Tepe, 29 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Alexander Barclay.=]
=BARCLAY, ALLEN=, 2nd Lieut., 170th Coy. R.E., eldest _s._
of Henry James Barclay, of Wapella, Silverdale, Sydenham, by his wife,
Mary Allen, dau. of the late Allen Stoneham, Financial Secretary,
Board of Trade; _b._ Penge, S.E., 17 Feb. 1887; educ. The Hall,
Sydenham, Dulwich College and Birmingham University. On leaving
Dulwich the master wrote: “He is a sound chemist. He works well and
systematically; his conduct and industry have always been excellent.”
He matriculated at Birmingham in 1905, and took the B.Sc. degree three
years later, studying geology, on which he was particularly keen, under
Prof. Lapworth. On going down from the University, “to which he has
been a credit,” wrote Prof. Redmayne, he was granted a Post-Graduate
scholarship, and went out to the Transvaal, where he spent three years
as sampler, assistant surveyor and head surveyor to the Consolidated
Langlaagte and the new Primrose Gold Mines, doing his work throughout
in that thorough manner which was characteristic of his labours. “He
has carried out his onerous and responsible duties in a manner very
satisfactory to his employers, as well as to the Government Mines
Department. Mr. Barclay is a man of high integrity, and is thoroughly
capable and experienced. He is leaving at his own request in order to
extend his mining experience beyond South Africa,” wrote the manager in
1912. He afterwards went to Burmah, Norway, Spain, etc. On the outbreak
of war he applied as an old member of the O.T.C. for a commission, and
while waiting for this enlisted in the Royal Engineers. He was soon
promoted, quickly becoming L.-Corpl., Corpl. and Sergt. On 16 Nov.
1914, he was gazetted 2nd Lieut., and at the request of his commanding
officer was appointed to the regt. in which he was serving. From this
he was transferred to the Mining Corps on its formation in Feb. 1915,
as an expert. Lieut. Barclay was killed by the exploding of a mine on
24 April, 1915; _unm._ His commanding officer, Capt. Preedy, in
announcing his death, wrote as follows: “At the time of his death he
was working underground with some of his men. The Germans exploded a
mine, killing him and one of his N.C.Os. instantaneously. His men were
very anxious to extricate his body to bury him, but having inspected
the spot I was reluctantly compelled to forbid them to do so, as it
would not have been possible without a very grave risk of losing
further lives in the attempt. His body lies buried under about 15 feet
of earth half-way between our trenches and the German trenches in the
orchard just east of Givenchy.” Canon King, who had known him all his
life, wrote: “A more unsullied boy I never came across, and though so
retiring and humble, he had, and must have known he had, great gifts.”
[Illustration: =Allen Barclay.=]
=BARCLAY, KENNETH=, Private, No. 1547, G Coy., 1/14th Battn.
(London Scottish) The London Regt., 3rd _s._ of Henry James
Barclay, of Wapella, Silverdale, Sydenham, S.E., by his wife, Mary
Allen, dau. of the late Allen Stoneham, Financial Secretary, Board of
Trade; _b._ Sydenham, 31 Dec. 1892; educ. The Hall, Sydenham, and
Dulwich College; joined the London Scottish, May, 1911; volunteered
for foreign service on the outbreak of war, took part in the charge
at Messines and the first battles of Ypres, and was killed in action,
12 Nov. 1914; _unm._ His colonel, writing, says: “No commanding
officer could have had under his command a braver or more gallant
soldier.” The bell of St. Philip’s Church, Sydenham, suitably
inscribed, commemorates him, and a beautiful memorial in bronze and
hammered ironwork was placed in the chancel of that church, where for
years he sang in the choir. His elder brother, Lieut. Allen Barclay,
was killed in action, 24 April, 1915 (see preceding notice).
[Illustration: =Kenneth Barclay.=]
=BARCLAY, RAFE HEDWORTH MYDDELTON=, 2nd Lieut., King’s Royal
Rifle Corps, only _s._ of Hedworth Trelawny Barclay, Major 2/1
Leicestershire Yeomanry, formerly member of the Jockey Club and Clerk
of the Course at Hurst Park [a cadet of Barclay of Urie], by his
wife, Agnes Mary, yr. dau. of Richard Myddelton, of Chirk Castle,
co. Denbigh; _b._ 31, Lennox Gardens, London. S.W., 14 Nov.
1892; educ. Rugby and Army College, Aldershot; joined the 3rd Battn.
Wiltshire Regt. 1910, and was promoted Lieut. 2 Aug. 1913. He was
gazetted to the King’s Royal Rifle Corps 10 June, 1914, accompanied
the first Expeditionary Force to France, went through the retreat from
Mons, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept.
1914, having previously been reported missing; _unm._
=BARDEN, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5332), S.S.
100101, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARDSLEY, LEONARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3163), S.S.
100826, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast
of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BARKER, CECIL MASSY ARBUTHNOT=, 2nd Lieut., 6th (Service) Battn.
Princess Victoria’s Royal Irish Fusiliers, 3rd and yst. _s._ of
Samuel Lindsey-Bucknal Barker, of Belfast and Dublin, by his wife,
Catherine Maude, dau. of the Rev. Moses Leatham, Rector of Langfield;
_b._ Belfast, 21 Sept. 1895; educ. Campbell College, Belfast, and
Trinity College, Dublin; a candidate for Holy Orders, he was gazetted
from Dublin University O.T.C. to be 2nd Lieut. 6th Battn. Royal Irish
Fusiliers, 22 Sept. 1914; left with his regt. for the Dardanelles,
and was killed in action “when bravely leading his men in a splendid
attack on a difficult position” at Sulva Bay, Gallipoli, 10 Aug. 1915;
_unm._ His brother, the Rev. E. L. B. Barker, is now (1916)
serving as Chaplain to the Ulster Division.
[Illustration: =Cecil Massy Arbuthnot Barker.=]
=BARKER, ERNEST=, Leading Seaman, Collingwood Battn., Tyneside,
6/213, R.N.D., R.N.V.R., 2nd _s._ of John Barker, Lifton House,
Newcastle, Assistant General Secretary of the Boilermakers’ Society
and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders’ Society, a member of the Newcastle
City Council, by his wife, Laura Jane, dau. of John Leeson, of Crewe,
Chester; _b._ Horwich, near Bolton, Lancs., 13 May, 1895; educ.
Council schools, Bolton and Newcastle; joined the Tyneside Naval
Volunteers, Jan. 1914; killed in action in the Dardanelles, 4 June,
1915; _unm._ Seaman Barker was formerly in the employment of
Messrs. R. Robinson & Co., Ltd., wholesale stationers, Clavering Place,
Newcastle. His elder brother is now (1916) serving in France with the
19th (Commercial Battn.) Northumberland Fusiliers.
=BARKER, GODFREY=, Major, Royal Marine L.I., Drake Battn., R.N.D.,
4th _s._ of Col. Sir Francis Barker, of Essex Lodge, Folkestone,
late R.A., by his wife, Jessie, only child of the late John Foster;
_b._ Malta, 13 Jan. 1883; educ. King Edward’s School, Birmingham,
privately, and Royal Naval College, Greenwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut.
R.M.L.I., 1 Sept. 1901, and promoted Lieut. 1 July, 1902, and Capt.
1 Sept. 1912. He served successively on board H.M.S. Firequeen,
Magnificent, Exmouth, Victory, Europa, Powerful, Eclipse, Terrible,
Hampshire, Prince George, Royal Arthur, and Prince of Wales, and
received excellent certificates from his commanding officers. He had
qualified as an instructor in physical training. At the outbreak of the
war he was appointed Major and Adjutant of the Drake Battn., R.N.D.,
and was killed in action at Gallipoli, 28 April, 1915; _unm._
=BARKER, HERBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4600), S.S. 1379, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=BARKER, NOAH=, Private, No. 4467, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
yst. _s._ of the late William Barker, by his wife, Elizabeth;
_b._ Ketley Sands, Wellington, co. Salop, 22 July, 1881;
educ. Board School there; enlisted 21 Nov. 1901; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 26 Aug. 1914, and
_d._ at Rentel, 11 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action. He
_m._ at Denaby, near Rotherham, Yorks, 12 Nov. 1905, Rose (10,
Albert Street, South Kirkby, near Wakefield), dau. of Samuel Alfred
Hodgetts, and had a dau.: Edith Florence, _b._ 13 Feb. 1906.
[Illustration: =Noah Barker.=]
=BARKER, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7987), S.S.
102800, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=BARKS, HERBERT=, Private, No. 7281, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards,
only child of Abraham Barks, Wales Bar, co. York, by his wife, Emily;
_b._ Clowne, co. Derby, 7 July, 1888; educ. Wales School, Wales
Bar, Yorks; enlisted 3 June, 1907, and was killed in action at the
Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at Hampstead, 27
Sept. 1913, Elizabeth Florence (48, Junction Road, Highgate, N.), dau.
of Thomas Rumble, and had a posthumous child: Kathleen Elizabeth,
_b._ 24 Sept. 1914. Two of his brothers-in-law, Private Charles
Rumble and Gunner Fred Rumble, were killed in action.
=BARKS, ISAAC=, Private, No. 14293, 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt.,
_s._ of Isaac Barks, of 91, Pembroke Road, New Southport; served
with the Expeditionary Force; killed in action at Kemmel, 28 Dec. 1914.
=BARLEY, JOHN=, Private, No. 8147, 1st Battn. Lincolnshire Regt.,
_s._ of Thomas Barley, of Broughton, Miner, by his wife, Sarah
Ann, dau. of Robert Sharp, of Broughton; _b._ Broughton, 6 April,
1876; educ. there; enlisted in the Lincolnshire Regt., 24 Nov. 1893;
served nine years in the Regulars and three in the Reserve, and saw
service in Khartoum and Atbara (medal with two bars), South Africa
(medal), and Soudan (medal with two bars). On mobilisation he was
called up, served in France and Flanders, and was wounded in Nov. 1914;
afterwards went back to the front, and _d._ of wounds received in
action at Ypres, 27 Feb. 1915. Private Barley _m._ at Leeds, 21
April, 1905, Elizabeth Ann (7, New Broughton, near Brigg, Lincoln),
dau. of William Hyke, and had one son and five daus.; Thomas William
_b._ 3 Oct. 1905; Gladys Gwendolen, _b._ 21 Dec. 1906; Evylyn
Kitty, _b._ 16 Oct. 1908; Nancy, _b._ 19 July, 1910; Amy
Winifred, _b._ 10 Aug. 1912; and Joyce Attra, _b._ 14 July,
1914.
[Illustration: =John Barley.=]
=BARLING, HENRY WILLIAM=, Chief Stoker, 281047, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARLING, WILLIAM BINGHAM=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Worcestershire
Regt., only _s._ of William Barling, of The Paddocks,
Newnham-on-Severn, by his wife, Millicent, dau. of Seymour Bingham;
_b._ at Newnham, co. Gloucester, 1892; educ. Beresford House,
Gloucester; The Priory, Great Malvern; and Dean’s Close, Cheltenham,
and on leaving the latter became a student at Wye College; was elected
to a Fellowship of the Surveyor’s Institute, and became a member of the
Inland Revenue Valuation Department at Gloucester, a post he held for
three years. On the declaration of war he enlisted as a Private in the
5th Battn. of the Gloucesters about 12 Aug.; received his commission as
2nd Lieut. in the 6th Battn. Worcestershire Regt., 2 Dec. 1914, and was
put on the Officers’ Reserve. He went to France on 19 Feb., and reached
the firing line on 23 Feb., where he was attached to the 3rd Battn.
of the regt. A wire from the War Office came on 16 March “reported
missing, believed killed,” and the last authoritative information
concerning his death was contained in a letter from his Colonel. The
letter said when last seen Lieut. Barling was very bravely leading his
platoon in a determined assault against an enemy’s trench, and was
believed to be killed. A corpl. concerned in this particular advance
reported he stumbled over an officer whom he believed to be Lieut.
Barling. The trench, which a very few men succeeded in reaching, had to
be evacuated at nightfall, and is still (1916) in the enemy’s hands. He
was _unm._
[Illustration: =William Bingham Barling.=]
=BARLOW, CHARLES ERNEST=, Corpl. No. 964, 2nd Home Counties (T.F.)
R.E., only _s._ of the late Joshua Barlow, by his wife, Maria,
dau. of William Cann; _b._ Soho, London, 17 Nov. 1890; educ. St.
Anne’s School there; was a chauffeur; enlisted Oct. 1914; went to the
Front, 22 Dec. 1914, and died 30 June, 1915, of wounds received in
action in France. He _m._ at Walthamstow, Essex, 18 Jan. 1914,
Lilian (6, Church Street, Old Town, Bexhill-on-Sea), dau. of John Todd,
and had issue a dau., Marie Lilian, _b._ 31 Jan. 1915.
=BARLOW, JAMES WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9666),
S.S. 107176, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=BARLOW, THOMAS ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11741, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PRATT-BARLOW, BERNHARD ALEXANDER=, Commander R.N., elder
_s._ of Charles James Pratt-Barlow, of Roxby, The Hoe, Plymouth,
by his wife, Rosa Caroline, yr. dau. of the late William Gladstone,
D.L., J.P., of 58, Queen’s Gate, London, S.W.; _b._ St. George’s
Road, London, S.W., 10 Sept. 1874; educ. Brighton (Mr. W. R. Lee, of
Norfolk Terrace), and Royal Naval College, Gosport; joined H.M.S.
Britannia as a Naval Cadet in Jan. 1889, being rated midshipman three
years later. He was promoted Sub-Lieut. 31 May, 1896, Lieut. 31 Aug.
1897, and Commander 31 Dec. 1908. As a naval cadet he served in the
Trafalgar, flagship of Rear-Admirals Lord Walter Kerr, A. H. Markham,
and C. G. Domvile, on the Mediterranean Station, July, 1891; the
Warspite, flagship of Rear-Admiral Drummond, commanding “D” Fleet in
the Naval Manœuvres of July, 1894; and the Active, flying the broad
pennant of Commodore R. H. Harris, in the Training Squadron, Sept.
1894. He was Sub-Lieut. of the last-named ship, flying the broad
pennant of Commodore G. L. Atkinson from May, 1896, to June, 1897,
when he was appointed to the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, in which
he was present at the Diamond Jubilee Review at Spithead the same
month. At the end of August following he was promoted to Lieut. and
appointed to the Majestic, flagship of Admiral Sir Henry Stephenson
in the Channel Squadron--the flag Capt. being Admiral Prince Louis of
Battenberg, G.C.B. He was flag Lieut. to Admiral Sir Lewis Beaumont
on the Pacific station, March, 1899, and on the Australian station
to January, 1903. He commanded the destroyers Sturgeon, Contest and
Osprey, all at Devonport, and in June, 1903, was appointed 1st Lieut.
of H.M.S. Antrim. He was 1st Lieut. at the R.N. Barracks, Devonport,
from July, 1907, to the end of 1908, when he was advanced to Commander.
In that rank he commanded the destroyers Kale and Rattlesnake, both in
the second Destroyer Flotilla, and was commander of H.M.S. Irresistible
and of H.M.S. Centurion. He commanded H.M.S. Hawke in the Training
Squadron at Queenstown from Jan. 1914, until she was commissioned for
war service. Commander Pratt-Barlow lost his life in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1915, when H.M.S. Hawke was torpedoed by a German submarine. After
the sinking of H.M.S. Hawke, Capt. Charles J. Wintour, of H.M.S. Swift,
wrote the following letter: “I was instrumental in picking up the
survivors of the Hawke from the rafts, and I took them in the Swift to
harbour. I at once asked one of the survivors as to the commander, and
he told me that he had been on his (the survivor’s) raft, and seeing
that there were too many men on the raft said: ‘There are too many men
on the raft, I will swim to another.’ He was never seen again, but his
self-sacrificing action was undoubtedly the means of saving others. I
would like you to know how deeply I grieve at his loss, and also that
you should know that his very last act was one of unselfish bravery.”
He _m._ at Canon Ffrome, co. Hereford, 17 June, 1903, Dorothy
Nesta, yr. dau. of the late Walter Baskerville, D.L., J.P., of Clyro
Court, co. Radnor, and left a dau., Mary Pamela, _b._ 17 June,
1905.
[Illustration: =B. A. Pratt-Barlow, R.N.=]
=BARNARD, PHILIP=, Seaman, R.N.R. 35140, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARNARD, REUBEN GEORGE=, Ship’s Steward, 341409, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARNARD, WILLIAM HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, 287572, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARNARDIER, JAMES=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 1768), Ch.
14072, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARNDEN, FREDERICK THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7435),
S.S. 102658, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914.
=BARNES, ARTHUR=, Shipwright, 2nd Class, M. 6714 (Devon.), H.M.S.
Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BARNES, ARTHUR FREDERICK=, Private, No. 6462, 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Alfred Barnes of 59, Hervey Park Road,
Walthamstow; _b._ co. Essex; served with the Expeditionary Force
in France and Flanders; _d._ 1 Oct. 1914, of wounds received in
action; _unm._
=BARNES, CHARLES=, Plumber, 346127, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action
in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARNES, CHARLES EDWARD=, Private, No. 2187, 10th Battn. Middlesex
Regt. (T.F.); _d._ in India 1 Sept., 1914, while on active service.
=BARNES, DOUGLAS MESTON=, Flight-Lieut., Royal Naval Air Service,
_s._ of George Frederick Barnes, of Tulse Hill Park, A.S.I.,
by his wife, Elizabeth; _b._ Clapham, co. Surrey, 19 June,
1887; educ. Broomwood College there and privately. On completing his
education, Lieut. Barnes entered the engineering profession, and was
particularly interested in marine engineering and aircraft. He attained
the position of manager of Smokeless Appliances, Ltd., an advisory and
manufacturing company, of Victoria Street, Westminster. He resigned
this on the outbreak of the war, and offered his services to the War
Office and Admiralty. He received his commission as Flight Sub-Lieut.
in the Naval Air Service, and was appointed to H.M.S. Pembroke on 12
Oct. 1914, was transferred to Hendon Flying Station in Nov. and gained
his Pilot’s Certificate in Dec. Early in 1915 he was appointed to the
staff and placed in charge of the mechanics at the station. Later on he
was gazetted Flight-Lieut., and was promoted to the command at Hendon.
At the time of his death he was designated to the command of the more
important station at ..., and was about to take up his duties there. On
the night of the first air raid on London, 31 May-1 June, Lieut. Barnes
received warning of the approach of the Zeppelins at 11.30 p.m., and
at once went out on a large Sopworth biplane. He sighted a Zeppelin
at ..., and chased it for many miles in various directions ..., but
finally lost it, and met his death at 2.30 a.m. in endeavouring to land
in darkness and mist. The subjoined official account, furnished by the
Admiralty, gives further particulars of Lieut. Barnes’ exploit: “This
officer lost his life in a very gallant attempt to destroy a Zeppelin
which was attacking London on the night of 31 May, and if only weather
conditions had been a little more favourable it is likely that the
result would have been quite as successful as in the case of Flight
Sub-Lieut. Warneford’s complete destruction of a Zeppelin in the air
in Flanders. The ascent was made in the dark, and it is probable that
after chasing the Zeppelin he missed her owing to the hazy weather, and
then found it necessary to land in order to find his position, and in
doing so found himself surrounded by low-lying fog, entirely obscuring
the ground. After a careful inspection it was found that the machine
struck the ground at an abnormally high speed, bounced twice, and then
turned over on its back completely, and there seems to be no doubt
that Lieut. Barnes was killed outright.... It is felt that the highest
praise is due to these officers who, in defence of their country,
cheerfully carry out such hazardous flights at night under extremely
dangerous conditions. (Signed) MURRAY F. SUETER, Commodore,
R.N.” He was buried in Nunhead cemetery; _unm._
[Illustration: =Douglas Meston Barnes.=]
=BARNES, EDWARD ERNEST=, Sergt., No. 65046, 24th Battn. (Victoria
Rifles of Montreal), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of
Frederick Barnes, of 21, Lasalle Street, Lachine, P.Q., Canada, by
his wife, Jennie, dau. of William Sheppard, of Ipswich; _b._
Faversham, co. Kent, 18 July, 1892; educ. Davington School; went to
Canada on 30 May, 1912, was employed at National Brick Co., Delson,
Quebec; volunteered for Imperial service, and enlisted in Jan. 1915;
left for England with the Second Contingent; went to France, 12 Sept.
1915, and was killed in action in Belgium, 18 Nov. 1915. He _m._
at St. Columbia Church, Montreal West, 1 April, 1915, Minnie Victoria
(103, Effra Road, Haydon’s Road, Wimbledon), dau. of Frederick
Grumbridge, of Wandsworth, ex-Detective Sergeant, Metropolitan Police;
_s.p._
=BARNES, FREDERICK=, S.P.O., 2nd Class (R.F.R., B. 4240), 167803,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BARNES, FREDERICK FRANCIS= (“Eric”), Private, No. 19991, 5th
Platoon, 10th Battn., 2nd Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force,
_s._ of Frederick Barnes, of Alexandra College, Shirley,
Southampton, Officer in Mercantile Marine, by his wife, Amy Maude,
dau. of William Francis Mayass; _b._ Alexandra College, Shirley,
Southampton, 30 May, 1894; educ. Taunton School, Somerset; and was in
the Canadian Bank of Commerce, first at Calgary and then at Youngstown,
Alberta. He volunteered for Imperial service directly war was declared,
came over to England with the first contingent, and after training on
Salisbury Plain during the winter, left for the front on 10 Feb. He
took part in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle and in the second Battle of
Ypres, at the latter of which the 10th Battn. distinguished itself
by recovering the wood of St. Julien, losing three-fourths of its
strength and nearly every officer. At Festubert, on 22 May, 1915, the
10th Battn. recovered some trenches from the Germans, and while they
were being made habitable, Barnes was struck by a shell and killed
instantly. His commanding officer wrote: “He was a good soldier and a
brave man.” He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Frederick Francis Barnes.=]
=BARNES, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Private, No. 9548, 2nd Battn. East Kent
Regt.; _s._ of Edmund Barnes, of 75, Gibbon Road, Peckham; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action 25 May, 1915.
=BARNES, HERBERT PLUME=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9615), S.S.
106968, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=BARNES, JOHN=, Private, No. 10159, 1st Battn. Scots Guards;
_b._ Carlisle; enlisted 5 Sept. 1914; served with Expeditionary
Force in France and Flanders; reported missing 25 Jan. 1915.
=BARNES, JOHN WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 967), Ch.
7252, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARNES, PHILIP CHARLES=, Officer’s Steward, 2nd Class, L. 2874,
H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Thomas Barnes, of 48, Iffley Road, Oxford;
lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=BARNES, SYDNEY JAMES=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24950, H.M.S. Arethusa;
killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=BARNES, THOMAS=, Blacksmith, 344039, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARNES, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3907), 168377, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BARNES, WILLIAM JOSEPH=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 4580),
192725, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast
of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BARNETT, JAMES=, 2nd Lieut., 1/4th Battn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
(T.F.), only child of Lieut.-Col. Hugh Barnett, of Hafton, Kilmarnock,
co. Ayr, V.D., commanding 2/4th Royal Scots Fusiliers (T.F.), by his
wife, Nellie, dau. of Hugh Barnett; _b._ Kilmarnock, 7 March,
1895; educ. Kilmarnock Academy, Irvine Royal Academy, and Glasgow
University, where he distinguished himself as a prizeman in Logic,
Latin, English and Political Economy, and was Secretary of the
University Dialectic Society. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 4th Battn. of
the Royal Scots Fusiliers, 14 Aug. 1913. On the outbreak of war the
entire battn. volunteered for foreign service, and proceeded to the
Dardanelles on 20 May, 1915. Lieut. Barnett fell while leading the
charge in the battle of 12 July, 1915, at the head of his men and just
as they reached the Turkish trenches. He was buried along with another
officer near the spot where he fell. A cross bearing his name marks the
spot. Lieut. Barnett, prior to joining his battn., acted as Lieut. and
afterwards as Capt. of the Irvine Royal Academy Cadet Corps. He also
was the first Boy Scout to be enrolled in Ayrshire, and was the patrol
leader of the 1st Ayrshire Troop. His commanding officer wrote: “He was
a brave lad throughout it all, and that was not the only instance. He
showed himself on previous occasions full of bravery and determination
and a true British officer, and we have lost one we can ill afford. I
have had occasion to notice and admire his bravery since we came out
here, but especially on the morning when Capt. L.... was killed. I
had a very urgent and important message to send through and across a
part that meant danger. He immediately volunteered when I asked for
volunteers, and did the work splendidly. Throughout the whole time
here, and on many trying occasions, he showed the true British blood
of a brave and true soldier boy.” The Brig.-Gen. of the Brigade also
wrote: “All who knew your son were unanimous in their praise of his
devotion to duty and fearlessness. The regt. has lost a most valuable
young officer, and one who will not be easily replaced.”
[Illustration: =James Barnett.=]
=BARNETT, KNIGHT=, L.-Corpl., No. 184, A Coy., 1st Battn.
Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Arthur Nelson Barnett, of
Sydney, N.S.W., Stipendiary Magistrate, by his wife, Ada Hargrave,
dau. of Henry Breton, M.D.; _b._ Wentworth, N.S.W., 30 Dec. 1888;
educ. Church of England Grammar School, North Sydney; was a surveyor,
but on the outbreak of war volunteered, and joined the Commonwealth
Expeditionary Force, leaving with the first contingent. He was wounded
at the first landing of the Australians at Gallipoli on Sunday, 25
April, 1915, and was sent into hospital in Egypt. After convalescence
he returned to the Dardanelles in time to take part in the charge at
Lone Pine on 6 Aug., and was killed on that day while on observation
duty in the first line of Turkish trenches; _unm._
[Illustration: =Knight Barnett.=]
=BARNETT, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 14739, 4th Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Isaac Barnett, of 8, Cradock Street, Loughborough
(_d._ 12 Oct. 1915), by his wife, Sarah (_d._ 26 March,
1911), dau. of Samuel Bassford, of Burton-on-the-Wolds; _b._
Wymeswold, co. Leicester, 22 Feb. 1893; educ. there, and Loughborough;
enlisted 29 Jan. 1915, and _d._ 11 Dec. 1915, of wounds received
in action on the Western front by the bursting of a shell; _unm._
=BARNETT, WILLIAM STUART=, Corpl., No. 27868, Signal Coy., R.E.,
only _s._ of the late William Barnett, of Sutton, Jeweller and
Silversmith (died 5 Feb. 1895), by his wife, Louisa (1, Wickham Road,
Sutton), only dau. of James Crute, of Honor Oak; _b._ Sutton,
co. Surrey, 4 March, 1892; educ. Laleham House, Northdown, Margate;
enlisted in the 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt.,
12 Oct. 1910, promoted L.-Corpl. Aug. 1912, transferred to the R.E.
May, 1914, and was killed in action at Doue, France, 7 Sept. 1914,
while carrying despatches from General Headquarters to the 2nd Army
Corps Signals. The Rev. O. S. Watkins, Wesleyan Chaplain to the Forces,
says, in his book “With French in France and Flanders” (pp. 53–55): “I
found the brave lad lying in a cottage in the village. Peasants told
me that in the darkness he had lost his way, and had actually ridden
through two villages occupied by the Germans until he was brought
to a stand at Doue with a bullet through his heart. As soon as the
Germans retired the villagers had lifted him tenderly into the cottage,
straightened the fine young limbs into decent restfulness, and covered
him with a clean white sheet. I found him, a bunch of newly gathered
flowers on his breast, his face calm and determined, but looking
strangely young. He was carried to his last long rest by old men
belonging to the village--there were no young men, for all were serving
with the Army--and as we passed through the streets women came from the
houses and laid flowers upon the bier. Up the steep road we toiled,
with many a stop to rest the ancient bearers. Ahead boomed the heavy
guns in action, and below we could see the infantry advancing to the
attack. At last we reached the hill-top, crowned by its little church
and peaceful graveyard. We laid him in his shallow grave, the peasants,
with heads uncovered, listening with reverence to the grand words of
the Burial Service in a language they did not understand. Before the
service was over shrapnel was bursting on the hill, and silently the
peasants crept to the wall for shelter, their heads still uncovered. As
the final ‘Amen’ fell from my lips, and I stood for a moment looking
down on all that was left of that fine young manhood, one of the
old men, forgetting his fear of the thundering guns, stepped to the
graveside, and, as he cast earth upon the prone body with his hands,
with wonderful dignity he addressed the sleeper. As far as I could
understand his words he said: ‘You are a brave man and our friend. You
have given your life for our country. We thank you. May you sleep well
in the earth of beautiful France,’ and the others said ‘Amen.’”
[Illustration: =William Stuart Barnett.=]
=BARNHARDT, FREDERICK JOHN=, Private, No. A 2464, 1st Battn.
Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of William Henry
Barnhardt, of P.O. Station, Stratford, Ontario [of a family originally
from Germany], by his wife, Ellen, dau. of James Neal, of Bristol;
_b._ Norwich, Ontario, Canada, 19 Feb. 1893; educ. West Monkton
Public School, Ontario, and the Central Business College, Stratford,
Ontario; joined the 34th Battn. of the Canadian Expeditionary Force,
18 Jan. 1915, but volunteered for the first special detachment which
left Canada on 18 June, arriving in England about 1 July, and was there
transferred to the 1st Battn. as grenade thrower. He was killed in
action somewhere in Belgium, 28 Nov. 1915, by a rifle grenade. On the
night of his death he had specially volunteered to go to the first line
trench, and letters from his officers and comrades unite in speaking
highly of his work and conduct.
[Illustration: =Frederick John Barnhardt.=]
=BARON, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3201), S.S. 100851,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BARR, SAMUEL TUDOR=, Lieut., 3rd King’s Own Hussars, only
_s._ of Sir James Barr, M.D., LL.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.S.E.,
Consulting Physician, Liverpool Royal Infirmary, Lieut.-Col. R.A.M.C.,
by his wife, Isabella Maria, dau. of John Woolley; _b._ Liverpool,
2 May, 1883; educ. Liverpool College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut.
3rd Hussars, 18 Jan. 1902, and became Lieut. 6 June, 1906; served with
his regt. in India and South Africa; came home on leave in Jan. 1909,
and while on a holiday in Switzerland met with an accident, falling
down a crevasse, from which his father succeeded in extricating him.
They afterwards missed their way, were discovered by a search party of
Swiss guides the following morning, and brought down in the afternoon.
Tudor Barr suffered severely from frost bite and lost all his toes,
nevertheless he rejoined his regt. in South Africa towards the latter
part of the year, but finding the work too much for him in the then
sensitive condition of his feet, he resigned in 1910. He then joined
the South Irish Horse, and being a very keen and successful polo
player, took a farm and trained polo ponies; this not being a financial
success, he retired from the Army in 1912 and went to Rhodesia with the
view of settling there. On the outbreak of war he at once came home,
travelling 10,000 miles at his own expense. He reached England early in
October, at once volunteered, and was gazetted Lieut. 25 Nov. 1914. He
was first engaged training cavalry reserves at Shorncliffe, then joined
the Reserve of his old regt., the 3rd Hussars, at Rouen, and from there
attached to the 20th Hussars then in the trenches. He was killed in
action, near Zillebeke, 23 Feb. 1915; _unm._ Col. Kennedy, of the
3rd Hussars, wrote: “In the old days in India, your son was always in
my squadron, and he was a capital officer and one who, I am sure, would
have been to the fore in this war, had he been spared. It was bad luck
that when he came out we were full up with officers, and this is the
reason why he volunteered to go temporarily to the 20th Hussars.... You
grieve for an only son, and we for a brave and gallant comrade.” And
Col. Edwards, of the 20th Hussars: “Your son had been attached to the
20th Hussars for some two months and did excellent work with us. He
was a most energetic and keen officer, and had he been spared would, I
am sure, have done very well indeed.” Another officer wrote: “A braver
soldier or a truer friend never lived.”
[Illustration: =Samuel Tudor Barr.=]
=BARR, THOMAS HENRY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 11508, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARRASS, ALFRED LEONARD=, Private, No. 6014, 3rd Battn. East
Yorkshire Regt., eldest _s._ of Alfred Barrass, of Hull, Private,
3rd East Yorkshire Regt., by his wife, Gertrude, dau. of William
Leonard Brown; _b._ Hull, 15 Sept. 1894; educ. Warnes Street Board
School there; enlisted 23 June, 1911; placed on the Reserve, Dec. 1911;
called up on the outbreak of war, and transferred to the 1st Battn. at
the front. He was killed in action in France, 8 Dec. 1914, being shot
by a sniper when fetching water; _unm._
=BARRATT, CHARLES WYLLY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3160),
S.S. 100828, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the
coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BARRATT, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9500), S.S.
106889, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARRATT, PERCIVAL JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7811),
S.S. 103275, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=BARRETT, CHARLES JOHN CHARD=, Capt., 1st Battn. Royal Scots
Fusiliers, yst. _s._ of the late Major William Barrett, J.P.,
D.L., by his wife, Charlotte Maria Herring (Moredon, North Curry,
Taunton), dau. of William Wheaton Chard, of Mount Tamar, Devon, and
nephew of Col. John Rouse Merriott Chard, V.C., R.E., the hero of
Rorke’s Drift; _b._ Moredon, North Curry, co. Somerset, 26 Aug.
1873; educ. at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, where
he won the riding prize, “The Saddle.” He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. in
the Royal Scots Fusiliers, 10 Oct. 1894, becoming Lieut. 12 Nov. 1896,
and Capt. 2 May, 1900, and was Adjutant of the 1st Battn. 12 Sept. 1903
to 7 March 1904. He served in the South African war, beginning with
the operations in Natal in March, 1900, also in the operations in the
Transvaal, the Orange River Colony, and the action of Ruidam. He also
raised a company of Mounted Infantry on active service, and gained the
Queen’s medal with three clasps. He was Adjutant of the 1st Volunteer
Battn. of the Welsh Regt. from Jan. 1905 to 1908. While stationed
in Dublin with his regt. in 1909 he won the Irish Grand Military at
Punchestown with his horse Scarlet Runner. He had nearly completed
four years as an officer of gentlemen cadets at Sandhurst, to which he
was appointed, 1 Feb. 1911, and had raised a new company (L Coy.),
which he was commanding when he was called to join the 1st Battn. of
his regt. at the Front. He was killed in action at Hooge, near Ypres,
14 Nov. 1914, when in temporary command of the battn., and was buried
in the grounds of Héronthage Château, Hooge. He was mentioned in Sir
John French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, for gallant and distinguished
service in the field. He _m._ at London, 26 Nov. 1904, Lena, only
dau. of the late Albert Vaucamps, of 34, Queen’s Gate. His brother
Donald, who was in the same regt., was accidentally drowned, 28 May,
1891, while fishing in the River Dee during the time he was serving on
the Queen’s Guard of Honour at Ballater.
[Illustration: =Charles John C. Barrett.=]
=BARRETT, HUGH HENRY GUY=, Private, No. 27589, 15th Battn.
(48th King’s Canadian Highlanders) 3rd Infantry Brigade, Canadian
Expeditionary Force, elder _s._ of William Henry Barrett, of
127, Kenilworth Court, Putney, by his wife, Florence Annie, dau. of
James Redgrove; _b._ West Dulwich, London, 10 Sept. 1894; educ.
Lynchmere School, Eastbourne, and Dover College. Being in Canada when
war was declared, he volunteered immediately, enlisting at Grimsby,
Ontario, 15 Aug. 1914, and came over with the 1st Canadian Contingent.
He went through the heavy fighting at Ypres on 22–23 April, 1915, and
was mortally wounded on Saturday, 24 April. It was on this occasion
that the Germans first used asphyxiating gases which caused the French
to retire and left the Canadian left exposed. The 48th suffered very
severely. Barrett was removed to No. 13 General Hospital at Boulogne,
where he died 27 April; _unm._ He was buried in Boulogne Eastern
Cemetery.
[Illustration: =Hugh Henry Guy Barrett.=]
=BARRETT, JOSEPH=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 8954, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARRETT, ROBERT SIMON=, Private, R.M.L.I. (Ports.) 7048, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=BARRETT, WILLIAM=, Seaman, R.N.R., A.E. 4468, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARRETT, WILLIAM GEORGE JOHN=, Seaman, R.N.R. 2677B, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARRINGTON, NOEL SCOT=, Lieut. 1st Battn. Royal Irish Rifles,
only _s._ of Fourness Barrington, M.S. (Edin.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.),
Lecturer in Obstetrics, University of Sydney, Surgeon Royal Hospital
for Women and Royal Prince Alfred Hospitals; _b._ Edinburgh, 20
May, 1892; educ. Mostyn House and Worcester College, Oxford (1912);
gazetted as University candidate to be 2nd Lieut. Royal Irish Rifles,
26 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 23 Jan. following; killed in action
at Neuve Chapelle, 10 March, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Noel Scot Barrington.=]
=BARRY, JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., 34 Immed. Class), 189368, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=BARRY, JOHN FRANCIS=, Officer’s Steward, 3rd Class, L. 4274.
H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=BARSBY, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9097), 210354, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARSON, PERCY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9083, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARSTOW, JOHN BAILLIE=, Major, R.E., eldest _s._ of Henry
Clements Barstow, of Hazelbush, York, late Bengal Civil Service, by
his wife, Cecilia Clementina, 3rd dau. of Rev. the Hon. John Baillie,
M.A., Canon Residentiary of York [brother of George, 10th Earl of
Haddington]; _b._ Allahabad, India, 31 Oct. 1872; educ. Clifton
College and Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 24 July, 1891, and promoted
Lieut. 24 July, 1894, Capt. 24 July, 1902, and Major 24 July, 1911.
Killed in action near Bailly, 31 Aug. 1914; buried in the cemetery
there. He _m._ at Killiney, 31 Oct. 1906, Ethel Constance, dau.
of John Richards Orpen, of St. Leonard’s, Killiney, co. Dublin, M.A.,
Barrister-at-Law, and had three sons and one dau.: John Michael Orpen,
_b._ 15 Dec. 1907; Henry Stewart Peregrine, _b._ 21 April,
1909; George Baillie, _b._ 29 Aug. 1912; Cecilia Mary Penelope,
_b._ 11 Feb. 1914.
=BARTER, HARRY STANLEY=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26050, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=BARTER, WILLIAM CHARLES=, Stoker, P.O. (R.F.R., A. 891), 119878,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARTHROPP, SIDNEY ALFRED NATHANIEL SHAFTO=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd
Battn. Royal Sussex Regt., only _s._ of Major Alfred Shafto
Barthropp, of Newport House, Essex (now serving on the Depôt Staff of
the Norfolk Regt. at Britannia Barracks, Norwich), by his wife, Ellen
Ada Wentworth, 2nd dau. of the late Capt. Sidney Wentworth Stanley,
of Longstowe Hall, co. Cambridge, J.P., D.L., and nephew of the late
Philip George Barthropp, for many years Master of the Essex and Suffolk
Foxhounds; _b._ Kensington Court, W., 25 March, 1892; educ. at
Winchester, where he played for “Commoners XVs.” in Nov. 1909, and
at Trinity College, Cambridge. After taking his degree in Nov. 1913,
he went to the Bishop’s Hostel, Farnham, Surrey, with the intention
of studying for Holy Orders, and on the outbreak of war joined the
3rd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt. (Special Reserve) then at Dover. He
subsequently joined the 2nd Battn. of the regt. in France, and had only
been out there a fortnight when he was killed in action in the trenches
in the brickfields, near Cuinchy, on 29 Jan. 1915. In announcing his
death to his parents, Col. E. W. B. Green, officer commanding the
regt., wrote: “He was killed on 29 Jan. during an attack by the Germans
upon a portion of the line which we were holding and in which the
company with which your son was serving put up a very gallant defence,
and beat off a very determined attack. He died a soldier’s death in
the very front of the fight. In him we feel we have lost a comrade
who was bound to do well, and who, during the short time he had been
with us, had endeared himself to all. He is buried in the graveyard
at Cuinchy, near Bethune.” He was confirmed in his rank as 2nd Lieut.
the day he was killed. Lieut. Barthropp was a thorough sportsman, and
while at Cambridge whipped in to the Trinity Foot Beagles from March,
1911, until he left the University. Mr. Barthropp also whipped in to
the Eastern Counties Otter Hounds from Aug. 1911, during the Mastership
of Mr. Rose, until the retirement of the latter gentleman in Dec. 1914,
when he succeeded Mr. Rose as Master, which position he occupied at
the time of his death. His fondness for, and eager participation in,
all sorts of outdoor pursuits earned him amongst his fellow students
at Farnham the name of “The Squire,” and one of them, writing of the
healthy and manly influence he exercised over men of his own age, said:
“It is good to have been with him here.” He was _unm._
[Illustration: =S. A. N. S. Barthropp.=]
=BARTLETT, CHARLES FREDERICK=, Seaman, R.N.R., 1858D, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARTLETT, GEOFFREY EDWARD ROSE=, Midshipman, R.N.R., elder
_s._ of the late Edward Noel Napier Bartlett, J.P., co. Bucks,
by his wife, Dorothy (St. Margaret’s Cottage, Penn, Bucks), dau. of
Sir Philip Rose, 2nd Bt. of Rayners; _b._ London, 8 Oct. 1895;
educ. St. John’s, Beaumont, Old Windsor; was for three years on H.M.S.
Conway, and two years a cadet on the White Star s.s. Mersey, going
round the world twice, 1912–13 and 1913–14; joined H.M.S. Bulwark 29
Aug. 1914, and was lost when that ship was blown up at Sheerness, 26
Nov. following. Bartlett was a great-great-grandson of Admiral James
Noble, who served as Act.-Lieut. of the Agamemnon under Commodore
Nelson in 1795, and was promoted to Commander in 1797 through the
influence of Nelson after the battle of St. Vincent, where he was very
dangerously wounded.
[Illustration: =Geoffrey Edward R. Bartlett.=]
=BARTLETT, HENRY ARTHUR=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21843, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=BARTLETT, JOE=, Armourer’s Crew (Pension, No. 19272), 135647,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARTON, ERNEST=, Corpl., No. 7380, 1st Battn. King’s Shropshire
L.I., _s._ of Thomas Barton, by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of
James Crossley; _b._ Ashton-under-Lyne, 3 July, 1884; educ. St.
Peter’s School there; enlisted 9 Sept. 1903; on outbreak of war was
called up from the Reserve and was killed in action near Lille, 23 Oct.
1914. Major W. A. Payn (his commanding officer), writing to his widow,
described how, on the evening of 22 Oct. they were in the trenches near
Lille, with the Germans 600 yards away. When day broke on the 23rd they
saw the Germans entrenching 100 yards away. Volunteers were called to
creep up to the ditch to turn the Germans out with the bayonet, and
Barton, with six others, volunteered at once, and proceeded to crawl
towards the trench. They had not gone far when the Germans saw them,
and opened fire. Barton unluckily was hit in the head and killed.
Before the war Corpl. Barton was employed as a grinder at the Park Road
Spinning Company’s Mill, Dukinfield, and was one of the bellringers at
St. Peter’s Church, where a tablet has been erected to his memory. He
_m._ at Ashton, 13 Jan. 1908, Mary Jane (195, Portland Street,
Ashton-under-Lyne), dau. of the late John Edward Wolstencroft, and had
issue a dau., Hilda, _b._ 17 Nov. 1911.
[Illustration: =Ernest Barton.=]
=BARTON, GILBERT JOHNSON=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5356), S.S. 100,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARTON, HAROLD WILLIAM FERGUSON=, 2nd Lieut., Royal Scots
Fusiliers, yr. _s._ of the late William Thomson Barton, of
Morriston, Elgin, by his wife, Clara (Woodstock, Camberley, Surrey),
dau. of the late Very Rev. John Ferguson, Dean of Moray, Ross and
Caithness; _b._ Morriston, Elgin, 5 Sept. 1893; educ. Stratheden
House, Blackheath; Radley College; Mr. Tinniswood’s, Holmdale,
Camberley; and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; and was gazetted
to the Royal Scots Fusiliers, 15 Aug. 1914. He went to France on 8
Sept., served on the Aisne and in Flanders, and was killed in action
near La Bassée on or about 18 Oct. 1914. At first reported missing
after the fighting that day, the news of his death was conveyed to his
mother by a German officer, who wrote on a letter from her, no doubt
found on his body, as follows: “Dear Mrs. Barton, Your son fell on the
field of honour against our regt. I admired his courage after a very
hard struggle against us. Your son will be buried near Castle Warneton,
near Lille.--(Signed) Ewald, Lieut. Feldart. Regt. No. 7.”
[Illustration: =Harold William F. Barton.=]
=BARTON, HENRY=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 10176), 298707, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARTON, JAMES THOMAS=, Stoker, P.O. (R.F.R., A. 2315), 115754,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BARTON, JOHN THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5046, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=BARTTELOT, NIGEL KENNETH WALTER=, Lieut.-Commander, R.N., H.M.S.
Liberty, 3rd Destroyer Flotilla, yr. _s._ of the late Sir Walter
George Barttelot, 2nd Bt., 5th Dragoon Guards (killed in action South
Africa, 23 July, 1900), by his wife, Georgiana Mary (now wife of
Beville Molesworth St. Aubyn), only dau. of George Edmond Balfour, of
The Manor, Sidmouth; _b._ Coates Castle, Fittleworth, Sussex,
9 April, 1883; educ. at “Fonthill,” East Grinstead; “Kivernells,”
Lymington, and H.M.S. Britannia, Dartmouth. He joined the Navy, 15 Jan.
1899, becoming a Midshipman 15 May the same year, Sub-Lieut. 15 May,
1902, Lieut. 30 Sept. 1904, and Lieut.-Commander 30 Sept. 1912. He was
appointed to the command of the destroyer Liberty, 7 March, 1914, and
was killed in action off Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914. He was buried
at Stopham. In the official report of their action, Commodore R. V.
Tyrwhitt said: “H.M.S. Liberty.... The late Lieut.-Commander Nigel
K. W. Barttelot commanded the Liberty with great skill and gallantry
throughout the action. He was a most promising and able officer, and
I consider his death a great loss to the Navy.” He _m._ at St.
George’s, Hanover Square, 10 Jan. 1906, Dorothy Maud, dau. of the late
Frederick Aldcroft Kay, and had a son: James Nigel Walter, _b._ 27
June, 1911.
[Illustration: =Nigel K. W. Barttelot.=]
=BASHFORD, ALFRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2682), 217071, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=BASKERVILLE, GILBERT THOMAS=, Clerk, Royal Navy, yr. _s._
of the late Henry Spencer Baskerville, Fleet Paymaster, R.N., by his
wife, Jane (4, Marlboro’ Villas, Gillingham, Kent), dau. of Thomas
Wetherall Sproulle, M.D., and grandson of the late Commander Percival
Baskerville, R.N.; _b._ Gillingham, 6 Oct. 1893; educ. Christ’s
Hospital; entered the Navy, July, 1911, and was appointed to H.M.S.
Highflyer, flagship in the East Indies. After the manœuvres in 1913,
for which he was appointed to H.M.S. Euryalis, he joined the King
George V. and was amongst those fêted at Kiel in June, 1914. In July
the same year he was appointed to H.M.S. Cressy in order to qualify for
his Assistant Paymaster examination, and was lost in the North Sea when
that ship was torpedoed, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._ He had the Persian
Gulf medal.
[Illustration: =Gilbert Thomas Baskerville.=]
=BASKERVILLE, HEDLEY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2418), 204437, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=BASNETT, JOHN=, Corpl., No. 2801, D Coy., 8th (Service) Battn.
Rifle Brigade, _s._ of John Basnett, of 14, Clement Street,
Taylorson Street, Salford, Manchester, Labourer, by his wife, Emily,
dau. of John Gallop; _b._ Bristol, 1 Sept. 1890; educ. Ordsall
Board School, Salford; was employed at the Westinghouse Works, Trafford
Park, but after the outbreak of war joined the Rifle Brigade, 31 Aug.
1914, and was killed in action at Hooge, 30 July, 1915; unm. His Capt.,
A. C. Sheepshanks, wrote that after the action he was found to be
missing, and must have been struck down in the charge that day, adding:
“He was turning out a most useful and reliable N.C.O.”
[Illustration: =John Basnett.=]
=BASS, HENRY=, Private, R.M.L.I. (Ports.), 6800, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BASSETT, VICTOR CHARLES=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26732, H.M.S. Hawke,
_s._ of Isaac Bassett, of 12, Furnival Road, Sheffield; lost in
action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=BASTARD, REGINALD GEORGE=, Officers’ Chief Steward, 362308
(Devon.), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the
coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BASTARD, WILLIAM=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Bedfordshire Regt.,
_s._ of William Bastard, of Coltscombe, Slapton, near Kingsbridge,
South Devon, by his wife, Helen, 2nd dau. of Joshua Edward Adkins;
_b._ Coltscombe, 20 April, 1891; educ. Plymouth (Miss Tubbs’
preparatory school), Blundells’, and Exeter College, Oxford; gazetted
2nd Lieut. 22 Jan. 1913; was in South Africa at the outbreak of war,
came home in Sept., was promoted Lieut. the 30th of that month, went
to the front on 4 Oct., and was killed in action at Gheluvelt a few
days later, 26 Oct. 1914; _unm._ He was mentioned in F.M. Sir
John French’s despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, for gallant and distinguished
service in the field. The following remarks were received by his mother
from Col. Coates--6 Nov. 1914. “From the day he joined I recognised
that your son was one of the best types of officers--very keen on his
work, thoroughly sensible, and willing to take responsibility. I always
had him in my eye as being well fitted for the Adjutancy later on.”
[Illustration: =William Bastard.=]
=BATCHELOR, BENJAMIN EDWIN=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111822,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BATCHELOR, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5069), 177988, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BATCHELOR, HAROLD JAMES=, Flight Sub-Lieut., Royal Naval Air
Service, 3rd _s._ of Capt. (--) Batchelor; was in the merchant
service; obtained his commission Nov. 1914; was killed in the
Dardanelles 11 May, 1915; _unm._
=BATE, THOMAS HENRY=, P.O., 2nd Class (R.F.R., A. 1815), 134972,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BATEMAN, CLAUDE JOHN=, Private, No. 391, 7th Light Horse,
Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of F. Bateman, of Wainfleet,
Lincolnshire; killed in action at the Dardanelles, 2 June, 1915.
=BATEMAN, FRANK=, A.B., R.F.R. (B. 2845, S.S. 184), H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=BATEMAN, WILLIAM THOMAS=, Private, No. 748, 16th Battn.
Australian Imperial Force; _d._ 15 May, 1915, of wounds received
in action at the Dardanelles.
=BATES, FRANK=, Private, No. 2020, 4th Battn. Royal Sussex Regt.
(T.F.); _d._ at Cuckfield 31 Jan. 1915, of heart failure, while
training.
=BATES, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9776), 210136, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BATES, JAMES CHRISTOPHER=, Private, No. 11259, 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Joseph Bates, of 113, Woodland Street,
Smethwick, co. Stafford; served with Expeditionary Force in France and
Flanders; reported missing 22 Dec. 1914, and now assumed to have been
killed in action on that date.
=BATES, STANES GEOFFREY=, Capt., 7th Queen’s Own Hussars, and
Adjutant, North Somersetshire Yeomanry, only _s._ of Gilbert
Thompson Bates, tenant of Mells Park, Frome, Somerset, J.P. [2nd
_s._ of Sir Edward Bates, 1st Bt., M.P.], by his wife, Charlotte
Thaxter, dau. of George Warren, of Woolton; _b._ London, 2 June,
1884; educ. Farnborough, Winchester, and Sandhurst. He joined the
7th Queen’s Own Hussars, 22 April, 1903, and was promoted Lieut. 27
April, 1907, and Capt. 11 May, 1912. He spent two and a-half years in
South Africa, and returned with his regt. in Dec. 1906, when they were
quartered at Norwich and afterwards at Aldershot. In Oct. 1911 the
regt. went to Bangalore, where he remained until July, 1913, when he
returned to England on leave, shortly afterwards (1 Nov.) receiving the
Adjutancy of the North Somersetshire Yeomanry. He went to the front
with this regt. and was wounded at Vlamertinghe during the 1st battle
of Ypres, 16 Nov. 1914, but was able to return to the front from the
Base Hospital in a few days. At the 2nd battle of Ypres he was killed
instantaneously in the trenches at Hooge by a shell explosion, 13 May,
1915; _unm._ He was buried there the same day, amid a few trees
behind the line held by the North Somersets. For their conduct on this
occasion the North Somersets were specially mentioned in Despatches.
He was much beloved by his men in both regts., and his loss deeply
regretted by his Colonel and brother officers in the 7th Hussars. A
good all-round sportsman and well-known with the Blackmore Vale Hounds.
[Illustration: =Stanes Geoffrey Bates.=]
=BATES, STANLEY KNIGHT=, Lieut., 5th Battn. The King’s Own (Royal
Lancaster Regt.), yr. _s._ of Lieut.-Col. John Henry Bates, late
2nd in command of the same regt., formerly of Fir Bank, Penrith,
Manager of the Penrith branch of the Liverpool Bank, by his wife,
Sarah Eleanor, dau. of the late William Knight, of Milnthorpe, co.
Westmorland; _b._ Morcambe, co. Lancaster, 19 June, 1897; educ.
Lancaster Royal Grammar School in which he was House Prefect, and
an Ashton House Exhibitioner. On the outbreak of war he obtained a
commission in his father’s regt., 10 Aug. 1914, was promoted Lieut.,
28 Dec. 1914, and went along with his father to France with his regt.,
11 Feb. 1915. He was killed during the second Battle of Ypres in an
advanced trench off the Zonnebeke River in front of Potijze at noon on
Sunday, 9 May, 1915, while bringing food for the few men he had left
with him. He was buried in front of the White Château, Potijze, near
Ypres, where an iron cross was erected to his memory. Lieut. Bates
took a great interest in the work of the O.T.C. from its commencement,
obtained his colours in the Rugby team, and was also in the School
Cricket team. A keen athlete, he was intended for the Army and was
proud of the distinction of being the youngest full Lieut. in the Army;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Stanley Knight Bates.=]
=BATES, WILLIAM GEORGE HENRY=, Capt., 1st Battn. (Prince of
Wales’s) Leinster Regt., 2nd _s._ of the Rev. William Wheatley
Bates, M.A., of Toronto, by his wife, Emily, dau. of Manasseh (and
Emma) Leeson, extensive landowner of Canada; _b._ Thornhill,
Toronto, 12 Oct. 1878; educ. privately, and Trinity College, Toronto.
He enlisted in the Lancashire Fusiliers in 1901, hoping to see active
service in South Africa, but the regt. was ordered to Crete and kept
there until the conclusion of the campaign. After serving over two
years in the ranks, he was given a commission, 7 Nov. 1903, in the
Leinster Regt., and promoted Lieut. 15 Dec. 1906, and Capt. 21 Sept.
1912. He saw much foreign service, serving in Crete, Malta, Gibraltar,
South Africa, Mauritius and India. In South Africa he was Instructor
in the School of Musketry, and invented an automatic elevating and
traversing machine gun gear, which is now (1916) being tested in the
Hythe School of Musketry. On the outbreak of war Capt. Bates was in
India, and arrived with his regt. in Flanders 21 Dec. 1914, holding
the double command of Company and Brigade Machine Gun Officer. He went
through all the heavy fighting for Ypres, and served continuously
until he was killed in action, shot through the head near Ypres, 26
April, 1915. His commanding officer wrote: “Your husband was one of the
bravest and most gallant men I know, and his death leaves a gap which
cannot be filled. I can only add that he died like the gallant man he
was.” A brother officer also wrote: “The regt. can say of him that he
never asked a man to do a thing he would not do himself. He simply did
not know fear, and would always tell us that dying was part of the
game. It isn’t only we officers who admired him, but every man who
knew him would have followed him anywhere--everywhere he he led.” He
_m._ at St. Margaret’s Church, Warnham, co. Essex, 10 Aug. 1912,
Mabel (Dent, Warnham, Sussex), yst. dau. of Hastings Castor Draper, and
left a son and a dau.: Lionel William Leeson, _b._ 25 May, 1913,
and Pamela Dorcas, _b._ 2 June, 1914.
[Illustration: =William George H. Bates.=]
=BATEY, EDWARD HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7358), S.S.
102501, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BATEY, ROBERT=, Private., No. 1852, 1/7th (Leith Territorial)
Battn. Royal Scots, yr. _s._ of Edward Batey, of 22, Ryehill
Gardens, Leith, Linotype Operator, by his wife, Christina Allen, dau.
of Thomas Morrison; _b._ Walworth, S.E., 7 Jan. 1897; educ. at
Parson’s Green School, Edinburgh, and Broughton Higher Grade School,
Edinburgh; enlisted on the outbreak of war, 31 Aug. 1914, and was
killed in the railway accident near Gretna on 22 May, 1915; _unm._
He was buried in Rosebank Cemetery, Edinburgh.
[Illustration: =Robert Batey.=]
=BATSON, ALFRED WILLIAM=, Lieut. 2nd Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s
L.I., only _s._ of William Lascelles Batson, of Dorking, Surrey,
by his wife, Barbara Edwina, dau. of Edward Hugh Blakeney, M.D.;
_b._ Dorking 25 Feb. 1887; educ. Fonthill, East Grinstead,
Wellington College, and Sandhurst; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the
Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., 9 Oct. 1907, and Lieut. 17 March, 1910. He
served in Bermuda, South Africa (where he was attached to the Mounted
Infantry), and Hong Kong. Soon after the outbreak of war his regt.
was ordered home, and on the 19 Dec. 1914, was sent to France. Lieut.
Batson was in charge of the machine-gun section, and on 24 Feb. 1915,
he was commended by the Major-Gen. Commanding the 27th Division
for distinguished service in the field. He was killed in action on
the mount at St. Eloi, near Ypres, 14 March, 1915; _unm._ At
Wellington College Lieut. Batson was in the Cricket Eleven and won
Prince Christian’s prize for the best bowling average for that year,
and also in Rugby football Fifteen won both prizes for the best kick of
the season. While in South Africa he was a very keen Polo player.
[Illustration: =Alfred William Batson.=]
=BATT, JOHN ALBERT=, _alias_ =FRANK=, Private, No.
477, 10th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of John Albert
Batt, Lighterman; _b._ London, 10 July, 1874; enlisted in S.
Australia under the name of “Frank” Batt, 14 Aug. 1914; killed at the
Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915. He _m._ at Bermondsey, London, 25
Dec. 1896, Jessie Mary (9, Woolfe Street, Dockhead, Bermondsey), dau.
of William Brockwell, and had five children: John Albert (Private,
3596, 22nd Queen’s), _b._ 10 Oct. 1897; William, _b._ 28
July, 1900; Henry, _b._ 9 Feb. 1903; Christopher, _b._ 26
July, 1905; and Arthur, _b._ 14 Sept. 1907.
=BATT, NORMAN HAROLD=, Private, No. 10140, 2nd Battn. Sussex
Regt., _s._ of William Batt, of 33, Alma Villas, St. Leonards;
served with the Expeditionary Force; killed in action at Richebourg
L’Avoué, 9 May, 1915.
=BATTARBEE, HERBERT=, Signaller, No. 1578, 4th Battn. East
Yorkshire Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Frederick Battarbee, of 60,
Tadman Street, Hull, by his wife, Clara, dau. of John Wrigglesworth;
_b._ Hull, 11 Feb. 1895; educ. St. Luke’s Street Church School
there; joined the 4th East Yorks in March, 1912, and was killed in
action in France, 24 April, 1915; _unm._
=BATTEN, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 8162, 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt.;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action
12 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BATTEN, JOHN HENRY STRODE=, Capt., 1st Battn. The King’s
Liverpool Regt., elder _s._ of the late Col. John Mount Batten,
of Upcerne, co. Dorset, and Mornington Lodge, West Kensington, C.B.,
J.P., Lord-Lieutenant co. Dorset (_d._ 1916), by his 1st wife,
Margaret Annie (_d._ 1893), dau. of the Rev. John Brooks, Rector
of Walton-le-Dale, co. Lancaster; _b._ Aldon, near Yeovil, co.
Somerset, 23 Dec. 1875; educ. at Rossall and Trinity Hall, Cambridge,
and after taking his B.A. degree, was gazetted to his father’s old
corps, the King’s Liverpool Regt., 20 May, 1899, and promoted Lieut.
21 March, 1900, and Capt. 1 Dec. 1909. He served through the South
African War, 1899–1902, being employed with the Mounted Infantry,
and later was Supply Officer; took part in operations in Natal,
1899, including actions at Reitfontein and Lombard’s Kop; defence
of Ladysmith, including action of 6 Jan. 1900; operations in Natal,
March to June, 1900; operations in the Transvaal, Dec. 1900, to Oct.
1901; and in those of the Orange Free State, Oct. 1901, to 31 May,
1902, and received the Queen’s medal with two clasps and the King’s
medal with two clasps. After the outbreak of the European War in
Aug. 1914, he went to France with the first Expeditionary Force, and
consistently did good work, his name being mentioned in F.M. Sir John
(now Lord) French’s Despatch of 8 Oct. [London Gazette, 19 Oct.]
1914. “On a particular occasion,” 20 Sept., during the Battle of the
Aisne, his Brigadier said, “quite regardless of himself, he encouraged
and steadied the men on the right of his battn., and of the brigade
when very heavily attacked, and when the situation at that point was
critical. It was owing to his very gallant conduct on that occasion
that the portion of the line held its own.” He was killed in action,
25 Oct. 1914, being shot through the heart while on his way from the
trench to confer with his Commanding Officer. Gen. R. H. Davies wrote:
“I should like you to know that he was looked upon by all who knew him
as one of the very bravest of the brave, and that by his exceedingly
gallant and cool conduct at the Battle of the Aisne he did a great
deal to stop a rush and prevent what might easily have proved to be a
disaster to our part of the line.” And Col. Stevenson: “He saved the
whole line on 20 Sept. just by his grit. Nothing would move him from
the line he had to take up in that awful wood fight when Kyrke Smith
and others were wounded.... He was killed outright crossing a small
gap in a hedge by some men hidden in a house about 500 yards away....
We buried him that night beside the Colonel in an orchard close to a
farm outside the village where he was shot.” “I owe him a debt I can
never repay,” wrote Lieut. P. C. Snatt, “if it had not been for his
gallant work on 20 Sept. I should now be a prisoner, I was wounded and
unable to get away, and it was Strode who saved the line retiring.”
Capt. Batten _m._ Alberta, yr. dau. of P. Kavanagh, of 56, Queen’s
Gardens, Lancaster Gate, M.D.; _s.p._
=BATTEN, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 8323, 1st Battn. East Surrey Regt.,
_s._ of Richard Batten, of 120, Nelson Road, Hornsey, served with
the Expeditionary Force in France, etc; killed in action 24 May, 1915.
=BATTEN, WILLIAM HENRY=, L.-Corpl., No. G. 321. 11th (Service)
Battn., Middlesex Regt.; _b._ Hillingdon Heath, co. Middlesex,
22 Jan. 1888; volunteered and enlisted 11 Aug. 1914; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France, etc., from May; _d._ 15 June, 1915,
of wounds received in action; _m._
=BATTENBERG, HIS HIGHNESS PRINCE MAURICE VICTOR DONALD OF,
K.C.V.O.=, Lieut. 1st Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps; yst.
_s._ of H.R.H. Prince Henry of Battenberg, K.G., P.C. (who died
on active service at sea, 20 Jan. 1896, of fever contracted during the
Ashanti War), and of H.R.H. the Princess Beatrice (Princess Henry of
Battenberg), yst. dau. of Her late Majesty, Queen Victoria; _b._
at Balmoral Castle, 3 Oct. 1891, and was educ. at Wellington, where he
was a Lance-Corpl. in the O.T.C., and became one of the best marksmen
at the College. He went to the National Rifle Association meeting
at Bisley with the Wellington Shooting Eight which competed for the
Ashburton Shield and other events. After leaving Wellington he went
to Sandhurst, from which he was gazetted to a second lieutenancy in
the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 4 March, 1911. He was attached to the
1st Battn., then stationed at Gosport, as part of Brig.-Gen. H. H.
Burney’s 9th Infantry Brigade. Prince Maurice came under the tuition
of Lieut.-Col. R. S. Oxley and Capt. R. H. Seymour, and in due course
was posted for duty to the 1st Battn. He served with this unit at
Aldershot on transfer there into Gen. Davies’ 6th Infantry Brigade,
and served under Lieut-Col. E. Northey in Salamanca Barracks, at the
town end of the camp, and was senior 2nd Lieut. while there. He had
been made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, 19 June,
1911, and was promoted Lieut., 13 Feb. 1914. On the declaration of war
he mobilised with his battn. at the town barracks in Aldershot and
proceeded to France on 12 Aug. He proved himself possessed of sound
soldierly qualities and was mentioned twice in Sir John (now Lord)
French’s Despatches [London Gazette, 19 Oct. 1914, and 17 Feb. 1915]
for gallantry in the field. At the crossing of the Aisne he was first
over the bridge by which his battn. had to pass under heavy fire, and
when Major Armytage led the line forward in a splendid charge he was
in the thick of the fray. His name and that of Major Armytage were on
every man’s lips in the battn. The following account of the action
was given by Corpl. J. Jolley:--“Instead of retiring as we had been
doing, on 5 Sept, we advanced five miles to Firoy. There was very
fierce fighting, the German infantry advancing to within 800 yards of
our artillery, and also in good rifle range. They were practically
slaughtered, and hundreds of dead lay everywhere. Early in the
morning of the 6th we were up and on the scent, the Guards being the
advance guard for a change. Towards the afternoon they got in touch
with the German rearguard at a place called by us and the Germans
“The Valley of Death.” All the artillery possible was brought on to
a ridge overlooking this valley, and played on the enemy, who could
not get out of it in a hurry, and consequently got many casualties,
the Guards capturing eighty men and five maxims, and losing only
twelve men. We kept on going until we reached the heights overlooking
Charly-sur-Marne. Here we took up our post about two miles from the
enemy without knowing it. On the morning of the 7th the King’s Royal
Rifles were the advance guard. We traversed a wood, and found that the
enemy had camped on the other side. We could see the Germans making
blockages on the bridge, preparing to blow it up, but on seeing us
they made off, and as we had no artillery with us they got off free.
The order then came that the bridge must be taken at once. When we got
there we found that the bridge had three blockages, comprised of carts,
furniture, glass, wire, etc. Prince Maurice of Battenberg was first
man over, searching the house beyond all by himself. This was a brave
act for an officer alone. The blockage was removed, and the battn. got
across without a shot being fired. We went through Charly-sur-Marne,
and halted about one mile on the other side for four hours, as the
French were busy in action, and in the end they repulsed the Germans.”
On 27 Oct. 1914, he was ordered to storm a German position and capture
some guns which were doing a lot of damage. On the advance they came
to a wood which was too thick for them to get through conveniently,
and they had to cross an open field. Prince Maurice was leading his
men across this open space when a shell fell and burst right by him.
He knew that his injuries were mortal, and wished the men good-bye.
He was carried to a field dressing-room, where he died. He was buried
at Ypres on 30 Oct. about 3.30 p.m. “and not far away the German big
guns were firing on our trenches, and our men were doing their best
to put them out of action. The guns were making such a noise that you
could not hear the Chaplain’s voice. It was a soldier’s funeral amidst
the noise of battle,” wrote Capt. W. H. Dyer. The following eulogies
were passed upon the Prince:--Sir John French: “The Army has lost a
gallant officer, who was a fine example to all around him.” General
Munro, Commanding the 2nd Division: “His Highness had throughout the
campaign displayed a rare example of courage and fortitude to the men
of his battn.,” and Sir Douglas Haig: “The Army loses a most gallant
and valuable officer.” Prince Maurice supported the work of the Army
Rifle Association and was also keen on polo, being in the Hurlingham
handicap list. He did not play much, but he liked the game and was also
fond of football, tennis, and motoring. He was also greatly interested
in aviation, and made many flights as a passenger at Hendon. Prince
Maurice was made a Freemason in the Heroum Filii Lodge, No. 3,404 (the
Lodge of the Old Wellingtonians) on 21 June, 1912, and was installed
Master of the Twelve Brothers Lodge, No. 785 Southampton, 22 April,
1914. His two brothers are (1916) on active service--Prince Alexander
Albert with the Grenadier Guards and Prince Leopold with the 60th
Rifles.
[Illustration: =Prince Maurice Victor Donald of Battenberg.=]
=BATTERHAM, JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B 6505), 204862, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=BATTERSBY, AUGUSTUS WOLFE=, Lieut., 4th Battn. Connaught Rangers,
2nd _s._ of the late John Radcliff Battersby, of Loughbawn,
Collinstown, co. Meath, J.P., Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Augusta
Helen, dau. of John Rynd, of Reynella, co. Westmeath; _b._
Loughbawn, 10 Feb. 1885; educ. Corring School, Kingstown, and Trinity
College, Dublin (B.A.). He entered the Church 20 Feb. 1910, and was
curate of Antrim Parish, co. Down, until he was gazetted to the 4th
(Extra Reserve) Battn. of the Connaught Rangers, 14 April, 1914. He
joined at Aldershot, 30 April, was promoted Lieut. 5 Dec. following,
and was attached for service to the 2nd Battn. of the Nigerian Regt.
He sailed for the Cameroons on the 17th of the same month; took part
in operations at Wum Bidgas where he was slightly wounded, and died of
dysentery at Duala, 8 June, 1915, and was buried in the cemetery there;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Augustus Wolfe Battersby.=]
=BATTERSBY, CHARLES FREMOULT PRESTON=, Capt., 113th Battery Royal
Field Artillery, only _s._ of Major-Gen. Thomas Preston Battersby
of Imber House, East Molesey, Principal Ordnance Officer, by his wife,
Agnes Janet, dau. of the late John Evens; _b._ Castle Barracks,
Enniskillen, 11 July, 1887; educ. King’s School, Canterbury, and Royal
Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 23 July, 1907, and
became Lieut. 23 July, 1910, and Capt. 30 Oct. 1914. He was present at
the retreat from Mons, the Battle of the Marne and in action for a long
time on the Aisne. He was killed during the first bombardment of Ypres,
4 Nov. 1914, while a farm, in which he was billetted was being heavily
shelled, he returned from his safety pit to release a horse which was
tied up in the yard belonging to the farm, and he was killed by one
of the shells while so doing. He was buried the following day in the
cemetery at Ypres.
[Illustration: =Charles Fremoult Preston Battersby.=]
=BATTY, CHRISTOPHER=, Leading Stoker, K. 3346, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BATTY, WILLIAM HENRY=, Corpl., No. 7780, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of William Batty, of Sheffield, late Scots Greys,
by his wife, Helen; _b._ Sheffield, 13 Jan. 1889; educ. National
School there; enlisted 1 April, 1908, served three years with the
colours and then passed into the reserve, and joined the Sheffield
Police. On the declaration of war, 5 Aug. 1914, he was called up, went
to France, 8 Aug. 1914, and served through all the various engagements
up to the 26th Dec. 1914, when he was severely wounded in action at
La Bassee, while assisting a wounded comrade. He died in hospital
at Boulogne, 19 Jan. 1915, and was buried in the cemetery there. He
_m._ at Wadsley Bridge Church, 30 Jan. 1913, Lillian Moore (35
Fielding Road, Wadsley Bridge, Sheffield), dau. of John Parkin, of
Sheffield, Accountant, _s.p._
[Illustration: =William Henry Batty.=]
=BATY, ROBERT=, Private, No. 13061, 5th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, 3rd and yst. _s._ of William Baty, of
Saskatoon, Canada, Accountant and Auditor, by his wife, Sarah, dau.
of William Giles, Newcastle-on-Tyne; _b._ Port Elizabeth, South
Africa, 27 July, 1890; educ. Winnipeg, Canada; was a Manufacturing
Jeweller; joined the 29th Saskatchewan Light Horse in 1907, and became
Regt. Sergt.-Major in 1912. When war was declared in Aug. 1914, he was
the first man in Saskatoon to volunteer for service overseas; came over
with the 1st Contingent in Oct., went to France, Feb. 1915, and was
killed in action at Festubert, 24 May, 1915, during the taking of a
fortified redoubt described as “K. 5”; _unm._ Buried at Festubert.
Lieut.-Col. J. A. Aikin, Officer Commanding Sask. 29th L.H., wrote
that he had been his Regt. Sergt.-Major for two years, and had always
proved himself a good soldier. His two brothers, Major William Baty,
3rd Canadian Mounted Rifles, and Lieut. Edward Baty, are now (1916) on
active service.
[Illustration: =Robert Baty.=]
=BATY, THOMAS=, L.-Corpl. No. 3607, 2nd Royal Scots, 2nd _s._
of Alexander Baty, of 127, North High Street, Musselburgh, Collier, by
his wife, Mary Anne, dau. of Charles Fraser, 42nd Highlanders (Black
Watch) (who was killed in action at the Relief of Lucknow in 1857);
_b._ Musselburgh, 3 Nov. 1877; educ. St. Peter’s School, Mill
Hill, there; enlisted 13 Nov. 1899; served through the South African
war (Queen’s and King’s medals); retired, 28 May, 1902, and afterwards
worked as a miner; re-enlisted 1 Sept. 1914, after the outbreak of
war; promoted L.-Corpl. March, 1915; went to the Front, 27 Dec. 1914,
and was killed in action at Hooge, 25 Sept. 1915. He _m._ at
Musselburgh, 8 July, 1910, Elizabeth (7, Rothesay Place, Musselburgh),
dau. of William Moffat, of Musselburgh, and had two children, William,
_b._ 20 Jan. 1914, and Mary Anne, _b._ 22 April, 1911.
=BAUCHOP, ARTHUR, C.M.G.=, Lieut.-Col., Otago Mounted Rifles,
N.Z. Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of the late Robert Bauchop,
of Port Chalmers, New Zealand, by his wife, Maria, dau. of Peter
Stewart; _b._ Port Chalmers, N.Z., 27 Feb. 1871; educ. there and
Otago Boys School, Dunedin; entered the Volunteer Garrison Artillery
at Dunedin in 1898, and served through the South African War with the
4th New Zealand Contingent 1900–2, being promoted Capt. 1900, Major
1901 and Lieut.-Col. 5 Sept. 1904. He first distinguished himself in
the action at Ottoshoop, and was three times mentioned in despatches
[London Gazette, 16 April, 1901, 20 Aug. 1901 and 25 April, 1902];
once, when a Major, for good service at the capture of a laager at
Fanny Home, by Col. Bing. He held the Queen’s medal with four clasps
and the King’s with two, and was awarded the C.M.G. for his services.
He remained in South Africa for some time after the conclusion of the
war and then returned to New Zealand, where he commanded in succession
the Canterbury (1904), Wellington (1907) and Otago (1912) Military
Districts. On the outbreak of the European War he was appointed to
command the Otago Mounted Rifles with the N.Z. Expeditionary Force.
Lieut-Col. Bauchop was wounded early in July, 1915, but had returned
to duty, and was mortally wounded on Bauchop’s Hill during the great
advance in Gallipoli, 7 Aug. 1915, and _d._ on board H.M.S.
Delta, 10 Aug. following. He was buried at sea. Lieut.-Col. Bauchop
was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s despatch of 22 Sept. 1915, for
gallant and distinguished service in the field. He was a keen and very
efficient officer, and most popular with his men. As a young man he
was a prominent athlete, and held several long-distance records. He
_m._ at Waikana, New Zealand, 12 Dec. 1912, Mary Jean, dau. of
Henry Richardson Elder, of Waikana, N.Z., and had a dau., Elizabeth
Elder, _b._ 19 May, 1915.
[Illustration: =Arthur Bauchop, C.M.G.=]
=BAVERSTOCK, ALFRED GEORGE=, Leading Seaman, 237242, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=BAVIN, NIGEL BENJAMIN=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Essex Regt., yst.
_s._ of the late Benjamin Bavin, of Norwich, Solicitor; _b._
Northdene, Eaton, Norwich, 7 May, 1896; educ. Stubbington House,
Fareham, Norwich Grammar School and Berkhamsted, was gazetted to the
Essex Regt. from the Special Reserve of Officers, 15 Aug. 1914, and was
killed by a shell, which fell in the trench, at St. Jean, near Ypres,
23 May, 1915; he was buried at La Brique.
[Illustration: =Nigel Benjamin Bavin.=]
=BAXTER, ALFRED JOYCE=, Private, No. 2769, 14th Battn. (London
Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.); _s._ of Arthur Boyd Baxter, of
161, Burntwood Lane, Tooting, S.W., Wholesale Bookbinder, by his wife,
Jessie, dau. of William Joyce; _b._ Stoke Newington, N., 17 Oct.
1895; educ. Cambridge House School, Margate; joined the London Scottish
after the outbreak of war, 1 Sept. 1914, was wounded at Vermelles,
during the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; and _d._ at No. 18
Casualty Clearing Station the following day; _unm._
=BAXTER, BERNARD EYRE=, Private, No. 10/275, West Coast (A) Coy.,
Wellington Infantry Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._
of Stanley Eyre Baxter, of North Lees, Mangamuka, Hokianga, N.Z.,
Farmer [_b._ Upper Holloway, Highgate, London, 1861; emigrated
with family to New Zealand, 1909], by his wife, Emma Louisa, dau. of
Stephen Green, of Downhead, Somersetshire; _b._ Hagg Hill Farm,
Hinton, Steeple Ashton, Wiltshire, 2 July, 1893; educ. at Shepton
Mallet and Ashford (Kent) Grammar Schools; was for 12 months a Cadet
at Weraroa Experimental Farm, near Levin; volunteered directly war
was declared in Aug. 1914; went to Egypt with his regt.; took part in
the repulse of the Turkish attack on the Suez Canal in Feb., and in
the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, and was killed in action at
Anzac, Gallipoli, 29 April, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Bernard Eyre Baxter.=]
=BAXTER, JAMES PATRICK=, Private, No. 5640, 2nd Battn. Royal
Dublin Fusiliers, eldest _s._ of James Baxter, of School Street,
Kilcock, co. Kildare, by his wife, Mary, dau. of John Word; _b._
Kilcock, 26 Jan. 1883; educ. the Christian Brothers’ School there;
joined the 3rd Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers on the outbreak of war,
and was later transferred to the 2nd Battn. He died at Netley Hospital,
4 May, 1915, from wounds received at St. Julien on the night of 25–26
April; _unm._ Private Baxter’s two younger brothers are also in
the Army.
=BAXTER, JOHN HENRY=, Private, No. 10456, 2nd Battn. The Royal
Scots, 3rd _s._ of Frederick Henry Baxter, of 19, Portland
Road, Colchester, Bootmaker in Government workshop, by his wife,
Georgina, dau. of William Calversbert, of Colchester, Essex; _b._
Colchester, 17 Sept. 1890; educ. National School there; enlisted 4 Jan.
1909; served five years in India, and after the outbreak of war in
Aug. 1914, came home with his regt. and went to France in Dec. He was
invalided home in Jan. 1915, with frozen feet, but returned to duty in
July, and was killed in action in the attack on Loos, 25 Sept. 1915;
_unm._
=BAYFIELD, ALFRED=, Stoker, P.O. 286348, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost
when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=BAYLEY, ALBERT EDWARD=, A.B., S.S. 3556, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BAYLEY, GEORGE BAIRD=, 2nd Lieut., King’s Own Scottish Borderers,
only _s._ of Isaac Fenton Bayley, of The Halls, Dunbar, East
Lothian, by his wife, Grace Jane, dau. of Gideon Pott, of Dod, co.
Roxburgh; _b._ Halls, 1 July, 1894; educ. Cheltenham College and
Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 24 Jan. 1914;
killed in action at Ypres, 24 Oct. 1914; _unm._ Lieut. Bayley was
wounded at Le Cateau, being invalided home, and had only returned to
the Front a short time before he fell. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir
J. French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, for gallant and distinguished
service in the field.
[Illustration: =George Baird Bayley.=]
=BAYLY, CHARLES GEORGE GORDON=, Lieut., R.E. and Royal Flying
Corps, only _s._ of the late Brackenbury Bayly, of the Cape Civil
Service, M.I.E.E., by his wife, Beatrice Mary Jesser, dau. of Col.
William Jesser Coope, late 57th regt.; _b._ Rondebosch, Cape
Colony, 30 May, 1891; educ. Diocesan College School, South Africa, St.
Edmunds Preparatory School, Hindhead, St. Paul’s School, Kensington,
and Woolwich Academy, which he entered in Feb. 1910 as a Gentleman
Cadet. He gained a scholarship for St. Paul’s School and later won
an exhibition from the school on passing into Woolwich. He passed
out 7th into the R.E., and while at Chatham represented the R.E. at
football and cricket, and took his aviator’s certificate at Hendon
(No. 441). On leaving Chatham he was gazetted to the 56th Field Co.
R.E., and was stationed at Bulford Camp, Salisbury Plain. While here he
won 2nd prize in the Royal Artillery point-to-point steeplechase. In
May, 1914, he was appointed to take his course at the Central Flying
School, Upavon, having applied for service in the Royal Flying Corps
on leaving Chatham. Here he was interested in the study of wireless
telegraphy from aeroplanes. On the outbreak of war he was gazetted
to the 5th squadron Royal Flying Corps, and on leaving the school at
Upavon was very highly reported on, his confidential report being “Very
good indeed as pilot and his capabilities as an officer being above
the average,” and an added note that he was “A very keen officer with
plenty of initiative.” He was amongst the first to reach France, as he
flew his machine from Dover to Amiens on 12 Aug. 1914, and thence to
Maubeuge. He and his pilot were the first of the Military to be killed
in action on the British side in the war. He was killed in action, 22
Aug. 1914, while on reconnaissance duty flying over the German lines,
in the neighbourhood of Enghein Rassily, as observer with 2nd Lieut.
Waterfall as pilot. They were shot down by German cannon-fire, and were
hastily buried by the Germans in ten centimetres of soil, and later the
owner of the park where they were buried exhumed the bodies and placed
them in zinc coffins to await more decent burial. Lieut. Bayly was an
officer full of promise and a keen sportsman. He represented his school
at football and won second eleven colours at cricket; he boxed and shot
for his house, winning the shooting cup for the house his last year at
school. He represented Rosslyn Park at football on leaving school, and
while at Woolwich won several prizes both in the athletic sports and
swimming sports each year he was there. He was a good horseman and won
his spurs at Woolwich.
[Illustration: =Charles George G. Bayly.=]
=BAYNES, JAMES=, Private, No. 10499, 13th Coy., 2nd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, 2nd _s._ of Edward Clemminson Baynes, of 46,
Parry Street, Barrow-in-Furness, Chauffeur, by his wife, Annie, dau. of
George Dixon, of Blackburn, Bootmaker; _b._ Barrow-in-Furness, 9
July, 1894; educ. Oxford Street Schools there; enlisted Nov. 1913, and
was killed in action at Zonnebeke, 21 Oct. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =James Baynes.=]
=BEACH, ERNEST=, Private, No. 11301, 2nd Battn. East Yorkshire
Regt., yst. _s._ of George Beach, of Lime Street, Hull, Tailor, by
his wife, Ada, dau. of (--) Gregory; _b._ Hull, 9 Feb. 1895; educ.
at the Charterhouse Lane Board School there. Prior to the outbreak of
war he worked at the Hull City Saw Mills; enlisted 2 Sept. 1914, and
had only been at the Front 11 days when he was wounded while on guard
by bursting shrapnel, 28 Feb. 1915. He died in County Kendal Hospital,
Westmoreland, 21 March following; _unm._
=BEADLE, JESSE AUGUSTUS=, Private, No. 1906, 2nd Battn. 1st
Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, 3rd _s._ of the late
Jesse Delias Beadle, by his wife, Susannah (125, Broadway, Bexley
Heath, Kent), dau. of John Nash, of Chadwell St. Mary’s, Essex;
_b._ Bexley, co. Kent, 20 Dec. 1890; educ. Bexley Heath. In
Australia on the outbreak of war, he joined the Australian Imperial
Force, left for the Dardanelles with the 5th Reinforcements, being
employed as a bomb thrower, and was killed in action in the advance
at Lone Pine, Gallipoli, 7 Aug. 1915; buried at sea. He _m._ in
Sydney, New South Wales, March, 1914, Laura, dau. of (--) Casey, and
had one dau., Ivy Alma, _b._ 10 Feb. 1915.
[Illustration: =Jesse Augustus Beadle.=]
=BEADON, BASIL HERBERT EDWARDS=, Capt. and Adjutant, 7th Battn.
(Merioneth and Montgomery) Royal Welsh Fusiliers (T.F.), yr. _s._
of Col. Frederick Watson Beadon, of Longley Hall, Huddersfield,
V.D., Land Agent for the Ramsden Estates, Huddersfield, formerly
commanding the 5th and 7th West Riding Regt., by his wife, Elizabeth
Eleonora, dau. of the late William Bolam, of High Cross House,
Newcastle-on-Tyne; _b._ Longley Hall, co. York. 11 Jan. 1887;
educ. Cheltenham College and Sedbergh, and took up his father’s
profession of Land Agent. He was brought up on the Ramsden Estate,
then on the Duke of Buccleuch’s Rugby estate, and finally on Lord
Hothfield’s Shipton property, whence he went to Mr. Naylor-Leyland’s
Kerry (Montgomeryshire) estate as sub-agent, and returned to the
Ramsden estates as assistant to his father in 1912. He had joined the
Warwickshire Yeomanry in 1908, and on leaving the county passed into
the 7th Royal Welsh Fusiliers in July, 1910, of which he was appointed
Lieut. 18 July, 1913, and Capt. and Adjutant, 21 Nov. 1914. On the
declaration of war he volunteered with his battn. for foreign service,
and was sent to the Dardanelles. Capt. Beadon was killed in action
at Suvla Bay, 10 Aug. 1915. According to a letter received by his
father he was wounded in the morning, but was able to remain in the
fighting line throughout the day. In the evening he had just concluded
a consultation with his colonel and was turning to speak to another
officer when he was shot by a sniper and killed instantly. He was
buried there at 6 a.m. on 11 Aug. He was a keen footballer, and played
in the Huddersfield Old Boys’ Rugby Union. Capt. Beadon _m._ at
Boroughbridge, 14 Jan. 1913, Margaret Elizabeth, dau. of the late
Anthony Maynard, of Newton Hall, co. Durham, M.F.H. North Durham
Hounds, and had a dau., Joan, _b._ 1 Feb. 1915. His brother,
Lieut. Scarth Beadon, is now (1916) the transport officer in the 18th
Durham L.I.
[Illustration: =Basil Herbert E. Beadon.=]
=BEALE, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7771), S.S. 103259,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BEAMES, ALFRED EDWARD=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 5024), 294677,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BEAN, FREDERICK JAMES=, Private, No. 6575, Scots Guards,
_s._ of A. Bean, of Station Road, Northiam, Sussex; _b._ co.
Sussex; enlisted, 2 July, 1906; served with Expeditionary Force in
France, etc.; killed in action between 4–12 Nov. 1914; _unm._
=BEAN, GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 16855, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BEAN, SAMUEL JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5305), 177884, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BEANEY, ALBERT EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5833), 182377, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BEANEY, JAMES=, Private, No. G. 4986, 1st Battn. Royal West Kent
Regt.; served with Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
action 18 April, 1915; _m._
=BEANLAND, HARRY=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 10231), 298948,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BEARD, FRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4369), 196362, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BEARMAN, WALTER JOHN=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21160, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=BEARMAN, WILLIE GEORGE=, Leading Seaman, 155050, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BEARNE, ARTHUR HENRY=, Officer’s Steward, 2nd Class, 359286
(Devon.), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the
coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BEATSON, FREDERICK=, Corpl., No. 9034, 1st Battn. K.O.R.
Lancaster Regt., 3rd _s._ of William Beatson, of 16, Oak Street,
Wavertree, Liverpool, by his wife, Alice, dau. of William Little;
_b._ Liverpool, 22 April, 1887; educ. St. Clement’s National
School, Liverpool; enlisted in 1905, served seven years and obtained
his discharge in 1913, but on the outbreak of war rejoined, served
through the retreat from Mons and the Battles of the Aisne and the
Marne, and was killed in action “somewhere” in France, 18 March,
1915; _unm._ He was buried near Le Bizett Hospital, a mile from
Armentières. Two of his brothers are now (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Frederick Beatson.=]
=BEATTIE, ISAAC=, A.B., R.N.V.R., No. Tyneside Z/715, Collingwood
Battn., R.N.D., 4th _s._ of John Beattie, of 9, Robson’s
Buildings, Windynook, Gateshead, Miner; _b._ Windynook, 1891;
educ. at the Council School there; joined the Navy at the outbreak
of war, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 4 June, 1915;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Isaac Beattie.=]
=DE VERE BEAUCLERK, NEVILL=, Lieut., 12th, attached 1st, Battn.
Essex Regt., only child of Robert Sidney de Vere Beauclerk, B.A.,
London [gt.-gt. gdson. of Lord Sidney Beauclerk, 5th _s._ of
Charles, 1st Duke of St. Albans, K.G.], and of Beatrice, dau. of the
late Alfred Richard Hollebone; _b._ Ingatestone, co. Essex, 13
Oct. 1895; educ. Kenilworth School, near Cape Town, and South African
College, Cape Town. At the age of sixteen he was a member of the Cape
Town Society of Model Engineers, and won the Ashenden Shield for
model speed-boat construction; on coming to London two years later he
passed together the London Matriculation Examination and the Entrance
Examination into the second year of the City and Guilds Engineering
College. On the outbreak of war he immediately volunteered, and having
had training in the South African Defence Force, obtained a commission
as 2nd Lieut. in the 12th (Service) Battn. Essex Regt. For the first
month he did Captain’s work at Harwich, and was within three months
(9 Dec. 1914) promoted Lieut., later being appointed instructor in
musketry, and afterwards machine gun officer. In the latter capacity he
was sent with reinforcements to the Dardanelles, and attached to the
1st Battn. of his regt. He was killed in action while in charge of his
gun, at Gallipoli, 17 June, 1915; _unm._ Letters received by his
parents from friends and brother officers all testify to his cheerful
disposition, his courage, and great capabilities. A private of his gun
section wrote: “He was the sort of officer any man would be willing to
die for,” and a sergt. of the section remarked to an officer: “Lieut.
Beauclerk was the smartest officer we have ever had on the gun.” “Yes,”
wrote a brother officer, “he was simply brilliant; but what was even
better, he was so lovable.”
[Illustration: =Nevill de Vere Beauclerk.=]
=BEAUFORT, FRANCIS HUGH=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Oxfordshire and
Buckinghamshire L.I., _s._ of Major Francis Beaufort, Royal
Artillery, by his wife, Adela Hastings, dau. of Edward Divett, of
Bystock, near Exmouth, M.P. for Exeter (1832–64); _b._ Camberley,
Surrey, 27 July, 1883; educ. St. David’s, Reigate, Stone House,
Broadstairs, Wellington College, and Christ Church, Oxford (B.A.
1904); while still at Oxford he was attached to the Devonshire Regt.
for military training (1904); was nominated by the University for a
commission, and was gazetted to the 1st Battn. of the Oxford and Bucks
Regt. as 2nd Lieut., 16 Aug. 1905; served in India and Burmah, being
promoted Lieut., 10 Aug. 1907, and Capt. 2nd Battn., 18 April, 1914.
He was present at the action near Richebourg L’Avoué on 15–16 May,
1915, when the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I. and Inniskillings
captured some German breastworks, came unharmed out of the terrific
fighting during the night, but was shot in the morning by a sniper
while trying to reach his Commanding Officer. He was buried in an
orchard about two miles west of Richebourg L’Avoué. Capt. Beaufort
_m._, Bamburgh, co. Northumberland, 31 Dec. 1913, Charlotte
Gwendoline Frances, 3rd dau. of the late Charles Hope, of Shorestone
Hall, near Bamburgh, _s.p._ Capt. Beaufort was descended from
François de Beaufort, a Captain in the Dutch service, and afterwards
“Chancelier de la Cour à Lippe-Detmold,” who migrated from France on
the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, and was by letters
patent dated at Vienna, 4 Mar. 1710, which recognised his antecedent
French nobility, cr. by the Emperor Joseph I., a noble of the Holy
Roman Empire for himself and all his descendants. His fourth son,
Daniel Cornelis de Beaufort (_b._ Wesel, 29 July, 1700), took Holy
Orders, and was naturalised in Great Britain by Act of Parliament,
15 April, 1742, and died Archdeacon of Tuam and Rector of Clonenagh
Queen’s Co., 1788.
[Illustration: =Francis Hugh Beaufort.=]
=BEAUFORT, OSTCLIFFE HAROLD=, 2nd Lieut., 1/6th Battn. North
Staffordshire Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of John William Beaufort,
Managing Director of Messrs. Elliott & Fry, Ltd., of 55–56, Baker
Street, W., by his wife, Lucy Anne, dau. of John Ostcliffe; _b._
Birmingham, 20 Oct. 1893; educ. Wellington College, Salop, and
Birmingham University where he was for several years a member of the
O.T.C.; gazetted as 2nd Lieut. to the 1/6th Staffords, 26 Aug. 1914,
went to the front Feb. 1915, was wounded in Aug. 1915, and afterwards
appointed Brigade Grenade Officer, and was killed in the fighting for
the Hohenzollern Redoubt, 13 Oct. 1915; _unm._ Writing to his
brother on the previous day, he said: “We attack to-morrow afternoon,
hold the new trenches all night and get relieved the next night. If
I see these three days through all will be well, and leave will be
granted.” His Colonel wrote: “He was a very good and reliable officer,
never sparing himself, and doing everything to the best of his
ability”; and his Major: “He came to the regt. a stranger, but very
soon endeared himself to everyone. He was a most efficient officer, and
any duty given him was done in a most satisfactory manner.” A brother
officer, writing to his father, gave the following interesting account
of the fighting that day: “He, Beaufort, was killed in the trenches
2½ miles N.E. of Bethune, 6 miles south of La Bassée. As you know,
he was Brigade Grenade Officer, and he was in charge of the bombing
party, whose job it was to turn the Germans out of a trench known as
‘Big Willie,’ which runs south from the Hohenzollern Redoubt. He and
his party were in part of ‘Big Willie,’ which our division held, and
he commenced bombing it simultaneously with the charge. They made good
headway, but the attack was driven back. Harold commenced to go back
along a communication trench to issue further orders to the N.C.Os.
in charge of the Brigade Store, when a high explosive shrapnel shell
burst close beside him. The brass nose cap and time fuse, a piece of
metal about the size of a cricket ball, hit him in the right breast
and came out of the left shoulder blade, killing him instantaneously.
He was buried in the rear of the trenches, along with four other brave
officers who fell. The time was about 2.20 p.m. on Wednesday, 13
Oct. 1915. The arrangement for the supply of bombs and grenades was
excellent, but Harold had not reckoned with the attack failing. His
orders were for the Brigade Store to be transferred to ‘Big Willie’
when the German front line was taken. It was not taken, and Harold was
afraid that all the bombs would be brought up, as in the excitement is
was very difficult for everyone to know what had happened, and probably
his storekeeper would imagine that we had succeeded. If the bombs had
been sent up it is very likely that a German grenade would have dropped
on them and detonated the lot. To save this loss, which could not
have been replaced under at least an hour, Harold went back and met
his death. He had done a very good work; he was in front of his men,
throwing bombs and encouraging the others, and without a doubt was the
means of keeping the bombers together. Only three of his party got out
safely, and they cannot say anything good enough about him; they say
he was marvellous. Enclosed is a rough map of the trenches. Harold was
at A bombing to the left. The battalion were in the trench marked B,
and they charged across the open to ‘Big Willie.’ I was at C with the
machine guns covering Harold’s party. We two were isolated from the
battalion during the attack, so I don’t think there is another officer
who could tell you more than I can, except N. C. Joseph, who was the
battalion bombing officer, and he lies now at the Bournbrook Hospital
with a broken jaw and a bullet in each leg. We have heard from him, and
he writes it will be about ten weeks before he is able to speak, but he
could write you and give fuller particulars, as he was with Harold all
the time. By 4 p.m. Thursday, 14 Oct. the Hohenzollern Redoubt and ‘Big
Willie’ were entirely in our hands, at the cost of about 170 officers
and 4,000 men.”
[Illustration: =Ostcliffe H. Beaufort.=]
=BECHER, HENRY OWEN DABRIDGCOURT=, Capt., 1st Battn. (Scottish
Rifles) Cameronians, elder _s._ of the Rev. Harry Becher, Rector
of Rosscarbery, co. Cork, by his wife, Zoê Louisa, dau. of the late
R. M. Hudson, of Oak Lea, Sunderland; _b._ Curate’s House,
Houghton-le-Spring, co. Durham, 15 Aug. 1889; educ. Grammar School,
Haverfordwest, Marlborough and Sandhurst; was gazetted to the 1st
Battn. Cameronians, 20 April, 1910, and promoted Lieut. 15 Feb. 1913,
and Capt. 11 March, 1915. On the outbreak of war he went to the Front
with the first Expeditionary Force, and served continuously through
the winter of 1914–15, including the retreat from Mons, etc. He was
killed in action at Bois Grenier, 13 March, 1915, two days after he
had obtained his company, and was buried with four brother officers
behind the police barracks at Bois Grenier; _unm._ Major Oakley,
in command of the regt. at the time, wrote that he was killed “about 9
a.m. He was going his company trenches and was talking to some men. He
stood right up, but only just showing, when he was shot dead. He was
in command of C Coy. at the time, and had been ever since Capt. Jack
left sick. You know how highly we all thought of him. As for myself,
I feel it impossible to write all I think. He has been my constant
companion and right-hand man in the company ever since the regt. came
home from S. Africa--so hard working, reliable, clever, good with the
men and beloved by all on this campaign. What we all thought of him
in peace has been more than proved in war.” And Brig.-Gen. F. Gordon:
“As Commander of the 19th Infantry Brigade, I wish to express to you
my heartfelt sympathy in the death, in the trenches, of your dear son,
Capt. H. O. D. Becher, 1st Cameronians. He was a very gallant and
valuable young officer, of the type that can ill be spared at such a
time. He was not only a particularly efficient and capable officer, but
was a general favourite.”
=BECHER, MAURICE ANDREW NOEL=, Capt., 1st Battn. King’s Own
Scottish Borderers, only _s._ of Brig.-Gen. Andrew Cracroft
Becher, of Howbury, St. Andrews, Fife, late Norfolk Regt., and now
commanding the .... Division, by his wife, Frances Maude, dau. of the
late Maurice Johnson, of Ayscough Fee Hall, co. Lincoln; _b._
Lowestoft, 30 Dec. 1884; educ. Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge;
gazetted to the King’s Own Scottish Borderers, 28 June, 1905, promoted
Lieut. 24 July, 1907, and Capt. 15 May, 1914. On the outbreak of war
he returned with his battn. from India in Oct. 1914, and proceeded to
the Dardanelles with the 29th Division. He was killed, 26 April, 1915,
the morning following the landing at Y Beach, Gallipoli, conspicuous
to the last, as the few survivors relate, by his coolness and daring.
He _m._ at St. Andrews, 18 Dec. 1912, Violet Isabel, yr. dau.
of Charles Todd, of St. Andrews, and left two daus.: Frances Isabel,
_b._ 16 Dec. 1913; Anne Violet, _b._ 26 Sept. 1915.
[Illustration: =Maurice Andrew Noel Becher.=]
=BECK, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 13356, 4th Battn. Coldstream Guards;
3rd _s._ of John William Beck, of 119, Latimer Road, Eastbourne,
by his wife, Alice, dau. of David Styles, of West Hoathly, co. Sussex;
_b._ Turner’s Hill, co. Sussex, 22 Oct. 1894; educ. there;
enlisted 31 Oct. 1914, and _d._ at Caterham Military Hospital, 7
Feb. 1915, of spotted fever and meningitis contracted while on active
service; _unm._
=BECK, JOSEPH=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3130), S.S. 506, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=BECK, ROBERT LEONARD=, Acting Leading Stoker, K. 11017, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BECKETT, RICHARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 693), 125116, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BEDDOW, RICHARD CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4338),
S.S. 102882, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the
coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BEDFORD, CONRAD THOMAS=, Private, No. 9499, 1/5 Battn. (London
Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Thomas Arthur
Bedford, Clerk in the London Joint Stock Bank (_d._ 24 Nov. 1899),
by his wife, Clara, dau. of Walter W. Roberts, of Upper Holloway;
_b._ Bowes Park, N., 8 Aug. 1891; educ. Seaford College (Col.
Savage), Sussex, where he was for four years in the College Cadet Corps
(attached to the Royal Sussex Engineers) and left with the rank of
corpl. On leaving school in 1909, he became a clerk in the London Joint
Stock Bank, and in Feb. 1913, joined the London Rifle Brigade. On the
outbreak of war he volunteered for foreign service, went to the front
with the L.R.B., 4 Nov. 1914, was slightly wounded by a gunshot in the
right shoulder at Ploegsteert at 2 a.m. on 27 Feb. 1915, and died at
the American Women’s War Hospital, Paignton, South Devon, 15 March,
following, of blood poisoning; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “May I say
how keenly his death was felt by the men who knew him and liked him, as
we all did. He was one of the cheery ones always, and always ready to
do everything he could to help anyone.”
[Illustration: =Conrad Thomas Bedford.=]
=BEDFORD, HAROLD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4821), S.S. 1709, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=BEDFORD, HERBERT=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 532), late R.M.A.,
5559, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BEE, HARRY=, Leading Seaman, J. 5226, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BEECH, ALBERT=, Private, No. 10385, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards,
_s._ of James Beech, of Blyton, Gainsborough, Lincoln, by his
wife, Rhoda, dau. of John Warriner; _b._ Blyton, 3 March, 1893;
enlisted Aug. 1913, went to the front with the Expeditionary Force, and
was reported missing after the Battle of the Marne, 29 Oct. 1914, and
is now supposed to have been killed on that date; _unm._
=BEECHAM, ARTHUR ROBERT=, Sergt., R.M.A., 5645, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BEECHING, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6257), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BEECHING, LUKE=, A.B. (Ports.) 208406, R.N., _s._ of John
Beeching, by his wife, Eliza; _b._ Hastings, 1 Sept. ...; educ.
there; joined the Navy in 1901, and was lost when H.M.S. Cressy was
torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. He _m._ Portsmouth,
27 July, 1908, Mary Ann Elizabeth (C.G. Station, Walmer, Kent), dau.
of George William Good, R.N., and left one son and two daus.: Henry
Alexander, _b._ 30 July, 1910; Dorothy Cecilia, _b._ 10
April, 1913; Hilda Cressy, _b._ 2 Nov. 1914.
=BEECROFT, GEORGE=, Private, No. 8998, 1st Battn. Suffolk Regt.,
_s._ of William Richard Beecroft, Private, No. 9866, 8th Battn.
Suffolk Regt., by his wife, Ellen (25, Rope Walk, Ipswich), dau. of
Samuel Cracknell (late of Bradfield, co. Essex); _b._ Chiswick, 2
Jan. 1897; educ. Clifford Road School, Ipswich; enlisted 21 July, 1914,
and was killed by a sniper in trying to get some water for a wounded
comrade at the Battle of Ypres, 18 Feb. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =George Beecroft.=]
=BEER, FREDERICK JAMES=, Private, No. 8251, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of James Beer, of 18, Kinsman Dale, Moretonhampstead,
co. Devon, steam crane driver in granite quarry, by his wife, Eliza
Ann, dau. of John Underhill Ford; _b._ Moretonhampstead, 20 June,
1890; educ. Pound Street Boys’ School there; enlisted 9 Jan. 1909;
served three years with the colours, and then passed into the Reserve,
joining the Tiverton Police Force. On the declaration of war he was
called up, left Windsor on 26 Aug. 1914, arrived at Southampton at
9.30 p.m., and went on board the Lake Michigan, sailing at 3.30 on
the morning of the 27th. Extracts from his diary state: “Arrived at
Havre 4 o’clock on the 28th, and went into camp; distance seven miles.
Left camp Monday afternoon about 3 o’clock, and embarked on board the
Minneapolis, and after a rough voyage arrived at destination and went
into camp about three miles west of St. Nazaire, about 18,000 in camp.
Left St. Nazaire on 18 Sept. by train, passing through Segre. Took
part in the battle of Chevonne. On 25 Sept. took up our position in
trenches. Could hear the band of the Germans playing. 5 Oct. went out
sniping, got shelled, and brought in a wounded comrade from a wood to
the trenches, a distance of 200 yards. A shell exploded injuring five.
On 4 Oct. attacked the Germans to the left of the town of Boeschebe and
drove them off; 26 Oct. saw an aeroplane burned at 3 o’clock.” He was
killed in action at Rentel Woods, Belgium, 5 Nov. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Frederick James Beer.=]
=BEER, GEORGE HENRY=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 23495 (Devon.), H.M.S.
Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=BEER, HARRY=, Private, G. 30, 2nd Battn. East Kent Regt. (The
Buffs), _s._ of Frederick Beer, of 40, Chapel Street, Ramsgate;
served with Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 29
Sept. 1915.
=BEER, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Drummer, No. 8113, 1st Battn. East
Kent Regt. (The Buffs), _s._ of William Beer, of The Green,
Littlebourne, near Dover; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France, etc.; killed in action, 11 Nov. 1914.
=BEERLING, THOMAS WILLIAM=, A.B., J. 6394, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BEESLEY, DICK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8589), S.S. 104951,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BEGG, ALEXANDER=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 2583), 282446
(Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BEGLEY, DENIS FRANCIS=, Gunner (Immed. Class, R.F.R., 96), H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=BEHENNA, WILLIAM HENRY=, Private, No. 1311, 3rd Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, _s._ of William Henry Behenna; _b._ Blackheath, co.
Kent, 23 Jan. 1889; educ. there; went to Australia, and joined the
Commonwealth Expeditionary Force in Sept. 1914; killed in action at
Lone Pine, Gallipoli, 7 Aug. 1915; _unm._
=BEHRENS, ROBERT PHILIP=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. South Wales
Borderers (24th Regt.), eldest _s._ of George Benjamin Behrens,
of Vron Yw, Denbigh, J.P., by his wife, Helen Elizabeth, dau. of John
Morgan Davies, of Froodvale, Carmarthen, D.L., J.P.; _b._ ...
4 Dec. 1893; educ. at Cordwalles, Maidenhead, under the Rev. C. R.
Carter, from 1905–07 at Winchester (Mr. Nowell Smith’s, afterwards
Mr. Irving’s house), and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 5 Feb. 1912,
being temporarily attached to the 1st Battn. South Wales Borderers
till Sept., when he went out in charge of a draft to Tientsin to join
the 2nd Battn.; promoted Lieut. 17 Sept. 1914, and was present with
his regiment at the capture of Tsing-tau that autumn. He was shot at
the landing at de Totts’ Battery, in Gallipoli on Sunday, 25 April,
1915, and was buried at sea at the entrance to the Dardanelles from
H.M.S. Cornwallis; _unm._ His Colonel wrote that, even as he lay
mortally wounded, he continued to encourage his men to press forward.
At Winchester, Behrens rowed stroke in his house-boat in 1910, and
was champion middle-weight boxer, and at Sandhurst he was head of his
company in riding and one of the Sandhurst representatives in the
sabreing competition at the Royal Military Tournament in 1912.
[Illustration: =Robert Philip Behrens.=]
=BELCHER, ALBERT=, Private, No. 9781, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France and
Flanders; killed in action near Ypres, 3 June, 1915; _m._
=BELCHIER, FRANK ELLIOT, M.C.=, Capt., 1st East Lancashire
Regt., yst. _s._ of the late Henry Nathaniel Belchier, of the
London Stock Exchange, by his wife, Mary Helen (Elm Lodge, Surbiton
Hill Road, Surbiton), dau. of John Allenby, of Naburn, co. Yorks;
_b._ Surbiton, 24 June, 1891; educ. Wellesley House, Broadstairs,
Marlborough, and Sandhurst; entered the Army, 4 March, 1911, promoted
Lieut. 27 Dec. following, and Capt. 15 Nov. 1914, and was for some time
Acting Adjutant of the battn., resigning that position, 23 Dec. 1914.
He was killed in action at Ypres, 20 May, 1915; _unm._, and was
buried at the Irish farm near that place. Capt. Belchier was mentioned
in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915],
and was awarded the Military Cross in recognition of his services in
the field in Feb. 1915. A fellow officer wrote: “As Adjutant he had
special work and did splendidly all through the retreat on Paris and
afterwards.”
[Illustration: =Frank Elliot Belchier.=]
=BELDHAM, ARTHUR=, A.B., J. 5870, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BELDOM, GEORGE NOAH=, Private, No. 2390, 2nd Battn. East Surrey
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; was
reported missing, 9 May, 1915, and is now assumed to have been killed
in action on that date; _m._
=BELL, ALAN ROBERT=, Private, No. 77438, 7th (British Columbia)
Battn., Canadian Expeditionary Force, yst. _s._ of the late Thomas
Best Bell, of Netherall, Sidcup, General Manager and Secretary of the
Lion Fire Insurance Company, of London, by his wife, Mary (St. John’s
Lodge, Sevenoaks), dau. of Robert Williams Soady, of Lincoln’s Inn,
Barrister-at-Law; _b._ Surbiton, 11 April, 1885; educ. Shrewsbury
House School, Surbiton, and Bradfield College, Berks; was for three
years with the Royal Exchange Assurance, London, and afterwards
studied poultry farming and went to Alberta, and from there to Duncan,
Vancouver Island, where he took up land surveying. He enlisted in the
30th Battn. of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Sept. 1914, left for
England 14 Feb. 1915, and was drafted into the 7th Battn., crossing
to France on 2 May, 1915. He was killed in action in the attack on
the position known as K5, at Festubert, 24 May, 1915, and was buried
there in the rear of the first British line. The Chaplain, the Rev. Wm.
Barton, wrote that his “company was in the reserve trench, which was
subjected to a pitiless hail of high explosives and shrapnel for nine
hours on 24 May, and the casualties were heavy. The marvel was not that
many were killed and wounded, but that any of them came out alive.” And
the sergt. of his platoon, Sergt. J. H. Cleland, wrote of him: “He was
a splendid fellow, greatly liked by us all, and became a good soldier.
His calmness and fortitude under a very heavy shell fire at Festubert
were splendid, and when I look back and realise that they were all with
the sole exception of myself new to active service, I can only say I am
very proud to have been in charge of such a splendid lot of fellows.”
[Illustration: =Alan Robert Bell.=]
=BELL, ALBERT HENDERSON=, Assistant Paymaster, R.N.R., H.M.S.
Goliath, yr. _s._ of the late Frederick Bell, of Itchen, Hants, by
his wife, Louisa Maud (Woolston, Southampton), dau. of Henry Dampier,
late of Winchester; _b._ Itchen, 29 Aug. 1886; educ. Woolston
College; was a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and was
associated with the firm of Messrs. Deloitte Plender, Griffiths & Co.,
of London; joined the R.N.R. in 1910, and was lost in the Goliath at
the Dardanelles, 12 May, 1915; _unm._
=BELL, ALBERT WILLIAM=, Private, No. 19001, 1st Battn. King’s Own
Scottish Borderers, _s._ of Joseph Henry Bell, of 40, Fountas
Street, Leeds, Drayman, by his wife, Mary, dau. of (--) Dobson, of
Scarborough; _b._ Leeds, 30 May, 1891; educ. Park Lane Council
School there; was a goods porter in the service of the London &
North Western Railway; enlisted 5 Jan. 1915; left England for the
Dardanelles, 25 May, 1915, and died 11 Aug. 1915, from wounds received
in action there. He _m._ at Leeds, 28 July, 1914, Lilly (35,
Fountain Street, Leeds), dau. of Fred Hartley, and had a son, James,
_b._ 18 Sept. 1914.
=BELL, ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 14162, Royal Scots (Lothian
Regt.), _s_. of Alexander Bell, of Bridgeton, Glasgow; served with
the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action near Ypres,
25 Sept. 1915.
=BELL, ALEXANDER MURRAY-MACGREGOR=, Capt., 1st Battn. Royal
Scots Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of William Bell, of 26, Albert
Place, Stirling, Lieut.-Col. late 56th Regt. (now 2nd Essex and
Army Pay Dept.), by his wife, Isabel Margaret, dau. of Major-Gen.
Evan Murray-MacGregor, Bombay Cavalry; _b._ Weymouth, 4 Sept.
1880; educ. Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Kingston, and Stirling
High School; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd (Militia) Battn. of the Argyll
and Sutherland Highlanders, 30 Dec. 1901, served with them in South
Africa, 1 Feb.-23 Sept. 1902, receiving the South African medal with
two clasps. He was gazetted to the Royal Garrison Artillery, 4 Feb.
1903, and was transferred to the Dorset Regt., 6 May, 1905. On 8 Jan.
1907, he was promoted Lieut. and posted to Royal Scots Fusiliers, and
became Capt. 28 May, 1912. From May, 1904, to May, 1905, was A.D.C. to
the Governor of Natal, and Superintendent Gymnasia, Scottish Command,
Feb. 1913–Nov. 1914, when he rejoined his regt. in Flanders, and was
appointed Adjutant of the 1st Battn., Dec. 1914. He died in London,
28 April. 1915, of wounds received in action near Ypres, 19 Feb.
preceding; _unm._ The officer commanding his Battn. wrote: “The
regt. was moving across some open ground under heavy shell fire, and
your son and I were together at the moment we were both knocked over.
He was hit on the back and right arm. I can only assure you that his
gallantry and devotion to duty has been most marked.” Capt. Bell was
mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915.
[Illustration: =A. Murray-MacGregor Bell.=]
=BELL, (ALFRED) RAY LANCASTER=, 2nd Lieut., 5th. attd. 2nd. Battn.
Royal Dublin Fusiliers, only child of Alfred Bell, of 23, Morehampton
Road, Dublin, formerly of Ardcarne, Ballinasloe, co. Galway, by his
wife, Annie Ray Bell, dau. of James Bell, Lieut., 3rd Buffs, nephew
of the late Major Lancaster Bell, R.A., and grandson of Capt. James
Bell, of the 64th Regt.; _b._ Ballinasloe, 10 Feb. 1896; educ.
at St. George’s and Rosse Colleges, Dublin. He entered the Army on
the outbreak of war; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 5th Battn. of
the Royal Dublin Fusiliers 15 Aug. 1914, and was attached to the 2nd
Battn. then at the Front, May, 1915. He reached the firing line on 15
May, was wounded by shrapnel in the lung at the second Battle of Ypres
on the 17th, and d. four hours later in the 12th Field Ambulance,
near Vlamertynghe. He was _unm._ and was buried in the military
cemetery there.
[Illustration: =(Alfred) Ray Lancaster Bell.=]
=BELL, CEDRIC MOLESWORTH=, Private, No. 9215, 5th Battn. (London
Rifle Brigade) The London Regt., _s._ of Angus Alger Bell, of 120,
Wightman Road, N., Chief Accountant at the Royal Academy of Music,
and Sergt.-Major 5th London Brigade, R.F.A., by his wife, Agnes,
dau. of Thomas Bell Weeks; _b._ Harringay, 22 May, 1893; educ.
Owen’s School, Islington; joined the London Rifle Brigade in 1911, and
volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war. He went to the
Front in Nov. 1914, and on 4 Dec. was wounded in action by shrapnel and
invalided home. He rejoined his regt. in France in March, 1915, was
wounded by shell fire on 26 April, 1915, during the attack on Hill 60,
and died before reaching the casualty clearing station; _unm._ He
was buried in Bailleul Cemetery.
[Illustration: =Cedric Molesworth Bell.=]
=BELL, CHARLES OCKLEY=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Bedford Regt.,
_s._ of Alfred F.... Bell, of Deansgate, Grimsby, by his wife,
Sarah Susanna, dau. of John Ockley; _b._ Grimsby, 10 Dec. 1891;
educ. Collegiate, Grimsby, and Alford Grammar Schools; enlisted in the
South Staffordshire Regt. Jan. 1910; was given a commission 20 May,
1914, and transferred to the 2nd Bedfordshire Regt. He was killed by
shrapnel at Ypres, 18 Oct. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Charles Ockley Bell.=]
=BELL, DAVID=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10813), S.S. 108915,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BELL, FRED=, Eng.-Lieut., R.N.R., yr. _s._ of Samuel Bell,
of Abbots Cottage, St. Bees, Cumberland, by his wife, Alice, dau. of
Joseph Coulthard; _b._ St. Bees, 4 Dec. 1889; educ. there. He
commenced his career with the Whitehaven Harbour Board under Engineer
Wilcox. He was two and a-half years in this employ, and a similar
period at Lowca Engineering Works. From there he entered the service
of Messrs. Chambers, the Castle Line, Liverpool. After being two
years and three months at sea he sat for, and secured, his second
engineer’s certificate, and after another couple of years’ service
he obtained his Chief Engineer’s certificate. Continuing in the same
employ, he was in Liverpool studying for his extra chief certificate
on the outbreak of war, but gave up his opportunity to sit for this
to take up his commission as Eng.-Lieut. on the armed merchant vessel
Viknor, commissioned at Portsmouth 12 Dec. 1914. They sailed just after
Christmas, and no further word was heard until Feb. when the Admiralty
announced that H.M.S. Viknor, which had been missing for some days,
must now be accepted as lost with all officers and men. The cause of
her loss is uncertain, but as bodies and wreckage were washed ashore on
the north coast of Ireland, it is presumed that during the bad weather
she either foundered, or, being carried out of her course, struck
a mine in the seas which the Germans are known to have laid there.
It is presumed that she was lost off the Irish coast 14 Jan. 1915.
Lieut.-Commander Bell was _unm._ His elder brother, Edward, also
received a commission, and was appointed to the armed liner The Duke of
Cornwall.
[Illustration: =Fred Bell.=]
=BELL, GEORGE SINCLAIR=, Stoker, 1st Class, 308909, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=BELL, JOHN WILLIAM=, R.M.L.I., Ch. 17205, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BELL, JOSHUA=, Private, No. 8643, B Coy., 2nd Battn. The Border
Regt., _s._ of William Joshua Bell, of 170, Conyers Road, Byker,
Newcastle-on-Tyne, now employed at Messrs. Armstrong & Whitworth’s
Elswick Works; _b._ Shieldfield, 9 Jan. 1887; educ. Victoria
Jubilee Council School, Byker, Newcastle-on-Tyne; enlisted 27 Nov.
1905, and was killed in action at Ypres, 26 Oct. 1914; _unm._ He
had previously been employed by the Newcastle Tramway Co.
=BELL, LAURISTON PERCIVAL EDWARD=, Private, No. 1527, 16th
Battn. (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) London Regt., only _s._ of
the late William Harbutt Bell, Assistant Clerk, C.S., by his wife,
Milly (15, Thornfield Road, Shepherd’s Bush), dau. of John Broad, of
Stratton, Cornwall; _b._ Notting Hill, 18 June, 1894; educ. London
Orphanage, Watford. Joined the Queen’s Westminster’s 16 March, 1913,
volunteered for foreign service with his regt. on the outbreak of war,
and was killed in action at Houplines, 27 March, 1915; _unm._
Buried in the military cemetery in the Rue Emile Zola at Houplines.
In a letter of sympathy to his mother, Capt G. H. Lambert, commanding
IV. Coy., said: “Your son, Rifleman Bell, was killed in the trenches
yesterday morning. It may be a small consolation to you, in your great
trouble, to know that he died as he had lived, a true soldier, and in
him I have lost one of my good men.”
[Illustration: =Lauriston Percival Edward Bell.=]
=BELLAIRS, EDWARD DUNSTAN=, Private, No. 9255, 2nd Battn. Durham
L.I., _s._ of Everard Dunstan Bellairs, of 4, Paley Street,
Sunderland, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Henry Moon Clark, and grandson
of Commander John Henry Bellairs, R.N.; _b._ Bishopswearmouth,
Sunderland, 29 Sept. 1884; educ. Sunderland; enlisted with his brother
in 1903, and served eight years in India. On the outbreak of war
rejoined, was wounded on 20 Sept. 1914, at the Battle of the Aisne,
and _d._ in the Victoria Hospital at Blackpool, 20 July, 1915;
_unm._ His elder brother, William (see succeeding notice) was
killed in the same action, and a 3rd brother, Private H. Bellairs, 7th
Durham L.I., was wounded in France 26 May, 1915, and is now (1916) a
prisoner in Germany.
[Illustration: =Edward Dunstan Bellairs.=]
=BELLAIRS, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 9160, 2nd Battn. Durham L.I.,
eldest _s._ of Everard Dunstan Bellairs, of 4, Paley Street,
Sunderland, &c. (see preceding notice); _b._ Bishopswearmouth,
Sunderland, 16 Feb. 1881; enlisted with his brother in 1903, and served
eight years in India. On the outbreak of war rejoined, and was killed
at the Battle of the Aisne, 20 Sept, 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Bellairs.=]
=BELLAMY, VICTOR SAMUEL=, L.-Corpl., No. 9977, 1st Battn. East
Kent Regt. (The Buffs), _s._ of Henry Bellamy, of 33, Park Road,
Ashford, Kent; served with Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
_d._ 8 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action near Lille.
=BELLAS, WILLIAM=, Pte., No. 10551, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards;
_b._ Penrith, co. Cumberland, 1874; enlisted 7 Sept. 1914; served
with Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 16 May,
1915. He _m._ at Liverpool, 7 Oct. 1899, Margaret (14, Bowles
Road, Bootle, Liverpool), dau. of (--) Walters, and had two sons,
Francis William, _b._ 12 July, 1900; and Lancelot John, _b._
1 May, 1910.
=BELLERBY, TOM=, Petty Officer, 187039, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept 1914.
=BELLINGER, WILLIAM FREDERICK=, Petty Officer, 184317, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=BELLINGHAM, ROGER CHARLES NOEL=, Capt., 37th Battery, Royal Field
Artillery, 2nd _s._ of Sir Henry Bellingham, of Castle Bellingham,
4th Bt., H.M. Lieutenant, co. Louth, by his wife, Lady Constance Noel,
2nd dau. of Charles George, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough; _b._ Wilbury
Road, Brighton, 28 April, 1884; educ. Oratory School, Edgbaston, and
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. -- Dec. 1903, and
promoted Lieut. 23 Dec. 1906. He retired 26 Oct. 1912, and was placed
in the R.F.A. Special Reserve. On 8 Nov. the same year he was appointed
A.D.C. to the Lord Lieut. of Ireland (the Marquis of Aberdeen),
which position he held until outbreak of war, when he rejoined his
regt. on Aug. 5. He went to France with the Expeditionary Force, was
specially mentioned in Dispatches [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915], by
F.M. Sir John French, for gallant and distinguished service in the
field and was found dead in his bed near Ypres, 4 March, 1915, after
a week’s hard fighting. He was buried in Dickebush Parish churchyard,
three miles from Ypres. When at Woolwich in 1909, Capt. Bellingham
wrote the best essay and was specially complimented by the General
Commanding in Chief (Brig.-Gen. J. D. Snow), who wrote (21 Feb.): “A
well written essay which shows a careful study of the campaign. What is
particularly good about the paper, is, that the writer, having selected
his _principle_, on which to write, has stuck to it throughout,
and quoted every instance which bears his argument. In writing on
_Colombey_ that action was not an ordinary rearguard action. The
French had to fight, to gain more considerable time, than is usual in
rearguard actions. Lieut. Bellingham is to be congratulated on his
paper, and he should develop into a good writer.” He _m._ at
Stabannon, co. Louth, 18 Jan. 1910, Alice Ann, dau. of Richard Naish,
of Ballycullen, co. Limerick, and had issue two children: Roger Carroll
Patrick Stephen, _b._ 23 April, 1911, and Constance Catherine Mary
Pia, _b._ 21 Oct. 1912.
[Illustration: =Roger C. N. Bellingham.=]
=BELLINGHAM, THOMAS HENRY=, Stoker 1st Class, K. 6334, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=BELSTEN, WALTER SIDNEY=, Private, No. 1756, 13th (Princess
Louise’s Kensington) Battn. The London Regt., _s._ of William
Henry Belsten, of 8, Colville Road, South Acton, by his wife, Sarah
Elizabeth, dau. of Henry Jones, of Bristol; _b._ London, 7 Jan.
1892; educ. Priory School, and Central School, Acton; enlisted the
day after the declaration of war, 6 Aug. 1914, went to the Front 4
Nov., came through the Battle of Neuve Chapelle unhurt, and was killed
in action at Aubers Ridge at the same time as his only brother (see
following notice), 9 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Walter Sidney Belsten.=]
=BELSTEN, WILLIAM HENRY=, Sergt., No. 2360, 13th (Princess
Louise’s) Battn. The London Regt., elder _s._ of William Henry
Belsten (see preceding notice); _b._ London, 27 Oct 1890; educ.
Priory School, Acton, Queen’s Park College, and Islington College;
was an Assistant Master at St. Paul’s School, Brentford, but on the
outbreak of war enlisted 30 Aug. 1914, went to France 9 Feb. 1915,
came through the Battle of Neuve Chapelle unhurt, and was promoted
sergt., and was killed in action at Aubers Ridge, near Neuve Chapelle,
at the same time as his only brother, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ He was
Superintendent of the Sunday school, Acton, and a credence table was
placed to his memory at St. Cuthbert’s Mission Church, Acton.
[Illustration: =William Henry Belsten.=]
=BENDING, GEORGE JESSE=, Third Writer, M. 5284, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BENDYSHE, RICHARD NELSON=, Major and Brevet Lieut.-Col., Royal
Marine Light Infantry, eldest _s._ of the late Nelson Bendyshe,
by his wife; Charlotte, yst. dau. of Capt. Henry Brodrick, 29th Regt.,
and grandson of John Bendyshe, of Barrington Hall, co. Cambridge, J.P.,
Lieut. R.N., by his wife, Catherine, eldest dau. of George Matcham,
of Ashfield Lodge, co. Sussex, and Catherine, his wife, sister of the
great Lord Nelson; _b._ Woodstock, Ontario, 18 Jan. 1866; educ.
King’s School, Canterbury; joined the Marines, became Lieut. 1 Sept.
1885, Capt. 1 April, 1895, Major 1 Feb. 1903, Brevet Lieut.-Col. 1 Feb.
1910; was Assistant Instructor of Musketry, Chatham Division Royal
Marines, in 1895; Adjutant to Plymouth Division, 1896–1901; Staff
Officer, Chatham Division, 1902–06; and retired 1 July, 1910. At the
outbreak of the war Major Bendyshe took charge of the wireless station
at .... but applied to join the Marines Brigade; was appointed to the
Deal battn., and went to Antwerp at the time of the siege. He was
killed in action, 1 May, 1915, in the Dardanelles at Gebe Tebe whilst
in command of the Deal battn. He _m._ at Berkesbourne, Canterbury,
15 Aug. 1893, Eleanor Margaret (Barrington Hall, Cambridge), dau.
of the Rev. Henry John Wardell, Vicar of Berkesbourne, and had two
children: John Nelson, Lieut. Worcestershire Regt., _b._ 29 July,
1894; and Margaret Charlotte, _b._ 1 Nov. 1900. In Sept. 1914,
Major Bendyshe succeeded his uncle in the Barrington Hall estate, which
has been the seat of the family since the reign of Edward III, and was
succeeded in possession of it by his only son.
[Illustration: =Richard Nelson Bendyshe.=]
=BENHAM, JOHN PERCY=, Sergt., No. 48, No. 1 Coy., Princess
Patricia’s L.I.; eldest _s._ of the late John Benham, Iron
Founder, by his wife, Helen Louisa (99, Warwick Gardens, Earl’s Court,
S.W.), dau. of John Jay; _b._ Earl’s Court, 6 Dec. 1872; educ. in
Salisbury; served as a volunteer in the South African war, and on 5
Aug. 1914, while out in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, enlisted in Princess
Patricia’s L.I. He was wounded in March, 1915, being shot in the arm,
and lay in hospital in Boulogne for six weeks; then returned to his
company, and was killed on the north-west side of the Bellewarde Lake,
about 500 yards north-west of Hooge, 8 May, 1915; _unm._ Sergt.
Benham had a good knowledge of French, and a comrade wrote: “Your
son was held in great respect and his quiet cheerfulness was much
appreciated by those who came in contact with him. He was very popular
not only in No. 1 Coy. but in the whole battn.”
[Illustration: =John Percy Benham.=]
=BENHAM, JOHN RUSSELL=, 2nd Lieut., 100th Battery, Royal Field
Artillery, only _s._ of the late Edwin Arthur Russell Benham, of
Colombo, Ceylon, Tea Planter and Tea Merchant, by his wife, Grizzet
Hamilton (of Glenlinden, Colinton, Midlothian), elder dau. of the late
John Leveson Douglas, of Glenogil, Forfarshire; _b._ Colombo, 19
Sept. 1895; educ. Mr. Perkin’s, Matfield Grange, Paddock Wood, Rugby
and Woolwich. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 17 Nov. 1914, and went to
France with the 28th Divisional Ammunition Column on 16 Jan. 1915,
and was immediately posted to the 100th Battery. Later he served for
a short time with G Battery, R.H.A., and then returned to his own. He
died of wounds received in action near Ypres, 4 May, 1915; _unm._
His commanding officer wrote: “... that, through the most trying times
he proved himself a soldier for all his youth.”
[Illustration: =John Russell Benham.=]
=BENNETT, ALBERT EDWARD=, Ship’s Corpl., 1st Class, 178486, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=BENNETT, ERNEST HENRY=, Petty Officer, 193860, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BENNETT, FRANK HENRY=, Corpl., R.M.L.I., Ch. 12196, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BENNETT, FREDERICK BENJAMIN=, Private, No. 1115, 1/5th Battn.
(London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of
Benjamin Bennett, of 17, Airlie Gardens, Ilford, Clerk, by his wife,
Alice Eliza, dau. of William Hudson, of Dalston, N.E.; _b._
Leyton, co. Essex, 16 June, 1896; educ. Cleveland Road Council School,
Ilford, and St. George’s College, London; entered H.M. Customs as a boy
clerk after competitive examination, remaining until he reached the
age limit of eighteen, and was preparing for the Second Division Civil
Service when war broke out. He had served a year and eight months in
the Civil Service Cadets, and after passing his examination joined the
London Rifle Brigade in Oct. and was picked for the drafts for the 1st
Battn. at the end of Jan. He had been at the Front scarcely three weeks
when, about 1 a.m. on 12 March, 1915, he was mortally wounded while on
sentry duty in the trenches at Ploegsteert Woods. The Sergt. of his
platoon wrote: “Your son was in my platoon and was on sentry duty in
the trench on the night of the 11th-12th. At about 1 a.m. a star light
was sent up by the enemy over his trench, followed immediately by a
volley. Unfortunately one of the shots struck your son on the left side
of the head level with the left eye. He was picked up at once and sent
to the field ambulance without any delay. The wound was a very severe
one, and he died the following morning about 11 a.m.... He was a fine
manly chap and did his duty with the best.” He was a server at St.
Clement’s Parish Church, Ilford, and was for some time secretary of the
Young Men’s Guild.
[Illustration: =Frederick B. Bennett.=]
=BENNETT, GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 838), H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BENNETT, HUGH DONALD=, Lieut., Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S.
Cressy, 4th _s._ of the late George Bennett, of Little Rissington,
Gloucestershire, by his wife, Eliza Laura (now wife of Col. F.
Stringer, of the Old Mansion, Bredon, Tewkesbury), dau. of Nathan Dyer;
_b._ Bredon, 21 May, 1877; educ. Dean Close School, Cheltenham,
and H.M.S. Conway, training ship, Birkenhead. Joined the P. & O. Steam
Navigation Company and Royal Naval Reserve, 23 July, 1897; served as
5th officer, s.s. Carthage (23 July, 1897), and Oriental (10 Aug.
1897); 4th officer, s.s. Ceylon (28 Oct. 1897); 5th officer, s.s.
Oriental (8 Nov. 1897); and Himalaya (10 Nov 1897); 4th officer, s.s.
Sumatra (8 March, 1898), and Australia (30 Sept. 1898); 3rd officer,
s.s. Australia (30 Jan. 1899), Oriental (19 Feb. 1900), Britannia
(15 Jan. 1901); 2nd officer, s.s. Britannia (19 Sept. 1901–13 June,
1902), Plassy (2 Sept. 1904–13 April, 1905), Dock staff (23 Feb.
1907), Sumatra (4 July, 1907), Marmora (28 Sept. 1908–10 Oct. 1910);
Chief Officer, s.s. Palma (21 June, 1911–3 Aug. 1914), being twice (21
May–10 June, 1913 and 14 July–3 Aug. 1914) Acting Commander. Called
up on mobilization, 3 Aug. 1914, and appointed to H.M.S. Cressy. He
was lost in the North Sea when that ship was torpedoed, 22 Sept. 1914;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Hugh Donald Bennett.=]
=BENNETT, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7936), 292894,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LEIGH-BENNETT, ARTHUR=, D.S.O., M.C., Capt., 2nd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, yr. surviving _s._ of the late Henry Currie
Leigh-Bennett, of Thorpe Place, co. Surrey, M.P. for the Chertsey
Division; _b._ Thorpe Place, 25 Nov. 1885; educ. at Winchester
and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Coldstream Guards, 28 Jan. 1905,
and promoted Lieut. 22 Jan. 1907, and Tempy. Capt. 15 Nov. 1914,
being continued in the latter rank, 1 Jan. 1915; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Aug. 1914, to 3 Oct.
1915; was wounded in Nov., and again in May; was twice mentioned in
Despatches by F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French (18 Feb. and 11 March,
1915); received the Military Cross for services at the Battle of the
Aisne; was awarded the D.S.O. “for conspicuous gallantry, at Cuinchy,
on 1 Feb. 1915. Leading his men with great ability against the enemy,
he stopped their advance, and eventually captured their position,” and
was killed on the morning of 3 Oct. 1915, when inspecting with his
Colonel and other officers some trenches which the Coldstream Guards
were taking over that night. Capt. Leigh-Bennett was a member of the
Coldstream Guards polo team, and played both cricket and golf for the
2nd Battn. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Arthur Leigh-Bennett.=]
=BENNETT, THOMAS HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 12083, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BENNETT, VICTOR ERNEST EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 18396,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BENNETT, WILLIAM HENRY HESP=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1192), 194125,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BENNION, REGINALD WALLEY=, Third Writer, M. 7687, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BENSON, HUGH CECIL=, Lieut., 9th Battn. The Rifle Brigade,
elder _s._ of Cecil Benson, of 35, Bedford Square, W.C., by his
wife, Constance, dau. of George Bernard O’Neill; _b._ at 16,
Young Street, Kensington Square, W., 3 July, 1883; was educ. at Eton,
and afterwards became an Architect. On the declaration of war he
volunteered for Imperial Service, and was given a commission in the
Rifle Brigade, 30 Dec. 1914. He went to the Western Front with his
regt., 20 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Hooge, near Ypres, 22
June following; _unm._
=BENSON, JOHN PENRICE=, Capt., 1st Battn. East Surrey Regt.,
eldest _s._ of William Denman Benson, of 10, William Street,
Knightsbridge, County Court Judge, LL.D., J.P., by his wife, Jane,
dau. of Thomas Penrice, D.L., and nephew of Lieut.-Col. R. E. Benson,
who died of wounds, 27 Sept. 1914 (see following notice); _b._
Kilvrough, co. Glamorgan, 1 Oct. 1877; educ. Charterhouse and the
Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 16 Feb. 1898,
and promoted Lieut. 24 Feb. 1900, and Capt. 8 Oct. 1904; served in the
South African War, 1899–1902; took part in the relief of Ladysmith,
including action at Colenso; operations of 17 to 24 Jan. 1900, and
action at Spion Kop; operations of 5 to 7 Feb. 1900, and action at
Vaal Kranz, and operations on Tugela Heights (wounded 23 Feb. 1900);
operations in Natal, March to June, 1900, including action at Laings
Nek; operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. to 31 May, 1902, including
those in the Orange River Colony in May, 1901 (Queen’s medal with five
clasps and King’s medal with two clasps); afterwards going to India
with his regt. He was Adjutant of his Battn., 10 Sept. 1902, to 31
May, 1905. and of Militia and Special Reserve Battn., 15 April, 1907,
to Feb. 1913, when he went on half-pay. On the declaration of war, 4
Aug. 1914, he immediately rejoined, was given his company, and went to
France on 12 Aug. He proceeded with his regt. to La Cateau, and then
to the defence of the Condé Canal, where he was shot through the lower
part of the body by a machine gun on the 25th, and died in the Convent
School at Boussu, Belgium, the following day, 26 Aug. 1914. He was
buried in the Convent School grounds. He _m._ at St. Stephen’s,
Gloucester Road, S.W., Laura Annette, 2nd dau. of Major-Gen. Francis
Goring Rideout, and had issue a son and dau.: William Frank Montague,
_b._ 7 Oct. 1907, and Jane Penrice, _b._ 2 Jan. 1915.
[Illustration: =John Penrice Benson.=]
=BENSON, RICHARD ERLE=, Lieut-Col., 1st Battn. East Yorkshire
Regt., 4th _s._ of the late General Henry Roxby Benson, C.B., 17th
Lancers (who served through the Crimean War and Indian Mutiny), by his
wife, Mary Henrietta (Fairy Hill, Reynoldston Gower, co. Glamorgan),
dau. of the late Hon. Mr. Justice William Wightman; _b._ London,
4 Oct. 1862; educ. Eton, and for some time served with the East Surrey
Militia. He was gazetted Lieut. to the East Yorkshires (the old 15th),
14 May, 1884, and was promoted Capt. 5 Aug. 1891; Major, 15 Aug.
1903; and Lieut.-Col. 15 Aug. 1911. From July, 1889–May, 1890, he was
employed with the Bechuanaland Police Force, and in the South African
War served as Adjutant to the 4th Battn. of the East Surreys in 1902.
He took part in the operations in Cape Colony, April and May that year,
and received the King’s medal. On the outbreak of the European war Col.
Benson went to the Front with his regt. as part of the Expeditionary
Force. The East Yorkshires reached the Aisne on 19 Sept. and the same
afternoon were ordered to relieve the Sussex Regt. in trenches which
were being continually shelled. The following day the .... Brigade was
ordered to advance against the German positions. The attack was made
against a terrific cross-fire of machine guns and shrapnel, as well
as a storm of rifle bullet attacks. Col. Benson led the attack with
the utmost gallantry, and had, as one of his men afterwards stated,
got within 50 yards of the German trenches, when he was shot down. The
fighting continued fiercely for nearly an hour, but in spite of the
most determined attempts to come to grips with the enemy, the latter
could not be dislodged, and the battn. had eventually to retire to its
trenches. Col. Benson died of his wounds in St. Nazaire Base Hospital
27 Sept. 1914. His body was brought home and buried in the family vault
at Reynoldston, Gower. He _m._ in London, 1905, Janet Florence,
dau. of William Armour, and had three children: John, _b._ 1904;
Marguerita and Mary. Two of his brothers saw service--Col. S. M.
Benson, late 17th Lancers, and Major H. W. Benson, D.S.O., now (1916)
commanding officer of the Swansea Battn. of the Welsh Regt.; and a
nephew, Capt. John Penrice Benson (son of His Honour Judge Denman
Benson), was killed in action, 26 Aug. 1914 (see his notice).
[Illustration: =Richard Erle Benson.=]
=BENSON, THOMAS BROOKE=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots
Fusiliers, 13th child and 7th and yst. _s._ of the Rev. Riou
George Benson, Rector of Hope Bowdler, co. Salop, by his wife, Mary,
dau. of Thomas Brooke, of Northgate House, Honley, co. York, and
grandson of Moses George Benson, of Lutwyche Hall, co. Salop, J.P.,
D.L.; _b._ 28 July, 1884; educ. The Well House, Malvern Wells,
Repton and Sandhurst, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 2nd Battn.
of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, 16 Aug. 1905. He retired from the Army
in 1911 and went to Bogowantalawa, Ceylon, and started tea planting,
but on the outbreak of war came home and rejoined his old regt. with
the rank he was when he left it ... Oct. 1914. He was twice wounded,
and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle in the early morning of 12
March, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Thomas Brooke Benson.=]
=BENSTEAD, CHARLES=, Seaman, R.N.R., 4241A, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BENSTEAD, EDWARD=, Private, No. 6378, 2nd Battn. Royal West
Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.,
killed in action, 19 Nov. 1914.
=BENT, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 43247) S.S. 423,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BENTLEY, CLARENCE LESLIE=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn Manchester
Regt., yst. _s._ of the late Alderman and Sheriff William
Bentley, of Fulford Grange, York, J.P., Lord Mayor of York (1907), by
his wife, Anne Mary (Fulford Grange, York), dau. of Ewen Cameron, of
Fort William, Inverness; _b._ York, 8 Aug. 1894; educ. Mill Hill
School, N.W., and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He received
his commission in the Manchester Regt. 8 Aug. 1914 (his 20th birthday),
and served with the 3rd Battn. on the Humber defences till early in
Sept., when he took out a draft for the 2nd Battn. at the front. He
was killed in action near Festubert, 29 Oct. 1914, and was buried at
La Quinque Rue; _unm._ Lieut. Bentley was a bright and talented
youth, and was keen on sport, having won all his school colours. He
entered Sandhurst as the 195th cadet, and made such good progress that
on leaving after the usual course he passed 55th in the 1st Division,
and also won his blue for hockey. While serving with the Expeditionary
Force he saw a great deal of heavy fighting, and the Captain of his
company, in speaking of him, said how much he felt his loss, as he was
of such an exceptional and outstanding character. His brother, Lieut.
Ronald Cameron Bentley, Green Howards (2nd Battn. Yorkshire Regt.)
joined the Expeditionary Force in 1915, and is still (1916) on active
service. His eldest brother, Capt. W. W. Bentley, returned from Ceylon,
where he held an appointment under Government, early in 1915. He
rejoined the Heavy Artillery, in which he had a commission, and is now
serving with the Expeditionary Force as Capt. and Adjutant.
[Illustration: =Clarence Leslie Bentley.=]
=BENTLEY, FREELAND MARTELL=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. Gordon
Highlanders, _s._ of Capt. Thomas Kellor Bentley, of Port
Greville, Nova Scotia, by his wife, Flora Agusta, dau. of Fraser
Hatfield; _b._ Port Greville, 19 May, 1887; joined the Army on
the outbreak of war, being given a commission as Lieut., 17th Canadian
Infantry (Nova Scotia Regt.), 22 Sept. 1914. He was transferred to
the 3rd Battn. Gordon Highlanders, 2 April, 1915, and was killed in
action near Festubert, 18 June following. His brother, Capt. Lloyd Omen
Bentley, served through the war with the Canadian Field Artillery.
[Illustration: =Freeland Martell Bentley.=]
=BENTLEY, GEOFFREY MALCOLM=, Capt., 1st Battn. Northamptonshire
Regt., 5th _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Alfred Wilson Bentley, of The
Grove, Hadley, Barnet, Herts., J.P., by his wife, Catherine Edith,
dau. of John Rogers; _b._ London, 3 May, 1883; educ. Wellington
College. He joined the Militia, and served in the South African War,
1900–1, took part in the operations in Cape Colony in 1901, and in the
following year was sent for guard duty to St. Helena when the Boer
prisoners were quartered there, receiving the Queen’s medal with two
clasps. On 28 Jan. 1903 he was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 2nd Battn.
Northamptonshire Regt., served in India, and was promoted Lieut. 3 Dec.
1904, and Capt. 7 May, 1910, when he joined the 1st Battn. at Aden. He
was afterwards stationed at Devonport and Blackdown. On the outbreak
of the European War he went to the front with the Expeditionary
Force, and was shot through the head by a sniper in leaving a trench
immediately after the Battle of Pilkem, 24 Oct. 1914. He died at Ypres
29 Oct. following without recovering consciousness, and was buried in
the cemetery there. Capt. Bentley was mentioned in Sir John French’s
Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915 “for gallant and distinguished service in the
field.” He _m._ at Bangor, co. Down, 21 Oct. 1908, Edith Marie,
only surviving dau. of William Henry Gallway, of Sheila Von, Bangor,
and left a dau., Maureen Sheila, _b._ 29 Aug. 1911.
=BENTLEY, GERALD WILSON=, Major, 4th Battn. The Duke of
Cambridge’s Own Middlesex Regt., 3rd _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Alfred
Wilson Bentley, of The Grove, Monken Hadley, Middlesex, J.P., by his
wife, Catherine Edith, dau. of John Rogers; _b._ at 16, Addison
Road, Kensington, 1 Aug. 1879; educ. Haileybury; gazetted 2nd Lieut.
Middlesex Regt. from the Militia, 20 May, 1899, and promoted Lieut. 14
March, 1900, Capt. 12 Oct. 1901, and Major, 8 Oct. 1914. He served
in the South African War, 1899–1902, taking part in the relief of
Ladysmith, including the operations of 17 to 24 Jan. 1900, and action
at Spion Kop, in which he was severely wounded, his rifle, struck by
a shell, being broken and causing serious injuries to his head. He
recovered and was present at the operations on the Tugela Heights (26
to 27 Feb. 1900), and the action at Pieters Hill, and was awarded the
Queen’s medal with four clasps and the King’s medal with two clasps. He
became Superintendent of Gymnasia in the Northern Command, 23 April,
1912, and held this appointment till the outbreak of war, when he
rejoined his regt. He was killed in action at Croix Barbée, 13 Oct.
1914. A noted boxer in the Service, he was in 1910 the heavyweight
champion of the Army and Navy. A man of grand physique, those who
fought with him in the ring knew of the power of that right punch of
his; he was content to submit to punishment while waiting for the
chance to score with it.
=BENTLEY, KENNETH HADDON=, Private, No. 3047, 14th Battn. (London
Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of A. Bentley, of
Lauriston, Leicester Road, New Barnet; volunteered after the outbreak
of war, and joined the London Scottish, 2 Sept 1914; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France, etc. and was killed in action, 12 June,
1915.
=BENTZON, SYDNEY MALCOLM=, Private, No. 411, 15th Battn.
Australian Imperial Force; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles,
25 April, 1915; killed in action there the following day.
=BENYON, GODFREY BERKELEY JOHN=, Lieut. Commander, R.N., yr.
_s._ of Augustus William Benyon, of Ashe, Windsor, by his wife,
Mary Beatrice, dau. of the late William Chambers, of Hafod, co.
Cardigan, J.P., D.L.; _b._ 10 Sept. 1883; educ. Temple Grove,
East Sheen, Surrey; joined the old Britannia as a naval cadet in May,
1898, became Sub-Lieut. 1903, Lieut. 1905, and Lieut.-Commander June,
1913. He saw foreign service in China and the Cape, and was also with
Admiral Fisher in H.M.S. Renown. Being a first-class draughtsman, he
specialised in the Navigating Department; was assistant surveyor in
H.M.S. Mutine in Bermuda. After the outbreak of war, he was appointed
to H.M.S. Good Hope on 17 Aug., and was lost when that ship went down
with Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock and his gallant crew in the
action off the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. A memorial window was
erected to his memory in All Saints’ Church, Windsor. He _m._ at
Marylebone Church, 1 Nov 1911, Beatrice Lindley, dau. of the late Henry
Lindley White, and had issue a son and dau., John Lindley, _b._
23 Dec. 1912, and Elizabeth Hope, _b._ at Bermuda on Christmas
Day, 25 Dec. 1914, and christened on board the s.s. Transylvania in
mid-Atlantic.
[Illustration: =Godfrey B. J. Benyon.=]
=BÉRARD, CHARLES DELPHIS=, Private, No. 23628, Cyclists Corps,
Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Louis Amedée Bérard, of St.
Mathias de Rouville, P. Quebec, Canada, by his wife, Délia, dau. of
Joachim Létourneau; _b._ St. Mathias, Rouville co., 9 July, 1892;
joined the 85th Montreal Regt. in Aug. 1914; left Quebec with the first
Canadian contingent, 30 Sept., and was accidentally killed in England,
2 Dec. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Charles Delphis Bérard.=]
=PACK-BERESFORD, CHARLES GEORGE=, Major, 1st Battn. Queen’s Own
Royal West Kent Regt., 3rd _s._ of Denis William Pack-Beresford.
J.P., D.L., of Fenagh House, Bagnalstown, co. Carlow, by his wife,
Annette Caroline, only dau. of Robert Clayton Browne, of Browne’s
Hill, co. Carlow; _b._ London, 21 Nov. 1869; educ. Wellington
College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. the Queen’s Own, 20 Nov.
1889, became Lieut. 1 Feb. 1893, Capt. 18 Dec. 1899, and Major 21
March, 1908, being Adjutant 1897–1900, an instructor at the R.M.C.,
Sandhurst, 1903–6, and Major in command of 3rd Battn., Regimental
Depôt, Maidstone, 1911–14; served with the Malakand and Buner field
force on the North-West Frontier of India, 1897–8, including the action
at Landakai, the operations in the Mamund country and Buner, also
during the attack and capture of the Tanga Pass (medal with clasps);
in the South African War, 1899–1901, including the operations in the
Orange Free State, Sept. 1900–July, 1901, and in Cape Colony in Aug.
1901, Sept. to Dec. 1901 (Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901];]
Queen’s medal with four clasps); and with the Expeditionary Force in
France; killed in action at Wasimes, near Mons, 24 Aug 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =C. G. Pack-Beresford.=]
=BERESFORD, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 11113, Royal Scots (Lothian
Regt.); served with Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
action at Voorstraat, 17 Feb. 1915.
=BERESFORD, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 11787, 2nd Battn. Highland
Light Infantry; killed in action, 17 May, 1915.
=BERKELEY, MAURICE KENNETH FITZ-HARDINGE=, Bombardier, 5th
Battery, 2nd Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery, 1st Canadian
Contingent, only _s._ of Maurice Julian Berkeley, Senior Puisne
Judge of the Supreme Court, British Guiana, by his wife, Mary Bruce,
dau. of Alleyne Pilgrim Murray; _b._ Barbados, West Indies, 10
Dec. 1893; educ. Bradfield College, Berkshire, and Pembroke College,
Cambridge, and on leaving the latter joined the Merchant’s Bank of
Canada at Montreal. On the outbreak of war he volunteered as a Gunner,
came over with the first Canadian Contingent, was severely wounded in
action at Ypres, 27 April, 1915, and died in hospital at Boulogne on 1
May; _unm._
[Illustration: =M. K. F. Berkeley.=]
=BERLEIN, CHARLES MAURICE=, Lieut., 5th (Service) Battn. Oxford
and Buckingham L.I., eldest _s._ of Julius Berlein, of Cross Oak,
Berkhamsted, co. Herts, J.P.; _b._ Kimberley, South Africa, 4
May, 1888; educ. Charterhouse and New College, Oxford (B.A. 1910); was
engaged in chemical research, and was in charge of a laboratory, but
on the outbreak of war received a commission as temporary Lieut. in
the Oxford and Buckingham L.I., 22 Aug. 1914, and fell in action near
Hoogh, 16 June, 1915, leading his men through a heavy shrapnel fire, a
few paces from the enemy’s trenches; _unm._
=BERLEIN, LESLIE HERMAN=, Lieut., 8th (Service) Battn. Royal
Berkshire Regt., yst. _s._ of Julius Berlein, of Cross Oak,
Berkhamsted, co. Herts, J.P.; _b._ Johannesburg, 30 June,
1893; educ. Charterhouse, Berkhamsted School and Magdalene College,
Cambridge, was a member of Lincoln’s Inn, but following the outbreak
of war, was gazetted temporary Lieut. in the Berkshires, 19 Sept.
1914. His battn. was selected to lead the attack near Hulluch on 25
Sept. 1915. In the assault his company was leading, and Lieut. Berlein
was the first out of the trenches. He was killed on the front of the
enemy’s trenches, leading his platoon; _unm._
=BERNARD, ROBERT=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers,
2nd _s._ of the Most Rev. John Henry Bernard. D.D., D.C.L.,
Lord Archbishop of Dublin, by his wife, Maud, 2nd dau. of the late
Robert Bernard, M.D., R.N., Dep. Inspector-General of Hospitals and
Fleets; _b._ Dublin, 20 Dec. 1891; educ. Arnold House, Llandulas,
Marlborough College (where he was in the O.T.C.) and Sandhurst;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. Dublin Fusiliers, 13 March, 1912, and promoted
Lieut. 12 Nov. 1913. He served in the 2nd Battn. at Gravesend, April to
Aug. 1912, and then joined the 1st Battn. in India, serving with them
at Ahmednagar and Madras to Nov. 1914, when the regt. returned home,
afterwards proceeding to the Dardanelles. Lieut. Bernard landed in one
of the open boats on Sunday, 25 April, 1915, when many officers were
killed and wounded. His Captain was wounded in the landing, so that he
was left in command of his company for twenty-four hours, when they
lay out under slight cover on “V.” beach. The next morning the Dublins
and the Munsters were ordered to storm the village of Sedd-el-Bahr,
which they successfully accomplished. Lieut. Bernard was killed when
gallantly leading his men in a bayonet charge. Lieuts. Bernard and
Andrews were together with about twenty men of the X and Y companies,
and they took cover behind a wall five and a half feet high. They were
being fired at from a house in the village. Andrews stood in a gap
made by a shell and was directing the fire when he was killed. Lieut.
Bernard then called on the others to follow him, and saying “Come on,
boys,” he dashed through the gap, when he was shot dead by a Turkish
rifleman. He and his brother officers were buried close to the beach in
a large rectangular grave.
[Illustration: =Robert Bernard.=]
=BERNHARDT, MARTIN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8682), S.S. 1933, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BERRIDGE, HARRY=, Private, No. G. 1712, 3rd Battn. Middlesex
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
action, 2 May, 1915.
=BERRIDGE, JOHN FREDERICK HARRY=, Corpl., R.M.L.I., Ch. 12245,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=BERRY, ALFRED=, Private, No. 10405, 2nd Battn. Royal West Surrey
Regt., _s._ of Ephraim Berry, of Clayton’s Farm, Mayfield, Sussex;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; _d._ 1 Nov.
1914, of wounds received in action.
=BERRY, ALFRED EDWARD=, Private, No. 9681, 2nd Battn. The Royal
Scots (Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France,
etc.; _d._ 3 June, 1915, of wounds received in action.
=BERRY, ALFRED ROBERT=, Private, No. 1819, H. Coy, 4th Battn.
Suffolk Regt., only child of Alfred Berry, of Leiston, co. Suffolk, by
his wife, Mary Jane, dau. of William Cole Feree; _b._ Leiston, 30
Dec. 1896, joined the Army, 26 Jan. 1914, and was killed in action at
Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915, being shot through the body and head.
His commanding officer spoke most highly of his conduct.
[Illustration: =Alfred Robert Berry.=]
=BERRY, EDWARD ALFRED=, Private, No. 9681, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots,
_s._ of Ernest Albert Berry, of 37, Euston Street, Euston Square,
London, N.W., by his wife, Emily, dau. of George Groves; _b._
Marylebone, 26 July, 1887; educ. Lancing Street School, Somers Town;
enlisted in the 1st Battn., 23 Aug. 1906, was transferred to the
2nd Battn., and was killed in action, 3 June, 1915; _unm._ The
Chaplain wrote that he “was brought into our Field Ambulance (No. 9)
last night severely wounded in the head. He died this morning without
having become conscious, and I have buried him with the Church Service
in the graveyard outside the Asylum here at Ypres, and have marked his
grave with a cross inscribed with his name, etc.”
=BERRY, IRA SIDNEY=, Gunner (Immed. Class, R.F.R., 94), H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=BERRY, THOMAS=, Gunner, No. 7455, Royal Field Artillery, 4th
_s._ of James Donkin Berry, of Sunderland, Plater’s Helper,
by his wife, Mary, dau. of John Pratt, of Portsmouth; _b._
Southwick-on-Wear, co. Durham, 1 Jan. 1892; educ. Southwick Board
School; was employed at Thompson’s Yard, Sunderland; enlisted 8 March,
1915, and died on active service at Tedworth Hospital, 28 Sept. 1915,
of septic peritonitis; _unm._
[Illustration: =Thomas Berry.=]
=BERRY, THOMAS SIDNEY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7823), S.S.
103290, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BERRYMAN, JAMES=, P.O. (N.S.), 189999, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BERRYMAN, SYDNEY=, Private, No. G. 933, 7th (Service) Battn.
Royal Sussex Regt., _s._ of Philip Berryman, of Sunnymount Lodge,
Haywards Heath, Sussex; served with the Expeditionary Force in France,
etc.; killed in action, 28 Aug. 1915.
=BERTIE, NINIAN MARK KERR=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. King’s Royal
Rifle Corps (60th Regt.), 4th and yst. _s._ of Rev. the Hon.
Alberic Edward Bertie, M.A., Rector of Gedling, Notts, by his wife,
Lady Caroline Elizabeth, née McDonnell, eldest dau. of Mark, 5th Earl
of Antrim, and grandson of Montagu, 6th Earl of Abingdon; _b._
Rutland Gate, London, 19 Nov. 1896; educ. Evelyns and Winchester, and
on the outbreak of war was admitted to the Royal Military College,
Sandhurst, from which he was posted to the 60th Rifles, 23 Dec. 1914.
He was attached to the 6th Reserve Regt. till March, when he joined
the 4th Battn. at the Front. He was killed in action at Hooge, near
Ypres, 8 May, 1915, and was buried there. The commanding officer wrote:
“I will not say more now than that I sympathise with you (and with
my regiment) over the loss of one of the finest and most fearlessly
capable lads I ever met. He was quite exceptional.”
[Illustration: =Ninian Mark K. Bertie.=]
=BERTRAM, PHILLIP=, Stoker, 1st Class, 363940, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=BEST, HERBERT=, Acting Leading Stoker, 309591, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BETTIS, ALBERT=, Private R.M.L.I., Ch. 14607, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BETTS, GORDON W. G.=, Private, 5th Royal Highlanders of Montreal,
Canadian Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of the late L.-Corpl.
Thomas Henry Betts (who _d._ on active service, 20 June, 1915,
see his notice), by his wife, Margaret Jane (121, Prince Arthur
Street West, Montreal), dau. of (--) Armitage; _b._ 16 April,
1899; volunteered on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined his
father’s regt., and was accidentally shot, 27 Aug. 1914, while on guard
duty at Soulanges Canal, the first Canadian to lose his life on active
service in the European War.
[Illustration: =Gordon W. G. Betts.=]
=BETTS, JOHN WILLIAM=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Welsh Regt.;
_b._ Ketteringham, Norfolk, 4 Aug. 1887; and educ. there. He
joined the Norfolk Regt. in Sept. 1905, and was posted to the 2nd
Battn.; served in South Africa, Gibraltar and India. He obtained his
discharge to the Reserve in Oct. 1912, and on returning to England
joined the Lincolnshire County Constabulary, and was stationed at
Ouston Ferry. On the outbreak of war he rejoined the 1st Battn. and
proceeded to Ireland. He was promoted to Sergt., and went to the Front
with the Expeditionary Force, serving through the retreat from Mons,
etc. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch
of 20 Nov. 1914 [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915], and was afterwards
promoted on the field for gallantry and obtained his commission, being
gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Welsh Regt. 12 Dec. 1914. He was killed in
action at L’Epinette, on Sunday, 9 May, 1915, while leading a charge.
He _m._ at Birmingham, 6 Dec. 1913, Emma Elizabeth (53, Manchester
Street, New Cleethorpe, Grimsby), dau. of (--) Read, of Ketteringham,
and had issue a dau., Irene Elsie Maud, _b._ 17 Nov. 1914.
=BETTS, THOMAS HENRY=, L.-Corpl., No. 894, Canadian Army Service
Corps, _s._ of Joseph Betts; _b._ Montreal, 26 Nov. 1870;
educ. St. Anne’s School there; served for over 20 years with the 5th
Royal Highlanders of Montreal, and on the death on service of his son,
Private G. W. G. Betts, decided to volunteer for Imperial service, and
joined the Canadian A.S.C. in April, 1915. He left for England 13 May
following, and _d._ in Newingreen Camp, England, 20 June, 1915,
of haemorrhage of the heart. He _m._ at St. Patrick’s Church,
Montreal, 23 Aug. 1897, Margaret Jane (121, Prince Arthur Street West,
Montreal), dau. of (--) Armitage, and had three children: Gordon W. J.,
_b._ 16 April, 1899, killed on service (see his notice); Helena E.
J. and Armitage H. A., _b._ 10 Oct. 1904.
[Illustration: =Thomas Henry Betts.=]
=BEVAN, ERNEST VICTOR=, Private, No. 744, 6th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, _s._ of the late James Frederick Bevan, of
Stanwell (who died 25 Feb. 1895), by his wife, Hannah (62, Kingston
Road, Teddington), dau. of Samuel Parker; _b._ Stanwell, co.
Middlesex, 18 Dec. 1891; went to Australia in 1914 to take up farming,
and volunteered after the outbreak of war and joined the Commonwealth
Expeditionary Force in Sept. 1914; left for Egypt with the main force
in Oct. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, April, 1915, and was killed in
action there, 8 May, 1915, being bayoneted in a Turkish attack on the
trenches at Anzac; _unm._
=BEVAN, GORDON FREDERICK=, Private, No. 16861, 7th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late James Frederick Bevan, of
Stanwell (who died 25 Feb. 1895), by his wife, Hannah (62, Kingston
Road, Teddington), dau. of Samuel Parker; _b._ Stanwell, co.
Middlesex, 3 Aug. 1888; educ. Croydon High School; went to Canada in
Sept. 1907; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and joined the Canadian
Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914; came over with the first contingent;
went to France, Feb. 1915, and was killed in action there, 16 March,
1915, being shot by a sniper; _unm._
=BEVAN, PERCY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4894), S.S. 104327,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BEVAN, REGINALD JAMES=, Private, No. 1881, 26th Battn. 7th
Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of
James Bevan, of Henalt Hay Road, Builth Wells, Brecon, a Carpenter on
Lord Glanusk’s estate, by his wife, Agnes, dau. of Thomas Wasley, of
Bishop Cleeve, near Cheltenham; _b._ Builth Wells, 9 Sept. 1894;
educ. Builth Wells School; at the age of 16 worked his passage out to
Australia on s.s. Gothic; was employed at the Bull and Mouth Hotel in
Melbourne, afterwards as a waiter in Sidney. On the outbreak of war
he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force; left for Egypt with the
3rd Reinforcements, and was killed in action near Sari Bair, Anzac,
Gallipoli, 24 Oct. 1915; _unm._ Buried in cemetery attached to 7th
Field Ambulance, A Section.
=BEVAN, RICHARD VINCENT=, Private, 5th Battn. (City of London) The
London Regt., The London Rifle Brigade, _s._ of Richard Bevan,
of 31, Girdler’s Road, Brook Green, W., L.R.C.P.L., D.P.H., etc.,
Alderman of Hammersmith; _b._ Lydd, co. Kent, 22 March, 1893;
educ. at Colet Court and St. Paul’s School (foundation scholar), where
he gained the Huxley scholarship; was in the St. Paul’s O.T. Corps, and
joined the London Rifle Brigade, 1911. At the time he was called up
with his regt., he was a medical student and Huxley Scholar at Charing
Cross Hospital Medical School, and was an undergraduate of the London
University. He was shot, while in “Plugstreet” Wood with his section,
10 Dec. 1914, and died two days later at Bailleul Clearing Hospital
from his wounds; buried in Bailleul Cemetery; _unm._ Bevan was
in the Gymnasium eight at St. Paul’s and reserve man at the Aldershot
Public School Competition. He played Rugby for the Old Pauline A team
and for the Charing Cross Hospital Rugby team.
[Illustration: =Richard Vincent Bevan.=]
=BEVERIDGE, DAVID=, Private, No. 17241, 10th (Service) Battn.
Highland Light Infantry, _s._ of M. Beveridge of 216, Mathieson
Street, Glasgow; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
killed in action at Loos, 25 Sept. 1915.
=BEVERIDGE, DAVID ALEXANDER=, 2nd Lieut., 54th Brigade, Royal
Field Artillery, 4th _s._ of Erskine Beveridge, LL.D., of St.
Leonard’s Hill, Dunfermline, and Vallay, North Uist, by his wife, Mary,
dau. of John Owst, of Wilberfoss, co. York; _b._ Dunfermline, 4
Nov. 1886; educ. St. Ninian’s, Moffat; Loretto; and Pembroke College,
Cambridge (B.A. 1908); and when war broke out was studying for the
Scottish Bar in Edinburgh. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut., R.F.A., 10
Oct. 1914; left for the Dardanelles, 7 July, 1915, and died at St.
Andrew’s Hospital, Malta, 13 Sept. 1915, of dysentery contracted while
on active service in Gallipoli; buried at Valletta; _unm._ He was
a keen Rugby footballer, playing for his schools and college. Two of
his brothers are now (1916) on active service, and his brother-in-law,
Lieut. Alexander B. Innes, 1/7th Gordon Highlanders, and two uncles,
Capt. and Adjutant David Inglis, 1/4th Gurkha Rifles, and Lieut.
Charles N. D. Inglis, 2/8th Gurkha Rifles, were killed in action.
[Illustration: =David A. Beveridge.=]
=BEVERIDGE, JOHN=, Private, No. 14555, 13th (Service) Battn. Royal
Scots (Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France,
etc.; killed in action at Hooge, 14 Sept. 1915.
=BEVERIDGE, ROBERT McAUSLAN=, Private, No. 401, 1st Battn. Black
Watch (42nd Royal Highlanders), _s._ of Alexander Beveridge, of
Perth, Builder and Valuer (died 4 Jan. 1914); _b._ Cherrybank,
Perth, 7 Jan. 1887; educ. Public School there, enlisted 30 Oct. 1905,
stationed Fort George 1905–6, and in India 1906–Dec. 1912, being in
charge of Regimental Police 1909–12; formed one of their Majesties’
Bodyguard on the occasion of the Durbar, 1911, and received the King’s
medal. On the outbreak of war he was called up 6 Aug. and was badly
wounded at the Battle of the Aisne, and died in No. 3 General Hospital,
St. Nazaire, 28 Sept. 1914; buried there; _unm._
[Illustration: =Robert McAuslan Beveridge.=]
=BEVERLEY, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 14024, 2nd Battn. Duke of
Wellington’s West Riding Regt., 2nd _s._ of Bethel Beverley, of
54, Savile Park Street, Halifax, Professor of Music, by his wife,
Sarah Isabel; _b._ Halifax, 4 Dec 1893; educ. Halifax Secondary
School; left his work as an electrical engineer and volunteered after
the outbreak of war in Sept. 1914, and was at first attached to the 3rd
Battn. of the West Riding Regt. After seven months’ training he went
to France with a draft to the 2nd Battn. He was only there three weeks
when he died 5 May, 1915, from the effects of gas poisoning at Hill 60,
and was buried on the Ypres and Poperingue Road; _unm._
=BEVIS, EDWARD ALBERT FRANK=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26776 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Hawke, lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=BEVIS, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 10259, 1st Battn. Royal West Kent
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
action 16 March, 1915.
=BEYFUS, HAROLD EMANUEL=, Private, No. 225, 5th Battn. (Rifle
Brigade) The London Regt., yr. _s._ of Albert Lewis Beyfus, of 3,
Park Place Villas, Maida Hill, W., Precious Stone Merchant and Broker,
by his wife, Essie, dau. of Benjamin de Frece, of New York, U.S.A.;
_b._ Maida Hill, W., 26 April, 1886; educ. Gower St. University
School, and Kahn’s Institute, Brussels; joined the London Rifle Brigade
after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; was wounded in the head, in
action at Hill 60, 1 May, 1915, and died in hospital at Boulogne two
days later; _unm._
[Illustration: =Harold Emanuel Beyfus.=]
=BEZER, REUBEN=, Private, No. 3387, A. Coy., 6th Battn.
Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.); a native of Jesmond,
Newcastle-on-Tyne; left Blyth for the Front, 20 April, 1915, was in
action on 26 April, and was posted as missing the following day.
=BIBB, GEORGE FREDERICK=, Armourer, 342183, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BIBBY, JOHN PATRICK=, Lieut. 2nd Battn. The Cameronians (Scottish
Rifles), 2nd _s._ of Col. Alfred Bibby, late 4th Hussars;
_b._ 9 Nov. 1892; gazetted 2nd Lieut. from the Special Reserve to
the 2nd Cameronians, 10 Dec. 1913, and promoted tempy. Lieut., 15 Nov.
1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
action there 10 March, 1915; _unm._
=BICKERTON, FREDERICK RICHARD=, Sergt., No. 1110, A Coy. 1st/3rd
Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Samuel
Richard Bickerton, of 58, Moray Road, Tollington Park, N., Builder’s
Clerk, by his wife, Fanny Cinclar, dau. of John Spiller Standen, late
of 60, Moray Road, Tollington Park, N.; _b._ 22 Sept. 1893; educ.
Montem Street Elementary and Higher Grade Schools (passed Oxford Local
Junior Exam. 1908, with 3rd class honours); was a shipping clerk in
the City of London, and joined the 3rd City of London Regt. in 1911.
On the outbreak of war he was sent to guard the railway line near
Fleet, Hants, and from thence to Malta for four months, reaching France
in Jan. 1915. He went through the Battle of Neuve Chapelle where his
Coy. were badly cut up, was promoted Sergt. in March, 1915, and was
afterwards slightly wounded but recovered and rejoined. He died at
No. 7 Casualty Clearing Station 18 Aug. 1915, from wounds received
in action at Aubers Ridge, and was buried in Merville Cemetery,
France (Grave H. 46); _unm._ His Commanding Officer, Capt. Noel,
wrote: “I can honestly say that he was a fine soldier. I especially
owe him a debt of gratitude, because if it had not been for him,
I should probably not be alive now. I was rather badly wounded at
Neuve Chapelle, and your son bandaged me up under heavy fire; he then
practically carried me and put me in a shell hole, and later in the
day came back to me when my life was in danger from shells, and helped
to carry me back to our lines. I mentioned his name to the Colonel
directly I was able to write, and he would surely have earned some
decoration if he had lived, because both in the trenches and at Neuve
Chapelle he showed great bravery and indifference under fire. He was
popular all round and regretted by everyone, and I am proud to say he
was in my company.”
[Illustration: =Frederick R. Bickerton.=]
=BIDDLECOMBE, EDWARD GEORGE=, Sergt., R.M.A., 8781, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BIGGE, HON. JOHN NEVILLE=, Capt., King’s Royal Rifle Corps,
only _s._ and _h._ of Arthur John, 1st Lord Stamfordham,
P.C., G.C.I.E., G.C.V.O., K.C.B., Private Secretary to his Majesty the
King, by his wife, Constance, dau. of the late Rev. William Frederick
Neville, Vicar of Butleigh, Somerset; _b._ London, 14 Oct. 1887;
educ. Evelyn’s, Eton and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; was Page
of Honour to Queen Victoria and to King Edward VII., and on leaving
Sandhurst obtained his commission as 2nd Lieut. 4th Battn. King’s
Royal Rifle Corps, at Colchester, 6 Oct. 1906, afterwards proceeding
with them to India. He became Lieut. 10 March, 1909, was for a short
time acting A.D.C. to the Earl of Minto when Viceroy of India, and
to Viscount Hardinge for the Coronation Durbar; was transferred to
the Egyptian Army, 8 July, 1913, and appointed A.D.C. to Sir Reginald
Wingate, Gov.-Gen. of the Sudan and Sirdar of the Egyptian Army. On the
outbreak of war he was unable, according to the conditions of service,
to leave the Egyptian Army, but in Sept. 1914, he was appointed A.D.C.
to Gen. the Hon. Julian Byng, then nominated to the command of the 3rd
Cavalry Division of the Expeditionary Force. He landed at Ostend on 7
Oct., was promoted Capt. 1 March, and remained on Gen. Byng’s Staff
until the end of April, 1915, when at his own request he returned to
regimental duty and joined the 1st Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps,
then attached to the 6th Brigade, 2nd Division. On the occasion of
the night attack carried out by the 1st Army on 15–16 May, he was in
command of the C Company. Soon after the advance began he was seen to
be wounded in the leg, but refused assistance from one of his men, said
he was all right, and told the rifleman to go on. He was never seen
again.
[Illustration: =Hon. John Neville Bigge.=]
=BIGGS, GEORGE EDWARD=, Private, No. 26058, 14th Battn. (Royal
Montreal Regt.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, 5th _s._ of the
late Edward Biggs, of Rainham, Essex, by his wife, Eliza; _b._
Dagenham, co. Essex, 27 Jan. 1885; educ. Rainham; emigrated to Canada
in 1910, and settled in Toronto. He enlisted immediately on the
outbreak of the war in Aug. 1914, came over with the first Canadian
Contingent, and after training during the winter on Salisbury Plain,
left for France, 3 April, 1915. He was eighteen days in the trenches
during the Battle of Hill 60, and was killed in action at Richebourg,
20 May, 1915, while acting as bomb thrower, and was buried near
Festubert. He _m._ at Rainham, 17 Aug. 1907, Daisy Constance
(Anglo Cottages, Purfleet, Essex), 2nd dau. of Frederick Allen;
_s.p._
=BILLING, CHARLES GEORGE=, Capt., Royal Marine L.I., Chatham,
attached to Deal Division, eldest _s._ of the late Rev. George
Billing, M.A., sometime (1871–88) missionary under the S.P.G. at
Ramnad, Madras and Calcutta, afterwards vicar of Sturry and Platt, by
his wife, Caroline Flora (28 Bromley College, Bromley), dau. of the
Rev. Joseph Gabbett, co. Limerick, Ireland; _b._ Ramnad, Madura
District, Madras, 15 May, 1882; educ. King’s School, Canterbury,
Dover College and Greenwich. He received his commission in the Royal
Marines, 1 Jan. 1901, and was promoted Lieut., 1 Jan. 1902, and Capt.,
1 Jan. 1912. Served on the China Station, 1903, West Indies, 1906, the
Mediterranean, 1908, the Pacific, 1912, etc., and received pilot’s
certificate in Flying Corps, Oct. 1913. He was appointed to the H.M.S.
Doris, 1914, and was stationed near Ascension Island till April, 1915,
when he came home. He left Plymouth for the Dardanelles, 10 May, 1915,
and was killed in action, 13 June following; _unm._
[Illustration: =Charles George Billing.=]
=BILLING, SAMUEL ALFRED=, No. 2449, 16th Battn. (Queen’s
Westminster Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of George
Timothy Billing, of 22, Ribblesvale Road, Hornsey, Inspector, Finsbury
Borough Council; _b._ London, 16 Feb. 1896; educ. Stationers’
School, Crouch End, was an articled clerk to the Borough Accountant of
Hornsey, but on the outbreak of war enlisted, 27 Aug. 1914, and was
killed in action at Houplines, near Armentières, France, 27 Feb. 1915;
_unm._ A comrade wrote: “His grave is here ... a mile from the
firing line, a simple white cross with the simplest inscription, and
the plaque bearing the regimental arms and the grand old Latin phrase,
‘Dulce et decorum est pro patriâ mori.’”
=BILLINGTON, LESLIE CHARLES=, 2nd Lieut., 4th, attached 2nd,
Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers, only _s._ of Charles Billington, of
Heimath, Longport, co. Stafford, Metallurgist, by his wife, Annie Jane,
dau. of George Richard Cockhead; _b._ Wolstanton, co. Stafford,
25 Dec. 1895; educ. Bishop’s Stortford College, and entered Manchester
University as an engineering student in Oct. 1913. He was in camp with
the University O.T.C. at the outbreak of war, and was gazetted 2nd
Lieut. to the 4th Battn. of the Lancashire Fusiliers, 14 Oct. 1914. On
going to the Front he was attached to the 2nd Battn., and was killed
in action during the taking of German trenches at Pilken, near Ypres,
6–9 July, 1915; _unm._ Writing on Aug. 1, Major Bowes said: “I
have been making enquiries from the N.C.Os. and men of his platoon, and
from what I can gather he was leading a party of men up to the German
trenches during the violent attack which lasted from July 6 to the
9th. His party was told off as bomb throwers. He fell on the parapet
of the trenches and nothing was recovered from his body. One thing I
can say and that is, he showed the greatest courage, and never flinched
when he was told off for the dangerous job. It was a most ghastly time
for us all, and during those three days and four nights we lost ten
officers killed and eight wounded, including the Commanding Officer
and Adjutant, and all the captains except one, and eighty-five men
killed and 234 wounded and missing. The place where this fight took
place is called Pilken, about three miles N. of Ypres. It was brought
about this way. One of the German trenches was in such a position
as to enfilade the front trench occupied by the Rifle Brigade. This
regt. with the Somersets were told off to take this trench, which they
did on the morning of 6 July. My battn. relieved these two regts. on
the 6th (midnight) and occupied the captured German trench. We had
orders to hold the trench at all costs. The Germans counter attacked
on the morning of the 7th with heavy artillery and bomb throwers,
but in spite of heavy odds against us we held that trench for three
whole days, until we were relieved at midnight on the 9th by another
brigade. The regt. covered itself with honour in those three days,
and it was due to such fine young fellows as your boy that we were
able to hold our own”; and a few days later Corpl. Brereton wrote: “We
were holding some trenches captured from the Germans, and our platoon,
which was ably commanded by your son, were in support to the firing
line. We were subjected to a very heavy shell fire, and early on your
son inspired confidence in his men by the way he assisted in digging
several of our men out who had been buried with debris, thereby saving,
I know, two men’s lives from suffocation, for which we all admired
him. It is the most nerve-trying time you can get, to be under heavy
shell fire, especially fresh out from England, but your son seemed to
overcome it straight away, and turned out a brick, as it were. On the
afternoon of the 7th we were ordered to reinforce the front line, and
when we arrived there learned that our bomb throwers had retired from
the advanced saphead temporarily, being short of bombs. The Germans
had occupied it, so your son was ordered by Capt. Blencowe, who was
in command (the Col. and several of our senior officers having got
wounded), to retake the trench. I was the corpl. in charge of the
section he selected to go with him. He led us up fearlessly, he himself
yards in front of any of his men, and I saw him get up to the parapet
and empty his revolver, then jump in the trench, and after the trench
was retaken, he was most unfortunately hit with a shell, dying a brave
soldier’s death, staunch and fearless to the end. His platoon greatly
feel the loss of so gallant an officer, and offer you their most
sincere sympathy in your sad loss.”
[Illustration: =Leslie Charles Billington.=]
=BILNEY, EDWIN ARTHUR=, Private, No. 2975, 4th Battn. Suffolk
Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of A. Bilney, of Brandeston, Suffolk;
was a Gardener; volunteered for foreign service after the outbreak of
war; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died in the
Clearing Hospital, 17 May, 1915, of wounds received in action, aged 22.
=BILTON, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 6030, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
_s._ of Septimus Bilton, of 73, Arundel Street, Holderness Road,
Hull, formerly of the N.E.R. Coy., by his wife, Mary, dau. of Samuel
Seague, Naval Pensioner; _b._ Hull, 1 Nov. 1887; educ. Fish Street
Council School there; enlisted in 1903 and served for eleven years,
then became Labour Master at the York Workhouse and held this position
when called up on the outbreak of war; killed in action at Soupir,
16 Sept. 1914; _unm._ His brother, Septimus, enlisted after the
outbreak of war and is now (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Joseph Bilton.=]
=BINDLEY, HORACE=, Private, No. 15594, 1st Battn. The Middlessex
Regt., _s._ of William Bindley, of 104, Ber Street, Norwich;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action,
1 Sept. 1915.
=BINGHAM, CHARLES HENRY=, Private, No. 9057, 2nd Battn. East Kent
Regt. (The Buffs), _s._ of Henry Bingham of 1, Park Road, Beaver,
near Ashford; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
killed in action 14 Feb. 1915.
=BINGHAM, CHARLES JEFFREY SLADE=, Private, No. 20745, 10th Battn.
Canadian Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of the late Richard Charles
William Bingham, of Bingham’s Melcombe, co. Dorset, J.P., Lieut.-Col.,
Dorsetshire Regt., by his wife, Georgina (28a, Barons Court Road,
West Kensington), dau. of William Stuckey Wood, of Charlton Musgrove,
Wincanton, late Capt. 7th Dragoon Guards, and grandson of Col. Charles
Bingham, Royal Artillery Dep. Adj.-Gen.; _b._ Bingham’s Melcombe,
co. Dorset, 12 Dec. 1893, and was educ. at Clifton College, from which
he went to Canada in 1910, and at the outbreak of the war joined the
10th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force. While in camp at Valcartier
he contracted cerebro-spinal meningitis and was landed at Plymouth
on 15 Oct. 1914, in a very serious condition, and taken to the 4th
Southern Military Hospital, where he died on 6 Jan. 1915; _unm._
Four of his brothers are now (1916) on active service, Richard Charles
Otho with the Ceylon Engineers in Ceylon; John Richard, 2nd Lieut.,
R.F.C., late H.A.C.; Humphrey Richard, Lieut., R.F.A. (awarded the
Military Cross, in Jan. 1915); and William Philip, 2nd Lieut., R.F.C.,
all with the Expeditionary Force in France.
[Illustration: =Charles Jeffrey Slade Bingham.=]
=BINGHAM, FRANK MILLER=, Capt., 5th K.O.R. Lancaster Regt., 2nd
_s._ of the late John Joseph Bingham, M.D., by his wife, Kate
Laura, dau. of John Yardley Robinson; _b._ Alfreton, co. Derby,
17 Sept. 1874; educ. St. Peter’s, York, and obtained medical degree
of M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. at St. Thomas’s Hospital, London. He joined the
Territorials in 1909, being gazetted Lieut. 26 Nov. 1910, and was
promoted Capt. 2 May, 1914. He took part in the fighting round Ypres
in the early part of May, and had three days furlough to visit his
wife and children, and was killed the day after returning to the Front
while on reconnoitring work near Ypres, 22 May, 1915. He was buried
in Sanctuary Wood. Capt. Bingham was a well-known practitioner in
Lancaster, and formerly played cricket for Derbyshire County and Rugby
football for Blackheath. He _m._ at St. Margaret’s, Westminster,
12 Dec. 1900, Ruth Morley (Lindow Cottage, Lancaster), dau. of Alfred
Evans Fletcher, late Chief Inspector of Albrali Works, and had three
children: Thomas Fletcher, _b._ 8 July, 1902; Joan Fletcher,
_b._ 15 July, 1905; and Jill Fletcher, _b._ 22 April, 1911.
[Illustration: =Frank Miller Bingham.=]
=BINGLEY, JOHN WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9100),
S.S. 105260, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 11 Sept.
1914.
=BINSTEED, GERALD CHARLES=, Major, 2nd Battn. “Pompadours” Essex
Regt., only _s._ of the late Major Charles Henry Frederick
Binsteed, 52nd Oxfordshire L.I. and 1st Madras Lancers, by his wife,
Consuelo (Hanover Court, Hanover Square, W.), dau. of Gerald de
Wilton, Surgeon-Major, Indian Medical Service; _b._ Cairo, 7 Aug.
1885; educ. Wellington College and Sandhurst; gazetted to the Essex
Regt., 20 May, 1905, promoted Lieut., 6 March, 1910, and Capt., 15
Nov. 1914; served with the Mounted Infantry at Longmoor and Malta,
and was Scouting Intelligence Officer at the Curragh. In May, 1914,
he was appointed for Special Employment at the War Office, but after
the outbreak of war, went to the Front with his Regt., was gazetted
Major 18 March, and was killed in action at Le Gheer, 8 April, 1915;
_unm._ Capt. Binsteed greatly distinguished himself by his
gallantry in the field, and was twice mentioned in F.M. Sir John
French’s Despatches [London Gazette, 4 and 10 Dec. 1914], and was one
of the first officers to receive the Military Cross [London Gazette, 1
Jan. 1915]. At Wellington he represented his school at Bisley and was
winner of the mile race, and at Sandhurst took the Sword of Honour and
passed out first. He also won the Subalterns’ half mile at Malta and
the Officers’ mile race in the All Ireland Military Athletic Meeting
at the Curragh. Capt. Binsteed was an able linguist, and passed as
an interpreter in French, Russian and Chinese, and was a member of
the Geographical Society, China Society, and Asiatic Society, and a
contributor to the China Year Book, “The Far Eastern Review,” etc.
[Illustration: =Gerald Charles Binsteed.=]
=BIRCH, ARTHUR=, Leading Stoker, K. 9930, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BIRCH, ARTHUR EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 7353, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=BIRCH, WILLIAM JOSEPH=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 1166),
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BIRCH, WILLIAM ELRIC HAWTHORNE=, 2nd Lieut., Duke of Cornwall’s
L.I., 2nd _s._ of Richard Birch, of London Bank Chambers,
Newcastle, New South Wales; _b._ Hawthorne, Victoria, Australia,
29 March, 1886; educ. Geelong, Australia; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the
Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., 18 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at
Hooge, 31 July, 1915. He had previously held a commission in the
Australian Imperial Forces, and his commanding officer wrote: “He is
a very great loss to the battn., as his knowledge of sketching and
surveying were invaluable. He was always cheery and brave, and was
an excellent leader of men.” Lieut. Birch _m._ at Aldershot, 1
May, 1915, Mabel (35, Braidwood Road, Catford, S.E.), 3rd dau. of John
Lewis, of Catford, S.E.; _s.p._
[Illustration: =William Elric H. Birch.=]
=BIRCHALL, ARTHUR PERCIVAL DEARMAN=, Lieut.-Col. Commanding 4th
Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, and Capt. Royal Fusiliers, 2nd
_s._ of the late J.... Dearman Birchall, of Bowden Hall, co.
Gloucester, by his wife, Emily, dau. of John Towitt, of Harehills,
Leeds; _b._ Bowden Hall, 7 March, 1877, and was educ. at Eton and
Magdalen College, Oxford. He obtained a University Commission, being
gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.), 23
May, 1900, and was promoted Lieut. 11 April, 1902, Capt. 1 Oct. 1908,
Major, and Lieut.-Col. 22 Sept. 1914. From 25 March, 1904, to 24 March,
1907, he was Adjutant of the Royal Fusiliers, and on 15 April, 1910,
was seconded for service with the Royal Canadian Regiment, and later
he was on the Instructional Staff, Western Canada. In Aug. 1914, he
was invalided home from Canada, but recovered sufficiently to rejoin
the 1st Canadian Contingent in Nov., and acted as Staff Capt. to the
1st Brigade. Always popular and a keen and most efficient officer he
was appointed to the colonelcy of the 4th Canadians in February, and
was killed in action in the attack on the Pilkem Ridge, near Ypres,
23 April, 1915; _unm._ Speaking of this action F.M. Sir John
French said: “The Canadians had many casualties, but their gallantry
and determination undoubtedly saved the situation. Their conduct
has been magnificent throughout”; and the Official Report from the
Canadian Record Officer at the Front was as follows: “The fighting
continued without intermission all through the night, and to those
who observed the indications that the attack was being pushed with
ever-growing strength, it hardly seemed possible that the Canadians,
fighting in positions so difficult to defend, and so little the subject
of deliberate choice, could maintain their resistance for any long
period. At 6 a.m. on Friday (April 23) it became apparent that the left
was becoming more and more involved, and a powerful German attempt to
outflank it developed rapidly. The consequences, if it had been broken
or outflanked, need not be insisted upon. They were not merely local.
It was therefore decided, formidable as the attempt undoubtedly was, to
try and give relief by a counter-attack upon the first line of German
trenches, now far, far advanced from those originally occupied by the
French. This was carried out by the Ontario 1st and 4th Battns. of
the 1st Brigade, under Brig.-Gen. Mercer, acting in combination with
a British brigade. It is safe to say that the youngest private in the
ranks, as he set his teeth for the advance, knew the task in front of
him, and the youngest subaltern knew that all rested upon its success.
It did not seem that any human being could live in the shower of shot
and shell which began to play upon the advancing troops. They suffered
terrible casualties. For a short time every other man seemed to fall,
but the attack was pressed ever closer and closer. The 4th Canadian
Battn. at one moment came under a particularly withering fire. For a
moment--not more--it wavered. Its most gallant commanding officer,
Lieut.-Col. Birchall, carrying, after an old fashion, a light cane,
coolly and cheerfully rallied his men, and, at the very moment when his
example had infected them, fell dead at the head of his battn. With
a hoarse cry of anger they sprang forward (for, indeed, they loved
him) as if to avenge his death. The astonishing attack which followed,
pushed home in direct frontal fire made in broad daylight, by battns.
whose names should live for ever in the memories of soldiers, was
carried to the first line of German trenches. After a hand-to-hand
struggle the last German who resisted was bayoneted, and the trench
was won. The measure of this success may be taken when it is pointed
out that this trench represented in the German advance the apex in the
breach which the enemy had made in the original line of the Allies, and
that it was 2½ miles south of that line. This charge, made by men who
looked death indifferently in the face--for no man who took part in it
could think that he was likely to live--saved, and that was much, the
Canadian left. But it did more. Up to the point where the assailants
conquered or died, it secured and maintained during the most critical
moment of all the integrity of the Allied line. For the trench was not
only taken, it was held thereafter against all comers, and in the teeth
of every conceivable projectile, until the night of Sunday, the 25th,
when all that remained of the war-broken, but victorious battns. was
relieved by fresh troops.” Major R. Hayter, Brigade-Major, 1st Canadian
Brigade wrote: “Your brother, Percy, fell on the 23rd, leading his
battn. in the first Canadian counter-attack on the 23rd made by the
French, British, and 1st and 4th Canadian battns., just east of the
Ypres Canal. His battn. lost all its officers but four, and some 560
casualties other ranks, but they never wavered and got into the enemy’s
line, saved the day, and prevented the enemy’s advance south along the
east bank of the canal. We are still being desperately engaged, and I
cannot write much, but I am sure you will be glad to hear that he has
been recommended for the Victoria Cross. He was wounded, had his wound
dressed, was wounded again, yet would go on, and fell, leading the
charge which took the trenches.... I had a written message from him
timed 4.20 p.m. acknowledging an order, and I hope some day to be able
to give it to you. His loss has been the greatest blow the contingent
could have had. Loved by all, and worshipped by his officers and men,
we feel that it was his personal magnetism alone which kept his regt.
together, and enabled them to hold what they had gained. All our
deepest sympathies are with you and your family, but his end could not
have been more glorious”; and the following tribute from an old friend
appeared in “The Times” (29 April, 1915): “The claim to have been the
most popular officer in the Army is a large one, and may be advanced in
the name of many a candidate. But it is probable that all who in any
true sense had made Birchall’s acquaintance will claim that no officer
could have been more deeply, and probably none more widely, beloved and
admired. At Eton, at Magdalen, and for fifteen years in the Army, he
was for ever winning to himself friends by the simple but irresistible
charm of his nature--by his manliness and sportsmanship, his humour and
high spirits, his enthusiasm for his profession as in general for the
better things of life. Joining the newly-formed 4th Battn. of the Royal
Fusiliers during the South African War, as a university candidate, he
became closely identified with its fortunes for some ten years; and he
was largely responsible for raising it to the high level of the older
battns. of that famous regt. Beloved alike by his brother officers and
men, he was equally prominent as a leader in soldiering and in sport:
in the field of manœuvre as in the football, the hockey, the hunting,
but especially the cricket field he always played a fine sporting game.
After ably fulfilling the second adjutancy of his battn., he received
the singular distinction of being selected--one of two officers from
the whole Army--to be attached to the Canadian Forces, according
to a scheme for the mutual benefit of both services. In Canada, he
inevitably won through to the same affectionate and admiring popularity
as at home. His period of appointment was extended, he was appointed
to the Staff, and was given an almost transcontinental district of
supervision. The characteristic energy which he threw into this work in
the unaccustomed climate caused a temporary breakdown in his health,
and bitter was his grief, on returning to England, shortly before the
outbreak of war, to find himself entirely forbidden on medical grounds
to take for the present the share in active service for which he had
keenly prepared and eminently fitted himself. To such advantage,
however, did he make use of his time, even of sickness, that, in the
intervals of being visited by a constant stream of devoted friends
from two continents, he compiled the admirable little manual for the
use of regimental officers in the present emergency training, which
he entitled “Rapid Training of a Company for War” (Gale & Polden,
Aldershot). This book rapidly attained a wide success, and was brought
up to date in a second (and subsequent) edition, just as he himself,
recently promoted Major, was appointed first a staff Captain in the
Canadian Expeditionary Force, and in immediate succession given command
of the 4th Canadian Infantry a few days before it sailed for the
front.” Col. Birchall resided at Saintbridge House, Gloucester. His
brother, Capt. J. Dearman Birchall is (1916) serving with the Royal
Gloucestershire’s Hussars Yeomanry.
[Illustration: =Arthur P. D. Birchall.=]
=BIRD, CUTHBERT=, Private, No. 588, 13th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force; volunteered on the outbreak of war; killed in action at
the Dardanelles, 1 May, 1915.
=BIRD, EDWARD=, Private, No. 11984, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards,
_s._ of William Bird, of 14, Albert Terrace, Stafford; served with
the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; was reported missing 25
Jan., 1915, and is now assumed to have been killed in action that day.
=BIRD, EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9529). S.S.
106902, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BIRD, FRANCIS CLIFFORD=, 2nd Lieut. 3rd Battn. King’s Shropshire
L.I., elder _s._ of Francis Bird of Cotswold, Winchcombe, co.
Gloucester, by his wife, Mary, dau. of the late Joseph Tibbits, of
Warwick; _b._ Cotswold, Winchcombe, 21 June 1895; educ. King
William’s College, Isle of Man, and Cheltenham College, where he was
a member of the O.T.C. On the outbreak of war he volunteered, was
gazetted 2nd Lieut., 15 Aug. 1914, went to the Front in Jan. and
was killed in action near St. Eloi, 2 March, 1915. He was buried at
Voorezelle; _unm._
=BIRD, FRANK EDWARD=, Corpl., No. 476, C Squadron Essex Yeomanry,
eldest _s._ of Frederick Bird, of Thorley, Herts, by his wife,
Fanny Alberta, dau. of George, Fowler; _b._ Thorley, 25 March,
1893; educ. Hockerill Boys’ Practising Schools; joined Essex Yeomanry
as a Trumpeter in Nov. 1909, and having completed his four years’
service, rejoined for a further period. He was killed in action, near
Ypres, 13 May, 1915; _unm._ He was mentioned in Despatches for
bravery and coolness under fire, and Capt. R. G. Proby, commanding
the Stortford Troop, writing to his father, said: “He took part with
the rest of the Stortford Troop in a very gallant attack on the
German lines. The attack succeeded, but unfortunately our losses were
heavy--he is among the number. I need hardly say how sorry I am to have
to tell you this news. His death will be very greatly felt by the whole
squadron, and especially by his friends in the Stortford Troop, with
whom he was very popular. It will be some consolation to you to know
how bravely he fell.”
[Illustration: =Frank Edward Bird.=]
=BIRD, STEPHEN CARMEN=, Private, No. 67193, B Coy., 25th
Battn., 2nd Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of
the late Stephen Bird, Lieut. 93rd Battn. (died 9 Dec. 1895), by
his wife, Augusta (Amherst, Nova Scotia), dau. of William Bird;
_b._ Mapleton, Nova Scotia, posthumous, 24 April, 1896; educ.
Amherst High School; was employed in the Offices of Canada Car Co.,
Amherst; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Canadian
Expeditionary Force, 9 Nov. 1914; came over with the 2nd Contingent,
29 May, 1915; went to France, 15 Sept. and was killed in action there,
8 Oct. 1915, by the explosion of a mine; _unm._ A comrade wrote:
“He was a friend at all times and under all circumstances, no one need
wish a better friend, we all loved him and we all mourn his loss.” And
another: “He had splendid courage, and when urged to fall back a little
further a few minutes before the explosion occurred his reply was ‘I am
staying right here.’” Private Bird was a keen athlete and a base-ball
player.
[Illustration: =Stephen Carmen Bird.=]
=BIRD, WILFRED STANLEY=, M.A. Oxon, Lieut., 6th (Reserve),
attached 2nd, Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, _s._ of the Rev.
Henry George Bird, M.A., Rector of Newdigate, co. Surrey, by his wife,
Henrietta Maria, dau. of William Greenham, of Hendford House, near
Yeovil, J.P.; _b._ Yiewsley Vicarage, co. Middlesex, 28 Sept.
1883. He commenced his education at the Grange (Preparatory) School,
Eastbourne, where he captained the cricket and football teams, and
was an immense favourite with the masters and boys alike. He later
proceeded to Malvern and entered the College at the time Canon Sidney
James came to be Headmaster. There he represented his College in
cricket, fives and football. His company also won the College Cup for
military drill. In 1902 he was entered at New College, Oxford, and
his early promise of being a leading sportsman was fully realised. He
represented Oxford in cricket on three successive seasons, and was
Captain of the Oxford side in 1906. He was a member of the Middlesex
Team, though circumstances prevented him from playing in more than
two or three matches during the season. He played for the Gentlemen
against the Players, and was asked to represent England in South
Africa and Australia. He was an extremely careful and good batsman,
but specially excelled as a wicket keeper, and one of the best known
captains in England said: “He is the best wicket keeper I ever saw.”
After leaving Oxford, where he won for himself many friends, he became
a master at Ludgrove. It was here that he spent the last eight years
of his life. His record there is a fulfilment of the promise of his
early days at Eastbourne and Malvern, and his keenness on everything to
do with Ludgrove, and his willingness to put himself out for others,
endeared him to masters and boys alike. He was immensely happy there
and it was a terrific struggle to answer the call, but he never failed
to recognise his duty. A member of the O.T.C., he was gazetted Lieut.
to the 6th Battn. of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 29 Dec. 1914, and
was afterwards attached to the 2nd Battn. at the Front. He was killed,
9 May, 1915, while gallantly leading his platoon near Richebourg St.
Vaast; unm. His Major wrote of him: “Bird was gallantly leading his men
when he was shot, and died instantly.” He adds: “Bird was a splendid
fellow, and a very promising officer and very popular with officers and
men alike. I am more than sorry to lose him.”
[Illustration: =Wilfred S. Bird, M.A.=]
=BIRRELL, GEORGE HENRY GORDON=, 2nd Lieut., 9th (Dumbartonshire)
Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), eldest _s._ of
Col. John Birrell, of Allander House, Milngavie, co. Dumbarton, late
9th Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and Army Service Corps
(Highland Division), by his wife, Grace Marguerite, dau. of George
William Masson Buish, of Salto, B.O.; _b._ Milngavie afsd., 2
Feb. 1893; educ. Loretto, gazetted to his father’s old regt., 3 Nov.
1914, and joined at the Front in Feb. 1915. On 10 May, 1915, during
the second Battle of Ypres, the Battn., which formed part of the ..
Brigade, received orders to take and hold a line of trenches near
Hooge; this they did, but at considerable loss. Lieut. Birrell was
killed during the advance, while gallantly leading his platoon under
heavy shell fire. He was _unm._, and was buried in Zouave Wood,
near Hooge.
[Illustration: =George Henry Gordon Birrell.=]
=BIRRELL, KENNETH=, Private, No. 11106, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt.), only _s._ of W. Birrell, by his wife, Alsie (10,
Merchant Street, Edinburgh), dau. of (--) Reid; _b._ Stockbridge,
Edinburgh, 15 Jan. 1895; educ. Glen Street Roman Catholic School there;
enlisted 2 April, 1912, and was killed in action during the retreat
from Mons, 26 Aug. 1914; _unm._
=BISHOP, ALBERT EDWARD=, Signal Boy, J. 24353, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=BISHOP, CHARLES HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3816),
187061, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast
of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BISHOP, EDWIN MAURICE=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. Dorsetshire Regt.,
attached King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., elder _s._ of Edwin Bishop, of
Gosport and Swanwick, Sugar Merchant, by his wife, Janette (The Lawns,
Swanwick, near Southampton), dau. of the late Knowles Richardson, of
Littlehampton and Portsmouth; _b._ Gosport, 19 June, 1891; educ.
Bradfield College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Battn. Dorsetshire Regt.,
21 June, 1912, and promoted Lieut. 1 May, 1913. On the outbreak of the
European War, he left for the Front, 8 Sept. 1914, being attached to
King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., and was killed in action at Illies, France,
18 Oct. 1914; _unm._ His Capt. wrote: “We started attacking
yesterday morning at 6.20 a.m., and your son was leading his platoon
with the firing line. I heard about mid-day that he had been killed; he
was found by one of the other subalterns, and there is no doubt that he
was killed instantaneously. We had all got very fond of him in D. Coy.
We all feel his loss very deeply. Poor fellow! this was his ‘Baptism
of Fire’; he was leading his platoon most gallantly when he was shot”;
and Sergt. Beeching: “We started the attack and advanced under a very
heavy fire from the enemy till we gained a ridge where we all laid
down. Mr. Bishop then rose up on his hands and knees and was in the
act of passing a message along the line when he was hit; the bullet
had entered his forehead and had come out at the base of his skull”;
and Sergt. Spooner spoke of him as: “One who during his short stay
with us had won the greatest admiration and respect from his men.” His
yr. brother, Private G. S. Bishop, A.S.C., died on active service, 10
April, 1915 (see his notice).
[Illustration: =Edwin Maurice Bishop.=]
=BISHOP, FREDERICK HENRY=, Leading Seaman, 229715, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BISHOP, GEORGE SPENCER=, Private, No. 31591, 178 Coy Army Service
Corps (Motor Transport), yr. and only surviving _s._ of Edwin
Bishop, of Gosport and Swanwick, etc. (see previous notice); _b._
Swanwick, 17 Oct. 1892; educ. Bradfield College; learned motor
engineering at Adams’ Engineering Works, Bedford; enlisted in the Army
Service Corps (Motor Transport) in Dec. 1914, trained at Grove Park
Barracks and afterwards at Reading, where he died of cerebro-spinal
meningitis, after a week’s illness, 10 April, 1915. He was brought home
and buried in Sarisbury Churchyard. A brass tablet to his memory was
put up in the church by the officers, non-commissioned officers, and
men of his company. The Major stated that “He was a very smart soldier
and much liked by all his Company.”
[Illustration: =George Spencer Bishop.=]
=BISHOP, JAMES=, A.B., 229797, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that
ship was sunk by a mine about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=BISHOP, WILLIAM=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 10705), 300546,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BISS, FREDERICK ERNEST=, Private, No. 2733, 1/8th Battn.
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Frederick Biss, of 25, Werley
Avenue, Dawes Road, Fulham, S.W., by his wife, Emma, dau. of Ernest
Roylance; _b._ Shoreditch, 13 May, 1896; educ. Fulham Palace Road
Board School; was a Labourer; joined the Territorials about 1911;
volunteered for active service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914;
went to France, 9 March, 1915, and was killed in action in a trench at
the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; _unm._ He was buried at Wye
Farm, near Loos, with others of his comrades.
=BITTEN, FREDERICK=, Officers’ Steward, 3rd Class, L. 4948, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=BLACK, CUTHBERT THOMAS=, A.B., 224922, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BLACK, FRANK HENRY=, Capt., 4th. attached 1st. Battn. Royal
Warwickshire Regt., elder _s._ of Francis Black, of Fairview,
Great North Road, Finchley, R.B.A., A.R.C.A., Hon. Sec. of the Royal
Society of British Artists, late Principal of the L.C.C. Camden School
of Art, etc., by his wife, Annie Beatrice, dau. of the late John Smith,
of the firm of John Smith, Ltd., 131, London Wall, and grandson of
the late Horatio Black, of Nottingham; _b._ London, 1 Dec. 1887;
educ. City of London School, and in Paris; joined the Artists’ Rifles
as private in 1907, afterwards accepting a commission (20 Jan. 1912)
which he resigned in June, 1914, owing to business pressure. On the
outbreak of the war he volunteered, and there being no vacancy in his
old Coy (A) of the Artists he accepted a commission in the 4th Battn.
of the Royal Warwickshire Regt., 18 Aug. 1914. He was afterwards
attached to the 1st Battn., being sent to it in France in Sept. After
some weeks at the base, St. Nazaire, they went up to the firing line
in Flanders, arriving on 26 Oct. He spent the whole winter in the
trenches. He was promoted Lieut. 1 Nov. 1914, and Capt 1 Jan. 1915,
and was killed in action at St. Julien, 25 April, 1915, during the 2nd
Battle of Ypres; _unm._ His commanding officer, Col. A. J. Poole,
wrote: “He was killed on 25 April gallantly leading his men against
the German trenches. He was the greatest favourite with us all, and
all our sympathy goes out to you in your sad bereavement. Personally,
I feel I have lost a great friend, and one that I shall never be able
to replace as one of my officers. Unfortunately, we have been unable
to recover his body at present, but will make every endeavour to do
so”; and Private H. Roberts, writing from hospital, said: “On Sunday,
25 April, about 4 a.m., Capt. Black gave the order to advance and take
the lines of trenches in front of us. We had advanced the biggest part
of the ground under heavy fire, when the Capt. was shot through the
head. It was impossible for any of us to render him any aid, as death
was instantaneous. I daresay you will have read that he was posted
wounded and missing, but I am sorry to say he was killed, as I was only
a few yards away from him when it happened. The reason the Capt. was
posted missing was because he was so near the enemy’s trenches when he
fell. Capt. Black was one of our most popular officers, and his death
was deeply felt amongst the boys of the Coy. with whom he was a great
favourite.” Capt. Black held the Challenge Cup for highest efficiency
for one year, and gained a number of silver spoons for shooting, and
was very popular with his Coy. He was a member of the School of Arms,
and took a great interest in A Coy.’s camp at Datchet in 1912, 1913,
and 1914, being one of the chief movers in the formation of that club.
[Illustration: =Frank Henry Black.=]
=BLACK, HENRY=, Private, No. 10008, 1st Battn. Scots Guards;
_b._ Mid Calder, Edinburgh; volunteered and enlisted 1 Sept. 1914,
aged 25; reported missing after the fighting on 25 Jan. 1915.
=BLACK, JAMES WILLIAM McKAY=, Private, No. 2089, 1/5th Battn.
Royal Scots, elder _s._ of John Black, of 15, Mertoun Place,
Edinburgh, Blacksmith, by his wife, Christina, dau. of William McKay;
_b._ Edinburgh, 15 Sept. 1883; educ. Gillespie’s School there;
served his apprenticeship as an engineer in Edinburgh; on 18 Jan.
1909, was appointed an assistant in Edinburgh Weights and Measures
Department; passed the Board of Trade Examination held in Glasgow on
the 15–16 Nov. 1911; commenced his duties as an Inspector of Weights
and Measures 16 Feb. 1912; appointed an officer under the Petroleum
Acts, the Explosive Act and the Fabric Misdescription Act, 16 May,
1914; enlisted on the outbreak of the war, 29 Aug. 1914; and was
reported killed in action in Gallipoli, 28 April, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =James William McKay Black.=]
=BLACK, ROBERT=, L.-Corpl., No. 12109, 2nd Battn. Highland Light
Infantry; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; reported
wounded and missing 24 Oct. 1914, and now assumed to have been killed
in action on that day.
=BLACK, THOMAS=, Private, No. 10674, 1st Battn. The Royal Scots,
2nd _s._ of the late Thomas Black, Calender Worker, and formerly
a Private in the Black Watch, by his wife, Agnes (5, Ramsey Street,
Dundee), dau. of Jack Fields; _b._ Dundee, 23 Sept. 1892; educ.
Mitchel Street Public School there; was for some time employed as
a rope spinner in Messrs. Halket & Adams’ Rope Works, Dundee, and
enlisted in the Royal Scots, 7 June, 1910. He was drafted to the 1st
Battn. in India, and on the outbreak of the European War came home with
his regt. and was killed in action in France, 12 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Pte. Thomas Black.=]
=BLACK, WALTER CAIRNS=, L.-Corpl., No. 2164, 14th Battn. (London
Scottish) London Regt., _s._ of James Black, Bookbinder’s Manager;
_b._ Edinburgh, 10 June, 1888; educ. Daniel Stewart’s College,
Edinburgh; joined on mobilisation 4 Aug. 1914, was promoted L.-Corpl.
for tending wounded under fire and general good conduct in the field,
and was killed in action at Givenchy, 22 Dec. 1914; _unm._ Black
was by profession a chemist and druggist, qualifying at Edinburgh,
1910; was for some time assistant to Mr. H. Dixon, of Russell Gardens,
S.W., and later joined the staff of Messrs. Allen and Hanbury, of
Lombard Street.
=BLACK, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 11521, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards, _s._ of
James Black, of 12, Wilkies Lane, Dundee; _b._ Aberdeen; volunteered
and enlisted 4 Oct. 1914, aged 19; served with the Expeditionary Force
in France, etc.; reported missing, 18 May, 1915.
=BLACK, WILLIAM=, Sergt., No 11302, 2nd Battn. Highland L.I.,
4th _s._ of Jeremiah Black, by his wife, Matilda, dau. of Joseph
Lowry; _b._ Craigywarren, Ballymena, co. Antrim, Ireland, 28 Jan.
1890; educ. Craigywarren National School; enlisted in April, 1909,
promoted Sergt., Nov. 1914, served with the Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders, and was killed in action on the Rossitier Road in
the Village of Zonnebeke, five or six miles from Ypres, 14 Nov. 1914;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Sergt. William Black.=]
=BLACK, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 22764, 11th Battn. The Royal Scots,
2nd _s._ of George Black, of Buckhaven, by his wife, Helen, dau.
of Adam Addison; _b._ Howtown, co. Clackmannan; educ. Cowdenbeath,
Fife; was a miner; enlisted 9 May, 1915, and was killed in action near
St. Julien, 15 Oct. 1915, by the explosion of a mine under the trench
where he was on sentry duty. He _m._ at Buckhaven, Fife, 1 Jan.
1908, Isabella Gordon (Randolph Street, Buckhaven), dau. of George
Cargill, and had three children: George Gordon, _b._ 22 Feb. 1909;
William, _b._ 26 March, 1915; and Mary Keddie, _b._ 6 Aug.
1911.
=BLACKBURN, EDWARD=, Private, No. 12548, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards; _b._ York; served with the Expeditionary Force in France,
etc.; killed in action at Richebourg, 12 March, 1915; _m._
=BLACKBURN, HORACE=, Private, No. 8393, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards,
_s._ of (--) Blackburn, of 5, Sheridan Street, Wakefield Road,
Bradford; _b._ Bradford; enlisted 31 Aug. 1912, aged 21; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; reported wounded and
missing, 20 Oct. 1914.
=BLACKBURN, JOSEPH EDWARD=, Leading Seaman, 226195, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BLACKER, CECIL FRANCIS=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Connaught Rangers,
yr. _s._ of Major Frederick Henry Blacker, late 4th Queen’s
Own Hussars, by his wife, Anna, dau. of Sir Joseph Bazalgette,
C.B.; _b._ ...; educ. May Place, Malvern Wells, and Wellington
College, Berks (Purnell’s 1903–06); was at the R.M.C. 1908, entered
the Army, Nov. 1909, gazetted Lieut. Jan. 1911, being 2nd in command
of the Brigade Cyclist Corps when he went to the Front. He was
severely wounded at the Battle of Mons, 23 Aug. 1914, and died at
Netley Hospital, 6 Sept. following; he was buried at Maudins, Naas;
_unm._
=BLACKER, GEORGE FREDERICK=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd, attached “A” Coy.
2nd, Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., only _s._ of Arthur Edward
Blacker, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., by his wife, Harriet Sophia Williams,
dau. of the late Henry Robbins Dew, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Assistant
Staff Surgeon to Lord Raglan in the Crimean War, and gdson. of the
late George Frederick Blacker, of Midsomer Norton, M.R.C.S., L.S.A.;
_b._ Bristol, 13 July, 1893; educ. Bristol Grammar School, was
at the outbreak of war about to commence his medical studies, but at
once applied for a commission and was gazetted to the Northamptons
from the Bristol O.T.C., 28 Oct. 1914. He went to the Front, 30 March,
and was killed in action at the Battle of Aubers Ridge, 9 May, 1915;
_unm._ He was at first reported missing, but later his body was
recovered and buried near an orchard about 300 yards south-west of the
junction of Rue Petillon and the road from Sailly to Fromelles. The
delay in recovering his body was due to the fact that the spot where he
fell was in the open near the enemy’s lines, and was fiercely contested
for many days. All the five officers in his company were killed on
the same day, and most of the men were either killed or wounded by
maxim gun fire in what his commanding officer described as: “a very
gallant attempt to close with the enemy.” 2nd Lieut. G. F. Friendship,
writing on behalf of the commanding officer to Dr. Blacker, said that:
“Blacker with his Coy. took part in an attack we made on the German
lines. As the Northamptons attacked, they were met by a perfect hail
of bullets, machine and rifle fire. Nothing could live in it, and I am
sorry to say, we lost a big number of men and officers. Your son acted
most gallantly and was seen, before he was hit, shouting to his men to
come on”; and Lieut. H. W. Carritt, one of the very few officers who
came safely through that terrible charge, states that Lieut. Blacker
led his platoon bravely, choosing the dangerous flank, and sending
his sergt. to lead that which was less perilous. He died close to the
enemy’s position in a brave attempt to lead his men over what proved
practically insurmountable obstacles.”
[Illustration: =George F. Blacker.=]
=BLACKER, WALTER=, Shipwright, 1st Class, 345996, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=BLACKETT, WILLIAM STEWART BURDETT=, of Arbigland, co. Dumfries,
and Manton Grange, Oakham, co. Rutland, Capt., Leicestershire Yeomanry,
late Grenadier Guards, eldest _s._ of the late Capt. Archibald
Campbell Steuart Blackett, R.N., by his wife, Clara Blanche Harriet,
eldest dau. of Lieut.-Col. Charles Sedley Burdett, Coldstream Guards,
and nephew and heir of Christopher Edward Blackett, of Arbigland, J.P.,
Lieut.-Col. 26th and 93rd Regts. and Coldstream Guards [a cadet of the
family of Blackett, of Wylam, co. Northumberland]; _b._ London,
24 Oct. 1873; educ. Wellington and Sandhurst; joined the 3rd Grenadier
Guards 8 May, 1895, becoming Lieut. 12 Feb. 1898, and Capt. 1901. He
served through the South African War, 1899–1902, in the 8th Division
under General Rundle, was present at the Battle of Biddulphsberg, and
received the Queen’s medal with two clasps and the King’s with two
clasps. He retired in 1903, but on the outbreak of war joined the
Leicestershire Yeomanry, and was gazetted 15 Aug. 1914. He went to
France with the Expeditionary Force, was wounded in action near Ypres
on 20 Nov. 1914, and died in a French hospital at Poperinghe 24 Nov.
following, and was buried there. He _m._ at Staplestown Church,
Carlow, 6 April, 1907, Kathleen Prudence Eirene (Arbigland, Dumfries),
dau. of Beauchamp Frederick Bagenal, of Benekerry House, co. Carlow,
D.L., and had a son, Christopher William Stewart Blackett, now of
Arbigland, _b._ 27 April, 1908.
[Illustration: =William S. B. Blackett.=]
=BLACKLAY, FRANCIS PETTICREW=, Private, No. 21065, 16th Battn.
(Canadian Scottish), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of James
Blacklay, of 13, Marlborough Street, Londonderry, Managing Director
of William Thompson & Co., Ltd., Londonderry; _b._ Londonderry,
5 May, 1893; educ. Foyle College there; and on leaving there went to
Canada and entered the employ of the Canadian Bank of Commerce at
Winnipeg, being later transferred to Longham and Delisle, Sask. This
he left in April, 1915, to join the Canadian Expeditionary Force.
He was killed in action, 26 Oct. 1915, while on duty round a German
battleplane which had fallen in the British lines, and was buried near
Wulverghem; _unm._
=BLACKLEY, JOHN=, L.-Corpl., No. 657, 3rd Battn. The Royal Scots,
_s._ of the late William Blackley, Shiprigger, by his wife,
Phyllis, dau. of Robert Muir, Gardener; _b._ Edinburgh, 5 April,
1887; educ. London Road National School there; enlisted about 1906,
and was killed in action at Wolverehem, 11 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at
Leith, 15 Feb. 1909, Mary Ellen, 4th dau. of Andrew Dalziell, and had
two children: John, _b._ 9 June, 1913; and Anna, _b._ 12 Oct.
1911.
=BLACKMAN, JOHN THOMAS=, Private, No. 258, Princess Patricia’s
L.I., Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late John
Blackman, Sergt., 33rd West Riding Regt., by his wife, Mary (5, Best
Town, Cage Lane, Chatham), dau. of Patrick Lyons; _b._ Lucknow,
India, 11 April, 1881; educated Chatham; enlisted in the Grenadier
Guards, and after serving five years went to Canada, 4 April, 1910, and
on the outbreak of war volunteered for Imperial service. He was killed
in action at Hill 60, 4 May, 1915; _unm._
=BLACKMAN, THOMAS=, Sapper, No. 1544, Royal Engineers, eldest
_s._ of William James Blackman, of 86, Church Street, Ore,
Painter; _b._ Hastings, co. Sussex, 23 Nov. 1873; was a Painter;
enlisted, 13 Oct. 1914; went to the Front, 22 Dec. 1914, and was killed
in action, 5 March, 1915. His Capt. wrote: “He was carrying out last
night some dangerous work in front of our trenches and was hit by a
stray bullet.” He _m._ 1st, at Ore, Hastings, Laura (died 12 July,
1910), dau. of William Holewell, labourer; and 2ndly, at the same
place, 7 Oct. 1911, Philly Jane (60, Fairlight Road, Ore, Hastings),
dau. of William Mepham, Naval Pensioner, and had three children by his
1st wife: Thomas William, _b._ 24 May, 1907; Rose, _b._ 2
July, 1908; and Laura, _b._ 20 Feb. 1910.
[Illustration: =Thomas Blackman.=]
=BLACKSTONE, WILLIAM=, Seaman, R.N.R., 3700A, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BLAKE, AUGUSTUS EDWARD=, C.P.O. (R.F.R., A. 2043), 153991, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BLAKE, HENRY=, Private, No. 1835, 118th Battn. Middlesex Regt.
(T.F.), 2nd _s._ of David Blake, of Grange View, Chalfont St.
Peters, by his wife, Maria, dau. of James Butcher; _b._ Chalfont
St. Peters, co. Bucks, 2 May, 1892; educ. National School there; joined
the 8th Middlesex Territorials, Sept. 1912; mobilised 5 Aug. 1914, and
volunteered for foreign service; served at Gibraltar, 3 Sept. 1914, to
Feb. 1915, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders,
8 March, to 26 April, 1915, on which date he was killed in action at
Zonnebeke during the second Battle of Ypres; _unm._
=BLAKE, JOHN EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2641), 205973, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=BLAKE, LOUIS CHARLES=, Private, No. 27168, B Coy., 15th Battn.
(48th Highlanders) Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Harry
George Blake, of 689, Ontario Street, Toronto, Canada, Gasfitter, by
his wife, Louisa, dau. of Charles Henry Stiling, of Walworth; _b._
Camberwell, London, 22 Jan. 1888; went to Canada with his parents when
one year old in 1889; educ. Sackville Street Public School, Toronto,
and was a Fourth Book Scholar. He served with the 12th York Rangers
from 7 June, 1904, to 18 May, 1912, when he obtained his discharge
with an excellent character. He then served for a short time with the
A.S.C., and joined the 48th Highlanders in 1913, and on the outbreak
of war in Aug. 1914, was one of the first to volunteer for service
overseas. He left with the first contingent in Oct. 1914; trained on
Salisbury Plain during the winter; went to the Front in Feb. 1915, and
served continuously until 5 Dec. 1915, when he was killed in action
at 10.5 p.m. at King Edward Terrace (Ration Farm), France, by a high
explosive shell. He was buried there; _unm._ His brothers, Corpl.
Edward Blake, 19th Battn., and Private Harry Blake, 74th Battn., are
now (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Louis Charles Blake.=]
=BLAIR, SIDNEY BARCLAY=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd, attd. 2nd, Battn.,
Royal Warwickshire Regt., 3rd _s._ of John Blair, of Bidston
House, Wigan, J.P., M.D., by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of F....
Love, of The Priory, Grosmont, co. York; _b._ Wigan, 20 Aug.
1885; educ. Wigan and Warminster Grammar Schools, and Giggleswick
School, where he won his colours and became a corpl. in the O.T.C. He
matriculated at Liverpool University in 1913, and passed his first
professional examination in medicine shortly after the outbreak of war.
Volunteering, he was gazetted to the 3rd Battn. of the Warwickshire
Regt., 19 Nov. 1914, and on going to France in March was transferred
to 2nd Battn. He was killed in action at Festubert by a shell between
the 1st and 2nd line German trenches, whilst leading his platoon, 16
May, 1915, and was buried at Le Touchet; _unm._ His colonel wrote:
“He died gallantly leading his platoon attacking the Germans, 16 May.”
His Adjutant: “I always found him so willing and always ready to be of
service. His loss will be greatly felt in the regt.” His Capt.: “Your
son belonged to my company, and he was killed between the 1st and
2nd line German trenches. His platoon was the first of the battn. to
attack, and he led them most gallantly.”
[Illustration: =Sidney Barclay Blair.=]
=BLAKEWAY, COL. THE REV. PHILIP JOHN THOMAS, M.A., T.D.=,
Chaplain, 4th London Mounted Brigade, 2nd Mounted Division, and Vicar
of Walberton, Arundel, _s._ of Philip Edward Blakeway, of 29,
Clifton Gardens, Folkestone, by his wife, Maria, dau. of John Wootton;
_b._ London, -- March, 1865; educ. Malvern, and Magdalen College,
Oxford, and on leaving the latter in 1884 received a commission in the
8th Hussars and joined the regt. in India. After six years he sent in
his papers, went back to Magdalen College, Oxford, and took his degree
and was ordained Deacon in 1891 and priest in 1893. After holding
curacies at Camberwell, Lambeth and Battersea, he was for seven years
Chaplain to the Earl of Lathom, and in 1902 became temporary Chaplain
to the Forces at Chichester Barracks. In 1903 he was appointed to
the rectory of All Saints’, Hastings, and in 1907 to the Vicarage of
Walberton. Since 1893 he had been Chaplain to the Middlesex Hussars
(1st County of London), and when war broke out he applied to go to the
Front, and was appointed 1st Class Chaplain with the rank of Colonel.
He went out to Egypt with one of the first drafts of troops, and died
on active service at Ismailia, 16 June, 1915, of heart failure. He
_m._ at Old Windsor, 10 Aug. 1893, Sibyl Agnes (The Cottage,
Halnaker, Chichester), dau. of Francis Ricardo, of The Friary, Old
Windsor, and 44, Portman Square, W., J.P.; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Rev. P. J. T. Blakeway.=]
=BLAKEY, GEORGE HENRY=, A.B., J. 7104 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BLANCHETT, CHRISTOPHER=, Sergt., No. 18159, 3rd Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Frederick Blanchett, of Whitehill
Cottage, Wootton Bassett, by his wife, Mary, dau. of James Curry, of
North Curry, co. Somerset; _b._ Wootton Bassett, co. Wilts, ....;
educ. Council School there; enlisted in the Wiltshire Regt.; served
through the South African war, afterwards going to Canada in April,
1913. After the outbreak of war he joined the Canadian Expeditionary
Force in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Ducks’ Bill, France, 19
June, 1915. He _m._ at Wootton Bassett, 11 April, 1903, Mildred
Ellen, dau. of William Sainsbury, of Wootton Bassett, and had a son
and two daus.: Stuart, _b._ 19 Jan. 1912; Zita Mary Asenatte,
_b._ 2 May, 1907; and Mildred Christina, _b._ 22 May, 1909.
[Illustration: =Christopher Blanchett.=]
=BLAND, CHARLES ERNEST WILLIAM, D.S.O.=, Capt., 3rd, attd. 2nd,
Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, _s._ of Horatio Bland,
of Stretton House, near Alfreton, co. Derby, Capt. (ret.) King’s
Own Scottish Borderers, by his wife, Fanny Louisa (Stretton House,
Alfreton, Derbyshire), dau. of William Henry Duff; _b._ New
Wandsworth, co. Surrey, 21 Aug. 1881; educ. Marlborough and Sandhurst;
joined the Scottish Borderers, 20 Jan. 1900, served in the Boer War,
and was present at the actions at Vet River and Zand River, those near
Johannesburg and Pretoria, and at Zillikats Nek (Queen’s medal with
three clasps and King’s medal with two clasps); became Capt. 9 March,
1908, and retired 26 Oct. 1910, being gazetted to the 3rd (Reserve)
battn. of his regt. On the outbreak of war he rejoined, was attached
to the 2nd battn. with which he went to the Front, was twice mentioned
in despatches by F.M. Sir John French, and awarded the D.S.O. 18 Feb.
1915, and was killed in the action around Ypres, 23 April, 1915. He
is believed to have been buried near Pilkem. Major D’Ewes Coke wrote:
“The actual event which gained him the D.S.O. was when we were holding
trenches in front of Ypres in Nov. His trench was several times
attacked by Prussian infantry, as well as being subjected to very heavy
fire from minewerfers and artillery, but he stuck to it and defended
his trench with great bravery.” He _m._ at the Parish Church,
Maynooth, co. Kildare, Ireland, 22 Oct. 1910, Isabella, dau. of William
Browne-Lecky, of Ecclesville, co. Tyrone, and had a dau.--Patricia,
_b._ 24 April, the day after her father was killed. Capt. Bland
was well known in the hunting field, and was frequently out with the
Cottesmore and Belvoir packs.
[Illustration: =Charles E. W. Bland.=]
=BLAND, PERCY=, Junior Sick Berth Reserve Attendant, M. 8633,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BLANDFORD, GEORGE JOHN=, Chief Armourer, No. Ch. 340800, R.N.,
_s._ of Martin Blandford, Leading Stoker on the Royal Yacht
Victoria and Albert; _b._ Ewer Common, Gosport, 18 Sept. 1876;
educ. Alverstoke School; was for many years at the Chatham Gunnery
School; joined the Cressy on the outbreak of war, and was lost with
that ship 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._ He had the Good Conduct medal.
=BLANDFORD, HENRY=, Private, No. 2253, 8th Battn. Middlesex Regt.
(T.F.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died of
wounds, 9 Sept. 1915.
=BLANDFORD, THOMAS HENRY=, Private, No. 9247, 2nd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Thomas Henry Blandford, of 19a
Skelbrook Street, Earlsfield, S.W.; _b._ co. Surrey; served with
the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Boiseron,
8 Sept. 1914; _unm._
=BLANFORD, CHARLES EDWARD=, Major, R.G.A., 30th Indian Mountain
Battery, 3rd _s._ of Thomas Blanford, of 4, The Grove, Highgate,
N., by his wife, Amy, dau. of Frederick Simpson; _b._ Kensington,
W., 16 March, 1874; educ. Highgate School and Royal Military Academy,
Woolwich (Sept. 1891–93); gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.A., 1 Jan. 1894,
promoted Lieut. 1 Jan. 1897, Capt. 9 April 1900, and Major--Oct. 1914;
joined at Portsmouth, and after nine months there and at Gordon Hill,
Isle of Wight, went out to India in Oct. 1894, and was attached to a
heavy battery at Ferozepore. He served in India for 21 years with the
exception of the period of the South African War, when he was given
ordnance work at Kimberley (Queen’s medal with clasp) and for a short
time (six weeks) at Spike Island, Ireland, before going to Kimberley;
died of wounds received the same day, 11 July, 1915, near Nasiriyeh in
the Persian Gulf, while commanding a section of the battery on rafts.
His commanding officer wrote: “He has been such a tower of strength
to me that I cannot say it often enough. Always ready for work and
never complaining. He has had several hard tasks and carried them
through most successfully.... The State has indeed lost a gallant and
invaluable officer whose continual watchword was Duty.” A comrade
wrote: “It is an irreparable loss to us, and his place will not be easy
to fill; he was always ready to do anything, but what I have always
admired most about him has been his pluck, courage and indifference
to danger.” He _m._ at Eastbourne, 24 Sept. 1912, Vida May
(28, Milnthorpe Road, Eastbourne), dau. of Albert Henry Trenchard,
of Eastbourne, and had a son, Edward Oliver Trenchard, _b._
Thandiani, near Abbottabad, N.W.F.P., India, 4 Sept. 1913.
[Illustration: =Charles E. Blanford.=]
=BLANK, WILLIAM JOHN HENRY=, E.R.A., 1st Class, 268654, H.M.S.
Monmouth; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914; _m._
=BLANSHARD, PHILIP ARTHUR=, Private, No. 11466, 2nd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, 4th _s._ of Henry Brand Blanshard, of 4,
Finsbury Grove, Fountain Road, Hull, by his wife, Alice, dau. of the
late George Hurdman of Hull, hairdresser; _b._ Hull, 18 Sept.
1894; educ. Park Road Board School there; was in the employ of the Hull
Corporation (Sanitary Dept.), enlisted 4 Sept. 1914; left England for
the Front, 21 Jan. 1915 and died in the 1st Field Hospital, at 3.30
p.m. 2 Feb. following, of shell wounds received in action at Cuinchy
near La Bassée. He was buried in Bethune Town Cemetery.
[Illustration: =Philip Arthur Blanshard.=]
=BLATCHFORD, ALBERT=, Acting Leading Stoker, (Dev.), K. 10989,
_s._ of Joseph Blatchford, of 2, Weslet Terrace, Ipplepen, near
Newton Abbot; lost in action when H.M.S. Goliath, was sunk at the
Dardanelles, 13 May, 1915.
=BLATCHFORD, ALBERT GEORGE=, Shipwright, 1 Ch. 170876, H.M.S.
Formidable; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the English Channel, 1
Jan., 1915; _m._
=BLATHERWICK, HENRY THOMPSON=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26731 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=BLATHWAYT, GERALD WYNTER=, Capt., Royal Field Artillery, yr.
_s._ of Arthur Pennington Blathwayt, member of the London Stock
Exchange, and of Northwood Grange, R.S.O., Middlesex, by his wife, Mary
Constantia, dau. of the late John Thorp, of Maldon, Essex; _b._
Belvedere, Kent, 30 June 1879; educ. Aldenham School, Herts; gazetted
2nd Lieut. from the Kent Artillery Militia, to the Royal Artillery,
22 Dec. 1898, promoted Lieut. 16 Feb. 1901, and Capt. 18 July, 1906.
He served in the South African War and received the Queen’s medal
with three clasps. From 1906 to 1909 he served as Brigade Adjutant,
and from 1910 to Jan. 1914 was Garrison Adjutant, Eastern Command. At
the outbreak of war Capt. Blathwayt went with his Battery to France
and was in the retreat from Mons to the Marne. He was killed at the
Battle of the Aisne, near Verneuill, 14 Sept. 1914, and was buried in
the garden of the Chateau there. Major Barker, commanding the battery,
in communicating his death wrote: “In him the Army has lost a gallant
officer and myself and his other companions in the Brigade a beloved
comrade and friend.” While at Woolwich he took an active part in the
Garrison cricket and was Hon. Sec. of the club. He was recently elected
a member of the “Band of Brothers,” and was member of the Junior United
Service Club. He _m._ at St. Stephen’s, Gloucester Road, London,
26 Oct 1911, Margaret Aline (20, The Court Yard, Eltham), younger dau.
of the late Charles Pickersgill-Cunliffe, of Cobb Court, Cootham,
Sussex, and had two daughters, Madeleine Margaret, _b._ 12 July,
1912, and Elizabeth, _b._ 16 Feb. 1914.
[Illustration: =Gerald Wynter Blathwayt.=]
=BLEASE, HARVEY=, Capt., 15th (Service) Battn. The King’s
Liverpool Regt., elder _s._ of Walter Blease, F.C.A., of Messrs.
Blease & Sons, Chartered Accountants, by his wife, Mary, dau. of the
late James Harvey, of Salford; _b._ Liverpool, 29 Aug. 1882;
educ. Parkfield School, Liverpool, and Sedbergh, Yorks, and afterwards
entered his father’s firm and took great interest in the educational
schemes of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. After the
declaration of war he applied for a commission and was gazetted Lieut.
to the 15th Battn. of the King’s Liverpools, 12 Nov. 1914, and promoted
Capt. 15 Jan. 1915. He went out with the Mediterranean Expeditionary
Force, and was there attached to the 7th Lancashire Fusiliers. He
was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 7 Aug. 1915. Capt. Blease
enjoyed a reputation as a batsman while at Sedbergh and later took part
in the Old Boys’ annual tours. For fourteen years he was identified
with the Sefton Park Club, during eleven of which he was captain, and
for whom he gave many brilliant displays in Lancashire and Cheshire
cricket. He was also an excellent cross-country runner. He _m._ at
Liverpool, 15 Sept. 1910, Dorothy Stanley (Rostherne, Blundellsands,
near Liverpool), 2nd dau. of the late Stanley Blease, of Liverpool, and
had two children, Helen Margaret, _b._ 12 July, 1911; and Barbara
Mary, _b._ 28 June, 1914.
[Illustration: =Harvey Blease.=]
=BLEES, JOHN=, Private, No. 712, Princess Patricia’s Canadian
L.I., Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late John Peter
Blees, of Jabalpur, India, by his wife, Mary Ann (24, Sandileigh
Avenue, Withington, Manchester), dau. of James Bowden; _b._
Jabulpur, Central India, 25 Feb. 1889; educ. Dulwich College; went
to Canada in 1900 and settled at Edmonton; on the outbreak of war
volunteered and joined Princess Patricia’s L.I.; came over with
the first contingent in Oct. 1914; crossed to France in Feb. and
died 11 May, 1915, of wounds received in action near Ypres on the
8th; _unm._ One of his officers wrote: “He was wounded in the
engagement on 8 May, in which engagement all the officers were either
killed or wounded. The regt. endured an extremely heavy bombardment.
How severe it was and how gallantly our boys stuck to their trenches
and held back the Germans can only be told in the future, when military
consideration will not restrict correspondence, suffice it to say that
this regt. held out so gallantly and against such odds that Sir John
French came down to personally thank the regt. for what they did that
day. On that day every man was a hero, but some were conspicuous even
here. Your son was helping the wounded out and binding their wounds
when he was struck, a shrapnel caught him in the abdomen, but even
with this desperate wound he was game and was carried out still cheery
and encouraging the boys to stick it.” He was buried in the regimental
burial ground at Hazebrouck.
[Illustration: =John Blees.=]
=BLIGH, ERIC=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn., attached 2nd Battn., the
East Lancashire Regt., _s._ of William Bligh, of Caterham Valley,
co. Surrey, by his wife, Lilian Josephine, dau. of William Lafone, of
Monte Video; _b._ Caterham Valley, 30 Dec. 1894; educ. The Dene,
Caterham, Sherborne School, where he was a member of the junior O.T.C.
with the rank of Lance-Corpl. and Christ’s College, Cambridge, where
he was a private in the senior O.T.C. Medical. After the declaration
of war he applied for a commission and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the
3rd Battn. of the East Lancashires, 15 Aug. 1914. He joined the 2nd
Battn. at the Front, 7 March, 1915, served through the Battle of Neuve
Chapelle and was killed in action opposite Fromelles, 9 May, 1915, in
the assault on Aubers Ridge. His commanding officer, Major Maclear,
wrote: “Your son was shot by a German machine gun whilst leading
his platoon in an assault on the German trenches opposite Fromelles
on Sunday, 9 May, death being instantaneous. Your son was only with
us a short time, but we were all very fond of him, and you have the
consolation of knowing that he could not have died a nobler death.” He
was promoted Lieut. after his death to rank as from 13 Feb. 1915, and
was buried on the road from Sailly to Fromelles.
[Illustration: =Eric Bligh.=]
=BLIGHT, CHARLES=, Corpl., No. 3/5971, 1st Battn. Somerset L.I.,
_s._ of the late Charles Blight; _b._ London; and was killed
in action, 19 Dec. 1914. Prior to the war he was employed as a Collier
at the Cambrian Pits, Clydach Vale. He _m._ in Bath (--), and had
two sons: Charles and Stanley.
=BLISS, CHARLES=, Major, 2nd Battn. 1st (King George’s Own)
Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army, 2nd surviving _s._ of Sir Henry
(William) Bliss, of The Abbey, Abingdon, K.C.I.E., J.P., late
Indian Civil Service, by his 1st wife, Mary, dau. of Edmund Rendle;
_b._ at Dindigul, Madras Presidency, 31 Dec. 1871; educ. Clifton,
Heidleberg and Sandhurst; and obtained his first commission in the
North Staffordshire Regt., 5 June, 1891; transferred two years later
to the Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.), of which he was
promoted Lieut. 4 July, 1896. In the Dec. following he joined the
Indian Staff Corps, becoming Capt. 10 July, 1901. After a period with
the 43rd (later the 8th) Gurkha Rifles and the Assam Military Police,
he was appointed double-company commander of the 1st Gurkha Rifles,
5 Dec. 1908, and obtained his Majority 5 Dec. 1909. In 1903–4 he saw
service in Tibet, being present in the action at Niani, and during the
operations at and around Gyantse, and in the march on Lhassa, being
slightly wounded. His services were mentioned in Despatches [London
Gazette, 13 Dec. 1904], and he received the medal with clasp. Major
Bliss commanded various punitive expeditions in the Nagar Hills, on
the North-West Frontier, between 1907 and 1911, and from 1911 to 1913
was in command of escorts on several political, survey and exploration
missions on the North-West Frontier. He had the Abor, Indian Police and
Durbar medals, and in 1914 was made a C.I.E. On the outbreak of the
European War he came to Europe with his regt., and died at Lille, 22
Dec. 1914, of wounds received in action at Festubert on the 20th. He
was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 5 April
[London Gazette, 22 June], 1915, for gallant and distinguished conduct
in the field. Major Bliss _m._ at St. Paul’s, Knightsbridge, 11
April, 1901, Mabel Emmeline, eldest dau. of Col. Thomas M. Maxwell,
late Sherwood Foresters, and had a dau., Lorna, _b._ 31 Aug. 1905.
=BLISSETT, WILLIAM HENRY=, Private, No. 18317, 3rd Battn., 1st
Infantry Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Edward
Blissett, of Bath, Butler, by his wife, Elizabeth (9, Coleman Street,
Brighton), dau. of Samuel Wills, of Liss, Hants; _b._ Paddington,
16 Dec. 1885; educ. Gordon Memorial Schools, Diss Board School and
Priory Road School, Hastings, and was then apprenticed as a carpenter
to Mr. Harvey, King’s Road, St. Leonards. In 1907 he went to Canada,
and after a year in Ontario, settled in Alberta, where on the outbreak
of war he enlisted. He came over with the 1st Contingent, in Oct. 1914,
and after training at Salisbury and Shorncliffe, went to the Front in
May and was killed in action in the trenches, 8 Nov. 1915, by a bullet.
He was buried in Wulverghem Cemetery; _unm._
=BLOFELD, D’ARCY FRANK=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Life Guards, only
_s._ of Frank Blofeld, of Dunster Lodge, Alcombe, West Somerset,
by his wife, Leslie Blanche, only dau. of Major Thomas Perkins, R.H.A.,
H.A.C., of Doverhay Place, Porlock, Somerset; _b._ Dunster
Lodge, afsd. 21 April, 1890; educ. St. Michael’s (Mr. Hawtrey),
Westgate-on-Sea, and Eton (Mr. E. L. Churchill’s House, 1903–8), where
he won the Junior Pulling in his last year. He served three years with
the Eton College Volunteers, but ill health prevented his going on to
Sandhurst, and he spent several years in the Argentine, where he became
interested in the breeding and schooling of polo ponies. He was living
at Staverton, near Cheltenham, when war broke out, and immediately
joined the Gloucestershire Yeomanry. On 9 Sept. he was gazetted to the
3rd Reserve Regt. of Cavalry, and took up his duties at Canterbury. He
was posted to the Household Cavalry on 24 Oct. and joined his regt.,
the 2nd Life Guards, at Windsor. On 7 Nov. he went to Flanders, and
served with his regt. in the trenches, and just before Christmas he
came home on seventy-two hours’ leave. His second experience of the
trenches was early in Feb., after which he obtained a week’s leave, but
was recalled in four days, and from then until his death, near Ypres,
on 12 May, he was at the Front. He and four other officers were killed
instantaneously by an explosive shell. He had won the liking of his
brother officers, and the confidence of his men. Mr. Blofeld was fond
of all sport, he was a finished horseman and a most promising polo
player. He was a member of the Cheltenham and West Somerset Polo Clubs,
his handicap being 5 goals Hurlingham, 1914. He hunted with the Devon
and Somerset Staghounds and the West Somerset Fox Hounds since early
boyhood, and during the time he was at Staberton, with the Cotswold
Hunt. He was greatly beloved by all who knew him and was a fine example
of how quickly a good sportsman can become a good soldier. His Col.
wrote: “As a horsemaster he was invaluable to me, and the fact that he
had been chosen for the duty in which he met his death, proves that his
Squadron leader relied on him.”
[Illustration: =D’Arcy Frank Blofeld.=]
=BLOMFIELD, CHARLES GEORGE MASSIE=, Major, 1st Battn. Royal
Warwickshire Regt., elder _s._ of Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Massie
Blomfield, K.C.M.G., for twenty-eight years in charge of the Port of
Alexandria and afterwards Director-General of all Egyptian Ports, etc.,
by his wife, Rosamund Selina, 2nd dau. of the late Right Rev. Charles
Graves, D.D., Lord Bishop of Limerick, and nephew of Alfred Perceval
Graves, author of “Father O’Flynn,” and the “Irish Ballad,” etc., and
of Charles Larcom Graves, Assistant Editor of the “Spectator,” and a
member of the Inner Round Table of “Punch”; _b._ London, 19 June,
1878, brought up at Port House, Alexandria, Egypt, until nine years
of age; educ. Stubbington House School, Farnham, Cheltenham College
and Sandhurst; received his commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Warwicks,
6 April, 1898, and was gazetted Lieut. 28 Dec. following, Capt. 16
Nov. 1901, and Major 19 Dec. 1914. He joined his regt. at Chatham and
was sent to Malta, and in the following year (1899) to South Africa,
and served through that campaign, 1900–2. He was employed with the
Mounted Infantry, took part in the operations in Cape Colony, South
of the Orange River (1900), in the Orange Free State, April to Nov.
1900, and in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900, to 31 May, 1902, and received
the Queen’s medal with three clasps, and the King’s medal with two
clasps. On the close of the campaign he took over drafts to India to
the 2nd Battn. at Bangalore. He then joined his parents at Assuan for
the opening of the Great Dam, and was afterwards stationed in Ireland,
where he continued his polo and hunting. He had meanwhile qualified
as an interpreter of foreign languages and from May, 1905, to June,
1906, was attached to the Egyptian Army, and spent about a year in
the Soudan, then rejoining his regt. at Aldershot. He became adjutant
of the 4th (Special Reserve) Battn. of his regt. 31 Jan. 1912, a post
he held for 3½ years, and after the declaration of war, did excellent
work in preparing drafts for the front. He was posted to the 1st
Battn., and joined the Expeditionary Force in France, 5 May, 1915,
and fell, mortally wounded by a bullet through the head, 9 June, at 5
p.m. Gen. Landon, Royal Warwick Regt., wrote: “The regt. has sustained
a loss indeed, which it will be hard to get over, and one it can ill
afford. He was a most valuable officer and I know everyone loved him”;
and Col. Poole, Commanding 1st Battn.: “His loss to me as one of my
Coy. Commanders is irreparable. I had the highest opinion of him as a
soldier, and he was worth anything in these hard times. We all mourn
his loss.” He was on the staff of the “Army and Navy Gazette” and his
humorous little work “The Young Officer’s Guide to Knowledge” cheered
many a man in the hum-drum life of the trenches. A good violinist, he
raised the band of the Special Reserve at Warwick. Major Blomfield
_m._ at St. Paul’s, Wimbledon Common, 5 Oct. 1907, Hirell, elder
dau. of the late James Clarence, of Castle Towers, Wimbledon Common,
and had issue, Charles Clarence Massie, _b._ Aug. 1908 (_d._
in infancy), and Richard Beverley Massie, _b._ 25 June, 1913.
[Illustration: =Charles G. M. Blomfield.=]
=BLOOM, JOSEPH HENRY=, Private, R.M.L.I. (Ports.), 6876, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=BLOOMFIELD, SIDNEY HERBERT=, A.B., J. 8083, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=BLOUNT, JAMES WILLIAM=, C.E.R.A., 2nd Class, 269403, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=BLOXAM, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 1732, 5th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, 4th _s._ of Thomas Bloxam, of Outram Street,
Leicester, Framework Knitter, by his wife, Ann, dau. of Thomas Bowby;
_b._ Leicester, 24 Oct. 1878; educ. Cottage Homes, Counterthorpe,
Leicestershire; enlisted in the Leicestershire Regt. 20 years ago, and
after serving his time went to Australia in 1910. On the outbreak of
war he joined the Australian Imperial Force, and was killed in action
at Gallipoli, 7 Aug. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Joseph Bloxam.=]
=BLOXSOM, WILLIAM JABEZ=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 164154, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=BLUE, DOUGALL=, Capt., 3rd, attached 2nd, Battn. Scottish Rifles
(The Cameronians), _s._ of Dugald Blue, of Glasgow; _b._
Glasgow, 10 June, 1878. He graduated M.A. at Glasgow in 1900, and three
years later he accepted a scholastic appointment in Rhodesia. Whilst
there he organised and commanded the first Cadet Corps ever formed
in that country. He also held a commission in the Southern Rhodesian
Volunteers. Returning to Glasgow in 1910, he became classical master in
the High School, and received a commission in the School’s Contingent
of the Officers’ Training Corps. In 1913, he became classical master
in Hutchesons’ Grammar School, and there organised a Cadet Corps,
which was affiliated to the 7th Battn. Scottish Rifles, Capt. Blue
being appointed its first commanding officer. When the war broke out
he received a captain’s commission in the 3rd Scottish Rifles, 3 Dec.
1914, proceeding shortly afterwards to France where he was attached
to the 2nd Battn. Scottish Rifles. He was wounded in action near
Fromelles, 9 May, 1915, and died two days later, and was buried in
Merville Cemetery. He _m._ at Airdrie, 6 Jan. 1915, Katharine
Armit, dau. of Thomas Swan, of Springhill House, Airdrie, Banker;
_s.p._
=BLYDE, MICHAEL JOHN=, Private, No. 280, 1st Newfoundland Regt.,
4th _s._ of John Blyde, of 49, Fleming Street, St. John’s,
Newfoundland, employee of St. John’s Municipal Council, by his wife,
Mary, dau. of Philip Grouchy, Fisherman, and grandson of George Blyde
(who served through the Crimean War, and after completing his 21 years’
service settled at St. John’s, Newfoundland); _b._ St. John’s
afsd., 19 Feb. 1895; educ. Christian Brothers’ Schools there; was a
member of the Catholic Cadet Corps and the local Boys’ Brigade, and
also a Bugler in the local corps of the Legion of Frontiersmen; and on
the outbreak of the European War volunteered for Imperial service with
the 1st Newfoundland Regt.; left for England, 6 Oct. 1914; went to the
Dardanelles, 20 Aug. 1915, and died 26 Sept. 1915, of wounds received
in action at Gallipoli; _unm._
[Illustration: =Michael John Blyde.=]
=BLYTH, REGINALD CROMMELIN POPHAM=, Capt., 1st Battn.
Gloucestershire Regt., attd. 2nd Battn. Royal Fusiliers, only
_s._ of the Rt. Rev. George Francis Popham Blyth, D.D., late
Bishop in Jerusalem and the East, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Col.
James Arden Crommelin, R.E., and gdson. of the Rev. George Blanshard
Blyth, by his wife (--), dau. of Col. Samuel Taylor Popham, 28th (now
Gloucestershire) Regt., who served on the Duke of Wellington’s Staff
[nephew of Gen. William Popham, who took Gwalior, and of Admiral Sir
Home Popham, whose signalling code, still in use in the Navy, was used
by Nelson for his famous signal to the Fleet at Trafalgar]; _b._
Darjeeling, India, 24 June, 1877; educ. St. Edward’s School, Oxford,
and Brasenose College, Oxford; entered the Gloucestershire Regt. from
the Militia 18 April, 1900; gazetted Lieut. 25 Oct. 1903, and received
his company 14 Jan. 1911. Served in South Africa 1899–1900, taking part
in the operations in Natal and the Orange Free State, and received the
Queen’s medal with clasp. Capt. Blyth was with his regt. in India for
some years, and acted as Divisional Staff Signalling Officer. In 1908
he was attached to the Egyptian Army for service in the Sudan, and was
made a Bey. On the outbreak of the European War he was attached to the
Royal Fusiliers, and was killed in action in Gallipoli, 4 June, 1915.
He _m._ in London, 2 Aug. 1911, Norah (18, St. Leonard’s Road,
Bexhill-on-Sea), dau. of Louis Edmund Hassells Yates, of Crawley,
Sussex, and had one son, Lionel Popham, _b._ 16 June, 1912.
[Illustration: =Reginald C. P. Blyth.=]
=BOAG, HUGH=, Stoker, P.O. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 4547), 279684, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BOARDMAN, ALBERT=, Gunner, R.M.A., 10135, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BOATMAN, JAMES=, Trimmer, 39810, H.M.S. Clan McNaughton; lost in
that ship, Feb. 1915.
=BOBBETT, ALFRED=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 19166, H.M.S. Monmouth;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BOBBINS, HARRY=, Private, No. 6899, 1st Battn. Middlesex Regt.;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., died 13 Jan. 1915,
of wounds received in action; _m._
=BOCK, ROBERT HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111828, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=BODDY, TOM=, Private, No. 8170, 1st Battn. East Yorkshire Regt.,
_s._ of the late John Thomas Boddy, of 69, West Parade, Hull, E.
Yorks., Chronometer Maker to the Wilson Line of steamers, by his wife,
Mary Artis, dau. of Capt. Ambrose White, R.N.R.; _b._ Hull, 22
Nov. 1887; entered the Army 13 July, 1905, served at home from 1905–7,
and in India from 1907–13; returned to England in Dec. 1913, and joined
the Special Reserve; mobilised 4 Aug. 1914, went to the front 7 Sept.
1914, was killed in action at La Courronne during the Battle of the
Aisne, 16 Oct. 1914; unm. The commander of the section in which Boddy
was serving writes: “My section under my command were sent out on point
duty to the battn., that is about 200 yards in front, so as to prevent
surprise. Tom and I were working as one pair in the centre, and I split
up the others, ten men on each flank; we went along nicely until we
came to the village of La Courronne, when we sighted a few Germans.
These we drove along in front of us, for a distance of about half a
mile. We then saw the enemy advancing towards us in large numbers, and
a long shot wounded one of my men; we then took cover behind a house,
and opened rapid fire to check their advance. I sent two men back
immediately for reinforcements, another man was wounded, so this left
me with only six men, and the enemy were within 400 yards of us, so I
again sent for reinforcements which never came, so I made up my mind to
try and get the wounded away with my remaining men, and I am sorry to
say that it was whilst Tom and I were firing to cover the rescue party
that poor Tom was killed.”
[Illustration: =Tom Boddy.=]
=BODIMEADE, HENRY CHARLES=, Private, No. 3776, 7th Battn. The
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France,
etc.; killed in action, 10 June. 1915; _m._
=BODKIN, GEOFFREY=, A.B., 182664, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BODY, WILLIAM HENRY=, Chief Armourer, No. 5853, R.N., _s._
of John Body, Butcher (late Farmer); _b._ St. Cleer, near
Liskeard, ... 1864; educ. Pelynt and Duloe, co. Cornwall; entered the
Navy 28 June, 1886, served nearly three years on H.M.S. Firebrand, and
on his return home was stationed at Devonport for some considerable
time on H.M.S. Cambridge and H.M.S. Defiance; afterwards he served for
about three years on the Penelope at the Cape of Good Hope, later went
to China, and was for two and a-half years on the Tamar. He retired
on a pension in 1908, but on the outbreak of war was called up and
appointed to H.M.S. Majestic, and lost his life when that ship was
torpedoed at the Dardanelles, 27 May, 1915, his body was picked up
and interred at Sel-el-bahr. He _m._ at Talland Parish Church,
near Looe, Cornwall, 19 Nov. 1891, Janie (196, Pasley Street, Stoke
Devonport), dau. of Hugh Littleton, of Polperro, co. Cornwall, Builder,
and had four sons and a dau.: William Maurice, _b._ 27 Aug. 1892,
_d._ 25 Aug. 1911; Frederick Littleton, _b._ 10 Sept. 1893;
Leonard Hugh, _b._ 28 Feb. 1899; Owen John, _b._ 12 June,
1907; and Doris May, _b._ 9 Feb. 1901. Body held the Good Conduct
Medal.
[Illustration: =William Henry Body.=]
=BOEATER, ALFRED=, Private, No. 6994, 2nd Battn. Royal West Surrey
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
action, 18 Dec. 1914.
=CRAWLEY-BOEVEY, EDWARD MARTIN=, Capt., 1st Battn. Royal Sussex
Regt., 2nd _s._ of the late Sir Thomas Hyde Crawley-Boevey,
5th Bart., by his wife, Frances Elizabeth, dau. of the Rev. Thomas
Peters, Vicar of Eastington; _b._ Flaxley Abbey, co. Gloucester,
26 March, 1873; educ. Rugby and Royal Military College, Sandhurst,
and was appointed 2nd Lieut. in the Royal Sussex Regt., 6 March,
1895, being promoted Lieut. 31 July, 1897, and Capt. 17 Dec. 1902. He
served in the South African War, 1900–2, taking part in the actions
at Houtnek, Vet River (5–6 May), Zand River, Johannesburg, Pretoria,
Diamond Hill, Wittenbergen, and Ladybrand, for which he received the
Queen’s medal with four clasps and the King’s medal with two clasps,
and was mentioned in despatches. In 1902 he was chosen to represent
his regt. at the Coronation of King Edward VII, and came home with a
detachment from the Cape, and afterwards served in East Africa, 1908–10
(Somaliland medal with clasp). After the outbreak of the European War
he was sent from Dover on 11 Nov. 1914, with a draft of 200 men of the
4th Royal Fusiliers to France, and was with that regt. when he was
killed in action, near Bailleul, 24 Dec. 1914. He was a noted marksman,
and a very gifted draughtsman, and was greatly esteemed by all ranks.
He _m._ at Christchurch, Mayfair, London, 31 Oct. 1905, Rosalie
Winifred (Thorwald, Godalming, Surrey), yr. dau. of Col. George Conrad
Sartorius, C.B., and granddau. of the late Admiral of the Fleet Sir
George Rose Sartorius, G.C.B., and had a son, Richard Martin, _b._
31 July, 1907.
[Illustration: =E. M. Crawley-Boevey.=]
=BOLD, HAROLD EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 8978; H.M.S.
Monmouth; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=BOLES, HASTINGS FORTESCUE=, 2nd Lieut., 17th Lancers, attd. Royal
Flying Corps, elder _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Dennis Fortescue Boles, of
Watts House, near Taunton, M.P., Master of the West Somerset Foxhounds,
now commanding 3rd Battn. Devonshire Regt.; _b._ London, 21 June,
1895; educ. Evelyns, Eton and Sandhurst; received a commission as
2nd Lieut. in the 17th Lancers, 16 Dec. 1914, and joined the Reserve
Battn. at the Curragh for training. In April he offered himself to
the Royal Flying Corps as an Observer, and was accepted and appointed
to duty with the Expeditionary Force in the North of France, and had
some narrow escapes in reconnaissance duty, in which two of his pilots
were seriously injured. Very early on the morning of 24 May he was
engaged in making a reconnaissance over the German lines, when he was
hit by a shot from an enemy anti-aircraft gun. The wound was seen to
be extremely serious, but 2nd Lieut. Boles did not lose consciousness.
When the machine returned to its base he was at once attended to by the
surgical staff, placed under an anaesthetic and operated on, but died
in the evening of the same day without recovering consciousness. The
manner in which he met his death is best described in a letter from
his commanding officer, Lieut.-Col. W. G. Salmond, who wrote: “Your
son was very severely wounded in the head to-day by anti-aircraft fire
whilst carrying out a reconnaissance. It occurred about 4.30 a.m. this
morning. The wound was through the side of his head from front to rear.
He was put under an anaesthetic. He was so plucky. When he was wounded
he turned round to his pilot, Lieut. Bell Irving, smiled, and waved
his hand, and when he came down I met him and he smiled again. He was
conscious all that time, and even got out of the aeroplane, although he
could hardly have been able to understand then. It is so distressing
to have to write to you these things, but I thought you would rather
hear them and know what grit he showed.” The machine was hit from the
ground, where the enemy was concentrated in great force before the
attack at Ypres--between Bercelaire and Dadizeele--at a height of over
7,000 ft. Lieut.-Col. W. G. Salmond also wrote again: “I cannot tell
you how much we feel his loss. He was so quiet in all his work, which
was always of the very best. I think few people realise what dangers
our Observers have to face in the air. It is seldom that a machine
returns from a reconnaissance without being hit. Your son showed no
sign of the strain; he was always so cheery, ready and intelligent.
He was by far the best at photography in the air this squadron or any
squadron is likely to produce. In this he was as quick as lightning. He
made up his mind in a moment that the area he was ordered to photograph
was the area he was actually over at the time--no easy task--and took
the photographs in succession at such a rate that the pilot had no need
to turn and go over the ground again. When we were going to attack Hill
60 he took some photographs that morning of some German trenches and
which were unknown to us, and was able to let our artillery know before
attacking. The results he obtained were of the best the Flying Corps
has produced. Photography of the German trenches are of tremendous
value, and the results of his work were of very great value indeed to
our Army. Only the day before his death he had been up photographing,
and on his return showed me the back of his hand, which had been grazed
by anti-aircraft splinter. He laughed at it. I am having these last
photographs he took--which show the anti-aircraft shell actually fired
at the machine bursting beneath, as well as the country he was asked to
take--redone, so as to send to you when this war is over, as they are
splendid examples of his skill and bravery. He was very gallant, and an
example to us all.” He was buried at Bailleul; _unm._
[Illustration: =Hastings Fortescue Boles.=]
=BOLITHO, FLEETWOOD JOHN=, P.O., 1st Class, 167341, H.M.S. Clan
McNaughton; lost in that ship, Feb. 1915.
=BOLITHO, WILLIAM TORQUILL MACLEOD=, Lieut., 19th Hussars, elder
and only surviving _s._ of William Edward Thomas Bolitho, of
York House, Penzance, and Hannaford, Ashburton, D.S.O., J.P., Banker,
Major 1st Devon Yeomanry, now Lieut.-Col. Commanding 2/1st battn. of
the same [a cadet of Bolitho of Trewidden], by his wife, Ethel Grace,
2nd dau. of Robert Bruce Æneas Macleod, of Cadboll, co. Cromarty,
and Invergordon Castle, co. Ross, J.P., D.L., Comm. R.N.; _b._
Pendrea, Penzance, co. Cornwall, 13 Nov. 1892; educ. Warren Hill,
Eastbourne, and Osborne and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges. He passed
into Osborne College at 12¾ years old, and was given a remove from
his own term to a term above, which was only very specially done.
He continued to be head of his term, and passed out of Osborne and
Dartmouth Colleges with top marks. He joined H.M.S. Cumberland at
Devonport in Jan. 1909, and also passed out first from there after
a six months’ cruise, taking three prizes. He was then appointed to
H.M.S. Commonwealth as midshipman with four months’ seniority; he
served in H.M.S. Cochrane and in H.M.S. Bellerophon, when he left the
Navy of his own accord. As midshipman in the Bellerophon he won the
Stoddart Cup for boat sailing, presented by Admiral Sir John Jellicoe.
He then joined the Army by the Special Reserve, serving four months
with the 11th Hussars at Aldershot, and passing into the Army by
examination at Portsmouth in April, 1913; he was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to
the 19th Hussars 23 May, and joined 24 June, 1913. On the outbreak of
war he crossed to France with B Squadron on 23 Aug. 1914, and served
with it throughout the winter and spring. He was killed in action near
Chateau Hooge, 24 May, 1915; _unm._ His Major, writing to his
father, said: “Your son is a great loss to us, his name had been sent
in for special mention after the operations on 13 May, when he found
himself temporarily in command of the squadron, and made very good use
of his opportunity.”
[Illustration: =William T. M. Bolitho.=]
=BOLLAND, THEODORE JULIAN=, Major, 9th Battn. King’s Liverpool
Regt. (T.F.), late 16th Rajputs; _b._ 9 Jan., 1870; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. unattached from the Militia 23 Nov. 1892, and after serving
with the Manchester Regt., was appointed to the Indian Staff Corps, 27
Feb. 1894; joined the 16th Rajputs; promoted Lieut. 23 Feb. 1895, but
was obliged to resign owing to severe attacks of malaria; went on half
pay 26 April, 1900; and retired 11 June, 1902; volunteered for service
when war broke out, and was gazetted Capt. 2nd Queen Victoria’s Rifles
(6th London Regt.) 6 Sept., 1914; exchanged into the 9th Liverpools in
March, 1915, went to France a few days later, was promoted Major on the
30th and was killed in action there 9 April following.
=BOLSTER, GEORGE EMIL=, Major, R.F.A., eldest _s._ of
the late Surg.-Major Thomas Gardiner Bolster, A.M.S., by his wife,
Ludivina (44, Lebanon Park, Twickenham), dau. of the late Lieut.-Col.
John Frederic Nembhard, Bengal Army; _b._ Dagshai, India, 21
July, 1876. His childhood was spent at the various places where his
father happened to be serving--India 4½ years, Devonport 2½ years, and
Halifax, N.S., 5 years, during the whole of which time his mother was
his sole instructress. On returning from Canada in 1888, he was sent
to Ipswich School, and in 1883 passed direct into the Royal Military
Academy, Woolwich. At the final examination two years later he passed
out sixth on the R.A. list, and was awarded the prize for artillery.
Gazetted on 2 Nov. 1895, he was promoted Lieut. 2 Nov. 1898, Capt.
1 Sept. 1901, and Major 17 Feb. 1912. Most of his time as subaltern
was spent in Northern India, where he acted for two cold seasons as
Staff Officer of the late Brig.-Gen. R. Purdy, R.A. The 36th Battery,
to which he was posted on promotion, came home early in 1903, and was
stationed at Newbridge, Ireland, where he was at once made Adjutant of
the 35th Brigade, which post he held for over three years. In 1909 he
was appointed Staff Capt. R.A., 5th Division Irish Command, but vacated
that appointment in 1911, on being nominated for the Staff College.
On completing the course, he was posted to the 106th Battery in South
Africa. Recalled to England on the outbreak of war, his battery joined
the camp of the 7th Division at Lyndhurst, and with it proceeded
to Belgium. They were in the advance to Ghent to support the Naval
Division from Antwerp, and the Belgian Army, and shared the hardships
of the subsequent retreat to Ypres. He was killed in the historic
stand which the 7th Division made near that place, 23 Oct. 1914. His
engagement to Coralie, elder dau. of Col. Thomas de Burgh, of Oldtown,
Naas, was announced one month before his death. Lieut.-Col. D. Fasson,
commanding 22nd Brigade, R.F.A., wrote: “As a battery commander, he
was hard to beat, and I certainly have never met a keener soldier. His
whole heart was in his work.”
[Illustration: =George Emil Bolster.=]
=BOLTON, CHARLES=, 1st Class Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8166), S.S.
103986, _s._ of William Bolton, by his wife, Louisa (Towns End,
New Buckingham, near Attleboro’, Norfolk), dau. of Robert Duffield;
_b._ Scole, 7 Oct. 1888; educ. there; joined the Navy 1906, and
was lost in the North Sea when H.M.S. Cressy was torpedoed, 22 Sept.
1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Charles Bolton.=]
=BOLTON, ERNEST JAMES=, Private, No. 10221, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of George Moore Bolton, of 60, East Street, Coventry;
_b._ Warwick; served with Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
killed in action between 21 Oct. 1914 and 5 Feb. 1915; _unm._
=BOLTON, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 6944, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=BOLTON, HARRY HARGREAVES=, Capt., 5th Battn. East Lancashire
Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Henry Hargreaves Bolton, of
Heightside, Newchurch-in-Rossendale, co. Lancaster, J.P., Colliery
Owner, by his wife, Florence Eliza, dau. of Thomas Allen, of the Manor
House, Thurmaston, Leicester; _b._ Accrington, co. Lancaster,
9 Feb. 1886; educ. Mostyn House School, Parkgate; and at Shrewsbury
School, and after being at home for a short time, gaining some
knowledge of the working of collieries, he went to Wigan, and attended
for two years a course of mining instruction, part of which consisted
of practical work underground in the mines of the Wigan Coal and Iron
Company, Ltd., afterwards returning to Accrington Collieries to gain
further experience, with a view to sitting for examination for the
first-class mine manager’s certificate. This he obtained in Dec. 1912.
Soon after, on the retirement, through ill-health, of the late Mr.
James Whittaker, he was appointed to the responsible position of agent
for the Accrington Collieries of Messrs. George Hargreaves & Co., of
which his father was managing partner. He joined the 5th (Territorial)
Battn. of the Manchesters at Bolton in 1905, which was then the 1st
Battn. Volunteers, but on his return to Accrington he transferred to
the 5th Battn. of the East Lancashires, and having passed the school
of instruction for qualification to the Regular service, was given
his commission as Capt. 25 July, 1911. On the outbreak of war he and
his brother both volunteered for foreign service, and went out with
their regt. from Burnley to Egypt in Sept. 1914, and on 5 May, 1915,
to the Dardanelles. He wrote home from the transport on that day, and
nothing more was heard until a telegram was received to say that he had
been wounded on Whit Monday, 24 May, 1915, shot in the head, and he
died without gaining consciousness the same day. Capt. Bolton took a
great interest in the work of the Lancashire and Cheshire Coal Owners’
Rescue station, formed for the purpose of rescuing men at underground
explosions, going through the course of training instruction with the
Accrington Collieries rescue team, and obtained a certificate for
competency. At the time of the Hulton Colliery explosion he took a
team of men over fully equipped with the necessary appliances and went
underground to help in the work required after the explosion. He was
also a keen supporter of the National Service League, and was Secretary
for the Accrington district. Closely associated with St. Augustine’s
Church and School, Huncoat, he took a boys’ class in the Sunday
School there regularly up to the time of his marriage. He _m._
at Habergham Church, Burnley, 1 June, 1911, Helen Oliver, dau. of
Alexander Drew, of Holme Lodge, Burnley, J.P., and they lived at High
Brake, Accrington, and had two children: George Henry Hargreaves,
_b._ 14 Feb. 1914; and Rhona Helen Allen, _b._ 2 April, 1915.
Capt. Bolton’s next brother, Lieut. John Bolton, was also killed at
the Dardanelles (see his notice), and his two younger brothers, Lieut.
Maurice Bolton and Lieut. Geoffrey Bolton, and his brother-in-law,
Lieut. Douglas Hacking, Conservative candidate for Chorley, are now
(1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Harry Hargreaves Bolton.=]
=BOLTON, JAMES FREDERICK=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 1909),
late Ch. I/12380, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22
Sept. 1914.
=BOLTON, JOHN=, Lieut., 5th Battn. East Lancashire Regt.
(T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Henry Hargreaves Bolton, of Heightside,
Newchurch-in-Rossendale, co. Lancaster, J.P., etc. (see preceding
notice); _b._ Accrington, co. Lancaster, 6 Jan. 1889; educ.
Tonbridge School, and Manchester University. On leaving the latter,
where he took the three years’ mining engineering course, he was
engaged at the Accrington and Rossendale Collieries, of which his
father was Managing Director, and after a short time was placed in
charge of the commercial department at Accrington, and was soon
recognised as a capable and energetic business man. He was given a
commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 5th (Territorial) Battn. of the East
Lancashires, 19 June, 1913, and volunteered for Imperial service on
the outbreak of war. His regt. went out to Egypt in Sept. 1914, and
while there he took a special course in scouting under Gurkha officers,
and was made Scout Master of the battn. He received his Lieutenant’s
commission 6 May, 1915, and sailed for the Dardanelles the same day.
He was killed by a shell which fell in the front line trenches, in the
bombardment before the advance on Krithia, 4 June. After his death his
father received from General Douglas, commanding 42nd Division, the
following card of congratulation which had been sent to him, but before
it reached him he had been killed: “The General Officer commanding
the 42nd (East Lancs.) Division congratulates Lieut. J. Bolton, 1/5
Battn. East Lancs. Regt. on the gallant action performed by him on 12
May, 1915. Signed C. O. W. Douglas, M. Genl. Commd., 42nd Division.”
The action referred to was fetching ammunition from the base under
fire of the enemy, when the battn. ran short in the trenches. He was
_unm._ and was buried at Ghurka Bluff, Gallipoli.
[Illustration: =John Bolton.=]
=BOLTON, JOHN=, Private, No. 2575, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards;
_b._ co. Lancaster; enlisted 1 April, 1899; served in South
Africa, 9 Aug. 1900 to 4 Oct. 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps
and King’s medals with two clasps); and with the Expeditionary Force
in France, etc., from 11 Sept. 1914; died in No. 4 Clearing Hospital,
Braisne, 8 Oct. following, of wounds received in action; _m._
=BOLTON, JOSEPH CROOK=, Private, No. 25689, 14th Battn. (Royal
Montreal Regt.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of (--)
Bolton; _b._ Clitheroe, 3 June, 1883; educ. Royal Grammar School
there; went to Canada in Oct. 1912, and was a painter; on the outbreak
of war in Aug. 1914, enlisted, came over with the first contingent in
Oct.; went to the Front, 10 Feb. 1915, and died 23 April, 1915, of
wounds received in the great Canadian Charge at St. Julien. He was
buried in Vlamertinghe Churchyard, Belgium. He _m._ 20 May, 1907,
Emma (52, Eshton Terrace, Clitheroe, Lancs), dau. of (--) Rushton, and
had two children: Frank, _b._ 12 May, 1910; and Marjorie Esther,
_b._ 4 Nov. 1908.
[Illustration: =Joseph Crook Bolton.=]
=BOLTON, WILFRED=, Private, No. 260, 15th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, _s._ of (--) Bolton, of Normanton, Yorkshire;
killed in action at the Dardanelles, 18 May, 1915.
=BOLTON, WILFRID=, Sub-Lieut. R.N.V.R., Collingwood Battn.,
R.N.D., 2nd _s._ of Henry Lushington Bolton, of The Sanctuary,
Westminster, and The Gables, Crowborough Beacon, Sussex, Solicitor, by
his wife, Chloe, dau. of James Richard Gordon; _b._ Porchester
Terrace, London, 26 May, 1897; educ. at The Grange, Crowborough;
Parkfield, Haywards Heath; Osborne and Dartmouth. On leaving Dartmouth
in April, 1914, he was rejected for the Navy on account of a slight
defect in sight. On the outbreak of war joined the R.N.V.R., and was
killed in Gallipoli, 4 June, 1915.
=BOLTON, WILLIAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 15252, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
killed in action at Kemmerl, 29 May, 1915; _m._
=BON, ROBERT=, Private, No. 2399, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian
Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
action at Croix Barbée, 15 Oct., 1914.
=BOND, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 10752, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards,
1st _s._ of Joseph Bond, of 44, Brough Street, Derby, Warder,
Derby Prison, by his wife, Kate, dau. of the late Thomas Gordon, of
Derby; _b._ Derby, 1 March, 1895; educ. St. Joseph’s R.C. School
there; was for some time a Porter at the Great Northern Railway Station
at Derby, and enlisted 1 June, 1914. He was sent to France 9 Oct.
following, was severely wounded in the fighting around Ypres, 19 Nov.
1914, and died at No. 4 Clearing Hospital two days later. He was buried
in the Military New Cemetery at Poperinghe; _unm._
[Illustration: =Joseph Bond.=]
=BOND, OLIVER HUGH DEVEREUX=, Sapper, No. 2074, 1/1st Kent
Field Coy., R.E., only _s._ of the late David Bond, of Bovey
Tracey, South Devon, by his wife, Harriett (Watford, near Rugby,
Northamptonshire), dau. of Hugh Devereux; _b._ South Kensington,
4 June, 1891; educ. Long Buckby (Rugby) Council School; was a Plumber;
enlisted 22 May, 1915, and went to the Dardanelles 23 Sept. 1915. He
was mortally wounded by a Turkish shell when returning from a day’s
work in the trenches, at Lala Baba, Suvla, 1 Dec. 1915, and died an
hour later. The doctor who attended him said: “He was one of the
bravest lads I have had under my notice during the war,” and his N.C.O.
wrote: “He did not know what fear was.” He was buried in the Reserve
Area, 2nd Mounted Division, south of Chocolate Hill; _unm._
[Illustration: =O. H. D. Bond.=]
=BOND, SAMUEL=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3693), S.S. 101259,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BOND, THOMAS MORGAN=, 2nd Lieut., 11th Battn. Royal Irish Rifles,
late Private, No. 9973, 5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London
Regt., yst. _s._ of Major Thomas Morgan Bond, of 37, St. James’
Square, Holland Park, W., R.A.M.C. (retired), by his wife, Martha
Francis, dau. of Alexander Meiklejohn, of Greenock; _b._ Belfast,
12 Oct. 1896; educ. Christ’s Hospital, Horsham, Sussex; enlisted in the
London Rifle Brigade on 10 Aug. 1914, five days after the declaration
of war, and at once joined his battn. for training at Crowborough. He
left for France on 4 Nov., served in the trenches through the winter
and was killed in action at the Second Battle of Ypres, 2 May, 1915,
aged 18 years and 7 months; _unm._ He was gazetted as 2nd Lieut.
to the Royal Irish Rifles, 10 May, to rank as from 10 March, but did
not live to take up his commission.
[Illustration: =Thomas Morgan Bond.=]
=BOND, WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7905), S.S. 103590,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BONE, HARRY=, Gunner, R.M.A., 12056, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action
in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BONE, WILLIAM GEORGE ALFRED=, Private, No. 1652, 1/4th Battn.
(Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), 1st _s._ of William
George Bone, of 253, Seward Street Buildings, Goswell Road, E.C., by
his wife, Ada Rose; _b._ St. Luke’s, London, E.C., 29 Aug. 1895;
educ. L.C.C. Central School; enlisted Aug. 1913, and was killed in
action in Flanders, 27 April, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =William G. A. Bone.=]
=BONFIELD, JAMES GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./14967, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BONIFACE, VICTOR GORDON JOHN=, Leading Seaman, 204435, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=BONNAR, WILLIAM McGREGOR=, Trooper, No. 726, 6th Australian Light
Horse, 3rd _s._ of William Bonnar, of 51, Braid Avenue, Edinburgh,
Joint General Manager, New Zealand and Australian Land Company, Ltd.,
by his wife, Mary Strachan Baird, dau. of John Calderwood; _b._
Edinburgh, 31 March, 1890; educ. George Watson’s College there, which
he left in 1909, deciding to take up stock farming. After some training
in Lauderdale he left Scotland for Australia, where he spent four years
on a large sheep and cattle station in New South Wales. Soon after the
outbreak of war he joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force in Dec.
1914, proceeded in March, 1915, with reinforcements of his regt. to
Egypt, and two months later crossed to Gallipoli. He had volunteered
for bombing work, and while engaged in this was severely wounded and
died on the hospital ship Sicilia two days later, 13 June, 1915, being
buried at sea three miles off Gaba Tepe; _unm._
[Illustration: =William McGregor Bonnar.=]
=BOONE, CHARLES FREDERICK DE BOHUN=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Essex
Regt., eldest _s._ of the late Col. Frederick Browne Boone,
H.E.I.C.S., by his wife, Mary Frederica, dau. of Major-Gen. Wavell,
F.R.S; _b._ Nagode, India, 16 May, 1870; educ. Haileybury,
and Oriel College, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 13 July, 1892, and
promoted Lieut. 30 Sept. 1896, and Capt. 9 Oct. 1900; was Adjutant of
Volunteers from Sept. 1902 to Nov. 1906, and was afterwards attached
to the staff of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; served with
the relief force in the Chitral campaign (medal with clasp), 1895;
in the South African War, 1900–2, being employed with the mounted
infantry; took part in operations in the Orange Free State, Transvaal
(May-Oct. 1900 and again Nov. 1901–May 1902), and in Cape Colony, south
of the Orange River (Jan. 1901); present at the actions at Vet River
(5–6 May, 1900), the Zand River, Diamond Hill (11–12 June), Belfast
(26–27 Aug.), Frederickstad (17–25 Oct.), and at Colesberg (1–29 Jan.
1901), etc. (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901],
Queen’s medal with four clasps and King’s medal with two clasps); and
with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, Aug.-Sept. 1914;
wounded at the Battle of the Marne, and died in the Lycée Pasteur,
Neuilly-sur-Seine, 23 Sept. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =C. F. De Bohun Boone.=]
=BOORER, WALTER JAMES=, Trooper, No. 1839, West Kent Yeomanry,
eldest _s._ of Walter George Boorer, of High Street, Cobham,
Surrey, Printer and Publisher, formerly of Dorking, by his wife,
Rachel, dau. of the late Samuel Butler of Tooting, Surrey; _b._
Dorking, co. Surrey, 15 Jan. 1897; educ. St. Martin’s National School,
Dorking; volunteered and enlisted in the West Kent Yeomanry, Whit
Monday, 24 May, 1915; left England for the Dardanelles in Sept.,
and was killed in the trenches there, 8 Nov. 1915. He was buried in
his regimental cemetery in Y Ravine at Helles, Gallipoli. His Major
wrote: “Your son and another man were both killed by the same shell,
which came down the trench in which they were in. Death was almost
instantaneous, and he could have suffered no pain. He had not been long
in my squadron, but during the time he was with me he did his duty as a
soldier, and displayed great courage under fire.”
[Illustration: =Walter James Boorer.=]
=BOORMAN, CYRIL ADLINGTON=, Trooper, No. 801, posthumous Lieut.
B. Squadron West Kent Yeomanry (T.F.), only child of Frederick William
Boorman, of Gravesend, Solicitor and Commissioner for Oaths; _b._
Gravesend, 11 Sept. 1891; educ. King’s School, Rochester, where he
held a King’s Scholarship; joined the West Kent Yeomanry in 1913, and
on mobilization volunteered for foreign service with them, but died
at home of cerebro-spinal meningitis, contracted while in training
at Westbere, near Canterbury, 3 March, 1915. He was gazetted as 2nd
Lieut. R.E. 27 March, to rank as from 1 March (prior to death). Lieut.
the Hon. A. R. Mills wrote: “He joined the troop with me in 1913, and
was under me for two trainings and, of course, since mobilisation, and
was one of my most efficient men--intelligent, keen, and a first-rate
soldier, and I feel sure would have made a most excellent officer.” Mr.
Boorman was in his school cricket eleven for several years and captain
of the football eleven; he also held the record for the long jump
at the school sports, and was a member of the Gravesend Cricket and
Rowing Clubs. He had matriculated at London University and passed the
A.M.I.C.E. examination.
[Illustration: =Cyril Adlington Boorman.=]
=BOOT, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 1076, 7th Battn. 2nd Infantry
Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of George Arthur
Boot, of Risley House, 1 Berridge Road East, Nottingham, by his wife,
Mary Kate, dau. of Mark Spink Shaw; _b._ Robin Hood’s Chase,
Nottingham, 29 April, 1893; educ. Grosvenor School. He joined the
Nottingham Royal Horse Artillery (T.F.) as a driver (No. 328), 27 June,
1911, and obtained his discharge 30 Sept. 1913, after which he went
to Australia. On the outbreak of war, he enlisted in the 7th Battn.
of the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, left with his battn. for the
Dardanelles, was dangerously wounded in the head in action there, 9
May, 1915, and died on board the hospital ship Nevasa on the 27th of
that month; _unm._ He was buried at sea. His two brothers are
now (1916) on active service, the elder, Leonard, with the Red Cross
in France; the yr., George Harold, as Lieut. in the 15th Sherwood
Foresters in France.
[Illustration: =Arthur Boot.=]
=BOOTH, GEORGE THOMAS=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24708 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=BOOTH, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 10630 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BOOTH, ROLAND HARTLEY=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24104 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Arthur Newsome Booth, of 177, Newsome Road,
Huddersfield, co. York; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=BOOTH, THOMAS=, Private, No. 21338, 4th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Thomas Henry Booth, of 46, Ball
Haye Road, Leek, Leather Merchant, by his wife, Emily, dau. of Thomas
Bamford, of Stafford; _b._ Leek, co. Stafford, 24 Feb. 1877; educ.
Leek Grammar School; was for some time manager of his father’s leather
warehouse; joined the 2nd Manchester Volunteers in 1896, and the 1st
Coy. North Staffordshire Volunteers in 1900, and served with them until
their disbandment on the organisation of the Territorial Force in 1907;
went to Canada in June, 1912, and was in the employ of the Hudson Bay
Co., at Winnipeg; volunteered and joined the Canadian Expeditionary
Force on the outbreak of war; came over with the first contingent, Oct.
1914; trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter; went to France,
31 March, 1915; was shot by a sniper while being relieved from the
trenches at Ploegsteert, 2 Sept., and died of wounds in the Northern
General Hospital, Leicester, on the 30th of that month. Buried in the
family vault at Leek; _unm._
=BOOTH, TOM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9662, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BOOTHAWAY, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 9127, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, only _s._ of Alonzo Boothaway, of Central Avenue, Wigston
Magna, co. Leicester. Hosiery Framework Knitter, by his wife, Maria,
dau. of William Vann; _b._ Wigston Magna, 4 Jan. 1892; educ. Board
School there; enlisted 28 May, 1911, and at the time of the outbreak
of war was serving as a valet at King Edward VII Hospital, Grosvenor
Gardens, W. He went through the retreat from Mons, was wounded on 7
Nov. 1914, but recovered and returned to the trenches on 24 Dec., and
was killed in action near Festubert, 3 Jan. 1915, while being relieved
from the trenches. He was buried in the soldiers’ cemetery, Rue du
Bois, Bethune (Richebourg Road, Row B, Grave 17); _unm._
[Illustration: =Arthur Boothaway.=]
=BOOTHBY, JAMES ROBERT=, Lieut.-Commander R.N.V.R., No. 4 Squadron
Armoured Cars, formerly Lieut., Royal Scots, 2nd _s._ of the late
Alexander Cunningham Boothby, of St. Andrews, by his wife, Madeline
(now wife of Alexander Rigaud Wilson Wood, of 7, Abbotsford Crescent,
St. Andrews), dau. of Frederick Lewis Maitland Heriot, of Ramornie,
co. Fife; _b._ Springfield House, Cupar, Fife, 17 Jan. 1883;
educ. St. Salvators, St. Andrews, and Glenalmond College, Perthshire.
In May, 1900, he joined the Fife Artillery Militia. He served in the
24th Battn. Imperial Yeomanry during the South African War, receiving
medal with five clasps. He rejoined the Fife Artillery in 1903 and was
subsequently appointed to the Royal Scots and served in India. When the
regt. came home he resigned owing to temporary ill-health and went to
Vancouver. On the outbreak of war he returned to England and obtained
a commission in the Armoured Car Division. He was killed in action on
1 May, 1915, at Gallipoli, the day after landing at Gaba Tepe. His
commanding officer wrote: “I can only say this, that every officer and
man in the Armoured Car Force simply loved Jim Boothby. I never want
a more loyal, good-hearted and good-natured second in command than he
was. His own men saw that he had, what perhaps few out there got, a
proper burial.” He was _unm._
[Illustration: =James Robert Boothby.=]
=BOREHAM, CHARLES WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st class (R.F.R., B. 4450),
S.S. 103462, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the
coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BOSANQUET, LIONEL ARTHUR=, of Cleddon Hall, co. Monmouth,
Lieut.-Col., 9th Battn. The Sherwood Foresters (Notts, and Derby
Regt.), eldest _s._ of the late Arthur Bosanquet, of Cleddon Hall,
J.P., I.C.S., Judge, Bombay Presidency, by his wife, Matilda, dau. of
Col. Andrew Crawford, and grandson of Augustus Henry Bosanquet, of
Ossidge, Southgate, H.E.I.C.S.; _b._ Southgate, co. Herts., 29
Jan. 1862; educ. Mr. Rose’s private school, Ramsgate, and Harrow; and
the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted Lieut. to the Sherwood
Foresters, 10 March, 1883, and promoted Capt. 8 May, 1892, and Major
9 May, 1903. He served in the Tirah Campaign 1897–8, took part in the
operations in the Bazar Valley (25–30 Dec. 1897), the action at Dargai,
and in the capture of the Sampagha and Arhanga Passes, receiving the
medal with two clasps; and retired in 1911. On the outbreak of war
he rejoined and was given command of the 9th (Service) Battn. of
his regt., 26 Oct., 1914. He went out to the Dardanelles and was in
action from the 23 July to 22 Aug. 1915. He was wounded on 9 Aug.
but rejoined in a week and was killed in action 22 Aug. 1915. Col.
Bosanquet was killed (believed by machine guns) in Dead Man’s Gully,
while leading his battn. To quote from a General’s letter, whose
brigade found and buried his body: “He must have done well, for he was
close up to the enemy, ahead of most of his men, who were stretched
out behind him, never a one with his back turned, and all in perfect
alignment.” He was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 11 Dec.
1915 [and published in the Supplement to the London Gazette dated
28 Jan. 1916], for gallant and distinguished service in the field.
Col. Bosanquet _m._ at Crockham Hill, Kent, 31 Aug. 1892, Alice
Emily (7, Springfield Place, Bath), 2nd dau. of the Rev. John Erskine
Campbell-Colquhoun, of Killermont and Garscaddon, co. Dumbarton,
M.A., J.P., D.L., formerly Vicar of Southwold and Crockham Hill, and
granddaughter of the late John Campbell-Colquhoun, of Killermont and
Garscaddon, by his wife, the Hon. Henrietta Maria, née Powys, dau.
of Thomas, 2nd Lord Lilford, and had issue: Cicely Alice Colquhoun,
_b._ 25 Nov. 1893; and Eveline Louise Emmeline, _b._ 11 Jan.
1899.
[Illustration: =Lionel A. Bosanquet.=]
=BOSANQUET, SIDNEY COURTHOPE=, 2nd Lieut., 5th Battn. The
Middlesex Regt., elder _s._ of Charles John Bosanquet, of
Stokesay, Kidbrook Park, Blackheath, Electrical Engineer, by his
wife, Edith, elder dau. of the Rev. John Lloyd, of Llanvapley, co.
Monmouth, and grandson of the late Rev. Edward Stanley Bosanquet,
Rector of Bolingbroke, co. Lincoln, and great nephew of the late Samuel
Richard Bosanquet, of Forest House and Dingeston Court, co. Monmouth,
J.P., D.L.; _b._ Belvedere, co. Kent, 15 July, 1894; educ. St.
Lawrence’s College, Ramsgate; received his commission 1 Sept. 1914,
and was killed in action at Houplines, near Armentières, 16 Dec. 1914;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Sidney Courthope Bosanquet.=]
=BOSEMAN, JOHN=, Private, No. 631, 1st Light Horse, Australian
Imperial Force; a native of co. Armagh, Ireland; volunteered on the
outbreak of war; killed in action at the Dardanelles, 7 Aug. 1915.
=BOSHER, CHARLES WALTER=, Corpl., No. 2446, 1/7th Battn. The
London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Walter John Bosher, of 8, High
Street, Egham, by his wife, Winifred Birkett, dau. of Henry Channing;
_b._ Egham, co. Surrey, 2 Sept. 1884: educ. at Cranleigh School,
Surrey; was in business with father as a corn and coal merchant; joined
the 1/7th City of London Regt. early in Sept. 1914, and after training
at Watford during the winter, went to the Front, 17 March, 1915. He
came safely through the Battle of Loos (25 Sept.), and was killed in
action three weeks later at Hulluch, 19 Oct. 1915, by the explosion
of a trench mortar; _unm._ His cousin, Corpl. R. F. Bosher, who
joined the Colours the same day was killed by the same explosion (see
following notice).
=BOSHER, RONALD FREDERICK=, Corpl., No. 2449, 1/7th Battn. The
London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Ellington Bosher, of Lewes, Sussex,
by his wife, Alice, dau. of Arthur Garratt; _b._ Lewes, co.
Sussex, 24 March, 1893; educ. at Lewes Grammar School; was a farmer’s
assistant; joined the 7th City of London Regt. early in Sept. 1914,
and after training at Watford during the winter, went to the Front, 17
March, 1915. He came safely through the Battle of Loos (25 Sept.), and
was killed in action at Hulluch, 19 Oct. 1915; _unm._ His cousin,
Corpl. C. Bosher, who joined the Colours the same day, was killed at
the same time (see previous notice).
=BOSWELL, BENJAMIN=, Private, No. 5784, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Benjamin Boswell, Blacksmith; _b._ Small
Heath, Birmingham, 25 Dec. 1886; educ. Ada Street Council School there;
enlisted in the Royal Warwickshire Regt., purchasing his discharge from
it in 1902. On 4 Oct. 1903, he joined the Coldstream Guards, and died
of wounds received in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 15 Sept. 1914.
He _m._ at Christ Church, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, 16 April, 1911,
Lily, dau. of William Herrick, of Small Heath; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Benjamin Boswell.=]
=BOSWELL, JOSEPH NORMAN=, Boy, 1st Class (Dev.), J. 29552, H.M.S.
Formidable; lost when that ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English
Channel, 1 Jan., 1915.
=GARNETT-BOTFIELD, ALFRED CLULOW FITZGERALD=, Lieut., 1st Battn.
South Wales Borderers, yr. _s._ of the late William Egerton
Garnett-Botfield, of Decker Hill, and The Hut, Bishop’s Castle, co.
Salop, J.P., F.G.S., by his wife, Elizabeth Clulow (Decker Hill,
Shifnal, etc.), dau. of John Howard-McLean, of Aston Hall, co. Salop,
and gdson. of the late Rev. William Bishton Garnett-Botfield, of Decker
Hill, co. Salop, and Haughton Hall, co. Chester, M.A., J.P.; _b._
Bishop’s Castle, 16 June, 1892; educ. Eton (Mr. Churchill’s House),
and Trinity College, Cambridge, and was up at Cambridge for the Long
Vacation when war was declared. He volunteered the same day, and was
given a commission in the Rifle Brigade, 15 Aug. 1914. After a course
of training at Sheerness he was sent to the Western Front in Nov., and
on arrival there was attached to the South Wales Borderers, and was
subsequently (22 Jan. 1915) transferred to that regt. He served through
the fighting at Festubert, Givenchy, La Bassée and Neuve Chapelle,
where he several times had his clothes pierced with bullets but escaped
unwounded, and was killed in action at Richebourg L’Avoué, 9 May, 1915;
_unm._, and was buried there. He had been promoted Lieut. in
March. Writing to his mother, his company officer, Capt. A. C. Lloyd,
said: “Your very gallant son fell in action on the 9th (Sunday). His
platoon was ordered out to an advanced trench under protection of our
artillery fire. The order was given to advance from there, and though
heavy maxim gun fire was coming from the German lines, he at once and
without any hesitation gave the command, ‘Prepare to advance.’ I was
myself hit and just saw him leap out of the trench, only to fall at
once instantaneously killed. I have recommended him for his gallant
conduct, and only hope that an official recognition of his qualities
as a soldier will receive due mention.... A more efficient subaltern
than your son could not be found, always ready for any work however
hazardous, and always most cheerful. The men all loved him, and would
have followed him anywhere, as they always knew he could lead them.”
And his commanding officer, Major A. I. Reddie, wrote: “On the 9th
an assault in the early morning had been attempted on the enemy’s
trenches. This was unsuccessful, so another was made in the afternoon,
when our battn. were detailed to carry it out in one part of the line.
Your son’s platoon during the artillery bombardment had to crawl along
an old trench in front of the breastwork in order to get nearer the
enemy’s lines. This they had to do under heavy fire, but succeeded so
far. When the time came for the assault your son jumped up to lead his
men, and was shot at once before he got any distance. Several attempts
were made at night to recover his body, but owing to the enemy’s fire
it was found impossible to do so before we were relieved at midnight;
but it is still hoped to do so, and we had arranged to bury all the
officers in an orchard near a place called ‘Windy Corner.’” His body
was afterwards recovered and “buried on the 10th in the evening by
being carried across our trench on one of the bridges used for the
ditch ... about 300 yards on the left of the cinder track. The ditch
between our line and the German line is the most permanent guide. This
ditch, about 4 feet deep and 16 feet wide, runs parallel to our line,
then at right angles to this into the German. The spot would be about
250 yards to our left of this junction and 40 yards from this point
back in the direction of the Rue du Bois.” At Cambridge he was in the
first Third Trinity boat. He stroked the winning University Trial Eight
two years in succession, and with Mr. A. Drewe won the Foster-Fairbairn
Pairs in the record time of 8 min. 35½ secs. He was also a keen tennis
and hockey player. He was intensely musical, much of his spare time
being spent at the organ. He was a member of Third Trinity, Leander
and Viking Rowing Clubs, and but for the war would more than possibly
have stroked the University boat in 1915. One who knew him very
intimately at Cambridge as an engineering student wrote to his mother
of him: “Your son was one of the best types produced by Eton and
Trinity College, Cambridge, a type we can very ill afford to lose....
He was much honoured, respected ... and loved by all oarsmen, and many
hoped he might in his last year have obtained the coveted ‘Blue.’
As engineer he displayed a great ability in practical things and a
thorough understanding of machines and men. An untimely end through his
fearless bravery has robbed us of one of the very finest of the coming
generation.”
[Illustration: =A. C. F. Garnett-Botfield.=]
=GARNETT-BOTFIELD, CHARLES SIDNEY=, Capt., Bedfordshire Regt.,
elder _s._ of the Rev. Charles Ramsey Garnett-Botfield, M.A.,
Vicar of Moreton, Oswestry, co. Salop, by his wife, Ida Mary, dau.
of Thomas Aldersey of Aldersey, co. Chester, and gdson. of the Rev.
William Bishton Garnett-Botfield, of Decker Hill, co. Salop, and
Haughton Hall, co. Chester, M.A., J.P.; _b._ Rochdale, 5 Oct.
1887; educ. Rossall and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. Bedfordshire Regt. 8 Feb. 1908, and promoted Lieut. 5 March,
1910, and Capt. 2nd Battn. 15 Sept. 1914. He died at Boulogne, 14 Dec.
1914, from wounds received in action at Ypres, 30 Oct. 1914, and was
buried at Moreton; _unm._ Capt. Garnett-Botfield was mentioned
in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, for gallant and
distinguished conduct in the field.
[Illustration: =Charles Sidney Garnett-Botfield.=]
=BOTHWELL, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 18312, 13th (Service) Battn.
Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.), _s._ of William Bothwell, of 10,
Bogside Place, Easter House, Lanarkshire; served with the Expeditionary
Force in France; died in the Canadian General Hospital, Camiers, 4 Oct.
1915.
=BOTLEY, ALBERT WICKSTEAD=, A.B., Ch. J. 10692, H.M.S. Formidable;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the English Channel, 1 Jan. 1915.
=BOTTGER, ABBIN ERNEST HENRY=, Private, No. 7774, 1st Battn.
Highland Light Infantry; served with the Expeditionary Force in France,
etc.; killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, between 11–18 March, 1915.
=BOTTING, EDWARD CHARLES=, Private, No. G. 915, 6th (Service)
Battn. East Kent Regt., _s._ of John Botting, of 12, Wheatley
Terrace, Erith, Kent; _b._ Battersea, S.W., 20 July, 1893;
enlisted 4 Sept. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France,
etc.; killed in action, 13 Oct., 1915.
=BOTTING, GEORGE=, Private, No. G. 71, 7th (Service) Battn. East
Surrey Regt., _s._ of Joseph Botting, of Cowdry Cottage, Midhurst,
Sussex; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
action, 8 Oct. 1915.
=BOTTOMLEY, ALBERT=, Private, No. 2010, 4th Battn. Manchester
Regt.; was employed at Messrs. Platt Brothers & Co.’s Works, Oldham;
enlisted early in 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France,
etc.; killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 14 March, 1915, aged 25.
=BOTTOMLEY, THOMAS REGINALD=, B.A., Lieut., 1st Battn. East
Yorkshire Regt., eldest _s._ of Thomas Bottomley, of 25, Norman
Road Thornton Heath, co. Surrey, formerly of Ripponden, Halifax, by
his wife, Ellen, eldest dau. of the late Peter Whiteley, of Liverpool;
_b._ Ripponden, co. York, 17 Oct. 1887; educ. Rishworth Grammar
School, and St. John’s Training College, Battersea, and from the latter
was appointed as a teacher by the Croydon Educational Committee in
1909. He was connected mainly with the Oval Road Boys’ School, and
with his boys he was a great favourite and an intimate friend, joining
in all their sports and gaining their confidence in every way. As an
internal student of London University he graduated Bachelor of Arts
in 1913 and had intended to take the Honours Degree examination in
1915. It was while at London University that he entered the Officers’
Training Corps, in which he spent three years until April, 1914, when
he accepted a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 1st East Yorkshires. He
entered barracks in June, left for the Front the beginning of Sept. a
few days after his marriage, and was killed in action at the Battle of
the Aisne, 23 Sept. 1914. He was elected to membership of the South
London Harriers in 1911, and was known mostly to the cross-country
members, having been a regular attendant at headquarters. He avoided
racing not being keen on it, nevertheless he finished 26th in the match
against the Ranelagh Harriers in 1912. He _m._ at Cambridge, 29
Aug. 1914, Eveline Mary, only dau. of William Henry Gibson, of The
Hollins, Sowerby Bridge; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Thomas R. Bottomley.=]
=BOUCHER, HAROLD ERNEST=, Private, No. 7065, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of the late Arthur Boucher, by his wife, Helena, dau.
of James Whitehouse; _b._ Birmingham, 17 Aug. 1886; enlisted in
1st Battn. 28 Dec. 1906, and exchanged into the 3rd Battn. when he went
to Egypt, serving seven years with the colours. On the outbreak of war
he was called up from the Reserve, and died at Viviers, Landrecies,
2 Sept. 1914, of wounds received in action. He _m._ at Windsor,
4 Dec. 1912, Gertrude Annie (4, Park View, Winson Street, Dudley
Road, Birmingham), dau. of George Hawkins, and had two children:
Frances Annetta Gregson, _b._ 11 Oct. 1913; and Kathleen Gertrude
Magdalen, _b._ (posthumous) 27 April, 1915.
[Illustration: =Harold Ernest Boucher.=]
=BOUGHTON, ERNEST GEORGE=, Rifleman, No. 3226, No. 2 Platoon,
1/17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt., 3rd
_s._ of Horace John Boughton, of 15, Auckland Road, Bow, E., by
his wife, Ann, dau. of George Parrot; _b._ Bow, London, E., 22
May, 1896; educ. Chisenhale Road Council School; was a Shop Assistant;
enlisted 11 Sept. 1914; went to France, 9 March, 1915, and died in
hospital at Bethune, 15 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at La
Bassée the previous day; _unm._ Buried in Bethune Cemetery. His
Platoon Officer, Lieut. W. A. Piercey, wrote: “He was wounded to-day.
He was struck twice by a German sniper while out of the trench under
my orders. Rifleman Gowers, who was with him, acted in a very cool and
soldierly way in assisting his comrade under fire, and your son bore up
most bravely under the pain and discomfort inevitable in being brought
in under such circumstances. We have every reason to be proud of them
both.”
[Illustration: =Ernest George Boughton.=]
=BOULDEN, REUBEN WILLIAM HENRY=, Leading Seaman, 237607, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BOULOGNE, JORDAN=, Stoker (Native), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BOULT, THOMAS=, Corpl., No. 1639, Princess Patricia’s Canadian
Light Infantry; a native of Seaham Harbour, Durham; went to Canada
from West Hartlepool about 1910; volunteered on the outbreak of war
and joined Princess Patricia’s Light Infantry; was severely wounded at
Ypres, where he had a leg shot off, and died in hospital at Boulogne,
15 May, 1915. Three of his brothers are on service, two in the Army and
one in the Navy.
=BOULTON, JAMES FORSTER=, Midshipman, R.N., H.M.S. Monmouth, yr.
_s._ of Alexander Claude Forster Boulton, of 28, Ranelagh Avenue,
Barnes, J.P., Barrister-at-Law, Inner Temple, formerly M.P., North
Hunts, by his wife, Florence Marion, dau. of Henry Harmes; _b._
Putney, 3 April, 1899; educ. Willington School, Putney, and the Osborne
and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges. He was appointed to H.M.S. Monmouth
on the outbreak of war, as a Naval Cadet, and was advanced to the rank
of Midshipman only a few days before he was lost in the sinking of
H.M.S. Monmouth, while in action off the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
Entering Willington School as its youngest boy in May, 1905, he left
it as head boy at Christmas, 1911, after being head of Form V and
prize-winner the previous July. Having entered Osborne Royal Naval
College in Jan. 1912, he was second of his year at Easter and first
of his year at Midsummer. He was top in bookwork in the Christmas
term, and third in the final order for the year. He played for the
Soccer XI in various “forward” positions. In the following year he won
the fly-weight boxing, and passed out second of the 70 Cadets of his
“year.” In Jan., 1914, he entered Dartmouth College, where he was also
first in bookwork in his first term. His aggregate position at both
colleges was generally second--a highly creditable record when one
remembers the number of Cadets.
[Illustration: =James Forster Boulton.=]
=BOURGES, JOHN (JEAN)=, Private, No. 67214, 25th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Gabriel Bourges, of Cancale, Ille et
Vilaine, France; _b._ Cancale, 3 May, 1890; educ. there, and left
France on a French fishing vessel in 1904 for Canada, and on account of
ill-treatment remained there and worked as a sailor, and never returned
to France until he came with the Canadian Expeditionary Force. On the
outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he at once volunteered, crossed to France
in Sept., and was killed in action 27 Dec. 1915, by the bursting of a
shell in his trench; _unm._ He was buried in the cemetery of the
25th Battn. by the Rev. Father Doyen, of the 5th Brigade.
[Illustration: =John (Jean) Bourges.=]
=BOURKE, BERTRAM WALTER=, Capt., 5th, attd. 2nd, Battn. Royal
Dublin Fusiliers, only surviving _s._ of the late Major William
Henry Bourke, of Heathfield, Ballina, co. Mayo, Connaught Rangers, by
his wife, Sarah Louisa, dau. of James John Young; _b._ 9 Dec.
1882; educ. in Saint Servant, France; served with the Royal Engineers
(Militia) from which he exchanged into the 5th Battn. Royal Dublin
Fusiliers in 1904; passed the school of instruction for employment with
the Regular Forces, and obtained the rank of Capt. 24 Feb. 1912. He
left for the Front on 2 May, 1915, was attached to the 2nd Battn. Royal
Dublin Fusiliers, and was killed in action while gallantly leading his
men near Ypres, just a week later, 9 May, 1915. Capt. Bourke _m._
at Stapletown, Carlow, 19 April, 1913, Eileen, dau. of George Neville
Usher, of Carlow, and had two daus.: Vivienne Neville, _b._ 29
Jan. 1914; and Patricia Bertram, _b._ 4 Nov. 1915.
=BOURKE, EUSTACE GEORGE WALTER=, Capt. and Adjutant, 1st Battn.
King’s Royal Rifle Corps, eldest _s._ of Walter Longley Bourke, of
Monycrower, Maidenhead, late Major, Duke of Lancaster’s Own Imperial
Yeomanry, by his wife, Ethel Kathleen Jane, only dau. of the late
Capt. John W... Freeman, of Rockfield, co. Hereford, 16th Regt., and
grandson of Rev. the Hon. George Wingfield Bourke, M.A., [4th _s._
of Robert, 5th Earl of Mayo]; _b._ 24 June, 1888; educ. at Mr.
Arnold’s School at Wixenford, Uppingham and Sandhurst, and received
his commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 1st Battn. King’s Royal Rifle
Corps, 6 Feb. 1909, becoming Lieut. 20 Aug. 1912, and Capt. 18 May,
1915. For some time he was A.D.C. to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland,
and was appointed A.D.C. to the Governor-General of South Africa, but
was unable to proceed with Lord Buxton to take up the appointment on
account of the outbreak of the war. He went out to the Front on 12
Aug. 1914, being in command of the machine-gun section of his battn.
He was with his battn. during the retreat from Mons and on the Aisne.
Near Ypres, on 26 Oct., he received a bullet wound in the foot, and was
sent home. Subsequently he was appointed Adjutant of the 6th (Reserve)
battn. of his regt., which appointment he might have retained until
the end of the war but for his own determination to go again to the
Front. Early in May he was transferred as Adjutant to the 9th Battn.,
and on the 20th of that month he again proceeded to the Front. “20
May. Just off,” he wrote. “We shall be in France before you get this.
I can’t understand myself. I expected when the time came I should be
sorry to go. However, I slept like a top last night, no worries, so
far no fears. Everything seems to me to be quite all in the day’s
work. It’s odd when you think of it.” He was promoted Capt. on 18 May,
though not gazetted until a few weeks later. Capt. Bourke was killed
in the first action in which the 9th battn. was engaged, and within
half a mile of the spot where he was wounded in October. The battn.
was ordered forward and marched up a railway cutting in full view of
a German observation balloon. Within a few minutes they were being
heavily shelled, and one burst close to Capt. Bourke and his servant
(Rifleman S. Chater), who were together; the latter was blown into the
air, but neither was injured. Capt. Bourke turned back to see if his
man was hurt, and they then made for some small dug-outs in the side of
the cutting. Before they could take cover, however, another shell fell
close to them, and Capt. Bourke was badly hit. Chater again escaped
unhurt, though he afterwards suffered so severely from shock that he
had to be invalided home. Chater ran off under heavy fire to fetch a
doctor, and succeeded in bringing one back in a very few minutes, but
only to find that Capt. Bourke was already dead. Chater remained with
him for several hours in the hope of being able to bring his body in,
but this was impossible. It was, however, recovered the next day, and
he was buried in a cemetery close to Ypres, where a wooden cross, put
up by his Colonel and some of his brother officers, marks his grave.
Col. Chaplin (himself killed shortly afterwards), in writing to Capt.
Bourke’s father, said: “I cannot express to you how very deeply we feel
his loss. He was most conscientious and a very useful officer, and
did his duty admirably. I fear his loss to the battn. and to myself
is almost irreparable.” And Major Hope (2nd in command), in another
letter said: “I should like to add that I myself only knew your son
for about a month, but that was quite long enough to become devoted to
him and to appreciate his sterling qualities both as a man and as a
soldier. I believe it was the same throughout all ranks of the battn.,
to which his loss is indeed irreparable. I was in the same mess with
him, and he was always so cheery and capable in any difficulty. Chater,
his servant, is heart-broken, and has gone to hospital.” Capt. Eric
Benson also wrote: “In the short time he was with us he did so much
for the battn. and helped everyone. We all miss him more than I can
say, both as a soldier and as a friend.” Like so many of the Bourke
family, he was devoted to hunting. In regimental point-to-point races,
too, he never missed a chance of a plucky ride for a place, and many
will remember how well he was often carried by his charger “Maxim Gun.”
The charm of his personality is vividly illustrated in the lifelike
description of him written by a friend, and here quoted: “He was
still a boy, though already in the Army and an A.D.C., when I first
knew him, about four years before his death. He retained to the last
day I saw him before he went out to the war for the second time the
light-hearted look of amusement at life of a typical boy, and his open
expression, curly brown hair, and big humorous brown eyes heightened
this first impression, but as time went on and things were discussed
with and before him and, incidentally, his own experience and plans, it
was striking to see how often he summed up a question in a few words
modestly and often lightly spoken. Then, when it came to decisions,
whilst almost turning the laugh against himself, he was clear as to his
own course of action, and this invariably included consideration for
and loyalty to others. He seemed to see his way without question. His
handsome, healthy face and figure and look of high spirits seemed to
put up the temperature when he came into a room.”
[Illustration: =Eustace G. W. Bourke.=]
=BOURKE, JAMES PATRICK=, Private, No. 93, 1st Australian Light
Horse, 2nd _s._ of James Bourke, Private Estate Steward, by his
wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Hugh Wallis; _b._ Kilfrush, co. Limerick,
23 Nov. 1880; educ. National School, Hospital; went to Australia in
June, 1907; enlisted after the outbreak of war and was killed in
action at the Dardanelles, 26 June, 1915. He _m._ at Hospital, 10
Sept. 1905, Mary, eldest dau. of Loughlin Doran, of 26, Deyne Avenue,
Rusholme, Manchester, and had a dau., Mary Elizabeth, _b._ 23 Nov.
1906.
=BOURNE, ERNEST=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4221), 294840,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BOURNS, CHARLES=, Lieut., 6th, attd. 4th, Battn. The Rifle
Brigade, yr. _s._ of Charles Bourns, of Boley, Lichfield, formerly
of West Hill, Oxted, Physician, by his wife, Florence, dau. of Edward
Walker, of West Hill, Oxted, and Araluen, Eastbourne; _b._ West
Hill, Oxted, 7 Aug. 1881; educ. Merchant Taylors’ School and St. John’s
College, Oxford (M.A.), and was an Assistant Master at Repton when
war was declared. Being a member of the Repton O.T.C., he obtained a
commission as 2nd Lieut. in Oct. 1914, and was promoted Lieut. in the
Rifle Brigade, 22 Jan. 1915. He was killed in action near Hooge, 25
May, 1915; _unm._ He was an Oxford (Rugby football) Blue in 1903.
[Illustration: =Charles Bourns.=]
=BOUTLE, SYDNEY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2047), 209405, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=PLEYDELL-BOUVERIE, JACOB EDWARD=, Lieut., King’s Royal Rifle
Corps, only _s._ of the late Hon. Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie,
of Coleshill House, by his wife, Maria Eleanor (Coleshill House,
Highworth, Wilts.), dau. of Sir Edward Hulse, 5th Bt., and grandson
of Jacob, 4th Earl of Radnor; _b._ Sherburn Lodge, Watlington,
co. Oxford, 12 July, 1887; educ. Evelyns, Uxbridge; St. Vincents,
Eastbourne; Eton, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 4th Battn. King’s
Royal Rifles, 8 Feb. 1908; joined his battn. at Colchester, and left
with them for India in 1909. He was promoted Lieut. 23 Jan. 1911,
returning to England the same year. On the outbreak of war, after some
weeks at Sheerness, he went out with a draft on 30 Aug., arriving at
St. Nazaire 1 Sept., 1914. He left there to join the 2nd Battn. in
billets at Paynon, 20 Sept., and was posted to D Coy., taking command
of 13 and 14 platoons. The battn. remained at or near Paynon till
18 Oct., when they were moved to Ypres. They were in the trenches
from 22–24 Oct. when they returned to billets in Ypres. On 27 Oct.
they went into reserve trenches in a wood just east of Hooge, and
on 29th advanced to reinforce the 3rd Brigade at Gheluvelt. Lieut.
Pleydell-Bouverie was hit 31 Oct. while ordering a counter attack, was
carried to the rear under fire by Riflemen Taylor, Scott, Alcott and
Quick, and from the field hospital was sent by train to Boulogne. He
died early in the morning of 1 Nov. in No. 13 stationary hospital where
he had been admitted a few hours before and was buried in the English
cemetery there; _unm._
[Illustration: =J. E. Pleydell-Bouverie.=]
=BOWDEN, ALBERT JOHN=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., A. 890), 123326,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BOWDEN, EDWARD RATCLIFFE=, Lieut., 6th Battn. Northumberland
Fusiliers (T.F.), _s._ of Thomas Bowden, of Sheriff Mount,
Gateshead Fell, co. Durham, J.P., head of the firm of Thomas Bowden,
Sons & Nephew, of Newcastle-on-Tyne and Manchester, Chartered
Accountants; _b._ 28 April, 1889; educ. Corchester Preparatory
School, Sedbergh, and Pembroke College, Cambridge (B.A.), was a
member of the O.T.C. at Cambridge, and received a commission in the
Northumberland Fusiliers 1910, being promoted Lieut. 25 Dec. 1912. He
died of wounds received in the action at Ypres, 28 April, 1915, and was
buried at Abbeville; _unm._
[Illustration: =Edward Ratcliffe Bowden.=]
=BOWELL, FREDERICK JAMES=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 2088),
162995, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=BOWEN, CUTHBERT EDWARD LATIMER=, Assistant District
Superintendent, East African Police, Lieut., attd. King’s African
Rifles, elder _s._ of the Rev. Thomas James Bowen, Vicar of St.
Nicholas, Bristol, by his wife, Susan Elvina, dau. of John Williams,
of Ty-ar-y-Graig, Swansea; _b._ at All Saints’ Vicarage, Swansea,
23 Sept. 1881; educ. at Box Grove, Guildford, and Rugby. He joined
the 3rd (Royal Surrey Militia) Battn. of the Queen’s during the Boer
campaign, and did duty at Guildford depôt during the 1900 embodiment,
and in South Africa. After the peace of Vereeniging he was gazetted
into the Regular Army and posted to the 1st Battn. of the Queen’s,
then stationed on the North-West Frontier of India. In 1904 he was
transferred to the West India Regt., and served with the 1st Battn.
in Jamaica under Col. A. R. Loscombe. In 1905 he was employed under
the Colonial Office, and became an assistant superintendent of police
in the East African Protectorate and was serving under Major W. F.
S. Edwards, the Insp.-General, when war broke out. He was attached
to the King’s African Rifles, and fell on 1 Dec. 1914, at Utendi, in
the Nyanza Province. His body was recovered and brought to British
territory and buried at Utendi. The following message was received
from Col. Edward, D.S.O.: “Mr. Bowen’s loss not only to the Police
Force but to a large number of personal friends, will be most severely
felt. I deem it to be the wish of all that their condolences should be
inseparable from the high tribute of praise of the commanding officer
that Mr. Bowen evidently lost his life in a gallant attempt to capture
Susuni Hill. Concerning myself, I feel that I have lost both a gallant
and true friend.” He _m._ at Nairobi, British East Africa, 25
May, 1907, Alice May, dau. of (--) Swift, and had two daus.: Kathleen
Elvina, _b._ 25 March, 1908; and Dorothy Starbuck, _b._ 25
Jan. 1911.
[Illustration: =Cuthbert E. L. Bowen.=]
=BOWEN, EDWARD=, Signaller (R.F.R., B. 2774), 230362, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=BOWEN, GEORGE FREDERICK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2434), 169906, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BOWEN, HENRY=, Rifleman, No. 3265, B Coy., 21st Battn. (1st
Surrey Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Charles
Richard Bowen; _b._ Camberwell, 17 Nov. 1893; was a Clerk, but
after the outbreak of war joined the Surrey Rifles, 25 Jan. 1915, and
was killed at Festubert at 6 a.m., 9 May, following being shot through
the temple by a sniper; _unm._
[Illustration: =Henry Bowen.=]
=BOWERS, PERCIVAL CONWAY=, Private, No. 9664, 2nd Battn.
Lincolnshire Regt., _s._ of the late John Bowers (who served 22
years in the Army with the Yorks and Lancs., and _d._ 25 Aug.
1915), by his wife, Ann (Queen Street, Frodingham, Scunthorpe, Lincs.),
dau. of (..); _b._ Broughton, co. Lincoln, 13 June, 1895; enlisted
9 Dec. 1913, and was killed in action, being shot by a sniper, 21 Feb.
1915. He was buried at a farm on the north side of the Rue Wasselot,
south-east of Rue Bacqueort; _unm._
[Illustration: =Percival Conway Bowers.=]
=BOWES, ROBERT EDWARD=, Officers’ Steward, 3rd Class, L. 5306,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BOWES, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Stoker, R.N.R., 2652T, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BOWLBY, GEOFFREY VAUX SALVIN=, Capt., Royal Horse Guards (The
Blues), 6th but 2nd surviving _s._ of the late Edward Salvin
Bowlby, of Gilston Park, Harlow, Essex, and Knoydart, Inverness,
J.P., D.L., by his 2nd wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Vans-Agnew,
of Barnbarroch, and Sheuchan, co. Wigtown; _b._ London, 1 Dec.
1884; educ. Eton, and joined the Royal Horse Guards from the Militia
(King’s Own Scottish Borderers) as 2nd Lieut., 9 March, 1904. He was
promoted Lieut. 1 Feb. 1905, and Capt. 6 May, 1908. He went to Ireland
in 1909 as A.D.C. to Sir Neville Lyttleton, returning to his regt. in
Sept. 1910 to take over the Adjutancy which he held to Sept. 1913. On
the outbreak of war he was sent to France in advance of the composite
regt., as billeting officer to the 4th Cavalry Brigade, rejoining his
regt. the day before the battle of Mons. After the fight at Wytschaete,
29 Oct.-1 Nov. 1914, Capt. Bowlby was the senior officer left and
took over command of the composite regt. for a short time, until
each squadron went back to its own regt. On rejoining the “Blues” he
commanded the A Squadron. He was killed leading his squadron in a
charge across 1,000 yards of open country north of Bellewarde Farm,
during the 2nd Battle of Ypres, on the afternoon of 13 May, 1915. His
commanding officer wrote: “I cannot tell you what a loss he is to the
regt.; he was as gallant as he could be and a magnificent soldier. He
was so keen and energetic and proud of his squadron, of which he took
the greatest care.” Capt. Bowlby was a fine polo player, and enjoyed
great popularity at the London grounds. In his day there were few to
surpass him in skill and dash. For several seasons he was No. 1 in
the Blues’ team, and in two years (1910 and 1912) he helped the side
to win the Inter-Regimental Cup at Hurlingham. The other members of
those victorious sides were: Capt. Lord Alastair Innes-Ker, Capt. H. E.
Brassey, and Capt. J. F. Harrison. Capt. Bowlby was in the team again
in 1913 and in 1914, but his regt. was in both years beaten by the 1st
Life Guards. He _m._ at Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Street, 18
Oct. 1911, the Hon. Lettice, née Annesley, 4th dau. of Arthur, 11th
Viscount Valentia, C.B., M.V.O., and had two children: John Edward
Richard, _b._ 8 May, 1914; and Elizabeth Mary, _b._ 3 Feb.
1913.
[Illustration: =Geoffrey V. S. Bowlby.=]
=BOWLEY, HARRY EDWIN=, Private, No. 9913, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Harry Edwin Bowley, Private 2/4th Battn. Royal
Sussex Regt. (now on active service), by his wife, Eliza May (41,
Bentham Road. Brighton), dau. of John Winder, of Brighton; _b._
Brighton, 25 June, 1894; educ. St. Luke’s Terrace Board School there;
was for some time a telegraph boy at the Brighton Post Office; enlisted
1 Jan. 1912; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, and during
the retreat from Mons was sent with a dispatch but never returned, and
is assumed to have been killed in action at Villers Cotterets, 1 Sept.
1914.
=BOWMAN, FREDERICK=, Seaman, R.N.R., 1793C, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BOWMAN, JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3771), 180916, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BOWYER, CHARLES ALEXANDER=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 7440) S.S. 1330,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BOWYER, WILLIAM HENRY=, A.B., 215065, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BOX, FREDERICK JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 112109, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=BOX, JOSEPH WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2822), 175583, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BOXALL, CARYL LERMITTE=, Capt., 2nd Battn. The Hampshire Regt.,
yr. _s._ of Alleyne Alfred, 1st Baron Boxall, of 14, Cambridge
Square, Hyde Park, W., by his wife, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of the late
James Henry Lermitte, of Knightons, J.P., and nephew of Mr. Boxall,
K.C., Recorder of Brighton, and of the late Col. Sir Charles Boxall,
K.C.B.; _b._ at 14, Cambridge Square, W., 26 Dec. 1887; educ. Eton
(1901–6) and Sandhurst; received his commission in the 2nd Hampshires,
9 Oct. 1907, and was promoted Lieut. 1 April, 1911, and Capt. 4 Oct.
1914. He served in South Africa, Mauritius and India, and with the
Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. Landed from the River Clyde with
the 29th Division, and died of wounds received in action following
the landing at the Dardanelles on 25 April, 1915. He was _unm._
A brass plaque to the memory of this officer was erected in the south
aisle of St. Peter’s, Cowfold, Sussex.
[Illustration: =Caryl Lermitte Boxall.=]
=BOXALL, CHARLES BERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3515), 210631, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=BOXWELL, FRANCIS JEFFARES TILSON=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3598),
188877, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast
of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BOYCE, JOHN HENRY=, Trooper, No. 1626, Buckinghamshire Yeomanry
(Royal Bucks Hussars), only _s._ of Henry Boyce, of Woodford
Green, Essex, and grandson of the late Henry Boyce, of the Leman
School, Beccles, Suffolk; _b._.........., 1889; joined the Royal
Bucks Hussars early in Oct. 1914; left England for Egypt just before
Easter, 1915; went to the Dardanelles early in June, and was killed in
a charge at Suvla Bay, 21 Aug. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Henry Boyce.=]
=BOYD, DAVID=, A.B., 229233, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action
off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BOYD, HAROLD ALEXANDER=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal
Inniskilling Fusiliers, only _s._ of Dr. Alexander James Boyd, of
The Manor House, Ware, co. Herts (who served for 13 years in the 1st
(Herts) Vol. Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., and retired as Capt. in 1902),
by his wife, Constance Mary, dau. of Brackenbury Comyns Berkeley, of
Collett Hall, Ware, and grandson of the late Samuel Boyd, of Illerton,
Killiney; _b._ at The Manor House, Ware, 19 Jan. 1895; educ. at
the Preparatory School, Castle Park, Dalkey (co. Dublin), Rugby, and
Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was studying medicine at the
time of mobilisation and had passed his first M.B. examination at the
end of his first year. He had joined the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
in April, 1913, as a Special Reserve officer, and was called up for
service and at first put on Coast Defence duty at Lough Swilly, co.
Donegal, being afterwards sent to France on 31 Aug. He was killed in
action at Crecy, 7 Sept. 1914, during the Battle of the Marne; unm.
Corpl. W. Poots wrote: “On the morning of Monday, 7 Sept., we were
reinforced by a draft of a hundred men from the depôt in Ireland under
Lieut. Boyd, and continued the advance all day. In the evening the
Inniskillings had to find the outposts at a village to which we had
come--on the right being an open road with a row of apple trees, and
on the left a clear open plain. In the distance, about 1,000 or 1,200
yards, was a broad belt of woods and shrubs, from which came rifle and
big gun fire. This took us by surprise. We lined out and retaliated,
but their shelling was terrific, and we had no artillery with us.
Our officers were trying to find the range and had no cover from the
shells, thus exposing themselves, notably Mr. Boyd, who was standing by
an apple tree by the right of the road. He was struck on the body by
shrapnel and killed instantly; also Private Cousins, and 14 wounded.
We continued all night in this position. In the morning the enemy had
retired.” 2nd Lieut. Boyd was a fine athlete, gaining his colours at
Rugby in football, swimming, shooting and cross-country running; and
he also won the Royal Humane Society’s medal and Dr. Duke’s cup for
life-saving competition. At Cambridge he was a member of the First
Trinity Boat Club, and in 1914 he won the swimming championship of his
regt. at Aldershot.
=BOYD, NIGEL JOHN LAWSON=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. The Black Watch,
yr. _s._ of William Boyd, of 26, Inverleith Place, Edinburgh,
Writer to the Signet, Member of the King’s Body Guard for Scotland
(R.C.A.), by his wife, Laura, dau. of the late John Crerar, of Halifax,
Nova Scotia, and grandson of the late Sir John Boyd, of Maxpoffle,
co. Roxburgh, by his wife, Isabella, 2nd dau. of John Lawson, 14th
Laird of Cairnmuir, co. Peebles; _b._ Edinburgh, 14 Sept. 1894;
educ. Cargilfield School, Midlothian, Winchester College and the Royal
Military College, Sandhurst. In passing into the latter he obtained a
Prize Cadetship, and in passing out he was fourth on the list. He was
gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Black Watch, 25 Feb. 1914, and joined the
1st Battn. at Oudenarde Barracks early in March. After the declaration
of war he left Aldershot with his regt. in the beginning of Aug. for
France, and took part with it in the memorable retreat from Mons to
the Marne. He was fatally wounded on the morning of 14 Sept., his
birthday, during the early days of the great Battle of the Aisne. From
a description which he subsequently gave when in hospital in Rouen to
his father, it appears that in the early morning of 14 Sept., which
was misty, the Black Watch were acting in concert with the Cameron
Highlanders on the banks of the Aisne, and found themselves opposed
to a strong force of the Germans, and came under a very severe fire.
Lieut. Boyd with his platoon had been directed to take up a position,
and it had been indicated to him that it must be held at all costs.
The Germans continued to press on in overpowering numbers at that
point, and they could see them within 100 yards. He stated that he
had personally fired 10 rounds at them with a rifle, and afterwards
emptied his revolver at them. The shrapnel, machine gun and rifle fire
at the time was terrific. The enemy continued to press on from all
sides. He was standing up and had drawn his Claymore, and in turning
to the side to give a signal to those of his men who survived he was
hit. The bullet struck the scabbard of his Claymore, glanced off it,
entered the left hip and lodged in the bladder. After that he said
the Germans rushed the position. Words are unnecessary, and no effort
of the imagination required to show that this young officer and his
small force of men had made a gallant stand against overpowering odds,
and that they had acted in accordance with the best traditions of
their grand old regt. When on the ground wounded he asked a German who
was passing for assistance, but all that the man did was to threaten
to shoot him. After that he stated that he pretended to be dead when
other Germans passed. Some time after this a party of the Cameron
Highlanders appear to have been in the vicinity, and he was observed
by the late Capt. Napier Cameron of that regt. Capt. Cameron gallantly
went under fire to his assistance, and carried him to the shelter of
a lane some distance in the rear. Lieut. Boyd told his father that he
owed his life at the time to Capt. Cameron, as the ground on which he
had fallen was swept afterwards by a terrible cross fire, and if he
had been left there he could not possibly have survived. He lay where
Capt. Cameron had put him for 16 hours in the rain. A stretcher party
of the Gloucestershire Regt. found him and brought him in. Afterwards
he was for 36 hours in a cattle truck being taken to the Base hospital.
The officers in charge of No. 8 General Hospital, Rouen, and the Rev.
W. G. Arrowsmith, one of the Chaplains, there stated that the whole
of the time in that cattle truck, and afterwards in the hospital, he
had never complained, and had shown extraordinary fortitude, and that
the example shown had the most wonderful effect upon the wounded men
there. An instance told was this: a Quartermaster-Sergt., who was badly
wounded and was suffering a lot, had been calling out a great deal, and
disturbing the other men. After they had tried to soothe him without
effect he was told that in the next ward there was a young officer of
the Black Watch who was far worse than he was, and who never complained
at all. After that the man was quiet. Although very severely wounded,
great hopes were entertained of Lieut. Boyd’s recovery, as he had been
operated upon successfully. But it was not to be, as he collapsed
suddenly in the early morning of 12 Oct., the immediate cause of death
being a blood clot. As he died in hospital his body was brought back to
Scotland in the hospital ship St. Patrick. The Headquarters, Scottish
Command, arranged for a military funeral, which took place in the Dean
Cemetery, Edinburgh, on 19 Oct. From earliest boyhood he had taken
the keenest interest in all outdoor sports. He played in the “Houses
fifteen” matches at Winchester. At cricket he was a fair performer, and
at golf a Scratch player. He was a good rider, a keen fisherman, and an
excellent shot both with the gun and rifle. He represented Winchester
College at Bisley in 1911, when he shot for the Cadet Trophy, and was
again at Bisley in 1912, when he was in the Winchester “eight.” It had
been his greatest ambition from earliest childhood to be in the Black
Watch.
[Illustration: =Nigel John Lawson Boyd=]
=BOYD, PERCY GERNON=, Private, No. 3158, 10th (Liverpool Scottish)
Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt., eldest _s._ of Samuel Boyd, of
19, Hale Road, Liscard, Cheshire, Accountant and Secretary, Liverpool
Shipping Company, by his wife, Emma, dau. of William Ker, of Liverpool;
_b._ Egremont, Wallasey, co. Chester, 1 Sept 1890; educ. Liscard
High School, and joined the Army on the outbreak of the war Aug. 1914.
He died from shell wounds received in action at Locre, Flanders, 22
Jan. 1915, and was buried in the churchyard there; _unm._ Major N.
S. Anderson, D.S.O., wrote: “He was in my company (No. 1) and was under
my command. I was thoroughly satisfied with all his work. He was a good
soldier.” And a comrade wrote: “He was a real good soldier, and a very
brave one too. It was only the night before Lieut. Turner was killed
that he was out with him putting barbed wire in front of the trenches.”
He was an active and keen footballer, being a member of the Liscard
Old Boys’, Brompton, and other clubs, and won the mile handicap at his
school annual sports.
[Illustration: =Percy Gernon Boyd.=]
=BOYLE, HON. JAMES=, Capt., Royal Scots Fusiliers, 2nd surviving
_s._ of David, 7th Earl of Glasgow, G.C.M.G., by his wife,
Dorothea Elizabeth Thomasina, dau. of Sir Edward Hunter-Blair, 4th Bt.;
_b._ Shewalton, co. Ayr., 11 March, 1880; educ. Wanganui College,
New Zealand, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and joined the Ayrshire
Militia 27 May, 1898, and served through the South African War,
1901–2, part of the time with mounted infantry and for some time on
staff duties, receiving the Queen’s medal with five clasps. In 1903 he
joined the Regulars and was gazetted as 2nd Lieut. to the Royal Scots
Fusiliers, becoming Lieut. 6 June, 1906, and Capt. 10 April, 1912.
From 1908–9 he was extra Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Victoria,
and from 1909–11 Aide-de-Camp, and later, 1912–14, A.D.C. to Gen. Sir
H. Smith-Dorrien, Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Command. He was
killed in action at Chateau Warneton, near La Bassée, on 18 Oct. 1914
(being officially reported wounded and missing for seven weeks, until
a letter was received from a German officer who reported he was buried
at Chateau Warneton). He _m._ in London, 15 Sept. 1908, Katherine
Isabel Salvin (Marston House, Banbury), sister of Capt. Geoffrey Vaux
Salvin Bowlby, Royal Horse Guards, killed in action 13 May, 1915, and
dau. of the late Edward Salvin Bowlby, of Gilston Park, Herts, and had
three children: Patrick John Salvin, _b._ 21 April, 1910; Edward
James, _b._ 26 Feb. 1912; and Belinda Margaret Graeme, _b._ 4
Dec. 1913.
[Illustration: =Hon. James Boyle.=]
=BOYLE, THOMAS=, Private, No. 15645, 13th (Service) Battn. Royal
Scots (Lothian Regt.), _s._ of Thomas Boyle, of 33, Lyons Lane,
Port Glasgow; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
killed in action at Hooge, 27 Sept. 1915.
=BOYLE, THOMAS WILLIAM=, Private, No. 10345, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, only _s._ of William Boyle, Coldstream Guards, by his
wife, Bridget (102, Marian Street, Gateshead, co. Durham), dau. of
Thomas Jackson; _b._ Gateshead, 18 July, 1896; enlisted 4 Sept.
1913; died of wounds received in action at Ypres, 23 Oct. 1914;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Thomas William Boyle.=]
=BOYLE, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 14602, 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt.;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died 4 Nov. 1914,
while a prisoner of war.
=BOYS, CHARLES HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9527), 200302, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BRABAZON, HON. ERNEST WILLIAM MAITLAND MOLYNEUX=, =D.S.O.=,
Staff Capt., 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 4th and yst. _s._ of
Reginald, 12th Earl of Meath, P.C., K.P., by his wife, Lady Mary Jane
Maitland, only surviving dau. of Thomas, 11th Earl of Lauderdale,
G.C.B.; _b._ Richmond, co. Surrey, 22 March, 1884; educ. Dover
College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 9 Jan. 1904, promoted Lieut. 5 Sept. 1906, and Capt. 3rd Battn.
4 April, 1912. On the outbreak of war he went to the front with his
regt., was attached to the Staff, and was killed in action near La
Bassée, 17 June, 1915. He was buried in Cambrin Cemetery, near where he
fell. Capt. Brabazon was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch
[London Gazette, 1 Dec. 1914], in the following terms: “Has shown
conspicuous efficiency in Staff duties and in keeping up communication
with a long line of front composed of many units, where communication
was often difficult. He has carried and delivered messages under fire
with promptness and dispatch.” For these services he received the
D.S.O. Lord Cavan, commanding the Guards’ Brigade, wrote: “We simply
loved him. I can never tell you what he was to me, not only as a
Staff Officer but as a friend. He was priceless, invaluable and never
wearying in his work for the Brigade.” And Col. J. R. Drummond Hay,
commanding Coldstream Guards: “By his death the Army, as well as the
regt., has lost heavily.” He was keen on musketry and sport and a good
shot. He _m._ at the Guards’ Chapel, Wellington Barracks, S.W., 29
Oct. 1912, Dorothy Mary, yst. dau. of Col. Horace Ricardo, of Bramley
Park, Surrey, C.V.O.; _s.p._ His three brothers are now (1916) on
active service: Col. Lord Ardee, C.B., in command of the 1st Battn.
Irish Guards, has been wounded; Capt. the Hon. Arthur Brabazon, on
special service in Egypt; and Major the Hon. Claud Brabazon, of the
Irish Guards, now in the Royal Flying Corps.
[Illustration: =Hon. E. W. M. M. Brabazon.=]
=BRABROOK, ARTHUR HENRY=, Sergt., 1/3rd Battn. (Royal Fusiliers)
City of London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Frederick Joseph
Brabrook, of Bury St. Edmunds, Fish Merchant, by his wife, Emma;
_b._ Bury St. Edmunds, 18 Jan. 1879; educ. St. John’s Church
School. He joined the 18th Middlesex V.R.C. (Paddington Rifles) in
1904, which became the 10th Battn. of the London Territorials. He
became Colour-Sergt. of D Coy. in 1912, in which year the battn. was
disbanded and transferred to Hackney. This was too far away, so with
his Capt. (now Major Prance) and other men he formed a Paddington Coy.,
attached to the 3rd Battn. of the London Regt., and received the rank
of L.-Sergt. He went through the School of Instruction at Chelsea and
received a certificate and was promoted Sergt. When the battn. was
mobilised in Aug. 1914 they were sent to guard railway stations for a
month, and he was stationed at Arlesford with his section. On 4 Sept.
1914, he sailed for Malta, and after Christmas went to France, and
served through the Battles of Neuve Chapelle and La Bassée, where he
had a narrow escape, a shell bursting, knocking him down and burying
him under some bricks. He died 10 May, 1915, of wounds received at
Festubert, and was buried in Bethune Cemetery. Capt. C. E. Rochford
wrote: “He was killed through a shell bursting while advancing in an
attack on a German trench. He has been with me ever since we left
England, so I knew him well. He was a splendid man and a splendid
soldier.” He _m._ at. North Kensington, 5 Sept. 1908, Clara
Louisa (322, Ladbroke Grove, W.), 2nd dau. of Robert Wollington, of
Ladbroke Grove, W., Builder, and had two children: Ralph Robert Arthur,
_b._ 15 March. 1914; and Beatrice Caroline, _b._ 23 Sept.
1909.
[Illustration: =Arthur Henry Brabrook.=]
=BRACEY, HUMPHREY ALFRED=, L.-Corpl., No. 1768, 21st Battn. (1st
Surrey Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.); _b._ Stoke Newington, 6
Sept. 1891; elder _s._ of Alfred Bracey, of Ashcroft, 30 Seymour
Gardens, Ilford, by his wife, Bertha, dau. of William James Hagger,
_b._ ....; educ. Grocer’s Company School, Hackney Downs, and
County High School, Ilford, and was in the employ of Parrs’ Bank
when war broke out. He enlisted in the 1st Surrey Rifles, 8 Aug.
1914, went to the front 15 March, 1915, and was killed in action at
Festubert, 25–26 May, 1915; _unm._ His commanding officer, Capt.
A. Hutchinson, wrote that he was exceptionally popular with all ranks
and that he, personally, regretted the “loss of a very promising and
fearless N.C.O.” And “Parrs’ Bank Magazine,” in recording his death,
said: “At the outbreak of war he was one of the first to offer his
services to his country. In the departments in which he was formerly
employed, he was ever ready to assist his colleagues, and was a most
generous and jovial companion. His absence will be especially noticed
on balance nights, settling days, &c., when the heavy work was much
lightened by his ready wit and humour. He was also well known in the
rifle section of the Sports Club, where he was one of the best shots.”
[Illustration: =Humphrey Alfred Bracey.=]
=BRACHER, GEORGE=, Private, No. 9139, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Matthias Bracher of Gerrards Farm, Favant, near
Salisbury; _b._ co. Wilts; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France, etc.; killed in action at Rentel, 12 Nov. 1914; _unm._
=BRACKEN, JOHN=, Private, No. G. 773, 8th (Service) Battn. Royal
West Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
killed in action, 26 Sept. 1915; _m._
=BRACKSTONE, HENRY=, Corpl., No. 7248, 1st Battn. East Surrey
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
action, 20 April, 1915; _m._
=BRADBURY, EDWARD CHAPNESS=, Private, No. 9409, 2nd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, 2nd _s._ of Samuel Bradbury, of 65, Queen
Street, Palfrey, Walsall, by his wife, Annie, dau. of William Baker;
_b._ Walsall, 18 Dec. 1893; educ. Palfrey School, Walsall, and
on leaving there was employed by Neville Bros. as a Portmanteau Lock
Maker. He enlisted 18 Jan. 1911, and three months before war was
declared was transferred to the 2nd Life Guards, but then transferred
back to his old regt., and was killed in action by a shell in an attack
on a farmhouse, 16 Nov. 1914; _unm._
=BRADBURY, EDWARD KINDER, V.C.=, Capt., L Battery, Royal Horse
Artillery, only _s._ of the late Judge James Kinder Bradbury,
J.P., Fellow of Caius College, Cambridge, by his wife, Grace
(Parkfield, Altrincham, Cheshire), dau. of the Rev. Edward Dowling;
_b._ Bowden, co. Chester, 16 Aug. 1881; educ. St. Ninian’s,
Moffat, Marlborough College and Woolwich; gazetted to the Royal Field
Artillery, 2 May, 1900, and promoted Lieut. 3 April, 1901, and Capt.
4 Feb. 1910. He joined the 125th Battery in Ireland, and in the later
stages of the South African War obtained a commission in Fincastle’s
Horse, with which he served on active service, obtaining the Queen’s
medal with two clasps. After the close of that campaign he returned to
Ireland, but in 1905 went to Uganda, and served with the 4th Battn. of
the King’s African Rifles till Aug. 1906, when he was invalided home
after severe fever. Coming home, he was transferred to the R.H.A., and
on the outbreak of war went to France with the Expeditionary Force. At
Néry, near Compiegne, on the last day of the retreat from Mons (1 Sept.
1914), L Battery, while covering the retreat, was attacked by a strong
German force with ten field guns and two Maxims. Three British guns
were brought into action, but two were quickly silenced. Capt. Bradbury
and his men served the remaining gun so well, however, that all but one
of the German guns were silenced; and when L Battery was relieved this
gun was captured. “Bradbury,” writes an artillery officer, recounting
this story, “was the real hero. He got the gun into action and gave
the orders. Mundy knelt on one side and did ranging officer, and
Brad., Campbell and Giffard, with the Battery Sergt.-Major, Gunner and
Driver, served the gun. Brad. had one leg taken off above the knee, but
still went on; Campbell ... was killed; Mundy was hit in both legs;
the Major, coming back hastily, was hit in the throat as he arrived.
Bradbury had his other leg taken off. Giffard was badly wounded,
and still they kept the last gun firing, and when I Battery and the
other Brigade came up they found that the Germans had left their guns
and bolted.” Capt. Bradbury, who was _unm._, was buried in the
cemetery at Néry. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s
Despatch of 7 Sept. [London Gazette, 19 Oct. 1914], and was awarded the
Victoria Cross “For gallantry and ability in organising the defence of
L Battery against heavy odds at Néry on 1 Sept.” A General wrote: “Your
son was simply beloved by us all from me, his General, down to the last
joined subaltern. He was very nearly four years under my command, and I
looked upon him as one of the most brilliant officers I had ever come
across, one who, had God willed it, had a great career in front of him,
and the manner in which he met his death fighting a single gun to the
end after the loss of one leg was worthy of him.”
[Illustration: =Edward Kinder Bradbury.=]
=BRADDOCK, ARTHUR LESLIE=, Assistant Paymaster, R.N.R., H.M.S.
Cressy, _s._ of William Braddock, of Sydney, New South Wales,
Chartered Accountant, by his wife, Alice, dau. of (--) Norman, Dental
Surgeon; _b._ Adelaide, South Australia, 22 Feb. 1877; educ.
Adelaide; joined the Royal Naval Reserve, Jan. 1908, and was appointed
Assistant Paymaster, 3 Feb. 1911, with seniority of 30 Jan. 1908.
He was appointed to the Cressy 1 Aug. 1914, and was lost when that
ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. He _m._
at Liverpool, 15 July, 1912, Jeannie Scott (19, Huskisson Street,
Liverpool), dau. of the late Capt. William Henry Burt; _s.p._
=BRADDOCK, HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13669 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BRADFORD, ARTHUR JESSE GEORGE=, L.-Corpl., No. 766, B Coy., 16th
Battn. Australian Imperial Force, elder _s._ of the late Arthur
Jesse Bradford, of Clapton, N.E., by his wife, Gabriella (now a nurse,
of 106, Valkyrie Road, Westcliffe-on-Sea), dau. of Jesse Witts, of
Gloucester; _b._ Plaistow, co. Essex, 14 Nov. 1895; educ. London
Orphan School, Watford; joined the (Temperley & Co.) Merchant Service
when 16; then settled in Bunbury, Western Australia (1913), and
when war broke out was in the Bush, engaged in the lumber trade. He
immediately volunteered; left for Egypt with the Second Reinforcements
in Dec. 1914; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April,
1915, and was killed in action there the same day; _unm._ His yr.
brother, Edward Lionel Bradford, L.-Corpl., No. 142397, No. 1 Co., R.E.
(Signal Service), is now (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Arthur Jesse G. Bradford.=]
=BRADFORD, SIR EVELYN RIDLEY=, 2nd Bt., Lieut.-Col. 2nd Seaforth
Highlanders, eldest _s._ of Sir Edward Ridley Colborne Bradford,
1st Bt., some time (1890–1903) Commissioner of Police of the
Metropolis, and an extra Equerry to His Majesty the King, by his 1st
wife, Elizabeth Adela, dau. of Edward Knight, of Chanton House, Alton;
_b._ India, 16 April, 1869; educ. Eton and Sandhurst; gazetted
2nd Lieut. 22 Aug. 1888, and promoted Lieut. 11 June, 1890, Capt. 3
July 1895, Major 26 June, 1902, Brevet Lieut.-Col. 10 May, 1913, and
Lieut.-Col. 10 June, 1913. He served with the Soudan Expedition in
1898, being present at the Battles of the Atbara and Khartoum, and on
the staff in the South African War, 1899–1902. He took part in the
operations in the Orange Free State from May to 29 Nov. 1900, including
actions at Poplar Grove, and Driefontein, and Witteberjer (1–29 July),
and during the operations in Cape Colony, Feb.-March, 1901. His
services were twice mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 7 May and
10 Sept. 1901], and in addition to the Queen’s medal with four clasps
and the King’s medal with two clasps, he received his brevet majority
and was placed on the list of officers considered qualified for staff
employment in consequence of service on the Staff in the field. At
the time of the outbreak of the European War he was in command of the
2nd Battn. of the Seaforths, the old 78th, and took them out from
Shorncliffe in Brig.-Gen. J. A. L. Haldane’s 10th Infantry Brigade,
which was brought up from the lines of communication in France to cover
the retirement of the Expeditionary Force on Cambray. This duty was
performed in the centre of the line by Major-Gen. Snow’s 4th Division,
consisting of the 10th, 11th and 12th Infantry Brigades. These units
broke the front of the German pursuit, and suffered in consequence.
as the 1st and 2nd Army Corps fell back. He was killed in action at
the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914, and was buried at Bucy Le
Long, near Soissons. Sir Edward Bradford was a famous cricketer and
played many fine games for Hampshire and the Army with Major Poore and
Capt Wynyard, of the Staff College, as contemporaries, the last time
he played in the County Eleven being against Surrey, at Aldershot, in
1902. He _m._ at Colgate, Faygate, Sussex, 25 Nov. 1909, Elsie
Clifton, 3rd dau. of Col. James Clifton Brown, and had three children:
Sir Edward Montagu Andrew, now 3rd Bt., _b._ 30 Nov. 1910; Ridley
Lewkenor, _b._ 11 April, 1912, and Donald Clifton, _b._ 22
May, 1914.
[Illustration: =Sir Evelyn R. Bradford.=]
=BRADFORD, GEORGE RICHARD=, 2nd Engineer, No. 773, H.M. trawler
Tern, _s._ of William Bradford, Labourer; _b._ 1878; was lost
in the trawler Tern off the west coast of Scotland, 23 Feb. 1915, while
mine sweeping. He _m._ at Hull, 28 June, 1898, Alice Edith (78,
Day Street, Hessle Road, Hull), dau. of Robert Dibnah, Lamplighter, and
had two sons, George Thomas, _b._ 16 Feb. 1904, and Charles Henry,
_b._ 5 April, 1912.
[Illustration: =George Richard Bradford.=]
=BRADLEY, ERIC JATINGA=, Private, No. 140, 5th Battn. (London
Rifle Brigade) The London Regt., eldest _s._ of James Bradley, of
Grovehill, Suckley, co. Worcester, Tea Planter; _b._ London, 28
June, 1892; educ. Rottingdean, Rugby and Pembroke College Cambridge
(Honours); entered at the Inner Temple, but on the outbreak of war at
once enlisted; he proceeded with his battn. to France 4 Nov., and was
mortally wounded with four others in the early morning of 5 Dec. by
shrapnel, which burst on the parapet of the trench. He died the same
day at No. 2 Clearing Hospital, Bailleul, being buried in the cemetery
there (No. 149); _unm._
=BRADLEY, REGINALD JOHN=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17049, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=BRADLEY, THOMAS=, Trooper, No. 13/296, Auckland Mounted Rifles,
New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Benjamin Bradley, of
Christchurch, formerly of co. Lincoln; _b._ Papains, Christchurch,
New Zealand, 16 June, 1884; educ. Christchurch High School; joined the
Mounted Rifles, 10 July, 1914; went to the Dardanelles in May, and
was killed in a night attack at Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, 19 May, 1915;
_unm._ He was buried on Walker’s Ridge there.
=BRADSHAW, FRANK SEYMOUR=, Capt., 1st Battn. Prince Albert’s
Somerset L.I. (the old 13th), only _s._ of the late Major Frank
Boyd Bradshaw (13th Somerset L.I.), by his wife, Catherine Douglas,
dau. of Capt. Loftus Nunn, late 99th Regt., and great-grandson of
Gen. Lawrence Bradshaw, some time commanding 13th L.I.; _b._
Weston-super-Mare, co. Somerset, 4 Dec. 1883; educ. East Sheen,
Harrow and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 23 Jan. 1904, and promoted
Lieut. 12 June, 1906, and Capt. Nov. 1914. He was killed in action at
Ploegsteert Wood, 19 Dec. 1914, and was buried near Somerset House
there; _unm._ One of Capt. Bradshaw’s men wrote: “His death is
much regretted by the whole company, because they could always trust
him. He would never send his men where he would not go himself. He was
an exceptionally brave man, and knew his work, and it will be very
difficult to find his equal.”
[Illustration: =Frank Seymour Bradshaw.=]
=BRADSHAW, GEORGE RAMSON=, Stoker, 1st Class, E. 12797 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BRADSHAW, MATTHEW=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./12547, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BRADY, EDMUND=, L.-Corpl., No. 9118, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots,
3rd _s._ of Patrick Brady, of 102, Waterloo Street, Crumpsall,
Manchester, Labourer, by his wife, Anne; _b._ Miles Platting,
Manchester, 2 Sept. 1881; educ. St. Edmund’s R.C. School there;
enlisted 9 Dec. 1904, and served eight years in India, winning a silver
spoon for shooting. An attendant at the Crumpsall Workhouse when war
was declared, he was called up, and was killed instantaneously in
action, during the advance at Loos, 25 Sept. 1915, being struck in the
forehead by a bullet; _unm._
=BRAIK, JOHN=, Sergt., No. 22961, 12th, later 4th, Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late Adam Braik, of Kemnay,
co. Aberdeen, Mill Owner, by his wife, Helen, dau. of John Ingram;
_b._ Garthy, co. Aberdeen, 5 Oct. 1868; educ. Kemnay Public
School, and was a mill owner. He joined the 4th Volunteer Battn. of
the Gordon Highlanders in 1880, and obtained a commission in the same
in 1896. On the outbreak of the South African War he enlisted as a
Private in the 2nd Scottish Horse and served through the latter part
of that campaign, receiving the medal. He was subsequently attached
to the R.G.A. as Instructor of Military Signalling, and was shooting
in the wilds of British Columbia when the European War began. He
immediately hastened several hundred miles through the North-West to
the nearest recruiting office and volunteered for service. He was
offered a commission in the second contingent, but declined to wait,
and was one of the last recruits entered for the first contingent, and
came over with them in Oct., crossing to France in Feb. He subsequently
returned to England to convey machine guns to the Front, and was given
charge of one on his return. He was seriously wounded 18 June, 1915,
by a shrapnel shell which burst above his gun, and was invalided to
England, where he died in the Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich, 5 Aug.
following. He was buried in Heroes Corner, Greenwich Cemetery.
[Illustration: =John Braik.=]
=BRAITHWAITE, JOSEPH=, Stoker (Native), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BRAMALL, HORACE=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 7357, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BRAMLEY, HAROLD=, 2nd Lieut., 2/5th King’s Own Yorkshire Light
Infantry (T.F.), previously L.-Corpl. (C Squad.) Leicestershire
Yeomanry, 2nd _s._ of the Rev. Cyril Richard Bramley, M.A. (Oxon.),
Vicar of St. John’s, Donisthorpe with Moira (St. Hilda); _b._
Manchester, 9 Feb. 1894; educ. St. John’s School, Leatherhead, 1904;
devoted himself to farming, and after a two years’ course on a farm
in Snarestone, went to Canada for nine months to see the conditions
of farming there; returning in Dec. 1913, he went to Kidlington,
near Oxford, to take charge of a farm, but on the outbreak of war
immediately rejoined the Leicestershire Yeomanry (in which he had been
1911–12); went with them to the Front in Nov. 1914, was in several
engagements, being promoted L.-Corpl. Feb. 1915, and 2nd Lieut. a week
before he was killed in action near Ypres, 13 May, 1915; _unm._
=BRAND, ERNEST STANLEY=, Capt., Royal Fusiliers, attd. West
African Rifles, _s._ of William Burmann Brand, of 19, Linzee
Road, Hornsey, N.; _b._ Stoke Newington, 3 Dec. 1878; educ.
Charterhouse; received his commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 3rd Battn.
Royal Fusiliers from the Militia, 4 Jan. 1899, and was promoted Lieut.
27 Jan. 1900, and Capt. 19 Oct. 1904. He was seconded for service with
the Chinese Regt. at Wei-hai-Wei from 20 April, 1901, to 19 April,
1906; was employed with the West African Regt. from 14 July, 1906,
to Dec. 1910, and again from 19 Sept. 1912. On the outbreak of the
European War he was ordered to the Cameroons and was acting second in
command when killed in action during the fighting around Jabassi on 8
Oct. 1914; _unm._ He was buried at Dibandi. A picture of the cross
erected to his memory appeared in the Sketch for 5 June, 1915. Capt.
Brand was a clever Chinese linguist.
=BRANDON, JOHN COOPER=, 340733, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BRANTINGHAM, GEORGE=, E.R.A., 1st Class, 155692 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BRASH, PRENTISE STEPHEN=, Petty Officer, 180365, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=BRASHAW, JOSEPH ARTHUR=, Capt., 16th Battn. Australian Imperial
Force, 3rd _s._ of Harry Brashaw, of Perth and Dudley House Farm,
Kwelkam, Kununoppin, West Australia, by his wife, Sebra, dau. of John
White, of Coventry, and nephew of Joseph White, of The Woodlands,
Cowper Road, Bournemouth; _b._ Woalingham, New South Wales, 1891;
educ. Bunbury, West Australia; joined the forces as a cadet when 17
years of age, and was later transferred to the Militia. He worked his
way up through the ranks and received his lieutenancy in 1913. On the
outbreak of war he volunteered for Imperial Service, and was sent to
Melbourne to assist in training the New Forces. Here he contracted
typhoid fever, and returned to West Australia, leaving for the front
in charge of reinforcements for the 16th Battn. He arrived in time to
take part in the historic landing at the Dardanelles on 25 April, 1915,
and was subsequently wounded during the heavy fighting on 17 May. When
convalescent he was given the opportunity of being invalided to England
as his foot had not fully recovered, but pleaded to be allowed to
rejoin his unit, and returned to duty on 17 July, being gazetted Capt.
on the 29th. Nine days later, on 7 Aug. 1915, he was killed in action
at Suvla Bay; _unm._
[Illustration: =Joseph Arthur Brashaw.=]
=BRASHIER, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 2436, D Coy., 1/7th Battn.
Durham L.I., 2nd _s._ of James Brashier, by his wife, Sarah, dau.
of Hugh McKee; _b._ Durham, 20 Jan. 1895; educ. there; enlisted
after the outbreak of the war, and died in hospital at Boulogne, 14
May, 1915, of wounds received in action; _unm._
=BRASIER, LEONARD GEORGE=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class (R.F.R., B.
2406), 219840, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the
coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BRASS, WILLIAM=, Corpl., No. 6/807, South Canterbury Battn.,
New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of James Gilles Brass, of
Kirkwall, Farmer, by his wife Isabella Balfour, dau. of James Bews;
_b._ Harray, Orkney, 27 Dec. 1889; educ. Rendall Parish School,
Orkney, went to New Zealand in Dec. 1908, enlisted at Christchurch
on the outbreak of war, left with the main force and was killed in
action at the Dardanelles, 26 April, 1915; _unm._ Brass was the
well-known Mount Cook Guide, and had been a member of the Scottish
Garrison Artillery before going to New Zealand. He was a personal
friend of Richmond, the guide who was lost with Mr. King in the descent
from Mount Cook. Brass, with Mr. Turner, made an ascent on the same
day, and the two parties were to have met on the top. They passed over
the avalanche which killed the others, tracing their steps down to it.
Subsequently it was Brass who found the mangled body of Richmond, and
his great strength was a considerable factor in bringing it down to
the hut in that terrible journey in which the guides had to take it in
turns to carry it on their backs down a mountain side in the dark, a
feat which seems almost incredible when the place is gone over in the
daylight.
[Illustration: =William Brass.=]
=BRATTLE, WILLIAM=, Chief Stoker, 277368, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BRAY, CECIL HERBERT=, Private, No. 2801, 1/9th Battn. (Queen
Victoria’s Rifles) London Regt., _s._ of Thomas Bray, Engineer’s
Draughtsman, by his wife, Frances, dau. of John Drewry Codling;
_b._ Harringay, N., 22 Nov. 1892; educ. Haverstock Hill Orphanage;
enlisted two days after the declaration of war, 7 Aug. 1914; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in
action at Voormezeele, near St. Eloi, 17 July, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Cecil Herbert Bray.=]
=BRAY, GEORGE=, A.B., 216585, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that
ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept.
1914.
=BRAY, DERRICK REGINALD PAMPHILON=, Corpl., No. 1553, 1st Battn.
(Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Reginald
Alfred Bray, of 49, Orlando Road, Clapham Common, S.W., formerly of
Jersey, by his wife, Lissa, dau. of the late Stephen Algir Pamphilon,
of Lea Hall, Hatfield Broad Oak, Harlow, co. Essex; _b._ Clapham
Common, 20 Sept. 1895; educ. private school, and Wix’s Higher Grade
School; joined the 1st City of London Regt. 7 April, 1913; on the
outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service, was sent to Malta
for five months, and proceeded to France, 10 March, 1915. He was
killed in action at Aubers Ridge, 9 May, 1915, and was buried in Rue
Pettilon, near Picantin; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote:
“At the time he was gallantly leading his section in an advance under
very severe fire, and by his death, we all realise that we have lost a
brave comrade, who has done his duty and whom we all miss dreadfully.
His sense of duty was most real, as events have proved.” Corpl. Bray
was very proud of the fact that every man of his family of fighting
age joined the colours early in the war. His uncle, Lieut. Ede, Royal
Marine Artillery, was mentioned in Despatches while serving with the
Egyptian Army in 1896.
[Illustration: =Derrick R. P. Bray.=]
=BRAY, HORACE=, Private, No. 9241, 3rd Battn. The Middlesex Regt.;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action,
16 April, 1915; _m._
=BRAZIER, ALFRED=, Private, No. 9499, 2nd Battn. East Surrey
Regt., _s._ of James Brazier, of 22, Stewarts Lane, Battersea;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action,
25 April, 1915.
=BRAZIER, BENJAMIN WILLIAM=, Corpl., No. 8949, 2nd Battn.
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I., eldest _s._ of Wallace
Brazier, Lieut. and Quartermaster 6th Service Battn. and late
Regimental Sergt.-Major 2nd Battn. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
L.I., by his wife, Mary Jane (4, Pentland Villas, Juniper Green,
Midlothian), dau. of William Paddon, late R.N.; _b._ Bareilly,
N.W.P., India, 30 Nov. 1893; educ. Cowley, and East Oxford Council
School, Oxford; joined the 2nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I. in
Sept. 1908, attended the Kneller Hall Royal School of Music from Oct.
1913 till Aug. 1914, and on the outbreak of war rejoined his battn.,
served in France and Flanders; was twice wounded, the second time at
the Battle of the Aisne, and was killed in action during the night
attack, 15–16 May, 1915, at Richbourg L’Avoue; _unm._ His company
commander wrote: “During the time I was out in France he was in my
company, and I looked upon him as a promising N.C.O. He was always
cheerful, ready to help in anything there was to be done, and during
the three rather hard days fighting, 21–23 Oct., he did a lot of most
excellent work, and looked after the men round him admirably. Everyone
who knew him will miss him, and the regt. has lost a N.C.O. who would
in time have risen to the highest rank. He was a gallant lad,” and the
Quartermaster: “He was a brave lad, the best of soldiers, and would, I
am certain, had he been spared, have risen to a high position. There is
not one but will mourn his loss.” Corpl. Brazier was a keen sportsman
and football player, in which latter sport he won two medals.
[Illustration: =Benjamin W. Brazier.=]
=BRAZIER, FREDERICK OWEN=, Private, No. 3198, 5th (Cinque Ports)
Battn. Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Frederick Brazier, of
29, St. George’s Road, Hastings; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France, etc.; killed in action, 9 May, 1915.
=BRAZIER, JAMES=, Private, No. 6282, 1st Battn. East Surrey Regt.;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in
action, 26 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BRAZIER, WALTER ERNEST=, Stoker, 1st Class, Chatham, 311704,
H.M.S. Laertes; killed in action in Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=BREACH, JOHN=, Private, No. 4770, 5th Dragoon Guards, 3rd
_s._ of William Breach, of Lowestoft, Fishing Smack Owner, by his
wife, Sarah; _b._ Lowestoft, 5 April, 1879; educ. at the Board
and Technical Schools there; joined the Army, 16 April, 1898; served
with his regt. in India, and went through the Boer War, for which he
was awarded the medal. At the outbreak of the European War he was
farming in Canada, and was recalled to join his regt. He died of wounds
received in action at Hill 60, in 13 General Hospital, Boulogne, 11
June, 1915. He _m._ at Kirkley Parish Church, Lowestoft, 28 March,
1910, Agnes Maud (Ivydene, Kitchener Road, Ipswich), yst. dau. of
John William Hadenham, of Ipswich, District Superintendent Insurance
Company; _s.p._ Private Breach was a lifelong abstainer, a keen
football player, and an expert cricketer, and held several good conduct
medals. His three brothers are all now (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =John Breach.=]
=BREAM, CHARLES=, Drummer, No. 7248, 1st Battn. Northamptonshire
Regt., _s._ of Charles William Bream, of Nassington, co.
Northants; _b._ Nassington, 5 Dec. 1883; educ. there; joined the
1st Northamptons (D Coy.), 1903, and saw active service on the Indian
Frontier in 1904, for which he received two medals and two bars. He
afterwards became a Police Constable in the Durham County Constabulary,
and was stationed at South Moor, in the Lancashire and Consett Petty
Sessional Division, when he was called up on the outbreak of war.
He left with his regt. for France, 17 Aug. 1914, taking part in the
retreat from Mons and several other engagements, and was killed in a
bayonet charge at Festubert, 21 Dec. 1914. In a letter to a friend at
South Moor he said: “You will have heard about the battle on the Aisne.
We were in the trenches for a month, and the first week it never ceased
raining, and we had to stick it.” Later, writing from Festubert, he
said that they had had several engagements with the Prussian Guard,
but had got through them, doing six bayonet charges in ten days. He
_m._ at Yarwell, Nassington, 8 Oct. 1913, Carrie, dau. of (--)
Mould, of Nassington.
=BRECKELL, RALPH LEICESTER=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. (Prince of
Wales’ Volunteers) South Lancashire Regt., attd. 2nd Battn. Lancashire
Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of Edward John Blease Breckell, of Holmdene,
Alexandra Road, Waterloo, near Liverpool, by his wife, Emilia Mary,
only child of the late Charles Oddie, of Everton, Liverpool; _b._
West Derby, near Liverpool, 16 April, 1890; educ. Ellesmere College,
Shropshire; was Resident Secretary in Liverpool for the British Crown
Insurance Company, but on the outbreak of war joined the 18th Service
Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt. in Sept. 1914, and was gazetted 2nd
Lieut. to the 3rd South Lancashires, 20 Feb. 1915, being later attached
to the 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers at the front; killed in action on the
canal between Pilkem and Boesinghe, during the severe fighting between
5 and 9 July, 1915; _unm._ His orderly, Private E. Murphy, wrote:
“He died fighting like a true English gentleman, being in charge of a
party of bomb throwers who held on to such a purpose that they were
piling themselves on top of one another, and I am very pleased to
tell you that he did not suffer more than a minute, just calling my
name like this, ‘Oh, Murphy’; then I caught him and laid him down and
as near as I could make out he said a few prayers, and then passed
peacefully away looking as if he had gone to sleep,” and added that
he was killed by a piece of shrapnel in line with his left shoulder
striking his heart.
[Illustration: =Ralph L. Brecknell.=]
=BREED, GEORGE ALFRED=, Private, No. 444310, 55th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late William Breed, Farm
Labourer, by his wife, Julia (Papworth Everard, Cambridge), dau. of
James Paine, of Croydon, co. Cambridge; _b._ Hatley St. George,
co. Cambridge, 14 Feb. 1892; educ. there, and at Papworth Everard;
went to Canada, 1 March, 1912; volunteered for service overseas on
the outbreak of war, and died in the Military Hospital at Bramshott,
Liphook, Hants., 10 Dec. 1915, of influenza contracted while going
through his course of training; _unm._
[Illustration: =George Alfred Breed.=]
=BREEZE, JOHN=, Private, No. 10505, 1st Battn. South Wales
Borderers, _s._ of John Breeze, of 6, Durham Street, Grangetown,
Cardiff, Labourer, by his 1st wife, Caroline, dau. of Thomas Morris;
_b._ Tenbury, co. Worcester, 9 March, 1887; educ. National School,
Monmouth; enlisted in 1911; killed in action at Langemark, 21 Oct.
1914; _unm._
=BREMER, FRANCIS AUGUSTUS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3921), 167964, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BREMNER, HENRY SADLER=, Private, No. 138, 2nd Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, 3rd _s._ of James Bremner, of 137, Canongate,
Edinburgh, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Robert Sadler, of North Shields;
_b._ Edinburgh, 30 Oct. 1885; educ. Milton House School there;
went to Australia in 1912; enlisted on the outbreak of war, and was
killed in action at Gallipoli, 2 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Henry S. Bremner.=]
=BREMNER, JAMES=, Private, No. 8834, 1st Battn. The Royal Scots,
_s._ of John Bremner, of Edinburgh, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau.
of James Wilson; _b._ Edinburgh, 30 Sept. 1886; educ. there;
enlisted in Jan. 1904, and served three years with the Colours, acting
part of the time as Assistant Schoolmaster at the Depôt (Glencorse). At
the outbreak of war he was in the employ of the North British Railway
Co. at Edinburgh; was called up on mobilisation in Aug. 1914, and was
killed in action at Messines, 16 Nov. 1914, by a shell when entering a
trench; _unm._
=BRENAN, BYRON EDWARD=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Gloucestershire
Regt., yst. _s._ of Edward Vincent Brenan, of Poulton, Sneyd
Park, Bristol, late Commissioner Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs
(died July, 1915), by his wife, Marion Mabel, dau. of Major-Gen.
John Thornhill Watson, B.S.C.; _b._ Hong-Kong, 22 March, 1895;
educ. Clifton College, was in the O.T.C. there; joined the Army on
the outbreak of war, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd (Reserve) Battn.
Gloucestershire Regt. 15 Aug. 1914. On 19 March he was attached to the
2nd battn. at the front, and was killed while leading his men to repair
a trench which had been absolutely destroyed by a shell, 18 April,
1915; buried at Ypres; _unm._
[Illustration: =Byron Edward Brenan.=]
=BRENCHLEY, ARTHUR=, Leading Seaman, 215494, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BRENCHLEY, GEORGE CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6640), 223932,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BRENCHLEY, ROBERT HENRY=, 1st Class P.O. Blacksmith, No. 156247,
H.M.S. Cressy, _s._ of Henry Brenchley, of St. Peters, Thanet,
by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of James Epps; _b._ 25 Jan. 1868;
educ. St. Peter’s National School; served in the Navy for twenty-two
years, and in 1912 became an attendant at the Broadstairs Cinema. On
the outbreak of the war was recalled, 3 Aug. 1914, and was lost on
H.M.S. Cressy, 22 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at Broadstairs, 11 Nov.
1903, Louisa (20 Albion Street, Broadstairs), dau. of Henry Mawlings
of Walford, near Ross, co. Hereford, and left a dau., Mary Louise,
_b._ 7 May, 1905.
[Illustration: =Robert Henry Brenchley.=]
=BRESLIN, ANDREW=, Private, No. 3103, 1st Battn. Irish Guards,
_s._ of Patrick Breslin, of Ballyorr, near Londonderry, Labourer;
_b._ St. Johnston, co. Donegal, 4 Dec. 1885; enlisted Aug. 1908,
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action
during a charge on a strong enemy position, 1 Nov. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Andrew Breslin.=]
=BRESLIN, PETER=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8656), S.S.
105078, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BRETT, CHARLES=, A.B., 162505, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action
off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BRETT, CHARLES=, Private, No. 1707, 4th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, _s._ of Walter Brett, of Lodge Farm, Wingfield,
Harleston, Norfolk, Farmer, by his wife, Sarah Jane, dau. of the late
John Welsh Berry, of Great Yarmouth; _b._ Styleham, Suffolk,
22 Oct. 1886; educ. Brockdish Council School, Norfolk; emigrated to
Australia in July, 1911; joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force,
9 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action between 9 and 11 Aug. 1915, at
Gallipoli; _unm._
[Illustration: =Charles Brett.=]
=BRETT, CHARLES ARTHUR HUGH, D.S.O.=, Lieut.-Col., 2nd Battn. The
Suffolk Regt., eldest _s._ of the late Lieut.-Col. Arthur Brett,
A.P.D., formerly of the 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen’s Bays), by his wife,
Georgina, dau. of Hugh Hannay, Paymaster R.N. (who served through the
Napoleonic War and was taken prisoner at Verdun in 1812); _b._
Muttra, India, 28 March, 1865; educ. privately and at Sandhurst;
entered the Army as Lieut. 9 May, 1885; was promoted Capt. 15 June,
1894; Major, 24 Feb. 1906, and Lieut.-Col., 24 Feb. 1914. From Jan.
1895–Jan. 1899, he was Adjutant of the 1st Battn. of the Suffolk Regt.,
and of the 4th Battn. at Ely in 1900, and from Dec. 1909 to Dec. 1912
was in command of the Depot at Bury St. Edmunds. He served in the
Hazara Expedition in 1888 and received the medal with clasp, and in
the South African War, 1899–1901. He was in command of one of the four
companies of the 1st Suffolks which, on 5 Jan., made the night attack
on a ridge in the Colesberg district, and when they suffered repulse
he found himself in charge of the party of 107 which was cut off, and
after making a gallant resistance, until their ammunition gave out, and
during which Capt. Brett was severely wounded, had no alternative but
to surrender. After his release he rejoined his regt. and saw service
in the operations east of Pretoria, and in the Orange River Colony,
from July to Oct. 1900. He was mentioned in the general’s despatches
[London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901], and received the Queen’s medal with
three clasps, and also the D.S.O. On the outbreak of the European War
he went to France with the first Expeditionary Force, and was killed
in action at Le Cateau, France, 26 Aug. 1914. The 2nd Battn. of the
Suffolks arrived at Le Cateau about 7 p.m. on the 25th, and bivouacked
at the barn, and made themselves comfortable for the night, although
the Germans were following close on their heels. The remainder of
the Brigade was fairly close at hand. On the 26th the Suffolks had
breakfast at 3 a.m., and fell in at 4 a.m. to take up their allotted
positions, which were about half a mile to their rear. Two of the
battns. (Nos. 3 and 4) of the Brigade were to occupy the trenches which
had already been prepared for them, and the Suffolks (No. 1 Battn.) and
the 4th Battn. of the Brigade was placed in reserve. Afterwards the
Suffolks were moved out in front of the battery and No. 4 Battn. to
the right, to protect the guns. The Suffolks had barely taken up their
position and commenced to use the web equipment entrenching tool when
the Germans opened fire on the battery and dropped a shell right among
them. The fight developed and the regt. hung on, protecting the guns,
but had to put up with a good deal of shelling which was intended for
the battery. They also came in for a good deal of enfilading fire from
the German guns. This went on for several hours. It was very difficult
to feed the firing line with ammunition, especially when the German
infantry drew near. Our infantry and maxim guns simply mowed them down,
but still they pressed on, and for a time they recoiled, and then came
on again. The battery at one time was firing at them at about 800 yards
range, and some of our men, especially of C Coy. (Capt. Orford), got
hit with our own shells. Nothing could show itself in the open without
drawing a terrible fire from the enemy. The first line of transport was
ordered to retire and get away the best way it could. The batteries
and the infantry brigade stuck to their positions, and continued the
fire, hoping to be reinforced, as General Sir Charles Fergusson had
given out that 40,000 French troops were expected. Eventually the order
to retire was given, but the old Suffolks had little ammunition left,
and the casualties were enormous; very few men were able to retire. In
the early part of the fight about 50 wounded Suffolks were carried to
the dressing station and to the field hospital. These, together with
the other wounded, were shown as “missing,” with the exception of Col.
Brett, who was killed early in the fight by a shell. Col. Brett was
buried on the battlefield and was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s
Despatch of 7 Sept. 1914. A brother officer wrote: “If ever there was
a commanding officer that I would wish to have gone on service with,
it was he whose loss we now mourn. The one consolation is that he
fell as a soldier at the head of his regt. for whom he did so much,
and who, everyone of them, looked up to him, admired him. and tried
to follow his grand example in everything. His life was noble and
straight, and his death was the same. We of the regt., or what is left
of it, mourn his loss as the best of comrades”; and another one wrote:
“I don’t suppose there was a single commanding officer in the service
more beloved by the officers and men. We had all so looked forward to
his getting command, and were delighted at the prospect of serving
under him. His loss to the regt., as it is to you, is absolutely
irreparable.... It will be a long time before we cease to grieve for a
gallant soldier, and one of the best and kindest of men.” One of his
former subalterns also wrote: “I thought I would like to write to you
to tell you that I was his subaltern that night at Colesberg in 1900
when he was shot, and to say that he was a very gallant fellow. Though
shot through the lungs, he kept up command of his Coy., and actually
charged the Boer trenches in this state, until he fell exhausted from
loss of blood. I have no doubt he was just as brave in France when he
met his glorious death, and I write these few words in the hope that
should they be shown to his wife, it may console her just a little to
know that there are a few of his comrades of that night left, who will
remember him always as one of old England’s most gallant sons.” Col.
Brett was fond of travel and astronomy, and joined when on leave Sir W.
Christie’s party to Sfax, Tunisia, 1905, to witness the Eclipse, and
received thanks from the Admiralty for his assistance to the Astronomer
Royal. During other leave he visited Mesopotamia, and was interested in
exploring Muscat, Bagdad, Babylon, and other places. He _m._ at
St. Mary-at-the-Walls Church, Colchester, 6 Jan. 1909, Enid Geraldine
(The Cottage, Lexden, Colchester), eldest dau. of the late Lieut.-Col.
Harry Hamersley St. George, Senior Ordnance Officer, Scottish District
(and sister of Lieut. G. S. W. St. George, 1st Gurkha Rifles, who was
killed in action, 27 April, 1915, see his notice), and had one dau.,
Ione Moncrieff St. George, _b._ 10 Oct. 1909.
[Illustration: =Charles Arthur H. Brett.=]
=BRETTELL, SAMUEL THOMAS=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 210526, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BREWER, FRANK=, A.B., 207025 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost in
action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BREWER, JOHN HAROLD=, Private, No. 169, 6th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, _s._ of John Brewer, late Worcester Regt., by
his wife, Emily Isabella Margery, dau. of John Harley Bedford, late
Superintendant of Post Offices, Bombay Presidency; _b._ Poona,
India, 7 June, 1892; educ. Church School, Liskeard, Cornwall, and
on leaving there served as an errand boy with Mr. Rapson, the Mayor
for three years there; joined the Duke of Cornwall’s L.I. in 1908,
and two years later emigrated to Australia, where he was employed at
the Parkside Tannery, Preston, until the outbreak of the war when he
joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force. He was killed in action in
Gallipoli, 8 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Harold Brewer.=]
=BREWER, WILLIAM ARTHUR=, Private, No. 10398, 1st Battn. Wiltshire
Regt., 2nd _s._ of George Brewer, of 81, Shamrock Cottage,
Chippenham, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of William Neate, of 42, Wood
Lane, Chippenham; _b._ Chippenham, co. Wilts, 19 May, 1893, and
educ. British School there; an old Territorial he enlisted in the Wilts
Regt. 1 Sept. 1914; and was killed in action at Ypres 13 Nov. 1914;
_unm._ A comrade wrote: “The officer called for volunteers to
rush a road, and he was the first to leave trench, and by so doing was
killed with a Maxim gun.” Private Brewer was a well-known Wiltshire
footballer, and was formerly a captain of Chippenham Town, but in 1913
signed on for Swindon and played one match with the first eleven.
[Illustration: =William Arthur Brewer.=]
=BREWIN, WILLIAM HENRY FRANK=, Private, No. 1749, 7th Battn,
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of William Henry Brewin, of
90, St. Loys Road, Bruce Grove, Tottenham, by his wife, Louisa, dau. of
Richard Henry Calvert; _b._ Stoke Newington, 12 May, 1896; educ.
Earls Mead School there; joined the Middlesex Territorials about 1911;
volunteered for foreign service Aug. 1914; went to France the last week
in Feb., and was killed in action there, 13 April, 1915; _unm._
=BREWSTER, HERBERT JOHN=, Ship’s Corpl., 1st Class (R.F.R., B.
4774), 169829, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=BRIAN, HERBERT CECIL=, 2nd Lieut. 59th Battery, Royal Garrison
Artillery, eldest _s._ of Hyla Edwin Brian, Military School,
Cairo, and of Holmbury, Berkhampstead, by his wife, Annie, dau. of
Charles Elliott; _b._ Abbassieh, Cairo, Egypt, 23 Dec. 1891; educ.
Berkhampstead School, and Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted
to the 18th Battery 20 Dec. 1912, with which he served in England
until June, 1914, when he left to join the 59th Battery in India, and
returned the following Dec. to Portsmouth, and went from there to the
Front early in March, 1915. He was present and took part in the action
of Neuve Chapelle, and was killed in action near Fromelles, while
performing the duty of forward observing officer in the trenches, 9
May, 1915. He was _unm._ and was buried in an orchard near where
he fell. His commanding officer wrote of him: “He was a splendid
officer and absolutely fearless in the execution of his duty.”
[Illustration: =Herbert Cecil Brian.=]
=BRICE, HENRY COPELAND=, Lieut., 4th Battn. Leicestershire Regt.
(T.F.), only _s._ of Francis Strange Brice, of Middlemeade,
Stoughton Drive, Leicester, J.P., by his wife, Margaret Alice, dau. of
Thomas Henry Downing; _b._ Leicester, 28 Nov. 1893; educ. Mill
Hill School, London; received his commission as 2nd Lieut. 10 May,
1913. When war was declared he volunteered for Imperial Service, was
gazetted Lieut., 22 Oct. 1914, and died at Bailleul, France, 12 June,
1915, of wounds caused by the premature explosion of a rifle grenade at
Dranoutre, Belgium. He was buried at Bailleul. His commanding officer
wrote: “I cannot forbear saying how profoundly I regret his death, and
how great a loss he is to the battn. He was the Grenade Officer and had
charge of the bomb throwers. His work in that position was of a high
quality. He was absolutely fearless, and I believe that his men would
have followed him anywhere. He was of the type of which leaders are
made, and the Army can ill afford to lose such men.”
[Illustration: =Henry Copeland Brice.=]
=BRICKETT, RALPH=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7013), S.S.
101618, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BRICKWOOD, ARTHUR CYRIL=, Lieut., 1st Platoon, A Company, 1st
Battn. York and Lancaster Regt., elder _s._ of Sir John Brickwood,
of Southsea and Hindhead, by his 2nd wife, Jessie, dau. of the late
John Cooper, of Burghfield; _b._ Southsea, 1 Nov. 1896; educ.
Twyford, near Winchester, and Charterhouse; entered Sandhurst, Feb.
1914; gazetted to York and Lancaster Regt., 30 Sept. and was engaged on
coast defence at Cleadon and South Shields. On 2 Feb. 1915, he took out
drafts of Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders to France, and on arrival
was sent to Rouen Hospital suffering from a sharp attack of influenza.
On recovery he rejoined, and was in and out of the trenches seven
times. He was taken ill in the trenches with septic throat, 11 April,
and was sent back to the base hospital at Boulogne, where, after two
operations, he died 15 April, 1915; buried at Grayshott.
[Illustration: =Arthur Cyril Brickwood.=]
=BRIDGELAND, HUBERT EDWARD=, Private, No. 11478, 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards; 5th _s._ of the late John George Bridgeland,
of St. Leonards-on-Sea, Carpenter, by his wife Eliza (16 Silverlands
Road, Silver Hill, St. Leonards-on-Sea), dau. of George Dearing, of
St. Leonards-on-Sea; _b._ Hastings, 8 Feb. 1897; educ. Tower Road
Board School; enlisted the last week in Aug. 1914; went to France 8
April 1915, and was killed in action at Vermelles, 27 Sept. 1915;
_unm._ A comrade wrote: “It was while we were advancing that he
met his fate, a shell exploding just in front of him, the shock proving
fatal. He was neither hit nor wounded, it was purely the shock.”
[Illustration: =Hubert Edward Bridgeland.=]
=BRIERLY, ALWIN HUARD=, Private, No. 1281, 25th Battn., 7th
Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of the late Sir Oswald
Walters Brierly, Marine Painter to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, by his
2nd wife, Louise Marie, eldest dau. of Louis Huard, of 37, Onslow
Square, S.W., and Brussels; _b._ London, 26 Jan. 1877; educ. in
London; went to South Africa as a lad in 1895, and after some years
there left for New Zealand, and finally settled in Australia about
1907. After the outbreak of war he volunteered for Imperial service,
and enlisted at Mackay, North Queensland, in Oct. 1914, and after
training at Enogerra Camp, Brisbane, from March to Aug. 1915, left
for Egypt with the second reinforcements. He died in No. 27 General
Hospital at Mudros, 1 Jan. 1916, from uremia, brought on by exposure in
the trenches, and was buried in the cemetery there; _unm._
[Illustration: =Alwin Huard Brierly.=]
=BRIGGS, CHARLEY=, Private, No. 6479, 1st Battn. West Yorkshire
Regt., 1st _s._ of Samuel Briggs, of 1, Ganny Yard, Elland Road,
by his wife, Emma; _b._ Brighouse, co. York, 9 Jan. 1886; educ.
there; enlisted 7 Aug. 1902, and was killed in action 1½ miles S.E. of
Tyron, 20 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at Southowram, 13 Aug. 1910, Emma
Jane (5, Elland Road, Brookfoot, Brighouse, co. York), dau. of (--),
and had three daus., Mary, _b._ 9 Feb. 1911; Mabel, _b._ 5
Jan. 1913; and Muriel, _b._ 6 Oct. 1914.
[Illustration: =Charley Briggs.=]
=BRIGGS, GEORGE CLARK=, Capt., 1st Battn. Royal Scots Fusiliers,
only _s._ of Francis Briggs, of Huntington, near Haddington,
Teak Merchant and Shipowner, by his wife, Esther White, dau. of James
Munro, of Moffat, M.D. [by his wife (--), dau. of Dr. George Smith,
Fleet Surgeon, R.N., who at one time served with Nelson]; _b._
at Edinburgh, 4 March, 1878; educ. Edinburgh Academy, Malvern College
and Clare College, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1st Battn.
of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, 3 May, 1899, and promoted Lieut. 24
Feb. 1900, and Capt. 18 April, 1915. He served in the South African
War, 1899–1902, taking part in the Relief of Ladysmith and was taken
prisoner at Colenso, but was released on the entry of Lord Roberts into
Pretoria. He was sent with Boer prisoners to Ceylon. On his return
he took part in the operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria,
including the actions at Frederickstad, 17–25 Oct. 1900, and was
employed with the Rand Rifles from Dec. 1901, to June, 1902, and was
then chosen for the Mounted Infantry. For his services he received
the Queen’s medal with four clasps and the King’s medal with two. He
afterwards served in India, again in South Africa and accompanied
the first Expeditionary Force to France. He was killed in action at
Vailly-sur-Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914, while extracting his men out of a
position from which they had to retire. Capt. Briggs was mentioned in
F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 8 Oct. 1914, for gallant
conduct during the retreat from Mons. Corpl. T. Gibson and Private
Cox of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, both home wounded, related in The
Scotsman of 17 Oct. the following incident: “In the retreat from
Jemappes the Germans were pressing the Fusiliers closely, and towards
evening the coy. reached the village, dead beat after a long march.
Capt. Briggs got the men together and gave the order to fix bayonets.
At the same time he spoke a few patriotic words with regard to the
regt. and its illustrious history, pointing out that it had never been
known to surrender. The Capt. said he was prepared to make a last stand
and with bayonets fixed the men waited on the enemy coming through. The
last stand was not needed, however, as the Germans did not press home
their advantages.”
[Illustration: =George Clark Briggs.=]
=BRIMBLE, CYRIL GEORGE MICHAEL=, Private, No 72029, Machine
Gun Section, 27th Battn. (Winnipeg L.I.), 6th Brigade, Canadian
Expeditionary Force; 4th and yst. _s._ of Edward Henry Brimble,
of Milton, Weston-super-Mare, retired Banker, by his wife, Agnes
Edith, dau. of George Shadbolt, P.R.M.S.; _b._ Fish Ponds, co.
Gloucester, 11 Sept. 1888; educ. Lewisham School, Weston-super-Mare;
went to Canada in March, 1911, and settled at Winnipeg. In Feb. 1915,
he volunteered and joined the Winnipeg L.I., and was killed in action
at Neuve Eglise, 16 Oct. 1915, being the first of his battn. to fall;
_unm._ He was buried in Locre churchyard the following day with
full military honours.
[Illustration: =Cyril G. M. Brimble.=]
=BRIMBLECOMBE, THOMAS=, Private, No. 91133, 7th (Service) Battn.
Royal West Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France,
etc.; killed in action, 13 Aug. 1915.
=BRINDLE, JAMES=, Private, No. 17367, 2nd Battn. King’s Own Royal
Lancashire Regt., _s._ of Hugh Brindle, of 29, Pickup Street,
Blackburn, by his wife, Jane Eliza, dau. of Henry Tomlinson; _b._
Blackburn, 16 Sept. 1893; educ. Holy Trinity School there; prior to
the outbreak of the war was employed as a weaver in Sparrow’s Mill,
Quarry Street; joined the Army 25 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action
at Ypres, 8 May, 1915; _unm._ Five of his brothers are, or were,
on active service, Private Joseph Brindle, 3rd Battn. East Lancashires;
Ewen, 4th Battn. East Lancashires; and Alfred, Lancashire Fusiliers,
are serving in France; George is in the Navy; and the yst., Private
Thomas Brindle, Scottish Rifles, has been discharged, having had his
finger blown off at the Battle of the Aisne.
[Illustration: =James Brindle.=]
=BRINDLEY, THOMAS LESLIE ST. JOHN=, Private, No. 12037, 2nd Battn.
Coldstream Guards; _b._ Worcester; served with the Expeditionary
Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Cuinchy, 1 Feb. 1915;
_unm._
=BRINGLOE, THOMAS=, L.-Corpl., No. 470, 1/5th. Battn. (The Buffs)
East Kent Regt. (T.F.), 5th _s._ of the late John Bringloe,
of Cranbrook, co. Kent, by his wife, Mary (Lauriston, High Street,
Cranbrook), dau. of Henry Curry of Foulden, Norfolk; _b._
Didlington, co. Norfolk, 6 April, 1891; educ. Didlington and Cranbrook
National Schools, and was Gardener to Col. Alexander; joined the
Cranbrook Territorials in 1906; volunteered for active service on the
outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; left for India (Kamptee) in Oct. 1914;
went to Mesopotamia, Dec. 1915; and died 8 Jan. 1916, from wounds
received in action at the Battle of Sheikh Saad, the previous day;
_unm._ He was bugler to Col. Munn-Mace.
=BRISTOW, ARTHUR THOMAS=, Gunner, R.M.A., 10280, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BRISTOWE, ROBERT OWEN=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Devonshire Regt., only
_s._ of the late Stanley Bristowe, Member of the London Stock
Exchange, by his wife, Ethel (now wife of William Henry Harrison, of
13, Oakley Street, Chelsea, S.W.), dau. of John Pike, and grandson of
Robert Henry Bristowe, of Wavertree, Sydenham Hill, S.E.; _b._
Sydenham, 5 Sept. 1888; educ. Parkfield, Haywards Heath; Charterhouse,
and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Devonshire Regt., 14 Oct.
1908, and joined at Plymouth 21 Nov. following; served in Crete,
Malta and Egypt, and was promoted Lieut. 4 May, 1911. He obtained
a “distinguished” in both the rifle and machine gun courses at the
Hythe School of Musketry between Jan. and March, 1913, and was Acting
Adjutant in Cairo and at the front. When the European War broke out
he was home on leave from Cairo and was sent to the camp at Saltash,
Cornwall. He rejoined his battn. on its return from Egypt, and
proceeded with it to the front on 5 Nov. 1914; came home on short leave
21 Jan. 1915, returning to the front on the 27th of the month, and was
killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 10 March, 1915; _unm._ He
was mentioned for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field in
F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 5 April, 1915 [London Gazette, 22
June, 1915]. The second in command of the battn. wrote: “His loss to
the regt. is immense, and to me, personally, more than I can say...;
he was always so cheery, and the whole of the officers, N.C.O.’s and
men of the battalion share your grief.... He was cool and collected
as he always was under all circumstances, and he led his platoon
splendidly.” The officer commanding his company at the time said: “To
me it seems impossible that such a catastrophe could have happened to
the most wonderful nature I have ever met. His death has left all of
us that remain in the battn. simply stupefied.... You will remember
that he took his platoon over that machine gun and rifle swept ground,
losing half his platoon, and when they arrived at the German trench
the remnants laid down under the German parapet, while Bob knelt up
and fired from two to three dozen shots at Germans who were firing at
our troops advancing further to the left. There seems no doubt at all
that he accounted for some dozen and a-half of them, until one of them
spotted him and hit him behind the left ear.... Only 18 men out of 53
now remain of his platoon ... more than one gulped down a lump when
reminded of their beloved officer and friend. They just loved the old
lad. I have never known any person so universally admired and loved as
he was by everyone”; adding: “his advance greatly helped to cause the
whole German line to retire.” A private wrote: “I feel sure that I am
expressing not only my own thoughts but those of my comrades of the
platoon which has had the honour of serving under the leadership of so
brave a gentleman as the late Lieut. Bristowe. It is hardly necessary
for me to add that his loss is most keenly felt by us all.” The platoon
sergt. wrote: “I trust you can now realise how bravely and fearlessly
our gallant leader met his death, not caring about himself as long
as he could make the attack successful.” His cousin, Private Stanley
Bristowe, died on active service 18 June, 1915 (see following notice).
[Illustration: =Robert Owen Bristowe.=]
=BRISTOWE, STANLEY=, Private, No. 2063, Hon. Artillery Company,
eldest _s._ of Percy Robert Bristowe, of Roundwood, Hutton, Essex,
member of the London Stock Exchange, by his wife, Elizabeth Frances
Mary, dau. of Henry Edward Milner (late of) Woodlawn, Kingswood Road,
Norwood, and grandson of Robert Henry Bristowe, of Wavertree, Sydenham
Hill, S.E.; _b._ Waverley, Bromley, Kent, 29 May, 1893; educ.
Charterhouse; joined the Hon. Artillery Company in Sept. 1914, and
died in hospital, St. Omer, France, of illness contracted while on
active service in France, 18 June, 1915. He was buried in the Souvenir
Cemetery, St. Omer; _unm._ His cousin-german, Lieut. R. O.
Bristowe, was killed in action 14 March, 1915 (see preceding notice).
[Illustration: =Stanley Bristowe.=]
=BRITT, ALBERT HENRY=, Private, No. 3245, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards; enlisted 16 Jan. 1900; served in South Africa, 7 Nov. 1901 to 4
Oct. 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps), and with the Expeditionary
Force in France and Flanders, 11 Sept. to 29 Oct. 1914; was reported
missing on the latter date, and is now assumed to have been killed in
action 29 Oct. to 2 Nov. 1914. He _m._ Rose (1, The Row, Elmdon
Heath, Salihill, Birmingham) and had six children.
=BROAD, EDWARD=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 281620, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BROAD, GEORGE ALFRED=, Private, No. 7751, 2nd Battn. East Kent
Regt. (The Buffs); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
killed in action, 18 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BROAD, WALTER=, Sergt. Shoemaker, No. 5641, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of George Broad, of North Evington, Leicester;
_b._ Leicester, 3 Jan. 1883; educ. there; served with the 3rd
Battn. Leicester Regt. in the South African War (Queen’s medal with two
clasps “Cape Colony,” “South Africa, 1902”); enlisted in the Coldstream
Guards, 8 Aug. 1904; became L.-Corpl. 3 Oct. 1905; Corpl. 5 Jan. 1909;
Sergt. and Sergt. Shoemaker 26 July, 1913; served in Egypt 29 Sept.
1906, to 20 Oct. 1908, and with the British Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders from 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at the
Battle of Mons, 16 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at St. Peter’s Church,
Mount Sorrell,--Aug. 1910, Nellie (170, Main Street, Mount Sorrell,
Leicestershire), dau. of Harry Rudkin, of 170, Main Street, Mount
Sorrell, and had two children: Walter, _b._ 29 Oct. 1914; and May,
_b._ 2 May, 1912.
[Illustration: =Walter Broad.=]
=BROADHURST, JOSEPH HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 6723),
S.S. 101291, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914.
=BROADRICK, JAMES GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4540),
282164, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BROADWAY, HUGH ALEXANDER=, Lieut., R.E., eldest _s._ of
Alexander Broadway, Magistrate and Landowner in the Punjab, India, by
his wife, Lizzie Welford, dau. of Kinsey Beaumont Thomas, of Upton, co.
Worcester; _b._ Mussoorie, India, 23 June, 1891; educ. Watson’s
College, Edinburgh, and Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; obtained
his commission, 25 July, 1912. On the conclusion of the usual two
years’ course at the S.M.E., he volunteered for India, and was sent
to Gosport in July, 1914, for an electric lighting course prior to
embarkation. On the outbreak of war, Broadway was at first employed in
hutting the troops for coast defence, and then on some miscellaneous
work at Netley Hospital and in the Southampton district, to his great
and natural disappointment. But it was not for long, and in Nov. he
was ordered to report at Chatham for service in a field company to
be sent to the front, where he afterwards served in the 15th Field
Coy. under Major P. K. Betty, R.E., to which he appears to have been
transferred at the front. Here Broadway was specially commended for
good work in design and execution of defences in an important position,
christened “Port Arthur,” and specially commended for the excellent and
gallant work carried out by himself and his section of the 15th Coy.
R.E. by the Brig.-Gen. commanding the 24th Infantry Brigade, through
the Headquarters of the 8th Division in March, 1915. The 10 March
saw Broadway preparing the defences of a post captured outside Neuve
Chapelle, and in the afternoon of that day he was bending down in an
exposed position to bandage one of his sappers who had been shot when
he was himself hit in the shoulder, and the bullet injured his spine.
He was immediately carried to the dressing station and sent out to the
base hospital, but eventually died there on 30 March. Hugh Broadway was
specially fond of Rugby football among games, was a keen soldier, and
very popular with his fellows, and put all his energy into the subject
in hand. Many letters testify similarly to that of the Major commanding
his company, who wrote: “Your son, during the short time he was in the
company, endeared himself to us all, and worked hard at whatever he
undertook,” and his all too brief career was crowned by his posthumous
mention in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915, “for
gallant and distinguished service in the field.”
[Illustration: =Hugh A. Broadway.=]
=BROADWELL, THOMAS=, Private, No. 6675, 2nd Battn. East Yorkshire
Regt., 2nd _s._ of Robert Broadwell, of Hull, Blacksmith, by his wife,
Annie Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Peterson; _b._ Hull, 5 Sept. 1876;
educ. Blundell Street Board School there; served for six or seven
years in the 1st East Yorks Rifle Volunteers; worked for 21 years with
Charles Hatfield, of Hull, Coal Merchant, and after the latter’s death
in 1912, for himself as a coal dealer; was called up on the outbreak
of the war (11 Aug. 1914), and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle,
9 April, 1915. He _m._ at Sculcoates Parish Church, Hull, Lily (7,
Walter’s Terrace, West Parade, Hull), dau. of William Atkinson, and had
five children: Robert William, _b._ 8 March, 1903; Harry, _b._ 29 May,
1904; Laura, _b._ 7 Feb. 1899; Lily, _b._ 27 Sept. 1907; and Muriel,
_b._ 2 July, 1912.
=BROADWOOD, MAXIMILIAN FRANCIS=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. The
Queen’s Own West Kent Regt., _s._ of Francis Broadwood, of Hever
Court, Singlewell, Gravesend, and his wife, Mary Sylvia, dau. of
the late Maximilian Hammond Dallson, of Hamptons, co. Kent, J.P.,
and grandson of the late Thomas Broadwood, of Holmbush, co. Sussex;
_b._ Brunswick Place, Hove, co. Sussex, 1 April, 1893; educ.
Evelyns (G. T. Worsley), Hillingdon, Uxbridge; Wellington College,
Berks; and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; obtained his
commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regt. 4
Sept. 1912, and joined the 1st Battn. in Dublin 9 Oct. following. He
was killed in action near Wasmes, during the retreat from Mons, 24 Aug.
1914; _unm._ Col. Martyn, the officer commanding the battn. at the
time of his death and during his two years’ service, wrote: “He was a
boy with a future before him; was beloved by us all, always cheerful,
and a great loss not only to his family but to his regiment and his
country. He was killed at the same time as Major Bereford and Capt.
Phillips, both in his company, which had been sent to help another
battn. in difficulties.”
[Illustration: =Maximilian F. Broadwood.=]
=BROCK, JOHN=, Shipwright, 1st Class, 344374, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BROCK, JOHN RAMSAY=, L.-Sergt., No. 28957 16th Battn. (72nd
Seaforth Highlanders), Canadian Expeditionary Force; only _s._
of George Dunning Brock, of Greattree Estate, Chagford, Devon, by
his wife, Seraphina Wagstaff dau. of Andrew Devoy Ramsay; _b._
Brantford, Ontario, 21 Sept. 1876; educ. Lapford College, North Devon;
went to Canada in Aug. 1903, and was a builder, but on the outbreak
of war enlisted, 18 Aug. 1914; came over with the first contingent,
Oct. 1914, went to the front Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at
Festubert between 18 and 20 May, 1915. He _m._ at Chagford, Devon,
19 Nov. 1894, Rose Edith (1860, 14th Avenue East, Vancouver, B.C.), 2nd
dau. of William Lyddon, of Portland House, Chagford, and has two sons
and three daus.: Jack Ramsay, _b._ 31 March, 1904; Roy Dunning,
_b._ 29 July, 1906; Rita Ramsay, _b._ 30 April, 1900; Violet
Palmer, _b._ 10 Oct. 1901; and Emily Wilfreda, _b._ 14 April,
1911.
[Illustration: =John Ramsay Brock.=]
=BROCKBANK, SIEGFRIED HARRISON=, Private, No. 2559, 7th Battn.
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of James Harrison Brockbank,
by his wife, Nettie Carpenter (the distinguished violinist known as
Madame Nettie Carpenter), dau. of Dr. Wesley M. Carpenter, of New York;
_b._ Highgate, 4 Feb. 1895; educ. Westminster Cathedral Choir
School, and after spending five years there went to St. Edmund’s as
a church student in Sept. 1908. He was placed in the 2nd School of
Rudiments, but showing more than average ability, was promoted to the
1st School of Rudiments at the beginning of the spring term, 1909. At
the end of the year, feeling that he had no vocation to the priesthood,
he left the college and returned to the Choir School, where he remained
for about a year. In Oct. 1910, he entered the Civil Service, but
only remained there 18 months, as by that time a position in a London
bank was offered him, which he accepted. In this profession he was
making rapid progress when the war broke out. Cheerfully sacrificing
all future prospects, he was among the first to join the New Army,
enlisting in the 7th Middlesex Territorials on 10 Aug. Owing to
previous experience in the Civil Service Cadet Corps, where he had
obtained the rank of colour-sergt., he was dispensed from preliminary
training, and on 2 Sept. he left England to take up garrison duty at
Gibraltar. After six months spent at the Mediterranean fortress, he
returned to London about the middle of Feb., and on 12 March left for
active service in France. In a letter dated 27 May, 1915, he wrote:
“Before the scourge, as we call the attack we made or helped to make
on the 9 May, I had been feeling rather seedy for some time back, but
I recovered just in time, and was luckily feeling fit. On the 7th I
took part in what ‘Eye-witness’ in The Times of the 13th describes as
a brilliant little affair of outposts, which took place in front of
our trenches. The next platoon to us was holding the head of a sap, a
sort of trench that ran from our lines slant-wise up to within 30 yards
of the German trench. On the night of the 7th some Allemands raided
the head and got in, but were speedily put to flight. We had sustained
a few casualties, but they left four dead on the spot. While it was
going on a wounded fellow of ours rushed up and said that the Germans
were inside the sap. You can imagine the feelings with which I, one
of the first to reinforce, went up to this sap in the pitch darkness,
expecting every moment to find the Germans in possession. Luckily it
was all over, except for an anxious all-night watch. The next evening
was filled with preparation for the attack. Wire-cutting parties,
ladder carrying parties, grenadiers, and lastly the assaulting troops
coming in at night. We were moved a little in rear occupying a redoubt.
After our bombardment we saw our fellows going over the parapet, their
bayonets gleaming in the lovely sunshine--a stirring sight. We heard
they had carried three lines of enemy trenches. Then the Germans
shelled us, being the supports, and I think the strongest of us got
terrified as the shells burst all around us. We were all heartily glad
when in the evening the order came to man the trenches, and we found
our fellows had been beaten back. The trench (our firing trench) was
full of the remnants of the battns., and the whole air alive with
hubbub. The Germans turned a heavy machine gun fire on to us, and the
artillery started sending red-hot shells across the black sky. Morning
revealed many painful sights, but we were glad to hear that the French
had advanced considerably at the same time as we made our attack. We
had drawn their reinforcements to us. I do not think our casualties
were over heavy, as very many wounded crawled back under cover of
night, and they will mostly recover. I have taken on a job the nature
of which I must not mention, which precludes me from the trenches for
a little while.” This it afterwards transpired was to learn grenade
throwing, some 200 yards behind the firing trenches. On 5 June, the
enemy finding the range of the French headquarters by means of their
aeroplanes, subjected them to heavy shell fire. He fell covered with
wounds, and expired a few minutes later from shock without regaining
consciousness. Writing to his mother, his Capt. said: “He was always
bright and cheerful and a thoroughly good soldier, and was liked and
respected by officers and men alike. His company put a small wooden
cross on his grave with I.H.S. upon it, which they took from a ruined
church near by, knowing he was a Catholic.”
[Illustration: =Siegfried H. Brockbank.=]
=BROCKELBANK, LAURENCE SEYMOUR=, Lieut., 3rd, attached 1st,
Battn. King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt., _s._ of George Seymour
Brockelbank, of Elm Lodge, Blackheath, member of the London Stock
Exchange, by his wife, Julia, dau. of the late Henry Turner, of Court
Lodge, Knockholt, Kent; _b._ Eliot Park, Blackheath, 21 Sept.
1892; educ. Lindesfurn, Lee and Tonbridge School; entered the army as
2nd Lieut. 3rd Battn. King’s Own, 5 May, 1914, and is believed to have
been killed at the Battle of Cambray, 26 Aug. 1914, being reported
missing from that date. Lieut. Douglas C. Robinson wrote, 1 Nov. 1914:
“On 26 Aug. all the young officers had been accounted for except your
boy. Some of the Lancashire Fusiliers told me when they went up to
clear away the wounded that they saw a very young-looking officer,
the description of which tallied with your son, lying dead absolutely
next to our Colonel (Col. Dykes). Unfortunately we could not get up to
them afterwards.” From a statement made to the Rev. Gabin McFadyeen,
of Saltash, by Private Copperwhaite, who had for some time acted as
Lieut. Brockelbank’s servant, it appears that the “King’s Own” had
been surprised by the German machine guns and lost heavily. Lieut.
Brockelbank led his men heroically after he had been wounded, but a
retreat became necessary, and while that was in progress he was killed
instantaneously by the bursting of a shell. According to the list
compiled by Capt Davy, R.A.M.C., he was buried at Hautcourt, between
Cambray and Le Cateau. He was gazetted Lieut. 2 Feb. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Laurence S. Brockelbank.=]
=FITZHERBERT-BROCKHOLES, THOMAS JOSEPH=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Rifle
Brigade, eldest _s._ of William Joseph Fitzherbert-Brockholes, of
Claughton Hall, Garstang, co. Lancaster, J.P., D.L., C.A., by his 2nd
wife, Blanche Winifred Mary, dau. of the late Major-Gen. the Hon. Sir
Henry Hugh Clifford, V.C., K.C.M.G., C.B.; _b._ London, 4 May,
1887; educ. The Oratory School, Edgbaston, and New College, Oxford;
gazetted to 3rd Battn. Rifle Brigade, then in England, 24 June, 1908,
but exchanged in July, 1910, to the 2nd Battn. then at Calcutta; was
promoted Lieut. 15 Feb. 1911, became Adjutant 21 Feb. 1914. On the
outbreak of war he returned with his battn. to England (Oct.), and went
with it to the Front early in Nov., and was promoted Capt. on the 15th
of that month. He was wounded on 20 Dec., but not seriously, and was
able to remain on duty, and was on constant service with his battn. in
the trenches (with the exception of a short leave of seven days) until
the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, when the 2nd Battn. was given a leading
part in the attack, and was the first to get through the village on 10
March and entrench themselves on the far side of it. Two days later he
was shot through the head while directing the fire of a machine gun
in beating off a violent counter-attack, and died 14 March without
recovering consciousness. Capt. Fitzherbert-Brockholes was mentioned
for his services in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 31 May. When
in India he secured a special certificate at the School of Signalling
at Kasauli, and a First Class at the School of Musketry. He was very
keen and good at games and all kinds of sport, did excellent work in
the cricket field for the Oxford University Authentics and the Green
Jackets, and played polo for his regiment. All who came in contact with
him spoke in the highest terms of his efficiency as a soldier, of his
absolute fearlessness, and of his consideration for others.
[Illustration: =T. J. Fitzherbert-Brockholes.=]
=BROCKIE, DAVID=, Private, No. 75230, A Coy., 29th (Vancouver)
Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, elder _s._ of the late
Thomas Brockie, of Hawthornside, Hawick, co. Roxburgh, Farmer, by his
wife, Anne Henderson, dau. of the late William Renwick, of Byrecleuch
and Chapel Mains, co. Berwick; _b._ Hawthornside afsd., 1 Dec.
1878; educ. Hobkirk Public School, and Teviot Grove Academy, Hawick,
and after a business training went to India, where he was for seven
years with Whitaway, Laidlaw & Co. After a brief visit home he went
to Vancouver about 1911, and after the declaration of war volunteered
and joined the 72nd Seaforth Highlanders of Canada in Oct. 1914.
He was transferred to the 29th Battn., came over with the second
Contingent, went to France, 17 Sept. 1915, and was mortally wounded on
4 Nov. following, and died two days later in No. 2 Clearing Station at
Bailleul. He was buried in the cemetery there; _unm._ For going
to his assistance when he fell wounded and carrying him to a place of
safety while under heavy fire, L.-Corpl. Alfred J. Hourston was awarded
the D.C.M.
[Illustration: =David Brockie.=]
=BROCKLEHURST, EDWARD HENRY=, Capt., 6th (Rifle) Battn. The King’s
Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), 5th _s._ of the late Henry Brocklehurst,
of Sefton Park, Liverpool, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of William
Hutchings; _b._ Waterloo, near Liverpool, 15 May, 1878; educ.
Harrow, and became a chartered accountant. He joined the volunteers
in 1900 and was made Capt. of the 6th Battn. King’s Regt. 22 June,
1910, when he secured the certificate of proficiency qualifying him
for higher rank. He was on the Special Reserve of officers, and had
been gazetted as regimental instructor of musketry a short time before
war broke out. He immediately volunteered for foreign service, and was
killed while leading a charge at Hill 60, near Ypres, 5 May, 1915;
_unm._
=BROCKLESBY, DENNIS=, Armourer’s Crew, M. 6674, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BROCKWELL, WILLIAM JAMES=, Stoker, Petty Officer, K. 2386, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BRODIE, EWEN JAMES=, 11th of Lethen and Coulmony, co. Nairn,
D.L., Capt., 1st Battn. Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, 2nd and only
surviving _s._ of the late James Campbell John Brodie, 9th Laird
of Lethen and Coulmony, Lord Lieut. of co. Nairn, by his wife Fanny
Sophia Constance, dau. of Edmund Thomas Wedgwood Wood, of Henley
Hall, co. Salop; _b._ at Lethen, 17 July, 1878; educ. Harrow and
Trinity College, Cambridge; gazetted as 2nd Lieut. from the Militia
to the 2nd Battn. of the Cameron Highlanders, 26 May, 1900, and was
promoted Lieut. 22 Jan. 1902, and Capt. 3 May 1911. He served in the
Mediterranean, Africa and China, and from 1909 to 1913 was Adjutant to
Lovat Scouts (T.F.), when he rejoined the 1st Battn. of the Camerons
at Edinburgh Castle. On the outbreak of war, in Aug. 1914., he went
to the Front with the Expeditionary Force, took part in the Battle of
the Aisne, and all the fighting preliminary to the First Battle of
Ypres, and fell in action, in the encounter with the Prussian Guards at
Ypres, 11 Nov 1914. At the time of his death he was acting as Adjutant
of his battn. and was one of the only three survivors of the officers
of the regt. who had left Edinburgh Castle ten weeks before. He was
buried near some men of his regt., close to the spot where he fell. He
_m._ 4 Jan. 1911, Marion Louisa, eldest dau. of William Stirling,
of Fairburn and Monar, co. Ross, and had three children, David James,
_b._ 27 Oct. 1911; Peter Ewen, _b._ 6 May, 1914; and Helen
Charlotte, _b._ 22 June, 1913.
[Illustration: =Ewen James Brodie.=]
=BROMLEY, CUTHBERT=, Major and Adjutant, 1st Battn. Lancashire
Fusiliers, _s._ of the late Sir John Bromley, C.B., J.P., formerly
of the Exchequer and Audit Department, Somerset House, afterwards
Accountant General of the Board of Education, by his wife, Marie Louise
(Sutton Corner, Seaford, Sussex), dau. of the late Richard Bowman,
of Maidenhead; _b._ Earl’s Terrace, London, W., 19 Sept. 1878;
educ. St. Paul’s School and received a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the
Lancashire Fusiliers from the Militia, 4 May, 1898, and was promoted
Lieut. 28 Dec. 1898. In Sept. 1899, he was sent from Aldershot to Malta
and received his company, 15 June, 1901. It is interesting to note
the fact that when he received his company he was barely twenty-two,
and he and a junior Subaltern (Gaspard de Coligny Le Marchant) are
said to have been the two youngest captains in the British Army. While
in Malta, the South African War broke out, and in order to be fully
qualified he and Capt Le Marchant joined the Malta Mounted Infantry,
but as his Commanding Officer (Capt. Hamilton) fell ill, he had to
remain behind in Malta temporarily to take his place. In 1901–3 Major
Bromley was seconded for service with the West African Frontier Force,
and took part in the punitive expedition in the Aro country, and had
the West African (S. Nigeria) 1901–2 and Aro medals with clasps. While
in Southern Nigeria he gained the Royal Humane Society’s Certificate
for saving a native’s life from drowning, by holding him up 8½ hours
in the water. During 1906–7, he was Superintendent of Gymnasia, Irish
Command, but resigned this post to rejoin his own regt. the Lancashire
Fusiliers, and in 1909 went with it to India, serving for some time as
Transport Officer. He was appointed Adjutant, 4 May, 1914, and took
keen interest in the regimental sport and in organising the men’s
games. His regt., with others from India, arrived in England 13 Jan.
1915, and started on the Dardanelles Expedition on 15 March, 1915; he
was in the 29th Division and his Brigade (the 86th Infantry) was the
first to land on W. Beach (Lancashire “Landing”) on that memorable
25 April, their duty being to cover the disembarkation of the rest
of the Division. An officer who was there said, “Bromley and Needham
were always forward, leading and cheering on; all were good, but then
were splendid.” On 28 April, Major Bromley was wounded in the thigh,
and when examined by the doctors was found to have been wounded in
the back on the day of the landing. After three weeks in hospital, he
rejoined his regt. on the Gallipoli Peninsula and was again wounded by
shrapnel in the foot on 28 June. An officer wrote: “He was wounded at
the beginning of the charge from our trenches. When he was picked up
he made the men help him forward to lead the attack.” After six weeks
in hospital at Cairo and at Troodos, he started from Alexandria for
Cape Hellas on the ill-fated Royal Edward, with a draft of sixty-four
men, as senior military officer “Commanding the troops on board.” The
ship was torpedoed in the Aegean Sea and sank in about 4½ minutes, on
14 Aug. 1915. Major Bromley had not been well that morning, having a
touch of fever and was the last to jump overboard. He was injured in
the head by wreckage and rendered partially unconscious, and but for
that would undoubtedly have had strength to swim to the Hospital Ship
Sudan. His fate was the more tragic as from boyhood he had always been
such an expert swimmer, and when at Malta swam five miles, from there
to the Island of Gozo. His Commanding Officer wrote: “So passed one
of the bravest officers I have known, my friend for years, and one of
the most popular men in the regt.” He was mentioned in Gen. Sir Ian
Hamilton’s Despatch of 20 May [London Gazette, 5 Aug.], 1915, and had
been gazetted temporary Major [London Gazette, 3 Aug. 1915] to rank as
from 6 June. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Cuthbert Bromley.=]
=BROMLEY, HERBERT ASSHETON= (Jett), Lieut., No. 3 Coy., 7th Battn
(1st British Columbia Regt.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, yst.
_s._ of the late Sir Henry Bromley, 5th Bt., by his wife, Ada,
only child of Westley Richards; _b._ Stoke Newark, 16 Oct. 1879;
educ. Farnborough and Eton, was Private Secretary to his brother,
Sir Robert Bromley, Bt., Administrator of St. Christopher and Nevis
(1905–6) and afterwards to the Hon. James Dunsmuir, Lieut.-Gov.
of British Columbia; joined the 88th Fusiliers at Victoria, B.C.,
when that battn. was formed three years ago; on the outbreak of war
volunteered for service overseas, was gazetted Lieut. on formation of
Canadian Expeditionary Force, 21 Sept. 1911, and was killed in action
at the second Battle of Ypres, 24 April, 1915; _unm._ Describing
his death, a comrade said: “He was badly wounded in the trenches, but
leaped out and led his men in a magnificent charge, calling out ‘we
have got to win, follow me.’ He was quite alone away in front of his
men and died a glorious death.” His Company Commander, Major R. C.
Cooper, wrote to the Editor as follows: “I would, as the late Lieut.
H. A. Bromley’s Company Commander, like to express my very high
appreciation of him, both as an officer with the welfare of his men at
heart, and as a personal friend. Mr. Bromley was invaluable to me in
France with his intimate knowledge of the language and customs. His
men were devoted to him and missed him greatly when wounded in the
head on the 16 March at Fleurbaix. He returned to us on 27 March and
remained with the battn. up to ‘Our Day’--doing duty in the trenches
from the 14 to the 19 April, two days in billets and then the gas
and subsequent heavy fighting. In Victoria, B.C., he was a member of
the 88th Victoria Fusiliers, some time as a Company Officer and the
remainder as Adjutant. He served with the regt. in the coal strikes
at Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, 1913–14. On the outbreak of war he was
one of the first officers selected for Active Service, being posted
to my company, left for Valcartier, 28 Aug. 1914, and for England, 27
Sept. 1914, arriving at Plymouth, 15 Oct. 1914--four months of rain at
Salisbury Plain and then to France. We all mourn ‘Brom.’ as a pal and
soldier. His last idea, and his was a forlorn hope, was to charge and
scupper some of the Boches before going under himself. His platoon on
21 April lost twenty-one killed, sixteen wounded, three prisoners and
eight wounded and prisoners. This record tells of his work.”
[Illustration: =Herbert Assheton Bromley.=]
=BROOKE, JAMES ANSON OTHO=, =V.C.=, Capt., 2nd Battn. The
Gordon Highlanders, eldest _s._ of Capt. Harry Vesey Brooke, of
Fairley, Countesswells, co. Aberdeen, J.P., D.L., late 92nd Gordon
Highlanders, by his wife, Patricia, only child of James Gregory Moir
Byres, of Tonley, co. Aberdeen, and gdson. of the late Sir Arthur
Brinsley Brooke, of Colebrooke Park, co. Fermanagh, 2nd Bt., M.P.;
_b._ Fairley, Aberdeenshire, 3 Feb. 1884; educ. Wellington and
Sandhurst, and received his commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Gordon
Highlanders, 11 Oct. 1905, and joined the 1st Battn. at Cork in
November. The following year he was promoted Lieut. (5 Aug. 1907) and
transferred to the 2nd battn. in India, where he served till 1913. He
was present at the Delhi Durbar and as Senior Subaltern he was one of
the officers who received new colours from King George, and was awarded
the Durbar medal. In 1913, the regt. went to Egypt and were stationed
there till the outbreak of war, when (Oct. 1914) they were ordered
to the Front. Lieut. Brooke was the Senior Subaltern and acting as
assistant Adjutant. The 2nd battn. of the Gordons landed at Zeebrugge
and after many days’ severe fighting, the regt. along with the rest
of the Division found themselves on 29 Oct. attacked by very superior
forces at Gheluvelt. Here it was that Lieut. Brooke was killed, having,
as his Col. wrote, by his gallantry “saved the situation.” The Germans
having broken through, he changed the formation of the line three
times and finally led an assault on, and captured an important trench
at a most critical moment. For this he was mentioned in Despatches
and awarded the Victoria Cross, the official record stating: “For
conspicuous bravery and great ability near Gheluvelt on 29 Oct. in
leading two attacks on the German trenches under heavy rifle and
machine-gun fire, regaining a lost trench at a very critical moment.
He was killed on that day. By his marked coolness and promptitude on
this occasion Lieut. Brooke prevented the enemy from breaking through
our line at a time when a general counter-attack could not have been
organised.” At Sandhurst he was Capt. of the Shooting Eight, was senior
Colour-Sergt. of the College, won the Sword of Honour, tied for the
Saddle, etc. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =James Anson Otho Brooke.=]
=BROOKE, VICTOR REGINALD, C.I.E., D.S.O.=, Major, 9th (Queen’s
Royal) Lancers, 5th _s._ of the late Sir Victor Alexander Brooke,
of Colebrooke, 3rd Bt. by his wife, Alice Sophia (Villa Ballenia, St.
Jean de Luz, B.P., France), 2nd dau. of Sir Alan Edward Bellingham, 3rd
Bt.; _b._ 53, Eaton Square, London, 22 Jan. 1873; educ. at Pau,
Basses Pyrénées and at Storrington, and obtained his commission as 2nd
Lieut. in the 9th Lancers, 12 Dec. 1894, and became Lieu. 29 April,
1896, Capt. 6 May, 1901, Major 7 June, 1905, and temporary Lieut.-Col.
1 June, 1907. He served in the South African War, 1899–1902, where he
greatly distinguished himself. He took part in the advance on, and
relief of, Kimberley, including the actions at Belmont, Enslin, Modder
River and Magersfontein, and in the operations in the Orange Free State
from Feb. to May, 1900, including the actions at Paardeberg, Poplar
Grove, and Karee Siding, and was A.D.C. to the Lieut.-Gen. commanding
the Headquarters staff in South Africa from Nov. 1901 to Sept. 1902.
He was wounded in the Transvaal, and was twice mentioned in despatches
[16 April, 1901, and 31 May, 1902], and was awarded the Distinguished
Service Order, the Queen’s medal with four clasps and the King’s medal
with two. From 1902 to 1907 he was A.D.C. and then Assistant Mil.
Secretary to Lord Kitchener, and was sent by him to Kabul in 1904,
and afterwards became Mil. Secretary to the Viceroy of India (Lord
Minto), and was made a C.I.E. in 1910. He returned with Lord Minto Dec.
1910, and served with his regt. at Canterbury and Tidworth. On the
outbreak of the European War he went to France with the Expeditionary
Force and died in hospital at Compiègne of wounds received in action
during the retreat from Mons, 29 Aug. 1914; _unm._ The following
appreciation by “A Friend” appeared in the Daily Telegraph of 12 Sept.
1914: “It was a fine ending to a fine life, Victor Brooke was known,
if only as Military Secretary in India, to thousands; but it was by
tens of thousands that he was liked and loved. He was almost the first
man wounded in the South African War. The writer picked up the diary
of a wounded Boer, in which was set down the enemy’s regret that so
good a friend and fighter had been as they thought killed. Upon my
conscience, I believe that the Boers who wounded him in 1899 will take
an intentional and bitter revenge for his death in 1914, when they
came to grips with the Germans in South West Africa. As to the manner
of his death and burial, there is something to be recorded. He died on
the night of 29 Aug. and he was buried early next morning at Chateau
d’Annel, near Compiègne. The house had been turned into a hospital by
Mrs. Depew, to whom most men who speak English will be glad to pay in
full a willing debt of gratitude whenever and wherever the claim is
presented. They left at eleven on the same day. I now quote the words
of others: ‘The estate carpenter made his coffin, and one of the old
men on the estate dug his grave. After the burial the old man said to
Mrs. Depew, “Regardez, Madame.” He pointed out a gravestone to the
north of the grave, which had the inscription underneath the date,
1870, “Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur.” It belonged to one of the
family which owned Chateau d’Annel in those days, all of whom were
buried there. Beside them the old grave-digger thought it right to lay
Victor Brook--Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur indeed.”
[Illustration: =Victor Reginald Brooke.=]
=BROOKE, VIVIAN CYRIL=, Private, No. 98, A Coy., 12th Battn.,
3rd Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of the
late Robert Parkinson Brooke, of Tasmania, formerly of India, Indigo
Planter, by his wife, Amy (Rialannah, Swanston Street, New Town,
Hobart, Tasmania), _b._ New Town, Tasmania, 19 June, 1887; educ.
Queen’s College and Friend’s High School, Hobart, Tasmania; was a
cashier in the Commonwealth Bank, Hobart, but on the outbreak of war
volunteered and enlisted 20 Aug. 1914. He left for Egypt with the first
Expeditionary Force; took part in the landing at Gaba Tepe on 25 April,
1915, when the 12th Battn. held the post of honour as covering party;
was wounded and taken prisoner on that occasion and died a prisoner of
war in the Turkish Military Hospital at Biga, Asia Minor, 9 May, 1915;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Vivian Cyril Brooke.=]
=BROOKE, WALTER=, Sergt., 6506, 26 Coy. R.E., _s._ of Alfred
Brooke, of Oxford Road, Mistley, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of George
Scott, of Sutton; _b._ Lawford, co. Essex, 3 Feb. 1885; educ.
Mistley Wesleyan School; enlisted in the R.E. in 1899, and was killed
in action by a shell, 10 Nov. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Walter Brooke.=]
=BROOKER, HORACE BRIAN=, Rifleman, 9th (Queen Victoria’s Rifles)
London Regt., only _s._ of Horace Sidney Brooker, of Queen’s Road,
Weybridge, Draper and Outfitter, by his wife, Kate, dau. of John Jonas
Couzens; _b._ Weybridge, 20 June, 1888; educ. St. James School
there, and enlisted in the 9th London Regt. 21 Aug. 1914, going into
camp three days later. He was home only once subsequently, for a few
hours, immediately preceding his departure for the front on 2 Nov.
After a fortnight’s training in France, he went with his regt. straight
into the firing line, and there he remained, with intervals of relief,
right up to the memorable fight for possession of Hill 60, where he was
killed in action, 21 April, 1915; _unm._ In his last letter, dated
14 April, he referred to a visit of Zeppelins which had dropped 11
bombs within 200 yards of the regt., making holes 24 ft. in diameter.
A comrade (Rifleman Barry) wrote: “I have been closely associated with
Brian since we came out in November last, and during the dreary months
of bad weather in the trenches his cheery influence did much to keep us
going. There is not the slightest doubt that the hill would have been
lost but for the timely arrival of our regt. and the courage shown both
by officers and men, who were determined to hang on like grim death,
even when some men of other regts. were beginning to give way. No. 1
platoon had to get out of the trenches and charge across the open and
occupy a small German trench in front, and it was while doing this that
Brian was killed.” Brooker was a well-known Surrey athlete, he had
captained the Weybridge Football Club for several seasons, and achieved
international A.F.A. honours, thrice accompanying representative teams
to the Continent.
[Illustration: =Horace B. Brooker.=]
=BROOKER, WILLIAM JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1282), 199598, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=BROOKING, CHARLES WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman, 234617, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BROOKS, ALFRED HAROLD=, Private R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1888),
late Ch./12955 H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=BROOKS, AUGUSTUS=, Private, No. 27310, C Coy. 15th Battn. (48th
Highlanders of Toronto), Canadian Expeditionary Force; _b._ about
1889; was admitted to Dr. Barnardo’s Homes, 16 Oct. 1895; emigrated to
Canada in July, 1898, and settled at Riga, North-West Territory, the
reports received concerning him being “uniformly good over the whole
period of his stay in Canada”; volunteered for service overseas on the
outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; left Canada with the first contingent in
Oct.; went to France, Feb. 1915; was wounded in the left shoulder at
Langemarck, and was in hospital for a time, and was killed in action at
Ypres, 23 April, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Augustus Brooks.=]
=BROOKS, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4515), S.S.
103523, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BROOKS, JAMES VINCENT=, Private, No. 6/203, C Coy., Canterbury
Infantry Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of James
Brooks, of 88, Valley, Wakefield, Nelson, New Zealand, Farmer;
_b._ Wakefield, New Zealand, 3 July, 1894; educ. there;
volunteered and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 18 Aug.
1914; left for Egypt with the main body in Oct.; took part in the
landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action
there, 8 May following; _unm._
=BROOKS, ROWLAND CAUSER=, 2nd Lieut., 1/6th Battn. The Manchester
Regt (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Buckley Brooks, of The Manor House,
Hale Barns, co. Chester, by his wife, Anna, dau. of Henry Causer,
of Melbourne, Victoria; _b._ Cheetham, Manchester, 12 April,
1892; educ. Merton House, Penmanmaur, and Dean Close, Cheltenham;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2/6th Battn. Manchester Regt. 31 Oct. 1914; joined
the 1st Battn. in Egypt early in 1915, and proceeded with it to the
Dardanelles. He was killed in action, whilst leading his men in the
famous charge at Krithia on 4 June, 1915, from which only five officers
and less than 200 men returned out of the 6th Battn.; _unm._
[Illustration: =Rowland Causer Brooks.=]
=BROOKSBANK, HUGH GODFREY=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Alexandra, Princess
of Wales’ Own Yorkshire Regt., 3rd _s._ of Edward Clitherow
Brooksbank, of Healaugh Old Hall, Tadcaster, late Major, Yorkshire
Artillery, by his wife, Katherine Graham, dau. of the late Hugh Morris
Lang, of Broadmeadows, Selkirk, and grandson of Edward Brooksbank, Lord
of the Manor and Patron of Healaugh; _b._ 24 Nov. 1893; educ.
Radley; received his commission in the Yorkshire’s, 5 Feb. 1913, and
was promoted Lieut. 15 Nov. 1914. He was severely wounded at the first
Battle of Ypres, 2 Nov. 1914, and died in London 16 Dec. following;
_unm._ He was twice mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s
Despatches [16 Jan. and 31 May, 1915] for conspicuous gallantry in the
field, and writing of his conduct at Ypres the senior officer of the
regt. said: “A braver lad never stepped this earth; he was left in
command of B Coy. when all his seniors had been shot. He commanded it
like a veteran and on two occasions was largely responsible for the
regt. being saved. He has been recommended for decoration.”
[Illustration: =Hugh Godfrey Brooksbank.=]
=BROOMHAM, WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 2605), 172555,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BROSTER, JESSEP=, Ship’s Cook, 343743, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BROTCHIE, ROBERT TRAILL=, Surgeon, R.N.V.R., only _s._ of
James Brotchie, of Swanney, Orkney, Tea Merchant, by his wife, Janet
Catharine, dau. of Richard Brotchie, of Yorkshire; _b._ Crouch
End, London, 29 Aug. 1885; educ. St. Paul’s School, London, and the
London Hospital; served in the British Red Crescent Expedition in
Tripoli, 1912, for which he received a medal; joined R.N.V.R. 13
Nov. 1913, and before being called up on 4 Aug. 1914 was in practice
in Tarbert Loch, Tyne. He was lost on board H.M.S. Bulwark when
that ship was blown up at Sheerness, 26 Nov. 1914. He _m._ at
Kingston-on-Thames, 6 July, 1910, Theo., 4th dau. of Robert Horne, of
Kendal, co. Westmoreland, and had three children: Lindsay Drummond,
_b._ 10 Jan. 1912 (deceased), Jean Muriel and Joan Dora, twins,
_b._ 27 May, 1913.
[Illustration: =Robert Traill Brotchie.=]
=BROTHERSTON, ROBERT THOMAS=, Private, No 2605, 7th Durham L.I.,
2nd _s._ of James Brotherston, of Rowlandson Terrace, Sunderland,
engineer, by his wife, Jeannie, dau. of Alexander Henderson; _b._
Sunderland, 26 Dec. 1894; educ. Cowan Terrace Juvenile School, and
Argyle House School, Sunderland; joined the 7th Durham L.I. 6 Sept.
1914, and died at the Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 5 May, 1915, of
wounds received in action. He was buried in the East Cemetery there;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Robert T. Brotherston.=]
=BROTHERTON, RICHARD=, Private, No. 6015, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 1st _s._ of Richard Brotherton, of 34, Lindum Avenue,
Lincoln, formerly an Engine Driver, Great Northern Railway, by his
wife, Betsy, dau. of John Graves; _b._ Lincoln, 2 Feb. 1881;
educ. St. Peter at Gowts public school there; enlisted 18 Jan. 1905,
and served three years with the colours, then joining the Huddersfield
Borough Police Force. On mobilization, 5 Aug. 1914, he was called up,
went to France with the Expeditionary Force, and was reported missing
after the fighting at Ypres, 29 Oct. 1914, and is assumed to have been
killed on or about that date. He _m._ at Lincoln, 24 May, 1908,
Fanny (8, Fairfield Street, off Monk’s Road, Lincoln), yst. dau. of the
late George Brown, of Poolham Hall, Horncastle, and had a posthumous
son, George Richard, _b._ 9 (_d._ 31) Jan. 1915.
[Illustration: =Richard Brotherton.=]
=BROUGH, HUGH=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4819), S.S. 104209,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=BROUGHTON, ERNEST CHAMIER=, Lieut.-Col., 3rd Battn. York and
Lancaster Regt., _s._ of Robert John Porcher Broughton, M.A.,
Cambridge, Solicitor by Royal Appointment to the Coldstream Guards;
_b._ London 3 June, 1858; educ. Harrow and Sandhurst; entered the
Army as a Sub-Lieut. in the 6th Foot in Nov. 1876, and was transferred
to the 65th (2nd North Riding) Foot in Jan. 1878, and served with them
in India. In 1884 his regt. was ordered home, but were disembarked at
Suakim, and took part in the Soudan Campaign, including the Battles of
El Teb and Tamai. He got his company in 1885 and field rank in 1894
when he was posted to the 2nd Battn. York and Lancaster Regt. (the
old 84th) in South Africa and subsequently served in Mauritius and
India till 1901, when he retired. Immediately on his arrival home he
joined the 3rd Battn. (Doncaster Militia) of his old regt. as a Capt.
Three months later he was appointed Major for service in the South
African War, and at the close of that campaign reverted to a company
command. In 1908 he was again promoted to field rank, thus gaining the
unusual distinction of being three times a Major. Three months later
he received the honorary rank of Lieut.-Col., and 20 April, 1909, was
promoted to substantive rank to command the 3rd York and Lancaster
Special Reserve, and had two extensions of service. He died in the
Armstrong College Military Hospital, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 17 Dec. 1914,
while in command of his regt. then on east coast defence duty. Col.
Broughton _m._ at Brighton, 2 Feb. 1888, Jane Henrietta King (The
Cedar, Castle Donington, near Derby), dau. of Major Benjamin Bloomfield
Keane, Ceylon Rifles, by his wife, Rebecca Kate, dau. of Capt. Harloe
Dennis, of Galway, but had no issue. For over 25 years he was Editor of
the regimental journal, “The Tiger and the Rose.”
[Illustration: =Ernest C. Broughton.=]
=BROWN, ALBERT EDWARD=, Officer’s Steward, 2nd Class, L. 4305,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BROWN, ALBERT MOORE=, Private, No. 5011, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 3rd _s._ of Edward Brown; enlisted 16 Feb. 1903, went to
France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, was wounded on 14
Sept., and was first reported as missing on 2 Jan. 1915, and later, to
have been killed on that date. He _m._ at Offenham, 16 May, 1914,
Emma (Offenham, near Eversham), dau. of James Clarke.
=BROWN, ALBERT VICTOR=. D.C.M., L.-Corpl., No. 4943, 2nd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Edward Brown, of 34, Cemetery Road,
Forest Gate; _b._ co. Middlesex; enlisted as a Boy, 2 Jan. 1903;
became a Driver 5 Aug. 1908, and L.-Corpl. 26 May, 1914; served with
the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 12 Aug. 1914; was
awarded the Distinguished Conduct medal [London Gazette, 17 Dec. 1914]
“for gallantry on 28 Sept. 1914, in assisting to remove into safety the
wounded who were lying exposed in the open,” and was killed in action
at Rentel, 5 Nov. following. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now
Lord) French’s Despatch of 8 Oct. [London Gazette, 9 Dec.] 1914.
=BROWN, ALBERT WILLIAM=, Private, No. 63087, 3rd Battn. (Canadian
Grenadier Guards) Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Albert
Charles Brown, of Balsham, co. Cambs., by his wife, Mary, dau. of James
Purkiss; _b._ Balsham, 19 Aug. 1889; educ. County Council school
there, and went to Canada, 22 March, 1912. He had joined the Canadian
Grenadiers in June, 1913, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for
foreign service, came over with the 2nd Contingent, and after a period
of training at Shorncliffe went to the Western front. He had only
been in France a month when he was killed in action, 26 May, 1915;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Albert William Brown.=]
=BROWN, ALEXANDER BALFOUR=, Private, No. 9695, 1st Battn. Scots
Guards, _s._ of William Brown, of Newlyle, co. Forfar; _b._
Ceres, Coupar, co. Fife; enlisted 2 Sept. 1914; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 25 Jan. 1915.
=BROWN, ARTHUR EDWARD=, Sergt., No. 692, 3rd Dragoon Guards (C
Squadron), yst. _s._ of Thomas Brown, of Barlby, near Selby,
Farmer; _b._ Kirkdeighton, 1889; educ. Barlby; enlisted about
1907, and when war was declared was in Egypt with his regt. He came
home, went to the Front on 9 Nov., was wounded in action at Poperinghe
on the 16th, and died two days later, 18 Nov. 1914. He _m._ at
Aldershot, (--), and left one dau.
=BROWN, ARTHUR KENNISH=, Private, No. 6188, 7th Platoon, 2nd
Coy., 1st Battn., Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late
Rev. William Cowell Brown, by his wife, Fannie (20, Wellington Road,
Brighton), dau. of William Isaac Lefeaux; _b._ Dalston, London,
22 May, 1878; educ. Coopers’ Company School, London, and Manor House
School (Dr. Maxwell’s), Clapham; went to Canada in April, 1913;
enlisted at London, Ontario, about a fortnight after war was declared;
came over with the 1st Contingent, and after training on Salisbury
Plain during the winter, went to France in Feb. 1915, and was killed in
action near Festubert, 23 May, 1915; _unm._ The following report
in connection with his death was sent by the Canadian Record Office:
“On the night of 23–24 May our company was out on a working party. The
work in question was the digging of a trench in front of the firing
line. The men were working in pairs, and I was detailed with Private
Brown. After working for about three hours, we were observed by the
enemy, who immediately opened on us with artillery fire. The first
shell landed four feet in front of me and a piece of the casing struck
Private Brown in the head, killing him instantly. I cannot say what
was done with his body, but I understand that the company holding the
front line brought it in early the following morning. I believe he was
buried in rear of our first line trench. This was at Festubert. It is
impossible to give map location of the spot referred to.”
[Illustration: =Arthur K. Brown.=]
=BROWN, BERTRAM=, Private, No. 2524, 1/9th Battn., Royal Scots
(Highlanders) (T.F.), _s._ of late George Brown, by his wife,
Christina Jane Adie (15, Warrender Park Terrace, Edinburgh), dau.
of the late William Mitchell, of Leith; _b._ Leith, 27 Sept.
1892; educ. Edinburgh: prior to the outbreak of war was serving as
2nd Engineer on the s.s. Glitra, which was sunk by U-17, being one of
the first of our merchant ships to suffer that fate. Brown and his
comrades were compelled to row to the Norwegian coast in their boats.
A week later (31 Oct.) he enlisted in the “Dandy Ninth,” and was shot
by a sniper at Ypres, 9 April, 1915, when entering the trenches with
supplies; _unm._
=BROWN, CHARLES=, Private, No. 5171, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
_s._ of John Brown, of Wookey, Wells, Somerset; _b._ co.
Somerset; enlisted 24 Aug. 1903; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders from 12 Aug. 1914; killed in action at Rentel, 8
Nov. 1914; _unm._
=BROWN, CHARLES ALFRED=, Trooper, No. 830, Royal Canadian Dragoons,
Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Charles Ambrose Brown, of
93, Harcourt Avenue, Toronto, Canada (who served with the 12th York
Rangers in the Fenian raid, 1866); by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of John
J. Lunan; _b._ Markham, York, co. Ontario, 1 March, 1883; educ.
Toronto; joined the 1st Canadian Garrison Artillery at Halifax, N.S.,
in Feb. 1900, and after serving two years, came home and enlisted in
the 3rd Canadian Mounted Rifles for service in South Africa, being
given the rank of Corpl. He afterwards served in the Royal North West
Mounted Police, and was one of the body of picked men sent over to
attend the Coronation of King George and received the Silver Coronation
Medal. On the outbreak of the European War, he re-enlisted 19 Aug.
1914; came over with the first contingent, 1 Oct. 1914; went to France
April, 1915, and was killed in action at Messines, 20 Sept. 1915;
_unm._
=BROWN, EDWARD=, Private, No. 81105, 8th (formerly 32nd) Battn.,
Canadian Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of George Edward Brown, of
Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada, formerly cashier at the Woolley
and North Gawber Collieries, Barnsley, now farming at Lloydminster, by
his wife, Louisa, dau. of Richard Horner, of Outwood, New Wakefield;
_b._ Darton, near Barnsley, co. York, 5 Aug. 1888; educ. Darton
Grammar School and St. Mary’s Church School, Barnsley; went to Canada
with his family, with the Barr party of Colonists, leaving Liverpool,
30 March, 1903, and reached what is now known as the Lloydminster
District in the following May, after trekking about 200 miles from
Saskatoon, the nearest railway point at that time. After the outbreak
of war he volunteered and enlisted at Lloydminster, 10 Nov. 1914; came
over in March, 1915, went to the Front 26–27 April, 1915; was seriously
wounded on the night of 20–21 May, 1915, at or near Festubert, and died
on the 23rd; _unm._ He was buried in the ground of Hinges Chateau.
[Illustration: =Edward Brown.=]
=BROWN, FREDERICK GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 15571. H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=BROWN, FREDERICK JAMES=, Private, R.M.L.I. (Ports.), 7549, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=BROWN, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Private, No. 10327, 3rd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of William Brown, of 2, Treadway
Road, Hackney Road, N.E.; _b._ co. Middlesex; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Cuinchy, 6
Feb. 1915.
=BROWN, GEORGE=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 306510, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BROWN, GEORGE=, Private, No. 7870, 1st Battn. Scots Guards,
_s._ of William Brown, of Burnside Cottage, Newmill, Keith;
_b._ Keith, co. Banff; enlisted 24 March, 1911, aged 20; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; reported missing, 11 Nov.
1914; _unm._
=BROWN, GEORGE FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 15562, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=BROWN, GEORGE SHIPTON=, L.-Corpl., R.M.L.I. (Ports.), 10513,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=BROWN, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Private, No' 8563, 1st Suffolk Regt.,
2nd _s._ of Frederick William Brown, of Chaplin’s Cottage, Caple
St. Mary, near Ipswich, formerly of Gosbeck, Suffolk, Shepherd, by
his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of William Dye, of Helmingham; _b._
Stowmarket, Suffolk, 12 Aug. 1893; educ. Ashbocking and Gosbeck
schools; joined the Army 18 June, 1912, and was killed in action 7 May,
1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =George William Brown.=]
=BROWN, HARRY JAMES=, Seaman, R.N.R., 4010A, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BROWN, HEDLEY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 15474, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BROWN, HENRY AUGUSTUS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10013), 206254, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BROWN, HERBERT HENRY=, Bugler, R.M.A., 11965, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HURST-BROWN, DUDLEY=, 2nd Lieut., R.F.A., yst. _s._ of W.
Hurst-Brown, of Hurstbourne, 62, Oxford Gardens, W.; _b._ 8 June,
1897; educ. at Cardwallis, Maidenhead, and Winchester, where he was in
the O.T.C. It had been intended that he should proceed to Oxford in the
autumn, but war breaking out in the interval, he offered his services
and received his commission in the Special Reserve on 11 Aug. 1914. He
was at the Front five months, during which time he went through some of
the most severe fighting, but escaped injury until receiving his fatal
wounds in action in Flanders, 15 June, 1915. He died the same day;
_unm._ In a letter received the day before his death he stated how
glad he was he went to the Front, although the fighting was becoming
something frightful, and that he saw but little chance as a junior
officer of ever getting safely home again, and concluded the letter
with the famous Latin epitaph of Horace, “Dulce et decorum est pro
patria mori.”
=BROWN, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8655), S.S. 105081,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BROWN, JAMES=, Stoker, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off
Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BROWN, JAMES CARTMELL DENNISON=, 2nd Lieut., 5th Battn. Durham
L.I. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of Sir Frank Brown, of Norton Priory,
Stockton-on-Tees, D.L., by his wife, Charlotte, dau. of John Hedley,
of South Hetton, co. Durham; _b._ Stockton-on-Tees, 2 Sept. 1893;
educ. Rugby (1907), and Pembroke College, Cambridge (1912). On the
outbreak of war he at once applied for a commission, and was gazetted
2nd Lieut. to the Durham L.I., 28 Aug. 1914. He went to France on 17
April, 1915, for divisional training, but consequent on the German
attack with asphixiating gas his division was at once pushed to the
front and engaged, and took part in the fighting around Ypres, 23 and
25 April, 1915. On Sunday, 25 April, he was wounded twice. He was first
treated at Poperinghe Hospital, then removed to Hazebrouck, where he
died on 27 April, 1915. His Colonel wrote: “He was one of the best
officers we had, and did his duty to the last. On the day he was hit
he had done valuable reconnaissance work in the morning, and, when
hit, had taken part in a very good little attack. Although wounded in
two places, he showed his pluck by returning unhelped to our lines.
It is only by such examples as this that we may hope to conquer the
enemy and keep up the tradition of the country.” A brother officer also
wrote: “We all liked him very much, he was such a cheerful fellow, and
so conscientious that I knew that anything entrusted to him, however
slight or wearisome, would be properly carried out.” The Medical wrote:
“He was a tremendous favourite with us all, and I can say I never had
to attend to a pluckier lad.” His elder brother, Lieut. Frank D. Brown,
of the same battn., was wounded near Ypres in May, 1915, and is again
(1916) on active service.
=BROWN, JOHN ALEXANDER=, Rifleman, No. 3215, 17th Battn. (Poplar
and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of William
Brown, Corpl., A Coy. 1st Battn. (London Irish) The London Regt.
(with 28 years’ service), by his wife, Sarah; _b._ Old Street,
Shoreditch, 10 April, 1876; educ. St. John’s Road Higher Grade School
there; served 12 years with the London Irish, and after the outbreak of
war joined the Poplar and Stepney Rifles, 10 Sept. 1914; was wounded at
the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915, and died in King George’s Hospital,
Stamford Street, 21 Nov. following. He _m._ at Hoxton, 4 Jan.
1897, Alice Rosina (18, Hemsworth Street, Hoxton), dau. of John Brown,
and had seven children: John Alexander, _b._ 2 Aug. 1902; George
Arthur, _b._ 22 March, 1905; William Charles Joseph, _b._ 3
April, 1907; Alice Rosina, _b._ 23 July, 1897; Minnie, _b._
18 Sept. 1900; Florence Marion, _b._ 22 Sept. 1910; and Blanche
Mabel, _b._ 16 Sept. 1912.
[Illustration: =John Alexander Brown.=]
=BROWN, JOHN EDWARD GUY=, Lieut., 1st Battn. The Queen’s Own Royal
West Kent Regt., yst. _s._ of Alexander Francis Garden Brown,
of Magonet-Stoke Gabriel, co. Devon, by his wife, Charlotte Mary,
dau. of James William Alston, of Stockbriggs, co. Lanark; _b._
Swindrigemuir, co. Ayr, 28 Aug. 1892, and was educ. at Bradfield
College. He received his commission in the 2nd Battn. of the Royal
West Kent Regt., then in India, on 20 Sept. 1911, when just 19.
Having been applied for in 1913, as an officer for the 64th Pioneers
by the Commandant, he successfully passed two examinations in Indian
languages, winning thereby a substantial prize given by the Indian
Government, and intended to pass the final in the autumn of 1914. He
became Lieut. on 1 July, 1914, and was at home on leave when war broke
out. He was then attached on its formation to the 6th Service Battn.
of the Royal West Kents in the new army. In Oct. 1914, in consequence
of the heavy losses sustained by the 1st Battn. in the Battle of
Ypres, he was sent out to join it, but by an error in the Army List
copied in the newspaper accounts he was given as attached to the Royal
Berkshire Regt. On leaving the 6th Battn. his commanding officer wrote:
“I am very sorry to lose your son; he did very good work while with
my battn. and I can ill afford to lose him. However, his work will
bear its fruit in the future.” He spent the winter in the trenches
between Messines and Zillebeke and went through some heavy fighting in
Nov. when the battn. lost so many officers, that he, though a junior,
had to act as company commander during the months of Dec. and Jan.
During this time in the trenches he passed a course of instruction
under the R.E. officer attached to the battn. which qualified him as a
regimental scout and bomb officer, a post he held at the time of his
death. He was killed in action at Hill 60, near Zillebeke, Flanders.
22 Feb. 1915; _unm._ His commanding officer, Col. P. M. Robinson,
wrote: “I regret your son’s death immensely, he was a gallant man and
a good officer, always ready to do rather than to talk. He had won my
admiration on several occasions during the time I have been commanding
this battn., and I had a very high opinion of him. I much regret his
career has been cut short”; and Capt. Molony (who joined the battn.
in Feb. from the reserve of officers): “During the short time I knew
your son I acquired a very real respect and a great liking for him.
This being my first experience of trench work, he really commanded the
company, while I watched his methods and learnt from him. I was very
much struck by his thorough efficiency as well as his imperturbable
courage. Having left the Army nearly eight years ago and never before
having been in action, I badly wanted someone to put me in the way of
it. No one could have done it more thoroughly and at the same time
tactfully than your son. During this time he was offered and accepted
the very honourable, but at the same time dangerous position of battn.
scout officer. I did not like it much because it would mean that I
should very often be deprived of his assistance, but I heard the
commanding officer, when discussing his suitableness, say among other
things ‘He is as brave as a lion.’ He is a great loss to the regt.
and his qualities would have carried him very far in his profession
had he been spared. I hope it will be some consolation to you to know
that he did not suffer. When I heard he was hit I went to him at once.
He was quite unconscious, and remained so until he died, perhaps some
two minutes later.” Speaking of his death, the Adjutant said: “He was
setting a splendid example, and, regardless of danger, was walking
about laughing at the bombs, and greatly encouraging his men by his
behaviour.”
[Illustration: =John Edward G. Brown.=]
=BROWN, JOHN SAMUEL=, Chief Armourer, 341170, H.M.S. Cressy; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BROWN, JOHN SAMUEL=, A.B., 201534 (Chat.), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BROWN, NORMAN=, Private, No. 12/1569, 15th North Auckland
Infantry, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Arthur Brown,
formerly of co. Down, Ireland, by his wife, Mary (44, Springfield Road,
Christchurch, New Zealand), dau. of Abernethy Patterson; _b._
Christchurch, New Zealand, March, 1881; educ. St. Alban’s School,
Christchurch; volunteered Dec. 1914, and died of wounds at Gaba Tepe,
11 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Norman Brown.=]
=BROWN, NORMAN McLEOD=, Sergt., No. 1057, 1/14th Battn. (London
Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Robert Brown, of
Kirkcaldy, co. Fife, Draper, by his wife, Mary Davidson, dau. of David
Findlay; _b._ Kirkcaldy, 16 Nov. 1888; educ. High School there;
entered the Civil Service and received an appointment in the India
Office, where he was engaged till he volunteered for foreign service on
the outbreak of war. He had been a member of the London Scottish for
some seven years, went to France with them as a corpl., was promoted
Sergt. at the Front, and at the time of his death had been recommended
for a commission. He was shot in the trenches at Givenchy by a sniper,
24 Dec. 1914, and was buried in the cemetery there; _unm._
[Illustration: =Norman McLeod Brown.=]
=BROWN, OSCAR=, Lieut., 7th Lancers, Indian Army, attd. 4th
Dragoon Guards, 8th _s._ of the late William Hooper Masters Brown,
of Highfield House, Sherborne, co. Dorset, by his wife, Mary, dau. of
William James, of Pembroke, _b._ Sherborne, 20 May, 1888; educ.
Sherborne School, and Sandhurst; gazetted to the 48th Northamptonshire
Regt. 19 Sept. 1908, and promoted Lieut. 7 May, 1910. In Sept. 1912
he exchanged into the Indian Army, and joined the 7th (Hariana)
Lancers. While riding for the Delhi Cup in 1913 his horse fell and
injured him to such an extent that he was invalided home, and on the
outbreak of the war, being still in England, he was attached to the
4th Dragoon Guards, going to France with them in Sept. 1914. He was
killed in action by a shell at Ypres, 24 April, 1915, and was buried at
Elverdinghe; _unm._
=BROWN, PHILIP GEORGE MORTIMER=, Private, No. 9704, 5th Battn.
(London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of the
late Frederick Robert Brown, Solicitor, by his wife, Emily Louisa
(Thirlmere, Dukesthorpe Road, Sydenham, S.E.), dau. of George Phillips,
of Beckenham, _b._ Sundridge Park, co. Kent, 15 Oct. 1896; educ.
The Hall, Sydenham Preparatory School, and Dulwich College. He joined
the London Rifle Brigade early in 1914, and on the outbreak of war was
with his regt. at Eastbourne for the midsummer manœuvres. Volunteering
for foreign service, he left with his regt. for France early in Nov.
1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 3 May, 1915; _unm._ His
commanding officer wrote: “He died doing his duty to the last, and was
buried the same night. After he was slightly wounded himself, he spent
all his time attending to other wounded friends, and it was whilst
performing this duty that he was killed.”
[Illustration: =Philip G. M. Brown.=]
=BROWN, WALTER GILBERT=, Seaman, R.N.R., 13630, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BROWN= (_alias_ =BROWNING=), =WILLIAM=, Stoker,
1st Class (N.C.S.), 298889, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off
Coronel, on coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WREFORD-BROWN, CLAUDE, D.S.O.=, Capt., 2nd Battn. 5th
Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.), 5th _s._ of the late William
Wreford-Brown, by his wife, Clara Jane (5, Litfield Place, Clifton,
Bristol), dau. of Henry Clark, M.D.; _b._ Clifton, 17 Feb.
1876: educ. Waynflete, Durdham Downs; Wells House, Malvern Wells;
and Charterhouse. After serving in the Royal Warwickshire Militia,
he obtained his commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 1st Battn. of the
“Fighting Fifth,” 15 May, 1897, being promoted Lieut. 24 Nov. 1899,
and Capt. 15 April, 1901. In 1898 he took part in the Soudan Campaign
under Lord Kitchener, being present at the Battle of Omdurman and the
capture of Khartoum (Queen’s medal and Egyptian medal with clasp).
He was employed in the occupation of Crete in 1898, and then, under
Lord Methuen, served throughout the South African War, 1899–1902.
He took part in the advance on Kimberley, including the actions at
Belmont, Enslin, Modder River and Magersfontein. Afterwards he took
part in the operations in the Orange Free State (March-May, 1900) and
in the Transvaal (July-Nov. 1900), including actions at Venterskroom
and Rhenoster River. Twice mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette,
9 July and 10 Sept. 1901], he received the D.S.O. for his services
at Lichtenburg and the Queen’s medal with four clasps and the King’s
medal with two clasps. He was selected to represent his regt. at the
Coronation of King Edward VII. In April, 1908, he was on the North-West
Frontier of India, and while serving in the Mohmand Campaign was
seriously wounded. On 4 Sept. 1912. he was appointed an instructor at
the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, which post he filled until 17
Feb. 1915, when he joined the 2nd Battn. of his regt., then in France.
Capt. Wreford-Brown was killed on the Menin Road, south of Ypres, 200
yards east of Wieltje Farm, north of Hooge, on Whit Monday, 24 May,
1915; unm. His regt. had been practically wiped out on the 13th, and
when he heard of this he insisted on leaving Boulogne, where he was in
hospital, and going back to reform the regt. He arrived at headquarters
west of Ypres, Friday, 21 May, and there found 85 worn-out men of his
battn., and about 450 of the 5th Fusiliers and Durham L.I., and 15
officers, a new draft which had just arrived, all from the same depôt.
These he formed into a battn., and on Sunday, 23 May, was ordered to
join the Brigade--only two clear days to form a new regt.! They marched
between 15 and 29 miles on a sweltering hot day, losing several men
on the way under shell fire. They arrived at Menin Road on Monday
(Empire Day) the 24th; and were ordered out into support at 6 a.m.
Wreford-Brown was commanding. At about 1 p.m. he received orders to
advance to a certain point and attack a position which was allotted to
him. The battn. shortly after leaving its support position came under
heavy fire, and for a distance of two and a-half miles across country
of open fields of buttercups, was continually under high explosive fire
and shrapnel, machine and rifle fire. The regt. was formed up for the
attack on the ridge which they took, but with very heavy casualties.
Ten of the officers were wounded in this, leaving Wreford-Brown and
two lieutenants. These and the remaining men dug themselves in, and
on getting to the ridge they found the Germans very strong in a farm
called Wieltje: it looked as if the Germans were on three sides of
them. The regt. on the right could not be found, and two companies of
the 5th were taking on three miles of Germans. At 7 p.m. he sent word
as to his position and the heavy casualties. The answer came back: “You
must try and take it and hold it at all costs.” One of the captains
in the firing line who was wounded and lying in a ditch reports that
Wreford-Brown told him to go back to hospital, and congratulated him
on getting back to England wounded, and said: “Good-bye, old fellow,
I shall not see you again. I am ordered to attack the place, it is
hopeless, but I shall lead my men to it”; and with that he turned to
his men and called for a rifle and bayonet and said: “Now we will make
the final charge of the Mohicans,” which he did, leading the men. The
Germans had 20 to 25 machine guns concentrated on them: Wreford-Brown
fell 10 yards from the German trench mortally wounded. The remaining
Lieut. reformed for a second attack and got wounded; the remaining few
retired back to the trench behind the hedge, which they had dug after
gaining the ridge. Only one officer got back safely, and he was with
the machine gun a long way behind, which did not come into action. The
regt. on the right had been delayed and came up afterwards. In the
opinion of all he was shot several times and was certainly killed.
Several attempts were made to recover his body, but it lay between
two trenches of the Germans, and it was impossible owing to their
withering fire. The Commander-in-Chief came round himself and thanked
the survivors for their bravery. His brother officers bore general
testimony to his capability and great courage. His brother, Capt. O. E.
Wreford-Brown, died 7 July, 1916, of wounds received in action on the
Somme.
[Illustration: =Claude Wreford-Brown.=]
=BROWNE, ARTHUR GEORGE=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Notts. and
Derbyshire Regt. (Sherwood Foresters), _s._ of the late John
Barrett Browne, Bandmaster 2nd Royal Dublin Fusiliers, by his wife,
Isabella Helen, dau. of the late Hon. Capt. A. J. White, Indian A.C.
Dept.; _b._ Mount Abu, India, 2 Sept. 1889; educ. Laurence
Military Asylum, Sanawar, India; joined the Army 2nd Sept. 1903,
at the age of 14, and served in the band of the 1st Battn. of the
Gloucestershire Regt. for eight years, when he became an N.C.O., and
joined the ranks, later becoming Sergt. He received his commission for
“services in the field,” 1 Oct. 1914, and was transferred to the Notts.
and Derbyshire Regt. He was killed in action near Armentières, 20 Oct.
1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Arthur George Browne.=]
=BROWNE, GORDON STEWART=, Capt. and Adjutant, 1st Battn. Wiltshire
Regt., 4th _s._ of Henry John Browne, of Grosvenor House,
Faversham and Chatham, Merchant, by his wife, Emily Martha, dau. of
George William Gill, of Rochester; _b._ Chatham, 15 May, 1890;
educ. Haileybury and Sandhurst; gazetted to the Wiltshire Regt. 18
Sept. 1909; promoted Lieut. 26 Jan. 1911, and Capt. 25 Oct. 1914. He
went to France with the Expeditionary Force, and was wounded at Caudry
on the fourth day of the retreat from Mons, but recovered and returned
to the Front. On 17 Nov. he was badly wounded during the fighting at
Hooge and died at the Allied Forces Base Hospital, Boulogne, 27 Nov.
1914. His body was brought home and buried at St. Margaret’s Cemetery,
Rochester. Capt. Browne, who was _unm._, was mentioned in F.M. Sir
John French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915 for “gallant and distinguished
service in the field.”
=BROWNE, HAROLD VERNON=, Capt., Queen’s Own Dorset Yeomanry, yr.
_s._ of Leonard Gilbert Browne, of Hoburne, Christchurch, co.
Hants, formerly of Buckland Park, South Australia, by his wife, Helen
Mary, dau. of Henry Strong Brice; _b._ Buckland Park, 25 Aug.
1885; educ. Hazlewood, Limpsfield and Wellington College. He resided
from 1909–14 at Cheriton Manor, Templecombe, and after that at Preston
House, Iwerne Minster. In 1908 he joined the Dorsetshire Yeomanry and
became Lieut. 4 Oct. 1913, and Capt. July, 1915. On the outbreak of
the war he volunteered for foreign service, and was sent on special
service in July, 1915, from Egypt to Gallipoli, and was military
landing officer at Suvla Bay all through the August landing. He was
killed by a shell on the beach while doing his work of landing troops,
7 Sept. 1915, and was buried there. His commanding officer at Suvla Bay
wrote: “I, like all who came in contact with him, had learnt to be very
fond of and admire him. He was a splendid man and a brave soldier, who
did not seem to know such a thing as fear or danger, and he met his
death, I think and trust, a painless one, when nobly doing his duty,
and actually giving an order in connection with it. He was a true and
good soldier and died a soldier’s death.” He was a very fine all-round
athlete, he played in the school cricket eleven at Wellington, and
afterwards for Dorset County, was a first-class golfer and lawn tennis
player, hunted regularly with the Blackmore Vale Hounds, and rode in
many point-to-point races and steeplechases. Capt. Browne _m._
at St. Peter’s, Eton Square, 24 June, 1908, Doris (Preston House,
Iwerne Minster, Blandford), elder dau. of John Tillard, of Blakeney,
co. Norfolk, and had three sons and one dau.: Anthony Harold Scott,
_b._ 21 April, 1909; Peter Francis William, _b._ 1 Jan. 1912;
Nigel Philip, _b._ 20 Jan. 1913; and Ursula Patricia, _b._ 24
Nov. 1915.
[Illustration: =Harold Vernon Browne.=]
=COLLIS-BROWNE, ALFRED ULICK=, Lieut., 1st. Battn. King’s Own
Yorkshire L.I., yst. _s._ of William Alfred Collis-Browne, of
Monteagle, Godalming, Major (ret.) 5th Battn. Rifle Brigade; _b._
Byfleet, co. Surrey, 13 June 1889; educ. Killcott, Godalming;
represented the R.M.A. at Association Football, 1908; joined the
Yorkshire L.I. in South Africa, 1910, and was promoted Lieut. 27
July, 1914. On the outbreak of war he proceeded with his regt. to the
Front, was appointed Machine Gun Officer, and was killed in action
whilst making a reconnaissance of a trench at Ypres, 13 April, 1915.
He was buried at Zonnebeke, near Ypres; _unm._ The Adjutant of
his battn. wrote: “He was one of the pluckiest fellows I ever knew.
Only a fortnight ago, in an action we had, the captain in the trenches
reported how splendidly he worked his guns, and the good effect it had
on his men, by whom he was greatly beloved.” He was mentioned in F M.
Sir John French’s Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915.
=BROWNING, FRANK HERBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 10905, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BROWNING, JAMES ALEXANDER=, Major, 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen’s
Bays), yr. _s._ of Edward Campbell Browning, of Rushden House,
co. Northants, by his wife, Alice Louisa, dau. of C. Pratt Barlow;
_b._ Onslow Square, London, 25 June, 1878; educ. Eton and
Sandhurst; obtained his commission, 11 May, 1898, and was promoted
Lieut. 16 Aug. 1899; Capt. 14 Sept. 1901, and Major 5 July, 1911. From
1906–09 he acted as Adjutant to the Queen’s Bays and was A.D.C. to the
Inspector-Gen. of Cavalry in the early stages of the South African
War, and in 1901–02 he took part in the operations in the Orange River
Colony, the Transvaal and Cape Colony, for which he received the
Queen’s medal with five clasps. On the outbreak of the European War he
went to France with the Expeditionary Force, and was killed by a shell
at Messines, 31 Oct. 1914, while in command of his regt. He was buried
at Wulverghem, and was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatches
[London Gazette, 22 June, 1915], for gallant and distinguished service
in the field. Capt. Browning _m._ at St. Mary’s Church, Higham
Ferrers, co. Northants, 21 March, 1903, Lilian Brenda (Stonycroft,
Aldershot), only dau. of Capt. Basil John Fisher, U.S.A., and had two
sons: Geoffrey Alexander, _b._ 21 March, 1907; and Peter Campbell,
_b._ 18 March, 1910.
[Illustration: =James A. Browning.=]
=BROWNLEE, JAMES ALEXANDER=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 185918, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BROWNLOW, MARK=, E.R.A., 2nd Class, 271387, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BROYD, ERNEST JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9569), 203287, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BRUCE, ALFRED=, Private, No. 1239, 1/4th Battn. King’s Own
Yorkshire L.I. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the late William Bruce, by
his wife, Alice Annie (40, Chatsworth Place, Harrogate); _b._
Aldboro’, Borobridge, co. York, 17 May, 1893; educ. Grove Road Board
School, and Technical School, Harrogate; entered the service of the
Educational Offices, Wakefield, where he was on the permanent clerical
staff, but after the outbreak of war enlisted in Sept. 1914. and was
accidentally drowned with six other soldiers at Gainsborough in a
pontoon accident, 19 Feb. 1915; _unm._ He won the West Riding
County Minor Scholarship in May, 1904, and passed the Oxford Junior
Examination at the age of 14.
=BRUCE, GERVASE RONALD=, Midshipman, R.N., _s._ of Percy
Robert Bruce, of Downhill, co. Londonderry, and Clifton Hall, Notts,
Major, South Notts Hussars, by his wife, Aletheia Georgina, dau. of the
Right Hon. Sir Richard Horner Paget, of Cranmore Hall, Somerset, 1st
Bart., P.C., and grandson of Lieut.-Col. Sir Hervey Juckes Lloyd Bruce,
of Downhill, near Coleraine, and Clifton Hall, Nottingham, 4th Bart.,
late Coldstream Guards; _b._ London, 19 Jan. 1899; educ. Osborne
and Dartmouth Colleges; mobilised from Dartmouth. Aug. 1914, and was
killed in action in the Battle off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, by
the sinking of H.M.S. Monmouth, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BRUCE, JOHN ELLIOTT LIDDERDALE=, R.A., Major, Royal Garrison
Artillery, 2nd _s._ of Col. Elliott Armstrong Bruce, of Stenhouse,
Barnstaple, Indian Army [grandson of Sir William Bruce, of Stenhouse,
7th Bart.], by his 1st wife, Mary Rebecca, dau. of the Rev. William
Dawson; _b._ Rangoon, 10 Jan. 1870; educ. Carshalton House,
Carshalton, Surrey; St. Paul’s School and Woolwich Academy; gazetted
2nd Lieut. Royal Artillery, 15 Feb. 1889, and promoted Lieut. 15 Feb.
1892, Capt. 19 July, 1899, and Major, 7 Aug. 1909; was D.A.A.G. for
Royal Artillery in India, 29 March, 1906, to 31 May, 1907; Staff Capt.,
India, 1 June, 1907, to 16 March, 1908, and Brigade Major, India,
17 March, 1908, to 28 March, 1910; served (1) in Burma as Orderly
Officer, 1891, with the Wuntho Expedition (mentioned in Despatches
[London Gazette, 9 Feb. 1892] (medal with clasp); (2) with the
Waziristan Expedition, 1894–5 (clasp); (3) in the operations in the
North-West Frontier, India, 1897–8, with the Tochi Field Force (medal
with clasp); (4) in South African War, 1900; took part in operations
in the Transvaal, Orange Free State, and Cape Colony, March to Sept.
(Queen’s medal with three clasps); (5) on North-West Frontier, India,
1908, as D.A.Q.M.G. (12–31 May) to Field Force during operations in the
Mohmand country; and (6) with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force
at the Dardanelles, 1915; took part in the landing, 25 April, and was
killed in action there 29 May following, being mentioned in Gen. Sir
Ian Hamilton’s Despatches [London Gazette, 5 Aug. 1915]. Major Bruce
_m._ at Tilford, Surrey, 12 Sept. 1900, Charlotte Mabel, yst.
dau. of the late T. J. G. Johnstone, of the Ceylon Civil Service, and
had two sons: John Charles Douglas, _b._ 2 Aug. 1902; and Henry
Malcolm, _b._ 28 Feb. 1904.
[Illustration: =John Elliott L. Bruce.=]
=BRUCE, JONATHAN MAXWELL=, Major, 107th Pioneers, Indian Army,
eldest _s._ of Richard Isaac Bruce, of Quetta, Teddington, C.I.E.
late Commissioner in the Punjab (who received the thanks of the Indian
Government on several occasions for distinguished frontier service),
by his wife, Lilla, dau. of the Rev. John Beavor Webb, Rector of
Dunderrow, co. Cork, and gdson. of Jonathan Bruce, of Miltown Castle,
co. Cork; _b._ Dharmsala, India, 22 June, 1873; educ. Haileybury
and Sandhurst; obtained his commission, 16 Jan. 1895, and was promoted
Lieut. 16 April, 1897, Capt. 16 Jan. 1904, Double Company Officer 8
March, 1908, and Major 16 Jan. 1913. He saw active service on the
North-West Frontier of India in 1897–8, taking part in the defence and
relief of Malakand, the action at Landaki and the operations in the
Mahmund Country, receiving the medal with two clasps. Major Bruce was
killed in action at Festubert, 24 Nov. 1914, and was buried at Bethune.
He _m._ at St. Alban’s Church, Teddington, 14 Sept. 1905, Mabel
Waldron (Kenilworth, Seymour Road, Hampton Wick), 3rd dau. of Henry
Trengronse, of Hampton Wick, J.P., and had two daus.--Mary Aileen,
_b._ 5 May, 1908, Barbara Maxwell, _b._ 11 March, 1910.
[Illustration: =Jonathan Maxwell Bruce.=]
=BRUCE, WILLIAM ARTHUR McCRAE=, Lieut., 59th Scinde Rifles,
Frontier Force, Indian Army, only _s._ of Col. Andrew McCrae
Bruce, of Roch d’Or, Sanares, Jersey, C.B., Unemployed Supry. List,
Indian Army; by his wife, Margaret Hay; _b._ 15 June, 1890;
educ. Mr. Bickerstith’s Preparatory School, Netherwood, Hastings; Mr.
Reynold’s Preparatory School, Cliff House, Southbourne, Hants; Victoria
College, Jersey, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Was a
King’s Indian Cadet, and after passing out of Sandhurst in the autumn
of 1909 was gazetted 2nd Lieut. on the unattached list for the Indian
Army 29 Jan. 1910, and sailed for India in H.M. Troopship Plassy, on 11
Feb. from Southampton. On arrival in India he was ordered in join 5th
Northumberland Fusiliers, to which regt. he was attached; after serving
with them for one year he was posted to the 59th Scinde Rifles F.F. at
Kohat, Punjab, and joined on 8 March, 1911. In 1911–12 he took part
with his regt. in one or two small affairs against Wuzeerie Raiders.
In 1912, he passed in musketry and signalling. In the autumn of 1913,
he marched with his regt. from Kohat to Qullundur, arriving there on
17 Dec. 1913. In June, 1914, Col. Fenner, commanding the regt. wrote
of him: “A big, fine and promising young officer of excellent ability.
As Transport and Signalling Officer, has performed his duties with
marked success. Personally popular, good at games and a fine rider. He
is good tempered, has tact, judgment, self-reliance, reliability and
common sense. His influence with officers and men is good, he is active
and temperate.” In 1914, he was granted eight months’ leave to England
where he arrived on 10 April. On the outbreak of war he was ordered
to rejoin his regt. and sailed for India in H.M. Trooper Dongola on
10 Aug. On arrival in Egypt he was ordered to disembark and proceed
to Cairo and await the arrival of his regt. With his regt, he arrived
in Marseilles about 17 Sept. and in Oct. joined the fighting line. He
took part in all the work done by his regt. until he was killed on 19
Dec. 1914. Major I. L. Leede, commanding the 59th Scinde Rifles F.F.
wrote on 20 Dec. 1914: “I am deeply grieved to have to write and tell
you that your son Lieut. Bruce was killed yesterday, during a night
attack. He met his death in a German trench which we had taken, he was
shot through the chest and killed instantly.... Until Col Fenner was
killed, your son was my company officer, and I was very fond of him
indeed, and I am more grieved than I can say to have to tell you of his
death. I consider him to have been a young officer of most exceptional
promise, and I have seen him under fire off and on for two months. Will
you please accept the very sincere sympathy and condolence of the whole
regt.” Capt. Anderson of 59th Scinde Rifles F.F. writing on 20 Dec.
1914, to Gen. J. R. B. Atkinson, said. “A N.C.O. of mine got back last
night. He had been with Bruce, who was the first man into his part of
the trench, and died most gallantly holding it. He (the N.C.O.) says
he told his men to retire, but they said the Sahib had ordered them
not to, so they died there.” Lieut. C. J. S. Le Cornu, 56th Punjab
Rifles F.F. with the 33rd Div. Sig. Coy., writing on 27 Dec. 1914,
said: “I had a long talk with Anderson, the Adjutant. He said to me:
‘If you are writing to Bruce’s people do tell them how very fond we all
of us in the regt. were of him, and that he died doing an extremely
plucky thing....’ He was leading a bombing party, ... and the men who
were with and near him that night cannot speak too highly of him....
Every single officer and man in the 59th I saw to-day had a word of
sympathy for you, and they one and all said how very pluckily your son
had died.” Capt. Scales, attached to the 59th Scinde Rifles, who was
very severely wounded in the same attack, wrote on 9 Jan. 1915: “Your
son was with me just a minute or two before we left our trenches to
attack the German trenches, he was in splendid spirits and ready for
anything.... His loss will be felt by everyone in the regt. as he was
the best of good fellows, and absolutely fearless.”
=BRUMPTON, ERNEST WILLIAM=, Gunner, R.M.A., 5923, (R.F.R., B.
547), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BRUNS, THOMAS JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13363, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BRYANT, CHARLES WILLIAM=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 10225, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BRYANT, HENRY EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4220), S.S.
102908 H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BRYANT, JOHN WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8959), 207950, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BRYANT, RICHARD=, Chief Armourer, 168951, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BRYANT, THOMAS HENRY=, Armourer’s Crew, M. 7291, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BINGHAM-BRYDEN, EDWARD CARRUTHERS=, Private, No. 1137, D Coy.,
4th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, only _s._ of the late
Edward Carruthers Bryden, of Birklees, Goulburn, New South Wales,
Dental Surgeon, by his wife, Anna Maria (Birklees, Goulburn, New South
Wales), dau. of the late Henry Bingham, of Annagh House, co. Mayo
[2nd _s._ of Robert Augustus Bingham, of Bingham Castle, co.
Mayo]; _b._ Birklees, Goulburn, 30 July, 1894; educ. Goulburn
and afterwards at an Agricultural College, and when war broke out was
on a station learning farming previous to taking up land for himself;
volunteered for Imperial service at the end of Aug. 1914; left for
Egypt with the main force on the Euripides, 19 Oct. 1914; took part
in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in
action there the following day; _unm._ His company officer wrote:
“He was in my company and under me since we left Sydney. I wanted
you to know he died as a true soldier. His body was buried on the
battlefield.”
[Illustration: =E. C. Bingham-Bryden.=]
=BUCHANAN, DUNCAN ALLAN=, Private, No. 1837, 1/8th Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Thomas Watters
Buchanan, of Oak Bank, Oban, Sheep Farmer, by his wife, Jane Cooper,
dau. of the late William Allan, of Morningside, Edinburgh; _b._
Colisnacone Farm, Glencoe, co. Argyle, 19 Dec. 1894; educ. Oban High
School; prior to the outbreak of the war was in the employment of
Messrs. Hosack & Sutherland, Lawyers at Oban, but volunteered his
services immediately and enlisted in the Cycle Corps of the 8th Argyll
and Sutherland Highlanders, going with his regt. to Flanders in May.
On 11 June, 1915, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders were in the
trenches near Festubert, and as the men were short of rations, parties
of ten from each platoon were organised to go to the rear for the
purpose of obtaining food. No. 16 platoon, of which Buchanan was a
member, went first. The firing trench was only between 50 and 100 yards
from the enemy, and the men had to run about 100 yards across the open
to get into the communication trench. When they were about half way
across the Germans opened fire. Buchanan was badly wounded by a bullet
in the thigh. He was brought home and died in Netley Hospital 6 July,
following, from haemorrhage caused by the rupture of an artery. In all
the letters from officers and comrades, also the nurses and orderlies,
reference was made to his brightness and to his cheerful obliging
disposition under all circumstances. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Duncan Allan Buchanan.=]
=BUCHANAN, JAMES HERBERT=, Lieut., 4th (Extra Reserve) Battn.
Princess Victoria’s Royal Irish Fusiliers, attached 1st Battn.
Leinster Regt., only _s._ of George Buchanan, of Prospect House,
Ballyward, Banbridge, co. Down, retired teacher and farmer, by his
wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Ochiltree; _b._ Ballyward, 12
Aug. 1892; educ. Excelsior Academy, Banbridge, and Queen’s University,
Belfast, where he studied with a view to entering the ministry of the
Presbyterian Church. While at Queen’s University he was for three years
a member of the O.T.C. and rose to the rank of Sergt. On 24 June, 1914,
he was gazetted 2nd Lieut., being posted to the 4th Battn. Royal Irish
Fusiliers. After joining he spent some time training at Carrickfergus,
was promoted Lieut. 2 Nov. 1914, and on 16 Feb. left for France with
a draft of 200 men. They arrived on the 18th and spent five days at
the base. He was then attached to the Leinster Regt. and served with
them in the trenches until 15 March, when he received his fatal wound.
Writing of his death his Captain said: “On the evening of 14 March he
led his men against a German trench, and with great valour took it and
held it till morning when it was found to be untenable. At daylight
the order was given to retreat, and while assembling his men he was
shot twice through the body by snipers.” He was carried to the Field
Hospital where he died next morning (16 March, 1915) at 11 o’clock and
was buried the same evening in the officers’ cemetery at Dickebush. A
commanding officer wrote: “To say that Lieut. Buchanan was loved by his
men is not enough, they idolised him.”
[Illustration: =James Herbert Buchanan.=]
=BUCHANAN, WILLIAM=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 166810, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=GRAY-BUCHANAN, CECIL GORDON=, Trooper, 2nd Light Horse,
Australian Imp. Force, yst. _s._ of Lieut.-Col. (Hon. Col.)
James Ross Gray-Buchanan, of Eastfleld, Cambuslang, and Scotstoun,
co. Lanark, late Commanding 3rd and 4th Battns. The Cameronians, and
previously for many years with the 26th Cameronians; by his wife,
Kate, dau. of James Farie, of Farme, co. Lanark, and grandson of
Thomas Gray-Buchanan, of Ardoch and Scotstoun; _b._ Eastfleld,
Rutherglen, 9 Sept. 1886; educ. Cargilfield School and Fettes College,
Edinburgh; joined the Australian Light Horse on the outbreak of war,
and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 14 May, 1915. The Col.
commanding the regt. wrote that he had had the opportunity of observing
him on a good many occasions, both on shipboard and in Egypt, and his
service was ever a credit to himself and his family and that he was
seen to fall gallantly doing his duty to the last.
[Illustration: =Cecil Gordon Gray-Buchanan.=]
=GRAY-BUCHANAN, CLAUDE=, Capt., 35th Sikhs, Indian Army, eldest
_s._ of Lieut.-Col. Michael Rowand Gray-Buchanan, of Ettrick
Dale, Isle of Bute, by his wife, Frederica, 7th dau. of Henry Stuart,
of Montford, Isle of Bute [and granddau. of Rear-Admiral Lord George
Stuart, C.B., 7th _s._ of John, 4th Earl, and 1st Marquis of
Bute], and grandson of Thomas Gray-Buchanan, of Ardoch and Scotstoun:
_b._ Timaru, New Zealand, 17 Feb. 1878; educ. Harrow and
Sandhurst, out of which he passed first in 1898; when he was attached
to the 1st Battn. Hampshire Regt. as a probationer for the Indian
Army. He served with that regt. at Lundi Kotal (Khyber Pass) and on
the North West Frontier of India from October, 1898 to October, 1899,
when he was appointed to the 35th Sikhs, and promoted Lieut. 30 Oct.
1900. He served through the Waziri Campaign in 1901, for which he
received the medal and clasp. He received his company, 20 July, 1907,
and passed out of the Staff College, Quetta, in Dec. 1913. Early in
Aug. he was appointed to the Headquarters Staff of the Royal Flying
Corps, Expeditionary Force and on 2 Nov. 1914, was attached to the 8th
Gurkhas. He was at first reported missing, but afterwards officially
reported as having been killed in action near Festubert, 4 Nov. 1914.
He _m._ at St. Augustine’s Church, Dumbarton, 2 July, 1914, Jane
Cecilia Hope, only dau. of Major Robert Elmsall Findlay, of Boturich
Castle, co. Dumbarton, _s.p._
[Illustration: =Claude Gray-Buchanan.=]
=GRAY-BUCHANAN, WALTER BRUCE=, Capt. and Adjutant, 2nd Battn.
The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), fourth _s._ of Lieut.-Col
(Hon. Col.) James Ross Gray-Buchanan, of Eastfleld, Cambuslang,
and Scotstoun. co. Lanark, late commanding 3rd and 4th battns. The
Cameronians, and previously for many years with the 26th Cameronians;
by his wife, Kate, dau. of James Farie, of Farme, co. Lanark, and
grandson of Thomas Gray-Buchanan, of Ardoch and Scotstoun; _b._
Eastfield, Rutherglen, 20 Aug. 1885; educ. Cargilfield School and
Fettes College, Edinburgh; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Battn. Cameronians,
16 Feb. 1905, transferred to 2nd Battn. 16 Feb. 1907, promoted Lieut.
13 Oct. 1909, and Capt. 3rd Nov. 1914, and appointed Adjutant 8 Feb.
1915. He was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle 10 March, 1915, and was
buried there; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “One of those whose memories
will never be forgotten and whose deeds will add to the glories of the
old regiment.”
[Illustration: =Walter Bruce Gray-Buchanan.=]
=BUCK, FREDERICK=, Petty Officer, 210184, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost
when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=BUCK, THOMAS CYRIL=, D.C.M., Sergt., No. 7584, 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards; _s._ of John Buck, of Frettenham, co. Norfolk,
Agricultural Labourer, by his wife, Maria Buck, dau. of the late
William Cooke, of Buxton; _b._ Frettenham, 3 Nov. 1891; educ.
Elementary School there; enlisted at Norwich, 27 Dec. 1907; was
promoted Sergt. in Sept. 1912; served with the Expeditionary Force
in France, greatly distinguishing himself at Givenchy and again a
week later near Gheluvelt, and was killed in action at Richebourg on
the morning of 9 May, 1915, being hit by a shrapnel bullet. He was
mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 20 Nov.
1914 [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915], and was awarded the Distinguished
Conduct Medal “For conspicuous gallantry and ability at Givenchy, 21
to 23 Dec. 1914, in going forward under heavy fire to select positions
for machine guns, and subsequently for rescuing a wounded man who
was lying out under fire. He also behaved gallantly on 29 Oct., near
Gheluvelt, when in charge of machine guns.” Lieut. T. A. Tapp wrote:
“As officer in charge of the machine gun section I feel I must write
to you and tell you how dreadfully cut up we all are at losing Sergt.
Buck, who had made a name for himself, not only for his machine gun
section, which was the best in the Army, but also for his own great
personal bravery and devotion to duty. I feel I shall never have any
chance of getting another Sergt. even half so good as Sergt. Buck was,”
and Col. J. A G. R. Drummond Hay, Commanding Coldstream Guards, writing
at the wish of Col. Ponsonby said: “I will quote Colonel Ponsonby’s
own words as they evidently convey the feeling in the battn. as to the
conspicuously gallant manner in which Sergt. Buck has conducted himself
throughout the war. ‘Sergt. T. Buck, who got the D.C.M. a little time
ago and was my machine gun Sergt. was killed (this was in a big fight
that took place on Sunday, 9 May). He will be a great loss. He has been
right through the war, and was one of the bravest and coolest men under
fire I have ever seen. I had already mentioned him twice before for
that reason and was so glad when he was given D.C.M., which he had so
well earned.’”
[Illustration: =Thomas Cyril Buck.=]
=BUCKETT, HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, 309963, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BUCKINGHAM, ALBERT=, Petty Officer (O.S.), 186259, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BUCKINGHAM, ALFRED THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 13830, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BUCKINGHAM, AUBREY WEBSTER=, Major, 3rd Battn. Gordon
Highlanders, 3rd _s._ of the late Joseph Hicks Buckingham, of
Lancaster Gate, W., and Truro, by his wife, Lucy Webster, dau. of
Benjamin Hallewell, of Leeds; _b._ London. 11 Oct. 1870; educ.
Elstree, and Harrow; gazetted Lieut. in the London Scottish volunteers
in 1892, and saw service in the South African War, 1899–1902. He
took part in the operations in Natal in 1899 in command on volunteer
details, and was afterwards appointed garrison adjutant at Green Point
Camp, and for his services received the Queen’s medal with three clasps
and the King’s medal with two clasps. He was given the rank of honorary
Capt. in the Army, 31 May, 1901, and that of Major 11 Jan. 1902, and
was attached to the 3rd Battn. (Reserve of Officers) of the Gordon
Highlanders. He settled at Harrietsham in 1902, purchasing a large
portion of the Stede Hill Estate and becoming lord of the manor. On
the outbreak of war he was transferred to the 1st Battn. and went to
the front on 6 Sept. 1914. He was killed in action near Hooge, 17 Nov.
1914. Major Buckingham _m._ at Harrietsham, 2 June, 1908, Mabel
Felizardae (Harrietsham Manor, Kent), dau. of the late Col. Walter
Reginald Rudge, of Stede Court, Harrietsham, R.A.; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Aubrey W. Buckingham.=]
=BUCKINGHAM, JAMES=, Petty Officer (R.F.R., B. 10250), 181522,
H.M.S Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BUCKINGHAM, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 280012,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=BUCKLE, HENRY WHITE=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 2775), 210616,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=BUCKLEY, MOSES MILLER SHAW=, Boy 1st Class, J. 24636 (Devon.),
H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=BUCKLEY, CLARENCE JAMES=, Private, No. 69090, A Coy., 26th
Battn., 5th Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of James
Buckley, of 31, Suffolk Street, St. John West, New Brunswick; _b._
(--); educ. St. Patrick’s School, St. John West; was employed in the
Canadian Pacific Railway Locomotive Works; volunteered on the outbreak
of war, and enlisted in Oct. 1914, and died shortly after sunset on
Wednesday, 13 Oct. 1915, from wounds received in action in France at 4
p.m.; _unm._ He was buried in the cemetery of the 26th Battn. His
Lieut. wrote: “He was killed in action Wednesday last doing his duty.
When wounded, even though he knew he had not a chance of recovering,
he bore himself as a man.” And a comrade: “My work is First Aid in
the field, and as I am a stretcher-bearer in C Coy., and was detailed
for the support of A Coy. on the memorable 13 Oct., I was an intimate
friend of your son, and carried him in from the field when he was
wounded, and gave him the best care within my knowledge. He was very
badly wounded, and after I had given him enough morphine to deaden his
pain, I made him as easy as possible. I was terribly busy that day, but
every time I came in I went over to where Clarence was lying to see if
he was resting easy. You have every reason to be proud of your brave
lad. Although he was mortally wounded he would say, ‘How goes it, Doc.’
(Doc. is my nickname here), and he always had a smile for me.”
[Illustration: =Clarence James Buckley.=]
=BUCKNILL, JOHN CHARLES=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. Hampshire Regt.
(T.F.), elder _s._ of John Townsend Bucknill, of Thomfield, near
Bitterne, co. Hants., Lieut-Col. late R.E., by his wife, Catharine
Raworth, only surviving child of William Rudkin Morris, of Luffenham,
co. Rutland, and grandson of the late Sir John Charles Bucknill, M.D.,
F.R.S.; _b._ Ditton Hill, Surrey, 19 Oct. 1879; educ. Wellington
College, and Emmanuel College, Cambridge (B.A.), and became an
architect, studying in London and Italy. He practised at Southampton.
At the outbreak of the war he applied for a commission, and finally
obtained one, 12 Sept. 1914, in the 4th Battn. (T.F.) of the Hants
Regt., and with it left for India, Oct. 1914: going to Mesopotamia in
March, 1915. During the summer the battn. was quartered at Basrah,
and the damp heat, often 110° F. in the shade, killed seven men by
sunstroke, the older men and officers, including the subject of this
memoir, his age being 36, only being able to stand it. Later the battn.
took part in the advance up the Tigris and Euphrates, and in the
affair at Gurma Safha and the engagement at Nasiriyeh, where only five
officers of the battn. got through unwounded; Bucknill was one of them.
Soon afterwards they were brought back to Kurna and sent up the Tigris,
a party of the 4th Hants being employed on river work and assisting to
clear the barrage, Bucknill as a yachtsman being usefully employed.
At Amara they rested for some time to garrison this base, and for
seven weeks he acted as paymaster, and subsequently as quartermaster.
In the advance on Baghdad under Gen. Townshend one company took part,
and the rest of the battn. went up with Gen. Aylmer’s relief force,
and fought at the Battle of Filahey in support of the attack by the
Black Watch and Seaforths. These battns. and the 4th Hants lost most of
their officers and men killed and wounded, among whom Lieut. Bucknill
was first reported as missing, 21 Jan. 1916, but on 12 April he was
officially reported in England as “killed in action” 21 Jan. 1916. He
was a most useful and keen officer, and much appreciated in his battn.
He was mentioned in Sir John Nixon’s Despatches of 1 Jan. [London
Gazette, 6 April, 1916] for services on Euphrates, 26 June-25 July,
1915, and on 17 April, 1916, it was announced that he had been granted
the Military Cross by His Majesty the King. He _m._ at Bitterne,
22 Sept. 1908, Margaret Maria Mary, dau. of Clement Lister; _s.p._
[Illustration: =John Charles Bucknill.=]
=BUCKNILL, LLEWELLYN MORRIS=, Major, Royal Field Artillery, yr
_s._ of John Townsend Bucknill, of Thomfield, near Bitterne, co.
Hants, Lieut.-Col. late R.E., by his wife, Catharine Raworth, only
surviving child of William Rudkin Morris, of Luffenham, co. Rutland,
and grandson of the late Sir John Charles Bucknill, M.D., F.R.S;
_b._ Notting Hill, London, 20 June, 1881; educ. Wellington College
and Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the R.F.A.
12 May, 1900, and promoted Lieut. 3 April, 1901, Capt. 13 Feb. 1910,
and Major 30 Oct. 1914. He served in Northern Nigeria on special work,
April, 1907–June, 1908, and with the 22nd Brigade in South Africa,
Sept. 1912–Aug. 1914. The Brigade returned to Europe in August, and
mobilised for war in the New Forest, forming part of the 7th Division
which embarked for Belgium 5 Oct. 1914. He was promoted Major on the
30th, and soon after was appointed to command of the 105th Battery.
On 16 May he was severely wounded in the spine. His signaller most
gallantly carried him back under heavy fire, but early on the 18th
he died in hospital at Bethune. He was buried in the town cemetery
there. Major Bucknill was twice mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord)
French’s Despatches, first on 17 Feb. 1915, for his services during
the early fighting at Ypres, and again on 1 Jan. 1916. Col. Alexander,
V.C., Officer commanding 22nd brigade R.F.A., wrote: “Your husband
was severely wounded whilst performing his duty in his usual fearless
manner,” and Major H. W. Hill, R.F.A., wrote: “During the early part
of the war I had the privilege of commanding the 105th Battery, and
Major Bucknill was then my Capt. On all occasions he proved himself
a most capable and conscientious soldier, full of dash and resource,
and a very loyal comrade. His magnificent bravery at Ypres, and in the
early days of November, near Gheluvelt, did not happen to be officially
recognised, but was known and appreciated by his brother officers....
Major Bucknill will long be remembered by those who served with him.”
Many other letters of a like nature from his brother officers and men
were received by his widow and his father. Major Bucknill was a fine
horseman, and when his Brigade went to Ireland in 1911 he became master
of the regimental pack of harriers at Cahir. He was also a good shikar
and captured some fine heads in N. Nigeria, although game was scarce.
He was a scientific collector of coleoptera and lepidoptera, and able
to interest professors at the British Museum. He _m._ at St.
Michael’s Church, Hathersage, co. Derby, 24 Sept. 1913, Mary Ashton,
dau. of the late Col. Ashton John Shuttleworth, of Hathersage Hall, co.
Derby, R.A.; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Llewellvn M. Bucknill.=]
=BUCKNOLE, WALTER SAMUEL=, Seaman, R.N.R., 4239A, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BUCKTROUT, HORACE=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 19976, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BUDD, WRINCH JOSEPH CHARLES=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. South Wales
Borderers, 2nd _s._ of Ebenezer Budd, of 84, Melrose Avenue,
Norbury, co. Surrey, by his wife, Mary Maria, dau. of William Bristow,
of Chelsea; _b._ 23 Sept. 1877; educ. United Westminster Schools;
and in Feb. 1904 was appointed Chief Clerk in the employ of the
Shanghai Municipal Council Electricity Dept. He was with the Queen’s
Westminsters from 1894 to 1900, and passed for sergt., and served with
the City of London Imperial Volunteers (M.I.) in South Africa, 1900.
From 1905–8 he was a member of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps, and served
with the reserve company from 1908 to 1914. At the outbreak of war he
volunteered and was granted a commission in Shanghai on 14 Dec. 1914.
On his arrival in England he was promoted Lieut. 22 Feb. 1915, and was
attached to the 9th Battn. South Wales Borderers stationed at Pembroke
Dock and left home with a draft for the East, at the end of May. He
landed at the Dardanelles, 10 June, 1915, and was killed on 28 June
following; _unm._ He won several prizes for shooting, and formed
one of the Shanghai team at Bisley in 1901, and was a Freemason.
[Illustration: =Wrinch J. C. Budd.=]
=BUHAGIAR, CARMELO=, Officers’ Steward, 1st Class, 360408, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BULL, ALFRED GEORGE=, A.B., 221911, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BULL, ARTHUR EDWARD=, Fitter, No. 42616, 118th Battery, Royal
Field Artillery, eldest _s._ of Edward Bull, Steward at the
Bishop’s Stortford Golf Club, late Sergt.-Major, Rifle Brigade, by
his wife, Annie Maria, dau. of Mathew Barnard; _b._ Farnham, co.
Surrey, 27 Aug. 1890; educ. Army Schools; joined the Army, 5 March,
1906, and was trained as a fitter at the Ordnance College, Woolwich;
he went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, and was
at first reported missing, and later killed in action. From one of the
only two survivors of the two gun sections of the 118th Battery, who
was exchanged as disabled in Feb. 1915, it was learnt that Bull was
knocked over and killed on 27 Aug. 1914, as he was taking out a round
from the ammunition boxes to hand up to the gun at Etreux during the
retreat from Mons; _unm._
[Illustration: =Arthur Edward Bull.=]
=BULL, BERNARD WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10511), 214140, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BULL, GODFREY JOHN OSWALD=, Lieut., 2nd East Lancashire Field
Co., R.E., 3rd _s._ of Col. William Henry Bull, F.R.C.S., K.H.S.,
V.D., J.P., Assistant Director of Medical Services, South Midland
Division, by his wife Emma Elizabeth Cherry, dau. of the late Edward
Hoare Garole, of Ballinacurra House, Midleton, co. Cork; _b._
St. Oswald’s House, Stony Stratford, co. Bucks, 3 Aug. 1890; educ.
Wellington College and Magdalen College, Cambridge (B.A. 1st class
honours). On leaving Cambridge he became a pupil at the Westinghouse
Works, Manchester, and joined the East Lancashire R.E. (T.F.) as a 2nd
Lieut. 10 June, 1913, and was promoted Lieut. 7 Jan. 1914. He left for
Egypt in Sept. 1914, and proceeded to the Dardanelles in the following
May, was slightly wounded in the leg during the fighting that month,
and was killed in action there 8 July following; _unm._ His
Commanding Officer wrote: “He met his death early in the morning whilst
surveying the work his men had been engaged upon during the night in
order to send in his report which is called for each morning. Death was
instantaneous, being shot through the brain by a sniper. Your son was a
noble lad and a good soldier, and an untiring worker; if any man ever
served his country well as a junior officer it was your son and our
comrade.” His two brothers are now (1916) on active service, Capt. W.
E. H. Bull with the Mounted Brigade, Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C. (T.F.),
and Capt. H. C. H. Bull with the 8th Battn. King’s Own Yorkshire L.I.
[Illustration: =Godfrey John O. Bull.=]
=BULL, HERBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2165), 215077, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BULL, PHILIP=, Stoker, 1st, Class, K. 1422, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BULL, WILLIAM ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 548),
280624, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BULLER, FREDERICK DERICK EDWIN=, Volunteer, East African Mounted
Rifles, British East Africa, 3rd _s._ of Rev. George Buller,
Rector of Oakford, Devon, by his wife, Margaret Mildred, dau. of Sir
John William Hamilton Anson, 2nd Bt.; _b._ Burrough Green, Cambs.,
14 July, 1891; educ. Eton, and Trinity College, Oxford. On going down
from Oxford in 1913 he bought a large farm in British East Africa,
and on the outbreak of the European War immediately volunteered his
services and joined the King’s Mounted Rifles. He was killed in the
fighting on 25 Sept. 1914 in the Ingito Hills between the Magadi
Railway and the frontier. It appears that a German force of about 35
Europeans and 150 natives, with two Maxim guns, attacked a body of the
East African Mounted Rifles (C Squadron), only 30 in number, commanded
by Capt. Chapman. After one hour’s severe fighting in thick bush
country the enemy were repulsed, and retired hastily towards Longido.
At Eton Buller rowed in his house fours, and at Oxford he stroked the
winning trial eight in his first year. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Frederick D. E. Buller.=]
=BULLINARIA, HENRY WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3766), 188856,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BULLOCK, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Gunner (R.F.R., Immed. Class 14),
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=BULMAN, THOMAS=, Carpenter’s Crew, M. 4701, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BULPITT, WILLIAM ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6089), S.S. 682
(Chat.), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BUNCE, CHARLES HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 1123),
158786, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=BUNCE, CHARLES RALPH THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B.
7195), S.S. 102156, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=BUNCE, EDWARD=, Chief Stoker (R.F.R., A. 1987), 163524, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BUNCE, JOHN HENRY=, Private, No. 2418, 15th Battn. (P.W.O. Civil
Service Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Samuel Bunce,
of 21, Dyson Road, Leytonstone, by his wife, Alice Amilia, dau. of
Henry Allen; _b._ Forest Gate, co. Essex, 24 Aug. 1894; educ.
Swaffield Road and Wadsworth Technical Institute; joined the Civil
Service Rifles in Aug. after the outbreak of war and died of wounds
received accidentally at a bomb instruction near Bethune, 24 July,
1915. He was buried in the cemetery Noeux des Mines; _unm._ His
Capt. wrote: “Your son was a universal favourite--cheerful, willing,
and a hard worker, and a very promising soldier”; and his platoon
sergt.: “In the Army the best that can be said of any man is that ‘he
is a good soldier.’ Without any hesitation I can say that your son
had fully qualified for this high standard. He was well disciplined,
obedient, and always ready to do anything he was called on to
undertake; the mere fact that he was selected for instruction in bomb
throwing shows that his superiors had a thorough confidence in his
abilities.”
[Illustration: =John Henry Bunce.=]
=BUNN, GEORGE=, Seaman, R.N.R., 5222B, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BUNYAN, BENJAMIN JAMES=, Ship’s Steward, 340125, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=BURBRIDGE, WALTER=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 794), S.S. 103586, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=BURCH, ARTHUR THOMAS=, Private, No. 27, 8th Battn. (90th
Rifles) Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of George Burch, of
Woodnesborough, co. Kent, Agricultural Labourer, by his wife, Mary
Jane, dau. of the late William Oldfield; _b._ Woodnesborough, 20
Dec. 1887; educ. there; emigrated to Canada in July, 1910; enlisted
on the outbreak of the war, Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at
Ypres between 24–30 April, 1915; _unm._ He was at first reported
missing, then in Aug. to have died, and finally (2 Dec. 1915) was
officially stated to have been killed between the dates given above.
=BURCH, WILLIAM JOHN=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class (R.F.R., B. 229),
153490, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BURCHELL, FRED=, Private, R.M.L.I. (Ports.), 11716, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=BURCHELL, FREDERICK HUGH=, A.B., J. 9672, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BURCHETT, ARTHUR=, Sergt., No. 7882, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of the late William Burchett, Labourer, by his wife,
Eliza (Peal Common, Elstead), dau. of George Pullen, Farmer; _b._
Peal Common, Elstead, co. Surrey, 3 March, 1890; educ. National School
there; enlisted 10 June, 1908, and served in Egypt 1909–11, and
afterwards became a postman at Elstead. On the outbreak of war he was
called up, went to France 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at
the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept. following, being buried at Soupir;
_unm._ His brother, Private Thomas Burchett, No. 7285 (sometime a
postman at Godalming), was officially reported missing, 30 Aug. 1914,
and is (1916) a prisoner in Germany.
=BURCHILL, THOMAS=, Leading Stoker, 276152 (Dev.), H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BURDEKIN, GEOFFREY ERIC=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Notts and Derby
Regt. (Sherwood Foresters), attd. 1st Loyal North Lancashires; yst.
_s._ of Benjamin Thomas Burdekin, of Sheffield and Baslow, co.
Derby, Solicitor, by his wife, Emily Jane, dau. of the Rev. Jeremiah
Stockdale, Vicar of Baslow; _b._ Sheffield, 29 March, 1893; educ.
Bramcote, Scarborough, Rugby and Woolwich. He was gazetted to the 2nd
Battn. Dorsetshire Regt. 20 Sept. 1911, and served with it in India
for two years. In 1913 he resigned his commission owing to ill-health,
and was articled to his father as a solicitor. At the outbreak of the
European War he applied for a commission, and was given one in the 3rd
Reserve Battn. of the Sherwood Foresters, and was afterwards attached
to the 1st Loyal North Lancashire Regt. with which he was serving when
he was killed in action at Beuvry, 26 Jan. 1915. He was buried at a
farm near Beuvry; _unm._ His Capt. wrote: “The circumstances
under which your boy and many other valuable men lost their lives
were perhaps the most unfortunate that can be imagined. We were some
four miles distant from the firing line at the time, and it was one
of three shells that happened to strike us when the battn. orderly
room was being held in the morning. Being in temporary command, I was
taking orderly room myself and was only some six or seven yards distant
from the spot where the shell burst, and how I and the Adjutant, who
was standing beside me, escaped I really don’t know, for men within a
couple of yards of us were killed instantaneously. What I remember was
a deafening crash, a blackness, and the noise of broken glass falling.
As soon as the air had cleared of débris we saw the fearful havoc that
had been caused. You have one great consolation, however. Your son was
spared all pain and suffering, for death was absolutely instantaneous;
also that he was buried. The inability to bury one’s dead owing to
their having been killed on the ground between the opposing trenches
has, I think, been one of the most horrible features of the war. It
is, I think, unnecessary for me to assure you that your son maintained
to the end the high traditions of a British officer and gentleman. We
were together during the night attack on 31 Dec., and his coolness
under a heavy fire was very marked. Although he did not belong to the
Loyal North Lancashires but to his own county regt., yet he always took
an interest in his men and was a zealous officer. On the very morning
that he was killed, I had picked him out to take command of a company
because I had the greatest confidence in him. He was always cheerful,
and had endeared himself to us all. We feel the loss greatly.”
[Illustration: =Geoffrey E. Burdekin.=]
=BURDISS, WILLIAM=, Stoker, R.N.R., 2985T. H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BURDON, EDWARD=, Pioneer. No. 110982, Royal Engineers, 3rd
_s._ of Edward Burdon, of Southwick-on-Wear, Joiner, by his wife,
Margaret, dau. of Richard Wake, of Southwick; _b._ Southwick, 26
Dec. 1873; educ. Southwick Board School, and was a miner. He enlisted
for the period of the war, 29 July, 1915; went to France the following
week; was invalided home, 16 Sept. 1915; and died on active service, 13
Oct. 1915, following an operation for appendicitis. He _m._ at St.
Columbus, Southwick, 7 June, 1887, Isabella (18, Edward Murdis Street,
Southwick, Sunderland), dau. of James Turnbull, of Southwick, and had
seven children: Edward, _b._ 19 Sept. 1888; James, _b._ 28
Aug. 1889; Sidney, _b._ 2 May, 1903; Nicholas, _b._ 29 Dec.
1908; Thomas, _b._ 28 Dec. 1910; Mary, _b._ 7 May, 1905; and
Jenny, twin with Thomas.
[Illustration: =Edward Burdon.=]
=BURGES, WILLIAM ARMSTRONG=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal Irish
Rifles, 2nd _s._ of the late Francis Lockie Burges, of Irwin
House, Irwin, Western Australia, Squatter, and grandson of the late
Francis Carleton Burges, of Fethard, co. Tipperary, M.D.; _b._
Irwin aforesaid, 3 June, 1889; educ. Campbell College, Belfast; Armagh
Royal School, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Battn. Royal Irish
Rifles, 20 April, 1910, transferred to the 1st Battn. 20 April, 1911,
and promoted Lieut. 15 Oct. 1914; killed in action at Neuve Chapelle,
while leading a charge of his platoon, 10 March, 1915; _unm._
Rifleman James Scott of this regt. wrote that in the attack on the
German second line they “were met with a murderous fire from a machine
gun which for an instant made our men waver. An officer, Lieut. Burges,
leading our platoon, No. 8, B Coy., dashed into a stream of water which
reached to his neck, and which ran parallel to the second German line
wire entanglements. He called out as he plunged into the water: ‘Follow
me, No. 8; be quick and we will capture that machine gun.’ Straight
away every man followed this gallant officer. Once across the stream,
‘Form up, No. 8,’ and away we went towards the machine gun like hounds
after the hare. We followed this officer over the German third line of
trenches, and away in full cry towards the village of Neuve Chapelle,
in our efforts to capture the accursed machine gun, which was playing
the deuce with our men. Dashing forward to a wood on our right where
the gun was concealed, our gallant officer received a bullet wound in
the neck, which ended in his death.... As our Colonel said, by his dash
and contempt of death, he brought victory to our arms and credit to our
regt. At 12 noon our regt. found itself close up to the village, more
advanced than any other regt. of the division, thanks to the gallant
lead of a gallant officer.” Lieut. Burges was mentioned in F.M. Sir
John French’s Despatch of 5 April [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915, for
gallant and distinguished conduct in this action.
[Illustration: =William A. Burges.=]
=BURGESS, HERBERT WILLIAM=, 1st Class Stoker, Ch/SS. 103633,
R.F.R., B. 7981, R.N.R., _s._ of Charles Henry Burgess, of 2,
Gills Cottages, Wouldham, Rochester, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of
the late John Callhoming; _b._ Wouldham, 25 Jan. 1890; educ.
National School there; joined the Navy 2 April 1906, and was lost on
H.M.S. Cressy, 22 Sept. 1914, when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea; _unm._
[Illustration: =Herbert William Burgess.=]
=BURGESS, JOHN DONALD=, Volunteer, King’s East African Mounted
Rifles, 3rd _s._ of Rev. Samuel Burgess, of 10, Holly Road,
Edgbaston, by his wife, Annie, dau. of the late John Peed, of
Whittlesey, Solicitor; _b._ Guilsborough, Northampton, 23 March,
1876; educ. Eastman’s Royal Naval Academy, Southsea. At the outbreak
of the European War was the Engineer of the Magadi Soda Co., but
immediately joined the King’s Mounted Rifles, and was killed in action
at Ingito Hill, British East Africa, 25 Sept. 1914. His commanding
officer wrote: “He was one of a party of 30 men who had followed up
what was said to be a smaller party of Germans, but when they came
up with them were found to consist of about 150 men with two maxims.
The Germans opened fire at once, and for a time there was some little
confusion. The four men of the Magadi Force, one of whom was your
husband, stood fast, however, and returned the fire, and then our men
rallied. This lasted for about 10 minutes, when the Germans started to
advance. The officer in command decided that our men could not hold
out, so he ordered a retirement, and Burgess and three others were
told off to cover it. They lay down, taking cover as best they could,
and when next day our men went out (the Germans having retired) all
four were found dead, just as they had laid down; and if ever men gave
their lives to save others, it was those four.” He _m._ at Christ
Church, Woburn Place, London, 21 Oct. 1902, Ethel M., 2nd dau. of the
late W. J. Roseby, of Doncaster, and left two daus.: Kathleen Constance
and Joyce Averil.
=BURGESS, RICHARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10674), 238875, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BURGESS, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111339, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BURGESS, WILLIAM HENRY GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3611), 185552,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DE BURIATTE, JOHN PHILIP=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. East Surrey
Regt., yr. _s._ of William Warwick de Buriatte, of The Mill House,
Wraysbury, co. Bucks, by his 1st wife, Mary, dau. of James Edmund
Huxley, M.D., and niece of Prof. Huxley; _b._ Aylesford, Kent, 28
Oct. 1887; educ. Dulwich College, and Manchester University, where he
studied in the Faculty of Technology, in chemical technology (paper
manufacture) from 1905–8; joined the Artists’ Rifles in 1912, and went
to France as Sergt. with them, 28 Oct. 1914; was given a commission
in the 2nd East Surrey Regt., 14 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action
leading his platoon at Lindenhoeck during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle,
12 March, 1915, and was buried 20 yards behind the trenches.
[Illustration: =John Philip de Buriatte.=]
=BURINI, CHARLES LEWIS=, Sergt., No. 7510, 2nd Battn. Yorkshire
Regt. (the “Green Howards”), _s._ of the late Sergt. Lewis
Augustus Burini, for ten years drill instructor of the local company
of the 2nd Vol. Battn. of the Yorkshire Regt., by his wife, Maria
(Scorton, Darlington), dau. of William Winslow, of Trowbridge, co.
Wilts (who served for 21 years in the Army); _b._ Norton, Malton,
co. York, 2 Aug. 1891; educ. Bower Memorial Schools, Norton; enlisted
2 Oct. 1903, appointed L.-Corpl. 16 Feb. 1914, served in India for 15
months, in Africa for three years, and with the Expeditionary Force in
France from 5 Oct. 1914 to 20 March, 1915, on which latter date he was
severely wounded in the head in action at Neuve Chapelle, and died in
No. 2 Stationary Hospital at Boulogne, 20 March following; _unm._
He was buried in the Casten Cemetery there, grave No. 136.
[Illustration: =Charles Lewis Burini.=]
=BURKE, CORNELIUS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7775), S.S.
103254, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BURKE, THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9051), S.S. 2130, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BURKE, THOMAS CAMPBELL=, Capt., 1st King George’s Own Gurkha
Rifles, 2nd _s._ of Joseph Francis Burke, of Stratford-on-Avon,
Civil Engineer, by his wife, Kate Marlow, dau. of the late William
Cruickshank, Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals (who served through
the Crimean War, for which he received medal, and died at Simla during
the Indian Mutiny); _b._ Stratford-on-Avon, 27 May, 1877; educ.
Trinity College, Stratford-on-Avon and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut.,
unattached, Indian Army, 4 Aug. 1897; served his first year with the
Royal Irish Rifles; entered the Indian S.C., 23 Oct. 1898, and was
appointed to the 125th (Napier’s) Rifles, being promoted Lieut. 4 Nov.
1889, and Capt. 4 Aug. 1906. He served in China in 1900 with the 122nd
Rajputana Infantry during the Boxer Rebellion, receiving the medal,
and was afterwards Assistant Inspector of Imperial Service Troops in
Rajputana from 1903–6. After three years’ service as Adjutant of the
Bangalore Volunteer Rifles (during which time he started the first
corps of Boy Scouts in India); he was (26 March, 1912) transferred as
Double Company Commander to the 1st Gurkha Rifles, then stationed at
Dharmsala, Punjab. On the outbreak of the European War the regt. was
ordered to France, but was detained for 10 weeks guarding the Suez
Canal, and arrived at the Front late in Nov. 1914. He was killed in
action at Festubert, 19 Dec. 1914. He was ordered to lead a party
against a German advanced trench, but the men were waist deep in mud,
and he was only able to get 24 ready to start, and with these and his
subaltern, Lieut. Rundall (who was ordered not to go, but would not let
his Capt. go alone), left the trench in broad daylight. The Colonel
stated the action was most gallant, and recommended him for the V.C.
The Brigade-Major officially reported that Capt. Burke and Lieut.
Rundall were killed, and more than 50 per cent. other ranks hit. He
_m._ at Agra, 1906, Ada Mary Jane, dau. of the Rev. J. Langshaw.
[Illustration: =Thomas Campbell Burke.=]
=BURKETT, WALTER=, Private, No. 1976, machine gun section, 17th
Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._
of John Isaac Burkett, of 12, Remus Road, Old Ford, E., by his wife,
Annie; _b._ Old Ford, Bow, 26 Dec. 1896; educ. Smeed Road Board
School; enlisted, 8 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Morrock,
France, on the night of 22 Sept. 1915, being shot through the body
while with a working party; _unm._ Sergt. Morgan wrote of him as
one of his best men and a general favourite.
[Illustration: =Walter Burkett.=]
=BURN, JOHN=, Private, No. 8806, 2nd Battn. Northumberland
Fusiliers, _s._ of Thomas Burn, of 113, Conyers Road, Byker,
Newcastle-on-Tyne, Labourer; _b._ Byker, 27 March, 1885; educ.
Jubilee School, Byker Hill; was employed in Locke Blackett’s Lead
Works, St. Anthony’s; joined the Army 29 Aug. 1914; died of wounds
received in action at Ypres, 21 Feb. 1915, and was buried in the
cemetery there. He _m._ at Byker 6 Aug. 1906, Mary Jane (113,
Conyers Road, Byker, Newcastle-on-Tyne), dau. of Aaron, Richardson,
and had three children: Thomas, _b._ 22 Nov. 1906; Margaret
Richardson, _b._ 9 Oct. 1908; and Elizabeth Collins, _b._ 28
Dec. 1910.
[Illustration: =John Burn.=]
=BURN, WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 8356, 1st Battn. Royal West Kent
Regt. served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
action, 13 Sept. 1914; _m._
=BURNAND, CYRIL FRANCIS=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Grenadier Guards,
only _s._ of Charles Hubert Burnand, of 1, Cavendish Square,
London, Banker, by his wife, Mary Tirzah, dau. of James Nelson, and
grandson of Sir Francis Burnand, late Editor of “Punch”; _b._ at
1, Cavendish Square, London, 31 July, 1891; educ. Downside School,
and Trinity College, Cambridge. When the war broke out he was in
the General Superintendent’s department of the Midland Railway at
Nottingham, but immediately offered his services and was given a
commission in the Special Reserve of the Grenadier Guards, 18 Aug.
1914, and later appointed to the 1st Battn. at the front. He was killed
in action near Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915; _unm._ Lieut.
Burnand was a Cambridge rowing “blue,” and Capt. of the 1st Trinity
Rowing Club.
[Illustration: =Cyril Francis Burnand.=]
=BURNARD. LEONARD=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1153), 149707.
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BURNELL, GEORGE CUTHBERTSON=, 2nd Lieut., 10th Battn. (Liverpool
Scottish) King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of the late
Robert Burnell, of Egremont, co. Chester, by his wife, Mary (The
Bungalow, Whitby, near Chester), dau. of John Cuthbertson, of Govan,
M.D.; _b._ Egremont, co. Chester, 6 April, 1890; educ. Liscard
High School; joined the Liverpool Scottish as a private the day
war broke out, and after three months’ training at Edinburgh and
Tunbridge Wells, went out with his battn., 31 Oct. 1914. He was given
a commission in his own regt. 16 March, 1915. He was wounded at Hooge,
16 June, 1915, while leading his platoon in the famous charge of the
Liverpool Scottish, and lay on the battlefield for two and a-half
days, and at last crawled within sight of the British trenches, when
an officer saw him and brought him in. He died at No. 7 Stationary
Hospital, Boulogne, 24 June, 1915, from his wounds; _unm._ Lieut.
Burnell played Rugby for the Cheshire XV for two seasons, and was a
member of the Birkenhead Park Football Club.
[Illustration: =George C. Burnell.=]
=BURNELL, JOHN SIDNEY=, Private, No. 2321, 2nd Battn. (Royal
Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of John
Burnell, an employee of Watney, Coombe & Reid, Brewers, by his wife,
Elizabeth (14, Castle Buildings Castle Lane, Westminster), dau. of
James Woodland; _b._ Holborn, 7 Sept. 1891; educ. St. Albans,
Holborn; enlisted on the outbreak of war, and was killed in action at
Armentières, 19 May, 1915. He was buried in Esquingham Cemetery; unm.
2nd Lieut. Frank C. Langley, 2nd Battn. The London Regt., wrote from
France: “He was engaged with other fellows filling sandbags when it
happened, and he was awfully brave right up to the time he was sent
to hospital. I was proud to feel that he was in my platoon”; and the
Chaplain, 17th Field Ambulance, writing to his father, said: “Your son
... has died of a bullet wound received yesterday. It went through his
right arm and into his stomach. An operation was attempted, but in
vain. He did not suffer much pain, and was very calm and brave.” The
following extract is from a letter to his mother, sent by L.-Corpl. A.
N. Fegat, No. 2134, No. 9 Platoon, C Coy., 2nd Battn. London Regt.:
“Your son, who was in my section, was wounded yesterday afternoon
about 4 o’clock. He was working behind the trench when a bullet hit
his arm, inflicting a cut 1½ inches long and ¾ inch deep. The bullet
then ricochetted across his stomach, inflicting a very nasty wound.
The doctor attended immediately and we soon got him to hospital. The
news from there was very good at first, but later reports were not so
hopeful, and the news came through this morning that he died peacefully
at 6.30 a.m.”
=BURNET, ROBERT=, Lieut.-Col. and Sanitary Staff Officer, 1st
Wessex Division, R.A.M.C. (T.F.), 4th _s._ of George Burnet, of
Wigan, co. Lancaster; _b._ 9 Feb. 1875; educ. King William’s
College, Isle of Man, and University College, Liverpool, graduating
B.Sc. Hons. 1897, M.B., Ch.B., 1900, and M.Sc. 1904. Four years later
he qualified D.P.H., Birmingham. After holding appointment as House
Surgeon to the Rawcliffe Hospital, Chorley, he secured the appointment
of Medical Officer of Health for the County Borough of Bury, and
Medical Superintendent, Bury and District Joint Hospital Board, Fever
and Smallpox Hospital, and Aitken Sanatorium for Consumption. Later
he was appointed Medical Officer of Health for Cornwall and Principal
Medical Officer, Cornwall Education Committee. He joined the R.A.M.C.
(T.F.) in 1907, was for some time Capt. 2nd Wessex Field Ambulance, and
in Feb. 1913 was promoted Major upon appointment as Divisional Sanitary
Officer to the 1st Division. On the outbreak of war he joined his unit
for active service, and was promoted Lieut.-Col. On the afternoon of
Thursday, 28 Jan. 1915, he was riding between Newton St. Cyres and
Exeter, accompanied by Col. H. J. Mackay, when his horse was frightened
by some colts in a field near the roadway, and bolted. Half a mile
further on Col. Burnet was thrown and died within a few minutes from
injuries caused by a fracture of the skull. He was buried at Chorley,
Lancashire, the family burial place. An order issued by Brig.-Gen.
G. S. McD. Elliott, Commanding R.A.M.C. (T.F.), Wessex Division
said: “Lieut.-Col. Burnet was an officer of very high professional
attainments, and these he devoted unceasingly with never-failing energy
and earnestness to the welfare of the Division. By his death the Army
has been deprived of the services of an officer who can ill be spared,
and those who knew him have lost a valued friend.” Col. Burnet was a
Fellow of the Society of Medical Officers of Health, and a member of
the British Medical Association, and had held the offices of Senior
Steward in Phœnix Lodge of Honour and Prudence, No. 331, Truro, and of
Junior Steward in the Royal Cornubian Chapter, No. 331, Truro, of Royal
Arch Masons. He was author of “Poliomyelitis and Dust Nuisance,” in The
British Medical Journal, 1911; and “Poliomyelitis, as illustrated by an
English Epidemic,” Paris Health Congress, 1913. He _m._ at Whalley
Range, Manchester, 2 April, 1903, Alice, 3rd dau. of Thomas Thornber,
of Vivary Bridge, Colne, co. Lancaster, and Westbourne, Rusholme,
Manchester, and had three children: Gordon, _b._ 29 Sept. 1904;
Georgina, _b._ 28 Jan. 1906; and Monica, _b._ 12 June, 1912.
[Illustration: =Robert Burnet.=]
=BURNETT, CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10276), 204551, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BURNETT, FRANCIS=, Private, No. 8578, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards,
_s._ of J. Burnett, of Slew House, Broadwood Widger, Difton,
Devon; _b._ Ashwater, Holsworthy, co. Devon; enlisted 19 March,
1913; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
action, 18 Dec. 1914.
=BURNETT, GEORGE=, Private, No. 7591, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of George Burnett of Chichester; served with the
Expeditionary Force; reported missing and now assumed to have been
killed in action between 29 Oct. and 2 Nov. 1914.
=BURNETT, NOEL FLETCHER=, Private, No. 6/18, Machine Gun
Section, 1st Canterbury Infantry Battn. New Zealand Expeditionary
Force, yst. _s._ of James Burnett, M.Inst.C.E., Chief Engineer,
New Zealand Government Railways, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Wilson
Gibson, of Waitangi Station, South Canterbury, New Zealand; _b._
Christchurch, New Zealand, 2 Dec. 1889; educ. Wellington College,
Victoria College and Canterbury College (all New Zealand), where he
was in his last term at the Engineering School when war broke out;
volunteered and enlisted in the Expeditionary Force; left for Egypt
with the main body in Oct. 1914; took part in the repulse of the
Turkish attack on the Suez Canal in Feb. 1915; in the landing at the
Dardanelles, 25–26 April, and in the great attack on Krithia, where
he was severely wounded by a bullet in the lung; was six weeks in
hospital at Alexandria, and was then invalided to England, where he
was in various hospitals till Oct., when he rejoined at the Base
Camp, Weymouth; went out with a draft, 15 Nov., and returned to the
trenches early in Dec. and was shot at Chunock Bair, near Anzac, on
the 13th of that month, and died the same day on board the hospital
ship Dunluce Castle. Buried at sea between Anzac and Lemnos the same
night; _unm._ His College Professor wrote: “He was a thoroughly
sterling character, and commanded alike the respect and affection of
his fellow-students and teachers. It was really his great influence
which led to many College men enlisting after he had set the example.
As a power for good and a standard for manliness amongst the students
I shall greatly feel his loss.” He was a keen sportsman and athlete,
member of his college football fifteen for three years, and secretary
of the College Engineering Society.
[Illustration: =Noel Fletcher Burnett.=]
=BURNHAM, CHARLES RICHARD=, Private, No. 1791, 4th Battn. West
Riding Regt., _s._ of John Burnham, Commercial Traveller;
_b._ Halifax, 16 Oct. 1872; educ. there. He was a member of the
National Reserve, and on the outbreak of war joined the 4th Battn.
West Riding Regt., 8 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action in France, 4
May, 1915, while carrying rations and water from the headquarters to
the trenches. He was buried in the Military Burial Ground, Sailly. He
_m._ at the Parish Church, Halifax, 19 May, 1894, Mary Emma, dau.
of Isaiah Tawton, and had a dau: Ivy Eastwood, _b._ 16 May, 1907.
=BURNS, ALBERT HORACE=, Private, No. 10720, 2nd Battn.
Bedfordshire Regt., _s._ of Harry Walter Burns, of 97, Chingford
Road, Walthamstow, Silversmith, by his wife, Emma Esther, dau. of
Richard Rolph; _b._ Camden Town, 4 Feb. 1899; educ. Oldfield Road
School, Willesden; joined the Army at the outbreak of the war, 11
Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Festubert, 14 May, 1915, five
days after his brother, Drummer Harry Walter Burns (see his notice);
_unm._
[Illustration: =Albert Horace Burns.=]
=BURNS, DAVID=, Private, No. 9413, 1st Battn. Scots Guards;
_b._ Keith, co. Banff; enlisted 23 Aug. 1914; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France, etc., and died a prisoner of war, 27
Jan. 1915, and was buried at Pont-a-Vendin, Pas de Calais, by the
German authorities.
=BURNS, HARRY WALTER=, Drummer, No. 1441, 3rd Battn. (Royal
Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Harry Walter Burns,
Silversmith, by his wife, Emma Esther, dau. of Richard Rolph;
_b._ Kentish Town, London, 20 Nov. 1896; educ. Oldfield Road
School, Willesden; enlisted 22 Feb. 1911, and was killed in action at
Festubert, 9 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Harry Walter Burns.=]
=BURNS, JOHN=, Private, No. 77984, 15th Battn., Canadian
Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of the late Robert Burns, of Dublin,
by his wife, Lizzie (20, Longford Street, Dublin); _b._ Dublin,
10 April, 1890; educ. there; went to Canada about 1907, and settled
in Victoria, British Columbia; volunteered after the outbreak of
war; joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Oct. 1914; came over
with the second contingent; went to France, and was killed in action
at Festubert, 20 May, 1915. Buried first line trenches, north-east
of Festubert village, about 500 yards from church. He _m._ at
Victoria, B.C., 16 Nov. 1912, May (Box 934 Nelson, British Columbia,
Canada), dau. of Thomas Carlisle, and had a son: John Carlisle,
_b._ 15 June, 1914.
=BURNS, MICHAEL=, Private, No. 5973, 2nd Battn, The Border Regt.;
served through the South African War with the 1st Border Regt. (Queen’s
medal with four clasps and King’s medal with two clasps), and with
the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Neuve
Chapelle, 12 March, 1915; _unm._ Previous to the outbreak of the
European War he was employed at the Ravensworth Colliery, Gateshead.
=BURNS, THOMAS=, Private, No. 10646, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
_s._ of Patrick Burns, of 4, Spring Row, Knowle Park, Keighley,
Yorkshire; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
reported missing 29 Oct. 1914, and now assumed to have been killed in
action that day.
=BURNS, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 3321, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt.), _s._ of Thomas Burns, of 299, Hilltown, Dundee;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died in the 13th
General Hospital at Boulogne, 28 May, 1915, from wounds received in
action.
=BURNS, WILLIAM GORDON=, L.-Corpl., No. 9217, 1st Section, 2nd
Battn. Durham L.I., _b._ Dumfries, 14 Sept. 1885; educ. there;
enlisted after the outbreak of war, 2 Sept. 1914, and was killed
in action at Ypres, 5 Aug. 1915. He was buried north of Hop Store,
just outside Vlamertinghe, on the Poperinghe Road. He _m._ at
Wallsend-on-Tyne, Northumberland, Jennie (now training as a Nurse),
eldest dau. of John Steele, of Wallsend-on-Tyne; _s.p._
[Illustration: =William G. Burns.=]
=BURR, HAROLD=, A.B., J. 2742, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BURRARD, NORMAN SIDNEY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14263 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BURRELL, ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 13676, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of John Richard Burrell, of 70, Victoria Street,
Shotton Colliery, Durham, Miner, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of William
Keen, of Haswell; _b._ Haswell, co. Durham, 2 May, 1894; enlisted
at Sunderland, 14 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action near Vermelles,
29 Sept. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Alexander Burrell.=]
=BURRELL, FREDERICK=, A.B., 192688, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action
in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BURRELL, JOHN WILLIAM=, Corpl., No. 1519, B Coy., 9th Battn. 3rd
Infantry Brigade, 1st Division, Australian Imperial Force, _s._
of Richard William Burrell, of 46, Croyland Road, Lower Edmonton, N.,
Confectioner, by his wife, Louisa Matilda, dau. of George Watling;
_b._ Islington, 19 Sept. 1895; educ. Chequer Street School, E.C.;
went to Australia, and enlisted there in Aug. 1914, after the outbreak
of war, and was killed in action at Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, 28 June,
1915; _unm._ His elder brother was killed in France in Sept. (see
following notice).
[Illustration: =John William Burrell.=]
=BURRELL, RICHARD GEORGE=, Corpl., No. 1197, D Coy., 7th Battn.
The London Regt., 47th London Division (T.F.), eldest _s._ of
Richard William Burrell, of 46, Croyland Road, Lower Edmonton, N., and
elder brother of the preceding; _b._ St. Luke’s, E.C., 13 July,
1893; educ. Chequer Street School, E.C.; enlisted in June, 1911, and
was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915. He _m._
at Watford, 16 March, 1915, May, dau. of Henry Knowles, of King’s Road,
Fairfield Road, Edmonton.
[Illustration: =Richard George Burrell.=]
=BURRELL, WILLIAM MATTHEW=, of Broome Park, co. Northumberland,
and Hampton Court, co. Hereford, Major, Northumberland Hussars
Yeomanry, elder _s._ of William John Burrell, by his wife, Helena
Elizabeth, 2nd dau. of Major Alexander Browne, of Doxford Hall;
_b._ Glen Allen, Alnwick, co. Northumberland, 2 Feb. 1876; educ.
Harrow; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 12th Royal Lancers, 15 May, 1897, and
promoted Lieut. 1900, and Capt. 22 Nov. 1902; served in South African
War, 1899–1902; took part in advance on, and relief of, Kimberley,
including action at Maggersfontein; operations in the Orange Free
State, Feb. to May, 1900; operations in the Transvaal, May and June,
1900, including actions near Johannesburg and Diamond Hill; operations
in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, July to 29 Nov. 1900; operations
in the Orange River Colony, May to 29 Nov. 1900, including actions at
Lindley, Bethlehem and Wittebergen; operations in the Transvaal, 30
Nov. 1900, to July, 1901; and in Cape Colony, July, 1901, to 31 May,
1902 (Queen’s medal with four claps and King’s medal with two clasps);
and retired 15 May, 1907. He then joined the Northumberland Yeomanry
Hussars; was Adjutant for three years, and became Major, 7 June, 1913.
On the outbreak of war he was _en route_ for France with his
regt. when he contracted pneumonia at Southampton, and died of septic
pneumonia at a nursing home in Bath, 10 Nov. 1914. He _m._ at
Carham, 13 May, 1903, Nancy (Hampton Court, Leominster, Herefordshire),
2nd dau. of the late Charles Perkins, of Carham Hall, Coldstream, N.B.,
and Birkley Hall, co. Durham, and had four children: Michael, _b._
8 July, 1909, _d._ 4 Jan. 1910; Charles Dominic (now of Broome
Park), _b._ 11 Aug. 1914; Cornelia Mary, _b._ 12 Jan. 1911;
and Philippa, _b._ 25 Aug. 1912.
[Illustration: =William Matthew Burrell.=]
=BURRIDGE, ARTHUR CHARLES=, L.-Corpl., East African King’s Mounted
Rifles, elder _s._ of the late Arthur Francis Burridge, a Fellow
of the Institute of Actuaries and a Vice-President of that Society,
by his wife, Emily (Elmington, Bexley, Kent), dau. of Major-Gen.
Charles James Green, R.E., for many years Chief Engineer of Mysore;
_b._ Bedford Park, W., 7 Jan. 1883; educ. Rugby 1896–99, winning
his house cup for running; entered Huth’s Bank 1899, and joined the
Inns of Court Officers Training Corps; but in 1910 emigrated to British
East Africa, where he took up a large tract of land; became a coffee
planter, and started the raising of the Legion of Frontiersmen. On the
outbreak of war he enlisted in C Squadron, King’s Mounted Rifles, was
made L.-Corpl., and took part in the fighting along the British-German
frontier during Sept. On 25 Sept. he was one of a small party, 30
in number, of the Rifles who were attacked in the Ingito Hills by a
greatly superior force of the enemy, with two Maxim guns. After an
hour’s severe fighting the enemy were driven off, but not until the
Rifles had lost eight of their number killed, among them Mr. Burridge.
The “Morning Post” for 1 Jan. 1915, contained a letter, in which the
writer says: “One poor youngster in my section and mess got shot
through the leg, and a man named Burridge attended him in the firing
line and refused to retreat when the order was given. That was the last
seen of either of them alive, for when we returned later the poor boy
was found bayoneted through the neck and his companion shot through
the head.” He was buried in the Ingito Hills the following day, and a
handsome brass memorial tablet was placed in Bexley Parish Church.
[Illustration: =Arthur Charles Burridge.=]
=BURRIDGE, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 15303,
H.M.S. Hawke, lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=BURRIDGE, HENRY GARDINER (Lal)=, Lieut., 107th Pioneers, Indian
Army, _s._ of the late Lieut.-Col. Francis John Burridge, R.A.
(2nd _s._ of the late William Burridge, of Bradford Court, West
Somerset), by his wife, Kitty (The Croft, Lee-on-the-Solent), dau. of
Capt. E. Stannard, R.H.A.; _b._ Bareilly, India, 20 Jan. 1890;
educ. Winton House, Winchester, Wellington College (1902–8), and
Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 8 Sept. 1909, he was attached to the
North Staffordshire Regt. at Nowshera for a year, and on 31 Dec. 1910,
was transferred to the Indian Army and posted to the 15th Ludhiana
Sikhs; promoted Lieut. 8 Dec. 1911, he transferred to the 107th
Pioneers in 1912, and was killed in action (being shot through the
head) while ascertaining the extent of damage done by high explosives
at La Bassée, 17 Nov. 1914; _unm._ He was buried in Bethune
Cemetery, the men of his company carrying his body back some three
miles. His Colonel wrote: “During the short time I knew him I got to
recognise and admire his many qualities. He was always bright and jolly
whatever his hardships might be, and I have seldom met a more unselfish
fellow. He was always keen both at work and play, and was much loved
by his men. Since we have been at the front I have much relied on his
judgment, and he was my right hand. I miss him greatly. He had endeared
himself to me.” At Wellington he was second of three brothers in the
Anglesey, a school prefect, a member of the XI and XV, and a gentleman
of the Hunt, and won the Challenge Cup in 1908. In 1908 he was passed
for Sandhurst, but was sent to the infantry company attached to the
R.M.A.
[Illustration: =Henry G. Burridge.=]
=BURRINGTON, HARLEY=, Private, No. 13615, Grenade Coy., 2nd
Infantry Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 4th _s._ of the
late Gilbert George Burrington, of Bridgwater, co. Somerset, Bank
Manager, by his wife, Amelia Frances (Burnham, co. Somerset), dau. of
Edward Bryant; _b._ Bridgwater, 1 Dec. 1883; educ. Haileybury
College; went to Canada in 1902; enlisted on the outbreak of war; came
over with the first contingent in Oct. 1914; went to France in Feb.;
was wounded when coming out of the trenches at Festubert, and died in
the General Hospital at Boulogne, 23 July, 1915; _unm._ He was
buried in the Eastern Cemetery there.
=BURROW, THOMAS=, Private, No. 20447, 10th Battn. 2nd Infantry
Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late James
Burrow, Water Bailiff (died 1905), by his wife, Agnes (Grange Fell,
Grange Over Sands, co. Lancaster), dau. of John Rigg, of Hill Farm,
Cartmel; _b._ Grange Over Sands, 5 May, 1893; educ. National
School there; went to Canada in 1913, and settled in Alberta. He
joined the 103rd Calgary Regt. in 1913, and after the outbreak of war
volunteered for service oversea. He came to England with the first
Canadian Contingent, was severely wounded at 3 p.m. on 20 March,
1915, in action at Neuve Chapelle, and died the following evening;
_unm._ He was buried in Merivale Cemetery, France.
[Illustration: =Thomas Burrow.=]
=BURROWS, LEOPOLD CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10748), 203733,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BURROWS, SAMUEL JOSEPH=, Private, R.M.L.I. (Ports.), 12278,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=BURSNALL, FRANCIS GEORGE=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1734U, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BURT, ROBERT WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4559), S.S.
103678, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BURTON, ALFRED WILLIAM=, Private, No. 7803, 1st Battn. North
Staffordshire Regt., _s._ of the late William Burton; _b._
Haynford, 5 Feb. 1888; educ. there; enlisted 7 Dec. 1904; died 14
March, 1915, of wounds received in action at Neuve Chapelle two days
previously. He _m._ at Haynford, 7 Oct. 1913, Edith Miriam, dau.
of Charles Golding; _s.p._
=BURTON, JAMES ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7513), S.S.
102819, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BURTON, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 10637 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BURTON, REES THOMAS=, Private, No. 64831, Royal Field Artillery,
_s._ of the late William Burton (died 20 May, 1898); _b._
Tylorstown, co. Glamorgan, 26 Sept. 1888; educ. there; enlisted 24
March, 1911, and had finished his three years’ service just five months
before the outbreak of war; he immediately rejoined and was killed in
action in France between 11 and 14 Sept. 1914; _unm._
=BURTON, WILLIAM HARRY=, Sergt., No. 1420, C Coy., 1st/14th Battn.
(London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Herbert Burton,
of North Street, Atherstone, Foreman Hatter, by his wife, Annie,
dau. of William Lucas; _b._ Atherstone, 15 March, 1887; educ.
Atherstone Grammar School; joined the London Scottish 1910, and was
killed in action at Vermelles, 27 May, 1915; _unm._ His Commanding
Officer, Capt. Claud Low, wrote he “was killed by a shell at 10.15 this
morning, in a trench about 2,000 yards east of Vermelles. At the moment
of writing this letter your son has not been buried but I am making
arrangements for this. If the shelling does not stop before nightfall
it will be done then. It may interest you to know that when the shells
commenced to strike in this section this morning, your son immediately
took steps to get his men into safety, and it was in doing so, in the
exercise of his duty as a non-commissioned officer, that he lost his
life.”
[Illustration: =William Harry Burton.=]
=BUSH, ARTHUR DOUGLAS=, Private, R.M.L.I. (Ports.), 6857, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=BUSH, CHARLES FREDERICK=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 819),
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BUSHELL, WILLIAM THEODORE=, L.-Corpl., No. 2816, A Coy., 16th
Battn. (Queen’s Westminster) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._
of Arthur Forest Bushell, of 39, Moreton Place, Pimlico, S.W., and
Biggin Hill, Westerham, Kent, by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of William
Cooper, of Milton, Kent; _b._ Pimlico, 17 July, 1883; educ.
Westminster Training College, and was for some 14 years in the employ
of Messrs. J. W. Benson, Ltd., of Ludgate Hill. On 27 Feb. 1899, at
the age of 15, he joined the 1st Cadet Battn. of the Queen’s Royal
West Surrey Regt., and leaving them 11 Jan. 1900, joined the old 13th
Middlesex Queen’s Westminster Volunteers 5 Nov. following, with whom
he served till 8 Dec. 1904. After the outbreak of war he rejoined 2
Sept. 1914, and went to the Front at the end of Jan. The Westminsters
were stationed at Houplines, near Armentières, until 28 May, when they
were moved up to Ypres. At the Battle of Hooge they were in reserve and
were heavily bombarded the whole time. Bushell was hit in the head by
a piece of shrapnel shell, and was killed instantaneously at midnight
on 16–17 June, 1915. He was _unm._, and was buried on the side of
the Potjhe-Hooge Road, about half a mile from Potjhe. His Commanding
Officer, Capt. Stanley Low, wrote: “He was killed by shrapnel whilst
doing his duty nobly in the trenches. He was very popular and will
be sadly missed by his comrades. I should like to say how well his
brother (who recently joined us) behaved, by restraining his natural
inclination to go to his brother’s assistance, and remaining on sentry
go until someone came to relieve him”; and Lieut. R. S. Dickinson wrote
of him as “One of the best soldiers” in his platoon. His third brother,
Harry George, joined the Warwickshires on the outbreak of war, and was
later transferred to the Westminsters, being with his brother when he
was killed. He is now (1916) a 2nd Lieut. in the 10th Suffolks. His
next brother, Arthur Frederick, is serving with the Army Service Corps.
[Illustration: =William T. Bushell.=]
=BUSK, EDWARD TESHMAKER=, Lieut., London Electrical Engineers
(T.F.), _s._ of Thomas Teshmaker Busk, of Fords Grove, Winchmore
Hill, and Hermongers, Rudgwick, co. Sussex, M.A., J.P., by his wife,
Mary, dau. of Nathaniel Brindley Acworth, of the Hook, co. Herts,
J.P., Chairman of Petty Sessions; _b._ Fords Grove afsd., 8
March, 1886; educ. Bilton Grange, Rugby, Harrow (Mr. Marshall’s House,
1900–04) and King’s College (Foundation Scholar), Cambridge, where
he secured a 1st Class in Part 1 of the Mechanical Sciences Tripos
(1907), and carried off the John Winbolt prize next year. He joined the
staff of the Royal Aircraft Factory as Assistant Engineer in charge
of physical experimental work on 10 June, 1912. There he devoted
much of his time to the mathematics and dynamics of stable flight on
the full size, as distinct from the model aeroplane. He introduced
many valuable improvements, of which it is not permissible to give
particulars at the present juncture, his work not being confined to
the solution of aeroplane stability, but covering a wide and varied
range. His valuable researches into the nature and cause of wind gusts
and his work in connection with the offensive and defensive uses of
aircraft in warfare may be specially mentioned. He also guided his
branch in the production of aeroplane instruments, some of which were
exhibited at the Royal Society in May and June, 1913, by permission
of the Superintendent, Mr. Mervyn O’Gorman, C.B., Royal Aircraft
Factory. By the autumn of 1913, Mr. Busk had carried his researches
so far that complete stability without material loss of efficiency
could be obtained for any aeroplane designed in accordance with his
results. Such an aeroplane was then produced for the first time, and
in Nov. 1913, he was able to make flights of several hours’ duration
in winds up to thirty-eight miles per hour, without at any time using
any balancing, controlling, or steering mechanism whatever, save for
alighting purposes. He took Col. Seely on such an uncontrolled flight,
and later on made demonstration flights before the King and Queen.
The matter was introduced in practical form to the Royal Flying Corps
by his taking his Commanding Officer, Col. Sykes, as passenger, from
the Royal Aircraft Factory, Farnborough, to Salisbury Plain and back,
while both passenger and flier, being freed from the use of controls,
wrote notes and observations continuously throughout the journey. This
trial was repeated by Col. now Gen. Brancker as pilot as well as many
other officers. When at the Wilbur Wright Memorial Banquet (1914), Col.
Seely made the first public announcement of his flight on the stable
aeroplane produced at the Royal Aircraft Factory, the pilot’s name was
veiled in anonymity, only a privileged few knowing that Lieut. Busk
was, in fact, the designer of the R.E. 1 now known as B.E. 2C. He was
flying over Laffan’s Plain in his own stable aeroplane on 5 Nov. 1914,
when it was destroyed by fire at a height of some 800 ft. The cause
of the accident is unknown, as he was engaged on experimental work of
which he had not given information. Mr. Busk’s scientific attainments
and versatility were shown by the variety of matters entrusted to him
by the Superintendent of the Royal Aircraft Factory. He resembled other
men of genius in the simplicity of his methods, and the speed at which
he worked, and he was remarkable for the soundness of the scientific
judgments he reached. His mother received the following letter from
H.M. the King:--
Buckingham Palace, 11 Nov. 1914.
Dear Mrs. Busk,
The King has heard with much concern of the tragic death of your
son Mr. Busk. His Majesty well remembers meeting him at the
Royal Aircraft Factory on the occasion of Their Majesties visit
to Aldershot last summer, and was much struck by his ability and
technical knowledge of the machinery of aeroplanes.
The King and Queen also saw him give an exhibition of flying in
a stable aeroplane of his own invention.
In offering you his sincere sympathy in your bereavement, the
King feels that the Country has lost the services of one, who,
by experiment and research, contributed, in no small measure,
towards the Science of flying.
Yours very truly, (Signed) CLIVE WIGRAM.
Mr. Mervyn O’Gorman, C.B., Superintendent R.A.F. wrote: “He did the
most magnificent things without announcing any intention and without
applauding audience. He merely took all the sane precautions of a
clever engineer. Later with his hair blown about by a hatless flight,
he would walk into my office, report the success of an experiment. He
knew it was interesting, he forgot that it was brilliant or it did not
occur to him. He worked out a result, knew he was right, but simply had
his results checked and then proved them in his own person over and
again. He was a genius, that we knew and you knew. He knew what he was
about when he relinquished his volunteer regimental duty for the risks
of this service, he talked it all over with me and he took this course,
because he knew that he served his country better that way”; and Lord
Rayleigh, President, writing on behalf of the Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics: “At the National Physical Laboratory the assistance he
was constantly able to give, from his experience in actual flying and
his wide knowledge of his subject, in the critical examination of
the difficult problems presented for investigation was very greatly
valued.... The Committee have had many opportunities of appreciating
the services he was able to render to the development of flying, and
to his country, and wish to offer their tribute of admiration of the
courage, skill, and devotion he brought to his work.” He was also
awarded the posthumous honour of the Gold Medal of the Aeronautical
Society.
[Illustration: =Edward T. Busk.=]
=BUTCHER, CHARLES GEOFFREY=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Dorsetshire Regt.,
3rd _s._ of George William James Butcher, of 9, Tregunter Road,
South Kensington, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Samuel Debenham; educ.
St. Paul’s School, and was for some time in the H.A.C. He was gazetted
to the Special Reserve in Aug. 1912. On 10 June, 1914, he joined the
2nd Battn. Dorsetshire Regt., and on the outbreak of war was appointed
to the 1st Battn. At La Bassée on 22 Oct. 1914, he was wounded in
the leg by a bullet, his life being saved by Sergt. H. Cox, of the
Dorsetshire Regt. who carried him from the trenches into cover under a
very heavy fire. For this Sergt. Cox received the D.C.M. Lieut. Butcher
was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatches [London
Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915], and was promoted Lieut. 15 Nov. 1914, returning
to the Front on 25 March. He was killed in action by asphyxiating gas
at Hill 60 on 2 May, 1915, and was buried at Reninghelst, Belgium;
_unm._ His Adjutant wrote: “I knew him very well and looked upon
him always as a man of unusual character, ability, and promise; his
loss is a severe one for the Dorset Regt.”; and another officer wrote
“He is a real loss to the regt. in every way. I am sure he had great
prospects before him as he was an extraordinarily keen subaltern and
very popular with both officers and men. He was always ready for any
amount of work.” Two of his brothers are in the Army and one in the
Navy.
[Illustration: =Charles Geoffrey Butcher.=]
=BUTCHER, HARRY STANLEY=, A.B., J. 3004, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BUTCHER, WILLIAM=, Signalman, J. 6825, H.M.S. Liberty; killed in
action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=BUTLER, CHARLES=, Seaman, R.N.R., 3442C, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BUTLER, FREDERICK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1441), 198254, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BUTLER, HARRY WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1990), 199217, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=BUTLER, JOHN=, Sergt., R.M.L.I., Ch./8249, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BUTLER, JOHN=, Private, No. 3545, 5th Battn. The Queen’s Royal
West Surrey Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Henry Butler, of Sutton
Scotney, near Winchester, Hants, by his wife, Abigail, 3rd dau. of John
Stocker, of Hampshire; _b._ Crookham, co. Berks, 24 April, 1885;
educ. West Clandon (Surrey) Council School; and had worked on Lord
Rendel’s estate at East Clandon for nine years; enlisted 16 Nov. 1914,
and died at the London South-Western Fever Hospital, Stockwell, 25
Feb. 1915, of measles and double pneumonia, contracted while on active
service. He _m._ at Edmonton, London, 25 April, 1907, Ellen (2,
Westfield Cottages, Great Bookham, Surrey), 3rd dau. of William Savage,
of Bones Cottage, West Clandon, and had four children: William John,
_b._ 17 May, 1910; Henry Louvain, _b._ 18 Dec. 1914; Edith
Annie, _b._ 22 July, 1908; and Dora Irene, _b._ 1 Aug. 1912.
[Illustration: =John Butler.=]
=BUTLER, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4345), S.S. 101226,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=BUTLER, WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class, 311362, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=BUTLER, WILLIAM LEWIS=, Private, No. 3187, 1/13th Battn.
(Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of
William Butler, of Prior’s Lea, Barrow-in-Furness, Solicitor, by his
wife, Bertha, dau. of John Lewis; _b._ Barrow-in-Furness, 1 Dec.
1892; educ. Lancing College; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and
joined the Kensingtons in Sept. 1914; went to France, March, 1915,
and was killed in action, 19 April, 1915. He was buried in La Croix
Marechal Cemetery, Rue David, near Armentières.
=BUTTERWICK, ALEXANDER MIDDLETON=, Rifleman, No. 3636, 9th Battn.
(Queen Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of
the late Charles Matthias Butterwick, of Walthamstow, House and Estate
Agent, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of R. Adnams, formerly of Reading;
_b._ Walthamstow, co. Essex, 20 April, 1895. After his father’s
death, when a child, he was taken and brought up by his uncle, A. M.
Butterwick (Master Mariner, retired), who saw service in Burma, 1885–7,
now of Broxton, Kew, Surrey; educ. Richmond (Surrey) County School
and Gunnersbury High School, and on leaving there became an articled
pupil in the firm of Breadmore and Webb, F.A.I., Auctioneers and
Estate Agents, of Richmond. After the outbreak of war he volunteered
and enlisted in Queen Victoria’s Rifles in Nov. 1914; went to France,
March, 1915, and was killed in action in Flanders, 13 July, 1915;
_unm._ Buried in 13th Infantry Brigade Cemetery, Voormeezelle. At
the time of his death his name was down for a commission. He was a keen
athlete, and held prizes for drill and swimming, also certificates for
life saving and first-aid.
[Illustration: =Alexander M. Butterwick.=]
=BUTTON, JOHN SAMUEL=, Seaman, R.N.R., 1540D, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BYATT, HARRY VIVIAN BYATT=, Capt., R.A.M.C., elder _s._
of Henry Byatt, author, late of 36, Warwick Gardens, Kensington;
_b._ Kensington, 16 Dec. 1882; educ. Summer Fields, Summertown,
Oxford, 1891; obtained an entrance scholarship at Charterhouse
School, Godalming, 1896, and left there with the Charterhouse Science
Exhibition, 1901, entering Clare College, Cambridge, with a Science
Scholarship the same year. He left Cambridge with a second class in
the Natural Science Tripos, and proceeded to the London Hospital,
qualifying M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., 1907. He was gazetted Lieut. R.A.M.C.
the same year, and appointed to Netley Hospital. From there he
proceeded to Poona in 1909, was promoted Capt. 29 Jan. 1911, and after
five years’ service in India, joined the Expeditionary Force in France
in Oct., being attached to the 2nd Battn. Rifle Brigade. He attended to
the trenches between Laventie and Estaires, and died 11 March, 1915,
from wounds received at Neuve Chapelle while dressing the wound in
the head of Machine Gun Sergt. Marriage. He was buried at Estaires.
His Commanding Officer wrote: “Your son was hit while attending to a
wounded man and I never saw him again. He was taken to the 25th Field
Ambulance at Estaires and died there. He was shot by a rifle bullet
in the chest.” While at Clare College he was first secretary and then
captain of the Clare Rowing Club, and under his leadership Clare rowing
improved so greatly that the well-known footer college was placed in
the first division on the river for the first time for many years.
[Illustration: =Harry Vivian Byatt Byatt.=]
=BYE, FRANK EDWIN=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17384, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=BYHAM, EDWARD ARTHUR GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I. (Ports.), 12937,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=BYRNE, HERBERT HENRY=, Leading Seaman, 184370, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BYRNE, JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2235), 204649, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BYRNE, THOMAS=, Private, No. 5334, 2nd Battn. Royal Dublin
Fusiliers, _s._ of the late Thomas Byrne, Royal Irish Rifles,
by his wife, Anne (Castledermot, co. Kildare), dau. of James Grace;
_b._ Carlow, 14 Aug. 1895; educ. Castledermot; joined the Army in
Aug. 1911, and was killed in action at Ypres, 13 Jan. 1915; _unm._
=CADGER, WILLIAM LAW=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 4793), 293766
(Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CADMAN, ISAIAH=, Private, No. 10213, 3rd Battn. Cheshire Regt.,
_s._ of the late Samuel Cadman, of Bilston, co. Staffs, Collier,
by his wife, Ann (9, Taylor’s Buildings, Heywood, Lanes, Manchester),
dau. of Joseph Reynolds; _b._ Awsworth, co. Notts. ...; educ.
Bilston; enlisted 12 Aug. 1914; went to France, 18 Dec., and was killed
in action at Neuve Chapelle, 13 March, 1915; _unm._
=CAESAR, AUGUSTUS BENJAMIN=, Private, No. 1896, 1st Battn.
(Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of the late
Julius Cæsar, of 49, Chippenham Road, Elgin Avenue, W., formerly of
Southampton, M.P.S., F.S.M.C., by his wife, Emma (49, Chippenham Road,
Elgin Avenue, W.), dau. of James Baker; _b._ at 49, Chippenham
Road aforesaid, 12 April, 1897; educ. at Vale College, Maida Vale, W.,
afterwards at the City of London Freeman’s School, where he obtained
the bronze medal for rifle shooting at Bisley; he was an optician and
microscopical demonstrator attached to the firm of H. F. Angus & Co.,
Wigmore Street, W.; joined the 1st City of London Regt., 17 Aug. 1914;
trained at Croydon; left for Malta, 19 Sept. 1914; returned to England,
Feb. 1915; went to France, 9 March, 1915, and was killed in action on
Sunday, 9 May, 1915, at the Battle of Aubers Ridge.
=CAFFYN, HAROLD HUNT=, Capt., 1st Battn., North Staffordshire
Regt., eldest _s._ of Stephen Mannington Caffyn, of 6, Cedar
Gardens, S.W., M.D., by his wife, Kathleen, Novelist (Iota) (Lacey
Green, Princes Risborough), dau. of William de Vere Hunt, of Waterloo
House, co. Tipperary; _b._ at Mount Sandria, South Australia,
10 Feb. 1882; educ. Rugby and Sandhurst; gazetted second Lieut.,
unattached, 8 Jan. 1901; posted to the 2nd North Staffordshires 9
March following and promoted Lieut., 16 Feb. 1904; served in the South
African War (Queen’s medal with 2 clasps) 1901–2, and afterwards in
India and retired in 1912. Subsequently he was for eighteen months
Private Secretary to Sir Wilfred Collett, Governor of British Honduras,
but after the outbreak of war volunteered and was gazetted Capt., 14
Nov. 1914. He rejoined his old regiment in Jan., went to France, 7
Jan., 1915, and was killed in action in front of the trenches near
Armentières, 21 March, 1915, while reconnoitring; _unm._
=CAHILL, HENRY THOMAS=, Chief Stoker (R.F.R., A. 1709), 152629,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=CAINAN, DAVID WALTER=, Corpl., No. 9866, 2nd Battn. Rifle
Brigade, 4th _s._ of William Cainan, of 49, Albert Street,
Llanelly, South Wales, Marine Engineer, by his wife, Catherine, dau.
of William Perrott, of Llanelly; _b._ Llanelly, 9 April, 1886;
educ. Copper Works School; joined the Army 4 May, 1903, and after being
stationed at Malta for 12 months, he went to India, where he did 11
years’ service, returning to Europe with his regt. after the outbreak
of war. He was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, between the 10–14
March, 1915; _unm._ He was an all-round athlete, having gained the
light-weight boxing championship of India, as well as a record for long
jump and high jump.
=CAIRD, JAMES ROBERT=, Capt., 2nd Battn. King’s Own Scottish
Borderers, _s._ of Major Lindsay Henryson Caird (late Border
Regt.), Assistant to Colonel in charge of Records, No. 2 District, by
his wife, the late Janet Laura, 5th dau. of the late Rowland Hunt,
of Boreatton Park, co. Salop, and Kibworth Hall, co. Leicester, and
grandson of the late Right Hon. Sir James Caird, of Cassencary,
Kirkcudbrightshire; _b._ Dalhousie, India, 4 Nov. 1892; educ.
Bedford and Carlisle Grammar Schools; was in the office of the
Australian Mercantile Land & Finance Co., Ltd., but when war broke out
at once applied for a commission, and being a member of the Inns of
Court O.T.C., was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Battn. K.O.S.B. 15 Aug. 1914.
He was promoted Lieut. 9 Nov. following, and went to the Front in Dec.,
being attached to the 2nd Highland L.I. until March, when he came home
on short leave. On his return to the Front he was posted to the 2nd
Battn. of his regt., and was killed in action while leading his platoon
over open ground in the advance upon St. Julien, near Ypres, 23 April,
1915; _unm._ He was promoted Capt. after his death to rank as from
2 Feb. 1915. Major Hilton, who was in command of the battn. during the
action and was himself seriously wounded, wrote: “Capt. Caird was a
gallant fellow, and we can ill afford to lose his kind.... I didn’t
get much detail of the manner of his death as I was also knocked over,
but I know enough to say that he died game and led his men well until
killed.” And Sergt. Hugh McMurchy, in a sworn statement, declared: “I
saw Lieut. Caird killed on 23 April in the advance at St. Julien. He
was advancing in front of me and was shot through the forehead, being
killed instantaneously.” Capt. Caird’s experience of active service
had brought him to the conviction that he preferred a military to a
civil career, and his application for a permanent commission had been
sent in before his death. His last letter to his father contained an
interesting account of the assault and capture of Hill 60, in which he
took part.
[Illustration: =James Robert Caird.=]
=CAIRNIE, GILBERT JAMES BRYAN=, Corporal, No. 12/50, A Coy.,
3rd Auckland Infantry, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._
of James Bryan Cairnie, of Taranaki, New Zealand, retired Farmer;
_b._ Lymington, near Kilmarnock, co. Ayr, 5 June, 1881; educ.
Tarbolton, Ayr, and Higher Grade School, Deansgate, Manchester; went
to New Zealand and was Computing Draughtsman, Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, N.Z.; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of
war, and joined the N.Z.E.F. Aug. 1914; left for Egypt with the main
force, and from there went to the Dardanelles, where he was killed
in action during a night sortie, 5 June, 1915; _unm._ He was
mentioned in Despatches with his Coy. Sergt.-Major, for bringing in
a wounded man under heavy fire. He was for a long time reported as
missing, and Sapper L. J. Poff wrote: “The last that was seen of Jim as
far as I can ascertain was that he was by himself in a Turkish trench.
I hope he was taken prisoner rather than that he has been killed, for
he has proved himself as brave as a lion. I sought out the Sergt.-Major
of Jim’s company, who was with him in bringing in a wounded man, of
which I wrote some time ago. He tells me that they were both ‘Mentioned
in Despatches’ for it. The Sergt.-Major says that the sortie in which
Jim became missing was a purely voluntary one, but practically the
whole of his section went. They sallied out, did their work, and what
was left returned with the wounded. The dead they could not bring
in then. A few nights afterwards a party went out and gathered the
identity discs of those who were killed. They also procured those of
the men whose dead bodies were thrown out of the Turkish trenches,
accounting for all but six. Jim’s disc was not among them, so let us
hope he is a prisoner,” but later he was officially returned as killed
in action, 5 June, 1915.
[Illustration: =Gilbert J. B. Cairnie.=]
=CAIRNS, JOHN=, Sergt., No. 3515, 2nd Battn. Royal Inniskilling
Fusiliers, _s._ of the late Thomas Cairns, Gunner, Mid-Ulster
Artillery, by his wife, Phoebe (Ballygawley, co. Tyrone), dau. of
James Montgomery, of Feddan, Ballygawley, co. Tyrone; _b._
Ballygawley, co. Tyrone, 12 May, 1891; educ. National School there;
enlisted originally in 1909, was called up on mobilisation, Aug. 1914,
and was killed in action at Messines 31 Oct. following; _unm._
His brother, Private William Cairns, No. 17584, 9th Battn. Royal
Inniskilling Fusiliers, is now (1916) on Active Service.
[Illustration: =John Cairns.=]
=CALE, ALBERT=, P.O., 2nd Class (R.F.R., A. 2006), 143929
(Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=CALLANDER, ARTHUR WILLIAM=, Private, No. 2332, 14th Battn.
(London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), 6th _s._ of the late
Thomas Edward Callander, late of Richmond, Surrey, by his wife, Mary
Ann Henrietta, dau. of the late Edward Faggetter; _b._ Richmond,
Surrey, 21 June, 1886; educ. Commercial Travellers’ Schools, Pinner;
was manager of the costume department at Messrs. Green & Co., Oxford
Circus Mansions; volunteered after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914,
and joined the London Scottish; went to France in March, and was killed
in action, 9 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Arthur W. Callander.=]
=CALLEY, OLIVER JOHN=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Wiltshire Regt.,
only _s._ of the Rev. John Henry Calley, Vicar of Figheldean,
Salisbury, by his wife, Elizabeth Isabella Maria, yst. dau. of Major
John Haverfield; _b._ Chiseldon, 4 July, 1892; educ. at The Old
Ride, Branksome, Bournemouth, and St. John’s School, Leatherhead;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. from the Territorial Force to the Wiltshire
Regiment, 4 Dec. 1912, joining at Tidworth in Jan. 1913, and being
transferred the following Sept. to the 2nd Battn. at Gibraltar. He was
promoted Lieut. 27 Oct. 1914; went to the Front the same month, and was
invalided home a few weeks later. He left for the Front again in Dec.,
and was killed in action, 12 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried, Spanbrock
Molen. His Colonel said of him that he deplored the loss of such a
valuable and trustworthy officer.
[Illustration: =Oliver J. Calley.=]
=CALROW, WILLIAM ROBERT LAUNCELOT=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Loyal
North Lancashire Regt., _s._ of Gerald Walton Calrow, of Boerne,
Kendall Co., Texas, U.S.A., by his wife, Mabel Selina Elizabeth, dau.
of the late Edmund King, formerly of Bury St. Edmunds and later of
Boerne, Texas, and gdson. of the late Robert Calrow, of Cuzgarth,
Adel, Leeds; _b._ San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A., 12 March, 1895;
educ. Seascale, The School House, Rugby, and Sandhurst; received
his commission 17 Sept. 1913, joined his regt. early in Nov. 1913,
and accompanied it to France, 12 Aug. 1914. He was in the retreat
from Mons, the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne, at which latter
he was killed by a high explosive shell, 7 Oct. 1914. He was buried
near Vendresse, on the Aisne, about 12 miles from Braye; _unm._
Letters from his superior officers testify to his great courage, his
capability, and the esteem in which he was held in the regt.
[Illustration: =William Robert Launcelot Calrow.=]
=CALVERLEY=, JAMES, Armourer, 342978, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CALVERLEY, LAWRENCE BASIL=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 13727, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=CALVERT, HERBERT EDWIN=, Private, No. 6994, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Edwin Calvert, ex-Police Constable; _b._
Lincoln, 13 Dec. 1888; enlisted Oct. 1906; served in Egypt Jan. 1908 to
April, 1911; was badly wounded in the leg at the Battle of the Aisne,
and died in hospital in Paris following the amputation of his leg, 24
Sept, 1914. Private Blanchard, who was severely wounded the same day,
writing from hospital at Woolwich, said: “I sincerely hope Calvert is
not dead. He was one of my best friends. He was the one that carried me
to safety.” Calvert _m._ Lincoln, 13 April, 1914, Alice Maud, dau.
of James Barnes, of Norwich, and had a posthumous son, Herbert Edwin,
_b._ 14 Dec. 1914.
=CALVERT, JOHN DUTTON=, Lieut., 4th Battn. Rifle Brigade, elder
_s._ of Edmund Percy Calvert, of The Manor House, Spexhall,
Halesworth, by his wife, Susan May, eldest dau. of the late Col. the
Hon. Charles Dutton, of Twigworth Lodge, Gloucester [5th _s._ of
James Henry Legge, 3rd Baron Sherborne]; _b._ Abbotswood, Romsey,
26 Feb. 1891; educ. Winton House, Winchester, Osborne, Dartmouth and
Sandhurst (1909); was gazetted to the Rifle Brigade 20 Sept. 1911,
joined the 4th Battn. in Cairo in Nov. 1911, and proceeded with it
a year later to India. He was promoted Lieut. 16 April, 1914, and
left Dagshai with his battn. the following Oct. for Winchester, and
from there went to Flanders 20 Dec. 1914. Lieut. Calvert was killed
in action near Ypres, 15 Feb. 1915, during a heavy bombardment.
He came out of his dug-out to help a wounded man, and was killed
instantaneously by a shrapnel shell. A few days previously he had
assisted to bring in a wounded rifleman under difficult conditions,
owing to the mud and wet, and that it was a fairly bright night, with
Germans sniping. He was buried at Dickebusch; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Dutton Calvert.=]
=CAMBRIDGE, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Private, No. 6235, 3rd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of William James Cambridge, of 2, Brocks
Cottages, Fairfield South, Kingston-on-Thames, by his wife, Martha
Ellen, dau. of George Greenfield; _b._ Wandsworth, S.W., 12 Sept.
1886; educ. Swathfield Road School there; enlisted 20 June, 1905; was
wounded at Landrecies, 25 Aug. 1914, during the retreat from Mons, and
invalided home on the 31st, but returned to France on 22 Oct.; was
again wounded in action at Bethune, and died in the 4th Field Ambulance
Dressing Station, 7 Feb. 1915. He was buried in Bethune Cemetery. He
_m._ at Kingston-on-Thames, 22 Nov. 1909, Kiziah (34, Fairfield
Place, Kingston-on-Thames), dau. of Richard George Goldsmith, and had a
dau., Emily Martha Ethel, _b._ 2 May, 1910, _d._ 7 Feb. 1915.
[Illustration: =George William Cambridge.=]
=CAMERON, ALLAN GEORGE=, Capt., 1st Battn. Queen’s Own Cameron
(79th) Highlanders, 3rd _s._ of the late Donald Cameron, of
Lochiel, Twenty-fourth Chief of Clan Cameron, by his wife, Lady
Margaret, 2nd dau. of Walter Francis Montagu-Douglas Scott, 5th Duke
of Buccleuch; _b._ Achnacarry, 27 July, 1880; educ. Eton and
Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 2nd Battn. Cameron Highlanders,
4 Oct. 1899, and promoted Lieut. 30 April, 1901, and Capt. 14 May,
1910; served with them at Gibraltar, Malta, Crete and in South Africa,
where he was for a time in the Mounted Infantry, and was Adjutant of
Lovat’s Scouts Dec. 1907–Feb. 1911, on vacating which appointment he
was posted to the 1st Battn. On the outbreak of war he accompanied his
battn. to France on 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near the
Aisne, 25 Sept. 1914; buried at Bourg-et-Comin. Capt. E. J. Brodie
(Adjutant 1st Camerons) wrote of him: “We were sent to relieve the
Black Watch north of Verneiulle on the 24th. On the 25th we were again
heavily shelled. Capt. Miers was in command of the regt., and at 7
a.m. he got wounded in the right arm, and decided to go to Verneiulle
to get it dressed. He sent a message to Allan Cameron, who was next
senior, to that effect. Before he could get away heavy shell fire again
started, so he delayed going. Allan Cameron, however, came straight
to Headquarters. Just as Allan Cameron got to the trench--or rather
cave--a huge high explosive shell burst on the top and blew it in. The
cave contained headquarters, signallers, stretcher-bearers, etc. Death
to all must have been instantaneous. It took us three nights to get the
bodies out, 31 in all. We could only work in the dark, as the place
was shelled by day. We buried the officers and the Sergt.-Major at
Bourg. Capt. Miers, Allan Cameron, Meiklejohn, Napier Cameron and Dr.
Crockett were the officers killed.” In 1902 Capt. Cameron won the Royal
Humane Society’s certificate for saving a boy’s life at Oban by jumping
over the esplanade into the sea and bringing him out. At the Scottish
Command Rifle Meeting in 1913 he won the Officers’ Aggregate for the
highest number of points and was third in the individual aggregate of
all ranks. He _m._ at Inverness Cathedral, 6 Oct. 1908, Hester
Vere (Aldourie, Inverness), dau. of Col. Edward Grant Fraser-Tytler, of
Aldourie, D.L., and had one son, Angus Ewen, _b._ 20 Jan. 1914.
[Illustration: =Allan George Cameron.=]
=CAMERON, ARCHIE=, Private, No. 12693, A Coy., 5th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Angus Cameron, of Virden, Manitoba,
Canada, Farmer and Liveryman [_b._ St. Catherine’s, Ontario,
emigrated to Manitoba in 1880]; _b._ Virden, 22 Aug. 1884; educ.
Public School and Collegiate Institute there, and was for five years a
trooper in the 12th Manitoba Dragoons; volunteered on the outbreak of
war and enlisted 14 Oct. 1914; left with the 1st Canadian Contingent in
Oct.; went to France in Feb., and died 25 May, 1915, of wounds received
in action at Festubert, the previous day: _unm._ He was buried in
the New Cemetery, Choques, France [No. 75, Row B.]. Private Cameron
was a good sportsman, a typical Western pioneer, and an enthusiastic
soldier and sincere Imperialist.
=CAMERON, ARTHUR IAN DOUGLAS=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Seaforth
Highlanders, 2nd _s._ of the Rev. Angus Cameron, of St. Andrew’s,
Tain, by his wife, Elizabeth Anna, dau. of the late Benjamin Liddall,
of Press Castle, co. Berwick; _b._ St. John’s Rectory, Arpafeelie,
Ross-shire, 28 Sept. 1893; educ. Trinity College, Glenalmond, Norwich,
and Hanover; joined the Special Reserve of the Seaforth Highlanders,
13 July, 1913. On the outbreak of war was attached to the 2nd Battn.,
and died 25 April, 1915, from wounds received while in action at St.
Julien; _unm._ Col. R. S. Vandaleur, writing to Mr. Cameron,
said: “I saw and spoke to him not long before he fell, and he was
then leading his men gallantly into the firing line. You will have
heard how our brigade was ordered to attack early in the morning of
25 April; not knowing the ground or the exact position of the enemy
we suffered terribly. We and the Warwicks, supported by the Argyll
and Sutherland Highlanders, were attacking on the left of the road
leading to St. Julien, when we came under the fire of machine guns in
a farm immediately in front of us. Your son’s company was in support,
and the last I saw of him was when he was leading his platoon up on
the right of that farm,” and Capt. the Hon. Eric Campbell wrote: “He
was a very gallant officer, whose loss will be felt very much by us
all. His company commander, Major Campion, told me before I left the
Battn., that he had done extremely well the day he met his death on
25 April. We were carrying out an attack on St. Julien, north-east of
Ypres, about dawn. We came upon the enemy in trenches and occupying
houses sooner than we expected; they inflicted heavy losses on us. Your
son, after behaving with the utmost bravery, was hit, I should think,
about 6 a.m., and died some hours later. We buried him and four other
officers near a farm on the road between Ypres and St. Julien.” Two of
his brothers are now (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Arthur Ian D. Cameron.=]
=CAMERON, DONALD EWAN=, of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Lieut.,
Princess Patricia’s Canadian L.I., yst. _s._ of the late Archibald
Cameron, Manager of the Merchants’ Bank of Canada, Toronto, by his
wife, Agnes Margaret, dau. of Major James Barwick, 79th Cameron
Highlanders, and grandson of Lieut.-Col. Duncan Cameron, C.B., 79th
Cameron Highlanders (who fought at Waterloo); _b._ Toronto, 18
Dec. 1870; educ. Trinity College School, Port Hope, and the Montreal
High School, and on leaving school entered the service of the Canadian
Bank of Commerce. In 1902 he formed the Lilley and Cameron Cartage
Co., and later the Terminal Warehouse & Cartage Co. of Montreal. In
1912 he became associated with the Dominion Securities Corporation. He
served in the Canadian Militia for many years--first in the Victoria
Rifles of Canada, then in all the ranks up to that of Major in the
Duke of York’s Royal Canadian Hussars, and went on the Reserve of
Officers. He joined the Princess Patricia’s Canadian L.I. upon the
organisation of the regt. for service in Aug. 1914; sailed with the
Canadian Contingent in Oct.; was encamped on Salisbury Plain and at
Winchester, and left for France on 20 Dec. 1914. The regt. was sent
up to the trenches in the neighbourhood of Ypres, and was constantly
engaged. He fell in the counter-attack upon the Germans at St. Eloi, 15
March, 1915, and was buried in the Princess Patricia’s Canadian L.I.
cemetery at Voormezeele; _unm._ His brother, Col. Kenneth Cameron,
of Montreal, was the officer in charge of the Surgical Division of
No. 1 Canadian General Hospital at Netheravon on Salisbury Plain, and
Etaples, France, and later officer commanding No. 2 Canadian General
Hospital at Le Tréport, France.
[Illustration: =Donald Ewan Cameron.=]
=CAMERON, EVAN STUART=, Corpl., No. 25931 (Royal Montreal Regt.),
14th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest surviving _s._
of Sir Edward John Cameron, K.C.M.G., Governor and Commander-in-Chief
of Gambia, by his wife, Eva Selwyn, dau. of the late Robert Mackintosh
Isaacs, LL.D., of New South Wales; _b._ Turks Island, West Indies,
21 Sept. 1893; educ. Blundell’s School, Tiverton (1905–12), where he
was head for two years, and on leaving there in Sept. 1912, went to
Montreal to join the Royal Bank of Canada. He enlisted in the Canadian
Contingent on the outbreak of war, Aug. 1914, and was killed in action
near St. Julien, 24 April, 1915; unm. Major Beatty. A.D.C. to General
Alderson, Commanding 1st Canadian Contingent, wrote: “He was dearly
loved by all his comrades, and he had earned the respect and admiration
of all, and had behaved with the greatest gallantry all through that
dreadful time from 5 p.m. on Thursday, 22 April, up to the time of his
death.” His Capt. said: “He handled his men wonderfully, and would
have been given a commission had he survived the battle,” and the head
master of Blundells: “As I look back upon his school career I feel that
we have lost one of the most sterling of the old pupils whom I remember
in my long experience of 40 years.” He was a good cricketer, and was
capt. of the cricket eleven and football fifteen for two years at
Blundells and won the average bat four years in succession. He played
against the Australian XI in 1913 and made the first century of the
season for the McGill Cricket Club in July, 1914. He also played at
Lords in 1912 in a Public Schools XI.
[Illustration: =Evan Stuart Cameron.=]
=CAMERON, JOSEPH=, stoker, P.O., 292522, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=CAMERON, MORTON AUGUSTUS=, Private, No. 22557, 15th Battn. (48th
Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Expeditionary Force, only _s._
of Augustus Morton Cameron, of St. Stephen’s, New Brunswick, Canada,
Labourer, by his wife, Isabella Mary, dau. of Caleb Hennessey;
_b._ St. Stephen’s afsd. 27 Nov. 1896; educ. Mark Street
School there; volunteered on the outbreak of war and enlisted in
the 71st New Brunswick Regt. at St. Stephen’s, 8 Aug. 1914. After 3
weeks at Fredericton, N.B., he was sent to Valcartier, where he was
transferred to the 12th Battn., and left for England with the first
Canadian contingent. They landed at Plymouth on 14 Oct. and trained
on Salisbury Plain during the winter of 1914–15. On 23 April. 1915,
he was transferred to the 15th Battn., and went over to France with a
draft for that Battn. and joined it in the trenches at Ypres. He went
through the fighting at Ploegsteert Wood and Festubert, and was killed
in action at Messines, 10 Nov. 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the
Military Cemetery near Ration Hill. His captain wrote that he had been
sent out with a party to repair the front trench, and that a piece of
shell hit him on the head killing him almost instantaneously.
[Illustration: =Morton Augustus Cameron.=]
=CAMERON, PEDRO=, Corporal, No. 1685, 2nd Coy., 1/4th Battn.
Seaforth Highlanders (T.F.), eldest _s._ of George Cameron y
Mackenzie, of Street Delicias 213, Valparaiso, Chili, by his wife,
(--), dau. of (--) Zanartie; _b._ Tocopilla, Chili; educ.
Valparaiso Liceum; came home in 1907 to finish his education with his
uncle, afterwards serving his apprenticeship at Kirkintilloch, near
Glasgow. On the outbreak of war enlisted in the 4th Battn. Seaforth
Highlanders (T.F.), Nov. 1914, proceeded with his regt. to the Front,
and was killed in action in France, in an attack on Hill 60, 9 May,
1915. Buried side by side with two of his cousins, who were killed in
the same action; _unm._
=CAMERON, THOMAS ALBERT=, L.-Corpl., 2nd Kimberley Regt., South
African Force, _s._ of Thomas Cameron, of Kimberley, Diamond
Miner, by his wife, Annie, dau. of the late John Richardson, of
Frizington, co. Cumberland; _b._ Bridgefoot, Cumberland, 2 June.
1891; went to Kimberley with his parents in 1895, and was educ. at the
Boys’ High School there. He afterwards returned to England and worked
as an electrician with Messrs. Dick, Kerr & Co., of Preston; but in
1911 returned to Kimberley, and after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914,
joined General Botha’s Army. He was killed in action at Trekkopjies,
German South-West Africa, 26 April, 1915. His Commanding Officer, Col.
Rodgers, wrote: “He was cut down in the act of doing a very brave deed.
Ammunition was urgently required at one of the most exposed trenches.
Volunteers were called for to carry the same, and without the slightest
hesitation your gallant husband came forward, took the case of
ammunition and had just put it down where wanted when he was killed. He
died without any pain. We all--officers and men--mourn with you in your
loss. His conduct was such that I, in my official report to the Officer
Commanding, brought his name to official notice, as in my opinion such
a deed of gallantry deserved recognition.” He played for Oldham in the
Northern Rugby Union. He _m._ at Preston, 9 March, 1910, Grace,
dau. of the late Alexander White, of Frizington, Cumberland, and had
two sons: Thomas Alexander, _b._ Frizington, 9 May, 1911, and John
Head, _b._ Kimberley, South Africa, 12 Sept. 1914.
=CAMERON, WILLIAM MATHESON=, Lieut., A Coy., 2nd Battn. Transvaal
Scottish, yst. _s._ of Duncan Cameron, of Balbair, Edderton,
Ross-shire, Bank Agent at Tain, Ross-shire (_d._ Nov. 1915);
_b._ Thurso, 17 June, 1870; educ. Tain Royal Academy, and
George Watson’s College, Edinburgh, and entered the Commercial Bank,
Glasgow, leaving it on the outbreak of the South African War to join
the Imperial Yeomanry. He served throughout that war, was given a
commission as Lieut., and received two medals and five clasps. After
the war he settled in Johannesburg, where he was secretary to the
manager of the Angelo Section of the East Rand Proprietary Mines, and
on the outbreak of the European War volunteered and was appointed
Lieut. in the Transvaal Scottish. He served under General Botha in
German West Africa, and was killed in action by a shell, at Trekkopjis,
on the morning of 26 April, 1915. He _m._ (--), dau. of John
Munro, Manager for Barnato Bros., and ex-President of the Transvaal
Chamber of Mines, and left a dau., Constance, _b._ 1912. Lieut.
Cameron was an excellent tennis player, and for several years held the
Singles Championship of the East Rand Club.
[Illustration: =William M. Cameron.=]
=CAMFFERMAN, ALEXANDER=, Corpl., No. 1581, 1/7th Battn. Middlesex
Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of John James Camfferman. of Sunnyside,
Whetstone, Nurseryman, by his wife, Bertha, dau. of Charles Athron;
_b._ Whetstone, co. Middlesex, 7 April, 1895; educ. Christ’s
College, Finchley; was a Nurseryman in his father’s business; joined
the 7th Middlesex Territorials on his seventeenth birthday, and was in
camp when war was declared. He volunteered for foreign service, and
went out with his regt. to Gibraltar at the beginning of Sept. 1914,
with one of the earliest convoys of Territorials for foreign service.
The Battn. returned to England in Feb., and crossed to France, 12
March, 1915, and he was killed in action at the Battle of Fromelles,
9 May, 1915; _unm._ He was buried in Rue Petillon La Cordonerie,
France. His commanding officer wrote: “He was an excellent soldier, a
fine shot, a clean liver and speaker, in short a young Englishman of
the best type. I wish we had more like him.” Passionately fond of the
rifle, he soon became the best shot in the Battn., and was the winner
of many prizes.
[Illustration: =Alexander Camfferman.=]
=CAMFIELD, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, 310864, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914;
_m._
=CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER=, Stoker, 1st Class, 283219, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CAMPBELL, COLIN FREDERICK FITZROY=, Capt., 1st Battn. Scots
Guards, only _s._ of Major-Gen. Frederick Lorn Campbell, of
Highfield House, West Byfleet, co. Surrey, late Scots Guards (of the
Melfort family, Argyll), by his wife, Caroline, dau of John Alexander
Smyth, and gdson. of Rear-Admiral Frederick Archibald Campbell;
_b._ London, 29 Sept. 1880; educ. Stubbington and Haileybury;
obtained his first commission in the Cameron Highlanders from the
Militia, 5 Jan. 1901; became Lieut. 3 Aug. 1904; transferred to the
Scots Guards, 29 March, 1905; was Adjutant of the Guards Depot at
Caterham from 1911 to 1913, being promoted Capt. 29 Oct. 1914, the same
day on which he was killed in action close to the village of Gheluvelt,
near Ypres. He _m._ at the Guards’ Chapel, London, 11 June, 1914,
Helen Margaret, eldest dau. of Charles John Stewart, of 32, Eccleston
Square, S.W., by his wife, Lady Mary Graham, née Toler; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Colin F. F. Campbell.=]
=CAMPBELL, DONALD, M.B.=, Lieut., R.A.M.C., attd. 2nd Battn. East
Yorkshire Regt., 3rd _s._ of the late John Campbell, for 43 years
Tenant of Blair Mills, by his wife, Isabella (Fincastle, Bridge of
Tilt, Blair Atholl), dau. of Alexander McBeath; _b._ Blair Atholl,
20 Jan. 1887; educ. at Blair Atholl Public School, Pitlochry Higher
Grade School, where he won the County Council Bursary, and George
Watson’s College (1904–6), from which he entered Edinburgh University
as an Arts Student in 1906, gaining the same year the McDougal Bursary.
He graduated M.A. in 1909, and M.B. Ch.B in 1913. In 1910 he shared the
Vans Dunlop Scholarship with another student. When war broke out he was
house surgeon in Sheffield Royal Hospital, and receiving a commission
in the R.A.M.C. 16 Dec. 1914, went to the Front in Jan. as Medical
Officer to the 2nd East Yorks Regt. He was killed on 17 Feb. 1915, near
the village of Zillebeke while going to the assistance of a wounded
man, and was buried at St. Eloi; _unm._ An officer of the 2nd
East Yorks Regt. wrote: “He was only with me a short time, but it is
no exaggeration to say that he left behind him not mere acquaintances,
but real friends, who mourn his loss more than I can tell you. He
lived always in the same billet with me and the headquarters staff,
and shared all our rough food, delicacies and hardships just as they
came, and for my part I find he has left a blank that will take a long
time to fill. He met his death going up to the front to help a wounded
man. A stretcher-bearer was with him at the time, and as they crossed
an open space they came under the fire of the enemy in a house some
200 yards away, and both were shot dead.” For two years he was joint
secretary for the Edinburgh University Musical Society, was a keen
golfer, and for several years was a member of the Edinburgh Northern
Hockey Club.
[Illustration: =Donald Campbell.=]
=CAMPBELL, DONALD HENRY BRUCE=, Sergt., No. 6999, 1st Battn.
Canadian Expeditionary Force, 4th surviving _s._ of Alexander
Campbell, of Highland Grove, Ontario, Canada, Proprietor and Farmer, by
his wife, Helen Isabella, dau. of Alexander Grant, of Blackhill, Bower,
Caithness; _b._ Dalnacloich, Rosskeen, co. Ross, 11 Dec. 1894;
educ. Munlochy and Arpafeelie Episcopal (where he was Dux and won the
silver medal for head scholar, etc.) Schools, Ross; went to Canada with
his parents in March, 1910; joined the Canadian Territorials in 1912,
and was given the rank of Sergt. then; volunteered for service overseas
on the outbreak of war; left Canada with the first contingent; went to
France in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 15 June,
1915; _unm._ His company officer, Lieut. R. R. Brown (who was
himself wounded on this occasion) wrote that Campbell was his platoon
sergt. and that he had a very high opinion of him, adding: “During the
attack circumstances were such that I had to leave my own men under
another officer (Lieut. Sims) while I took command of men of another
company, thereby failing to witness the fate of so many of my brave
men. During the fight one of my own men came up to me (I could not say
who it was) and said Sergt. Campbell had just been killed.”
[Illustration: =D. H. B. Campbell.=]
=CAMPBELL, DUNCAN=, Capt., 2nd Battn. The Black Watch (Royal
Highlanders), elder _s._ of Col. Edward Parker Campbell, of South
Hall, co. Argyle, J.P., D.L., Major, The Black Watch, by his wife,
Alice Isabel, 3rd dau. of Lieut.-Col. Thomas Goulbourn Parker, of
Browsholme, co. York, and Alkincoats, co. Lancaster; _b._ South
Hall aforesaid, 24 Oct. 1880; educ. Rugby; joined the 3rd (Royal Perth
Militia) Battn. of The Black Watch, Dec. 1899, and on the outbreak
of the Boer War volunteered for active service. He was gazetted 2nd
Lieut. The Black Watch, 27 Oct. 1900, and served in South Africa with
the 2nd Battn. from 27 Oct. to 22 Dec. 1900, when he was transferred
to the 1st Battn. in India. He served with them again in South Africa
from 6 Dec. 1901, to 27 Oct. 1902, and took part in the operations in
the Transvaal and Orange Free State from Dec. 1901, to 31 May, 1902,
and was promoted Lieut. 24 May, 1902, and received the Queen’s medal
with five clasps. From 16 Sept. 1905, to 29 Sept. 1910, he served in
Northern Nigeria with the West African Force, and in 1906 took part in
the Hodeija Campaign (medal with clasp). Promoted Capt. 8 Jan. 1910, he
was in 1912 transferred back to the 2nd Battn. of his regt. in India
and proceeded with the battn. to France with the Indian Expeditionary
Force in the autumn of 1914. He was wounded in December and invalided
home, but rejoined early in 1915; was present at the Battles of Neuve
Chapelle, Richebourg, etc., and in all the other engagements in
which his battn. took part. He was killed in action in the trenches
near the Bois-de-Biez, 18 May, 1915, by a shell which burst on the
parapet of the trench, the repair of which he was directing. Letters
from his commanding officers speak most highly of him as an officer
and testify to the love and respect entertained for him by his men.
He was _unm._ His yr. brother, Lieut. Patrick Colin Campbell,
Royal Flying Corps, is now (1916) on active service with the British
Expeditionary Force in France.
[Illustration: =Duncan Campbell.=]
=CAMPBELL, FREDERICK JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4781),
S.S. 104136, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast
of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914; _m._
=CAMPBELL, GEORGE EDWARD FORMAN=, Lieut., 2/10th Gurkha Rifles,
yst. and only surviving _s._ of Col. Robert Neil Campbell, C.B.,
C.I.E., M.B., I.M.S. (ret.), by his wife, Ethel, dau. of Benjamin
Bensley; _b._ Strathyre, Balquhidder, 27 Aug. 1893; educ. at
Edinburgh Academy and Sandhurst, and gazetted 2nd Lieut. 24 Aug. 1912.
A year later he was appointed to the Indian Army, and posted to the
2nd Battn. of the 10th Gurkha, 23 Nov. 1913. He was promoted Lieut. 24
Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, on Rhododendron
Spur, Chanak Bair, 7 August, 1915, in a charge on the Turkish trenches
with two battns. of New Zealanders (Auckland). He was mentioned in
Dispatches by Sir Ian Hamilton, 22 Sept. 1915; _unm._ His elder
brother, Capt. R. C. C. Campbell, died of wounds received at Ypres (see
his notice).
[Illustration: =George E. F. Campbell.=]
=CAMPBELL, GEORGE JACKSON=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8270),
S.S. 104251, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the
North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=CAMPBELL, HAROLD EDGAR=, Cook’s Mate, M. 2482, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CAMPBELL, JAMES=, Private, No. 4121, 1st Battn. Irish Guards,
3rd _s._ of Michael Campbell, of Tubberfin, Drogheda, Labourer,
by his wife, Jane, dau. of the late Patrick Kelly, of Howth; _b._
Sheephouse, Drogheda, 20 July, 1890; educ. Donore National Schools;
enlisted 20 May, 1912, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 11 March,
1915; _unm._
=CAMPBELL, JOHN=, Private, No. 19984, 4th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of the late Archibald Campbell,
by his wife, Helen Hogg (1, St. Ninian’s Terrace, Edinburgh), dau. of
the late James Lawson; _b._ Glencorse, Midlothian, 24 Dec. 1878;
educ. George Heriot’s School, Edinburgh; joined the Army and served
with the Irish Guards, 1900–3, and afterwards went to British Columbia
gold mining. He joined the 4th Battn. 1st Canadian Contingent, 1914,
and died at No. 1 Canadian Field Ambulance, 24 May, 1915, of wounds
received in action; _unm._
=CAMPBELL, JOHN DAVIES=, Lieut., L Battery, R.H.A., eldest
_s._ of John Davies Campbell, of Howden Court, Tiverton;
_b._ Tacna, Chili, 1 March, 1883; educ. Cheltenham College and
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; entered the Army, 21 Dec. 1901, was
promoted Lieut. 21 Dec. 1904, and was killed in action at Nery, near
Compiégne 1 Sept. 1914. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s
Despatch of 8 Oct. 1914.
=CAMPBELL, JOHN GORDON=, Private, No. 4296, 2nd Battn. The Royal
Scots, 3rd _s._ of Hugh Campbell, of 852, New City Road, Glasgow,
and Clam Cottage, Cloverhill, Glasgow, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of
James Munro; _b._ at North Woodside Road, 16 Sept. 1876; educ.
Henderson Street School, Glasgow; enlisted 1891, and was a Reservist
when called up on mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914; killed in action at
Kemmel, 22 April, 1915. He _m._ at Glasgow, 20 Feb. 1903, Alice
(Clare Cottage, Clover Hill, Drumchapel, Glasgow), dau. of Alexander
McDonald, and had a dau., Isabella Munro, _b._ 6 Aug. 1906.
[Illustration: =John Gordon Campbell.=]
=CAMPBELL, KEITH MOREHEAD GUNNING=, Sub-Lieut., R.N., yst.
_s._ of Col. Gunning Campbell, Royal Marine Artillery, by his
wife, Sophia Charlotte Jean, dau of the Rev. George Barber Peregrine
Viner, M.A., and great-gdson, of William Campbell, of Fairfield;
_b._ Eastney Barracks, Portsmouth, 23 Dec. 1892; educ. Haskoll’s
School, Folkestone, Suffolk House, Cheltenham, Pelham House,
Folkestone, and the Osborne (15 Sept. 1905, to 14 Sept. 1907) and
Dartmouth (15 Sept. 1907, to 14 Sept. 1909) Royal Naval Colleges,
being Chief Cadet Capt. at the latter. He served on H.M.S. St. Vincent
(May, 1910–June, 1911); the Cochrane, which formed one of the escort
on the occasion of the King’s visit to India (June, 1911–May, 1912),
the Achilles (May, 1912–Sept. 1913), and the Albemarle, joining H.M.S.
Lawford in the spring of 1914. He was present at the sinking of the
Konigin Louise, and the engagement off the Bight of Heligoland. He was
commissioned to the Arrogant on 30 Nov. 1914, for submarine service,
and died between 4 and 12 Jan. the following year while on Active
Service on Submarine C 31; _unm._ A fine Rugby three-quarter back,
he several times played in the Royal Navy and United Services Fifteens,
his last important match being in the R.N. officers’ team against the
Harlequins at the turn of the season of 1913–14 at Queen’s Club.
[Illustration: =Keith M. G. Campbell.=]
=CAMPBELL, KENNETH JAMES=, 2nd Lieut., 9th Battn. Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), only _s._ of Robert Story Campbell,
of Achnashie, Rosneath, co. Dumbarton, retired East Indian Merchant,
by his wife, Evelyn Rose, dau. of the late Rev. William Henry Stokes,
Vicar of Goring, a nephew of the late Sir James Campbell, K.C.I.E.
(of the Bombay Civil Service and compiler of the Bombay Gazetteer),
and, gdson. of the late Rev. John Macleod Campbell, D.D.; _b._
Bombay, 4 Jan. 1891; educ. at Rottingdean and Marlborough, he proceeded
with a scholarship to Magdalen College, Oxford, where he took his
degree with honours in History in 1912, and in “Greats” in 1914. He
had originally intended to take orders in the Church of England, and
on leaving the University in 1913 joined the Magdalen College Mission
in the Euston Road. On the outbreak of war, however, having been
for eight years a cadet in the O.T.C. at Marlborough and Oxford, he
applied for a commission, and on 2 Sept. was gazetted to the 1/9th
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, leaving Bedford with his regt. on
19 Feb. for France. He was killed in action near Ypres, being struck
by a shell while in charge of machine guns, 10 May. 1915; _unm._
His commanding officer wrote that he died “doing his duty nobly.” His
platoon Sergt. that “He was a brave young officer and the pride of all
the platoon.” A brother officer, writing on 13 May, stated: “I was
myself slightly wounded the same day, so was not on the spot when he
was killed, but I understand that he was wounded by a shell, but that
he continued to serve the gun until a second shell killed him.” He was
stroke of his college boat in the Torpids when Magdalen was head of the
river in Feb. 1913.
[Illustration: =Kenneth James Campbell.=]
=CAMPBELL, KENNETH McKENZIE=, Corpl., No. 17101, 7th Battn.
(British Columbia Regt.) Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._
of James Campbell Campbell, of Dublin, by his wife, Jane Davidson,
dau. of the late John Christie, of Bankhead, Aberdeen, and gdson. of
the late Sergt. and Master Tailor Alexander Campbell, 93rd Sutherland
Highlanders (who served 28 years); _b._ Dublin, 3 Aug. 1884;
educ. Hardwicke National School there; went to Canada in April, 1906;
enlisted on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; came over with the first
contingent; was wounded at Festubert, 23 April, 1915; and promoted
Corpl. on his return to duty, 16 May following, but was killed in
action at Givenchy eight days later, 24 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Kenneth M. Campbell.=]
=CAMPBELL, MALCOLM DRING=, Lieut., R.N.V.R., 3rd _s._ of
the Rev. Herbert Ernest Campbell, of The Abbey, Carlisle, Canon of
Carlisle; _b._ St. George’s Vicarage, Millom, 5 Sept. 1890; educ.
Loretto; was a Cotton Broker in the firm of Bushby Bros., Liverpool,
but on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914. joined the R.N.V.R. He
served through the siege of Antwerp, and was afterwards sent to the
Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 2 May, 1915; _unm._
He was a good sportsman, played football for Birkenhead Park, and rowed
for the Mersey Rowing Club.
=CAMPBELL, MALCOLM JAMES=, Private, No. 53323, 18th Battn.
Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of the late Malcolm
Campbell, of Lismore, co. Argyle, by his wife, Mary (Backwater School
House. Dykends, by Alyth, co. Perth), dau. of George M. Forrester, of
Tayport; _b._ Tayport, co. Fife, 4 Aug. 1894; educ. at Tayport;
emigrated to Canada in Oct. 1912, and after the outbreak of war
enlisted at Kingsville in Nov. 1914. After going through a course of
training at London, Ontario, he came to England in May, 1915, and was
in camp at Sandling, Kent, till Sept., when the battn. went to the
Western Front. Private Campbell was killed in action near Ypres, 13
Oct. 1915; unm. The Chaplain wrote that he “had indeed proved himself
a very faithful soldier,” and had “done his part always well.” He was
buried in Ridgewood Cemetery, Dickebusch, south-west of Ypres, Belgium.
[Illustration: =Malcolm James Campbell.=]
=CAMPBELL, ROBERT=, Private, No. 2105, 4th Battn., 1st Brigade,
Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of Kenneth Campbell, of
Wick, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of David Sutherland, of Duncansbay;
_b._ Wick, 13 Jan. 1873; educ. there; went to Australia in 19--,
and settled at Sydney. After the outbreak of war he joined (Feb. 1915)
the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at Lone
Pine, Gallipoli, between the 6–9 Aug. 1915. He was one of the few who
took the Turkish trench, and was found beyond it. A letter from the
Chaplain said: “He fought like a hero, and died as such, and they
buried him a few days later in the military cemetery at Burrows Dip.”
He _m._ at Barry, co. Glamorgan, 6 Aug. 1904, Flora Hannah (9,
Trenwith Terrace, St. Ives, Cornwall), dau. of the Rev. Henry Roe, and
had a dau., René, _b._ 7 Aug. 1905.
[Illustration: =Robert Campbell.=]
=CAMPBELL, ROBERT CHARLES COWBURN=, Capt., 3rd King’s Own Scottish
Borderers, _s._ of Col. Robert Neil Campbell, of Elsieshields,
Lochmaben, co. Dumfries, C.B., C.I.E., M.B., I.M.S. (ret.), by his
wife, Ethel, dau. of Benjamin Bensley; _b._ Shillong, Assam,
India, 26 March, 1889; educ. Dollar Institution, Edinburgh Academy
and King’s College, Cambridge. He entered the Bombay Burma Trading
Corporation, Ltd., in 1910, and was home on leave when war broke out.
He volunteered, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd King’s Own
Scottish Borderers, 4 Sept. 1914, being promoted Lieut. 9 Nov. 1914,
and Capt. 5 Feb. 1915. He was attached to the 2nd Highland L.I., and
served with them in the trenches from Dec. 1914, to March 1915, and at
Givenchy and Neuve Chapelle. He reverted to the 2nd King’s Own Scottish
Borderers in April, 1915; was in the attack and capture of Hill 60, and
was wounded in the counter-attack at Ypres on 23 April, 1915. He died
at Queen Alexandra’s Hospital for Officers, Highgate, 19 May following;
_unm._ He was in the Rugby and cricket teams of the Edinburgh
Academy, and obtained his Blue at Cambridge for Rugby football, and was
in the King’s College Rugby and soccer football, cricket and hockey
teams. His yst. and only surviving brother, Lieut. G. E. F. Campbell,
was killed in action at the Dardanelles (see his notice).
[Illustration: =Robert C. C. Campbell.=]
=CANDY, PHILIP SADLER=, Midshipman. R.N., 2nd _s._ of John
Alfred Sadler Candy, of Kingston, Angmering, co. Sussex, by his wife,
Emily Louisa French, dau. of Capt. Edward Holland Hills, R.N., of
Littlehampton, co. Sussex; _b._ 24 Feb. 1899; educ. Charlecote,
Worthing; entered the Osborne Class on H.M.S. Conway, Jan. 1911, and
afterwards went through a course of training at Dartmouth. He became
Midshipman in Aug. 1914, and was lost on H.M.S. Monmouth in the naval
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. A tablet to his
memory was placed in Ferring Parish Church, near Worthing.
[Illustration: =Philip Sadler Candy.=]
=CANHAM, HERBERT=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 861), H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CANN, CHARLES=, E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 4211, H.M.S. Hogue,
_s._ of Robert Cann, of 81, Percy Place, Dublin; lost in action in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CANN, ROBERT HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14258, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CANNON, CHARLES EDWIN=, Private, No. 1972, 5th Battn. Queen’s
Royal West Surrey Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late (--) Cannon,
by his wife, S. (Felix Cottages, Updown Hill, Windlesham, Surrey);
_b._ Windlesham, co. Surrey, 16 April, 1885; educ. Windlesham
Board School; joined the Surrey Territorials in 1912; volunteered
for foreign service after the outbreak of war; left England with the
Mediterranean Expeditionary Force ....; was severely wounded in the
chest at the Dardanelles and sent to Alexandria, and died on the
hospital ship Asturias on his way back to England at 2 p.m. 23 Sept.
1915; unm. Buried at sea.
=CANNON, HUGH STANLEY=, Corpl., No. 28754, and Motor
Despatch Rider, R.E., 2nd _s._ of the late Alfred Cannon, of
Sandford-on-Thames, Oxford; _b._ Sandford-on-Thames, 15 Oct. 1888;
educ. Roysse’s School and Magdalen College, Oxford. On the outbreak
of war enlisted in the R.E., was promoted Corpl., attached to the 6th
Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division (as despatch rider), and left for
the Front, 6 Oct. 1914; served in France and Flanders, and was killed
whilst on his motor bicycle carrying Despatches at the First Battle
of Ypres, 31 Oct. 1914; _unm._ He was buried at Ypres Menin. His
commanding officer wrote: “He was one of the nicest men to work with I
have ever met, and all the officers on the staff think the same. He was
always cheerful and keen to do his best, which was very good.”
[Illustration: =Hugh Stanley Cannon.=]
=CANNONS, FRANK JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3952), S.S.
101990, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CANTON, CHARLES JOHN=, Gunner, No. 2/299, 1st Battery New Zealand
Field Artillery, 3rd _s._ of the late George Canton, of Palmerston
North, New Zealand, Farmer, by his wife, Mary, dau. of James Roberts,
of Nelson, New Zealand; _b._ Ngatimoti, Nelson, New Zealand, 22
Aug. 1876; educ. Public School there. On the outbreak of war joined
the New Zealand E.F., 8 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at the
Dardanelles, 19 May, 1915; _unm._ Col. Meldrum wrote he “was hit
and killed instantly by a Turkish bullet on the 19th., I met him two
days previously, he had put in three weeks’ work with his guns. He
was happy and elated, he was having the time of his life”; and Major
McGilp, O.C. 1st Battery: “His grave is on the heights of Anzac, in a
nice spot close to the battery, which enables our men to keep it in
proper order. We obtained a large wooden cross from Egypt, which will
answer the purpose until a more permanent memorial can be erected.” He
was a County Councillor, member of the Wellington Land Board, etc., and
a keen and enthusiastic sportsman.
[Illustration: =Charles John Canton.=]
=CANTON, HERBERT WESTRUP=, Lieut., 1st Battn. East Lancashire
Regt., only _s._ of Frank Canton, Merchant (of a Huguenot family),
by his wife, Florence; _b._ Walton-on-Thames, 6 March, 1892; educ.
Magdalen College School, Oxford, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 13
March, 1912; went to the Front with the Expeditionary Force in Aug.
1914; first came under fire at Le Cateau, where his platoon suffered
heavy casualties; took part in the retreat from Mons, and was present
at the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne. Through the winter of 1914
he was with his regt. in the trenches near Armentières, and was killed
in action in the trenches near Ypres, 13 May, 1915, after repelling a
strong German attack. He was buried at Wieltje; unm. Though promoted to
the command of his company from 5 Mar. 1915, his appointment to rank as
from 31 March, 1915, was only gazetted after his death.
=CAPELL, ARTHUR GEORGE CONINGSBY=, Capt., 2nd Northamptonshire
Regt., only _s._ of the Rev. George Marie Capell, Rector of
Passenham, co. Northampton (_d._ 1 Feb. 1915), by his wife, Annie,
dau. of Peter Stanley Lowe, of Whitehall Churchstow, co. Devon, and
gdson. of the Hon. Adolphus Capell, brother of Arthur Algernon, 6th
Earl of Essex; _b._ Passenham, Stony Stratford, 28 June, 1879;
educ. by private tutor; joined the Northamptonshire Imperial Yeomanry
in Jan. 1900, sailing with them for South Africa, 16 March the same
year; took part in the operations in the Transvaal (Queen’s medal
with five clasps); returned in June, 1901, and 12 months later joined
3rd Battn. Northants Militia, obtaining one of the late Earl Roberts’
commissions, 17 May, 1902, for which he was specially recommended by
his Adjutant. He was promoted Lieut. 27 Feb. 1904, and obtained his
company 20 Nov. 1910. On the outbreak of war he was with his regt.
in Alexandria; they returned to England and went to France, 4 Nov.
1914. In the fighting near Neuve Chapelle on 12 March, 1915, he was
twice wounded in the hand and side, but refused to fall out, and went
on leading and cheering his men till finally shot through the head,
falling into the arms of his colonel, Col. C. Richard, D.S.O., C.B. He
was buried behind the lines at Neuve Chapelle with his great friend,
Capt. H. Power, adjutant to the regt., and 19 men of his company who
fell that same day. The second in command wrote: “He was a brilliant
officer, and deeply regretted by all the regt.” Capt. Capell _m._
at Whatstandwell, 20 Oct. 1914, Phyllis, dau. of Maurice Deacon, of
Chase Cliffe, Whatstandwell, co. Derby, _s.p._ Capt. Capell was
mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatches [London Gazette, 22
June, 1915] for gallant and distinguished services.
[Illustration: =Arthur G. C. Capell.=]
=CAPPER, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4253), S.S.
102941, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914; _m._
=CARBAN, WILLIAM HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2796), 165857, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _m._
=CARBERY, MILES BERTIE CUNNINGHAME=, Capt., 1st Battn. Princess
Victoria’s Royal Irish Fusiliers, yst. _s._ of the late William
Edward Carbery, of 17, Hartington Mansions, Eastbourne, by his wife,
Florence, dau. of the late Charles William Jebb, formerly in the 60th
Rifles; _b._ at Bangalore, 6 June, 1877; educ. at the Oxford
Military College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. from the Militia to the Royal
Irish Fusiliers, 1 Dec. 1897, and promoted Lieut., 1 Dec. 1899, and
Capt., 17 Feb. 1903, and was Adjutant to the Special Reserve, 10 March,
1910, to 2 Nov. 1913; served in South African War, 1899–1900; was
present at the operations in Natal, including the action at Talana,
where he was dangerously wounded (Queen’s medal with clasp); and with
the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, from Aug. 1914; was
killed in action at Houplines, Northern France, 17 Oct. 1914, while
bravely leading his men. He _m._ at St. Columba’s, Pont Street,
S.W., 24 Sept. 1908, Dora, dau. of the late Right Hon. Thomas Sinclair,
P.C., of Hopefield House, Belfast; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Miles B. C. Carbery.=]
=CARDEN, DERRICK ALFRED=, Major, 2nd Battn. Seaforth Highlanders
(Ross-shire Buffs), and temp. Lieut.-Col., 7th Battn. Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders, yst. _s._ of the late Sir John Craven
Carden, of Templemore Abbey, 4th Bt., by his 2nd wife, Julia Isabella
(Wertown, Straffan, co. Kildare), dau. of Admiral Charles Gepp
Robinson; _b._ Templemore Abbey, co. Tipperary, 27 March, 1875;
educ. Wellington College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Seaforth Highlanders
from the Militia, 7 Dec. 1895, and promoted Lieut., 30 Aug. 1899,
Capt., 3 July, 1901, and Major, 23 May, 1915, and was Adjutant from 10
May, 1911, to 9 May, 1914. He served in the Nile Expedition, 1898, and
was present at the Battles of Atbara and Khartoum; and subsequently
on the North-West Frontier of India, 1908, and during the operations
in the Zakka Khel country (medal with clasp). On the outbreak of the
European War he went to France with the Expeditionary Force, and was
wounded on the Aisne in Sept. 1914, and was invalided home; returning
to the Front in Dec. On 7 March, 1915, he was given command of the 7th
Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, with the rank of Lieut.-Col.,
and died of wounds received in action near Ypres, 25 May, 1915;
_unm._ Buried in the Military Cemetery at Hazebrouck.
=CARDY, GEORGE JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class, 302500, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914; _m._
=CAREW, FRANCIS LUDOVIC=, 2nd Lieut., 20th Hussars, yr. _s._
of Charles Robert Sydenham Carew, of Warnicombe, Tiverton, co. Devon,
M.P. [grandson of the Rev. Thomas Carew, of Collipriest House, 3rd
_s._ of Sir Thomas Carew of Haccombe, 6th Bart.], by his wife,
Muriel Mary, dau. of Sir John Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Bart.; _b._
Collipriest, Tiverton, 4 March, 1895; educ. Malvern (Mr. Douglas’) and
Winchester College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 20th Hussars 24 Feb. 1914;
joined at Colchester, 24 Mar. and was killed in action at Oostaverne,
near Ypres, 30 Oct. 1914.
[Illustration: =Francis Ludovic Carew.=]
=CAREW, JASPER=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. West Yorkshire Regt.,
yr. _s._ of the late Rev. Henry William Carew, Vicar of Rattery,
South Brent, co. Devon [great-gdson. of Sir Henry Carew, of Haccombe,
7th Bart.], by his wife, Maude Eliza (Airlea, South Brent, Devon),
dau. of the Rev. Fitzwilliam John Taylor, Rector of Haccombe and
Ogwell; _b._ Rattery Vicarage, South Brent, co. Devon, 29 June,
1894; educ. The School, Malvern Link, Blundell’s School, Tiverton,
and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He joined the 1st West
Yorkshire Regt. as 2nd Lieut. 22 Feb. 1914, and was killed in action
while leading his platoon near Hazebrouck, 14 Oct. 1914. He was buried
in the cemetery at Doulieu, Nord, France, and a stone with his name,
etc., on it was erected by the Canadians. Lieut. Carew’s Commanding
Officer wrote of him: “He fell while gallantly leading his platoon in
an advance guard action near Hazebrouck. It was quite instantaneous,
and he suffered no pain and never moved. He was beloved by every one,
always cheery and bright under all circumstances, and we had some
trying ones. A most promising officer, absolutely fearless, and had
done so well.”
[Illustration: =Jasper Carew.=]
=CAREY, EDWARD=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 17011, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=CAREY, JEFFREY HUELIN=, Private, No. 3555, 1/4th Battn. (Royal
Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Ernest
Rutherford Carey, of Melbourne, Australia, Accountant, by his wife,
Mabel Marion (6, Park Road, Brentwood, Middlesex), dau. of Thomas
Shann Detham, of Leeds, Yorks; _b._ Melbourne, Victoria, 13 Oct.
1898; educ. Merivale, Bexhill-on-Sea, City of London School (1909–11)
and Brentwood Grammar School (1911–14); joined the 1/4th London Regt.
6 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Ypres, 27 April, 1915;
_unm._ His Major wrote in a letter of sympathy: “Your son was a
good boy, and faced the fire without fear. He was unfortunately hit,
death being instantaneous. I enclose you a small sketch map, showing
the spot where I had him buried by the side of a comrade who was killed
at the same time. I hope the map will be clear to you; the grave lies
in the corner of the field about 3 yards from each hedge, and at
present has a small cross at its head bearing his name, number and
regt.”
[Illustration: =Jeffery Huelin Carey.=]
=CAREY, JOHN=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./14142, H.M.S. Cressy; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CARGO, JAMES ROY=, Lieut., Taranaki Coy., Wellington Infantry
Battn. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late (--)
Cargo; _b._ Auckland, 1892; educ. Auckland Grammar School; was
a member of the Highland Rifles, and on the outbreak of war in Aug.
1914, volunteered for Imperial service; left for Egypt in Oct.; took
part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April; was promoted Coy.
Sergt.-Major, 8 May, 1915, and Lieut., on 29 May, and was transferred
to the Ruakine Coy. on 2 June, 1915. He was killed in action at
Courtney’s Post, Gallipoli, 3 June, 1915, and was buried in New Zealand
Officers’ Cemetery there; _unm._ Sergt.-Major Seldon wrote: “He
was shot through the head, and died before they could take him out of
the trenches. I have the personal guarantee of the doctor who attended
him (Dr. Ross, of New Plymouth) that he did not regain consciousness.
Major Cox entrusted me personally with the duties of his burial. That
evening I called for volunteers, and the whole of his company was
forthcoming. We restricted it to a few of his most intimate friends,
all ranks being represented. Under heavy shrapnel fire, but under
cover of darkness, we buried dear old Roy with full soldier’s funeral
rites and honours under the hill overlooking the sea,” adding, “Roy
was the first in our battn. to receive a commission on his merits
from the ranks. Having speedily proved his worth as a soldier he was
on 8 May promoted to Coy. Sergt.-Major, and on 29 May was appointed
Lieut., being transferred to the Ruahine Coy. on 2 June. Alas! his
chance of further distinguishing himself was soon cut off, for in his
first action as Lieut. he was, 3 June, sadly accounted for. It was at
Courtney’s Post he gave his life for his country.”
=CARLETON, THOMAS=, Private, No. 12491, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Patrick Carleton, of 7, Wellington Place,
Enniskillen, co. Fermanagh, Master Tailor, by his wife, Anne, dau.
of William Maguire, of Drumlyon; _b._ Enniskillen, 16 Sept.
1894; educ. Presentation Bothes’ School there; went to London in
1912, and was a Vanman. After the outbreak of war he enlisted in the
Coldstreams, 14 Sept. 1914, went out to the Front in Feb. 1915,
and was killed by a sniper whilst on outpost duty, 1 April, 1915;
_unm._ He was buried on the east side of the road from Rue de
Berceaux to Rue du Bois.
=CARLISLE, JOHN EDWARD GORDON=, Capt., 107th Pioneers, Indian
Army, eldest _s._ of Edward Carlisle, M.A., Army Tutor, of 7,
Lexham Gardens, London, W., by his wife, Sarah, dau. of William Clegg,
late of Highbury; _b._ Wargrave-on-Thames, 10 June, 1885; educ.
St. Paul’s School, where he was a member of the O.T.C., and Sandhurst.
On passing out of Sandhurst on the unattached list for the Indian Army,
he was attached to the North Staffordshire Regt., 13 Aug. 1904, and
afterwards joined the 114th Mahrattas, being subsequently transferred
to the 107th Pioneers. He was promoted Lieut. 7 Jan. 1907, and Capt.
13 Aug. 1913; went to France with his regt. in Sept. 1914, and died
in the military hospital, Bethune, 11 May, 1915, of wounds received
in action near Neuve Chapelle on the 9th. He was buried in the Civil
Cemetery, Bethune; _unm._ A brother officer wrote: “He went up
with our machine gun in support of the Dehra Dun Brigade when they were
attacked. He got up with the guns as far as the firing line, but then
they got the order to retire, and as he was retiring with the machine
gun detachment down a trench he was shot through his belt. He was
unable to move but quite sensible, and told the machine gun section to
leave him with his pistol. They, however, carried him back and got him
to the dressing station. It has cast a gloom over the regt., as he was
very popular, and all the Sepoys are very sad about it. He was attached
to the 2nd Gurkhas when he received his death wound, and the commanding
officer of that regt. spoke very highly of the conduct of the machine
gunners. You have the consolation that he died a very gallant death,
right up in the firing line, doing his job to the last.” Capt. Carlisle
was the holder of the Officers’ Light Weight (Boxing) Championship of
India, won at the Delhi Durbar.
[Illustration: =John Edward G. Carlisle.=]
=CARLTON, GEORGE EDWARD=, A.B., 228168, H.M.S. Laurel; killed in
action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=CARLTON, LAURENCE=, Private, No. 36562, 40th Field Ambulance,
R.A.M.C., only _s._ of Arthur Carlton, High Sheriff and Alderman
of Worcester, owner of several London and provincial places of
amusement, by his wife, Maude, dau. of Graham Seymour; _b._
London, 4 May, 1892; educ. City of London School, Worcester Royal
Grammar School, and Birmingham University, matriculating at London
University. He had passed all his examinations for the dental
profession except the final, and was to have taken that in Nov.,
but war breaking out in Aug. 1914, he volunteered and enlisted in
the R.A.M.C. on the 29th of that month, and was attached to the
Nursing Section. He left for the Dardanelles with the Mediterranean
Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at 5.30 a.m. on 9 Aug.
1915; _unm._ The Adjutant (Capt. E. F. Burke) wrote: “We had gone
out to a valley and had opened up an advanced dressing station there to
attend to the wounded. They were just behind the firing line, and were
under shell and rifle fire all the time. Your son was bravely dressing
a wounded man on a stretcher, and as he was kneeling down adjusting the
bandage a machine gun opened fire on us, and he was shot through the
heart whilst doing his duty. He died a very brave soldier’s death, and
had all along displayed the greatest courage under fire. He was buried
by his comrades where he died. He was a very great favourite with
all.” Carlton was a good amateur athlete. He won the mile race at the
University Sports on three occasions, and also won the Old Boys’ race
at the Grammar School Sports.
[Illustration: =Laurence Carlton.=]
=CARLYLE, ROBERT=, 2nd Lieut., 1/5th (Dumfries and Galloway)
Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers (T.F.), elder _s._ of Thomas
Robert Carlyle, of Waterbeck, co. Dumfries, by his wife, Jean Graham,
dau. of Alexander Miller, of Caithness; _b._ Waterbeck, 12 Oct.
1892; educ. St. Mary’s, Melrose, and Edinburgh Academy; volunteered and
enlisted in the 5th King’s Own Scottish Borderers immediately on the
outbreak of war; was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. 26 Aug. 1914;
left for Gallipoli 28 May; landed at the Dardanelles 8 June, and was
killed in action there 12 July, 1915; _unm._ He was a member of
the Academy Rugby XV, who were Scottish School Champions for the season
1910–11.
[Illustration: =Robert Carlyle.=]
=CARMICHAEL, DAVID=, Private, No. 1922, 10th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, _s._ of James Carmichael, of Whin Cottage, Comrie,
co. Perth, Builder; _b._ Comrie, 8 March, 1886; educ. Comrie
Public School; became a mason, and after serving his apprenticeship
went to Melbourne about 1907; volunteered for Imperial service after
the outbreak of war; left with the fifth reinforcement for the
Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 14 Aug. 1915. He was a
student of natural history, could tell a bird at a glance, and had made
a fine collection of British ferns. Private Carmichael _m._ in
Australia, Carrie, dau. of (----) Kinnley; _s.p._
=CARMICHAEL, JOHN=, Corpl., No. 3653, 1st Battn. Royal Scots,
_s._ of John Carmichael; _b._ Glasgow, 3 June, 1877; enlisted
20 July, 1894 (No. 5095); served in India, 21 Oct. 1896, to 1 March,
1902, and in South Africa (medal with clasp “Transvaal, 1902”), 2
March to 27 Sept. 1902; obtained his discharge, 19 July, 1906; worked
as a Dock Labourer; re-enlisted 27 Aug. 1914; became L.-Corpl. 26
Sept. 1914; Acting Corpl., 27 Oct. following, and Corpl., 2 Feb. 1915;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 2 Feb.
to 24 Feb. 1915, on which latter date he was killed in action in the
trenches, being shot through the head. He _m._ at St. Patrick’s
Roman Catholic Church, Glasgow, 25 Nov., Bridget (168, French Street,
Bridgeton, Glasgow), dau. of William Little, and had seven sons:
William John, _b._ 27 June, 1895; James, _b._ 27 June, 1897;
Patrick, _b._ 23 Aug. 1903; Peter, _b._ 14 Aug. 1905; George,
_b._ 9 April, 1911; and Joseph and David (twins), _b._ 18
Dec. 1913.
=CARMICHAEL, ROBERT HENRY MORRIS=, Lieut., 5th Battn. (Princess
Louise’s) Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), 4th and yst.
_s._ of Thomas Carmichael, of Netherton, Greenock, by his wife,
Nina Jane Isabella, dau. of the Rev. David Arthur, of Belize; _b._
Greenock, 27 Jan. 1895; educ. Collegiate School, Greenock, and Loretto
School, Musselburgh, at which latter he joined the Cadet Corps, and
became an expert Signaller. On leaving school he was apprenticed to
Messrs. Hardie and Rowan, of Greenock, Chartered Accountants, and
obtained a commission in the 5th (Renfrew) Battn. (T.F.) of the Argyll
and Sutherland Highlanders, 11 March, 1913. He was promoted temp.
Lieut. 1 Nov. 1914, this rank being soon afterwards made substantive;
landed at the Dardanelles with his battn., and was killed by shrapnel
at the head of his company in the attack on the first line of Turkish
trenches at Aki Baba in the Gallipoli Peninsula, 12 July, 1915;
_unm._ His three elder brothers are now (1916) on active service,
and his two sisters are V.A.D. nurses.
[Illustration: =R. H. M. Carmichael.=]
=CARNAGHAN, STANLEY GEORGE=, Corpl., No. 2153, D Coy., 5th Battn.
Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of George Carnaghan, of 174–178,
Old London Road, Hastings, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Henry Clarke;
_b._ Ore, near Hastings, co. Sussex, 18 March, 1888; educ. Clive
Vale Board School there; was an ironmonger’s assistant; served in the
1st Cinque Ports Volunteer Rifle Corps (No. 4678) from 25 Oct. 1906,
to 31 March, 1908, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign
service and enlisted, 12 Aug. 1914; went to France, 18 Feb. 1915, and
was killed in action at Richebourg St. Vaast, France, 30 March, 1915;
_unm._ Carnaghan was a good shot, and won first prize at the
annual competition in 1907, also two silver spoons, etc. He was buried
in the field adjoining the first farm on the east side of the road
leading from Windy Corner, Rue des Berceaux to Rue du Bois. Lieut. J.
B. Aiton wrote: “As senior subaltern of D Coy. (which is now the old G
and H Coys.), I knew your son well, and can assure you we felt his loss
deeply. He was a universal favourite, always cheerful, hard working and
attentive to his duties.”
[Illustration: =Stanley George Carnaghan.=]
=CARNEGIE, ALEXANDER=, Shipwright, 1st Class, 343178, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914; _m._
=CARNEY, FRANK=, Private, No. 712, 1st Australian Light Horse,
Australian Expeditionary Force, elder _s._ of the late James
Carney, Sergt., 3rd King’s Own Hussars, by his wife, Margaret, (5,
Queen Street, Cheetham Hill, Manchester); _b._ The Curragh,
Ireland, 31 Aug. 1893; emigrated to Australia in 1912; joined the 1st
Australian Light Horse in Aug. 1914, on the outbreak of war, and was
killed in action at the Dardanelles, 7 Aug. 1915, during the general
assault on the Turkish position that day; _unm._
[Illustration: =Frank Carney.=]
=CARNEY, HAROLD=, Rifleman, No. Z/781, 2nd Battn. The Rifle
Brigade, yr. _s._ of the late James Carney, Sergt., 3rd King’s
Own Hussars, by his wife, Margaret, (5, Queen Street, Cheetham Hill,
Manchester); _b._ Salford, co. Lancaster, ... June, 1896; enlisted
2 Sept. 1914, and after four months’ training, left for the Front with
a draft for his Battn., and a fortnight later was in the trenches. He
received a gunshot wound in the neck on 10 March, 1915, during the
first day of the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, and was taken to Boulogne,
where he died in hospital on the 16th of the month. He was buried in
the Cemetery there; _unm._ One of the Army Chaplains wrote: “He
was a brave boy and bore his suffering with fortitude.”
[Illustration: =Harold Carney.=]
=CARNOCHAN, ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 269, 15th Infantry Battn.
4th Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of the late
Alexander Carnochan, of Southsea, formerly Manager of the Bow and
Stepney branches of the London & South-Western Bank, by his wife, Mary,
dau. of Charles Carter; _b._ London & South-Western Bank, Bow, 11
March, 1871; served over 15 years in the 1st Royal Scots, and fought
throughout the Boer War. He emigrated to Australia, 4 June, 1914, and
at the outbreak of the European War joined the Australian Imperial
Force. He was wounded on 7 Aug. 1915, at Suvla Bay, near Walker’s
Ridge, and died in the 2nd Stationary Hospital at Lemnos on 10 Aug.
following. He _m._ at St. Pancras, 11 Oct. 1899, Edith Rose (82,
Lady Margaret Road, Tufnell Park, N.), dau. of Joseph Warren, of co.
Herts. and had issue: Douglas Alexander, _b._ 12 Dec. 1908; Edith
Emily Mary, _b._ 13 June, 1900; Iva Lilian, _b._ 21 Jan.
1906; and Vera Millicent, _b._ 17 Jan. 1913.
[Illustration: =Alexander Carnochan.=]
=CARON, RENE=, Private, No. 61987, Platoon 9, C Coy., 22nd Battn.
Canadian Expeditionary Force, only child of Alfred Caron, of 19, Rue
Pacific, Verdun, Montreal, Canada, by his wife, Marie Louise, dau. of
Joseph Bélanger; _b._ West Farnham, P.Q., 15 July, 1896; enlisted
Jan. 1915; left Canada with the second contingent; went to France, 15
Sept., and was killed in action, 17 Oct. 1915; _unm._
=CARPENTER, DAVID REID=, Lieut., 3rd Auckland Regt. (Countess
of Ranfurly’s Own), New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of
Robert Carpenter, Major (retired), N.Z.S. Corps, late A.G. and Q.M.G.,
Auckland Military District, by his wife, Louisa Catherina Gabrielena,
dau. of Simon Peter van Blerk, of Simons Town, South Africa; _b._
Hounslow, co. Middlesex, 23 Jan. 1893; educ. Grafton Road Public
School, Auckland Grammar School, and Royal Military College, Duntroon,
Australia (1911–12), and on leaving there entered the employ of Mr. T.
H. Dawson, of Auckland, Barrister and Solicitor. He was appointed a 2nd
Lieut. in Coast Defence Detachment, 31 May, 1913, and on the outbreak
of war volunteered for foreign service, and joined the 3rd Auckland
Regt., of which Major T. H. Dawson was appointed Major and officer
commanding. He was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 8 May, 1915;
_unm._ Lieut. Carpenter represented Auckland Grammar School in
athletics, and was also capt. of No. 8 Company of the School Battn. of
Defence Cadets.
[Illustration: =David Reid Carpenter.=]
=CARPENTER, EDGAR STANLEY=, Corpl., No. 1494, C Coy., 6th Battn.
(Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Francis George
Carpenter, of Bath, by his wife, Alice Elizabeth, dau. of Henry
Wickham, 1st class Petty Officer, R.N.; _b._ Bath, 2 Aug. 1890;
educ. Central Walcot School, and in 1905 went to the City Secondary
School, where he won a bursarship and student teachership. In 1909
he passed the Oxford Local Examination with first-class honours, and
was head of the school, receiving the much-coveted gold medal. Taking
up his student teachership at Central Walcot Schools, he showed much
promise, and went to Cheltenham Training College, where he remained two
years, being in 1913 especially selected for an assistant mastership at
a County Council school in London. While at the Bath Secondary School,
Carpenter excelled at sports as well as in studies, and on going to St
Paul’s, Cheltenham, was placed in the College Rugby XV. He joined the
6th London Rifles soon after coming to town, and was killed in action
at La Bassée, 21 April, 1915; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote,
speaking in the highest terms of his bravery in action, and saying that
he died while leading and encouraging his comrades. He was buried in an
orchard 300 yards north of Givenchy Cemetery.
[Illustration: =Edgar Stanley Carpenter.=]
=CARPENTER, GEORGE HENRY=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21585, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CARPENTER, JOHN HENRY=, Private, No. 8316, 2nd Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of John Martin Carpenter, by his
wife, Mary Ann (74, Grecian Street, Maidstone), dau. of Henry Wilson;
_b._ Maidstone, co. Kent, 5 Sept. 1892; educ. St. Paul’s Church
School there; went to Canada in April, 1911; joined the Canadian
Expeditionary Force on the outbreak of war, came over with the first
contingent, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 8 May, 1915;
_unm._
[Illustration: =John Henry Carpenter.=]
=CARPENTER, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., Immed. Class, 314), 203198;
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=CARR, JAMES=, Private, No. 2115, 2nd Battn. Australian Imperial
Force, 2nd _s._ of James Carr, of Fettercairn, co. Kincardine,
Master Tailor, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Robert Milne; _b._
Fettercairn, 10 Dec. 1874; educ. at Public School there; joined
Fincastle’s Horse in 1900, and served through the South African War,
after which he joined the South African Mounted Police, in which he
served three years, then going to Australia. After the outbreak of
the European war he enlisted in March, 1915, in the Commonwealth
Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles
between 6 and 9 Aug. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =James Carr.=]
=CARR, JOHN WILLIAM=, Private, No. 8463, 4th Battn. West Yorkshire
Regt.; _b._ Durham, 16 July, 1878; enlisted in the Yorkshire Regt.
(Green Howards); served through the South African War; re-enlisted in
the 4th West Yorkshire Regt. 14 Aug. 1914, and died in the General
Hospital, Boulogne, as the result of wounds received in action, 26
April, 1915; buried at Boulogne (Grave No. 1713). He _m._ at
Scarborough, 15 Oct. 1898, Elizabeth (2, Eliza’s Place, Canning Street,
Hull), dau. of Charles Dyson Whitaker, and had a dau., Christiana,
_b._ 1 Dec. 1906.
=CARR, STANLEY JESSE=, Private, No. 1285, 13th Battn. (Princess
Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late
Walter Carr, L.C.C. Tramway Driver, by his wife, Elizabeth (1, Chesson
Road, West Kensington), dau. of the late George Ballam; _b._ Iron
Acton, co. Gloucester, 31 Dec. 1893; educ. North End Road Council
School, Fulham; joined the Kensingtons in April, 1912, and on the
outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service with his regt., and was
killed in action while trench digging at Laventie, France, 4 March,
1915; _unm._ Buried on a farm on the La Bassée road, about a mile
and a-half from Neuve Chapelle.
[Illustration: =Stanley Jesse Carr.=]
=CARR, TOM ADAMTHWAITE=, Corpl., No. 1037, North Riding Battery,
R.F.A., 2nd Northumbrian Division, only child of Edward Carr, of
Beaconsfield Villas, Scalby, Gardener, by his wife, Jane, dau. of
John Hunter Adamthwaite; _b._ Scalby, 4 Jan. 1881; educ. there;
enlisted in 1911, and was killed in action at Ypres, 24 May, 1915;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Tom Adamthwaite Carr.=]
=CARRIERE, ALFRED=, Private, No. 448043, 25th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Auguste Carrière, of 607, Johette
Street, Hochelaga, Montreal, Canada, by his wife, Elmire, dau. of
Antoine Carrière; _b._ St. Jacques Dembrun, Ontario, 11 Nov. 1898;
educ. School of the Nativity, Hochelaga; enlisted in the 57th Battn.,
30 June, 1915, and transferred to the 25th, 13 July following; left
Canada 9 Aug. 1915, and was killed in action in France, 7 Dec. 1915.
Buried in Laletterie Cemetery.
[Illustration: =Alfred Carrière.=]
=CARROL, PETER JAMES=, Private, No. 29430, 16th Battn. (91st
Highlanders) Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of James Carrol,
of 156, Cannon Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Machinist [_b._
at Lariston, Scotland], by his wife, Mary, dau. of John Jardine;
_b._ Terra Cotta, Peel Co., Ontario, 16 Oct. 1881; educ. Hamilton,
aforesaid; joined the 4th Field Battery in 1898; served with them three
years; joined the 91st Canadian Highlanders in 1914; volunteered for
Imperial service on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914;
came over with the 1st Contingent in Oct.; went to France in Feb., and
was killed in action at St. Julien, 23 April, 1915, while on a sniping
expedition immediately after the Battle of St. Julien. Buried about
30 yards from the wood of St. Julien. The Corpl. in charge of the
expedition wrote from hospital in England: “On the night of 22 April
we made a charge, and on the morning of 23 April, just at daybreak,
I was sent about 20 yards from the German trench to dig ourselves in
with seven men, and Private Peter Carrol, 29430, was one of the men who
went with me. It was close to the wood we had taken the night before,
so we did not go so far down in the ground when we found we were being
fired at from all sides, and there were only three of us left in five
minutes, so we tried to move round to the main tunnel, and it was in
doing that that Private Carrol was shot through the head. He was as
cool under fire as he always was, and had his pipe in his mouth when
he left the trench to go out, and sat joking when we were under heavy
fire.” Private Carrol _m._ at Hamilton, 21 Dec. 1903, Margaret
Ethel (1, Birch Avenue, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada), dau. of Alexander
McIsaac, and had two children: Forence, _b._ 14 July, 1905; and
Auralie, _b._ 9 May, 1908.
[Illustration: =Peter J. Carrol.=]
=CARSON, GEORGE ALFRED=, Sergt., No. 811, Princess Patricia’s
Canadian Light Infantry, yst. _s._ of the late Edward Carson,
of Manchester, Draper, by his wife, Annie (74, Sandy Lane,
Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester), dau. of Thomas Wallworth, of
Manchester; _b._ Bradford, 13 March, 1885; educ. Manchester
Higher Grade School, and the Science and Art School; enlisted in the
16th (Queen’s) Lancers in 1902, and served two years in South Africa;
obtained his discharge by purchase on the death of his father in 1905;
went to Canada in 1909 to take up farming, but afterwards went into
the Post Office in Regina; volunteered for Imperial service on the
outbreak of war and joined the Regina Legion of Frontiersmen, 9 Aug.
1914, subsequently transferring to Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light
Infantry; came over in Oct. 1914; went to France in Dec.; was in action
on the 25th, and was promoted Sergt. on the field; was wounded by a
stray shell while going to Headquarters at Ypres, 9 May, 1915, and
died in the 13th General Hospital, Boulogne, on the 18th. Buried in
the Military Cemetery at Boulogne. He greatly distinguished himself
after the repulse of the German attack on 8 May by bringing in the
wounded, and a comrade wrote: “He returned [from the support trenches
to the open] and carried a wounded man back to our trenches. To do
this he had to cross an open space 300ft. wide swept by shrapnel and
machine guns, he returned four times and brought back a wounded man
each time--how he escaped unhurt I cannot imagine. Our company sergt.
shook him by the hand and said ‘You are the bravest man I ever met.’”
Captain Adamson also wrote speaking highly of his conduct, and added
“No braver man ever gave his life for his country.” He _m._ at
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, 22 Aug. 1914, Frances Emily, yst. dau. of
Thomas (and Marcella) Bolton, of Carlow; _s.p._
[Illustration: =George A. Carson.=]
=CARSWELL, ROBERT NEVIN=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd, attd. 2nd, Battn. The
King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., eldest _s._ of John George Carswell, of
St. Aubyn’s Park, Tiverton, Devon, by his wife, Sarah Constance, dau.
of William Nevin Bell; _b._ at Shortlands, Kent, 31 Aug. 1889;
educ. Blundell’s and Sheffield University, at both of which he was in
the O.T.C.; gazetted 2nd Lieut. from the Special Reserve of Officers,
11 Sept. to rank as from 15 Aug. 1914; went to France, 7 Oct. 1914, and
was killed in action at Richebourg L’Avoué, 26 Oct. 1914; _unm._
=CARTER, ARTHUR DONALD DUNDAS=, Lieut. 4th Gurkha Rifles, Indian
Army, elder _s._ of Roderick Edmond Carter, of Waratilla, Wimborne
Road, Bournemouth, formerly of the Public Works Dept., Bengal, by his
wife, Mary Ursula, dau. of Donald William Dundas; _b._ Arrah,
Bengal, 6 Sept. 1888; educ. Charterhouse and Sandhurst; gazetted to the
4th Gurkhas, 9 Sept. 1908, and promoted Lieut. 9 Dec. 1910. He was
attached to the Shropshire L.I. from Sept. 1908 till Sept. 1909; served
in the Abor Expedition in 1913, and with the Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders during the winter of 1914–15, being accidentally
killed near Merville, France, 20 July, 1915, by the explosion of a
bomb while instructing his men. He was buried in Merville Cemetery;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Arthur Donald D. Carter.=]
=CARTER, CHARLES HERBERT EDGAR=, Private, No. 10113, 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards, eldest _s._ of Charles William Peter Carter,
of Rose Cottage, Gracious Pond, Chobham, by his wife, Eliza, widow
of Amos Packham, dau. of the late William Sadler; _b._ Laleham,
co. Middlesex, 16 Feb. 1895; educ. Long Cross School, near Chertsey;
enlisted 2 May, 1913, and was killed in action near Ypres, 29 Oct.
1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Charles H. E. Carter.=]
=CARTER, EDWARD CHARLES=, Rifleman, No. 2373, 17th Battn.
(Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._
of John James Carter, of 73, Narrow Street, Limehouse, by his wife,
Ada, dau. of James Smith; _b._ Stepney, 10 May, 1894; educ. St.
John’s School, Limehouse; enlisted 1 Sept. 1914; went to the Front
9 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy on Monday, 17
May, 1915. He was shot through the head, and died shortly afterwards
without regaining consciousness, being buried on Tuesday close to the
trenches. He _m._ at St. John’s, Limehouse, 4 Sept. 1911, Eliza
Amelia (17, Taylors Place, Ben Jonson Road, Stepney), dau. of Thomas
Robert Blundell, and had a son and dau.: Edward Kitchiner, _b._
posthumous, 6 March, 1915; and Eliza Amelia, _b._ 25 Jan. 1913.
[Illustration: =Edward Charles Carter.=]
=CARTER, ERNEST GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 1983),
Chatham, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CARTER, FREDERICK JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9668, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CARTER, GEORGE=, Private, No. 1359, 7th Battn. Middlesex Regt.
(T.F.), _s._ of Walter Carter of 71, Park Road, Crouch End; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 28
July, 1915.
=CARTER, GERALD FRANCIS=, 2nd Lieut., 7th (Service) Battn. King’s
Royal Rifle Corps, only _s._ of Alfred Henry Carter, of The
Lindens, Abingdon, formerly of Birmingham, M.D., F.R.C.P. (Lond.),
by his wife, Elizabeth Marian, dau. of the late William Henry King,
of Pedmore House, Stourbridge; _b._ Edgbaston, Birmingham, 30
Nov. 1896; educ. St. Ninian’s Moffat, and Winchester College; was
preparing for the Indian Forest Service, and was already entered as an
undergraduate at St. John’s College, Oxford, when war was declared. He
enlisted in the Public School Corps (16th Middlesex Regt.) in Sept.
1914, and became L.-Corpl., being gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 7th King’s
Royal Rifle Corps, 6 April, 1915. He went to the Front in May. On 30
July he was gallantly leading a bombing party in a counter attack on
some trenches at Hooge when only a few yards from the enemy he was
severely wounded. L.-Corpl. Standing (who has since been promoted for
his bravery), assisted by three of his men, carried Mr. Carter out of
action, but he died of his wounds shortly afterwards. He was buried
close by, in Sanctuary Wood. The lieut.-col. commanding his battn.
wrote: “He behaved most gallantly, and was leading his men when he
was struck down. He was a great loss to the regt. as a soldier and a
friend. I could always rely on him to do the right thing, and always so
cheery. We were all very fond of him, and I am sure he enjoyed himself
soldiering.” And the major wrote in much the same terms, referring
also to the gallantry of the men who carried him out of action. At
Winchester Lieut. Carter won the headmaster’s gold medal for gymnastics
two years in succession, also two cups for diving. He was a good
all-round athlete and a first-class shot. Dr. Carter, who was formerly
professor of medicine at Birmingham University and a member of the City
Council, is now (1916) on Active Service as Major in the R.A.M.C.
[Illustration: =Gerald Francis Carter.=]
=CARTER, HARRY GORDON=, Private, No. G. 4120, 2nd Battn. Queen’s
Royal West Surrey Regt., _s._ of William H. Carter, of Rawlings
Garage, Halkin Street, Belgravia, S.W.; served with the Expeditionary
Force in France, etc., killed in action at Festubert, 16 May, 1915.
=CARTER, HERBERT=, A.B., 213907, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action
off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CARTER, LESLIE=, Private, No. 10469, 2nd Battn. Sussex Regt.,
_s._ of Amos Carter, of Holmbush Cottages, Findon, near Worthing,
Sussex; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., killed in
action at Richebourg L’Avoué, 9 May, 1915.
=CARTER, THOMAS=, L.-Corpl., No. 10269, 1st Battn. Loyal North
Lancashire Regt., _s._ of James Carter, of 81, Queen Street,
Preston, Labourer, by his wife, Ann Eliza; _b._ Preston, 7 May,
1893; educ. St. Saviour’s Public School; was afterwards a Spinner at
Messrs. Harrocks, Crewdson & Co.; served three years in the Preston
Territorial Force, and entered the Regular Forces, 28 Dec. 1901[?]. On
the outbreak of war he went to the Front with the Expeditionary Force,
and was killed at Ypres, 23 Oct.; _unm._ Buried at Langemarck.
L.-Corpl. Carter was one of a family of fifteen children, nine of whom
survive him, and two of his brothers are now (1916) on active service
in France.
=CARTER, WALTER JOSEPH STEVENS=, Private, No. 2966, 13th Battn.
(Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._
of Walter William Carter, of 16, South Molton Street, W., Alpine Boot
Maker and Tourist Outfitter, by his wife, Alice Mary, dau. of the late
Joseph Bennett, of “The Daily Telegraph”; _b._ Brondesbury, 29
Aug. 1893; educ. Haberdashers School, Cricklewood; enlisted 3 Sept.
1914, and was killed in action at the Battle of Festubert, 9 May,
1915; buried in Military Cemetery, near the village of Croix Blanche;
_unm._
=CARTER, WILLIAM ARTHUR ROWE=, Capt., 5th Battn. King’s Own Royal
Lancaster Regt., _s._ of the late James Carter, F.G.S., Chairman
of Directors, James Carter & Sons, Ltd., quarry proprietors, Clitheroe,
by his wife, Margaret Anne (Wyreside, Fleetwood, Lancashire), dau.
of Ralph Millner Lomax; _b._ Blackburn, 15 March, 1880; educ.
University College, Southport; joined the Territorial Forces, was
gazetted Lieut. to the 5th Battn. King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt.,
20 July, 1911, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for Imperial
service; he was promoted Capt. 15 Sept. 1914, and was shot through the
head while leading his company to the attack at Ypres, 23 April, 1915;
buried at H.Q. Farm, near Potijie, north of Ypres; _unm._ Writing
to his mother, his colonel, Lord Richard Cavendish, said: “He had led
his men on most gallantly against a very strong position of the enemy,
and was occupying the most advanced position when he was shot through
the head. He was buried the following night, and I was glad to be able
to read the burial service over him. His grave is close to a farmhouse,
and can be easily found. Your son was universally beloved by all ranks
in the battn. He was an exceedingly good officer, and his invariable
cheerfulness under any circumstances was really wonderful.” Major Bates
wrote: “We were ordered into action last Friday to attack the position
described to the papers under that date. He led his men right to the
front, like the gallant lad he was, reaching his position in safety.
He was warning two junior officers to keep down as the position was
dangerous, and must have exposed himself; he was shot through the
head.” And Lieut. Saer (5th King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt.): “Owing
to the breaking of the French line by the enemy, we were ordered to
advance on the 23rd to drive them back and fill the gap. Capt. Carter
had brought his company forward in the attack to its allotted position,
when he was shot through the head and died instantaneously. I am sure
that, could he have chosen, he would have desired no other death
than he died. Having served under him for five years I knew his fine
qualities as a man and as a soldier.”
[Illustration: =William A. R. Carter.=]
=CARTER, WILLIAM McEVOY=, Private, No. 12/1585, Auckland Infantry
Battn. (16th Wiakato Regt.) New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._
of the late William Carter, Butcher; _b._ Gisborne, New Zealand,
10 Sept. 1894; educ. Avondale School, Auckland, and prior to the
outbreak of the war was in the service of Messrs. T. Gagger & Co,
Auckland; volunteered and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in
Dec. 1914; left with the third reinforcements for the Dardanelles; was
killed in action at Cape Helles during the Battle of Achi Baba, 8 May,
1915; _unm._ He was a keen sportsman and an enthusiastic member of
the Otahuka Football Club.
[Illustration: =William M. Carter.=]
=BONHAM-CARTER, GUY=, Capt., 19th (Queen Alexandra’s Own Royal)
Hussars, 3rd _s._ of the late Alfred Bonham-Carter, C.B., sometime
Referee of Private Bills in the House of Commons, by his wife, Mary,
dau. of George Warde Norman, of Bromley Common; _b._ London, 25
May, 1884; educ. Horris Hill, Winchester, and Magdalen College, Oxford;
joined the 19th Hussars as 2nd Lieut. 29 Nov. 1905; promoted Lieut. 9
March, 1907, and Capt. 4 Sept. 1912; served with Mounted Infantry in
Northern Nigeria (1910–11), and was appointed Adjutant of Queen’s Own
Oxfordshire Hussars, 17 Feb. 1913; proceeded with that regt. to the
Front in Sept. 1914, and was killed in action near Ypres, 14 May, 1915;
buried at Vlamertinghe. Capt. Bonham-Carter was mentioned in F.M. Sir
John French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915. He _m._ at Cromford, co.
Derby, 18 Oct. 1911, Kathleen Rebecca, only dau. of Frederic Arkwright,
of Willersley, Matlock, co. Derby, and had a son and dau.: John
Arkwright, _b._ 27 March, 1915; and Diana, _b._ 31 Jan. 1913.
[Illustration: =Guy Bonham-Carter.=]
=CARTLEDGE, EVERITT PERCIVAL JOHN=, Leading Signaller (R.F.R., B.
2618), 201260, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the
coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CARTWRIGHT, JOHN DIGBY=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Durham L.I.,
eldest _s._ of the Rev. William Digby Cartwright, Rector of
Aynhoe, by his wife, Lucy Harriette Maud, dau. of Edward Bury, and
gdson. of Col. Henry Cartwright, Grenadier Guards, J.P., M.P. [7th
_s._ of Lieut.-Col. William Ralph Cartwright, of Aynhoe Park,
M.P.]; _b._ Aynhoe, co. Northants, 23 June, 1895; educ. Durnford,
Wellington College and Sandhurst; received his commission in the 3rd
Reserve Battn. of the Durham L.I., 10 Nov. 1914, and was afterwards
transferred to the 2nd Battn. He went to the Front, 15 June, 1915,
and was killed in action at Hooge, 9 Aug. 1915, being buried there;
_unm._ He was mentioned in Sir John French’s Despatch dated 30
Nov. 1915.
[Illustration: =John Digby Cartwright.=]
=CARTWRIGHT, WILLIAM=, Gunner, R.M.A., 12222, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CARVER, BERTRAM JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 90), 117768, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CARVIL, ERNEST=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16260; H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=CASE, HENRY=, Stoker (R.F.R., B. 302), 277037, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CASEY, JAMES=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 205528, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CASH, GEORGE RICHARD=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26705, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=CASLEY, HUGH DE CHASTELAI=, Lieut. 6th (Service) Battn. Yorkshire
Regt., only _s._ of Wilbraham John Braddick Casley, of Coatham,
Redcar, co. York, Civil Engineer; _b._ Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne,
31 Aug. 1886; educ. Coatham Grammar School and Charterhouse, where he
was in the O.T.C. He was articled to Head, Wrightson & Co., Ltd., of
Stockton-on-Tees, as an engineer, leaving that firm to go to Dorman,
Long & Co., Ltd., of Middlesbro’, and became a member of the Cleveland
Institute of Engineers. At the outbreak of war he was gazetted as 2nd
Lieut. to the 6th (Service) Battn. Yorkshire Regt., 17 Sept. 1914,
and promoted Lieut. 2 Feb. 1915, and appointed to the command of the
machine gun section. He left England in July for the Dardanelles, and
landed 6 Aug. at Suvla Bay with his battn., which was the first to land
there. He survived the fierce fighting on that day on Lala Baba, where
so many of the officers and men of his regt. fell, but he was killed on
the following day (7 Aug) whilst leading his men across the Salt Lake
to the attack on Anafarta; he was buried where he fell at the foot of
Chocolate Hill; _unm._
[Illustration: =Hugh de C. Casley.=]
=CASSIDY, CYRIL MARTIN=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. King’s Royal Rifle
Corps, yst. _s._ of Thomas Cassidy, of Church End, Finchley;
_b._ Ilford, co. Essex, ... Jan. 1893; educ. Mercers’ School,
London, and King’s College, from which latter he obtained, by open
competition, a clerkship in the Estate Duty Office, Somerset House;
joined the Artists’ Rifles in Oct. 1912; volunteered for foreign
service on the outbreak of war; left for France with the 1st Battn.
27 Oct. 1914, and after passing through the Cadet School at Bailleul
was given a temporary commission in 1st King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 23
April, 1915. He was mortally wounded during the advance near Richebourg
l’Avoué, in the Battle of Festubert, on the night of 15–16 May, 1915,
while leading his platoon over the parapet of a German trench, and
died in the Field Ambulance the following night. Buried in the Town
Cemetery, Bethune, 18 May, 1915; _unm._
=CASTLE, GEORGE PHIL=, Private, No. 1925, 2nd Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, _s._ of the late George William Castle, L.L.C.
Fireman, by his wife, Annie (now wife of P.C. Harry Hebborn, of 10,
Police Station, Paddington Green, W.); _b._ Faraday Road Fire
Station, North Kensington, 1 Nov. 1889; educ. St. Peter’s Schools,
Paddington; and went to Australia. He had been a member of the
Paddington Rifles (10th London Regt.), and after the outbreak of war
volunteered and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force in Feb.
1915, and was killed in action at Lone Pine, Anzac, between 6–9 Aug.
1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =George P. Castle.=]
=CASTLE, JOHN=, Shipwright, 1st Class, 343174, H.M.S. Cressy; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CASTLE, JOHN GEORGE=, Private, No. 2375, 1/5th Battn. West
Yorks Regt., _s._ of the late John Buckle Castle, Stationmaster;
_b._ Church Fenton, 19 Oct. 1894; educ. Higher Grade School, York;
was in the employ of Councillor W. Lee, of Millgate, Selby; volunteered
and enlisted 7 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action in France, 21 July,
1915; _unm._ His Capt. wrote: “I was very sorry to lose him, as
I have known him for some time now and was able to appreciate his
soldierly qualities. He is buried in our little cemetery, and we are
having a cross put over his grave”; and the Sergt.-Major: “He was a
member of my platoon during the whole of his service, so that I am in a
position to judge and desire to testify to his sterling qualities as a
soldier. This, together with his general disposition, won for him the
respect of all with whom he came in contact.”
=CASTLEDINE, MONTAGU CYRIL=, Private, No. 9261, 4th Battn. Royal
Fusiliers, 3rd _s._ of George Henry Castledine, of 55, Lyndhurst
Grove, Peckham, S.E., Lithographic Artist, by his wife, Emma Eleanor,
dau. of Thomas Austin Blake, H.M.C.: _b._ Camberwell, S.E., 16
Feb. 1889; educ. Bancrofts School, Woodford, co. Essex. Prior to the
outbreak of the war he was for eight years in the London County and
Westminster Bank, and at the time of his enlistment, 11 Nov. 1914, was
cashier at the Sudbury branch, Suffolk. After four months’ training at
the Duke of York’s Military School, Dover, he was sent with a draft to
the Front early in March, 1915, and was killed in action in the Battle
of Hooge, near Ypres, 16 June, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Montagu C. Castledine.=]
=CATT, BERT=, Private, No. 2641, 5th Battn. Royal Sussex Regt.,
2nd _s._ of William Catt, of Hayes Farm, Beckley, by his wife,
Elizabeth Caroline, dau. of William Feilder, of Oak Hill, Beckley;
_b._ Beckley, co. Sussex, 15 June, 1898; educ. Udimore Council
School; enlisted. 28 Sept. 1914; went to France, 20 Feb., 1915, and was
killed in action near Festubert during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 20
March, 1915. He was buried in a garden near Festubert.
=CATT, EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6389), 189109, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CATT, PERCY HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R. Ch. B. 9112), 198317, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CAULFEILD, JAMES CROSBIE=, Lieut., 2nd Manchester Regt., 4th and
yst. _s._ of Brig.-Gen. James Edward Wilmott Smyth Caulfield,
of Corozal, Jersey, commanding 8th Reserve Infantry Brigade [4th in
descent from the Hon. Toby Caulfeild, of Clone, 3rd _s._ of
William, 5th Lord and 1st Viscount Charlemont], by his wife, Sophia
Morley, dau. of William Alexander Parker, late Chief Justice of British
Honduras; _b._ Southsea, 21 Feb. 1892; educ. Bradfield College and
Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. A.S.C. 9 Sept. 1911, and promoted Lieut.
9 Sept. 1914. He went to France in 6th Divisional Train, 20 Aug. 1914,
and was transferred at his own request to 2nd Manchester Regt., 20
Oct. 1914. He took part in the great retreat from Mons, and was killed
in action near Wulverghem, 18 Nov. 1914, while in command of C Coy.;
_unm._
[Illustration: =James Crosbie Caulfeild.=]
=CAUTLEY, WILLIAM OXENHAM, D.S.O.=, Major, 3rd Battn. Suffolk
Regt., attd. 1st Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., eldest _s._ of the
late Capt. William Thompson Cautley, 1st South Staffordshire Regt. (who
died of typhoid while on Active Service in Egypt, 1883), by his wife,
Emily Marion, dau. of Henry Oxenham, nephew of the Rev. Proby Littler
Cautley, Rector of Quainton, co. Bucks, and gdson. of Major-Gen. George
Cautley, 8th Bengal Cavalry; _b._ Gosport, 7 Oct. 1875; educ.
Bradfield College, where he distinguished himself in athletics, and was
known in particular as a fast sprinter, his favourite races being the
100 yards and the half-mile. He joined the 3rd Reserve Battn. of the
Suffolks in Nov. 1894, and received a commission in the 3rd Hussars in
May, 1897. He subsequently rejoined the 3rd Suffolks, a battn. that was
chosen for service at the time of the Boer War, though instead of going
to South Africa it was sent, to the disappointment of all concerned,
to do garrison work in the Island of Alderney. At the outbreak of war
last Aug. the 3rd Suffolks had become a reserve battn. under the new
system, and Major Cautley, joining his unit and acting as a Capt. with
the honorary rank of Major, was for some while in charge of a fort at
Felixstowe. Volunteering for service on the Continent, he left at the
end of Oct. for France, being first attached to the Sussex Regt., and
then to the 1st Northamptons, who had lost many of their officers.
Throughout the remainder of the year he saw a great deal of severe
fighting, his company particularly distinguishing itself during the
furious German attack on the night of 22 Dec., the following special
Brigade Order being issued later by General C. B. Westmacott: “The
Brigadier-General desires to take this opportunity of congratulating
D Coy., 1st Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., on its gallant and steady
behaviour during the action of 22 Dec. The manner in which, under
the command of Major Cautley, of the 3rd Battn. Suffolk Regt., it
resisted the German counter attack, and the steadiness with which it
finally withdrew in face of superior numbers and eventually occupied a
position in the rear to cover the gap made in the line was worthy of
all praise, and adds fresh laurels to the fine record of the old 48th.
The Brigadier-General has heard of numerous individual gallant exploits
in this engagement, and congratulates himself on having such a gallant
body of men in his Brigade. He desires that this Order be read out to
the battn. on parade.” In Jan. last Major Cautley was gazetted Major;
while for his services on 22 Dec. he was awarded the Distinguished
Service Order, the announcement in the London Gazette of 10 March
reading as follows: “For conspicuous gallantry on 22 Dec. 1914, near
La Quinque Rue, when he handled his men with great skill under very
critical circumstances.” There were a series of furious attacks and
counter attacks from Thursday to Saturday night during the week ending
8 May, and early on Sunday morning, the 9th, Major Cautley was wounded
while leading his men against the German trenches, and no sooner
had he been attended to than another bullet struck him, death being
instantaneous. In the Battn. Orders issued by Lieut.-Col. S. E. Hussy
Lloyd, commanding 3rd Battn. Suffolk Regt., Felixstowe, under date 20
May, appears the following: “It is with deep regret that the Commanding
Officer has to announce the death of Major W. O. Cautley, D.S.O.,
killed in action. Major Cautley by the keen interest he always took in
the welfare of the battn., endeared himself to all ranks, and in the
end brought a great distinction not only to himself, but to the battn.
to which he was so devoted. The Commanding Officer has lost a personal
friend, and the Suffolk Regt. a brilliant soldier.” Major Cautley
_m._ at Blairgowrie, co. Perth, 10 April, 1901, Agnes, second dau.
of the late Charles Hill-Whitson, of Park Hill, Blairgowrie, late Scots
Greys, and had a son and two daus.: William Hill, _b._ 25 Aug.
1906; Beatrice Sylvia Aimée, _b._ 25 May, 1902; and Marian Agnita,
_b._ 16 Oct. 1904.
[Illustration: =William Oxenham Cautley.=]
=CAVELL, FRANK CORNELIUS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3860), 180672, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=CAVENDISH, GODFREY LIONEL JOHN=, Capt., 97th Deccan Infantry,
attd. 9th Bhopals, Indian Army, eldest surviving _s._ of Reginald
Richard Frederick Cavendish, of Willand, Devon [gdson. of General
the Hon. Henry Frederick Compton Cavendish, Col. 2nd Dragoon Guards,
3rd _s._ of Lord George Augustus Henry Cavendish, 1st Earl of
Burlington and nephew of William, 5th Duke of Devonshire, K.G.], by
his wife, Mary Constance, dau. of the late Rev. Harry Dupuis, Vicar
of Richmond, Surrey; _b._ Eastbourne, 30 March, 1884; educ.
Framlingham and Sandhurst, and was gazetted to the Manchester Regt.,
then stationed at Singapore, 22 April, 1903. Two years later he
received his Lieutenancy (5 Aug. 1905), and was transferred to the
Indian Army, 97th Deccan Infantry, and became Capt. 22 April, 1912. At
the outbreak of war he was recalled from leave to rejoin his regt.,
which was remaining in India, but so keen was he to serve in the great
war, that at his special request he was attached to the Reserve of
Officers and sent to France in Nov. 1914. He was temporarily attached
to the 1/9th Gurkha Rifles until 15 Dec., when he was transferred to
the 9th Bhopal Infantry. He had only joined the latter regt. five days
when he received the wounds from which he died two days later in a
field hospital at Lillers, and was buried in the Lillers Cemetery on
23 Dec. 1914. A brother officer wrote: “On 17 Dec. the half battn. he
was commanding was ordered up to the support trenches at Givenchy. We
remained in support until the morning of 20 Dec., when Capt. Cavendish
received orders to take us up to support the regt. ahead of us, which
was being attacked. On the way up he received orders to halt, and Capt.
Cavendish went forward a few yards to find out what was wanted when he
was hit by a rifle bullet in the neck. We tied up his wound, and were
all relieved to think, as he did, that the wound was slight. He walked
back two miles to the hospital apparently quite cheery and not in much
pain. It was a great blow to us to hear a few days later that he had
died of his wounds in the hospital on 22 Dec. During the few days we
were under fire together he was always cheery, and helped us when we
were ‘down in our luck.’... He pulled together both officers and men
under him by his cheery stories and sense of humour.” A writer in the
“East Anglian Daily News” (6 Jan. 1915), said: “He left Framlingham at
the end of the summer term, 1901. He was one of those fellows who pass
through a public school without attaining any particular distinction in
either work or games but at the same time gain a certain position and
influence by virtue of outstanding personality, and I remember that,
though he had not a very large number of intimate friends, anything
he said or did was of interest to quite a large circle. He was a
kinsman of the Duke of Devonshire, and also connected with the earldom
of Clare, and it was often remarked among his contemporaries that he
possessed a remarkable family likeness, both in facial appearance and
in character, to what may almost be called the Cavendish tradition of
which the late Duke was so conspicuous an example.” Capt. Cavendish
_m._ at Long Melford, Suffolk, 22 March, 1911, Cora Grace Graham,
yst. dau. of Joseph Alphonsus Horsford, of Long Melford, co. Suffolk,
M.R.C.S., and had two sons: Godfrey Herbert Richard, _b._ 14 Jan.
1912; and Hubert Gordon Compton, _b._ 26 Feb. 1913.
[Illustration: =Godfrey L. J. Cavendish.=]
=CAVENDISH, LORD JOHN SPENCER, D.S.O.=, Major, 1st Life Guards,
brother of Victor, 9th Duke of Devonshire, P.C., G.C.V.O., 3rd
_s._ of the late Lord Edward Cavendish, M.P., by his wife, Emma
Elizabeth (6, Carlos Place, W.), dau. of the Right Hon. the Hon.
William Sebright Lascelles, P.C., and grandau. of Henry, 3rd Earl of
Harewood; _b._ 25 March, 1875; and was educ. at Eton and Trinity
College, Cambridge. After serving in the Militia he was given a
commission in the 1st Life Guards, 3 Feb. 1897, and was promoted Lieut.
2 April, 1898, Capt. 23 Aug. 1902, and Major 12 April, 1911. He served
with distinction on the staff in the South African War 1899–1906,
being divisional Signalling Officer to the 2nd Infantry Division 9
Oct. 1899 to 18 June, 1900, and Brigade Signalling Officer, 19 June to
12 Oct. 1900; took part in the relief of Ladysmith, including action
at Colenso; operations of 17 to 24 Jan. 1900; and action at Spion
Kop; the operations of 5 to 7 Feb. 1900, and action at Vaal Kranz;
the operations on Tugela Heights (14 to 27 Feb.); the engagement at
Pieter’s Hill; and the subsequent march from Bloemfontein to Pretoria;
including actions at Zand River, near Johannesburg, Pretoria and
Diamond Hill (11 to 12 June), also in the Transvaal west of Pretoria;
actions at Eland’s River (4 to 16 Aug.) and in the Orange Free State,
actions at Bethlehem (7 July) and Wittebergen (15 to 29 July). His
services were mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 1 Feb. 1901] and
he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the Queen’s medal
with six clasps. He was employed with the West African Frontier Force,
29 June, 1907, to 6 Sept. 1910. After his brother’s succession to the
title he was granted precedence as son of a Duke of Royal Warrant, Nov.
1908. On the outbreak of the European War he went to France with the
Expeditionary Force and was killed in action 20 Oct. 1914; _unm._
=CAVEY, SIDNEY=, Corpl., No. 357, B Coy., 13th Battn. 4th
Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of William
John Cavey, of 198, Cromwell Road, Peterboro’, Farmer, by his wife,
Catherine Martha, dau. of John Barker; _b._ Plumstead, 9 Jan.
1884; educ. Woolwich Polytechnic; joined the Bedfordshire Yeomanry
in 1906, and rose to the rank of Sergt. He afterwards emigrated to
Australia in Feb. 1912, and was engaged in farming when war was
declared. He at once joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, and
died in hospital at W. Mudros, Lemnos Island, of pneumonia, 11 Oct.
1915. He was buried in the military cemetery there; _unm._
[Illustration: =Sidney Cavey.=]
=CAWLEY, HAROLD THOMAS=, M.P., Capt., 6th Battn. Manchester
Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Sir Frederick Cawley, 1st Bart., M.P.;
_b._ Crumpsall, co. Lancaster, 12 June, 1878: educ. Rugby and
New College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1900 with honours in the
History School, and was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1902,
and practised on the Northern Circuit in the Palatine Chancery Court.
He was returned as Liberal Member for Heywood at the General Elections
in Jan. 1910, and again in Dec. the same year, and was Parliamentary
Private Secretary to Mr. Runciman, at the Board of Education, March,
1910, to Nov. 1911, and to Mr. McKenna at the Home Office from Nov.
1911 to Aug. 1914. He joined the Mounted Infantry Company of the old
2nd Manchester Volunteers (now the 6th Manchester Regt.) in 1904, and
became Capt. 1 June, 1913. On the declaration of war he volunteered
for foreign service, and went to Egypt in Sept. 1914, as A.D.C.
to Major-Gen. Douglas, commanding the East Lancashire Territorial
Division. In Aug. he exchanged the comparative safety of Divisional
Headquarters for the fighting line, and was killed in action at the
Dardanelles, 24 Sept. 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the Lancashire
Cemetery at Gallipoli. His Colonel wrote: “When we went to the front
line it was greatly due to his coolness and bravery that the men
were kept cool and every one in his place when we had a very large
mine blown up just against our trench;” and the Right Hon. C. F. G.
Masterman: “Courage, mental and physical, was the outstanding element
in Harold Cawley’s character. In the House of Commons he commenced by
advocating an unpopular cause in his constituency and opposed those who
desired to effect economies through retrenchment in the Navy. He made
short speeches, putting his points with lucidity and ability.” In a
letter to a friend, Capt. Cawley wrote: “I told the General I wanted to
join the Battn., and he has sent the application forward; I was ashamed
of being behind here whilst all those fellows were being killed.” Capt.
Cawley was a good sportsman, and he was known as a hard rider. He won
the North Hereford point-to-point in 1913 and the Bar point-to-point in
1914. He was the third Member of the Commons killed in action. His next
yr. brother, Major J. Stephen Cawley, was killed in action in France
(see following notice).
[Illustration: =Harold Thomas Cawley.=]
=CAWLEY, JOHN STEPHEN=, Major, 20th Hussars, and Brigade-Major,
1st Cavalry Brigade, 3rd _s._ of Sir Frederick Cawley, 1st Bart.,
M.P.; _b._ Crumpsall, co. Lancaster, 27 Oct. 1879; educ. Lockers
Park, Rugby and Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and obtained his
commission in the 20th Hussars, 3 Aug. 1898, joining them at Mhow,
India. He became Lieut. 8 Jan. 1900, and obtained his troop, 12 Oct.
1906. He served in the South African War, going to the Cape in 1901;
was signalling officer to General Lowe’s Column, being present at the
operations in the Orange Free State and Cape Colony, for which he
received the Queen’s medal with four clasps. He subsequently served
in Egypt, and was Adjutant of his regt. 7 Nov. 1903 to 6 May, 1907;
and after passing through the Staff College, he became instructor at
the Cavalry School at Netheravon, 8 Aug. 1910, and the following year
(12 Aug. 1911) was appointed General Staff Officer at the War Office,
an appointment he held till 15 April, 1913. On 16 April, 1913, he was
made Brigade Major of the 1st Cavalry Brigade at Aldershot, and on
the outbreak of war accompanied it to France. He was killed in action
at Nery during the retreat from Mons, 1 Sept. 1914; was buried there;
_unm._ A brother officer gave the following account of his death:
“Our brigade was attacked soon after dawn at Nery by a force double
our number--a cavalry division with 12 guns. Owing to thick mist
they managed to get within 600 yards of us; 350 horses of the ‘Bays’
stampeded and their men went after them, and the L Battery was cut to
pieces. The occasion was one which called for personal example, and
Major Cawley, by permission of the General, went to help to restore
order and get the broken remnants in their places. The situation being
met and every one being in his place, he joined the advance line and
was almost immediately killed by a piece of shell. The splendid manner
in which he met his death in deliberately facing the awful fire to help
others where he really need not have done so, is only what his whole
life has led us to expect.” And a well-known cavalry officer, in a
letter to “The Times,” said: “We had billeted in a village, and when
day broke there was a thick mist. Our patrol came back saying that a
German force was close by. My regt. got the warning first, and we had
time to get our men into position behind some, thick walls; but the
Artillery and the ‘Bays,’ who had picketed their horses in the open,
were too late and were caught by a terrific fire. All the officers of
the battery were killed or wounded, and the ‘Bays’ had nine casualties
amongst their officers. They were very hard pressed, and Cawley, who
was in the village, ran out into the open to try and collect some
men and take them up into support. Just then a shell burst, and he
was hit in the head. He was unconscious from the moment he was hit,
and died in about a quarter of an hour.” General Briggs, commanding
the Brigade, wrote of him: “He has been a true friend and always a
conscientious staff officer to me for nearly two years, and it is
needless to say how much I feel his death. He proved himself to be a
real fighter in war, and was always cool and collected.” Major Cawley
was a good all round sportsman. He was in the Rugby football team and
shooting eight at Sandhurst, and in the hockey team, and was whip to
the Drag at the Staff College; played for his regt. at polo when they
won the Inter-Regimental Cup in India (Meerut), 1901; the Clements Polo
Cup in South Africa (Pretoria), 1903; and the Inter-Regimental Cup
(Hurlingham), 1906 and 1907. He won the Officers’ Riding and Jumping
prize at the Royal Military Tournament in 1905, and was well known with
the North Hereford and Whaddon Chase Hunts.
=CAWSE, SAMUEL GEORGE=, Sergt., R.M.L.I., Ch. 13420, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=CAWTHRA, HAROLD=, Private, No. 3739, 1/10th Battn. (Liverpool
Scottish) The King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of the late
Carl Barber Cawthra; _b._ Arwick Green, Manchester, 10 June, 1895;
educ. Claughton Higher Grade School, Birkenhead; joined the Army at the
outbreak of the war, 15 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Hill
60, 13 March, 1915; _unm._
=CAYME, BERNARD GLYDE=, Private, No. 81142, 10th Battn. (Western
Canada Regt.) Canadian Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of Harry
Cayme, of The Red House, Horndean, co. Hants, by his wife, Minnie
Annie, dau. of Edward Culver, of 9, Amhurst Park, Stamford Hill, N.;
_b._ Stamford Hill, 17 Feb. 1891; educ. Ardingly College, Haywards
Heath, in 1908 emigrated to Canada to take up farming, and eventually
settled at Manson, Manitoba, where he purchased land. On the outbreak
of war he joined the 3rd Battn. Western Canada Regt., came to England
with the 2nd Contingent early in the spring of 1915, was quartered at
Shorncliffe, and ordered to France to reinforce the Canadians after
the first memorable attack of gas by the Germans in April, being then
transferred to the 10th Battn. He was killed in action at the Battle of
Festubert, 22 May, 1915, being killed instantly with some 10 comrades
by shrapnel; _unm._ Officers and men alike wrote in high praise
of his courage and constant cheerfulness under any circumstances
however difficult, and being the only man of his platoon who could
speak French he was in constant request whilst in billets. He has been
offered promotion in Canada, and on four occasions at the Front, all
of which he refused, declining to forsake his comrades. The Caymes are
of Huguenot descent and settled at Rye after the Revocation of the
Edict of Nantes in 1685, and Bernard Glyde Cayme, who was the last of
the name in the male line, now lies in the land from which his family
originated.
[Illustration: =Bernard Glyde Cayme.=]
=CECIL, GEORGE EDWARD=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Grenadier Guards,
only _s._ of Lord Edward Cecil, K.C.M.G., D.S.O. Brevet Col.,
Coldstream Guards, Financial Adviser to the Egyptian Government since
1912, by his wife, Violet Georgina, 2nd dau. of Admiral Frederick
Augustus Maxse, of Dunley Hill, Surrey, and gdson. of Robert Arthur
Talbot, 3rd Marquis of Salisbury, K.G., P.C.; _b._ 20, Arlington
Street, W., 9 Sept. 1895; educ. Winchester, and the Royal Military
College, Sandhurst, where he took a prize cadetship in 1912, passing
out at the end of 1913. He passed his examination for a French
cadetship in Jan. 1914, and was gazetted to the 2nd Battn. Grenadier
Guards, 25 Feb. following. On the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, the 2nd
Battn. went to France with the first Expeditionary Force, and Lieut.
Cecil acted as orderly officer to General Scott Kerr at the Battle of
Landrecies. He was killed in the severe action fought by the rearguard
of the 4th Brigade, near Villers-Cotterets, 1 Sept. 1914; _unm._
=GASCOYNE-CECIL, RUPERT EDWARD=, 2nd Lieut., 4th, attd. 1st,
Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., 4th _s._ of the Rev. Canon Lord William
Rupert Ernest Gascoyne-Cecil, Rector of Hatfield, by his wife, Lady
Florence Mary, née Bootle Wilbraham, 3rd dau. of Edward, 1st Earl of
Lathom, G.C.B., P.C., and gdson. of Robert Arthur Talbot, 3rd Marquis
of Salisbury, K.G., P.C., G.C.V.O.; _b._ St. Audrey’s, Hatfield,
20 Jan. 1895; educ. Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford; joined
the Public School Corps on the outbreak of war, in Aug. 1914, and
obtained his commission in the 4th Bedfordshire Regt. 15 Aug. 1914. He
was killed in action near Ypres, 11 July, 1915, during a bombardment
succeeding the blowing up of a very big mine by the Germans between
the trenches, and was buried close to the Ypres-Cominis line, in the
brigade headquarters cemetery; _unm._ His commanding officer
wrote: “Your son was only with us unfortunately for a very short time,
but he had endeared himself to all who knew him by his cheerfulness and
soldierly qualities.” Capt. Curtis also wrote: “The Germans exploded a
very large mine between two of our trenches about 7.15 p.m. and then
shelled us heavily. On hearing the explosion your son immediately
tried to get up to the fire trench, of which he was in charge, but
unfortunately he was struck on the head by a fragment of shell, and
was killed instantaneously.... He was always beloved by all his fellow
officers, and above all by his men, who had a great respect for him. We
all feel the loss which the regt. has sustained by his death but we are
proud he was doing his duty so nobly when he was killed. A good many
men were stunned and confused by the explosion, but your son remained
cool and met his death going to his post.” 2nd Lieut. Cecil rowed in
the Torpids at Oxford, and was keenly interested in bell-ringing. His
three brothers are all now (1916) on Active Service: Randle William,
2nd Lieut. 93rd Brigade, R.F.A.; Victor Alexander, Capt., Hampshire
Regt. (twice wounded); and John Arthur, Lieut. and Adjutant, 19th
Brigade, R.F.A.
[Illustration: =Rupert E. Gascoyne-Cecil.=]
=CHADD, BENJAMIN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4134), S.S.
102612, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CHADWICK, FREDERICK JAMES=, Capt., 104th Wellesley Rifles, Indian
Army, eldest _s._ of the late Col. Edward Frederick Chadwick, 33rd
(Duke of Wellington’s) Regt., by his wife, Amy (Westfield, Dorchester),
yst. dau. of the late Rev. Charles Torkington; _b._ Chetnole,
co. Dorset, 31 Aug. 1883; educ. Connaught House, Weymouth, Cheltenham
College and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 19
Aug. 1903, and attd. for a year to the 59th Foot, then stationed at
Poona; was appointed to the 104th Wellesley Rifles in Nov. 1904, being
promoted Lieut. 19 Nov. 1905, and after serving with his regt. in the
Mekran (gun-running) Expedition of 1911, Capt. 19 Aug. 1912. He died of
wounds received the same day while leading his machine gun section at
the Battle of Shaiba, Mesopotamia, 13 April, 1915; buried at Shaiba;
_unm._ Capt. Chadwick was mentioned in Despatches [published in
India in Feb. 1915] “for gallantry,” and recommended for reward. His
yst. brother, 2nd Lieut. R. M. Chadwick, died of wounds, 13 May, 1915
(see following notice).
[Illustration: =Frederick J. Chadwick.=]
=CHADWICK, RICHARD MARKHAM=, 2nd Lieut., 11th Siege Battery,
R.G.A., 3rd and yst. _s._ of the late Col. Edward Frederick
Chadwick, 33rd (Duke of Wellington’s) Regt., etc. (see preceding
notice); _b._ Chetnole, co. Dorset, 20 Nov. 1894; educ. Connaught
House, Weymouth; Wellington College and Royal Military Academy,
Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Garrison Artillery, 19 Dec. 1913;
joined the 10th Coy. R.G.A. at Spike Island, Feb. 1914; went to Lydd
for a Siege Course in Dec., and left for France with the 11th Siege
Battery towards the end of April, 1915; he was seriously wounded while
on observation duty for his battery, and died the following day, near
Bethune, France, 13 May, 1915; buried Bethune; _unm._
[Illustration: =Richard M. Chadwick.=]
=CHAFER, HERBERT JOHN=, Sergt., No. 5342, C Coy., 1st Battn.
Lincolnshire Regt., _s._ of George Chafer, by his wife, Evelina,
dau. of G. Houlton; _b._ Broughton, near Brigg, co. Lincoln;
educ. at Broughton; joined the Army, 16 June, 1899, served through the
South African War (Queen’s medal with bars), and afterwards in India.
On completing his eight years with the Colours in 1907, joined the
Reserve, and became a dock policeman at Immingham; but on mobilisation
rejoined, was promoted Sergt. while at the Front, 1 Oct. 1914, and is
reported to have been killed in action, 27 Oct. 1914, while serving
with the Expeditionary Force in France. He _m._ at Sheffield,
19 April, 1908, Elizabeth W. (14, Storm Street, Chippinghouse Road,
Sheffield), dau. of James Candow, and had three sons: Leslie James,
_b._ 31 Jan. 1909; Sydney Herbert, _b._ 6 June, 1911; and
Reginald George, _b._ 4 Jan. 1914.
=CHALLIS, FRANK WALTER=, P.O. (N.S.), 203516, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CHALLIS, FREDERICK CHARLES=, Gunner, No. 71677, 114th Battery,
Royal Field Artillery, yst. _s._ of William Isaac Challis, of 212,
Fulbourne Road, Forest Road, Walthamstow, House Decorator, by his wife,
Maude Mary, dau. of William Holloway, of Harefield Road, Uxbridge;
_b._ Tottenham, 3 March, 1894; educ. St. Andrew’s Road Board
School, Higham Hill, Walthamstow; joined the 3rd Battn. Lincolnshire
Regt. in March, 1911; transferred to the Royal Field Artillery, with
which he proceeded to the Front on the outbreak of war; took part in
the Battles of Mons and the Marne, and was killed in action at the
Aisne while going to the assistance of his superior officer, who had
been seriously wounded, 20 Sept. 1914. Buried above the village of
Paissy Soissons; _unm._ His elder brother is now (1916) serving in
Egypt.
=CHALLIS, WALTER=, Leading Signalman, 224820, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CHALLONER, ALAN CRAWHALL=, 2nd Lieut., 6th Battn. Duke of
Cornwall’s L.I., only _s._ of Frederick Charlton Turner Challoner,
of Ealing, co. Middlesex, by his wife, Elspeth, dau. of the late Joseph
Crawhall; _b._ Ealing, 18 Dec. 1892; educ. St. Paul’s School,
and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge; obtained his commission in
the Duke of Cornwall’s L.I. 31 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action
at the Battle of Hooge, 30 July, 1915; _unm._ He was buried in
the Sanctuary Wood, in front of Hooge, Flanders, with six brother
officers. Col. M. Stokoe wrote: “Ever since your son went to France he
had done splendidly. He was brave and fearless, and always was a great
assistance in attending the wounded owing to his medical knowledge. He
was extremely popular with the men and handled them excellently. He
was just the stamp of man to make an officer and leader of men, and
we shall have great difficulty in replacing him.” Major Carew Barnett
also wrote, saying: “He was doing splendidly, and at the time of being
wounded he was in command of a company, all the officers of which had
been killed or wounded. The gap he creates is, indeed, a hard one
to fill, both as an officer and a friend.” A few days before he was
killed, Lieut. Challoner got permission to do a little reconnoitring on
his own account in a wood to the north of Menin Road, and was warned
not to show himself, as it was shelled by the enemy on the least
suspicion of the presence of any English; going up with one of his men
he came upon a number of dead British and German soldiers, a large
number of accoutrements, and in a dug-out about 100 rounds of trench
mortar shells, etc., also the body of an English officer of the rank of
Capt., Royal Fusilier badge and ribbon of the Military Cross, which he
took steps to have buried. Subsequent inquiry proved the identity of
the officer who had been killed by a shell five weeks earlier evidently
by concussion as the body was found lying close to a shell hole but
unwounded by a doctor and party, who removed it to a place of safety
for burial, but on returning later it had disappeared, and was not
found until Lieut. Challoner came upon it in the wood. Its presence and
the bodies of the British and German soldiers, etc., remain a mystery.
Returning to camp with as many of the mortar shells as he and his man
could carry, Lieut. Challoner’s attention was drawn to the fact that
the wood was being heavily shelled. When he observed, “Yes, I know,
before leaving I showed myself at the edge of the wood to draw the
enemy’s fire, which they are wasting quite satisfactorily.”
[Illustration: =Alan Crawhall Challoner.=]
=CHALMERS, WILLIAM ROBERT=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24697 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Robert Chalmers, of 11, Linton Street,
Leicester; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914.
=INGLES-CHAMBERLAYNE, RUPERT HENRY=, Midshipman, R.N., only
_s._ of the late Henry Ingles-Chamberlayne, J.P., by his wife,
Louisa Grace (The Hyde, Stow-on-the-Wold), dau. of the Rev. Charles
Dallas Marston, Vicar of St. Paul’s, Onslow Square, S.W.; _b._
Maugersbury Manor, Stow-on-the-Wold, 4 July, 1897; educ. Winton House,
Winchester, and the Osborne and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges. He was
appointed to H.M.S. Hawke, 14 Aug. 1914, and was lost in the North Sea,
15 Oct. 1914, when that ship was torpedoed. His late tutor at Dartmouth
wrote: “His pleasant, open smiling face was so very attractive. The
first glance I had of it left no doubt in my mind of his character
and his upbringing, and all that I ever saw or heard of him merely
strengthened my first impression. He was a clean-hearted English
gentleman, and worthy of the great service to which you so generously
gave him.” And Lieut.-Commander R. R. Rosoman, R.N., H.M.S. Hawke: “I
feel certain the boy stuck to his post to the very last, because he was
a splendid fellow.”
[Illustration: =R. H. Ingles-Chamberlayne.=]
=CHAMBERS, EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 1151), 276444,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CHAMBERS, PERCY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10030), 107623,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CHAMBERS, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 17362, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=CHAMP, FRANCIS LOGAN=, Sergt., R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 2978,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=CHAMPION, EDWARD THOMAS=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21840, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=CHAMPION, VICTOR ALFRED RICHARD=, Bugler, No. 1468, 13th
(Princess Louise’s Kensington) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd
_s._ of Frank Champion, of 36, Portnall Road, Paddington, by his
wife, Anna, dau. of John Sawyer, of Lincolnshire; _b._ Woodfield
Place, Harrow Road, Paddington, 2 March, 1897; educ. Moberley Board
School there; joined the Kensingtons, 13 June, 1913; volunteered for
foreign service after the outbreak of war; went to France 2 Nov. 1914;
was wounded in action at Aubers Ridge, 9 May, 1915, and died in No. 13
General Hospital, Boulogne, two days later; _unm._
[Illustration: =Victor A. R. Champion.=]
=CHAMPS, SIDNEY=, Chief Stoker (R.F.R., A. 2058), 163578, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=CHANCE, JOSEPH=, Leading Stoker, K. 1158, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost
when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=CHANCELLOR, SAMUEL=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 110580, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CHANDLER, CHARLES WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 8271, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=CHANDLER, HENRY NORMAN=, L.-Corpl., No. 59, 3rd Coy. Divisional
Engineers, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of the late Henry
Chandler, Plumber, by his wife, Elizabeth (71, Eldon Road, Wood Green,
London), dau. of Joseph Newman; _b._ Twickenham, co. Middlesex, 8
March, 1891; educ. Hammersmith; emigrated to Australia in 1911, and was
employed on the Broken Hill mines as a carpenter. On the declaration
of war in Aug. 1914, he volunteered, left Australia with the first
contingent, and received promotion at the Dardanelles. He was killed
in action there, 1 Aug. 1915; _unm._ Before enlisting he was
secretary of the Broken Hill Congregational Church Choir, and also took
part in the singing. He was a foundation member of the Young Men’s
Christian Society of the same church. He belonged to the Y.M.C.A., in
the work of which association he took an active part.
[Illustration: =Henry N. Chandler.=]
=CHANDLER, JOHN KELLMAN=, Private, No. 25935, H Coy., 14th Battn.
(Royal Montreal Regt.), 3rd Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force,
_s._ of John Kellman Chandler, Planter and Proprietor of Sugar
Cane Plantation, Barbados, by his wife, Mary Ida, dau. of Samuel
Chandler; _b._ Barbados, B.W.I., 9 Sept. 1889; educ. Combermere
School, Bridgetown, Barbados; and on leaving there spent a few years as
an Overseer on various Sugar Plantations in Barbados. In May, 1913, he
went to Canada and joined the Staff of the C.P.R., but on the outbreak
of war immediately volunteered and joined the Royal Montreal Regt. 11
Aug. 1914. He came over with the 1st Canadian Contingent in Oct. 1914
and while training on Salisbury Plain preparatory to going to the Front
contracted spinal meningitis and died at Bulford Cottage Hospital, 23
Jan. 1915; _unm._ Major Gault McCombey wrote: “Kellman joined my
company of the Royal Montreal Regt. in Aug., and I had formed a very
high regard for him as he was one of my most reliable and best men.”
=CHANDLER, NORMAN=, Stoker, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off
Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CHAPLIN, ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3573), S.S.
101235, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CHAPLIN, CHARLES SLINGSBY=, Lieut-Col., 9th (Service) Battn.
King’s Royal Rifle Corps, _s._ of the late Clifford Waterman
Chaplin, of Burrough Hill, Melton Mowbray, co. Leicester, J.P., by his
wife, Rosa, dau. of William Chaplin, M.P.; _b._ Norfolk Square,
Hyde Park, London, 31 May, 1863; educ. Eton and Pembroke College,
Oxford; joined the City of London Regt. in May, 1885, from the Militia,
and was transferred the same month to the “Green Jackets,” and gazetted
Capt. to the King’s Royal Rifles 1894; served with the Chitral Force
under General Low (medal with clasp); and in the South African war as
Special Service Officer for Mounted Infantry; and later, from Aug.
1901, in command of the 1st Regt. of Mounted Infantry, doing excellent
work in the Transvaal and the line of the Orange River (mentioned in
Despatches, medal with five clasps). After the campaign he obtained his
majority in 1903, and was posted to the 2nd Battn. King’s Royal Rifles
at Gharial, in the Punjab; he succeeded to the command of the 3rd
Battn. 18 March, 1908, at Crete, and later took the battn. to Malta,
afterwards returning to India and serving at Umballa. From half-pay in
1912 he retired, and was placed in the Reserve of Officers, being at
the top of the list when mobilisation took place, and was one of the
big batch of officers who were given command on 19 Aug. 1914. He was
killed in action after a 12 hours’ fight, when he and his men had just
captured a trench, being shot through the head at Hooge, in Flanders,
at 3.30 p.m. 30 July, 1915. He was buried at Chateau Hooge, close to
where he fell. The following telegram was sent to the 9th Service
Battn. from Headquarters, 2nd Army, at 1 p.m. on 31 July, 1915: “The
Army Corps Commander wishes you to convey to the officers and men of
the 9th Battn. King’s Royal Rifles his appreciation of the way in which
they carried out the attack on the trenches north of the Menin Road
yesterday afternoon, and maintained themselves under heavy artillery
fire.” Lieut.-Col. Chaplin _m._ at Bombay, India, 29 Sept. 1905,
Gwladys Hamilton (Erbistock House, Ruabon), dau. of Col. Stanley Creek,
late Royal Welsh Fusiliers, and had three sons and a dau.: Clifford,
_b._ 23 Sept. 1906; Nigel Gilbert Forbes, _b._ 9 Jan. 1908;
Patrick Slingsby, _b._ 4 July, 1910; and Zara, _b._ 18 March,
1914.
[Illustration: =Charles Slingsby Chaplin.=]
=CHAPLIN, EDWARD ROBERT=, Stoker (R.F.R., B. 6421), 223109, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CHAPLIN, HUMPHREY MARMADUKE=, Lieut. 3rd, attd. 2nd, Battn.
Cheshire Regt., 3rd _s._ of the late Marmaduke Kaye Chaplin, of
Etwall, co. Derby; _b._ Etwall, 8 Jan. 1892; educ. Glyngarth
School, Cheltenham, and Rossall School, and was a scholar of Balliol
College, Oxford, and a member of the O.T.C. He received a commission
as 2nd Lieut. in the 3rd Cheshire Regt. 15 Aug. 1914; was attached to
the 2nd Battn. on its return from India in Jan. 1915, and left for the
Front the same month, being promoted Lieut. Feb. 1915. He was slightly
wounded 13 March, and rejoined a month later (19 April). The battn.
was moved up immediately afterwards to the advanced trenches in the
Ypres salient, from which only a few men returned after the termination
of the second battle for Ypres. Lieut. Chaplin was posted missing 11
May, 1915, and was afterwards reported as having been killed in action
near Ypres on 8–9 May. He was buried by the Germans near St. Julien;
_unm._ Lieut. Chaplin was a Craven scholar, and had gained a first
in Moderations, and was a Charles Oldham Prizeman.
[Illustration: =Humphrey M. Chaplin.=]
=CHAPMAN, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10042), S.S.
112062, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CHAPMAN, ARTHUR THOMAS=, Capt., 3rd Battn. East Surrey Regt.,
attd. 1st Battn. Hampshire Regt., eldest _s._ of Thomas Chapman,
of Croydon; _b._ Croydon, 20 April, 1873; educ. Whitgift School;
joined the Volunteers (Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt.) as a Private
in 1888; was Trooper in the Hampshire Carabiniers (Yeomanry) from
1893 to 1897, and 2nd Lieut., to the 3rd Battn. King’s Own Royal
Lancaster Regt. ... 1899, from which he resigned owing to ill-health.
He afterwards joined the 1st Battn. Surrey National Reserve as Lieut.
in 1910, was promoted Capt. ... 1912, and after the outbreak of war
in 1914 volunteered for foreign service. After a period of training
with the 3rd East Surreys, he was attached as a Lieut. (13 Sept.
1914) to the 1st Hampshires, and spent the winter with them in the
trenches, being promoted Capt. 2 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action
near Zonnebeke, during the second Battle of Ypres, 26 April, 1915. His
commanding officer wrote: “He won for himself a place in the hearts of
his men and of the officers in the regt. during the few short months he
was with us, that made his loss one of the worst blows we have received
during the war. His solicitude for his men exceeded anything I have
ever seen before.... All through the winter in the Plug Street trenches
he was simply indefatigable, and withal as cheery as a sandboy--rain,
mud, cold and German snipers were individually and collectively
unable to subdue his good spirits. I was not with his regt. when the
fighting in the Ypres Salient took place, but I have heard the story
of that particular day’s fighting in which he was killed. The regt.
was ordered to support the 28th Division, which had become exposed by
the retirement of the Canadians. It reached a position an hour before
dawn, and dug itself in. A small post in a house on the left flank
of the line was rushed by Germans, who were thereby able to enfilade
our trenches. It was thus we lost Capt. Sandeman, your husband and
many men.... He set an example of devotion to the highest ideal of
duty which is possible for any one to do in giving his life for his
country, when only his own unbending sense of duty was there to urge
him forward.” Capt. Chapman was one of the founders of modern Coulsdon.
Going there nearly a dozen years ago he purchased the land which now
forms the Smitham Downs Estate, and proceeded to at once develop it.
He took an active interest in the formation of St. Andrew’s district
in the year 1906, and became one of the first churchwardens of the
temporary church. At the time of his death he was still serving as
sidesman. He was married, but had no issue.
[Illustration: =Arthur Thomas Chapman.=]
=CHAPMAN, CLEMENT=, Sailmaker’s Mate (R.F.R., B. 3220), 169201,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CHAPMAN, EDWARD HENRY=, Lieut.-Col., 6th (Service) Battn.
Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regt., 1st _s._ of
Edward Henry Chapman, of Cobrey Park, Ross, co. Hereford, by his late
wife, Elizabeth Eden, dau. of James Walker, of Airy Hill, Whitby;
_b._ Budleigh Salterton, co. Devon; educ. Aysgarth School,
Yorkshire, United Services College, Westward Ho! and Sandhurst;
obtained his commission in the 2nd Yorkshires, 20 Feb. 1895; and was
promoted Lieut. 18 Aug. 1897, Capt. 29 Sept. 1901, Major 11 Feb. 1911,
and Lieut.-Col. 19 Aug. 1914. He served in India and Burmah; took part
in the Tirah Campaign, 1897–8, including the capture of the Sampagha
and Arhanga Passes, the action at Saran Sar, and the operations round
Dwatoi and against the Khani and Khel Chamkanis, and received the Tirah
medal with two clasps. When war was declared in Aug. 1914, he was in
charge of the Richmond Depôt, and undertook the raising of the 6th
Battn., which formed part of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. He
was killed in action, 7 Aug. 1915, at the capture of the hill at Lalla
Baba. The Chaplain of the 32nd Brigade, writing to his father, said:
“He died as he would have wished to die--a gallant soldier leading
his men, himself at the very front of the regt., on the summit of
Lala Baba. As you have perhaps since learned we were to make a fresh
landing on the night of the 6th inst. There were urgent reasons why we
should capture the hill in silence, at the point of the bayonet without
firing a shot. The moment we landed we were met with a very hot and
accurate fire, which accounted for many casualties before our task
was accomplished. Our advance, however, was irresistible, and despite
the hail of bullets and the shower of shrapnel which had now got the
range, the Yorkshires pushed forward to the Turkish trenches on the
crest of the hill. There it was that the colonel’s gifts of leadership
made themselves felt. ‘Come on the Yorkshires,’ he cried, and at their
head with fixed bayonets, the lads he trained so well swept forward
with irresistible force and the hill was ours. This brilliant little
initial victory was, however, very dearly bought, for on the summit
lay our colonel dead, and scattered all around a mass of wounded, dead
and dying. With dawn we were able to estimate our losses. The losses
among the men were heavy, but by no means proportional to the officers.
The officers are young men who have received their commissions since
the formation of the New Army. I go to see them in the firing line
as often as I can. Their wonderful confidence and courage pass all
belief. Confronted with a task that would try the nerve and test the
skill of the most experienced soldier, commanded by a junior captain
of 24 years, this little band of lads (for they are little more)
with a wonderful courage, inspire with confidence and hope the men
so unexpectedly committed to their care. It is a fresh and glorious
page to be written in the history of the ‘Green Howards.’ Your son
died instantaneously, shot through the neck. I was by his side not
long afterwards, and so was able to prepare roughly for his burial.
We buried him the same day in the same grave as his cousin, Wilfred
Chapman, and two other officers, and have since erected a rough cross
over the grave. At the moment of the accomplishment of the task he had
been ordered to perform, with a quiet happy smile upon his face, he met
his end as I know he would have chosen had the choice been his--the
end of an English gentleman and a very gallant soldier.--P.S.--I am
writing this under shell fire, so you must excuse its many errors.” He
was _unm._ A tablet to his memory was placed in Richmond Parish
Church, Yorkshire.
[Illustration: =Edward Henry Chapman.=]
=CHAPMAN, FRANK JAMES ALBERT=, Private, No. 2856, 5th Battn. The
Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Frank William Chapman, Driver
A.S.C. (now on service in France), by his wife, Elizabeth Eliza (Dale
Hill, Ticehurst, Sussex), dau. of James Francis; _b._ Frimwell,
co. Sussex, 9 Sept. 1895; educ. Ticehurst Council School; enlisted
about 18–19 Nov. 1914; went to France, 20 Feb. 1915, and was killed in
action there, 12 July, 1915, being shot by a sniper; _unm._ His
brother, Driver Walter Reginald Chapman, No. 092582, A.S.C., is now
(1916) on active service in Egypt.
=CHAPMAN, FRED CHARLES=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8421),
294415, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CHAPMAN, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9954), S.S.
107663, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CHAPMAN, GEORGE ERNEST=, Private, No. 9073, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 2nd _s._ of Henry Chapman, of Thorpe Salvin, Worksop,
Farm Horseman, by his wife, Harriett, dau. of William Good; _b._
Thorpe Salvin, co. Nottingham, 29 Nov. 1889; enlisted 10 April, 1911,
and served three years with the Colours, then passing into the Reserve
and joining the Nottingham County Constabulary. He was stationed at
headquarters during his brief service with the force, and his superior
officers spoke highly of him. On the declaration of war in August
following, however, he was called up and was killed in action at
Rentel, Belgium, 29 Oct. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =George E. Chapman.=]
=CHAPMAN, GEORGE MARTIN=, M.A., M.B., M.R.C.S., Lieut., R.A.M.C.,
attached 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen’s Bays), 2nd _s._ of the
Hon. Mr. Justice Frederick Revans Chapman, a Judge of the Supreme
Court of New Zealand, by his wife, Clara, dau. of George Cook, of
Dunedin, Barrister, and gdson. of the late Hon. Henry Samuel Chapman,
also a Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand; _b._ Dunedin,
New Zealand, 26 March, 1887; educ. Waitaki High School, Oamaru, New
Zealand, and the Otago University Medical School, and on leaving
there went to London to study medicine and passed the conjoint Boards
Examination, under which he subsequently became M.R.C.S. In 1907,
however, he decided to go to Cambridge, where he remained until 1910,
studying medicine and graduating in Arts. He then returned to the
London Hospital and went through all the appointments held by the
Junior Staff. When war broke out he was House Physician, but was
already appointed House Surgeon. Owing to shortage he had to hold
both appointments until he went to Shorncliffe in Sept. 1914. He
was gazetted a Lieut., R.A.M.C., on the 11th of that month, went to
the Front, and was attached to the 2nd Dragoon Guards in Feb. While
serving in No. 11 General Hospital at Boulogne, a small vessel was
wrecked in a gale on 7 Dec. All but the skipper got away from her.
Two British soldiers attempted without success to rescue this man and
had themselves to be put under treatment. Lieut. Chapman swam out and
gripped the old skipper as he was drowning, and both were dragged
ashore. For this he was awarded, by the French Government, the Gold
Medaille de Souvetage, inscribed “pour courage et dévouement,” and was
commended in a British Routine Order. The two privates received silver
medals. He was killed in action at the Second Battle of Ypres, 13 May,
1915, when his regt. was holding the trenches on the Zonnebeke Road,
a little east of Ypres. He and the men who were standing by him were
killed instantaneously by a shell while attending the wounded machine
gunners, and was buried with two other officers of the same regt. in
the grounds of the Chateau of Potijge; _unm._ The Major of the
Bays wrote: “We were in the trenches under a very severe shell fire.
Your son was most gallantly attending to the wounded when a shell
killed him instantly, as well as two men who were standing by him. We
took his body back and buried him in the grounds of a chateau just
east of Potijge cross roads, a small village east of Ypres. I cannot
tell you what a loss he is to this regt.; he had only been with us
two months, but was most popular with officers and men. Please accept
the sympathy of the entire regt. with your great loss, and you have
the great consolation that he died doing his duty very gallantly as
a soldier should”; and the Col. of the 1st Cavalry Division: “I, in
common with all who knew your son, would like to express our sincere
condolence to his family. His gallant conduct throughout the engagement
won him the admiration of officers and men alike; he died a noble death
attending wounded in the trenches under a murderous fire. His death
deprives me of one of the best officers that ever served under me, and
I again tender you my deepest sympathy in your great bereavement.”
When at Cambridge he was a noted athlete, taking his blue in Rugby
football in 1907, and subsequently his half-blue in boxing. In both of
these sports he upheld the name of his hospital when in London, and
also played for other clubs, notably, for the Harlequins. One of his
teachers, writing in the British Medical Journal, 29 May, 1915, said:
“Perhaps at his age it is inevitable that his athletic gifts should
attract more attention than his high mental abilities and sterling
moral sense, which in later years would have readily won him a new
renown. He was cast in a heroic mould, and, while it is no doubt true
nothing became him more than the manner of his death, it is but cold
comfort to many who mourn the early end of so admirable a life--the
sudden quenching of so much vital and kindly force.”
[Illustration: =George Martin Chapman.=]
=CHAPMAN, HARRY REYNOLDS=, Major, 10th (Service) Battn. Durham
L.I., eldest _s._ of the late Capt. Abel Henry Chapman, formerly
19th Hussars, and chairman-director of Messrs. Clarke, Chapman & Co.’s
Works, Gateshead-on-Tyne, by his wife, Mary (Colinton, Midlothian),
dau. of John Fraser; _b._ Benares, India, 27 April, 1868; educ.
Uppingham. On leaving school in 1891 he entered his father’s works and
became a director in 1893. He was keenly interested in a volunteer
corps of Royal Engineers raised in the works, of which he became Major.
On the outbreak of the war he offered his services and received a
commission in the 10th Service Battn. of the Durhams. Major Chapman was
killed in action in France, 27 June, 1915. He _m._ Elinore Phyllis
(Wingfield, Eagle Lane, Snaresbrook, Essex), dau. of John Larkin,
and left three daus.; Elinore Mary, _b._ 15 Feb. 1899; Dorothy
Harriet, _b._ 5 Aug. 1900; and Phyllis Agatha, _b._ 8 May,
1904.
[Illustration: Harry R. Chapman.]
=CHAPMAN, HERBERT ALFRED=, Private, No. 2221, 4th Suffolk Regt.,
_s._ of William Chapman, of Norwich, Carpenter; _b._ Norwich,
9 March, 1870; educ. Boys’ Model School there; was in the employ of
Messrs. Cowell, Ltd., as a Compositor for over 20 years; volunteered
and enlisted 1 Sept. 1914; went to France, was wounded in action
there, 16 May, 1915, and died at the Dover Military Hospital, 21 May
following. Capt. E. L. Brown wrote: “I consider him a man of the
highest rank. No officer could want a more willing soldier, no soldier
could desire a better comrade.” Lieut. A. Brunzee also wrote saying
what a splendid example he set his younger companions. He _m._
at St. Nicholas’ Chapel, Ipswich, 21 Aug. 1898, Priscilla Jane,
dau. of Thomas Pizzy, of High Street, Ipswich, Greengrocer, and had
seven children: Arthur Frederick, _b._ 4 March, 1907; Millicent
Bertha, _b._ 9 Jan. 1900; Dorothy May, _b._ 11 Feb. 1902;
Ruby Cecily, _b._ 20 March, 1905; Marjorie Florence, _b._ 5
Aug. 1908; Winnifred Laura, _b._ 7 June, 1910; and Ellen Mary,
_b._ 27 May, 1913.
[Illustration: =Herbert Alfred Chapman.=]
=CHAPMAN, JOE=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8437), 294702,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CHAPMAN, PERCEVAL CHRISTIAN=, Capt., Royal Artillery, attd. 26th
(Jacob’s) Mountain Battery, 2nd _s._ of the Rev. Theodore Charles
Chapman, M.A., Secretary of the Church Pastoral Aid Society, and late
Vicar of Christ Church, Clifton, by his wife, Alice Barr, dau. of the
late Patrick Keith, of 26, Queen’s Gate Gardens, S.W.: _b._ Laxey
Parsonage, Isle of Man, 10 March, 1884; educ. Clifton College and Royal
Military Academy, Woolwich, where he was Tombs Memorial scholar. He was
gazetted to the Royal Garrison Artillery, 15 July, 1903, and promoted
Lieut. 15 July, 1906. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for
Imperial service, was promoted Capt. 30 Oct. 1914. From July, 1907, he
had served with the 26th (Jacob’s) Mountain Battery of the Indian Army.
He died at Alexandria, 1 May, 1915, of wounds received in action during
the landing at Gaba Tepe on 25 April, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Perceval C. Chapman.=]
=CHAPMAN, PHILIP GEORGE=, Private, No. 1742 (Pioneer), B Coy., 4th
Battn. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Australian Imperial Force, 4th _s._
of Philip George Chapman, of 3A, Franche Court Road, Tooting, S.W.,
Coachbuilder, by his wife, Eliza, dau. of the Rev. Charles Carter,
Baptist Minister; _b._ Tostock, co. Suffolk, 13 Feb. 1884; educ.
Waldron Road L.C.C. School, Wandsworth; left England for Australia in
Aug. 1911, and was for some time in the bush, afterwards working in
Blackbutt, Queensland, and then going to Sydney. He enlisted in Jan.
1915, and was wounded in the charge of the Australians at Lone Pine, 14
Aug. 1915, dying the day following at Alexandria; _unm._ He had been
ordered a rest because of his eyes being weak, but would not go upon
hearing of the impending charge. Chapman was a keen athlete, holding
many medals for swimming, gymnastics and football.
[Illustration: =Philip George Chapman.=]
=CHAPMAN, RICHARD KEPPEL GEORGE SUTTON=, Midshipman, R.N.,
yst. _s._ of Francis Hay Chapman, Commander R.N. (retired), of
12, Foster Road, Alverstoke, Hants, by his wife, Amy Georgiana, 2nd
dau. of the late Capt. Frederick Sutton, 11th Hussars, and granddau.
of Capt. Robert Nassau Sutton, 7th Fusiliers, A.D.C. to Sir Ralph
Abercrombie in Egypt [3rd son of Sir Richard Sutton, 1st Bart., M.P.];
_b._ Blackheath, S.E., 26 Oct. 1898; educ. Shirley House School,
Old Charlton, Weymouth College, and the Osborne and Dartmouth Royal
Naval Colleges; joined H.M.S. Bulwark, 3 Aug. 1914, when the Fleet
mobilised for war. He was killed at Sheerness in the explosion on board
that ship, 26 Nov. 1914. Chapman was a general favourite and a keen
sportsman. A former tutor wrote: “May the thought that no finer or
more upright lad ever wore naval uniform in some small measure be your
consolation,” and another wrote: “No one that had anything to do with
Dickie could help loving him.”
[Illustration: =Richard K. G. S. Chapman.=]
=CHAPMAN, WILFRID HUBERT=, Capt., 6th (Service) Battn. Alexandra
Princess of Wales’ Own Yorkshire Regt., 4th and yst. surviving
_s._ of the late Joseph John Chapman, of St. Hilda’s Terrace,
Whitby, by his wife, Fanny, dau. of Henry Simpson, and gdson. of
Joseph Barker Chapman; _b._ Goudhurst, co. Kent, 13 Dec. 1879;
and went to Eton (Mr. Hale’s in 1894, and afterwards with his brother,
Harold, in 1895 to Mr. Somerville’s). Here he soon became known as a
boy of independent, original character, and a promising athlete. In
1897 he was first Whip of the Beagles and second Captain of the Boats;
he won the school steeplechase, mile and half-mile, and rowed bow of
the eight which won at Henley. In 1898 he won the Steeplechase again,
and for the second time rowed bow of the eight which won the Ladies
Plate at Henley. From Eton he went to Trinity College, Cambridge,
and in 1899 rowed bow of the eight which beat Oxford for the first
time for 10 years. At the time of the South African War he was given
(10 July, 1900) a commission as Lieut. in the 4th (Militia) Battn.
of the Yorkshires, and served through that campaign, being promoted
Capt. 25 Feb. 1901, and receiving the Queen’s medal with three clasps.
At the end of the war he retired, returned to Cambridge, and was in
the winning Cambridge crews of 1902 and 1903, and was president of
the Cambridge University Boating Club in the latter year. On leaving
Cambridge he went into business in London, but still kept up his
rowing. He was in the Third Trinity eight which won the Grand Challenge
Cup at Henley in 1902, and the four that won the Stewards’ Challenge
Cup the same year, on both occasions beating Leander in the finals. In
1903 for Third Trinity, which won the Stewards’ Challenge Cup. This was
said to be the best four ever seen at Henley up to that date. In the
Grand Challenge Cup Third Trinity were only beaten by six feet after a
most exciting struggle, in which each boat took the lead alternately.
In 1904 he was in the Leander eight which won the Grand Challenge Cup,
and in the Third Trinity four which won the Stewards’ Challenge Cup. In
1905 he went to India as an assistant in the Bombay Co., and when war
was declared he was manager of the company in Karachi. He immediately
joined the Sind Volunteer Field Artillery, but being desirous of going
to the Front and failing to get permission from the company, he threw
up his appointment, came home and rejoined the Yorkshires as Capt.
in June, 1915. The regt. left England for the Dardanelles early the
following month, and Capt. Chapman was killed in the landing at Suvla
Bay, 6 Aug. 1915. He _m._ at Barkway, co. Herts, 5 Aug. 1909, May
Campbell, dau. of Alexander Sinclair, of 5e, Montagu Mansions, Portman
Square, W., and had two daus.: Elizabeth Mary, _b._ 22 April,
1911; and Annie Wilfrida Sinclair, _b._ 31 Dec. 1913. His elder
brother, Percy, Lieut., 21st Lancers, died of enteric in the Sudan in
1905; another brother, Harold, a Capt. in the Yorkshires, was wounded
in Gallipoli a day or two after his brother was killed.
[Illustration: =Wilfrid Hubert Chapman.=]
=CHAPMAN, WILLIAM ALFRED=, Private, No. 16431, 2nd Battn.
Grenadier Guards, _s._ of William George Chapman, Police Sergeant,
Herts Constabulary, in charge of the police station at Royston;
_b._ Weston, co. Herts, 24 Nov. 1894; commenced his career in the
engineering works of the Dacre Motor Car Co. at Letchworth, and after
a short time in the Heatly Gresham Works, enlisted in the Grenadier
Guards, 24 April, 1913. He left England with his regt. on or about 12
Aug. 1914, was in the retreat from Mons, and in the various subsequent
engagements, being taken prisoner in Nov. but managed to escape. He
was killed in action near Béthune, while carrying a despatch from the
firing line to Headquarters. A comrade wrote that when the bullet
struck him he smiled and fell down dead. Chapman was recommended in
F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, for gallant and
distinguished service in the field.
[Illustration: =William Alfred Chapman.=]
=CHAPPLE, JOHN HENRY=, Corpl., R.M.L.I., Ch. 14863, H.M.S.
Pathfinder, lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=CHARITY, JOHN EDWARD=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21839, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=CHARLES, GEORGE=, Private, No. 4242, 1st Battn. Royal Scots,
_s._ of the late George Charles, of Leven, co. Fife, by his wife,
Catherine, dau. of the late Alexander Mitchell, of Leven; _b._
Leith, 1871; educ. Bonnington Road School there; enlisted Nov. 1914,
and was killed in action at Ypres, 4 May, 1915. He _m._ at
Leith, 29 July, 1894, Catherine (died 30 April, 1911), dau. of James
Dalgleish, and had two sons and four daus.: George, Private, No. 6410,
Royal Scots Fusiliers (twice wounded), _b._ 1895; James, Private,
No. 1942, -- Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, _b._ 1897 (both
on active service); Barbara; Lizzie, _b._ 9 June, 1901; Kate, and
Isabella, _b._ 3 Oct. 1907.
=CHARLES, JAMES ARTHUR MERRIMAN=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn.
King’s Shropshire L.I., only _s._ of the Rev. James Hamilton
Charles, M.A., R.D., Vicar of Oakham, by his wife, Elisabeth, dau.
of the late John Jones Merriman, of 45, Kensington Square, W., M.D.;
_b._ Whittlesea, Peterborough, 7 Feb. 1890; educ. Harrow and
Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A. 1912); joined Special Reserve,
King’s Shropshire L.I. 4 Nov. 1912, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to
the 1st Battn. 5 Nov. 1914. He was wounded in action at Rue du Bois,
Armentières, 23 Oct. 1914, having been chosen by his colonel to hold
some advance trenches only 400 yards away from the Germans. Many of his
men had fallen round him and he had sent his servant with a message
asking for reinforcements, to which the colonel replied on a piece of
paper that he was to “hold on.” It was while reading this message that
he was shot through the head, after which, though partially paralysed
and unable to speak clearly, he lay in the trench for eight hours
giving orders to his men through his servant, till the latter was also
wounded. Two men then volunteered to carry him to the dressing station,
which they did under heavy fire. He was at once removed to Boulogne and
later to England, and died after a serious operation in King Edward
VII’s Hospital for Officers, 9, Grosvenor Gardens, London, 10 Feb.
1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =James A. M. Charles.=]
=CHARLETON, THOMAS HOLT=, Private, No. 19588, Scottish Rifles,
2nd _s._ of James Parker Charleton, of Southwick-on-Wear, co.
Durham, Shipyard Labourer, by his wife, Ann (21, Thomas Street,
Southwick-on-Wear), dau. of James Holt, of Oldham; _b._
Southwick-on-Wear, 15 Sept. 1894; educ. National School there; was
employed at Pickergill’s, Sunderland; enlisted 1 Feb. 1915; went to the
Front 2 Aug. 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 25
Sept. 1915; _unm._ He was buried on a farm near Loos, just behind
the firing line.
[Illustration: =Thomas H. Charleton.=]
=MUSTARD CHARLETON, WILLIAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 2254, 7th Battn.
Durham L.I. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of James Mustard, of Southwick,
Bottleblower, by his wife, Jane, dau. of William Charleton, of
Southwick; _b._ Southwick-on-Wear, 28 Oct. 1890; educ. National
School there; was employed at Priestman’s Yard, Sunderland; joined the
7th (Territorial) Battn. of the Durham L.I. 5 May, 1913, but signed on
again, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for Imperial Service,
went to the Front 24 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Hill 60,
24 May, 1915. He _m._ at Sunderland, 5 April, 1913, Alice (16,
Ogle Terrace, Southwick-on-Wear), 4th dau. of Samuel Kirkham, of
Middlesbro’, and had two sons: William, _b._ 23 Sept. 1913, and
John, _b._ 28 Feb. 1915.
[Illustration: =W. Mustard Charleton.=]
=CHARLTON, JOHN RAYWOOD=, Teleg., J. 11054, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=CHARLTON, BENJAMIN DAVID=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 9493, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=CHARLTON, ST. JOHN ALAN=, Lieut., 4th Battn. Bedfordshire Regt.,
only _s._ of St. John Charlton, of Cholmondeley Malpas, co.
Chester, Agent to the Marquess of Cholmondeley, by his wife, Elisabeth
Bronwen, dau. of the late Hugh Robert Hughes, of Kinmel, co. Derby, and
Lady Florentia Emily, née Liddell, dau. of Henry Thomas, 1st Earl of
Ravensworth; _b._ Cholmondeley, 17 Nov. 1889; educ. Eton College,
and was given a commission in the 4th Special Reserve Battn. of the
Bedfords, 2 Dec. 1911. On the declaration of war he volunteered for
foreign service, went to the Front with the first Expeditionary Force,
and was killed in action at Festubert, 26 Oct. 1914; _unm._ Lieut.
Charlton was a well-known member of the Cheshire Hunt.
[Illustration: =St. John Alan Charlton.=]
=CHARMAN, JOHN EDWARD=, Private, No. 1738, 4th Battn. Royal Sussex
Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of William Charman, of 1, Friday Street,
Warnham; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force; killed in
action at the Dardanelles, 21 Aug. 1915.
=CHARMAN, JOSEPH PHILIP=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 8880), 194784, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=CHARMAN, WILLIAM=, Private, No. G. 3557, 2nd Battn. Royal West
Surrey Regt., _s._ of William Charman, of 22, Lawnsmead, Wonersh,
Guildfield; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in
action, 16 May, 1915.
=CHARRINGTON, ARTHUR CRAVEN=, Capt., 1st Royal Dragoons, yr.
_s._ of the late Nicholas Edward Charrington, of Bures Manor,
Reigate, by his wife, Isabella (Offham House, Lewes, co. Sussex), dau.
of George Arthur Fuller, of The Rookery, Dorking; _b._ Marden Ash,
Ongar, Essex, 17 May, 1882; educ. Eton, where he was a member of Mr.
Ainger’s House from 1896–1901. On leaving there he joined the Militia
of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, whence he was gazetted into the 1st
Royal Dragoons, 26 March, 1902, joining the regt. in India in 1903.
He was promoted Lieut. 24 June, 1905, and Capt. 12 April, 1910. From
Oct. 1911, to Oct. 1912, he was A.D.C. to General Sir O’Moore Creagh,
V.C., Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies, having previously acted in
the same capacity to Lord Minto and Lord Kitchener. At the time of the
outbreak of the European War Capt. Charrington was stationed with his
regt. in S. Africa. In Sept. the regt. was ordered home, and within a
fortnight of its arrival was sent to France. Capt. Charrington was the
first officer of the 1st Dragoons to fall. He was killed 20 Oct. 1914,
being struck by shrapnel in the trenches around Ypres, and was buried
in the cemetery there; _unm._ Although at the Front but a very
short time, he had the good fortune to take part in a very successful
raid in an armoured car. “I had a great piece of luck yesterday,” he
wrote to his mother on 12 Oct. “The division was halted at a place for
the day, and I was sent out with another officer on a reconnaissance in
two armoured cars, each carrying a Maxim gun. We also had an armoured
car with 10 men. After scouring the country for some time without
seeing anything we eventually got to a town where they told us the
Germans had left a day or two previously. We went on through the town,
stopped outside, and had a look round through our glasses. I saw a few
men whom I took to be Germans about a mile away in a farmyard. They
had evidently seen us, as they were running backwards and forwards,
and seemed very excited. We then went on for about a mile and made a
detour round to the farm where I had seen them. When we got there the
inhabitants told us that nine mounted Germans had just left. We set
off in pursuit. It was really just like a hunt. All the inhabitants of
every village rushed out and told us they were just ahead of us. We
eventually came up to them suddenly round a corner, standing by the
side of the road, two of them dismounted. We let fly into the middle of
them with the Maxim at 200 yards. They fled for their lives, leaving
behind them four lances and two helmets. The three dismounted men ran
across a field. We jumped out of the car and pursued them on foot with
revolvers and rifles. It was rather like potting rabbits, as they
dodged behind trees and bushes We eventually bagged one officer, four
men and a horse, the officer and two men being wounded. The remaining
four streaked away across country. We returned in triumph with our
prisoners, and they gave us a tremendous reception. It was really great
sport, and I have the honour of being the first to draw blood. Then
the cars went out again this morning and captured the remaining four,
so that I think we mopped up the whole covey” Always most thoughtful
of the men in his troop, Capt. Charrington was immensely popular with
them. Sergt. Ridley, who had served under him from the time he joined
the regt., and who came from York to London to attend a memorial
service to his troop officer, on his own account afterwards wrote to
Mrs. Charrington: “I required no thanks for coming, as it was only
natural for me to attend, considering that he was my troop officer
when he first joined us on our return from South Africa in 1903 after
the Boer War. He soon became most popular, not only because of his
smartness, but because he took a great interest in the N.C.Os. and men
belonging to his troop. He was a general favourite with us all, and
your sad loss is shared by every single man of the Royal Dragoons.”
It is evident from the many letters written by his friends that Capt.
Charrington, known to his intimates as “The Kid.” had a singularly
lovable disposition and the gift of inspiring affection in others.
He was a famous gentleman jockey and well-known at Sandown, and was
recognised as one of the best riders in India. As a race-rider Capt.
Charrington established a record which must surely remain as a memento
to his equestrian skill for all time. He was riding out at a meeting
at Simla during the course of which he accepted 15 mounts. Of these,
he brought 13 home in front, and one of the other two was second, an
almost incredible performance. In 1909 he won the Army Cup on Capt.
Gibb’s Pommard, while in the following year he won the same race on
Major Campion’s Injas, and the Indian Grand National on Major Wilson’s
Kaffirpan. Also as a game shot Capt. Charrington achieved considerable
reputation, having made several expeditions to Kashmir and the Central
Provinces, and while out shooting with Sir John Hewitt, the Governor of
the United Provinces, he bagged two tigers.
[Illustration: =Arthur C. Charrington.=]
=CHARTERIS, MALCOLM MAXWELL McINNES=, Private, No. 12874, 16th
(Waikato) Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of David
Charteris, of New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand, Land Agent; (a
native of Dumfrieshire, Scotland); _b._ South Canterbury, New
Zealand, 27 Jan. 1887; educ. Temuka, and Taranaki; was living near
Rotorua, Auckland Province, when war broke out, and at once volunteered
for Imperial Service; left for England with the Main Body, 16 Oct.
1914; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and
was killed in action there the same day; _unm._ He was a great
athlete and a representative footballer. One of his nephews and a
cousin-german were also killed in action.
[Illustration: =Malcolm M. M. Charteris.=]
=CHASTY, RICHARD CHRISTOPHER=, L.-Corpl., No. 9834, 1st Battn.
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers,] _s._ of James Chasty, Caretaker
for the High School, 40, Harcourt Street, Dublin, naval pensioner of
38 years (10 Jan. 1876 to 27 July, 1914), by his wife, Clara Lucretia,
dau. of Samuel How; _b._ Portaferry, co. Down, 24 Aug. 1893; educ.
Strangford, Lower Moville, co. Donegal, and Shanaher Belmullet, co.
Mayo, National Schools; enlisted in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
about 25 Sept. 1909; was wounded in action at the Dardanelles, 22 May,
1915, and died at Netley Hospital, 7 Sept. following; _unm._
[Illustration: =Richard C. Chasty.=]
=CHATTERIS, TOM BRODIE=, Capt., attd. 2nd Battn. Sherwood
Foresters, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt., 4th _s._ of
the late Charles C. Chatteris, of Chatteris, Nicholls & Chatteris,
Chartered Accountants; _b._ London, W., 9 March, 1881; educ.
Sherborne; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd (Militia) Battn. Sherwood Foresters,
1 Feb. 1900; and promoted Lieut., 19 March, 1902; served through the
South African War, 1899–1902 (Queen’s medal with one clasp), and
retired with the rank of Hon. Lieut. in the Army, joining the Special
Reserve of Officers. He then engaged in forestry work in Siam for the
Borneo Co., London, but when war broke out returned home and rejoined
his regt., 24 Dec. 1914; went to France in May, 1915, being gazetted
Tempy. Capt. in June, and was killed in action at Hooge, 9 Aug.
following; _unm._
[Illustration: =Tom Brodie Chatteris.=]
=CHAWNER, JOHN HENRY=, A.B., J. 5865, H.M.S. Liberty; killed in
action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=CHAYTOR, ALBAN KINGSFORD=, 2nd Lieut., 6th, attd. 3rd, Battn.
Worcester Regt., 2nd _s._ of the Rev. Charles Chaytor, Rector of
St. Helens, and St. Albans with St. Michael’s, Worcester, since 1881;
_b._ there 23 Oct. 1891; educ. at King’s School (Cathedral),
Worcester, where he was successively captain of cricket and of the
boats, and at Worcester College, Oxford, where he held the Worfield
Scholarship and the Inge Exhibition. On leaving there he took up tea
planting in Ceylon, was a member of the Volunteer Defence Force, and
on the outbreak of war joined the Ceylon Rifle Corps. Early in 1915 he
came to England, obtained a commission in the County Regt. 6 Feb. 1915,
and (while serving later with the 3rd Battn.) was severely wounded in
the trenches near Ypres, 24 May, 1915, and died in a field hospital
two days later; _unm._ His colonel and brother officers wrote of
him as “a most promising officer,” a “born soldier,” “always ready to
volunteer on any dangerous venture.” He was buried in the churchyard of
La Clytte.
[Illustration: =Alban Kingsford Chaytor.=]
=CHEALES, CLEMENT BELLINGHAM=, Able Seaman in Public School Corps
of the Naval Brigade, Hawke Battn., brother of the Rev. John Patey
Cheales, Vicar of Friskney, and _s._ of the late Rev. Henry John
Cheales, formerly Vicar of that place, 1869–99, by his wife, Edith
Maria, dau. of the Rev. Thomas Booth; _b._ Friskney, 6 April,
1876; educ. Marlborough College; served with the Imperial Yeomanry
during the South African War (medal with two clasps), and was in South
Africa when the European War broke out. He immediately came home in
Jan. 1915, and enlisted in the Public Schools Battn. of the Royal Naval
Brigade, spent the winter in training at the Crystal Palace, and went
to the Dardanelles in April. His work lay with the machine gun section
of the Division. He died in hospital at Alexandria, 5 Sept. 1915, of
fever contracted in Gallipoli, where he had been fighting until 20
Aug.; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote that he had decided to
recommend him for a commission when death intervened.
[Illustration: =Clement B. Cheales.=]
=CHEESE, ALFRED=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 989), late R.M.A.,
7113, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CHEESE, WILLIAM JOHN=, Private, No. 55979, 19th Battn. (Lincoln
Regt.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of Frederick
John Cheese, of 42, North Street, St. Catherine’s, Ontario, formerly
Imperial Navy and Mercantile Marine (who volunteered for active service
on the outbreak of war, and was serving in the North Atlantic Squadron
at the time of his son’s death), by his wife, Susan, dau. of James
Harris, of Brixham, Devon; _b._ Dagenham, co. Essex, 4 Feb. 1898;
educ. Hornchurch, Essex, England, and at Chatham, Ontario, Canada;
joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 24 Aug. 1914; was for a short
time attached to the “Welland Canal Guard,” during which time he was
instrumental in obtaining information which led to the capture of nine
Austrians who were living in close proximity to the canal, and who
were subsequently interned. Volunteered for service overseas in Oct.
1914; was accepted and attached to the 19th Battn., who received their
training at Toronto Exhibition Grounds Camp. He was among those of that
unit who broke all records for the route marching from Long Branch to
the Exhibition Ground Camp, covering the distance of 11 miles in heavy
marching order (carrying 65 lbs.) in 2 hours 8 minutes. The 19th Battn.
left for Shorncliffe in May, 1915, where Private Cheese proved himself
a crack shot with the rifle, making 95 points out of a possible 100.
His ambition was to become a sniper at the Front, but unfortunately he
met with an accident which necessitated an operation. While recovering
from this he contracted typhoid, and died at Lidwells, Goudhurst,
Kent, 17 Sept. 1915; _unm._ His battn. had left for the Front the
previous day.
[Illustration: =William John Cheese.=]
=CHEESEMAN, PERCY=, Leading Cook’s Mate, M. 2026, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CHEESEMAR, STANLEY WILLIAM=, A.B., Private, R.M.L.I., J. 12085,
H.M.S Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=CHENEY, WILLIAM JOHN=, L.-Corpl., No. 8287, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, only _s._ of Joseph Cheney, Horsekeeper, formerly of
Laughton, co, Leicester, by his wife Lucy, widow of (--) Allwood, dau.
of John Wall, Hampton-in-Arden, Warwickshire; _b._ Birmingham,
29 May, 1888; educ. Highgate Council School; enlisted 24 Jan. 1909,
and was for some time Orderly to the commanding officer before being
transferred to the Reserve in March, 1913. He then joined the Isle of
Ely Constabulary, and was for 18 months police constable at Ely and
Littleport. On the outbreak of war he was called up, went to the Front
with the first Expeditionary Force, served through the retreat from
Mons, etc., and was shot by a sniper at Rentel, near Ypres, 14 Nov.
1914. The Capt. wrote that he was just returning to his place in the
trench when he was shot in the back by a sniper, the bullet penetrating
his left lung and killing him instantly. A letter was found on him and
sent to his widow, in which the writer thanked Cheney and another man
named Booth for attending to him when he was wounded, apparently in
the right arm, for the letter was written with the left hand, and ran:
“I can never tell you how grateful I am to you, old chap, for fixing
me up at the critical moment, for I know that I should soon have bled
to death.” He _m._ at St. George’s, Hanover Square, W., 26 Sept.
1912, Mary Martha (Silver Street, Ely), dau. of Samuel Tustin, of
Hampton-in-Arden, and had two children: Joseph William John, _b._
16 Sept. 1914; and Clara Lucy Anita, _b._ 7 July, 1913. His
half-brother, Sergt. H. Allwood, 3rd Coldstream Guards, is now (1916)
on Active Service with the British Expeditionary Force.
[Illustration: =William John Cheney.=]
=CHENNELL, ERNEST=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7424), 291447,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CHESTER, GREVILLE ARTHUR BAGOT=, 2nd Lieut., Special Reserve,
3rd Battn. North Staffordshire Regt, eldest _s._ of the Rev.
John Greville Chester, M.A., Vicar of Gilling, Richmond, co. York
[great-gdson. of Charles Bagot, afterwards Chester, brother of William,
1st Baron Bagot, and 2nd son of Sir Walter Wagstaffe Bagot, 5th Bart.,
by his wife, Amy, dau. of Arthur Hughes; _b._ Pyrton, co. Oxford,
3 April, 1891; educ. Rossall School and St. John’s College, Oxford;
was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Battn. North Staffords, 5 Feb. 1913, and
attached to the 1st Battn. on the outbreak of war. He was killed in
action at Oulterstern, near Hazebrouk, 13 Oct. 1914, while leading his
platoon in an attack on German rearguard, and was buried at Meris,
Flanders; _unm._ Lieut. Chester’s commanding officer wrote: “The
battn. was carrying out an attack on a German rearguard at Oulterstern,
a small village a few miles east of Hazebrouk. Your boy’s company
was in front, and stood the brunt of the attack, and his Capt., Hume
Kelly (who was himself killed a few days later), told me he behaved
exceedingly well, and showed not only courage but common sense in
leading his platoon. I personally am very sorry to lose him, for he
was not only a thoroughly nice lad, but had the making of a first-rate
officer--willing, keen and reliable.”
[Illustration: =Greville A. B. Chester.=]
=CHESTER, WILLIAM JAMES=, Private, No. 40617, 3rd Battery, 1st
Artillery Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the
late Thomas Chester (who served in the Nile Expedition); _b._ 1
Jan. 1891; educ. Brockville (P. Ontario) Public School: volunteered
on the outbreak of war and enlisted 10 Aug. 1914; came over with the
first contingent in Oct.; went to the Front in Feb., and died in No.
3 Casualty Clearing Hospital at Bailleul, 15 July, 1915, of wounds
received in action. He _m._ at Gananoque, 24 May, 1910, Margaret
Evelyn (Gananoque, Ontario, Canada), dau. of the late John MacDonald,
and had two children: Margaret, _b._ 21 July, 1912; and Rita,
_b._ 28 April, 1914.
=CHESTNEY, ARTHUR=, A.B., 233864, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CHEVONS, JIM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 446). Ch./8359,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CHEYNE, ANDREW=, L.-Corpl., No. 1972, 9th Battn. (Highlanders)
Royal Scots (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Robert Cheyne, Chief Clerk of the
Church of Scotland Foreign Mission Committee, Edinburgh (11, Denham
Green Place, Trinity), by his wife, Violet, 4th dau. of the late Thomas
Fairgrieve, of Musselburgh; _b._ Edinburgh, 4 April, 1896; educ.
Royal High School, Edinburgh; enlisted on the outbreak of war, was
promoted L.-Corpl. Jan. 1915, and died in hospital at Boulogne, 14
April, 1915, from wounds received in France (presumably at Ypres). He
was buried at Boulogne; _unm._ An elder brother, L.-Corpl. Harry
Cheyne, 6th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Contingent, Canadian Expeditionary
Force, is now (1916) serving at the Front.
[Illustration: =Andrew Cheyne.=]
=CHEYNEY, SYDNEY BERNARD=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26788, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=CHILDS, CHARLES ROBERT=, A.B., 179912, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=CHILES, STANLEY MOORE=, Leading Seaman, 210508 H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CHILMAN, EDWARD RENNE=, Seaman, R.N.R., 37453, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CHILTON, FRANK=, Lieut., 13th (Service) Battn. Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders, only _s._ of Dr. Charles Chilton, M.A.,
D.Sc., LL.D., etc., Professor of Biology, Canterbury College, New
Zealand, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of John Jack; _b._ Port
Chalmers, New Zealand, 27 Sept. 1892: educ. West Christchurch District
High School, Waitaki Boys’ High School and Edinburgh University,
where he was a member of the O.T.C. Prior to the outbreak of war
Lieut. Chilton was studying medicine, but he immediately applied for
and received a commission in the 3rd Battn. Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders, 15 Aug. 1914; was promoted Lieut., 31 Oct. 1914, and
transferred to the 13th (Service) Battn., and left for the Dardanelles
in May, 1915, being attached for service to the 2nd Hampshires. He was
killed in action there, 4 June, 1915; _unm._
=CHILTON, FREE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7510), S.S. 102823,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CHILVERS, PERCY ERNEST=, Gunner, R.M.A., 13375, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CHING, HUGH= (_alias_ =HUGH WILLIAM POWER=), Private,
No. 1631, 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regiment
(T.F.), only _s._ of Richard Ching, of 180, Esywn Road, Tooting,
London, by his wife, Annie; _b._ London, 25 Jan. 1887; educ.
Stockwell Board School, was an Advertising Expert and Agent; joined
Queen Victoria’s Rifles in 1912; volunteered for foreign service on
the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, Oct. 1914, and died
in Hospital at Ypres, 26 March, 1915, of wounds received in action at
Ypres two days previously. Buried in the ramparts of Ypres. His Capt.
wrote: “All who knew your husband appreciated him very much, he was in
every way a good soldier, no higher praise can be given to a man”; and
2nd Lieut. K. Lloyd wrote: “I only joined the 1st Battn. here in Jan.,
but he was then on the list of ‘staunch ones,’ which my platoon sergt.
gave me. Ever since that first night when he took out a listening
patrol, he has been a great rock of comfort to me. It is just the men
like him that give such a feeling of confidence to us when we feel a
touch of downheartedness. I am glad to say I was able to go back to him
for a moment after he had been hit and the last I heard of him was his
calling ‘Good luck’ to his friends as they filed past him along the
path.” He _m._ at Manchester, 2 May, 1914, Pollie (Meadowside, New
Mills, Derbyshire), 4th dau. of James Henry Pimley; _s.p._
[Illustration: =H. Ching= (_alias_ =H. W. Power=).]
=CHIPCHASE, CHARLES WILSON=, Private, No. 4333, 2nd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Thomas Chipchase, of Hull, by his wife,
Sarah, dau. of Charles Leadley; _b._ Scott Street, Hull, 12 Sept.
1880; educ. Charterhouse Lane Board School; enlisted 19 Aug. 1901; went
to France with the Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in
action at Rentel, Belgium, 5 Nov. 1914, being buried in Rentel Wood. He
_m._ at St. Saviour’s Wilmington, Hull, 10 June, 1906, Elizabeth
(31, Poplar Avenue, Poplar Road, Hull), dau. of Edward Pritchard, and
left four children: Charles Edward, _b._ 2 Sept. 1907; Percy
Pritchard, _b._ 15 Feb. 1909; Stanley Pritchard, _b._ 18 Nov.
1910; and David William, _b._ 20 Nov. 1912.
=CHISHOLM, ALEXANDER=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4308), 188284, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=CHISIM, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9121), S.S. 105949,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=CHISNALL, GEORGE HENRY=, M.B., B.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.),
Lieut., R.A.M.C., _s._ of Charles Henry Chisnall, of Frating
Abbey, Colchester, co. Essex, by his wife, Eugénie Ellen (Frating
Abbey, Colchester), dau. of Thomas Patrick Hitchcock, of Lavenham,
co. Suffolk; _b._ Great Bentley, co. Essex, 4 April, 1886; educ.
Framlingham College, Suffolk, and The London Hospital Medical College.
He received his commission as temporary Lieut. in the R.A.M.C. on 6
Aug. 1914, having qualified in 1908, and taken the M.B. (Lond.) in
1910. Leaving England on the outbreak of war, he was attached to and
started work in the surgical ward of No. 7 General Hospital set up
at Amiens. This had to be abandoned in the retreat from Mons, and he
was afterwards attached to the 1st Battn. Cameron Highlanders. He was
struck by a shell while attending the wounded in the open during an
engagement north of Ypres, and died the following day, 24 Oct. 1914, in
hospital at Elverdinghe. He was buried in the churchyard there. He was
the only Chisnall at that time on the British Medical Register, and the
first F.R.C.S. to fall in the war.
[Illustration: =George Henry Chisnall.=]
=CHITTENDEN, FRANK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5685), 186140, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CHIVAS, EDWIN JOHN=, Private, No. 27051, 15th Battn. (48th
Canadian Highlanders), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of
William Hay Chivas, of 74, Chisley Avenue, London, Ontario (who served
for 16 years in the 3rd Battn. Gordon Highlanders and then settled in
Canada), _b._ Fraserburgh, co. Aberdeen; educ. there; went to
Canada with his parents in 1901; volunteered on the outbreak of war in
Aug. 1914; left with the first Contingent in Oct.; went to the Front
in Feb., and was killed in action at St. Julien, Belgium, 24 April,
1915; _unm._ Sergt. L. D. Anderson, A. Coy. 15th Battn., who was
invalided back to Canada after this action, gave the following account:
“I was in charge of the fort in which he was, and we retired together
after being forced out by the gas fumes in the Battle of St. Julien,
24 April. Twenty or more of us lay all day under a terrible shell
fire, being unconscious for most of the time, from early morning--5
o’clock--till dusk. At dusk, I being the senior, and having come to my
senses, decided that we must start to gain shelter or else we should
all be lost, as our breathing was coming harder and I felt I was
becoming worse. I crawled over to him and braced him up, with my arms
around him, telling him that we would try to get across two fields to
a road; here I felt we might get water or aid. Your son’s strength had
so far gone that he could walk but a very few paces and then dropped
to the ground. Whether he died then or later I cannot tell you, as I,
with two others, forced my way till I lay exhausted, only to be rescued
by two artillerymen and brought back to life in the hospital. Your son
was very much beloved by all his comrades and always was cheery and
happy. We slept side by side for a long time, and so I knew him very
well. When on several occasions, as I was accustomed to read from the
‘Book’ on Sundays, I forgot, your son would remind me, and our little
group would sit in a quiet corner and have a quiet read of some of St.
Paul or the Ninety-first Psalm. Your son was a good and true soldier.”
His three brothers are all on active service, two with the Divisional
Ammunition Column, and the third as a baker in the A.S.C.
[Illustration: =Edwin John Chivas.=]
=CHOLMLEY, GEORGE FRANCIS=, Lieut.-Commander, R.N., 2nd _s._
of Alfred John Cholmley, of Place Newton, Rillington, co. York, by
his wife, Mary Anne, dau. of the Rev. Francis Simpson, of Foston, co.
York; _b._ Place Newton, 1 Sept. 1882; educ. Summerfield’s 1893–5,
and Mann’s Preparatory School for Navy 1895–7; joined the Britannia,
1897, was appointed to the Barfleur, Rear-Admiral Penrose Fitzgerald’s
flagship, on the China Station in Sept. 1898, and served through the
China War, for which he received the medal; was on the Niobe from Dec.
1900, to May, 1902, and after passing through Greenwich, entered the
submarine service in 1903. He was serving as Sub-Lieut. with A 1 when
she was sunk in 1904. On the day she was lost he had been sent to take
temporary charge of another submarine, and was returning to A 1, about
4.30 p.m., when no trace of her could be found. After the A 1 was
raised he was given six months’ promotion, being made Lieut. and put in
command of her; afterwards commanded B, C and D boats, and from Feb.
1907, to March, 1909, served on the Bedford on the China Station, and
in July of the latter year was appointed to the command of Submarine
C 27. On 31 March, 1912, he was promoted Lieut.-Commander, and in May
appointed to the Alecto for duty with submarines, and in 1913 received
an expression of the Lords of the Admiralty’s high appreciation of the
way in which he had handled his ship when towing H.M.S. Jackal into
Dundee Harbour during a storm. He was given command of Submarine E 3
in June, 1914, and was killed in action in the Bight of Heligoland, 18
Oct. 1914. In Sept. he picked up a German seaplane which had been in
the water for 20 hours about 30 miles off the Island of Borkum, and
after destroying the remains of the seaplane he brought the officer
and his mechanic as prisoners to Harwich. Lieut.-Commander Cholmley
_m._ at St. Saviour’s Church, Mayfair, London, 9 Sept. 1911,
Violet Penelope Munro (Hillcot, Shakespeare Road, Worthing), dau. of
Robert James Trown Thomson, Indian P.W.D., by his wife, May Forbes,
dau. of the Very Rev. Principal William Robinson Pirie, D.D., Aberdeen;
_s.p._
[Illustration: =George Francis Cholmley.=]
=CHOLMONDELEY, CHARLES ALMERIC JOHN=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Border
Regt., yr. _s._ of the late Lord Henry Vere Cholmondeley (2nd
_s._ of William Henry Hugh, 3rd Marquis of Cholmondeley), by his
wife, Frances Isabella Catherine, 2nd dau. of Lieut.-Col. the Hon.
George Augustus Spencer [2nd _s._ of Francis Almeric, 1st Baron
Churchill, and gdson. of George, 4th Duke of Marlborough]; _b._
London, 5 March, 1880; educ. Charterhouse; gazetted to the Border Regt.
from the Militia, 4 April, 1900, and promoted Lieut. 4 Jan. 1902,
and Capt. 23 July, 1910. In the Army Exercise at Northampton, 1913,
Capt. Cholmondeley had a small command in the skeleton force under
Major-General Munro, which operated so well from Daventry Heights. He
was killed in action near Ypres, 28 Oct. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =C. A. J. Cholmondeley.=]
=CHORLEY, DUDLEY CECIL=, Assistant Paymaster, R.N.R., 2nd
_s._ of Charles John Chorley, of The Grange, Woodcote Valley Road,
Purley, Wine Merchant, by his wife, Florence, dau. of William John
Noad: _b._ Dulwich, 7 July, 1889; educ. St. Dunstan’s College;
spent several years in Chili, Peru, Bolivia, and other parts of South
America; was afterwards connected with the Union-Castle Line of
steamships, and became their youngest purser, being in charge of the
Gloucester Castle. On the outbreak of war he joined the Royal Naval
Reserve as an Assistant Paymaster, 8 Sept. 1914; was commended by the
commander of his first ship, H.M.S. Royal Arthur, and after three
months’ service in this cruiser was appointed Assistant Paymaster (in
charge) on H.M.S. Bayano, the youngest then holding that office in
His Majesty’s Fleet. The Bayano left Glasgow on a Wednesday, and was
torpedoed the following morning at 5 a.m., 11 March, 1915. His body was
never recovered. He was a member of the Purley Cricket and Lawn Tennis
Clubs, and a good sportsman. His marriage was fixed for his next return
to port.
[Illustration: =Dudley Cecil Chorley.=]
=CHOWN, HERBERT=, Private, R.M.L.l. (R.F.R., B. 1828), 186777,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CHRISTOPHER, LEONARD DE LONA=, Capt., 40th Pathans, Indian
Army, elder _s._ of Major-General Leonard William Christopher,
C.B., Indian Army (retired), of Harcourt House, Camberley, by his
wife, Florence, 4th dau. of the late Major-Gen. Charles Stuart Lane,
C.B., and gdson. of the late Major-Gen. Leonard Raisbeck Christopher;
_b._ Mansfield, Iver Heath, co. Bucks, 21 Oct. 1883; educ.
Wellington College and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. to the North Staffordshire Regt. then in India, 9 Jan. 1904; was
promoted Lieut. 2 March, 1905, being the same month transferred to the
Indian Army and posted to the 40th Pathans. He obtained his company 9
Jan. 1913; was Adjutant 12 April, 1911, to April, 1915, and took part
in the operations in the Mohmand country (medal with clasp), 1908. On
the outbreak of the European War he came home with his regt., served
in France and Flanders, and was killed in action in the Second Battle
of Ypres, 26 April, 1915; buried in a farm three-quarters of a mile
north-east of the village of St. Jean. His colonel wrote: “The regt.
was in the first line of attack, and had to cross over open ground for
over 1,000 yards under a fearful fire of machine guns and shells, both
front and flank.... A native officer of ours near him loosened his belt
for him, and Chris said “Mehrbani” and died.... He performed his duty
nobly to the end.” And a brother officer: “He was dearly loved in the
regt., and died a very gallant death at the head of his men, and helped
to make the regt. he loved so well famous in that reckless charge.”
Capt. Christopher _m._ at East Barnet, co. Herts, 4 June, 1913,
Edith Marian, 4th dau. of Albert Robinson Bulman, of Trevor Hall, East
Barnet, co. Herts, late of Indian Civil Service.
[Illustration: =Leonard de L. Christopher.=]
=CHRYSTIE, JOHN=, Major, 3rd Battery, Medium Siege Artillery
Brigade, R.G.A., 2nd _s._ of Col. George Chrystie, of Shortheath
Lodge, Farnham, J.P., Supernumerary List, Indian Army, who served in
the Indian Mutiny in 1858 (medal), by his wife, Helen Anne Thomasine,
dau. of William Robertson Myers, Colonial Secretary, Jamaica; _b._
Mangalore, India, 9 March, 1872; educ. Surrey County School, Cranleigh,
and Portsmouth Grammar School; gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.G.A. 24 July,
1891, and promoted Lieut. 24 July, 1894, Capt. 8 Nov. 1899, and Major
7 Oct. 1911, and was Adjutant in the Volunteer Forces, Nov. 1905, to
March, 1907. He served in India with A Mountain Battery and R.G.A.
from 1896 to 1905; was Instructor in Gunnery to the Hoogly Defences,
1901–5, and made three tours in Sierra Leone between 1907 and 1912 as
Instructor in Gunnery. He left for France in command of No. 3 Battery,
1st Medium Siege Artillery Brigade, on 17 Sept. 1914; took part in the
Battle of the Aisne, and on 12 Oct. was moved to the neighbourhood
of Ypres. He was killed in action in the First Battle of Ypres at
Zillebeke, near Ypres, on 17 Nov. 1914; and was buried in Ypres
Cemetery. His colonel wrote of him: “He left behind him the lasting
memorial of a shining example, of how we ought to live and die, and we
shall not forget it. He came to this brigade at my invitation, stayed
in it at my invitation, and so far as we all are concerned he remains
in it for ever. We shall not see his like any more.” Major Chrystie
was a keen sportsman, and won the Silver Spear of the Allahabad Tent
Club in 1897 for pig sticking. His great-uncles, Lieut. John Chrystie,
R.N., and Capt. Thomas Chrystie, R.N., served under Nelson. The former
was in the Victory immediately before Trafalgar, but was transferred
on promotion. The latter was at Trafalgar in the Defiance. His twin
brother, Major George Chrystie, 25th Cavalry, Frontier Force, Indian
Army, was killed in a raid on the North-West Frontier of India on 2
May, 1913. Major Chrystie _m._ at Christ Church, Lancaster Gate,
London, 15 Jan. 1913, Mignonne Muriel Maude (5, Portland Terrace,
Southsea), dau. of Charles Lennox Brice Cumming, late of the Indian
Civil Service, and had a dau.: Leslie Mignonne Comyn, _b._ 6 June,
1914.
[Illustration: =John Chrystie.=]
=CHUDLEY, JOHN FREDERICK=, Coy. Sergt.-Major, No. 330, 1st Battn.
(Royal Fusiliers), The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of John
Chudley, by his wife, Lydia, dau. of Jesse Hattam; _b._ Sydenham,
8 Sept. 1875; educ. St. Mary’s School, Brook Green, London; enlisted
in the 1st Royal Fusiliers (Volunteers) in 1894, and served through
the Boer war, receiving the Queen’s medal with four clasps. On the
outbreak of the European War he volunteered for foreign service, and
died of wounds caused by an explosion of a bomb in the trenches at
Merville, 12 June, 1915, and was buried in the cemetery there. He
_m._ at St. Paul’s Church, Wimbledon Park, S.W., 29 Jan. 1910,
Charlotte Susannah (206, Balvernie Grove, Southfields, S.W.), yst. dau.
of James Thomas Mortimer, and had one dau., Doris, _b._ 13 April,
1912. Capt. Glover wrote: “I personally have known the Sergt.-Major for
nearly thirteen years, and a soldier with a keener sense of duty and a
man straighter in all dealings I have never met. By his death I have
lost a friend and a comrade, and one who has never failed me in any
circumstances.” Besides the South African medal, Sergt.-Major Chudley
had the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal.
[Illustration: =John Frederick Chudley.=]
=CHURCHILL, DAVID EDWIN STANLEY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 16325,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CHURCHILL, JOHN WILFRED=, L.-Corpl., No. 8109, 3rd East Yorkshire
Regt., _s._ of Nehemiah Churchill; _b._ Netherton, near
Dudley, 6 June, 1885; enlisted Jan. 1905, and was killed in action at
Paradis, 18 Oct. 1914; _unm._
=CHUTE, CHALLONER FRANCIS TREVOR=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal
Munster Fusiliers, 3rd _s._ of the late Francis Blennerhassett
Chute, of Chute Hall, Tralee, co. Kerry, J.P., by his wife, Cherry
Herbert (22, Ashburton Road, Southsea), dau. of Norcott D’Esterre
Roberts, of Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin; b. Chute Hall, Tralee, 2
April, 1885; received his commission from the Militia in the Royal
Munster Fusiliers, 28 Nov. 1905 and was promoted Lieut. 9 Feb. 1908.
Reported “missing” after the Battle of Mons, it was afterwards
officially announced that he was killed in action near Etreux, France,
27 Aug. 1914. Capt. H. S. Jervis, the senior surviving officer of
the battn., gave the following account of the fight on 27 Aug. in
which Lieut. Chute met his death: “The regt. was left in a somewhat
exposed position, and the orders for a withdrawal seem to have gone
astray. Chute, with his guns which he handled during the day with
wonderful skill, covered the withdrawal of my company at mid-day. It
was pouring with rain, and with entire disregard to personal comfort,
characteristic of him, he lay down in six inches of water to manipulate
his guns better. The Germans were crossing the front, and he never
neglected an opportunity of delaying their advance. He withdrew them
from one position to another all day, forming an invaluable escort to
the two field guns we had attached to us. The withdrawal continued
through a village at about 5.30 p.m., and at the other side of it he
came into action again, firing right down the road, on both edges of
which Capt. Rawlinson’s company was withdrawing. Owing to the help of
your husband’s guns the company got safely through, and rejoined the
battn. The enemy were now on three sides of us, and their artillery
opened fire. Chute brought his machine guns back at the gallop along
the road under a positive hail of lead. It was a splendid feat, and
was successfully accomplished, and once again the guns were placed in
position. We were now completely surrounded, and your husband crossed
the road to try to find a target to aim at. As he crossed he was shot
in the right side and thigh, and fell dead. Up to the last he was
cheery and full of spirits as ever; in fact, he was the life and soul
of the mess. He was looked upon as the best machine gun officer of
the brigade, and his work during the day only served to confirm this
view. Yesterday, the 28th, the Germans allowed us to send out a burial
party of our own men, and they found Chuty and buried him with the
eight other officers of the regt. who were killed in a grave separate
from the men. He was buried with all his personal effects on him. His
heavier kit is with the regimental transport, the only part of the
regt. to escape.” Lieut. Chute _m._ 29 June, 1911, Maud Emily St.
Clair, only dau. of the late Edward O’Brien Hobson, of Myler’s Park,
co. Wexford, and had two sons: Desmond, _b._ 10 Aug. 1913; and
Challoner, _b._ 18 March, 1915.
[Illustration: =Challoner F. T. Chute.=]
=CLAIR, WILLIAM=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1406U, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept., 1914.
=CLAPP, ALBERT GEORGE=, Po. /16499, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CLARE, SAMUEL JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8218), 293806,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLARK, EDWARD=, Private, No. 13619, 5th Battn. 2nd Infantry
Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force. 4th _s._ of the late Edward
Clark, of Morley, co. York (died 28 April, 1909), by his wife, Mary,
dau. of William Walker Clark, of Morley; _b._ Morley, 8 Feb. 1888;
educ. Queen Street Wesleyan School there; went to Canada about 1906,
and settled first at Elkron, Manitoba, three years later moving further
west to Swift Currents, Sask. He enlisted there on the outbreak of war
in Aug. 1914, and came to England with the first Canadian contingent,
arriving in Oct. After training at Salisbury during the winter he went
to France in Feb. 1915, and was killed in action on Whit Monday, 24
May, 1915; _unm._ His company officer, Lieut. L. F. Page, wrote:
“He has been under my command ever since the first days at Valcartier,
and I got to know him very well. He was an excellent soldier, always
willing, obliging and brave. His death, I know, was all he would have
wished it to be. He was killed capturing a German position; his loss is
greatly felt by us all. May we each die as fine a death as he did.”
=CLARK, FREDERICK JAMES=, Gunner, No. 57600, Royal Field
Artillery, _s._ of James Clark, of 2, Philip Street, Bath;
_b._ Tiverton, Bath, 2 Feb. 1891; educ. there; enlisted in May,
1909; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and
was killed in action at Ypres, 31 Oct. 1914; _unm._ His brother is
now (1916) serving with the 4th Somersets.
=CLARK, HENRY WILLIAM=, Rifleman, No. 2612, 17th Battn. (Poplar
and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt., 3rd _s._ of Frederick Clark,
of 42, Goldsmith Road, Hackney, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Charles
Callan; _b._ Bethnal Green, 19 May, 1893; educ. Haggerston;
enlisted 3 Sept. 1914, was killed in the trenches 10 Nov. 1915, and was
buried behind Lone Tree, near Hulluch, Loos; _unm._ Lieut. W. A.
Clarke wrote that “He was always a good and devoted soldier, and did
his duty splendidly.” And his comrades, in a joint letter of sympathy
sent to his mother, said: “Owing to heavy rain the hole in the side
of the trench in which he used to sleep when off duty collapsed, and
he was buried under the heap of earth, although we made every effort
to dig him out; but I am sorry to say he had passed away before we
achieved our task. He was buried behind the old German line in front of
Loos, which we captured in our recent attack, and a little wooden cross
now marks the spot where he now lies in rest.”
[Illustration: =Henry William Clark.=]
=CLARK, JOHN=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., Ch. B. 4915),
279038, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLARK, NELLIE=, Sister, a nursing member of Lady Ralph Paget’s
Serbian Relief Expedition, dau. of Thomas Clark, of Bilsley, Alford,
co. Lincoln, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of James Tammos, of Hardley,
Norfolk; _b._ Cumberworth, 6 March, 1888; educ. Bilsby County
School; and was a private nurse, having passed all degrees. She joined
Lady Ralph Paget’s first unit for Serbia, in Oct. 1914, and died at
Skopje, Serbia, 25 Dec. 1914, of septic poisoning, contracted while
performing her duty, and was buried there. Lady Ralph Paget wrote: “She
was the best nurse we had, and was so very sweet and gentle that she
was loved by every one who had the honour of knowing her. As for the
wounded men she nursed they simply adored her, and it was touching to
see their grief when they heard of her death.”
[Illustration: =Nellie Clark.=]
=CLARK, OWEN WALTER=, Regimental Sergt.-Major, No. 5289, 2nd
Battn. The Royal Scots, _s._ of Walter Clark, by his wife, Mary,
dau. of (--) Humphreys, of Bow; _b._ at Bow, 30 Oct. 1877; educ.
Bromley-by-Bow; enlisted in the 1st Royal Scots at Chatham in 1895,
and after a short time at Edinburgh, and some years at the depot,
Glencorse, was in 1903 drafted to the 2nd Battn., then at Kamptee,
India. He returned from India in Oct. 1905, and on the occasion of
the visit of the King and Queen to Edinburgh Castle in 1911 was, with
three other N.C.Os., placed in charge of the Regalia. He also carried
the new Colours which His Majesty presented to the battn. at Holyrood
Palace on this occasion. The following year he was Worshipful Master
of the Regimental Masonic Lodge, “Unity, Peace and Concord.” When
war broke out he was Q.M. Sergt., and left Crownhill, Plymouth, with
the 2nd Battn. for the Front on 13 Aug. 1914. He was granted first
class Warrant rank, and promoted Regimental Sergt.-Major in Dec.
1914; was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of
17 Feb. 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field,
and was killed in action at Hooge, 14 July, 1915, within nine months
of completing 21 years with the Colours. He had been presented with
the Good Conduct Medal by General Sir H. Smith-Dorrien at Crownhill
in 1913, and numerous letters from his officers show that he had
made himself beloved and respected by all ranks. Sergt.-Major Clark
_m._ at Walthamstow Parish Church, 5 May, 1900, Alice Maud Mary
(735, High Road, Leyton, Essex), dau. of Edward Carr, of Leyton,
Essex, and had four children: Percy, _b._ 13 March, 1901; Roland,
_b._ 17 Oct. 1902; Ivy, _b._ 26 Sept. 1906; and Marjorie,
_b._ 12 Sept. 1910.
[Illustration: =Owen Walter Clark.=]
=CLARK, THOMAS WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9966, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=CLARKE, ALBERT=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 14643, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=CLARKE, ALGERNON PERCY=, 2nd Lieut., 1/23rd Battn. The London
Regt. (T.F.), 2nd and elder surviving _s._ of Joseph Percy Clarke,
of 14, Hans Court, S.W., formerly of Buenos Ayres, M.Inst.C.E., by
his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of the late Edward Glover; _b._ Buenos
Ayres, Argentine Republic, 8 July, 1894; educ. at Marlborough College,
and at the outbreak of war was an undergraduate at Pembroke College,
Cambridge. From the O.T.C. Cambridge, he received his commission as 2nd
Lieut. Territorial Force as from 29 Aug. 1914. He at once joined the
1st/23rd London Regt., and, volunteering for foreign service, trained
with his regt. until 14 March, 1915, when they embarked for France. He
went through a course of machine-gun instruction at St. Omer, France,
and was made machine gun officer to his battn. After several months
in the trenches he was badly wounded in both legs on 21 July, by a
German shell which burst in the room where he and two other officers
were resting, south of La Bassee, and he died on 24 July, 1915, at No.
1 Casualty Clearing Station, and was buried in the new cemetery at
Chocques, France. Writing to his father, Lieut.-Col. Streatfield said:
“I pray that you may be able to derive some comfort from the knowledge
of how splendidly your boy has done since he has been out here. We all
loved him, and the men of his platoon would have done just anything in
the world he asked them to. By his good heartedness and cheeriness he
had endeared himself to them in a way it has been the lot of few men
to do.” Lieut.-Col. Lord Herbert A. M. Douglas Scott, D.S.O. (formerly
commanding 1/23rd The London Regt.), wrote from the War Office, 29
July, 1915: “Your son was doing so extremely well under my command and
I heard from Lieut.-Col. Streatfield the same good account of his work.
Your loss is the country’s loss also.” His brother, Harold Percy, of
the Rifle Brigade, was killed on 9 May, two and a-half months earlier
(see his notice).
[Illustration: =Algernon Percy Clarke.=]
=CLARKE, AMBROSE CHILDS=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. Leicestershire
Regt. (T.F.), elder _s._ of William Arthur Clarke, of The
Homestead, Manor Road, Leicester, Solicitor, by his wife, Ruth Lilian,
dau. of Charles Baimbridge Rendle, of Russell Road, Kensington,
Surgeon; _b._ Stoke, Devonport, co. Devon, 12 July, 1896; educ.
Stoneygate School, Leicester, King’s College Choir School, Cambridge,
and Malvern College. At the outbreak of war he was in camp with the
Malvern College contingent of the O.T.C., and returned to Leicester,
receiving his commission two days afterwards, 6 Aug. 1914. He was
killed in the trenches near Messines, 9 May, 1915, during a heavy
bombardment. He was placing his men under cover, refusing to take
shelter himself until all his men were out of danger, and he had
just got his last men under cover when he was killed by a shell
instantaneously. He was buried in what had formerly been “Packhorse
Farm,” Wulverghem, at the back of the English lines near Bailleul. A
brother officer, who has since been killed, wrote: “He honestly was one
of the cheeriest, best, most capable and well-loved officers in the
battn., especially taking his age into consideration.”
[Illustration: =Ambrose Childs Clarke.=]
=CLARKE, BASIL HEATHCOTE=, Rifleman, No. 2336, 1/9th Battn.
(Queen Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of
Henry Heathcote Clarke, of 17, Birchwood Mansions, Muswell Hill, N.,
formerly of Durban, Natal, Journalist, by his wife, Florence Annie,
dau. of Charles Samuel Clarke; _b._ Stamford Hill, N., 4 March,
1894; educ. Oakfield School, Crouch End, N.; was a member of the office
staff of the London Electric Supply Corporation, Ltd., 25A,
Cockspur Street, S.W., but on the declaration of war volunteered for
Active Service, and enlisted in Queen Victoria’s Rifles, 3 Sept. 1914;
landed in France, 23 Jan. 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force,
and was killed in action near Wulverghem, 6 March, 1915, only two days
after his twenty-first birthday; _unm._ He was buried in the
military burial ground near Wulverghem Church. Coy. Sergt.-Major Ashton
wrote: “He was on the look out at the time, and he was struck by a
rifle bullet, and death was instantaneous.... He had only been with us
such a short while, and we have lost a brave and good comrade.” Clarke
was a server at St. Peter le Poer, Friern Barnet, and also assistant
scout-master of the 91st London Troop.
[Illustration: =Basil Heathcote Clarke.=]
=CLARKE, CHARLES PRIOR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1190), 205888, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=CLARKE, CHARLES WILLIAM=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 6419),
298869, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast
of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CLARKE, EDWARD THOMAS=, Private, No. 27621, 15th Battn. (48th
Highlanders) Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of Joseph
Edward Clarke, of 26, Lagham Road, South Godstone, Surrey, Groom
Gardener; by his wife, Eleanor, dau. of Mark Chapman; _b._ St.
John’s Wood, London, 12 Dec. 1893; educ. Blindley Heath National
School, Surrey; went to Canada on his fourteenth birthday in 1907,
and settled at Sweetsburg, working as a farm hand. He joined the 13th
Scottish Light Dragoons, and gained his certificate as Sergt.-Major
at the Royal Cavalry School at St. Jean, Quebec, 15 Feb. 1913. On the
outbreak of war he joined the 48th Highlanders as a Private, came to
England with the First Canadian Contingent, and after training on
Salisbury Plain during the winter, went to the Western Front, 11 Feb.
1915, and was killed in action at Ypres, 22–24 April, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Edward Thomas Clarke.=]
=CLARKE, ERNEST=, Seaman, R.N.R., 5535A, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLARKE, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, 302310, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=CLARKE, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9094), 201471,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLARKE, GEORGE RANKIN=, Private, No. 271, B. Coy. 1st
Newfoundland Regt., _s._ of Captain John Clarke, of Brigus,
Newfoundland, Fisherman and Seafaring man; _b._ Brigus, Cape
Breton, Newfoundland, 20 Oct. 1897; educ. Brigus Methodist Academy,
and Methodist College, St. John’s; volunteered for Imperial service
and joined the 1st Newfoundland Regt. after the outbreak of war, Sept.
1914, and _d._ in hospital at Mudros, 24 Nov. 1915, of dysentery
contracted while on active service; _unm._
=CLARKE, HAROLD MARTIN=, Barrister-at-Law, Lieut., 17th Battn.
(Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._
of George William Clarke, of The Glen, Forest Hill, S.E., Town Clerk
of Stepney, by his wife, Alice Mary, dau. of William Edwin Hill;
_b._ Kirby-le-Soken, co. Essex, 25 Feb. 1889; educ. Whitgift
Grammar School, Croydon, and Clare College, Cambridge, and was called
to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1911. On 9 May, 1913, he obtained a
commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Poplar and Stepney Rifles, and on the
outbreak of war, 5 Aug. 1914, at once volunteered for foreign service
and was promoted Lieut. 29 Aug. 1914; went to the Front with his regt.
9 March, 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 26–27
Sept. 1915. The following order was issued shortly before this action
(sent to England after Lieut. Clarke’s death): “The Major-General
wishes to place on record his appreciation of the good work which has
been done during the last four months by the following instructors
at the Divisional Bomb School: Instructor Lieut. Martin Clarke,
&c.--Headquarters, 10.25 p.m.” At Whitgift he was Colour-Sergt. in the
Cadet Corps, and in the History Sixth, and at Clare he received his
Lent and May colours. Lieut. Clarke _m._ at St. Albans in 1914,
Daisy Emily (120, Croxted Road, West Dulwich), dau. of Philip Early
Fenton Keatch, of India; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Harold Martin Clarke.=]
=CLARKE, HAROLD PERCY=, 2nd Lieut., 6th Special Reserve, attd.
2nd, Battn. The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own), eldest
_s._ of Joseph Percy Clarke, of 14, Hans Court, S.W., formerly of
Buenos Ayres, M.Inst. C.E., etc., by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of the
late Edward Glover; _b._ Rosario de Santa Fe, Argentine Republic,
18 March, 1888; educ. Marlborough College; trained as a civil engineer,
and became an Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers in
1913. He was constructing engineer on the Central Argentine Railway,
and, arriving in England soon after the outbreak of war, he obtained
through the Cambridge O.T.C. his commission in the Special Reserve of
Officers as 2nd Lieut. from 15 Aug. 1914, joining the 6th Battn. Rifle
Brigade at Sheerness. He went to the Front in November, but was shortly
after invalided home with influenza and a slight attack of pneumonia.
He rejoined the reserve battn. (6th) in February, 1915, and went to
France, 17 March, where he was attached to the 2nd Battn., joining A
Coy. He was killed on 9 May, 1915, in the attack on Fromelles and the
Aubers Ridge as he was leading his platoon to take the German trenches.
He was buried near Basseye, a little north of Kemmel, France. Almost
all the officers of the battn. were casualties in this attack, but
Capt. Nugent, company officer, 2nd Rifle Brigade, wrote: “Your son
commanded his platoon with the greatest dash and gallantry, and showed
himself to be a splendid officer.” He had already gained distinction
in his professional career as a civil engineer, important works having
been entrusted to his care, and was a keen sportsman in every way. His
next brother, Algernon Percy, was killed also in France, two and a-half
months later, July 24 (see his notice).
[Illustration: =Harold Percy Clarke.=]
=CLARKE, HERBERT CHARLES=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21948, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=CLARKE, HERBERT EDGAR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R.B., 8114), S.S.
103947, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=CLARKE, HENRY HAMES=, Chief Ship’s Cook (Pensioner), 153478,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLARKE, JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5108), 175327, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLARKE, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109357, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLARKE, JAMES GEORGE=, Officer’s Steward, 1st Class, L. 5276,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=CLARKE, MAURICE TREDWAY=, Private, No. 29752, 10th Battn., 1st
Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force, yr. _s._ of Tredway
Sydenham Clarke, Barrister-at-Law, late of Lincoln’s Inn, by his wife,
Constance, dau. of Edmund Dewar Bourdillon; _b._ Richmond, co.
Surrey, 22 March, 1883; educ. Malvern College, Eastbourne College and
St. Catherine’s College, Cambridge; went to Canada in June, 1905, and
took up land near Eagle Butte, Medicine Hat, Alberta, and in 1910
obtained an appointment under the Dominion Forestry Department, which
he held until Sept. 1913. On the outbreak of the European War in Aug.
1914, he volunteered for Imperial service; came over with the first
contingent in Oct.; went to France, Feb. 1915; was slightly wounded
in the early stages of the Second Battle of Ypres, and died 24 April,
1915, from injuries received whilst the ambulance was passing through
Ypres; _unm._ He was buried at Vlamertinghe.
[Illustration: =Maurice Tredway Clarke.=]
=CLARKE, MONTAGU CHRISTIAN CUTHBERT=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Argyll
and Sutherland Highlanders, only _s._ of the late Montagu Charles
Clarke, of the Southern Mahratta Railway, India, by his wife, Ada
Georgina, dau. of Daniel Booth Rowbotham; _b._ Lindfield, co.
Sussex, 3 Oct. 1893; educ. Radley College, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. 1st Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 4 Sept. 1912, and
promoted Lieut. 12 Dec. 1914. He was killed in action at Ypres, 8 May,
1915, and buried in graveyard of the temporary hospital on the Menin
Road, about one mile from Ypres; _unm._
=CLARKE, MORDAUNT EDWARD LEONARD HANNAM=, Lieut., 3rd Battn.
Worcestershire Regt., yst. _s._ of the late Col. Francis Coningsby
Hannam Clarke, C.M.G., R.A., sometime Surveyor-General of Ceylon, by
his wife, Elizabeth Stainton (24, The Grove, Boltons, S.W.), dau. of
S. W. Brown, F.R.C.S.; _b._ Bath, 13 Oct. 1884; educ. Marlborough
College and University College Oxford; served first in the Kent
Artillery from which he was gazetted 2nd Lieut. Worcestershire Regt.,
29 May, 1907, and was promoted Lieut. 22 Oct. 1910, serving for the
next 3 or 4 years as Scout Officer to his regt. On the outbreak of the
European war he left with his regt. for France, and was shot through
the head by a bullet from a shell at Candry, near Cambray, 26 Aug.
1914; _unm._ He was carried to the Civil Hospital at Marly, but
never regained consciousness. He received the following “mention” in
Aug. 1913:--“I am to inform you that the G.O.C. 7th Brigade, wishes
you to know how much he appreciates your work as Scout Officer during
Brigade training. As this matter was not mentioned at the Pow-Wow he
desired that you should be informed at once.”
=CLARKE, VICTOR=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 8513), 194420, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=CLARKE, WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 308, A Coy., 2nd Battn. Lancashire
Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of George Clarke, pit top man, by his wife,
Mary, dau. of George Kelk; _b._ Blyth, 4 June, 1885; educ. there
and Austerfield; enlisted in May, 1903, and served eight years in
India, Egypt and Malta, and was a Reservist when war broke out. He
was gassed at the Battle of Hill 60, but recovered and was sent back
to the trenches, and was killed in action at Ypres, 29 June, 1915,
and was buried at La Brique, a mile and a-half away from Ypres, near
Turco Farm. He had put his head over the parapet of the trench to
aim at a German sniper, and was shot through the head, being killed
instantaneously. 2nd Lieut. Granger wrote: “He was an excellent
soldier, a splendid N.C.O., who took an interest in his work, and
whatever he did he did well. He was as plucky a man as it is possible
to meet. I deeply regret his death, and may say that there is no one
else in the company whose loss would be more keenly felt.” Sergt.
Clarke was mentioned for conspicuous bravery on the field. He also had
six medals which he received while serving in India, etc. He _m._
at St. James’ Church, Doncaster, 3 Aug. 1913, Harriet (61, Concrete
Cottages, Wombwell, near Barnsley), dau. of Thomas Schorah, and had
twin children: Laurence and Doris (died 26 Aug. 1914), _b._ 4
July, 1914.
[Illustration: =William Clarke.=]
=CLARKE, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 5843), S.S.
100711, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=CLARKE, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 17297, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLARKE, WILLIAM JOB=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10258), 208608, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLARKSON, ARTHUR EDWIN=, Private, No. 1122, 8th Battn. (90th
Winnipeg Rifles) Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Annie (now
wife of Maurice Barker, of St. Rose du Lac, Manitoba, Canada, and
relict of John Cahill, of Scarborough); _b._ Scarborough, co.
York; educ. Scarborough Board School; went to Canada with his mother
in June, 1903; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and enlisted at
Portage la Perrée, Man., 14 Aug. 1914; left Canada with the first
contingent in Oct.; went to the Front in Feb., and was killed in action
at Langemarck, 25 April, 1915. He _m._ at St. Mary’s Church,
Scarborough, 8 May, .... Sarah (21, Hadden Street, Aberdeen), dau. of
(----) Newcombe; _s.p._ His half-brother, Private John Cahill,
45th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force is now (1916) on active
service.
[Illustration: =Arthur Edwin Clarkson.=]
=CLARKSON, ERNEST=, E.R.A., 4th Class, 272189, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CLARKSON, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Lieut.-Commander, R.N., only
_s._ of the late Col. Frederick William Clarkson, 39th Dorsetshire
Regt., by his wife, Ella Rosa (who _m._ 2ndly, Col. Sir Augustus
Riversdale Warren, 5th Bart., of Warren’s Court, co. Cork), dau.
of Major-General John Octavius Chichester, 39th Regt.; _b._
Dorchester, 6 Oct. 1883; became a cadet H.M.S. Britannia, in 1899;
Midshipman within four months, Sub-Lieut. in 1892, Lieut. in 1904 and
Lieut.-Commander, 1912. He was lost in H.M.S. Hawke when that ship was
torpedoed 15 Oct. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Frederick W. Clarkson.=]
=CLARKSON, GERALD RICHARD=, Corpl., No. 4, 525, Divisional Signal
Coy., New Zealand Engineers, elder _s._ of the late Richard
Potts Clarkson, M.A., Director of Technical Education, Hawkes Bay
District, and Headmaster, Napier Technical College; by his wife,
Rosina, dau. of (----) O’Shaughnessy, and nephew of John Bowes
Clarkson, of Christchurch, New Zealand; _b._ Palmerston North,
New Zealand, 26 Oct. 1893; educ. Normanby Public School, Stratford
High School, and Napier Technical College; volunteered for Imperial
service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; left for Egypt with the
main Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles,
24 May, 1915, while patrolling Telegraph Lines in “No Man’s Land”;
_unm._ Buried with three other New Zealanders near where he fell
before a general Cemetery was decided on.
[Illustration: =Gerald R. Clarkson.=]
=CLARKSON, ROBERT=, Signalman, 190401, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLARRICOATES, GEORGE HENRY=, Stoker, P.O., 306293, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=CLAW, SIDNEY THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9334), H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLAXTON, EDWIN ARNOLD=, Officer’s Steward, 2nd Class, Pensioner,
157283; reported missing after the sinking of H.M.S. Speedy by a mine
30 miles off the East Coast, 3 Sept. 1914.
=CLAY, FRANK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3895), S.S. 101752,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CLAY, FRANK=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 110996, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in the action off Coronel on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CLAY, HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8970), S.S. 105678,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLAYDON, JAMES LEMARQUE=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 1105),
R.M.A. 11040, 4th _s._ of William Tilbrook Claydon, of Cambridge,
by his wife, Emily; joined the Royal Marine Artillery in Nov. 1904;
purchased his discharge in March, 1911, and joined the Royal Fleet
Reserve; was called up for service on the outbreak of hostilities, and
was lost in action in H.M.S. Hogue in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLAYHILLS, GEORGE, D.S.O.=, Capt., 1st Battn. East Lancashire
Regt., 4th _s._ of Thomas Clayhills, of Invergowrie, co. Forfar,
and Thornton-le-Moor, co. York, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of John
Rob, of Catton Hall, co. York; _b._ Darlington; educ. Cheltenham
College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Received his commission and joined
the 4th Militia Battn. of the Cheshire Regt. 8 Sept. 1896, from which
he was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1st Battn. East Lancashire Regt. 4
Jan. 1899; promoted Lieut. 4 June, 1900; and Capt. 8 Feb. 1908; and
was Adjutant from April, 1906, to April, 1909. He went with his regt.
to South Africa and served with the 8th Mounted Infantry during the
war 1900–2, and took part in the operations at Paardeberg, and actions
at Poplar Grove, Dreifontein, Karee Siding, Vet River and Zand River,
being twice mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901, and
17 May, 1902], and receiving the Queen’s medal with four clasps, and
the King’s medal with two clasps, and the D.S.O. On the outbreak of the
European War he left with his regt. for the Front, served in France
and Flanders, took part in the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the
Marne and the Aisne, and was killed in action at the first Battle of
Ypres, 2 Nov. 1914; _unm._ He was buried about three miles north
of Armentières, one mile east of the Ploegsteert-le Cheir Road.
[Illustration: =George Clayhills.=]
=CLAYTON, ARTHUR GARDNER=, Private, No. 18000, Princess Patricia’s
Canadian L.I., 2nd _s._ of Arthur Gardner Clayton, of the Colonial
Secretary’s office, Ceylon, by his wife, Lucy, dau. of the late Ven.
R. Sutton, Archdeacon of Lewes and Vicar of Pevensey; _b._
Belize, British Honduras, 2 July, 1893; educ. King’s School, Bruton,
co. Somerset, and was afterwards a clerk in the Saskatoon branch of
the Bank of Montreal. On the outbreak of the European War he enlisted
in Princess Patricia’s Canadian L.I., and was killed in action at
Dickebusch, near St. Eloi, 15 Feb. 1915; _unm._
=CLAYTON, GERALD EDWARD CRIRIE=, of Penarwel, Llanbedrog, M.A.,
Barrister-at-Law, 2nd Lieut., Royal Marines, R.N.D., only _s._
of Ralph Cririe Clayton (grandson of Ralph Clayton, of Leyland and
Crooke Hall, co. Lancaster), by his wife, Caroline, only dau. of the
late Lieut.-Gen. John Ffolliott Crofton; _b._ Liverpool, 27 Dec.
1879; educ. at Liverpool College and Worcester College, Oxford, where
he graduated B.A. and M.A., and was called to the Bar (Inner Temple)
in 1904. He was for three years a Lieut. in the Army Motor Reserve,
but this corps was disbanded in Dec. 1913. After the declaration of
war in Aug. 1914, he volunteered with his motor car as a Despatch
Rider, and was given a commission in the Royal Naval Division, 24 Sept.
1914. He went to France and subsequently to Belgium, and was in the
retreat from Antwerp in Oct. 1914, his motor car being the last British
car but one to leave that city. On the return of the Naval Brigade
he was stationed at the Crystal Palace training the Naval Reserves,
and while on Active Service there in Feb. 1915, contracted epidemic
cerebro-spinal meningitis, from which he died at The Little Manor,
Hertingfordbury, 2 Sept. following. He _m._ at St. James’, Spanish
Place, W., 28 April, 1908, Ione (Penarwel, Llanbedrog, Pwllheli, North
Wales), dau. of Major Oscar William de Satgé de Thoren, 45th and 38th
Regt., and granddau. of Oscar Joseph de Satgé, 13th Baron de Thoren,
of the Château de Thoren, Pyr. Or., France, and had three children:
Ralph Dominic de Satgé, _b._ 18 Feb. 1909; Aymar Sinclair Joseph
de Satgé, _b._ 6 July, 1912; and Eveline Mary Alice de Satgé,
_b._ 26 May, and died 10 June, 1910.
[Illustration: =Gerald Edward C. Clayton.=]
=CLAYTON, ROBERT WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./13470, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=CLAYTON, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4542), S.S.
103649, I.C. 127, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the
coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CLEAVER, SIDNEY=, Private, No. 7722, 1st Battn. Gloucester Regt.,
_s._ of Samuel Cleaver, by his wife, Mary; _b._ Bristol, 1884
or 1886; educ. Northgate Wesleyan School, Gloucester; enlisted 23 Aug.
1904; served for three years with the Colours, then passed into the
Reserve; was employed prior to the outbreak of the war in the Celynen
Colliery; mobilised 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 12 Aug. and was killed
in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 26 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at
Gloucester, 30 Nov. 1909, Francis Sarah Ann (33, Swan Road, Kingsholme,
Gloucester), dau. of Emanuel Charles Symonds, and had three daus.:
Gwendoline Frances, _b._ 28 Dec. 1909; Mary Elizabeth, _b._
13 Sept. 1911; and Iris May, _b._ 14 April, 1914. His Capt.
wrote: “He was a plucky young soldier, always ready for anything--a
man I could thoroughly trust. Only ten minutes before his death he had
volunteered to go out with his platoon commander to reconnoitre some
of the enemy trenches, a task requiring pluck, which was carried quite
satisfactorily.”
=CLELAND, MATTHEW=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8945), S.S.
105660, H.M.S Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLEMENS, ARCHIBALD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10709), 208488, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLEMENTS, BERT RICHARD=, L.-Corpl., No. 14488, 2nd Battn.
Grenadier Guards, only surviving _s._ of William Clements, late
of the King’s Royal Rifles (who served in the Afghan campaign and died
31 May, 1908), by his wife, Elizabeth (30, Brook Street, Barry Dock,
Cardiff), dau. of William Western; _b._ Barry Dock, near Cardiff,
20 April, 1892; educ. Council Schools, Barry Dock; was for two years a
telegraph boy at the Barry Dock Post Office; enlisted in the R.G.A.,
but being an only son was claimed out by his mother; then enlisted
in the Grenadier Guards at Cardiff Barracks, 2 Jan. 1909; saw three
years’ service with the Colours, and afterwards joined the Cardiff
City Police Force. On the outbreak of war he was called up, 5 Aug.
1914, went through the retreat from Mons and the Battle of the Aisne,
and was killed in action at Ypres by shrapnel, 7 Nov. 1914; buried at
Zillebeke, near Ypres; _unm._
[Illustration: =Bert Richard Clements.=]
=CLEMENTS, BERTRAM SARGENT=, Leading Seaman, 168315, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLEMENTS, JACK=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./12014, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=CLEMENTS, THOMAS HAROLD=, Trooper, No. 2803, 2nd Life Guards,
_s._ of the late Robert Henry Clements, by his wife, Harriett (St.
Mary’s Street, Monmouth), dau. of Richard Smith; _b._ Monmouth,
17 Oct. 1892; educ. Grammar School there (1907–1911), winning several
scholarships. He joined the Army, 17 Oct. 1911, and went to the Front,
15 Aug. 1914. On the night of 12 May, 1915, he was in the trenches
at Potijze, and was under very heavy shell fire for three hours. The
trenches were blown in, and while returning to the support trenches,
he was struck by shrapnel and killed instantly. He was buried at
Potijze, 1 mile north-east of Ypres; _unm._ Trooper Clements was
an excellent athlete, and one of the finest forwards of the school
Rugby football team, his work in the open and at the line-outs being
particularly good, besides being a fearless tackler. He also played
several times for the Monmouth Rugby Club. While at the school he
secured prizes at the sports, and in last year won the mile in 5 mins.
28 secs., and secured second place in the open hurdles. In 1910 he
rowed in the school crew and also was a member of the crew in 1911
which defeated Hereford Cathedral School at Hereford by three lengths,
this being the first victory for the Monmouth crew for some years. The
triumphant crew led from the start. When Trooper Clements joined the
Guards he interested himself in the regimental athletics and was a
member of their team which was defeated in the final Army Cup, 1912–13
season. He was for many years a member of the parish church choir and
also a server.
[Illustration: =Thomas Harold Clements.=]
=CLEMSON, GEORGE ERNEST=, 1st Class Stoker, R.F.R.B., 8133,
Ch/S.S. 103962, 4th _s._ of the late Thomas Thornhill Clemson,
Cowman, by his wife, Ellen Matilda (Syneham, near Chipping Norton,
Oxford) (College Farm, Milton-under-Wychwood, Oxon), dau. of
Charles Stone; _b._ Idbury, 26 Aug. 1883; educ. Chilson, near
Charlbury; joined the Navy, and at the time of the outbreak of war
was a Reservist. He was lost in the North Sea when H.M.S. Cressy was
torpedoed, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =George Ernest Clemson.=]
=CLERK, SMOLLETT DAVID MACGREGOR=, Private, No. 1388, B Coy.,
1/4th Battn. (Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles) Royal Scots, (T.F.), elder
_s._ of Claude Louis Clerk, employed in the Eastern Extension
Telegraph Co., Singapore, by his wife, Lily (158, Braid Road,
Edinburgh), dau. of the late David Aitken, of Gourock, Scotland,
Advocate, Solicitor and Notary Public, Straits Settlements; _b._
Singapore, 25 April, 1895; educ. George Watson’s College, Edinburgh,
and in 1911 entered the National Bank of Scotland. On the outbreak of
war, he enlisted in the Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles, Royal Scots, left
with the 1/4th Battn. for the Dardanelles, and was killed in action at
Gallipoli, 28 June, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Smollett D. M. Clerk.=]
=CLERY, CARLETON LUMLEY ST. CLAIR=, 2nd Lieut., Indian Army,
attached 4th Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt., elder _s._ of Col.
Carleton Buckley Laming Clery, 104th Wellesley’s Rifles, Indian Army,
C.B., by his wife, Jessie Violet, dau. of C. P. Fielon, and nephew of
Lumley Clery, of Riverdene, Broxbourne; _b._ Burmah, 5 Dec. 1895;
educ. Malvern College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, when
he passed into the Indian Army. On the outbreak of war he was attached
to the 4th Battn. of the Liverpool Regt., 15 Aug. 1914; went to the
Front, 5 March, 1915, and had only been there a week when he was killed
in action, being struck by a shell at Richebourg St. Vaast, Flanders,
12 March, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Carleton L. St. C. Clery.=]
=CLEVERLEY, ALBERT ERNEST=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 15596, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=CLIFF, ARTHUR JAMES=, Carpenter’s Crew, M. 4114, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=CLIFF, HERBERT THEODORE=, Major, 3rd Battn. West Yorkshire Regt.,
yst. _s._ of William Dewhirst Cliff, of Meanwood Towers, Leeds,
by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of James Wade; _b._ Highfield House,
Wortley, Leeds; educ. Cothill (Abingdon) and Repton College; joined the
Militia in 1901, and was promoted Capt. Aug. 1901; when the Militia
was disbanded he joined the Special Reserve of Officers, receiving
his majority 19 May, 1913. He served in the South African war, and
was specially selected for accelerated promotion, and remained as
Musketry Inspector till the post was done away with; and also in the
Mediterranean, receiving a medal. On the outbreak of the European war
he rejoined, and left with his regt. for the Front at the end of Sept.
1914. On the morning of 13 Oct. he was wounded, but he fought gallantly
and refused to give in, and officers present at the time spoke with
great praise of his bravery. Later the same day he was killed by a
shell. Major Cliff was a keen sportsman, and played frequently for the
Yorkshire Gentlemen, of which cricket club he was a member for many
years; he was also a regular follower of the Bramham Moor, York and
Ainsty, and Lord Middleton’s hounds. He _m._ at Walton-on-Thames,
Mary Alice, dau. of Arnold Trinder, of River House, Walton-on-Thames,
and had a son, Anthony Dewhirst, _b._ 15 Aug. 1913.
[Illustration: =Herbert Theodore Cliff.=]
=CLIFF, WALTER=, A.B. (R.F.R. A. 3958), 144621, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CLIFFE, NICKOLAS HENRY=, Private, No. 14700, Fort Garry Horse,
attd. 10th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late
William Cliff, of Fleece Inn, Preston, Publican, by his wife, Alice,
dau. of John Burton; _b._ Preston, co. Lancaster, 15 July, 1881;
enlisted in the Loyal North Lancashire Regt. at the time of the South
African War, and served through that campaign, afterwards going to
Canada and settling in Winnipeg. After the outbreak of the European
War he joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Sept. 1914, and was
killed in action at Festubert, 22 May, 1915; _unm._
=CLIFFORD= (formerly =WILLIAMS=), =ANTHONY CLIFFORD=,
B.A., M.B., B.C., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Lieut., Reserve of Officers,
3rd Dragoon Guards, yst. _s._ of the late Rev. Henry Williams.
M.A., C.M.S. Missionary in India, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of the
Rev. John Bryant Clifford, Vicar of St. Matthew’s, Kingsdown, Bristol;
_b._ Bristol, 13 July, 1888; educ. St. Oswald’s School, Clifton,
and Marlborough; went to Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in 1900, when he
took the name of Clifford. He belonged to the University O.T.C., and
after taking his B.A. degree, went to Guy’s Hospital in 1909, where
he took his M.B., and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. Reserve of Officers, 18
May, 1912. At the outbreak of war he had just qualified as a doctor,
but was called up for active service; was attached to the 3rd Dragoon
Guards; went to the Front as a machine-gun officer in May, and was
killed in action at Hooge, 2 June, 1915. He was remounting his gun in
a new position after the first position had been blown in, when he was
shot through the head and killed instantly. Buried in the annexe of the
churchyard at Vlamertinghe. Trooper W. Spencer in a letter home wrote:
“A hundred shells fell in twenty minutes around our left Maxim gun.
Lieut. Clifford timed them as cool as a cucumber, with his watch in his
hand. This brave officer lost his life later in the day. Our officers
worked like heroes. They were Capt. Holt and Lieut. Clifford.”
[Illustration: =Anthony C. Clifford.=]
=CLIFTON, FREDERICK CHARLES=, E.R.A., 4th Class, 272033, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=CLIFTON, HAROLD NORTON=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, yr. _s._ of William Edward Clifton, of 7, East India
Avenue, London, E.C., Architect and Surveyor, and 12, Cambridge Square,
Hyde Park, London, W., Fellow of the Royal Institute of British
Architects and of the Surveyors’ Institution, by his wife, Isabel, dau.
of the late James Nelson, of Carlisle; _b._ 32, Ashley Gardens,
Westminster, 7 May, 1894; educ. St. Peter’s Court, Broadstairs, and
Harrow; joined the Artists’ Rifles in 1913, and went with the Corps
to France in Oct. 1914, as a Corpl., obtaining a commission in the
Coldstream Guards, 1 Jan. 1915. He was severely wounded at Cuinchy,
near La Bassée, 25 Jan. 1915, and died of his wounds in a German field
hospital, 1 Feb. following, and was buried at Billy Berclau, near La
Bassée; _unm._ At Harrow, 2nd Lieut. Clifton was in the Sixth
Form, a school monitor, head of his house (Druries), a member of the
football eleven, captain of the swimming and middle-weight boxer for
the school for two years, competing in the Public Schools Competition
at Aldershot. He was also a member of the Richmond Football Club.
[Illustration: =Harold Norton Clifton.=]
=CLIFTON, HERBERT PERCIVILLE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B.
4555), S.S. 103666, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel,
on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CLIFTON, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 2938, H.M.S. Cressy; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLINTON, RICHARD=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 296947, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLOSE, MAX ARTHUR=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Highland L.I., elder
_s._ of George Arthur Close, of Westbury, East Finchley, N.
by his wife, Sarah, dau. of the late William Swift, of Smethwick,
Staffordshire; _b._ Stroud Green, co. Middlesex, 14 Sept. 1889;
educ. Christ’s College, Finchley, and afterwards in France and Germany.
He joined the 1st Battn. Artists’ Rifles in 1908, and on the outbreak
of the war, volunteering for foreign service, was sent to France in
Oct. 1914. He did his probationary work in the 2nd Border Regt. at
Ypres in Nov. 1914, and was gazetted to the 1st Battn. Highland L.I.,
1 Jan. 1915, and promoted Lieut. While gallantly leading his platoon
in an attack from Neuve Chapelle on 12 March, 1915, he was hit in
the head, and died shortly afterwards. He was buried outside the
trenches, south-east of Neuve Chapelle; _unm._ Col. E. R. Hill,
officer commanding 1st Highland L.I., wrote: “In him we mourn one
more of those gallant fellows who responded so promptly to the call
of duty and set an example to the country.” Lieut.-Col. H. A. R. May,
officer commanding Artists’ Rifles, also wrote: “Your son unswervingly
persisted in carrying out what he conceived to be his duty. He
splendidly upheld all the best traditions of the British Army, and
he won the esteem of all with whom he came in contact. His name will
always be remembered by us with pride.”
[Illustration: =Max Arthur Close.=]
=CLOUGH, ALEXANDER JAMES=, Chief Stoker, 291102, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=CLOUGH, THOMAS WOODHEAD=, Private, No. 2017, C. Coy. 14th
Battn. (London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of
Thomas Woodhead Lister Clough, of 8, Marsfield Terrace, West Bowling,
Bradford, co. Yorks, retired Milk Dealer, by his wife, Alice (died
17 Feb. 1914), dau. of William (and Martha) Downes; _b._ West
Bowling, 31 Dec. 1887; educ. Marshfield School, where he gained
certificates entitling him to give lessons in shorthand, typing, etc.;
and after serving 7 years with Messrs. Wright and Morgan, solicitors,
Bradford and Shipley, secured an important position in their London
Office. He had joined the Manchester Territorials, 15 Jan. 1912,
and was transferred to the London Scottish, 31 Jan. 1914. On the
outbreak of war the London Scottish at once volunteered for foreign
service and were the first Territorial Force to go into action. In a
letter to his father dated 30 Oct. (found subsequent to his death and
forwarded 18 Nov.) he wrote: “Our regt. are now in the firing line.
We joined it here yesterday. The big guns of the Germans are banging
away whilst I am writing this letter. Sir John French has just sent
for us. Good-bye. Don’t worry. Love to all. Your affectionate Son,
Thomas.” He was mortally wounded in the great charge of the London
Scottish at Messines, France, 31 Oct. 1914, and died at the 1st
London General Hospital, St. Gabriel College, Camberwell, S.E., from
gunshot wound in the groin, Sunday, 18 Nov. following, and was buried
in Camberwell Borough Cemetery; _unm._ Lieut.-Col. Malcolm,
commanding the London Scottish, wrote to Private Clough’s father: “No
commanding officer could have had under his command a braver or more
gallant soldier than your son, who so nobly gave his life for his
country.” On this occasion F.M. Sir John French telegraphed to Col.
Malcolm: “I wish you and your splendid, splendid regt. to accept my
warmest congratulations and thanks for the fine work you did yesterday
at Messines. You have given a glorious lead and example to all
Territorial troops who are going to fight in France,” and in forwarding
it Major-General E. H. Allenby, G.O.C. Cavalry Corps, wrote: “The
behaviour of officers and men of the London Scottish was worthy of the
best traditions of British Regular troops. Only their steadiness and
courage saved a situation that was as difficult and critical to deal
with as will ever occur.”
[Illustration: =Thomas W. Clough.=]
=CLOUGHLEY, JOSEPH ERNEST=, Private, No. 47828, 15th Battn. (48th
Canadian Highlanders), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of
Thomas Henry Cloughley, of Barrie, Ontario, Canada; _b._ Colwell,
Ontario, 31 March, 1893; enlisted in the 37th Battn. at Barrie in Dec.
1914; was transferred to the 17th Battn., on landing in England in
June, and on 17 July was drafted to the 15th Battn. and sent to the
Front. He died in No. 1 Canadian General Hospital, Etaples, 6 Nov.,
1915, of wounds received in action. A comrade in writing home spoke of
him as “such a brave, courageous fellow, ever found willing and ready
to render assistance whenever necessary.”
[Illustration: =Joseph E. Cloughley.=]
=CLOVER, REGINALD WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R. B. 6552), 202676, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLUBLEY, IRIS=, 1st Class, K. 9588, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that
ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=CLUTTERBUCK, HENRY=, Capt., 1st Battn. King’s Own Royal Lancaster
Regt., eldest _s._ of the late James Jacques Clutterbuck, of
Hampton Lovett, Droitwich, formerly of Gloucester, by his wife,
Elizabeth Anna, dau. of Rudolph Appell; _b._ Chacewater, Cornwall,
23 Jan. 1874; educ. King Edward’s School, Birmingham; enlisted in the
Coldstream Guards, 28 July, 1893, became L.-Corpl. 22 June, 1894;
Corpl. 22 May, 1896; L.-Sergt. 12 Dec. 1896; Sergt. 1 Dec. 1897, and
Orderly Room Sergt. 1 Dec. 1897. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the
Yorkshire L.I. 25 Aug. 1900, and was promoted Lieut. 23 Nov. 1901, and
Capt. in the Royal Lancashire Regt. 20 Nov. 1907. He served in the
South African War, 1899–1902, being attached to the Army Service Corps
from 1 June, 1901. He took part in the advance on Kimberley, including
the actions at Belmont, Enslin, Modder River and Magersfontein. He
was present during the operations in the Orange Free State, including
those at Paardeberg (17–26 Feb.), and the actions at Poplar Grove,
Driefontein, Karee Siding, Vet River (5–6 May) and Zand River. He was
also in the operations in the Transvaal, May to Sept. 1900, and from
Nov. 1900 to May, 1902, and received the Queen’s medal with six clasps
and the King’s medal with two clasps. Capt. Clutterbuck was Adjutant
to the King’s Own Malta Regt. from 20 June, 1904, to 9 July, 1909, and
afterwards served in India, interesting himself in the welfare of the
soldiers, and in encouraging temperance and thrift among them, and was
commended by the Commander-in-Chief of India for his work. He was to
have taken up the appointment of Garrison Adjutant at Bordon, 1 Oct.
1914, but on the outbreak of war, left for France, 21 Aug. and was
killed in action at Haucourt, France, between Le Cateau and Cambray,
26 Aug. 1914, and was buried in the cemetery there. Capt. Clutterbuck
was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s despatch of 21 Aug.
[London Gazette, 19 Oct.], 1914, “for his conspicuous bravery under
heavy shell fire, and his gallantry in leading bayonet charges.” A
brother officer wrote: “On the fateful 20 Aug., Capt. Clutterbuck, Mr.
........ and self were in a village, and about 8.30 p.m. about 150
Germans made a night attack on us. Just when the attack was starting
Capt. Clutterbuck came up with about 50 men to help, as things looked
bad. Capt. Clutterbuck then performed an act of great gallantry; he
personally led 15 men with Mr. ........ to drive about 50 of the
Germans away from a church where our wounded were. They called upon
Capt. Clutterbuck to surrender; he would not, and I am afraid was then
instantaneously killed. He had absolutely no suffering and his body
was taken into the church.... This act of Capt. Clutterbuck’s was most
gallant, he would not entertain anybody else doing the noble work which
he did, thereby saving the lives of most of us....” Another officer
wrote: “I thought perhaps you might care to hear from me, as I was with
your husband the whole of the first day. He and I lay under very heavy
shell fire, with about 100 men, for the whole morning and afternoon,
and it was entirely through his influence that we kept the men together
at all. After dark we went down to a village in order to turn some
Germans out with about 30 men, which was all we could collect. We met
them there in force, your husband ordered and led a charge against
them which was so successful and well led by him that we cleared the
village. He was shot leading us against a party a great deal stronger
than our lot, who were at one end of a street. Throughout the day he
was perfectly marvellous and cheerful in the worst times, and the
men have since told me when talking about it, that his coolness and
gallantry in leading charges in the street fighting was extraordinary.
Of course, he was exactly the sort of officer who has made our regt. as
famous as it is.” He _m._ at Valletta, Malta, 27 April, 1908, Cora
Gwendoline Rajaela, yst. dau. of the late Gerard Myburgh, of Orange
Grove, Cape Town, Consul-General for the Netherlands in South Africa;
_s.p._
[Illustration: =Henry Clutterbuck.=]
=COARD, HENRY HAROLD=, Private, No. 13245, B Coy., 1st Battn.
King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., 2nd _s._ of John Henry Coard, Postman,
Raheney, co. Dublin, by his wife, Annie, dau. of the late Henry Moore,
of Dundrum, Dublin; _b._ Raheney, co. Dublin, 2 April, 1889; educ.
Howth Road School, Clontarf; was foreman gardener to the Earl of Mar
and Kellie at Alloa Park, but on the outbreak of war left and joined
the Colours, 1 Sept. 1914; went to the Front in January, 1915, took
part in the fighting at Neuve Chapelle and Hill 60 and the first and
second Battles at Ypres, and was killed in action during the latter,
near Hooge, 8 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Henry Harold Coard.=]
=COATES, GEORGE BERNARD=, Private, No. 148, 5th Battn. 2nd
Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of George
Coates, of Sproatley, near Hull, Gardener; by his wife, Eleanor, dau.
of W. Mason, of Hull; _b._ Wyton, Hull, East Yorkshire, 12 May,
1891; educ. Sproatley Endowed School; was for some time in the Halifax
Territorials; went to Australia 6 June, 1913; joined the Australian
Imperial Force at Melbourne on the outbreak of war and was wounded in
the left arm at the landing at Suvla Bay on 25 April, 1915. He was
invalided to Malta, but returned to the firing line about the end of
July, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 9–10 Aug., 1915;
_unm._
=COATSWORTH, EDGAR=, Corpl., No. 8058, B. Coy., 2nd Battn. Royal
Sussex Regt., 2nd _s._ of Arthur Thomas Coatsworth, of 20, Earl
Street, Maidstone, a Corpl. in the National Reserve Guard; _b._
Maidstone, 5 Aug. 1887; educ. St. Faith’s Schools there; enlisted 16
Aug. 1904, and after serving seven years with the Colours, passed into
the Reserve and became a postman at Marden, Kent. He was called up on
the outbreak of war; was promoted Corpl. early in Jan. 1915; went to
France and was killed in action at Richebourg l’Avoué, 9 May, 1915. His
Coy. Sergt.-Major in a letter of sympathy to his wife said that he was
killed whilst gallantly leading his men in the attack on the enemy’s
trenches, and added “he was a great favourite of all the men of his
platoon, who speak very highly of his conduct when under a very heavy
shell fire.” He _m._ at St. Faith’s Church, Maidstone, 17 March
(--), dau. of William Cummings, and had two children: Edgar, _b._
5 July, 1912, and Marian, _b._ 21 Aug. 1913.
=COBB, ARTHUR VICTOR JUBILEE=, Signal Boy, J. 24845, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=COBB, JOHN WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 1345), 206567,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=COBBETT, ALBERT=, A.B., J. 14137, Devonport, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=COBBOLD, ROBERT HENRY WANKLYN=, Lieut., 6th. attd. 2nd. Battn.
(The Prince Consort’s Own) Rifle Brigade, eldest _s._ of the
Rev. Robert Russell Cobbold, M.A., Rector of Hitcham, Ipswich, by his
wife, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of the late Frederick Wanklyn, of Buenos
Aires, and gdson. of the late Rev. Robert Henry Cobbold, Rector of
Ross; _b._ Earl’s Barton Vicarage, co. Northampton, 3 Dec 1892;
educ. King’s College Choir School, Marlborough College (Foundation
Scholar and Junior Scholar), and at St. John’s College, Cambridge
(Classical Scholar). At Cambridge he took an active part in the work
of the O.T.C., and on the outbreak of war was given a commission in
the Rifle Brigade, 7 Nov. 1914, to date from 14 Aug. To quote the
“Eagle,” vol. xxxvi, Dec. 1914: “At the beginning of the term the task
was a formidable one. There was plenty of enthusiasm, but very little
experience--a mass of untrained material. But in R. H. W. Cobbold A
Coy. had an almost ideal O.T.C. officer. The work which he did for the
month before his knee got strong enough for him to take a commission
in the Rifle Brigade was absolutely invaluable. When he went the most
difficult part of the task was over.” He was promoted Lieut. 19 Dec.
following; went to the Front, 13 May, 1915, where he was attached to
the 2nd Battn. and appointed machine gun officer, and was killed in
action near Fleurbaix, 9 Sept. 1915; _unm._ Major-Gen. H. Hudson,
commanding 8th Division, wrote: “Your son had done excellent work
whilst serving in this division, and was a most promising officer. You
have every reason to be proud of his gallantry and devotion to duty.”
And Lieut.-Col. F. Nugent, commanding 2nd Rifle Brigade: “Your boy was
machine gun officer to this battn., and I had a special opportunity
of knowing what a splendid fellow he was. Absolutely fearless, and a
really fine leader of men. His machine gunners loved him, and would
have followed him anywhere. A really good machine gun officer like him
is rare.” At Cambridge he rowed in his college first boat.
[Illustration: =Robert H. W. Cobbold.=]
=COBBY, WILLIAM ARTHUR=, E.R.A., 3rd Class, 271735, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=COBERN, WESLEY VINCENT=, Private, No. 8502, 3rd Rifle Brigade,
3rd _s._ of Thomas William Cobern, of 72, Parchment Street,
Winchester, Merchant Tailor, by his wife, Agnes Eliza, dau. of George
Drew; _b._ Winchester, 6 May, 1883; educ. Wesleyan Day School
there; joined the 3rd Rifle Brigade, 27 June, 1901; and on the outbreak
of war went out to France with the first Expeditionary Force. On the
night of 17–18 Oct. 1914, the 3rd Rifle Brigade were billeted at a
school near Armentières. On the early morning of 18 Oct. they were
preparing breakfast when bugle sounded “Stand to Arms” at 5.30 a.m.
The attack on a village called Prehencies commenced at 6. The railway
from Armentières to Lille had to be crossed near Le Halte Station.
Cobern was shot in the left arm, almost at the same time Sergt. Smith
was shot in the head. He threw off his equipment and helped to bandage
the Sergt.’s wound. Remembering that he had a scarf in his valise
that would be useful, he went to where his equipment was lying on the
railway, and was shot dead. He was buried with many others of the regt.
who fell at the same time by the 139th Saxon Regt. of the German Army.
There were 600 casualties on that day in the 3rd Rifle Brigade alone.
His brother, L.-Corpl. W. G. Cobern died on active service, 13 June,
1915 (see following notice).
[Illustration: =Wesley Vincent Cobern.=]
=COBERN, WILFRID GEORGE=, Corpl., No. 2570, 4th Battn. Hampshire
Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Thomas William Cobern, of 72,
Parchment Street, Winchester, Merchant Tailor, etc. (see preceding
notice); _b._ Winchester, 1 Sept. 1878; educ. Wesleyan Day School
there; served for over 10 years in the 1st Volunteer Battn. of the
Hampshire Regt., and on the outbreak of the war joined the 4th Battn.
of the Hants Regt. for foreign service, 6 Aug. 1914. He died of heat
stroke at Basra, in the Persian Gulf, 13 June, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Wilfrid George Cobern.=]
=COCHRAN, LIONEL FRANCIS ABINGDON=, Capt., 72nd, attd. 92nd,
Punjabis, Indian Army, 2nd _s._ of the late Col. Francis Cochran,
1st Hampshire Regt., who was Deputy Judge-Advocate under the late
Lord St. Helier (then Sir Francis Jeune) during the South African
war, by his wife, Amy Isabel Gray, eldest dau. of Abingdon Compton,
Bombay Civil Service, and gdson. of Francis Cochran, of Balfour;
_b._ Edinburgh, 20 March, 1882; educ. by private tutors and in
Germany, where he was when the Boer war broke out. He joined the 3rd
(Militia) Battn. Leinster Regt. at Queenstown when only 17 in Feb.
1900, and, proceeding with it to South Africa, served on the lines of
communications, being twice given responsible posts and a commission
from Lord Roberts in the Worcester Regt., and the Queen’s medal with
three clasps. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 5 Jan. 1901, and promoted
Lieut. 21 Dec. following, and after being first attached to the 1st
Hants Regt., was transferred in 1901 to the Indian Army. He joined
the 72nd Punjabis in Burmah, became double company officer, 7 July,
1905, received his company 17 Nov. 1909, and served with them until
Sept. 1914, when he was selected to proceed with the 92nd Punjabis on
Active Service. They were sent to guard the canal at Ismailia, and
Capt. Cochran was killed in action while leading his men at Tussum on
the Suez Canal, 4 Feb. 1915. He was buried at Ismailia; _unm._ He
was specially mentioned in Gen. Sir John Maxwell’s Despatch of 16 Feb.
1915 [London Gazette, 21 June, 1916]. The officers of the 72nd Punjabis
erected a mural tablet to his memory in St. Mary Bolton’s Church, S.W.,
and the officers of the 92nd Punjabis put up a cross and stone on his
grave at Ismailia. Capt. Cochran was a great traveller, having gone
nearly all over the world during his leave, and an expert motorist;
also he was a fine horseman. He several times filled the appointment
of Station Staff Officer and Cantonment Magistrate in India with great
credit.
[Illustration: =Lionel Francis A. Cochran.=]
=COCHRANE, CHARLES=, Private, No. 11101, 2nd Battn. Cameron
Highlanders, _s._ of William Cochrane; _b._ South Shields,
21 April, 1889; educ. Drummond Street School, Edinburgh; was a
Hairdresser; volunteered and enlisted 4 Sept. 1914, went to France
in April, and died of wounds received in action at Neuve Chapelle 11
May, 1915. He _m._ 3 June, 1900, Catherine (2, Blackfriars St.,
Edinburgh), dau. of Owen Airlie, of 49, Drummond Street, Edinburgh, and
had a son and three daus.: Francis, _b._ 24 May, 1906; Mary Jane,
_b._ 8 April, 1901; Agnes, _b._ 10 Feb. 1910; and Maria,
_b._ 3 May, 1911.
=COCKAYNE, WALTER=, Officer’s Cook, 3rd Class, L. 4215, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=COCKBURN, CHARLES JAMES=, Lieut., 6th Jats L.I., Indian Army, yr.
_s._ of the late Major Charles James Cockburn, Royal Warwickshire
Regt., by his wife, Kate Alice (Bagshot, Surrey), dau. of the late John
Waterer; _b._ Malta, 27 March, 1891; educ. Wellington College;
gazetted 2nd Lieut., 3 Sept. 1910; was attd. to the Berkshire Regt.
in India, and was transferred to the Indian Army, 29 Oct. 1911, and
promoted Lieut. 3 Dec. 1912. He served in France with the Meerut
Division, and afterwards in Mesopotamia, and was killed in action with
General Aylmer’s Relief Force, 7 Jan. 1916. Lieut. Cockburn was amongst
the first to receive the Military Cross. He _m._ at Cobham, Kent,
16 July, 1915, Helen, dau. of Laman Herbert Evans; _s.p._ His
elder brother, Lieut J. Cockburn, was killed in action, 25 April, 1915.
[Illustration: =Charles James Cockburn.=]
=COCKBURN, JOHN=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal Warwickshire
Regt., elder _s._ of the late Major Charles James Cockburn,
Royal Warwickshire Regt., by his wife, Kate Alice (Bagshot, Surrey),
dau. of the late John Waterer, of Bagshot; _b._ Malta, 3 March,
1890; educ. Wellington College. On the outbreak of war volunteered
as a Despatch Rider, and was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in his
father’s old regt. 3 March, 1915. He was killed while leading his men
into action at St. Julien, near Ypres; _unm._
=COCKER, EDGAR CHARLES=, Private, No. 81163, 10th (late 32nd)
Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of Edgar Charles
Cocker, of Lintlaw, via Margo, Sask., Canada, Farmer and Stonemason,
now Private, No. 887330, 188th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force
(who served thirteen years with the 4th East Surrey Volunteers before
leaving England), by his wife, Alice Jane, dau. of the late Charles
Collier, of Homerton, London; _b._ Peckham, London, 9 Oct. 1895;
educ. Peckham Park School, S.E.; Beachville, Ontario; and Yorkton,
Sask.; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war, and
enlisted, 7 Sept. 1914; left Canada with the second contingent, 22
Feb. 1915; went to France, 27 April, and was killed in action in the
front line trench at Festubert on the morning of 21 May, 1915, by the
bursting of a shell; _unm._ He was buried behind the trench close
to where the second line trench crosses the head of Willow Road, and a
cross marks the spot.
[Illustration: =Edgar Charles Cocker.=]
=COCKMAN, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9045, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COCKRILL, ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9255), S.S. 2208, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=COCKS, ALBERT=, Sapper, No. 75, 2nd Signal Coy. (Headquarters
Section), Royal Canadian Engineers, 4th _s._ of James Cocks, of
Bexley Heath, Kent, formerly of Chenies, Builder (who was seven years
with the 36th (now 18th) Middlesex Regt.); _b._ Putney, co.
Surrey, 12 Dec. 1876; educ. Chenies, Rickmansworth, Herts, and was a
Decorator. He joined the R.E. in 1900, and was attached to the 57th
Field Coy. at Chatham, and won the Education (2nd class) Certificate,
but after serving three years retired through ill-health. In 1910
went to Ottawa, Canada. There he joined the Governor-General’s Foot
Guards, but afterwards transferred to the Canadian Engineers, and was
attached to the 3rd Field Coy. When the European War broke out in Aug.
1914, he immediately volunteered for service overseas and joined the
2nd Divisional Signal Royal Canadian Engineers, and obtained the Army
Signalling Certificate. He left for England with the second contingent
in May, 1915, and was stationed at Shorncliffe till Sept. They were
ordered to proceed to France on 8 Sept., and on the 4th of the month
he was given leave to wish his relatives in London good-bye. At 8.30
p.m. the same day he was knocked down by a motor car at the corner
of Parliament Street, Westminster, receiving a fractured skull and
internal injuries. He was taken to Westminster Hospital, where he died
after three operations, 21 Sept. 1915. He was buried at Kensal Green
in the Canadian Government part. His commanding officer wrote: “His
work with me was of the very best. He had proved a very valuable man,
the like of whom our Empire could not afford to lose.” He _m._ at
Christ Church, Ottawa, 3 June, 1914, Lillian, formerly of Toronto, dau.
of the late Henry Hodges Weller; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Albert Cocks.=]
=CODD, HARRY CARR=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17530, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CODLING, ALFRED INCH=, A.B., 219051, Devonport, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=COE, BARNABAS WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 1150),
276443, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COE, HERBERT CLYDE=, Leading Cook’s Mate, M. 20, H.M.S.
Pathfinder, lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=COHEN, GEORGE HUBERT=, B.A., LL.B., Lieut 5th King’s Liverpool
Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Alderman Louis Samuel Cohen, of The
Priory, St. Michael’s Hamlet, Liverpool, J.P., an ex-Lord Mayor of
Liverpool, by his wife, May, dau. of the Hon. Louis Wolfe Levy, M.L.C.,
Sydney, N.S.W.; _b._ Liverpool, 26 Jan. 1878; educ. Cheltenham
and Christ’s College, Cambridge, where he graduated with honours B.A.,
LL.B., in 1901. He was called to the Bar in 1903, and practised law
in Liverpool in the Northern Circuit, and was a member of the Inner
Temple. He had always been a keen Volunteer, having been a sergt.
both in the Cadet Corps at Cheltenham College and in the C.V.R.U. at
Cambridge, and was for many years in the Inns of Court O.T.C., and
gained the Long Service medal. On the outbreak of war he was travelling
in Norway, and hastened to England and immediately enlisted in the
Public Schools Battn. of the Middlesex Regt., but within a week he was
given (19 Sept. 1914) a Lieut.’s commission in the 5th Battn. King’s
Liverpool Regt., in which his brother, Stanley, was Major. He went to
France, Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 16 May, 1915;
_unm._ His colonel, J. M. McMaster, wrote: “He died as glorious a
death as any soldier could ever wish for or hope for, gallantly leading
his men in a charge against the enemy’s trenches. It was a difficult
and dangerous task, but he and his men went to the assault in the way
we expect British soldiers to act, without fear or hesitation. We mourn
his loss and respect his memory. His disposition was kindliness itself,
and he had thoroughly endeared himself to us all. We took the German
trench and more than 120 prisoners surrendered to us. Your son lies
buried in all honour near the field of battle at Richebourg L’Avoué.
I am sorry to say that Stanley (his yr. brother, Major, now (1916)
Lieut.-Col. S. Cohen) incurred a wound, which I hope and believe is
only slight, in voluntarily going out in the attempt to reach George
and succour him. Capt. Fairclough, on the same errand of mercy, was
also wounded.”
=COKE, HON. ARTHUR GEORGE=, Lieut., R.N.V.R., Armoured Cars
Division, 2nd _s._ of Thomas William, 3rd Earl of Leicester,
G.C.V.O., C.M.G., by his wife, the Hon. Alice Emily, née White, dau. of
Luke, 2nd Lord Annaly; _b._ London, 6 April, 1882; educ. H.M.S.
Britannia; joined the Navy, 1897, and retired with the rank of Lieut.
after some six years’ service. On the outbreak of the war he obtained
a commission of 2nd Lieut. in the 2nd County of London Yeomanry
(Westminster Dragoons), 5 Sept. 1914, but was almost immediately
transferred to the Royal Horse Guards, and served with that regt. in
Flanders, including the first Battle of Ypres, until he was transferred
as Lieut. to the Armoured Cars Division, R.N.V.R., in Jan. 1915. He
was killed In action at the Dardanelles, 2 May, 1915. He _m._ in
London, 10 May, 1906, Phyllis Hermione (Flaunden, Chesham, Bucks), only
dau. of Francis Saxham E. Drury, of Pont Street, London, and had a son
and dau.: Anthony Lovel, _b._ 14 Sept. 1909; and Deana Muriel,
_b._ 7 Nov. 1907.
=COKE, FREDERICK=, A.B., 239092, H.M.S. Arethusa; killed in action
in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=COKER, CADWALLADER JOHN=, Lieut., 1st Welsh Regt., yr. _s._
of the late James Gould Coker, by his wife, Florence Emily (The Grove,
Mayfield Sussex), 2nd dau. of Cotterill Scholefield; _b._ Somerset
Place, Bath, 11 May, 1892; educ. Wellington College and Oriel College,
Oxford; and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1st Welsh Regt. 15 Sept.
1914. He was promoted Tempy. Lieut. 14 Jan. 1915, and Lieut. 1 Feb.
1915; went to the Front, 5 March following, and was killed in action
in the trenches at St. Eloi by a German sniper, 22 June, 1915, being
buried in a military cemetery near Dickebusch; _unm._ He had
previously been wounded at Hooge, 24 May, and the Medical Officer in
writing of this said: “Your son was slightly wounded on Whit Monday
in a street which was heavily shelled by the enemy. About 40 officers
and men were hit in a short time. Mr. Coker refused all attention
until the others were seen to, helped to carry and dress them, and
set a magnificent example to the rest of the wounded by his pluck and
coolness. It hardly struck me at the time, it was so entirely what
one would have expected of him. He was a fine type of officer and
gentleman.” At Wellington Lieut. Coker was a college prefect, in the
cricket eleven and a gymnasium officer, and was a Sergt. in the O.T.C.,
which rank he also held in the O.T.C. at Oxford. He played cricket,
hockey and football for his college at the latter place, and was in the
shooting team. He was a member of Vincents, Authentics and Cryptics.
Had he lived one day longer he would have obtained his temporary
captaincy. His commanding officer wrote of him: “We were very sorry to
lose your son, who was always most gallant and very popular.”
[Illustration: =Cadwallader J. Coker.=]
=COKER, HORACE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7715), S.S. 103095,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COLBOURNE, EDWARD JAMES=, Private, No. 12/1594, 16th Auckland
Infantry, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, elder _s._ of Robert
James Colbourne, of 7, Clarendon Crescent, Leamington Spa, by his
wife, Emily Florence; _b._ 8 Jan. 1892; educ. at Stanley House,
Margate, and Solihull Grammar School; went to New Zealand in Dec. 1911;
enlisted in the 16th Auckland Infantry, Nov. 1914; left on 13 Feb. with
the third reinforcements, and was killed in Gallipoli on 8 May, 1915;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Edward James Colbourne.=]
=COLBOURNE, ERIC KRABBÉ=, M.C., 2nd Lieut., 3rd Royal Berkshire
Regt., 3rd _s._ of Louis Colbourne, of Beckenham, Kent, M.D., by
his wife, Henrietta Leonora, dau. of Charles Brehmer Krabbé; _b._
Buenos Ayres, 25 June, 1888; educ. Berkhamsted School; went to British
Columbia in 1907 and settled in Victoria, but after the outbreak of
war came home and was given a commission in the 3rd Berkshires, 19
Jan. 1915. He died at Choques, 27 June, 1915, of wounds received in
action, and was buried in the military cemetery there. He was awarded
the Military Cross [London Gazette, 24 July, 1915] for “conspicuous
gallantry and devotion to duty at Cuinchy on the early morning of 22
June, 1915.” The Germans, following a gas attack, exploded a mine in
front of one of our own in which was a Sergt. and about eight of our
men, but owing to the gallant efforts of 2nd Lieut. Colbourne, another
officer and a few men, who repeatedly went down among the fumes, all
the men were rescued, although the rescuers suffered considerably.
Lieut. Colbourne _m._ at Victoria, British Columbia, 31 Dec. 1912,
Florence Marion, only dau. of George Gillespie, of Victoria, British
Columbia; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Eric Krabbé Colbourne.=]
=COLE, ERNEST=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2732), S.S. 58, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=COLE, FREDERICK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3834), 198991, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=COLE, FREDERICK GEORGE PARKER=, E.R.A., 3rd Class, 272386, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=COLE, FREDERICK THOMAS=, Private, No. 61489, 3rd Battn.
(Canterbury Infantry), New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th _s._
of Thomas Cole, of Butcombe Farm, Blagdon, Bristol, Farmer, by his
wife, Anna, dau. of Benjamin Warford; _b._ Stock Farm, Langford,
Bristol, co. Somerset, 29 Nov. 1881; educ. at Churchill Public School;
was a farmer; left England for New Zealand, 25 April, 1913; volunteered
on the outbreak of war and enlisted in the New Zealand Expeditionary
Force in Nov. 1914; left for Egypt with the third reinforcements and
was in action at Cape Helles and Anzac Cove from 12 May to 4 June,
1915. On the latter date he was one of a party of volunteers sent to
clear and hold part of a Turkish trench at Quinn’s Post, and was among
those killed in the attempt. He was _unm._
=COLE, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9802), 213861, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COLE, GEORGE HENRY=, Corpl., No. 8152, Signalling Section,
1st Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., eldest _s._ of Alma Cole, of
Bramford Lane, Ipswich, Farm Labourer, by his wife, Annie, dau. of
Joseph King; _b._ Sutton, Woodbridge, co. Suffolk, 12 Sept. 1886;
educ. Bramford Road Board School, Ipswich; enlisted 14 Dec. 1904, and
was killed in action at Hill 60, 16 Feb. 1915; buried at R.E. Farm,
Wulverghem; _unm._
=COLE, SIDNEY LIONEL FLINN=, Assistant Paymaster, Royal Naval
Reserve, only child of William George Cole, Chief Constructor (Royal
Corps of Naval Constructors) H.M. Dockyard, Sheerness, and late of
H.M. Dockyard, Gibraltar, by his wife, Emma Elizabeth, dau. of John
Robert Flinn; _b._ Sheerness, co. Kent, 14 July, 1888; and was
educ. Portsmouth Grammar School, and Oliver’s Mile End House School,
Portsmouth. He entered the services of the Capital and Counties Bank,
Ltd., at Newton Abbot, Devon, in Feb. 1906, and afterwards served at
Ashburton, Haslemere, and Andover, from whence, at the outbreak of
war, he joined the Navy for the period of the war, 5 Nov. 1914. He
first served on H.M.S. Duke of Albany, and afterwards in the mine-layer
H.M.S. Princess Irene, and was lost when that ship was blown up in
Sheerness Harbour, 27 May, 1915. With the exception of a stoker, every
officer and man, to the number of 280, including 78 Dockyard workmen
from Sheerness Dockyard, were lost. Cole was the only officer whose
body was (9 June) recovered, and it was interred in the Isle of Sheppey
Cemetery with Naval honours on 12 June, preparatory to which a short
service was held in the Royal Dockyard Chapel at Sheerness, where 27
years before he had been christened. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Sidney Lionel Flinn Cole.=]
=COLE, WILLIAM CHARLES=, Private, No. 4940, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Frederick Cole, of Long Newton, Tetbury, co.
Gloucester, Labourer, by his wife, Mary Jane, dau. of Frederick Long,
of Newton, near Tetbury; _b._ Bagpath, co. Gloucester, 21 March,
1880; educ. Cam, near Dursley; enlisted at Devizes, 30 Dec. 1902;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and died
from shell wounds in left thigh, received in action, 27 Sept. 1914,
being buried in Veill Arcy Cemetery. He _m._ at Tetbury, 28 Aug.
1912, Elizabeth Emily (New Church Street, Tetbury), dau. of William
Baker, of Tetbury, and had a dau., Elizabeth Mary Florence, _b._ 3
Oct. 1912.
[Illustration: =William Charles Cole.=]
=COLEMAN, GEORGE HENRY=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21846, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=COLEMAN, GEORGE MANSFIELD=, Seaman, R.N.R., 3356A, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COLEMAN, JOHN MORRIS=, Private, No. 9832, 1st Battn. East Kent
Regt. (The Buffs), _s._ of James Coleman, of 10, Erith Street,
Dover; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., died at
Braisne 24 Sept. 1914, from wounds received in action.
=COLEMAN, SAMUEL GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4380),
S.S. 103358, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the
coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=COLEMAN, THOMAS BARNES=, Private, No. 561, No. 1 Coy., 14th
Battn. 4th Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of Frank
Coleman, of Marsh Green, Brighstone, Isle of Wight, Labourer, by his
wife, Elizabeth, dau. of George Barnes; _b._ Marsh Green, 17 July,
1888; educ. National School, Brighstone; emigrated to Victoria in 1913,
joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force after the outbreak of
war, and was killed in action at Walker’s Ridge, north of Anzac Cove,
Gallipoli, between 26 and 28 Aug. 1915; _unm._
=COLEMAN, WILLIAM=, Acting Leading Stoker, K. 9090, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=COLEMAN, WILLIAM ALBERT=, Rifleman, No. 7512, 1st Battn. King’s
Royal Rifles, only _s._ of Albert William Coleman, of Ipswich,
Builder, by his wife, Emily, dau. of Thomas Whitmore; _b._
Ipswich, 4 May, 1886; educ. there; enlisted 10 May, 1906; went to
France 20 Aug. 1914; was taken a prisoner at Ypres, 4 Nov. 1914, and
_d._ of fever at the prisoners’ camp, Gustrow, Mecklenburg, 24
Jan. 1915. He _m._ at St. Luke’s Church, South Norwood, 18 Oct.
1913, Laura Harriet (19, Southcote Road, South Norwood), dau. of James
Holdstock and had a dau., Evelyn Laura, _b._ 28 July, 1914.
[Illustration: =William A. Coleman.=]
=COLENUTT, ALBERT EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14944 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COLES, CHARLES GEORGE=, Private, No. 1946, E. Coy., 4th Battn.
Suffolk Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of James Coles, formerly of Hadlow,
Kent, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of William Sewell; _b._
Deptford, London, 12 Sept. 1886; educ. Lucas Street Board School there;
joined the Volunteer Force in 1903, and was later transferred to the
Territorials. On the outbreak of war he enlisted in the 4th Battn.
Suffolk Regt., and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 11 March,
1915. Private Coles _m._ at Leiston, Suffolk, 4 March, 1911,
Beatrice Mary (30, Paradise Place, Leiston, Suffolk), dau. of Thomas
Chilvers, and had one son, Charles James Thomas, _b._ 11 Aug. 1911.
[Illustration: =Charles George Coles.=]
=COLES, EDGAR RALPH=, Capt., 3rd (Prince of Wales’) Dragoon
Guards, 2nd _s._ of Ernest Harry Coles, of Arnolds, Holmwood,
co. Surrey, by his wife, Adela Caroline, dau. of James Heslop Powell;
_b._ Caterham, co. Surrey, 13 May, 1889; educ. Hazlewood
(Limpsfield), Marlborough, and at Magdalene College, Cambridge, whence,
having taken his degree, he entered the Army as a University candidate,
being gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Dragoon Guards, 23 Feb. 1910. He
was promoted Lieut. 28 March, 1911, and Capt. 18 Nov. 1914; was with
his regt. in Cairo for two years, returning to England in the summer of
1914, when he went to Aldershot to learn signalling. On the outbreak
of war he left with his regt. for the Front, served in France and
Flanders, and was killed in action in the trenches near Hooge, late
on the night of 12 May (the eve of his twenty-sixth birthday). He was
buried at Witte Poort Farm, two miles east of Ypres; _unm._ Capt.
Coles was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 14 Jan.
1915, for exceedingly good work in carrying messages and maintaining
communication under heavy shell fire at Zillebeke in Nov. 1914. His
commanding officer, Major Burt, wrote: “His gallantry had already been
recognised by the authorities, and his splendid example and comradeship
will be greatly missed by all ranks in the regt.” Lieut. Holt, Acting
Adjutant, 3rd Dragoon Guards, said: “His gallantry was an inspiration
to his men,” and his soldier servant, Private Harvey, who had been with
him ever since he joined the Army: “He was one of the coolest officers
that was ever under fire.”
[Illustration: =Edgar Ralph Coles.=]
=COLES, EWART JOHN=, Private, No. 876, 1/6th Battn. East Surrey
Regt. (T.F.), attd. D. Coy. 2nd Battn. Norfolk Regt., _s._ of the
late William Coles, House and Church Decorator [_b._ Cheddar,
co. Somerset], by his wife, Eliza Ellen (7, Wilton Avenue, Richmond,
Surrey), dau. of James Summerhayes; _b._ Paddington, London, 9
Aug. 1893; educ. Holy Trinity Church School, Richmond, Surrey, and was
in the employ of the Pearl Assurance Co. He had joined the East Surrey
Territorials in March, 1908, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for
foreign service; mobilised 4 Aug. 1914; went to India 29 Oct. 1914,
and in Sept. 1915, left with the British Expeditionary Force for the
Persian Gulf, and was killed in action at Ctesiphon, 22 Nov. 1915;
_unm._ Writing to Mrs. Coles, Lieut.-Col. A. P. Drayson said: “I
have known your son for a good many years, and have always looked upon
him as the right stamp of soldier, always willing, smart and keen in
any work he had to do,” adding that he felt that by his death they had
“lost one of the best men in the regt.”
=COLES, ROBERT=, L.-Corpl., No. 7043, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of William Coles, of Eton Place, High Street,
Crediton, by his wife, Emma, dau. of the late William Williams, of
Llanvihangel, near Monmouth; _b._ Shobrooke, Crediton, co. Devon,
26 Jan. 1887; educ. there; enlisted 1907, and was killed in action
at the Battle of the Aisne, 18 Sept. 1914, being buried in Soupir
Cemetery; _unm._ He was well known as a crack shot, having taken
part in the Army Competition at Bisley on several occasions, and had
won a number of cups and medals.
[Illustration: =Robert Coles.=]
=COLLES, ARTHUR GROVE=, Capt., 4th Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers,
only _s._ of Alexander Colles, of 3, Elgin Road, co. Dublin,
Inspector, Registrar of Petty Sessions Office, Dublin Castle, by his
wife, Georgina, dau. of Robert George Cullin; _b._ Dublin, 12
Feb. 1891; educ. St. Andrew’s College, Dublin; joined the 4th (Extra
Reserve) Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 11 Nov. 1910, and was gazetted
Lieut. April, 1912, and Capt. Dec. 1914. He was attached for a year to
the Connaught Rangers at the Curragh. Shortly after the outbreak of war
he was sent to the Front with the 1st Battn. Royal Irish Rifles, to
which regt. he was gazetted 2 March, 1915. Capt. Colles fought at Neuve
Chapelle, 10–12 March, 1915, and was killed in action in the village
of that name on the last-mentioned date. He was buried in the orchard
of the château at Neuve Chapelle; _unm._ Letters from his brother
officers and the men of his battn. all bear testimony to his great
capabilities and his fearlessness in the face of danger. A brother
officer says that the last he saw of him was “charging for all he was
worth at the head of his men.”
[Illustration: =Arthur Grove Colles.=]
=COLLET, CHARLES HERBERT, D.S.O.=, Lieut., Royal Marine Artillery,
and Flight Commander, Royal Naval Air Service, 2nd _s._ of James
Francis Herbert Collet, of Millbrook, Southampton, late of the Public
Works Department of the Government of India, Engineer, by his wife,
Teresa, dau. of Francis (and Teresa) Pilley; _b._ Calcutta, 4 Feb.
1888; educ. Elizabeth College, Guernsey, and Dulwich College, London,
S.E.; joined the Royal Marine Artillery, 1 Sept. 1905, and was promoted
Lieut. 1 July. 1906, and transferred to the Naval Wing of Royal Flying
Corps in 1913, in which he was gazetted Flight Commander 23 Feb. 1915.
On the outbreak of war he served on the Western Front, taking part in
the defence of Antwerp until the evacuation, and subsequently at the
Dardanelles. On 23 Sept. British aeroplanes of the Naval Wing delivered
an attack on the Zeppelin sheds at Düsseldorf. Conditions were rendered
very difficult by the misty weather, but Flight Lieut. Collet, as he
then was, flying a Sopwith tractor biplane, made a long flight, and
dropped three bombs on the Zeppelin shed, approaching within 400 ft.
His machine was struck by one projectile, but he returned safely to his
point of departure. For this exploit, which was the pioneer exploit
of its kind, he received the Distinguished Service Order, and the
Director of the Air Department of the Admiralty, in a memorandum dated
11 Oct., described the “feat as notable--gliding down from 6,000 ft.,
the last 1,500 ft. in mist, he finally coming in sight of the airship
shed, when at a height of 400 ft., and when only a quarter of a mile
distant”; adding “The importance of this incident lies in the fact
that it shows that in the event of further bombs being dropped into
Antwerp or other Belgian towns measures of reprisal can certainly be
adopted, if desired, to almost any extent.” He was twice brought down
in France, but managed to escape; on the first occasion being forced
to alight between the firing lines. On the second occasion, his engine
being damaged by shrapnel over the German lines, he had to volplane,
just managing to reach the Belgian lines, and coming under fire from
both sides, as the Belgians mistook him for a German and seized him as
a prisoner. In the Dardanelles he participated in the landing on the
Gallipoli Peninsula, 25 April, 1915, and engaged in several combats
with hostile aeroplanes. He lost his life in the Eastern Mediterranean
while on patrol duty, by an accident to his aeroplane resulting
from engine failure, 19 Aug. 1915; _unm._ For his gallantry in
endeavouring to rescue Capt. Collet, Michael Sullivan Keogh, Chief
Petty Officer, H.M.S. Ark Royal, received the Albert Medal (2nd Class),
the official record [London Gazette, 14 Jan. 1916], being as follows:
“On 19 Aug. 1915, an aeroplane, piloted by the late Capt. C. H. Collet,
D.S.O., R.M.A., was ascending from Imbros Aerodrome, and had reached
a height of 150 ft. when the engine stopped. The machine was upset by
the powerful air currents from the cliffs, and fell vertically to the
ground, while the petrol carried burst into flames, which immediately
enveloped the aeroplane and pilot. Chief Petty Officer Keogh, upon
arriving at the scene of the accident, at once made an attempt to save
Capt. Collet by dashing into the midst of the wreckage, which was
a mass of flames. He had succeeded in dragging the fatally injured
officer nearly clear of the flames when he was himself overcome by the
burns which he had received from the blazing petrol.” Capt. Collet
was regarded as one of the best naval airmen, having first attracted
attention by his flying on the big biplane bought by the Admiralty
from the Deutsche Flugzeug Werke of Leipzig in 1913. Early in 1914
he had this machine equipped with a huge petrol tank in place of the
passenger’s seat, and started from Plymouth on a non-stop flight to
John o’ Groats. He was brought down by engine trouble at Grimsby, but
the flight stood as a British “record” for distance across country.
While stationed at the Royal Naval Flying School at Eastchurch, Collet
was the first officer in the Naval Air Service to loop the loop. A
General officer with whom he served for a time on observation duty
at the Dardanelles, wrote of him to his father in the highest terms.
He held several trophies for boxing and shooting; he was a winner of
the Navy and Marine light-weight boxing championship, and was in the
final for the Army and Navy light-weight championships. He received
the Distinguished Service Order 21 Oct. 1914, and was twice mentioned
in Despatches: first by the Admiralty [London Gazette, 21 Oct. 1914],
and again by F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French [London Gazette, 17 Feb.
1915]. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Charles Herbert Collet.=]
=COLLETT, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4691), S.S. 1669,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=COLLIER, ALFRED ERNEST=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2529), 215083, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=COLLIER, FREDERICK HENRY=, Private, No. 9986, 1st Battn. East
Kent Regt. (The Buffs), _s._ of Charles Collier, of 3, Beach
Street, Dover; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
killed in action, 25 Oct. 1914.
=COLLIER, GEORGE=, Private, No. 9822, 1st Battn. Royal West Kent
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
action, 5 May, 1915; _m._
=COLLIER, THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., 10587, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _unm._
=COLLINGE, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 9986, 1st Battn. Scots Guards;
_b._ Leyland, co. Lancaster; enlisted 2 Sept. 1914, aged 20;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; reported missing
after the fighting on 25 Jan. 1915.
=COLLINGS, WALLACE=, Private, No. 1627, 2nd Battn. South
Lancashire Regt., 6th _s._ of Henry Bence Collings, of 16, Stour
Street, Kirkdale, by his wife Helen, dau. of John Rowe, of Exeter;
_b._ Liverpool, 20 July, 1895; educ. Council Schools there;
enlisted 4 Oct. 1911, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 27
Oct. 1914; _unm._
=COLLINGWOOD, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 6540, 2nd Battn. King’s
Own Scottish Borderers, 3rd _s._ of the late John Collingwood,
of Denton Burn, Scotswood, Northumberland, Coal Miner, by his wife,
Eleanor, dau. of William Millar; _b._ Newburn, co. Northumberland,
25 Nov. 1876; educ. Denton Burn, and was afterwards employed at the
Montagu Colliery, Denton Burn; enlisted in the King’s Own Scottish
Borderers at Berwick-on-Tweed, 31 Oct. 1898, and served with them
through the South African War, being present at operations in
Paardeberg, Johannesburg and Cape Colony, for which he received the
Queen’s and King’s medals and five bars, also a certificate for good
services in the Mounted Infantry, 26 May, 1903. On the outbreak of the
European War he was called to the Colours 4 Aug. 1914; left with the
2nd Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers for France 15 Aug.; was in the
Battle of Mons and the retreat to Compiègne, after which he returned
home for a time on sick leave. He left again for the Front at the end
of Oct., and was in the First Battle of Ypres and several subsequent
engagements in Belgium, and was killed in action by shrapnel shell
bursting in trench at the Second Battle of Ypres, 5 March, 1915. He
was buried at Zillebeke, near Ypres. Private Collingwood _m._ at
Newcastle-on-Tyne, 6 March, 1909, Mary Jane (98, Delaval Road, West
Benwell, Newcastle), eldest dau. of Jacob Heslop, and had a son and two
daus.: George Heslop, _b._ 13 Nov. 1911; Winifred, _b._ 11
Oct. 1909; and Eleanor, _b._ 1 April, 1914.
=COLLINS, CHARLES JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1175), 194403, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=COLLINS, CHRISTOPHER=, Able Seaman, No. 4727, R.N.R., 3rd and
yst. _s._ of Christopher Collins, of 5, Ulster Lane, Drogheda,
Sailor, by his wife, Mary; _b._ Drogheda, 27 May, 1886; educ.
Christian Brothers’ School there; joined the Navy in 1906, and was lost
in the North Sea, when H.M.S. Cressy was torpedoed, 22 Sept. 1914;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Christopher Collins.=]
=COLLINS, DAVID=, P.O., 1st Class, 208619, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COLLINS, EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3932), S.S.
101811, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=COLLINS, EDWARD WILLIAM ELGER=, Private, No. 7077, 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards; _b._ co. Sussex; served with the Expeditionary
Force in France, etc.; killed in action 25 Oct. 1914; _unm._
=COLLINS, ERNEST GEORGE STEPHEN=, Gunner, R.M.A., 11488, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COLLINS, HARRY=, Sqdn. Sergt.-Major, No. 2358, Lord Strathcona’s
Horse (R.C.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of the
late John Collins, Staff-Sergt., Royal Marine Artillery (who saw
service in New Zealand war, and was champion shot of the British Army
in 1877), by his wife, Clara Ann (14, St. Philip’s Terrace, Gratton
Road, Cheltenham), dau. of William Minnell, of Fratton, Portsmouth;
_b._ Fort Cumberland, Portsmouth, 22 April, 1877; educ. Amersham
(Bucks) Commercial School; enlisted in the 3rd Dragoon Guards, July,
1896, and served 12 years. He was through the South African War (medal
with two clasps), 1900–2, and after retiring, emigrated to Canada in
1908. There he was for some time in the North-West Mounted Police, and
in May, 1912, joined Lord Strathcona’s Horse as a Corpl. He was made
Sqdn. Sergt.-Major in June, 1914; volunteered for Imperial service on
the outbreak of war in Aug.; came over with the first contingent, went
to the Front in April, 1915, and was killed in action at Neuve Eglise,
26 July, 1915, by a shell as he was leaving the trenches. He was buried
with full military honours in Neuve Eglise churchyard, “just over the
wall near the tree”; _unm._
[Illustration: =Harry Collins.=]
=COLLINS, HARRY=, Private, No. 2631, 1/4th Battn. Queen’s Royal
West Surrey Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Charles Collins, of 53, Stretton
Road, Addiscombe, Decorator; _b._ East Grinstead, co. Sussex, 28
May, 1892; educ. Croydon Council School; enlisted 24 Oct. 1914; and
_d._ in Amarah Military Hospital, 26 Oct. 1915, while serving
in the Persian Gulf, and was buried in the British Cemetery there;
_unm._
=COLLINS, HENRY SILVESTER=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4458, I.C. 238),
233478, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=COLLINS, HERBERT CHARLES=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 25469 (Dev.),
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=COLLINS, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5107), 199840, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=COLLINS, RICHARD=, Corpl., No. 9882, 1st Northumberland
Fusiliers, _s._ of the late (--) Collins, and nephew of Mrs.
Collins, of 7, Tower Street, Harrogate; _b._ Brentford, co.
Middlesex, 24 May, 1885; enlisted in 1904, and after serving in the
Northumberland Fusiliers for eight years, joined the East Riding
of Yorkshire Constabulary in Sept. 1912. On the outbreak of war, 5
Aug. 1914, he was recalled to his regt. and went to France with the
Expeditionary Force, 9 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres,
6 Nov. 1914; _unm._ Corpl. Collins had served with his regt. in
India, and had taken part in some frontier fighting, for which he had a
medal. He was one of the best shots in the regt.
[Illustration: =Richard Collins.=]
=COLLINS, SAMUEL=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 23622 (Dev.), H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COLLINS, STANLEY BERTRAM=, Naval Schoolmaster, M. 4740, H.M.S.
Hawke, _s._ of William Collins, of 46, West Side, Wandsworth
Commons, S.W.; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=COLLINS, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 106440, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=COLLINS, WILLIE GEORGE=, Leading Signalman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1562),
115537, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COLLISSON, CEDRIC HAZLEDINE=, Sergt., No. 16846, 7th Battn. (1st
British Columbia Regt.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._
of the late Rev. Sydney Garbett Collisson, Vicar of Bradford-on-Avon,
and Minor Canon of Bristol Cathedral, by his wife, Sophy (8, Westfield
Park, Bristol), dau. of the Rev. William Hazledine, Vicar of The Temple
Church; _b._ Bristol, 24 Aug. 1887; and was educ. Warminster
Grammar School (1 Jan. 1898–July, 1906) and Bristol University.
He entered the teaching profession, was a Lieut. in the Devon
Territorials, and in 1910 proceeded to Canada, where he joined the
staff of the University School at Victoria. There he was offered and
accepted a Lieutenancy in the 88th Victoria Militia Regt., in which he
served until the outbreak of the European War, obtaining his Captain’s
certificate. In order that he might at once proceed to England with
the first Canadian Contingent, he resigned his commission and enlisted
in the 7th Battn. British Columbia Regt., and was immediately promoted
Sergt. He came over with the first contingent in Oct. 1914; went to
France in Feb. 1915, and was mortally wounded in action at Hill 60 on
24 April, 1915, and died two days later. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Cedric Hazledine Collisson.=]
=COLSON, WILLIAM JOHN=, Sergt., No. 6285, 1st Battn. (West Ontario
Regt.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of Corpl.
John Colson, R.F.A., by his wife, Ellen, dau. of George Weller, of
Wilmington; _b._ Erith, co. Kent, 25 Nov. 1878; educ. Erith Board
School; enlisted in the R.F.A. 1 Dec. 1896; served 16 years--seven
years with the Colours and nine years with the Reserve--including
four and a-half years abroad; obtained his discharge, 30 Nov. 1912;
went to Canada, 30 Oct. 1913; was employed at Ford’s Motor Works,
Windsor, Ontario; on the outbreak of war joined in the West Ontario
Regt., and was appointed Sergt.; came over with the first contingent
in Oct. 1914, and was stationed at Bustard Camp, Salisbury, during the
winter of 1914–15; went to the Front, 6 Feb. and was killed in action
at Ypres, 24 April, 1915, when the Canadians so gallantly “saved the
situation.” He was buried in a grave with 16 others on the east side of
the Ypres to Pilkem Road, near the shrine about 400 yards from where
the pontoon bridge crosses the road. He _m._ at All Saints’
Church, Belvedere, Kent, 5 Aug. 1905, Emily (32, Upper Grove Road,
Belvedere, Kent), yst. dau. of Richard Spicer, of Belvedere, and had
five children; Cyril Arthur, _b._ 27 March, 1906; Albert William,
_b._ 10 April, 1913; Kathleen Adelaide, _b._ 13 Dec. 1907;
Winifred Emily, _b._ 10 Aug. 1909; and Margaret Ellen, _b._
21 July, 1911.
[Illustration: =William John Colson.=]
=BOWEN-COLTHURST, ROBERT MACGREGOR=, Capt., 4th (Special Reserve),
attd. 1st, Battn. Leinster Regt., 2nd _s._ of the late Robert
Walter Travers Bowen-Colthurst, of Oak Grove, etc., J.P., by his
wife, Georgina de Bellasis (Oak Grove, Killinardrish, co. Cork), only
dau. of Alfred Greet, of Dripsey House, co. Cork, J.P.; _b._
Oak Grove, Killinardrish, co. Cork, 15 Sept. 1883; educ. Harrow and
Trinity College, Cambridge, and on leaving the latter in 1905 joined
the staff of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, first as assistant private
secretary, and later as vice-chamberlain, which post he held until
1912. He then undertook work in connection with the Irish Department
of Agriculture, and later succeeded the Earl of Carrick as Inspector
for Irish Agricultural interests in Great Britain, which post he held
until the outbreak of war. Acting on his conviction that every man
ought to be trained in time of peace for the defence of the country,
he had joined the 4th (Special Reserve) Battn. of the Leinsters in
1910, received his Lieutenancy, 12 March, 1912, and, volunteering for
Imperial service, was gazetted Capt. 14 Aug. 1914. He went to the
Front on 5 March, 1915, and was killed in action on the 15th of that
month at St. Eloi. Lieut.-Col. C. B. Prowse, commanding 1st Leinster
Regt., wrote: “The battn. had to retake some trenches which had been
lost by another regt., and your husband bravely led his men and took
and occupied the trench as he was ordered to. But early the following
morning he was shot through the head over the parapet of a trench, and
died, I hear, without pain--in fact, death was instantaneous. During
the few days he was with us he had done splendid work and behaved most
gallantly, and the men would follow him anywhere, and I do greatly
sympathise with you and yours in your loss, and the regt.’s loss, too.
I am sending your husband’s name to the General for ‘gallant conduct,’
and I also enclose a note which he wrote previous to the night attack,
which was to be given to you.” And a brother officer: “I know Col.
Prowse has written to you, but I think, perhaps, you might like to hear
a second account of everything that happened. It might throw fresh
light on details that you have heard from the commanding officer. Your
husband arrived up here last Thursday week, 11 March. We were just
going to start our eight days’ tour of duty in the trenches and were
marching to them. He, with Capt. Radcliff from the 5th Battn., joined
just about 5 p.m., when we were having a halt for tea. I remember how
delighted I was to see him again, as he had always been so good to me,
and it was just like a link with home seeing him again. He and Capt.
Radcliff came with us into the trenches, your husband taking command of
A Coy. We came out of the trenches again on Saturday night, arriving
in our billets about 2 a.m. on Sunday morning, the 14th. I did not see
much of him that day, as we were all sleeping off the effects of the
48 hours in the trenches. About 4.30 p.m. in the afternoon of Sunday,
the 14th, a tremendous bombardment by our guns started. We were very
soon turned out and hurried up to a ruined village not far behind the
trenches. We learned that the Germans had captured our trenches, and it
was decided that we must counter attack at 2 a.m. on Monday morning.
Your husband was detailed with his company to recapture a trench, No.
20. He was full of keenness and enthusiasm about it, as he was always
about everything. Just before midnight, before we started off, I met
him in the dressing station, where he gave a letter to Dr. Kenny, our
medical officer, asking him to send it to you by registered post if
he was killed. The medical officer said ‘Nonsense,’ not to talk that
way, as he would not be killed. Your husband replied cheerfully that
it did not worry him a bit, only he wanted the letter sent if he were.
After that we started off. He was ahead of me. About 12.45 I caught him
up with my company, and gave him a lot of empty sandbags we had been
carrying for his company. This was about 500 yards from the enemy’s
trenches, and the bullets were flying about. I said ‘Good-night,’
wishing him the best of luck. He was very cheery and happy then. That
is the last time I saw him alive. From Coy. Sergt.-Major Kershaw, whose
home address is 22, Clarendon Street, Bradford, I got the following
details. He was with your husband the whole time. At 2 a.m. they
charged and captured the trench, any Germans who were in it running
away; but after some time found they were being so hotly fired on
into the trench from the right flank that they decided to fall back
into a trench just behind. As they did this a young subaltern, named
Buchanan, of the Irish Fusiliers, who was attached to A Coy., was badly
wounded. As soon as your husband got his company into a trench behind,
he, with the Coy. Sergt.-Major and a volunteer, went back under heavy
fire and brought Buchanan into the trench. By the time it was 5.15
a.m., just daylight. At 5.30 a.m. the Sergt.-Major saw a lot of men
retiring out of the left flank of the trench they were in, and went to
see what it meant. Your husband followed him. They were walking along
inside the trench, but your husband’s head must have been exposed
(his height was 6 feet 4 inches), for a bullet came over the parapet
and went right through his head. He knew nothing about it, but just
dropped, death being instantaneous. It would seem almost as if he had
a premonition of his death, as several times he repeated to his Coy.
Sergt.-Major, ‘Be sure, if I am shot, that you bury me where I fall,
as I am too big and heavy for the men to carry in.’ Up to the very
end he was always thinking of others. He was buried as soon as it was
dark on Monday evening, 15 March, in a little plot of ground on the
left hand side of the road just as you leave the ruined village of St.
Eloi for Ypres. This spot is exactly opposite the last ruined cottage
on the right as you leave the village. We are going back to this post
to-morrow evening for another eight days’ work. I am getting the Battn.
Sergt.-Major--Sergt.-Major Shaw--who buried him, to point me out the
spot, so that I will know should I ever return alive. I can then tell
you exactly. A wooden cross with his name and regt. will be put up
to mark the place. I am very glad to say I understand the commanding
officer is recommending your husband for the D.S.O. for the good work
he did that night.” He _m._ at. Bilton, near Rugby, 7 Dec. 1907,
Winifred, dau. of the late Rev. Charles Frederick Cumber West, Vicar
of Charlbury, Oxford, and had a son and three daus.: Charles Patrick
Russell, _b._ 25 Feb. 1913; Peggy Winifred Isabel, _b._ 2
Aug. 1909; Honor Georgina Beatrice, _b._ 13 Sept. 1911; and Marian
Elizabeth Hope, _b._ 12 Oct. 1914.
[Illustration: =R. M. Bowen-Colthurst.=]
=COLUMBUS, FRED=, Private, No. 912, D. Coy., 1st Newfoundland
Regt., 2nd _s._ of Frank Columbus, of Shallop Cove, St. George’s
Newfoundland, by his wife, Susan, dau. of Peter Benoit, of Flat Bay,
Newfoundland; _b._ Shallop Cove aforesaid, 18 April, 1893; educ.
Shallop Cove and Grand River, Newfoundland; was a Lumberman; joined
the Newfoundland Expeditionary Force, 3 Jan. 1915; left for England in
March, went to the Dardanelles, 19 Aug. 1915, and died at Alexandria,
Egypt, 9 Oct. 1915, of wounds received in action at Gallipoli on
the 1st (?); _unm._ Buried in the Chatby Military Cemetery at
Alexandria.
=COLVIN, ROBERT ALEXANDER=, Capt. and Adjutant, 2nd Battn. West
Yorkshire Regt., _s._ of the late John C. Colvin, of Sutton Veney,
co. Wilts: _b._ 5 Nov. 1889; gazetted 2nd Lieut. West Yorkshires,
18 Sept. 1909, and promoted Lieut. 2 July, 1909, and appointed Adjutant
1 Aug. 1913; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was
killed in action on the Western Front, 12 March, 1915; _unm._
=COLYER, REGINALD JAMES=, Leading Seaman, 194323, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COMYN, WILLIAM NUGENT=, L.-Corpl., No. 119777, 2nd Battn. The
Wiltshire Regt., _s._ of Francis Sarsfield Comyn, Master Mariner,
by his wife, Eliza Jane (209, Alcester Road, King’s Heath, Birmingham),
dau. of George Barber, and only gdson. of the late Capt. William
Nugent Comyn, R.N. [descended from the Comyns of co. Clare]; _b._
Upton Park, London, 27 Feb. 1881; educ. privately in Birmingham; was
independent; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and enlisted in
the Wiltshires at Lavington, 8 Sept. 1914, trained at Weymouth; was
promoted L.-Corpl. Nov. 1914, went to France 12 Dec., and was killed in
action at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915; _unm._
=CONDRON, EDWARD=, Stoker, P.O. (R.F.R., B. 8605), 295103, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CONDUITT, ROBERT BRUCE=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Seaforth
Highlanders, yr. _s._ of Henry Walter Conduitt, of 38, St. Alban’s
Road, Edinburgh, late Examiner of Public Works Accounts, India, by his
wife, Agnes Lennox, dau. of Robert Bruce; _b._ Allahabad, United
Provinces, India, 13 April, 1890; educ. Edinburgh Academy and Fetter’s
College, Edinburgh; was by profession a banker, and had been attached
to offices in Scotland, Canada and India. He served in the Queen’s
Edinburgh Rifle Volunteers for a year, and in the 4th Battn. Royal
Scots (T.F.) for the same length of time, and joined the 14th Battn
(London Scottish) The London Regt. 4 Aug. 1914, the day before the
declaration of war. He went with them to France on 19 Sept. 1914, and
served in the trenches throughout the winter of 1914–15. On 3 April he
was given a commission in the Seaforth Highlanders, and joined on the
12th, being killed in action in the front line of trenches close to
Neuve Chapelle four days later, 16 April, 1915. He was buried in the
cemetery at Vieille Chapelle; _unm._ Capt. A. R. Baillie Hamilton,
1st Battn. Seaforth Highlanders, wrote: “Although he had only joined
my company the day we moved into the trenches (12th), I saw a great
deal of him during the few days, and I formed a very high opinion of
him, and was congratulating myself on having such a nice lad posted to
me. He seemed to get on exceptionally well with the men, and I have
overheard several nice things said of him by them. He had the makings
of a really efficient officer.”
[Illustration: =Robert Bruce Conduitt.=]
=CONGDON, RICHARD HENRY=, Stoker, P.O., 2nd Class (R.F.R., A.
1829), 123974, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=CONN, GEORGE DENHOLM=, Private, No. 24466, 13th Battn. (5th
Royal Highlanders of Montreal), 3rd Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary
Force, _s._ of Neil Stalker Conn, of Stevenston, by his wife ...
(Park Avenue, Brockville, Ontario, Canada), dau. of Robert Montgomery;
_b._ Ardrossan, co. Ayr, 10 March, 1896; educ. Public School,
Saltcoats; went to Canada, 10 March, 1911; enlisted in Aug. 1914, on
the outbreak of war; left with the first contingent in Oct., and after
training on Salisbury Plain during the winter, went to France in Feb.,
and was killed in action at the Battle of Langemarck, 24 April, 1915;
_unm._
[Illustration: =George Denholm Conn.=]
=CONNELL, GILBERT=, Private, No. 2387, 1/5th West Yorkshire Regt.
(T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Joseph Connell, of 6, Barlow Terrace, Denison
Road, Selby, Churchwarden at Selby Abbey, by his wife, Celia; _b._
Selby, co. York, 10 April, 1892; educ. Abbey Church School there;
served his apprenticeship as a fitter and engineer at Messrs. Cochrane
& Sons, Ltd., shipbuilders, Selby, and on the outbreak of war joined
the 1/5th West Yorkshires in Sept. 1914. He was killed by a grenade
at Ypres, 21 July, 1915, two Harrogate Territorials, who were in the
trench with him, also meeting their death from the same explosive.
He was _unm._, and was buried just behind the trenches. His
commanding officer wrote: “He was an excellent and cheery soldier.” One
of his brothers is at the Front, and the other has joined the Army.
[Illustration: =Gilbert Connell.=]
=CONNELLAN, PETER MARTIN=, Capt. and Local Major, 1st Battn.
Hampshire Regt., only _s._ of Major James Hercules Fitzwalter
Henry Connellan, of Coolmore, Thomastown, co. Kilkenny, J.P., D.L.,
formerly Hon. Col. 5th Royal Irish Regt. and Capt. Hampshire Regt., by
his wife, Laura Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Ussher Roberts; _b._
Sale, co. Chester, 19 Feb. 1882; educ. Harrow, and was gazetted 2nd
Lieut. to the 1st Hampshires (then in India), 8 Jan. 1901, being
promoted Lieut. 30 Nov. 1903, and Capt. 9 May, 1907. He served in
Aden, 1903–4, took part in the operations in the hinterland, and acted
as signalling officer to the brigade under Brig.-Gen. Scallon with
the Boundary Delimitation Commission, and was present at the attack
by Arabs on the camp at Awabil; also in the expedition against the
Kotaibis. He was Adjutant to the 1st Battn. Hampshire Regt., 23 Oct.
1906, to 22 Oct. 1909, and of the Hampshire depot and 3rd Battn.
from 23 Jan. 1911, to Jan. 1914, when he rejoined the 1st Battn. at
Colchester. The Battn. left for the Front in the 11th Brigade, 4th
Division, in the third week of Aug. 1914, and was closely engaged in
covering the British retirement from Mons, the Division earning the
warm approval of the Commander-in-Chief. Capt. Connellan bore a very
conspicuous part in holding the railway line near Caudry on 26 Aug.,
being under heavy fire all day in a most exposed position, also in the
retirement on Ligny, and subsequent engagements. On 7 Sept. 1914, he
was promoted Tempy. Major (a rank which he continued to hold until he
fell), and given the command of his battn., which he retained during
the engagements at the Marne and the Aisne. After being relieved by
the French near Buez-le-Long on 4 Oct. the Brigade was engaged in
the neighbourhood of Armentières, to the north-east of which Major
Connellan fell (shot through the neck by shrapnel) on 20 Oct., when
second in command of his battn. He was buried at Pont-de-Nieppe. Major
Connellan was twice mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette, 9 Dec.
1914, and 17 Feb. 1915), and especially recommended for promotion
and reward by his Brigadier, who described him as one of his ablest
commanders and a born soldier. He was a keen sportsman, a fine rider,
very fond of hunting and salmon fishing, also of games; was a member of
the battn polo team, and a good player of hockey, tennis, Badminton,
etc. He held the Bronze Medal of the Royal Humane Society for saving
one of the men of his regt. from drowning. Major Connellan _m._
at St. Thomas’ Church, Winchester, 18 Oct. 1911, Winifred (New Empress
Club), 3rd dau. of the late Arthur Niblett, formerly of Haresfield
Court, co. Gloucester; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Peter Martin Connellan.=]
=CONNER, RICHARD=, Major, 2nd Battn. Gloucestershire Regt.,
2nd _s._ of the late Capt. Daniel Conner, of Ballybricken,
Monkstown, co. Cork, Royal Marine L.I., J.P., by his wife, Emily,
dau. of Henry Steigen Berger, of 30, Cleveland Square, Hyde Park;
_b._ Ballybricken aforesaid, 29 Dec. 1868; educ. St. Edward’s
School, Oxford, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; received
his commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Gloucesters, 11 Feb. 1888, and
was gazetted Lieut. 3 July, 1889, Capt. 26 May, 1897, and Major, 25
Oct. 1907; served through the South African war, 1899–1902, took part
in operations in Natal, 1899, including actions at Rietfontein and
Lombards Kop (slightly wounded), and afterwards on Staff as Station
Officer and as Commandant at Kaffir River Bridge, also in operations
in the Orange Free State and the Transvaal, July, 1901, to 31 May,
1902, mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Queen’s medal with
three clasps, and the King’s medal with two clasps; and with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Dec. 1914, to 9 May,
1915, when he was wounded and taken prisoner at Ypres, and died in
London, 7 Sept. 1915, after exchange as an incapacitated prisoner of
war; _unm._
=CONNETT, HENRY=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 885), H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CONNOLLY, EDWARD=, Corpl. No. 90396, R.F.A., 3rd _s._
of Thomas Connolly, of 16, Mary Street, Sunderland, Riveter, by
his wife, Frances, dau. of Peter Patrick, of Sunderland; _b._
Southwick-on-Wear, 7 Nov. 1890; educ. National School there; was
employed at Priestman’s, Sunderland; joined the R.G.A. (T.F.) and
rose to the rank of Sergt., taking his discharge in June, 1914, as
medically unfit; rejoined 16 Aug. following for the period of the war,
and died of wounds, 12 Dec. 1915, received in a farmhouse near Ypres;
_unm._ He was buried in O-Beal Cemetery.
[Illustration: =Edward Connolly.=]
=CONWAY, JOHN=, L.-Corpl. No. 73535, D Coy., 28th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of Patrick Conway, of Ivy
Cottage, Ennistymon, co. Clare, ex-Sergt. Royal Irish Constabulary,
by his wife, Hanna, dau. of William O’Sullivan, Bonane, Kenmare, co.
Kerry; _b._ Iries, Castletownbere, co. Cork, 13 July, 1874; educ.
Bantry and Castletownbere; enlisted in the Grenadier Guards about
1894, and served with the Sudan Expedition, including the Battle of
Omdurman and the capture of Khartoum; and through the South African
war, 1899–1902 (receiving three medals). He then went to Canada about
1906 and settled in Ottawa, and was working on the railroad, but on the
outbreak of the European war joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force,
came over with the second contingent, and was killed in action in
Belgium, 17 Oct. 1915; _unm._ He was in charge of a machine gun,
when a shell fell within 15 yards of his post, killing him and three
more instantly. His commanding officer, Major C. R. Hill, wrote: “He
was a splendid soldier, and on the 16th had been promoted L.-Corpl. He
died at his post, and no man could do more.”
[Illustration: =John Conway.=]
=CONWAY, JOHN CHARLES=, Mechanician, 282316, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _unm._
=COOK, ALFRED JOHN=, A.B., 211035, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action
in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COOK, BERNARD HENRY=, Rifleman, No. 2361, 12th Battn. (The
Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Frederick Thomas
Cook, of Harleston; _b._ Harlesden, N.W., 11 Dec. 1895; educ.
Upper Latymer School, Hammersmith, and the Polytechnic, Regent Street;
joined The Rangers, Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 15
Feb. 1915, being buried in Menin cemetery, near St. Eloi. He was just
finishing his three years’ course as an architectural student.
=COOK, EDGAR PRESTON=, Corpl., No. 6780, 1st Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Robert Cook, of Loring, Ontario,
Canada, by his wife, Rovy, dau. of John Currie; _b._ 6 Feb. 1896;
educ. Loring Public School; enlisted 23 Sept. 1914; came over with the
first contingent in Oct.; went to the Front, 7 Feb. 1915; was commended
by his Commanding Officer, 4 June, 1915, for gallant and distinguished
conduct in the field at the Battle of St. Julien, and promoted
Corpl., and was killed in action at Festubert, France, 15 June, 1915;
_unm._
=COOK, EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./1323, H.M.S. Cressy; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept 1914.
=COOK, EDWARD=, Private, No. 2642, 1/7th Battn. Durham L.I.
(T.F.), 2nd _s._ of George Cook, of Thornley, Fruiterer and
Florist, by his wife, Annie, dau. of John Peel; _b._ Thornley,
co. Durham, 12 Jan. 1891; educ. Council School there, Henry Smith’s
Secondary School, Hartlepool, and the Training College for Teachers,
Sunderland, 1909–11, and having obtained his certificate was appointed
assistant master at the Thornley Council School, which post he held
at the outbreak of war. While going through his course at Sunderland
Training College he had joined the Territorial Battn. of the Durham
L.I., and on 9 Sept. 1914, volunteered for Imperial service. He left
Gateshead for France on 19 April, and on arrival the Durham L.I. were
immediately sent up to the trenches at Ypres, and he was killed in
action there on Whit Monday, 24 May, 1915; _unm._ His body was
found six weeks afterwards in front of the first line of trenches and
buried by a comrade. His yr. brother, Private Percy Cook, Durham L.I.,
also a trained teacher, was killed in action on the Somme, 27 July,
1916.
[Illustration: =Edward Cook, Durham L.I.=]
=COOK, EDWARD PERCY=, Bugler, R.M.L.I., Ch./17952, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COOK, ERNEST VICTOR=, Private, No. 656, 90th Winnipeg Rifles,
Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of Thurstan Cook, of
16, Killarney Road, Wandsworth, S.W., formerly of Ryder Street, St.
James’, Military Boot Maker, by his wife Lucy, dau. of John Palmer;
_b._ Wandsworth, 16 May, 1887; educ. Sir Walter St. John’s School,
Battersea, and on leaving school entered the employ of Messrs. Tyser &
Co., shipping insurance agents, and afterwards of Lloyds. Leaving for
Canada in Nov. 1910, he was for a time at Montreal, and then went to
Winnipeg. When war was declared in Aug. 1914, he immediately joined
the 90th Winnipeg Rifles, and came to England with the first Canadian
contingent, which arrived at Plymouth, 14 Oct. 1914. After training on
Salisbury Plain during the winter months, he went to the Front early
in 1915, and during the heavy fighting at Ypres, 22–25 April, suffered
badly from gas poisoning, but recovered and was in the trenches again
in May. He was hit by shrapnel at the Battle of Festubert on 20
May, 1915, and died a few hours later, being buried in Bethune Town
Cemetery; _unm._
=COOK, FRANCIS JOSHUA=, Cook’s Mate, M. 2956, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=COOK, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 10356, 2nd South Wales Borderers,
only _s._ of William Cook, of 15, Tre-Edwards, Rhymney, Brewery
Worker, by his wife, Annie, dau. of Aaron Powell; _b._ Rhymney, 11
Aug. 1891; educ. there; enlisted 23 Feb. 1910; served in South Africa,
31 Jan. 1912–3 Oct. 1912; North China, Oct. 1912 (including Battle of
Tsing-Tau); and with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and was
killed in action at the Dardanelles, 25 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Frederick Cook.=]
=COOK, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Private, No. 7105, A Coy., 1st Battn.
Norfolk Regt., 2nd _s._ of Arthur Cook, of 30, Long Street,
Ipswich, by his wife, Amelia, dau. of James Thorrington; _b._
Ipswich, 12 Nov. 1891; educ. there; joined the Special (Army) Reserve
in 1911; _d._ 11 July, 1915, from wounds received in action at
Blauvepoort, near Ypres; _unm._ His Commanding Officer, 2nd Lieut.
Kenney, writing on 12 July, said: “He was working in the trenches the
night before last when a bullet struck him in the back, afterwards
passing through his side and arm,” adding: “He is a great loss to the
regt. but died a noble death in doing the finest thing any man can
do--giving his life for the sake of his country.”
=COOK, HAROLD=, Private, No. 113, 21st Battn. 6th Brigade,
Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of the late James Cook, of
Stockwell, Marble Mason (who _d._ 1889); _b._ Stockwell,
London, 30 July, 1885; educ. Stockwell College; went to Australia,
5 Dec. 1913, and settled at Melbourne; enlisted there in Feb. 1915;
served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles and _d._ of pneumonia in
No. 15 Base Hospital, Alexandria, 28 Dec. 1915; _unm._
=COOK, HARRY JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 113688, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=COOK, ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 8030, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=COOK, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Seaman, R.N.R., 3171 C., H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COOK, WILLIAM GEORGE=, L.-Corpl., No. 1916, 1/5th Battn. The
Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Alfred Henry
Cook, of Bank Cottage, South Ascot, by his wife, Mary Jane, dau. of
William Rew Maunders, of Bristol; _b._ Warfield, co. Berks,
25 May, 1890; educ. Rangleigh Elementary School, Windsor Forest;
was a carman for Mr. Corbett, Builder, Bagshot; joined the Surrey
Territorials, 19 Feb. 1909; volunteered for foreign service after
the outbreak of war, and was sent with his battn. to Lucknow, where
he was promoted L.-Corpl. In May, 1915, a call was made for a draft
of men from the 5th Queen’s to join the 2nd Norfolks, then engaged
in operations in the Persian Gulf, and Cook was one of those who
volunteered. He was drowned in the Tigris, 6 Aug. 1915, when on duty;
_unm._; an officer wrote that he was one of the best of their
N.C.Os. and that he “was full of keenness at his work and cheeriness on
the march, and an excellent example of smartness both on and off duty.”
[Illustration: =William George Cook.=]
=COOKE, ALBERT EDWARD=, Coy. Sergt.-Major, No. 8455, 1st Battn.
Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., _s._ of Edward Cooke, of 35, Langton
Street, Cathay, Bristol, retired Army Warrant Officer and Barrack
Master, late M.W.D., India, by his wife, Elizabeth Catherine, dau.
of W. Davis; _b._ Bareilly, India, 6 Sept. 1889; educ. Military
School, India, and Secondary School, Gloucester; enlisted in the 1st
Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s L.I. 20 Aug. 1906, and served seven years
with the Colours and then passed into the Reserve. He held the Army
Acting Schoolmaster’s certificate, and as long as the rules permitted
he had charge of the Depot Military School at Bodmin, Cornwall. On
leaving the Army he joined the City of London Police Force, and was
attached to the Clock Lane division until called up on the outbreak
of the war, 5 Aug. 1914. He was killed in action in France on 4 June,
1915; _unm._ The officer commanding (Lieut.-Col. M. Turner),
1st Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., wrote that he “Was killed in action
early yesterday morning (Friday). He was accompanying the company
commander, Capt. B. Woodham, D.S.O., round the trenches--the night was
a very dark one--and was shot in the head, dying shortly afterwards.
The medical officer informs me that he could not have felt any pain
whatever, which may be a comfort for you to know. I myself had known
your son for some years, and he was at Bodmin with me when I commanded
the depot. His loss is very deeply deplored by all here--officers,
N.C.O.’s, and men. He was one of the finest, if not the finest, N.C.O.
in the battn., utterly fearless and daring, a splendid disciplinarian,
and an all-round good fellow. He is a great loss to the battn. and
to the country. He had been recommended by Major Canton (he was in
command when I was home wounded) for a commission, and we are all sorry
that he did not live to receive it. He was buried yesterday (Friday)
afternoon in our regimental cemetery here, a charming little spot, and
I and several officers and as many men as could be spared attended the
funeral. I trust you will accept the deepest sympathy of the battn., of
which your son was one of the best, in your bereavement. He died like
a soldier for his King and country.” Of his three brothers, Lieut. J.
H. Cooke, 11th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, was killed in action
at the Dardanelles landing; Corpl. W. D. Cooke, of 5th Divisional
Cyclist Coy., is now (1916) a prisoner of war in Germany; and Sergt.
A. W. Cooke was (16 Sept. 1914 to 4 Jan. 1915) Drill Instructor to the
15th Gloucesters, and was then with the 13th and later with the 16th
Battns., returning to Police duty 6 Jan. 1916.
[Illustration: =Albert Edward Cooke.=]
=COOKE, JOSEPH HENRY=, Lieut., 11th Battn. Australian Imperial
Force, _s._ of Alfred Edward Cooke, of 35, Langton Street, Cathay,
Bristol, retired Army Warrant Officer, and Barrack Master, late M.W.D.,
India, by his wife, Elizabeth Catherine, dau. of W. Davis; _b._
Dinapore, India, 26 Oct. 1882; educ. in Military Schools in India;
enlisted in the Lancashire Fusiliers in 1899, and served with them 12
years; went to Western Australia and settled at Wickepin; volunteered
on the outbreak of war; was made Sergt. and later promoted Lieut.;
served at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there 2 May, 1915.
He _m._ at Malta, Rosie (Wickepin, Western Australia), dau. of
(--) Peffers, and had three children. His brother, Coy. Sergt.-Major A.
E. Cooke, was also killed in action.
[Illustration: =Joseph H. Cooke.=]
=COOKSLEY, ARTHUR GEORGE=, Gunner, R.M.A. 8388, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COOLEY, FRANK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9339), S.S.
106582, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COOLEY, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4035), S.S. 102438,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=COOLEY, WILLIAM JAMES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./7606 (R.F.R., B.
880), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COOLING, JOHN JOSEPH=, Private, No. 379, 2nd Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of John Joseph Cooling, of Windgates, co.
Wicklow, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of Thomas Boyd; _b._ Windgates,
31 Jan. 1891; educ. Bray National School; went to Australia in 1910 and
settled at Sydney. On the outbreak of war he volunteered and joined the
Commonwealth Expeditionary Force in Sept. 1914, leaving for Egypt with
the first contingent. He was severely wounded on 26 April during the
historic landing at the Dardanelles, and was invalided back to Cairo,
but rejoined his unit in July. Shortly afterwards he was reported as
missing, and later was officially stated to have been killed in action
between 6 and 9 Aug. 1915; _unm._
=COOLLEDGE, JOHN HENRY=, Leading Stoker, Ch./305541, R.F.R. B.
8475, 2nd. _s._ of Job Coolledge, of Purleigh, Essex, Shoemaker,
by his wife, Sarah; _b._ Purleigh, 25 July, 1882; educ. there;
joined the Navy in Sept. 1902, and was lost on H.M.S. Cressy, 23
Sept. 1914. He _m._ at Leigh-on-Sea, 29 July, 1911, Alice H. (4,
Reginald Cottages, High Street, Leigh-on-Sea), dau. of Walter Carey;
_s.p._
[Illustration: =John Henry Coolledge.=]
=COOMBES, ALBERT=, Private, R.M.L.I., 11496, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=COOMBES, ARTHUR ROBERT=, Private, No. 1920, 3rd Battn. Australian
L.I., _s._ of James Coombes, of Hammersmith, by his wife, Emily;
_b._ Hammersmith, 20 Jan. 1895; educ. St. Paul’s C.E. School
there; joined the Australian Imperial Force after the outbreak of war,
and was killed in the fighting at Lone Pine, Gallipoli, on 7 Aug. 1915;
_unm._
=COOMBES, CECIL ROBERT=, Private, No. 4215, 14th Battn. (The
London Scottish). The London Regt. (T.F.), 1st _s._ of James
Robert Coombes, of 35, Knollys Road, Streatham, S.W., Madras Provincial
Civil Service, late Presidency Magistrate, Madras, and Treasury
Officer, Salem, by his wife, Camellia Ruth, dau. of Sergt. Stephen
Pincott, 1st Madras Fusiliers; _b._ Cuddalore, South India, 18
March, 1897; educ. Champion Hill School, Denmark Hill (1905–6), Doveton
Protestant College, Madras (1906–13), and Birkbeck College (1914);
joined the London Scottish for Imperial Service, 2 Jan. 1915; went
to the Front, 4 July, 1915; was severely wounded in the stomach in
the attack on the Hohenzollern trenches during the Battle of Loos, 25
Sept. 1915, and died in the 2nd Field Ambulance the following day;
_unm._ He was buried in the British cemetery at Vermelles. While
in India, 1906–13, he was a Boy Scout, then a cadet, and finally a
Volunteer in the Madras Volunteer Guards. A keen sportsman and shot, he
was captain of Doveton College football and hockey teams, prefect of
the school, and sub-editor of the school magazine. He had been selected
and trained for the machine gun section, and successfully passed the
snipers’ test, for eventual employment in that capacity.
[Illustration: =Cecil Robert Coombes.=]
=COOMBS, ARTHUR ERSKINE GURNEY=, Lieut., R.N., elder _s._ of
Richard Samuel Gurney Coombs, of Church House, Oundle, by his wife,
Kathleen Maria, dau. of Adolphe Philippe de Chastelain; _b._
Kensington, 3 Feb. 1888; educ. Oundle School; entered H.M.S. Britannia
as a cadet, Jan. 1903, at the head of the list; appointed Midshipman,
H.M.S. Ocean (China Station), April, 1904; transferred to H.M.S.
Goliath (Mediterranean Station), 1905, and to H.M.S. Illustrious,
March, 1907; appointed to Royal Naval College, Greenwich, for
special course, April, 1908, and obtained four 1st classes; promoted
Sub-Lieut. 30 July, 1908, and appointed to H.M.S. Dee (Destroyer), Jan.
1909; promoted Lieut. 30 April, 1909; appointed to H.M.S. Hindustan
(Battleship), Sept. 1909, and to H.M.S. Dryad for navigation course,
Jan. 1910; qualified as Lieut. (Navigating), and appointed to H.M.S.
Essex (Cruiser), Aug. 1910, and to H.M.S. Blanche (Cruiser), Feb. 1911;
transferred to H.M.S. Foresight (Light Cruiser), March following, and
appointed to H.M.S. Diamond (Cruiser), Nov. 1912; and as Navigating
Lieut. to H.M.S. Juno, Dec. following; appointed for first class ship’s
course in navigation at Portsmouth, Jan. 1914, and obtained first place
in examination; appointed Navigating Lieut. to H.M.S. Hawke, Feb. 1914,
and was lost in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914, when that Cruiser was
torpedoed. At the time of the attack Lieut. Coombs was on navigating
duty on the bridge with the Capt. (Williams), and they remained there
together until the ship sank. Coombs was subsequently seen in the water
by survivors among the crew, but is presumed to have perished from the
cold. He was _unm._
=COONEY, JOHN DANIEL=, Private, No. 2486, 6th Battn. Manchester
Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of John Patrick Cooney, J.P., by his
wife, Mary (Garranlea House, Cahir, co. Tipperary), dau. of Daniel
Joseph Geary; _b._ Cahir, 20 Aug. 1889; educ. Rockwell College
and Blackrock College, Ireland; enlisted in the Manchester Regt. on
the outbreak of war, went with his battn. to the Dardanelles, and was
killed in action at Gallipoli, 29 May, 1915. He had been nominated
for a commission, against his express wishes, just before his death;
_unm._ Private Cooney played Rugby football regularly for the
Manchester City Club and Lancashire County. He was a good boxer and a
first-rate athlete, winning many prizes at 440 and 880 yards.
[Illustration: =John Daniel Cooney.=]
=COOPER, ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4085), S.S.
102471, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=COOPER, ALFRED=, Private, No. 9720, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
killed in action at Croix Barbée, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=COOPER, ANDREW=, Private, No. 14288, 4th Battn. The Middlesex
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died at
Zolobes, 14 Oct. 1914, of wounds received in action.
=COOPER, EDWARD WYNDHAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5932), 215711,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COOPER, ERNEST=, Private, No. 10041, 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt.;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action,
30 Aug. 1914.
=COOPER, ERNEST ROBERT=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1202T, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COOPER, HANWAY=, Sub-Lieut., R.N., yst. _s._ of the late
William Cooper, M.A. Oxford, by his wife, Marion (Gravel Hill, Boxmoor,
co. Herts), dau. of the late Major James German, of Maywood, Sevenoaks,
J.P., D.L., grandson of John Cooper, of The Oaks, Preston, co. Lancs,
and great-great-nephew of Admiral Sir James Hanway Plumridge, who
fought in the Crimea; _b._ Hampstead, co. Middlesex, 2 May, 1892;
educ. St. Christopher’s School, Eastbourne, the Royal Naval College,
Osborne (entered 12 Jan. 1905), and Britannia College, Dartmouth; and
was promoted Acting Sub-Lieut. 15 Sept. 1912, and Sub-Lieut. 15 Nov.
following. He served on H.M. ships Commonwealth (15 Sept. 1909–14
Sept. 1910), Rattlesnake (15 Sept. 1910–14 Nov. 1910), Warrior (15
Nov. 1910–4 April, 1911), Britannia (14 Sept. 1911–2 Sept. 1912, “a
zealous, hard-working officer”), Dryad (3 Sept.-9 Oct. 1912), Circe
(10 Oct. 1912–6 March, 1914, “has carried out the duties of executive
officer with zeal and ability”), Pembroke (7 March–22 March, 1914),
and Shannon (23 March–30 July, 1914, “a very capable and promising
officer”), and on the outbreak of war was appointed to H.M.S. Monmouth.
He was killed in the naval action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili,
when the Monmouth and Good Hope were lost with all hands, 1 Nov. 1914.
Sub-Lieut. Cooper was to have been promoted to the rank of Lieut. 15
Nov. following his death.
[Illustration: =Hanway Cooper.=]
=COOPER, HENRY=, Private, No. 10894, 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt.;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died on active
service, 4 Nov. 1914, of enteric fever.
=COOPER, JAMES HAMILTON=, Private, No. 8551, 2nd Battn. East Kent
Regt. (The Buffs), _s._ of Alfred Cooper, of The Lilac, Plantation
Road, Hextable; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
died 29 May, 1915, of wounds received in action.
=COOPER, JOHN=, Fleet Paymaster, R.N., yr. _s._ of James
Cooper Cooper, formerly Tuthill, of Cooper Hill, Clarina, co. Limerick,
J.P., by his first wife, Mary, dau. of Charles Pickering, of Roebuck,
co. Dublin; _b._ Cooper Hill, 4 July, 1869; educ. Burney’s School,
Gosport; joined the Navy as an Assistant Clerk in 1886, becoming
Paymaster in 1900, Staff Paymaster in 1904, and Fleet Paymaster, 1
Feb. 1908. He served in H.M. Yacht Osborne from 1899–1902, and was
afterwards Secretary to Admiral Custance in the Venerable, and to
Admiral Sir Charles Briggs in the Lord Nelson and the Dreadnought. He
joined H.M.S. Monmouth, 1 Aug. 1914, and was lost in action when that
ship was sunk in the Battle off Coronel, 1 Nov. 1914. He _m._ at
St. Peter’s, Cranley Gardens, S.W., 5 June, 1905, Marguerite Sutherland
(Chiltern House, Chesham), dau. of the late Capt. Francis Sutherland,
Royal Scots Greys, and had three children: James Francis, _b._
5 May, 1906; John Christopher, _b._ 15 May, 1907; and Elizabeth
Mary, _b._ 20 Feb. 1909.
[Illustration: =John Cooper.=]
=COOPER, LEONARD GOSSE=, 2nd Lieut., 4th (Service) Battn. South
Wales Borderers, yst. _s._ of Walter Percy Cooper, of Ambleside,
Abergavenny, Managing Director of Seargeant Bros., Ltd.; _b._
Abergavenny, 15 June, 1892; educ. Llandovery College, and Jesus
College, Oxford, where he won a classical scholarship and also a
Goldsmith’s Exhibition, and was placed in the first class in Honour
Classical Moderations in 1914. On the outbreak of war he applied
for a commission, and was gazetted to the South Wales Borderers, 29
Aug. 1914, accompanied the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force to the
Dardanelles, and was killed in action 9 Aug. 1915; _unm._ He was
buried in the 29th Field Ambulance Cemetery, at the mouth of the Aghyl
Dere, Gallipoli, near Col. Gillispie and Major Sir Lennox Napier.
Capt. C. E. Kitchen, commanding the C Coy., wrote: “It was early on 9
Aug. that the Turks attempted a surprise attack upon us where we were
holding a very difficult position which we had not time to properly
strengthen. My company had to occupy a rough knoll, covered with scrub,
and in the semi-darkness it was very difficult to see the enemy. I
immediately ordered up two platoons--No. 12 (your son’s) and No. 11
(Mr. Miller’s)--and was successful in keeping back the Turks. Unhappily
Leonard, whilst gallantly leading and encouraging his men, was shot
through the body, and passed away almost at once.” The regt. was
congratulated by Sir Ian Hamilton for their conduct on this day.
[Illustration: =Leonard Gosse Cooper.=]
=COOPER, STANLEY JAMES=, Armourer’s Crew, 228727, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COOPER, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14542, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=COOPER, THOMAS WILFRED=, Private, No. 12629, 4th (Service) Battn.
South Wales Borderers, 2nd _s._ of George Cooper, of Joyford Hill,
Coleford, by his wife, Jessie, dau. of George Taylor, of Joyford Hill;
_b._ Coleford, co. Gloucester, 13 April, 1890; was employed at the
Connop Collieries; volunteered and enlisted, Aug. 1914; served with
the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles from 29 June,
1915, to 10 Aug. 1915, on which latter date he was killed in action
there; _unm._
[Illustration: =Thomas W. Cooper.=]
=COPE, HARRY FITZGERALD=, Private, No. 81177, 8th Battn. (90th
Winnipeg Rifles), Canadian Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of
Gilbert Augustus Cope, of Russell, Manitoba, Canada, Farmer, formerly
of Tralee, co. Kerry, and Sydenham, co. Kent, Organist of St.
Michael’s, Lower Sydenham, 1882–88, by his late wife, Annie, dau. of
the late William Burley, of Hastings, Sussex; _b._ Kilmalkeader
Farm, Russell Co., Manitoba, 8 May, 1896; educ. Londonderry, near
Russell, and Russell High School; joined the 32nd Manitoba Light
Horse on its formation in May, 1913; trained at Sewell, 1913–14;
volunteered for overseas service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914,
and was drafted to the 32nd Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, at
Winnipeg; came over with reinforcements for the first contingent,
17 Feb. 1915; trained at Shorncliffe Camp; went to the Front, 29
April, 1915; transferred to 8th Battn., 8 May (his 19th birthday);
wounded in the left shoulder in action at Givenchy, 21 June, 1915, by
a piece of shrapnel, but remained in the trenches with his company;
appointed Headquarters Runner to the Battn., 1 Aug.; killed in action
at Ploegsteert, Belgium, about 11 p.m., 12 Sept. 1915, while repairing
trench under fire, being shot near the heart. Buried in the 90th Rifles
graveyard in Ploegsteert Wood; _unm._ Capt. L. Gysin wrote: “He
had been so familiar and well-liked a figure amongst us, as he had
always been a good soldier and seldom without a smile, that his death
will be a great loss to us”; and Private C. Robin: “All the Russell
boys, in fact all the boys who knew him, feel pretty bad. He was one of
the best, always cheery and cool under fire.”
[Illustration: =Harry Fitzgerald Cope.=]
=BIDDLE-COPE, ANTHONY CYPRIAN PROSPER=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn.
King’s Shropshire L.I., _s._ of James Cyprian Biddle-Cope,
formerly of Broadwood Hall, co. Salop, by his wife, Marie Louise,
dau. of Edward Angell Saunders; _b._ London, 9 May, 1889; educ.
Barnabite College, Florence, Italy; and was afterwards a Cadet on
H.M.S. Conway, where he received the King’s gold medal. He was gazetted
2nd Lieut. 1st Battn. King’s Shropshire L.I., 10 Aug. 1910, and went
to the Front with them on the outbreak of war. He was present when
the general move of the British Army was made in Belgium and Northern
France, and when the Germans made their first attempt to capture
Calais, and was killed in action while saving the life of a friend,
near Ypres, 26 April, 1915; _unm._ A Major of the 1st Battn.
King’s Shropshire L.I., in a letter to his family, wrote: “The death
of your son was not a surprise to me, for I knew it must only be a
question of time before he was either killed or wounded seriously
enough to lay him up for the rest of the war, for he was one of
the bravest men I have ever met. I knew him first at the depot at
Shrewsbury, when he first joined in 1910, and even then I was so much
impressed with his pluck and his constant desire to do his duty in
everything that I used to say that if ever I went on service I should
rather have him to help me in a tight place than any other young
officer I knew. When we were out on the Aisne, if ever there was any
dangerous job that required to be done he would volunteer to do it,
and yet the way he carried it out showed that he had caution and sense
besides mere pluck. When he was first wounded, on 23 Oct., he came up
to me with his hand bound up, and was all for leading a bayonet charge
in daylight. The day before that he had walked across an open space of
50 yards to bring me a message, with the bullets spattering all around
him, and nothing I could say would make him wait till dark before
going back.” Another officer, who was wounded in the same engagement
as that in which Lieut. Biddle-Cope met his death, wrote: “During the
fight round Ypres two companies were ordered with the machine guns to
reinforce a regt. who were having a very had time. On arrival there
some selected men of our company were ordered to take a trench held by
the Germans, and I was one of the officers, and while waiting to move
out of our trench to attack, Biddle-Cope came up and chatted with me
and wished me good luck; and I left my stick with him till I came back.
The order to advance was given, and we charged, and just before we got
to the enemy’s trench Biddle-Cope rushed by at a terrific pace, and was
shot as he got to the enemy’s trench. When just in front of me he fired
two shots from his revolver, and I think was again hit. I dropped down
beside him and fired at the German who had shot, him, but can’t say
whether I hit him or not. I myself had damaged my knee so severely that
I could not walk at the time, and I saw no use trying to do any more,
so collected the few men left--about five at the moment--and crawled
back in. Biddle-Cope was machine gun officer, and should not have been
there, but I can only think that he saw things were going badly and
came out to help me.”
[Illustration: =A. C. P. Biddle-Cope.=]
=COPE, MICHAEL WILLIAM=, Private, No. 6317, No. 3 Coy. 1st Battn.
1st Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late
Michael Brown Cope, of The Corner House, Castledermott, co. Kildare, by
his wife, Isabella, dau. of John Brown, of Woodlands, Castledermott;
_b._ Castledermott, 1 Sept. 1892; educ. there; went to Canada, 24
May. 1912, and after a few months in Arkona, Thedford, Ontario, with
his uncle, George Brown, J.P., became a clerk on the Canadian Pacific
Railway at Windsor, Ontario. On the outbreak of war he enlisted and
came to England with the first Canadian contingent, and after training
at Salisbury during the winter, left for the Front, 7 Feb. 1915. He
was killed in action between Bethune and La Bassée on the evening of 1
June, 1915; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “He was killed in one of the
most daring attacks of this war. It commenced at 6 p.m. The hail of
bullets and shrapnel which swept over our parapet was perfectly ranged;
it was suicide to show oneself over the breastwork, for the enemy were
less than 75 yards away. In spite of all, not a man hesitated. The
whole platoon, of which William was one of my best chums, crossed the
parapet with our heads down and a muttered prayer. We made straight
for the German lines. We dropped into shell holes for a breather,
and I glanced back and saw half of the boys (chums all of them since
leaving Windsor, Ontario) lying dead and wounded. William, I afterwards
learned, suffered no pain; his death was instantaneous. We had many
debts to pay--Ypres, Festubert--and we alleged together to form one
terrible effort, which carried us to their third line. William was with
us through all our trouble at Ypres and Festubert, and has won the love
and respect of us all. There are but few survivors left of the willing
bands that landed in France last February.”
[Illustration: =Michael William Cope.=]
=COPELAND, TOM=, Officer’s Steward, 1st Class, 357988, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=COPELAND, WILLIAM GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10384), 206235,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COPELAND, WILLIAM JOHN=, Corpl., No. 10666, Machine Gun Section
Wellington L.I., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of
Thomas Mercer Copeland, of 30, Liffeton Street, Wanganui, New Zealand,
Building Inspector etc., for Wanganui Borough Council, by his wife,
Emma; _b._ Wanganui, 23 Jan. 1890; and was educated at the
District High School and at Mossten, Wanganui. He joined the Defence
Cadets as a boy, winning a cup for shooting at the age of 15, and
afterwards attained the rank of Lieut. of the Senior Cadets acting
at Capt. for eighteen months, but had to resign on leaving Wanganui
for New Plymouth to take up other work. He was a Mechanical Engineer
and Motor Expert by trade and on the outbreak of war volunteered for
Imperial Service and joined the Wellington Infantry Battn., 18 Aug.
1914. He left New Zealand with the Main Expeditionary Force, was
promoted Corpl. while in Egypt on Christmas Day, 1914, and was killed
in action at Gallipoli, 2 May, 1915; _unm._ Col. Malone wrote:
“When on the death of all his superior officers I placed him in charge
of my four machine guns and recommended him for a commission to be my
Machine Gun Officer. He was trying to locate the Turk’s fire which was
harassing them when he was shot,” adding that “it was an extremely
plucky act.”
[Illustration: =William John Copeland.=]
=COPLAND, DUDLEY CHARLES JAMES=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Sherwood
Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt.), only _s._ of
Charles Copland, Professor of Singing, R.A.M; _b._ Hampstead,
2 May, 1896; educ. St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir School and Denstone
College; joined the 28th Battn. (Artists’ Rifles) The London Regt., and
was gazetted to the Sherwood Foresters, 2 March, 1915. He was killed in
action at Aubers Ridge, 9 May, 1915, being buried in the cemetery at La
Cordonnierie.
=COPLAND, LEONARD GEORGE=, Ordinary Telegraphist, J. 14426, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=COPLAND, MAURICE=, Private, No. 2363, 5th (Cinque Ports) Battn.
Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of John Albert Copland, of
Chelmsford, Solicitor, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Isaac King; _b._
Chelmsford, co. Essex, 21 Dec. 1876; educ. Chelmsford Grammar School,
New College, Eastbourne, and Pembroke College, Cambridge; enlisted 8
Sept. 1914; proceeded with his regt. to the Front, and died in the
Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 21 March, 1915, while on Active Service;
buried in Wimereux Military Cemetery, Boulogne Base, Grave No. 285;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Maurice Copland.=]
=COPPINGER, CYRIL DOUGLAS=, Private, No. 12650, 1st Battn.
Northamptonshire Regt., only _s._ of Col. Thomas Stephen
Coppinger, of 168, Worple Road, Wimbledon, late 11th Regt., and Chief
Paymaster, A.P.D. (who served in the Zulu war of 1879 and the last
South African war), by his wife, Aldegonde Emily, dau. of Edward
Thomas ffrench Beytagh, Q.C.; _b._ Maidstone, 26 July, 1890;
educ. Wimbledon College, Edge Hill; was a journalist on the stall of
the “Evening Standard,” and latterly a sub-editor on the staff of
the Exchange Telegraph Co. On the outbreak of war he enlisted in the
Northamptonshire Regt., joining the 1st Battn. at the Front, 2 Feb.
1915; he took part in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, and was killed
in action in a charge on the German trenches at the Aubers Ridge,
between Richebourg l’Avoue and Festubert, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ He
was buried north of the Rue du Bois, between Richebourg St. Vaast and
Richebourg l’Avoue. In announcing his death, the “Pall Mall Gazette”
stated: “He was a young man of great promise, and several of his short
stories, which recently appeared in a number of London magazines,
attracted considerable attention.”
[Illustration: =Cyril Douglas Coppinger.=]
=COPPINS, HUGH JOSEPH=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 15587, H.M.S.
Pathfinder, lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=CORBALLY, LOUIS WILLIAM=, Capt., R.F.A., 3rd _s._ of the
late Matthew James Corbally, of Rathbeale Hall, Swords, co. Dublin,
J.P., D.L., by his wife, Sara Louisa, dau. of Thomas O’Kelly, of Bridge
House, co. Kerry; _b._ Dublin, 27 May, 1876; educ. Stonyhurst and
The Oratory School, Edgbaston; served with the Irish Hunt Yeomanry
through the South African War (medal and clasps), and was gazetted
Capt. R.F.A., 29 Sept. 1914. On the outbreak of the European War he
left with the R.F.A. for the Front; served in France and Flanders, and
died from wounds received in action, at Bailleul, near Ypres, 6 May,
1915. He _m._ at The Oratory, Brompton, London, 26 April, 1906,
Nancy, 4th dau. of John Joseph Whyte, of Loughbrickland, co. Down,
D.L., and had two sons and two daus.; Marcus, _b._ 29 Aug. 1907;
Edward, _b._ 15 Jan. 1909; Dorothy, _b._ 25 June, 1910; and
May, _b._ 29 Dec. 1912. A brother officer wrote: “Our position
was on the railway about 4 miles N.E. of Ypres, and it was going back
to see the first line ... about ½ a mile along the track that the
shelling took place. It was more or less a chance shell but there was
a good deal all three days. I can only repeat how much Capt. Corbally
is regretted and missed by all ranks in the Battery. One has to censor
their letters and the sympathetic allusions to him have been very
touching. As you know the funeral was at Bailleul in France.”
[Illustration: =Louis William Corbally.=]
=CORBET, SIR ROLAND JAMES=, 5th Bart., Lieut., 3rd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, yr. and only surviving _s._ of the late Sir
Walter Orlando Corbet, of Moreton Corbet, 4th Bart., Capt., Coldstream
Guards, by his wife, Caroline Douglas (now wife of Reginald Basil
Astley, of Compton Beauchamp, Shrivenham), only child of the late Capt.
James Affleck Stewart, of St. Fort, Fife, 11th Hussars; _b._
19 Park Lane, W., 19 Aug. 1892; educ. Malvern and Sandhurst; suc.
his father, 20 Dec. 1910; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 22 Jan. 1913, and promoted Lieut. 9 Dec. 1914; served with
the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 1914–15, and was
severely wounded at La Tretoire, near Rebais, on 8 Sept. and invalided
home. From 28 Oct. to 22 Dec. 1914, he was on light duty at Windsor,
returning to the Front on the latter date. On 6 Feb. 1915, he led
successfully a most gallant attack on the Brickfields, for which he was
mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915], and was killed
in action at Givenchy, France, 15 April, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Sir Roland James Corbet.=]
=CORBETT, GEORGE=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 20391, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CORBETT, MICHAEL PATRICK=, Leading Stoker, 305374, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=CORBIN, ALONZO JOSEPH=, Seaman, R.N.R., 4187A, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CORBYN, VERNON HECTOR=, Midshipman, R.N., only _s._ of the
late Major Hector Corbyn, R.H.A., by his wife, Lylie Evelyn (Stair
Lodge, Wokingham, Berks.), dau. of Samuel Orby Carey: _b._ Ely
Court, Llandaff, 16 Jan. 1898; educ. “Fonthill,” East Grinstead,
Osborne, 1911, and Dartmouth; joined H.M.S. Cressy, 3 Aug. 1914, with
which he went down in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
[Illustration: =Vernon Hector Corbyn.=]
=CORDER, ERNEST=, Ordinary Seaman (R.N.V.R.), 297 (Sussex), H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=CORDER, HUGH GERALD ANNERLY=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Welsh Regt.,
only surviving _s._ of Major Arthur Annerly Corder, of Glendoone,
Havant, Hants., A.O.D., D.A.D.O.S. (who served with the Mediterranean
Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles), by his wife, Lucy Ellen, dau.
of George Armitage; _b._ Maesyneuadd Hall, co. Merioneth, 24 Jan.
1894: educ. Plymouth College and Sandhurst; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. in
the Welsh Regt. 17 Sept. 1913, and promoted Lieut. 4 Nov. 1914; went to
France with the original Expeditionary Force, took part in the retreat
from Mons and the Battles of the Aisne, the Marne and Ypres, being
wounded by shrapnel at the latter place on 2 Nov. and was invalided
home. He returned to the Front on 9 April, and was killed while leading
his men into action at Richebourg l’Avoue, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ He
was buried in the British cemetery near Rue de Bois.
[Illustration: =Hugh Gerald A. Corder.=]
=CORDWELL, WILLIAM SAM=, Gunner, R.M.A. 7989 (R.F.R., B. 1103),
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COREN, EDWARD WALKER=, 2nd Lieut., Royal Field Artillery, only
_s._ of the late John William Coren, of Guyscliffe, Gloucester,
Solicitor; _b._ Gloucester 8 Feb. 1893; educ. Cheltenham College,
and on leaving there did 12 months’ training at Aldershot with the
R.F.A. Special Reserve. He then went to the Malay States, but on the
outbreak of war returned, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Special
Reserve of the R.F.A., 23 Dec. 1914, and into the Regular Army, 25
May, 1915. He went to the Front in March, and was severely wounded
on the night of 14 June, 1915, while out with a party of men laying
telephone wires. They had had to take shelter three times owing to the
heavy shell fire. Lieut. Coren made a fourth attempt to finish the
work, but he and three out of the four men with him were so severely
wounded that they died the following day. The fourth man, a driver, was
seriously wounded, but survived. He was buried at Ypres; _unm._
His Col. wrote speaking very highly of the work he had done while
under his command. Coren was a good all-round athlete and sportsman.
At Cheltenham he was a prefect and in the cricket eleven, and was
considered a good bowler. He also played football and won the High Jump
two years in succession. He was also an exceptionally good horseman.
[Illustration: =Edward Walker Coren.=]
=CORFIELD, HARRY=, Private, No. 6063, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards;
_b._ Annagh, co. Mayo; enlisted 22 May, 1905; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action, 16 May,
1915; _unm._
=CORK, JOHN HENRY=, Leading Seaman, 223677, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CORKE, ARTHUR NOEL=, Rifleman, No. 1783, 1/18th (London Irish
Rifles) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of George Johnson
Corke, of 9, Adelaide Road, Brentford, W., Commercial Traveller, by
his wife, Clara Maria, dau. of the late John Boys; _b._ Chiswick,
W., 25 Dec. 1893; educ. Gunnersbury College, Chiswick, and Rothschild
School, Brentford; enlisted on 7 Aug. 1914, two days after the outbreak
of war, served in France and Flanders, was wounded at Loos, 25 Sept.
1915, and died at Abbeville, 15 Oct. following, being buried there;
_unm._ A comrade wrote: “Corke always had a quiet and gentlemanly
air about him, and was thoroughly liked by all.... With regard to his
life in the trenches, he did not seem to know the meaning of fear, and
always took anything in that cool fashion of his which I have often
envied during a heavy shelling.... In conclusion, one can say he was
a good soldier, above all a good friend.” Four of his brothers joined
the Army after war was declared: one the 10th Middlesex (T.F.), two the
Australian Contingent, and a third the Queen Victoria Rifles.
[Illustration: =Arthur Noel Corke.=]
=CORKRAN, REGINALD SEYMOUR=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Grenadier
Guards, yst. _s._ of Col. Charles Seymour Corkran, of Chipstead,
co. Surrey, late Grenadier Guards, by his wife, Florence, dau. of Sir
Charles Lennox Peel, G.C.B., and gdson. of Charles Corkran, of Long
Ditton, Surrey, by his wife, Georgiana Isabella, sister of the 5th
Marquis of Hertford and dau. of Admiral Sir George Seymour; _b._
London, 28 June, 1890; educ. “Evelyns,” Uxbridge, and Eton. Was on the
Stock Exchange, but on the outbreak of war enlisted in the Honourable
Artillery Company, served eight months and was promoted Corpl. and
Sergt., receiving a commission in 2nd Battn. Grenadier Guards, May,
1915. He served in France and Flanders, was seriously wounded in action
by shrapnel, 7 June, 1915, and died in the Duchess of Westminster’s
Hospital at Le Toquet, four days later; _unm._ He was buried at
Chipstead, co. Surrey.
[Illustration: =Reginald S. Corkran.=]
=CORMICAN, HUGH PATRICK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10490),
S.S. 108467 H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the
North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=CORNER, ALBERT JUST=, Private, No. 1416, 4th Battn. Cameron
Highlanders (T.F.), 8th _s._ of William Corner, of Brockside,
Drummond Road, Inverness, late Actuary, Savings Bank, Inverness, by
his wife, Hedwig, dau. of Heinrich Wolfgang Just; _b._ Inverness,
27 July, 1895; educ. High School and Royal Academy there; joined the
4th Camerons 1913, and on the outbreak of war volunteered with his
company, went to France, 19 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at
Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915; _unm._ He had been trained for a
bank life, and was a member of the Bankers’ Institute of Scotland. His
elder brother, Otto, was also killed in action (see following notice).
[Illustration: =Albert Just Corner.=]
=CORNER, OTTO HEINRICH=, Private, No. 22979, 14th Battn. (Royal
Montreal Regt.) Canadian Expeditionary Force, 6th _s._ of William
Corner, of Brookside, Drummond Road, Inverness, etc. (see preceding
notice); _b._ Inverness, 7 July, 1892; educ. High School and Royal
Academy there, and went to Canada 14 Aug. 1913; on the outbreak of war
he volunteered for Imperial service, and joined the Royal Montreal
Regt., came over with the first contingent, and was killed in action at
Ploegsteert, 7 July, 1915; _unm._ Like his brother, he had been
trained for a bank life, and was a member of the Bankers’ Institute of
Scotland.
[Illustration: =Otto Heinrich Corner.=]
=CORNER, STEPHEN HENRY=, A.B., No. 118, Royal Naval Brigade,
4th _s._ of John Corner, of 5, James Armt Street, Sunderland,
by his wife, Maria, dau. of John Tucker, of Sunderland; _b._
Southwick-on-Wear, co. Durham, 28 July, 1892; educ. Council Schools
there; was a miner; enlisted in the Durham L.I. 23 Aug. 1914; was later
transferred to the Naval Brigade; served through the Antwerp Expedition
and with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and was killed in
action in Gallipoli, 15 June, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Stephen Henry Corner.=]
=CORNICK, DANIEL=, Officer’s Cook, 1st Class, L. 989, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CORNISH, CHARLES LAWSON=, Lieut. 2nd Battn. Highland L.I., yr.
_s._ of the late Henry Cornish, Barrister-at-Law and Co-Proprietor
of the “Madras Mail,” India (died 7 June, 1915), by his wife, Emily
Henrietta (Glastonbury, Lovelace Road, Surbiton), dau. of Charles
William Engelbach; _b._ Brighton, 13 Aug. 1887; educ. Stoke House,
near Slough, Charterhouse, and Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A.), from
which he entered the Army as a University candidate. He was for some
time attached to the King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., and was gazetted 2nd
Lieut. Highland L.I. in June, 1909, to rank as from 18 Sept. 1909. At
the beginning of 1914 he resigned his commission, and was gazetted to
the Reserve of Officers. On the outbreak of war he rejoined his regt.,
and was with it in the retreat from Mons, and through the Battles of
the Marne, the Aisne and round Ypres, and was killed in action near the
last-named town, 13 Nov. 1914; _unm._ He was buried alongside the
Passchendael-Becelaere Road.
[Illustration: =Charles Lawson Cornish.=]
=CORNISH. HENRY GEORGE WILLIAM=, A.B., J. 1249, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CORNWALL, GEOFFREY=, Private, No. 1667, 5th Battn. Royal Sussex
Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of (--) Cornwall; _b._ .. June, 1896;
educ. Hadlow Down (Sussex) School; was employed by Mr. H. Morriss, of
Stonebridge; joined the 5th (Territorial) Battn. of the Royal Sussex
Regt. about 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of
the war, and went to France 9 March, 1915, and was killed in action in
the charge of the Sussex Regt. at Richebourg, 9 May, 1915; _unm._
=CORNWELL, ABIJAH=, Sergt., No. 981, 1/8th Battn. Middlesex Regt.
(T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Eliphaz Cornwell, by his wife, Caroline (66,
Queen’s Road, Southall, Middlesex), dau. of Joseph Brown; _b._
Southall, co. Middlesex, 5 Oct. 1877, and had been for some nine
years in the employ of the Southall Gas Works when war broke out. He
had joined the Southall Coy. of the Middlesex Territorials in 1908,
and had risen to the rank of Sergt. He immediately volunteered for
foreign service, and after going to Gibraltar with his regt., returned
to England and went to France, 8 April, 1915; was wounded during the
fighting at Ypres on Whit Monday, 24 May, 1915, and died in No. 13
Stationary Hospital at Boulogne on the following Friday morning, the
28th. He was a well-known and popular cricketer and footballer. He
first played for the Norwood Green Cricket Club, later played for a
short period for the St. James’ Electric Light Co. eleven, and then
in 1906 joined the Brentford Gas Works cricket team, with which he
continued to play for eight years. He _m._ at St. John’s Church,
Southall, 8 Sept. 1900, Minnie Flora (66, Queen’s Road, Southall,
Middlesex), dau. of William Cullen, and had six children: Eva Caroline,
_b._ 31 March, 1901; Minnie Faith, _b._ 9 Dec. 1902; Dorothy
Kate, _b._ 23 Dec. 1904; Ethel Mary, _b._ 19 July, 1906;
Edith Florence, _b._ 20 Aug. 1908; Ida Ruth, _b._ 10 Dec.
1912 (_d._ 1915).
=CORREGAN, THOMAS HOWARD=, Bomber, No. 1037, Grenade Corps, A
Coy., 8th Battn. (Winnipeg Rifles), Canadian Expeditionary Force,
3rd _s._ of the late Thomas Howard Corregan, of Nirvana Glen,
Whitemouth, Manitoba, Canada, Merchant and Inventor, by his wife,
Alice, dau. of William Henderson, of Kildonan, Manitoba; _b._
Springfield, Manitoba, 9 Oct. 1886; educ. Winnipeg High School; and
American College, Chicago, U.S.A.; was a conductor in the employ of the
Canadian Pacific Railway; volunteered and joined the Winnipeg Rifles
on the outbreak of the European War, 15 Aug. 1914, and came over with
the first contingent in Oct. 1914; went to France, Feb. 1915; was
appointed a Bomber, 1 March, and was killed in action at Festubert, 24
May following, while leading and encouraging his bombing party with the
rally call “Come on boys, follow me.” After clearing an enemy trench,
he went on although wounded to capture a machine gun. His Major wrote:
“I have seen, heard and read of many stories of brave conduct of our
men, but what those who returned tell me of your son, is equal to any
act for which men are decorated. He led the attack of the whole battn.
engaged, and really took the position which we still hold. He was still
leading in the gallant dash to silence the machine gun, but this cost
him his life. Nothing could equal the manner in which he went after the
Germans that morning, as calm as though he were out for a morning walk.
We old boys of his company all believe that Corregan’s action easily
won the V.C.” He was a good all-round sportsman.
[Illustration: =Thomas Howard Corregan.=]
=CORTIS, JOHN HALSTEAD=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd, att. 2nd, Battn.
Wiltshire Regt., eldest _s._ of Arthur Brownhill Cortis, of
Outspan, Downview Road, Worthing, by his wife, Lilian, dau. of Henry
Alexander Papps; _b._ Worthing, 21 Dec. 1894; educ. United Service
College, and Christ’s Hospital, where for two years he was in the
Bisley Shooting Team. He afterwards entered the employ of the Capital
and Counties Bank, and had passed the final examination of the Bankers’
Institute in all but two subjects. After the declaration of war he
threw up his post and joined the Public Schools and University Corps,
afterwards passing through Sandhurst, where he was promoted to Sergt.
of his company and obtained his commission, 17 March, 1915. He went to
France on 25 May, and was killed in action by a shell, while leading an
attack on the German trenches at Givenchy, 15 June, 1915; _unm._
His battn. was not in this attack but he had volunteered to take the
place of an officer who was ill. In this action out of eight officers
only one returned and he was wounded in three places, and of the two
companies every other man was wounded. His Col. wrote: “I took the
greatest fancy to your boy when he joined us. He was extremely keen to
go into action and was a first-rate soldier. The regt. feel the loss of
such men as this; when we are able to do so we will erect a cross over
his grave.”
[Illustration: =John Halstead Cortis.=]
=COSENS, HAROLD STANLEY FREDERICK=, Lieut., 1st Battn. East
Yorkshire Regt., only _s._ of Frederick George Cosens, of
Bacton, co. Norfolk, and 7 Observatory Gardens, Kensington, W., by
his wife, Fanny Louisa Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Henry Ambrose, of
Copford, Essex, and Manchester Square, London; _b._ Kensington,
2 Dec. 1889; educ. St. Paul’s School and the Royal Military College,
Sandhurst; gazetted to the East Yorkshire Regt. 18 Sept. 1909, and
promoted Lieut. 28 Feb. 1912. He was killed in action at Neuve
Chapelle, 28 Oct. 1914; _unm._ Major W. Boyle wrote: “He was my
subaltern, and I never want a better, always cheery and ready for any
work that came in his way, and to take on any hard job, even when out
of his turn, as often happened when I wanted a man I could trust to do
any difficult or jumpy piece of work. I could not want for a nicer,
more cheery and hard-working officer to soldier with.... The exact
circumstances are these: He had led his men to retake some trenches
from the Germans, and had carried out his work successfully, and was
actually in the trench, doing a kindly act to one of the enemy, who
wanted to surrender, when a sniper shot him from another direction.
It is extremely painful to write thus, as it was sheer bad luck! My
company are very cut up indeed. He died a gallant gentleman.” He was
very keen on the Boy Scout movement, and the Vicar of St. Agatha’s
(the Rev. Everard Digby) records in St. Agatha’s “Messenger” for Dec.
1914: “The year before last he gave up every evening of his two months’
leave to go down to different troops in East London to teach our scouts
signalling. To give up every evening, to forego such luxuries as dining
out, theatres, etc., for the whole of his furlough, involved no little
self-sacrifice, but he never missed once, and he was so thoroughly good
tempered and patient that even the stupidest boys managed to learn a
good deal from him. The fruit of all is seen in the number of our lads
serving with the Colours to-day. Several of the fellows he taught are
now Army or Navy Signallers, and one or two are wearing the stripes of
an N.C.O. as the result of his self-sacrificing labours. One thing was
certain, whether they picked up more quickly or not, every Boy Scout he
taught was a better chap for knowing him.” Lieut. Cosens had been on
several occasions employed with the Mounted Infantry, and had passed
with distinction through the schools of Signalling and Musketry.
[Illustration: =Harold Stanley F. Cosens.=]
=COSTELLO, PETER=, Stoker, R.N.R., 2108S., H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COSTELLOW, WILLIAM JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14616, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=COSTIN, BRUCE DUFFUS=, Lieut., 1st Battn. The Prince of Wales’s
Own West Yorkshire Regt., only _s._ of John Duffus Costin, of
New South Wales, and his wife, Adele (now wife of Walter Hobson, of
Tan-y-bryn, Bangor); _b._ Strathfield, New South Wales, 20 June,
1889; educ. Bedford and Sandhurst; received his commission in the West
Yorkshires, 18 Sept. 1909, and was promoted Lieut. 16 April, 1910. He
died in hospital at Boulogne, 24 Oct. 1914, from wounds received in
action on 20 Oct. at the Battle of Ypres, and was buried in Boulogne
Cemetery. His commanding officer wrote: “You know without my telling
you what a favourite he was with all ranks of the regt. and how we
shall all miss him. He had done splendidly throughout the war, and
was invaluable to us. He was always cool and cheery under fire, quite
fearless, and had done very well on the 20th under an appalling shell
fire. He is a great loss in every way to the regt. and the mess, so
keen on both work and play, and the Rugby team will be nothing without
him.” And the Chaplain: “He was a splendid officer, and a splendid man.
I had many opportunities for forming an estimate of his character,
for I knew him well, and I know he was a man of highest qualities and
ideals, brave, honourable, respected by all who knew him, and loved
by his brother officers and men under his command. His loss is a loss
to the whole Army, and the cutting off of a keen soldier, who had
promise of a brilliant career.” Lieut. Costin was good at all sports, a
splendid rider and a keen follower to hounds in the South Staffordshire
country. He played Rugby for the college fifteen at Sandhurst and
for Rosslyn Park, and was capt. of the regimental football team. At
Sandhurst he was in the winning teams for rifle and revolver shooting,
and for riding.
[Illustration: =Bruce Duffus Costin.=]
=COTTAM, HARRY FREDERICK=, E.R.A., 2nd Class, 271794, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COTTER, JOHN JOSEPH=, Leading Seaman, 194875, Devonport, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=COTTINGHAM, HERBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6015), 210795, H.M.S.
Aboukir lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COTTON, HENRY ALBERT=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26631, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=COTTON, PHILIP=, Private, No. 6746, 2nd Battn. Royal Irish Regt.,
_s._ of Thomas Cotton, Chimney Sweep; _b._ New Ross, co.
Hereford, 1885; educ. there; served 13 years in the Royal Irish Regt.
(India medal, 1895); re-enlisted after the outbreak of war, 21 Sept.
1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in
the trenches by a flash of lightning, 22 May, 1915. He _m._ at New
Ross, 20 May, 1907, Kate (2, Michael Street, New Ross), dau. of James
Hennebury, of New Ross, and had three daus.: Anastatia, _b._ 1
Jan. 1908; Elizabeth, _b._ 1 Feb. 1912; and May, _b._ 27 Feb.
1915.
=COTTON, SIDNEY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5176), S.S. 1858, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=COTTON, THOMAS FREDERICK=, Chief E.R.A., 1st Class (Pensioner),
149729 (Po.), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=COTTRELL, GEORGE FREDERICK=, 2nd Lieut. 108th Heavy Battery,
R.G.A., _s._ of George Anderson Cottrell, of Allandale, Sandon
Road, Edgbaston, by his wife, Mary Agnes, dau. of the late Alexander
Smith, of Bingley, Yorks.; _b._ West Bromwich, co. Stafford,
27 Oct. 1892; educ. Bromsgrove School and King Edward’s School,
Birmingham, where he was Colour-Sergt. in the O.T.C., and was awarded
the Coronation medal as the best all-round boy. He entered the Royal
Military Academy, Woolwich, and there was senior Sergt., and won prizes
for infantry training and military law. He received his commission,
18 July, 1913, and until the outbreak of the war was stationed in the
Isle of Wight. In Sept. 1914, he left for the Front, and was attached
to an ammunition column of the Indian Army, being posted to the 108th
Heavy Battery, R.G.A., in Jan. 1915. He was killed in action at Ypres,
11 May, 1915, and was buried in a railed off piece of ground used as a
war cemetery, in the grounds of the chateau of the Gold Fish, Ypres;
_unm._ A stained glass window, subscribed for by his brother
officers friends, was placed in the church used by the R.G.A. at
Freshwater, I.W. Lieut. Cottrell was one of the “shop” fifteen while at
Woolwich, and afterwards was a member of the United Services Football
Club, and also played for the Army and three counties on various
occasions.
[Illustration: =George Frederick Cottrell.=]
=COTTRELL, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 7305, 1st Battn. Worcestershire
Regt., _s._ of Edward Cottrell, Iron moulder, by his wife, Phoebe,
dau. of Joseph Dean; _b._ Tipton, co. Staffs, 26 Oct. 1884; educ.
Council Schools there; enlisted 6 Nov. 1902, and was killed in action
at Neuve Chapelle, 10–13 March, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Cottrell.=]
=COTTRELL, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 5209),
303575, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=COUCH, HERBERT WILLIAM=, Engineer Lieut.-Commander, R.N., 4th
_s._ of James Couch, Major, late 2nd North Staffordshire Regt., by
his wife, Helen, dau. of William Hollis; _b._ Malta, 3 Sept. 1879;
educ. Mile End House School, Portsmouth, and Keyham College, Devonport.
Entering the Navy in 1905 he was promoted Lieut.-Commander in Aug.
1913, and appointed in July, 1914, to H.M.S. Good Hope, on which
he was killed in action, off the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. following.
Engineer Lieut.-Commander Couch had the Messina medal. He _m._
at Portsmouth, 18 Dec. 1906, Edith Cecila (Grace’s Farm, Martyr
Worthy, Winchester, Hants), dau. of the late Richard King, Royal Mail
Contractor, and had a son and dau.: Richard John Hollis, _b._ 16
Nov. 1907; and Cecile Mary, _b._ 12 Nov. 1909.
[Illustration: =Herbert William Couch.=]
=COULL, CHARLES WILLIAM=, Leading Shipwright, 347244, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COULSON, JOHN=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17211, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=COULTART, WILLIAM PERCY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 16961, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COUNTER, WILLIAM GILL=, Private, R.M.L.I., 13098 (R.F.R., B.
1831), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COUPER, WALTER=, Private, No. 9128, 4th Coy., 2nd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, 2nd _s._ of William Clark Couper, of 36, St.
Mary’s Road, Watford, Herts, Police Constable, by his wife, Harriet,
dau. of Henry Gulliver; _b._ Kensington, W., 24 March, 1892;
educ. St. James’ School, Norlands, Notting Hill; joined the 1st Battn.
Herts Regt. (T.F.) in May, 1909, and enlisted in the Coldstreams, 7
June, 1911; served three years with the Colours, and then passed into
the Reserve, from which he was called on the outbreak of war. He went
to the Front with the Expeditionary Force, and died in No. 11 General
Hospital, Boulogne, 10 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action on the
2nd. He was buried in Boulogne Cemetery (Grave No. c/19). A comrade
wrote: “On 1 Nov. Corporal Palmer was wounded in the arm, and Walter
took him to hospital. Walter did not come back till mid-day on Monday,
the 2nd. I met him in the communication trench, and he had two letters
for some one in another platoon. The Sergt. of this other platoon was
behind him, so he had to turn round in the trench. The trench being
rather narrow he had to show his head above the top. No sooner did his
head show above the trench when a German sniper shot, and the bullet
cut the side of his head where he had a bald patch. I obtained help
at once, and our machine gun officer bound the wound up for him. He
was then taken away on a stretcher. On 23 Oct. our platoon held a line
of trenches from which the Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) had retired. It
was open ground, and the bullets were whizzing over us pretty rapid.
About 80 yards in front of us lay a fellow of the Queen’s, badly
wounded. Seeing that he couldn’t crawl in, Couper ran out to him, cut
his equipment off, and with the help of Corpl. Palmer, who had run out
afterwards, got the wounded fellow on his back. He then carried him in
by himself. There were only a few of us who saw this, and hardly any
one else heard about it. There are a good many brave actions done out
here which nobody hears about. I think if any one deserves the D.C.M.
it is Private Couper.” His elder brother, Corpl. W. F. Couper, 4th
Middlesex Regt., was taken prisoner at the Battle of Mons, and is now
(1916) confined at Senneläger.
[Illustration: =Walter Couper.=]
=COUPLAND, HENRY=, Lieut., 5th Battn. King’s Own Royal Lancaster
Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Henry Coupland, of
Stonewell, Lancaster, V.D., 5th Battn. King’s Own Royal Lancaster
Regt., now commanding the National Reserves at Lewes, Sussex, by his
wife, Lilliere, dau. of Charles Innocent; _b._ Lancaster, 15 Dec.
1894; educ. Royal Lancaster Grammar School; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 5th
Battn. King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt., 1 Jan. 1914, and promoted
Lieut. 2 Dec. following; served in France and Flanders, and died
from wounds received in action, near Ypres, at the Clearing Station,
Bailleul, 24 April, 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the cemetery at
Bailleul.
[Illustration: =Henry Coupland.=]
=COURCOUX, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2879), S.S. 196, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=COURT, CHARLES=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 9663), 297567, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COURT, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Chief Armourer, 340995, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COURT, WILLIAM HUBERT ROYLANCE (ALGY)=, Capt., 9th (Queen’s
Royal) Lancers, only _s._ of William Roylance Court, of Manor
House, Middlewich, co. Chester, J.P., Barrister-at-Law, by his wife,
Mary Carlaw, eldest dau. of Sir Andrew Barclay Walker, 1st Bart., of
Osmaston Manor, co. Derby; _b._ Osmaston Manor, aforesaid, 26
Sept. 1885; educ. Wixenford Preparatory School and at Eton; gazetted
2nd Lieut. from the Royal Garrison Artillery Militia to the 9th
Lancers, 6 July, 1907; became Lieut. 4 March, 1910, and Capt. 23
April, 1913, and was for a lengthy period stationed with his regt. at
Potchefstroom, South Africa. When the war broke out in August the 9th
Lancers were at Mooltan Barracks, Tidworth, from whence they proceeded
direct to France, being among the first contingent of the British
Army to take part in the fighting in Belgium. It will be remembered
that in the early stages of the war in particular the 9th Lancers did
splendid work, and in his letters home Capt. Roylance Court related
some stirring incidents. About Dec. he was wounded in the foot by
shrapnel, and after being in hospital for a short time came home for
a few days. On 24 May, 1915 (the day he fell), Capt. Roylance Court
was second in command of B Squadron, the senior officer being Capt.
Francis O. Grenfell, V.C. The force occupied trenches near Hooge, some
60 to 80 yards from those of the enemy. Capt. Court was in the act of
communicating by telephone with the Base regarding the enemy’s gas
attack and the general situation, when he was shot through the head
and killed instantly. Capts. Grenfell, Noel Edwards and many men fell
that day. The Adjutant of the 9th Lancers, when writing to a friend
some time after the 24th, referred to the incidents and said: “It
certainly was a bad day, but the regt. came out with much praise from
everybody. This is some consolation to us for the loss of a great many
friends, and in spite of losses the reputation of the regt. increases.
‘Algy’ did a particularly gallant thing on the day he was killed.
When reinforcements were required he went down from the fire trenches
through a terrific shell fire (any messengers we sent on this day were
killed or wounded) and led up a company of the Buffs, showed them where
they were wanted. They suffered severely on the way, having to cross
about 2,000 yards of very open ground, which was swept by an absolute
curtain of shell fire.” Capt. Roylance Court was buried during the
night after the battle in the churchyard at Vlamertinghe, in Flanders,
close to the grave of Capt. Grenfell, whose remains were interred at
the same time. He was a very capable officer and a thorough sportsman,
and when on leave was a familiar figure in the Cheshire Hunt, of which
his father was joint-Master for four years. He was an enthusiastic polo
player, and won several point-to-point races for his regt. and several
of his friends. Golf was another sport of which he was very fond.
[Illustration: =W. H. R. (A.) Court.=]
=COURTIS, ERNEST GEORGE=, Chief Gunner, R.N., _s._ of James
Courtis, Engine Fitter, by his wife, Mary Catherine, dau. of Walter
Perry Jenkins; _b._ Cornwall, 3 March, 1873; educ. St. James’
School, Keyham, Devonport; joined the Navy, 7 Dec. 1888, and reached
Warrant rank, 1 Nov. 1898. He served on the Algerine during the Boxer
rebellion in China, 1900, being Gunnery Officer of that ship during the
bombardment of the Taku Forts. In the latter part of the engagement
the starboard after 3-pr. quick-firing gun recoiled off the netting,
fracturing almost all the small parts of the machinery and breech
mechanism. He remounted it in a position (from which it was effectively
used) in the Captain’s cabin in less than 15 minutes. Later, having
observed a line of electric observation mines ahead, he put off in a
dinghy with one man, and personally performed the dangerous service of
destroying five of the mines by cutting wires, removing detonators and
primers, and sinking the mines, thus probably saving many lives. He was
subsequently landed in charge of two of the ship’s 4-inch quick-firing
guns, and accompanied them to the Tientsin lines, where they were
urgently required to outrange the enemy; afterwards took one gun some
4 miles from the supports and base and mounted it under a brisk shell
fire, continuing in command of that gun during the remainder of the
bombardment and capture of Tientsin City. At Sin-Ho he was appointed
Transport Officer, which post he held for four months and was promoted
Chief Gunner 1 Nov. 1913. He had the China medal (1900) with two bars.
Chief Gunner Courtis lost his life on the occasion of the sinking of
H.M.S. Clan McNaughton, 3 Feb. 1915. He _m._ at Belmont Wesleyan
Church, Devonport, 12 Feb. 1900, Gertrude, dau. of Charles Montague,
and had a son and dau.: Geoffrey Ernest Montague, _b._ 2 April,
1907; and Gertrude Ellen Mary, _b._ 1 Sept. 1904.
[Illustration: =Ernest George Courtis.=]
=COURTNEY, JOHN HENRY=, _alias_ =JOHN HENRY ALFRED
ADKINS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9614), S.S. 106961, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _unm._
=COUSENS, ARTHUR=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2403C, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COUSINS, JAMES=, Private, No. 8490, 2nd Battn. Royal Inniskilling
Fusiliers, _s._ of William Cousins, of Lurgan, by his wife, Mary,
dau. of Robert Guiney; _b._ Dollingstown, Lurgan, co. Down ...,
March, 1892; educ. National School there; enlisted 1 Jan. 1906; served
two years in China, and was killed in action at the Battle of the
Aisne, 7 Sept. 1914; _unm._ On that evening the Inniskillings went
out to take up an outpost line. Just before they reached the Ferme de
la Grande Lodge they met a small force of Uhlans, which they drove
off and closed up again, not suspecting that any more of the enemy
were near, and while in close order two batteries opened fire at 1,200
yards. The company was immediately formed for attack, but the enemy’s
fire was terrific for a short time, and it was here that Lieut. Boyd
and Private Cousins fell. They were buried that night in a corner of a
field in which the farmhouse of La Ferme des Arceries stands.
[Illustration: =James Cousins.=]
=COVER, FRANK=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 41, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=COWAN, ANDREW GALBRAITH=, Major, 74th Punjabis, Indian Army,
2nd _s._ of the late Hugh Cowan, Advocate, Sheriff Substitute of
Renfrew and Bute, by his wife, Williamina, dau. of the late Andrew
Galbraith, Lord Provost of Glasgow, 1857–60; _b._ Belmont,
Paisley, 26 Aug. 1876; educ. Paisley Grammar School, Trinity College,
Glenalmond, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was gazetted
2nd Lieut. to the Unattached List for the Indian Army, 20 Jan. 1897.
He was at first posted to the Duke of Connaught’s 129th Own Baluchis,
but was later transferred to the 74th Punjabis. He was promoted
Lieut. 20 April, 1899, and Capt. 20 Jan. 1906, and served for one
year (1911–12) on the staff of the Quartermaster-General at Simla. On
27 March, 1913, he was appointed Double Company Commander, and when
the European War broke out was with his Double Company at Hong Kong.
In Dec. 1914, he was attached to the 53rd Sikhs for service with the
Indian Expeditionary Force, and went with them to Egypt, where he was
promoted Major. At a parade of troops there on 12 April he was formally
presented with the bronze medal of the Royal Humane Society which had
been awarded him in recognition of gallantry in going to the assistance
of a native officer of his regt. at great risk to his own life during
a bathing parade in Hong Kong Harbour. He died while on active service
at Suez on 1 June, 1915, and was buried there. He _m._ at Madras,
Dec. 1903, Rosalind, dau. of the late Hon. Mr. Justice Lewis Moore,
I.C.S., Judge of the High Court, Madras, and had two children: Hugh,
_b._ 25 Oct. 1904; and Rosalind Eileen, _b._ 22 April, 1907.
[Illustration: =Andrew Galbraith Cowan.=]
=COWAN, ROBERT CRAIG=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. The Royal Scots,
elder _s._ of Robert Craig Cowan, of Eskhill, Inveresk, co.
Midlothian, by his wife, Mabel Agnes, dau. of Robert Orr, of
Cowdonhall, and gdson. of Charles William Cowan, of Loganhouse;
_b._ Craigiebield, Penicuik, co. Midlothian, 5 March, 1894; educ.
Cargilfield, Cheltenham, and Pembroke College, Cambridge; joined the
Army on the outbreak of war, being gazetted to the 3rd Battn. The
Royal Scots from the O.T.C. 15 Aug. 1914. He was killed in action at
La Plinche during the Battle of Ypres, 24 Oct. 1914, while attached
to the 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots, and was buried at Chapigny, near
Neuve Chapelle; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote: “We miss him
not only as a comrade, but as a very gallant boy, who has set a noble
example of courage and fearless execution of his duty.”
[Illustration: =Robert Craig Cowan.=]
=COWARD, LESLIE GRAHAM=, Capt., 1st Battn. Duke of Cambridge’s
Own Middlesex Regt., yst. _s._ of the late Christopher Thomas
Coward, of Limehouse, L.F.P.S.G., L.S.A., by his wife, Emily (Park
Lane, Stoke Newington), dau. of James Bennett; _b._ Limehouse, 1
Feb. 1890; educ. Owen’s School, Islington, and University of London
(matriculated 1906). His health having broken down while he was reading
for the Intermediate B.A., he secured a clerkship under the London
County Council. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for foreign
service, and having been a member of the London University O.T.C., was
given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 5th Special Reserve Battn. of
the Middlesex Regt. 15 Aug. 1914. Transferred later to the 1st Battn.,
he was promoted Lieut. 1 Jan. 1915, and Capt. 3 April, 1915. He was
killed in action at Flanders, 25 Sept. 1915; _unm._ Writing
to his mother, Col. F. Rowley said he “was killed yesterday while
gallantly leading his platoon to storm German trenches. His death was
instantaneous, and he could not have suffered any pain. I have had
the privilege of knowing him for some months, and as his colonel had
formed a very high opinion of him. He was very keen and devoted to his
duty, and had done a lot of most excellent work while he was with the
regt.” The regt. lost very heavily on this occasion, 12 officers being
killed, 1 missing and 5 wounded. He was buried with four others in a
little churchyard at Cambrin.
[Illustration: =Leslie Graham Coward.=]
=COWELL, CLAUDE=, Leading Seaman, 223743 (Devon.), H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=COWLEY, JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3874), 190567, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 25 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=COWLING, WALTER SIDNEY=, Private, No. 16990, 7th Battn. (1st
British Columbia Regt.) Canadian Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of
the late William Frederick Cowling, by his wife, Sarah Maria (64, St.
Anne’s Road, Tottenham, London, N.), dau. of Benjamin Charles Osborne;
_b._ Hackney, 8 Sept. 1891; educ. Stamford Hill Board School; went
to Canada 22 Feb. 1910, and settled at Revelstoke, B.C., and worked
as locomotive fireman on the freight trains that went up the Rockies;
enlisted in Aug. 1914, after the declaration of war, and was killed
in action at Messines, 27 Sept. 1915, by shell fire. He was buried in
Ploegsteert Woods.
[Illustration: =Walter Sidney Cowling.=]
=COWNIE, JOHN BURNETT=, Coy. Q.M. Sergt., No. 7711, 2nd Battn.
Welsh Regt., _s._ of Francis Sonley Cownie, of Edinburgh, S.S.C.;
_b._ Edinburgh, 24 Sept. 1886; educ. Edinburgh; joined the Army,
25 Nov. 1902, and was killed in action near Gheluvelt, Belgium, 29 Oct.
1914. 2nd Lieut. Hewett wrote: “He was with my platoon when he was
killed.... He was a splendid fellow, as plucky as you make them, and a
very fine leader and organiser. He would have made his mark and name
in this war had he lived. He was also a first-class sniper. He met his
death in the trench on my left flank, trying to locate a machine gun.
He was in front of the others, and it was owing to this that we could
not get his body in, though a Sergt. and myself tried. However, about
30 yards from it we got caught by machine gun fire and had to get back.
He was killed outright and suffered no pain. He is a great loss to us
all.” He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 7 Sept.
[London Gazette, 20 Oct. 1914.]
[Illustration: =John Burnett Cownie.=]
=COX, ALAN EDWARD GEORGE=, Ordinary Telegraphist, No. 15439,
H.M.S. Cressy, 1st _s._ of William Edward Cox, of 138, Chingford
Road, Walthamstow, Metropolitan Police Constable, by his wife, Clara
Louisa, dau. of the late William McNally; _b._ Devonport, 30 Nov.
1895; educ. William Morris School, Walthamstow; joined the Navy, 10
Jan. 1911, and was lost when H.M.S. Cressy was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._ Letters from surviving comrades to the
parents tell how he remained bravely at his post until the last moment.
He had been specially promoted to be Telegraphist by Capt. Johnson on
1 Sept., and was a very promising operator. After leaving the training
ship Impregnable, he served in several ships as wireless boy, and his
first rating as Wireless Operator was on the ill-fated Cressy.
[Illustration: =Alan Edward George Cox.=]
=COX, ANTHONY=, Stoker (R.F.R., B. 978), 281549, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COX, CHARLES=, Chief Ship’s Cook, 344105, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=COX, CHARLES ALBINE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5348), 194734, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=COX, ERNEST WILKIN=, Private, No. 12/710, 16th Infantry Battn.
New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th _s._ of Edmund Blatchford
Cox, of Roto-o-Rangi, Cambridge, Auckland, New Zealand, by his wife,
David Ann, dau. of Robert Wilkin, of Christchurch, New Zealand;
_b._ Hamilton, Waikato, Auckland, 11 April, 1893; educ. Waikato;
was employed on his father’s property; volunteered and joined the New
Zealand Expeditionary Force, on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; left
for Egypt with the Main Body in Oct.; embarked for the Dardanelles,
12 April, 1915, and was killed in the landing at Gaba Tepe on the
25th of that month; _unm._ He was a great athlete, with a strong
inclination for engineering.
[Illustration: =Ernest W. Cox.=]
=COX, FRANCIS THOMAS=, Ch. E.R.A., 1st Class, 268129, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=COX, FRANCIS WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., I.C. 668), 195409, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=COX, HARRY=, Seaman, R.N.R., 4978B, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action
in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COX, HORACE RAYMOND=, Private, No. 1125, 10th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force; 3rd _s._ of William Cox, Butcher, by his wife,
Ada Cox (26, Brock Street, Kirkdale, Liverpool), dau. of Henry Boden;
_b._ Kirkdale, Liverpool, 12 May, 1893; educ. Westminster Road
Schools, and Training Ship Indefatigable; was for sometime in the
employ of the White Star Line, and emigrated to Australia in August,
1910. He joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force on the outbreak of
war; was wounded in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and
died in Hospital at Cairo, 8 May following; _unm._
=COX, HUBERT POMEROY=, Rifleman, No. 2089, 1/16th (Queen’s
Westminster Rifles) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd and yst.
_s._ of the late Henry Cox, Permanent Way Inspector, Great Western
Railway, by his wife, Kate (158, Darnley Road, Gravesend, Kent), dau.
of the late Henry Courteen, of Redbrook, co. Monmouth; _b._
Weston-super-Mare, co. Somerset, 5 March, 1891; educ. Watford. He
enlisted in the Queen’s Westminster Rifles on the day war was declared,
went out to France with his regt. 3 Nov. 1914, and passed through all
the critical fighting of Nov. and Dec., until he was killed in action
by a shell at Chapelle d’Armentières Town Hall, 19 Dec. 1914. He was
buried in the military cemetery, Armentières; _unm._ The following
is an extract from a letter from the officer commanding his platoon:
“He had done so well in the company since he joined and proved himself
a hard worker and a good soldier.” And his Sergt. wrote, describing
his death: “The battn. had come out of the trenches, and A Coy. were
in their billet (Town Hall) when the shell burst. We were all so sorry
about it for he was very much loved by all his comrades.” He was a man
of splendid physique, taking an active part in all athletic games. At
the school sports during his last term he carried off no fewer than 13
prizes and medals.
[Illustration: =Hubert Pomeroy Cox.=]
=COX, RICHARD ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9957), S.S. 2497,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COX, SWITHIN JOHN=, Third Writer, 347960, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost
when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=COX, SYDNEY DOUGLAS=, Private, No. 2130, 6th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, yst. _s._ of Harry Cox, of 20, Manners Road,
Ilkeston, Derby, formerly of Aldershot and Andover, retired Printer and
Stationer, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph Stephenson, of Burley
Road, Leeds; _b._ Stratford-on-Avon, co. Warwick, 7 Aug. 1891;
educ. Broomy Hill Academy, Hereford; relinquished a lucrative position
on the Midland Railway and went to Australia to take up farming in May,
1910, commencing as a farm hand at Stratford, Gippsland, and after
three years being placed in charge of the farm. When the call of the
Motherland was heard “down under,” he instantly responded, was enrolled
in the 2nd, but was afterwards transferred to the 1st, Australian
Contingent, took part in the repulse of the Turkish attack on the
Suez Canal, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 8 May, 1915;
_unm._ He was a good linguist, being able to speak two or three
languages fluently.
[Illustration: =Sydney Douglas Cox.=]
=COX, THOMAS=, L.-Corpl., No. 11359, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards,
_s._ of Charles William Cox, of 3, Folkestone Road, Swindon,
Foreman, Swindon Suridge Works, late Private, Grenadier Guards, by
his wife, Eliza, dau. of Thomas Jenings, of Ossett, Essex; _b._
Swindon, co. Wilts, 29 Oct. 1894; educ. King William Street Church
School there; enlisted in the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battn. of the
Wiltshire Regt., 9 May, 1910, and passed into the 2nd Battn. 21 Oct.
1910, obtaining his discharge, 30 Jan. 1911. He was then employed in
the Great Western Railway Works at Swindon until the outbreak of war,
when he enlisted in the Coldstreams, 29 Aug. 1914. He was wounded in
action at Givenchy, 23 Dec. 1914, and died in hospital at Wimereux on
29 Dec. 1914; _unm._
=COX, WALTER=, Private, No. 6964, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of William Cox, by his wife, Maria (Alveston,
Stratford-on-Avon), dau. of (--); _b._ Alveston, co. Warwick,
15 Oct. 1885; educ. Tiddington, near Stratford-on-Avon; enlisted at
Birmingham, and was officially reported as wounded and missing after
the fighting at Landrecies, 23 Aug. 1914, and is now assumed to have
been killed in action on that day.
=COX, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Ship’s Cook, 347466, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=COXHEAD, GUY TEMPLETON=, Gunner, R.M.A., 7834 (R.F.R., 767),
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COYLE, JAMES=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1970S, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COYNE, JAMES=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 19994, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WALLACE-CRABBE, KEITH GEORGE=, Capt., 14th Battn. Australian
Expeditionary Force, 4th _s._ of George Wallace-Crabbe, of
Gordon, Byrom Street, St. Kilda, Australia, Legal Manager, by his
wife, Theresa, dau. of Francis Frederick Cluny, H.M.C., Adelaide,
and step-brother of Douglas Wallace-Crabbe, of 34, Buller Road,
Longsight, Manchester; _b._ Melbourne, 28 July, 1894; educ.
Trinity Grammar School, Kew, Victoria, and held a good position in a
large business firm. He had joined the 46th (Brighton Rifles) Regt.
Australian T.F., some time prior to the war, and on the outbreak of
war was a Captain and at once volunteered for Imperial service. He
stood 6 feet 2 inches, and was given a commission as Lieut. of the
14th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, left Australia with the second
reinforcements, and after some time in Egypt was sent with his battn.
to the Dardanelles, where he took part in the landing on 25 April,
and was almost continuously in action for six months. He was the
officer in command when Corpl. Jacka won his Victoria Cross at Quinn’s
Post, and throughout every action that followed showed conspicuous
bravery. Writing to his father from Gallipoli on 20 May, he gave the
following account of the incident: “We have just passed through two
very strenuous days and nights here. The Turks were heavily reinforced,
and made an attack on our position, and we inflicted terrible loss on
the attackers. One little incident during the attack may interest you.
The Turks, eight in number, got into a small section of our trench,
and as I was near we had to clear them out. Lieut. Boyle was wounded,
and Lieut. Hamilton killed in tackling the same job, before I came on
the scene. I got four boys, who made a rush at them, but were repulsed
with two wounded. Then I made as if we were going to attack again, and
threw some grenades at them, and the L.-Corpl. whom I have written the
memorandum about rushed in at the other end and fired ten shots. The
copy enclosed is what I have written to get Jacka a medal for conduct.
The General was greatly pleased with the way the attack was repulsed
right along, and Major Rankine, who was in command of our trench,
got great praise. All of us were personally congratulated by General
Godley, Brigadier Monash and Col. Courtney. This is an extract from
my report to headquarters: ‘I beg to report that at 5 a.m. on 19 May
L.-Corpl. Jacka, No. 4 Coy., 14th Battn. Australian Imperial Force,
under my instructions, rushed in at one end of the trenches whilst I
had a party engaging them at the other end, and shot seven Turks who
had forced and obtained a section of our trenches. L.-Corpl. Jacka and
a party of four had tried a previous bayonet rush, but were repulsed
with two casualties to us.’” Capt. Crabbe was mainly responsible for
the ascendancy which the 4th Brigade established on the enemy in bomb
fighting. He was killed while leading a desperate charge at Hill 60
at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, 24 Aug. 1915; _unm._ “Men who saw this
gallant officer lying dead,” wrote Sergt. Jacka, “say that he died with
a sweet smile on his face. ‘Killed in action’ was, perhaps, all that
you were told, but what death is there as noble as this, when you meet
it while leading your men in the thick of battle and fighting for your
King and country against such odds? The attack was made by 100 men from
the 14th Battn., 100 from the 13th and 50 from the 16th. Lieut. Crabbe
had been promoted to Capt. just previous to this, and being such a
brave, cool officer he had charge of the men. It was in this ill-fated
charge that he met his death. It was a desperate attack, and while
leading his men, a smoking revolver in his hand, he fell, shot through
the head. His sad and untimely death is greatly mourned by us. He was a
great favourite with all the men who knew him, and had made a name for
himself as a gallant leader, and had he lived through this engagement
a very high honour would have been conferred upon him.” He wrote a
treatise on platoon drill, and invented a new system of throwing hand
grenades, and dealing with enemy grenades.
[Illustration: =Keith Wallace-Crabbe.=]
=CRABTREE, WILLIAM=, 2nd Lieut., 8th (Service) Battn. Lincolnshire
Regt., only _s._ of the late William Henry Robinson Crabtree,
Civil Engineer, by his wife, Helen (39, Thome Road, Doncaster), dau. of
John William Blagbrough, of Manchester; _b._ Doncaster, 20 May,
1895; educ. North Eastern County School, Barnard Castle, and afterwards
started his training at the Brodsworth Colliery, with the view to
becoming a mining engineer. On the outbreak of war he applied for a
commission, and meantime joined as a private in the Public School camp,
then stationed at Epsom, where he stayed only a few days, when he was
gazetted to the 8th Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., 22 Sept. 1914. He was
killed in a taxi-cab accident while training, 10 Feb. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Crabtree.=]
=CRACKNELL, FREDERICK=, Gunner, 7885, R.M.A., H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CRADOCK, SIR CHRISTOPHER GEORGE FRANCIS MAURICE=, K.C.V.O.,
C.B., Rear-Admiral, A.D.C. to His Majesty the King, 4th _s._ of
the late Christopher Cradock, of Hartforth, co. York, by his wife,
Georgina, dau. of Major Gordon Duff, 92nd Highlanders; _b._
Hartforth, Richmond, co. York, 2 July, 1862; educ. Richmond Grammar
School, and Amyat Burney’s, Gosport; entered the Royal Navy 15 Jan.
1875; became Sub-Lieut. 21 Dec. 1881; Lieut. 30 June, 1885; Commander,
31 Aug. 1896; Capt., 18 April, 1901, and Rear-Admiral, 24 Aug. 1910;
served during British occupation of Cyprus, 1878; present as Midshipman
H.M.S. Pallas at hoisting by that ship of the Union Jack at Paphos and
Limasol, 1878; in Upper Egypt, 1884; landed as Sub.-Lieut. with Naval
Brigade for garrison duties; and with the Eastern Sudan Field Force as
A.D.C. to the Governor-General of the Red Sea; present at the Battle of
Tokar, 19 Feb. 1891, and subsequent occupation of Affafit (mentioned
in Despatches; medal with Tokar clasps; Khedive’s Bronze Star; 4th
Medjidie); was First Lieut. H.M.S. Dolphin on the occasion of the
rescue by that ship of the officers and crew of the Brazilian corvette
Almirante Barroza, which was totally wrecked off Ras Dib, 1892; Lieut.
in Royal Yacht, 1894–6; when Commander H.M.S. Alacrity, commanded the
Allied landing party at the storming and capture of the Taku forts, 17
July, 1900, and subsequently commanded the British Naval Brigade, and
directed the British, American, Italian, and Japanese forces, on the
advance to, and relief of, Tientsin, and in the relief of Sir Edward
Seymour’s column at Siku (noted for promotion for gallantry; medal with
Taku clasp); present with Naval Brigade at the capture of the Peiyang
Arsenal, Tientsin, 27 June, 1900 (Relief of Pekin Clasp; 2nd Class
Order of the Crown of Prussia with swords); created C.B., 26 June,
1902, and M.V.O. (4th Class), 21 April, 1903, on the occasion of the
visit of King Edward VII to Malta; decorated with the Royal Spanish
Order of Naval Merit, 1906; awarded Testimonial of the Royal Humane
Society for jumping overboard at night in Palmas Bay, Sardinia, 1904,
and saving the life of a drowning midshipman; was Flag Capt. to Admiral
Sir Baldwin Walker, commanding the cruisers which found and shadowed
the Russian Fleet after the Dogger Bank Incident; Naval A.D.C. to His
Majesty King Edward VII, 9 Feb. 1909 to 24 Aug. 1910; Rear-Admiral of
the Atlantic Fleet (3rd Battle Squadron) Aug. 1911, to Aug. 1912; was
at Gibraltar when the P. & O. s.s. Delhi, with the Duke and Duchess
of Fife and their daughters on board, stranded off Cape Spartel, on
the night of 12 Dec. 1911; received the appreciation of the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty for “courage and energy displayed” on
this occasion, and was created a K.C.V.O. (28 Feb. 1912), and awarded
the Silver Medal of the Board of Trade for saving life; Commanding
Training Squadron, 1912, to 8 Feb. 1913; appointed Rear-Admiral and
Senior Naval Officer, West Atlantic (4th Cruiser Squadron), 8 Feb.
1913; hoisted his flag on H.M.S. Good Hope (Armoured cruiser) after
the outbreak of war, and was lost in action off Coronel, on the coast
of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. The Official report states “During Sunday, 1
Nov. the Good Hope, Monmouth, and Glasgow came up with the Scharnhorst,
Gneisenau, Leipzig, and Dresden. Both squadrons were steaming south in
a strong wind and considerable sea. The German squadron declined action
until sunset, when the light gave it an important advantage. The action
lasted an hour. Early in the action both the Good Hope and the Monmouth
took fire, but fought on until nearly dark, when a serious explosion
occurred on the Good Hope, and she foundered.... The action appears to
the Admiralty to have been most gallantly contested, but in the absence
of the Canopus the enemy’s preponderance of force was considerable.”
A Public Memorial was put up in York Minster: another at Dungavel
Private Chapel by the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton; a window at Gilling
Church by Countess Fitzwilliam, and a tablet at Gilling Church by the
Family. He was author of “Sporting Notes in the Far East,” “Wrinkles in
Seamanship or a help to Salt Horse,” “Whispers from the Fleet,” etc.,
etc. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Sir C. G. F. M. Cradock.=]
=CRAGG, GEOFFREY ETHELBERT=, Solicitor, Sergt., No. 1745, 5th
Battn. Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late
Anthony Richard Cragg. Estate Agent to Sir Jeremiah Colman, Gatton
Park, of Warleigh, Eversfield Road, Reigate, Surrey, and Author of
“Hints to Young Valuers” and many other works, by his wife, Alice
Louise, dau. of the late Norcliffe William Glendinning, of Ambleside;
_b._ Hereford, 25 Feb. 1888; educ. Hoe Preparatory School
and Reigate Grammar School; served his articles with Morrison and
Nightingale, of Reigate and Redhill, and was admitted a solicitor
in July, 1910. He was appointed Deputy Coroner for East Surrey in
1912, and was probably the youngest Deputy Coroner in the country. He
had joined the Royal West Surrey Territorials in 1912, and when war
broke out was in training with his regiment on Salisbury Plain. He
immediately signed on for the period of the war, and was sent to India
with his regt. Cragg was one of those who volunteered for service in
the Persian Gulf, when, in Aug. 1915, a call was made for a further
draft of men from the 5th Queen’s to join the 2nd Norfolks, then in
Mesopotamia, and his keenness is shown by the fact that he was willing
to revert to the rank of Corpl. in order to go. He took part in the
action on 27–28 Sept., and died of dysentery, at Kut-el-Amara, 17 Oct.
1915; _unm._ Col. Brodrick wrote to Mrs. Cragg: “Your son was a
splendid fellow. His devotion to duty at all times was wonderful. We
shall miss him terribly, but he died, as he would have wished, doing
his duty, and the regt. is proud of him.”
[Illustration: =Geoffrey Ethelbert Cragg.=]
=CRAMPTON, CHARLES THEODORE=, Stoker, P.O. 294717, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=CRANE, CHARLES EDWARD=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s
L.I., eldest _s._ of Charles Arnold Crane, of The Reddings,
Cheltenham, by his wife, Georgina, dau. of the Rev. Thomas Walker,
Rector of Abbots Morton, Worcestershire; _b._ Birlingham, co.
Worcester, 18 Feb. 1892; educ. Oakfield, Rugby, Cheltenham College,
and Sandhurst; gazetted to the 1st Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s L.I. 4
Sept. 1912, and served with his regt. in Ireland in the spring of 1914
in connection with the troublous time in Belfast. On the outbreak of
war he went with his regt. to the Front, was wounded in the Battle of
the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914, and died from wounds, at Mont de Soissons
Farm, four days later, being buried near Mont de Soissons, between the
village of Nampteuil-sous-Muret and Serches, 7 miles from Soissons, and
1 mile from Serches, overlooking the Valley of the Aisne; _unm._
His commanding officer, Lieut.-Col. M. N. Turner, in writing to his
father, paid a high tribute to his worth and courage: “Your boy was
absolutely brave and good. We were all so very fond of him, and he was
such an excellent officer. He was absolutely fearless, and one of the
best.” An officer wrote: “He was hit on 14 Sept, when doing real good,
brave work. He did his work before he was hit, and it took a bit of
doing. Another good soldier and leader, and another gallant officer! We
miss him very much; we all liked him so tremendously.” Sergt. Blaclock
declared that “He was always to the front in the call of duty, and
the men who have had the honour to serve with him at home or on the
battlefield will, I am sure, always feel proud of him, and he will
always be remembered as one of the bravest and best.” And L.-Corpl.
J. Horan, 1st Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., wrote: “I had the pleasure of
serving with your gallant son. All through the famous retreat from Mons
it will always live in my memory his kindness to me; that was when we
started the advance. He picked me up where I was lying by the road one
night and put me in an ambulance wagon, and also another Private; we
both owe our lives to him. He was most kind and considerate in all his
orders, and would never ask his men to go to any place he would not go
himself. We had trying times, especially on 26 Aug., when he took us
out of the village Le Chateau. I don’t remember him losing any of his
platoons. It was a dreadful ordeal, for they were firing upon us in
all directions. His conduct was brilliant in the extreme; it was his
coolness that got us out of it. I cannot express his kindness, for on
the retreat I have seen him carrying the men’s rifles. He would give us
chocolates and cigarettes, or whatever he had he would give to any one.
I cannot speak too highly of him.” Numerous other letters refer to him
in like terms of admiration and respect.
[Illustration: =Charles Edward Crane.=]
=CRASCALL, COULSON HENRY=, A. B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2577), 177293,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CRAVEN, EDWARD=, Stoker. 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7125), S.S.
101858, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CRAVEN, THOMAS=, Deckhand, R.N.R., 1386 D.A., Royal Naval
Reserve; _b._ Cleckheaton, co. York, 26 Feb. 1872; educ. Church
Schools, Liversedge, co. York; was in the employ of Messrs. Hillyer,
of Hull; joined the Royal Naval Reserve at the outbreak of war, and
was drowned in the North Sea by falling overboard during a gale, while
surveying on H.M. armed trawler Viola in the North Sea, 7 Nov. 1914. He
was buried with naval honours at Lerwick; _unm._
=CRAVEN, THOMAS=, Stoker, P.O. (R.F.R., A. 1917/), 154699, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CRAWFORD, ALEXANDER PRATT=, Private, No. 7049, 1st Battn. Queen’s
Own Cameron Highlanders, 2nd _s._ of Charles Crawford, of Leith,
Wine and Spirit Merchant, by his wife, Agnes Lumsden (11, Annfield,
Newhaven), dau. of the late Peter Seton, of Edinburgh; _b._ Leith,
17 Feb. 1887; educ. at Trinity Academy, Leith; enlisted 29 Sept. 1904,
and was killed in action at the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914; _unm._
=CRAWFORD, EDWARD=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. Royal Inniskilling
Fusiliers, 7th surviving and yst. twin _s._ of the late Robert
Crawford, of Stonewold, Ballyshannon, C.E., D.L., Professor of
Engineering in Trinity College, Dublin, 1882–87, by his second wife,
Anna, dau. of the late Thomas Troubridge Stubbs, of Ballyshannon;
_b._ Stonewold, Ballyshannon, co. Donegal, 23 Nov. 1880; educ.
Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, and Cheltenham College; gazetted
2nd Lieut. 4th (now the 3rd) Battn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 30
April, 1906, and promoted Lieut. 14 July, 1908. He went to the Front,
Oct. 1914. and was attached to the 2nd Battn. Royal Irish Rifles
in Flanders; he was invalided home in Dec. 1914, having contracted
frostbite in the trenches. On recovery he again went to the Front,
where he was attached to the 2nd Battn. Royal Irish Regt., and died at
the British Hospital, Wimereux, France, 27 May, 1915, as the result of
gas poisoning and wounds received while in action about 25 May. He was
buried in the cemetery at Wimereux; _unm._
[Illustration: =Edward Crawford.=]
=CRAWFORD, HUGH=, A.B. (R.F.R. B., 10852), S.S. 2908, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=CRAWFORD, RICHARD GILPIN=, Lieut., Princess Patricia’s Canadian
L.I., _s._ and only child of William C. Crawford, of Tilbury, Kent
co., Ontario, President of the Windsor, Essex and Lake Shore Railway,
a member of the Municipal Council of Tilbury for 23 years and Chairman
of the Council for 13 years, by his wife, Annie, dau. of Richard
Thompson Gilpin, of St. Mary’s, Ontario; _b._ Tilbury, 12 Jan.
1892; educ. Common and High School in Tilbury, Upper Canada College,
Toronto, and The Royal Military College, Kingston, being a Graduate
there. He joined the 1st Canadian Contingent in Aug. 1914; left with
it for England in Sept. following, and after being attached to the 9th
Battn. at Salisbury, England, proceeded to France, 25 March, 1915,
and was transferred to Princess Patricia’s Canadian L.I. He was twice
wounded in the engagement at Bellewarde Lake, 8 May, 1915, and died
in the Clearing Hospital at 2 p.m. the day following. He was buried
at Bailleul, France; _unm._ Lieut. Crawford was recommended for
distinguished service in the field by Major-Gen. Snow, commanding 27th
Division, Canadian L.I., on account of his bravery in remaining under
a very heavy shell and rifle fire to dig out some of his comrades from
under their machine guns. The officer commanding Princess Patricia’s
Canadian L.I. (Hugh L. Niven) wrote to his father: “Lieut. Crawford was
wounded early in the morning of 8 May at Bellewarde Lake by a piece
of high explosive shell that lit in the trench where he was attending
to his duties. He was carried by four of the men of his company, who
were exposed to heavy shell and machine gun fire, to a dug-out some 100
yards in rear. He was there properly bandaged by the medical orderlies
and made comfortable. About noon the same day a large high explosive
shell fell on the dug-out and Lieut. Crawford was again wounded,
this time on his right foot. He was got out of this dug-out at once
and taken to another one to the left, and was taken to our dressing
station at dusk by the stretcher-bearers, and sent on from there in an
ambulance to the closest hospital about 9 miles away, and he died there
from his wounds. I saw a great deal of Lieut. Crawford, and I say in
all sincerity that this regt. lost one of its most promising officers.
His bravery was most remarkable, and his officers and men reported this
to me on several occasions. He did not know what it was to be nervous
even under the heaviest shell fire, and on the morning of 4 May, when
they were shelling his trench, he dug out the machine gun section which
were completely buried by a shell, and although several fell within 10
feet of him he never even noticed them, but continued digging as if
he were miles away from harm. I was with him at the time, and it was
worth while to listen to the men he helped to rescue telling him what
they thought of his action. This is only one of many cases where he
displayed the greatest gallantry. In fact, he was idolised by his men,
and the whole regt. mourns one of the bravest soldiers that ever lived.
When he was so seriously wounded he objected to any one making a fuss
over him, and was always telling the orderlies to attend to some one
else, and, as he was going away, he said he would be back right away,
just as soon as he could get out of the hospital.”
[Illustration: =Richard Gilpin Crawford.=]
=CRAWFORD, WILLIAM JOHN=, Sergt., No. 7791, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of William Frederick Crawford, Chintz Glazer;
_b._ Camden Town, 8 March, 1889; enlisted 9 April, 1908; served in
Egypt, 6 Jan. 1909, to 11 March, 1911, and with the Expeditionary Force
in France and Flanders; was wounded at Landrecies in Aug. 1914, and
invalided home, returning to the Front, 7 April, 1915, and was killed
in action at Cambrin, 8 July, 1915, by a rifle grenade. He _m._
at Clapton, 7 March, 1915, Clara Annie (94, Dunlace Road, Clapton,
London), dau. of Alfred Leonard Hughes, of London; _s.p._
[Illustration: =William John Crawford.=]
=CRAWHALL, FRITZ PORTMORE=, 2nd Lieut., 6th Battn. King’s Royal
Rifle Corps, yr. _s._ of the Rev. Edmund Isaac Laroche Crawhall,
Vicar of Herriard, co. Hants, and later of Granton, co. York, by his
wife, Isabella Duncan, dau. of Capt. James Grant, R.N.; _b._
Ryde, Isle of Wight, 15 Aug. 1897; educ. “Cordwalles,” Maidenhead,
and Winchester College (scholar), and received his commission in the
6th King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 15 Aug. 1914. After the action at Neuve
Chapelle on 10 March, 1915, he was officially reported “missing,” but
his Capt. stated that he saw him fall dead in a German trench. He was
captain of the College VI at Winchester, 1912–13 and 1913–14, and open
classical postmaster of Merton College, Oxford.
=CRAWLEY, ARTHUR EDWARD=, Private, No. 10723, 1st Battn. Royal
Scots, 4th _s._ of Alfred Thomas Crawley, of 14, Queen’s Road,
Peckham, London, Printer, by his wife, Emma, dau. of T. Bennet;
_b._ Bloomsbury, London, W.C., 23 March, 1891; educ. Colls Road
L.C.C. School, Peckham; enlisted 10 Aug. 1910; served in India, 7 Oct.
1911 to Oct. 1914, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and
Flanders, 19 Dec. 1914 to 22 Jan. 1915, on which latter date he was
killed in action at Veirstraat; _unm._
=CRAWLEY, HAROLD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7549), S.S.
102735, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CRAWLEY, JAMES=, Private, No. 12042, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 3rd _s._ of the late John Crawley (died 1900), by his
wife, Mary Ann (5, Puddle Dock, Willmington, Dartford, Kent), dau. of
John Austin; _b._ Battersea; was a Farm Labourer; enlisted 9 Sept.
1914; went to France, 17 March, 1915, and was killed in action near
Givenchy, 10 Aug. 1915; _unm._
=CRAYFORD, VICTOR=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./9027, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CREAGH, AUBREY OSBORNE=, Capt., 120th Rajputana Infantry, Indian
Army, _s._ of Major-Gen. William Creagh, Indian Army, and gdson.
of General Sir Michael Creagh, K.H.; _b._ St. Leonards-on-Sea,
18 Sept. 1883; educ. The Grange, St. Leonards-on-Sea; Southlea; Great
Malvern; United Services College, Westward Ho (1897–1900); and Royal
Military College, Sandhurst (1901); gazetted 2nd Lieut. unattd. 18 Jan.
1902, and promoted Lieut. 18 April, 1904, and Capt. 12 July, 1911. Left
for India in March, 1902, and was attd. to the Suffolks at Karachi,
and later transferred to the Cheshires at Quetta. After a year with
them he was appointed to the 120th Rajputana Infantry at Poona (10
April, 1903), going afterwards to Baroda; served on detachment duty at
Buxa, N.E. Bengal, and commanded a detachment of 50 men of the 120th
at Gyantse, Tibet, from Aug. 1909, to May, 1911, where he guarded the
British Trade Agency. When war broke out he was on leave in Chumba
(beyond Kashmir), and only heard of it on reaching Simla, receiving
orders to rejoin his regt. He landed in the Persian Gulf in Nov. 1914,
took part in the capture of Basra and the fight at Sahil on 17 Nov.,
after which the regt. was entrenched at Kurna for several weeks. Capt.
Creagh was killed in the Battle at Shaiba, 14 April, 1915, being shot
through the head. His commanding officer wrote: “He fell while leading
his double company in the fiercest action that has taken place in
this campaign; the regt. was well in the thick of it all, and finally
participated in the bayonet charge at the end of the battle. Young
Creagh has helped to create a name for this regt. which will not be
forgotten. The regt. attacked a strong position over very open country,
losing nearly 200 in casualties out of about 660.” He was buried on the
battlefield; _unm._
=CREAN, THEODORE=, Capt., 1st Battn. Northamptonshire Regt.,
attached No. 4 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, only _s._ of the late
Richard Crean, of Manchester, M.D., by his wife, Lucy Mary (Chester),
dau. of Peter Bohngard; _b._ Manchester, 23 Oct. 1880: educ.
Stonyhurst, and Gonville and Caius, Cambridge; received a commission
in the 6th (Militia) Battn. of the Lancashire Fusiliers, Sept. 1900,
and joined his regt. in South Africa in Jan.; served through the South
African War, March, 1901 to 1902, receiving the Queen’s medal with five
clasps. He then passed into the Regulars, being gazetted 2nd Lieut.
to the 3rd Battn. of the Lancashire Fusiliers, 30 April, 1902, and
promoted Lieut. 20 May, 1904, and transferred to Northants Regt. in
May, 1908, and obtained his company, 14 June, 1913. He was attached to
the West African Regt., 27 Oct. 1905 to 28 Sept. 1911, and was employed
with the West African Frontier Force from 19 Feb. 1913; returning to
England just before the outbreak of war. He was attached to the Royal
Flying Corps, 4 Sept. 1914, and was shot down in an aeroplane while
signalling to the artillery near Ypres, 26 Oct. 1914. He was buried at
Gheluvelt, Flanders; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote: “Your
son had done awfully good work with us, and at the moment of his death
was doing splendidly in observing our artillery and signalling to them
from the air. They had to fly low owing to clouds and were under a
heavy fire. Your son and the pilot were killed instantly.”
=CREASER, WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9275), S.S.
106492, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CREES, ERNEST JAMES=, Chief Shipwright, 341595, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CREIGHTON, ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10097), S.S.
107757, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=CRESSWELL, ERNEST ALAN=, Corpl., No. 2205, 9th Battn. (Queen
Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Walter
Cresswell, of North Villa, The Vale, Hampstead, by his wife, Jessie,
dau. of Robert Henderson, Miniature Painter; _b._ Elstree, co.
Herts, 29 March, 1892; educ. Hampstead, and was a decorative designer
of great promise. Immediately war was declared he joined the Queen
Victoria Rifles, went to France, 24 Jan. 1915, and was wounded at the
capture of Hill 60 in April, 1915, being with Lieut. Woolley (the first
Territorial officer to win the V.C.) when he gained that distinction.
He had only rejoined his regt. a few days after being in hospital when
he was killed in action near St. Eloi, 4 June, 1915; _unm._ He was
buried at Elyenwalle Chateau, in Wood H (35b, Reference Map, Belgium,
28’/40,000). The papers appointing him Sergt. had just been made out
when he was killed.
[Illustration: =Ernest Alan Cresswell.=]
=CRESSWELL, JOHN LESLIE=, Private, R.M.L.I. (Ports.), 15838,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=CREW, WILLIAM THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I. Ch./9398, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=CRICHTON, GERALD EDGECUMBE=, Private, No. 1928, 4th Battn.
Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of the late William Crichton,
of 18, Rotton Park Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, by his late wife,
Bessie Eleanor, dau. of the late George Edgecumbe; _b._ Edgbaston,
8 Oct. 1886; educ. Edgbaston Preparatory School and King Edward’s
School, Birmingham; went to Australia in Dec. 1907, and settled at
Galong, N.S.W.; joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force in Feb.
1915, and was killed in action in a Turkish trench during the attack in
Lone Pine district, Gallipoli, 6–7 Aug. 1915; _unm._
=CRICHTON, HUBERT FRANCIS=, Major, Irish Guards, only _s._
of Col. the Hon. Charles Frederick Crichton, of Mullaboden, Ballymore,
late Grenadier Guards, by his wife, Lady Madeline, née Taylour, 2nd
dau. of Thomas, 3rd Marquis of Headfort, K.P., P.C., and grandson of
John, 3rd Earl Erne, K.P.: _b._ 95, Eaton Square, London, 17 Dec.
1874; educ. Eton and Sandhurst, and was gazetted to the Grenadier
Guards, 15 Jan. 1896. He was promoted Lieut. 12 March, 1898, and two
years later transferred to the Irish Guards, becoming Capt. 6 Oct.
1900, and Major, 25 March, 1908. He served with the Nile Expedition,
1898, being present at the Battle of Khartoum (medal with clasp), and
in the South African war, 1902, when he was employed with the Imperial
Yeomanry in the operations in Cape Colony; for this he received the
Queen’s medal with two clasps. From 19 May, 1900, to 31 Dec. 1901, he
had been Adjutant of the Irish Guards, and from 23 Oct. 1902, to 14
Feb. 1905, was A.D.C. to the Commander, 1st Army Corps. Aldershot. The
Irish Guards formed part of the original Expeditionary Force to go to
France, and Major Crichton was killed in action at Villers Cotterets,
1 Sept. 1914. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s
Despatch of 7 Sept. 1914, for gallant and distinguished service in the
field. He _m._ London, 14 July, 1903, Esther, dau. of Llewellyn
Saunderson, of Kingstown, co. Dublin, and had two daus.: Doris
Madeline, _b._ 29 May, 1904; and Enid Irene Adelaide, _b._ 27
Feb. 1907.
[Illustration: =Hubert Francis Crichton.=]
=CRICHTON, JOSEPH MICHAEL SMITH=, Private, No. 2199, 16th Battn.
Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force, 4th _s._ of Alfred James
Crichton, of Sunderland, by his wife, Ann (28, Sidecliff Road, Roker,
Sunderland), dau. of Joseph Michael Smith; _b._ Sunderland, co.
Durham, 16 March, 1889; educ. at Redby School, and went to Australia
in April, 1912, where he took up farming. After the outbreak of war
he joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force in April, 1915, went
to Egypt with the 16th Battn. in July, and was killed in action on
Lone Pine, 8 Aug. 1915; _unm._ He had volunteered with some other
Australians and Indians on some very hazardous work when he met his
death. His Adjutant said of him “That he always did excellent work,
but, more particularly on the day of his death.”
[Illustration: =Joseph M. S. Crichton.=]
=CRIPPS, GEORGE=, A.B., 206557, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CRIPPS, SPENCER HARRY=, Petty Officer, R.N.V.R., London 1/3501,
Drake Battn. Royal Naval Division, only _s._ of William Henry
Cripps, of Bradford-on-Avon, Draper; _b._ Buckingham, 24 June,
1882; educ. Bath; served in the South African War (medal), and on the
outbreak of the European War, joined the R.N.V.R. in Sept. 1914, and
was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 25 May, 1915. Lieut. Edward
H. S. Bligh wrote: “He has been a great help to me ever since I first
took charge of the 16th Platoon, and it did not take me long to single
him out; it was not long before I was able to recommend him for the
promotion he so well deserved. Just before his death I had lost him
from the platoon, as he had been put in command of another platoon, and
he was at the head of his men when he came under heavy fire and fell
dead on 25 May, with a bullet through his brain. I was able to go out
after dusk and to bury his body.” He _m._ at St. George’s Church,
Brondesbury, 13 Feb. 1915, Winifred Louise, dau. of John Butler, of 8,
Blenheim Gardens, Cricklewood; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Spencer Harry Cripps.=]
=CRISP, JAMES FREDERICK=, Seaman, R.N.R., 3607C, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CRITCHER, ALBERT=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17494, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CRITCHLEY, SIDNEY HERBERT=, Shipwright, 2nd Class, 345723, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=CROCK, THOMAS=, P.O., 2nd Class (R.F.R., B. 4674), 158554, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CROCKER, FREDERICK CYRIL=, Sergt., No. 1865, No. 4 Platoon,
6th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.), _s._ of Lieut. John
Crocker, of Claremont, Portishead, Somerset, formerly of Lerwick and
Stornoway, R.N., Divisional Officer of Coast Guards, Southend Division,
by his wife, Annie, dau. of the late James Bardsley; _b._
Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, 22 Dec. 1887; educ. Tate School, Wexford, and
Anderson Institute, Lerwick, Shetland, and prior to the outbreak of war
was an Officer of Excise at Gateshead. He joined the Northumberland
Fusiliers at the beginning of 1914, volunteered for Imperial service
when war began, was severely wounded in action at St. Julien, 26 April,
1915, while leading the platoon in a bayonet charge after his platoon
officer, Lieut. Garton, had fallen, and died in the East Suffolk
Hospital, Ipswich, 1 June, following. He _m._ at Glasgow, 10
June, 1911, Janet, dau. of Peter Macleod, of Stornoway, and had two
daus.: Patricia Joan Mary, _b._ 28 April, 1912; and Annie Valerie,
_b._ 4 Feb. 1915.
[Illustration: =Frederick Cyril Crocker.=]
=CROCKFORD, CHARLES=, P.O., 1st Class., 198167, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=CROFTON, CHARLES WOODWARD=, Major, 9th (Service) Battn.
Worcestershire Regt., formerly North Staffordshire Regt., _s._ of
the Rev. Henry Woodward Crofton, formerly H.M. Chaplain at Rangoon and
Simla, by his wife, Janette, dau. of Charles Butter, of Ingateston,
Essex (attd. 5th Dragoon Guards as Medical Officer in Battle of
Waterloo); _b._ Rugby, 8 Nov. 1864; educ. Haileybury and Oxford
Military College, and received his commission as Lieut. from the
Militia to the North Staffordshire Regt. (the old 98th), 25 Nov.
1885, and became Capt. 6 March, 1895, and Major, 14 March, 1905. He
served in the Dongola Expedition (Egyptian medal with clasp), 1896,
and was Station Staff Officer of the first grade in India from 6 July,
1902, to 31 May, 1904, and Brigade Major from 1 June, 1904, to 31
March, 1905. He had retired 6 Dec. 1913, but after the declaration
of war immediately placed his services at the disposal of the War
Office, and on 31 Aug. was gazetted to the 9th Worcesters as second in
command to Lieut.-Col. M. H. Nunn. He went out with the Mediterranean
Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at Suvla Bay, 10 Aug.
1915. A brother officer wrote: “I can assure you your husband was a
great credit to our Army, fearless and brave. He was never happy unless
in a position to be at the head of our regt., and at the time he was
killed we were in a very tight corner, and it meant at the time British
determination to withhold the severe Turkish attack, and he was one of
those to show a great example to the men.” Major Crofton _m._ at
Mussoorie, India, 26 Dec. 1901, Catherine Mary (Culverley, Goda Road,
Littlehampton), dau. of the late Charles Frederick Waverley Stowell,
and had two children: Hugh Charles Henry, _b._ 19 Feb. 1915; and
Kathleen Louisa, _b._ 23 Dec. 1902.
[Illustration: =Charles Woodward Crofton.=]
=CROMIE, MAURICE FRANCIS=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd, att. 2nd, Battn.
Hampshire Regt., 2nd _s._ of the late Capt. Charles Francis
Cromie, C.M.G., 37th Regt., Consul-General for Congo Free State at
the time of his death, by his wife, Joanna Angela (Alresford, Hants),
dau. of Julian Bargus Yonge, of Otterbourne, Hants, J.P., M.A. [Cadet
of Yonge of Puslinch, Devon]; _b._ London, 29 July, 1895; educ.
Blundell’s, Tiverton, and Dover College, where he was in the O.T.C.;
obtained his commission, 15 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at
Gallipoli, 4 June, 1915: _unm._ His commanding officer wrote:
“Lieut. Cromie’s loss was really a bitter blow to the regt. I had only
known him a few days, and he had charge of the machine guns. When we
went up to the front trenches prior to the assault he came twice with
me on expeditions, and was so keen and cheerful about it all that I got
him to come and live in my dug-out, and there we stayed together until
the day. How it happened I do not know, but what I do know is that his
guns arrived in the nick of time and later were instrumental in saving
the situation.”
[Illustration: =Maurice Francis Cromie.=]
=CRONK, FRIEND=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3574), 187623, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CRONK, WILLIAM GUY=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. (The Buffs) East Kent
Regt. att. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, only _s._ of William Henry
Cronk, of Suffolk Place, Sevenoaks, by his wife, Winifred Ruth, dau.
of Lieut.-Col. C. N. Kidd; _b._ Sevenoaks, co. Kent, 28 April,
1893; educ. Eton and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted
2nd Lieut. 3rd Battn. East Kent Regt., 14 March, 1914, and attd. to
the King’s Royal Rifles; went to France early in Oct., and was killed
in action two miles S.E. of Zonnebeke, 26 Oct. 1914, while leading his
platoon in an attack on the enemy trenches; _unm._
[Illustration: =William G. Cronk.=]
=CROOK, ALBERT GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5113), 196640, H.M.S.
Good Hope, lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=CROOK, JOSEPH=, Painter, 2nd Class, M. 3641, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CROSBY, JOHN CLIFFORD=, A.B., Ch. J. 2146, H.M.S. Cressy,
only _s._ of the late Robert Crosby, Constable, North Riding
Police Force, by his wife, Eleanor (112, Holden Street, Grangetown,
Yorkshire), dau. of James Pease; _b._ Halifax, 18 May, 1892; educ.
Grangetown Council School; joined the Navy, 11 Aug. 1908, and was lost
in the North Sea when H.M.S. Cressy was torpedoed, 22 Sept. 1914;
_unm._
[Illustration: =John Clifford Crosby.=]
=CROSLAND, JOHN HENRY=, A B. (R.F.R., B. 1661), 205430, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=CROSLEY, CECIL=, 2nd Lieut. and Acting Adjutant, 5th (Service)
Battn. Royal Irish Fusiliers, formerly 5th Lancers, _s._ of John
Mechi Crosley, of 5–6, Great Winchester Street, E.C., Stockbroker and
member of the London Stock Exchange, by his wife, Mary May, dau. of
E. Candler, of Bexhill; _b._ Purley, co. Surrey, 29 Oct. 1892;
educ. Uppingham School, and then proceeded to the McGill University,
Montreal, with the idea of taking up engineering. Abandoning this,
he returned to England in 1913 and joined his father. He had joined
the Reserve of Officers, 23 July, 1913, and on the outbreak of war
was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 5th Lancers, Aug. 1914
and trained with them at Dublin. Being anxious, however, to go to the
Front, he transferred to the 5th Royal Irish Fusiliers in May, 1915,
and went out to the Dardanelles with them. He took part in the historic
landing at Suvla Bay, was appointed Acting Adjutant early in August,
and was killed in action at Keretch Tepe on the 16th of that month;
_unm._ Shortly before his death. Lieut.-Gen. B. Mahon wrote; “Your
Commanding Officer and Brigade Commander have informed me that you have
distinguished yourself by good conduct in the field. I have read their
report with much pleasure and have forwarded it to higher authority
for recognition;” and Capt. E. M. Ilwaine wrote to his father: “From
the moment we landed (at Suvla Bay) under shrapnel fire I was struck
by your son’s coolness. He volunteered to remain beside the barge in
which we came ashore, organised a party and unloaded the ammunition
and stores in it, although the Turkish gunners had got the range and
were shelling it steadily. Whenever I saw him during the few rests we
had I found him cheery and apparently quite happy in his work, and I
noticed that he had quite obtained the confidence of the men of his
platoon, who followed him willingly. Personally I soon learned to put
absolute trust in his knowledge and judgment, and he took over the
command of the company when I was wounded. Two of our officers who
were wounded after I was, both made exactly the same remark to me
while on the hospital ship, ‘Crosley is doing good work.’” And later
(12 Feb. 1916) he wrote again; “I have received a letter from one of
our officers--Bennett--who was near your son when he was killed. With
the exception of Bennett all the officers present were wounded, went
to hospital in Alexandria or Malta, and rejoined the regt. in Serbia
direct from hospital. I quote Bennett’s letter. The occasion he refers
to is the one mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s despatch, when he says
that the 5th Battn. held on to the ridge until only one officer was
left, and then retired when ordered to do so from the rear. I might
mention that Cecil was appointed Adjutant--after Kelly, the Adjutant,
was hit--some days previously.” On Monday, 16 Aug., we advanced up a
ridge overlooking the Bay of Saros. This ridge was Keritch Tepe Sert,
and sloped down to the water’s edge. Our officers going into action
were Johnson, Crosley, Bartley, Duggan, Fitzgerald, Blood, Figgis Kidd
and myself. Kidd followed B Coy, with first half of D, and I followed
with the remaining two platoons of D. I met Crosley when we got into
position, and he instructed me to send D along to Kidd and take command
of B, as both Duggan and Blood had been hit. B Coy. were lining a ridge
and firing half left. The remainder were a little ahead and lining the
ridge facing inland, also holding a small trench at right angles to
the ridge and on the sea side of it. It was in this little trench that
Crosley, Hartley, Sergt.-Major Mulligan and many others were killed. I
was not actually in this place, but Fitzgerald and Kidd explained it
clearly afterwards. Crosley, Hartley and Mulligan were all hit in the
head. At about 8.30 p.m. we were instructed that we were to withdraw,
and that two naval boats--which had helped us with their fire all
day--would commence to shell the enemy at 8.45 p.m. The enemy were on
a little knoll and entrenched about 20 or 15 yards in front of the
trench we held. We withdrew in good order. Fitzgerald and Kidd were in
the little trench all day, and, indeed, Fitzgerald got a bullet through
his helmet at the same spot, for it was very closely sniped. Crosley
was not up in this position for long, but was passing along the line
and learning how matters stood. When I reached the position and was
talking to Crosley two aeroplanes were overhead dropping bombs about,
and he told us that the fumes from one bomb were all about him as he
bandaged up Blood, who was hit in the shoulder. I chatted to him for
a time, and he wanted me to take one of his famous automatic pistols,
but as I had a rifle I refused. From where we were on to the ridge the
ground sloped right to the sea, and this slope was covered with thick
scrub, which scrub was fairly full of snipers, so we had a fire on both
sides and plenty of shells. Crosley was, of course, very cheery, and
his last word to me was ‘Keep down and don’t expose yourself. There
are all sorts of things flying about here.’ I left him arranging about
water and ammunition with Mulligan. I heard from Kelly, in Alexandria,
something of how well Crosley had done, and from all he told me I am
not surprised to see his name in the Despatch. He would seem to have
merited that honour highly. This is the only first hand information I
have been able to secure. If I obtain any more I shall forward it to
you.” He was mentioned in Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 11 Dec.
1915 [London Gazette, 28 Jan. 1916]. At Montreal he was instrumental
in introducing and organising Rugby rules for the University football
matches and was prominent in boxing, winning the amateur middle-weight
championship of Canada. On his return to England he became a member of
the London Rowing Club, and represented that club in eights at Henley
and other Regattas.
[Illustration: =Cecil Crosley.=]
=CROSS, DANIEL=, Private, No. 81195, 2nd Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late (--) Cross, and gdson. of
Daniel Cross, of Harleston, co. Northants; _b._ Harleston, 9
July, 1894; educ. there; went to Canada in March, 1911, and settled
at Killarney, Manitoba; joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force after
the outbreak of war, and came over with the first contingent, going
to the Western Front in April, 1915. He died on Active Service in No.
11 General Hospital, Boulogne, 25 Aug. 1915, of appendicitis. He was
buried in the English cemetery there; _unm._
=CROSS, DAVID RONALD=, M.C., Lieut. 16th (The Queen’s) Lancers,
only _s._ of Adam Cross, of Brixworth Hall, co. Northampton, by
his wife, Annie, dau. of David Guthrie; _b._ Midlothian, 18 Oct.
1889; educ. Marlborough and Christ Church, Oxford, at which latter he
took his degree with honours. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 16 Lancers,
16 Aug. 1911, and promoted Lieut. 16 April, 1913. On the outbreak of
war he went to France with his regt., was wounded in Oct., but after
being in England for a few weeks rejoined, and was killed in action
near Ypres, 21 Feb. 1915; _unm._ Lieut. Cross was twice mentioned
in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatches [London Gazette, 20 Oct. 1914,
and 17 Feb. 1915], and was awarded the Military Cross [London Gazette,
18 Feb. 1915]. He was a smart rider to hounds, and was well known in
the Pytchley country. In 1914 he won his two regimental races at the
Curragh, Lord Annaly’s Cup at the Pytchley point-to-point races, and at
Punchestown the two military steeplechases in April.
[Illustration: =David Ronald Cross.=]
=CROSS, EDWIN=, Officer’s Cook, 2nd Class, 141381, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CROSS, WILLIAM CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4853),
S.S. 104223, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, off the
coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CROSSIN, EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 6960, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=CROUCH, JOHN WILLIAM=, Ordinary Seaman (R.N.V.R.), 5/193
(Sussex), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=CROUSAZ, CECIL FRANCIS=, Lieut., 1st Battn. South Staffordshire
Regt., yst. _s._ of William de Prelaz Crousaz, of 8, de Beauvoir
Terrace, Guernsey, jurat of the Royal Court, Guernsey, by his wife Emma
Arnold, dau. of John LeCappellain; _b._ Guernsey, 7 Dec. 1888;
educ. Elizabeth College (Sandhurst entrance), Guernsey; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. 1st Battn. South Staffordshire Regt. 6 Nov. 1909, and promoted
Lieut. 28 March, 1912. He served with both the 1st and 2nd Battns. of
his regt. in South Africa and Gibraltar, and was killed in action at
Zonnebeke, near Ypres, 31 Oct. 1914. Buried at Hooge; _unm._ His
commanding officer, Col. R. M. Ovens, wrote to his father: “Your boy
was in command of our scouts and was a most valuable officer--energetic
and keen, and a splendid disciplinarian. His exceptional strength
and keenness made him a great asset to his regt. I last saw your boy
leading his men forward near Gheluvelt Village, under a heavy fire, and
encouraging them by voice and example. He was a brave and determined
soldier.” He won the featherweight boxing championship at Aldershot in
1913.
[Illustration: =Cecil Francis Crousaz.=]
=CROWTHER, LESLIE TAYLOR=, 2nd Lieut., 1/5th Battn. The Duke
of Wellington’s West Riding Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Norman
Crowther, of Viso House, Huddersfield, by his wife, Gertrude, dau.
of John Henry Sykes, of Huddersfield, J.P.; _b._ Viso House,
Huddersfield, 27 Sept. 1892; educ. Wild’s, Huddersfield, and after
leaving school taught there for a time, and after his death his master
wrote: “Leslie was such a splendid boy, so vigorous and cheerful, so
conscientious and reliable, and it must have been so constant a joy
to you both to see how by his own steady efforts he was making his
way to a good position in life, and winning the respect of all with
whom he had to deal.” He had joined the 1/5th (Territorial) Battn. of
the West Riding Regt. in 1909, and volunteering for Imperial service
after the outbreak of the war, was gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the same, 21
Oct. 1914. He went to France with his regt., and was killed in action
at Fleurbaix, 15 June, 1915, during a reconnaissance. His company
officer, Lieut.-Col. Wilson, wrote: “When I recommended your son for
a commission I felt certain I was doing the right thing, and I am
pleased to say he has turned out a thoroughly efficient officer and
keen soldier. The N.C.Os. and men in his platoon had become very much
attached to him, and would follow him anywhere. Our loss is also very
great. Every officer in the battn. admired and loved him.... He was
always keen to go patrolling, and did his work well” and the following
particulars were given by Lieut. A. B. Stott, who writing 16 June said:
“Yesterday afternoon a reconnaissance was decided on. The party was to
consist of Capt. Wheatley, Lieut. Leslie Liddell, and two men. During
the evening Capt. Wheatley’s foot went very sore, so I took his place.
Just before we left Leslie asked to be included in the party.... We got
about 120 yards out from our trench quite easily. As the grass was very
dry I then decided to go on alone with a man for about 40 yards more.
I left Leslie and Liddell to guard our left flank. We were just about
to return to them when we heard revolver shots, and a German patrol
in full flight. Unfortunately. this was not the only patrol out, and
another German patrol threw a bomb which gave Leslie his death wound.
There was naturally some trouble to get him back to the lines, but he
was carried in by a stretcher party, covered by a strong party of men,
but he was dead before the lines were reached. The Doctor said that
nothing could have saved him, and that he must have been unconscious
almost from the first. He was buried the same day in the corner of a
field, a quarter of a mile behind the firing line, where the officers
and men of the 5th and 7th Duke’s have been buried, and lies near to
his old school friend, 2nd Lieut. L. M. Tetlow. Ten officers and 20 men
of his own company attended to the simple ceremony which marks these
occasions, together with a number of men of his old A Coy., and Col.
Wilson officiated at the service.... As my sub. in old C Coy., and as a
platoon commander in D Coy., he has always been a splendid and devoted
officer.” The D.C.M. was afterwards conferred on Sergt. Convoy for this
act, he being in charge of the stretcher bearers.
[Illustration: =Leslie Taylor Crowther.=]
=CROXSON, HENRY THOMAS=, 1st Class Ship’s Corpl., No. 350161,
H.M.S. Formidable, _s._ of the late Jonathan Croxson, of Ipswich;
_b._ Ipswich, 31 Dec. 1869; educ. there; entered the Navy, 31
July, 1888, and was lost on H.M.S. Formidable, 1 Jan. 1915. He received
the Long Service and Good Conduct medal, 27 Nov. 1903. He _m._ at
St. Matthew’s Church, Ipswich, 26 Oct. 1896, Mary Ann (156, Cauldwell
Hall Road, Ipswich), dau. of John Hindle, of Ipswich, and had one dau.:
Ethel May, _b._ 23 Feb. 1898.
[Illustration: =Henry Thomas Croxson.=]
=CROZIER, JAMES CYRIL BAPTIST=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal
Munster Fusiliers, only _s._ of the late Rev. Henry Wilcocks
Crozier, Vicar of St. Matthew’s, Stockport, M.A. (T.C.D.), by his wife,
Susan Sinclair, dau. of James Spence, J.P., Birkenhead, and gdson.
of the Rev. Baptist Barton Crozier, of Rockview House, Ballyhaise,
co. Cavan, B.A.; _b._ Bowden, co. Chester, 24 Oct. 1890; educ.
Loretto School, Edinburgh, leaving there for Edinburgh University,
where he studied medicine for two years. He was gazetted to the 3rd
Royal Scots (Special Reserve), 10 July, 1912, from which regt. he was
transferred to the 2nd Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, 10 June, 1914,
and was killed in action during the retreat from Mons, near Etreux, 27
Aug. 1914; _unm._ In a letter to Archbishop Crozier, Primate of
All Ireland, Capt. H. S. Jervis (a prisoner in Germany) described in
detail the trying day through which the regt. passed on 27 Aug., being
eventually cut off from the main body, and proceeded: “B Coy. extended
at once, and an attack on the enemy’s position commenced. Your nephew
was on the left--or east--of the attacking company, and was very much
to the fore; a part of A Coy. extended the line eastwards, continued
by my men (D Coy.) The enemy was holding a railway cutting in front
of us, so D Coy. tried to rush this, the remainder of the men in that
part of the field helping with rifle fire. Owing to lack of cover all
my men in this part of the field save two were shot down before the
hedge was reached, and the attempt failed. Crozier pushed on ahead of
his men, clambered out of a hollow lane which he had just reached, and
recklessly exposing himself in the open, shouted out, ‘There they are;
come on, men,’ at the same time pointing out the enemy. As he ceased
speaking he fell, killed instantaneously by a bullet through the body.
It was noticed that he never moved once he fell. It is, therefore, a
sad consolation to know that his death was painless, and he died with
words on his lips which any of his brother officers would have been
proud to be their last also.”
[Illustration: =James Cyril B. Crozier=]
=CROZIER, WILLIAM KERR=, L.-Corpl., No. 9576, Machine Gun Section
2nd. Battn. Royal Scots, eldest _s._ of the late Walter Wright
Crozier, by his wife, Robina (13, Tolbooth Wynd, Leith), dau. of
the late William Kerr, of Leith; _b._ Portobello, 22 March,
1887; educ. Couper Street School there; enlisted 1905; served three
years with the Colours, then passed into the Reserve, and worked as
a Plaiter’s Labourer; rejoined on mobilisation 4 Aug. 1914; went to
France Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Loos, 25 Sept. 1915;
_unm._ Sergt. C. Hiles wrote: “When we charged the Germans he was
in charge of a machine gun team. His gun was put out of action and poor
Will came back to me for another gun. He had to cover over 600 yards of
ground beaten by murderous shell and rifle fire, for this act he has
been recommended for the D.C.M. After getting his gun he went back to
the trenches we had captured from the Germans. Just as he was about to
enter the trenches he got wounded. He got his gun in action, and when
he was found he was beside my gun. He was a good soldier and a very
promising non-commissioned officer, and had he lived he would probably
have been promoted.”
=CRUIKSHANKS, ALEXANDER=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 12869, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CRUISE, PETER=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111533 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CULLINAN, ROBERT HORNIDGE=, B.A., Barrister-at-Law, Capt.,
7th Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, 2nd surviving _s._ of John
Cullinan, of 6, Bindon Street, Ennis, Solicitor, by his wife, Martha
Frances, dau. of the Rev. Francis Faris, Rector of Dovena, co. Wicklow;
_b._ Ennis, co. Clare, 9 Aug. 1881; educ. Tipperary Grammar
School, and having obtained Senior Erasmus Smith Exhibition, entered
Trinity College, Dublin, in Oct. 1899. Here he gained numerous honours
and prizes in History and Political Science and Logic, and obtained
on leaving a Senior Moderatorship with gold medal for History and
Political Science. He was called to the Irish Bar in Trinity Term,
1904, and was a member of the Munster Circuit. On the outbreak of
war he offered his services and secured a commission in Sept., being
gazetted Lieut. to the 7th Munsters, 18 Nov. 1914, and as Tempy.
(afterwards confirmed) Capt. 27 Feb. He was killed in action after the
landing at Suvla Bay, 8 Aug. 1915; _unm._ Major Drage, commanding
C Coy., wrote: “Capt. Cullinan, C Coy., with D on its left, and the 6th
Munsters on the right of it, had to advance early on Saturday afternoon
along, below and parallel to a high ridge, on which were many skilful
Turkish snipers. Your son, on the 7th, commanded the first line of C
Coy., and went on leading his men under heavy fire most determinedly
and gallantly, till he got to an open patch, where he was struck down,
mortally wounded. 2nd Lieut. Bennett bravely went to his side, to find
Capt. Cullinan riddled with five or six bullets and dead.” And Major
Hendricks: “I was in the firing line with him not half an hour before
he was shot. We were in a thunder storm together and were wet to the
skin. Suddenly I received an order to reinforce our other battn. on
a flank, and sent Major Drage’s company, to which your son belonged,
to carry out the duty. Your son died, as he had lived, a noble hero,
never thinking for one moment of himself, telling the men to go on and
leave him. He was then shot through the head. His death was practically
instantaneous. After the 12 months I have known your son, I must say I
looked on him as a dear pal, and one of the best officers in the regt.
He had endeared himself to one and all.” At Dublin University he was
a member of the Rugby football club, and played for the first fifteen
for three years, obtaining his colours in the year 1900–1, and was also
record secretary of the University Historical Debating Society.
[Illustration: =Robert Hornidge Cullinan.=]
=CULLIP, ALEXANDER GEORGE HOLLIS=, Bugler, R.M.L.I. (Ports.),
16865, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CUMMING, COLIN EDWARD=, M.A. (Hons. Edin.), Lieut., 103rd
Battery, R.F.A. 31st Brigade (28th Division), 2nd _s._ of
Robert Charles Cumming, of Edinburgh, formerly of Stafford, retired
Bank Manager, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of the late David Duff,
of Calcutta, and grandson of the late Capt. John Cumming, 26th
(Cameronians), 4th (King’s Own) and 80th Foot; _b._ Stafford,
March, 1890; educ. at Royal High School, Edinburgh, 1902–7 (“Dux” in
1907 and gold medallist in Latin, Greek and French), and Edinburgh
University (M.A. with first-class honours in Classical Literature,
1911). At the University, where he was highly esteemed and beloved,
he was an active member of the O.T.C., and got his commission in the
R.F.A. Reserve, 16 Sept. 1909. While preparing for the Indian Civil
Service he was offered an engineering cadetship in the Transvaal
gold-mining industry, and, solely with a view to the family interests,
he accepted this, relinquishing his Indian aspirations, and went to
Johannesburg in 1913. His one year in Africa gave promise of rare
success, but, at his country’s call, he gained permission to come home
with the Imperial troops, and, going straight to the Scottish R.F.A.
headquarters, was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 22 Sept. 1914, and was soon
selected as Adjutant. Appointed to the 103rd Battery, then stationed
at Winchester, where he did further strenuous work, he accompanied
the Battery to the Front in Jan. 1915. He was killed in action by
shell near Ypres, 24 Feb. 1915; _unm._ The Major in command (now
Lieut.-Col. Hope, D.S.O.), wrote that they had been shelled for about
an hour. Their dug-out was hit, and when the Major, himself wounded,
became conscious, Cumming was trying to help him out of the débris when
another shell arrived and they were both knocked senseless. Lieut.
Cumming died during the night in hospital, never having regained
consciousness. He was buried in the cemetery at Poperinghe. After his
death he was gazetted to a full Lieutenancy, to rank as from 8 Dec.
1914.
[Illustration: =Colin Edward Cumming.=]
=CUMMING, THOMAS SUMMERS=, Private, No. 14807, A Coy., 12th Battn.
The Royal Scots, _s._ of Archibald Matheson Cumming, of 9, Dobbies
Loan, Glasgow, by his wife, Barbara, dau. of Walter Buchanan; _b._
Glasgow 3 June, 1896; educ. there; enlisted Sept. 1914, and was killed
in action at Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; _unm._ From information supplied
by the Red Cross, it appears that he was shot through the head when he
had just got over our own parapet preliminary to the charge.
=CUNLIFFE, THOMAS HENRY WITHERS=, Capt., 1st Battn. Lancashire
Fusiliers, only _s._ of the late Robert Ellis Cunliffe, of The
Croft, Ambleside, Solicitor, by his wife, Helen (The Croft, Ambleside),
dau. of Henry Sharp, of Townend, Deepcar, Yorks; _b._ Pendleton,
Manchester, 9 July, 1885; educ. Bilton Grange and Rugby; obtained his
commission in the Lancashire Fusiliers from the Militia, 29 Nov. 1905,
and was promoted Lieut. 6 Feb. 1910, and Capt. 17 March, 1915. Capt.
Cunliffe was with his regt. in India when war broke out, and proceeded
with it to Gallipoli, where he was killed in action on Gurkha Bluff,
4 June, 1915, while in charge of the machine gun section of his
regt. He was buried in the regimental cemetery at Lancashire Landing;
_unm._ Col. Ormond, Lancashire Fusiliers, wrote: “His handling of
the machine guns, in the position after the Turks had been charged,
was, I understand, masterly. He was well in front of the line screened
from the enemy’s view by a bushy shrub. His guns pointed across the
front of our position, so that when the Turks charged at night he raked
their ranks right and left. His knowledge of his work, his command of
his company and his great natural gifts marked him out for a great
career.... The very gallant Cunliffe worked his machine guns and was
killed. His great courage and skill had been of the utmost value in
the operations.... Capt. Cunliffe was launched into deep water at the
landing on the Peninsula, and swam to shore fully equipped with rifle
and pack under heavy fire, a feat which only a very fine swimmer could
have accomplished. His guns could not be landed, but he collected his
gun teams on the beach and marched them up to fill the gap between
Capt. Haworth and Capt. Shaw’s detachments, so linking up the battn.
and restoring its internal communications.”
[Illustration: =Thomas H. W. Cunliffe.=]
=PICKERSGILL-CUNLIFFE, JOHN CUNLIFFE=, of Cobb Court, Cootham,
Pulborough, Sussex, Capt., 6th, attached 4th, Battn. Worcestershire
Regt., elder _s._ of the late Charles Pickersgill-Cunliffe, of
Beacon Hill Park, Hindhead, Surrey, by his wife, Audrey (Crossways,
Cootham, Pulborough, Sussex), dau. of Charles Hoskins Master, and
nephew of Harry Pickersgill-Cunliffe, of Staughton Manor, Huntingdon;
_b._ Barrow Green House, Oxted, co. Surrey, 27 Jan. 1884; educ.
Haileybury College; joined the Sussex Militia in 1898, and served in
the South African War, 1901–2, receiving the Queen’s medal with clasp.
He was gazetted to the 2nd Worcesters from the Militia, 4 July, 1903,
and promoted Lieut., 4 April, 1907; served in Africa, Ceylon and
India, and retired 1 July, 1913. He went on the Cape to Cairo Motor
Expedition, arriving at Cape Town, 5 Aug. 1913, and leaving Broken
Hill, Jan. 8, 1914. On mobilization, 4 Aug. 1914, he rejoined his old
regt., was promoted Capt., 1 Sept., went to France, 27 Aug. 1914, and
was wounded in action near Lille, 24 Oct. following, and invalided
home. On recovery he left 12 May, 1915, to join his regt. at the
Dardanelles and was killed in action there 4 June, 1915; _unm._
A comrade who was with him at the time he was killed wrote: “Cunliffe
arrived with a few men who wavered under the hot fire, but he jumped on
the parapet and told them he would show them the way. There he stood
with the bullets whistling all round him while they climbed over. Later
on as he was looking over the parapet a bullet struck him in the head
and he died with a smile on his face and a cheery word for his men at
the head of the advance”; and the Colonel: “If he had been spared I am
confident he would have earned great distinction. I was not very near
when the regiment made their most successful attack and all accounts
tell of his coolness and dash, he is a great loss to us.” He was a keen
sportsman and big game shot.
[Illustration: =J. C. Pickersgill-Cunliffe.=]
=CUNNINGHAM, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 18044, 4th Battn. (The King’s)
Liverpool Regt., _s._ of Mark Cunningham; _b._ Liverpool, 24
Aug. 1893; educ. St. Anthony’s School there; enlisted following the
outbreak of war, Sept. 1914; was wounded in the chest, and died in
Boulogne Hospital 10 days later, 10 May, 1915; _unm._
=CUNNINGTON, ERNEST=, Stoker, P.O., 304513, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CURRIE, JOHN MCLEAN=, Private, No. 46131, D Coy., 15th Battn.
(48th Highlanders), 3rd Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 3rd
_s._ of John David Currie, of Windsor, Nova Scotia, High Sheriff
for Hants co., by his wife, Bessie, dau. of the late James Cutting,
of Truro N.P.; and gdson. of the late John Currie, D.D., Professor of
Hebrew, Pine Hill Theological College, Halifax, Nova Scotia; _b._
Maitland, Hants Co. N.S., 18 Oct. 1896; educ. Maitland High School
and Windsor Academy, N.S.; enlisted in No. 1 Coy. Royal Nova Scotia
Regt. (17th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force), in Aug. 1914, on the
declaration of war; left Windsor for Valcartier, P.Q. on the 20th of
that month, went to England with the first Contingent in Oct.; trained
on Salisbury Plain during the winter and after the 17th Battn. was
disbanded, joined the 15th Battn. (48th Highlanders) under Col. John
Currie; went to France in Feb., and was killed in action at Langemarck,
23 April, 1915; _unm._
=CURRIE, THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./11225, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CURRIE, WILLIAM PERRY=, Gunner, No. 42467, 2nd Brigade, Canadian
Field Artillery, Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Bartlett
Lingely Currie, of Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, by his wife,
Martha J., dau. of Valentine Haines; _b._ Niagara-on-the-Lake,
Lincoln, co. Ontario, 15 July, 1895; educ. Niagara afsd.; was a
Painter; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Canadian
Expeditionary Force, Aug. 1914; came over with the 1st Contingent in
Oct.; went to France 7 April, was wounded in action at St. Julien, and
died in Cambridge Hospital, Aldershot, 4 May, 1915; _unm._
=CURRY, JOHN WILLIAM=, Private, No. 1644, Royal Marine L.I.
(Reserve), eldest _s._ of Henry Curry, Drill Instructor, by
his wife, Martha, dau. of James Slack; _b._ Kilburn, 5 April,
1880; educ. Nunhead Passage School; joined the Marines, 28 April,
1898; served on H.M. ships Majestic, Ocean and Empress of India, and
two years at Devonport Dockyard, obtaining his discharge, 1 June,
1906, with the highest character. He was called up from the Reserve
on mobilisation, and was lost on H.M.S. Cressy, 22 Sept. 1914. He
_m._ at Peckham, S.E., 19 Dec. 1900, Mary Ann (41, Herman Road,
Old Kent Road, S.E.), dau. of George Stout, and left five children:
Henry William Felix, _b._ 20 Sept. 1904; John R. J., _b._ 20
Dec. 1905; Benjamin, _b._ 19 April, 1912; Sydney, _b._ 14
Sept. 1915; and Ivy Ethel, _b._ 1 June, 1902.
[Illustration: =John William Curry.=]
=CURRY, LEON HALL=, Capt., 42nd Battn. (affiliated to the Black
Watch), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the Hon. Nathaniel
Curry, of Montreal, Canada, Senator, President of the Canadian Car
and Foundry Co., by his wife, Mary, dau. of David Hall; _b._
Amherst, Nova Scotia, 21 Oct. 1885; educ. Acadia University, Wolfville,
N.S., and was an official of the Canadian Car and Foundry Co. He had
received a commission as Lieut. in the 5th Royal Highlanders of Canada
(Militia), 2 Jan. 1913, and after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914,
volunteered and was gazetted Capt. 42nd Battn. in March, 1915. He
left Canada 10 June, 1915, crossed to France early in Oct., went into
the trenches with his company, 19 Oct. 1915, and was killed the same
night, with two brother officers, by the bursting of a trench mortar.
His Colonel wrote: “He was one of the most reliable and painstaking
officers, who by his intelligence and thoroughness could always be
depended upon to carry through successfully any duty that might be
given to him, we all realise we have lost a most valuable officer as
well as a true friend and lovable companion.” He was buried in the
English cemetery at Armentières, and a stone was erected by his brother
officers and company. He _m._ at Wimbledon, England, 9 July,
1913, Marion, dau. of John McKeen, Manager of the Bank of Nova Scotia,
Halifax, N.S., and had a son, _b._ 21 April, 1914, died in infancy.
[Illustration: =Leon Hall Curry.=]
=CURTIS, ROBERT HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3887), 183944, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=CURTIS ROY BARNETT=, Private, No. 6202, No. 2 Coy., 1st Battn.
(7th Fusiliers of London), 1st Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force,
1st _s._ of the late Richard John Curtis, of London, Ontario
(_d._ 1913), by his wife, Annie Maria (396, Ridout Street, London,
Ontario, Canada), dau. of the late Samuel Barnett, of Logan Township;
_b._ London, Ontario, 23 Feb. 1897; educ. St. George’s and Talbot
Street Schools there; volunteered for overseas service with the
Canadian Expeditionary Force on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; left
for England with the 1st Contingent in Oct.; trained on Salisbury Plain
during the winter; went to France in Feb.; was wounded at the Battle
of Ypres, 23 April, invalided and sent into hospital at Calais and
Boulogne, but returned to duty in two weeks, and was killed in action
at Givenchy, 15 June, 1915. A comrade wrote that they had taken the
second line of trenches, and that besides the fire from the Germans in
the third line trenches, some men were wounded by our own guns before
word could be sent to our gunners to correct their range. It was then
that Curtis was killed instantaneously by a wound just above the heart.
[Illustration: =Roy Barnett Curtis.=]
=CURTIS, WALTER=, P.O. (N.S.), 179917, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CURTIS, WALTER ARTHUR=, Private, No. 7676, 1st Battn. Suffolk
Regt., _s._ of Samuel Curtis, of 5, Pump Court, Lavenham, Suffolk,
by his wife, Alphence, dau. of James Simpson; _b._ Little
Waldingfield, co. Suffolk, 2 Oct. 1888; educ. Lavenham Council School;
enlisted in the Suffolks, 24 Feb. 1908, and was with his regt. in Egypt
when war broke out, and with it went to the Front in Jan. 1915. He was
killed in action at Neuve Chapelle 16 March following; _unm._
The commanding officer of his company wrote that he “was doing his
turn of duty in the trenches, and at 5.30 p.m. volunteered to go to a
spring near his trench and fetch some water. He obtained the water and
was on his way back when he was shot by a German sniper. Two of his
comrades--one of whom was wounded in the attempt--went out and brought
him back but it was seen at once that he was very dangerously wounded,
and he had been hit through both buttocks, just below the body, and he
died quite peacefully at 7 p.m. on the same day whilst being removed
to the dressing station on a stretcher. He was buried the next day in
a wood about one-and-a-half miles west of Ploegstraat, in Belgium;
_unm._ A wooden cross, with his regimental number, was erected
over his grave.”
[Illustration: =Walter Arthur Curtis.=]
=CUSACK, ERIC ATHANASIUS=, Private, No. 513, 4th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of the late James Holmes Cusack, of
Sydney and Melbourne, by his wife, Jessie Mabel (Toorak, Melbourne),
dau. of (--) Austin, and gdson. of Samuel Athanasius Cusack, of Merrion
Street, Dublin, M.D., F.R.C.S.; _b._ Sydney, 29 Jan. 1894; educ.
Melbourne Grammar School; enlisted in Aug. 1914; left Australia with
the 1st Division, and was killed in action in Gallipoli, 3 or 4 May,
1915; _unm._ A N.C.O. wrote: “He was killed in a reinforcing
action, for which his party was specially thanked by the General of a
British regt.”
[Illustration: =Eric Athanasius Cusack.=]
=CUSSELL, SIDNEY WILLIAM=, Blacksmith, 343850, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=CUTFIELD, HAROLD=, Trooper, No. 6006, 16th Lancers, 3rd _s._
of the late Arthur Cutfield, of Ross, M.R.C.S., L.S.A., B.Sc.;
_b._ Ross, co. Hereford, 3 May, 1895; educ. Eastman’s, Southsea,
and Cheltenham College; enlisted on the outbreak of war, Aug. 1914, and
was blown up with many others of his regt. in a trench near Ypres, 21
Feb. 1915.
=CUTHBERTSON, NORMAN WILLIAM=, Major, Reserve of Officers, late
Royal Highlanders, 4th _s._ of William Gilmour Cuthbertson, by
his wife, Jane Agnes, dau. of James Lister; _b._ at Shanghai,
21 Oct. 1861; educ. Trinity College, Glenalmond; entered the Army as
Lieut. Royal Highlanders, 9 Sept. 1882; and was promoted Capt. 7 Dec.
1888, and Major 13 July 1898; passed through the staff College 1894;
was Instructor Royal Military College, 25 Aug. 1897 to 21 Oct. 1899;
served in the Egyptian Campaign (medal and bronze star), and in the
South African War in the 2nd Battn. Royal Highlanders; took part in
the advance on Kimberley, including the action at Magersfontein, at
which he was severely wounded, and also those at Paardeberg, Poplar
Grove, Driefontein and Vet River, and afterwards served on the Staff
(mentioned in despatches, Queen’s medal with five clasps), retiring in
1901. On the outbreak of the European War he was appointed a General
Staff Officer (second grade), 5 Aug. 1914. He died in London, 12 Feb.
1915, while serving as a Staff Officer at Plymouth.
=CUTHBERTSON, THOMAS=, L.-Corpl., No. 1535, C (Belford) Coy.,
7th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of William
Cuthbertson, of Bamborough Castle Hotel, Sea Houses, Northumberland,
Trinity House Boatman and Pilot, by his wife, Marget; _b._
Bamborough Castle Hotel, 16 Sept. 1896; educ. Barnard Castle County
School; and on leaving there entered the service of the North Eastern
Banking Co., Ltd., and at the time war was declared was an assistant at
the Belford branch. He had joined the 7th Northumberland Fusiliers in
1913, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for Imperial service, and
went to France with his regt. in April, 1915. He was seriously wounded
at St. Jean, 1 June, 1915, and died in the 14th General Hospital at
Wimereux, Boulogne, 10 June following. He was buried in the cemetery
there; _unm._
[Illustration: =Thomas Cuthbertson.=]
=CUTLER, WILLIAM CHARLES=, E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 5100, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=DABNER, ROBERT=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 198199, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DADD, STEPHEN GABRIEL=, Leading Seaman, Z 544, Anson Battn.,
Royal Naval Division, yst. _s._ of Stephen Thomas Dadd, of 26,
Sunderland Road, Forest Hill, S.E., Artist, by his wife, Eva Elizabeth,
dau. of John Hilton; _b._ Lewisham, 17 May, 1894; educ. Aske
Hatcham School, New Cross, S.E., and received his art education at
the Goldsmiths’ College School of Art under Mr. Frederick Marriot,
Hon. A.R.C.A. (Lond.), A.R.E. He joined the Royal Naval Division on
7 Oct. 1914, after the outbreak of war, left with his battn. for the
Dardanelles on 17 May, his twenty-first birthday, and was killed in
action on 5 July, 1915; _unm._ Petty Officer William Arblaster,
writing on behalf of his comrades, said: “He was in my platoon and was
liked and respected by all, both by his seniors and by those he was
in charge of.... He was killed yesterday morning about 7 a.m., and
was quietly buried in the afternoon.” He early showed a preference
for the sculptor’s art, in which he made rapid progress, and in
1912, when under 18, exhibited his first work at the Royal Academy,
“Elfreda,” a bust of his sister; and in 1914 he was again represented
in the Academy, this time by an animal group, “True Foes Once Met
are Joined till Death.” This represented an Indian elephant with his
massive head and trunk crushing into the earth, as he kneels over
him--a tiger--who, in his last agony, with claws extended, tears vainly
at his huge antagonist. In the 1915 Royal Academy was the portrait
bust of “Winnie,” considered by many who are entitled to speak with
authority as showing high technical experience. Also in this year’s
Royal Academy (1916) he is represented by a group, “Lions and Prey,”
modelled by him three years ago. He made many studies of animals and
birds at the Zoological Gardens, in which he showed remarkable grasp
of form, movement and character. He was well known as a fine swimmer,
being a member of the Lewisham Swimming Club. He won, among other
races, the 100 yards junior championship of London (under 16 years) in
1910, the 1,000 yards championship river race of the Lewisham Swimming
Club in 1911–12, and on several occasions the old Askean quarter-mile
championship. He was, besides, a member of the Blackheath Harriers, and
was well known as a good cross-country runner.
[Illustration: =Stephen Gabriel Dadd.=]
=DADE, WILLIAM=, No. 10600, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
_s._ of Samuel Dade, of 5, St. James’ Street, Taunton; served with
the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; reported missing, 7 Oct. 1914,
and now assumed to have been killed in action on or about 14 Sept. 1914.
=DADSON, FREDERICK=, Driver, No. 2247, R.E., 4th _s._ of
Frederick Dadson, of Great Lodge, Tonbridge, Labourer, by his wife,
Mary, dau. of James Moore; _b._ Burgess Hill, Tonbridge; educ.
High Brooms Schools, Tunbridge Wells; was a driver for Tunbridge Wells
Corporation; enlisted 31 May, 1915, and was drowned in the transport
Hythe in the Aegean Sea, 28 Oct. 1915. He _m._ at Barning Church,
Maidstone, 3 Aug. 1912, Annie Norris, 2nd dau. of Edward Ernest
Fullagar, and had a dau.: Kathleen Ethel, _b._ 9 July, 1913.
=DADY, HENRY=, Private, No. 11544, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards;
_b._ co. Norfolk; served with the Expeditionary Force in France
and Flanders; killed in action at Cuinchy, 25 Jan. 1915. Buried 300
yards south of railway and 250 yards west of Cuinchy Churchyard, and
about 300 yards north-west of the Keep of the brickfields; _m._
=DAGLISH, THOMAS REUBEN=, P.O. (N.S.), 192439, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=DAINES, HORACE WILLIAM=, Yeoman, of Signals (N.S.), 190565,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DALE, FREDERICK EDWARD=, Private, No. 4021, 10th Battn.
(Liverpool Scottish) King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of
the late Thomas Dale, of 9, Ash Grove, Wavertree; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; died 11 March, 1915, aged
26. Buried at Lillebeck.
=DALE, HARRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2537), 193695, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=DALE, JAMES WILLIAM=, A.B., J. 1782, H.M.S. Arethusa; killed in
action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=DALE, JOHN CECIL=, Sergt., No. 46, Honourable Artillery Coy.,
elder _s._ of the late John Dale, of Chiswell Street, E.C., by
his wife, Harriet (107, West End Lane, West Hampstead); served with
the C.I.V.’s in the South African War, 1900; and with the Honourable
Artillery Coy. in the European War, 1914; killed in action at Kemmel,
Belgium, 26 Oct. 1914, being shot by a sniper; _m._
=DALE, WELLINGTON TREVELYAN=, Sub-Lieut., R.N.R., only _s._
of the late Wellington Dale, of Penzance, by his wife, the late Louisa
Harrison, dau. of the late Col. Harrington Astley Trevelyan, 7th
Hussars; _b._ Penzance, 24 Jan. 1888; trained on H.M.S. Conway,
and after a short period in a sailing vessel entered the service
of the P. & O. Co. He joined the Royal Naval Reserve, 4 Aug. 1906.
On the outbreak of war he was on the hospital ship Soudan; later
he was appointed to H.M.S. Excellent for a short gunnery course;
from there he received a submarine appointment, subsequently going
out to the Dardanelles, where he was appointed Beach Officer to
assist in the landing operations at Gallipoli. He was taken ill with
acute appendicitis while out there, and died in No. 17 Hospital at
Alexandria, 11 May, 1915. An extract from his commander’s letter said:
“He was always so very efficient and keen at his work, and an officer
and messmate of the sort we cannot afford to lose”; and a brother
officer wrote: “He was one who helped to make our days brighter and our
work lighter.” Lieut. Dale had the Royal Humane Society’s medal for
saving life. He _m._ at Wymondham, 10 Sept. 1912, Florence (Tobé)
(2, Meadow Road, Pinner), dau. of the late Harry Borras, and had a
dau., Gwen Trevelyan, _b._ 10 July, 1913.
[Illustration: =Wellington Trevelyan Dale.=]
=DALEY, HERBERT=, Ordinary Seaman, S.S. 4321, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=DALEY, MICHAEL=, Private, No. 7909, 1st Battn. Highland L.I.,
_s._ of Michael Daley, Ironworker (who served seven years with
the Colours and on the outbreak of war re-enlisted and is now (1916)
on active service), by his wife, Rose Ann (46b, Dalziel Street,
Motherwell), dau. of James Murphy, of Coatbridge; _b._ Coatbridge,
co. Lanark, 8 Feb. 1896; educ. Our Lady of Good Aid Roman Catholic
School there; enlisted 19 Feb. 1914; went to the Front in Nov. 1914,
and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle between 11 and 18 March,
1915.
[Illustration: =Michael Daley.=]
=DALEY, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 8025, att. 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 2nd _s._ of Michael Daley, who served for 21 years in
the Somerset L.I.; _b._ Accrington, co. Lancaster, 14 Dec. 1891;
educ. St. Peters R.C. School, Blackburn; enlisted 1 Sept. 1908; went to
France 1 Sept. 1914, and was killed in the trench at Givenchy, 5 April,
1915, by a bullet through the head. He _m._ at Windsor, 4 Aug.
1911, Elizabeth Annie, 2nd dau. of George Frederick Humphries, of Four
Oakes Common, co. Warwick, and had a son, Vincent, _b._ 3 March,
1914.
=DALGLISH, CHARLES ANTOINE DE GUERRY=, Capt., 1st Battn. The
Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), _s._ of the late James Campsie
Dalglish, of Wandara, Goulburn, New South Wales, by his wife, Marie
Sophie (now wife of W. Dalglish Bellasis, of Sundorne Castle,
Shrewsbury), dau. of the Marquis de Guerry de Lauret; _b._
Goulburn, N.S.W., 11 Feb. 1883; educ. Oratory School, Edgbaston;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Black Watch from the Militia, 5 Jan. 1901,
and promoted Lieut. 29 Oct. 1903, and Capt. 8 Jan. 1910; served in
the South African War, 1901–2, taking part in the operations in the
Transvaal, Dec. 1900, and in the Orange Free State, Dec. 1900 to 31
May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with four clasps); and with the Expeditionary
Force in France, Aug.-Sept. 1914; and died at Sablonnières, 9 Sept.
1914, of wounds received in action. He _m._ at The Oratory, South
Kensington, Caroline, dau. of George Hurdes Purves, of the Middle
Temple.
=DALLAS, ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 13994, 2nd Battn. The Royal
Scots, _s._ of William Dallas, by his wife, Mary, dau. of (--)
Livingstone; _b._ Glasgow, 14 Feb. 1871; educ. Milton Street
Public School there; enlisted 2 Sept. 1914, and was killed in France,
18 June, 1915, while on sentry duty. He _m._ at Glasgow, 12
July, 1895, Elizabeth (384, Dobbies Loan, Glasgow), dau. of Thomas
Williamson, and had five children: Alexander, _b._ 13 Jan.
1899; Thomas, _b._ 24 Feb. 1905; Mary, _b._ 25 Feb. 1902;
Christina, _b._ 24 Feb. 1905; and Elizabeth, _b._ 13 Feb.
1913.
=DALLY, WILLIAM HENRY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 17408. H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=DALMAHOY, JOHN FRANCIS CECIL=, Capt., 40th Pathans, Indian
Army, yr. _s._ of Major-Gen. Patrick Carfrae Dalmahoy, Indian
Army, of 13, Buckingham Terrace, Edinburgh, by his wife, Emily, dau.
of Edward Michael Wylly, Bengal Civil Service; _b._ Allahabad,
India, 25 Feb. 1881; educ Edinburgh Academy and Royal Military College,
Sandhurst; joined the Indian Army, 8 Jan. 1901; promoted Lieut. 4 Aug.
1903, and Capt. 8 Jan. 1910; was attached for one year to the King’s
Royal Rifles at Rawal Pindi, then for a short time was with the 18th
Bengal Lancers, being afterwards posted to the 40th Pathans in 1902,
with which last named regt. he served in the Tibet campaign of 1904,
taking prominent part in several engagements, including the action of
Niani, the operations at Gyantse, and in the march to Lhassa, for which
he received the medal with clasp. He again saw service in 1908 in the
Mohmand campaign on the North-West Frontier of India, in the Khyber
Pass, his coolness under fire being commented upon by his commanding
officer (medal with clasp). On the outbreak of the European War his
regt., which was at Hong Kong, was despatched to France, landing
there on 1 April, 1915, its first action being the Battle north of
Ypres, 26 April, 1915, when nearly all the officers were killed or
wounded, including Capt. Dalmahoy, who lost his life while leading
his double company to the attack. Although wounded in six places and
advised to go back, he refused to do so, but continued to lead his
men till he fell under machine-gun fire. His noble death is spoken of
with admiration by the officers and men of the regt. and by others.
“Eye-Witness.” in his report of the battle published in the “Times” of
6 May, 1915, speaks of the gallantry of a Pathan battn. Capt. Dalmahoy
is specially mentioned in a letter published in “The Times” of 7 May,
also by Mr. John Buchan in the account of the battle given in “The
Times” of 13 July, and also in the seventh volume of his “History of
the War.” Capt. Dalmahoy _m._ at St. Andrew’s, Fife, 19 Sept.
1911, Violet Cecily, dau. of the Rev. R. Arthur Hull; _s.p._
[Illustration: =John F. C. Dalmahoy.=]
=DALTON, WILLIAM HENRY=, Trooper, No. 7/185, C Coy., 10th Regt.
(Canterbury Mounted Rifles) New Zealand Expeditionary Force, eldest
_s._ of William Henry Dalton, Farmer (died 9 Oct. 1915), by his
wife, Annie (Canvastown, Marlborough, New Zealand), dau. of James
Twidle; _b._ Canvastown, Marlborough, New Zealand, 3 May, 1885;
educ. Canvastown School. He was a member of the Canvastown Defence
Club and had been Capt. for the last three years, and on the outbreak
of war volunteered for Imperial Service; joined the Canterbury Mounted
Rifles, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 19 May, 1915. His
commanding officer wrote: “On the 19th, my troop was holding an outpost
position Nelson Hill, we were under a heavy rifle fire, which we were
returning to the best of our ability, when your son was instantaneously
killed by a bullet. Your son was one of the most trustworthy men in the
troop, and at the time of his death was taking part very gallantly in
the defence of our post.”
[Illustration: =William H. Dalton.=]
=DALY, FRANCIS=, Corpl., No. 16949, 10th (Service) Battn. Highland
L.I., _s._ of Patrick Daly, of Level Crossing, Carbury, co.
Kildare, by his wife, Mary Bridget, dau. of Thomas Williams; _b._
Carbury, 13 Dec. 1891; educ. Derenturn National School, and was a post
boy; enlisted 15 Aug. 1914, and was killed at the Battle of Loos, 25
Sept. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Francis Daly.=]
=DAMES, JAMES WILLIAM, D.C.M.=, Sergt.-Major, No. 1315, Princess
Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, 2nd _s._ of John Joseph Dames,
of London, England, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of James Raysbrook;
_b._ London, 20 Nov. 1871; and enlisted in the Sherwood Foresters
(Notts and Derby Regt.) in 1885 at the age of 14. In 1897 he was
sent to India as Sergeant in charge of a draft for the 2nd Battn.,
and took part in the Tirah Campaign, receiving the medal. He was at
Malta on the way back to England when the Boer War broke out, and at
once volunteered for active service; went to South Africa with the
Malta Mounted Infantry and served through that campaign. He was twice
wounded and was three times mentioned in Dispatches, being awarded the
Distinguished Conduct Medal and the Queen’s Medal with 3 bars. He was
invalided home in 1901, and after being employed as a clerk at the
War Office for eight years, went to Canada and settled at Derby town,
Alberta. On the outbreak of the European War he again volunteered for
active service and enlisted in Princess Patricia’s L.I.; came over with
the 1st Canadian Contingent; went to France Dec. 1914, and was killed
in action at Bellewaarde Lake, near Ypres, 8 May, 1915. Sergt.-Major
Dames _m._ at St. George’s Church, Stonehouse, Plymouth, 26 July,
1897, Florence (Derbytown, Mound P. O., Alberta, Canada), yst. dau. of
the late John Coneybeer, of Ivybridge, co. Devon, and had two sons:
Frank Coneybeer, _b._ 15 Sept. 1899; and Harold Victor, _b._
28 Sept. 1902.
[Illustration: =James W. Dames.=]
=DANIEL, ALFRED AUSTEN=, Private, No. 35, 5th Battn. (London Rifle
Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Herbert Daniel of
50, Tunnel Avenue, East Greenwich, S.E., by his wife, Clara Matilda,
dau. of William Austen, H.M. Customs; _b._ Rotherhithe, co.
Surrey, 18 Nov. 1894; educ. Aske School, Hatcham, and matriculated
at London University with second class honours in July, 1912. At the
time war broke out he was with the Star Assurance Society; enlisted
in the London Rifle Brigade with his two brothers, 6 Aug. 1914, the
day following the declaration of war. He went with the battn. to
France in Nov., and while doing fatigue duty was dangerously wounded
on the evening of 24 Jan. 1915, and died fourteen hours later, on the
25th. His company officer wrote: “He was at all times a most willing
and cheerful worker, a splendid example to others, and he will be
much missed by all in the platoon, and by me as commander”; and a
comrade: “He died as all soldiers would wish to die--on duty--and by
that glorious death he has done all that a brave man could do for his
country.” A memorial, in the form of a copy in oils of the famous
picture “The Great Sacrifice,” was placed in St. John’s Church, Isle of
Dogs. E., of which church he was a Server, by the parishioners. At Aske
School he was a prefect, played for the Champion House cricket team,
1910–11, in the school football second eleven, 1911–12, and in the
Champion House football team, 1911–12. He was the first Askean to fall
in the war.
[Illustration: =Alfred Austen Daniel.=]
=DANIELS, ERNEST=, Private, No. G. 2468, 12th (Service) Battn.
Middlesex Regt., _s._ of William Daniels, of 5, Cardiff Road,
Watford; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
action, 5 May, 1915.
=DANIELS, JAMES=, A.B., J. 1544, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DANIELS, JOHN=, S.P.O., 286387, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action
off Coronel, on the coast of Chilli, 1 Nov. 1914.
=DANIELS, JOHN ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14505, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DANN, DAVID GEORGE=, Private, No. 2249, 6th Battn. Royal
Fusiliers, _s._ of the late David George Dann, Postman, by his
wife, Annie (now wife of George Alfred Ernest Thorp, of 5, Boundary
Road, Notting Hill, now serving with the 6th Royal Fusiliers), dau.
of Henry George, Goldsmith; _b._ West Kensington, 8 April, 1897;
educ. St. Paul’s Church School, Hammersmith, and Saunders Road School,
Notting Hill; enlisted in the 6th Battn. Royal Fusiliers in Sept. 1913;
served with his regt. in France and Flanders, and was killed in action
at Hill 60, 17 April, 1915; _unm._ A half-brother of his (James
Baseley Goldsmith) is now (1916) on active service on H.M.S. Juno, and
two of his maternal uncles, B. H. Goldsmith and I. M. Goldsmith, were
killed in action, the first being lost in the Aboukir, 22 Sept. 1914,
and the second dying of wounds in France, 25 April, 1915.
[Illustration: =David George Dann.=]
=DANN, FRANCIS JOSEPH=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 628), late
Ch./11623, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914; _m._
=DARBY, MAURICE ALFRED ALEXANDER=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Grenadier
Guards, only _s._ of Alfred Edmund William Darby, of Adcote and
Coalbrookdale, co. Salop, J.P., D.L., by his wife, Frederica Louisa
Juliana, dau. of the late Col. Sir Frederick Arthur, 2nd Bart. [by his
wife, Lady Elizabeth, née Hay, dau. of Thomas Robert, 10th Earl of
Kinnoull]; _b._ London, 6 May, 1894; educ. Eton and Royal Military
College, Sandhurst; joined the Grenadier Guards on 24 Jan. 1914, and
obtained his Lieutenancy on 15 Nov. 1914. He went to France in Oct.
1914, with the 7th Division of the Expeditionary Force, served in the
trenches throughout the winter of 1914–15, and was killed in action
near Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915; _unm._ His body was brought
home and interred in Little Ness Churchyard, near Adcote. Lieut. Darby
was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan.
1915. He was a keen cricketer and fond of sports generally, and was a
great-great-great-grandson of the famous Quaker ironfounder, Abraham
Darby, whose firm invented the process of taking castings and built the
first iron bridge.
[Illustration: =Maurice A. A. Darby.=]
=DARCHE, AUGUST RAOUL=, Capt., 4th Battn., Canadian Expeditionary
Force, _s._ of Edouard René Darche, of Danville, Province of
Quebec, Canada, M.D., by his wife, Hermine, dau. of Pierre Dansereau;
_b._ Danville, Province of Quebec, 16 April, 1882; educ. St.
Hyacinth Seminary; was Mercantile Agent for R. G. Dun & Co., Montreal;
joined the 64th Chateauguay and Beauharnois (Canadian Militia) Regt. in
1909, and became Capt. in 1910; volunteered for Imperial Service on the
outbreak of war and was appointed Capt. of the Record Office at Lark
Hill; left for England with the first contingent, 30 Sept. 1914; went
to France, 6 April, 1915, and was promoted Capt. the same day; took
part in the first Battle of Ypres, where he was the only officer of his
Battn. who came through untouched; was wounded in action at the Battle
of Festubert, 27 May, 1915, and died in hospital at Lillers the next
day, from shock following the amputation of his leg. Buried in Lillers
Cemetery, Pas de Calais (Grave No. 45. R4). He _m._ at Montreal,
8 Sept. 1904, Athala (1693, Rue Clarke, Montreal), now auxiliary of
the Canadian Patriotic Fund, dau. of the late Adolphe Lafond, of
Warwick, Province of Quebec, Merchant, and had three children: Maurice,
_b._ 16 March, 1907; Philippe, _b._ 11 May, 1911; and Cecile,
_b._ 7 July, 1905.
[Illustration: =August Raoul Darche.=]
=DARLEY, ARTHUR TUDOR=, Commander, R.N., H.M.S. Good Hope,
elder _s._ of Wellington Darley, of Violet Hill, Bray, co.
Wicklow, by his wife, Anna Frances, dau. of Richard Tudor; _b._
Glensouthwell, Rathfarnham, co. Dublin, 29 Aug. 1876; educ. at Cheam
and at Stubbington House, Fareham, Hants; joined the Britannia in 1890,
passing in seventh out of 57 candidates. He was promoted Midshipman,
15 March, 1893; Sub-Lieut. 15 Sept. 1896; Lieut. 15 Dec. 1898; and
Commander, 31 Dec. 1909. In Jan. 1910, he was appointed Flag-Commander
to Admiral Winsloe, Commander-in-Chief on the China Station, and in
June, 1912, was one of the first 15 Commanders selected for special
appointment to the newly-formed War St.... In March, 1914, he was
temporarily appointed to H.M.S. Good Hope, while waiting to take up an
appointment to the Flagship of the China Squadron, and was killed in
the naval action off Coronel on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. He
_m._ at Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin, 10 Nov. 1910, Charlotte
Sinclair (Wraysbury House, Emsworth, Hants), eldest dau. of Major-Gen.
Edward Sinclair May, C.B., C.M.G., commanding the Lucknow Division,
India, and left a son and a dau.: Arthur Tudor, _b._ (posthumous),
5 Dec. 1914, and Evelyn Elizabeth, _b._ 25 Oct. 1911.
[Illustration: =Arthur Tudor Darley.=]
=DARNELL, WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 22653, 4th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force; served in France; killed in action, 29 Dec. 1915.
=DARNELL, WILLIAM HENRY=, Stoker, 2nd Class, S.S. 114438, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=DARNILL, WILLIAM ALFRED=, Private, No. 8/358, 8th Southland
Regt., Otago Infantry, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of
the late Francis William Darnill, of 218, Crinan Street, Invercargill,
Southland, New Zealand, formerly of Richmond, co. Surrey, by his wife,
Jane, dau. of Thomson McNatty; _b._ Otatara Bush, Southland, New
Zealand, 25 March, 1882; educ. Otatara School; volunteered on the
outbreak of war and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force about 10
Aug. 1914, left for Egypt in Oct., and died of wounds, 25 April, 1915,
received in the landing at the Dardanelles; _unm._
[Illustration: =William A. Darnill.=]
=DARROCH, ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 2866, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
killed in action near Kemmel, 21 April, 1915.
=DART, GEORGE WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2788), 214135, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=DARTON, HENRY THEODORE=, Corpl., No. 929, 1st Battn. Australian
Imperial Force; killed in action at the Dardanelles, 17 May, 1915.
=DARTY, EDWARD=, Private, No. G. 63, 3rd Battn. Middlesex Regt.;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died 20 April,
1915, of wounds received in action; _m._
=DARVILL, PERCY HENRY=, Leading Seaman, 184384, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DARWIN, ERASMUS=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. Alexandra, Princess of
Wales’ Own Yorkshire Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Horace Darwin,
F.R.S., Chairman of Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co., by his wife,
the Hon. Emma Cecilla (Ida) née Farrer, only dau. of Thomas Henry, 1st
Lord Farrer, and grandson of Charles Darwin; _b._ Cambridge, 7
Dec. 1881; educ. at Horris Hill and Marlborough (Cotton House), and
gained an exhibition for mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge. He
went up to Trinity in Oct. 1901, and took the Mathematical Tripos in
his second year, being placed among the Senior Optimes. Afterwards he
took the Mechanical Sciences Tripos, and was placed in the second class
in 1905. On leaving Cambridge, he went through the shops at Messrs.
Mather and Platt’s at Manchester. After this he worked for some little
while with the Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co., of which he was a
director, and then became assistant secretary of Bolckow, Vaughan and
Co., Ltd., at Middlesbrough. Here he stayed for seven years, and at
the outbreak of war occupied the position of secretary to the company.
As soon as war broke out he decided to join the army and on 12 Sept.
1914, was gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the 4th (Territorial) Battn. of the
Yorkshires, which after training at Darlington and Newcastle crossed
to France, as part of the Northumbrian Division, on 17 April, 1915,
and was within a week called upon to take part in the second battle
of Ypres. Here these Territorial troops fresh from home and tried at
the very outset almost as highly as men could be tried, behaved with
a steadiness and coolness which gained for them the congratulations
of the Generals commanding respectively their Division and their Army
Corps. Early in the afternoon of 24 April the Battn. was ordered to
attack the village of Fortuin, close to St. Julien where the Germans
had broken through. This attack they successfully carried out in the
face of terrific shell fire, before being ordered to retire at dusk. By
driving the enemy back a mile or more they had attained their object
which was to prevent a breach in the line; and they had made good their
front with the Canadians and Royal Irish on their right. It was during
this advance that Darwin fell, killed instantaneously. His Commanding
officer, Colonel Bell, wrote of him: “Loyalty, courage, and devotion
to duty--he had them all.... He died in an attack which gained many
compliments to the Battn. He was right in front. It was a man’s death.”
Corpl. Wearmouth, who was in his platoon, wrote: “I am a section leader
in his platoon, and when we got the order to advance he proved himself
a hero. He nursed us men; in fact, the comment was, ‘You would say we
were on a field-day.’ We had got to within twenty yards of our halting
place when he turned to our platoon to say something. As he turned he
fell, and I am sure he never spoke. As soon as I could I went to him
but he was beyond human aid. Our platoon sadly miss him, as he could
not do enough for us, and we are all extremely sorry for you in your
great loss”; and Private Wood wrote to a friend in Middlesbrough: “I
expect you would know poor Mr. Darwin.... I was in his platoon, and
I can tell you he died a hero. He led us absolutely regardless of
the bullets from the German Maxim guns and snipers that whistled all
round him.” Just before he left England, when his Battn. was under
orders for the Front, he was summoned to the War Office and offered a
Staff appointment at home in connection with munitions of war. This
would have given great scope to his capabilities. “It would have been
interesting and important work,” he wrote, “but, of course, there are
plenty of older men who can do it just as well as I can.” He felt that
at that moment his place should be with his regt., and made, in the
words of one present at the interview, a “fine appeal” to be allowed to
go with his men. It was granted, and he went gladly and with no looking
back. The Times (30 April, 1915) said of him: “Erasmus Darwin would, if
he had lived, have added fresh distinction to the name of his family in
a walk of life in which it has never before figured. Between Cambridge
and a great iron works in the North there is something of a gulf fixed
and one who knew Darwin only in his Cambridge home cannot say anything
more than that all those who met him in business conceived a very high
opinion of his grasp of his subject, his acuteness and administrative
ability. It was, indeed, impossible to know him without realising that
he combined with intellectual ability a calm, sound, and practical
judgment, and a general capacity for doing things well and thoroughly.
He had, too, what must have been invaluable to him in his work, a most
genuine sympathy with and affection for working men, and this quality,
which, amongst so many other things, had made him love his work at
Middlesbrough, gave him intense pleasure when soldiering came to him
as a wholly new and unlooked-for experience. He delighted in the men,
and especially in long expeditions across the moors with his scouts.
There is one more quality as to which all his friends would agree,
namely, a conscientiousness that was eminently sane and wide-minded and
completely unswerving. No one in the world was more certain to do what
he believed to be right.”
[Illustration: =Erasmus Darwin.=]
=DASH, FREDERICK JOHN=, Officer’s Cook, 1st Class, 363215
(Ports.), H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine,
about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=DASHWOOD, FRANK LEOPOLD=, L.-Corpl., No. 241, D Coy., 10th Battn.
Australian Imperial Force, first and only surviving _s._ of the
late Leopold Dashwood, of 180, Dereham Road, Norwich, Commercial
Traveller, by his wife, Lottie, dau. of the late William Worts, of
North Walsham; _b._ Norwich, 9 Feb. 1882; educ. Cambridge House
and Higher Grade Schools, Norwich; joined the Royal Garrison Artillery
in 1901 during the South African war, and served eight years with the
Colours and four in the Reserve. He emigrated to Australia in 1911, and
on the outbreak of the war joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force,
12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 26 April,
1915; _unm._ His Capt. wrote: “He was a very fine soldier indeed,
stood out from some others as a particularly smart example. It was not
until we had been some time in Egypt that he would accept promotion,
otherwise he would have been much higher in rank than he was. There is
no question he was popular with the men in his section.”
[Illustration: =Frank Leopold Dashwood.=]
=DAUN, EDWARD CHARLES=, Lieut. and Assistant Adjutant, 2nd Battn.
Royal Sussex Regt., 2nd Infantry Brigade, only _s._ of Charles
James Daun, by his wife, Ada Margaret, dau. of Lieut.-Gen. Edward
Arthur Williams, C.B., Colonel Commandant R.A., and great-grandson of
Col. Henry Williams, R.A., who served at Waterloo; _b._ Streatham,
Surrey, 15 June, 1885; educ. Sunningdale School and Harrow; joined
the 3rd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt. 27 Feb. 1904; gazetted 2nd Lieut.
in the 2nd Battn. 29 Nov. 1905, and promoted Lieut. 10 Nov. 1909. On
the outbreak of war he left Woking for the Front, 12 Aug. 1914; was
present in the fighting at, and retreat from, Mons, and was killed
near Troyon at the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914; _unm._ A
comrade wrote: “We were in the same company. I was unfortunately sent
home with an injured leg, but last saw your son on 4 Sept. At that time
he was in splendid health and in such good spirits. He was a splendid
officer, and worked night and day for the good of his regt. and his
company, and had a great future before him. He was to have been our
next Adjutant, and will be a great loss to the regt.” The Colonel,
senior Major and Adjutant all fell the same day. Lieut. Daun was a
fine rifle shot, and won the Officers’ Cup at the Aldershot Command
Meeting in 1912 and 1913, and was second in 1914. Of his uncles,
Lieut.-Col. H. F. Williams, Royal Munster Fusiliers, and Lieut.-Col.
E. G. Williams, C.M.G., commanding 1st Battn. Devonshire Regt., are
at the Front; and Capt. A. L. Williams, Royal Scots (died 24 May,
1906) served with the Bechuanaland Expedition, 1884–85; while of his
great-uncles, Lieut.-Gen. Sir H. F. Williams, K.C.B., 60th Rifles,
served through the Mutiny and Lieut.-Col. the Hon. H. R. Handcock, 97th
Regt., was killed at the storming of the Redan in the Crimean war; and
his great-great-uncle, Admiral Sir William Pierson, K.C.B., was wounded
as a Midshipman in the Belleisle at Trafalgar.
[Illustration: =Edward Charles Daun.=]
=DAVEY, ARTHUR JOHN=, Private, No. 11483, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Richard Soper Davey, of Broadway, Woodbury,
Exeter, by his wife, Emily, dau. of Samuel Litton; _b._ Woodbury,
co. Devon, 23 May, 1897; educ. Woodbury Council School; enlisted
31 Aug. 1914; went to France, 11 Dec., and was killed in action at
Givenchy, 22 Dec. 1914; _unm._
=DAVEY, WILLIAM ALFRED GEORGE=, Rifleman, No. 2080, 1/18th
Battn. (London Irish) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of James
Best Davey, Sergt. 15th Middlesex Regt., by his wife, Sarah Elizabeth
(42, Pretoria Avenue, Walthamstow), dau. of William Thomas Warner;
_b._ Willesden, 18 May, 1894; was a student at the International
Correspondence Schools, Kingsway, and had been employed for many years
on the clerical staff of the Stores Department of the London County
Council. After the outbreak of war he joined the London Irish on 31
Aug. 1914; went to the Front, 9 March, 1915, and was killed in action
at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; _unm._ He was in the first
line of German trenches binding up wounds sustained by a comrade, when
he must have been observed by a German sniper, for, as he was advancing
towards the second line of trenches, he was shot in the head by a
rifle bullet. Lieut. G. M. Slattery wrote: “The Capt. of your son’s
company was struck by a shell, and your son was seen at once to make
for him. On his way he was struck in the head and killed. He was a good
lad and liked by everybody, and the action which led to his death was
characteristic of him. He never seemed to trouble about himself, but
was always the first to help others.” He was buried in a village just
outside Loos.
[Illustration: =William Alfred G. Davey.=]
=DAVID, CHARLIE=, Stoker, 1st Class, 311578, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=DAVID, JAMES STANLEY=, L.-Corpl., No. 30737, 1st Battn. Welsh
Regt., _s._ of Walter David, of Uplands, Swansea; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, being buried in
a trench on the night of 3 Aug. 1915, aged 23; _unm._
=DAVIDSON, ALEXANDER BISSETT=, Private, No. 16166, 2nd Battn.
(Queen’s Own) Cameron Highlanders, _s._ of James Brown Davidson,
of 15, High Street, Portobello, near Edinburgh, an employee on the
N.B. Ry., by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Alexander Bissett; _b._
Portobello, 12 Jan. 1891; educ. Tower Bank Public School there;
enlisted 7 Dec. 1914; and was killed in action at the Battle of Hill
60, 29 April, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Alexander B. Davidson.=]
=DAVIDSON, ALEXANDER MURRAY STUART=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6689),
185747, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=DAVIDSON, DUNCAN HAMLYN=, Capt., 1st Battn. Seaforth Highlanders,
eldest _s._ of Duncan Davidson, of Inchmarlo, co. Kincardine,
J.P., D.L., by his wife, Flora Frances (died 6 Jan. 1884), eldest dau.
of sir Francis Burdett, of Foremark, 7th Bart.; _b._ Inchmarlo,
28 March, 1877, and was educated at Harrow. He served some time with
the 3rd Gordon Militia, and during the South African War obtained (21
April, 1900) through King Edward a commission as 2nd Lieut, in the
Seaforth Highlanders, although he was over the age, and was promoted
Lieut. 19 April, 1902, and Capt. 25 March, 1911. He afterwards served
with his regt. in Egypt and India, and was Adjutant to the 4th
(Territorial) Battn. of the Seaforths from 1909 to 1913. Capt. Davidson
was stationed at Agra when the European War broke out, and he went
with his regt. to France, arriving there in Oct. 1914. He was severely
wounded at Festubert, 17 Dec. 1914, and was invalided home. He returned
to his own battn. on 28 March, and fell at Neuve Chapelle on 9 May
1915, while commanding the first company in the attack on the German
trenches. His colonel wrote: “He was twice wounded in the advance, but
still went on until he finally fell still leading his company. He was
a good officer and a great favourite, and was much loved by officers
and men. We miss him very much. He was a gallant fellow”; and again:
“It was he who led us in everything, no matter what; and Ritchie told
me it was Hamlyn who reached the German trenches in the fore front as
usual. The 1st Battn. have lost their bravest and most gallant officer,
and his brother officers their dearest pal. Both battns. have suffered
so heavily, and how you have felt for us, I know, and I and others of
the two battns. who knew and loved your son so well, grieve with you in
your great loss. A brother officer tells me that the moment he crossed
the parapet they came under heavy machine gun fire. He was hit, got
up again, hit again; and again up at the head of what remained of his
company. Then he was hit again and fell near the German trenches, and
he could not or would not retire.” His younger brother, Capt. L. E. O.
Davidson, R.F.A., Adjutant of the 55th Brigade, received the D.S.O. for
gallant conduct on 16 Sept. 1914.
[Illustration: =Duncan Hamlyn Davidson.=]
=DAVIDSON, JAMES=, Private, No. 9720, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards; _b._
Bothwell Belshill, co. Lanark; enlisted 4 Sept., 1914; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 23 July, 1915.
He _m._ at Blantyre, 14 Dec. 1907, Mary (34, Hale Street, Blantyre),
dau. of (--) Kelly, and had four daus.: Mary, _b._ 4 Dec. 1908; Annie,
_b._ 23 May, 1910; Catherine, _b._ 23 Aug. 1912, and Agnes, _b._ 25
Sept. 1914.
=DAVIDSON, JOHN HENRY=, Coy. Sergt.-Major, No. 125, 9th Battn.
Durham L.I. (T.F.), _s._ of Robert Davidson, of 75, Thomas
Terrace, Blaydon-on-Tyne, Foreman on the N.E.R. Co., by his wife.
Ellen; _b._ Hexham, co. Northumberland, 17 March, 1885; educ.
Blaydon Council School; enlisted in the 5th Vol. (now the 9th
Territorial) Battn. D.C.L.I.; volunteered for Imperial service on the
outbreak of war; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and
Flanders, and greatly distinguished himself on Whit Monday, at the
Second Battle of Ypres, when he carried four men who were gassed to
a place of safety; was for this promoted Coy. Sergt.-Major, and was
killed in action, 22 June, 1915, being shot by a sniper; _unm._
Buried at Kemmel. His commanding officer, Lieut.-Col. Henderson spoke
of him as a splendid soldier.
=DAVIDSON, WILLIAM=, Chief Petty Officer (N.S.), 156472, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DAVIDSON, WILLIAM LESLIE=, C.B., J.P., Col. on the Staff, R.A., 2nd
_s._ of the late Patrick Davidson, of Inchmarlo, co. Kincardine,
LL.D., J.P., D.L., by his wife, Mary Anne, eldest dau. of William
Leslie, 10th Laird of Warthill, co. Aberdeen; _b._ Aberdeen, 31
Jan. 1850; educ. the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (passing in
twenty-seventh and out twenty-seventh), and entered the Army as Lieut.
7 July, 1869; was promoted Capt., 24 Jan. 1880; Major, 7 June, 1885;
Lieut.-Col., 25 June, 1896; and Col., 23 Jan. 1900. He was for some
time A.D.C. to the Commander-in-Chief in India, and subsequently to
the Governor of Gibraltar; served through the Zulu Campaign (wounded
at Ulundi--mentioned in Despatches, medal with clasps), 1879. Had
charge of Cetewayo for some time in Cape Town. Took part in the
Afghan War (medal), 1880. Served in the South African War, 1899–1900;
commanded the R.H.A. on the forced march to the Relief of Kimberley;
was present at Paardeburg, Poplar Grove, Driefontein and Karee Siding,
and afterwards commanded the town defences of Bloemfontein (twice
mentioned in Despatches, Queen’s medal with four clasps and C.B.). He
retired in 1907, and in 1913 was appointed Gentleman Usher to the King.
On the outbreak of the European War, in Aug. 1914, although 63 years
of age, he immediately volunteered for active service and was sent
to command No. 4 General Base Depôt at Rouen. There he fell a victim
to over-exertion and died on active service, 3 Aug. 1915, from heart
failure. He was buried with full military honours in the portion of
the cemetery at Rouen reserved for British officers. A brother officer
wrote: “He died when in the fulfilment of a duty to his country,
towards which he devoted a life-time full of energy and heartiness. I
felt sure that with his keen and vigorous sense of duty he would spare
no pains to try and take his share of work in the Nation’s task.”
Another: “A soldier to the backbone, he leaves a very fine record.” One
from Rouen: “He was such a favourite amongst us all that we all feel
the loss of a dear friend.” A naval officer: “He has given everything
and laid down his life for the country like many another gallant
gentleman.” A relation from France: “I can’t be thankful enough for
those two afternoons that I saw him over this side, nor will I ever
forget him, as I looked back, standing there in the sun, his hand
raised in farewell, laughing with pure joy of life and the summer
day. He was so smart and upright, with his rows of decorations, as he
stood beside his pony, a British officer on active service. And he was
so kind to everyone, all there seemed to be his friends and to want
a word from him as they passed.” He _m._ at the Oratory, Brompton, 1
Feb. 1887, Lady Theodora, née Keppel, eldest surviving dau. of William
Coutts, 7th Earl of Albemarle, and had two sons and four daus.: Donald
Alastair Leslie, Lieut. Royal Flying Corps, formerly a Page of Honour
to His Majesty King Edward VII, now (1916) on active service with the
British Expeditionary Force, returned home severely wounded, _b._ 6
Oct. 1891; Colin Keppel, Lieut. R A., now (1916) on active service,
_b._ 1 Sept. 1895; Doris, _b._ May, 1888 and _d._ 14 Oct. 1888; Hilary,
_b._ 13 April, 1889; Vera Marian, _b._ 6 Aug. 1893, _m._ 17 Dec. 1914,
Aylmer Probyn Maude, Lieut. Rifle Brigade; and Lena Theodora, _b._ 14
Sept. 1894. His nephew, Capt. D. H. Davidson, younger, of Inchmarlo,
was also killed in action (see his notice).
[Illustration: =W. L. Davidson, C.B.=]
=DAVIES, ALBERT=, Private, R.M.L.I. (Ports.), 16080, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=DAVIES, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 9579, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards,
eldest _s._ of Thomas Davies, of Poole Hills, Nantwich, Cheshire,
by his wife, Annie, dau. of Henry Halfpenny; _b._ Burslem, co.
Stafford, 22 Feb. 1894; educ. Acton School, near Nantwich; enlisted 24
April, 1912; went to the Front with the Expeditionary Force, 13 Aug.
1914; was wounded in Sept. but rejoined; took part, with his company,
in the assault on the German trenches on 4 Oct., for which Corpl.
Russell was elected by vote to receive the D.C.M., and was mortally
wounded at the First Battle of Ypres, and died in No. 13 Clearing
Hospital at Vlamertinghe, Belgium, 7 Nov. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Arthur Davies.=]
=DAVIES, CHARLES=, Sick Berth Steward, 350753, H.M.S. Cressy; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DAVIES, FREDERICK ERNEST=, Corpl., R.M.L.I. 15356 (R.F.R., B.
1855), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DAVIES, GEORGE=, Stoker 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9247), S.S.
106467, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DAVIES, GEORGE ROLAND=, Gunner, No. 80826, R.F.A., _s._
of (--) Davies, of Moss Bank, 27, Richmond Road, Ashton-under-Lyne;
_b._ 1893; was a clerk; volunteered and enlisted 8 March, 1915;
was drafted to Newcastle-on-Tyne, and died in the Armstrong College
Military Hospital there, 27 April following, from pneumonia, contracted
while training; _unm._
=DAVIES, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Private, No. 8150, 2nd Battn. King’s Own
Yorkshire L.I., _s._ of the late John Davies, by his wife, Mary,
dau. of John Bright; _b._ Hansley, near Nottingham, 11 March,
1885; educ. Nottingham; enlisted 3 March, 1901, served three years with
the Colours and eight with the Reserves, and was with the Militia in
South Africa (medal). He was afterwards employed at Orgreaves Colliery,
Truton, near Rotherham, but was called up on mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914.
Went to the Front, 18 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at La Bassée,
27 Oct. 1914. He _m._ at St. Mary’s Church, Sculcoates, Hull, 7
Oct. 1911, Lily (83, Stepney Lane, Beverley Road, Hull), dau. of John
Brown, and had two children: George, _b._ 1 March, 1914; and Mary,
_b._ 22 May, 1912.
[Illustration: =George William Davies.=]
=DAVIES, HAROLD=, Private, No. 10744, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of William Davies, of Sandy Lane, Middlestown,
Wakefield; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
reported missing between 29 Oct. and 2 Nov. 1914.
=DAVIES, ISAAC=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7028), S.S. 101591,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=DAVIES, JAMES=, Private, No. 15761, A Coy., 9th Battn, the
Welsh Regt., _s._ of Isaac Davies, of Old Royal Oak Saw mills,
Pumpsaint, co. Carmarthen, Builder; by his wife Letitia, dau. of David
Lewis of Llanybyther; _b._ Pumpsaint, afsd., 10 Dec. 1896; educ.
Llandovery Intermediate School; was a joiner; enlisted after the
outbreak of War, 25 Sept. 1914; went to France, 19 July, 1915, and died
in the hospital at Etaples, 29 Sept. 1915, of wounds received in action
near Loos, four days previously. He was buried in the English Military
Cemetery, Etaples (Grave D. 30); _unm._
=DAVIES, JOHN ROBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5466), 178192, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DAVIES, RICHARD=, L.-Corpl. No. 8557, 1st Battn. Dorsetshire
Regt., eldest _s._ of John Aubrey Davies, Colliery Manager, by his
wife, Rachel, dau. of William Thomas, of the Brecon Arms, Penderyn;
_b._ Abercanaid, Merthyr Tydfil, 2 Aug. 1878; educ. in United
States and Penderyn, co. Breconshire; enlisted in the Somerset L.I. 24
April, 1899, and served through the South African War, 1900–2, took
part in the relief of Ladysmith and in the operations in the Orange
Free State and the Transvaal, receiving the Queen’s medal with three
bars and the King’s medal with two bars. Afterwards he worked as a
collier at the Tower Colliery of the Marquis of Bute, but was called
up on mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France the third week in Dec.
1914; was wounded by a shell in the left shoulder and side, 8 April,
and died in the 4th General Hospital, Versailles, 17 April, 1915, being
buried in the cemetery there. He _m._ at Aberpergwm Church, Glyn
Neath, Glamorgan, 31 May, 1906, Catherine (51, Station Road, Hirwain),
dau. of Rees Thomas, and left a son and dau.: Austin, _b._ 7 Oct.
1912; and Gwyneth, _b._ 1 Nov. 1910.
[Illustration: =Richard Davies.=]
=DAVIS, ALBERT HENRY=, Leading Stoker, 305137, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=DAVIS, ARTHUR ALBION=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 306743, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DAVIS, CHARLES WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3865),
292225, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=DAVIS, EDWARD SAMUEL=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5119), 194384, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=DAVIS, ERNEST GEORGE FRANK=, Bugler, R.M.L.I., Ch. 17054, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=DAVIS, GEORGE DAVID=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8815),
S.S. 105493, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=DAVIS, HENRY WILLIAM WARREN=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Welch Regt.,
eldest _s._ of Henry Warren Davis, of Tre Warren, Milford Haven,
J.P., Major of Mining Engineers (Militia) from 1888 to 1902, by his
wife, Christobel, dau. of Christopher Robson; _b._ Milford Haven,
co. Pembroke, 27 Dec. 1891; educ. Malvern College and Sandhurst;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. Welch Regt. 14 Feb. 1912, and promoted Lieut. 1
Nov. 1914. On the outbreak of war he went with the 1st Battn. of his
regt. to the Front, served in France and Flanders, and was killed in
action at Zonnebeke, near Ypres, 18 April, 1915, being hit by a bomb on
the head and killed instantaneously while assisting a wounded comrade.
He was buried in the military cemetery there; _unm._ Lieut. Davis
was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May
[London Gazette, 22 June], 1915. He was a first-class swimmer, and won
prizes at Malvern; was also a good boxer, and won the amateur heavy
weight at Cairo in 1912. His captain wrote of him that “A more lovable
and splendid fellow it would be impossible to find.”
[Illustration: =Henry William W. Davis.=]
=DAVIS, REGINALD WILLIAM=, E.R.A., R.N.R. 1011EA, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DAVIS, SIDNEY JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7182),
S.S. 1186, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=DAVISON, CHARLES FREDERICK=, Leading Seaman, 209911, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DAVISON, CHARLES GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5469), 201505, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=DAVISON, CHARLES HENRY GEORGE= (_alias_ =CHARLES HENRY
PETTMAN=), P.O., 226607, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was
sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=DAVISON, HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 5032), S.S.
104650, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=DAVY, GEORGE HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111068, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=DAWDRY, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7924), S.S.
103616, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DAWES, ALBERT=, Gunner, R.M.A., 13515, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DAWKINS, ALFRED=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 4885), 197385,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=DAWKINS, CHARLES JOHN RANDLE=, B.A., LL.B., 2nd Lieut., 9th
(Service) Battn. The Welsh Regt., only _s._ of Thomas Randle
Dawkins, of Redhill, Haverfordwest, by his wife, Clara Vaughan, dau. of
Charles Vaughan Simmons Bennett, of Haverfordwest, M.R.C.S.; _b._
Haverfordwest, co. Pembroke, 16 June, 1891; educ. at the Haverfordwest
Grammar School, Clifton College, and Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he
graduated B.A., and LL.B. with honours, taking a second class (First
Division) in the Historical Tripos, part I, and a first class in
the Law Tripos, part II. He was articled to Mr. C. W. M. Price, of
Lincoln’s Inn, but on the outbreak of war applied for a commission
and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 9th Welsh Regt. 4 Nov. 1914, and
proceeded on foreign service on 18 July, 1915. He took part in the
great offensive at Loos, and was killed in action near there on 25
Sept. 1915. His capacity as an officer may be judged by the following
extract from a letter written by his Company Commander: “He was always
ready to volunteer for any task, more especially if it were of a
dangerous nature; he was always ready to advise, and it was always the
advice of a wise man, and was never proffered in anything but a good
spirit; he was very interested in his profession and if ever any out of
the way problem arose, one always appealed to him. He was the coolest
man I ever met--his coolness under fire was almost uncanny and made the
men look up to him with a sort of worship.” Huxley (his orderly) wrote:
“I would rather have been struck by the shell myself than Mr. Dawkins,
the best friend I ever had or expect will ever have. While he was with
me, I did not know what fear was.” He _m._ at Camberley, 8 May,
1915, Enid Myfanwy, eldest dau. of David Evans, of Old Bridge House,
Haverfordwest, and gddau. of Ceiriog, the Welsh Poet, and had a son,
Thomas Charles Randle, _b._ posthumous, 29 Feb. 1916.
[Illustration: =Charles J. R. Dawkins.=]
=DAWSON, ALBERT GEORGE=, Yeoman of Signals, 191036 (Devon.),
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=DAWSON, HENRY BEAL=, Private, No. 8/32, 10th Otago Coy. Otago
Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late A.
Dawson, Settler, by his wife, Mary (Hampden, Otago, New Zealand);
_b._ Hampden District, 8 April, 1891; educ. Hampden District High
School; was engaged in farming, but on the outbreak of war was the
first from his district to volunteer, and enlisted 12 Aug. 1914; left
with the Main Expeditionary Force for Egypt in Oct.; took part in the
landing at Gabe Tepe on Sunday, 25 April, 1915, and two days later
was shot in the trenches by a Turkish sniper; _unm._ In letters
from his comrades he was described as a brave, true soldier, afraid of
nothing, and one who had done his duty and had done it well.
[Illustration: =Henry Beal Dawson.=]
=DAWSON, JOHN THOMAS GIBSON=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9653), S.S. 2426,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=DAWSON, WILFRED YELVERTON=, Private, No. 1173, 4th Battn.
Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Yelverton Dawson, of
Heathlands, Southbourne-on-Sea, co. Hants, M.D., by his wife, Alice
Anne dau. of the Hon. Judge (Henry) Martley, of the Landed Estates
Court, Dublin, M.A., Q.C., and gdson. of William Barry Yelverton
Dawson, of Bellevue, Mallow, co. York; _b._ Aubrey, Shankill, co.
Dublin, 3 Nov. 1871; educ. Sherborne and Trinity College, Cambridge
(matriculated 1890); joined the Militia Battn. of the Sherwood
Foresters in 1889, and the Cape Mounted Rifles in 1892, and went
through the Bechuanaland campaign (medal). Returning to England he
entered the Lincoln Theological College in 1895, but when the Boer war
began joined Lock’s Horse and served in South Africa, receiving medal
and clasp. Returning to England he finished his theological course, and
was ordained in St. Paul’s Cathedral, 19 March, 1905. In 1911, he was
received into the Roman Catholic Church, spent a short time in Canada,
and then returned to South Africa. On the outbreak of the European
War in Aug. 1914, he went to Sydney, N.S.W., joined the 1st Division
of Australian Infantry, accompanied them to Egypt, took part in the
landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action
there two days later; _unm._
[Illustration: =Wilfrid Yelverton Dawson.=]
=DAY, ARNOLD ELLIS=, L.-Corpl., No. 2088, 1/5th Battn. West
Yorkshire Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Edward Joseph Day, of 10,
South Drive, Harrogate, Agent, by his wife, Adah, dau. of James Ellis,
of Staincliffe, near Dewsbury; _b._ Dewsbury, co. York, 19 May,
1889; educ. Woodhouse Grove School, Apperley Bridge, Leeds; and was for
seven years on the literary staff of the “Bradford Daily Telegraph.”
After the outbreak of war he joined the 1/5th West Yorkshires, 28 Aug.
1914, and was killed in action near Ypres, 13 July, 1915, being buried
at Turcos Farm, near Ypres; _unm._ 2nd Lieut. Allen wrote: “He was
in my platoon and a most promising N.C.O. He was shot in the head while
carrying out his duties, and died a little while afterwards;” and a
comrade: “I wish you could have seen Arnold with the children out here;
how they loved him. It was common to see him with a crowd around him,
all talking to him at once, all of them adoring him. It was the same
with the old people.”
[Illustration: =Arnold Ellis Day.=]
=DAY, AUBREY OLIVER FISHER=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27367 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=DAY, CHARLES FREDERICK=, Rifleman, No. 3047, 1/17th Battn.
(Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), first _s._ of
Frederick Charles Day, of 160, Usher Road, Old Ford, Bow, E., Labourer,
by his wife, Matilda A., dau. of Samuel Williams; _b._ Bow, 9 Dec.
1894; educ. Monteith Road School, Old Ford Road; enlisted 15 Sept.
1914; left for the front, 8 March, 1915, and was killed in action at
the Battle of Loos, 25 or 28 Sept. 1915; _unm._
=DAY, CHARLES FREDERICK=, Gunner, R.M.A. 7880 (R.F.R., B. 1089),
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914;
_m._
=DAY, CHARLES=, Stoker, P.O. (R.F.R., B. 10277), 299330, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DAY, CHARLES GEORGE=, Drummer, No 7037, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, eldest _s._ of Charles George Day, of 47, South Street,
Bishop’s Stortford, Maltmaker, by his wife, Mary Eleanor, dau. of
Joseph Bavin; _b._ Bishop’s Stortford, 26 June, 1892; educ.
National School there; enlisted in 1st Battn. 26 Nov. 1906, and was
transferred to the 3rd Battn. in Oct. 1907, serving with it in Egypt,
1907, to April, 1911, and with the Expeditionary Force in France, Aug.
1914, to Feb. 1915. He was shot through the head by a sniper while
building a dug-out close to the brickfields near La Bassée, 22 Feb.
1915, and was buried at Cuinchy; _unm._ His N.C.O. spoke highly of
him.
[Illustration: =Charles George Day.=]
=DAY, HENRY JOHN=, Chief E.R.A., 1st Class 268182, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=DAY, JOHN VICTOR=, Rifleman, No. 5018, Machine Gun Section, 1st
Battn. Rifle Brigade, _s._ of Edmund Brassey Day, of 1, Green
Road, Whetstone, co. Middlesex, Tramcar Driver, by his wife, Lydia
Mary, dau. of Jabez Craddock, of Bradgate, Napier Road, Wembley,
Middlesex; _b._ Kensal Green, 6 July, 1896; educ. North Finchley;
joined the Rifle Brigade, 20 March, 1912; went to the Front with the
4th Division, served nine months in France and was present at the
Battle of Hill 60, also at Neuve Chapelle, and was killed in action
in France, 6 July, 1915; _unm._ A comrade, Rifleman H. Rayner,
wrote to his father: “Victor was killed in action after we had made an
attack and taken the enemies’ trenches. Your son got his machine gun in
position and did very good work with it, but it was the next day that
he was killed, when the enemy gave us an eight hours’ bombardment; a
big Jack Johnson burst on top of the trench, killing about six.” He
was buried at Talana Farm [Map reference, Sheet 28, B 18 c, 9-4]. His
eldest brother, Edmund Day, Sergt., 2nd Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., was
very dangerously wounded at Richebourg l’Avoue, 10 May, 1915.
[Illustration: =John Victor Day.=]
=DAY, JOHN WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9629), S.S. 2346, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DAY MAURICE CHARLES=, Lieut. 13th Rajputs, Indian Army, eldest
_s._ of the Very Rev. Maurice William Day, Dean of Waterford,
by his wife, Katherine Louisa Frances, dau. of Charles Garfit, and
grandson of the late Right Rev. Maurice Day, Bishop of Cashel;
_b._ The Palace, Waterford, 26 Feb., 1891; educ. Aravon, Bray
(1902–5), Marlborough College (1905–10, Foundation Scholarship, Senior
Scholarship, Leaving Exhibition), and Trinity College, Cambridge
(1910–13, Exhibition, T.C. 1910; Senior Scholarship, T.C. 1913; Bell’s
University Scholarship, 1912; Wrangler, B.A. 1913); and was gazetted
2nd Lieut. to the unattached list for the Indian Army, 5 Sept. 1913, to
rank as from 5 Sept. 1911, being awarded six months’ seniority for his
University honours in addition to 18 months as a University candidate.
He was attached to the Royal West Kent Regt. for his first year and
was stationed at Multan and Dalhousie. He was promoted Lieut. 28 Sept.
1914 (to rank from 5 Dec. 1913), and the same day joined his Indian
regt., the 13th Rajputs. They started on Active Service the day after
he joined and left Bombay with the Expeditionary Force for East Africa
on 16 Oct. He fell in action at Tanga, German East Africa 3 Nov. 1914,
the morning they landed. Lieut.-Col. Stewart wrote: “The Commandant,
Lieut.-Col. H. W. Codrington, and the Adjutant, Capt. R. Clothier, and
Major B. Corbett were all hit at the same time and place. Your son was
buried by the Germans subsequently. Mr. Day joined us before we came on
service, and when we landed was acting as Brigade Transport Officer.
During the short time he was with us, we realised what a keen and
promising officer he was. There can be no doubt that he would have made
a name for himself, and that soon”; and Lieut.-Col. H. W. Codrington:
“First I must tell you that your son, although he only joined the regt.
on the day before we started from Agra, had become a great favourite,
and that his loss is very keenly felt by all. It was a great blow to
me personally, as I had taken a great fancy to him. Professionally he
was a most exceptionally able, keen and promising young officer.... His
brother officers would very much like if we may put up a small memorial
brass to the memory of your son in your church. We shall be so glad if
you will allow us to do this.” Capt. Cole also wrote: “Your son was
in my double company and I was with him when he was killed. Colonel
Codrington, the Adjutant, your son, and myself had just got on to a
small hillock to have a look round when a machine gun opened on us at
close range and the first three named went down instantaneously. Your
son was killed outright. I cannot tell you how very deeply we mourn
his loss, for although he had been with us such a short time we knew
him for a brave, capable and resourceful boy.” Previous to joining the
Army he had worked in the Trinity Mission at Camberwell, and the Vicar
of St. George’s there (the Rev. H. G. D. Latham) wrote: “Your son when
at Trinity was one of those who would not be content simply to get the
best out of life for ourselves. He came here to do hard Mission work
among our people and to share with those who had not had his privileges
whatever of the Cambridge spirit can be shared by a simple and sincere
friendliness, and so he has helped to sweeten life for many and to
make the strained relations between class and class easier, and he has
helped on the good Cambridge tradition of coming to South London. There
are many here who will feel his loss as a personal blow, while they
will be proud to have had his friendship.” He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Maurice Charles Day.=]
=DAY, REGINALD CHARLES WILLIAM=, Canteen Assistant, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DAY, THOMAS=, S.P.O. (R.F.R., B. 7958), 292498, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=DAYSH, FREDERICK ARTHUR GEORGE=, Private, No. 8989, 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards; served with the Expeditionary Force in France;
reported missing, 14 Sept. 1914.
=DEACON, STANLEY DOUGLAS=, Gunner, Immed. Class, R.M.A. (R.F.R.,
37), 9576, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast
of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=DEACON, WILLIAM JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1386), 191882, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=DEADMAN, CHARLES WILLIAM=, Corpl., No. 18611, 12th (Service)
Battn. Highland L.I., eldest _s._ of Charles Deadman, of 48,
Grove Road, Shoeburyness, Brickmaker, by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of
Philip Moss; _b._ Great Wakering, co. Essex, 28 Dec. 1894; educ.
Shoeburyness Village School; was a bricklayer’s labourer; enlisted 9
Sept. 1914; went to France early in July, and was killed in action
during the advance at Loos, 26 Sept. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Charles William Deadman.=]
=DEAN, ALBERT HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 17103, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DEAN, CHARLES ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., 2758), 283360,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=DEAN, HORACE EDGAR=, Electrical Artificer, 1st Class, 345055,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept, 1914.
=DEAN, WILLIAM HUGH=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3924), 179131, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DEAR, JOHN=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R. Ch. B. 4482), 279327, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DEARDEN, HERBERT=, Private, No. 11435, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Herbert Dearden, of 9, Peel Street, Broomhill, by
his wife, Alice, dau. of the late John Hill, of Sheffield; _b._
Broomhill, Sheffield, 8 Sept. 1884; educ. Council School there;
enlisted at Sheffield, 4 Sept. 1914, and died of wounds received in
action at Bethune, 10 May, 1915; _unm._
=DEASE, MAURICE JAMES, V.C.=, Lieut., 4th Battn. Royal Fusiliers,
only _s._ of Edmund Fitzlaurence Dease, of Culmullen, Drumree, co.
Meath, J.P., and grandson of James Arthur Dease, of Turbotston, J.P.,
D.L., Vice-Lieut. of Cavan; _b._ Gaulstown, Coole, co. Westmeath,
28 Sept, 1889; educ. Frognal Park, Hampstead, Stonyhurst College
(1903), Army College, Wimbledon, and Royal Military College, Sandhurst;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. 27 May, 1910, promoted Lieut. 19 April, 1912, and
on the outbreak of war proceeded with his regt. to France. On 23 Aug.
1914, Lieut. Dease, who was Machine Gun Officer, was in command of the
section placed to protect the crossing of a bridge at Nimy, north of
Mons. During the action his position was heavily shelled by the enemy,
all his men being either killed or incapacitated; he was several times
seriously wounded, but refused to leave the guns, remaining near and
working them until he fell mortally wounded. For this he was specially
mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 7 Sept, and was awarded
the Victoria Cross (16 Nov. 1914), the first officer to receive this
distinction in the war. The action is thus officially described:
“Though two or three times badly wounded, he continued to control the
fire of his machine guns at Mons on 23 Aug. until all his men were
shot. He died of his wounds.” His commanding officer wrote: “Lieut.
Dease was wounded, and man after man of his detachment was hit. He
appears to have received a second wound after neglecting a first wound
in the leg; taking a little time to recover, he managed to return to
the gun and kept it in action. He was then incapacitated by a third
wound. Thus his conduct was heroic indeed, and of the greatest service
in delaying the crossing of the enemy, which it was our object, in
accordance with orders to effect.... I have brought his conspicuous
gallantry to notice.”
[Illustration: =Maurice James Dease, V.C.=]
=CHAMPION DE CRESPIGNY, CLAUDE NORMAN=, Lieut., 2nd (Queen’s
Bays) Dragoon Guards, 5th and yst. _s._ of Sir Claude Champion
de Crespigny, of Champion Lodge, Maldon, co. Essex, 4th Bart., by his
wife, Georgiana Louisa Margaret, dau. of the late Robert McKerrell,
Cadet of Hillhouse; _b._ Southsea, 14 June, 1888; educ. Hawtry’s,
Westgate-on-Sea, and Cheltenham; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st Dragoon
Guards, 2 Feb. 1907; promoted Lieut. 1 Jan. 1908, and transferred to
the Queen’s Bays, 12 Nov. 1910. He acted as A.D.C. to General Allenby
during the Army Manœuvres of 1913, and on the outbreak of war went to
France with the Expeditionary Force. He was killed in action at Nèry,
near Compiégne, France, 1 Sept. 1914. “The Brigade was hotly engaged,
and on the Bays fell the brunt of the fighting on 1 Sept. Norman,
with a few men, was holding an important tactical point, and he held
it till every man was killed or wounded. No man could have done more,
few would have done so much,” wrote General Allenby. He was mentioned
in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 4 Dec. 1914, for
gallant and distinguished service in the field. A brilliant horseman
and polo player, and a former Master of the Aldershot Beagles; he was
very handy with the gloves, having boxed in the Army Championships
both at home and in India. While at Sandhurst he won that much coveted
trophy “The Saddle,” and was champion swimmer at Hawtrey’s. Lieut, de
Crespigny _m._ in London, 7 Sept. 1913, Rose Olive, only dau. of
Capt. Albert Edward Gordon, Roberts’ Horse, and a grandniece of General
Gordon, of Khartoum; _s.p._
[Illustration: =C. N. C. de Crespigny.=]
=DEED, JOHN CYRIL=, Capt., Royal Marine L.I., 3rd _s._ of the
Rev. John George Deed, D.D., Vicar of Nuneaton, co. Warwick, Canon of
Coventry and Rural Dean of Atherstone, by his wife Elizabeth, dau. of
William Snowdon Gard, of Hampstead; _b._ St. Albans, co. Herts,
22 May, 1876; educ. St. Albans Grammar School, and Greenwich College;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Royal Marines, 1 Feb. 1894; promoted Lieut.
1 Jan. 1895, and Capt. 10 Oct. 1900. He served in H.M. ships Alexandra,
16 Jan. 1896–17 Jan. 1897, Coast Guard; Royal Arthur, Wallaroo, and
Katoomba, 4 Feb. 1898–6 June, 1901, Australian Station; Minotaur, 20
June, 1902–19 Dec. 1902, Portland; and Vulcan, 22 Dec. 1902–5 Feb.
1905, and Suffolk, 6 Feb. 1905–18 Dec. 1905, Mediterranean Station;
when he retired and joined the Reserve of Officers. He subsequently
went to British Columbia, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914,
he was asked to raise and command the 1st East Kootenay (Fernie)
Contingent. He trained and commanded this till Sept. 1914, when he
was ordered to return to England. He rejoined his old corps at Deal,
10 Oct. 1914, and was posted to H.M.S. Formidable, 16 Nov. 1914, and
was lost when that ship was torpedoed in the Channel, 1 Jan. 1915;
_unm._
[Illustration: =John Cyril Deed.=]
=DEIGHTON, FREDERICK HAMILTON= (“Jackie”), Lieut., 1st Battn.
King’s Own Scottish Borderers, eldest _s._ of Hamilton Deighton,
Superintendent Imperial Police, Burmah, by his wife, Janet, dau. of
the late Col. John Robertson, of Liddington Hall, Guildford, C.I.E.;
_b._ Akyab, Burmah, 10 Sept. 1892; educ. Bedford Grammar School
and Berkhamstead, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He passed
out of the latter in two terms, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 4 Sept.
1912, and posted to the 1st Battn. at Lucknow, and was promoted Lieut.,
15 Nov. 1914. While in India he passed his signalling course at Kasauli
and a transport class with honours, and received “D” Certificate. On
the outbreak of war the battn. was sent to Egypt and then to Rugby,
where he passed the one-man range finder, the Vickers new machine gun,
and the explosives of bomb throwing courses. The Scottish Borderers
afterwards formed part of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and
took part in the landing at Y beach, Gallipoli, on 25–26 April, 1915.
Deighton was shot through the lung in the big advance on 4 June, and
was taken to Malta, where he died in the hospital of the Blue Sisters
on 18 June, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Frederick H. Deighton.=]
=DELAMAIN, HENRY CRESWELL=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Dorsetshire
Regt., eldest _s._ of George Creswell Delamain, of Devona,
Lymington, Hants, formerly a Cattle Ranchman in Mexico, by his wife,
Annie Rosabel, yst. dau. of the late William Robinson Hill, of
Lymington, M.D., and cousin of Major-Gen. W. S. Delamain, C.B., D.S.O.;
_b._ San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A., 19 Aug. 1896; educ. King’s
School, Bruton, co. Somerset; joined the O.T.C. at the age of 13, and
on the outbreak of war applied for a commission and was gazetted 2nd
Lieut. to the 3rd Dorsets, 19 Oct. 1914. He was severely injured while
on active duty at Boscombe on Friday, 16 April, 1915, and died the
next day in the Royal Boscombe and West Hants Hospital. His machine
skidded on the tram lines and threw him under a passing motor car. The
Bruton School magazine, “The Dolphin,” said: “There were two points
about him which deserve record. One was his intense keenness alike
in school and the playing field. The second was his extraordinary
popularity. We shall never forget the ovation which his name evoked
last Corpus Christi, the spontaneous testimony of his schoolfellows to
the sterling qualities and natural charm which endeared him to all.
That those qualities were fully appreciated by his regt. was shown by
the testimony given to him by his Colonel and by the great gathering of
brother officers at his funeral, which took place with full military
honours at Lymington.”
[Illustration: =Henry Creswell Delamain.=]
=DELANEY, ERNEST=, Corpl., No. 1414, 3rd Battn. The Royal Scots,
3rd _s._ of Christopher Delaney, Band Sergt., 1st Somerset L.I.,
by his wife, Annie, dau. of James Richard Weaver and Elizabeth (42,
Penrose Street, North Road, Plymouth), his wife; _b._ Plymouth, 25
Oct. 1886; educ. St. James-the-Less Church School, Millbay there; was
an engineer for tugboats, Queensbury, Scotland; enlisted 5 Sept. 1914;
went to the Front, 7 April, 1915, and was killed in action at Neuve
Chapelle, 26 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Ernest Delaney.=]
=DELÉPINE, HELENUS GEORGE SHERIDAN=, M.Sc., 2nd Lieut., D
Coy., 3rd (Reserve) Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., only _s._
of Sheridan Delépine, of York Place, Rusholme, Manchester, and 15,
Well Walk, Hampstead, N.W., M.B., M.Sc., Professor of Public Health
at Manchester University, by his wife, Florence, dau. of Frederic
Rose; _b._ Chapel Place, Cavendish Square, London, 21 Oct. 1888;
educ. Woodlands School, Manchester, spent a year in Geneva studying
languages, and entered the University of Manchester in 1907, where
he was one of the ablest of an exceptionally capable set of men in
the Honours School of Engineering and took a good place in the final
examination. After graduating in 1910, he went to Canada in order to
gain further experience, and for one session was a Demonstrator in
Engineering at McGill University. During this time he undertook, under
the direction of Prof. MacKay, an elaborate investigation into the
stress distribution of a certain type of built-up column. In April,
1911, he accepted a post as Assistant Engineer in the office of Messrs.
Waddell and Harrington, of Kansas City, and became Principal Assistant
in the Estimating Department. In 1903 he returned to Manchester, having
been appointed Junior Instructor in Drawing and Demonstrator in the
Engineering Department of the University. Whilst here he assisted
Prof. Petavel in some of the experimental work carried out for the
Home Office Department Committee on the “Humidity and Ventilation of
Spinning Sheds.” Some of the results of this work are embodied in the
two papers he submitted in support of his application for the degree
of M.Sc., which he obtained in 1914. During this period he received a
commission as 2nd Lieut. in the O.T.C., which he joined as a Private in
1908, while at Manchester University, and did much valuable work for
the corps. Always keen on gaining more experience, he accepted in the
summer of 1914 a post as Assistant Engineer in the airship department
of Messrs. Vickers at Barrow-in-Furness. In Aug. of 1914 he was in camp
with the O.T.C., and at the outbreak of war immediately volunteered for
Active Service. For a time he was detained in Manchester assisting in
the general training work of the corps, but while in camp at Mobberley
he received his commission in the Special Reserve, was appointed to the
3rd Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., Sept. 1914, and went to Falmouth
for training. In Jan. he was sent to Northern France, where he was
mortally wounded in action, in trenches near Ypres, on 16 April, 1915;
_unm._ “We had been in the trenches,” says Private C. Lonworth,
his servant, in a letter, “just one day, and about a quarter to
midnight on the 16th he was sitting in the trench filling his pipe and
talking and he suddenly stood up, saying, ‘I’m hit.’ So we found out
where he was hit and bandaged him up. They got him down to the hospital
with as little delay as possible, and when the doctor saw him he said
he didn’t think he would live long, so I stopped in a little room next
to him all day. He seemed to brighten up about mid-day, but he went off
again and died at 4.45 p.m. on the 17th.... He was a good officer to
his men.... I have lost a good master, he was a thorough gentleman....”
The Manchester University Magazine for 24 June, 1915, affirmed of him:
“As an officer his officer commanding found him ‘excellent, cheerful
and full of go and life.’ He was very keen on his work, took an intense
interest in his platoon, was very patient with recruits and ever ready
to be of service to any who sought his help. In his profession he had
already done good work in both academic and practical spheres. He was
a hard and conscientious worker, keenly appreciative of new ideas
in design and organisation, and would without doubt have attained
to a considerable position in engineering.” Brig.-Gen. J. S. Maude,
commanding 14th Infantry Brigade, wrote to his father: “Your son had
done such splendid work with his fine regt., and it does seem sad that
such a promising career should have been so all too soon cut short....
He set a fine example of courage and devotion to duty to those serving
under him.”
[Illustration: =H. G. S. Delépine.=]
=DELLER, HARRY GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1854), 192696, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=DELMEGE, CLAUDE PHILIPPE=, Midshipman, R.N. 3rd and yst.
_s._ of Alfred Gideon Delmege. M.V.O, Hon. Surgeon to His Majesty
the King, Deputy-Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets, R.N., by
his wife, Mary Elizabeth. dau. of the Right Hon James Anthony Lawson,
Judge of the High Court; _b._ Southsea, 15 March, 1898, entered
the Navy as a cadet at Osborne in Jan. 1911, became Midshipman August,
1914, was appointed to His Majesty’s ship Cressy the same month: and
was lost in the North Sea 22 Sept. 1914, when that ship was torpedoed
by a German submarine.
[Illustration: =Claude Philippe Delmege.=]
=DELMEGE, JAMES O’GRADY=, Lieut., 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon
Guards, 2nd _s._ of Capt. James O’Grady Delmege, of Castle Park,
co. Limerick, J.P., D.L., late South of Ireland Imperial Yeomanry and
South Irish Horse, by his wife, Caroline, dau. and co-heir of Marmaduke
Coghill Cramer, of Rathmore, Kinsale, D.L.; _b._ Limerick, 18
March, 1891; educ. Clifton, Bath College (where he took, when 14 years
of age, 60_l._ and 40_l._ Scholarships, open to all schools),
and Trinity College, Dublin; and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 4th
Dragoon Guards, 23 Jan. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 15 Nov. following.
After the outbreak of war he went to France with the Expeditionary
Force and was appointed Assistant Adjutant, and put on the Headquarters
Staff. On 24 May, 1915, the 4th Dragoon Guards, after a long spell in
the trenches, were relieved by the 18th Hussars, but Lieut. Delmege was
left behind to instruct the 18th in the plan of the trenches. During
the night and early morning they were heavily gassed by the enemy, and
he succumbed to gas poison, on 27 May, 1915. He was buried at Bailleul;
_unm._ Numerous letters received from all ranks testify to the
estimation he was held in. Major C. Hunter wrote: “I personally had a
high opinion of his prospects as a cavalry officer”; and Lieut. E. G.
Warlock, 4th Dragoon Guards: “He has left behind him a splendid name,
being so popular with all who knew him, not only officers, but N.C.Os.
and men. He was an officer of great promise, and had it not been for
his untimely death ‘In Action,’ would have had an illustrious future.”
Sergt. W. Jones, 4th Dragoon Guards, also wrote: “Lieut. Delmege was
picked up unconscious. I was very sorry to hear of his death, as he
was a brave young officer, so cheerful and patient with all ranks, and
I know he will be missed by all, especially our Rugby team as he was
a fine sportsman, and took a great interest in his troop, and we were
very sorry when he was transferred from his troop to Head Quarters.”
Lieut. C. Jackson, York and Lancaster Regt.: “The last time I saw him,
he was going on in front with a patrol to find out where their place in
trenches was, in order to lead the regt. up after dark, he was in such
good spirits, and I am sure enjoyed every minute of the war”; and Capt.
R. D). Brownson, R.A.M.C.: “Being in hospital with some of the regt.,
I thought you would like to hear what a very high opinion they all
seem to have had of him. He was so popular, and such a good officer,
in fact he was kept specially to go up into any special trench or take
any special message, because he could always be trusted to get there,
‘Somehow.’”
[Illustration: =James O’Grady Delmege.=]
=DENHAM, FRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 15731 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DENHAM, WILLIAM=, Petty Officer, R.N., 1st _s._ of William
Denham, of 2, Paradise Place, Stockton-on-Tees, by his wife, Jane A.,
dau. of Henry Lambert; _b._ Stockton-on-Tees, 10 Oct. 1886; educ.
Secondary School there; joined the Navy in 1903, and served in both
the Home and Mediterranean Fleets, receiving while with the latter the
Messina medal from the King of Italy, for services rendered during the
earthquake there. He passed his qualifying examination for Warrant
Officer 30 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action, going down with H.M.S.
Formidable, when that ship was sunk by a German submarine, 1 Jan. 1915;
_unm._
[Illustration: =William Denham.=]
=DENISON, BERTRAM NOEL=, Capt., 2nd Battn. King’s Own Yorkshire
Light Infantry, yr. _s._ of Admiral John Denison, of Rusholme,
Alverstoke, R.N. by his wife, Florence, dau. of William Ledgard, of
Roundham, Yorkshire, and nephew of Col. George Taylor Denison, of
Toronto, author of “Modern Cavalry”; _b._ Greenock, 21 Dec.
1883; educ. Eagle House, Sandhurst and Harrow; and entered the Navy
in Dec. 1898, passing at the head of the list in and out of H.M.S.
Britannia. He served as a midshipman on H.M.S. Doris during the South
African War, 1900, and was aide-de-camp to Capt. Bearcroft, R.N., with
the Naval Brigade. He took part in the operations in the Transvaal,
East of Pretoria, including action at Belfast (26–27 Aug.) and in the
Orange Free State, and was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette,
12 March, 1901], and received the Queen’s medal with 3 clasps. Later
he was transferred to the Army, being gazetted 2nd Lieut. Yorkshire
Light Infantry, 8 Jan. 1902, and promoted Lieut., 15 Nov. 1905, and
Capt., 5 Aug. 1914. He served in Ireland, South Africa, and Crete;
and was seconded for services in Canada, from 1906 to 1908, and on
his return became Adjutant to the 2nd Battn. K.O.Y.L.I. In 1912 he
went to the Staff College, which he left in December 1913, receiving
a Staff Appointment at the War Office shortly before the European
War broke out. He immediately rejoined his regiment, went to France
with the Expeditionary Force, and was dangerously wounded in action
at Le Cateau on 26 Aug. 1914, and died there of his wounds 15 Sept.
following. He was buried in the cemetery there. Capt. Denison _m._
at St. James’s Cathedral, Toronto, 2 Oct. 1907, Gladys, dau. of
Albert Nordheimer, of Toronto, and had a dau. (Gladys Audrey) Yvonne,
_b._ 12 Dec. 1908.
[Illustration: =Bertram Noel Denison.=]
=DENMAN, CLARENCE BENJAMIN=, Private, No. 25944, C Coy., 14th
Battn. (Royal Montreal Regt.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, 5th
_s._ of Walter Frederick Denman, of 2321, Hutchinson Street,
Montreal, Canada [_b._ London, 5 Jan. 1857, 3rd _s._ of the
late William Henry Denman, Chaser and Embosser, who went to Canada in
1859], by his wife, Amelia Mary, dau. of Christopher Fryer; _b._
Outremont, Montreal, 18 Jan. 1893; educ. Outremont Lower Grade School
and St. François College, Quebec; was a clerk in Electrical Supplies
Store, Richmond; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the
Canadian Expeditionary Force; came over with the first contingent,
Oct. 1914; went to France 12 Feb., and died in the Military Cottage
Hospital, Holmsfirth, near Huddersfield, 25 May, 1915, of wounds
received in action at the Battle of Langemark on 27 April; _unm._
He was buried in St. John’s Churchyard there.
=DENNIS, CLARENCE FRANCIS VICTOR=, Stoker, 2nd Class, S.S. 115546,
H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20
miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=DENNIS, EDWARD HENRY=, A.B. (B. 305), 148120, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=DENNIS, RICHARD HENRY=, Senior L.-Corpl., No. 6675, C Coy.,
1st Battn., Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Richard Henry
Dennis, of Barnfield Place, Plumstead, near London, by his wife, Mary;
_b._ Bexley Heath, co. Kent, 29 July, 1871; educ. All Saints’
Church School, Plumstead; went to Canada, 28 July, 1907; was for a
number of years an employee of the Pere Marquette Railroad; joined
the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 12 March, 1914, and was killed in
action at Festubert, 15 June, 1915. He _m._ at Woolwich Church,
26 March, 1892, Margaret (117, Wellington Street E., Chatham, Ontario,
Canada), dau. of John William Hazlett (a Crimean veteran), and had
three sons: Richard Henry, Junior, L.-Corpl. 7th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, _b._ Plumstead, 29 March, 1893, now (1916) on
active service in France; John William, Private, 186th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, _b._ Plumstead, 21 March, 1898; and George
Arthur, _b._ Plumstead, 23 Feb. 1903.
[Illustration: =Richard Henry Dennis.=]
=DENNIS, RUSSELL=, Corpl., R.M.L.I., Ch./14052, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DENNY, BARRY MAYNARD RYND=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. King’s
Liverpool Regt., 2nd surviving _s._ of the Rev. Edward Denny, of
Moorstown, co. Tipperary, and Drumlone, co. Fermanagh, M.A., Rector of
Codford St. Peter’s, Bath, formerly Vicar of St. Peter’s, Vauxhall, and
Member of the L.C.C. [gt.-gt.-gdson. of Col. Edward Denny, M.P., yr.
brother of Sir Barry Denny, of Tralee, 1st Bart.], by his wife, Alma
Mary, dau. of Charles John Chesshyre, of Bennington, co. Gloucester;
_b._ at Pontrewydd, co. Monmouth, 2 Jan. 1885; educ. King’s
College, Taunton, and London University, where he graduated B.A. in
1909. He took a leading part as an officer in Worksop College Cadet
Corps, and trained for a commission in the Army Special Reserve at York
in 1913 and at Aldershot, obtaining the highest place in the respective
examinations. Gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the King’s (Liverpool) Regt.
(Special Reserve), 4 April, 1914, he was shortly afterwards given the
command of a fort at Crosby, in the north of England. Subsequently he
went to the Front in command of a hundred men, being specially selected
for the post, and was mortally wounded near Ypres, 24 Oct. 1914, and
died two days later. The following account of the action is taken from
information given by officers and men of his regt.: The Liverpools
were required to take a village occupied by the enemy, between Ypres
and Roulers. Advancing to the attack they found that all the houses
were filled with Germans, who greeted them with a devastating fire.
After four days’ fighting the position was taken, but at a terrible
sacrifice of life. Of the officers, five, including the Col., were
killed, and six wounded, only a Capt. and a subaltern being left.
Lieut. Denny ‘gallantly led a charge not only once, but a second time
against some houses strongly held by the enemy,’ and fell mortally
wounded in the second charge, with his last words urging on his men.
His three brothers, Edward Maynard Coningsby Denny, 2nd Lieut., Duke
of Cornwall’s L.I.; Mowbray Charles Maynard Denny, Lieut., 11th King’s
Liverpool Regt.; and Michael Maynard Denny, Sub-Lieut., H.M.S. Royal
Sovereign, are all (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Barry M. R. Denny.=]
=DENNY, ROBERT EDMUND BARRY=, Private, No. 28612, 50th Gordon
Highlanders, 16th (Canadian Scottish) Battn., Canadian Expeditionary
Force, 2nd _s._ of Edmund Barry Denny, of Barkwith House, co.
Lincoln, L.R.C.S.I., L.R.C.P.E., by his wife, Emily Barclay, dau.
of Henry Colclough Allen, and gdson. of the late Rev. Henry Denny,
of Churchill Rectory, Tralee, B.A. [3rd son of Sir Edward Denny, of
Tralee, 3rd Bart., M.P.]; _b._ Wragby, co. Lincoln, 19 March,
1891; educ. Sutton Valence School, Kent; after which he was a medical
student for some time at the London Hospital, but went out to British
Columbia in May, 1913. There he enlisted, with a brother, immediately
on the outbreak of war, coming to England with the first Canadian
Contingent. Both were offered commissions in Dec. 1914; his brother
accepted, but he declined. He left for France with his regt. in Feb.
1915, came safely through the famous charge for the wood near St.
Julien, but was seriously wounded by a shell, while on observing
patrol, at Festubert, and died in hospital at Bethune, 22 May, 1915,
having been recommended for a commission a few days previously. He
was buried in Bethune R.C. Cemetery; _unm._ One comrade wrote of
him: “He was one of the most courageous of comrades and I have seen
him perform several deeds worthy of recognition”; and another: “He
was wounded doing his duty as a soldier should, and evidences of his
coolness and bravery under heavy fire were numerous. I once assisted
him (at great personal risk to himself but very little to me) to
bandage a wounded comrade. The King has lost a good soldier, and we a
good pal.” Two of his brothers--Henry Allen Maynard Denny, 2nd Lieut.,
9th Battn. Lincs. Regt. (previously 50th Gordon Highlanders, Canadian
Scottish), and Thomas Hamilton Denny, Lieut., 6th Devon Regt.--are now
(1916) on active service, and the third, Arthur de Courcy McGillycuddy
Denny, is at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
[Illustration: =Robert E. Barry Denny.=]
=DENTON, MARK=, Private, No. 13262, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
eldest _s._ of Arthur Denton, of Victoria Street, Moor Top,
Ackworth, near Pontefract, by his wife, Jane; _b._ Higham, near
Barnsley; educ. Moor Top; enlisted 21 Oct. 1914, and was killed at
Vermelles, Flanders, 19 Oct. 1915, while on sentry duty. He _m._
at High Ackworth, 25 Dec. 1913, Martha (2, Leight Street, Moor Top,
Ackworth, Yorks), dau. of William Reeve, of Leight Street, Ackworth,
and had a son, Frank. _b._ 9 June, 1914.
=DENYER, CHARLES PETER=, C.P.O. 186636, H.M.S. Arethusa; killed in
action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=DERING, FREDERICK CHARLES=, E.R.A., 1st Class, 269692, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DERISLEY, FRANK MARTIN=, L.-Corpl., No. 73211, C Coy., 28th
Battn. (2nd Canadian Rifles), 6th Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary
Force, _s._ of Harry Derisley of Old Buckenham, Norfolk, Farmer,
by his wife, Julia Jane, dau. of William Fincham; _b._ East Farm,
Docking, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, 12 Jan. 1886; educ. National School,
Palgrave, Diss; went to Canada in March, 1911, and settled in Rouleau,
Sask.; joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force at Moose Jaw, Sask.,
in Oct. 1914, and died 6 Nov. 1915, of wounds received in action the
previous day; _unm._ His company officer, Capt. F. G. D. Quick,
wrote “he died of wounds on 6 Nov. 1915. Corpl. Derisley was severely
wounded at noon on the 5th, being struck in the head by a bullet.
He was taken to hospital and died at 1.30 a.m. next morning without
regaining consciousness. He was buried on 8 Nov. in the Cemetery at
Bailleul, Belgium. Corpl. Derisley enlisted at Moose Jaw in Oct. 1914,
and has been in my company ever since. His loss is felt keenly by
myself and all the other officers, N.C.Os. and men in the company, in
which he was a general favourite. He was an excellent soldier, and was
held in the highest esteem by all his comrades.”
[Illustration: =Frank Martin Derisley.=]
=DERISLEY, HERBERT=, L.-Corpl., Middlesex Regt., _s._ of
Harry Derisley, of Old Buckenham, Attleborough, Norfolk, by his wife,
Julia Jane, dau. of William Fincham, Farmer; _b._ Valley Farm,
Hillington, King’s Lynn, 23 Jan. 1884; educ. Palgrave, Diss and Eye
Grammar School, Suffolk; was a Draper; volunteered and joined the
Middlesex Regt., Jan. 1915; went to France Oct. 1915, and was killed in
action 1 June, 1916; _unm._ Buried in the Military Cemetery,...
His brother, L.-Corpl. R. M. Derisley, died of wounds, 5 Nov. 1915.
[Illustration: =Herbert Derisley.=]
=DERRICK, TOM=, Private, No. 2044, 2nd Battn. Royal West Kent
Regt., 4th _s._ of Joseph Derrick, of Curry Mallett, Taunton,
Farmer, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Thomas Edwardes; _b._ North
Curry, near Taunton, co. Somerset, 12 Feb. 1857; educ. Hatch; joined
the Navy, 30 Oct. 1875; invalided out 3 Sept. 1880; then worked as a
Cab Proprietor, enlisted 3 Dec. 1914, after the outbreak of war, and
was killed on the railway near Chatham, 30 June, 1915, while on sentry
duty. He _m._ at Plymouth, 30 July, 1876, Louisa E. (5, Gloucester
Place, Plymouth), dau. of Edward Lawrence, of Plymouth, Dockyard
Pensioner, and had three children: Thomas Herbert Hartman, _b._
5 May, 1880; James Henry, _b._ 30 Nov. 1885; and Mabel Ellen,
_b._ 29 Dec. 1886.
[Illustration: =Tom Derrick.=]
=DESMEULES, JOSEPH EDGAR=, Private No. 32/792, 1st Field
Ambulance, Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Nazair Desmeules,
of Chambord Lake, St. Johns, P. Quebec, Canada, by his wife, Eleanore;
_b._ St. Irene, P.O., 8 Oct. 1890; educ. Chambord Lake;
volunteered for service overseas, on the outbreak of war; came over
with the first Canadian Contingent; went to France in Feb., and died,
28 April, 1915, of wounds received in action at Langemarck; _unm._
[Illustration: =Joseph Edgar Desmeules.=]
=des VŒUX, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Grenadier
Guards, yst. _s._ of the late Sir G. William des Vœux, G.C.M.G.,
by his wife, Marion Denison, yst. dau. of Sir John Pender. G.C.M.G.,
and nephew of the late Sir Charles Champagné des Vœux, 6th Bart.;
_b._ at Government House, Hong Kong, China, 29 Nov. 1889;
entered the Navy, 1905, as a cadet on H.M.S. Britannia, but owing
to ill-health, left that Service in 1909, his admiral (Lord Charles
Beresford) expressing his regret in writing, and saying “he felt sure,
if he had remained in the Service, he would have made a very brilliant
officer.” He joined the 3rd Battn. Grenadier Guards, as 2nd Lieut. from
the special reserve, 28 May, 1910, and was promoted Lieut., 25 Oct.
1911. He served with the 2nd Battn. of his regt. through the retreat
from Mons, and at the Battle of the Marne in France, being killed in
action at La Court Soupir Farm, near Vailly on the Aisne River, 14
Sept. 1914; _unm._ He was buried in Soupir Churchyard.
[Illustration: =Frederick W. des Vœux.=]
=DETTNER, WALTER JOSEPH=, Private, No. 2657, 1/18th Battn. (London
Irish Rifles), London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Charles Ephraim
Dettner, of 22, Glasgow Terrace, Pimlico, S.W., Coachman, by his wife,
Emily, dau. of Charles King; _b._ Westminster, 6 May, 1896; educ.
St. Mary’s School, Vincent Square, London; volunteered and joined the
Irish Rifles, 6 Sept. 1914; went to France, 17 March, 1915, and was
killed in action near Festubert, 17 May, 1915, being buried close to
the front line of trenches in Bethune Wood; _unm._
=DEVANNEY, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Rifleman, No. 1688, 17th Battn.
(Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 4th _s._
of the late Simon Devanney, of 22, Essex Street, Kingsland Road, E.,
Market Porter, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of the late Thomas O’Shea;
_b._ Shoreditch, 24 Feb. 1898; educ. St. Monica’s R.C. School,
Hoxton Square, W.; joined the Poplar and Stepney Rifles about Sept.
1913; volunteered for foreign service after the outbreak of war; went
to the front in March, 1915, and was killed in action at Loos, 26 Oct.
1915. A companion wrote that he and the officer whose servant he was,
went to the rescue of some men who had been buried by the explosion of
a shell, and while they were digging them out another shell came and
blew the two to pieces.
=DEVEREUX, CHARLES EMILE=, Private, No. 2359, Machine Gun Section,
1/5th Battn. The Manchester Regt., 2nd _s._ of Patrick James
Devereux, Accountant, Great Western Railway, Cardiff, by his wife,
Elizabeth, dau. of John Morgan, of Gower; _b._ Cardiff, 20 Feb.
1894; educ. Roath Park Board School there, and prior to the outbreak of
war was employed as Machine Attendant, Semet Solvay Coke Ovens, Wigan
Coal and Iron Co. He joined the 5th Manchesters in Sept. 1914, and
after training in Egypt, went with his battn. to the Dardanelles, and
was killed instantaneously in action there, 1 June, 1915; _unm._
Writing to his sister, Mrs. McQuillan, of Pemberton, Private William
Rowland, A Coy., said: “On Monday night last, 31 May, I, along with
several comrades belonging to A Coy., 1/5th Manchesters, were ordered
to dig ourselves in at a certain distance. This we did, and whilst we
were digging ourselves in two gun sections belonging to our battn.
advanced, and with one of these sections came your brother, Private C.
Devereux. He took up a position four or five yards away from myself and
commenced digging in. He had been thus engaged about two hours, and was
getting nicely covered in, when, whilst on his knees, and apparently
in the attitude of reaching something, a bullet from a Turkish rifle
entered his body near the heart and emerged beneath his right armpit.”
He was buried close to where he fell, and a small wooden cross with his
name was erected by his comrades.
=DEVONSHIRE, ALFRED JOHN=, Painter, 1st Class, 341934, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DE VOY, JAMES WILSON=, E.R.A., 1st Class, R.N.R., 249EB, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _m._
=DEWAR, THOMAS CLARK=, Private, No. 20295, C Coy., 3rd, attd.
12th, Battn. Royal Scots, 2nd _s._ of Alexander Dewar, of 41,
Naysmith Place, Kelty, Fife, Colliery Worker, by his wife, Isabella,
dau. of the late Thomas Clark; _b._ Kelty, co. Fife, 9 May,
1895; educ. Public School there; was a coal miner; enlisted 21 Jan.
1915; trained four months at Weymouth and four months at Edinburgh;
was selected as a signaller; went to France, 10 Oct., and was killed
in action there, 19 Dec. 1915; _unm._ His company officer,
Capt. W. Skinner, wrote: “Last Sunday morning, about 5.45 a.m., we
were submitted to a severe shelling, concurrently with a gas attack
delivered on our left. Private Dewar and another man were standing
speaking to one of my officers. A shell burst amongst them, and Private
Dewar and the other men were killed, the officer having his right arm
blown off. I regret the casualty very much, as Private Dewar was a
most promising man and one who gave no trouble, and was of exemplary
conduct.”
[Illustration: =Thomas Clark Dewar.=]
=DEWEY, NOBLE=, Corpl., No. 1357, 1st Battn. Cambridgeshire Regt.
(T.F.) 5th _s._ of the late Thomas Henry Dewey, of Chesterton,
co. Cambs., by his wife, Elizabeth (6, Serle Street, Chesterton), dau.
of William Rayner, of Old Chesterton; _b._ Cambridge, 28 Sept.
1885; educ. St. Luke’s School, Chesterton; joined the 1st Cambridge
Territorials in Jan. 1912; volunteered for Imperial Service after the
outbreak of war, went to France in Feb. 1915, and was killed in action
4 March, 1915. He was shot by a sniper, and died about 5.30 a.m. His
commanding officer, Lieut.-Col. C. E. F. Copeman, in a letter to “The
Cambridge Chronicle,” said: “Corpl. Dewey was shot through the lungs as
he was getting into a trench, and died a few hours afterwards. He was
most plucky and never once complained, his only regret being that he
could not get at the Germans”; and in a letter to Mrs. Dewey he wrote:
“His platoon commander tells me he was the best N.C.O. that he had, and
I know that he was one of the most useful men in the Battn.” He was
buried in the churchyard at Dickebushe. Corpl. Dewey was a well-known
Cambridge athlete, a member of the Town and County Cycling Club, and
earned a great reputation as a trainer.
[Illustration: =Noble Dewey.=]
=DE WINTON, WALTER=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
elder _s._ of Major Walter de Winton, of Maesllwch Castle, co.
Radnor, J.P., D.A.A.G. to the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force,
1915, formerly (1882–92) Lieut. 1st Life Guards, by his wife, Hylda
Therise Jane, 2nd dau. of the late Lieut.-Gen. Sir Frederick Marshall,
K.C.M.G.; _b._ London, 22 Feb. 1893; educ. Wixenford School,
Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd. Lieut.
3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 5 Feb. 1913; went to the Front with the
Expeditionary Force in Aug.; served through the retreat from Mons, and
was killed in action at the Battle of the Marne, 6 Sept. 1914. He was
buried in the garden of Monsieur Muraband, at La Fortelle, Rosoyen
Brie, Seine et Marne; _unm._
[Illustration: =Walter de Winton.=]
=DEXTER, GEORGE HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, 309475, H.M.S. Liberty;
killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=DIBSDALL, ERNEST WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., 13195 (R.F.R., B.
1421), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
_m._
=DICK, SAMUEL THOMAS=, P.O., 1st Class (R.F.R., A. 1680), 122365,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DICKENSON, LAURENCE AUBREY FIENNES WINGFIELD=, 2nd Lieut., 4th
Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., attached 1st Royal Irish Rifles, only
_s._ of the Rev. Francis Wingfield Dickenson, Rector of Inworth,
Kelvedon, Essex, by his wife, Florence A., dau. of the late Rev. Henry
Battiscombe, M.A., and gdson. of the late Frederic Boughton Newton
Dickenson, of Siston Court, co. Gloucester, J.P., D.L.; _b._
Inworth Rectory, 1 Feb. 1894; educ. Forest School, Walthamstow, and
Selwyn College, Cambridge; obtained his commission through the O.T.C.
1 Sept. 1914; went to the Front, 19 March, 1915, and died in No. 6
Casualty Station, 10 May, 1915, of wounds received at the Battle of
Ypres, 9 May, 1915; _unm._
=DICKESON, HENRY EDMUND=, Rifleman, No. 3143, 17th Battn. (Poplar
and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Robert Walter
Dickeson, of 41, Hardinge Street, Stepney, employee at the Institution
of Civil Engineers, London, W., by his wife, Esther, dau. of John
Thomas Maloney; _b._ Stepney, 30 May, 1893; educ. Cable Street
Secondary L.C.S. School; was a clerk in the employ of the Apollinaris
Co., Ltd., and joined the Poplar and Stepney Rifles after the outbreak
of war, 8 Sept. 1914. He went through his training at the White City,
Hatfield and St. Albans, left for France on 10 March, 1915, and was
killed in action in the advance at Loos, 25 Sept. 1915. A comrade
(Rifleman P. W. Everett) wrote that he was killed by a shell from a
trench mortar, and that he had buried him on the 26th, an officer of
the 23rd Regt. reading the burial service. He had volunteered with
Everett for a dangerous piece of work, and was killed while carrying it
out.
[Illustration: =Henry E. Dickeson.=]
=DICKEY, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8572), S.S. 104940,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=DICKINSON, RONALD FRANCIS BICKERSTETH=, Capt., 10th Battn. (The
Liverpool Scottish) King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of
George Dickinson, of Red How, Cumberland, J.P., C.C., by his wife, Mary
Florence, dau. of Edward Robert Bickersteth, of Liverpool, F.R.C.S.;
_b._ 23, Abercromby Square, Liverpool, 19 Jan. 1888; educ. Rugby,
and was admitted a Solicitor in 1910, and at the time of his death
was a manager with Messrs. Hill, Dickinson & Co., of Liverpool. When
the war broke out and his battn. was mobilised, he with the rest of
his battn. volunteered for foreign service, and they went to the
Front on 1 Nov. 1914. He was continuously engaged in the trenches and
trench fighting from then until his death, which took place after the
capture of four German trenches at Hooge on 16 June, 1915. Owing to
reinforcements not coming up in time, his men were eventually partially
driven back by the German counter attack, and he was left lying wounded
in six places in the fourth German trench. It was believed that he died
shortly after capture by the Germans. Eventually the first German line
of trenches and part of the second were held, but only two officers
and about 120 men of the battn. answered the roll call when they
were relieved at night. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord)
French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915. His Col. wrote: “He was absolutely
lion-hearted, and I think all will agree that he was pre-eminent in a
battn. which I am proud to say numbers many brave men in its ranks. It
was my duty on many occasions during the winter months to tramp round
the front line trenches at night, and invariably Ronald was to be found
wherever a dirty or dangerous job had to be done.” One of his men
wrote: “As brave a man as ever held charge. The company idolised him;
wherever there was danger he was there.” Another: “We absolutely adored
him. He was a leader worth following.” Another said: “Time and again
when any of his men were lying wounded outside the trench, he ordered
his men to keep under cover while he himself ran the greatest risk
in bringing the wounded in. If anyone deserved the V.C. it was Capt.
Ronald Dickinson; he had won it over and over again. He was a little
god to his men.”
[Illustration: =Ronald F. B. Dickinson.=]
=DICKSON, GEORGE=, Private, No. 11295, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
reported missing, 24 Nov. 1914, and now assumed to have been killed in
action at Kemmel on or about that date.
=DICKSON, GEORGE=, Private, No. 3405, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards;
_b._ co. Perth; enlisted 9 May, 1900; served in South African
War (medal), and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders,
1914; killed in action, 18 Nov. 1914. He _m._ at Edinburgh, 21
May, 1907, Emma (48, Dundee Street, Edinburgh), dau. of (--) Johnson,
and had two children: William George, _b._ 5 April, 1908; and Mary
Gerrand, _b._ 30 Oct. 1909.
=DICKSON, GEORGE AITKEN=, Private, No. 11295, 2nd Battn. The Royal
Scots, _s._ of the late William Dickson, Carter, by his wife,
Christina (13, Melburne Place, North Berwick), dau. of George Aitken;
_b._ North Berwick, 11 March, 1895; educ. Public School there;
enlisted 6 Nov. 1912, and is supposed to have been killed in action
during the retreat from Mons. Official letters give the date as 24 Nov.
1914, though a private communication says he was killed on 26 Aug. 1914.
[Illustration: =George Aitken Dickson.=]
=DICKSON, JAMES=, Private, No. 2700, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
killed in action near Ypres, 20 July, 1915.
=DICKSON, JAMES STRUTHERS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6192), 185733, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DICKSON, JOHN=, Private, No. 6283, 1st Battn. Scots Guards;
_b._ Musselburgh, co. Midlothian; enlisted 29 Dec. 1905, aged 18;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; reported missing,
11 Nov. 1914; _m._ at Edinburgh, 14 April, 1911, Mary Ann (16,
Sandfont Street, Leith), dau. of (--) Brown.
=DICKSON, THOMAS=, Driver, No. 86791, 18th Battery, 5th Field
Artillery Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Richard
Dickson; _b._ Upper Ballinderry, co. Antrim, 26 April, 1881;
educ. Village School there; served with the 83rd Battery, R.F.A.,
in the South African War, was invalided home after one year and ten
months’ service, but later went out again and served till 31 May,
1902, receiving the Queen’s medal with four clasps and the King’s
medal with two clasps; obtained his discharge and went to Canada;
acted as a Recruiting Sergt. from the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914
to 12 May, 1915, when he joined for service overseas; came over
with reinforcements and died while on service in England, 13 Oct.
1915. Buried in the Military Cemetery, Shorncliffe. He _m._
at Ballinderry Parish Church, 25 Dec. 1901, Lillee (Rayanton P.O.,
Manitoba, Canada), dau. of Robert Cairns, late Colour-Sergt., York
and Lancaster Regt. (served in Egyptian War), and had seven children:
Alfred W., _b._ 3 Sept. 1903; Robert C., _b._ 7 Aug. 1905;
Lewis Meighin, _b._ 16 Sept. 1911; Terance Richard, _b._ 6
March, 1913; Thomas, _b._ 18 Aug. 1914; Kathleen M. E., _b._
21 Sept. 1906; and Beatrice McKeown, _b._ 9 March, 1908.
[Illustration: =Thomas Dickson.=]
=DIEHL, RALPH=, Bombardier, No. 2/1613, New Zealand Field
Artillery, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd but elder surv.
_s._ of the late Gustav Diehl, of Wellington, by his wife, Anna
Jane (7, Elizabeth Street, Wellington, New Zealand), dau. of the late
John Mitchell; _b._ Oamaru, New Zealand, 9 July, 1892; educ.
Wellington; was a Clerk and Bookkeeper; volunteered after the outbreak
of war and enlisted in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, April,
1915; left for Egypt with the fifth reinforcements, 13 June, 1915; went
to the Dardanelles, 21 Sept. 1915, and was killed in action there 23
Oct. 1915; _unm._
=DIGBY, JOHN KENELM, B.A.=, 2nd Lieut., 7th (Service) Battn.
Norfolk Regt., elder _s._ of Algernon Digby, of Highfield,
Fakenham, Norfolk, M.A., Solicitor [nephew of Edward St. Vincent, 9th
Lord Digby], by his wife, Richenda Catharine, eldest dau. of the late
Capt. Philip Hamond, 34th Regt.; _b._ Fakenham, co. Norfolk, 21
Nov. 1890; educ. Marlborough College and Hertford College, Oxford, and
after taking his degree there, joined the lay staff of the Mission at
Edmonton, Alberta, under the Archbishop’s Western Canada Scheme, and
worked there for a year and a half until the outbreak of the European
War in Aug. 1914. He then volunteered and enlisted as a private in
the 9th Battn. of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Sept., being
afterwards promoted L.-Corpl. He came over with the 1st Contingent
in Oct., and trained with them on Salisbury Plain during the winter
of 1914–15, and on 20 Feb. 1915, was given a commission in the 7th
Norfolks. He went to the Front, May, 1915, and was killed in action at
Ploegsteart, Flanders, 4–5 Aug. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Kenelm Digby.=]
=DIGGLE, JOHN HAROLD=, Private, No. 2510, 6th Battn. King’s
Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of James Edward Diggle, of Liverpool;
_b._ Liverpool, 10 Jan. 1895; educ. St. Margaret’s Higher Grade
School, Anfield; enlisted following the outbreak of war, 19 Sept. 1914,
and was killed in action at Ypres, 29 March, 1915; buried, Zillebeke.
=DILKE, HUGH STANLEY=, L.-Corpl., No. 2107, Polytechnic Coy., 12th
Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), 5th and yst. _s._
of Charles Wentworth Dilke, of Park Avenue North, Hornsey, N., co.
Middlesex [a cadet of Dilke of Maxstoke Castle, co. Warwick], by his
wife, Ellen, dau. of William Smith, of Cheddleton, co. Stafford;
_b._ 7, Vincent Road, London, N., 2 Dec. 1889; educ. North
Harringay School, London; and prior to the outbreak of war he was a
clerk in the employ of Messrs. Napier Motors, Ltd., Acton Vale, W.
He had joined the Rangers in 1908, but had retired in 1913, having
completed his term of five years, but on the outbreak of war in Aug.
1914, immediately rejoined and volunteered for foreign service. He went
to France 25 Dec. 1914, and after five weeks’ training at St. Omer went
into the trenches at Ypres. He was wounded in the left foot while on
patrol duty at Zillebeke, during the second Battle of Ypres, 21 Feb.
1915. A brother officer wrote: “Bob went up again to the trenches, and
was unlucky enough to get hit very slightly. We were happily able to
tie him up on the spot, and take him to the nearest hospital. He called
out to us quite cheerily as he passed us in an ambulance waggon.” After
three operations in No. 13 General Hospital, Boulogne, he was sent
home, and died in Queen Mary’s Hospital, Southend, 21 March, 1915.
His commanding officer wrote: “He was always so cheery, and did his
work so well that we miss him sorely. He did his duty nobly.” He was
_unm._, and was buried in the Sutton Road Cemetery at Southend
with full military honours on 24 March.
[Illustration: =Hugh Stanley Dilke.=]
=DILKES, SAMUEL RICHARD=, Private, No. 5298, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of John Dilkes, of Rose Cottage, South Croxton, near
Leicester, by his wife, Henrietta, dau. of Richard Clarke, of Great
Dalby, Melton Mowbray; _b._ Barsby, near Melton Mowbray, co.
Leicester, 9 March, 1885: educ. Gaddesby, near Leicester; enlisted 28
Dec. 1903; served in Egypt, 9 March, 1906, to 23 March, 1911, and with
the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 25 Aug. to 14 Sept.
1914, and was killed in action on the latter date, at the Battle of the
Aisne; _unm._
=DILLON, LESLIE FRANK=, Private, No. 1330, 10th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, only _s._ of John Dillon, of Constantia, Houghton,
formerly of Millbrook; _b._ 1894; went to Australia; joined the
Commonwealth Expeditionary Force on the outbreak of war, left for
Egypt; went to the Dardanelles; was at first reported missing, but
later information showed that he was killed on active service.
=DIMMOCK, CHARLES=, Ship’s Corpl., 1st Class, 192556, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=DING, DOUGLAS GEORGE=, L.-Corpl. No. 12435, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 4th _s._ of William Ding, of Sutterton, co. Lincoln, by
his wife, Ellen, dau. of James Bull; _b._ Kenure Park, Rush, co.
Dublin, 27 Feb. 1892; enlisted Sept. 1914; went to France in a draft
in Feb., and was killed in action during the Battle of Loos, 27 Sept.
1915, while making a reconnaissance with two men in front of the Guards
position near the Chalk Pit, north of Loos; _unm._ An officer
wrote: “The late Capt. of this coy. was very sorry to lose such a
valuable man as Corpl. Ding, who was a very good and brave man.”
=DINGWALL, ERNEST WILLIAM=, Private, No. 533, B Coy., 19th Battn.,
5th Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of William
Macdonald Dingwall, of Dingwall, Bank Agent, by his wife, Isabella
Banken, dau. of the late William Turnbull Dobson; _b._ Inverness,
14 May, 1896; educ. Royal Academy Inverness, and George Watson’s
College, Edinburgh; went to Australia, 15 May, 1913; joined the
Commonwealth Expeditionary Force in the spring of 1915; left for Egypt
with his battn. in June, 1915; went to the Dardanelles by the Saturnia
on 17 Aug. 1915, and died at Lemnos, 4 Jan. 1916, of cerebro-spinal
meningitis, contracted on active service; _unm._ Buried in
Portianos Cemetery, Lemnos.
=DIPPER, ARTHUR WILLIAM=, Private, No. 5550, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Frank Dipper, of Stretton-on-Dunsmore, Stockman,
by his wife, Matilda, dau. of Edward Turrall, of Stretton-on-Dunsmore;
_b._ Stretton-on-Dunsmore, near Rugby, 24 Nov. 1884; educ. there;
enlisted 6 May, 1904, and after serving seven years passed into the
Reserve. On mobilisation he rejoined, left England with his regiment
early in Aug., and served through the retreat from Mons and the various
subsequent engagements on the Aisne and Marne. On 2 Nov. he had a
narrow escape, a bullet going through his coat, and after striking
a tin he was carrying in his breast pocket, passed along his chest,
and came out the other side of his coat. He was wounded in the foot
on 2 Dec., and was killed in action at Cuinchy, 28 Feb. 1915, by the
explosion of two shells close to his head. His brother, Private George
Dipper, was standing by his side at the time, but escaped with a few
scratches. He was buried at Cuinchy, near La Bassée. He _m._ at
Coventry, 20 July, 1911, Annie, dau. of George Wall, of West Bromwich,
co. Stafford, and had a son, George, _b._ 5 Nov. 1913.
[Illustration: =Arthur William Dipper.=]
=DISSPAIN, JOSEPH CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9027), S.S. 2090,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DIVERS, PATRICK=, Private. No. 13689, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots.
2nd _s._ of James Divers, of 248, Charles Street, St. Rollox,
Glasgow, employee in the Steel Works of Scotland (Blochaim, Ltd.),
by his wife, Mary, dau. of Patrick O’Neil, of co. Tyrone; _b._
Glasgow, 28 Oct. 1895; educ. St. Mungo’s R.C. School, Glebe Street,
Glasgow, and St. Rock’s R.C. School, Townhead, Glasgow; was working
with Hyde Park Locomotive Works before the war. Enlisted soon after
the outbreak of war, 1 Sept. 1914; went to France, 18 Dec. 1914. and
was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; _unm._
While at St. Rock’s R.C. School, he was captain of the football team,
and that year they won the Glasgow Observer Cup and the Petershill F.C.
Tournament for elementary schools; he also won a five-a-side football
badge the month before he enlisted.
[Illustration: =Patrick Divers.=]
=DIXON, THOMAS=, Private, No. 18636, 1st Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, yr. _s._ of John Dixon, of the Foundry,
Castle Eden, co. Durham, by his wife, Esther, dau. of Andrew Hunter,
of Middle Rainton; _b._ Castle Eden, 18 July, 1892; educ. there;
went to Canada in 1912, and settled at Edmonton; enlisted in Aug.
1914, after the declaration of war; went to the Front, 26 April, 1915,
and was killed in action at Givenchy, 15 June, 1915; _unm._ He
was buried at Duck’s Bill, Givenchy. For their conduct this day, the
deceased company officer, Lieut. F. W. Campbell, was awarded the V.C.;
the official report stating: “For most conspicuous bravery on 15 June,
1915, during the action at Givenchy Lieut. Campbell took his two
machine guns over the parapet, arrived at the German first line with
one gun, and maintained his position there under very heavy rifle,
machine gun and bomb fire, notwithstanding the fact that almost the
whole of his detachment had been killed or wounded. When our supply of
bombs had been exhausted, this officer advanced his gun still further
to an exposed position, and, by firing about 1,000 rounds, succeeded in
holding back the enemy’s counter attack. This very gallant officer was
subsequently wounded and has since died.”
[Illustration: =Thomas Dixon.=]
=DOBEDOE, HERBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2017), 204430, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=DOCKER, LEONARD GEORGE=, Private, No. 13106, 2nd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, 5th _s._ of Oliver Atkins Docker, of 155,
Grosvenor Road, Rugby, by his wife, Martha, dau. of Simon Freer;
_b._ Rugby, 7 July, 1896; educ. Murray Street School there; went
to Canada and settled at Boissevain, Manitoba. On the outbreak of war,
he immediately came home (paying his own passage) and enlisted at
Birmingham, 8 Oct. 1914, the day after he landed. He went to the Front
early in May, and was killed in action at Cambrin on 7 July, 1915, his
nineteenth birthday.
[Illustration: =Leonard George Docker.=]
=DODDS, VINCENT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 4611 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DODMAN, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 6822, 1st Battn. Middlesex
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died 8 Nov.
1914, of wounds received in action; _m._
=DODS, WILLIAM HENRY GORDON=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Leicestershire
Regt.; _s._ of the late Major William Sandars Dods, of Uvedale,
Norfolk Regt., by his wife, Emmie Alice Gordon (Glengariff, Roundham
Road, Paignton), dau. of Col. Henry Charles Wright, Indian Staff Corps;
_b._ Uvedale, Needham Market, co. Suffolk, 27 Oct. 1891; educ.
Bishops Stortford and Marlborough College, and was afterwards sent
with a company of 60 cadets to Woolwich (there being no room that year
for the cadets at Sandhurst), where he was promoted Colour-Sergt., and
received the Sword of Honour and Coronation medal. He was gazetted 2nd
Lieut. to the Leicester, 11 Sept. 1911, and joined 25 Oct.; commanded
the King’s Guard of Honour at the Pavilion at Aldershot in May, 1912,
and was promoted Lieut. 18 May, 1913. On the outbreak of war he went
with his regt. to France, and was killed in action near Armentières,
France, 21 Oct. 1914; _unm._ He was buried at La Houssaie, in the
angle formed between La Houssaie-Wez Macquart Road and Armentières
Ecquingham Railway. Lieut. Dods played in the final of the Rugby Army
match, won by the Leicester Regt. in 1912, and passed the test as
marksman in the musketry course in 1914.
[Illustration: =William Henry G. Dods.=]
=DOE, ALFRED=, Private, No. 9525, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt.,
_s._ of John Doe, of 16, William Street, Brighton; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action at Troyon, 7 Oct. 1914.
=DOEL, JAMES=, Private, No. 11205, 1st Battn. Highland L.I.,
_s._ of James Doel, of 1, Brougham Street, Brockhurst, Gosport;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action
at Richebourg, 16 May, 1915.
=DOHERTY, CHARLES=, Private, No. 16959, 10th (Service) Battn.
Highland L.I.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
killed in action at Loos, 25 Sept. 1915.
=DOIDGE, GEORGE=, Stoker, P.O., 299015 (Devon.), H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=DOLAN, BERNARD=, Private, No. 2452, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
killed in action at Zillebeke, 20 May, 1915.
=DOLLER, COLIN=, Private, No. 8370, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
killed in action at Croix Barbée, 15 Oct. 1914.
=DOLPHIN, ERIC JOHN WESTERN=, Capt., 1st Battn. Hampshire Regt.,
4th and yst. _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Harry Edmund Dolphin, of Oak
Lodge, Guildford, late Royal Artillery, by his wife, Margaret Louise,
dau. of Capt. James Dolphin, Rifle Brigade; _b._ The Glen,
Queenstown, Cork Harbour, 27 Dec. 1885; educ. Stubbington (Mr. Foster),
co. Hants, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted to
the Hampshire Regt., 24 Jan. 1906; promoted Lieut. 9 May, 1907, and
(accelerated promotion to) Capt. 23 Oct. 1914. He was killed in action
near Ploegsteert Wood, Flanders, 8 Nov. 1914, and was buried in the
Cemetery there; _unm._ Major Parker wrote: “Your son was killed
yesterday morning. He is a very great loss to the regt., just one of
those who could ill be spared. He was one of the best of comrades and
a real good soldier, always cheery and putting his best into all his
work.”
=DOLPHIN, JOSEPH SAMUEL=, E.R.A., 1st Class, 268386, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DOMINEY, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Corpl., No. 8827, 2nd Battn. The Scots
Guards, only _s._ of the Rev. George William Dominey, Rector of
St. Vincent’s, Edinburgh, by his wife, Ellen Maud, dau. of the late
Richard Roberts, of Sherborne; _b._ Stoughton, Guildford, co.
Surrey, 19 April, 1891; educ. King’s College, London; enlisted in The
Scots Guards, 14 Jan. 1914; promoted Corpl. 24 Aug. 1914; went to the
front, 19 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action near Armentières, 18
Dec. 1914; _unm._
=DONACHEY, WALLACE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10413), 299952,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=DONALD, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 7118, 2nd Battn. Highland L.I.;
_b._ Port Glasgow, co. Renfrew, 1880; was a French Polisher;
enlisted in the 1st Battn. Highland L.I. at Hamilton, 3 Jan. 1900;
served in the South African War (King’s medal with two clasps, “1901,”
“1902”), and obtained his transfer to the Army Reserve at Gosport, 2
Jan. 1908, on completion of his eight years with the Colours, of which
6 years and 41 days was abroad. Mobilised 4 Aug. 1914; went to France
with the Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action there, 14 Nov.
1914. He _m._ at Glasgow, 31 Dec. 1909 (--) (11, Martin Street,
Bridgeton, Glasgow), dau. of (--), and had two children: Christina
Smith Smart, _b._ 5 Nov. 1910; and Thomasina Smart, _b._ 1
Nov. 1914.
=DONALD, MARTIE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10346), 107927,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=DONALDSON, JOHN=, Private, No. 1714, 6th Battn. The Royal Scots
(T.F.), only _s._ of James Donaldson, of 45, Jordan Street,
Edinburgh, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of John Steel, of Kirkmuirhill,
co. Lanark; _b._ Edinburgh, 7 Aug. 1895; educ. South Morningside
Board School there; was an engineer and oven builder with D. Thomson.
Ltd., of Edinburgh, Engineers; joined the Territorial Battn. of the
Royal Scots, mobilised 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 2 Nov. 1914, and
was killed at Festubert, 18 May, 1915; _unm._ He was a member of
St. Matthew’s Parish Church, Edinburgh.
[Illustration: =John Donaldson.=]
=DONKIN, REGINALD LYONS=, Private, No. 817, 1st Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, _s._ of the late Edward Francis Donkin, formerly
of Wyfold Court, co. Oxford, and afterwards of Maitland, Australia, by
his wife, Grace, dau. of (--) Lyons, of Melbourne, and great-grandson
of General Sir Rufus Shawe Donkin, K.C.B., Governor of Port Elizabeth,
by his wife, Elizabeth Frances, dau. of the Most Rev. William Markham,
Archbishop of York; _b._ Victoria, Australia, June, 1895; joined
the Australian Imperial Force on the outbreak of war, and was killed in
action at the Dardanelles, 15 Aug. 1915; _unm._
=DONNAN, JOSEPH GEORGE ALEXANDER=, Sergt., No. 357, B Coy., 1/6th
Battn. The King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late
Joseph Donnan, of Aigburth, Liverpool, Merchant Tailor, by his wife,
Margaret Webster (172, Upper Warwick Street, Liverpool), dau. of the
late George Lawrenson, of Aigburth; _b._ Dingle, Liverpool, 1
Nov. 1881; educ. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic School there;
was a clerk with Messrs. J. H. & S. Johnson, Wholesale Druggists,
Liverpool, and had completed his fifteenth year with this firm when
war was declared. He had joined the King’s (Liverpool Rifles),
then the 2nd Battn. King’s Liverpools (T.F.) in 1903, and at once
volunteered for foreign ser.ce. He left for France, 24 Feb. 1915, and
was killed in action, 30 March, 1915, by a sniper while on duty in the
trenches; _unm._ He was buried on the side of a railway cutting
at Zillebeke. In a letter from one of his Sergts. he was spoken of as
being a “most conscientious N.C.O., and one of the best.” During his
twelve years’ service in the King’s Liverpool Rifles he became one
of its crack shots, and won many prizes, in addition to two silver
shooting cups. In July, 1912, he won the “Queen Mary” prize at Bisley.
[Illustration: =Joseph George A. Donnan.=]
=DONNELLEY, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 2248, 1/4th Battn.
Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.) eldest _s._ of Philip Donnelley,
Labourer, by his wife, Esther, dau. of Johnson McGuire; _b._
Hexham, 2 March, 1877; educ. St. Mary’s Catholic School there; was
a Labourer; enlisted 11 Nov. 1914; went to France, 19 April, 1915,
and was killed in action near Ypres, 26 April, 1915. He _m._ at
Hexham, 9 Aug. 1902, Annie Oliver (Gilesgate, Hexham), dau. of Frank
Young, of Hexham, and left seven children: Frank, _b._ 7 Dec.
1904; James William, _b._ 10 May, 1907; Johnson McGuire, _b._
26 June, 1908; Edward, _b._ 20 Jan., 1912; Jane Anne, _b._ 6
March, 1906; Mary, _b._ 25 March, 1913; and Elizabeth, _b._
25 Sept. 1914.
=DONNELLY, HUGH=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8868), S.S.
105635, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DONOVAN, ALFRED NORMAN=, Corpl., No. 12033, 2nd Battn. Highland
L.I., _s._ of the late William John Donovan, of Ballygoran,
Celbridge, co. Kildare, Coachman, by his wife, Rose Frances Emma, dau.
of the late David Richard Ellis, of West Kensington, Dyer and Cleaner;
_b._ Dublin, 6 Feb. 1894; educ. Christian Brothers’ School,
Inchicore; enlisted at Glasgow, 30 Sept. 1912; gained Third Class
Certificate of Education, 12 Dec. following, and Second Class, 3 May,
1913; promoted L.-Corpl. Dec. 1913, and Corpl. 5 Aug. 1914; went to
France, 21 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action there, 17 May, 1915;
_unm._ His brother William, A.B., No. 239892, R.N., is now (1916)
on active service.
[Illustration: =A. N. Donovan.=]
=DOONER, ALFRED EDWIN CLAUD TOKE=, Lieut. and Adjutant, 1st Battn.
Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 3rd _s._ of Col. William Toke Dooner, of
Ditton Place, near Maidstone, J.P., late Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers,
and Chief Staff Officer, Thames District, by his wife, Augusta, 5th
dau. of William Paul Metchim, of Petersham Lodge, Surrey; _b._
Victoria Barracks, Portsmouth, 3 April, 1892; and went to the King’s
School, Rochester, in 1902, from which he gained a scholarship at
Tonbridge in 1905. There he became Coy. Sergt.-Major in the O.T.C.,
and afterwards Cadet Officer in 1909. He was in the shooting eight,
1907–10, and in 1908 and 1909 won the Warner Challenge Cup, and in
the latter year helped to win with a record score--66 out of 70--the
Hansard Cup for his House. In 1908, 1909 and 1910 his House won the
Mitchell Cup, the section being under the command of Lieut. Dooner.
In 1910 he represented the School in the contest for the Spencer Cup.
He was also in the School XV. He passed third into Sandhurst from
Tonbridge in 1910, and joined the Woolwich Coy., where he gained the
drill prize, also the prize for German. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut.
to the Welsh Fusiliers, 20 Sept. 1911; was promoted Lieut. 4 Sept.
1912; and became Adjutant of the 1st Battn. in July, 1914. He passed
as a first-class interpreter in German in 1912, having previously, in
1908, when at Tonbridge, gained the first prize in that language in
the examination open to all members of all public schools. He went to
Belgium with his regt., 4 Oct. 1914, landing at Zeebrugge, and was
reported as missing after the fighting on 30 Oct. 1914, and later
information was received from the German Government that he had been
killed in action on or about that date at Zandvoorde, near Ypres.
From reports received from officers and men who were present on this
occasion, it would appear that on the date mentioned, the struggle
at Zandvoorde was most severe--as the Germans were endeavouring to
get through to Calais, and the line occupied by the 7th Division was
extended and thinly held. On the right of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers
there were some trenches occupied by dismounted cavalry fighting as
infantry, and how well these trenches were held is described by an
officer, who says it was “one of the finest feats of the war.” So well
did the cavalry fight that nearly all were killed or wounded, and the
trenches were eventually captured, thus leaving the right flank of the
Royal Welsh Fusiliers open to a flank attack. Lieut. Dooner, seeing
the danger, ran across a fireswept piece of ground to the company on
the right, and, having carried out his instructions, was returning
to rejoin his commanding officer, when he was seen to fall wounded.
Lieut.-Col. Cadogan, commanding the battn., then ran to his assistance,
accompanied, it is stated, by Sergt. H. Evans, D Coy. They found that
Lieut. Dooner had been killed, and as they were returning Sergt. Evans
states that Lieut.-Col. Cadogan was also shot down about 10 yards from
the trenches. The 7th Division, since its disembarkation, had now
lost over 80 per cent. of its strength, and the Royal Welsh Fusiliers
belonging to it was left with only one officer--Capt. Parker, the
Quartermaster--and 86 men out of a total of 31 officers and 1,100 rank
and file which left Lyndhurst for the seat of war on 4 Oct. Lieut.
Dooner at the time of his death was the youngest Adjutant in the
Regular Army. He was a member of the Junior United Service Club, and
_unm._
[Illustration: =A. E. C. T. Dooner.=]
=DOPSON, WILLIAM=, Stoker, P.O. (Pensioner, R.F.R., A. 3401),
152717, H.M.S Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=DOREY, WILLIAM HENRY=, Gunner, R.M.A. 6064 (R.F.R., B. 843),
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914;
_m._
=COTTRELL-DORMER, CHARLES MELVILLE, D.S.O.=, Lieut., 3rd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, 2nd and elder surviving _s._ of Charles Walter
Cottrell-Dormer, of Rousham Hall and Middle Aston, co. Oxford, and of
Heath House and Stapleton Park, co. Gloucester, J.P., D.L., Capt. late
13th Hussars, by his wife, Ursula, yst. dau. of Thomas Robert Brook
Leslie-Melville-Cartwright, of Melville House, co. Fife, J.P., D.L.,
and of Lady Elizabeth, née Leslie-Melville, his wife; _b._ 18 Feb.
1892; educ. Eton; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Special Reserve of the
Coldstream Guards, 6 Jan. 1912; was posted to the 3rd Battn. 10 June,
1914; and promoted Lieut.; went to France with his regt.; was mentioned
in Despatches by F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French on 8 Oct., and was
awarded the D.S.O., the official announcement recording that “after
all his men had been driven out of the trenches by enfilade fire he
remained to the last, and got his wounded men away.” He was invested
with the Order by the King 13 Jan. 1915; returned to the Front, and
died 8 Feb. 1915, of wounds received in action at Bethune; _unm._
His eldest brother was killed in action 27 Oct. 1914 (see following
notice).
=COTTRELL-DORMER, CLEMENT=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Scots Guards,
eldest _s._ of Charles Walter Cottrell-Dormer, of Rousham Hall
and Middle Aston, co. Oxford, and of Heath House and Stapleton Park,
co. Gloucester, J.P., D.L., Capt. late 13th Hussars, by his wife,
Ursula, yst. dau. of Thomas Robert Brook Leslie-Melville-Cartwright,
of Melville House, co. Fife, J.P., D.L., and of Lady Elizabeth, née
Leslie-Melville, his wife (see previous notice); 6 Feb. 1891; educ.
Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; served one year with
the Queen’s Own Oxfordshire Hussars (Yeomanry); was gazetted 2nd Lieut.
Scots Guards, 1 Feb. 1913; went to France with the Expeditionary Force
in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Krusick, near Ypres, 27 Oct.
1914; _unm._
=DORMER, WILLIAM CHARLES=, Private, No. 6548, 4th Battn.
Bedfordshire Regt., 2nd _s._ of Charles Dormer, of Wood Cottage,
Courser’s Farm, Colney Heath, co. Herts, by his wife, Dorcas, dau. of
Charles Yarrington; _b._ Waterferry Common, co. Oxford, 25 June,
1890; educ. Roydon, Essex, and had worked as a farm labourer for Mr. W.
C. B. Giddins at Courses, and Mr. W. B. Field, of Bowmans Green, London
Colney, and at the time war broke out was in the service of Messrs.
Adams & Sons, Cartage Contractors, St. Albans. He was on the Special
Reserve of the 4th Bedfords, and was called up, 5 Aug. 1914, going to
the Front the same month with a draft for the 2nd Battn., to which he
was then attached. He was killed in action at Festubert, 18 May, 1915;
_unm._ Several of his brothers are (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =William Charles Dormer.=]
=DORNING, ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4010), S.S.
102101, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=DORRAM, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 112173, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DOUGALL, ANDREW=, [Private, No. 2474, 1/5th Battn. The Royal
Scots (T.F.), 4th _s._ of Andrew Dougall, of 8, Wolsey Place,
Edinburgh, _s._ of the late John Dougall, of Househill, Larbert,
Farmer, by his wife, Christina Marshall, dau. of the late Robert
Taylor; _b._ Edinburgh, 16 Aug. 1896; educ. Parson’s Green School
there; unlisted 8 Sept. 1914; left with the Mediterranean Expeditionary
Force in March, 1915, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 7
May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Andrew Dougall.=]
=DOUGALL, WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2137), 170245,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DOUGLAS, ALFRED SYDNEY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 15466, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DOUGLAS, LESLIE HALL=, Lieut., 2nd Field Coy. Northumbrian
Divisional R.E. (T.F.), only _s._ of John Douglas, of 33, Brighton
Grove, Newcastle, by his wife, Dorothy Jane, dau. of Thomas Hall, Civil
and Locomotive Engineer; _b._ Newcastle-on-Tyne, 14 Nov. 1887;
educ. Royal Grammar School and Armstrong College there, and qualified
as a Marine Engineer, being Assistant Surveyor with Messrs. Swan &
McFarlane, Newcastle-on-Tyne. On the outbreak of war he volunteered and
was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 8 Sept. 1914. He went to the Front, 16 April,
1915; was promoted Lieut. 12 June, 1915, and was killed in action near
Dranoutre, Belgium, 9 July, 1915; _unm._ A brother officer wrote:
“He has done excellent work for us under the most trying and dangerous
conditions. He was a brave, painstaking officer. His loss is greatly
felt not only by his company and me, but particularly by his section,
which he commanded so well.”
[Illustration: =Leslie Hall Douglas.=]
=DOUGLAS, LESLIE STUART=, Corpl. and Despatch Rider, No. 1624,
Signal Coy. 2nd London Divisional Engineers. R.E. (T.F.), _s._ of
James Henry Douglas, of Dalry, Cossington Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, by
his wife, Florence Helen, dau. of George Turner; _b._ Holloway,
London, N., 30 Oct. 1893; educ. Stationers’ School, London; was a Bank
Clerk; joined the 15th London Regt. (P.W.O. Civil Service Rifles) in
March, 1911; volunteered for foreign service after the outbreak of war
and was transferred to the 2nd London Divisional Engineers in Jan.
1915; went to France, March, 1915, and died at Bethune, 24 Sept. 1915
from a fractured skull, while carrying Despatches; _unm._
[Illustration: =Leslie Stuart Douglas.=]
=DOUGLAS, WILLIAM SHOLTO=, Major, R.E., of the Headquarters Staff,
only _s._ of Col. John Charles Douglas, of Lansdowne House, Bath,
late Worcester Regt., and nephew of General Sir Charles Douglas, Chief
of the Imperial General Staff; _b._ St. Peter’s, Jersey, 18 Sept.
1875; educ. Bath College; joined the Royal Engineers as 2nd Lieut. 22
Oct. 1895; promoted Lieut. 22 Oct. 1898, Capt. 22 Oct. 1904, and Major,
30 Oct. 1914; was attached to the Egyptian Army, 1898; served with the
Nile Expedition, 1899 (Egyptian medal and clasp), and in the South
African War, 1899–1900, being present during the operations in the
Orange Free State, including the actions at Wittebergen (1 to 19 July),
where he was slightly wounded while destroying arms (Queen’s medal with
two clasps). On his return home at the end of 1900 he was specially
employed in the Intelligence Department at Headquarters, and from Aug.
1910, to 28 May, 1912, he was Assistant Director of Army Signals (2nd
Division) at Aldershot, when he was appointed General Staff Officer
(3rd Grade), Scottish Command (29 May, 1914). On the outbreak of
war he was appointed to the Headquarters Staff of the 7th Division,
Expeditionary Force, was badly wounded in the action at Ypres, 2 Nov.
1914, and died at Boulogne 14 Nov. following. He was mentioned in Sir
John French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915. Major Douglas _m._ King’s
Walden, Herts, 21 Oct. 1903, Gladys Mary, elder dau. of Thomas Fenwick
Harrison, Lord of the Manor and Patron of King’s Walden, and had an
only child, John Willoughby Sholto, _b._ 17 Jan. 1906; died 13
Dec. 1913.
[Illustration: =William Sholto Douglas.=]
=BLACKER-DOUGLASS, ROBERT ST. JOHN, M.C.=, Lieut., Irish Guards,
elder _s._ of Maxwell Vandeleur Blacker-Douglass, of Bellevue
Park, co. Dublin, and Elm Park, co. Armagh, and Lareen, co. Leitrim,
J.P., D.L., by his wife, Alice, only child of the late Robert
MacGeough, of Silver Bridge, co. Armagh; _b._ Dublin, 30 Nov.
1892; educ. Hazelwood, Surrey, Wellington College and Sandhurst;
gazetted to the Irish Guards, 7 Feb. 1912, and promoted Lieut. 27 Jan.
1913. He went to the Front with the first Expeditionary Force in Aug.
1914; served through the retreat from Mons; was wounded at Compiègne
on 1 Sept. and invalided home, but rejoined his regt. in Flanders on
22 Jan. 1915. He was killed in action at Cuinchy, 1 Feb. 1915. “He
continued to lead an attack after being wounded, and in so doing was
killed” [official record, London Gazette, 11 March, 1915], and was
awarded the Military Cross. His commanding officer, Major Trefusis,
Irish Guards, wrote: “He was ordered with some men to retake a post
which had been lost in the early morning of 1 Feb. He gallantly led his
men to the attack and was soon wounded, but in spite of this he got up
and shouted, ‘Come on, the Irish Guards,’ and was immediately killed.
I feel it may be some comfort to all to know that he met his death in
a very gallant manner, and by his example thoroughly inspired the men
to make a great attack later on which was completely successful. I can
only say what a loss he is to the regt. I have known him ever since he
joined.” Lieut. Blacker-Douglass was _unm._, and was buried in
Cuinchy Cemetery.
[Illustration: =R. St. J. Blacker-Douglass.=]
=DOVE, CHARLES WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4086), 213475, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronet, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=DOW, ANDREW THOMAS=, Private, No. 81226, 10th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of Peter Dow, of Bankfoot, co.
Perth, Farmer, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Thomas Liston; _b._
Airntully, co. Perth, 29 May, 1891; educ. Murthly Public School and
Sharp’s Institution, Perth; went to Canada in Nov. 1911, and settled at
Winnipeg. After the outbreak of war he enlisted in Oct. 1914, came over
in March, 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 21 May, 1915;
_unm._
=DOWDEN, STEPHEN WILLIAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 9604, 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards, only _s._ of William Dowden, Salesman at
Covent Garden, by his wife, Christina Emma Beatrice, dau. of William
Reynolds Floyd; _b._ Peckham, 13 April, 1885; educ. Wimbledon
and Leatherhead; enlisted in May, 1912; went to France with the first
Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, served through the retreat from Mons
and the Battles of the Marne, the Aisne, etc.; was wounded in action
and invalided home in November; returning to the Front on 16 Dec. and
died in No. 13 General Hospital, 28 Dec. 1914, of wounds received in
action four days previously. He was buried in the Eastern Cemetery,
Boulogne, in Trench A/248, No. 1008; _unm._
[Illustration: =Stephen William Dowden.=]
=DOWLING, JOHN JAMES=, Private, R.M.L.I. (Ports.), 10005, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914; _m._
=DOWLING, JAMES THOMAS=, Corpl., No. 7086, 1st Battn. The Royal
Scots, eldest _s._ of James Thomas Dowling, of 25, Mundesby
Street, Reading, Working Painter, by his wife, Patience, dau. of John
Sanders; _b._ Reading, 7 Nov. 1880; educ. St. Giles’ Elementary
School there; enlisted and was eight years with the Colours and eight
in the Reserve; served through the Boer War (medal with five bars), and
with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; was shot through
the body in a communication trench at Neuve Chapelle, 1 May, 1913, and
died in No. 16 General Hospital at Le Treport on the 31st; _unm._
He was buried in the Military Cemetery there. His younger brother,
Albert John, Royal Scots, is now (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =James T. Dowling.=]
=DOWLING, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Signal Boy, J. 22588, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=DOWN, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2469B, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _m._
=DOWNES, ALBERT ERNEST=, Officer’s Cook, 2nd Class, L. 3873,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=DOWNES, ANDREW=, Driver, No. 6190, Army Service Corps, 4th
_s._ of Thomas Hodgson Downes, of Sunderland, Cab Driver, by
his wife, Jane, dau. of Thomas Liddle, of Philadelphia; _b._
Sunderland, 6 May, 1888; educ. Rectory School there; was groom to Mr.
T. Parrington, of Southwick-on-Wear; enlisted 27 Feb. 1915, and died of
pneumonia in No. 5 Stationary Hospital at Dieppe, 3 April, 1915, while
on Active Service. He _m._ at Southwick-on-Wear, 6 March, 1909,
Emma (18, Morgan Street, Southwick-on-Wear), dau. of Thomas Hall, of
Seaham Harbour, and had three children: Thomas, _b._ 22 Dec. 1912;
Andrew, _b._ 18 Jan. 1915; and Violet, _b._ 6 Sept. 1910.
[Illustration: =Andrew Downes.=]
=DOWNES, ARCHER CHERNOCKE=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Cheshire Regt.,
4th yst. and last surviving _s._ of the late Lieut.-Col. Charles
Villiers Somerville Downes, of Aspley House, Aspley Guise, co. Beds,
E. Lancashire (59th) Regt., by his wife, Catherine Elizabeth Anne,
dau. and h. of Frederick Thompson, of Wimbledon Park; _b._ Aspley
House aforesaid, 5 Aug. 1892; educ. The Knoll, Woburn Sands, Winchester
College and Trinity College, Oxford; obtained his commission in the
1st Battn. Cheshire Regt. 2 Sept. 1913, went to France with the first
Expeditionary Force, and died at Poperinghe, Flanders, 20 Nov. 1914, of
wounds received in action at Neuve Eglise, near Bailleul. He had left
the trench to help a wounded man of his regt. when he was shot. He was
_unm._, and was buried in Poperinghe Cemetery. His brother, Lieut.
V. C. Downes, was killed in action, 18 Oct. (see following notice).
=DOWNES, VILLIERS CHERNOCKE=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Bedfordshire
Regt., 3rd and elder surviving _s._ of the late Lieut.-Col.
Charles Villiers Somerville Downes, of Aspley House, Aspley Guise, co.
Beds, E. Lancashire (59th) Reg., by his wife, Catherine Elizabeth Anne,
dau. of Frederick Thompson, of Wimbledon Park (see previous notice);
_b._ Aspley House aforesaid, 5 March, 1891; educ. The Knoll,
Woburn Sands, Winchester College and Trinity College, Oxford, and was
gazetted to the 3rd Battn. Bedfordshire Regt. (T.F.), 15 July, 1913.
On the outbreak of war he was posted to the 1st Battn. 4 Aug. 1914;
went to France with the first Expeditionary Force, served through the
retreat from Mons and the Battle of the Marne, and was instrumental
in saving three guns. He died at St. Omer, 18 Oct. 1914, of wounds
received in action, and was buried in the cemetery there; _unm._
Lieut. Downes had passed as a musketry instructor, and was nearly due
for his captaincy.
=DOWNEY, JOHN MICHAEL=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 16000, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DOWNIE, JAMES=, Private, No. 17098, 10th (Service) Battn.
Highland L.I., eldest _s._ of John Downie, of 479, Stretford Road,
Manchester, by his wife, May, dau. of James Curley; _b._ Peebles,
15 Aug. 1884; educ. St. Joseph School, Peebles; enlisted 8 Sept. 1914,
and was killed, 25 Sept. 1915.
=DOWNIE, PETER HOUSTON=, Private, No B/9021, 11th (Service) Battn.
Highland L.I., 2nd _s._ of Thomas Downie, of 41, Annette Street,
Glasgow, Journalist, by his wife, Isabella Mitchell, dau. of the late
Peter Houston; _b._ Glasgow, 1 Dec. 1893; educ. Annette Street
Public School and Albert Road Academy, Glasgow; was Shipping Clerk to
J. & R. Tennent, Brewers; enlisted in the 4th Highland L.I. 6 Sept.
1914, and after serving at home for 10 months, was transferred to the
11th Battn. of his regt. and went to France in June, 1915. He was
badly wounded in both legs at the Battle of Loos on 25 Sept., and was
assisted into a crater by a comrade, who then started to crawl back
to obtain material to bind up the wounds. He never returned, being
probably killed on the way, and Downie lay on the field for two days
before he could be brought in. He died in Rawal Pindi General Hospital
at Wimereux on 6 Nov. 1915, after three operations; _unm._ Lady
Hadfield, who nursed him in hospital wrote: “He lived well and he died
well.”
[Illustration: =Peter Houston Downie.=]
=DOYLE, JOHN JOSEPH=, Lieut., 6th (Service) Battn., Royal Dublin
Fusiliers, 4th _s._ of Joseph James Doyle, of Fairview, Clontarf,
P.L.G., Merchant, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Edward Fegan, of
Broadfield, Naas; _b._ Clontarf, co. Dublin, 13 March, 1893; educ.
Blackrock College, Dublin, and the National University of Ireland,
where he was an engineering student and was within a year of being
qualified. When war broke out he volunteered, joined the Trinity
College (Dublin) O.T.C., 6 Aug. 1914, and was given a 2nd Lieut.’s
commission in the Dublin Fusiliers on 19 Sept. following, and promoted
Lieut., 5 Feb. 1915. He left with his regt. for the Dardanelles on 9
July, 1915, and was killed in action there, 9 Aug. 1915; _unm._
His Commanding Officer, Col. P. Cox, wrote: “He fell early on the
morning of the 9th when most gallantly leading his platoon. His death
must have been instantaneous, as the poor boy was shot through the
temple. His death is a great loss to me and the regt. He was a right
good boy, who was always keen, always did his very best, loved his
work, and had no idea what the word ‘Fear’ meant. Your son and his
young brother subalterns have done splendid work for the regt., and
it is due to their great devotion to duty that the regt. has done so
well.” Lieut. Doyle was a well-known footballer. His two brothers,
Capt. E. C. Doyle, A.V.C., and Lieut. F. H. Doyle, A.V.C., are (1916)
on active service.
[Illustration: =John Joseph Doyle.=]
=DRAKE, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 113476, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DRAKE, THOMAS HAROLD=, Trooper, B Squadron, East African Mounted
Rifles (Bowker’s Horse), yr. _s._ of the late Arthur John Drake,
of Stratford, co. Essex, Surgeon, by his wife, Emily (Wyke Hill House,
Winchester), dau. of William Courtney; _b._ Stratford, co.
Essex, 2 Dec. 1883; educ. Temple Grove, East Sheen, and Marlborough
College; went out to East Africa as a settler in 1906; volunteered on
the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined the East African Mounted
Rifles on formation, and was killed in action in the Longido Hills,
German East Africa, 3 Nov. 1914; _unm._ He was buried where he
fell, and a stone was erected by his friends to his memory and that of
seven others who fell on the same day.
[Illustration: =Thomas Harold Drake.=]
=TYRWHITT-DRAKE, HERBERT WILLIAM=, Private, No. 15678, 19th
Hussars, elder _s._ and heir of William Wickham Tyrwhitt-Drake,
of Shardeloes, co. Bucks, J.P., late Master of the Old Berkshire
Fox Hounds, by his wife, Augusta, 3rd dau. of the late Rev. Herbert
Richard Peel, of Thornton Hall, co. Bucks (Baronet coll.); _b._
Thornton Hall, 10 Oct. 1885; educ. Uppingham and Eton; enlisted in the
19th Hussars in Aug. 1914 on the outbreak of war, with several other
gentlemen jockeys, went to France, and died in the General Hospital,
Boulogne, 11 March, 1915, of pneumonia, contracted while on active
service. He was buried in Wimereux Cemetery; _unm._ He was a
well-known amateur jockey and a brilliant cross-country rider, and
came of a great hunting family, and when only 16 years of age won
a point-to-point race over 4 miles on a horse called Old Berkeley.
As a gentleman huntsman he gained some distinction with the Old
Berkeley (West) Hounds during the Mastership of his father, Mr. W.
W. Tyrwhitt-Drake. He won many races under National Hunt Rules, and
trained some of the winners himself, including his father’s Irish Mail,
on whom he won the valuable Lancashire Steeplechase at Manchester, the
horse being sold a little later to Sir C. Assheton-Smith. Mr. Drake
rode Carsey into fourth place in the Grand National in 1912, and into
third place in the same race in the following season.
[Illustration: =H. W. Tyrwhitt-Drake.=]
=DRAPER, HARRY THOMAS=, Stoker (R.N.R.), S. 1901, H.M.S. Hawke,
_s._ of George Draper, of 32, Faulder Road, Long Hill, near
Hartlepool; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914.
=DRAY, THOMAS=, Corpl., No. 8510, 2nd Battn. East Kent Regt.,
_s._ of James Dray, of 1, Albert Lane, Hythe; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 11 April, 1915.
=DRAYNER, WILLIAM BRUCE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6684), 205138, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DREDGE, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I. 14589, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=DREVER, GEORGE=, Private, No. 4655, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards,
_s._ of George Drever, of 6, Warrens Walk, Victoria Street,
Kirkwall, Orkney; enlisted 8 Nov. 1902; served with the Expeditionary
Force in France; died 27 Dec. 1914, of wounds received in action.
=DREW, ALAN APPLEBY=, Lieut., 4th (Reserve), attd. 2nd, Battn. The
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), yr. _s._ of the late Daniel Drew,
of Lowerhouse, Burnley, a partner in the Lowerhouse Printing Works;
_b._ 1884; educ. Charterhouse, 1904–7; left England in 1907 to go
into business with a firm of merchants in Shanghai. On the outbreak of
war he volunteered for foreign service, was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the
Cameronians, 16 Sept. 1914, and promoted Lieut., 4 Nov. following; left
England on 13 Feb. to join his regt. at the Front, and was killed in
action, 10 March, 1915; _unm._
=DREW, ALBERT JAMES=, Private, No. 3178, 3rd Home Counties Field
Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, _s._ of Stephen Drew, of
Portland Road, Kingston, Surrey; served with the Expeditionary Force,
and died on service, 6 March, 1915, of cerebro-spinal meningitis.
=DREW, EDWIN JOSEPH=, Private, No. 7787, 2nd Battn. East Kent
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
action, 28 May, 1915; _m._
=DREW, LEONARD VICTOR=, Private, No. 10969, 4th Battn. Coldstream
Guards, only child of Thomas Drew, of Stert, Devizes, Ganger on
Great Western Railway, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of John Trueman, of
Trowbridge, Wilts; _b._ Bradford-on-Avon, co. Wilts, 17 May, 1897;
educ. Christ Church School, Bradford-on-Avon; Church School, Stert;
and St. James’ School, Devizes; was engaged as Porter at Holt Station,
Great Western Railway; enlisted, 13 Aug. 1914; left Windsor for France,
13 Nov. following, and was killed in action at Vermelles, Belgium, 19
Oct. 1915, during the Battle of Loos; _unm._ He was buried in
Lillers Cemetery the following day.
[Illustration: =Leonard Victor Drew.=]
=DREW, WILLIAM REGINALD CAPLE=, Shipwright, 1st Class, 345737,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=DREWETT, GEORGE FREDERICK=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./9628, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=DRISCOLL, CORNELIUS=, Stoker, P.O. (R.F.R., A. 1911), 159919,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DRIVER, ARTHUR MAURICE=, A.B., J. 14398, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=DRIVER, HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9724), 202065, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DROLET, NARCISSE EDOUARD=, Private, No. 61584, 22nd Battn.
Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Augustine Drolet, of 108,
Latourelle, Quebec, Canada; _b._ Quebec, 7 Jan., 1880; educ.
Christian Brothers’ School there; enlisted at St. Jean d’Iberville,
P.Q., 15 April, 1915, and died at Monks Horton, co. Kent, 22 July,
1915, from heart failure, while training at Shorncliffe, and was buried
at Shorncliffe. He _m._ at Montana, 22 Nov. 1910, Ida, dau. of
(--) Guertin; _s.p._
=DRUITT, EVERARD JOSEPH=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Berkshire
Regt., only _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Edward Druitt, of 91, Iverna
Court, Kensington, W., late R.E., by his wife, Christina, eldest
dau. of Sir Frederick Aloysius Weld, of Chideock Manor, co. Dorset,
G.C.M.G.; _b._ Gillingham, co. Kent, 7 July, 1895; educ. Downside;
joined the Honourable Artillery Company at the outbreak of the war,
14 Aug. 1914, and served in the 1st Infantry Battn. in France from 18
Sept. 1914, to 1 March, 1915. He was then recommended for a commission,
and went through the Cadet School of Officers at Bailleul during March,
and received his commission in the Royal Berkshire Regt. 4 April,
1915, and was killed near Fromelles, 9 May, 1915, while leading his
platoon into action. He was buried behind the regimental breastwork;
_unm._ Capt. C. Nugent wrote: “He died as I am sure he would like
to have died, that is, the first man of his platoon towards the enemy.
His death was very merciful, as he was shot through the heart, and he
died instantaneously.... Although he had only been a short time with
us, he had endeared himself to the men, who simply loved him and would
have followed him anywhere”; and Sergt. J. A. Gray: “I was with your
son when he fell, and I felt sure you would like to know how he died.
Mr. Druitt had only been with us a short time, but I can honestly
say that every man in the platoon loved him, and would have followed
him anywhere, as, during our few tours of duty in the trenches, he
had proved himself to be absolutely without fear, and had gained the
assured confidence and respect of his men. On the morning of the attack
he was full of confidence, and when the order came for us to assault
the position he was first over the parapet at the head of his platoon,
and was smiling and cool as if on parade. He shouted ‘Come on, boys!’
and started to lead us across the open, but had only advanced a few
yards when he fell dead, shot straight through the heart. He was killed
instantaneously, and I am sure he suffered no pain, for I looked at him
as I went on, and I saw that the smile was still on his face, and he
was quite dead.”
[Illustration: =Everard Joseph Druitt.=]
=DRUMMOND, ERIC GREY=, Major, late 4th Gurkha Rifles, attached
3rd Gurkha Rifles, 4th _s._ of the late Major-General Henry
Drummond, R.E. (Bengal), by his wife, Annette Macpherson, dau. of Capt.
Charles Henry Gascoyne Boisragon, and gdson. of the late Col. John
Drummond, of Strageath, Abernchill and Balquhandy, Perthshire, C.B.;
_b._ Simla, India, 10 Sept. 1875; educ. Bedford and Sandhurst
(passing in and out with honours); gazetted 2nd Lieut. Somerset L.I.,
28 Sept. 1895; served on the N.W. Frontier of India, 1897–8, during the
operations in the Mohmand country; took part in the engagement near
Shabkadr, 9 Aug. 1897 (severely wounded; medal with clasp); gazetted
Lieut. Indian Staff Corps, 16 Nov. 1898, and posted to the 4th Gurkhas,
1 April, 1900; promoted Capt. 28 Sept. 1908, and Major, 28 Sept. 1913;
was A.D.C. on the Staff of the Lieut.-Governor of the Punjab, 6 March,
1902–7; to the General Officer Commanding Quetta Division, and (18
Oct. 1907) to the Governor of Bombay; retired 13 Nov. 1913, and was
appointed a King’s Foreign Service Messenger in 1914. At the outbreak
of war was at Constantinople with despatches from the Foreign Office.
He had some difficulty in returning to England with despatches from
the British Ambassador at Constantinople owing to the activities of
the Goeben, but managed to do so and arrived in England viâ Alexandria
and Port Said. He immediately offered his services and was appointed
to the 60th Rifles. After serving at Sheerness crossed to France on 8
Nov. 1914; and was ordered to join the 2/3rd Gurkha Rifles then in the
trenches near Bethune. He only reached his new regt. on 13 Nov., and
was killed the same night; _unm._ The Rev. Ronald Irving wrote:
“Your brother, Major Drummond, arrived here on Thursday last (12 Nov.)
and stayed the night in the same mess as I am. On Friday I had to
go out to the Brigade Headquarters in which the 2/3 Gurkhas are, so
I took him out in a car at 3 p.m. ... and he went into the trenches
that evening. At 9 p.m. the regt., with the ‘Garhwals,’ had to make
an attack on the German trenches. Things did not go too well, and the
Major, who was the C.O., volunteered to lead the men out of the trench,
and he had only gone a few yards when he was killed outright from a
bullet wound. His body was recovered and I took it yesterday to Bethune
Cemetery for interment.” Major Drummond was thus only six days in
France, and a little over six hours in the trenches when he was killed
while gallantly leading his men.
[Illustration: =Eric Grey Drummond.=]
=DRUMMOND, FREDERICK JOHN=, Trooper, East African Mounted Rifles
(Bowker’s Horse), eldest _s._ of Major John William Ainslie
Drummond, of 27, Stanhope Gardens, London, S.W., and Hollycombe,
Englefield Green, late Scots Guards, a Partner in Coutts’ Bank [E.
of Perth coll.], by his wife, Florence Charlotte dau. of John George
Blencowe, of Bineham, Sussex; _b._ Eastbourne, co. Sussex, 15
June, 1891; educ. Evelyn’s and Eton; settled in East Africa; joined
the East African Rifles on formation in Aug. 1914, after the outbreak
of war, and was killed in action in the Longido Hills, 3 Nov. 1914;
_unm._
=DRUMMOND, WILLIAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 1889, A. Coy., 1/14th Battn.
(London Scottish) London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late
David Kininment Drummond, Commercial Traveller, by his wife, Henrietta
Mabel (70, Cambridge Road, King’s Heath, Birmingham), dau. of William
Goodman Porter, of Liverpool; _b._ Acocks Green, co. Warwick, 30
April, 1893; educ. Wellesbourne House School, Acocks Green, and King
Edward’s Grammar School, Edgbaston; joined the London Scottish in June,
1913, and with the whole battn. volunteered for foreign Service after
the outbreak of war, and went to France, 15 Sept. 1914. He took part in
the famous charge of the London Scottish at Messines, 31 Oct. 1914, and
died at the Base Hospital, Boulogne, 27 Jan. 1915, of wounds received
in action five days previously. He was buried in the cemetery there;
_unm._ A comrade wrote: “We were all very fond of him, he was a
splendid fellow, very quiet and unostentatious and absolutely reliable;
if he had a job to do he always did well.... You have many unknown to
you who share your sorrow.”
[Illustration: =William Drummond.=]
=DUCAT, RICHARD=, Major, 20th Infantry (Brownlow’s Punjabis),
Indian Army, 3rd _s._ of the late Major-General Charles Merewether
Ducat, Bombay Staff Corps; _b._ Ahmedunggar, India, 12 July,
1871; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., 13 Aug. 1892;
promoted Lieut. 31 Aug. 1894, and transferred to the Indian Army, 31
Aug. 1896; became Capt. 13 Aug. 1901 and Major, 13 Aug. 1910; served
on the North-West Frontier of India, 1897–8, where he took part in the
fighting at Malakand, Utman Khel, Buner, and in the attack on, and
capture of, the Tanga Pass (medal with clasp); in China (medal) 1900,
and in Tibet (medal), 1903–4. After the outbreak of the European War
he accompanied his regt. to the Persian Gulf and died 11 Nov. 1914,
of wounds received in action at Fao. He was buried at San-i-yek, on
the Shat-el-Arab River, Persian Gulf. His commanding officer wrote:
“In the position your husband’s companies occupied when he fell, he
was rendering me an invaluable service in protecting the left of the
regt., and left me free to operate with confidence on the right. His
last words to his men before he became faint from loss of blood, were
‘push on and don’t mind me.’” Major Ducat _m._ at St. Mary Abotts,
Kensington, 5 Jan. 1910, Dora Margaret, 2nd dau. of the late Bayley
Moore Collyns, of Morebath House, Somerset; _s.p._
=DUCK, ALBERT EDWIN=, Chief S.B.S., 350302, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=DUCK, EDWARD=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 16642, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost
when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=DUCKETT, JAMES THOMAS=, Private, No. 7840, 3rd, att. 1st,
Battn. Norfolk Regt., _s._ of Samuel William Duckett, by his
wife, Matilda; _b._ Norwich, 12 March, 1869; educ. Carrow School
there; enlisted in the 4th Battn. Norfolk Regt., 10 March, 1889,
and re-enlisted 30 April, 1900, and again in the 3rd Battn. Norfolk
Regt., 10 Aug. 1914; went to France, 19 Sept.; was killed in action
at Givenchy, near Festubert, 25 Oct. 1914. He _m._ at St.
Mary’s Church, Norwich, 25 Dec. 1889, Catherine Eleanor, only dau.
of William Rix, and left nine children: William, _b._ 10 July,
1891; James, _b._ 26 Jan. 1896; Samuel, _b._ 10 Jan. 1899;
George, _b._ 1 May, 1902; Edward, _b._ 9 May, 1910; Eleanor,
_b._ 6 Feb. 1890; Alice, _b._ 21 Feb. 1894; Martha, _b._
31 May, 1904; and Kitty, _b._ 13 May, 1908.
=DUDDY, FRANK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4784), S.S. 104153,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=DUDLEY, DAVID=, Capt., 91st Punjabis, attached 2nd Jats,
_s._ of the Rev. Francis Dudley, late Vicar of St. Thomas’,
Overmonnow, Monmouth, by his wife, Alice (24, Gordon Avenue, St.
Margarets-on-Thames), dau. of the Rev. John Dixon Frost; _b._
Wrenthorpe Vicarage, Wakefield, 14 March, 1881; educ. Monmouth Grammar
School (1892–1900); received his commission from the Militia in the
Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., 27 Aug. 1902, and served in the South African
War, receiving the Queen’s medal with four clasps. He was promoted
Lieut. 27 Nov. 1904, and transferred to the Indian Army in Feb. 1906,
and was gazetted to the 91st Punjabis. He was appointed Double Company
Officer, 12 Feb. 1906, and became Capt. 27 Aug. 1911. At the outbreak
of the European War, Capt. Dudley was one of those selected for service
in the Expeditionary Force in France, and arriving at Marseilles in
Dec. 1914, he proceeded to the Front, where he was attached to the 6th
Jats. He took part in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, after which his
commanding officer wrote: “I had very great pleasure in recommending
him for reward for the work which he had done, whether granted or not,
he thoroughly earned it.” He was killed in action in the attack on the
Auber’s Ridge, 9 May, 1915. His commanding officer wrote: “He led his
men with his accustomed gallantry, but in the first few yards was mown
down by the enemy’s machine-gun fire. He was a very sterling fellow, a
most excellent officer of great personal courage, and a charming and
modest companion.” He was buried in the Military Cemetery at Neuve
Chapelle; _unm._ Capt. Dudley was a good all-round athlete, a fine
Rugby footballer, a good cricketer, oarsman and swimmer. In Burma he
won the Indian Army Hockey Medal, and was one of the best polo players,
winning many cups both for that and for tennis.
[Illustration: =David Dudley.=]
=DUDLEY, JOHN EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4329), S.S.
103188, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=DUDLEY, LEONARD GREY=, Capt. and Adjutant, 6th Jat L.I., Indian
Army, 2nd _s._ of William Edmondson Dudley, of 18, Portland Place,
Bath, Brigade Surgeon, Lieut.-Col. A.M.S. (retired), by his wife, Anne
Marion, dau. of General George Prince Sealy, R.A.; _b._ Poonah,
India, on Lady Day (which that year was also Easter Day), 25 March,
1883; educ. Bath College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst,
where he gained a good place in the Competitive Examination, came
out in the Honours List as 3rd of those winning commissions and was
awarded the prize for Military History. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. on
the unattached list for the Indian Army, 27 Aug. 1902, and on arriving
in India, 10 Dec. following, was appointed to the 93rd Sutherland
Highlanders, then at Calcutta. They left there in Oct. 1903, for Poona,
where he served with them till 3 Jan. 1904, when he was posted to the
6th Jats at Meerut. He was promoted Lieut. 27 Nov. 1904, and Capt.
27 Aug. 1911, being appointed Adjutant, 19 July, 1911. The Jats were
moved to Jhansi in 1905 and then to Secunderabad in 1910, and on the
declaration of war in Aug. 1914, formed part of the Meerut Division
which went with the Indian Expeditionary Force to France. He died at
Festubert, 24 Nov. 1914, of wounds received four hours previously in
recapturing a trench from the Germans, in the early morning. He was
keen on all sports, and the 6th Jats were noted for their triumphs in
hockey, cricket and tennis. Capt. Dudley _m._ in Bombay Cathedral,
12 Nov. 1908, Ada De la Mere Doveton, only dau. of William John Deane,
and had two children: John Leonard Grey, _b._ (posthumous) 18
March, 1915, and Monica Vivian Grey, _b._ 29 March, 1913.
[Illustration: =Leonard Grey Dudley.=]
=DUFFIELD, WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 3437, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 3rd _s._ of John Duffield, of Station Road, Watlington,
near Downham Market, Norfolk, State Labourer, by his wife, Elizabeth,
dau. of George Page; _b._ Watlington, co. Norfolk, 29 May, 1879;
educ. there; enlisted 16 March, 1900; served in the South African War
(Queen’s medal with three clasps), 1901–2, and with the Expeditionary
Force in France and Flanders, 13 Aug. 1914–25 Jan. 1915, on which
latter day he was killed in action at La Bassée; _unm._ He was
buried under the south wall of Cuinchy Church.
=DUFFUS, THOMAS EDWARD=, Private, No. 3354, 1st/14th Battn. (The
London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of William Duffus,
of 7, Hafer Road, Battersea Rise, S.W., Commercial Traveller, by his
wife, Alice, dau. of the late Thomas Edward Watkins, of Brighton,
Builder; _b._ Lavender Hill, Battersea, 10 June, 1892; educ. Wix’s
Lane Institute, Lavender Hill; was in the employ of Messrs. Clark,
Jewellers, of Brixton, but after the outbreak of war volunteered and
enlisted in the London Scottish in Oct. 1914. After going through his
training at Dorking, he went to France, 7 March; was wounded at the
Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915, and died at 6 Ambulance Field Hospital
on the 28th; _unm._ He was buried at Noeux Le Mines Cemetery (Row
C., Grave 25). For his good work at the Front he had been nominated for
a commission. He had submitted two inventions, one for a bomb carrier
to carry 40 bombs, and the other in connection with a sapping machine,
and shortly before his death he had been summoned by telegram from
headquarters to appear before Sir Douglas Haig, Major-Gen. Hakin, and
the Inventions Committee, by whom they were approved and forwarded to
London.
[Illustration: Thomas Edward Duffus.]
=DUGGAN, CON=, Private, No. 5470, G Coy., 3rd Battn. Royal Irish
Rifles, 2nd _s._ of the late Bartley Duggan, of Calhame, Annagry,
by his wife, Bridget (Calhame, Annagry, co. Donegal), dau. of Michael
Duggan, of Denybeg, Gweedore, co. Donegal; _b._ Annagry, co.
Donegal, 22 March, 1893; educ. Mullaghduff National School; was an
electric tram car driver, Lanarkshire Tramway. Enlisted, 14 Jan. 1916,
and was killed during the fighting in Dublin about 30 April, 1916;
_unm._ Buried in the grounds of the Royal Hospital there, 2 May.
His yr. brother was killed at Loos (see following notice).
[Illustration: =Con Duggan.=]
=DUGGAN, GEORGE GRANT=, Capt., 5th (Service) Battn. Royal Irish
Fusiliers, 3rd _s._ of George Duggan, of 5, College Street,
Dublin, and Ferney, Greystones, co. Wicklow, Manager, Provincial Bank
of Ireland, Ltd., Dublin, by his wife, Emilie Asenath, dau. of Col.
Charles Coote Grant, late Bedfordshire Regt. (died 23 Aug. 1914);
_b._ Birr, King’s Co., 12 April, 1886; educ. High School, and
Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated B.A. in 1908; and on
leaving there entered the service of the Irish Lights Commissioners.
He was one of the original members of the Dublin University O.T.C.,
and was one of the first N.C.O. to be appointed, being promoted
Corpl. 1910, and the following year was one of the small body of
N.C.O. and Cadets, specially selected for exceptional efficiency and
smartness, to attend the coronation. He subsequently (27 Jan. 1912)
received a commission on the unattached list (T.F.) for service with
the D.U.O.T.C., and was promoted Lieut. 8 Feb. 1913. He qualified at
the School of Musketry, Hythe, in March, 1914, and was appointed to
the command of a platoon in the School of Instruction for officers of
the new Armies established in Trinity College in Sept. of the same
year. On the temporary closing of this school, about the middle of the
following month, he joined the 5th Battn. Royal Irish Fusiliers as
Lieut., and was at once promoted to the command of a company, with the
rank of temporary Capt., 28 Oct. 1914. He left with his regt. for the
Dardanelles, early in July, 1915; took part in the landing at Suvla
Bay, 6 Aug. 1915, and in the severe fighting there during the following
ten days; was severely wounded on the 16th on the Ridge over the Bay,
and died the same day on board H.M. hospital ship Gloucester Castle.
Buried that night in the Ægean Sea. His yst. brother fell in action
there the same day (see following notice). Capt. Duggan, of a bright
and genial disposition, was one of the finest long-distance runners
that Trinity College has ever possessed, and it would be no light task
to compile a list of his many triumphs in the College Park, with the
D.U. Harriers, in inter-University and in International contests. For
several years he organised the College Races, and managed the affairs
of the Dublin University Athletic Union with conspicuous success. But
his greatest work was, undoubtedly, the inauguration of Trinity Week,
an enterprise to which he devoted himself heart and soul, and of the
original Committee of which he was the foremost member. He was also a
former Scoutmaster of the 6th South County Dublin (Leeson Park) troop;
a member of the Executive of the County Dublin Association and an
active member of the Sea Scout Committee, in whose interests he worked
until the outbreak of war. He _m._ at Christ Church, Leeson Park,
Dublin, 24 Aug. 1910, Dorothy Isabella Tuthill (12, St. Keven’s Park,
Rathgar, Dublin), only child of the late Henry Johnson, of Oaklands,
Upper Assam, and had two sons: George Villiers Grant, _b._ 31 May,
1911; and Dermot Harry Tuthill, _b._ 5 July, 1912.
[Illustration: =George Grant Duggan.=]
=DUGGAN, JOHN ROWSELL=, Lieut., 5th Battn. (Pioneers) The Royal
Irish Regt., 5th and yst. _s._ of George Duggan, of 5, College
Street, Dublin and Ferney, Greystones, co. Wicklow, Manager, Provincial
Bank of Ireland, Ltd., Dublin, by his wife, Emilie Asenath, dau. of
Col. Charles Coote Grant, late Bedfordshire Regt. (died 23 Aug. 1914);
_b._ Dublin, 31 Oct. 1894; educ. The High School, Dublin, where
he won a 1st Class Scholarship, and passed into Trinity College,
Dublin, in 1912. There he joined the Medical School and became, like
his brother, a prominent Member of the O.T.C. On the outbreak of war he
relinquished his medical studies and was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 5th Royal
Irish Regt., 15 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut., 28 Jan. 1915. He left
with his regt. for the Dardanelles early in July, 1915, as part of the
10th Division, and was killed in action on the Karakol Dagh Spur, above
Suvla Bay, 16 Aug. 1915; _unm._ He was at first reported wounded
and missing and no officer saw him fall, but the Medical Officer of
the Dressing Station at Suvla Bay, to whom Lieut. Duggan went when
shot through his (left) wrist and with shrapnel injury to face and
side, told him he should go to the Hospital Ship. He said his men were
without an officer so he rejoined them in the firing line, and the
subsequent story is briefly told by his Sergt. P. J. Nolan (on whose
testimony his death was officially reported). “He left the firing line,
had his wounds dressed and returned shortly afterwards, when he was hit
in the face with an explosive bullet and killed.” To his father, Sergt.
Nolan wrote: “Your son could have saved his own life, but he was always
good to his men and he died encouraging them to fight till the last”;
and his Col., the Earl of Granard, wrote: “I am sorry to tell you that
your son has been missing since 16 Aug. He went with his company into
action on that date, and we have not seen him since. I have enquired
from several of the men of his company and they all tell me that he was
wounded whilst gallantly leading his men. I sincerely hope that he is a
prisoner, and it is always a consolation to know that the Turks treat
their prisoners with the greatest consideration. I have now soldiered
for a great many years and can honestly say that I never came across
a better subaltern; and as regards his social qualifications, he was
beloved by all ranks of the regt.” Lieut. Duggan was a noted rifle shot
and won many medals and prizes, including “Daily Express” and “Lord
Roberts’” Medals; Adjutant’s Cup of Trinity College, O.T.C., and he
was presented with a rifle for the highest aggregate score in Leinster
Schools, 1912.
[Illustration: =John Rowsell Duggan.=]
=DUGGAN, PATRICK=, Private. No. 871, C Coy., 10th (Service) Battn.
Highland L.I., 4th _s._ of the late Bartley Duggan, of Calhame,
Annagry, co. Donegal, by his wife, Bridget (Calhame, Annagry, co.
Donegal), dau. of Michael Duggan, of Denybeg, Gweedore, co. Donegal;
_b._ Annagry, co. Donegal, 18 June, 1896; educ. Mullaghduff
National School; enlisted 2 Nov. 1914; went to France on 13 May, 1915,
and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915.
[Illustration: =Patrick Duggan.=]
=DUKE, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 1306, D Coy. 1st Newfoundland Regt.,
2nd _s._ of the late Michael Duke, of Iona, by his wife, Mary
(Fox Harbour, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland), dau. of William Whiffin;
_b._ Iona, Placentia Bay, 28 May, 1894; educ. there; was a
Fisherman; volunteered and joined the Newfoundland Expeditionary Force,
22 March, 1915; left for England, 6 April; went to the Dardanelles, and
died at Alexandria, 26 Dec. 1915, of meningitis, contracted while on
active service. Buried in the Military Cemetery there (Grave No. 139);
_unm._
[Illustration: =William Duke.=]
=DUMMA, JAMES=, Private, No. 4377, 1st Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian
Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
action at Ypres, 26 April, 1915.
=DUNBAR, FRANCIS GRANT=, Deckhand, No. 533 D.A., Trawler Section
R.N.R.; lost when the mine-sweeping trawler, No. 106 (Crathie, of
Aberdeen), was sunk by a mine, Aug. 1914.
=DUNBAR, JOHN MAXWELL=, Private, No. 8823, 2nd Battn. Scots
Guards, _s._ of Joseph Dunbar, of 63, St. Andrew’s Street,
Kilmarnock; _b._ Skye; enlisted 13 Jan. 1914; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 18 Dec. 1914.
=DUNCAN, ALEXANDER ROBERTSON=, Stoker (R.N.R.), S. 2872, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=DUNCAN, GEORGE=, Private, No. 51138, Princess Patricia’s Canadian
L.I., _s._ of George Duncan, General Delivery, Toronto, Canada;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action,
18 March, 1915.
=DUNCAN, JOHN HOPKIRK=, Private, No. 1498, 6th, att. 1/8th, Battn.
Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.) (T.F.), _s._ of the late William
Duncan, of Edinburgh, Coachman, by his wife, Beatrice (Craigewan,
Peebles); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed
in action, 16 May, 1915, aged 19.
=DUNCAN, STUART=, Capt. 3rd Battn. Gloucestershire Regt., yst.
_s._ of the late James Duncan, of 24, Chester Street, S.W.,
M.D.; _b._ 25 May, 1865; obtained his commission as Lieut. 1st
Gloucesters, 6 Feb. 1891 and promoted Capt., 31 Dec. 1891; served
through the South African War, 1899–1900, taking part in the operations
in Natal, 1899, including the actions at Reifontein and Lombards Kop,
where he was slightly wounded, and in the subsequent operations in the
Transvaal and Orange Free State, 1900, and received the Queen’s medal
with three clasps. He retired, 16 April, 1904, and joined the Reserve
of Officers. On the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, he
volunteered his services and was posted to the 3rd Gloucesters, from
which he was sent out to the 2nd South Lancashires at the Front. He was
killed in action in France, 13 Nov. 1914; _unm._
=DUNDAS, CECIL HENRY=, Lieut., 1st Battn. The Welsh Regt., yst.
_s._ of Sir George Whyte Melville Dundas, of Beechwood, 5th
Bart., by his wife, Matilda Louisa Mary, dau. of Minden James Wilson;
_b._ Birkenhead, 7 Jan. 1892; educ. Bedford Grammar School, and
Fettes College, Edinburgh; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Welsh Regt.
20 Sept. 1911, and promoted Lieut. 13 Aug. 1913; served at Cairo,
Khartoum, in India, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and
Flanders, and died at Ypres, 20 Feb., 1915, of wounds received while
making a reconnaissance the previous day. He was buried there;
_unm._ His Capt. wrote: “He was in my company at Cairo, Khartoum
and in India, and has always been one of the best. His nature was so
bright and sunny and nothing ever seemed to ruffle him. In the trenches
he was always cheery and his good spirits infected his platoon, who
were always a happy crowd and used to sing under even the most trying
conditions.” In 1913, he and another officer of his regt. were sent
from Khartoum to find a channel between the Rivers Toole and Jur to
facilitate communication with Wau and Khartoum, this entailed their
going through country where no European had ever been before.
[Illustration: =Cecil Henry Dundas.=]
=DUNDAS, HON. KENNETH ROBERT=, Lieut., R.N.V.R., Anson Battn.
Royal Naval Division, 4th _s._ of Charles Saunders, 4th Viscount
Melville, I.S.O., by his wife, Grace Selina Marion, only child of
William Scully; _b._ Teneriffe, Canary Islands, 10 May, 1882; and
was educ. in Hamburg until 1897, and then at Christiania, 1897–1906,
when his father was H.M.B. Consul-General at these places. From Norway
he joined the Civil Service, and at the early age of 24 went out to
British East Africa as Assistant District Commissioner. There he did
much useful work, taking a very great interest in the native tribes,
whose laws and customs he studied. His unique collection of their many
strange customs was published by the Royal Anthogeological Society. In
1906 Lieut. Dundas was appointed political officer to the Nandi Field
Force, for which he received a medal and clasp. In 1907 he became
District Commissioner. In Jan. 1915 he returned to England with five
months’ leave due to him. Finding there was so much for every Britisher
to do, he felt he must try and do his best, so it was arranged he
should be seconded from the Colonial Office to the Admiralty for the
duration of the war. He was then given a commission in the Royal Naval
Division, and appointed to the Collingwood Battn. After training at
the Crystal Palace and at Blandford, the battn. left England in May,
sailing for the Dardanelles. Four days after Lieut. Dundas landed
the Collingwood Battn. went into action on 4 June. Exceedingly heavy
fighting took place, and the battn. was almost “wiped out.” The Col.
and 12 officers were killed, 9 were wounded and 4 missing, whilst the
men suffered greatly also. Lieut. Dundas and two other officers were
the sole survivors. After this Lieut. Dundas was transferred to the
Anson Battn., as the Collingwood ceased to exist. For two months he
served on the Gallipoli Peninsula, enduring great hardships and toil,
but always hopeful and uncomplaining, till the morning of 7 Aug.,
when he was killed at the landing at Suvla Bay. He was buried on the
Kuchuk Kemikli promontory of Anafarta Bay. He _m._ at St. Paul’s,
Brighton, Anne Claudia Whalley (Melville Castle, Lasswade, Midlothian),
yr. dau. of the late Capt. Charles Edward Foot, R.N., and had issue a
son, Claud Kenneth Melville, _b._ Machakos, British East Africa, 6
July, 1911.
[Illustration: =Hon. Kenneth R. Dundas.=]
=DUNK, ALFRED AUGUSTUS=, 1st Class Torpedo Gunner (No. 201234),
H.M.S. Cressy, _s._ of John Osmond Dunk, of 24, Thorold Road,
Ilford, Carpenter, by his wife, Elizabeth Ann, dau. of Alfred Selman;
_b._ St. Peter’s Square, Hackney, N.E., 7 Oct. 1882; entered the
Royal Navy 1898, serving in H.M. Ships Magnificent, Sutlej, London,
Edgar, Furious, &c.; discharged 1914; called up on mobilisation Aug.
1914, took part in the action off Heligoland Bight and was lost in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914, when serving in submerged torpedo-flat;
_unm._ While serving in H.M.S. London, he assisted in rescuing
the passengers (including the Duke and Duchess of Fife) in the wreck
of s.s. Delhi off Cape Sparta in Dec. 1911, for which he was presented
with the medal for saving life by H.M. the King at Buckingham Palace,
10 Oct. 1912. He took part in the competitive gun crews of the Royal
Naval Military Tournaments of 1908 and 1912, and was also one of those
who formed two gun crews of H.M.S. Pembroke and completed a record
march from Chatham to Portsmouth, with field guns, of 110 miles in four
days.
[Illustration: =Alfred Augustus Dunk.=]
=DUNLOP, FREDERICK CLEAVE STRICKLAND=, Capt., 1st Battn.
Manchester Regt., 4th _s._ of the late Andrew Dunlop, of Belgrave
House, Jersey, M.D. (died 30 Dec. 1915), by his wife, Alice, dau. of
John Joseph Strickland; _b._ St. Helier, Jersey, 14 Dec. 1877;
educ. Victoria College, Jersey; gazetted 2nd Lieut. from the Militia to
the Manchester Regt. 1 Dec. 1897; promoted Lieut. 11 March, 1899, and
Capt. 12 March, 1901, serving as Adjutant from April, 1902 to April,
1905, also as Adjutant to an Indian Volunteer battn. (Malabar Rifles)
from Nov. 1906 to Nov. 1911; served in the South African War 1899–1901,
taking part in the defence of Ladysmith, and in the operations in the
Transvaal, Feb. to Aug. 1901, and received the Queen’s medal with three
clasps. On the outbreak of the European War he went to France with the
Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action while in the trenches,
near La Bassée, 8 Nov. 1914. Capt. Dunlop _m._ at St. Helier,
Jersey, 13 Oct. 1902, Maud, dau. of the late Deputy Surgeon-Gen.
Williams, of Heathfield, Jersey, Madras Medical Service, and had a son
and dau.: Andrew, _b._ 2 Feb. 1907; and Mavis, _b._ 22 Aug.
1905. His next elder brother, Capt. J. S. S. Dunlop, had been killed in
action 24 Oct. previous, and his yst. brother, 2nd Lieut. K. S. Dunlop,
was killed 26 Sept. 1915 (see the following notices). Another brother,
Valentine, died in Ladysmith during the siege.
[Illustration: =Frederick C. S. Dunlop.=]
=DUNLOP, GEORGE ARTHUR=, Canteen Manager, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DUNLOP, JULIAN SILVER STRICKLAND=, Capt. 1st Battn. South
Staffordshire Regt., 3rd _s._ of the late Andrew Dunlop, of
Belgrave House, Jersey, M.D., by his wife, Alice, dau. of John Joseph
Strickland; _b._ St. Helier, Jersey, 15 Sept. 1876; educ. Victoria
College, Jersey; gazetted 2nd Lieut. from the Royal Jersey Militia to
the South Staffordshire Regt. 7 Dec. 1895; promoted Lieut. 1 May, 1898,
and Capt. 9 Feb. 1904. In Oct. 1899, he was appointed A.D.C. to the
Lieut.-Governor of Burma, a post he held until 31 March, 1903, and was
from 1905–10 Adjutant of the South Staffordshire Militia and Special
Reserve. On the outbreak of war he accompanied his regt. to the Front,
as part of the Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action while
leading a bayonet charge, near Ypres, 24 Oct. 1914; _unm._ He was
mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, for
gallant and distinguished conduct in the field.
[Illustration: =Julian Silver S. Dunlop.=]
=DUNLOP, KENNETH STRICKLAND=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. South
Staffordshire Regt., 8th _s._ of the late Andrew Dunlop, of
Belgrave House, Jersey, M.D., by his wife, Alice, dau. of John Joseph
Strickland; _b._ St. Helier, Jersey, 17 Aug. 1882; educ. Victoria
College, Jersey, and University College, London; went to South America
in 1905, was engaged first in the nitrate industry, then as a mining
engineer, and when the war broke out was manager of a mine in Bolivia;
he returned home in the spring, 1915, qualified as machine-gun officer,
went to the front early in Aug. and was attached in that capacity to
the 1st Battn. South Staffordshire Regt. there. He was killed in action
on the Western front, 26 Sept. 1915, and was buried in the Military
Cemetery at Vermelles; _unm._
[Illustration: =Kenneth Strickland Dunlop.=]
=DUNN, ALFRED=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1794S, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DUNN, FRANK=, Leading Seaman, 200087, H.M.S. Arethusa; killed in
action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=DUNN, JOHN EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11888, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=DUNN, ROBERT WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3849), 187689, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DUNN, SPOTTISWOODE ROBERT=, Lieut.-Col. Commanding 1st Battn.
(Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles) The Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.), (T.F.),
_s._ of the late Robert Dunn, who saw service in the Crimean War
and the Indian Mutiny; _b._ Pimlico, London, 7 June, 1863; educ.
London; going to Scotland in 1882, he joined the Queen’s Edinburgh
Rifles, and in 1893 was gazetted 2nd Lieut. He was appointed Capt.
and Instructor of Musketry, June, 1899; served through the South
African War, 1901–2, as Commandant, Howard’s Mine, and took part in
the operations in the Transvaal, Cape Colony and Orange Free State,
being awarded the Queen’s medal with five clasps. In 1902 he was
appointed Major of the 4th Battn. of the Royal Scots, being given the
rank of Hon. Capt. in the Army, 9 Oct., having previously received the
Volunteer and Territorial Decorations, and in the following year he was
awarded the Long Service medal. In 1906 he was Brigade-Major of the 1st
Lothian Volunteer Infantry Brigade, became Hon. Lieut.-Col. 25 June,
and on the formation of the Territorial Force was appointed Secretary
of the Mid-Lothian Association. Here his powers of organisation soon
became apparent, and throughout recent years his administration was
quoted as an example. When mobilisation was declared the perfection
of his work was seen, when the units affiliated to his Association
took the field, equipped, complete in every detail. With mobilisation
completed, his duties as Secretary of the Territorial Association
practically terminated, and, on the call of the military authorities,
he became, in the absence of the Colonel through ill-health, Colonel
Commanding the 4th Battn. The Royal Scots (Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles).
He raised the battn. to a high state of efficiency before going out
with it to Gallipoli in 1915. On 16 Jan. 1915, he was gazetted to the
command of the 14th Battn. The Royal Scots, was wounded in his first
action, on 28 June, 1915, and died on the following day; buried at sea.
Colonel Dunn _m._ Edinburgh, 18 July, 1890, Jane, dau. of the late
Thomson Kirkwood, of Glasgow; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Spottiswoode Robert Dunn.=]
=DUNN, WILLIAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 19386, Machine Gun Section, 11th
(Service) Battn. Highland L.I., eldest _s._ of Robert Dunn, of
320, Cornish Row, Gartsherrie, Coatbridge, Iron Worker at Gartsherrie
Works, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of William King; _b._
Gartsherrie, 30 April, 1894; educ. Gartsherrie Public School; was an
Iron Worker at Gartsherrie Works; enlisted, 1 Sept. 1914; trained
at Bordon Camp, Aldershot; went to the front, 1 May, 1915, and was
killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 26 Sept. 1915; _unm._
His company officer, Lieut. C. A. Scott, wrote “besides being one of
the most valuable gunners I had, he was a real nice boy and one for
whom I had a great liking”; and a comrade: “It was after our boys had
made the attack the Sunday night the 26 Sept. we got word the Germans
were making a counter attack, so we had to mount our gun; your brother
was in the act of doing so when he was hit with a bullet, and he died
almost immediately after.”
[Illustration: =William Dunn.=]
=DUNN, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 2730, 1/7th Battn. Durham L.I.
(T.F.), eldest _s._ of Edward Greevis Dunn, of 97, Baring Street,
South Shields; _b._ South Shields, 27 Dec. 1890; educ. Weston
Senior School; enlisted 5 Sept. 1914; went to France, and died 29
June, 1915, of wounds received while on listening post duty. Buried at
Bailleul; _unm._
=DUNN, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Officer’s Steward, 1st Class, 150585,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=DUNNE, PATRICK=, Private, No. 73537, D Coy., 28th Battn.,
Canadian Expeditionary Force, 4th _s._ of Patrick Dunne, of
Mountainstown, Wilkinstown, Navan, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Denis
O’Neill; _b._ Slane, co. Meath, 11 Feb. 1893; educ. Fletcherstown
School, co. Meath; went to Canada, 12 July, 1913; volunteered on the
outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; came over with the 28th Battn., went to
France, 15 Sept. 1915, and was killed in action there, 8 Oct. 1915;
_unm._ On that day “D Coy. were occupying trenches G1 and G2.
About 5 p.m. the Germans blew up two mines under our front trench,
and Private Dunne was immediately after reported ‘Missing’ along
with a number of others. His body was found a day or so afterwards
a considerable distance away from the scene of the explosion, and
was buried in Kemmel Cemetery. As he was on duty at the time of the
explosion in a section of the trench where one of the explosions
occurred, there is no doubt that he met his death through the
explosion.”--Canadian Official Report.
=DUNSDON, SIDNEY JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109428, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DUNSTER, ARCHIBALD FRANK (NIP)=, Private, No. 2070, 5th (Cinque
Ports) Battn. Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Frank Charles
Dunster, of Sunnyside, Cinque Ports Street, Rye, by his wife, Lottie
Julia, dau. of Albert Smith; _b._ Rye, co. Sussex, 21 Dec. 1890;
educ. Rye Grammar School; was an Artist; volunteered after the outbreak
of war, and enlisted 11 Aug. 1914; trained at Dover and was then
stationed at the Tower and was for some time on guard at Olympia; went
to France, 18 Feb., and died at Bethune, 21 March, 1915, from wounds
received in the trenches the previous day; _unm._ When Dunster
was wounded, Private J. Adams ran to his assistance, and was himself
wounded, and he was eventually carried in by Private Baker Guy, son of
the Organist of All Saints’, Hastings. The portrait here reproduced is
from a drawing made of him by a German artist interned at Olympia while
Dunster was on guard there.
[Illustration: =Archibald Frank Dunster.=]
=DURAND, FRANCIS WILLIAM=, Capt., 3rd, attached 2nd, Battn.
Royal Munster Fusiliers, eldest _s._ of the late Rev. Havilland
Durand, for 13 years Vicar of Earley, co. Berks, by his wife, Mary
(Moulin Huet House, Guernsey), dau. of the Rev. Montague John Gregg
Hawtrey; _b._ Earley Vicarage, 29 Jan. 1875; educ. Elizabeth
College, Guernsey; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Royal Guernsey L.I.
(Militia), 1891; joined the Rhodesian Horse in 1895, and took part
in the Matabeleland Campaign with Gwelo Field Force in 1896 (medal,
“Matabeleland, 1896”) and the Mashonaland Campaign in 1897 (clasp,
“Mashonaland, 1897”). From 1899 to 1901 he served with the African
Transcontinental Telegraph Survey through German East Africa, under O.
Berringer, Chief Surveyor, Northern Rhodesia, and in 1901–2 with the
Tanganyika Concessions Expedition to Katanga, Congo Free State. In 1903
he was employed as Secretary and A.D.C. to the First Minister of the
Zanzibar Government. He obtained his company in the 3rd Battn. Royal
Munster Fusiliers, 10 Feb. 1906, to remain seconded under the Foreign
Office for service in Zanzibar. He was employed under both the military
and civil administration of Zanzibar until 1913, being successively
Acting-Commandant, Zanzibar Military Police, and Acting-Governor,
Central Jail, 1907; 2nd Class Magistrate and Governor of District Jail,
1909; 2nd in Command, Zanzibar Armed Constabulary, 1911. He received
the Zanzibar Orders of El Aliyeh (4th class) in 1907 and the Brilliant
Star of Zanzibar (3rd class) in 1913, in which year he retired on
a pension. He had passed the School of Musketry at Hythe in 1908
and in all subjects for promotion to rank of Field Officer in 1912,
being one of only five officers specially mentioned in the Examiner’s
Report (May) to the Army Council. On mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914, he
joined his regt., the 3rd Munster Fusiliers, and on 8 Sept. 1914, was
attached to the 2nd Battn. in France. He was present at the Battles of
the Aisne and the Marne, and also at Ypres, and was killed in action
between Givenchy and Festubert, 22 Dec. 1914, while leading his men
in an attack to retake trenches lost the day before. On the evening
of 20 Dec. 1914, the 2nd Munsters, commanded by Col. A. M. Bent, were
billeted in the outskirts of Bailleul, when at 5 p.m. an urgent message
was received by Col. Bent that the 3rd Brigade, to which the battn.
belonged, was to be ready to march “as soon as possible.” They started
at 6.15 p.m., and after marching for six hours in a tearing blizzard
of rain and hail, over roads ankle deep in mud, they reached Merville,
where a short halt was called. At 8 a.m., outside Bethune, the battn.
halted again, awaiting orders. By 3 p.m. orders were received that
the battn. was to occupy the trenches at Festubert vacated by the
Indians; the leading brigade deployed for attack and, shortly after,
the 3rd Brigade, consisting of the 2nd Welsh Regt., the 1st Gloucester,
the Munsters, the 1st South Wales Borderers and the 4th (T.) Royal
Welsh Fusiliers, was placed on the left of the 1st Guards Brigade.
The brigade then resumed its march, through Gorre to Festubert, where
the battn. remained in reserve, but on the night of the 21st received
orders that there was to be a general attack upon the German line.
All that night the Munsters waited, and all that night it rained and
snowed and stormed, until the hour arrived when the battn., led by Col.
Bent, started to the attack. The men swarmed over the parapets and
raced across the fields, carrying their heavy equipment and following
their officers over the shell-scarred, churned-up earth. Strands of
barbed wire beset their way and the ground was broken by great shell
holes. Before them, from the German trenches, the machine guns hammered
out their deadly message of welcome; and the men went gamely on, most
splendidly led by their officers. Major Thomson, second in command,
fell across the first German trench, but would not permit himself to be
removed, continuing to issue orders from where he lay; he was wounded
again, the second wound proving fatal. Col. Bent fell in the earlier
part of the charge, desperately wounded; Major Day was killed a little
later, and Capt. Hugh O’Brien fell as he shouted to his company, “Get
a bit of your own back, boys.” Not 20 yards from where Capt. O’Brien
fell, Capt. Durand met his death, leading at the extreme point of the
advance made by C Coy., under fierce enfilading fire. Men fell on the
right and left, and again and again they rallied and stumbled over the
broken ground, holding steadily on under the wail of tearing shrapnel,
and at last the Munsters reached their goal, the given point, and in
the fierce counter-attack they did not lose an inch of what they had
taken. Capt. Durand _m._ at St. Mary Abbotts Church, Kensington, 4
June, 1903, Geraldine Vesey (40, Arundel Gardens, Kensington Park Road,
W.), yst. dau. of the late Rev. John William Hawtrey, of Aldin House,
Slough; _s.p._
[Illustration: Francis William Durand.]
=DURAND, HAVILLAND MONTAGUE=, Private, No. 720, 13th Battn.,
Australian Imperial Force, yst. _s._ of the late Rev. Havilland
Durand, for 13 years Vicar of Earley, co. Berks (died 1884), by his
wife, Mary (Moulin Huet, Guernsey), dau. of the Rev. Montague John
Gregg Hawtrey; _b._ Earley Vicarage, 21 Dec. 1883; educ. Elizabeth
College, Guernsey, and University College, Durham; went to Australia in
Sept. 1911, and settled at Brisbane, where he was engaged in teaching.
Volunteered on the outbreak of the war and joined the Commonwealth
Expeditionary Force, Sept. 1914; left for Egypt in Jan. and was killed
in action two days after the landing at Gallipoli, 25 April, 1915;
_unm._ His Capt. wrote: “His comrades having expended nearly all
their ammunition, volunteers were asked for, to go to the beach for
more; it was necessary to proceed down a fireswept gully, then on to
a shell-swept beach, and return. Havilland volunteered to do this. He
got to the beach and returned by way of the gully again. He had done
his duty and saved our line. I should like to mention that he was loved
by officers and men alike. He was selected and especially trained for
a battn. scout, work that always requires a lot of intelligence and
tact. The Colonel assured me that if Durand had not arrived with the
ammunition his comrades, who were in an isolated position, would have
been annihilated and our line would have been broken.” He was supposed
to have been killed after bringing up the ammunition, but another
letter gave the information that he was killed the day after, whilst
working in the trench. He was buried by his comrades on a hill at Gaba
Tepe, and a rough wooden cross marks the place where he lies. Another
letter said: “The landing must have been awful, and all who lived, if
only for a day, did heroic work, as the few remaining officers say each
man deserved a V.C. The Australians were simply magnificent.”
[Illustration: =Havilland M. Durand.=]
=DURRANT, CYRIL GEORGE POPLE=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 7271,
H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20
miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=DURRANT, WILLIAM BLENCOWE WELLS=, 2nd Lieut., 6th, attd. 4th,
Battn. The Rifle Brigade, only _s._ of the Hon. Frederick Chester
Wells Durrant, M.A., K.C., Attorney-General of the Bahamas, and Member
of Executive and Legislative Councils of the Colony, by his wife,
Gertrude, dau. of the late William Blencowe, of Brackley, Northants;
_b._ Bath, co. Somerset, 8 May, 1894; educ. Beach Lawn, Leamington
Spa; Westminster (1908–13, King’s Scholar); and Magdalene College
(Exhibitioner), Cambridge. He joined the Cambridge O.T.C., Aug. 1914,
and was gazetted to the 6th Battn. Rifle Brigade Nov. following,
joining the 4th Battn. on active service in France,--March, 1915, and
was killed in action at or near St. Eloi between 8 and 11 May, 1915;
_unm._
[Illustration: =William B. W. Durrant.=]
=DURWARD, QUENTIN=, Private, No. 9552, 3rd Battn. (Queen’s Own
Rifles), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of William Durward,
Manager, Anglo-American Cable Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne; _b._
Newcastle-on-Tyne, 24 Oct. 1895; educ. Northumberland; went to Toronto,
Canada; joined the Queen’s Own Rifles of Toronto at the end of 1913;
volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; came over
with the first contingent in Oct. 1914; trained on Salisbury Plain
during the winter; went to France in Feb., and was killed in action
at Givenchy, 15 June, 1915; _unm._ His Capt. wrote: “He was a
splendid soldier, always first and never shirking his duty.”
=DUSTIN, CLAUDE=, Corpl., No. 10/1229, 7th Wellington Regt., New
Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th _s._ of William Samuel Dustin,
Pastrycook and Confectioner, Managing Director of Dustin, Ltd.,
Wanganui and Palmerston North, by his wife, Celia; _b._ Wanganui,
New Zealand, 19 Dec. 1892; educ. High School, Wanganui; was for three
years a Sergt. in the Wanganui Guards (T.F.), and on the outbreak of
war volunteered for Imperial service, 8 Oct. 1914. After some months in
Egypt, he took part in the famous landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April,
1915, and was killed in action on the 27th, being shot through the
forehead while rescuing a wounded comrade at Walker’s Ridge; _unm._
[Illustration: =Claude Dustin.=]
=DUTCH, WILLIAM BENJAMIN=, Sergt., No. 83812, 47th Brigade, Royal
Field Artillery, _s._ of William Dutch, of Bladud House, Bath,
Accountant, by his wife, Alice, dau. of Alderman Alfred Taylor, of The
Red House, Bath; _b._ Lower Weston, Bath, 21 April, 1894; educ.
Bathforum, and Bath City Secondary School (3 years’ Scholarship), and
was employed in the engineering works of Stothert and Pitt, Ltd., of
Bath. He joined the Army, 17 Aug. 1914; was made Bombardier, 1 Nov.
1914; Corpl., 14 Nov. 1914; and Sergt., 1 Jan. 1915; and died at the
Thornhill Isolation Hospital, Aldershot, 11 April, 1915, of septic
scarlet fever; _unm._ He was buried at Locksbrook Cemetery, Bath,
with full military honours. His Capt. wrote: “I cannot exaggerate the
loss he is to me personally and to the whole battery, had picked up a
wonderful knowledge of gunnery and his work in general, was out and out
the best sergeant I had, and would have gone far in the service.” He
was a keen sportsman and a popular football player.
[Illustration: =William Benjamin Dutch.=]
=DUTFIELD, WALTER THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./14094, H.M.S.
Hawke, _s._ of James Dutfield, of 37, Randall Place, West
Greenwich, S.E.; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=DUTTON, CHARLES EDMUND FERGUSON=, Rifleman, No. 2366, 1 Coy.,
1st/16th Battn. (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.),
_s._ of the late Edmund Alfred Dutton, of 53–55, Pembridge Road,
Notting Hill Gate, W., Boot Manufacturer, by his wife, Susannah Spencer
Biggs (21, Elgin Crescent, Notting Hill, W.), dau. of the late Joseph
Henry Ferguson, of Dublin; _b._ Notting Hill Gate, 22 July, 1890;
educ. St. Mary Abbots Higher Grade School, Kensington; entered the
employ of the Fore Street Warehouse Company, Ltd., in 1907, and at the
time war was declared held a good position in the blouse department;
volunteered, and enlisted in the Queen’s Westminsters, 18 Aug. 1914;
went to France, 24 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Houplines,
Flanders, on the night of 7 March, 1915; _unm._ He was buried in
the cemetery there in the Rue Emile Zola by the Rev. Webb Peplow. The
Sergt.-Major wrote that he “was such a nice boy and one of our best ...
and is a great loss to his company and also to the battn.”
[Illustration: =Charles Edmund F. Dutton.=]
=DUTTON, RALPH=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 5172), 177334, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DUVAL, GEORGE LOUIS JOSIAH=, M.D., Major, Commanding No. 1 Coy.,
Field Ambulance, C.A.M.C., only _s._ of the late Louis Duval, of
Grande Ligne, P. Quebec, Canada; _b._ Grande Ligne aforesaid,
10 March, 1876; educ. Filler’s Baptist Institute there; entered as
a Medical Student at McGill University in 1894, and graduated there
with honours, 17 June, 1898; practised in Waltham, Mass., U.S.A., and
then in St. John’s, Quebec, later going to St. John’s, New Brunswick;
joined the C.A.M.C., at St. John’s, P. Quebec, in April, 1908, being
given a commission as Lieut., and was promoted Capt. June, 1911, and
Major, in France, April, 1915; transferred to No. 8 Field Ambulance on
going to St. John’s, N.B., and in 1914 became M.O. 28th N.B. Dragoons;
volunteered for overseas service on the outbreak of war, and his own
unit not going, he was given charge of the section of No. 8 F.A.,
leaving his home and practice at a day’s notice; left Valcartier for
England with No. 1 F.A., 30 Sept. 1914; went to France, Feb. 1915, and
was severely wounded in both legs during the Second Battle of Ypres, on
Sunday, 25 April, 1915. At this action the Canadians suffered heavily,
and No. 1 F.A. were ordered to open an advanced dressing station, which
Major Duval did at St. Jean; later it had to be abandoned, and he had
just succeeded in evacuating the last patient when he was hit about
8.30 p.m. by an explosive shell which burst about 20 yards from him.
He was sent from Vlamertinghe to hospital at Boulogne and from there
invalided to England, and died in London, 26 Aug. 1915. Col. Foster
wrote: “No braver officer ever lived or would be found in our Division,
and I shall always remember him for his splendid work at Ypres.” Gunner
H. T. Warene, who was wounded in this action and invalided back to
Canada, said: “When I was struck Doctor Duval was the first to rush to
my aid. We were both exposed to the fire, but he did not seem to mind.
He was a kind, gentle and capable surgeon, and the boys all liked him
and admired him as a physician, a soldier, and a man. I was most sorry
to learn of his death.” He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord)
French’s Despatch of 5 April/31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915.
His body was being taken to Canada for burial on board the Hesperian
when she was torpedoed and sunk. He _m._ at Montreal, 23 Oct.
1901, Maude (330, Charlotte Street, St. John’s West, New Brunswick,
Canada), dau. of Andrew Byrd, of Montreal, Building and Bridge
Contractor, and had two children: Charles Louis Neville, _b._ 18
July, 1906; and Irene Byrd, _b._ 9 Sept. 1902.
[Illustration: =George Louis J. Duval.=]
=DWERRYHOUSE, EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10200), 204457, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DWYER, EDWARD MUNDEN=, Private, No. 1077, 8th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, _s._ of John Thomas Dwyer, of Ignace,
Ontario, Canada (originally from co. Tipperary); _b._ Ignace, 24
Nov. 1887; educ. there; was for some years in the Mechanical Dept. of
the C.P.R., and was then transferred to the Traffic Dept., and when war
broke out was a Conductor. He enlisted 20 Aug. 1914, came over with the
first contingent in Oct., and after training on Salisbury Plain during
the winter, went to France, and was killed in action at Festubert, 23
April, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Edward Munden Dwyer.=]
=DYASON, JAMES NASH=, Act.-Bombardier, No. 162, R.G.A. (T.F.),
_s._ of James Nash Dyason, of 63, Coronation Road, Sheerness,
Shipwright, Sheerness Dockyard, by his wife, Harriet, dau. of James
Lambkin; _b._ Sheerness, 17 Feb. 1889; educ. Council School there;
was a dockyard employee; joined the Territorials, 1910; volunteered for
active service on the outbreak of war; died at Shoeburyness, 21 Nov.
1914, on active service; _unm._
=DYBALL, WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 10521), 208734,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=DYER, FREDERICK GEORGE=, Private, No. 10672, 2nd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, 3rd _s._ of James Dyer, Sergt.-at-Mace, at
Poole, Dorset, by his wife, Annie Eliza, dau. of John Phillips, of
Poole; _b._ Milton Abbas, near Blandford, co. Dorset, 15 April,
1894; educ. Branksome Heath, Poole; was an assistant for Messrs. Bacon
and Curtis, of Poole, Iron-mongers; enlisted, 23 March 1914; went
to France, 11 Sept. 1914; was wounded in action at Ypres, 29 Oct.
1914, and died in the German military hospital at Courtray, 22 Nov.
following; _unm._ His brother, Private P. E. Dyer, was also killed
in action. (See his notice.)
[Illustration: =Frederick George Dyer.=]
=DYER, PERCIVAL ERNEST=, Private, No. 9136, 2nd Battn. The Scots
Guards, 4th _s._ of James Dyer, Sergt.-at-Mace, at Poole, Dorset,
by his wife, Annie Eliza, dau. of John Phillips, of Poole; _b._
Milton Abbas, near Blanford, co. Dorset, 3 Dec. 1895; educ. Branksome
Heath, Poole; was a Plumber and Gas Fitter in the employ of Mr. Hardy,
of Poole; enlisted, 6 Aug. 1914; went to France in Oct., and was killed
in action between La Bassée and Armentiéres, 18 Dec. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Percival Ernest Dyer.=]
=DYER, WALTER=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 750), 135247, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=DYKE, GEORGE WALKER=, Pensioner Armourer, 136000, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=DYKES, ALFRED McNAIR=, Lieut.-Col., 1st Battn. The King’s Own,
Royal Lancaster Regt., yst. surviving _s._ of the late William
Alston Dykes, D.L., by his wife, Agnes Andrea (The Orchard, Hamilton),
dau. of the late John Urquhart, of Fairhill, co. Lanark; _b._
Hamilton, 15 March, 1874; educ. Trinity College, Glenalmond, and
received his first commission in a militia battn. of the Cameronians,
passing in first with 2,130 marks out of a total of 2,400, 12 Dec.
1894, and a few months later joined the 2nd Battn. of the King’s Own
in India. He was gazetted Lieut., 4 Nov. 1896; Capt., 24 Feb., 1900;
Major, 13 Dec. 1902; and Lieut.-Col., 1 Aug. 1913; and was Adjutant at
the age of 23 in 1897. On the outbreak of war in South Africa he was
selected for special service duty, and having his battn. at Lichfield
did Staff duty as Embarkation Officer at Port Elizabeth, Natal, till
the arrival of his own regt., which he immediately rejoined, afterwards
taking part in the Relief of Ladysmith, and the Battle at Spion Kop in
Jan. 1900. In the course of this engagement he rallied a small party
of men of another regt., from whom he learned that the enemy was in
possession of a position which was believed to be held by our own
troops. Calming his men with cigarettes, and leaving them to regain
their nerve in the shelter of a boulder, he went forward alone to prove
the truth of this assertion, which he doubted. He had almost reached
the spot indicated and had satisfied himself that the fugitives were
right when he fell shot through the head. Determined at all costs to
carry back the news, he struggled three times to his feet and three
times fell; but managed by discarding his rifle to stagger back, in
a semi-conscious condition and nearly blinded by the blood in his
eyes, over the crest of the hill to our own trenches, luckily without
further wounds. The information was at once conveyed to the General,
and offers were made to help him to the dressing station 100 yards or
so in the rear; but it was only to be reached across a fireswept area,
and Capt. Dykes resolutely refused all offers of help. He attained
his goal in safety, when he fell unconscious. The wound, which was
at first classified as serious, rapidly became dangerous; and when
the over-worked army surgeons at the field hospital asked whether he
could wait a little longer for attention, he cheerfully gave up his
turn for others. Gangrene set in, and it was feared that his eyesight
must suffer, the bullet having entered just below the right temple
and passing through the mouth, blowing away the left check. Sheer
determination to live helped to pull him through. In March he came home
and underwent two operations, and despite his surgeon’s most emphatic
advice rejoined his regt. at the Front in Sept., resuming his post as
Adjutant, which he held till 31 May, 1902, a special extension of his
time being granted at the request of his Colonel. In the later phases
of the war he did a good deal of convoy work, as Adjutant of his regt.,
and distinguished himself at the defence of Vryheid 11 Dec. 1900, when
the town was held by four companies of the King’s Own and a handful of
mounted infantry against an attack under cover of darkness, by Louis
Botha in superior numbers. For this and general good service he was
mentioned twice in despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901, and 29
July, 1902], and on being offered the choice of the D.S.O. or a Brevet
Majority, chose the latter, being then (1902) barely 28 years of age:
he also received the Queen’s medal with four clasps and the King’s
medal with two. On relinquishing his post as Adjutant, he became Staff
Officer to the Commandant of Maritzburg. From 1904–08 he held the post
of Staff Capt. at the War Office. He then passed brilliantly through
the Staff College, and on his return from service with his regt. in
India was appointed in 1912 to the command of a company of Cadets at
the R.M.C., Sandhurst. He was promoted in Aug. 1913, at the age of
39 (the youngest Lieut.-Col. of the line) to the command of the 1st
Battn. of the King’s Own, then stationed at Dover. On the outbreak
of the European War in Aug. 1914, he accompanied the Expeditionary
Force to France, and was killed in action early in the morning of 26
Aug. 1914, at the battle of Cambray-Le Cateau, while covering the
retreat of the Allied forces. He was shot through the head, and was
almost the first man of his regt. to fall. Referring to his death,
one of the Generals under whom he had previously served, wrote: “It
was with more than ordinary feeling of sorrow that we learnt of the
death of Col. Dykes at the head of his regt.... in the act of cheering
on his beloved regt. against tremendous odds. Col. Dykes’ loss to
the battn. is great indeed. I had a very high opinion of Col. Dykes’
capabilities as an officer, and I watched his career in the King’s Own
with more than ordinary interest. After recovery from his wound in
South Africa, I brought him to the War Office to assist me at a time
of great pressure, and I never regretted it. The bravery and example
of their Colonel will not be forgotten by the King’s Own, and it will
ever act as an incentive to all ranks to do their duty to the end”;
and a brother officer: “He loved his regt. with absolute devotion;
and well have they repaid his love by dying with him.... He was a man
far above the ordinary in ability, one of our best soldiers, a man
who knew not fear, the very staunchest of comrades, and a gentleman
without reproach. He never made an enemy, everyone who knew him loved
him, he never spoke ill of anyone, and he never did anything that was
not absolutely downright honest and good.” Singularly gifted both
in mind and body, a man of unusual achievements, the keynote of his
character was straightforward simplicity. His humility, his gaiety,
and above all his power of self-less devotion, endeared him to all
with whom he came in contact. “I am almost afraid to say how much I
hope from him,” wrote the Warden of Glenalmond in one of his school
reports. “He never thought of himself, only of others,” was the verdict
of one of his officers after his death. Lieut.-Col. Dykes _m._ at
Southwick Crescent, London, 21 April, 1914, Rosamund Ann, dau. of the
late Frederick Willis Farrer, of 16, Devonshire Place, W., and had a
dau., Andrea Mary, _b._ 23 Feb. 1915, exactly six months after her
father’s death.
[Illustration: =Alfred McNair Dykes.=]
=DYNES, ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (M.), 289177, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=DYSON, CECIL VENN=, Private, Malay States Volunteers, yst.
_s._ of the late Rev. Samuel Dyson, of Koilash, Stevenage, co.
Herts, D.D., Vice-Principal Church Missionary College, Islington, by
his 1st wife, Matilda Julia, dau. of the Rev. Charles Henry Blumhardt;
_b._ Calcutta, 7 Aug. 1873; educ. Merchant Taylors’ School, and
Queen’s College, Cambridge (Senior Classical Scholar, Bell’s Scholar);
entered the Malay States Civil Service in 1896, and was District Judge
of Singapore. He was killed while assisting to quell the riots there,
15 Feb. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Cecil Venn Dyson.=]
=EADE, REGINALD JOHN=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 10142), 202124,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=EADES, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I. 7291 (Ply.), H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=EADY, JOHN=, Private, No. 1095, 1st Battn. Australian Imperial
Force, only _s._ of the late John Eady, of 5, Fisher Street,
Birmingham, by his wife, Emma, dau. of Joseph Sarty; _b._ Sheep
Street, Birmingham, 6 March, 1868; served for 12 years with the South
Staffordshires; then went to Canada, and to Australia, 1910. Enlisted
at the end of 1914, and was killed in action at Gallipoli, 13 Aug.
1915; _unm._
=EAGAR, FRANCIS RUSSELL=, 2nd Lieut., Royal Field Artillery,
3rd _s._ of the late Capt. Edward Boaz Eagar, 1st Battn.
Northumberland Fusiliers (who was killed in action at Belmont, South
Africa, 23 Nov. 1899), and his wife, Ada (now wife of Edward Franks,
of The Priory, Bishop’s Cleeve, co. Gloucester), dau. of Col. Newman
Burfoot Thoyts, of The Mythe House, Tewkesbury, J.P.; _b._ Fawdon
House, near Newcastle-on-Tyne, 27 Sept. 1893; educ. Connaught House
(J. R. Morgan), Weymouth; Sherborne, Dorset, and the Royal Military
Academy, Woolwich (1913–14); gazetted to the Royal Field Artillery, 12
Aug. 1914, and left with his battery for active service in France in
November, and was killed in action at Fleurbaix, France, 9 May, 1915,
while on observation duty. He was buried in the Rue Petillon Cemetery,
Fleurbaix; _unm._ His two brothers, Capt. E. F. Eagar, Royal
Berkshire Regt., and Capt. H. St. G. Eagar, Lincolnshire Regt., are now
(1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Francis Russell Eagar.=]
=EAMAN, ALFRED=, P.O., 192106. H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=EARL, STEPHEN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1388), 201346, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=EASON, JESSE HERBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 6007), S.S.
100950, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=EASON, SAMPSON=, Lieut., 5th (Service) Battn. Dorsetshire Regt.;
yst. _s._ of Robert Eason, of Crewkerne, Farmer, by his wife,
Ellen, dau. of John Marks; _b._ Crewkerne, co. Somerset, 20 April,
1876; enlisted in the Dorsetshire Regt. 7 March, 1893; served in India,
and in the South African campaign (Queen’s medal with two clasps);
and was Colour-Sergt. Instructor to H Co., 4th (Territorial) Battn.
Dorsetshire Regt. at Blandford, 1909–14. He obtained his discharge with
the same rank, 6 March, 1914, after 21 years’ service, and received the
Long Service medal, and went to live near Dorchester. On the outbreak
of war he at once volunteered for active service, and after helping as
Coy. Sergt.-Major to train the 5th (Service) Battn. of the Dorsets, he
was offered a commission, and was gazetted Lieut. to his own battn.
8 March, 1915. He left with his regt. for the Dardanelles, 1 July,
1915, and was killed in action at the landing at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli,
7 Aug. 1915, being shot through the head whilst directing the men to
their companies. In the official report from Brig.-Gen. C. C. Hannay,
lately commanding 5th Dorsets, he said: “Lieut. Eason was shot through
the head, dying shortly after, on the 7th instant at Suvla Bay, about
a quarter-of-an-hour after he landed. It was about 4 a.m. and dark at
the time; I was within two yards of him at the time. He never spoke
after he fell.” A Sergt. of the same company wrote: “It was the duty
of Mr. Eason and myself to direct the men to their proper companies as
they came ashore in the dark. About half-an-hour after landing, I was
talking to Mr. Eason, and he had only left me two or three seconds when
the Colonel called me to come to him and pick somebody up. I did, and
when I turned him over I found it was Mr. Eason. Everything was done
for him that could be done, but he did not speak. The doctor was with
him almost at once. He died doing his duty, which he always did, and
was always considered a good N.C.O. and afterwards a good officer, and
we were very sorry to lose him.” And Colonel Woodhouse, 4th Dorsetshire
Regt., declared: “I knew him very well, and always found him one of
the best, he never spared himself to do his men good and was just the
same in civilian life. Unfortunately, there are very few such men to
be found now, and I am sure he will be greatly missed in his regt.”; a
brother officer also wrote: “I always looked on him as a friend from
whom I could get advice and help in my work. The last time I saw him,
which was on the destroyer before we landed, he did me a good turn
which I shall not forget. Earlier in the evening I, being orderly
officer, had to see to the issuing out of hot coffee to the men, and
it was a long job, as the space is very cramped. Later in the evening
there was an issue of rum to be served out. It really fell to my lot to
superintend this, but your husband, with his usual kindness of heart,
relieved me of it. I am sorry to say I was not near him at the end. It
was before we had got off the beach.” Lieut. Eason _m._ at St.
Simon’s Church, Southsea, 5 Dec. 1907, Mabel Ellen (Southsea), yst.
dau. of the late James Lewis Adams, C.C.S., late District Magistrate of
Flat and Gabriel Islands, Mauritius; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Sampson Eason.=]
=EAST, ALFRED CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9621), 199377, H.M.S
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=EAST, GEORGE=, Rifleman, No. 3098, 21st Battn. (1st Surrey
Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of the late Joseph
East, of Westminster, London, by his wife, Susan (36, Grosvenor
Terrace, Camberwell, S.E.), dau. of Francis Smallcombe; _b._
London, 24 May, 1893; educ. L.C.C. School, Westminster; enlisted,
30 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 25 May, 1915;
_unm._
[Illustration: =George East.=]
=EASTERBROOK, WILLIAM THOMAS=, A.B., 206711 (Dev.), H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=EATON, ARTHUR ERNEST WILSON=, Private, No. 1335, 11th (West
Australian) Battn. Australian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of George
Wilson Eaton, of Park Street, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gardener, by his wife,
Harriett Elizabeth, dau. of Frederick Arthurs; _b._ Tiddington,
near Stratford-on-Avon, co. Warwick, 27 March, 1892; went to Perth,
Western Australia, in 1913, and was employed as a farm hand; joined the
Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, 2 Nov. 1914; left Australia with the
second reinforcements; and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 1
Aug. 1915; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “He was killed outright on 31
July, 1915. The sad event happened at night. Although he was wounded,
he volunteered to carry ammunition for a machine gun. It was while
doing this he met his death. He was buried at Anzac and a wooden cross
was erected with the names of those who fell in the taking of Leans
trench.”
=EATON, ARTHUR THOMAS=, Stoker, P.O., 302154, H.M.S. Cressy; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=EBSARY, FREDERICK ERNEST=, Private, No. 1138, 1st Newfoundland
Regt., 5th _s._ of Newman Ebsary, of St. John’s, Newfoundland,
Engineer, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of the late Joseph Hinds, of Cupid,
Newfoundland, and granddaughter of the late Alexander Hinds, of
Whitehaven, England; _b._ South Side, St. John’s, Newfoundland,
30 Aug. 1898; educ. St. Mary’s C.E. School there; volunteered for
Imperial Service on the outbreak of war and joined the 1st Newfoundland
Regt., 19 Feb. 1915; left for England on 20 March, 1915, and died at
Cairo, 23 Sept. 1915, of Tubercular Meningitis contracted while on
active service. Two of his brothers, Regtl. Sergt.-Major S. J. Ebsary
and Private H. Ebsary, are both now (1916) on active service with the
Newfoundland Regt.
=EBY, ALEXANDER RALPH=, Private, No. 13627, No. 2 Coy. 5th
Battn. 2nd Infantry Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest
_s._ of the late Alexander Eby, of Berlin, Ontario, Foreman of
Glove Manufactory, by his wife, Nellie, dau. of the late James Bennett
Watson, of England, and gt. gt. gdson. of Bishop Benjamin Eby, of the
Mennonite Connection, who was _b._ in Pennsylvania in 1785 and
settled in Canada in 1807, and founded the town of Berlin; and 6th in
descent from Christian Eby who came to Pennsylvania from Switzerland
as a boy in 1715; _b._ Berlin, Ontario, 3 Aug. 1891; educ. Berlin
Public and High Schools, matriculating at the latter in 1908, and two
years later took up a homestead at Abbey, Saskatchewan. He enlisted for
Overseas service at Swift Current, Saskatchewan, in Aug. 1914; left
Valcartier for England with the first Contingent in Oct., and after
training on Salisbury Plain during the winter of 1914–15, crossed to
France in Feb., 1915, and was killed in action there, 21 March, 1915;
_unm._ Major G. S. Pragnell wrote: “He was one of the best and
most willing men of the Company and at the time that he was actually
shot he was working hard helping to strengthen the trench”; and Lieut.
L. F. Page: “Ever since your brother came under my commission at
Valcartier I always found him most cheerful and willing. He was making
a good soldier and always doing his duty well.” Three of his comrades
also wrote: “Your brother’s death was severely felt by the remainder
of the boys of his company as he was a general favourite with all who
knew him. He was buried [at La Boutillerie Chateau, a few miles east of
Laventie, France] in the evening of March 21, by the chaplain of our
Battn., beside two of his comrades.”
[Illustration: =Alexander Ralph Eby.=]
=ECCLESHARE, THOMAS BERNARD=, Cook’s Mate, M. 4167, H.M.S. Hawke,
_s._ of Thomas Eccleshare, of 10, Merchant Street, Derby; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=EDBROOKE, FRANK THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5159, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=EDDISON, JAMES=, Corpl., No. 9446, C Coy., 2nd Battn. Highland
L.I., eldest _s._ of James Eddison, of Aberdeen, by his wife,
Jemina, dau. of (--) Wilson; _b._ Aberdeen, ... March, 1886; educ.
there; enlisted 31 May, 1904; served three years with the Colours
and then passed into the Reserve and worked as a Packing Case Maker;
mobilised 4 Aug. 1914; went to France and was killed in action at Loos,
25 Sept. 1915; _unm._ Buried in Givenchy Cemetery. Eddison was
well-known in Aberdeen Football circles and played for the Regimental
Football Team and the Shamrock Club. He _m._ 9 Oct. 1908, Jeannie
(55, Gallowgate, Aberdeen), dau. of William Sutherland, of Aberdeen,
Contractor, and had two children: James, _b._ 27 July, 1912; and
Martha Sutherland, _b._ 23 May, 1909.
[Illustration: =James Eddison.=]
=EDDISON, JOHN RADLEY=, 2nd Lieut., 1/8th Battn. Sherwood
Foresters (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Robert Eddison, of Mount Vernon,
Retford, Notts; _b._ Woodlands, near Worksop, 6 March, 1889; educ.
Stancliffe Hall, near Matlock, Giggleswick, and Pembroke College,
Cambridgeshire, at which latter he was in the O.T.C. He was gazetted
into the Sherwood Foresters, 14 Oct. 1914, went with his regt. to
the front, served in France and Flanders, and was killed in action,
being shot through the body while superintending repairs of wire
entanglements, at or near Kemmel, 21 April, 1915. He was buried in the
Sherwood Foresters’ Cemetery at Kemmel, Belgium; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Radley Eddison.=]
=EDEN, ROBERT JAMES=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 9842), 297722,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=EDGE, FREDERICK CHARLES=, Corpl., No. 24245, 13th Battn. (Royal
Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the
late George Edge, of Eyton-on-Severn, Blacksmith, by his wife, Eleanor,
dau. of Alfred Downes; _b._ Eyton-on-Severn, Wroxetter, co. Salop,
19 July, 1886; educ. Donnington School, Wroxetter; went to Canada in
April, 1912, and settled at Cranbrooke, B.C., as a railway mechanic;
enlisted at Cranbrooke in Aug. 1914; came over with the 1st Contingent
in Oct. 1914; went to France, 26 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at
Festubert, 29 May, 1915, being shot by a sniper while he was leaving
the trenches; _unm._
=EDGINTON, ROBERT WALTER LAURENCE=, Lieut., 5th Battn. Royal
Warwickshire Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Robert William Edginton,
of 70, Portland Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, M.D.; by his wife,
Elizabeth, dau. of Walter Showell, of Stourton Hall; _b._
Edgbaston, Birmingham, 14 Sept. 1895; educ. Bradfield College and
Birmingham University; received a commission in the Territorial Battn.
of the Warwickshire Regt. 28 Nov. 1913, and on the outbreak of war
volunteered for foreign service; went to France, 21 March, 1915; was
promoted Lieut. 27 May, 1915, and was killed in action in France, 3
June, 1915. He was buried at White Gates, Petit Pont, Ploegsteert Wood;
_unm._ Some three weeks before he was killed, on 9 May, Lieut.
Edginton performed a very gallant action, and was recommended by his
commanding officer for bravery. This was described in letters from
his brother officers as follows: Two privates were in front of the
trenches acting as snipers, when one of them was wounded, his comrade
was trying to get him back to the trench when he was also wounded.
Lieut. Edginton, seeing this, went out to his assistance and brought
him safely into the trench, and then went back to rescue the other man,
who, when he reached him, he found was dead. In order to do this Lieut.
Edginton had to make a detour of 40 or 50 yards to get through the wire
entanglements and during the whole time was under severe rifle and
shell fire.
[Illustration: =Robert W. L. Edginton.=]
=EDLMANN, ERNEST ELLIOT, D.S.O.=, Major, R.A., 5th _s._ of
the late Major Joseph Ernest Edlmann, 1st King’s Dragoon Guards, by his
wife, Caroline Sim (Kent House, Leamington), dau. of William Elliot,
Madras Civil Service; _b._ at Leamington, 24 Nov. 1868; educ. at
Leamington College (1879–85) and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.A., 17 Feb. 1888; and promoted Lieut. 17 Feb.
1891, Capt. 24 Oct. 1898, and Major 15 Dec. 1908; served in the Chin
Hills, Burmah, 1892–3 (medal with clasp); in the Sudan; expedition
to Dongola, 1890 (medal, Egyptian medal), and in the operations on
the North West Frontier, India, 1897–8, first with the Mohmand Field
Force, and then with the Tirah Expeditionary Force; present at the
actions of Chagru-Kotal and Dargai, and the capture of Sanpagha and
Arhanga Passes, the actions of 9, 16 and 24 Nov., the operations in
Bara Valley, 7–14 Dec., and the affair at Shinkamar, 29 Jan.; and was
mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 5 April, 1898], and received
the medal with two clasps, and the D.S.O. (invested by Queen Victoria
at Buckingham Palace, 16 Nov. 1908. The Madras Weekly Mail of 18 Nov.
1897, in its account of the taking of the Sanpagha Pass, wrote: “Part
of the 5th Bombay Mountain Battery shelled the position at 500 yards
range, under a hot fire from the sungar. The only position which the
battery could get was on the top of a sort of pinnacle, and two guns
fell off this from their own recoil. The greatest credit is due to
Lieut. Edlmann for the way he fought his guns under great difficulties,
and with a fire being poured in at him from a short range,” and Capt.
MacNunn, D.S.O., the Artillery expert, writing in the Proceedings of
the Royal Artillery Institution on the same incident, said: “This was
almost entirely an artillery battle, and the effect of combined fire
completely drove off the enemy; heavy infantry fighting had, however,
been looked for and a big casualty list. The fight ended by No. 5
Bombay Mountain Battery being pushed forward, when Capt. de Butts,
R.A., was killed on rounding a bluff at the head of his battery, which
suddenly came under a fire from the ridge in front. Lieut. Edlmann at
once assumed command, and, taking a section, closed in to 500 yards and
cleared the ridge of the enemy, a most dashing feat, for which he was
commended in despatches. It is no small thing to stand to your guns at
500 yards’ range from marksmen armed with Martinis and Lee-Metfords,
but so does audacity bring its own reward in war, that, wonderful to
relate, there were no more casualties in the section.” In 1900, Major
Edlmann was appointed to raise and command the Abbottabad Mountain
Battery (now No. 30 M.B.). This he did with great success, obtaining
a second class classification for shooting in the spring of 1902, and
first class every subsequent year of his command. He took this battery
on service in the Aden Hinterland in 1903–4. In 1902 he was selected
to command the Indian Contingent of Native Mountain Artillery, which
was present at the Coronation of King Edward VII., on which occasion
he was described in The Times as being the best range-finder in the
Royal Regt. of Artillery. He was appointed to No. 1 British Mountain
Battery in 1910, subsequently transferring to No. 23 Peshawar Mountain
Battery, which he was commanding in the 1914–5 operations in the
Persian Gulf. In Mesopotamia he took part in the operations of 11,
15 and 17 Nov., near Mohammerah, Saihan, and Sahil respectively. The
most skilful and dashing counter-attack carried out by his battery
in connection with an infantry unit on the 11th and the admirably
directed and highly effective artillery fire of the 15th and 17th are
both mentioned in despatches. In the Turkish attack on our position at
Shaiba on 11 April, Major Edlmann is mentioned in despatches for the
clever handling of his battery and accuracy of fire in silencing the
enemy’s guns and repelling his attack. The despatches also speak of the
magnificent support given by the artillery throughout the campaign.
Major Edlmann was mortally wounded at the Battle of Barjisijah on
14 April, having just taken over the duties of C.R.A., that officer
having been wounded. Our troops, over open ground, were attacking a
superior force of the enemy skilfully entrenched and concealed over a
front of 3 miles. Major Edlmann was much beloved by officers and men
alike, while in Military circles it was recognised, in the words of the
obituary in the Court Journal, that “he was a fine officer and should
have gone far in the service. He was certainly the first gunner in
the service.” An officer wrote to his family after his death: “He was
one of the bravest men I have ever met, an ideal artillery officer,
always absolutely cool--quite indifferent to the heaviest fire.” The
entire battery voluntarily paraded at the funeral, and his character
was summed up by one of the native officers, whose grief on hearing
the news was most touching: “He was such a good and brave Sahib.” Major
Edlmann was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a very keen
naturalist, preferring shooting in the mountains in the north of India
to all other forms of sport. Except for an expedition in Burma, he
always selected fresh areas in Kashmir, Ladak, Zaskar, Baltistan, and
the many other districts of that part of the Himalayas between India
proper and Russian and Chinese Turkestan. He knew all these districts
well, and made a very good and varied collection of heads and birds. He
presented a collection of rare birds to the Leamington Museum. On these
expeditions he always travelled very light, and his powers of walking
being almost phenomenal, he was able to cover large tracts of country.
He was a keen polo player, though of recent years he had been obliged
reluctantly to give this up, owing to the results of bad enteric fever.
He _m._ at Abbottabad, 19 Sept. 1908, Evelyn, dau. of Major-Gen.
Lorne Campbell, C.B., 38th Dogras, and had four children: Joseph
Campbell, _b._ 24 Jan. 1909; Ernest Lorne Campbell, _b._ 28
April, 1914; Antonie Lorne Campbell, _b._ 13 Oct. 1910; and Adine
Lorne Campbell, _b._ 24 Aug. 1912.
[Illustration: =Ernest Elliot Edlmann.=]
=EDMOND, ALFRED THOMAS=, Private, No. 11804, 1st Battn. South
Wales Borderers, 4th _s._ of the late Seaward Richard Edmonds,
Sapper R.E. (see following notice), by his wife, Esther Jane; _b._
Cardiff, 5 Aug. 1897; educ. Lansdown School, Cardiff; enlisted the day
war was declared, 5 Aug. 1914; and was killed in action, 29 Jan. 1915;
_unm._
=EDMOND, SEAWARD RICHARD=, Sapper, No. 606, 1st Glamorganshire
Fortress Coy., Royal Engineers (T.F.), _s._ of Seaward Richard
Edmond, Brewer; _b._ Haverfordwest, 6 July, 1865; educ. there;
and was a Commission Agent in Cardiff. He had joined the Glamorgan
Garrison Artillery Volunteers, and at the time war was declared was a
bandsman with the rank of Sergt.-Major. He joined the Royal Engineers
as a sapper, 4 Aug. 1914; went to France, and died there of heart
failure, 25 Jan. 1915. He _m._ at Roath Church, Cardiff, 23 Jan.
1887, Esther Jane (Kingsland Road, Cardiff), dau. of (--) and had 11
children: William Seward; Albert Ernest, Private, R.F.A., on active
service; Harry Lewis; Alfred Thomas, Private, South Wales Borderers
(killed); Archie Bernard; Gordon Stanley; Elise Marie: Esther Jane;
Kathleen; Doris Mullar; and Irene. Sergt.-Major Edmond was well known
in the Cardiff District as a musician and had the Long Service medal.
=EDMONDS, JOSEPH LEONARD=, Chief Petty Officer (N.S.) (R.F.R., A.
1942), 147080, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=EDSELL, GEORGE ALFRED=, M.D., L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., Lieut.-Col.,
83rd Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C., yst. _s._ of the late James
Edsell, of Beulah Hill, Norwood [a direct descendent of Capt.
James Cook, R.N., the discoverer of Australia], by his wife, Phœbe
Caroline, dau. of (..) Jones; _b._ Aberdovey, co. Merioneth,
18 Jan. 1859; educ. King’s College and St. Bartholomew’s Hospital;
qualified L.R.C.P., London, 1886; M.R.C.S. England, and L.S.A., 1886;
M.D. Durham, 1902; D.P.H., R.C.P.S., London, and D.P.H. Camb., 1905;
was Res. Obst. Asst. and Clin. Asst. Royal Eye Hospital, Southwark,
and afterwards Hon. Surgeon Home for Cripples, Surbiton, and Clin.
Asst. Samaritan Hospital for Women. He was also a Fellow of the
Royal Institute of Public Health, a member of the British Medical
Association, an Hon. Life Member of the St. John Ambulance Association,
and Surveyor of the Medical Department at the Admiralty, and author of
“Successful Reposition of a Completely Severed Finger.” He had joined
the Oxfordshire L.I. in 1889 as Surgeon-Lieut., and retired 10 years
later as Capt., but when the Territorial Force was organised in 1908,
he joined the R.A.M.C. with his former rank. He was promoted Major
shortly afterwards, and in 1911 became Lieut.-Col., and on the outbreak
of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered for foreign service. He proceeded to
Flanders with the 27th Regular Division, and was present throughout
the operations round Ypres and the Battles at Hill 60 and St. Eloi.
At the latter place he contracted pleurisy, but continued to do his
work until he was invalided home at the end of April, and after a long
illness died at Surbiton, 15 Aug. 1915. He was exceptionally good at
all games, a fine shot, and for many years hunted with the Bicester and
South Oxfordshire Hounds. He was exceedingly popular with the officers
and men of his unit, and even after contracting his fatal illness never
spared himself but worked unceasingly at his arduous duties, never
giving to anyone a task which he was not prepared to perform himself.
He _m._ at Byfleet, 14 July, 1887, Annie Isabel (The Cedars,
Surbiton), eldest dau. of William Haines, of The Cedars, Byfleet,
Surrey, and had six children, of whom survive: George Lynton, Capt.
1st Battn. Hampshire Regt., _b._ 23 April, 1888; Arthur Reginald
Kepp, Capt. 6th Battn. East Surrey Regt., _b._ 10 July, 1889; Eric
Valentine, Lieut. 6th Battn. East Surrey Regt., _b._ 13 Feb. 1891,
all three (now 1916) on active service; Phœbe Ella, _b._ 8 Jan.
1893; and Kathleen Isabel, _b._ 8 Nov. 1895.
[Illustration: =George Alfred Edsell.=]
=EDWARDS, ALBERT=, Armourer, 342029, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action
in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=EDWARDS, ALBERT GEORGE=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27375 (Dev.), H.M.S.
Hawke, _s._ of Alfred Edwards, of 8, Gorton Street, Hyde Road,
Ardwick, Manchester; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=EDWARDS, ERIC LEA PRIESTLEY=, Capt., 1st Battn. East Yorks.
Regt., eldest _s._ of Lea Priestley Edwards, of Warberry Court,
Torquay, by his wife, Emily Gertrude, 2nd dau. of Sir Henry Edwards,
1st Bart., C.B.; _b._ Scarborough, 2 March, 1877; educ. Harrow and
Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. East Yorkshires,
20 Feb. 1897; promoted Lieut. 31 July, 1898, and Capt. 15 May, 1903;
was Adjutant to a Volunteer battn. July, 1907–March, 1908, and in
the Territorial Force, April, 1908–July, 1910; served with the Tirah
Expedition, 1897–8, being present at the operations in the Bara Valley,
7–14 Dec. (medal with two clasps). On the outbreak of war he joined
the Expeditionary Force with his regt. and was killed while leading
his company near Troyon, at the Battle of the Aisne, 20 Sept. 1914;
_unm._
=EDWARDS, ERNEST IRVING=, Private, No. 130, 15th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles; killed in
action, 3 May, 1915.
=EDWARDS, FRANK THOMAS=, Private, No. 7605, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of George Silas Edwards, of 342, Long Acre, Nechells,
Birmingham; _b._ co. Warwick; served with the Expeditionary Force
in France and Flanders; killed in action at Ypres, 29 Oct. 1914;
_unm._
=EDWARDS, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 1191, 4th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles; killed in
action, 10 June, 1915.
=EDWARDS, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B 3925), S.S. 1204, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=EDWARDS, GEORGE THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 16518, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=EDWARDS, HAROLD THORNE=, Capt., 1st Battn. Monmouthshire Regt.
(T.F.), elder _s._ of Thomas Stephen Edwards, of 24, Stow Hill,
Newport, Monmouth, Solicitor, by his wife, Alice Elizabeth, dau. of
Capt. Nathaniel Thorne; _b._ Newbridge, co. Monmouth, 9 Nov.
1883; educ. Brighton House School, Clifton, Bristol, and was admitted
a solicitor in 1907. For some time he was with his father at Newport,
and then took charge of the Blackwood branch. He joined the 1st
Monmouthshires, then known as the 2nd South Wales Borderers, about
1905, becoming Capt. 8 April, 1911, but in 1913 went to Rhodesia to
take up farming, and at the time of the declaration of war held an
important appointment under the British South Africa Co. there. He
returned to England at once and rejoined his old regt. on 22 Sept.
1914, and went to the Front in Feb. 1915. He was killed at Zonnebeke,
8 May, 1915, during the Battle of Ypres. The following report of his
death was received: “On 8 May, 1915, at Zonnebeke, two battns. were
forced to retire, a gap was created and the Germans swarmed over the
trench. Capt. Edwards and most of his Coy. were surrounded, and the
Germans shouted ‘Surrender!’ Capt. Edwards was heard to exclaim:
‘Surrender, be damned! Rapid fire, boys!’ and was seen by the men
firing at the enemy. He was then shot.” A brother officer wrote: “He
was a fine skipper, and the men worshipped him.”
[Illustration: =Harold Thorne Edwards.=]
=EDWARDS, HARRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., I.C. 695), 197733, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=EDWARDS, HERBERT MARTIN CHARLES=, Artificer, No. 326 E.B.,
E.R.A., R.N.R., H.M.S. Cressy, 4th and twin _s._ of the late
Alexander Edwards, Chief Gunner’s Mate, R.N. (who served 22 years in
the Navy, and was subsequently for 25 years, keeper of the Aberdeen
Custom House), by his wife, Jessie; _b._ Aberdeen, 2 April, 1880;
educ. Gordon’s College, Aberdeen; and was a Free Burgess of Aberdeen;
joined the Navy in 1905, and was lost on H.M.S. Cressy, when that ship
was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._
=EDWARDS, JOHN EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2472), 218697, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=EDWARDS, RICHARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1201), 126314, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=EDWARDS, ROBERT GARNET CHAWNER=, Yeoman of Signals, 202620,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=EDWARDS, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 1963, C Coy., 3rd Battn.
Monmouthshire Regt., _s._ of John Richard Edwards, Engine Driver,
by his wife, Catherine, dau. of David Thomas, Colliery Manager;
_b._ Cwmback, Aberdare, 17 April, 1879; educ. National School,
Bassaleg, Newport, co. Monmouth; joined the 2nd Volunteer Battn. South
Wales Borderers, 19 May, 1896, in which he served 12 years, retiring
31 March, 1908, but on the outbreak of the war he rejoined with the
contingent from Messrs. Whitehead’s Iron and Steel Works, Tredegar,
where he had been employed as an Ironworker. He went to France, 15 Feb.
1915, and was killed in action at Messines Ridge, 27 March, 1915, being
buried in Wulverghem Churchyard. His commanding officer, Capt. O. W.
D. Steel, wrote: “Private Edwards had been in my company for some six
months, and we had all come to regard him as a thoroughly reliable and
excellent soldier. He was most popular with the company, and despite
the fact that he had taken up soldiering somewhat late in life, had
made himself most efficient in every way. I was with your husband soon
after he was wounded, and was with him till his death. He lived only a
few minutes and his end was quite painless.” He _m._ at Bassaleg,
Monmouth, 29 Sept. 1906, Rose (3 Varteg Place, Sirhowy, South Wales),
dau. of William Clift; _s.p._
[Illustration: =William Edwards.=]
=EDWARDS, WILLIAM=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 7332, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=EDWARDS, WILLIAM HENRY=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 10146),
298659, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=EDWARDS, WILLIAM JOSEPH=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 6479),
302949, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=EGERTON, ROWLAND LE BERWARD=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd. attd. 1st, Battn.
The Royal Welsh Fusiliers, yr. twin _s._ of Sir Philip Henry
Brian Grey-Egerton, 12th Bt., Major, 2nd Cheshire (Earl of Chester’s)
Yeomanry, late Capt. and Hon. Major Earl of Chester’s Imperial
Yeomanry, formerly Capt. 4th Battn. Cheshire Regt., by his 1st wife,
Mary Carolyn Campbell, dau. of the late Major James Wayne Cuyler,
U.S.A.; _b._ 8, Seymour Place, London, W., 4 April, 1895; educ.
Evelyn’s, Wellington and Sandhurst; gazetted to the 2nd Battn. Royal
Welsh Fusiliers, 8 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary
Force; and was killed in action near Zonnebeke, 30 Oct. 1914;
_unm._
=EGLINGTON, ROBERT CECIL=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1075), 171790,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ELDER, CHARLES=, Sergt., No. 7903, 2nd Battn. Highland L.I.,
_s._ of the late William Elder, by his wife, Frances (now wife
of Robert Orr Templeton, of 93, Pitt Street, Glasgow), dau. of
John Sutherland, of Nairn; _b._ Glasgow, 28 Jan. 1885; educ.
Albany Academy there; enlisted July, 1902; went to France with the
Expeditionary Force, 13 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at
Verneuil, 20 Sept. 1914. He was wounded in the foot, but in spite of
this went on until he was killed; _unm._ Buried at Verneuil. A
comrade wrote saying that “he died as a true British soldier, gallantly
leading his section.” He was a good all-round sportsman.
[Illustration: =Charles Elder.=]
=ELDRIDGE, THOMAS HENRY=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2410A, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ELEMENT, HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, 289064, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ELEY, ALBERT EDWARD=, A.B., 224960, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action
in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ELITO, ANTOINE=, Stoker (Native), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ELKINS, WILLIAM JAMES=, Petty Officer, 1st Class (O.S.), 174504,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=ELLAWAY, ALFRED HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4654), S.S.
103868, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ELLENDER, RICHARD STANLEY=, Leading Seaman, 239356, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=ELLINGHAM, WILLIAM ALBERT HENRY=, Bugler, R.M.L.I., Ch./17902,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ELLIOT, JAMES=, Carpenter’s Mate (Pensioner, 3700), 133049,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ELLIOT, JOHN AMYAND=, Q.M.-Sergt., No. 162, 2nd Battn.
Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of the late Capt. Charles
Sinclair Elliot, R.N., Chief Magistrate of Norfolk Island, 1907–14
[who on the outbreak of war offered his services to the Commonwealth
Government and was appointed Naval Officer in charge of Largs Bay,
South Australia, where he died suddenly, 30 March, 1915, from heart
failure], by his wife, Florence Louisa (Braemar, Eastwood, Sydney),
dau. of Frederick Leacroft Dudley; _b._ Plymouth, England, 6
April, 1891; went to New South Wales with his parents in 1904; educ.
The King’s School, Parramatta, Church of England Grammar School,
North Sydney, and Hawkesbury Agricultural College. On leaving there
he went to Gillendoon, Warren, and later to Illilliwa, Grenfell, and
at the outbreak of the war was managing Grawlin, near Forbes, for Mr.
J. M. Holland. He joined the 2nd Infantry Battn., and was appointed
Colour-Sergt. to B Coy., commanded by the late Major C. C. Gordon,
and on the re-formation of the battn. in Egypt was appointed Coy.
Q.M.-Sergt. to D Coy., under the late Major D. Wallack. He was killed
in action during the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915;
_unm._ He was a good all-round sportsman, excelling particularly
at football, representing S.C.E.G.S. in the great Public Schools’
Competition, and winning his honour cap both at S.C.E.G.S. and at the
Hawkesbury College, and representing Warren as a member of the team
that won the District Cup in 1912. Three of his brothers are (1916)
on active service, W. A. Elliot is a Sub-Lieut., R.N., Lieut. Dudley
Sinclair Elliot, A.I.F., went with the Expedition to New Guinea, and
was in charge of the Native Affairs Department at Rabaul, and 2nd
Lieut. Alban Charles Elliot, A.I.F., is in England prior to going to
France.
[Illustration: =John Amyand Elliot.=]
=ELLIOT, MATTHEW TAYLOR=, L.-Corpl., No. 6311, No. 3 Coy., 3rd
Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of John Elliot, of 19, Albert
Street, Shieldfield, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Cooper; _b._ Tyne Dock,
South Shields, 28 Feb. 1882; enlisted 21 Aug. 1905; appointed L.-Corpl.
23 Feb. 1915; served in Egypt 31 Oct. 1907 to 23 March, 1911, and with
the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 12 Aug. 1914 to 8 Oct.
1915, on which day he was killed in action at Vermelles, Belgium;
_unm._
ELLIOT, THOMAS, Private, No. 14373, 10th (Service) Battn. Yorkshire
Regt., _s._ of Joseph Elliot, Miner, by his wife, Edith, dau.
of Thomas (and Jane) Hall; _b._ Frimdon Colliery, co. Durham,
20 Aug. 1886; educ. Ryhope Colliery School; was a Miner; volunteered
and enlisted Sept. 1914; went to France in Sept. 1915, and was killed
in action between Albert and Fricourt, 1 July, 1916. His commanding
officer wrote speaking highly of him as one of the best and bravest of
his men, and saying that had he lived he would have gained a D.C.M.
He _m._ at Sunderland, 11 April, 1911, Florence, dau. of Charles
(and Mary) Hindmarch, of 28, Fulwell Road, Sunderland, and had a son:
Charles Hindmarsh, _b._ 25 Jan. 1914.
[Illustration: =Thomas Elliot.=]
=ELLIOTT, FREDERICK JOHN=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 5471),
295811, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ELLIOTT, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Private, No. 16885, 7th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of the Rev. William Elliott, of
Jubilee, British Columbia, Methodist Minister, formerly a missionary in
Japan, by his wife, Maria, dau. of George Willan Robinson; _b._
Toyama, Japan, 17 April, 1893; educ. various public schools of
Manitoba, 1899–1902; privately, in Japan, 1902–08; and at Victoria and
Vancouver (B.C.) High Schools, 1908–10; for some time worked as a house
carpenter, with a view to becoming an architect; enlisted in the 88th
Victoria (B.C.) Fusiliers in Nov. 1913, for special service (to assist
in quelling the strike troubles at Vancouver Island) and, when, nine
months later, the European War broke out, volunteered for Imperial
Service; left Canada with the 1st Contingent in Oct. 1914, and, after
training on Salisbury Plain during the winter, went to the Front in
Feb., and was killed in action at Langemarck, 24 April, 1915, being
shot through the head; _unm._ His brother, Lieut. F. F. Elliott,
who volunteered at the same time, is now (1916) on active service with
the same battn. in France.
[Illustration: =George William Elliott.=]
=ELLIOTT, HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, 231737 (Ports.), H.M.S
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ELLIOTT, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8165), S.S. 104009,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=ELLIS, BASIL HERBERT=, Lieut., 5th (Service) Battn. King’s
Shropshire L.I. 2nd _s._ of Rev. Henry Maitland Ellis, Vicar of
Hedge End, co. Hants, M.A., by his wife, Ida Mary, dau. of the late
Capt. Herbert Reid Lempriere; _b._ Exbury Rectory, co. Hants, 20
May, 1895; educ. Highfield Preparatory School, Liphook, and Shrewsbury;
at which latter he won a scholarship, was subsequently head of his
house. He should have gone into residence at Oxford, as a Scholar of
Wadham College, in Oct. 1914, but, having been in the O.T.C. while at
Shrewsbury, was given a commission in the King’s Shropshire L.I. 22
Sept. 1914, and was promoted Lieut. 1 Oct. following. He went with
his regt. to the Front in May, and was killed in action at Hooge, 16
June, 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the garden of a Farm House,
on the left side of the Ypres to Zillebeke Road. An officer wrote of
him: “He was an excellent scout officer, and had done some good work
since our arrival in France--absolutely fearless and perfectly calm
under fire--greatly liked by the men of his platoon, which he had in
excellent order”; and another, describing his death: “It was while
going out across the open to get water for several men who had been
badly wounded that he was killed.” Lieut. Ellis was a keen sportsman;
while at Shrewsbury he was in the 1st XI. Cricket Team, and also had
his Fives Colours, and was Editor of the “Salopian.”
[Illustration: =Basil Herbert Ellis.=]
=ELLIS, EDMUND ALBERT=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./68O6, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=ELLIS, GEORGE WILLIS=, A.B., J. 1773, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ELLIS, JOHN THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9481),
S.S. 106864, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=ELLIS, JUDSON HAROLD=, Private, No. 33326, 3rd Canadian Field
Ambulance, eldest _s._ of William Sandford Ellis, of Alliston,
Ontario, Canada, Grain and Seed Merchant, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau.
of the late John Gallaugher; _b._ Thornbury, Grey co., Ontario, 24
March, 1891; educ. Alliston Public and High Schools; graduated (Phm.
B.) from Toronto in 1913, and on the outbreak of war, in Aug. 1914, at
once volunteered, and enlisted in the Canadian A.M.C. at Winnipeg on
the 18th of that month. He came over with the 1st Contingent in Oct.;
went to France in Feb., and died, 21 May, 1915, of wounds received
while attending to the wounded at the Battle of Festubert; _unm._
He was buried at Hinges, France. His Lieut.-Col., Walter L. Watt,
wrote: “From the very first he did his duty and did it well. He had no
fear and was always a willing volunteer for anything requiring deeds
and not words.”
[Illustration: =Judson Harold Ellis.=]
=ELLIS, LEONARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 8084 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ELLISON, REGINALD=, A.B., No. Mersey Z/38, R.N.V.R., 2nd
_s._ of James Ormrod Ellison, of Tarbock Road, Huyton, and
Boundary Road, St. Helens, Lancashire, by his wife, Annie Elizabeth,
dau. of William Robinson; _b._ at St. Ann’s, St. Helens,
Lancashire, 27 Feb. 1897; educ. Ashton-in-Makerfield Grammar School,
was articled as an Electrical Engineer, but on the outbreak of war
enlisted (7 Sept. 1914) in the 1st Battn. 2nd Royal Naval Brigade, was
transferred to the Howe Battn. and sailed from Avonmouth, 27 Feb. 1915.
He was wounded in action at Gallipoli, 1 May, while advancing under
heavy fire, and died in the 17th General Hospital, Alexandria, 27 May,
1915, aged 18 years.
[Illustration: =Reginald Ellison.=]
=ELLISON, ROBERT=, Gunner, No. 36235., R.F.A., eldest _s._
of Ted Ellison, of Bishopwearmouth, Miner, by his wife, Mary, dau.
of John Murphy; _b._ Wheatley Hill, co. Durham, 3 April, 1874;
educ. St. Benett’s School, Sunderland; was a quarry worker; enlisted
6 Sept. 1914; trained at Wycombe, Bucks, and died 13 Dec. 1915, of
wounds received in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. previous.
He _m._ at Sunderland 22 May, 1896, Jane (6, Carley Place,
Southwick-on-Wear), dau. of James McGreavy, and had issue: James
Edward, _b._ 13 Oct. 1901; Thomas, _b._ 6 Jan. 1904; Robert,
_b._ 22 May, 1907; John, _b._ 21 Feb. 1913; and Florence May,
_b._ 29 Aug. 1910.
[Illustration: =Robert Ellison.=]
=ELLISTON, ARTHUR EDWARD=, Sailmaker’s Mate (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9489),
201530, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ELLOT, WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 1517, 1st Battn. Scots Guards;
_b._ Maidenhead, co. Berks; enlisted 30 July, 1897, aged 20;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; reported
missing after the fighting on 25 Jan. 1915. He _m._ at Windsor 18
Dec. 1905, Elizabeth (209, Campbell Buildings, Westminster Bridge Road,
S.W.), dau. of (--) Farrell, and had six children: William, _b._
7 Feb. 1907; Claude, _b._ 1 Feb. 1913; Harry, _b._ 11 April,
1914; Cicely, _b._ 7 April, 1908; Marterl, _b._ 28 Feb. 1910;
and Gwendoline, _b._ (twin) 1 Feb. 1913.
=ELLSWORTH, ERNEST MALVERN=, Private, No. 46141, 13th Battn.
Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of the late Alden
Ellsworth, of Laconia, New Hampshire, U.S.A. (died 9 March, 1897), by
his wife, Mary (now wife of Paul S. Allen, of Cobourg, Ontario), dau.
of Daniel Lockhart, of Nova Scotia; _b._ Laconia aforesaid, 1
March, 1894; educ. Ottawa; was a farmer’s hand; joined the Canadian
Expeditionary Force, 2 Sept. 1914; came over with the first Contingent,
from Windsor, N.S.; went to the front, April 20, and was killed in
action in France, 21 May, 1915; _unm._
=ELLSWORTH, JAMES=, Private, No. 625, 1st Newfoundland Regt.,
_s._ of Henry Ellsworth, of Carmanville, Newfoundland, by his
wife, Emelia; _b._ Carmanville afsd., 4 Jan. 1889; educ. there;
volunteered for Imperial service after the outbreak of war, and joined
the Newfoundland Regt.; went to the Dardanelles, and was killed in
action there, 4 Nov. 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the Borderers
Ravine (Cem. 117, J. 3, grave No. 32).
[Illustration: =James Ellsworth.=]
=ELLWOOD, CHARLES HUGH=, Lieut., 4th Battn. Lincolnshire
Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of the late Col. Arthur Ellwood, of
Mareham-le-Fen, co. Lincoln, V.D. (died April, 1915), by his wife,
Caroline (Manor House, Mareham-le-Fen, Boston), dau. of Robert Addison
Hogsthorpe; _b._ Mareham-le-Fen, 2 Dec. 1887; educ. Lincoln
Grammar School, and assisted his father farming. With his elder
brother, now Capt. A. A. Ellwood, he joined the Horncastle Coy of the
old Lincoln Volunteers in 1903, of which Company their father was
Colonel Commanding, and on the organisation of the Territorial Force
was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 17 June, 1911, and on the outbreak of war in
Aug. 1914, he and his brother both volunteered for Imperial service
and went to France with their regt. 28 Feb. 1915. Capt. Ellwood was
appointed to the charge of a machine-gun section, and Lieut. Ellwood
was given charge of a section in the trenches. He was killed in action
at Wytschacte, near Messines, Belgium, 1 June, 1915, and was buried
in Dranoutre Churchyard; _unm._ His commanding officer, the late
Col. Jessop, wrote: “He was doing splendidly.... I have sent his name
up more than once for good work”; and Lieut. H. B. Riggull, of the
5th Battn., in a letter dated 14 June, said: “I was very sorry about
Ellwood’s brother. It was very bad luck, especially as he had been
doing such good work. He often used to crawl right out to the German
line at night and gave a lot of valuable information; the General
sent for him, and personally congratulated him.” He was very keen on
miniature shooting, and had won many prizes.
[Illustration: =Charles Hugh Ellwood.=]
=ELMER, JOSEPH HENRY=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class (R.F.R.. Ch. B.
7906), 168002, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=ELRINGTON, GERARD GORDON CLEMENT=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. East
Yorkshire Regt., only _s._ of the late Gerard Gordon Elrington,
Capt. Dorsetshire Regt., by his wife, Mary Tilly (now wife of General
John Miles, of 35, Fitzroy Road, Regent’s Park, N.W.), dau. of the
late Alexander Watson; _b._ Bruges, Belgium, 28 April, 1894;
educ. Cranleigh School, Surrey; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd East
Yorkshires, 1 Oct. 1912, went to France with the Expeditionary Force
in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Festubert, France, 30–31
Oct. 1914; _unm._ Capt. H. K. Umfreville, 2nd Battn. Duke of
Wellington’s Regt., wrote: “During the time I commanded the battn.,
during the Aisne fighting and the later operations north of Arras,
2nd Lieut. Elrington has shown conspicuous gallantry, and his company
commander repeatedly expressed to me his admiration of the cheerfulness
and carelessness of danger displayed by this officer.... I may briefly
add the circumstances under which 2nd Lieut. Elrington met his fate.
Near Festubert, on the night of the 30th to 31st, a company of this
battn. was ordered to co-operate with the Sikhs in recovering a trench
captured by the Germans the previous night. 2nd Lieut. Elrington was
leading his platoon in this attack, and was shot through the head
within a few feet of the trench. The trench was not taken, but I
assured myself later that he was quite dead, and his burial was carried
out by the officers of the Sikh (58th Rifles) company in the trench
later on.”
[Illustration: =Gerard G. C. Elrington.=]
=ELSON, GEORGE EDWARDS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4845) S.S.
104229, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ELVES, THOMAS=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R.. B. 5123), 292957, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=ELWIN, FRANK HAROLD=, 2nd. Lieut., 2nd Battn. Duke of Edinburgh’s
Wiltshire Regt., only _s._ of James Elwin, Tea Planter, Manager of
the Kuttal Tea Estate, Cachar, India, by his wife, Isabel Mary, dau.
of John Henry Weaver; _b._ Darjiling, India, 22 Sept. 1895; educ.
Shrewsbury School, and left there in July, 1914, with the intention
of going on to King’s College, Cambridge, to study Science, a subject
in which he had shown considerable ability. On the outbreak of war,
the following month, however, he enlisted in the Shropshire L.I., 9
Sept. 1914. On 7 Nov. following he was given a commission as 2nd Lieut.
in the 3rd (Reserve) Battn. of the Wiltshires, and was afterwards
transferred to the 2nd Battn.; he went to France on 24 Feb., and was
killed in action at Neuve Chapelle on the early morning of 12 March,
1915. His Col. wrote very highly of him and his work.
[Illustration: =Frank Harold Elwin.=]
=EMERY, WILLIAM JAMES=, A.B., 195662 Chatham, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=EMMERSON, WALTER=, Acting Leading Stoker, K. 7698, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=EMMOTT, JOHN BARLOW=, 2nd Lieut., 10th (Oldham) Battn. Manchester
Regt. (T.F.). yr. and only surviving _s._ of George Henry Emmott,
M.A., LLM., Barrister-at-Law of the Inner Temple, Queen Victoria
Professor of Law, and Dean of the Faculty of Law, Liverpool University,
by his wife, Elizabeth, 4th dau. of Joseph Bevan Braithwaite,
Barrister-at-Law, and nephew of Alfred, 1st Baron Emmott of Oldham,
P.C., G.C.M.G.; _b._ at Nantucket, Mass., U.S.A., 9 Aug. 1888;
educ. Birkenhead School and Victoria University of Manchester; was
studying the cotton spinning and manufacturing business in the mills
of Messrs. Emmotts and Wallshaw, Ltd., Oldham; obtained a commission
as 2nd Lieut. in 10th Manchester Territorials, 9 March, 1914;
volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; served with
the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles from May to 4
June, 1915, on which latter date he was killed in action at Achi Baba,
Gallipoli. He _m._ 27 Aug. 1913, Doris Lees, sister of 2nd Lieut.
R. G. L. Ascroft (killed in action the same day as his brother-in-law),
dau. of the late James Henry Ascroft, of Oldham, Solicitor; _s.p._
=EMPSON, RICHARD WILLIAM HENRY MACARTNEY=, Lieut., Royal Marine
L.I., elder _s._ of John Empson, of Knock-na-cree, Milborne Port,
Somerset, M.D., late Surgeon North Somerset Yeomanry, by his wife,
Esther Katherine, 2nd dau. of the Rev. Charles Morgan Watling, Rector
of Upcerne, Dorset; _b._ Milborne Port, co. Somerset, 26 May,
1896; and was educ. at Connaught House, Weymouth, Marlborough College
and Royal Naval College, Greenwich. He passed into the Royal Marines in
June, 1913; served with them during the siege of Antwerp, also at Lille
and Lierre, and was promoted Lieut. 17 Sept. 1914. He sailed for the
Dardanelles, 27 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action, 1 May, 1915, at
Gaba Tepe. He was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 22 Sept.
1915, and his commanding officer, Col. Luard, wrote: “The young officer
in command, Lieut. Empson, displayed great gallantry up to the time
when he was killed”; and in a further report, stated: “Lieut. Empson
was wounded on 30 April, and continued to actively direct the defence
of the trench until he was killed on 1 May, while delivering fire on
the enemy at close range. I beg to recommend him for a posthumous
honour for his services on 29 and 30 April,” Capt. Syson also wrote: “I
cannot rate Lieut. Empson’s defence of his isolated trench too highly.
From the reports of those who survived him, he never let there be any
doubt as to his procedure should ammunition give out and the hundreds
who were attacking them reach this trench. He upheld their courage and
called forth the qualities which made them stand up to attack by day
and by night, exist with little or no sleep, food or water, and face
the fact that their chance of relief from outside was very small.” He
played for the Royal Naval College in the Kent Cup Final in March,
1914. He was only 18, and was _unm._
[Illustration: =Richard W. H. M. Empson.=]
=EMPTAGE, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Petty Officer, 1st Class (R.F.R., B.
2960), 160112, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=ENFIELD, CHARLES JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2781), S.S. 77, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=ENTWISTLE, BENJAMIN=, Pte., No. 5791, 2nd Battn. East Lancashire
Regt.; was in the employ of Proctor Bros., Cotton Manufacturers,
Wheatley Lane Mills, Burnley; enlisted, went to France, and was killed
in action at Neuve Chapelle, April, 1915; _unm._
=EPPS, WILLIAM JOHN=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 2nd Class C.G.,
(R.F.R., Ch. A. 1834), 154131, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the
North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SWEET-ESCOTT, MURRAY ROBERTSON=, Lieut., 1st Battn. King’s
Liverpool Regt., yr. _s._ of the Rev. Edward Herbert Sweet-Escott,
of Hartrow Manor, Taunton, a Master of Dulwich College, S.E., by his
wife, Anna Frances, dau. of Henry Robertson, of Over Stowey; _b._
Over Stowey, Bridgewater 14 Dec. 1887; educ. Dulwich College, and
Marlborough; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt.
(Special Reserve), in Dec. 1909, and, after a year’s training with
the Irish Fusiliers, was promoted Lieut. 24 Feb. 1911. Three years
later he was seconded for service as A.D.C. to Sir E. B. Sweet-Escott,
K.C.M.G., the Governor of the Leeward Islands, and in the same year
followed him in the same position to Fiji. He returned in the autumn
of 1913, and on the outbreak of war at once volunteered for foreign
service, being transferred to the 1st Battn. 5 Aug. 1914. He went with
his battn. to the Front, and was killed in action on the Aisne, close
to Missy and near the town of Brayne, 20 Sept. 1914, and was buried
where he fell; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote: “Your son was
killed while leading his platoon to repel a very heavy attack made on
my battn. by six German battns.; and it was in great part due to the
gallant behaviour of his company that we were eventually able to repel
the attack. I cannot speak too highly of your son’s behaviour, and,
although he had been with us so short a time, he had endeared himself
to both officers and men.”
[Illustration: =Murray R. Sweet-Escott.=]
=ETHERTON, CHARLES EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5096), 199736, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=ETHERTON, HENRY JOHN=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po./16052, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=EVANS, ALEXANDER EASSON=, C.E., Lieut., No. 2 Field Coy.
Canadian R.E., _s._ of the Rev. Maurice John Evans; _b._
Stratford-on-Avon, co. Warwick, 6 Jan. 1872; educ. Herriott-Watt
College, Edinburgh; went to Canada, and became a Civil Engineer;
volunteered for service overseas on the outbreak of war, and enlisted
in the 3rd Battn. in Oct. 1914; promoted Corpl.; left Victoria, British
Columbia, for England, 14 Feb. 1915; trained at Shorncliffe, where he
was drafted into the 7th Battn.; crossed to France the first week in
May, and went straight up to the trenches; took part in the fighting at
Festubert, 23–26 May, where he displayed great gallantry and was given
a commission as Lieut. and posted to the Canadian Royal Engineers
in Oct.; appointed Brigade Wiring Officer, and was shot by a sniper
while attending to wire entanglements on the night of 5 Jan. 1916.
His commanding officer wrote that he was mourned by all his brother
officers as an efficient officer, and an unselfish comrade. Lieut.
Evans _m._ at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1899, Ethel A. B. (_d._),
6th dau. of J. G. Fenwick, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, and had two children:
Maurice John, _b._ 3 May, 1900 and Helen Margaret, _b._ 2
Oct. 1902.
[Illustration: =Alexander Easson Evans.=]
=EVANS, ARTHUR=, 2nd Lieut., 18th (Service) Battn. The Welsh
Regt., only surviving _s._ of John Evans, of Broniarth, North
Road, Aberystwyth, Solicitor, Coroner for North Cardiganshire and
Deputy Town Clerk of Aberystwyth, by his wife, Jane, dau. of John Jones
(Ivon), of Aberystwyth; _b._ Aberystwyth, 26 Feb. 1892; educ.
Towyn County School, and on leaving there was articled to Mr. Bassett,
A.R.I.B.A., Aberystwyth. On completing his articles he entered the
service of Mr. Sydney Moss, F.R.I.B.A., Manchester, and gave promise of
a successful career as an architect and land surveyor, but after the
outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he returned home, joined the University
College of Wales (Aberystwyth) O.T.C. in Oct., and on 19 Feb. 1915, was
gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 18th Welsh Regt., then in training under
Col. Homfray at Porthcawl, Glamorgan. On 31 March, 1915, he was thrown
off a motor cycle while out riding with some brother officers near
Porthcawl, and died the same day at King Edward VII Hospital (Bedford
House), Cardiff; _unm._ He had been very eager to get to the
Front, and his commanding officer wrote that he “had proved himself to
be a very capable officer.”
[Illustration: =Arthur Evans.=]
=EVANS, EDWARD=, Private, No. 1682, 2nd Battn. Monmouthshire Regt.
(T.F.), elder _s._ of the late Edward Evans, by his wife, Abigail
(2, Gibson’s Steps, High Street, Pontypool); _b._ Cardiff, 27 Oct.
1897; educ. National School there; enlisted early in 1912, and was
killed in action in France, 30 Dec. 1914. Capt. L. P. A. Rolls wrote:
“Your son had been my servant ever since the beginning of Oct., when
we were in Northampton, and had been with me till he met his death.
I cannot tell you what a good willing lad he was in all that he did
for me. He was killed like so many other--nobly doing his duty in the
trenches.”
=EVANS, EDWARD FRANK=, S.B.A., M. 4751, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of
Edward Evans, of 2, Clisby Cottages, Iver Lane, Cowley, co. Middlesex;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=EVANS, HERBERT CLYDE=, B.A., LL.B., Barrister-at-Law,
Lieut.-Commander, Nelson Battn. Royal Naval Division, yst. _s._
of the late John Thomas Evans, of Gisborne, New Zealand, shipowner, by
his wife, Emma; _b._ Oamaru, N.Z., 26 April, 1883; educ. Gisborne
(N.Z) High School; and was apprenticed in one of his father’s ships,
and served eight years in the mercantile service. He was first officer
in a ship in the service of the Russians during the Russo-Japanese War,
and was at the fall of Port Arthur; he was wrecked near Siberia, where
his eyesight was so injured by the frost that he had to relinquish
the sea. He then entered St. John’s College, Cambridge, taking a
second-class B.A. and second-class LL.B., and was called to the Bar at
the Inner Temple, June, 1914. On the outbreak of war he was appointed
lecturer to officers by the Admiralty, and given a commission as
Lieut.-Commander in the Royal Naval Division, 1 Oct. 1914. He left
for the Dardanelles on 3 March, and was killed in action there, near
Achi Baba, 5 June, 1915. Lieut.-Com. Evans was mentioned in Sir Ian
Hamilton’s Despatches [London Gazette, 5 Nov. 1915], for gallant and
distinguished service in the field. He _m._ at Fairwarp Church,
Sussex, 25 March, 1913, Constance (Clevedon, Newick, Sussex), dau. of
the Rev. George Whelpton Johnson, Vicar of Fairwarp, and had two daus.:
Constance Joy Nelson, _b._ 7 Aug. 1914; and Grace Nina Clyde,
_b._ posthumous, 9 Aug. 1915.
=EVANS, JAMES=, L.-Corpl., No. 12922, 11th (Service) Battn.
Royal Scots, 5th _s._ of William Evans, of 19, Main Street,
Thornliebank, near Glasgow, employee in the Thornliebank Calico Print
Works, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Robert Williamson, Fireman; _b._
Thornliebank, afsd., 14 July, 1888; educ. Thornliebank Public School;
worked for some time in the Thornliebank Calico Print Works, and was
later a warehouseman in the employ of Cerebos, Ltd., Drysalters,
Glasgow; enlisted, 31 Aug. 1914; and died in Field Lazarette 9, Bauvin,
29 Sept. 1915, of wounds received in action at Loos; _unm._
=EVANS, JAMES=, Able Seaman, Ch./167339 R.F.R.B. 3892, 2nd
_s._ of James Evans, Coal Miner, by his wife, Annie Elizabeth;
_b._ Ludgate, Durham, 3 Dec. 1875; educ. Sunderland; joined the
Navy, 27 May, 1892; Boy, 2nd Class, H.M.S. Boscawen, 4 June, 1892–30
June, 1893; Boy, 1st Class, H.M.S. Boscawen, 1 July–2 Dec. 1893;
Ordinary Seaman, H.M. Ships Pembroke, 3 Dec. 1893–8 Jan. 1894, and
Sabellite, 9 Jan. 1894–30 April, 1896; A.B., H.M. ships Sabellite, 1
May, 1896–6 Aug. 1897; Pembroke, Aug. 1897–23 Feb. 1898; Wildfire, 24
Feb.–20 July, 1898; Pembroke, 21 July–9 Aug. 1898; Galatea, 10 Aug.
1898–10 April, 1899; Forte, 11 April, 1899–14 May, 1902; Pembroke,
15 May–26 Sept. 1902; Anson, 27 Sept. 1902–4, and Pembroke, 7 May–31
Dec. 1904, when he obtained his discharge with conduct “Very good.”
Served in the Gambia, 1894, and through the South Africa War, 1899–25
June, 1900; landed for the protection of Durban, 24 Nov. 1899; took
part in the operations with Natal Field Force, including the Battles
of Botha’s Pass and Allman’s Nek and occupation of Utrecht, Volkorust
and Wakestroom, and was awarded the Ashanti medal with clasp (Gambia,
1894), 21 March, 1896; the South African medal with five clasps (Tugela
Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Transvaal, Orange Free
State), 1 Dec. 1902; and the Good Conduct medal. On leaving the Navy he
entered the P. & O. service, but on mobilisation was called up, 5 Aug.
1914, and appointed to H.M.S. Cressy, in which he was lost when she was
torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at St. Luke’s
Church, Tidal Basin, 6 Jan. 1906, Annie Elizabeth (113, Jersey Road,
Custom House, London), dau. of Alexander James George Tyler, and had
four children: James George Alexander, _b._ 3 March, 1909; Annie
Elizabeth Lilian, _b._ 16 Sept. 1910; Hilda Violet, _b._ 15
April, 1912; and Doris Ivy, _b._ 8 Aug. 1914.
[Illustration: =James Evans.=]
=EVANS, JAMES WRIGHT=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 20456, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=EVANS, THOMAS HATFIELD=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. Australian Imperial
Forces, only _s._ of the late Thomas Evans, of Huyton, by his
wife, Alice Stewart (Honors Mead, Bovington, Herts), dau. of John Smyth
Hatfield, of Innellan, Argyleshire; _b._ Huyton, co. Lancaster,
18 May, 1881; educ. Sedbergh; joined the Leicestershire Imperial
Yeomanry when 18 on the outbreak of the South African War, and served
through that campaign, 1899–1901, receiving the Queen’s medal with four
clasps (Rhodesia, Cape Colony, Transvaal, South Africa). He went to
Australia about May, 1913, but when war was declared in Aug 1914, he
volunteered and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, and was
given a commission as Lieut. 1 Jan. 1915. He was killed at Gaba Tepe
during the landing at the Dardanelles, 26 April, 1915; _unm._
He was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch [London Gazette, 5
Aug. 1915], for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field. His
commanding officer, Col. Owen, C.M.G., wrote: “On landing at Anzac
Cove he showed great energy, courage and ability in the handling of
his machine gun section, and notwithstanding the difficult country and
absence of day transport, he had his gun in action at an early hour in
the front line of defence, where he remained till he fell. It devolved
on him to stop the firing of a machine gun of another battn. which was
firing too close to our troops, and the ground was swept by a heavy
rifle and machine gun fire. However, he safely returned, to my great
relief. Later, whilst I was temporarily at another part of the firing
line, the same gun again became dangerous, and a message reached your
son to that effect from Major Brown, of my battn. Lieut. Evans again
went over, and when returning stopped to succour a wounded man who had
been left in the open. Having bound up the man’s wound, he tried to
carry him back to safety, but was hit repeatedly. Though badly wounded
he still tried to save his man, to the admiration of all those who saw
his gallant conduct. An attempt was made by my men to rescue them, but
your son was riddled with bullets and died a hero. I may mention that
I recommended your son for the V.C. on account of his distinguished
valour in the field, and his name is one of three in my battn. who were
specially mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatches”; and one of his
men (Private F. G. Hallett): “Your son was a man to be proud of, for he
carried four wounded men to the stretcher-bearer station under heavy
fire.” He also wrote: “We had to cross a deep gully which was infested
with Turkish snipers. It seemed as if some of us would be killed, but
we reached our destination without a single casualty, entirely owing
to the cool and skilful way in which Lieut. Evans handled us. He was
a fine example to us all.” Capt. White also wrote: “From all accounts
by men near him he died a hero’s death. As a machine gunner himself he
must have realised it was certain death that awaited him when he rushed
to rescue a wounded comrade from a zone of bullets from one of the
enemy’s machine guns.” Lieut. Evans was a keen sportsman and athlete,
and exceptionally powerful swimmer and a first-class shot.
[Illustration: =Thomas Hatfield Evans.=]
=EVANS, WILLIAM ALFRED=, Petty Officer, 199251, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=EVANS, WILLIAM HERBERT=, Major, 11th (Service) Battn. The Royal
Scots, _s._ of James S. Evans, of Montreal, Canada; _b._
Montreal, 27 Feb. 1872; educ. there; was for some time a member of the
Victoria Rifles, Montreal; afterwards served in the North-West Mounted
Police for two years; on returning to Montreal joined the 5th Battn.
Royal Scots of Canada, and subsequently took command of the Prince of
Wales’ Fusiliers of Montreal. He served through the South African War,
and on the outbreak of the European War, came over to England and was
given a commission in the 11th (Service) Battn. of the Royal Scots, 22
Oct. 1914. He went to France, and was killed while in Billets, 14 Aug.
1915. He _m._ at Montreal, 19 Dec. 1894, May L. (791, University
Street, Montreal, Canada), dau. of (--) Romeril, and had three
children: William, _b._ 25 Dec. 1902; Enid, _b._ 17 Sept.
1895; and Doris, _b._ 17 Feb. 1898.
[Illustration: =William Herbert Evans.=]
=EVANS, WILLIAM JAMES=, A.B., 221679, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when
that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=EVASON, WILLIAM DODD=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1131), 162903, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=EVATT, GEORGE RALEIGH KERR=, Capt., 1st Battn. (57th Foot)
Middlesex Regt., only _s._ of Surgeon-General George Joseph
Hamilton Evatt, of Wayside, Camberley, co. Surrey, late of the
Army Medical Staff, and Hon. Colonel of the Home Counties Division
Territorial R.A.M.C., M.D., C.B., by his wife, Sophie Mary Frances,
dau. of William Walter Raleigh Kerr, Treasurer of Mauritius, and
granddau. of Major-Gen. Lord Robert Kerr [4th _s._ of William
John, 5th Marquis of Lothian, K.T.]; _b._ Royal Military Academy,
at Woolwich (where Surgeon-Gen. Evatt held the post of Medical Officer
in Charge), 30 Sept. 1883; educ. Cheltenham College, and afterwards
prepared by private tutor for University Matriculation. He entered
the Middlesex Regt. as a University candidate 12 March, 1904, having
passed through the necessary studies at St. John’s College, Cambridge,
where his tutor was Sir Donald MacAlister, now principal of Glasgow
University; was promoted Lieut. 9 May, 1906, and Capt. Sept. 1914.
He served with the West African Frontier Force from April, 1909, to
Dec. 1914, when he came home and rejoined his regiment. He was killed
while in the trenches only 400 yards from the German lines, near La
Boutillerie, about 3¼ miles south of Armentières, by a bullet in the
temple, fired by a German sharp-shooter, 13 Nov. 1914, and was buried
in the grounds of a private château near the trenches; _unm._ At
the time of his death he was in command of A Coy. of the same battn.
(57th Foot) in which his great-grandfather, Capt. John Hamilton Evatt,
served at the battle of Albuera, in Spain, 1811, and who was severely
wounded in that desperate fight. In the 301 years that have elapsed
since the Evatt family passed over to Ireland in 1613 not less than 21
members of the family have served in the British army. While several
were wounded, only two, however, were actually killed in action on the
field of battle, viz., Capt. George R. K. Evatt, the subject of this
notice, and Capt. Henry Evatt, of the 16th Lancers, who served in the
revolutionary war in America (1775–7), and was eventually shot dead on
the gate of Lord Moira’s House in the battle of Ballinahinch in 1798 by
the Presbyterian rebels while serving with the Monaghan militia.
[Illustration: =George R. Kerr Evatt.=]
=EVERALL, EDWARD HENRY=, A.B., 233891, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=EWELL, LESLIE=, E.R.A., 1st Class, 269768, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=EWEN, ERNEST CECIL=, Ordinary Seaman, S.S. 4650, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=EYERS, WILLIAM JAMES=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 4768), 195096,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=EYKYN, GILBERT DAVIDSON PITT=, Capt. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.),
attached 4th Battn. Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire
Regt., only _s._ of the late Rev. Pitt Eykyn, sometime Vicar of
Magor-cum-Redwick, co. Monmouth, and at the time of his death Chaplain
of Parel, Bombay, India, by his wife, Charlotte Elizabeth (82, Prince
of Wales Mansions, Battersea Park, S.W.), dau. of James Davidson,
Bengal Civil Service; _b._ France Lynch Parsonage, co. Glos., 22
Aug. 1881; educ. Haileybury College and Clayesmore School. He received
his first commission in the 3rd Battn. Loyal North Lancashire Regt.,
1899, was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. Manchester Regt., 4 May,
1901; was promoted Lieut., 24 Dec. 1901; transferred to Indian Army,
12 Feb. 1904; joined the Royal Scots, 4 Feb. 1905; was appointed
Adjutant to the 4th Yorkshires (T.F.), 13 Feb. 1913, and promoted Capt.
Royal Scots, 26 June following. He served for 11 years in India, and
in the South African Campaign, taking part in the operations in the
Orange River Colony and in the Transvaal, for which latter services he
received the Queen’s medal with three clasps (Cape Colony, Wittenbergen
and Transvaal). Capt. Eykyn fell in the first engagement of the 4th
Yorks at the Second Battle of Ypres, after only a few days at the
Front, while gallantly leading his regt. into action at the storming of
St. Julien, 24 April, 1915, and was buried in a wood to the left of the
reserve trenches. Col. Maurice Bell wrote to his wife: “Remember this,
he trained the battn. and the General (Plumer) has personally thanked
us for our behaviour at a critical moment. His is the credit”; and
Corpl. Wearmouth: “It is only natural we looked up to our Adjutant, as
he was responsible for all our training whilst at home, and naturally
he having been through the African Campaign we followed him. The
Adjutant never drew his revolver, all he thought about was the regt.’s
first conduct under fire, and I am glad to say that we are mentioned
in the General’s despatches, and it was all due to our Adjutant. The
loss is being avenged, as every shot fired by our lads, they say as
they pull the trigger ‘There’s one for the Adjutant.’” The following is
an extract from the “Yorkshire Evening Post,” 29 April, 1915: “Capt.
Eykyn was an ardent worker on behalf of the military forces long before
the war broke out, and he addressed public meetings on the advantages
of joining the service. He was also an amateur actor of considerable
talent, and took part in playlets given on behalf of the National
Service League.” The “Green Howards” Gazette for May, 1915, said: “The
splendid work that he did as Adjutant has borne fruit in the gallantry
displayed by the battn. in action, and the death of this fine young
officer is deplored by all.” Capt. Eykyn had passed examinations in
Hindustani and Russian, also as an Instructor of Gymnasia, and had
obtained a D in Musketry. He _m._ at Bombay Cathedral, 28 Nov.
1902, Constance (The Cottage, Northallerton, co. Yorks), elder dau. of
the late Arthur Norton, of Guildford, and had one son: Duncan Arthur
Davidson, _b._ 11 Aug. 1906.
[Illustration: =Gilbert D. Pitt Eykyn.=]
=EYRE, JOHN=, 2nd Yeoman of Signals (R.F.R., B. 425), 174716,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=EYRE, WILLIAM=, Capt., 12th Battn. Welsh Regt., attd. 1st Battn.
Lancashire Fusiliers, only _s._ of William Eyre, of 21, Babworth
Road, Retford, retired Miller, by his wife, Mary, dau. of the late John
Pagdin, of Morton, Gainsborough, Merchant; _b._ Creswell, co.
Derby, 25 March, 1879; educ. King Edward VI Grammar School, Retford,
and Sheffield University. He took the B.Sc. degree at London University
with honours in chemistry, and returned to Retford Grammar School as
Science Master, where he was for several years, and, after a short
period in a similar capacity at Cranbrook School, joined in 1907 the
staff of Christ’s Hospital, Horsham, as Science Master and House Master
of Thornton B., where he remained until the outbreak of the war. An
In Memoriam notice in “The Blue” said: “As an officer in the O.T.C.,
as president of the Natural History Society, in the house and in the
playing fields, he worked hard for the good of Christ’s Hospital. His
whole-hearted interest in all that would make for the good of the boys
or of his colleagues and his affection for the ‘lads’ of this House,
are known to us all. He was a most valuable member of our community.”
He was appointed 2nd Lieut. in the Christ’s Hospital O.T.C. (T.F.), 17
July, 1908, and volunteered on the outbreak of war, and was gazetted
Capt. in the 8th (Service) Battn. of the Welch Regt. 14 Dec. 1914.
He was afterwards transferred to the 12th Battn., and subsequently
attached to the 1st Lancashire Fusiliers, with which he went to the
Dardanelles, 17 July, 1915. He was wounded near Gully Beach, Gallipoli,
6 Aug. 1915, and died in the 19th General Hospital at Alexandria on
the 19th, being buried in the English cemetery there; _unm._ Col.
Ommanney, 12th Battn. Welch Regt., wrote: “During the five months he
was with us he not only did his work well, but made himself respected
and beloved by all ranks. I feel I have lost in him a real friend,
and I know that this feeling is shared by very many of his brother
officers.”
[Illustration: =William Eyre.=]
=FADE, HAROLD=, A.B., 219145, H.M.S. Liberty; killed in action in
the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=FAGG, ALBERT=, Chief Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. A. 1846), 154116, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FAIR, ROY NICHOLS=, L.-Corpl., No. 6914, 1st Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the Rev. Hugh James Fair, of
Arkona, Ontario, Methodist Minister, by his wife, Eliza, dau. of
Henry Nichols; _b._ Londesborough, Ontario, 17 May, 1894; educ.
Exeter and Watford High Schools and Albert College, Belleville; was a
Bookkeeper; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Canadian
Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914; came over with the First Contingent,
Oct. 1914; went to France, Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at
Givenchy, 15 June, 1915; _unm._
=FAIRCHILD, EDWARD JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5973 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FAIRCLOUGH, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10324), 203995, 3rd
_s._ of the late Thomas Fairclough, of Mossley Hill, Liverpool, by
his wife, Sarah (20, Bearton Road, Hitchen, co. Herts), dau. of William
Rawlinson; _b._ Holmfield, Aigburth, Liverpool, 19 Jan. 1884;
educ. Beachwood, co. Herts; joined the Navy at the age of 18 in 1899,
and served his full time, passing into the R.N.R. 19 Jan. 1914. On the
outbreak of war he joined H.M.S. Cressy, and was lost when that ship
was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Fairclough.=]
=FAIRES, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3911), 194391, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=FAIRS, ERNEST WILLIAM=, Private, No. 9551, 5th Battn. (London
Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of William
Fairs, of 32, Beaconsfield Road, Croydon, Surrey, Joiner, by his wife,
Ellen Sarah, dau. of Skillington Medwell; _b._ Banstead, co.
Surrey, 15 Dec. 1895; educ. Sydenham Road Council Schools, Croydon,
and was employed at Messrs. Giddy & Giddy, Regent Street, Auctioneers
& Estate Agents; joined the London Rifle Brigade in Aug. 1913;
volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war, in Aug. 1914;
went to France, 5 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 3 May,
1915, and buried at Forturn; _unm._
[Illustration: =Ernest William Fairs.=]
=FAIRWEATHER, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 6889, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FAIRWEATHER, JOHN=, 2nd Engineer, R.N.R., yst. _s._ of
William Fairweather, Gas Engineer to the Corporation of Kilmarnock,
by his wife, Marjory, dau. of Peter Young, of Glamis, Forfarshire;
_b._ Kilmarnock, 25 Jan. 1887; educ. Kilmarnock Academy; served
his apprenticeship with Messrs. Andrew, Barclay, Sons & Co., Ltd.,
taking his second certificate as a marine engineer, and gaining
considerable experience not only in shipbuilding yards on the Clyde,
but in the service of the British India Co. and the Red Star Line;
he was afterwards engaged in transport service between Canada and
Liverpool, and after the outbreak of war joined the Royal Naval Reserve
at the end of Oct. 1914. He was posted to the Clan MacNaughton which
left Birkenhead just after Christmas, 1914, on her first patrol. The
last signal made by her was at an early hour on the morning of 3 Feb.
following, and it is supposed, according to the Admiralty report, that
she was lost during the bad weather which prevailed at that time.
Fairweather was _unm._
[Illustration: =John Fairweather.=]
=KEAY-FALCONER, WILLIAM=, Jun., Lieut., 7th Battn. Princess
Louise’s Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), only _s._ of
William Keay-Falconer, Clerk of Lieutenancy and Sheriff-Clerk and
County Clerk of Kinross-shire, by his wife, Margaret More, dau. of
James Thomson Morrison, of Coatbridge; _b._ Kinross, 29 Nov. 1894;
educ. Edinburgh Academy (1907–13), where for the last two years he
served in the O.T.C., and at the Institut Polyglotte, Namur; afterwards
being employed in his father’s office. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut.
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 20 Sept. 1913, and was promoted
Lieut. 7 Sept. 1914. On the outbreak of war he immediately volunteered
for service abroad, went to France with his regt. in Dec. following,
and was killed while leading his men in a charge against the enemy, at
Ypres, 25 April, 1915; _unm._ The Brigade of which his battn. was
a unit had been called from a rest camp to help the Canadians whose
flank was exposed through the troops acting with them having fallen
back owing to gas. Col. Craig wrote: “While I was with the battn. in
France I had many conversations with him on the subject of his work and
have frequently remarked to Capt. Murdoch, and others who interested
themselves in him, upon his coolness. He knew his work well, and was
devoted to it. He didn’t know what fear was, and he seemed fully to
realise the responsibility of his men’s comfort that rested upon him
as a platoon commander, and the men were devoted to him.... I will
never forget your son’s interest in his work, and his valuable services
from the time of mobilisation in Aug. last till I left the battn.
on 11 March.” Col. Carden who succeeded Col. Craig, wrote: “During
the short time I have been in command of the battn. I had formed the
highest opinion of your son’s military capabilities. He died bravely
leading his men, and is mourned by all his brother officers”; and
Capt. Murdoch: “Keay fell like a hero in front of his men.” Lieut.
Keay-Falconer was a keen golfer, and a member of Edinburgh Academical
Golf Club. He was also a prominent and enthusiastic member of Kinross
Club, and held both the gold and silver medals for 1914. He spoke
French fluently, and was consequently of much use to his comrades when
abroad. Memorial brasses were erected to his memory in the Church of
St. John the Evangelist, Princes Street, Edinburgh, and in St. Paul’s
Church, Kinross. The tablet in the former church was placed there by
the children of the church to perpetuate Lieut. Keay-Falconer’s memory,
as he was Warden of their special services during the greater part of
his school days in Edinburgh. The last five words of the inscription
on the brass sum up his character as the subscribers to the memorial
knew it: “Gallant and true and tender.” The brass in St. Paul’s Church,
Kinross, was dedicated by the Bishop of St. Andrews on 1 Feb. 1916.
[Illustration: =W. Keay-Falconer, Jun.=]
=FARDELL, HUBERT GEORGE HENRY=, Lieut., 3rd, att. 2nd, Battn.
East Surrey Regt., only child of Hubert Askew Fardell, of 16, Brechin
Place, S.W., late Capt. 4th East Surrey Regt., by his wife, Henrietta
Alice, dau. of Henry Woods, of Warnford Park, Hants; _b._ London,
7 July, 1895; educ. Eton (R. S. de Havilland’s House), where he was
Sergt. in charge of G Coy. in the O.T.C.; left there on the outbreak
of War to join the Inns of Court O.T.C., and was given a commission as
2nd Lieut. in the 3rd East Surrey Regt., 15 Aug. 1914, and promoted
Lieut., 9 March, 1915; went to the Front, 23 Feb. 1915, and was killed
in action at Zonnebeke during the 2nd Battle of Ypres, 23 April, 1915.
He was killed instantaneously, about 2.30 in the afternoon, whilst
passing through a communication trench to see how one of his brother
officers was faring as the shelling had been heavy. His servant wrote:
“He was a very brave man, one of the bravest I’ve seen out of my seven
months in the trenches.” He was buried in the graveyard by the ruined
church just behind the firing lines. His C.O., Col. Shipley, wrote:
“Your son showed such great promise of being a very capable officer and
leader of men.” He had been intended for the Diplomatic Service, his
strong intellect and quickness in acquiring foreign languages, clearly
marking him out for such a career. “The Eton College Chronicle” of 20
May, 1915, said: “Mr. Fardell did well at Eton, both in school and on
the river. He was in the boats, rowing in the Victory in 1914. He won
Junior Sculling in 1913, and did well in School Sculling the following
year. As a coach he had a wonderful power of getting the utmost out of
a crew, and was an admirable captain of a football team. In fact, as a
coach and as a leader he found the work that suited him. Had he lived
he would undoubtedly have been a very valuable officer and a first-rate
leader.”
=FARMER, HORACE=, Colour-Sergt., R.M.L.I., 6271A., (R.F.R., Ch. A.
640), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FARMER, HENRY CHARLES MACLEAN=, 2nd Lieut., 6th, attd. 4th,
Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, yr. _s._ of the Rev. James Edmund
Gamul Farmer, Rector of Waddesdon with Upper Winchendon, Aylesbury,
Bucks, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Captain Charles Bampfield Yule,
R.N.; _b._ Arundel Vicarage, co. Sussex, 8 Aug. 1892; educ.
Summerfields, near Oxford; Eton (Mr. Ramsay’s House), and Trinity
College, Cambridge; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and applied
for a commission, and while waiting for it enlisted in the 3rd Dragoon
Guards, 3 Sept. 1914; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 6th King’s R.R.C., 22 Sept.
following; went to the Front in March, 1915, to join the 4th Battn.
of his regt., and was killed in action near Ypres, 10 May, 1915. He
was buried at the East Boundary of Bellewaarde Wood; _unm._ Col.
Brownlow, K.R.R.C., wrote: “He worked hard down here (Sheerness)
and was very keen to get to the Front”; and Capt. Field: “He was in
my company the whole time he was at Sheerness, and King’s Ferry; a
most excellent, cheery fellow, and a very conscientious, good, young
officer.”
[Illustration: =Henry C. M. Farmer.=]
=FARNDON, WILLIAM=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26735, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=FARNSWORTH, JOHN=, Private, No. 562, 4th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, 4th _s._ of Henry Farnsworth, of the Buck Hotel,
High Street, Clay Cross, Wine and Spirit Merchant, by his wife,
Margaret, dau. of Joseph Cutts, Builder & Contractor; _b._ High
Street, Clay Cross, co. Derby, 3 Sept. 1880; educ. Board School,
Clay Cross, and Collegiate School, Kettering; emigrated to N.S.W.,
Australia, 25 Sept. 1903, and worked for a year and a half in the
copper mines at Cobar. He then took a position on the G.W. Ry. under
his uncle, Mr. B. Farnsworth, Inspector of Permanent Way, which he
held until war was declared in Aug. 1914. He immediately proceeded to
Sydney, and joined the Australian Imperial Force, and was killed in
action at Gaba Tepe, 2 May, 1915, while repelling an attack by the
Turks on the Australian trenches; _unm._ Sergt.-Major E. H. Stone
wrote the following description of the incident: “I daresay you read in
the papers about our Coy. relieving the marines, and how our Major got
his D.S.O. Well, for the next two days, the Turks were persistent in
their attacks, and it was as much as we could do to beat them back. On
the afternoon of 2 May, they made a very determined attack which lasted
about two hours. We manned the parapet and fired into them as fast as
we could load, and after we had beaten them back turned and found many
of our own lads in the bottom of the trench, and among them, John, shot
through the head--not a moments’ pain, thank God. We took them out to
the back of the trenches and buried them and put up a large wooden
cross over them. I can safely say there is not a man in the Battn. who
is more regretted than John.”
[Illustration: =John Farnsworth.=]
=FARQUHARSON, LEWIS SHAW=, Capt., 1st Battn. Royal Scots, only
_s._ of the Rev. Alexander Farquharson, of Spital, Aberdeenshire,
and 41, Camden Square, London, N.W., by his wife, Mary Walker, dau.
of Lewis Shaw, of Chesterfield; _b._ Chesterfield, co. Derby, 23
April, 1884; educ. Cottesmore, Charterhouse, and Sandhurst; gazetted
2nd Lieut., 10 Oct. 1903, and promoted Lieut. 5 April, 1906, and Capt.
31 Aug. 1914; served in India successively as Station Staff Officer
at Kamptee, and as A.D.C. to General Keir, and was Adjutant of the
1st Battn. from 28 Aug. 1911 to 28 Aug. 1914. He also had the honour,
with Col. D. G. Wemyss, of being selected to represent the regt. as
extra A.D.C. to the King in Calcutta, during the Durbar tour. On the
outbreak of war Capt. Farquharson was in India, and he went to the
Front with his Battn. early in 1915. He saw much fighting, went through
the varying phases of the long and severely contested Second Battle
of Ypres, and had different narrow escapes. On 11 May, 1915, when
the British line had been broken and a trench captured, on his own
initiative Capt. Farquharson led forward his company, from the reserve
line, drove back the enemy, and regained and held the lost ground.
For his promptness and gallantry on this occasion he received the
special thanks of his C.O., and Gen. Allenby sent his congratulations
for what he described as “a splendid and successful counter attack.”
Early the following morning (12 May) while superintending fresh
protections for the shattered trench, he was shot through the head
and killed instantly. He was subsequently mentioned in F.M. Sir John
(now Lord) French’s Despatch [London Gazette, 1 Jan. 1916] for gallant
and distinguished service in the field. He was buried in Valmertinghe
Cemetery, near Ypres. Col. Callander wrote that the whole regt. mourned
his loss and that Capt. Farquharson was in every sense, one of the
best of the younger officers in the Army and the most sterling good
fellow he had ever known. Gen. Sir John Keir also wrote saying that
“his future as a soldier had been assured, and that his name would
be honoured for all time.” At school and college he took many prizes
and represented each of them at both cricket and football. He played
cricket twice for All India.
[Illustration: =Lewis Shaw Farquharson.=]
=FARR, JOHN=, Seaman, R.N.R., 3525C, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FARRAR, SIR GEORGE HERBERT=, 1st Bart., D.S.O., Col. and
Assistant Q.M.-General, Central Force, Union Defence Forces, late
Hon. Col. South African Light Horse, _s._ of the late Charles
Farrar, of Chatteris, co. Cambridge, M.D., by his wife, Helen (The
Crescent Lodge, Bedford), sister of Sir Frederick Howard, and dau.
of John Howard; _b._ Chatteris, 17 June, 1859; educ. Bedford
Modern School, and on leaving there entered the engineering business
of his uncle Sir Frederick Howard, going in 1879 to South Africa to
the Port Elizabeth and East London Branches. Eight years later he and
his brothers established themselves at Johannesburg, where in a few
years he became one of the leading men in the mining industry of the
Witwatersrand. His chief enterprise was the formation of the East Rand
Proprietary Mines, of which he was chairman from its inception to the
day of his death. He was for some time a Member of the Legislative
Assembly of the Transvaal and Leader of the Opposition. For his share
in the Jameson Raid he was tried for treason and sentenced to death,
but the sentence was remitted on payment of a fine of £25,000. When
the South African War broke out he raised two regts. of South African
Horse, and was appointed Major, Kaffrarian Rifles, 1 Dec. 1900, and
served in this campaign as Major on the Staff of the Colonial Division,
1899–1900. He took part in the operations in the Orange Free State,
including the defence of Wepener; operations in the Transvaal, west of
Pretoria, Aug. to Sept. 1900; operations in Orange River Colony 1900,
including actions at Wittebergen (1–29 July), and in Cape Colony,
south of the Orange River. His services were mentioned in Despatches
[London Gazette, 16 April, 1901], and he was awarded the Queen’s
medal with four clasps and the D.S.O. (1900). After the conclusion of
peace in 1902 he took an active part in the work of re-organisation,
and when Responsible Government was granted to the Transvaal, he was
unanimously elected leader of the Progressive Party in the House of
Assembly, in opposition to the Ministry of General Botha. In 1903 was
elected President of the Witwatersrand Chamber of Mines, and took a
leading part in the negotiations which led up to formation of the Union
of South Africa. He had been knighted in 1902, and on 2 Feb. 1911
was created a Baronet for his services on this occasion. He was M.P.
for Georgetown in the first Parliament of the Union of South Africa,
1910–11, but in Dec. 1911 business demands in connection with the
East Rand Co. compelled him to retire from political work in order to
devote his whole energies to the re-organisation of that enterprise.
When the European War broke out he was in England on a visit and was
about to join General Sir Hubert Hamilton’s Staff with the Army in
Belgium, but the day before he was to have left he was ordered by the
authorities to South Africa. On arrival he was appointed to General
McKenzie’s Force with the rank of Col., and was despatched to German
South-West Africa as Assistant Q.M.-General. Proceeding to Luderitz
Bay in advance of the main force he was engaged in the organisation of
the base camp, and subsequently had charge of the restoration of the
railway and of providing the water supply to the force, an operation of
primary importance in that country. On 19 May, 1915, he was returning
from a tour of inspection when the motor trolley in which he was
travelling collided with a construction train at Kuibis, near Gidson,
German South-West Africa, and Sir George succumbed to his injuries
early next morning. Sir George Farrar was one of the best-known men
in South Africa, to whose advancement he had, by legislative work,
by attention to mining progress, and to practical sympathy with
agriculture, powerfully contributed. He m. at Johannesburg, 3 June,
1893, Ella Mabel (Chicheley Hall, Newport Pagnell, Bucks; Bedford
Farm, near Johannesburg, Transvaal), dau. of the late Charles William
Waylen, I.M.S., and had six daus.: Helen Mabel, _b._ 2 Oct. 1894;
Muriel Frances, _b._ 6 April, 1896; Gwendoline, _b._ 14 July,
1897; Georgina Marjorie, _b._ 17 Aug. 1901; Kathleen Elizabeth,
_b._ 9 May, 1907; and Ella Marguerite, _b._ 28 April, 1911.
[Illustration: =Sir George H. Farrar.=]
=FARRAR, JOHN=, Private, No. 7725, 4th Battn. Durham Light
Infantry, only _s._ of William Farrar, of Southwick-on-Wear, by
his wife, Treaser, dau. of Matthew Crawford, of Sunderland; _b._
Southwick, co. Durham, 12 Aug. 1890; educ. St. Benett’s R.C. School,
Monkwearmouth; enlisted in 1907 in the Special Reserve of the Durhams
and was discharged in 1913, when he rejoined for another term and was
called up on mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914, went to France with the first
Expeditionary Force, and was killed in France, 5 Dec. 1914, while on
sentry duty; and was buried on a farm, Du-Bix; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Farrar.=]
=FARRAR, LUKE=, Private, No. 10735, 2nd Battn. Durham Light
Infantry, 4th _s._ of Luke Farrar, of Southwick-on-Wear, Shipyard
Labourer, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of George Clark, of Southwick;
_b._ Southwick, co. Durham, 25 July, 1884; was employed in
Pickersgill’s Yard, Sunderland; enlisted 26 Sept., 1914; trained at
South Shields; killed in action “somewhere” in France, 6 Feb. 1916,
and was buried in Rotize Cemetery. He _m._ at Sunderland, 22 May,
1906, Mary Jane (4, Stoney Lane, Southwick-on-Wear), dau. of James
Foster, of Sunderland, and had four children: Luke, Burliss, _b._
8 June, 1912; James, _b._ 13 April, 1915; Sarah Elizabeth,
_b._ 19 July, 1905; and Esther Jane, _b._ 13 Sept. 1908.
[Illustration: =Luke Farrar.=]
=FARRER, JOHN EDWARD=, Private, No. 7152, 2nd East Lancashire
Regt., _s._ of John Edward Farrer; _b._ 28 Jan. 1879; educ.
Brunswick Day School, Burnley; was a Weaver; enlisted after the
outbreak of war, 18 Sept. 1914; went to France, 26 Dec. following, and
was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 14 March, 1915. He was formerly
a cornet player in the local Volunteers. He _m._ at Gannow,
Burnley, 4 June, 1904, Clara (37, Haslam Street, Burnley), dau. of
William Sagar, and had two children: William Edward, _b._ 5 Nov.
1905; and Hilda, _b._ 4 May, 1914.
=FAUGHNAN, FRANCIS=, Private, No. 2972, 2nd Battn. The Royal
Scots, _s._ of John Faughnan, of Briskillbeg, Farmer, by his wife,
Ellen, dau. of Patrick McAvey; _b._ Briskillbeg, Newtonforbes,
co. Longford; educ. Cloonteagh National School, Newtonforbes; enlisted
after the outbreak of war, and was killed in action on the Western
front, 17 Nov. 1915; _unm._
=FAUGHNAN, PATRICK=, Private, No. 2707, 1st Battn. Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders, _s._ of John Faughnan, of Briskillbeg,
Farmer, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Patrick McAvey; _b._
Briskillbeg, Newtonforbes, co. Longford; educ. Cloonteagh National
School, Newtonforbes; enlisted on the outbreak of war, and was killed
in action on the Western front, 10 Oct. 1915; _unm._
=FAULKNER, VICTOR=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16023, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=FAULKS, PHILIP ALBERT=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27543 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Hawke, s. of John Thomas Faulks, of 4, Cobden Street, Loughboro’; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=FAWCETT, ROBERT HEATH=, 2nd Lieut., 4th (Special Reserve),
attached 1st, Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., eldest _s._ of Henry
Heath Fawcett, of Berkhampsted, and of the War Office, by his wife,
Colina, dau. of John Colin Sharp; _b._ Wimbledon, co. Surrey,
5 March, 1893; educ. Hillside, Godalming; Uppingham, and Emmanuel
College, Cambridge (where he was an Exhibitioner, and a member of
the O.T.C.); gazetted 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., 15
Aug. 1914; went to Flanders 10 April, 1915, where he was attached to
the 1st Battn., and was killed in action near Ypres, 26 April, 1915;
_unm._ He was buried at Zillebeke, near Ypres.
=FAWLEY, FRANCIS HENRY BUCKLEY=, Private, No. 1862, Honourable
Artillery Company, _s._ of Henry John Buckley Fawley, of 35, Queen
Elizabeth’s Walk, Stoke Newington, N., Journalist, by his wife, Emily,
dau. of the late James (and Eliza) Smith, of Lordship Lane, Wood Green,
N., formerly of Sittingbourne, Kent; _b._ Harringay, London, 16
Aug. 1895; educ. Finsbury Park College, London, was on the clerical
staff of the Metropolitan Electric Tramways Company; joined the H.A.C.
after the outbreak of the war in the beginning of Sept. 1914, went to
France, 23 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action near Ypres, 15 May,
1915. He was buried in the grounds of the Chateau of Elzenwalle, near
Voormezeele; _unm._ His Sergt. wrote: “He was killed on the night
of the 15th inst. He lived for some hours after he was struck, and was
quite conscious when I last saw him.... His pluck was wonderful; he
knew he was mortally wounded yet possessed himself like the gentleman
and man he was; never giving a sign of any pain--his main concern being
for the safety of his comrades.... We all liked him and shall miss him
greatly.”
[Illustration: =Francis H. B. Fawley.=]
=FAY, WALTER EDWARD=, Rifleman, No. 2407, 18th Battn. (London
Irish Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late James
Charles Fay (died 13 Nov. 1915), by his wife, (--) (79, Limerstone
Road, King’s Road, Chelsea, S.W.); _b._ Fulham, S.W., 24 July,
1894; educ. St. Mark’s College, Chelsea; enlisted after the outbreak of
war 2 Sept. 1914, and died of wounds received in action at the Battle
of Loos, 27 Sept. 1915; _unm._
=FEATHERSTONE, ALFRED CHARLES=, Rifleman, No. 2472, 1/8th (Leeds
Rifles) Battn. West Yorkshire Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Alfred
Charles Featherstone, of West Normans, Park Avenue, Castleford, by his
wife, Jane Harriet, dau. of Alfred Watson, of East Hardwicks, Yorks; b.
Castleford, co. York, 30 April, 1891; educ. King’s School, Pontefract;
entered the employ of the London City and Midland Bank at Morley,
Yorkshire, when 16, and at the outbreak of the war was holding the post
of Assistant Cashier. He enlisted 21 Sept. 1914; sailed for France, 15
April, 1915, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 12 May, 1915,
and was buried in Rue de Bacquerot, France; _unm._ His officer
wrote: “He was one of the most popular men in the company, and we all
feel his loss very keenly.”
[Illustration: =Alfred C. Featherstone.=]
=FEATHERSTONE, CECIL FREDERICK=, Lieut., 3rd, attached 2nd, Battn.
East Surrey Regt., eldest _s._ of Frederick Featherstone, of Mount
Pleasant, Plough Lane, Purley, member of London Stock Exchange, by his
wife, Minnie Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas W. Dean; _b._ Lewisham, 13
Feb. 1897; educ. Holmwood, Bexhill-on-Sea (1906–1910), where in 1907
he joined the School Cadet Corps, which was affiliated with the 2nd
Home Counties Royal Engineers (T.F.). In 1911 he went to Dover College,
where he won prizes in English, Latin, and other subjects, and joined
the O.T.C., in which he had reached the rank of Sergt., when gazetted
2nd Lieut. to the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battn. of the East Surreys, 16
Dec. 1914. Joining his regt in Jan. he left for France on 20 March,
1915, was attached for a while to C Coy. 1st Battn. Dorsetshire Regt.,
and later transferred for duty to the 2nd Battn. East Surrey Regt.,
being confirmed in his rank as 2nd Lieut. 9 April, 1915. He was killed
in action, being shot through the heart while bravely leading his men
in the repulse of the German attack on the British trenches near Ypres,
25 April, 1915. He was buried in the Officer’s Graveyard, 1½ miles
east of Zonnebeke; unm. Sergt. Buckingham, of the East Surreys, gave
the following graphic account of the incidents from 17 to 27 April:
“Our headquarters were at Zonnebeke, near Ypres. About 3 p.m. on the
17th an order was given to pack up and move. There was some heavy
shelling at the time, and it took about one hour to get everything on
to the transport. We were then given another 150 rounds ammunition
to carry and about 4.30 the order to move was given. We took a road
to the left of Ypres. Our company officer, Capt. Fuller, was sick, so
he was not with us, but Lieut. Rottman took charge. We had only three
officers--Lieuts. Rottman, Featherstone and Ward--and we reached our
destination, about a mile from Langemark, about 7 p.m. We were then
under heavy shell fire. A, B and C Companies were put into position
and we were to be the supports. We were in position all that night,
but nothing happened. As it was getting daylight we retired a bit
further back--this was the 18th--but had to stand to nearly all day as
there was heavy rifle fire and shells. About 5 p.m. we pushed forward,
going through the Canadians and some French infantry who had been
pushed back, and we had to retake their trenches, which we did without
much trouble. The French were made secure and got their trenches,
and we took the Canadian’s and had orders to stop in them. We worked
all night repairing the breastworks with sandbags, the officers and
sergts. relieving one another for a rest. At dawn on the 19th the enemy
started with their trench mortars, which were dropping just in rear
of our trenches. We were expecting a big shelling then, but they must
have been laying their guns or had brought more up for we were only
getting a shell here and there and were pretty quiet and remained so
until the afternoon of the 20th. From the 17th to the 20th we had no
casualties amongst the officers and not many men. On the afternoon of
the 20th the bombardment started, but they did not have a good range
that day. At night the Middlesex brought our rations up and a working
party, who made us a bit stronger. They left us about 3 a.m. on the
21st. Toward dawn we were bombarded again, this time a little closer.
As it got lighter we saw about half a dozen German aeroplanes coming
towards our trenches, they flew up and down dropping smoke bombs, and
the shells were dropping all round us, so we had to lay close up to the
parapets. Here we stayed all day, this night--21st, or rather early
22nd--no rations could be brought to us and no working party, so we
dug ourselves right in as messages came that we were to hold on at all
cost. We still had all our officers. As day dawned it was a bit quiet.
That night we had our rations and hot soup brought up and were told
we were going to be relieved the next night, 23rd. On the morning of
the 23rd it was still quiet, but about 3 p.m. they started something
terrible, only taking our regiment. They were then using gas shells
and breaking our parapets and shelling the roads. Again a message came
to hold on and that we would not be relieved, we then lost a few men.
This lasted all day. On the early morning of the 24th Lieut. Fardell
was killed, and gas was used all day. Lieut. Featherstone got some
handkerchiefs and soaked them with water and handed them around and
we lost about 40 men that day. As night came on, I think it was about
2 a.m. on the 25th. Mr. Featherstone, who was then taking his rest,
came, and he looked very upset, and said to me: ‘Poor Mr. Rottman is
killed.’ I said: ‘I am very sorry to hear that,’ and went and had a
look at him. I came back and he was still standing, and I and Sergt.
Lower said: ‘Why don’t you go and finish your rest, we will come and
let you know if anything is wrong.’ So he went, but he did not stop
long as it was getting on time to stand to arms, so we stood, and when
it was light they sent shells in front of our trench and smashed the
barbed wire, therefore we knew that they were going to attack, and
while we were getting ready a shell struck the parapet, and me and Mr.
Featherstone had the sandbags over us. We got out of that and laughed
at one another. As it went on the parapets were being blown to bits, so
an order came to get the men to the right and at some parts we had to
crawl. Sergt. Lower led the way and Mr. Featherstone and I saw every
man safe. It was while we were crawling past a gap in the parapet a
piece of shell struck me, I did not stop, but he saw I was hit and
said: ‘Are you all right? I said: ‘Yes, come on.’ We got past the gap
and he said: ‘Where are you hit?’ I thought it was my arm and dropped
my rifle. He picked it up and said: ‘We must get out of this,’ and
we went on a bit and found we were in the Northumberlands and stayed
there, and then the enemy were in our trenches. I had had my shoulder
dressed and the order to spread out came. I then saw Mr Featherstone
had lost his hat and getting close up to him I said, ‘the supports are
driving them out so they were all shouting hurrah.’ Mr. Featherstone
was then firing out of my rifle and I gave him another clip. I then
saw him go up a little way further and fall. He was struck by a bullet
and we sent for the stretcher bearers. He was then dead.” The Adjutant
of his Battn. wrote to his father: “Like all our young officers he
carried out his duty to the end and by his example the men remained
steadfast and the trenches were held in spite of poisonous gases and
rifle and shell fire. We have been so fortunate in having such good
officers that the battn. has earned special praise from all, and
General French thanked us yesterday for the work of 25 April, during
which your son fell”; and a subaltern: “2nd Lieut. Featherstone was
killed during the German attack on 25 April under circumstances which
proved him a very brave officer. The enemy having got all round us our
men were firing in all directions, generally at no particular object
as often happens in times of excitement. It was in trying to stop the
men wasting their munitions that Lieut. Featherstone was twice wounded.
He still continued, however, to calm his men till he was shot in the
heart by a stray bullet.” While at Holmwood School, Lieut. Featherstone
was a sapper and shot in the School XI, winning the Sheffield Trophy
on outdoor competition, at 200 and 500 yards with the service rifle;
he also shot in the team for the Holman Cup, an indoor competition at
20 yards. At Dover College he was in the 1st Football XI, as well as
playing cricket; and shot for his school at Bisley in 1913 in the Cadet
pairs, likewise in the Team of the Ashburton Shield in 1914. Lieut.
Featherstone was promoted Lieut. subsequent to his death.
[Illustration: =Cecil F. Featherstone.=]
=FEE, SAMUEL=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7543), S.S. 102801,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=FEE, SAMUEL=, Corpl., No. 12808, 10th (Service) Battn. Highland
L.I., 3rd _s._ of Robert Fee, of 33, Muslin Street, Bridgeton,
Glasgow, Slater’s Labourer, by his wife, Lily, dau. of (--) Arnell;
_b._ Bridgeton, Glasgow, 19 June, 1892; educ. Hozier Street Public
School there; was a Miner, Old Farm Colliery, Rutherglen; enlisted 17
Aug. 1914; went to France in May, 1915, and was killed in front of the
parapet during the advance at Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; _unm._ The Coy.
Sergt.-Major wrote that “he was a good soldier and N.C.O.”
=FEE, WILLIAM JOHN=, Bugler. R.M.A., 11537, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FEENEY, THOMAS=, Leading Signaller, 220726, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FEGAN, WILLIAM PATRICK=, Sergt., No. 26519, 14th Battn. (Royal
Montreal), Canadian Expeditionary Force, yst. _s._ of Francis
Fegan, of Waggarandall, near Melbourne, Australia, Landowner, by his
wife, Mary, dau. of (--) Homer; _b._ Major Plains, Melbourne, 29
Jan. 1877, and was educ. at Dookie College, near Melbourne. He was
surveying in South Africa when the Boer War began; he immediately
joined the Victorians, and served through that campaign, 1899–1902,
being wounded twice and receiving the Queen’s and King’s medals. He
then became an expert for the International Co., of Buenos Ayres, and
went round the world eight times for them, and after some seven years
at Buenos Ayres went to Canada where he was in Aug. 1914, when the
European War was declared. He at once volunteered; enlisted in the
Canadian Expeditionary Force; came over with the first contingent in
Oct. 1914; went to France Feb. 1915, and was killed in action near
Wulverghem, 27 Nov. 1915. His company officer, Capt. Whitehead, wrote:
“Your husband was one of the finest men I ever met, and one of my most
reliable N.C.O.’s, and his loss will be felt very heavily: he was
killed almost instantly, the bullet entering the base of the neck, and
passing through the body”; and Lieut. Gordon Leighton: “I can bear a
few words of testimony of his courage and worth, having been associated
with him since his arrival in France. He was a brave and soldierly man.
He had been through some very trying times with us, but never lost his
coolness and courage in the face of the gravest danger and difficult
situations. Moreover he had voluntarily undertaken work he knew was of
a dangerous character. I personally, and I think all the officers of
the company, regret exceedingly the loss of Sergt. Fegan, as we feel
we have lost a man who was far above the average and whose soldierly
worth was invaluable.” He _m._ at St. Brigid’s Roman Catholic
Church, Fitzroy, Melbourne, 10 June, 1911, Kathleen, sister of Private
Arthur Moore, 5th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, who died of wounds
received in action at the Dardanelles, 29 Feb. 1916 (see his notice),
and dau. of Henry Albert Moore, of Park House, Whatley, near Frome,
Somerset, and had two children: William Ernest Patrick, _b._ 10
Jan. 1913; and Kathleen Joan Florence, _b._ 5 Oct. 1915.
[Illustration: =William Patrick Fegan.=]
=FEILDEN, GRANVILLE JOHN HENRY=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Seaforth
Highlanders, only _s._ of Major Granville Cholmondeley Feilden,
D.S.O., late Seaforth Highlanders, now commanding the London Division
of the Corps of Commissionaires (who served through the South African
War, wounded at Paardeberg, 18 Feb. 1900, Queen’s medal three clasps,
King’s medal two clasps), and his wife, Edith Margaret, 2nd dau. of the
late Sir Henry Cockburn MacAndrew, of Aisthorpe, Inverness; _b._
Drummuie House, Golspie, co. Sutherland, 27 Aug. 1895; educ. the New
Beacon, Sevenoaks, Wellington College (“Blucher”), and Sandhurst (Prize
Cadet) and on passing out from the last was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the
2nd Seaforth Highlanders, 12 Aug. 1914, and was ordered to join the 3rd
Battn. at Cromarty on the 25 Aug. On 12 Sept. he went to France with a
draft joining the 2nd Battn. on the Aisne. He moved from there with the
4th Division in the middle of Oct. to the Belgian frontier, and took
part in the severe fighting around Frehlingham and Messines during the
end of October and beginning of November, and spent five months with
his regt. in the trenches near Messines. He came home on a week’s leave
in Feb., returning to his regt. on the 10th of that month, and was
killed in action on Sunday, 25 April, 1915, during the attack on St.
Julien, in the second Battle of Ypres. His C.O. wrote: “You know how
your son was loved by us all, he was so brave, so gallant, so cheery,
and beloved by his men.... On the morning of 25 April I reached the
right of the line about 9 a.m., and was close to your son when he was
killed.... We have lost many gallant officers, but none more gallant
than your son”; and the second in Command: “We advanced at dawn on
Sunday, 25 April. The old Corps were as steady as ever.... our losses
were very severe. Your son was killed instantaneously while doing his
duty most well and gallantly.... We were all so fond of him, he was an
absolutely first-class officer with any amount of initiative and ‘go’.”
A fellow subaltern also wrote: “I was with John most of the night of
the 24th and 25th, and he was very cheery then and full of spirits. I
did not see him in the actual attack until we were about 40 yards from
the German trenches, when he helped me to straighten out the company
behind a defensive position. I was hit then, so did not see him again.”
He was buried at Burnt Farm on the left of the St. Jean-St. Julien
Road, with four of his brother officers, including the Capt. of his
company.
[Illustration: =Granville J. H. Feilden.=]
=FELLOWES. ARTHUR ROSS=, Private, No. 6/226, 12th Nelson Regt.,
Canterbury Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Robert
Ross Fellowes, of Stoke, Nelson, New Zealand; _b._ Takaku, Nelson,
14 Sept. 18..; educ. at Wakefield, Nelson; volunteered on the outbreak
of war, leaving home to join up 12 Aug. 1914; left for Egypt with the
Main Force in Oct., took part in the repulse of the Turkish attack on
the Suez Canal in Feb. 1915, and in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25
April, and was killed in action near Gabe Tepe, between 25 April and 1
May, 1915, being shot by a sniper; _unm._ As a school cadet and in
Egypt he proved himself a remarkably good shot, winning several prizes.
He was the first Wakefield man to fall in action.
=FELLOWES, WILLIAM JOHN=, Sick Berth Steward, 350884, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=FELTHAM, ARTHUR=, Signalman, J. 14117, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost
when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=FENDLEY, JOHN ROBERT=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 5634), 284849,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FENERAN, FRANK EDWARD=, Capt., 1st Battn. King’s Liverpool
Regt., 2nd _s._ of the late Lieut.-Col. Edward Feneran, 1st
Northamptonshire Regt, (who served in the Crimea), by his wife,
Caroline Elizabeth, dau. of the late Charles Herring-Cooper, and gdson.
of Col. Francis Feneran, Derbyshire Regt. (who served at Waterloo);
_b._ Kensington, 23 April, 1881; educ. privately and at the Royal
Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted to the King’s Liverpool Regt.,
12 Aug. 1899, and was promoted Lieut. 21 July, 1900, and Capt. 18
Sept. 1909. From April 1904 to April 1907, he was Ordnance Officer
(4th class) and in 1911 was appointed Adjutant to the Special Reserve.
He passed the school of signalling and in 1914 the examination for
the Staff College. On the outbreak of the European War, he went to
France with his regiment, Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Neuve
Chapelle, 10 Mar. 1915, while leading his men; _unm._ A brother
officer, writing to Lord Derby, graphically described the heroism of
the Liverpool Regt. at Neuve Chapelle, stating A Coy. was commanded by
Capt. Feneran, who was killed leading his men, adding that he was a
very sad loss indeed to the Regt. in which he had spent his life, but
that his was a gallant end. Capt. Feneran was mentioned in F.M. Sir
John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June],
1915.
[Illustration: =Frank Edward Feneran.=]
=FENN, DAVID=, Private, 10906, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards,
_s._ of Harry Fenn, of 36, Leader Road, Hillsboro’, Sheffield;
_b._ co. York; served with the Expeditionary Force in France,
etc.; killed in action at Richebourg, 2 April, 1915. Buried Rue des
Berreaux, Bethune.
=FENNELL, JOHN=, Chief Petty Officer (R.F.R., A. 907), 121737,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FENNESY, RICHARD=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 603), H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914].
=FENWICK, BASIL MIDDLETON=, Sergt., No. 109, A Squadron, 10th West
Australian Light Horse, only _s._ of Charles Richard Fenwick, of
Ben Rhydding, Yorks, and 26, Park Row, Leeds, M. Inst. C.E., F.S.I.,
by his wife, Margaret, dau. of William Middleton, Solicitor; _b._
Pool, co. York, 3 Sept. 1885; educ. Haileybury College; went to West
Australia in 1909 to the Murchison Goldfield; volunteered on the
outbreak of War in Aug. 1914, and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary
Force; left for Egypt in Feb. 1915, went to the Dardanelles;
volunteered for special duty on 30 May, 1915, in the counter attack
at Quinn’s Post, was there wounded and invalided into Hospital at
Alexandria, being mentioned by his C.O., Maj. Thomas J. Todd, in his
report; was promoted Sergt. June or July; returned to duty at Anzac in
Aug. and was killed in action there a few days later, 7 Aug. 1915, on
Russell’s Top, in the attack on the Turkish position at Walker’s Ridge.
In this terrible charge some 700 men were killed in the course of a few
minutes. Major Todd wrote, 22 Oct. 1915: “It may be a consolation to
know that your son was specially mentioned for conspicuous bravery and
I had him picked out for a commission, he was indeed a fine soldier.”
Sergt. Arundel in hospital told a friend: “Sergt. Fenwick was one of
the bravest, finest men on the Peninsula, a born soldier--a hero--he
first distinguished himself at Quinn’s Post, bomb throwing in the most
extraordinary brave way. He picked up and returned live bombs thrown
by the Turks.” Trooper Sydney G. E. Robson wrote, 2 Oct. 1915: “In
the charge at Quinn’s Post (30 May) we were side by side. Here your
son showed great courage, he was first over the parapet, his coolness
and initiative in the captured Turks’ trench undoubtedly saved our
lives.” Major Love asked for names to be mentioned for distinction, a
memorial was signed by the survivors, unanimously Basil Fenwick’s was
voted. Lieut.-Gen. Sir Alexander Godley, C.B., K.C.M.G., also wrote: “I
understand that he was looked upon by his comrades and officers as a
particularly fine soldier and an exceptionally brave man.”
[Illustration: =Basil Middleton Ferwick.=]
=FENWICK, FREDERICK RICHARD WILLIAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 11044,
_s._ of John Fenwick, of 85, Oriel Street, Hirst Ashington,
Northumberland; _b._ Durham; served with the Expeditionary Force
in France, etc.; killed in action at Givenchy, 22 Dec. 1914, aged 22.
=FEREDAY, THOMAS HAROLD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10391),
108085, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FERG, EDWARD CHARLES=, Private, No. 840, 8th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of Fannin Ferg (born in Germany,
went to Canada at the age of five), by his wife Sarah (Monkton,
Ontario, Canada), dau. of William Blighton, of Newark, England;
_b._ Elma Township, Perth co., P. Ontario, 23 July, 1887; educ.
local Public School; was a Locomotive Engineer; joined 90th Winnipeg
Rifles, in Aug. 1914, after the outbreak of War; left Canada with the
1st Contingent, and was killed in action at Langemarck, 22 April, 1915;
_unm._ He was buried at St. Julien, near Ypres.
[Illustration: =Edward Charles Ferg.=]
=FERGUSON, JAMES=, Private, No. 10202, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards,
_s._ of James Ferguson, of 43, Lorburn Street, Dumfries; enlisted
4 Sept. 1914, aged 19; served with the Expeditionary Force in France,
etc.; killed in action, 16 May, 1915; _unm._
=FERGUSON, JOHN=, Private, No. 3361, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots.
2nd _s._ of the late Thomas Ferguson, Wool Factory Worker, by his
wife, Mary (16, Lothian Street, Hawick), dau. of John Watts; _b._
Weensland, Hawick, co. Roxburgh, 20 Sept. 1879; educ. Trinity School
there; worked on North British Railway, enlisted 10 Sept., 1914, went
to the front 10 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action at Petite La
Bloise, near Kemmel, Belgium, 14 Dec. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Ferguson.=]
=FERGUSON, MATTHEW=, Private, No. 11699, 1st Battn. Highland L.I.;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action
at Neuve Chapelle 11–18 March, 1915.
=FERGUSON, PETER=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10201), 298040,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=FERGUSON, ROBERT=, Private, No. 7060, 1st Battn. Highland L.I.;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action
at Richebourg, 17–23 May, 1915; _m._
=FERGUSON, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 13355, 11th (Service) Battn.
Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in
France; killed in action, 27 Sept. 1915.
=FERGUSON, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 1799, 10th (Service) Battn.
Highland Light Infantry, eldest _s._ of the late Archibald
Ferguson, Electric Crane Driver, by his wife, Helen (106, Green Street,
Calton, Glasgow), dau. of the late William Thompson; _b._ Calton,
26 Nov. 1894; educ. Campbellfield Public School, Glasgow; was employed
as machine man with Singers, Clydebank; enlisted 15 Dec. 1914; went
to France in May, 1915; volunteered as a bomb thrower, and was killed
at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915, when in advance with a bombing
party; _unm._ He is believed to have been buried at Cambrin.
[Illustration: =William Ferguson.=]
=FERGUSSON, JAMES ADAM HAMILTON=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Highland
L.I., 4th _s._ of Sir James Ranken Fergusson, of Spitalhaugh, co.
Peebles, 2nd Bt., J.P., by his wife, Alice Fanny, dau. of the late
John Price Simpson; _b._ London, 22 March, 1892; educ. Ardvreck,
Crieff, Winchester College, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Highland
L.I., 14 Feb. 1912, was promoted Lieut. June or July, 1914, went to
France with his regt., Aug. 1914, and was killed at the Battle of the
Aisne, 20 Sept. 1914, being shot through the forehead after rising
from assisting a wounded man; _unm._ He was a good golfer, a keen
sportsman, and a most dutiful son.
[Illustration: =James A. H. Fergusson.=]
=FERGUSSON, ROBERT FRANK=, Lieut., 1/5th Battn. Royal Scots
Fusiliers (T.F.), elder _s._ of David Fergusson, of 7, Park
Terrace, Ayr, Scotland, Bachelor of Laws, Solicitor, by his wife,
Mary K., dau. of the late Andrew Galloway, of Ayr; _b._ Ayr, 6
April, 1893; educ. Ayr Academy, and Glasgow University; served his
apprenticeship with his father, and afterwards completed it in the
office of Messrs. Russell & Duncan, Solicitors, 105, St. Vincent
Street, Glasgow, with whom he was when the war broke out. During the
two years he was in Glasgow he completed his law course for the B.L.
degree and had passed three of his examinations. He received his
commission, 1 Sept. 1914; was promoted Lieut. on the 30th of that
month; left with his regt. for the Dardanelles on 20 May, 1915, and
was killed in action there, 12 July, 1915; _unm._ Lieut.-Col. J.
B. Pollok M’Call, Commanding the 5th Battn., wrote: “Whilst leading
his men about 4 p.m. on 12th July he was struck in the heart. He was
immediately carried down and at once attended to by our doctor. The
doctor told me he was afraid he had no chance, as he feared a large
blood-vessel was severed. Your son was sent on to try and get him to
hospital, but he died on the way down, three hours after he was hit. He
was partly conscious, but I do not think he suffered. He had been in
the thick of the fight since early morning, and had done splendidly. I
feel his loss to the 1/5th greatly. We buried him next day, and put a
cross on his grave.” Capt. Cook also wrote: “He was killed on the 12th
inst., in an action lasting from the 11th to the 15th. He did his part
right nobly, leading his men across an open space of 200 yards amidst
shell, rifle, and machine-gun fire. He reached his objective with few
losses owing to his vigour and determination and the inspiring example
he set his men. But unfortunately while busy with the work of reversing
and consolidating the captured trench, he was struck down with shrapnel
which at this stage was continuous. All was done that could be to make
him comfortable and when night began to fall we had him taken back over
the open to a dressing station where he received skilled aid, but he
died the same evening. He was a gallant officer and a fine comrade and
his loss is greatly deplored by all ranks.”
[Illustration: =Robert Frank Fergusson.=]
=FERNS, HAROLD JOHNSON=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3516), 196242, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FERRAND, HERBERT HAROLD=, Coy. Sergt.-Major, No. 6, 4th Battn.
East Yorkshire Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Thomas Watson Ferrand,
of 6, West View, Grove Street, Beverley Road, Hull, Plumber, by his
wife, Sarah Nicholls, dau. of the late John Fayers, of Hull; _b._
Hull, co. York, 15 May, 1876; educ. St Paul’s School, Hull, and on
leaving there entered the employ of the Yorkshire Fire and Life
Insurance Co., Lowgate, in which he held a responsible post at the time
of his death. He joined the 1st V.B. East Yorkshire Regt. April, 1894;
volunteered for service in South Africa, 8 March, 1900, and served
there for one year and 92 days, receiving the Queen’s medal with four
clasps, and after his return was for a long time Signal Instructor
(Aldershot certificate, 31 Aug. 1903). On the outbreak of the European
War, his regiment were at Camp at Deganway, they were ordered home, and
went straight into training at Darlington and later at Newcastle, and
from there went to the Front, 18 April, 1915. He came safely through
the night attack at Ypres, on Saturday the 25th, and was killed by
shrapnel on Sunday, 26 April, 1915; _unm._ He had the King’s T.F.
medal for efficiency.
[Illustration: =Herbert Harold Ferrand.=]
=FERRIS, CORNELIUS PERCY SPARLING=, Petty Officer, Tel. 178611,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MOCKLER-FERRYMAN, HUGH=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Oxfordshire and
Buckinghamshire L.I., elder _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Augustus Ferryman
Mockler-Ferryman, of St. John’s House, Tavistock, Devon, late
Oxfordshire L.I., by his wife, Evelyn, dau. of the late Sir Charles
Whitehead; _b._ Maidstone, co. Kent, 3 May, 1892; educ. St. Neots,
Eversley, Wellington College, and Sandhurst; received his commission
as 2nd Lieut., 20 Sept. 1911, and was promoted Lieut., 27 April, 1914;
went to France with his regt., on the outbreak of war; took part in
the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne, and was
killed in action near La Soupir, 16 Sept. 1914, by a shell which burst
in the middle of his company, killing and wounding several officers and
men. He and two of his brother officers were buried that night in the
churchyard of La Soupir; _unm._ A senior officer wrote: “The whole
regt. mourns the loss of one of its best and most popular officers.
You would be proud if you could hear the way in which the N.C.O.’s and
men speak of him”; while a Corpl. in his company described him in a
letter home as “a thorough sportsman, liked by everyone, and loved by
his company.” Lieut. Mockler-Ferryman, who was a good cricketer and an
excellent bowler, played for Berkshire County, Wellington College, and
the Aldershot Command. In Switzerland, where he spent his winter leave,
he came rapidly to the front as a curler, and in his last season as the
youngest “skip” he contributed largely to Villars victories. He was a
good shot and a keen fisherman.
[Illustration: =Hugh Mockler-Ferryman.=]
=FESTER, WILLIAM ERNEST=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 7345), 224906, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FETHERSTONE, ROSS LEA=, Private, No. 108219, 3rd Canadian Mounted
Rifles, _s._ of Walter Fetherstone; _b._ North Bay, Ontario,
Canada, 25 Nov. 1890; educ. Calgary, Alberta; joined the C.E.F. March,
1915, and died at Etaples, 30 Nov. 1915, of pneumonia, contracted while
on active service. He _m._ at Akotoks, Alberta, 18 March, 1911,
Kathleen (2060, Hamilton Street, Regina, Sask.), dau. of (--) Tabor,
and had two children: Ernest Joseph, _b._ 18 Dec. 1913; and Sylvia
Ethel, _b._ 3 Dec. 1911.
=FFIELD, BERNARD OSBORNE=, Flight Sub-Lieut., R.N., eldest
_s._ of Bernard Ffield, of the Old Bank House, Coleshill,
Warwickshire, Manufacturer, by his wife, Beatrice, elder dau. of
the late William Hays, of Nevern Square, S.W., and Kilcraggan, co.
Kilkenny; _b._ London, 17 Aug. 1894; educ. Wimbledon College;
gazetted Sub-Lieut. R.N.A.S., 9 Sept. 1914, and received his brevet
from the Royal Aero Club on 10 Dec. following. On 24 Dec. 1914 he was
coming down from a height of about 2,000 ft. after a good flight, at
the Royal Naval Air Station, Hendon, when, at about 200 ft. from the
ground, the machine was seen to take a sudden vertical dive to earth,
and was so smashed that it was impossible to ascertain what had gone
wrong. He died the same evening, Christmas Eve, after receiving the
last rites of his Church; _unm._ A senior brother officer wrote
of him: “He was quite the best of all the others who had gained their
certificates some three weeks before him. I watched most of his flights
as I had to look after the flying. He was one of the neatest men I have
seen; he was so beautifully gentle with his hands, and that is one of
the secrets of a good pilot.”
[Illustration: =Bernard Osborne Ffield.=]
=FFITCH, HARRY HERBERT=, Lieut., 1st Canterbury Regt., New Zealand
Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Henry Ffitch, of 34, Glandovey
Road, Fendaton, New Zealand, Farmer, by his wife, Florence, dau. of
George Dunnage; _b._ Springfield, New Zealand, 28 July, 1888;
educ. High School, Christchurch; was a Lieut. in the New Zealand
Territorial Force; passed his examination for Capt. 6 Oct. 1913, and on
the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service, and was gazetted
Lieut. 14 Sept. 1914. He was killed in action at the landing at Gabe
Tepe, 26 April, 1915. Sergt.-Major F. G. Hall-Jones, in describing the
action in which Lieut. Ffitch met his death, wrote: “You will have
read how we landed in the morning of 25 April, and advancing over
a shrapnel-swept hill, were split up into small groups of tens and
twenties. I took a small party to where reinforcements appeared to
be urgently needed, and this locality appeared to be the apex of the
triangle (based on the beach) which formed our front. It was, I think,
a little to the right of what subsequently became Quinn’s Post, and
I understand that the exact position subsequently became a ‘no man’s
land,’ untenable by either friend or foe. The fire all the afternoon
was very hot, the Turks having been reinforced, and the Australian
officer (Capt. Leer) withdrew us from the scrub-covered open to the
crest a few yards back, and met his death in so doing. At dusk, the
fire ceasing somewhat, we again advanced, brought in the wounded, and
endeavoured to keep the Turks from advancing up the other side of
the hill; but eventually they outflanked us, and we again sought the
crest and dug in. It was then that I first saw your son, although he
was probably there all the afternoon, and gave him a message that our
Major Dawson (3rd Auckland Coy.) wished to confer with him. The plans
hastily improvised by these two undoubtedly saved the situation, and
incidentally prevented the Turks from piercing our lines and firing
down the big gully (Shrapnel Gully) behind us. The tactics adopted
were: Dig in, send forward occasional scouts and organise small
flanking parties. You will understand that our small party, consisting
of 50 to 80 men, drawn from various Australian and New Zealand battns.,
was quite ‘in the air’ at the apex of the triangle, and the Turks were
able to fire at us from three directions. Your son organised a party
on our right flank in such a way that they not only prevented the
enemy from troubling us from that quarter, but also enfiladed a body
of Turks attacking our men 500 yards away. Let the facts speak their
own tribute. The Turks advanced to the crest--they must have been at
least 300 strong--and dug in only 20 yards away. Their jabbering was
consistent throughout the night; they even talked to isolated units of
our men, said they were Indians, and passed us false words of command.
We fired rapidly the whole night through, and deceiving them as to our
numbers prevented them from charging. I cannot even now remember with
equanimity our condition--exhausted, cold, and over-strained--desirous
only of hurling ourselves at the enemy and ending the tension one way
or another. Mr. Dawson and Mr. Ffitch passed along frequently during
the night with words of advice, encouragement and restraint, and I
realised later their good sense in preventing us from charging. Had
we gone forward we should have been wiped out. At dawn the Turks sent
small parties creeping forward in the scrub, and we continually jumped
up and took a pot shot at them. In this your son excelled, and the word
was occasionally whispered near me, ‘Ffitch has got another one.’ I
understand that he accounted for six that morning. Then, after another
shot, he ejaculated, ‘Missed him,’ re-loaded, and jumped up to fire
again. But the enemy was waiting, and even as he took aim a bullet
cut through the belt of his wrist-watch, entered his cheek and killed
him instantaneously. But his example and the spirit he had inspired
in us did not pass with him, and by adopting his tactics we succeeded
in beating back wave after wave of the enemy during that exhausting
morning until a large party of Australians relieved us.”
[Illustration: =Harry Herbert Ffitch.=]
=FIDDES, JAMES WILLIAM DICK=, Private, No. 8/783, 10th North
Otago Coy. Otago Infantry Battn. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd
_s._ of J. Fiddes, of Duntroon, Otago, New Zealand, by his wife,
Margaret; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war;
left for Egypt in Oct.; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles,
25 April, 1915, and died of wounds received in action there, 8 May,
following; _unm._
=FIELD, EDWARD WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4765),
293724, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=FIELD, FRANCIS HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1629), 198808, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=FIELD, STEPHEN=, Capt., Royal Army Medical Corps, only surviving
_s._ of the late George Purdey Field, M.R.C.S., Aural Surgeon
to St. Mary’s Hospital, London, and for 15 years Dean of the Medical
School, by his wife, Pauline (By-the-Brook, Mortimer West End), dau. of
Robert Faulder White; _b._ London, W., 16 April, 1880; educ. Mr.
Hall’s School, Potters Bar, co. Herts; Framlingham, and Harrow, and St.
Mary’s Medical School; gazetted Lieut. R.A.M.C., 28 Jan. 1907, and was
promoted Capt. 28 July, 1910; served in Jamaica, Somaliland (medal),
and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; was taken
prisoner during the retreat from Mons, and died at the Prisoners’ Camp,
Wittenberg, Saxony, 10 April, 1915, from typhus fever, contracted while
tending soldiers ill of the disease. He _m._ in London, Margaret,
dau. of (--) Price, and had a son and a dau.: Stephen, _b._ 15
Aug. 1906; and Stephanie Margaret, _b._ 15 Aug. 1904.
[Illustration: =Stephen Field.=]
=FIELDER, ALBERT EDWARD=, Leading Stoker, Coastguard, 299691
(Po.), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FIELDER, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Private, No. 2197, 1/5th Battn. King’s
Own Yorkshire L.I. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of George William Fielder,
now serving as Mate in the Navy on H.M. Patrol Ships; _b._ Goole,
co. York, 15 April, 1895; educ. Alexander Street Council School there;
enlisted March, 1914; went to France, and was killed in action in
Flanders, 9 July, 1915. Buried in Poperinghe; _unm._ His comrade
spoke of him as “the Little man with the Big heart.”
=FILLEUL, LEONARD AMAURI=, B.A. Oxon., 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn.
Somerset L.I., attd. to the Oxford and Bucks L.I., 2nd _s._
of the Rev. Philip William Girdlestone Filleul, Rector of Alfold,
Billingshurst, Sussex, late Rector of Devizes, by his wife, Elizabeth,
dau. of (--) Rodway and niece of Rowland Rodway, Adcroft, Trowbridge;
_b._ Bath, 6 Feb. 1888, and was educ. Cleveland House, Weymouth;
Trent College, Derbyshire; and Lincoln College, Oxford. He was in the
University O.T.C., and rowed four years in his College Eight, and
the last year in the winning trial Eight, and on leaving Oxford in
1911, became a master at Monkton Combe School, Bath. The same year
he became attached to the 3rd Battn. Somerset L.I. as supplementary
officer, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service,
and after a short period of training with the Somerset Special Reserve
Battn., Plymouth, was sent to the Front, 25 Sept., with a draft of
the Oxford and Bucks. L.I. He was killed in action near St. Julien
during the first Battle of Ypres, 21 Oct. 1914, and was buried midway
between St. Julien and Poelcappelle, on the Ypres-St. Jean-Poelcappelle
Road; _unm._ The Colonel of his own regt. wrote: “It was a
great disappointment to learn on my arrival here that Filleul had
been appointed to another regt., and was not coming out to join us
at the Front, for he was a most capable officer, and very popular
with his brother officers.” The former Colonel of his battn. wrote:
“Filleul was my subaltern in two separate years, and of all the young
fellows who were attached to the battn. he was far and away the best
soldier. And not only the best soldier but one of the pleasantest and
most delightful companions I have ever met. Always willing, keen and
cheery, I loved having him with me, and I placed more reliance upon
his judgment and ability than on many a more experienced man”; and
the editor of the “Oxford Magazine” wrote: “He was one of the very
best of his time, an inspiring leader, devoted to the College, and
enthusiastically beloved.” At Trent College he won the Gold Medal of
the National Service League for military proficiency, and at the same
time received a book prize from Earl Roberts.
[Illustration: =Leonard A. Filleul.=]
=FINCH, EDWARD TERENCE DOYNE=, Torpedo Lieut., Royal Navy, elder
_s._ of Arthur Edward Finch, by his wife, Charlotte, dau. of the
Rev. Philip Walter Doyne; _b._ Madras, India, 6 Nov. 1887; educ.
Connaught House, Weymouth, and H.M.S. Britannia (1902–3); entered the
Navy as a cadet, 15 Sept. 1903; became Midshipman, 15 Oct. following;
Sub-Lieut., 15 Dec. 1906; Lieut., 15 June, 1908, and served in H.M.
ships Hannibal, Prince George, Cornwall and Suffolk. He then commanded
in turn H.M.T.B. 85 and H.M.T.B. 078, and afterwards H.M.T.B.D.
Dasher and H.M.T.B.D. Brazen. He left this last destroyer in order
to qualify as a Torpedo Lieut. in H.M.S. Vernon, and on obtaining
this qualification he was appointed to the Bulwark, 13 Aug 1913, and
was killed when that ship was blown up off Sheerness, 26 Nov. 1914;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Edward Terence D. Finch.=]
=FINCH, LEONARD EDWARD=, Quarter-master-Sergt., No. 3793, 9th
Lancers, _s._ of the late Alfred John Finch, of Brockley, Kent;
_b._ St. John’s, co. Kent, 27 June, 1874; educ. there; enlisted 2
March, 1895; served through the South African War, 1899–1902 (Queen’s
medal with five clasps and King’s medal), and with the Expeditionary
Force in France and Flanders, Aug.-Sept. 1914, and died at the Military
Hospital, Colchester, 17 Oct. 1914, of wounds received in action in
France, 29 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at St. Thomas’ Cathedral, Bombay,
1 Oct. 1904, his cousin Ethel (3, Norham Villas, Hillingdon Heath,
near Uxbridge, Middlesex), dau. of James Finch, of Greenwich, and had
two sons and a dau.: Kenneth Leonard, _b._ 12 April, 1908; Edwin
George, _b._ 3 Aug. 1909; and Eileen Margaret, _b._ 15 April,
1906. Quartermaster-Sergt. Finch had the Long Service and Good Conduct
Medal.
[Illustration: =Leonard E. Finch.=]
=FINCH, SYDNEY GEORGE=, Stoker P.O. (R.F.R., B. 4716), 280524,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FINDLAY, GEORGE HALLIDAY=, W.T. Operator, 2nd Class, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FINDLAY, NEIL DOUGLAS=, C.B., Brig.-Gen., Commanding Royal
Artillery, 1st Division, Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of Thomas
Dunlop Findlay, of Easterhill, co. Lanark; _b._ Easterhill,
co. Lanark, 7 May, 1859; entered Royal Military Academy, Woolwich,
19 Jan. 1877; gazetted Lieut., 18 Dec. 1878, and promoted Capt., 28
April, 1887; Major, 21 Dec. 1896; Brevet Lieut.-Col., 29 Nov. 1900;
Lieut.-Col., 1 Sept. 1904; Brevet Col., 15 Oct. 1905; Col., 2 March,
1908; and Temp. Brig.-Gen., 14 July, 1910; and was Adjutant R.A., 1
March, 1894, to 14 Jan. 1896. He served with the Hazara Expedition in
1888, being mentioned in the despatches, and receiving the Medal and
Clasp; and in the South African War, 1899–1900. He took part in the
operations in Natal in Dec. 1899; the relief of Ladysmith; operations
in Natal, March-June, 1900; and in the Transvaal, East of Pretoria,
July to Nov. 1900. For his services in this campaign he was twice
mentioned in despatches [London Gazette, 8 Feb. and 22 Feb. 1901],
and twice by General Sir R. H. Buller (30 March and 9 Nov. 1900),
and received the brevet of Lieut.-Col. and the Queen’s medal with
six clasps. On his return from the Cape he was immediately (5 March,
1901) appointed Brigade Major, Royal Artillery, Aldershot, 1st Army
Corps, which post he held till 14 April, 1904. He was A.A.G. at the War
Office, 2 March, 1908 to 1910, and on 14 July, 1910, was appointed to
the command of R.A. 1st Div. Aldershot Command, consisting of the 25th,
26th, 39th and 43rd Field Artillery Brigades. Brig.-Gen. Findlay took
the Royal Artillery (1st Division) to France with the Expeditionary
Force, 15 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action, near Courchamp, 10 Sept.
1914, while directing the fire of the batteries. He was made a C.B. in
1905. He _m._ at St. Paul’s Church, Knightsbridge, 17 Feb. 1892,
Alma (Alphington, Frimley, Surrey), dau. of Thomas Lloyd, of Minard,
co. Argyle, and had two daus.: Anne, _b._ 18 Dec. 1892; and
Constance, _b._ 3 Dec. 1894.
[Illustration: =Neil Douglas Findlay.=]
=FINES, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Private, No. 47995, 15th Battn. (48th
Highlanders), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Charles Fines,
of Spaldington Howden, by his wife, Jane, dau. of the late George Danby
Cottingham; _b._ Blacktoft, near Howden, co. York, 16 July, 1889;
educ. Little Weighton Church of England School; emigrated to Canada
along with a brother in 1911, and was engaged on farm work. On the
outbreak of war he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and
was wounded in the trenches in France while on night duty, and died
while being conveyed to the hospital, 23 Nov. 1915; _unm._ He was
the first Spaldington man to fall.
[Illustration: =George William Fines.=]
=FINK, GORDON=, Private, No. 674, A Coy., 16th Battn. 4th
Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Hon. Theodore Fink,
of Melbourne, Barrister and Solicitor, ex-Minister of the Crown,
Member of the University Council, etc., by his wife, Kate, dau. of the
late George Isaacs; _b._ Broceliande, South Yarra, Melbourne,
21 Nov. 1884; educ. Ormond College, Melbourne University; Bachelor
of Laws, 1907; admitted a Barrister, Victoria, 1908; served in the
Australian Field Artillery, 1907–9, being promoted 2nd Lieut. in the
later year; went to the Malay States in 1910, but returned in 1911
and settled in Western Australia; called to the Bar there 1913. On
the outbreak of war he enlisted at Perth, left for Egypt with the
second Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action near Gaba Tepe,
Gallipoli, while gallantly carrying ammunition to the firing line,
2 May, 1915; _unm._ A comrade (Private Harry W. Leake) wrote:
“On the evening of 2 May our battn. made an advance forward to take
up a new position, and Gordon, who was Major Mansbridge’s observer,
left the Major to assist the ammunition carriers get the boxes of
ammunition up to our new trenches. There was one place where they had
to go through a perfect hail of bullets, and Gordon was the only one
who would face it. He got across safely with two or three boxes, and
was then unfortunately shot through the head. Death was evidently
instantaneous.” Major Mansbridge, in a letter to the “Perth Daily
News,” said: “Gordon Fink, who was my observer and always at my side,
asked if he could give a hand carrying ammunition up the side of a hill
we call ‘Bloody Angle.’ I reluctantly gave permission, and that was the
last I saw of him. His body was found 14 days later shot through the
head.”
[Illustration: =Gordon Fink.=]
=FINLAY, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 5492, 1st Battn. East Yorkshire
Regt., _s._ of Edward Finlay, of Swalwell, Durham, by his wife;
_b._ Scotswood, co. Northumberland, about 1890; enlisted 10 Aug.
1909, and was killed in action at Ypres, 18 Oct. 1914. He _m._ at
Gateshead, 7 Feb. 1914, Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Somerville, and had
one child, John Somerville, _b._ Blaydon, 19 Feb. 1913.
=FINLAY, ROBERT CHRISTIE=, Private, No. 8353, 2nd Battn. The
Royal Scots, 3rd _s._ of Thomas Finlay, of 233, Morningside
Road, Edinburgh, by his wife, Helen, dau. of Peter Heatly; _b._
Edinburgh, 21 Dec. 1887; educ. South Morningside Board School there;
enlisted 4 Dec. 1902, and served three years with the Colours, and was
at the time of the outbreak of war a Bricklayer in the employ of Colin
McAndrew, of Lauriston Gardens. He went to the Front, 11 Nov. 1914, and
was killed in action in a bayonet charge at Petit Bois, near Kemmel, 14
Dec. 1914. He was a member of St. Matthew’s Parish Church, Edinburgh.
He _m._ at Edinburgh, 18 June, 1909, Jane Johnstone (22, Wardlaw
Place, Edinburgh), yst. dau. of David Purves Hall, and had a dau.,
Margaret Johnstone Hall, _b._ 11 May, 1914. His brother, Lieut.
James Heatly Finlay, 9th Battn., 3rd Brigade, Australian Imperial
Force, is now (1916) on active service.
=FINLAYSON, CHARLES TULLOCK=, Seaman, R.N.R., No. 1757C, H.M.S.
Aboukir, 7th _s._ of Donald Finlayson, of Lossiemouth, Morayshire,
by his wife, Catherine; _b._ Lossiemouth, 21 May, 1878; educ.
there; joined the R.N.R. about 1900; called up on mobilisation, 5 Aug.
1914, and was lost in H.M.S. Aboukir, 22 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at
Aberdeen, 18 Aug. 1908, Maggie Taylor (30, Gladstone Street, Blyth),
dau. of William Black; _s.p._
=FINLAYSON, GEORGE RUSSELL=, L.-Sergt., No. 9864, 2nd Battn. The
Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), yst. _s._ of the late Alexander
Finlayson, Railway Goods Checker, by his wife, Jemima, dau. of George
Russell, Coal Agent, Edinburgh; _b._ Edinburgh, 7 Dec. 1888; educ.
Grammar School, Dunkeld, Perth; enlisted in the Black Watch at Perth,
25 April, 1904; and joined the 1st Battn. at Edinburgh Castle; went to
India with a draft, and joined the 2nd Battn. in Dec. 1906; formed one
of His Majesty’s Bodyguard at the Delhi Durbar (medal), 1911; left for
France with the Indian Expeditionary Force after the outbreak of war,
and was killed in action at Festubert, 12 Nov. 1914; _unm._
=FINNETT, HENRY CHARLES=, Private, No. 1217, 3rd Battn. (Royal
Fusiliers) The City of London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of William
Finnett, of 76, Jersey Road, Custom House, E., Labourer, by his wife,
Mary Ann Amelia, dau. of James Pleasant; _b._ London, E., 25
April, 1892; educ. Russell Road School, Custom House; and joined the
Royal Fusiliers in 1912. At the time of the outbreak of war he was
employed as an electrician at the India Rubber Works, Silvertown,
but immediately volunteered for foreign service. He was sent first
to Southampton, afterwards to Alresford for a time, being finally
despatched with a draft to Malta. From there he proceeded to France,
where he was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 10 March, 1915;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Henry Charles Finnett.=]
=FINNIGAN, JAMES=, Corpl., No. 3293, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots,
_s._ of the late Thomas Finnigan, for 20 years an employee of
the Edinburgh Tramway Co., by his wife, Robina, dau. of James Tague;
_b._ Edinburgh, 9 July, 1883; educ. St. Mary’s R.C. School, York
Lane; joined the 11th Hussars, 8 Oct. 1900; served through the South
African War, receiving the Queen’s medal, with three clasps, and
obtained his discharge on 8 Oct. 1908. On the outbreak of the European
War he re-enlisted in the 2nd Royal Scots, 20 Aug. 1914; went to
France, 19 Dec. 1914, and was killed in action there, 20 June, 1915,
by the bursting of a shell. Lieut. R. C. Blackwood, of the 2nd Royal
Scots, wrote: “He had gone to act as a guide to the men who were to
relieve us after a long time in the trenches. He was waiting for the
new troops to arrive when a shell burst near him. His death happened in
the night and as we had to hurry off I regret that we were unable to
bury him, but this duty would be carried out by the troops who relieved
us. I am exceedingly sorry to lose such a good corpl. His section was
always the smartest on parade, and he kept them all up to the scratch.
Only the day before his death he had been very active in carrying
wounded soldiers into the trench, and in so doing must have brought
comfort to many.” Corpl. Finnigan _m._ at St. Mary’s Cathedral,
Edinburgh, 30 June, 1911, Helen Brodie (31, Eyre Place, Edinburgh),
dau. of the late William (and Janet Knowles) Brodie, and had two
children: James, _b._ 22 Sept. 1912; and May Helen, _b._ 19
May, 1914.
=FINNIGAN, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5192), 208508, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FINNIS, STEPHEN=, Stoker P.O., 174441, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FIPPARD, HERBERT JOHN=, Corpl. No. 2087, 9th Battn. (Queen
Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), elder _s._ of Herbert
Samuel Bradshaw Fippard, of 11, Oakington Road, Maida Hill, W., by his
wife, Anne Stephens, dau. of John Thomas Clift; _b._ Oakington
Road aforesaid, 14 Aug. 1885; educ. Regent Street Polytechnic; joined
Queen Victoria’s Rifles shortly after the outbreak of war, 20 Aug.
1914, and was killed in action near Ypres while attending a wounded
comrade (the same day as his younger brother, see following notice), 4
June, 1915; _unm._ Capt. R. H. Lindsay Renton wrote: “He met his
death while helping a wounded comrade, an act characteristic of his
life out here. He was a man who always did his duty, a man respected
by his comrades and trusted by his officers. I feel that his death is
a great loss to my company, and I shall find his place difficult to
fill”; and a comrade testified that: “In the recent trying experiences
the company has gone through at Ypres, Hill 60, and with the Canadians
his coolness was remarkable and gave confidence to every one around
him.” He was mentioned in Orders, 1 May, by Lieut.-Col. R. B. Shipley,
commanding 9th London Regt., who said: “In such operations as these
it is difficult to pick out individuals who particularly distinguish
themselves. All have done their duty so nobly and without the slightest
hesitation. I, however, wish to call attention to the services of the
undermentioned, and to thank them in the name of their battn. for the
invaluable services on Hill 60 and during the operations east of the
Yser Canal: Capt. W. F. Roe, R.A.M.C., and all stretcher-bearers;
Lieut. G. H. Woolley, Sergt.-Major E. W. Andrews, Sergts. G. R.
Warrington, F. Hooper and E. H. Pulleyn, Corpl. H. D. Peabody,
L.-Corpls. F. A. Swoffer, P. G. Clarke and G. F. Selfer, and Rifleman
A. B. Ashford, A Coy.; Sergts. M. Brown, S. D. Ramus, R. Browett and H.
J. How, B Coy.; Coy.-Sergt.-Major Sherriff, Sergt. C. Arnold, L.-Corpl.
Bell, and Rifleman A. Payne, C Coy.; Coy.-Sergt.-Major F. T. A.
Brehant, Sergt. H. E. Soundy, L.-Corpls. C. H. Rose and H. J. Fippard,
and Rifleman J. Darrell and C. A. Spooner, D Coy.”
[Illustration: =Herbert John Fippard.=]
=FIPPARD, RICHARD CLIFT=, F.I.A., Capt., 14th (Service) Battn.
West Yorkshire Regt. (The Prince of Wales’s Own), attd. Lancashire
Fusiliers, yr. _s._ of Herbert Samuel Bradshaw Fippard, of 11,
Oakington Road, Maida Hill, W., and yr. brother of the preceding;
_b._ Oakington Road afsd., 30 Dec. 1887; educ. Regent Street
Polytechnic; matriculated at London University; admitted a Fellow of
the Society of Actuaries, 14 June, 1910, and was Assistant Treasurer of
the Prudential Approved Society, and joint author of a Primer on the
Construction of Mortality and Sickness Tables. After the outbreak of
war he was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 14th West Yorkshire Regt., 14 Dec. 1914
and promoted Capt. 30 March, 1914. He was attached to the Lancashire
Fusiliers, drafted to them at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action
at Achi Baba, 4 June, 1915; _unm._ He was at first reported
missing, but on 21 Nov. 1915, was officially reported to have been
killed on the former date, the two brothers thus being killed the same
day--the one in Flanders, the other in Gallipoli.
[Illustration: =Richard Clift Fippard.=]
=FISH, FRANCIS EDWARD=, of Winterslow, Salisbury, Capt., 3rd
(attd. 2nd) Battn. (Alexandra, Princess of Wales’ Own) Yorkshire Regt.,
_s._ of the late Ralph Fish, of Manchester and Blackburn, by
his wife, Elizabeth Margaret, dau. of H. Loxon, of Leeds; _b._
Heaton Chapel, Manchester, 24 March, 1876; educ. King Edward’s School,
Birmingham, and Askern College, Doncaster; joined the old 2nd Volunteer
Battn. of the Yorkshire Regt. (The Green Howards) in 1901, and was
transferred to the 3rd Battn. (Knaresborough Militia) in May, 1904,
getting his company in 1909, in which year he retired. On the outbreak
of war he rejoined, was gazetted Capt., 3rd Yorkshire Regt., Sept.
1914, and was for some time employed on Coast Defence, being blown
off his feet during the bombardment of Hartlepool by a shell which
burst some yards away; embarked for France with a draft of 350 men of
the 2nd Battn. on 19 March, 1915, and was killed in action by a shell
near Festubert, 17 May, 1915. He _m._ at Southport, March, 1912,
Elizabeth, dau. of Edward Ackroyd, of Southport. She died _s.p._
June, 1914.
[Illustration: =Francis Edward Fish.=]
=FISHBOURNE, CHARLES EUSTACE=, Capt., Royal Engineers, eldest
surviving _s._ of the Rev. Edward Alexander Fishbourne, Vicar
of Gresford, by his wife, Harriet, dau. of the Venerable William
Crawley, Archdeacon of Monmouth, and Rector of Bryngwyn, Mon.;
_b._ Llandyssil Rectory, co. Montgomery, 15 Jan. 1885; was educ.
St. George’s, Windsor; and Malvern College; and after passing through
Woolwich and Chatham, obtained his commission in the R.E., 21 Dec.
1904, and was promoted Lieut. 23 June, 1907. Subsequently he was
employed under the Colonial Office from June, 1907 to 1908 in Uganda
upon survey work, for which he was highly commended, and the Royal
Geographical Society awarded him the Cuthbert Peek grant. In Oct. 1909,
he was appointed under the Board of Trade upon the London Traffic
Commission, and on 4 Jan. 1913 retired into the Special Reserve R.E.
on taking up a post as Assistant General Manager to the London General
Omnibus Company. On the outbreak of the war he rejoined, went to the
Front with the 9th Field Company R.E., 21 Aug. 1914, and served till
18 Nov. 1914, when he was wounded at Ploegsteert Wood, and invalided
home. On his recovery he was appointed Adjutant to the R.E. Reserves
at Chatham. He died at Field House, Beaconsfield, 10 June, 1915, of
spotted fever contracted at Chatham. He _m._ at Llanbedr, 8 June,
1911, Mary Elizabeth (89, Overstrand Mansions, Battersea, S.W.), dau.
of William Gaskell Holland, and left two sons: Patrick Alexander,
_b._ 10 Feb. 1913; and Charles Michael Eustace, _b._ 2 Nov.
1915. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir J. French’s Despatch of 14 Jan.
[London Gazette, 17 Feb.] 1915.
[Illustration: =Charles E. Fishbourne.=]
=FISHER, ALBERT WILLIAM=, Gunner, Immed. Class (R.F.R., 90),
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=FISHER, ALFRED=, Engine Room Artificer, No. 1523, Royal Naval
Reserve, 3rd _s._ of Robert Fisher, Master Mariner, by his wife,
Henrietta, dau. of John Myers; _b._ Boston, co. Lincoln, 15 April,
1888; educ. Hull Technical College; served his apprenticeship with
Messrs. Earle & Co., Shipbuilders, Hull, and then went to sea. After
obtaining his 1st Class certificate, he was appointed Resident Engineer
at the Robert College, Constantinople, for three years, and on the
outbreak of war returned to Hull; joined the R.N.R., and was appointed
to H.M. auxiliary cruiser Viknor. He was drowned when this ship was
lost off the North Coast of Ireland, 13 Jan. 1915. His body was
recovered and buried in the island of Aronsay, Argyle. He _m._ at
the British Consulate, Constantinople, 7 Oct. 1912, Elsie (10, Myrtle
Avenue, Williamson Street, Hull), dau. of George Sloper, and had two
sons: Alfred, _b._ 16 Dec. 1913; and Frank, _b._ 1 Aug. 1915.
[Illustration: =Alfred Fisher.=]
=FISHER, ARTHUR ERNEST=, A.B., 205321, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FISHER, CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3992), 197064, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FISHER, EDWARD=, Stoker (R.F.R., B. 7255), S.S. 102176, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FISHER, EDWARD HERBERT=, Private, No. 10/1166, Wellington
Infantry Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Edward
Herbert Fisher, of Wellington, New Zealand, Clerk in Valuation
Department, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of the late Ralph Milligan, of
Drumderryglass, co. Cavan, and gdson. of the late James Temple Fisher,
Postmaster-General in Sir George Grey’s Government; _b._ Ingham,
Herbert River, North Queensland, 13 Oct. 1891; educ. Townsville, North
Queensland, and at Wellington, New Zealand; was in the Telegraph
Department, Wellington, but after the outbreak of war left 13 Oct.
1914; joined the Wellington Infantry Battn. the following day, and
sailed for Egypt in the Arawa (Transport No. 10) two days later. On the
voyage to Egypt was transferred to the Limerick (No. 7) as Wireless
Operator, and was on duty during the engagement between H.M.A. Cruiser
Sydney and the German Cruiser Emden, near Cocos Island; also on duty
in Telephone Bureau on the banks of the Suez Canal during the Turkish
attack; after being on the Canal for about a month he returned to
Zeitoun Camp and from thence to Gallipoli, where he was killed a
few days after landing, 29 April, 1915; _unm._ Fisher was an
enthusiastic Rugby footballer, and was one of the team that won the
Ranfurly Shield in Taranaki in 1914. It was reported that he was shot
through the head while helping a wounded Australian.
[Illustration: =Edward Herbert Fisher.=]
=FISHER, HENRY RAYMOND=, Corpl., No. 25710, 14th Battn. (1st
Royal Montreal Regt.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of
Charles Frederic Fisher, of Rollingdam, New Brunswick, Farmer, by his
wife, Mary Ellen, dau. of Henry Johnston, of Rollingdam; _b._
Rollingdam, 1 April, 1883; educ. Rollingdam School; was for 15
years with the Canadian Pacific Railway as a fireman and engineer;
volunteered on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and enlisted at
Montreal; came over with the first Canadian Contingent in Oct.; trained
on Salisbury Plain during the winter; went to France on 15 Feb.; took
part in the Battle of Ypres, where the 14th Battn. is said to have
saved the day, and died 2 May, 1915, from shrapnel wounds in the head,
received in action in the reserve trenches. He was buried in Poperinghe
Cemetery. His brother, L.-Corpl. Charles D. Fisher, 15th Battn. (48th
Highlanders of Canada) is now (1916) on active service in France.
[Illustration: =Henry R. Fisher.=]
=FISHER, JOHN EDMUND=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 341), late
Ch./6698, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FISHER, LESLIE BENITO=, Lieut., 12th (Service) Battn. King’s
Royal Rifles, only _s._ of the late William Edgar Fisher,
Accountant, by his wife, Emma Louisa (Brampton Park, Brampton,
Huntingdonshire), dau. of Benjamin Beasley; _b._ Fulham, S.W., 25
June, 1885; educ. privately; went to the Federated Malay States (Klang)
in 1910 to take up a post with the North Hummock Rubber Co. Here his
promotion was rapid, and at the time of his return home on leave in
1914 he was making an excellent position for himself. He arrived in
England in August of that year, and three weeks later joined the Royal
Fusiliers (Empire Battn.). In Nov. he was offered a commission in the
12th Service Battn. of the King’s Royal Rifles, which he accepted, and
was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 17 Nov. 1914, and promoted Lieut. and machine
gun officer in April, 1915. He was killed instantaneously by a shell in
action at Bois Grenier, France, 14 Aug. 1915. As a schoolboy his great
hobby was physical culture, and he was an ardent follower of Sandow,
being remarkable for his splendid athletic physique and physical
fitness. In 1909 he competed in a Marathon race at Bapton, Wiltshire,
the course being 20 miles, and out of 32 entries only three ran the
whole course, Lieut. Fisher being one of them. He was a brilliant
hockey player, playing for Sussex and Dorset, and obtaining his colours
for the latter county. In 1908 he joined as a trooper the Dorsetshire
Yeomanry, and was offered a commission, which, however, he declined.
His grandfather, the late Mr. Benjamin Beasley, was a noted shot, and
in 1862 competed at Wimbledon for the Elcho Challenge Shield, becoming
one of the first famous “English Eight.” Lieut. Fisher was _unm._,
and was buried at Bois Grenier, France. A monument was erected to his
memory in the chancel of St. Mary’s Church, Brampton, Huntingdonshire,
Brampton being the village in which a great part of his life was spent.
[Illustration: =Leslie Benito Fisher.=]
=FISHER, ROBERT=, Leading Car. Crew, 344814, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=FISHER, WILLIAM HENRY=, Bandsman, No. 2710, 6th Battn. Welsh
Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Ebenezer Fisher, of Cockett Farm,
Cockett, labourer, by his wife Ann, dau. of William (and Rachel)
Richards; _b._ Swansea, 2 April, 1888; educ. Plasmarsh Council
School; was a brickmaker; joined the Army, 17 Nov. 1914; went to
France, 7 March, 1915, and was killed in a motor lorry collision at
Calais, 30 May, 1915, while on active service; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Henry Fisher.=]
=FISK, ALBERT ARTHUR=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26689, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=FITZCLARENCE, ARTHUR AUGUSTUS CORNWALLIS=, Capt., 2nd Battn.
Royal Fusiliers, and Adjutant, 15th Battn. (Civil Service Rifles) The
London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Henry Edward FitzClarence, of
41, Ovington Square, S.W., by his wife, Mary Isabel, only dau. of John
Parsons, and gdson. of the Rev. Lord Augustus FitzClarence, Chaplain to
Queen Victoria [4th _s._ of King William IV]; _b._ Ceylon,
16 March, 1880; educ. Radley College; enlisted in the City of London
Imperial Volunteers on the outbreak of the South African War, and
served in that campaign 1900; took part in the operations in the Orange
River Colony, Feb. to March and May, 1900, and in Cape Colony, Feb. to
March, 1900, and operations in the Transvaal, May, 1900, to Aug. 1901
(Queen’s medal with four clasps); recommended for a commission by Col.
(now Gen. Sir) W. H. Mackinnon; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Fusiliers, 4
Aug. 1900, and promoted Lieut. 11 Feb. 1904, and Capt. 22 Nov. 1909;
was employed with West African Frontier Force, 12 Sept. 1903 to 29
July, 1908; served in South Nigeria, 1904–5, where he patrolled the
unsettled portions of the Ibibio and Kwa country (medal with clasp),
and in Northern Nigeria, 1906 (clasp); Adjutant Civil Service Rifles
(15th London Regt., T.F.), 22 Nov. 1909 to 21 Nov. 1913; left for the
Dardanelles, 4 June, 1915, and was killed there, 29 June, 1915. He was
mentioned in despatches for conspicuous gallantry, in reorganising
the defence, and keeping the Turks at bay until he was shot [London
Gazette, 5 Nov. 1915]. He received his certificate for signalling in
1902; that for musketry on passing his examination at Hythe in the
following year, and in 1909 he obtained one for gymnastics at the
Aldershot Gymnasium. At Radley he rowed in the college boat at Henley,
in 1896–7–8, being Capt. of the boats in 1898. He was also in the
school football eleven. He rowed for Kingston both in the Eights and
Fours, and he won the Wyfolds in 1902. He was a fine athlete-- a good
boxer and long-distance runner. In latter years he went in for fencing
and sabre play, competing at the Royal Naval and Military Tournament
and winning the second prize in the epee in 1913, and second prize
in the sabre _v._ sabre in 1914. He _m._ at St. Paul’s,
Knightsbridge, 7 April, 1910, Lady Susan, née Yorke, only dau. of John
Manners, 7th Earl of Hardwicke; _s.p._ His cousin, Brig.-Gen. C.
FitzClarence, V.C., was killed in action, 11 Nov. 1914.
[Illustration: =A. A. C. FitzClarence.=]
=FITZCLARENCE, CHARLES, V.C.=, Brig.-Gen., formerly Lieut.-Col.,
Commanding Irish Guards, eldest _s._ of the late Hon. George
FitzClarence, Capt., R.N., by his wife, Lady Maria Henriette, née
Scott, eldest dau. of John Henry, 3rd Earl of Clonmell, and gdson. of
George, 1st Earl of Munster [eldest s. of King William IV]; _b._
Bishop’s Court, co. Kildare, 8 May, 1865; educ. Eton and Wellington;
gazetted Lieut. from the Militia to the Royal Fusiliers, 10 Nov. 1886;
promoted Capt. 6 April, 1898; transferred to Irish Guards, 6 Oct.
1900; and became Brevet Major, 29 Nov. following; Major, 2 May, 1904;
Lieut.-Col. 14 July, 1909; Col. 6 March, 1913; and Brig.-Gen. 5 Aug.
1914; served in South African War, 1899–1900; was Special Service
officer with Protectorate Regt., 15 July, 1899, to 28 Aug. 1900, and
Brigade Major, on Staff, 29 Aug. 1900 to 4 Feb. 1901; took part in
defence of Mafeking (twice wounded; mentioned in Despatches [London
Gazette, 8 Feb. 1901]; Brevet of Major; Queen’s medal with three
clasps; decorated with the Victoria Cross for three specific acts of
bravery [London Gazette, 6 July, 1900], viz.: on 16 Oct. 1899, taking
with him about 50 unseasoned men of the Protectorate Regt., he went
to the relief of an armoured train which was in difficulties. Capt.
FitzClarence advanced his men under a furious fire. At one time the
squadron was nearly surrounded but it was saved with few casualties
through coolness and clever handling on the part of its leader. About
a fortnight later he led a night sortie of 60 men and drove the
Boers from their trenches at the point of the bayonet. On that night
Capt. FitzClarence was the first to leap into the trenches sword in
hand, and it is said that he himself killed four of the enemy and
was wounded. On Dec. 26 he again distinguished himself in the action
at Game Tree, where he was shot through the legs); Brigade Major,
5th Brigade, Aldershot Army Corps, 22 April, 1903 to 31 March, 1906;
Brigade Commander, 5th London Infantry Brigade, and Mil. Member London
Territorial Force Association; Lieut.-Col. Commanding Irish Guards,
14 July, 1913 to Aug. 1914; commanded 29th Brigade, 10th Division at
Curragh from 23 Aug. to 22 Sept.; went to France, 23 Sept. and took
over command of the First Guards Brigade, 27 Sept.; killed in action
leading his Brigade in the night attack at Ypres, 11–12 Nov. 1914. He
was specially mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch
of 20 Nov. [London Gazette, 30 Nov.] 1914, where he said: “His loss
will be severely felt.” He _m._ at The Citadel Church, Cairo,
20 April, 1898, Violet (12, Lowndes Street, S.W.), 4th and yst. dau.
of the late Lord Alfred Spencer Churchill, M.P., and granddau. of
John, 6th Duke of Marlborough, and had two children: Edward Charles,
_b._ 3 Oct. 1899; and Joan Harriet, _b._ 23 Dec. 1901. His
twin brother, Edward, Capt., 1st Dorsetshire Regt. attached Egyptian
Army, was killed in action at Abu-Hamed, 7 Aug. 1897, and his cousin,
Capt. A. A. C. FitzClarence, was killed in action in Gallipoli, 29
June, 1915.
[Illustration: =Charles FitzClarence, V.C.=]
=FITZGERALD, EDWARD THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po./12363, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=FITZGERALD, GERALD HUGH=, Capt., 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon
Guards, only _s._ of the late Lord Maurice FitzGerald, of
Johnstowne Castle, co. Wexford, by his wife, Lady Adelaide, dau. of
George Arthur Hastings Forbes, 7th Earl of Granard, K.P., and grandson
of Charles William, 4th Duke of Leinster, P.C.; _b._ Johnstowne
Castle, 11 April, 1886; educ. Eton; joined the Royal North Devon
Hussars (Yeomanry) in Nov. 1904; gazetted from them to the 4th Dragoon
Guards, 11 Dec. 1907; promoted Lieut. 17 Nov. 1908, and Capt. 25 Nov.
1913; accompanied the Expeditionary Force to France; was slightly
wounded during the first week in Sept., and fell shot through the head
in the Battle of the Aisne when in charge of the machine gun section
of his battn. 13 Sept. 1914; buried in the cemetery at Bourg. Col. R.
L. Mullens, his commanding officer, wrote: “It happened early in the
morning of the 13th. We were fighting in the village of Bourg-et-Comin,
about 17 miles east of Soissons, which is about 63 miles north-east
of Paris. Gerald was as always, working hard and doing good work with
his maxims. Some Germans were on the canal bank about 500 yards away,
and I had warned him and his men to keep their heads down. Some little
time after I had to leave him to attend to other matters he was hit.
Major Bridges was close to him at the time, but there was nothing
to be done--the end was instantaneous.... His loss to the regt. is
immense. He was universally popular and loved by his brother officers
and men.” Capt. FitzGerald was a keen sportsman, a fine rider, and took
great interest in polo. He _m._ at South Tidworth, 5 Aug. 1914,
Dorothy Violet, yst. dau. of Spencer Charrington, of Winchfield Lodge,
Winchfield, Hants; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Gerald Hugh FitzGerald.=]
=FITZGERALD, JAMES=, Chief Yeoman of Signals (R.F.R., A. 1818),
147643, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=FITZGERALD, JOHN MARTIN=, Private, No. 295, A Coy., 1st
Newfoundland Regt., 2nd _s._ of the late John Fitzgerald, of
St. John’s, Newfoundland, Cooper (died 24 Aug 1886), by his wife,
Mary Ann (20 Carter’s Hill, St. John’s, Newfoundland), dau. of John
Patrick Crowdell; _b._ St. John’s aforesaid, 19 Sept. 1884; educ.
Convent of Mercy (1892–93), and St. Bonaventure’s College (1893–1901;
Scholarship 1899; Graduate Druggist 1901) there; entered the employ
of Mr. J. J. Canning, Druggist, 1 March, 1901, and on the latter’s
death in April, 1913, became Manager of the business and so continued
until 30 June, 1914, when he started a business of his own at 90, New
Gower Street; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war,
and joined the 1st Newfoundland Regt., 8 Sept. 1914, sacrificing his
newly started business; left for England, 3 Oct. 1914; went to the
Dardanelles, leaving Aldershot, 19 Aug. 1915, and arrived in Egypt
19–20 Sept.; was attached to the Ambulance Section of the Regt., and
acted as dispenser and dresser with Dr. Frew, R.A.M.C.; killed in
action there 1 Dec. 1915, while binding up the wounds of a comrade.
Buried in No. 52 Borderers Ravine 117. J.S. Surgeon-Capt. Frew wrote:
“I feel I must tell you of the noble death he died this morning. Some
men were shot by snipers behind our lines this morning, and though, as
dispenser, he might have sat still and let the stretcher bearers bring
in the wounded, he was on his feet at once and rushed out to render
first aid services. In so doing he fell a prey to the deadly snipers.
While he was dressing Sergt. McLeod, he was wounded, but still went on
with his work, receiving, unfortunately, three or four more wounds, one
of which proved fatal.”
[Illustration: =John M. Fitzgerald.=]
=FITZGIBBON, RICHARD APJOHN=, Lieut., 128th Pioneers Indian
Army, only _s._ of Harry Macaulay FitzGibbon, of Greystones, co.
Wicklow, Barrister-at-Law, formerly Capt. and Instructor of Musketry
in the 4th (late 5th) Battn. Connaught Rangers, and now serving on
the Musketry Staff as Capt. and Brigade Musketry Officer, by his
wife, Helen Rebecca, dau. of John Kellock Barton, Surgeon; _b._
Dublin, 5 July, 1889; educ. Strangway’s School, Dublin, Lickey Hills
Preparatory School, Barnt Green, and Radley College, from which latter
he entered Christ Church, Oxford, taking his B.A. degree in 1911. On
6 Jan. 1912, he was appointed to the Unattached List for the Indian
Army, and--after serving for a year with the 3rd Battn. of the Royal
Fusiliers in India--he was appointed a double company officer in
the 128th Pioneers, 5 Jan. 1913, and later went through a course of
engineering with the Sappers and Miners at Rurkee, India, becoming
Lieut. 17 April, 1913. He was in charge of the escort to the Artillery
Regt. near Tussoum, on the Suez Canal, and was attacked at about 3.30
a.m. 3 Feb. 1915, when the Turks attempted to cross the Canal. His
men sank the first pontoon boat, but the second got across. Though
wounded quite early in the fight, after a short retirement to the rear
to bind up his wound he returned and continued to direct his men. Some
two hours or so later it became necessary to transmit an important
message to the commander of the artillery. Lieut. FitzGibbon undertook
to take it himself, and crossing an open space of about a quarter
of a mile--all the while exposed to heavy fire--he delivered the
message. Not till then did he mention that he was wounded. His wound on
receiving attention was found to be serious, and he was removed to the
Signal House at Tussoum Ferry, where, after being bright and cheerful
all day, he succumbed early next morning, 4 Feb. 1915. He was buried
with full military honours in the Ismalia Cemetery, the New Zealanders
furnishing the firing party (as his own regt. was at Serapeum). He
was especially mentioned in Gen. Sir John Maxwell’s Despatch, dated
16 Feb. 1915 [London Gazette, 21 June, 1916], as follows: “128th
Pioneers, Lieut. R. A. Fitzgibbon behaved with conspicuous gallantry.
When severely wounded he ran a considerable distance under fire with a
message to the 5th Egyptian Battery. He has since died of his wounds.”
He was also mentioned in the second list of recommendations, dated
Army Headquarters, Cairo, 19 Aug. 1915. Lieut. FitzGibbon, who was
_unm._, was a keen sportsman, and twice coxed the Radley boat at
Henley Regatta; he was also for a time cox of Christ Church, Oxford,
and subsequently stroke of their second eight. He was a member of the
Leander Rowing Club.
[Illustration: =Richard Apjohn Fitzgibbon.=]
=FITZHERBERT, CHARLES EDWARD=, Private, No. 1496. 15th Battn.
Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of Archibald Malcolm
Fitzherbert, of St. George Maranoa, Queensland, by his wife, Bridget
Agnes, dau. of Michael Lacken; _b._ Charleville, Queensland, 14
Feb. 1888; educ. Brisbane; enlisted in the Australian Expeditionary
Force in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Gallipoli, 4 May, 1915;
_unm._
=FITZMAURICE, MAURICE ALEXANDER ROSS GERALDINE=, Lieut., R.E. 21st
Field Coy., 3rd Sappers and Miners, Lahore Division, elder _s._
of the late John Day Stokes Fitzmaurice, Judge of Dharwar, Bombay
Presidency, Indian Civil Service, by his wife, Emily Grace Ellen (The
Haven, Haslemere), dau. of the late Professor Samuel Cooke, M.A., etc.,
Principal Coll. of Science, Poona, India; _b._ Satara, India, 9
June, 1892; educ. South Lodge, Lowestoft, Felsted School, Essex (where
he gained entrance and leaving scholarships), and the Royal Military
Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut., R.E., 23 Dec. 1911; joined the
School of Military Engineering, Chatham, 1 April, 1912, and on passing
out in Dec. 1913, elected to go to India. He was promoted Lieut. 31 Jan
1914, and was attached to the 3rd Sappers and Miners, Kirkee, in March
following. When war broke out he was employed as Garrison Engineer
at Bareilly, and was recalled to the 3rd Sappers and Miners, Lahore
Division, joining the 21st Field Company. He went to France with the
Indian Expeditionary Force in Sept. 1914; was severely wounded in the
fighting at Neuve Chapelle on 28 Oct. 1914, and was invalided home,
the 20th and 21st Field Cos., 3rd S. and M., being specially mentioned
in the despatch of 20 Nov. 1914. He returned to the Front on 19 Feb.
1915; took part in the storming of Neuve Chapelle Village on 10 to 15
March, and was with the Lahore Division in the fighting for Ypres at
the end of April, 1915, being for a time in command of his company,
all the other officers being wounded. He was killed when on night duty
at an outpost near Neuve Chapelle, 6 Aug. 1915, by a stray bullet:
_unm._ He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s
Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in
the field, and his commanding officer. Col. Coffin, R.E. said of him:
“His loss to us is very great; always devoted to his work and cheery,
he was a great favourite with all with whom he came in contact.” His
company commander, Capt. Rawlence, R.E., also wrote; “His loss will be
deeply felt in the company in which he has always set such an example
of hard work and cheery endurance. He was shot between the shoulders
whilst supervising the construction of loopholes in a post just behind
the firing line at 2 a.m. on 6 Aug.” He was buried in the Cemetery at
Vieille Chapelle, side by side with Capt. Glenday, R.E., of the same
company, who was killed two nights later, at the same spot.
[Illustration: =M. A. R. G. Fitzmaurice.=]
=FITZPATRICK, WILFRED=, Lieut., 5th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary
Force, _s._ of the Rev. Henry Fitzpatrick, of Hyderabad, Deccan,
India, Chaplain of St. George’s Church there; _b._ Hyderabad
aforesaid, ... March, 1877; educ. in England and India; settled in
Canada; served through the South African War as a trooper, and on
the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, joined the Canadian
Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action during the Second Battle
of Ypres, 24 April, 1915, being buried near where he fell; _unm._
=FITZROY, EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2509), 194087, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=FLACK, FREDERICK JAMES=, Gunner (R.F.R., B. 368), late R.M.A.,
6403 H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FLAHERTY, ROY LESLEY=, Private, No. 18495, 1st (Western Ontario)
Battn., Canadian Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of the late John
Edward Flaherty, of St. John’s, New Brunswick, Canada, by his wife,
Elizabeth, dau. of Patrick McGrath, of Cork, Ireland; _b._ St.
Stephens aforesaid, 24 Dec. 1879; educ. St. Malachi’s School, St.
John’s, N.B.; went West about 1907, and finally settled at Grouard,
Alberta, and had a homestead of 160 acres at Dunvegan in that province,
and land in Price River Crossing, Alberta. When war broke out in Aug.
1914, he was with a Dominion survey party in the Peace River district,
200 miles north of Edmonton, and, with eight of his comrades, he set
out at once for Edmonton and joined the 9th (101st Edmonton Fusiliers)
Battn. After training at Valcartier he was transferred to the 1st
Battn., left with the first contingent of the Canadian Expeditionary
Force in Oct., and after spending the winter on Salisbury Plain, went
to the Front on 4 Feb. 1915. He took part in the actions at Neuve
Chapelle, Hill 60, Langemarck, and was wounded in the thigh at the
Battle of Festubert, 24 May, 1915, and died at Rawal Pindi, British
General Hospital, Wimereux, two days later; _unm._ He once rode
700 miles from Missoula, Mont., over the mountains to Calgary, in 17
days, a feat which attracted some attention in the West. One of his
brothers, Private Fred E. Flaherty, No. 111175, is now (1916) on active
service in France, with the Hospital Staff, D Coy., 4th Battn., C.M.R.,
8th Brigade.
[Illustration: =Roy Lesley Flaherty.=]
=FLAXMAN, CHARLES, ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, 11031, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FLAXMAN, WILLIAM=, Corpl., No. 2666, 1st Life Guards, eldest
_s._ of Arthur Charles Flaxman, of Burgh Castle, Suffolk, Thatcher
and Reed-layer, by his wife, Eliza, dau. of Sergt. John Ellis, 52nd
Oxford L.I. (who served in the Crimean War and lost his right arm in
the Indian Mutiny); _b._ Bradwell, co. Suffolk, 26 Sept. 1888;
educ. there; enlisted in the 1st Life Guards, 9th March, 1908, promoted
Corp., 14 Oct. 1913; went to France, Aug. 1914, and was killed in
action at Ypres, 13 May, 1915, by a shell; _unm._ His commanding
officer wrote that he was “a real good soldier, and a great loss to B
Squadron.”
=FLEMING, GEOFFREY MONTAGUE MASON=, M.B., T.C.D., Lieut., Royal
Army Medical Corps, only _s._ of Alfred George Fleming, of
Beechfield, Blackrock, co. Dublin, Deputy Cashier, Bank of Ireland;
_b._ Wilton Lodge, Blackrock, co. Dublin, 8 Feb. 1890; and was
educ. Avoca School, Blackrock, and Trinity College, Dublin, where he
graduated with a Moderatorship in 1911, and subsequently obtained the
degrees of M.B. and B.Ch. with honours. At the outbreak of the war he
was House Surgeon of the Meath Hospital and Co. Dublin Infirmary, and
volunteering was gazetted Lieut. R.A.M.C. 16 Aug. 1914. He was sent to
Egypt to meet the Indian Troops, and was attached to the Lahore Indian
General Hospital at Marseilles, Boulogne and Montreuil. Subsequently he
joined the 26th Field Ambulance, was in the attack on Fromelles 9–10
May, 1915, and was killed in action near Givenchy, 16 June, 1915, while
attending to the wounded. He was buried in the Guards Cemetery there;
_unm._ His Col. wrote: “He was loyal and devoted to his profession
and gallantly performed his duties with us. He had endeared himself to
all of us, and we all deplore his loss most sincerely.”
[Illustration: =Geoffrey M. M. Fleming.=]
=FLEMING, GEORGE JAMES=, Officers’ Steward, 1st Class, L. 4352,
Chatham, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=FLEMING, MALCOLM JAMES HENDERSON=, Lieut., 1/5th Battn. Argyll
and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), only _s._ of James Fleming, of
Kilmory, Skelmorlie, co. Ayr, J.P., by his wife, Jane, dau. of Andrew
Henderson, of Glasgow, merchant, and grandson of James Fleming, of
Newlandsfield, co. Renfrew, J.P.; _b._ Kilmory, 27 April, 1883;
educ. Boutenburn Raspur School, Largs; and Fettes College, Edinburgh;
afterwards going to Hanover for six months, and then to Lausanne
for a like period, to perfect his German and French. He served his
apprenticeship as an engineer with engineering firms in Paisley, and
with Siemens, Berlin, and on returning home was offered a post with
Messrs. Fleming, Reid & Co., Worsted Spinners, Greenock, and at the
time of the outbreak of the war had become a sub-manager with them.
He had joined the 5th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 11 June,
1911, and obtained his commission as Lieut., 30 Oct. 1912, and on the
outbreak of war volunteered for Imperial service. He left Dunfermline
with his regt. for Egypt, 31 May, 1915; went to the Dardanelles at the
end of June; was wounded at Achi Baba on 12 July, and died on board
the hospital ship Asturias, 14 July, 1915. He had volunteered to lead
a bombing party, and it was while doing that that he was hit. He was
_unm._, and was buried at sea. His Commanding Officer wrote that
“he went forth to the arduous work full of courage and determination
and was an inspiration to his men.” After he was wounded he greatly
lessened his chance of recovery by insisting on giving up his place
to others at the dressing station. One of his men who met him being
carried to the surgeon spoke to him saying: “Sir, I am sorry you have
been hit.” Lieut. Fleming replied: “Marvellous charge. Glorious death.”
Another wrote: “He was a splendid officer. He was daring, and feared
not death. He was most thoughtful of his men.”
[Illustration: =Malcolm J. H. Fleming.=]
=FLETCHER, EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po./8922, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=FLETCHER, FREDERICK GEORGE=, Private, No. 1014, 8th Battn. (90th
Winnipeg Rifles) Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Richard
Fletcher, of Hill Farm, Steventon, co. Berks, Labourer, by his wife,
Sarah, dau. of William Denton, of Steventon; _b._ Hill Farm,
Steventon, 4 April, 1891; educ. there; went to Canada in July, 1913,
and settled at Portage La Prairie as a mill hand; enlisted on the
outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; came over with the first contingent in
Oct. 1914, and trained on Salisbury Plain. He went to France, 17 Feb.
1915; served through the Battles of Ypres and Langemarck, when the
Canadians, to use Lord French’s words, “saved the situation,” and was
killed in action at Langemarck, 24 April, 1915, while returning from
binding up a comrade’s wounds; _unm._
=FLETCHER, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 110730 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FLETCHER, REGINALD WILLIAM=, 2nd Lieut., Royal Field Artillery,
yst. _s._ of Charles Robert Leslie Fletcher, of Norham End,
Oxford, formerly Fellow of All Souls’ and Magdalen Colleges; _b._
Oxford, 19 March, 1892; educ. Eton, and Balliol College, Oxford, and
was gazetted, with a University Commission, to the 8th Brigade, R.F.A.,
on the day war was declared; went to France, 20 Aug., and was killed in
action at Veldhoek, Belgium, 31 Oct. 1914, while serving with the 118th
Battery. He was stroke of a Trial Eight at Oxford in three successive
years, 1911–12–13, and also for four years stroke of his college boat;
he rowed in the Leander Four at Henley Regatta in 1913, and in the
Oxford University Eight in March, 1914.
=FLETCHER, WALTER BELL=, Private, No. 445, 4th Platoon Coy., 14th
Battn. 4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, _s._
of James Fletcher, of 2, Fletcher Street, Cockermouth, by his wife,
Isabella, dau. of John (and Elizabeth) Atkins; _b._ Cockermouth,
co. Cumberland, 11 April, 1879; educ. Board School, Cockermouth,
afterwards joining the Cockermouth Volunteers when 18 years of age. He
went to Australia in 1911, and settled at Traralgon, Victoria, and on
the outbreak of war he joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force;
left for Egypt with the main force, and was killed in action at the
Dardanelles, 5 May, 1915. He had been 10 days in the trenches at Gaba
Tepe, and was shot by a sniper when going for water. He _m._ in
Edinburgh 15 years ago, (--) (Ethel Street, Lock Park, Traralgon,
Victoria, Australia), dau. of John Walker, of Portobello, and had three
sons and two daus.: James, _b._ 1902; John William, _b._
1906; Walter, _b._ 1908; Winifred, _b._ 1904; and Emily
Isabel, _b._ 1913.
=FLETCHER, WALTER GEORGE=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Welsh
Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of Charles Robert Leslie Fletcher, of Norham
End, Oxford, formerly Fellow of All Souls’ and Magdalen Colleges;
_b._ Oxford, 7 Jan. 1888; educ. Eton (1901–6, rowed No. 7 in the
Eton VIII. at Henley in 1906, and was Capt. of the School, 1906, and
won the Jelf Verse Prize); and Balliol College, Oxford (1907–10, rowed
in the Balliol College VIII. in 1907); was for six months in 1910–11
teacher of English in the Real-Gymnasium at Schleswig, and in the
autumn of the latter year went as a classical master to Shrewsbury
School. In September, 1913, he became an assistant classical master at
Eton College, and on 22 Oct. 1913, was gazetted a 2nd Lieut. in the
Eton O.T.C. On the outbreak of war he was selected as an interpreter
in the Intelligence Corps (6 Aug. 1914). He went to the Front with the
first contingent on Aug. 12, served through the retreat from Mons,
and in the subsequent advance to the Aisne. In Sept. he was attached
to the 2nd Battn. of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, in which regt. he was
constantly employed on patrol work, his accurate knowledge of German
proving of great service. He was twice mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now
Lord) French’s Despatches, those of 14 Jan. and 31 May, and was killed
in action near Bois Grenier, France, 20 March, 1915; _unm._ His
yst. brother, 2nd Lieut. R. W. Fletcher, was killed 31 Oct. (see his
notice).
=FLEURY, LEOPOLD M’CLINTOCK=, A.B., No. T.Z./359, C Coy., Hood
Battn., R.N.V.R. (2nd R.N. Brigade), 5th _s._ of the Rev. Louis
Richard Fleury, of 4, Seafield Terrace, Castle Avenue, Clontarf,
Dublin, M.A., late Rector of Kilworth Parish and Chaplain to the
Forces at Kilworth Camp and Moore Park, by his wife, Alice Dora, dau.
of the late Rev. Canon Robert Gilbert Eccles, and grandson of Capt.
John Franquefort Fleury, 36th Regt.; _b._ The Glebe, Kilworth,
co. Cork, 25 Feb. 1892; educated privately, Elphin Grammar School, and
Dublin, and having just completed his course of Marine Engineering on
the Tyne when war broke out, volunteered in the Hood Battn., R.N.V.R.,
in Oct. 1914. He left England with that corps for the Dardanelles
in March, 1915, and was killed in action there, 6 May, 1915, being
shot through the brain; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “He is deeply
missed, as he was such a fine fellow, and he was very much liked both
by officers and men.” An elder brother, Assistant Paymaster Richard
Chenevix Fleury, is (1916) on the Staff of Vice-Admiral Sir F. D.
Sturdee, on board his Flagship in one of the Squadrons of the Grand
Fleet in the North Sea, while his two yst. brothers, John Charles,
4th Battn. New Zealand Rifle Brigade, and Hugo Valentine, 95th Battn.
Canadian Expeditionary Force, are, respectively on active service in
France and at Shorncliffe Camp, Kent.
=FLINTOFF, ARTHUR JOHN=, Private, No. 1121, 4th Battn. Australian
Contingent, 5th _s._ of the late Churchill Flintoff, of Hill
House, Alnwick, Dentist, by his wife, Susan H. (West House Haighington,
Darlington), dau. of the Rev. Francis P. Gladwin Miss; _b._
Alnwick, co. Northumberland, 17 March, 1886; educ. Grammar School
there, and Padcroft School, West Drayton; went to Australia in 1909,
and on the outbreak of war joined the Australian Imperial Force, going
to Egypt with the 4th Battn. in April, 1915, and shortly afterwards
to the Dardanelles, where he was killed in action 1 May, 1915. He
_m._ at Sydney, Australia, 13 June, 1913, Ida, dau. of the late
(--) Reid; _s.p._
=FLINTOFT, JOHN WILLIAM=, Private, No. 11658, 2nd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, eldest _s._ of John Flintoft, of Lastingham,
Sinnington, Hull, Stonemason, by his wife Mary Jane, dau. of Charles
Ward; _b._ Lastingham, co. York, 26 Nov. 1891; educ. Darley
Memorial School; was an Asylum Attendant; enlisted, 7 Sept. 1914; went
to France, 22 Jan. 1915, and died in No. 1 Casualty Clearing Station,
Choques, 6 Feb. 1915, of wounds received in action. Buried in Choques
Cemetery.
=FLIPP, CHARLES COLLINS=, S.P.O. (R.F.R., B. 3465), 294461, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=FLITTER, JESSE=, Private, No. 10056, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of David Flitter, of Drury Lane, Mortimer, Reading,
Labourer, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of James Bushnell, late 33rd Regt.
of Foot (with 21 years 7 months service); _b._ Mortimer, co.
Berks; educ. there; enlisted 31 March, 1913; went to the Front with his
regt. in Aug. 1914; was wounded while assisting some wounded comrades 7
Sept., and died at No. 10, Station Hospital, Orleans, 4 Oct. 1914, of
wounds received in action at the Marne; _unm._ He was buried in
the Grand Cemetière, Orleans.
[Illustration: =Jesse Flitter.=]
=FLOCKHART, ADAM=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27403 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=FLOOD, ARTHUR HENRY=, Corpl., No. 25671, 14th Battn. (1st
Grenadier Guards of Montreal), Canadian Expeditionary Force, 5th
_s._ of Samuel Flood, late of Balham, Carpenter and Joiner; by his
wife, Sophia; _b._ Balham, London,] 7 Jan. 1891; educ. there; went
to Canada in June, 1911, and was an engineer with the Marconi Wireless
Co. in Montreal, and gained his N.C.O. certificate; volunteered after
the outbreak of war, left Canada with the first contingent in Oct.
1914; trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter; went to France,
10 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action in the attack on Hill 60, 29
April, 1915. He _m._ at Montreal, 15 Aug. 1914, Jennie Bowes
(Delorimier Avenue, Montreal), dau. of the late William Brown, of
Auldtree, Townend, Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Hairdresser; _s.p._ Two of
his brothers--Leonard John and Charles Percy--are now (1916) serving
in the Royal Navy, and a third brother, Walter Christopher, is in the
Grenadier Guards of Montreal.
=FLOOK, THOMAS EDWARD=, Private, No. 3119, 15th Battn. (Civil
Service Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Joseph Thomas
Flook, of 56, Crooke Road, Deptford, S.E., Paperhanger (for 22 years
a member of the 3rd Vol. Battn. Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt.), by
his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of the late Thomas Lowe, Watchmaker and
Jeweller, Citizen and Freeman of London; _b._ Rotherhithe, 2 June,
1893; educ. Deptford Park School and Christ’s Hospital, Horsham; and
on leaving there became articled to Mr. William Strachan, F.S.A.A.,
of Messrs. Martin, Farlow & Co. He passed the preliminary examination
in May, 1911, and took the first place and prize. At the intermediate
examination in May, 1914, he was placed third, but was awarded the
1st prize, the first and second candidates being over age. After the
outbreak of the war he joined the Civil Service Rifles in Sept. 1914,
went to France, 17 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert,
24 May, 1915; _unm._ He went out with a party of about 60 at 2
o’clock in the morning to carry some trench mortar bombs up to the
breastworks. The last piece of road was under frequent shell fire, and
the party sustained several casualties, Flook and two others being
killed. His body was subsequently recovered, and buried at Festubert
by two of his old schoolfellows, and a cross, with an inscription, was
erected over his grave. His Platoon Sergt. (W. B. Lambert) wrote: “He
was one of my best men, keen, willing and coolly bold.” Two of his
brothers are (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Thomas Edward Flook.=]
=FLOWER, WILLIAM EVELYN FRANCIS DI DELLE=, Lieut., 6th Hauraki
Regt., Auckland Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of
the late George Flower, by his wife, Annie (Heatherleigh, Alexandra
Road, Parkstone, Dorset); _b._ Maida Vale, London, 26 Jan. 1885;
educ. Winchester College, joined the New Zealand Territorials in Oct.
1912; was appointed 2nd Lieut. 24 Feb. 1913; volunteered for Imperial
service on the outbreak of war; left for Egypt in Oct.; was promoted
Lieut. there and was killed in action during the landing at the
Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915. He _m._ at Renwicktown, Marlborough,
New Zealand, 12 May, 1913, Margaret Isobel (Gray Street, Shortland,
Thames, New Zealand), dau. of James Brydon, and had issue a son,
Richard Evelyn, _b._ Oamaru, New Zealand, 22 Feb. 1914.
[Illustration: =W. E. F. di D. Flower.=]
=FLOWERDAY, SAMUEL=, A.B., 219736, H.M.S. Liberty; died of wounds
received in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=FLOWERS, GEORGE=, Joiner, 341781, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=FLOYD, WILLIAM=, Colour-Sergt., No 6350, Royal Marine L.I.,
Marine Brigade, Portsmouth Battn., only _s._ of the late William
Floyd, of 25, Haymarket, London, and York Road, Weybridge, for over 30
years with Messrs. Garrads & Co., Crown Jewellers, by his wife, Martha
(Yarborough Villa, Sandown, Isle of Wight), dau. of Henry Jones, of
Westbury Leigh, Wilts; _b._ Pimlico, London, 1 Sept. 1873; educ.
Weybridge, Surrey, and after working for a few years with a firm of
Goldsmiths in London, joined the Royal Marines, 23 April, 1894. He
became Colour-Sergt. 1909, left England for France with Marine Brigade
in the early days of the war, and returned to Dover after the fall of
Antwerp; went to the Dardanelles the following March, took part in the
landing there 25–26 April, and was killed in action, 10 June, 1915;
_unm._ An officer wrote that “he felt he had lost a brother,
let alone a comrade, as they had been together since the formation
of the Battn.”; and another officer wrote of him as “a gallant and
well-beloved old soldier whom the whole Battn. mourned.”
[Illustration: =William Floyd.=]
=FLUCKER, THOMAS=, A.B., 213727, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that
ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept.
1914.
=FLUKE, ARTHUR CHARLES=, Lieut., 116th Battery, Royal Field
Artillery, elder _s._ of Arthur John Fluke, of Nunnery Road,
Canterbury, by his wife, Sarah; _b._ Nasirabad, India, 9 Sept.
1891; educ. King’s School, Canterbury, and Royal Military Academy,
Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 19 July, 1912, and promoted Lieut.
shortly before his death; went to France, 14 Aug. 1914, and was killed
in action at Cuinchy, 10 Jan. 1915; _unm._ He met his death
while rallying some men of another regt., their own officers having
all been killed or wounded. Lieut. Fluke, with one N.C.O., stuck to
his mortar, and continued to work it till it was put out of action,
although he himself was wounded in four places, and then, unarmed
and wounded as he was, he rallied the men who had been driven out of
their trenches and led them back to the attack, only to fall himself
by the fifth and fatal wound at the moment of success. Capt. Guy B.
Oliver wrote: “I felt I must write you a few lines to tell how very
greatly I feel for you in the terrible loss you have sustained. I am
the only representative now in the Battery who has been with it since
the beginning of the war, and before that at Aldershot, and the loss
of your brave son has been a great personal loss to me, and as I know
to all ranks in the Battery, for his presence had helped to reduce
the various trials of this campaign. Much as we deplore his loss, the
Battery is proud in the knowledge of the very gallant way your son
conducted himself, and it is very sad indeed to think that he has not
been spared to enjoy the honour he so richly deserved. Major Charlton
has, I know, written to you and given you details. I am so sorry that
none of us were with him at the last, but, as you know, the particular
work he was on took him right away from the Battery. From what I can
gather, he cannot have suffered much, and his death must have been
almost instantaneous.” He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord)
French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915, and Major C. A. Graham Charlton,
Commanding 116th Battery, wrote he “was killed yesterday evening in
rallying some men of the 60th Rifles, who were driven out of their
trenches after all their officers had been killed or wounded. I have
not heard many details yet, but, from what I hear, your son behaved in
a very gallant manner, and, had he been spared, I am sure his heroism
would have been rewarded. Many artillery officers have been trained
in the use of trench mortars, and yesterday afternoon an order came
for your son to proceed to the front trenches, occupied by the 60th
Rifles, with one of these mortars. He had an artillery non-commissioned
officer with him. There had been an attack earlier in the day, when
this particular trench had been taken from the Germans. After dark the
latter counter-attacked, and the 60th were driven out of their forward
trenches after all their officers had been killed or wounded. Your son,
however, with his N.C.O., stuck to his mortar and continued to work it,
although he was wounded in four places. The mortar was then put out of
action, and he then, wounded as he was, rallied some men of the 60th
and led them back to the attack. He died, being wounded in five places.
I cannot tell you how much all his brother officers feel his loss, and
on behalf of them I send you our deepest sympathy. The only consolation
I can offer you in your great sorrow is that he died a noble and
gallant death, a credit to his Battery and his regt.” He was in the
XI and XV at King’s School, Canterbury. He was third in the batting
averages in 1908 with 38·23, second in 1909 with 30·11. and first in
1910 with 39·40. He was also in the XI at Woolwich, and was a member of
the famous Woolwich Rugby XV in 1911, which K. F. Q. Perkins, of the
Engineers, captained.
[Illustration: =Arthur Charles Fluke.=]
=FLUX, HENRY JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9068), S.S. 2129, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FLUX, HENRY JOHN=, Leading Cook’s Mate, M. 65, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=FLYNN, JAMES=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1894T, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FOLEY, MARTIN=, Private, No. 19717, 10th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, _s._ of James Foley, of Kilmurry, Kenmare,
co. Kerry, Shoemaker, by his wife, Margaret; _b._ Killarney,
co. Kerry, 15 June, 1874; educ. there; went to Canada, 10 May, 1911,
settled at Brandon, Manitoba, was a Butcher; enlisted, 4 Sept. 1914;
went to France, 1 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action there, 21 May,
1915. He _m._ at Kenmare, 2 Sept. 1902, Elizabeth, dau. of Timothy
Callaghan, and had five children: James, _b._ 8 Sept. 1903;
Timothy, _b._ 20 Sept. 1904; Mary Angela, _b._ 15 Sept. 1906;
Margaret, _b._ 20 June, 1908; and Elizabeth, _b._ 10 April,
1911.
=FOLEY, THOMAS ALGERNON FITZGERALD=, Lieut., 1st Battn. The
Norfolk Regt., only _s._ of the late Vice-Admiral Francis John
Foley, by his wife, Frances Jane (The Moat, Britford, Salisbury), dau.
of De La Bère P. Blayne, and gdson. of Admiral the Hon. Fitzgerald
Algernon Charles Foley [4th _s._ of Thomas, 3rd Baron Foley,
P.C.]; _b._ Egerton Gardens, London, S.W., 29 Dec. 1889; and
went to Eton (Mr. F. H. Rawlins’ and Mr. H. de Havilland’s Houses)
in 1904. There he was in the Army Class, took prizes for history,
mathematics, etc., and was in the O.T.C. From Eton he passed direct
into the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in 1908, passing first in
order of merit in the Junior Trials; he was in the revolver team in
1909 which won many competitions, and he himself made the highest score
against Woolwich. He passed sixth out of Sandhurst and was gazetted 2nd
Lieut. in The Norfolk Regt. 18 Sept. 1909, joining the 1st Battn. at
Brentwood, from which it went to Aldershot; there he shot successfully
in several of the Aldershot rifle meetings, and was in the company’s
team for the Inter-Regimental Grand Challenge Shield, which they
retained, and was promoted Lieut. 14 Oct. 1911. On 3 Aug. 1914, his
battn. being then at Holywood, Belfast, he was sent to take charge of
Grey Point Fort; on the 6th he was recalled for mobilisation to his
battn., and sailed with it for the Front, 14 Aug. 1914, landing at
Havre. The battn. almost immediately proceeded to Dour in Belgium and
was in action there. He took part in the retreat from Mons, and was in
every action after proceeding to Dour, including Le Cateau, the Marne
and the Aisne, till he fell at Festubert on 25 Oct. 1914. The following
account of the circumstances of his death was given by the Colonel
and others: “He had just made a most gallant advance to the trenches
with his men under a very heavy fire, and had reached there safely.
He was in the very foremost of the British lines when he fell, and he
died at the head of his men, driving back a most desperate attack by
overwhelming numbers of the enemy. He was buried, like a soldier, where
he fell. The actual place where he was laid to rest is close to the
most advanced trenches, as our line in that part of the battlefield has
not advanced a yard since the day when he fell gallantly defending it.”
Lieut. Foley was a keen soldier, an excellent shot and horseman. He was
_unm._
[Illustration: =T. A. F. Foley.=]
=FOLEY, THOMAS FRANCIS=, Sick Berth Attendant, M. 5213, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FOLJAMBE, HUBERT FRANCIS FITZWILLIAM BRABAZON=, Major, King’s
Royal Rifle Corps, 3rd _s._ of the Right Hon. Francis John Savile
Foljambe, P.C., by his wife, Lady Gertrude Emily, née Acheson. eldest
dau. of Archibald, 3rd Earl of Gosford, K.P.; _b._ in London,
16 Nov. 1872; educ. Eton; gazetted to the King’s Royal Rifle Corps,
6 March, 1895, and promoted Lieut., 18 Feb. 1898, Captain, 20 July,
1901, and Major, 17 July, 1912. He served in the South African War,
1900–2; took part in the operations in Natal, May, 1900, also in those
in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900, to 31 May, 1902, and was for some
time Commandant at Helvetia. For his services he was awarded the
Queen’s medal with two clasps and the King’s medal with two clasps.
When the European War broke out, Major Foljambe went out with the
first Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914; served through the retreat
from Mons, and was killed in action on the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914. Our
troops had crossed the river and he was leading his men in a flanking
movement when he fell. Major Foljambe was a typical regimental officer
and Company Commander, sincerely attached to his men and by them deeply
loved and implicitly trusted. His Colour-Sergt. wrote: “He was killed
instantly. He was brave and I miss him. The men all loved him.” He
was a good shot and rider, and a very keen cricketer, and played for
the Eton Ramblers, Free Foresters and “Greenjackets.” He _m._
at Sprotborough, co. York, 16 Nov. 1909, Gladys, dau. of Gen. Robert
Calverley Alington Bewicke-Copley, of Sprotborough Hall, co. York,
C.B., J.P., D.L., and had a son, John Savile, _b._ 6 Oct. 1911.
=FOLLOWS, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 11742, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Richard Follows, of Sunny Bank, Ansley Village,
near Atherstone, Miner; _b._ Norton Canes, co. Stafford; educ.
Church Schools there; enlisted 9 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action
at Guinchy, 25 Jan. 1915, the same day as his brother Richard, who had
enlisted with him; _unm._
=FOLLOWS, RICHARD=, Private, No. 11743, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Richard Follows, of Sunny Bank, Ansley Village,
near Atherstone, Miner; _b._ Norton Canes, co. Stafford; educ.
King Edward’s Grammar School, Nuneaton; enlisted 9 Sept. 1914, and was
killed in action at Guinchy, 25 Jan. 1915, the same day as his brother
Arthur, who had enlisted with him; _unm._
=FOOT, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4259), S.S. 102948,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=FOOTITT, JACK FREDERICK LIONEL=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27414, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=FORBES, DUNCAN=, Corpl., No. 1003, D Coy., 12th Battn. 3rd
Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, 5th _s._ of Roderick Forbes,
of Muirton Cottage, Fairburn, Muir of Ord, Ross-shire, Gamekeeper,
by his wife, Jessie, dau. of the late Duncan McKay, of Knockfarrel,
Dingwall; _b._ Fairburn, aforesaid, 6 Jan. 1892; educ. Marybank
School, Urray, Ross-shire; went to Western Australia in Oct. 1910, and
settled at Pingelly; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and joined
the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force; left for Egypt with the main
force, was promoted Corpl., 25 April, 1915; landed at the Dardanelles,
25 April, 1915, and was killed there, 25 May, 1915, while returning to
the trenches from patrol duty; _unm._ He was buried in Anzac Cove.
Corpl. Forbes was mentioned in despatches by Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton for
gallant and distinguished conduct in the field. Capt. J. A. W. Kayser,
the Officer Commanding his Company, wrote: “Duncan was under my command
since I took over the command, and my report on him is that he was a
brave, trustworthy, honourable soldier and gentleman, and I cannot
speak too highly of the way he carried out every mission entrusted
to him”; and Archdeacon Richard, Chaplain, 12th Battn.: “His Company
Commander told me yesterday, ‘I have lost one of my most reliable men.
I have known him for nine months and I have never heard him say or seen
him do anything that was unbefitting the character of a true soldier.’
His brother, T. Finlay Forbes, Private, No. 998, who enlisted in the
same Company with him, has been missing since 2 May, 1915, and three
other brothers are (1916) on active service, one being a 2nd Lieut. in
the 1st Seaforths.
[Illustration: =Duncan Forbes.=]
=FORBES, GEORGE FRANCIS REGINALD=, Lieut.-Col. Commanding 1st
Battn. The Royal Irish Regt., eldest _s._ of the late Col. the
Hon. William Francis Forbes, Resident Magistrate at the Curragh, by
his wife, Phillis Gabriella, 2nd dau. of John Rowe, of Ballycross, co.
Wexford, D.L., and grandson of George, 6th Earl of Granard; _b._
Castle Forbes, co. Longford, 6 Sept. 1866; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the
Royal Irish Regt. (which was raised by the 1st Earl of Granard in
1684) from the Militia, 6 July, 1889, and promoted Lieut., 25 March,
1891; Captain, 30 Jan. 1895; Major, 7 Sept. 1904; and Lieut.-Col., 12
March, 1912. He served through the Tirah Campaign, 1897–8, including
operations on the Samana, and received the medal with two clasps;
was Adjutant of the Bombay-Baroda Railway Volunteers, 17 May, 1899,
to 16 May, 1904, and Staff Capt. No. 12 (South Irish) District, 1
June, 1905, to 31 May, 1909. He succeeded to the command of the 1st
Battn., then serving in India, 12 March, 1912, and after the outbreak
of war came home with his regt., Nov. 1914; went to France, 18 Dec.
1914, and died at Bailleul, 17 March, 1915, of wounds received at St.
Eloi three days previously, and was buried at Bailleul. Col. Forbes
was mentioned in Field-Marshal Sir John French’s despatch of 31 May,
1915, for distinguished conduct. He _m._ at Windsor, 4 Aug. 1904,
Agnes Margaret, dau. of the late Walter Ewing Crum, of Thornliebank,
Renfrewshire, and had a son, Walter Arthur Hastings Forbes, _b._
18 Dec. 1905.
=FORBES, SPENCER DUNDAS=, Commander, R.N., yr. _s._ of the
late George Edward Forbes, of Colinton, Queensland, by his wife, Louisa
Lillias (4, Grosvenor Crescent, Edinburgh), dau. of Archibald Trotter,
of Dreghorn, co. Midlothian; _b._ at Keswick, 29 May, 1874; educ.
at St. Ninian’s, Moffat; Aysgarth, Yorks; and at Mr. Littlejohns’;
entered the Royal Navy as a Cadet in 1887, and became a Midshipman two
years later, serving in the Cordelia, on the Australian station, Feb.
1889, and in the Immortalité, in the Channel Squadron, Oct. 1891. As an
acting Sub-Lieut. he was lent to the Galatea for the naval manœuvres
of July, 1894, and in Feb. 1895, was confirmed as Sub-Lieut. and
appointed to the Collingwood, on the Mediterranean Station. He became
a Lieut. 30 Sept. 1896, and in the following month was transferred to
the Melita on the same station. For nearly four years he was associated
with the training service, as watch-keeper in the Volage, Dec. 1898,
and in the Juno, Oct. 1899 (both in the training squadron), and as 1st
Lieut. in the Cruiser, sailing training vessel for ordinary seamen in
the Mediterranean, April, 1900, to Aug. 1902. After a short course at
Whale Island he was first and (G.) of the Hermes in the Channel Fleet
and as tender to the Royal Naval College, Osborne, April, 1903, and of
the Eclipse, which relieved her in the latter duty, Jan. 1906. On 31
Dec. 1907 he was promoted Commander, and served in the Suffolk, in
the Mediterranean Cruiser Squadron, from April, 1908, to May, 1910. In
Sept. 1910, he joined the war course at Portsmouth, which was followed
by a course at the Military Staff College, Camberley, Jan. to June,
1911. He was Commander of the London, as flagship of Rear-Admiral
Cradock in the Atlantic Fleet, Aug. 1911, and of the Hibernia, as
flagship of the same officer and of Rear-Admiral Thursby in the Third
Battle Squadron, May, 1912, to Aug. 1913. During the last four months
of 1913 he was member of a Committee, presided over by Rear-Admiral
Hood, on the question of training young seamen and boys in sea-going
ships. Previous to her being commissioned by Capt. Brandt at the end
of July, he commanded the Monmouth, in the Third Fleet at Devonport,
from 30 Jan. 1914, and went down in her when, with the Good Hope,
Rear-Admiral Cradock’s flagship, she was lost in action off Coronel, on
the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. He _m._ at Malta, 21 Feb. 1913,
Ethel, yst. dau. of Col. Selby Walker, late of the Black Watch, and had
a son, Spencer Malcolm Edward, _b._ 17 Nov. 1914.
[Illustration: =Spencer Dundas Forbes.=]
=FORD, ATHOLE STANLEY=, Rifleman, No. 1993, 16th Battn. (Queen’s
Westminster Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of
Stanley Ford, of 1, Ardlui Road, West Norwood, S.E., by his wife,
Mary Elizabeth, dau. of William Armstrong; _b._ Dulwich, S.E.,
9 March, 1896; educ. Dulwich College, where he was a corpl. in the
O.T.C. and a member of the “Gym” Six; joined the Queen’s Westminsters
for foreign service, 6 Aug. 1914, the day following the declaration of
war; trained at Hemel Hempstead, went to France, 1 Nov. 1914, and was
killed in action at Hooge, 9 Aug. 1915. One of his officers wrote that
he “made a fine, plucky little soldier and was universally popular”;
and his Corpl.: “He was a good lad, a fearless soldier, a splendid
comrade--one I was proud to call my friend. By his courage, sympathy
and cheerfulness, even under the most trying circumstances during all
these months, he endeared himself to us all, and deeply we feel his
loss.”
[Illustration: =Athole Stanley Ford.=]
=FORD, FRANCIS JOHN=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., 3592), 196782,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=FORD, FRANK=, Private, No. 6713, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards,
only _s._ of the late Elijah Ford, by his wife, Emily Jane
(Bathpool, near Taunton), dau. of John Wilkins, of West Monkton,
Somerset; _b._ Gosport, co. Hants, 21 March, 1888; educ. West
Monkton, Somerset; enlisted 22 March, 1906, and served seven years with
the Colours, then going to the Reserve. He joined the Cardiff City
Police, and prior to the war was stationed at Canton. On mobilisation
he rejoined, left Windsor for France on the last day of Aug. 1914, and
was killed in action at Ypres, 25 Oct. 1914; _unm._
=FORD, GEORGE=, Stoker, P.O., 285093, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=FORD, HORACE FISHER (“RED”)=, Private, No 12982, 5th Battn.
Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of George Robert
Fitzroy Ford, of 2, Cavendish Mansions, Langham Street, W., by his
first wife, Charlotte Diana, dau. of the late Capt. John Kendall, 4th
West Yorkshire Regt.; _b._ Hitchin, co. Herts, 14 Dec. 1889;
educ. privately; The Roan School, Greenwich, and St. Francis Xavier’s
College, Bruges; went to Canada in 1906, and settled at Moose Jaw, and
had been Sporting Editor of the “Moose Jaw Morning News” since 1912,
and was, according to his editor, responsible for the initiation of
clean sport into Western Canada. It was in the Y.M.C.A. building at
Moose Jaw where his influence for good athletics was most felt. After
the declaration of war he enlisted in the 27th Light Horse, under
his friend Col. Tuxford, afterwards transferring with him to the 5th
Battn.; left for England with the first contingent in Oct. 1914; went
to the Front, 7 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 24
May, 1915. Col. Tuxford wrote of him: “His conduct was always good and
he never gave trouble; during the Battle of Festubert, when we took
the German trenches and machine-gun emplacement at a cost of nearly
400 casualties, a position that had been attempted on three previous
occasions by other units and failed; Ford was wounded, not seriously,
and was walking down the trench to the dressing station when another
shell caught and killed him. His death was instantaneous;” and in his
letter to the “Moose Jaw Morning News,” chronicling the events of the
Battle of Festubert, he said: “Private Ford came to me to enlist, and
said he was determined in his course and that I could rely on him to
‘play the game.’ He died as he declared to me in my office ‘playing
the game.’” The “Winnipeg Telegram” said: “‘Red’ Ford was a character
of the great West, and in the days to come he will be remembered as a
first-class sporting editor, a fighter and a hero.” His brother, Ernest
Kendall Ford, is a Sub-Lieut. in the Royal Naval Division.
[Illustration: =Horace Fisher Ford.=]
=FORD, PERCY GORDEN=, Rifleman, No. 3250, 9th Battn. (Queen
Victoria Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F), 2nd _s._ of John William
Fletcher Ford, of 57, Friday Street, London, E.C., and Rozel, Roydon,
Essex, Linen Merchant, by his wife, Catherine, dau. of Thomas Strout;
_b._ Hornsey, London, 11 Sept. 1891; educ. Tollingham School and
Christ’s College, Finchley; was a Traveller; joined the Queen Victoria
Rifles immediately on the outbreak of war, in Aug. 1914; went to
France, 14 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Hill 60, Flanders, 24
April, 1915; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “He was in hospital when we
went up to Hill 60, but joined us up there in the dug-outs when we had
been relieved from the firing line. I remember him, Claude, coming up
to me and saying, as we shook hands, ‘By Jove, Ashford, old man, I’m
glad to see you; you fellows have had a rough time.’ Not a word about
the narrow escape _he_ had had with our transport in Ypres. We
left on the Thursday morning, 10 men at a time; they were shelling us
and it was dangerous to offer too large a target. We assembled outside
the hospital at Ypres and Smith-Dorrien inspected us. We marched
back to huts as we thought to a well-earned rest. The huts were not
completed and we had to bivouac. About 6.30 p.m. we saw the French
coming pell mell across country, a regular rout, we spoke to them and
found they were retreating. We had to fall in and dig ourselves in
by hedges in some fields near. We did not know which way the Germans
were supposed to be coming, and had to change our position three times
during the night. We were fagged out and had had no proper sleep since
the Saturday previous--we couldn’t get much at Hill 60. At about 2.30
a.m. we had orders to stop digging; marched back some way and spent
the remainder of the night in a field. In the morning we had to sit
in ditches along the road, in order to be out of sight of aeroplanes,
awaiting orders. The cookers came up and we had some tea, I remember as
well as if it were yesterday; Percy gave me some of his condensed milk,
and I sat down beside him and we laughingly arranged to go to Golder’s
Green in the afternoon. Shortly afterwards we had to march off with
the rest of the 13th Brigade, to which we were attached. We were in
support on the banks of the Yser. The Canadians had driven the Germans
back after the French retreat. During the night we had to go up to the
firing line, but only for a few hours. The morning of Saturday found
us on the banks of the Yser, awaiting orders. We had dug ourselves in
as a protection against shrapnel. We moved off about 11 o’clock in
single file along the banks of Yser, towards Ypres, then we cut inland
and gradually wound our way forward, moving in zig-zag manner, taking
as much advantage of hedges, etc., as we could. Shells were flying all
around, but Percy was there then, and that was Saturday. Amy tells me
you were told Friday; I feel certain that it was Saturday. Well, we
must have marched about 3 to 4 miles and we then got right into the
thick of it, it was raining shells. We deployed and were told to take
shelter behind some semicircular parapets. The Germans seemed to have
them taped and dropped shells right in amongst us. It was flat country
and evidently they could see us approaching and shelled us very heavily
indeed, the air was thick with shells. We advanced by short stages
about 100 yards, and then I got hit by a shell in the right shoulder,
and missed Percy then; he was in the right half platoon and I was in
the left half, so that we got separated. Those that were comparatively
lightly wounded were the fortunate ones, Claude. I am sorry that I
cannot give you more news of Percy; the last I saw of him was coolly
smoking a cigarette as we marched along over those fields in that awful
hail of shells.” He was junior sidesman in the Wesleyan Methodist
Church, Finchley.
[Illustration: =Percy Gorden Ford.=]
=FORD, ROBERT JOHN=, Private, R.M.L.I., 15137 (R.F.R., B. 1785),
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FORD, WILLIAM FRANK=, A.B., 212470, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=FORD, WILLIAM GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1469), 211586, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=FOREMAN, SAMUEL JOHN=, Private, No. 1713, 12th Battn., Australian
Imperial Force, 3rd _s._ of the late Samuel Foreman, Carter, by
his wife, Anne; _b._ Ladywood, Birmingham, 27 Feb. 1875; educ.
Foundry Road Board School there; went to Australia, and was an employee
with the Commonwealth Salt Company in Kangaroo Island; enlisted shortly
after the outbreak of war, and died at the 10th Australian Clearing
Station, 14 June, 1915, of wounds received in action; _unm._
=FOREST, HENRY SCOTT=, Private, No. 41781, 2nd Field Artillery
Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 5th _s._ of John Forest,
of Coaticook, Quebec, Canada, Farmer and Teamster, by his wife, Mary
Ann, dau. of Neil McGeehan; _b._ Coaticook, Quebec, 8 Oct. 1897;
educ. Coaticook Academy; enlisted July, 1914; left Canada with the
first contingent; trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter; went to
France, Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Ypres, 25 April, 1915;
_unm._ Buried on the St. Julien Road.
=FORFEITT, FREDERICK WILLIAM LAWSON=, Private, No. 2739, 1st
Battn. Hertfordshire Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Frederick Joseph
Forfeitt, of Medburn, Elstree, A.C.P., Schoolmaster, by his wife,
Lucy Jane, dau. of Charles Cooper; _b._ Elstree, co. Herts, 22
July, 1889; educ. Medburn School (his father’s), and St. Alban’s
School (Scholar and Member of the Cadet Corps), and on leaving there
entered Messrs. Barclay’s Bank, St. Albans. After the outbreak of war
he joined the 1st Hertfordshire Regt. 4 Sept. 1914, went to the Front
5 Nov. following, and died 20 May, 1915, of wounds received in action
at Festubert the previous day; and was buried in Bethune Cemetery;
_unm._ A letter from a comrade showed that he met his death in a
most gallant fashion. His friend had been killed near him, and though
sorely wounded he said: “Never mind me, have a look at poor old ‘Mal,’
I’m afraid he’s gone.” Another wrote: “I have never known a man bear a
wound more bravely than he”; and his Capt., writing later, described
him as being “much loved by us all, and one of the bravest men in his
company.”
[Illustration: =Frederick W. L. Forfeitt.=]
=FORREST, JOHN=, Private, No. 13451, 12th (Service) Battn. The
Royal Scots, eldest _s._ of Robert Forrest, Engine Driver, by his
wife, Isabella, dau. of Hugh Fraser; _b._ Leith, 4 Aug. 1890;
educ. St. Thomas School, Leith; was a Riveter at Ramage & Ferguson’s;
enlisted soon after the outbreak of war, 2 Sept. 1914; went to France,
11 May, 1915, and died of wounds received in action at Loos, 25 Aug.
following; _unm._ 2nd Lieut. R. B. Stewart wrote: “Your son was
wounded last night when he along with some others was carrying out a
difficult piece of work in front of our trenches.... He was a fine and
plucky fellow and a man in whom I could place my implicit trust. He was
always one of the first to volunteer if there was any ‘ticklish’ work
to be done.”
=FORREST, WILLIAM LYON=, Third Writer, M. 2759, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FORRESTER, ADRIAN ANDREW=, M.B., Fleet Surgeon, H.M.S.
Implacable, only _s._ of William Forrester, of Glenmiln, Campsie
Glen, co. Stirling, by his wife, Jessie Ann Hill, dau. of Archibald
MacFarlane; _b._ Glenmiln, afsd., 20 Jan. 1874; educ. Larchfield,
Helensburgh, co. Dumbarton, and Glasgow University, graduating M.B.
in 1897; entered the Navy as a Surgeon, 8 Nov. 1898; and was promoted
Staff Surgeon, 8 Nov. 1906, and Fleet Surgeon, 8 Nov. 1914. He was
appointed to H.M.S. Implacable in Feb. 1914, and was killed in action
at the Dardanelles 25 April, 1915. He married at Sydney, N.S.W., 20
Jan. 1904, Ruby Westwood, dau. of Charles Andrew Guesdon, of Hobart,
Tasmania, and had a dau., Thelma Westwood _b._ 10 March, 1905.
[Illustration: =Adrian A. Forrester.=]
=FORRINGTON, CHARLES HOARE=, Signalman, J. 10092, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=FORSTER, ANDREW FORRESTER=, Private, No. 1713, 11th Battn.
Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of William Forster, of
Mainsoflaig, Newluce, co. Wigtown, Farmer; _b._ Brownknowe,
Nicolforest, co. Cumberland, 17 Sept. 1887; educ. Newluce and Stramuir;
went to Australia; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the
Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, 16 Aug. 1914; went to the Dardanelles
and was killed in action there, 17 May, 1915, and buried behind the
trenches; _unm._
=FORSYTH, ARCHIBALD JAMES=, L.-Corpl., No. 10/1054, 9th (Hawkes
Bay) Wellington Infantry Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force,
_s._ of Archibald William Forsyth, of Gisborne, New Zealand [a
native of Scotland]; _b._ Frasertown, Wairoa, Hawkes Bay, New
Zealand, 6 Feb. 1894; educ. Frasertown, and High School, Gisborne, at
which latter he passed the Junior Civil Service, and matriculated,
gaining a first in Hawkes Bay Education Board. On leaving there he
started teaching, and when war broke out was Assistant Master at
Patutahi School, Gisborne. He was a Territorial and immediately
volunteered and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force; left with
the main body for Egypt in Oct.; took part in the landing at the
Dardanelles, 25–26 April, and was killed in action there at Walker’s
Ridge, 29 April following; _unm._ Chaplain Major Grant (since
killed) wrote: “His time of service was soon over, but he was of the
heroic band who climbed and conquered this hill.”
[Illustration: =Archibald J. Forsyth.=]
=FORSYTH, PETER=, A.B., J. 19371, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when
that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=FORTES, THOMAS=, Sergt., No. 7687, 1st Battn. East Yorkshire
Regt., _s._ of Harry Fortes, of 4, Clark’s Pace, Wilbert Lane,
Beverley, by his wife, Mary Kidd, dau. of Philip Spencer; _b._
Cherry Tree Terrace, Grove Hill Road, Beverley, 25 Oct. 1888; educ.
Minster School there; enlisted in the East Yorkshire Regt., 20 Nov.
1903, and joined the 1st Battn. at Shorncliffe; after a few months
was drafted to the 2nd Battn. in Burmah, with which he served first
in Burmah and after 1909, in India, till 1913, when he came home and
rejoined the 1st Battn. at York. He was promoted Sergt., 6 June, 1914,
and after the outbreak of war, went to France with the Expeditionary
Force, 10 Sept., and was killed in action at Parride Hill, 28 Oct.
1914. He _m._ at Shorncliffe, 1904, Louisa, dau. of Henry Kent;
_s.p._ His brother, Private William Fortes, No. 7651, was with him
in this engagement and is still (1916) on active service.
=FORTUNE, JAMES=, Private, No. 6844, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 4th _s._ of the late Henry Fortune, of Foxham, co. Wilts,
Platelayer on the Great Western Railway, by his wife, Hannah (Little
Alne, Wooten Wowen, Birmingham), dau. of the late George Lovelock;
_b._ Foxham, 5 Dec. 1887; educ. there; enlisted July, 1906, and
served seven years with the colours, including two in Egypt, when
he passed into the Reserve and obtained employment at Farnborough.
On mobilisation he rejoined, went to the Front 12 Aug. 1914, served
through the retreat from Mons and the subsequent engagements, on the
Aisne and the Marne, and was killed instantaneously at Rentel, by a
bullet while on sentry duty 27 Oct. 1914; _unm._ While living at
Farnborough he was connected with the Gospel Mission and was an earnest
worker and devoted Sunday School teacher.
[Illustration: =James Fortune.=]
=FOSTER, ARCHIBALD COURTENAY HAYES=, Lieut., Hampshire Regt.,
attd. 4th King’s African Rifles, 4th _s._ of the late Montagu H.
Foster, of Stubbington House, Fareham, co. Hants, by his wife, Mary
Henrietta Foster (The Lodge, Stubbington, Fareham), dau. of the Rev.
Richard Foster Carter; _b._ Stubbington House afsd., 19 May, 1886;
educ. Stubbington House and Cheltenham; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Hampshire
Regt. 24 Jan. 1906; promoted Lieut. 19 Oct. 1907, and seconded for
service with the King’s West African Rifles, 8 Oct. 1913; took part
in the Jubaland campaign, 1914, and was killed in action at Marabu,
British East Africa, 19 Sept. 1914; _unm._ It appears from the
official report of this action that on the night of 6 Sept. orders were
given for Lieut. Foster and A Coy. King’s African Rifles to start at
dawn and regain touch with the enemy, Lieuts. Phillips and Hardingham,
with 80 King’s African Rifles, to support him. No sign of the enemy was
seen on the 7th or 8th. On the 19th the three section A Coy. 4th King’s
African Rifles (Lieut. Foster, King’s African Rifles), with one maxim,
one section Somali Mounted Infantry (Capt. Isaacson, East African
Rifles, and Lieut. Miles, East African Mounted Rifles), “were occupying
Campa Ya Marabu. The Somalis and mules were occupying a thorn boma
‘A.’ and the King’s African Rifles a similar boma ‘B.’ It was arranged
between Capt. Isaacson and Lieut. Foster that, in case of attack, the
mules were to be taken out of the boma ‘A’ and crossed over to the
north bank of River Mol Turesh at point ‘D’ through bushes at point
‘E.’ A picquet, composed of Somalis, was posted at point ‘G.’ At 5.30
a.m. the enemy advancing up the river came into touch with the picquet
at ‘G.’ Capt. Isaacson immediately ordered the mules across the river
and then proceeded towards the picquet, shortly afterwards meeting a
wounded Somali retiring on the boma, who reported the enemy to be in
strength. The enemy, estimated at three or four white officers and
rank and file, had now opened out on either side of the track at point
‘G’ and kept up a heavy fire; seven of the mules were hit in crossing
the river. Lieut. Foster, on being informed that the enemy’s strength
was only about 100, ordered his company to advance to bushes ‘E’--one
section King’s African Rifles, one section Somalis, two sections King’s
African Rifles on the right, with Capt. Isaacson and Lieut. Miles.
The enemy kept up a very heavy fire to our front and left. As our men
reached point ‘E’ Lieut. Foster was hit, but continued to urge on his
men in a very gallant manner.... The whole action lasted about two
hours, and from reports received later from the Masai the enemy appear
to have retired in disorder.... This little action was fought with
spirit and determination. Lieut. Foster died a gallant death, and the
British officers and rank and file of the Somali section and A Coy. 4th
King’s African Rifles gave him courageous support.”
[Illustration: =Archibald C. H. Foster.=]
=FOSTER, ARTHUR CEDRIC=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Grenadier Guards,
yr. _s._ of Capt. Arthur Wellesley Foster, of Brockhampton
Court, co. Hereford, M.A., J.P., D.L., T.D., late Master of the
South Herefordshire Foxhounds (now serving as Brigade Instructor
of Musketry, attd. to the Staffordshire Infantry Brigade), by his
wife, Alice Madeline, dau. of the late Eben Dyer Jordan, of Boston,
U.S.A.; _b._ Caton Green, co. Lancaster, 26 April, 1891; educ.
at Remenham, Eton, and Exeter College, Oxford; entered the Diplomatic
Service in Feb. 1914, and was for some time Hon. Attaché to the British
Legation at Stockholm. When the European War broke out he was home on
leave, and obtaining his release from the Foreign Office, volunteered
and joined the Public Schools Battn., 18 Sept. 1914, from which he
was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Grenadier Guards, 24 Oct. following.
He went to France, 12 Jan. 1915; was wounded in action at Neuve
Chapelle, 11 March, 1915, and died in Merville Hospital the following
day; _unm._ He was buried in Merville Churchyard. He was a good
all-round athlete, and at Eton won both the Junior and Senior Long
Jump, the latter in 1909, when he created a record of 20 ft. 1 in.
He also played frequently for the Hereford County Cricket Club. His
brother, Lieut. Cuthbert Foster, R.M.A., is (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Arthur Cedric Foster.=]
=FOSTER, DAVID=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9343), S.S.
106620, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FOSTER, FREDERICK=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, R.N.V.R. (Sussex),
298, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of John Foster, of 4, Nelson Road,
Hastings; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914.
=FOSTER, HERBERT KNOLLYS=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Gloucester
Regt., only _s._ of the Rev. Herbert Charles Foster, T.D., Vicar
of Groombridge, co. Sussex, and Hon. Canon of Gloucester Cathedral,
by his wife, Susan Edith, dau. of Rev. Prebendary Robert Shuttleworth
Sutton, of Winkenhurst, Hellingly, formerly Rector of Rye, Sussex;
_b._ All Saints’ Vicarage, Gloucester, 18 Oct. 1895; educ.
Glyngarth Preparatory School, Cheltenham, Marlborough College, and
Sandhurst; obtained his commission in the 1st Battn. Gloucester Regt. 8
Aug. 1914; went to France, 20 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at
Gheluvelt, near Ypres, Flanders, 29 Oct. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Herbert Knollys Foster.=]
=FOSTER, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8497), S.S. 104740,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FOSTER, JOHN THOMAS=, L.-Corpl., No. 12374, 10th (Service) Battn.
Durham Light Infantry, eldest _s._ of Robert Foster, of 28, Wear
Street, Southwick-on-Wear, Shipwright, by his wife, Dorothy Ann, dau.
of John Rames; _b._ Southwick, co. Durham, 15 July, 1886; educ.
National School there; was employed in a shipyard at Sunderland;
enlisted 10 Aug. 1914; trained in Surrey, went to the Front in May and
was killed in action in France, 31 July, 1915, and buried at Sanctuary
Wood, near the dressing station; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Thomas Foster.=]
=FOSTER, LAURENCE TALBOT LISLE=, Lieut., 16th (Service) Battn.
Durham Light Infantry, 4th _s._ of the Rev. Albert John Foster,
Vicar of Wootton and Rural Dean of Haynes, by his wife, Edith
Margaret, dau. of the Rev. T. A. Voules, Rector of Beercrocombe,
Somerset: _b._ Wootton Vicarage, co. Bedford, 15 Feb. 1885; educ.
Eastbourne College (Scholar); was a Forest Manager in the Bombay and
Burma Trading Corporation; gazetted Lieut. 16th Durham L.I., 21 Nov.
1914; left England for the Dardanelles, 12 May, 1915, was attd. to the
5th Manchesters, and was killed in action at Anafarta 7 Aug. 1915;
_unm._ His Colonel wrote: “As an officer he was splendid, always
steadily doing his duty and quite fearless. He led his men with the
utmost bravery, and was killed, as he would have liked to have been, at
the head of his men, and without suffering. He is a great loss to the
Battn. and you have every right to be proud of him, as we are.”
[Illustration: =Laurence T. L. Foster.=]
=FOSTER, ROBERT=, Private, No. 8/137, Otago Infantry Battn. New
Zealand Expeditionary Force, yst. _s._ of the late Edward Foster,
of Lowburn Ferry, by his wife, Christine (Lowburn Ferry, via Cromwell,
Central Otago, New Zealand), dau. of George Dalziell, of Shetland;
_b._ Lowburn aforesaid, 10 Aug. 1894; educ. Lowburn Public School,
and was engaged in farming. He volunteered for Imperial service six
days after the declaration of war, joined the Otago Infantry Battn.,
11 Aug. 1914, and left New Zealand with the main body. He took part
in the landing at the Dardanelles on 25 April, and remained in the
trenches until 4 Aug. 1915, on which day he was killed in action. His
second brother, William, died on active service (see following notice),
and his eldest and now only surviving brother is now (1916) on active
service with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.
[Illustration: =Robert Foster.=]
=FOSTER, WILLIAM=, Trooper, No. 9/698, Otago Mounted Rifles, New
Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of the late Edward Foster,
of Lowburn Ferry, by his wife, Christina (Lowburn Ferry, via Cromwell,
Central Otago, New Zealand), dau. of George Dalziell, of Shetland (see
preceding notice); _b._ Dunedin, 25 May, 1888; educ. Lowburn
Public School; volunteered for Imperial service after the outbreak
of war, and joined the Otago Mounted Rifles, 10 Oct. 1914; left New
Zealand with the second reinforcements and landed at Anzac on his 27th
birthday. He served in the trenches for three months, when he was
removed to Malta suffering from pneumonia, and afterwards contracted
enteric fever and died at St. Andrew’s Hospital there, after four
months’ illness, 16 Nov. 1915; _unm._ He was well known as a
footballer, and before the declaration of war was for some years one
of the representatives for Vincent County in the interprovincial Rugby
matches.
[Illustration: =William Foster.=]
=FOTHERINGHAM, ALEXANDER BOYNE=, Leading Seaman, No. 2/2693, Anson
Battn. R.N., yr. _s._ of John Fotheringham, of 34, Dudley Avenue,
Leith, Baker, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of Alexander Boyne; _b._
Leith, 26 April, 1894; educ. Bonnington Academy, Leith, and George
Heriot’s School, Edinburgh; and was employed as goods clerk in the
Leith Walk branch of the Caledonian Railway until the outbreak of war.
He had joined the R.N.V.R. in July, 1913, and after the outbreak of war
was called up and attached to the Anson Battn. Royal Naval Division;
served at Antwerp Sept. 1914, and afterwards at the Dardanelles, took
part in the landing at Cape Helles, 26 April, and was killed in action
there, 6 May, following; _unm._
[Illustration: =A. B. Fotheringham.=]
=FOUCAR, CLEMENT AUGUSTE=, Rifleman No. 1931, 9th Battn. (Queen
Victoria Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F), 4th _s._ of the late
Ferdinand Louis Foucar, of Rangoon and Moulmein, Burma, Teak Merchant
[of a Huguenot family, who came from Proisy in Picardy, after the
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, 1685], by his wife, Martha, dau.
of the late (--) Grasemann; _b._ Rangoon, 11 Sept. 1892; educ.
privately and at Doncaster Grammar School, etc.; joined the Queen
Victoria Rifles after the declaration of war, in Aug. 1914, and was
killed in action on Hill 60, near Ypres, 21 April, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Clement Auguste Foucar.=]
=FOULKES, HERBERT=, Stoker, P.O. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10294), 299552,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FOUND, JOHN=, Mechanician, Po./279973 H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=FOURNIER, EMILE=, Private, No. 26321, 14th Battn. (65th Regt.),
3rd Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Adelard
Fournier, of Hull, P.Q., Canada; _b._ Hull, aforesaid, 1 Feb.
1896; educ. Hull Brothers’ College, and with the Capucin Fathers at
Ottawa; enlisted early in Aug. 1914, immediately after the declaration
of war; left Canada with the first contingent in Oct.; went to France
in Feb., and died in hospital at Rouen, 10 May, 1915, of wounds in
the right leg received in action at Langemarck, 27 April; _unm._
His commanding officer, Capt. D. E. Serres, wrote that “he was one of
his best men,” adding, “I praise you to have in your family such a
courageous and brave child.”
=FOWLER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD=, Private, No. 1465, 1st Battn.
H.A.C., 2nd _s._ of Arthur Christopher Fowler, of 12, Grange
Park, Ealing, W., Printer and Bookbinder, by his wife Laura Jennie,
dau. of Richard Clarke Pauling, C.E.; _b._ London, 27 Feb. 1893;
educ. Xavierian College, Mayfield, Sussex, and St. Edmund’s College,
Old Hall, Ware, co. Herts; was apprenticed to his father as a Printer
and Bookbinder through the Stationers’ Company; on the outbreak of
war enlisted in the H.A.C.; served in France and Flanders, and was
killed in action in Flanders, 13 March, 1915; buried at Lochre, nine
miles from Ypres; _unm._ His Capt., Ernest Boyle, wrote: “An
attack was made upon the German position, and our company held a
trench immediately in front. We were subject to very heavy firing
from German machine guns and your son was unhappily hit in the head.
He was unconscious from the first and cannot have even been aware
that he was hit, so he suffered no pain at all. He survived his wound
some hours. As he still lived, as soon as it was dark he was taken
away to the hospital, where he died, so I do not know whether he ever
recovered consciousness, but I do not think he did. Two others of his
company gave their lives for their country the same day ... Personally
I had not known your son very long, as I have only recently joined his
company, but I soon came to know him and greatly admired him. He was
the heart and soul of the football teams, and I had a long talk with
him on the morning of his death about future matches. He was so keen
in all he did, so determined, so plucky and so willing, showing all
those characteristics which endear a man at the front to his comrades
and to his officers”; a Sergt., Geoffrey Ernst: “At the time we were
supporting an attack by keeping up a heavy rifle fire on the German
trenches, and unfortunately they turned a machine gun on us, which, I
am afraid, was the cause of all our trouble. At the time, too, he was
blazing away with his rifle most cheerily.” Private Brown also wrote
to his own father: “During the last time up I have lost my great pal,
Dicky Fowler.... We have had a very hot time, and this last time up we
had twelve good days of it. Dick was hit on the Friday (12th inst.) in
the afternoon and died early on Saturday morning. Glad to say the old
boy lived long enough to be brought back to this village, as now he is
buried in the churchyard. He was a grand fellow and such a ‘White man.’
We were always together, whether in the firing line or back here;
naturally I feel his loss, but it must be cruel for his people and his
girl. He hadn’t missed a single trench, and both he and I were proud of
our record, but he could not have died a finer death, as his shoulder
was hard against the parapet. This was how it happened. We were
assisting in a charge by some well-known regulars (great pals of ours)
by firing straight in front of us to keep the Huns opposite down below
their parapet, and avoid them firing on our chaps, who were making the
charge on our right. We were to fire straight and then sweep along to
the left as our boys came along, but the blighters swept a machine gun
along the top of our parapet and poor Dick got one right through the
head. When I got to him he was unconscious and he never regained his
senses. Of course I was with him until night, and then he was carried
back on the stretcher. The bullet went right through his head and it
was a marvel he lived so long, but he was a fine healthy chap and any
amount of natural pluck.” Private Fowler was a keen sportsman and
played cricket and football for the Neasden Sports Clubs.
[Illustration: =Christopher R. Fowler.=]
=FOWLER, GEORGE=, Transport Sergt., No. 128, 1/5th Battn. The
Royal Scots (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Colour-Sergt. George Fowler,
of 55, Lochend Road West, Edinburgh (who served with the 5th Royal
Scots for 35 years), by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Malcolm Kirk,
of Musselburgh, Painter; _b._ Edinburgh, 25 Aug. 1887; educ.
Regent Street Public School there; was a Clerk in Midlothian County
Council; joined the 5th Royal Scots, then the Queen’s Edinburgh Rifle
Volunteers, 16 Feb. 1905; volunteered for active service on the
outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, left England for the Dardanelles on 21
March, 1915, and was shot by a sniper on 21 May, 1915, and died there
the next day; _unm._ Buried at B. Line, W. Beach. Sergt. Fowler
was the Battn. representative at the King’s Coronation in London, and
was secretary of the Sports Committee (1912–13), the two years that the
Battn. sports were held.
[Illustration: =George Fowler.=]
=FOWLER, THEODORE HUMPHREY=, Corpl., No. 2446, Honourable
Artillery Coy., _s._ of Oliver Humphrey Fowler, of Cirencester,
M.D.; _b._ Cirencester, co. Gloucester, 25 Sept. 1879; educ.
Lancing College; volunteered after the outbreak of war and enlisted
in the Honourable Artillery Coy., 3 Oct. 1914; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; was wounded at Kemmel, and died in
the County of London War Hospital, Epsom, 17 Aug. 1915; _unm._ His
brother, Capt. R. C. Fowler, Northants Regt., is now (1916) on active
service.
=FOWLER, WILLIAM=, Stoker, R.N.R., T. 2294, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=FOWLER WILLIAM HENRY=, Private, No. 21600, 7th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of John Busteed Fowler, of 8,
Sidneyville, Bellevue Park, Cork, Member of Cork Stock Exchange, and
Insurance Agent, by his wife, Annie Louisa, dau. of William Henry
Hill, B.E.; _b._ Summount, Cork, 7 Aug. 1893; educ. Cork Grammar
School and University College Cork; went to Canada in Feb. 1912, and
settled at Calgary, Alberta; was an official of the Bank of Commerce,
volunteered on the outbreak of War, and enlisted, 11 Aug. 1914; left
with the 1st Contingent in Oct. 1914; trained on Salisbury Plain during
the winter of 1914–15; went to France, March, 1915, and was killed in
action near Ypres, 27 April, 1915; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “I was
right there when it happened, and we buried him. We had not time to do
very much, for the bullets were flying all round us, but we wrapped him
in his blanket, and we put a cross up.” His two brothers both enlisted
when war was declared and served with the Canadian Expeditionary
Force in France. Private Richard T. Fowler, Princess Patricia’s Light
Infantry, was invalided home in Nov. 1915, and Private John G. Fowler,
5th Battn., was wounded at Festubert in May, 1915. Another brother,
Frank R. Fowler, is now temporary 2nd Lieut. 3rd Leinsters.
[Illustration: =William Henry Fowler.=]
=FOWLING, BERTIE EVELYN=, Shipwright, 1st Class, 342885, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=FOWLOW, RICHARD=, Corpl., No. 886, D Coy., 1st Newfoundland
Regt., eldest _s._ of Thomas Jenkins Fowlow, of Trinity East,
Newfoundland, Owner and Master of 50-ton Fishing Schooner, by his wife,
Elizabeth, dau. of John P. Fowlow; _b._ Trinity East aforesaid, 18
Jan. 1893; educ. High School there; was a Clerk in a Dry Goods Store;
joined H Coy. of the Trinity East Church Lads Brigade, 4 Oct. 1912,
was appointed L.-Corpl. the same year and promoted Corpl. in 1913;
volunteered for foreign service after the outbreak of war, and joined
the Newfoundland Expeditionary Force, Jan. 1915; left for England with
the second contingent, 20 March, 1915; went to the Dardanelles, and
died at Malta, 23 Nov. 1915, of typhoid contracted while on active
service there; _unm._ Buried in Pieta, Malta (Row 8A, No. 6).
[Illustration: =Richard Fowlow.=]
=FOX, HARRY=, Stoker, P.O., 301863, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action
in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FOX, HARRY EDWIN=, Leading Telegraphist, J. 6260, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1913.
=FOX, JOHN=, Private, No. 12768, 4th (Service) Battn. South Wales
Borderers, yst. _s._ of the late Arthur Fox, of Bradford, Yorks,
Police Constable, by his wife, Ada S. (27, Layard Street, Splott,
Cardiff), dau. of Maurice Devine, Army Pensioner; _b._ Bradford,
5 Aug. 1897; was employed as a boy at the Cardiff Cinema Theatre,
which he left in May with an excellent character; enlisted Aug. 1914;
served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles,
from 4 July to 12 Aug. 1915, on which date he was killed in action
there; _unm._ His brother, Private M. A. Fox, was killed in action
in France (see following notice), and the only surviving brother,
L.-Corpl. William Kenneth Fox, is serving with the A.S.C.
=FOX, MAURICE ARTHUR=, Private, No. 4634, 1st Battn. Royal
Welsh Fusiliers, _s._ of Arthur Fox, of Bradford, Yorks, Police
constable (see preceding notice), _b._ Bradford, 6 Jan. 18..;
served three years with the Colours and then joined the Reserve;
mobilised 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 4 Oct. 1914, and was killed in
action on the 20th of that month; _unm._
=FOX, WALTER HENRY=, Lieut., 4th Battn. South Staffordshire Regt.,
attd. 2nd Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., elder _s._ of George Martin
Fox, of Walsall, M.D., by his wife, Emily, dau. of Henry Vaughan, J.P.;
_b._ Walsall, co. Stafford, 30 Nov 1895; educ. St. Ninian’s,
Moffat, and Bromsgrave School, where he was in the O.T.C., and in
the Cricket XI and Football XV; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the South
Staffordshires, 15 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. ... April, 1915; went
to France, 29 May, and there was attached to the 2nd Bedfords, and was
killed in action at Givenchy, 16 June, 1915; _unm._ His Capt.
wrote: “I feel that in losing him, I lose a very good subaltern and a
very good and cheery comrade.” He was an enthusiastic golfer, and won
numerous prizes.
[Illustration: =Walter Henry Fox.=]
=FOX, WILFRID ARMSTRONG=, 2nd Lieut., 1/4th Battn. Lincolnshire
Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the late George Fox, of Horncastle, by
his wife, Mary H., dau. of Henry Nicholson; _b._ Horncastle, co.
Lincoln, 12 Oct. 1892; educ. Clevedon House, Woodhall Spa; Aldenham
School, and Keble College, Oxford, where he had just finished his
second year when the war broke out; joined the 4th Lincolns, 4 Aug.
1914, serving as a Private until he received his commission in Oct.
to rank as from 20 Aug. 1914; went to France, 1 May, 1915, and was
killed in action at Zillebeke, 29 July, 1915; _unm._ Buried in
Dranoute Churchyard. Lieut.-Col. Barrell, commanding 4th Lincolns,
wrote: “During the time he was with us he endeared himself to everyone
of us, and he had the makings of a very good officer”; and a Horncastle
soldier: “The unfortunate death of Lieut. Fox occurred in these
trenches. It would have been a job to find a more capable man in the
battalion. His cheery manner was just the thing that’s wanted out here,
and although he was not in our company and had not been with us very
long, his loss was felt acutely by the whole of the battalion, who all
appreciated his readiness to help in any concert or sport that was
arranged to pass the evenings while we were resting. Most of us knew
him as a Private, and all agree that he was a jolly good Private and an
ideal officer.”
=FOX, WILLIAM=, Stoker, P.O., 172400, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronal, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=FOX, WILLIAM ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7020), S.S.
101584, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FOXELL, FREDERICK JAMES=, Ship’s Corpl., 1st Class, 209944,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=FOXTON, JAMES=, Stoker, R.N.R., A. 3049, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=FOYER, WILLIAM=, Petty Officer, 176217, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=FRAMPTON, JOHN THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3007), S.S. 350, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=FRAMPTON, JOSEPH HENRY=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R, B. 4207), 292170,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=FRAMPTON, WALTER JOHN=, Sergt., No. 648, 16th Battn., 4th
Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of the late Walter
Frampton, of the Civil Service, by his wife, Fanny (3, Lennox Mansions,
Southsea, Hants), dau. of Edward Kirk Horn, of Adelaide, South
Australia, and grandson of the Rev. Canon John Frampton, of the Priory,
Tetbury, Gloucestershire; _b._ Adelaide, South Australia, 20 Dec.
1867; educ. St. Edward’s School, Oxford; enlisted as Pay-Corpl. in the
Australian Expeditionary Force after the outbreak of war, about 14 Oct.
1914; left with his Battn. for Egypt in Jan.; took part in the landing
at the Dardanelles on 25 April; was seriously wounded at Gaba Tepe on
the 27th, and died in the 17th Royal General Hospital, Alexandria, 3
May, 1915. Buried in Chatby Military Cemetery, Alexandria: _unm._
Sergt. Frampton was most highly spoken of for his bravery by his
commanding officers, who said that, but for his death, he would shortly
have received his commission. A tablet to his memory was placed in the
chapel of St. Edward’s School, Oxford.
[Illustration: =Walter John Frampton.=]
=FRANCIS, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 8146, 1st Battn. Dorsetshire
Regt., _s._ of Job Francis, of 95, Abercynon Road, Abercynon, co.
Glamorgan; _b._ Ashton Gate, Bristol, 4 Feb. 1895; educ. Board
School there; enlisted 1 Sept. 1914; and died from the effects of gas
poisoning at Hill 60, 4 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Arthur Francis.=]
=FRANCIS, BASIL HUGH=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. The Royal Scots,
_s._ of Capt. Harold Hugh Francis, late Royal Scots; _b._
Firth House, Rosslyn, 8 Oct. 1895; educ. Rugby and University College,
Oxford (admitted March, 1914), and on the outbreak of war was gazetted
to his father’s old regiment, 14 Aug. He was killed in action near La
Bassée, 4 Feb. 1915; buried Château de Gerve, near Bethune.
=FRANCIS, GILBERT BRYAN=, Private, No. 10/2138, Wellington
Infantry, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of the Rev.
David Francis, B.A., Vicar of Llandygwydd, Cardigan, R.D., by his
wife, Amy, 3rd dau. of J. M. Bryan, of Northampton, M.D., F.R.C.S.;
_b._ Llandygwydd Vicarage, 17 Oct. 1886; educ. Llandovery College;
went to New Zealand, 4 Dec. 1912; enlisted, 15 Feb. 1915; left New
Zealand with reinforcements, 12 June, 1915, and died of enteric fever
at St. George’s Military Hospital, Malta, 13 Nov. 1915. Buried in Pieta
Cemetery, Malta; _unm._
[Illustration: =Gilbert Bryan Francis.=]
=FRANCIS, HENRY WILLIAM=, Private. No. 11133, 4th Battn. 1st
Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, elder _s._ of Henry
Francis, of Georgetown, Ontario, Canada, by his wife, Barbara Wells,
dau. of William James Saunders; _b._ Poplar, London, E., 6 Feb.
1897; educ. Hermit Road Council School, London, and Georgetown, Canada;
started work at the age of 13 at the Barber Paper and Coating Mills;
Georgetown, Ontario; volunteered 6 Aug. 1914, two days after the
declaration of war; left. Canada with the first contingent; went to
France, 6 Feb. 1915, took part in the various engagements, including
the repulse of the German gas attack at Langemarck, until 17 June,
1915, when he was shot through the temple by a sniper, while taking a
message down the trench. His Commanding Officer wrote: “As a soldier
there was none braver and none who played the game more manfully than
did Henry.”
[Illustration: =Henry William Francis.=]
=FRANCIS, JAMES THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./11729, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=FRANCIS, JOHN=, Capt., 1/5th Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt.
(T.F.), only child of John Horace Francis, of 7, Westbourne Road,
Edgbaston, member of the firm of Deakin & Francis, Birmingham, and
his wife, Ethel, yr. dau. of the late John William Botsford, of
Manchester; _b._ Edgbaston, 30 June, 1887; educ. Uppingham and
Gottingen, Germany; and was Director and Secretary of Deakin & Francis,
Manufacturing Jewellers. He joined the 5th (Territorial) Battn. of
the Warwicks on its organisation in 1907, and became Lieut., 30 Oct.
1909. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for Imperial Service; was
promoted Capt., 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 21 March, 1915, and was
killed in action in France, 12 June, 1915, being shot by a sniper;
_unm._ Buried in the 5th Battn. Warwicks Cemetery, White Gates,
Petit Pont, Ploegsteert. The Col. of the battn. wrote: “He belonged
to a fine battn. He was proud of the battn. and the battn. were
proud of him,” and after remarking on the loyal spirit of the corps,
pointing out that 900 of the 960 men volunteered for foreign service,
continued: “It was the officers of the type of Johnny Francis, as he
was known in the mess, that made the regt, what it was. Francis loved
the regt., loved his company, and his men were devoted to him. Amidst
30 or 40 officers there are bound to be degrees of character, force
and capacity, but in Francis I had a perfect soldier. As to character,
he was the soul of honour, a disciplined officer, a true friend. He
had a keen sense of justice and a sort of rough lovingkindness to his
men which made them value him. As to force, he was a born commander,
a leader of men. As to capabilities, he was clever, knew his job
thoroughly and had a way of imparting his knowledge to his men, and he
was hard-working; he was never idle. As to courage, there never was a
braver man. He was not merely a brave fool who saw no danger. I think
he was the kind of man who enjoyed danger. He would take a fearful
punishment on the football field or in a boxing match with the utmost
good temper. There was about him a joyous courage. I doubted some
men’s courage, I doubted my own, but I never doubted his.” A Memorial
Cross was erected in the Churchyard at Fladbury, and was dedicated by
the Bishop of Worcester, June, 1916. Capt. Francis, who was the first
officer to fall of the 5th and 6th Warwicks, was the great grandson of
John Francis, who was the first man to be given a commission as Lieut.
in the Volunteer movement of 1803. He was a well-known player for the
Moseley Rugby Club.
[Illustration: =John Francis.=]
=FRANCIS, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2086), 290778,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=FRANCIS, WILLIAM SAMUEL=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17236, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=FRANKLIN, ALBERT EDWARD=, Private, No. 1752, 1st Battn.
Australian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of George Franklin; _b._
Poplar, London, E., 25 Nov. 1892; educ. Daubeney Road School,
Clapton Park; went to Australia, 18 June, 1914, and settled at Glen
Innes, New South Wales; enlisted in Jan. 1915; left with the fourth
reinforcements, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 10 Dec.
1915; _unm._ He was buried on the slope of the hill where he fell,
overlooking Anzac Bay.
=FRANKLIN, ARTHUR=, Chief Stoker, 286935, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3262), 164423, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FRANKLIN, WILLIAM THOMAS=, Seaman, R.N.R., 4902B, H.M.S. Cressy
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FRANKS, JABEZ=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8075), S.S.
103825, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FRASER, ALEXANDER=, V.D., Lieut.-Col., 1/4th Battn. Queen’s Own
Cameron Highlanders (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late Alexander
Fraser, Provost of Inverness, Agent of the Commercial Bank of Scotland
there, by his wife, Elizabeth (Island Bank House, Inverness), dau.
of the Rev. John Spray, M.A., Vicar of Kinneagh, Ireland; _b._
Beauly, co. Inverness, 6 May, 1865; educ. the Royal Academy, Inverness,
Inverness College and Edinburgh University, and was admitted a
Solicitor on 25 March, 1890, and made a Notary Public on 18 Oct. 1892.
He practised in Inverness and became Senior Partner in the firm of
Fraser & Ross of that town. He joined the ranks of the 1st Volunteer
Battn. of the Cameron Highlanders, 9 May, 1883, and served with them
until 10 Nov. 1887, and with the Q.R.V.B. Royal Scots from 20 Feb.
1888 to 13 Nov. 1889, and received a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the
former, 17 May, 1890. He was promoted Lieut., 20 Dec. 1890; Capt., 10
Aug. 1898; Hon. Major, 5 April, 1902; Major, 25 Feb. 1905; and from
24 Feb. 1909 to 23 Aug. 1913, was Lieut.-Col. Commanding. He then
retired and joined the Reserve of Officers (T.F.). On the outbreak of
the European War he immediately volunteered for foreign service and
rejoined, 19 Sept. 1914, on a reserve unit being formed at Inverness;
and his successor in command of the 4th, being incapacitated for active
service by an accident, he was re-appointed Lieut.-Col. Commanding, 29
Oct. following. He went to the Front with his Battn. in Feb. 1915, and
was killed in action at Festubert, France, 18 May, 1915. On the 16th,
the first day of the British attack on the German trenches south of La
Bassée, the 4th Camerons were in reserve, and occupied trenches and
dug-outs made by themselves, about 1,000 yards behind the British line,
and on the afternoon of the 17th were ordered forward to the attack,
and moved via the village of Festubert up to the trenches captured by
the British the day before. The objective was a long trench, previously
a communication trench, but now used as a fire trench by the enemy,
with a group of houses on the enemy’s right. Two Battns. were ordered
to attack, and the Camerons were allotted the houses and the portion
of the trench next them; the other Battn. being on the right. Our
artillery bombarded the enemy during the day and at 7.30, just as dark
was coming on, the attack was launched. They had to advance over what
was apparently a perfectly level piece of greasy ground, about 800
yards across, but which was found to be intersected by deep ditches
full of water. The Battn. on the right suffered so severely that they
had to fall back, and some of D Coy. had to retire with them, but the
remainder successfully rushed the enemy’s trench. Every effort was
immediately made to put it in a state of defence, but the houses had
not been captured and our supports failed in the dark to find the
trench where the Battn. was, and when, just at dawn, the Germans made
a strong counter-attack and assailed both flanks with hand-grenades,
Col. Fraser saw that it could not be held and ordered a retreat. He
himself refused to leave his post of danger before the last of his men
was away, and just as he was starting to go he was shot at the edge of
the ditch. The Chaplain, in a letter to Mrs. Fraser, wrote: “Shortly
after I joined the Battn. as Chaplain, we were ordered to take up a
certain position. The date was 11 May. The Battn. waited there in
reserve until last night. At four o’clock in the afternoon the order
came to march out to ---- and turn due east. The front British trench
was reached without any casualties, and, led by your brave husband,
the gallant Camerons crossed over the backbone right into the German
trench. It had been evacuated by the enemy, but a communication trench
was still held by them, leading to their reserve trenches. The task
allotted to our Battn. was to cut off the German retreat from this
communication trench. Officers and men behaved like immortal heroes....
Lieut. ----, A Coy. told me that he saw Col. Fraser at an advanced
point. He was then wounded, but was giving orders. Lieut. ... was sent
with orders to another point, and when he returned he could find no
further trace of the Colonel. When the Battn. had to fall back under
a withering fire and the roll was called, there was still no word of
the Colonel. At 11 a.m. to-day Dr. Lindsay and I went out to look for
him, and though we reached to within a few hundred yards of the spot,
no trace of him could be found.... In the few days that I had been with
the Battn. I was led to cherish the profoundest admiration for your
husband. He was a wise leader, a considerate commander, and one of the
finest men that I ever had the good fortune to meet.... I was very
much struck with the religious note in his life, and it is a source
of inspiration to me to recall how earnestly he counselled his men to
guard against all manner of excesses.... It will comfort you to know
that the Brigadier-General told me that the Camerons crowned themselves
with glory.” He was twice mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir John
(now Lord) French (31 May, 1915, and 15 Oct. 1915). Col. Fraser was
Factor for the Estates of Culloden and Ferintosh; a military member of
the County Territorial Force Association for Inverness; a member of
the Town Council of Inverness, and for some time a Magistrate; Clerk
to the Deacons Court of the United Free High Church; President of the
Sanitary Association of Scotland, 1912–13; convenor of Public Health
Committee of Inverness, and secretary of the northern branch of the
Royal Arboricultural Society. He was Right Worshipful Master of St.
John’s Lodge of Freemasons, Inverness, and Provincial Grand Treasurer
of Inverness-shire. He passed the School of Musketry, Hythe, 18 Oct.
1899, and had certificates for Tactics (May, 1892), Organisation and
Equipment (May, 1903), and Military Topography (Nov. 1903). He had the
Long Service medal, the Volunteer Decoration, and the Coronation medal
(1911). Col. Fraser _m._ at the West Parish Church, Inverness, 27
April, 1893, Ella (Westwood, Inverness), only dau. of the late Col.
Duncan Menzies, Blarich, Sutherland, Scotland, who for many years
commanded the 1st Sutherland Highland Rifle Volunteers, and left
two sons and seven daus.: Duncan Menzies, _b._ 15 April, 1894;
Alexander Redmond Hugh, _b._ 25 Jan. 1908; Elizabeth Sibell,
_b._ 9 June, 1896; Mary Millicent, _b._ 14 March, 1898;
Muriel Jess, _b._ 26 June, 1900; Alexandra Dorothy, _b._ 1
Jan. 1903; Eleanor Beatrice Stewart, _b._ 31 Dec. 1905; Margaret
Iris, _b._ 30 July, 1910; and Frances Alice Murray, _b._ 10
Nov. 1912. Col. Fraser’s elder _s._ Menzies obtained a commission
in the Royal Engineers (S.R.) at the outbreak of the war and is now
(1916) Lieut. in the 75th Field Company R.E. attd. to the Guards
Division in France.
[Illustration: =Alexander Fraser.=]
=FRASER, DONALD ALEXANDER=, Trooper, No. 862, 1st Light Horse,
Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of the late William Fraser,
by his wife, Mary (Loloma, Barry Street, Neutral Bay, Sydney,
N.S.W.), dau. of John Oswald, of Melbourne, Victoria; _b._ Louth
River, Darling, New South Wales, 15 Feb. 1889; educ. Scotch College,
Melbourne; joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, 12 Jan. 1915,
left Australia with the fourth reinforcements and was killed in action
at Suvla Bay, 7 Aug. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Donald Alexander Fraser.=]
=FRASER, GEORGE JAMES=, Private, No. 2276, 4th Battn. (Royal
Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of James Fraser,
of 3, Reeves Place, Hoxton, N., Labourer, by his wife, Flora, dau.
of William Nixon; _b._ Bethnal Green, 13 Dec. 1892; volunteered
following the outbreak of war and joined the 4th London Regt., 22 Aug.
1914; went to France, 5 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Hill 60,
27 April, 1915; _unm._
=FRASER, THE HON. HUGH JOSEPH=, M.V.O., Major, 2nd Battn. Scots
Guards, 2nd _s._ of the late Simon, 15th Lord Lovat, by his wife,
Alice Mary (Beaufort Castle, Beauly), dau. of Thomas Weld Blundell, of
Ince Blundell; _b._ Beauly, co. Inverness, 6 July, 1874; educ.
Fort Augustus Abbey School. Inverness-shire; gazetted 2nd Lieut. from
the Militia to the Scots Guards, 12 Dec. 1894, promoted Lieut. 15 Nov.
1897, Capt. 16 March, 1901, and Major 12 June, 1907, and served in the
South African War, 1900–2; took part in the operations in the Orange
Free State, May to 29 Nov. 1900, including actions at Biddulphsberg and
Wittenbergen (1–29 July), also in those there and in the Transvaal,
30 Nov. 1901 to 31 May, 1902, and was mentioned in Despatches [London
Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901], and received the Queen’s medal with three
clasps and the King’s medal with two clasps; was Adjutant in Lovat’s
Scouts (Imperial Yeomanry) from 1 April, 1903 to 31 July, 1907, and
Aide-de-Camp to the Viceroy of India from Nov. 1910 to April, 1913.
On the outbreak of war with Germany he went to the Front with the 2nd
Battn. Scots Guards, which formed part of the 7th Division, and was
killed in action in the 1st Battle of Ypres, 27 Oct. 1914; _unm._
He was made a M.V.O. (4th Class) 1912.
[Illustration: =The Hon. Hugh J. Fraser.=]
=FRASER, JAMES HOWIE=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Gordon Highlanders, only
_s._ of Edward Cleather Fraser, C.M.G., Member of the Council of
Government, Mauritius, and a Partner in the firm of Ireland, Fraser
& Co., of Port Louis, by his wife, Mary Josephine, dau. of the late
Thomas Howie, and gdson. of the late James Fraser, of Newfield,
Blackheath Park; _b._ Blackheath, London, 4 April, 1888; educ.
Summerfields, near Oxford, Rugby and the Royal Military Academy,
Woolwich, out of which he passed first in Summer Term 1907, with prizes
for Tactics and Military Engineering; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Gordon
Highlanders, 9 Oct. 1907, and promoted Lieut. 20 March, 1909; joined
the 2nd Battn. in India, and served with it there and in Egypt, and
with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed
in action 30 Oct. 1914, in the attack on Zillebeke Farm House. He
was _unm._ and was buried at Klein Zillebeke. Lieut. Fraser was
mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan.
[London Gazette, 17 Feb.] 1915, for gallant and distinguished service
in the field.
[Illustration: =James Howie Fraser.=]
=FRASER, JAMES O’NEILL=, Private, No. 1341, 5th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of Evan Fraser, of 4, Caledonian
Place, Newton, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Railway Signalman, by his wife,
Sarah, dau. of John O’Neill; _b._ Beith, co. Ayr, 6 June, 1894;
educ. Hallside School, Cambuslang, and after being for some time a
clerk with the Caledonian Railway Co., emigrated to Australia in April,
1914, to take up farming. On the outbreak of war he enlisted in the
Australian Expeditionary Force; left for Egypt, 1 Feb. 1915; took part
in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25–26 April, 1915, and was killed on
the latter day; _unm._
=FRASER, LACHLAN HENRY VEITCH=, Lieut., 4th Battn. The Middlesex
Regt., yst. _s._ of Major Francis Fraser, of Tornaveen, co.
Aberdeen, by his wife, Alexia Mary Beatrice de Dombal, dau. of Capt.
John Henderson MacDonald, of Caskieben, co. Aberdeen, 78th Highlanders;
_b._ Tornaveen, 22 April, 1894; educ. Malvern and Sandhurst;
gazetted to the 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt. 8 Aug. 1914, and promoted
Lieut. 15 Nov. following; went to France, Sept. and was killed in
action in the trenches at Ypres, 24 Feb. 1915; _unm._ Buried at
Goderzom Farm, Vierstraat. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now
Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. [London Gazette, 17 Feb.] 1915, for
gallant and distinguished service in the field.
[Illustration: =Lachlan H. V. Fraser.=]
=FRASER, ROBERT=, Private, No. 8313, 2nd Battn. Highland L.I.,
only _s._ of Robert Fraser, of Glasgow, by his wife, Mary;
_b._ Glasgow, 1881; educ. Dobbies Loan School there; enlisted in
the 3rd Battn. Highland L.I.; served through the South African war and
retired in 1905 with the rank of Corpl.; re-enlisted in the 2nd Battn.
on the outbreak of the European War; went to France in Nov. 1914; was
wounded at Neuve Chapelle and again at Hill 60, and was killed in
action at Givenchy, 25 Sept. 1915. After the fighting that day he was
officially reported “Missing,” but on 29 Nov. a letter was received
by a wounded comrade who stated that he saw him buried that night. He
_m._ at Glasgow, 25 May, 1906, Mary (130, Taylor Street, Townhead,
Glasgow), dau. of James McLaughlan, of Glasgow, and had four children:
Robert, _b._ 22 Dec. 1908; James, _b._ 6 Oct. 1913; Mary,
_b._ 23 March, 1907; and Janet, _b._ 13 Jan. 1912.
[Illustration: =Robert Fraser.=]
=FRASER, WILLIAM ST. JOHN=, Lieut.-Commander, Royal Navy, 4th
_s._ of Sir Thomas Richard Fraser, of Drumsheugh Gardens,
Edinburgh, and Druimbeg, Acharacle, co. Argyle; M.D., F.R.S., LL.D.,
Professor of Materia Medica and of Clinical Medicine in the University
of Edinburgh; Hon. Physician to the King in Scotland, by his wife,
Susanna Margaret, dau. of the Rev. Robert Duncan; _b._ Edinburgh,
18 Sept. 1883; educ. Edinburgh Academy and Stubbington House, Fareham;
entered the Navy, Britannia, 1898; became a midshipman, 1899; and was
promoted Sub-Lieut., 1902, Lieut. 1904 and Lieut.-Commander, 1912;
served in China, 1899–1902, on board the Endymion (medal), and in the
European War, 1914–15, and was killed while on active service in the
North Sea, near Heligoland, Jan. 1915, in command of Submarine E 10,
which was destroyed with all hands. Admiral Sir George Warrender wrote:
“I knew him well, for he was with me in the Shannon and I admired and
respected him as one of the finest of our young officers.” He _m._
at Colinton, Midlothian, 9 April, 1908, Kathleen Lilias (Colinton,
Midlothian), dau. of Capt. Abel Chapman, 19th Hussars, and had two
daus.: Mary Kathleen, _b._ 16 Aug. 1911; and Rachel Margaret,
_b._ 22 Jan. 1913.
[Illustration: =William St. John Fraser.=]
=FREDERICK, HENRY=, Stoker (Native), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=FREDERICK, JOHN EDWARD=, Gunner (R.F.R., I.C. 43), H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=FREDERICKS, WILLIAM=, A.B., 198858, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action
in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FREEBOROUGH, CHARLES HENRY=, Leading Seaman, 228949, H.M.S
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FREEMAN, CHARLES WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER=, Stoker, 1st Class, K.
15937, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about
20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=FREEMAN, GEOFFREY WILLIAM=, Private, No. 1201, 5th Battn. (London
Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of William
Edward Freeman, of 77, North Side, Clapham Common, S.W., L.D.S.,
R.C.S. Eng., Dental Surgeon, by his wife, Maud, dau. of the late John
Hopkins, of Sydney, N.S.W.; _b._ Narrabri, New South Wales, 11
Sept. 1896; came to England with his parents, 1903; educ. Manor House
School, Clapham Common; and when war broke out was studying to enter
Guy’s Hospital. He immediately volunteered and joined the London Rifle
Brigade, 4 Nov. 1914, and, after training at Crowboro’ and Haywards
Heath, went to France, 12 March, 1915. He wrote home regularly and
cheerfully, his last letter being dated 8 May when the battn. was
resting from a long spell in the trenches. A day or two later they were
rushed up to take part in the Second Battle of Ypres, and he was one of
the gallant band of nine who were with Sergt. D. W. Belcher when he won
his V.C. on 13 May. Sergt. Belcher, with his handful of men, elected to
remain and endeavour to hold a portion of an advanced breastwork south
of the Wieltje-St. Julien Road, which was under heavy bombardment from
the enemy’s artillery, after the troops near him had been withdrawn,
and there is little doubt that the bold front shown by Sergt. Belcher
and the few men with him prevented the enemy from breaking through and
making a flank attack on one of the divisions. They held on during the
whole day, and at nightfall reinforcements came up and the position was
saved. Unfortunately, however, Freeman was killed during the course of
the day. He had volunteered to take a message under heavy fire to Capt.
Somers Smith of the L.R.B.; the message was taken and delivered, but
almost immediately a shell burst and he and all around him were killed.
He was named in Battn. Orders, and 2nd Lieut. A. G. Sharp wrote; “He
was always popular wherever he went, and everyone who came in contact
with him, liked him. During the whole time I knew him I never met one
person who had anything but good to say of him. In his last term at
Manor House he won the Gold Medal, and everyone who was with him during
his short but glorious career in the Army says that they have lost in
him a great pal. During his whole life he upheld the traditions of
his school, which was very dear to him, and he died as every Manorian
would wish to die. Truly when one thinks of him one is convinced that
Manor House makes no idle boast when she says that all her sons are
‘Sportsmen and true gentlemen.’”
[Illustration: =Geoffrey W. Freeman.=]
=FREEMAN, JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3402), 217667, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=FREER, ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 7890, 1st Battn. Highland L.I.,
6th _s._ of George Freer, of 18, Cameron Street, off New City
Road, Glasgow, by his wife, Barbara Park, dau. of William Ferris, of
Dundee, Carpenter; _b._ Glasgow, 31 June, 1894; educ. Oakbank
School there; was an apprentice shipwright with Messrs. Berdmore &
Dalmuir; enlisted 30 Jan. 1914; went to France, 4 Jan. 1915, and was
killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915. His yst. brother,
Robert, died on active service (see his notice), and of his other
brothers, James and John are both on active service, the former with
the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders and the latter at Salonika.
[Illustration: =Alexander Freer.=]
=FREER, LEACROFT HOWARD=, Sapper, No. 5089, 1st Coy. (6th North
Vancouver Engineers), Canadian Engineers, 2nd _s._ of the late
Howard Freer, of Bidford Grange, Warwickshire, by his wife, Gertrude
Louisa (Port Hammond, P.O., British Columbia, Canada), dau. of Peter
Davis, of Bickmarsh Hall, co. Warwick; _b._ Bidford Grange, co.
Warwick, 26 Aug. 1884; educ. Bedford Grammar School; went to Canada in
1903, farming, afterwards taking up carpentering; volunteered on the
outbreak of war and joined the North Vancouver Engineers, 11 Aug. 1914;
came over with the first contingent; went to the Front in Feb. 1915,
and was killed in action at Givenchy, 15 June, 1915, by shell-fire;
_unm._ A comrade wrote: “On the evening of 15 June, the Canadians
were making an attack, a party of engineers, including your son and
myself, were waiting with some infantry in a communication trench
immediately behind our front line for the word to go forward. Before
the word came a large German shell exploded quite close to us, killing
seven of our men, your son being one. He was killed instantly, as he
was nearest to the explosion. Your son was thought much of by both
officers and men. He was always so willing to help others. His services
to the company will be greatly missed. He was so capable, being able
to turn his hand to such a variety of works”; and another: “He was the
ideal type of an Englishman, I always thought, and I know that everyone
who had anything to do with him liked and admired him.”
[Illustration: =Leacroft Howard Freer.=]
=FREER, ROBERT=, Private, No. 3351, 3/5th Battn. Highland L.I.
(T.F.), 7th and yst. _s._ of George Freer, of 18, Cameron Street,
off New City Road, Glasgow, by his wife, Barbara Park, dau. of William
Ferris, of Dundee, Carpenter; _b._ Glasgow, 28 Oct. 1897; educ.
Oakbank School there; was an apprentice with a boat builder; enlisted
7 April, 1915, a month after his brother Alexander was killed at Neuve
Chapelle, and died in the Military Hospital at Ripon, 26 Dec. 1915, of
pneumonia contracted while training; _unm._
[Illustration: =Robert Freer.=]
=FREIGHT, STANLEY GEORGE=, Corpl., No. 123, 1/4th Royal West
Surrey Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Edward James Freight, of 40,
Windmill Road, Croydon, Builder, by his wife, Jessie, dau. of Samuel
Cross, of Frome, Somerset, Farmer; _b._ Brixton, 1884; educ.
Croydon; was a Builder and Decorator in partnership with his father;
joined the 4th Surrey Territorials in 1908; volunteered for foreign
service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to India with his
regt. 29 Oct. 1914, and died on active service at Lucknow, 1 May, 1915,
of enteric fever; _unm._
=FRENCH, ALFRED=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po./11057, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chile, 1 Nov. 1914.
=FRENCH, ARTHUR ROBERT=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26373 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=FRENCH, FREDERICK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2469), 196044, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=FRENCH, HERBERT=, Private, No. 7145, 1st Battn. (33rd Regt.)
1st Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of John French;
_b._ Kimer, co. Sussex; enlisted as a Driver (No. 40744) in the
R.F.A. about 1894, and was 18 years with the Colours; served in the
Sudan (medal), 1897–98, and in the South African War (medal with two
clasps), 1899–1902; went to Canada about 1912 and settled at Vingham,
Ontario; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Canadian
Expeditionary Force, 16 Aug. 1914; came over with the first contingent
Oct., and died on service in Bulford Manor Hospital, 24 Dec. 1914,
following an operation. He _m._ at Brighton, Sussex, 22 April,
1894, Jane (Broughdale Avenue, London, Ontario), dau. of Harry Hayles,
and had six children: Hezekiah George, _b._ 7 June, 1878,
_m._ with three children; Harry, _b._ 8 April, 1883; Herbert
John, _b._ 21 June, 1900, now (1916) on active service in France;
George, _b._ 9 Aug. 1910; Daisy, _b._ 9 Dec. 1897; and Maude
Gladys, _b._ 4 March, 1903.
[Illustration: =Herbert French.=]
=FRENCH, JOHN EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10100), 202476, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FRENCH, JOSEPH ROBERT=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16365, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FRENCH, VALENTINE DOUGLAS=, 2nd Lieut., 5th (Service) Battn.
Shropshire L.I., 3rd _s._ of [the Hon.] John French, of Miramar,
Queenstown, Resident Magistrate, J.P. [2nd _s._ of Charles, 3rd
Baron De Freyne], by his wife, Nani, dau. of Valentine Blake Dillon;
_b._ Peatra House, Frenchpark, co. Roscommon, 3 Jan. 1889; educ.
Jesuits College Limerick; gazetted to the 5th Battn. Royal Munster
Fusiliers, 9 April, 1906; but retired in 1907 and became Manager of
the Shelford Rubber Estate at Klang, Malay States. On the outbreak
of war he returned home and received a commission in the 5th King’s
Shropshire L.I., 10 March, 1915; went to France with his regt. 20 May,
and died 16 June, 1915, of wounds received in action, and was buried in
Dickebusch Churchyard, at the corner of the south wall of Sanctuary;
_unm._ Capt. H. Measor wrote: “When we knew at the last moment
before leaving England that he was coming with us, all of us, and we
C Coy. officers in particular, were delighted that we should have him
with us. His wonderful good spirits and cheeriness at all times was a
tonic of inestimable value to those of us who are not blessed with as
stout a heart and as great courage as he was. I last saw him standing
in a field which was swept with a hail of shrapnel, cheering the men of
his platoon on, and seeing them all into the comparative safety of a
concentration trench before he took any advantage of the cover himself,
and even after he was hit I am told that he went on encouraging his men
and giving them heart.” Lieut. French’s elder brother was wounded in
the same action, and has since died of his wounds. His cousins-german,
Lord De Freyne and the Hon. George French, were killed in action a few
weeks previously.
[Illustration: =Valentine Douglas French.=]
=FRICKER, ALFRED HENRY=, Private, No. 6463, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of George Fricker, of Wookey Wells, Somerset, by
his wife, Elsie; _b._ Radstock, co. Somerset, 4 Aug. 1885; educ.
Radstock and Wells; enlisted 5 Dec. 1905; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914,
and was killed in action at Chivy, France, 14 Sept. 1914. He _m._
at Wells, 20 March, 1909, Emily (63, Thomas Street, Miskin, Mountain
Ash, Glamorgan), dau. of William John Berryman, and had three children:
George William Henry, _b._ 3 Feb. 1910; Alfred John, _b._ 16
June, 1913; and Ellen Norah, _b._ 17 Jan. 1911.
=FRICKER, BASSELL SAXE=, Private, No. 3/894, Ambulance Division,
New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late Henry
Charles Fricker, of Greymouth, New Zealand; _b._ Greymouth, 22
March, 1884; educ. Greymouth High School; volunteered for Imperial
service after the outbreak of war; left New Zealand with the sixth
reinforcements, and was drowned while on active service in H.M.S.
Marquette, 23 Oct. 1915; _unm._ He was a keen sportsman and
powerful swimmer, and held several medals for swimming.
[Illustration: =Bassell Saxe Fricker.=]
=FRICKER, JOSEPH HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 110662 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FRIEND, GEORGE BURTON TADDY=, Capt., 6th (Service) Battn. (The
Buffs) East Kent Regt., eldest _s._ of the late James Taddy
Friend, of Northdown, D.L., by his wife, Mary Stewart (Northdown, Isle
of Thanet, Kent), dau. of George Irvine, of Bruckley House, Mossley
Hill; _b._ Northdown, afsd., 1 Oct. 1879; educ. Wellington House,
Westgate-on-Sea and Harrow; gazetted to the 1st Battn. E. Kent Regt.,
from the Rifle Brigade Militia, 7 March, 1900, and promoted Lieut.
2 Nov. 1900; served with his regt. in India 1900 to 1903, retiring
in 1906 to take up farming. At the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914. he
rejoined his old regt. and was gazetted Capt. to the 6th Battn. 1
Oct. 1914. He went to France, 1 June, 1915, and was killed in action
in Flanders, 25 July, 1915, while with a party repairing barbed wire
entanglements in front of the trenches. He _m._ 1 June, 1906,
Susie Frances Selby, 2nd dau. of the late Richard Copley, of Thrapston,
co. Northants, and had two sons: James Irvine, _b._ July, 1907,
_d._ 17 Aug. 1911; and Geoffrey Francis, _b._ 26 Jan. 1909.
His three brothers are (1916) on active service.
=FRIEND, HARRY EDWIN=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27538, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=FROGGATT, ALEXANDER=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./15598, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FROST, EDMUND LIONEL=, Lieut., 4th Battn. South Lancashire
Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Edmund Frost, of Chesterfield, Meads,
Eastbourne, M.D., Mast. Surg., etc., by his wife, Mary Elizabeth, 2nd
dau. of the late Walter Theobalds, of Birkenhead, Cheshire; _b._
Lasswade, Midlothian, 30 May, 1891; educ. Dover College Junior School,
and Uppingham, where he was a Præposter, Captain of Games, Captain of
the School Football and Hockey teams, Captain of his House (Fircroft),
and Champion Heavy Weight Boxer; and Trinity College, Cambridge. He
passed his “Little Go” at the age of 16, but remained at Uppingham till
old enough to go to Cambridge. He graduated with honours in the Natural
Sciences Tripos, 1912, and during his three years there, he obtained
sixteen medals, two silver spoons, a cup, and three oars, for Boxing,
Rifle and Revolver Shooting and Sports. He was the ’Varsity champion
heavy weight boxer in 1910, for which he received his half blue, and
gained another half blue for Rifle Shooting. He only became a “wet bob”
his last year, but so excellent an oarsman was he that he narrowly
missed inclusion in the Cambridge Crew of that year; as it was, he was
awarded the Trial Eights Cup. He was Captain of the ’Varsity Revolver
Team and obtained the ninth place in the International Revolver
Championship, N.R.A., at Bisley in 1912; he made a remarkable record
in marksmanship with a revolver, by scoring 82 out of a possible 84,
under service conditions. On leaving Cambridge he became actively
associated with the firm of Messrs. Peter Stubs, Ltd., File and Steel
and Tool Manufacturers, Warrington, of which his uncle, Mr. F. A.
Frost, was Chairman and Managing Director. The following year, 1913,
he went to France with the object of perfecting his knowledge of the
language and coming into touch with the Continental trade of the
Company. He received a commission in the 4th (Territorial) Battn. South
Lancashire Regt., 1 Nov. 1912, and on the outbreak of war volunteered
for foreign service, was promoted Lieut. 24 Sept. 1914; went to France
11 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Hooge, Flanders, 16 June,
1915; _unm._ On this occasion his Battn. with three other regts.
assaulted the German position at Hooge, and carried three trenches at
the point of the bayonet, and the Brigadier-General, addressing the
Battn. after the battle, said: “The Battalion did splendidly. You have
proved that the 4th South Lancashires can never be broken.” Lieut.
Frost was shot through the head, and though he lived three-quarters
of an hour, never regained consciousness. He was buried in Sanctuary
Wood, near Ypres. Major Crosfield wrote: “I was speaking to him only
ten minutes before, and though we were in the thick of it, he was just
as bright and cheery as ever. The whole Battalion mourns his loss.” The
Rev. W. Bracecamp, Chaplain to the Battn., wrote: “When the Battalion
left to make the charge he was thoroughly cheery and said to me,
‘Good-bye, Padre. We shall soon meet again.’ Your son was one of the
finest characters it has ever been my privilege to meet. He was beloved
by officers and men alike. His fine physique, his noble character,
endeared him to everybody. He was one of the noble fellows whose life
could not be spared, but he has voluntarily laid it down in a noble
cause for God, King, and Country.” Lieut. Frost had travelled a great
deal in company with his father, both in Europe, America, and the Far
West.
[Illustration: =Edmund Lionel Frost.=]
=FROST, GERARD GARTON STACY=, Private, No. 2692, 16th Platoon, D
Coy., 9th (Highlanders) Battn. Royal Scots (T.F.), eldest _s._ of
Charles Edward Frost, of 30, St. Mark’s Terrace, City Road, Lakenham,
Norwich, Private House Agent for Bullard & Sons, Ltd., Brewers, by his
wife, Annie; _b._ Lakenham, Norwich, 20 Nov. 1884; educ. Norwich,
and had been in business in Manchester, holding a very good position
with Vincent Smethurst there. After the outbreak of war he joined the
Royal Scots with his great friend Charles Newsham (who was afterwards
killed by the same shell as himself), 10 Nov. 1914, and after training
at Edinburgh and Kilmarnock, left for the Front towards the end of
Feb.; he lost his life during the bombardment of Ypres, three shells
dropping into the billets of his company and killing him and six of
his comrades as they lay sleeping, 7 April, 1915. He was buried on the
ramparts of Ypres close to the Porte de Lille; _unm._ Lieut.-Col.
R. S. Blair, commanding 9th Royal Scots, wrote: “He died a soldier’s
death, and we are grateful and proud of his courage and devotion to
duty and his Corps.” Private Frost was a member of the Cheadle Golf
Club, and was well known in the amateur rowing world of the North,
being for two or three years captain of the Didsbury Rowing Club, the
junior four of which he stroked to victory at the Northwich, Agecroft
and Lancaster regattas in 1912. He was also on the committee of the
Norwich Swan and Dolphin Swimming Clubs and winner of many swimming
trophies; his two younger brothers are in a Canadian regt.
[Illustration: =Gerard G. Stacy Frost.=]
=FROST, KENNETH=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt.,
yr. _s._ of Ralph Frost, of Wandsworth Common, London, Managing
Director of J. Miles & Co., Ltd., 68–70, Wardour Street, member of
the Westminster City Council, by his wife, Sarah (died 1895), dau.
of John Bolton, of Manchester; _b._ London, 28 April, 1892;
educ. Reading School, and afterwards entered the employ of a firm of
wholesale stationers in London. He joined the Artists’ Rifles in 1909,
and on the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service, and as a
corporal left with his Battn. for France, 22 Oct. 1914. Three months
later he was given a commission in the South Staffordshire Regt., being
transferred to the 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt., 16 Feb. 1915, and
was killed in action at Zillebeke, Flanders, 22 Feb. 1915; _unm._
His Commanding Officer in the South Staffordshire Regt. described him
as one of the promising young officers in his command both for resource
and bravery.
[Illustration: =Kenneth Frost.=]
=FRY, HORACE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7348), 291257, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FRY, JAMES=, Sergt., No. 7267, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd
_s._ of the late John Fry, of Timsbury, Bath, Farm Labourer and
ex-soldier, by his wife, Emily; _b._ Southstoke, co. Somerset,
21 Oct. 1889; educ. Marksbury National School, near Bath; enlisted
24 Feb. 1907; went to France with the Expeditionary Force; killed in
action at Langemarck, near Ypres, during the Battle of the Aisne, 23
Oct. 1914. He _m._ at Greenwich, Amelia Ann (100, Brookmill Road,
St. John’s, S.E.), dau. of Henry George Shephard, and had two children:
James Arthur George, _b._ posthumous, 12 Dec. 1914; and Ida Edith,
_b._ 30 April, 1913.
=FRYER, EDWIN SAMUEL=, Rifleman, No. 2902, B Coy. 9th Battn.
(Queen Victoria Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd London Infantry
Brigade, only surviving child of Samuel Fryer, of the Harvest Home,
Bury Cross, Alverstoke, Hants, Beer Retailer, by his wife, Mary Anne,
dau. of James Day, of Manwell, Somersetshire; _b._ London, 20 Jan.
1887; educ. Archbishop Tenison’s Grammar School, London; and after
a short time in the Civil Service, left at the age of 21 to enter a
private firm. On the outbreak of war he volunteered and joined the
Queen Victoria Rifles, 2 Sept. 1914; went to France 4 Nov., and was
killed in action at Lindenhock, 18 Dec. 1914; _unm._ Buried at
Lindenhock, Belgium. His Commanding Officer wrote: “He always did his
duty well and cheerfully under often very trying conditions, and showed
a fine spirit, setting a splendid example to the rest of the men, by
whom he was much liked and respected, and who, in common with myself,
will feel his loss very much.” He was a Freemason and a highly esteemed
member of the Equitable Friendly Society, having been Worthy Master
during the year 1912.
[Illustration: =Edwin Samuel Fryer.=]
=FRYER, ERNEST GEORGE=, Sub-Lieut., R.N.R., _s._ of the
late Robert Edward Fryer, of Bristol, by his wife, Mahala Rebecca
(now widow of the late Thomas Alfred Paczensky, of Abberton Glebe,
near Colchester), dau. of David Rhamm, of Wisbech; _b._ Writtle,
Chelmsford, co. Essex, 20 Jan. 1887; educ. St. James’ Collegiate
School, Jersey; entered the P. & O. S. N. Company’s Service about 1908,
and was a Second Officer when the war broke out. He was appointed a
Probationary Midshipman, 25 July, 1905, rank confirmed in 1908, and
became Sub-Lieut. in 1912; commissioned to H.M.S. Triumph, 4 Aug. to 4
Sept. 1914, he was placed on the German H.A.L. Frisia and navigated her
with a prize crew from the neighbourhood of Tsing-tau to Wei-hai-Wei.
On 4 Sept. he was placed on board H.M. Destroyer Jed, which proceeded
to the Eastern Mediterranean, where, in Feb. 1915, he was appointed to
H.M.S. Vengeance. On 12 June he was sent with a party to blow up a rock
at the entrance to an island harbour in Asia Minor, when some accident
caused a hose of gun-cotton to ignite. Several of the party were badly
burnt and the boat had to be abandoned. Fryer died on board H.M.S.
Vengeance three days later, 15 June, 1915, and was buried at sea, off
the coast of Mitylene; _unm._
[Illustration: =Ernest George Fryer.=]
=FRYER, NORMAN MOODY=, Private, No. 13740, 5th (Western Cavalry)
Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late Thomas
Henry Fryer, of Wells, co. Norfolk; _b._ West Kensington, London,
1895; educ. Gorleston High School, Suffolk; went to Canada; joined the
16th Light Horse, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered
for service overseas; left with the First Contingent of the Canadian
Expeditionary Force in Oct.; went to the Front in Feb. and was killed
in action at Festubert, 24 May, 1915; _unm._
=FUCHSBALG, MAURICE MARCELLE=, Private, No. 1450, Honourable
Artillery Coy., only _s._ of Edward Bernard Fuchsbalg, of
Ovingdean, Trinity Road, Tulse Hill, S.W., Managing London Partner of
Schenker & Co., by his wife, Adele, dau. of the late Edward Frankel, of
Vienna; _b._ Brixton, S.W., 29 May, 1888; educ. Dulwich College,
and on leaving there spent four years in Austria, Belgium and France,
and then entered his father’s business in London, where he held an
important post when war broke out. He joined the Honourable Artillery
Coy., 21 Aug. 1914; went to France, 27 Dec. 1914; was wounded in
action at Ypres and admitted to the Canadian Stationary Hospital at Le
Touquet, 15 Feb. 1915, and died there on the 23rd; _unm._ Buried
in the Cemetery there.
[Illustration: =Maurice M. Fuchsbalg.=]
=FULCHER, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 4450, H.M.S. Hawke,
_s._ of Charles Fulcher, of Easton, Wickham Market, co. Suffolk;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=FULFORD, WILLIAM IRA=, Private, No. 109346, 4th Canadian Mounted
Rifles, 3rd _s._ of Henry York Fulford, of Silcote, Ontario,
Canada, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of the late Samuel Greenfield;
_b._ Sydenham, Grey co., Ontario, 29 Nov. 1888; educ. Owen Sound
and Toronto; was a first class mechanic and was employed in the Russell
Automobile Factory of Toronto; enlisted 12 April, 1915; left Canada
with a draft for the 2nd Contingent, went to the Front about 1 Nov.
1915, and was killed in action near Ypres 1 Dec. 1915, by a shell which
burst over the tent he was then in. He was buried at Chateau Rosenburg
(grave E. Ref. B. 670, 11); _unm._ His officers all spoke highly
of him, one wrote: “As his troop officer I found your son to be a
thorough soldier, always dependable and filled with a patriotic desire
to do the most for his country.”
[Illustration: =William I. Fulford.=]
=FULLER, COLIN MELVILLE=, Private, No. 2271, H Coy. 1/4th Battn.
Seaforth Highlanders (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Robert Henry Fuller, of
10, Epsom Road, Croydon, Tea Merchant, by his wife, Janet Hellen Innes,
dau. of Colin Wright, of Perthshire; _b._ Croydon, co. Surrey, 13
Sept., 1894; educ. there; was in the Motor Trade; volunteered on the
outbreak of war, and enlisted Aug. 1914; went to France in November,
1914, and was killed in action at the battle of Neuve Chapelle, 11
March, 1915; _unm._
=FULLER, FRANK ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 1676, 1/8th Battn.
The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Alfred Fuller, of 11,
Laurel Villas, New Road, Bedfont, Middlesex, Gardener, by his wife,
Belinda, dau. of William Bowden; _b._ Hoddesdon, co. Herts,
4 Jan. 1894; educ. Ivor Heath, Bucks; was a gardener; joined the
Middlesex Territorials in 1912, and on the outbreak of war volunteered
for foreign service; went to France in March, 1915, and was killed
in action at Zonnebeke in the fight for Hill 60, 26 April, 1915;
_unm._ His brother Thomas, 1/8th Middlesex, was killed in action
the same day as himself (see his notice), and four other brothers are
now on active service: William, Bombardier, No. 55760, R.F.A.; James,
Private, No. 77739, R.H.A.; Harry, Private, No. 1281, Royal Fusiliers;
and Victor, No. 10881, Army Cyclist Corps.
[Illustration: =Frank Alexander Fuller.=]
=FULLER, HARRY=, Ship’s Corpl. 1st Class, 208912, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=FULLER, JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R.. B. 5769), 179913, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FULLER, LEONARD=, Private, No. 1170, Princess Patricia’s Canadian
Light Infantry, 5th _s._ of the late Alfred Fuller, of Ramsey, co.
Hunts. J.P. and Alderman of Hunts County Council, by his wife, Augusta
Elizabeth, dau. of Charles Pope Bates, of Ramsey, M.R.C.S.; _b._
Ramsey, co. Hunts, 2 Sept. 1881; educ. Aldenham School, Herts; went
to Canada in 1912, and settled at Montreal as a Real Estate Agent;
volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined P.P.C.L.I. in Aug. 1914;
came over with the 1st Contingent in Oct.; trained on Salisbury Plain
during the winter; went to France, Dec. 1914, and died at Dickebusch,
Belgium, 8 March, 1915, from wounds received in action at St. Eloi. He
was buried in the Regimental Cemetery at Dickebusch; _unm._
[Illustration: =Leonard Fuller.=]
=FULLER, THOMAS=, Private. No. 7681, 1/8th Battn. The Middlesex
Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Alfred Fuller, of 11, Laurel Villas, New
Road, Bedfont, Middlesex, Gardener, by his wife, Belinda, dau. of
William Bowden; _b._ Hoddesdon, Herts, 27 Oct. 1889; educ. Iver,
Bucks; was employed on the Metropolitan Railway; joined the Middlesex
Territorials in 1912, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for
foreign service; went to France in March, 1915, and was killed in
action at Zonnebeke in the fight for Hill 60, 26 April, 1915.
[Illustration: =Thomas Fuller.=]
=FULLER, WILLIAM JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 106984, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=FULLICK, ROBERT STANLEY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13038 (Po.),
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FUNNELL, THOMAS EDWARD=, Leading Stoker, Coast Guard, 299136
(Po.), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FUREY, IGNATIUS=, Private, No. 1312, 1st Newfoundland Regt.,
_s._ of George Furey, of Harbour Main, Newfoundland, Fisherman
and Farmer, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Michael Murray; _b._
Harbour Main, aforesaid, 29 July, 1896; educ. High School there;
joined the Newfoundland Expeditionary Force, 27 March, 1915; left for
England, 27 April, 1915; served at the Dardenelles, and died in the
Third Canadian Stationary Hospital at Mudros, Gallipoli, 7 Dec. 1915,
of tetanus and frostbite; _unm._
=FURNESS, ARTHUR=, Sapper, No. 20130, 55th Coy. Royal Engineers,
2nd _s._ of George Furness, of 64, Gibraltar Road, Halifax, Fruit
Merchant and Commission Agent, by his wife, Mary Ellen, dau. of George
Hodson; _b._ Halifax 5 Dec. 1889; educ. Halifax Council School;
enlisted in May, 1910, and when the war broke out had been stationed at
Singapore for three years. He was ordered home with his regt., went to
France in Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at Fauquissart, 21 March,
1915; _unm._
=FURPHY, GEORGE HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R, Ch. B. 10045), S.S. 2611,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FURSE, GEORGE ARMAND=, Capt., Royal Field Artillery, 2nd
_s._ of the late Edmund Furse, of Alphington, Frimley, co.
Surrey, by his wife, Lydia, dau. of Fred King; _b._ Rhode Island,
Providence, U.S.A., 21 Feb. 1880; educ. Cheltenham and Woolwich;
gazetted to F. Battery, R.H.A., 23 Dec. 1898, and promoted Lieut. 15
Feb. 1901, and Capt., 116th Battery, 29 April, 1907. In 1909 he was
appointed to V Battery in India, and after three years came home to
do a musketry course. When war broke out he was posted to the 60th
Battery. R.F.A., and went to France with the 2nd Division, 17 Aug.
1914. He died at Verneuil, 16 Sept. 1914, of wounds received at the
Battle of the Aisne the previous day, and was buried near Bourg.
Capt. Furse _unm._ at Rawal Pindi, Punjab, India, 2 March,
1905, Hazel (Little Cranford, Strawford, Winchester), dau. of the
late Elton Forrest, D.C. of Forests [by his wife, Emily, dau. of the
Rev. Frederick Wickham, 2nd Master of Winchester College], and had
three daus.: Lilian Emilée, _b._ 2 April, 1906; Aileen Armanda,
_b._ 24 Aug. 1910; and Mélanie Hazel, _b._ 1 June, 1912.
[Illustration: =George Armand Furse.=]
=FUTRILL, CHARLES=, Private, No. 5270, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 3rd _s._ of George Futrill, of The Stalls, Salter
Lane, Redditch, Worcestershire, Ostler, by his wife, Fanny;
_b._ Bewdley, co. Worcester, 25 Dec. 1884; educ. Board School,
Stratford-on-Avon; was employed at Coventry Gas Works; enlisted, 8 Dec.
1903; served in Egypt 29 Sept. 1906 to 21 Oct. 1907; went to France,
12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Soupir, 14 Sept. 1914. He
_m._ at St. Peter’s Church, Coventry, 9 June, 1908, Sarah Ann (14,
Pridmore Road, Foleshill, Coventry), yst. dau. of William Southam, of
Helmdon Green, co. Northampton; _s.p._
=FUTTER, FRANK CHARLES=, Private, No. 10554, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Charles Futter, of The School House, Burnham
Thorpe, King’s Lynn, co. Norfolk, Tilemaker; _b._ Burnham Thorpe,
31 July, 1895; educ. there; enlisted 1913; and was killed in action at
Cuinchy. 11 May, 1915; _unm._
=FYFIELD, JAMES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 8479, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=FYSH, WILLIAM=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2986A, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FYSHE, FRANCIS=, Lieut., 7th Battery, 2nd Brigade, Canadian Field
Artillery, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of the late
Thomas Fyshe, General Manager, Merchants Bank of Canada, by his wife,
Airs, dau. of Thomas Leigh Leonoweus; _b._ Halifax, Nova Scotia,
7 Dec. 1894; educ. Creighton School, Montreal, and the Royal Military
College, Kingston; gazetted Lieut. Canadian Field Artillery, 1 Aug.
1914; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war; came
over with the First Contingent, 3rd Oct. 1914; went to France, 15 June,
1915, and was killed in action near Messines, 27 Nov. 1915; _unm._
Buried at Romarin, Belgium.
[Illustration: =Francis Fyshe.=]
=FYSON, OLIVER=, Private, No. 29546, 16th (Canadian Scottish)
Battn. 3rd Infantry Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of
the Right Rev. Philip Kemball Fyson, late Bishop in Hokkaido, Japan,
and now Rector of Elmley Lovett, Droitwich, by his wife, Eleanor, dau.
of Richard Lee Furley; _b._ Hull, 25 Oct. 1884; educ. C.M.S.H.
Limpsfield and Loretto School; went to Canada in 1906, and settled at
Vancouver; volunteered on the outbreak of war, 5 Aug. 1914, and came
over with the First Contingent in Oct. 1914; trained on Salisbury
Plain, during the winter of 1914–15; went to France, Feb. 1915, and was
killed in action near Langemarck, 22 April, 1915; _unm._
=GABBETT, EDMOND POOLE=, Lieut.-Commander, R.N., eldest _s._
of the late Edmond Richard Gabbett, M.I.C.E., by his wife, Annie Eva
May, dau. of Capt. Poole Gabbett, 31st Regt.; _b._ Old Charlton,
co. Kent; educ. Mr. William White’s School, Bognor; entered the Navy as
a Cadet 15 May 1901, was appointed to H.M.S. Hannibal 1 June following,
became Midshipman 15 June 1901, Sub-Lieut. 15 Aug. 1904; became Lieut.
(N.) 15 Feb. 1906, and Lieut.-Commander 15 Feb. 1914; was appointed
Navigating Lieut. H.M.S. Cressy, 1 Aug. 1914, and was lost when that
ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _m._
=GABELL, JAMES=, Private, No. 15551, 10th Battn., Canadian
Expeditionary Force; _s._ of (--) Gabell; b. 12 April. 1886;
joined the band of the 16th Lancers as a boy, and served 12 years,
obtaining his discharge in March, 1913; went to Canada in April, 1914,
enlisted there on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; came over with the
1st contingent, Oct. following; went to France in Feb., and was killed
in action at Festubert, 21 May, 1915; _unm._
=GADSEN, WALTER SAMUEL=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 7531, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=GAFFNEY, LÉON ARTHUR=, 2nd Lieut., 6th (Service) Battn. Royal
Munster Fusiliers, eldest _s._ of William Gaffney, of Slough, by
his wife, Violet Alice, dau. of the late William Huggins; _b._
Shepherd’s Bush, London, 27 July, 1895; educ. Borlase School, Marlow,
and New College, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut. from the University O.T.C.
to the Royal Munster Fusiliers 22 Aug. 1914; landed with his battn. at
Suvla Bay, 6 Aug. 1915, and fell mortally wounded by a bullet through
the abdomen, while leading a bayonet charge on the morning of the 12th.
He died at Tenedos the same day; _unm._ His commanding officer
wrote: “We were holding an advanced position on the crest of a ridge,
and the Turks were attempting to dig themselves in very close to us
under cover of darkness. C Coy, in which your son was, was detailed
to attack them with bombs just before dawn. The attack was carried
out and their trench was occupied.... Your son fell mortally wounded
while most gallantly leading a bayoneting party. He was carried in by a
captain of the Royal Engineers.” Further particulars were furnished by
the captain in command of the company holding the post, who said that
“Lieut. Gaffney was brought into my trench. He was quite conscious and
very brave, as he was suffering until the doctor eased the pain with a
little morphia. There was a heavy fire still against us, and your son
said not to risk any lives getting him away, a brave and thoughtful act
on his part. Of course our stretcher bearers wanted to do their work,
and really the Turks seem rather to respect a stretcher as no one was
hit.” A brother officer of C Coy. adds this tribute: “I can truly say
that he was one of the best fellows, most genial, unselfish, and at the
same time most capable, that I had the privilege of working with. He
was admired and respected alike by his fellow officers and men. I had
an opportunity of seeing him under fire on a few occasions, and his
bravery, coolness and cheeriness proved him to be indeed one of the
fairest flowers of British manhood.”
[Illustration: =Léon Arthur Gaffney.=]
=GAGE, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, L. 10655, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GAIGER, ARTHUR ALFRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10307), 212286,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GAILEY, EDWARD JOSEPH=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10139), 210045, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GAITLEY, ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3528), 301057,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=GALBRAITH, DONALD JAMES FINDLAY=, Lieut., 9th Battn. (Glasgow
Highlanders) Highland Light Infantry (T.F.), only _s._ of John
Alexander Galbraith, of Lindsaylands, Biggar, co. Lanark, by his wife,
Mary Rogerson McKnight, dau. of James Findlay, Merchant; _b._
Glasgow, 13 May, 1892; educ. Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow; and
Glenalmond; obtained a commission in the 9th Highland Light Infantry
(T.F.), 18 Jan. 1911, and was promoted Lieut. April, 1913; volunteered
for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France, Nov. 1914,
and was killed in action, near Bethune, 25 Jan. 1915; _unm._
Buried in the grounds in the Chateau de Gorre, near Bethune.
=GALE, MARMADUKE HENRY LITTLEDALE=, Major, 8th Cavalry, Indian
Army, elder _s._ of the late Marmaduke Henry Littledale Gale,
Proprietor Indigo Estate, Pundoul, Bengal, by his wife, Anna (Rayne
Place, Rayne, Essex), dau. of Malcolm Neynoe Macleod; _b._
Muzufferpur, Bengal, India, 3 March, 1873; educ. Wellington and
Sandhurst; gazetted to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 10 Oct. 1894, and
promoted Lieut. 30 Oct. 1896; transferred to the Indian Army in 1897,
and became Capt. 10 Oct. 1903, and Major, 10 Oct. 1912; commanded
a Camel Corps 1903–6; took part in the Mohmond Expedition on the
North-West Frontier, India, 1908 (medal with clasp); was on General
Pilcher’s Staff, 1909–10, then rejoined his regt. and in 1913 was
appointed Squadron Commander in the 8th Cavalry. He was shot at Jhansi,
28 June, 1915, in the execution of his duty, by two Mahommedan Sowars
of the regt., who had been warned to proceed to the Front with a draft
the same afternoon. Major Gale was a very good linguist, and had passed
in higher and lower Hindustani, Punjabi, Arabic, and Pashtu, and was
author of “Hindustani for Beginners.” He _m._ at the Cathedral,
Calcutta, 11 June, 1900, Alice Maude, dau. of John Connell, and had a
dau., Helen Alice, _b._ 9 July, 1901.
[Illustration: =Marmaduke H. L. Gale.=]
=GALLAGHER, WILLIAM AUGUSTINE=, B.A., Capt., 2nd Battn. East
Lancashire Regt., only surviving child of William Gallagher, of 1,
Charlemont Place, Armagh, Solicitor, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of
Thomas C. Ward, of Holywood, co. Down; _b._ at Armagh, 9 Dec.
1882; educ. Clongowes Wood College, co. Kildare, and Trinity College,
Dublin, where he graduated B.A. in June 1906; and was gazetted 2nd
Lieut. to the East Lancashires, 29 Aug. 1906, and promoted Lieut.
26 Sept. 1908, and Capt. 5 Aug. 1914. He served for five years
(1906–1911) in India, and then went to South Africa, where he was
attd. to a Mounted Infantry Battn. at Harrismith till 1913, when he
rejoined his regt. at Wynberg, near Capetown, and was employed on the
Capetown defence works. After the outbreak of war the General Officer
there selected him to bring home the horses of the 10th Hussars, a
duty which he performed with great care. The horses were landed in
excellent condition, and with but trifling loss. For this arduous duty
he was specially thanked. On his return to this country he was sent to
Hursley, near Winchester, and attached to the 8th Division, and whilst
there General Carter selected him as machine-gun officer on his staff.
He went to France early in Nov. 1914 and saw much service there; his
last letter to his mother, written a day before his death, stated that
he was at very hard work and would not be able to write for some time.
The next day (11 March) the Battle of Neuve Chapelle was fought, and
at night he was sent with orders to the brigade commanders engaged in
the firing-line, a duty attended with great danger, as the roads were
swept with shell fire. A shell burst over himself and the orderlies
who accompanied him. Capt. Gallagher was struck on the side of the
head with a fragment of a shell, and his death was instantaneous; the
orderlies were untouched. He was buried the next day in an orchard near
Neuve Chapelle, under heavy shell fire from the enemy; _unm._
General Carter, in sending particulars of his death, described Capt.
Gallagher as “A truly gallant officer and one of the best fellows he
ever knew.” He further stated that “he had done such good work with
the brigade that he had great pleasure in bringing it under the notice
of the General Officer Commanding the 8th Division. All the staff
appreciated his kindness of heart, his cheery good fellowship and
undaunted gallantry.” He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord)
French’s Despatches [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915] for gallant and
distinguished service in the field.
[Illustration: =William A. Gallagher.=]
=GALLANT, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 69366, 26th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Sylvain Gallant, of Shives, Athol,
New Brunswick; _b._ Bloomfield, Queens co., Prince Edward Island,
2 March, 1895; educ. there; volunteered after the outbreak of war and
joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 5 Feb. 1915; and was killed in
action in Belgium, 13 Oct. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Joseph Gallant.=]
=GALLERY, JOHN RICHARD=, Private, No. 6828, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 2nd _s._ of Henry Gallery, of 303, Bolton Road, Small
Heath, Birmingham (who served 12 years in the 5th Dragoon Guards),
by his wife, Martha, dau. of Richard Butler; _b._ Curragh Camp,
Dublin, 1886; educ. Brookfields Board School; joined the Coldstream
Guards, 25 June, 1906, and after serving his time received an excellent
character from his Commanding Officer, who wrote: “This man has
been with me since 1911, during which time I have found him without
exception to be an unusually hard-working and trustworthy man. He was
with me throughout the training season of 1912 as telephone clerk,
a post which he filled to my entire satisfaction, despite the great
calls made upon his energy and zeal which such a post frequently
necessitates;” rejoined on mobilisation 5 Aug. 1914; went to France
about 15 Aug. and was killed in action there 6 Sept. 1914; _unm._
He was a 1st class signaller.
[Illustration: =John Richard Gallery.=]
=GALLOWAY, ARCHIBALD WILSON=, Signalman, 232376, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=PAYNE-GALLWEY, PHILIP FRANCIS=, Lieut., 21st Lancers, attached
9th Lancers, 2nd _s._ of the Rev. Francis Henry Payne-Gallwey,
M.A., Rector of Sessay, Thirsk, by his wife Florence Kate, 2nd dau. of
Col. Arthur Lowry Cole, C.B., 17th Regt. [Earl of Enniskillen coll.,]
and great grandson of Gen. Sir William Payne-Gallwey, 1st Bart.;
_b._ Kirby Knowle Rectory, 7 March, 1893; educ. West Downes and
Winchester College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Nov. 1912, promoted Lieut. 5
Aug. 1914, and attached to the 9th Lancers 12 Aug. following. He was
killed in action at Messines, 31 Oct. 1914; _unm._
=GALPIN, HAROLD ERNEST SYDNEY=, Bugler, Ch. 17926, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GALPIN, WILLIAM FRANK=, Rifleman, No. 9365, 5th Battn. (London
Rifle Brigade), The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of William
Henry Galpin, of 11, Montrose Terrace, Plymouth, Timber Salesman, by
his wife, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of John Hocking Francis, of Penzance;
_b._ Plymouth, 1 Sept. 1890; educ. Lipson House School, Plymouth,
and obtained Honours in Cambridge Local Exam.; became a quantity
surveyor on the staff of H.M. Office of Works, Westminster; was a Scout
Master and received the Baden Powell Warrant, dated 7 June, 1910;
joined the (Territorial) Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s L.I. at Bodmin, in
1911, but in 1913 transferred to the London Rifle Brigade; volunteered
for Imperial service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 4 Nov.
1914, where he was attached to the 11th Brigade (4th Division), and
was killed in action 13 May, 1915, at Wieltje, during the 2nd Battle
of Ypres, the same day Sergt. Belcher of his Battn. won the V.C. The
London Rifle Brigade had been subjected to a terrific bombardment for
nearly three weeks, and its strength had been reduced to less than 200
men. He was buried near Ypres; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Frank Galpin.=]
=GAMBLE, JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3895), 189970, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=GAMBLE, RICHARD MAURICE BROOKS=, 2nd Lieut., 1/7th Battn. King’s
Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Richard Keene Gamble, of
51, Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, Carriglea, Greystones, co. Wicklow,
and Derrinboy House, Kilcormac, King’s Co., B.L., J.P., President of
the Chamber of Commerce, Dublin, by his wife, Hannah Maria, dau. of
Maurice Brooks, of Oaklawn, co. Dublin, J.P., D.L., and gdson. of
the late Richard William Gamble, of Killooly Hall, King’s Co. and
51, Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, Q.C., County Court Judge, Ireland;
_b._ at Leeson Park, Dublin, 16 July, 1893; educ. M. Le Penton’s
School, Dublin, afterwards at Tonbridge School, Kent, and Trinity
College, Dublin, where he had matriculated in Arts and Medicine, and
was about to take his degree when war broke out. He was a member of the
O.T.C., and immediately volunteered and was gazetted to the Liverpool
Regt. 5 Sept. 1914. He went with his regt. to the Front in March,
1915, and was killed in action, when leading his men in an attack on
the German trenches, at Richebourg, on the night of 15–16 May, 1915,
and was buried at the Rue de Bois, half a mile south of Richebourg
St. Vaast, with eight brother officers killed in the same attack;
_unm._ His Commanding Officer thus described the circumstances:
“We were ordered to take the German trenches.... Under heavy fire he
led his men with the greatest bravery, and had reached the parapet of
the German trenches when he fell with two Germans under him, death
being instantaneous.” Lieut. Gamble obtained a silver medal for
shooting when at school in Dublin, and was very keen on fishing and
shooting.
[Illustration: =Richard M. B. Gamble.=]
=GAMBLE, RICHARD SUMNER=, 2nd Lieut., 7th (Service) Battn. East
Lancashire Regt., eldest _s._ of Sidney Gompertz Gamble, some
time Borough Surveyor of Grantham and since Feb. 1892, second in
command of the London Fire Brigade, by his wife, Harriet Annie, eldest
dau. of John Sumner, of Blyth, Coleshill; _b._ Grantham, 8 Oct.
1881; educ. at Coleshill School and Luneburg, Germany. On returning
to England in 1899 he was apprenticed as mechanical engineer at the
Hunslet Engine Works, Leeds, and afterwards continued his engineering
studies at the Battersea Polytechnic. On 7 Jan. 1905, he left England
to take up an appointment as Assistant Manager of the Kallina Tea
Estate, India, afterwards holding similar positions at Konapara and
Jellalpore. Owing to ill-health he returned to England in Oct. 1910.
He, however, recovered and left in Dec. 1911, to take up an appointment
as Assistant Manager of the Sungei Rubber Estate, Perak, F.M. States.
He was an enthusiastic volunteer and attained the rank of Sergt.
in the Leeds Rifles and the Surma Valley Light Horse. Being a good
horse and swordsman he carried off many of the best prizes at their
competitions. The news of the outbreak of war coincided with the end of
the first period of his engagement in the Malay States. He therefore
returned to England and at once placed his services at the disposal of
the India Office, hoping that with his intimate knowledge of German,
French, Hindustani, etc., and his great ability to control and manage
the Coolies, he might be able to be of considerable use to the Indian
troops, then on their way from India. On 16 Jan. 1915, he was gazetted
2nd Lieut., and was attached to the 7th Battn. East Lancashire Regt. He
remained with this battn. at Cliveden, Somerset, until 24 March, 1915,
when he received orders to report himself at Southampton, Havre, Rouen
and Marseilles, where he was attached to the 6th Jat Light Infantry,
Dehra Dun Division. On 30 April, with 14 other officers, he left for
Boulogne, and was sent up to the Front on 12 May, and was transferred
on 16 May to the 1st Gurkha Rifles, who were then in the trenches. The
last letter received from him, dated 20 May, 1915, concludes with “I
have just received orders to go and bomb some Germans out of a trench,
so must say good-bye.” From subsequent information it appears that the
actual attack took place on the night of 21–22 May in the trenches
running through Ferme Du Bois, 3,000 metres north-east of Festubert and
2,500 metres south-west of Neuve Chapelle; 1,000 metres west of the
main road from La Bassée to Estaires. The attack was a comparatively
small local affair. He was leading and was described by the observation
officer as being well in front of his men, and deliberately cut a large
gap through the wire and then, thinking his men were just behind him,
jumped over into the German trench. The German fire was so intensely
hot that the men had to lie down, and never reached the trench; the
casualties were all the European officers and 45 per cent. of the men
killed and wounded. The India Office record “2nd Lieut. R. S. Gamble,
7th East Lancashire Regt., attached 1st Gurkha Rifles, officially
reported missing, believed killed 22 May.”
[Illustration: =Richard Sumner Gamble.=]
=GAMBRILL, JOHN=, Chief Stoker, 167791, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GAMMON, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Stoker, P.O., 301382, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GAMMON, HARRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3801), 231151, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov 1914.
=GAMMON, WILLIAM STANLEY ARGYLE=, Private, No. 14107, 4th Battn.
Coldstream Guards, eldest _s._ of William Gammon, of Divinity
Road, Oxford, retired Civil Servant, by his wife, Eva Lizzie; _b._
Oxford, 26 Nov. 1893; educ. Cowley St. John’s Higher Grade School and
City Technical School there; was for some time an apprentice with Mr.
A. C. Vivian, Cornmarket Street, Oxford, and later with Mr. J. Vincent,
High Street, Oxford, and previously to enlisting was with Messrs.
Cowell & Co., Wholesale Stationers, etc., of Ipswich; enlisted 9 Dec.
1914; went to France, 7 Aug., and died in Hospital at St. Omer, 15
Sept. 1915, of acute pneumonia contracted while on active service. He
was buried in the Souvenir Burial Ground one and a half miles from St.
Omer; _unm._
[Illustration: =William S. A. Gammon.=]
=GANDAR, BERTRAM JAMES=, Petty Officer, 196244, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=GANDY, FREDERICK GEORGE=, Sergt., No. 392, North Riding Battery,
Royal Field Artillery, 2nd Northumbrian Brigade, 2nd _s._ of the
late John Henry Gandy, of George Street, Whitby, Carver and Gilder, by
his wife, Hannah; _b._ Little Gonerby, Grantham, 24 July, 1880;
educ. St. Hilda’s R.C. School, Whitby, and was a Carver and Gilder.
He joined the 1st East Riding R.G.A. Volunteers, 11 March, 1903, and
afterwards the R.G.A. Territorials; was called up at the outbreak of
the war, and volunteered for foreign service; went to France, 19 April,
1915; and was mortally wounded and gassed near Ypres on 24 May, and
died in Hospital at Bailleul, 25 May, 1915. Buried in the New Military
Cemetery, Bailleul. Sergt. Gandy _m._ at S. Hilda’s R.C. Church,
Whitby, 3 Aug. 1900, Sussanah Theresa, dau. of the late Thomas Elliott;
and had three sons and three daus.: George Gregory, _b._ 15
July, 1905; Frederick William, _b._ 24 Oct. 1907; Robert Henry,
_b._ 13 Aug. 1911; Mary Gertrude, _b._ 2 Nov. 1901; Mary
Josephine, _b._ 18 March, 1903; and Hannah Theresa, _b._ 2
Dec. 1909.
[Illustration: =Frederick George Gandy.=]
=GANT, HENRY=, Sergt., No. 2310, 2nd Battn. (Royal Fusiliers)
The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of George Gant, of 24, Grove
Street, Bath, Cab Proprietor, by his wife, Mary Sophia, dau. of Richard
Stanley, of Cirencester; _b._ Bath, 22 March, 1880; educ. Bathwick
Boys’ School there, and was a chemist with John Barker, Kensington. He
served three years (1897–1900) with the 1st Somerset Light Infantry
(Bath) Volunteers, and was afterwards for four years in the A.S.C.
Woolwich Territorials. He served through the Boer War as Signaller in
27th Imperial Yeomanry (medal with three bars), and when the European
War broke out, volunteered and joined the 2nd London Regt., 1 Sept.
1914. He was appointed Corpl., left for Malta three days later (4
Sept.); went to France in Jan. 1915; was promoted Sergt. in April,
and died at Rouen, 26 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at
Armentières on the 19th. Buried at St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France.
He _m._ at Walcot, Bath, 7 June, 1903, Ada Emily (172, Trevelyan
Road, Tooting, S.W.), eldest dau. of Harry Brewer, of Walcot, and had
two sons and a dau.: Stanley Herbert, _b._ 15 June, 1905; Lewis
Henry, _b._ 4 April, 1907; and Phyllis Margaret, _b._ 15 Dec.
1910.
[Illustration: =Henry Gant.=]
=GARBUTT, CHARLES WILLIAM=, Petty Officer, Tel., 230021, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=GARD, ALFRED WILLIAM=, Stoker, P.O., 311869 (Devon); H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GARDINER, ALEC=, Major, R.E., elder _s._ of Lieut.-Col.
Richard Gardiner, of 28, Barkston Gardens, S.W., R.E. (ret.), by
his wife, Agnes Hay, dau. of Major-Gen. Alexander Irving, C.B.,
Royal Artillery, who served right through the Siege of Sebastopol
from start to finish; _b._ Ulwar, Rajputana, India, 28 June,
1873; educ. privately and at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the R.E., 24 July, 1891, and promoted Lieut.,
24 July, 1894, Capt., 24 July, 1902, and Major, 24 July, 1911. After
completing the usual courses at Chatham he was ordered to India, and
joined the Railway Branch of the Government of India, and continued
to serve on the Construction and Administration of Railways up to the
outbreak of the present War, with a short interval of war service at
Suakin (British and Egyptian medals). When War was declared in Aug.
1914, Major Gardiner was officiating Agent (Chief Administrative
Officer) of the Oudh and Rohilkund State Railway, and had been since
1909 Lieut.-Col. commanding that railway’s Volunteer Rifle Corps,
devoting his spare time to training the Corps to a recognised state
of efficiency while under his command. The services of Major Gardiner
were placed at the disposal of the Military Department, and he was
ordered to England, but was intercepted in the Mediterranean, and sent
straight to the Front, where he was appointed a field engineer, and
was mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French [London
Gazette, 22 June, 1915]. He was reported to have been last spoken
with near the fighting line on the morning of 20 Dec. 1914, when the
Germans broke through and carried the British lines up to Givenchy
village. He was included in the list of missing, and it was long hoped
he might be in the enemy’s hands, but his fate was ultimately set at
rest through the discovery of his body by the 176th Mining Company,
R.E., during operations carried on by them in front of Givenchy. The
body was exposed by the explosion of one of the German heavy shells,
was identified, and was buried near the Red House, on the sunken road
to Givenchy. All who knew him spoke highly of his untiring devotion
to his work and duty. One of his senior officers wrote: “No braver or
better soldier ever fought for England, and so nobly died--I knew him
well--absolutely fearless for himself, his whole mind concentrated
on the success of the undertaking, he nobly met his death. Not only
at the Front but through the whole of his career work and duty came
first. No man ever maintained such untiring zeal or devoted his life
more unselfishly to the work he undertook for his country. His death
is a grievous loss to all who knew him officially and unofficially.”
He was a keen rifle shot, and interested himself in the members of
his Volunteer Corps becoming first-class shots. In Oct. 1913 he was
appointed to the Executive Council of the Bengal Presidency Rifle
Association in recognition of his interest and work in connection with
musketry. He attended the Annual Meetings held at Meerut, won the
Field Officers’ Cup in 1912, and his teams of Volunteers won the Army
versus Volunteers Competition. Major Gardiner was also conspicuous
in connection with the work of St. John Ambulance Association in
India, especially in the training of the men of the O.R. Ry. Vol.
Rifles, teams of whom successfully carried off the Railway Shield in
1911, 1912, and 1913. In recognition of his services he was made a
Serving Brother of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem and received
the decoration of the order from the Viceroy of India. In the English
Railway World Major Gardiner was known as having, in 1908, brought
forward a system of cab signals and the automatic electrical control of
moving trains as a safeguard against the failure of the human machine.
He was a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers and also of the
Institute of Electrical Engineers. He _m._ at Lucknow, 24 March,
1897, Edith May (The Retreat, Sutherland Avenue, Bexhill), dau. of
Campbell Thomson, M.I.C.E., late Chief Engineer of the N.W. of India
State Railway, and had three children: Richard, _b._ 28 Oct. 1900;
John Campbell, _b._ 20 Nov. 1905; and Dorothy Agnes, _b._ 11
April, 1903.
[Illustration: =Alec Gardiner.=]
=GARDINER, ANDREW=, Private, No. 68450, 25th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Michael Gardiner, of Reserve Mines;
_b._ Reserve Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, 2 Feb. 1887; educ.
Reserve Public School; was a Coal Miner and settled at Sidney Mines
where he worked in No. 1 Colliery; volunteered after the outbreak of
war and joined the 40th Battn., 25 Feb. 1915; was drafted to 25th
Battn., 17 May, came over with one of the later Contingents, and died,
12 Nov. 1915, of wounds received in action on the 3rd. Sergt. Mowyr,
5th Brigade Mining Section, wrote: “We were in an exposed position,
but the work we were engaged in had to be done, and required men of
nerve--fearless men--to do it. With others we were getting along fine,
when snipers picked off a couple of our brave fellows. I had to call
for volunteers to replace the fellows who died. Scarcely before I gave
the order than poor Andrew jumped forward and worked like a hero. Ho
was only at the job but a short time, when a sniper’s bullet tore a
hole across his forehead rendering him unconscious.... Andrew was one
of the bravest boys in the regiment. He was admired and respected by
all the officers and men, and was a general favourite with the crowd.”
Gardiner was prominent in athletics, being well known player in the
Reserve Mines ball team and later in the Sydney Mines’ Victorias. He
_m._ at Sydney Mines, 15 Feb. 1908, Eveline (Crescent Street,
Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia), dau. of George Bonnar, and
had four children: George W., _b._ 6 June, 1910; John Joseph,
_b._ 13 Dec. 1914; Viola, _b._ 24 Oct, 1908; and Eveline,
_b._ 19 Sept. 1912.
[Illustration: =Andrew Gardiner.=]
=GARDINER, ERNEST FREDERIC (ERIC)=, Private, No. 2312, Honourable
Artillery Company, yr. _s._ of Frederic John Gardiner, J.P., co.
Camb., Proprietor and Editor “Isle of Ely and Wisbech Advertiser,”
by his wife, Amelia, dau. of Fredrick Charles Southwell, of Selborne
House, Wisbech; _b._ Wisbech (Cambs), 22 April, 1892; educ. Barton
School, Wisbech, and Mill Hill School, London; joined the H.A.C. after
the outbreak of war, Sept. 1914, proceeded to the Front at the end of
January, and was killed in action in the trenches at St. Eloi, Belgium,
20 April, 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the grounds of the Château
d’Elzenwalle, near Ypres, on his 23rd birthday.
[Illustration: =Ernest F. Gardiner.=]
=GARDINER, FRED=, Private, No. 77520, 15th Battn. (48th
Highlanders), Canadian Expeditionary Force, 6th _s._ of the late
James Gardiner, of Trowbridge, by his wife, Martha (9, Yerbury Street,
Trowbridge), dau. of Charles Pitney; _b._ Trowbridge, co. Wilts,
25 Jan. 1886; educ. Church School there; was a G.W.R. Fireman; went to
Canada in May, 1911; volunteered after the outbreak of War and joined
the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Oct. 1914; came over with the 2nd
Contingent on 20 Feb. 1915; trained at Shorncliffe; went to France, 2
May, and was killed in action at Festubert, 21 May, 1915; _unm._
=GARDINER, JOHN PHILIP=, Private, No. 9312, 5th Battn. (London
Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. O.F., _s._ of Edwin Gardiner,
of 56, Alexandra Road, Hornsey, N., Warehouseman, by his wife, Edith
Maria, dau. of George Lamb, of Compton, Wolverhampton; _b._ Esher,
co. Surrey, 7 March, 1895; educ. Stationers’ School, Hornsey, and on
leaving there entered the employ of Messrs. John Howell & Co., Ltd.,
of St. Paul’s Churchyard; joined the London Rifle Brigade, 12 Oct.
1912, and volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war;
went to France, 4 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Le Gheer, 16
Feb. 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the Regimental Cemetery at
Ploegsteert. His Capt. wrote: “He was always so plucky and cheery and a
very good little soldier.”
[Illustration: =John Philip Gardiner.=]
=GARDINER, LEWIS=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8458),
294842, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GARDINER, PERCY HENRY=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 22103, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GARDINER, WALTER ARTHUR=, Private, R.M.L.I., 13308, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GARDNER, FREDERICK ALBERT=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17521, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GARDNER, HENRY PATRICK=, Chief Stoker, 276293, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GARDNER, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2431), 179552, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GARDNER, ROBERT MACGREGOR STEWART=, Major, 1st Battn. The
Gloucestershire Regt., 2nd _s._ of the late Francis William
Gardner, of Thorpe, co. Surrey, Barrister-at-Law of the Middle
Temple, by his wife, Jane, sister of General Sir Robert MacGregor
Stewart, G.C.B., R.A., and dau. of John Stewart; _b._ Hornsey,
co. Middlesex, 25 Aug. 1870; educ. Somerset College, and entered the
Gloucestershire Regt. from the Militia 4 Feb. 1891, being promoted
Lieut. 4 May, 1892; Capt. 24 Feb. 1900, and Major 25 July, 1914. He
served with distinction through the South African War, 1899–1900, took
part in the advance on, and relief of, Kimberley, and in the operations
in the Orange Free State Feb. to May, 1900, including the actions
at Paardeberg (17–26 Feb.), and Poplar Grove and Driefontein, and
afterwards in operations in Natal, May-June, 1900. He was mentioned in
despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901], and received the Queen’s
medal with four clasps. On the outbreak of the European War in Aug.
1914, Major Gardner went to France with the first Expeditionary Force,
and was killed in action, at Gheluvelt, near Ypres, 31 Oct. 1914. His
Colonel wrote: “We were heavily engaged on Oct. 31, and had to go to
the assistance of the remainder of the Brigade. He dashed to the front
with his company and was hit badly while leading them most gallantly.
The previous day he also displayed the greatest bravery in penetrating
to the front in making a counter-attack.” Another officer wrote of the
valour and dash of his leading, adding: “He was always in front.” He
_m._ at Clifton 25 Oct. 1910, Helen May Bridget, dau. of Charles
Whitchurch Wasborough, of Clifton, and had two daus.: Stella Mary
Bridget, _b._ 19 Nov. 1911; and Vere Daphne Stewart, _b._
posthumous, 11 Feb. 1915.
[Illustration: =R. M. Stewart Gardner.=]
=GARFIT, THOMAS NOEL CHENEY=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Durham L.I., 2nd
_s._ of Thomas Cheney Garfit, of Kenwick Hall, co. Lincoln, by his
3rd wife, Gertrude Arabella, dau. of the Hon. Henry Lewis Noel, and
granddau. of Charles, 1st Earl of Gainsborough; _b._ London, W.,
9 Sept. 1891; educ. Wellington College, and Trinity College, Cambridge
(B.A. June, 1914); gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd (Special Reserve) Battn.
Durham L.I., 28 Sept. 1913; promoted Lieut. 2nd Battn., 23 Oct. 1914;
went to the Front, 2 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action by a rifle
grenade in the trenches near Armentières, 30 April, 1915. Buried in
Houpline Military Cemetery, near Armentières; _unm._ His Capt.
wrote: “During all the time he was in my company he did his duty
splendidly and was a great favourite with the N.C.O. and men, who all
miss him dreadfully.” Lieut. Garfit was very good at sports and games
and played racquets for Wellington at Queen’s Club.
[Illustration: =Thomas N. C. Garfit.=]
=GARNIER, JOHN WARREN=, Capt., 3rd, attd. 2nd, Battn. Queen’s
Royal West Surrey Regt., 2nd _s._ of the late Rev. Thomas Parrey
Garnier, Hon. Canon of Norwich, Rector of Cranworth, Norfolk, and
fellow of All Souls’ College, Oxford [cadet of Garnier of Rookesbury,
Hants], by his wife, the Hon. Louisa Warren, née Vernon, dau. of George
John, 5th Lord Vernon; _b._ Cranworth, co. Norfolk, 2 June, 1877;
educ. Haileybury College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Queen’s, 16
April, 1901; served in the South African War, 1900–2, took part in the
operations in Cape Colony, June, 1901, to March, 1902, receiving the
Queen’s medal with three clasps, and retired with the rank of Capt. At
the outbreak of the European War he rejoined his old regiment as Capt.
24 Sept. 1914, and was attd. to the 2nd Battn. for active service in
Jan 1915. He went to France, 9 Jan. 1915, and died at the 1st London
General Hospital, St. Gabriel’s College, Camberwell, 28 May, 1915, of
wounds received in action at Festubert, 16 May; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Warren Garnier.=]
=CARPENTER-GARNIER, JOHN TREFUSIS=, Major, Scots Guards, eldest
_s._ of John Carpenter-Garnier, of Rookesbury Park, Wickham, co.
Hants, J.P., D.L., M.P. for South Devon, 1873–84; by his wife, the Hon.
Mary, née Trefusis, 2nd dau. of Charles Rudolph, 19th Lord Clinton;
_b._ Rookesbury Park afsd., 2 Feb. 1874; educ. Harrow and Christ
Church, Oxford; entered the Royal Scots Militia in 1894, and was
gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Scots Guards, 26 Aug. 1896, and promoted
Lieut. 13 April, 1898; Capt. 25 Oct. 1902, and Major 10 Oct. 1908, and
was Adjutant 1903–05, and Regimental Adjutant 1906 to 1909. He served
through the South African War, 1900–2; took part in the operations in
the Orange Free State from May to Nov. 1900, including the actions
at Biddulphsberg and Wittebergen, and subsequently in those in the
Transvaal, and received the Queen’s medal with three clasps and the
King’s with two. On the outbreak of the European War he went to France
with his regt., which formed part of the first Expeditionary Force on
13 Aug. 1914; served through the retreat from Mons, and was killed in
action at the Battle of the Aisne, 15 Sept. 1914; _unm._ He was
buried at Vendresse, France.
[Illustration: =J. T. Carpenter-Garnier.=]
=GARRETT, ALBERT ISAAC=, Gunner, R.M.A., 9742 (R.F.R., I.C. 36)
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=GARRETT, WALTER GEORGE=, Private, No. 4839, 2/8th Battn.
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of the late Albert Garrett, by
his wife, Clara (of Hambrough Terrace, Southall); _b._ Hayes, co.
Middlesex, 3 Dec. 1884; educ. North Road School, Southall; enlisted 8
June, 1915; left England for the Dardanelles, 15 July, 1915, and died
at Alexandria, 20 Dec. 1915, of pneumonia contracted while on active
service; _unm._
[Illustration: =Walter George Garrett.=]
=GARRETT, WILLIAM SYDNEY=, Private, No. 1536, D Coy., 4th Battn.
Suffolk Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of William Patterson Garrett, of
192, Foxhall Road, Ipswich, Engineer’s Pattern Maker, by his wife,
Elizabeth, dau. of the late Frederick Baker Goodall; _b._ Ipswich,
11 Nov. 1897; educ. Clifford Road Council School there, and was an
Engineer’s Pattern Maker Apprentice; joined the 4th Battn. Suffolk
Regt. 1914; went to France, 9 Nov. 1914; was killed in action at
Givenchy, 21 Dec. following; _unm._ His Commanding Officer, Capt.
M. F. Mason, wrote, speaking highly of him, adding that he had “been a
credit to his Company and Regiment.”
=GARROD, ARTHUR JAMES=, Private, No. 9156, 1st Battn. Suffolk
Regt., 2nd _s._ of William Garrod, of Bramford, Ipswich, Employee
for 30 years at the Chemical Works, by his wife, Mary Anne, dau. of the
late James Lay; _b._ Bramford, co. Suffolk, 17 Aug. 1896; educ.
Voluntary School there; enlisted 10 Aug. 1914; went to France, 16 Jan.
1915, and was killed in action there, 24 April, 1915; and was buried on
the Zonnebeke Road, near Ypres; _unm._ His brother was reported
missing after the fighting on 8 May, 1915.
=GARROD, CHARLES VALENTINE=, A.B. (R.F.R., 9185), 200552, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GARROD, ROLAND PERCIVAL=, 2nd Lieut., 6th Battn. (City of London
Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 4th and yst. _s._ of the late
Herbert Baring Garrod, Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Lucy Florence
(13, Gainsborough Gardens, Well Walk, Hampstead), and gdsn. of Sir
Alfred Baring Garrod, M.D., F.R.S.; _b._ West Hampstead, London,
31 May, 1895; and was educ. at Loudoun House School, St. John’s Wood,
London, and Uppingham, which he entered as a scholar in 1909. He was
elected to a Classical Scholarship at Clare College, Cambridge, and
to the Archdeacon Johnson Exhibition at the same College, Dec. 1913.
At Uppingham he had been a member of the O.T.C., and on the outbreak
of War was given a commission, 26 Aug. 1914, in the 6th London Regt.
He went to the Front, 16 March, 1915, and was killed in action while
in charge of the machine-guns of his battn. at Festubert, France, 22
May, 1915, and buried in the English Cemetery there; _unm._ Lieut.
Garrod was a cross-country runner of some mark in connection with
Uppingham School Sports, and was also a good ’cello player and led the
’cellos in the Uppingham School Orchestra.
[Illustration: =Roland Percival Garrod.=]
=GARROWAY, ALFRED HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7210),
S.S. 101907, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=GARWOOD, BERTRAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 10042, No. 1 Coy., 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of the late Capt. John Thomas Garwood,
22nd (The Cheshire) Regt., and his wife Ellen (1, Star and Garter
Mansions, Riverside, Putney, S.W.), dau. of George Wakeling; _b._
Bedford, 17 June, 1892; educ. St. Augustine’s High Grade School,
Kilburn; served in the Grenadier Guards, 18 Sept. 1909 to 2 Nov. 1909
(discharged “By Purchase”); the Coldstream Guards, 17 March to 3 Oct.
1910 (discharged “By Purchase”), and the Northamptonshire Regt., 27
Aug. 1911 (discharged “By Purchase”); re-enlisted in the Coldstreams,
26 March, 1913; appointed L.-Corpl. 21 Jan. 1914; went to the Front,
13 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 22 Dec. 1914;
_unm._ Buried half a mile S.W. of Givenchy Church.
[Illustration: =Bertram Garwood.=]
=GATER, WALTER FREDERICK=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 17529, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GATES, FREDERICK JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4544), 202986, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=GATES, WILLIAM=, Private, No. G. 2654, 2nd Battn. East Surrey
Regt., _s._ of Alfred Gates, of King Street, Cotton, Beds.; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France, &c.; killed in action, 26
April, 1915.
=GAUGHAN, JAMES=, Private, No. 1794, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots,
eldest _s._ of James Gaughan, of 141, High Street, Dunbar, now an
employee of the Dunbar Corporation, formerly Northumberland Fusiliers
(who saw active service in Afghanistan), by his wife, Mary, dau. of
Patrick McGuinness; _b._ Dunbar, 18 Nov. 1891; educ. Public School
there; and was a General Labourer; joined the 3rd (Special Reserve
Battn.) Royal Scots, in 1908, and on the outbreak of war transferred to
the 2nd Battn.; went to the Front at end of Aug. 1914, and was killed
in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; _unm._
=GAUNT, CECIL=, Private, No. G. 10817, 3rd Battn. Royal Fusiliers,
_s._ of Richard Gaunt, of 69, Rood Road, Walthamstow; served with
the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 30 July, 1915.
=GAUTREY, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2768),
300802, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GAUTREY, THOMAS ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4911), 197584, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=GAWLER, GEORGE VICTOR=, Private, No. 2275, A. Coy., 4th Battn.
(Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of George
Edward Gawler (died 5 May, 1912), by his wife, Alice Mary Ann Matilda
(83, Richmond Road, Barnsbury, N.), dau. of William Ingrey; _b._
Pentonville, 5 Jan. 1896; educ. Victoria Street Council School,
Copenhagen Street, N.; was employed at the Home & Colonial Stores,
Upper Street, Islington; volunteered and joined the 4th London Regt.
on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to Malta and from thence to
France, 23 Dec., and was killed in action at Ypres, 27 April, 1915;
_unm._
=RATCLIFF-GAYLARD, CECIL CHARLES ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 167, 2nd
Battn. Head Quarters Staff, 1st Infantry Division, Australian Imperial
Force, elder _s._ of James Ratcliff-Gaylard, of Clifton Park,
Birkenhead, M.D., Hon. Assoc, of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem
in England, by his wife, Jeannie, eldest dau. of Alexander Watt, of
Aberdeen; _b._ The Ferns, Shildon, co. Durham, 17 Sept. 1889;
educ. Aberdeen and Manchester Grammar Schools and King’s College,
Taunton, co. Somerset; went to Australia in Sept. 1911, and when War
broke out was Assistant Manager on a “Station” in New South Wales. He
immediately volunteered, being one of the first 200 to enlist in New
South Wales; left for Egypt, Oct. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, April,
1915, and was killed in action during the great attack by the Turks
on the Australian positions north of Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, 19 May,
1915, and was buried behind the firing line in Victoria Gully, S.E. of
Shrapnel Valley; _unm._ Letters from his Adjutant, the Chaplain,
and many comrades, all testify to his popularity, and ever-readiness
to help others. One comrade wrote: “He died with that fine, soldierly,
good-humoured smile on his face, which it always possessed. He was
always happy, and we all loved him.” He was a keen sportsman, rode
straight to hounds, and was an excellent shot. At Aberdeen he was
a member of the Vol. Battn. Gordon Highlanders (Students’ Section,
Aberdeen University), and was “Victor Ludorum” in his last year at
school and a member of the Bisley Eight.
[Illustration: =C. C. A. Ratcliff-Gaylard.=]
=GEARD, FREDERICK JOHN PARSONS=, Corpl., No. 47, Royal Flying
Corps, 2nd _s._ of John Geard, of 45, Lascelles Road, Maxton,
Dover, Stone Mason, by his wife, Amelia Emily, dau. of the late William
Parsons, of Chislehurst, Kent; _b._ Mottingham, near Eltham, Kent,
1 Sept. 1892; educ. Herne Bay; enlisted in the Royal Engineers at
Woolwich, 1 Sept. 1910, and after going through a course of training
at Chatham was, in Jan. 1911, posted to the Balloon Section, R.E.
at Aldershot. He then belonged to No. 1 Aeroplane Section (R.E.);
was appointed Airman Rigger in Sept. 1911, and the following year
transferred to the R.F.C. He was killed, while on active service, in an
aeroplane accident at Peronne, France, 18 Aug. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Frederick J. P. Geard.=]
=GEARING, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, 312042, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GEDDES, AUGUSTUS DAVID=, Col., 2nd Battn. (The Buffs) East
Kent Regt., 3rd _s._ of Col. John Geddes, of 4, Suffolk Square,
Cheltenham, late 44th and 76th Regts., by his wife, Madeline Mary,
dau. of John Augustus Hessing; _b._ Dover, 6 June, 1866; educ.
Cheltenham College, and Sandhurst; gazetted to the 2nd East Kent Regt.
5 Feb. 1887, promoted Lieut. 21 Nov. 1889, Capt. 25 Oct. 1895, Major,
4 April, 1903, Lieut.-Col. 7 Feb. 1911, and Col. 7 Feb. 1915, with
Seniority from 15 June, 1914; was Adjutant, 16 Feb. 1898 to 8 April,
1900. He passed through the Staff College 1902 to Dec. 1903; served in
the South African War, 1899–1901; was present at the actions of Klip
Drift, and Paardeberg (27 Feb. 1900), where he was severely wounded,
and received the Queen’s medal with three clasps. On his recovery he
was Staff Officer to the base Commandant (graded D.A.A.G.) in South
Africa, 9 April, 1900, to 5 Jan. 1902, and Staff-Captain, Intelligence
Department at the War Office, 21 Jan. 1904 to 31 Jan. 1908, and General
Staff Officer, 2nd Grade, 1 Oct. 1908 to 6 Feb. 1910. He had also
passed as Interpreter in Russian. After the outbreak of the European
War, he was in command of the 2nd Buffs, and went to the Front, 17
Jan. 1915, and was killed in action during the 2nd Battle of Ypres, 28
April, 1915, while in command of 4 composite battns. at St. Jean. He
was mentioned in F.M. Sir (now Lord) John French’s Despatch of 31 May,
1915. He obtained a Junior Classical Scholarship at Cheltenham College,
and a Senior in 1882, a Silver Medal for Classics and the Jex Blake
prize for English Literature, and was Cox of his College Boat, 1881–83.
He _m._ at All Saints’ Church, Dearne, co. Hants. 3 March, 1908,
Vera Colville (residing at Oakley Hall), dau. of William Oswald
Gilchrist, of Oakley Hall, Basingstoke: _s.p._ His two brothers,
Brigadier-General John Gordon Geddes, C.B., R.A., and Lieut.-Col.
George Hessing Geddes, C.B., R.A., are both (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Augustus David Geddes.=]
=GEDDES, WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10500), 209339,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GEE, FREDERICK WILLIAM THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 838, H.M.S.
Hawke, _s._ of Charles Frederick Gee, of Mill House, Whitfield,
Dover; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=GEE, ROBERT FRANCIS McLEAN=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd, attached 1st,
Battn. Wiltshire Regt. (The Duke of Edinburgh’s), eldest _s._
of George Francis Gee, of Wellington, New Zealand, and of Te Whare,
St. John’s Road, Eastbourne, by his wife, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of the
late Hon. George Buckley, of Christchurch, New Zealand; granddau. of
Capt. William Henry Buckley, 82nd Regt., and great-granddau. of Capt.
William Buckley, Royal Scots Regt., who was killed at Quatre Bras;
_b._ Wellington, New Zealand, 29 April, 1894; educ. at Wellington,
New Zealand, and Eastbourne College, and had entered at Trinity
College, Cambridge. He was in the Eastbourne College O.T.C., and
having volunteered his services at the outbreak of the war, was given
a commission in the 3rd Wiltshire Regt., 15 Aug. 1914. He joined on 3
Sept. 1914, and after four weeks’ training at Weymouth, was transferred
to the 1st Battn. and went to France. He received his fatal wound--a
sniper’s bullet in the head--a few days after his arrival at the firing
line, during an attempt to capture the village of Ilies, and died at
Netley Hospital, 27 Oct. 1914, being buried in Ocklynge Cemetery,
Eastbourne; _unm._ His younger brother, Alan, is a Lieut. in the
R.H.A.
[Illustration: =Robert F. McLean Gee.=]
=GENERY, HUGH THOMAS WATSON=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7382),
S.S. 102512, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=GENT, EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3823), S.S. 101485,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=GEORGE, ALEC=, Private, No. 21145, 7th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of John George, of Granite
House, Eversfield Place, St. Leonards-on-Sea, by his wife, Annie, dau.
of Thomas Allen; _b._ Narborough, near Leicester, 3 Feb. 1893;
educ. The Wyggeston School, Leicester; and became a Sanitary Engineer.
He left for Canada 19 March, 1914, and settled at Winnipeg, but on
the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, immediately volunteered and joined
the Expeditionary Force. After going through a course of training at
Valcartier, he came over with the first Canadian Contingent on 15
Oct., went to the western front 27 April, and died 8 June, 1915, from
wounds received in action on 6 June, 1915. He was buried at Lillers;
_unm._ At Wyggeston, George was in the cricket XI and football XV,
and afterward played both for Hendon and Golders Green, He won several
medals for boxing, including one at the St. Pancras Boxing Club and one
at Lark Hill--Canadians _v._ A.S.C.
[Illustration: =Alec George.=]
=GEORGE, BERTIE AARON=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2779C, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GEORGE, ERNEST FREDERICK=, Corpl., No. 51, A Coy. 8th Battn.
(90th Winnipeg Rifles), 2nd Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force,
elder _s._ of Arthur Atherton George, of Leverington, near
Wisbech, by his wife, Sarah, sister of Capt. Thomas Elson-Ivey, 1st
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I. (taken prisoner at Kut), and dau.
of Samuel Ivey, of Bristol; _b._ Leverington, co. Cambridge, 23
Sept. 1889; educ. Church School, Wisbech; was employed for five years
with Messrs. Dawbarn & Sons, Wisbech; went to Winnipeg, Canada, in
April, 1912, and worked on the Canadian Pacific Railroad; volunteered
on the outbreak of war and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force;
came over with the 1st Contingent in Nov. 1914; trained at Valcartier
Camp, Quebec, and Salisbury; went to France, 8 Feb. 1915, and was
reported missing after the heavy fighting at Ypres, 22–24 April, 1915.
On this occasion the 8th Battn. commanded by Lieut.-Col. Lipsett
held the extreme left of the Brigade position at the most critical
moment. The Battn. was expelled from the trenches early on Friday
morning (23 April) by an emission of poisonous gas, but recovering in
three-quarters of an hour, it counter-attacked, re-took the trenches it
had abandoned, and bayoneted the enemy; and after the 3rd Brigade had
been forced to retire, Lieut.-Col. Lipsett held his position, though
his left was in the air, until two British regts. filled up the gap
on Saturday night. It would seem that George was wounded and taken
prisoner, for, according to a postcard received from Corpl. W. S. Pozer
of the same Battn. (himself a prisoner), George died of wounds or gas
poisoning, in the Red Cross Hospital at Roulers, 26 April, 1915. He was
_unm._ His yr. brother, Private John Robert George, served with
the 1st Northamptonshire Regt. in France, Aug. 1914 to March, 1915, and
is now (1916) with the 3rd Battn. at Gillingham.
[Illustration: =Ernest Frederick George.=]
=GEORGE, MAXIM=, Stoker (Native), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action
off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GERMAN, THOMAS=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1884T, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GERRANS, CHRISTOPHER DAVIES=, Private, No. 4220, Australian
Field Artillery; _b._ Peckham, S.E., 1870; educ. Rye College,
Peckham Rye; enlisted; served through the South African War, and was
in Ladysmith during the siege; went to Australia about 1907; joined
the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force after the outbreak of war and was
killed in action at the Dardanelles, 2 Dec. 1915; _unm._
=GERRISH, FRANK=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 7615, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GERRY, ALBERT JOHN=, Private, No. 13632, 5th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of Albert Gerry, of Heward,
Saskatchewan, Canada, by his wife, Edith Jane, dau. of George Rowland;
_b._ Souris, Manitoba, 9 Jan. 1893; was in a Livery business;
volunteered on the outbreak of war, Aug. 1914; left Canada with the
First Contingent, 23 Sept., and after training on Salisbury Plain
during the winter of 1914–15 crossed to France, 15 Feb. 1915, and
was killed in action there, 24 May, 1915; _unm._ His commanding
officer wrote: “Private Gerry was a wonderfully cheerful man, nothing
seemed to damp his spirits. Even in those days at Ypres, when things
looked so black, he was cheerful. He was killed when we made a charge
on a strong German position which we captured on 24 May. We were able
to get his body and bury him near a little village called Festubert. He
met his death like a hero, his face to the foe.”
[Illustration: =Albert John Gerry.=]
=GETHING, HUGH BAGNALL=, 2nd Lieut., Royal Gloucestershire
Hussars Yeomanry (T.F.), yr. _s._ of James Edwards Gething, of
Siddington Hall, Cirencester, by his wife, Maria Llewellyn, dau. of
James Bagnall, of Castle Hill House, Carmarthen, J.P.; _b._
Letherllistry, Llanddarog, co. Carmarthen, 7 Oct. 1883; educ. Elstree
(1892–1897), Harrow (Bushnell’s and Graham’s Houses) (1897–1902), and
Trinity College, Cambridge (1902–1906), joined the Gloucestershire
Hussars Yeomanry 25 March, 1911, volunteered with them for active
service, and was killed at the Dardanelles 21 Aug. 1915. Writing to
his father, Col. Playne, who was himself wounded in the same action,
said: “Your son was one of our best officers and the whole regt. will
feel his loss keenly.” Major Yorke wrote: “Poor Lusty, as we always
called him, was most gallantly leading his troops, setting them a
splendid example, when a shell burst close to him, inflicting injuries
to his head, which must have caused instantaneous death”; and Capt.
Turner, the second in command of his squadron, also wrote “the whole
division was ordered to advance across a stretch of about a mile and
a half of open country after a heavy artillery preparation. They had
only started a few minutes, when heavy shell fire was opened, and we
began to suffer pretty heavy casualties amongst officers and men. Lusty
had survived almost the whole way across, and had just faced forward,
after turning to say a few encouraging words to his men, when he was
struck by a shrapnel, and killed instantly. He was later buried in a
grave by himself, close to where he fell, nearly under the shelter of
a hill, the one we are now on, ... he was ... always cheerful, and
was always ready to do anything that was going.” Gething was a keen
sportsman, was captain of the cricket and football eleven at Elstree,
played five years in the House Cricket Eleven at Harrow and four years
in the football eleven, and was captain one year. He passed the Dolphin
(swimming) test, 1899, and won the Beale Cup for diving, 1901, and the
middle-weight boxing in the Public School Competition at Aldershot,
1902. He played in the Freshman’s Association Match at Cambridge, 1902,
and in the Seniors’ Match, 1903, 1904, played regularly for the Trinity
Harrovians A.F.C., and was secretary of the club from 1903 till its
extinction. He won the Freshman’s middle-weight boxing, 1902, the C.U.
middle-weight boxing, 1903, and the same event for Cambridge v. Oxford,
1903–1904 (beating Gardner in 1903, and Sheepshanks in 1904). He hunted
with the Fitzwilliam, the Oakley and the Drag, and also played polo
at Cambridge; won the Fairwell Cup at Cottenham on Mr. Pemberton’s
“Hector,” and rode the same horse against Oxford over the Whaddon Chase
Country, 1907, &c. He hunted with the Old Berkshire, V.W.H. and Lord
Bathurst’s hounds after leaving Cambridge. His elder brother, Lieut. J.
S. B. Gething, South Wales Borderers, was killed in the South African
War.
[Illustration: =Hugh Bagnall Gething.=]
=GIBB, WILLIAM ALEXANDER=, M.D., Lieut.-Col., Royal Army Medical
Corps, eldest _s._ of Alexander Gibb, of the Capital and Counties
Bank, Ipswich, J.P., by his wife, Jessie Violet, dau. of Donald
Coghill, of Wick, Caithness; _b._ Ipswich, 17 June, 1872; educ.
Ipswich School, Edinburgh University, Royal College of Surgeons,
Edinburgh, London University, and Vienna; Matriculated at Edinburgh and
London, 1889; M.B., C.M., 1895; M.D., 1900, and was successively House
Surgeon, Royal Infirmary and Skin Dispensary, Edinburgh; Gloucester
Royal Infirmary and Eye Institution, and Noble Hospital, Douglas, Isle
of Man; Clinical Assistant to the Ear, Throat and Nose Hospital, Golden
Square, and the Children’s Hospital, Great Ormond Street, London. He
then took up practice in Ipswich about 1900 and became Assistant Hon.
Surgeon to the Ipswich and Suffolk Hospital, and Public Vaccinator for
Ipswich Union; Member of the Red Cross Council of the County of Suffolk
and the Scout Council; District Staff; District St. John Ambulance
Brigade, and Lecturer to St. John Ambulance Association. While at
Edinburgh he joined the University Coy. of the 1st V.B. Edinburgh
Rifle Volunteers in 1898, serving for four years in the ranks, and
later becoming Lieut. in the Harwich Infantry Brigade Bearer Company,
R.A.M.C. He was gazetted Capt. to the 1st East Anglian Field Ambulance
at its formation, and on 16 July, 1912, was transferred to the 6th
(Cyclist) Battn. Suffolk Regt. as Medical Officer. He was promoted
Major, R.A.M.C. (T.F.), 3 Dec. 1913, and after the outbreak of the War,
was made Lieut.-Col. of the East Anglian Casualty Clearing Station, 22
Dec. 1914. He raised the unit solely through his personal influence,
both with regard to officers and men. He died at the Eastern General
Hospital, Birmingham, 10 March, 1915, of pleurisy and pneumonia,
contracted on active service. Dr. Gibb received the Coronation medal
and was Honorary Associate of the Grand Priory of the Order of St.
John of Jerusalem in England. He _m._ at St. George’s Church,
Hanover Square, London, 20 Sept. 1905, Rosina Sarah, only dau. of James
Bullock, of Westbury, co. Wilts; _s.p._
[Illustration: =William Alexander Gibb.=]
=GIBB, WILLIAM JAMES=, Private, No. 12/1214, 2nd Auckland Battn.
New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of David Neneen Gibb, of
Karanganake, Thames, New Zealand; _b._ Auckland, New Zealand,
1886; educ. Thames Gold Fields, New Zealand; volunteered on the
outbreak of war, and enlisted 1 Nov. 1914; went to Egypt, took part
in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in
action there the same day; _unm._
[Illustration: =William James Gibb.=]
=GIBBARD, WILLIAM=, Private, No. G. 3504, 2nd Battn. East Surrey
Regt., _s._ of William Gibbard, of 12, Bride Street, Kilburn;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action,
25 April, 1915.
=GIBBINS, HENRY EDWARD=, Private, No. S. 5356, 4th Battn.
Middlesex Regt., _s._ of William Gibbins, of 61, Mansfield Street,
Kingsland Road, N.E.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France,
etc.; died at Boulogne, 15 Feb. 1915, of enteric fever while on active
service.
=GIBBINS, JOHN=, Signalman, J. 3246, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when
that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=GIBBONS, CHARLES=, Private, No. G. 120, 7th (Service) Battn. East
Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in
action, 28 July, 1915; _m._
=GIBBONS, CHARLES WILLIAM CROWNE=, Private, No. 1518, 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards, eldest _s._ of the late Charles William
Gibbons, by his wife, Emily Marion (now wife of Charles Emery, of
35, Wandle Road, Wandsworth Common, S.W.), dau. of William Johnstone
Harris; _b._ London, 2 Dec. 1884; educ. Tennyson Street Council
School, Queen’s Road, S.W.; enlisted, 2 Sept. 1914; went to France, 7
Oct. 1914, and was reported missing after the fighting at Ypres, 29
Oct. 1914, and is now assumed to have been killed in action that day;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Charles W. C. Gibbons.=]
=GIBBS, ALBERT WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7975), S.S.
103638, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GIBBS, ALFRED=, Officer’s Steward, 3rd Class, L. 5326, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=GIBBS, ERNEST=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9189, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=GIBBS, RONALD CHARLES MELBOURNE=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. The
Scots Guards, yr. _s._ of the late Hon. Henry Lloyd Gibbs, of 10,
Lennox Gardens, London, partner in the firm of Anthony Gibbs & Sons,
of 22, Bishopsgate, E.C., by his wife, Alice Mary (10, Lennox Gardens,
S.W.), yst. dau. of the late Gen. Charles Crutchley, of Sunninghill
Park, Ascot, co. Berks, and gdsn. of Henry Hucks, 1st Baron Aldenham;
_b._ Salisbury, South Yarra, Melbourne, Australia, 26 Aug. 1894;
educ. Wellington House, Westgate-on-Sea, and Eton College (P. L.
Broke’s House, where he was in the O.T.C. and received certificate
A); gazetted 2nd Lieut., Special Reserve of Officers, 27 Sept. 1913;
served with 1st Battn. Scots Guards at Aldershot; and on declaration
of war with 3rd Battn.; passed Army Examination, 1914; posted to the
2nd Scots Guards, 1 Sept. 1914; went to France, 4 Oct. 1914, and was
killed in action at Ypres, 28 Oct. 1914; _unm._ Buried at Chateau
Gheluvelt. His Commanding Officer, Lord Esme Gordon-Lennox, wrote: “He
was a splendid young officer.... He had a charming disposition, and
showed such keenness and ability as an officer that the blow was all
the harder. Liked by everybody he came in contact with, both officers
and men, his death has been a great loss to the Regt.” 2nd Lieut. Gibbs
rowed in the boats at Eton, 4 June, 1913, and also rowed when their
Majesties visited Eton, 16 June, 1913.
[Illustration: =Ronald C. M. Gibbs.=]
=GIBBS, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 12701, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GIBBS, WILLIAM CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4719), 205068, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GIBSON, ALBERT EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5181), 207006, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=GIBSON, JOHN=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1638T., H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GIBSON, MUNGO CAMPBELL=, Lieut.-Commander, R.N.V.R., eldest
_s._ of the late Campbell Gibson, of Messrs. George Gibson &
Co., of Leith, Shipowners; _b._ Edinburgh. 11 May, 1890; educ.
Cargilfield, Loretto, and in France; was before the war employed in
his father’s firm; hon. secretary of the Leith Dock Labour Employers’
Association from its formation, and Commissioner of the Leith Boy
Scouts. On the formation of the Forth Division, R.N.V.R., he was
appointed its commanding officer, and in Sept. 1914, was promoted
Lieut.-Commander of the Nelson Battn., with which he served in the
Antwerp Expedition, and afterwards in the Dardanelles. He was killed
in action near Cannon’s Post, Gaba Tepe, while leading his company at
daybreak, 3 May, 1915, and was buried where he fell. Writing to his
father, the Colonel of the Nelson Battn. said: “Your son was a keen and
zealous officer and was doing splendidly.” He _m._ Edinburgh, 11
July, 1914, Isabel Esmé (23, Dean Park Crescent, Edinburgh), yr. dau.
of James Cornwall, late Postmaster-General of the United Provinces,
India, and left a dau., Helen Valerie, _b._ 18 April, 1915.
[Illustration: =Mungo Campbell Gibson.=]
=GIBSON, ROBERT=, Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, Capt., 2nd
Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, eldest _s._ of James Gibson,
of 28, Park Gardens North, Glasgow, M.A., late Headmaster of Woodside
Higher Grade School, Glasgow; by his wife, Grace, dau. of William Gott;
_b._ Glasgow, 30 Nov. 1885; educ. Glasgow High School, and Glasgow
University, where he graduated with First Class Honours in Classics
in 1908. He gained the Snell Exhibition and Newlands Scholarship and
entered Balliol College, Oxford, where he graduated at the end of his
course with First Class in Moderations and Greats, and was elected
a Fellow and Tutor of Balliol. He was a member of the O.T.C. there,
and when war broke out, was gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the 3rd Battn.
K.O.S.B. 15 Aug. 1914, and was afterwards attd. to the 2nd Battn. He
was promoted Lieut. 9 Nov. 1914, and Capt. ... and was killed in action
near Hill 60, 5–6 May, 1915; _unm._ Lieut. Gibson was mentioned in
F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. [London Gazette,
17 Feb.] 1915.
=GIDNEY, EDWIN=, Engineer Sub-Lieut., H.M.S. Empress of Russia,
R.N.R., _s._ of Charles Gidney, of Jarrow-on-Tyne, Builder, by
his wife, Isabella, dau. of William Allison, of Sunderland, Engineer;
_b._ Jarrow, 23 Dec. 1873; educ. Higher Grade School there;
and served his apprenticeship at Messrs. Palmer’s Engineering
and Shipbuilding Works, where he was highly esteemed and gained
considerable experience in destroyers and torpedo boats. He was
afterwards a Marine Engineer, and was latterly employed by the C.P.R.
After the outbreak of war he was appointed to H.M. Armed Merchant
Cruiser Empress of Russia, and died on her 10 June, 1915, from syncope,
following wounds received in action while serving in the Persian Gulf;
_unm._ He was buried at sea with full naval honours.
[Illustration: =Edwin Gidney.=]
=GIFFORD, GEORGE EDWARD=, Leading Stoker (C.G.), 300296 (Devon.),
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=GIGG, HENRY ALBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1293), 206559, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GILBANK, CHARLES=, Stoker, 2nd Class, S.S. 112085, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GILBERT, JAMES WILLIAM=, Private, No. 2362, 7th Battn. The
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Horace Gilbert, of Lower
Edmonton, Cabdriver, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Thomas Locke;
_b._ Holborn, London, 26 Oct. 1882; educ. Holborn Council
School; worked for some time as an engraver in Fetter Lane, and was
then for three years a Packer at Gamage’s, and then for two years at
Selfridge’s, leaving there to enlist on the outbreak of War in Aug.
1914; went to France, March, 1915, and was killed in action there, 25
Aug. 1915. He was buried in the Beauchamp Military Cemetery (Grave No.
47). His Lieut. wrote: “I had known him for the whole time he had been
in the Battn. and one could not have wished for a better or a braver
soldier.” He _m._ at Holborn, 25 Sept. 1904, Clarissa (4, Studd’s
Cottages, Montague Road, Edmonton, N.), dau. of James Wright, and had
issue: Horace Bert William, _b._ 30 Nov. 1914; Mary Elizabeth,
_b._ 22 Jan. 1906; Dora, _b._ 16 June, 1908; Eugene Margaret,
_b._ 11 Dec. 1909; and Ada Martha, _b._ 1 July, 1912.
[Illustration: =James William Gilbert.=]
=GILBERT, NELSON=, Sapper, No. 2167, R.E., _s._ of Nelson
Gilbert, of 31, Waterloo Road, Tonbridge, Carpenter, by his wife,
Ellen, dau. of George Longley; _b._ Cranbrook, co. Kent, 20 March,
1895; educ. Council School there; was a Grocer’s Assistant; enlisted
19 April, 1915; left England, 11 Oct. 1915, and was drowned on H.M.S.
Hythe, 28 Oct. 1915; _unm._
=GILBERT, WILFRED VALENTINE=, Sub-Lieut., Royal Naval Division,
3rd _s._ of the late John Brettell Gilbert, of Longfleet House,
Poole, co. Dorset, formerly of Chadwick Manor, co. Warwick, by his
wife, Sara Elizabeth (Ferndene, Parkstone, co. Dorset), dau. of John
Suckling; _b._ Abergwynant, Dolgelly, North Wales, 2 March,
1889; educ. Eastmans, Southsea; and when War broke out, was a member
of the staff of the Rio Tinto Co. in Spain. He immediately returned
to England and was given a commission in the Royal Naval Division, 7
Oct. 1914, and joined the Nelson Battn. He was with the first party to
land in Gallipoli, 25 April, 1915, and was four times wounded whilst
carrying ammunition to the firing line, and was killed in action at
the Dardanelles, 4 June, 1915, whilst superintending the digging of a
trench linking up the firing line of the Naval Division and the 42nd
Division, the enemy trench at that time being about 250 yards distant,
and about 1,200 yards S.S.W. of Achi Baba, or about ... S.S.E. of
Krithia. On this occasion they had gallantly gone to the support of
the Lancashire Division, which had advanced further ahead and now
found itself exposed to an enfilade fire. The Nelson men got between
the enfilading Turks, and the right of the Lancashire Division joined
up the line and dug themselves in under fire on a front of about 500
yards. The trench was completed that night, and was for a time a
permanent force of our front line. He was buried in the rear of this
position in a small burial ground at the back of the Reserve Trenches;
_unm._ His Commanding Officer, Lieut.-Col. Evelegh, wrote of
him, and of his brother, Sub-Lieut. Robert Evelyn Gilbert, who was
severely wounded: “The loss of these two good officers was a severe
blow to the battn. I always said W. V. had a charmed life. He was
wounded through the nose on the 3rd May. On the 1st June he had a very
narrow escape, a large shell bursting within a few yards of him. I am
glad to say he was unhurt. On the morning of the 4th June he was shot
through the head whilst superintending some work in the firing line.
His death was almost instantaneous.” He was very fond of painting, and
exhibited several of his pictures in Spain. His seven brothers are
all serving. Commander Archibald Gilbert, R.N., has specialised in
gunnery and is at present on Sir Percy Scott’s Staff for the Defence
of London; 2nd. Lieut. Vivian Gilbert, Machine-gun Corps, is at the
Front; Lieut. Robert Evelyn Gilbert, R.N.V.R., was seriously wounded in
Gallipoli, since recovery transferred to the Admiralty; Lieut. Gilbert
Richard Gilbert, R.N.R., in command of H.M. Torpedo Boat 077; Lieut.
Guy Gilbert, 7th Dorset Regt. attd. to Royal Flying Corps; Lieut.
Geoffrey Gilbert, R.N.V.R., Nelson Battn. Royal Naval Division, now at
the Front; Private Garnett Gilbert, Inns of Court O.T.C., at present
stationed at Berkhampstead.
[Illustration: =Wilfred Valentine Gilbert.=]
=GILBEY, ERIC=, Lieut., 5th Battn. Rifle Brigade, yr. _s._
of Sir Walter Gilbey, 2nd Bart., by his wife, Ella, dau. of the late
John Coutts Fowlie, of Surbiton; _b._ London, 26 Dec. 1888;
educ. Harrow and Sandhurst; joined the Grenadier Guards in 1910, but
afterwards resigned. On the outbreak of war he was gazetted Lieut.
in the 5th Battn. Rifle Brigade, 23 Oct 1914; went to the Front with
the 2nd Battn., and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March,
1915; _unm._ Writing to Sir Walter Gilbey, Corpl. W. Smith said:
“I am proud to say that I was in Lieut. Gilbey’s platoon from the
day he joined us until the time he fell, a few feet from my side. We
considered ourselves, with your son as our leader, the luckiest platoon
in the regt., if not in the whole Army. He was just like a father to
us, and our interests were always his first thought. Each one of us
would have followed him in the most forlorn hope, had he wanted us.
He was the bravest man I ever saw, and I am sure you will know by now
that it was while performing a brave deed that he fell. When we had
made the charge at 2 p.m. on 12 March, we were met by the most awful
fire of shells and bullets, and Lieut. Gilbey was the first to leap
over the parapet, and shouted to us to make for another parapet 100
yards in front. Lots of men fell in that 100 yards, but Lieut. Gilbey,
Sergt. Rann, the majority of the men and myself reached cover safely.
The next instant I happened to look round, and there was your son, who
had run back for about 10 yards, in the open. He was bending over a
young fellow, and the next second he fell. I am sure there never was
more feeling shown over the fall of an officer than there was by No. 10
Platoon. He had been badly wounded some hours previously, but refused
to go to the dressing-room, and so home to England invalided, saying,
‘Where my men go, I go.’”
[Illustration: =Eric Gilbey.=]
=GILBEY, WILLIAM EDWARD=, A.B., 221975, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost
when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=GILBRIDE, THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5154), 210720, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GILCHRIST, ROBERT CROOKS=, Capt., 46th Punjabis, Indian Army,
yr. _s._ of Brig.-Gen. Robert Alexander Gilchrist, Indian Army;
_b._ Aurangabad, Deccan, India, 24 June, 1878; educ. Dover College
and Royal Military College, Sandhurst, where he passed with honours;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. Indian Army, 4 Aug. 1897, promoted Lieut. 4 Nov.
1899, and Capt. 4 Aug. 1906. He was appointed to the 33rd Punjabis,
and afterwards to the 46th Punjabis when that regt. was raised. Served
for five years with the Burma Military Police, and took part in two
frontier expeditions, and was awarded the King’s Police Medal for
service in the Burmo-China Boundary Delimitation Commission. When war
broke out he was attached to the 59th Scinde Rifles in France, and
was killed in action at La Bassée, 19 Dec. 1914, when most gallantly
leading a storming party up a German sap under heavy fire. He was
buried in Beuvry Cemetery, near Bethune; _unm._ Writing to his
father, Major T. L. Leeds, commanding 59th Scinde Rifles, said: “Your
son was killed yesterday morning in a night attack on the German
trenches. He was most gallantly leading a storming party up a German
sap under heavy fire when he was hit in the head by a rifle bullet and
killed at once. He was officiating as my second in command, and was an
exceptionally able and gallant officer, and he is a great loss to us,”
and Col. J. ffrench Mullen, Deputy Inspector-General Military Police,
Burma, wrote: “He served under me in the Myitkyina Battn. for five
years and on two expeditions, so I had occasion to know of his sterling
qualities and character.... I have never heard anything but the most
kindly mention of him, and his death is mourned by his old battn., the
Military Police.”
[Illustration: =Robert Crooks Gilchrist.=]
=GILDERTHORP, HARRY STANLEY=, L-Corpl., No. 9771, 1st Battn. Royal
Warwickshire Regt., _s._ of Benjamin Gilderthorp, of Birmingham,
National Reserve, late Sergt., 1st Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt.;
_b._ Hockley Hill, Birmingham, 3 Oct. 1886; educ. Lozells Street
Board School there; enlisted in Nov. 1903; transferred to the Reserve
in 1906; was called up on mobilisation, Aug. 1914; went to France with
the Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at Hill 60, 2 May,
1915. He _m._ at Sparkbrook, Birmingham, 6 Aug. 1910, Alice, dau.
of William (and Alice) Herrick, and had two children: Harry Stanley,
_b._ 8 Aug. 1912, and Doris May, _b._ 18 May, 1911.
[Illustration: =Harry S. Gilderthorp.=]
=GILES, FRANK WILLIAM=, Leading Signalman (R.F.R., B. 9960),
201561, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GILES, JAMES=, Stoker (R.F.R., B. 1866), 160023, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=GILES, SIDNEY=, Leading Stoker, K. 1042, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GILES, SIDNEY DUNCAN=, Private, No. 707, 1st Battn. (Royal
Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.); educ. St. John’s School, Red Lion
Square, Holborn, London; joined the 1st London Regt., and died 13 July,
1915, of wounds received in action; buried in the Military Cemetery,
Bailleul (Grave No. 1488). He _m._ at All Saints’ Church,
Caledonian Road, London, Isabella, dau. of (--), and had a son and a
dau.: Sidney Walton, _b._ 14 Aug. 1908; and Dorothy Constance,
_b._ 1 Aug. 1914.
=GILHAM, HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7611), 102992,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=GILL, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 8734 (Po.),
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GILL, GEORGE ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8912), S.S.
105666, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GILLAM, CECIL THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7686), S.S.
103002, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GILLARD, WILLIAM JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5641), 191989, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GILFILLAN, JOHN ALFRED ALISON=, Private, No. 2528, 14th Battn.
(The London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Archibald
MacAlpine Gilfillan, of Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, by his wife,
Mary Elliott, dau. of John Brown; _b._ Edinburgh, 9 Sept. 1881;
educ. Tollington Park College, and Finsbury Technical College, and
was an electrical engineer by profession. He had joined the London
Scottish, rising to the rank of Corpl., but had to retire in 1910,
owing to pressure of work. On the outbreak of war, however, he rejoined
in Aug. 1914; went to the Front, 13 Sept. 1914, and was wounded and
taken prisoner at Messines, 1 Nov. 1914, and died a prisoner of war at
Gustrow, Mecklenburg, 6 Dec. following; _unm._
=GILLESPIE, ALEXANDER DOUGLAS=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Princess
Louise’s (93rd) Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, elder and only
surviving _s._ (see next column) of Thomas Paterson Gillespie,
of Longcroft, Linlithgow, by his wife, Elizabeth Hall, dau. of Thomas
Chalmers, of Longcroft, and gdson. of the late Alexander Gillespie,
of Biggar Park, co. Lanark; _b._ at Woolaston, co. Gloucester,
23 June, 1889, and was educ. Cargilfield and Winchester College, for
which latter he took a scholarship, winning among other honours while
there, the King’s Gold and the King’s Silver Medals; passed on from
Winchester to New College, Oxford, again with a scholarship, and also
an exhibition, and there in 1910 proved himself the 1st Classical
Scholar of his year by taking the much-coveted Ireland and 1st
Craven Scholarships. On leaving Oxford he travelled for nine months,
visiting East Africa, China, Korea, Japan, and returning by Canada
and the United States. When war broke out he was reading for the
Bar, International Law being the branch which he hoped ultimately to
follow. Some months previously he had joined the Inns of Court Cavalry,
but impatient of delay in getting a commission in a Cavalry Regt. he
enlisted in the 4th Seaforth Highlanders, and after training with them
at Bedford for two months, was given a commission in the 4th (Extra
Reserve) Battn. of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 21 Oct. 1914.
He went to the Front, Feb. 1915, being there attd. to the 2nd Battn.,
and was killed in action near La Bassée, 25 Sept. 1915, being seen to
fall on reaching the German trench, the only officer to get there. He
was _unm._
[Illustration: =Alexander D. Gillespie.=]
=GILLESPIE, FRANKLIN MACAULAY=, Lt.-Col., 4th (Service) Battn.
South Wales Borderers, 2nd _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Franklin Gillespie,
of Health Hollow, Camberley, R.A.M.C., by his wife, Harriet Eliza
Phillis, dau. of the late General Sampson Freeth, R.E., and granddau.
of General Sir James Freeth, K.C.B., K.H.; _b._ Colchester, 19
Aug. 1872; educ. Dover College, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd. Lieut.
South Wales Borderers, 25 July, 1891; and promoted Lieut. 22 Feb. 1893,
Capt. 6 March, 1898, and Major, 26 Sept. 1909. He was on special extra
regimental duty from 14 Nov. 1896 to 5 April, 1897, and from 5 Feb.
1898 to 31 March, 1900, was employed with the West African Frontier
Force; was sent up the Niger on Special Service in 1897 to Egbon, Bida,
and Ilorin, when the growing menace of the great slave-trading Fulah
Power threatened to drive us into the sea. He was in the fight at the
capture of the capital of Nupe and the subjugation of the smaller
States, and was awarded the medal with three clasps. He then served in
Borgu with the West African Frontier Force, 1897–8, being mentioned in
Despatches [London Gazette, 2 Jan. 1900], and receiving medal with a
clasp. He remained with them until March, 1900, when he rejoined his
regt. and went to South Africa, and served through that campaign. He
was Commandant at Roodeval Spruit to 10 Feb. 1901, and took part in
the operations in the Orange Free State, July, 1900 to June, 1901, and
in the Transvaal, June, 1901 to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with three
clasps and King’s medal with two clasps). After the war he was Adjutant
of the 5th Volunteer Battn. (now the 7th Royal Welsh Fusiliers) of
his regt. from 18 April, 1903 to 14 July, 1908, at Newtown, and on
relinquishing this appointment, was posted to the 2nd Battn. at
Aldershot, later going with it to Chatham and Pretoria, South Africa.
He next joined the 1st Battn. and returned to Chatham, and from Feb.
to Aug. 1914, was in Command of the Regimental Depôt at Brecon. After
the outbreak of war he was appointed (19 Aug. 1914) to the Command of
the 4th (Service) Battn. and went with it to the Dardanelles, 30 June,
1915. He was killed in action there, 9 Aug. 1915, and was buried in the
39th Field Ambulance Cemetery. Col. Gillespie _m._ at Newtown,
Montgomeryshire, 27 July, 1905, Agnes Rose (Bromley, Camberley), dau.
of Sir Pryce Pryce-Jones, of Dolerw, Newtown, Montgomeryshire, and
had issue, two sons and a dau.: Rollo Franklin Freeth, _b._ 11
Feb. 1910; Henry Pryce, _b._ 16 April, 1913; and Phillis Eleanor,
_b._ 5 Sept. 1915. His brother, Lieut.-Col. E. C. F. Gillespie,
C.B., A.S.C., is now (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Franklin M. Gillespie.=]
=GILLESPIE, NORMAN ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 27342, 15th Battn.
(48th Highlanders) Canadian Expeditionary Force, yr. _s._ of the
late Johnston Hunter Gillespie, of The Mount, Belfast, by his wife,
Mary Clarke (Eastbourne Cottage, Whitehead), dau. of Hugh McAlery;
_b._ Rathfriland, co. Down, 14 Jan. 1892; educ. Methodist College
and Queen’s University, Belfast. He accepted a post in the Canadian
Bank of Commerce, Toronto, where he remained until the outbreak of the
war. He immediately volunteered and enlisted, 15 Aug., 1914; came over
with the first contingent in Oct. 1914; went to the Front, Feb. 1915,
and died a prisoner of war in a German Hospital at Oostnieukerke, 25
April, 1915, from wounds received at the Second Battle of Ypres. He was
buried in Oostnieukerke Churchyard; _unm._ Capt. McLaren wrote:
“Norman always did his duty, and he was one of the best men I had, he
was in the first line trenches on 24th April. I got wounded, and so
lost sight of him.” Sergt. Wells also wrote: “I was Norman’s platoon
Sergt. and I can assure you Norman always did his duty and was never in
trouble with anyone.” Private Gillespie was a very fine baritone and
his teacher predicted a great future for him.
[Illustration: =Norman A. Gillespie.=]
=GILLESPIE, THOMAS CUNNINGHAM=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. King’s Own
Scottish Borderers, yst. _s._ (see preceding column) of Thomas
Paterson Gillespie, of Longcroft, Linlithgow, by his wife, Elizabeth
Hall, dau. of Thomas Chalmers, of Longcroft, and gdson. of the late
Alexander Gillespie, of Biggar Park, co. Lanark; _b._ Alvington,
co. Gloucester, 14 Dec. 1892; educ. Cargilfield School, Cramond Bridge;
Winchester College, and New College, Oxford, where he took his degree
in June, 1914. Both at Winchester and Oxford he was a keen member of
the O.T.C. He obtained a University commission, 29 July, 1914, and was
gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 2nd Battn. Scottish Borderers, 4 Aug. 1914,
and after three weeks’ service at home, joined his regt. in France in
time to share in the advance from the Marne. He was for 17 days in the
trenches at Missy-sur-Aisne, on the northern bank of the River Aisne,
exposed night and day to the enemy’s fire from their heavy guns, and
afterwards took part in the advance to the Belgian frontier, and was
killed in action, near La Bassée, 8 Oct. 1914; _unm._ It was 2nd
Lieut. Gillespie’s great desire to win a commission in a Scottish
regt., and his last letter spoke with pride of the praise which the
Scottish Borderers had received from Sir Charles Ferguson, commanding
the 5th Division, “all the prouder of us because we were all Scotsmen.”
He was a fine athlete, rowed three years in the New College Eight,
and twice had the satisfaction of keeping his boat at the head of the
River; also, he represented the United Kingdom in the New College
Olympic Crew at Stockholm in 1912.
[Illustration: =Thomas C. Gillespie.=]
=GILLESPIE, ANDREW=, Private, No. 8107, 2nd Battn. Highland L.I.;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc; killed in action at
Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915.
=GILLESPIE, WILLIAM JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10369),
S.S. 107919, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the
North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=GILLHAM, BENJAMIN=, L.-Corpl., No. S. 64, 2nd Battn. Royal West
Surrey Regt., served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
killed in action, 16 May, 1915; _m._
=GILLINGHAM, FRANK=, Private, No. 10234, 1st Battn. Royal West
Kent Regt., _s._ of William Gillingham, of 9, Little Preston
Street, Brighton; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
killed in action, 18 April, 1915.
=GILLS, GEORGE=, Sapper, No. 102480, Royal Engineers, 2nd
_s._ of John Gills, of Bishop Auckland, Miner, by his wife,
Margaret, dau. of George Etherington, of Bishop Auckland; _b._
Bishop Auckland, co. Durham, 1 Aug. 1871; educ. Board School there; was
employed at the Hylton Colliery; enlisted 4 June, 1915; was sent to
the Front at once, and was killed in action, 2 Aug. 1915, being buried
in the Canadian Cemetery at St. Eloi, Belgium. He _m._ at St.
Mary’s. South Shields, Isabella Ann (Clive Street, Southwick-on-Wear),
dau. of William Stevenson, of Seaham, and had six children: John
William, _b._ 19 Dec. 1893; George, _b._ 13 July, 1898;
Robert, _b._ 2 March, 1913; Margaret Jane, _b._ 29 Oct. 1891;
Isabella, _b._ 16 April, 1899; and Emily, _b._ 4 June, 1903.
=GRAHAM-GILMOUR, HERBERT JAMES=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. Worcestershire
Regt. only _s._ of the late James Graham-Gilmour, of Whittingdon
Lodge, Worcester, by his wife, Ethel (now widow of William
Price-Hughes, of Red Hill, near Worcester), dau. of the Rev. James
Cook, of Peopleton, Pershore; _b._ Southport, co. Lancaster, 2
Aug. 1883; educ. Hartford House, and Radley College, Oxford; served
with the Worcestershire Militia through the South African War,
receiving the Queen’s medal with two clasps. After his return home,
he was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Worcesters, 28 Jan. 1903,
receiving the last free commission presented, and was promoted Lieut.
15 June, 1906. He joined at Tipperary, served at the Depot at Norton
Barracks, 1904–6; in South Africa, 1906–7; and at Dover, 1907–10, when
he transferred to the 4th Battn. at Bareilly, India. He came home on
leave in February, 1914, and on the outbreak of war was ordered to
join the 3rd Battn. at Tidworth, 4 Aug. and went with it to France, 13
Aug. He served through the retreat from Mons, and was killed in action
at Soissons, during the Battle of the Aisne, 19 Sept. 1914, and was
buried at Maison Rouge, Vailly, in the valley of the Aisne; _unm._
Lieut. Graham-Gilmour was an enthusiastic cricketer, hockey player, and
steeplechase rider, had played cricket for the gentlemen of Worcester,
and on two occasions won regimental point-to-point races in Ireland and
England, and was third in the Army Cup in India on “Exchange” in 1912.
[Illustration: =H. J. Graham-Gilmour.=]
=GIRARDOT, PAUL CHANCOURT=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Oxfordshire and
Buckinghamshire L.I., only child of the late Lieut.-Col. John Francis
Girardot, 43rd Oxfordshire L.I., J.P., by his wife. Mary I. (10,
Waterloo Crescent, Dover), dau. of the late James Evans, of Trevaughan,
co. Carmarthen; _b._ Southampton, 17 Nov. 1895; educ. Ashampstead,
Eastbourne; Cheltenham College (where he was a member of the School
VIII at Bisley), and Sandhurst; gazetted to the 52nd Oxford and Bucks
L.I., 25 Feb. 1914; went to France, 12 Aug., and was killed in action
at the Battle of the Aisne, 16 Sept. 1914; _unm._ He was buried at
Soupir-sur-Aisne. 2nd Lieut. Girardot’s father was one of the survivors
of the Birkenhead disaster in 1852.
[Illustration: =Paul Chancourt Girardot.=]
=GIROUX, THEODORE=, Private, No. A 871, 1st Battn. (33rd Regt.),
(Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of Napoleon Giroux,
of Tilbury, Essex co., Ontario, Canada, by his wife, Philomene,
dau. of Antoine Barrette; _b._ St. Joachim, Ruscom, Ontario, 7
March, 1894; was a Farmer; enlisted 15 Feb. 1915; came over with the
2nd Contingent, and was killed in action in Flanders, 13 Oct. 1915;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Theodore Giroux.=]
=GLADDISH, EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3826), 290188,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=GLADMAN, JOHN OWEN=, Private, No. 2874, 5th (Cinque Ports) Battn.
Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of John Owen Gladman,
of 21, Tower Street, Eastbourne, Gardener, by his wife, Elizabeth
Ellen, dau. of George Griffin, Baker at Ardingly College for 39 years;
_b._ Ardingly, co. Sussex, 20 June, 1896; educ. Christ Church
School, Eastbourne; was employed in the Glass Houses at Compton Place;
volunteered on the outbreak of War and enlisted 9 Nov. 1914; trained
at Hastings; went to France, 14 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at
Richebourg L’Avoué, 9 May, 1915.
[Illustration: =John Owen Gladman.=]
=GLADSTONE, WILLIAM GLYNNE CHARLES=, of Hawarden Castle, M.P.,
2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, only _s._ of the
late William Henry Gladstone, M.P., by his wife the Hon. Gertrude, née
Stuart (41, Berkeley Square, W.), 4th dau. of Charles, 12th and last
Lord Blantyre, and gdson. of the Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone,
P.C., M.P., the distinguished statesman; _b._ 41, Berkeley Square,
London, 14 July, 1885; educ. Eton, and New College, Oxford, and was
President of the Oxford Union in 1907. He succeeded his grandfather in
the Hawarden Estates, 19 May, 1898, and was assistant Private Secretary
to the Lord Lieut. of Ireland, 1909, and an Honorary Attaché to the
British Embassy in Washington, 1911. In 1911 he entered Parliament
as Liberal Member for Kilmarnock Burghs, and when in the following
year he made his first speech in Parliament, in seconding the motion
for an address in reply to a speech from the Throne, he frankly
acknowledged that it was a handicap to bear the name of Gladstone,
observing: “I feel that every effort is doomed to fall short of the
expectation which may conceivably and very incautiously be formed
by some of one who bears the name that I do.” During the short time
he had been a member, however, he had already by his own marked
individuality gained the attention of the House, and given evidence
of abilities which promised a distinguished future. He was appointed
Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of Flintshire, and President of
the County Territorial Association in 1911, and after the outbreak of
war volunteered for Imperial service. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to
the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 15 Aug. 1914; and promoted Lieut. 7 April,
1915; went to the Front, 15 March, 1915, and was killed in action near
Laventie in France, on Tuesday, 13 April, 1915, being shot dead while
in the trenches endeavouring to locate a sniper. A doctor was with him
immediately but he never regained consciousness. His body was brought
back and interred in the Churchyard at Hawarden, 23 April. He was
_unm._ Writing to his mother from the trenches he said: “You will
be wrong if you regret my coming, for I am very glad and proud to have
got to the Front. It is not the length of existence that counts, but
what is achieved during that existence, however short.”
[Illustration: =William G. C. Gladstone.=]
=GLANVILLE, ALBERT ANDREW=, Gunner, R.M.A., 12208, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ROBERTSON-GLASGOW, ARCHIBALD WILLIAM=, Capt., 2nd Battn. 39th
Garhwal Rifles, Indian Army, yst. _s._ of the late Robert Bruce
Robertson-Glasgow, of Mountgreenan, co. Ayr, J.P., D.L., formerly 74th
Highlanders, by his wife, Deborah Louisa Grace, 2nd dau. of Simon
George Purdon, of Tinerana, co. Clare, _b._ Mountgreenan afsd.,
24 May, 1880; educ. Wellington House School, Westgate-on-Sea (Sept.
1889 to July 1894), Marlborough College (Sept. 1894 to Dec. 1897), and
the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (Jan. to Dec. 1898); gazetted
2nd Lieut. to the unattd. list for the Indian Army, 25 Jan. 1899, and
promoted Lieut. 25 April, 1901, and Capt. 25 Jan. 1908. He was attd.
to the Royal Scots, and was posted to the 16th Bombay Infantry in
April, 1901, and appointed Double Company Officer, 1 Aug. following,
and the same year took part in the operations against the Ogaden
Somalis in Jubaland, British East Africa, and received the medal with
clasp. On his return from this expedition he was transferred to the
39th Garhwal Rifles. He left India with his regt. in the 7th Meerut
Division for France, 21 Sept. 1914, and on arrival was detailed Railway
Transport Officer until early in Nov. when he rejoined his regt. in
the trenches. He was killed in action at Bethune a few days later,
13–14 Nov. 1914. Numerous letters from his brother officers all bear
witness to his splendid qualities. His Col. wrote: “He had charged
right up most valiantly to the enemy’s trench and in a yard or two more
would have been in it.... The regiment has suffered a double loss in
losing a first-rate officer and generous hearted friend.” and a brother
officer: “I spent a good time on the afternoon of that disastrous night
attack with him. He was as cheery as ever, and told me all about the
exciting time he had digging out some men who had been buried by the
exploding of a heavy German shell. The trench was knocked in and cover
practically nil, so the operation had to be carried out in full view
of the Germans, who put a lot of shrapnel over him and his men. Of
course, he joked about it, but poor old ---- said it was a very fine
show and one needing a great deal of pluck. I am sure his coolness and
pluck then must have been a good example to the men, and just the sort
of example they needed in the early days when everything was new and
very terrifying to them.” He _m._ at St. Peter’s, Cranley Gardens,
London, 19 Jan. 1911, Philadelphia Constance Violet Flora Macdonald,
dau. of Major Francis Fraser, of Tornaveen, Aberdeenshire, and has a
son, Archibald Francis Colin, _b._ 31 July, 1914.
[Illustration: =A. W. Robertson-Glasgow.=]
=GLASS, ERNEST GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, 304260, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GLASS, ERNEST GRAHAM=, Trooper, No. 743, A Squadron, Queen’s
Own West Kent Yeomanry, only _s._ of Ernest Glass, of Crofton,
Galmpton, Kingsbridge, Devon, Retired Civil Servant, by his wife,
Francis Emma, dau. of the late Thomas Cowel, of Scarborough; _b._
Lewisham, co. Kent, 20 Nov. 1892; educ. Colfe Grammar School there;
was a Clerk, Prudential Assurance Company; had joined the West Kent
Yeomanry in 1912, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered
for foreign service; left England for the Dardanelles in Sept. 1915,
and was killed in action there, 27 Dec. 1915; _unm._ He was buried
in Y Ravine, S.W. Slope, Gallipoli. The Commanding Officer wrote: “E.
Glass has always been a universal favourite amongst both officers and
men, always cheery, always willing, his loss will be severely felt by
the whole squadron. He had only just returned to Squadron duty from the
signal troop, and was killed, shot through the head while on sentry in
the firing line during the night. The loss of such a plucky, cheery
soul, the very best type of young Englishman, is a loss not only to
you, his regiment, his squadron, but to the country for which he so
gallantly gave his life”; and another: “I saw a great deal of your son,
as he was one of my signallers, and his unfailing cheerfulness always
kept everyone happy, even when they were most uncomfortable. Your son
was one of the keenest men there, he was always out to learn any new
job that was going, and wanted to have a hand in anything out of the
ordinary routine.”
[Illustration: =Ernest Graham Glass.=]
=GLASS, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 8659, 1st Battn. East Kent Regt.
(The Buffs); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
killed in action, 19 June, 1915; _m._
=GLAZEBROOK, HENRY=, L.-Corpl., No. 9383, 2nd Battn. East
Yorkshire Regt., eldest _s._ of William Henry Glazebrook, of
16, Mildmay Road, West Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne, now in the postal
service, late Battery Sergt.-Major, R.F.A. (who served throughout the
South African War, and received the Queen’s and King’s medals with
clasps), by his wife, Mary Ellen, dau. of Samuel Stephenson; _b._
Newcastle-on-Tyne, 11 March, 1892; educ. Council School Sandyford;
joined the Army, 15 July, 1909; served five years (1909–14) in India;
came home with his regt. after the outbreak of War, going with it to
France in Jan., and was killed in action near St. Eloi, 5 Feb. 1915;
_unm._ Buried at Chateau Rosendale, near Ypres. His two brothers
are both (1916) serving, one in the Army and the other in the Navy.
=GLEGG, ARTHUR LIVINGSTONE=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Batt. King’s Royal
Rifles, 2nd _s._ of the late Arthur Thomson Glegg, Advocate
Sheriff Substitute of Lanarkshire, by his wife, Margaret Livingstone,
dau. of W. L. Douie, of Moira, J.P.; _b._ Edinburgh, 23 Sept.
1895; educ. Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow; St. Bee’s, and Corpus Christi,
Cambridge; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Jan. 1915; went to France,
March, 1915, and was killed in action in the trenches near La Bassée,
10 Aug. 1915; being buried in Cambrin Cemetery; _unm._
[Illustration: =Arthur L. Glegg.=]
=GLEN, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, Ch./308855, _s._ of
Walter Glen, by his wife, Mary (Stenton Prestonkirk, co. Haddington),
dau. of John Scott; _b._ Glenfoot, Rymors Glen, near Melrose, 15
July, 1885; educ. Wiston, Lanark; joined the Navy about 1904, and was
lost when H.M.S. Cressy was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914;
_unm._
[Illustration: =William Glen.=]
=GLIDDON, FRANK CHARLES=, Gunner, R.M.A., 11898, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GLITHRO, FRANK WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 1707),
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GLOSSOP, ERNEST EDWARD=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Somersetshire
Light Infantry, 3rd and yst. _s._ of the Rev. George Henry Pownall
Glossop, Hon. Canon of St. Albans Cathedral, by his wife, Frances Mary,
dau. of Major John James Gape, of St. Michael’s Manor, St. Albans,
Herts Militia; _b._ Romeland House, St. Albans, 21 Feb. 1896;
educ. Sandroyd School, Cobham; Repton School, and the Royal Military
College, Sandhurst, passing out at the end of his first year; gazetted
2nd Lieut. 3rd Somerset L.I. 12 Aug. 1914; went to France on Sept. 12,
and joined the 1st Battn. during the Battle of the Aisne; was wounded
at Le Gheer on 24 Oct., a bullet striking him in the spine, and was
invalided home. He returned to the Front in March, and was wounded
again at the 2nd Battle of Ypres, on 2 May, when he was hit in the
head by a fragment of shell, and died in Hospital at Bailleul two days
later, 4 May, 1915; _unm._ His two elder brothers, Lieut. Bertram
Glossop, 9th Devon Regt., and Lieut. Francis George Glossop, R.N., are
(1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Ernest Edward Glossop.=]
=GLOSTER, HENRY COLPOYS=, Lieut., 6th (Banff and Donside) Battn.
The Gordon Highlanders (T.F.), only _s._ of James Cockburn
Gloster, of 15, Upper Phillimore Place, Kensington, B.A., M.B., by
his wife, Aphra Jane, only child of Henry Keane; _b._ 15 Upper
Phillimore Place, Kensington, 3 Aug. 1894; educ. St. Paul’s School,
and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he was a medical
undergraduate, and a member of the O.T.C.; volunteered on the outbreak
of the war and received a commission in the 6th Gordon Highlanders, 15
Aug. 1914, being promoted Lieut. 31 Oct. following. He joined the regt.
at Perth and went from there to Bedford for training, leaving England
for the Front, 9 Nov. 1914. He was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle,
13 March, 1915, and was buried in Esterre Cemetery; _unm._ His
Col. spoke highly of him as an officer whose work in the trenches
deserved special praise. He suggested improvements and saved several
lives of his men when wounded by close attention and skill. He was
very popular with his men who respected, admired and loved him for his
kindness and intelligent command in times of great danger. He was in
command of his platoon in a German trench on the morning of his death.
Lieut. Gloster was a good tennis player, and won the Caius College
Fresher’s Tournament in 1914.
[Illustration: =Henry Colpoys Gloster.=]
=GLOVER, FRANCIS LUTHER=, Leading Stoker, K. 5618, H.M.S.
Monmouth; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=GLOVER, JOSHUA=, Sergt., No. 6756, 6th (Service) Battn. Queen’s
Own Royal West Kent Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France, etc.; killed in action, 15 Sept. 1915; _m._
=GOACHER, STEPHEN FRANK=, Private, No. 3890, 2/4th Battn.
Royal West Kent Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of James Goacher, of New
Cottages, Iron’s Bolton, near Reigate; served with the Mediterranean
Expeditionary Force; died 11 Aug. 1915, of wounds received in action at
the Dardanelles.
=GOATER, JOHN ROBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9739), 210862, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GOBLE, ALBERT EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 22061, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=GOBY, WILLIAM=, L.-Corpl., No. G. 1964, 2nd Battn. East Surrey
Regt., _s._ of Isaac Goby, of Fernhurst, Heathfield, Sussex;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action,
23 April, 1915.
=GODDARD, ALBERT BERTIE=, Private, No. 7204, 1st Battn. Royal West
Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died
a prisoner of war at Gustrow, 4 March, 1915; _m._
=GODDARD, ARTHUR HAWKINS=, Private, No. 2500, 13th Battn.
(Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of
George Thomas Goddard, of 22, Calvert Buildings, Wapping, London, by
his wife, Susannah, dau. of Amos Prior; _b._ Brightlingsea, co.
Essex, 14 July, 1895; educ. L.C.C. and Raine’s Foundation Schools,
Stepney; was a Clerk in the employ of Girling Bros. for four years;
enlisted with some fellow scouts from Toynbee Hall, Whitechapel, 1
Sept. 1914; went to France, 10 Feb. 1915; served through the Battle
of Neuve Chapelle in April, and died 10 May, 1915, of wounds received
in action at Festubert the previous day; _unm._ Buried at the
Military Cemetery, Rue Petillon.
[Illustration: =Arthur Hawkins Goddard.=]
=GODDARD, JAMES=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 632),
152278, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GODDARD, JAMES=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 92), H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GODDARD, THOMAS=, Private, No. G. 789, 7th (Service) Battn. East
Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died
25 July, 1915, of wounds received in action; _m._
=GODDARD, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 3257, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of the late Joseph Goddard, of Reading, by his wife,
Harriet; _b._ Windsor, 3 Dec. 1880; educ. Royal Schools there;
enlisted 23 Jan. 1900; served in the South African War, 7 Nov. 1901
to 4 Oct. 1902; obtained his discharge, 6 Nov. 1902; re-enlisted, 9
Sept. 1914, went to France, 7 Oct. and died 29 Oct. following, of
wounds received in action. He was buried in the lawn in front of the
Chateau at Gheluvelt, west of the village. He _m._ at Windsor, 1
June, 1905, Mary Ann (3, Waterloo Square, Spital, Windsor), dau. of
Thomas Redrup, and had three daus.: Ena, _b._ 27 Aug. 1906; Laura,
_b._ 27 Sept. 1907; and Vera, _b._ 27 Jan. 1910.
=GODDEN, ARTHUR HENRY GRIFFITHS=, Officer’s Steward, 3rd Class, L.
5087, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GODFERY, ERNEST HERBERT=, Sapper, No. 241, Wireless Section,
2nd South African Rifles, _s._ of Masters Godfery, of Norwich,
by his wife, Esther, dau. of (--) Chapman; _b._ Norwich, 21 May,
1867; educ. Yarmouth Grammar School; went to South Africa on 18 July,
1893, and settled at Durban, Natal; volunteered for service in German
South-West Africa, and went through that campaign and died in Hospital
at Durban, 24 Nov. 1915. He _m._ at Johannesburg, 29 July, 1897,
Frances (Sea View, Natal), dau. of John Siems, and had two children:
Ernest M., _b._ 7 April, 1901; and Ivy E., _b._ 29 Aug. 1898.
=GODFREE, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2989), S.S. 100453,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=GODFREY, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4267), 277922,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct 1914.
=GODIN, MOÏSE=, Private, No. 61042, 22nd Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of Philippe Godin, of St. Anne de la
Pérade, Champlain co., P.Q., Canada, by his wife, Rebecca, dau. of (--)
Côté; _b._ St. Anne de la Pérade, Champlain co., P.Q., 29 Jan.
1896; educ. Collège de la Pérade; enlisted in March, 1915; left Canada
with the 2nd Contingent and was killed in action at Belgium, 23 Sept.
1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Moïse Godin.=]
=GODSAL, ALAN=, 2nd Lieut. and Battn. Machine-gun Officer,
7th Battn. Rifle Brigade, 2nd _s._ of Edward Hugh Godsal, of
Winnersh Lodge, Wokingham, by his wife, Marion Grace, dau. of the
Rev. Florence Thomas Wethered, Vicar of Hurley, Berks; _b._
Hawera, New Zealand, 4 May, 1894; educ. Oundle School; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. 7th Rifle Brigade, 22 Sept. 1914; went to France in May, 1915;
appointed Battn. Machine-gun Officer in July, 1915, and was killed in
action at Hooge, 30 July, 1915; unm. He was buried in Sanctuary Wood,
Hooge. His Col. wrote speaking of him as a most promising officer. The
circumstances of Lieut. Godsal’s death were as follows: The battn. on
leaving the trenches for rest had left their machine guns for the use
of the relieving Battns., from whom they were captured by a sudden
enemy assault, and on the 7th Battn. being brought back from their
billets seven miles away to recover trenches the Col. ordered Lieut.
Godsal to take up a position with his machine gun men, from whence
when opportunity offered to advance and regain possession of the guns.
It is now clear from the statement of Corpl. Molloy, who was within
20 yards of Lieut. Godsal when he was killed, that Lieut. Godsal did
himself advance from this position and get possession of at least one
of the guns, for the Corpl. saw him firing it at the enemy, and later
saw him firing his revolver--probably when he recovered the gun he
picked up only a small amount of ammunition--and later still heard
a shout that he was killed, a shell having struck him in the face.
Private King gallantly endeavoured to pull his body back into trench
and was himself killed instantaneously. Corpl. Molloy accounts for
Lieut. Godsal’s recovering the gun by saying that he knew every yard of
trench and ground as he was out frequently day and night making daring
reconnaissances. The Corpl. added if ever anyone deserved the V.C. he
did.
[Illustration: =Alan Godsal.=]
=GODWARD, ERIC JAMES=, 2nd Lieut., 1/7th Battn. Middlesex Regt.
(T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the late William Godward, Accountant, by
his wife, Agnes (Godward, Newthorpe, Enfield), dau. of John Davison;
_b._ New Thorpe, Enfield, co. Middlesex, 19 Feb. 1895; educ.
Merchant Taylors’ School; and was in business until the outbreak of
War, giving up the whole of his spare time to work among lads in
Enfield. He held a commission as Cadet Lieut. in the St. Andrew and
St. Mary Coy. London Diocesan Church Lads’ Brigade (Cadet Force),
and when war broke out was transferred to the 2/7th Middlesex Regt.
(T.F.), together with Capt. Perks, and most of the senior lads in his
brigade company, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 13 Oct. 1914. He was
transferred to the 1/7th and went to France, 25 July, 1915, and was
killed in action there, 25 Aug. 1915, being shot while on patrol duty,
and was buried at Fleurbaix; _unm._ His Col. wrote: “Your son had
not been with us very long, but in that time he had earned the liking
and respect of everyone with whom he had come into contact. He was
absolutely fearless, and a very gallant young officer, in whom I had
the utmost confidence”; and Col. Drew, 2/7th Middlesex, wrote: “During
the ten months he served with me, I formed a great admiration for him.
He was a boy of exceptional character.”
[Illustration: =Eric James Godward.=]
=GOFFIN, HERBERT CULLIS=, Sergt., No. 2849, 16th (Queen’s
Westminster Rifles) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of
the Rev. Herbert James Goffin, of Walteur, Burford Gardens, Palmers
Green, N., late Missionary of the London Missionary Society, by his
wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of Edmund Cullis, of Gloucester; _b._
Vizianagaram, South India, 4 Feb. 1887; educ. School for Sons of
Missionaries, Blackheath; enlisted in the Queen’s Westminsters on the
outbreak of war; served with his battn. in France and Flanders, and was
killed in action by a shell bursting in his trench at Ypres, 4 June,
1915; _unm._ He was buried at Cross Roads, Potyje, near Ypres.
His commanding officer wrote: “His help has been invaluable with the
company, while his amiability and pleasant manner endeared him to every
one with whom he came in contact. Few men have made themselves at one
and the same time so respected and so popular, and no man so thoroughly
justified his rapid promotion.”
[Illustration: =Herbert Cullis Goffin.=]
=GOGGS, FRANK=, Private, No. 430264, 31st Battn. 6th Infantry
Brigade, 2nd Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force; eldest _s._
of the late Arthur Harry Goggs, of the City of London, Wine Merchant,
by his wife, Annie Jane (31, Fore Street, Tiverton, Devon), dau. of
Henry Briggs, Yeoman of the Guard; _b._ East Dulwich, London, 7
April, 1884; educ. Cranley County School and the City of London School;
emigrated to British Columbia in 1903, and bought a ranch at Fort
Steele, but after the outbreak of war, gave this up, joined the 31st
Battn. of the Canadian Expeditionary Force 19 Feb. 1915; came over with
the third Contingent in July, 1915; went to the western front 16 Sept.
1915, and was killed in action at Kemmel, 13 Oct. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Frank Goggs.=]
=GOLDBAUM, HARRY=, Bugler, No. 1149, Kent Fortress Royal Engineers
(T.F.), 4th _s._ of Solomon Goldbaum, of 26, Maroon Street,
Stepney. E., by his wife, Sarah, dau. of Harry Trager; _b._
Edinburgh, 23 Feb. 1898; educ. Beth Street Council School, E.; was a
sergt. in the Boys’ Brigade at Tunbridge Wells and enlisted on the
outbreak of war; left for the Dardanelles, Oct., and was lost on H.M.S.
Hythe, off Cape Wells, 28 Oct. 1915. His Commanding Officer wrote: “We
had sailed from Mudros at about 4 p.m. in a small sweeper, the Hythe.
It was a rough and squally day, and before we had gone very far a great
number of the men were sea-sick. However, we had almost reached our
destination at Cape Wells, and were beginning to think of disembarking,
when suddenly a large vessel boomed out of the darkness, and in spite
of all efforts to avoid a collision it ran into us, cutting deeply
into our port bow and bringing down our foremast. In ten minutes our
vessel sank, leaving numbers struggling in the water or hanging on to
spars and other floating matter. The boats of the other vessel did all
they could and picked up many poor fellows--but it was all too few,
for nearly 130 were drowned.... As Trumpeter he acted as my mounted
orderly and many are the days we have been in the saddle together. He
was always cheerful and willing, and knew how to use his head.”
[Illustration: =Harry Goldbaum.=]
=GOLDIE, BARRE HERBERT=, 2nd Lieut., Reserve of Officers, Indian
Army, attached 32nd Lancers and Imperial Service Cavalry, elder
_s._ of Col. James Ord Goldie, of 12, Tisbury Road, Hove, by his
wife, Florence, dau. of Gen. Cumberlege, Madras Cavalry; _b._
Jubbulpore, India, 27 Jan. 1877; educ. Rottingdean, Wellington
College, and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he graduated M.A.
with honours, and was engaged in scholastic work in Hyderabad when
the European War broke out. He obtained leave from the Nizam to leave
his post, was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Indian Army, Oct. 1914, and
attached to the 32nd Lancers at Jubbulpore, whence he went to Egypt to
join the Imperial Service Cavalry. He died 29 April, 1915, of wounds
received in action during the repulse of the Turkish attack on the Suez
Canal; _unm._
=GOLDING, WILLIAM RICHARD=, Petty Officer, 178836, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GOLDSMID, SYDNEY ALEXANDER=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. Worcestershire
Regt., only _s._ of the late Sydney Goldsmid, by his wife,
Julie (now wife of Lieut.-Col. George Annesley-Smith, of The Chase,
Camberley, late Worcestershire Regt.), dau. of the late William S.
Hart, C.S., retired, and great nephew of Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, 1st
Bart.; _b._ Southsea, 6 May, 1893; educ. United Services College,
Windsor, and R.M.C., Sandhurst, gazetted 2nd Lieut. 4 Sept. 1912,
promoted Lieut. 20 Sept. 1914, killed in action with the Expeditionary
Force at Ypres 7 Nov. 1914; _unm._ He was mentioned for
reconnaissance work in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 8 Oct. 1914,
and his commanding officer, Col. Stuart, wrote: “I cannot speak too
highly of him. He had done such excellent work throughout the campaign
and was a capital officer and good comrade.”
[Illustration: =Sydney A. Goldsmid.=]
=GOLDSMITH, BERTIE HURR=, A.B., Chatham R.F.R., B. 7484, R.N.,
_s._ of Henry George Goldsmith, of Southwold, Dealer, by his wife,
Elizabeth Ann, dau. of John Hurr, of Southwold, Fisherman; _b._
Southwold, co. Suffolk, 17 April, 1885; educ. St. Edmund’s School
there; joined the Navy, 5 Jan. 1903, and after serving his time passed
into the R.N.R., and when War broke out was in the Birmingham City Fire
Brigade; mobilised Aug. 1914, and was lost in H.M.S. Aboukir, when that
ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at
Chislehurst, 21 Sept. 1912, Minnie Maria (41, Albany Road, Chislehurst,
Kent), dau. of Thomas Witherden, and had a dau., Florence Irene Bertie,
_b._ (posthumous) 15 Dec. 1914.
[Illustration: =Bertie Hurr Goldsmith.=]
=GOLDSMITH, THOMAS MARK=, Private, No. 18199, 1st Suffolk Royal
Field Artillery; _s._ of Henry George Goldsmith, of Southwold,
Dealer, by his wife, Elizabeth Ann, dau. of John Hurr, of Southwold,
Fisherman; _b._ Southwold, co. Suffolk, 29 May, 1888; educ. St.
Edmund’s School there; was a butcher; enlisted 30 Jan. 1915; went to
France 3 March, 1915, and died 25 April, 1915, of wounds received in
action there. He _m._ in London, 26 Dec. ..., Matilda Kathleen,
dau. of (--) Shaw, and had a son, Thomas Olaf, _b._ 6 April, 1914.
[Illustration: =Thomas Mark Goldsmith.=]
=GOLDSTON, LIONEL EMANUEL=, Rifleman, No. 2130, 21st Battn. (1st
Surrey Rifles) London Regt. (T.F); 2nd _s._ of the Rev. Nehemiah
Goldston, Minister (for 26 years) of the South East London Synagogue,
New Cross, S.E.; _b._ New Cross, 29 Sept. 1895; educ. Mantle
Road Secondary School, S.E.; at the age of 17 joined the staff of
the “Société Generale” Bank in Regent Street, where he showed great
ability; joined the Surrey Rifles three days after the declaration of
war (7 Aug.), went to the Front with them in March, 1915, was present
at the Battle of Festubert and was killed in action at Givenchy, 30 May
following; _unm._ He was buried at Windy Corner near that place.
His company commander, Capt. C. W. B. Hislop, in reporting his death,
wrote that he “had fulfilled his duties thoroughly,” and that his last
words were: “I am all right, Sir.”
[Illustration: =Lionel E. Goldston.=]
=GOLDSWORTHY, ALFRED ERNEST=, Private, No. 18194, 1st Battn.
Canadian Expeditionary Force, yst. _s._ of William Goldsworthy,
Miner, by his wife, Ann; _b._ Frizington, Cumberland, 10 Dec.
1886; educ. Church School there; went to Canada, 18 March, 1907;
enlisted on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action
at Ypres, 30 April, 1915. He _m._ at Laxey, Isle of Man, 3 Jan.
1915, Ellen Elizabeth (Sea View Bungalow, Maughold, Ramsey, Isle of
Man), yst. dau. of the late John Keen, Joiner; _s.p._
=GOLIGHTLY, WILLIAM=, A.B., S.S. 3110, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GOLLOP, ALPHONSO=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 806), H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GOLPHIN, JOHN RENNER=, Private, No. 2304, 6th Battn.
Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.), only _s._ of George Golphin, of
14, Holme Avenue, Walkerville, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Foreman Shunter,
N.E.R., by his wife, Mary Murdie, only dau. of the late Anthony
Renner, Farmer; _b._ Heaton, Newcastle, 26 Aug. 1888: educ.
Council Schools there and Skerry’s College, Newcastle-on-Tyne; and on
leaving the latter in 1903, became a Clerk in the Forth Goods Station,
N.E.R. He was a bugler in the Band of the Royal Engineers Volunteers,
Newcastle, 1906–09, and when war broke out, enlisted 6 Sept. 1914; went
to France with his regiment, 19 April, 1915, and died 28 April, 1915,
of wounds received in action in the heavy fighting at St. Julien on the
26th. He was buried in Hazebrouck Cemetery, France; _unm._ Private
Golphin was a member of the N.E.R. cricket and footballers clubs, and
also played for the Hexham County Association Football Club, 1912–13,
and was a prominent member of the N.E.R. Institute Billiard Team.
[Illustration: =John Renner Golphin.=]
=GOMES, MANOEL ANTONIO=, Gunner, No. 40530, 2nd Battery, 1st Field
Artillery Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of
Manoel Gomes Beinhos, of the Island of Madeira, by his wife, Joqina,
dau. of Antonio de Jesus, of Nossa Senhora da Monte, Madeira, and
nephew of Manuel de Jesus, of 14, Pitt Street, New Amsterdam, Berbice,
British Guiana; Merchant; _b._ Madeira, 24 May, 1892; went to
British Guiana in 1902 and entered the employ of his uncle there;
joined the B.G. Militia (No. 2291, No. 7 Coy.), 5 Oct. 1909; went
to Canada, 5 May, 1913, and entered the Ontario Business College in
Belleville, and on leaving there obtained a post with the Grand Trunk
Railway; volunteered on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914
and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force; left for England with
the 34th Battery in the first contingent Oct. 1914; went to France in
Feb. and was killed in action at the second Battle of Ypres, 24 April,
1915, a shell bursting directly under his horse, when bringing up
ammunition. He was buried near the wagon lines between the Brielen Road
and the Yser Canal, and a cross with his name, etc., was erected by his
comrades. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Manoel Antonio Gomes.=]
=GONELLA, JOSEPH WILLIAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 9716, Machine Gun
Section, 2nd Battn. Rifle Brigade, eldest _s._ of Joseph William
Gonella, of 82, Pomeroy Street, New Cross, by his wife, Juliet, dau.
of Charles Perkins, of St. Lukes]; _b._ Nunhead, S.E., 20 June,
1890; educ. Kender Street Council School, New Cross; enlisted 6 Oct.
1909, and at the time war broke out was a Fitter at the Brixton Garage,
of the British Motor Cab Co.; mobilised 4 Aug. 1914; went to the Front
with the First Expeditionary Force, served through the retreat from
Mons, the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne, etc., and was severely
wounded in the attack on Hill 60 on 22 April, 1915, and again later in
the day while being carried off the field, the two Ambulance men being
killed. He was sent to the First Eastern Hospital at Cambridge, where
he died, 6 May, 1915. He was a fine all round athlete and winner of
many boxing competitions. He _m._ at St. Jude’s Church, Peckham,
10 Sept. 1911, Rose, dau. of William French, of Falkner Street, New
Cross, S.E., and had two daus.: Martha Juliet, _b._ 18 July, 1912,
and Alice Rose, _b._ 18 Dec. 1914.
[Illustration: =Joseph William Gonella.=]
=GOOCH, ALFRED=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 34), H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GOODAIR, HUGH JOHN=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17409, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=GOODBODY, HENRY EDGAR=, Capt., 4th. attd. 1st. Battn. Leinster
Regt., eldest _s._ of Thomas Henry Goodbody, of T. H. & E.
Goodbody, Tea Merchants, Tower Street, London, by his wife, Margaret,
dau. of (--) Paterson; _b._ Dublin, 10 Nov. 1884; educ. Monkton
Combe Senior School, Bath and Trinity College, Dublin; gazetted to the
4th Battn. Leinster Regt., was promoted Lieut. in the Reserve Battn.,
16 Dec. 1911, and Capt., 1 Feb. 1915; was attached to the 1st Royal
Welsh Fusiliers, 1911–12, and was seconded for service as Assistant
Commissioner of Police, Gold Coast Colony, West Africa, from Oct. 1913
to July, 1914. On the outbreak of war, he was home on leave; rejoined
his old regt. and went to France, Jan. 1915, attached to the 1st Battn.
He was killed in action near Ypres, 12 May, 1915. Capt. Goodbody was
mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatches of 31 May,
1915. He _m._ at St. Philip’s Church, Milltown, Dublin, Jane
Evelyn (Sheerwater, Monkstown, Co. Cork), dau. of Dep. Surg. General
Thomas Beaumont, I.M.S., and had a son, Errol Beaumont, _b._ 21
May, 1911.
=GOODBURN, JOHN JAMES=, Private, No. 8606, B Coy., 2nd Battn.
Northampton Regt., 3rd _s._ of John James Goodburn. Midland
Railway Carpenter, and nephew of William James Cox, of Melton Mowbray.
_b._ Melton Mowbray, 26 Oct. 1887; educ. British School there;
enlisted 1907; served in India, Aden, Malta and Egypt, where the regt.
was when war broke out. They returned to England early in Oct. and
went to France the following month. He was shot through the shoulder
by a sniper, being killed instantaneously, while drawing rations
for comrades, 27 Jan. 1915. Capt. L. Robinson wrote: “He was a good
soldier.... I was with him when he died, and buried him myself.” His
sixth brother, Sergt. George Henry Goodburn, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and his yst.
brother joined the Canadian Cavalry in Ontario.
=GOODCHILD, FRANK=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 16829, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GOODCHILD, JOHN WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 9752),
204966, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=GOODE, ERIC RALF=, Private, No. 420, 10th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, yr. _s._ of the late William Goode, of Port Pirie,
South Australia, Merchant, by his wife, Marion, dau. of Edward Jones,
of South Australia; _b._ Port Pirie, South Australia, 30 May,
1893; educ. Kyre College, Adelaide, South Australia; was a Clerk in the
employ of Messrs. Elder, Smith & Co., Adelaide; on the outbreak of war
he volunteered and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force; left
for Egypt in Oct. 1914; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles
on 25–26 April, 1915, and was killed in action at Anzac on the 26th;
_unm._ Private Goode was a good cricketer and was captain of the
cricket eleven at school.
[Illustration: =Eric Ralf Goode.=]
=GOODE, GORDON POWELL=, Corpl., No. 528, 3rd Australian Light
Horse Regt., 1st Light Horse Brigade, Australian Expeditionary Force,
4th _s._ of the late William Goode, of Port Pirie, South
Australia, Merchant, by his wife, Marion, dau. of J. Edward Jones, of
South Australia; _b._ Port Pirie, South Australia, 22 Jan. 1886;
educ. Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, South Australia, and studied
medicine subsequently for some years at Edinburgh University, but
returned to Australia without completing his course. On the outbreak
of war he volunteered and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force;
left for Egypt in Oct. 1914; served at the Dardanelles, July to Oct.
1915, being promoted Corpl. in Aug., and died in the Military Hospital
at Alexandria, 16 Oct. 1915, of enteric, contracted while on active
service in Gallipoli; _unm._ At Prince Alfred College he captained
the tennis, football and cricket teams, and was also Capt. of Athletics
and of the School Gymnastic Team.
[Illustration: =Gordon Powell Goode.=]
=GOODE, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 4094), 190573,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=GOODHART, ERIC JOHN, D.C.M.=, Med. Milit., Sergt., No. 28055,
2nd Signal Coy. R.E., and Motor Dispatch Rider, only child of John
Stella Goodhart, of Heath House, Donyland, Colchester, Colonial Farmer,
J.P., Lieut. Essex National Reserve, Acting Intelligence Officer,
3rd Army Central Force, by his wife, Florence Marian, dau. of late
Francis Cramp, of Beckenham, Kent; _b._ Fox Bay, Falkland Islands,
South America, 13 Nov. 1893; and was educ. at Haileybury College and
Clare College, Cambridge. He was in the O.T.C. at Haileybury, and got
certificate A on leaving; he then joined the Cambridge O.T.C., in
which he served for nearly a year with the rank of Corporal, and on
the outbreak of war enlisted in the R.E. at Chatham, 6 Aug. 1914, as
a Dispatch Rider. He was appointed Corpl. in charge of the 2nd Signal
Coy., Motor Dispatch Riders, and soon after promoted Sergt. After three
days at Chatham and four at Aldershot, he went to France, was a few
days at Rouen, and then went up to Mons. During the famous retreat
from that place he was in the rear guard, and afterwards was at the
2nd Division Headquarters at Ypres until Nov., when he was given five
days’ leave. He arrived home at Colchester on the 24th; was taken ill
with typhoid fever on the 27th, and died on 10 Dec. 1914; _unm._
He was buried in the old churchyard, East Donyland, on the 15th. He
was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s despatch of 8 Oct.
[London Gazette, 19 Oct.] 1914: “For conveying messages under very
dangerous circumstances by day and night, and never failing to deliver
his messages,” and was awarded the Medal for Distinguished Conduct
in the field on 8 Oct. 1914. He also received the French Médaille
Militaire. He spoke German fluently and French, and in consequence of
the former on several occasions (see article in London Magazine, July,
1915, p. 631) got safely through the Germans by telling them that he
was masquerading in English uniform, but was really in the German
Secret Service. Capt. Trench was standing talking to him when the first
shell came into the 2nd Division Headquarters and killed Capt. Trench
and two or three other officers, the only damage he then sustained was
a cut thumb, broken revolver handle, and two spokes of motor cycle.
Letters of high appreciation were received from General Sir C. C.
Monro, General H. Heath, C.B., and General F. J. Maxse, etc.
[Illustration: =Eric John Goodhart.=]
=GOODHEW, THOMAS HENRY=, Stoker (R.F.R., B. 649), 353191, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GOODINGS, JOHN=, Private, No. 5579, 1st Battn. Northumberland
Fusiliers, _s._ of William Brown Goodings, of Southwick,
Shipwright, in Messrs. W. Pickersgill and Son’s Yard, by his wife,
Isabella; _b._ Southwick, Sunderland, 26 March, 1880; educ.
Southwick Board School; served his apprenticeship at Pickersgills;
enlisted in the Army in 1898; served through the South African War
1899–1902, and Mauritius 1903–06, and after serving his term, joined
the Reserve, 1906. On the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, was called up,
and left for the Front with the 1st Battn. of his regt. and was killed
in action at the Battle of Ypres, 6 May, 1915. Buried in La Clytte
Cemetery; _unm._ Immediately Lord Kitchener made his appeal for
recruits, Goodings’ four brothers enlisted. Following this their mother
was taken very ill, and eventually appealed to Capt. John Smith, of
the Salvation Army, to get her boys home. He made an appeal direct to
Lord Kitchener, who wired a reply that the matter would have attention.
The four boys arrived home on the same day, and the day following the
application a wire came from John saying he had arrived at Southampton,
being sent direct from the trenches to his dying mother. He arrived;
the mother died; he returned to duty, and was killed a week later.
=GOODREAN, GEORGE HENRY=, Rifleman, No. 238, 2nd South African
Rifles, _s._ of George Goodrean, of 164, Washington Street, Fall
River, Mass., U.S.A., by his wife, Alice; _b._ Pawtucket, Rhode
Island, U.S.A., 16 Aug. 1889; served for some time in the American
Navy; afterwards went to South Africa; joined the South African Rifles
after the outbreak of war; and died at Luchenza, 10 Nov. 1915, from
injuries sustained while on active service; _unm._ On 5 Nov. while
bathing was taking place, he dived from the ship they were on in very
shallow water and severely injured his head and spine.
=GOODRICH, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7953), S.S.
103620, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GOODSELL, CHARLES LEWIS=, Sapper, No. 2084, 1/3rd Kent Fortress
Royal Engineers (T.F.), _s._ of Samuel Goodsell, of Netherfield,
Kent; _b._ Netherfield, 11 Dec. 1875; educ. there; was a Wood
Merchant; enlisted 12 May, 1915; left England for Salonica 1 Oct. 1915,
and was drowned in H.M.S. Hythe, 28 Oct. 1915, when that ship was sunk
off Cape Wells. He _m._ at Mountfield Church, 31 March, 1900,
Caroline (45, Salisbury Road, Bohemia, St. Leonards-on-Sea), dau. of
Henry Selmes, of Mountfield, and had three children: Charles Henry,
_b._ 24 Dec. 1901; George Samuel, _b._ 27 Feb. 1904; and
Winnifred Lucy, _b._ 3 Aug. 1906.
[Illustration: =Charles Lewis Goodsell.=]
=GOODSELL, PERCY=, Corpl., No. 2233, 5th (Cinque Ports) Battn.
Royal Sussex Regiment (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Thomas Goodsell, of the
Laurels, Ruck Hill, Horsmonden, Kent, Gardener to Mr. P. Manwaring,
of Horsmonden, by his wife, Annie, dau. of William George Kingham;
_b._ Higham, Salehurst, Sussex, 31 May, 1893; educ. Salehurst and
Brenchley Council Schools; was an Under Gardener to Mr. P. Foster, of
Frant, Sussex; joined the 5th Sussex Territorials in March, 1910, and
served four years; volunteered on the outbreak of war and rejoined 14
Aug. 1914; appointed Corpl. Nov.; went to France with his regt. in Feb.
1915, and was killed in action at Ypres, 9 May following; _unm._
Buried in the Souvenir Cemetery, St. Omer. While with the Territorials
he won the Silver Medal and held the Silver Cup for shooting for a
year. Three of his brothers are on active service: Private Ernest
Charles Goodsell, M.T., A.S.C.; Private Herbert George Goodsell, 3rd
Reinft. 50th Battn. South Australians; Francis Edward Goodsell, Sig.,
H.M.S. Egmont.
[Illustration: =Percy Goodsell.=]
=GOODSHIP, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2608), 177348, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GOODWIN, JOHN HENRY=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 183350, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GOODWIN, SIDNEY ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 17481, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=GORBEY, FRANK REUBEN=, Corpl., No. 8930, 1st Battn. Royal Irish
Regt., _s._ of John W. Gorbey, Constable (retired), Royal Irish
Constabulary, now of 92, Main Street, Carrick-on-Suir, by his wife,
Ellie, dau. of I. Huddy; _b._ Villierstown, Waterford, 13 Nov.
1889; joined 1st Battn. Royal Irish Regt. at Dublin, 22 March, 1906;
promoted Corpl. 15 Feb. 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders; killed in action at Hooge, near Ypres, 23 April,
1915; _unm._ Buried in the grounds of the Chateau at Hooge. He
distinguished himself at Ypres, 15 Feb. 1915, by bringing in wounded
under fire and blowing up an enemy mine. Two of his brothers, one in
the Irish Guards and one a Corpl. in the 7th Dragoon Guards, serving
with the Expeditionary Force. Corpl. F. R. Gorbey had not met the
latter brother for eight years, but a few days before he was killed
they met during an action. A comrade wrote that: “A braver soldier or
truer comrade never lived. He died as a brave man, with a smile on his
face, and was mourned by his regt. as a true comrade.” His comrade
placed a cross over his grave giving full particulars of how he died.
His brother-in-law, Coy. Sergt.-Major Charles Abbot, 1st Royal Irish
Regt., was also killed in action in May, 1915.
[Illustration: =Frank R. Gorbey.=]
=GORDON, ALEXANDER=, L.-Corpl., No. 2409, 14th Battn. (London
Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), 4th _s._ of the late Andrew
Gordon, Farm Steward at High Ashurst to Lord Harrowby (died 1899), by
his wife, Edith Ellen (19, Parkhurst Road, Sutton), dau. of Daniel
Sharp; _b._ Warren Farm, High Ashurst, Mickleham, Dorking, co.
Surrey, 14 Aug. 1896; educ. London Orphan School, Watford, Herts
(1904–7), and on leaving there entered the employ of Messrs. W. H.
Smith & Son; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the London
Scottish in Aug. 1914; went to the Front, Jan. 1915, and died of wounds
received at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915, being buried in Noeux
les Mines Cemetery; _unm._ His Platoon Sergt. wrote: “He was a
splendid fellow and esteemed by everybody.”
[Illustration: =Alexander Gordon.=]
=GORDON, GEORGE DUFF=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Northamptonshire Regt.,
_s._ of Robertson Barclay Gordon, Procurator Fiscal of Elginshire;
_b._ Elgin, 16 July, 1894; educ. Elgin Academy; Ardvreck, Crieff,
and Dover College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 24 Jan. 1913, promoted Lieut. 15
Nov. following, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March,
1915. He was buried in Estaires Cemetery; _unm._
[Illustration: =George Duff Gordon.=]
=GORDON, JAMES WILLIAM NUGENT=, Lieut., 5th (Angus and Dundee)
Battn. (Royal Highlanders) The Black Watch (T.F.), elder _s._ of
William Montgomerie Gordon, Assistant Colonial Secretary of the Colony
of Trinidad, by his wife, Constance Lucretia, yst. dau. of the late Sir
Oliver Nugent, and gdson. of the late James Loudon Gordon, of Brechin,
Solicitor; _b._ Island of Montserrat, West Indies, 18 Oct. 1894;
educ. Aldenham School, co. Herts, where he was a member of the O.T.C.;
and went to Birmingham University in 1913, to study mining engineering.
He obtained a commission in the 5th (Territorial) Battn. The Black
Watch, 19 July, 1913, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for active
service; was promoted Lieut. 1 Sept. 1914; arrived in France with his
Battn., 1 Nov. 1914, and was killed instantaneously in action, in the
trenches at Neuve Chapelle, 22 Feb. 1915, being shot through the head.
He was buried with many others of the Battn. in an orchard close to the
billets of the 5th Battn. Black Watch, near Neuve Chapelle, in “Black
Watch Lane”; _unm._
[Illustration: =James W. N. Gordon.=]
=GORDON, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 24483, 13th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of the late William Gordon, by his
wife, Alice (40, Princess Street, Consett, Durham), dau. of Joseph
Turnbull; _b._ Murton Colliery, 188-; was a Miner; went to Canada
in 1910; joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force on the outbreak of
war; came over with the first Contingent; went to France in April,
1915, and was killed in action at St. Julien, 22 May, 1915; _unm._
=GORDON, ROBERT FREDERICK=, Corpl., No. 3223, 14th Battn. (London
Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late Capt.
Robert Keith Gordon, R.A.M.C. (died 17 Jan. 1892), by his wife,
Caroline (59, Hunter Road, Southsea), dau. of John Standing; _b._
Gibraltar, 6 April, 1875; educ. St. Ignatius College, Malta, and
Collegiate School, Aldershot; and was a Printer’s Manager at Gale &
Poldens. He joined the London Scottish about 1897, and on the outbreak
of war volunteered for foreign service; went to France, 17 Aug. 1915,
and was killed in action, 13 Oct. 1915; _unm._
=GORDON, SIDNEY EUSTACE LAING=, Lieut., 4th Battn. Royal
Fusiliers, elder _s._ of Henry Laing Gordon, M.D., formerly of
Florence, by his wife, Maud; _b._ Witheridge, co. Devon, 5 June,
1892; educ. Pelham House, West Folkestone; Harrow (Druries, 1906–11,
Head of House, Monitor; Captain of House XI); and Brazenose College,
Oxford (1911–14; Scholar; rowed in College Eights 1913; graduated
with 3rd Class Honours, 1914); gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 5th Battn.
(Special Reserve of Officers) Royal Fusiliers, 15 Aug. 1914, and
transferred to the 4th Battn. in Dec.; left for the Front, 2 Dec., and
was killed in action at Ypres, 13 March, 1915. While giving an order to
his platoon he was hit by a bullet, which striking a sandbag glanced
off and shot him through the lung. He was buried outside the Regimental
Headquarters dug-out, Verbrandenmolen, Flanders; _unm._ His Col.
wrote: “He was indeed a natural soldier. Such charming gentlemen are
now becoming rare. His loss will be very much felt by the regt. He was
greatly loved by his men, and had a happy tact in dealing with them
which was a credit to his Harrow education.” The Major: “I cannot tell
you how much I feel his loss. He was always cheery and bright; he had
no fear of anything, and whatever work he had to do there was no fuss
about it, he went off and did it. I looked on him as one of my most
experienced young officers”; and his Capt.: “He was an ideal subaltern
in every way; always willing and reliable. Your son was a man without
fear and on one or two occasions I had to check his wishes to do
something which might have cost him his life.”
[Illustration: =Sidney E. L. Gordon.=]
=GORDON, WILLIAM JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7458),
S.S. 102575, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=GORE, SYDNEY KINGSTON=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt.,
_s._ of Dr. Alfred Joseph Gore, of Ballarat, Australia, and
Kingston, Cherry Garden Avenue, Folkestone, by his wife, Edith, dau.
of the late Henry Tompkins, of Abingdon Street, Westminster; _b._
Barry, co. Glamorgan, 12 July, 1889; educ. Grammar School and Penfillan
House, Folkestone; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd (Special Reserve) Battn.
Royal West Kent Regt. May, 1910, transferred to the 1st Battn. 14 Dec.
1912, and promoted Lieut. 17 Sept. 1914; killed in action near Neuve
Chapelle, 28 Oct. 1914; _unm._ There had been severe fighting for
three days, and only three officers were left in the battn. Sergt.
Elson stated that the regt. was surrounded, that Lieut. Gore and A
Coy. went forward to take up flank fire after the Wiltshires and Irish
Rifles had retired, and that Lieut. Gore was shot through the head, and
his body was found the next day. Col. Martyn, his commanding officer,
wrote: “He was a gallant officer, beloved by the whole regt., who
greatly mourned his loss.” He was buried in a wood close to the spot
where he fell.
[Illustration: =Sydney Kingston Gore.=]
=GORMAN, CHARLES JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 108091, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=GORMAN, JAMES TOLAND=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10520), S.S. 2796, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=GORMAN, MICHAEL=, L.-Corpl., No. 7712, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt.), _s._ of Michael Gorman, of Edinburgh (died July,
1907), by his wife, Jessie, dau. of James Pollock; _b._ Canongate,
Edinburgh, 1886; educ. St. Michael’s Roman Catholic School there;
enlisted during the South African War, and served in that campaign, and
with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed
in action, 14 Dec. 1914. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord)
French’s Dispatch dated 14 Jan. [London Gazette, 17 Feb.] 1915. He
_m._ at Edinburgh, Sarah (401, Great Eastern Road, Glasgow), dau.
of Thomas Wood, of Glasgow, formerly of Edinburgh, and has issue two
children: Thomas Wood, _b._ 15 Feb. 1910; and Jessie, _b._ 28
April, 1907.
[Illustration: =Michael Gorman.=]
=GOSLING, ERNEST ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9016, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=GOSLING, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3312), 210078, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GOSLING, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2785), 341006 Chatham, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov
1914.
=GOSS, ERNEST=, Gunner, R.M.A., 7695, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GOSS, HENRY THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 12656, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GOTCH, DUNCAN HEPBURN=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. The Worcestershire
Regt., 2nd _s._ of Davis Frederic Gotch, of Bassingburne, Abington
Park, Northampton, Assistant Secretary for Education for Northampton,
by his 2nd wife, Ethel, dau. of Frederic Hepburn; _b._ Kettering,
Northants, 25 Aug. 1891; educ. Oundle School and Gonville and Caius
College, Cambridge, where he obtained a Natural Science Scholarship and
a special County Council Scholarship, and, in 1913, took an honours
degree in natural science, after which he was appointed to the Imperial
Bureau of Entomology. He joined the Artists Rifle Corps in Feb. 1914,
and when war was declared volunteered for Imperial Service and left
for France in Oct. After going through his course of training there he
was gazetted to the 1st Worcestershires, 1 Jan. 1915, and joined them
at the Front on 15 Jan. At the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, on 11 March,
1915, he was the last officer left in action with his company, and he
was killed as he led his men to the charge. He was buried one mile N.W.
of Neuve Chapelle; _unm._ Col. May, of the Artists, wrote: “He
splendidly upheld the best traditions of the British Army and possessed
the goodwill of all of us who came into contact with him. His name will
always be remembered in this regt. with pride as well as sorrow”; and
a brother officer in the Worcesters: “He had only been with us a month
or two, but in that time, by his cheeriness, by his keenness, and by
his hard work and enthusiasm we had all got to like him immensely. His
cheerfulness was catching.... He was very plucky and would insist on
exposing himself unnecessarily, generally in the hope that he would
spot the enemy or find some better place for his platoon. His loss
is a real one for the regt. for he was one of the right stuff and of
the sort we want in the Worcestershire Regt. A brave, cheery, kindly,
popular officer and we can ill afford his loss.” The Principal of the
Imperial Bureau also wrote: “He was one of the keenest and most willing
assistants I have ever had, and showed every promise of making a name
for himself as a scientific worker. His cheery enthusiasm and charm of
manner endeared him to all who had the pleasure of working with him,
and his place will be hard indeed to fill.”
[Illustration: =Duncan Hepburn Gotch.=]
=GOUGH, ERIC JOHN FLETCHER=, Capt., 1st Battn. Irish Guards,
only _s._ of the late Major Thomas Armstrong Gough, 1st King’s
Dragoon Guards, and afterwards Adjutant of the 3rd (Militia) Battn.
Royal Fusiliers, by his wife, Blanche (now wife of Claude Langley,
of 9, Onslow Crescent, S.W.), dau. of John William Fletcher, Bengal
Army; _b._ 20 Nov. 1888; educ. Westgate (Mr. E. M. Hawtrey’s) and
Eton; joined the (then) 7th Battn. Rifle Brigade (Special Reserve),
17 Feb. 1906, entered the Irish Guards as a probationer in 1909 and
was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 28 April, 1911, and promoted Lieut. 25 Nov.
following, and Capt. 14 Sept. 1914; went to the Front, 12 Aug. 1914
with his Battn. in the 4th (Guards) Brigade, served through the retreat
from Mons, and the Battles of the Marne, the Aisne and Ypres, and
was killed in action between Bethune and La Bassée, 30 Dec. 1914;
_unm._ He was mentioned in Sir John French’s despatch of 5
April-31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915.
[Illustration: =Eric John Fletcher Gough.=]
=GOUGH, JOHN EDMOND, V.C., C.B., C.M.G.=, A.D.C., Brig.-Gen.,
yr. _s._ of the late Gen. Sir Charles John Stanley Gough, V.C.,
G.C.B., by his wife, Harriette Anastasia, dau. of the late John William
Power, of Gurteen le Poer, co. Waterford, M.P., J.P., D.L., and nephew
of the late Gen. Sir Hugh Henry Gough, V.C., G.C.B.; _b._ Murree,
India, 25 Oct. 1871; educ. Eton and the Royal Military College,
Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Rifle Brigade, 12 March, 1892, and
promoted Lieut. 6 Dec. 1892; Capt. 5 Dec. 1898; Brevet Major 29 Nov.
1900; Brevet Lieut.-Col. 22 April, 1903; Brevet Col. 14 Aug. 1907;
Major 6 May, 1908; Col. 23 Dec. 1909, and temp. Brig.-Gen. 9 Oct. 1913;
was employed in British Central Africa Protectorate, 26 Aug. 1896 to 9
Dec. 1897; took part in expeditions against Chikusi and Chilwa (medal
with clasp); also in the Nile expedition 1898; present at Battle of
Khartoum (medal, Egyptian medal with clasp); served in South African
War, 1899–1902; was A.D.C. to Major-Gen. Infantry Brigade, 19 July to
9 Sept. 1900, and Brigade Signalling Officer (graded Staff Capt.),
10 Sept. to 31 Oct. 1900; took part in operations in Natal, 1899,
including action at Lombard’s Kop; defence of Ladysmith, including
sortie of 10 Dec. 1899, and action of 6 Jan. 1900; operations in
Natal, March to June, 1900, including action at Laings Nek (6–9 June);
operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to 29 Nov. 1900,
including actions at Belfast (26–27 Aug.) and Lydenberg, 5–8 Sept.;
and operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900 to 31 May, 1902; was
District Commissioner of Lydenberg from Nov. 1900 till the end of the
war (three times mentioned in despatches, [Sir G. S. White, 23 March,
1900; Sir R. H. Buller, 9 Nov. 1900; London Gazette, 8 Feb. 1901];
Brevet of Major; Queen’s medal with three clasps, King’s medal with two
clasps); in East Africa, 1902–3, during operations in Somaliland; on
Staff (as Special Service Officer) with Field Force, 30 Oct. 1902 to 10
Jan. 1904 (twice mentioned in despatches [London Gazette, 7 Aug. 1903
and 2 Sept. 1904]; Brevet of Lieut.-Col.; medal with clasp; awarded
the Victoria Cross [London Gazette, 15 Jan. 1904] for conspicuous
bravery at Daratoleh, when with Col. W. G. Walker and Major G. M.
Rolland, of the Indian Army, he succeeded in rescuing Lieut. Bruce,
R.N., mortally wounded during the retreat of the small column he was
commanding of 200 men who were short of ammunition and exhausted by
want of food and water, before a large force of Somali. They rode
back with four soldiers through a hail of bullets and, being cut off
from the retreating column, fought through the enemy and succeeded
in mounting Lieut. Bruce on a camel. Eventually they brought him and
Capt. Godfrey, who was mortally wounded, into camp); D.A.A.G., and Gen.
Staff Officer (2nd Grade) Irish Command, 23 Dec. 1905 to 30 Sept. 1907;
A.D.C. to the King, 14 Aug. 1907; Inspector-Gen. King’s African Rifles,
1 Oct. 1907 to 22 Dec. 1909; in command during operations in East
Africa (Somaliland), 1908–10 (again mentioned in despatches [London
Gazette, 17 June, 1910], clasp); General Staff Officer (1st Grade),
Staff College, 23 Dec. 1909 to 21 Jan. 1913; C.M.G., 24 June, 1910;
Brig.-Gen., General Staff to Sir Douglas Haig, Aldershot Command, 9
Oct. 1913 to 4 Aug. 1914; Brig.-Gen., General Staff, 5 Aug. 1914; went
to France with 1st Army Corps; served through the retreat from Mons
and in the subsequent advance to the Aisne (mentioned in despatches by
F.M. Sir John French [London Gazette, 19 Oct. 1914]; created C.B. for
services rendered in connection with operations in the field [London
Gazette, 18 Feb. 1915]); severely wounded in action, 20 Feb. 1915, and
died at Estaires on the 22nd. Sir John French in his despatch of 5
April [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915, said: “I wish particularly to
express my deep sense of the loss incurred by the Army in general and
by the Forces in France in particular in the death of Brig.-Gen. J.
E. Gough, V.C., C.B., C.M.G., A.D.C., late Brig.-Gen. General Staff,
1st Army, which occurred on 22 Feb. as the result of a severe wound
received on 20 Feb. when inspecting the trenches of the 4th Corps.
I always regarded Gen. Gough as one of our most promising military
leaders of the future. His services as Staff Officer throughout the
campaign have been invaluable, and I had already brought his name
before your Lordships for immediate promotion.” On 20 April, 1915, the
posthumous honour of a Knight Commandership of the Military Division
of the Bath was conferred on him by the King “in recognition of his
most distinguished service in the field.” He _m._, 29 June, 1907,
Dorothea (The Pightle House, near Farnham), eldest dau. of the late
Gen. Sir Charles Patton Keyes, G.C.B., and had a dau., Diana.
[Illustration: =John Edmond Gough.=]
=GOUGH, RICHARD=, Private, No. 2488, 3rd Battn. The Monmouthshire
Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of James Gough, of Cwm; enlisted on the
outbreak of war; went to France in Feb. 1915, and was killed in action
at Ypres, 8 May following; _unm._
=GOULD, ALBERT STANLEY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5313, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GOULD, CLAUDE=, Acting Chief Yeoman of Signals, 199951; H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GOULD, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4424), S.S. 103418,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=GOULD, JOHN MILLS=, Private, No. 1135, N.E.R. Coy., 17th
(Service) Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of George
Gould, of Warnford House, Thoralby Aysgarth, co. Yorks, Boarding-House
Keeper and Farmer, by his wife, Isa, dau. of the late John Mills,
of Sunderland, Shipbuilder; _b._ Masham, co. Yorks, 18 Feb.
1889; educ. Driffield and Thoralby; and was a Clerk in the N.E.R.
Stationmaster’s office at Ferrybridge; enlisted 5 Jan. 1915, and died
at Ferrybridge, co. Yorks, of pneumonia contracted while training;
_unm._
=GOULD, LIONEL BERTRAM=, Shipwright, 1st Class, 342695, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=GOULD, RICHARD WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3249), S.S.
100944, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GOULD, ROBERT STEPHEN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10033), 226881, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GOULD, ROLAND=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4305), S.S. 1383, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GOVER, FREDERICK THOMAS=, Officer’s Steward, 3rd Class, L. 4894,
(Devon.), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GOWER, ARTHUR JOSEPH=, Private, No. 2423, 1/10th Battn. The
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.); eldest _s._ of Joseph Gower, of 31,
Delorme Street, Fulham Palace Road, S.W., Fitter’s Mate, by his wife,
Emma, dau. of Thomas Dicheson; _b._ Walworth, London, S.E., 4
Aug. 1896: educ. Everington Street Council School, Fulham; was Booking
Clerk at Down Street Station; enlisted 28 Aug. 1914, went to India with
his regt. 29 Oct. 1914, and died at Jalapahar, India, 5 June, 1915, of
pneumonia, contracted while on active service; _unm._
=GOWER, FRANK HERBERT HENRY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 12685, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=GRACE, JOHN LEYBOURNE=, Trooper, No. 11/264, Wellington Mounted
Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of the late
Nathaniel Grace, of Gladstone, Carterton, Sheep Farmer, by his wife,
Emily (Carterton, New Zealand), dau. of James Sexton; _b._
Gladstone, Carterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand, 4 Nov. 1895; educ. High
School there, and Wellington College; was learning sheep farming;
volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Wellington Mounted
Rifles, 12 Aug. 1914; left for Egypt with the main force, 16 Oct.; went
to the Dardanelles, May, 1915, and was killed in action there, 30 May,
1915; _unm._ His Chaplain wrote: “Your boy has fallen at his post
like a good soldier, fighting against overwhelming odds. One of our
outposts was cut off for a long night and day, and extricated on Sunday
evening. Happily the enemy was desperately afraid of our boys or not
one would have returned alive, as it was your son was killed in action
along with others.”
=GRAHAM, CYRIL=, Lieut., 5th Battn. Border Regt. (T.F.), eldest
_s._ of Capt. John Graham, manager of the London Joint Stock
Bank, at Whitehaven, by his wife, Allie, dau. of Joseph Saudert
Barnes; _b._ Bank House, Aspatria, Cumberland, 8 Sept. 1895;
educ. St. Bee’s School; obtained a commission in the 5th (Cumberland)
Battn. of the Border Regt. (T.F.), 13 June, 1913; volunteered on the
outbreak of war for Imperial service; went to France 1st Nov. 1914;
was promoted Lieut. April, 1915; took part in the Second Battle of
Ypres in Whitsun week and was shot by a sniper, 27 May, 1915, the day
his Battn. was relieved. He was buried in the grounds of a Chateau at
Potyje; _unm._ His Commanding Officer wrote: “Your son was a most
promising young officer and is a very great loss to us all. He was a
great favourite with his brother officers and his men had implicit
trust in him.”
[Illustration: =Cyril Graham.=]
=GRAHAM, DAVID=, Stoker, 1st Class, 307260, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GRAHAM, HENRY=, Private, No. 7931, 3rd Battn. Northumberland
Fusiliers, _s._ of the late Ralph Graham, of Jarrow-on-Tyne, by
his wife, Mary (52, Pearson Place, Jarrow), dau. of Alexander (and
Jane) Coulter; _b._ Jarrow-on-Tyne, 14 Oct. 1890; educ. Dunn
Street Council School there; enlisted 21 June, 1908; served six years
with the colours, then worked as a Labourer at Hawthorns Leslies; was
called up on the outbreak of war, 6 Aug. 1914; went to France in Sept.,
and was killed in action in France, 1 March, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Henry Graham.=]
=GRAHAM, JAMES=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 12576, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=GRAHAM, JOHN=, Jun., Capt., 10th Battn. (Liverpool Scottish)
King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), elder _s._ of John Graham, of
Mohrcroft, Aigburth Drive, Liverpool, and the Croft, Hoylake, Sugar
Refiner, by his wife, Mary Gilkison, dau. of James Allan, of Glasgow;
_b._ at Liverpool, 3 April 1877; educ. Marlborough, and became a
partner in the firm of Macfie & Sons, the well-known Sugar Refiners
of Liverpool. He had joined the old Liverpool Scottish Volunteers in
1900 and continued with them after they became the 10th Territorial
Battalion of the King’s Liverpool Regt., retiring with the rank of
Capt. On the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he immediately rejoined as
a Private and was given a Commission as Lieut., 25 Sept., and promoted
Capt. 13 April, 1915; went to France, Oct. 1914, and was killed in
the great charge of the Liverpool Scottish near Hooge, 16 June, 1915;
_unm._ He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 22 June,
1915] by F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French, for gallant and distinguished
conduct in the field. Though good at racquets and cricket, it was as a
golfer that Capt. Graham was best known in the sporting world. He was
in the first flight of amateur golfers, and had attained international
honours, and, while never getting further than the Amateur Championship
semi-final, he had won most of the Club and open prizes. _The
Times_ said: “Not only was he one of the very finest of amateur
golfers, but his most delightful and modest nature had endeared him to
everyone who ever met him. ‘Jack’ Graham will be remembered in golfing
history as the one really great player who never won a championship.
It would not be right to call him an unlucky golfer. He had good
chances and a natural genius for the game, but there was something in
his temperament that prevented him from playing his best game in the
crucial rounds towards the end of a championship. It was certainly not
lack of courage in the ordinary sense of the word. No one who knew him
could doubt that, and he has given the finest and most conclusive proof
to the contrary. But the strain of hard matches day after day always
proved too great a strain on his powers of endurance, and though he
five times reached the final of the Amateur Championship he never got
any farther. He was more successful as a score player than a match
player. Only last year at Sandwich he won the St. George’s Vase at
Sandwich by truly magnificent golf; his record in the Hoylake medals
was one of many successes and he several times finished first amateur
on the list of the Open Championship. On one occasion in particular at
Muirfield he finished immediately after the great ‘triumvirate’ and
gave Taylor, who was drawn with him, one of the most agitating days
of his long career. Capt. Graham was a great golfer. He could not but
have been sometimes disappointed on account of his comparative lack of
success, and he knew that his friends at Hoylake were more bitterly
disappointed on his behalf than he ever was on his own. Not only did
no word of complaint or excuse ever escape him, but he never for one
moment fell into the opposite error of pretending that he did not
care. He took his ups and downs with perfect modesty and quietness,
and was always interested in the play and the success of others. At
Marlborough he distinguished himself at football, cricket and racquets,
and if he had had time to play might have made a name for himself as a
cricketer, but he always worked very hard at his business. Indeed he
played comparatively little golf, but it was remarkable how he could so
constantly play a very fine game with so little practice--an occasional
Saturday afternoon and perhaps an evening walk on the links with two
clubs under his arm, being apparently all the practice that he needed.”
[Illustration: =John Graham, Jun.=]
=GRAHAM, MALCOLM HEWLEY=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Alexandra, Princess
of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regt., only _s._ of Hewley Smales
Graham, of Oxley-Woodhouse, Huddersfield; _b._ New Mill, near
Huddersfield, 22 Nov. 1894; educ. Repton and Pembroke College,
Cambridge, where he was studying for the medical profession; on the
outbreak of war volunteered and was gazetted to the 3rd Yorkshire
Regt., 15 Aug. 1914; went to the Front the following March, and was
there attached to the 2nd Battn. He was promoted Lieut., 2 Feb., 1915,
and was killed in action at Givenchy, near La Bassée, 15 June, 1915,
and was buried close to Givenchy Church; _unm._ His Colonel wrote:
“He was most gallantly leading his platoon when he fell, shot through
the neck. Your son was a most excellent officer, very keen and hard
working and he will be a great loss to the battn. Please accept the
deepest sympathy of all ranks in your great loss.” Lieut. Graham was
a fine athlete. At Repton he shot at Bisley for his school, and at
Cambridge he rowed in the “Lents” and “Mays,” and was in the boat that
won the Clinker Fours. He also rowed at Henley in 1914, where his boat
won the Ladies’ Challenge Plate, and he was elected a member of the
Leander Club.
[Illustration: =Malcolm Hewley Graham.=]
=GRAHAME, JOHN GORDON=, L.-Corpl., No. 1894, Honourable Artillery
Company)(T.F.), yr. _s._ of the late Thomas Grahame, Canadian
Government Agent for Scotland, by his wife, Margaret Elizabeth
(Cumberland House, Horley, Surrey), only dau. of William Tyrwhitt,
sometime of Nantyr Hall, Denbighshire, and grandson of the Rev. James
Grahame, author of “The Sabbath”; _b._ Glaudhall, Chryston,
Glasgow, 12 March, 1885; educ. Glasgow High School and Dulwich
College; and was in the employ of Harris & Dixon, Shipowners; on the
outbreak of war volunteered and joined the H.A.C. in Sept. 1914;
went to France in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action near Ypres, 24
April, 1915; _unm._ He was buried behind the trenches of St. Eloi
near Voormezeele, in the grounds of the Chateau of Elsinvelles. His
Commanding Officer wrote that he was much loved and respected by all
his platoon, and he as well as others would miss him both as a friend
and a soldier.
[Illustration: =John Gordon Grahame.=]
=GRAINGER, ALBERT VICTOR=, Private, No. 2336, 4th Battn. The
Suffolk Regt. (T.F), yst. _s._ of Henry Rampling Grainger, of
94, Kemball Street, Ipswich, Gardener, by his wife, Hannah, dau. of
James Brown; _b._ Ipswich, 16 Oct. 1889; educ. St. John’s School
there; and was a Boiler Maker; volunteered after the outbreak of war
and enlisted in Sept. 1914; went to France, 6 Nov., and died, in No.
7 Clearing Hospital, 13 March, 1915, of wounds received in action at
Neuve Chapelle on the 11th. He _m._ at Buckersham, 12 March, 1911,
Grace (4, Tennyson Road, Ipswich), dau. of William Edward Colthorpe,
and had two children; Albert Victor, _b._ 2 Jan. 1914; and Grace,
_b._ 30 March, 1912.
=GRAMSHAW, ROBERT WILFRED RALEIGH=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal
Sussex Regt., only _s._ of the Rev. Robert Michael Oginski
Gramshaw, of Fittleworth, Sussex, by his wife Emily, dau. of Dr.
Richard Hughes, of Brighton; _b._ Enfield, Middlesex, 18 Dec.
1890; educ. at St. Cyprian’s, Eastbourne (1901–4), Charterhouse
(1904–9), and at Exeter College, Oxford (1909–13). He gained a
classical scholarship at Harrow in March, 1904, which he refused, and
a junior classical scholarship at Charterhouse in June of the same
year, which he accepted. On the expiration of his junior scholarship he
gained a senior scholarship at the same school, and in 1909, his last
year there, won the Thackeray and Elder prizes, a leaving exhibition,
and the Talbot Medal and Exhibition. In the same year he gained an
open classical scholarship at Exeter College, Oxford, being the senior
scholar of his year. He read Honour Moderations and Literae Humaniores,
obtaining a second class in both schools, and took his B.A. degree in
1913. He took a keen interest in rowing, and was spare man for both his
College Torpid and Eight, only doctor’s orders forbidding him an actual
place in the boat. He had intended to take Holy Orders, and had been
awarded a Liddon Studentship, but on the outbreak of war, was offered
and accepted a commission in the 3rd Royal Sussex Regt., 15 Aug. 1914.
He left for France on 1 Jan. 1915, where he was attached to the 2nd
Battn. of the Regt., and was seriously wounded when leading his platoon
in an attack on the German trenches at La Bassée on the evening of the
25 Jan. 1915, and died in hospital two days later; _unm._ Buried
in Béthune Cemetery. His Commanding Officer wrote: “He died a soldier’s
death of wounds received in a very brilliant little operation, by
which our brigade recaptured some important ground which had been lost
earlier in the day.”
[Illustration: =Robert W. R. Gramshaw.=]
=GRANGER, JOHN ROBERT CLIFFORD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2563), 208749,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=GRANT, DUNCAN=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Queen’s Own Cameron
Highlanders, eldest _s._ of Archibald Grant, by his wife, Anne
(Nevis Cottages, Fort William), dau. of Angus McMillan; _b._ Fort
William, Inverness, 8 July, 1880; educ. Fort William Public School,
afterwards being in the service of the Scottish Meteorological Society
at their Ben Nevis Station. He joined the Camerons in Nov. 1899, and
was posted to the 2nd Battn. at Gibraltar, leaving there with a draft
for the 1st Battn. in South Africa, and served through that campaign,
1899–1902, and received the Queen’s medal with five clasps (Cape
Colony, Orange River Colony, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, 1902). On
the conclusion of the South African campaign, he returned with his
Battn. to England, but after two years in various stations in Scotland
and Ireland, offered himself for foreign service and was sent to the
2nd Battn. then doing duty in Natal. He afterwards accompanied his
regiment to China, and from there to Bangalore, India, and was present
at the Delhi Durbar (medal). On the outbreak of the European War he
held the rank of Coy. Sergt.-Major, being stationed near Poona, and
before leaving India was offered a commission in his own company, which
he accepted and was gazetted, 14 Dec. 1914, proceeding to France about
a week later. He was killed by a shell during the bombardment of Hill
60, Ypres, 28 April, 1915, and was buried at Zillebeke, near Ypres,
Belgium; _unm._ Lieut. Grant was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now
Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant and distinguished
service in the field.
[Illustration: =Duncan Grant.=]
=GRANT, ERNEST WILLIAM=, Private, No. 3311, 12th Battn. (The
Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of William James Grant,
of 7, Courtfield Mews, Courtfield Gardens, South Kensington, Private
Chauffeur, by his wife, Alice Louisa; _b._ London, 16 June, 1896;
enlisted 17 Dec. 1914, following the outbreak of war; was wounded in
the trenches, 3 May, 1915, and died on board the hospital ship Salta
during the crossing from France, 19 May following. He was buried in the
military cemetery at Netley. Before joining he remarked to his mother:
“I am not quite military age, but I have thought a lot about this war,
and I feel it my duty to go, as I am a big, strong boy, and there will
be plenty that can’t go.” His elder brother served in the 8th Battn.
(Post Office Rifles) The London Regt. with the British Expeditionary
Force in France.
[Illustration: =Ernest William Grant.=]
=GRANT, HAROLD CHARLES=, Private, No. 2553, 1/7th Battn. The
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of James Duff Grant, of 63,
Nelson Road, Stroud Green, N.; _b._ Highbury, 9 June, 1883; educ.
Crouch End School; was a Clerk with Messrs. Leslie Booth & Booth,
Chartered Accountants [both partners, W. L. Booth and A. M. Booth,
were Territorial officers, and both were killed in action]; after the
outbreak of war, enlisted 3 Sept. 1914; went to Gibraltar, and then
to France, and died in a Field Hospital near Sailly, 16 June, 1915,
from wounds received in action the previous day. His Platoon Officer
wrote: “Your son was hit in the head on Thursday morning and became
unconscious. He died in hospital at 10 o’clock on Friday morning, never
having regained consciousness.... I shall never be able to replace your
son in my platoon”; and the Chaplain (the Rev. Richard Griffiths): “We
buried him this afternoon [near Sailly] in a little soldiers’ cemetery
with pretty green hedges around it, and a little orchard beyond.” He
was _unm._
[Illustration: =Harold Charles Grant.=]
=GRANT, JAMES=, Drummer, No. 976, 13th (Princess Louise’s
Kensington) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), 6th _s._ of James
Albert Grant, of 131, Kilburn Lane, Willesden, N.W., by his wife, Anne,
dau. of (----) Clark; _b._ Kensington, W.; educ. Board School,
Buckingham Terrace, Kensington, W.; was a keen member of the Cadet
movement, and was a Lieut. in the Knightsbridge (St. Paul’s) Co.;
joined the Kensingtons on the organisation of the Territorial Force;
volunteered on the outbreak of war for foreign service; left for the
Front, Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 10 March,
1915; _unm._
=GRANT, THOMAS=, Private, No. 2243, 8th Battn. The Middlesex Regt.
(T.F.), _s._ of William Grant, of 61, Albany Road, Brentford,
Hawker; _b._ Brentford, co. Middlesex, 5 Nov. 1894; educ. St.
John’s School there; joined the Middlesex Territorials in March, 1914;
volunteered for foreign service and mobilized 6 Aug. 1914; went to
France and was killed in action there, 11 May, 1915; _unm._
=GRANT, THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6993), 196834, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GRATTAGE, SAMUEL THOMAS=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10246),
299157, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GRAVETT, CHARLES DAVID=, Ordinary Seaman, R.N.V.R. (Sussex
1/334), H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of George Gravett, of 19, Coleridge
Street, Hove; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=GRAY, ALBERT JOHN=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 22930, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GRAY, JAMES=, Major, 4th Battn. The Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.)
(T.F.), _s._ of the late Robert Sclater Gray, of Leechman and
Gray, Leith, Distiller and Wine Broker, by his wife, Barbara Mann,
dau. of (----) Peterson; _b._ 22 March, 1875; educ. Royal High
School, Edinburgh, and was a Wine Broker and Distiller. He joined the
old 5th Highland Coy. of the Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles, afterwards
the 4th Territorial Battn. of the Royal Scots, in 1891, and received
his commission in 1896; was promoted Lieut., 1898, and Capt., 1901,
and Major, 1 May, 1913, after which he was placed in the Reserve of
Officers. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for Imperial Service;
left for Egypt 19 May; went to the Dardanelles, and was killed in
action there, when 2nd in command of his Battn. 28 June, 1915. Buried
at Krithia. Colonel Younger, late Commanding Officer 4th Battn. Royal
Scots, wrote: “None but myself can know how large a part James Gray
played in the training of the Battn. in the first few months of the
war. Only those who have had the experience can know the trials and
difficulties which Territorial Commanding Officers were faced with
on suddenly becoming professional soldiers. The help and strength
I received from Major Gray were beyond all praise.” Major Gray had
the Coronation Medal and the Long Service Medal. He _m._ at
St. Cuthbert’s Parish Church, Edinburgh, 4 Jan. 1912, Grace E. (28,
Scotland Street, Edinburgh), dau. of the late Robert Naismith, of
Leith; _s.p._
[Illustration: =James Gray.=]
=GRAY, MARY SUTHERLAND BROWN=, Sister in charge of a Ward,
Hospital Auxilliare 301, Abbaye de Royaumont, dau. of James Gray, of
Oakleigh Lodge, Leven, Fife, Secretary of the Fife Coal Co., by his
wife, Mary Sutherland, dau. of William Brown, Manager of the Colliery
of Oakley, near Dunfermline; _b._ Oakleigh, Dunfermline, 17 Nov.
1869; educ. privately in Scotland and then trained as a nurse at the
Edinburgh Royal Infirmary; and after leaving there nursed among the
working classes at Kilmarnock and later at Crief; on the outbreak of
the European War she went to France with her sister, Miss Margaret
Gray, in Nov. 1914, and helped to found the Scottish Women’s Hospital
for French wounded soldiers at Royaumont Abbey, Seine et Oise, and died
there while engaged in her duties, 25 Jan. 1916. The Secretary of the
Hospital, Miss Cicely Hamilton, wrote: “She was essentially a woman
of character, a humorous, brave individual, a woman who over-worked
with a smile and wore herself out as if the process amused her. She
laughed with her men while she worked for them, she had the charm of
good manners--those real good manners that come without teaching at
the dictation of real good nature. She was buried in the cemetery at
Asnieres-sur-Oise to the distant mutter of guns.”
[Illustration: =Mary S. Brown Gray.=]
=GRAY, PHILIP=, Leading Cook’s Mate, M. 1818, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GRAY, ROBERT HENRY=, Private, No. 1157, 24th Battn. 6th Infantry
Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of Horace
Frederick Gray, Chauffeur, by his wife, Annie Eliza (Goddingog,
Llanfairfechan, N. Wales), dau. of Charles Henry Lowe; _b._ Rilton
Mews, Brompton Road, London, 16 April, 1891; educ. Llanfairfechan
National School; went to Australia 27 Aug. 1914; was a Valet and
Footman; enlisted 15 April, 1915; left for Egypt 7 May, 1915, and was
killed in action at Anzac, Gallipoli, 16 Sept. 1915; _unm._
=GRAY, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 7969, 2nd Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, 6th _s._ of the late Henry Gray, of 3,
Queen’s Road, Aberdeen, J.P., Merchant, by his wife, Helen Mackay, dau.
of George Mackay, Aberdeen; _b._ Aberdeen, 1 Jan. 1882; educ.
Aberdeen Grammar School and University Art Classes; went to Winnipeg,
Canada, in 1903, and afterwards settled at Vancouver, B.C., as a Real
Estate Agent; enlisted in the C.E.F. on the outbreak of war; left
Valcartier for England with the 2nd Battn. 1st Brigade Contingent; went
to France, Jan. 1915, and was killed in action by a bullet through the
brain, 23 April, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Gray.=]
=GRAY, WILLIAM JAMES=, Private, No. 426330, 10th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of Thomas Gray, of Simpson,
Saskatchewan, Canada, by his wife, Margaret Helen, dau. of Joseph
Moore, of Caulmet Island, Quebec; _b._ Thorne Centre, P. Quebec,
26 Jan. 1894; educ. Quebec; was a Farmer; volunteered after the
outbreak of war and enlisted in the 46th Battn. at Regina, 26 Jan.
1915; left Camp Sewell, Manitoba, with the 200 men of the 46th Battn.,
sent as reinforcements 30 June; trained at Shorncliffe with the 32nd
Battn.; went to France between 1–5 Sept., and was there drafted to the
10th Battn., and died in No. 2 Casualty Clearing Station, at Bailleul,
1 Oct. 1915, of wounds received in action the previous day; _unm._
[Illustration: =William James Gray.=]
=GRAY, WILLIAM THOMAS=, Private, No. 19749, 4th Battn. King’s Liverpool
Regt., _s._ of William Gray; _b._ Kirkdale, Liverpool, 3 Aug. 1879;
educ. Ashfield Street Board School there; was a Carter; joined the 6th
King’s Liverpool Volunteer Regt. 12 July, 1897; volunteered for the
South African War, 9 March 1900; served in that campaign one year and
79 days (medal with three clasps), invalided home; retired 20 Dec.
1902; on the outbreak of the European War re-enlisted 11 Sept. 1914,
killed in action at Hill 60, 27 April, 1915. He _m._ at Liverpool, 8
Jan. 1907, Elizabeth (3, Penrose Street, Everton, Liverpool), dau. of
James Thompson, and had issue three daus.: Florence, _b._ 28 Jan. 1910;
Edith, _b._ 3 Feb. 1911; and Gladys, _b._ 20 Sept. 1915.
=GRAZEBROOK, CHARLES ALVEREY=, Capt., 6th, att. 1st, Battn. The
King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 3rd _s._ of Francis Grazebrook, of
Stourton Castle, Stafford, by his wife, Isabella Mary, dau. of George
Grazebrook; _b._ Dudley, 5 Sept. 1887; educ. Marlborough College
and Sandhurst; gazetted to the 3rd K.R.C.C., 7 Feb. 1908, and promoted
Lieut. 1 April, 1911; joined his regiment at Crete, where he served
for a year or so, then went with it to Malta, and India, where he was
stationed at Dagshai till 1912, when he came home. He retired in the
beginning of 1914, and joined the Special Reserve, but on the outbreak
of war immediately rejoined and was promoted Captain, 14 Aug. 1914.
He took out a draft to the 1st K.R.R.C., 10 Nov. 1914, and was in the
North of France all the winter. He was reported wounded and missing, 10
March, 1915, and was later unofficially reported killed in action on
that date. Ordered to charge the enemy trenches near Givenchy that day,
“He led his men magnificently, they covered themselves with glory and
their charge will always be remembered as one of the finest deeds of
the regt. Everyone says they were magnificent,” so wrote his Commanding
Officer. He _m._ at St. Mary Abbots, Kensington, 18 April, 1912,
Katherine Arthur Mary Violet, dau. of Arthur Percy Hickman, of Hagley,
co. Worcester, and had a daughter, Diana Katherine Mary, _b._ 19
May, 1913.
[Illustration: =Charles A. Grazebrook.=]
=GREAR, JAMES=, Private, No. 637, 1st Battn. 1st Infantry Brigade
Australian Expeditionary Force, 4th _s._ of the late John Grear,
of the firm of John Milner & Co., Iron Merchants, Manchester, by
his wife, Alice; _b._ Mobberley, Chester, 21 Nov. 1891; educ.
Mobberley and Urmston Secondary Schools; went to Sydney, Australia,
in 1911, and was a Farmer with his brothers; enlisted immediately on
the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at the
Dardanelles, 10 May, 1915; _unm._ Four other brothers are (1916)
on active service, two with the Australian Field Artillery, one in
training with the Infantry Reserve, and the other as 1st Class Stoker,
R.N.
=GREATHEAD, CLARENCE ROYAL=, Private, No. 1850, 4th Battn.
Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.), Machine Gun Section, only _s._ of
George William Greathead, of Cleadon, North Eastern Railway Official,
by his wife, Ada, dau. of William Greig, of West Hartlepool; _b._
West Hartlepool, 5 June, 1897; educ. Henry Smith College there; was
an apprentice with Messrs. Grabham & Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne; enlisted
after the outbreak of war in Sept. 1914; went to France in April,
and was killed in action near Ypres, at 5.30 a.m., 16 June, 1915,
while in charge of a machine gun. Buried at Wieltge; _unm._ His
officer wrote: “He was a brave, fearless soldier, and will be missed
by his battalion. We had him carefully buried and a cross bearing his
inscription marks the place.”
[Illustration: =Clarence Royal Greathead.=]
=GREAVES, BENJAMIN HERBERT=, Private, No. 3024, 8th (Liverpool
Irish) Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of (--) Greaves;
_b._ 28 Dec. 1883; educ. Oxford; enlisted soon after the outbreak
of war in Oct. 1914, went to France, and was killed in action, 16 June,
1915. He _m._ at Brounton Hill, Liverpool, 6 June, 1908, Constance
(11, Woolman Road, Blackpool), dau. of (--), and had three children:
Charles Walter, _b._ 18 Aug. 1909; Leslie Herbert, _b._ 14
Feb. 1915; and Dorothy Irene, _b._ 5 May, 1911.
[Illustration: =Benjamin H. Greaves.=]
=GREEN, ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14516, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GREEN, ALBERT=, Private, No. G6084, 3rd Battn. Middlesex Regt.;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died at Rouen, 19
April, 1915, of wounds received in action.
=GREEN, ALBERT JOHN=, Private, No. G. 695, 2nd Battn. Royal West
Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
killed in action near Fleurbaix, 18 Dec. 1914; _m._
=GREEN, ARTHUR=, Seaman, R.N.R., 4873A, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GREEN, ARTHUR ADELBERT LINGARD=, Sergt., No. 2623, Lord
Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians), Canadian Expeditionary Force,
elder _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Alfred Lingard Green, D.S.O., formerly
Commdg. 3rd V. Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., by his wife, Isabel, dau. of
the late Robert Thorburn, of Vancouver, British Columbia; _b._
Oatlands, Fort Qu’Appelle, N.W. Territory, Canada, 3 June, 1889; educ.
Quy Vicarage, near Cambridge, and St. Edward’s School, Oxford, and on
leaving there went to British Columbia, where he joined the British
Columbia Horse. He was promoted Sergt. after a very short period, and
when war was declared, finding that the B.C. Horse were not going out
as a regt., immediately joined Lord Strathcona’s Horse as a Private,
but was soon promoted to Sergt.; came over with the first contingent,
and died in the 16th General Hospital, Le Treport, France, 16 July,
1915, of wounds received in action at Givenchy. Buried in the Military
Cemetery, Le Treport; _unm._
[Illustration: =Arthur A. L. Green.=]
=GREEN, CHARLES WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, 195688, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GREEN, ERNEST=, Private, No. 2308, Brecknockshire Battn. South
Wales Borderers (T.F.), _s._ of Joseph Green, of 77, Watton,
Brecon, late Q.M.-Sergt., 2nd Battn. South Wales Borderers; _b._
Brecon, 14 Jan. 1887; educ. National School there; enlisted after the
outbreak of war, 5 Sept. 1914; went to Egypt, and then to Aden; and
died of heatstroke during the forced march through the Desert, to La
Hy and back on 4 July, 1915. Private Green was a well-known Mid-Wales
football player. His three brothers, Sergt. Frank Green, Royal Marines,
who took part in defence of Antwerp; Private Harry Green, South Wales
Borderers; and Private Monty Green, Brecknockshire Regt., are (1916) on
active service.
=GREEN, CLIFFORD WHITTINGTON=, Capt. 1st Battn. Royal Berkshire
Regt., only _s._ of Ernest Henry Green, of Bayworth Manor,
Bagley Wood, co. Berks, by his wife, Maud, dau. of Col. George John
Charles Whittington, C.B.; _b._ West Lavington, co. Wilts, 16
Aug. 1890; educ. Cothill House, Radley College, and Lincoln College,
Oxford; joined the 3rd Militia Battn. of the Berkshires in 1912 as
2nd Lieut.; promoted Lieut., and on the outbreak of war received a
regular commission in the same regt. 14 Aug. 1914. He joined the 1st
Battn. in France on 27 Nov., served with them through the winter
campaign, 1914–15, including the fight at Givenchy, 22 Dec., also
through the spring operations and at Richebourg, 20 May, 1915, where he
distinguished himself leading his company in the attack, being promoted
tempy. Capt. He died in hospital at Lillers, 27 June, 1915, of wounds
received in action at Cambray, near La Bassée, the preceding day; and
was buried at Chocques Military Cemetery; _unm._ A brother officer
writing of him said: “Capt. Whittington Green was a brave officer, and
one whose first thought was always for his men.” At the time he was
killed he was directing his men to take cover, as the enemy had started
shelling the headquarters. He played hockey for the Berkshire and
Oxfordshire county teams.
[Illustration: =Clifford Whittington Green.=]
=GREEN, FREDERICK=, A.B. (B. 4154), 200824. H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GREEN, HORACE EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16692, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GREEN, HERBERT WILLIAM=, Corpl., No. 9185, 1/5th South
Staffordshire Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Arthur John Green, of West
Bromwich, Builder, by his wife, Annie, dau. of John Berry; _b._
West Bromwich, co. Stafford, 19 Nov. 1894; educ. Lodge Estate Schools
there; was an Engineer; enlisted 4 Sept. 1914; promoted Corpl. Jan.
1915; went to France 1 March, 1915; and was killed in action near Hill
60, 25 Aug. 1915, while observing the effect of our artillery fire on
the enemy’s trenches; _unm._ He was well-known in the Birmingham
District as a fine swimmer and was a clever amateur dramatic actor.
=GREEN, JAMES THOMAS=, Private. No. 14405, 4th (Reserve) Battn.
Coldstream Guards, only _s._ of James Green, of the Royal Lodge
Gardens, Windsor Great Park, Gardener to the Hon. Lady Ellis, by his
wife, Annie, dau. of the late Thomas Martin; _b._ The Gardens,
Royal Lodge, 17 March, 1893; educ. Royal Schools, Windsor Great
Park; enlisted 29 Dec. 1914; invalided home 29 Jan. 1915, and died 5
Feb. 1915, of spotted fever contracted while training at Caterham;
_unm._ Buried at St. Jude’s Cemetery with full military honours.
[Illustration: =James Thomas Green.=]
=GREEN, JOHN EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4229), S.S.
103203, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GREEN, PERCY ERNEST=, Seaman, R.N.R.. 4171A, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GREEN, SAMUEL JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7761),
292356, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=GREEN, THOMAS MICHAEL=, Stoker, P.O. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9821),
297718, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GREEN, WILLIAM LAMBEY THORNE=, Private. R.M.L.I., Ch./17611,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GREEN, WILLIAM STANLEY=, A.B., J. 2660, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TOWNSEND-GREEN, HENRY RUSSELL=, Capt., 1/16th Battn. (Queen’s
Westminster Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of
James Henry Townsend-Green, of 5, Addison Road, Kensington, and
Chesham, Bucks, P.P.A.I., F.S.I., by his wife, Cornelia Augusta,
dau. of the late Samuel W. Russell; _b._ Kensington, 31 Jan.
1890; educ. Uppingham, and was by profession a Surveyor. He obtained
a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Queen’s Westminster Rifles, from
the Uppingham O.T.C., 30 Jan. 1908, and became Lieut., 1 Nov. 1910,
and Capt., 26 Sept. 1914. In 1910 he secured a place in the King’s
Hundred at Bisley, and passed the Hythe School of Musketry in 1912,
with distinction in the Maxim Gun Course. On the outbreak of war he
volunteered for Imperial service; left for France, 1 Nov. 1914, and
was killed in action near Armentières, 3 March, 1915, only a few days
after returning from a week’s leave in London. Buried at Armentières;
_unm._ The Adjutant of his Battn. wrote: “He was one of those
people who inspire confidence, and I have always felt that if we were
asked to send out any party of men under an officer needing more than
ordinary intelligence, decision, and coolness, I should unhesitatingly
have chosen him; he has ever since he came out here been the man one
felt one could rely on in any emergency”; and his Commanding Officer
wrote: “He was always one of our very best, keenest, and most capable
officers, his work and his mark will remain in the Regt. which he loved
so well, and which loved him so well and in which his memory will
always be so affectionately cherished.”
=GREENAWAY, SIDNEY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./13484, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=GREENER, WILLIAM ERNEST=, A.B., 234657, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GREENHALGH, EDWARD=, E.R.A., 1st Class, 269845, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GREENHAM, ERNEST ALBERT=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 8820),
209091, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=GREENLAND, FREDERICK JOHN=, A.B., 197040, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GREENSTREET, ROBERT SMITH=, Private, No. 2535, 3/4th Battn.
Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt., _s._ of the late Richard Reynolds
Greenstreet, of Lydd, Kent, Fisherman, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of
(--) Smith; _b._ Hythe, 8 June, 1880; educ. Lydd; was a Fisherman;
enlisted 23 Sept. 1914, and died in No. 2 Division War Hospital,
Selhurst, 5 Oct. 1915, of illness contracted while training. He
_m._ at Beckenham, 16 Oct. 1904, Beatrice Annie (109, Ecclesbourne
Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey), dau. of Charles Albert, and had three
children: Beatrice Elizabeth, _b._ 1 Sept. 1905; Florence Edith,
_b._ 12 June, 1909; and Emily Winifred, _b._ 6 June, 1914.
[Illustration: =Robert S. Greenstreet.=]
=GREENWOOD, ALFRED EDWARD=, Stoker, 2nd Class, S.S. 115507, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=GREENWOOD, GEORGE JESSE FRANCIS=, Sergt., No. 89, 4th Battn.
Suffolk Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of George Joseph Greenwood,
Foreman at Messrs. Brackett & Co., Engineers, Colchester, by his
wife, Emma Ann, dau. of John James Butler, of Chelmsford; _b._
Colchester, 7 Sept. 1883; educ. Colchester Bluecoat School; and for
many years up to Aug. 1914, held a position of trust with Brown & Co.,
Timber Merchants, Ipswich. He joined the 1st Vol. Battn. Suffolk Regt.
(which in 1907 became the 4th Territorial Battn. of the Suffolks)
6 Feb. 1900, and reached the rank of Sergt. On the outbreak of war
volunteered for foreign service, and went to France 6 Nov. 1914; was
home on a few days’ leave in April, returning to the Front on the
6th, and was killed in action near Neuve Chapelle, three days later,
9 April, 1915. Lieut. Pretty wrote: “At the time he met his death he
was just turning away from examining the enemy’s position through his
glasses, and was necessarily exposing himself to some risk. He was
doing his duty cheerfully and bravely.... His body rests in a military
graveyard [at Rouge Croix] about half a mile behind the firing line.”
Sergt. Greenwood was a well-known member of the Felixstowe Rifle Club,
and a prize winner at the county meeting, and had the Volunteer Long
Service Medal. He _m._ at St. Botolph’s Church, Colchester, 2
Sept. 1907, Nellie May (53, Newton Road, Ipswich), eldest dau. of
George Woods, of Colchester, and had two children: George Charles,
_b._ 24 June, 1908; and Millicent Alice, _b._ 11 April, 1912.
[Illustration: =George J. F. Greenwood.=]
=GREENWOOD, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4866), S.S.
104269, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GREENWOOD, JOHN FRANCIS BERNAL=, Lieut., 1st Battn. King’s Own
(Royal Lancaster) Regt., eldest _s._ of Lieut.-Colonel Joseph
Greenwood, R.E., by his wife, Clara, dau. of John Bernal, of Albert
Lodge, Limerick; _b._ Limerick, 22 March, 1885; educ. Military
College, Plymouth; joined the Army, 13 July, 1903, and was given a
commission 18 Jan. 1908, and promoted Lieut. 21 May, 1911. He served
in India, 1908 till Nov. 1912, and while there obtained Cavalry Higher
Equitation (with Royal Dragoons, Lucknow, 1 Oct. 1909), Mounted
Infantry (Umballa 1911–12), and Supply and Transport (Rawal Pindi)
Certificates, and commanded a section in the Mounted Infantry School,
Umballa. He passed Higher Standard examinations in Hindustani (24
April, 1911), and Pushtu and Lower Standard Persian (13 July, 1911),
and held a certificate as an interpreter in French (gained June, 1914).
In Jan. 1913, he was seconded for two years’ service with the Army Pay
Department, but rejoined his Regt. in Jan. 1915, being attached to the
3rd Battn. from which he was drafted to the 1st Battn. at the Front
in April. He was killed in action at St. Julien, during the Second
Battle of Ypres, Sunday, 2 May, 1915, and was buried by the Germans
about 2 miles N.E. of Ypres. Major Wilson wrote: “On 2 May, at about
3 p.m., the enemy used gas, and under cover of the gas they advanced
(about 700 strong) against a position (a farmhouse) held by 10 men of
C Coy. 1st Battn. Lieut. Greenwood, a Corpl. and three men, all of C
Coy., rushed to the farmhouse (about 200 yards) to assist the 10 men
holding the farm. The enemy continued their advance under rifle and
machine gun fire to within 300 yards of our position and placed their
maxim guns behind a hedge. During the attack Lieut. Greenwood, using
his revolver, and the men with rifles, accounted for a good number of
the enemy. Lieut. Greenwood, after using all his revolver ammunition,
took up a rifle and fired a few rounds, when he was shot in the head
by enemies’ maxim gun. His death was instantaneous. The enemy having
partly surrounded our small party, we were eventually ordered to retire
as it was impossible for so few men to hold the position any longer.
His body was unavoidably left behind together with about 10 men. He
showed great gallantry during the fighting.” He _m._ at the R.C.
Garrison Church, Lucknow, India, 20 July, 1910, Frances Mary Georgina,
eldest dau. of the late James Watson Anderson, of Saltburn-by-Sea,
York, and of Bacon’s Crescent, Exeter, Devon, and had one child, Henry
Vincent Bernal, _b._ 16 Aug. 1911.
[Illustration: =John F. B. Greenwood.=]
=GREENWOOD, LEWIS LEONARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8929), S.S. 2077,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GREENWOOD, ROBERT=, L.-Corpl., No. 6222, A Coy. 1st Battn. 1st
Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of the late
Robert Greenwood, of Camberwell, by his wife, Rosetta, dau. of (--)
Burley, and gdson. of Edwin Greenwood, of 244, Haydons Road, Wimbledon,
S.W.; _b._ Leytonstone, Essex, 25 Jan. 1895; educ. John Ruskin
Council School, Camberwell; went to Canada in Feb. 1914, and settled at
Thamesford, Ontario, as a Farmer’s help; volunteered on the outbreak
of war and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914; came
over with the first contingent in Dec. 1914; trained at Bustard Camp,
Salisbury; went to France, Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at,
or near, Givenchy, 15 June, 1915, being blown to pieces by a shell;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Robert Greenwood.=]
=GREER, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7916), S.S.
103607, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=GREGORY, BERT WALTER=, A.B., J. 699, H.M.S. Laurel; killed in
action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=GREGORY, CHARLES ARTHUR=, Private, No. 20023, C Coy., 11th
Battn. (Pioneers) King’s Liverpool Regt., 2nd _s._ of Tom Jackson
Gregory, of London, Master Mariner, by his wife, Helena; _b._
Liverpool, 18 Aug. 1893; educ. Our Lady of Mount Carmel School there;
enlisted 17 Sept. 1914, and on the night of 21 June, 1915, while in
the trenches, off the Menin Road, one and a-half miles from Ypres, was
shot through the head by a sniper. He was taken to Bailleul Casualty
Clearing Station, where he died the following day, and was buried in
the military annex to Bailleul Cemetery (Grave No. 1420). He _m._
at Liverpool, 29 Dec. 1914, Catherine, dau. of Thomas Standish, of
Liverpool.
[Illustration: =Charles Arthur Gregory.=]
=GREGORY, ERNEST=, Leading Seaman, 209700, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GREGORY, JAMES WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R.), B. 3896), 185803, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 1914;
_m._
=GREGORY, NATHANIEL=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 12747 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GREGORY, THOMAS=, Officer’s Cook, 2nd Class, L. 3030 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20
miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=GREGSON, DAVID WALKER=, Private, No. 6221, 1st Battn. 1st
Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of John Gregson, of
Fergus, Ontario, Canada; _b._ West Garafraxa, Wellington Co., P.
Ontario, 10 June, 1898; educ. Fergus, Ontario; enlisted 16 Aug. 1914,
and was killed in action at Ypres between 22–30 April, 1915. He was
buried beside a house in a small garden seven miles S.E. of Ypres.
=GREIG, JOHN WILLIAM HENRY=, 2nd Lieut., attd. 25th Punjab
Cavalry, Frontier Force, 5th _s._ of Hunter Hepburn Greig, of 71,
Heathfield Road, Wandsworth Common, S.W., formerly of Perth, by his
wife, Phœbe Jane, dau. of Alexander Elliot, of Kelso; _b._ Perth,
6 May, 1886; educ. Perth Academy and Denstone College, Stafford, and
was a member of the staff of the Chartered Bank of India. He had joined
the Indian Army Reserve of Officers, and after the outbreak of the war
was attached (Feb. 1915) to the 25th Punjab Cavalry at Calcutta. He
was killed in action at Tochi Valley, near Miranshah, North Western
India, 26 March, 1915, while fighting against the Zadrai Tribes, and
was buried at Miranshah; _unm._ His 6th brother, the Rev. George
Anthony Greig, Chaplain to H.M.S. Russell, died at Malta Royal Naval
Hospital, 28 April, 1916, from gas poisoning, caused by the Russell
striking a mine the previous day.
[Illustration: =John W. H. Greig.=]
=GREIG, STEWART=, L.-Corpl., Ch./15295, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GRENFELL, FRANCIS OCTAVIUS, V.C.=, Capt., 9th Lancers, 8th
_s._ of the late Pascoe Du Pre Grenfell, of Wilton Park,
Beaconsfield, by his wife, Sophia, dau. of Vice-Admiral John Pascoe
Grenfell, Brazilian I.N., and nephew of Francis Wallace, 1st Baron
Grenfell, P.C., G.C.B.; G.C.M.G., Field-Marshal; _b._ Hatchlands,
Guildford, 4 Sept. 1880; educ. Eton (Mr. Durnford’s House, 1894–99);
received a commission in the 3rd (Militia) Battn. Seaforth Highlanders,
13 Dec. 1899; gazetted 2nd Lieut. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 4 May,
1901, and Lieut. 28 Jan. 1905; transferred to 9th Lancers 6 May, 1905;
promoted Capt. 7 Sept. 1912; was Adjutant 1 Nov. 1912 to 13 Jan. 1914;
served (1) in the South African War, 1901–2; took part in operations in
Cape Colony and Transvaal, 1901, and in those in Orange River Colony,
Jan. to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with five clasps); and (2) with
the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; was twice mentioned
in Despatches [London Gazette, 20 Oct. and 16 Nov. 1914] by F.M. Sir
John French, and was killed in action, after being twice wounded at
Hooge, 24 May, 1915; _unm._ He was awarded the Victoria Cross “For
gallantry in action against unbroken infantry at Audregnies, Belgium,
on 24 Aug. 1914, and for gallant conduct in assisting to save the guns
of the 119th Battery, R.F.A., near Doubon, the same day,” being the
first officer to receive it in the European War. At Eton he was in the
Cricket XI in 1899, and Master of the Beagles. Like his brother, Capt.
R. N. Grenfell, he was one of the finest polo players of his day. He
did much for modern polo with his brother, was in the Champion side
several times, and was instrumental in forming the Old Etonians Polo
Team, which at one time was nominated as the Polo Cup Challenger. One
of the best known men in the army, he enjoyed a popularity that few men
achieve.
[Illustration: =Francis Octavius Grenfell.=]
=GRENFELL, HON. GERALD WILLIAM=, Lieut., 8th (Service) Battn.
The Rifle Brigade, 2nd (and at the time of his death elder surviving)
_s._ of William Henry, 1st Baron Desborough, K.C.V.O., by his
wife, Ethel Anne Priscilla, Lady of the Bedchamber to H.M. the Queen,
dau. of the Hon. Julian Henry Charles Fane, and granddau. of John, 11th
Earl of Westmorland; _b._ 4, St. James’s Square, London, S.W.,
29 March, 1890; educ. Eton (where he gained an entrance scholarship
and the Newcastle scholarship) and Balliol College, Oxford (where he
obtained the Craven scholarship in 1911), and was about to be called
to the Bar; volunteered after the outbreak of war and was gazetted 2nd
Lieut. 8th Rifle Brigade, 12 Sept. 1914; served with the Expeditionary
Force in France and Flanders from May, 1915, and was killed
instantaneously by machine gun fire at Hooge, Flanders, 30 July, 1915,
while leading a counter-attack; _unm._ Capt. A. C. Sheepshanks
wrote: “He died splendidly, leading his men over open ground up hill
in the face of a tremendous fire from machine guns. His Platoon Sergt.
saw him pitch forward with a bullet in the head, and thinks he was hit
again in the side as he fell. He must have been killed instantaneously
as he was not seen to move afterwards. Both as his company commander
and his friend I shall miss him enormously. His platoon all loved him,
and he had somehow inspired them with a fighting spirit, and it was
only a few days ago that I told the Col. that Bill’s platoon was the
best fighting platoon I had”; and A. A. Tod, second in command of the
8th Battn.: “We were great friends, and though I didn’t know him before
he joined, I, like all the others, was immediately drawn to him by his
delightful personality. I know you must be inundated with letters, so
feel rather diffident about adding to the number, but somehow it seems
to help to write about a dear friend that has gone. We all loved Billy,
and his men, to my certain knowledge, adored him. It couldn’t have been
otherwise, because ever since he went to France he was always to the
fore, and what the men always like, never expected them to do anything
he couldn’t do himself. His gallantry was remarkable, and fear was a
word he didn’t know the meaning of. As you know, he died at the head
of his men leading a counter-attack. It’s but poor consolation, but I
am positive that of all deaths it is the one he would have chosen....
That was a fearful day, and no one can describe the horror of seeing 20
officers and well over 500 men fall in one Battn. in about 14 hours.”
His elder brother, Capt. J. H. F. Grenfell, and twin cousins, Capt. F.
Grenfell, V.C., and Capt. R. N. Grenfell, were also killed in action,
and his yst. and only surviving brother, the Hon. Ivo G. W. Grenfell,
is now with the Coldstream Guards. His sister, the Hon. Monica
Grenfell, is a Red Cross Nurse in France.
[Illustration: =Hon. Gerald Wm. Grenfell.=]
=GRENFELL, HON. JULIAN HENRY FRANCIS=, Capt., 1st (Royal)
Dragoons, D.S.O., eldest _s._ and h. of William Henry, 1st Baron
Desborough, K.C.V.O., by his wife, Ethel Anne Priscilla, Lady of the
Bedchamber to H.M. the Queen, dau. of the Hon. Julian Henry Charles
Fane, and granddau. of John, 11th Earl of Westmorland; _b._ 4, St.
James’s Square, London, 30 March, 1888; educ. Eton and Balliol College,
Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st Dragoons, 15 Sept. 1909 (24 Aug. 1910);
and promoted Lieut. 6 Oct. 1911; temporary Capt. 15 Nov. 1914, and
Capt. 31 Jan. 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and
Flanders from 7 Oct. 1914; was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s
Despatch of 20 Nov. 1914–14 Jan. 1915 [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915]
for gallant conduct in the field; was severely wounded in the head by
shrapnel, 13 May, while reconnoitring near Ypres, and died in hospital
at Boulogne, 26 May, 1915; _unm._ He had made a special study of
reconnaissance work, and was awarded the D.S.O. [London Gazette, 1 Jan.
1915] for having on 17 Nov. “succeeded in reaching a point behind the
enemy’s trenches, and making an excellent reconnaissance, furnishing
early information of a pending attack of the enemy.” A poem, “Into
Battle,” written by him in the trenches appeared in “The Times,” and of
it Sir W. Raleigh, Professor of English literature at Oxford, wrote: “I
don’t know if you really know that Julian’s poem is one of the swell
things in English literature. It is safe for ever, I know it by heart,
and I never learned it. It has that queer property which only the best
poems have, that a good many of the lines have more meaning than there
is any need for, so that new things keep on turning up in it.” At Eton
he ran well in the steeplechase in 1905, and at Oxford rowed in the
college crew. In 1907 and 1908 he was three in the Balliol eight in
the Ladies Challenge Plate, and in the following year he was bow in
the Balliol four which won the Wyfolds at Henley, and rowed for the
O.U.B.C. coxswainless fours. He was a member of the Belsize Boxing Club
and proved himself a formidable opponent. His chief sport was shooting.
His next brother, Lieut. G. W. Grenfell, and his cousins, Capt. F.
Grenfell, V.C., and Capt. R. N. Grenfell, were also killed in action
(see their notices).
[Illustration: =Hon. Julian H. F. Grenfell.=]
=GRENFELL, RIVERSDALE NONUS (“RIVY”)=, Capt. Buckinghamshire
Yeomanry (Royal Bucks Hussars), att. 9th Lancers, 9th and yst.
_s._ of the late Pascoe Du Pre Grenfell, of Wilton Park,
Beaconsfield, by his wife, Sophia, dau. of Vice-Admiral John Pascoe
Grenfell, Brazilian I.N., and nephew of Francis Wallace, 1st Baron
Grenfell, P.C., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., Field-Marshal; _b._ Hatchlands,
Guildford, 4 Sept. 1880; educ. Eton; received a commission as Lieut.
in the Royal Bucks Hussars, 1 Sept. 1908, and was promoted Capt. Aug.
1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders
from 18 Aug., att. to the 9th Lancers, and was killed in action at
Vendresse during the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914; _unm._
He was one of the best known players in English polo. He was a member
of the Hurlingham Committee, which is the governing body of the game,
and was among the best Nos. 1 in English polo during the past decade.
He played twice in English teams that beat Ireland, and was No. 1
in the Roehampton side that won the Championship Cup in 1909, while
three years before he was one of the Freebooters who secured the
championship. In 1909 he organised an Old Etonians team, which played
a prominent part in London polo. With his twin brother, Francis,
he played in the final match for the House Football Cup in 1898,
when Durnford’s won by a narrow margin. He was whip of the Beagles,
Francis being Master of the Beagles at Eton. He was Founder, Chairman
and Treasurer of the Islington branch of the Invalid Children’s Aid
Association, and a Memorial Fund is being raised to endow this branch,
now called the Francis and Rivy Grenfell Branch. His twin brother and
his two cousins were also killed in action in the European War, while
his elder brother, Pascoe St. Leger, was killed in the Matabele War,
1896, and his seventh brother, Robert Septimus, Lieut. 12th Lancers,
was killed at Omdurman, 4 Sept. 1898.
[Illustration: =Riversdale N. Grenfell.=]
=MORGAN-GRENVILLE, THE HON. RICHARD GEORGE GRENVILLE=, Master
of Kinloss, Capt., 1st Battn. The Rifle Brigade, eldest _s._ of
the late Major Luis Ferdinand Courthope Morgan-Grenville, York and
Lancaster Regt., by his wife, Mary, 11th Baroness Kinloss, Lady of
the Crown of India, dau. of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd and last Duke of
Buckingham and Chandos, 10th Lord Kinloss, P.C.; _b._ Chandos
House, London, 25 Sept. 1887; educ. Eton and Sandhurst; gazetted to the
1st Battn. Rifle Brigade, 24 Jan. 1906, and promoted Lieut. 22 Jan.
1910, and Capt. 5 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary
Force; was twice wounded, but each time recovered and returned to
the Front; was twice mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir John (now
Lord) French [8 Oct. 1914, and 10 Jan. 1915] for gallantry in the
field, and was recommended for the D.S.O., but was killed in action at
Ploegsteert, 19 Dec. 1914. He was _unm._, and was buried in the
wood there. His brother, Lieut. the Hon. Thomas G. B. Morgan-Grenville,
4th Battn. Rifle Brigade, is now (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =R. G. G. Morgan-Grenville.=]
=GREY, GERALD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3266), S.S. 100998,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=GRIERSON, SIR JAMES MONCRIEFF, K.C.B., C.V.O., C.M.G.=,
Lieut.-Gen., R.A., eldest _s._ of the late George Moncrieff
Grierson, of Glasgow, by his wife, Allison, dau. of George Lyon Walker,
of Garemount, Dumbartonshire; _b._ Glasgow, 27 Jan. 1859; educ.
Glasgow Academy, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted
Lieut., R.A., 9 Oct. 1877, and promoted Capt. 20 Jan. 1886; Major 11
Dec. 1895; Brevet Lieut.-Col. 12 Dec. 1895; Brevet Col. 1 March, 1900;
Col. 28 Oct. 1901; Major-Gen. 12 Feb. 1904, and Lieut.-Gen. 6 May,
1910; was D.A.Q.M.G., Indian Contingent, Expeditionary Force, Egypt, 9
Aug. to 17 Oct. 1882; on special service with the Expeditionary Force,
Suakim, 20 Feb. to 5 March, 1885; D.A.A. and Q.M.G., Egypt, 6 March to
12 June, 1885; Station Staff Officer, 1st Class, Bengal, 17 Feb. to 7
July, 1889; D.A.A.G. (Intel.) H.Q. of Army, 1 July, 1890, to 14 July,
1894; Brigade Major, R.A., Aldershot, 1 Jan. 1895 to 19 Feb. 1896;
Military Attaché, Berlin, 1 March, 1896, to 2 Feb. 1900; on special
service, South Africa, 3 Feb. to 27 Feb. 1900; A.A.G. South Africa, 28
Feb. to 23 Aug. 1900; Staff Officer (graded D.A.G.), China, 24 Aug.
1900 to 21 Oct. 1901; A.Q.M.G., II Army Corps, 28 Oct. 1901 to 3 Sept.
1902; Chief Staff Officer (Brig.-Gen. on Staff), II Army Corps, 4 Sept.
1902 to 11 Feb. 1904; Director of Military operations, Army H.Q., 12
Feb. 1904 to 5 Oct. 1906; Major-Gen., 1st Division, Aldershot Army
Corps, and G.O.C., 1st Division, Aldershot Command, 6 Oct. 1906, to
6 Aug. 1910, and G.O. Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command, 4 April,
1912, to Aug. 1914; Hon. Col., 2nd London Brigade, R.F.A., 1912–14;
A.D.C. Gen. to H.M. the King, 1 July, 1914, and Commander of the 2nd
Army Corps of the Expeditionary Force in France, Aug. 1914; created
M.V.O. (4th Class), 23 Nov. 1899; C.B., 29 Nov. 1900; C.M.G., 26
June, 1902; C.V.O., 1 July, 1904; and K.C.B., 19 June, 1911; served
in Egyptian War, 1882; took part in action at Kassassin 9 Sept., and
Battle of Tel-el-Kebir (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 2 Nov.
1882]; medal with clasp; Khedive’s Bronze Star; 5th Class Medjidie);
with Sudan Expedition, 1885; took part in actions at Hasheen, and on 26
March, and advance on Tamai (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette,
25 Aug. 1885]; clasp); with Hazara Expedition, 1888; was D.A.Q.M.G.,
2nd Brigade (mentioned in Despatches; medal with clasp; Brevet of
Lieut.-Col.); in South African War, 1899–1900; took part in operations
in Orange Free State, Feb. to May, 1900. including actions at Poplar
Grove, Dreifontein, Vet River (5–6 May), and Zand River; operations in
the Transvaal, May-June, 1900; including actions near Johannesburg,
Pretoria, and Diamond Hill (11 June); operations in the Transvaal,
east of Pretoria, July-16 Aug. 1900 (mentioned in Despatches [London
Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901]; Queen’s medal with four clasps); in China,
1900; including service as British Military representative on the Staff
of the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces (medal, C.B.); and
died on active service, of heart failure, while travelling in a train
in France, 17 Aug. 1914; _unm._ Gen. Grierson made a reputation
with the 3rd and 4th Divisions at manœuvres. During the manœuvres in
Cambridgeshire in 1912, he so concealed the 4th Division that it
remained entirely lost so far as the opposing side was concerned, until
it developed its fighting line in action on a flank. The Division made
a long march, and when hostile aircraft came near it the troops halted
and took shelter in woods, ravines and hedges, remaining perfectly
still. The guns and wagons were covered with sheets, hay, straw, and so
on, and the aircraft failed to discover the presence of the force. He
was again complimented by Sir John French on those in Northamptonshire
in 1913. He was the author of many works on Military subjects,
including “Armed Strengths of Armies of Russia, Germany and Japan,”
published by the War Office; “Staff Duties in the Field,” “Handbooks of
the Russian Army,” and “Records of the Scottish Volunteers, 1859–1908.”
[Illustration: =James Moncrieff Grierson.=]
=GRIEVE, WILLIAM PERCIVAL=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Duke of
Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regt.), yst. _s._ of William Grieve,
of 13, Fenchurch Avenue, London, and Rockcliffe, Dalbeattie, by his
wife, Margaret, dau. of the late Rev. George Hodgkinson, of Louth;
_b._ Croydon, 11 Nov. 1885; educ. St. Andrew’s School, Eastbourne,
Cheltenham College, and Edinburgh University. On the outbreak of war he
joined the 2nd King Edward’s Horse as a Trooper, received a commission
in the 5th Middlesex Special Reserve, 14 Nov. 1914, and was transferred
from that battn. to the 3rd Middlesex; served in France and Flanders,
and was killed in action near Ypres, 14 Feb. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Percival Grieve.=]
=GRIFFIN, ERNEST JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class S.S. 111025, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GRIFFITH, THOMAS FRANCIS=, Gunner, R.M.A., 9569, R.F.R., B. 1266,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GRIFFITH, JOHN GWYNNE=, Major, 32nd Lancers, Indian Army,
and Brigade Major, 9th Cavalry Brigade, 3rd _s._ of the late
Lieut.-Col. John Gilbert Erskine Griffith, of Fairfield House,
Cheltenham, and Hodges, Jamaica, by his wife, Fanny Augusta (Newland,
Coleford, Gloucester), dau. of George Harrison; _b._ Taraghur,
Ajmere, India, 23 June, 1874; educ. Stubbington House School, and
Dulwich College; joined the 3rd Militia Battn. South Wales Borderers
in 1893; gazetted from it 2nd Lieut. to the Unattached List, Indian
Army, 28 Nov. 1894; served his year with the 2nd Durham L.I. at Poona,
and then was posted to the Indian Staff Corps, 2nd Bombay Lancers,
24 Feb. 1896, and promoted Lieut. 28 Feb. 1897; Capt. 28 Nov. 1903;
and Major 28 Nov. 1912. He was successively on plague duty, Bombay;
officiating Inspecting Officer, Imperial Service Cavalry, Kathiawar,
and Military Attaché, Bombay Command H.Q., and was one of the eight
senior subalterns selected for service in South Africa, and was
temporary Capt. commanding 63rd Imperial Yeomanry from 1 Jan. to 23
March, 1902. He took part in the operations in the Transvaal and Orange
River Colony, and was awarded the Queen’s medal with four clasps, and
then returned to India and resumed his post as Military Attaché for
another year. He was then S.S.O., Nasirobad; Officiating Brigade Major,
Kamptee, for nine months; S.S.O. and Cantonment Magistrate, Pachmahri,
for a year; Brigade Major, Jubbulpore, 23 Feb. 1906 to 14 Feb. 1909;
and then passed through the Staff College, Quetta. In 1911 he went to
Australia for two years and acted as Director of Military Training
on the Headquarters Staff, Melbourne, and was so successful that the
Australian Government asked for an extension of his services, which
was granted for another year. The Hon. W. M. Hughes, Prime Minister
and Minister of Defence, writing to his widow on hearing of his death,
said: “Major Griffith’s extensive military knowledge, his capacity and
soldierly attributes, combined with his charming personality, provided
an inspiring example and earned him the respect of all ranks of the
Australian Army”; and Gen. Kirkpatrick and Major-Gen. Chauvel both
expressed their high appreciation of his services to the Commonwealth
during the critical period of Australian Military development. He
returned to India in 1913, and was home on leave when war broke out. He
joined the 7th Cavalry Reserve at Tidworth, and on 18 Oct. was gazetted
D.A.A. and Q.M.G., 2nd Cavalry Division, becoming Brigade Major, 9th
Cavalry Brigade, by special request of the General Officer Commanding;
went to France, 20 Oct. 1914, and was killed instantaneously, S.E. of
Ypres, 24 May, 1915, while giving orders to his Brigade. Gen. Greenly
wrote: “He was a brave, good soldier, an unfailing cheery companion,
and the kindliest and most sympathetic of friends, the sort of English
gentleman who has made the Empire what it is,” and added, “the loss
to me is not only that of a perfectly invaluable staff officer, but
of a very great friend, with whom I have been associated now, as you
know, for a very considerable time, both on the staff together of the
2nd Cav. Div. and in this Brigade. On active service one gets to know
one’s friends in a few months or sometimes even days in a way which
years of peace would never bring. I can only say that in these months
of sometimes hard and strenuous time I have got to know and value and
love your husband in a way which it is difficult to convey to you”;
and a brother officer: “The old regt. fairly bursts with pride even
when we are saddest. I never saw anything like the feeling shown by the
Indians, they all loved Johnnie, even as we all looked forward to the
day when he got command. What a wonderful C.O. he would have made.]”
Major Griffith was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s
Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the
field. He _m._ at Cheltenham, 15 June, 1899, Florence Ethel (29,
Park Place, Cheltenham), dau. of the late Major George Anthony Aufrère
Baker, 6th Bengal Cavalry; _s.p._
[Illustration: =John Gwynne Griffith.=]
=GRIFFITHS, ALLEN RHYS=, 2nd Lieut., 53rd Battery, R.F.A., elder
_s._ of Llewellyn Edward Griffiths, of Great Abshot House,
Titchfield, formerly of Drayton Park, Longparish, by his wife, Bertha
Mina, dau. of Thomas Allen Hickley, of Walton-on-Thames; _b._
Rookley House, King’s Somborne, Hants, 15 March, 1893; educ. Horris
Hill, Newbury; and Winchester College; was a tea planter in Ceylon when
war broke out, but came home immediately and enlisted in the Rifle
Brigade in Dec. 1914; was given a commission, being gazetted 2nd Lieut.
R.F.A. 27 Feb., 1915; went to France early in July, and was killed in
action near Ypres, 9 Aug. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Allen Rhys Griffiths.=]
=GRIFFITHS, BASIL GWYNNE=, Sergt., No. 41567, 56th Battery,
Royal Field Artillery, _s._ of Isaac Griffiths, D.C.M.,
Quartermaster-Sergt. (W.O.), Welsh Regt. (who served in the Boer War,
with the South Wales Borderers, and was mentioned in despatches and
awarded the Distinguished Conduct medal), by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau.
of Martin Walsh, of Kilrane, co. Wexford, Farmer; _b._ Aldershot,
16 Jan. 1892; educ. Intermediate School and Christ’s College, Brecon;
enlisted in Jan. 1906; was promoted Sergt., Aug. 1914; went to France,
Aug. 1914, and was killed in the fighting around Hooge, near Ypres,
3 Nov. 1914; _unm._ Major B. Crozier, commanding 56th Battery,
R.F.A., wrote: “He was killed while in charge of his gun ... and was
buried by his comrades the same evening, at the same spot as three
other men of his battery, at the edge of a wood about 800 yards south
of the village of Ekstenest. I served with him previously in the 47th
Battery and had a great regard for him. He did well while out here
and will be a great loss to the battery, which he served so well. He
was always so cheery and helped to cheer many when depressed.” Sergt.
Griffiths was an expert “Rough-Rider,” swimmer and boxer.
[Illustration: =Basil Gwynne Griffiths.=]
=GRIFFITHS, GEORGE HENRY WHITMORE=, Private, No. 12946, 25th
Battn. Royal Fusiliers Frontiersmen, eldest _s._ of the late
George Summers Griffiths, Barrister-at-Law, Middle Temple, by his wife,
Emma Lucy, dau. of the late Henry H. Cowper, H.M.’s Consul-General
at Havanah, and grandson of the late Lewis Griffiths, of Marl Hill,
Cheltenham, J.P.; _b._ Handsworth, near Birmingham; educ. Whitby,
and Stamford Grammar Schools; at the age of thirteen went to sea as
an apprentice in the Merchant Service, and when the South African War
broke out joined the 18th Hussars and served through that campaign.
He was awarded the Queen’s medal with five clasps, and on his return
married and settled down in Wiltshire. When the European War started
he immediately tried to rejoin his old regt., but finding that it
already contained its full complement he enlisted in the 25th Fusilier
Frontiersmen. He was killed in action at the Battle of Bukoba, German
East Africa, 22 June, 1915. He had volunteered for a dangerous duty
which he fulfilled at the cost of his own life, thereby saving the
lives of many of his comrades. Gen. T. wrote: “It will be a consolation
to you all to know that he died in such a gallant way.... The War
Office ruled some time ago that no posthumous honours, except the V.C.
were to be granted during this war, so that many gallant men, including
your brave brother, are ineligible for posthumous D.C.Ms. Should at any
time the rule be revised, I will remember what your gallant brother did
for his country”; and Col. D.: “His company held an advanced position
close up to the enemy; they were suffering loss from a machine gun
posted on a small hill. Several men volunteered to work round and try
to silence this gun. Griffiths was the first to volunteer. The bravery
and dash of these volunteers was beyond all praise, but unfortunately
most of them were either killed or wounded whilst successfully carrying
out what they started to do. They saved many lives of their comrades.
He and other brave comrades were buried in Bukoba alongside the Fort,
with full military honours. We have marked the spot.” He _m._
at Lavington, Wiltshire, 8 Oct. 1906, Alice Riddell (Down View, West
Lavington, Wilts), dau. of Edwin Burgess, of St. John’s Wood, London,
Artist, and had two sons: George Edwin, _b._ 10 July, 1907, and
John Whitmore, _b._ 15 May, 1913.
[Illustration: =George H. W. Griffiths.=]
=GRIGSON, FRANCIS HENRY=, 2nd Lieut., 9th (Service) Battn. Royal
Warwickshire Regt., only _s._ of the late Henry Francis Grigson,
of Watton, Norfolk, Accountant, by his wife, Gertrude Alma, dau. of
William Cooper, of Bury St. Edmunds, M.D.; _b._ Watton, co.
Norfolk, 1 Oct. 1890; educ. Gorse Cliff School, Boscombe, Hants, and
Lancing College, Sussex; and on leaving there went to London in Nov.
1908, to learn accountancy. In May, 1910, he went to Ceylon, where he
spent several years tea planting, and in the early part of 1913 joined
the firm of George Steuart & Co., of Colombo. On the outbreak of war in
Aug. 1914, he gave up his post with them and returned to England at the
end of the year. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 9th Warwickshires,
1 Feb. 1915; left for the Dardanelles on 19 June, and was killed in
action at Anzac Cove, 9 Aug. 1915, during the fighting for Hill 971
(Sari Bair); _unm._ One of his officers, Major Gordon, wrote (20
Aug.): “I feel I cannot resist writing to tell you how sadly we all
(such as survive) feel the loss of your brother. He was most popular
with officers and men alike and was such a capable officer”; and again
(Oct. 1): “I made your brother Regimental Transport Officer whilst at
Helles, and he was invaluable in managing the pack mules (often under
fire) and getting up our water, rations, etc.”; and another (Capt.
Agar): “The circumstances of his death were given me by another of my
subalterns who had charge of the company after I was ‘knocked out.’
They had been ordered to advance up a hill, which could only be done in
single file; the subaltern in charge led the way, when they suddenly
came under a heavy fire from machine guns, which made further progress
impossible. The subaltern in charge ordered the company down the hill
under cover, and whilst doing so was himself badly wounded and left
behind. When the men had got back under cover, your brother and the
wounded officer’s servant crawled up again and tried to bring him in;
they bandaged him up as best they could, when your brother was hit and
instantly killed. There is no doubt that if he had not been killed he
would have been rewarded for his gallant action.”
[Illustration: =Francis Henry Grigson.=]
=GRIFFITHS, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9826), 207832, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GRIFFITHS, WALTER HENRY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17349, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GRIMBLE, WALTER=, E.R.A., 2nd Class, 271598, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GRIMSHAW, CECIL THOMAS WRIGLEY=, B.A., D.S.O., Major, 1st Battn.
Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 6th _s._ of the late Thomas Wrigley
Grimshaw, C.B., M.D., M.A., Registrar-General for Ireland, by his wife,
Sarah Elizabeth (The Lodge, Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire); _b._
Dublin, 22 Oct. 1876; educ. Eastmans’ School, Southsea, and Trinity
College, Dublin (B.A.); joined the 5th (Militia) Battn. Royal Dublin
Fusiliers in Dec. 1893, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 15 May, 1897, and
promoted Lieut., 28 Dec. 1898; Capt., 14 July, 1904; and Major, 14
Dec. 1914. He served through the South African War, 1899–1902, being
employed with the Mounted Infantry, and was present at the action at
Talana and took part in the operations east of Pretoria, July-Nov.
1900, and in the Orange Free State and the Transvaal. He was twice
mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901, and 29 July,
1902], and was awarded the Queen’s medal with three clasps and the
King’s medal with two clasps, and the Distinguished Service Order. In
1903 he took part in the operations in the Aden Hinterland, and on
11 Dec. 1911, was appointed Adjutant of his Battn. He left England
with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 15 March, 1915, took part
in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in
action the same day at Sedh-el-Bahr, being at the time in command, the
Colonel, Adjutant and other officers having been shot in the boats.
He was shot in the head while leading the remnants of the regt. in a
charge up the hill. He _m._ at St. Mary Abbots, Kensington, 3
Oct. 1906, Agnes Violet (Hawera, Dunsford, Surrey), dau. of George
Benton Alderson, of Alexandria, and had three children: Thomas Cecil,
_b._ 6 July, 1907; George Cecil, _b._ 8 Sept. 1910; and David
Cecil, _b._ 13 Oct. 1915.
[Illustration: =Cecil T. W. Grimshaw.=]
=GRIST, ROBERT GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3397), 191485, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GROMETT, CHARLES=, Sergt., No. 8713, 1st Battn. East Yorkshire
Regt., 2nd _s._ of Charles Gromett, by his wife, Sarah (Bridge
Street, Downham, Market), dau. of Michael Walsh; _b._ Downham
Market, co. Norfolk, 26 June, 1888; educ. there; enlisted 22 Oct. 1907;
became Sergt. 20 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary
Force, 6 Sept.; was wounded in the thigh at the Battle of the Aisne, 20
Sept., and died 26 Sept. 1914, at St. Nazaire Hospital. He _m._ at
St. Mary’s Church, Beverley, co. Yorks, 1 Dec. 1913, Edith (2, Victoria
Villas, Queens Gate Road, Beverley), yst. dau. of the late George
Marshall Cobb; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Charles Gromett.=]
=GROOM, WILLIAM SYDNEY=, Acting Chief Petty Officer, 165578,
H.M.S. Hawke; _s._ of Charles Groom, of 58, Prospect Place,
Woolwich; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914.
=GROOME, FRANK=, Private, No. 221, 17th Battn. 5th Brigade,
Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Frederick Groome, of 7, Queen’s
Avenue, Watford West, Herts, Printer, by his wife, Mary Ann Elizabeth,
dau. of William Saunders, of Walthamstow, Essex, Bricklayer, and
grandson of John Groome, of the City of London, Cordwainer; _b._
Upper Sydenham, S.E., 21 March, 1895; educ. Sydenham Hill Council
School; began life as an assistant at Mudie’s Library and later was
assistant operator at the Watford Cinema; emigrated to Australia, 21
March, 1914, and became a farm hand to Mr. John Paton, of Mundarloo,
Tumblong. After the outbreak of war he enlisted in the Australian
Imperial Force, Feb. 1915; was drafted to Egypt, and from there to the
Dardanelles, where he was severely wounded in the head by a bomb; he
was admitted to the 1st Australian General Hospital, Cairo, 9 Sept.
1915, and died there 6 Oct. following; _unm._
[Illustration: =Frank Groome.=]
=GROOME, STANLEY GEORGE=, Corpl., No. 207, 5th Battn. (London
Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of William
Groome, of 317, Bethnal Green Road, E., Boot and Shoe Manufacturer, by
his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of George William Wilcox; _b._ London, 10
Feb. 1888; educ. Sir John Cass Foundation School, Minories; was on the
Stock Exchange, but on the outbreak of war threw up his position and
enlisted in the London Rifle Brigade, 31 Aug. 1914. He went to France
on 13 Jan. 1915, and during the spring and summer of 1915 was with his
company in the trenches at Plugsteert, St. Eloi, Ypres and Poperinghe.
In the autumn of the same year he worked on the lines of communication
and it was on returning to the trenches for the first time that he
was accidentally shot at Poperinghe, 3 Dec. 1915. He was buried in
the soldiers’ cemetery close to the main line between Hazebrouck and
Poperinghe. An iron cross sent out from England, subscribed for by the
men of his old platoon, and engraved “In memory of a good comrade,”
marks the spot. Capt. C. W. Trevelyan, London Rifle Brigade, wrote: “I
visited the grave, and when Sergt. Ford came back from leave he took
out and placed on the grave a very nice iron cross as a small tribute
of affection from some of the members of No. 4 Platoon. We all felt
that we had lost one of our best and most trusted friends.” Groome
was a good athlete, and was a member of the Leytonstone Rugby and the
Albion Rowing Clubs. He was a great lover of Nature and all Nature’s
gifts.
[Illustration: =Stanley George Groome.=]
=GROVES, FRANCIS NEVILLE=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. Monmouthshire
Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of John Francis Groves, of 5, Llanthewy Road,
Newport, Monmouth, F.R.I.B.A., Architect to Lord Tredegar, by his wife,
Frances Matilda, dau. of Albert Gill, of Blandford; _b._ Newport,
Monmouth, 7 July, 1889; educ. Intermediate School there; obtained his
commission in the 3rd Battn. Monmouthshire Regt., 9 Sept. 1914, joining
it at Northampton and afterwards going to Cambridge. He was promoted
Lieut., 23 Nov. 1914, and in Feb. 1915, was sent with his regt. to
Flanders, and was killed in action at Frezenberg, near Ypres, 8 May,
1915; _unm._ The division in which the Monmouthshire Regt. was
placed assisted very materially in defeating the furious attack of
the German forces on 8 and 9 May, in which all battns. of the regt.
suffered so heavily. Major W. S. Bridges, now Lieut.-Col., the senior
officer left after the battle, wrote that he met his death whilst
holding, with his company, a trench under the most terrific shell fire,
and in a letter to his father, said: “I did not know him for long, only
since my joining the battn., but long enough to have realised his value
as an officer and that he had a high opinion of his sense of duty.”
Col. H. Worsley Gough, who was wounded early in the action, stated that
he fell doing his duty very gallantly, and that he could not speak too
highly of his work as an officer of his battn., and that his untimely
death was a great loss to the regt. and was deeply deplored by all who
were privileged to serve with him.
[Illustration: =Francis Neville Groves.=]
=GROVES, GEORGE=, Private, No. 9432, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots,
_s._ of George Groves, Office Porter, H.M. Office of Works,
Windsor Castle, by his wife, Fanny, dau. of Henry Deaton, of Eton;
_b._ Clewer, near Windsor, 12 March, 1888; educ. Windsor National
School; enlisted 22 Nov. 1904; served 10 years; went to France, 12 Nov.
1914, and was killed in action at Petit Bois, near Kemmel, France, 14
Dec. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =George Groves.=]
=GROVES, GEORGE=, Leading Seaman, 211975, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GRUBB, WALTER BOUSFIELD WATKINS=, Lieut.-Commander, R.N., and
Gunnery Lieut., _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Alexander Grubb, of Elsfield
House, Hollingbourne, Kent, late Royal Artillery, by his wife, Sara
Mary, dau. of the late Rev. Henry George Watkins, Vicar of Potters
Bar, Middlesex; _b._ Knockrobin, co. Wicklow, 1 July, 1879; educ.
The Grange, Cowes (Rev. A. Watson), and H.M.S. Britannia, 1892–95,
and appointed Midshipman, H.M.S. Trafalgar, 1895, and promoted
Sub-Lieut. July, 1898, Lieut. Jan. 1901, Gunnery Lieut. 1 Jan. 1907,
and Lieut.-Commander, Jan. 1909. He was appointed to H.M.S. Cressy as
gunnery officer, March, 1914, and was lost in the North Sea when that
ship was torpedoed by a German submarine, 22 Sept. 1914. He had King
Edward’s Coronation medal. He _m._ at St. James’ Church, Clapham
Park, 22 April, 1914, Marguerite Evelina Fairlie, only child of Dr. J.
J. McWhilter Dunbar, of Hedingham House, Clapham Common, S.W., and had
a son, Walter Dunbar Watkins, _b._ 3 June, 1915.
[Illustration: =Walter B. W. Grubb.=]
=GRUCHY, ARTHUR GORDON=, B.A., Private, No. 74040, Machine Gun
Section, 28th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of
Charles Gruchy, of Jersey, now farming at Strassburg, Saskatchewan,
Canada, formerly of the firm of Redfern’s, of Paris, by his wife,
Mary A..., dau. of (--) Hicks, of London; _b._ Asnières, Seine,
France, 16 Jan. 1889; educ. first at Asnières, then in England,
and in 1905 went to Canada with one of his brothers. He entered
the University of Saskatchewan in 1912, and became a member of the
affiliated Presbyterian College, taking the Arts course preparatory to
his theological training. During the long summer vacations he performed
valuable services on various mission fields, and he obtained his B.A.
degree in May, 1915. He had enlisted in Oct. 1914, and left Canada with
the second contingent, and was accidentally drowned, 7 July, 1915,
while bathing near Shorncliffe, where his battn. was in training.
Lieut. Manville, Commanding Officer, Machine Gun Section, wrote: “Your
son, Sir, was a splendid soldier, and I had just some few days ago
appointed him to the most important post on the section. I feel his
death creates a vacancy that cannot be replaced, for his work and
personality were such that he endeared himself to all of us.”
[Illustration: =Arthur Gordon Gruchy.=]
=GRUNDY, GEOFFREY STEWART=, Private, No. 1362, No. 1 Coy.
Honourable Artillery Coy., only _s._ of George Graham Stewart
Grundy, of Whernside, Headingley, Leeds, Iron and Steel Merchant, by
his wife, Joanna, only dau. of George Taylor, of Leeds and Ripon, and
grandson of the late Edmund Grundy, of Bridge Hall, Bury; _b._
Leeds, co. York, 1 Dec. 1886; educ. Rugby, and on leaving there was
articled to Messrs. Barr, Nelson & Co., Solicitors, of Leeds. He was
admitted a Solicitor in Jan. 1911, and at the time war broke out
was with Messrs. Spyer & Sons, Austin Friars, E.C. He immediately
volunteered and joined the H.A.C., 6 Aug. 1914; went to France, 19
Sept. 1914, and was killed in action near Ypres, 11 April, 1915;
_unm._ He was buried in the grounds of the Château Elzenwalle,
Voormezeele. His Platoon Commander, Capt. M. M. Schiff, wrote: “He
was a great favourite, as he was always so cheerful and bright, under
the worst conditions. He was on guard at the time, in the trench,
that is, standing with his head above the parapet, keeping a look-out
against the Germans. Unfortunately, a shot caught him, and his death
was practically instantaneous. He suffered no pain at all. He was taken
down by the stretcher bearers, and was buried next evening in the
grounds of a chateau, some distance behind the line”; and a comrade
(Private M. Phillips, who was killed exactly one month later, 14 May):
“We had a most terrible time on the above-mentioned night, the Huns
mined a trench on our left, and that started it, rifles, machine guns,
artillery, trench mortars and a few other atrocities, and for about
three-quarters of an hour we were very lively. It died down after a
bit; but, unfortunately, during that time poor old Grundy went under
(my special chum, of whom I was very fond, and I have mentioned him
many times to you in my letters); he was on the ‘look-out’ and took
a bullet straight through the head, dying instantaneously; it was
perfectly awful, as he was next to me in the trench, and was joking and
laughing up to the very minute. He was such a topping good fellow.”
[Illustration: =Geoffrey Stewart Grundy.=]
=GRUNDY, GEORGE EDWARD=, Lieut., 9th (Service) Battn. Royal
Warwickshire Regt., yr. _s._ of the late Rev. William Grundy,
Headmaster of Malvern College, by his wife, Margaret (School House,
Abingdon), dau. of Adam Mitchell, of Heathcot, Kincardineshire;
_b._ School House, Warwick, 26 Feb. 1883. He was educ. at
Malvern College, where he got his cricket colours. He won a Classical
Scholarship at Brasenose College, Oxford, and took a second class
in Classical Moderations. He was captain of his College cricket and
football elevens and represented the University at golf for three
years, being captain of the team in 1906. He played cricket for the
Authentics. For a year he was a master at Pocklington School, and while
there he played cricket for the Yorkshire Gentlemen. In 1908 he was
appointed to Haileybury College and became House master of “Batten.”
He was appointed 2nd Lieut., Haileybury College O.T.C., 16 Nov. 1910,
and, volunteering on the outbreak of war, was gazetted Lieut. to the
9th Warwicks, 4 Sept. 1914. He left for Dardanelles in H.M.S. Royal
Edward, June, 1915, and was killed in action in the front trenches at
Gallipoli, 22 July, 1915; _unm._ He was buried in Trolley Ravine,
on the edge of the Ægean Sea. A wooden cross was put up by the men of
his regt. Col. Palmer, who was killed two days later and buried beside
him, wrote: “He was one of my best officers. He was always thinking of
the welfare of his men and was much loved by his comrades, who could
not fail to appreciate his unselfish devotion to their interests.”
Major Gordon, who succeeded Col. Palmer in command of the regt., wrote:
“Mr. Grundy was a splendid officer, energetic, capable, cheerful and
brave.” His influence with his men is illustrated by the following
extract from a letter: “He does everything for us and we would do
anything for him.” A brother officer concludes his letter: “Let it be
some consolation that his end was worthy of his life and that he left
behind him an example that we should like to follow.” The Master of
Haileybury College wrote of him: “He was a keen scholar; he was a fine
athlete; but what we loved him for was the boyish laugh, the unfailing
cheeriness, the constant goodness of his heart. He had that real charm
of ‘personality’ which is given to but few men; but it is perhaps the
best of God’s good gifts. I cannot put my feelings better than in the
words one wrote to me: ‘All the sunshine seems to have gone out with
Grundy’s death.’”
[Illustration: =George Edward Grundy.=]
=GRUNDY, THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1442), H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GRYLLS, DESSE EDGAR=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1849U, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GUERNSEY, HENEAGE GREVILLE FINCH, LORD=, Capt., 1st Battn.
Irish Guards, eldest _s._ and _h._ of Charles Wightwich,
8th Earl of Aylesford, by his 2nd wife, Ella Victoria, widow of Capt.
James Wingfield Linton, of Hemingford, Hunts, yst. dau. of John Ross,
of Benena Abbots; _b._ 2 June, 1883; educ. Eton; joined the
Militia, Aug. 1901; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Irish Guards, 4 June, 1902,
and was promoted Lieut. 1 Sept. 1904; served in St. Helena during
South African War, 1901 (Queen’s medal); was A.D.C. to Governor and
Commander-in-Chief of Gibraltar, 1 Sept. 1905; retired 1906, became
Capt. Warwickshire Yeomanry, Aug. 1910; and Capt., Reserve of Officers,
15 April, 1914; rejoined the Irish Guards on the outbreak of war; went
to France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed while leading his coy. into
action at Soupir, 14 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at St. Michael’s, Chester
Square, London, 11 June, 1907, the Hon. Gladys Cecil Georgina, née
Fellowes (9, Sussex Square, W.), 2nd dau. of William Henry, 2nd Baron
De Ramsey, and had a son, Heneage Michael Charles, Lord Guernsey. His
brother-in-law, Major Eustace Crawley, 13th Hussars, was killed in
action, 2 Nov. 1914.
[Illustration: =Lord Guernsey.=]
=GUEST, RICHARD THOMAS=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 1103, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=GUEST, SUNNY FRANK=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10259), 239771, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GUILL, RAYMOND JAMES=, Petty Officer Telegraphist, J. 269, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=GUMBRELL, CHARLES EDWARD LEOPOLD=, A.B. (B. 1630), 206977, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=GUMMER, FRANK EDWARD=, A.B. 232154, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that
ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=GUNN, FREDERICK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 8687), 206529, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=GUNN, JOHN ANGUS=, Private, No. 3781, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, eldest _s._ of Peter Gunn, of Monkwearmouth, Sunderland,
by his wife, Alice dau. of James Ridley; _b._ ----; enlisted 18
Sept. 1900, and served 12 years; re-enlisted 17 Feb. 1915; went to
France 7 May following, and was killed in action at Cambrin, 21 June,
1915, while on sniping duty. He _m._ Mary Ellen (26, Washington
Street, Sunderland), dau. of (--). His 3rd brother, Peter, was killed
in action, 29 Oct. 1914 (see his notice), and his 2nd brother, James,
is now (1916) on active service with the R.F.A. The yst. brother,
Albert, Durham L.I., was wounded at Ypres, 28 June, 1915, and invalided
home.
=GUNN, JOHN HEDLEY=, Corpl., No. 3160, 13th Battn. (Princess
Louise’s Kensington Battn.) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._
of James Hedley Gunn, of 54, Solent Road, West Hampstead, one of
the Head Office Staff of the Prudential Assurance Company and
retired Colour-Sergt. of the original 4th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers
(Kensington Rifles), with long service (24 years) medal, by his wife
Sarah Jane, dau. of the late James Downer, of Alum Bay, Isle of
Wight; _b._ West Hampstead, 23 Aug. 1890; educ. privately and
at the Haberdashers’ School, passed the Students’ and Intermediate
Examinations, becoming an Associate of the Auctioneers and Estate
Agents’ Institute, and was in business as Managing Clerk of a firm of
auctioneers and surveyors. After the declaration of war he joined the
Kensingtons, 3 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Aubers Ridge,
Fromelles, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ He was last seen leading his
platoon and calling out, “Come on, boys of A Coy.--let them have it!”
[Illustration: =John Hedley Gunn.=]
=GUNN, PETER=, Private, No. 7007, 1st Battn., Coldstream Guards,
3rd _s._ of Peter Gunn, of Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, by his wife,
Alice, dau. of James Ridley; _b._ Sunderland, 12 June, 1886;
educ. Garden Street School there; enlisted 2 Nov. 1906; went to the
Front with the first Expeditionary Force, and was reported missing
after the heavy fighting at Ypres on 29 Oct. 1914. Later his widow was
advised from Geneva that he was on the German list as dead, and he is
now assumed to have been killed on the above date. He _m._ at
All Saints’, Clapton, 15 Jan. 1910, Margaret (86, Bayston Road, Stoke
Newington, N.), dau. of John Simons, and had two sons: Peter, _b._
18 June, 1911; and John, _b._ 23 April, 1913.
[Illustration: =Peter Gunn.=]
=GUNTER, HENRY THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 7275, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GURDEN, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17119, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GURNEY, BERNARD FRANK=, Private, No. 1536, 3rd Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, 5th _s._ of James Gurney, of Chalfont St. Giles,
F.S.I., by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of the late James Stratton, of
Princes Risborough; _b._ Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks, 16 March,
1890; educ. Selhurst Park College, Norwood, and on leaving there
was articled to an elder brother, R. G. Gurney, P.A.S.I., Ledbury;
emigrated to New South Wales in 1910, and took up farming; volunteered
on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined the Commonwealth
Expeditionary Force; left for Egypt with the main Force in the 1st
Brigade; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25–26 April,
1915, and was killed in action there three days later, on the 29th;
_unm._ Buried at Anzac.
[Illustration: =Bernard Frank Gurney.=]
=GURR, JOHN HENRY=, Ship’s Corpl., 1st Class, No. Ch. 190332,
Royal Navy, 3rd _s._ of John Gurr, of 2, Galley Hill Road,
Northfleet, Kent, General Dealer, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of
William Bullock; _b._ College Street, Northfleet, Kent, 20 Jan.
1881; educ. Board School there; joined the Navy, 7 Aug. 1896; was
promoted ship’s Corpl., Sept. 1907, and was lost in the North Sea when
H.M.S. Cressy was torpedoed by a German submarine, 22 Sept. 1914. He
_m._ at St. Mark’s Church, Gillingham, Kent, 13 Aug. 1905, Eva
(14, Melbourne Road, Chatham), dau. of Arthur Robert Sutcliffe, of
Rochester, and had three children: John Arthur, _b._ 30 Sept.
1906; George Herbert, _b._ 27 Sept. 1908; and Thelma, _b._ 17
Oct. 1910.
[Illustration: =John Henry Gurr.=]
=GURR, STEPHEN=, Second Cooper, 296892. H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost
when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=GUTHRIE, WILLIAM CAMPBELL=, Petty Officer, 156609, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GUTTRIDGE, DAVID WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./15789, H.M.S.
Cressy, lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GUY, ARTHUR CHARLES JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2606), 181667,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GUY, HARRY ALBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6191), 181815, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GUY, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109628, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=GWYDIR, THE VERY REV. CANON ROBERT BASIL, O.S.B.=, Acting
Chaplain, R.N., Rector of St. David’s, Swansea, only child of the late
Robert Clarke Gwydir, of Cartron, Longford, by his wife, Sarah Annie
(20, Quex Road, West Hampstead), dau. of Benjamin Jackson; _b._
Cartron aforesaid, 20 Jan. 1867; educ. Breewood, co. Stafford, and the
English College, Douay (1878–87), and on leaving there went to Belmont
Monastery, Hereford. After spending four years here he returned to
Douay, where he distinguished himself as a clever professor in classics
and English, and by his exceptional intellectual gifts. In 1899 he
started his career as a mission priest at St. Augustine’s, Liverpool,
and after some time there he was moved to St. David’s, Swansea, and
later became Rector, and in 1914 was made a Canon of the Diocese of
Newport. When war began Canon Gwydir immediately offered his services
as a Naval Chaplain, these were accepted, and he left Swansea in Sept.,
and after serving in several ships, was appointed to H.M. Hospital Ship
Rohilla, and was drowned when that ship was wrecked off the Yorkshire
coast, 30 Oct. 1914, when on her way to Belgium to bring back wounded
soldiers. It is stated that when the impact came Canon Gwydir was on
deck. He realised the danger immediately and hurried below to the
sick-bay where a man (Naval Gunner) lay helpless with a fractured leg.
He had hardly gone below when a huge wave struck the vessel and damaged
her so severely that the infirmary was flooded. The Canon being drowned
before he could complete his noble task. His body was recovered same
day when the ship finally broke up. He was buried in the Benedictine
Priory at Belmont. An eloquent preacher and a brilliant scholar, he
read a paper at the National Catholic Congress at Cardiff in July,
1914, and had also read one before the International Eucharistic
Congress at Vienna.
[Illustration: =Robert Basil Gwydir.=]
=GWYNNE, JOHN FITZGERALD, M.B., Ch.B.=, Capt., Royal Army Medical
Corps, elder _s._ of the late Charles Nelson Gwynne, M.D., M.A.
(Trinity College), Senior Surgeon of Christ Hospital, Sheffield, by
his wife, Grace Maunsell (11, Prince of Wales Mansions, Battersea
Park, S.W.), dau. of Samuel Hanna, Resident Magistrate, co. Wicklow;
_b._ Sheffield, 29 Aug. 1888; educ. Stancliffe Hall, co. Derby
(1899–1901), Loretto, Musselburgh (Choral Scholarship, 1901–6), and
Sheffield University (Scholar M.B. 1906–11); was House Surgeon at
Sheffield Royal Infirmary, 1911–13, and afterwards Assistant Medical
Officer of the Southwark Union Infirmary, East Dulwich. He first served
in the Territorial Force, in which he was gazetted Lieut. 3 June, 1912,
being transferred to the Royal Army Medical Corps 3 Feb. 1914, and was
promoted Capt. 30 March, 1915. On the outbreak of war he served with
Field Ambulance in Flanders, and was attached to 1st Hampshire Battn.
at Ligny, 2 Sept. 1914. He was killed in action in the execution of his
duty at Ypres, 9 July, 1915; _unm._; and was buried in Division
IV Cemetery, Bosinghe. The “Hampshire Regimental Journal” (Aug. 1915),
says: “We have to record another heavy loss to this battn., which has
suffered so many. Our ‘doctor,’ Capt. Gwynne, was shot through the
head by a sniper when on an errand of mercy. On the night of 8–9 July,
the battn. was relieved ... in the trenches captured by the brigade
from the Germans on the 6th. Capt. Gwynne went up to the trenches
shortly after daybreak, to ascertain whether all the wounded had been
evacuated. Several had not been observed in the dark, and he attended
to each of them. He was informed that a bomber of the Rifle Brigade
was lying with his hand blown off in a shallow trench, which was not
approachable in daylight. Reckless as ever of his personal safety when
a wounded man was in question, he proceeded there and had accomplished
his task, when a sniper shot him through the head. Capt. Gwynne, with
one exception, was the senior member of the battn. in point of service
out here, he having joined us at the Chateau de Fontenelles, near
Ligny, during the retreat. We all considered him as one of the battn.,
and for a long time he had been performing the thankless task of Mess
President. A friend of all, with the true sympathy to suffering, as
all doctors have, we regarded his death as our last and one of our
greatest sacrifices to the Ypres salient.” A brother officer wrote:
“Gwynne seems to have made an enormous reputation for his courage. The
whole district round here resounds with his name. The men who knew
him here will talk of him to their dying day. I’ve heard of him all
along the Front now. Everywhere he has been excellent at his work,
and made a tremendous reputation for courage. And it requires courage
to do the things he has done.” Capt. Gwynne was mentioned in F.M. Sir
John French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, and was awarded the Military
Cross. The incident which won him this decoration was the rescue of
a soldier under heavy shell fire, whose leg he saw was shot off by a
“Jack Johnson,” whilst his comrade was blown to pieces. Capt. Gwynne
instantly rushed out and carried the man to safety. His yr. and only
brother, Lieut. Owen Perrott Gwynne, 92nd Punjabis, was killed on
active service at Mesopotamia six months later at the age of 25.
[Illustration: =John Fitzgerald Gwynne.=]
=GWYNNE, OWEN PERROTT=, 2nd Lieut., 92nd Punjabis, Indian Army,
_s._ of the late Charles Nelson Gwynne, M.D., M.A., Senior
Surgeon, Christ Hospital, Sheffield, etc., by his wife, Grace Maunsell
(11, Prince of Wales’ Mansions, Battersea Park, S.W.), dau. of the late
Samuel Hanna, Resident Magistrate, co. Wicklow; _b._ Sheffield, 19
May, 1890; educ. Lorretto, Musselburgh (1903–7) and afterwards had five
years’ training in engineering at the Sheffield University Technical
School and with Vickers, Maxim & Co., Sheffield. On leaving there in
1913 he was appointed Engineer to the Dunsinane Tea Plantation, Ceylon.
On the outbreak of the European War he joined the Ceylon Planters’
Rifle Corps, 7 Sept. 1914, and was sent to Suez. He was gazetted 2nd
Lieut. to the 92nd Punjabis, 7 Jan. 1915; accompanied the relief
Expedition sent to Mesopotamia, 11 Dec. 1915, and was killed in action
there, 7 Jan. 1916, being shot through the head while in charge of two
machine guns at Sheik Saad, on the Tigris; _unm._
[Illustration: =Owen Perrott Gwynne.=]
=HABBLETT, HAROLD=, Private, No. 396, B Coy., 16th Battn. 4th
Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of the late George
Habblett, of Goole, Platelayer on North Eastern Railway, by his wife,
Hannah, dau. of Anson Bowskin, of Barrow-on-Humber, Lincolnshire;
_b._ Goole, co. York, 1 March, 1892; educ. Skelton; emigrated
to Western Australia in 1911; worked in the bush; volunteered on the
outbreak of war; left for Egypt with the second contingent; took part
in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and died at sea on
board H.M. Hospital Ship Gascon, 4 May following, of wounds received in
action there.
=HACK, CHARLES EDWARD=, Capt., 1st Battn. Connaught Rangers,
2nd _s._ of the late William Lionel Frederick Hack, of Silk
Willoughby, by his wife, Emily Elizabeth Louisa (The Cottage, Thruxton,
Andover), dau. of the Rev. Jacob Montagu Mason, Rector of Silk
Willoughby (by his wife, Louisa Maria, eldest dau. of Sir Joseph Burke,
of Glinsk, 11th Bart.); _b._ Silk Willoughby, co. Lincoln, 29
Aug. 1877; educ. Bedford School, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to 1st
Connaught Rangers from the Sligo Artillery (Militia), 1 Dec. 1897; and
promoted Lieut. 9 April, 1900, and Capt. 17 May, 1904. He served in the
South African War, 1899–1902, took part in the advance on and relief
of Ladysmith, including the action at Colenso; the operations of 17–24
Jan. 1900, and action at Spion Kop; operations of 5–7 Feb. 1900, and
action at Vaal Kranz; operations on Tugela Heights (14–27 Feb. 1900,
including the assault of Hart’s Hill, when the Connaughts’ casualties
were over 600), and action at Pieter’s Hill, operations in Natal, March
to April, in Cape Colony, April; in the Orange Free State, May; and
in the Transvaal, May and June, and east of Pretoria, July to Dec.
1900, including action at Riet Vlei; also in those in Cape Colony and
the Orange Free State, Dec. 1900 to June, 1901, and in Cape Colony,
June, 1901, to 31 May, 1902, and was mentioned in Despatches [London
Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901], and awarded the Queen’s medal with five clasps
and the King’s medal with two clasps. From June, 1911, to 1914, he was
Adjutant of his battn. in India, and had the Delhi Durbar medal, and
on the outbreak of war left for France with the Indian Expeditionary
Force, under Lieut.-Gen. Sir James Willcocks, in Sept. 1914. He was
killed in action while leading an attack on the German trenches near
Laventie on the night of 4–5 Nov. following; _unm._ He fell in the
enemy’s trench, and his body was not recovered. His commanding officer,
Lieut.-Col. Ravenshaw, C.M.G., wrote: “No braver or more well-liked
officer ever served in the Connaught Rangers, and though personally I
only knew him for a short time, there was no officer in the regt. of
whom I had a higher opinion.” And the Acting Adjutant wrote: “It is
useless to try and express what we feel, to all of us as it were he
represented the battn.”
[Illustration: =Charles Edward Hack.=]
=HACKER, ARTHUR ALFRED=, Trooper, No. 13/487, 3rd Auckland Mounted
Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Thomas Hacker;
_b._ Swindon, co. Wilts, 29 Dec. 1886; educ. Sandford Street
School there; went to New Zealand; volunteered and joined the New
Zealand Expeditionary Force in the autumn of 1914; left for Egypt in
Oct., took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and
was killed in action there, 19 or 26 May following; _unm._
=HACKETT, JOHN HENRY=, 2nd Yeoman of Signals (R.F.R., B. 2433),
205808, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HADFIELD, WILFRID JOHN MACKENZIE=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. (Prince
of Wales’ Volunteers) South Lancashire Regt., only _s._ of
Major-Gen. Charles Arthur Hadfield, by his wife, Florence Elizabeth,
dau. of the late Rev. Octavius Bathurst Byers, Vicar of Christ Church,
Croydon; _b._ Southsea, 11 Jan. 1889; educ. Norman’s Preparatory
School; “The New Beacon,” Sevenoaks; Repton School; “Army School,”
Stratford-on-Avon, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted
2nd Lieut. to the South Lancashire Regt. 6 Nov. 1909, and promoted
Lieut. 17 April, 1912; went to France with his battn. as Battn.
Transport Officer, and was seriously wounded in the Battle of the
Marne on 6 Sept., dying in the Civil Hospital at Angers, France, four
days later, 10 Sept. 1914; _unm._ Buried in cemetery at Angers
the following day, the French garrison attending and rendering full
military honours. Lieut.-Col. C. Wanliss, commanding his battn., wrote:
“He was a splendid officer, and his loss to the regt. is irreparable.
He worked day and night with the transport, and had he lived would
certainly have received special recognition”; and Lieut.-Col. G.
Ashworth, who succeeded to the command, declared: “Whenever he was
ordered to do anything he did it thoroughly, and put all his energies
into it.” Brig.-Gen. D. G. Prendergast, who had previously for four
years commanded the battn., wrote from Cairo: “Wilfrid was a splendid
soldier and an English boy. I took the greatest interest in him because
I could see he meant to go ahead and rise to the top of his profession
if possible.” Lieut. Hadfield was a keen rifle shot, and winner of the
first prize at the Officers’ Competition, Salisbury Rifle Meeting, in
July, 1914.
[Illustration: =Wilfrid John M. Hadfield.=]
=HADLEY, ALFRED THOMAS=, S.P.O. Stoker, P.O., 305457, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HAGGARTY, PATRICK=, Private, No. 16717, A Coy., 11th (Service)
Battn. The Royal Scots, _s._ of John Haggarty; _b._ Greenock,
2 Nov. 1885; educ. St. Mary’s Public School there; enlisted 24 Dec.
1914; and was killed in action at Ypres, at 8 a.m., 4 July, 1915, by a
shell. “He had just drawn his breakfast and was on his way back to his
part of the trench, when a high explosive shell came over and struck
him in the mouth, killing him and the Sergt. of his Coy. They were both
buried beside the Headquarters about 30 yards from where they were
killed.” His commanding officer, Capt. R. Wemyss-Campbell, wrote that
“he was a good soldier and did his duty to the last.” He _m._ at
Greenock, 17 Feb. 1911, Helen (34, Shaw Street, Greenock), dau. of (--)
(and Mary, née McIntyre) Sweeney; _s.p._
=HAGUE, JAMES=, Private, No. 10890, 2nd Battn. Durham L.I.,
_s._ of the late George W. Hague, of Newcastle, by his wife,
Katie; _b._ Newcastle, 4 June, 1884; educ. Gateshead; was a Miner;
served six years in the Army; re-enlisted 3 Oct. 1914; went to France
24 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action 12 June, 1915. He _m._
at Mount Pleasant, Gateshead, 4 June, 1904, Jane (21, Derwent View,
Rowlands Gill, Newcastle), dau. of the late John (and Isabella) Holmes,
and had five children: John, _b._ 8 Feb. 1907; Katie, _b._ 2
Oct. 1905; Florence, _b._ 29 July, 1909; Maud, _b._ 18 Sept.
1912; and Jenny Armentières, _b._ 4 June, 1915.
=HAGUE, OWEN CARSLEY FREDERIC=, Lieut., 7th Battery, 2nd Brigade,
Canadian Field Artillery, eldest _s._ of Frederic Hague, of
Montreal, Advocate, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Samuel Carsley, of
Montreal; _b._ Montreal, 23 Feb. 1889; educ. High School,
Montreal, and McGill University, where he took the degree of B.Sc. in
1909, and M.Sc. in 1914. He was an electrical engineer, and practiced
his profession in Montreal. He joined the 2nd Brigade, Field Artillery,
in 1912, and with the rest of that Brigade volunteered for active
service as soon as the first Canadian Contingent was formed, going to
the Front with the 7th Battery. His brigade took part in the severe
fighting in April and May, 1915, near Ypres. It was on 2 May he was
killed. On the morning of that day he was near his battery on the bank
of the Yser Canal, St. Julien, with Lieut. Helmer, of Ottawa, when a
German heavy shell burst near them. Lieut. Helmer was killed instantly,
and Lieut. Hague died that evening. He was buried at Hazebrouck;
_unm._ Col. J. J. Creelman, commanding the 2nd Brigade, wrote as
follows: “It is with extreme regret that I write with regard to the
death of your son, and let me express my sincere sympathy with you in
your great loss. Between 22 and 28 April, when I went into hospital,
Owen had done really wonderful work as Section Commander and Forward
Observing Officer. His work was splendid, and he showed an absolute
disregard of personal safety at those times when his duties required
that he expose himself. When in hospital at Rouen I took occasion to
write to General Burstall calling attention officially to your son’s
excellent services and marked bravery during the first six days of the
fight at Ypres.”
[Illustration: =Owen Carsley F. Hague.=]
=HAIGH, JOHN HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4803), S.S.
104151, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HAINES, ALEXANDER CRICHTON COOPER=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal
Dublin Fusiliers, only _s._ of John Crichton Haines, of St.
James’s Gate, Dublin, London Manager, Messrs. A. Guinness, Son & Co.,
Ltd., by his wife, Caroline Anne, elder dau. of Austin Damer Cooper,
of Drumnigh House, St. Douloughs, co. Dublin, J.P.; _b._ Dublin,
9 Dec. 1894; educ. Cholmeley House, Eastbourne, and Elstow School,
Bedford; volunteered as a motor despatch rider in Sept. 1914, and
after a week at Chatham and another at Aldershot, went straight to the
Front. He was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Royal Dublin
Fusiliers, 1 Nov. 1914, and was promoted Lieut. in April, 1915; was
dangerously wounded at St. Julien during the Second Battle of Ypres,
25 April, 1915, and was put into a “Jack Johnson” crater by some men
of his platoon and lay there many hours before being picked up by the
ambulance. He died of wounds at No. 7 Base Hospital, Boulogne, 8 May
following, and was buried in the military cemetery there; _unm._
[Illustration: =Alexander C. C. Haines.=]
=HALDANE, ROBERT PATRICK=, Lieut., 6th (Perthshire) Battn. Black
Watch, eldest _s._ of Sir William Haldane, of 55, Melville Street,
Edinburgh, and Foswell, Auchterarder, co. Perth, W.S., Crown Agent for
Scotland, by his wife, Edith, dau. of Thomas Nelson, of Ach-na-Cloich,
Argyleshire, and nephew of Richard Burdon, 1st Viscount Haldane of
Cloan; _b._ Edinburgh, 21 July, 1893; educ. Edinburgh Academy, and
Balliol College, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 12 Aug. 1914, and promoted
Lieut. 26 Jan. 1915; went to France 2 May, 1915, and died in the Field
Hospital at Locon, 13 June, 1915, of wounds received the same day in
the trenches near Festubert, France. Buried in the British Military
Cemetery at Locon; _unm._
[Illustration: =Robert Patrick Haldane.=]
=HALE, FREDERICK THOMAS=, Rifleman, No. 2466, 9th Battn. (Queen
Victoria Rifles) The London Regiment (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Thomas
Gardiner Hale, of Salisbury, Woodriffe Road, Leytonstone, by his wife,
Beatrice Mary, dau. of the late Edgar Adams, of Brixton; _b._
New Cross, London, S.E., 29 April, 1892; educ. privately, and Leyton
Technical Institute, and on leaving there entered the service of Henry
S. King & Co., Bankers, 65, Cornhill; volunteered on the outbreak of
war, and joined the Queen Victoria Rifles in Aug. 1914; went to the
Front, 27 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Hill 60, 21 April,
following; _unm._
[Illustration: =Frederick Thomas Hale.=]
=HALEY, RICHARD ERNEST=, Chief Shipwright, 166625, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HALFACRE, HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3269), S.S. 787, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HALIBURTON, BORTHWICK=, Sapper, No. 4/1247, 1st Field Coy. New
Zealand Engineers, yst. _s._ of the late Thomas Haliburton,
Milton, Estate Overseer, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of the late
George Bruce, of Haddington; _b._ Dunoon, co. Argyle, 15 July,
1888; educ. Dunoon; went to New Zealand in April, 1910, and settled
at Napier, Hawkes Bay; was a Road Contractor; volunteered for
Imperial Service after the outbreak of war and joined the New Zealand
Expeditionary Force in Oct. 1914; left for Egypt with the second
reinforcements; went to the Dardanelles, 12 April, 1915, and was killed
in action there, 11 Dec. 1915; _unm._ Buried in Connaught Valley
Cemetery, Gallipoli.
=HALL, ALBERT=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 4562), 293310, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=HALL, ARCHIE CLYDE=, Private, No. 18775, No. 4 Coy. 1st Battn.
Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of the late (--) Hall,
by his wife Lydia Ann (2, Brookline Avenue, East Lynn, Mass., U.S.A.),
dau. of Joseph Lambertson, of Marblehead, Mass.; _b._ Brocton,
Mass., 13 June, 1893; educ. Taunton, Mass., and Charlestown, Mass.;
worked several years for the N.B. Durkee laundry and the Allerton
laundry, both of East Lynn, and on the outbreak of the European War
in Aug. 1914, immediately joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He
left Canada with the first contingent in Oct.; went to France in Jan.
1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 26 May, 1915, by a shell;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Archie Clyde Hall.=]
=HALL, ARTHUR=, A.B., 197316 Chatham, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HALL, ARTHUR GORDON=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Bedfordshire Regt.,
_s._ of Edward Hall, of 17, Southfields Road, Eastbourne, formerly
of Santaveri, Mysore, India, by his wife, Annie, dau. of William
Ferguson, of Banbridge, co. Down, and grandson of Arthur Hall, of the
Madras Civil Service; _b._ Shimogah, Mysore, India, 20 Nov. 1879;
educ. Brailfield College (May, 1891–July, 1897); joined the Militia
Battn. of the Middlesex Regt., and on 20 May, 1899, passed into the
Bedfordshire Regt., then in Dublin; became Lieut. 5 April, 1900; Capt.
6 Dec. 1906, and Adjutant, 6 June, 1909; served in the South African
War, 1899–May, 1902, with the Mounted Infantry; took part in the
operations in Cape Colony, 1899–1900, and in the fighting at Colesburg
(1 Jan.-12 Feb. 1900) and in those in the Orange Free State, Feb.-Nov.
1902, including the actions at Wittebergen and Witpoort (mentioned in
Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901], Queen’s medal with two
clasps and King’s medal with two clasps). After the close of the South
African Campaign, he served with his regt. at Gibraltar and Bermuda
and then again in South Africa, whence they were ordered home on the
outbreak of war. He was killed on the seventh day of the First Battle
of Ypres, 26 Oct. 1914; _unm._ The Adjutant of the regt. wrote
he was “killed by a sniper while in the trenches. I am told he was
looking through his glasses for the sniper when he was shot. The bullet
entered his neck and killed him instantly. His was a very great loss
to the Army and to the battn. especially, he was always so cool under
fire and so careful of his men”; and in another letter his Sergt.-Major
(now 2nd Lieut. F. J. Whitemore) said: “A and D Coys. of our regt.
were ordered to take up positions in the firing line (this was at the
first engagements at the First Battle of Ypres). The attack was carried
forward to a certain point ... the forward movement was duly carried
out, with the loss of Capt. Bassett, of A Coy., wounded, also of about
36 other officers and men killed and wounded. Capt. Hall, at great
risk to himself, proceeded to give what help was possible to all the
officers and men of A Coy., and after seeing all the wounded back, the
Capt. and I took up a position in advance, whilst the battn. entrenched
in the rear, and the words he said were to the effect that if possible
we must have revenge for the loss that was inflicted on Capt. Bassett
and his company. After waiting for some time, satisfaction was obtained
by dropping three out of a patrol of six. After the event we had a
very rough time, being continually under shell fire and fighting with
heavy odds against us--it would be impossible to enumerate the acts of
bravery ... by all ranks of our company, needless to say Capt. Hall
being the first to set the example. The night before his death he was
talking with me over the previous night’s attack and remarking how
lucky the company was to get back safely with so few casualties, and
at that time he passed a few remarks on what to do in the event of him
becoming a casualty. Unhappily he became one the following morning
about 8.20 (this was on the morning of 26 Oct. 1914). At the time we
were sitting in the trench talking over our escape earlier in the
morning ... when a stray bullet struck him and he instantly fell on me,
and on examining him I found the vein of the right side of the neck was
severed and he never spoke a word after being struck, and as nothing
further could be done, he was buried where he fell. Capt. Wetherell
and Corpl. Crouch and myself know the exact spot where he was buried.
Previous to this incident, no night passed without he and I going round
the company to look after the welfare of his men, and on most occasions
bullets were striking all around him, and I never once saw him show any
signs of fear.”
[Illustration: =Arthur Gordon Hall.=]
=HALL, BURTON HOWARD=, Capt., 98th Infantry, Indian Army, yr.
_s._ of the Rev. Samuel Howard Hall, M.A., Rector of Sproatley,
Hull, and Senior Divisional Chaplain (1st Class) T.D., 49th (W.R.)
Division (who retired after 27½ years’ service in the vol. and T.F.,
including mobilisation and active service in France and Belgium, 20
Aug. 1915), by his wife, Helen Hamilton, dau. of Dr. Burton Kendell,
of Heath House, near Wakefield, J.P.; _b._ Chesham, co. Bucks,
10 Jan. 1882; educ. Twyford School, near Winchester, Haileybury
College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. Yorkshire Regt. 8 Jan. 1901, and promoted Lieut. 19 Feb. 1904;
transferred to 98th Infantry, Indian Army, the same year, and became
Capt. 8 Jan. 1910; took part in the expedition to German East Africa,
and was killed in action there, at Tanga, 4 Nov. 1914. He _m._ at
Grove Park Church, Chiswick, 11 July, 1907, Lucie Gertrude, dau. of
the late Thomas Bannerman Grainger, and granddau. of the late Thomas
Bannerman Grainger, of Bridge House, Cuckfield, Sussex, and had two
daus.: Mollie Helen Valerie, _b._ 20 May, 1908; and Aline Betty,
_b._ 4 Jan. 1911.
=HALL, EDWARD=, E.R.A., 2nd Class, 271121, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HALL, ERNEST ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111024, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=HALL, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 6779, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 4th _s._ of George Hall, of Wickham Market; _b._
Wickham Market, co. Suffolk, 15 May, 1884; educ. National School
there; enlisted, 22 May, 1906; served three years with the Colours,
then joined the Reserve; mobilised 5 Aug. 1914; went to France
with the Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug. following, and was killed in
action at Zonnebeke, 23 Oct. 1914. He _m._ at Lopen, 28 Oct.
1909, Rosa (Pear Tree Cottage, Lopen Seavington, Somerset), dau. of
William Harris, and had three children: William Frederick, _b._
3 May, 1910; Ethel Florence, _b._ 1 Oct. 1912; and Winifred May,
_b._ 29 April, 1915.
=HALL, GEORGE WALTER=, Stoker, P.O. 309236, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=HALL, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 3209 (Ports), H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HALL, GERALD PERCY=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Highland Light Infantry,
2nd _s._ of Robert Hall, of Glen Mervyn, Glanmire, co. Cork, by
his wife, Isabel Travers, dau. of the Very Rev. R. W. Forrest, D.D.,
Dean of Worcester; _b._ Glanmire, 11 Feb. 1894; educ. Clifton
College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 4th (Extra Reserve Battn.), 23 Aug. 1913,
and promoted Lieut. 21 Aug. 1914; went to France on the outbreak of
war, and was killed in action at Ypres, 13 Nov. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Gerald Percy Hall.=]
=HALL, HARRY FRANK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5034), 180634, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HALL, HENRY=, A.B., 223106, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was
torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=HALL, HENRY JOSEPH=, Private, No. 81347, 30th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, _s._ of James Hall, of 146, Maynard Street,
Halifax, Nova Scotia; _b._ Halifax, N.S., 1889; educ. there:
joined the Canadian Militia about 1913, and on the outbreak of war in
Aug. 1914, volunteered for service overseas; left Canada with the first
contingent, and was killed in action, 22 Nov. 1915; _unm._
=HALL, JOHN FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11551, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=HALL, SYDNEY ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4056), S.S.
103873. H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov 1914.
=HALL, THOMAS ALLISON=, Armourer’s Crew, M. 3951, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HALL, THOMAS HOWARD=, Private, No. 10798, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, eldest _s._ of Thomas Hall, of 47, Broadwell Road,
Oldbury, Worcester, Blacksmith, by his wife, Annie, dau. of Dixon
Parsons; _b._ Cradley Heath, co. Stafford, 19 July, 1894; educ.
Oldbury National Schools; enlisted 16 July, 1914; went to France, 24
Oct. and was killed in the heavy fighting at Guivenchy Brickfields, 6
Feb. 1915; _unm._
=HALL, WALTER CHARLES NELSON=, Leading Cook’s Mate, M. 922, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HALL, WILLIAM=, Rifleman, No. 5312, 2nd Battn. The Rifle Brigade,
3rd _s._ of the late Charles Hall, of Macclesfield, by his wife,
Jane (28, Bridge Street, Macclesfield), dau. of George Lane, of
Bollington Cross, co. Cheshire; _b._ Macclesfield, co. Cheshire,
9 Nov. 1895: educ. Hurdsfield Boys’ School there; enlisted Jan. 1914;
went to France in Nov. and was killed in action, near Neuve Chapelle, 9
May, 1915, while bomb throwing; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “Although
he was but a youngster, he was a little hero all through and knew no
fear.”
=HALL, WILLIAM FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B.
9080), 294862, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22
Sept. 1914.
=HALLAM, WALTER, D.C.M.=, Private, No. 7540, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Samuel Hallam, Private Estate Steward; _b._
Horsham, co. Sussex, 11 May, 1886; enlisted 25 Nov. 1907; killed in
action at Rentel Woods, 11 Nov. 1914. The officer to whom he acted
as servant wrote: “We were holding the trenches in front of Ypres in
a wood just by a place called Rentel. There was a German attack in
progress, and they were firing hard at that part of the line. Hallam,
with his accustomed fearlessness, was firing, with his head well above
the parapet, and was most unfortunately shot right through the head.”
He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, 17 Dec. 1914, the
official record [London Gazette, 17 Dec. 1914], stating that he “always
volunteered and carried out successfully duties of an extraordinary
dangerous character, such as sniping and patrol work. Has shown great
qualities of nerve and resource in difficult situations.” He _m._
at Paddington, 13 Dec. 1913, Harriette Matilda, dau. of Henry George
Shore, and had a dau., Lily Edith Walter Jessie, _b._ 12 Aug. 1914.
[Illustration: =Walter Hallam.=]
=HALLAN, ROWLAND=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11413 (Ports), H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HALLER, JOHN HENRY LYLE=, Lieut. and posthumous Capt., 3rd
(Reserve), attd. 2nd, Battn. East Surrey Regt., elder _s._ of
George Haller, of Langham House, 197, Albany Street, Regent’s Park,
N.W., and 52, Leadenhall Street, E.C., Chemical Merchant, by his
wife, Agnes Mary, dau. of the late David Watts, of 17, Albert Road,
Regent’s Park; _b._ Regent’s Park, London, N.W., 21 Dec., 1894;
educ. Merchant Taylors’ School, and Lancing College, and afterwards
in France and Germany. Intended for a commercial career in connection
with applied science, he worked for some time in the laboratory of Dr.
Danysz at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, and attended a full course
of lectures in the same institution, besides doing practical work in
a manufacturing laboratory. At Lancing he had joined the O.T.C., and
was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd East Surreys, 11 May, 1912. and
served for six months in Ireland with the 1st Battn. of that Regt.;
gazetted Lieut. to the Special Reserve of the 3rd Battn 3 May, 1913, he
rejoined the 1st Battn. on the outbreak of war and went to France in
Sept. 1914. There he was transferred to the 2nd Battn. and was killed
in action near Lindenhock, Flanders, 12 March, 1915; _unm._ Capt.
S. P. White, 1st East Surreys wrote: “I had known Lyle before the war,
and for a time he was my subaltern out here. I never had a better
officer serving with me or a braver comrade. Soon after our 2nd Battn.
came out, they had great losses in officers, and needing experienced
officers to help them tide over their temporary difficulties. Lyle
was ordered by name by the Corps Headquarters to be transferred. This
battn. lost a good officer then, and one of the cheeriest and best of
companions, and now the regt. is the poorer.” Capt I. L. Le Fleming,
temporarily commanding 2nd East Surreys, wrote: “Lieut. Haller was
shot through the head by a German bullet, whilst himself firing over
the parapet at the Germans. His death was instantaneous. Lieut. Haller
had just been recommended by me for promotion to the rank of Capt.
and the letter was in my pocket-book when he was shot. I valued his
services immensely, and in him I have lost a most gallant and competent
officer. He was also my subaltern in the 1st Battn. at the end of Oct.
last year. Lieut. Haller was buried in Kemmel Churchyard, Belgium
[Grave No. 12],” and Lieut. Gudon, 2nd East Surreys: “I was within a
few yards of your son when he died. He was killed about 4.20 p.m. on
March 12, whilst actually firing at a German from over the parapet. The
exact place was about 120 yards south of Lindenhoek and about 150 yards
N.E. of a hamlet called Sparnbrook.” He was gazetted Capt. 9 April,
1915, to rank as from 2 Feb. and was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now
Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallantry in the field.
_COPY._
TEMP. CAPT. (ACTING MAJOR)
CECIL CHARLES HATFIELD HALL, D.S.O.
On the afternoon of the 26th April, orders were received that all enemy
machine gun nests and snipers were to be killed or captured in VILLERS
BRETONNEUX, and this duty was assigned to a certain unit in the Brigade
to carry out.
Major Hall happened to arrive at the railway station in the above
village when the last of the enemy were being dealt with.
The enemy suddenly opened up with a very heavy barrage on the railway
station, and a call was made for 20 men of the Durham L.I. to
reinforce another unit in a house which was about 50 yards from the
railway embankment. Major Hall immediately got on to the railway, and
displaying the utmost coolness and disregard for personal danger, got
together some men with a L.G. and M.G., and led them forward over the
embankment and across a road, which was being badly sniped, to the
assistance of the Regt. occupying a house, and firing on an enemy M.G.
This Officer again returned from the house and brought forward more
men, and at the same time took across a most important message from
Brigade H.Q., and at this time the occupied house was then being
shelled very heavily by the enemy, he again came back to the railway,
and took across to the French troops on the right a message as to the
dispositions, etc., of our own men, he then returned for the third time
to the house, and organised the men he had led across, and rendered
most valuable services in withdrawing men of another unit and helping
the wounded.
Without doubt, the cool and brilliant example set by this Officer at a
very critical moment inspired all the men with the greatest confidence.
B. C. JAMES, Lieut.-Colonel,
Cmdg. 22nd Bn. Durham L.I. (Pioneers).
[Illustration: =John H. L. Haller.=]
=HALLETT, ARTHUR=, Ship’s Steward’s Assistant, M. 1451, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HALLETT, THEO BENNETT=, Trooper, No. 1884, Royal Horse Guards,
yst. _s._ of the late George Henry Hallett, for many years H.B.M.
Vice-Consul at Ghent, by his wife, Clara, dau. of the late John Lewis,
of St. Albans; _b._ Ghent, 22 Feb. 1897; educ. L’Athenée Royal,
Ghent; after the German occupation came to England with his family, 21
Aug. 1914; volunteered and enlisted in the Royal Horse Guards, Oct.
1914; went to France, April, 1915, and was killed in action on the
Menin Road, Hooge, near Ypres, 13 May, 1915, while crossing an open
space with his regt. with three machine-guns firing on them; _unm._
[Illustration: =Theo Bennett Hallett.=]
=HALLETT, WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman, 202703, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HALLIDAY, JAMES STOREY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5791), 177204, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=HALLIDAY, JOHN ALEXANDER=, Capt., 11th Hussars, eldest _s._
of the late John Halliday, of Chicklade House, co. Wilts (_d._
13 Feb. 1915), by his wife, Maria (_d._ 25 Feb. 1916), dau. of
Richard Brown, of Ebbw Vale, Monmouth; _b._ 10 April, 1875; educ.
Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. from
Militia to the 11th Hussars, then in India, 5 Jan. 1898, and promoted
Lieut. 3 March, 1900, and Capt. 18 March, 1905; served in the South
African War on the Staff as Special Service Officer, 25 July to 22 Aug.
1901, and as Signalling Officer, 23 Aug. 1901 to 14 June, 1902 (Queen’s
Medal with five clasps); was Adjutant 11th Hussars, and afterwards of
the Leicestershire Yeomanry; went to France with the Expeditionary
Force, 15 Aug. 1914; served through the retreat from Mons, the Battle
of the Marne, the 1st Battle of Ypres, &c., and died in the Duchess of
Westminster’s Hospital at Le Touquet, 13 Nov. 1914, of wounds received
in action at Messines, 31 Oct. previously; _unm._ Capt. Halliday
was a good all-round athlete, and was in both cricket and football
elevens at Harrow; capt. of the Gymnasium eight; champion heavy weight
boxer for the Public Schools Competition at Aldershot, 1894, and threw
the hammer for Cambridge in the University Sports, 1896–7. He was well
known in the hunting-field in Ireland and South Wiltshire.
[Illustration: =John Alexander Halliday.=]
=HALSALL, EDWARD=, Private, No. 3817, 10th Battn. (Scottish)
King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), only surviving _s._ of Frederick
Halsall, of Hougoumont, St. James’ Road, New Brighton, co. Chester,
General Merchant, by his wife, Caroline Elizabeth, dau. of Frederick
(and Caroline) Middleton; _b._ Rock Ferry, co. Chester, 27 Oct.
1882; educ. Wallasey Grammar School; joined the Liverpool Scottish when
the Battn. was first formed and served five years. He was in business
with the Johnstone Line, Liverpool, and on the outbreak of war when
some of their ships were taken over by the Government for military
purposes, asked for and obtained permission to join the s.s. Rowanmore
to assist in transport work. At the end of two months the Rowanmore
was recalled and he then rejoined his old regt., and though offered
a commission elected to serve as a private. He left for France in
Jan., and was shot by a sniper in action near Ypres, 17 March, 1915;
_unm._ Halsall was a member of the New Brighton Football Club and
of the West Cheshire Yachting Club, and in connection with the latter
had held the cup and won several prizes; he was also a keen golfer.
[Illustration: =Edward Halsall.=]
=HALSEY, JOHN=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., B. 3747), 299252,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=HALSTEAD, ARTHUR FREDERICK=, Lieut., 15th Rifle Brigade, attached
to 1st Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, only _s._ of Arthur
Frederick Halstead, of Sale, co. Chester, M.I.Mech.E., A.C.I.S.;
_b._ Rosario de Sante Fé, Argentine Republic, 26 May, 1893;
educ. High School, Sale, and Shrewsbury School; was an articled pupil
with the firm of Jones, Crewdson and Youatt, of Manchester, chartered
accountants, but enlisted in the 8th Rifle Brigade following the
outbreak of war, 30 Aug. 1914; was given a commission two months later,
1 Nov., and promoted Lieut. the 14th of that month. He was killed in
action on the night of 28–29 June, 1915, during a counter-attack by
the Turks on the British lines, and was buried on the west side of the
Saghir (Dene) Mullah, Gallipoli; _unm._ His commanding officer
wrote to his father that on this occasion “he was sent out with a
platoon to reinforce the left of our line.... It was a very dark night
and a very unfortunate one, as we lost 10 officers killed and one
wounded”; and added: “The regt. being in the open and enveloped by
Turks, I should like to tell you it was due to the gallantry of your
son and other officers on that flank that a very serious situation did
not arise.” Sergt. P. Doyle, No. 7 Platoon, X Coy., in sending Lieut.
Halstead’s identity disc, said “his untimely end created a terrible
blow to us (the platoon), who absolutely idolised and admired him for
his fearlessness. There is scarcely a day that passes in the trenches
but what his name is not mentioned in loving memory by those with whom
he came in contact.” Lieut. Halstead was a fine athlete and had won
his colours at Shrewsbury both for long distance running and cricket.
He was a member of the Liverpool Ramblers, Brooklands Cricket Club and
Sale Golf Club.
[Illustration: =Arthur Frederick Halstead.=]
=HAMBRIDGE, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 399 No. 1 Coy., 9th Battn. The
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Thomas Hambridge, of Oxford, Gas
Stoker, by his wife, Frances, dau. of William Harper, of Oxford; _b._
Chelsea, 9 Nov. 1871; educ. Edinburgh Road Board School, Notting Hill;
enlisted about 1887; and served 10 years with the colours, buying
his discharge in 1897; joined the National Reserve on its inception;
rejoined the colours 29 Dec. 1914; and died in the Military Hospital,
Neasden, 4 April, 1915, of syncope. He _m._ at Christ Church, North
Kensington, 29 Dec. 1889, Emma Elizabeth (16, Appleford Road, North
Kensington), dau. of Robert Rogers, and had eight children; William.
L.-Corpl., No. 6347, 3rd Dragoon Guards, now on active service, _b._
9 Nov. 1890, _m._; Frederick Thomas, _b._ 6 April, 1893, _m._; Joseph
Robert, _b._ 17 Aug. 1905; Amy Emma, _b._ 6 May, 1895, _m._ to a
sailor; Elizabeth Rose, b. 9 Aug. 1897, _m._ soldier; Eleanor Mary,
_b._ 20 Feb. 1900; Ada Alexandra, _b._ 1 Dec. 1902; and Vera Grace,
_b._ 26 March, 1914.
[Illustration: =William Hambridge.=]
=HAMER, HUBERT JAMES TUDOR=, Lieut., 108th Infantry, attached
101st Grenadiers, Indian Army, 2nd _s._ of the late John Parry
Hamer, of Glan-yr-Afon Hall, co. Salop, J.P. (formerly 8th King’s
Regt.), by his wife, Sarah Margaret (Bronheulog, Llansilin, Oswestry),
dau. of the late Owen Davies Tudor, Barrister-at-Law; _b._
Glan-yr-Afon Hall aforesaid, 12 Feb. 1883; educ. privately owing to
delicate health; enlisted in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in 1904, having
previously held a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 4th (Militia) Battn.
of that regt.; served for three years in the ranks, and was gazetted
2nd Lieut. to his father’s old regt., the King’s Liverpool Regt., 28
Aug. 1907. He obtained his transfer to the Indian Army in Feb. 1909,
entering the 108th Infantry, in which he was promoted Lieut. 28 Nov.
following. In Sept. 1914, he was attached to the 101st Grenadiers
(link battn. to the 108th Infantry) for service in East Africa, and
was killed in action at Tanga while leading his men in the attack on
that place, 4 Nov. 1914. The official communiqué states that “as an
important German railway terminus was reported to be weakly held, a
force was sent from British East Africa to seize it. On the evening
of 2 Nov. one and a-half battns. were landed within 2 miles of the
place and at once advanced. This small force became heavily engaged
just outside the town, but as the enemy were in much superior strength
it was compelled to fall back and await reinforcements. At 11 a.m. on
the 4th the attack was renewed. When within 800 yards of the position
the troops engaged came under very heavy fire. On the left flank, in
spite of heavy casualties, the 101st Grenadiers actually entered the
town and crossed bayonets with the enemy. The North Lancashire Regt.
and Kashmir Rifles on the right pushed on in support under very heavy
fire, and also reached the town, but found themselves opposed by tiers
of fire from the houses, and were eventually compelled to fall back
to cover, 500 yards from enemy’s position. The losses were so heavy
and the position so strong that it was considered useless to renew
the attack, and the force re-embarked and returned to its base to
prepare for future operations. From recent reports just received the
total casualties in this unsuccessful operation were 795, including
141 British officers and men.” Lieut.-Col. Baldock, 108th Infantry,
wrote that Hamer was “a very able and zealous officer, and it is only
a few weeks ago that the good work done by him in the training of
the regimental signallers was the subject of favourable comment in
regimental orders. As his commanding officer I always found him keen on
his work and honest and straightforward in all his actions, in fact,
a true officer and a true gentleman, whose loss will be deeply felt
by the regt.”; and Capt. M. L. A. Gompertz, 108th Infantry, attached
101st Grenadiers, in a letter giving particulars of the action, wrote:
“Unfortunately the regt. was widely extended and we were on opposite
flanks, so that I can only give you hearsay news about your son, and
as after the engagement, which was extremely heavy, we had to retire,
we were unable to recover our dead, who were buried by the Germans
(who treated our wounded with the greatest courtesy and kindness). I
could not see his body. We lost seven British and six native officers,
but one of the native officers who was with your son escaped, wounded.
He tells me your son was leading his men on when he was shot in the
throat and died instantaneously.” Two of his brothers are on active
service: John Lawton Parry Hamer, of Glan-yr-Afon Hall, Lieut., 4th
Battn. King’s Shropshire L.I. from 1909, now Capt. 2nd Garrison Battn.
King’s Liverpool Regt.; and Lieut.-Commander Richard Lloyd Hamer,
R.N., lately Flag Lieut.-Commander to Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Peirse,
Commander-in-Chief, East Indies.
[Illustration: =Hubert James T. Hamer.=]
=HAMER, WILLIAM SHADRACH=, A.B., 215151, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HAMILTON, CHARLES=, Stoker (Native), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HAMILTON, FREDERICK CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6099), 192278,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HAMILTON, JOHN GEORGE=, Stoker, R.N.R., 2128T, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HAMILTON, ROBERT, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8575),
S.S. 104942, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the
North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=HAMILTON, ROBERT PEAT=, Private, No. 29555, 16th Battn. (Canadian
Scottish) Canadian Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of William
Mackintosh Hamilton, of Forres, co. Moray, draper, by his wife, Helen
Anne, dau. of Robert Peat of Forres, Solicitor; _b._ Forres, 16
Aug. 1881; educ. Forres Academy; was for several years in the office
of Messrs. T. & R. Ranken, W.S., Edinburgh, and passed as a solicitor
before going to Canada in 1913. He enlisted at Vancouver on the
outbreak of the war in Aug. 1914; came over with the first contingent
in Oct., trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter; went to France
Feb. 1915, and was killed in action, near Ypres, 22 April, 1915. He
was a Brother of the Lodge of Edinburgh (Mary’s Chapel) No. 1. He
_m._ at Edinburgh, 1 Nov. 1914, Mary Cowie Ford, yst. dau. of the
late Robert Lawrie, of Edinburgh.
=BUCHANAN-BAILLIE-HAMILTON, ARTHUR=, Capt., 1st Battn. Seaforth
Highlanders, 2nd surviving _s._ of the late John Baillie
Buchanan-Baillie-Hamilton, of Arnprior, co. Perth, J.P., D.L.
[gt.-gdson. of the Hon. George Baillie, of Jerviswood, yr. brother of
Thomas, 7th Earl of Haddington], by his wife, Catherine Elizabeth Grace
(Cambusmore, Callander, and Strathyre), only dau. and heir of Alexander
Buchanan, of Arnprior; _b._ Cambusmore, Callander, co. Perth, 2
June, 1876; educ. Winchester. On the outbreak of the Boer War he joined
the City of London Imperial Volunteers in Jan. 1900, taking part in
operations in the Orange Free State, the Transvaal (including actions
near Johannesburg, Pretoria, Diamond Hill, and Lydenberg), and Cape
Colony (Queen’s medal with five clasps). Gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the
Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs), 22 May, 1901, he was employed
with the West African Frontier Force from Nov. 1902 to March, 1906,
rendering signal service in the Kano-Sokoto Campaign (medal and clasp),
and was promoted Lieut. 17 April, 1905, and received his company 8
Nov. 1911. From March, 1911, to March, 1914, he was Adjutant of the
6th Battn. Black Watch, Perthshire Territorial Force. Arriving with
his regt. in Flanders in Oct. 1914, he was constantly in the trenches
from that date, including the fighting before and at Neuve Chapelle,
till he fell leading his company into action at the commencement of the
attack on Festubert, 9 May, 1915. Buried south of Neuve Chapelle, close
to the La Bassée Road. Capt. A. B.-Baillie-Hamilton was mentioned in
F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915. He _m._ at St.
John’s Episcopal Church, Edinburgh, 8 March, 1906, Ina Erskine, dau.
of Sir Malcolm McNeill, C.B., Edinburgh, and niece of the late Sir
John McNeill, of Colonsay, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., V.C.; _s.p._ Two of
Capt. B.-Baillie-Hamilton’s brothers, Commander M. B.-Baillie-Hamilton,
R.N., and Major N. A. B.-Baillie-Hamilton, Black Watch, are now (1916)
serving with the Forces.
[Illustration: =A. B.-Baillie-Hamilton.=]
=HAMMOND, FREDERICK=, Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 926), 283493, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HAMMOND, GEORGE THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 7153), 192160, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HAMMOND, GILBERT PHILIP=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. King’s Own
Scottish Borderers, elder _s._ of the late Frederick Hammond,
formerly a partner in the firm of Hammond & Co., Bankers, of Newmarket,
by his wife, Florence Amy (The Cottage, Great Finborough), dau. of the
Rev. John Denny Gilbert, Chedgrove Manor, Norfolk; _b._ Newmarket,
co. Cambridge, 24 Nov. 1891; educ. Sandroyd, Cobham, Surrey, and
Culvers Close, Winchester, where he played football for Commoners XV’s,
and was described by the school magazine as one who is “never beaten
and knows no fear”; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd K.O.S.B. from Special
Reserve, 4 Dec. 1912; was in Dublin with his regt. during the street
fighting in July, 1914, and gave evidence at the subsequent inquiry;
went to France with the Expeditionary Force the following month, and
was killed at the Battle of Le Cateau, 27 Aug. 1914, his Coy. being cut
off during the retreat; _unm._ A brother officer wrote: “He showed
great bravery in the fight at Mons, and saved three women from a house
under very heavy shell fire.”
[Illustration: =Gilbert Philip Hammond.=]
=HAMMOND, HARRY=, Blacksmith, 341183, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action
in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HAMMOND, MARK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1379), 197787, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HAMMOND, SAMUEL HENRY=, A.B., 195418 (Chatham), H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HAMMOND, THOMAS VERRAN=, Private, No. 406, 2nd Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of William Charles Hammond, of Clyde,
Australia, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of (--) Verran; _b._ Orange,
New South Wales, 21 July, 1894. On the outbreak of war he enlisted in
the Australian Imperial Force, and left with the 2nd Battn. for the
Dardanelles, where he was wounded in action. He died, after having his
leg amputated, at Valletta Hospital, Malta, 24 July, 1915, and was
buried in Malta; _unm._
=HANCOCK, ALBERT EDWARD=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24704 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=HANCOCK, CHARLES WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., 7691 (R.F.R., Ch.
B. 1050), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HANCOCK, ERNEST WILLIAM=, Signalman, 236455, H.M.S. Cressy; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HANCOCK, JOHN=, Ordinary Seaman, R.N.V.R. (Sussex), 296, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=HANCOCK, RALPH ESCOTT, D.S.O.=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Devonshire
Regt., only _s._ of Francis Escott Hancock, of Ford, Wiveliscombe,
Somerset, by his wife, Guita, dau. of Patrick Vans Agnew Reid;
_b._ Llandaff, co. Glamorgan, 20 Dec. 1887; educ. Rugby;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Battn. Devonshire Regt. 29 Jan. 1908, and
promoted Lieut. 1 Feb. 1911; served with his regt. at Crete, Malta,
and Alexandria, returning to the depôt at Exeter in 1912; went to
France, 30 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Festubert, 29 Oct.
1914, whilst endeavouring to reinforce another company who were in
difficulties. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s
Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, and was awarded the D.S.O., having “on 23
Oct. displayed conspicuous gallantry, in leaving his trench under very
heavy fire, and going back some 60 yards over absolutely bare ground to
pick up Corpl. Warwick, who had fallen whilst coming up with a party of
reinforcements. Lieut. Hancock carried this non-commissioned officer
to the corner of a haystack, and then returned to his trench.” At
Rugby he played for two seasons in the first XI, and at Malta played
in the polo team that won the Regimental Cup, and also captained the
Army Polo Team _v._ the Navy at Malta. He won several prizes for
rifle shooting, and played cricket and football for the County of
Somerset. He was a well-known follower of the West Somerset and East
Devon Foxhounds, and won the East Devon Heavyweight Point-to-Point in
1913 and 1914, on horses taught and trained by himself. He _m._
at Milverton, 17 Sept. 1913, Mary Hamilton, dau. of the Rev. Philip
Palfrey Broadmead, of Olands, Milverton, Somerset, and left a son,
Patrick Frank, _b._ 20 June, 1914.
[Illustration: =Ralph E. Hancock.=]
=HANCOCK, WALTER=, Corpl., No. 1603, 14th Battn. (Mounted Military
Police) Australian Imperial Force, only _s._ of the late William
George Hancock, of 379, High Street, Brentford, Refreshment House
Keeper, by his wife, Fanny (27, Wingfield Place, Halfway Street,
Sidcup, Kent), dau. of William Holness, of Hartford; _b._ Mile
End Road, London, 26 Feb. 1887; educ. Private School (Mrs. Saunders),
Brentford; went to Australia, 23 April, 1912, and settled at
Sandringham; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and enlisted in the
Commonwealth Force, Sept. 1914; left for Egypt, Jan. 1915, and died
in No. 15 General Hospital, Alexandria, 8 Jan. 1916, of enteric fever
contracted while on active service; _unm._
[Illustration: =Walter Hancock.=]
=HANDFIELD, CHARLES REGINALD=, Corpl., No. 579, Natal Light Horse,
6th _s._ of the late Frederick Oliver Handfield, by his wife,
Mary Ellen (Hampton, near Melbourne), dau. of Edward Tatham, of Leeds,
England; _b._ at South Yarra, Melbourne, 26 Aug. 1878; educ. East
Malvern Grammar School; went to South Africa 1901, joined the Natal
Light Horse 1914 at outbreak of war, and died of wounds received at the
Battle of Gibeon, German South-West Africa, 6 May, 1915; _unm._
=HANDLEY, THOMAS FREDERICK JAMES=, Driver, No. 2225, Kent Fortress
R.E. (T.F.), _s._ of the late Thomas Richard Handley, East Surrey
Regt. (who died at Moori River, 29 May, 1900, in the South African
War), by his wife, Eliza; _b._ Old Kent Road, London, S.E., 23
April, 1896; educ. High Brooms Council School, Tunbridge Wells; was in
the employ of the Tunbridge Wells Co-operative Society; enlisted 25
May, 1915; left England for the East 20 Sept. 1915, and was drowned in
a collision in H.M.S. Hythe, 28 Oct. 1915; _unm._
=HANDS, ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1393), 126838, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HANDYSIDE, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4304), S.S.
102571, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HANES, GEORGE=, C.P.O., 151083, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action
off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HANKINSON, HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109526, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HANLON, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2161), 228961, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HANNA, JOHN WEIR=, Leading Seaman, S.S. 2626, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HANNAN, HENRY MONTEITH=, Jun., Lieut.-Col., 1/8th Scottish Rifles
(The Cameronians) (T.F.), _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Henry Monteith
Hannan, of 2, Huntly Gardens, Glasgow, formerly 8th Scottish Rifles,
by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Francis Hay Thomson, of Glasgow, M.D.;
_b._ Glasgow, 9 Jan. 1874; educ. Kelvinside Academy, and was a
member of the firm of Stewart & Lloyd, of Glasgow. Like his father and
five brothers, he began his military career in the 1st Lanark Rifle
Volunteers, about 1894. He joined A Coy. 1st L.R.V., and was for two
years a member of the mounted detachment of that regt., during which
time he took the Army Ambulance Certificate and passed his Sergt.’s
Proficiency Examination. He afterwards joined the 4th Lanark Rifle
Volunteers, now the 8th Scottish Rifles; received a commission as
Lieut. 13 March, 1895, and had charge of D Coy. for several years,
and on being promoted Capt. 16 Jan. 1901, was reposted to his old F
Coy. On the outbreak of the South African War he reverted for the
time being to the rank of lieut. in the 2nd Volunteer Service Company
of the 2nd Battn. Scottish Rifles, and served through that campaign,
1901–2. He took part in the operations in Cape Colony and the Orange
Free State, April, 1901; in the Transvaal, April to Sept. 1901, and
on the Zululand Frontier of Natal, Sept. to Oct. 1901, and received
the Queen’s medal with five clasps and the honorary rank of Lieut. in
the Army, 23 June, 1902. On his return home he underwent courses of
training at Maryhill and Hythe, and was appointed Brigade-Major of the
Scottish Rifle Brigade, 22 May, 1905, which appointment he held for
six years. On 2 Nov. 1907, he attained his Majority. On the formation
of the Territorial Force his appointment was extended until 1911,
when he became second in command, and two years later, 12 Feb. 1913,
was gazetted Lieut.-Col. Commanding the 8th Scottish Rifles. When the
European War began he volunteered for foreign service, and left with
his regt. for the Dardanelles, 17 May, 1915, and was killed in action
at Cape Helles, 21 June, 1915. Brigadier-General W. Scott-Moncrieff
(since killed in action), wrote to his widow: “I looked on Col. Hannan
as perhaps the best Commanding Officer in my Brigade, and I am sure
that we shall all feel his loss very deeply. It may perhaps be a little
comfort to you to know how well he has done his duty since we landed
here, but especially in the last two days, whilst he has been in the
front trenches. We were tried a little high, as we had to take over
the trenches, knowing little of trenchwork, immediately after a pretty
sharp fight. The people we relieved were too dead tired to hand things
over very regularly, and after taking over in the afternoon we were
told to expect a Turkish attack at sunset. I found, however, that the
8th Scottish Rifles were thoroughly ready for any amount of Turks.
Col. Hannan’s arrangements and organisation were excellent, and it was
perhaps a pity that the Turks did not attack that night. I have paid
a visit each day to Col. Hannan, and found him always with a thorough
command of the situation, always cheerful and quite ready to stop in
his very uncomfortable dug-out as long as he might be required to be
there. This morning, I hear, he was watching a French attack through
his glasses, and then stepped off the banquette, putting his hands into
his pockets, when a bullet pinged over the traverse and caught him in
the neck just below the ear. It passed clean through his neck, and he
fell unconscious. He died very soon, never recovered consciousness,
and had no pain. Deep as your grief must be, you will always have
reason for pride in that your husband, without being a professional
soldier, has twice from the highest patriotic motives undertaken risks
which only rightly appertain to the regular soldier, that he has done
his duty to the satisfaction of all, and that he has died a straight
clean soldier’s death, deeply regretted by all his brother officers of
the 156th Brigade whatever their rank.” Col. Hannan took the keenest
interest in every branch of soldiering, and was most assiduous and
successful in recruiting for the Glasgow Territorial regts. and managed
to make spare time to help the Boys’ Brigade and the Boy Scouts. He was
a military member of the City of Glasgow Territorial Force Association,
and president of the Glasgow Division of the Boy Scouts, and had the
Territorial Decoration and the Long Service Medal. He _m._ at
Ayr, 14 Sept. 1912, Francis Ada (30, Highburgh Road, Beaumont Gate,
Glasgow), only dau. of the late David Ramsay Thomson, of Melbourne and
Walhalla, Gippsland, Australia; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Henry M. Hannan, Jun.=]
=HANRAHAN, THOMAS FREDERICK=, Private, No. 634, 1st Battn.
Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of the late Joseph John Hanrahan,
by his wife (now wife of (--) Buckles, of 28, Great Barlow Street, High
Street, Marylebone, W.), dau. of (--); _b._ Marylebone, London,
16 Aug. 1886; educ. St. James’ C.E. School there; went to Australia,
and volunteered on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined the
Commonwealth Expeditionary Force; left for Egypt with the main body;
took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and
according to the official statement was killed in action there on 2
May. A friend and comrade, Private W. J. Pastoors, however, gives the
date as 25 April. Writing 9 Nov. 1915, he said: “As I was not clear
about the exact time and place where he was hit, I referred your letter
to Coy. Sergt.-Major Wicks. He gave me full particulars as follows: On
25 April, that memorable day of landing in Gallipoli, our Coy. went
into action, and Tom being with me in the advance, we reached the fire
line together, and he occupied a position slightly on my left, forming
part of a line that held a long ridge all that day. The position we
held was well over the ridge and a couple of hundred yards down the
slope. It was an impossible position for stretcher-bearers to work
upon, and a man who could not crawl away himself would have to wait
for nightfall and help, as it was the duty of every able-bodied man to
push forward. We suffered heavily from the enemy’s fire all the time,
and at 2 o’clock, being shot in the arm myself, I had to withdraw. At
2.30 a shell burst, caught Tom, our officer, and a number of our men,
and it appeared that Tom was mortally wounded. Nothing could be done to
move him, but what could be done by bandaging him up was done. Shortly
after, the officer, Mr. May, was hit again, and this time disabled, but
he managed to retire. Tom was then sinking fast, and that night when
the rest pushed forward, Tom had passed away. After the big attack by
the Turks on 19 May, an armistice was granted on the 24th. Poor Tom was
buried on that day, 24 May, 1915. The Burial Service was conducted by
Chaplain McKenzie.” He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Thomas F. Hanrahan.=]
=HANSEN, ELWIN=, Trooper, No. 11/286, Wellington Mounted Rifles,
3rd _s._ of John Frederick Adolph Hansen, of Mangapapa, New
Zealand, Farmer; _b._ Gisborne, 11 Nov. 1892; educ. Gisborne
and Kaiti Schools; was Manager of a sheep farm at Pouawa, for Mr. T.
Fraser; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the New Zealand
Expeditionary Force; left Gisborne with the main body for Egypt in
Oct.; went to the Dardanelles in May, 1915; was wounded and reported
missing along with 31 others of the Wellington Mounted Rifles, after
the big advance on Hill 871 on 27 Aug.; and later was returned as
killed in action there, 28 Aug. 1915; _unm._ His brother Rudolph
enlisted with him, but after 11 weeks in camp was sent back as under
age, but is now on active service. Another brother, Lionel, left with
the third reinforcements and was wounded at the Dardanelles.
[Illustration: =Elwin Hansen.=]
=HANSFORD, WILLIAM GEORGE EDWARD=, Leading Cook’s Mate, 347552,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=HANSON, ERNEST=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4314), S.S.
103168, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HARDACRE, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 5827, 2nd Battn. East Lancashire
Regt.; native of Burnley; killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March,
1915, aged 37.
=HARDEN, ALLAN HUMPHREY=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Oxford and
Buckinghamshire L.I., 2nd _s._ of the late Lieut.-Col. John Edward
Harden, of the Munster and Leinster Fusiliers, by his wife, Alice Mary
(Lexden Villa, Shrub End, Colchester), dau. of the late Major-Gen.
Edwin Henry Atkinson, Madras Army, and gdson. of the late John
William Harden, Barrister-at-Law, Inner Temple, Judge of the Chester
County Court, by his wife, Angelina, 2nd dau. of Sir John Salusbury
Piozzi-Salusbury, of Bryn-bella, co. Flint; _b._ Ealing, 23 March,
1881; educ. Colchester, and Dulwich College; joined the 4th Battn.
Middlesex Regt. 6 Sept. 1899; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Oxford and
Buckinghamshire L.I. 5 Jan. 1901; was promoted Lieut. 2 Sept. 1903, and
Capt. 22 Jan. 1910; served through the South African War, 1899–1902;
took part in the operations in Cape Colony, Dec. 1900 to Jan. 1901, and
in those in the Orange River Colony, Jan. 1901 to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s
medal with two clasps and King’s medal with two clasps); and with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 12 Aug. 1914 to 21
Oct. 1914, on which date he was killed instantly by a sniper between
the villages of Langemarck and Roelcappel while bravely leading his
company into action at the First Battle of Ypres. His body was placed
in a farmhouse, which in the course of the action was destroyed by
fire. His commanding officer, Col. Davies, wrote: “Your son was one
of the best company commanders I have ever seen. He was very good in
peace, and the war gave him more opportunities of showing how a company
should be commanded. I had noticed his good work and the great trouble
he took from the very first, and I have great hopes that his name may
be mentioned in the next Despatches. He was commanding his company in
an attack, and had shown great skill in conducting the advance. At the
moment he was killed I was talking to him about the next thing to do,
when a chance bullet hit him in the head. He is a great loss to us,
for he was a fine soldier. He was fearless in action and always did
the right thing.” And Capt. Blewitt wrote: “He was never downhearted
in the depressing days of that retreat from Mons, and was so brave and
capable in all the jobs we were given to do. I shall always be proud
to have served under him, and had absolute confidence in his judgment
and arrangements”; while Lieut. Tolson declared him to have been the
best officer he had ever served under. “I shall never expect to serve
under a better one, and he inspired confidence in us all.” Capt. Harden
was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan.
1915. He _m._ at Holy Trinity Church, Brompton, 3 July, 1905,
Daisy, only dau. of the late Capt. G. Scott, late Scots Greys, and
had a son and dau.: Robert Allan George, _b._ 11 Sept. 1908; and
Daphne, _b._ 20 Aug. 1910.
[Illustration: =Allan Humphrey Harden.=]
=HARDES, JOHN=, Private, No. 2438, 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s
Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of the late Alfred
Hardes, 4th Hussars, by his wife, Matilda, dau. of William Loose;
_b._ Fulham, S.W., 3 Sept. 1895; educ. Ashburnham Higher Grade
School, Chelsea, S.W., and being left an orphan at 16, made his home
with Mr. and Mrs. Satchell, of Marlborough Buildings, with the former
of whom he went to Canada in 1912 to work on the Canadian railways.
Returning to England in 1914, he was employed by Messrs. Bull,
Builders, Vauxhall, but when war was declared volunteered and joined
the Kensingtons, 1 Sept 1914. He went to France, 6 Jan. 1915, and died
in No. 7 Clearing Station, 12 March, 1915, from wounds received at
Neuve Chapelle on the 10th; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “It happened
in the morning of the bombardment of Neuve Chapelle, where we were in
the support trenches. We were all mad with excitement, and it appears
that while Jack was jumping up to see the effect of our shells a sniper
shot him through the head.” Buried in Merville Cemetery. When 15 he
joined the Christ Church Chelsea Athletic Club, and became a member of
the Young Men’s Class, and on his return to England he rejoined and
played for the second eleven of the Melton Cricket Club, which won the
Cup in the 4th Division of the Clapham Common League.
[Illustration: =John Hardes.=]
=HARDING, ALFRED=, Private, No. 2124, 3rd Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, _s._ of Worthing Harding, of 53, Lewisham Avenue,
Lewisham Road, Smethwick, Labourer; _b._ Blue Street, Walsall, 14
Feb. 1903; educ. Smethwick and Handsworth Council Schools; emigrated to
Australia in March, 1914; volunteered and enlisted, 8 Oct. following;
and died in Malta, 21 July, 1915, of sunstroke received while on active
service at the Dardanelles, 15 July, 1915; _unm._
=HARDING, ERNEST FRANK=, Private, No. 1630, 7th Battn. The
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of George Edwin Harding, of 68,
Clonmell Road, Tottenham, by his wife, Beatrice Emma, dau. of the late
Richard Flawn, formerly of the Metropolitan Police; _b._ Friern
Barnet, co. Middlesex, 17 April, 1895; educ. St. James’s School there
and Downhills (Tottenham) Council School; was a Pianoforte Maker;
joined the Middlesex Territorials in the early part of 1912, and was
recalled with his battn. from his third annual training on the outbreak
of war and sent to Gibraltar, Sept. 1914; returned to England, Feb.
1915, and was sent to France in March, 1915, and was killed in action
at Fauquissart, France, 17 June, 1915; _unm._ He was buried in
the Rue Tilleloy there (Graveyard Square M 24A 9.7., Map 36, 3rd Ed.).
The Sergt. of his platoon wrote: “He was shot in the side whilst on
water-carrying fatigue early this morning, and died less than half an
hour after being struck.... He was under me all through his career
as a soldier, and was one of the oldest men, as regards service, in
my platoon. He will be missed by all as a hard working and efficient
soldier and a true comrade.”
[Illustration: =Ernest Frank Harding.=]
=HARDING, GEORGE=, Chief Stoker, 285296, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HARDING, HARRY=, Private, No. 9244, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
_s._ of Harry Harding, of 17, Rhoda’s Terrace, Strickland Street,
Hull, by his wife, Mary Ann; _b._ Hull, 15 Nov. 1894: educ. Daltry
Street Board School there; enlisted 2 Sept. 1911, went to France 10
Aug. 1914, and died in No. 11 General Hospital at Boulogne, 3 Nov.
1914, of wounds received in action near Ypres, 26 Oct.; _unm._
Buried in Boulogne Cemetery.
=HARDING, LIONEL COX=, 2nd Lieut., 5th Mountain Battery, R.G.A.,
eldest surviving _s._ of the late Judge Herbert Olive Denman
Harding, Madras Civil Service (who was murdered on the verandah of
the District Court, 22 Feb. 1916), by his wife, Sophia Louisa, dau.
of Col. H. W. H. Cox; _b._ Westward Ho, Devon, 23 Aug. 1895;
educ. Westward Ho Junior School, Blundell’s, Tiverton, and Royal
Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Garrison
Artillery from Woolwich, 17 Nov. 1914; left for the front with the
5th Mountain Battery, 8 Feb. 1915, and served with the Expeditionary
Force in France, Feb.-June, 1915. At Neuve Chapelle, after the capture
of the village, he spent the rest of the day under fire building
bridges across trenches and channels. On the evening of the 15 June
he successfully took his gun up a shell-swept road and got it into
position. Next morning he bombarded and destroyed a German trench
opposite for an hour and a half. His gun was then damaged and he had
to retire. He got all his men away safely and was himself leaving when
he was struck by shrapnel in ten places. He lay in the trench till
evening, unconscious most of the time--only woke twice--once to inquire
how the battle was going and once to wish to help his men to put on
the gas masks. He was removed to hospital that night, and died on the
evening of the 18th; _unm._ He was buried in a separate grave (No.
1360) in the British Military portion of the Cemetery at Bailleul.
[Illustration: =Lionel Cox Harding.=]
=HARDING, PERCY=, A.B., 221776, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship
was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=HARDING, STANLEY CUTHBERT=, Sapper, Divisional Engineer, R.N.D.,
_s._ of Edwin Banks Harding, of Manchester, Chartered Accountant,
by his wife, Eliza Gertrude, dau. of Jasint Colson, Professor of Music;
_b._ Trunk Farm, co. Hants, 1 April, 1886; educ. Collegiate
School, Aldershot; enlisted 22 Sept. 1914, following the outbreak of
war; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and died of
enteric on H.M.S. Dongola, 24 Aug. 1915; _unm._ He was buried at
sea between Malta and Gibraltar. The Major-Gen. wrote, speaking highly
of his zeal and devotion to duty, and a testimonial from General Paris
was presented to him on the field at Gallipoli on 29 July, 1915.
[Illustration: =Stanley Cuthbert Harding.=]
=HARDISTY, WILFRED=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 22817, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=HARDMAN, GEORGE=, Stoker, Petty Officer, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HARDY, LEONARD BASIL=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Worcestershire
Regt., only _s._ of Basil Edward Hardy, of 66, Ladbroke Grove,
London, W., Solicitor, by his wife, Janet, dau. of Dr. Leonard Yelf,
of Moreton-in-Marsh; _b._ Kensington, 19 March, 1895; educ.
Wootton Court, near Canterbury; Radley College, where he was Prefect
and head of his house, Colour-Sergt. in the O.T.C., in which he
obtained Certificate A., and represented the school at both cricket
and football; and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted to
the Worcestershire Regt. on 30 Sept. 1914, temporarily joining the
5th (Reserve) Battn., then stationed at Plymouth, 1 Oct. 1914. He was
promoted Lieut. on 15 Nov. 1914, and went to France on 1 Jan. 1915,
where he was attached to the 2nd Battn. He was killed in action at
Festubert, 11 Feb. following, while in command of two platoons in
the front trenches, and was buried at Gorre Chateau, near Bethune;
_unm._ He was very popular in the Regt. amongst both officers and
men, and letters from his superior officers speak of him in very high
terms.
[Illustration: =Leonard Basil Hardy.=]
=HARDY, RICHARD JOHN=, Private, No. 760, C Coy., 1st Newfoundland
Regt., 2nd _s._ of James Hardy, Tallyman and Weighmaster, at
Goodridge & Sons, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Abram Bartlett, of
Brigus, Newfoundland; _b._ St. John’s, Newfoundland, 28 Sept.
1894; educ. Bishop Field College there; was an Engineer at Reid;
volunteered after the outbreak of war and joined the Newfoundland
Expeditionary Force, 16 Dec. 1914; left for England, 5 Feb. 1915; went
to the Dardanelles, 20 Aug., and died on the Hospital Ship Neuralia, 14
Oct. 1915, of wounds received in action there; _unm._ Buried at
sea.
=HARDY, VICTOR HARRIOTT=, Lieut., 1st Battn. York and Lancaster
Regt., att. 1st Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., yst. _s._ of the
late Capt. Harmer Hardy, 18th Hussars (who served with the 97th
Regt. in the Crimea), by his wife, Helena Hester (now wife of Arthur
Nightingale), of West Hill, Sandown, Isle of Wight, dau. of John Jacob
Cruywagen, of Newlands, and nephew of the late Major-Gen. Frederick
Hardy, C.B., Col., York and Lancaster Regt., _b._ London, 26
June, 1887; educ. Farnborough Park and Eastman’s Royal Naval Academy;
was at first intended for the Navy, but after Lord Selborne nominated
him was found to be a fortnight too old, so he instead applied for a
commission in the Army. He was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the
Militia, 1 March, 1907, and was gazetted to the York and Lancaster
Regt., 20 March, 1909, and was at Blackdown with the 2nd Battn. until
Sept. of the same year, when he left for India to join the 1st Battn.
at Quetta; was promoted Lieut. 4 Oct. 1911, and after three years in
India, returned home for a while; he then went back in Sept. 1912, and
having served there a year, fell a victim to some climatic illness,
and was invalided home, during which time he passed the examination
for promotion to Capt. On mobilisation he was ordered to the 65th
Regimental District, Pontefract, and was selected for duty with the
6th (Service) Battn. of his regt. at Belton Park, near Grantham. After
the Lincolnshire had had some severe losses he was sent to the Front
with a draft of the 1st Battn. of that regt., about 30 Sept.; served in
France and Flanders, and was, it is believed, killed in an attack on a
strong German position across a tract of open country, 27 Oct. 1914. He
was buried at Neuve Chapelle; _unm._ Lieut. Hardy was keen on all
forms of sport, especially riding, and was very fond of animals; he won
the Regimental Cup in the Officers’ races while in the Special Reserve,
and when a 2nd Lieut. carried the King’s Colours on the occasion of
the visit of King George and Queen Mary to India for the Coronation
Durbar. While a boy, Lieut. Hardy won the First Prize in Sandown in a
demonstration to celebrate King Edward’s coronation in 1902.
[Illustration: =Victor Harriott Hardy.=]
=HARDY, WILLIAM FRANK=, Private, No. 179, 1st Newfoundland Regt.,
eldest _s._ of George Francis Hardy, of 60, Monroe Street, St.
John’s, Newfoundland, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of William Reid;
_b._ St. John’s, 23 Sept. 1893; educ. Springdale Street School,
St. John’s, was a Truckman; enlisted after the outbreak of war in Aug.
1914; left for England, 4 Oct. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, and was
killed in action there, 23 Sept. 1915; _unm._
=HARE, ALBERT HENRY=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 1863),
Ch./11963, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HAREWOOD, GEORGE=, Stoker (Native), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HARGRAVE, GEOFFREY LEWIS=, Private, No. 41, 13th Battn., 4th
Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, only _s._ of the
late Lawrence Hargrave, of Sydney, N.S.W., Engineer, by his wife,
Margaret (Wunulla Road, Woollahra Point, Sydney), dau. of David
Johnston, of Sydney; _b._ Sydney, 21 March, 1892; educ. Sydney
Grammar School; was an Engineer; enlisted soon after the outbreak of
war, Sept. 1914; left for Egypt in Dec.; took part in the landing at
the Dardanelles, 25 April; and was killed in action there about 24 May,
1915, being buried in Anzac Cove; _unm._
[Illustration: =Geoffrey Lewis Hargrave.=]
=HARGREAVES, HARRY=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch./1762. H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=HARGREAVES, ROBERT=, Private, No. 12/307, 6th Hauraki Coy.,
Auckland Infantry Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of
the late Peter Hargreaves, of Napier; _b._ Waipawa, New Zealand,
15 Dec. 1879; educ. Napier, Hawkes Bay; volunteered on the outbreak of
war and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Sept. 1914; left
for Egypt, 16 Oct., and was killed in action during the landing at the
Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915; _unm._
=HARKER, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4915), S.S.
104332, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HARLAND, REGINALD WICKHAM=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Hampshire Regt.,
7th _s._ of the Rev. Albert Augustus Harland, Vicar of Harefield,
Uxbridge, by his wife, Louisa Ellen, dau. of Henry Wilson; _b._
Harefield Vicarage, co. Middlesex; educ. Temple Grove, East Sheen,
Wellington College, and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. Hampshire Regt., 22 April, 1903, and promoted Lieut. 22 Dec.
1905, and Capt. 9 Aug. 1911; went to France, 20 Aug. 1914, and was
killed in action at Ploegsteert, 30 Oct. following; _unm._ Buried
in the churchyard there. A brother officer wrote: “It was a day of very
hard fighting, in spite of very heavy fire he continued to watch with
his field glasses the movements of the enemy in order to direct the
fire of his men, when a bullet struck him in the head.” Capt. Harland
won Lord Roberts’ Prize at Sandhurst as winner of the competition at
drill.
=HARLAND, WILLIAM JAMES=, Seaman, R.N.R., A. 4422, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HARLAND, WILLIAM THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6014), 226744,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HARLEY, GEORGE ALEXANDER=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 22631, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=HARLING, WILLIAM JAMES=, Leading Signalman (R.F.R., B. 1057),
143377, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=HARLOW, THOMAS HENRY=, Acting Leading Stoker, 311600, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=HARMAN, CHARLES EDWARD=, Brevet Colonel and Lieut.-Col.
Commanding 9th (Service) Battn., Royal Dublin Fusiliers, _s._
of the late James Harman, of Great Marlow, co. Bucks, by his wife,
Anna Louisa, dau. of Capt. Smith, of Bath; _b._ London, 10 June,
1855; educ. Victoria College, Jersey; gazetted Sub-Lieut. 82nd Foot,
21 Sept. 1874; transferred to 89th Foot (2nd Royal Irish Rifles), 28
Aug. 1875: promoted Lieut. 21 Sept. 1875; Capt. Connaught Rangers,
30 March, 1881; Major, 21 Jan. 1890; Lieut.-Col. 8 Feb. 1898, and
Brevet Col. 8 Feb. 1902; was Adjutant 89th Foot, 30 Nov. 1878 to 29
March, 1881, and of the 3rd Battn., 16 Sept. 1882, to 15 Sept. 1887:
was sometime second in command of the 1st Connaught Rangers, and from
1898 to 1902 was in command of the 2nd Battn. in India, where he was
for a short time A.A.G. in the Bombay Command, and in Sept. 1902,
was appointed Acting Brigadier-General, Southern Command, India; was
on Extra Regimental Employment, 27 Nov. 1902 to 13 Aug. 1904, when
he retired. On the outbreak of the European War he at once offered
his services, and on 7 Sept. 1915, was given the command of the 9th
(Service) Battn. of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, and died at Buttevant,
Ireland, 5 Jan. 1915, while on service with his regt. He _m._ at
St. James, Dublin, 2 Aug. 1883, Edith Jane Gertrude, only dau. of the
late George Edward Newland, Commandant and Inspector-General, R.T.C.,
and had two children: Henry Newland Harman, 2nd Lieut., R.F.A., now
(1916) on active service in France, _b._ 9 Jan. 1886, _m._
15 Jan. 1914, Sidney Georgina, eldest dau. of Lieut.-Col. James Lowry
Cole Acton, and has two children: Ruth Edith, _b._ South Africa,
14 Nov. 1914, and Cicely Elizabeth, _b._ 6 March, 1916; and Lilian
Ethel, _m._ 22 Sept. 1904, Col. E. P. Smith, R.F.A., who was
killed in action at the Dardanelles.
[Illustration: =Charles Edward Harman.=]
=HARMAN, GEORGE MALCOLM NIXON, D.S.O.=, Major, 2nd Battn. The
Rifle Brigade, eldest _s._ of the late Lieut.-General Sir George
Harman, K.C.B., by his wife, Helen Margaret, dau. of John Tonge, of
Starboro’ Castle, Edenbridge; _b._ London, 14 Nov. 1872; educ.
Marlborough and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Rifle Brigade, 7 Nov.
1891; promoted Lieut. 11 Oct. 1893, Captain, 1 Jan. 1898, and Major,
26 June, 1907; was employed in Uganda with the King’s African Rifles,
19 Jan. 1900, to 9 Nov. 1904, being engaged on the Anglo-German
Boundary Commission, west of Victoria Nyanza, 8 July, 1902, to 9 Nov.
1904; took part in the Expedition under Col. Delm-Radcliffe into the
Lango country, and was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 12
Sept. 1902], and awarded the medal with clasp, and the D.S.O., for
exceptional services both military and political. On returning home
in 1905 he was posted to the 4th Battn. Rifle Brigade at Chatham, and
later joined the 2nd Battn. in India. On the outbreak of war he came
home with his Battn., went to France, 6 Nov. 1914, and was killed
in action at Laventie, 27 Nov. following, by a shell; buried in the
cemetery there. He _m._ at St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington, 21 Oct.
1913, May, eldest dau. of Evan Davies Jones, of 6, Addison Road, W.,
and Pentower, Fishguard, co. Pembroke; _s.p._
[Illustration: =George M. N. Harman.=]
=HARMAN, HERBERT REGINALD=, Private, No. 669, 9th Battn.
Australian Imperial Force, only child of the late Herbert James Harman,
of Windsor, by his wife, (--), dau. of (--) Butler; _b._ Windsor,
co. Berks, 17 Dec. 1882; educ. St. Stephen’s, Clewer, Windsor; was a
Private in the old Volunteer Battn. (The Buffs), East Kent Regt., being
for three or four years battn. shot, previous to his departure for
Australia. There he was a motor mechanic at Lismore, N.S.W., but on the
outbreak of war he enlisted and left with the first contingent of the
Commonwealth Expeditionary Force for the Dardanelles. He died there on
the S.S. Ionian, 6 May, 1915, from wounds received in action, and was
buried at sea. A comrade stated: “I saw him at Gaba Tepe, at 2 o’clock,
in the thick of the fight, doing his duty manfully.” Private Harman
_m._ at Holy Trinity Church, April, 1908, Susanna Elizabeth (16,
Albany Place, Cowgate Hill, Dover), sister of Private H. C. Hart, who
died of wounds, 17 Jan. 1916 (see his notice), and dau. of John William
Hart, Master Mariner, and had one son: John Herbert Granville, buried 4
April, 1909. His brother-in-law, Private H. C. Hart, of The Buffs, was
killed in the Persian Gulf (see notice).
[Illustration: =Herbert Reginald Harman.=]
=HARMAN, JOHN BOWER=, 2nd Lieut., R.F.A., only _s._ of the
late Lieut.-Col. James Frederick Harman, R.A., by his wife, Ellen
S. (22, Egerton Terrace, S.W.), dau. of late James Norris of Castle
Hill, Bletchingley; _b._ Blackheath, 24 April, 1893; educ. St.
Christopher’s, Eastbourne; Charterhouse, and the Royal Military
Academy, Woolwich, where he was placed 2nd for riding and obtained
the Benson Memorial Prize and Cup; gazetted to the R.F.A., 19 July,
1912; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 15 Aug. 1914, and
was killed in action at the Battle of Le Cateau, 26 Aug. following;
_unm._ He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s
Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, for “gallant and distinguished service in
the Field.” He was devoted to hunting. While stationed at Bulford, the
winter before the war, he obtained his Flying Certificate. He wished to
join the Flying Corps, but was not allowed to leave his Battery (29th)
as he had so little service.
=STAFFORD-KING-HARMAN, EDWARD CHARLES=, Capt., Irish Guards,
eldest _s._ of Sir Thomas Stafford, of Rockingham, co. Roscommon,
1st Bart., C.B., J.P., D.L., by his wife, Francis Agnes, only surv.
child of the late Col. the Right Hon. Edward Robert King-Harman, of
Rockingham, P.C., M.P.; _b._ Belfast, 13 April, 1891; educ. Eton
and Sandhurst; gazetted to the Irish Guards, 9 Sept. 1911, and promoted
Lieut. 11 June, 1912, and Capt. 15 Nov. 1914; went to France, 20 Sept.
1914, and was killed in action at Klein Zillebeke, 6 Nov. following.
“He came to Mr. Vaughan’s house in 1904. Even as a Lower Boy he had a
quiet dignity, which made him as much respected as he was liked, and
this was always a characteristic which gave him a certain distinction
wherever he went. Though he was much hampered by ill-health, he gained
the House Colours, and many will remember his dashing game. In 1910, he
was in the Shooting VIII, and a Colour-Sergt., and brought the Section
Cup to his House, in the same year winning the Scott Cup and Bucks
County Cup. No boy had ever a higher standard of conduct; devoted to
all manly sport (he kept a pack of harriers in Ireland after he left
Eton), and full of Irish humour, he had at the same time the refinement
of mind of a saint, though few knew the thoughts which underlay his
life. Any boy who was weak found in him a protector, and his presence
was a silent rebuke to all meanness” (Eton College Chronicle). He
_m._ at the Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks, 4 July, 1914,
Olive, only child of Capt. Henry Pakenham-Mahon, of Strokestown Park,
co. Roscommon, Ireland, and had a daughter, Lettice Mary, _b._ 10
April, 1915.
[Illustration: =Edward C. S.-K.-Harman.=]
=HARMER, HORACE WILLIAM=, E.A., 3rd Class, M. 3062, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HARNEY, JOHN=, E.R.A. (R.N.R.), 1038 E.A., H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HARPER, GEORGE EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I., P.O. 14886, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=HARPER, WILLIAM JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8353), S.S.
104430, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=HARPER, WILLIAM PERCIVAL JOSEPH=, Stoker, 1st Class, 235017,
H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20
miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1915.
=HARRELL, HERBERT WILLIAM=, Stoker, P.O., 287426, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HARRIES, ERIC GUY=, Capt., Machine Gun Section, 1/7th Royal Welsh
Fusiliers (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Thomas Davies Harries, of Grosvenor
House, Aberystwyth, F.R.C.S., M.R.C.P. (London), J.P., by his wife,
Annette, dau. of Lionel Benson, of Royal Avenue, Chelsea, and grandson
of David Harries, of Llaneast, near Fishguard; _b._ Grosvenor
House, Aberystwyth, co. Cardigan, 30 Oct. 1892; educ. Highgate School,
London, and on leaving there served his apprenticeship as an engineer
at the Cambrian Railway Works, Oswestry. He received a commission in
the 7th (Merioneth and Montgomery Territorial) Battn., Welsh Fusiliers,
1 April, 1913, was promoted Lieut. 2 Sept. 1914, and Capt. April, 1915;
went to the Dardanelles, July, 1915, was mortally wounded on Chocolate
Hill, Suvla Bay, 10 Aug. 1915, and died on board the Hospital Ship
Euripides, on the 17th; _unm._ Buried at Mudros East, Lemnos
(Grave 49). His commanding officer, Col. Jelf-Reveley, wrote: “I am
proud to say that your son’s behaviour on Aug. 10 under fire has been
most favourably reported on by several officers. He was perfectly cool,
and led his men like a veteran.”
[Illustration: =Eric Guy Harries.=]
=HARRINGTON, JOHN JOSEPH=, 1st Class Air Mechanic, No. 486, Royal
Flying Corps, _s._ of John Harrington, of Newport, co. Monmouth,
Master Plasterer; _b._ there 24 Feb. 1888; educ. St. Mary’s Roman
Catholic School in that town; joined the Royal Monmouth Engineers in
1905 as a Sapper, obtained his discharge in 1908; for some time drove
the mail between Tredegar and Newport, and was afterwards employed at
the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company’s works at Filton, Bristol.
He joined the Royal Flying Corps, 20 Nov. 1912, and was killed in
action in the fighting around Ypres, 13 Nov. 1914; _unm._ He was
buried at a farm 1,000 yards north of Zillebeke, south-east of Ypres.
[Illustration: =John Joseph Harrington.=]
=HARRIS, ALFRED HENRY=, Petty Officer, Tel., 239886, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HARRIS, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 11622, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of James Harris, of Chaffecombe, Chard, Somerset,
Farm Bailiff, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of John Keener; _b._
Ottery St. Mary, co. Devon, 26 Dec. 1889; educ. there; was a Mason’s
Labourer; enlisted 2 Sept. 1914; went to France 21 Dec. 1914, and was
killed in action at Vermelles, Belgium, 4 Oct. 1915; _unm._
=HARRIS, BERTRAM PAGE=, L.-Corpl., No. 263, Machine-gun Section,
13th Battn., 4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, only
_s._ of Page Harris, of St. Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, by his wife,
Sarah Lucy; _b._ St. Leonard-on-Sea, 12 Nov. 1887; educ. National
School there; went to Australia in 1912, and was up country when war
was declared, and at once went to Sydney to join the Commonwealth E.F.
then forming; left for Egypt in Dec. 1914; took part in the landing
at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action at Gaba
Tepe four days later, 29 April; _unm._ His officer wrote that he
was universally liked and respected by his section; as a soldier, he
considered he had no better man, adding “he was the senior number in
his gun crew and was the first man into their gun position after the
long and distressing struggle from the shore forward, and he was our
first casualty.”
=HARRIS, CHARLES EDWIN=, Acting Chief Yeoman Signalman, 186240
Devon, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HARRIS, ERNEST GEORGE=, E.R.A., 2nd Class, 271658, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HARRIS, FREDERICK ALBERT=, Petty Officer (T.), 173534, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=HARRIS, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3716), 185125, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HARRIS, HENRY JOHN=, Petty Officer, 155005, H.M.S. Cressy; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HARRIS, JOHN AUGUSTE EMILE=, L.-Corpl., No. 2251, 2nd Battn.
Australian Imperial Force, and 2nd Lieut. Sydney Senior Cadets, eldest
_s._ of Alfred Thomas Harris, of 165, Denison Street, Waverley,
Sydney, New South Wales, Pharmacist, by his wife, Camille Marie, dau.
of Henri Prudhomme, Lieut. French Navy; _b._ Sydney, 6 Oct. 1899;
educ. at the Cleveland Street High School there. On 31 Jan. 1913, in
his 14th year, he was registered among the senior cadets, Sydney, in
compliance with the Commonwealth Defence Act; was promoted Corpl. 1
May, 1914; passed and promoted to Colour-Sergt. 17 June, 1914, and
passed for 2nd Lieut. 28 March, 1915, his appointment being confirmed a
few days before he enlisted, so that he was the youngest commissioned
officer in the Australian Commonwealth Forces. He enlisted on 2 June,
1915, and as he had passed in Musketry as “Marksman” in the cadets,
his former training held good, and he only remained a few days in the
Liverpool Training Camp, and left Sydney on 16 June, as L.-Corpl.
of the sixth reinforcements for the 2nd Battn. of the 1st Infantry
Brigade. He was about a fortnight in Cairo and was hurried off to
Gallipoli, arriving at Anzac and joining his battn. on 5 Aug. Next day,
6 Aug., he took part in the big charge on, and capture of, the Turkish
trenches at Lonesome Pine, and was officially reported killed in action
on 8 Aug. The officer in charge of the sixth reinforcements, Lieut. La
Touche, wrote to his mother from the transport in the Mediterranean:
“Your son, L.-Corpl. Harris, is with me, and I shall try to keep him
with me throughout the campaign. He is a gallant little fellow, with
the greatest of military virtues--faithfulness--and as such is of very
great assistance to his officers. If he had only a few years more
to his credit, he would make a fine officer. Meanwhile he is doing
his duty without a thought of self, and will serve his country as an
Australian gentleman should. I will try to keep him with me, and to
see after him so far as I can. Of course, my power is very limited,
but we are both in God’s hands, and He doeth all things well.” [Lieut.
La Touche was killed on 6 Aug.] Lieut.-Col. Cass, commanding the 2nd
Battn., wrote: “But you may rest assured that he took part in one of
the outstanding features of the Gallipoli fighting, and did his duty
well.” Like many other Australian boys, he was full of enthusiasm in
military matters, but his career was an all too brief one. He was only
15 years and 10 months old when he died. “Purpureus cum flos succisus
aratro.”
[Illustration: =John Auguste E. Harris.=]
=HARRIS, JOHN FREDERICK=, Private, No. 14902, 1st Battn. The Welsh
Regiment, _s._ of the late John Henry Harris, Shoemaker, by his
wife, Agnes Florence, dau. of Gabriel Evans; _b._ Neath, 11 March,
1894; educ. Council Schools there; was a steelworker; enlisted at the
outbreak of war, 29 Aug 1914; went to France, Jan. 1915, and died at
Zillebeke, 8 May, 1915, of wounds received in action there on the 3rd;
_unm._ Buried Hazebrouck Cemetery. He was a member of St. Thomas’
Choir, Neath.
=HARRIS, JOSEPH WALTER=, Lieut. 3rd (Reserve) Battn. Lincolnshire
Regt. (attd. 1st Battn.), _s._ of George Harris, of Swallowbeck,
Lincoln, Secretary of the Lincoln Co-operative Society, by his wife,
Sarah Ann, dau. of John Thacker; _b._ Lincoln, 19 June, 1889;
educ. Lincoln Grammar School, at which he won a scholarship from an
elementary school, and Nottingham University where he was a member
of the O.T.C.; graduated B.Sc. with First-class Honours, London
University, 13 Dec. 1911; devoted himself to chemical research and
became F.I.C. 15 May, 1914; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Lincolns, from
the Nottingham University, O.T.C., 15 Aug. 1914; promoted Lieut. 30
Jan. 1915; went to France 2 Dec. 1914, was attached to the 1st Battn.
of his Regt.; and was killed in action at Hooge, 3 June, 1915. He
_m._ at Grimsby, 3 Oct. 1914, Mabel (Swallowbech, Lincoln), dau.
of Joseph Laughton, of North Somercotes; _s.p._
=HARRIS, LANCELOT GRAHAM=, Private, No. 1112, 1st Battn.
Honourable Artillery Company, only _s._ of Robert Jefferson
Harris, of 21, Alexandra Road, Finsbury Park, London, formerly of
Mysore, India, Coffee Planter, by his wife, Maud Ellen, dau. of Orlando
Edmonds, of Northfields House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, J.P.; _b._
Lymington, co. Hants, 17 May, 1894; educ. Denstone College (1908–13,
6th Form Prefect; Sergt. in O.T.C.; shot at Bisley for school); Berlin
(1913); and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (1913–14, to which he
obtained an open Exhibition); joined the Honourable Artillery Company
two days after the declaration of war, 7 Aug. 1914, left for St.
Nazaire, 19 Sept.; was in the trenches from October until 27 April,
1915, when he was mortally wounded at Dickebusch by shell fire, having
both legs broken, and died there the following day, and was buried
at La Clyte Cemetery; _unm._ His Platoon Commander wrote: “His
bravery was absolutely magnificent, he was perfectly splendid all the
way through--thoroughly keen, and willing to do anything. My platoon
has lost a good soldier and a favourite companion”; and a comrade,
writing to his own father, said: “I am very sorry to say they killed
a young fellow called Harris, one of the old stagers of St. Nazaire.
He Was frail looking and slim, and quite a boy, with an almost girlish
face, but had the spirit of a bulldog and the soul of a saint. The grit
with which he stuck the hardships of the winter, and his continual
cheeriness and helping of others, when he was almost done up himself,
used to make me proud to be in the regt. with him. When a spirit of
such temper as that of young Harris is lost from among us, I tell you
it leaves a very big gap indeed.”
[Illustration: =Lancelot Graham Harris.=]
=HARRIS, NORMAN=, Midshipman, Royal Navy; only surviving _s._
of William Birkbeck Harris, of the White House, Hayes, Kent, by his
wife, Kathleen Marion, dau. of Edward Carey, of Shortlands, Kent;
_b._ Hayes, 7 Nov. 1898; educ. Parkfield, Hayward’s Heath, and at
Osborne and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges; joined H.M.S. Bulwark, 4
Aug. 1914, and was lost when that vessel was blown up off Sheerness, 26
Nov. 1914. He was the Senior Midshipman.
[Illustration: =Norman Harris.=]
=HARRIS, NORMAN ELTON=, Corpl., No. 603, 4th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, only _s._ of George Copley Harris, of Wallandra,
Parkes, N.S.W., Landowner [4th _s._ of the late William Harris,
co. Limerick], by his wife, Kathleen Spring, dau. of (--) Spring-Rice;
_b._ Bathurst. N.S.W., 2 Dec. 1887; educ. Sydney. After the
outbreak of war enlisted in the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, 1
Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 19 June,
1915; _unm._ Writing to his father, Major Storey said that he had
distinguished himself twice previously and had acted with great bravery.
[Illustration: =Norman Elton Harris.=]
=HARRIS, WALDRON=, E.R.A. 1st Class, 269689, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HARRIS, WILLIAM=, S.S.A., M. 1034, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HARRIS, WILLIAM CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10031),
S.S. 107618, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea 22 Sept.
1914.
=HARRIS, WILLIAM HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3468), 187321,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HARRIS, WILLIAM THOMAS=, Private, No. 11862, 2nd Battn.
Coldstream Guards; only _s._ of George Harris, of South Newington,
Banbury, Oxon, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Thomas Nash; _b._ South
Newington, aforesaid, 18 Jan. 1887; educ. there; was a Farm Labourer;
enlisted 11 Sept. 1914; went to France, 9 Feb. 1915, and was killed in
action at Givenchy, 30 March, 1915; _unm._
=CARR-HARRIS, ERNEST DALE=, Capt., R.E., eldest _s._ of
Robert Carr-Harris, of The Vale, Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada,
Professor of Engineering, Royal Military College of Canada, by his
wife, Ellen Jane, dau. of Robert Wiley Fitton, of co. Cork; _b._
Thurso, P. Quebec, Canada, 14 Feb. 1878; educ. at Queens University,
and after four years’ course at the Royal Military College, Kingston,
Ontario, Canada, graduated in 1899 at the Head of his Class, taking
Honours in 13 subjects out of the 15 subjects of the course of the
College, and received the Gold Medal of the year for subjects of
instruction, and the Sword of Honour for distinction in Conduct and
Discipline; gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.E. 19 June, 1899, and promoted Lieut.
29 Dec. 1901, and Capt. 19 June, 1908; served in China, 1900, during
the Boxer rebellion (medal with clasp), and was detailed to construct
the defences of the British Legation Grounds at Pekin; was then for
two years Senior R.E. Officer at Singapore, and was afterwards engaged
in the construction of the Military transfrontier road across the
zone of the independent tribes between India and Afghanistan, on the
completion of which he was nominated to the India Staff College at
Quetta by the Gen. Commander-in-Chief. He completed his course in Sept.
1914, and was immediately detailed for service in East Africa, and was
killed in action there, 3 Nov. of 1914; _unm._ Capt. Robertson
wrote: “Capt. Carr-Harris was the first to land to examine Culvertsand
Mines. It happened in the dark--he was surrounded in the Bush and put
up a splendid fight. He seized a rifle and with a few others, whom
he had collected on the spot, made a counter-attack and drove them
back. He was found shot through the head. Our casualties were bigger
in proportion than those suffered in European fights.” His two younger
brothers are now (1916) taking their course at the Royal Military
College of Canada. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
[Illustration: =Ernest Dale Carr-Harris.=]
=WILLIS-HARRIS, RALPH CLAUDIAN=, Private, No. 65418, 24th Battn.
(Victoria Rifles), 2nd Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force,
_s._ of the late William Willis-Harris, of Midhurst, by his wife,
Ada Sarah (now wife of Thomas Charles Popplewell, of Easebourne,
Midhurst, Sussex), dau. of Ezra Battell; _b._ Pulborough, co.
Sussex, 7 Aug. 1892; educ. Midhurst Grammar School; was an employee
of the Bank of British North America, first in London and then at
Montreal; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and joined the Canadian
E.F. in Oct. 1914; came over with the 2nd Contingent, 20 May, 1915;
went to France in Sept., and died 9 Nov. 1915, of wounds received
the previous day, while assisting to carry a wounded comrade to the
dressing station; _unm._ Buried in the Military Cemetery at
Bailleul. Major R. O. Alexander wrote: “Your son was a very gallant
soldier and a very fine man. I feel as if I had lost a great friend,
and undoubtedly one of the most valuable men in my Company”; and Lieut.
A. L. S. Mills wrote: “In case you have not heard the details, he was
helping to carry one of his comrades (Private Diver), who afterwards
died, to the dressing station, when they were seen by the enemy, who
opened fire on them with machine-guns. Your son was hit, and had
himself to be carried to the dressing station with Diver. He bore any
pain he may have suffered with such wonderful nerve that everyone
expected him to be up and about again in a very short time. Your son
was one of my finest men, and ever since the sad news of his death
came out, his friends have seemed absolutely stunned. He never shirked
any work that came his way; in fact, time and again he volunteered for
extra duties. He could always be entirely depended upon, and could
easily have become a non-commissioned officer, but preferred to remain
a Private with his friends.”
[Illustration: =Ralph C. Willis-Harris.=]
=HARRISON, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9598), S.S.
106971, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HARRISON, CECIL EUSTACE=, Major, 1st Battn. The Rifle Brigade,
eldest _s._ of Robert Hichens Camden Harrison, of Shiplake Court,
Henley-on-Thames, co. Oxon, J.P., by his wife, Helen Mary, dau. of
the late Eustace Smith; _b._ London, 29 Jan. 1878; educ. Eton
and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Rifle Brigade, 27 July, 1898, and
promoted Lieut. 7 April, 1900; Capt. 12 April, 1904, and Major, 1
Dec. 1914; served (1) through the South African War, 1899–1902, being
employed with the Mounted Infantry and as Station Staff Officer from
23 July, 1901; took part in the operations in Natal, 1899, including
action at Lombards Kop; the defence of Ladysmith, including sortie of
10 Dec. 1899, and action of 6 Jan. 1900 (slightly wounded); operations
in Natal, March to June, 1900, including action at Laings Nek (6 to 9
June); operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to 29 Nov.
1900, including actions at Belfast (26–27 Aug.) and Lydenberg (5–8
Sept.); operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900, to 31 May, 1902
(mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 25 April, 1902], Queen’s
medal with four clasps and King’s medal with two clasps); and (2) with
the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 27 Aug. 1914, to 12
March, 1915; was wounded at the Battle of the Aisne and invalided home,
but returned to duty in Jan., and was killed in action at the Battle of
Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now
Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915. He _m._ at the Oratory,
Brompton, 23 Jan. 1912, Alice (29, Royal Avenue, Chelsea), yr. dau.
of Major Sir Edwin Frederick Wodehouse, K.C.V.O., C.B., late R.A.,
Assist. Commissioner of Police [grandson of the Hon. Philip Wodehouse,
Vice-Admiral of the White, 2nd _s._ of John, 1st Baron Wodehouse,
of Kimberley], and had two children: Ralph Armine and Philippa Jane
(twins), _b._ 2 Oct. 1912.
[Illustration: =Cecil Eustace Harrison.=]
=HARRISON, CHARLES BREWSTER=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2275), 200443,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=HARRISON, CHILLION BOOTH=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1168), 203776, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=HARRISON, FRED=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Kimberley Regt., eldest
_s._ of the late Ralph Seddon Harrison, of Halifax, co. York, by
his wife, Mary, dau. of Thomas Moore; _b._ Halifax, 23 Feb. 1873;
educ. Halifax Technical Schools; went to Africa in 1895, and entered
the service of the De Beers Consolidated Mines in July of that year,
and when war broke out had been for a long time chief of the data
department of the Engineering Staff. He joined the Kimberley Volunteers
soon after going to Kimberley; was made Sergt. in March, 1896;
Sergt.-Major in 1897; Lieut. Oct. 1899, and promoted Capt. in 1900. He
resigned his commission on the close of the Boer War in 1902, but on
the formation of the 2nd Battn. rejoined and was given his old rank. He
served (1) in Buchuanaland, 1896–97 (medal and clasp); (2) in the South
African War 1899–1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps, “Transvaal,”
“Orange Free State,” “Kimberley,” and King’s medal with two clasps
“South Africa 1901,” “1902”), and (3) in the Expedition against German
South-West Africa, 30 Sept. 1914–26 April, 1915. He was killed in
action at Trekkopjes, German South-West Africa, 26 April, 1915, and was
buried there. His Col. wrote: “He fell in the forefront of the line
and he died a soldier’s death.” He and the late Cecil Rhodes were the
first to meet the relieving force at Kimberley, 15 Feb. 1900. Capt.
Harrison _m._ at Kimberley, 3 April, 1899, Adelaide Emma (4,
Elsmere Street, Kimberley, South Africa), eldest dau. of William Henry
Good, Westport, co. Mayo, and left three children: Frederick William,
_b._ 30 Sept. 1900; Ralph Benjamin, _b._ 28 July, 1910; and
Eileen Mary, _b._ 19 May, 1903.
[Illustration: =Fred Harrison.=]
=HARRISON, HENRY=, E.R.A., 1st Class, 269895, H.M.S. Cressy; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HARRISON, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 836), 285301,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HARRISON, JOHN BAILEY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2392), 182829,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HARRISON, LEONARD JOHN=, Lieut., Indian Army, attd. 2nd Battn.
Lancashire Fusiliers, elder _s._ of the Rev. Arthur Leonard
Harrison, Rector of Yelverton, Norfolk, by his wife, Ethel, dau. of
the late Major-Gen. John William Younghusband, C.S.I.; _b._
Burton, co. Pembroke, 21 Nov. 1895; was for five years a chorister at
St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, then went to Haileybury and passed into
the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in Dec. 1912. He received his
commission in the Indian Army, 8 Aug. 1914, and on the outbreak of war
was attached to the Lancashire Fusiliers; went to France 16 Feb. 1915,
and was killed in action at Shell Trap Farm about two miles N.E. of
Ypres, on the road to St. Julien, 24 May, 1915; _unm._ His Colonel
wrote: “Your son lost his life in endeavouring to retake some trenches
which were lost. He behaved most gallantly, and nobody could have
possibly shown a better example to the men. I am afraid his body was
not recovered, as it lies between our lines and the Germans.” His Major
also wrote: “Your son did sterling work for us, and we missed him badly
when he was sent off to the Front. The officers and men deeply regret
his loss.”
[Illustration: =Leonard John Harrison.=]
=HARRISON, THOMAS=, Ch. E.R.A., 2nd Class, 270750, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HARRISON, WILLIAM GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6606), 197077,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HARRISON, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 16459, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=HART, EDWARD JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7915), S.S.
103600, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HART, FREDERICK JOHN=, Gunner, R.M.A., 9811, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HART, HAROLD GEORGE=, Rifleman, No. 1767, 9th Battn. (Queen
Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of G. I. Hart,
of The Gables, East Acton Lane, W.; _b._ Collingham, Newark, co.
Notts, 16 Jan. 1880; educ. St. Mark’s, Windsor, and Salisbury School,
Salisbury, and was admitted a member of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants in Jan. 1914; enlisted 1 April, 1908, and was discharged
(time expired) 31 March, 1914, but on the outbreak of war re-enlisted
in Queen Victoria’s Rifles, 5 Aug. 1914; left with his regt. for the
Front; served in France and Flanders, and was killed by a bullet wound
received in a trench near Messines, Belgium, 8 Jan. 1915; _unm._
His Col. wrote to his parents: “Your boy was always splendid in his
earnest endeavours to benefit the Coy. in every way. Not long ago a
member of the Coy. got embedded in the mud of the trench, and whilst
others waited to be ordered to help the man, your son got to work and
largely by his exertions the man was released.”
=HART, HORACE CECIL=, Private, No. 2365, 5th Battn. The Buffs
(East Kent Regt. (T.F.)), 2nd _s._ and 5th child of John William
Hart, Master Mariner, by his wife, Eliza Jane, dau. of (--) Nowland,
of Praze, Penryn, Cornwall; _b._ Dover, 7 June, 1895; educ. Holy
Trinity Boys’ School, Dover; was in business with Messrs. Baker &
Clarke, but on the outbreak of war enlisted, and after a period of
training at Canterbury, Ramsgate, and Sandwich, sailed for India, 30
Oct. 1914. Here he remained until 15 Nov. 1915, when he left for the
Persian Gulf, and died of wounds received in action there, 17 Jan.
1916; _unm._ His elder and next younger brothers also enlisted
after the outbreak of war, the first in the R.F.A. and the latter in
the Buffs, and are now (1916) on active service. A brother-in-law,
L.-Corpl. H. R. Harman, Australian Imperial Force, died of wounds at
the Dardanelles (see notice), and another, Drummer M. J. Ford, King’s
Own Royal Lancaster Regt., is a prisoner of war in Germany.
[Illustration: =Horace Cecil Hart.=]
=HARTNELL, CUTHBERT=, Capt., 8th Battn. West Yorkshire Regt.
(T.F.), only _s._ of Wilson Hartnell, of Aysgarth, Roundhay,
Leeds, M. Inst. M.E., M. Inst. E.E., M. Brit. Ass., F.R.S.S.A.
Edinburgh, F.R.S.A. London, Managing Director of Wilson Hartnell &
Co., Ltd., Leeds, Manufacturers of Dynamos, motors and electrical
machinery, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Giles, of Manchester,
and grandson of the Rev. Mark Antony Hartnell, M.A. Oxford; _b._
Leeds, 26 Aug. 1887; and was educ. at Bedford Grammar School and Leeds
University. After leaving Bedford, he spent three years in the works
of Messrs. J. & H. Maclaren, Ltd., Messrs. Kitson & Co.’s Airedale
Foundry, and Messrs. Hathorn, Davy & Co., and then attended a two
years’ course in Engineering and Science at the Leeds University.
Subsequently he became a director of Wilson Hartnell & Co. (Ltd.), and
was a member of the Leeds Court of Referees under the Insurance Act. At
Leeds University he was a member of the O.T.C., and after rising to the
rank of Col.-Sergt. was given a commission in the Leeds Rifles in 1911;
and on the outbreak of war immediately volunteered for Foreign Service,
and went to France with his battn. 15 April, 1915. He was promoted
Capt. 10 June, and was killed in the trenches by a shell near Ypres, 16
July, 1915; _unm._ Capt. Hartnell was an Associate Member of the
Institution of Civil Engineers of London, and took a keen interest in
boating and Rugby Football. He was capt. of the Leeds Rifles football
team and also played for the University team.
[Illustration: =Cuthbert Hartnell.=]
=HARTNOLL, HUGH PETER=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Worcestershire Regt.,
_s._ of Sir Henry Sulivan Hartnoll, Puisne Judge of the Chief
Court, Lower Burma, by his wife, Grace, dau. of the Rev. Peter Dodwell
Digges La Touche; _b._ Bassein, Lower Burma, 16 Sept. 1893; educ.
The Wells House, Malvern Wells, and Clifton College; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. 2nd Battn. Worcesters, 3 Sept. 1913, later posted to the 1st
Battn.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and promoted
Lieut. while serving there; killed in action, near Neuve Chapelle, 12
Dec. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Hugh Peter Hartnoll.=]
=HARTRIDGE, FRANCIS HENRY=, A.B., Acting Chief Stoker (R.F.R., B.
4499), 192177, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the
coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HARVEY, BERNARD MATHESON=, Lieut.-Commander, R.N., _s._ of
the late Hon. Augustus William Harvey, of St. John’s, Newfoundland, by
his wife, Elizabeth Gertrude; _b._ St. John’s, Newfoundland, 4
July, 1882; entered H.M.S. Britannia and obtained his naval cadetship
in Jan. 1908, became Midshipman April following, sub-Lieut. Oct. 1901,
Lieut. 31 Dec. 1903, and Lieut.-Commander, 1912; held various Torpedo
Boat Commands, including T.B. No. 6, 1908–10 and the Destroyer Foyle,
May, 1910–11; joined H.M.S. Cressy, 27 Jan. 1912, and was lost on 22
Sept. 1914, when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea. He _m._
4 Aug. 1910, Hester, dau. of His Honour Josiah Wood, Lieut.-Governor of
New Brunswick, and had issue a son: Maurice, _b._ 11 Oct. 1911.
[Illustration: =Bernard Matheson Harvey.=]
=HARVEY, CHRISTOPHER EDWIN=, Rifleman, No. 2113, 17th Battn.
(Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of
Robert Charles Harvey, of 102, Whitehorse Street, E., Foreman, Stepney
Borough Council, by his wife, Martha Charlotte, dau. of Benjaman
Morris; _b._ Forest Gate, co. Essex, 8 Oct. 1894; educ. St. Mark’s
School, Whitechapel, and on leaving school entered the employ of Messrs
Lawrence & Sons, Hounsditch, Wholesale Toy Merchants, and was with them
when war broke out; joined the Poplar and Stepney Rifles, 7 Aug. 1914;
left for France 9 March, 1915, and was killed in action by shell fire
at Pont Fixe, Givenchy, 16 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried in an orchard
just behind the spot where he fell.
[Illustration: =Christopher E. Harvey.=]
=HARVEY, EMMANUEL=, L.-Sergt., R.M.A., 9497, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HARVEY, JOSEPH VICTOR=, Private, No. 61974, C Coy. 22nd (French
Canadian) Regt. Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Elie Harvey,
of Murray Bay, P. Quebec, Canada, Merchant, by his wife, Liveadis, dau.
of Louis Batti; _b._ Murray Bay, 8 Dec. 1891; educ. there and at
St. John’s College, St. John’s, Quebec, and for ten years was employed
in various departments of the Intercolonial Railways of Canada, and
at the time of the declaration of war was Chief Clerk in the Master
Mechanics Office. He joined the 22nd Regt. at Amherst, N.B., about 25
April, 1915, left Canada about 22 May, and died at East Sandling Camp,
England, 29 July, 1915, from an accident; _unm._
[Illustration: =Joseph Victor Harvey.=]
=HARVEY, LESLIE=, Lieut., 8th Battn. The Duke of Cambridge’s
Own Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Cecil Allenby Harvey,
of Highgate House, Hawkhurst, Bank Manager, by his wife, Annie, dau.
of Thomas Amey of Petersfield; _b._ Windsor, 3 Jan. 1884; educ.
Eastbourne, and Isleworth; and was a Solicitor; joined the Inns of
Court Officers Training Corps and obtained his B Certificate; and on
the outbreak of war at once volunteered and was given a commission in
the 8th Middlesex Regt., 28 Aug. 1914; and promoted Lieut. Feb. 1915.
He was sent with his regt. to Gibraltar in Oct., returning to England
the following Feb., and went to the Front a fortnight later; was killed
in action near Ypres, 25 April, 1915, while leading a bayonet charge.
He was buried at the level crossing about 11 kilometres east of Ypres;
_unm._
=HARVEY, RICHARD PRENTICE=, Major, 3rd (Reserve), attd. 2nd,
Battn. Royal Berkshire Regt., 4th _s._ of the late John Harvey, of
the firm of John Harvey & Sons, Ltd., Wine Merchants, Denmark Street,
Bristol, by his wife, Mary Russell (3, Sion Hill, Clifton, Bristol),
dau. of George Prentice, of Strathore, Fifeshire; _b._ Clifton,
Bristol, 10 Dec. 1873; educ. Lambrook, near Bracknell, Marlborough,
and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd
Royal Berkshires, 7 March, 1894, and promoted Lieut. 25 Aug. 1897, and
Capt. 12 March, 1904; served in the South African War, 1900–1902; was
Railway Staff Officer from 30 Nov. 1900; took part in the operations
in the Orange Free State, April to July, 1900; in the Transvaal, east
of Pretoria, July to Nov. 1900, and west of Pretoria, July to Aug.
1900, including action at Zilikat’s Nek; in the Transvaal, Nov. 1900
to July 1901; Orange River Colony, July, 1901 and in Cape Colony, July
to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps and King’s medal
with two clasps) and afterwards Egypt, Soudan and India. He retired 3
June, 1911, to join the family business of John Harvey & Sons, Ltd.,
and became a Director in 1914, and also a director of Charles Harvey
& Co., Ltd., Kidderminster, but retained his connection with the Army
by joining the special Reserve of Officers. On the outbreak of war he
joined the 3rd Royal Berkshires at Portsmouth, and was promoted Major
26 Sept. 1914, and took out a draft to the 2nd Battn. at the Front,
18 March, 1915; and was in command of that battn. for a month, being
gazetted temp. Lieut.-Col. from 3 to 4 May inclusive. He was killed in
action near Fromelles, during the advance against the Aubers Ridge,
9 May following. Major Harvey _m._ at St. Mary’s Church, Leigh
Woods, Bristol, 11 Aug. 1904, Eleanor Frances (Summerlands, Nailsea,
Somerset), eldest dau. of the late Col. John Whaley Watson, Bombay
Staff Corps, and had four daughters: Eleanor Nancy, _b._ 18 June,
1906; Jeanie Elizabeth, _b._ 19 June, 1908; Joan Mary, _b._
29 March, 1911; and Marjorie Prentice, _b._ 3 Oct. 1914.
=HARVEY, WICKHAM LEATHES=, Lieut., 7th Duke of Connaught’s
Own Rajputs, Indian Army, 2nd _s._ of Arthur Henry Harvey, of
Hoon-Hay, the Drive, Belmont, Surrey, late P. & O.S.N. Coy. by his
wife, Emily, dau. of the late Alfred Stanger-Leathes, of Leamington
Spa, and Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; _b._ St. Margarets,
Twickenham, co. Middlesex, 8 Jan. 1888; educ. Quernmore, Bromley, Kent,
and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. unattd.
list for Indian Army, 9 Sept. 1908, and attd. to the 1st South Wales
Borderers for his first year, joining them at Quetta, 9 Nov. 1908;
was posted to the 7th D.C.O. Rajputs, at Dinapore, 7 Nov. 1909; and
promoted Lieut. 9 Dec. 1910; served with his regt. at Jask and Chabar
on the Persian Gulf, stopping the gun running, for a year, and went
to Mesopotamia with it on the outbreak of the European War; took part
in the fighting before and in the occupation of Basra, and the Battle
of Kurna, where he was wounded, and was killed in action during a
reconnaissance near Ahwaz, Persia, 3 March, 1915, while endeavouring to
rescue a wounded brother officer, Lieut. Burgoyne Wallace; _unm._
His Col. wrote: “I brought to the notice of the ‘General Officer
Commanding’ the plucky way he handled the machine-guns under a hot
fire (at the Battle of Kurna); the regt. has lost a keen, zealous, and
promising young officer. Personally he was a great favourite of mine
and he showed great ability in the Gulf three years ago, when at Jask
acting as Quartermaster.” Lieut. Harvey was mentioned in Despatches
[Gazette of India, 25 June, 1915] “for the very efficient manner in
which he brought up his machine-gun section in support of the 120th
Infantry, and acted throughout with conspicuous bravery and coolness.
He was wounded in this action just after adjusting a jam in one of his
guns,” and again in General Sir John Nixon’s despatch of 1 Jan. [London
Gazette, 5 April], 1916, “for gallant and distinguished service in the
field.”
[Illustration: =Wickham Leathes Harvey.=]
=HARVEY, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, 309477, H.M.S. Cressy; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HARVEY, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Sergt.-Major, No. 361, 9th Australian
Light Horse, Australian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of
Surgeon Lieut.-Col. Charles Albert Harvey, Indian Medical Service,
by his wife, Sarah, dau. of the late Edward Jones, of Clonmel, co.
Tipperary; _b._ Nagode, Central India, 9 Oct. 1875; educ. Galway
Grammar School; went to South Africa in 1895; served in Matebeleland
(medal) and in the South African War, 1899–1902, with Driscoll’s
Scouts, and was twice wounded; and in 1902 was one of the picked men
sent over to represent South Africa at the King’s Coronation and
received the Coronation Medal. He afterwards went to Australia in 1912,
and on the outbreak of the European War, volunteered and joined the
Commonwealth Expeditionary Force; left for Egypt in Jan. 1915; arrived
at the Dardanelles, May 10, and was killed in action at Walker’s Ridge,
Gallipoli, 7 Aug. 1915. Buried at Ari Burnu; _unm._
=HARVEY, WILLIAM EDWARD=, S.P.O. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10437), 299944,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HARWOOD, ARTHUR EDMUND=, 2nd Yeoman of Signals (R.F.R., Ch. B.
325), 130190, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=HARWOOD, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9496), S.S.
106874, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HASKELL, ERNEST BONE=, Private, No. 19815, 2nd Battn. Wiltshire
Regt., _s._ of the late Harry Haskell, a Painter on Sir George A.
Cooper’s Hursley Park Estate, by his wife, Anne, dau. of John Bone;
_b._ Ampfield, co. Hants, 30 April, 1891; educ. Church of England
School there. Had served four years in, and had just left, Romsey
Coy. of the Hants Territorials when war was declared; enlisted in the
Royal Warwickshire Regt., 24 Aug. 1914, being the first Ampfield lad
to respond to the call for men; was subsequently transferred to the
2nd Wiltshires, and was killed in action in France at the Battle of
Hulluch, 25 Sept. 1915; _unm._ A comrade (Private H. Wiltshire)
wrote: “He was shot with a bullet through the lungs and he only lived a
few minutes, and he did not speak to anyone.... He was a nice fellow,
and he was liked very much in the company.... He was buried next day
and a cross put on his grave, with his name and regt.”
[Illustration: =Ernest Bone Haskell.=]
=HASKELL, FRANK=, Gunner, R.M.A., H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action
in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HASKELL, HARRY JAMES PAYNE=, Private, No. 10977, 5th Battn.
Dorsetshire Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late Harry Haskell, a
Painter on Sir George A. Cooper’s Hursley Park Estate, by his wife,
Anne, dau. of John Bone; _b._ Ampfield, co. Hants, 4 Sept. 1893;
educ. Church School there; enlisted 7 Sept. 1914, and died in Malta,
30 Aug. 1915, of wounds received at the Dardanelles; _unm._ He
was reported missing about 11 Aug., but there appears to be some
confusion about this date, as a letter dated 10 Aug. was received from
him saying he had a bad foot. The officer in charge of the Wounded
Information Bureau in Malta, writing about it, said: “He arrived in
Malta on the hospital ship Heuralia on the 29 Aug. suffering from a
bullet wound in the left leg. The leg was amputated above the knee, but
tetanus intervened, and he died at 6 p.m. on the following day. He was
buried on the 31st in the Piela Cemetery.... His grave is No. 3, Row
7B.”
[Illustration: =Harry James P. Haskell.=]
=HASLER, JULIAN=, Brigadier-General, The Buffs (East Kent Regt.),
Commanding the 11th Infantry Brigade, 2nd _s._ of the late William
Wyndham Hasler, J.P., of Aldingbourne House and Barkfold Manor, Sussex,
by his wife, Selina Sarah, dau. of Lionel Charles Hervey; _b._
Halnaker House, Chichester, 16 Oct. 1868; educ. Winchester College
and Sandhurst; gazetted to the Buffs, 19 Sept. 1888, and promoted
Lieut. 4 Feb. 1892, Capt. 12 March, 1898, Brevet Major, 22 Aug. 1902,
Major, 7 Feb. 1907, Lieut.-Col. 28 April, 1906, and Col. 11 Jan. 1910;
was employed with the West African Frontier Force, 17 June, 1899, to
23 Feb. 1900; with the Rhodesian Field Force (on special service) 6
April, 1900 to 10 Oct. 1901, and with the West African Frontier Force,
17 June, 1903 to 25 April, 1910; served (1) with the Chitral Relief
Force, 1895 (Medal with clasp); (2) in the Malakand Expedition on the
North-West Frontier of India, 1897–8, took part in the operations in
Bajaur and in the Mamund country, Utman Khel and Buner and in the
attack and capture of the Tanga Pass (clasp); (3) in the South African
War, 1899–1902, was severely wounded (mentioned in Despatches [London
Gazette, 15 Nov. 1901], Queen’s medal with four clasps and King’s
medal with two clasps, Brevet of Major); (4) In West Africa (Northern
Nigeria) 1903, during the Kano Sokoto Campaign (medal with clasp), and
(5) again in West Africa, in command of operations in Northern Nigeria
(mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 18 Sept. 1906], Brevet of
Lieut.-Col.). After the outbreak of the European War he was promoted
Brigadier-General Feb. 1915, and was appointed to command the XIth
Infantry Brigade. He went to France Sept. 1914; was wounded 21 Oct.;
returned 20 Dec. in command of The Buffs, and was killed in action
at St. Jean, near Ypres, 29 April, 1915. He was twice mentioned in
Despatches by F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French [London Gazette, Feb. 17,
1915, and 22 June, 1915]. General Sir Charles Wilson, commanding the
4th Division wrote: “The 4th Division, and the whole Army has suffered
a great loss in your husband’s death; he was not only a splendid
soldier, but he was loved by everybody,” and General Lynden-Bell: “We
all recognised him as one of our very finest Brigadiers. His bravery
was extraordinary, and wherever the bullets and shells were thickest,
he was sure to be found. I cannot express to you the terrible grief
his death has caused to the whole of his Brigade, every man of which
knew him and loved him.” General Hasler raised and commanded Hasler’s
Australian Scouts, who did such excellent work in South Africa. He
_m._ at Aldingbourne, 11 Aug. 1908, Edith Gwendoline, eldest
dau. of Capt. John Orr-Ewing, 5th Dragoon Guards, and granddau. of
Sir Archibald Orr-Ewing, 1st Bart., and had two sons: William Julian,
_b._ 11 Oct. 1912, and John Wyndham, _b._ 21 April, 1914.
[Illustration: =Julian Hasler.=]
=HASLETT, JAMES HOLMES=, Private, No. 30, 3rd Field Ambulance, 1st
Division Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of John Haslett,
of 37, Clooney Terrace, Waterside, Londonderry, by his wife, Hannah,
dau. of Archibald Rosborough, of Inchna Park, co. Derry; _b._
Londonderry, 15 Dec. 1889; educ. Ebrington National School and Model
School, Derry; emigrated to Australia, 1 April, 1910, and settled at
Sydney; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the 3rd Field
Ambulance in Queensland; left for Egypt with the Main Force; took part
in the landing at Gallipoli, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action
there 9 Aug. 1915; _unm._ His Capt. wrote: “He was engaged in his
usual duties as stretcher-bearer when a shrapnel burst came into our
lines, and he and a friend with a stretcher ran across to give help
to a man who was wounded. While attending to him, another burst came
over them and wounded his friend and Jim. The former was not severely
wounded, but your son was, and lived only half-an-hour afterwards. I
attended him myself, and at one time his condition improved, and he
flattered our hopes, but it was only temporary, and he went out as
he lived--a fine, brave chap. He was one of my best and most willing
workers, and was beloved by all the men in camp, who, in their votes
after the action placed him at the top of the list as having done the
best work. He thus gave his life in doing his duty, and I have no
doubt he will meet with his just reward. I knew him before he joined
the Ambulance, in Brisbane, where I was Medical Officer to an Amateur
Athletic Club, and so I feel his death more than usual. He was known
by all the men here as ‘Irish,’ and his friends were greatly affected
by his death. They have put up a fine cross where he was buried on the
beach. The bullet entered his neck, and must have almost severed the
spinal cord.”
[Illustration: =James Holmes Haslett.=]
=HASLUCK, SIDNEY VANDYKE=, 2nd Lieut., Indian Army Reserve of
Officers, attd. 14th Sikhs, eldest _s._ of the Rev. Ernest Edward
Hasluck, of Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, by his wife, Agnes Milborough,
dau. of Richard Holliott Eliot, J.P., D.L.; _b._ Handsworth,
Birmingham, 11 Nov. 1888; educ. Marlborough College, where he was in
the Cadet Corps, and served three years in the Dorset Yeomanry. In 1909
he went to Ceylon and became a Tea and Rubber Planter. He had joined
the Ceylon Mounted Rifles, and on the outbreak of war, he volunteered
for active service with the Ceylon Contingent, and accompanied this
force to Egypt. In January, 1915, he obtained a commission in the
Indian Army Reserve of Officers, and being attd. to the 89th Punjabis,
took part in the fight at Kantara. Subsequently he proceeded to the
Dardanelles, became attd. to the 14th Sikhs, and was killed in action,
4 June, 1915. The Officer Commanding 89th Punjabis wrote: “During the
time your son was with us, both in Egypt and in the Dardanelles, he
worked hard, both at Hindustani and at his military duties. During
the fight at Kantara, he showed himself cool under fire. Again in the
Dardanelles, when Capt. Scruby was wounded, he and Lieut. Masters
carried on under a heavy fire, while the Double Company dug itself
in, and he gave a good example to everyone near him. I may mention
that I sent both his name and Lieut. Masters’ to the General Officer
Commanding Brigade for a ‘Mention in despatches,’ though it is probable
that owing to the large number of recommendations their names have
gone no further.” Capt. Scruby wrote: “We were together in a trench
for 3 days, and at the time I got hit we had gone on to take up a new
position in front of the old line. He was left in charge all day; we
had fairly heavy casualties and I feel sure that if it had not been
for his influence our company would not have held the new line. Your
son made the men dig a hole for me and looked after me until we were
relieved that night.”
[Illustration: =Sidney Vandyke Hasluck.=]
=HASTINGS, CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 6833 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HASTINGS, FREDERICK STEWART=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27391 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=HATCH, WILLIAM LEONARD RINGROSE=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Irish
Fusiliers (Princess Victoria’s), elder _s._ of William Keith
Hatch, Lieut.-Col. (retired) I.M.S., of 8, Earlham Road, Norwich,
by his wife, Clare Catherine, dau. of Deputy Surgeon-Gen. S. Homan;
_b._ Bombay, India, 27 Nov. 1890; educ. Shrewsbury and Royal
Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Irish Fusiliers,
25 March, 1911, and promoted Lieut. 13 April, 1913. On the outbreak
of war was at Quetta with his regt.; returned to England in Oct.,
and after a short stay went to France, and was killed in action near
Vierstraat, 25 Jan. 1915; _unm._ Buried at Vierstraat.
=HATCHELL, THOMAS=, Acting Chief Stoker, 278685, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HATCHER, FRASER=, Rifleman: No. 2790, 12th Battn. (The Rangers),
The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Leonard George Hatcher, of 7
Dorville Road, Hammersmith, Clerk in Charge, West Kensington Station,
District Railway, by his wife, Helen Johnston, dau. of Patrick Barry,
Member Institute Journalists; _b._ Shepherd’s Bush, London, W.,
2 Nov. 1898; educ. William Street Central School; was for some time
a member of the Hammersmith Branch of the Lads’ Naval Brigade, and
entered the Great Western Railway Co.’s service (Chief Accountant’s
Office) in March, 1914; joined the Rangers, 1914, and showed so much
keenness and energy in becoming efficient that he was selected for the
service battn. and was one of the first to join it. He went to France,
8 March, 1915, and was killed in action north-east of Ypres, 4 May,
1915, and was buried near Fortuin; _unm._
[Illustration: =Fraser Hatcher.=]
=HATCHER, GEORGE ERNEST=, Leading Stoker, 299240 (Dev.), H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HATFIELD, ROY BERRIMAN=, Lieut., 8th Battn. (Post Office Rifles)
The London Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of George Frederick Hatfield,
of 11, Bedford Square, London, and The Old Lighthouse, South Foreland,
Dover, Solicitor, by his wife, Ada Sophia Lucy, dau. of James Berriman
Tippetts, and grandson of the late Charles William Hatfield, of Hall
Cross, Doncaster; _b._ London, 6 Oct. 1885; educ. Merchant
Taylors’ School, and Brasenose College, Oxford; was admitted to the
Livery of the Merchant Taylors’ Company, 9 April, 1908, and a Solicitor
in Jan. 1912; and obtained a commission in the Post Office Rifles on --
Jan. 1912. In 1914 he was appointed Private Secretary and additional
A.D.C. to the Governor of Hong Kong with the local rank of Capt., but
on war being declared he applied for leave and rejoined his regt.,
and went to France with them on 17 March, 1915. At Festubert he was
acting as Bomb Officer; was mortally wounded while leading his men
down a German trench, 24 May, 1915, and died in the Bethune Hospital
the same day. He was buried in the Military Cemetery there. His
Commanding Officer wrote: “He had most gallantly led an attack when
he was mortally wounded. The success of our operations that night was
very largely due to the most gallant way in which Roy had organised
and arranged the bombers and gone into the minutest details with them
before starting off. Needless to say Roy is one of the greatest losses
the regt. has had, and will be mourned by all ranks.” He _m._ at
Marylebone, London, 7 April, 1914, Florence Elizabeth Elaine, dau. of
William Brownhill, of Dawson City, Alaska; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Roy Berriman Hatfield.=]
=HATHAWAY, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 1446, 4th Battn. East Yorkshire
Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Joseph Hathaway, of 17, Fleet Street,
Stepney Lane, Hull, Plasterer; _b._ Hull, 7 Aug. 1894; educ.
Beverley Road Council Schools there; was an employee in Messrs. Holmes’
Tannery, Hull; joined the 4th (Territorial Battn.) East Yorks Regt.,
in Feb. 1912; volunteered for active service on the outbreak of war;
went to France, and was reported missing after the fighting, 4 May,
1915, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on that day;
_unm._
=HATHORN, GEORGE HUGH VANS (“Jerry”)=, Lieut., R.M.L.I., eldest
_s._ of the late Charles Hugh Vans Hathorn, of Seconce Tea Estate,
Assam, by his wife, Emily Rose (5, Ravenlea Road, Folkestone), dau.
of the late Benjamin Bensley, and grandson of the late Admiral George
Hathorn, R.N.; _b._ Tezpur, Assam, 30 June, 1887; educ. Pretoria
House Preparatory School, Folkestone, and Dover College; joined the
R.M.L.I. 1 Sept. 1906, promoted Lieut. 1 July, 1907; served in the West
Indies, Gibraltar, and Home Waters; was appointed to H.M.S. Formidable,
25 Jan. 1914, and lost his life in the disaster to that ship, 1 Jan.
1915; _unm._ In forwarding the following report by Lieut. V. C.
V. Soutter, senior surviving executive officer of the Formidable, the
Admiralty added that had Lieut. Hathorn survived, an expression of
their appreciation of his conduct would have been conveyed to him. The
report is as follows: “Lieut. George H. V. Hathorn, Royal Marines,
collected volunteers and searched the Marines’ mess deck for any gear
that would float. At a time when things became critical, this officer
penetrated as far aft as the ward room, using the after hatch in the
port battery and aided solely by the light from a small electric torch.
His passage was greatly impeded by strung hammocks. His conduct was
extremely plucky, for he continued to work there collecting chairs,
etc., though it was apparent to all that the ship might capsize at any
moment without warning. To add to this, the water was at a dangerous
level on the starboard side of the same deck.” Hathorn had passed
for his Captaincy while in the West Indian Station. His yr. brother,
2nd Lieut. N. McD. Hathorn, was killed in action, 14 July, 1915 (see
following notice).
[Illustration: =George Hugh Vans Hathorn.=]
=HATHORN, NOEL McDOUALL=, 2nd Lieut., 76th Punjabis, Indian Army,
2nd _s._ of the late Charles Hugh Vans Hathorn, of Seconce Tea
Estate, Assam, by his wife, Emily Rose (5, Ravenlea Road, Folkestone),
dau. of the late Benjamin Bensley, and grandson of the late Admiral
George Hathorn, R.N.; _b._ Seconce, 26 Dec. 1891; educ. at
Pretoria House, Folkestone, Dover College, and Wye Agricultural
College; went to Ceylon tea planting in 1911; volunteered for service
on the outbreak of war; joined the Ceylon Contingent, and was sent to
Egypt. While there he was offered a commission in the Indian Army, and
was gazetted to the 76th Punjabis, then at Suez, Jan. 1915. From Suez
he was sent to the Persian Gulf, and was killed in action, being shot
through the forehead, near Nasar-i-yeh, Mesopotamia, 14 July, 1915;
_unm._ His colonel wrote to his mother as follows: “Your son was
shot when most gallantly leading his men, much ahead of them, and in so
doing had to swim a creek under fire. This was at night, and such fine
action requires not only great nerve and determination, but splendid
bravery in addition, and your boy has, I am gratified to learn, been
recommended by the General for posthumous honour. The regt., of which
I am proud, is proud of your son, and feels honoured that his name was
on our rolls.” While at Wye College he won the champion light-weight
boxing cup for one year, and in Ceylon was considered one of the
leading sportsmen of his district. He won the quarter-mile race in
record time for that country, and was one of the football fifteen for
his province. His elder brother, Lieut. G. H. V. Hathorn, R.M.L.I., was
lost in the Formidable, 1 Jan. 1915 (see preceding notice).
[Illustration: =Noel McDouall Hathorn.=]
=HATTERSLEY, HENRY WILLIAM=, Ordinary Seaman, S.S. 4739, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HATTON, LEONARD NELVINGTON=, P.O., 198556, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HAVERY, RALPH SAINT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2892), S.S.
100180, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HAWKES, JOHN CORNOCK=, Lieut., R.A.M.C., attd. 8th (Service)
Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 2nd _s._ of William Hawkes, of
Bank House, Castletown, Berehaven, co. Cork, Manager, Munster and
Leinster Bank, by his wife, Martha Elizabeth, eldest dau. of William
Gillman; _b._ Castletown aforesaid, 3 March, 1885; educ. Cork
Grammar School and Edinburgh University, and qualified as L.R.C.P., and
S.Ed., and L.R.F.P.S. Glas. in 1910, and then went as a Ship’s Surgeon
to West Africa, and afterwards to Canada. On the outbreak of war he
volunteered and was gazetted Lieut., Royal Army Medical Corps, 6 Dec.
1914, and went to the Front the following May. He was killed in action
at Hooge, 31 July, 1915, by a shell. His Col. wrote: “Your gallant son
was beloved by officers and men for his genial pleasant manner and his
genuine Irish wit, and his devotion to the wounded. He was a splendid
professional man, and the battn. has suffered a severe loss by his
death,” and Col. Thompson, writing on behalf of Surgeon-Gen. Porter,
Director of Medical Service: “He was killed instantaneously by a shell,
when advancing with his regt. near Hooge. They were about to take part
in an assault on some trenches previously lost by another brigade. He
bore the reputation of being a very gallant man, and one devoted to the
care and succour of the wounded. He has now joined our band of heroes
of the R.A.M.C., and his name will live on our annals and he himself in
our memories as one who has conferred honour on the corps.”
[Illustration: =John Cornock Hawkes.=]
=HAWKES, RUEBEN ERNEST=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9297), 203656 (Chatham),
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=HAWKINS, BENJAMIN=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111196, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HAWKINS, CHARLES FRANCIS=, Major, 46th Battery, Royal Field
Artillery, only _s._ of the Rev. William Webster Hawkins, of
Acomb, York, formerly, British Chaplain at Foochow, China, by his
wife, Kate, dau. of Philip Leyburn, of London; _b._ Amoy, China,
16 Jan. 1880; educ. Haileybury; joined the Royal Artillery from the
Militia, 17 March, 1900, and was promoted Lieut. 3 April, 1901, Captain
20 March, 1909 and Major 30 Oct. 1914; served (1) in the South African
War, 1901–2; took part in the operations in the Orange Free State,
March, and in the Transvaal, April-May, 1902 (Queen’s Medal with four
clasps); and (2) with the 1st Division Expeditionary Force in France
and Flanders, Aug. 1914–25 April, 1915, and was killed in action on the
latter date in France; _unm._
[Illustration: =Charles Francis Hawkins.=]
=HAWKINS, CHARLES VINCENT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B.
7332), S.S. 10225, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22
Sept. 1914.
=HAWKINS, FREDERICK ROBERT=, No. 5761, B Coy., 2nd Battn. Royal
Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of James Hawkins, of 2, Cumberland Street,
Staines, by his wife, Maria, dau. of William May; _b._ Egham
Hythe, co. Surrey, 22 June, 1881; enlisted Aug. 1897; served through
the South African war (Queen’s medal with five bars and King’s medal
with two bars), 1899–1902, and with the Mediterranean Expeditionary
Force at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action, 4 June, 1915;
_unm._ His eldest brother, William George, was killed in action
(see following notice), and two other brothers are now (1916) on active
service.
=HAWKINS, GEORGE AUGUSTUS=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 19106, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=HAWKINS, HAROLD GEORGE=, 2nd Lieut., 11th (Service) Battn.
Middlesex Regt., eldest _s._ of Francis Henry Hawkins, LL.B.,
Solicitor; Foreign Secretary, London Missionary Society, by his wife,
Frances Lydia, dau. of George Dugall, of Birmingham; _b._ Wrexham,
co. Denbigh, 10 Nov. 1890; educ. Colet House, Rhyl; Mill Hill School,
London (to which he obtained an open entrance scholarship in 1904), and
Hertford College, Oxford (where he obtained Open Classical Scholarship
and took the Honours School in Classics, July, 1914); gazetted 2nd
Lieut. to the 11th Middlesex, 22 Aug. 1914; went to the Front, 31 May,
1915, and died 24 July, 1915, of wounds received at Armentières on the
same day; _unm._ At School and College he had a good athletic
record and was captain of his College Hockey Team and played hockey for
the University.
[Illustration: =Harold George Hawkins.=]
=HAWKINS, LEONARD=, Corpl., No. 614, 5th Battn. (The London
Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Samuel James
Hawkins, of 109, Whipps Cross Road, Leytonstone, Printer, by his wife,
Lizzie, dau. of the late Thomas Hunt; _b._ Walthamstow, co. Essex,
13 Jan. 1891; educ. Newport Road Council School, Leyton, and the
Worshipful Company of Carpenters School, Stratford; was an Accountant’s
Clerk; enlisted early in Sept. 1914, after the outbreak of war;
promoted Corpl., Feb. 1915; went out to France with a draft, 14 March,
and was killed in action at Wieltje, during the Second Battle of Ypres,
13 May, 1915; _unm._ He was buried near the front trenches at
Wieltje. Letters speak of his having “done extremely well” and having
“died fighting bravely.”
=HAWKINS, LIONEL HOPE=, Lieut., 1st, attd. 6th, Dragoon Guards,
only _s._ of Isaac Thomas Hawkins, of 90, Drayton Gardens, S.W.,
C.E., late Colonial Civil Service, by his wife, Mary Hope, yst. dau. of
Richard Butterworth, of Lancaster; _b._ Chichester, 28 July, 1886;
educ. Waynfleet; Winchester, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst,
and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st Dragoon Guards, 2 Feb. 1907, going
to India with his regt. the following Nov., and was promoted Lieut.,
18 Feb. 1908. He passed his Captain’s examination in Oct. 1912, and
did good work with the signalling, having charge of a brigade for two
years. Being in England on leave when war broke out, he volunteered
and was attached to the 6th Dragoon Guards, and went to France, 15
Aug. 1914. He served through the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the
Marne and the Aisne, and was killed in action on the night of 31 Oct.-1
Nov., when the Germans broke through our lines between Messines and
Wytschaete in the 1st Battle of Ypres. The two forces had got mixed up,
and Lieut. Hawkins observing a party approaching the trench which he
held with his troop, got out of the trench and went forward. According
to a statement made by a brother officer they shouted “Don’t fire! We
are the London Scottish!” and he therefore continued to go forward. He
had not gone more than 30 yards when he fell, shot through the right
side. Two of his men immediately went out and brought him back to the
trench, and he was carried back by his own men and the London Scottish
towards Kemmel, but died shortly afterwards; _unm._ His Adjutant,
Capt. P.M.A. Kerans, wrote: “Your son, of whom we had all grown very
fond, was killed in an attack by the Germans in a line between Messines
and Wytschaete in Southern Belgium on the night of 31 Oct. and 1 Nov.
It appears that after the enemy had penetrated our line a party was
observed by your son approaching the trench which he held with his
troop. He ordered fire to open on them, but they shouted ‘Don’t fire,
we are the Scottish’ and he ordered his men to cease fire; himself,
bravely, but incautiously, got out of his trench and went towards them.
He had gone about 30 yards when the Germans--for it was the Germans and
not the London Scottish--opened fire and your son was seen to fall.
Two men at once went out and brought him back to the trench. He was
seen to be badly wounded in the right side and he was carried back by
our men and the London Scottish towards Kemmel. On reaching a place of
comparative safety two of the men went off to try and find a stretcher
and two remained with your son who died very shortly afterwards. He had
been unconscious from a few minutes after he had been hit and passed
quietly away. The men were unable to bury him then and were obliged
to leave him covered with a blanket at the edge of a wood, where I
have no doubt, he has since been buried, but as, unfortunately, the
Germans now hold the piece of ground, it has not been possible to do
what would otherwise have been done. You have lost a gallant son and
we a brave and well-beloved comrade who showed military qualities of
a high order”; and Major S. W. Webster: “The farm we held was rushed
by the Germans about midnight on 31 Oct. I at once went to the trench
in which your son was. We retired from there to some reserve trenches
about 200 yards in rear. I was there with him for about half an hour,
I then left him to go and see a troop who were holding a trench on
his right. After I had gone I believe he went forward a little to
see if they really were Germans, as he seemed to think they were our
own troops--it was pitch dark at the time. He was shot through the
body, and some of my own men carried him back. He died when they had
carried him about ½ mile to the rear. My man, Private Willings, then
left the body under a fence. It was impossible to recover the body
or even the wounded, as we had to evacuate the position at dawn. I
am perfectly certain from what the men told me, that your son died
within half an hour of his wound. It must seem strange to you, that we
could not recover the body, but we were fighting for our lives through
the night, in the pitch dark, over a front of at least half a mile.
Three of our own officers and many men were left behind, and we do not
even know if they are dead or prisoners.” Col. I. Annesley also wrote
(12 Dec.): “Had your son lived it would not have been long before he
earned great distinction, for he was very brave and a fine leader of
men. On the night of the poor fellow’s death there were so many heroic
actions on the part of my officers and men that it was impossible to
pick out anyone in particular as being better than his fellows. As I
say, had your son lived I should certainly have sent his name in for
consideration at a later period for his splendid work as a troop leader
from the beginning of hostilities, and I have written to this effect to
the Brigadier General Commanding the 4th Cavalry Brigade, as I now hold
a Staff appointment”; and Brigadier-General the Hon. Cecil Bingham,
4th Cavalry Brigade: “I only met your son, Lionel, when he became
attached to the 6th Dragoon Guards, but I got to know him pretty well,
and my regard for him grew as we got to know each other. During the
retirement, and subsequently, he had several difficult patrols to carry
out, and he always did his part with conspicuous success. He was a very
brave man, and was careful of the lives of his men. On the night of his
death, he, in company with many others, performed acts which redounded
to their everlasting credit, but you will understand that all cannot
be rewarded, the number was limited to two per unit, and a selection
made from the reports.” In India he was known as one of the finest polo
players, and was in the winning team of many tournaments, and besides
was a good all-round sportsman. He played cricket for his school, won
the steeplechase for his House at Winchester, and ran with his troop
in the Marathon Race in June, 1908, when they won the Harkness Shield.
“An excellent report which reflects great credit on Lieut. Hawkins,
the Signalling Officer,” was the remark of the G.O.C., Ambala Cavalry
Brigade, on Individual Tests, 31 March, 1913.
[Illustration: =Lionel Hope Hawkins.=]
=HAWKINS, WILLIAM DAVID=, Leading Seaman, 195918, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HAWKINS, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Private, No. 1901, 8th Battn. The
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of James Hawkins, of 2,
Cumberland Street, Staines, by his wife, Maria, dau. of William May;
was an old Volunteer; served with the Expeditionary Force in France,
was wounded at Hill 60, and died in King George’s Hospital, London,
28 June 1915. He _m._ at Egham, Surrey, Elizabeth, dau. of (--)
May, and had four children: Frederick, _b._ 23 Oct. 1899; William,
_b._ 25 Sept. 1900; Alfred, _b._ 9 Dec. 1902; and Bessie,
_b._ 22 March, 1901.
[Illustration: =William George Hawkins.=]
=HAWKRIDGE, JOHN=, Rifleman, No. 2358 C Coy. 1/17th Battn. (Poplar
and Stepney Rifles), The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Robert
Hawkridge, formerly of the ... Regt.; _b._ 21 Aug. 18--; and was
in the Special Reserve; joined the Poplar and Stepney Rifles, 1 Sept.
1914; went to France, and was killed in action at Loos, 26 Sept. 1915.
Capt. E. A. B. Chandler wrote to his widow: “Our Battn. did its share
in the great advance and your husband too did his part in the very best
way, and it grieves me deeply to tell you that he fell while in the
front line.... The life and soul of his platoon, always full of fun,
‘Tosh,’ as he was called, is very much missed. Fearless, too, he was,
and I had often occasion to admire his coolness in dangerous positions.
As far as I know he lies near the chalk pit at Loos.” He _m._ at
St. Mark’s, Victoria Park, E., Daisy Florence (48, Mandeville Street,
Clapton Park, E.), dau. of (--), and had a dau., Florence Lilian,
_b._ 10 Jan. 1915.
[Illustration: =John Hawkridge.=]
=HAWORTH, BENJAMIN=, Signaller, No. 131, B Coy., 3rd Battn.
1st Division, Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of Thomas
Haworth, of 29, Bridge Street, Freetown, Bury, Lancashire, by his wife,
Harriet, dau. of Thomas Ashworth, of Rossendale, Lancashire; _b._
Freetown, Bury, Lancashire, 21 Aug. 1891; educ. there; emigrated to
Australia early in 1913, and settled at Morisset, N.S.W.; volunteered
on the outbreak of war, and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary
Force in Aug. 1914, with his brother John Edward; left for Egypt on
the Euripides, 20 Oct.; went to the Dardanelles, 29 Mar. 1915, and
died of wounds received in action there, 9 Aug. 1915; _unm._
Buried at sea. His brothers, John Edward, now Sergt., No. 135, 3rd
Battn. Australian Expeditionary Force, and Corpl. James Arthur Haworth,
Machine Gun Section, 13th Battn. (5th Royal Highlanders), Canadian
Expeditionary Force, are now (1916) on active service.
=HAWORTH, FREDERICK=, Corpl No. 3210, 10th Battn. (Service) Rifle
Brigade, _s._ of Lister Haworth, of 10, Swan Street, Blackburn, by
his wife, Isabella, dau. of John Macmillan, of Ayr; _b._ 2 June,
1879; educ. Christ Church School there; was a weaver; joined the 5th
(Blackburn) Lancashire Artillery Volunteers in 1898, and was seventeen
years with them (Medal) and was a Corpl.; volunteered for Foreign
Service on the outbreak of war, 7 Sept. 1914. and died at the Isolation
Hospital, Aldershot, 31 Mar. 1915, of spotted fever], contracted while
training there. He _m._ at Christ Church, 1 Nov. 1902, Mary
Alice (16 Swan Street, Blackburn), dau. of Richard Lang, and left two
children: Maggie, _b._ 22 March, 1904; and Annie, _b._ 2 Feb.
1906.
[Illustration: =Frederick Haworth.=]
=HAYDEN, HARRY=, Rifleman, No. 2083, C Coy., 1st Battn. Rifle
Brigade, only _s._ of Arthur Hayden, of Haddiscoe, Great Yarmouth,
Norfolk, Signalman for 35 years on the Great Eastern Railway, by
his wife, Sybilla Smythe, dau. of William Edward Snare, of Brandon,
Suffolk; _b._ Weeting, co. Norfolk, 19 Jan. 1887; educ.
Somerleyton, Suffolk; enlisted at Winchester, 6 May, 1907; served in
Ireland 1907–08; India, Oct. 1908–Oct. 1914; and with the Expeditionary
Force in France and Flanders, 8 Nov. 1914–15 March, 1915; was wounded
in action at Neuve Chapelle, on the latter date, and died in No. 2
British Red Cross Hospital at Rouen on the 17th; _unm._ Buried
in Rouen Cemetery. He was present as a special messenger at the Delhi
Durbar, 1911.
=HAYDON, LEONARD FLAXMAN LEE=, Private, No. 2446. 5th Battn. Royal
Sussex Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late Flaxman Haydon,
of Blomfield House, London Wall, Chartered Accountant, by his wife,
Anne Juliana (760, Stanlake Road, Shepherd’s Bush), dau. of the late
Henry Lee Hogg, of Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, Surgeon; _b._
Coleridge House, Lady Margaret Road, Kentish Town, 6 Aug. 1886; educ.
Lewes Grammar School; was a Clerk in Barclays Bank, Lewes; enlisted,
Sept. 1914; went to France, 18 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action
at Richbourg L’Avoué, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ Major G. H. Courthope
wrote: “He and his comrades joined with the utmost gallantry in the
assault on the German lines at Richbourg L’Avoué. His dead body was
found not far from a road known as the cinder track, by search parties
of the Lahore Division. He and hundreds of others were buried close to
the Rue du Bois, and I am informed that all the graves are carefully
marked.”
[Illustration: =Leonard F. L. Haydon.=]
=HAYERS, ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10686), 216178, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HAYES, ERNEST DE LANNOY=, Major, 2nd Battn. The Cameronians
(Scottish Rifles), 2nd _s._ of Vice-Admiral John Montagu Hayes,
C.B., by his wife, Julia, dau. of Richard Atkinson Coward; _b._
Southsea, co. Hants, 8 July, 1869; educ. Stubbington, near Fareham;
Westward Ho!, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted
to the Cameronians, 3 May, 1890, promoted Lieut., 5 April, 1893,
Capt., 22 Dec. 1897, Brevet Major, 22 Aug. 1902, and Major, 24 June,
1908; served (1) in the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in
the Relief of Ladysmith, including action at Colenso; the operations
of 17–24 Jan. 1900, and action at Spion Kop; operations of 5–7 Nov.
1900, and action at Vaal Krantz; operations on Tugela Heights (14–27
Feb. 1900), and action at Pieters Hill; operations in Natal, March
to June, 1900; including action at Laings Nek (6–9 June); operations
in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to 29 Nov. 1900; operations
in the Transvaal 30 Nov. 1900 to Aug. 1901, and Nov. 1901 to 31 May,
1902, and on the Zululand frontier of Natal, Sept. and Oct. 1901
(mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 29 July, 1902], Brevet Major;
Queen’s medal with four clasps and King’s Medal with two clasps);
and (2) with Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 4 Nov.
1914 to 10 March, 1915, on which day he was killed in action at Neuve
Chapelle, while bravely leading his Company, “A,” which was literally
mown down by machine gun and rifle fire; our Artillery having failed
to cut barbed wire defending the section of German trench. A fellow
officer wrote: “His name will go down in the history of the Regt. as
the officer who led the attack in the severest fight the battn. has
ever had to take part in.” He _m._ at Edinburgh, 1904, Constance
Frances, dau. of the late Sir Thomas Macdonald Miller, of Glenlee, co.
Ayr, and had a son, Montagu Ernest, _b._ 16 Jan. 1905.
[Illustration: =Ernest de Lannoy Hayes.=]
=HAYLES, EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1999), 197731, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HAYMAN, JAMES GEORGE=, Private, No. 7574, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 5th _s._ of the late Amos Hayman, of High Brooms,
Tunbridge Wells, Farm Labourer, by his wife, Eliza, dau. of (--)
Coorke; _b._ Longford, co. Oxford, 3 July, 1889; educ. Tunbridge
Wells National School; enlisted, 16 Dec. 1907; served three years with
the Colours, then passed into the Reserve and worked as a Gardener;
mobilised, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 11 Aug.; served through
the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Marne, the Aisne, Ypres,
Landrecies, &c. and was killed by a shell while sitting talking in
the trenches at Rue du Bois, Belgium, 20 May, 1915. He _m._ at
Tunbridge Wells, 4 Feb. 1911, Mary Louise (164, Portland Street,
Walworth, S.E.), dau. of Moses Baker, of Walworth, and had three sons:
Amos George, _b._ 29 July, 1911; Albert William, _b._ 23
March, 1913; and John Edward, _b._ 28 May, 1914.
[Illustration: =James George Hayman.=]
=HAYMES, ALBERT=, A.B., 219142, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HAYNES, ERNEST GEORGE=, Stoker, R.N.R., 790U, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HAYNES, HENRY AGULAR=, Private, No. 878, 18th Battn. Australian
L.I., 2nd _s._ of the late Commander W. Clarke Haynes, R.N.;
_b._ 187-, served through the South African War with the Cape
Mounted Rifles (medal); went to Australia; joined the Australian
Imperial Force after the outbreak of the European War, and was killed
in action at the Dardanelles, 21–25 Aug. 1915; _unm._
=HAYTER, CYRIL=, Lieut., 8th South Canterbury Mounted Rifles,
New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th and yst. _s._ of Commander
Francis Hayter, R.N., later a run-holder in New South Wales and New
Zealand, by his wife, Eugenie Elizabeth, dau. of Frederick Huddleston;
_b._ Rollesby, Burkes Pass, South Canterbury, New Zealand, 4
Feb. 1890; educ. Christ’s College, Christchurch, New Zealand, where
he was a member of the College Cadet Corps; served sometime in the
Mackenzie Mounted Rifles (Volunteers), and was gazetted Lieut. 8th
South Canterbury Mounted Rifles when the Territorial system came into
force in New Zealand. On the outbreak of war he was one of the first to
volunteer for Imperial service. He left for Egypt 16 Oct.; afterwards
going to the Dardanelles, and was killed in action in the brilliant
attack by the New Zealand Mounted Rifles and the 5th Connaught Rangers
on Hill 60, on the Azmak Dere, Gallipoli, 27 Aug. 1915. At the time of
his death he was the only officer of his squadron left, all the others
having been killed or wounded in the previous fighting; _unm._
Lieut. Hayter was mentioned in Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 11
Dec. 1915 [London Gazette, 28 Jan. 1916], for gallant and distinguished
service in the field. He was a very keen sportsman; in 1908 and
1909 respectively he won the featherweight and middle-weight boxing
championships at Christ’s College, Christchurch, and was an excellent
shot. Two elder brothers of his are now (1916) at the Front, one with
the Royal Engineers in France, and the other with the New Zealand Force.
[Illustration: =Cyril Hayter.=]
=HAYTER, GEORGE ALFRED=, Cooper Pensioner, 167166, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HAYTHORNTHWAITE, RYCHARDE MEAD=, 2nd Lieut., Special Reserve,
3rd. attd. 2nd. Battn. The East Kent Regiment (The Buffs), elder
_s._ of the Rev. John Parker Haythornthwaite, of Agra Lodge,
Northwood. Middlesex, M.A., Principal of St. John’s College, Agra,
1890–1911; Fellow of Allahabad University; by his wife, Izset,
L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., dau. of Samuel Mead, of Stratford-on-Avon;
_b._ Agra, India, 4 Jan. 1894; educ. C.M.S. Children’s Home,
Limpsfield; Haileybury College (Scholar, Head of the School 1912–13;
Colour-Sergeant O.T.C.), and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (Oct.
1913–July, 1914, Exhibitioner in History); gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd
Buffs, 15 Aug. 1914; trained at Dover Sept. 1914–May, 1915; went to
the front on 5 May, and was killed in action at the Second Battle of
Ypres on the 24th of that month; _unm._ He was buried outside the
garden gate of a ruined cottage on the right-hand side of the Menin
Road, about 1,000 yards beyond the level crossing of the Ypres-Roulois
Railway in one of three graves. In a letter written to his parents
the day he was killed he said: “At 2.30 a.m. this morning the Germans
started a terrific bombardment, using their vile gas. Our lads were
splendid and stuck it. About 5.30 a.m. we got a message to reinforce
the firing line, with my Company, ‘B.’ Unfortunately there was very
bad communication, and our 1st Platoon did not reinforce. I went out
to try and find out what was happening, and worked my way up to the
front line, about 1,000 yards ahead, and found out what was happening,
and then returned to our trenches. ‘B’ Company immediately pushed
forward, as the line wanted reinforcing, but I stayed back to report
to Headquarters. After doing that I started with one other fellow
to work my way up. The shrapnel was terrific, but our luck was in,
and we reached a ruined house just behind the firing line, and found
there a good many wounded, poor beggars. I got a stretcher party
together and we pulled in several badly wounded fellows in a field,
but unfortunately they sniped at us, the brutes! Two of our poor chaps
were hit. Since then we have done what we can to make them comfortable,
but it is awfully hard for them. We can do so little for them till
dark, and even then it isn’t safe. The shelling is something terrific,
one burst on this house knocking bits over our wounded, and gave a
few more nasty cuts. All we can do is to keep boiling water--it is
not safe to drink otherwise--and give them sips of tea and Bovril, of
which we have luckily got a certain amount. Unfortunately it is very
hot, and their thirst must be terrific. I know mine is. It is just
that fiendish gas. I have had nothing to eat since 7 p.m. last night,
it is now 4 p.m. Only a few sips of different things, and this gas
keeps up a horrible choking feeling, which prevents one working as
hard as one wants to. What will happen to us I do not know. I think
we are advancing now, and in that case all ought to be all right”; a
Sergt.-Major W. Dunlop, Durham L.I., wrote: “I was with him on that
memorable day. ‘Whit Monday,’ for about 10½ hours, at about 500 yds.
from the Germans, without a British soldier in front and about 1,000
yds. from the nearest troops behind, attending to the wounded. First,
I set away with a stretcher, my companion was either shot or fainted,
so I went across to the ruins of an old cottage. There were a dozen
or so wounded, with a wounded Corporal trying to dress the other poor
souls. I could get no assistance there, so had to go to our reserves
behind for someone to help me to get the stretcher in. I returned with
two brave chaps, and on my return met Lieut. Haythornthwaite. He asked
particulars and said it was certain death to venture out. I said, ‘I’m
risking it.’ His answer was, ‘If you go, I’m coming also.’ The four of
us set out, but could not find man or stretcher, and it was only by the
protection of God Himself that we returned, for nothing human could
have protected us from the murderous fire the brutes sent towards us,
but not one of us was hit, thanks to God. It was after that I found the
qualities of your son. The dressings of the wounded were not as they
should have been, bandaged by little experienced hands, so your son
and myself set about to try to stop the bleeding of the wounded....
After a while we got all made as comfortable as we could under the
circumstances.... So he set to, and got a fire going, and we got some
Bovril made. It was a God-send for the poor souls, as the water was
not fit to drink if it had not been boiled, and the continual cry of
the wounded was ‘water.’ It was during the time the water was boiling
I saw your son sitting and writing the letter you eventually got,
but the contents he did not mention at the time. After a while, the
counter-attack started. Our troops started to advance. What a sight!
Men falling right and left, but still the advance continued until they
reached our cottage. Your son collected men on one side of the cottage,
myself the other, and got them to dig themselves in so as to stop the
brutes from advancing, and after a while we got a position formed which
seemed strong enough to hold them in check. And then came more work,
the poor souls who had been shot were either helped, or carried to us
for ‘First Aid,’ and on several occasions your son and myself went
out and brought men in, and it was on one of these that he got hit,
the bullet passing through his left shoulder. I was dressing a chap
with a finger blown off when it happened, but two men--I don’t know
their names--carried him in, and set about dressing him. He called for
me, and asked me to adjust his bandages, and said, ‘If there are any
men about doing nothing tell them to try and get a rifle as every man
is needed.’.... He was hit somewhere about 5 p.m., and after he was
wounded he was as calm and cool as ever. He ordered a man--I don’t know
his name--to take everything from his pockets, spectacles included,
with the instructions, ‘See these things handed over to my people.’
The man repeated the words as he gave me the things I forwarded on
to you.” Private James White, Royal Fusiliers, who brought him into
the ruined cottage after he was wounded, in an interview with Lieut.
Haythornthwaite’s father said that shortly after 4 p.m. the British
counter attack began in great force. The Northumbrian Brigade led
the attack, and one platoon as it drew near to the ruined cottage in
one of its rushes, was left without its officer. He fell wounded and
was brought in and laid with the others. Lieut. Haythornthwaite then
said to him “Shall I take your men on?” He went forth to do so, and
was almost immediately shot himself, and was left on the field until
brought in by Private James White. This account is not inconsistent
with that given by Sergt-Major Dunlop, as he admits that he did not
actually see him fall, as he was busily engaged with the wounded.
Lieut. Haythornthwaite was a keen athlete and long-distance runner at
Haileybury. He won the half mile, under 16, in 1910, and the open mile
in 1912. He also won his College Colours at Sidney Sussex, Cambridge,
for athletics and football, and organised the Regimental Sports whilst
in training at Dover.
[Illustration: =R. M. Haythornthwaite.=]
=HAYWARD, ARTHUR CHARLES=, Private, No. 51231, 16th Battn.
(Canadian Scottish), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Richard
William Hayward, of The Mount, Hooe, Battle, co. Sussex, Mercantile
Clerk, by his first wife, Susannah, dau. of Joseph Bleak; _b._ The
Mount, Hooe, 29 Oct. 1882; educ. Castle Gate School, Lewes; and went
to Canada in 1904. He had always had a strong desire for a military
career, and had been a member of a voluntary corps both in England and
Canada. On the outbreak of the European War he threw up his post of
ranch manager in California, proceeding to Victoria, B.C., where he
enlisted with the Victoria Fusiliers, and was one of a draft from that
regt. despatched to England to reinforce Princess Patricia’s L.I., but
on arrival on Salisbury Plain was attached to the 16th Battn. Canadian
Scottish. He took part in their historic action in the wood near Ypres
for recovery of the French guns on the night of 22–23 April, 1915,
receiving his mortal wound immediately after that action, in which he
had borne a gallant part. He was buried in the new military cemetery at
Poperinghe; _unm._
[Illustration: =Arthur Charles Hayward.=]
=HAYWARD, HARRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6706), 220756, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HAYWARD, THOMAS ALEXANDER=, A.B., S.S. 3057, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HAZEL, JOHN THOMAS=, Private, No. 12019, 5th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of the late William Hazel, of 40,
Sutherland Street, Middlesbrough, by his wife, Mary Eliza (43, Lloyd
Street, Middlesbrough), dau. of James Hutchinson, of Whitby; _b._
Middlesbrough, 13 Jan. 1891; educ. Linthorpe Schools there; went to
Canada in 1908; and was a Farmer; volunteered after the outbreak of
war and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force; came over with the
first contingent; went to France in Feb. 1915, and died in No. 11
General Hospital, Boulogne, 26 May, 1915, of wounds received in action;
_unm._
[Illustration: =John Thomas Hazel.=]
=HAZELDEN, JAMES=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 4555), 167431,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=HEAD, GEORGE FREDERICK=, Rifleman, No. 1874, 1/18th (London
Irish Rifles) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of
George Head, of Vine Cottage, Limpsfield, Surrey, Decorator, by his
wife, Annie M., dau. of Walter Miles; _b._ Limpsfield, 17 Dec.
1894; educ. there; was a Draper’s Assistant at Sir Frederick Cook’s,
in St. Paul’s Churchyard; volunteered on the declaration of war and
joined the London Irish Rifles, 11 Aug. 1914; went to France, 9 March,
and was killed in action at Loos, 26 Sept. 1915; _unm._ Buried
at Noeux-les-Mines. His officer (to whom he was acting as servant)
wrote: “He was a splendid little fellow. Absolutely without fear and
the cheeriest man in the Company. He was by my side as we left the
front line trench for the attack on Loos, and he fell very early in the
charge.”
[Illustration: =George Frederick Head.=]
=HEAD, REGINALD=, Capt., 1st Battn. The Border Regt., only
_s._ of the late John Oswald Head, of Hackwood, J.P., by his
wife, Dorothy (Hackwood, Hexham), dau. of William Kirsopp; _b._
Hackwood, co. Northumberland, 25 Nov. 1885; educ. Harrow and Sandhurst;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. to The Border Regt., 24 Jan. 1906, and promoted
Lieut., 13 April, 1909, and Capt., 20 Dec. 1914, and served with his
regt. in India and Burma. On the outbreak of the European war he was
serving with the Border Regt. in Maymyo, Burma, and in Jan. 1915,
returned with it to England, where they were stationed at Rugby,
afterwards going out with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force; took
part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25–26 April, 1915, and was
killed in action near Krithia, 28 April, 1915. He _m._ at St.
Ambrose Church, Bournemouth, 5 Feb. 1914, Agnes Margaret (Sedaw, West
Cliff Road, Bournemouth), yst. dau. of the late William Naunton Waller,
of Bealings, Suffolk, D.L., and had a dau., Margaret Dorothy Pamela,
_b._ 21 March, 1915.
[Illustration: =Reginald Head.=]
=HEAD, WILLIAM ARTHUR=, Private, No. 169, B Coy., 4th Battn.
1st Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of
the late William Head, of Bristol, Carpenter, by his wife, Charlotte
(Stafford Street, Bristol), dau. of Robert Groves; _b._ Bristol,
26 April, 1890; educ. there; went to Australia 4 Oct. 1912, and entered
the service of the Hospital at Parramatta; volunteered on the outbreak
of war, and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, 17 Aug. 1914;
left for Egypt in Oct.; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles,
25 April, and was killed in action there, 10 June, 1915; _unm._
Buried in a small cemetery behind the firing line. Major Charles M.
Macnaughton wrote to Mrs. Head: “You have probably before this heard of
the death of your son, and how he died gallantly fighting.... Your son
very nobly stopped with me until the stretcher-bearers came and took
me down to the beach. Believe me, I am very grateful ..., and as I am
unable to thank him personally, I write to you to express my gratitude.”
[Illustration: =William Arthur Head.=]
=HEAL, WILLIAM FRANCIS=, A.B., J. 13229, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HEALY, THOMAS=, Private, No. 5195, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
eldest _s._ of Edward Healy, of Russelstown, Milltown, co. Galway,
Farmer, by his wife, Mary, dau. of James Hughes, of Ballyglass, co.
Mayo; _b._ Russelstown, March, 1876: educ. Dalgin School; enlisted
1 Oct. 1903, and after serving his time joined the Reserve; was
employed in some iron works at Sheffield. On mobilisation he rejoined,
went to the Front 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Rentel, 1
Nov. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Thomas Healy.=]
=HEARN, CHARLES JAMES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./8592, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HEARN, EDGAR FRANK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7604),
S.S. 102977, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=HEARN, JAMES SAMUEL=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 10371), 299889,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was sunk in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914.
=HEASTMAN, JOHN EDWARD=, Private, No. 12/1428, 16th Waikato Regt.,
Auckland Infantry, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, eldest surviving
_s._ of the late John Edward Heastman, of Clapton, by his wife,
Sarah, dau. of Christopher Saunders; _b._ Clapton, London, N.E.,
24 Oct. 1887; educ. at Homerton Row Elementary School; was a Dairy
Farmer. Served some time in the Essex Territorials; went to New Zealand
in 1911, and finally settled at Hobsonville, Auckland; volunteered on
the outbreak of war, and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force on
or about 24 Oct.; left for Egypt with the second reinforcement in Dec.;
was drafted into the main body in or about March, 1915, being one of
five men chosen to reinforce the main body; was taken ill and had to
remain in hospital during the landing of the main body at Gallipoli,
25–26 April, 1915, but joined his regt. there 8 May, 1915, and was
reported missing after the fighting on 8 Aug. following. On 25 Jan.
1916, he was reported “believed killed in action at Gallipoli on 8 Aug.
1915” by a Court of Inquiry held in Egypt. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =John Edward Heastman.=]
=HEATH, ALBERT ARTHUR=, Private, No. 11854, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, eldest _s._ of Arthur Heath (18, Wilson Street, Winchmore
Hill, N.), Gardener at Carter Page’s, 52–53, London Wall, by his wife,
Kate, dau. of the late Jesse Knight, of Lodsworth, Sussex; _b._
Chichester 8 May, 1896; educ. Central Boys’ School there, and worked
first at a Dairy Farm and then in a Greengrocery business at Winchmore
Hill. After the outbreak of war he enlisted on 9 Sept. 1914, and made
rapid progress with his training and was complimented by his company
officer for good marksmanship. He left England with a draft for his
regt. on or about 14 Jan., went straight into the firing line and was
killed in action at Cuinchy, 7 Feb. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Albert Arthur Heath.=]
=HEATH, ALFRED JAMES=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10771),
205750, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HEATH, GERALD COUSSMAKER=, Corpl., No. 29524, 16th Battn. (72nd
Canadian Seaforths) Canadian Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of
the late Col. Lewis Forbes Heath, Indian Army, formerly commanding
10th (now 110th) Mahrattas, by his wife, Susan Wilhelmina (Failand,
Grosvenor, Paignton, Devon), dau. of Ezekiel Charles Petgrave;
_b._ Mount Abu, Rajputana, India, 3 May, 1888; educ. Wellington
College, Berks, and on leaving there went out to Canada, and for the
five years before the war had been in Vancouver City, where he joined
the 72nd Seaforths in 1911. On the declaration of war in August,
1914, he volunteered for service overseas, and left Canada with
the first Canadian Contingent on 3 Oct. 1914; went to France early
in Feb. 1915, and was mortally wounded in action at Langemarck, 25
April, 1915. He was carried off the field, but died shortly afterwards
without recovering consciousness; _unm._ The Major of his regt.
wrote: “His work in the hard fighting in which we were engaged on 22
April, and afterwards, was most excellent, and he had been noted for
distinction for his gallant conduct.” Another officer who joined with
reinforcements after the action, wrote: “Major Rae and all his comrades
have nothing but praise for his work. Several times he volunteered and
took out stretcher parties with wounded officers and men, always under
fire. His efforts were evidently of the finest. He has been recommended
for distinguished service recognition.” Heath was a fine athlete, and
won many medals and prizes for hurdling and the broad jump. In 1912
he won the championship of British Columbia for hurdling, and the
following year became champion hurdler of Canada. He was mentioned in
F.M. Sir John French’s Despatches [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915].
[Illustration: =Gerald Coussmaker Heath.=]
=HEATH, VOLTELIN PERCY=, 2nd Lieut., Royal Horse Guards, only
_s._ of Sir James Heath, of Oxenden Hall, Market Harborough, 1st
Bart., M.P., North-West Stafford (1892–1906), by his wife, Euphemia
Celina, 2nd dau. of Pieter Gerhard Van-der-Byl, of Cape Town, and
Elsenwood, co. Surrey; _b._ Clayton, Newcastle, co. Stafford,
10 Jan. 1889; educ. Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford; gazetted to
the Royal Horse Guards, 21 Oct. 1911, and promoted Lieut., 13 April,
1912; left for France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914; was
wounded in action at Néry, near Compiègne, 1 Sept., during the retreat
from Mons, and was taken to the Château Baron, where he died, 4 Sept.
following, and was buried in the garden of the Château; _unm._
His Colonel, Viscount Crichton, wrote: “Volly was wounded yesterday in
a skirmish we had. He led his troop most gallantly, and first got a
bullet in his thigh, breaking the bone, and then was hit again in the
head, so we had to leave him behind. The doctor tells me when he got
up to him he was conscious and most awfully plucky.” Lieut. Heath took
a Second in History Schools at Oxford, and was a great leader of all
social and political movements of the time. He was Master of the Oxford
Drag for two years, and Capt. of the polo team, and in 1914 played for
his regt. in the Inter-regimental Polo Tournament.
[Illustration: =Voltelin P. Heath.=]
=HEATLY, HENRY FRANCIS=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Yorkshire Regt. (attd.
2nd Battn. East Lancashire Regt.), _s._ of Henry Louis Heatly, of
89, Tufnell Park Road, London, Artist, by his wife, Kate Sophia, dau.
of Charles Simmonds; _b._ London, 30 Aug. 1890; educ. University
College School, and London University (B.Sc.), and on leaving the
latter received a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 2nd Yorkshire
Reserve of Officers, 2 April, 1913, and joined at Farnborough. On the
declaration of war, he joined the 3rd Battn. at West Hartlepool; was
attached to the 2nd East Lancashire Regt. in Oct. 1914; went to France
with them that month, and was killed in action at Croix-Barbée, 22 Feb.
1915; _unm._ Buried in the East Lancashire cemetery there. Major
A. A. Sanders wrote: “He was on duty with the company under my command
on Monday, 22 Feb., and at about 2 p.m. he went with an Engineer
officer to visit and inspect an advanced trench which is situated at no
great distance from the German lines. He was talking to the Engineer
Officer, Lieut. Drew, and also a subaltern, Lieut. Daw, of my company,
when inadvertently he must have raised his head above the level of the
parapet, and he was shot in the head by a German bullet. He became
unconscious immediately, and passed away about five minutes later. Your
son has been with my company ever since we left Hursely Park. He was a
very good officer and very brave and fearless, and popular with the men
under his command. I feel his loss in my company very much.” Both at
School and University he took a keen interest in the O.T.C. At school
he was the best shot during his last year, winning the Thompson Silver
Rifle, and shot for the school three successive years in the Ashburton
Competition at Bisley. He gained the “A” Certificate at school, among
the first under Lord Haldane’s scheme for Reserve of Officers, and the
“B” Certificate at the University.
[Illustration: =Henry Francis Heatly.=]
=HEATON, EVELYN=, Private, No. 58005, 20th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of William Heaton, of 33,
Victoria Road, Garswood, Lancashire, Colliery Engine Winder, by his
wife, Anne, dau. of Joseph Barton; _b._ Ashton-in-Makerfield, co.
Lancaster, 5 Aug. 1893; educ. Ashton Church of England School; went
to Canada, 8 Aug. 1913, and in 1913 became Assayer of Silver at the
McKingley Darragh Mine, Cobalt, Ontario; volunteered after the outbreak
of war, and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Jan. 1915; came
over with the second contingent, 24 May, 1915; went to France, 13 Sept.
1915, and was killed in action at Dickebusch, near Ypres, 14 Nov.
1915; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “Will you forgive me intruding on
your sorrow just to tell you how much we, Tim’s comrades, sympathise
with you in that sorrow, and how fully we share it with you. We have
lived, shared blankets and grub with him, ever since he came to us in
Toronto. And we got to love him for his cheerfulness, his courage,
his generosity. There isn’t a man in the section who has ever had a
quarrel with him. On our route marches in training, when we were cold
and wet and tired--almost played out--it was Tim’s smile and Tim’s song
that earned for us the name of the ‘singing section.’ There was not
a nicer fellow, a kinder fellow, or a cleaner fellow than Tim, and I
would like you to know, as I do, that he was an example to us all, not
only in cheerfulness under hardship, and courage under pain, but clean
living in barracks. In all the months he was with us there isn’t an
episode that you would not be proud to know of. And there isn’t a man
that isn’t keenly feeling the loss of our lovable laughing Tim. He was
shot coming in on Sunday morning. Our trenches here are all filled with
water and caved in, and there is an open space of perhaps 20 ft. that
a man must cross to get to his gun. Three men crossed in safety, but
the Germans must have seen and they got him just about half-way across.
The bullet broke his arm and spine, though we didn’t know his spine was
broken at first. He laughed when we went to help him, saying he had got
his ticket for England. But he felt his legs dead, and he knew though
no one told him. He was singing to himself going down on the stretcher,
and never a word about his pain, nor was there to the end. He only
lasted a few minutes after we got him to the dressing station. The
stretcher-bearers say he was the best wounded man they have handled. So
he died as he was, ever an example to the rest of us. And we, who loved
him and miss him hourly in our work and fun, want to offer you, his
mother, our deepest sympathy in your bereavement. And we wanted to tell
you how he died bravely in his duty. Throughout this letter I have used
the name we gave him, the one we knew him best by, though, of course, I
know his real name was Evelyn. In Toronto there is a big firm, Timothy
Eaton & Co., and we adopted that name for him because of the similarity
in Heaton and Eaton. This letter is written by one of his comrades on
No. 4 gun. The sentiments are those of us all; it is at the request of
the others that I am writing.”
[Illustration: =Evelyn Heaton.=]
=HEATON, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 5698, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, eldest _s._ of William Heaton, of 1/11, Stoke Street,
Birmingham, by his wife, Alice, dau. of John Gregson; _b._
Birmingham, co. Warwick, 8 Sept. 1883; educ. Severn Street Council
School, Birmingham; enlisted, 1 Sept. 1904; served in Egypt, 29 Sept.
1906 to 23 March, 1911; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914; died in No. 12
General Hospital, Rouen, 6 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action at
Soupir; _unm._ Buried in the Cemetière des Brugeres, Rouen.
=HEDEN, ALFRED HOWARD=, Sergt., No. 1226, 13th Battn. (Princess
Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Alfred
Henry Heden, of 11, Grove Road, Barnes, S.W., by his wife, Hannah, dau.
of Samuel Skeats; _b._ Peckham, 25 Oct. 1894; educ. Wandsworth
Secondary School; was a Clerk; joined the Kensingtons, Oct. 1911,
and on the outbreak of war volunteered for active service; trained
at Abbots Langley, and went to France, 3 Nov. 1914. He took part in
the actions at Neuve Chapelle in March and at Aubers Ridge on 9 May,
1915, and was seen to fall shot through the lungs at the latter, and
was reported killed. Two months later a letter was received from him
saying he was wounded and a prisoner of war; he died of his wounds at
Valenciennes, 25 July, 1915, and was buried there; _unm._
[Illustration: =Alfred Howard Heden.=]
=HEDGE, LEONARD AUGUSTUS=, L.-Corpl., No. 2471, and Dispatch
Rider, 2nd Montgomery Yeomanry (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of the late
Charles Edward Hedge, of Stoke-on-Trent, Brewer, by his wife, Mary Ann
(54, Broomhill Road, Ipswich), dau. of George Thomas William Mugliston,
M.D., of Hatch End, Pinner, Middlesex; _b._ Stoke-on-Trent, 14
June, 1888; educ. Dean Close School, Cheltenham; and when war broke out
was Senior Bank Clerk at the United Counties Bank, Ltd., Brecon, South
Wales. He volunteered, and joined the Montgomery Yeomanry, 29 Sept.
1914, and was killed in a motor cycle accident at Welshpool, co. Salop,
16 June, 1915, while going through his course of training; _unm._
[Illustration: =Leonard Augustus Hedge.=]
=HEDGES, HENRY THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 8916, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HEDGES, HERBERT=, Private, No. 9798, 1st Battn. East Kent Regt.
(The Buffs); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died
20 Oct. 1914, of wounds received in action.
=HEDGES, RONALD EGERTON=, Rifleman, No. 2869, 12th Battn. (The
Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Frederick John
Hedges, of The Shrubberies, George Lane, South Woodford, by his
wife, Charlotte Elizabeth, dau. of John Abraham, of Dunstable, Beds;
_b._ South Woodford, co. Essex, 9 Dec. 1896; educ. Woodford
College and Loughton School; was a Marine Engineer; volunteered on the
outbreak of war and joined the London Rangers, 9 Sept. 1914; went to
France, 9 March, 1915, and was killed in action at the Second Battle of
Ypres, 29 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried at Verlórenhock. His Adjutant
wrote of him that: “He was brave and cheerful, one of our best ... a
keen soldier, eager at all times to do his duty.”
=HEELEY, ARNOLD=, Private, No. 3426, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
_s._ of Abraham Heeley, of 20, Eastfield Place, Sutton Mill,
near Keighley, Yorks; _b._ co. York; enlisted 10 March, 1900;
served in South Africa, 15 April, 1902, to 4 Oct. 1902 (Queen’s medal
with two clasps, “Cape Colony,” “South Africa, 1902”), and in Egypt,
16 Jan. 1908 to 23 March, 1911; obtained his discharge, 9 March,
1912; re-enlisted following the outbreak of the European War, 22 Aug.
1914; went to France, 11 Sept., and died 23 Oct. following, of wounds
received in action at St. Julien; _unm._ Buried in St. Julien
Churchyard.
=HEFFERNAN, WILLIAM PATRICK=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Royal Irish
Regt., attached 1st Gloucesters, 2nd _s._ of William Kickham
Heffernan, of Riversdale, Killenaule, co. Tipperary, and Harlow Moor
Drive, Harrogate, M.D., J.P. co. York; _b._ Riversdale, 10 Dec.
1885; educ. Ampleforth College, Yorkshire, and Trinity College, Dublin,
where he took honours in Mathematics. On leaving Trinity he settled
down at Brittas Cashel, co. Tipperary, and kept a number of hunters,
but on the outbreak of war applied for a commission, and was gazetted
to the 3rd Reserve Battn. of the Royal Irish Regt. 15 Aug. 1915, being
later attached to the Gloucesters. He was wounded at La Bassée in Feb.
and was invalided to the Hospital de Cimiz, Nice, but rejoined, and
was killed in action at Festubert, 9 May, 1915, leading the company,
his company officer having been previously killed. While at Trinity he
won a number of prizes, including the ’Varsity heavyweight at boxing
and the Viceroy’s quarter-mile, which in 1911 he did in 51 seconds.
Lieut. Heffernan was a regular follower of the Tipperary Hounds, and
was noted in the south of Ireland as a keen and fearless rider in the
Point-to-Point.
[Illustration: =William Patrick Heffernan.=]
=HEGARTY, DENNIS=, A.B., 234197, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship
was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=HELLIWELL, JOSEPH GRANT=, B.A.Sc., Capt., 1st Battn. 1st
Infantry Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of
Grant Helliwell, of 526, Confed. Life Building, Toronto, Canada,
Architect, by his wife, Anna Maria, dau. of the late Isaac James Biggs
Fitzsimons; _b._ Toronto, 26 Nov. 1888; educ. Toronto Public
School, Collegiate Institute, and Toronto University, from which he
graduated in the department of applied science with the degree of
B.A.Sc. in 1910, and was an engineer. He was a member of the Cadet
Corps at Jarvis Street Collegiate and of the Engineers Corps at the
University, in which he held rank of Lieut., and joined the 21st (Essex
Fusiliers) Regt. at Windsor, Ontario, in 1911. After taking his course
at London, Ontario, he was gazetted Capt., 1 April, 1912, and on the
outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, was the first officer in the Windsor
Regt. to offer his services. He left Windsor with his regt. on 21 Aug.,
and after a few weeks at Valcartier, crossed to England with the 1st
Contingent and went into training on Salisbury Plain, where he was
given command of the Salisbury Piquet. They went to France in Feb.,
and he was killed in action at the Battle of Givenchy, 15 June, 1915;
_unm._ Lieut. Brian Henderson wrote: “At Givenchy the 1st Battn.
did the attack. His company and D Coy. were to start the attack. Our
artillery had been shelling the German trench and had made a very good
job of cutting the wire. On Tuesday, 15 June, the artillery opened up
a terrific bombardment of the German trench and kept this up for three
hours when at 5.58 p.m. a mine was blown up. One minute later these
two companies went over our parapet and in a few seconds had arrived
at the German trench which contained only a lot of dead; but machine
guns on the flank were working, also the German artillery was doing
terrific damage and the men began to fall in large numbers. At this
trench Capt. Wilkinson was hit, and Joe took over the company and led
them on to the next trench. An officer who saw him leading his men said
it was magnificent, especially as he thought Joe had already been hit
in the arm. He got as far as the next trench, but was seen to fall with
a bullet through his head. The trenches taken had to be given up as the
supporting divisions were unable to get on, and it was impossible to
stay out with both flanks unprotected.” His younger brother, Lieut. M.
R. Helliwell, is now (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Joseph Grant Helliwell.=]
=HELLYER, GEORGE PEABODY=, Corpl., No. 1972, 1/5th Battn. King’s
Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of John William Hellyer, of
Western, Kirk Ella, E. Yorks, by his wife, Sally May, dau. of John
Harris, of Brixham, Devon, and the nephew of Charles Hellyer, of
Brixham; _b._ Hull, 24 Nov. 1889, and educ. by a private tutor
there. He enlisted the day war was declared, 4 Aug. 1914; was promoted
Corpl., and died of wounds received in action at Boulogne Hospital,
France, 21 May, 1915, and was buried in the Boulogne English cemetery;
_unm._ Sergt. Benbow, of his Coy., wrote: “I was with Corpl.
Hellyer when he received his wounds. It happened on Sunday, 16 May,
when our company were ordered to charge the German position in front of
us. It was while charging that he received a slight wound in the foot
which compelled him to drop down. I was bringing in wounded comrades
when I found him and a brother N.C.O. dragging a wounded sergt. of
another regt., and I went to their assistance. While doing so a Maxim
gun was turned upon us and poor George got it all. One through the
right thigh and two in the arm. We dressed him in the open field and
then brought him safely to our trench. He was then carried out by the
stretcher-bearers to the dressing station, and it was with deep regret
we heard of him dying of his wounds. He was a true soldier and bore
his wounds with great strength as we fetched him in. He gave us every
assistance and did not murmur. He was quite conscious and cheerful. He
was well liked by the men of his section and platoon, and we all feel
his loss greatly.” His cousin, Lieut. Sidney H. Hellyer, was killed in
action, 28 April, 1915 (see his notice).
[Illustration: =George Peabody Hellyer.=]
=HELLYER, JAMES=, Btn. Leading Stoker, C.G., 308293, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HELLYER, SIDNEY HANNAFORD=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. The East
Yorkshire Regt. (Machine Gun Section) (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Charles
Hellyer, of Wolborough, Brixham, Devon, formerly of Lamwath Hall,
Sutton-on-Hull, J.P., late Managing Director of Hellyer’s Steam Fishing
Co., Ltd., Hull, by his wife, Jane Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. William
Hannaford; _b._ Hull, 15 Aug. 1889; educ. Malvern College; was a
director and partner in the well-known firm of Hellyer’s Steam Fishing
Co., Hull, leaving on the outbreak of war to join the Territorial
Force. Having taken an active part in the Cadet Corps at Malvern
College, he soon qualified for a commission, and was gazetted 2nd
Lieut. 4th Battn. The East Yorkshire Regt. 12 Sept. 1914. The 4th East
Yorks first went into action on 24 April, 1915, in the neighbourhood of
Pilkem and St. Julien. In a letter, written 26 April, Lieut. Hellyer
gave the following description of this action: “On Thursday night we
got the order to parade in full marching order just as we were turning
in, and we could tell from the bombardment that was going on that
something was doing. We marched the men immediately from our various
billets to our alarm post, which was a grass field adjacent to Battn.
Headquarters in the little village, and were there ordered to lie down
and sleep as we were. Dawn came, and we unstiffened our dew-damp limbs
and got some coffee. I then commenced to shave, and was just wetting
my brush when the order came to march off immediately. In went our
mess tins and gear, rolled our coats, and marched down the road where
(Friday morning) rations (a little tin of beef each, six biscuits,
bacon, cheese, tea and sugar) were issued. A train of 40 London motor
buses came up marvellously from somewhere, and we were run out to a
town which was being heavily bombarded, where we lay down in some
huts. At 2 a.m. on Saturday morning we were ordered out to line some
trenches by a canal which were bombarded with shrapnel at about 8 a.m.
At 11 a.m. we were marched to a concentration point under shrapnel
fire, causing some casualties. At the point of concentration one of
the Divisional Staff Officers ordered me back again to guide up as
quickly as possible another battn. of our brigade, as the situation
was critical. This I did in as quick time as I could, and I was lucky
enough to get back with them to the concentration point before our
battn. was in action. As soon as I arrived back our battn. went into
action in the open (not in trenches) against a section of the enemy who
were occupying a village on a ridge and who were backed by excellent
artillery--by this time I was tired. The 4th East Yorks went into
action at about 4 o’clock on that afternoon (Saturday, 24 April, 1915)
for the first time in the history of the battn., and a bloody battle
it was. We advanced in artillery formation across half a mile of open
country and under a very heavy bombardment both of shrapnel and high
explosive shells, and many men fell--fell absolutely heroically, there
is no other word for it. I would never have believed that hardened men
would have marched on under that bombardment, and these men, already
very tired and two nights sleepless, having carried a load weighing
60–70 lbs. since we left Newcastle, and hardly having their boots off
since that time, saw battle for the first time as if they were just
going to the barber’s for a shave. Three times within 20 minutes a
shell struck the ground near the men I have the honour to lead, once
within 10 yards, and when the high explosive shells strike they dive
into the earth and the end of the world seems to come. They blow a hole
just about the size of the pond in the back field at Lamwath, and the
contents of the hole are blown right up into the skies, much higher
than a trawler’s mast, so high that one has to lie on one’s face what
seems like 20 seconds until all the earth and fragments have fallen.
When one strikes as near as that one is covered with earth, so that
there is a little difficulty in rising under the weight of it. The
noise deafens and slightly stuns one. One shell blew us down in a body
without killing one of us. This bombardment went on incessantly, not a
shell now and then, but all the time shells bursting, sometimes two or
three coming near the same spot at once. After the third time we were
covered with earth, and a man of mine shouted to me: ‘If these B----s
don’t ring the bell soon we’ll go and give them their money back.’
After advancing 20 minutes thus the high explosive shells ceased, and
we went into the zone of the rifle and machine-gun fire, still in
daylight and over open fallow land. They never worried a bit, never
faltered, never even laid down to the shrapnel, a moment longer than
was essential; when they heard the shriek of a coming shell just walked
determinedly on into the jaws of it. Col. Shaw was shot dead at about
this stage. My Capt., B. Farrel, was shot through the heart a minute
or two after. Major Thielmann met instant death, and the man who went
to help him was shot as he rose to do it. When we had advanced in
rushes sufficiently near to the village, bayonets were fixed, and the
Germans went back from the village without waiting for the assault.
It was then dusk. We collected our men, gathered up and carried back
what poor fellows we could, and marched the remainder back to some
trenches about 500 yards in rear, leaving the position to be occupied
by other troops, who dug themselves in. We laid down in some shallow
trenches in a wood in the rain that night too tired to eat. Next
morning (Sunday) we called our rolls, and then marched our weary, stiff
heroes to occupy some trenches about a mile away, 500 yards in rear
of some trenches which were being heavily attacked. We had to march
to these trenches over a shrapnel-swept road, doubling over the most
dangerous portion--at this stage Major Easton and Capt. Easton were
both slightly wounded in the head, just grazes and not serious--and
resting in the ditches occasionally at the sides. The Germans saw that
we were entering these unoccupied trenches and bombarded them heavily.
The trench my platoon occupied was dug in a clean grass field. Before
we had been in it one hour there was not a blade of grass to be seen
growing for 30 yards in rear of it; the front of it we could not see.
A dug-out at one end disappeared in the air. Another dug-out in which
were Lieut. Grindell (a fellow-subaltern of A Coy.), myself and about
five men was blown in on us. I had to extricate poor old Grindell from
the wreckage, and his knees were badly bruised, but he will be about
again in a day or two. As soon as dusk came they ceased shelling us,
and we then set to and worked like blazes to rebuild the broken parts
of the trench. We could also get some doubtful water then, and sent
Grindell to the dressing station. Water has been our trouble. At 11
p.m. (Sunday night) we were ordered to come out of the trenches and
march back to a rest camp five miles in rear, and a terrible march
it was. The road was swept with shrapnel for three of the miles. The
villages which in times of peace had been on it were mere broken
skeletons of their former selves. Many of the houses were in flames.
The road had great shell holes in it, which parties of men were filling
in with the broken houses in order to make it passable for transport,
which crossed it at the gallop. Capt. Morrill, at about this stage,
I think, got three shrapnel holes in one leg. Dead horses, broken
wagons, mules, and occasionally men, strewed the road throughout its
length, and the smell of them was sickening. The men at this stage
were so tired that every time we got into the ditches for a rest we
had difficulty in waking them to move on again, even in the roar of
the shell bursts; many were being helped along by their pals. At 1
a.m. this morning (Monday, 26 April) we arrived at this camp for our
well-earned rest. We walked into our huts, put our heads on our packs,
and fell asleep with the roar of the battle still going on, and our
artillery, part of which has a position near here, roaring away for all
it was worth. I woke 10 hours afterwards stiff and hungry, and with
a thirst I haven’t yet succeeded in quenching, in spite of the eight
pint-mugs of tea I have drunk at intervals to-day.” Two days later, 28
April, his platoon had orders to entrench west of Gedde’s detachment,
between the canal and the Pilkem road, supported by a brigade of a
north country Territorial Division, which had arrived from England only
three days before. He was encouraging his men to dig themselves into
the ground when a shell fell in their midst, killing four outright and
wounding eight, including 2nd Lieut. Hellyer, who died in consequence
of his wounds at No. 7 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, France, 8 May,
1915; _unm._ His body was brought home and buried at Brixham,
South Devon. Sergt. T. Hurd, A Coy., 4th Battn. East Yorkshires, thus
wrote of his death: “No doubt you have heard of Lieut. Sidney Hellyer
being wounded. I will tell you how it happened. We had been in the
trenches two days, when we received orders to move nearer the enemy’s
lines. Just as we reached the new position and were digging ourselves
in, shrapnel shells burst right into the middle of our company, killing
four outright and wounding eight, including Lieut. Hellyer, who had
his arm blown off at the shoulder, the other arm, both legs and cheek
injured. But wounded as he was, he would not let any one touch him
until all the others had been attended to. I have never met a braver
man in my life, and men in our platoon owed their lives to him time and
time again by the way he handled them. After he fell he still exhorted
his men to hurry up and cut themselves into the ground. I have gleaned
that he was courageously fetched from the exposed position to the
trench, where every possible care was exerted to alleviate his terrible
sufferings. On a trench ambulance he was carried towards the clearing
hospital, but in the darkness the bearers lost their way. No portion or
stump of the left arm remaining, the men of the Medical Corps strove
to stop the bleeding by pressing their fingers to the wounds. At the
clearing hospital he dictated a letter to his parents, telling them he
was wounded, but that he should find his way to England by easy stages,
and not to worry about him. But not one word as to the terrible nature
of his injuries nor of the awful sufferings during the tedious and
prolonged transference from the battlefield to the hospital.” Numerous
other letters from his superior officers and men attest in the highest
terms his lovable qualities and ability as a leader of men in camp, in
trench, and in action. His cousin, Corpl. G. P. Hellyer, also died of
wounds (see his notice).
[Illustration: =Sidney Hannaford Hellyer.=]
=HELPS, FRANK BOVETT=, Rifleman, No. 2471, 16th Battn. (Queen’s
Westminster Rifles), The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Edward
William Helps, of Westleigh, Durleigh Road, Bridgwater, Incorporated
Accountant, Overseer for Borough of Bridgwater, by his wife, Elizabeth,
dau. of E. J. Bovett, M.R.C.V.S.; _b._ Westfield, Bridgwater, co.
Somerset, 11 May, 1894; educ. Dr. Morgan’s School, Bridgwater, and
Royal Grammar School, Colchester, and on leaving there was apprenticed
to Mr. A. J. Beare, of Taunton, Draper, and after serving his time,
went to the Brixton Bon Marché; enlisted, 11 Aug. 1914; went to France,
24 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Ypres, 23 July, 1915, while
on outpost duty; _unm._
[Illustration: =Frank Bovett Helps.=]
=HELYAR, MAURICE HOWARD=, Capt., Rifle Brigade, elder _s._ of
Francis John Helyar, of 11, Royal Crescent, Bath, late Royal Bodyguard,
by his wife, the Hon. Ursula Georgiana, née Addington, 2nd dau. of
William Wells, 3rd Viscount Sidmouth; _b._ 78, Eaton Place,
London, S.W., 18 Nov. 1879; educ. Horris Hill, and Eton; gazetted
2nd Lieut. to the Rifle Brigade, from the Militia, 20 Dec. 1899, and
promoted Lieut. 18 Dec. 1900, and Capt., 30 May, 1905; served in the
South African War, 1902 (Queen’s medal with clasp), and Somaliland,
1903 (medal with clasp), and with the Expeditionary Force in France,
21 Dec. 1914, to 25 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action near Ypres on
the latter date, and buried at Dickebusche. Capt. Helyar _m._ at
Winchester, 21 Nov. 1914, Vera, dau. of Edward Evans-Lombe, of Bylaugh
Park, and Rickthorn, Norwich, and had a dau., Maureen Howard, _b._
(posthumous), 25 Aug. 1915.
[Illustration: =Maurice Howard Helyar.=]
=HEMMING, FREDERICK THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch.
14309, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=HENCHER, JOSEPH=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21848, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=HENDER, JOHN HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4914), S.S.
104378, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HENDERSON, ALEC STEWART=, Capt., 1st Battn. (Royal Fusiliers)
The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Robert Stewart Henderson,
of 18, Rutland Gate, London, S.W., by his wife, Laura, dau. of John
Cooper Forster; _b._ Dacca, Eastern Bengal, 28 Jan. 1888; educ.
Eton, and Trinity College, Cambridge; joined the Territorial Force in
1908, and was gazetted Capt. Territorial Reserve of Officers, 25 July,
1913, and posted to the 1st City of London Royal Fusiliers in Aug.
1914, after the outbreak of war, his appointment to rank as from 5 Aug.
After eight months in Malta he went to France with his regt. on 10
March, 1915, and was shot through the head, 24 April, 1915, by a stray
bullet, while in a trench superintending the throwing of bombs on the
barbed wire entanglements, and died the next day, 25 April; _unm._
He was buried at Sailly-sur-Lys. His Colonel wrote: “The regt. lost in
him one of its best officers. I do wish to express to you my highest
appreciation of what he did for the regt. through his conscientious
work and great ability. As such his memory will live in the regt.”;
and the Adjutant: “He was a universal favourite, his company really
loved him. He was a good keen soldier, and we can ill afford to lose
an officer of his experience.” He had qualified for appointment as
instructor of musketry.
[Illustration: =Alec Stewart Henderson.=]
=HENDERSON, ALFRED CECIL=, Private, No. 23150, 3rd Battn. (82nd
Regt.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Henry William
Henderson, of Union Road, Charlottetown, P.E.I., Canada, by his wife,
Eudevilla, dau. of Francis Simmonds, of Crapaud, P.E.I.; _b._
Royalty Junction, Prince Edward’s Island, 12 April, 1895; joined the
82nd Regt. in 1911, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for service
overseas, and left P.E.I. for Valcartier in Aug. 1914; came over with
the first contingent in Oct., and was drafted into Princess Patricia’s
C.L.I.; crossed to France, 16 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action from
the concussion of a shell at Hooge, during the Second Battle of Ypres,
8 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Alfred C. Henderson.=]
=HENDERSON, JOHN McLUCKIE=, Private, No. 13564, Telephone Section,
12th (Service) Battn. The Royal Scots, eldest _s._ of Thomas
Brownlie Henderson, of Ballingry Place, Newmains, Lanarkshire, late
of Hamilton, by his wife, Agnes, dau. of Alexander McKay; _b._
Burnbank, Hamilton, 28 Aug. 1897; educ. Glenlee Public School there,
and at Fallin Public School, Stirling; enlisted, 4 Sept. 1914; went to
France, 29 April, and was killed in the charge of the Royal Scots at
Loos, 25 Sept. 1915, at the same time as his friend, John Baxter, who
had enlisted with him. At Fallin School he won the Dux Medal, and was
patrol leader in the Boy Scouts.
[Illustration: =John M. Henderson.=]
=HENDERSON, ROBERT HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6216), 187023,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HENDERSON, WILLIAM SLATER=, Armourer’s Mate, M. 4203, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HENLEY, FRANK=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 23584, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=HENLEY, FRANK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9147), S.S.
103968, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HENLEY, GEORGE CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class (M.) 304539, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=HENNESSY, IVAN THOMAS=, S.B.A., M. 877, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HENRY, CHARLES BURRELL=, Leading Seaman, 172972, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=HENRY, FRANK=, Private, No. 2092, 1/5th Battn. Royal West Kent
Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of William Henry, Bootmaker; _b._ 7 June,
1867; died at Jhansi, India, 21 July, 1915, of heatstroke, while on
active service. He _m._ at Dartford, 17 Oct. 1914, Frances Annie
(9, Priory Hill, Dartford, Kent), dau. of Harry Longhurst; _s.p._
=HENRY, JOSEPH=, Stoker (Native), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action
off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HENRY, WALTER=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 4971), 200091, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HENSELEIT, FREDERICK=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 16799, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=HENSHAW, WILLIAM FREDERICK=, Sapper, No. 1617, 2nd Home Counties
F.C., R.E. (T.F.), _s._ of William Frederick Henshaw; _b._
Ashford, co. Kent, 27 Aug. 1874; was a Bricklayer; served in South
Africa with the 1st Cinque Ports Rifle Volunteer Corps (Sussex Regt.),
1901–02, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 22
Dec. 1914, to 20 April, 1915; took part in the attack on Hill 60, and
was killed by a shell on returning to billets, 20 April, 1915. He
_m._ at Crowborough, 16 Aug. 1902, Lilian Mary (23, Cornwall Road,
Bexhill-on-Sea), dau. of George Martin, and had three children: Harold
William George, _b._ 9 May, 1903; Arthur Roy, _b._ 21 June,
1907; and Gladys Evelyn May, _b._ 12 May, 1911.
[Illustration: =William F. Henshaw.=]
=HENSON, HERBERT EDWARD=, Ship’s Corpl., 1st Class, 187848, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HENSON, LEONARD=, Private, No. 7290, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of the late Frank Henson, of Loughborough, Labourer,
by his wife, Ann; _b._ Loughborough, 7 Aug. 1890; educ. Emmanuel
Boys’ School there; enlisted 11 June, 1907, served seven years and
then joined the Leicestershire Constabulary, and at the time of the
outbreak of the war was stationed at New Swannington. He rejoined on
mobilisation, was wounded on 23 Sept. 1914, by a shell at the Battle
of the Aisne, and died in Claridge’s Hotel, Paris, two days later;
_unm._ The doctor wrote that he was brought in on the night of
the 23rd, and that after being “very brave and patient, he passed away
quietly at half-past four on Friday the 25th.” He was buried in the
Plantin Cemetery; a company of French soldiers followed and fired the
last shots.
[Illustration: =Leonard Henson.=]
=HENSON, STANLEY BENSKIN=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Somerset L.I.,
only _s._ of William John Henson, of 2, Derby Street, Mayfair,
W., and Elmsett Hall, Wedmore, co. Somerset, Physician, by his wife,
Minnie, dau. of the late George Niesigh, of Beckenham, Kent; _b._
Upper Norwood, 17 June, 1888; educ. King’s School, Bruton, Somerset,
and Pembroke College, Oxford; and obtained a commission in the Colonial
Police in 1909, and was stationed at Singapore and Penang. He joined
the Special Reserve of Officers of the Somerset L.I., 17 Sept. 1913,
and failing to obtain leave from the Straits Authorities, resigned
his post there, came home to England at his own expense, and obtained
a commission in the 1st Battn. Somerset L.I., in Oct. 1914; went to
France in Nov., and was killed in action in an attack on the German
trenches at Ploegsteert, 19 Dec. 1914. In this attack, made over 200
yards of open ground, he (in the words of his Commanding Officer)
exhibited such dashing bravery that he outstripped his company by a
full 20 yards, but fell with a bullet through his heart. Buried in
Ploegsteert Wood; _unm._
[Illustration: =Stanley B. Henson.=]
=HEPBURN, ARCHIBALD JAMES=, Capt., 8th (Ardwick) Battn. Manchester
Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of William Archibald Hepburn, of
Dane-in-Shaw, Elms Avenue, Lytham, Bleacher’s Manager, by his wife,
Sarah, dau. of the Rev. William Burnett, of Half Morton, Dumfriesshire;
_b._ Ramsbottom, co. Lancaster, 26 June, 1882; educ. Sedbergh
Preparatory School and Manchester Grammar School; and from 1906 to 1914
was Manager under Bleachers’ Association, Ltd., of Hepburn & Co., Ltd.,
Square Works, Ramsbottom, succeeding his father in that position. On
the institution of the Territorial Force, he obtained a commission in
the 8th Battn. Manchester Regt. and received his Captaincy 5 Feb. 1913.
On the outbreak of war he was in command of C Coy.; volunteered with
his regt. for foreign service, and left for Egypt, as part of the East
Lancashire Division, 10 Sept. 1914. Part of the battn. was ordered to
Cyprus, 19 Oct. 1914, and till its return to Egypt three months later
(including the annexation of the island, 7 Nov. 1914), Capt. Hepburn
was officer commanding troops at Nicosia, the seat of Government. The
Division left for the Gallipoli Peninsula, 2 May, 1915, and he was
killed in action there, 29 May, 1915, being shot through the head while
strengthening parapet of front line trench south of Krithia. He was
buried at “Clapham Junction” military cemetery there. Capt. Hepburn
qualified as a musketry instructor at Hythe in Nov. and Dec., 1911,
and was well known as an amateur actor in the Manchester district. He
_m._ at Altrincham, co. Chester, 28 Feb. 1911, Lilias Una, only
child of Alfred Tarbolton, of Bowdon, co. Chester, and Manchester,
J.P., Solicitor, and had a son and dau., Philip Archibald, _b._ 23
March, 1915; and Patricia, _b._ 6 March, 1915. At the outbreak of
war they resided at 2, Crumpsall Green, Manchester.
[Illustration: =Archibald J. Hepburn.=]
=HEPINSTALL, GEORGE=, Private, No. 10959, 6th (Service) Battn.
Yorkshire Regt., eldest _s._ of the late George Hepinstall, of
Southwick-on-Wear, Riveter, by his wife, Mary Ellen (13, Brougham
Street, Southwick-on-Wear), dau. of John Leach, of Southwick; _b._
Southwick, 15 Jan. 1894; educ. Southwick Board School; was employed at
the Sunderland Bottle Works; enlisted 24 Aug. 1914, trained at Grantham
and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 21 Aug 1915; _unm._
The same day his great friend and schoolfellow, J. C. Robinson, with
whom he had been brought up, enlisted, and gone to the front, was
killed at Chocolate Hill.
[Illustration: =George Hepinstall.=]
=HEPWORTH, PERCY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 1843), 293062,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=HERBERT, ERNEST=, A. B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2093), 189862, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HERBERT, FREDERICK DANIEL=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 10169, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=HERDMAN, ARTHUR WIDDRINGTON=, Lieut., 1st Battn. King’s Own
Shropshire L.I., only _s._ of the late Rev. Robert Morrison
Herdman, Vicar of Holy Trinity, North Shields, by his wife, Mary
(Sunnyholme, Ripon), dau. of Thomas Wearmouth, of Gainford; _b._
Holy Trinity Vicarage, North Shields, 31 Jan. 1886; educ. Trent
College, and Corpus Christi College, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st
Shropshire L.I., 18 Sept. 1909, and promoted Lieut., 30 Oct. 1913; went
to France with the 6th Division, Sept. 1914, and was killed in action
near Lille. 25 Oct. following; _unm._ The Commanding Officer
and Major of his regt., in their letters to his mother, spoke of his
popularity with his men, and his orderly, who, when he was missing,
went out to look for him and found him dead, and was himself wounded
while looking for him. wrote: “When I told his men that he was dead
they all took it very hard, because he was the best friend we ever
had.” By his will Lieut. Herdman left £1,000 to the Council of Trent
College, £500 to the K.S.L.I. Regimental Aid Society, a recreation
ground for Ewhurst, and other bequests.
=HERION, ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9319), S.S.
106537, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HERN, WILLIAM HENRY=, Leading Stoker (Boatman, C.G.), 310613
(Dev.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HERON, WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 1753, 3rd Battn. Australian Imperial
Force, 6th _s._ of Richard Heron, of Dryden Place, New York,
Newcastle-on-Tyne, by his wife, Ada, dau. of Amos Wright; _b._
New Seaham, co. Durham, 2 Feb. 1891; educ. there; was in the Special
Reserve; emigrated to Australia about 1913, and settled at Fremantle,
West Australia: volunteered at the outbreak of war, and joined the
Commonwealth Expeditionary Force; left for Egypt, 17 March, 1915;
went to the Dardanelles about July, and died at sea, 11 Aug. 1915;
_unm._
=HERRIDGE, WILLIAM=, Gunner, R.M.A., 8569, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HERRING, EDWARD EDGAR=, L.-Corpl., No. 939, D Coy., 3rd Battn.
1st Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, 4th _s._ of
Gerard Edgar Herring, of Cromer, England, late Under-secretary for
Mines Department, Sydney, N.S.W., by his wife, Caroline Elizabeth;
_b._ Gladesville, New South Wales, 26 April, 1891; educ. Sydney
Grammar School; was a Bank Accountant, and volunteered on the outbreak
of war, and enlisted 20 Aug. 1914: left for Egypt with the 1st
Division, 30 Oct. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915; was
wounded in the assault on Lone Pine Hill, 6 Aug. 1915, and died of
wounds on the hospital ship Delta, on the 9th; _unm._ Buried at
sea.
[Illustration: =Edward Edgar Herring.=]
=HESTER, WILLIAM HENRY=, Chief Sick Berth Steward, 350550, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HETHERINGTON, JOHN ROBERT=, Private, No. 10176, 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Joseph Hetherington, of 49, Ancrum
Street, Spital Tongues, Newcastle-on-Tyne, by his wife, Frances, dau.
of William Pallan; _b._ Spital Tongues aforesaid, 5 May. 1896;
educ. Newcastle Council School; enlisted 5 June, 1913; went to the
Front 8 Oct. 1914, and was reported missing after the fighting at
Givenchy, 25 Jan. 1915. Confirmation of his death was received in June,
when Sergt. F. Millman reported that he had been by his side when he
was mortally wounded and added, “he was a fine type of manhood and a
credit to the regt.” He was _unm._
[Illustration: =John Robert Hetherington.=]
=HEWETSON, GEORGE HAYTON=, Chaplain, R.N., elder _s._ of the
late Rev. John Hewetson, Vicar of Chadworth, by his wife, Isabella
(Dromore, Putney, S.W.), dau. of the Rev. George Henry Heslop;
_b._ Chester, 26 Jan. 1877; educ. Bradfield and Worcester College,
Oxford; entered the Royal Navy, 1 Aug. 1906, and was Chaplain H.M.S.
Britannia, H.M.S. Minotaur, the Flagship of the China Squadron, Feb.
1910–12, and to the Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth, 1912 to July,
1914; appointed to H.M.S. Bulwark, 29 July, 1914; lost when that
ship was blown up at Sheerness, 26 Nov. 1914. He _m._ at High
Harrogate, 3 Feb. 1914, Lilian Mary (The Vicarage, High Harrogate),
dau. of the Rev. Douglas Sherwood Guy, Vicar of Christchurch, High
Harrogate, and had a dau., Mary Hayton, _b._ 10 Jan. 1915.
=HEWETT, JOHN EDWARD=, Private, No. 862. 1st/5th Battn. (London
Rifle Brigade), The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of the
late George Hulbert Hewett, of 61, Rathcoole Gardens, Hornsey, N.,
a Mercantile Clerk in the employ of the British India Steamship
Navigation Co., by his wife, Olivia, dau. of William Clarke; _b._
Highbury, N., 15 Jan. 1894; educ. Hornsey County School, enlisted
9 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 28 April, 1915;
_unm._ He was buried near Fortuin.
[Illustration: =John Edward Hewett.=]
=HEWITT, ERNEST HENRY=, Lieut., 1/4th Battn. King’s Own Royal
Lancaster Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of James Henry Hewitt, of
Altamont, Bangor, co. Down, Ireland; _b._ Belfast, 5 Nov. 1885;
educ. Bangor Grammar School; St. Jude’s School, Belfast; and the
Royal Academical Institution, Belfast; was a member of the Queen’s
University Officers Training Corps, and Vice-Capt. of the North of
Ireland Rugby Football Club; offered his services to the War Office
the day after war was declared; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 22 Aug. 1914; and
Lieut. 1 Dec. 1914; went to France with his Battn. in April, 1915;
took part in the attack on the enemy near Festubert, on the night of
15 June, 1915; was seen to fall on his left side, apparently mortally
wounded, while heroically leading his men between the second and third
German trenches, and not heard of since. He is officially reported
missing. His Commanding officer wrote: “Lieut. Hewitt since he joined
us has become the most popular officer in the Battn. He was a splendid
soldier.” He was mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir John (now Lord)
French [London Gazette, 1 Jan. 1916], for gallant and distinguished
service in the field.
[Illustration: =Ernest Henry Hewitt.=]
=HEWITT, JAMES FRANCIS=, Lieut., 1st Battn. The Cameronians
(Scottish Rifles), eldest _s._ of the Hon. William James Hewitt,
of St. Colme House, Aberdour, Fife [s. of 6th James, 4th Viscount
Lifford], by his wife Evelyn Frances, yst. dau. of Lieut.-Gen. Francis
Carey; _b._ Gatehouse-of-Fleet, co. Kirkcudbright, 22 Jan. 1888;
educ. Winton House, Winchester and Haileybury College; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. from the 3rd Battn. to the 1st Cameronians, 26 Feb. 1908, and
promoted Lieut., 12 March, 1910; went to France, 26 Aug., and was
killed in action at La Boutillerie during the first Battle of Ypres,
26 Oct. 1914, and was buried there; _unm._ His Colonel wrote: “We
have lost one of our very best officers and most lovable of comrades.
He was always so capable and keen at all work and sport.”
[Illustration: =James Francis Hewitt.=]
=HEWITT, ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 8192, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HEWITT, WILLIAM GEORGE=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. The Royal Scots,
2nd _s._ of the Hon. William James Hewitt, of St. Colme House,
Aberdour, Fife [6th s. of James, 4th Viscount Lifford], by his wife
Evelyn Frances, yst. dau. of Lieut.-Gen. Francis Carey: _b._
Gatehouse-of-Fleet, co. Kirkcudbright, 7 June, 1892; educ. Edinburgh
Academy and Christ Church, Oxford; gazetted from the Officer’s Training
Corps to the 3rd Royal Scots, 7 Aug. 1914; went to France, 27 Sept.
and was killed in action near Neuve Chapelle during the 1st Battle
of Ypres, 13 Oct. 1914, while helping a wounded soldier; _unm._
Whilst at Christ Church he ran with the beagles, and eventually became
1st Whip; he was also a member of the “Loders Club,” and interested
himself keenly in all sport. Of him it was said: “He was most charming
in manner, and it was always a pleasure to be with him; he has died
nobly, and in his short time has lived a simple, straight life.” His
eldest brother, Lieut. J. F. Hewitt, was killed in action, 26 Oct. 1914
(see his notice).
[Illustration: =William George Hewitt.=]
=HEWLETT, WILFRED ARTHUR=, Chief Electrical Artificer, 2nd Class,
345053, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HEYS, ARTHUR=, Petty Officer, 189420, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HEYWORTH, HEYWORTH POTTER LAWRENCE=, Capt., 2nd Battn. (98th)
North Staffordshire Regt., only _s._ of the late Col. Lawrence
Heyworth, Commanding 3rd Welsh Regt., by his wife, Rosina Kate (Colne
Priory, Earl’s Colne), dau. of John Baskerville Mortimer, and grandson
of Lawrence Heyworth, of Yewtree, Liverpool, J.P., M.P. for Derby, &c.;
_b._ Wain Vaur, Risca, co. Monmouth, 20 Nov. 1877; educ. Aysgarth,
Harrow, and Trinity College, Cambridge; received a commission in the
3rd South Wales Borderers (Militia), 1899, and was gazetted to the 2nd
North Staffordshire Regt., 21 April, 1900, and promoted Lieut., 7 Jan.
1901, and Capt., 11 Sept. 1908. He served in the South African War,
1900–1902, taking part in the operations in the Orange Free State and
in the Transvaal and Cape Colony, and received the Queen’s medal with
three clasps and the King’s with two clasps. He went to India with his
regiment in 1903, being stationed at Umballa, Multan and Peshawar, and
was Master of the Peshawar Vale Hounds, 1911–12. In 1913 he returned to
England on sick leave and retired on half-pay (21 Sept.), but on the
outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, rejoined his old regt. and was appointed
Adjutant of the 7th Battn. in Sept. They left for the Dardanelles in
June, and he was killed in action there, near Sari Bair, 6 Aug. 1915,
and buried in the Australian and New Zealand Cemetery, Gallipoli. His
Commanding Officer wrote that he had proved “a very good adjutant,”
and the second in Command: “He is a terrible loss to us, as he was
quite the most popular man in the regt.” He _m._ at Partney
Church, Lincolnshire, 21 Jan. 1915, Cecily Mabel (Dalby Hall, Spilsby,
Lincolnshire), 2nd dau. of Major Bartholomew Claypon Garfit, of Dalby
Hall, Lincolnshire, J.P.; _s.p._
[Illustration: =H. Potter L. Heyworth.=]
=HIBBERT, SEPTIMUS=, M.A., M.B., B.Ch. Oxon, Surgeon, R.N.V.R.,
_s._ of Charles George Hibbert, of Marenioh, Talbot Avenue,
Bournemouth, Merchant, by his wife, Clara, dau. of John Heseltine;
_b._ Brasted, near Sevenoaks, Kent, 31 July, 1886: educ. Tonbridge
School, University College, Oxford, and St. George’s Hospital, London,
where he was House Surgeon and Physician; joined the Navy on the
outbreak of war, was appointed Surgeon to H.M.S. Formidable, and was
lost when that ship was sunk in the Channel, 1 Jan. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Septimus Hibbert.=]
=HICKLING, EDWARD ROBERT EYRE=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. Gloucestershire
Regt., att. North Lancashire Regt., only _s._ of the late John
Bird Hickling, by his wife, Clara (4, Chestnut Avenue, Bournemouth),
dau. of the late Alderman Robert Eyre Applegate Eyres; _b._
Lymington, 17 Aug. 1895; educ. privately (Mr. John Murray); Langharne
House School, Victoria Road, Southsea and Bournemouth School (Dr.
Fenwick) where he joined the School Corps in Jan. 1908; becoming
L.-Corpl. Sept. 1911 and Corpl. Jan. 1912. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut.
to the 3rd Gloucestershires, 8 Oct. 1913; and promoted Lieut. in Aug.
1914; went to France in Sept., and was att. to the North Lancashire
Regt. He died at No. 4 Clearing Hospital, Poperinghe, about 2 Nov.
1914, of wounds received in action, 27–28 Oct. A brother officer wrote:
“On the night of the 23rd we were in billets at a village quite near to
..., when we got the order to go forward suddenly and turn the enemy
out of some of our trenches which they had captured near ..., and so
we pushed forward at dawn of the 24th, and came under fire, and then I
was told off with Hickling to act as a left flank-guard while the rest
of the Battn. advanced, and there he and I stayed with half a company
(100 men) until about 7.30 a.m. Then we, in turn, had the order to
advance, and went forward over the turnip fields and then out on to
open ploughed land without a vestige of cover anywhere, and bullets
flying round us like bees. Then as we got to within 300 yards of the
enemy’s trenches I got hit just above the knee and was, of course, to
all intents and purposes, ‘down and out.’ But I yelled to Hickling to
take the men on. Whether he heard me or not I can’t say, but I saw him
afterwards running forward with his men, and I was told later that he
got through alright. Then I lay there for about seven or eight hours
unable to move until some ambulance people came along about 4 p.m., and
took me back on a stretcher, and when I got back I heard that Hickling
had been badly shot in the hip.”
[Illustration: =Edward R. E. Hickling.=]
=HICKLING, WILLIAM CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3046),
S.S. 100493, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast
of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HICKS, FREDERICK RICHARD=, Lieut.-Col., 1st Battn. Hampshire
Regt., only surviving _s._ of the late Francis Hicks, of
Lanhainsworth, St. Columb, co. Cornwall, by his wife, Catherine, dau.
of the late John Hicks; _b._ Plymouth, 10 Sept. 1871; educ.
Sherborne and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and received his
commission in the Hampshire Regt. 8 Oct. 1890, being promoted Lieut.
10 Aug. 1892; Capt. 17 April, 1898; Brevet-Major, 22 Aug. 1902; Major,
8 Aug. 1908; and Lieut.-Col. -- Dec. 1914. He served in Uganda, 9 Jan.
1898, to 27 May, 1900 (medal), and was on Special Service in South
Africa, 9 May to 26 July, 1900, being afterwards on the Staff of the
Military Governor of Johannesburg (Major-Gen. Colin Mackenzie), and
later (1 Dec. 1901 to 30 Nov. 1902) was employed with the Rand Rifles.
For his services in this campaign he was mentioned in Despatches
[London Gazette, 29 July, 1902], and received the Queen’s medal with
three clasps and the King’s medal with two clasps. He served with
the 2nd Hampshires at Malta and Bermuda, and with the 1st Battn. at
Londonderry and Colchester, and from 10 Oct. 1909, to 8 March, 1912,
was Brigade Major, 16th Brigade, Irish Command, and from 9 March, 1912,
to 9 Oct. 1913, General Staff Officer (2nd Grade), Coast Defence,
Southern Command. He was a Staff College Graduate, and a first-class
interpreter. On the outbreak of the European War, he went to France,
22 Aug. 1914. and assumed command of the 1st Hampshires (the old 37th)
after Col. Jackson was taken prisoner. He was wounded at Le Cateau a
few days later (26 Aug.), and invalided home, but returned to the Front
on 9 Nov. and was again wounded in action near Ypres on 8 May. He was
sent home, and died in Guy’s Hospital, of enteric and wounds, 12 June,
1915. Col. Hicks _m._ at Winchester Cathedral, 2 Nov. 1903, Grace
Winifred (Lanhainsworth, St. Columb, Cornwall), yst. dau. of the late
Rev. William Henry Hewett, and had issue: John Nettleton, _b._ 3
May, 1906; Roger Bertram Nettleton, _b._ 27 Dec. 1909; and Mervyn
Nettleton, _b._ 28 Jan. 1911.
[Illustration: =Frederick Richard Hicks.=]
=HICKS, JAMES THOMAS WILLIAM=, Private, No. 1849, 5th Batt. Royal
Sussex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Albert Hicks, of 3, Clyde Villas,
Ladbore Road, Rye, by his wife, Emma, dau. of James Tapp; _b._
Rye, co. Sussex, 16 Jan. 1895; educ. Rye Council School; enlisted 22
May, 1914; went to France 18 Feb. 1915, and died of wounds received in
action at Cambray, 24 May, 1915; _unm._
=HICKS, WALTER GERALD=, 2nd Lieut., 8th (Service) Battn. Royal
Fusiliers, only _s._ of the late Walter Hicks, of St. Austell,
by his wife, Kattie, dau. of the late Samuel William Cooke; _b._
St. Austell, co. Cornwall, 2 Oct. 1893; educ. Blundell’s, and London
University (at both of which he was a member of the O.T.C.); was
studying at the University when war broke out; obtained a commission in
the 8th Royal Fusiliers, 26 Aug. 1914; went to France 31 May, 1915, and
died at Armentières, 11 Aug. 1915 of wounds received while scouting.
His Colonel wrote: “He was one of the most gallant boys I have ever
met and would go anywhere and do anything. His men adored him, and his
Captain could not speak too highly of him. He was intensely gallant
and did not know the word ‘fear.’” A brother officer wrote: “His men
worshipped him, and no words of mine can describe to you what he did
for them. I remember the platoon from the very start, and had never
thought it possible that it could have been brought up to the pitch of
efficiency that he had attained. He set a fine example of cool courage
to us all--officers and men.”
[Illustration: =Walter Gerald Hicks.=]
=HIGGINBOTTOM, FRANK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3228), S.S. 754, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=HIGGINBOTTOM, THOMAS=, Private, No. 1635, 14th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, _s._ of James Samuel Higginbottom; _b._
Salford, co. Lancaster, 10 Nov. 1886; educ. St. Bartholomew’s Schools
there; and served four years in the Manchester Territorials; went to
Australia early in 1914, and being there when war began, volunteered
and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, 13 Sept. 1914; took
part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and served
there continuously for four months, being killed in action, 25 Aug.
1915, and was buried in Australia Valley. He _m._ 12 Sept. 1909,
Margaret Ann (9, Crokell Street, Salford), dau, of Timothy Leniham,
and had issue three children: Thomas, _b._ 17 Jan. 1911; Stanley,
_b._ 19 Feb. 1913; and Margaret, _b._ 1 July, 1910.
=HIGGINS, FREDERIC=, Shipwright, 1st Class, 345691, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HIGGINS, HARRY=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1987), H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HIGGS, CHARLES=, Leading Stoker, 300794, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HIGH, GEORGE HENRY=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 22784, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=HILEY, HERBERT=, Stoker, R.N.R., 2196S., H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HILDYARD, NONA MILDRED=, Nurse, New Zealand Expeditionary Force,
dau. of William Hildyard, of Lyttleton, New Zealand, by his wife,
Betsy Ann, dau. of John (and Harriet) Libballie; _b._ Lyttleton
aforesaid, 4 Nov. 1890; educ. Lyttleton Public Schools; entered the
Christ Church Hospital, New Zealand, where she soon attracted the
attention of her superiors, and on the outbreak of war was one of the
nurses specially selected by the Government to go to the Front with
the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. She left for Egypt 11 July, 1915,
and was for some time engaged in the Base Hospital, Port Said. When
the New Zealand troops were being transferred to Salonika, she sailed
for that port with the other nurses of the hospital, and was lost on
the troopship Marquetta, when that ship was torpedoed in the Gulf of
Salonika 23 Oct. 1915. Doctors who were eye-witnesses of the disaster
affirm that she displayed wonderful courage and fortitude, and sang
“Tipperary” and “Are we downhearted? No!” to the last to keep up the
spirits of her comrades.
[Illustration: =Nona Mildred Hildyard.=]
=HILL, ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, 225607, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost
when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=HILL, CHARLES HAYDOCK=, Private, No. 28739, 16th Battn.
(Canadian Scottish), Canadian Expeditionary Force, yr. _s._ of
the late James Catesworth Hill, of Barnwood, Gloucester, by his wife,
Frances, dau. of Charles Bird; _b._ Hereford, 5 Sept. 1890; educ.
South-Eastern College, Ramsgate; qualified as an Electrical Engineer
at the Central Technical College, London; went to Canada in 1912, and
entered the employ of the British Electrical Co.; joined 50th Gordons
at Victoria in 1913; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and enlisted
in the Canadian Scottish; came over with the 1st Contingent in Oct.
1914; went to France, Feb. 1915, and died at No. 8 Casualty Clearing
Station, 28 April, 1915, of wounds received in action the previous day
near Ypres, when a shell took off his right leg. Buried in Bailleul
Cemetery; _unm._
[Illustration: =Charles Haydock Hill.=]
=HILL, CHARLES WILLIAM JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9149), 204395,
H.M.S. Aboukir, lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HILL, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5058), S.S. 1835, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HILL, GEORGE PAYNE=, Sergt., No. 391, North Riding Battery, 2nd
Northumbrian Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of
Thomas Hill, of West Pier, Whitby, Sculptor, by his wife, Catherine,
dau. of John Waller; _b._ Whitby, co. Yorks, 27 May, 1884; educ.
Mount School, Whitby; was a Monumental Mason; joined the Volunteer
Force in Feb. 1903, and transferred to the Territorials in 1908. On
the outbreak of war he volunteered for foreign service; went with his
battery to the Front, Sunday, 18 April, 1915, and died in hospital at
Bailleul, 24 May, 1915, from wounds received in action at Ypres the
same day. The gun detachment under Sergt. Hill was completely wiped
out by a bursting shell, all the men who belonged to the Scarborough
section being killed, the Sergt. surviving for a short time only. The
gun which was damaged was eventually saved and brought safely back to
the British line, by a detachment of the Whitby Territorial Force,
who were supplying the guns still in action with ammunition, amidst a
veritable hail of bursting shells. He was buried in Bailleul Cemetery.
He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 30 Nov. 1915.
Sergt. Hill _m._ at St. Mary’s Parish Church, Whitby, 5 June,
1907, Margaret, dau. of the late Thomas Stott, Mariner, and had three
children: Thomas Stott, _b._ 25 July, 1910; George, _b._ 31
March, 1913: and Mabel, _b._ 2 Jan. 1909. He had been a ringer at
Whitby Parish Church since the formation of a change ringing company
in 1909: he had taken part in peals of Plain Bob Triples and Major,
Grandsire Triples and Caters, and Kent Treble Bob Major and Royal, and
previous to the outbreak of war was looking forward to scoring his
first peal of Stedman Triples.
[Illustration: =George Payne Hill.=]
=HILL, LEONARD AUGUSTUS=, Private, No. 1967, 1/8th Battn. The
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late Edmund Hill, Engine
Driver, G.W.R., by his wife Martha (38, Dudley Road, Southall Green,
Middlesex), dau. of Richard Castle; _b._ Gloucester, 21 Sept.
1896; educ. Featherstone Road Boys’ School, Southall; was an Engineer;
joined the Middlesex Territorials, 17 Feb. 1913; volunteered for
foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 8
March, 1915, and died in No. 10 Stationary Hospital, 29 April, 1915,
from wounds received in action the previous day near Ypres. Sergt. A.
Cornwell wrote: “He was one of my best men, and one of the most popular
in the Coy.... Only two days before he shared the contents of his
parcel amongst the boys. Always cheerful, always willing, one of the
best of workers. We all miss him.... He was one of the first over the
parapet after the Germans when he was killed.”
[Illustration: =Leonard Augustus Hill.=]
=HILL, LESLIE BROWNLOW=, Private, No. 28744, 16th Battn. (50th
Gordon Highlanders, of Canada), Canadian Expeditionary Force,
_s._ of the late Elvis Ford Hill, of London, Cigar and Tobacco
Merchant, by his wife, Marie Klara (620, Battery Street, James Bay,
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada), dau. of the late John Mathias
Lerner, of London, England; _b._ Portland Place, London, W., 1
July, 1889; educ. Margate College; served for a short period with
the North Staffordshire Regt. and afterwards in the Royal Navy, and
having received his discharge, went to Canada in 1913, and settled at
Victoria, B.C.; joined the 50th Gordon Highlanders, 16 June, 1914,
and when war broke out, immediately volunteered for Imperial Service.
He left Valcartier, for England, 28 Sept. 1914; went to France, 22
Feb. 1915; came safely through the Battle of Ypres, 25 April, 1915,
but was wounded in the trenches by a fragment of shell two days later
(27 April), and died the same day in No. 8 British Field Ambulance;
_unm._ He was buried in Vlamertinghe Cemetery, Ypres (B192, Sec.
4). His brother, Elvis Ford Hill, No. 9352, is now (1916) on active
service with the R.A.M.C.
[Illustration: =Leslie Brownlow Hill.=]
=HILL, WALTER EDWARD=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. North Staffordshire
Regt., only _s._ of the late Rev. Charles Rowland Haydock Hill,
Rector of Holy Trinity, Dorchester, and Canon of Salisbury, by his
wife, Ellen Maria (68, King’s Gate Street, Winchester), 2nd dau.
of Hon. Edward Bennet Wrottesley [5th _s._ of John, 1st Baron
Wrottesley]; _b._ Dorchester, co. Dorset, 6 Sept 1892; educ.
Winchester; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Special Reserve, 3 May, 1911, and
promoted Lieut. 17 April, 1913; went to France 8 Sept. 1914, and was
killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 25 Sept. 1914; _unm._
Buried in Soupir Churchyard.
[Illustration: =Walter Edward Hill.=]
=HILL, WILLIAM DUDLEY=, Capt., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st, Battn.
Loyal North Lancashire Regt., yst. _s._ of Col. Frederick Jacob
Ponsonby Hill, of Cambridge Lodge, Southbourne, Hants, late 1st
Royal Scots (who served in the Crimea and Indian Mutiny), by his
wife, Elizabeth Newnham, dau. of Solomon Watson, of Ballingarrane,
co. Tipperary; _b._ Cheltenham, 24 March, 1882; educ. Saugeen
Preparatory School, Bournemouth, and (owing to temporary failure of
eyesight) privately; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd South Lancashire
Regt. 11 June, 1900, and transferred to the 1st North Lancashires, 4
May, 1901; served in the South African War (Queen’s medal with three
clasps and King’s medal with two clasps), and retired, 9 Oct. 1903.
On the outbreak of war he rejoined his Regt. and was promoted Lieut.
9 Oct. 1914, and Capt. 3 Feb. 1915; was stationed at Felixstowe with
the 3rd Battn. Sept. 1914 to March, 1915, when he went to France attd.
to the 1st Battn. and died in hospital at Bethune, 13 May, 1915, of
wounds received in action on the 9th at Rue du Bois, during the advance
against the Aubers Ridge. Wounded at the commencement of the attack,
he remained at the head of his men, until, again wounded, he fell.
He was buried in Bethune Cemetery. His Commanding Officer wrote: “In
your husband the Battn. has not only lost a keen and valuable officer,
but a friend who had endeared himself to us all by his kindly and
sympathetic nature.” The Commanding Officer of the 1st Battn. to which
he was attd., wrote: “He was wounded in the spine and stomach on Sunday
last, gallantly leading his company into action ... his loss is deeply
deplored by all of us.” Other letters from his brother officers and the
men of his regt. testify to his great popularity. A Sergt. wrote: “We
all loved and respected him.” Capt. Dudley Hill was a keen sportsman
and was particularly interested in steeplechasing. He trained many
winners under National Hunt Rules, and rode winners himself in South
Africa. He _m._ at Farnham, Surrey, 21 April, 1903, Florence
Rachel (River View, Marlow, Bucks), yst. dau. of the late William Snow
Clifton, of Houghton, Hants, and had two sons: Patrick William Dudley,
_b._ 1 July, 1904; and Anthony Ponsonby Dudley, _b._ 17
April, 1907.
[Illustration: =William Dudley Hill.=]
=HILLAND, JOSEPH=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9522), S.S.
106892, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HILLIER, ERNEST ALFRED=, Private, No. 9275, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Alfred Hillier, Gunner, No. 19392, No. 3 Battery,
1st Brigade, Lancashire Division, R.A.; by his wife, Mary (7, Sydney
Place, Bathwick, Bath), dau. of John Martin, of Tiverton-on-Avon;
_b._ Walcot, Bath, 3 June, 1892; educ. Bathwick Parochial School
and the Blue Coat School, Bath; enlisted 13 Oct. 1911; went to France
with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914; served through the retreat
from Mons, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 4 Oct.
1914; _unm._ Buried at Braisne. He had the Crossed Flags for
signalling.
[Illustration: =Ernest Alfred Hillier.=]
=HILLIS, JAMES HERBERT=, Leading Stoker, K. 4837, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=HILLIS, SAMUEL DENYS=, M.Sc., Private, No. 3583, 10th (Liverpool
Scottish) Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt. (T. F.), _s._ of Samuel
Hillis, of 2, Green Lawn, Rock Ferry, Cheshire, Cotton Broker, by his
wife, Emma Melene, dau. of the late George Benjamin Keyworth, of Marr
Grange, Doncaster; _b._ Liverpool, 9 Oct. 1892; educ. Birkenhead
School and Liverpool University, where he graduated B.Sc. in the
Chemistry Honours School in July, 1913, and after a year’s research in
Metallurgy, obtained the degree of M.Sc.; volunteered on the outbreak
of war, and joined the Liverpool Scottish in Sept. 1914; went to
Flanders the following January, and was killed in action in the great
charge at Hooge, 16 June, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Samuel Denys Hillis.=]
=HILLS, ALFRED THOMAS=, Private, No. 1248, 8th Battn. (90th
Winnipeg Rifles), Canadian Expeditionary Force, yst. _s._ of
Charles Thomas Hills, of Hornchurch, Essex, by his wife, Emily, dau.
of John Webb; _b._ Hornchurch, 14 May, 1891; educ. Hornchurch;
went to Canada in Feb. 1911, and settled at Fort William; volunteered
after the outbreak of war, and joined the Canadian E.F. at Fort William
in Aug. 1914; came over with the first contingent; went to France, 9
Feb. 1915, and died at Oxford Military Hospital, 2 May, 1915, of wounds
received in action at Ypres, 23 April. He _m._ at Romford, 21 Dec.
1914, Ada Agnes, dau. of George Miller, of Chelmsford; _s.p._
=HILLS, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7257), S.S.
102186, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HILLS, WILLIAM JESSE=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17045, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=HILLYER, THOMAS JAMES SELBY=, Sergt., No. 46007, 13th Battn.
(Royal Highlanders of Canada) Canadian Expeditionary Force, only
_s._ of Thomas Frederick Selby Hillyer, of London, Butler in
private service, by his wife, Annie, dau. of Malachi Davis; _b._
Winkfield, near Windsor, 29 Nov. 1878; educ. Cranbourne Ranelagh
School; enlisted in the 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers, 4 June, 1895;
served in the Soudan Expedition, 1898 (Queen’s medal with clasp, also
Khedive’s Star), and in the South African War, 1899–1902 (Queen’s
medal with three clasps, “Tugela Heights,” “Relief of Ladysmith,”
“Transvaal,” and King’s medal with two clasps, “South Africa, 1901,”
“1902”), and after leaving the Colours in 1903, was nine years in
the Reserve, and was employed during that period as a postman in
Winkfield village; went to Canada, 1912, and settled at Amherst, Nova
Scotia; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and joined the Canadian
Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, and came over with the first
contingent, Oct. 1914; went to France, Feb. 1915, and was killed
in action near Festubert, 21 May following. Buried at Festubert.
He _m._ at Cranbourne, Winkfield, 1 June, 1903, Kate (Lovel
Road, Winkfield, near Windsor), dau. of the late William Sharpe, of
Cranbourne, Winkfield, and had three children: Thomas William Selby,
_b._ 8 July, 1905; John Ernest, _b._ 11 Sept. 1912; and
Joyce, _b._ 11 March, 1908.
[Illustration: =Thomas J. S. Hillyer.=]
=HILSON, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Private, No. 9910, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Joshua Thomas Hilson, of 44, Middle Street North,
Driffield, co. York, formerly Royal Marine Artillery, by his wife,
Harriet, dau. of William Burriell; _b._ Driffield, co. York, 29
April, 1895; educ. National School there; enlisted 1 Jan. 1913; went to
France, Aug. 1914; died of wounds in No. 4 Clearing Station, Lillers,
24 Dec. 1914, and was buried in the cemetery there; _unm._
=HILTON, HERBERT PHILIP=, Capt., 3rd Battn. Middlesex Regt.,
eldest _s._ of Ernest P. Hilton, of 188, Cromwell Road, S.W.;
_b._ Sydenham, 13 Aug. 1873; educ. Malvern College, where he was
in the Cadet Corps, and went to Canada, and served with the North-West
Mounted Police for four years. He then returned to England and studied
for the Bar at the Inner Temple and Gray’s Inn. In 1899 he went to
South Africa and joined Roberts’ Horse, being given a commission as
2nd Lieut. Middlesex Regt., 19 May, 1901, and promoted Lieut. 12 Oct.
following. He served through that campaign 1899–1902; took part in the
advance on, and relief of, Kimberley; the operations in the Orange
Free State, Feb. to May, 1900, including the actions at Paardeburg
(17–26 Feb.), Poplar Grove, Dreifontein, Karee Siding, Houtnek (Thoba
Mountain), Vet River (5–6 May), and Zand River; operations in the
Transvaal, May-June, 1900, including actions near Johannesburg,
Pretoria, and Diamond Hill (11–12 June); operations in the Transvaal,
west of Pretoria, July to 29 Nov. 1900; including actions at Zilkaats
Nek, Elands River (4–16 Aug.), and Venterstroom (7–9 Aug.); operations
in the Orange River Colony, May to 29 Nov. 1900, including actions at
Lindley (26 June), Bethlehem (6–7 July), and Wittebergen (1–29 July);
operations in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, 30 Nov. 1900 to 31
May, 1902, and those on the Zululand Frontier of Natal, Sept. and Oct.
1901, and was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 16 April, 1901]
and awarded the Queen’s medal with six clasps and the King’s medal with
two clasps. He was with his regt. in India when the European War broke
out, and returned to England in Dec. 1914; went to France the following
Jan., and was killed in action, near Ypres, 14 Feb. 1915. He _m._
at Singapore, 1911, Hylda (53, Kenilsworth Avenue, Wimbledon Park),
dau. of (--), and had three children.
=HILTON, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4658), S.S.
103860, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HILTON, WILLIAM ERNEST=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 16301, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=HINDMARSH, ALBERT=, Private, No. 10268, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 4th _s._ of the late Charles Hindmarsh, Fireman,
Monkwearmouth Colliery, by his wife, Mary (28, Fulwell Road,
Sunderland), dau. of James Archibald; _b._ Southwick-on-Wear,
co. Durham, 25 Oct. 1893; educ. Southwick Board School; was a Miner,
Monkwearmouth, enlisted 7 Aug. 1913; went to France, 10 Aug. 1914,
and was killed in action at Ypres, 29 Oct. 1914; _unm._ His
four brothers: Robert Hindmarsh, Private, No. 5454, 3rd Durham L.I.;
William, Private, 14th Durham L.I.; John Hindmarsh, Driver, No. 690,
R.G.A.; and Arthur Hindmarsh, Private, No. 15488, 14th Durham L.I.
(wounded), are all on active service; and his brother-in-law, Thomas
Elliott, Private, No. 14373, 10th Yorks, was killed in action.
[Illustration: =Albert Hindmarsh.=]
=HINGSTON, FREDERIC LEONARD=, Capt., 1st Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s
Light Infantry, only _s._ of the late Frederic Hingston, of
Cardiff, Banker, by his wife, Mary (St. Oswald’s, Selwyn Road,
Eastbourne), dau. of Joseph Rome; _b._ Leicester, 6 June, 1877;
educ. Llandaff Cathedral School and Malvern College; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. from the Militia to the Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., 18 Oct. 1899,
and promoted Lieut. 13 May, 1901, and Capt. 13 Feb. 1909; served in
the South African War, 1900–1, and took part in the actions at Poplar
Grove, Driefontein, Vet River, Zand River, Johannesburg, Pretoria,
Diamond Hill and Belfast (mentioned in Despatches and Queen’s medal
with six clasps); and with the Expeditionary Force in France and
Flanders, 11 March to 26 April, 1915, and was killed in action on
the latter date, during the second Battle of Ypres. The General
commanding the Brigade wrote to Capt. Hingston’s widow: “I wanted,
as Brigadier-General Commanding the Brigade, to tell you how very
deeply and sincerely I sympathise with you in the heavy blow that has
fallen upon you. Your husband belonged to a great Regt. which has
given consistently splendid service throughout the campaign, and, if
I may say so, he was one of the finest officers of a fine Regt. I had
often spoken to your husband on the occasions of my frequent visits to
the trenches, and had always been much struck by his earnestness and
thoroughness, and by the keen interest which he took in all matters
relating to his company and his men. To them I know his loss is a
severe one, as it is indeed to all of us”; and a friend (“Eastbourne
Gazette,” 26 May, 1915): “He was good and thorough in whatever he
undertook. As an athlete he was just what a British Officer should be,
strong, active, bold, enduring and honourable. In Switzerland he was
well known as a remarkable fine ‘ski-er.’ In the winter, 1913–14, he
had won the British Ski-ing Association Cup at Wengen; and he had won
other trophies at this winter sport as well as at ice-hockey, at which
he was an adept. He was also a keen lawn tennis player and golfer.”
Capt. Hingston _m._ at St. James’, Piccadilly, 30 Nov. 1911,
Essy, yst. dau. of the late Col. William Charles Plant, Indian Army;
_s.p._
=HINMAN, ARTHUR GURR=, Lieut., 15th Battn., 4th Brigade,
Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of Arthur Hinman, of Moina,
Elphin Road, Launceston, Tasmania, by his wife, Lucy Maud, dau. of
William Gurr, of Launceston; _b._ Newstead, Launceston, Tasmania,
19 June, 1890; educ. at Launceston Church Grammar School, 1903–March,
1909, and on leaving there went to Ormond College, Melbourne
University, for the course of Metallurgy and Mining Engineering. When
he had finished his course there he did his practical work with the
Mount Bischoff Tin Mining Company, Waratah, Tasmania, and took his
degree of Bachelor of Mining Engineering at Melbourne University,
5 April, 1914. War breaking out the following Aug., he immediately
volunteered for Imperial service; was given a commission, and left
Melbourne for Egypt, 22 Dec. 1914. He took part in the landing at the
Dardanelles, 25–26 April, 1915, and was killed in action at Quinn’s
Post, 10 May, 1915; _unm._ On that night the 15th Battn. were
ordered to carry the Turkish trenches directly in their front. This was
accomplished but with heavy loss, and it was while gallantly leading
his men in the charge that Hinman was shot dead. Writing to Mrs.
Hinman, a brother officer, Capt. J. A. Good, said: “We landed, as no
doubt you are aware, on the first day, and the various companies and
platoons of the 15th Battn. were separated. Arthur’s platoon being out
on the left, and apparently had a bad time. A few days after this we
all rejoined the Battn., and took up our position on Pope’s Hill, but
on the seventh day we were ordered to occupy the now famous position
of Quinn’s Post. At this time he and I were the only officers of the
original Tasmanian Companies in the 15th who remained, and often at
night, as we sat in our dug-out, we wondered who would be the first
to go, for it seemed impossible that we should remain long unwounded
when so many had been hit. Arthur did splendid work on the post, and
everyone sincerely regretted his death. The post was exceptionally
difficult to hold owing to the close proximity of the Turkish trenches,
which were only about 15 yards away in places. The position on the day
prior to his death was as follows: The Turks held a line of trenches
directly in front of our trenches; at either flank we were separated
by about 50 yards, but in the centre our trenches were only 15 yards
apart. Orders were issued that we were to go forward and occupy these
trenches, and instructions were issued accordingly. Three parties,
consisting of about 50 men each, were to be sent forward, one party
to each flank and one to the centre. The intention being to occupy
these trenches and dig communication trenches from our old lines to
the new one. Lots were drawn by the Battn. officers to decide who
would take charge of these parties, but Arthur drew a blank, and did
not go with the first party, who had a comparatively easy time, as
they surprised the Turks and captured the trenches, with the exception
as we afterwards discovered of about 30 yards of trench in the left
centre. Without capturing this extra line it was impossible to hold the
remainder, and Arthur gallantly collected a number of men, and charged
forward with the intention of securing this position. It was in this
charge that he met his end. Although the conditions in Gallipoli were
severe I never heard him once complain. He was ever ready and anxious
to perform any work that was required. By his splendid work and control
of his men (who speak highly of him and sympathise with you in your
loss), he gallantly assisted to hold a position which was recognised
by all as being the most difficult of all positions to hold”; and an
officer of the 3rd L.H. Field Ambulance (Capt. G. Aberdeen) wrote:
“The 15th Battn. had a bad time. It was owing to this fact that maybe
none of them have been able to let you know details of Arthur that
I am writing this. The 15th Battn. were stationed at Quinn’s Post,
probably the most vulnerable and certainly the most dangerous part of
our firing line, and had been stationed there almost since the day of
landing. The Turkish trenches approach very closely to ours, at one
spot being only 20 yards away. They are on the crest and we occupy the
side of the hill. From the first day the position has been a real hell
for our boys. A moment’s exposure meant a bullet, snipers, machine
guns, shrapnel, high explosive, and hundreds of bombs are in almost
daily use by the Turks in their endeavours to drive our men out of this
important position. But in spite of the fact that about 40 officers
and over 1,000 men out of a total of 1,400 have been hit, the 15th
Battn. has never yielded up one inch of ground. The performance speaks
for itself. Since our landing the Turks have been making persistent
counter-attacks, and about 11 May they made a very determined and
sustained one. At Quinn’s Post they were driven off time after time,
and finally in a fine counter-attack our men went forward and seized
their firing trenches. Arthur was in charge of ‘Supports’ who were
brought up almost at once to dig in. Our men worked hard to make the
trenches good. But the enemy had dug them very cleverly, and when
daylight came commenced an enfilade of fire with hidden machine guns.
The position soon became untenable. The order was given to retire to
our own trenches, and our men obeyed it most unwillingly. Arthur saw
all his own men safely started, but on the way back the hail of lead
from the machine guns caught him, and in an instant he was gone. The
Turkish losses had been so heavy that shortly after this fight they
asked for an armistice to bury their dead. This was arranged. It may
be some small comfort to you to know that Arthur’s body was recovered
by his men, and that he was given a Christian burial by one of our
Padres. He lies about 10 yards in front of No. 5 post, Quinn’s Post, a
position which will be historic in Australian military history.” He was
_unm._
[Illustration: =Arthur Gurr Hinman.=]
=HINSON, OLIVER FRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5073), 180810, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HINTON, ERNEST HENRY=, Officer’s Steward, 3rd Class, L. 3046,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HINTON, SIDNEY ARTHUR=, Acting Bombardier, R.M.A., 12189, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HINVES, ALFRED EDMUND=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 67213), 206243,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HIPPISLEY, HAROLD EDWIN=, 2nd Lieut., 1st. Battn. Gloucester
Regt., yr. _s._ of William John Hippisley, of Northam House,
Wells, Somerset, Land Agent, by his wife, Mary, dau. of the late
Samuel Barnes, of Surlingham, Norfolk; _b._ Wells, 3 Sept. 1890;
educ. King’s School, Bruton, Somerset, from which he passed the London
University Matriculation Examination; and at the Royal Agricultural
College, Cirencester, where he was Gold Medallist (Estate Management
and Forestry), and obtained the National Diploma of Agriculture;
admitted Professional Associate of Surveyors’ Institute and passed
Fellowship Examination; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Special Reserve of
Officers, Gloucester Regt., from the Royal Agricultural College, O.T.C.
3 Aug. 1912; and was attached to the 1st Battn. on the outbreak of war;
went to France with the 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, of the Expeditionary
Force in Aug. 1914; took part in the Battle of Mons, the subsequent
retreat, the fighting on the Marne and the Aisne, and the advance into
Belgium, and was killed in action at Langemarck, 23 Oct. 1914, on which
occasion his platoon lost three-fifths of its strength, but succeeded
in holding the position. Buried near Langemarck. He was an excellent
all-round sportsman. He was capt. of the cricket and football teams
at King’s School, Bruton, and of the cricket and hockey teams at the
R.A.C., Cirencester, and played cricket and hockey for Somerset, and
cricket for the United Kingdom. He _m._ at St. Cuthbert’s, Wells,
5 Aug. 1914, Ivy Gwendoline, dau. of the late J. Hussey Cooper, of the
Lodge, Wheatley, Oxford; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Harold Edwin Hippisley.=]
=HIRST, EDWARD=, Sick Berth Steward, 351015, H.M.S. Cressy; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HISCOX, THOMAS ANDREW=, Private, No. 1369, 15th Battn. (Civil
Service Rifles), The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of William
Thomas Hiscox, of H.M. Customs and Excise, and 18, Somerville Road,
Bishopston, Bristol, by his wife, Jane E., dau. of Andrew Paterson, of
Ayr; _b._ Charlestown, co. Cornwall, 4 Feb. 1891; educ. privately
at Penzance and at Clark’s College, London; was appointed a 2nd
Division Clerk in 1911, and when war began was a Clerk in the Treasury,
Whitehall; joined the Civil Service Rifles in 1911; volunteered for
foreign service; went to France, 17 March, 1915, and was killed in
action at Festubert, 27 May following, being shot by a sniper while in
an advanced trench; _unm._
=HITCHCOCK, EDWARD WILLIAM=, Stoker, P.O. 308869, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=HITCHEN, ARTHUR BENJAMIN=, Rifleman, No. 2804, 1/7th Battn.
(Leeds Rifles), West Yorkshire Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of John William
Hitchen, of 35, Meanwood Street, Leeds, by his wife, Charlotte
Adelaide, dau. of Charles Smith Butcher, of Leeds; _b._ Leeds,
18 Dec. 1896; educ. St. Peter’s Square Board School there; joined the
Leeds Rifles, 19 Sept. 1914; went to the Front, 15 April, 1915, and was
killed in action at Laventie, 7 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Arthur Benjamin Hitchen.=]
=HITCHINS, HENRY WILLIAM ERNEST=, Lieut.-Col., Commanding 1st
Battn. The Manchester Regt., only _s._ of the late Major-Gen.
Henry White Hitchins, R.E., and grandson of the late Lieut.-Gen.
Benjamin Hitchins; _b._ London, 31 May, 1865; educ. privately
and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to
the 1st Battn. The Manchester Regt. (the Old 63rd), 25 Aug. 1886.
He was promoted Capt. 11 May, 1895, and in Nov. 1897, was appointed
Adjutant of the 3rd Volunteer (now the 9th Territorial Battn.) of his
regt. In addition to his work us Volunteer Adjutant, he voluntarily
performed the duties of Adjutant of the Depôt, and made great efforts
throughout the district in recruiting. His organising powers were much
appreciated by Col. Gunter, Commanding 63rd Regimental District, to
whom he generally acted as staff officer. The number of volunteers
increased from 600 to over 1,000, which fact proves his zeal and
popularity. Later he commanded the Regimental Depot. To quote the
local press: “As a Regimental Officer he enlisted the affection and
respect of all with whom he had been associated. Officers and privates
appreciated his high sense of duty, and loved him for his kindness
of disposition and his chivalrous unselfish nature.” On 1 July,
1901, he obtained his Majority, and from 1 June, 1906, was second in
command. He was thus 13 years and 9 months a Major, 8 years and 10
months of which as “appointed second in command;” his double period in
that appointment being due to the absorbing of the senior second in
command of the two battns., which were disbanded in 1906. During his
28 years of close association with the Regt., especially during his
long period as Major and second in command, his zeal, good work and
influence must have greatly helped to form the character and efficiency
of the battn., qualities which were to be so splendidly demonstrated
in France and Flanders. In 1906 Major Hitchins proceeded to India,
serving with his old battn. the 1st Manchesters; was at Delhi for the
Coronation Durbar; and for a time Commandant of the Pachmarhi Depot.
On the outbreak of war in 1914, Major Hitchins was temporarily in
Command of the 1st Battn., in the absence of the then Lieut.-Col. He
was responsible for the mobilising of the battn. which left India with
the Lahore Division at the end of August, and was first in action at
Picantin on 23 Oct. 1914. In Nov. he was again in temporary command.
The battn. had its full share of long and laborious work in the
trenches, and on 20 Dec., at the critical fight for Givenchy, it was
in action for 30 successive hours, and earned from the Gen. commanding
the Lahore Division the name of “The Gallant Manchesters.” In his
thanks to them and the 4th Suffolks, the Gen. paid a tribute to their
“splendid work and gallant conduct first in recapturing some of the
lost trenches at Givenchy on 20 Dec., then in holding those trenches on
21 Dec. against overwhelming attacks of the enemy.” He said: Givenchy
was the most important point in the whole of the line held by the
Lahore Division, and that its retention in our hands was due to the
courage and steadfastness of the officers and men of those two brave
battns. The General commanding the Indian Army Corps, addressing the
1st Manchesters, thanked them for “their very fine bit of work in
the fight.” He described them as “a very gallant battn. holding the
most important point on the right of the British line, and by their
gallant conduct in holding on to it, rendering greater service than
they probably realised.” Field-Marshal Earl Kitchener, in the House
of Lords in Jan. 1915, in his survey of the then recent fighting,
mentioned the engagement at Givenchy as the only important event of
that period in which the British and German forces were concerned.
At the taking of Givenchy, for which the battn. earned this praise,
Lieut.-Col. (then Major) Hitchins was in actual command of three and
a half out of four double companies of the Regt. During this action
he was shot through the thigh. Arriving in England on Christmas Eve
he was sent to hospital, where he received his Colonel’s thanks for
his good work, and the valuable and very loyal assistance he had
given him all along, and he expressed the hope that such “splendid
services” would receive reward. On 1 April, 1915, he embarked again for
the Front, and on the 19th the Commander-in-Chief inspected the 1st
Manchesters, and spoke in the highest terms of their gallant behaviour,
and congratulated Major Hitchins on being at the head of such “a
splendid Battn.” Subsequently he was appointed to the Lieut.-Colonelcy
of his own battn. (being gazetted two days before his death, to date
from 10 March), and was in command at the Second Battle of Ypres. Col.
Hitchins directed operations till on the night of 26 April, 1915, he
was shot through the heart. He was carried by his men to a ruined farm
house, where it was ascertained life was extinct. The imperturbable
courage and coolness shown by Col. Hitchins impressed all ranks. To
quote a brother officer, Capt. Buchan, D.S.O.: “The Colonel was as
brave as a lion.” He is justly described as “the gallant Colonel of
the Gallant Manchesters,” who met a soldier’s death whilst commanding
with conspicuous bravery the battn. he loved so well, who trusted him
so thoroughly, and who followed him so loyally to the death. A Military
Memorial Service was accorded to Lieut.-Col. Hitchins at the depôt
of his regt. at Ashton-under-Lyne, in the presence of the troops,
the mayor and corporation and public bodies. Col. Hitchins was twice
mentioned in despatches “for gallant and distinguished service in the
field,” first on 31 May, 1915, and again on 1 Jan. 1916. General Sir
Horace Smith-Dorrien specially named the 1st Battn. The Manchester
Regt. as deserving of the highest praise for its great services at
the end of April, at Ypres. General Sir James Willcocks, G.C.M.G.,
K.C.B., K.C.S.I., D.S.O., commanding Indian Army Corps, in his personal
tribute, wrote: “I had the honour and pleasure of knowing Col. Hitchins
and his glorious battn. of the Manchesters very well.... His zeal and
affection for his corps were remarkable; he was a very fine specimen
of a soldier and a man, and commanded one of the finest battns. I
ever served with. It is impossible to beat them at anything, and I
always felt sure that any task they had to perform would be carried
through, no matter at what cost. Col. Hitchins died as he had always
lived, doing his duty nobly.” Lieut.-Gen. Sir Henry Watkis, K.C.B.,
late commanding Lahore Division, thus expressed himself: “He was an
officer whose soldierly qualities came to be recognised at once under
the great test of active service.... No one more deserved the promotion
he received than Col. Hitchins, who so gallantly led the repeated
charges of the battn. which I was so proud to address as ‘The Gallant
Manchesters’ on that occasion. Five months afterwards he again led
his battn. against the enemy in the second Battle of Ypres.... In him
the service and his country lost a very brave officer and gentleman.”
Major-Gen. Carnegy, C.B., late commanding the Jullundur Brigade, in
his long personal tribute, mentioned: “Col. Hitchins was known as a
very gallant officer, frequently exposing himself at the call of duty
in the trenches with almost reckless bravery, and consequently was
greatly admired by the men. He died as a gallant British officer and
gentleman, laying down his life for his country, and I feel I have
lost a good friend and comrade.” To these and other great testimonies
to his fine qualities as a soldier is added the knowledge that he won
the confidence and devotion of his men. A message from His Majesty was
received by the family again graciously expressing his sympathy and
condolence, and informing them of His Majesty’s high appreciation of
the services of the late Lieut.-Col. H. W. E. Hitchins. Col. Hitchins
was a zealous Freemason and belonged to several lodges in England and
in India. His favourite sport was hunting, he was known as a fine
horseman, a keen judge of a good horse, an enthusiastic polo player,
he was interested in racing and devoted to animals. Col. Hitchins was
_unm._
[Illustration: =Henry W. E. Hitchins.=]
=HOAD, HENRY JAMES WILLIAM=, Cook’s Mate, M. 3079, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HOAD, PERCY EWART=, Private, No. 2196, 1/5th Battn. The Royal
Sussex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of George Hoad, by his wife, Sarah (now
wife of (----) Parsons, of White Cottage, The Strand, Rye), dau. of
John Hoad; _b._ King’s Gate, Wittersham, co. Kent, 10 July, 1898;
educ. Rye; enlisted 15 Aug. 1914; went to France, 10 July, 1915, and
was killed in action there by a shell, 28 July following; _unm._
=HOARE, THOMAS=, Private, No. 9067, 2nd Battn. The Buffs (East
Kent Regt.), _s._ of James Hoare, of North Street, Sheldwick,
Faversham; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed
in action, 3 May, 1915.
=HOARE, WILLIAM HENRY=, A.B., 238331, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HOBAN, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 6468, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards;
_b._ Castlerea, co. Roscommon; enlisted 23 Nov. 1905; served in
Egypt, 16 Jan. 1908 to 23 March, 1911, and with the Expeditionary
Force in France and Flanders from 12 Aug. 1914; killed in action at La
Tretoire, 8 Sept. following. Buried by the side of the road through La
Tretoire Wood; _unm._
=HOBBS, ALFRED HERBERT=, Signalman, No. 183651, R.F.R., Ch.
4295, R.N., 2nd _s._ of Harry Edward Hobbs, of 20, North Road,
Brighton (for many years second officer of the Brighton Volunteer Fire
Brigade), by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of William Johnson; _b._
Upper Holloway, 20 Nov. 1877; entered the Navy, 1894; served in the
Somaliland Expedition (medal); passed into the Reserve, 24 Nov. 1906,
and was caretaker at the Croydon Gas Offices; mobilised Aug. 1914,
and was lost on H.M.S. Cressy when that ship was sunk in the North
Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at Spurgeon Tabernacle, West Croydon,
10 March, 1904, Frances Kate (102, Albert Road, Lower Addiscombe
Road, Croydon), 2nd dau. of James Mugridge, of Brighton, and had four
children: Herbert Lionel James, _b._ 13 May, 1913; Kathleen Eva
Rose, _b._ 7 July, 1907; Vera Irene May, _b._ 24 March, 1909;
and Eugenie Violet Joyce, _b._ 7 May, 1911.
=HOBBS, FRANK MATTHEW=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. The Royal
Fusiliers, only _s._ of Frank Henry Hobbs, of Carnarvon, Claremont
Road, Tunbridge Wells, by his wife, Jane Ann, dau. of Matthew Vowles;
_b._ Tunbridge Wells, co. Kent, 5 June, 1895; and was educ. at
Ardingly College. There he was in the O.T.C., obtained Certificate A.
and won the silver cup three years in succession for efficiency, also
the silver medal, and was in the cricket XI and played goal for the
College football team. He was also awarded the bronze medal for life
saving from drowning, and the certificate as an instructor of the same.
On 11 Dec. 1913, he was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 4th Royal Fusiliers,
and went to France with the first Expeditionary Force on 13 Aug.
following. He served through the retreat from Mons, the Battle on the
Marne, and retirement on Paris, and was killed at Vailly, near Braisne,
during the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914, by shrapnel wounds in
the head; _unm._ The late Brigadier-General McMahon wrote of him:
“He is a very great loss to me, as he has done his duty most nobly
and gallantly, always calm and thoughtful, and a most excellent and
promising officer.”
[Illustration: =Frank Matthew Hobbs.=]
=HOBBS, HERBERT=, Leading Signalman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 4295), 193651
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HOBBS, JAMES WILLIAM BIGGS=, Gunner, R.M.A., 12509, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HOBBS, JOHN=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian
Regt.), yst. _s._ of the late William Hobbs, of Toddington, co.
Bedford, Butcher, by his wife, Millicent, dau. of John Carr; _b._
Toddington, 8 Feb. 1890; educ. Toddington National School; enlisted
in Sept. 1908, in the Royal Scots, won his third, second and first
certificates in the Army, and left for India in Oct. 1900; while
there was sent to a college at Bangalore to qualify for the higher
education, and received his certificate for acting schoolmaster. On the
outbreak of war he returned to England with his regt. and was gazetted
2nd Lieut. 14 Dec. 1914, leaving for France 19 Dec. the same year.
He died of wounds received in action at Armentières 28 June, 1915,
and was buried at Bailleul. Lieut. Hobbs was mentioned in F.M. Sir
John French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant and distinguished
service in the field and received the Military Cross in June. He
_m._ at St. Mary Bolton, South Kensington, 26 Nov. 1914, Helen
Coote (8, Crown Road, Maldon), 2nd dau. of Arthur Brady, of Maldon,
Essex; _s.p._ She is now a nurse at the Essex County Hospital.
[Illustration: =John Hobbs.=]
=HOBBS, JOSEPH LEVINE=, Sailmaker, 167871, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=HOCKING, FRANCIS JAMES=, D.C.M., L.-Sergt., No. 1027, 1/7th
Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of William Hocking,
of The Gardens, Copley Dene, Cholmeley Park, Highgate, Head Gardener,
by his wife, Fanny, dau. of Richard Lovejoy; _b._ Kentish Town,
N., 8 Oct. 1893; educ. Whittington School, Highgate Hill, and Acland
Higher Grade School, Fortress Road, N.W.; and subsequently obtained an
appointment at the Railway Clearing House; joined the 7th Middlesex
Territorials, 3 Jan. 1910; volunteered for foreign service on the
outbreak of war; left England with his battn. for Gibraltar, 4 Sept.
1914, returned to England 13 Feb. 1915; was appointed L.-Sergt. 9
March; went to France four days later; was severely wounded on 7 May,
and died in the 1st London General Hospital, Camberwell, 18 May, 1915;
_unm._ He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal [London
Gazette, 5 Aug. 1914] “For gallant conduct and resource on the night of
7 May, 1915, when with a party covering important new works between our
own and the German lines. The enemy stalked the party, and rushed on
them from flank and rear. L.-Sergt. Hocking continued to act with the
greatest courage and coolness, although severely wounded, and gave a
fine example to his men of steadiness and devotion to duty.” Capt. (now
Major) S. C. Smith, Commanding “A” Coy., wrote: “I have known your son
since he joined and I think can give no higher praise than to say he
was thoroughly worthy of the rank he held; he was trusted and respected
by all of us, both below and above him in military rank. Although
under the recent double company organisation I did not, perhaps, come
into such personal touch with him as I did before, nevertheless I was
able to watch closely his military career, which was in every way as
successful as it could possibly be; his platoon commander, Lieut.
Groser, I know, respected him highly as a section commander. I saw him
directly after the affair in which he was wounded and was struck by
the heroic way in which he was bearing the pain of his wound, which
one could see was, at the time, great. His behaviour during the fight
was magnificent, and although wounded, he did much to help drive
off the Germans; he has in consequence had his name sent in to Army
Headquarters for special recommendation, and had he lived he would
have had the satisfaction of knowing that he was not wounded in vain.”
Lieut. Groser also wrote: “As you know I was with your son when he was
wounded, and as his platoon commander, I was much in contact with him
the whole time that we were in France, so that I probably knew him as
well as anyone in the battn. He was a most valuable non-commissioned
officer to me, and I always felt that he was absolutely to be relied
upon, if at any time we should find ourselves in difficulties. The men
in No. 3 platoon liked and respected him, and he was always a friend to
every private, even the newest joined. On the night of 7 May, when he
was lying wounded on the ground, he continued to fire at the Germans
(who at that point were 15 against 7), and was largely instrumental
in driving them off. I repeat that incident because that was typical
of your son--he did not know when beaten, even when wounded and all
odds against him.” He was buried in Highgate New Cemetery, with full
military honours and a memorial was unveiled there, July, 1916.
[Illustration: =Francis J. Hocking.=]
=HOCKING, WILLIAM JOHN=, Private, No. 13506, 5th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of the late William John Hocking,
of St. Budeaux, Devonport, Coy. Sergt.-Major, R.E., by his wife, Annie
(1, Waverley Villas, Vicarage Road, St. Budeaux, Devonport), dau. of
Richard Slemon, of Bull Point; _b._ Halifax, Nova Scotia, 10 Sept.
1889; educ. Devonport; returned to Canada in 1905, and settled at Moose
Jaw, Sask.; was a Clerk; joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force on
the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; came over with the first contingent
in Oct.; went to France in Feb. following, and died at Rouen, 21 May,
1915, from wounds received in action at Hill 60, on 28 April. Buried at
Rouen; _unm._
[Illustration: =William John Hocking.=]
=HODDEN, HENRY ERNEST=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./12473, H.M.S.
Hawke, _s._ of Thomas Hodden, of 66, Ifield Road, South
Kensington; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914.
=HODGE, DORRIEN EDWARD GROSE=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Suffolk
Regt., 2nd _s._ of the Rev. Edward Grose Hodge, Vicar and Rural
Dean of Paddington and Prebendary of St. Paul’s Cathedral; _b._
Anningsley Park, Chertsey, co. Surrey, 25 May, 1893; educ. Marlborough
College (treble scholar) and Pembroke College, Cambridge (graduated
with Classical Honours), was a member of the O.T.C., joined the army
following the outbreak of war, gazetted 2nd Lieut. 29 Sept. 1914, and
was killed in action near Ypres 27, April, 1915. Buried behind the
trenches; _unm._
=HODGES, HAROLD=, Private, No. 2948, 13th Battn. (Princess
Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the
late Robert Hodges, of Charmouth, Dorset, by his wife, Sarah (23,
Redesdale Street, Chelsea, S.W.), dau. of James Turrell; _b._
London, 12 Oct. 1893; educ. Holy Trinity School, Chelsea; was a Clerk;
joined the Kensingtons in Sept. 1914, after the outbreak of war; went
to France, Feb. 1915, and was killed in action during the attack of the
8th Division on the German position at Fromelles and Aubers Ridge, 9
May, 1915; _unm._
=HODGES, HAROLD WARDALE=, 2nd Lieut., 6th (Reserve) 2nd Battn.
King’s Royal Rifle Corps, elder _s._ of Herbert Chamney Hodges, of
Watton-at-Stone, Hertford, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Lond. by his wife, Dora
Katherine, dau. of the Rev. John Wardale, and nephew of Lieut.-Col.
Aubrey D. T. P. Hodges, C.M.G., M.D. Lond., P.M.O. for Uganda and
Director of Medical Supplies in East Africa; _b._ Watton-at-Stone,
14 Oct. 1893; and was educ. at Epsom College, at which he obtained
senior, junior, and leaving scholarships, and Hertford College, Oxford,
where he obtained an Exhibition, took “First” in Classical Moderations,
and was made an Hon. Scholar. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 6th K.R.R.C.
from the University O.T.C. 15 Aug. 1914; left for France in Dec.
having been attd. to the 2nd Battn. (1st Division), which formed part
of the 2nd Brigade, and was killed in action near Rue du Bois, during
the advance on Aubers Ridge, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ His Commanding
Officer wrote: “Hodges was one of my best subalterns, and is a very
great loss to me. Besides being a first-rate officer, he was a charming
boy and deservedly popular with his brother officers.” Lieut. Hodges
excelled at all games, and represented both his school and his college
at cricket, football, and hockey, and at Epsom was Captain of his
hockey team.
[Illustration: =Harold Wardale Hodges.=]
=HODGES, HENRY BURDEN=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. King’s Own
Yorkshire Light Infantry, yr. _s._ of John Frederick William
Hodges, of Glenravel House, Glenravel, co. Antrim, J.P., by his wife,
Mary, dau. of the late Henry Burden, M.D., F.R.C.S. (Eng.), and gdson.
of the late Professor John Frederick Hodges, M.D., Queen’s College,
Belfast; _b._ Newtownreda, Belfast, 13 Nov. 1895; educ. Mostyn
House, Cheshire; Sherborne Preparatory, and Sherborne School, and the
Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Y.L.I., 23
Dec. 1914; went to the Front, 6 March, 1915, and after five weeks in
the trenches was killed in action at Hill 60, 18 April following. He
fell, as his Col. wrote: “Gallantly leading his men in a charge against
the Germans.” The regt. lost six officers killed and seven wounded
that night, and as they were forced to retire before they had time to
bring in the dead and wounded and Hill 60 fell to the Germans shortly
afterwards, his body was not recovered. He was a keen golfer and
footballer, and had won several medals for swimming and life-saving.
He also won the light-weight championship at the Public Schools Boxing
Competition at Aldershot in April, 1914. His elder brother, Capt. J. F.
Hodges, 2nd Battn. Royal Irish Fusiliers, was wounded at St. Eloi, and
was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915] and awarded
the Military Cross, 24 June, 1915.
[Illustration: =Henry Burden Hodges.=]
=HODGES, HENRY THOMAS=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 183316, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=HODGES, WILLIAM SYDNEY=, Corpl., R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 916),
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HODGKINSON, JOHN FRANCIS=, Capt., 3rd (Prince of Wales’s) Dragoon
Guards, only _s._ of John Grundy Hodgkinson, of Rose Hill Farm,
Baslow, co. Derby, Farmer, by his wife, Elizabeth Catherine, dau. of
Francis Walker, of Sheffield; _b._ 25 July, 1879; educ. Mount
St. Mary’s College, Chesterfield, co. Derby; enlisted in the Bakewell
Coy. of the old 2nd V. Battn. Sherwood Foresters, 21 March, 1901, was
gazetted 2nd Lieut. 26 March, 1902, and Capt. of D Coy. of the same
regt. in May, 1905. With a view to getting into the Regular Army he
obtained his transfer to the 4th Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 11
Oct. 1906, and on 25 May, 1910, was gazetted Capt. to the 3rd Dragoon
Guards. He served with his regt. in Cairo for two years, and on the
outbreak of the European War returned with it to England, whence after
a month spent on Salisbury Plain he proceeded to the Front at the end
of Oct. A few days later he was severely wounded in the head by a
bullet whilst in charge of the regimental machine guns at Zillebeke.
He was removed to Boulogne, where he died in hospital 10 Nov. 1914,
and was buried in Boulogne Cemetery; _unm._ Capt. Hodgkinson was
a keen fisherman, a good shot, a good bat at cricket, and an excellent
polo player. He was a man of no small parts, and amongst the list
of his varied accomplishments had an excellent knowledge of French,
Spanish and Russian; added to which he possessed a working knowledge of
the Caffre and Hindustani languages. While at the Infantry School of
Instruction, Dublin, 1907, he passed first on the list and was granted
a special certificate.
[Illustration: =John F. Hodgkinson.=]
=HODGKINSON, SAMUEL CHARLES LINDSEY=, Lieut., Royal Australian
Navy, H.M.A.S. Australia, 3rd _s._ of the late Edmund Hodgkinson,
of Baslow, J.P., by his wife, Elizabeth Millicent, dau. of the late
Thomas Heathcote, of Eyam, co. Derby; _b._ Baslow, co. Derby, 9
Oct. 1886; educ. Lady Manners Grammar School, Bakewell, Derbyshire, and
on leaving school was apprenticed to the Merchant Service, and made
several voyages to South America and Australia, obtaining his master
mariner’s certificate, 29 July, 1910. On 25 Aug. 1905, he entered the
Royal Naval Reserve as Midshipman, and served in H.M. ships Psyche,
Scylla, and Irresistible, and when the Australian Navy was formed
was appointed Lieut. 31 May, 1912. He served for some time in H.M.A.
ships Protector, Pioneer, and Yarra, and for about 12 months acted
as assistant navigation officer at Garden Island, Sydney (H.M.A.S.
Penguin). He was appointed to H.M.A.S. Australia, flagship of the
Australian squadron, on 1 April, 1914, with seniority, 1 Dec. 1912,
and took part in the capture and occupation of the German Islands in
the Pacific, by the Australian and New Zealand forces, and died at the
Royal Naval Hospital, South Queensferry, 1 Aug. 1915, after undergoing
a second operation rendered necessary by internal injuries, sustained
while at gun practice in Jan.; _unm._
[Illustration: =Samuel C. L. Hodgkinson.=]
=HODGSON, FRANCIS FAITH=, Capt., 84th Punjabis, yst. _s._
of Henry Hill Hodgson, of Escote, Shortlands, Kent, J.P., formerly of
Brathay House, Anerley, S.E.; _b._ Brathay House, Anerley, 14 Oct.
1880; educ. Arlington House (Mr. Burmann Prep. School), and Tonbridge,
and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. unattd.
Indian Army, 28 July, 1900; and was attd. to the Cheshires for his
first year and joined the 27th Madras Infantry (reconstituted in 1902
as the 84th Punjabis), 6 Oct. 1901. He became Double Company Officer,
16 May, 1902; was promoted Lieut., 28 Oct. 1902, and Capt., 28 July,
1909; served in the operations in the Mohmund Country, N.W. Frontier,
India, 1908, including the engagement at Kargha, and received the
medal with clasp. On the outbreak of war, he left for France with the
Indian Expeditionary Force, under Lt.-Gen. Sir James Willcocks, 1 Nov.
1914; being attd. to the Headquarters staff of the Bareilly Brigade,
in the Meerut Division as Brigade machine-gun officer, and died in the
Field Ambulance at Vielle Chapelle, 17 May, 1915, of wounds received
at Festubert the previous day. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John
(now Lord) French’s Despatches of 31 May [London Gazette, 23 June],
1915. Capt. Hodgson passed the Staff College with honours, 1914. He
_m._ at Rawal Pindi, 5 March, 1914, Katherine Anna, dau. of
Frederick Rowlandson, of Madras [and a descendant in the fifth degree
of Elizabeth Fry], and had a dau., Katherine, _b._ 13 March, 1915.
[Illustration: =Francis Faith Hodgson.=]
=HODGSON, FREDERICK=, Chief E.R.A., 1st Class (Pensioner, 16328),
141300, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HODGSON, GEOFFREY MITCHELL=, Private, No. A. 10993, Princess
Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, _s._ of the Rev. John Henry
Hodgson, Vicar of Swanmore, Bishop’s Waltham, Hants, by his wife,
Frances Helena, dau. of Capt. Clayton Mitchell, R.N.; _b._ St.
Swithun’s Rectory, Winchester, 10 June, 1892; educ. Downsend, Ashtead;
and Haileybury College; went to Canada in Nov. 1910, and settled at
Montreal, as a Bank Clerk; volunteered after the outbreak of war and
joined Princess Patricia’s L.I. in Oct. 1914; came over with the 2nd
Contingent, 8 June, 1915; went to France, 16 July, 1915, and was killed
in action at Frise, 14 Oct. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Geoffrey M. Hodgson.=]
=HODGSON, GEORGE GRAHAM=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. (Princess Charlotte
of Wales’s) Royal Berkshire Regt., elder _s._ of George Graham
Hodgson, of Curfew House, Chertsey, co. Surrey, M.D., by his wife,
Josephine, dau. of Joseph Iredale, of Carlisle; _b._ Devonshire
House, Bootle, near Liverpool, 20 March, 1889; educ. Mulgrave Castle
School (Rev. the Marquis of Normanby), Whitby, Rugby School and the
Army House, Wiesbaden, and received his first commission in the 7th
(Special Reserve) Battn. of the Royal Fusiliers. Passing out third
on the list, he was, on 7 Dec. 1910, gazetted to the 2nd Berkshires,
then stationed at Meerut. He served in India for four years, and was
promoted Lieut. 10 Sept. 1913. After the outbreak of war he left India
with his battn. in Sept. 1914, reaching England, 22 Oct. 1914, and
after a few hours’ leave with his parents, went to the Western Front on
6 Nov. Subsequently he was attacked with pneumonia, necessitating his
return to England, but was able to rejoin his regt. in the early part
of April. He was for a time at the Base, near Havre, and on reaching
the firing line found the Berkshires guarding the same trenches they
had under their charge when he was invalided home. There was, however,
a sad change in the personnel. Of the officers but two remained of
those with whom he had served in India. He was killed in action at
Fromelles, near Festubert ridges, on 9 May, 1915. Ordered to take
a strongly fortified German trench, situated scarcely a couple of
hundred yards away, he moved forward at the head of his company. When
something like half the distance had been traversed he was hit in the
hip or groin. The wound was bandaged by a Private, and he was urged
to make his way to the rear. This advice he declined. His orders were
to take the trench. On getting over the parapet they were met by a
murderous fire from shrapnel and machine guns. They struggled on and
arrived at a disused trench about 30 yards from the German position.
Here Lieut. Graham Hodgson rallied the remnant of his men, together
with some of the Rifle Brigade, and led them in the final attack on
the enemy trench, in which his body was ultimately found. The trench
was captured, but had to be evacuated later in the day, and his body
was never recovered. Confirmation of his death was received from a
German officer, who on 24 Nov. 1915, returned a photograph on which an
address had been written in Lieut. G. Graham Hodgson’s handwriting (in
English and German), saying: “In the event of my death will the finder
kindly send the enclosed to the address given.” The German officer
wrote: “It was found on the body of an English officer. Perhaps it will
be of value to the person to whom it belongs.” Officially returned
as “Missing, believed killed,” his commanding officer wrote: “I am
afraid there is no doubt now that your son was killed in the fight
of 9 May. The only definite information I have is that he was hit in
the hip or groin while leading his men against the German trenches. A
private soldier bandaged him up with a field dressing, and your son
said he could manage. Nothing more has been seen of him since, and
from all accounts the rifle and machine gun fire was so intense that
anyone moving must have been hit several times. Since the action it
has only been possible to get in those who fell quite close to our
original breastwork, as no ground was held in front of that after the
day itself. I am sorry to say we have several similar cases, and though
everything has been done to trace the officers we can get no further.
To the best of my belief two or three were actually killed in the
German trench, which was temporarily taken. I am so very sorry that
all this uncertainty exists. For some time it was hoped that some of
our officers had been taken back during the confusion, but no trace of
them can now be found in the field ambulances and clearing hospitals.
Your son used to be in my company when we first came out, and I know
how much we shall all miss him.” Out of 24 officers of the Berkshires
who went into action that day, only four came out. Lieut. Graham
Hodgson was an expert German linguist and scholar. He was _unm._
A memorial tablet, erected to his memory in Chertsey Parish Church,
was unveiled by Col. Sir Lorenzo Dundas, K.C.B., on 19 Dec. 1915. His
yr. brother, Harold Kingston Graham Hodgson, served as a Motor Cyclist
Despatch Rider in the early days of the war until wounded by a shell
explosion, and is now a Lieut. in the Royal Army Medical Corps.
[Illustration: =George Graham Hodgson.=]
=HODGSON, PHILIP ORMISTON=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. East Lancashire
Regt., 4th _s._ of the late Lieut. Thomas Tarleton Hodgson, R.N.,
and only _s._ by his 2nd wife, Georgina Julia Helen (11, Barne
Park, Teignmouth, South Devon), 4th dau. of the late James Ormiston
McWilliam, M.D., C.B., R.N., F.R.C.P., F.R.S., Surgeon R.N., Medical
Inspector of H.M. Customs, and gdson. of the late Rev. William Hodgson,
D.D., Master of Peterhouse College, Cambridge; _b._ London,
8 March, 1887; educ. Stubbington and the Royal Military College,
Sandhurst; volunteered and applied for a commission on the outbreak
of war, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the East Lancashires, 15 Aug.
1914. He joined the 3rd Battn. at Plymouth, 8 Oct. following; went to
the Front, 19 Feb., and was transferred there to the 2nd Battn. and
died in No. 25 Field Ambulance, 13 March, 1915, from wounds received in
action at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, while gallantly leading a charge
against a farmhouse held by the enemy with machine-guns. He was buried
in Estaires Cemetery, France; _unm._
[Illustration: =Philip Ormiston Hodgson.=]
=HODGSON, ROBERT=, Private, No. 10571, 1st Battn. The Royal Scots,
2nd _s._ of the late Edward Hodgson, by his wife, Mary; _b._
Auckland Park, co. Durham, 22 Dec. 1893; enlisted, 14 Dec. 1909; went
to France, 29 Dec. 1914, and died, 8 Feb. 1915, of wounds received in
action at Doorstraat; _unm._
[Illustration: =Robert Hodgson.=]
=HODSDON, HARRY=, Sergt., No. 19, 8th Battn. (Post Office Rifles)
The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Henry Hodsdon, of 33, Concannon
Road, Brixton; _b._ Islington, 22 March, 1885; educ. Mathias Road
Board School; joined the Post Office Rifles in 1903; became Sergt.,
volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; served with
the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed at the Battle of
Festubert, 21–26 May, 1915, in which his Battn. greatly distinguished
itself; _unm._
=HODSOLL, GEORGE BERTRAM POLLOCK=, Capt., 3rd Battn. (Special
Reserve), the Suffolk Regt., 2nd _s._ of Charles Maxfield Hodsoll,
of Farm House, Capel, Surrey, formerly of Loose Court, Kent [descended
from the old Kent family of Hodsoll]; by his wife, Georgiana Mary,
elder dau. of George Kennet Pollock, granddau. of Sir David Pollock,
Chief Justice of Bombay, and grandniece of Field-Marshal Sir George
Pollock, of Khyber Pass celebrity, _b._ Loose Court, co. Kent,
18 June, 1875; educ. Maidstone School and University College, Oxford;
obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Cambridgeshire Militia, then
the 4th Battn. Suffolk Regt., Dec. 1902, and subsequently transferred
to the 3rd Battn. Special Reserve, Suffolk Regt., and obtained his
company 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 23 Oct. following, and was there
attd. to the 1st Cheshires, and was killed in action at the First
Battle of Ypres, 7 Nov. 1914, while gallantly leading his men in a
counter-attack. The Adjutant, Capt. L. Frost, wrote: “On 7 Nov. about
three o’clock in the afternoon, the regt. on our left fell back and
the Germans came through their trenches, so Capt. Hodsoll, Mr. Anderson
and myself, with the supports of our regt. made a counter-attack. Your
husband had not gone more than 100 yards when he, poor fellow, was
killed, he died instantaneously and could not have suffered any pain at
all. He died giving his life for his country at a very critical moment,
if this counter-attack had failed, it would have meant the whole line
coming back. He died a glorious and magnificent death. Capt. Pollock
Hodsoll was buried the same evening on the ground where he died, in a
wood near a chateau about 3½ miles east of Ypres. A wooden cross with
his name was placed on the grave.” Capt. Pollock Hodsoll was well known
to all followers of Association Football, having played many years for
both the Casuals and Corinthians, touring with these teams both on the
Continent and in South Africa, and captained the Army team on several
occasions. He was much interested in political matters, and frequently
spoke in public on this subject, and in support of the Unionist cause,
and in favour of National Military Service. He _m._ at Edinburgh,
1 June, 1914, Olive Margaret, eldest dau. of the Rev. George Milne Rae,
of Edinburgh, D.D.; _s.p._
[Illustration: =George B. P. Hodsoll.=]
=HODSON, DANIEL=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10644), 210650, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HODSON, EDWARD WILFRID=, Rifleman, No. 298, 5th Battn. (London
Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Gilbert
Hodson, of Broomfield Avenue, Palmer’s Green, N., Secretary of Public
Company, by his wife, Alice, dau. of George F. Snook; _b._
Highgate, N., 12 July, 1891; educ. Enfield Grammar School; was
Junior Salesman in the Mantle Department of a London Wholesale House
(Bradbury, Greatorex & Co., Ltd.) before the war; volunteered on the
outbreak of war and joined the London Rifle Brigade, 2 Sept. 1914, went
to France, March, 1915, and died in the Military Hospital, Wandsworth,
22 May following, of wounds received on the 14th, near Verlounhock,
during the Second Battle of Ypres, where his battalion greatly
distinguished itself, and sustained terrible casualties, losing in one
day 170 men; _unm._ Owing to the heavy losses which the L.R.B.’s
machine gun section had suffered, Rifleman Hodson had been attached
on 5 May to the crew of one of the guns, and a comrade wrote: “That
one machine gun was soon put out of action by a shell, but another
was soon put into its place. It was while standing by this second gun
that a shell exploded which killed several of the fellows, and so
badly wounded Wilfrid. I understand he calmly took the bandages from
his pocket and put them ready for the fellows to bind him up. It is
probably this coolness that misled our men, and although we knew he was
hit in many places, his extraordinary cheerfulness and pluck gave us
high hopes of his ultimate recovery.”
[Illustration: =Edward Wilfrid Hodson.=]
=HODSON, HUBERT BERNARD=, Private, No. 15256, Princess Patricia’s
Canadian L.I., 6th _s._ of the late Rev. Thomas Hodson, M.A.,
Rector of Oddington, Moreton-in-the-Marsh, Glos., by his wife,
Catherine Anne, dau. of the late Rev. T. R. Maskew, Rector of
Thornbury, Hereford; _b._ The Slad Vicarage, near Stroud, 22 June,
1892; educ. Ormond House Preparatory School, Dursley, and Cheltenham
College, where he gained a classical scholarship, and the Hornby Prize
for French; went to Canada for the second time in March, 1914; joined
the 22nd Canadian Light Horse on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914;
came over with the first contingent in Oct. 1914; transferred at his
own request to the P.P.C.L.I. in April, 1915; went to France the same
month, and was killed instantly in action near Ypres, 8 May, 1915, by
shell fire; _unm._ His coy. commander wrote that: “No braver life
was ever given for his country. Ever since he joined the regiment he
has shown the true spirit of the soldier, he was always ready for any
duty, no matter how trying or dangerous, and generally did a little
more than his share. On several occasions he was placed in positions
where not only courage was required but judgment of the situation and
quick action, and he never failed us.”
[Illustration: =Hubert Bernard Hodson.=]
=HODSON, ROBERT=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21974, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HOFFMAN, FRANCIS EDWARD CHARLES=, Seaman, R.N.R., 3257B, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HOGAN, JOHN=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2505 B., H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HOGAN, ROBERT GARRETT ROCHE=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. (Princess
Charlotte of Wales’s) Royal Berkshire Regt., only _s._ of William
John Alexander Hogan, of Saharanpur, United Provinces, India, Civil
Surgeon, and his wife, Evelyn Christine, dau. of William FitzGaskin
Roche, of Mallow, co. Cork; _b._ Fyzabad, United Provinces, India;
educ. St. Joseph’s Irish Christian Brothers, India; Wimbledon College,
Edge Hill, Surrey; and qualified for the Army with Mr. Bullin-Spicer,
Army Coach, Eastbourne. He was gazetted to the Special Reserve of
Officers 11 March, 1914, was attached to the 1st Royal Berkshire Regt.
at Aldershot. He received his commission in the regulars 2 Oct. the
same year, serving with the 3rd battn. at Portsmouth on home defence
till transferred to the 2nd Battn. Royal Berks for service in France,
Feb. 1915. He was killed in action, being shot through the heart while
leading his platoon in an attack at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915.
He was buried in an orchard a few yards from where he fell, about 200
yards east of the village of Neuve Chapelle; _unm._ Letters from
his brother officers speak in the highest terms of his efficiency and
great courage. One wrote: “He fell with a bullet through the heart
while leading his platoon in an attack at Neuve Chapelle on 12 March
at 5 p.m. He was a good lad, so fearless and brave--most popular with
everyone.”
[Illustration: =Robert G. R. Hogan.=]
=HOGG, ALBERT GEORGE WILLIAM=, Corpl., No. 932, 12th Battn. (The
Rangers), The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of the late George
Hogg, of London, Merchant, by his wife, Julia (11, Cornwall Gardens,
Willesden Green, N.W.), dau. of William Hill, of Nottingham Street,
Marylebone; _b._ London, W.; 3 Jan. 1888; educ. Brondesbury
College and the Polytechnic, Regent Street, W.; joined the Rangers,
1909, and was secretary of the Polytechnic Coy. of that Corps; retired
1913, but rejoined on outbreak of war; went to France, 23 Dec. 1914,
and was killed in action near Ypres, 21 Feb. 1915; _unm._ Buried
in a little cemetery just outside Ypres. Lieut. G. F. Rickett wrote:
“As an officer of the Polytechnic Coy. of the Rangers I am writing to
tell you of some incidents that took place in the fighting of 20 and
21 Feb. We were ordered to go up to some very exposed trenches at dusk
and remain until just before daybreak. We succeeded in taking up our
position and remained all night under a fairly heavy fire, but managed
all right and got away quite safely to our dug-outs in rear just before
dawn. We stayed in those dug-outs all day and again at dusk took up our
position at the trench. We were relieved by another battn. during the
night, and I regret to say our second attempt was not so successful as
the first, for we had several casualties. Amongst those killed I grieve
to say was your son and my friend. He was killed in action, doing his
duty, and I am thankful to say his death was instantaneous.”
[Illustration: =Albert G. W. Hogg.=]
=HOGG, ANDREW=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9574), S.S. 106959,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=HOGG, HARRY PAUL=, Private, No. 2633, 9th (Glasgow Highlanders)
Battn. Highland L.I. (T.F.), only _s._ of James Hogg, of
Ellangowan, Bo’ness, J.P., partner in the firm of Messrs. Love, Stewart
& Co., Shipowners and Brokers, Bo’ness, by his wife, Mary, dau. of
Peter Hastie, of Grangemouth; _b._ Bo’ness, 5 July, 1894; educ.
Bo’ness Academy, and on leaving there entered the office of Messrs.
Love, Stewart & Co.; on the outbreak of war he volunteered and enlisted
in the 9th Highland Light Infantry, 1 Sept. 1914; went to France early
in Jan. 1915, and died at Lillers, 1 April, 1915, of wounds received
in action at Festubert, 31 March; _unm._ Buried at Lillers. A
comrade, L.-Corpl. Herbert Bain, wrote: “Ever since the day we joined
the ranks, Harry and I have been together and in danger many times, and
I could always look to him as a cheerful and bright comrade, optimistic
at all times, and always looking on the sunny side. Hence he endeared
himself to all those of his comrades with whom he came in contact.”
[Illustration: =Harry Paul Hogg.=]
=HOGG, IAN GRAHAM, D.S.O.=, Lieut.-Col., 4th Hussars, 2nd
_s._ of the late Quintin Hogg, founder of the London Polytechnic;
and grandson of Sir James Weir Hogg, 1st Bt., P.C.; _b._
Whitehall, London, S.W., 2 Feb. 1875; educ. Eton and the Royal Military
College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the King’s Royal Rifle
Corps, 15 Jan. 1896; transferred to the 4th Hussars, Feb. following,
and was promoted Lieut., 5 Sept. 1896; Capt., 3 Nov. 1900; Major,
7 July, 1904, and Lieut.-Col. 13 May, 1913; was employed in Niger
Coast Protectorate, 23 Sept. to 31 Dec. 1899, and with the West
African Frontier Force, 1 Jan. 1900, to 23 May, 1905; served (1)
in South African War, 1901 first as Commandant at Wellington, then
attached to the Intelligence Department and later on was one of Sir
Bruce Hamilton’s Staff Officers: took part in the operations in the
Orange River Colony, June-Oct. 1901, in the Transvaal, Oct. and in
Cape Colony, Nov.-Dec. 1901 (Queen’s medal with four clasps); (2) in
West Africa (Southern Nigeria) 1901: operations in the Ishan country
(medal with clasp); (3) in West Africa (Southern Nigeria) 1901–2:
Aro Expedition (clasp); (4) in West Africa (Southern Nigeria) 1902:
in command of operations in the Ibekwe country (clasp); (5) in West
Africa (Northern Nigeria) 1903: Kano-Sokoto Campaign (clasp); (6) in
West Africa (Southern Nigeria) 1903 (mentioned in Despatches [London
Gazette, 28 Oct. 1904], awarded the D.S.O.); (7) in West Africa
(Southern Nigeria) 1903–4: in command of expeditions against towns of
Osea, Oriri and Ndoto (clasp); (8) in West Africa (Southern Nigeria)
1904: in command of operations against natives of Asaba Hinterland and
in those in the Kwale country (mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette,
25 Aug. 1905], Brevet Major, clasp); and (9) in West Africa (Southern
Nigeria) 1904–5: in command of operations in the Irua Patrol on the
West of the Niger. After leaving Nigeria, in 1905 he rejoined his
regiment in India, and went with it to South Africa. He passed through
the Staff College in 1910–12 and after filling a Staff appointment at
the War Office was appointed Lieut.-Col. of the 4th Hussars, in May,
1913. He went with his regt. to France, 16 Aug. 1914, and was mortally
wounded during the retreat from Mons on 1 Sept. He was shot through
the lungs in some wood fighting just north of the little village
of Haramont, near Soissons. His Second in Command wrote: “We were
retiring, and the Germans were following so close that our men were
often only 10 to 20 yds. distant from the enemy. Ian commanded the
rearguard and in spite of the protests of his Staff insisted on being
himself the last to withdraw. Actually, when shot, he was standing in
an open clearing, signalling with his hat for some men to retire, and
though urged by two of his officers to retire, he declined to budge
till certain that all his men were back.” They carried him to the
village of Haramont and at his express command left him there, the
enemy entering the village ten minutes after our troops had left it.
He died the next day, 2 Sept., 24 hours after he was wounded, and was
buried in the Haramont Churchyard.
=HOGG, IVAN DAYRELL MEREDITH=, Capt., 101st Grenadiers, Indian
Army, 3rd and yst. _s._ of General George Forbes Hogg, C.B.,
Indian Staff Corps, by his wife, Elizabeth Maria Chevallier (Cromer
House, Brentwood), dau. of Harry Teverson Purkis, of Abbot’s Hall,
Sturmer, Essex; _b._ London, W., 2 April, 1884; educ. United
Services College, Westward Ho and the Royal Military College,
Sandhurst; gazetted to the Indian Army (unattd. list), 21 Jan. 1903,
and was attd. first to the 2nd Oxfordshire L.I., and then to the 1st
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders; joined the 101st Grenadiers, 18
April, 1904; promoted Lieut., 21 April, 1905, and Capt., 21 Jan. 1912;
went to German East Africa with the Indian Expeditionary Force and
was killed in action there, 4 Nov. 1914, during the attack on Tanga.
He _m._ at the Cathedral, Allahabad, U.P., India, 28 Dec. 1911,
Bridget Eyre (18, Goldington Avenue, Bedford), yst. dau. of the late
William Henry Lloyd, of Droitwich; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Ivan Dayrell M. Hogg.=]
=HOGG, JAMES=, Private, No. 2553, 3rd Battn. The Royal Scots,
_s._ of William Hogg, of 61, Main Street, Armadale, Coal Miner;
_b._ West Calder, co. Midlothian, 16 June, 1892; educ. there;
enlisted 1911; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., was
wounded in action at Hill 60, 14 May, 1915, and died in Hospital on the
20th; _unm._
=HOLBECH, WILLIAM HUGH=, of Farnborough Hall, co. Warwick, Lieut.,
2nd Battn. Scots Guards, elder _s._ of the late Lieut.-Col.
Walter Henry Holbech, King’s Royal Rifles, and one of H.M.’s Hon.
Corps of Gentlemen at Arms (who served in Red River Expedition, 1870;
was Brigade Major, Egyptian Campaign, 1882, and was mentioned in
Despatches, and died _v.p._, 6 March, 1901), by his wife Mary
Caroline (The Grange, Farnborough, Banbury), widow of Lieut.-Col. Sir
George Clay, 3rd Bart., and 4th dau. of Sir John Walrond Walrond, 1st
Bart.; _b._ Murray Bay, Canada, 18 Aug. 1882; educ. Eton and
Sandhurst; suc. his grandfather in the family property, 20 March, 1901;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Scots Guards, 30 April, 1902, and promoted
Lieut. 7 March, 1904; retired 20 Feb. 1907; and passed into the Reserve
of Officers; joined the 3rd Scots Guards on the outbreak of war in
Aug. 1914, transferred to his old Battn., the 2nd, 2 Oct., and went to
France with it as part of the Seventh Division, two days later; reached
the firing line on the 18th, took part in the first Battle of Ypres;
was severely wounded at Kruseid on the night of the 25th, and died in
the Herbert Hospital, Woolwich, 1 Nov. 1914; _unm._ Col. Bolton
wrote: “From the time Willie joined us at Southampton until he was
mortally wounded, he was one of the most cheery, unselfish, capable,
and keenest of the officers in my Battn. We all deplore his loss more
than I can say. I look back on both him and poor young Cottrell Dormer
as two of the best officers in every way.” Major Cator wrote: “He
defended his trench all night at Kruseik when the Germans got through
our line. He and Capt. Paynter had the Germans all round them and
defended their trenches most gallantly--I only wish I could tell you
more; in him we have lost a gallant soldier and a great friend.”
=HOLBROOK, HENRY GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 17531, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=HOLDBROOK, JOSEPH=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 22681, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=HOLDER, GEORGE STEPHEN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2078), 154330,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HOLDING, FRANK=, L.-Sergt., No. 9025, No. 4 Coy., 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards, eldest _s._ of Christopher Holding, of 25,
Edmund Street, Exeter, late Corpl., Royal Engineers, by his wife,
Bertha; _b._ Exeter, 18 June, 1891; educ. Exeter; enlisted, 7
March, 1911; appointed L.-Corpl., 6 June, 1913; promoted Corpl., 27
May, 1914, and appointed L.-Sergt., 7 Aug. 1914; left for France, 14
Aug. 1914; and was reported wounded and missing after the fighting at
La Cour de Soupir, on the Aisne, 14 Sept. following. He _m._ at
St. Peter’s Church, Dumbleton, near Evesham, 3 Aug. 1914, Ethel Mary
(85, Shakespeare Road, Stoke Newington, London, N.E.), dau. of Thomas
Sallis, of Dumbleton; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Frank Holding.=]
=HOLFORD, ALFRED FREDERICK=, 1st Class Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B.
7986), 292960, _s._ of William Holford; _b._ Camberwell, 6
Aug. 1880; served through the South African War, and completed his 12
years’ service in Aug. 1911; was called up on mobilisation in Aug.
1914, and was lost in the North Sea when H.M.S. Cressy was torpedoed,
22 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at Swanscombe, co. Kent, 28 Oct. 1911, Ada
Almira (25, Stanhope Road, Swanscombe, Kent), dau. of George William
Weller, of Swanscombe, and had a son, Jack Leslie, _b._ 19 Nov.
1913.
=HOLLAMBY, ALBERT EDWARD=, Private, No. 47187, 13th Battn. (Royal
Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Expeditionary Force, only _s._
of Ely Hollamby, of Queen’s Road, Maidstone, Carter, by his wife, Lucy
Elizabeth, dau. of the late George Henry Marchant; _b._ Maidstone,
co. Kent, 22 Aug. 1892; educ. St. Michael’s School there; and was a
Grocer’s Assistant. He enlisted in the Nova Scotia Highlanders in the
1st Canadian Expeditionary Force on 28 Nov. 1914, after the Canadians
came to Maidstone; went to Belgium 26 April, 1915, and was killed in
action at Festubert, 23 May, 1915. He _m._ at Maidstone 22 July,
1914, Ada (37, Chillington Street, Maidstone), dau. of the late James
Portman, and had a daughter Barbara Gladys, _b._ 20 Dec. 1914.
[Illustration: =Albert E. Hollamby.=]
=HOLLAND, FRANK DAVENPORT=, Private, No. 51225, Princess
Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, eldest _s._ of Frank Bernard
Holland, of 6th Avenue East, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, by his
wife, Ada, dau. of William Turner-Whitlow, and great gdson. of Peter
Holland, of Knutsford, co. Chester, Physician to her late Majesty,
Queen Victoria; _b._ Great Warford, Alderley Edge, co. Chester,
13 Sept. 1895; went to Canada with his parents, 11 April, 1905; educ.
privately and at King Edward School, Prince Rupert, and was on the
Staff of the Bank of British North America when war began. He had
joined Earl Grey’s Own Rifles in Nov. 1911, and immediately volunteered
for Imperial service. He left Canada with the 30th Battn., and in Jan.
1915 was drafted to the Princess Patricia’s L.I. They arrived in France
on 11 March, and were immediately sent up to the Front. He took part
in the fighting at St. Eloi, and was killed in action at Ypres, 4 May,
1915, when trying to bind up the wounds of a comrade, and was buried
the same night at Bellewaarde. His Commanding Officer wrote that “He
was a splendid soldier”; and three comrades: “He was beloved by us all,
and his behaviour when in action proved that he was both a son and a
soldier to be proud of.” He had had a brilliant school career, and
was an expert shot and was a member of the rifle team that won the
Corporation Cup and the Northern British Columbia Championship in 1913.
A memorial tablet was erected in St. Andrew’s Church, Prince Rupert.
[Illustration: =Frank Davenport Holland.=]
=HOLLAND, JOHN WILLIAM=, Seaman, R.N.R., 3646D, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HOLLAND, JOSEPH=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6528), 183900, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HOLLICK, WALTER STANLEY=, Private, No. 1619, 13th Battn.
(Princess Louise’s, Kensington), The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._
of Walter Charles Hollick, of 15, St Anne’s Road, Barking, E., by his
wife, Eliza Ann, dau. of William Charles Saunders, late Sergt., 8th
Hussars (King’s Royal Irish); _b._ Barking, co. Essex, 13 Feb.
1892; educ. C.E. Schools there; was a Clerk; joined the Kensingtons in
May, 1914, and on the outbreak of war, volunteered for foreign service;
went to France, 7 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Laventie, 21
Dec. 1914. Buried on the west side of the road, Aux Quatre, Paroises,
between Ypres and Armentières.
[Illustration: =Walter Stanley Hollick.=]
=HOLLINGWORTH, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9174),
295342, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HOLMAN, FRANCIS WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./7572, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HOLME, ALEXANDER CHARLES=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Gloucestershire
Regt., 2nd _s._ of Charles Henry Holme, of Rawburn, co. Berwick,
by his wife, Eva Magdalen, dau. of the Rev. Richard Beverley Machell,
Canon of York, and gdson. of Bryan Holme, of Paull Holme, co. York
(late Capt. 88th Regt.), by his first wife, Catherine Margaret, dau.
of Gen. the Hon. Sir Patrick Stuart, G.C.M.G.; _b._ Mussoorie,
N.W.P., India, 26 Sept. 1888, educ. Charterhouse and Sandhurst,
gazetted 2nd Lieut. Gloucestershire Regt. 20 Mar. 1909, and promoted
Lieut. 15 July, 1911. He served for a year in India and on the return
of the battn. to England applied for service in Southern Nigeria,
and was employed with the West African Frontier Force, 1912, to May,
1913, when he came home on leave. He returned to Nigeria the following
Nov., and was killed in action at Nsanakang, Cameroons, 6 Sept. 1914;
_unm._ A memorial cross was erected to his memory at Longformacus
in the Lammermuir Hills, Berwickshire. His next brother was killed
in France (see following notice); and another brother was private
secretary to Sir Hugh Clifford, Governor of the Gold Coast, and has now
received a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 8th K.O.S.B. (Aug. 1915).
The eldest brother enlisted Sept. 1914, in the 11th Service Battn.
(Lonsdales) of the Border Regt., commanded by his uncle, Col. Machell,
C.M.G., and is serving abroad.
[Illustration: =Alexander C. Holme.=]
=HOLME, RONALD HENRY PAULL=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. King’s Own
Scottish Borderers, 3rd _s._ of Charles Henry Holme, of Rawburn,
etc., and next younger brother of the preceding; _b._ Rurki,
N.W.P., India, 1 Jan. 1890; educ. Haileybury and Sandhurst, and
received his commission as 2nd Lieut. 5 Oct. 1910, and as Lieut. 19
Feb. 1914. He was in the first Expeditionary Force and served through
the Battle of Mons and other engagements until wounded in action at
Messines 31 Oct. 1914. He died in a nursing home in London 9 Nov.;
and was buried at Longformacus aforesaid; _unm._ He was an
exceptionally good shot, having gained the distinction in 1911 of being
the best shot in the battn., and of being one of the team which, in the
same year, won Lord Roberts’ Young Soldiers’ Cup at the Curragh Rifle
Meeting.
[Illustration: =Ronald H. Paull Holme.=]
=HOLMES, CECIL CRAMPTON=, Lieut. and posthumous Capt., 1st Battn.
Lincolnshire Regt., 2nd surviving _s._ of Capt. Harry William
Holmes, of Rockwood, Galway, late 3rd North Staffordshire Regt., by his
wife, Anna Blake, dau. of Edmond Concanon, of Waterloo, co. Galway;
_b._ Galway, 21 Jan. 1888; educ. Bedford Grammar School, and the
Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 9
Oct. 1907 and promoted Lieut., 21 Nov. 1911, and Capt. (posthumous),
15 Nov. 1914, and served five years with his regt. in India. On the
outbreak of the European War, he left Portsmouth for France with the
Expeditionary Force on 13 Aug. as machine-gun officer, and was wounded
in the fighting at Frameries, near Mons, on the 24th of that month, and
died in hospital there two days later, 26 Aug. 1914; _unm._ He was
mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 8 Oct. 1914,
for gallant and distinguished service in the field. The news of his
death did not reach the War Office till 27 Dec. and then unofficially,
and it was not till the end of Feb. 1915 that it was confirmed in a
letter from a brother officer, Capt. Rose, a prisoner in Germany, who
wrote to his wife: “Poor old Holmes was in my hospital, but not in
the same ward. He died two days after he was admitted, and was buried
in the cemetery at Frameries, near Mons.” Capt. Holmes distinguished
himself as an athlete at Bedford Grammar School, where he got his
colours for rowing, water polo, rugby and boxing. He passed direct into
Sandhurst, and was a Sandhurst cadet in Woolwich where he played in the
Rugby team and came second of his year in the boxing team. He passed
out of Sandhurst in the shortest time possible, getting special praise
for his riding. Two of his brothers, Lieut. Edmond Concanon Holmes,
R.N. on the Agamemnon, and Capt. Noel Galway Holmes, Royal Irish Regt.,
are (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Cecil Crampton Holmes.=]
=HOLMES, FRANCIS LENNOX=, Lieut., 1st Battn. South Staffordshire
Regt., yr. _s._ of the late Major-General Ponsonby Ross Holmes,
R.M.L.I. (who served in the Baltic, 1854, and was mentioned in
Despatches), by his wife, Clara Bernell (Evesham House, Cheltenham),
dau. of W. G. Nixey, and gdson of Lieut.-Col. Steven Holmes, 24th,
78th, and 90th Regts. (who served in the Peninsular and at Waterloo,
and was mentioned in Despatches by the Duke of Wellington for his
conduct at the siege of Burgos); _b._ Stoke, Devonport, 11 Oct.
1887; educ. Cheltenham College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st
South Staffordshire Regt., 19 Sept. 1908, and Lieut., 14 July, 1909;
passed through Hythe with distinction, and was appointed Signalling
Officer to the Battn.; went to the Front in the 7th Division, 4
Oct. 1914, and was killed in action at the first Battle of Ypres,
21 Oct. 1914; _unm._ His Commanding Officer, Col. Ovens wrote:
“As his Commanding Officer I can truthfully say the Army has lost
a fine and promising young officer, who, as Signalling Officer and
in other capacities, brought credit and honour to his regt. He was
killed instantaneously, poor fellow, and had been exposing himself
and working hard all through the operations. Capt. Dunlop (his Capt.)
told me he had been the greatest assistance to him in defending their
position and he wished particularly to mention him”; and the following
passage is taken from this officer’s diary: “Lieut. Holmes was killed
this day. He was taking observation and instructing the men when and
where to aim. He was in command of a half company of B Coy. and had
been doing excellent work the whole day. He had been looking after
and superintending a machine-gun which did very good service. He also
had done a lot of very dangerous work in scouting through the wood
in front of his section of trenches, and had shown much pluck and
coolness.” Capt. Evans also wrote: “On Tuesday and Wednesday, 20 and
21 Oct., the Germans attacked our position in point of the outskirts
of Zonnebeke. Lennox was in charge of half a company, and was hit on
the Wednesday afternoon by a ricochet. Hayward told me afterwards that
he was doing extraordinarily good work and was absolutely fearless
in the way he moved from trench to trench to direct the fire against
the Germans. It was while he was close by the machine-gun that he was
hit. He was simply adored by the men, and, of course, his death upset
them terribly and they fought magnificently to avenge his death. So
that his example lived after him. Hayward’s own words to me were, ‘If
ever a man deserved the V.C. he did’”; and Corpl F. Barrett: “On 22
Oct [this should be the 20th] 1914, I was working my machine-gun when
Mr. Holmes came up and acted as my No. 2, also my observer, and we
got over that day all right. On the 23rd [this should be the 21st] he
visited me again, and I shifted my position close to where Mr. Holmes
was killed about three o’clock. He was at the back of his trench taking
cover, bandaging up Private Millar, after that he was taking aim at the
Germans, and was just going to pull the trigger when a bullet hit him
straight between the two eyes. I shall never forget him as long as I
live.”
[Illustration: =Francis Lennox Holmes.=]
=HOLMES, FREDERICK HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 17488, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=HOLMES, JOSEPH=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3984), S.S.
102041, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HOLMES, LOUIS GORDON=, Capt., 3rd Infantry Brigade, Australian
Imperial Force, only _s._ of Dr. Louis Saenger Holmes, of Norwood,
Adelaide, by his wife, Lucy Mary, dau. of the Rev. John Mewton;
_b._ Launceston, Tasmania, 7 July, 1892; studied for the Army, and
took special subjects at the Adelaide University and was gazetted 2nd
Lieut. to the 79th Infantry Battn. of the Commonwealth Army 28 Feb.
1913, and after the outbreak of the European War, Lieut. to the 10th
Infantry Battn. of the First Australian Expeditionary Force, with which
he left Australia in Oct. 1914. Arriving in Egypt, he spent several
months in training with his battn., and early in 1915 was appointed
A.D.C. to the Brigadier. He took part in the famous landing and the
opening engagements of the Australians at Gaba Tepe in the Dardanelles.
He landed on 25 April and the following day was promoted to a
captaincy. He died 23 June, 1915, on board the Hospital Ship Gascon,
near Gaba Tepe from shrapnel wounds received in action. Col. Maclagan,
writing of the loss the brigade had sustained, said, “Capt. Holmes
was beloved by all and one of the most unselfish of men, brave and
courageous under all circumstances.” Capt. Holmes excelled in nearly
every branch of athletics and was endowed with an extraordinarily good
physique. He got his “Blue” as head of the river at the Wesley College
Public School, Melbourne, and also his “Blue” for rowing and football
as an Undergraduate of Adelaide University. For three years he was
captain of his school Scotch College, Launceston, Tasmania. He was
chosen in 1912 to row in the inter-state “eight” for South Australia.
To his other athletic accomplishments it may be added that he was
distinguished in his regt. for his expert use of the gloves.
[Illustration: =Louis Gordon Holmes.=]
=HOLMES, ROBERT=, Leading Seaman, 140749 (Dev.), H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=HOLMES, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 7873, 1st Battn. Northumberland
Fusiliers, _s._ of Thomas Holmes, of South Street, Jarrow-on-Tyne,
by his wife, Jane, dau. of Joseph (and Barbara) Burnett; _b._
Hebburn-on-Tyne Colliery, 26 Oct. 1891; educ. St. Oswald’s School
there; enlisted 10 Nov. 1910; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders, 28 Nov. 1914, to 16 June, 1915, and was reported
missing after the fighting at Hooge, on the latter date. He _m._
at Jarrow-on-Tyne, 12 March, Wilhelmina (54, Pearson’s Place Back,
Jarrow), dau. of Jonathan Craik, and had three children: Jonathan,
_b._ 15 Feb. 1911; William, _b._ 30 Dec. 1912; and Margaret,
_b._ 30 Oct. 1914.
=HOLROYD, JOHN GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 110089 (Po.),
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HOLT, CECIL WILLIAM=, Midshipman, R.N., 2nd _s._ of Thomas
Holt, of the Hall, Burnham, co. Somerset, by his wife, Margaret Jane,
dau. of Edward Webb Edwards; _b._ The Hall, Burnham, 13 Sept.
1899; educ. Morgan and Halton’s Connaught House, Portmore, Weymouth;
entered the Navy as a Cadet in May, 1912; appointed to H.M.S. Hogue at
the beginning of the war and promoted Midshipman, 14 Sept. 1914; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HOLTBY, ARTHUR WILLIAM=, Private, No. 27812, 15th Battn. (48th
Highlanders), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Mitchell
Holtby, of North Coate Farm, South Cave, Hull, by his wife, Charlotte,
dau. of James Smith; _b._ Pickering Marshes, York, 17 May, 1890;
educ. Hilnwick-on-the-Wolds; went to Canada, 20 April, 1911, and
settled at Toronto as a Railway Rullyman; volunteered on the outbreak
of war, and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force at Toronto; left
for England with the first contingent, 26 Sept. 1914, arriving 16 Oct.;
went to France, 29 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Hill 60, 27
April, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Arthur William Holtby.=]
=HONEY, ALBERT TOM=, Sergt., No. 1144, Royal Gloucestershire
Hussars (Yeomanry), 4th _s._ of the late Colour-Sergt. Thomas
Honey, of Usk, co. Monmouth (who served in the Crimea), by his wife,
Sarah; _b._ at Beech Hill, Usk, 8 Feb. 1876; educ. at Usk and
Bristol; was Manager of Liptons, Ltd., at Pontypool; joined the
Royal Gloucestershire Yeomanry, 19 March, 1903; volunteered for
foreign service on the outbreak of war; served with the Mediterranean
Expeditionary Force in Egypt; went to the Dardanelles, 14 Aug.
1915, and was killed in the charge of the Yeomanry there on 21 Aug.
following. His four brothers were all in the Regular or Auxiliary
Forces, and a nephew, Stewart Hardy, is serving in the Yeomanry.
[Illustration: =Albert Tom Honey.=]
=HONEY, HERBERT=, Armourer’s Crew, M. 7486, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HONEYWILL, HERBERT CECIL=, Private, No. 10955, 2nd Battn.
Coldstream Guards; _s._ of Samuel Honeywill, of Ashburton, Devon;
_b._ Hampshire; killed in action at Givenchy, 19 April, 1915;
buried Windy Corner there.
=HOOD, CHRISTOPHER THOMAS=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 5691),
180094, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HOOD, JOHN THOMAS=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 294844, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HOOD, LEWIS REGINALD=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16032, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=HOOD, GEORGE=, Private, No. 3465, 12th (Service) Battn. The Royal
Scots, _s._ of the late Richard Hood, of Tranent, Coal Miner (died
30 Aug. 1912); _b._ Tranent, East Lothian, 12 Sept. 1867; educ.
Tranent Public School; and was with the South East of Scotland Militia
for the training when war broke out; enlisted 11 Aug. 1914; went to
France and was killed in action at Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; _unm._
=HOOD, STUART CLINK=, L.-Corpl., No. 21847, 5th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, 4th _s._ of William Hood, of 61, Cowane
Street, Stirling, by his wife, Helen, dau. of William Clink; _b._
Stirling, 24 Sept. 1880; educ. Territorial Public School; joined the
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Volunteers in 1898, and served with
a Volunteer Contingent of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in the
latter stages of the South African War, and received the Queen’s medal
with four clasps. He emigrated to Canada in Oct. 1905, and latterly
held a responsible position in the Saskatchewan State Telephone
Service. When the European War broke out, he at once volunteered, and
joined the 5th Battn. at Regina in Aug. 1914; came over with the 1st
Contingent, Sept. 1914; trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter
of 1914–5; went to France early in Feb. 1915; served through the 2nd
Battle of Ypres, and in the various engagements in the spring of that
year, and was killed in action at Festubert, 24 May, 1915, after his
Battn. had carried out a successful attack on a strongly fortified
position known as K5. A comrade wrote: “On the morning of 24 May, our
regt. made a charge, captured our objective, and held it in spite of a
heavy bombardment until relieved. Early in the morning Stuart went out
into the open and brought in a badly wounded man, and a few minutes
later assisted in bringing another wounded man to safety in spite of
great danger, and immediately after was hit by a sniper at a low part
of the parapet. His loss is greatly felt, not only by myself who was
his friend, but by all his platoon, who had all learned to love and
respect such a fine manly spirited comrade.” Buried in an orchard
at Rue de L’Epinette, on the right of the road from Rue du Bois;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Stuart Clink Hood.=]
=HOOKE, JOHN HUON=, Sergt., No. 274, C Coy., 6th Battn. 2nd
Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, elder _s._ of the
late Charles Frederick Hooke, of Auburn, Victoria, Manager, N.Z.L.
& M.A. Co., by his wife, Maude (Ravenshoe, Ravenswood, Victoria,
Australia), dau. of John Francis Huon Mitchell, of Ravenswood, an
authority on the Australian native races; _b._ Thurgoona, Auburn,
6 Oct. 1889, and was in the Bank of Australasia. He volunteered
immediately when war was declared, joined the 6th Battn. 2nd week in
Aug. 1914, was promoted Sergt., left Australia with the Main Force
and died from wounds received in action during the landing at the
Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915. Sergt. (now Lieut.) D. A. McLean, of his
company, wrote: “I was near your husband when he was hit. We had just
got into the firing line on the first day of landing (25 April), when
he was shot through the leg, but refused to leave his post. About an
hour afterwards he was shot through the head, and remained unconscious
from the moment he was hit till he died. Everything that was possible
was done for him, but his case was hopeless from the first. Before he
was killed, Sergt. Hooke did some very good work, proving himself a
very brave man and good soldier. We all feel proud that he belonged to
our company. During the nine months he was with us he won for himself
the esteem and regard of every member of the company, and, believe
me, we all regret his death very much.” He _m._ on the eve of
embarkation, at Holy Trinity Church, Kew, Victoria, 17 Oct. 1914,
Florence Constance Phipps (22, Grandview Grove, Armadale, Victoria),
dau. of William Huon, of Kerilliere, Wodonga, Victoria, and granddau.
of Paul Huon, a French squatter.
[Illustration: =John Huon Hooke.=]
=HOOKER, ALFRED=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 10125), 205654,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=HOOKER, HENRY GEORGE=, Private, No. 11123, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed
in action at Ypres, 29 July, 1915.
=HOOKHAM, HENRY CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2137), 207156, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=HOOKHAM, JAMES=, otherwise =DAVID=, Petty Officer, 1st
Class, 180225, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the
North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=HOOKHAM, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8015),
309231, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HOOPER, DAVID=, Cook’s Mate, M. 5524, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=HOOPER, DAVID ERNEST=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. East Lancashire
Regt., eldest _s._ of Dr. David Hooper, of Weston-super-Mare,
F.I.C., F.C.S., F.L.S., late Economic Botanist to Government of India,
by his wife, Hannah Carr, dau. of the late Rev. Thomas Evans, of
Mussoorie, U.P., India; _b._ Ootacamund, Nilgiri Hills, India, 21
Nov. 1893; educ. Switzerland, Birkenhead, Weston-super-Mare and Bristol
University; was to have entered the P. W. Department, India, but
volunteered on the outbreak of war, and while waiting for a commission
was actively engaged with the O.T.C. at Bristol; gazetted 2nd Lieut.
to the 2nd East Lancashires, 10 Oct. 1914; went to France, 14 March,
and joined his regt. at Neuve Chapelle, and was killed in action near
Fromelles, at midnight, 30 April, 1915, while inspecting patrol;
_unm._ Buried in La Trou Cemetery, in the Rue Petillon, near Neuve
Chapelle. He was specially praised by Sir Francis Davies, the General
of his Division, for his bravery and good work. In a letter to Dr.
Hooper he said: “You will, I am sure, not be surprised to hear that he
gave great promise, and had secured the approbation of his seniors by
the way he was doing his work.” He distinguished himself as an amateur
in Wireless Telegraphy, gaining the Marconi Company’s 2nd Prize in
Britain in 1914.
[Illustration: =David Ernest Hooper.=]
=HOOPER, GEORGE ALBERT=, Private, No. 9924, 2nd Battn. East Surrey
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
action, 30 March, 1915.
=HOOPER, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 93606, 2nd Battn. Royal West Surrey
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action,
16 May, 1915.
=HOOPER, THOMAS EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9526), 209135,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HOOPER, THOMAS HENRY=, A.B., 216988, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HOOPER, WALTER WILLIAM=, Private, No. 8178, 1st Battn. Dorset
Regt., only son of Hugh Walter Hooper, of 12, Sussex Street,
Grangetown, Cardiff, Haulier, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Timothy
Gosling, Fisherman; _b._ Beer, co. Devon, 25 Sept. 1890; educ.
Cardiff Elementary School; was an employee in the Health Dept. of the
Cardiff Council; volunteered after the outbreak of war, and enlisted in
the Somersetshire L.I. 3 Sept. 1914; transferred to the 1st Dorsets;
went to France in Feb. and was killed in action in the fighting at Hill
60, near Ypres, 5 May, 1915; _unm._
=HOPCRAFT, ARTHUR WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5778), 182221, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HOPE, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 2332, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards,
3rd _s._ of Thomas Hope, of Driffield, Hull, by his wife, Mary,
dau. of William Harding; _b._ Stockton-on-Tees, 1877; educ.
there; enlisted 11 Jan. 1899; served in South Africa, 9 Aug. 1900 to
4 Oct. 1902, including the Boer War (Queen’s medal with three clasps
and King’s medal with two clasps); and with the Expeditionary Force
in Flanders, 3 Feb. to 31 Oct. 1915; and died in hospital at Rouen on
31 Oct. 1915, of wounds received in action on 17 Oct. 1915. Buried at
Rouen. He _m._ at St. Luke’s Church, Kensington, 16 July, Harriet,
dau. of George Medlock, of Yew Tree Cottage, Charing, Kent, and had
two children: Donald George Hope, _b._ 29 July, 1903; and Harriet
Florence Hope, _b._ 17 Feb. 1907.
=HOPER, ERN SYDNEY JOSEPH=, Cook’s Mate, M. 3901, H.M.S. Hawke;
_s._ of Richard Hoper, of Teston Halt, Nr. Maidstone, co. Kent;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=HOPEY, EDMUND EUGENE=, Private, No. 22750, 14th Battn. (62nd
Royal Montreal Regt.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, only child of
George Allen Hopey, of 13, Granite Avenue, Dorchester, Massachusetts,
U.S.A., by his wife, Ida Tedella, dau. of the late David Crandel
Corey; _b._ Dorchester, Mass., 25 June, 1893; educ. there; was a
Carpenter by trade; joined the 8th Massachusetts Militia at Cambridge,
6 May, 1914, but after the outbreak of war went to St. John, N.B. and
offered his services and was accepted for service with the 14th Batt.
Canadian Expeditionary Force, 17 Aug. 1914; left for England in Oct.
1914; trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter, 1914–15; crossed to
France, 7 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Ypres, 4 March, 1915;
_unm._ He was buried in the regimental Cemetery at the junction of
the Rue Petillon and the Sailly-Fromelles Road. Capt. George T. Jones
of the 8th Massachusetts Militia wrote: “While he was connected with
this company (A), he proved himself reliable, quiet and an earnest
worker and one whom I was sorry to lose,” and Capt. Curry of the 14th
Battn. wrote to his mother, speaking highly of his bravery in the
trenches at Ypres. He met his death while covering a parapet.
[Illustration: =Edmund Eugene Hopey.=]
=HOPKINS, JACK=, Private, No. 21612, No. 1 Coy., 5th Battn. 2nd
Infantry Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of James
Hopkins; _b._ Chingford, co. Essex, 16 April, 1882; educ. St.
Mary’s School, Walthamstow; served from 1898 to 1906 in the R.F.A.
and then went to Canada. On the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914 he at
once joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force, came over with the first
contingent, and was killed in action 3 May, 1915; _unm._ The place
has not been officially stated, but it is believed to have been St.
Julien.
=HOPKINS, CHARLES EDWIN=, Armourer, 185423, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=INNES HOPKINS, CASTELL PERCY=, Private, 9th (Service) Battn.
Gordon Highlanders, 2nd _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Charles Harrie Innes
Hopkins, of The Towers, Ryton-on-Tyne, late 2nd Scottish Rifles, now
commanding the 1st Tyneside Scottish, by his wife, Helen Elizabeth,
dau. of the late Gen. Sir Thomas Edward Gordon, K.C.B., K.C.I.E.,
C.S.I.; _b._ Naini Tal, N.W.P., India, 31 July, 1889; educ.
Dunchurch Hall, and Fribourg, Germany, afterwards being employed in
his father’s offices in Newcastle. On the outbreak of war he enlisted
in the 9th Battn. Gordon Highlanders, and left with his regt. for the
Front, May, 1915, and fell in action during the charge on Hill 70 at
Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; _unm._ His elder brother, John Gordon Innes
Hopkins, is now (1916) serving in the Naval Brigade, having travelled
specially from Japan, where he was in the R.M.S.P. Co. when the war
broke out, to join the Navy as a volunteer, and his yr. brother, Lieut.
C. R. Innes Hopkins, 2nd Scottish Rifles, and his uncle, Capt. James
Randolph Innes Hopkins, Canadian Expeditionary Force, were both killed
in action (see their notices).
=INNES HOPKINS, CHARLES RANDOLPH=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. The
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 3rd _s._ (see previous notice) of
Lieut.-Col. Charles Harrie Innes Hopkins, of The Towers, Ryton-on-Tyne,
late 2nd Scottish Rifles, now commanding the 1st Tyneside Scottish,
by his wife, Helen Elizabeth, dau. of the late Gen. Sir Thomas Edward
Gordon, K.C.B., K.C.I.E., C.S.I.; _b._ Ranikhet, N.W.P., India, 9
Aug. 1893; educ. Dunchurch Hall, Uppingham (scholar), and Sandhurst,
where he gained the prize for military law and passed out the second
term “third” with honours; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Scottish
Rifles, 4 Sept. 1912, and promoted Lieut., 24 Oct. 1913; was in Malta
with his regt. when war broke out; they returned to England, and went
to the Front, 4 Nov. 1914, and he was killed in action in the trenches
at Neuve Chapelle, France, 18 Dec. 1914; _unm._ Buried in the
orchard of the farm behind Neuve Chapelle. His company officer wrote:
“I would like to say how very greatly I have valued his presence, from
the day he joined. He has always been my subaltern and a very close
companion to me. In all things I have trusted him implicitly, and in
all things he has proved himself worthy. I know that he was good in
thought, and word, and deed--that he could not do a wrong thing--that
he would not lose heart, and that he was the loyalist subaltern and
the finest friend that ever man had. We all feel his loss very deeply,
especially his men.” A writer in the “Newcastle Journal” (23 Dec. 1914)
said: “Of Charles Hopkins it could be truly said that he was one of
Nature’s most perfect gentlemen, and if ever anyone seemed destined
for a great future it was he. As able and gifted as he was modest,
possessed of strong purpose, exceptional talents, sound judgment, and
a personality infinitely attractive, there seemed to be nothing he
could not have achieved had he tried. An excellent cricketer and hockey
player, an expert ski-er, a ‘crack’ shot, and fine billiard player,
there was no sport at which he did not excel, whilst in classics,
military law and tactics he came out with highest honours. He had a
soldier’s love and pride in his work, and if genius, as has been said,
is an infinite capacity for taking pains, his career, had he been
spared, would have proved him a soldier of genius.”
[Illustration: =Charles R. Innes Hopkins.=]
=INNES HOPKINS, JAMES RANDOLPH=, Capt., 5th Battn. 2nd Infantry
Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, yst. _s._ of William
Randolph Innes Hopkins, of The Leat, Malton, by his wife, Evereld
Catherine Eliza, dau. of Thomas Hustler; _b._ at Grey Towers,
Cleveland, 5 Oct. 1876; educ. at Aysgarth, Yorks, and Oriel College,
Oxford; served in the South African War, 1899–1902, as a trooper and
was afterwards given a commission in the Northumberland Hussars; went
to Canada in 1906, and settled in Saskatchewan. On the outbreak of the
European War in Aug. 1914, he immediately offered his services and was
given a commission as Capt. 22 Sept. following; came over with the
first contingent in Oct.; was stationed on Salisbury Plain during the
winter, 1914–15; went to France in Feb., and was killed in action at
Neuve Chapelle, 24 May, 1915, while leading his men. Capt. Hopkins’ two
nephews, Private C. P. Innes Hopkins and Lieut. C. R. Innes Hopkins,
were both killed in action (see their notices). He _m._ in London,
29 Sept. 1904, Doreen Maud (who _m._ secondly, 6 Oct. 1915,
Thomas Sackville Manning), eldest dau. of the Hon. Reginald Parker
[6th _s._ of Thomas, 6th Earl of Macclesfield], and had a dau.,
Evereld, _b._ 1905.
[Illustration: =James R. Innes Hopkins.=]
=HOPLEY, HERBERT=, Private, No. 27352, 15th Battn. (48th
Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of
Stephen Hopley, of 35, Bloomsbury Road, Ramsgate, by his wife, Mary
Ann, dau. of William Willmott, of Ramsgate; _b._ Ramsgate, 15
May, 1888; educ. Christ Church School, Ramsgate, and worked for eight
years for Tucker & Son, Smack Owners and Sail Makers; went to Canada
about 1912, and was for two years in the employ of J. J. Turner &
Sons, Tent Makers, Peterborough, Ontario, after which he went to
Toronto; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Canadian
Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914; left Valcartier Camp for England in
Oct. 1914; trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter of 1914–15;
went to France, Feb. 1915, and died of gas poisoning at the Battle of
St. Julien, 26 April, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Herbert Hopley.=]
=HOPPER, GEORGE=, Sergt., No. 5945, 1st Battn. East Surrey Regt.;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action at Hill
60, 20 April, 1915.
=HOPPER, JERRY=, Private, No. 8020, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; reported
missing, 14 Sept. 1914, and now assumed to have been killed in action
on or about that date; _m._
=HOPPER, WILLIAM=, Private, S. 2249, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex
Regt., _s._ of James Hopper, of Baldstow, St. Leonards; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France; died 10 May, 1915, of wounds
received in action.
=HOPTON, GUY WILLIAM=, of Homend, co. Hereford, Capt. 5th
(Service) Battn. The Royal Berkshire Regt., elder _s._ of the
late Lieut.-Gen. Sir Edward Hopton, K.C.B., Lieut.-Governor of Jersey
(1895–1900), etc. (who served through the Crimean War and Indian
Mutiny), by his wife, Clare Ellen (Homend, near Ledbury, Hereford),
dau. of Guy Trafford, of Michaelchurch Court, co. Hereford, 20 Nov.
1881; educ. Wellington College; joined the 2nd Battn. Berkshire Regt.
from the Militia, 19 Oct. 1901, and was promoted Lieut. 8 May, 1904,
and Capt. 3rd Battn. 3 Aug. 1910; served in the South African War,
1901; took part in the operations in Cape Colony and the Orange Free
State, May, 1901, and in the Transvaal, May to Nov. 1901, and received
the Queen’s medal with three clasps. He was afterwards transferred to
the 5th Service Battn. of his Regt., with which he went to France 31
May, 1915, and was killed in action at Ploegsteert, 28 July, 1915. He
_m._ at Frittenden, Kent, 12 Feb. 1915, Ellen Beatrice (Homend,
near Ledbury, Hereford), dau. of Capt. Sir Charles John Oakeley, 5th
Bart., formerly 4th Queen’s Own; _s.p._
=HOPTON, TOM FRANCIS=, Mechanic, 294560, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HORDERN, CEDRIC=, Surgeon-Lieut., R.N., H.M.S. Kale, _s._ of
the late William Hordern, of Melbourne, Solicitor, by his wife, Harriet
(Cabramatta, Howard Street, Kew, Melbourne, Victoria); _b._
Hawthorne, Melbourne, 1 June, 1890; educ. Scotch College, Melbourne,
and Melbourne and Edinburgh Universities; offered his services on the
outbreak of war; was gazetted a Surgeon-Lieut. ... Dec. 1914, and died
of pneumonia in the V.A.D. Hospital at Perth, 21 June, 1915. Buried
in Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh. He _m._ at Hawthorn aforesaid,
1 Sept. 1913, Louise (died 6 April, 1914), dau. of G. H. Knibbs,
Statistician for Commonwealth of Australia, and had a son: Cedric
Louis, _b._ 2 April, 1914.
[Illustration: =Cedric Hordern.=]
=HORE, WILLIAM COURTENAY=, Ship’s Steward’s Assistant, M. 1598,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HORN, HENRY ADRIAN=, Gunner, No. 86777, 18th Battery, 5th Field
Artillery Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the
late Alfred Horn, Engineer, of Water Power House, Yorkton, Sask.
(accidentally killed in 1909), by his wife, Frances Ann (Tupper Avenue,
Yorkton, Sask., Canada), dau. of Richard Freeman, late of Maddox
Street, London; _b._ Kilburn, London, 18 July, 1896; educ. London
and at Yorkton (Saskatchewan) Public and Collegiate Schools; went to
Canada with his parents in 1906; was Clerk in Bank of B.N.A., Yorkton,
Sask.; enlisted June, 1915; came over with the second contingent, and
was killed by a Zeppelin bomb while on guard, 13 Oct. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Henry Adrian Horn.=]
=HORN, JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3329), 191756, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HORN, JAMES FREDERICK=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 181049, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HORNE, GEORGE CHARLES=, Private, No. 11530, 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of George Horne, of the Gables, Rowley
Park, Stafford, Auctioneer and Valuer, by his wife, Alice Jane, dau.
of Charles Bridgwood, of Newport, Salop; _b._ Chetwynd, Aston,
Newport, Salop, 29 April, 1888; educ. Stafford Grammar School, where
he obtained an Intermediate Scholarship, and then matriculated at
London University; afterwards, on leaving, entered the service of
Lloyds Bank, and passed successfully as a Fellow of the Institute of
Bankers. He joined the 6th Battn. North Stafford Regt. (T.F.), in 1910,
and served with them for four years, enlisting in the 1st Coldstream
Guards, after the outbreak of war, 4 Sept. 1914. He went to France, 22
Dec. following; was present at Givenchy, Neuve Chapelle, Festubert and
other engagements, and was killed in action at Vermelles, 1 June, 1915;
_unm._ Buried at Le Routoire. A comrade wrote: “He was ever ready
to help a comrade, ever ready to deprive himself that someone else
might not go without, ever ready to volunteer for any hard work, with a
pleasant smile and a cheery word always on his lips.”
[Illustration: =George Charles Horne.=]
=HORNE, JOHN MORRISON=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 188024, H.M.S.
Aboukir: lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HORNE, STANLEY FRANK=, Rifleman, No. 3095, 9th Battn. (Queen
Victoria Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 4th _s._ of John Robert
Horne, of 108 Derwent Road, Palmers Green, N., Manager for Woollen
Goods Manufacturer, by his wife, Emily Louise, dau. of John Rapson
March; _b._ Highgate, N., 13 Nov. 1894; educ. Cathcart College,
Highgate, N.; was a Warehouseman, Wholesale Trimming Warehouse, in
the City of London; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the
Queen Victoria Rifles, Aug. 1914; went to France, Jan. 1915; took part
in the actions at Hill 60, 20–21 April, and at St. Julien, near Ypres,
25 April, and died in No. 8 Casualty Clearing Station, Bailleul, 27
April, 1915, of wounds received at the latter; _unm._ His Company
Sergt.-Major, F. Brehaut, wrote: “I cannot speak too highly of his
devotion to his duty as a soldier. I was very close to him when he met
with his fatal accident, and was particularly struck with the anxiety
he displayed for the welfare of his comrades who were struck by the
same shell.”
=HORNER, JOSEPH RICHARD=, L.-Corpl. No. 18320, 1st Battn. The
Royal Scots, _s._ of Richard Horner, of Hamill Street, Belfast,
by his wife, Ruth, dau. of William McElroy; _b._ Belfast, 20 Jan.
1874; educ. Christian Brothers’ School there; was a Bricklayer and
Tiler; enlisted, 23 Sept. 1914; went to France, 15 March, 1915, and
was killed in action, 17 April, 1915. He _m._ at St. Mary’s R.C.
Cathedral, Kilkenny, 17 Jan. 1897, Mary Catherine (Lower Walkin Street,
next Friary, Kilkenny), dau. of John Hogan, of Kilkenny, Merchant
Tailor, and had two children: Francis Joseph, _b._ 2 Aug. 1911;
and Ruth Josephine, _b._ 27 Feb. 1905.
[Illustration: =Joseph Richard Horner.=]
=HORNEY, WILLIAM HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9085), S.S.
105927, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=HORRELL, THOMAS WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10617),
300394, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HORSLEY, HARRY MATTHEW=, Officer’s Steward, 3rd Class, L. 13506,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=HORSLEY, HENRY EDMUND=, Seaman, R.N.R. 2487B, H.M.S. Cressy; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HORTON, ALBERT EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 1051), late
Ch./8837, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HORTON, GEORGE=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1952), 277903,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HOSIE, WILLIAM JOHN=, Leading Stoker, 310795, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=HOUGHAN, EDWARD JOSEPH=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 2507, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HOUGHTON, PERCY=, Gunner (R.F.R., I.C. 91), H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HOULDSWORTH, WILLIAM GILBERT=, 2nd Lieut. Scots Guards, only
surviving _s._ of the Rev. William Thomas Houldsworth, of 44,
Lennox Gardens, W., and Cranston, North Berwick, by his wife, Eulalie,
dau. of Charles John Venables, Vicar of St. Andrew’s, Wells Street,
1886–1904; _b._ London, 17 May, 1891; educ. Wellington House,
Westgate-on-Sea (Rev. Herbert Bull), Eton, and Magdalen College,
Oxford (B.A. 12 March, 1914). On leaving Oxford, where he was a member
of the O.T.C. with the rank of 2nd Lieut, on the unattached list of
the University candidates, he was attached to the 1st Battn. of the
Scots Guards, served with them at Aldershot, 6 May to 15 July, 1914,
and received his commission with 18 months seniority as an Oxford
graduate, 4 Aug. 1914. He went to France with the Expeditionary Force
13 Aug. following, took part in the fighting at Mons, in the retreat
from that place and in the subsequent advance to the Marne, including
the engagements at the Grand and Petit Morin. At the Battle of the
Aisne he was wounded at the small village of Vendresse, 13 Sept., and
died in the American Hospital at Neuilly, near Paris, 23 Sept. 1914;
_unm._ Writing to his father his Col. paid a warm tribute to the
manner in which he led his platoon.
[Illustration: =William G. Houldsworth.=]
=HOUSE, ERNEST EDWARD=, Corpl., No. 47311, 14th Battn. (Royal
Montreal Regt.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Henry
House, of Thame, Oxon, Engineer, by his wife, Eleanor, dau. of William
Croxford, of Sydenham, Oxon, Farmer; _b._ Oakley, near Chinnor,
co. Oxford; educ. Thame Royal British School; went to Canada, May,
1912, and settled at Toronto as an Attendant at an asylum; volunteered
on the outbreak of war and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force,
Sept. 1914; left with the first contingent, Oct. 1914; went to France,
Feb. 1915, and was killed in action on 30 Nov. 1915; _unm._ A
comrade, Sergt. Bleckett, wrote: “Corpl. E. House was undoubtedly one
of the best soldiers we had, always cheerful and willing to do his
share of work under any circumstances.”
[Illustration: =Ernest Edward House.=]
=HOUSE, JOHN ROBERT=, A.B., 195005, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HOUSEGO, EDWARD GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16971, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HOUSLEY, HARRY JOHN=, Private, No. 3249, 16 Platoon, D Coy. 2/4th
Battn. The Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt. (T.F.), only _s._
of the late Harry Housley, of Carshalton, by his wife, Alice (15,
Carshalton Road, Carshalton. Surrey), dau. of William Baker, of
Carshalton; _b._ Carshalton, 4 June, 1898; educ. Carshalton
Council Schools; enlisted at Croydon, 11 Nov. 1914; trained at Croydon,
Windsor and Bedford; left for Egypt with his regt. 16 July, 1915,
landed at the Dardanelles, 8 Aug., and was reported missing after the
fighting on the following day, and later to have been killed in action
that day, 9 Aug. 1915; _unm._
=HOUSTON, JAMES=, Sergt., No. 855. 1/7th Battn. (Leeds Rifles)
West Yorkshire Regt. (T.F.), Machine-Gun Section, only _s._ of
Robert Murray Houston, of Horsforth, near Leeds, by his wife, Mary
Catherine, dau. of Joshua Silcock, of Bradford; _b._ Horsforth,
20 Sept. 1891; educ. The Rhyddings School, Ilkley; was employed in an
Insurance Office in Leeds; joined the Leeds Rifles, 22 July, 1908, at
the age of sixteen, and became a cyclist-scout; was a keen shot and won
his cross-guns and later was made Sergt. of the Machine Gun Section of
his Battn.; volunteered for Imperial service and left for France, 14
April, 1915, and was killed in action by a sniper while rebuilding the
parapet round his guns in the trenches at Laventie, 7 May following.
Buried in an orchard, near Laventie; _unm._
=HOWARD, CYRIL JAMES=, L.-Corpl., No. 1534, C Squadron, 1/1st
Sussex Yeomanry, 2nd _s._ of Charles Walter Howard, of 16, East
Street, Chichester; _b._ Eastbourne, co. Sussex, 18 April, 1895;
educ. The Prebendal School, Chichester, and Manor House School, Bognor;
joined the Sussex Yeomanry in Feb. 1912; volunteered for Imperial
service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; left England for the
Dardanelles with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 25 Sept. 1915,
and was killed in action at Gallipoli, 8 Nov. 1915. Lieut. C. C. Brown
wrote: “I suppose his brother will have told you what happened. He
left our reserve bivouac with a fatigue party about 1.30 yesterday (8
Nov.). This party had just arrived at their destination at a place just
behind the front line trenches (which trenches your son had been in
before), where the Turk line lies very close to our trenches. I suppose
the direct line was not 100 yards away from where your son was killed.
Some shrapnel came, killing your son instantaneously; he was hit in the
head. It also killed three or four others belonging to the East Kent
Yeomanry. We buried him this morning at a spot about 300 yards up a
hill which veers sharply at ‘Y’ Beach, a spot where one of the original
landings was made on this peninsula, overlooking a glorious view of the
island of Imbros and Suvla Bay across the sea.... He did his duty from
beginning to end, and did it well.”
[Illustration: =Cyril James Howard.=]
=HOWARD, ERNEST GUY=, Leading Stoker, 305880, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=HOWARD, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Private, No. 1068, 3rd Battn. (Royal
Fusiliers) London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of John Frederick Howard;
_b._ Upper Holloway, 29 April, 1892; joined the Royal Fusiliers
(T.F.), 1911, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 10 March,
1915; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote: “He was looked upon by
myself and the other officers as a most promising soldier; he held the
post of runner to one of my lieuts. and possessed very great ability
and intelligence”; and 2nd Lieut. Reeves said: “Although very badly
hit, he was awfully plucky and brave; he was hit just below the spine.
His loss is very much felt by the men of the company.”
=HOWARD, HERBERT RICHARD=, Corpl., No. 1559, 6th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, _s._ of the late Richard Howard, of Harleston, by
his wife, Mary Ann; _b._ Harleston, co. Norfolk, Nov. 1883; educ.
Wymondham, co. Norfolk; settled in Australia. On the outbreak of war
joined the Melbourne Contingent of the Australian Expeditionary Force,
and was killed in action in the attack on Cape Helles, Gallipoli 8 May,
1915. He _m._ at South Yarra, Melbourne, 9 June, 1913, Hetty,
dau. of Richard William Simpson, of Hemsworth, near Wakefield, Yorks;
_s.p._
=HOWARD, JAMES JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 538), 117887, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HOWARD, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9078), 192315, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HOWARD, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 2505, 1/4th East Yorkshire Regt.
(T.F.), yst. _s._ of William Henry Howard, of 5, Richmond Terrace,
Harrow Street, Hull, N.E.R. Dock Gateman, by his wife, Lavinia Emily,
dau. of the late Joseph Bennett Stephenson, of Hornsea; _b._ Hull,
15 Jan. 1884; educ. T. B. Holmes School, there; was a Lighterman with
the G.C.R.; volunteered and enlisted 2 Sept. 1914; went to France, 17
April, 1915, and was killed in action there, while repairing trenches,
29 May, 1915. Buried in Sanctuary Wood. He _m._ at Hull, 27 April,
1911, Olive Gertrude (5, Henry’s Terrace, West Parade, Hull), dau.
of the late Samuel Joseph Anderson, of 1, Etty’s Terrace, Strickland
Street, late of Brid. Fish Merchant, and had two sons: Joseph Leslie,
_b._ 14 Aug. 1911; and Clive William, _b._ 22 April, 1914.
[Illustration: =Joseph Howard.=]
=HOWARD, THOMAS JAMES=, Leading Cook’s Mate, M. 43, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=HOWATT, HERBERT=, E.R.A., 2nd Class, 272171, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HOWE, ERNEST JAMES COWELL=, Chief Armourer, 159565, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HOWES, ALBERT EDWARD=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 191768, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HOWES, HERBERT ARTHUR=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 4914),
201629, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HOWES, JOHN HENRY=, Chief Writer, 344288, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HOWLING, JOHN MATTHEW=, Yeoman of Signals, 204855, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=HOY, JOHN AlFRED=, A.B., 227737, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that
ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=HOYE, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class, 306080 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HOYLAND, JOHN=, Leading Seaman, 190653, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HUBBARD, FRED=, Sergt. No. 130, Princess Patricia’s L.I.,
Canadian Expeditionary Force, 4th _s._ of Thomas Hubbard, of
Oundle Road, Peterborough, by his wife, Keziah; _b._ Woodstone,
Peterborough, 1 Feb. 1884; educ. Peterborough; enlisted in the
Grenadier Guards, and served seven years, going to Canada in Dec.
1912. On the outbreak of war he joined Princess Patricia’s L.I. at
Ottawa, 7 Aug. 1914, came over with the first contingent, crossed
to France in Dec. 1914, and was killed in action near Ypres, 4 May,
1915. Writing to his widow, Major Hamilton Gault, Princess Patricia’s
Canadian L.I., said: “He was killed in action yesterday by one of
the enemy’s shells and died shortly afterwards, making light of his
injuries. Only the previous evening I was telling him that I had seen
you and gave him your messages. From his company commander I hear only
praise and admiration for his character and splendid qualities. His
officers greatly esteemed him and by his men he was immensely liked
and respected. His death is a great loss to the battn., for he was
one of the best non-commissioned officers in the regt.” He _m._
at Brompton Oratory, 28 Dec. 1912, Winifred (Llanarth, near Raglan,
Monmouth), dau. of Ralph Willis; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Fred Hubbard.=]
=HUBBARD, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8083), S.S.
103784, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HUBIE-AXE, WILLIAM CECIL=, A.B., 237053, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=HUCKSTEP, JAMES THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10128), 208635,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HUDSON, ADAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 8973, 2nd Battn. The Border Regt.,
_s_. of the late Adam Howard, by his wife, Ann (17, Clive Street,
Southwick-on-Wear, Sunderland), dau. of John Middleton; _b._
Southwick-on-Wear, co. Durham, about 1888; educ. Board School there;
enlisted about 1903, was employed in Thompson’s Yard, Sunderland;
called up from the Reserve, 5 Aug. 1914; promoted L.-Corpl. at the
Front, and was killed in action in France, 16 May, 1915; _unm._
=HUDSON, ARTHUR=, Acting Leading Stoker, 312428, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=HUDSON, FREDERICK CATTELL=, Private, No. 2772, 1/23rd London
Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Harry Hudson, 9, Louvaine Road, St.
John’s Hill, Clapham Junction, S.W., and Redriff, Whitstable, co. Kent,
Builder, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of Richard Payne, of Wandsworth,
S.W.; _b._ Battersea, S.W., 2 May, 1892; educ. Sir Walter St.
John’s School, Battersea; A.A. of Oxford; was a Builder’s Manager;
volunteered at the outbreak of war, and joined the 23rd London Regt.
early in Sept. 1914; went to France, 14 March, 1915; was wounded in
action near Festubert, 25 May, and died of wounds at Choques, two days
later, 27 May, 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the English Cemetery
there (Grave No. 200). His papers were signed and completed for a
commission in the R.F.A. on 16 April, but he was not allowed to return
to take it up. A comrade wrote: “I must say Fred played the man, for
when the whistle went for us to go over the parapet, I am sorry to say
there seemed to be a slight hesitation as to who should go first, when
Fred said, ‘Come on!’ and over he went and we others followed him.”
Another wrote: “Ever ready to do any service for a comrade to cheer up
one when fatigued, never wanting when a duty involving any danger had
to be performed, Fred was a favourite loved by all.”
[Illustration: =Frederick Cattell Hudson.=]
=HUDSON, FREDERICK GEORGE=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class (R.F.R., B.
1332), 195223, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the
coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HUDSON, THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3043), 179557, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HUDSON, THOMAS ERNEST=, Private, No. 10813, Signalling Section,
9th (Service) Battn. Prince of Wales’s Own West Yorkshire Regt., elder
_s._ of Thomas William Hudson, of 9, Albert Square, Ella Street,
Hull, Clerk, by his wife, Annie, dau. of Thomas Parker, Knaresbro’,
Carrier; _b._ Kingston-upon-Hull, co. York, 13 May, 1894; educ.
Newland Avenue Council School there; was, when war broke out, a Litho
Artist with Messrs. Goddard, Walker & Brown, of Hull; enlisted 25 Aug.
1914; left for the Dardanelles, 3 July, 1915, and was killed in action
at the landing at Suvla Bay, 7 Aug. 1915; _unm._ For their conduct
this day the 9th West Yorkshires were specially mentioned in Sir Ian
Hamilton’s Despatch of 11 Dec. 1915 [London Gazette, 28 Jan. 1916]. He
was a member of the St. Jude’s Football Team, and also a member of the
Hull City Swimming Club and the East Hull Harriers. In 1913 he won the
Bronze medal for a study in Lettering at the Hull School of Art. His
yr. brother went to France, 26 Aug. 1914 with the R.A.M.C. and is still
(1916) serving there.
[Illustration: =Thomas Ernest Hudson.=]
=HUDSPITH, HAROLD BARON=, Sergt., No. 544, 21st Battn. (1st Surrey
Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Walter John Hudspith,
of 81, Pendle Road, Streatham, S.W., by his wife, Minnie Mary, dau.
of William Lyttleton Baron; _b._ St. John’s Wood, London, 4 Aug.
1893; educ. Borough Polytechnic, London; was a Draughtsman; joined the
1st Surrey Rifles in 1909, and on the outbreak of war, volunteered
for foreign service; went to France, 14 March, 1915, and was killed
in action in the German trenches at Givenchy, Flanders, 25 May,
1915, while leading his section in the attack on the enemy position;
_unm._ His Capt. wrote: “He was extremely popular in my company
(and in fact in the battn.) and personally I miss him very much, both
as a splendid N.C.O. and as a man.”
[Illustration: =Harold Baron Hudspith.=]
=HUGGETT, MAURICE=, Private, No. 12/136, A Coy., 3rd (Countess
of Ranfurly’s Own) Auckland Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force,
eldest _s._ of Martin Huggett, of Atherton Road, Auckland, New
Zealand, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of John Holmes; _b._ Auckland, 1
Jan. 1894; educ. Auckland Grammar School; was an engineer apprentice,
volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the New Zealand
Expeditionary Force, 16 Sept. 1914; left for Egypt with the main force
in Oct.; took part in the repulse of the Turkish attack on the Suez
Canal in Feb. 1915; and in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25–26 April
following, and was killed in action there, 28 April, 1915; _unm._
He was taking a comrade’s watch when he was shot through the forehead.
=HUGGINS, ALBERT=, Private, No. 3353, Scots Guards; _b._
Diss, co. Norfolk; attested 20 April, 1900; served through South
African War (medal) and in France; was wounded and died a prisoner
at Hamelin, 15 Nov. 1914. He _m._ in London, 6 May, 1909, Agnes
Blanche Bloomfield, and had three children: Maurice George, _b._
31 Jan. 1912; Violet May, _b._ 9 May, 1910; and Ivy Agnes,
_b._ 28 Jan. 1914.
=HUGGINS, PETER WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10024),
S.S. 107667, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=HUGHES, CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13379, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=HUGHES, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 5539, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of George William Hughes, by his wife, Emma, dau.
of W. Godderidge; _b._ Keighley, co. York, 19 April, 1885; educ.
Tamworth; enlisted 2 May, 1904; became L.-Corpl. 4 April, 1910; Corpl.
9 Oct. 1912; L.-Sergt. 30 April, 1913, and Sergt. 6 Aug. 1914; served
in Egypt 20 Sept. 1906 to 23 May, 1911 (Khedival medal), and with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 12 Aug. 1914, and was
killed in action, 14 Sept. 1914; _unm._
=HUGHES, GUY WILEY=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt.,
yst. _s._ of George Hughes, of Fieldhead, Wimbledon, by his late
wife, Emily, dau. of William Edward Wiley, of The Rookery, Erdington;
_b._ Kensington, 26 Feb. 1892; educ. Charterhouse; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. to the Reserve of Officers from the O.T.C. March, 1913; attd. to
the 4th Middlesex after the outbreak of war; went to France, 17 Oct.
1914, and died at Bailleul, 31 Dec. 1914, of wounds received in action
the previous day; _unm._ His brother, Capt. A. E. Wiley Hughes,
when attd. to the 3rd Royal Fusiliers, was wounded twice in France.
=HUGHES, HENRY JOHN=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 4663),
171044, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HUGHES, JOSEPH=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 7885), 216211 Chatham, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=HUGHES, JOSEPH WILLIAM=, Pensioner, Carpenter’s Mate, 132399,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=HUGHES, LIONEL=, Trooper, No. 11/464, Wellington Mounted Rifles,
New Zealand Expeditionary Force, yst. _s._ of the late Rev.
William Henry Hughes, Vicar of St. Hilary, Marazion, Cornwall, by his
wife, Kathleen, yst. dau. of the late Charles Gumm, of White Hall,
Chingford, Essex; _b._ Trevarthian, Marazion, 25 Sept. 1887; educ.
Kelly College, Tavistock; settled in New Zealand; joined the Wellington
Mounted Rifles on the outbreak of war, and was killed in action at Gaba
Tepe, Gallipoli, 30 May, 1915; _unm._
=HUGHES, LIONEL HOLFORD=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st.
Battn. North Staffordshire Regt., only _s._ of the late Allen
Edward Hughes, of Cintra, Budleigh Salterton, Devon, Earthenware
Manufacturer (died 15 April, 1916), by his wife, Evelyn Emma, yst. dau.
of The Rev. Samuel Plant, Vicar of Weston-on-Trent and Prebendary of
Lichfield; _b._ Wychdon Lodge, near Stafford, 25 July, 1895; educ.
St. Ronan’s, Worthing, and Lancing College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the
3rd North Staffords, 6 March, 1914; went to France, 21 Sept. 1914,
where he was attd. to the 1st Battn. and was killed in action near the
Rue du Bois, 29 Oct. 1914; _unm._ Lieut.-Col. de Falbe, C.M.G.,
D.S.O., commanding 1st North Staffords, wrote: “He was killed to-day,
by a shell in the trenches near Rue du Bois, a small village two miles
south of Armentières. He was killed instantaneously, and is buried
on the west side of the Armentières-Wavrin Railway, and 300 yards
north-west of the level crossing at Rue du Bois. The grave is marked
with a cross inscribed with his name and regiment.”
[Illustration: =Lionel Holford Hughes.=]
=HUGHES, PRYCE=, Coy. Sergt.-Major, Brecknockshire Battn. (24th)
South Wales Borderers (T.F.), _s._ of Robert Hughes, of New Inn
Hotel, Merthyr, Licensed Victualler; _b._ Brecon, 8 Feb. 1874;
educ. Butcher’s Grammar School there; joined the 1st Brecknockshire
Volunteer Battn. South Wales Borderers (No. 2498), 27 Feb. 1893, and
passed into the Territorial Force (No. 30) 3 April, 1908; became Sergt.
12 Dec. 1908, and later Coy. Sergt.-Major. He served in the South
African War with the South Wales Borderers (Queen’s medal), and on the
outbreak of the European War volunteered for foreign service; went to
Aden with his Battn. 29 Oct. 1914, and died on active service there, 19
June, 1915; _unm._ Buried in Government Cemetery there. He had the
Long Service Medal.
=HUGHES, SIDNEY ISAAC=, L.-Corpl., No. 12481, 1st Battn. The
Coldstream Guards, 4th _s._ of the late William Edgar Hughes,
of Leigh Farm, Woodlands, St. Mary, Hungerford, Farmer, by his wife,
Catherine (Berkeley Road, Newbury, Berks), dau. of Henry King,
of Woodlands, St. Mary, Farmer; _b._ Woodlands, St. Mary,
Hungerford, co. Berks, 15 July, 1891; educ. Newbury Church School; was
an Engineer’s Fitter and Erector; volunteered after the outbreak of
war, and enlisted in the Coldstreams, 10 Sept. 1914, with two of his
brothers; appointed L.-Corpl., Dec.; went to France, 9 Jan. 1915, and
was reported missing after the fighting at Cuinchy, 25 Jan. 1915, and
is now assumed to have been killed in action that day; _unm._
[Illustration: =Sidney Isaac Hughes.=]
=HUGHES, THOMAS JOSEPH=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8019),
S.S. 103750, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=HUGHES, THOMAS HECTOR=, Capt., 3rd Battn. Worcestershire Regt.,
_s._ of Frederick Hughes, of Wallfield, Reigate; _b._ there,
16 July, 1881; educ. Repton and Sandhurst; received his commission as
2nd Lieut. in the Worcesters, 3 May, 1901; gazetted Lieut. in May,
1903; acted as Adjutant from Nov. 1910 to Nov. 1913; obtained his
company, 28 June, 1911, and was killed in action near Richebourg St.
Vaast, 15 Oct. 1914, being buried 250 yards north of that place. He
was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 14 Jan., 1915,
for gallant and distinguished service in the field. Capt. Hughes was
an excellent cricketer, and played for Hampshire and the Aldershot
Command. When his battn. went to Tidworth in 1911 he gave much
attention to sport and rendered assistance to Capt. Whitty towards
winning the Queen Victoria Cup in 1913. In a letter to the Daily
Telegraph, dated 21 Oct. 1914, Col. Rowland Hill, President of the
Grindelwald Sports Meeting, said: “He was for years our champion ski
expert, the capt. and centre-forward of our hockey team, one of the
best of our curlers, the capt. of our rifle team against the Swiss
marksmen. The cheeriest and best of comrades, always to the front in
any fun or sport, he will be missed and sincerely mourned by hundreds
of friends.” Capt. Hughes _m._ at Hythe, co. Kent, 4 May, 1911,
Gertrude Mary, dau. of Charles Frederick Dobson, of Nottingham, and
had two children: Thomas Frederick, _b._ 15 March 1914; and Joan
Winifred, _b._ 22 June, 1912.
=HUGHES, WALLACE JOHN=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 305429, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GORDON-HUGHES, GORDON STONHOUSE (“DICK”)=, Corpl., No. 677, 8th
Battn. 90th Winnipeg Rifles (“Little Black Devils”), and posthumous
Lieut. Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late Gordon
Gordon-Hughes, Capt., 92nd Gordon Highlanders, afterwards Col. and
Adjutant of the Breconshire Rifle Volunteers, by his second wife,
Elise Elizabeth (now widow of Algernon Walford Spencer, B.A.), dau. of
George Summers Griffiths, of Marl Hill, Cheltenham, and Maida Vale,
London, W., J.P., Barrister-at-Law, Middle Temple and Oxford Circuit,
and gdson. of Gen. Samuel Hughes, C.B., of the Indian Army; _b._
Hampstead, 1 July, 1890; educ. Abingdon and Streatham Colleges; went
to Canada in 1904, and purchased a farm in Manitoba. In 1911 went to
Winnipeg where he became a Chartered Accountant. He had just received
his final diploma when the European War broke out in Aug. 1914, and
he immediately volunteered for Imperial service and joined the 90th
Winnipeg Rifles. He left Valcartier with the first contingent, arrived
in England in Oct., and after training on Salisbury Plain, Col. Lipsett
specially selected him as Regimental Scout. Went to France in Feb.
1915; took part in the Second Battle of Ypres, after which he was
promoted Corpl., and in the engagements at Langemarck (St. Julien),
where he was wounded in the head, gassed and crushed under sand bags,
but refused to go into Hospital; and Festubert, where, on 22 May, 1915,
he was mortally wounded. He died in Hospital at Boulogne on the 25th,
and was buried in the Military Cemetery there (Grave No. 2251) on the
27th; _unm._ Col. (now Gen.) Lipsett wrote: “In losing your son
I felt I had lost one of my very best, most reliable, and promising
men, the commission for which I recommended him was gained entirely on
his own merits, and for very good work done; a son to be proud of”;
and Major A. W. Woods: “The boys of No. 2 Coy. never wavered for an
instant, it was one of the finest instances of endurance that could
be imagined, they were in a perfect inferno of shell fire. Your boy,
though terribly wounded, uttered no word of complaint, and exhibited
the most magnificent fortitude.” Lieut. J. P. MacKenzie wrote: “Corpl.
Gordon-Hughes was an exceptionally gallant young man, he was very
highly thought of, and liked, by every officer and man in the Battn.
I believe he did more than one brave act, which entitled him to
promotion, high mention, and reward, but the officers of his Coy., who
saw and knew of these brave acts were all killed or prisoners, and
there was no one left to bring these conspicuous acts of bravery, etc.,
before the O.C. Battn.” He was gazetted Lieut. shortly after his death.
A bed in the Mackenzie Military Hospital, Winnipeg, was endowed by the
T.O.D.E. and named the “Dick Gordon-Hughes” in his memory.
[Illustration: =G. S. Gordon-Hughes.=]
=HUGO, LAWRENCE WILLIAM ALBERT=, Lieut., Wellington Infantry
Regt., _s._ of William Eugene Hugo, and of his wife, Mary (3,
Rossmore Crescent, Wellington, New Zealand); _b._ Napier, New
Zealand, 28 March, 1885; educ. Terrace School, Wellington; joined the
Volunteers in March, 1903, and on the introduction of the Territorial
system received a commission and was posted to the Technical College
Cadets. He was in charge of the Cadets from Nov. 1911, until the
outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, when he volunteered for
Imperial service. He was gazetted Lieut. 1 Sept. following; left for
Egypt with the main force in Oct.; took part in the landing at the
Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action at Walker’s
Ridge 4 May following. He was a crack rifle shot, and while in the
Volunteers was Instructor of the Squads which won the Physical Drill
and Bayonet-fighting Championships at the Military Tournaments.
[Illustration: =Lawrence W. A. Hugo.=]
=HULBERT, HAROLD JOHN=, Private, No. 13507, 5th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of George Reginald Hulbert, of
Bethany, Manitoba, by his wife, Amy, dau. of John Woodcock, of
Netherhampton, Wiltshire; _b._ Bethany, 1 Oct. 1894; educ.
Minnedosa High School; enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force
directly war broke out; came over with the 1st Contingent in Oct.
1914, and after training on Salisbury Plain during the winter, went
to the Front in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of
Ypres, 24 April, 1915; _unm._ He was buried near St. Julien. Major
Dyer, D.S.O., wrote: “Your boy was killed by shell fire on the hill
of Gravenstaffel, while his company was advancing to support the 8th
Battn. and help fill the gap left by the retiring Turcos.... We were
holding the trenches against 15,000 Germans with less than 1,000 men
... for the last two days without food or water, but we were all there
was between the Germans and Calais.”
[Illustration: =Harold John Hulbert.=]
=HULME, SIDNEY=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 42), H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HUME, ARTHUR GRENVILLE=, Major, Wellington Infantry, New Zealand
Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Arthur Hume, late 79th
Cameron Highlanders and Inspector of Prisons, N.Z., by his wife, Raby,
dau. of Dr. Macintire, Inspector-General of Hospitals; _b._
Parkhurst, Isle of Wight, 3 Oct. 1873; educ. Wellington College, and
Wanganui College, New Zealand; was an Engineer; had been for many
years in New Zealand Territorials and was Major, Garrison Artillery,
when the European War broke out in Aug. 1914; volunteered for Imperial
service and left for Egypt with the fourth reinforcements in April,
1915; served at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action at Suvla
Bay, 8 Aug. 1915. He _m._ at Bath, 8 April, 1902, Amy Charlotte
(8, Kensington, Bath), dau. of William Rogers, and had a son, Philip
Waldron Grenville, _b._ 31 July, 1903.
=HUME, ISAAC=, Chief Stoker (R.F.R., A. 1267), 141118, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=HUMFREY, WILLIAM KNOX=, of Cavanacor, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn.
Lancashire Fusiliers, eldest surviving _s._ of the late Col.
Benjamin Geale Humfrey, of Cavanacor, co. Donegal (who commanded the
3rd Leicestershire Regt. in the South African War), by his wife, Emily
Anne (Cavanacor, Ballindrait, co. Donegal), 2nd dau. of William Knox,
of Clonleigh, co. Donegal, N.E., I.C.S. [gdson. of the Right Rev.
and Hon. William Knox, D.D., Lord Bishop of Derry, yr. brother of
Thomas, 1st Earl of Ranfurly]; _b._ Narborough, co. Leicester, 14
May, 1891; educ. Bedford Grammar School; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the
Lancashire Fusiliers, 5 Oct. 1910; succeeded his elder brother in the
family estates, 23 May, 1912; promoted Lieut. 3 Sept. 1914; went to
France, 21 Aug. 1914, was appointed Machine-Gun Officer, and was killed
in action at the Battle of Le Cateau, 26 Aug. 1914; _unm._ Buried
at Esnes.
[Illustration: =William Knox Humfrey.=]
=HUMPHREY, ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 1134), 276452,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HUMPHREY, EDMUND WILLIAM ALFRED=, Acting Lieut., Royal Naval
Reserve, _s._ of Edmund Humphrey, of Boughton-under-Blean and
Westgate-on-Sea, Schoolmaster, by his wife, Emma Lynch, dau. of William
Andrews; _b._ Boughton-under-Blean, co. Kent, 11 July, 1880; educ.
Wreight’s School, Faversham, and Margate School of Art; and joined
the Merchant Service in 1895, being apprenticed to the Shaw, Saville
and Albion Coy. and acquired his first knowledge of seacraft in the
old-fashioned sailing ships, gradually working his way to a master’s
ticket. He afterwards entered the service of the Royal Mail Steam
Packet Coy. becoming 2nd officer, and in 1898 was nominated by the
late Lord Goschen, then First Lord of the Admiralty, to a commission
as Midshipman, R.N.R., and received his annual training in H.M.S.
President, becoming Sub-Lieut. 10 April, 1904; just prior to the war
was accepted for a year’s training in a battle ship, and appointed to
H.M.S. Formidable, 1914, in which he was serving as acting Lieut. when
she was torpedoed in the Channel, 1 Jan. 1915. A brother officer who
survived, wrote: “Humphrey was popular with his shipmates and certain
to have done his duty to the end.” He _m._ at the Presbyterian
Church, Liverpool, 1 Nov. 1908, Annie McIlwrick Neilson (28, Hampstead
Road, Elm Park, Liverpool), dau. of James Neilson Sproul, of Paisley
and Liverpool, and had a dau., Joan, _b._ 7 July, 1915.
[Illustration: =Edmund W. A. Humphrey.=]
=HUMPHREYS, GEORGE GEOFFREY PENDERGAST=, Major, 127th Regt.
Queen Mary’s Own Baluchis L.I., yst. _s._ of the late Thomas
William Drumond Humphreys, J.P., of Donoughmore House, Castlefin,
co. Donegal, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of Dr. Thomas Thomson, of
Leamington; _b._ Milltown house, Strabane, co. Tyrone, 17 Feb.
1873; educ. All Hallow’s School, Honiton, and the Royal Military
College, Sandhurst (1891–2); gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Welsh Regt.
13 July, 1892; transferred to the Indian Staff Corps as Lieut. 13
July, 1895, and promoted Capt. 13 July, 1901, and Major, 13 July,
1910; was Staff Officer to the Officer Commanding the troops in East
Africa Protectorate and Uganda, 1897–8 (medal with clasp); and Double
Coy. Officer, 130th Baluchis, with China Field Force in 1901; was
Adjutant Sind Volunteer Rifles, 1 May, 1908, to 1 May, 1911; Double
Coy. Commander, 17 April, 1910; and an extra A.D.C. to H.M. King George
V, for the Delhi Durbar, 2 Dec. 1911 to 10 Jan. 1912. On the outbreak
of war he went to France attd. to the 129th D.C.O. Baluchis, sailed
from India 24 Aug., and died at Hollebeke, Belgium, 30 Oct. 1914, of
wounds received in action. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord)
French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915. He _m._ at Holy Trinity Church,
Karachi, India, 30 Nov. 1903, Olive Muriel (The Cottage, Rowledge,
Farnham), only dau. of Major-Gen. Sir James Bell, K.C.V.O., and had two
sons and two daus.: Patrick William, _b._ 14 May, 1905; George
James Alexander, _b._ 16 Dec. 1906; Olive Phylis, _b._ 14
July, 1909; and Lorna Isobel, _b._ 9 May, 1913.
[Illustration: =G. G. P. Humphreys.=]
=HUMPHREYS, JOHN THOMAS=, Sergt., R.M.A., 7273, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HUMPHRIES, GEORGE WILLIS=, L.-Corpl., No. 1344, 12th Battn. (The
Rangers) London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of William Humphries; _b._
Newington, London, 2 Aug. 1877; joined The Rangers, 1911, and was
killed by a shell which exploded in the trenches, 14 Feb. 1915, while
serving with the British Expeditionary Force in France. Humphries
was the winner of the Light Weight Amateur Boxing Championship in
1900 and was for 20 years connected with the Battersea Athletic Club.
He _m._ at Balham, 4 Oct. 1902, Margaret (32, Strathville Road,
Earlsfield, S.W.), dau. of Thomas Cooper, and left four children:
George Stanley, _b._ 16 Feb. 1907; Margaret Dorothy, _b._ 12
Aug. 1904; Florence Ellen, _b._ 5 Nov. 1908; and Ivy Gertrude,
_b._ 2 July, 1912.
[Illustration: =George Willis Humphries.=]
=HUNT, ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9624), K. 536,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=HUNT, ALFRED EDWARD=, Rifleman, No. 2894, 1/8th Battn. (Post
Office Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Alfred
Hunt, of 35, Balfour Road, Lower Edmonton, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau.
of Edward Eldridge; _b._ Old Kent Road, S.E., 10 Nov. 1895; educ.
Croyland Road Board School, Lower Edmonton; was a Postman at Winchmore
Hill and Finchley; joined the Post Office Rifles early in Sept. 1914;
went to France, 17 March, 1915; and was killed in action at Festubert
in the course of a bomb attack upon the German trenches. 2nd Lieut. W.
N. Kirkland wrote: “I have known your son since he joined the Battn. in
Sept. last, and since the beginning of this year, when the double-coy.
organisation was adopted, he has been in my Platoon. Your son was one
of the coy. bombers, and when we were ordered to attack a portion of
the German trench, he went forward with the bombers in order to drive
out the Huns. While doing this he unfortunately was killed. I am sure
his death has caused a great loss to the Coy., as bombers are of the
utmost importance when attacking the enemy’s trench and it is difficult
to find brave and capable men for this.”
[Illustration: =Alfred Edward Hunt.=]
=HUNT, FRANK ERNEST=, Private, No. 2057, 1st Sussex Yeomanry, 2nd
_s._ of Simeon Hunt, of 5, Lancaster Road, Brighton, Architect and
Surveyor, by his wife, Charlotte, 2nd dau. of Thomas Stanley Wakeley,
of Rainham, Kent; _b._ Brighton, 7 Sept. 1892, and was educ. at
Brighton Grammar School and Brighton Municipal Technical College.
He passed the Cambridge Local Examination as a junior in 1st Class
Honours with two distinctions in 1907, the Matriculation Exam., London
University, 1910, and the Intermediate Exam, in Faculty of Engineering,
London University, in 1912, but, owing to a severe nervous breakdown
in 1913, he was unable to sit for the final B.Sc. (Eng.). Concerning
this his master wrote: “Your son worked like a Trojan, and but for
the collapse (which I feared) he would have passed. I should like you
to be convinced of this.” After the outbreak of war, he volunteered
and joined the Sussex Yeomanry in Sept. 1914, and after training at
Brighton, Canterbury, and Maresfield, left England, 23 Sept. 1915 for
the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 17 Dec. 1915, by a
chance Turkish bullet fired at night from a considerable distance. The
regt. was in reserve at the time some distance from the firing line,
and Hunt was standing just outside his dug-out emptying sandbags when
hit. Immediate medical attention was given, but the bullet had passed
through the lung and death occurred within about half an hour. He was
buried in East Anglia Gully Cemetery; _unm._ His troop officer
wrote: “When he came to this regt. in Sept. he was placed in my troop,
and although I had thus been his Troop Officer only for a few months
they were more than ample to enable one to judge of his good qualities
and to feel that, in addition to the thoroughness and loyalty which he
always put into his work as a soldier in the form of warfare that we
have been through, he would have given a good account of himself in
open battle if the opportunity had been allowed him.”
[Illustration: =Frank Ernest Hunt.=]
=HUNT, GEORGE HENRY=, Bugler, R.M.L.I., Ch./11450, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HUNT, HARRY=, Private, No. 8921, R.E., eldest _s._ of the
late Firth Hunt, of Market Place, Barton-on-Humber, by his wife, Alice,
dau. of Thomas Cash; _b._ Barton-on-Humber, co. Lincoln, 22 Dec.
1883; educ. Wesleyan School there; enlisted 29 April, 1901; served
through the South African War, 1899–1902 (medal with five clasps), and
passed into the Reserve, 27 Feb. 1909; mobilised 5 Aug. 1914; went to
France 28 Aug. and was killed in action at Armentières, 13 Dec. 1914.
In addition to the South African medal he had two Good Conduct medals.
He _m._ in Malta, 7 Aug. 1905, Concerta (30, White Cross Street,
Barton-on-Humber, near Hull), dau. of Lorenzo Deprossimo, of Malta;
_s.p._
=HUNT, PERCY HENRY HART=, L.-Sergt., No. 1426, 21st Battn. (1st
Surrey Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of the late
Henry Hunt, Gas and Hot Water Engineer, by his wife, Agnes (39,
Dekker Road, Dulwich Village, S.E.), dau. of the late George Hart;
_b._ Chelsea, 24 May, 1892; educ. Dulwich Hamlet School, Dulwich;
became a telegraph boy at the age of fourteen, and was subsequently
promoted to sorting; joined the 1st Surrey Rifles, 11 April, 1913;
appointed L.-Corpl. shortly before war broke out, and promoted Corpl.
on mobilisation; volunteered for Imperial service and left for France,
15 March, 1915, where he was appointed L.-Sergt. and died at No. 1
Casualty Clearing Station, 28 May, 1915, from shrapnel wounds in the
abdomen received in action at Givenchy on the 25th, while leading his
men over a parapet. Buried in British New Cemetery, Chocques (grave
No. 202); _unm._ From information furnished his relatives by a
Sergt.-Major who assisted to carry him in, it appears that he was
left on the field for twenty-four hours, and when they picked him up,
although so badly wounded, was quite cheerful, and remarked “I’ve
had it.” His Coy. Commander, Capt. A. Hutchinson, wrote that he was
extremely popular with his men, and expressed his personal regret at
the loss of such a promising and straightforward N.C.O.
[Illustration: =Percy Henry Hart Hunt.=]
=HUNTER, GEORGE RUPERT=, Gunner, No. 40190, 12th Battery, 3rd
Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 3rd but only surviving _s._
of Richard Harrison Hunter, of 418, Gilmons Street, Ottawa, Canada,
Civil Servant, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of George Cooper, of London,
England; _b._ Aylmer, P. Quebec, 7 Nov. 1890; educ. Ottawa;
volunteered for service overseas and joined the Canadian Expeditionary
Force, at Winnipeg, 6 Aug. 1914, the day following the declaration of
war; came over with the first contingent, and died at Netheravon, 10
Feb. 1915, of pneumonia, contracted while going through his course of
training; _unm._
=HUNTER, HUGH=, Private, No. 2000, 1/4th Battn. Seaforth
Highlanders (T.F.), 3rd surviving _s._ of the late Robert Hunter,
Engineer and Manager, Chester Gas Works, Member of the Society of
Engineers, by his wife, Ann Martha (16, Durand Gardens, S.W.), yst.
dau. of the late Henry Carne; _b._ Whitefriars, Chester, 21
June, 1892; educ. Christ’s Hospital, Horsham, Sussex, where he was
a L.-Corpl. in the Cadet Corps, and on leaving entered the employ
of a firm of Motor Engineers, afterwards Patent Agents in London;
volunteered after the outbreak of war, joined the 4th Seaforths in
Sept. 1914, and after two months’ training at Bedford, went to the
Front with them in Nov. He was shot through the head while acting as
observer to his Capt. in the advance on Neuve Chapelle, in the early
morning of 11 March, 1915, and died before reaching the dressing
station; _unm._ He was buried with several comrades in the garden
of a house at Neuve Chapelle (Edgware Road), S.5.d.3.5. Letters from
his Commanding Officer and the Chaplain testify of his being most
popular with his comrades and a good soldier.
[Illustration: =Hugh Hunter.=]
=HUNTER, JAMES ANDREW=, L.-Corpl., No. 982, 2nd Battn. Seaforth
Highlanders, only _s._ of the late James Hunter, of Murdoch
Terrace, Edinburgh, and 10, Bryson Road, Edinburgh, Hay and Straw
Merchant, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of James Duncan, of Edinburgh,
Coal Merchant; _b._ Edinburgh, 18 March, 1895; educ. Merchiston
Public School; enlisted, 10 Jan. 1912; went to France, 22 Aug. 1914,
and died in Hospital at Boulogne, 22 Oct. 1914, of wounds received at
Steenwerk on the 20th; _unm._ His Commanding Officer wrote that he
was wounded while taking part in a bayonet charge and bravely driving
back the enemy, for which his coy. (B) was highly complimented.
[Illustration: =James Andrew Hunter.=]
=HUNTER, JOHN GEORGE=, Private, No. 2134, 6th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, _s._ of James Hunter, of 67, Charlotte Street,
Fraserburgh, Aberdeen, Postman for 28 years in New Deer and
Fraserburgh, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of George Forbes; _b._
Auchreddie, New Deer, 17 Sept. 1888; educ. New Deer and Fraserburgh
Public Schools; served his time as a Draper with Mr. Anderson,
Fraserburgh, and was afterwards for six years in the employ of
Mr. Millar, cabinet-maker, as salesman and timekeeper; emigrated
to Australia, June, 1911; enlisted, Sept. 1914, and trained at
Broadmeadows, Victoria; sailed for Egypt, 24 Dec. 1914, and died on 26
April, 1915, of wounds received in action the previous day, during the
landing of the Anzacs near Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli; _unm._
[Illustration: =John George Hunter.=]
=HUNTER, LESLIE=, Sergt., 14th Platoon, D Coy., No. 75976, 29th
(Vancouver) Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of
Edward Hunter, Manager of Lloyd’s Bank, Compton Street, Ashbourne;
_b._ Ashbourne, co. Derby, 21 June, 1886; educ. Grammar School
there; went to Canada in March, 1910; joined the 104th Regt. Jan.
1912; volunteered for service overseas after the outbreak of war, was
transferred to the 29th Battn., and was killed in action in France,
11.35 a.m. on 30 Sept. 1915. Capt. P. H. Smith, his commanding officer,
wrote that “there was no man in his company for whom he had a higher
regard,” and one of his platoon (B. G. Wolfemerton): “He was killed
in the discharge of his duty a few feet from myself; he and Corpl.
Moorhouse had gone to a ruined house to attempt to locate a sniper who
was a source of danger to our lines, and on his way back was shot by
probably the sniper he was in search of, through the heart; he died
instantly and suffered no pain.” Hunter _m._ at Derby, 14 Feb.
1910, Ethel (Compton Street, Ashbourne), dau. of Joseph Watson, and had
a dau., Gladys Evelyn, _b._ 18 July, 1911.
[Illustration: =Leslie Hunter.=]
=HUNTER, ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8375), S.S.
104449, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=HURLBERT, REXFORD=, Private, No. 10773, 2nd Battn., 1st Brig.
Canadian Expeditionary Force, yr. and only surviving _s._ of
William Benjamin Hurlbert, by his wife, Bessie, dau. of (--) Race,
and nephew of Almina, née Hurlbert, wife of George Alfred Whiting, of
Smith’s Falls, Ontario (by whom he was brought up); _b._ Scranton,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 29 May, 1895; educ. Smith’s Falls, Ontario;
enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Jan. 1915, and was
killed in action in the trenches, 29 Nov. 1915, by a bullet through the
head; _unm._ He was buried N.E. of R.E. Farm, Wulverghem.
[Illustration: =Rexford Hurlbert.=]
=HURT, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 8922), 196582,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HURT, SEYMOUR FREDERICK AUCKLAND ALBERT=, Capt., 1st Battn.
Royal Scots Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of Albert Frederick Hurt, of
Alderwasley, co. Derby, J.P., D.L., by his wife, Alice, 3rd dau. of
Frederic Peter Delmé Radcliffe, of Hitchin Priory, co. Herts; _b._
The Outwoods, near Duffield, co. Derby, 18 Oct. 1879; educ. Hazelwood,
Limpsfield, Surrey (1890–93), Harrow (J. Stogden’s House, 1893–98);
joined the Militia Oct. 1899, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Royal
Scots Fusiliers, 18 April, 1900, and promoted Lieut. 4 Sept. 1901, and
Capt. 24 Jan. 1911; went to the Front, 5 Sept. 1914, and was killed
in action near La Bassée during the First Battle of Ypres, 18 Oct.
following, while leading his coy. in a charge; _unm._ He was
mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 20 Nov.
1914–14 Jan. 1915 [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915]. Capt. Hurt was in the
Harrow cricket XI and the football XI, 1897–98; and took great interest
in the cricket and football teams in the R.S.F.; was a keen sportsman,
devoting himself to polo, pig-sticking, and big game shooting while in
India, where he served the greater part of his time. When at home he
acted as field master to his brother’s (Mr. Hurt’s) pack of fox hounds
in Derbyshire.
=HUSBAND, HERBERT BARRY=, L.-Corpl., No. 1377, 1/14th Battn.
(London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of John
Irons Husband, of 4, Eastcheap, London, E.C., Merchant (a native of
Fifeshire), by his wife, Constance Eugénie, dau. of Charles Barry, of
San Francisco; _b._ San Francisco, U.S.A., 8 March, 1893; educ.
St. George’s College, Weybridge, Surrey, and Maison de Melle, Belgium;
was engaged with his father’s firm; joined the London Scottish in Nov.
1911; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went
to France, 16 Sept. 1914, and died at Wimereux, Boulogne-sur-Mer, 16
Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action at the First Battle of Ypres,
and was buried there; _unm._ Lieut.-Col. G. A. Malcolm wrote:
“No commanding officer could have had under his command a braver or
more gallant soldier than your son, who so nobly gave his life for
his country.” He is believed to have been the first native son of
California to fall on a European battlefield. In 1913 he was champion
shot of the London Scottish, and the youngest member of the Battn. to
secure this distinction in the 49 years of its existence.
[Illustration: =Herbert Barry Husband.=]
=HUSKINSON, CHARLES ROBERT=, Shipwright, 2nd Class, 344902, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HUSSEY, JAMES WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ply. 8213 (R.F.R., Ch.
B. 131), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HUSSEY, THOMAS JOSEPH=, Private, R.M.L.I., 5775 (R.F.R., Ch. B.
398), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HUTCHESON, JOHN=, 2nd Lieut., 10th (Service) Battn. Sherwood
Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.), eldest _s._ of Robert
Hutcheson, of Annandale, Berkhamsted, and Mincing Lane, E.C., Sugar
Broker, by his wife, Janey Symington, dau. of the late John Henry
Downes, of 18, Athole Gardens, Glasgow, and gdson. of the late John
Mitchell Hutcheson, of Greenock; _b._ Highbury, London, 31 Jan.
1897; educ. Berkhamsted School, where he was from 1906 to 1914. The
last three years he was a member of the O.T.C. On leaving school he
entered the offices of the Clerical, Medical and General Life Assurance
Society, but after the outbreak of war left in the beginning of Oct. to
join the Inns of Court O.T.C. From this he was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to
the 10th Battn. of the Sherwood Foresters, 3 Oct. 1914, and was killed
in action near Zillebeke, Flanders, 8 Sept. 1915, by a sniper while
surveying his fire trenches. He was buried in the Sanctuary Wood, near
Ypres; _unm._ Many letters were received from his superior and his
brother officers, all testifying to the regard and affection in which
he was held. His Col. wrote: “He was a keen and energetic young officer
of considerable promise and popular with all ranks.” His Capt.: “It is
the first life lost among our officers and it is one of the best that
has gone.... He was absolutely clean and honourable, frank, sincere
and fearless.” His orderly wrote: “I write this short letter out of
respect to my esteemed officer, your son. It was a very severe blow to
me to lose him, for he was the very best friend that I ever had out
here, and although I was only a ‘Tommy’ he showed every consideration
for me as well as all the other men in the platoon, where he was very
much esteemed. He was buried with full honours, and his grave is in a
wood with others. There is a cross at the head, and I shall do all I
can to keep his grave clean.” The doctor wrote: “A more unselfish boy
one could not find; always thinking of the well-being of others.... I
chose his resting place. A plain wood cross has been erected ‘In loving
Memory of 2nd Lieut. J. Hutcheson. Killed in action,’ and the motto ‘To
live in hearts we leave behind, is not to die.’”
[Illustration: =John Hutcheson.=]
=HUTCHINGS, ROBERT SIDNEY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 15154, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=HUTCHINS, THOMAS ARTHUR=, Trooper, No. 303, 3rd Light Horse, 1st
Light Horse Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, 5th and yst. _s._
of the late Samuel Newburgh Hutchins, of Ballylicky and Ardnagashel,
Bantry, co. Cork, B.A. (T.C.D.), J.P., Barrister-at-Law, by his wife,
Marianne Isabella eldest dau. of Henry Harrison, of Castle Harrison,
co. Cork, J.P.; _b._ Ardnagashel, 20 July, 1888; educ. Fermoy
College; went to Australia in Jan. 1912; enlisted in the 3rd Light
Horse at Adelaide on 19 Aug. 1914, after the outbreak of war, and
embarked for Egypt on 22 Oct. following, arriving at Alexandria on 9
Dec. He was in training for five months, and left for Gallipoli on 8
May, 1915. They landed on the evening of the 13th, and he was killed in
action in the Monash Valley the following day, 14 Aug. 1915, the first
man of his regt. to fall. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Thomas Arthur Hutchins.=]
=HUTCHINSON, ALFRED RICHARD=, Officer’s Steward, 2nd Class, L.
1645, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HUTCHINSON, HENRY ERNEST=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 10706, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=HUTCHINSON, LIONEL CLYDE=, A.C.A., Private, No. 3052, 13th
(Princess Louise’s Kensington) Battn. London Regt. (T.F.), only
surviving _s._ of Robert Hutchinson, Marine Engineer, of 6,
Richmond Hill, Bournemouth, by his wife, Ellen King, dau. of Thomas
Draper, of Albion Street, Spalding, co. Lincoln; _b._ Spalding, 12
Sept. 1884; educ. at Bournemouth and Bradford Grammar School, Yorks;
was afterwards articled to Messrs. Hibberd, Bull & Co., Chartered
Accountants, of London and Bournemouth; passed his final examination
at the age of 21 and remained at the London office until he enlisted
in the London Regt. 2 Sept. 1914. He was killed in the attack on the
German lines, at Aubers Ridge, near Fromelles, on Sunday, 9 May, 1915,
in which the Kensingtons took a leading part and captured three lines
of trenches; meeting his death while returning for the third time for
supplies of bombs under heavy rifle and machine-gun fire; _unm._
His commanding officer wrote: “He behaved with great gallantry, it
was a brave soldier’s death.” A comrade said: “We were all very sorry
to lose him, he was very popular with the fellows of his platoon”;
and Gen. Rawlinson spoke of the attack as “a feat of arms surpassed
by no other battn. in this great war,” asserting: “You and your
fallen comrades have won imperishable glory for the 13th Battn.,” and
Field-Marshal Sir John French, referring to their conduct in this
action, spoke of the Kensingtons as the “glorious 13th.”
[Illustration: =Lionel Clyde Hutchinson.=]
=HUTCHINSON, ROBERT GREENWOOD=, A.B., 222014, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HUTH, AUSTIN HENRY=, Capt., 4th, att. 1st, Battn. East Surrey
Regt., yr. _s._ of Edward Huth, of Wykehurst Park, Bolney, Sussex,
D.L., J.P., by his wife, Edith Wilhelmina, 4th dau. of the late Rev.
Frederick Anthony Stansfeld Marshall, Vicar of Great Easton, co.
Leicester; _b._ Mayfair, London, W., 13 Oct. 1881; educ. Eton
and Sandhurst; obtained a commission in the King’s Royal Rifles, Feb.
1900, and was promoted Lieut. 1902; served in the South African War,
1899–1902; took part in the operations in Natal, March-June; those in
the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July–29 Nov. 1900, including actions
at Belfast (26–27 Aug.) and Lydenberg (5–8 Sept.), receiving the
Queen’s medal with three clasps and the King’s medal with two clasps.
On his return to England he left the Army with rank of Lieut., and went
to Magdalen College, Oxford (B.A. 1907), afterwards becoming a partner
in the family banking business of Messrs. Frederick Huth & Co. On the
outbreak of the European War he enlisted in the Middlesex Regt. (Public
School Battn.), and was given a Capt.’s commission with the 4th East
Surrey Regt., 28 Oct. 1914; went to France, Jan. 1915, and was att. to
the 1st East Surreys. He was killed in action at Hill 60, 20 April,
1915; _unm._ The Brig.-Gen. wrote: “I had a long talk with him in
his trench that night. I was much impressed at the time with his zeal,
keenness, and thoroughness, and the measures that he was taking to put
his trench on a thoroughly sound footing. Sir Charles Fergusson (the
Corps Commander) in a letter to me spoke of the East Surreys as ‘The
heroes of the occasion,’ and later on he said ‘You may well be proud of
your East Surreys.’ His life was given in the hour of victory for King
and country in the performance of a magnificent exploit in capturing
and consolidating our hold on Hill 60, a point of extreme importance to
the well-being of the Allied front.”
[Illustration: =Austin Henry Huth.=]
=HUTT, HAROLD VERNON=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt.,
yr. _s._ of Arthur William Hutt, of The Moorings, Wallington,
Surrey, Member of the London Stock Exchange, by his wife, Margaret
Sarah, dau. of William Rees, J.P., Glamorganshire, and gdson. of the
Rev. John Charles Hutt, Vicar of St. Silas, Pentonville; _b._
Enfield, co. Middlesex, 4 Oct. 1887; educ. Eastbourne College, and
Finsbury Technical College; graduated B.Sc. (Eng.) with honours at
University of London and passed the A.M. Inst.C.E. examination, taking
first place, and obtaining the Bayliss Prize. For the four years
preceding the war he was engaged on tube railway work: the Central
London Railway extension to Liverpool Street, and the Queen’s Park
extension of the Bakerloo Railway. He joined the Artists’ Rifles in
Aug. 1914, went to France with them in Oct., and, after serving in the
trenches for a time, joined the Artists’ O.T.C. and was gazetted 2nd
Lieut. 2nd Royal Sussex. He was killed in action while defending the
Keep at Cuinchy, 27 Jan. 1915, and was buried in Cuinchy Cemetery;
_unm._ His Commanding Officer wrote: “During the short time your
son was with us he endeared himself to all his comrades and showed
very high promise; and we all feel that we have lost a comrade who
would have been sure to distinguish himself. He died a soldier’s
death in the forefront of the fight.” and the Commanding Officer of
the Artists’ Rifles wrote: “Your son acted splendidly from the day of
mobilisation in Aug. last, and had the goodwill and esteem of every
man in the Regt. He had done much to uphold all the best traditions,
and his name will always be remembered by all with pride.” 2nd Lieut.
Hutt was a descendant of Capt. John Hutt, of H.M.S. Queen, who greatly
distinguished himself in the victory obtained off Brest on 1 June,
1794, and to whom a monument was erected in Westminster Abbey by public
subscription.
[Illustration: =Harold Vernon Hutt.=]
=HUTTON, GEORGE=, A.B., 223256, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action
off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HUTTON, IAN CAMPBELL=, Private, No. 2367, 9th Battn. The Royal
Scots (T.F.), 1st _s._ of William Hutton, of 26, Nile Grove,
Edinburgh, Superintending Engineer, Indian Public Works, by his wife,
Annie Dickson, dau. of Edward Boyes; _b._ Tanjore, Southern
India, 8 Aug. 1896; brought home to Scotland at the age of three, and
was educ. Dollar Academy, where he distinguished himself in sports
and was a member of the Cadet Corps. On leaving there he entered the
Clydesdale Bank in Edinburgh, for training for Indian banking, but
after the outbreak of war joined the 9th Battn. of The Royal Scots
in Sept. 1914. After a period of training at Edinburgh, he went to
the Front in Feb., and was killed instantaneously by a bullet, at the
Second Battle of Ypres, 16 May, 1915. He was buried in Bellewaarde
Wood, Hooge. He was a member of St. Matthew’s Parish Church, Edinburgh.
His brother, 2nd Lieut. Gordon C. Hutton, 2nd Battn. King’s Own
Scottish Borderers, was with him at Ypres, and is still (1916) on
active service.
[Illustration: =Ian Campbell Hutton.=]
=HYLAND, JOHN EDWARD=, Lieut., Royal Marine L.I., Portsmouth
Battn. Royal Naval Division, eldest _s._ of the Rev. John Black
Hyland, Rector of Combe Florey, Taunton, by his wife, Julia Harriet,
dau. of the late Thomas Jourdain Hay, of Tower House, Millbrook, Hants;
_b._ Arreton Vicarage, I.W., 24 Oct. 1895; educ. privately;
gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Marines, 20 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut.
March, 1915; left for the Dardanelles with the R.N.D., 27 Feb. 1915;
took part in the landing there, 26 April, and was killed in action
“leading and encouraging his men,” 10 May following; _unm._ Buried
in Anzac Cove. Lieut.-Col. F. Luard (himself killed in action, 13 July,
1915), commanding Portsmouth Battn., wrote: “It may comfort you to know
that ever since he joined the Battn. he had been conspicuous for good
work, and that in consequence I had come to look upon him as one of the
most promising and reliable of the younger officers. During the very
severe fighting which took place on the four days before his death,
and of which the brunt was borne by his company, he had shown extreme
gallantry, and had come through scatheless, cheery, and full of spirit
up to the last, enjoying every moment of his active responsibilities”;
and Lieut. S. D. Wilmot-Sitwell (himself killed in action, 13 July,
1915): “On 10 May, early in the morning, the Battn. was turned out, and
had to charge up a steep slope. The whole of the ridge at the top was
swept by rifle and machine-gun fire. John led his platoon up the slope,
and was, I believe, the first to reach the top, but I was further to
the left myself. When he got to the top he turned to encourage his men
to a last burst, when he was hit in the back by either a rifle or a
machine-gun bullet. He was picked up by a stretcher-party, and died
while being carried down to the dressing station. He was buried by the
side of another officer who was hit while standing alongside him just
before. A rough cross marks the place where they are buried.” Mrs.
Stockley, wife of his Capt., also wrote: “I am writing for my husband,
who was severely wounded on the same day as your son was so very
unfortunately killed, and he wishes me to tell you how very well he did
commanding his platoon, during a most trying three days in the trenches
under practically incessant fire the whole time. My husband was always,
from the time he joined his company, very pleased with the work your
son did. He always showed great keenness in his work, and was a most
promising young officer, always cheerful and bright and eager, and very
popular with his men. The night before he was killed he and Mr. Fulton
and my husband were sharing the same dug-out together, and they were
both in such brave spirits in spite of all they had been through, that
my husband says he could not help being proud of having such officers
serving with him. One of your son’s last acts was to try and help my
husband after he was wounded, but of course he had to go on and look
after his men.”
[Illustration: =John Edward Hyland.=]
=HYNES, JAMES=, A.B. (Coastguard), 166525 (Devon.), H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HYNES, JAMES JOSEPH=, Private, No. 1095, D Coy. 1st Newfoundland
Regt., only _s._ of the late John Hynes [_b._ St. John’s,
Newfoundland, died Halifax, N.S., 1900], by his wife, Margaret
(now wife of John Paul Francis, of 285, South Side, St. John’s,
Newfoundland), dau. of Stephen Fitzgerald; _b._ Halifax, Nova
Scotia, 12 Dec. 1896; educ. Christian Brothers’ Schools there; was
serving his time as a Cooper with Mr. E. G. Cousens, Mercantile
Cooperage, St. John’s, when war broke out; volunteered for Imperial
service, joined the Newfoundland Expeditionary Force, 8 Feb. 1915;
left for England, 20 March, went to the Dardanelles, 12 Sept., and was
killed in action there, 18 Nov. 1915; _unm._ Buried Borderers
Ravine, 117 J. 3 Grave 41. A comrade wrote that they were having a rest
in the support trench just behind the firing line, when at 9 a.m. they
were sent up to the firing line to dig some dug-outs. They had been
working for an hour when they were discovered by a Turkish sniper and
Hynes was struck, being killed instantly, adding “Jimmie was one of the
finest young men in our regt.; well liked by all.”
[Illustration: =James Joseph Hynes.=]
=IMRIE, JAMES WALTER=, Private, No. 63470, 13th Battn. (Royal
Highlanders of Canada) Canadian Expeditionary Force, yst. _s._
of James Harrison Imrie, retired Civil Engineer, Poona, India, by his
wife, Letitia Ellen, dau. of the late Thomas Edward Kelly, Indian
Police (who had the Mutiny medal of 1857); _b._ Khandwa, Central
Provinces, India, 14 March, 1887; educ. Blairlodge School, Polmont,
Stirlingshire, where he won several prizes for shooting and also the
Spencer Cup at Bisley in 1903, and upon leaving there studied Civil
Engineering in Scotland, and later went through a course of training
at the Crystal Palace School of Engineering. He left for Canada in the
autumn of 1910, being employed in Civil Engineering in various towns
there, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for Imperial service
and joined the 23rd Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force. He came over
with the second contingent in March, 1915, and was drafted to the 13th
Battn. Royal Highlanders then at the Front. He went into action on 15
May, and was killed in action a week later during the active operations
at the Orchard, 23 May, 1915; _unm._ He was buried by a shell in
the communication trench leading to the Orchard at Festubert, and the
official statement concluded “unfortunately there are no marks by which
the place can be located.”
[Illustration: =James Walter Imrie.=]
=IMS, ROBERT THOMAS=, Rifleman, No. 1577, 16th Battn. (Queen’s
Westminster Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 4th _s._ of the late
Edwin George Ims, by his wife, Sarah Homred (34, Besborough Place,
Pimlico), dau. of John Henley, of Broadway, Westminster; _b._
Westminster, 23 May, 1895; educ. Christ Church, Westminster, and
Westminster City School; was a second grade Clerk in the Board of
Education (Scottish Department); joined the Queen’s Westminster Rifles
in 1912, having previously served in a Yeomanry Corps and the Civil
Service Cadets; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of
war in Aug. 1914; trained at St. Albans; went to France in Oct. 1914;
took part in the First Battle of Ypres, Oct. and Nov.; the Battle
of Festubert, Second Battle of Ypres, and the Battle of Hooge; went
through his course of training as a bomber, and then through the
Machine Gun School, where it was requested that he should be lent to
the School as an Instructor, but his commanding officer could not spare
him, and was killed in action at Ypres, 23 Aug. 1915, by shell fire;
_unm._ Buried at Ypres. He had been recommended for a commission,
and the papers were found in his pockets and sent to his mother.
[Illustration: =Robert Thomas Ims.=]
=INGATE, WALTER WILLIAM=, Seaman, R.N.R., 4050B, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=INGHAM, JOHN THOMAS=, Private, No. 1559, 5th Battn. Supernumerary
West Yorkshire Regt. (T.F.); _b._ co. Lancaster, 28 Feb. 1853;
served in the 14th, 15th and 7th Hussars; took part in the Afghan
War, 1878–80 (Afghan medal); the Boer War, 1881, and with the Royal
Reserve Hussars; in the South African War, 1899; joined the National
Reserve in Leeds, soon after its formation, and was accepted in April,
1915, at the age of 62, as medically fit for Reserve Service, and
attached to the 5th Supernumerary West Yorkshire Regt. He died in
North Ormesby Hospital, Middlesbrough, 25 June, 1915. He _m._ at
Barwick-in-Elmet, Yorkshire, Eliza (6, Shepherd’s Place, Harehills
Avenue, Leeds), dau. of Thomas Laford, of Garforth, Yorkshire, and had
three surviving children. His second son, Sergt.-Major Ingham, is now
(1916) on active service with the West Yorkshire Regt.
=INGLES, ALEXANDER WIGHTON=, Major, 1st Battn. West Yorkshire
Regt., only _s._ of the Rev. Canon David Ingles, Vicar of Witham,
co. Essex, M.A., by his wife, Anna, dau. of the Rev. Arthur Scrivener;
_b._ at Apsley End, co. Herts, 20 May, 1869; educ. Haileybury;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the West Yorkshire Regt., from the Militia, 12
March, 1892; and promoted Lieut. 1 Feb. 1894; Capt. 26 March, 1900,
and Major 7 March, 1914, was Adjutant of volunteers from 10 Jan. 1902,
to 9 Jan. 1907; served in the South African War, 1899–1901, including
operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900–Dec. 1901 (Queen’s medal with
clasp); and with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed
in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 24 Sept. 1914. The second in
Command of the 1st West Yorkshires wrote: “You will be proud to know
that he died a glorious death at the head of his Coy. The companies on
the firing line were tricked by the Germans, who advanced under cover
of the white flag, and then opened fire and enfiladed our men in the
trenches. Your husband then shouted out, ‘All who will not surrender
follow me,’ and retired fighting to the trenches on the left and was
soon shot down and killed by a rifle bullet. He was buried where he
fell with others of the Coy. I know no more details as no officers have
returned in A, B, or D Coy.” Major Ingles _m._ at Hartley Wintney,
Winchfield, Hants, Eugenia Ellen (93, Chelsea Gardens, Chelsea, S.W.),
dau. of Major-Gen. Charles Henry Owen, late R.A., of Camberley, co.
Surrey.
=INGLIS, CHARLES NORTH DALRYMPLE=, Lieut., Indian Army Reserve of
Officers, attd. 2/8th Gurkha Rifles, 4th _s._ of Robert Inglis,
Lovestone, Girvan, Ayrshire, J.P., by his wife, Isabella F., dau. of
the Rev. Alexander Willison; _b._ Lovestone afsd., 17 June, 1880;
educ. Ayr Academy, and afterwards went through an engineering course
in Glasgow, on completing which he obtained a Government appointment
in India in 1904, on the Eastern Bengal State Railway. He took a great
interest in the Volunteer movement and was a Capt. in the Railway
Volunteers. After the outbreak of war he was gazetted Lieut. to the
Indian Reserve of Officers in Feb. 1915. He left India for France
attached to the 2/8th Gurkha Rifles, in March, 1915, and was killed
in action near Neuve Chapelle, 25 Sept. 1915; _unm._ Buried in a
trench at the corner of Bois de Biez Wood. On this occasion the 2/8th
Gurkhas lost their Col. and eleven of their officers killed and wounded
and only 100 out of 600 of the regiment escaped. Inglis was a keen
Rugby player; was a member of Turnberry Golf Club, and played in many
matches. He was also an excellent tennis player. He and his brother
(Capt. David Inglis, also killed, see following notice) did a good deal
of shooting together in India, and both secured some fine big game
trophies.
[Illustration: =Charles N. D. Inglis.=]
=INGLIS, DAVID=, Capt. and Adjutant, 1st Battn. 4th Gurkha Rifles,
yst. _s._ of Robert Inglis, Lovestone, Girvan, Ayrshire, J.P., by
his wife, Isabella F., dau. of the Rev. Alexander Willison; _b._
Girvan afsd., 21 April, 1884; educ. Ayr Academy (1893–97); Glasgow
Academy (1897–1900); and Bedford (1900–2), and the Royal Military
College, Sandhurst (1902–3); gazetted 2nd Lieut., unattached, Indian
Army, 19 Aug. 1903; served his first year with the Northamptonshire
Regt., and was posted to the 4th Gurkhas at Bakloh, 18 Dec. 1904;
promoted Lieut. 18 Nov. 1905, and Capt. 19 Aug. 1912; appointed Double
Company Officer, 1 March, 1906, and Adjutant, 21 March, 1913; went to
France with his regiment, leaving India 24 Aug. 1914, and was killed
in action near Givenchy, 19 Dec. 1914; _unm._ He was mentioned in
F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant
and distinguished service in the field. His sports were Rugby, which he
continued out in India, winning with the Gurkha team General Brown’s
Cup in 1906; golf, member of Turnberry Golf Club, shooting and fishing.
[Illustration: =David Inglis.=]
=INGRAM, FREDERICK JAMES=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 556,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=INGRAM, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3705), S.S. 1032, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=INGRAM, JAMES=, Private, No. 63467, 3rd Battn. (West Mounted
Rifles) Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of John Jonas
Ingram, of 15, Syphon Street, Porth, co. Glamorgan, Collier, by his
wife, Mary Ann, dau. of late James Dyer; _b._ Porth, 25 July,
1894; educ. Winford and Dundry, near Bristol; emigrated to Montreal in
1912; joined the Canadian Grenadier Guards, for Home Defence, shortly
after the declaration of war; was subsequently transferred to the
West Mounted Rifles in order to go to the front; came over with the
2nd Contingent in Jan. 1915, went to France in May, and was killed in
action at Givenchy, 16 June, 1915; _unm._ Buried at Ducks Bill
there.
=INGRAM, WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class, 293088, H.M.S. Laurel; killed
in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=INGRAM, WILLIAM HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111804, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=INNES, ALEXANDER BEROWALD=, of Raemoir, Cowie, and Dunnottar,
Lieut., 7th Battn. Gordon Highlander (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the
late Alexander Innes, Younger of Raemoir, Cowie and Dunnottar, J.P.,
D.L., by his first wife, Helen Eytham, only child of the Rev. S. W.
King, Rector of Saxlingham, Norfolk; _b._ Cowie House, Stonehaven,
co. Kincardine, 10 Sept. 1872; educ. King’s College, Canterbury,
and Trinity College, Glenalmond, and on leaving the latter, studied
practical Engineering. He served in the South African War, 1901–2,
with the Scottish Horse and received the Queen’s medal with three
clasps. In 1900, he succeeded to the estates of Raemoir and Dunnottar,
Kincardineshire, and was a J.P., and D.L. for that county, and a member
of His Majesty’s Body Guard of Archers. On the outbreak of the European
War he was gazetted Lieut. 7th Gordon Highlanders, 10 Oct. 1914; went
to France, 1 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 18 June,
1915. Buried, Le Touret. He _m._ at Dunfermline, 1 Dec. 1910,
Mary, sister of 2nd Lieut. David Alexander Beveridge, R.F.A. (died on
active service, 13 Sept. 1915), and only dau. of Erskine Beveridge,
of St. Leonard’s Hill, Dunfermline, and Vallay, North Uist; LL.D.;
_s.p._
[Illustration: =Alexander Berowald Innes.=]
=INNES, DANIEL COTTIER=, E.R.A., 1st Class (Pensioner), 269616,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=INNES, IAN CHARLES=, Lieut., 2nd Battn., 2nd King Edward’s Own
Gurkha Rifles (Sirmoor Rifles), Indian Army, only surviving _s._
of the late Charles Innes, of Inverness, by his wife, Constance
(Bishops Thorpe, Inverness), dau. of John Andrew; _b._ 23 Oct.
1885; educ. The College, Inverness, and Fettes College, Edinburgh;
gazetted 2nd Lieut., East Kent Regt., from the Militia, 16 Jan. 1907,
and promoted Lieut., 16 April, 1909; served at Harrismith, South
Africa, and Hong Kong; transferred to the Indian Army in 1909; came
to Europe with the Indian Expeditionary Force in Oct. 1914; and was
killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 2 Nov. 1914; _unm._ His
Commanding Officer wrote: “His death was a gallant one, in keeping with
his character and life. The enemy had, by high explosive shell fire,
obliterated and rendered untenable the trenches occupied by us. Innes
with a few others gathered together and made a final charge against the
advancing Germans, and so met his death.” While at Fettes College he
was in the cricket XI and Fives X.
[Illustration: =Ian Charles Innes.=]
=INNES, JAMES IAN=, Private, No. 2040, 1/14th Battn. (The London
Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of William Innes, of
Clinterty, Kinnellar, co. Aberdeen, by his wife, Christina, dau. of
James R. Grieve; _b._ Merriness, Tibbermore, co. Perth, 12 Aug.
1893; educ. Ashley Road School, and Gordon’s College, Aberdeen; served
his apprenticeship in the Royal Bank there, and was appointed to the
London Office of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 1
Sept. 1913; joined the London Scottish, 2 March, 1914; mobilised on
the outbreak of war in Aug., and volunteered for foreign service; went
to France with the 2nd draft of the 1st Battn. 23 Nov.; went into the
trenches 22 Dec. and was killed in action at Givenchy, 3 Jan. 1915;
_unm._ He was buried there in the vicinity of a farm outside the
trenches. His company commander, Capt. Claude Low, D.S.O., in returning
a testament found on him, wrote: “I was very sorry to lose such a fine
soldier and I will ever bear in mind the calm way in which he and his
comrades kept their ground with no sign of fear, and earned for us the
thanks of those in higher authority.” He was a keen lover of sport,
a member of the Bank’s cricket and football teams, and the secretary
of the cricket club, in a letter of sympathy, said how highly he was
esteemed by all who knew him, adding “to use a cricketing phrase, ‘he
always played the straight bat in everything that he did.’”
[Illustration: =James Ian Innes.=]
=INNES, JOHN=, Private, No. 11068, 4th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late James Innes, Distillery
Worker, and Mary Mason (758 Great Northern Road, Woodside, Aberdeen),
dau. of the late James Thompson, of Botriphnie; _b._ Botriphnie,
co. Banff, 17 Jan. 1894; educ. Keith Public School; went to Canada
in June, 1911, and after working on the Railway at Winnipeg went to
Oakville and entered the employ of the firm of James Langmuir; joined
the Canadian Expeditionary Force on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914;
came over with the first contingent in Oct.; went to France in Feb.,
and died at the Casualty Clearing Station, 26 April, 1915, of wounds
received in action in the Ypres; _unm._ Buried in Hazebrouck
Cemetery. A Canadian Officer wrote: “Your son was one to be proud of. I
knew him for years. He was a steady pushing young man, a keen soldier,
and died a hero.”
[Illustration: =John Innes.=]
=INNOCENT, JAMES ALFRED=, 2nd Yeoman of Signals (R.F.R., B. 1743),
206250, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=INSTONE, LEONARD FREDERICK=, Private, No. 10128, 3rd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, eldest _s._ of Louis Frederick Instone, now
Coy. Sergt.-Major, 14th East Yorkshires, by his wife, Constance Evelyn
(66, Seaton Street, Fountain Road, Hull), dau. of Allan Greenwood
Cameron Templeton; _b._ Belgaum, India, 20 July, 1897; educ.
Newland Avenue Council School, Hull; on 16 May, 1913, when barely
16, he enlisted in the 1st Battn. of the Coldstreams (giving his age
as 18 years and 10 months) and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914,
accompanied them to France, went through the retreat from Mons and
came home slightly wounded in the foot; he was then attached to the
3rd Battn. and returned to the Front, 22 Oct. and was in the trenches
off and on until 1 May, 1915, when he was shot through the head
about 9 p.m. while trench digging at Givenchy. He was buried in the
Military Cemetery, “Windy Corner,” Givenchy; _unm._ Instone was
an exceptionally fine swimmer, winning the cup for the Junior Champion
Swimmer of Hull, also a silver watch.
[Illustration: =Leonard Frederick Instone.=]
=IRELAND, WILLIAM=, A.B., R.F.R., 162585, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=IRONS, ERNEST=, Ordinary Signalman, J. 8011, H.M.S. Cressy; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=IRONSIDE, ROBERT STEWART=, D.C.M., Battery-Sergt.-Major, No.
33255, 120th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, eldest _s._ of
Coy.-Sergt.-Major William Stewart Ironside, of the Tynemouth Artillery
Volunteers, by his wife, Hannah, dau. of Robert Roberts; _b._
Sheffield Barracks, 8 Oct. 1883; educ. Elementary Schools, Leeds and
Scarborough. He enlisted in the Northumberland Fusiliers, 28 July,
1903, and was transferred to the R.F.A. in Nov. of the same year,
joining his battery at Newbridge, Ireland. Drafted to India in Oct.
1906, he served first in Kirkee and then in Karachi, returning with
the 29th Battery to Ireland. He was promoted Sergt. and sent to the
120th Battery, then serving in Newbridge, where he was when war was
declared. Leaving with that Battery for the Front, he served in France
and Flanders, was seriously wounded in action on 8 Nov. 1914, and died
the following day, without recovering consciousness, in No. 2 Clearing
Station, Bailleul; _unm._ Major L. Wilson wrote to his sister:
“You will, I am sure, be proud to know of the splendid record he has
left behind in his Battery. He had been promoted Battery-Sergt.-Major
ten days or so ago, and only yesterday morning we received information
that he had been awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. He had just
come back from seeing the General, who had sent for him to congratulate
him on this distinction, when a shell fell in the trench where the
Battery headquarters were, almost on the top of him, and he was
dangerously wounded. You have the sympathy of the officers and men in
the Battery. The Army can ill spare such a brave and capable soldier as
your brother was.” He was awarded the D.C.M. [London Gazette, 11 Nov.
1914], the official record stating: “Although wounded at St. Ghislain
on 23 Aug., 1914, he continued to act as No. 1 of his Sub-Section under
heavy gun and rifle fire and for subsequent valuable work.” His younger
brother, Sergt. William Stewart Ironside, was promoted Lieut. for
service in the field, 1 Oct. 1914, and won the Military Cross at Hooge
on 14 Aug. 1915.
[Illustration: =Robert Stewart Ironside.=]
=IRVEN, WALTER JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3648), 176302, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=IRVINE, CHRISTOPHER THEODORE CORRIE=, Lieut., 25th Punjabis, yst.
_s._ of the late Inspector-Gen. Gerard James Irvine, R.N., by his
wife, Henrietta (St. Andrew’s, Naini Tal, India), dau. of William Byrom
Corrie, of Cheltenham, and nephew of Charles Edward Robert Alexander
Irvine, of Drumgoon Manor, co. Fermanagh; _b._ 27 Jan. 1889;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Connaught Rangers, from the Special Reserve,
11 Dec. 1909, and promoted Lieut. 11 Feb. 1911; transferred to the
Indian Army in Aug. 1912, serving temporarily with the 25th Punjabi
Cavalry; went to the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 28
June, 1915; _unm._ His eldest brother Capt. Gerard Byrom Corrie
Irvine, Bopal Infantry, was wounded in the early part of the war.
=IRVINE, FRANCIS DUNCAN=, Major, R.E., Brigade Major, 1st Infantry
Brigade, Australian Expeditionary Force, elder _s._ of Duncan
Irvine, of 45, Cathcart Road, S.W., I.C.S. (ret.), by his wife,
Emily Gertrudes, dau. of Thomas Maguire; _b._ Waltain, Madras
Presidency, India, 20 Jan. 1875; educ. Clifton College, and Royal
Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.E., 15 March, 1895;
promoted Lieut. 15 March, 1898, Capt. 1 April, 1904, and Major 30
Oct. 1914; took part in the Waziristan Expedition, N.W. Frontier of
India, 1901–2 (medal with clasp); served with his regt. at Bangalore,
and elsewhere in India, until July, 1913, when he was appointed for
duty with the Australian Forces, serving as a General Staff Officer
(3rd Grade), and, on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, was appointed
Brigade Major, 1st Infantry Brigade, A.I.F., under the command of Col.
McLaurin; trained his Brigade in Egypt; took part in the landing at the
Dardanelles, 24–25 April, 1915, and was killed in action on the 27th
at Gaba Tepe, being shot by a sniper in the firing line. He was buried
near the spot where he fell. Col. ... wrote: “To my great regret your
son was killed on Tuesday, 22 April, while doing his duty sorting
troops into trenches.... We, too, have suffered a loss, as your son had
from the time of the organisation of the force laboured unceasingly,
and it was greatly due to his efforts that the 1st Rifle Brigade had
reached the standard of efficiency to which the supreme test showed it
had attained. In your son I have lost a comrade to whom I was greatly
indebted. He was General Staff Officer of the 2nd Military District
(N.S.W.) and I am glad to be able to tell you in all sincerity that on
the outbreak of war a vast amount of the work was put in hand smoothly
and methodically by reason of the efficient preparation which your
son had made. I can never be sufficiently grateful for the thorough
and whole hearted help which he gave.” Major Irvine _m._ at The
Oratory, Brompton, London, 23 Oct. 1906, Emily Marion, dau. of Col.
Terence McGann, I.M.S., and had a son, Ian Robert, _b._ Bangalore,
14 Feb. 1910.
[Illustration: =Francis Duncan Irvine.=]
=IRVINE, STANNUS CHARLES EDWARD=, Lieut., Northern Rhodesian
Rifles, 4th _s._ of the late Col. John Gerard Irvine, of
Killadeas, co. Fermanagh, J.P., D.L., by his wife, Elizabeth Daniell
(Killadeas, co. Fermanagh), dau. of William Daniell, of Ballymackney,
co. Monaghan; _b._ Kingstown, co. Dublin, 18 June, 1873; educ.
Trinity College, Dublin; was a Civil Engineer; went to Rhodesia in
March, 1897 and afterwards took up farming; joined the Northern
Rhodesian Rifles on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, and
died at Fife, N.R., 18 April, 1915, from wounds received in action on
the North-East Frontier, Northern Rhodesia, while capturing a German
stockade; _unm._ He was the first to enter the stockade, and was
buried in the cemetery at Fife, Northern Rhodesia, with full military
honours.
=IRVINE, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14223 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=IRVING, JOHN VICTOR=, Private, No. 2650, 4th Battn. The Royal
Scots (T.F.), _s._ of John Irving, of 31, Scotland Street,
Edinburgh, by his wife, Jemima, dau. of the late James McIntosh, lessee
Craigleith Quarry; _b._ Mossgiel, Corstorphine, co. Midlothian, 5
June, 1887; educ. Daniel Stewart’s College, Edinburgh; was a Clerk in
the North British and Mercantile Insurance Office; volunteered after
the outbreak of war and enlisted in the 4th Royal Scots in Nov. 1914;
trained at Edinburgh; left for the Dardanelles, 23 May, 1915, and was
killed in action there, 12 July, 1915, during a counter-attack on the
Turkish position; _unm._ He was Organist and Choirmaster in the
John Ker Memorial Church, Edinburgh.
=IRVING, WILLIAM CHARLES=, Leading Stoker, 300112, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=IRWIN, GEORGE=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 154211, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=ISAACS, ALFRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5295), 178510, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ISAAC, HOPKIN=, Private, No. 8672, A Coy., 3rd Battn. Dorsetshire
Regt., 5th _s._ of Howell Isaac, Collier, Navigation Colliery,
Treharris, by his wife, Ann, dau. of Lewis Lewis; _b._ Treharris,
co. Glamorgan, 30 Jan. 1888; educ. Board School there; was a Colliery
Haulier; served for about eight months in the Monmouthshire R.E. in
1906; enlisted in the Dorsetshire Regt., after the outbreak of war, 31
Aug. 1914, trained at Weymouth; went to France, 13 April, 1915, and was
killed in action at Hill 60, during the second Battle of Ypres, 2 May,
1915; _unm._ He was a good athlete, and won several prizes for
racing, cycling, and boxing, also medals for football.
[Illustration: =Hopkin Isaac.=]
=ISTED, WILLIAM=, Trooper, No. 125, 1st Australian Light Horse,
Australian Imperial Force, 4th _s._ of the late John Isted, Farm
Bailiff, by his wife, Fanny (Burwash Common, co. Sussex), dau. of the
late Alfred Wells, of Burwash; _b._ Mayfield, co. Sussex, 2 July,
1892; educ. St. Philip’s School, Burwash Weald; went to Australia in
1912; settled at an up-country station, Cootamundra, where he was an
employee on a large farm; subsequently returned to Sydney, and then
took up a situation at Mr. Morgan’s, Torrilla, near Scone, N.S.W.;
volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914,
and joined the 1st Australian Light Horse; served in Egypt and at the
Dardanelles, and died at No. 1 Australian General Hospital, Cairo,
16 Aug. 1915, of gunshot wounds received in action at Gallipoli;
_unm._ Buried in Old Cairo Cemetery. His company officer wrote
referring to the loss which the Regt. had sustained, and spoke in the
highest terms of his popularity and fine soldierly qualities. His three
brothers, Private Victor Isted, Private George Isted, and Private Frank
Isted, are now (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =William Isted.=]
=IVE, DAVID=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Queen’s Royal West Surrey
Regt., eldest _s._ of Ernest Ive, of The Hermitage, Meadvale,
Redhill, Surrey, Assoc. M.Inst.C.E., by his wife, St. Claire, dau. of
William George Taylor, of Carshalton, Surrey; _b._ Kensington, 27
May, 1894; educ. Reigate Grammar School, where he was a cadet in the
O.T.C.; passed the Army Qualifying Examination in Nov. 1913; gazetted
2nd Lieut. Special Reserve of Officers, 1 Oct. 1913, receiving his
preliminary training with the 1st Battn. Royal West Surreys; posted
to the 2nd Battn. 1 Sept. 1914; went to France with his regt., which
formed part of the 7th Division, on 5 Oct. 1914; took part in the
severe fighting on the way to Ypres, and was killed in action there, 23
Oct. 1914; _unm._ Buried at Ypres.
[Illustration: =David Ive.=]
=IVES, WILLIAM HENRY=, Private, R.M.L.I., 5624 (R.F.R., B. 1189),
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=IVINS, JOHN HERBERT=, L.-Corpl., No. 7794, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, only _s._ of John Arthur Ivins, of 1, Flaxley Road,
Stechford, Birmingham, Carpet Planner with Chamberlain, King & Jones,
Birmingham, by his wife, Jessie Maude, dau. of James Nicholds, of
Woodville, Selly Park, Birmingham; _b._ Yardley, Birmingham, 12
March, 1892; educ. Yardley School and St. John’s Sparkhill, Birmingham;
enlisted 13 April, 1908; went to France with the 1st Expeditionary
Force in Aug. 1914, and was given his stripe at the Front; served
through the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne,
and the advance to the Belgian frontier, etc., and was killed in action
at Eppinette, 29 Dec. 1914; _unm._ Sergt. Leaman wrote: “We were
being relieved when Jack, who was getting out of the trench, was hit in
the head by a stray bullet, and before we got to him was dead.” He was
buried in Le Touret Cemetery.
[Illustration: =John Herbert Ivins.=]
=IZZARD, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R. Ch. B. 7556), S.S.
102795, H.M.S. Aboukir lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=JACKMAN, ALBERT EDWARD=, Chief Armourer, 341931; served some time
in H.M.S. Cressy (discharged 24 July, 1914); then joined H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=JACKSON, EDWARD PHILLIPS=, Lieut., 3rd (Reserve) Battn. Royal
Warwickshire Regt., attd. 1st South Wales Borderers, 2nd _s._ of
the Rev. William Edward Jackson, M.A., Rector of Loughton, co. Bucks,
formerly scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge, by his wife, Mary
Louisa, dau. of John Broadhurst, of Congleton; _b._ Monks Kirby
Vicarage, co. Warwick, 11 Dec. 1893; educ. Newchurch Grammar School,
King’s School, Warwick, and Trinity College, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. 3rd Royal Warwicks, 15 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 2 Feb.
1915; left for France, 25 Dec. 1914, when he was attached to the 1st
South Wales Borderers, and was killed in action at Richebourg l’Avoué,
9 May, 1915. Buried there; _unm._ His Major wrote: “He was
absolutely fearless and was very popular with those over him and under
him.”
[Illustration: =Edward Phillips Jackson.=]
=JACKSON, FREDERICK JAMES=, L.-Corpl., No. 58, 1st Battn. The
Rifle Brigade, Machine Gun Section, 2nd _s._ of Harry Mayland
Jackson, of The Ben Jonson, Goodman’s Yard, Minories, E.C., by his
wife, Louisa Greenslade, dau. of the late James Young, of the Ferndale
Hotel, Manor Way, Woolwich; _b._ Woolwich, 16 Sept. 1892; educ.
St. Leonard Road Board School, Bromley-by-Bow, E.; enlisted in the
1st Rifle Brigade, May, 1913; left for France, 8th Aug. 1914; att. to
1st Battn. (Special Reserve), and was killed in action, near Pilken,
6 July, 1915; _unm._ Sergt. P. Blent, of the Machine Gun Section
of his Battn., wrote: “Firstly, I must tell you that if any man earned
the V.C. in the war, he did, for the part he took in the attack of
ours on 6 July. He was trying to get his gun into action when he was
wounded, first of all in the shoulder; this did not deter him, for he
still endeavoured to do what he had set out to do, but unfortunately
he was wounded again, this time in the face. He then had to give up
the attempt, and took to his right and opened fire, and it was while
doing this he met his death, for a piece of shrapnel entered the back
of his head, and he died almost instantly. His conduct throughout was
magnificent and he died a real hero.” The two brothers of L.-Corpl.
Jackson are serving in the Army, one of whom, L.-Corpl. A. E. Jackson,
of the 3rd Wiltshire Regt., was wounded at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March,
1915.
[Illustration: =Frederick James Jackson.=]
=JACKSON, JOHN=, Stoker, R.N.R., S. 3123, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=JACKSON, JOHN GEORGE=, Private, No. 8972, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Frank Leighton, of Howden, Yorks, Farm Labourer,
by his wife, Alice, dau. of James Jackson; _b._ Howden, Yorks,
13 Jan. 1880; educ. Church of England School there; enlisted in 1911,
went to France, 1914, and died a prisoner of war at Schneidemühl, in
Germany, 8 Feb. 1915; _unm._
=JACKSON, JOSHUA GRAHAM=, Corpl., No. 10/570, 3rd Auckland Battn.
New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late Joshua Jackson,
of Auckland, New Zealand, J.P., Sharebroker; _b._ Auckland, New
Zealand, 3 Aug. 1881; educ. Northcote School there; and was in the
employ of the Railway Service. On the outbreak of war he volunteered,
left New Zealand with the main body in Oct. 1914; trained in Egypt
during the winter; took part in the repulse of the Turkish attack on
the Suez Canal in Feb. 1915, and in the landing at the Dardanelles on
25 April; was seriously wounded that day and invalided to England,
where he spent several months; returned to duty in Nov. and had only
been two days at Gallipoli when he was shot in the stomach by a sniper,
while going to the beach to get water. He died on board the Hospital
Ship Neuralia, 11 Nov. 1915, and was buried at sea between Rhodes and
Alexandria; _unm._
[Illustration: =Joshua Graham Jackson.=]
=JACKSON, SOLOMON=, Private, R.M.L.I., 11701 (R.F.R., Ch. B.
1876), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=JACKSON, THOMAS=, Private, No. 5451, 2nd Battn. East Lancashire
Regt., _s._ of George Jackson, of 11, Smalley Street, Grimshaw
Park, Blackburn; _b._ Primrose Hill, 28 Sept. 1891; enlisted in
the East Lancashires, passed into the Reserve, 22 Oct. 1913; rejoined
his Battn. on the outbreak of war, and was killed in action during the
advance of the 8th Division against the German position at Fromelles, 9
May, 1915; _unm._
=JACKSON, THOMAS WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 6620,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=JACKSON, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 17559, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=JACQUES, FRANCIS AUGUSTUS=, Lieut.-Col., 14th (King George’s
Own) Ferozepore Sikhs, 3rd _s._ of the Rev. Canon Kinton Jacques,
Rector of Brindle, co. Lancs. (died 24 April, 1915), by his wife,
Caroline Augusta, dau. of the Rev. Gardnor Baldwin; _b._ Leyland,
co. Lancaster, 9 April, 1867; educ. Rossall School; gazetted 2nd Lieut.
from the Militia to the Loyal North Lancashire Regt., 6 Nov. 1887,
and promoted Lieut. 22 March, 1890; served for a few months with the
11th Rajputs and was then posted to the 14th Sikhs; joined the Indian
S.C., 6 Sept. 1890, and transferred to the Indian Army, becoming Capt.
16 Nov. 1898, Major 16 Nov. 1905, and Lieut.-Col. 16 Nov. 1913. He
served with the Hazara Expedition, 1891 (medal with clasp); with the
Waziristan Expedition in 1894–5 (clasp); in the Tochi Campaign on
the North-West Frontier, 1897–8 (medal with clasp), and in 1900 with
the force that went to China (medal), and was temporarily Second in
Command of the 45th Sikhs from Dec. 1909 to Dec. 1910, and of the 29th
Punjabis, April to Oct. 1911. After the outbreak of the European War he
went with his regt. to Egypt, took part in the repulse of the Turkish
attack on the Suez Canal, afterwards proceeding to the Dardanelles,
where he was killed in action, 4 June, 1915. A brother officer wrote:
“I don’t think your husband knew what fear was, he was always so cheery
when there was any show going on that it did one good to see him and
be near him, and so it must have been to the last;” and his subaltern,
who was two yards from him when he was killed, wrote: “I shall always
appreciate your husband’s memory, not only as my double company
Commander, but as a friend. Your husband was wonderfully cool and calm
in action, much the same as when on parade. He knew that we had little
chance of coming out of the advance alive, but he was cheerful to the
last. His last words to me before breakfast were that he did not fear
death at all, because you and his children were well provided for. That
was about the only time I saw him in what one might call a serious
mood.” He _m._ at Brindle, co. Lancaster, 27 July, 1904, Olivia
Katherine, dau. of Burkill Jacques, of San Diego, California, and had
two daughters: Barbara Caroline, _b._ 18 Jan. 1912; and Ruth
Olivia, _b._ 6 Feb. 1914.
[Illustration: =Francis Augustus Jacques.=]
=JAGGER, OLIVER ROBIN OCTAVIUS=, Cadet Royal Navy, H.M.S.
Bulwark, yst. _s._ of Arthur Edward Jagger, of Coundon Lodge,
near Coventry, Chairman of Singer & Co., Ltd., Coventry, by his wife,
Sarah Lucy, dau. of William Burton, of Allesley, near Coventry;
_b._ Coundon Lodge, near Coventry, 27 Sept. 1898; educ. Pretoria
House, Folkestone, and the Osborne and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges;
appointed Cadet to H.M.S. Bulwark, 2 Aug. 1914; and was lost when that
ship was blown up in Sheerness Harbour, 26 Nov. following.
[Illustration: =Oliver R. O. Jagger.=]
=JAMES, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 6581), 354275,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=JAMES, DAVID=, Petty Officer, 183045, R.N.; killed in action at
Tsing-tau, 22 Aug. 1914, on board H.M. Destroyer Kennet, while engaged
in chasing the German destroyer S. 90.
=JAMES, ERIC SAMUEL PENNANT KINGSBURY=, Capt. 6th (Reserve),
attd. 4th, Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, only _s._ of Edward
Lewis James, of Holly Lodge, Larkhall Rise, S.W., F. Chemical S.,
F.R.H.S., by his wife, Sarah; _b._ Clapham, 4 Sept. 1887; educ.
Manor House School, Clapham; St. Paul’s School (Foundation Scholar);
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (an Open Classical Exhibitioner,
John Stock Exhibitioner and College Prizeman, B.A. (2nd Class
Honours Classical Tripos) 1909; and M.A. 1914); and the University
of Paris; was assistant-master and house-master at Oundle School,
1910; assistant-master at Merchant Taylors’ School, 1913; appointed
2nd Lieut. Territorial Force (unattd. list), 23 March, 1910; promoted
Lieut. 18 Oct. 1912, and Capt. 15 Jan. 1914, and served in the O.T.C.
at Oundle and Merchant Taylors’; gazetted Capt. to 6th (Reserve)
Battn. K.R.R.C., 20 Sept. 1914; left for France, 6 Jan. 1915, and was
attached to 4th Battn., and was killed in action about 21 miles from
Dickebusch, at midnight on 17 March, 1915; _unm._ Capt. Hugo
Watson, then temporarily in command of the 4th K.R.R.C. wrote: “He
was shot in the head last night, about 11.45, while standing behind
a breastwork, superintending his men at work filling sandbags. He
was killed instantly. We buried him to-day in the Military Cemetery
at Dickebusch, four miles from Ypres and 2½ miles from where he was
killed.... I cannot tell you what a great loss he is. I was Adjutant of
the 6th K.R.R.C., till recently when I came out here.... I know what
splendid work he did at Sheerness, and how Colonel Brownlow depended
on him. I was with him last Sunday, when we had a very nasty time; he
was very cool and did admirably”; and Lieut.-Col. Brownlow, commanding
the 6th Battalion, wrote: “He did excellent work for me down here,
and I heard he was doing real well in France. He was most popular and
looked up to by everybody, and was a very smart and efficient soldier.”
The 4th Battn. K.R.R.C. was specially mentioned in Sir John (now Lord)
French’s Despatch of 5 April, 1915, for “a very gallant attack on the
enemy’s trenches on 2 March.” Capt. James was an excellent oarsman.
He was Second Boat Captain at Corpus Christi, Cambridge, rowed in the
College boat at Henley, 1909, and was a member of the Thames Rowing
Club. He was also a good rifle shot and passed the School of Musketry
at Hythe. He annually visited the Continent and was a good linguist,
and at Merchant Taylors’ he attracted considerable attention by the
success of his original methods of teaching history.
[Illustration: =Eric S. P. K. James.=]
=JAMES, GEORGE MILLAIS=, Capt. 1st Battn. The Buffs (East Kent
Regt.), and Brigade-Major, 22nd Infantry Brigade, 7th Division, elder
_s._ of the late Major William Christopher James, Royal Scots
Greys and 16th Lancers, by his wife, Effie Grey, dau. of the late Sir
John Millais, 1st Bart., P.R.A., the eminent painter, and grandson of
the late Lord Justice Sir William Milburn James; _b._ London, 15
Nov. 1880; educ. Cheltenham and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st
Northumberland Fusiliers, 6 Dec. 1899; promoted Lieut. 17 Feb. 1900;
and Capt. 30 May, 1904. He served in the South African War, 1899–1902;
taking part in operations in Orange Free State, April to May, 1900,
in the Transvaal, West of Pretoria, July to 29 Nov. 1900, including
action at Venterskroon, in which he was slightly wounded; in Orange
River Colony, May to July, 1900, including action at Rhenoster River;
in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900 to Jan. 1902; and in Cape Colony, Jan.
to 31 May, 1902. For his services he was mentioned twice in Despatches
[London Gazette, 9 July and 10 Sept. 1901] and received the Queen’s
medal with three clasps and the King’s with two clasps. After the war,
he was stationed with his battn. at Wynberg, Cape Colony, in Mauritius,
and in India, and was Adjutant from 1 Oct. 1903 to 30 Sept. 1906. He
was transferred to the 1st Buffs, then at Aldershot, 20 May, 1908, and
in 1910 entered the Staff College, and, having passed through it with
distinction, was, on 7 Sept. 1912, appointed Brigade-Major, Pretoria
District, South Africa. On the outbreak of war he returned to England
and was appointed Brigade-Major, 22nd Infantry Brigade, 18 Sept. 1914.
He left for France with the famous and ill-fated 7th Division, under
Gen. Capper, on 4 Oct. his Brigadier being Gen. Lawford, and was killed
in action near Ypres, during the first battle of that name, 3 Nov.
following. Buried in a wood, about three miles S.W. of Ypres. Capt.
James _m._ in London, 16 Oct. 1907, Hylda Madeleine, only dau. of
Sir James Heath, of Oxendon Hall, Market Harborough, 1st Bart., and had
two daus.: Eileen Alice, _b._ 19 June, 1909; and Daphne Millais,
_b._ 13 Jan. 1911.
[Illustration: =George Millais James.=]
=JAMES, JOHN STEPHEN HARVEY=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. King’s Royal
Rifle Corps, only child of Quintus Stephen Harvey James, of Croft
Lodge, Mill Hill, N.W., by his wife, Josephine, dau. of John Rees,
of Stafford House, South Hampstead; _b._ London, 22 Jan. 1894;
educ. Colet Court and St. Paul’s School, and at the outbreak of war
was a student at Guy’s Hospital. He had joined the Artists’ Rifles in
May, 1914, and on the outbreak of war was among the first to volunteer
for foreign service, and left for the Front on 25 Oct. 1914. He was
gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 17 March
following, and was killed in action at Richebourg l’Avoué during a
successful endeavour to capture some of the enemy’s trenches, in the
Battle of Festubert, 15–16 May, 1915. His Commanding Officer wrote:
“He was under me all the time he was with us. He was always cheerful,
imperturbable, and a thorough soldier. He died very bravely;” and Major
Armstrong: “Your boy had actually reached the German trench when he was
killed. We all deplore his loss.”
[Illustration: =John S. H. James.=]
=JAMES, PERCY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 8187), S.S. 1720, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=JAMES, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7911), S.S.
103598, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=JAMES, THOMAS SPENCER=, Rifleman, No. 2177, 12th Battn. (The
Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Major Arthur James,
Suffolk Regt., by his wife, Hannah Caroline (Newbury Quadrant Road,
Thornton Heath), dau. of William Ling, of Bury St. Edmunds; _b._
Ely, co. Cambridge, 30 Oct. 1891; educ. Whitgift School, Croydon;
joined The Rangers, 14 Aug. 1914; landed in France with the battn. on
Christmas Day following, and died in the 1st N.M. Field Ambulance, 8
May, 1915, of wounds received in action at Fortuin, near Ypres, on the
6th. Buried in Soldiers’ Cemetery, Hazebrouck; _unm._ His Platoon
Officer wrote: “Your boy was so generally liked by all his comrades,
whose spirits he greatly helped to keep alive, that his loss will be
much felt, particularly when we do get together again. We went through
so much together in my Platoon;” and a comrade: “24 April, we attacked
in open order in support of 1st Suffolks, to back up the Canadians, who
were gassed out. After this we were under continuous shell-fire both
night and day, and our Platoon was reduced to four men, when in the
early morning of May 6 a shell burst in our trench, and we were all put
out of action. Your son was much liked in the Company, always ready to
do a good turn to anybody; he was full of pluck and always the first to
volunteer for any desperate task, in fact he was a soldier and a man
worthy to be the son of a soldier.”
[Illustration: =Thomas Spencer James.=]
=JAMESON, ARTHUR GEORGE=, Lieut.-Com., R.N., 3rd _s._ of
Robert William Jameson, of Campfield House, Dundrum, co. Dublin,
F.S.I., J.P., by his wife, Katherine Anne, dau. of Tooke Luscombe;
_b._ Dublin, 30 Sept. 1883; educ. Monkton Combe School, near Bath,
and H.M.S. Britannia, which he joined in Sept. 1898; appointed Naval
Cadet, 15 May, 1900, and Midshipman, 30 May following, and served on
board the Theseus and Repulse on the Mediterranean Station; promoted
Sub-Lieut. 30 July, 1903, and went through the various courses and
examinations to qualify for the rank of Lieut., taking four “firsts”;
served at home in the destroyer Waveney and on North American Station
in the Ariadne, flagship of Sir Day Bosanquet. He was promoted Lieut.
30 July, 1905, and in the same year joined H.M.S. Forth to qualify in
submarines, and was shortly afterwards appointed to the command of A8,
in which he served until May, 1908. He was then appointed to H.M.S.
Thames for command of C2, and in Jan. 1911, was appointed to H.M.S.
Neptune, the flagship of the Home Fleet, where he served under Sir
Francis Bridgeman and Sir George Callaghan. In April, 1912, he was
selected for the War Staff Course, being the junior officer of the
class and, after completing the course was, in Feb. 1913, appointed to
the Antrim for War Staff duties, where he served under Rear-Admiral
Madden and Rear-Admiral Pakenham. He was promoted Lieut.-Com. 3 July
following, and in March, 1914, he returned to the submarine service,
being appointed to the command of D2 in 8th Flotilla. He took part in
the Battle of the Bight of Heligoland; was mentioned in the despatch
of Commander Keyes, C.M., M.V.O., 17 Oct. 1914, and was drowned off
Yarmouth on 23 Nov. following, being washed overboard from submarine D2
while on active service. His body was not recovered. He _m._ at
St. Mary’s Church, North Huish, Devon, 5 Aug. 1908, Isabel, yst. dau.
of Augustus J. Pitman, of The Manor House, North Huish, and had a dau.,
Isabel Valerie, _b._ 10 Dec. 1913.
[Illustration: =Arthur George Jameson.=]
=JAMESON, HAROLD GORDON=, 2nd Lieut., 65th Field Coy. Royal
Engineers, 6th _s._ of Robert William Jameson, of Campfield
House, Dundrum, co. Dublin, F.S.I., J.P., by his wife, Katherine
Anne, dau. of the late Tooke Luscombe; _b._ Corgrig Lodge,
Foynes, co. Limerick, 11 Oct. 1888; educ. Monkton Combe School, near
Bath, and Trinity College, Dublin. Having completed his course at
the University he was, in Oct. 1911, appointed Assistant Director
of Works in the Sudan Irrigation Service (a branch of the P.W.D.,
Egyptian Government), and remained in this service until the summer of
1914, much of his time being spent in the Upper Nile Provinces, where
he got some big game shooting, and secured several good specimens,
including three elephants. He was in Ireland when war broke out,
and, having applied for a commission, was gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal
Engineers (S.R.), 1 Oct. 1914, and subsequently attached to the 65th
Field Coy. After training at Chatham and at the Curragh, he left for
the Dardanelles with the 10th Division in July, 1915, and was killed
in action at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, on the night of 15–16 Aug. 1915,
on a ridge on the Karakol Dagh which his company had been called out
to help to hold; _unm._ His commanding officer (who was himself
wounded on the 14 or 15 Aug.) wrote: “He was a general favourite
amongst officers and men. We had a hard time at the Dardanelles, but
your son’s never-failing courage and cheerfulness under these adverse
circumstances were of the greatest help to us all. His death is a great
loss to the 65th Coy., and to the R.E. of the 10th Division.”
[Illustration: =Harold Gordon Jameson.=]
=JAMESON, HAROLD RISBOROUGH=, Rifleman, No. 1931, 21st Battn. (1st
Surrey Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of William Alexander
Jameson, of Lynton, Warren Road, Purley, by his wife, Emma Risborough,
dau. of Henry Risborough Sharman, Barrister-at-Law; _b._ West
Norwood, S.E., 16 June, 1892; educ. Whitgift Middle School, Croydon;
was employed in the Anglo-South American Bank; joined the 1st Surrey
Rifles in Aug. 1914; left for France 22 March, and died 4 April, 1915,
of wounds received in action the previous day at Richebourg, where he
was shot by a sniper. Buried in Bethune Cemetery; _unm._ Capt. C.
W. B. Heslop wrote: “I reached your brother about five minutes after
he received his wound. He showed splendid pluck, for though in some
pain, he remained quite cheerful and smiling, and when carried away by
stretcher-bearers, called out greetings to all he knew.”
[Illustration: =Harold R. Jameson.=]
=JAMESON, MAURICE GURNEY=, Private, No. 1116, 1st Battn. The
Honourable Artillery Company, 3rd _s._ of the Rev. Hampden Gurney
Jameson, M.A., Vicar of St. Peter’s, Eastbourne, by his wife, Amy
Agnes, dau. of Robert Bayly, Barrister-at-Law, and a nephew of “Edna
Lyall” (the late Miss Ada Ellen Bayly), the novelist; _b._ St.
Peter’s Vicarage, Eastbourne, 3 Jan. 1887; educ. Eastbourne College,
where he was a member of the O.T.C.; was engaged in farming in
Oxfordshire when war broke out; joined the H.A.C. 6 Aug. 1914; left for
France, 30 Dec. 1914, and was killed in action near Ypres, 6 March,
1915. Buried at Kemmel; _unm._
=JAMIESON, ALEXANDER=, Stoker, 1st Class, 308993, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=JAMIESON, HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7287), S.S.
102309, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=JAMIESON, MABEL ELIZABETH=, Staff Nurse, New Zealand Army Nursing
Service, yst. dau. of Thomas Jamieson, of Seddon Street, Kumara,
Westland, South Island, New Zealand, Gold Miner, by his wife, Frances
Jane, dau. of the late Capt. Thomas Payne; _b._ Kumara, 21 July,
1881; educ. Kumara District High School, and while there passed Senior
Civil Service and Matriculation Examinations; entered Kumara Hospital
as a probationer, 1904, and two years later joined Staff of Palmerston
North Hospital, where she remained until her professional training
was completed; was Sister in Grey River Hospital for four years, and
then took up private nursing in Wellington; joined New Zealand Army
Nursing Service, 12 April, 1915, at which time she was in charge of
the Berhampope Military Hospital, Wellington; left for Egypt in the
Hospital Ship Maheno, 10 July, 1915, and was stationed in No. 1 New
Zealand Stationary Hospital, Port Said; left for Salonika in the
transport Marquetta, 19 Oct. following, and was lost when that ship was
sunk by torpedo fire in the Ægean Sea on the 23rd.
[Illustration: =Mabel Elizabeth Jamieson.=]
=JANASZ, JAMES GEORGE GEE=, 2nd Lieut. 3rd (Reserve) Battn.
Dorsetshire Regt., attd. 2nd Battn. Wiltshire Regt., only _s._ of
Józef Janasz, of Boscombe, co. Hants; _b._ London, 4 Jan. 1893;
educ. Sherborne (where he was for several years in the O.T.C.) and
Corpus Christi College, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to 3rd Dorsets, 4
Nov. 1914; left for France, 24 March, 1915, and was killed in action
near Festubert, 15 June following, while leading his platoon in an
attack on the German trenches; _unm._ His commanding officer,
Lieut.-Col. W. S. Brown, wrote: “I must express to you our great
admiration of your son. He died gallantly leading his men against the
enemy, and was shot through the head about 200 yards in front of the
German trenches. His Capt., who is the only officer not hit in the two
leading companies, could not say enough in his praise to-day.”
=JARDINE, JAMES MAXWELL MULLIN=, Private, No. 16642, 13th
(Service) Battn. The Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.), eldest _s._ of
Robert Maxwell Jardine, of 101, Blackburn Street, Plantation, Glasgow,
by his wife, Agnes, dau. of James Maxwell Mullin; _b._ Glasgow, 3
July, 1896; educ. St. Saviour’s School, Summerton Road, Glasgow; joined
the 13th Royal Scots, 18 Dec. 1914; left for France early in Sept.
1915; and was killed in action on the 17th of that month; _unm._
[Illustration: =J. M. M. Jardine.=]
=JARRAM, ERNEST=, A.B., 206322, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action
off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=JARRETT, AYLMER VIVIAN, D.S.O.=, Capt., 2nd Battn. York and
Lancaster Regt., 4th _s._ of Col. Henry Sullivan Jarrett, South
Lodge, East Grinstead, co. Sussex, C.I.E., by his wife, Agnes Delacour,
dau. of the late Francis Beaufort, Bengal C.S.; _b._ Calcutta, 11
July, 1879; educ. Stonyhurst College; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd York and
Lancaster Regt. 12 Aug. 1899; promoted Lieut. 16 Dec. 1900; and Capt. 1
Jan. 1906; was Adjutant of his Battn. from 1 Dec. 1904, to 3 Nov. 1907,
and from 29 Aug. 1908, to 19 Oct. 1911, was att. to the West African
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; was
mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French [London
Gazette, 22 June, 1915] for gallant and distinguished service in the
field and awarded the D.S.O. [London Gazette, 23 June, 1915], his name
having been sent up four times for special recognition, and died on 22
June, 1915, at Vlamatinghe of wounds received in action the same day
near Ypres. Buried near Vlamatinghe; _unm._ His elder brother,
Major C. H. B. Jarrett, was killed at the Dardanelles (see following
notice).
[Illustration: =Aylmer Vivian Jarrett.=]
=JARRETT, CHARLES HARRY BROWNLOW=, Major, 1st Battn. Royal Munster
Fusiliers, eldest _s._ of Col. Henry Sullivan Jarrett, of South
Lodge, East Grinstead, co. Sussex, C.I.E., by his wife, Agnes Delacour,
dau. of the late Francis Beaufort, Bengal C.S.; _b._ Calcutta,
26 Nov. 1874; educ. Stonyhurst College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st Royal
Munster Fusiliers, 10 Oct. 1894, and promoted Lieut. 2 Aug. 1897; Capt.
14 Jan. 1902, and Major, 19 Aug. 1914; served in the South African
War, 1901–2, taking part in the operations in the Transvaal, April to
31 May, 1902, and in the Orange River Colony, Jan. to April, 1902, and
May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with four clasps); and with the Mediterranean
Expeditionary Force; and was killed at Beach V, Gallipoli, during the
Battle of the Landing, 25 April, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Charles Harry B. Jarrett.=]
=JARROLD, FREDERICK ARTHUR=, Ordinary Seaman, R.N.V.R. (Sussex),
1/296, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=JARVIS, EDWARD WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, 311111, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=JARVIS, FREDERICK ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 4636 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=JASPER, WILLIAM=, A.B., 214626, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=JAY, CHRISTOPHER=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 9637), 202532,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=JAY, JOHN HENRY=, Chief Electrician, 2nd Class, 345147, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=JAYES, GEORGE WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4071), 191019, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=JEFFERSON, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9649, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=DUNNINGTON-JEFFERSON, WILFRED MERVYN=, 2nd Lieut., 7th, attd.
3rd, Battn. The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.), yst. _s._
of the late Capt. Mervyn Dunnington-Jefferson, 33rd Regt., by his wife,
Louisa Dorothy (Ashcroft, Old Nunthorpe, York), dau. of the Rev. J.
Barry, Rector of Great Smeaton, Yorkshire; _b._ at Middlethorpe
Hall, York, 2 April, 1892; educ. Radley, and Christ Church, Oxford,
where he graduated with honours; entered the Inner Temple, 1912;
volunteered on the outbreak of war; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 7th
Royal Fusiliers, 15 Aug. 1914; went to the Front in April, 1915, attd.
to the 3rd Battn., and was killed in action at the Second Battle of
Ypres, 25 April, 1915; _unm._ His elder brother, Major J. A.
Dunnington-Jefferson, is (1916) serving on the Headquarters Staff with
the Expeditionary Force in France.
[Illustration: =W. M. Dunnington-Jefferson.=]
=JEFFERY, CLAUD GIFFARD=, Capt., 2nd Battn. A.P.W.O. Yorkshire
Regt. (Green Howards), eldest _s._ of Herbert James Jeffery,
of Oak Mount, Manningham, Bradford, Solicitor, by his wife, Bertha
Greenwood, dau. of John Greenwood Sugden, of Eastwood House, Keighley,
Yorks, and grandson of Charles Jeffery, of Swaffham, Norfolk; _b._
Manningham, Bradford, 13 April, 1880; educ. Bradford Grammar School and
Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester; joined the Service Coy. of
the Vol. Battn. Yorkshire Regt., Dec. 1899, and went to South Africa
in Feb. 1900. He took part in operations in the Orange Free State,
May, 1900, including actions at Houtnek (Thoba Mountain), Vet River
(5 and 6 May), and Zand River; in the Transvaal, May and June, 1900,
including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill; in
operations East of Pretoria, July to Oct. 1900, including actions at
Belfast (26 and 27 Aug.), and in those in Cape Colony. For his services
in South Africa he received the Queen’s medal with six clasps, and
was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Yorkshires (Green Howards) on Lord
Kitchener’s nomination, 14 Sept. 1901. He served in India and again
in South Africa, being promoted Lieut. 12 May, 1904, and Capt. 25
Aug. 1909, while from 1 March, 1910, to 12 April, 1912 (when he was
seconded for service with the Egyptian Army), he was Adjutant to his
battn. at York and Blackdown. He was restored to the Establishment,
12 April, 1914; left for France with his battn. 4 Oct. 1914, and died
at Ypres on the 24th of the same month, of wounds received in action
on the 22nd near Gheluvelt. Buried in the cemetery at Ypres. He was
mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan.
1915. Capt. Jeffery was a keen all-round sportsman, his activities
embracing pig-sticking, polo, big game shooting, hunting, athletics and
regimental steeplechasing. He _m._ at Barbon, co. Westmoreland, 10
Feb. 1914, Nellie, widow of Spencer Anketell-Jones, and dau. of John
George Wilding, of Preston, co. Lancashire; _s.p._
=JEFFERY, ROBERT BERRY=, A.B., 195604 Chatham, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=JEFFERY, WILLIAM ALLEN=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 28350, H.M.S. Hawke,
_s._ of Wilfred John Jeffery, of 2, Elm Leigh Villas, Ash,
Aldershot, co. Surrey; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=JEFFREY, JOHN=, Trooper, No. 784, 1st Light Horse Regt.,
Australian Imperial Force, only _s._ of John Hogg Forrester
Jeffrey, of 5, Albany Street, Blairhill, Coatbridge, co. Lanark,
Analytical and Metallurgical Chemist, by his wife, Jeannie, dau. of
John Brownlie; _b._ Coatbridge, 22 May, 1895; educ. Gartsherrie
Academy, Coatbridge, and Allan Glens School, Glasgow; on leaving
school was for three years in the Engineering Works of Messrs. Murray
and Paterson of Coatbridge, and then went to Australia to take up
sheep-farming; joined the 1st Australian Light Horse at Sydney,
N.S.W. 27 Nov. 1914; left for Egypt, 6 Feb. 1915; proceeded to the
Dardanelles, 10 July, 1915, and was killed in action at Lone Pine,
Gallipoli, on the morning of 7 Aug. following, in the heroic charge of
the 1st Light Horse, from which only 13 out of 300 returned; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Jeffrey.=]
=JEFFRIES, HERBERT JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3423), 188870,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=JENINGS, GEORGE PIERSE CREAGH=, Lieut., 1st Battn. King’s
Shropshire L.I., 3rd _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Ulick Albert Jenings,
of Ironpool, co. Galway and Mervue, Monkstown, co. Dublin, late Army
Medical Service, J.P., by his wife, Isabel, dau. of Simon Macnamara
Creagh; _b._ Dublin, 4 Jan. 1885; educ. Royal Military College,
Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to 1st King’s Shropshire L.I., 16 Aug.
1905, and promoted Lieut., 20 Jan. 1907; left for France in Aug. 1914;
was Assistant Adjutant to his battn., and was killed in action at
the Rue de Bois, near Armentières, 6 Nov. 1914. Buried at the Rue de
Bois; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote: “He was machine-gun
officer and was using his glasses at the barrier to find a target for
his gun, when suddenly a volley was fired by the enemy and he was shot
dead. He was a very promising officer, and is a great loss not only
to the regt., but to the Army. He was very popular with officers and
men, and had done real good work throughout the war”; and an A.D.C.,
Headquarters, 6th Division, wrote: “He had been most dashing and
gallant ... and is a terrible loss.”
=JENKINS, JOHN REGINALD=, Sergt., No. 1853, 13th Battn. (Princess
Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.). eldest _s._ of
James Jenkins, of 24, Wallingford Avenue, North Kensington, W.,
Ironmonger, by his wife, Catherine Letitia, dau. of Daniel Howell;
_b._ Hammersmith, 12 Dec. 1885; educ. Lower Latimer School there;
was an Ironmonger’s Assistant; joined the Kensingtons about 1908;
volunteered for Imperial service on outbreak of war; left for France, 3
Nov. 1914; and was killed in action in the advance against the Aubers
Ridge, 9 May, 1915, on which occasion the Kensingtons most brilliantly
distinguished themselves, carrying three lines of German trenches
with the bayonet, and holding them until the German fire made them
untenable; _unm._ His Platoon Officer, 2nd Lieut. J. E. Lewin,
wrote: “Sergt. Jenkins was my Sergt. in No. 6 Platoon, and when the
two Platoons of ‘B’ Company, which were ahead of us, were left without
officers, it became necessary for me to go to the front and lead. This
I did, and my Platoon kept with me, with Sergt. Jenkins well to the
front. We forced the German front trench, and proceeded to take up an
arranged position. We had taken this, when I thought it necessary to
find a better and safer one, and so I accordingly called for someone to
follow, in order to go forward and scout for a proposed better line of
defence. Sergt. Jenkins and another Sergt. (one on either side) came,
and it was while thus doing one of the most important and vital acts
upon which depended the safety of the whole of ‘B’ Company and probably
the whole Battn. that I lost a comrade and friend. The two Sergts. were
both shot by rifle fire and died instantaneously, and it is a sickening
thought that I myself of the three was the only man to return. I cannot
praise too highly the actions of Sergt. Jenkins on that day, which were
but ordinary specimens of his everyday actions, and of a true and brave
British soldier.”
[Illustration: =John Reginald Jenkins.=]
=JENKINS, ROBERT=, Private, No. 3845, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt.), 3rd _s._ of Robert Jenkins, of Townhead, Glasgow,
by his wife, Mary Jane, dau. of (----) Hamilton; _b._ Glasgow,
27 June, 1882; educ. Saint Rollox Board School, Glasgow; was in the
employment of the Steel Company of Scotland at their Garthamloch
Collieries; joined the 2nd Royal Scots, 7 Sept. 1914; left for France
in Dec., and was killed in action near Hooge, 25 Sept. 1915. He
_m._ at Glasgow, 31 Dec. 1908, Janet, dau. of Arthur Morrow, of
Hogganfield, and had a son and a daughter: Arthur, _b._ 15 Jan.
1910; and Mary Jane, _b._ 8 Jan. 1911.
=JENKINS, WALTER=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 7610), S.S. 1394 Chatham,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=JENKINSON, JOHN BANKS=, Capt., Rifle Brigade, eldest _s._
and heir of Sir George Banks Jenkinson, of Eastwood, co. Gloucester,
12th Baronet, by his wife, Madeline (Eastwood Park, Falfield;
Hawkesbury, Chippenham), eldest dau. of Arthur Holme Sumner, of
Hatchlands, Surrey; _b._ London, 9 June, 1881; educ. Harrow and
Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Rifle Brigade, 10 March, 1900, and
promoted Lieut. 18 March, 1901, and Captain, 6 May, 1908; served in the
South African War 1901–2, being employed with the Mounted Infantry;
took part in the operations in the Transvaal, April to Dec. 1901, and
in the Orange River Colony, Jan. to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with
five clasps); was Adjutant, School of Mounted Infantry, Egypt, 11 June,
1905, to 5 May, 1908; went through the Staff College, 1910–11; was
G.S.O. (3rd Grade) to Sir James Grierson, Eastern Command, 1911–13,
and Brigade Major, 3rd Infantry Brigade, at Bordon, and at the Front,
1913 to 14 Sept. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force in
Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 14
Sept. 1914. Buried at Vendresse. Capt. Jenkinson was a well-known big
game hunter, and had secured rare trophies from countries, including
South Africa, Egypt, Asia Minor, and the Rocky Mountains, the Canadian
Prairies, and Southern Tunisia. He was also a keen polo player. He
_m._ at St. George’s, Hanover Square, 9 Nov. 1907, Joan (The White
House, Hook, Hants), only dau. of Colonel Joseph Hill, of Wollaston
Hall, Northamptonshire, C.B., and had two children: Sir Anthony
Banks Jenkinson, 13th Baronet, _b._ 3 July, 1912; succeeded his
grandfather, 5 June, 1915; and Elizabeth Deborah, _b._ 27 Oct.
1908.
[Illustration: =John Banks Jenkinson.=]
=JENNINGS, ALLEN WILLIAM MARK=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2401),
165648, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=JENNINGS, ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6422),
305498, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=JENNINGS, FREDERICK=, A.B., R.F.R., S.S. 2437, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=JENNINGS, FREDERICK SINCLAIR WILLS=, Private, No. 63495, 23rd
Battn., subsequently attd. 14th Reserve Battn., Canadian Expeditionary
Force, eldest _s._ of Frederick Wills Jennings, of 8, Selborne
Place, Hove, formerly of Ealing and Streatham, B.A., retired H.C.S.;
_b._ Wandsworth Common, co. Surrey, 11 Nov. 1881; educ. St. Paul’s
School (foundation scholar), Wren’s; Edinburgh University and Bangor
University (Agricultural Department); after finishing his course there,
he went to Canada and took up land in British Columbia, but on the
outbreak of war volunteered for active service overseas with the West
Mounted Rifles, 23rd Battn., at Calgary, 4 Nov. 1914. After training
in Quebec, he came over with the Reserve Battn. of the 1st Contingent
to Shorncliffe in March, 1915, went to the Front in May, and was shot
through the head by a sniper while on duty in the trenches, near the
Bois de Ploegsteert, Belgium, 6 July, 1915; _unm._ He was buried
the same day in a small cemetery in Ploegsteert Wood. His Platoon
Commander wrote: “He joined my platoon from the 23rd Regt. early in
May, after the Battle of Ypres, and I was struck from the first by
his cheerfulness, quiet obedience, and a striking devotion to duty in
face of the many obstacles we have to contend with. He received his
baptism of fire shortly after coming to this country at the Battle of
Festubert, and was with us at Givenchy, coming successfully through
these ordeals.” Jennings was in the 1st XV. at St. Paul’s, and joined
the Cadet Corps during the South African War.
[Illustration: =Frederick S. W. Jennings.=]
=JENNINGS, JAMES=, Stoker, R.N.R., 593V, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=JENNINGS, REGINALD JOHN=, L.-Corpl., No. 2355, 18th Battn.
(London Irish Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of William
Jennings, of West View, Blagdon Hill, Taunton, by his wife, Mary Ann,
dau. of Francis Lancashire, of St. Helier’s, Jersey; _b._ St.
Helier’s, Jersey, 1 Feb. 1888; educ. Huish Grammar School, Taunton,
and St. Mark’s College, Chelsea; was a Schoolmaster at Bridge Council
Schools, Wealdstone; served in the 10th Middlesex Territorial Regt.,
1907–11, and enlisted for Imperial service in Sept. 1914; left with
his regt. for the Front, 9 March, 1915, served in France and Flanders,
and was seriously wounded at Loos, 25 Sept. 1915, and died the day
following. Buried in cemetery at Noeux les Mines; _unm._
[Illustration: =Reginald John Jennings.=]
=JENNINGS, RICHARD LOUIS=, A.B., 213174, H.M.S. Liberty; killed in
action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=JENNINGS, WILLIAM=, Corpl., R.M.L.I., Ch. 13997, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=JENOURE, GEORGE ETHELREAD=, Ordinary Signalman, J. 21192, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=JEPHSON, JOHN NOBLE=, Major, 6th (Service) Royal Munster
Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of the late Dep.-Inspector-General William
Holmes Jephson, M.D., by his wife, Mary Harden, dau. of the late
Major Horatio Nelson Noble, Indian Army, and grandson of the late
John Jephson, of Limerick, J.P.; _b._ Bangalore, India, 8 Oct.
1864; educ. Norwood (Exeter), Newton Abbot College, Kelly College, and
Sandhurst; gazetted to Manchester Regt. in 1885, joining the Indian
Army (5th Bengal L.I.) in 1889. He obtained his majority in 1903, but
becoming subject to malaria, retired from the Indian Army in 1905,
and joined the Territorial force in Devon, with the Command of the
4th Wessex Brigade, R.F.A. He resigned this command shortly before
the outbreak of war in 1914, when he again offered his services, and
was appointed second in command of the 6th Royal Munster Fusiliers in
Sept. 1914. He took part in the landing of that Regt. in Suvla Bay
on 7 Aug. 1915, and in the subsequent fighting on the Karakol Dagh;
on his own initiative he took an important position there, which was
subsequently officially named “Jephson’s Post”; he was shot through the
head on 15 Aug. while charging at the head of his men in the attack
on Kiretch Tepe Sirt, and died of his wounds in Mudros Hospital on 29
Aug. 1915. His Colonel wrote of him: “From the first the loyalty he
always showed to me, though junior to him in years, never slackened
or failed; when we got into the active sphere of operations, his
energy and keenness were marvellous; he practically alone captured an
important height which the Brigadier always afterwards in his orders
called ‘Jephson’s Post,’ and it was in the defence of this post that
he was shot. For absolute dash and fearlessness he had not an equal,
and his loss is irreparable.” He was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s
Dispatch of 11 Dec. 1915 [London Gazette, 28 Jan. 1916], for good work
done in Gallipoli. Major Jephson was a keen sportsman and a first-class
shot. He _m._ at Lucknow, 20 Dec. 1890, Lilian Bell Bere, only
child of the late Capt. Edward Septimus Wood, of the Indian Forests
Department (formerly of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders), by his
wife, Bessie Bella Gordon, dau. of the late Major B. Edward Baker Bere,
16th Lancers, and had issue two sons: Edward William Francis (gazetted
to R.F.A. Feb. 1915), _b._ 5 Nov. 1897; and John Arthur Holmes,
_b._ 13 March, 1902.
[Illustration: =John Noble Jephson.=]
=JEROME, JOHN WILLIAM=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., 1st Class), 7427,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=JEROME, RALPH CHARLES=, Corpl., No. 8502, 2nd Battn. Yorkshire
Regt., yst. _s._ of Charles Jerome, of 15, Ormeley Road, Balham,
Solicitor, Freeman of the City of London by purchase (1883), formerly
a member of the New Malden Local Board, and afterwards a member of the
L.C.C. for Brixton (1895–1901), by his wife, Florence Elizabeth (died
in his absence at the Front), dau. of John Jacobs, of Basingstoke;
_b._ Locksley Lodge, New Malden, 15 Feb. 1888; educ. Malden
College, Merchant Taylors’ School, Dulwich College, and Margate
College; enlisted at Stratford, Middlesex, on 25 Oct. 1906, aged 18
years 9 months, was seven years with the Army and five years on the
Reserve; served with his Battn. at Cairo, Alexandria, Khartoum, and
other places, and finally at Sialkot in the Punjab; returned to England
and received his discharge with an exemplary character; rejoined his
old regt. on the outbreak of war; left for France on or about 21 Nov.
1914, and was killed in action at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, two
miles west of Aubers, on the morning of 12 March, 1915. Buried on the
field; _unm._ Sergt. Wrist, who stood beside him when he was shot,
wrote: “He died a gallant death; the men of his section miss him very
much,” and 2nd Lieut. H.S.R. Montesole of the Royal Sussex Regt., attd.
2nd Yorkshires, since killed in action, wrote that he was “always a
good soldier, and died as a soldier should.”
[Illustration: =Ralph Charles Jerome.=]
=JERRAM, HARRY ESCOMBE RAVENHILL=, Midshipman, R.N., H.M.S. Hawke,
2nd _s._ of the Rev. Arnold Escombe Jerram, of St. Augustine’s
Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, M.A., S.P.G., Organising Secretary for the
Midland Dioceses and late Vicar of Langford, co. Oxon, by his wife,
Anna Christina, dau. of William Waldron Ravenhill, of the Inner Temple,
Recorder of Andover; _b._ Bradley Vicarage, Huddersfield, 31 Aug.
1897; educ. Hinwick House, near Wellingborough, Osborne and Dartmouth;
appointed Midshipman, H.M.S. Hawke, 14 Aug. 1914, and was lost when
that ship was sunk by torpedo fire in the North Sea, 15 Oct. following.
He was a cousin of Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas M. Jerram, K.C.B., late
Commander-in-Chief on the China Station, and great-nephew of the late
Right Hon. Harry Escombe, P.C., Q.C., M.L.S., Premier of Natal.
=JERRED, FRANK=, Private, R.M.L.I., 15184, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=JESSE, ROBERT TURVILLE=, A.B., 227397, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=JESSOP, NAPIER ARNOTT=, Lieut., 7th Battn. (1st British Columbia
Regt.) Canadian Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of the late George
Henry Jessop, of Crediton, Devonshire, by his wife, Ethel Marian, only
dau. of the late John Frederick Bell, Capt. Loyal North Lancashire
Regt.; _b._ Taunton, co. Somerset, 28 May, 1889; educ. private
school at Bishop’s Stortford; went to Vancouver Island, British
Columbia, in 1908, where he was first farming, and later went into
real estate business, received a commission as Lieut. in 88th Victoria
Fusiliers, 16 Sept. 1912, and served with them on strike duty at
Nanaimo, B.C., from Aug. 1913 until the outbreak of war; appointed
Lieut. in 7th Battn., Canadian Expeditionary Force, 22 Sept. 1914;
came over with the first contingent in Oct. 1914; left for France, 10
Feb. 1915, and was killed in action near St. Julien during the heroic
stand of the Canadians in the 2nd Battle of Ypres, 24 April, 1915;
_unm._ His Commanding Officer wrote: “Lieut. Jessop was on the
right of our battn. line, the section which was first surrounded, and
which was later practically wiped out. Lieut. Jessop, all agree, was
perfectly splendid under the fierce attack that was thrown against us
that day. He was an inspiration to his men. There is not much to tell,
for his platoon were in trenches throughout, and merely fought the
Germans off by rifle fire. There was nothing spectacular about it, but
it was the height of enduring courage.”
[Illustration: =Napier Arnott Jessop.=]
=JOB, BERNARD CRAIG KEBLE=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd, attd. 1st Battn., The
Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regt., only _s._ of the Rev. Frederick
William Job, Vicar of Lower Gornal, co. Stafford, by his wife, Emily
Frances, dau. of William Young Craig, M.P., for N. Staffordshire
(1880–85); _b._ Liverpool, 9 June, 1887; educ. Radley College;
went to Liverpool to enlist in the Liverpool Scottish the day War
was declared, 4 Aug. 1914, and was sworn in 6 Aug. He received his
commission 1 Nov., went to the Front with a draft of the Royal Dublin
Fusiliers, arriving in France on Good Friday, and a few days later was
attd. to the 1st Battn. of his own regt. and was killed in action in
the counter-attack on Hill 60, 18 April, 1915. Writing to his father,
Major Robinson, commanding the 1st Battn., said: “He was shot by a
bullet and died almost immediately on the morning of April 18 in the
heavy fighting which followed our capture of a portion of the enemy’s
position called Hill 60, 2½ miles S.E. of Ypres. I understand that he
died almost instantly after being hit and that he could have felt no
pain. It was not possible during the fighting to bury his body. I am,
however, informed that all the dead have since been buried, so your son
no doubt lies at rest among the other officers and men who fought with
him. Your son had only joined this Battn. a few days before his death,
but from the little I saw of him, I formed the opinion that he was a
gallant and valuable officer.” Col. Sir Arthur G. Boscawen, of the 3rd
Battn., wrote: “He was a universal favourite and the soul of courage,
had he lived he would have made a very fine officer.”
[Illustration: =Bernard Craig Keble Job.=]
=JOBBINS, THOMAS ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7733),
S.S. 103098, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=JOHNSON, ALBERT=, Ship’s Steward, 173611, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=JOHNSON, ALBERT CHAPMAN=, Private, No. 73915, 28th Battn.
Canadian Expeditionary Force, Bombers’ Section, _s._ of John
Johnson, of 44, Burton Stone Lane, Clifton, York, Gardener, by his
wife, Elizabeth, dau. of James (and Ann) Chapman; _b._ Wiggington
Grange, near York, 13 Nov. 1883; educ. Skelton, near York, and
Eythorne, Kent; was for some time a telegraph messenger at the Post
Office, York, and later an attendant first at the North Riding Asylum,
and after Aug. 1910, at the Mimico Asylum, Canada, and afterwards was
successively employed on the Canadian Pacific Railway, at a lumber
camp, and on the Grand Trunk Railway; joined the 28th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, 1 Oct. 1914, and came over with the 2nd Contingent
in June, 1915; left for France, 17 Sept. 1915, and was killed in action
during the advance from Loos, 8 Oct. following; _unm._ His Company
Officer wrote of him as “a man ever ready to do his duty--no growler,
but always bright and willing.”
[Illustration: =Albert Chapman Johnson.=]
=JOHNSON, ALFRED ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4543), S.S. 1613,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=JOHNSON, DAVID=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 282), H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=JOHNSON, GEORGE ALBERT WILLIAM=, Seaman, R.N.R., 5028B, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=JOHNSON, GEORGE GUMBRELL=, Chief Stoker (R.F.R., A. 3069), 148022
(Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=JOHNSON, HERBERT WILLIAM=, Shipwright, 2nd Class, 346902, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=JOHNSON, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3644), 190781, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=JOHNSON, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 10411, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots
Fusiliers, _s._ of James Johnson, of 1, Field Street, North
Road, Darlington; _b._ Stockton-on-Tees, 20 Nov. 1889; educ.
St. Patrick’s School, Coatbridge, Scotland; enlisted 2nd Royal Scots
Fusiliers, 8 Aug. 1911; served with the Expeditionary Force in France
and died a prisoner of war at Field Moorslede, Germany, 19 June, 1915,
of wounds received at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, on the preceding 12
March. Buried in Moorslede Parish Cemetery; _unm._
=JOHNSON, LUTHER VINCENT BURGOYNE=, Capt., 8th Batt. Durham L.I.
(T.F.), eldest _s._ of Major John Burgoyne Johnson, of Brockley,
Saltburn-by-the-Sea, 8th Batt. Durham L.I., J.P., co. Durham; _b._
Middlemoor, near Richmond, co. York, 5 Sept. 1890; educ. Aysgarth
School, Newton-le-Willows, Yorkshire; Charterhouse, Godalming; and
King’s College, Cambridge (B.A.); joined the Hamsteels Company of the
8th Durham L.I., being gazetted 2nd Lieut. 8 April, 1910; Lieut. 12
May, 1912, and Capt. 12 Sept. 1914. He went to the Front in April, and
was killed a few days later, in action at Grafenstafel Ridge, N.E.
of Ypres, 25 April, 1915. At the outbreak of war Capt. Johnson was
serving his articles as a solicitor with the firm of Messrs. Cochrane
and Belk, of Middlesbrough. He was well known in cricket and football
circles, and had qualified in musketry course and machine gun course
(distinguished) at Hythe.
[Illustration: =Luther V. B. Johnson=]
=JOHNSON, RICHARD DIGBY=, Major, 3rd, attd. 2nd Battn. Royal
Dublin Fusiliers, yr. surviving _s._ of the late Edward Mayson
Johnson, by his wife, Emma Jane (28, St. Mary’s, York), dau. of the
late William Emmerson Bowman, and gdson. of the late Richard Johnson,
of York, the well-known racing judge and handicapper in the North of
England in the middle of the last century; _b._ York, 30 June,
1876; educ. St. Peter’s, York; joined the staff of the York City and
County Bank at the age of 17, leaving it four years later for a tour
round the world, and on his arrival at Capetown, the South African War
broke out; he at once returned to England and obtained a commission in
the 3rd (Militia) Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, June 1900. He served
with the 11th Mounted Infantry in the South African War, 1901–2; took
part in the operations in the Transvaal, Aug. 1901 to 31 May, 1902;
was invalided home with enteric fever, receiving for his services the
Queen’s medal with four clasps. On returning home he qualified at
Hythe, and became Instructor of Musketry to the Kildare Battn. and he
was promoted Capt. 7 Oct. 1905, and Major 18 Dec. 1914. He went to
France to join the 2nd Battn. of his regt. early in Dec.; was wounded
near St. Julien, 25 April, 1915, and granted a week’s leave; rejoined
his regt. on 10 May, falling in action a fortnight later, 24 May, 1915.
He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch, 31 May
[London Gazette, 22 June] 1915. Major Johnson was a freeman of the City
of York, and had the Coronation medal. He _m._ at St. Michael’s
Church, Camberley, Surrey, 21 Sept. 1904, Claudine Trower (Camoys,
Braintree), 6th dau. of Col. Theodore William Hogg, of Eastwick,
Camberley, Surrey, late Indian Staff Corps, and had a son and dau.:
Richard Edward Digby, _b._ 16 Dec. 1911; and Claudine Blanche
Mayson, _b._ 8 July 1905.
[Illustration: =Richard Digby Johnson.=]
=JOHNSON, ROBERT WARREN=, Capt., R.N., H.M.S. Cressy, 2nd
_s._ of the late Vice-Admiral John Ormsby Johnson, R.N., by his
wife, Edith Renira, dau. of the Rev. Charles Edward Twyford; _b._
Dovercourt, co. Essex, 10 May 1867; educ. Cornwallis, Maidenhead, and
Foster’s Naval Academy, Stubbington; entered the Service as a Cadet, 15
July, 1881; appointed Midshipman, 13 Nov. 1883; promoted Sub.-Lieut.
13 Nov. 1887; Lieut. 1 April, 1891; Commander, 31 Dec. 1904, and Capt.
31 Dec. 1910, and after the outbreak of war, was appointed to the
command of H.M.S. Cressy. He was lost when that cruiser, together with
the Aboukir and the Hogue, was sunk by torpedo-fire while engaged in
patrolling off the Dutch coast on the morning of 22 Sept. 1914. One of
the surviving officers of the ill-fated Cressy wrote: “Our Commander,
Capt. Johnson, died like a hero; he had his confidential book lashed
to his arm when he went down. He deserved ten Victoria Crosses, for he
stopped on board until the last moment,” and Stoker William Wake, of
Sunderland, another survivor, stated that the Capt. remained on the
bridge until he was up to his neck in water, and that he was cheered
again and again by the men as he sank out of sight. A Petty Officer
wrote that the last he saw of the Capt. was when he called out to a
young sailor and gave him the bit of plank on which he was supporting
himself, remarking: “Here, you are a young chap, take this.” Capt.
Johnson _m._ at Portsmouth, 11 July, 1906, Grace Isobel (Fintry
Cottage, Warblington, Havant), dau. of the late Algernon Paley,
Barrister-at-Law, and had two sons and a dau.: John Paley, _b._ 12
June, 1907; Peter Warren, _b._ 13 Nov. 1908; and Elisabeth Freda,
_b._ 11 Sept. 1913.
[Illustration: =Robert Warren Johnson.=]
=JOHNSON, THOMAS=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8948), 20661,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=JOHNSON, THOMAS=, Private, No. 10850, 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt.;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in
action 14 Oct. 1914.
=JOHNSON, WALTER=, Private, No. 6700, 1st Battn. Scots Guards;
_b._ Warrington, co. Lancaster; enlisted 5 March, 1907; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action,
26 Oct. 1914.
=JOHNSON, WALTER=, Private, No. 2831, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders;
reported missing after the fighting at St. Julien, 21 Oct. 1914, and
later to have been killed on or about that date, and to have been
buried by the German authorities in the Cemetery of Ehrenfriedhof 2,
near Poelkapelle; _m._
=JOHNSON, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 15485, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=JOHNSON, WILLIAM HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5231), 205964, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=CROOM-JOHNSON, BRIAN=, Lieut., 4th (Denbighshire) Battn. Royal
Welch Fusiliers (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Harry Croom-Johnson, of the
Elms, Wrexham, J.P., by his wife, Elizabeth Roden, dau. of the late
George Bradley, of Wrexham, J.P.; _b._ Wrexham, 16 Sept. 1890;
educ. Mostyn House School, Cheshire, and Clifton College (Spence’s
House); after leaving school adopted the profession of an engineer and
on the completion of three years’ articles was appointed Assistant
Engineer to the Wrexham and East Denbighshire Water Company. He was
given a commission as 2nd Lieut. 4th (Territorial) Battn. of the Welch
Fusiliers, 3 May, 1913, and promoted Lieut. 8 Sept. 1914. He left
for France 5 Nov. 1914, and on the 23 Dec. following was personally
complimented by the General Officer Commanding for leading a party of
30 men laden with ammunition to the firing-trenches and carrying out
this duty without a single casualty, though under fire the whole time;
and on 25 Jan. 1915, he was one of three officers who, with a few men,
recaptured a trench at Givenchy from which they had been ordered to
retire and made prisoners 35 Germans, including two officers. He was
killed in action at Richebourg l’Avoué, France, 9 May, 1915, while
leading his company against the German trenches; _unm._
[Illustration: =Brian Croom-Johnson.=]
=VINER-JOHNSON, PERCY JOSEPH VINER=, Capt., 3rd (Reserve), attd.
1st Battn. Wiltshire Regt., yr. _s._ of the late Joseph Viner
Viner-Johnson, of Beech House, Market Lavington, co. Wilts, Capt.
Imperial Yeomanry (who served in the South African War, 1900–1902), by
his wife, Clara (The Nutgrove, Chew Magna, Bristol), dau. of the late
Thomas Donders Perry, of Ealing; _b._ London 13 Oct. 1875; educ.
St. Paul’s School; served in the 1st Vol. Battn. King’s Royal Rifle
Corps from 1898 to 1902, when he went to South Africa, where he was
for some time A.R.M. at Harrismith, and afterwards Relief Magistrate
at various places in the Orange Free State. At home on leave when war
broke out, he obtained permission from the South African Government,
and was gazetted Capt. to 3rd Wiltshires, 18 Sept. 1914. He left
for France on 24 Dec. 1914, when he was attd. to the 1st Battn. and
commanded A Coy. and was killed in action at Spanbroek Molen, 12 March,
1915. Buried near Spanbroek Molen; _unm._ His Commanding Officer
wrote: “He fell most gallantly leading his men. His conduct was so
gallant and brave that, although he is now dead, I have recommended
him for the D.S.O. In addition to being a very gallant and brave man,
he was a most valuable officer, and his death is a very great loss to
his regiment. As a comrade he has endeared himself to all his brother
officers and men, and his death is deeply deplored by us all.” Capt.
Viner-Johnson was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s
Despatch of 31 May, 1915.
[Illustration: =Percy J. V. Viner-Johnson.=]
=JOHNSTON, BRUCE ALLEN=, L.-Corpl., No. 69474, B Coy. 26th Battn.
(New Brunswick Regt.) Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Andrew
Charles Johnston, of Costigan, Victoria co., New Brunswick [_b._
there in 1849 of Scottish descent], by his wife, Sarah Jane, dau. of
Henry Bowmaster; _b._ Costigan, 18 Nov. 1889, educ. Public School
there; was a Farmer; enlisted 3 Sept. 1914, following the outbreak of
war; left Canada with the Second contingent on 12 June, 1915, and died
in Etaples, France, 13 Nov. 1915, from wounds in the head received in
action on the 11th. He was _unm._ and was buried in the Camiers
Road Cemetery, Etaples.
[Illustration: =Bruce Allen Johnston.=]
=JOHNSTON, GEORGE ALBERT=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 4759),
293876, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=JOHNSTON, JAMES CECIL=, Capt. and Adjutant, 6th (Service)
Battn. Royal Irish Fusiliers, eldest _s._ of Robert Edgeworth
Johnston, of Glencore House, co. Fermanagh, by his wife, Edythe Grace,
dau. of John Reynolds Dickson, of Woodville and Tullaghan House, co.
Leitrim; _b._ Glencore House, co. Fermanagh, 29 Dec. 1880; educ.
Charterhouse and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. unatt. 8 Jan. 1901;
posted to the 14th Hussars, 9 March following; served in the South
African War, 1901–2, taking part in the operations in the Orange River
Colony, Feb. to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with two clasps); and
resigned his commission in 1903. He was Deputy Ranger of the Curragh
of Kildare, 1910–12; Master of the Horse to the Earl of Aberdeen,
Lord-Lieut. of Ireland, 1910–15; High Sheriff co. Fermanagh, 1910;
and Private Secretary to Lord Aberdeen, 1912–15. On the outbreak of
war he offered his services and was gazetted Capt. 6th Royal Irish
Fusiliers, 28 Sept. 1914, being appointed Adjutant of the Battn., 20
Oct. following. He left for the Dardanelles with the 10th (Irish)
Division, under Major-Gen. Sir Bryan Mahon, and was killed in action
at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, 9 Aug. following. His Commanding Officer,
Lieut.-Col. F. A. R. Greer, wrote; “We reached the point we were making
for, and your husband and I were trying to make out exactly how the
situation was, when a shell from some sort of machine gun came over
from our right front, caught me on the arm and exploded practically on
him. His death, of course, was instantaneous. I saw that much before I
had to clear out myself; there were none but dead and dying just there.
It will comfort you to know he died a brave and gallant soldier, looked
on by all of us as one of the best. I can safely add the sympathy
of every officer and man to mine. He died at the farthest point the
Battn. reached that day,” and a brother officer: “I saw Johnston in a
redoubt early next morning and during Sunday (8 Aug.), like most of
us, he was very tired that day, as we had no sleep and practically
no food. He was in good spirits, however. His death has been a great
blow to us, as he was very popular, and deservedly so, in the regt.
He was confident that he would come back all right.” Capt. Johnston
_m._ at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 28 Oct. 1903, Violet Myrtle (Rosemont,
Booterstown, Dublin), dau. of Samuel Abraham Walker Waters, Assistant
Inspector-Gen., Royal Irish Constabulary, and had three daus.: Myrtle,
_b._ 7 March, 1909; Marjorie Helen, _b._ 18 Jan. 1911; and
Mary Nuala, _b._ 29 May, 1914.
[Illustration: =James Cecil Johnston.=]
=JOHNSTON, JAMES HOGARTH=, Private, No. 29230, G Coy. 14th
Platoon, 16th Battn. (Canadian Scottish) Canadian Expeditionary Force,
2nd and only surviving _s._ of Patrick Johnston, of Broomhill,
Fivemiletown, co. Tyrone, by his wife, Susan Elliot, dau. of the late
James Hogarth Rutherfurd, of Kelso: _b._ Cecil Augher, co. Tyrone,
21 Dec. 1886; educ. Carntall, Clogher, N.S. and Portora Royal School,
Enniskillen; worked for a time at Combe Barbour’s Engineering Works,
and at those of McLean at Belfast: went to New Zealand in Nov. 1905
at the age of 19, and remained there five years; returned to Ireland,
and nine months later went to Winnipeg, Canada; joined the Canadian
Scottish at Winnipeg, Aug. 1914; came over with the 1st Contingent in
Oct.; left for France 4 Feb. and was killed in action in the heroic
charge of the Canadian Scottish near St. Julien, on the night of 23–24
April, 1915. at the beginning of the First Battle of Ypres; _unm._
[Illustration: =James H. Johnston.=]
=JOHNSTON, REUBEN JOHN=, Sick Berth Steward, 350469, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1915.
=JOHNSTON, ROBERT=, Armourer, 340521, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action
in the North Sea, 22 Sept, 1914.
=JOHNSTON, WILLIAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 407, 9th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force; a native of co. Ayr; served in Egypt; took part in the
landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action
there that day.
=JOHNSTON, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5958), 188608, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=JOHNSTON, WILLIAM HENRY, V.C.=, Capt. and Brevet Major, R.E.,
2nd _s._ of the late Major William Johnston. R.A.; _b._ at
Leith, 21 Dec. 1879; passed into the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich,
in 1897, and was gazetted to a commission in the Royal Engineers on
23 March, 1899, and promoted Lieut. 19 Nov. 1901, and Capt. 23 March,
1908. His first period of foreign service was passed in Gibraltar,
from 1900 to 1905, during part of which time he was employed under
the Intelligence Department. On his return to England he was attached
to the Survey Department, and on leaving it in 1908 was gazetted as a
General Staff Officer (3rd Grade) for service in China. From 11 July,
1908, to 26 Oct. 1911, he was employed in North China, travelling
extensively, while engaged on Intelligence work, in the course of which
he visited eleven of the eighteen provinces of China. During this time
he was also employed in surveying the boundary of the New Territory
of Hong Kong. In 1911 he was transferred to the South China Command
as General Staff Officer. At the expiration of this period, 27 July,
1912, he was employed at the War Office for about 11 months (2 Sept.
1912 to 9 Aug. 1913), in the geographical section. He entered the Staff
College, Camberley, in 1913, and began his course there in Jan. 1914.
After the declaration of war he was posted to the 59th Field Coy. R.E.,
went out with the Expeditionary Force and served with it throughout
the winter of 1914–5, including the retreat from Mons and the Battles
of the Aisne, the Marne, Neuve Chapelle, 1st and 2nd Battles of Ypres,
etc. He was four times mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s
Despatches [London Gazette, 19 Oct. and 25 Nov. 1914 and 17 Feb. and
22 June, 1915], and was awarded the Victoria Cross on 25 Nov. for
conspicuous gallantry “at Misy on 14 Sept., when, under a heavy fire
all day until 7 p.m., he worked with his own hands two rafts, bringing
back wounded and returning with ammunition, thus enabling the advanced
brigade to maintain its position across the river.” In March he was
appointed to the command of the 172nd Coy., and on 2 May, Brigade Major
of the 15th Infantry Brigade. He was made Brevet Major under date 3
June [London Gazette, 23 June, 1915], and was killed in action four
days later near Ypres, 7 June, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Henry Johnston.=]
=JOHNSTONE, MILLER=, Private, No. 1078, B Coy. 2nd Battn. 1st
Australian Expeditionary Force, yst. _s._ of the late Alexander
Johnstone, _b._ Bannockburn, co. Stirling, 12 March, 1892; educ.
Larbert, Stirling; went to Australia in Jan. 1913, and settled at
Lockhart, New South Wales, as an Agriculturalist; volunteered on the
outbreak of war and enlisted at Kennington, New South Wales, 27 Aug.
1914, took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, and died
of wounds on H.M. Hospital Ship Derfflinger, 29 April. The Chaplain
wrote that Johnstone had carried a wounded Lieut. down to the shore
to a place of safety and was returning to the firing line when he was
hit and mortally wounded. He was taken on board the hospital ship the
following day, and died at sea on his way to Alexandria; _unm._
[Illustration: =Miller Johnstone.=]
=JOHNSTONE, PETER=, Private, No. 2938, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
died 3 June, 1915, of wounds received in action near Ypres.
=JOHNSTONE, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 349, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
killed in action, 22 Dec. 1914.
=JOHNSTONE, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 8900, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards,
_s._ of William Johnstone, of Newton Stewart, co. Wigton;
_b._ Newton Stewart; enlisted 12 March, 1914; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 16 May, 1915.
=HOPE-JOHNSTONE, WILLIAM GORDON TOLLEMACHE=, Lieut., 4th Battn.
Royal Fusiliers, formerly 32nd Lancers, Indian Army, 4th _s._ of
William James Hope-Johnstone, of Brownleigh, Feltham [descended from
the Hon. Charles Hope-Vere of Craigiehall, 2nd _s._ of Charles,
1st Earl of Hopetoun, K.T.], by his wife, Emily Mary, dau. of Capt.
Edward Bailie, 10th Hussars; _b._ Esher, co. Surrey, 5 July, 1887;
educ. Cheltenham and Sandhurst; received his commission as 2nd Lieut.
in the 6th Dragoon Guards, Feb. 1907, and was promoted Lieut. May,
1909. He transferred to the Indian Army in Sept. 1912, with the rank of
Squadron Officer in the 32nd Lancers and retired early in 1914. On the
outbreak of war he volunteered and was given a lieutenancy in the 4th
Royal Fusiliers, 5 Sept., left for France on 8 Oct. and was killed in
action at Laventie on the 25th of that month. His next elder brother,
Henry Murray, is now (1916) serving with the Royal Fusiliers.
[Illustration: =W. G. T. Hope-Johnstone.=]
=JOLLIFF, JOHN=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2928C., H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=JOLIFFE, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109240, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=JOLLIFFE, WILLIAM JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3133),
306590, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=JONES, ADRIAN HERBERT=, Private, No. 1632, 1/3rd Battn. (Royal
Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Herbert Daniel
Jones, of 35, Osterley Park Road, Southall, Clerk in charge of
Telegraph Dept. G.W.R. Southall Station, by his wife, Selina, dau.
of William Hughes, of the Park, Clee Hill, Ludlow, Salop; _b._
Shrewsbury, 6 May, 1895; educ. All Saints’ School, Shrewsbury, and
Featherstone Road School, Southall; was a clerk in the employ of the
Great Western Railway at the Hotel Paddington, and afterwards Clerk
Great Northern Railway, at King’s Cross; joined 1/3rd Royal Fusiliers,
July, 1912; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war
and left for Malta at the end of 1914; proceeded to France, 2 Jan.
1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle about
5.30 p.m. on 10 March following, during a successful attack on a part
of the German trenches which had held out all day; _unm._ One of
his officers wrote: “He died a very gallant death. The Army has lost
a very brave soldier.” From information received by his relatives it
would appear that in the charge in which he fell he showed conspicuous
courage and _sang froid_, and that his last words were: “Come on;
give me a leg up,” as he was getting over the German parapet. Private
Jones had a fine voice and was a member of the choir of Holy Trinity
Church, Southall. His elder brother, Gunner S. W. Jones, was drowned
while on active service, 21 July, 1916.
[Illustration: =Adrian Herbert Jones.=]
=JONES, ALFRED EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 5794), S.S.
100725, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=JONES, ALFRED POOLE=, Private, No. 2214, 1/24th Battn. (The
Queen’s) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of the late Arthur
Daniel Jones, of 40, De Burgh Street, Cardiff, by his wife, Elizabeth
Annie (now the wife of James Newton Paterson, of 5, Western Drive,
Woodend Park, Grassendale Road, Liverpool), dau. of Jacob Lewis,
Farmer; _b._ Cardiff, 4 Nov. 1890; educ. Higher Grade School,
Cardiff; was in the milling and flour trade, first with Messrs. James
Thomas Co., Newport, Isle of Wight, and latterly with Messrs. H. N.
Bathgate & Co., London; joined the 24th London, 6 Aug. 1914; left for
France, 8 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 26 May
following, in an attack by his battn. and the 23rd London on the German
trenches. Buried, Givenchy, in the Soldiers’ cemetery, about half a
mile behind the trenches; _unm._ His Captain wrote: “We captured
the trenches which were our objective, but lost over half the battn.
in doing so. In C Coy. alone 44 were killed and 70 wounded.” A comrade
wrote: “When Alf fell, I ran down the slope to see what I could do for
him. He was lying on his back at the bottom. He said he was hit in the
stomach, but would not let me attend to him. ‘Never mind about me, get
on with the firing, lad,’ he said, and I had to, as our line was very
thin then.” This was the action in which L.-Corpl. Keyworth, of the
23rd London, won the V.C., and several other decorations were earned by
the officers and men of the two battns. engaged. Private Jones was a
keen footballer and played for his regt. on many occasions.
[Illustration: =Alfred Poole Jones.=]
=JONES, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 65503, 24th Battn. (Victoria
Rifles), Canadian Expeditionary Force, yst. _s._ of the late
William Jones; _b._ Sedgeley, 27 Jan. 1884; went to Canada in
June, 1912, and settled in Montreal. After the outbreak of war he
volunteered for service overseas, joined the Victoria Rifles in Oct.
1914, and after a period of training came over to England in May, 1915;
left for the Front, 15 Sept. 1915; and was killed in action in France
in his dug-out by a shell, 12 Oct. 1915, and was buried in the Canadian
Burial Ground; _unm._
=JONES, ARTHUR WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14776, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=JONES, ARTHUR WYNN=, L.-Corpl., No. 2352, 1/5th Battn. the Welsh
Regt. (T.F.), third and yst. _s._ of Thomas Jones, of The Hall,
Llanfyllin, Solicitor, Town Clerk and Clerk to the County and Borough
Magistrates, by his wife, Elizabeth Alice, dau. of the late Thomas
Edwards, of Penybontfawr, Montgomeryshire; _b._ Llanfyllin, co.
Montgomery, 23 March, 1880; educ. The Grammar School, Oswestry; was
for many years Cashier in the National Provincial Bank, first at the
Horsefield Branch, Bristol, and then at Cowbridge Branch, Glamorgan;
enlisted soon after the declaration of war; was promoted L.-Corpl. 18
July, 1915; left England with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force,
and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 10 Aug. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: Arthur Wynn Jones.]
=JONES, CHARLES=, Sergt.-Major, 5th Battn. Welsh Regt. (T.F.);
served through the South African War (medal), and was afterwards
employed at the Bedlinog Collieries; volunteered for foreign service
after the outbreak of war; went to the Dardanelles; was promoted
Sergt.-Major, and was killed in action there, 21 Aug. 1915. He
_m._ Annie (Greenfield Terrace, Gellefaelog, Dowlais), dau. of
(--), and had three sons, of whom David John is (1916) a Private in the
5th Welsh and served with his father at the Dardanelles.
=JONES, ERNEST DAVID=, Rifleman, No. 22874, 1st Battn. The Rifle
Brigade, yst. _s._ of Thomas Bowen Jones, of 18, Stockfield Road,
Streatham, S.W., by his wife, Alice Louisa, dau. of John Hazell, of
Kensington; _b._ Dulwich, 22 Feb. 1887; educ. the South London
School, Dulwich; enlisted 1st Rifle Brigade, 10 Sept. 1914; left for
France in March, 1915, and was killed in action while taking part in an
attack on the German trenches, near Hooge, 6 July following. Buried,
Talna Farm; _unm._
[Illustration: =Ernest David Jones.=]
=JONES, EDWIN=, Private, No. 10968, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards,
_s._ of Edgar Jones, of 1, Grove Avenue, Lawley, Birmingham, Gas
Stoker, by his wife, Annie, dau. of George Tyler; _b._ Birmingham,
16 April, 1896; educ. St. Matthew’s School, Lupin Street, Birmingham;
enlisted, 13 Aug. 1914; left for France, 26 Nov. 1914; and was killed
in action at Givenchy, 22 Dec. following; _unm._
=JONES, FENN=, Petty Officer, 1st Class (R.F.R., A. 1919), 128745,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=JONES, FRANCIS GEORGE=, Lieut.-Col. Commanding 1st Battn. Royal
Inniskilling Fusiliers; eldest _s._ of the late Rev. Edward George
Jones, of Cecilstown Lodge, Mallow, co. Cork, by his late wife, Eliza
Wilhelmina, dau. of Abraham Symes; _b._ at Kilmurrey Rectory,
8 April, 1864; educ. Trinity College, Dublin; gazetted Lieut. Royal
Inniskilling Fusiliers from the Militia, 16 Dec. 1885, and promoted
Capt., 1 Feb. 1893; Brevet Major, 29 Nov. 1900; Major, 23 May, 1903;
and Lieut.-Col., 19 Feb. 1914; was Assistant Superintendent of
Signalling in Burma, 1892–3; Adjutant of his battalion, 31 Oct. 1894,
to 30 Oct. 1898, and of the Militia, 1 Aug. 1901, to 22 May, 1903; took
part (1) in the operations in the Northern Chin Hills, Burma, 1892–3
(medal with clasp); (2) in the operations on the North East Frontier,
India, 1897–8, with Peshawar Column of 5th Brigade, Tirah Expeditionary
Force, including operations in Bara Valley, 7 to 14 Dec. 1897 (medal
with two clasps); and (3) in the South African War, 1899–1900; was
Adjutant, 1st Battn. R.I.F., from 16 Dec. 1899, to 24 Feb. 1900;
took part in the relief of Ladysmith, including action at Colenso;
operations of 17–24 Jan. 1900, and action at Spion Kop; operations of
5–7 Feb. 1900, and action at Vaal Kranz; operations on Tugela Heights
(14–27 Feb. 1900) etc. (twice mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette,
8 Feb. and 10 Sept. 1901]; Brevet of Major; Queen’s medal with three
clasps); served in Crete, 1907, Malta, 1908–9, North China, 1909–12
and India, 1912–14, where he took over the command of the 1st Battn.,
19 Feb. 1914. After the outbreak of war he brought the battalion home
from Secunderabad in Jan. 1915, to Rugby, and left with it as part of
the 29th Division, 87th Brigade, for Gallipoli, 17 March following;
was in command during the landing at the Dardanelles on 25 April, and
during the subsequent week’s severe fighting; was severely wounded near
Krithia on 2 May, and died of his wounds three days later, 5 May, 1915;
_unm._ He was mentioned in General Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of
12 June [London Gazette, 5 Aug. 1915], for gallant and distinguished
service in the field
[Illustration: =Francis George Jones.=]
=JONES, FRED=, Private, No. 2366, 2nd Battn. Monmouthshire Regt.
(T.F.), _s._ of William David Jones, Miner; _b._ Upper Cwmbran, co.
Monmouth; educ. Board Schools, Cwmbran; joined 2nd Monmouths, Sept.
1914, and was killed in action near Ypres, 8 May, 1915. He _m._ at
Pontypool, Matilda, dau. of (--), and had five sons and two daus.
[Illustration: =Fred Jones.=]
=JONES, FREDERICK CHARLES=, A.B., J. 15499, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=JONES, GEORGE FREDERICK=, Chief Petty Officer (N.S.), 172545,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=JONES, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7306),
S.S. 102172, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=JONES, HARRY=, Private, No. 38300, 5th Battn. Welsh Regt.
(T.F.), 4th _s._ of the late Thomas Jones, of Brynhyfryd, Nelson;
_b._ 1877; joined the 5th Welsh Territorials; served with the
Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action, 13
Aug. 1915; _unm._
=JONES, HARRY DUKINFIELD=, Private, No. 2504, Honourable Artillery
Coy., yst. _s._ of Edward Dukinfield Jones, of Castro, Reigate,
by his wife, Bertha, dau. of Holbrook Gaskell; _b._ Saõ Paulo,
Brazil, 11 April, 1890; came to England when 12 years of age; educ.
Liverpool College Preparatory School and Lancing College. From an early
age he devoted himself to music, and decided to make it his profession,
choosing the piano as his instrument. For about four years he worked
in the Leschetizky method, under Mr. George Magrath. Early in 1912 he
went to Vienna and studied under Frau Bree, with occasional lessons
from Leschetizky himself. On his return to England in 1913 he continued
his studies under Mr. Howard-Jones, at the R.C.M., taking singing as
his second study. He joined the Honourable Artillery Coy. in Oct.
1914, went to the Front with a draft for the 1st Battn. at the end of
Dec., in April was “doing very stiff work” somewhere near Ypres, and
was killed in action in the charge of the Honourable Artillery Coy. at
Hooge, 16 June, 1915; _unm._
=JONES, HENRY DAVID=, Seaman, R.N.R., B. 5059, H.M.S. Cressy; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=JONES, IAN MONTGOMERY=, Private, No. 5137, 20th (Service) Battn.
(3rd Public Schools) Royal Fusiliers, only _s._ of Thomas Abraham
Jones, of 5, Chatsworth Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, Branch
Manager of the General Accident Company; by his wife, Marion, dau.
of the late Rev. Wollaston Goode, M.A. [by his wife, Amelia Agnese,
yr. dau. of Sir Charles Munro, 9th Baronet of Foulis, who served in
the 85th Regt. under Wellington in the Peninsular War, 1811–14, being
wounded at Badajos, and received the medal with clasps for Rodrigo,
Badajos, Salamanca, Nives, Orthes, and Toulouse]; and grandson of
Thomas Jones, of Montgomery, who joined the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry at
the outbreak of the Crimean War; _b._ Cirencester, co. Gloucester,
11 June, 1897; educ. Bromsgrove School, where he was a member of the
O.T.C., and made his mark as a Rugby football player; volunteered
on the outbreak of war and joined the 1st unit of the 20th Royal
Fusiliers, 12 Aug. 1914, and died at the 3rd General Military Hospital,
Wandsworth, of cerebro-spinal-meningitis, contracted while on service,
20 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried in Southern Cemetery, Manchester,
with full military honours. His Coy. Commander, Capt. T. L. Boyce,
wrote: “He was a smart soldier, trusted by his officers and appreciated
and liked by his comrades.” And a comrade wrote: “No man was, no man
could be, better loved and respected, and no man ever merited our love
and respect more than Ian.” He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 5th Battn.
Prince of Wales’ Leinster Regt., 29 Sept. 1914, but being only just 17,
had asked that the appointment might be cancelled for a few months.
[Illustration: =Ian Montgomery Jones.=]
=JONES, JOHN=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1883), H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=JONES, JOHN RICHARD=, Private, R.M.L.I., 4685 (R.F.R., Ch. B.
162), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=JONES, OCTAVIUS=, Private, No. 1198, 13th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of Edwin Jones, for 38 years a guard
on Great Western Railway, by his wife, Martha; _b._ Snatchwood,
Abersychan, near Pontypool, 8 Oct. 1881; educ. Snatchwood Schools,
Abersychan; went to Australia, 11 May, 1911, enlisted in the Australian
Imperial Force on the outbreak of war, and died from wounds received in
action in Gallipoli, 22 May, 1915; _unm._
=JONES, ROWLAND SAMUEL=, Private, No. 538, 2nd Battn.
Monmouthshire Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Thomas Hanbury Jones,
of 75, Monnow Street, Monmouth, Builder and Decorator, member of the
Monmouth Town Council, by his wife, Rachel, dau. of Rowland Samuel
Bevan, of Penlarken Farm, Pontypool, Mon.; _b._ Monmouth, 7 Dec.
1883; educ. St. Mary’s National School, Monmouth; was a Sanitary
Plumber, etc.; joined the Monmouth Volunteers, which became, on the
formation of the Territorial Force, the 2nd Monmouthshire Regt.,
1902; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war and
went into training with his battn. at Pontypool, although barely
recovered from a serious cycling accident which befell him on the day
of mobilisation; left for France, 5 Nov. 1914; served in the trenches
throughout the following winter, and was highly complimented by his
officers on his ability as a practical plumber in keeping the pumps
in working order, and was placed in charge of 18 pumps; took part in
the 2nd Battle of Ypres in which his battn. acquitted itself most
gallantly and suffered severe losses, and died in the 3rd Casualty
Clearing Station, at Bailleul, 16 June, 1915, of wounds received while
on sentry duty at 5.30 a.m. on the 14th, near Ypres. The Rev. A. T. G.
Fletcher, Chaplain to the Forces (C.E.), wrote that he was admitted to
the Clearing Station unconscious, with a terrible wound in the head,
caused by shrapnel, and died without recovering consciousness. He
added: “I buried him in Bailleul Cemetery in grave No. 1313. A cross
has been erected on his grave bearing his name and regimental number
and giving the cause of his death. He died nobly, while bravely doing
his duty.” Private Jones had been repeatedly offered promotion to
non-commissioned rank, but had always refused it. He _m._ at the
Parish Church, Newland, Gloucestershire, 31 Aug. 1909, Sarah, dau. of
Herbert Furneyhough, of Highbury Farm, Newland, co. Gloucester, and
had two sons and a dau.: Thomas Hambury Herbert, _b._ 28 May,
1910; Rowland Leonard, _b._ 17 Aug. 1911; and Dorothy Rachael
May, _b._ 26 May, 1914, died 19 March, 1915. Two of his brothers,
Hambury John Jones, Bombardier, No. 43491, R.G.A. (volunteered in Aug.
1914 from Bristol City Police Force); and Thomas Hambury Jones, Sergt.,
No. 1430, The London Regt. (Auditor in Exchequer and Audit Department,
Whitehall), are now (1916) on active service in France, and the 4th,
Leonard Hambury Jones, Cadet, Monmouth Grammar School Corps, has been
medically rejected.
[Illustration: =Rowland Samuel Jones.=]
=JONES, SAMUEL WILLIAM JOHN=, Driver, No. 935, Ammunition Column,
3rd Wessex Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, 2nd _s._ of Jabez
Jones, of 52, Clifton Street, Swindon, co. Wilts; _b._ South
Cerney, co. Gloucester, 6 Sept. 1887; educ. Swindon; joined the 3rd
Wessex Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, from the Yeomanry in Feb. 1914;
was thrown from a horse at Malmesbury, 23 Jan. 1915, while trying to
catch another that had thrown his comrade, and died the following day.
He _m._ at Winchcombe, co. Glos., 8 June, 1912, Alice, 3rd dau.
of the late George Wasley, of Castle Street, Winchcombe, and had two
children: Harry George, _b._ 14 March, 1913, and Winifred Mary,
_b._ 6 Dec. 1914, _d._ 17 Dec. 1915.
[Illustration: =Samuel William J. Jones.=]
=JONES, SYDNEY EVERARD=, 2nd Lieut., 8th (Service) Battn. Pioneers
The Welsh Regt., 2nd _s._ of William Henry Jones, of Bhim Tal
Estate, Kumaon, U.P., India; _b._ Bhim Tal aforesaid, 4 Sept.
1892; was educ. at Naini Tal up to the age of 15, and then went to
England, and after a little study matriculated at London, and joined
The City and Guilds Institute, where he obtained the Diplomas of
Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, and completed two years in the
Civil Engineering Course. He was two years a Cadet in the Naini Tal
Volunteer Rifles, and later for another two years was in the University
of London O.T.C. On the outbreak of war he applied for a commission,
and meanwhile joined the 3rd County of London Yeomanry as a trooper.
In Nov. 1914, he was gazetted temp. Second Lieut. in the 8th Battn.
The Welsh Regt., and qualified as a machine-gun officer at Erith. He
proceeded to the Dardanelles for active service and on the 8th Aug.
1915, during the attack on Sari Bahr, his Battn. with New Zealanders
took part in the storming of the Turkish position, from the crest of
which they were relieved the following day. He was wounded early in
the assault, but bound up his wound and rejoined his platoon. Later in
the same day he was shot through the heart, while leading his men and
he was buried in the Gallipoli Peninsula; _unm._ A Senior officer
wrote: “I knew your brother well, and liked him immensely, and express
my deep sympathy with you, and that of his men who were very fond of
‘Uncle Jack’ as they called him. He fell at the front of his men like
the brave fellow he was.” His brother, Lieut. Bertram Owen Jones, is
(1916) on active service with the South Wales Borderers.
[Illustration: =Sydney Everard Jones.=]
=JONES, SIDNEY WILLIAM=, Gunner, No. 816, Royal Horse Artillery
(T.F.), eldest _s._ of Herbert Daniel Jones, of 35, Osterley
Park Road, Southall, Clerk in charge of Telegraph Department, G.W.R.
Southall Station, by his wife, Selina, dau. of William Hughes, of the
Park, Clee Hill, Ludlow, co. Salop; _b._ Shrewsbury, 11 Nov. 1891;
educ. All Saints’, Shrewsbury and Featherstone School, Southall; was
employed as a Clerk at Otto Monsteds, Ltd., Margarine Works, Southall,
and afterwards with Morgan & Sons, Linen Drapers, Cardiff; volunteered
after the outbreak of war and joined Queen Victoria’s Rifles, 4 Nov.
1914; transferred to the Shropshire R.H.A. Dec. 1915, and was drowned
at 9.30 a.m. 21 July, 1916, while bathing; _unm._ He is supposed
to have been seized with cramp. He was buried at Southall with full
military honours. Capt. Darling spoke very highly of him, describing
him as one of the best lads he had, and saying that he was universally
liked by all the battery. His yr. brother, Private A. H. Jones, was
killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 10 March, 1915.
=JONES, STANLEY=, Capt., 1st Batt. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, eldest
_s._ of the late Sir Howard Sutton Jones, K.C.B., R.M.L.I., by
his wife, Katherine, dau. of Major Adam von Beverhoudt, 58th Regt.;
_b._ Plymouth, 26 Oct. 1880; educ. Cowley College, Oxford, and
Hanover; after serving in the Militia was gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the
Welsh Fusiliers, 5 Jan. 1901, promoted Lieut. 21 Sept. 1904, and
obtained his coy. 21 Aug. 1911; served in China, with the West African
Frontier Force, Oct. 1905 to May, 1910, and with the Expeditionary
Force in France and Flanders, 1914 to May, 1915; he was wounded in
October, and was killed at Festubert on the night of 16–17 May, when
leading his coy. in an attack on the German trenches; _unm._ His
Commanding Officer wrote: “His loss is a great one to the Regt. as he
was an exceptionally able and keen officer. He was buried with seven
of his brother officers,” between the Rue du Bois and the Rue de la
Quinque, near Festubert.
[Illustration: =Stanley Jones.=]
=JONES, WALTER=, Private, No. 10/396, 7th Wellington Infantry
Regt. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of John Jones, of
Gelli Fanw, Llanbedr, Crickhowel, co. Brecon, by his wife, Caroline,
dau. of William Peters; _b._ Crickhowel, 23 April, 1893; educ.
Crickhowel National School and Brecon County School; went to New
Zealand in Sept. 1911; joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force on
its formation, 15 Aug. 1914, and died of wounds received in action at
Gallipoli, 11 May, 1915; _unm._
=JONES, WALTER FREDERICK=, A.B., J. 9034, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=JONES, WILLIAM=, Chief Yeoman Signalman (A. 2234), 115951, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=JONES, WILLIAM=, Gunner, 9582, R.M.A., H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=JONES, WILLIAM ERNEST=, Signalman (R.F.R., B. 197), 143418,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=JONES, WILLIAM JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5270), 218593, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=JONES, WILLIAM PERCY=, Private, No. 10493, No. 2 Coy. 2nd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, yst. _s._ of Thomas Jones, of 70, Salop Road,
Oswestry, by his wife, Annie, dau. of John Jones; _b._ Sweeney,
near Oswestry, 7 Nov. 1892; educ. National School there; enlisted,
14 Nov. 1913; left for France, 22 Aug 1914, and was killed in action
in the brickfields at Cuinchy, 13 Feb. 1915, being shot by a sniper.
Buried at Cuinchy; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Percy Jones.=]
=JONES, WILLIAM WALTER=, L.-Corpl., No. 506, 16th (Queen’s
Westminster Rifles) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of
William Day Jones, of 18, Birley Street, Lavender Hill, S.W., Clerk at
the Labour Exchange, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of Walter Shattock,
of Taunton; _b._ Kensington, 19 Dec. 1886; educ. at Gideon Road,
Lavender Hill, and St. Martin’s-in-the-Field’s Council Schools; was
Head Clerk at the A.B.C. Coupler Co., Queen Anne’s Chambers, Tothill
Street; joined the Queen’s Westminster Rifles in Oct. 1908; volunteered
for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France in Nov.
1914, and was killed in action at Houplines, 14 Jan. 1915; _unm._
Sergt. Cecil C. N. Mighall wrote on the 16th: “During a heavy shelling
of the German lines it was necessary for us to observe the result
and it was in doing this that he was hit by a rifle bullet (through
a loophole), death being instantaneous.” And Sergt. V. B. Finlayson:
“He was easily the most liked N.C.O. in the company.” He was buried in
the Military Cemetery there, side by side with Sergt. Mighall, who was
killed shortly after.
[Illustration: =William Walter Jones.=]
=EVAN-JONES, HILARY GRESFORD=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Welsh
Regiment, yr. _s._ of the Rev. Richard Evan-Jones, M.A., Vicar
of Llanllwchaiarn, Newtown, co. Montgomery, Rural Dean of Cedewain,
and Canon and Precentor of St. Asaph Cathedral, by his wife, Hannah
Rose, widow of the late Samuel Richardson Bishop, of St. Helens, and
dau. of the late Edward Evans of Bronwylfn, Wrexham, J.P. and D.L.,
and grandson of the late Rev. James Evan-Jones, M.A., formerly Vicar
of Bagyillt, co. Flint; _b._ Llanllwchaiarn Vicarage, 22 Jan.
1889; educ. Charterhouse and Hertford College, Oxford, where he was
Colour-Sergt. in the O.T.C., and won the Williams Prize which is given
to the most efficient N.C.O. in the Corps, and was so enthusiastic in
recruiting that he multiplied the strength of his College detachment by
ten. He graduated B.A. in 1910, and on 5 Oct. of that year was gazetted
2nd Lieut. to the 1st Welsh, being promoted Lieut. 20 Nov. 1911. He
was stationed at Cairo, Cyprus, Chakrata and Agra, and when war broke
out was on his way to Cyprus, where he was to have been married at
Troodos, on 28 Aug. 1914, to Nancy, only dau. of Major W. N. Bolton,
late of the Wiltshire Regiment, Commissioner of Kyrenia, but his leave
was cancelled, and he was recalled to rejoin his battn. with which he
landed in England on 22 Dec. 1914. He left for France, 16 Jan. 1915,
and to judge from a letter written shortly before he met his death,
must have had some exciting experiences: “We have just finished our
first eight days--divided between the supports and the firing line. I
had the worst bit of trench to look after with my platoon and did all
right, but had a good few casualties, considering the 96 hours I was
actually up--two killed and nine wounded. I made two night expeditions
by myself with some bombs, which I successfully dropped into the German
trenches. During my first I met a German gentleman apparently at the
same job as myself. My revolver accounted for him all right, as we
were only two feet apart. The trenches are from 30 to 75 feet apart
in most places and sometimes closer. We are now off on a four days’
rest, which is absolutely ripping. It is splendid to get out of the
noise and to get some proper food and sleep. I think, if anything, I
am rather enjoying this. Cold feet are the worst part of the show, but
my men are all such rippers, it makes up for lots. I hate having them
hit, otherwise it is quite cheery. I had a sing-song in my trench the
other evening, which did not please the Germans. I sat in a chair,
which collapsed, and I went straight to sleep where I lay. The strain
is fairly big up there.” He was killed in action near Ypres, 16 Feb.
1915, and buried with two other brother officers, Capt. G. A. Lloyd and
Lieut. R. T. B. Pope, who were killed the same day in the trenches, in
the gardens of the Chateau Rosendal, three miles S.E. of Ypres. His
Commanding Officer, Lieut.-Col. T. O. Marden, wrote: “I regret most
deeply having to inform you of the death on the 16th inst., in the
trenches, of your gallant son Hilary. As far as we can ascertain, his
death was instantaneous from a rifle bullet, but many of his platoon
were shot down at the same time, and there was no one in the trench who
could give accurate information as to what happened. He is a great loss
to us, as he was such a good soldier and so popular with all ranks.
As you know, probably, he was selected to lead the Second Grenadier
platoon, and had behaved so gallantly during his former turn of duty
in the trenches, where he kept the spirits of his whole platoon up by
his energy and enterprise, that I brought his name specially to the
notice of the Brigadier. He crept out of the trenches alone on several
occasions and threw bombs into the enemy’s trenches.” Lieut. Evan-Jones
was a keen sportsman and a well-known figure in the hunting field in
Montgomeryshire. He was also an excellent shot. At Cairo he made a
considerable reputation as a polo player, and both in Cyprus and at
Agra he was Master of the Hunt. Lieut. Evan-Jones was mentioned in Sir
John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915. His elder brother,
the Rev. Basil Evan-Jones, M.A. (Charterhouse and University College,
Oxford), formerly curate of Gaulsfield, co. Montgomery, a well-known
antiquary, and sub-editor of the Powysland Collections, resigned his
curacy on the outbreak of the war and joined the Royal Welsh Fusiliers
as a private, being gazetted 2nd Lieut. 15 Jan. 1915, Lieut. 1 Oct.
1915, and Capt. 10 June, 1916.
[Illustration: =Hilary G. Evan-Jones.=]
=LLEWELLYN-JONES, VIVIAN BRUFORD=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Suffolk
Regt., att. 1st Welsh Regt., only _s._ of Arthur Llewellyn-Jones,
of Ritherdon House, Upper Tooting, S.W., by his wife, Emelie Louise,
dau. of Edward Round, of Streatham; _b._ Wallington, co. Surrey,
24 Sept. 1891; educ. Cranleigh School, Surrey; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 3rd
Suffolks, 15 Aug. 1914; went to France, 22 Feb. 1915, att. 1st Welsh;
was wounded on 18 April, and was killed in action near Ypres, 4 May,
1915; _unm._
=WYNNE-JONES, MORYS=, Lieut., 54th Field Coy. Royal Engineers,
only _s._ of the Rev. John William Wynne-Jones, of Treiorwerth,
Anglesey, Vicar of Carnarvon, by his wife, the Hon. Jessie Frances née
Bruce, dau. of Henry Austin, 1st Baron Aberdare; _b._ Carnarvon,
13 May, 1887; educ. Fonthill, Charterhouse, and Trinity College,
Cambridge, where he rowed in his college boat and won his oar. He
graduated B.A. 1909, and after passing his A.M. Inst. C.E. examination,
was for nearly two years an engineer on the Cardiff Railway, under the
late Lord Merthyr, being subsequently appointed one of the engineers
of the Mexican Eagle Oil Co., at Tampico, Mexico. He had joined the
Special Reserve of Officers of the Royal Engineers as 2nd Lieut. 26
June, 1912, and on the outbreak of war, without waiting to be summoned,
he at once returned to England. He was promoted Lieut. 4 Oct. 1914;
left for France 4 Oct. 1914, with the 7th Division, and was killed in
action at Zandevoorde, during the 1st Battle of Ypres on the 29th of
the same month; _unm._ Capt. (now Major) Guy Williams, commanding
54th Field Coy., wrote that they were called upon to counter-attack
with the Yorkshire Regt. at a point where the Germans had broken
through the British firing line. “Lieut. Wynne-Jones was leading
his section when the enemy’s shrapnel found them, and he was killed
instantaneously. The Coy. feel his loss very much. He understood
his men and his job. I miss him personally as an excellent and most
efficient subaltern and as a good friend.” Capt. R. M. Burgoyne, 2nd
Royal Scots Fusiliers, now a prisoner in Germany, also wrote of two
engineer officers, Lieut. Wynne-Jones and Lieut. J. M. Smeathman,
who, he said, “Did a lot of good work for them, both as engineers and
infantry, always being ready to take a rifle and bear a hand. They were
two very gallant fellows.”
[Illustration: =Morys Wynne-Jones.=]
=DE JONGH, FRANK=, Corpl., No. 2778, Lord Strathcona’s Horse,
Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of Francis de Jongh, of 6,
Avenue Theatre, Lausanne, by his wife, Nellie, dau. of Henry Lahee,
of Croydon; _b._ Lausanne, 22 June, 1889; educ. there; went to
Canada in Sept. 1906, and settled at Montreal; joined Lord Strathcona’s
Horse in Sept. 1914, came over in Oct. 1914; went to the Front, March,
1915, and died of wounds received in action at Messines, 6 Aug. 1915;
_unm._ Buried at Neuve Eglise, Flanders. An officer wrote: “He was
a splendid fellow and beloved by everyone with whom he came in contact
and deservedly enjoyed a respect and love of which very few men can
boast.”
[Illustration: =Frank de Jongh.=]
=JORDAN, ALFRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3733), 182347, H.M.S.
Aboukir: lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=JORDAN, CHARLES WILLIAM=, Seaman, R.N.R., 5111B., H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=JORDAN, GEORGE GRAEME=, Private, No. 2302, 1/14th Battn. (London
Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of George Silas
Jordan, of 21, Blackheath Rise, Lewisham, Director of Edwards & Sons,
Ltd., Dairy Farmers and Dairymen, by his wife, Cecilia Annetta, dau.
of Theodore Brooke Jones, of Harrogate; _b._ Lewisham, S.E., 10
June, 1896; educ. Colf’s Grammar School, Lewisham Hill; was in business
with Messrs. Yencken & Co., Tower Hill, Australian Merchants; joined
the 2nd Battn. London Scottish, with his elder brother, 20 Aug. 1914;
transferred to the 1st Battn. and left for France, 16 Sept. 1914,
and died a prisoner of war in the Military Hospital, Aix-la-Chapelle
(Aachen), 20 Nov. following, of wounds received in the first charge
of the London Scottish at Messines on 1 Nov. Buried, Aix-la-Chapelle;
_unm._
[Illustration: =George Graeme Jordan.=]
=JORDAN, WALTER JOHN LAVERNE=, Trooper, No. 2254, 1/1st Sussex
Yeomanry (T.F.), only _s._ of Alfred John Jordan, of Montreal,
by his wife, Laverna (36, Tivoli Crescent, Brighton), dau. of
Frederick Walter Yateman, of Bound’s Green, N., and Preston Park;
_b._ London, 3 June, 1891; educ. Brighton Grammar School; was a
Motor Engineer; joined Sussex Yeomanry, 16 Oct. 1914; left for the
Dardanelles, 26 Sept. 1915, and died on board H.M. Hospital Ship Assaye
20 Dec. following, of wounds received in action in Gallipoli. A comrade
(L. J. Cooke) wrote: “The regt. was ordered to move off to support
troops in the trenches, this move was carried out whilst a heavy
bombardment from both sides was in progress. Whilst the Sussex Yeomanry
were marching up the Gully, high explosive shells were falling in the
Gully; these shells were endeavouring to silence a British battery
which was situated on the left of the Gully on the high cliff. One of
these shells fell near to the Squadron your brother belonged to, and
six of them were wounded. I was coming up in the rear of the regt. with
the Doctor, and we had a message that some ‘boys’ had been hit. When
we arrived on the spot we found three badly wounded and three slightly
wounded. Your brother had received a severe wound situated at the base
of the left lung, the wound was large enough to put a person’s fore
finger and thumb in, being a triangular shaped wound, the sides of
which were about 2½ inches. While the party were dressing the wounded
three more shells exploded about 8 yards from us, the second of which
was nearer to us than the other two, and this shell knocked us all over
and blew the dressing off your brother’s back which we had just got
clean and in position, and covering him with dirt. When the dust had
cleared I expected to find everybody blown to pieces, and marvelled at
my own lucky escape of only being down away about 6 feet ... I should
like to mention that your brother was absolutely one of the best liked
fellows in the regt., and had all sorts of nicknames. He was always
so jovial, and he is greatly missed by all the old boys.” He was the
half-mile champion of Sussex, and a member of the Brighton and County
Harriers. Buried at sea, 1 mile off Cape Helles. He _m._ at
Brighton, 14 Oct. 1913, Edith Sarah, dau. of (--) Raymond; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Walter John L. Jordan.=]
=JORDAN, WILLIAM HENRY=, Private, No. 5456, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards; enlisted 5 March, 1904; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders from 21 Aug. 1914; killed in action on or about 29
Oct. 1914.
=JOSEPHS, ARCHIBALD EDWIN=, Private, No. 9614, 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and
Flanders; killed in action on or about 14 Sept. 1914.
=JOSEPHS, CHERIBIM=, Stoker, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off
Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=JOSEPHS, GEORGE=, Stoker, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off
Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=JOSLIN, JOHN FRANCIS=, Major, 2nd, attd. 1st, Battn. Royal West
Kent Regt., only surviving _s._ of the late John Joslin, of St.
Helier’s, Jersey, by his wife, Mary (7, Almorah Crescent, St. Helier’s
Jersey), dau. of Francis Philip Cabot; _b._ St. Helier’s, 2 Sept.
1874; educ. Victoria College, Jersey; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Royal
West Kents, from the Militia, 7 Dec. 1895, and promoted Lieut. 13
Nov. 1897; served in the South African War 1900–2, taking part in the
operations in the Orange Free State, April to May, 1900; in the Orange
River Colony, May to 29 Nov. 1900, including actions at Biddulphsberg
and Wittebergen (1 to 29 July); in Cape Colony, south of the Orange
River, 1900; in the Transvaal, Aug. to Sept. 1901, and April to 31
May, 1902; and in the Orange River Colony, 30 Nov. 1900 to Aug. 1901,
and Sept. 1901 to April, 1902. For his service he was mentioned in
Despatches [London Gazette, 29 July, 1901], and received the Queen’s
medal with three clasps and the King’s medal with two clasps. He was
promoted Capt. 7 Jan. 1903, and from 16 Nov. 1904 to 15 Nov. 1907 was
Adjutant to his Battn. After passing through the Staff College he
acted as Brigade-Major to Gen. Braithwaite at the Durbar, for which
he received the medal, and was promoted Major 3 Sept. 1914. He left
for France 24 Oct., and in Nov. became Commandant on the lines of
communication. Having been attd. to the 1st Battn. of his regt., he led
the storming party (1st West Kents and 2nd K.O.S.B.’s) which captured
Hill 60 on the evening of 17 April, 1915, but after holding the hill
all night and repulsing three counter-attacks, he was killed as the
West Kents were being relieved in the early hours of the 18th. He was
the last to leave the position, and was shot in the act of leaving,
death being almost instantaneous. He was _unm._ A brother officer
wrote of him: “And in action he was splendid, quite without fear,
and able by his example to inspire and encourage those around him.
But in your sorrow should mingle pride, for to the very end he did
his duty right well, and did much to keep the regimental standard of
self-sacrifice as high as it now is. And such records never die.”
[Illustration: =John Francis Joslin.=]
=JOURNEAUX, WILLIAM FRANCIS=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21979, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=JOYCE, LEUI HAROLD=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 25447, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=JUDGE, FREDERICK DAVID=, L.-Corpl., No. 8439, 2nd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, 3rd _s._ of George Judge, of 54, Yarmouth Road,
Watford, Gardener, by his wife, Mary, dau. of James Brown; _b._
Sarratt, co. Herts, 8 Feb. 1888; educ. there; enlisted, 12 Aug. 1909,
served three years with the Colours and then took up his trade again
as a Printer, until called up on mobilisation, 4 Aug. 1914. He went to
France with the 1st Expeditionary Force, served through the retreat
from Mons and the Battles of the Aisne and the Marne, and was killed in
a bayonet charge at Cuinchy, near La Bassée, 1 Feb. 1915, being buried
in Cuinchy Cemetery; _unm._
[Illustration: =Frederick David Judge.=]
=JUKES, RONALD WORTHINGTON=, Sub-Lieut., Collingwood Battn. Royal
Naval Division, only surviving _s._ of the Rev. Worthington Jukes,
Rector of Shobrooke, near Crediton, co. Devon, by his wife, Emily,
dau. of (--) Crossley, of Belfast; _b._ Shobrooke Rectory, 10
Dec. 1892; educ. Crediton Grammar School and King’s College, Taunton,
and afterwards trained on H.M.S. Worcester for the Mercantile Marine,
which he entered 12 April, 1911; gazetted Sub-Lieut. R.N.D. 14 Nov.
1914; left for the Dardanelles, 12 May, 1915, and was killed in action
in Gallipoli during the attack on the Krithia-Achi Baba position, 4
June, following; _unm._ Lieut.-Commander West, of the Collingwood
Battn. wrote: “Your son was one of our best platoon commanders.” And
Petty-Officer Finnigan, of his Platoon (11th Platoon, C Coy.), wrote:
“He had been last seen fighting gallantly with a few men, against the
enemy, who had cut them off, the enemy being in such force that rescue
was impossible.”
[Illustration: =Ronald W. Jukes.=]
=JULIETTE, PHILIP=, Stoker (Native), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=JULIN, THOMAS FAWCETT=, Colour-Sergt., R.M.L.I., 17057, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=JUPE, BRUCE DUNNING=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 784, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=JUPP, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2524), 215170, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=JURY, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 8886, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=JUSTICE, MAURICE=, Plumber’s Mate, 310303, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=JUSTICE, PERCY HAROLD=, 1st Class Machine Gunner, No. 9032, 1st
Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd. _s._ of Caleb William Justice,
of Napton, Rugby, co. Warwick, by his wife, Janie, dau. of the Rev.
Ravenor Edward Rose, of Colyton, co. Devon; _b._ Napton, 23 June,
1890; enlisted, in March, 1911, went to France with his regt. in Aug.
1914, and was killed in action at Cuinchy, 24 Jan, 1915; _unm._
He was buried 25 yards S.W. of the Railway Bridge over the Canal, 400
yards N.W. of Pont Fixe, Cuinchy. His Commanding Officer, Lieut. T.
A. Tapp, wrote: “I was in charge of the machine-gun section for some
months in France, and among a splendid team your boy and W. Wright
stood out as the two most brilliant members: poor Wright was killed on
25 Jan., and I feel it will be impossible ever to replace him and your
boy. They could neither have been more perfect as machine gunners, or
more brave, and always first to wish to take the place of danger. Your
boy was killed on 24 Jan. by a chance shot in the head, just south
of the La Bassée Canal, where he was with the machine gun, in a very
dangerous and important position. I had come to feel I should always be
safe to be able to get up my guns under no matter what fire, and have
them brilliantly served as long as I had these two men with me. I had
spent some months continuously with them, and now not only feel I have
lost two irreplaceable men, but also two friends. Your son died doing
his duty as he had always done, most gallantly.” Justice was one of the
winning team for the Machine-gun Cup in 1913.
[Illustration: =Percy Harold Justice.=]
=KADWELL, WILLIAM=, Corpl., R.M.L.I., Ch./13957, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=KAIN, STANLEY=, S.B.S., 250914, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action
off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=KALLAWAY, EDGAR=, Private, No. 6761, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, yst. _s._ of the late James Kallaway, of 46, Grays
Road, Taunton, by his wife, Jane, dau. of John Lewis, of Bridgwater;
_b._ West Monkton, Taunton, co. Somerset 19 Sept. 1886; educ.
Taunton; enlisted, 2 May, 1906; served three years with the Colours and
then went to Canada in 1913 and settled in Manitoba. On the declaration
of war he was called up, arrived in England, 7 Sept. 1914, and left for
France, 7 Oct. following. His last post card was written on 26 Oct. In
the action at Ypres, on the 29th of that month, the 1st Battn. suffered
very heavily, and after it Kallaway was reported missing. He is now
assumed to have been killed that day; _unm._
[Illustration: =Edgar Kallaway.=]
=KANE, CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class, 302531, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=KAVANAGH, THOMAS JOSEPH CUTHBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1521),
177201, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=KEABLE, JOSEPH WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14165, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=KEAM, GEORGE JAMES=, Seaman, R.N.R., 1893 D., H.M.S. Cressy; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=KEATES, ARTHUR SYDNEY=, A. B., R.N.V.R. Mersey, Z/24, C Coy. Howe
Battn., _s._ of William Keates, of Anfield, by his wife, Jane
Ann, dau. of the late David Greenwood, of Liverpool, Ship’s Carpenter,
and gdson. of the late John Keates, of Liverpool, formerly Coldstream
Guards; _b._ Bessbrook, co. Armagh, 27 May, 1897; educ. Walton
Lane Council School, Liverpool, enlisted following the outbreak of war,
7 Sept. 1914, and _d._ in No. 17 Hospital, Alexandria, 15 May,
1915, from wounds in the left hand and shoulder, received in action in
Gallipoli on Sunday, 2 May. On the eve of embarking at Bristol he wrote
to his father: “I am going without the slightest fear of death and with
a true confidence in my Maker. My motto is duty.”
[Illustration: =Arthur Sydney Keates.=]
=KEATES, REGINALD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6237), S.S. 2565, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=KEATES, THOMAS TRANCER=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14113, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=KEELAN, JOHN=, Private, No. 14908, 2nd Battn. Royal Irish Rifles,
eldest _s._ of Patrick Keelan, of 13, Greville Street, Mullingar,
J.P., General Draper, by his wife, Annie, dau. of John Skerrin
Kilkenny; _b._ Mullingar, 13 Dec. 1882; educ. Christian Brothers
Schools there; after the outbreak of war enlisted in the Royal Irish
Rifles on or about 15 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action near Kemmel,
in France, 30 Jan. 1915; _unm._
=KEELER, SIDNEY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7234), S.S.
102151, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=KEEN, FRED=, Officer’s Steward, 1st Class, L. 2470, Portsmouth,
H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20
miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=KEENE, EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13675, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=KEENE, OSWALD REES=, Private, No. 15866, 2nd Battn. Duke of
Wellington’s West Riding Regt., eldest _s._ of the late Rev.
Rees Keene, M.A., Oxon, Theological Lecturer at St. Bees College,
and afterwards Rector of Gosforth, co. Cumberland, 1895–1910; by his
wife, Louisa Margaret, 2nd dau. of the late Sir Augustus Helder, M.P.;
_b._ St. Bees, co. Cumberland, 30 April, 1891; educ. Alton School,
Plymouth; The School, Malvern Link, and Malvern College; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. 5th Border Territorial Regt., 31 May, 1911, but was obliged to
retire through ill-health. On the outbreak of war he volunteered, and
enlisted in the 3rd Battn. York and Lancaster Regt., 12 Dec. 1914, and
was afterwards transferred to the Duke of Wellington’s. Left for the
Front, 28 April, 1915, and was killed in action on Hill 60 by poisoned
gas, 5 May, 1915. Buried at Ypres; _unm._
=KEENLYSIDE, CECIL ALEXANDER HEADLAM=, Capt., 1st Cambridgeshire
Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of the late Francis Headlam Keenlyside, of
Gally Law, Weybridge, Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Mary Anne Hales,
2nd dau. of Edward Charles Hales Wilkie, Lieut., 1st Dragoon Guards
(gddau. of Lieut.-Col. Fletcher Wilkie, 35th and 38th Regt, and gt.
gddau. of Thomas Wilkie, Lieut. 30th Regt., who died in the American
War, 1781); _b._ Surbiton, 23 Oct. 1881; educ. Charterhouse, and
Trinity College, Oxford; and while at the latter joined the Oxfordshire
L.I. and served with them in the South African War. He afterwards
obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Cambridge Territorials 24
Feb. 1913, and was promoted Lieut. 26 Aug. 1914, and Capt. 16 Sept.
following. On the outbreak of the European War he volunteered for
Imperial service; went to France with his regt., 14 Feb. 1915, and was
killed in action near Armentières, 20 July, 1915. He was struck by a
splinter of shell in the throat and immediately became unconscious,
and died a quarter of an hour later. Col. Copeman, Commanding 1st
Cambridgeshires wrote to his widow: “You ought to be told that his
death is the most grievous blow that has yet befallen the Battn.
That he was at all times an inspiration and help to us all and his
loss is irreparable.” He was a very keen cricket and racquet player;
played cricket for his school Charterhouse, and also several times for
Cambridge county. A very active member of the National Service League.
He _m._ at Weybridge, 14 Sept. 1910, Gladys Mary, dau. of the
late Henry Ernest Milne, of Warrenhurst, Weybridge, Barrister-at-Law,
and had two children: Francis Hugh, _b._ 7 July, 1911; and
Phoebe Lavender, _b._ 28 Aug. 1914. His brother, Capt. G. F. H.
Keenlyside, died of wounds (see following notice).
[Illustration: =Cecil A. H. Keenlyside.=]
=KEENLYSIDE, GUY FRANCIS HEADLAM=, Capt., 1st Battn. Queen’s
Own Royal West Kent Regt., 2nd _s._ of the late Francis Headlam
Keenlyside, of Gally Law, Weybridge, Barrister-at-Law, etc. (see
preceding notice); _b._ 9 Jan. 1880, educ. Charterhouse and
Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal West Kent Regt., 12 Aug. 1899,
and promoted Lieut. 5 June, 1901, and Capt. 21 Sept. 1904; was Adjutant
of Volunteers, 16 July, 1906, to 31 March, 1908, and of Territorials,
1 April, 1908, to Aug. 1911; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders, and died in Hospital at Boulogne, 29 Oct. 1914,
of wounds received in action at Neuve Chapelle. He _m._ 1906,
Rose Margaret (Braemar, Kingston Road, Staines), dau. of Seymour Henry
Knyvett, I.S.O., and had two sons: Richard Headlam, _b._ 13 May,
1909; and Christopher Headlam, _b._ 4 May, 1913.
=KEIGHT, JOSEPH=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2842), 198973 Chatham, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=KELLAS, ARTHUR=, M.B., Ch.B., D.P.H., Capt., tempy. Major,
R.A.M.C. (T.F.), attd. 89th Field Ambulance, 86th Infantry Brigade,
29th Division, yst. _s._ of the late James Fowler Kellas,
Superintendent of the Mercantile Marine for the Port of Aberdeen,
by his wife, Mary Boyd (48, Carden Place, Aberdeen), dau. of Peter
Mitchell, of Ballater, Aberdeenshire; _b._ Aberdeen, 1 March,
1884; educ. Aberdeen Grammar School and Aberdeen University, where
he graduated M.B., Ch.B. in 1906, and in the following year took the
degree of D.P.H. In 1914 he obtained the new diploma of psychiatry at
the University of Edinburgh. For a short time he was Resident Physician
and Surgeon in the Sick Children’s Hospital, and subsequently held the
appointment of Senior Medical Assistant at the Royal Asylum, Aberdeen.
While a student at Aberdeen University he served for some time in the
R.A.M.C. (T.F.) and afterwards in the University Corps of the Scottish
Horse. He received a commission as Lieut. in 1st Highland Ambulance,
R.A.M.C. (T.F.), 2 Feb. 1909, and was promoted Capt., 2 Aug. 1912. On
the outbreak of war he volunteered for Imperial service; left for the
Dardanelles with the 29th Division on 18 March, 1915, and was killed in
action in Gallipoli, 6 Aug. following. Buried in Military Cemetery at
Lancashire Landing, Gallipoli; _unm._ Lieut.-Col. Thomas Fraser,
commanding 1st Highland Field Ambulance, wrote: “To everyone in the
Ambulance, Arthur had endeared himself by his excellent qualities of
head and heart, by his devotion to duty and by his keen interest in
everything that pertained to the good of the Ambulance as a whole. The
men of his own section adored him, and there was no better trained or
harder working unit in the Peninsula. To myself personally his loss
is irreparable. Amongst a group of excellent officers, I regarded him
as outstanding. He had been the greatest possible help to me, first
as Transport Officer and then as Commander of C Section. We had been
working together for just a year, and our most intimate association had
been absolutely without friction. He had a great capacity for work,
was an excellent organiser with a firm grasp of detail, of cool and
sane judgment and a high sense of discipline, which was an outstanding
example to all. Of his personal qualities and his unswerving loyalty
I shall say nothing, save that they leave with me a lasting and
unclouded memory which is full of pleasantness and cannot be effaced.
We are all shocked by the suddenness of his end, though glad that it
was a painless one. He was hit in the head by a sniper while making
final arrangements before an action, during which it was his turn to
take charge of our advanced Dressing Station. This was over 4 miles
from our camp, but I decided that his body should be brought back to
the Military Cemetery at Lancashire Landing, near which we have been
stationed so long. There we buried him, wrapped in the colours for
which he had given his life, yesterday afternoon at 2.14. A Church
of England clergyman officiated. It was a most impressive service,
to an accompaniment of shells from Achi Baba, which has been our
daily and nightly portion for so long. There he sleeps in the company
of many heroes who have laid down their lives for their country on
these inhospitable and deadly shores, none of whom did his duty
more earnestly or gallantly than he. I have received the enclosed
letter from Col. Yarr, who at the landing was A.D.M.S. of the 29th
Division. It speaks for itself, and shows how your son was regarded
and appreciated at Headquarters.” The letter from Col. Yarr was as
follows: “I hope you will express not only the regret of his unit but
the grief of the whole 29th Division at the loss of a gallant comrade.
Both in the 29th Division and in the 8th Army Corps, of which it forms
part, I have known Capt. Kellas well; his watchword was Duty, and he
died as he lived, a fearless, gallant officer and gentleman.” In the
course of a notice of Major Kellas’s death which appeared in “Nature”
(28 Aug. 1915), the writer observed: “His tenure of office at the Royal
Asylum was a strikingly successful one; on both the therapeutic and the
administrative sides he evinced gifts of no ordinary type.”
[Illustration: =Arthur Kellas.=]
=KELLEHER, CHRISTOPHER=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 16289, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=KELLEY, GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 98), lte.
Ch./2399, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1916.
=KELLIE, ESMOND LAWRENCE=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Bedfordshire
Regt., yr. _s._ of Lawrence Kellie, of 191, Portsdown Road, Maida
Vale, London, W., Musical Composer and Singer, by his wife, Gertrude
Mary, dau. of John Stonier, of Post Hill, Staffordshire; _b._
Portsdown Road, London, 27 April, 1894; educ. Loudoun House School, St.
John’s Wood, N.W., and Westminster School, where he was a member of the
O.T.C.; obtained a 1st Class in the London University Matriculation
Examination; joined the Artists’ Rifles as Private, 3 Aug. 1914, and
went with that regt. to France in the following Oct.; was gazetted
2nd Lieut., Unattached List, 1 Jan. 1915, and later posted to the 1st
Bedfords. On 19 April following he was wounded in the thigh while
defending a trench captured from the enemy at Hill 60, and while being
carried from the trench, was killed by a shell, which also wounded the
stretcher-bearers. Buried, Hill 60; _unm._ His commanding officer,
Lieut.-Col. C. R. J. Griffith, D.S.O., wrote that he was “a most
courageous and useful officer and very popular with all in the regt.”
He was a keen all-round sportsman, and had also artistic and musical
tastes.
[Illustration: =Esmond Lawrence Kellie.=]
=KELLY, ARTHUR=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., 1st Class 66), 211500,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=KELLY, HARRY HOLDSWORTH=, Capt., R.E., yst. _s._ of
Lieut.-Col. Henry Holdsworth Kelly, R.M.A. (ret.), of Montrose House,
Southsea, by his wife, Elizabeth Eleanor, dau. of John Collum, of
Bellevere, co. Fermanagh; _b._ Staff Officers’ House, Eastney
Barracks, Portsmouth, 24 Aug. 1880; educ. Rugby and R.M.A., Woolwich
(Feb. 1897–99); gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.E. 8 March, 1899; promoted Lieut.
25 July, 1901, and Capt. 8 March, 1908; served with the Egyptian Army,
1903–13; was Resident Engineer for the construction of the Town and
Harbour of Port Sudan, 1904–08, and received the 4th Class Osmanieh
for services in connection with this, 28 June, 1908; was Inspector of
Roads and Communications for the Sudan, 13 Nov., 1908, serving as a
member of the Lado Enclave Commission in 1911; Commissioner for the
Sudan Government in the Sudan-Uganda Boundary Commission, 1913, and was
responsible for the Reconnaissance to the Boma Plateau, carried out in
the same year; took part in the operations in the Atwot Region, Sudan,
in 1910 (Sudan medal), was Intelligence Officer in the operations
against the Beir and Anuak tribes in South Eastern Sudan (clasp to
Sudan medal and 3rd Class Medjidieh) 1912; decorated with the 3rd
Class Osmanieh, 1913; re-absorbed into the British Establishment,
Nov. 1913. He served with the 38th Field Coy. R.E. in France, and was
killed in action at Bois Grenier, near Armentières, 24 Oct. 1914, while
superintending wire entanglement work between the British and German
trenches; buried at Bois Grenier; _unm._ His Commanding Officer,
Major F. M. Browne, wrote: “He was killed early this morning while on
duty in the trenches. He was struck by two bullets, one in the head
and one in the back, and I feel sure that death was instantaneous
and painless. We were enabled to recover his body, which was to-day
buried simply by the chaplain in the presence of all the Coy. His grave
lies by the roadside near a pretty country town and we are at present
erecting a cross and railings to enclose it.... I need hardly tell you
what a great loss your son’s death is to me, both as a friend and an
officer. He was invaluable to me in every way and the country has lost
in him a most valuable officer”; and writing home from a Colchester
Hospital, Lieut. Arthur Evans, Royal Engineers (of Carnarvon), paid a
tribute to the bravery and kindness shown by Capt. Kelly, who commanded
his coy., in attending to him when he was wounded, four days before
Capt. Kelly himself was killed. The letter states: “It was a great
blow to me to read of Kelly having been killed in action just after I
had written him a letter thanking him for being so decent to me after
I was hit. He came down to me some miles from Coy. headquarters to
the trenches, which must have been under heavy fire, saw me into the
dressing station, and did not leave me until just before I left in the
ambulance wagon. The dressing station was under fire, and was struck by
a shell just before I got away. He was a fine man, 6 ft. 6 in. in his
socks, beautifully built, popular and known everywhere, and I was very
proud of his friendship.” Capt. Kelly won the Army and Navy Heavyweight
Boxing Championship in 1901. He carried out explorations in Abyssinia
in 1907, 1911 and 1913.
[Illustration: =Harry Holdsworth Kelly.=]
=KELLY, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3286), 302040,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=KEMP, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 101861, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=KEMP, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 1818, C Coy. 5th (Cinque Ports)
Battn. The Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Sergt. Harry
Kemp, of the same Battn., by his wife, Kate (Sunny Bank, Wadhurst,
Sussex), dau. of James Patey; _b._ Moseham, Wadhurst, co.
Sussex, 6 Oct. 1898; educ. Wadhurst Council School; joined the Sussex
Territorials in March, 1914, and on the outbreak of war went with his
Battn. to Dover and from thence to the Tower, where he volunteered for
foreign service. He died in King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, 16
Jan. 1915, from pneumonia, contracted while trench digging at Whiligh.
He had been a prominent member of the Wadhurst Boy Scouts, which he
joined at its inception by Mr. E. Courthope. He was a patrol leader of
the Rattlesnakes, and obtained a number of badges. He was also bugler
of the troop.
[Illustration: =Arthur Kemp.=]
=KEMP, SYDNEY=, Ordinary Seaman, No. J. 17067, Ch., 2nd _s._
of George Kemp, of 66, Plough Road, Battersea, S.W., by his wife,
Anna Maria; _b._ Hoxton, N., 8 April, 1896; educ. Clapton Road
School; joined the Royal Navy about 15 April, 1912; and was lost when
H.M.S. Cressy, together with the Aboukir and the Hogue, were sunk by
torpedoe-fire off the Dutch coast, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._
=KEMPSTER, JOHN DOUGLAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., A. 3714), B. 2226, 212890,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=KEMPTON, HARRY LEONARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., A. 3714),
305750, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=KEMSLEY, WILLIAM CHARLES HENRY=, Private, No. 2331, Royal Army
Medical Corps (T.F.), 2/1st Home Counties F.A., _s._ of George
Albert Kemsley, of 1, Railway Place, Lower Halling, near Rochester;
_b._ Snodland, 20 June, 1896; educ. Halling Board School; joined
the R.A.M.C. Aug. 1914, and died at Windsor, 10 Feb. 1915, of cerebral
hæmorrhage, while training. Buried, Halling Cemetery; _unm._
[Illustration: =William C. H. Kemsley.=]
=KENDALL, JESSE=, Cooper, 282542, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action
off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=KENNARD, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 8557, 2nd Battn. The Hampshire
Regt., yr. and only surviving _s._ of the late Edmund Arthur
Kennard, of Hartfield, Tunbridge Wells, Master at Ipswich Grammar
School (who _d._ 13 April, 1891), by his wife, Annie M. (Cairo
Cottage, Southwater, Horsham), dau. of the late George Greenfield;
_b._ posthumous at Hartfield, co. Sussex, 21 July, 1891; educ.
Southwater Council School; joined the 1st Hants. Regt. at Portsmouth,
1 Jan. 1910, going direct to Londonderry till the Autumn, and then
to Aldershot, where he was transferred to the 2nd Battn. for foreign
service in the autumn of 1911; served Wynberg, South Africa; Mauritius
and Mhow, Central India; came home suffering with malarial fever and
was unable to accompany his regt. to the Front in March, 1915, but went
out to the Dardanelles with a draft the following July. He was killed
in action at the Dardanelles, in the great charge at Krithia, 6 Aug.
1915. On this occasion, out of the 900 who went into the action, only
250 returned.
[Illustration: =Arthur Kennard.=]
=KENNARD, STANLEY CHARLES=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B.
1981), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=KENNEDY, ARTHUR ST. CLAIR=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Dublin
Fusiliers, yst. _s._ of Francis George Holland Kennedy, of Tivoli,
co. Limerick, by his wife, Mary St. Clair, dau. of the late William
Doyle Hobson, of Myler’s Park, co. Wexford; _b._ Shelbourne, co.
Limerick, 12 Jan. 1892; educ. Aravon, Bray, co. Wicklow; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. R.D.F. 10 June, 1914, and promoted Lieut. 15 Nov. 1914; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France; was invalided home after the
Battle of the Aisne, and subsequently sent on duty to Cork with the
3rd Battn. of his regt. There, while expecting to be again sent to
the Front with a draft, he contracted pneumonia and died in the Royal
Military Hospital, 6 March, 1915; _unm._ He was buried with full
military honours on the 8th, in Cork Military Cemetery.
[Illustration: =A. St. Clair Kennedy.=]
=KENNEDY, JOHN HORACE=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Somerset L.I.,
attd. 2nd Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), only _s._ of Capt.
William Horace Kennedy, of Annfield, Brannockstown, co. Kildare, late
60th Rifles; by his wife, Ada Constance, dau. of Surgeon Major-Gen.
John Warren; _b._ Oaklands, Berkhamsted, co. Herts, 19 Oct. 1890;
educ. Wellington College and Sandhurst; received a commission as 2nd
Lieut. in the 3rd (Reserve) Battn. Connaught Rangers, 27 March, 1912,
and was promoted Lieut. 1 Oct. 1913; transferred as 2nd Lieut. to 2nd
Somerset L.I., 10 June, 1914; left for France, and was killed in action
in the trenches near Esterre when attd. to the 2nd Cameronians, 10 Jan.
1915. Buried near Esterre; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Horace Kennedy.=]
=KENNEDY, JOHN PITT=, Capt., 2nd Battn. The Cameronians (Scottish
Rifles), 2nd _s._ of the late Charles Napier Kennedy; _b._
London, 12 Aug. 1884; educ. Marlborough (House “Littlefield”) and
Sandhurst: gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Cameronians, 10 Oct. 1903; promoted
Lieut. 14 April, 1909, and Capt. 14 May, 1913; and was killed in action
at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 10 March, 1915. Buried near the
village of Rouge Croix on the road between Neuve Chapelle and Estaires.
Capt. Kennedy _m._ at Ootacamund, India, 13 July, 1908, Norah,
dau. of Lieut.-Col. W. E. Baddeley, R.E., Indian Army, and had a son,
Richard Pitt, _b._ 4 Sept. 1910.
=KENNEL, JOHN HENRY=, Private, No. 6802, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Timothy Kennel, of Arundel Road, Whittington Moor,
by his wife, Sarah Ann; _b._ Ripley, co. Derby, 7 March, 1888;
enlisted, 12 June, 1906, and was killed in action at Soupir, during the
Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at Windsor, 17 May,
1913, Emily (5 Red Lion Row, Thames Avenue, Windsor), dau. of Thomas
Hobbs, of Windsor, and had issue, John Henry Ernest, _b._ 4 Nov.
1913.
[Illustration: =John Henry Kennel.=]
=KENNETT, PERCY WILLIAM BISHOP=, Private, No. 12009, 1st
Battn. Coldstream Guards, only _s._ of George Bishop Kennett,
of Yellands, South Zeal, near Okehampton, co. Devon, Civil Servant
(retired), by his wife, Ada (Grace), dau. of W. Cone; _b._
Finchley Road, London, N.W., 13 Sept. 1893; educ. Bradley High School,
Newton Abbott, Devon; enlisted 8 Sept. 1914; left for France, 7 Jan.
1915, and died in the 3rd Field Ambulance, 4 March, 1915, of wounds
received in action near Givenchy, 2 March, 1915. Buried Bethune
Cemetery; _unm._
[Illustration: =Percy W. B Kennett.=]
=KENT, ALEXANDER JAMES=, Ch. E.R.A (Pensioner), 132323. H.M.S.
Aboukir: lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=KENT, ALFRED HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3666), 203801, H.M.S.
Aboukir: lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=KENYON, JOHN DE WINTON=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. King’s Liverpool
Regt., 2nd _s._ of the late Ernest Kenyon, of Manchester,
Drysalter, by his wife, Eliza Gertrude (14 Farnborough Road, Birkdale.
Southport), dau. of Edwin Muir, C.E., M.I.C.E., M.I.M.E., F.G.S.;
_b._ Birkdale, Southport, 13 Sept. 1896; educ. Giggleswick,
Yorkshire, where he was in the first Rugby Football XV and first
Cricket XI for two years, was co-editor of the School Chronicle, a
cadet officer of the O.T.C. and a preposter; received a commission as
2nd Lieut. in 4th (Extra Reserve) Battn. The King’s, 15 Aug. 1914; was
transferred to the 1st Battn., 13 Sept. 1914; went to France, 9 April.
1914, with the 6th Brigade (2nd Division), and was killed in action
at Richebourg St. Vaast, 16 May, 1915, while engaged in locating the
exact position whence the heavy rifle fire kept up by the enemy was
proceeding. Buried at Richebourg St. Vaast; _unm._ Lieut.-Col. C.
J. Steavenson, commanding 1st King’s Liverpools, wrote: “He had only
been with us a few days, but had shown that, had he been spared, he
would have made an excellent officer,” and Mr. R. N. Douglas, Head
Master of Giggleswick School, wrote: “Only last Sept. I was looking to
having Jack here as Head of the School, and was feeling the greatest
confidence that now all would go well with us, and that we should have
a strong and upright leader. Of all the boys I have had in my five
years here, his has been the character which has interested me most and
given me the most pleasure. And I looked forward to a life of infinite
usefulness for him. Now it is over, but I am sure that his usefulness
has been exerted, his strength of character has justified itself, and
his example has been an inspiration.”
[Illustration: =John de Winton Kenyon.=]
=KEOGHAN, LESLIE OWEN=, Gunner, 2/1594 C. Battery, New Zealand
Artillery New Zealand Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of
Sigismund Owen Keoghan, of Denniston, Westport, New Zealand; _b._
Bainham, 15 Sept. 1894; educ. Bainham, Collingwood, Nelson. He left
school at the age of fourteen and was employed for a time in a cheese
factory, after which he studied agriculture on his father’s farm at
Bainham. At seventeen he went with his parents to reside at Denniston,
Westport, and engaged in farming and other occupations until the
outbreak of war. He joined the New Zealand Artillery, 20 Dec. 1914,
and after six weeks’ training at Trentham, Wellington, sailed with the
third contingent for Egypt; served at the Dardanelles; was admitted
to the Egyptian Military Hospital, 28 May and died 1 June, 1915, of
fever. Buried, Cairo; _unm._ Gunner Keoghan was a young man of
exceptionally fine physique and remarkable strength.
[Illustration: =Leslie Owen Keoghan.=]
=KEOHAN, PATRICK JOSEPH=, W.T. Operator, R.N.R., W.T.S. 149,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=KER, ARTHUR MILFORD=, Capt., 2nd Battn. (92nd) Gordon
Highlanders, only _s._ of Sir Arthur Milford Ker, C.I.E., M.V.O.,
Knight of Grace of St. John of Jerusalem, by his wife, Constance, dau.
of Peter Mitchell; _b._ Simla, 7 Sept. 1882; educ. Tunbridge
Castle School and Cheltenham College. When the Boer War broke out
he joined the East Surrey Militia and went out to South Africa with
them, receiving a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 2nd Battn. Gordon
Highlanders, 19 March, 1901, and served through that campaign, 1900–2,
including the operations in the Orange Free State, June to July, 1901,
and in the Transvaal, Nov. 1901 to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with
five clasps). Promoted Lieut. 21 Feb. 1906, and Capt. 19 May, 1911; he
was killed in action near Bethune, 14 Oct. 1914; _unm._ Buried in
Bethune Cemetery.
[Illustration: =Arthur Milford Ker.=]
=KER, CECIL HOWARD=, Capt., 1st Battn. Bedfordshire Regt.,
only _s._ of George Darling Ker, of Milcote, Branksome Park,
Bournemouth, formerly Secretary and Treasurer of the Bank of Madras,
by his wife, Alice Mary, dau. of the late Capt. Charles Thomas Bently,
78th Highlanders; _b._ Madras, 4 Nov. 1883; educ. Cheltenham
College; served in South African War, 1902, with the 4th Battn.
Cheshire Regt. (Militia), taking part in the operations in the Orange
River Colony, and Cape Colony, Feb. to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal
with three clasps); gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st Bedfords, 4 July, 1903;
promoted Lieut. 27 March, 1905, and Capt. 20 Nov. 1912; went to France
with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, in which his Battn. formed
part of the 15th Brigade (5th Division), took part in the Battle of
Mons, the subsequent retreat, the Battle of the Marne, and the advance
to the Aisne, and was killed in action near Missy-sur-Aisne, 15 Sept.
following, being shot through the heart by a rifle bullet. Buried at
Missy-sur-Aisne. His Commanding Officer wrote: “We have lost in him
a very gallant officer and a dear friend.” He was a good all-round
sportsman. He played cricket and football for his school, was a
first-class rifle shot, and an excellent racquet and hockey player. In
1910, he and Capt. Leader of the Bedfords, were the runners-up for the
Military Doubles Racquets Championship, and in 1909, when the Bedfords
won the Army Hockey Championship, he captained the regimental team.
He _m._ at St. George’s, Hanover Square, London, 31 Dec. 1912,
Dorothy, yst. dau. of Lieut.-Col. William Hill-Climo, of Fir Glen
Yateley, co. Hants, Army Medical Staff (ret.), and had a son, Johnnie
George Skipton, _b._ 4 June, 1914.
[Illustration: =Cecil Howard Ker.=]
=KERBY, ALFRED=, Private. No. G. 7453, 2nd Battn. The Middlesex
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
action, 14 March, 1915; _m._
=KERFOOT, HARRY VICTOR=, Private, No. 5214, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of William Henry Kerfoot, of 77, Malmesbury Road,
Small Heath, Birmingham, Compositor, by his wife, Hannah Maria, dau. of
the late Edward Ford, of Wolverhampton, Painter; _b._ Leicester,
25 March, 1887; educ. Birmingham Council School; enlisted in Oct. 1903;
went out to France with the 1st Expeditionary Force, lost his right
arm in the action at Landrecies, 25 Aug. 1914, and was taken prisoner
in hospital. He was conveyed to the Garrison Camp, at Zerbst, Anhalt,
where he died of double pneumonia, 1 March, 1915; _unm._ He was
buried in the Garrison Cemetery there. Kerfoot had served three years
in Egypt, and in a letter to his father the Bishop of Khartoum said:
“He was a very earnest and sincere soldier when I knew him, and just
the kind of man to do his share in that wonderful fight at Landrecies
which kept the Germans from enveloping our whole Army.”
[Illustration: =Harry Victor Kerfoot.=]
=KERL, WILLIAM AUSTEN=, Rifleman, No. 1910, 16th (Queen’s
Westminster Rifles) Battn. The London Regt., only _s._ of William
James Kerl, Auctioneer and Surveyor, of Old Jewry, E.C. and a Past
Master of the Worshipful Company of Curriers (died 17 Feb. 1903), by
his wife, Emily (19, Solon New Road, Clapham, S.W.), dau. of the late
Henry Jeffrey Austen, of Wadhurst, co. Sussex, Auctioneer; _b._
Beckenham, co. Kent, 9 Sept. 1893; educ. City Freemen’s School,
Brixton, and on leaving school entered the wholesale drapery warehouse
of Messrs. John Howell & Co., Ltd., St. Paul’s Churchyard, E.C.;
volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined The Queen’s Westminster
Rifles, 6 Aug. 1914; went to France with his Battn. 1 Nov. 1914, and
was killed in action, 4 June, 1915, by a shell bursting in the reserve
trenches in front of Ypres while waiting to occupy the first line
fire trenches. Buried at “Cross Roads,” Potyze, Ypres-Zonnebeke Road;
_unm._ Letters from officers and men testify to his great courage
and lovable disposition.
[Illustration: =William Austen Kerl.=]
=KERLEY, HARRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3838), 192057, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=KERR, ALEXANDER=, Ch. E.R.A., 2nd Class, 269478, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=KERR, ARCHIBALD DAVID=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9932), S.S. 2542,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=KERR, DAVID ANSELM=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Scots, yr.
_s._ of Major-Gen. Lord Ralph Drury Kerr, late Col. 10th Hussars,
K.C.B., by his wife, Lady Anne, née Fitzalan-Howard, 6th dau. of Henry
Granville, 14th Duke of Norfolk, and grandson of John Williams Robert,
7th Marquis of Lothian; _b._ Curragh Camp, Ireland, 21 April,
1893; educ. Oratory School, Birmingham, and New College, Oxford, at
which latter he was a member of the Officer’s Training Corps; gazetted
2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Scots, 7 Aug. 1914; served in France and
Flanders, and was killed near Bethune, 13 Oct. 1914. Buried, Croix
Barbée, near Bethune; _unm._
=KERR, HERMAN HENRY=, Private, No. 8/63, 10th (Otago Infantry),
Battn. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late (--)
Kerr; _b._ Hamilton South, New Zealand, 5 Dec. 1893; educ. there;
joined the 10th Battn. Otago Infantry after the outbreak of war, 2
Sept. 1914; left for Egypt with the Main Force in Oct., took part
in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915 and died 19 May,
following, of wounds received in action there; _unm._
=KERR, HUBERT RAYNSFORD GORDON=, Lieut., 1st Battn. (71st)
Highland L.I., only _s._ of Frederick Kerr, of 27, Hereford
Square, London, S.W., by his wife, Esther Barbara Nicloux, dau. of
the late Robert Raynsford Jackson, of 31, Harrington Gardens, S.W.;
_b._ at the British Consulate, Santiago, Chili, 16 March, 1892;
educ. St. Cyprians, Eastbourne; Cheltenham College (Newick House, Mr.
Scot Skirving), and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted
2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Highland L.I., 13 March, 1912, and joined 21
April following; left for India to join the regt., 12 Sept. 1912, was
promoted Lieut. 21 Sept. 1914; went to France with his regt. in the
Lahore Division, and was killed at Givenchy, 19 Dec. following. Col.
(now Brig.-Gen.) R. W. H. Ronaldson wrote: “he was killed on the 19th
Dec. gallantly leading his men in action against a machine gun. I fear
not one of them escaped and all were shot down. Gallantly he led, and
as gallantly he died with all the honours of war, a soldier’s death....
I hope it may be some consolation to you all to know that he was so
absolutely happy here on service among us all, and that he went to his
death without a moment’s hesitation, determined to do his duty, come
what might. He spoke to me a few moments before and was full of life
and go there in the thick of it all. He was seen to fall just as the
dawn came up for we had made a night attack on the German trenches. It
seems so hard such a young life should have been so quickly cut down
but you must find consolation in that he did his duty without a thought
for himself, and met his death like the fine young soldier he was.”
[Illustration: =Hubert Raynsford G. Kerr.=]
=KERR, WILLIAM JOHNSTON=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7865),
S.S. 105934, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=RAIT-KERR, SYLVESTER CECIL=, Capt., 22nd Trench Howitzer Battery,
Royal Field Artillery, 2nd _s._ of Sylvester Rait-Kerr, of
Rathmoyle, Edenderry, King’s co., Ireland, by his wife, Mary, dau. of
the late Major-General Charles Scrope Hutchinson, C.B., R.E.; _b._
Rathmoyle, afsd., 14 Oct. 1887; educ. Arnold House, Llandulas, Rugby
School, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut.
R.F.A. 18 Dec. 1907, and promoted Lieut. 18 Dec. 1910; went to South
Africa in Oct. 1910, with the 100th Battery, R.F.A. and afterwards
proceeded to India and was home on leave from India when war broke out.
He was employed for some weeks in training men in various places, being
promoted Capt. 30 Oct. 1914, and on 6 Nov. left for France with “G”
Battery, R.H.A., but was subsequently transferred to the 41st Battery,
R.F.A. In April, 1915, he was given the command of a Trench Howitzer
Battery, with which he went into the trenches near Wieltje on 6 May,
and was killed in action on the 13th, being shot through the head by a
German sniper whilst carrying bombs to his guns. Buried in the trenches
close to the spot where he fell; _unm._ The General Officer
Commanding the 11th Infantry Brigade, wrote: “I have been informed that
you would like a few particulars of the gallant work done by your son
and the 22nd Trench Mortar Battery while they were under me in the hard
fighting of May 9 to 13, during the 2nd Battle of Ypres. Your son was
posted in the trenches to the left of a building, named by the troops
‘Shelltrap Farm,’ which was about the hottest part of the line, and his
duty was to assist the infantry in keeping back the enemy from sapping
up to the farm buildings, and to endeavour to blow in their saps. The
enemy’s shelling was so intense that time after time the trench mortars
were silenced and the crews buried, but they were dug out and started
on again, and they refused to be relieved. Cooke, the subaltern, was
hit and his shoulder dislocated, but he refused to go to hospital, and
the whole battery displayed a similar spirit all through the fighting,
the severity of which may be judged from the fact that Shelltrap Farm
was lost and retaken with the bayonet three times in twenty-four
hours.” And the General Officer Commanding the 4th Division: “I
remember Rait-Kerr and his 22nd Trench Mortar Battery well. It was the
best battery of that sort that we ever had with the 4th Division, and
under him it did invaluable service in the front trenches during the
fighting from the 6th to the 13th of May (1915), which was some of the
worst we had in France. I know he was a great loss to the Division and
to the service.” The officer in charge of the Trench Howitzer School,
2nd Army Corps, wrote: “He had done magnificently with his Trench
battery and had received the congratulations of the Divisional and
Brigade commanders to whom his battery was attached. He was a great
friend of mine, and without doubt the finest officer who had passed
through the Trench Howitzer School. There was no officer in the British
Army who could have done it better. He was a gallant fellow. He was the
ideal British officer, a real tiger with his men, but loved and admired
by them. In this Army (the 2nd) he _made_ trench howitzers. He
was, of course, recommended for a decoration, and he richly deserved
it,” and the subaltern under him in his battery wrote: “His death was a
great blow to all of us in the battery. He was a splendid fellow, and
did not know what fear was. He was recommended to General Commanding
4th Division for gallantry during the action by officer commanding the
2nd Monmouths, who told me he had upheld the best traditions of the
Royal Artillery.” His brother, Capt. W. C. Rait-Kerr, was killed in
action at Veldhoek, 10 Nov. 1914 (see following notice).
[Illustration: =Sylvester C. Rait-Kerr.=]
=RAIT-KERR, WILLIAM CHARLES, D.S.O.=, Capt., 57th Howitzer
Battery, R.F.A. eldest _s._ of Sylvester Rait-Kerr, of Rathmoyle,
Edenderry, King’s co. Ireland, by his wife, Mary, dau. of the late
Major-General Charles Scrope Hutchinson, C.B., R.E.; _b._
Rathmoyle, afsd. 6 Aug. 1886; educ. Arnold House, Llandulas, Rugby
School, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut.
R.F.A. 23 July, 1907; and promoted Lieut. 23 July, 1910, and Capt.
30 Oct., 1914; went to France 16 Aug. 1914, with the 1st Division,
commanded by Sir Douglas Haig, as Lieut. in 57th Howitzer Battery, 43rd
Brigade, R.F.A.; took part in the Battle of, and retreat from, Mons,
the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne, and the 1st Battle of Ypres,
and was killed in action at Veldhoek, near Ypres, 10 Nov. following,
whilst in charge of an advanced gun 250 yards from the enemy, being
shot through the head by a German sniper. The rest of his battery had
gone to the rear to rest and refit, having been out since the beginning
of the war. Buried at Veldhoek, beside the gun “he had commanded so
well”; _unm._ He was awarded the D.S.O. “For gallant conduct in
bringing up a gun to within 250 yards of the enemy in a wood, and
blowing down a house in which the enemy were working a machine-gun”
[London Gazette, 1 Dec. 1914]; and was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now
Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915. His Colonel wrote: “He was
in charge of a gun which had for some days been placed in a forward
position for a special purpose, to destroy some houses from which some
German snipers were causing heavy losses in our trenches. He had been
doing splendid work, which had been specially noticed by the General,
and only the day before his death the Commander of the French troops
on our left had sent a letter of thanks for one particularly useful
lot of shooting which he had put in and destroyed some German trenches
in front of them. He was a brave and excellent officer and man. He had
just appeared in the Gazette as Capt. and was so delighted that I had
been able to get him posted to one of my batteries.” Another officer
wrote: “He was up in the infantry trenches with one gun close behind,
in communication by telephone with him. He was there about a fortnight,
and in that time did very fine work, knocking houses down with Germans
and machine-guns in them, and various other jobs. He was highly
praised by all the people up there, and by the General in command of
the Infantry Brigade. He had a very rough time from both shell and
rifle fire, but had done great execution in spite of it.” His brother,
Capt. S. C. Rait-Kerr, was killed in action 13 May, 1915 (see previous
notice).
[Illustration: =William C. Rait-Kerr.=]
=KERRAY, JAMES=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3918), 284967,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=KERRISON, ARTHUR JAMES=, Boy Servt., L. 4831, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=KERWIN, ALBERT=, Stoker, 2nd Class, S.S. 115602 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=KESSELL, HARRY=, Lieut., Commanding Machine-Gun Section, 15th
Infantry Battn. (Queensland), Australian Imperial Force, only _s._
of Thomas Norman Kessell, of Leederville, Western Australia, by his
wife, Sophia: _b._ Leamington Spa, co. Warwick, 13 Jan. 1874;
went to New Zealand with his parents and was educ. at the Normal
School, Dunedin, afterwards settling in Australia. He joined the
Victorian Rangers, 11 Dec. 1892, as a gunner in the Nordenfelt Battery;
became Senior Sergt. 17 April, 1893; Lieut. G Coy., 23 Nov. 1895,
Acting Signalling Inspector, 1 May, 1896, and after obtained the Flag
Signalling Certificate (No. 600) 1 Aug. 1896, Signalling Instructor.
He passed for promotion to the rank of Capt. Victorian Rangers, 10
Oct. 1897, and for the Militia with Special Certificate, No. 78, and
obtained the extra Musketry Certificate, No. 12, 22 Oct. 1898, and
re-qualified as Flag Signaller, 17 Dec. 1898. He served through the
South African War, was appointed Lieut. to the 5th Victorian Mounted
Rifles: at Middleberg, 1901, acting as Troop Leader and Squadron
Commander on various occasions, and was mentioned by Lord Kitchener
in Despatches [London Gazette, 29 July, 1902] and awarded the Queen’s
medal with four clasps. After the close of the campaign he acted as
Adjutant for the returning Australian Troops on board H.M.S. Britannia.
On the outbreak of the European War, in Aug. 1914, he joined the
Australian Imperial Force, serving with the 15th Infantry Battn.
(Queensland), and died at No. 1 General Hospital, Heliopolis, 3rd July,
1915, of shrapnel wounds received in action in Gallipoli on May 9;
_unm._ Of Lieut. Kessell’s last hours an Army chaplain wrote as
follows: “He was grand, a regular inspiration to some other patients,
who ceased worrying over their own troubles in the presence of a man
who suffered greater things and yet never ceased to be a cheerful
pattern to them.”
[Illustration: =Harry Kessell.=]
=KETTERIDGE, JAMES WILLIAM=, Bombardier, No. 63852, 11th Battery,
R.F.A., and First-Class signaller, _s._ of William Ketteridge, of
Waggon Lane, Lower Tottenham, co. Middlesex, Munition Worker; _b._
there 5 Nov. 1891; educ. St. James’ School, Fore Street, Upper
Edmonton, enlisted, 12 Jan. 1911; awarded 2nd Class Certificate at Army
School, 27 June, 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France
and Flanders, and while reconnoitring at midnight on 21 Aug. 1914 at
le Cateau was shot by the French by mistake. He _m._ at Kildare
Parish Church, 1914, Mary Florence, dau. of Benjamin Robert Singleton,
late of the Northamptonshire Regt., and had one child, Rosary Annie Le
Cateau, _b._ 20 Dec. 1914.
[Illustration: =James W. Ketteridge.=]
=KIDBY, ARTHUR=, Rifleman, No. 2894, C Coy., 9th Battn. (Queen
Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt., 2nd _s._ of Frederick Arthur
Kidby, of 19, Hertford Road, Hoddesdon, Clerk, Building Department,
Hoddesdon Brewery, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Stephen Elkins; _b._
Hoddesdon, co. Herts, 4 Jan. 1896; educ. Hoddesdon Church of England
School and Broxbourne, Herts; was Clerk in wholesale drapery trade;
joined Queen Victoria’s Rifles, 2 Sept. 1914; went to France, 20 Jan.
1915, and was killed in action near Wulverghem 3 March following;
_unm._ His company commander, Capt. Herbert Fleming, wrote: “He
was shot through the head on the 3rd inst. during a heavy burst of fire
from the German trenches. He had only been here a short time, but he
proved himself a keen and brave soldier. I deplore his loss more than
I can say. I was with your boy when he died; he was unconscious, and
only lived for a few minutes after he was shot. He has been buried in
the churchyard at Wulverghem, and I will see that a cross is erected
to his memory.” Private Kidby was a good athlete, and was captain of
his school football team. He had a good voice and was a member of the
Hoddesdon Church choir.
[Illustration: =Arthur Kidby.=]
=KIDD, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7865), 299560,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=KILBEY, ALBERT JOHN=, Private, No. 2881, 7th Battn. The London
Regt. (T.F.); only _s._ of John Charles Kilbey, of 11, Royston
Street, Old Ford Road, Bethnal Green, Waterside Labourer, by his wife,
Harriet Rossetta, dau. of George Frederick Walker; _b._ Bethnal
Green, 29 March, 1895; educ. Wolverley Street School there; joined
the 7th London, 23 Sept. 1914; left for France, 17 March, 1915, and
was killed in action at the Battle of Festubert, 17 May following;
_unm._
=KILBOURNE, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 16154, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=KILGOUR, WILLIAM=, Sapper, No. 615, 51st Signal Coy., Highland
Division, Royal Engineers (T.F.), elder _s._ of William Thomas
Kilgour, of Tighnabruaich, Fort William, co. Inverness, by his wife,
Annie Hossack, dau. of William Macdougall, of Fort William; _b._
Fort William, 23 Nov. 1895; educ. Fort William; gained a very high
place in the competitive examination for entrance to the Post Office
service and was employed as a Sorting Clerk and Telegraphist at
Grangemouth, Bo’ness, Linlithgow and Fort William; volunteered and
joined 4th Battn. Cameron Highlanders (T.F.), in Aug. 1914, and, while
training at Bedford, transferred from that corps to the 51st Signal
Coy., Highland Division, R.E. (T.F.); left for France, 30 April, 1915,
and was killed in action at La Coutiere, 27 May, 1915, by a high
explosive shell, death being instantaneous. Buried at Vieille Chapelle;
_unm._ His commanding officer wrote: “As your son worked his
instrument in the same room that I occupy myself, I had the opportunity
of watching him closely, and without any exaggeration I can truthfully
say that he was one of the finest young soldiers I ever met. He was
always willing and ready to do his work at any time, and when we were
very busy he was quite pleased to work his 12 hours on end without
grumbling. He had such a happy disposition that we all feel we have
lost a very good comrade and an excellent worker.”
[Illustration: =William Kilgour.=]
=KILLICK, ALFRED HENRY=, C.E.R.A. (Pensioner), 154516, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=KILLING, JOHN WILLIAM=, Ch. E.R.A., 2nd Class, 269868, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=KIMBERLEY, ARTHUR=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ply. 11904, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=KING, ALEXANDER DUNCAN CAMPBELL=, Tempy. Lieut., 11th Reserve
Regt. of Cavalry, attd. 18th Hussars, _s._ of Robert King, of
Craigpark, Torphichen, co. Linlithgow, by his wife, Sara, dau. of
Duncan Campbell, of Paisley; _b._ Torphichen aforesaid, 20 May,
1886; educ. Edinburgh Academy and Edinburgh University; received a
commission as 2nd Lieut. in 11th Reserve Regt. of Cavalry, 20 Sept.
1914; promoted Tempy. Lieut., 24 Feb. 1915; left for France, 17 May;
was attached there to the 18th Hussars, and died at Hooge, near Ypres,
24 May, 1915, from the effects of poisoned gas, which on that day was
employed by the enemy against the British front between Shelltrap Farm
and the Bellewaerde Lake for 4½ hours without intermission, the cloud
in some places rising to a height of 40 feet. Buried west of Ypres,
between Poperinghe and Vlamertinghe; _unm._
[Illustration: =Alexander D. C. King.=]
=KING, ALFRED CHARLES LAWRENCE=, Stoker, 2nd. Class, K. 17463,
H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20
miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=KING, CHARLES GLAZIER=, Private, No. 9936, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Henry King, of Lower Vobster, Coleford, near Bath;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in
action at Soupir, 14 Sept. 1914.
=KING, CHARLES SEALY=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers,
yr. _s._ of Charles Sealy King, of Richmount, Bandon, co. Cork,
J.P., by his wife, Beatrice Ada, dau. of William Jocelyn Bradford,
M.D., T.C.D.; _b._ Bandon, 18 Aug. 1894; educ. Catherington House
Preparatory School, Hordean, Hants, from which he gained a scholarship
to St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate; passed his Army Qualifying
Examination in 1911; obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 4th
(Extra Reserve) Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, 27 Jan. 1912, and after
serving six months’ probation with the 2nd Battn. was promoted Lieut.
22 Aug. following, and on the outbreak of war was gazetted 2nd Lieut.
to the 2nd Munsters, 14 Aug. 1914; was promoted temporary Lieut. from
30 Aug. 1914, and substantive Lieut. from 30 Nov. 1914; joined his
Battn. in France, 18 Feb. 1915 and was killed in action at the Rue du
Bois, near Festubert, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ His Adjutant, Capt. T.
W. Filgate, wrote: “During an attack on the German trenches just south
of Neuve Chapelle on Sunday morning your son was killed while gallantly
leading his platoon. He was perfectly wonderful, and as cool and
collected as if nothing was happening. He dashed forward ahead of his
men, and was killed right up against the German parapet. It may be a
little consolation to you to know that it was very largely owing to his
and a few others’ gallant leading and dash that we were the only regt.
in the brigade of which part reached the first line German trenches. We
are all very proud of the gallant fellows that fell, and their names
will never be forgotten in the regt. We were not able to recover your
son’s body, which is close up to the German trenches.”
[Illustration: =Charles Sealy King.=]
=KING, EDWARD=, Private, No. 7647, 1st Battn. Scots Guards;
_b._ Marston, Bedford; enlisted 24 May, 1910; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; was severely wounded
in action in the arm and thigh, admitted to the 3rd London General
Hospital, Wandsworth, 3 Nov. 1914, and died there on the 16th of that
month.
=KING, EDWARD=, Signal Boy, J. 22608, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=KING, FREDERICK ARTHUR=, Private, No. 1949, 3rd Battn. (Royal
Fusiliers) London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of John King, of 97, Sumatra
Road, West Hampstead, Bootmaker, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Charles
Chaffey; _b._ South Hampstead, 8 Feb. 1898; educ. Broomleigh
Street Council School, West Hampstead; joined the 3rd Battn. London
Regt. June, 1914, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 10
March, 1915; _unm._ Lieut. Reeves in giving some particulars of
the action wrote: “F. A. King was under me when he was killed, I saw
him lying right on top of the captured German trench--I believe he was
killed by a high explosive, because I noticed his face was black. He
was quite a good youngster.”
=KING, HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7995), S.S. 103737,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=KING, HENRY WILLIAM=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1419U., H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=KING, HORACE ANDREW=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9004), 190503, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=KING, JAMES=, Private, No. 4444, 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st Battn.
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, _s._ of John King, of Blackhill,
Cookstown, Millworker, _b._ Clogog, Cookstown, co. Tyrone, Aug.
1893; educ. Cookstown; joined 3rd Inniskilling Fusiliers, 8 Aug 1914;
left for the Dardanelles with a draft for the 1st Battn., and died 14
Aug. following, of wounds received at Suvla Bay; _unm._
=KING, NICHOLAS MAINGER=, Stoker, R.N.R., U. 1640, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=KING, ROBERT NEAL=, Capt., 1st Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., only
_s._ of the late Robert King, M.D., F.R.C.P., London, by his
wife, Esther, dau. of Thomas Case; _b._ in London, 14 Sept. 1874;
educ. Rugby; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 1st Lincolns, from Militia, 6 June,
1896; promoted Lieut. 31 July, 1899, and Capt. 19 Nov. 1904; served
in the Nile Expedition, 1898, and was present at the Battle of the
Atbara (medal; Egyptian medal with clasp); in the South African War,
1902, where he was employed with Mounted Infantry in operations in
the Transvaal and Cape Colony, April and May, 1902, and in the Orange
River Colony, Jan. to March, 1902 (Queen’s medal with four clasps);
and from 24 Dec. to 31 Dec. 1901, was on special service. He retired
21 June, 1911, and was placed in the Reserve of Officers, but rejoined
his regt. on the outbreak of war; left for France, Sept. 1914, and
was reported killed in action at Wystchaete, 1 Nov. following. Capt.
King _m._ at St. George’s, Hanover Square, London, 19 Dec. 1910,
Klara Alice Fanny, 2nd dau. of Robert Shand Kynoch Shand, of Hillside,
co. Kincardine, and the Linn Keith, co. Banff, and had two sons:
Robert McKerrell, _b._ 24 Nov. 1911, died 3 Nov. 1914; and Philip
Marshall, _b._ 23 March, 1914.
[Illustration: =Robert Neal King.=]
=KING, SAMUEL=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5284), 203896, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=KING, SIDNEY HORACE=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 15574, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=KING, THOMAS=, Sailmaker, 175250, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=KING, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 110209, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=KINGSTON, SYDNEY=, S.B.S., 2nd Class, 351152, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=KINKEAD, RICHARD CROFTON GEORGE MOORE=, M.B., M.Ch., B.A.O.
Capt., Royal Army Medical Corps, attd. 10th Royal Hussars, only
_s._ of Richard John Kinkead, of Galway, M.D., Dublin, J.P.,
Professor, Queen’s College, Galway, by his wife, Emily, dau. of John
Hubert Moore; _b._ Galway, 12 June, 1883; educ. Erasmus Smith’s
School, Galway; Portora Royal School, Enniskillen; Queen’s College,
Galway, and Royal University of Ireland, where he graduated, M.B.,
M.Ch. and B.A.O. While a student at the University he joined and went
through a course of training in the South of Ireland Yeomanry (now
the South Irish Horse). After serving for a year as house surgeon to
the Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital, he passed into the R.A.M.C.,
being gazetted Lieut., 31 July, 1909, and promoted Capt. 31 Jan. 1913.
He was stationed in the Cork district, Ireland, 1909–11, and in South
Africa, Jan. 1912, to Sept. 1914, when he was recalled to England with
the regular troops and attd. to the 10th Royal Hussars. He left for
France with that regt. which formed part of the 3rd Cavalry Division, 7
Oct. 1914, and was killed in action at Klein Zillebeke, during the 1st
Battle of Ypres on the 31st of the same month; _unm._ Lieut.-Col.
Barnes, commanding the 10th Hussars, wrote: “He was a gallant officer
and loved and respected by all ranks of the 10th Hussars. I especially
asked that he might go to the war with the regt. and so I feel that
fate has scarcely been kind.” Major the Hon. C. B. O. Mitford, D.S.O.,
of the same regt. wrote: “He with two other officers got one of my men
and myself out of the trenches at considerable personal risk. He was
just as cool helping the wounded under fire as if he was in a surgery.
I hope it may be some slight consolation to you to know how he will be
missed in the regiment and that his good work was appreciated by all.”
Major, afterwards Lt. Col. Shearman, wrote: “You will be proud to know
that he was possessed of great personal courage and his one thought
here was his duty and care of the wounded, which he in many cases
personally collected. Your son was buried by the Rev. C. S. Ensell, in
the cemetery at Ypres. His grave is next that of Lord Charles Nairne,
who was killed at the same time.” And a colonel of the R.A.M.C. wrote:
“Capt. Kinkead was regarded as a daring and fearless soldier, with
strikingly attractive qualities, and was immensely popular with the
men of the regiment. Over and over again he risked his life in the
discharge of his duties in the field.”
[Illustration: =R. C. G. M. Kinkead.=]
=KINNAIRD, HON. DOUGLAS ARTHUR=, Master of Kinnaird, Capt., 2nd
Battn. Scots Guards, eldest _s._ of Arthur Fitzgerald, 11th Lord
Kinnaird, K.T., by his wife, Mary Alma Victoria, dau. of Sir Andrew
Agnew, of Lochnaw, 8th Baronet; _b._ Rossie Priory, Inchture, co.
Perth, 20 Aug. 1879; educ. Cheam School, Surrey; Eton, and Trinity
College, Cambridge (B.A. 1901, M.A. 1905); gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd
Scots Guards, 22 May, 1901. and promoted Lieut. 1 Feb. 1904, and Capt.
3 Feb. 1912; transferring to the 2nd Battn. when the 3rd was disbanded;
went to Antwerp with his Battn. in the 7th Division; served through the
retreat from that place and was killed in action, 23 Oct. 1914, during
one of the numerous rearguard actions, to protect the retirement of
the Belgian Army. Buried with another officer at Zonnebeke Farm, near
Poligne, Belgium; _unm._ Capt. Kinnaird was in the Volunteer Corps
at Eton and Cambridge, and travelled much on the Continent to study Art
and Literature. In 1906, he went to East Africa for big game shooting,
and made a large collection of heads and trophies. He also visited
India for the Coronation Durbar at Delhi in 1911.
[Illustration: =Douglas Arthur Kinnaird.=]
=KINNAIRD, FRANCIS JOSEPH=, Capt., 4th Battn. South Staffordshire
Regt., 2nd _s._ of the late Francis Henry Kinnaird, of London;
_b._ London, 16 March, 1875; educ. privately; obtained a
commission in the 4th South Stafford in 1907; passed the School of
instruction and qualified as Instructor of Musketry; became Capt. 4
Nov. 1910; went to France 16 March, 1915; was wounded in action at
Richebourg, 16 May, 1915, and died in King Edward’s Hospital, London,
10 June, following; buried at Astley, Worcestershire. He _m._ in
London, 5 Oct. 1901, Gertrude (16, Titchfield Terrace, Regent’s Park,
N.W.), dau. of Robert Green, and had a dau.: Mary Gertrude, _b._
21 Sept. 1904.
=KIPLING, THOMAS WILLIAM=, Seaman, R.N.R., 4772 B., H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=KIRKBY, BERTRAM JAMES=, 1st Writer, 220342, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=KIRBY, HENRY JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8167), S.S.
103966, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=KIRBY, JOHN RUSSELL=, Private, No. 2517, 13th Battn. (Princess
Louise’s Kensington), The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the
late John William Kirby, of Ivy House, Wortham, co. Suffolk, Farmer, by
his wife, Annie M., dau. of John Rash; _b._ Wortham, 13 Nov. 1886;
educ. Eye Grammar School; was a Motor Bodymaker at Messrs. Barkers &
Co., Kensington; volunteered after the outbreak of war and joined the
Kensingtons, 1 Sept. 1914; left for France, 7 Feb. 1915, and died at
No. 2 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 27 March, 1915, of wounds received
at Neuve Chapelle on 10–12 March. Buried at Boulogne; _unm._
=KIRK, ALAN=, Gunner, No. 57708, 49th Battery, Royal Field
Artillery, 2nd _s._ of John Robert Kirk, of Belton, near
Doncaster, Schoolmaster, by his wife, Betsy, dau. of John Rookledge;
_b._ York, 13 June, 1891; educ. Ackworth Church School, of which
his father was head master; joined Pontefract Battn. King’s Own
Yorkshire L.I. (T.F.), ... 1909; enlisted R.F.A., June, 1909; left
for France, Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at the Battle of the
Aisne, 13 Sept. following. Buried midway between Braine and Chessemy;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Alan Kirk.=]
=KIRK, GERALD=, 2nd Lieut., 5th Battn. The King’s Own Royal
Lancaster Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of the late Alfred Samuel Kirk
of Greenwood Leghe, Ingleton, and of Leeds, and the only _s._ by
his 2nd wife, Isabella Ann, widow of William Norman Greenwood and dau.
of Richardson Balderstone; _b._ Bramley, near Leeds, 14 July,
1883; educ. Ilkley and Pocklington, but after the declaration of war
enlisted in the King’s Own, 2 Sept. 1914, was gazetted 2nd Lieut. in
the same, 3 Jan. 1915. At the Second Battle of Ypres the 5th Battn. of
the King’s Own were with the Canadians in the great charge on Friday,
23 April, and Lieut. Kirk was severely wounded and died on the night
of the following day at Poperinghe. Col. Lord Richard Cavendish wrote:
“He was mortally wounded when bravely leading his men against a very
strong position of the enemy. Although he had only been in the Battn.
a comparatively short time he had endeared himself to us all, and he
will be deeply mourned and long remembered. He had proved himself an
extremely efficient officer.” Capt. Gerald W. Sharpe wrote: “He died a
noble and gallant death, leading his platoon across an absolute inferno
of shot and shell, he was wounded through the chest by a bullet. Four
of his men carried him back to the dressing station where he was made
as comfortable as possible and he was the first to be sent off in the
motor ambulance.” He was buried in the hospital cemetery at Poperinghe.
Kirk was the well-known amateur centre half-back, and had played for
both Bradford City and Leeds City. He was the first Hon. Secretary
of the Ingleton Conservative Club, and the originator and first Hon.
Secretary of the Ingleton Farmers’ Association, etc., and a sidesman
at St. Mary’s Church. He was also an ardent follower of the Vale of
Lune Hounds, an excellent shot, and a keen cricketer and tennis player.
He _m._ at Casterton, near Kirkby Lonsdale, 21 April, 1909,
Jane, dau. of Edmund Capstick, of Barnoldswick, Burton-on-Lonsdale;
_s.p._
[Illustration: =Gerald Kirk.=]
=KIRK, RANDAL=, Private, No. 8716, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards,
only _s._ of the late Bruce Kirk, of Newland, Hull, by his wife,
Cecilia (49, Linnaeus Street, Hull), dau. of the late Thomas Clarke,
of Goole, and grandson of the late William Kirk, of Hull, Printer;
_b._ Hull, 22 Sept. 1885; educ. The Crossley and Porter School,
Halifax; was nine years (1900–09) in the Hull Rating Department,
Posterngate, and for six years held the rank of Sergt. in the Hull
Rifles (Cyclist Corps); joined the 1st Coldstream Guards the day
previous to King Edward’s death, 1910, and served three years with the
Colours; rejoined the battn. on the outbreak of war; left for France
with the Expeditionary Force, 13 Aug. 1914, and died a prisoner of war
in the German XV Army Corps Hospital at Laon, 27 Sept. 1914, of wounds
received in action during the first days of the retreat from Mons;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Randal Kirk.=]
=KIRKLAND, THOMAS LINDSAY=, Petty Officer, 170934, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=KIRKPATRICK, ALEXANDER DOUGLAS=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force (1st Canadian Contingent), _s._ of Alexander
Mainwaring Morris Kirkpatrick, of 204, Rusholme Road, Toronto, by
his wife, Caroline Adelaide, dau. of Col. George Taylor Denison,
the Veteran Canadian Cavalry leader and writer on Imperial Defence;
_b._ Toronto, 1 Jan. 1891; gazetted Lieut. in Governor General’s
Body Guard, 10 July, 1910, transferred to the 2nd Regt. (Queen’s Own
Rifles of Canada), 14 Aug. 1914, went overseas with the 3rd Battn. of
the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 26 Sept. following, and was killed in
action, near St. Julien, during the Second Battle of Ypres, 23 April,
1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Alexander D. Kirkpatrick.=]
=KITCHING, ABNER PERCIVAL=, Private, No. 8620, 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards, eldest _s._ of Abner Kitching, of Crouch Farm
Highworth; _b._ Chadlington, co. Oxon, 1883; enlisted 28 Feb.
1910; left for France with the Expeditionary Force, Aug. 1914; and died
24 Sept. following, of wounds received at the Battle of Mons on 23 Aug.
Buried, Military Cemetery, Netley. He _m._ in Swindon, 14 April,
1914, Elizabeth, dau. of William Collins, of the Buildings, Highworth,
and had a dau., Elise, _b._ posthumous, 12 March, 1915.
=KLITZ, EVELYN ANTHONY=, Private, No. 9512, 5th Battn. (London
Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of William
Lawson Klitz, of 88, High Street, Lymington, co. Hants, by his wife,
Ellen, dau. of Thomas Gossling; _b._ Lymington, 7 Nov. 1894; educ.
Gillingham Grammar School; joined the London Rifle Brigade early in
1913; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war; and died
at the Rawal Pindi Hospital, Wimereux, near Boulogne, 12 March, 1915,
of wounds received in action on the preceding 12 Feb. at Ploegsteert.
Buried in a private grave in Wimereux Cemetery; _unm._ Private
Klitz was one of the company of the London Rifle Brigade who took part
in the march in full kit from the Duke of York’s Column to the Aquarium
at Brighton, on 18 April, 1914, in 14 hours 23 mins., thereby breaking
the world’s record. For this feat he was awarded a bronze medal.
=KLOSS, SIDNEY ALBERT EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, 310981, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=KNIGHT, ALBERT ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11029, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=KNIGHT, HENRY ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3397), S.S.
101168, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=KNIGHT, HENRY CHARLES=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., B. 2701),
160065, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=KNIGHT, JOSEPH=, Chief Stoker (R.F.R., A. 1363), 128345 (Port.),
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=KNIGHT, STEPHEN=, Leading Stoker, 1st Class (A. 1584), 126510,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=KNIGHT, THOMAS=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 3041), 307737, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=KNOCKER, ARTHUR PAGET=, Capt., 1st Battn. Hampshire Regt., only
_s._ of Col. Herbert Paget Knocker, of Bushey Ruff, Eastbourne,
late R.E., by his wife, Maud, dau. of Major-Gen. Philip Ravenhill,
C.B., R.E.; _b._ Kensington, 3 Aug. 1889; educ. Eastbourne College
and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to 1st
Hampshires, 18 Sept. 1909; promoted Lieut. 9 Aug. 1911, and temp. Capt.
15 Nov. 1914; left for France, 22 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action
at Ploegsteert, 8 Feb. 1915. Buried, Ploegsteert Cemetery; _unm._
[Illustration: =Arthur Paget Knocker.=]
=KNOTT, HENRY=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 354781, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=KNOWLES, JONATHAN EDWARD=, Capt., 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt.
eldest _s._ of the late Edward Sugden Knowles, and grandson of
the late Jonathan Knowles, of Rawdon, co. York; _b._ Sandgate,
Queensland, Australia, 21 May, 1882; educ. Sedbergh School; joined the
2nd Vol. Battn. West Yorkshire Regt., as 2nd Lieut.; served with the
4th Durham L.I. (Militia) in the South African War, 1902, and took part
in the operations in the Orange River Colony, and Cape Colony, Feb. to
31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps); gazetted 2nd Lieut.
to 1st Middlesex, 4 July, 1903, and served with his Battn. in India,
Burma and at Aden; promoted Lieut. 14 Jan. 1906, and Capt. 1 Feb.
1914, when he was transferred to the 4th Battn.; went to France with
the Expeditionary Force, Aug. 1914, in which the 4th “Diehards” formed
part of the 8th Brigade (3rd Division), and was killed in action at
the Battle of Mons, on the 23rd of the same month. Buried in Cemetery
at Maisieres. He _m._ at St. Peter’s Church, Bexhill, Sussex,
3 June, 1909, Viva Brabazon, dau. of the late C. F. Bagot, and had
three children: Jonathan Maynard, _b._ 11 Oct. 1913; Nina Mary,
_b._ 21 April, 1910; and Viva Joan, _b._ 14 Aug. 1912.
=KNOWLES, WILLIAM ALFRED=, A.B., 239360, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=KNOX, RALPH=, Private, No. 9748, 1st Battn. The Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt.), eldest _s._ of Ralph Knox, now serving as a
private in the Canadian Highlanders, by his wife, Isabella, 2nd dau.
of John Flood; _b._ Berwick-on-Tweed, 9 May, 1888; educ. Boys’
National School there; enlisted 9 Oct. 1906: went to France 23 Dec.
1914, and was killed in action near Ypres, on the night of the 14–15
May, 1915, being shot by a sniper while engaged in carrying rations to
the trenches; _unm._
=KOCH, WILLIAM JAMES=, Trooper, No. 2518, Surrey Yeomanry (Queen
Mary’s Regt.) (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Oswald Hugo Koch, of 24,
Cranmer Road, West Croydon, by his wife, Frances (24, Cranmer Road,
West Croydon), dau. of William Wood, of Shirley; _b._ Croydon, 25
July, 1896; educ. Brighton Road Board Schools, Croydon; was a Grocer’s
Assistant with Francis of Brixton; volunteered and joined the Surrey
Yeomanry, 6 Jan. 1915, and died at 73, King’s Avenue, Clapham, 5 Feb.
following, from injuries caused by a fall from his horse two days
previously. Buried Mitcham Road Cemetery, Croydon; _unm._
[Illustration: =William James Koch.=]
=KYDD, JAMES PHILLIP=, Leading Seaman, 215363, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=KYLE, ROBERT BRUCE=, Private, No. 1781, 1/14th Battn. (London
Scottish), The London Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of the late John
Kyle, M.I.C.E., Resident Engineer, Harbour Works, Colombo, Ceylon, by
his wife, Agnes (100, Station Road, Barnes, London, S.W.); _b._
Colombo, 30 April, 1893; educ. Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow, and Royal
High School, Edinburgh; was a member of the foreign staff of the
Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank; joined the London Scottish Jan. 1913;
volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war; left for
France, 15 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action in the charge of the
London Scottish at Messines, 1 Nov. following. He was at first reported
missing, and it was not until the 15 Feb. 1915, that definite news that
he had fallen was received. He was _unm._
=KYNOCH, COLIN SMITH=, 2nd Lieut., 6th Battn. Durham L.I. (T.F.),
2nd _s._ of Robert Kynoch, of Stocksfield-on-Tyne, by his wife,
Jennie, dau. of Silvanus Smith; _b._ Newcastle-on-Tyne, 8 Sept.
1883; educ. at a Private School, Newcastle-on-Tyne; was a Traveller in
the Corn and Flour Trade; volunteered on the outbreak of war and was
gazetted 2nd Lieut. 6 Oct. 1914; went to France, 19 April, 1915, and
was killed in action near St. Julien, Ypres, 26 April, 1915. Buried
near Hill 60; _unm._
[Illustration: =Colin Smith Kynoch.=]
=KYTE, FREDERICK CHARLES=, Private, No. 9332, 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of James Kyte, of Horton, near Devizes,
co. Wilts, a pensioner, Royal Marines, by his wife, Eliza Jane, dau.
of James Wiltshire; _b._ Easterton, co. Wilts, 9 Dec. 1893; educ.
Easterton National School; joined 1st Coldstream Guards, 18 Nov.
1911; went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914; was
wounded and invalided home in Nov.; returned to the Front, 17 Dec., was
reported missing after the fighting at Givenchy, 22 Dec. following, and
is now assumed to have been killed in action that day; _unm._
=LACEY, CHARLES=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 1250), late R.M.A.
11447 H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LACEY, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4724), S.S. 104080,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=LACK, PERCY EDMUND=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4868), S.S.
104284, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LACY, FRANCIS PRIOR, M.C.=, Capt., Westmorland and Cumberland
Yeomanry, attd. 170 Coy. Royal Engineers, _s._ of Dyson Lacy,
Hobart, Tasmania, by his wife, Francis Amelia, dau. of Capt. J. Irwin,
R.N.; _b._ Mackay, North Queensland, Australia, 28 Jan. 1887;
educ. Stubbington, also Felsted, Essex, England, and the Royal School
of Mines, Kensington, London; on the outbreak of war volunteered for
foreign service, 14 Oct. 1914, and was killed by a counter mine, 13
Aug. 1915; _unm._ He was mentioned in Sir John French’s Despatches
[London Gazette, 23 June, 1915], and awarded the Military Cross.
[Illustration: =Francis Prior Lacy.=]
=LACY, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 11087, Royal Marines, only
_s._ of Frederick Lacy, Sweep; _b._ 1882; lost in the North
Sea on H.M.S. Cressy, 22 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at Stepney Parish
Church, 19 Oct. 1913, Sarah Catherine (115, Shandy Street, Stepney,
E.), dau. of Thomas John Dobson, and had a dau., Sarah Elizabeth,
_b._ 24 June, 1915.
=LADD, ERNEST WILLIAM=, A.B., J. 18430, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost
when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=LADD, ROBERT JOHN=, Seaman, R.N.R., 3295 A., H.M.S. Cressy,
_s._ of the late Edward Ladd, of Southwold, Mariner, by his wife,
E. (3, School Green, Southwold); _b._ Southwold, 13 Nov. 1888;
educ. National Schools there; joined the R.N.R. in 1909; lost in action
in the North Sea when H.M.S. Cressy was torpedoed, 22 Sept. 1914;
_unm._
=LADDS, FREDERICK=, Seaman, R.N.R., 3435C, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LAFONE, CLAUDE ALEXANDER, D.S.O.=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Devonshire
Regt., elder _s._ of Alfred William Lafone, of Springfield,
Walton-on-Thames, by his wife, Harriet, dau. of the Rev. James
Lawrence, M.A., _b._ Hanworth, co. Middlesex, 24 Feb. 1877; educ.
Harrow; gazetted 2nd Lieut, to 2nd Devons from 3rd Devon Militia, 1
Dec. 1897; promoted Lieut. 9 March, 1899, and Capt. 20 Dec. 1901;
served in the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in the Relief
of Ladysmith, including action at Colenso; in operations of 17–24
Jan. 1900, and action at Spion Kop; in operations of 5–7 Feb. 1900,
and action at Vaal Kranz; in operations on Tugela Heights (14–27
Feb. 1900), and action at Pieters Hill; in Natal, March to June,
1900, including action at Laing’s Nek (6–9 June); in the Transvaal,
30 Nov. to 31 May, 1902 (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10
Sept. 1901], Queen’s medal with five clasps and King’s medal with two
clasps); went to France, 8 Nov. 1914, and on 26 Jan. following was
awarded the D.S.O., “for conspicuous gallantry on the night of 18
Dec. 1914, near Neuve Chapelle, in capturing a trench from the enemy”
[London Gazette, 18 Feb. 1915], and was killed in action at the Battle
of Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Claude A. Lafone.=]
=LAIDLAW, CHARLES GLASS PLAYFAIR=, Private, No. 3375, D Coy.
1/14th (The London Scottish), The London Regt. (T.F.), 5th _s._
of the late Dr. Robert Laidlaw, M.D., F.R.C.S.E., sometime Medical
Government Officer in the Seychelles Islands, by his wife, Elizabeth
(Woodside, Grantchester Meadows, Cambridge), dau. of Patrick Playfair,
of Ardmillan, co. Ayr; _b._ Stoke Newington, London, N., 13 Dec.
1887; educ. The Perse School, Cambridge, from which in Dec. 1906, he
was elected to an Entrance Scholarship for Natural Science at St.
John’s College. At school he was football capt., sergt. in the cadet
corps, a member of the cricket team, and head of the school. While
still at school he played water polo for the university when the
team was one short. Later he played, lacrosse for his college and
sometimes for the University. He commenced residence in Oct. 1907.
He obtained a First Class in Part 1 of the Natural Science Tripos in
1909, and in June of that year was elected a Foundation scholar of
the College. He took the Second Part of the Tripos in 1910, obtaining
a First Class for Botany. In June, 1911, he was elected a Hutchinson
Student of the College, and took up research in Plant Physiology at
the Botany School of the University, under the direction of Mr. F. F.
Blackman, the University Reader in Botany. The subject of his research
was an electrical method of determining carbon dioxide in relation
to photo-synthesis. In 1912 he was elected by the governing body of
Gonville and Caius College to a Frank Smart Studentship, a recognition
of the promising nature of his investigations. At the same time he
was offered a Research Scholarship by the Board of Agriculture and
Fisheries; after some hesitation he accepted this latter offer, which
necessitated his removal to London. From the autumn of 1912, until the
outbreak of war, Laidlaw worked at the Imperial College of Science
and Technology, under the direction of Prof. V. H. Blackman. Here he
entered on an investigation of the Physiological conditions of plants
forced under glass, working also at the effect of temperature on the
rate of growth of a fungus, Sclerotinia libutiana. On the outbreak of
war he volunteered and joined the London Scottish as a Private, 21 Oct.
1914, and after a period of training, embarked at Southampton with
a draft of some 600 officers and men for the 1st Battn., 10 March,
1915. On Good Friday, 2 April, his (D) Coy. were in some barricades
at Richebourg l’Avoué, south of Neuve Chapelle. After having been in
the trenches all night, he was smoking after breakfast in what seemed
a perfectly safe place, when a stray bullet passed through a sandbag
and penetrated the right side of his chest. To his comrades the wound
seemed a slight one, and after first aid was given he was removed to
No. 3 Field Ambulance, near Bethune. There it was discovered that
internal hæmorrhage had set in, and he died in the early hours of the
morning on 3 April, 1915, and was buried in Bethune Cemetery.
[Illustration: =Charles Glass P. Laidlaw.=]
=LAING, THEODORE=, Private, No. 2131, 1/14 Battn. (The London
Scottish) London Regt. (T.F.), elder _s._ of William Arthur Laing,
of Dalmahoy, Horsell, Woking, an old member of the London Scottish, by
his wife, Lucy Glanvill, dau. of William Walters; _b._ Tooting
Graveney, 16 May, 1897; educ. City of London School, where he was for
two years in the O.T.C.; enlisted in his father’s old regiment the day
before the declaration of war, 4 Aug. 1914; went to the Front with the
Expeditionary Force, 15 Sept. and fell in the charge of the London
Scottish at Messines, 1 Nov. 1914. His Capt. wrote: “Your brave son was
shot through the head, and death must have been almost instantaneous.
He was one of our keenest soldiers in the company, and his loss will be
greatly felt by all his comrades with whom he was a great favourite. I,
personally, shall miss him intensely.” Though not 18, Laing was over 6
ft. in height, big and broad in proportion, also he was a first-class
shot.
[Illustration: =Theodore Laing.=]
=LAIRD, JAMES=, Stoker, R.N.R., S. 2852, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._
of John Laird, of 6, Ann Street, Greenock; lost when that ship was
torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=LAKE, TOM=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2598), 169200, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LAMBERT, CHARLES HENRY=, Private, No. 2136, A Coy., 1st Battn.
Monmouthshire Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Charles Lambert, of
Newport, Monmouth, by his wife, Louis, dau. of Charles Henry Collins;
_b._ Loughborough, co. Leicester, 14 April, 1895; enlisted two
days after the declaration of war, 7 Aug. 1914, and was killed in
action in France, 23 March, 1915; _unm._ A letter, evidently
written shortly before his death, in which he says: “We have just
finished our four days in the firing line, and our casualties are very
small,” was found on him and sent to his mother.
=LAMBERT, CHARLES HENRY=, Lieut., A.V.C. attd. 58th Brigade,
R.F.A., eldest _s._ of John Henry Lambert, of Redmount,
Ballinasloe, co. Galway, J.P., by his wife, Adelaide, dau. of William
Tombes Dewè; _b._ Redmount, Ballinasloe, 20 July, 1882; educ.
privately, and when war broke out had been for some years with Mr. H.
S. Persse, the well-known trainer at Chattis Hill, Stockbridge, Hants.
He joined the Army, May, 1915, and was appointed temporary Lieut.
in June 1915; left for Egypt in May, 1915, and died in the General
Hospital, Alexandria, 16 Aug. 1915, two weeks after a severe operation,
while on active service; _unm._ He was buried at Alexandria.
Lieut. Lambert was a good all-round sportsman; and rode several
point-to-point winners.
[Illustration: =Charles Henry Lambert.=]
=LAMBERT, FRANCIS HENRY=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Hampshire Regt., only
_s._ of Fitzgerald Gage Lambert, of Rockbourne, Salisbury, Civil
Engineer (retired), by his wife, Nina Marie Louise, dau. of the late
Francis Bradley Dyne, of Gore Court, Kent, and grandson of the late
Capt. Edward Henry Gage Lambert, R.N. [3rd _s._ of Sir Henry John
Lambert, 5th Bart.], by his wife, Renira Anna (who _m._ secondly
Admiral the Hon. Fitzgerald Foley), dau. of the Rev. Richard Fortescue
Purvis, LL.B.; _b._ Province of Lucknow, India, 17 Oct. 1895;
educ. Charterhouse and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted
2nd Lieut. to the Hampshires, 1 Oct. 1914, and was attached to the 3rd
(Reserve) Battn. until 26 Dec. following, when he went to France to
join the 1st Battn.; was accidentally wounded there, and returned to
England on sick leave and remained until 29 April, when he left for
the Dardanelles in charge of a draft to the 2nd Battn.; was promoted
Lieut. 27 May following; was wounded in the British attack on the
Krithia-Achi-Baba position, Gallipoli, on 5 June, and taken on board
the hospital ship “Somali,” where he died on the 7th. Buried at sea;
_unm._
=LAMBERT, JACK FELLOWS=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. King’s Royal Rifle
Corps, eldest and only surviving _s._ of the late Ernest Lambert,
Financier (_d._ 1898), by his wife, May (23, Terlingham Gardens,
Folkestone), dau. of the late Hon. James Israel Fellows, Agent-General
for New Brunswick (_d._ 1894); _b._ Coombe, Malden, co.
Surrey, 3 Sept. 1891; educ. Marlborough, and Merton College, Oxford,
where he was in King Edward’s Horse; was manager of a cocoanut estate
in the Malay States when war broke out; came home and applied for a
commission and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the K.R.R.C., 27 April, 1915;
went to France in May, was in action near Ypres early in June; and
was killed in the counter-attack on the German position at Hooge, 30
July, 1915; _unm._ He was at first reported missing, and it was
not until March, 1916, that he was officially returned as killed. His
Commanding Officer wrote: “He was a splendid Platoon Commander and his
men loved him.”
[Illustration: =Jack Fellows Lambert.=]
=LAMBERT, JOHN MOUNSEY=, Capt., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st Battn.
Northumberland Fusiliers, only _s._ of the late Major-Gen. George
Craster Lambert, of Bolton Hall, Alnwick, late 101st Royal Bengal
Fusiliers, by his wife, Isabella, 3rd dau. of Major Alexander Browne,
of Doxford Hall, Chathill; _b._ Breamish House, Alnwick, co.
Northumberland, 21 Dec. 1883; educ. Mr. Moore’s School, Alnmouth, and
Wellington College; joined the Northumberland Militia, now the 3rd
(Reserve) Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, 1903, promoted Lieut. 1
Nov. 1906, and Capt. 29 Aug. 1914; went to France, 30 Aug. 1914, when
he was attached to the 1st Battn. of his regt., and was killed in
action at Neuve Chapelle, 27 Oct. following. Buried near where he fell;
_unm._
[Illustration: =John Mounsey Lambert.=]
=LAMBERT, STAMFORD LEIGH=, Private, No. 2106, 1st East Anglian
Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C. (R.F.), 29th Division, 4th _s._ of John
Lambert, of 86, Chesterton Road, Cambridge, late Postmaster of that
town, by his wife, Annie M., dau. of John Mostock; _b._ Lincoln,
10 Sept. 1890; educ. Perse School, and Training ship Worcester; served
in the Milne and Ellerman and Bucknall S.S. lines as 3rd officer;
joined the 1st East Anglian Field Ambulance, 28 Sept. 1914; left for
the Dardanelles with the 29th Division, 21 March 1915; was present at
Beach W., Gallipoli, during the landing on 25 April and following days,
at the actions of 24 June and 4 July, near Krithia and Gully Ravine,
and at the Aug. landing at Suvla Bay, and the subsequent operations,
and was killed in action at Suvla Bay, 26 Aug. 1915. Buried Suvla;
_unm._ On the day preceding his death his name was sent up for
mention in Despatches for his work during the campaign. One of his
officers wrote: “He was a brave, fearless fellow, one of the best boys
we had in my section.” And another: “Voicing the opinion of the whole
corps, he was one of the most popular men, ready to assist in anything
which was required, and to help anybody who was in trouble.”
[Illustration: =Stamford Leigh Lambert.=]
=LAMBERT, STEPHEN HENRY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 10268, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=LAMBRE, JOHN=, Chief Shipwright, 344348, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LAMKIN, CHARLES AMBROSE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B.
7786), S.S. 103257, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22
Sept. 1914.
=LAMONT, HENRY McCUAIG=, Private, No. 9410, D Coy., 1st Battn.
The Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.), 2nd _s._ of John Lamont, of 125,
Norfolk Street, Glasgow, by his wife, Maggie, dau. of Henry McCuaig, of
Queensland, formerly of Islay; _b._ Port Ellen, Kildalton, Islay,
18 April, 1888; educ. Kinning Park Public School, Glasgow; enlisted, in
Oct. 1906, and served seven years with the Colours and then passed into
the Reserve, and obtained employment in the G.P.O., but on the outbreak
of war rejoined his regt.; left for France with the Expeditionary Force
(9th Brigade, 3rd Division), and was killed in action at the Battle of
Le Cateau, 26 Aug. following.
[Illustration: =Henry McCuaig Lamont.=]
=LAMPARD, TOM SAMUEL=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111443 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LANCHBURY, ALFRED=, Sergt., No. 5402, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 2nd _s._ of Alfred Lanchbury, of 81, Grange Road,
Longford, near Coventry, by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of James
Blackford; _b._ Coventry, 13 April, 1883; educ. Foxford Council
School; enlisted 19 Feb. 1904; appointed L.-Corpl. 29 Nov. 1905; Corpl.
1 Jan. 1907; L.-Sergt. 24 Sept. 1907, and Sergt. 5 Feb. 1913; served
in Egypt, 6 Jan. 1909, to 23 March, 1911, and with the Expeditionary
Force in France and Flanders, 12 Aug. 1914, to 27 Sept. 1915, on which
day he was killed in action, near Vermellen, during the Battle of Loos.
He _m._ in London, 3 Oct., Ida Margaret (33, St. Thomas Road,
Longford, Coventry), dau. of Frederick (and Margaret) Simmonds, and had
three children: Donald Crawford, _b._ 4 June, 1913; Norah Ida,
_b._ 15 Sept. 1909: and Muriel Rosamund, _b._ 15 Nov. 1914.
His brother, L.-Sergt. W. C. Lanchbury, was also killed in action (see
following notice).
[Illustration: =Alfred Lanchbury.=]
=LANCHBURY, WILLIAM CHARLES=, L.-Sergt., No. 8711, 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards, 4th _s._ of Alfred Lanchbury, of 81, Grange
Road, Longford, near Coventry, co. Warwick, by his wife, Sarah Ann,
dau. of James Blackford (see preceding notice); _b._ Longford
aforesaid, 9 Oct. 1889; educ. Foxford Council School; enlisted 28
April, 1910; appointed L.-Corpl. 9 Jan. 1912; Corpl. 21 Aug. 1913, and
L.-Sergt. 7 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 12
Aug. 1914; and was reported wounded and missing after the fighting on
the 25th of that month during the retreat from Mons; and is now assumed
to have been killed in action that day; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Charles Lanchbury.=]
=LANCHESTER, THORNTON=, Seaman, R.N.R., 1577C, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LANDELLS, JOHN OLIVER=, E.R.A., R.N.R., 244 E.B., H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=LANDEN, JAMES WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, R.F.R., B. 2871,
308019, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LANDER, WILLIAM ERNEST=, Chief Shipwright, 340787, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=LANE, FRANK EVERETT=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 16811, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=LANE, JOHN HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8033),
293067, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LANE, JOHN WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9786), S.S.
107274. H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LANG, HENRY ASTELL=, Major, 4th Battn. Worcestershire Regt., yst.
_s._ of the late George Lukis Lang, of the Indian Civil Service,
by his wife, Louisa Wynyard, dau. of Henry Godfrey Astell, of Ickwell
House, Biggleswade; _b._ Biggleswade, co. Bedford, 12 March,
1874; educ. Summerfields, near Oxford; Marlborough College, and Corpus
Christi College, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Worcestershire Regt.
Dec. 1895; and promoted Lieut. 10 May, 1899, Capt. in Sept. 1900, and
Major 24 May, 1913; was Adjutant of his Battn. 23 Nov. 1904, to 22 Nov.
1907; A.D.C. to Sir Henry Fane Grant, Governor of Malta, 1906–8; served
(1) in the South African War from 1899 to 1901; took part in advance
on Kimberley, including actions at Modder River, and Magersfontein;
operations in the Orange Free State, Feb. to May, 1900, including
actions at Paardeberg (17 to 26 Feb.); Poplar Grove and Dreifontein;
operations in the Orange River Colony, May to 29 Nov. 1900, including
action at Bothaville; operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. to Dec.
1900, in the Orange River Colony, Dec. 1900, and in Cape Colony, Dec.
1900 to March, 1901 (slightly wounded; Queen’s medal with five clasps);
and (2) with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force; took part in the
landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action
there, 6 June, 1915; _unm._ Buried in Gulf Ravine, Gallipoli.
Major Lang was mentioned in Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 22
Sept. [London Gazette, 5 Nov.] 1915. A brother officer wrote in Berrows
Worcester Journal: “It is not stretching a point to say that seldom
has there been in the regt., a more popular officer with all ranks
than the late Major Harry Lang, who fell in action at the Dardanelles.
Possessing a marked charm of manner, he endeared himself to all men. He
was a fine sportsman; at polo he was a bold and fine player. He rode
hard and hit hard from the moment the ball was thrown in till the bell
rang. As a cricketer and capt. of the 4th Worcestershires cricket team,
he did yeoman service for his side, and led them to many victories. His
loss will be much felt throughout the whole regt. As a soldier he was
respected by and for his smart appearance and knowledge of his duties.
He served with distinction in the South African War, and in the most
adverse circumstances was always bright and cheerful. He was Adjutant
to Col. Edwards, now commanding at the Depôt, when the Col. commanded
the 4th Battn.,” and another: “He was the first up to every trench,
armed with a walking stick; walking straight across to prospect amidst
a perfect hail of bullets, and then would saunter back to his troops
and head them forward. Never was he excited--fear he knew not; courage
and confidence flowed from him to all of us.” Major Lang was a very
keen fisherman and naturalist. He did a great deal of big game shooting
in Nepal, Kashmir and the Tirai and secured several exceptionally good
heads of gond, barasingh, and sambhur, besides tigers, leopards and
bears.
[Illustration: =Henry Astell Lang.=]
=LANG, VIVIAN=, Officer’s Steward, 1st Class, 356268 Devonport,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=LANG, WILLIAM BRYNMER=, Capt., 1/5th (Renfrewshire) Battn.
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), yr. _s._ of William
Lang, of Elmbank, Gourock, Quarrymaster and Contractor, by his wife,
Margaret Jane, dau. of Alexander Robertson, of Chesterfield, Gourock;
_b._ Gourock, co. Renfrew, 26 April, 1882; educ. Greenock Academy;
served with the 1st Vol. (now the 5th Territorial) Battn. Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders, 15 Sept. 1899, to 22 March, 1905; was given
a commission as 2nd Lieut. 5 May, 1906; and promoted Lieut. 9 April,
1911, and Capt. 1 Nov. 1914; volunteered for Imperial service on the
outbreak of war, left for the Dardanelles, 31 May, 1915, and was killed
during the attack on the Krithia-Achi-Baba position, 12 July following;
_unm._
[Illustration: =William Brynmer Lang.=]
=LANGFORD, ALBERT GEORGE=, A.B., (R.F.R., I.C. 509), 235942,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=LANGFORD, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 1394, 4th Battn. L.I., Australian
Imperial Force, 4th _s._ of John Langford, of 34, Cross Row,
Westmoor, Killingworth, near Newcastle-on-Tyne, by his wife, Elizabeth,
dau. of Archibald Whitehead; _b._ Spittal, Berwick-on-Tweed,
9 Sept. 1890; educ. Blaydon and Gateshead Council Schools; went to
Australia, 28 Aug. 1914, and worked as a Miner; volunteered and joined
the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force in Dec. 1914; left for Egypt with
the main force, Feb. 1915; took part in the landing at Gaba Tepe,
Gallipoli, 25 April, and died of wounds between that date and 28 April
following; _unm._
=LANGFORD, WALLACE=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B 6017), 182043, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LANGHAM, WILLIAM FREDERICK=, Rifleman, No. 1564, 1/6th (Rifle)
Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the late
Horton Henry Langham, Chief Officer s.s. William Cliff, by his wife,
Florence Edith, yst. dau. of John Coulson of Manchester, Solicitor;
_b._ Liverpool, 24 Jan. 1896, educ. Seamen’s Orphanage, Newsham
Park, Liverpool; was a Clerk in Liverpool Gas Co.; joined the 1/6th
Liverpools, about March, 1914; volunteered for Imperial service and
went to France, 24 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action near Ypres, 3
May following. Buried south of Verbranden Molen; _unm._ One of
his comrades wrote: “It was a great shock to us when this (? news) was
passed to us that Freddie had been killed. He was a splendid chap,
liked by all, so everything possible was done to give him a decent
burial.” A Church worker in Liverpool wrote: “He was a member of the
St. Mary Magdalene’s Church Choir and a Sunday School teacher; in the
Church his valuable help and cheery presence will be sorely missed.”
His brother, Horton Egerton Langham, R.F.A., is now (1916) on active
service.
[Illustration: =William F. Langham.=]
=LANGLANDS, ALAN=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. South Wales Borderers,
2nd _s._ of the late Major John Shakespear Langlands, 43rd
Oxfordshire L.I., sometime Adjutant, Montgomeryshire Militia, by his
wife, Lucy Alice (now wife of Major Charles Harold Longfield Beatty, of
Borodale, co. Wexford, D.S.O.), dau. of the late Edward Peck; _b._
Longrood, Rugby, 25 Sept. 1895; educ. Stubbington and Wellington
College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd South Wales Borderers, 7 Oct. 1914;
transferred to the 1st Battn., went to France in March, 1915, and was
killed in action near Bethune, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried at St.
Vaast’s Post.
[Illustration: =Alan Langlands.=]
=LANGLEY, WILLIAM=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 27), 9807, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action of Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=LANGRIDGE, FRANCIS BERTRAM=, Private, No. 10/1553, Canterbury
Battn. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Harry Montague
Langridge, of 16, River Bank, Wanganui, New Zealand, formerly of
Sussex, England; _b._ Westport, New Zealand, 3 Nov. 1891; educ.
Wanganui District Boys’ School; enlisted after the outbreak of war
and left for Egypt in Feb. 1915, with the third reinforcements; was
for some time a L.-Corpl. in the Wellington Battn., but on being
transferred to the Canterbury Battn. had to go back to the ranks;
took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, and was killed
in action, 8 May, 1915; _unm._ His brother, Sergt.-Major J. W.
Langridge, was twice wounded at the Dardanelles.
=LANGRISH, HENRY WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13463 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LANSLEY, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, 301754, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LARBY, WALTER=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 20455, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LARDNER, RODERICK DONALD=, Yeoman of Signals, 221290, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=LARKING, CHARLES ALFRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9130), 208699,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LARVIN, JAMES=, Private, No. 10562, 6th Battn. East Yorkshire
Regt., _s._ of Thomas Larvin, of No. 3, Marsh Street, off Scott
Street, Hull, co. York, builder for Levitts, Contractors, by his wife,
Mary Elisabeth; _b._ Hull; educ. St. Paul’s Schools there; was an
employee of Messrs. Crosslands, Stevedores, at the Hull Docks; enlisted
after the outbreak of war, 18 Aug. 1914; trained at Belton Park,
Grantham; went to the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 21
Aug. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =James Larvin.=]
=LARSON, OKEN FRANK=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 31), 8553,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=LASHBROOK, HENRY CHARLES=, Petty Officer, 177834, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LASLETT, FRANK ROLAND=, Officer’s Steward, 2nd Class, L. 1791,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LATHAM, CHARLES EDWARD=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 288526, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=LATTA, CHARLES KEITH=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Gordon Highlanders,
3rd _s._ of the late John Latta, of 17, Royal Circus, Edinburgh,
S.S.C., by his wife, Margaret, dau. of the late John Jopp, writer to
the Signet; _b._ Edinburgh, 2 Dec. 1889; educ. Edinburgh Academy
and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 6 Nov.
1909, and promoted Lieut. 10 Aug. 1911; killed in action near Ypres,
29 Oct. 1914; _unm._ His Commanding Officer, Col. Uniacke, in
notifying his death, wrote: “He gave his life for his country in a
gallant fight which was necessary for the safety not only of his own
regt. but of a larger force.... He has always proved himself a fine
example, and you may well be proud of him as we are, and also all those
of his own command. He is a great loss to us and the Army.”
[Illustration: =Charles Keith Latta.=]
=LAUDER, STANISLAUS JOSEPH=, Private, No. 4070, 14th Battn.
(London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late
Charles Lauder, Supt. Royal Alfred Sailors’ Home, Bombay; _b._
Bombay, 8 Nov. 1885; educ. St. Mary’s College, Bombay, and London
School of Medicine; served with the Red Crescent Medical Mission in
Tripoli for seven months in 1912, and with the British Red Cross in
Montenegro during the Balkan War, was present with the Montenegrin
Army during the siege and capture of Scutari; received the Order of
Danilo (3rd Class) from the King of Montenegro, and the British Red
Cross Medal with clasp; joined the London Scottish, 5 Dec. 1914, and
volunteered for foreign service; went to the Front in July, 1915, and
died of wounds received while attending wounded men under fire, 14 Oct.
1915; _unm._ He was buried in the soldiers’ cemetery at Lapugny,
near Bethune.
[Illustration: =Stanislaus J. Lauder.=]
=LAURENCE, ANDREW=, Sapper, No. 11982, 38th Coy. R.E., _s._
of the late Andrew Laurence, of Craiglockhart Terrace, Edinburgh,
Mason, by his wife, Christina B., dau. of David Brunton, of Kinross;
_b._ Muckhart, co. Perth. 16 Nov. 1882; educ. Muckhart School;
served in the South African War with the 3rd Vol. Battn. Royal Scots
(Queen’s medal with three clasps); joined the R.E., 11 Nov. 1902; went
to France, 7 Sept. 1914, and died in Motor Ambulance, 27 May, 1915, of
wounds received in Belgium the same day. Buried in field adjoining the
Convent School, Brandholk; _unm._
=LAURENCE, EDWARD JAMES=, Private, No. 1945, 1/8th Battn. The
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of William George Laurence, of 9,
Argyle Road, Teddington, by his wife, Maria, dau. of Alexander Mellish;
_b._ Windsor, 2 Nov. 1892; educ. Teddington Public School; was a
Barman; enlisted at Hampton about 1912; volunteered for foreign service
on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 8 March, 1915, and
died of wounds received in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Edward James Laurence.=]
=LAURIE, NATHANIEL JOHN=, Rifleman, No. 3224, 1/12th Battn. (The
Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Robert Turner
Laurie, of 153, Eswyn Road, Tooting, S.W., Corrector of the Press, by
his wife, Amy, dau. of John Saunders; _b._ London, 3 April, 1891;
educ. L.C.C. Schools; was a Clerk to Advertisement Contractors; joined
The Rangers, 14 Sept. 1914; went to France on Christmas Day following,
and died at Casualty Clearing Station, near Rouen, 29 April, 1915, of
wounds in the head caused by fragments of high explosive shell received
on the 26th at St. Jean during the Second Battle of Ypres. Buried in
Bailleul Cemetery; _unm._ A comrade wrote of him: “In all that he
did Laurie acted as a soldier and a gentleman.” Private Laurie was an
active Free Church worker, chiefly amongst children.
=LAVERTY, DANIEL=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10565), S.S.
108512. H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=LAW, JOHN THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 15121, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=LAW, PAUL=, Private, No. 1650, 1/4th Battn. West Riding Regt.
(T.F.), _s._ of Joe Law, of Luddenfoot. Halifax, Teamer; _b._
Lower Oldfield, Luddenfoot, 1 Sept. 1895; educ. National School there;
joined 1/4th West Ridings, March, 1914; volunteered for Imperial
service on the outbreak of war, and was killed in action 10 May, 1915,
being shot by a sniper; _unm._
=LAW, PERCY PEACOCK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9963), S.S. 2587, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=LAW, THOMAS PAKENHAM=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Irish Guards, 3rd
_s._ of the late Thomas Pakenham Law, K.C., by his wife, Amelia
Catherine (Elsinore, Howth. co. Dublin), dau. of Horace Rochfort, of
Clogremane, co. Carlow; _b._ Dublin, 27 May, 1879; educ. Trinity
College, Dublin, where he took his degrees in Arts and Law; called to
the English Bar, Lincoln’s Inn, 1905, and practised at the Chancery
Bar; gave up this on the outbreak of war and was gazetted 2nd Lieut.,
2nd Irish Guards, 4 June, 1915; went to France and was mortally wounded
at the Battle of Loos, 27 Sept. following, dying three hours later.
Buried in a garden at Loos; _unm._
[Illustration: =Thomas P. Law.=]
=LAWES, FREDERICK JOHN=, Private. No. 10693, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Benjamin Lawes, of Swanington, near Norwich,
Labourer, by his wife, Susanna Elizabeth, dau. of George Carr;
_b._ Swanington, 17 July, 1889; educ. Elementary Church School,
there; worked on the land from the time he left school until he
enlisted, except for two years (1911–13), when he worked in a coal pit
at Newcastle-on-Tyne; enlisted in April, 1914, and was killed in action
at Ypres, 29 Oct. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Frederick John Lawes.=]
=LAWRENCE, CHAS. EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 110970, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=LAWRENCE, CHARLES SAMUEL=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 6360, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LAWRENCE, CHRISTOPHER HAL=, 2nd Lieut., 6th (Reserve), attd. 2nd
Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, yr. _s._ of the late Hon. Henry
Arnold Lawrence, by his wife, Constance Charlotte (9, Chantry House.
Eccleston Street, S.W.), only surviving dau. of the late Rev. George
Irving Davies, Rector of Kelsale, Suffolk, and grandson of John, 1st
Baron Lawrence; _b._ Harrington Gardens, London, S.W., 11 Nov.
1893; educ. Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a member
of the University O.T.C.; applied for a commission on the day war was
declared, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 6th K.R.R.C. 15 Aug. 1914; went
to France, 20 Sept. 1914, where he was attached to the 2nd Battn. of
his regt. (2nd Brigade, 1st Division), and was killed in action during
the Battle of the Aisne, 13 Oct. 1914, being shot by a sniper. Buried
at Bourg, near Troyon; _unm._ His only brother, Lieut. M. E.
Lawrence, was killed in action near Givenchy, 10 Jan. 1915 (see his
notice).
[Illustration: =Christopher H. Lawrence.=]
=LAWRENCE, EDGAR ERNEST ALBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3634), 191271,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5216), 179879,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LAWRENCE, MALCOLM EYTON=, Lieut., 6th (Reserve), attd. 2nd Battn.
King’s Royal Rifle Corps, only surviving _s._ of the late Hon.
Henry Arnold Lawrence, by his wife, Constance Charlotte (9, Chantrey
House, Eccleston Street, S.W.), eldest surviving dau. of the late
Rev. George Irving Davies, Rector of Kelsale, Suffolk, and grandson
of John, 1st Baron Lawrence; _b._ Harrington Gardens, London,
S.W., 10 March, 1889; educ. Eton; received a commission as 2nd Lieut.
in the 3rd (Reserve) Battn. King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., 1 Oct. 1908,
and served for one year; went to British Columbia in Feb. 1910, where
he bought and cleared land, built a house and was latterly given
Government employment (sub-warden of the Isles); enlisted in the 88th
Victoria Fusiliers on the declaration of war and came over with the
first contingent of the Canadian Expeditionary Force; was gazetted 2nd
Lieut. 6th K.R.R.C. 4 Nov. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 1 Jan. 1915; went
to France 3 Dec. 1914, where he was attached to the 2nd Battn. and was
killed in action near Givenchy, 10 Jan. 1915, while leading his men
in a charge. Buried in village of Cuinchy; _unm._ His Commanding
Officer wrote: “On reaching the position he found that a brother
officer, who had led another storming party, was in need of assistance
as he had lost more than half his men. Lawrence dashed over the
intervening 70 yards with some of his men, and was no doubt responsible
for getting back his brother officer who was now left alone and would
have been cut off.”
[Illustration: =Malcolm E. Lawrence.=]
=LAWRENCE, WILLIAM=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 9794), 297574,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LAWRIE, ERNEST NORMAN=, 2nd Lieut., 13 Battn. (Princess Louise’s
Kensington Rifles) London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of John Lawrie,
Managing Director of Whiteleys’, London, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau.
of John Elliott; _b._ West Hampstead, 30 April, 1893; educ. County
School, Richmond, and Haberdashers’ School, Cricklewood; entered the
employment of Messrs. Elkington, of Regent Street, in Feb. 1912;
enlisted in the Kensingtons a few days after the commencement of war,
10 Aug. 1914, and after training at Abbots Langley left to join the
British Expeditionary Force at the Front, 31 Oct. He was gazetted 2nd
Lieut, in his own regt., 3 April, 1915; was present at the Battle
of Neuve Chapelle, and was killed in action at Aubers Ridge, near
Fromelles, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ His body was not recovered as the
spot where he fell remained in the possession of the Germans. Major H.
J. Stafford, writing on behalf of the Colonel, said: “He met his death
leading his men in the true British way, and under circumstances as
exacting as any that troops could be called upon to face. I knew your
son very well, as prior to his gaining his commission he was attached
to me as my runner, and was constantly with me. I soon discovered his
fearless nature, and his devotion. As an officer he had already won the
esteem of all ranks, and showed great promise as a leader of men.” An
interesting account of how he captured a German flag appeared in the
“Daily Mirror” of June 9, 1915.
[Illustration: =Ernest Norman Lawrie.=]
=LAWRIE, JAMES BLACK=, E.R.A., 1st Class, 268155, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LAWSON, FREDERICK HENRY=, Capt., 5th Battn. Northumberland
Fusiliers (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Frederick Lawson, of Dalton,
co. Northumberland, late of Nelthorpe, Gosforth, Merchant, by his
wife, Eleoner Francis, dau. of the late John Walker; _b._
Newcastle-on-Tyne, 23 July, 1887; educ. Durham Grammar School;
served his articles with Messrs. Newcomb and Newcomb, Architects, of
Newcastle, and was afterwards with Mr. Arthur Stockwell, of that City;
joined the Northumberland Yeomanry in 1907; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 5th
Northumberland Fusiliers, 15 May, 1909; promoted Lieut. 17 July, 1910,
and Capt. 1 Nov. 1912; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak
of war; went to France, 13 April, 1915; and was killed in action at St.
Jean, near Ypres, 24 May following; _unm._ His Col. wrote: “Capt.
Lawson was one of my best officers, thoroughly capable and reliable.”
[Illustration: =Frederick Henry Lawson.=]
=LAWSON, WILLIAM=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 2433), 290533,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=LAWTON, JOSEPH SYDNEY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9403),
296679, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LAWTON, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9652), S.S.
106992, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LAYDON, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 9332, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of John Laydon, of 17, Dunns Terrace, Byker,
Newcastle-on-Tyne, by his wife, (----), dau. of William Wild, of
Newcastle; _b._ Byker, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 22 Sept. 1882; educ. St.
Dominic’s Catholic School there; enlisted 22 Oct. 1911, and was killed
in action at Soupir, during the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914;
_unm._
=LAYTON, FRANK THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10003), S.S.
107616, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LAZENBY, ARTHUR=, A.B., J. 4916, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LEA, THOMAS LAMPIT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5043), 201762, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LEACH, GERALD KEMBALL=, Lieut., 6th (Service) Battn. Border
Regt.; 2nd _s._ of the late Arthur Francis Leach, of 34, Elm
Park Gardens, London, S.W., Charity Commissioner, by his wife, Emily
Archer, dau. of S. Kemball Cook; _b._ London, 10 Aug. 1883; educ.
Ashdown House, Forest Row, Sussex, from which he obtained a scholarship
at Bradfield College, where he was senior Prefect and Captain of
the Association Football Team, afterwards gaining an exhibition at
Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he rowed in the College boat; was
in the Association Football and Cricket teams, and became a Lieut. in
the University O.T.C. He was appointed an assistant in the Chinese
Maritime Customs in 1904, and was quartered successively at Chefoo,
Wuhu, Peking, Hankow, and Changsha. He resigned his appointment in
Jan. 1915, in order to return home and join the army and was gazetted
2nd Lieut. 6th Border Regt., 1 March, 1915; left for the Dardanelles
with the 11th (Northern) Division, 1 July following, and was killed in
action at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, on 10 Aug., during the operations which
followed the landing on the 6th and 7th; _unm._
=LEADER, FRANCIS WILLIAM MOWBRAY=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Connaught
Rangers, elder _s._ of Francis Henry Mowbray Leader, of Classas,
Coachford, co. Cork, late Lt. Royal Field Artillery, by his wife, Agnes
Letitia, dau. of Thomas Broderick; _b._ Plymouth, 6 Nov. 1881;
educ. Eastman’s Royal Naval Academy, and in France and Germany; joined
the Manchester Militia as 2nd Lieut. 1901, and served with them in
the South African War, 1901–2, taking part in the operations in Cape
Colony, Oct. 1901, and in Orange River Colony, Oct. 1901 to 31 May,
1902 (Queen’s medal with four clasps), being specially recommended by
his Colonel for a regular commission; was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 1st
Connaught Rangers, 28 Jan. 1903, and promoted Lieut. 30 Dec. 1905
and Capt. 1 Aug. 1914; served with the 1st Battn. for several years
in India, and after its return home was attached to the West African
Frontier Force, and saw service in Southern Nigeria, 1909–10 (medal
with clasp); was at home on leave when war broke out, went to France
with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action
while in command of a rearguard of 50 men covering the retirement of
his regt. at Le Cateau, 26 Aug. following. A prisoner of war in Germany
wrote: “Got back to cross road with some stragglers and French wounded,
and found Capt. Leader and 50 men with Turner left as rearguard to the
battn. Joined them, and we started to gain the rest when suddenly we
received news of two battns. of Germans on our right and quite close.
Soon after we came under a hot fire from them, and poor Leader was
killed.”
[Illustration: =Francis W. M. Leader.=]
=LEAKES, BERTRAM ALFRED=, A.B. (B. 3610), S.S. 979, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LEAMAN, JOSEPH HERBERT=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26743, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=LEARY, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3391), S.S. 101169,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=LEATHER, CHRISTOPHER=, Lieut., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st. Battn.
Northumberland Fusiliers, 6th and yst. _s._ of the late Frederick
John Leather, of Middleton Hall, Belford, co. Northumberland, J.P., by
his wife, Gertrude Elizabeth Sophia (The Friary, Tickhill, co. York),
dau. of the Rev. Charles Walters, M.A. Oxon; _b._ The Friary,
Tickhill, 15 July, 1882; educ. Hazelwood, Limpsfield, and privately;
received a commission as Lieut. in the 3rd Battn. Durham L.I.
(Militia), 23 Dec. 1899; served in South African War, Jan. 1900 to May,
1902, being att. to the Mounted Infantry. For his services he was given
a regular commission in the 1st Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, and
received the Queen’s medal with three clasps and the King’s medal with
two clasps. He retired in 1904; but on the outbreak of the European
War rejoined his old regt., 20 Aug. 1914; went to France, where he
was attd. to the 1st Battn., and was killed in action near Neuve
Chapelle, 26 Oct. following. Buried behind the trenches, near Neuve
Chapelle; _unm._ He was an enthusiastic motorist and fisherman,
and is described as “a good officer and friend.” He was one of six
brothers, all of whom served both in South Africa and in the European
War. The third and fifth brothers were also killed in action (see their
notices), and the second and fourth, Capt. P. C. du Sautoy Leather and
Lieut.-Col. Kenneth J. Walters Leather, were severely wounded, and the
eldest, Major G. F. T. Leather, Northumberland Fusiliers, is now (1916)
on active service.
[Illustration: =Christopher Leather.=]
=LEATHER, EDWARD WILBERFORCE=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Yorkshire
Regt., attd. 2nd King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., 5th _s._ of the late
Frederick John Leather, of Middleton Hall, Belford, co. Northumberland,
J.P., by his wife, Gertrude Elizabeth Sophia (The Friary, Tickhill,
co. York), dau. of the Rev. Charles Walters, M.A., Oxon; _b._ The
Friary, Tickhill, 23 Nov. 1879; educ. Hazelwood Preparatory School and
Wellington College; joined the 3rd Battn. Yorkshire Regt. (5th West
Yorks Militia) in 1899, and was promoted Lieut. 13 Dec. 1900; served in
the South African War, 1899–1900, 1902 (Queen’s medal with two clasps
and King’s medal with two clasps), and retired in 1904. On the outbreak
of the European War in Aug. 1914, he at once rejoined his regt.; was
promoted Capt. 1 Feb. 1915; went to the Front, 11 Nov. 1914, attd. to
the 2nd King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., and was killed in action at Hill 60,
18 April, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Edward W. Leather.=]
=LEATHER, ERNEST ARTHUR=, Major, Northumberland Fusiliers, 3rd
_s._ of the late Frederick John Leather, of Middleton Hall,
Belford, co. Northumberland, J.P., by his wife, Gertrude Elizabeth
Sophia (The Friary, Tickhill, co. York), dau. of the Rev. Charles
Walters, M.A. Oxon; _b._ at South Penge, co. Surrey, 18 Oct. 1868;
educ. privately; joined the 5th Militia Battn. of the Northumberland
Fusiliers as 2nd Lieut., 23 May, 1900; and served at Malta during the
South African War, 1900 (medal), retired with the rank of Capt. in
1910, but on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914 joined his
old regt., and obtained his Majority 20 Oct. following; went to France,
11 Jan. 1916, and was killed in action near Fleurbaix, 10 Feb. 1916.
Buried at La Croix Marechal. He _m._ at Hexham Abbey, 25 Oct.
1904, Mildred Louise, dau. of Charles Augustus Harrison, of Beacon
Grange, Hexham, and had two children: Vivien Mildred, _b._ 22
March, 1907; and Anne du Sautoy, _b._ 13 Sept. 1913.
[Illustration: =Ernest Arthur Leather.=]
=LEATHWOOD, JOHN PEARSON=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 219283, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LE BRUN, CHRIS=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21950, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LECKIE, MALCOLM, D.S.O.=, Capt., Royal Army Medical Corps,
attd. 1st Northumberland Fusiliers, yr. surviving _s._ of James
Blyth Leckie, of Monkstown, Crowborough, co. Sussex, and Peebles,
formerly of Blackheath, co. Kent, by his wife, Selina, dau. of Robert
Bousfield; _b._ Eltham, co. Kent, 18 April, 1880; educ. Blackheath
Preparatory School, privately abroad, and Guy’s Hospital; gazetted
Lieut., R.A.M.C., 4 Feb. 1908, and promoted Capt. 4 Aug. 1911; was
attd. to the Egyptian Army from 1 Feb. 1910 to Feb. 1914, and served
in Upper Egypt, the Soudan, and in an expedition up the Blue Nile;
went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, being attd.
to the 1st Northumberland Fusiliers (9th Brigade, 3rd Division), and
died at Frameries, near Mons, on the 28th of that month, of wounds
received there on the 24th. Buried in the cemetery at Frameries;
_unm._ He was awarded the D.S.O. [London Gazette, 8 Dec. 1914]
“for gallant conduct and exceptional devotion to duty in attending to
the wounded at Frameries, where he was himself wounded.” Capt. Leckie
was one of the best hockey players of his day. He was a member of the
Blackheath Hockey Club, and Captain of Guy’s Hospital Club when there;
played for the Kent Hockey Club, for the Army, and for England against
France. He was a descendant of the Leckies of the Barony of Leckie in
Stirlingshire, 1352. One of his ancestors, Sir Walter Leckie, of King
Charles VII of France’s Bodyguard, commanded the Scottish troops at
the Battle of Lagny on 10 Aug. 1432--the last exploit of the Maid of
Orleans--when these troops were instrumental in the utter defeat of
the English under the Duke of Bedford. Sir John French, in his first
Despatch, said that for the advance from the Marne his left wing rested
on Lagny.
[Illustration: =Malcolm Leckie.=]
=LEDGER, FREDERICK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4248), 220386, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LEDGER, RAYMOND KIRWOOD=, Lieut., 6th (Reserve) Battn. Rifle
Brigade, attd. 1st Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 4th _s._ of the Rev.
Charles George Ledger, M.A., Vicar of St. Paul’s, Tupsley, co.
Hereford, by his wife, Isabel Mary, dau. of the Rev. George Henry
Kirwood; _b._ Hereford, 26 Oct. 1891; educ. Marlborough (Scholar),
and Wadham College, Oxford (graduated B.A. with honours in Modern
History, and was Captain of his college tennis, hockey and Association
football teams); gazetted 2nd Lieut. 6th Rifle Brigade, 15 Aug. 1914,
and promoted Lieut., 19 Dec. 1914; went to France 13 Nov. 1914; was
attached to 1st Royal Welsh Fusiliers, and was killed in action near
Neuve Chapelle, 13 April, 1915, being shot by a sniper while in the
trenches. He was buried the same night near Picantin, side by side
with Lieut. Gladstone; _unm._ His Commanding Officer wrote: “He
had done more reconnaissance work than any other officer in the battn.
He volunteered for everything possible, and carried out successfully
whatever he set himself to do. What he did at the Battle of Neuve
Chapelle was characteristic; he volunteered to go and find where the
21st Brigade was when it had got out of touch with his own Brigade (the
22nd). The way he took was sprinkled with the dead bodies of those who
had tried, before him, to get across; he managed to do it and returned
with valuable information. He was away seven hours.” He was mentioned
in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915.
[Illustration: =Raymond K. Ledger.=]
=LEDIARD, FRANCIS=, Private, No. 7948, B Coy., 2nd Battn. The
Royal Scots, _s._ of the late Henry Lediard, of Birmingham, Cab
Proprietor, formerly a Police Constable in the Birmingham Force, by
his wife, Sarah; _b._ Birmingham, 25 Nov. 1867; educ. St. Thomas
Church Schools there; was a Cab Driver in Birmingham, but enlisted in
the Royal Scots in 1902; served eight years with the Colours and four
years with the Reserve, during which time he held a good position in a
motor garage in Birmingham; was called up on mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914;
rejoined his old regt.; went to France about 18 Aug., and was killed in
action on the 26th, during the retreat from Mons; _unm._
[Illustration: =Francis Lediard.=]
=LEE, ALBERT ALFRED=, Private, No. 2132, A Coy., 1/8th Battn. The
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Alfred Lee, of 16, Waltham
Road, Southall, Basketmaker, by his wife, Ann, dau. of Ruben Kempster;
_b._ Southall, 29 Dec. 1896; educ. Featherstone Road Boys’ School
there; was employed in the Boxmaking Department of Messrs. Otto
Monsted, Ltd., Margarine Works, Southall; joined the 1/8th Middlesex
Territorials in April, 1913; mobilised from the training camp on the
outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; volunteered for foreign service; went to
Gibraltar with his regt. in Sept.; returned to England in Feb. 1915;
went to France, 8 March, and was killed in action at Zonnebeke, 1 May,
1915, during the Second Battle of Ypres; _unm._ Buried there.
Capt. A. H. Woodbridge, Officer Commanding A Coy., wrote: “It is with
infinite regret that I write to tell you of your son’s death, which
occurred in the fighting near Ypres on 1 May. In your great grief it
may be some comfort to you to know that he suffered no pain and met his
end nobly doing his duty.”
[Illustration: =Albert Alfred Lee.=]
=LEE, CHARLES=, Private, No. 5086, 2nd Battn. East Lancashire
Regt., eldest _s._ of Samuel Herbert Lee, of Alnwick Street,
Burnley, by his wife, Margaret Ann, dau. of William Whittaker;
_b._ Burnley, 20 Feb. 1893; educ. St. Peter’s School there; joined
2nd East Lancashires, 16 May, 1912, previously to which he was employed
at Towneley Collieries; went to France, 1 Dec. 1914, and was killed in
action at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Charles Lee.=]
=LEE, CHARLES=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., B. 3954), 155422,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
[Illustration: =Charles Lee.=]
=LEE, GEORGE FRANCIS=, Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5473), 301936,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LEE, LENNOX CLELAND LEE=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Irish Guards
(Special Reserve), elder _s._ of Lennox Bertram Lee, of How Caple
Court, near Ross, co. Hereford, by his wife, Edith, dau. of the late
Malcolm MacLellan, of Clairmont Gardens, Glasgow; _b._ Knutsford,
co. Chester, 27 March, 1893; educ. St. David’s, Reigate; Eton, and the
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; and when war broke out was awaiting
examination for the Diplomatic Service; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. Irish
Guards (Special Reserve), 15 Aug. 1914; went to France, Nov. 1914, and
was killed in action at Cuinchy, 1 Feb. 1915. Buried there; _unm._
=LEE, LEWIS (DICK)=, L.-Corpl., No. 9915, 6th Battn. Lincolnshire
Regt., 2nd _s._ of George Lee, of 26, Trafford Street, Scunthorpe,
Steel Worker, by his wife, Florence, dau. of Richard Walker; _b._
Crowle, co. Lincoln, 23 Sept. 1890; educ. Scunthorpe; was employed in
steel works; enlisted after the outbreak of war, Aug. 1914; trained at
Frensham Camp, Farnham; went to the Dardanelles in June, and was killed
in action at Suvla Bay, 29 Aug. 1915; _unm._ Two of his brothers
are (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Lewis Lee.=]
=LEE, REGINALD=, _alias_ =THOMAS=, L.-Corpl., No.
1574, 5th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Thomas Lee,
of Elsted, Sussex, Police Constable, by his wife, Ellen; _b._
Brighton, 29 Jan. 1895; educ. Amberly, Bognor, and Funtington, co.
Sussex; enlisted in the Royal Garrison Artillery, 9 Nov. 1910, and
served three years, taking his discharge while at Simon’s Town, Cape
Colony, 9 May, 1913; he then went to Adelaide, and was getting on
well when war was declared. He immediately joined the Commonwealth
Expeditionary Force, and after a short period of training at Melbourne,
was sent to Egypt and from there to the Dardanelles, where he was
wounded by a shell while fetching up ammunition and died on board the
Hospital Ship Royal George, between Alexandria and Malta, 16 May, 1915;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Reginald= _alias_ =Thomas Lee.=]
=LEE, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9000), S.S.
105811, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LEECH, WILLIAM LEONARD BOGHURST=, Rifleman, 1/9th Battn. (Queen
Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of the
late Arthur Herbert Leech, M.R.C.S.E., L.S.A. (who was in practice at
Woolpit and afterwards at Broseley, where he died in 1894), by his
wife, Annie Madeline (28, Egerton Gardens, West Ealing, W.), dau.
of William Philip Boghurst; _b._ The White House, Woolpit, co.
Suffolk, 22 Nov. 1887; educ. Epsom College; passed his A.R.I.B.A.
in June, 1913, and was assistant in the firm of Messrs. Wratten and
Godfrey, London; volunteered on the outbreak of war, but was five times
refused at the recruiting station on account of wearing glasses, and
acted as Special Constable from Aug. to Nov. 1914, when he was at last
accepted by Queen Victoria’s Rifles, and joined the 1st Battn.; trained
at Crowborough Camp, where he twice refused Corporal’s stripes, as he
thought it would keep him in England longer; went to France with a
draft, 27 March, 1915; was severely wounded in the head on 8 April,
1915, and died at Overcliff Red Cross Hospital, Westcliff-on-Sea, on 14
May following; _unm._
[Illustration: =William L. B. Leech.=]
=LEEK, WILLIAM=, A.B., 218963, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LEES, EDMUND HASTINGS HARCOURT=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Border
Regt., _s._ of Thomas Orde Hastings Lees, of Guilsborough, co.
Northampton, Barrister-at-Law, formerly Chief Constable of that county;
_b._ Northampton, 21 Dec. 1875; educ. Marlborough, Royal Academy,
Gosport, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd Border Regt., 5 Sept.
1896, promoted Lieut. 10 Feb. 1900, and Capt. 24 June, 1906; was
Adjutant to a Territorial Battn. (The Artists’ Rifles), 19 Oct. 1909
to 20 Oct. 1912; served in the South African War, 1899–1901; took part
in operations in Cape Colony, south of Orange River, 1899; in Natal,
1899; relief of Ladysmith, including actions at Colenso; operations of
17 to 24 Jan. 1900, and action at Spion Kop; operations of 5 to 7 Feb.
1900, and action at Vaal Kranz; operations on Tugela Heights (14 to 27
Feb. 1900), and action at Pieter’s Hill; operations in the Orange Free
State, April and May, 1900; operations in the Transvaal, June, 1900;
in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July, 1900; in the Transvaal, west
of Pretoria, July to Nov. 1900, in Orange River Colony, May, 1900; in
Cape Colony, north of Orange River, May, 1900; in the Transvaal from
30 Nov. 1900 (was wounded and mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette,
10 Sept. 1901], received Queen’s medal with six clasps); and with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Sept. 1914 to 26 Oct.
1914, was killed in action at Ruiseek, near Ypres (whilst defending
Calais) on the latter date. An officer referring to this action wrote:
“Our men fought desperately from nine o’clock till six, when the
Germans withdrew, and our little remnant was ordered to retire. We have
only about 400 men left out of over 1,000 and hardly any N.C.O’s.”
[Illustration: =Edmund Hastings H. Lees.=]
=LEES, PERCY BERESFORD=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Northamptonshire
Regt., _s._ of Col. Charles Percy Lees, of Herne Lodge, Oundle,
co. Northampton, by his wife, Anna Madeleine, dau. of Edward Whetham
Allpress; _b._ Newton Hall, Middlewich, co. Chester, 12 June,
1890; educ. Wellington College and the School of Mines, Camborne, where
he took his degree; was engaged in mining in Canada when war broke out,
and at once returned to England, applied for a commission, and was
gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Northamptons, 14 Oct. 1914; went to France, 1
March, 1915, where he joined the 2nd Battn., and was killed in action
at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915. Buried at Neuve
Chapelle; _unm._
=LEES, THOMAS PRIOR=, Major, 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria’s Rifles)
London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the late Alfred Lees, by his
wife, Rosa Matilda, dau. of Thomas Flood; _b._ at the Old Priory,
Bedford, 3 Sept. 1874; educ. Bedford Modern School and Clare College,
Cambridge (M.A. and 8th Senior Optime). Entered the Home Civil Service,
Senior Division, and was Assistant Secretary, Civil Service Commission,
Burlington Gardens. Joined the old Victoria and St. George’s Rifles,
22 May, 1889; became Capt., March, 1905, and Major, 15 Aug. 1913;
obtained Special Certificate, Chelsea Barracks, and passed the Army
examinations for Field Rank (distinguished). He volunteered with the
officers of his regt. for active service during the South African War,
but only a limited number were required, and he remained in England.
Volunteered for the present war, landed in France, 5 Nov. 1915. The
battn. went straight into the trenches and was afterwards attached
to 13th Infantry Brigade. On 17 April the brigade was detailed for
the capture of “Hill 60.” The fighting was so severe during the 17th,
18th and 19th that the West Kents, Scottish Borderers, Yorks L.I and
West Riding Regts., who had fought magnificently, were withdrawn and
another brigade brought up. The Queen Victoria’s had been occupied in
carrying munitions to the front trenches, but miraculously escaped
with few casualties. They were not relieved with their brigade. On the
night of the 20th the enemy took the trenches on the top of the hill,
and Major Lees counter-attacked with two companies, the rest of the
battn. being held in reserve in dug-outs near the foot of the hill,
where they were subjected to a terrible bombardment lasting for hours.
Major Lees’ night assault was successful. He then found he was the
senior officer left alive on the hill and reorganised the defence. The
German artillery and machine-gun fire was continuous, save when they
launched repeated infantry attacks against our trenches. About 5 a.m.
on the 21st, Major Lees had gone to the most exposed trench held by
the Bedford Regt., in which there were nearly 300 of our killed and
wounded. The enemy were assaulting, showering grenades into the trench
and sweeping the parapet with machine-gun fire. It was at this critical
moment that he was shot through the head and heart, only 10 yards from
the Germans, while shouting orders to hold on. He fell off the parapet
into the arms of a Sergt. of the Bedfords and never spoke again. The
N.C.Os. and riflemen were heroic. Out of the 150 men with Major Lees
all were killed and wounded, except 20 who were still holding on with
2nd Lieut. Wolley, V.C., when relieved by the Devons and Camerons.
Lieut.-Col. Shipley, C.M.G., wrote to his brother, Major Lees, late 3rd
South Wales Borderers: “He died like a hero, having retaken and made
good a position of primary importance which the enemy were on the point
of re-occupying. His last gallant charge was, as he would have wished
it, to the assistance of his county regt., the Bedfordshires. The last
words I heard him speak as he led his company off into the trenches
were: ‘Now, remember, if anyone is wounded, the others must carry on.
If I am hit, go on.’ It was his initiative and courageous behaviour
that has enabled us to hold on to the position. I cannot even attempt
to tell you what a stupendous loss his is to the regt. and myself, but
we must console ourselves by remembering and trying to emulate your
brother’s unswerving devotion to duty and the unflinching gallantry
shown by him in all times of stress; his life so earnestly devoted to
others will live in our memories for all time.” He was buried in the
larch wood near Hill 60.
[Illustration: =Thomas Prior Lees.=]
=LEGGAT, WILLIAM=, 2nd Lieut., 7th Battn. The Cameronians
(Scottish Rifles) (T.F.), eldest _s._ of James Leggat, of 89,
Wilson Street, Glasgow, Wholesale Provision Merchant, by his wife,
Jane, dau. of Robert Carswell, of Duncarnock, Newton Mearns; _b._
Strathbungo, Glasgow, 29 Jan. 1883; educ. Bellahouston Academy,
Glasgow; was a Wholesale Provision Merchant in Glasgow, served four
years with the Dumbartonshire Rifle Volunteers until they were
disbanded on the organisation of the T.F.; received a commission as 2nd
Lieut. in 7th Cameronians, 21 March, 1914; volunteered for Imperial
service on the outbreak of war; left for the Dardanelles, May, 1915,
and died at Malta, 2 July following, of wounds received in the Allied
attack on the Krithia-Achi Baba position, Gallipoli, on 28 June. Buried
Pieta Cemetery, Malta; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Leggat.=]
=LEGGATT, EDWARD=, E.R.A., 1st Class (Pensioner), 159975, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=LEGGE, RONALD GEORGE=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Devonshire Regt.,
7th and yst. _s._ of the late Hon. Charles Gounter Legge, H.M.
Inspector of Constabulary, by his wife, Mary, eldest dau. of the late
Very Rev. Thomas Garnier, Dean of Lincoln, and grandson of William, 4th
Earl of Dartmouth; _b._ Southgate, co. Middlesex, 4 July, 1878;
educ. Sherborne School; served with the 59th Coy. Imperial Yeomanry in
the South African War, 1900–1 (Queen’s medal with four clasps); was
gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Devons, 23 April, 1902; and promoted Lieut. 13
March 1906, and Capt. 15 Nov. 1914; was Adjutant to the Territorial
Force, 30 April, 1910, to 29 Oct. 1913; went to France, 5 Nov. 1914,
and was killed near Neuve Chapelle, 18 Dec. following. He _m._ at
Holy Trinity Church, Exmouth, 19 Nov. 1910, Phyllis Mildred, dau. of
the Rev. Mortimer Ford, of Yarcombe, co. Devon, and had a son, Rupert
Mortimer, _b._ 8 Sept. 1911.
[Illustration: =Ronald George Legge.=]
=LEGGE, STAFFORD HENRY=, Private, No. 847, 16th (Service) Battn.
The Middlesex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France,
etc.; killed in action, 1 March, 1915.
=LEGGETT, ALAN RANDALL AUFRÈRE=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Prince of
Wales’s North Staffordshire Regt., yst. _s._ of Lieut.-Col.
Frederick Octavius Leggett, of Underhill House, Cheriton, co. Kent,
late Army Ordnance Dept., by his wife, Maria (Minnie), dau. of Thomas
Browning; _b._ Delce Grange, Rochester, co. Kent, 31 May,
1893; educ. Oxford Preparatory School, Tonbridge School, and the
Royal Military College, Sandhurst, where he was Hon. King’s Cadet,
1911–12; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 1st North Staffords, 4 Sept. 1912, and
was promoted Lieut. 18 Sept. 1914; went to France, 4 Sept. 1914, and
was killed in action in the trenches near Armentières, during the
First Battle of Ypres, 31 Oct. 1914. Buried St. Martin’s Churchyard,
Cheriton, Kent; _unm._ He was mentioned in Sir John French’s
Despatch of 20 Nov. 1914–14 Jan. 1915 [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915],
in respect of an action on 20 Oct. 1914, when he was sent with his
platoon to support the Leinster Regt., which was hard pressed, and
by “his steadiness, good leadership, and well considered action held
up the enemy’s attack and enabled the offensive to be resumed.” His
commanding officer wrote: “He did his duty cheerfully and fully,
without a thought of self.”
[Illustration: =Alan Randall A. Leggett.=]
=LEGGETT, GEORGE=, Stoker, R.N.R., 2068U, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LEGGETT, GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./15320, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LEIGH, ALBERT EDWARD=, L.-Corpl., No. 9814, 1st Battn. Middlesex
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
action, 25 Sept. 1915.
=LEIGH, CHANDOS, D.S.O.=, Major, 2nd Battn. King’s Own Scottish
Borderers, elder _s._ of the late Hon. Sir Edward Chandos Leigh,
K.C., K.C.B., by his wife, Katherine Fanny (Knuston Hall, Irchester,
Northants; 45, Upper Grosvenor Street, W.), dau. of the late James
Rigby, of Moss House, Lancashire, D.L., and gdson. of Chandos, 1st Lord
Leigh; _b._ 29 Aug. 1873; educ. Harrow and Cambridge; gazetted
2nd Lieut., 2nd King’s Own Scottish Borderers, from the Militia, 29
May, 1895, and promoted Lieut. 22 Sept. 1897, Capt. 1 April, 1901, and
Major, 17 June, 1914; served (1) in the South African War, 1900–2,
employed with the Mounted Infantry; took part in the advance on, and
relief of, Kimberley; operations in Orange Free State, 1900, including
actions at Paardeberg, Poplar Grove, Houtnek (Thoba Mountain), Vet
River and Zand River; operations in the Transvaal, May–June, 1900,
including actions near Johannesburg and Diamond Hill; operations
in Orange River Colony, 1900, including actions at Wittebergen and
Bothaville; and in operations in the Transvaal, Orange River Colony
and Cape Colony, 30 Nov. 1900 to 31 May, 1902 (mentioned in Despatches
[London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901]. Queen’s medal with five clasps,
D.S.O.); (2) with the Egyptian Army, 17 April, 1902, to 1912; took
part in Bahr-el-Ghazal Expedition against the Nyam-Nyam Tribes 1905–6
(Egyptian medal with clasp; Medijidich and Osmanich Orders); and (3)
with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 13 Aug. 1914;
was reported missing and wounded after the Battle of Mons, 23 Aug.
1914, and died at Boussu shortly afterwards. When last seen, though
severely wounded, he told his men to go on and never mind him, as
the enemy were in great strength, and it was imperative to get back
to blow up the canal bridge against their advance. Major Leigh was a
fine horseman and polo player, winning his regimental cup the year he
joined the Army. He was well known with the Meath, Pytchley and other
packs, won honours in the open jumping at the Dublin Horse Show, and
headed the winning record for steeplechase riders, both amateurs and
professional, on the Cairo Turf. He _m._ 6 June, 1912, Winifred
Madeline, dau. of the late Rt. Hon. Arthur Frederick Jeffreys, of
Burkham, Hampshire, P.C., M.P.; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Chandos Leigh.=]
=LEIGH, CHARLES=, Petty Officer, 174539, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=LEIGH, EDWARD=, Major, 2nd Battn. Hampshire Regt., yr. _s._
of the late Francis Augustine Leigh, of Rosegarland, co. Wexford,
Ireland, J.P., D.L., formerly Lieut., 10th Hussars, by his wife,
Augustine, dau. of Charles Perrier, of Metz, Lorraine; _b._
Rosegarland, 25 Aug. 1867; educ. St. Columba’s, co. Dublin; gazetted
2nd Lieut., from the Militia, to the Hampshire Regt., 9 May, 1888; and
promoted Lieut. 4 Jan. 1890, Capt. 22 April, 1894, and Major, 22 July,
1905; joined the 2nd Battn. at Chatham in 1888, but transferred in 1897
to the 1st Battn. then serving on the Indian Frontier at Mooltan, Lundi
Kotal, Peshawar, etc.; volunteered for active service in the South
African War, in which he was employed with the Mounted Infantry, taking
part in the operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900 to Jan. 1902;
in Orange River Colony, Dec. 1900 to Oct. 1901; in Cape Colony, Feb.
to March, 1901; commanded the 7th (Hampshire) Mounted Infantry in the
operations against De Wet, until he was severely wounded at Onverwacht,
near Ermelo, 4 Jan. 1902 (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 25
April, 1902], Queen’s medal with three clasps and King’s medal with
two clasps); was Adjutant to 4th (Volunteer) Battn. Hampshire Regt.,
from 20 May, 1904, to 21 July, 1905, when, on promotion to the rank
of Major, he rejoined 2nd Battn. as second in command and served
with it (temporarily commanding at various times during 1909, 1912,
1913, 1914, and at the time of his death) whilst in Bermuda, South
Africa, Mauritius, India and Gallipoli; left for the Dardanelles,
19 March, 1915; took part in the landing there on 25 April, and was
killed in action during the Turkish attack on the Allied trenches S.W.
of Krithia, Gallipoli, on the night of 1–2 May, 1915. Buried close
to where he fell. Major Leigh _m._ at Christ Church, Lancaster
Gate, London, 11 April, 1912, Mary Meade (Ladies’ Empire Club, 69,
Grosvenor Street, W.), only dau. of the Hon. Sir John Buchanan, of
Clareinch, Claremont, South Africa, LL.D., Knight of Grace of St. John
of Jerusalem, and had a son, Edward Buchanan, _b._ at Vacoas,
Mauritius, 19 June, 1913.
[Illustration: =Edward Leigh.=]
=LEIGH, EDWARD HENRY=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Rifle Brigade, yr.
_s._ of the late Hon. Sir Edward Chandos Leigh, K.C., K.C.B. (who
died suddenly, 18 May, 1915, three days after hearing of the death of
his last surviving son), by his wife, Katherine Fanny (Knuston Hall,
Irchester, Northants; 45, Upper Grosvenor Street, W.), dau. of the late
James Rigby, of Moss House, Lancashire, D.L., and grandson of Chandos,
1st Lord Leigh; _b._ 14 July, 1888; educ. Harrow and Cambridge;
gazetted Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Rifle Brigade, 17 April, 1913; left
with his regt. for France, Nov. 1914, and was killed in the attack upon
the Aubers Ridge, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ Lieut. Leigh was mentioned
in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 5 April [London
Gazette, 22 June], 1915.
[Illustration: =Edward Henry Leigh.=]
=LEIGH, THOMAS HORATIO ALFRED=, Private, No. 5624, 3rd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, yr. _s._ of Samuel Leigh, of Jubilee Terrace,
New Road, Armitage, co. Stafford, Potter, by his wife, Annie, dau. of
William Dissington, of Cobridge, Staffs.; _b._ Armitage, 25 May,
1886; educ. Elementary School there; enlisted 21 July, 1904; served in
Egypt, 16 Jan. 1908, to 23 March, 1911, where he was attached to the
Camel Corps, and was one of a company sent up the Nile to suppress a
native rising; passed into the Reserve, 20 July, 1912; called up on the
outbreak of war, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary
Force, 21 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Soupir, 14 Sept. 1914;
_unm._ Buried on the battlefield. He had two good conduct badges,
and two first-class badges for shooting, and had passed classes in
swimming.
[Illustration: =T. H. A. Leigh.=]
=LEIVERS, JOHN ROBINSON=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5638), 229452 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=LE MARCHAND, JOHN WHARTON JONES=, Lieut., 56th Rifles, Frontier
Force, Indian Army, attd. 1/6th Gurkha Rifles, _s._ of Walter
John Le Marchand, District Supt. of Punjab Police, by his wife, Lucy,
dau. of J........ G...... Jones, P.W.D., Punjab, India; _b._ at
Gujranwalla, Punjab, 30 Dec. 1887; educ. Bedford Grammar School, and
Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. (unattd.), 25
Jan. 1908; posted to Indian Army, 14 March, 1909, and promoted Lieut.,
25 April, 1910; served on N.W. Frontier of India, 1908, including the
operations in the Mohmand country and engagement at Mutta (medal with
clasp), and with the Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles, 1915;
killed in action at Sari Bagh, 9 Aug. 1915; buried on the field. Col.
Sir Cecil Allanson, commanding the 1/6th Gurkha Rifles, wrote: “Your
son was killed with this regt. on 9 Aug. Every single officer in it was
killed or wounded; he only joined it about 20 July and we only came
under fire after a three weeks’ rest on 5 Aug. The following brief
report is what the regt. did and what I have said (in my diary) about
your son. No words of mine can express my admiration for his gallantry,
his magnificent compliance with difficult orders and his superb control
of men whom he hardly knew and who hardly knew him. His death is an
example to all on the Peninsula.... The following are the entries
referred to: ‘7 Aug.--Advance towards the Ridge 791, 6th Gurkhas
leading, Le Marchand leading them; reach a height about 450. Few
casualties through skilful use of ground. 8 Aug.--Advance to Hill 791
to within 100 yards. No digging in took place as ground extremely hard
and we dare not move. Through the night we had to retain an immensely
difficult position with the Turks right above us, every man in the
regt. in the firing line. 9 Aug.--Attacked at dawn on the portion of
the Ridge 791 in front of us, which was successfully carried, though
subsequently evacuated. The position of the night before was held
throughout the day.’ The reference made to Lieut. Le Marchand in report
sent in to 90th Indian Brigade was as follows: ‘Lieut. Le Marchand led
the leading double company to the attack on 7 and 8 Aug.; he had only
been with the regt. 15 days and did not know the Goorkha language. His
great personal gallantry gave him an extraordinary influence over his
men, and he stopped two further rushes of the enemy on the night of
the 8th and 9th in a most gallant manner. He remained on the Ridge 791
till the very last and was killed gallantly tackling single handed a
large number of Turks.’ The only officer actually unwounded at this
moment was Capt. Phipson, I.M.S., who succeeded in obtaining your son’s
body and gave it a proper burial that night as near the spot he died
as possible, and we have very carefully marked the position.... His
death was absolutely instantaneous and painless, as he was shot through
the base of the brain”; and in his report to the Colonel of the 5/6th
Rifles he said: “Le Marchand’s conduct on the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th
was superb. We were very short of officers, and during that time he
never had a wink of sleep and very little food or water. No commanding
officer could have been better served. No regt. could have wished for
a better officer to maintain its reputation. We alone succeeded in
getting on the key of the local position, and we fought for three days
and three nights and were never for one second out of fire throughout
that time. We lost 100 per cent. of our officers and 45 per cent. of
our fighting strength in men. It would be a long story to give you all
the details, but before Le Marchand died (a few minutes) he placed
his foot on the long ridge which surrounds this Peninsula, and had we
been able to stay there it would have been splendid. It was no fault
of ours whatever that we could not. Gen. Godley, in congratulating the
regt., said that had Le Marchand lived he would have recommended him
for the V.C.” In his official report of the battle, Sir Cecil wrote:
“Lieut. J. W. J. Le Marchand, 56th Rifles, Frontier Force, attd. 1/6th
Gurkha Rifles, led the leading double company to the attack on the
8th and 9th. He had only been with the regt. 15 days and did not know
the language. His great personal gallantry gave him an extraordinary
influence over his men, and he stopped a forward rush of the enemy on
the night of the 8th and 9th in a most gallant manner. He was shot dead
immediately after landing his company up on the ridge after two days
and two nights continuous fighting, during the whole of which time a
steady advance was made. No officer could have done finer work than
he did and the regt. is deeply indebted to him for his great personal
gallantry. I can only thank your regt. for sending us so fine an
officer and regret extremely that he should have lost his life with us.”
[Illustration: =John W. J. Le Marchand.=]
=LE MARCHANT, LOUIS ST. GRATIEN, D.S.O.=, Lieut.-Col., 1st Battn.
East Lancashire Regt., 6th and yst. _s._ of the Rev. Robert Le
Marchant, Rector of Little Risington, by his wife, Eliza Catherine,
dau. of D. Tupper, of Guernsey; _b._ Little Risington, co.
Gloucester, 2 Dec. 1866; educ. Somerset College, Bath, and privately;
gazetted Lieut. to the East Lancashire Regt., from the Gloucestershire
Militia, 10 Nov. 1886, and promoted Capt. 11 Dec. 1895, Major, 11
April, 1906, and Lieut.-Col. 23 Sept. 1913; was Adjutant, 1st Battn.,
29 Oct. 1898 to 28 Oct. 1902; Brigade Major, India, 9 July, 1906, to
1 March, 1908, and D.A.A.G., India, 2 March, 1908, to 3 July, 1910;
served (1) with the Chitral Relief Force, 1895 (medal with clasp);
(2) in the South African War, 1900–2; took part in the operations
in the Orange Free State, Feb. to May, 1900, including actions at
Karee Siding, Vet River (5–6 May), and Zand River; operations in the
Transvaal, May and 30 Nov. 1900 to Oct. 1901, including action near
Johannesburg; and operations in Orange River Colony, Oct. 1901 to 31
May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps, King’s medal with two
clasps, D.S.O.); and (3) with the Expeditionary Force in France and
Flanders, Aug. to 9 Sept. 1914 (mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir
John (now Lord) French, 9 Oct. [London Gazette, 18 Oct.] 1914), and was
killed in action at La Ferté sous Jouarre, during the Battle of the
Marne, 9 Sept. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Louis St. G. Le Marchant.=]
=LE MASURIER, JOHN EDWARD=, Gunner, No. 2708, 3rd Brigade
Ammunition Column, 3rd F.A. Brigade, 1st Australian Division, 2nd
_s._ of Charles Henry John Le Masurier, of 3, Elizabeth Terrace,
Tower Road, Jersey, Seaman, by his wife, Alice, dau. of Philip Edward
Beaugié; _b._ St. Heliers, Jersey, 19 Aug. 1889; educ. National
Boys’ School there; went to Australia, 19 Aug. 1910, and worked as a
Steam Navvy on the North Coast Railway at Telegraph Point, N.S.W.;
volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914,
and joined the 3rd Ammunition Column, Australian Imperial Force; left
for Egypt, 18 Oct. 1914; went to the Dardanelles in April, 1915, and
was killed in action there, 29 May following, while attached to the
Indian Mountain Battery; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “He was killed
in action on the evening of 29 May by a shrapnel shell. There was only
a small party of us together. We were attached to an Indian Mountain
Battery looking after field telephones and doing such work as the
Indians could not do, and they could not speak English. I cannot say
how sorry we were to lose Jack, as he was one of the best--in fact,
what we call, a white man. He was recommended for the D.C.M. for
keeping up communications under heavy fire the morning of 29 May, but
do not know if it ever went through. We buried him at night on the top
of a high headland overlooking the sea at Anzac. The head is known as
Pluggy’s Plateau, and was the first place taken on the morning of the
Australian landing.”
=LE MESURIER, ALFRED CLIVE=, Lieut., 12th Indian Cavalry, attd.
33rd Q.V.L.H., yst. _s._ of the late Col. Andrew Alfred Le
Mesurier, C.B., Commandant of the 8th Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt.,
by his wife, Kate Josephine (Jersey, Channel Islands), dau. of William
Henry Vyse, of Cornwall; _b._ Weymouth, co. Dorset, 8 Sept. 1888;
educ. Victoria College, Jersey, and Wellington College, co. Bucks;
settled in Upper Assam as a tea planter; joined the Assam Valley Light
Horse; obtained a commission in the 12th Indian Cavalry after the
outbreak of war, 30 Oct. 1914; went to Mesopotamia early in Feb., attd.
to the 33rd Q.V.L.H., and was killed in action there, 29 April, 1915;
_unm._ He was buried beside Major M. H. Anderson, 33rd Q.V.O.L.C.,
and Lieut. Bailward, 26th K.G.O.L.C., at Brackey, some 30 miles from
Ahwaz, near the Karum River, in Persia. It appears that two squadrons
were sent out on a reconnaissance some 15 miles from camp. They were
met by Arabs, who pretended to be friendly, and warned them that the
Turkish army were only three hours’ march away and to go back. They
went back about one mile and watered their horses, and stayed there for
some time. When the squadrons had finished watering their commander
mounted the men and, wheeling them about, marched them off. The hostile
Arabs, who had been collecting round under the cloak of the friendlies,
opened fire. More mounted Arabs closed in, and Lieut. Le Mesurier was
hit and fell from his horse, killed.
[Illustration: =Alfred Clive le Mesurier.=]
=LEMMON, MONTAGUE HAGUE=, Private, No. 1001, Honourable Artillery
Coy. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of the late John Lemmon, of Chichester, by
his wife, Martha Elizabeth (afterwards wife of Arthur William Wyatt,
of South Gate), dau. of Jonas Hague; _b._ Chichester, 23 June,
1887; educ. Prebendal School there; was a member of the London Staff of
the Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance, Co., Ltd.; volunteered
and joined the H.A.C. on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; trained at
Headquarters and Aveley Park; went to France in Sept. 1914, and died at
Bailleul, 8 June, 1915, of wounds received in action at Ypres on the
5th; _unm._ Buried at Bailleul.
[Illustration: =Montague Hague Lemmon.=]
=LEMON, JOHN EDWARD=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1375S, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LENCH, JAMES SYDNEY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 93), 145290 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LEONARD, ALFRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5112), 207650, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LEONARD, THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 16977, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=LE PAGE, EDMOND JOHN=, A.B., B. 4180, S.S. 1351, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LE SUEUR, CLEMENT GEORGE=, Private, No. 3158, 1/5th Battn.
Seaforth Highlanders (T.F.), only child of Clement George Le Sueur, of
155, Chevening Road, Brondesbury Park, N.W., Clerk in the War Office,
by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Thomas Cull, and grandson of Clement Le
Sueur, late of Jersey; _b._ Hampstead, N.W., 23 March, 1893;
educ. Kilburn Grammar School and King’s College, London; was a Clerk
in the Metropolitan Water Board; volunteered and joined the Seaforth
Highlanders, 7 Sept. 1914; went to France, 1 May, 1915, and was killed
in action while on sentry duty in the trenches near Laventie, 17 July,
1915; _unm._ His company officer wrote: “I hear from his comrades
in the ranks that he was a fine soldier, and that his never failing
good spirits helped others over the many depressing times we have
here”; and the Church of England Chaplain: “It fell to my lot to lay
him to rest in the little soldiers’ cemetery [by the roadside, Rue de
Bacquerot], not far from Laventie. I know how greatly he is missed and
mourned.” A comrade also wrote: “It should be some consolation to you
to know that Clem’s high character and good spirits stood the very
searching test that this life out here enforces with complete success.
His loss was keenly felt by all who had been brought into contact with
him”; and the magazine “Aquarius” referred to him as follows: “Mr.
Le Sueur entered the service (Metropolitan Water Board) in 1910. He
possessed marked ability and great business aptitude and a successful
future seemed in store for him.”
[Illustration: =Clement George Le Sueur.=]
=LESTER, JOHN=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 283924, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LETFORD, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 3739 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LEVERINGTON, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 2677, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=LE VESCONTE, JOHN THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class, 302978, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LEVI, KEITH MAURICE=, Capt., A.A.M.C., attached as Regimental
Medical Officer to the 2nd Battn. Hampshire Regt. 29th Division, yst.
_s._ of Joseph Levi, of Liverpool Buildings, 153, William Street,
Melbourne, formerly of Lulinghi, Princes Street, St. Kilda, J.P., by
his wife, Katherine S. dau. of Maurice C. Davies, and gdson. of the
late Hon. Nathaniel Levi, M.L.C.; _b._ St. Kilda, Victoria, 6
Oct. 1890. He was educated at Cumloden and Melbourne Church of England
Grammar School, afterwards proceeding to the Melbourne University. He
was a student at Ormond College and took his M.B. degree in April,
1914. Whilst at the University he took great interest in the Sports
Union and was for some time Capt. of B grade hockey team and played in
inter-varsity matches. He was also a member of the University Rifles.
After graduating in medicine he was appointed a Resident Medical
Officer at the Melbourne Hospital, and later on joined the Staff of
Perth Public Hospital. Volunteering for active service on the third
day after war was declared, he served as Medical Officer at Blackboy
Camp, W.A. and afterwards at the Broadmeadows Camp, Victoria. He left
Victoria on Feb. 6 for Egypt, with the Light Horse reinforcements, and
was stationed at the First Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, for
two months. Proceeding thence to the Dardanelles he was for a time on
hospital ships bringing wounded back from Lemnos to Alexandria. He was
sent to organise a rest camp on the island of Imbros, and it was from
there on June 29th he was ordered to Cape Hellas, and attd. to the 2nd
Hampshire Regt. 29th Division, as Regimental Medical Officer. Major J.
G. Bell, R.A.M.C., Acting Director of Medical Services, 29th Division,
wrote: “I am writing to you about your son’s death. Being separated
as he was from his own Australian Troops, it is possible that no one
else may write you any particulars. He joined this division (29th) and
was placed in medical charge of the 2nd Hampshire Regt. This suited
him; he liked his work and became most popular with the regt. He was
one of the best regimental Medical Officers in the Division. On the
6th of this month [Aug.] the brigade to which his regiment belonged
became engaged and suffered severe casualties. He worked splendidly
just behind the firing line all that afternoon and all night getting
back the wounded, dressing and attending to them. At about 6.30 on
the morning of the 7th when his work was practically over, and he was
standing with another officer, a Turkish shrapnel shell fell close to
him killing him dead, together with some five other men. He was buried
where he fell, next to a Captain of the Hants, with two officers of the
Essex Regt. close by. He is buried in an open nullah. I saw his grave
this morning, and a suitable cross is being put up this afternoon by
the regt. Your son’s death is a great loss; he took such an interest
in his work, was so keen about it, and had done so well”; and in a
letter to his mother, Lieut. and Q.M. A. Smith, of the Hampshire Regt.
wrote: “I was within two yards of your son when he was killed. I am the
Quartermaster of this Battn. and knew your son more intimately than
anyone else in the Battn. as we were almost always together. All the
officers and men liked and respected him for his calmness and coolness
in all the trials and dangers of this campaign; I am asked to convey
to you and yours the sincere condolence of the officers of this Battn.
in your great bereavement, and I am sure it will be of great comfort
to you to know that he was killed instantaneously and did not suffer
any pain. On Aug. 6 an attack was made by our Brigade on the Turkish
trenches, your son being in the same place as myself. When the attack
was launched about 3.45 p.m. the wounded began to come in and they came
through the Battn. Dressing Station all night, about 220 officers,
non-commissioned officers and men were dressed (their wounds being
attended to) and sent down to the base, your son working continuously
all through the night. At 6.45 a.m. we were ordered to move back and a
fresh battn. was sent to relieve us, your son and myself were having
some breakfast before starting (as the dressing station was being taken
over and cleaned up), when a high explosive shell came from the enemy
and exploded close to us, killing three, and wounding four, all of whom
had been attending on the wounded. Your son was amongst the killed,
a piece of the shell killing him instantaneously. He was buried in a
separate grave close to the spot where he was killed, a stone with his
name marking the spot.” Col. A. Thackeray Beckwith, Commanding Officer
2nd Hampshire Regt., also wrote: “Though I was not present on 7 Aug.
when he was killed I heard exactly about it from Lt. & Q.M. A. Smith of
my Battn. who was with him, and I know the spot intimately. Your son
had worked like a Trojan, attending to the very large number of wounded
in the attack of 6 Aug., and with the Quartermaster and about five
other N.C.Os. and men was curiously enough in a hollow just behind the
front trench where no shells had ever pitched before, when two shells
came down quite close to each other, a piece of one hitting your son in
the chest, killing him instantaneously by shock and not by laceration.
His loss was a very great one to us, he had done sterling work for
the Battn. and in spite of the danger was never absent from our
trenches, used most conscientiously to go round them seeing to all the
sanitation, attending the wounded, etc. And on one particular occasion
went out of his way to help bring in a wounded Canadian officer from
a dangerously exposed place.” Capt. Keith M. Levi was mentioned in
General Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 11 Dec. 1915 [London Gazette, 28
Jan. 1916]. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Keith Maurice Levi.=]
=LEVINGE, SIR RICHARD WILLIAM=, 10th Bart. of Knockdrin, D.L., co.
Westmeath, Lieut., 1st Life Guards, eldest _s._ of Sir William
Levinge, of Knockdrin Castle, 9th Bart., by his wife, Emily Judith
(Knockdrin Castle, Westmeath), 2nd dau. of Sir Richard Sutton, 4th
Bart.; _b._ Ryde, I.W., 12 July, 1878; educ. Eton; gazetted 2nd
Lieut., 8th Hussars, 27 May, 1899; transferred to South Irish Horse and
served with them in the South African War, 1900–1; took part in the
operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to 29 Nov. 1900,
and in those in the Transvaal, Dec. 1900 to Jan. 1901, and received
the Queen’s medal with three clasps. He succeeded his father 17 April,
1900, and on his return from South Africa retired from the Army, but
offered his services again immediately the European War broke out, and
was gazetted Lieut. to the Reserve of Officers, 8th Hussars, 19 Aug.
1914, and posted to the 1st Life Guards, 1 Sept. following. He went to
France, 4 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 24 Oct. 1914.
Col. Stanley, 1st Life Guards, wrote: “The trenches were very small,
and your husband was passing from one to another when he was shot dead
by a bullet in the neck. I need hardly tell you the awful shock it has
given the squadron officers and men, and the loss of one to whom we
were devoted will remain with us for ever. Your husband knew no fear,
and was always so ready and willing to help me in any way he could
with the squadron.” He _m._ at St. George’s, Hanover Square, W.,
15 Feb. 1910, Irene Marguerite (10, Hans Place, London, S.W.), elder
dau. of the late John Henry Charles Pix, of Bradford, Yorks, and had an
only son, now Sir Richard Vere Henry Levinge, of Knockdrin Castle, 11th
Bart., _b._ 30 April, 1911.
[Illustration: =Richard William Levinge.=]
=LEVISTON, JOSEPH JAMES=, Private, R.M.L.I. (Ports.), 12740,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=LEVITT, LOFTUS GEORGE=, Leading Seaman, 218265, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LEWCOCK, ALGERNON GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 16871, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LEWES, ERNEST=, Chief Stoker, 276271, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LEWES, PRICE VAUGHAN, C.B., D.S.O.=, Capt., R.N., 2nd _s._
of Col. John Lewes, of Llanlear, co. Cardigan, The Buffs (who served
through the Crimean War), by his wife, Mary Jane, dau. of the Rev.
Charles Griffith; _b._ Llanlear aforesaid, 27 Feb. 1865; educ.
Reading, H.M.S. Britannia, and the Royal Naval College, Greenwich;
entered the Royal Navy, 1878; and became Lieut. 1888; Commander 1898,
and Capt. 1905. He served in China, 1885–88, and in the operations
against the Somalis in British East Africa for the murder of Mr.
Hamilton, an officer of the East African Company, and the relief of
two Englishmen on board the s.s. Kenia in the Juba River, and as
Sub-Lieut. of H.M.S. Blanche, landed at Kimayu, Zanzibar, in command of
40 volunteers from that ship and so successfully led this small force,
exposed as it was to the attack of 150 riflemen and 600 spearmen, that
they captured and destroyed the village of Magareda, up the Juba River,
succoured the Englishmen and struck so decisive a blow against the
enemy that a punitive expedition was rendered unnecessary. For this
service he received the D.S.O., and the general Africa medal with Juba
River clasp, and was officially thanked by Government. In 1898, being
in command of H.M.S. Hazard and Senior Naval Official, Crete, he landed
during the Moslem attack on 6 Sept., and after heavy fighting rescued
and brought off the Col. commanding the troops and his soldiers, and
for this he was again thanked by Government, and promoted Commander.
From 1907 to 1909, he served on the Pacific Station, and was afterwards
Deputy Commissioner, Western Pacific, and was officially thanked for
his services as such by the New Zealand Government. He received the
C.B. on the King’s birthday, 1913. On the outbreak of the European
War in Aug. 1914, he was on sick leave, but immediately resumed
command of his ship, H.M.S. Superb, but in the beginning of Nov. was
invalided home and died in the Naval Hospital at Devonport, 10 Nov.
1914. He _m._ in London, 30 April, 1894, Anne Josephine, dau. of
Lieut.-Col. J. G. M. Tulloch, 21st (Royal Scots) Regt., and had a son,
Martyn Vaughan, Lieut., 3rd Welsh Regt., attd. R.F.C., _b._ 21
April, 1895; killed in flying accident, 15 July, 1916.
[Illustration: =Price Vaughan Lewes.=]
=LEWINGTON, ALFRED CHARLES=, Private, No. 1637, 3rd Battn. (Royal
Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of George Lewington, of
14, Eresbury Road, Kilburn, Lamplighter; _b._ Kilburn; joined the
Royal Fusiliers about 1912, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle,
10 March, 1915. Three of his brothers served with the Expeditionary
Force.
=LEWINGTON, WILLIAM=, Yeoman of Signals, 188764, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LEWIS, ALFRED EDWARD=, Leading Stoker, 302447, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=LEWIS, CHARLES VERNON=, Lieut., 11th (Service) Battn. (2nd
Gwent), South Wales Borderers, 2nd _s._ of Thomas Charles Lewis,
of The Sycamores, Conway, by his wife, Catherine Maria Lloyd, dau. of
Thomas Lloyd Roberts, of Garthgyman, near Ruthen; _b._ Frondeg,
Bangor, 14 March, 1883; educ. Rydal Mount School, Colwyn Bay; served
three years with the Denbighshire Yeomanry, and afterwards represented
Messrs. Harrisons and Crosfields, Tea Merchants, London; joined the
South Wales Borderers after the outbreak of war, Sept. 1914, and
died at Weymouth, 18 Aug. 1915, after an operation for appendicitis,
contracted while in training. He _m._ at Langbank, Renfrewshire,
16 June, 1915, Edith Isabel Collingwood, dau. of the Rev. Archibald B.
D. Alexander, D.D., of Langbank; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Charles Vernon Lewis.=]
=LEWIS, DAVID=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9616), S.S.
106974, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LEWIS, DAVID WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4638), S.S. 1630, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=LEWIS, EDWIN CHARLES=, Petty Officer, 195389 (Chatham), H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=LEWIS, GEORGE ARTHUR DUNALLEY=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. South
Staffordshire Regt., attd. 1st Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt., elder
_s._ of Col. Arthur William Drummond Lewis, of 31, Midvale Road,
Jersey, by his wife, Emilie Mary, dau. of Mark Morris, and grandson
of the late Hon. Arthur James Lewis, Advocate-General of Bombay, ...,
member of Council, ..., and of Guestling Lodge, Sussex; _b._ St.
Helens, Hastings, 24 Jan. 1895; educ. Victoria College, Jersey, where
he was for four years a member of the O.T.C.; was employed as a Clerk
in the Capital and Counties Bank at Weymouth, but on the outbreak of
war obtained a commission in the South Staffords, 3 Oct. 1914; trained
at Jersey; passed through a machine-gun course during the winter and
was machine-gun instructor to the battn.; went to France in May, 1915,
when he was attached to the 1st Royal Warwicks, and was killed in
action, 8 July, 1915, just after having got his men into position to go
to the relief of the Lancashire Fusiliers; _unm._ He was buried on
the banks of the Yser Canal, north of Ypres and south of Pilken. The
officer commanding the 1st Warwicks wrote: “We all admired him, he had
made himself very popular and we all deplore his loss. His Adjutant,
Company Commander and servant all speak in the highest praise of his
character, bravery and cheerfulness when under fire, and that he was a
fine soldier, and beloved by all ranks.”
[Illustration: =George Arthur D. Lewis.=]
=LEWIS, HARRY FRANCIS=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., Ch. B.
3891), Ch./174438, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22
Sept. 1914.
=LEWIS, HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6215), 187617, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LEWIS, HENRY EDWARD=, A.B., J. 20038, H.M.S. Pathfinder, lost
when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=LEWIS, HERBERT BENJAMIN THOMAS=, Corpl., No. 16296, 2nd Battn.
Northamptonshire Regt., 3rd _s._ of the late Robert Lewis, of
Hackleton, Northampton, Farmer, by his wife, Mary, 2nd dau. of the
late Benjamin (and Elizabeth) Thomas, of Waunfawr Farm, Llanboidy,
near Whitland, South Wales; _b._ Whitland, 22 March, 1879;
educ. Northampton Grammar School; was Managing Clerk for Mr. J. S.
Campion, Auctioneer and Valuer, Northampton; enlisted in the 3rd
Northamptonshire Regt. 31 Oct. 1914, afterwards transferring to the
2nd Battn.; went to France, 2 March, 1915, and was killed in action
at Aubers Ridge, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ Lieut. Haldane wrote: “I am
sorry to say that details as to what happened on 9 May are very hard to
get, but I do know that Herbert B. T. Lewis advanced with his company
in the attack. They were the leading company, and he with many of
his company were caught by machine-gun fire, and were killed whilst
advancing to the enemy’s trench. I was very sorry to lose him, as I had
already noticed him when inspecting his company, and had realised what
a very excellent N.C.O. he was, and had hoped he would have been spared
to rise to much higher rank, which he deserved.”
[Illustration: =Herbert B. T. Lewis.=]
=LEWIS, ISAAC=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10496), S.S. 108181,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=LEWIS, JAMES WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7473), S.S.
102603, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=LEWIS, JOSEPH=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 7208, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=LEWIS, WILLIAM HENRY=, Private, No. 2019, 5th Battn. Welsh Regt.
(T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late Daniel Lewis, by his wife, Mary
(26, Castle Street, Dowlais); _b._ Dowlais, co. Glamorgan, 12
Aug. 1892; educ. Elementary Schools there, and was a Blacksmith at the
Dowlais Iron Works; served with the Welsh Territorials for four years,
and rejoined, 10 June, 1914; volunteered for foreign service on the
outbreak of the European War; went to the Dardanelles, 14 July, 1915,
and was killed in action there, 2 Sept. following; _unm._
=LIBBITER, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9591, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LICKFOLD, EDWARD=, Private, No. 2160, 11th Battn. 3rd Infantry
Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of John Lickfold, of
Billinghurst, co. Sussex, by his wife, Catherine, dau. of Henry
Criswick; _b._ Southampton, 27 Feb. 1878; educ. Wokingham
Church School; went to Perth, West Australia, in 1907, and joined
the Australian Imperial Force early in 1915; left for Egypt; went to
the Dardanelles, and was killed in action at Suvla Bay, 6 Aug. 1915;
_unm._
=LIDBETTER, ALBERT WILLIAM=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24716 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of William Lidbetter, of 13, Holden Cottages,
Broadwater, near Worthing; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the
North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=LIDDELL, CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3631), 186862, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.
=LIDDLE, FRANK CHARLES=, Private, No. 9166, 2nd Battn. East Surrey
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died 26
March, 1915, of enteric fever, while on active service.
=LIEBERT, FREDERICK ALEXANDER CHARLES=, Capt., North Somerset
Yeomanry (T.F.), only _s._ of John Frederick Liebert, by his wife,
Lena Henrietta, dau. of Jean Spreet de Bay, and grandson of Edmund
Liebert, of Swinton Hall, co. Lancaster; _b._ Bruges, Belgium,
9th March, 1882; educ. there, and Beaumont College, and on leaving
there received a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 3rd Dragoon Guards,
from which he retired in 1905, and joined the North Somerset Yeomanry
(T.F.), as a 2nd Lieut., 20 Dec. 1905, being promoted Capt., 5 Aug.
1914; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to
France 2 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action during the First Battle
of Ypres, 17 Nov. following. Buried in Ypres Cemetery. The particular
action in which he lost his life was the first action in which the
North Somerset Yeomanry took a prominent part, was only over a space
of ground some 500 yards square and B Squadron, led by Capt. Liebert,
held the first of a series of trenches, upon which a vigorous shell
fire of an appalling character was directed. The Germans got to within
15 yards of the trenches, but the attack was repelled, with very
heavy losses to them. Letters from his Colonel and brother officers
testify to his valuable services as an officer, his high sense of duty
combined with much cheerfulness in difficulties and also to the great
respect and affection his squadron had for him. Capt. Liebert was
Assistant Secretary to the Blackmore Vale Hounds and Secretary to the
Wincanton Races; was devoted to hunting, a keen golfer and cricketer,
and Freemason. He _m._ at Pinhoe, 21 July, 1905, Frances (The
Elms, Charlton Musgrove, Wincanton, co. Somerset), yr. dau. of Arthur
Chamberlayne Chichester, of Gipsy Hill, Pinhoe, co. Devon; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Frederick A. C. Liebert.=]
=LIFTON, ALBERT HUMPHREY=, Shipwright, 1st Class, 342645, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LIGHT, ARTHUR PERCY=, Ship’s Steward’s Assistant (Pensioner),
148076, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LIGHTWOOD, JAMES=, Leading Seaman, 233265, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LIHOU, THOMAS ELISHA=, A.B. (B. 3473), 226505, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LILLY, EDWARD AUGUSTUS=, Private, No. 8582, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards; _b._ co. Warwick; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders; killed in action, 8 Oct. 1914; _m._
=LILLIE, JAMES=, Private, No. 904, 18th Battn. Australian Imperial
Force; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles; died 30 Aug. 1915, of
wounds received in action there.
=LILLEY, ALBERT EDWARD=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21849, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=LINCOLN, WILLIAM HARRY=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 208647, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LINDLEY, HARRY=, A.B., J. 2174, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship
was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=LINDRIDGE, CHARLES MALCOLM=, Private, No. 10023, 2nd Battn. The
Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt., _s._ of Edwin Lindridge, of
Spitzbrook Cottage, Marden, Kent; served with the Expeditionary Force
in France, etc.; reported missing 29 Oct. 1914, and now assumed to have
been killed in action on or about that date.
=LINDSAY, ALEXANDER CAMERON=, Private, No. 2462, 1/9th Battn. The
Royal Scots (T.F.), _s._ of the late William Lindsay, Clothier,
by his wife, Jane (55, Montpelier Park, Edinburgh), dau. of Alexander
Cameron; _b._ Edinburgh, 18 Aug. 1895; educ. George Heriot’s
School; joined the Royal Scots after the outbreak of war, Sept. 1914;
went to France, 23 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action during the 2nd
Battle of Ypres, 23 April, 1915, while helping a wounded schoolfellow
after being twice wounded himself. Buried near St. Jean, two and half
miles N.E. of Ypres.
=LINDSAY, DAVID SAUNDERS BROWN=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26630
(Devon.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=LINDSAY, GEORGE LAWRENCE=, Chief Stoker, 176607, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LINDSAY, JAMES HARPER=, Capt., No. 1 Coy., Forth Royal Garrison
Artillery (T.F.), yr. _s._ of the late James Lindsay, J.P., by
his wife, Ann (Edzell Lodge, Inverleith Terrace, Edinburgh), dau.
of James Harper, of Edinburgh; _b._ Edinburgh, 15 April, 1885;
educ. Edinburgh Institution; was a partner in firm of Wm. Lindsay &
Son, Cannon Mills, Edinburgh; joined the R.G.A. as 2nd Lieut. 1905;
promoted Lieut., 1909, and Captain, 1 June, 1913; was called up on the
outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and died in Craigleith Military Hospital,
Edinburgh, 24 June, 1915, from the result of injuries received in a
motor accident, while on service; _unm._ He was a keen Rugby
footballer and played for the Edinburgh Institution F.P’s. for ten
years, six of which he was captain of the team, and on retiring from
play he was elected to the Scottish Rugby Union, of which body he was a
member until his death. He took great interest in his artillery work,
and took his company, which was qualified to shoot for the King’s Cup,
to the Isle of Wight for the contest.
[Illustration: =James Harper Lindsay.=]
=LING, GEORGE BATTELY=, Rifleman, No. Y211, 4th Battn. King’s
Royal Rifle Corps, 2nd _s._ of the late William Page Ling, of
Auckland, New Zealand, Farmer, by his wife, Christina Morrison (252,
Spring Road, Ipswich), dau. of George Mitchell, of Alloa, and grandson
of the late William Girling Ling, of Brooks Hall Road, Ipswich;
_b._ Auckland, 4 Jan. 1891; educ. Ipswich Municipal Secondary
School; was an Ironmonger; joined the King’s Royal Rifles after the
outbreak of war, 29 Aug. 1914; went to France, 5 Dec. 1914, and was
killed in action at Festubert, 10 May, 1915; _unm._
=LING, WILLIAM=, Corpl., No. 8008, 2nd Battn. Northamptonshire
Regt., _s._ of Samuel Ling, of Theberton, Suffolk, by his wife,
Maria; _b._ Lowestoft, 20 April, 1888; educ. Board School there;
enlisted 6 June, 1906; served in Malta and Egypt, from 18 Jan. 1911
to Oct. 1914; and with the British Expeditionary Force in France and
Flanders, from Nov. to 10–14 March, 1915, between which latter dates he
was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle. He _m._ at St. Margaret’s
Church, Lowestoft, 8 Dec. 1910, Barbara Ellen, 3rd dau. of Edward
Cannell, of Lowestoft; _s.p._
[Illustration: =William Ling.=]
=LINNEY, ALFRED=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class, R.F.R. (B. 1996),
194089, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LINSDELL, HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3328), 162235, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LINTERN, ALFRED TENNYSON=, Private, No. 13189, 2nd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, 3rd _s._ of Edward George Lintern, of Hill Side
Road, St. George’s, Bristol, Foreman under the Bristol Council, by his
wife, Clara (144, Two Mile Hill, Kingswood, Bristol), dau. of the late
James Hicks, of St. George’s, Bristol; _b._ Bristol 18 July, 1892;
educ. Summer Hill Board School, St. George Glou, Bristol; was for three
years a member of the 6th (Territorial) Battn. of the Gloucestershire
Regt., and in 1912 joined the Metropolitan Police Force. After the
outbreak of war he enlisted, 14 Oct. 1914; went to France, 28 April,
1915, and was killed in action near Laventie, 29 Dec. 1915; _unm._
Buried Fauquissart.
[Illustration: =Alfred T. Lintern.=]
=LINTON, JOHN THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (B. 2539), 303386, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=LINTON, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 11369, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards,
yst. _s._ of John Paterson Linton, of Knowepark, Heriot, co.
Midlothian, by his wife, Mary, dau. of John Anderson, Blainslie;
_b._ Knowepark aforesaid, 15 Aug. 1896; educ. Heriot Public
School, Dalkeith, and Lasswade Secondary Schools, and was about to
enter upon his college and University course when war was declared;
enlisted in the Scots Guards, 22 Sept. 1914; went to France, 31 March,
1915, and died a prisoner of war in the German Field Hospital at
Seclin, 21 May, 1915, from wounds received in action at Festubert on
the 18th. It is said that he was one of the 80 Scots Guards who, at
Festubert, sold their lives so dearly and fell to a man, after firing
their last cartridge. At Heriot School he won all the chief prizes
of his years, including a Secondary Education Bursary, open to the
county, and at Dalkeith and Lasswade Schools the Intermediate and
Junior Students’ Certificates respectively. As a rifle shot he did
yeoman service to the Heriot Ride Club in their interclub matches, won
the club championship (Mathison Cup) twice, and at the International
Meeting in Glasgow he won the cup as boy champion of Scotland and the
same cup at Edinburgh in the following year.
[Illustration: =William Linton.=]
=LINTORN, JOHN THOMAS=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 1288), late
R.M.A., 9658, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=LINTOTT, ALBERT EDWARD=, L.-Corpl., No. 7987, 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards; _b._ co. Sussex; served with the Expeditionary
Force in France and Flanders; killed in action, 8 Sept. 1914;
_unm._
=LINTOTT, CHARLES FRANK=, Private, No. 8776, 2nd Battn. Queen’s
Royal West Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France
and Flanders; killed in action at Zonnebeke, 21 Oct. 1914.
=LION, THOMAS EDWARD=, Private, No. 265, 3rd City of London
Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C. (T.F.), only _s._ of Juan Joaquin
Lion, of 28, Frognal, Hampstead, N.W., Agent, by his wife, Anna, dau.
of Henry Boehmer; _b._ Stanmore, co. Middlesex, 23 Jan. 1895;
educ. Lower School of John Lyon, Harrow-on-the-Hill; was a member
of the staff of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co.; volunteered and
joined the R.A.M.C. (T.F.), after the outbreak of war, 5 Sept. 1914;
went to France, 16 Jan. 1915, and died at a Field Hospital, 28 Sept.
1915, of wounds received during the Battle of Loos. Buried in Bethune
Cemetery. His section officer wrote: “He was one of those upon whom
one could always rely to undertake any duty at any time and to do it
well and cheerfully, and with good will. He was one of those competent
men in whom his officers always had confidence, and they were never
disappointed. He died gallantly in this battle, being hit by a shell in
the trenches at the very outset, and died the same night in the Field
Hospital. Two other members of his stretcher squad were killed at his
side. He fell doing his duty and after having done it well for many
months.”; and a friend: “He was a fine fellow in every sense of the
word, always ready to do anything, and there is not a man in the Corps
that was not cut up about it.”
[Illustration: =Thomas Edward Lion.=]
=LIPSETT, WILLIAM ALFRED=, Barrister-at-Law, Private, No. 20330,
10th Battn. Canadian Infantry, yst. _s._ of the late Robert
Lipsett, Ballyshannon, Ireland; _b._ at Ballyshannon, 29 Jan.
1886; educ. St. Andrew’s College, Dublin, and Trinity College, Dublin.
He was a member of the Irish Bar, but in the spring of 1914 went out
to Canada and was engaged in legal work in Calgary, Alberta. Two
days after war broke out he volunteered, enlisting as a private, and
refusing a commission. He came home with the 1st Canadian Contingent,
and went to France with them in Feb. 1915. He was killed on the night
of 22–23 April, 1915, at the Second Battle of Ypres during the charge
of the 10th and 16th Canadian Battns. on the wood to the west of St.
Julien. It will be remembered that these regts. charged through the
wood, against far superior numbers, under the heaviest machine-gun
fire, and actually reached a point 500 yards in advance of the wood,
retaking the four British guns which had been lost in the afternoon of
22 April. Unfortunately the casualties were very high. The 10th Battn.
went into the wood 1,000 strong, and came out only 200 strong. Mr.
Lipsett played a gallant part in this attack. As Major Ormond, who took
over command of the 10th Battn. after Col. Boyle was killed, wrote: “I
saw Lipsett the night that he was killed; we went into action charging
the wood west of St. Julien at 11.50 p.m., April 22. The Grenadiers
were grouped on our left flank and did exceptionally well, Lipsett
being one of them. As soon as we had taken the trench, they continued
along to the left until they were stopped. Lipsett like the others
was very cool and appeared to have no fear. They were subject to the
most severe machine-gun fire I have known, but pressed on until all
were killed and wounded. I regret to say that as he was killed within
10 or 15 yards from the German redoubt at the corner of the wood we
were unable to recover his body. He was an excellent soldier.” His
Adjutant also wrote: “He was a gallant soldier and is deeply regretted
by all ranks,” and again, “He rendered valuable service to his Battn.
and is universally regretted.” His eldest brother, Captain Lewis R.
Lipsett, also a member of the Irish Bar, is (1916) serving in the Army
Service Corps, with the Expeditionary Force in France. His cousin,
Brigadier-General Lewis J. Lipsett, formerly of the Royal Irish Regt.,
was appointed a C.M.G. for his services at the Second Battle of Ypres,
while in command of the 8th Battn. Canadian Infantry.
[Illustration: =William Alfred Lipsett.=]
=LIPTROTT, ERIC CARR=, Lieut., 6th Jat. L.I., only _s._
of the Rev. Boulton Brander Liptrott, M.A., Vicar of St James’s,
Teignmouth, co. Devon, by his wife, Louisa Constance, dau. of George
Carr, of Greenlawalls, Northumberland; _b._ Plymouth, 14 Oct.
1887; educ. Sutton Valence, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst;
was attd. to the West Yorks; gazetted 2nd Lieut., unattached Indian
Army, 17 Aug. 1907, and promoted Lieut. 17 Nov. 1909; was attd. to
the West Yorks Regt. for his first year, then joined the 6th Jats.;
served in the Mohmand Expedition of 1908, with the West Yorkshire Regt.
(medal), and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from
20 Oct. to 26 Nov. 1914, on which later date he died in the Casino
Hospital at Boulogne, from wounds received in action at Festubert on
the 21st; _unm._ Buried in the New Cemetery at Boulogne. Col. H.
I. Roche, Commanding Officer of the 6th Jats., wrote: “It was with the
deepest sorrow we heard of your son’s death, and you have the sympathy
of all his brother officers in the sad loss you have sustained. We
hoped so much he was going to be spared as, though he had sustained
a very severe wound, there seemed some hope he might pull through.
He is a great loss to the regt. as he had been doing so particularly
well, and indeed, he had been specially brought to notice for his
gallant behaviour in an attack on the night of 16 Nov.”; and Major P.
H. Dundas: “I am very sorry indeed to see from the papers that your
son succumbed to his wound. He had been my subaltern since 1911, and
I never wish to have a better. He was always keen, full of energy and
cheery as possible at anything he was asked to do. Four days before he
was hit he helped me in a night attack on some German trenches, and it
was very largely due to his cool leading of the left half of the attack
that we brought the affair off successfully. Believe me you have the
sincerest sympathy of the whole regt. in your loss.” He was the best
revolver shot of his year at Sandhurst, and also represented Sandhurst
against Woolwich in the revolver shooting competition. He was an expert
at all games, especially golf, rugby football, for which he gained his
cap at Sutton Valence, and tennis, for which he also won two firsts at
the Teignmouth Tournament in 1914, and when in India he captained the
West Yorkshire Rugby football team which won the cup at Lahore.
[Illustration: =Eric Carr Liptrott.=]
=LITSON, CHARLES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 17688, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LITTLE, ANDREW (DREW)=, 2nd Lieut., 9th Battn. Durham L.I.
(T.F.), yr. _s._ of the late Andrew Little, of Hexham, Miller
and Corn Merchant, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of John Shanks; _b._
Hexham, 25 May, 1886, educ. Bilton Grange, Harrogate; was with his
brother John George Little, joint Managing Director of Messrs. A. & G.
Little, Ltd., Millers, and a partner in the County Roller Flour Mills
at Hexham, but on the outbreak of war joined the Army. He was gazetted
2nd Lieut. 3 Nov. 1914, left Newcastle for the Front, 19 April, 1915,
and was killed in action near Ypres, six days later (Sunday, 25
April); _unm._ Writing to his mother, Capt. J. E. Raine of the
B Coy. said: “He died at the head of his platoon, leading his men in
an advance. We were being shelled and I had just walked up to him to
say something, when a shell burst. Death was instantaneous, and we
buried him later in a little churchyard near Voloerenhook, Belgium, and
marked the place with a cross. This was Sunday, about 6 p.m. Nothing
could have been better than the magnificent way in which he behaved
throughout the few days we were in this zone.” Little was a playing
member of the Tyneside Athletic Association, took a keen interest in
lawn tennis, and acted as joint secretary of the annual open tournament
promoted by the above Association. Alongside with his brother, Mr. J.
C. Little, he regularly used to figure in the matches of the Tynedale
Hockey Club, and for several years represented Northumberland County.
[Illustration: =Andrew Little.=]
=LITTLE, WILLIAM ERIC=, Private, No. 2594, 1/15th Battn. (Civil
Service Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of William
Little, of Nile House, Whitley Bay, Northumberland, Tea Dealer and
Provision Merchant, by his wife, Annie, dau. of the late W. Aynsley, of
Consett, J.P.; _b._ Whitley Bay, 12 Oct. 1896; educ. Park County
Council Schools there and Rutherford College, Newcastle; passed his
examination for the Civil Service and was appointed to National Health
Insurance Office, London; joined the Civil Service Rifles in Sept.
1914; went to France, 17 March, 1915, and died at St. Omer Hospital,
6 April, 1915, of cerebro-spinal meningitis. Buried in the French
Souvenir Cemetery, St. Omer. His Lieut. wrote: “Your son was a good
soldier and did his duty, and I personally am very sorry to lose him.
He was always in the leading four of my platoon, and I used to love his
merry face. He died as soldier; he was ready, and that is all a soldier
can do.”
[Illustration: =William Eric Little.=]
=LITTLEHALES, RICHARD=, Private, No. 11988, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, yst. _s._ of the Rev. Walter Gough Littlehales, of 21,
Princes Avenue, Muswell Hill, N., Clerk in Holy Orders, by his wife,
Mary, dau. of the Rev. J. E. Robinson, Vicar of Chieveley, Berks;
_b._ Bulvan Rectory, near Romford, co. Essex, 21 Sept. 1881; educ.
Forest School, Walthamstow, and Chelsea Technical College, where he
trained as an engineer; after working for several well-known firms,
joined the staff of the East Surrey Traction Co.; volunteered and
enlisted in the Coldstreams in Sept. 1914; went to France, 22 Jan.
1915, and died at Netley Red Cross Hospital, 13 June, 1915, of shell
wounds received in action at Givenchy, 22–25 April; _unm._
[Illustration: =Richard Littlehales.=]
=LITTLEJOHN, ERIC GEORGE=, Private, No. 2596, 1/5th Battn. The
Royal Scots (T.F.), eldest _s._ of George Littlejohn, of 245,
Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh, Commercial Traveller, by his wife, Christina,
dau. of William Gardner; _b._ Edinburgh, 30 Nov. 1894; educ.
George Heriot’s School; was an employee in the firm of Messrs. Dowell,
of George Street, Edinburgh, but after the outbreak of war joined the
Royal Scots, Sept. 1914; volunteered for foreign service; went to the
Dardanelles, 6 May, and was killed in action there, 28 June, 1915.
Letters from his officers and comrades all speak of his popularity,
courage and soldierly capabilities. He was a football player at George
Heriot’s School, played forward for his Battn.’s Rugby XV during the
winter 1914–15, and was one of the team that secured the second Gold
Medals at the Military Sports at Melrose in April, 1915. His yr.
brother, Sapper Arthur William Gardner Littlejohn, is (1916) on active
service with the City of Edinburgh (Fortress) Royal Engineers.
[Illustration: =Eric George Littlejohn.=]
=LITTLEWOOD, ARTHUR FRANCIS BEWICKE=, Corpl., No. 1603, 1st Battn.
Pioneer Section, Honourable Artillery Coy. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the
Rev. Elijah Harrison Littlewood, of Lingfield Lodge, East Grinstead,
co. Sussex, formerly vicar of Biggleswade, co. Beds, by his wife, Julia
Fanny, dau. of Henry Bellmam; _b._ Peterboro’, 18 July, 1884;
educ. Haileybury and Oriel College, Oxford, where he was a member of
the O.T.C., was Assistant Master at Haywards Heath and Eastbourne;
volunteered and joined the H.A.C. on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914;
went to France, 18 Sept. following; worked for six months on the
communication lines, and was then sent to the firing line, where he
was attd. to the Pioneer Section, and it was while in command of this
section that he died at No. 23 General Hospital, Etaples, 7 July, 1915,
of wounds received in action at Ypres on the 5th; _unm._ Buried
at Etaples. His Capt. wrote: “He was a very fine fellow, and will be
a great loss to me,” and a comrade: “He was one of the nicest fellows
I ever knew, and men of many regiments thought the same. He had been
promoted Corpl. since he came out and was thought very highly of.” At
Haileybury he played for the 1st XI and for the Rugby XV.
[Illustration: =Arthur F. B. Littlewood.=]
=LIUNSTIE, PERCY=, Stoker, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off
Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LIVINGSTONE, WESTLEY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3031), 197062, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LLOYD, EDWARD RAYMOND=, Capt. and Adjutant, 2nd Battn. Royal
Inniskilling Fusiliers, elder surviving _s._ of Lieut.-Col.
Edward Lloyd, of Bedford, late Indian Cavalry, by his wife, Mary
Katharine, dau. of the Rev. John Harding; _b._ 13 Nov. 1882;
educ. Bedford Grammar School and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st
Battn. of the Inniskillings, 22 Oct. 1902, promoted Lieut. 1 Jan.
1905, and subsequently transferred to the 2nd Battn. then in Egypt,
of which corps he was successively assistant adjutant and (29 Aug.
1911) adjutant. He received his coy. 21 Feb. 1912, went to the Front
with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, was wounded in the fighting
about Cambray Le-Cateau on 26 Aug. and died of wounds in the hospital
at Cambray, 3 Dec. following; _unm._ He was mentioned in F.M.
Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 8 Oct. for gallant and
distinguished service in the field. A good all-round sportsman, he
represented his school in the Public Schools Boxing Competition held at
Aldershot in 1899, and was a keen follower of the hounds and a frequent
rider in point-to-point hunt steeplechases. He was also a good shot
both with gun and rifle.
=LLOYD, FREDERICK ALLAN=, Bugler, R.M.L.I., Ch./18106, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LLOYD, FRANK=, Gunner, R.M.A., 12644, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LLOYD, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, 298028, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LLOYD, GERALD AYLMER=, Capt., 1st Battn. The Welsh Regt., yr.
_s._ of Francis Aylmer Lloyd, of Eastwood, Bridgwater Road,
Weybridge; _b._ London, 17 April, 1888; educ. Cheltenham College,
and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Welsh
Regt., 19 Sept. 1908; and promoted Lieut. 1 April, 1911, and Capt. 16
Nov. 1914; passed through the Hythe Musketry School with distinction in
1912; served in the Camel Corps, Egypt, 1912–13; was Adjutant of the
Missouri Volunteer Rifles in India from March to Aug. 1914; returned
to England in Dec. 1914; went to France, 14 Jan. 1915, and was killed
in action near Ypres, 16 Feb. 1915; _unm._ Buried at Chateau
Rosendal. His brother, Lieut. Francis Charles Aylmer Lloyd, Highland
L.I., died of wounds, 8 Oct. 1915.
[Illustration: =Gerald Aylmer Lloyd.=]
=LLOYD, LEWIS JOHN BUCKNALL=, Lieut., Acting Capt., 2nd Battn.
King’s Shropshire L.I., only _s._ of John Bucknall Lloyd, of
Dorrington Grove, Shrewsbury, J.P., by his wife, Adela Maud, dau. of
the late Percival Spearman Wilkinson, of Mount Oswald, Durham, J.P.;
_b._ Toronto, Kansas, U.S.A., 19 Sept. 1886; educ. Charterhouse
and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the
1st Battn. Shropshire L.I., 9 Oct. 1907, and promoted Lieut., 24 July,
1912; transferred to the 2nd Battn. in 1912 and served with it at
Trimulgherry, Secunderabad, India, returning to England in Nov. 1914;
went to France, 19 Dec. 1914, and from early in March, 1915, was acting
Capt., and was killed in action during the Second Battle of Ypres, 28
April, 1915, while leading an attack on a German trench near Zillebeke;
_unm._ He was last seen wounded and leaning against the wire of
the German trench he was charging. Buried near Zillebeke.
[Illustration: =Lewis John B. Lloyd.=]
=LLOYD, THOMAS=, Stoker, 2nd Class, S.S. 115871, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LLOYD, WALTER=, Capt., 8th (Service) Battn. Royal Welsh
Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of Thomas Lloyd, of Leghorn, Italy, and of
Minard, co. Argyle, by his wife, Anne, 2nd dau. of John Campbell, of
Kilberry, Argyleshire; _b._ Casa Mansi, Bagni-de-Lucca, Italy, 17
July, 1874; educ. Farnborough School and Wellington College; gazetted
2nd Lieut. to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, from the Militia, 24 June,
1896; and promoted Lieut. 21 April, 1898, and Capt. 1 Jan. 1905; served
in Malta; Cairo; Crete, where, during International occupation, he
acted as Interpreter at the sittings of the International Committee;
Hong Kong; and India; was Adjutant of Volunteers from Jan. 1905 to 31
March, 1908, and of Territorial Force from 1 April to 9 July, 1908;
joined the Reserve of Officers; was called up on the outbreak of war
in Aug. 1914, and posted to the 8th Battn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers; went
to the Dardanelles, 28 June, 1915, and was killed in action at Anzac,
Gallipoli, 7 Aug. following, while leading his coy. in an attack on
a Turkish trench. Buried at Quinn’s Post. He _m._ at St. John’s
Cathedral, Hong Kong, 8 Nov. 1899, Phyllis, 2nd dau. of Admiral Sir
Francis Powell, K.C.M.G., C.B., and had two daus.: Phyllis Joan,
_b._ Hong Kong, 25 Sept. 1901; and Alma, _b._ at Minard
Castle, Argyleshire, 21 May, 1904.
=LLOYD, WALTER REGINALD=, Lieut.-Col., 1st Battn. Loyal North
Lancashire Regt., 5th and yst. _s._ of the late Sampson Samuel
Lloyd, of Dolobran, co. Montgomery, and Janoway Hill, co. Surrey, M.P.
for Plymouth (1874–80), and South Warwickshire (1885–86), Chairman
of Lloyd’s Bank, and yr. _s._, by his 2nd wife, the late Marie
Wilhelmine Sophie Christine (Danesrood, Guildford), dau. of Lieut.-Gen.
Frederick William Menckhoff, Prussian Army; _b._ at The Farm,
Sparkbrook, Birmingham, 18 Aug. 1868; educ. Eton, and the Royal
Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd North Lancashire
Regt., 22 Aug. 1888; and promoted Lieut. 21 June, 1891; Capt. 2 Dec.
1895; Major 1 June, 1906; and Lieut.-Col. (two days before his death)
12 Sept. 1914; was Adjutant, 3 July, 1897, to 3 July, 1901; served
in the South African War with 1st Battn., 1901–02; took part in the
operations in the Transvaal, July, 1901, to March, 1902, and in those
in Cape Colony, March to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with four clasps);
and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, from Aug.
1914, and was killed in action during the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept.
following; _unm._ He rowed in the Eton Eight in 1886.
=LOBB, RICHARD JAMES=, Leading Carpenter’s Crew, No. M. 2882,
R.N.; killed on H.M.S. Highflyer in action with the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Grosse, off the Ouro River, on the West African Coast, Aug. 1914.
=LOBJOIT, WILLIAM BENJAMIN=, Private, No. 3474, 2/10th Battn.
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of William Benjamin Lobjoit,
of 1, Glebe Street, Chiswick, W., Plumber, by his wife, Alice, dau. of
John Philip Buckland; _b._ Chiswick, 20 Dec. 1894; educ. Hogarth
Boys’ School there; was a Milk Carrier; enlisted, 5 April, 1915; left
England with his Regt. for the Dardanelles on 17 July, 1915, and was
killed in action at Gallipoli, 14 Aug. following; _unm._
=LOCK, WILLIAM HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3845), 231925, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LOCKE, ARCHIBALD CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B.
7470), S.S. 102630, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22
Sept. 1914.
=LOCKE, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 13927, 3rd Battn. Middlesex Regt.,
_s._ of Henry Locke, of 44, Gloster Road, Upper Edmonton; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 11 May, 1915.
=LOCKSMORE, RICHARD JAMES=, Private, No. 9867, 2nd Battn. Royal
West Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France;
killed in action, 16 May, 1915; _m._
=LOCKWOOD, MARK=, Private, No. 7346, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards;
_b._ co. York; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and
Flanders; died in No. 4 Clearing Hospital, Coulommiers, 9 Sept. 1914,
of wounds received in action. Buried at Boitron in a field adjoining
road, and a cross erected; _unm._
=ELIOTT-LOCKHART, PERCY CLARE, D.S.O.=, Lieut.-Col. Commanding
59th Scinde Rifles, Frontier Force, only _s_. of Col. William
Eliott-Lockhart, of Glentromie, Camberley, Royal (Madras) Artillery
(died 23 Aug. 1915), by his wife, Ada Clare, dau. of Henry Clan Cardew,
Lieut., 94th Regt.; _b._ Kamptee, India, 21 Sept. 1867; educ.
Somerset College, Bath, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. (unattd.) Indian Army, 23 Nov. 1887; served for one
year with the King’s Own Scottish Borderers, and then for two years
(1888–90) with the Indian Staff Corps, 14 Nov. 1890; was appointed
to Queen Victoria’s Own Corps of Guides in 1892; and became Capt. 23
Nov. 1898; Major 23 Nov. 1905, and Lieut.-Col. 16 Nov. 1913; served
(1) as Brig. Transport Officer in the Waziristan Expedition, 1894–95
(medal with clasp); (2) with the Chitral Relief Force, 1895, present
at storming of the Malakand Pass (medal with clasp); (3) on the N.W.
Frontier of India, 1897–98; took part in the defence, and relief of,
Malakand; the relief of Chakdara, Malakand; operations in Bajaur and
in the Mamund country; Utman Kiel and Buner (mentioned in Despatches
[London Gazette, 5 Nov. 1897], medal with two clasps, D.S.O.); (4)
in China, 1900 (medal); (5) in East Africa, 1903–04 as D.A.A. and
Q.M.G., 2nd Brigade. Somaliland Field Force; took part in operations
in Somaliland; action at Jidballi (again mentioned in Despatches
[London Gazette, 2 Sept. 1914], medal with two clasps): and (6) with
the Expeditionary Force in France, in command of the 59th Scinde Rifles
from 28 Jan. 1915, and died 12 March, 1915, from wounds received in
action at Neuve Chapelle, a few hours previously. Buried about a mile
to the west of Neuve Chapelle. He _m._ at High Leigh, Cheshire, 26
April, 1905, Katherine Mary, dau. of James Worrall, of High Leigh, and
had two children: William, _b._ 11 Feb 1906; and Katharine Clare,
_b._ 3 March, 1909.
=LOFT, ALMA JAMES=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1847U, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LOFTS, BERNARD=, Private, No. 1966, 6th, attd. 8th Battn. The
Royal Scots (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Alfred Lofts, of Amersham, co.
Bucks, Provision Merchant, by his wife, Isabel, dau. of William Hicks,
of Looe, Cornwall; _b._ Canonbury, N., 20 April, 1891; educ.
Watford Grammar School, and Bethany House School, Goudhurst, co. Kent;
was apprenticed to the drapery trade at Uxbridge; and was successively
employed by Eaden and Lilley, Cambridge; Hitchcock Williams, St. Paul’s
Churchyard; and C. Jenner and Co., Edinburgh; joined the Royal Scots
after the outbreak of war, 2 Sept. 1914; went to France, 2 Nov. 1914,
and was killed in action at Festubert, 16 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried
near Festubert.
[Illustration: =Bernard Lofts.=]
=LOFTS, JAMES=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 306070, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1915; _m._
=LOGAN, JAMES AIRD=, A.B., 215575, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action
in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LOGAN, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9595), S.S.
106972, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LOMAX, GERALD DAVID=, Lieut. 3rd Battn. The Welch Regt., 2nd
_s._ of the late Capt. David Alexander Napier Lomax, Welch Regt.
(killed in action at Driefontein, 10 March, 1900 during the South
African War), by his wife, Annette (now wife of Major Frank Towle, of
3, Clarence Terrace, Regent’s Park, N.W.); _b._ Manorbier, co.
Pembroke, 6 Jan. 1895; educ. Marlborough College; gazetted 2nd Lieut.,
The Welch Regt., 15 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 14 March, 1915; went
to France, 12 March, whilst there was attd. to the 2nd Royal Berkshire
Regt., and died in the hospital barge, 11 May, 1915, of wounds received
in action at Fromelles two days previously; _unm._ Buried at
Estaires, in the English Cemetery. His Doctor wrote: “We did all we
could to make him comfortable, but his wounds were so severe that
medically speaking he never had a chance; fortunately he suffered very
little pain, and died as I fancy he must have lived, bravely thinking
of others more than himself.” His brother, Capt. C. E. N. Lomax, also
Welch Regt., is now (1916) on active service, being a Temporary Major
in the Manchester Regt.
[Illustration: =Gerald David Lomax.=]
=LOMAX, HARRY=, Private, No. 2164, 2nd Battn. 1st Infantry
Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of Robert Lomax, of
4, Birmingham Street, Bolton, Mechanic, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau.
of Joseph Smith; _b._ Bolton, co. Lancaster, 10 Jan. 1885; educ.
St. Matthew’s Church of England Schools and Bolton Municipal Secondary
School; sometime employed at the Bolton Post Office; emigrated to New
Zealand in Sept. 1909, and later went to Sydney, Australia, where he
was a member of the Lancashire Association; volunteered for Imperial
service, 4 May, 1915, and joined the 2nd Battn. Australian Imperial
Force; left for Egypt, 16 June, 1915; went to the Dardanelles, 1 Aug.,
and was killed in action there, 6–9 Aug. 1915, during the fighting at
Lone Pine; _unm._
[Illustration: =Harry Lomax.=]
=LONG, FREDERICK RICHARD RANDOLPH=, Bugler, R.M.A., 10307, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=LONG, JOHN EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Cl. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7397), S.S.
102426, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LONG, STEWART SHACROFT=, Leading Seaman, 231412, H.M.S
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=LONGBOURNE, WILLIAM LOUIS JENNINGS=, 2nd Lieut., 5th Battn. The
Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt. (F.), 4th surviving _s._ of the
late Charles R. V. Longbourne, of Ripsley, co. Sussex, by his wife,
Caroline Elizabeth Ainslie, dau. of the late Rev. and Hon. James
Norton, of Anningsley Park, co. Surrey [4th son of Hon. Fletcher
Norton, a baron of the exchequer in Scotland, and gdson. of Fletcher,
1st Baron Grantley, P.C.]; _b._ Ripsley, 24 Aug. 1887; educ.
Malvern College, passed all the Law examinations for a Solicitor;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. 5th Battn. The Queen’s, 9 May, 1914, promoted
Lieut., took part in the landing at Suvla Bay on the early morning of
9 Aug. 1915, and in the subsequent attack on Chocolate Hill, the same
day; while leading his platoon in the attack he was badly wounded when
near the top of the hill, but refused to allow his men to help him,
telling them to go on. Afterwards, owing to the cross fire and nature
of the country, it was found impossible to get to him and he was never
seen again.
[Illustration: =William L. J. Longbourne.=]
=LONGHURST, CHARLES=, Private, No. 10029, 2nd Battn. Queen’s
Royal West Surrey Regt., _s._ of Charles Longhurst, of 68, Regent
Street, Whitstable, Kent; served with the Expeditionary Force in France
and Flanders; killed in action at Gheluvelt, 29 Oct. 1914.
=LONGMAN, FREDERICK=, Lieut., 4th Battn. Royal Fusiliers, 2nd
_s._ of Charles James Longman, of Upp Hall, Braughing, Ware, and
39, Paternoster Row, London, E.C., M.A., J.P., Publisher, by his wife,
Harriet Ann, 2nd dau. of Sir John Evans, K.C.B., F.R.S.; _b._
Norfolk Square, London, 9 May, 1890; educ. Harrow and Pembroke College,
Cambridge; joined the Hertfordshire Territorials in 1910; gazetted 2nd
Lieut., Royal Fusiliers, 13 Feb. 1912, and promoted Lieut. 24 Aug.
1914; went to France 13 Aug.; was wounded in the arm at the Battle
of the Marne, but rejoined his regt. after a short stay at a base
hospital, and was killed in action at Herlies, 18 Oct. following;
_unm._ On this day his regiment was holding the village of Le
Riez close to Herlies and he was resting in a farm with some brother
officers, when a shell burst over this house. Lieut. Longman ran to
put on his equipment and join his men; but another shell exploded just
outside the window, and a pellet struck him in the temple, killing
him instantaneously. His Colonel (since killed in action) wrote:
“Please accept my deepest sympathy and be consoled with the thought
that his work on active service was as sound and valuable as his
conduct has been brave and dutiful. His rapid return to duty after
the wound received after crossing the Marne marked him specially as
a genuine soldier, and his loss will be very much felt by all of us,
professionally and socially.” A brother officer also wrote: “He was
always cheery, and it did us all good to see the way he did his job,
and never grumbled at anything. He was one of the gallantest fellows I
ever saw, and nothing ever frightened him. We are all proud of him, and
his name will always go on in the Regiment’s history as a hero”; and
another said he noticed, on the retreat from Mons, how he carried far
more than his share of the necessaries, and constantly cheered his men
by word and example in their temporary depression. While at Harrow, he
was a member of the School Corps, and of the Football XI in 1907, in
which year he was also a Dolphin and champion featherweight boxer. He
was a member of the O.T.C. at Cambridge, and later held a commission in
the Hertfordshire Territorial Regt., for which he recruited a section
of 41 men in the neighbourhood of his home at Braughing. He was an
active member of the local rifle club and gave much time to training
lads from the village school at the miniature range, some of whom
became excellent shots. In the army he devoted himself to training
his men in shooting and boxing, and represented his battn. in the
competition for the Army championship at rifle shooting. In regard to
his boxing in the Southern Command Boxing Meeting of 1914, the judge
remarked that his fight was the finest thing he had ever seen, and held
it up to the men as an example of British pluck and endurance.
[Illustration: =Frederick Longman.=]
=LONGSDON, ALFRED ALLEN=, St. John Ambulance Brigade, _s._
of the late Robert Longsdon, of Bromley, Kent, Civil Engineer, by his
wife, Maria, dau. of Richard (and Sarah) Allen; _b._ Bromley, 16
Feb. 1866; educ. Wellington College, was a scientist; joined the St.
John Ambulance Association after the outbreak of war, in Oct. 1914;
went to France in the early part Dec., and was accidentally killed at
Havre, 6 Jan. 1915, while on service. In returning to the hospital
situated on the docks, Mr. Longsdon, who was owner-driver of a Fiat
motor ambulance, had to pass near the edge of one of the quays. In the
darkness he must have misjudged the distance, for the ambulance car
fell into the basin and when he was got out of the water he was found
to have sustained a fractured skull, and he died without recovering
consciousness. Buried at Havre. He _m._ at St. Mary Abbotts,
Kensington, 5 Sept. 1896, Ellen Mary (Addison Mansions, Kensington),
yst. dau. of Joseph Allen, and had five children: Robert Cyril,
_b._ 28 March, 1900; Grant Allen, _b._ (posthumous) 2 June,
1915; Nancy, _b._ 22 July, 1902; Marion, _b._ 1 May, 1908;
and Merritt Jean, _b._ 23 June, 1911.
[Illustration: =Alfred Allen Longsdon.=]
=LONSDALE, ARTHUR CARR GLYN=, Lieut., 6th Battn. King’s Royal
Rifle Corps, attd. 2nd Battn. Royal Scots Fusiliers, yr. _s._ of
the late Rev. John Henry Lonsdale, M.A., Rector of Fontmell Magna,
Shaftesbury, by his wife, Katharine Carr (The Further House, Wimborne,
co. Dorset), dau. of Capt. Carr Stuart Glyn, of Wood Leage, Wimborne,
and gdson. of the late Canon John Gilby Lonsdale, of Lichfield;
_b._ Wall Vicarage, Lichfield, co. Stafford, 7 Sept. 1891; educ.
Summerfields, Oxford; Radley, and Trinity College, Cambridge, and
was intending to take orders, but on the outbreak of war, obtained a
commission as 2nd Lieut. in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, from the
C.U.O.T.C., 15 Aug. 1914, and was promoted Lieut. 1 Jan. 1915; went to
France in Nov., 1914; was subsequently attd. to the 2nd Royal Scots
Fusiliers, and was killed in action at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 10
March, 1915, while leading his platoon; _unm._ Buried there. While
at Summerfields, he won an Eton and a Radley Scholarship; at Radley he
was capt. of rackets and of fives, and at Cambridge where he graduated
in 1910, he represented his college at tennis.
[Illustration: =Arthur Carr G. Lonsdale.=]
=LONSDALE, DAVID=, Petty Officer (R.F.R., B. 1005), 284049, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=LOOS, CECIL GEORGE BERTRAM=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. The
Worcestershire Regt., yr. _s._ of the late Hon. Frederick Charles
Loos, C.M.G., by his wife, Isabel (Roseneath, Darley Road, Colombo,
Ceylon); _b._ Colombo, 3 Oct. 1884; educ. Bedford Grammar School;
obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Buffs (Militia), 1904;
transferred to the 1st Worcestershire Regt., 27 May, 1908, and joined
the Reserve of Officers, 1912; on the outbreak of war rejoined the
3rd Battn. of his regt.; was promoted Lieut. in Dec.; went to France,
3 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action at Kemmel, 12 March, 1915.
Buried there near the chateau. He _m._ at St. Leonards-on-Sea,
16 April, 1912, Helen, dau. of John Hines, of Seddlescombe Lodge, St.
Leonards-on-Sea, and had one son, Frederick Charles, _b._ May,
1913.
[Illustration: =Cecil George B. Loos.=]
=LORAM, ALLEN=, Stoker, 1st Class, 294257, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LORD, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2358), 184692, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LORD, HERBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, B. 4301, S.S. 103147, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=LORD, WILLIAM HERBERT=, A.B., J. 13484, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action, 22 Sept., 1914.
=LOUCH, THOMAS=, Private, No. 13590, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
_s._ of the late Thomas Louch (died 17 June, 1905), by his wife,
Mary Ann (Newbold-upon-Avon), dau. of the late Matthew Davies, of
Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire; _b._ Newbold-on-Avon, near
Rugby, co. Warwick, 12 May, 1883; educ. Council School there, and
afterwards attended night schools and gained several certificates. He
was engaged in the building trade, but after the declaration of war,
answered his country’s call and enlisted in Nov. 1914. He was sent to
the Front in July, 1915, and was killed in action at Vermelles, 8 Oct.
1915; _unm._ He was a member of the Newbold Football Club and of
the Committee of the Cricket Club. He was also a member of the Church
Choir and for several seasons spent most of his leisure time in helping
to beautify the churchyard.
[Illustration: =Thomas Louch.=]
=LOVATT, WILLIAM HENRY TURNER=, Private, R.M.L.I. (Ports. 7248),
R.F.R., Ch. B. 1203, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22
Sept. 1914.
=LOVEDAY, ARTHUR EDWARD=, Private, No. 9411, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Joseph Joel Loveday, of 58, Yew Tree Road, Witton,
Birmingham, late Coldstream Guards, by his wife, Alice Mary, dau. of
William Green, of Berkshire; _b._ Saltley, Birmingham, 15 April,
1893; educ. College School there, enlisted 8 Jan. 1912; went to France,
12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Rentel, 5 Nov. following;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Arthur Edward Loveday.=]
=LOW, ANDREW LESLIE=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 1084, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LOW, DAVID=, Private, No. 4104, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots,
_s._ of Alexander Low; _b._ Edinburgh, 23 Dec. 1881; educ.
Cranstoun Street School there; enlisted 1897; served in the South
African War, 1899–1902 (Queen’s and King’s medal), and with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action
near Kemmel, 21 Jan. 1915. He _m._ at Edinburgh, 1903, Catherine
(16, South Richmond Street, Edinburgh), dau. of Hugh Flaherty, and had
four children: Alexander, _b._ 15 Feb. 1909; Hugh, _b._ 31
Jan. 1914; Catherine Muir, _b._ 18 Nov. 1903; and Helen Pringle,
_b._ 24 Oct. 1912.
[Illustration: =David Low.=]
=LOW, ROBERT THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 8900), 199042, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=LOWE, BERTIE GUY=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1713),
10813, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LOWE, HENRY STANLEY=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Worcestershire
Regt., yst. _s._ of the late Rev. Edward Jackson Lowe, Vicar
of Stallingborough, and only _s._ by his 2nd wife; _b._
Stallingborough, co. Lincoln, 7 Feb. 1891; educ. Glengarth Preparatory
School, Cheltenham; Bilton Grange, near Rugby; Rugby, and in Sandhurst
Company at Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Northamptonshire Regt., 6
Nov. 1909, and promoted Lieut. 5 March, 1913; joined his regt. in
Jhansi, India, in Jan. 1910; returned to Aldershot in 1913; went to
France, and died at Paris, 21 Oct. following, of wounds received in
action during the Battle of the Aisne, 20 Sept.; _unm._ Buried at
St. Germain-en-Laye.
=LOWE, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 7944), S.S. 1554, H.M.S. Hawke,
_s._ of Thomas Lowe, of 6, Shepherd Place Buildings, Lees Mews,
Park Street, London, W.; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=LOWE, THOMAS=, A.B., B. 1529, 190575, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LOWERY, WILLIAM=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1236 U., H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LOWIN, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9654), S.S.
107099, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LOWRIE, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 2nd Class, S.S. 115510, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LOWRY, JOHN=, A.B., R.F.R., B. 3218, S.S. 741, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LOWTH, JAMES FRANCIS ALEXANDER=, Corpl., R.M.L.I., Ch./14721,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LOXLEY, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 14657, 4th Battn. Coldstream
Guards, eldest _s._ of the late William Loxley, Engine Fitter,
by his wife, Ellen, dau. of the late Edward Stringer; _b._
Ecclesfleld, co. York, 26 Oct. 1885; educ. there; was a stove and
grate fitter; volunteered and enlisted 9 Jan. 1915; went to France, 15
Aug. 1915, and died in Convalescent Home, Westbury, co. Wilts, 27 Nov.
1915, of wounds received in action during the Battle of Loos, 27–29
Sept. 1915. He _m._ at Grimsby, 4 Aug. 1912, Edith Mary (3, Burton
Street, Langsett Road, Sheffield), widow of Philip Munty, and dau. of
the late Frederick Charles Unwin; _s.p._
=LOXTON, CHARLES EDWARD HOLDEN=, 2nd Lieut., 5th Battn. North
Staffordshire Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Charles Adshead Loxton,
of Shoal Hill House, Cannock, LL.B., Solicitor, of Walsall, by his
wife, Emily Clara, youngest dau. of Sir Edward Thomas Holden, of Great
Barr, formerly M.P. and Mayor of Walsall; _b._ at Walsall, 3
June, 1892; educ. Sandroyd School, Stanmore; Harrow (Druries), and
University College, Oxford; was a student at the Inner Temple, and
after passing Moderations with honours (Classics) at Oxford, became a
student also in the faculty of Medicine and Surgery; volunteered on
the outbreak of war and gazetted 2nd Lieut., 5th North Staffordshires,
Aug. 1914; went to France, 3 March, 1915, and was killed in action near
Wulverghem, early on Sunday morning, 23 May, 1915; _unm._ Soon
after midnight he was with his men repairing some wiring in front of
the trench, when he was struck by a bullet, and died in the ambulance
on his way to the hospital. Buried at Neuve Eglise, Belgium. His
commanding officer, Col. Knight, wrote: “He was certainly the bravest
man I have seen out here, and endeared himself to all of us. We did
our best to make him more cautious, but he would set the example--as
he did to all of us--to his platoon, and he made them into a splendid
lot of men.” The President of the Officer’s Mess also wrote: “I need
only say that he was universally beloved by both officers and men, and
his platoon would have done anything for him and followed him anywhere,
and by his splendid behaviour in the face of danger he has left us a
grand example.” The Platoon Sergt. writing on behalf of the platoon
said: “In any work one or more of us were engaged in, he was always
ready with a helping hand, thus in no small way in his capacity of an
officer, displaying his desire to encourage us, and he always proved
himself to be of an unselfish and thoughtful disposition.” Lieut.
Loxton was fond of yatching and had just returned from a yatching
cruise on the West of Scotland when the war broke out. While a boy
at Stanmore, he became a member of the University and Public Schools
Camp, and attended each year with the Anglesey Camp. He regarded these
camps with real affection, and said they taught a boy the manliness of
religion and not to be ashamed of it. His Housemaster at the Druries
Harrow, wrote: “Edward Loxton came to Harrow in 1906. A steady worker
if not an accomplished scholar in the technical sense, he had a strong
appreciation of the best in literature, and spent a year in the highest
form in the school. But it was in the house that his gifts of character
were most clearly to be discerned. To a personality of great charm,
and an exceptional talent for friendship, he added an unostentatious
force of character, a self-less devotion to duty and all the simplicity
of a finely touched spirit. Passionately loyal himself, he abhorred
all that was mean or base. It surprises none who loved him to read of
his bravery in the field, as he was _sans reproche_, he would be
_sans peur_. He is deeply mourned in a house which has given many
lives of bright promise in England’s cause.”
[Illustration: =Charles E. H. Loxton.=]
=LUCY, REGINALD ERIC=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Northamptonshire
Regt., elder _s._ of Major Reginald Horace Lucy, of 9, The
Crescent, Plymouth, M.B., F.R.C.S., R.A.M.C. (T.F.), 4th Southern
General Hospital, Plymouth, by his wife, Emily Susan, dau. of Robert
Shackleford Cross; _b._ Plymouth, 28 July, 1893; educ. Ellerslie,
Fremington, N. Devon, Malvern College, and the Royal Military College,
Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Northamptonshire Regt., 22 Jan. 1913,
and promoted Lieut. 8 July, 1914; served with his regt. in Malta and
Egypt until the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; returned to England in
Oct.; went to France with the 8th Division, in Nov., and died at No. 7
Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 19 March, 1915, of wounds received in
action near Neuve Chapelle on the 12th; _unm._
=LUFF, WILLIAM HENRY=, Private, No. 10450, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 3rd _s._ of Frederick Luff, of 2, Court, 2, Newton
Lane, Sheffield, by his wife, Lily, dau. of Thomas Clarke; _b._
Sheffield, 27 June, 1895; educ. St. Mary’s Church School there;
enlisted in Nov. 1913; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in
action at Rentel, 27 Oct. following.
[Illustration: =William Henry Luff.=]
=LUKIS, THEODORE STEWART=, M.D., M.R.C.P., Capt., 13th (Princess
Louise’s Kensington) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._
of Surgeon-Gen. Sir Charles Pardey Lukis, K.C.S.I., M.D., F.R.C.S.,
Director-Gen. I.M.S., by his wife, Lilian, dau. of the late Col. John
Stewart, C.I.E., R.A.; _b._ Cawnpore, India, 7 Dec. 1885; educ.
Tonbridge School; entered at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, in 1903, M.D.
(Gold medal) London, 1912; M.R.C.P. London, 1913; Assistant Physician
Queen’s Hospital for children; Demonst. Physiol. St. Bartholomew’s
Hospital, Fellow of London Medical Society, some time Home Physician to
the Children’s Hospital in Great Ormond Street, and House Physician and
Opth. Surgeon at St. Bartholomew’s. On the outbreak of war enlisted in
the Kensingtons, 20 Aug. 1914, for service in the ranks; was gazetted
Lieut. 15 Dec. 1914, and Capt. 13 March, 1915; severely wounded at
“Port Arthur,” Neuve Chapelle, on 12 March, 1915, he died in No. 7
Base Hospital at Boulogne, 15 March following; _unm._ He won the
open science scholarship in 1904, and the gold medal in medicine at
the London University in 1912, and was elected to the Junior Staff of
St. Bartholomew’s, and the Queen’s Hospital for children. “His great
ability was recognised by all, and he was profoundly interested in
medical research. But his deepest interest was in the condition of the
London poor, and he early tried to give practical relief by throwing
himself heart and soul into the Boy Scout movement. He commanded the
East London Torynbee Hall Scouts for some years. On the outbreak of
war, after much heart searching, he decided to enlist and thus set an
example in its simplest form, and he was followed to the recruiting
office by 80 ex-scouts, and scoutmasters.”
=LUMSDEN, ANDREW STEEDMAN=, Private No. 2153, 1/4th Battn. The
Royal Scots,(T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Andrew Steedman Lumsden, of 14,
Bruntsfield Avenue, Edinburgh, A. Mus. T.C.L., Teacher of Music, by his
wife, Lillias Ellen, dau. of William Gray Tennant, Merchant, of Leith;
_b._ Edinburgh, 2 Dec. 1891; educ. Bruntsfield School, Edinburgh;
was assistant to Mr. Alex. G. Pyrie, Grocer, Edinburgh; volunteered and
joined the Royal Scots, 7 Sept. 1914; left Larbert for Liverpool on the
morning of 22 May, 1915, just escaped the railway disaster at Gretna
Green on that date, being in the train that preceded the one that was
wrecked; left Liverpool on or about the 23rd May, 1915, for Gallipoli,
and was killed in action there, 28 June, 1915; _unm._ On 10 June,
1915, he wrote; “We have now left for Alexandria, started yesterday
morning and are on our way to an unknown destination”; and on 25 June,
1915, he wrote from Gallipoli stating; “We have been in the trenches
and are now in the rest camp.”
[Illustration: =Andrew Steedman Lumsden.=]
=LUMSDEN, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 25), 135850, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=LUNON, ARTHUR JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14117, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=LUPTON, REGINALD=, Capt., 9th (Service) Battn. Prince of Wales’
Own West Yorkshire Regt., yr. _s._ of William Charles Lupton, of
14, Claremont, Bradford, Member of the firm of John Lupton and Son,
Ltd., Wine Merchants, Bradford, Leeds and Leith, three years Mayor
of Bradford, by his wife, Sarah Woodhead, dau. of the late William
Bentley, of Greenside, Bradford; _b._ Claremont, Bradford, 17
June, 1882; educ. Sedbergh; was a Director of John Lupton and Sons,
Ltd.; served for many years in the 6th West Yorkshire Regt. (Bradford
Rifles), and was on the Reserve of Officers when war broke out. He
obtained a commission as Capt. in the 9th West Yorkshire Regt., 9 Sept.
1914; went to the Dardanelles with the Mediterranean Expeditionary
Force, 1 July, and died on H.M.H.S. Valdivia, of wounds received
after the landing at Suvla Bay, 7 Aug. 1915, and was buried at sea
the following day; _unm._ He was carrying a wounded man to the
dressing station, when he was shot in the abdomen. His elder brother,
Major A. W. Lupton, 2nd West Yorkshire Regt., was invalided home from
the western front early in 1915.
[Illustration: _Reginald Lupton._]
=LUSH, ARTHUR GEORGE=, Private, No. 12407, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 4th _s._ of Thomas Lush, of The Buddens, Bower Chalk, co.
Wilts, by his wife, Mary, dau. of William Williams; _b._ Bower
Chalk, 24 March, 1895; educ. National School there; was a Baker by
trade; enlisted 5 Sept. 1914; went to France, 21 Jan. 1915, and died in
a General Hospital, Rouen, 14 Nov. 1915, of wounds received in action
on 17 Oct. previously; _unm._ Buried at Rouen.
[Illustration: =Arthur George Lush.=]
=LUSH, CHARLES ARTHUR=, 1st Class Chief Petty Officer, Ch. Sh.
Ck., 353904, 2nd _s._ of Jesse Lush, Naval Pensioner, by his wife,
Harriet, dau. of Richard (and Elizabeth) Freemantle; _b._ Portsea,
co. Hants, 2 June, 1878; educ. there; joined the Navy, 3 May, 1895; and
was lost on H.M.S. Cressy, 22 Sept. 1914, when that ship was torpedoed
in the North Sea. He held the Long Service and Good Conduct medals. He
_m._ at St. Margaret’s Church, Leiston, co. Suffolk, 25 Dec. 1905,
Ethel (49, Sizewell Road, Leiston), eldest dau. of John Forsdike, of
Leiston, and had three children: Kenneth Charles, _b._ 18 Jan.
1907; Charles Frank Trevor, _b._ 5 Sept. 1914; and Clare Helen
Ruth, _b._ 28 Sept. 1910.
[Illustration: =Charles Arthur Lush.=]
=LUSTY, SAMUEL MORLEY=, Petty Officer, 160608, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LYDALL, HERBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 1584), 285739,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=LYDEKKER, CYRIL RICHARD=, Lieut., 1/5th Battn. The Bedfordshire
Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of the late Richard Lydekker, of Harpenden
Lodge, co. Hertford, F.R.S., J.P. (died 16 April, 1915), by his wife,
Lucy Marianne, elder dau. of the Rev. Canon Owen William Davys, Rector
of Wheathampstead, co. Herts; _b._ Harpenden Lodge, 8 Nov. 1889;
educ. Haileybury and on leaving there entered Messrs. Barclay & Cos’.
Bank (8 Oct. 1906), where he remained until the outbreak of war. He
joined the Hertfordshire Artillery (4th East Anglian Brigade, T.F.) in
the autumn of 1910, and after serving his three years in the Battery,
was gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the 5th Bedfordshire Territorials, 14 March,
1914, and promoted Lieut., 29 Aug. following. On the outbreak of war
in Aug. 1914, he was away on the annual fortnight’s training with his
Regt., and immediately volunteered for foreign service. After training
on the East Coast, and at St. Alban’s, he left for the Dardanelles
with his Regt., 26 July, 1915; landed at Suvla Bay, 11 Aug.; went
into action with his Regt. on the 15th, and was killed in action the
same day, being shot through the head, while leading his platoon
in a charge; _unm._ His Commanding Officer, in writing to his
sister, said: “He died most gallantly leading his platoon. We found
your brother right up in the front and he now lies close up behind the
trenches, on the ground that he helped to win.” He was fond of all
outdoor sports, especially riding and cricket, and was a great lover
of animals, his life being spent almost entirely in the country. He
was very fond of music. His brother, Lieut. and Qr.-Mr. Gerard Owen
Lydekker, is now (1916) on active service with the same Regt.
[Illustration: =Cyril Richard Lydekker.=]
=LYMN, JOSEPH EWART=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3305), 218307, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LYNCH, HAROLD JEROME=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal Welsh
Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of the late Francis Lynch (_d._ 4 June,
1913), by his wife, Josephine (Glascoed Hall, Wrexham, co. Denbigh),
dau. of Francis Reynolds, of Hillside, Woolton; _b._ Glascoed
Hall, 9 Dec. 1895; educ. Stonyhurst College, left there 1 Aug. 1914,
and on the outbreak of war applied for a commission, and was gazetted
2nd Lieut., Reserve of Officers, 9 Sept.; promoted Lieut. 2 Feb.
1915, and posted to the 1st Royal Welsh Fusiliers as 2nd Lieut., 4
April following; went to France 26 Jan., and was killed in action at
Festubert 16 May, 1915, while leading his men in a successful attack
on the German trenches. Buried near Essar, off Rue Calloux, with six
other officers of the R.W.F. who fell that day. He was captain of his
College, 1913–14, and also of the football team, and a member of the
O.T.C. For two years in succession he won the mile, half mile, quarter
mile and hurdles, and his class won the shooting medal in 1914.
[Illustration: =Harold Jerome Lynch.=]
=LYNCH, JOHN=, Private, No. 12191, 2nd Battn. Highland L.I.;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died in No. 2
Ambulance Flotilla, 15 May, 1915, of wounds received in action.
=LYNDEN, JOHN HENRY=, Private, No. 2848, 2/7th Middlesex Regt.
(T.F.), eldest _s._ of John Benjamin Lynden, of 57, Farrant
Avenue, Wood Green, N., Clerk, by his wife, Annie, dau. of William
Pearmain; _b._ Wood Green, co. Middlesex, 30 July, 1892; educ.
Higher Grade School there; was a Clerk; enlisted, 7 Sept. 1914; went
to Gibraltar for garrison duty, 1 Feb. 1915, and died in Hospital at
Gibraltar, 9 March following, while on active service; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Henry Lynden.=]
=LYNDSELL, PHILIP=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ports. 12672, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LYNES, BERTIE FREDERICK=, Private No. 6835, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards; _b._ co. Warwick; enlisted 2 July, 1906; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 13 Aug. 1914; died
in the Hospital train near Willereaux, 18 Sept. following, of wounds
received in action.
=LYNN, ERNEST=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3784), S.S. 1077, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LYON, ALBERT EDWARD=, Shipwright, 1st Class, 345360, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LYON, JOHN JAMES=, Private, No. 4011, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Charles Lyon, Colliery Manager at Chorley, by his
wife, Lucy, dau. of John Thurlby; _b._ Chorley, co. Lancs., 8 Nov.
1881; educ. St. George’s School there; enlisted 22 Jan. 1901; served
in Egypt, 29 Sept. 1906 to 12 Feb. 1909, and with the Expeditionary
Force in France and Flanders, 26 Aug. 1914, to 8 Oct. 1915, and died
at No. 5 General Hospital, Rouen, 16 Oct. 1915, of wounds received in
action at Loos on the latter date. Buried in St. Sivier Cemetery there.
He _m._ at St. Edward’s R.C. Church, Palace Street, London, S.W.,
4 April, 1904, Catherine (1, Hill View, Eastwood Road, Bramley, near
Guildford), dau. of Jeremiah Donovan, and had two children: Sidney
Francis, _b._ 15 July, 1912; and Kathleen Lucy, _b._ 27 Feb.
1914.
[Illustration: =John James Lyon.=]
=LYON, ROBERT MAIR=, Sergt., No. 1239, 1/14th Battn. (London
Scottish), The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the late Robert
Lyon, of Galston, co. Ayr, and of Tottenham, N., M.D., C.M., by his
wife, Annie (10, Baskerville Road, Wandsworth Common), dau. of Robert
Mair; _b._ Newmilns, co. Ayr, 24 Jan. 1891; educ. Grocer’s Company
School, Hackney Downs, and La Villa, Lausanne; was in the London office
of Browne and Tawse, Iron and Steel Merchants; joined the London
Scottish in 1910; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of
war in Aug. 1914; went to France in Sept. 1914, and was killed in
action near Hulluch, 13 Oct. 1915, while leading a platoon; _unm._
[Illustration: =Robert Mair Lyon.=]
=BOWES LYON, CHARLES LINDSAY CLAUDE=, Lieut., 3rd, attd. 1st.
Battn., The Black Watch, eldest _s._ of the Hon. Francis Bowes
Lyon, formerly Lieut.-Col. commanding 5th Battn. Black Watch, by
his wife, Lady Anne, dau. of Alexander, 25th Earl of Crawford, and
gdson. of Claude, 13th Earl of Strathmore; _b._ 15 Sept. 1885;
educ. Eton, studied at the Royal College of Science, Newcastle,
for electrical engineering, Member of the Inst. C.E. He joined the
Forfarshire and Kincardine Militia Artillery in April, 1906, and in
1910 was gazetted to the 3rd Battn. (Special Reserve) of the Black
Watch. In 1911, obtaining an engineering appointment in India, he
spent two and a half years at Bombay, and on his return home with a
friend via Japan and Canada in May, 1914, was one of the few survivors
in the terrible disaster and loss of the Empress of Ireland liner on
the St. Lawrence. Shortly afterwards, his battn. was mobilized on the
outbreak of war. He was attd. to the 1st Battn. of the Black Watch in
the First Army Corps, and joined the Expeditionary Force in France
early in Sept.; served through the memorable battles of the Marne and
Aisne, and the fierce struggles in the first battles round Ypres. He
was twice slightly wounded, and after three days’ incessant fighting
from 20 Oct. was killed in action on 23 Oct. at Pilken, during an
attack to recover the lost trenches. He was buried in the churchyard at
Boesinghe; _unm._ A keen cricketer and sportsman, his scientific
career had been of brilliant promise, and his attractive disposition
had endeared him to a wide circle of friends. A well-known chaplain
with the Expeditionary Force wrote: “Capt. ---- spoke most splendidly
of B. L. and his example, and said, amongst other things, that he was
one of the finest characters he had ever met.”
[Illustration: =Charles L. C. Bowes Lyon.=]
=LYONS, ERNEST=, Private, No. 13344, 2nd Battn. Middlesex Regt.,
_s._ of Edward Lyons, of 52, Princess Street, Plumstead; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 14
March, 1915.
=LYTTLE, DAVID JOHN ALBERT=, Lieut., 14th Battn. South Otago
Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of John
Lyttle, of Chatton Road, Gore, New Zealand, formerly a Master at
Longridge School, Gore, by his wife, Catherine (Rina), dau. of the
late David Gardner, of Stanley Hill Gore, formerly of Blairmains
Farm, Shotts, Scotland; _b._ Waikaia, New Zealand, 1888; educ.
at his father’s school, Longridge, and Southland Boys’ High School,
Invercargill (Scholar), and took a prominent part in the school
sports; started his career as Third Assistant in Gore School, and was
later transferred to Kaitangata as Second Assistant. After two years’
service there he returned as First Assistant in Gore School; received
a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the New Zealand Territorials, while at
Kaitangata; volunteered for Imperial service immediately the European
war broke out, and was given a commission as Lieut.; left for Egypt
with the main body, 16 Oct. 1914; took part in the landing at the
Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there, 2 May
following; _unm._ While at Gore School he founded the Boy Scout
movement there, and acted as District Commander for several years.
He was an authority on local geology and botany; was well-known as a
mountaineer, especially in connection with the exploration of the West
Coasts Sound’s Region, and during one of these trips discovered falls
1,000 ft. high, now known as the “Lyttle Falls.”
[Illustration: =David John A. Lyttle.=]
=McALLISTER, ANDREW=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7656), S.S.
103005, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=MACATEER, JOHN=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21973, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MACAUSLAND, OLIVER BABINGTON=, Lieut., attd. 1st Battn. Royal
Irish Rifles, yr. _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Redmond Conynham Samuel
Macausland, of Woodbank, Garvagh, co. Derry, J.P., Indian Army (ret.),
by his wife, Jane Isabella, dau. of the late Lieut.-Col. Henry Keown,
15th King’s Hussars and Royal North Down Militia; _b._ Rawalpindi,
Punjab, India, 28 Nov. 1895; educ. Haileybury College and the Royal
Military College, Sandhurst (prize cadet); gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the
unattd. list, Indian Army, 8 Aug. 1914, and the same month joined the
4th Battn. (Special Reserve) Royal Irish Rifles, at Holywood, co. Down.
In March, 1915, he was posted to the 1st Battn. of that regt. then on
active service in France, and given the rank of Lieut. He was killed in
action during the advance of the 8th Division from Rouges Bancs towards
Fromelles, and the northern part of the Aubers Ridge, 9 May, 1915, in
which our men came up against unbroken wire and parapets and sustained
very heavy casualties. His Commanding Officer wrote: “He was a young
soldier with a soldierly faculty; gentle, just, and clear-sighted.”;
and the Adjutant wrote of him: “He was always more than ready to do
any dangerous patrols that were to be done; and it was so nice to know
that we could depend on him to do whatever was to be done without any
further supervision. When he met his death, he was gallantly leading
his platoon in the charge at Fromelles early on the 9th.” He was
_unm._ A marble tablet to his memory was placed in Errigal Church,
Garvagh, co. Derry.
[Illustration: =Oliver B. Macausland.=]
=MACBEAN, DUNCAN GILLIES FORBES=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Gordon
Highlanders, only child of Major-General Forbes Macbean, C.V.O., C.B.,
formerly A.D.C. to H.M. the King, late Gordon Highlanders, by his
wife, Mary Katharine Fishburn, dau. of the late Capt. Forbes Jackson,
R.N., and gdson. of Col. Forbes Macbean, 92nd Gordon Highlanders,
Sergt.-at-Arms to Queen Victoria, and great-grand-nephew of Sir William
Macbean, K.C.B., K.T.S., also of the 92nd Gordon Highlanders; _b._
R. M. C. Terrace, Yorktown, 19 July, 1893; educ. Aysgarth School,
Wellington College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted
2nd Lieut. to the Gordon Highlanders, 4 Sept. 1912, and promoted Lieut.
30 Oct. 1914. On the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he went to France
with his regt., was wounded at Gheluvelt, 28 Oct. 1914, and was killed
in action near Festubert, 18 June, 1915; _unm._ He was buried in
the garden of the Chateau de Gorre, near Bethune. Lieut. Macbean was a
fine all-round sportsman. He excelled as a Rugby football player, and
was a member of the XV at Wellington and Sandhurst. He was also a very
good shot with both gun and rifle, and most popular with all who knew
him.
[Illustration: =Duncan G. F. Macbean.=]
=McBRIDE, GILBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7954), S.S.
103628, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=McCABE, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 1603, 2nd Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of Alexander McCabe, of Killagorman,
Killishandra, by his wife, Rose Ann, dau. of Daniel Kelly, of
Killagorman, Killishandra; _b._ Dumnlara, Killishandra, co.
Cavan, 30 April, 1877; educ. Killagorman National School; went to
Sydney, Australia, 1907; when war broke out volunteered and joined the
Australian Imperial Force, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles,
24 July, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Joseph McCabe.=]
=MACCABE, ROBERT MAXWELL=, Lieut. 8th Battn. (Post Office Rifles)
The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Thomas Maccabe, of 22, Landscape
Terrace, Belfast, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Robert Maxwell;
_b._ Belfast, co. Antrim, 25 Aug. 1884; educ. Clifton Park
National School and Queen’s University, Belfast and was Telegraphist,
G.P.O. He joined Queen’s University O.T.C. in 1910, and gained his “A”
certificate in infantry training and entered for his “B” certificate.
He also acted as Musketry Lecturer, and received a medal from Count
Gleichen for excellent work in the O.T.C. After the outbreak of war
he was given a commission in the Post Office Rifles as 2nd Lieut. 5
Sept. 1914, and went to France with his battn. where he acted as bomb
officer. On 23 April a small detachment of the battn. was stationed in
a dug-out near Givenchy when a shell burst, wounding him severely. He
was taken to the Military Hospital at Bethune, where he died, 23 April,
1915, and was buried in the Civil Cemetery there. Lieut. Maccabe was
a keen sportsman and was for a long period captain of the Glendorra
Lawn Tennis Club. He was also Hon. Treasurer of the Silverstream Hockey
Club, and was a member of the committee of the Clytonville Football and
Cricket Clubs. He _m._ at Belfast, 21 Nov. 1914, Amy Constance
Robb, yst. dau. of Thomas McDowell, of Belfast; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Robert Maxwell Maccabe.=]
=MACCABEE, WILLIAM ERNEST=, Private No. 7379, 2nd Battn. Royal
Sussex Reg., _s._ of late William Maccabee, Royal Garrison
Artillery; _b._ Portsmouth, 20 May, 1881; enlisted Feb. 1902,
and was killed in action at Troyon, France, 7 Oct. 1914. He _m._
at Portsmouth, 23 Feb. 1914, Annie Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph Ford, of
Glastonbury, and had a posthumous dau., Eva Winnifred, _b._ 3
March 1915.
[Illustration: =William Ernest Maccabee.=]
=McCALL, ROBERT JAMES=, Private, No. 8/1276, Otago Battn. New
Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th _s._ of James William McCall, of
York Bar, Wellington, Plumber; _b._ Blenheim, Nov. 1884; educ. at
Terrace End School; worked as an assistant to his father and afterwards
with his brother, J. McCall, of Main Street, Palmerston; volunteered on
the outbreak of war; enlisted and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary
Force; was drafted to Otago Infantry Battn., and left New Zealand
in Dec. 1914, with the Second Contingent; died of wounds received
in action at the Dardanelles, 12 May, 1915; _unm._ McCall was
well-known in football circles as a member of the Old Kai Toa Club, and
later of the Orientals.
[Illustration: =Robert James McCall.=]
=McCANN, FRANK RICHARD=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 24018, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=McCAROGHER, JOHN OMMANNEY=, Private, No. 1848, 1/14th Battn. (The
London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Ernest
Joseph Chilton McCarogher, of Croydon, Bank Manager; _b._ Croydon,
19 May, 1895; educ. St. Dunstan’s College; volunteered for foreign
service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914 and was killed in action at
Messines, 1 Nov. 1914; _unm._ Buried on the battlefield.
=McCARTEN, WILLIAM JAMES DANIEL=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3556), 216332,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=McCARTHY, DENIS=, Rifleman, No. 289, 3rd Battn. The Rifle
Brigade, eldest _s._ of the late Denis McCarthy, of Cardiff,
by his wife, Kathleen; _b._ Cardiff, 30 July, 1882; educ. St.
Patrick School, Grangetown, there; enlisted in 1904, and, on completing
his term of service with the Colours, became a tram conductor at
Cardiff. When war broke out he rejoined his Battn.; went to France,
8 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Armentières, 23 Oct. 1914.
He _m._ at Cardiff, 24 Dec. 1907, Mary Ann (16, Tyler Street,
Roath, Cardiff), dau. of the late Ambrose Turner, of London, and had
three children: William Denis, _b._ 25 Feb. 1911; Kathleen May,
_b._ 15 Dec. 1909, and Eileen Mary, _b._ 6 Aug. 1913.
[Illustration: =Denis McCarthy.=]
=McCARTHY, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3235), S.S. 748. H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=McCARTHY, JERRY JOSEPH=, L.-Corpl., No. 870. 2nd Battn. 1st
Brigade, Australian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Florence
McCarthy, of Bantry, co. Cork, Farmer, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of
Denis McCarthy; _b._ Bantry, 6 Jan. 1876; educ. there; enlisted
in the Royal Artillery, about 1895, became corpl. about 1897; served
through the South African War, 1899–1902 (Queen’s medal with clasps
and King’s medal with clasps), and afterwards went to Australia, about
1905. When the European War broke out he joined the Commonwealth
Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at Anzac, Gallipoli, 3
May, 1915, during an attack on the Turkish trenches; _unm._
[Illustration: =Jerry Joseph McCarthy.=]
=McCARTHY, WILFRED CYRIL=, Private, No. 1573, 6th Battn.
Australian Imperial Force, only _s._ of the late David McCarthy,
of Derby, Coal Merchant, by his wife, Edith Annie (34, York Street,
Derby), dau. of Joseph Hirst; _b._ Derby, 14 Aug. 1884; educ.
Ashbourne Road Council Schools, Derby, and emigrated to Australia in
July, 1913; enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force shortly after
the outbreak of war, and was killed in the Gallipoli Peninsula, 8 May,
1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Wilfred Cyril McCarthy.=]
=McCARTNEY, JOSEPH DONKIN=, Petty Officer, 175178, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=McCARTY, MARTIN=, Private, No. 8357, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards,
_s._ of John McCarty, of Glenmash, Westport, co. Mayo; _b._
Glenmash aforesaid; enlisted 5 Aug. 1912; served with the Expeditionary
Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 16 May, 1915.
=McCAUGHERTY, DAVID=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3079), 176815, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=McCLELLAND, CHARLES STEEN=, Private, No. 2086, 1/4th Battn.
(Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles), Royal Scots (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the
Rev. Robert McClelland, Minister of Inchinnan, by his wife, Isabella
Coutts, dau. of the Rev. William Corson, Minister of Girvan; _b._
Inchinnan Manse, co. Renfrew, 27 Jan. 1889; educ. Inchinnan Public
School and Paisley Grammar School, and on leaving there entered the
Union Bank of Scotland, Paisley, where he served his apprenticeship
to banking, and was afterwards employed as ledger clerk in the Govan
and Kinning Park, Glasgow branches of the same. In March, 1910, he
accepted a post in a bank in Canada, but returned to Scotland the
June following, and entered the Office of Messrs. McAndrew, Murray
and Wright, of 9, Albyn Place, Edinburgh, where he was for some three
years. On the outbreak of war he joined the 1/4th Royal Scots, in Sept.
1914, and after training at Edinburgh and Larbert, left for the East
at the end of May, 1915. He arrived at the Dardanelles, 12 to 15 June,
and was killed in action in the attack on the Turkish position on the
Saghir Dere, Gallipoli, on 28 June, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Charles Steen McClelland.=]
=McCLELLAND, SIDNEY=, Private, No. S. 6895, 4th Battn. Middlesex
Regt., _s._ of John McClelland, of 3, Dowsett Road, Tottenham;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died 28 May, 1915,
of wounds received in action.
=McCLELLAND, THOMAS=, 2nd Lieut., 7th Battn. The King’s Liverpool
Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Thomas McClelland, of St. Anne’s Mount,
Aigburth, Liverpool, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of David Smart, of
Liverpool; _b._ Liverpool, 7 Feb. 1893; educ. Greenbank School,
Liverpool; Clifton College, and Trinity College, Oxford, where he
graduated in B.A., with honours in Jurisprudence, July, 1914. On the
outbreak of war he joined the King’s Liverpool Regt., 12 Aug. 1914,
and was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. 5 Sept. 1914, and went to the
Front early in March, 1915. He was killed in action, while leading his
platoon in the attack on the enemy’s trenches at Richebourg L’Avoué,
16 May, 1915, and was buried in the Rue du Bois, about 2 miles west of
Neuve Chapelle; _unm._ A cross bearing his name marks the spot. He
was a keen fisher and motor cyclist.
[Illustration: =Thomas McClelland.=]
=McCLUSKEY, ALFRED JOHN=, L.-Corpl. No. 450, 10th Light Horse,
Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of the late Andrew McCluskey,
Ship’s Steward, by his wife, Hannah Louisa (17, North Church Street,
Bute Dock, Cardiff), dau. of Alfred Budding, of Cardiff, Shipwright;
_b._ Cardiff, 20 May, 1877; educ. Mount Stuart Square National
School there, and on leaving started work as a wagon builder in the
North Central Wagon Works, Cardiff. Tiring of wagon building he
followed in his dead father’s footsteps and took to the sea. In Feb.
1907, he emigrated to Australia, and catching the “get rich quick”
fever started out as a prospector with varying success. What money he
made he speedily lost in speculation. Later he took up sheep farming,
and worked in Western Australia until the outbreak of war, when he
joined the Commonwealth Force, and was killed in action at Walkers
Ridge, Anzac Beach, Gallipoli, 7 Aug. 1915; _unm._ His commanding
officer wrote: “I personally knew that he was a good soldier, as during
the whole of our training he personally came under my notice a great
deal.”
[Illustration: =Alfred John McCluskey.=]
=McCOMB, HUGH=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 5565), S.S. 100505,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=McCORMACK, JOHN=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 28), 10131, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=McCORMICK, FRANK=, Stoker, 1st Class, 304180, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=McCREADIL, CHARLES=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26680 (Dev.), H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=McDERMOTT, FREDERICK AYLWARD=, Private, No. 857, 1st Battn.
Australian Imperial Force, yst. _s._ of the late Cornelius William
McDermott, Paymaster-in-Chief, R.N., by his wife, Mary Anne (7, Leigham
Terrace, Plymouth); _b._ Rhyd-y-Gors, co. Carmarthen, 29 June,
1879; educ. Richmond (Yorkshire) Grammar School and Mannamead College,
Plymouth; after the declaration of war enlisted in the Australian
Imperial Force at Sydney, 1 Sept. 1914, and was killed, 7 June, 1915,
while on observation duty in the firing line by the bursting of a
Turkish high explosive shell, a piece of which pierced his heart.
He was buried by the padre in the Anzac Beach cemetery; _unm._
General Sir William Birdwood wrote his sympathy in the loss of a son,
who died so gallantly for his King and country. The Adjutant wrote that
the late Private F. McDermott was thought very highly of by his late
Capt. A. J. Shout, V.C., in whose company he was.
[Illustration: =Frederick A. McDermott.=]
=McDIARMID, KENNETH=, Capt., 3rd, attd. 2nd, Battn. King’s Own
Scottish Borderers, _s._ of the late John McDiarmid, of Auchenvin,
Dalbeattie, Scotland, Shipowner, by his wife, Mary A. J. dau. of the
late James Hosack; _b._ Liverpool, 26 Oct. 1881; educ. Sedbergh
School and Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester; held an appointment
in Burma with the Bombay Burma Trading Corporation, Ltd., and being
home on leave at the outbreak of war, applied for a commission; was
gazetted to the 3rd Battn. on 4 Sept., and later was transferred to
the 2nd Battn.; promoted Lieut. 9 Nov. 1914, and Capt. subsequent to
his death, 5 May, 1915, to date as from 2 Feb. 1915. He was killed
in action on Hill 60 near Ypres, 18 April, 1915; _unm._ Writing
to his mother, his commanding officer said: “He not only showed a
splendid example of leadership, but of great heroism. Though wounded
he refused to go away from the fighting line, and, finally, when his
platoon was very much reduced in numbers and the Germans were in
consequence pressing on to the parapet, he leapt on to the parapet
himself and met his end most valiantly fighting at close quarters.
He was an officer whose brave deeds will never be forgotten in the
regt. and whose charming personality made a great impression on me for
the short three weeks I knew him.” A brother officer wrote: “He was
wounded through the arm first, but refused to leave the firing line.
About 6 a.m., while cheering on the Scottish Borderers, he was shot
clean through the head and killed instantaneously. Your son was beloved
by his men and fellow officers, and in losing him the regt. has lost
one of its best officers, and myself one of my best chums. It is some
little consolation to know that his bravery pulled his men together
at a very critical point, and his memory will never be forgotten.”
And another officer: “The conduct of A Coy. was extraordinarily good.
They had between 120 and 130 casualties out of 160. Lieut. McDiarmid
did extraordinarily well there. Although severely wounded he kept
up a rapid rifle fire behind a blockade until he was killed. I was
told his conduct was absolutely heroic, for he succeeded in holding a
very important communication trench, thus saving a rather dangerous
situation, as but for his action it might well have resulted in our
communications being cut.” He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s
Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915.
[Illustration: =Kenneth McDiarmid.=]
=McDONALD, ALEXANDER TOM CLARK=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11267,
H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20
miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=McDONALD, ARCHIBALD=, Private, No. 10076, 2nd Battn. Scots
Guards; _b._ Barony, Glasgow; enlisted 4 Sept. 1914, aged 40;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in
action, 18 Dec. 1914; _m._ at Glasgow, 31 Dec. 1902, Annie, dau.
of (--) Fay, and had two children: Archibald, _b._ 7 April, 1915;
and Isabella, _b._ 5 June, 1904.
=MACDONALD, ARCHIBALD=, Private, No. 10151, 1st Battn. Queen’s
Royal West Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France
and Flanders; died 31 Oct. 1914.
=McDONALD, ANGUS=, Private, No. 10741, 1st Battn. Highland L.I.,
_s._ of Donald McDonald, of 47, Hopehill Road, Glasgow; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died in No. 13 General
Hospital, Boulogne, 20 March, 1915, of wounds received in action.
=MACDONALD, REV. CHARLES GORDON=, 2nd Lieut., 1/6th Scottish
Rifles (The Cameronians) (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the late Edward
Ellice Macdonald, Rector of Hillhead High School, Glasgow, by his wife,
Johanna Margaret, dau. of the late John Adam, of India; _b._
Hillhead, Glasgow, 7 March, 1889; educ. Hillhead High School and
Glasgow University, where he graduated M.A. and B.D. and where he was
actively associated with the O.T.C., and in May, 1914, was licensed by
the Presbytery and appointed Assistant Minister in Hamilton. On the
outbreak of war he resigned his position and was gazetted to the 1/6th
Scottish Rifles as 2nd Lieut., 5 Sept. 1914; went to France early in
March, and was killed in action at Festubert, 15 June, 1915, in an
attack on the enemy’s trenches. The attack was planned on the night of
the 14th, Lieut. Macdonald, with his company, was appointed to lead the
charge, and his own platoon, with himself at their head, was the first
to advance. They had to traverse 300 yards of open ground to reach the
German first line trenches, and in his last letter, written that night,
Lieut. Macdonald said that he was proud at having been selected to lead
the charge, but that it was very unlikely that he would come out of it
with his life. He was _unm._ A brother officer wrote: “Your son
was brave beyond all words; Lieut. Macdonald was asked to lead that
charge, and he _did_ lead that charge. He had smiles all over
his face and shouted: ‘Come on, men!’ He had a rifle with the bayonet
fixed, and he ran in front of his men to encourage them. It was a brave
piece of work. He knew no fear.” The Rev. J. H. Dickie, Minister of New
Kilpatrick, to whom Lieut. Macdonald acted as assistant for a time, in
the course of an appreciation of the deceased, wrote: “The Church of
Scotland is poorer to-day, because of the death of Gordon Macdonald.
For he was a man of not only outstanding ability, but of exceptional
spiritual power. A brilliant student, Master of Arts, with first-class
honours in literature, he had all the makings of a powerful preacher,
for he possessed a soul--soul all afire with vivid sense of the Divine.
I was privileged to know him well, to share his inmost thoughts, and
with sincerity I can say that Gordon Macdonald was one of the most
spiritually-minded men I ever knew.” His brother, Lieut. Edward Ellice
Macdonald, is now on active service with the Canadian Expeditionary
Force in France.
[Illustration: =Charles G. Macdonald.=]
=McDONALD, DONALD=, Stoker, 1st Class, 284481, Petty Officer,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MACDONALD, EVAN RONALD HORATIO KEITH=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn.
The Highland L.I., 2nd and only surviving _s._ of the late Keith
Norman MacDonald, M.D., F.R.C.P.E., the well-known collector of, and
authority on, Highland music, by his wife, Eliza Mary (21, Clarendon
Crescent, Edinburgh), dau. of Francis Burgess Niblett, of Ermston,
Wardie, near Edinburgh, and grandson of Charles MacDonald, of Ord;
_b._ Edinbane, Isle of Skye, 10 April, 1893; educ. Edinburgh
Academy, Harrogate, Southport, and the Edinburgh Institution, also
receiving private tuition from Capt. Johnstone, R.E., of Edinburgh;
joined the 3rd Battn. Highland L.I. 3 July, 1912, and was gazetted to
the 2nd Battn. 10 June, 1914. On the outbreak of war he went to the
Front with his regt. 13 Aug. 1914, came into action at Paturages on 24
Aug. and was killed, being shot through the right temple, at the Battle
of the Aisne, 20 Sept. 1914; _unm._ He was buried near where he
fell, about 1 mile north of the village of Verneuil, and 6 miles east
of Vailly, on the River Aisne. A cross of wood was erected over his
grave and a description of the place taken. His commanding officer,
Col. Wolfe Murray, wrote to 2nd Lieut. MacDonald’s mother: “I am
thankful to say it was quite instantaneous, while he was most pluckily
directing the fire of his men. I feel his loss very much. He was an
excellent young officer, keen, quick and reliable, and his company
commander. Capt. Mayne, who has seen a good deal of service, told me
how cool he was under fire and that he showed great promise.” He was
keenly interested in everything Highland, and was a keen athlete, and
loved to play the slower music of the pìob mhór. While at school he
captained the first fifteen in seasons 1910–11–12 and afterwards played
in the former pupils’ team. At the school sports in 1911 he won the
cup for the mile race, and at the time of his death was one of the
secretaries of the Institution Athletic Sports. His diary from 13 Aug.
to 20 Sept. 1914, was printed in the Highland L.I. “Chronicle” for Oct.
Lieut. MacDonald was predeceased a few years ago by his elder brother,
the late Lieut. Reginald Francis Norman Keith MacDonald, 4th Battn.
Highland L.I., who served in the South African War.
[Illustration: =Evan R. H. K. MacDonald.=]
=McDONALD, GEORGE=, Private, No. 11457, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt.), _s._ of Alexander McDonald, of Milton of Culloden
Farm, Allanfearie, co. Inverness, Cattleman, by his wife, Helen, dau.
of Alexander Ross, Ploughman; _b._ Tomich, Muir of Ord, 6 Aug.
1895; educ. Urray Public School; was a Gardener at Forres; joined the
Royal Scots 22 Feb.; went to France 7 Aug. 1914, and was killed in
action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =George McDonald.=]
=McDONALD, GEORGE DUFFUS=, E.R.A., R.N.R., 31 E.C., H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MACDONALD, JAMES=, Corpl., No. 15171, 13th (Service) Battn.
The Royal Scots, yst. _s._ of John Macdonald, of Kilnhillock,
Glenrinnes, co. Banff, Crofter, by his wife, Jane, dau. of William
Gordon; _b._ Dufftown, 28 Feb. 1895; educ. Mortlach Higher Grade
School there; was apprenticed as a draper to the Central Cash Drapery
Warehouse, Dufftown, and afterwards proceeded to Greenock; joined the
Royal Scots soon after war was declared, 3 Sept. 1914; went to France
July, and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 27 Sept. 1915;
_unm._
=McDONALD, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9968), 296416,
H.M.S Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=McDONALD, JOHN WILLIAM SCOTT=, Private, No. 1991, 9th Battn.
Royal Scots (T.F.), only _s._ of John McDonald, of 22, Downfield
Place, Edinburgh, by his wife, Agnes Taylor, dau. of William Scott;
_b._ Edinburgh, 14 Oct. 1895; educ. Dairy Public School there;
enlisted, 14 Aug. 1914; went to France, 23 Feb. 1915, and was shot
through the chest, 22 March following, while erecting barbed wire
entanglements before our trenches at St. Eloi. He was removed to No. 13
General Hospital at Boulogne, where he died on 3 April, and was buried
in the cemetery there; _unm._ His Commanding Officer wrote of him:
“He was a brave and plucky lad”; and his company commander: “I knew him
well as being always keen on his work and ready to do anything to help
at any time.”
=McDONALD, KENNETH STUART=, Corpl., No. 1534, 14th Battn. (London
Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late Thomas
McDonald, of Beauly, co. Inverness, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Richard
Mathews, of Compton, Berkshire; _b._ Richmond, co. Surrey, 23
Jan. 1881; educ. Merchant Taylors’ School; joined the Victoria and
St. George’s Rifles (1st Middlesex), 24 April, 1900, retiring 29 Jan.
1907, and joining the London Scottish, 4 Feb. following, and was
promoted Corpl., 1 Nov. 1913. He served in the South African War of
1899–1902 with the Imperial Yeomanry, and received the Queen’s medal.
On the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, he volunteered for
foreign service; went to France in Sept. 1914, and was killed in action
at Ypres, 13 Nov. 1914, while assisting a wounded comrade from the
firing line. He was buried near a chateau, 1¼ miles west of Ypres, on
the Ypres-Vlamertinghe road. He _m._ at Brixton, 8 Feb. 1902,
Caroline, only dau. of Edwin Chambers Macreight, of Hauteville, Jersey;
_s.p._
[Illustration: =Kenneth S. McDonald.=]
=MACDONALD, RONALD MOSSE=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Queen’s Own Cameron
Highlanders (the 79th), elder _s._ of Capt. William Mosse
Macdonald, of Glenmore Cottage, Bournemouth, formerly 3rd Battn.
Cameron Highlanders, by his wife, Helena, dau. of Samuel Harvey
Twining; _b._ Bombay, 9 Dec. 1890; educ. Horris Hill, Newbury;
Winchester College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted
2nd Lieut. 1st Cameron Highlanders, 16 Nov. 1910, and promoted Lieut.,
1 May, 1914; left Edinburgh with his regt. for the Front, 12 Aug.
following; was wounded at the Battle of the Aisne, during the heavy
fighting to the west of the sugar factory at Troyon, 14 Sept. 1914, on
which occasion the 1st Camerons lost 17 officers and 500 men, and was
invalided to Angers, France; rejoined his battn. 8 Oct., and was killed
at Veldhock, near Ypres, 2 Nov. 1914; _unm._ Lieut. Macdonald
was an excellent cricketer and played for the Aldershot Command for
two years. He was also an accomplished violinist. His only brother is
serving in the same regt.
[Illustration: =Ronald Mosse Macdonald.=]
=McDONNELL, THOMAS=, A.B., Sapper, No. 14, 1st Royal Australian
Naval Bridging Train, yst. _s._ of the late Thomas McDonnell,
of Newfound Well, Drogheda, by his wife, Catherine, dau. of William
Keeley, of Drogheda; _b._ Newfound Well, 12 Feb. 1885; educ. at
the Christian Brothers School, Drogheda; joined the Royal Naval Reserve
in 1902, was for several years in the employ of the Pacific Steam
Navigation Co., went to Australia in 1911, and in the early part of
1915 enlisted in the Australian Contingent at Victoria. In a letter to
his mother announcing this he said he knew she would be glad to know
he was doing his bit. He died on board H.M.S. Canada, 27 Aug. 1915, of
enteric fever, contracted while serving in the Dardanelles; _unm._
=MACDUFF, ALEXANDER=, Capt., 2nd Battn. The Queen’s Own Cameron
Highlanders, only _s._ of Alexander Macduff, of Bonhard, co.
Perth, J.P., by his wife, Edith Alexandrine, dau. of John Shiell, of
Smithfield, co. Forfar; _b._ Bonhard, aforesaid, 6 July, 1884;
educ. Cargilfield, Winchester, and New College, Oxford; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. Cameron Highlanders, 19 April, 1905; promoted Lieut. 11 Jan.
1911, and Capt. 12 Oct. 1914; went to France, 20 Dec. 1914, and was
killed in action at Hill 60, during the second Battle of Ypres, 24
April, 1915; _unm._ Buried near where he fell.
=MACE, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9390), S.S.
106745, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=McEVOY, MICHAEL=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1500U, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=McEVOY, PATRICK=, Leading Stoker, 2nd Class (R.F.R., B. 2899),
285115, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=McEWAN, ROBERT=, S.B.A., M. 5850, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MACFARLANE, JOHN SHEPHARD=, Private, No. 1819, F Coy., 9th
Battn. (Glasgow Highlanders) Highland L.I. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of
John Macfarlane, of 65, Reidvale Street, Dennistown, Glasgow, by
his wife, Margaret, dau. of Thomas Cockburn; _b._ Glasgow, 10
Feb. 1897; educ. Thompson Street Public School; was in the employ of
Messrs. Barclay, Curle and Co., Glasgow, Boilermakers; joined the
Glasgow Highlanders, 4 March, 1912; volunteered for foreign service
on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 2 Nov. 1914, and
was killed in action at Richebourg, 17 May, 1915, by the bursting
of a shell. Buried there. A comrade wrote: “I suppose you know now
of our losses when in the trenches last time. One shell killed Hugh
Macpherson, George Laing, Wee McFarlane, and three others, also
wounded Lieut. Spens. I was at the door of the dug-out with my head
outside when this big shell came through the roof and burst inside.
When I got rid of the debris with which I was covered and looked in I
nearly collapsed. All were dead except the Lieut.” His elder brother.
L.-Corpl. David MacFarlane, was killed in action at the Persian Gulf, 7
Jan. 1916.
[Illustration: =John S. MacFarlane.=]
=MACFARLANE, ROBERT CRAIG=, Midshipman, R.N., 2nd _s._ of
Robert Craig Macfarlane, of Roode Berg, South Africa [s. of Alexander
Macfarlane, Jun., of Thornhill, Stirlingshire], by his wife, Jessie
Wardlaw, dau. of James Wardlaw Reid; _b._ Glendenning, Graaff
Reinet, South Africa, 5 July, 1897; educ. Ascham St. Vincent’s,
Eastbourne, and the Osborne and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges; entered
the Navy, June, 1914, and was lost in H.M.S. Hawke when that ship was
torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
[Illustration: =Robert C. Macfarlane.=]
=McFARLANE, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10630), S.S.
108637, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MACFIE, CLAUD WILLIAM=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. South
Staffordshire Regt., attd. 2nd Bedfordshire Regt., only _s._ of
the late Claud Macfie, of Gogar Burn, Midlothian, by his wife, Mary
(Warrix, North Berwick), dau. of W. S. Young, of Burntisland; _b._
Gogar Burn aforesaid, 8 Dec. 1892; educ. at Cargilfield, Midlothian,
from which school he obtained a scholarship for Marlborough, where
he was in the Hockey XI and the Gymnasium VIII, and won the Fisher
Divinity Prize; afterwards proceeding to New College, Oxford, where he
graduated with honours in Modern History. It had been his intention to
enter the Diplomatic Service, but on the outbreak of war he enlisted
in Lovat’s Scouts, but being nominated by his college for a University
commission, he was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd South Staffordshires,
11 Nov. 1914. He went to the Front, 20 May, 1915. and was there
attached to the 2nd Bedfords. He was killed in action at Givenchy, 16
June, 1915, while leading his platoon in an attack on a German trench.
The official report of his death is as follows: “2nd Lieut. Macfie, C.
W., 3rd Battn. South Staffordshires, attd. 2nd Battn. Bedford Regt.,
Givenchy, June 16, killed, was in command of the first platoon which
assaulted the Crater. He led his platoon most gallantly and fearlessly,
and was killed shortly after his men obtained a footing in the enemy’s
lines.” The report was accompanied by the following message from the
General Officer Commanding, 7th Division, British Expeditionary Force,
to the deceased officer’s mother: “The enclosed is a report of the
action of 2nd Lieut. C. W. Macfie, 3rd South Staffordshire Regt., attd.
2nd Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., as brought to Gen. Gough’s notice,
and he thinks you would like to have a copy. He cannot express too
deeply his opinion of this officer’s gallantry or his sympathy for
you in your great loss.” The Officer Commanding 2nd Bedfords wrote:
“He died a glorious soldier’s death, leading his platoon gallantly
against the enemy. We took the enemy’s trench, but unfortunately were
unable to retain possession of it for long, and those who were left
got themselves away with difficulty and were unable to carry the dead
back, so I am very sorry to say that your son’s body was left where he
had met his end. I think I am allowed to tell you that I am reporting
to the Brigadier-General that he led his men with great dash and
gallantry, which was witnessed by several people. He had not been with
us long enough for us to get to know him well, but he showed signs of
making an excellent officer, and I am very sorry indeed to have lost
his services.” His company commander wrote of him: “He was an excellent
officer and a very good friend, and his behaviour under fire was the
finest example his men could have. He fell leading his men on after
we had captured the German trench on the top of the old Mine Crater.
This spot is quite close to the village of Givenchy, near Festubert”;
and an officer of his company: “He showed splendid spirit all the way
through and constantly went down along the trench to see that the men
were keeping their spirits up. When the attack was ordered, we had to
charge, one platoon at a time, and No. 8, your son’s, was the first to
leave the trench. Several officers of the other regts. besides those of
our own who were near, remarked upon the way your son led the charge;
he was easily the first man at the Germans, and he was seen climbing up
over the German ‘crater’ while the rest were still streaming across the
open. Soon afterwards he was killed.” 2nd Lieut. Macfie was mentioned
by Field-Marshal Sir John (now Lord) French in his Despatch of 30 Nov.
1915 [London Gazette, 1 Jan. 1916], for gallant and distinguished
service in the field. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Claud William Macfie.=]
=McGEACHIE, JAMES ANDERSON=, Private, No. 1218, 18th Battn.
Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of William McGeachie, of
60, Jameson Terrace, New Milns, Ayrshire, by his wife, Margaret, dau.
of James Anderson, of Dalrymple, St. Girvan, Ayrshire; _b._ New
Milns, aforesaid, 22 April, 1889; educ. Public School there; went to
Australia in Feb. 1911, and settled at Stockenkingle, New South Wales;
was a Bushman; joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force shortly
after the outbreak of war; left for Egypt about June, 1915; went to the
Dardanelles, and was killed in action near Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, 22
Aug. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =James A. McGeachie.=]
=McGINNITY, FREDERICK=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6631), 215701, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MCGEE, JAMES MICHAEL=, Private, No. 3 605, No. 1 New Zealand
Stationary Hospital, _s._ of Bernard McGee, of Greymouth, New
Zealand, Goldminer (a native of co. Donegal, who died 5 July, 1916);
_b._ Westland, New Zealand, 6 July, 1879; educ. Convent of Mercy,
Greymouth, New Zealand; and was a Merchant Sailor; joined the New
Zealand Expeditionary Force, 20 May, 1915; and was drowned on the
transport Marquette, when that ship was torpedoed in the Ægean Sea, 23
Oct. 1915; _unm._ Three of his brothers, _viz_.: Timothy,
Lawrence and Daniel, are on active service with the New Zealand Rifle
Brigade.
=McGINTY, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 16982, 13th (Service) Battn.
Royal Scots, _s._ of William McGinty, of Addiewell, Midlothian,
Candlemaker; _b._ Blackburn, West Lothian, Aug. 1870; educ.
Addiewell; was a Coal Miner; joined the Royal Scots, 4 Jan. 1915;
went to France, July, 1915, and was killed in action at Hill 70,
during the Battle of Loos, 26 Sep. 1915. He _m._ at West Calder,
Midlothian, 26 Feb. 1908, Martha (23, Westwood Rows, West Calder),
dau. of Alexander Watson, and had four children: William and Alexander
(twins), _b._ 1 March, 1913; Elizabeth, _b._ 24 Dec. 1911;
and Margaret Calder, _b._ 20 May, 1915.
=McGLASHAN, JOHN EWING=, Lieut., 1/5th Battn. Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Walter Charles Stuart
McGlashan, of Moidart, Gourock, and the firm of Messrs. McGlashan,
Sons and Co., Ltd., of Glasgow, by his wife, Agnes Templeton, dau. of
the late David James; _b._ Shawlands, Glasgow, 16 March, 1884;
educ. Greenock Academy, and afterwards entered his father’s business.
He joined the Volunteers, 1900, and became 2nd Lieut. 1904, and having
passed the school of instruction for regular service as Lieut. in the
Renfrew Battn. of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 26 Aug. 1914,
was gazetted as Lieut. to 1/5th Argylls. He left with his Battn. for
the Dardanelles, and was killed in action near Krithia, 12 July, 1915;
_unm._
=MACGREGOR, CORTLANDT RICHARD=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. South
Wales Borderers, elder _s._ of Cortlandt George MacGregor, of
Llantrisant House, Llantrisant, by his wife, Margaret Josephine, eldest
dau. of Col. John Picton Turbervill, of Ewenny Priory, co. Glamorgan,
J.P., D.L., Madras S.C.; _b._ Orange County, Florida, U.S.A., 7
Feb. 1894; educ. abroad and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
(1912–1913); gazetted as 2nd Lieut. to the 1st Battn. South Wales
Borderers, 5 Feb. 1913, and joined at Chatham; but, having applied for
foreign service, was transferred to the 2nd Battn., and sailed with it
for China in Sept. 1913. He took part in the siege of Tsing-tau, and
was promoted Lieut., 17 Sept. 1914. Returning to England in Jan. 1915,
he left for the Mediterranean in March, took part in the landing at
the Dardanelles, 25–26 April, and was killed in action in Gallipoli, 2
May, 1915; _unm._ His only brother, 2nd Lieut. Kenneth Cortlandt
MacGregor, of the 2nd Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, had fallen
in action near Ypres on 26 Feb. preceding (see following notice).
=MACGREGOR, KENNETH CORTLANDT=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. King’s Own
Scottish Borderers, yr. _s._ of Cortlandt George MacGregor, of
Llantrisant House, Llantrisant, by his wife, Margaret Josephine, eldest
dau. of Col. John Picton Turbervill, of Ewenny Priory, co. Glamorgan.
J.P., D.L., Madras S.C.; _b._ Brecon, 21 Jan. 1896; educ. Lancing
College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut.
to the King’s Own Scottish Borderers, 30 Sept. 1914; joined at Portland
the following day, went to the Front with a Draft for the 2nd Battn., 5
Dec., and was killed in action near Ypres, 26 Feb. 1915. He was buried
at Verbranden Molen.
=McGREGOR, SAMUEL BEGG=, Sergt., No. 183, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots
Fusiliers, _s._ of John McGregor, of Aberfoyle, Perth, Blacksmith;
_b._ Leith, 15 April, 1882; educ. Bells School there; enlisted
4 Jan. 1900; served in South Africa, 1900–02 (Queen’s and King’s
medals); promoted Sergt. Aug. 1912; served with the Expeditionary Force
in France, and died 11 Jan. 1915, of wounds received in action the
previous day at Kemmel.
=McGUFFICK, HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9257), S.S.
106438, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=McGUILEY, HUGH=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9103), S.S.
105931. H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=McGUINNESS, MICHAEL=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1472U, H.M.S. Cressy; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HART-McHARG, WILLIAM FREDERICK RICHARD=, Lieut.-Col., 7th Battn.
(1st British Columbia Regt.) Canadian Expeditionary Force, only
_s._ of the late Hon. Major William Hart-McHarg, 44th (Essex)
Regt., by his wife, Jane Scott (10, Netherhall Gardens, N.W.), dau. of
the late Capt. Thomsett, 44th Regt.; _b._ Kilkenny, 16 Feb. 1869;
educ. Bruges; went to Canada about 1885 and was a Barrister-at-Law
and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of British Columbia, practising at
Vancouver, where he was a partner in the firm of Abbott, Hart-McHarg
& Duncan. He joined the Canadian Militia about 1895 as a Private and
rose to the command of the 7th (Vancouver) Regt., receiving the medal
for 20 years’ service. He served in the South African War, 1900–2, with
the first contingent (Royal Canadian Regt.) and obtained the Queen’s
medal with four clasps (Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg and Cape
Colony), and in 1911 was one of the Canadian contingent present at
the Coronation of King George V. On the outbreak of the European War,
Lieut.-Col. Hart-McHarg was given command of the 7th Regt. and came
over with the first contingent and went to France in Feb. 1915. At the
Second Battle of Ypres, the 7th formed part of the 3rd Brigade, and on
Friday, 23 April, occupied a position on the forward crest of a ridge,
with its left flank near St. Julien. This position was severely shelled
by the Germans during that day, and about 4.30 Col. Hart-McHarg,
Major (now Lieut.-Col. Commanding) Odlum and Lieut. Mathewson, of the
Canadian Engineers, went out to reconnoitre the ground. The exact
location of the German forces opposed to them was not known, and they
moved down the slope to the ruined village of Keerselaere--a distance
of about 300 yards--in broad daylight without drawing a shot, but
when they reached there they saw the Germans not 100 yards away, and
they accordingly turned and began to retire. They were followed by a
burst of rapid fire the moment they cleared the shelter of the ruins.
Col. Hart-McHarg and Major Odlum managed to get into a shell-hole
near by, but not before the former had been severely wounded. When
Major Odlum discovered this, he raced up the hill under heavy fire in
search of surgical aid. He found Capt. G. Gibson, Medical Officer,
7th Battn., who, accompanied by Sergt. J. Dryden, went down to the
shell-hole immediately. They managed to move the Colonel into a ditch
and there dressed his wound and remained with him till after dark,
when he was carried back to Battn. Headquarters. He died the following
day, 24 April, 1915, in hospital at Poperinghe, and was buried there
in the New Cemetery with Col. Boyle, who fell the same day. He was
mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915] for gallant
and distinguished conduct in the field. Col. Hart-McHarg was well
known as a fine rifle shot. In 1908 he gained the Gold Medal of Canada
after a close contest with three redoubtable antagonists from Toronto
and Ottawa. He had shot several times in Canada’s national teams, and
had distinguished himself in the matches for the Palma International
Trophy against the selected teams of the United States, Great Britain,
Australia and other countries. He held the record individual score in
the match, being in this respect a world’s champion. He had also shot
for Canada in the Empire Trophy match, founded by the Australians as
an inter-Empire competition. He was a member of the Canadian team at
Bisley in 1907, 1910 and 1914, and was spoken of as the next commandant
of the Canadian team for Bisley. He shot for the Dominion here in
both the Mackinnon and Kolapore Imperial matches, and in 1910 he tied
for the Prince of Wales’s Prize with the British Army champion, the
famous Capt. Wallingford, who is now with the New Zealand Force. Each
scored 85, the highest possible, with 17 bull’s-eyes at 300 and 600
yards. Col Hart-McHarg lost on shooting off the tie, but he won the
Bronze Cross of the Bisley Grand Aggregate. In Aug. 1913, he won the
Governor-General’s prize for the second time--the Blue Riband--at
the Dominion of Canada rifle meeting at Ottawa and the Long Range
Championship of the World with army rifle at the international matches,
Camp Perry, Ohio. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =W. F. R. Hart-McHarg.=]
=MACHIN, CHARLES=, Corpl., No. 10028, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of George Machin, of Tunstall, by his wife, Annie
(3, Cardigan Road, Thornhill Lees, Dewsbury), dau. of Thomas Walker;
_b._ Longton, co. Stafford; educ. Catholic School, Tunstall;
enlisted, 17 March, 1913; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France, and was killed in action, 14 Sept. 1914, during the desperate
fighting on the Aisne. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Charles Machin.=]
=McHUGH, MICHAEL=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1879S, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=McINTOSH, ALFRED JAMES GRAHAM=, A.B., 221937, H.M.S. Cressy; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=McINTOSH, LAURENCE SCOTT=, Stoker, 1st Class, 283715 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=McINTOSH, ROBERT RAE=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Queen’s Own Cameron
Highlanders, yst. _s._ of the Rev. Robert McIntosh, D.D., Senior
Minister of the Alva West United Free Church, by his wife, Helen, dau.
of the late Thomas Stevens, of Ardline, Helensburgh; _b._ The West
Manse, Alva, near Stirling, 8 May, 1888; educ. at the Dollar Academy
and Edinburgh University, where he graduated M.A., 1908, and when war
broke out was working for his LL.B. degree; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to
the Special Reserve of the Cameron Highlanders, 14 April, 1914, and
joined his regt. 1 July following. He went to France 20 Feb. 1915,
and was killed in action at Hill 60, during the night of 23–24 April,
1915. Buried near “Hill 60” to the east of the Ypres-Lille railway;
_unm._
=MACK, FRED=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21187, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MACK, JAMES WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2793), 193570, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MACK, WILLIAM BELL=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8084).
S.S. 103925, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=MACKAIN, JAMES FERGUS=, Capt., 34th Sikh Pioneers, Indian Army,
elder _s._ of the Rev. William James Mackain, of Ardnamurchan,
Aubrey Lodge, Merton Park, formerly Rector of Parham, Sussex, and
subsequently Vicar of Little Waldingfield and Poslingford, Suffolk,
by his wife, Helen Clifford, dau. of the late John Johnstone Elton
Morecroft, of Hollymount, West Derby, Liverpool; _b._ Bognor, co.
Sussex, 28 Oct. 1885; educ. Warden House School, Upper Deal; Clifton
College (where he was a member of the Bisley VIII of 1902), and the
Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., unattached,
Indian Army, 9 Jan. 1904, and after serving for his first year with
the Gordon Highlanders at Sialkote and Peshawar, was posted to the
34th Sikh Pioneers, 8 March, 1905. During the great earthquake in the
Punjab in 1905 he was in charge of a relief convoy from Lahore to Kulu
and did good work there, and his name appeared in a telegram from
the Viceroy to the Secretary of State. He entered the Kasauli Army
Signalling College, and on the completion of his course received a
special certificate. He was engaged in the Mohmand Expedition of 1908,
for which he received a medal with clasp. Seconded from his regt. in
1901, he was one of the first officers appointed to the newly raised
Signal Companies of the Sappers and Miners and served with the 31st
Signal Coy. as second in command for three years at Futtehghur and
other stations. He was promoted Lieut., 9 April, 1906, and Capt., 9
Jan. 1913. Home on furlough when the war broke out, he rejoined his
regt. in Egypt in Aug. 1914, and proceeded with it to France. He fell
in action near Festubert, Flanders, on 23 Nov. 1914, while gallantly
defending his trench against a determined assault of the enemy. Capt.
Mackain, though wounded in the face from the splinter of a shell,
rallied his men and while he lived kept the enemy at bay. He was
mentioned in Field-Marshal Sir John French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915.
A brother officer wrote: “He was commanding his company (No. 4) at the
time, and was shot through the head in a very gallant attempt to stem
an attack in great force by the enemy through breaches blown in our
trenches. The enemy were armed with hand-grenades, which they threw
into the trenches. Your son, while shooting down the grenadiers with
his revolver over the top of the trench, was unhappily himself shot
dead through the head. His loss to us personally, and to us as a regt.,
I cannot yet realise. He was such a fine stamp of Christian soldier,
and we looked on him as one likely to go a very long way.” The “Civil
and Military Gazette” of India, of 4 Dec. 1914, said: “Capt. Mackain
was known throughout Northern India as a keen Churchman and one of the
main stays of the Church of England Men’s Society.” A memorial tablet
to the memory of Capt. Mackain, erected by his father, was unveiled in
the Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley Street, W., by the Chaplain-General
on 29 Sept. 1915, and another was placed in Lahore Cathedral by his
friends in India.
[Illustration: =James Fergus Mackain.=]
=MACKAY, ALASTAIR SUTTON=, Private, No. 2113, 9th Battn. Royal
Scots (T.F.), _s._ of William Falconer Mackay, of Invergordon,
Merchant, by his wife, Flora, dau. of Thomas Morrison; _b._
Moose Factory, Hudson Bay, Canada, 7 Dec. 1889; educ. Invergordon and
Aberdeen; in his sixteenth year passed for a boy clerkship in the Civil
Service, and was sent to the G.P.O., West Kensington. From here he
passed as assistant clerk, and was transferred to the National Health
Insurance Office in Edinburgh. On the outbreak of war he enlisted in
the 9th Royal Scots (the Dandy Ninth), left for the Front on 23 Feb.
1915, and was shot by a stray bullet while carrying rations from the
transports on 29 April. He died the same day, and was buried on the
30th on a farm at Hooge, near Ypres; _unm._
[Illustration: =Alastair Sutton Mackay.=]
=MACKAY, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13442 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MACKAY, JOHN=, Petty Officer, 175154, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MACKAY, WALTER EDWARD=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 174303, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=MCKECHNIE, WILLIAM GEORGE ERNEST=, 2nd Cook’s Mate, M. 1777,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=MCKEE, JAMES=, Signalman, 224740, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that
ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 14 Oct. 1914.
=MACKENZIE, COLIN LANDSEER=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Highland L.I.,
only _s._ of Landseer Mackenzie, of St. Bernard, Bournemouth
[Cadet of Mackenzie of Redcastle], by his wife, Laura, dau. of David
Dobell, and a great-nephew of Sir Edwin Landseer, the celebrated
painter; _b._ Malvern, 4 May, 1892, and was educ. at Haley
Preparatory School, Bournemouth; Stubbington Naval School, and
Cheltenham College, where he entered the O.T.C. at so early an age
as to be physically unfit to carry his rifle on a march, and won the
school prize for German. On leaving Cheltenham, he joined the 3rd
(Reserve) Battn. Seaforth Highlanders as 2nd Lieut. on probation, in
which rank he was subsequently confirmed, and, after passing his “Army
Competition,” was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Highland L.I., 24
May, 1913. On 13 Aug. 1914, he proceeded with his battn., which formed
part of the 5th Brigade, to France, and was killed in action at the
Battle of the Aisne on 20 Sept. following. His company commander,
Capt. Chichester, wrote of him: “He was in the trenches at the time,
defending a position, and was watching a charge of our men on his left
front, and had turned round to tell his men to cease fire, in case they
hit any of their own side, when he was shot in the head, death being
instantaneous. He was a gallant fellow and a good officer; his death is
much deplored.” He was buried on the ridge above Vernieul; _unm._
[Illustration: =Colin L. Mackenzie.=]
=MACKENZIE, CORTLANDT GRAHAM GORDON=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal
Scots Fusiliers, _s._ of Henry Gordon Mackenzie, of 31, Walmer
Road, Toronto, Canada, Barrister-at-Law of the Inner Temple, London,
by his wife, Beatrix Kathleen, dau. of the late Alexander Donovan, of
Framfield Place, Uckfield, co. Sussex, J.P., and grandson of the late
Gordon Gates Mackenzie, of Montreal; _b._ Toronto, 3 Nov. 1889;
educ. Upper Canada College, Toronto, and the Royal Military College,
Kingston; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Scots Fusiliers, 30 Aug. 1911, and
promoted Lieut., 17 Feb. 1912; went to France with his regt. about 30
Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Gheluvelt, near Ypres, 29 Oct.
1914, and was buried there; _unm._ His eldest brother, Lieut. G.
A. G. Mackenzie, was killed at Festubert (see following notice), and
his yst. brother, Lieut. John G. Mackenzie, is in the 92nd Highlanders,
Canadian Expeditionary Force.
[Illustration: =C. G. G. Mackenzie.=]
=MACKENZIE, GORDON ALEXANDER GORDON=, Lieut., 16th Battn.
(Canadian Scottish) Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._
of Henry Gordon Mackenzie, of 31, Walmer Road, Toronto, Canada,
Barrister-at-Law, of the Inner Temple, London, by his wife, Beatrix
Kathleen, dau. of the late Alexander Donovan, of Framfield Place,
Uckfield, co. Sussex, J.P., and grandson of the late Gordon Gates
Mackenzie, of Montreal; _b._ Toronto, 22 Aug. 1882; educ. Ridley
College, St. Catherine’s, Ontario, and at the Royal Military College,
Kingston; joined the Queen’s Own Rifles, Toronto, about 1901, being
placed on the Reserve of Officers about 1907, and when the war broke
out was fruit farming in British Columbia. He immediately offered his
services and was appointed to the 30th (British Columbia) Battn., being
afterwards transferred to the 16th Battn. He came over with the second
contingent, Feb. 1915; went to France about 1 May, and was killed at
Festubert, 21 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Gordon A. G. Mackenzie.=]
=MACKENZIE, JAMES, V.C.=, Private, No. 8185, 2nd Battn. Scots
Guards, _s._ of the late Alexander Mackenzie, by his wife, Marion,
dau. of Hugh Miller, of Meikle, Borneleugh, Irongray, Dumfries, Farmer;
_b._ West Glen, New Abbey, Kirkcudbrightshire, 2 April, 1889;
educ. Laurieknowe Public School, Maxwelltown; enlisted 16 Feb. 1912;
killed in action at Rouges Bancs, France, at 2 p.m. 19 Dec. 1914, while
acting as stretcher-bearer, in a brave endeavour to bring in a wounded
comrade. For a similar act of bravery on the same day he was awarded
the Victoria Cross, 18 Feb. following, the official record stating:
“For conspicuous bravery at Rouges Bancs, on 19 Dec., in rescuing a
severely wounded man from the front of the German trenches, under a
very heavy fire, and after a stretcher-bearer party had been compelled
to abandon the attempt. Private Mackenzie was subsequently killed on
that day whilst in performance of a similar act of gallant conduct.”
A comrade wrote: “He was returning to the trenches along with me and
another stretcher-bearer when it occurred. We had only two or three
cases that morning, so the last one was taken by us three. After we
took the wounded soldier to hospital, we returned to see if there were
any more. There was a very dangerous place to pass. I went first,
followed by another, then James came behind, which caused his death.
He was shot in the heart by a sniper, and only lived five minutes.” A
memorial tablet, erected by friends in the Burgh of Maxwelltown and
parishioners of Troqueer, was placed in the east vestibule of Troqueer
Parish Church. A portrait has also been hung in his old school.
[Illustration: =James Mackenzie.=]
=MACKENZIE, JAMES=, L.-Sergt., No. 806, 15th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of the late John Mackenzie, Coachman, by
his wife, Annie, dau. of John McKenzie; _b._ Strathpeffer, co.
Ross, 10 June, 1881; educ. Lochbroom Public School, and after working
for some time in an engineering shop in Glasgow, went to Queensland
about 1902, and was employed there in well sinking; volunteered on the
outbreak of war and enlisted in Sept. 1914; went to Egypt in Dec.; took
part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed
in action there, 23 May following. He was a widower; _s.p._ On
hearing of his death, his brother William enlisted in the R.G.A., and
is now (1916) on active service.
=MACKENZIE, KEITH BETHUNE=, Capt., 2nd. attd. 1st Battn. Seaforth
Highlanders, attd. 1st Gordon Highlanders, elder _s._ of the late
James MacKenzie, of Daresbury, Malvern, Worcestershire, by his wife,
Jane (Woodham House, Horsell, Woking), only dau. of the Rev. Neil
Bethune, of Thamesford, Ontario; _b._ Shanghai, China, 1 Dec.
1879; educ. Malvern College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. from the Militia,
5 Jan. 1901, and promoted Lieut., 5 April, 1904, and Capt., 3 June,
1911; served in the South African War, 1900–2, taking part in the
operations in Cape Colony, Aug. 1900–Jan. 1902; Orange Free State,
Jan.-March, 1902; and in the Transvaal, March-May, 1902 (Queen’s medal
with five clasps); and with the Expeditionary Force in France and
Flanders, 14 Oct.-12 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Hooge,
near Ypres, 12 Nov. 1914. He was buried at Hooge. He was a Knight of
the Saxe Ernestine Family Order. He _m._ at St. Giles’ Cathedral,
Edinburgh, 22 Jan. 1912, Louise, dau. of the late James Scott, of
Craigholme, Edinburgh; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Keith B. MacKenzie.=]
=MACKENZIE, KENNETH=, Blacksmith, 342118, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost
when that ship was sunk by a mine about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=McKENZIE, WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 8876, 2nd Battn. Seaforth
Highlanders, eldest _s._ of William McKenzie, of 5, Ritchie Place,
Edinburgh, by his wife, Helen, dau. of Robert Stuart, of Logie-Almond,
Perthshire; _b._ Edinburgh, 8 Oct. 1886; educ. Fountainbridge
Public School, Edinburgh; enlisted, 20 Aug. 1904; went to France with
his battn., 21 Aug. 1914, and was wounded at Hazebrouck, 13 Oct. 1914,
and invalided home, but returned to the Front, 19 Jan. 1915. Early on
the morning of 25 April, 1915, the 10th Brigade, in which were the
2nd Seaforths, received orders to retake the village of St. Julien,
which had been captured by the enemy on the previous day. The attack
was pushed up to the very edge of the houses, when it was checked by a
murderous maxim-gun fire. The 10th Brigade suffered terrible losses and
Sergt. McKenzie was mortally wounded. He was removed to the Dressing
Station at Hazebrouck, where he died early the following morning (the
26th). He was buried near a burned farmhouse to the left of the St.
Jean-St. Julien road, 1,000 yards south of St. Julien. Sergt. McKenzie
_m._ at Edinburgh, 18 May, 1909, Annie (2, Roseburn Street,
Murravfield, Edinburgh), dau. of Henry Dunnet, and had a dau., Marion
Margot Stuart, _b._ 15 Aug. 1912.
[Illustration: =William McKenzie.=]
=MACKEY, HARRY=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 789), late R.M.A.
5753, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MACKIE, REGINALD ERNEST=, Lieut. and posthumous Capt., 1/4th
Battn. Royal Scots (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of the late Councillor James
Wyse Mackie, J.P., of the firm of I. W. Mackie & Sons, Ltd., Princes
Street, Edinburgh, by his wife, Caroline Elizabeth (16, Greenhill
Gardens, Edinburgh), dau. of the late John Burnett; _b._
Edinburgh, 6 July, 1884; educ. George Watson’s College, Edinburgh, and
studied at the Surgeon’s Hall, and then entered his father’s firm. He
joined the Queen’s Own Edinburgh Rifles, which on the formation of the
Territorial Force became the 1/4th Battn. Royal Scots, in 1907, and on
10 March, 1910, having passed in tactics and obtained a certificate
from the School of Instruction, was gazetted Lieut. On the outbreak
of war, he volunteered for Imperial service; left with his battn. for
the Dardanelles, Saturday, 22 May, and was killed in the attack on
the Saghir Dere, Gallipoli, 28 June, 1915; _unm._ He went out as
Capt., but was not gazetted until after death, and to rank as from 26
May, 1915.
[Illustration: =Reginald E. Mackie.=]
=MACKIE, ROBERT COLE=, Private, No. 6/499, 2nd South Canterbury
Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force; _b._ Cathcart, Glasgow, 26
Feb. 1885; educ. Public School there; went to New Zealand; volunteered
on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined the 2nd South
Canterbury Regt.; left for Egypt with the main force in Oct.; took part
in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in
action there between that date and 1 May; _unm._
=McKINNON, ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 537, 1st Australian Light
Horse, 2nd _s._ of Alexander McKinnon, of Brownhill, Pitglassie,
Turriff, co. Aberdeen, Farmer, by his wife, Annie, dau. of Myles
Morrison; _b._ Easter Elchies, co. Moray, 13 Aug. 1882; educ.
Craigellachie and Aberlour Secondary School; was a Coppersmith; went to
Australia in 1912, and settled in Queensland. He joined the Scottish
Horse on the outbreak of the Boer War in 1899, and served with that
corps in South Africa, and when the European War began in Aug. 1914,
he enlisted in the 1st Australian Light Horse, and died in hospital
at Malta, 1 Sept. 1915, of wounds received in Gallipoli on or about 8
Aug.; _unm._
=MACKINNON, CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7581),
S.S. 102965, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=MACKINTOSH, JAMES LAWTON=, Lieut., attd. 1st Battn. Highland
Light Infantry, yr. surviving _s._ of the late Hugh Mackintosh, of
Braeval, Nairn, Shipowner, by his wife, Henrietta (12, Northumberland
Street, Edinburgh), dau. of Richard Lawton; _b._ Nairn, 4 Jan.
1895; educ. Nairn Academy, Edinburgh Academy, and the Royal Military
College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the unattd. List, Indian
Army, 8 Aug. 1914, and was given a temporary lieutenancy in the 1st
Highland L.I., Dec. 1914; went to France, 26 March, 1915, and was
killed in action at the 2nd Battle of Ypres, 1 May, 1915; _unm._
Buried near Ypres. Lieut.-Col. Hill, of the 1st Highland L.I.. wrote:
“I had recognised his rare promise as an officer and he had endeared
himself to all. He was leading his platoon in the attack when he was
shot in the head, and died at once, without any pain.”
=MACKIRDY, PETER MACKAY=, Lieut.-Commander. R.N.V.R., Anson Battn.
Royal Naval Division, twin _s._ of Robert MacKirdy, of Greenock
and Glasgow, Sugar Broker, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Peter Mackay
of Greenock; _b._ Greenock, 1 Sept. 1888; educ. Collegiate School,
Greenock; was an Engineer; Sub-Lieut., R.N.V.R., 17 July, 1910; Lieut.,
10 April, 1913. and Lieut.-Commander, 10 April, 1913; died of wounds
received in action at the Dardanelles, 29 May, 1915; _unm._ His
twin brother. Capt. R. F. MacKirdy, was killed in action there, 12 July
following (see next notice).
=MACKIRDY, ROBERT FINGLAND=, Capt., 5th Battn. Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.). twin _s._ of Robert MacKirdy, of
Greenock and Glasgow, Sugar Broker, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of
Peter Mackay, of Greenock; _b._ Greenock, 1 Sept. 1888; educ.
Collegiate School, Greenock, and was a Commission Agent; joined the
5th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), 22 March, 1907; became
2nd Lieut., 23 March, 1908; Lieut., 20 Jan. 1912. and Capt., 1 Nov.
1914; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war; left for
Southampton; went to the Dardanelles, 3 June, 1915, and was killed in
action there, 12 July, 1915; _unm._
=MACKLIN, ALFRED HENRY=, Private, No. 5064, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards; eldest _s._ of William Macklin, of Long Street, Enford,
near Pewsey, by his wife. Emily, dau. of the late John Cox; _b._
Enford, Wilts, 18 Oct. 1881; educ. there, enlisted on or about 4 Aug.
1903; killed in action at La Bassée, 25 Dec. 1914, and buried close
to the west wall of the brewery at Givinchy. He _m._ at Enford,
1 Aug. 1908, Ellen Beatrice (Enford, Pewsey, Wilts), dau. of William
Eyres, of Enford, Pewsey, and had a son, Reginald William, _b._ 24
June, 1909.
=MACKRELL, THOMAS=, Canteen Manager. H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MACKWORTH, FRANCIS JULIAN AUDLEY=, Major, Royal Artillery, 3rd
_s._ of the late Col. Sir Arthur William Mackworth, 6th Bart.,
R.E., C.B., D.L., J.P., by his wife, Alice, dau. of Joseph Cubitt, of
Park Street, Westminster, C E.; _b._ Clifton, Bristol, 15 Sept.
1876; educ. Cathedral School, Llandaff, Malvern College (scholar)
and Selwyn College, Cambridge (scholar, Mathematical Tripos, 1898);
gazetted 2nd Lieut. 24 June, 1898; promoted Lieut. 16 Feb. 1901, Capt.
15 April, 1906, and Major 30 Oct. 1914; was employed with the West
African Frontier Force from 2 April, 1904, to 25 June, 1908; passed
into the Staff College in 1909; was Adjutant, 26th Brigade, R.F.A.,
from Feb. 1912 to Sept. 1913, and Brigade Major, R.A., 3rd Division,
Oct. 1913 to the time of his death; went to France, 16 Aug. 1914, and
was killed in action near La Couture, Pas de Calais, 1 Nov. 1914.
Buried at Fosse, Pas de Calais. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John
(now Lord) French’s Despatch of 8 Oct. [London Gazette, 19 Oct.],
1914. He _m._ at Llantilio, Pertholey, co. Monmouth. 4 Aug. 1910,
Dorothy Conran (The Mardy. Abergavenny), only dau. of Arthur Hastings
Lascelles, and had two daus.: Cecily Joan, _b._ 15 Aug. 1911; and
Helen Margaret, _b._ 18 Feb. 1914. His eldest brother, Capt. Digby
Mackworth, was killed in action at Ladysmith in Jan. 1900. His yr.
brother, Capt. Harry Llewelyn Mackworth, D.S.O., is now (1916) at the
Front with the Australian troops. Another, Commander Geoffrey Mackworth
is in the R.N.; and Capt. John Mackworth is (1916) on active service
with the Royal Flying Corps.
[Illustration: =Francis J. A. Mackworth.=]
=McLARDY, HENRY=, Staff Sergt.-Major, No. 1122, 8th Otago
Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Donald McLardy,
of Glasgow, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of the late (--) Slater;
_b._ Glasgow, 26 June, 1875; educ. there; enlisted in the Gordon
Highlanders at Glasgow. 4 Aug. 1891; served in Chitral, 1895, including
the attack on, and capture of, Dargai Heights; and through the South
African War. 1899–1902, and received the Queen’s medal with four bars
(Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast) and the
King’s medal with two bars (1901–02). He then returned to India, was
present at the Delhi Durbar (medal), and obtained his discharge, 31
Aug. 1910, with the rank of Sergt. after 19 years’ service with the
Colours, seven of which were abroad. He went to New Zealand the same
year and joined the Defence Staff as Drill Instructor Sergt.-Major,
and on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, volunteered
for foreign service and left for Egypt with the main body of the
New Zealand Expeditionary Force. He took part in the landing at
the Dardanelles, 25–26 April, and was killed in a bayonet charge
on Walker’s Ridge on the night of 2 May, 1915, being buried in the
Infantry Cemetery at the foot of that ridge. He _m._ at Oamaru,
Otago, New Zealand, 28 Feb. 1913, Elizabeth (Nen Street. Oamaru, Otago,
New Zealand), eldest dau. of the late John Fraser, and had two sons:
Donald Gordon, _b._ 1 Dec. 1913; and Henry Thomas, _b._ 17
Jan. 1915.
[Illustration: =Henry McLardy.=]
=MCLAREN, ERIC ANDREW=, Private, No. 12/1740. A Coy,. 3rd
Auckland Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th _s._ of
Thomas McLaren, of Waitahuna, Miner (_b._ in Ireland), by his
wife, Margaret, dau. of Andrew Chapman; _b._ Waitahuna, Otago,
New Zealand, 11 July, 1891; educ. Union Street School, Dunedin, and
Richmond Road School, Auckland; enlisted 14 Dec. 1914; left for Egypt
with the third reinforcements, 13 Feb.; took part in the landing at the
Dardanelles 25 April, and was killed in action at Daisy Patch. Cape
Hellas, Gallipoli, 8 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Eric Andrew McLaren.=]
=MACLEAN, ALISTAIR ALLAN=, Private, No. 1730, 14th Battn. (The
London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.); 3rd _s._ of Alexander
Maclean, of Gordon Hall, Kingussie, co. Inverness, Farmer, by his wife,
Margery, dau. of Finlay McGillivray; _b._ Gordon Hall aforesaid,
4 May, 1894; educ. Kinguissie Higher Grade School; was a Clerk in the
London Branch of the Bank of Montreal; joined the London Scottish in
1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug.
1914; went to France, 15 Sept.; was wounded at the First Battle of
Ypres, 11 Nov. 1914, during the famous charge of the London Scottish,
and died at Poperinghe three days later, 14 Nov.; _unm._ He was
buried at Poperinghe.
[Illustration: =Alistair Allan Maclean.=]
=MACLEAN, ANDREW DE VERE=, Capt., 1st Battn. East Surrey Regt.,
only surviving _s._ of Kaid Sir Harry Maclean, of Tangier,
Morocco; _b._ Morocco City, 18 Oct. 1882; educ. Wellington; and
served with the Militia in the South African War. 1901–02 (Queen’s
medal with five clasps); and was gazetted 2nd Lieut, to the 1st East
Surreys, 28 April, 1902. He was promoted Lieut. 2 April, 1904. and
Capt. 1910, and retired 23 April, 1913, when he joined the Special
Reserve. He rejoined his Battn., in Dublin, on the outbreak of war;
went with the 14th Brigade to France, and was killed in action at
Missy-sur-Aisne, 19 Sept. 1914, and was buried there. He _m._ at
Bombay, 20 Nov. 1907, Dulce (Westlands, Ewhurst, Surrey), only dau. of
the late Major-Gen. T. J. Maclachlan, R.H.A.; _s.p._
=MACLEAN, ANGUS ROBERT=, Private, 1363, 1st Battn. Australian
Imperial Force. 3rd _s._ of Angus Maclean, of Korrumburra,
Victoria, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of George McGregor; _b._
Deep Creek, Victoria, 16 June, 1889; volunteered on the outbreak of war
and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914; served in
Egypt and at the Dardanelles, took part in the landing and was killed
in action there, 17 July, 1915; _unm._
=MCLEAN, CHARLES=, Private, No. 2583, 2nd Battn. (Prince of Wales’
Volunteers) South Lancashire Regt., _s._ of Michael McLean; _b._
Liverpool, 34 years ago; educ. St. Sylvester School, Liverpool;
enlisted following the outbreak of war, 11 Aug. 1914, and died of
wounds received in action at Neuve Chapelle, 13 March, 1915; buried
Bailleul Cemetery. He _m._ Liverpool, 8 Aug. 1906, Sarah, dau. of Felix
Grimes, of Liverpool, and had five children: Michael, _b._ 2 June.
1907; Felix, _b._ 17 March. 1909; Gerard, _b._ 15 Jan. 1913; Sarah,
_b._ 14 March, 1911; and Mary, _b._ 8 April, 1915.
=MCLEAN, WILLIAM=, Seaman, R.N.R., R.N.R. 5329A, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea. 22 Sept. 1914.
=MACLEHOSE, NORMAN CRAWFORD=, Lieut., 8th Battn. (Post Office
Rifles) London Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of Norman Macmillan
MacLehose, of 18, Harley Street, London, W., and of Little Heath,
Berkhamsted, Herts, M.B., Ophthalmic Surgeon, by his wife, Olive, dau.
of the late Alexander Macmillan, Publisher; _b._ London, 21 April,
1889; educ. at Rugby, where he was “King’s Medallist,” and at Balliol
College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A., with 2nd Class honours in
Modern History, 1911; was a student of the Inner Temple and a member
of the staff of the “Umpire’s Office” in connection with the Insurance
Act (Part II for Unemployment). For some time after leaving Oxford he
resided at, and worked for, Toynbee Hall, and he kept up his connection
with that institution until the war broke out. He joined the Inns of
Court O.T.C. in 1912, and in the following year obtained a commission
as 2nd Lieut. in the Post Office Rifles. On the outbreak of war he
volunteered for foreign service, and was promoted Lieut., 19 Aug. 1914.
He left for France with his battn. in March, 1915, and was killed in
action at Festubert on 26 May following; _unm._ He was buried at
Lindez Farm, Festubert. In a letter written a few days before his death
he said; “Well, the war is a bad business, but there are compensations.
People had so often told us the race was degenerate that I had almost
begun to wonder whether it was not true, but I know now.... Some of our
fellow’s used to grouse and seem soft in England, but there is no doubt
about them here. They are made of the right stuff, as I believe the
whole nation is.” His commanding officer wrote of him: “He was a very
valuable officer and will be greatly missed”; and a brother officer
said: “His men loved him.”
[Illustration: =Norman C. Maclehose.=]
=MACLENNAN, IAN DOUGLAS=, Sergt., No. 2690, 5th Battn., Seaforth
Highlanders (T.F.), only _s._ of the Rev. George Robert Maclennan,
M.A., Parish Minister of Thurso, by his late wife, Barbara Johnston,
dau. of the late Robert Johnston, Jeweller, Glasgow; _b._
Campbeltown, co. Argyle, 16 April. 1894; educ. St James School, and
George Watson’s College, Edinburgh; won the medal for junior vocalists
at the “mod” of “An Comunn Gaidhealach” in 1907; and on leaving
Edinburgh in 1911 entered the Thurso Branch of the Commercial Bank of
Scotland, and was an active and enthusiastic worker in his father’s
church at Thurso. He joined the 5th Battn., Seaforth Highlanders (T.F.)
in May, 1911; volunteered on the outbreak of war for foreign service;
was promoted Sergt. 19 April, 1915; went to France on the following
Saturday, and was killed in action at 6.30 on the evening of 15 June,
1915, in an attack upon the German trenches a few miles N.N.E.,
Festubert; _unm._ His chaplain, the Rev. D. Macfarlane, wrote:
“Sergt. Maclennan was killed in action last night when our battn.
had severe losses. His coy. (C) was chosen to lead an attack, and he
with several others, among them two of the officers, were cut down by
machine gun and shell fire. He always willingly led the praise for me
at the coy. services. On Friday afternoon I had a service with his coy.
in preparation for the trench work and its hazards, and he led the
hymns for us so lustily. He was an influence for good among the men,
and was most highly respected and beloved by his own coy.” A comrade
wrote: “Everyone here has great reason in feeling very proud of Ian. I
saw him last just before we left the trench to charge, and as usual, he
was cheerily talking to us and looking as cool as could possibly be. It
is a comfort for you to know that Ian’s remains have had a very decent
burial just behind the trench from which we charged, and a Sergt. from
B Coy. has put up a very neat cross on the grave.” Another comrade paid
the following tribute to his memory: “Happiness was one of his great
possessions, he was never downhearted. He was one to march with or to
rest with, a man in a hundred to fight alongside, for he had the two
essential qualities of a good comrade--great spirits, and ceaseless
unselfishness. His death, like his life, was a glorious one, and I am
sure that he met it as he met good and bad fortune alike--with a smile.”
[Illustration: =Ian Douglas Maclennan.=]
=MACLEOD, ALASTAIR RODERICK=, Lieut., “Y” Battery, R.H.A., yr.
_s._ of Simon John Fraser Macleod, of 26, Albert Hall Mansions,
Kensington. S.W., K.C., one of H.M. Commissioners of the Board of
Control, by his wife, Catherine Florence, dau. of the late William
Nelson, of Salisbury Green, Edinburgh; _b._ 44, Gloucester
Place, Hyde Park, W., 20 Jan. 1892; educ. Cheltenham, and the Royal
Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut., R.F.A., 23 Dec. 1911;
appointed to 135th Battery, and promoted Lieut. 23 Dec. 1914. He
proceeded with his battery to France in Aug. 1914, his brigade being
attached to the 4th Division, and took part in the memorable retreat
from Mons to Melan, and subsequently in the general advance and the
Battles of the Marne and the Aisne. While on observation duty for
his battery in our first line trenches near Le Gheir before daybreak
on the morning of 21 Oct., the trenches were captured by a battn. of
the 104th Saxon Regt. and he himself and some 40 men made prisoners.
They were well treated by their captors and placed in the cellars of
a convent for protection from the bombardment of their own guns, and
later in the day, when a counter-attack recovered the lost trenches,
were released. In Nov. he was wounded by shrapnel in the shoulder and
got concussion from the effects of high explosive shells, and was
invalided home. He rejoined at Woolwich in Jan. 1915, and getting his
“jacket” was in March appointed to “Y” Battery, R.H.A., and proceeded
to the Dardanelles with the 29th Division. He was mortally wounded at
Beach W, Gallipoli, 25 April, 1915. Having been selected on 23 April
by the officer in command of the R.H.A., of the Division to act as
observation officer to certain of the ships, whose guns were to cover
the landing of the troops near Cape Helles, he, with his servant and
five signallers, went on board the Caledonia, and on the morning of the
25th he and his men landed with the Lancashire Fusiliers at Beach W,
between Capes Tekke and Helles, to control and direct the fire of the
warships. Lieut. Macleod was the only R.H.A. officer to participate
in this gallant feat of arms. Our men suffered heavily while still on
the water, and, on landing, came up against unbroken lines of barbed
wire, while, from the cliffs, snipers and concealed machine-guns and
quick-firers rained death upon them. Lieut. Macleod and his signallers,
with the exception of one, who fell severely wounded directly he left
the boat, succeeded in crossing the beach and gaining some shelter on
the cliffs; but, in attempting to move forward to a more commanding
position, he was mortally wounded by a pom-pom bullet. Just after being
hit, he sent off a military message to the Fleet, ending with the
words: “I’m done for!” His servant, Gunner McCarthy, raised him up and
dragged him into some slight shelter, and he was within a short time
placed in a boat and taken to H.M.S. Euryalus, but died as he was being
lifted on board. He was buried at sea the following day together with
16 other officers, the Brigadier-General and all the officers of the
Headquarters’ staff being present; _unm._ The officer commanding
his battery in France wrote: “I had an extremely high opinion of the
boy, both as a friend and an officer, and the regt. has lost one of a
type which is rare to find. He combined every virtue that one could
wish to find; a charming companion, very popular with the officers and
equally so with the men, and they had a great respect for him. Hard
working, always thorough at his duties and keen on his profession, he
was an absolutely straight gentleman. His one fault I fear may have
been his undoing, and that was his total disregard for his own safety”;
and the Colonel commanding the R.H.A. Brigade at the Dardanelles wrote:
“He had a particular charm about him with his very boyish appearance
and manner, and I had taken a great liking to him. His selection for
so important a job is a sufficient proof of what was thought of him
as an officer. The desperate enterprise succeeded on that beach, and
you, with many others, will have your grief tempered by pride in one of
the most glorious achievements of this war.” Lieut. Macleod was a fine
rider, and on 25 April, 1914--exactly a year before his death--won the
Bar Point-to-Point Open Steeplechase on his own horse in a field of 23.
He was known to his intimates as “Hamish.”
[Illustration: =Alastair R. Macleod.=]
=McLEOD, ARCHIBALD ALASTAIR=, Capt., 1st Battn. Gloucester Regt.,
3rd _s._ of the late Lieut.-Gen. William Kelty McLeod, Col., The
Highland L.I., by his wife, Emilie Godfrey, dau. of the late James
Thomson, of Gibraltar, nephew of the late Lieut.-Gen. Sir John McLeod,
G.C.B., Col., Black Watch, and gdson. of the late Col. Alexander
McLeod, C.B., 61st Regt.; _b._ Singapore, 3 June, 1877; educ.
Wimbledon School, the Oxford Military College, and the Royal Military
College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Gloucestershire
Regt., 8 Sept. 1897, and promoted Lieut. 24 Feb. 1900, and Capt. 13
Oct. 1905; served (1) in the South African War, 1900–02, was employed
with Mounted Infantry, took part in relief of Kimberley operations
in the Orange Free State, Feb. to May, 1900, including actions at
Paardeberg (17–26 Feb.), Poplar Grove, Dreifontein, Houtnek (Thoba
Mountain), Vet River (5–6 May) and Zand River, operations in the
Transvaal, May and June, 1900, including actions near Johannesburg,
Pretoria and Diamond Hill (11–12 June), operations in the Transvaal,
west of Pretoria, July to 29 Nov. 1900, operations in Orange River
Colony, May to 29 Nov. 1900, including actions at Wittebergen (1–29
July), Bothaville, Caledon River (27–29 Nov.), in Cape Colony, south
of Orange River, 1900, and in Cape Colony, north of Orange River,
operations in Orange River Colony, 30 Nov. 1900 to Aug. 1901, and Oct.
1901 to 31 May, 1902, and operations in Cape Colony, Feb. to March,
1901, and Sept, to Oct. 1901 (Queen’s medal with six clasps, King’s
medal with two clasps); (2) in Nigeria being employed with West African
Frontier Force, 29 Sept. 1906 to 1908, when he joined 1st Battn.; and
(3) with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 1914; went
to the Front with the 1st Division, was present at the Battles of
the Aisne and the Marne, and was killed in action while leading his
Coy. in an attack on a farm held by tin-Germans, 2 Nov. 1914. Capt.
McLeod was distinguished in musketry, and had the Special Certificate
of signalling granted to him at Pretoria in June, 1904. His Coy.
were winners of the Douglas Shield (a Regimental trophy) in 1912. His
recreations were hunting, polo and shooting. He _m._ at the Chapel
Royal, Savoy, 18 June, 1914, Marie Jeanette Amelia, yst. dau. of Lord
Henry Fitzwarrine Chichester, and gdson. of Edward, 4th Marquis of
Donegall; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Archibald A. McLeod.=]
=MACLEOD, DAVID FERGUSON=, L.-Corpl. No. 270, 1st Battn.
Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of the late David Ferguson
Macleod, of 29, Polworth Gardens, Edinburgh, and of the General
Post Office, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of Henry John Gibson,
Aberdeenshire; _b._ Edinburgh, 12 Sept. 1889; educ. George
Heriot’s School; went to Australia, Oct. 1913, and settled at Sydney,
New South Wales; was a Secretary; joined the Australian Imperial Force
on the outbreak of the European War; took part in the landing at the
Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and died on the hospital ship Devanha, 10
Aug. 1915, of wounds received in action after Lone Pine, 9 Aug. 1915;
_unm._ He was buried at sea 10 miles south-east of Mudros Harbour,
Lemnos Island.
=MACLEOD, IAN BREAC=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Black Watch, only
_s._ of the Rev. Roderick Charles Macleod, Vicar of Mitford,
Morpeth, by his wife, Katharine Louisa, dau. of the Rev. William
Edward Jelf, of Caerdeon, Dolgelly, and gdson. of Norman Macleod of
Macleod, of Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye, J.P., D.L., 22nd chief of
his clan; _b._ Bolney, co. Sussex, 4 Sept. 1893; educ. Harrow,
and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the
Black Watch, 4 Sept. 1912, and promoted Lieut. 9 Sept. 1914; joined
the 2nd Battn. in India, Nov. 1912, with it went to France in Oct.
1914, and was killed in action in the trenches near Neuve Chapelle, 17
April, 1915; _unm._ Buried in the cemetery at Veille Chapelle.
Col. Harvey wrote: “Your son was a most excellent young officer, and
since the Battn. has been in France he has done most sterling work,
especially when his Coy. Commander was wounded before Christmas--a time
which tried all ranks very highly. Your son was killed while he was
carrying out his duties in the trenches, and I understand died without
pain.” And Major Wauchope: “Believe me that for all great and important
qualities such as truthfulness, courage, kindliness, a most ready
sympathy (most rare in one so young), consistent unselfishness--in all
these he was, I believe, superior to most.... I have seen no one more
cool and collected in hours of great danger.... As his Capt., and I do
indeed trust as his friend, I can say there are few indeed I know who
have qualities that are so ‘becoming to an officer and a gentleman.’
You can guess how all the men loved ‘Mr. I. B.’ All who knew him,
officers and men, mourn his loss. I do not think he ever had an unkind
thought for anyone, but it is only since the war began I understood his
value as an officer.”
[Illustration: =Ian Breac Macleod.=]
=McLEOD, DUNCAN=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 9671), S.S. 201449,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct 1914.
=MACLEOD, TORQUIL HARRY LIONEL=, Midshipman, R.N., H.M.S. Goliath,
2nd _s._ of Roderick Willoughby Macleod, of Invergordon Castle
and Cadboll, co. Cromarty, and 10, Ovington Gardens, London, formerly
Capt., Cameron Highlanders (who served in the Egyptian Campaign of
1882), by his wife, Alice Olivia, 2nd dau. of Edward Tierney Gilchrist
Darell; _b._ Invergordon Castle, aforesaid, 11 Sept. 1899:
educ. Hillbrow, Eastbourne, and the Royal Naval Colleges, Osborne
and Dartmouth; joined H.M.S. Goliath as a Naval Cadet, 1 Aug. 1914,
and was drowned when that battleship was sunk by a torpedo from a
Turkish destroyer in the Dardanelles, 12 May, 1915. His Commander, H.
Peel-Ritchie, V.C., wrote of him: “All the time he was my A.D.C. I had
every reason to be more than pleased with his keenness and zeal and the
cheery way he did everything. He was a great favourite with officers
and men, and I feel sure that, as he had made such a very good start,
he would very quickly have made his mark in the Service.”
[Illustration: =Torquil H. L. Macleod.=]
=McLOUGHLIN, FRANCIS=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 3640, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=McMILLAN, ALEXANDER=, Driver, No. 5/692 A., New Zealand Army
Service Corps, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of
the late Archibald McMillan, Farmer, by his wife (--), dau. of Andrew
Gilmour, of Waipawa, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, Engineer and Surveyor;
_b._ Kumeroa, 26 Feb. 1888; educ. Waipawa District High School;
enlisted on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, left for Egypt with the
Main Expeditionary Force, and died of enteric fever, 3 Nov. 1915,
in the 17th General Hospital, Alexandria, and was buried there;
_unm._ He was a most prominent cricketer and Rugby football
player, and prior to his departure from New Zealand represented the
New Zealand Expeditionary Force in a football match against the
Christchurch Rugby Team.
=McMILLAN, JAMES=, Blacksmith (Pensioner), 163582, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=McMULLEN, THOMAS=. Sergt., No. 7360, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, yst. _s._ of the late William McMullen, of 40, Bell
Street, Sunderland, Labourer, by his wife, Emily, dau. of Richard
Copping; _b._ Sunderland, 8 May, 1889; educ. St. Joseph’s there
and Albert Road School, Darlington; was a Shipyard Labourer; enlisted,
28 July, 1908, and reached the rank of Sergt. after about five years’
service; went to France with his battn. in Aug. 1914; took part in the
Battle of Mons and the other engagements in which the 2nd Coldstreams
so greatly distinguished themselves, and was mentioned in Field-Marshal
Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22
June], 1915, for gallant conduct in the field. He was killed in action
at Cuinchy, 1 Feb. 1915, in the same affair in which L.-Corpl. Michael
O’Leary, 7th Irish Guards, won the V.C. Buried at Cuinchy; _unm._
Immediately the news of his death was received, one of his brothers,
John McMullen, a married man with three children, enlisted in the Royal
Engineers, in order that the family might still be represented in the
Army, but was invalided out after six months’ service.
[Illustration: =Thomas McMullen.=]
=McMURRAN, HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7687), S.S.
103004, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=McNALLY, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9696), S.S.
107103, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=McNAMARA, JAMES=, A.B., 196451 (Dev.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=McNEALE, FRANK HANSFORD=, Petty Officer, Tele. 233305, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=McNEALY, MATTHEW=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 637), 281510,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=McNEILL, HENRY GEORGE=, Trooper, No. 735, 10th Australian Light
Horse, 3rd Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, 3rd _s._ of John
O’Brien McNeill, of 13, Diamond (--), Londonderry, by his wife,
Eleanor, dau. of Charles Howard Cullen, of Drumbawn, Newport, co.
Tipperary; _b._ Queenstown, co. Cork, 10 Jan. 1896; educ. there
and Mallow, co. Cork; went to Western Australia early in 1914 with
the intention of taking up farming, but gave this up on the outbreak
of the European War and joined the 10th Australian Light Horse at
Perth, 5 Jan. 1915; went to Egypt, 9 March, and, after training there,
volunteered to go as an Infantryman with his regt. to the Dardanelles;
served there from 14 May to 7 Aug. 1915, on which date he was killed in
action at Walker’s Ridge during the famous charge of the Light Horse.
A comrade wrote: “It was on the morning of 7 Aug. when our unlucky
regt. and another charged from Walker’s Ridge, and almost all got wiped
out. When we had to retire back to the trenches that we started from,
I looked for your son and to my sorrow could see him lying a few yards
out. I watched him for a few minutes and could not see him move. I
knew that he had given his life doing his bit. We could not get him in
until it got dark, as it was only 50 yards off the Turkish trenches and
it was death to show your hand over the trench. But that night we got
him and several more in and carried them down to our medical station.
We could not bury them that night, as we could not be spared from the
firing line for long, but the next night we carried your son down and
gave him a decent burial, our Army Chaplain reading the burial service
and saying a short prayer. We mounded his grave up with stones and put
a small wooden cross at the head of it with his name and regt. on it.”
His 2nd brother, Corpl. John Elder McNeill (No. 7266), serving with the
R.A.M.C., then attd. to the 2nd Inniskilling Fusiliers in France, was
officially announced to have been awarded the D.C.M. the same day as
his brother was killed, and his eldest brother, Gunner Charles Simpson
McNeill (No. 31907), Royal Garrison Artillery, is also at the Front. Of
his mother’s brothers, two served in the South African War and four are
now on active service.
[Illustration: =Henry George McNeill.=]
=MACNEILL, WILLIAM MACKINNON=, 2nd Lieut., 16th Lancers, 2nd
_s._ of the late Duncan Macneill, of Winchester House, Old Broad
Street, E.C., by his wife, Louisa Lucia, 4th dau. of Sir Andrew Agnew,
of Lochnaw Castle, 8th Baronet, Wigtonshire; _b._ Tyndale House,
Wimbledon Common, 7 March, 1890; educ. Repton; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to
the 16th Lancers (Special Reserve) from the Carmarthenshire Militia, 22
June, 1909; obtained his Pilot’s Certificate, qualifying to serve as a
flying officer, 1 Jan. 1913; went to France, Aug. 1914, and was killed
in action at Mont des Cats, near Hazebrouck, 12 Oct. 1914, being buried
in the Monastery there; _unm._
[Illustration: =William M. Macneill.=]
=MACNICOL, HORATIUS BONAR=, 2nd Lieut., 1/10th Royal Scots (T.F.),
elder _s._ of the late Rev. Duncan Clarke Macnicol, B.D., United
Free Church Minister of Stockbridge, Edinburgh, by his wife, Emily
Florence (74, Grange Loan, Edinburgh), dau. of the Rev. Horatius Bonar,
of Grange, Edinburgh, D.D.; _b._ Glasgow, 13 April, 1896; educ.
Edinburgh Academy, and Trent College, Derbyshire; gazetted 2nd Lieut.
to the 1/10th Royal Scots, 17 April, 1915, and was drowned in Belhaven
Bay, Dunbar, 30 July, 1915, in a gallant attempt to save a private
named Watson, of his battn., who had been seized with cramp; _unm._
[Illustration: =Horatius Bonar Macnicol.=]
=MACNIVEN, ROBERT=, Private, No. 606, 4th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force; a native of co. Lanark; served in Egypt and at the
Dardanelles; killed, 6–9 Aug. 1915.
=McNULTY, JAMES=, Private, No. 3385, 1st Battn. Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt.); a native of co. Sligo; served with the Expeditionary
Force in France, etc.; killed in action near Ypres, 15 May, 1915.
=McNULTY, PETER=, Private, No. 1455, 1/4th Battn. East Lancashire
Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late John McNulty (died 8 March, 1912),
by his wife, Ellen (37, Eldon Place, Blackburn), dau. of (--) Ingham;
_b._ Blackburn, 25 April, 1894; educ. St. Albans Higher Grade
School there; was an engineer; joined the Lancashire Territorials
in Nov. 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of
war in Aug. 1914; left for Egypt in Sept. following; served at the
Dardanelles, and died 1 July, 1915, of wounds received in action there;
_unm._ Buried in Cape Helles Cemetery.
[Illustration: =Peter McNulty.=]
=McPHERSON, DONALD=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./13741, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MACPHERSON, DUNCAN STUART ROSS=, Lieut., 7th, attd. 2/8th, Gurkha
Rifles, only child of Surgeon-Gen. William Grant Macpherson, Army
Medical Service, C.B., C.M.G., K.H.P., by his wife, Elizabeth Anne,
dau. of J. Clunas, of New Orleans and Nairn; _b._ Bushey Heath,
co. Herts, 23 Aug. 1889; educ. Westminster, Fettes College, and Royal
Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., unattd. List, 20
Jan. 1909; served his first year in India with the 2nd Black Watch;
was appointed to the Indian Army, 11 March, 1910, and promoted Lieut.
20 April, 1911; served in India with the 7th Gurkha Rifles at Quetta
and, during the winter of 1912–13, on the Persian Frontier; was in
England on leave when war was declared in Aug. 1914, and was appointed
Assistant Adjutant of the 8th (Service) Battn. The Black Watch at
Aldershot, where he took an active part in the training of the battn.
He went to France early in Nov. 1914, and was attd. to the 8th Gurkha
Rifles. They were in the trenches at Festubert until the night of 22
Nov., when they were relieved. Shortly afterwards the enemy attacked
and took the line of trenches they had handed over, and the battn.
was ordered to return and counter-attack on the 23rd; this they did,
eventually regaining the lost positions. It was during this attack that
Lieut. Macpherson was killed while in command of the leading coy.;
_unm._ Buried at Bethune. Lieut. Macpherson was a keen golfer and
polo player, and had passed the examination for promotion to Capt. with
distinction.
[Illustration: =Duncan S. R. Macpherson.=]
=MACPHERSON, JOHN=, Cadet, R.N., elder _s._ of John Lumsden
Macpherson, Lieut.-Col. commanding 7th (Reserve) Battn. The Gordon
Highlanders, T.D., Solicitor, by his wife, Mabel Jeanie, dau. of the
late Rev. Robert Nimmo Smith, L.L.D., Minister of the First Charge
of Haddington; _b._ St. Andrews, Fifeshire, 6 Nov. 1898; educ.
Clifton Bank, St. Andrews and privately; entered Osborne in Sept.
1911; joined H.M.S. Bulwark from Dartmouth on the outbreak of war, and
was lost when that ship was blown up at Sheerness on 26 Nov. 1914;
_unm._
[Illustration: =John Macpherson.=]
=McCRAE, GEORGE=, Capt., 6th Battn. Royal Scots (T.F.), attd.
1/4th Royal Scots, eldest _s._ of Col. Sir George McCrae, of
Torluish Grange, Edinburgh, Vice-President of the Local Government
Board for Scotland, and Commanding Officer 16th (Service) Battn.
Royal Scots, by his wife, Elizabeth Cameron, dau. of William Russell;
_b._ Edinburgh, 10 Dec. 1883; educ. George Watson’s College,
Edinburgh, and on leaving there entered his father’s firm, Messrs.
McCrae (Ltd.), Hosiers, of Princes Street, Edinburgh, of which he
became managing director. On 23 May, 1898, at the age of 15, he joined
the 4th Royal Scots (Volunteer), afterwards the 6th Royal Scots (T.F.),
as a bugler; he became a private, 23 May, 1901, 2nd Lieut., 12 June,
1901, Lieut., 22 April, 1903, and Capt., 26 Sept. 1905. Volunteering
for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war, he was transferred to the
1/4th Royal Scots and placed in charge of a double company. He left
with a draft of this battn. for the Dardanelles in April, 1915, and was
killed in action during an attack on the Turkish position on the Saghir
Dere, Gallipoli, on 28 June, 1915. He was first wounded in the leg,
but continued to lead his men on, until he was shot through the head
and killed instantly. He was buried in the battlefield. “A keen and
hard-working officer,” said the “Watsonian”; “his cheery and generous
disposition made him popular alike with men and officers. On the voyage
out, at a time of great danger, he insisted on giving his lifebelt to
a private. His men here, who are left, will miss him.” He _m._ at
Glasgow, 24 Sept. 1910, Jemima, dau. of Alexander Ross, of that city;
_s.p._ Two of his brothers are (1916) on active service, Lieut.
W. K. McCrae, in the 1st Lowland R.G.A., and Capt. K. McCrae, in the
Cameron Highlanders.
=MACRAE, IVOR ALEXANDER=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd, attd. 2nd, Battn.,
King’s Own Scottish Borderers, only _s._ of Donald MacDonald
MacRae, of Stenhouse, Thornhill, co. Dumfries, by his wife, Rosalie,
dau. of the late Edward Lloyd, of Sittingbourne; _b._ Stenhouse
aforesaid, 8 March, 1895; educ. Aldro, Eastbourne, and Harrow (The
Grove); gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Battn. K.O.S.B., 10 Jan. 1914,
and attached to the 2nd Battn. for training at Dublin, 14 April
following; went to France, 8 Sept. 1914, and died at Bethune, 14 Oct.
1914, of wounds received in action near Cuinchy, the previous day,
while leading his platoon. They had been ordered to drive the enemy
out from an entrenched position and during the attack nine-tenths of
his men were killed or wounded. He was buried in Bethune Cemetery;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Ivor Alexander MacRae.=]
=MACRAE, KENNETH CHARLES ERNEST=, L.-Corpl., No. 1348, 14th Battn.
(The London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of the
late Kenneth Macrae, of Durham Road, East Finchley, N.W., by his wife,
Frances Gertrude (18, White Hall Park, Hornsey Lane, N.), dau. of Henry
Double, of Ramsgate; _b._ Highgate, 5 June, 1893; educ. Highfield,
Muswell Hill; was a Civil Servant, Somerset House; joined the London
Scottish in Sept. 1910; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak
of war; went to France with his battn. in Sept. 1914, and died of
wounds in the 13th Hospital at Boulogne on 26 Nov. following. He was
shot in the spine by a German sniper at Ypres; _unm._
[Illustration: =Kenneth C. E. Macrae.=]
=MACRAE, VICTOR CHARLES JAMES=, Corpl., No. 5327, 4th Battn.
Gordon Highlanders (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Donald Macrae, of 123,
Blenheim Place, Aberdeen, formerly Station Master of Plockton,
Ross-shire, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Alexander Ferguson, of
Inverness, Goldsmith; _b._ Inverness, 12 Oct. 1892; educ. Plockton
Public School, Aberdeen Grammar School, and Aberdeen University, where
he graduated in classics with 1st Class honours and was captain of the
University Shinty Club and won his blue; had been in the Territorial
Battn. of the Gordon Highlanders but had retired. On the outbreak of
war he re-enlisted, 2 Oct. 1914; went to France, 22 Feb. 1915, and
was killed in action at Frierstraghte, Belgium, 21 April, 1915, while
succouring a wounded comrade; _unm._ His Commander wrote of him as
one of his best non-commissioned officers, and Major G. H. Smith, of
the 4th Gordons, wrote: “Your son was a brave soldier, and it was just
characteristic of him that he gave his life for his comrade. He was
shot through the heart while attempting to lift up a wounded comrade
and hold a cup of water for him to drink.”
=MACREIGHT, ARTHUR WILLIAM JAMES=, Lieut., 18th Battn. (London
Irish) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Albert Francis
Henry Macreight, of The Cottage, Gammaton, North Devon, by his wife,
Alma Jane, dau. of the late Joseph Ede Hamley; _b._ Kenython, St.
Just-in-Penwith, Cornwall, 21 Jan. 1892; educ. Worcester Royal Grammar
School, and H.M.S. Worcester, Thames Nautical Training College, and was
for 18 months a Cadet on board the British Indian steamship Chyebassa.
He joined the London Irish Rifles as 2nd Lieut. 9 June, 1913, on the
outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service, and went to the Front
with his regt., but was invalided home, and died at Bournemouth, 23
Nov. 1915, after undergoing several operations; _unm._
[Illustration: =Arthur W. J. Macreight.=]
=McSPARRON, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Private. No. 541, 2nd Battn.
Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of George McSparron, of
Straidarran, co. Derry, Farmer, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Matthew
Millar; _b._ Straid, afsd., 16 June, 1891; educ. Tyrglasson
National School; went to Australia in 1912, and was working in
Sydney when war broke out; volunteered and joined the Commonwealth
Expeditionary Force; left for Egypt, 18 Oct. 1914; took part in the
landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was wounded shortly
afterwards; returned to duty in June, and was killed in action in the
fight for the Lone Pine trenches, between 6–9 Aug. 1915; _unm._
=MACSWAN, ANGUS=, Private, No. 6247, 2nd Battn. Seaforth
Highlanders, 4th _s._ of the late Donald MacSwan, Diver to the
Leith Dock Commission, by his wife, Flora (139, Great Junction Street,
Leith), dau. of the late Ronald Macdonald, Registrar, of Sleat, Skye;
_b._ South Leith, 16 Dec. 1881; educ. Dr. Bell’s School there;
enlisted in the Seaforth Highlanders, 23 Aug. 1898; served with the 2nd
Battn. through the South African War, 1899–1902 (Queen’s medal with
three clasps and King’s medal with two clasps); after this campaign
transferred to the 1st Battn. in India; obtained his discharge, 28
Sept. 1905, and joined the Reserve; was called up on mobilisation in
Aug. 1914, and rejoined the 2nd Battn.; went to France, 16 Sept. 1914,
and was killed in action at St. Julien, 25 April, 1915, while acting
as orderly to the Capt. of B Coy.; _unm._ He was buried at a farm
close to where he fell. Private MacSwan was a good all-round sportsman;
was a marksman; a great footballer, and a member of the Regimental XI
when they were the champions of India in 1905.
[Illustration: =Angus MacSwan.=]
=McTURK, HORATIO ANDREW DAVID=, Trooper, No. 1269, Essex Yeomanry,
yst. _s._ of Robert McTurk, of Frieze Hall, South Weald,
Brentwood, Essex, Farmer, by his wife, Janet, dau. of John Crawford, of
Sproulston, co. Renfrew; _b._ Frieze Hall afsd., 12 March, 1896;
educ. High School, Brentwood; enlisted Sept. 1914; went to the Front,
Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres in the famous charge of
the 8th Cavalry Brigade, the 10th Hussars, the Blues and the Essex
Yeomanry, on 13 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Horatio A. D. McTurk.=]
=McVEIGH, GEORGE=, Seaman, R.N.R., 4826B, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=McVEY, JAMES=, Gunner, 11425, R.M.A., H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=McVITTIE, GEORGE HENRY=, 2nd Lieut. 2/4th Battn. The Border Regt.
(T.F.), eldest _s._ of Richard McVittie, of 34, Brunswick Square,
Penrith, Boot and Shoe Merchant, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Henry Hill,
of Carlisle; _b._ Penrith, 24 Sept., 1895; educ. Brunswick Road
Council School, Penrith; Penrith Grammar School (Sept. 1908 to July,
1914, Scholar), and Christ College, Cambridge (Exhibitioner); was given
a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Border Regt. 4 Jan. 1915; left for
India on 6 March, 1915, on H.M. Transport Dongola, and died on active
service on H.M. Transport Tunisian the following day of strain and
exposure caused by a collision between the Dongola and another ship in
the Bristol Channel. He was _unm._; and was buried at sea with
full Military honours off the Scilly Isles. Col. Haswell wrote: “It is
very sad that such a promising boy should be cut off so early, and the
only comfort I can give you is that he did not suffer any pain, but
quietly slept away. He was a good lad, keen at his work, and would have
made a good soldier. We wrapped him in the Union Jack this afternoon
(8 March), and buried him in the Atlantic.” While at the Grammar
School he passed the Oxford Junior Local in 1910, the Senior in 1911,
and took second-class honours in 1912. Having chosen the scholastic
profession, Mr. McVittie in March, 1913, took the teacher’s preliminary
certificate, with distinction in mathematics and geography, and taught
for a year at the Boys’ National School. Prior to going Cambridge he
was extremely anxious to respond to his country’s call and enlist as
a private, but as the arrangements for going to Cambridge had been
completed he went there and joined the Officers’ Training Corps. As a
boy he was an enthusiastic member of the Penrith Boy Scouts, and he was
also keenly interested in the Penrith Y.M.C.A.
[Illustration: =George H. McVittie.=]
=MACWHINNIE, NORMAN HENRY, D.C.M.=, Regimental Sergt.-Major, No.
5177, 2nd Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, only _s._ of James
Tait Macwhinnie, of Ayr, Marine Engineer, by his wife, Elizabeth (14,
St. Michael Street, Dumfries), dau. of the late John Carruthers, of
Maxwellbank. Kirkcudbrightshire; _b._ Glencaple, co. Dumfries, 9
Aug. 1877; educ. St. Joseph’s College, Dumfries, subsequently entering
the office of Charles M’Kie, the Sheriff clerk. He attached himself
to the Dumfries Volunteers, and as soon as he had reached the age of
18 joined the 1st Battn. of the Scottish Borderers at York, 22 Jan.
1895, being promoted Corpl. in October the following year. During the
South African war he accompanied his regt. to the Front and served
with Lord Roberts’ column all the way to Pretoria, passing through
the campaign without a scratch, and receiving the Queen’s medal with
three clasps, and the King’s medal with two clasps; he also took
part in the engagement at Karee Siding, near Bloemfontein, in which
the Scottish Borderers were badly cut up, and for this gained the
Distinguished Conduct Medal. In Jan. 1900 he became Sergt., in the
following year Colour-Sergt., and while stationed at Cairo in 1908
Quartermaster-Sergt., having in the meantime seen service in Egypt and
the Soudan; his final promotion came when he left Khartoum to take up
the Sergt.-Majorship of the 2nd Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers at
Berwick in 1910. On the outbreak of war he was offered a commission,
but preferred to stay with his regt., with which he proceeded to the
Front, being killed in action at the Aisne River, 13 Sept. 1914. He
was buried about two miles from Saarcy. Sergt.-Major Macwhinnie was
mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 9 Oct. 1914, and was
awarded the Military Cross and the French Medaille Militaire; he also
held the regulation medal for long service and good conduct, and
King George’s Coronation Medal. He _m._ at the Roman Catholic
Chapel, Belfast, 28 April, 1904, Caroline Christina, dau. of William
Hart, 1st Class Staff Sergt.-Major, A.S.C., and had a son and dau.:
Norman, _b._ Cairo, 29 Jan. 1908; and Elizabeth Madge, _b._
Colchester, 1 Dec. 1905.
[Illustration: =Norman H. Macwhinnie.=]
=McWHIRTER, HUGH WALTER=, Private, No. 902, 1st Newfoundland
Regt., _s._ of Henry McWhirter, of Humbermouth, Bay of Islands,
Newfoundland, by his wife, Lottie, dau. of Henry Lilsed Harris;
_b._ New Richmond, Quebec, 18 March, 1894; educ. Bay of Islands;
volunteered and joined the 1st Newfoundland Regt. in 1915; left for
Britain 20 March, 1915, went to the Dardanelles, 19 Sept., and was
killed in action there, 22 Sept. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Hugh Walter McWhirter.=]
=MACWILLIAM, JAMES JULIAN GORDON=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Gordon
Highlanders, only child of James MacWilliam, of 22, Forbes Road,
Edinburgh, Solicitor in the Supreme Courts of Scotland, by his wife,
Ella Julie de Lorn, dau. of Charles William Gordon MacDougall;
_b._ Edinburgh, 16 Aug. 1895; educ. Edinburgh Academy and the
Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Gordon
Highlanders, 15 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut., 11 Dec. following;
was for some time A.D.C. to Major Oakeley, Commandant of the O.T.C.
at Barry Camp; went to France about 10 Sept.; joined his battn. at
Fère-en-Jardenois; marched to La Bassée early in October, and was
wounded by shrapnel on the 12th; rejoined the battn. about 19 Nov.,
when he took over his coy. temporarily, and was killed in action at
Maedelsted Spur, Wytschaete, 14 Dec. 1914, while leading his platoon.
His Commanding Officer, Major Baird, wrote: “On 14 Dec. three companies
of his battn. were ordered to attack a German trench. Your boy’s coy.
was one of these. The artillery previously bombarded the German trench,
and it was hoped that it would have been made practically untenable.
So far from this proving to be the case, as soon as our men advanced
they were met by a terrific fire, through which they pushed forward in
spite of heavy losses to within fifty yards, and in some places nearer
still, of the German trench. It was when your boy was gallantly rising
to lead his men for a final rush from this forward position that he was
shot through the head and killed instantly. These are the particulars
given me by a sergt. who was with the body of men under your son and
who saw him fall. The Germans’ fire was so heavy that our men, in spite
of their splendid advance, could not assault and carry the trench;
their losses during the advance had been terrible, yet they hung on all
day from 8 a.m. till dusk, and then had to withdraw. It was to my deep
regret impossible to bring your boy’s body back for burial. Even after
dark, the Germans kept up a heavy fire at this very close range, but he
was lying so near the German trench that there is no doubt that they
will have taken him behind their lines and buried him. I cannot express
sufficiently the deep sorrow which I, and all of us, feel at the loss
of a brother officer, who, though but so recently joined, had already
on more than one occasion shown his sterling value. I have felt it my
duty to bring to official notice the gallant manner in which your son
was leading his men when he met his death. I know how little there is
I can say that can bring consolation to you in your great sorrow, and
will only add that your son’s death occurred in an action which, though
it failed in its purpose, has been as fine an exhibition of sacrifice
and determination as any in the annals of this regt., and I hope that
you may be able to feel that your boy has died in covering himself with
glory.” And Sergt. P. Benzies (since killed) on behalf of the N.C.Os.
and men of C Coy., wrote: “On the morning of 14 Dec., the Gordon
Highlanders made a glorious charge, two platoons of C Coy. leading, the
other two to support. Your son was in charge of Nos. 9 and 11 Platoons
which led, and, when the order came to advance, he was the first out of
the trenches; smiling and waving his stick, he encouraged his men on.
When we had got to within fifty yards of the German trenches we had
to lie down for a minute to get our breath before the final assault.
It was when he raised his head to give the order to advance that he
was killed. He died instantaneously, and therefore suffered no pain.
You ought to be very proud of yourself to have had such a gallant son,
for he was a thorough hero, and we all admired him very much. I was
also with your son when he was wounded on 12 Oct. 1914. I gave him a
snapshot photograph, which was taken about the beginning of Oct., and
which I hope he sent home. He gave a few of us cigarette lighters just
a few days before the charge, and we all treasure them very much now.”
Another officer writing home said: “Poor young MacWilliam, who had
just rejoined after recovering from a wound, was shot dead through the
head. I have since then taken over temporary command of C Coy., and in
drawing up a report of its work during the day of the attack (14 Dec.)
find that the men speak in the most glowing terms of the bravery of
George and Mr. MacWilliam, and of the gallant way in which they led
up their men to the advance under heavy machine gun and rifle fire.
In fact the Commanding Officer has expressed extreme satisfaction and
praise for the altogether splendid way in which they led their men in
face of overpowering odds. Although victory was not achieved, the glory
of unselfish bravery, such as reaches the highest achievements of the
British Army, is attached to the names of the men who took part in that
charge.” At Edinburgh Academy he was a L.-Sergt. in the O.T.C., and a
member of the Shooting VIII, and shot for his school at Bisley.
[Illustration: =James J. G. MacWilliam.=]
=MADDANS, FREDERICK=, Private, No. G6535, 3rd Battn. Middlesex
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action,
3 May, 1915; _unm._
=MADDEN, THOMAS HYLTON=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. King’s Liverpool
Regt., only _s._ of the Ven. Thomas John Madden, Archdeacon of
Liverpool, and Vicar of St. Luke’s Church there, by his wife, Jane,
dau. of William Henry Horrocks, M.D.; _b._ Liverpool, 30 April,
1895; educ. Liverpool College and was to have entered Emmanuel,
Cambridge, in Oct. 1914, but war breaking out he gave up his studies
and applied for a commission. He had joined the Liverpool College
O.T.C. in 1909, and at 16 commanded a coy. of the “King’s” Cadets under
the late Lieut.-Col. A. T. S. MacIver. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut.,
5th Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt. (Reserve of Officers), 2 Aug. 1914;
mobilised 5 Aug. following, and after training at Seaforth left there
for the Front, 29 Sept.; reaching the firing line, 13 Nov. He received
a regular commission in the 1st Battn. of his regt., 2 Feb. 1915; led
the charge of his platoon against the German trenches on 10 March
following, and was in the act of throwing a bomb over the barbed wire
entanglements when he was shot down by a machine gun and fell mortally
wounded. The Adjutant (Capt. S. E. Norris) wrote: “He fell leading
his platoon in an assault on the German trenches at Givenchy about
8.15 yesterday (10 March). Capt. Feneran and Lieut. Young were also
killed, and Lieut. Millar (all the officers of your son’s Coy., A) was
wounded. From the evidence of the few men who returned I am sure they
were all killed instantly. The whole history of the British Army has
nothing finer to show than the work of A Coy. yesterday. Col. Carter
was wounded, so I am writing this for him. Your son was one of the
most promising young officers in the regt.”; and a Capt. of the 5th
King’s: “On 10 March there was a general attack by the whole of the 1st
Division, and on the whole it succeeded. The 6th Brigade, of which ‘The
King’s’ Liverpool Regt. formed part, attacked at Givenchy, and in the
attack by his regt. Hylton led the second party on the left. The first
party had come under exceptionally heavy fire, and he must have known
that he had to face more than the usual risk. He never faltered nor
hesitated. He led his men well, and fell a victim to machine-gun fire.
I think he must have died instantaneously. When the history of this
war comes to be written, the story of ‘The King’s’ charge at Givenchy
will rank equally with any of its heroic deeds in the past. The attack
of our brigade failed, and the King’s Royal Rifles, the Liverpools and
the South Staffords lost heavily in officers and men. But the force of
their attack caused the Germans to bring reinforcements to Givenchy,
and enabled success to be achieved elsewhere.” He was mentioned in F.M.
Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant and
distinguished service in the field. A memorial tablet and window has
been placed in St. Luke’s Church, Liverpool, and a memorial tablet in
Christ Church, Southport.
[Illustration: =Thomas H. Madden.=]
=MADDISON, ALFRED=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26723 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Hawke, _s._ of James Arthur Maddison, of 7, Railway View,
Dringhouses, near York; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MADDOCK, THOMAS HENRY=, Private, No. 10066, 1st Battn. Royal
Scots, _s._ of George Maddock, of Stratford, by his wife, Sarah,
dau. of Thomas Henry Rand; _b._ Stratford, co. Essex, 21 March,
1890; educ. Carpenter’s Road Council School there; enlisted 19 July,
1907; went to France, 30 Jan. 1915, and died at a Clearing Station on
27 Feb. 1915, of wounds received at St. Eloi the previous day. He was
buried in Bailleul Cemetery; _unm._
=MADIGAN, JAMES FRANCIS JOSEPH=, Private, 12 1703, Auckland
Infantry Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force; volunteered for
Imperial service after the outbreak of war; joined his unit at the
Dardanelles, 8 May, 1915, and was killed in action, 8 June following.
=MAGEE, RICHARD EDWARD=, Master-at-Arms, 164813, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=MAGILL, HUGH=, L.-Corpl., No. 11355, 1st Battn. Highland L.I.,
_s._ of Hugh Magill, of 17, Ardenlea Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action
at Neuve Chapelle, 11–18 March, 1915.
=MAGUIRE, CHARLES=, Private, No. 8081, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards,
_s._ of James Maguire, of Newton Farm, East Wemyss, Fife;
_b._ Carnoustie, co. Forfar; enlisted 13 Nov. 1911; served with
the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; dangerously wounded in
the spine in action; admitted to hospital at Aldershot, 6 Nov. 1914,
and died there, 12 July, 1915.
=MAHONEY, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 12317, 2nd Battn. The Welsh
Regt., _s._ of John Mahoney, of Convent Street, Bandon, co. Cork,
by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of William Gilman; _b._ Convent
Hill, Bandon, co. Cork; educ. Convent School, Bandon; enlisted in the
Royal Munster Fusiliers, and served nine years with the Colours, going
through the South African War, for which he received the Queen’s medal
with three clasps. He then enlisted in the Royal Garrison Artillery
at Tralee, 4 April, 1901, and served his time in Halifax. On the
outbreak of the European War he again enlisted in the 2nd Welsh, 22
Aug. 1914; went to France, 2 Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at
Festubert, 24 Dec. 1914. He _m._ at the R.C. Church, Dowlais, 29
Aug. 1897, Emily (29, Greenfield Terrace, Penydarren, near Merthyr),
dau. of William Mitchell, and had two children: Daniel, _b._ 17
June, 1905; and Minnie, _b._ 11 June, 1898. While with the Munster
Fusiliers Mahoney was a prominent regimental athlete.
=MAHONY, FREDERICK HENRY=, Capt., 1st Battn. Cheshire Regt., only
_s._ of Capt. Frederick Henry Mahony, late York and Lancaster
Regt., for some years Adjutant of the Royal Military School of Music,
Kneller Hall, Hounslow, by his wife, Elizabeth Mary, dau. of Lawrence
Cahill; _b._ Lucknow, 24 Aug. 1874; educ. Dover College, and by
Mr. Miller Maguire, the Army Tutor, etc.; enlisted in 1892 in the
York and Lancaster Regt., and served for five years in the ranks.
He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1st Cheshires, 24 Aug. 1898, and
promoted Lieut., 2 June, 1900, and Capt., 10 Feb. 1906; served in the
South African War, 1900; took part in the operations in the Orange
Free State, Feb. to May, attd. to the A.S.C., including actions at
Dreifontein, Vet River, (5–6 May), and Zand River; in the Transvaal,
May to June, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and
Diamond Hill (11–12 June), and in the Transvaal, East of Pretoria,
July to Nov., including action at Belfast (26–27 Aug.), etc. (Queen’s
medal with five clasps); was employed with the West African Frontier
Force, 28 Nov. 1900 to 9 July, 1904, first in Northern Nigeria,
during operations against the Emir of Yola, 1901 (medal with clasp),
and subsequently in Southern Nigeria with the Aro Expedition 1901–2
(clasp). From 8 Jan. 1906 to 31 March, 1908, he was Adjutant of the
Durham L.I. Volunteers and of the Territorial Battn., 1 April, 1908, to
Jan. 1909. He went to France with his battn. which formed part of the
15th Brigade, under Major-Gen. Count Gleichen, in Aug. 1914, and which
he commanded in Oct. during the first desperate fighting in which the
2nd Army Corps was engaged in the neighbourhood of La Bassée. During
this time he led a successful bayonet charge under very heavy artillery
fire, and showed excellent coolness and courage, and was complimented
by General Count Gleichen on the excellent work of his battn. On 22
Oct., near La Bassée, while on his way to give orders to some men in
the trenches, he was mortally wounded by a bullet from a German sniper,
who fired at him from a cottage window, over 1,000 yards distant, the
bullet striking him in the shoulder and penetrating to the lungs. He
was removed to the Clearing (114) Hospital at Bethune, where he died
a couple of hours after his arrival. Before starting on his fatal
journey to the trenches he had been asked, “Why not send a man with the
message?” to which he replied: “I won’t ask a man to do what I won’t do
myself.” He was buried in Bethune Cemetery. Capt. Mahony was mentioned
in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatches of 14 Jan. 1915. He had
been strongly recommended for the D.S.O. by General Count Gleichen,
and according to information received by his relatives from the War
Office this honour would have been duly awarded him had he lived. He
_m._ at St. Mary Abbots, Kensington, 12 July, 1905, Ethel, dau.
of John Paterson, of 42, Holland Park, W., and 1, Wallbrook, City, and
had issue: Frederick Henry Patrick, _b._ 11 Feb. 1911; and Cynthia
Patricia, _b._ 14 March, 1909.
[Illustration: =Frederick Henry Mahony.=]
=MAINE, JOSEPH LESLIE=, Corpl., No. 10399, 7th (Service) Battn.
Gloucestershire Regt., _s._ of Thomas Maine, by his wife,
Elizabeth Ann, dau. of Thomas Preece; _b._ Grangetown, Cardiff, 1
Aug. 1888; educ. Grange Schools, Cardiff; enlisted, Aug. 1914; promoted
Corpl., 26 Sept.; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in
the 13th Division at the Dardanelles from 17 June to 8 Aug. 1915, on
which date he was killed in action there. He was a well-known member
of the Bream Rugby Football Club. He _m._ at the Baptist Chapel,
Parkend, 26 Dec. 1912, Hannah (Breams Tufts), dau. of Thomas Preece.
=MAINWOOD, WILLIAM RICHARD=, Sergt., R.M.L.I., 10397 (R.F.R., Ch.
A. 666), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MAIR, JOHN=, Private, No. 3334, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots, 2nd
_s._ of Walter Mair, of Church Street, Newarthill, Motherwell,
by his wife, Annie Glen, dau. of (--) Buchanan; _b._ Newarthill,
co. Lanark, 13 May, 1880; educ. there; enlisted 12 Nov. 1901; went to
France, 6 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action at Messines, 17 Nov.
1914. He _m._ at Forsyth, Newarthill, 8 April, 1910, Annie (now
wife of James Reid, of 25, Drygate Street, Larkhall), dau. of John
Dobbie, and had three children: Mary Sneddon, _b._ 26 June, 1910;
Annie Glen Buchanan, _b._ 29 Jan. 1911; and Margaret Dobbie,
_b._ 8 Dec. 1913. He was awarded the Second Class Certificate of
Education, 9 April, 1908, and had the Mounted Infantry Certificate.
=MAIRS, ALEXANDER=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7130), S.S.
101872, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of John Mairs, of Kellswater Station,
Randalstown, co. Antrim; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MAISEY, FRANK DOUGLAS=, Rifleman, No. 2326, 9th Battn. (Queen
Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the late
Arthur George Maisey; _b._ London, 28 Feb. 1893; educ. Commercial
Travellers’ Schools, Pinner; enlisted in Sept. 1914; went to France,
March, 1915; and was killed in action at Hill 60 21 April following, on
the occasion on which the Q.V.Rs. so greatly distinguished themselves,
and 2nd Lieut. Geoffrey H. Woolley of that battn. won the V.C.;
_unm._
=MAISEY, WALTER SRAFFORD=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8384), 203623,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MALCOLM, JAMES (HAMISH) WADDELL=, 2nd Lieut., 5th (City of
Glasgow) Battn. Highland L.I. (T.F.), _s._ of John Malcolm, of 3,
Kensington Gate, Dowanhill, Glasgow, Shipowner and Shipbroker, by his
wife, Margaret Black, dau. of the late James Waddell, of Airdriehill;
_b._ Hillhead, Glasgow, 19 Sept. 1894; educ. Kelvinside Academy,
Glasgow; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 9 April, 1913; on the outbreak of war
volunteered for foreign service with the battn., and was killed in
action at the Dardanelles, 12 July, 1915; _unm._ He was mentioned
in Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 11 Dec. 1915 [London Gazette, 28
Jan. 1916], for gallantry in the field. Writing to his father, July 16
his Colonel stated: “A Coy. was detached as support to the 6th Highland
L.I., and early on the evening of the 12th was ordered up to reinforce
that battn. which had captured several trenches, but was held up at one
advanced trench running diagonally across its front. Our men carried
the near end of the trench, but the Turks retained the far end, and
for a long time the struggle raged up and down at very close quarters
between hurriedly constructed barriers of sand bags. Major Downie was
severely wounded early in the fight, and for some time Hamish was the
only officer of the company at that part of the trench. The men all
speak in the highest terms of his pluck and the manner in which he
cheered them on and kept them at it. They say that he fainted from
exhaustion, but as soon as he came to, insisted on getting forward
again although he was urged to rest for a little. A good deal of hand
grenade work was going on on both sides, and he set the example of
picking up the enemy’s grenades and throwing them back. Eventually he
was struck by a grenade which exploded and killed him on the spot.”
[Illustration: =James Waddell Malcolm.=]
=MALET, HUGH ARTHUR GRENVILLE=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. King’s Own
Scottish Borderers, elder _s._ of Allan Arthur Grenville Malet,
of The Butts, Harrow-on-the-Hill, M.I.C.E., Madras P.W.D. (ret.),
Deputy Chief Engineering Inspector, Local Government Board, by his
wife, Elizabeth Anne, dau. of William Lysaght, of Beechmount, co. Cork;
and gdson. of the late Lieut.-Col. George Grenville Malet, 33rd (old
3rd) Queen’s Own Bombay Light Cavalry [killed in action at Bushire in
the Persian War, 1857; 4th _s._ of Sir Charles Warre Malet, 1st
Bart., F.R.S., F.S.A.]; _b._ Duggirala, Kistua, India, 22 Sept.
1892; educ. Harrow, and Caius College, Cambridge; was in the O.T.C. at
School and College, and on entering the Inner Temple in 1913; joined
the Inns of Court Squadron; volunteered for active service the day war
was declared, and obtained a Special Reserve Commission in, and joined,
the 3rd Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, Aug. 1914, and was given
a commission as a University Candidate in the Connaught Rangers, 26
Sept. 1914, but at the special request of the Col., 3rd King’s Own
Scottish Borderers, was transferred to them; was promoted Lieut. 15
Nov. following; joined the 2nd Battn. of his regt. 26 Nov., and was
killed in action at Hill 60, during the Second Battle of Ypres, 18
April, 1915; _unm._ Buried at Hill 60. An officer wrote: “Everyone
here speaks very highly of him. And they all say he was absolutely
fearless. I understand his name was sent in for ‘mention in Despatches’
for some very useful work he did in scouting. Those who were present
on Hill 60 say that he was killed while trying to take a communication
trench which was held by German bomb-throwers. I am told he was killed
instantaneously, which is a blessing. I am really proud to have known
him.” A wounded Private of his platoon wrote from a Base Hospital:
“At the request of Major Bindloss, R.A.M.C., I will endeavour to the
best of my ability to describe to you how your son conducted himself
during his period of active service. I cannot say for certain when he
joined us out here, but it was either the end of Nov. or the first
days in Dec. that he was posted to No. 3 Platoon of A Coy., which I
belonged to. I know we were not exactly delighted at the time, for he
just looked like a young boy, and we of No. 3 did not like the idea of
being led into action by a lad whom we thought had no experience, but
he was not with us many days when we changed our opinion regarding him.
It was our first turn in wet trenches when we began to take a little
more notice of him. He came amongst us cheering us up and giving us all
the help he possibly could to make things more comfortable until we
were relieved. The next time we went in, your son, at a very great risk
to himself, went about looking for different ways into the trench, so
that we should not have to go through the communication trenches which
were full of water, and he always found a way which took us into the
trench with dry feet, which meant a great deal to our comfort. He was
always the same every time we went into the trenches. The comfort of
the men came first; this continued during the hard winter which we put
in. Spring came, and with it dangerous work. Your son was always the
first to volunteer, in fact he was the only officer in A Coy. who ever
did any of that work. He used to go out in front of the trench scouting
along with six men, perhaps he would stay out one hour, perhaps two,
and then again I’ve known him stay out from 8 o’clock at night until
4 in the morning, trying to find out who were in front of us. Then
came the order we were to help at Hill 60. We lay in dug-outs while
our artillery shelled the Hill; the Germans replied; the air seemed
to be alive; it was awful, but we sat tight until the hour arrived,
7 a.m. It was then the Hill went up; it was like a huge crater, and
shook the earth for miles around. We then advanced on the Hill, and,
of course, we took it. We could not see a German anywhere, but bullets
and bombs came amongst us, doing frightful damage. Your son then said,
‘Follow me, men, I’ll find the Germans for you.’ We went after him, he
found them, but I regret to say, they found him first. His death was
instantaneous, he suffered no pain. Madam, your son died a hero, and he
should have had the V.C., but unfortunately there was no one there to
recommend him for same. His death was deeply regretted, not only by the
men of his platoon, but by every man who was left alive in his Coy. We
not only lost our best officer, but we had lost a friend.” The Medical
Officer, after taking a statement from two wounded men of his platoon,
wrote; “Lieut. Hugh Malet took command of the trench, and in less than
an hour he was killed in an exactly similar way by a rifle bullet. His
death was instantaneous. He fell within five yards of the place where
Capt. Wingate was lying.... Lieut. Malet was considered by these men
to be a wonderfully brave officer, he invariably volunteered for all
dangerous duties; quite recently he had gone out four nights in command
of scouts in front of the British trenches to try and capture German
‘listening’ posts and snipers who were suspected of using explosive
bullets. The two men said that we men always said that he would either
get a V.C. or be killed; Lieut. Malet used to come back from these
night scouting expeditions covered from head to foot in mud, from the
ditches he had crawled through.”
[Illustration: =Hugh Arthur G. Malet.=]
=MALKIN, PERCY=, Private, No. G. 2941, 2nd Battn. East Surrey
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
action, 8 May, 1915.
=MALLINS, CLAUDE JOSEPH O’CONOR=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Batt. Connaught
Rangers, eldest _s._ of the late Capt. Frederick William Mallins,
3rd East Lancashire Regt., by his wife, Eliza (now the wife of Henry
O’Connell-Fitzsimon, of 31, Pembroke Road, Dublin), yst. dau. of
the late Roderic Joseph O’Conor, of Milton, co. Roscommon, J.P.;
_b._ Dublin, 3 Oct. 1894; educ. Stonyhurst College, Wimbledon, and
Sandhurst; was gazetted from the Reserve of Officers to the Connaught
Rangers, 14 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force on
2 Sept. and was killed close to Mollemsarrelhoek, near Ypres, while
directing the fire of his platoon, 2 Nov. 1914; _unm._ He had
been acting as Adjutant for some weeks. His Commanding Officer wrote
deploring the loss of a very valuable officer who “knew no fear.”
[Illustration: =C. J. O’Conor Mallins.=]
=MANCER, ARTHUR JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3083), 210896, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=MANDERS, NEVILLE=, Col., Army Medical Staff, yst. _s._
of the late Major Thomas Manders, 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabineers),
afterwards Adjutant, P.W.O., Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry, by his wife,
Catherine, dau. of John Hacking; _b._ Marlborough, co. Wilts,
12 Dec. 1859; educ. Marlborough College, and after qualifying (with
honours) as L.R.C.P. (Lond.), and M.R.C.S. (Eng.), entered the Army
Medical Service as a Surgeon, 2 Aug. 1884; was gazetted Major,
R.A.M.C., 2 Aug. 1896, and promoted Lieut.-Col 2 Aug. 1904; and Col,
21 Dec. 1910; served in the Suakim Campaign, 1885 (medal with clasp,
Khedive’s Bronze Star), and with the Burmese Expedition of 1887–89,
in which he was severely wounded (medal with two clasps); was Senior
Medical Officer, Ceylon, 1908 to 1911, and at the Curragh, 1912 to
Dec. 1913, and was appointed Deputy Director of the Medical Service
in Egypt, 21 Dec. 1913, a position which he retained until Jan. 1915,
when he was, by special request, attd. to the Headquarters Staff of
the Australian and New Zealand Forces as A.D.M.S., going with them
to the Dardanelles in April, 1915. He was killed in action at Anzac,
Gallipoli, 9 Aug. 1915, during the attack on Sari Bair, and was buried
on the beach at No. 3 Post. Gen. Sir Alexander Godley, General Officer
Commanding, New Zealand and A Division, wrote: “He had endeared himself
to us all, and had so thoroughly identified himself with this force
and had been such a help to us, that his loss will be irreparable. I
can hardly say how much I shall miss him and all the help he gave me.
He was killed while making plans for the relief of the wounded, on the
field in the execution of his duty, and I only hope it may be some
slight consolation to you to know this, and to know how highly we all
thought of him, and how much we shall miss him both as a Staff Officer
and a comrade.” Col. Manders was a prominent Entomologist, having done
much research work in that branch of science. He was a Fellow of the
Entomological Society, and a Fellow of the Zoological Society, and the
Bombay Natural History Society. He _m._ at St. Michael’s, Colombo,
Ceylon, 15 Sept. 1900, Maude Braybrooke (Glenthorne, Dorset Road,
Bexhill-on-Sea), only child of Frederick William Vane, I.S.O., Ceylon
C.S. (retired), and of Louisa Frances, his wife, and had a dau., Una
Jim Chester, _b._ 1 Nov. 1901.
[Illustration: =Neville Manders.=]
=MANLEY, HERBERT JOHN=, Gunner, No. 2/330, New Zealand Field
Artillery, _s._ of the late John Manley, of Rathdrum, co. Wicklow,
Ireland, for over 30 years Relieving Officer under Rathdrum Board of
Guardians (who died 11 Dec. 1910), by his wife, Maria, dau. of the late
Arch Manning Greenane; _b._ Rathdrum, co. Wicklow, 20 June, 1892;
educ. Rathdrum High School; went to New Zealand with his mother and
brothers and sisters after his father’s death in 1910, and after the
outbreak of war joined the Expeditionary Force, 2 Oct. 1914, and was
killed instantaneously in action at Gallipoli, 2 May, 1915, being shot
through the heart; _unm._ He was buried in a gully near the sea,
close to the spot where he fell, and a wooden cross was erected by his
comrades.
[Illustration: =Herbert John Manley.=]
=MANLEY, JOHN DUNDAS=, 2nd. Lieut., 26th Field Coy. Royal
Engineers, eldest _s._ of the late Herbert Manley, of West
Bromwich, M.D., Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Alice (1, Bank Mansions,
Golders Green, London, N.W.), dau. of Capt. Robert Thomas Dundas,
R.N.R.; _b._ West Bromwich, co. Stafford, 24 Jan. 1892; educ.
Cheltenham College and Emmanuel College, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut.
on probation, to the Special Reserve of the Royal Engineers, 21 June,
1913, and confirmed in that rank, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France with the
26th Field Coy. R.E., attd. to the 1st Division, of the Expeditionary
Force, 14 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action, during the Battle of
the Aisne, 26 Sept. following, and was buried in Vendresse churchyard
about a mile from the spot where he fell; _unm._ An oak cross set
in stone and bearing his name and rank was erected by the men of the
26th Coy. Major H. L. Pritchard, D.S.O., R.E., wrote: “I cannot tell
you how much all the officers of the 26th Coy. sympathise with you in
your bereavement, and how much we mourn the loss of your son, while to
me, his commanding officer, it is a serious handicap to lose such a
brave and valuable officer. It will also, I hope, be some consolation
to you to know that the General, under whose orders he was working
(having been detached from me), had several times on days just prior to
his death told me how much your son was helping him, and what a good
fellow he was. In fact, the General appreciated his services as much as
I did;” and Lieut.-Col. A. L. Schreiber, R.E., D.S.O.: “I feel that I
must write to tell you of the high opinion that had been formed of your
boy. He had been in charge of a section of his company detached with
the front line of the 3rd Brigade, and the General (Loudon) and his
Staff Officer, Major Grant, both expressed to me their great sorrow at
his loss, and their appreciation of the excellent work he had done for
them. I had personally come specially in contact with him several times
since he was detached, and was much impressed with the excellent spirit
in which he was carrying out his independent duties. There must be
this consolation that his death must have been instantaneous ... also
there is the feeling, of which you should be proud, that he was killed
actually on the field of battle while in the execution of his duty,
and he had borne his share of the great hardships the company had gone
through, and was much appreciated by his brother officers.”
[Illustration: =John Dundas Manley.=]
=MANN, ERNEST WALTER CHARLES=, Private, No. 9489, 2nd Battn.
Suffolk Regt., eldest _s._ of Albert Mann, of 61, Rosebery Road,
Ipswich, Sawyer, by his wife, Ellen; _b._ Westbourne, near
Ipswich, 1878; enlisted in the Suffolks at the age of 18, and served
eight years with the Colours and four in the Reserve, and after the
outbreak of war rejoined his old regt. in Sept. 1914; went to France,
in Nov., and was killed in action at La Bassée, 8 Jan. 1915. He
_m._ at Holy Trinity Church, Ipswich, 2 Dec. 1905, Ethel Frances
(12, Benhall Green, Saxmundham), dau. of Thomas Holland, and had a son:
Ronald Albert, _b._ 27 June, 1912.
=MANN, HOWARD WILLIAM=, Corpl., No. 11617, 12th (Service) Battn.
King’s Liverpool Regt., _s._ of George Mann, of Blakeney, co.
Glos., Wood Sawyer; _b._ Blakeney, 17 Nov. 1877; educ. Council
School there; enlisted in the Monmouth R.E. (Militia) in April,
1895; served for two years and five days, and obtained his discharge
by purchase, July, 1897; later became a member of the Cyclist Coy.
Liverpool Battn. National Reserve, and on the outbreak of war
re-enlisted in the Liverpool Regt., Aug. 1914; died of pneumonia at
Aldershot, 21 Dec. 1914. He _m._ at Gloucester, 24 Dec. 1898,
Sarah Jane, dau. of John Papps, of Stroud; _s.p._
=MANN, REUBEN=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 22131 (Ports.), H.M.S Hawke,
_s._ of William Mann, of Bishops Itchington, Leamington Spa; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MANN, WILLIAM HORACE=, Sergt., R.M.L.I., Ch. E. 13136, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MANNERING, ARTHUR LIDSTONE=, Cook’s Mate, M. 5540, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MANNING, ALFRED=, Private, No. 1618, 12th Battn. (The Rangers)
The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late Alfred Manning, Coal
Porter; _b._ Canning Town, E., 27 Aug. 1895; educ. Cyprus Place
Council School, New Beckton, E.; joined the Rangers, 12 June, 1912;
volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France
with his Battn. at the end of Dec. 1914, and died of wounds received in
action at the Second Battle of Ypres, 24–26 April, 1915; _unm._
=MANSFIELD, JOHN RICHARD=, A.B., 213674 (Ports), H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MANSFIELD, THOMAS RICHARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5775), S.S. 487,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MANSFIELD, WILLIAM=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 276756, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=MANSON, MAGNUS MURRAY=, Rifleman, No. 1999, A Coy. 1/21st (1st
Surrey Rifles), London Regt. (T.F.), 4th _s._ of James Alexander
Manson, of 4, Cornwall Avenue, Church End, Finchley, author and
journalist, by his wife, Margaret Emily, dau. of Charles Deering;
_b._ at Herne Hill, London, 30 Sept. 1891; educ. Alleyn’s School,
Dulwich; was a Clerk, first in the Education Department of the London
County Council and, secondly, in the London Office of the Guaranty
Trust of New York; joined the 1st Surrey Rifles on the outbreak of war
in Aug. 1914; went to France, 15 March, 1915, and was killed in action
at Richebourg L’Avoué, 9 April, 1915; _unm._ He was buried the
same day in the little churchyard there behind the firing line. Capt.
Quintin Walford, his Coy. Officer, wrote: “His loss is much felt by his
comrades of ‘A’ Coy. and by me. He was conscientious and hard working,
and died doing his duty for his King and Country.”
[Illustration: =Magnus Murray Manson.=]
=MANT, WILLIAM=, S.P.O., 306427. H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action
off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MAPLESTONE, JAMES WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 1857),
290210, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MAPPLETHORPE, CLAUDE=, Rifleman, No. 1508, 12th Battn. (The
Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Frank Mapplethorpe,
of 9, Delamere Terrace, Paddington. Tailor, by his wife, Annie, dau.
of Alexander Mould; _b._ Lumley Street, Oxford Street, W., 5 May.
1892; educ. Camble Street Council School, N. Paddington; was by trade a
Tailor; joined the Rangers about 1912; volunteered for foreign service
on the outbreak of war; went to France in Dec. 1914, and died in the
5th General Hospital, Rouen, on 2 July, 1915, of wounds received at
St. Julien, near Ypres, on 3 May. He was buried in the cemetery at
St. Sever, Rouen; _unm._ His brother Frank, serving in the same
battn., was wounded and taken prisoner on 8 May. Their platoon sergt.
wrote of them: “Both brothers did some splendid work while we were in
the trenches, and stood by me like bricks.”
[Illustration: =Claude Mapplethorpe.=]
=MARDELL, EDWARD=, Private. R.M.L.I., Ch. 16690, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MARKER, RAYMOND JOHN, D.S.O.=, Col., Coldstream Guards,
1888–1913. Staff Officer, eldest _s._ of Richard Marker, of Combe,
Honiton, co. Devon. J.P., D.L., late Capt. 1st Devon Yeomanry, by his
wife, the Hon. Victoria Alexandrina, née Digby, eldest dau. of Edward,
9th Baron Digby; _b._ Upcerne Manor, Dorchester, 18 April, 1867;
educ. Evelyns Preparatory School, Eton, and the Royal Military College,
Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Coldstream Guards, 15 Nov. 1888, and
promoted Lieut., 29 Sept. 1890; Capt. 1st Battn. 24 Jan. 1898; Brevet
Major, 26 June, 1902; Major, 29 Nov. 1903; Lieut.-Col. 2nd Battn. 11
March, 1911, and Col. 5 Aug. 1914; was Adjutant, Coldstream Guards, 7
March, 1892, to 6 March, 1896; A.D.C. to Gov. and Com.-in-Chief (Sir
Joseph West Ridgway), Ceylon, 7 March, 1896, to 5 Dec., 1897; A.D.C. to
Viceroy of India, 6 Jan. 1899 to 9 March, 1900; on special service in
South Africa, 7 April, 1900, to 8 March, 1901; and A.D.C. to General
Officer, Com.-in-Chief the Forces, South Africa, 9 March, 1901, to
Sept. 1902; served through that campaign; took part in the operations
in the Orange Free State, April to May, 1900, including actions at
Vet River and Zand River; operations in the Transvaal, May to June,
1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Diamond Hill;
operations in the Transvaal, East of Pretoria, July to Aug. 1900,
including action at Belfast; operations in Orange River Colony, Sept.
to 29 Nov. 1900 and 30 Nov. to Dec. 1900; operations in Cape Colony,
Dec. 1900 to March 1901, and operations in the Transvaal, March, 1901,
to 31 May, 1902 (three times mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette,
23 April, 7 May, and 10 Sept. 1901]; Brevet of Major, Queen’s medal
with five clasps, King’s medal with two clasps, D.S.O.; placed on list
of officers concerned qualified for stall employment, in consequence
of services on the Staff in the Field); was in charge at Vereeniging
during deliberations of Boer Generals and with Col. (afterwards
Major-Gen.) Hubert Hamilton brought home peace despatches to Windsor,
June. 1902; A.D.C. to Com.-in-Chief, East Indies, 28 Nov. 1902 to 30
April, 1904; Private Secretary of State for War (Mr. Arnold Foster), 1
Jan. 1905 to 18 Oct. 1905; A.D.C. to Com.-in-Chief East Indies, 5 Nov.
1905 to 27 Oct. 1906; General Staff Officer, 2nd Grade, Home Counties
Division, E. Command, 1 April, 1908 to 12 June, 1910; in command of 2nd
Battn. Coldstream Guards, March 1912 to Nov. 1913; A.Q.M.G. Aldershot
Command, 29 Nov. 1913 to Aug. 1914; A.A. and Q.M.G. 1st Army Corps,
British Expeditionary Force, in France; served through the retreat
from Mons, the Battles of the Aisne and the Marne (twice mentioned in
Despatches [London Gazette, 19 Oct. 1914, and 17 Feb. 1915]; Cross of
Officer of the Legion of Honour); was wounded at Ypres, 4 Nov. 1914,
and died at Boulogne on the 13th. Buried at Gittisham, Honiton. He
_m._ at the Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks, 21 Nov. 1906,
Beatrice Minnie Shrieve, 3rd dau. of Sir Thomas Jackson, of Stansted
House, Essex, 1st Bart., and had a son: Richard Raymond Kitchener,
_b._ 18 June, 1908.
[Illustration: =Raymond John Marker.=]
=MARKHAM, ALLAN=, S.P.O. (R.F.R., B. 8683), 295344, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MARKHAM, JOHN ADDIS=, Capt., 1st Battn. The East Yorkshire
Regt., eldest _s._ of Thomas Markham, of Popenhoe, Wisbech,
Norfolk, by his wife, Henrietta Jane, dau. of William Addis, of London;
_b._ Faulkner House, Walpole-St.-Peter, Wisbech, 31 Dec. 1886;
educ. Dover College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1st East Yorkshires
from the Militia, 27 May, 1908, and promoted Lieut. 3 Sept. 1910. He
was appointed temporary Capt. 15 Nov. 1914, and this rank was made
substantive, 6 Feb. 1915. He went to France with the 6th Division
in Sept. 1914, and was mortally wounded by a sniper’s bullet in the
trenches near Armentières, 7 May, 1915, and died two hours later,
being buried in Le Bizet Convent; _unm._ Major I. L. I. Clarke,
commanding 1st East Yorkshires, wrote: “I looked upon Markham as my
most reliable Company Commander, always cheery and a splendid example
to all under him. He was beloved by his men, and exceedingly popular
with his brother officers”; and Private John Brady, of his company:
“He was the gentleman who led my platoon to the trenches on the Aisne,
the platoon that was the first to come under the fire of the Germans’
famous coalboxes. He laughed at those shells, bucked us up, making us
so that we could not do anything else but follow him.” Capt. Markham
was a fine horseman, and in 1913 he won the East Yorkshire’s Regimental
Point-to-Point Race, on his horse, Loretto.
=MARKILLIE, EDGAR JOHN=, Private, No. 944, Machine Gun Section,
13th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of the late
John Adam Markillie, Mayor of Camberwell in 1908, by his wife,
Frances J. (85, Norbury Crescent, Norbury), dau. of Thomas Morris, of
Harrow, Tailor; _b._ Peckham, 1 Dec. 1890; educ. Bellingdon Road
Higher Grade School, South London School, Camberwell, and Clarke’s
College, Lewisham; went to Sydney, New South Wales, 3 Aug. 1912,
and on the outbreak of war volunteered and joined the Australian
Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles,
Aug. 1915; _unm._ He had gained accountancy examination just
before enlistment, also examination in book-keeping, first class. He
excelled in sport of all kind, and was one of the crack shots of the
second Australian contingent. His brother, Ernest Stuart, was killed in
Belgium (see his notice).
[Illustration: =Edgar John Markillie.=]
=MARKILLIE, ERNEST STUART=, Private, No. 156, 5th Battn. (London
Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of the late John
Adam Markillie, Mayor of Camberwell in 1908, by his wife, Frances J.
(85, Norbury Crescent, Norbury), dau. of Thomas Morris, of Harrow,
Tailor; _b._ Peckham, 24 March, 1895; educ. Bellingdon Road Higher
Grade School, and South London School, Camberwell; was a Clerk in the
London County and Midland Bank, 1913–14; volunteered and enlisted on
the outbreak of war, Sept. 1914; went to France, Nov. 1914, and was
killed in action at Bailleul, 18 Jan. 1915, while fixing barbed wire;
_unm._ He was in first Rugby team, and was a fine swimmer. His
brother, Edgar John, was killed at the Dardanelles (see his notice).
[Illustration: =Ernest Stuart Markillie.=]
=MARKQUICK, ARTHUR CHRISTIAN=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 23520, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MARLER, ALBERT WALTER=, Officer’s Steward, R.N.V.R., Sussex
1/305, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Albert Marler, of 116, Montgomery
Street, Hove; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=MARQUER, TOUSSAINT MARYS=, Shipwright, 2nd Class, 342455, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=MARROW, EDWARD ARMFIELD=, Capt. and Adjutant, 1st Battn. King’s
Own Scottish Borderers, only surviving _s._ of the late Major Peter
Marrow, of the King’s Dragoon Guards, by his wife, Mary (Belhaven Hill,
Dunbar), dau. of the Rev. Alexander Stewart, Rector of Liverpool; _b._
Blantyre, co. Lanark, 26 Sept. 1883; educ. Summerfields, near Oxford,
Harrow, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut.
to the K.O.S.B., 18 Jan. 1902, and promoted Lieut. 24 Jan. 1906, and
Capt. 1 April, 1910; served with the 2nd Battn. in India, 1902–06; was
at the depot at Berwick-on-Tweed from 1908 to 1912, and then joined
the 1st Battn. in India, and was appointed Adjutant, 15 May, 1914.
He returned with his Battn. to England on 31 Dec. 1914, and was at
Rugby till 17 March, 1915, when they embarked for the Dardanelles,
took part in the landing at Y beach, Gallipoli, on 25 April, 1915, and
was killed in action at Y Beach the following day. He was buried just
above the landing place there. He _m._ at Norham, Berwickshire, 11 Jan.
1911, Constance Marion (Belchester, Coldstream), 2nd dau. of the late
Lieut.-Col. Bloomfield Gough, 9th Lancers, and had three children:
Peter, _b._ 11 Jan. 1913; Edward Charles Gough, _b._ posthumous, 21
Nov. 1915; and Margaret Constance, _b._ 29 Nov. 1911, died in infancy.
[Illustration: =Edward Armfield Marrow.=]
=MARSH, ARTHUR=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 3940, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=MARSH, CECIL FRANK=, Private, No. 14953, 10th (Service) Battn.
Hampshire Regt., _s._ of William John Marsh, a Painter, working on
Sir George A. Cooper’s Hursley Park Estate, by his wife, Mary, dau. of
Hilbert Whitmarsh; _b._ Winchester, 15 Aug. 1897; educ. Church of
England School, Ampfield; enlisted, 4 Jan. 1915; killed in action at
the Dardanelles, 21 Aug. following; _unm._
=MARSH, HENRY HERBERT STANLEY=, Major, 4th London Field Coy.,
R.E. 2nd London Division (T.F.), only _s._ of Thomas Herbert
Marsh, of London, Engineer and Manufacturer, by his wife, Agnes Amelia,
dau. of Thomas Towers, of Ontario, Canada; _b._ Toronto, Canada,
26 Oct. 1875; and was educ. Kent House, Eastbourne, and Faraday
House. He began work as an engineer under Sir Benjamin Baker, and in
1897 was appointed Assistant Engineer to the City and South London
Railway; subsequently he worked for Sir Alexander B. W. Kennedy; was
a member of the Engineers’ Lodge of Freemasons, of the Institute of
Electrical Engineers, and of the Junior Institution of Engineers,
and Vice-President of the Faraday House Old Students’ Association.
He obtained a commission in the 1st Middlesex R.E. (Volunteers) in
March, 1900, and served in the South African War in command of the
2nd Service Section of that regt., for which he was mentioned in Lord
Kitchener’s Despatch of 29 July, 1902, and received the Queen’s medal
with five clasps, and was gazetted an Hon. Lieut. in the Army, 1902. He
afterwards commanded the Telegraph Coy. 2nd London Divisional Engineers
(T.F.), for several years, and was gazetted Capt. 3rd London Field
Coy. 3 Aug. 1913, and Major, 4th London Field Coy. 10 Sept. 1914. On
14 March, 1915, he went with his company to France, and was wounded
by a shell at Cuinchy, April, 1915, while superintending a working
party under fire, and died the following day. He was buried in Bethune
Town Cemetery. The A.A. and G.M.G. wrote “We have lost in your husband
not only a friend, but a really good officer, whose value lay in his
keenness and conscientious sense of duty.” He _m._ at St. Jude’s,
South Kensington, 20 April, 1904, Grace Marie (86, Lansdowne Road,
London, W.), 2nd dau. of the late Francis Cheyne Hare, late 53rd Regt.
and had issue: Thomas Francis Herbert, _b._ 9 Nov. 1905; Agnes
Marie, _b._ 1 June, 1908, and Margaret Grace, _b._ 19 May,
1912.
[Illustration: =Henry H. S. Marsh.=]
=MARSHALL, ALBERT FRANK=, Plumber, 340898, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MARSHALL, ALFRED ERNEST=, Leading Stoker, 293716, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MARSHALL, ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4648), 212798, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MARSHALL, AUGUSTUS DE LA PERE=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. East
Lancashire Regt., 2nd _s._ of the late John Harcourt Hamilton
Marshall, by his wife, Blanche Isabella (73, Muswell Road, Muswell
Hill, N.), dau. of Augustus De la Pere Robinson, of Cloughkeating
Castle, co. Tipperary; _b._ Melbourne, Australia, 23 Nov. 1892;
educ. Seapoint High School, Cape Town, and Bedford Modern School. He
joined the 28th London Territorials (Artists’ Rifles), 16 April, 1912,
and on the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service, and went to
France, 26 Oct. 1914. He was given a commission as 2nd Lieut., and was
posted to the 2nd East Lancashires, 27 March, 1915. He was killed in
action during the attack on Aubers Ridge, near Fromelles, 9 May, 1915;
and was buried in “Cameron Lane,” off the La Bassée Road, near Neuve
Chapelle; _unm._ He was a keen cricketer and hockey player. He
won his Second Cricket XI when at Bedford, was Capt. of the Royal Mail
Steam Packet Cricket Club, and Vice-Capt. of the Bowes Park Hockey Club.
[Illustration: =Augustus De la P. Marshall.=]
=MARSHALL, EVELYN SAFFREY=, Capt., 9th (Service) Battn. Royal
Warwickshire Regt., 6th _s._ of the Rev. Edward Thory Marshall,
M.A., Vicar of Sutton-in-the-Isle, Hon. Canon of Ely, by his wife, Lucy
Charlotte Emma, dau. and co-heiress of the Rev. Charles Henry Knight,
of Barrells, Warwickshire; _b._ Manea, Isle of Ely, 28 Jan. 1887;
educ. Stancliffe Hall School and Repton; and Camborne School of Mines;
volunteered on the outbreak of war, and joined the Empire Battn. Royal
Fusiliers, Sept. 1914, as a Motor-cycle Despatch Rider; was given a
commission as 2nd Lieut. Royal Warwickshire Regt. 25 Jan. 1915, and
promoted Capt. 7 Aug. 1915; left for Gallipoli, 19 June, 1915, and
took part in both evacuations at the end of the year; was specially
mentioned for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field, in Gen.
Monro’s Despatches from the Dardanelles; joined Mesopotamian Relief
Force, March, 1916, and died in Hospital on 6 April of wounds received
the previous day at Falahiyeh (El Hannel); _unm._ In reporting
his death, Col. Gordon wrote: “We are all most deeply grieved. He
led his company most gallantly at Falahiyeh, and in no small measure
contributed to the brilliant success and capture of the Turkish
trenches. He was one of the noblest men I have ever known, brave to a
fault, modest, warmhearted, cheerful when everyone else was depressed,
enduring and the most capable leader of men. His company was devoted
to him, and all wanted to stay by him on his stretcher.” A brother
officer wrote: “At Suvla, when most people fell sick, he was one of the
mainstays of the battn., and kept things going when most others were
ready to give in. I can remember how at one time he hung on with great
grit against an overcoming sickness which would have sent others down
to the hospital ship.” Another letter said: “All his men worshipped
him, and would have followed him anywhere.” An officer wounded in
Gallipoli told how Capt. Marshall practically saved his life by ripping
the fleecy lining out of his coat and sending him down to the hospital
in it. His brother, Capt. J. E. Marshall, was also killed in action
(see his notice).
[Illustration: =Evelyn Saffrey Marshall.=]
=MARSHALL, GEORGE FREDERICK=, Private, No. 11469, 2nd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, 3rd _s._ of John William Marshall, by his
wife, Isabella (41, Curzon Street, Birmingham), dau. of William Hoare;
_b._ Birmingham, 30 May, 1890; educ. Cowper Street Council School
there; was a Brass Polisher; enlisted 5 Sept. 1914; went to the Front,
5 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Cambrin, 9 July, 1915, by
a rifle grenade while on sentry duty; _unm._ An officer of his
battn. wrote to his brother: “He was killed by a rifle grenade which
fell into the trench close by him, but as he was shot through the heart
death must have been instantaneous and quite painless.... Ever since I
have known him, some three months, your brother did well in everything,
being one of the first to volunteer for a patrol about five weeks
ago, and, which is a more difficult thing than any momentary act of
bravery, whether in the trenches or in billets, he invariably did his
duty cheerfully and willingly, an excellent example to all. He will be
buried in Cambrin Churchyard, a village close to Bethune.”
[Illustration: =George Frederick Marshall.=]
=MARSHALL, GEORGE GARTH=, Lieut., 11th Hussars, 2nd _s._
of Victor Alexander Ernest Garth Marshall, of Monk Coniston, co.
Lancaster, by his wife, Victoria Alberta Alexandrina, eldest dau.
of Gen. the Hon. Sir Alexander Hamilton-Gordon, K.C.B., M.P., and
granddau. of George, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, K.G., K.T., P.C., Prime
Minister (1852–55); _b._ South Kensington, 6 Dec. 1884; educ.
Marlborough; joined the Lancashire R.F.A. (Militia) in 1904, and
was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to 11th Hussars, 20 Dec. 1907, and promoted
Lieut. 16 Sept. 1909. He was stationed in Dublin, and afterwards at
Shorncliffe and Aldershot, and was appointed A.D.C. to Gen. Sir E. H.
Allenby, K.C.B., commanding Cavalry Corps just before the outbreak of
war. He went to France in Aug. 1914, served in the retreat from Mons,
the advance to the Aisne, and the movement to the Calais front, and
was killed in Ypres by a shell while carrying a despatch to Gen. Haig,
commanding 1st Army Corps, on 6 Nov. 1914. Gen. Allenby wrote: “He
was a devoted A.D.C., indefatigable and capable.” A brother officer
wrote: “If there is a consolation it is in the memory of his example,
which will always live with us who knew him,” and Gen. Hamilton Gordon,
commanding at Aldershot, said: “We all loved him.” He was _unm._
[Illustration: =George Garth Marshall.=]
=MARSHALL, ISAIAH=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9597), S.S.
106977, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MARSHALL, JENNER STEPHEN CHANCE=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn.
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I., only _s._ of the late
Jenner Guest Marshall, of Westcott Barton Manor, co. Oxford, J.P., by
his wife, Grace Eleanor (now wife of the Rev. George Miller, Rector
of Teffont Ewyas, near Salisbury), dau. of A. de Peyster Chance, of
Wheatfields, Worcester, J.P.; _b._ Hagley, co. Worcester, 1 June,
1895; educ. Connaught House, Weymouth Verites, Charterhouse, and the
Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 2nd
Oxford and Bucks L.I., 17 Sept. 1913; went to France with his Battn.,
which formed part of the 5th Brigade, in Aug. 1914, and died on 23 Oct.
following, of wounds received on the 21st. near Langemarck, Ypres.
Buried in Ypres Cemetery; _unm._
[Illustration: =Jenner S. C. Marshall.=]
=MARSHALL, JOHN EDWARD=, Capt., 1st Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s
L.I., 2nd _s._ of the Rev. Edward Thory Marshall, M.A., Vicar of
Sutton-in-the-Isle, Hon. Canon of Ely, by his wife, Lucy Charlotte
Emma, dau. and co-heiress of the Rev. Charles Henry Knight, of
Barrells, Warwickshire; _b._ Coveney, Isle of Ely, 3 June, 1881;
educ. Llandaff Cathedral School and Repton; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the
Royal Garrison Regt. from the Militia, 28 Jan. 1903; promoted Lieut.
Duke of Cornwall’s L.I. 17 Oct. 1906, and Capt. 30 Aug. 1914; served in
the South African War, 1901–2; took part in the operations in Orange
River Colony, Dec. 1901 to Feb. 1902, and in Cape Colony, Feb. to 31
May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps); with the West African
Regt. from 29 Aug. 1908 to 2 April, 1913, and with the Expeditionary
Force in France and Flanders from 18 Dec. 1914 to 30 March, 1915, on
which latter date he was killed in action at Kemmel; _unm._ Buried
there. Brig.-Gen. J. S. Maude, commanding 4th Infantry Brigade, wrote:
“I just wanted as General Commanding the Brigade to bear testimony to
the splendid work which has been done by your gallant son since he has
been with us. It was not my good fortune to know your son intimately,
but I had noted him especially on several occasions for his quiet
unassuming manner, a characteristic which is often associated with
more sterling qualities. He was in every respect a thoroughly capable
and efficient officer; he fell as a gallant soldier at the head of his
men, a brilliant example of personal bravery and devotion to duty”;
and Major H. T. Cantan: “He is a great loss to the regt., being a very
smart officer, and one of my best company commanders, a man to whom I
had hardly to express my wishes before the matter was done or placed
in hand. He had always shown great bravery, and did not, I think, know
fear. I only hope that my boys will grow up with the same pluck and
endurance.” Capt. W. T. Brooks also wrote: “My regard for your son was
sincere, and I admired greatly the way he handled his men under very
trying circumstances. His loss to me is very great, and to our regt. of
which we are so proud.... I must say again what a severe loss we have
suffered, for your son was not only a fine officer, who looked well
after his men and feared nothing, but when out of the trenches he kept
people going.” A yr. brother, Capt. E. S. Marshall, 9th Royal Warwicks,
died of wounds in Mesopotamia, 6 April, 1916.
[Illustration: =John Edward Marshall.=]
=MARSHALL, PERCY STANLEY THOMAS=, Private, No. 7905, 1st Battn.
Lincolnshire Regt., 2nd _s._ of William Marshall, of 4, Lochinvar
Street, Balham, S.W., late Trooper, Royal Horse Guards, by his wife,
Lucy Jane, dau. of William Bartholomew Pestete, of Bacton. Norfolk;
_b._ Southwark, S.E., 11 April, 1891; educ. Cavendish Road School,
Balham; enlisted in the Lincolnshire Regt. in Jan. 1907; served seven
years with the Colours, and then joined the Reserve; mobilised on 5
Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, and died at
Jemappes, 11 Sept. following, of wounds received in action there, 23
or 24 Aug.; _unm._ Buried in the garden of the Institute of St.
Ferdinand, Jemappes.
=MARSHALL, ROGER=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Durham Light Infantry,
yst. _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Anthony Marshall, of Annstead, Chathill,
Northumberland, late 3rd Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers; _b._
Annstead afsd., 25 Jan. 1891; educ. privately; joined the Special
Reserve, R.F.A., 10 Aug. 1910; was granted Aviator’s Certificate of the
Royal Aero Club. 30 April, 1913; passed Army Examination, March, 1914;
gazetted 2nd Lieut, to the 2nd Durham L.I., 15 July, 1914, and joined 6
Aug. 1914; went with his battn. as part of the 6th Division to France
in Sept., and was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 20 Sept.
1914, only four days after his arrival at the Front; _unm._
[Illustration: =Roger Marshall.=]
=BURT-MARSHALL, WILLIAM MARSHALL=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders, yst. _s._ of the late James Burt-Marshall,
of Luncarty, co. Perth, J.P., by his wife, Katherine, dau. of the
late David Bannerman, J.P.; _b._ Luncarty, 14 July, 1887; educ.
at Rugby, where he was in the XI and XV (playing half-back), Steward
of Athletics, and winner of the School Mile and passed into Sandhurst
in 1906. He was in the XV of 1906–7, captaining the team of 1907 when
they beat Woolwich by a score which was a record up to that period. He
was also in the XI of 1908. On 19 Sept. 1908 he was gazetted to the
2nd Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders then in South Africa,
where they remained until Jan. 1910, when the regiment returned to
Scotland. He was promoted Lieut., 10 Sept. 1910. On 9 Aug. 1914 the
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders left Fort George for France, and
from then onwards were in the thick of all the fighting. They were
personally complimented by Sir John French on their performance in
the Battle of Le Cateau. In Sept. Lieut. Burt-Marshall was in command
of A Coy., which command he held, save for one short period, until he
fell. Capt. H. Clark, writing of him, said “All through the retreat he
was strong of heart and untiring in devotion to duty. All the way back
towards Paris, and right up again to the Aisne, he was with his men,
encouraging and influencing them, and gradually the company grew to its
original strength again. On 8 Nov. a special duty in Ploegsteert Wood
was detailed to us. The capture of an advanced German trench which had
proved a veritable thorn in the British side was imperative, and the
93rd were asked to do what others had already tried to do and failed.
All through the 9th the battn. lay in the wood shelled at intervals;
the attack was ordered for that night, three companies were to advance
from different points against the enemy trench, and while our guns
were paving the way for the assault we silently moved forward to our
allotted positions. When the shelling stopped the attack crept closer,
but the German flare lights showed up our line and we rose and dashed
for the trench. He was at the head of his men and led the charge. He
ran right up to the German barbed wire, was hit and fell, but rose
again and dashed on to the parapet where he fell again. No one could
get up to him, and those who were able crawled back to reform with
the remnants of the companies.” For some months it was hoped that
news might come that he was a prisoner, but on 8 Feb. the War Office
reported that Capt. Burt-Marshall had died of wounds in a German Field
Hospital at Quesnoy on 17 Nov. 1914.
[Illustration: =William H. Burt-Marshall.=]
=MARSON, HERBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class K. 14685 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MARSON, JOHN CHARLES=, 2nd Lieut., 8th (Service) Battn. The Welsh
Regt. (13th Divisional Pioneers), only _s._ of the Rev. Charles
Latimer Marson, Vicar of Hambridge, Somerset (died 3 March, 1914), by
his wife, Clotilda (86, Oakwood Road, Golders Green, N.W.). dau. of
Dr. Peter Bayne, author of “Chief Actors of the Puritan Revolution,”
etc., and gdson. of the Rev. Charles Marson, Vicar of Clevedon;
_b._ 62, Gower Street, London, 15 April, 1896; educ. Eastington,
Clevedon; Honiton Grammar School; Sherborne (1910–13), and matriculated
at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in the latter year. As he, however,
wished to become a naval architect, he changed to Glasgow University,
and spent a year between there and Fairfield Shipbuilding Works. At
Sherborne and Glasgow University he had belonged to the O.T.C.’s, and
he was offered a commission the day war broke out, and at once signed
on for foreign service. On 1 Sept. 1914, he was gazetted 2nd Lieut.,
and after a month’s training at Barry Camp, was drafted into the 6th
Battn. of the Loyal North Lancashires. He was for some months in
training at Jellalabad Barracks, Tidworth. Early in 1915 the officers
of the 6th North Lancashires who had any engineering experience were
invited to volunteer for the 13th Pioneer Division of the Welsh Regt.
Marson at once responded and migrated to Tournay Barracks, Aldershot,
where he stayed in training until his regt. left for the Dardanelles on
Tuesday, 15 June, 1915. They were nearly five weeks at Lemnos before
crossing to the Peninsula. On 7 Aug. he wrote to his mother from the
trenches:--“To-night is a supreme test of the men of K.s Army. Numbers
are bound to be killed. This may be the last letter. However, I have
a conviction it will not be yet.” Early on the following morning
(Sunday) he was killed in action with the Anzacs. He was shot through
the forehead and killed instantaneously on the summit of Chunuk Bair.
Capt. Gordon Williams, his commanding officer, wrote: “He was a great
favourite with us all, and he made an excellent officer, always
showing plenty of keenness and was never, if I may so say, without a
cheery smile on his face. We had to hold a hill that day with the New
Zealanders against terrific counter attacks, and your son, throughout
the action, behaved magnificently, finally to be shot down, bayonet and
rifle in hand, surrounded by Turks. His men brought him in, and Lieut.
Gwyther had him placed on a stretcher during the fight, but he died at
once, and could only be buried then and there, right in the midst of
the fighting. We all feel his death awfully, and that of our brother
officers who fell that day. The hill was lost next day by the regts.
that relieved us, so there our dead officers and men lie buried by
the Turks who are very chivalrous in this respect. The regt. earned a
great name for itself that day, but suffered severely”; and Lieut. Evan
B. Gwyther: “He died leading his men on, and yards in front of all;
and he was last seen alive fighting 10 or 15 Turks all by himself. He
did not know what fear was, and everybody admired his pluck, and was
amazed at his courage. There wasn’t a man in his platoon that could
speak too highly of his courage, pluck and determination. I am glad
to tell you his sufferings were nil, as he died the moment he fell.”
The Lieut.-Col. (J. A. Bald) also wrote: “I was unfortunately wounded
myself that day before the regt. as a whole went into action, and so
missed what I had been looking forward to so keenly, namely, to go into
action with them all, and also could not see how all my brave officers
led their men, but I did hear that the last seen of your son was, that
he was gallantly leading his platoon in the face of what must have been
a very severe fire, rifle in hand, more than ready to do his share. I
always looked on him as absolutely without fear and knew, when it came
to the point, he would show himself a good leader. The regt. lost many
good officers it could ill spare, who will be a loss both to it and the
Army at large. Your son before the fighting began showed himself a keen
officer and did some very hard work for me when we were at Lemnos.”
Major H. Lynn Stevens, Adjutant of the 8th Welsh, wrote: “It will be
a source of never-ending pride to know that your son died fighting
most gallantly in a hand-to-hand attack upon the enemy at the summit
of Chunuk Bair. He would not suffer restraint, but charged forward
outstripping everybody in his resolve to do his duty.”
[Illustration: =John Charles Marson.=]
=MARTIN, ALBERT HENRY=, Private, No. 2107, 1/7th Battn. The
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of John Martin, of Capel House
Lodge, Turkey Street, Waltham Cross, Herts, Gardener, by his wife,
Emily, dau. of John and (Ann) Savage; _b._ Romford, co. Essex, 11
Aug. 1895; educ. Forty Hill, Enfield and Ramsbury, Wilts; was employed
in the garden at Capel House; joined the Middlesex Territorials, 6
March, 1914; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war, 5
Aug. 1914; went to France, 12 March, 1915, and died at No. 6 Casualty
Clearing Station, Merville, 15 May, 1915, of wounds received in action
at Aubers Ridge, 9 May previous; _unm._ Buried in Merville
Cemetery.
[Illustration: =Albert Henry Martin.=]
=MARTIN, ARTHUR THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16124, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MARTIN, AYLMER RICHARD SANCTON=, Lieut.-Col. Commanding 2nd
Battn. King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt., _s._ of the late Rev. H.
Martin, Vicar of Thatcham, Newbury, Berkshire; _b._ Newbury, co.
Berks, 19 Nov. 1870; educ. Bradfield College, and Sandhurst; gazetted
2nd Lieut, to the Royal Fusiliers, 4 March, 1891, and Lieut. 26 June,
1892 and later the same year transferred to the Royal Lancaster Regt.;
became Capt. 25 Jan. 1900, Brevet Major 29 Nov. 1900, Major 8 Sept.
1906, and Lieut.-Col. 13 Dec. 1912; served through the South African
War, 1899–1901, including the relief of Ladysmith and the actions at
Spion Kop, Vaal Kranz, Tugela Heights (14–22 Feb. 1900, wounded) and
Laing’s Nek, and acted as Adjutant to the 2nd Battn., 2 Nov. 1899 to 8
Jan. 1900, and 25 Jan to 15 Sept. 1900 (twice mentioned in Despatches
[London Gazette, 8 Feb. and 10 Sept. 1910], Queen’s medal with six
clasps, Brevet of Major). On his return to England, after passing
through the Staff College he was attached to the General Staff at the
War Office from 1904 to 1906 and from 1907 to 1912 was Deputy Assistant
Adjutant General, Scottish Command. In 1912 he was given the command of
the 2nd Battn. of the King’s Own, then in India. Col. Martin was killed
in action at Frezenberg during the fighting around Ypres, 8 May, 1915.
He _m._ at Surbiton, 21 July, 1896, Mary Beatrice, dau. of General
Charles Terrington Aitchison, C.B., Indian Army, and had a dau.,
Eileen, _b._ 15 Oct. 1898.
[Illustration: =Aylmer R. S. Martin.=]
=MARTIN, BASIL CUTHBERT DANVERS=, 2nd Lieut., 13th (Service),
attd. 4th, Battn. The Worcestershire Regt., only _s._ of the Rev.
Henry Basil Martin, Rector of Pudleston, Leominster, co. Hereford,
by his wife, Gertrude May, eldest dau. of the Rev. Thomas Hannington
Irving Child, formerly Rector of Stratton, co. Gloucester; _b._
Sunhill Ranch, Loomis, Placer Co., California, U.S.A., 6 Oct. 1896;
educ. Wolborough Hill School, Newton Abbott, South Devon, and Lancing
College, Sussex; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 13th Worcesters, 14 Dec. 1914;
went to the Dardanelles, 20 May, 1915, where he was attached to the 4th
Battn., and was killed in action there, 4 June following; _unm._
His commanding officer wrote: “I was not near him at the time, but
those who were said that he showed perfect coolness and courage all
the time. During the few days he was with us I especially noticed him
for his keenness and desire to get on and feel very sure that if he
had been spared he would have done well.” While at Lancing he was a
keen member of the O.T.C., shooting twice at Bisley, where he helped to
gain the Cadets’ Challenge Trophy in 1913, and the Public Schools Rapid
in 1914, besides gaining several other medals at school, his first
being Lord Roberts’s Miniature Rifle Clubs Society, which he won at
Wolborough Hill School at the age of 13.
[Illustration: =Basil C. D. Martin.=]
=MARTIN, CECIL TAYLOR=, Assistant Clerk, R.N., elder _s._ of
George Martin, of 4, Park Terrace, Silloth, L.R.C.S.I., L.R.C.P.I., by
his wife, Margaret Emily, dau. of Robert Taylor; _b._ Silloth, co.
Cumberland, 15 June, 1897; educ. Preparatory School there, Cherbourg,
Malvern, and St. Bee’s School, Cumberland; joined the Navy as Assistant
Clerk, 1 Aug. 1914; was appointed to H.M.S. Monmouth, and was lost when
that ship was sunk in the battle off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
[Illustration: =Cecil Taylor Martin.=]
=MARTIN, CHARLES=, Private, No. 8758, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action,
30 Oct. 1914; _m._
=MARTIN, CHARLES EDWARD JOHN=, Private, No. 7974, 1st Battn.
Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt., _s._ of Charles Martin, of 41,
Ashbrooke Road, Upper Holloway; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France, etc.; died, 4 Dec. 1914, of wounds received in action.
=MARTIN, CHARLES HERBERT GEORGE=, M.A., F.Z.S., Lieut., 3rd
Battn. Monmouthshire Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of the late Edward
Pritchard Martin, of The Hill, Abergavenny, Mining Engineer and
Colliery Owner, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of C. H. James, of Merthyr;
_b._ Dowlais, co. Glamorgan, 5 Oct. 1882, and was educ. at Eton
and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he obtained a high standard of
efficiency in biology and obtained his degrees. He was demonstrator
in Zoology to the University of Glasgow, and Lecturer at Oxford, and
was well-known at Cambridge and at Naples, and was a scientist of
European reputation. At Glasgow he joined the University O.T.C. and was
gazetted 2nd Lieut. unattd. (T.F.), 12 Oct. 1909, and posted to the 3rd
Monmouths, 5 June, 1912. He was promoted Lieut. 29 Aug. 1914, being
subsequently machine-gun officer. On the outbreak of war he volunteered
for foreign service, and was killed in action N.E. of Ypres, 2 May,
1915. He was buried between St. Julien and Freezenberg. He published
several books on protozoology. When war broke out he was preparing
papers for the Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden. He was also
an ardent all-round sportsman, a keen follower of the Monmouthshire
Hounds, and was Master of the Crickhowell Harriers. He _m._ at
St. Mary’s Church, Abergavenny, 11 June, 1912, Beatrice Elise (The
Hill, Abergavenny), only child of Ferdinand Packington John Hanbury, of
Nantoer, Abergavenny, J.P., D.L., co. Monmouth, and had a son, Charles
Edward Capel, _b._ 21 April, 1913.
[Illustration: =Charles H. G. Martin.=]
=MARTIN, HERBERT EDWARD=, A.B., J. 11840, H.M.S. Laurel; killed in
action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=MARTIN, JOHN=, Private, No. 7875, 1st. Battn. Royal West Kent
Regt., _s._ of John Martin, of 79, Mill Road, Lewisham; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 26 Oct.
1914.
=MARTIN, JOHN WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 7909, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chill, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MARTIN, JOSEPH EDWARD=, Chief Stoker, (R.F.R., A. 1793), 152383,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=MARTIN, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11808, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MARTIN, WILLIAM HERBERT=, Private, No. 1522, E Coy. 7th Battn.
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of William Albert Martin, of
10, Shakespeare Road, Edmonton, Labourer at Woolwich Arsenal, by his
wife, Isabella, dau. of Robert Rawlinson; _b._ Sawston, co.
Cambridge, 8 June, 1896; educ. Bruce Grove Board Schools, Tottenham;
was a Carpenter and Joiner; joined the Middlesex Territorials in June,
1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug.
1914; trained at Sittingbourne; went to Gibraltar, 7 Sept. 1914, and
died in the Military Hospital there, 23 Jan. 1915, after undergoing an
operation for appendicitis, contracted on service; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Herbert Martin.=]
=WOOD-MARTIN, FRANCIS WINCHESTER=, Capt., 1st Battn. Suffolk
Regt., 4th and yst. _s._ of Col. William Gregory Wood-Martin,
of Cleveragh, co. Sligo, A.D.C., J.P., D.L., by his wife, Frances
Dora, dau. of Roger Dodwell Robinson, of Wellmount, co. Sligo, J.P.;
_b._ London, 27 Feb. 1880; educ. Cheltenham; gazetted 2nd Lieut.,
1st Battn. Suffolk Regt., 12 Aug. 1899; promoted Lieut. 30 Aug. 1900,
and Capt. 11 Feb. 1906; served in the South African War, 1899–1902;
took part in the operations in Cape Colony, south of the Orange River,
1899–1902, including actions at Colesberg (1–5 Jan.) being taken
prisoner, but was released in the following June when Lord Roberts
entered Pretoria. He was appointed Station Officer in the Transvaal and
took part in the operations east of Pretoria, July-29 Nov. 1900, and in
the Transvaal, Dec. 1900–31 May, 1902, receiving the Queen’s medal with
three clasps and the King’s medal with two clasps. On the outbreak of
the European War he served with his regt. in the Expeditionary Force,
and was killed in action near Ypres, 17 Feb. 1915; _unm._ His
elder brother, Capt. J. I. Wood-Martin, was killed at Neuve Chapelle,
12 March, 1915 (see following notice), and a memorial was erected
to their memory in St. Anne’s Parish Church, Strandhill, and in the
Cathedral at Khartoum.
[Illustration: =Francis W. Wood-Martin.=]
=WOOD-MARTIN, JAMES ISIDORE=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Northamptonshire
Regt. (58th), eldest _s._ of Col. William Gregory Wood-Martin,
of Cleveragh, co. Sligo, A.D.C., late R.G.A. and 44th Regt., etc.
(see preceding notice); _b._ 3 Sept. 1874; gazetted 2nd Lieut.,
2nd Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., 20 Feb. 1895; promoted Lieut. 23
Feb. 1898, and Capt. 2 June, 1903; served with the Mounted Infantry
in the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in operations in the
Orange Free State, Feb. to May, 1900; operations in the Transvaal
west of Pretoria, July to Nov, 1900; including action at Venterskroon
(7–9 Aug.), operations in the Orange River Colony, May to Nov. 1900;
including actions at Lindley (1 June), and Rhenoster River; operations
in the Transvaal, May, 1901, to May, 1902 (severely wounded, Queen’s
medal with three clasps, and King’s medal with two clasps). On the
conclusion of the war he was attached to the Egyptian Army, 4 April,
1903, to 3 April, 1913, being Lieut.-Col. Commanding the 9th and 11th
Sudanese. In 1905, he took part in the operations in the Sudan against
the Nyam Nyam tribes in the Bahr-el-Ghazal Province (Egyptian medal
with clasps). On the outbreak of the European War he left with his
regt. for the Front, served in France and Flanders, and was killed in
action, while leading his men in a charge against the enemy, near Neuve
Chapelle, 12 March, 1915; _unm._ His yr. brother, Capt. F. W.
Wood-Martin, was killed, 17 Feb. 1915 (see preceding notice).
[Illustration: =James I. Wood-Martin.=]
=MARTYN, EDWARD THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 8487), 194645 Chatham,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=MARVIN, HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 8452), 203011 Chatham, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=MASEFIELD, ROBERT=, Major, 1st Batt. King’s Shropshire L.I.,
eldest _s._ of Valentine Vickers Masefield, of Akaroa, New
Zealand, by his wife, Isabel, dau. of (--) McKay, of Pigeon’s Bay,
New Zealand, and nephew and adopted _s._ of Col. Robert Taylor
Masefield, C.B., formerly commanding 4th Battn. Shropshire L.I.,
late of Ellerton Hall, Newport, Salop, and now of Woodbury, Devon;
_b._ Gough’s Bay, Canterbury, New Zealand, 24 May, 1872; educ.
Marlborough (Crescent), 1884–90, and the Royal Military College,
Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to 2nd Battn. King’s Shropshire L.I., 18
June, 1892, and shortly after posted to the 1st Battn. at Hong Kong,
going with it to India; became Lieut. 21 Aug. 1895, and Capt. 9 June,
1901; joined the 2nd Battn. in South Africa in 1902, took part in the
operations in the Transvaal, March 31 to May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with
two clasps) and returned with it to India on the close of the campaign;
promoted Major at Secunderabad, 18 Sept. 1912. On the outbreak of the
European War he was home on furlough, and was ordered to join the 1st
Battn. at Tipperary, 8 Aug. 1914. They proceeded to the Front on 8
Sept. and were in the trenches on the Aisne, near Vailly. On 12 Oct.
the Shropshires were moved north to help to bar the first rush on
Calais, and during the following days--hastily entrenched and holding
an extended front in flat country--had to beat back incessant and
determined attacks from superior numbers. On 24 Oct. Major Masefield,
commanding A Coy., was also left 2nd in command of the battn., and
was killed in the trenches near Bois-Grenier, between Armentières
and Lille. Of his death on that day his Capt. wrote: “It was in the
trenches of A Coy. We had been fighting hard for five days, and D
Coy. had lost all their officers except one, so at 12 o’clock I was
taken from A to go to D Coy. trenches. I said good-bye, and he took my
seat. It was there at about 4.30 p.m. he was killed instantaneously
by shrapnel shell in the back.” Many tributes to his memory were
received from his brother officers and men, and his feelings for them
may be best expressed in his own words, in almost his last letter:
“The men are splendid, always cheery--full of thrust and ready for
anything--we cannot do enough for them.” A Private in A Coy. wrote:
“His last thoughts were for his men, his last words telling us to keep
our heads down as much as possible”; and a Sergt.: “It was a critical
time as another strong attack was expected ... he himself was (standing
against the traverse) watching the front ... cheering his men and
preventing any signs of possible panic or unnecessary risk at a most
nerve-trying time.... He died, as he had lived, a gallant gentleman.”
Brother officers wrote: “You know we all loved him, from the Colonel
down to the newest recruit....” and “we always said the regt. would be
all right as long as Masefield was with it”; and his Colonel (himself
wounded): “Always cheery and ready for work under all conditions,
he will be hard to replace.” A fine soldier and sportsman, he was a
first-class shot, both big and small game, and a keen fisherman, and he
also excelled in all games, in most of which he played for his regt.
He _m._ at Farnham, co. Surrey, 2 July, 1908, Esmé, dau. of Col.
Henry Spencer Wheatley, C.B. (late 3rd Gurkhas), of the Knoll, Farnham;
_s.p._
[Illustration: =Robert Masefield.=]
=MASON, ALBERT EDWARD=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 16559, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=MASON, ANDREW NIMMO=, Private, No. 919, 2nd Battn. Gordon
Highlanders; _b._ Edinburgh, 14 Oct. 1893; educ. Morningside Board
School there; was employed as a Vanman with Messrs. Buchan, Dairymen,
of Balcarris Street, Edinburgh; enlisted 22 Feb. 1912; went to France
in Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 2 Nov. following.
=MASON, ARTHUR=, Rifleman, No. 2367, A Coy, 1/18th Battn. (London
Irish Rifles), The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Joseph
Mason, of 11, Tower Terrace, Wood Green, N., by his wife, Sarah, dau.
of Thomas Hammond, of Lower Guiting; _b._ Wood Green, N., 4 Feb.
1883; educ. Higher Grade School there; was a Mercantile Clerk; enlisted
in the 2nd Battn. of the London Irish Rifles, 2 Sept. 1914, and trained
with them at the White City, London, and Reigate; later he volunteered
for the 1st Battn. then at St. Albans, and left with them for France on
10 March, 1915. He was killed in action during the famous charge made
by the London Irish at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Arthur Mason.=]
=MASON, EDWARD=, 2nd Lieut. 3rd (attached 2nd) Battn.
Northamptonshire Regt., the distinguished ’Cellist and Conductor;
only _s._ of Jeremiah Mason, of 1, Ingoldsby Mansions, West
Kensington, and Coventry, by his wife Sarah, dau. of William Sutton,
of Kenilworth; _b._ Coventry, 24 June, 1878; educ. privately in
Coventry and in Germany; began his musical life as a chorister in St.
Michael’s Church, during the period Dr. A. H. Brewer was organist and
choirmaster, and when he entered the Royal College of Music, he had
already gained some proficiency as a violinist, ’cellist and pianist.
In the course of his studentship he won several exhibitions, and
obtained his diploma of Associateship. On leaving there, he was, in
1897, appointed assistant to Dr. C. H. Lloyd at Eton, a post he held
until the outbreak of the war. He made his first appearance in London
as a ’cellist at the Bechstein Hall in 1900, and was well-known both
as a soloist and as a quartet player at Chamber concerts in London and
the country. He was a Director of, and principal ’cellist in the New
Symphony Orchestra, which he conducted on its first appearance at the
Queen’s Hall, in 1906, and was engaged in the orchestras of most of the
principal musical festivals. In 1907, he established the Edward Mason
Choir, formed principally in order to produce new works by the younger
British composers, who by his death lost a good friend. Following the
outbreak of war, he joined the Universities and Public Schools Battn.
early in Sept., received his commission 24 Feb. 1915; went to France at
the end of March, and was killed in action near Fromelles, 9 May. In a
letter to his father, a brother officer said: “He was killed gallantly
leading his men in the attack on 9 May against the German trenches”;
and his platoon sergt. wrote that Mr. Mason’s detachment came under
a devastating fire from German machine guns near Fromelles, and that
he fell in a hail of bullets. His portrait was hung in the music
school at Eton, where he taught so long and so successfully. Another
portrait hangs in the Students’ Room of the Royal College of Music. The
R.C.M. Magazine for No. 3 Term, 1915, says: “Edward Mason, the man,
had many lovable qualities, which endeared him to his friends. He was
generous-hearted, good-humoured, and at all times a charming companion.
He hated any kind of pose or pretence, and might be described as the
antithesis of the conventional musician of the ‘long-haired’ variety.”
“He was a fine fellow, and one of the best musicians I ever knew,”
wrote Dr. C. H. Lloyd, his former chief at Eton. “And all who knew
Edward Mason well will endorse this very apt and true summary of his
qualities.” He _m._ at Ealing 14 Aug. 1905, Jessie, (the violinist
and leader of the Grimson String Quartet) dau. of Samuel Dean Grimson.
[Illustration: =Edward Mason.=]
=MASON, GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 7021, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=MASON, HENRY THOMAS=, Chief Stoker, 170258, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MASON, JAMES=, Private, No. 5779, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
_s._ of James Mason, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Charles
Lincoln; _b._ Sprowston, co. Norwich, 14 May, 1886; enlisted 18
Oct. 1904; served in Egypt, 29 Sept. 1906 to 20 Oct. 1908, and with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, from 12 Aug. 1914, and was
killed in action at Landrecies, 25 Aug. 1914. He _m._ at Norwich,
19 Aug. 1911, Clara (7, Pearces Fields, Sprowston, Norwich), dau. of
James Hazelton, and had a dau., Clara Ada, _b._ 5 Feb. 1913.
=MASON, JOHN=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 196093, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MASON, JOHN=, Color-Sergt., R.M.L.I., Ch. 7778. H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MASON, THEOPHILUS=, Drummer, No. 1614, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, yst. _s._ of Theophilus Mason, of 3, Pitley Place,
Walworth, S.E., retired Policeman: _b._ New Kent Road, London,
S.E., 23 Feb. 1884; educ. Sayer Street Board School; enlisted as a
Drummer, 2 May, 1898; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in
action at Cuinchy Brickfields, 1 Feb. 1915. Buried in Cuinchy Cemetery
(Grave No. 14 F). Sergt.-Drummer A. Douglas of his battn. wrote to
the widow; “I feel I must write and tell you how sorry we all feel
for you in your sad bereavement. It may be some consolation to you to
know that your husband died like a hero and a true soldier. He always
had my deepest respect, and I with the remainder of the drummers feel
his loss very deeply.” He _m._ at St. Stephen’s Church, Walworth,
S.E., 1 Nov. 1902, Ellen (14, Russell Street, Windsor), dau. of Charles
Eagle, of 39, Eltham Street, Walworth, S.E., and had five children:
Theophilus, _b._ 26 May, 1904; Charles, _b._ 15 April, 1907;
Horace, _b._ 17 April, 1910; Ellen, _b._ 23 Nov. 1905; and
Muriel Irene, _b._ 12 March, 1913.
[Illustration: =Theophilus Mason.=]
=MASON, WALTER TROWER=, Shipwright, 342914, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MASON, WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 3625), 133388, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=MASSEY. CHARLES THOMAS=, Chief Petty Officer (W.T.O.), R.N.R.,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea 22 Sept. 1914.
=MASSIE, JOHN HAMON, D.S.O.=, Major, Royal Garrison Artillery,
yr. _s._ of Edward Richard Massie, of Coddington, Cheshire,
and Annefield, Gresford, North Wales, formerly Lieut. 78th
Highlanders, by his first wife, Baroness Olga Marie, dau. of
Baron von Wessenberg-Ampringen and granddau. of Henry, Baron von
Wessenberg-Ampringen, formerly Austrian Ambassador, at St. James’,
and grandson of Admiral Thomas Leche Massie; _b._ Eaux Chaudes,
Basses Pyrenees, France, 10 June, 1872; educ. Stubbington House (Mr.
M. Foster), and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. 1 May, 1892; promoted Lieut. 1 May, 1895; Capt. 19 Jan. 1900,
and Major, 15 Feb. 1913; served in Chitral, 1895, with the Relief Force
(medal with clasp); and in the South African War, 1900–2, attd. to the
Transport Department; took part in the operations in the Orange Free
State, Feb. to May, 1900; operations in the Transvaal in May and June,
1900, including actions near Johannesburg and Diamond Hill; operations
in the Orange River Colony, May to 29 Nov. 1900, including action at
Wittebergen; operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900 to March, 1902,
and those in the Orange River Colony, March to 31 May, 1902 (mentioned
in Despatches [London Gazette, 17 Jan. 1902], Queen’s medal with four
clasps and King’s medal with two clasps, D.S.O.); was Instructor at the
Royal Military Academy from 1 Jan. to 11 Sept. 1904; Commander of a
company of Gentleman Cadets there from 12 Sept. 1904 to 31 Dec. 1908,
and Staff Capt. School of Gunnery, Shoeburyness, Nov. 1910 to Aug.
1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 9 Oct. 1914, and
died in the Field Ambulance, near Ypres, 15 Nov. following, of wounds
received in action on the 13th, when in command of the 26th Battery,
Heavy Artillery. Buried in Ypres Cemetery. Major Massie _m._
at Southsea, co. Hants, 3 Sept. 1903, Maria Margaret, elder dau. of
Major-Gen. Ernest Archibald Berger, late 10th (The Lincolnshire) Regt.;
_s.p._
[Illustration: =John Hamon Massie.=]
=MASTER, CHARLES LIONEL=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Royal Irish Rifles,
_s._ of the late William Edward Master, of Kotmalie, Ceylon, Tea
Planter, by his wife, Jeanette, dau. of Samuel Newson Gissing, nephew
of Harcourt Master, of Rotherhurst, Liss, co. Hants, grandson of
Lieut.-Col. Harcourt Master, 1st Dragoon Guards, and 4th Queen’s Own
Light Dragoons, and great-grandson of Lieut.-Col. Harcourt Master, 52nd
Foot; _b._ in Ceylon, 24 March, 1881; educ. Bradfield College;
joined the Royal Irish Rifles from the Louth Militia, as 2nd Lieut.
5 Jan. 1901; promoted Lieut. 28 March, 1905; Adjutant, 25 Jan. 1908;
and Captain, 28 June, 1908; served in the South African War, taking
part in the operations in the Orange Free State and Transvaal, Aug.
1901–May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with five clasps). On the outbreak of the
European War, he went out with his regt. to France, took part in the
retreat from Mons, and the subsequent engagements prior to meeting his
death in action at La Couture, on 12 Oct. 1914, from a shrapnel shell,
when leading his coy. in the attack. He was buried at Vielle Chapelle;
_unm._ He was mentioned for distinguished conduct in the field in
Field-Marshal Sir John French’s despatch of 8 Oct. 1914. Capt. Master
was much beloved by both officers and men, as will be seen from the
following extracts from letters received since his death. The wife of
his late Colonel wrote: “As Capt. Master was my husband’s Adjutant, we
got to know him so well, and he was invaluable to my husband being such
a dependable, able soldier”; and an officer: “His death was a dreadful
blow to me, as it was to us all, and we shall miss him terribly, and
mourn him always. It is no exaggeration to say that he was beloved by
officers and men alike, for we recognised his great ability and worth,
and I know that Col. Bird thought very highly of him as a thoroughly
sound and reliable soldier. Had he lived, I am sure he would have done
particularly well in this war, and he has already been mentioned in
despatches.” Capt. Master was a keen sportsman, being a member of his
football eleven at school, and after joining his regiment kept up his
interest in the game, and did his utmost to inculcate the love of pure
sport amongst his men. It was owing in a large measure to his tuition
and untiring efforts that the Royal Irish Rifles turned out a team
which was a tower of strength for several years in regimental contests,
and had the proud distinction of winning the Army Cup. He was also
devoted to hunting, and whenever the opportunity occurred he might be
seen out with the various packs in the neighbourhood in which his regt.
happened to be quartered.
[Illustration: =Charles Lionel Master.=]
=MASTERS, TREVOR MONRO HOARE=, Midshipman, R.N., eldest _s._
of the late Lieut. Charles Monro Masters, R.N., late H.M.S. Cressy
(died 21 Aug. 1902), by his wife, Susan (now wife of Capt. William
Firth Slayter, R.N.), dau. of (--), of New Zealand, and gdson. of
Canon James Hoare Masters, of The Close, Chichester; _b._ Sydney,
N.S.W., 13 May, 1895; educ. privately (Rev. C. Royle, Stanmore Park,
near Harrow); entered the Navy, became Midshipman in Jan. 1911, was
appointed to H.M.S. Formidable, Nov. 1914, and was lost when that ship
was sunk in the English Channel, 1 Jan. 1915; _unm._
=SMITH-MASTERS, GEORGE ARTHUR=, 2nd Lieut., 6th (Service)
Battn. The Bedfordshire Regt., yst. _s._ of the Rev. John
Ernest Smith-Masters, M.A., Vicar of South Banbury, formerly Vicar
of Stewkley, Bucks, and Rural Dean of Mursley, by his wife, Eliza
Margaret, dau. of Samuel Swinton Melville, I.C.S., and grandson of the
late Rev. Allan Smith-Masters, of Camer, Kent, J.P.; _b._ Kidmore
End, co. Oxon, 29 Dec. 1894, and after receiving his early education at
Eversley School, was elected to a scholarship at Haileybury College.
He matriculated at Keble College, Oxford, in Jan. 1914, intending to
prepare for Holy Orders, but on the outbreak of war applied for a
commission, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. from the Oxford University
O.T.C. on 21 Aug. 1914, and left England with his regt. 30 July, 1915.
He had always taken a great interest in the Church Lads’ Brigade, and
had been appointed Lieut. in the 5th Oxford Cadet Corps (C.L.B.) in
July, 1914. In the early days of the war he was, with his father, in
charge of the lads of the Stewkley Coy. of C.L.B. in their work of
guarding bridges on the main line of the London & North Western Railway
by day and night. He went out near midnight on 19 Aug. 1915, along
with a Sergt. to endeavour to locate shots which were endangering the
lives of his men employed in digging trenches, and was shot through
the heart by a sniper. His Colonel wrote to his mother: “Your dear son
was a favourite with us all, and there was not an officer or a man who
stood with me round his grave who did not feel they had lost a personal
friend. He was such a charming boy, a God-fearing, straight-living
English boy. An English gentleman, he died doing his duty, a very brave
action. Col. des Vœux, who commands the operations there, said that
nobody but one of the best and bravest would have attempted to do what
your son wished to do.” His company officer wrote: “One thing you will
be proud to know is that he died doing his duty in an exceptionally
brave manner, not in broad daylight, when it is easier to be brave,
but in the dead of night, a mile behind the firing line. The whole of
his company was able to attend his last parade, when we laid him to
rest yesterday evening.” A drummer of his company wrote home: “He was
a great favourite with us all, both with the other officers and with
us men. He was the best officer in the battn.; he was something like
a brother might be, and was missed quite as much.” He was buried in
the English cemetery at Dranoutre, the Service being taken by the
Senior Chaplain of the Brigade. The General and officers from all the
regiments in the Brigade were present, his uncle, Col. J. S. Melville,
commanding 8th E. Lancs. Regt., attending as chief mourner.
[Illustration: =George A. Smith-Masters.=]
=MATHER, JAMES=, Private, No. 8884, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
_s._ of James Charles Mather, of 25, Fraser Street, Bolton,
Labourer, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Ralph Hough, Stripper and
Grinder; _b._ Halliwell, Bolton, co. Lancaster, 17 Nov. 1890;
educ. Brownlow-fold Council School; enlisted 3 Oct. 1910, and was
killed in action at Rentel, Belgium, 2 Nov. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =James Mather.=]
=MATHER, JOHN KEARSLEY=, Lieut., 1st Battn. York and Lancaster
Regt., 5th _s._ of Arthur Mather, of Avonhill, Cheltenham, by his
wife, Ethel Madeline, dau. of the late Rev. Charles Francis Willis,
M.A.; _b._ Cheltenham, 25 Jan. 1890; educ. Cheltenham College, and
the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (Sandhurst Division); gazetted 2nd
Lieut. to the 1st York and Lancaster Regt. 18 Sept. 1909, and joined
his battn. at Quetta, India, in the following Dec.; served in India
five years, being promoted Lieut. 8 Dec. 1911; came home with his
battn. in Dec. 1914; went to France, 15 Jan. 1915, and was killed in
action by shell fire near Ypres, 18 Feb. 1915, and buried at Verbranden
Molen; _unm._
=MATHERRON, EDWARD JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8050),
S.S. 103773, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=MATHESON, JOHN RODERICK FLETCHER=, Private, No. 8919, 1st Battn.
Highland L.I., _s._ of the Rev. Dugald Matheson, United Free
Church of Scotland, Minister of Tarbat; _b._ Kiltearn, co. Ross,
June, 1880; educ. Tarbat Old Public School and Inverness; enlisted
in the Highland L.I. in 1909, served through the South African War,
and obtained his discharge in 1913. On the outbreak of war he was in
Canada, but immediately re-enlisted, came over with the 1st Canadian
Contingent, obtained his transfer to his old regt.; went to the Front
at the end of Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 12
March, 1915. He _m._ at Winnipeg, Canada, 1909, Bella, dau. of D.
M. Davidson, of co. Inverness, but had no children.
=MATHEWS, ALFRED FELTON=, Rifleman, No. 2657, 12th Battn. (The
Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of William Felton Mathews,
of Highworth, Wilts, by his wife, Emily, dau. of John Shewry, of
Southampton; _b._ 2 Sept. 1894; educ. Carlton Road Council School
and Polytechnic, Regent Street; and was on the staff of Messrs. H. I.
Nicoll & Co., of Regent Street, London, W., when war broke out, but was
intending to enter a missionary college as a student. He joined the
Rangers on 5 Sept. 1914, went to France on the following Christmas Day,
and was killed in action near Ypres on 5 May, 1915. He was acting as a
stretcher-bearer when a shell burst close to him, wounding him in the
arm; but he pluckily refused to give in until quite exhausted, when he
laid his groundsheet down and fell asleep. Shortly afterwards, another
shell came and killed him. Buried in the grounds of the Asylum, Ypres;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Alfred Felton Mathews.=]
=MATHURIN, JOHN=, Stoker, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off
Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MATHWIN, DOUGLAS GATECLIFF=, 2nd Lieut., 1/9th Battn. King’s
Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), only surviving _s._ of the late Henry
Mathwin, of Bickerton House, Birkdale, Southport, Schoolmaster, M.A.,
by his wife, Agnes (3, Bickerton Road, Southport), dau. of John William
Gatecliff; _b._ Bickerton House, afsd., 9 June, 1885; educ.
Bickerton House School; and was a Chartered Accountant; on the outbreak
of war he applied for a commission, was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the
1/9th Liverpools, 11 Nov. 1914; went to France, 12 March, 1915, and was
killed in action near Richebourg l’Avoué on 9 May, 1915, being buried
behind the trenches; _unm._ He was acting captain at the time of
his death.
[Illustration: =Douglas Gatecliff Mathwin.=]
=MATRAVERS, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3204), S.S.
100832, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MATSON, CLIFFORD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 10394, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MATTHEWS, CHARLES HENRY=, Private, No. 5533, 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of William Henry Matthews, of 42, Butlin
Street, Nechells, Birmingham, Millwright, by his wife, Frances;
_b._ 24 June, 1885; educ. Cromwell Street Council School; enlisted
30 April, 1904; went to France, 17 Aug. 1914, and was reported missing
after the severe fighting on 29 Oct. 1914, on which day the 2nd
Coldstreams and the rest of the 1st Division were at one time driven
from their trenches near Gheluvelt; and is now assumed to have been
killed on that day. He _m._ at St. Clement’s Church, Nechells,
3 Oct. 1909, Charlotte (18, Brighton Grove, Great Francis Street,
Birmingham), dau. of Samuel Woodin, Painter, and had two children:
Charles Henry, _b._ 9 Feb. 1915, _d._ 9 Jan. 1916; and Edna
Francis, _b._ 9 Dec. 1910.
[Illustration: =Charles Henry Matthews.=]
=MATTHEWS, FRANCIS=, Stoker H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off
Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MATTHEWS, FRANK=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./12178, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=MATTHEWS, FRANK GEORGE=, Midshipman, R.N., yr. _s._ of
Brig.-Gen. Frank Broadwood Matthews, of Old Raven House, Hook, co.
Hants, C.B., D.S.O., late commanding 2nd Battn. The King’s Own Regt.,
and his wife, Edith Mabel Warner, dau. of the late Ralph George
Price, of 26, Hyde Park Gardens, London, W.; _b._ Lichfield,
co. Stafford, 9 Feb. 1898; educ. Parkside, Ewell, Surrey (Mr. A.
Vaughan Pott); Royal Naval College, Osborne, and Royal Naval College,
Dartmouth; entered the Navy, 1 Aug. 1914; was appointed to H.M.S.
Cressy, and was lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22
Sept. following.
[Illustration: =Frank George Matthews.=]
=MATTHEWS, HAROLD CAREY=, Major, 4th Battn. Alexandra, Princess of
Wales’ Own Yorkshire Regt. (The Green Howards) (T.F.), eldest _s._ of
Frederick William White Matthews, of Low Hall, Sinnington, Yorks, J.P.,
formerly manager of Barclay’s Bank, at Leyburn; by his wife, Ellen
Georgiana, dau. of the late Rev. Hewett Carey; _b._ Hawes, Wensleydale,
co. York, 25 April, 1879; educ. The School, Aysgarth, Yorks, entered
Barclay’s Bank, and at the time of the outbreak of war was second in
charge of their Market Weighton Branch. He had joined the London Rifle
Brigade as a Private in 1897, and was afterwards given a commission as
2nd Lieut. in the 4th Yorks Regt., and served in the South African War
in command of the 2nd Service Company of that Regt. For his services he
received the Queen’s medal with five clasps and was made an Hon. Lieut,
in the Army, 26 July, 1902. He was promoted Capt. 30 April, 1904, and
on the outbreak of the European War volunteered for foreign service,
and was gazetted Major, 29 Aug. 1914. He left for France on 17 April,
and was killed in action at St. Julien, north of Ypres, a few days
later, 25 April, 1915. His Commanding Officer wrote: “He was killed
in action leading his men in work which earned the compliments of the
General.” Major Matthews _m._ at Dringhouses Parish Church, York, 12
July, 1911, Marjory Phyllis, yst. dau. of Gervas Woodhouse, of 196,
Mount Vale, York, and had issue: Frederick Gervas, _b._ 24 Dec. 1912;
and Marjory Phyllis, _b._ posthumous, 13 Oct. 1915.
[Illustration: =Harold Carey Matthews.=]
=MAUGHAN, JOHN=, Mechanician, 284270, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov., 1914.
=MAULE, ROBERT=, Lieut., 5th, attd. 1st Battn. The Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt., T.F.), only _s._ of Sir Robert Maule, of Ashbrook,
Edinburgh, J.P., by his wife, Janet, dau. of Robert McIntosh, of Leith;
_b._ at Trinity, Edinburgh; 1884; educ. Morrison’s Academy,
Crieff; the Leys School, Cambridge, and Christ’s College, Cambridge
(M.A. 19..); and on leaving the University joined his father’s firm,
Robert Maule & Son, Princes Street, Edinburgh, and became a director
in 1913. He obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 5th (Queen’s
Edinburgh Rifles), Royal Scots, 24 Nov. 1912, and on the outbreak of
war volunteered for foreign service; was promoted Lieut. 16 Sept.
1914, and attd. to 1st Battn.; went to Egypt with his Battn. in
March, 1915, and was there nominated by his Commanding Officer, Col.
J. T. A. Wilson, to command the section to form an escort to the
Commander-in-Chief, Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton, but at his own request was
allowed to rejoin his regt.; went to the Dardanelles in May, and was
killed in action there, 29 May, 1915; _unm._ His brother-in-law,
Capt. Edgar Walker, 1st East Yorks, was also killed in action.
[Illustration: =Robert Maule.=]
=MAUNDER, LEONARD=, Rifleman, No. 7692, 3rd Battn. The Rifle
Brigade, _s._ of Henry Maunder; _b._ Downley, High Wycombe,
co. Bucks, 29 Aug. 1883; enlisted in March, 1899; served in France and
Flanders from 9 Sept. to 29 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action on the
latter date. Buried the Quarries by Champs d’Ering, near Soupir. He
_m._ at St. Peter’s, Winchester, 2 Aug. 1909, Ada Susan (2, Middle
Brook Street, Winchester), dau. of Alfred Charles Dillow, and had a son
Leonard Charles, _b._ 12 June, 1910.
=MAURICE, FRANCIS DENNISON=, Lieut., 1st (Canterbury) Battn.
New Zealand Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of Frank Augustus
Maurice, of 41, Alma Square, St John’s Wood, London, N.W., R.A.M., Can.
Coll., Professor of Music and Singing, by his 1st wife, Gertrude, dau.
of John Gibbs Hart, of Christchurch, New Zealand, and great-grandnephew
of the Rev. Peter Maurice, D.D., Rector of Oxford; _b._ Linwood,
Christchurch, New Zealand, 4 Aug. 1891; and was educ. at Temuka High
School, and Canterbury College, New Zealand. He was a brilliant
scholar, winning the Junior Scholarship at the age of 12, coming out
third of the whole of Canterbury, and the Senior two years after,
coming out second. He matriculated when 15 years of age, so he paid for
all his education; and at the age of 18 was assistant master at Burnham
Industrial School; and at 19, Head Master at Longridge, Southland. He
was five years in the Senior Cadets, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. on the
formation of the New Zealand Universal Training Army, and Lieut. just
before the war broke out, and had passed his captaincy examination.
He volunteered for Imperial service, left New Zealand for Egypt with
the first reinforcements on R.M.S. Athenic in the following Oct.; took
part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25–26 April, and died 10 May,
1915, on H.M.S. Braemar Castle, of wounds received two days previously
in Gallipoli. He was buried at sea; _unm._ For over two years he
was a master of the Waimate District High School, where a memorial
tablet was erected to his memory. He was an enthusiastic hockey player
and instructor; his Waimate ladies’ team of six-a-side winning the
championship, and was on the Committee of the South Canterbury Hockey
Association.
[Illustration: =Francis D. Maurice.=]
=MAW, WILLIAM FRANCIS=, A.B., J. 12612, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MAXTED, THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 7844), S.S. 1471, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MAXWELL, AYMER EDWARD=, Younger of Monreith, Lieut.-Col.
Commanding 4th (Collingwood) Battn. 1st brigade, R.N. Division, only
surviving _s._ of the Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert Maxwell, 7th Bart.,
P.C., F.R.S.; _b._ Edinburgh, 26 Oct. 1877; educ. Eton and
Sandhurst; gazetted to the Grenadier Guards, 8 Sept. 1897; served in
South African War 1899–1900; took part in the advance on Kimberley,
including the actions at Belmont and Enslin (Queen’s medal with clasp);
invalided home, 1900; and retired with rank of Captain, 4 Sept. 1907,
joining the Reserve of Officers; Capt. Lovat’s Scouts (Yeo.), 1911. On
mobilisation, Aug. 1914, he immediately rejoined the Grenadier Guards,
and subsequently volunteered for service as Adjutant and second in
command in the newly-formed Royal Naval Division. He received command,
with the rank of Lieut.-Col. of the Collingwood Battn. then in camp
at Walmer, and with it accompanied the expedition to Antwerp. He was
wounded in the head by the first shell of the bombardment of 8 Oct.
after four days and nights of ceaseless exertion, almost entirely
without sleep or rest, and died the following day in the Military
Hospital there, being buried in the garden. The officer commanding
the Brigade, wrote: “His death is a severe loss to my brigade. I
personally have lost a friend, the whole brigade has lost one of its
finest officers. His energy, earnestness and singleness of purpose
inspired his whole Battn., and both his officers and men were animated
by his fine spirit from the moment he assumed command of them.” He
was gazetted temporary Lieut.-Col. Royal Marines (10 Nov.) after his
death. Colonel Maxwell was a J.P., D.L. and County Councillor for
Wigtownshire, a Director of the Crichton Royal Institution and author
of various works and articles on sporting subjects. He _m._,
London, 20 Oct. 1909, Lady Mary Percy, dau. of Henry George, 7th Duke
of Northumberland, K.G., P.C., by his wife, Lady Edith Campbell, eldest
dau. of George, 8th Duke of Argyll, K.G., K.T., P.C., and had issue
three sons and a dau.: Aymer, _b._ 7 Dec. 1911; Eustace, _b._
24 Feb. 1913; Gavin, _b._ 15 July, 1914; and Christian, _b._
31 July, 1910.
[Illustration: =Aymer Edward Maxwell.=]
=MAXWELL= (_alias_ =ROBERTS=), =BERTRAM JESSE=, Chief Petty Officer,
No. 282914, R.N., _s._ of Louisa (now wife of Robert Roberts, of
19, Clarendon Road, Havant), dau. of the late George Maxwell; _b._
Eastbourne, co. Sussex, 10 May, 1878; educ. St. Faith’s, Havant, was
adopted and brought up by his stepfather; entered the Navy under the
name of Roberts, 1896; but afterwards resumed his own name; served in
China (medal); and was lost in H.M.S. Invincible in the Battle off
Jutland, 31 May, 1916. He _m._ at Langrish, 31 April, 1904, Agnes,
dau. of Thomas (and Annie) Nash, of Stroud, Petersfield, and had two
daus.: May, _b._ 11 April, 1906, and Gladys, _b._ 14 Sept. 1913. His
half brother, L.-Corpl. F. W. Roberts was killed in the landing at the
Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915 (see his notice).
[Illustration: =B. J. Maxwell= (_alias_ =Roberts=).]
=MAY, EDWARD THOMAS=, Petty Officer (C.G.), 142724 (Dev.), H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=MAY, FRANK JUBILEE=, Stoker, 1st Class (B. 4586), S.S. 103696,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=MAY, JOHN=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 16137, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost
when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=MAY, JOHN EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 8452, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=MAY, SIDNEY CHARLES=, Sapper, No. 1507 Kent (Fortress) R.E.
(T.F.), _s._ of William May, of Elm Cottage, Oxonhoath, West
Peckham, Tonbridge; _b._ Oxonhoath aforesaid; educ. there; joined
the Navy, 27 Oct. 1914; and was lost when H.M.S. Hythe was sunk in the
Ægean Sea, 27 Oct. 1915; _unm._
=MAY, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1089), H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MAY, WILLIAM RICHARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10340), S.S.
108083, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MAYCOCK, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (B. 4858), S.S. 104278,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=MAYLIN, FREDERICK FRANCIS=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26753, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MAYNARD, DANIEL=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 862), H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MAYNARD, JOHN WILMOT=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. King’s Royal Rifle
Corps, yr. _s._ of Edmund Anthony Jefferson Maynard, of Hoon
Ridge, co. Derby, J.P., by his wife, Margaret Blanche, elder dau. of
Robert Sacheverell Wilmot-Sitwell, of Stainsby House, Derbyshire, J.P.,
D.L.; _b._ Eastbourne, 8 June, 1896; educ. St. Peter’s Court,
Broadstairs, and Harrow; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the King’s Royal Rifle
Corps, 23 Dec. 1914; went to France in March, 1915, and was killed in
action during the second Battle of Ypres, 24 April, 1915. Buried in the
north-west corner of the Polygone de Zonnebeke Wood, 5 miles due east
of Ypres.
[Illustration: =John Wilmot Maynard.=]
=MAYO, GEORGE PATRICK=, Petty Officer, 210642, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MEAD, BERNARD WALLACE=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. Royal Fusiliers,
yst. _s._ of Henry John Mead, of 27 Ladbroke Gardens, Kensington,
W., Solicitor, by his wife, Edith Charlotte, dau. of the late Rev.
Joseph Gifford, Vicar of Newport, Barnstaple; _b._ Kensington, W.,
2 Aug. 1893; educ. Cranleigh School, and on leaving joined the staff of
the Sun Fire Office. He had belonged to the 28th London Regt. (Artists’
Rifles) for some years, and on the outbreak of war, volunteered
for foreign service and went to France with them in Oct. 1914. He
was gazetted 2nd Lieut. on the unattached list, 5 April, 1915, and
immediately afterwards appointed to the 4th Royal Fusiliers, a corps
which had been in the thick of the fighting since the Battle of Mons.
On the night of 30 May, 1915, near Ypres, he received orders to relieve
another officer in a trench about 25 yards from the German lines. While
on his way, accompanied by his Capt. and a N.C.O., the party met two
other officers belonging to another Corps. The enemy sent up a flare
and opened fire upon the group of five and Lieut. Mead fell mortally
wounded. He died three days later (2 June) at Bailleul, and was buried
in the Military Cemetery there; _unm._
[Illustration: =Bernard Wallace Mead.=]
=MEAD, CHRISTOPHER=, Lieut., A Coy. 2nd Battn. East Surrey Regt.,
2nd _s._ of John Phillips Mead, of the firm of Mead & Co., 2,
King’s Bench Walk, Inner Temple, and of St. Mary’s, Teddington,
Solicitor, by his wife, Maud Helen Kate, dau. of Samuel King Church;
_b._ Fopstone Road, Earl’s Court, S.W., 10 May, 1888; educ.,
Street Court, Westgate-on-Sea, and Charterhouse (Bodeites); was
admitted a Solicitor in 1913, and was a junior partner in his father’s
firm; joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. in 1910, and after serving in
it four years, joined the Reserve. He rejoined on the outbreak of war
in Aug. 1914; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 4th Battn., East Surrey
Regt., 15 Aug., and promoted Lieut. 8 Sept. [London Gazette, 11 Nov.],
1915; trained at Devonport; went to France, 11 May, 1915, and was
there attached to the 2nd Battn.; served through the gas attack on
Whit Monday, his regiment being in the front trenches, and was shot
in the temple by a bullet in July, but remained on duty at the time;
was given five days’ leave in Aug., and was killed in action in the
assault on the Hohenzollern Redoubt, Vermelles, 28 Sept. 1915, while
leading a bombing party of A Coy., and after having been throwing
bombs incessantly for over three hours; _unm._ His Commanding
Officer, Col. F. Montague Bates, wrote: “Your son was killed by a
bomb on the 28th. He was commanding A Coy. at the time of his death
and was gallantly leading a bombing party of his men forward when
he was hit by a German bomb and killed instantaneously. I thought a
great deal of him, he was an excellent soldier, daring and gallant;
he was beloved by his men and popular with all ranks; his loss to me
as commanding officer is a great blow. He was brave as a lion and
died a glorious death”; and in a later letter: “Your boy was killed
by a bomb in a trench leading out of the Hohenzollern Redoubt; he was
running up a trench towards the Germans, who were in the same trench,
and throwing bombs and driving the Germans back. He, of course, was
in the thickest of the fighting.” Capt. A. Dowler of his regt. wrote:
“Doubtless you know how popular Mead was with everybody and his work in
the Hohenzollern would undoubtedly have earned him some distinction”;
and Major F. Clifford, of The King’s Liverpool Regt., wrote from Egypt:
“Today the Colonel of the East Surrey Regt. was here, he told me that
young Mead had behaved in a very gallant manner and that he probably
would be awarded some posthumous honour.” Lieut. Mead was mentioned in
Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 30 Nov. 1915 [London Gazette,
1 Jan. 1916], for conspicuous gallantry in the field. At Charterhouse
he was in the Cricket and Football Elevens in 1906. His brother, Corpl.
G. P. Mead, died on active service (see following notice), and two
surviving brothers are now (1916) serving with the British Forces.
[Illustration: =Christopher Mead.=]
=MEAD, GEOFFREY PHILLIPS=, Corpl., No. 54268, Despatch Rider,
32nd Signal Section, Royal Engineers, 3rd _s._ of John Phillips
Mead, of the firm of Mead & Co., 2, King’s Bench Walk, Inner Temple,
E.C., and of St. Mary’s, Teddington, Solicitor, by his wife, Maud Helen
Kate, dau. of Samuel King Church; _b._ London, 28 Oct. 1892; educ.
Street Court, Westgate-on-Sea, and Charterhouse (Bodeites), where he
matriculated in the first class; studied surveying, and held a post
under the Egyptian Government Survey Dept. from March, 1912, to Sept.
1914, when he returned to England to join the Army. He enlisted as a
Motor Cyclist Despatch Rider, and after training at various camps, went
to the Eastern Front in Aug. 1915, and died while on active service
in the Military Hospital at Alexandria, 2 Dec. 1915, of pneumonia,
following enteric fever, which he contracted while carrying despatches
in Egypt; _unm._ He was buried with military honours at Chatby
Cemetery, Alexandria. His brother, Lieut. C. Mead, was killed in action
two months previously (see preceding notice).
[Illustration: =Geoffrey Phillips Mead.=]
=MEAD, HENRY GEORGE FREDERICK, D.C.M.=, Private, No. 6926, 4th
Battn. Middlesex Regt., _s._ of Henry Robert Mead, Carpenter;
_b._ Edgware, 1 April, 1882; educ. Kilburn; served eight years
with the Colours, and five and a half with the Reserve; took part in
the South African War, 1899–1902 (Queen’s medal with four bars), and
was called up from the Reserve on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in
action, 5 Nov. 1914. Buried in Croix Barbée Cemetery. He was awarded
the Distinguished Conduct Medal [London Gazette, 1 April, 1915]
“for conspicuous gallantry on 5 Nov. 1914, near Neuve Chapelle, in
attempting to rescue a wounded non-commissioned officer from in front
of the enemy’s trenches. He was killed in the attempt.” He was also
given the Russian medal of St. George (3rd class). He _m._ at St.
Anne’s Church, Wandsworth, 10 Oct. 1909, Ethel Maud (84, Larch Road,
Bedford Hill, Balham), eldest dau. of the late J. E. Sheldon, Private,
No. 3446, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, and had two children: Henry
Edwin, _b._ 8 April, 1912; and Ethel Violet Lilly, _b._ 21
July, 1910.
=MEADOWS, ERNEST=, Private, No. 1188, 14th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, _s._ of William Henry Meadows, of 61, Mountford
Street, Sparkhill, Birmingham, Baker; _b._ Vaughan Street,
Birmingham, 26 Sept. 1883; educ. Clifton Road Church School there; went
to Australia, 9 March, 1914; enlisted on the outbreak of war; served
in Egypt and at the Dardanelles, and died in the General Hospital,
Alexandria, 14 Aug. 1915, of wounds received in Gallipoli; _unm._
=MEADOWS, JAMES HORATIO=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 488),
278492, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MEAKIN, HERBERT=, Gunner, No. 26735, 75th Battn. R.F.A.,
_s._ of Jacob Meakin, of 18, Vine Street, Rotherham, Bricklayer,
by his wife, Maggie, dau. of Neri (and Elizabeth) Irons, of Ilkeston;
_b._ at Nottingham, 7 May, 1884; educ. Rotherham; enlisted R.F.A.,
3 Sept. 1902, and on completing his term of service with the Colours
was employed as a cleaner of machinery in a mill at Huddersfield.
On the outbreak of war he rejoined his battery, and was killed in
action near Ypres, 24 April, 1915. Buried near Ypres. He _m._ at
Huddersfield, 13 April, 1906, Susannah (11, Heath House, Golcar, near
Huddersfield), dau. of James David Giles, Stone Mason, and had a dau.,
Katie, _b._ 29 June, 1912.
[Illustration: =Herbert Meakin.=]
=MEAKINGS, JAMES WILLIAM=, Rifleman, No. 1625, 2nd Battn. The
Rifle Brigade, only _s._ of John William Meakings, of 305,
Brantford Road, Ipswich, Carpenter, formerly for 19¾ yrs. in the R.A.,
by his wife Ellen, dau. of William Firman, for 33½ yrs. a member of
the Ipswich Borough Police Force; _b._ Shoeburyness, co. Essex,
25 Feb. 1888; educ. Bramford Road School, Ipswich; enlisted in the 4th
Battn. Rifle Brigade, 26 March, 1906, and afterwards transferred to the
3rd Battn., then stationed at Malta. In Dec. 1907, he left Malta to
join the 2nd Battn. in India, where he remained until his battn. was
ordered to France on the outbreak of war. He was killed in action at
Neuve Chapelle, between 10 and 14 March, 1915; _unm._ A comrade
wrote of him: “There was no better soldier in the British Army.” He
belonged to the Army Temperance Association in India, and received two
medals. He was also in the Garrison Military Police at the Delhi Durbar.
[Illustration: =James William Meakings.=]
=MEARNS, WILLIAM MELLIS=, M.B., Surgeon, R.N., eldest _s._
of William Mearns, of Berwick Road, Gateshead, M.A., M.D., V.D., J.P.,
late Lt.-Col. R.A.M.C. (T.F.), now attached Royal Engineers, by his
wife, M. A., dau. of John Mellis, Surgeon; _b._ Gateshead-on-Tyne,
co. Durham, 7 Dec. 1884; educ. Aldenham School, Elstree, Herts, and
Aberdeen University, graduating M.B., Ch. B., 1908. He entered the Navy
the same year; served in H.M. Ships Pembroke, 1909; Action, 1909–10;
Redbreast, in the Persian Gulf, 1910–11; Pembroke, 1911; Teal, in the
Upper Yangtse River, China, 1911–14; and had only returned from abroad
ten days when the European War broke out. He was ordered to join H.M.S.
Formidable, and was lost when that ship was sunk in the Channel, 1 Jan.
1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Mellis Mearns.=]
=MEAUTYS, THOMAS GILLIAT=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Prince of Wales’s
Own West Yorks Regt., elder _s._ of Thomas Arrowsmith Meautys,
of Hammonds Place, Burgess Hill, Sussex, Barrister-at-Law, Middle
Temple, M.A. Oxon, J.P., Surrey, for some time Chairman of the
Wimbledon Petty Sessional Division, by his wife, Ellen Gertrude, 3rd
dau. of Gilliat Hatfield of Morden Hall, Morden, Surrey, _b._
Wimbledon, co. Surrey, 13 June, 1889; educ. Marlborough, and the Royal
Military College, Sandhurst (1908); gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 2nd
West Yorkshires, 18 Sept. 1909, but transferred to the 1st Battn., and
went to India in Dec. following. He was promoted Lieut. 9 July, 1910.
In Sept. 1914 he went with his Battn. which formed part of the 18th
Brigade, in the 6th Division, to France to reinforce the Expeditionary
Force, then on the Aisne, and was in charge of the machine gun section.
He died on the 22nd of that month of wounds received on the 20th,
during the Battle of the Aisne, and was buried in Troyon Churchyard.
A brother officer wrote: “He was conspicuous for his bravery and
coolness under fire.... He conveyed an officer of the Horse Guards (who
was wounded and afterwards died) back under cover, although he was
under fire the whole time.” While at Marlborough he was in the Rugby
Football XV (1906); won the School Boxing Competition in his class
in two successive years, and represented Marlborough in the Public
Schools’ Competition at Aldershot. He _m._ at the Parish Church,
Hambledon, Hants. 16 June, 1914, Norah Nell, only dau. of the late
Herbert Hotblack, of Brighton, and had a son, Thomas Gilliat, _b._
posthumous 29 April, 1915.
[Illustration: =Thomas Gilliat Meautys.=]
=MEDHURST, JOHN EDWIN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7839).
298939, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MEDHURST, WILLIAM RICHARD=, Leading Stoker, 8958 R.F.R., O.N.
291342, Royal Navy, eldest _s._ of William Gayner Medhurst, of
Leytonstone, by his wife, Charlotte, dau. of (--) Weller; _b._ Old
Ford, 18 April, 1881; educ. Leyton; joined Royal Navy, 1 Feb. 1899; and
was lost in H.M.S. Cressy when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at West Ham, 1 Oct. 1995, Ellen Rose
(55, West Road, Portway, West Ham), dau. of Robert Taylor Jamieson, of
56, Woodstock Road, Upton Park, E., and had three children: William
Albert, _b._ 23 Aug. 1907; Edward George, _b._ 19 June, 1909;
and Ellen Beatrice, _b._ 16 Aug. 1912.
=HASTINGS-MEDHURST, FRANCIS LESLIE=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn.
Worcestershire Regt., _s._ of the late Francis Hastings-Medhurst,
of 20, Hampstead Lane, Highgate, N., by his wife, Mary (11, St.
Dunstan’s Road, Baron’s Court, W.), dau. of the Rev. Robert Leslie
Morris, of Rothes, Hampton Hill; _b._ 7, Campden Hill Square,
Kensington, 28 July, 1895; educ. Malvern College (where he was house
prefect) and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (Prize Cadet), and
was to have entered the Indian Army, but on the outbreak of war, he
was gazetted as 2nd Lieut. to the Worcestershires, 14 Aug. 1914. He
went to France, 26 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Illies, near
La Bassée, 17 Oct. 1914. On this occasion the Worcesters had suffered
severely, and he had volunteered to go for reinforcements. He was
almost in safety when he was killed by a maxim gun, but fortunately
the forces coming up saw him and were in time to succour the few
left alive. He had been wounded in the head three days previously,
but refused to go into hospital, owing to shortage of officers. He
was buried by his men the same night, 700 yards north-west of Illies
Church; _unm._ His Colonel wrote to his widowed mother that he was
a most promising officer, loved by all his men, and a real loss to his
regiment; and another officer wrote: “We all loved him, and his men
were very fond of him and would go anywhere with him. He was always so
cheerful and extremely cool in action. As an officer remarked to me,
‘an awfully nice fellow, a most promising soldier and one we can ill
afford to lose.’”
[Illustration: =F. L. Hastings-Medhurst.=]
=MEDLAND, WILLIAM HARRY WILSON=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B.
4864), S.S. 104067, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on
the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MEEHAN, FRANCIS JAMES=, Private, No. 981, 12th Battn. (15th
North Auckland Infantry Regt.) New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd
_s._ of Thomas Meehan, of Queen Street, Feilding, New Zealand,
Carrier, formerly of Waterford, Ireland, by his wife, Annie, dau. of
the late Bernard Maynes, of Terraquin, Omagh, co. Tyrone, Farmer;
_b._ Feilding, 30 Sept. 1888; educ. at the State School there;
was employed for some years at the firm of Grey & Menzies, Auckland.
After the outbreak of war, enlisted 23 Aug. 1914; was severely wounded
in action at the Dardanelles, 29 April, 1915, and died in the 17th
General Hospital at Alexandria 5 May following; _unm._ Writing to
his mother the Rev. J. McMenamin, R.C. Chaplain, N.Z.F., said: “Frank
arrived here fit and well with his regt. on Sunday, 25 April, and
carried himself bravely through the first four days’ terrible fighting.
Then, on Thursday, 29 April, he was stooping down in a trench when a
bullet entered his head. He was rendered unconscious mercifully....
Everything possible was done for him, and he was taken away to hospital
in Alexandria without any delay.” He was buried at the Chatby Military
Cemetery [Grave No. 235).
[Illustration: =Francis James Meehan.=]
=MEEHAN, WILLIAM=, C.E.R.A., 124820, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MEEKER, CHARLES EDWARD=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 20933, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=MEGAW, WILLIAM CECIL KENNEDY, M.C.=, Capt., 1st Battn. Norfolk
Regt., yr. _s._ of Kennedy Megaw, of 18, Chesham Road, Brighton,
by his wife, Mary Augusta, dau. of (--) Zouche; _b._ Farnborough,
co. Kent, 8 May, 1885; educ. Wellington College, and Royal Military
College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Norfolk Regt., 16 Aug.
1905; promoted Lieut. 20 March, 1908, and Capt. 26 March, 1913; served
as Adjutant of his regt. from 1910–13; went to France, Aug. 1914, and
was killed in action near Ypres, 31 March, 1915; being buried by the
ramparts of Ypres. He served as acting Adjutant from the Battle of Mons
till the time of his death, and was awarded the Military Cross for
gallantry [London Gazette, 18 Feb. 1915]; and twice mentioned in Sir
John French’s Despatches [London Gazette, 17 Feb. and 22 June, 1915].
Capt. Megaw _m._ at St. Mark’s Church, South Farnborough, 1 Oct.
1913, Alice May (Rhudlan, West Hove, near Brighton), elder dau. of
Col. John Samuel Gaussen, of Hollymouth, South Farnborough, co. Hants;
_s.p._
[Illustration: =William C. K. Megaw.=]
=MEHEUX, GEORGE THOMAS SHELTON=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R.. B. 9701),
233279, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MEIKLEJOHN, KENNETH FORBES=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Cameron
Highlanders, 2nd _s._ of Lieut.-Col. John Forbes Meiklejohn. of
147, Victoria Street S.W., late R.H.A., by his wife, Edith Mary, dau.
of Thomas Dives, and grandson of the late Rev. Robert Meiklejohn, of
Strathdon, Aberdeenshire; _b._ at Woolwich, 18 June, 1885; educ.
Rugby and passed 3rd into the Royal Military College, Sandhurst;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st Cameron Highlanders, 27 Feb. 1904, and promoted
Lieut. 13 Sept. 1909; was appointed Adjutant, 13 March, 1913; went
to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914; served through
the retreat from Mons and the Battle of the Marne, and was killed in
action at the Battle of the Aisne, 25 Sept. 1914. On that day what
was left of the 1st Camerons--they had lost 17 officers and 500 men
in the action of the 14th--had moved up to relieve the 1st Black
Watch in the trenches just west of the village of Beaulne, and the
battn. headquarters occupied one of the caves in the chalk of the
plateau. During the morning a German shell fell on the top of the
cave and buried the inmates, amongst whom was Lieut. Meiklejohn, and
five officers and some 30 men were subsequently found dead, including
Capt. D. N. Miers, then temporarily in command of the battn., Capt. A.
G. Cameron, of Lochiel, Capt. Napier Cameron, and Lieut. Meiklejohn,
who was buried in the grounds of the Chateau of Verneuille. Lieut.
Meiklejohn had qualified as first class interpreter in both Russian and
French. He _m._ at Edinburgh, 14 April, 1914, Sybil Maud, only
dau. of John Charles Stewart, of Kinlochmoidart and Glenmoidart, co.
Inverness, J.P., and had a son, Kenneth Mathew, _b._ posthumous,
14 Jan. 1915.
[Illustration: =Kenneth F. Meiklejohn.=]
=MELIA, EDWARD=, Corpl., No. 705, 15th Battn. Australian Imperial
Force, _s._ of P. Melia, of Liverpool; served in Egypt and at the
Dardanelles; killed in action, 2 May, 1915.
=MELLETT, MARTIN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4459), S.S.
103473, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MELLISH, CHARLES HERBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11127, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=MELSON, JOHN RAITHBY=, L.-Corpl., No. 11754, 2nd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Tom Melson, of 4, Whostenholme
Place, off Powell Street, Sheffield, by his wife, Jemima, dau. of
John Richardson; _b._ Sheffield, 15 Aug. 1889; educ. St. John’s
National School, there; was a Rigger by trade; enlisted soon after
the outbreak of war, 7 Sept. 1914; went to France, 21 Jan. 1915, and
died in No. 10 Stationary Hospital, St. Omer, 5 Aug. 1915, of wounds
received in action, 11 July, and was buried in the French Souvenir
Cemetery at St. Omer; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Raithby Melson.=]
=MELSON, ROBERT=, Private, No. 11564, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, yr. _s._ of Tom Melson, of 4, Whostenholme Place, Powell
Street, Sheffield, by his wife, Jemima, dau. of John Richardson;
_b._ Sheffield, co. York. 21 Jan. 1894; educ. St. John’s National
School, Sheffield; was a Steel Warehouseman; enlisted 6 Sept. 1914;
went to the Front, 21 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at the
Battle of Cuinchy, 7 Feb. following, and buried in Bethune Churchyard.
Belgium; _unm._ He was the younger of the two brothers, but the
first to be killed.
[Illustration: =Robert Melson.=]
=MELVILLE, WILLIAM=, Private, No 14481, King’s Coy., 1st Battn.
Grenadier Guards, _s._ of Hugh Melville, of Portgower, Helmsdale,
co. Sutherland, by his wife, Betsy, dau. of James Morrison, of Scourie;
_b._ Portgower afsd., 15 Oct. 1886; educ. Portgower School; was
a member of the Edinburgh City Police, and later of the Metropolitan
Police; joined the Grenadier Guards in Sept. 1909; was selected as one
of the special guards at the Coronation of King George; serving three
years with the Colours, he was placed on the Reserve for 10 years,
and emigrated to Canada in 1912, where he joined the Winnipeg Police,
being rapidly promoted to the rank of detective. On the outbreak of the
European War he was called to rejoin his regiment; left for England, 17
Aug. 1914; went to France, 8 Sept.; took part in the severe fighting
till 12 Jan. 1915, when he got entangled in barbed wire around a German
trench, and was so wounded that he was removed to hospital; rejoined
his regt. 5 March, and died in No. 7 Casualty Clearing Station, 13
March. 1915. from wounds received in action the previous day at the
battle of Neuve Chapelle; _unm._ Buried in Merville Cemetery. A
brass tablet to his memory, subscribed for by his comrades, was placed
in the Central Police Station at Winnipeg.
[Illustration: =William Melville.=]
=MEMBREY, EDWARD JOHN=, S.S.A., M. 7318, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MERCER, ARCHIBALD ARIEL=, Major, 2nd Battn. Dorset Regt., 2nd
_s._ of the late Charles Mercer, of Lansdowne Lodge, Weymouth,
by his wife, Grace Ewart (Weymouth), dau. of Edward Clark; _b._
Uxbridge, 24 Feb. 1875; educ. Marlborough and the Royal Military
College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1st Battn. Dorset Regt.
then stationed at Wellington, Madras, 16 March, 1895; and promoted
Lieut. 12 July, 1897; Capt. 19 Nov. 1901, and Major 19 Nov. 1913. He
served with the 1st Dorsets in the Tirah Campaign of 1896–97, taking
part in the actions at Chagru and Dargai, in the capture of the
Sampagha and Arhanga passes and in the reconnaissance of the Saran Sar,
where he was severely wounded on 9 Nov. 1897, and received the Tirah
Medal with two clasps. He afterwards joined the 2nd Battn. of his regt.
in India, and in Nov. 1914, sailed with the Poona Brigade, of which
the 2nd Dorsets formed part, for the Persian Gulf. He was killed in
action at Sahil, near Basra on the Shat-el-Arab, on the 17th of that
month, and was buried at Sahil. Major Mercer was a qualified musketry
instructor and a first-class interpreter of Hindustani. He _m._ at
Ugley, Essex, 14 Aug. 1913, Margaret Edith, dau. of William Augustus
Tennant, of Orford House, Ugley, and had a dau., Ariel Margaret,
_b._ posthumous, 30 Nov. 1914.
[Illustration: =Archibald Ariel Mercer.=]
=MERCER, EDWARD ALLAN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14665 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MERCER, ERIC CAMERON=, 2nd Lieut., Indian Army, attd. 2nd Battn.
Lancashire Fusiliers, 5th surviving _s._ of Col. Charles Archibald
Mercer, of Belgrave House, Dover, Indian Army (ret.), late 4th Gurkha
Rifles, by his wife, Helen E., eldest dau. of the late Major-Gen. J.
S. Rawlins, Indian Army, formerly 1st Gurkha L.I.; _b._ Bakloh,
Punjab, India, 17 Nov. 1894; educ. Junior School, Westward Ho, co.
Devon, Dover College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. Indian Army, unattd. List, 15 Aug. 1914, and attd.
to the 2nd Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers; went to France, 8 Sept. 1914,
and was killed in action at Meteren, near Bailleul, 13 Oct. 1914;
_unm._ He was buried in a field there, belonging to M. Cokelaere.
At Dover College, he was in the football XV, 1910–11–12, and the hockey
XI, 1911–12–13, and at Sandhurst he was in the 2nd football XV, 1913–14.
[Illustration: =Eric Cameron Mercer.=]
=MERCER, GEORGE EDWARD=, Private, No. 8237, 2nd Battn. Seaforth
Highlanders, _s._ of Thomas Mercer; enlisted in the Seaforths;
took part in the Somaliland Expedition 1902–4 (medal); was afterwards
employed on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway at Bolton Road Goods
Station; was called up with the Reserve on the outbreak of war in Aug.
1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., and died
25 April, 1915, of wounds received in action. He _m._ St. Luke’s
Church, Blackburn, 5 Sept. 1912 (--), dau. of (--) Gibson, and had a
son, Harold, _b._ 2 Oct. 1913.
=MERCER, WALLER CARPENTER=, Rifleman, No. 3246, 16th (Queen’s
Westminster Rifles) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Peter
Brit Mercer (died 4 Aug. 1894), by his wife, Mary Jane (“Merton,”
Plympton Avenue, Brondesbury, N.W.), dau. of Thomas Hooper; _b._
London, 5 Oct. 1885; educ. Philological School, Marylebone, N.W.;
enlisted on the outbreak of war, served with his regt. in France and
Flanders, and was killed in action, being shot through the head while
on sentry duty in the trenches, at Houplines, near Armentières, 9
April, 1915. He was buried in the Military Cemetery there; _unm._
[Illustration: =Waller Carpenter Mercer.=]
=MERCHANT, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2559), 207436, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MERRETT, ALBERT JOHN=, A.B. 236732, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MERRETT, JOSEPH WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3281),
S.S. 101000, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast
of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MERRICK, CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4529), S.S.
103702, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MERRILEES, STUART=, Private, No. 10228, Northumberland Fusiliers,
4th _s._ of James Merrilees, of 42, Coomassie Road, Crofton,
Blyth, Plasterer, by his wife, Mary, dau. of James Gilroy; _b._
Blyth, co. Northumberland, 6 Aug. 1897; educ. there; enlisted 22 Sept.
1914; went to France, 19 Sept. 1915, and was killed in action there, 11
Feb. 1916, being shot by a sniper while working in a triangle trench;
_unm._ His brother, William, was killed, 15 Feb. 1915.
[Illustration: =Stuart Merrilees.=]
=MERRILEES, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 3086, 2nd Battn. Northumberland
Fusiliers, 3rd _s._ of James Merrilees, of 42, Coomassie Road,
Crofton, Blyth, Plasterer, by his wife Mary, dau. of James Gilroy;
_b._ Blyth, co. Northumberland, 14 Feb. 1893; educ. Wright Street
School there; enlisted in the Northumberland Fusiliers in 1910; went
to France 18 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action, 16 Feb. 1915, after
delivering a message; _unm._ Capt. O. B. Foster, commanding C
Coy., wrote: “He had volunteered to come back from the trenches in
broad daylight under a heavy fire to take back a message to battn.
headquarters, that ammunition was urgently required. He accomplished
this dangerous duty successfully, being slightly wounded in the arm on
the way. While at battn. headquarters where his wound had been attended
to by the doctor, a shell struck the building in which he was, a
fragment of it hit him on the head, killing him instantly. Had he lived
he would have probably been awarded the medal for Distinguished Conduct
in the Field.” And again, after saying that a “strong recommendation”
had been forwarded to the authorities, giving full particulars of
his brave act, added: “He certainly well deserved it. Since I wrote
I found he took a further message by means of which our artillery,
which had been firing in a wrong direction, was directed at the proper
place; this was the means of saving a number of our men’s lives. In
any other war but this he would certainly have gained a V.C., but,
as you can imagine, a terribly high standard of courage is required
to win anything now. We had a very hard time with our company, but
lately things have been a little easier. As we are not now in the
same district, I can give you the following information: Your son was
buried by a farmhouse 2½ miles south of Ypres; the farm is south of the
Ypres-Comines Canal, and is 1,200 yards south-east of Chateau Langrof.
This may enable it to be traced after the war. A cross was erected over
it.”
[Illustration: =William Merrilees.=]
=MERRIMAN, GORDON=, Volunteer, Nyasaland Volunteer Reserve, yr.
_s._ of Thomas Mark Merriman, of 96, Finchley Road, N.W., and 3,
Mitre Court, Temple, E.C., Solicitor, by his wife, Ellen Charlotte,
dau. of Matthew Marshall; _b._ Hampstead, N.W., 5 Feb. 1885;
educ. St. Andrews, Eastbourne, Uppingham, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge;
and was a Planter in Nyasaland, where he owned the Nanglukutichi
Estate, near Blantyre. He was a member of the Nyasaland Volunteer
Reserve, serving with the Nyasaland Field Force, and was in charge of
a Maxim gun which he was working when wounded in an encounter with the
Germans at Karonga, and died 9 Sept. 1914; _unm._ He was buried
at Karonga, N.W. of Lake Nyasa. He was mentioned by the Governor of
Nyasaland in his Despatch of 1 Nov. 1915 [London Gazette, 3 Aug. 1916],
for gallant and distinguished service in the field “while working Maxim
guns under heavy fire with coolness and effect.”
[Illustration: =Gordon Merriman.=]
=MERRITT, CECIL MACK=, Capt., 16th Battn. (Canadian Scottish,
72nd Seaforth Highlanders), Canadian Expeditionary Force, last
surviving _s._ of Lieut.-Col. William Ingersoll Merritt, of 6,
Sumner Place, South Kensington, London, late 30th (East Lancashire)
and 4th Manchester Regts., by his wife, Mary Beatrice, 3rd dau. of
Major-Gen. Frank Adams, C.B., and granddau. of Henry Cadwallader Adams,
of Anstey Hall, co. Warwick, J.P., D.L.; _b._ St. Catharine’s,
Ontario, Canada, 6 Jan. 1877; educ. St. Paul’s School, London; went
to Canada in 1895, and joined the Royal Grenadier (Militia) Regt.
in 1896. He was one of the few who went into Dawson in the rush of
’98 over the Edmonton trail, the journey taking him two years. After
leaving the Yukon he returned to England and was for a short time on
the London Stock Exchange. He went to Vancouver in 1904, and when the
72nd Regt. Seaforth Highlanders of Canada was formed in Nov. 1910, he
was appointed one of its senior Capts. He received his Majority in
that Regt. 13 Oct. 1914. He was on Major-Gen. Sir Sam Hughes’s Staff
during his visit to the Imperial Army manœuvres in 1912, and on the
outbreak of war at once volunteered for Imperial service, and was
given command of a coy. in the 16th Battn. “Canadian Scottish,” 1st
Canadian Division. He went with them to France in Feb. 1915, and was
present at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. On 22 April, 1915, during
the Second Battle of Ypres he was leading his coy. in the charge made
by the Canadian Scottish near St. Julien, to check the first rush
of the Germans after their gas attack, when he was wounded in the
leg. He refused to leave his men, and with them occupied the German
trenches. Next morning he was killed while encouraging his men during a
counter-attack. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s
Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the
field. His commanding officer, Col. R. E. Edwards Leckey, wrote: “Cecil
Merritt was one of the finest officers I ever knew. He was wounded in
the charge, but not severely, and still continued to lead his men on.
He remained in the trenches we had captured, and when a counter-attack
was threatened he got up to shoot over the parapet with his revolver.
It was then he received his fatal wound. No one could have been braver
and no one could have led his men better than he did. His name has
been submitted for the Military Cross”; and brother officers speak
of his “personal bravery and spirit of dash and tenacity,” and of
the admiration which his men had for him; and a Private wrote: “He
was wounded twice but would not expose his men to be carried back to
the dressing station, and after some hours in the captured trenches
heard there was a counter-charge from the Germans, and it was then he
received the fatal shot in his head.” At St. Paul’s he took a leading
part in the school life, being captain of the football XV. He was one
of the first captains of the well-known Harlequin Rugby Football Club.
He _m._ at Vancouver, B.C., 4 Dec. 1905, Sophie Almon, eldest dau.
of the Hon. Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper, K.C.M.G., and had two sons
and a dau.: Charles Cecil Ingersoll, _b._ 10 Nov. 1908; Francis
William, _b._ 16 Aug. 1913; and Beatrice Ormonde, _b._ 14
Feb. 1907.
[Illustration: =Cecil Mack Merritt.=]
=MERRITT, HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2400), 201016, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MESSAGE, EDGAR=, Private, No. 2479, 5th Battn. Royal Sussex
Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Herbert Message, of The Old School House,
Rush Lake Green, Warbleton, Sussex, by his wife, Miriam, dau. of the
late Thomas Rumery, of Warbleton; _b._ Rush Lake Green, 30 April,
1893; educ. Warbleton National School; enlisted 9 Sept. 1914; went to
France, 21 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Richebourg, 9 May
following, being shot through the head; _unm._ Buried in cemetery
at Richebourg.
=MESSAM, JOHN WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16830, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=METCALFE, RICHARD=, Master-at-Arms, 159487, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=METHUEN, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 7902, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots,
_s._ of William Methuen, of Edinburgh, late 78th Seaforth
Highlanders, by his wife, Mary, dau. of William Hamilton; _b._
Stockbridge, Edinburgh, 23 Sept. 1878; educ. North Merchiston School;
enlisted 21 Jan. 1901, and was killed in action in Belgium, 14 Dec.
1914. He _m._ at Edinburgh, 1906, Margaret (10, McLeod Street,
Edinburgh), dau. of the late James Bathgate, of Edinburgh, and had four
children: James, _b._ 11 April, 1914; Alison, _b._ 5 Nov.
1906; Mary, _b._ 16 Dec. 1907; and Agnes, _b._ 16 June, 1912.
=MICKELS, THOMAS EDWARD=, S.S.A., M. 2159, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MIDDLETON, JOHN LIDDLE=, Private No. 2731, 1/8th Battn. Durham
Light Infantry (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Thomas Middleton, of 38, South
Burns, Chester-le-Street, co. Durham, Brewery Mason, by his wife,
Margaret, dau. of the late George Brown, of Washington, co. Durham;
_b._ Chester-le-Street, 8 May, 1895; enlisted 12 Sept. 1914,
following the outbreak of war; was wounded in the fighting at Ypres on
26 April, 1915, by a gunshot wound in the head, and taken prisoner, and
is stated to have laid for 36 hours in a greenhouse without water or
care. He died of his wounds at Ostneeuw Kerke, Belgium, two days after
his twentieth birthday, 10 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Liddle Middleton.=]
=MIDMER, HARRY GEORGE=, A.B., No. S.S. 2026, Ch. R.F.R. B8844,
R.N. eldest _s._ of George Midmer, of Mabbs Hill, Stonegate,
Ticehurst, Roadman, by his wife, Emily, dau. of Henry Taylor, of
Horsham; _b._ Stonegate, Ticehurst, 10 Oct. 1888; educ. there;
joined the Navy, 29 July, 1907, and was lost in H.M.S. Cressy, when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._
=MIELL, CHARLES FREDERICK=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10220), 183675,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MIGHALL, CECIL CHARLES NEWMAN=, Sergt., No. 560, 16th (Queen’s
Westminster Rifles) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._
of the late William Mignall, of East Grinstead, by his wife, Mary
Ann (now wife of William Prodger, of 53, Brook Hill Road, Woolwich),
dau. of Charles Newman, of Findon, near Worthing, Sussex; _b._
East Grinstead, co. Sussex, 3 Aug. 1890; educ. East Grinstead
Council Schools, and entered the employ of Messrs. Pugh & Co., of
16, Buckingham Palace Road, as a Clerk in 1906; joined the Queen’s
Westminster Rifles in 1908, became L.-Corpl., 1910; and, passing the
examination, was promoted to Corp., 1911. On the outbreak of war,
he volunteered for foreign service, was promoted Sergt.; went with
his regt. to the Front, and was killed in action, in the trenches at
Houplines, France, 7 Feb. 1915; _unm._ Letters from his Commanding
Officer and others speak highly of his capabilities and great courage.
Sergt. Mighall took part in the pageant held by the regt. at Chelsea in
1913, and he also held the Trollope Cup.
[Illustration: =Cecil C. N. Mighall.=]
=MILES, DAVID=, Private, No. 1126, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex
Regt., eldest _s._ of David Miles, of Malt House, Llanblethian,
Cowbridge, Quarry Labourer, by his wife, Angelina, dau. of Thomas Bond;
_b._ Cadoxton Barry, co. Glamorgan, 15 Dec. 1897; educ. Denas
Powis National School; enlisted, 4 Sept. 1914; went to France, 11 Jan.,
and was killed in action at Richebourg St. Vaast, 9 May, 1915. He was
a great favourite in the regt. and his officers described him as a
fearless and efficient soldier; _unm._
[Illustration: =David Miles.=]
=MILEY, JOHN=, Stoker, R.N.R., 804U, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action
in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MILLAR, ARTHUR JAMES=, Capt., 3rd, attd. 1st Battn. Royal Irish
Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of James Millar, of 87, Eglantine Avenue,
Belfast, F.C.I.S., by his wife, Jane Isabella, dau. of William Hardie,
of Edinburgh; _b._ Belfast, 10 Sept. 1890; educ. Methodist College
and Queen’s University there, where he attended the medical course, and
served for over three years in the O.T.C., from which he joined the
Special Reserve of Officers, and was attd. as 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd
Battn. Royal Irish Fusiliers, 25 May, 1912; promoted Lieut. 21 Nov.
1914, and Capt. 10 April, 1915; joined his regt. on the outbreak of war
in Aug. 1914; went to France with a draft in Sept.; was in the trenches
during the winter, 1914–15, and was killed in action near St. Julien,
25 April, 1915; _unm._ An officer wrote: “He met his soldier’s
death gallantly leading his platoon forward against very heavy rifle
and machine-gun fire--the way he led his platoon was splendid. Almost
the last act under this fire was to crawl over and bandage a man of his
platoon who had been wounded, and was certainly one of the most gallant
things I have ever seen done. It was almost immediately after this that
he was so very unfortunately killed. His name was sent forward prior to
the 25th for his excellent work during the whole time he was out here,
and has now been sent forward for his most gallant conduct on the 25th,
and I only hope he will get the reward he so thoroughly deserves. He
is buried with his men where he fell on the field between the villages
of Fortuin and St. Julien, north-east of Ypres. His name will ever be
remembered in the regt. and its glorious annals.”
[Illustration: =Arthur James Millar.=]
=MILLAR, JOHN JAMES=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 25646 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MILLAR, JOHN TROTTER=, Private, No. G 5023, 2nd Battn. Middlesex
Regt., yr. _s._ of William Millar, of 107, Trinity Road,
Edinburgh, formerly of St. Margaret’s, Musselburgh, and of 7, Gladstone
Place, Stirling, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of John Trotter, of
Stirling, Merchant; _b._ Stirling, 14 May, 1878; educ. Stirling
High School; was a Head Cashier; enlisted, Sept. 1914; went to France,
4 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, between 10 and
14 March, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Trotter Millar.=]
=MILLER, ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 2564, 3rd Battn. Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt.), _s._ of Margaret (32, Victoria Street, Dunbar),
dau. of Peter Miller; _b._ Dunbar, 24 Dec. 1892; educ. Dunbar
Burgh School; enlisted 13 July, 1914; went to France and was killed
in the trenches in France on 21 Feb. 1915. He was an outworker before
enlisting.
[Illustration: =Alexander Miller.=]
=MILLER, ARTHUR WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, 289617, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MILLER, EDWARD=, Probationary 2nd Cook’s Mate, M. 7799, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MILLER, ERNEST CHARLES WILLIAM=, Private, No. 8959, 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of William Henry Miller, of Framfield,
Carter, by his wife, Sarah Jane (Wilmington, Polegate, Sussex), dau.
of Joseph Wood; _b._ Framfield, co. Sussex, 6 Dec. 1893; educ.
Wilmington, Sussex; enlisted, 10 Jan. 1911, and was reported missing
after the fighting at Ypres, 2 Nov. 1914, and is now assumed to have
been killed on that date.
=MILLER, ERNEST CYRIL=, Capt., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st Battn.
Loyal North Lancashire Regt., 3rd _s._ of the late William
Pitt Miller, of Merlewood, Grange-over-Sands, Lancashire, and of
Thistleton, Kirkham, Lancashire, by his wife, Emilie Mary (Merlewood,
Grange-over-Sands); _b._ Grange-over-Sands afsd., 13 June, 1878;
educ. Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd
Royal Lancashire Militia (now the 3rd Special Reserve Battn. Loyal
North Lancashires), 1902; promoted Lieut. July, 1905, and Capt. 2
June, 1906. On the abolition of the Militia, he was transferred to
the Special Reserve of Officers. He was called up to his Regt. on the
outbreak of war, and was attd. to the 1st Battn.; went to France, 20
Sept. 1914, and was killed in action near Pilken, in Flanders, during
the First Battle of Ypres, 23 Oct. 1914. He was buried near a farm
between Pilken and Bixschoote. Capt. Miller _m._ at Copdock,
Suffolk, 5 Nov. 1913, Dulcie Katharine, yst. dau. of Arthur Montague
Bernard, of Copdock, Ipswich; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Ernest Cyril Miller.=]
=MILLER, GODFREY LYALL=, 2nd Lieut., Royal Engineers, elder
_s._ of Sir John Ontario Miller, of Rowley Lodge, Arkley, Herts,
K.C.S.I., late Indian Civil Service, by his wife, Mary Evelina, dau.
of the late Sir Alfred Lyall; _b._ Cawnpore, India, 14 Feb. 1893;
educ. Warden House School, Deal, Rugby, and Woolwich, where he gained
the King’s Gold Medal; was gazetted 2nd Lieut., R.E., 20 Dec. 1912;
visited Germany twice during leave to study the language; was appointed
on mobilisation to the 11th Field Coy. R.E. attd. to the 2nd Division,
with which he left for France on 15 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action
while in charge of a bridge over a canal at Pont Arcy, 14 Sept. 1914,
during the crossing of the Aisne; _unm._ Buried where he fell.
=MILLER, HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4694), 230012,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=MILLER, INGLIS FRANCIS ROWLEY=, Lieut., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 2nd,
Battn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 2nd and only surviving _s._
of the late Major Rowley Alexander Rowley Miller, of Millbank, Omagh,
co. Tyrone, by his wife, Ella Frances, dau. of the late Rev. Thomas
Mason of All Saints’, Blackrock, Dublin; _b._ Millbank, 19 Jan.
1893; educ. Berkhamsted; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Battn. (Royal
Tyrone Militia) Inniskilling Fusiliers, 1910, and promoted Lieut. 26
July, 1912; went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914,
attd. to the 2nd Battn, and was wounded in the shoulder and leg in
the first battle--at Cambray--26 Aug. during the retreat from Mons,
and was taken prisoner. A week later his father received a card from
him stating that he was doing well, and was well cared for. Tetanus,
however, supervened, and he died at Venelon Hospital, France, 14
Sept. 1914; _unm._ It was not till the end of Jan. 1915, that
notice of his death was received through the American Ambassador. He
was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 8 Oct.
[London Gazette, 19 Oct.] 1914, for gallant and distinguished conduct
in the field. He was gazetted to the 2nd Inniskilling Fusiliers, 19
Nov. 1914.
[Illustration: =Inglis F. R. Miller.=]
=MILLER, JOHN=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 793), 7086,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MILLER, LIONEL=, A.B., 172493, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MILLER, RICHARD LESLIE=, Private, No. 15245, A Coy. 2nd Battn.
Suffolk Regt., _s._ of the late Horace Edward Miller, of Royton,
co. Suffolk, and Zions Hill, Fincastle, Virginia, U.S.A., by his wife,
Alice (now the wife of Harry Ernest Ling, of Little Cornard, Sudbury,
Suffolk), dau. of Edward May, of Capel St. Andrew, Suffolk; _b._
Virginia, U.S.A., 8 Sept. 1882; educ. Haverstock Hill, London; was a
Gardener; enlisted in Sept. 1914; went to France, 23 Feb. 1915, and was
killed in action there, 26 July following; _unm._ He was buried
at Spoilbank, between Lankhop Chateau and Chester Farm. His Commanding
Officer spoke very highly of him in writing to his mother, and said
that he died a heroic death.
=MILLER, THOMAS JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 686, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MILLER, WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4590), S.S.
103698, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MILLETT, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 2176, 5th Battn. King’s Own
Yorkshire L.I. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of Alfred Miller, of Newgate,
Pontefract, Miner; _b._ Newgate, 25 July, 1895; educ. St. Joseph’s
Catholic School, Pontefract; was a Colliery Driver; enlisted 26 July,
1914; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went
to France, 13 March, and was mortally wounded 18 June, 1915, while
assisting to repair a barbed-wire fence in front of our first-line
trenches at Bois Grenier, and died the same day. Buried there;
_unm._ His coy. officer wrote: “He was one of the nicest and
cheeriest lads in the platoon, and I feel I have lost one of the best
and bravest. I can assure you that all the lads of his platoon feel his
loss deeply, as he was one of the most popular amongst them.... The
time he was shot he was with a working party at night, in front of the
parapet, repairing barbed wire, when several shots came across rapidly.
Arthur lost consciousness almost at once, and when the end came he
had not regained it, so that he practically suffered no pain.” Of his
two brothers, the eldest, Sergt. Alfred Millett, R.E., was wounded in
France, and the younger, William, is (1916) a Corpl. in the King’s Own
Yorkshire L.I.
[Illustration: =Arthur Millett.=]
=MILLETT, FREDERICK=, Stoker, R.N.R., T. 3025, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=MILLINGTON, GEORGE ERNEST=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1710), 190050,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=MILLINGTON, HERBERT HUGH=, Rifleman, No. 1881, 18th Battn.
(London Irish Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of the
late Rev. William Millington, Rector of Cottingham, Northamptonshire,
by his wife, Margaret (St. Margaret’s, Westcott, near Dorking, Surrey),
dau. of George Smith, Manufacturer; _b._ Wandsworth Common, 14
May, 1873; educ. Merchant Taylors’ School, and Tucson Mining College,
Arizona, U.S.A., and was a mining engineer and surveyor in America.
Being in England on a holiday when war broke out, he joined the London
Irish Rifles the next day; went to France in March, 1915, was wounded
at Givenchy on 16 May, during the Second Battle of Ypres, and died on
17 May, 1915, of wounds; _unm._ Buried in the cemetery at Aire. A
stained-glass window was erected to his memory in Cottingham Church.
[Illustration: =Herbert H. Millington.=]
=MILLS, ARCHIBALD HARDING=, S.S.A., M. 6886 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=MILLS, CHARLES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 10422, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MILLS, CHARLES DANIEL=, Boy Servant, L. 5452, H.M.S. Cressy,
eldest _s._ of Henry Albert Mills, of 39, Boleyn Road, East Ham,
Packing Case Maker, by his wife, Elizabeth Jane, dau. of Daniel Hills
Hobbs, Carpenter and Joiner; _b._ Stratford New Town, co. Essex,
8 Dec. 1897; educ. Plashet Lane Council School, East Ham; joined the
Navy, 16 June, 1914, and was lost when H.M.S. Cressy was torpedoed in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._
=MILLS, EDWARD GEORGE=, Private, No. 10465, 2nd Battn. Royal
Sussex Regt., eldest _s._ of Percy Mills, of The Kennels,
Findon, co. Sussex, by his wife, Eliza, dau. of James Kent; _b._
Littlehampton, 3 Oct. 1895; educ. there; was an Under Cowman; enlisted
after the outbreak of war, 28 Aug. 1914; trained at Dover; went to
France, 24 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos,
25 Sept. 1915; _unm._
=MILLS, EWDIN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3937), 197120, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MILLS, GEORGE HARVEY=, Private, No. 23128, 13th (Service)
Battn. The Royal Scots, only surviving _s._ of George Mills, of
Edinburgh, Draper, by his wife, Bertha Agnes, dau. of David Smith;
_b._ Edinburgh, 22 March, 1894; educ. Musselburgh Grammar School,
and Daniel Stewart’s College, Edinburgh; was Cashier with Messrs.
Maxton, Graham & Syme, Chartered Accountants, Edinburgh; joined the
Royal Scots, 1 June, 1915; went to France, 2 Oct. 1915, and was killed
in action near Vermelles, 19 Nov. following, by the bursting of a
shell, which entered the dug-out where he was; _unm._ Buried at Le
Haie, east of Vermelles.
[Illustration: =George Harvey Mills.=]
=MILLS, JESSE=, Sergt., No. 7159, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
_s._ of Jesse Matthew Mills, of 45, Chapel Street, Bognor, by his
wife, Janet, dau. of Henry Horner, of Bognor; _b._ Bognor, Sussex,
4 Feb. 1888; educ. Council School there; enlisted at Chichester, 4
March, 1907; served four years in England and three in Egypt; and then,
in Jan. 1914, joined the Police Force at Ventnor, Isle of Wight. He
was recalled to the Colours, 4 Aug. following; left for France on the
29th; was wounded in action at Ypres on 21 Oct., and died in the Mater
Hospital at Dublin, 16 Nov. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Jesse Mills.=]
=MILLS, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9433), S.S. 106665,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=MILLS, JOSEPH=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4920), S.S. 1772, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MILLS, JOSEPH HENRY=, Private, 15/978, North Auckland Regt., New
Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Joseph Mills, of Westport,
Gold Miner; _b._ Charleston, New Zealand, 9 July, 1889; educ.
Public School there; was a Carter in Auckland; on the outbreak of
war joined the Expeditionary Force, 5 Sept. 1914, left for Egypt
with the second contingent; took part in the repulse of the Turkish
attack on the Suez Canal, and died of wounds received in action at the
Dardanelles, 9 May, 1915; _unm._
=MILLS, MARK=, Private, No. B. 1549, Ch. 9860, R.M.L.I., _s._
of Mark Mills, of Holloway, London, by his wife, Caroline, dau. of
(----) Williamson; _b._ London, 11 Sept. 1879; educ. there; joined
the Navy, 18 Aug. 1897, and was lost on H.M.S. Cressy, when that ship
was sunk in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at St. Paul’s
Church, Upper Holloway, 27 Feb. 1910, Florence Caroline (53A, Ormiston
Road, Shepherd’s Bush, W.), dau. of Albert Aldridge, and had three
children: Mark, _b._ 5 Sept. 1911; Cecil, _b._ 25 July, 1913;
and Margery, _b._ 26 July, 1910.
=MILLS, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2795), 186948, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MILLWARD, HENRY WOODVINE=, Deckhand, No. 365 D.A., Trawler
Section, R.N.R.; lost when the mine-sweeping trawler No. 61 (Thomas W.
Irvine, of North Shields) was sunk by a mine, Aug. 1914.
=MILNE, FRANCIS JAMES=, Private, No. 1555, 1st Battn. Honourable
Artillery Coy., elder _s._ of James Milne, of 14, Park Houses,
Willesden Green, N.W., by his wife, Harriette Eugenie, dau. of William
Southwood, of Exeter, and grandson of John Milne, formerly of New
Merdrum, Rhynie, co. Aberdeen; _b._ Willesden Green, afsd. 20 Dec.
1891; educ. The Haberdashers’ School, West Hampstead; was a Commercial
Traveller; on the outbreak of war joined the H.A.C., with his brother,
Hugh, and volunteered for foreign service; went to France, 18 Sept.
1914, and was killed in action at Rouge Croix, 14 Nov. 1914, during the
Battle for Calais; _unm._ Buried with full military honours in a
farm garden, Les Lobes, La Conture, Pas-de-Calais. He was the first
man in the H.A.C. to fall. Two days before he was killed he wrote:
“Hugh and I are in the best of health. Don’t worry if you do not hear
regularly from us. The post is very uncertain. We are quite safe and
glad to be out here doing our duty.” Lieut.-Col. Treffery wrote: “He
died as many others have done during the past few months, doing his
duty and putting in the best he could for his country”; and Capt. A. L.
Ward: “I think perhaps it may lessen your grief to know how well he has
done his duty during the trying and difficult times we have had for the
past three weeks, and as his captain, I can assure you of my sorrow at
losing such an excellent soldier.” While at school he passed the junior
Cambridge examination, and won V form prize. He gained many prizes and
certificates for shooting and swimming, including life-saving, and
was enrolled as first-class shot in National Roll of Marksmen; was a
member of the Cadet Corps; Capt. of the Rifle Club, and best shot in
the school. At Bisley in 1908 he won the 1st Prize, Silver Cigarette
Case, in Marydown Competition; 2nd prize, Silver Watch, Cheylesmore Cup
Competition; the Patriotic Society’s Badge and the Bisley medal.
[Illustration: =Francis James Milne.=]
=MILNE, JAMES=, Private, No. 1364, 15th Battn. Australian Imperial
Force, elder _s._ of James Milne, of East Grange, Kinloss, by
Forres, a Platelayer on the Highland Railway, by his wife, Jane Milne,
dau. of John Bower, Road Contractor, Dufftown; _b._ Rothes, 23
March, 1893; educ. Inchberry and Alves Public Schools, afterwards being
employed on the Highland Railway at Inverness; went to Australia in
1911, and was engaged in gold mining at Cobar; volunteered after the
outbreak of war and joined the Australian Imperial Force in Feb. 1915;
went to the Dardanelles, and died of wounds received in action there,
13 Oct. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =James Milne.=]
=MILNE, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 9383, 1st Battn. The Royal
Scots, _s._ of William Milne, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of James
McFarlane; _b._ Edinburgh, 1889; educ. St. Leonard Street Public
School, Edinburgh; enlisted in 1900; went to France, 6th March, 1915,
and died 23 April, 1915, of wounds received in the 2nd Battle of Ypres.
He _m._ at Dundee, 1 Oct. 1905, Williamine (40, Watson’s Lane,
Dundee), dau. of James Donnelly, of that city, and had a son, James,
_b._ 17 Nov. 1910.
=MILNER, JOHN LEWIS=, M.A., 2nd Lieut., Royal Field Artillery,
eldest _s._ of John William Milner, of 31 Penkett Road, Liscard,
Wallasey, Merchant, by his wife, Annie, dau. of Henry Lewis; _b._
Liverpool, 26 Feb. 1892; educ. St. Bee’s School, Cumberland, and
graduated B.A. in 1911, and M.A. in 1913. He was a brilliant scholar,
and held Sir Edward Grey’s nomination for a position under the Foreign
Office, and had spent some time abroad making a special study of modern
languages, but on the outbreak of war, applied for a commission, and
was gazetted to the reserve of officers, and went to Woolwich in Aug.
1914. He went out to the Front the first week in Jan. 1915, received a
commission in the regular Army, 15 Feb., and was killed in action near
Ypres, on Sunday, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ “He was in the trenches,”
wrote his Colonel, “observing the fire of his battery. The Germans
rushed our front trenches, and all the infantry officers at that point
were killed. In rallying the Infantry to retake the trench, he was shot
through the head. He was a very gallant officer.”
[Illustration: =John Lewis Milner.=]
=MILNES, EDMUND=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4099), S.S. 1312, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MILNES, JESSE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5824), 206965, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MINIHAN, PATRICK=, Boatman C.G., 284271, Devonport, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MINNO, JOSEPH=, Stoker, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off
Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MINTER, FREDERICK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4556), 172760, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MINTON, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., 11718, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MITCHELL, ALBERT CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9137), 203369
(Dev.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MITCHELL, ARTHUR JAMES=, Officer’s Steward, 3rd Class, L. 3202
(Dev.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MITCHELL, AUGUSTUS JAMES=, A.B., J. 3087, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MITCHELL, BERTIE FREDERICK=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., Ch. B.
8923), 200567, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=MITCHELL, FREDERICK EUGENE HOBART=, A.B., J. 3975, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MITCHELL, GEORGE JOHN=, Carpenter’s Mate (Pensioner), 157320
(Ports.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=MITCHELL, JAMES BANNERMAN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B.
8054), S.S. 103779, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22
Sept. 1914.
=MITCHELL, JOHN MONFRIES=, Capt., 1/7th Battn. Royal Scots (T.F.),
yr. _s._ of the late Alexander Mitchell, Senior Partner in the
firm of John Mitchell & Co. Timber Merchants, Leith, by his wife, Annie
(101, Trinity Road, Edinburgh), dau. of Alexander Alexander, of Leith;
_b._ Leith, 24 Sept. 1882; educ. Royal High School Edinburgh, and
Blairlodge School, Polmont, and was a partner in his father’s firm. He
was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 7th (then the 5th Vol.) Battn. Royal
Scots, 18 Feb. 1905, and was promoted Lieut. 31 March, 1908, and Capt.
17 April, 1912. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for foreign
service, but was killed on his way to the Front in the railway disaster
at Gretna, 22 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Monfries Mitchell.=]
=MITCHELL, WILLIAM ALEXANDER=, Corpl., No. 8/437, 8th Southland
Coy. Otago Battn. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, yst. _s._
of David Mitchell, of Southland, New Zealand, Manager, Ocean Beach
Freezing Works there, by his wife, Ann, dau. of William Crabb, of
Laverock Hall, Carmyllie, Scotland; _b._ Invercargill, New
Zealand, 29 Sept. 1891; educ. Bluff Public School and the Southland
Boys’ High School; was on the staff of the mercantile firm of J. G.
Ward & Co., but on the outbreak of war immediately volunteered and
joined the 8th Southland Coy. 12 Aug. 1914. He was wounded in the
fighting at the Dardanelles, 2 May, 1915, and died at Alexandria, 29
May following; _unm._ He was buried in the Military Cemetery
there. L.-Corpl. J. McLeary wrote: “When I was wounded on Sunday night
(May 2) I had to crawl back to the Red Cross, and on my way I met Alic
Mitchell. He said ‘I will see you up this rise,’ but he had no sooner
spoken than he was moaning on the ground, shot in the mouth and arm.
He seemed very bad, but we managed to get back without further injury,
though the bullets from Turkish rifles and machine-guns were ploughing
up the dirt all around us.” Corpl. Mitchell was a keen Territorial
and a prominent athlete. For many years he represented Southland at
Association football as half back. He was also a Rugby and tennis
player and a member of the Bluff Cricket Club.
[Illustration: =William A. Mitchell.=]
=MITTEN, THOMAS HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 15477, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MOFFAT, ARCHIBALD SKIRVING WOOLERY=, Lieut.-Col., 2nd Battn.
Border Regt., 4th and yst. _s._ of James Moffat, of Ken Ervie,
co. Kirkcudbright, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Capt. Robert Skirving
of Croys; _b._ Castle Douglas, co. Kirkcudbright, 14 Nov. 1867;
educ. Craigmount, Edinburgh, and in Switzerland; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to
2nd Border Regt. from the Militia, 10 Nov. 1888; and promoted Lieut. 9
July, 1890; Capt. 26 Aug. 1896; Major, 20 Oct. 1909, and Lieut.-Col.
(posthumous) 22 June, 1915, to rank as from 3 May, 1915, and from
June 1899, to June, 1903 was Adjutant. He served in the Waziristan
Expedition of 1894–95, and received the medal with clasp. At the end
of 1909 he joined the 1st Battn. of his regt. in India, and shortly
afterwards proceeded to Burma, where he was second in command when
war broke out. The battn. was ordered home and arrived in England in
Jan. 1915, when he proceeded to France, and rejoined the 2nd Battn. as
second in command. He was killed in action whilst leading a charge,
during the Battle of Festubert, 16–17 May, 1915, and was buried near
the spot where he fell. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord)
French’s Despatches of 30 Nov. 1915. Lieut.-Col. Moffat excelled in all
outdoor games and sports, and did much to encourage athletics among the
men of his regt. Almost all his leaves were spent in big game shooting,
and he had a fine collection of trophies. He _m._ at Newara-Eliya,
Ceylon, 27 April, 1912, Marjorie Armstrong, dau. of Arthur Jadick Just,
of Morireby, Newara-Eliya, Ceylon, and had a son: Archibald James,
_b._ (posthumous), 18 Aug. 1915.
[Illustration: =Archibald S. W. Moffat.=]
=MOFFET, JOHN LEESON=, B.Sc. (Hons.), A.M.I.E.E., 2nd Lieut., 3rd
Battn. Royal Scots Fusiliers, elder _s._ of Thomas Moffet, of
Ingleside, Kingsfield Road, Watford, Assistant Estate and Land Agent to
the London & North-Western Railway Co., Chairman of the Watford Public
Library and a member of the Watford Urban District Council, by his
wife, Elizabeth Ann, dau. of the late John Leeson, of Rugby; _b._
Watford, co. Herts, 17 May, 1888; educ. Watford Grammar School, City
and Guilds of London Technical College, Finsbury, and Manchester
University, where he graduated B.Sc. (Engineering) with honours.
On leaving there he became an Engineering Assistant at the Horwich
Locomotive Works of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Co. and in
1913 left there to take a position as Electrical Expert to the Chloride
Electrical Storage and Battery Co., Clifton, Manchester. At Manchester
University he had been in the O.T.C. for four years and a half, and
had obtained certificates A and B; on the outbreak of war he applied
for a commission and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Royal Scots
Fusiliers, 5 Sept. 1914, and at this date was at Portland in charge of
electrical work on a submarine. He went to France on 26 Jan. 1915, and
was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 10 March following; _unm._
His Commanding Officer wrote: “He was a most promising officer, keen
and anxious to learn. He had a high sense of duty and had plenty of
confidence in himself”; and another officer: “I last spoke to your son
on the morning of March 10 while we were waiting for the artillery
bombardment to cease. He was then quite cheery, and certainly not as
nervous as a good many of us.” “I was in the same company as your son,”
wrote another officer, “and only ten yards away when he was killed.
We had been advancing in extended order just after the capture of
the German first line of defence, when we suddenly struck some heavy
rifle fire. Your son was in front of me with his platoon, and had just
given the order to his men to lie down, when he was struck by a bullet
through the left lung and died at once, without speaking. He died a
noble death, leading his men into action, and it was through turning
round himself to warn his men to take cover that he himself was hit.”
Lieut. Moffet was an Associate Member of the Institution of Electrical
Engineers, and while in training at Greenock received a unanimous
invitation to accept the Chairmanship of the Manchester Students’
Section of the Institution. He was awarded the Premium Prize of the
Institution for a paper on “Possibilities of Electrical Traction on
Railways.” His younger brother, Lieut. Thomas Arthur Moffet, King’s
Liverpool Regt. is now (1916) a Railway Transport Officer with the
Expeditionary Force in France.
[Illustration: =John Leeson Moffet.=]
=MOGG, FREDERICK HARRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7907), S.S. 103585,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MOGGRIDGE, ROBERT=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16964, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MOHR, JOHN CARL BERNHARDT=, No. G. 1420,2nd Battn. Sussex Regt.
s. of Charles Mohr, of 91, Sumner Road, Peckham; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 4 Feb. 1915.
=MOIR, ARCHIBALD GIFFORD=, Lieut., 7th Battn. Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), elder _s._ of Archibald Patrick
Moir, of Marshill, Alloa, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Robert
Gifford, of London; _b._ Alloa aforesaid, 17 March, 1890;
educ. Edinburgh Academy, Banstead Hall, Surrey, and Fettes College,
Edinburgh, and on leaving there studied law, qualifying in 1914,
with the intention of joining his father in business. He was given a
commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 7th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders,
12 May, 1914, and promoted Lieut. 7 Sept. following; volunteered for
Imperial service on the outbreak of war in Aug.; went to France in
Dec., and was killed in action at Ypres, near Hill 60, 25 April, 1915;
_unm._ Buried near St. Jean. Col. Carden, who was killed shortly
afterwards, wrote: “He was the most popular officer in the regt. and
the best at his work;” and one of his men: “You were asking about Mr.
Moir, he was the finest officer in the Battn., everybody liked him.
When he fell he was leading us. I have been to his grave, it is behind
the firing trench. Everyone of us miss him. We have had other officers,
but none like him. All he thought of was his men.” Lieut. Moir was
mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May [London
Gazette, 22 June], 1915. At Banstead Hall he was captain of the School,
and gained all the important athletic prizes; at Fettes College he
gained the gold medal in 1908, as the best athlete of his year; was
captain of the Cricket XI; was also a brilliant three-quarter back at
football, and seemed to be marked out for International honours, but
an accident to his knee while playing for the Edinburgh Academicals
stopped his football career. He played for his county regularly at
cricket, and had many brilliant innings.
[Illustration: =Archibald Gifford Moir.=]
=MOIR, JAMES=, Private, No. 1794, 11th Battn. Australian Imperial
Force; served in Egypt, and at the Dardanelles; killed in action, 8
Aug. 1915.
=MOIR, JOHN ANDREW ALEXANDER=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders, elder _s._ of Andrew John Moir, of 15,
Clive Row, Calcutta, Merchant and Skipper; _b._ London. 1 Dec.
1897; educ. in Germany, and at Southport Modern School, and St. John’s
College, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, where he was a Prefect, and on the
outbreak of war, at once volunteered and joined the London Scottish
(14th London Regt.), 28 Aug. 1914; went to the Front with them in 28
Nov. following; served in the trenches during the winter of 1914–15,
and was selected for a commission and gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Argyll
and Sutherland Highlanders, 5 April, 1915. He fell leading an attack
on a small party of Germans in the early morning of 16 June, 1915. His
Col., Lieut.-Col. Gore, wrote of him: “I cannot tell you how sorry I
am to have lost him. He was a most promising young officer and brave
almost to recklessness, and, though he had been with us only a short
time, was much liked and esteemed by all his comrades.” He was buried
in Ration Farm Cemetery (Bois Grenier), near Armentières. He was an
excellent horseman, motor cyclist and swimmer, and founded and managed
the Thamesmouth Football Club until it was disbanded on the outbreak of
war.
[Illustration: =John Andrew A. Moir.=]
=MOLE, HERBERT=, Sergt., No. 6067, 1st Battn. Queen’s Royal West
Surrey Regt., _s._ of Henry Mole, of Charlecote, Warwick; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died 27 Oct. 1914, of
wounds received in action.
=MOLESWORTH, ERNEST KERR=, Major, Royal Engineers, attd. 2nd
Queen Victoria’s Own Sappers and Miners, Indian Army, 3rd _s._ of
Lieut.-Col. Anthony Oliver Molesworth, of 3, Priory Street, Cheltenham,
and of Cruicksfield, Duns, Berwickshire, late R.A., by his wife, Ann
Elizabeth, yst. dau. of Major William Hope Smith, H.E.I.C.S., and
gdson. of Capt. Anthony Oliver Molesworth, R.A., [brother of Richard
Pigott, 7th Viscount Molesworth]; _b._ Montrose, 28 March, 1878;
educ. privately and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted
2nd Lieut. R.E. 23 March, 1898, and promoted Lieut. 14 Feb. 1901;
Capt. 23 March, 1907 and Major 30 Oct. 1914. He took part in the Tibet
Expedition of 1903–4, and was present at the Delhi Durbars (medals). In
1907 he was attd. to the 2nd Queen Victoria’s Own Sappers and Miners,
Indian Army, with headquarters at Bangalore, being appointed Company
Commander, April, 1911. He left with the Indian Expeditionary Force
for France, 16 Oct. 1914, and was accidentally shot at St. Hilaire, on
31 Dec. following. Major Molesworth _m._ in London, 31 May, 1905,
Hilda Rosalie, dau. of Lieut.-Gen. Henry Alexander Brownlow, R.E., and
had two children: Brownlow David, _b._ 10 Feb. 1913; and Mollie
Rosalie, _b._ 11 March, 1907.
=MOLINEUX, GEORGE KING=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Northumberland
Fusiliers, elder _s._ of Major Harold Parminter Molineux, of
The Cottage, Isfield, Sussex, late Essex (56th) Regt., by his wife,
Ross Eugenie Katherine, 2nd dau. of the late Henry King, of Isfield
Place, Sussex; _b._ Eastbourne, co. Sussex, 15 April, 1887; educ.
Winchester College and Magdalen College, Oxford; after serving two
years in the 3rd Battn. South Staffordshire Regt. he was gazetted 2nd
Lieut. 2nd Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, 11 Dec. 1909, and served in
England with his Regt. until Sept. 1913, when he proceeded with it to
India, being promoted Lieut. 1 Nov. 1913, and Capt. 16 Jan. 1915. He
was appointed Aide-de-Camp to Lord Hardinge of Penshurst, then Viceroy
of India, in Aug. 1914, but resigned this appointment in Nov. 1914 in
order to accompany his regt. to France on active service. He landed
in France in Jan. 1915, and was engaged in transport work for a short
time previous to going into the trenches in the Ypres district. On the
7 and 8 May, the Germans concentrated their guns on the salient held
by the Brigade in advance of Ypres, the bombardment of the trenches
being exceptionally severe. In the assault by the enemy which followed,
owing to the giving way of a unit on the right of the Northumberland
Fusiliers, the right flank of that regt. was overwhelmed, and Capt.
Molineux was last seen wounded and unconscious in his trench, between
Wieltje and Frezenberg, by the survivors who retired. He was most
popular in his regt. and was beloved by all who knew him. He was
_unm._ At Winchester he was in the cricket eleven in 1906, and
was captain of Commoner Football. He gained his Harlequin colours at
Oxford, and played in several matches for the University, also for
Gentlemen of England against Oxford University and for the M.C.C. He
was a first-class cricketer, shot, horseman, fisherman, and a good
naturalist.
[Illustration: =George King Molineux.=]
=MOLLOY, CHARLES=, Chief Petty Officer (R.F.R., B. 2975), 171847,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=MOLONEY, JOHN LAWRENCE=, Sergt.-Major, Warrant Officer (1st
Class), No. 68888, 22nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, _s._ of
Michael Moloney, Sergt. Sussex Regt., by his wife, Mary; _b._
Chichester, co. Sussex, 17 June, 1873; enlisted, 24 Sept. 1888; served
in the South African War (wounded at Lindley; Queen’s medal with two
clasps); and with the 7th Division of the Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders from 5 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action near
Gheluvelt, Belgium, 29 Oct. following. An officer wrote: “We were in a
position near the village of Gheluvelt and were being heavily shelled.
The Brigade Staff horses were in a farm shed behind our position, and
as a shell set it on fire, Mr. Moloney ordered the horses to be taken
out. He saw all safely out and led out the last one himself. Before
he was ten yards away from the building, another shell burst near him
killing him almost instantly. As you will see from this he died doing
his duty; he is buried near where he fell, and the spot is marked by
a cross bearing his name. You have all our sympathy, and his loss
was deeply felt by all ranks.” Sergt.-Major Moloney was an all-round
sportsman and had won many cups and medals for riding and jumping,
tentpegging and shooting. He had the Silver Medal for best Man-at-Arms,
Bombay Army, won at Poona, 1903, and was for many years a successful
competitor at the London Military Tournament. He had the Good Conduct
medal. He _m._ at Wimborne, Dorset, 17 Jan. 1905, Janet Christine
(14, New Boro’, Wimborne), twin dau. of Samuel and Isabella Foster, of
Homeleigh, Wimborne; _s.p._
[Illustration: =John Lawrence Moloney.=]
=MOLLOY, MICHAEL VALLANCEY=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Sherwood
Foresters, elder _s._ of the Rev. Eben Molloy, Vicar of Shenstone,
B.A., by his wife, Harriet Rachel Emily, dau. of the late Rev. Thomas
Maule Wetherall, Rector of Pelham Parva, M.A. [gdson. of Lieut.-Gen.
Vallancey, R.E.]; _b._ Keyston Rectory, co. Huntingdon, 29 Sept.
1894; educ. Mr. Strahan’s School, Hythe, and Rossall School (Mr.
Furneaux’s House), where he was in the O.T.C., and obtained Certificate
“A”; later joined the Birmingham University O.T.C., and was gazetted
2nd Lieut. to the Special Reserve of Officers, 15 Aug. 1914, being at
his own request attd. to the 3rd Sherwood Foresters; went to France
early in Jan. 1915, attd. to the 2nd Battn., as Machine Gun Officer,
and in April was given a commission in the regular Army; and was killed
in action at Hooge, 9 Aug. 1915, while attending to his guns in a
captured German trench; _unm._ Buried in Sanctuary Wood, Hooge.
Gen. Congreve, V.C., wrote: “I knew him better than almost any of the
young officers. I don’t quite know how, and feel I have myself lost a
friend. He was an excellent officer--chosen because he was so, for the
machine gun command, and he was killed when looking after the guns in
a battle in which his brigade did everything it was asked to do”; and
Major C. I. D. Hobbs, the commanding officer: “He is a great loss to
the regt., as, in addition to being such a keen young officer, full of
pluck, he was universally popular with officers and men. He was shot
by a bullet through the heart while leading his men against the enemy,
and must have been killed instantaneously.” Capt. Chidlow-Roberts,
officer commanding C Coy., also wrote: “Everybody is most awfully cut
up about it, as he was a top-hole fellow and a jolly good soldier. He
was a great friend of mine. The word of it was he was too brave, and
shouldn’t have gone down to see about the gun”; and Capt. Noel Chance,
R.A.: “Mollie (as we all called him) was to me as dear as a younger
brother. No loss has affected me so much in this war, and it has caused
a gap that cannot be filled. You must, indeed, be proud to have such a
son; brave, extraordinarily courteous, and always anxious to help and
be a pleasure to others. He died a death we should all prefer, and he
could have felt nothing. I have had two short letters from the regt.,
and in each case (one from Major Hobbs, the commanding officer, and one
from Roberts), the outstanding comment is the loss of ‘Mollie.’ I have
never known a boy of his age have so many friends among both senior and
junior officers.”
[Illustration: =Michael Vallancey Molloy.=]
=MOLSON, ERIC ELSDALE=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. The Royal Scots, 2nd
_s._ of Major John Elsdale Molson, of Goring Hall, Worthing,
and 3, Morton Terrace, Gainsborough, J.P., R.A.M.C. (T.F.), by his
wife, Mary, dau. of Dr. Arthur Edmund Leeson, M.A., M.D., Trinity
College, Dublin; _b._ Chelmsford, co. Essex, 26 March, 1894; educ.
Cheltenham College, and Pembroke College, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd
Lieut., Royal Scots, 15 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 2 Feb. 1915;
went to France, 21 Dec. 1914, and was killed in action in Flanders, 1
April, 1915, while on duty in a gap between two trenches; _unm._
Buried behind the trenches where he fell. His Colonel wrote: “I had a
great admiration for the boy. He was universally popular. We should
have considered ourselves very fortunate to get him to come into
the regt. permanently. He was such a delightful type of an English
gentleman, I often used to think when I looked at him”; and another:
“He was very popular with everyone in the battn. and especially with
his own platoon. Although he was a strict disciplinarian and insisted
on things being thoroughly done, he always did the most dangerous work
himself, such as going in front of his trench to put up the barbed
wire, with the result that his men had absolute confidence in him.
He did some particularly daring sniping work, which resulted in his
being twice grazed by the German snipers, once in the head. For this
work his name was sent in to the General.” While at Cheltenham he was
captain of the College Football XV, 1912–13, a Prefect of the College
and winner of the Hornby Prize. His father is (1916) on active service
at Newhaven, attached to Military Hospital and Garrison, and his two
brothers are (1916) Harold Elsdale Molson, 2nd Lieut., King’s Royal
Rifles, who has been wounded, and Gerald Elsdale Molson, Sub-Lieut. in
the Royal Navy.
[Illustration: =Eric Elsdale Molson.=]
=MONCK, THE HON. CHARLES HENRY STANLEY=, Capt., 3rd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, elder and only surviving _s._ of Henry Power
Charles Stanley, 5th Viscount Monck, late Capt., Coldstream Guards,
by his wife, Lady Edith Caroline Sophia, née Scott, dau. of John, 3rd
Earl of Clonmell; _b._ London, S.W., 9 Nov. 1876; educ. Eton;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Coldstream Guards from the Militia, 15 May,
1897, and promoted Lieut., 9 Nov. 1898, and Capt., 21 Nov. 1903; served
in the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in the advance on, and
relief of, Kimberley, including actions at Belmont, Enslin, Modder
River and Magersfontein; operations in the Orange Free State, Feb.-May,
1900, including actions at Paardeberg, Poplar Grove, Dreifontein, Vet
River and Zand River; operations in the Transvaal in May and June,
1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill;
operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to Oct. 1900,
including action at Belfast; operations in the Transvaal, west of
Pretoria, Nov. 1900; in Cape Colony, south of Orange River, 1900;
in the Transvaal, Nov. to Dec. 1900; and those in Cape Colony, Dec.
1900, to 31 May, 1902; receiving the Queen’s medal with seven clasps
and the King’s medal with two clasps; went to France with the British
Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug. 1914; was wounded in the thigh, 8 Sept.,
but rejoined his regt. on the 24th, and was killed in action at St.
Julien, 21 Oct. 1914. Buried there. He _m._ at Wellington Barracks
Chapel, London, 16 Feb. 1904, Mary Florence, 2nd dau. of Sir William
Wyndham Portal, of Laverstoke, 2nd Bart., and had three children: Henry
Wyndham Stanley, _b._ 11 Dec. 1905; Elizabeth Noel, _b._ 25
Dec. 1908; and Mary Patricia, _b._ 22 June, 1911.
[Illustration: =Hon. C. H. S. Monck.=]
=MONCKTON, MARMADUKE HENRY=, 2nd Lieut., Royal Garrison Artillery,
attd. Royal Flying Corps, elder _s._ of Commander Henry Grant
Monckton, by his wife, Maud Lilian, dau. of the Rev. John W. Hallowell;
_b._ Clifton, Bristol, 31 May, 1891; educ. Cheltenham College and
the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut., R.G.A., 23
Dec. 1910; went to France, 1914, in charge of an anti-aircraft gun,
and was attached to the Royal Flying Corps, 19 March, 1915. He was
killed in action on 9 July, 1915, while flying over the enemy’s line
near Bailleul. Buried at Bailleul; _unm._ His commanding officer
wrote: “He was killed at mid-day to-day, while flying over the enemy’s
lines. The attendant circumstances will never be accurately known,
but it seems probable from evidence of onlookers that the machine, a
Bristol scout, was hit by a fragment of shell and became uncontrollable
from about 4,000 feet. Your nephew’s death was instantaneous. He was a
gallant pilot and a fine, fearless soldier”; and in a later letter he
spoke of his faithful and loyal services to himself.
[Illustration: =Marmaduke H. Monckton.=]
=MONCUR, GEORGE CLARK=, L.-Corpl., No. 3457, 9th Battn. (Queen
Victoria Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of John William
Moncur, of Aberdeen, Hotel Proprietor (retired), by his wife, Elizabeth
S. M., dau. of James S. Paterson; _b._ Aberdeen, 5 Feb. 1894;
educ. Ashley Road School there; was a Window Dresser; joined the Queen
Victoria Rifles, 11 Nov. 1914, and on the outbreak of war volunteered
for foreign service; went to France in Feb. 1915, and was killed in
action at Hill 60, 25 April, 1915. Buried at Headquarter Farm (c. 16–3,
Reference Map, Belgium 281/40,000); _unm._ His brother, Sergt.
Nicol Moncur, Dragoons, went to France with the Expeditionary Force in
Aug. 1914, and is still (1916) serving there.
[Illustration: =George Clark Moncur.=]
=MONDAY, TOM=, Farrier-Sergt., No. 769, 1st Battery, 2nd
Northumbrian Brigade, R.F.A. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late
George Monday, of 59, East Cheap, Hull, by his wife, Fanny, dau.
of Tom Auckland; _b._ Hull, 7 Nov. 1878; educ. Collier Street
School, Hull; was a Farrier Blacksmith; enlisted 23 March, 1908; was
promoted Sergt. about Aug. 1912; went to the Front, 18 April, 1915;
was killed in action at Ypres, 24 May following, and was buried there.
He _m._ at St. Stephen’s Church, Hull, 1 May, Susanna (Waterloo
Cottage, The Dene, Stainland, near Halifax), dau. of Jim Hardwick, and
had ten children: George, _b._ 31 Dec. 1900; Jim, _b._ 24
Dec. 1905; Tom, _b._ 20 Dec. 1907; John, _b._ 2 Dec. 1913;
Arthur, _b._ (posthumous), 25 Aug. 1915; Florence, _b._ 19
Feb. 1892; Fanny Elizabeth, _b._ 2 Dec. 1895; Sarah, _b._ 4
Dec. 1903; Alice, _b._ 19 Jan. 1909; and Edith, _b._ 26 Nov.
1911.
[Illustration: =Tom Monday.=]
=MONEY, HENRY IRONSIDE=, Capt., 1st Battn. 1st King George’s
Own Gurkha Rifles, the yr. _s._ of the late Lieut.-Col. Ernie
Edmund Money, Commandant, 9th Bengal Lancers (who was killed in India
in command of his regt., 20 Dec. 1894), by his wife, Alice Mary
(Gardenia, Torquay Road, Paignton, South Devon), sister of Major Eric
Grey Drummond, killed in action, 13 Nov. 1914, and dau. of the late
Major-Gen. Henry Drummond, Bengal R.E., and gdson. of the late Rev.
William Money, of Walthamstow, and Lea Marston, co. Warwick; _b._
Kasauli, Punjab, India, 21 Sept. 1883; educ. Marlborough College, and
the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. (unattd.),
Indian Army, 27 Aug. 1902; served his first year with the Somerset
L.I.; and joined the 1/1st Gurkha Rifles 18 Jan. 1904; was promoted
Lieut. 27 Nov. following, and Capt. 27 Aug. 1911; passed and received
his certificate in the Maxim Machine Gun Examination at the Erith
Works, 29 Oct. 1909; attended the manœuvres near Wetzlar, Germany,
in 1909, and those in Switzerland in the spring of 1914; was home on
leave, when the European War broke out, and joined his regt. in Egypt
during Aug. 1914; landed with them at Marseilles at the end of Nov.,
and was killed in action at Givenchy, 20 Dec. 1914; _unm._ He
was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for
gallant and distinguished service in the field. A brother officer
wrote: “Since we have been in France he has been in charge of our
bomb-throwers, and has done magnificent work. Had he lived he would
have been recommended for the D.S.O.”; and another: “He was last seen
fighting most valiantly and with the greatest coolness. His name has
gone in for D.S.O., and richly he deserved it.” Another: “He proved
himself to be a magnificent soldier, and literally covered himself with
glory. One can say that he died as he would have wished--leading and
encouraging his men with whom he was enormously popular.”
[Illustration: =Henry Ironside Money.=]
=MONK, GEORGE BERTRAM FIFIELD=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal
Warwickshire Regt., yr. _s._ of Dr. Charles James Monk, of 15,
Harley Street, W., and 3, Linnell Close, Hampstead Garden Suburb,
N.W., Surgeon Dentist; _b._ Wiesbaden, Germany, 15 Sept. 1891;
educ. St. George’s, Harpenden, Herts; Michigan University, U.S.A., and
Guy’s Hospital, London, and was a Medical Student. He had joined the
28th Battn. (Artists’ Rifles) London Regt. in Jan. 1914; volunteered
for foreign service and went to France with them, 27 Oct. 1914, and
was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 2nd Warwicks (7th Division, 4th Corps),
11 Nov. 1914. He was killed in action in an attack on the enemy’s
trenches near Armentières on 18 Dec. following; _unm._ Capt. I.
H. G. White wrote: “Your son died a very gallant death. He was found,
together with four other officers and 34 men, within a few yards of
a German machine gun, and it was obvious that he was one of a party
that had made an extraordinary gallant effort to capture the gun and
prevent it killing their comrades who were coming up behind. We buried
him the next morning on the spot on which he fell”; and an officer
of the 2nd Queen’s: “On the 28th a general attack was ordered on the
German position with a view to keeping the attention of the enemy fixed
while important operations took place elsewhere. I was on duty in the
trenches when the attacking party went out. Bertram went up the scaling
ladder with a smile on his face. The moment the enemy’s fire broke
out it was clear that no one could live in such a storm. Our men were
assailed with a torrent of rifle bullets, machine-gun fire and hand
grenades. The bravest might have blenched before this awful ordeal.
As the fire died down the wounded began to crawl back to our lines;
our patrols devotedly went out, helping them in. As the night wore
on and I saw nothing of the officers of your son’s regt., I began to
fear he was amongst the killed or was lying too badly wounded to come
in. At daybreak the Germans made signs to us to come over and pick up
our wounded. I went out; after a long search I found your brave son
just where I should have expected. He was lying dead within 30 yards
of the German trenches, half-way across the wire entanglements, his
right hand outstretched as though pointing the way to his men. Death
must have been instantaneous, for his head was pierced by two bullets
from the machine gun. He was buried between the English and German
trenches with his comrades. On Christmas Day we had another armistice
to finish clearing the ground, and a funeral service was held, attended
by a large gathering of German and English officers. It was a strange
and impressive sight.” Capt. Bare, Artists’ Rifles, also wrote: “The
following is an extract from a letter written by the Divisional
General to our Colonel: “2nd Lieut. G. B. Monk was killed right on the
enemy’s wire entanglement, well in front of his battn. and opposite a
machine-gun position.... While deeply deploring the loss of these most
promising young officers, it must be satisfactory for you to know that
they gloriously upheld the traditions of your regt....’ The Colonel has
ordered the General’s letter to be read to all the men in the regt.,
and we are proud to remember that your son belonged to C Coy. and to
know that he could not have died a finer death.” Lieut. Monk was an
excellent athlete, he represented his school at cricket and Rugby
football and was in the Guy’s Hospital Rugby football team. A poem was
written in 2nd Lieut. Monk’s honour by Canon Rawnsley and published in
a book entitled ”The European War, 1914–1915.”
[Illustration: =George Bertram F. Monk.=]
=MONK, HENRY WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MONK, OSWALD FRANK=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 10558, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MONTGOMERY, ADAM=, Private, No. 20231, 2/5th Battn. Royal Scots
(T.F.), 3rd _s._ of the late William Montgomery, of Possilpark,
Glasgow, Road Surfaceman in the employ of the Glasgow Corporation,
by his wife, Margaret (378, Garscube Road, Glasgow), dau. of Gilbert
Connell; _b._ Dunoon, co. Argyle, 15 July, 1884; educ. Dunoon
Grammar School, was a Plumber in the employ of R. Munro & Son,
Springburn; enlisted 25 Jan. 1915; joined at Glencorse Barracks on
Monday the 29th; was sent to Weymouth the following Wednesday for
training; crossed to France, 1 May; was wounded in action on the 16th
of that month and invalided into hospital; discharged from there 21st
and was back in the firing line on the 23rd, and was killed in action
at Ypres, 26 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Adam Montgomery.=]
=MONTGOMERY, SIDNEY GEORGE=, Signaller, No. 9857, 6th (Service)
Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., _s._ of George Montgomery, formerly
of the 2nd Battn. of that Regt., by his wife, Annie, dau. of George
Grundy, of Lincoln, Machine Fitter; _b._ Lincoln, 5 June, 1893;
educ. St. Martin’s School there; was a Clerk in Messrs. Dawson’s
Leather Works at Lincoln, but enlisted on the outbreak of war, and was
killed in action at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, 7 Aug. 1915; _unm._
=MONTGOMERY, WILLIAM SPROAT=, Capt., 6th (Rifle) Battn. King’s
Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of Hugh Montgomery, of The
Allports, Bromborough, Cheshire, member of the firm of Simmonds, Hunt
& Montgomery, of Liverpool; _b._ Liverpool, 25 May, 1881; educ.
Liverpool College. He had joined the 6th (Territorial) Battn. of the
King’s Liverpool Regt., 14 March, 1909, and on the outbreak of war
volunteered for foreign service. He passed the School of Instruction
and obtained his company, 8 Sept. 1914, and went to France, 22 Feb.
1915. He was killed in action at Ypres, 13 March, 1915; _unm._ He
was a well-known Rugby football player, and played for his county of
Lancashire and the Liverpool Rugby Football Club, which he captained in
the season of 1908–9 and in which for several years he held the post of
Secretary. He was also a member of the Racquet and the Royal Liverpool
Clubs. It was said of him: “In business life and in private life, as
well as in the battn. of which he was a member, Capt. Montgomery was
_persona grata_ to all with whom he came in contact.”
[Illustration: =William S. Montgomery.=]
=PIGOT-MOODIE, CHARLES ALFRED=, 2nd Lieut., 6th Battn. Rifle
Brigade, yst. _s._ of the late George Pigot-Moodie, of Westbrooke,
Rondebosch, Cape Colony; M.L.C. of Cape Colony, and sometime
Surveyor-General of the Transvaal, by his wife, Rose, dau. of Stephen
Spranger, F.R.C.S. Eng., and gdson. of Lieut. Donald Moodie, R.N.
Colonial Secretary of Natal (1845–49), and Speaker of the Legislative
Assembly (1857) [3rd _s._ of Major James Moodie, 9th Laird
of Melsetter, Orkney]; _b._ Westbrooke, 30 May, 1890; educ.
Windlesham House, Brighton, Harrow and Magdalen College, Oxford;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. 15 Aug. 1914; went to the Front, Nov. 1914, and
was killed in action at Kemmel, Belgium, 13 Jan. 1915; _unm._
His elder brother, Lieut. George Frederick Arthur Pigot-Moodie, 2nd
Dragoons (Scots Greys), is now on active service in France. He was
wounded on 12 Sept. 1914, at Vailly, during the Battle of the Aisne,
and was awarded the Military Cross, and the 3rd class Order of St. Anne
of Russia (with swords).
[Illustration: =C. A. Pigot-Moodie.=]
=MOODY, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Chief Armourer (Pensioner), 154309,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914
=MOODY, ROBERT RONALD=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24634 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MOOR, CHRISTOPHER=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Hampshire Regt.,
eldest _s._ of the Rev. Charles Moor, D.D., sometime Vicar of
Barton-on-Humber and of Gainsborough and Canon of Lincoln, by his wife,
Constance Mary, dau. of Robert Moon, M.A., Barrister-at-Law; _b._
at Barton-on-Humber, 2 Feb. 1892; educ. at Abbotsholme, at Bradfield.
and at Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he took his degree with
honours in Mechanical Science, afterwards taking a post-graduate course
at McGill University, Montreal. He was gazetted to the 3rd Battn. Hants
Regt., 15 Aug. 1914, and was afterwards transferred to the 2nd Battn.
and sent to Gallipoli in May, 1915. After being invalided to Egypt, he
returned to the front in July and took part in a very gallant charge
at Krithia on 6 Aug. 1915, when he was one of the few to reach the
Turkish trench, where he fell on the parapet, shot through the heart.
He had given early promise of distinction in various fields of human
culture and was a keen student of engineering, of architecture and of
literature. He taught himself to read hieroglyphic writing and had
compiled for his own use a vocabulary of ancient Egyptian words and was
deeply interested in the history of Egypt. In his short military career
he had trained the signaller of several battns. and was regarded as an
extremely keen and promising officer
[Illustration: =Christopher Moor.=]
=MOORE, ALFRED=, L.-Corpl., R.M.L.I., Ch./10271, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=MOORE, ANTHONY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13950 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MOORE, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 1990, 5th Battn. Australian
Expeditionary Force; _s._ of Henry Albert Moore, of Park House,
Whatley, near Frome, Somerset, by his wife, Elizabeth Thurzia, dau. of
James Burge Whatley; _b._ 9 April, 1879; educ. Warminster Grammar
School; went to Australia in 1900, and settled at Melbourne and Sydney;
enlisted at Melbourne in Feb. 1915; was wounded at the Dardanelles, 7
Aug. 1915, and invalided home to England, and died in King George’s
Hospital, 29 Feb. 1916; _unm._
[Illustration: =Arthur Moore.=]
=MOORE, CHARLES JAMES=, Private, No. 1772, 7th Battn. London Regt.
(T.F.), _s._ of Francis Moore, of Nile Street, St. Luke’s, Picture
Framer, by his wife, Amelia, dau. of Thomas Richard (and Elizabeth)
Wells; _b._ St. Luke’s, London, 13 Dec. 1888; educ. Old Street
Parochial School there; and on leaving school entered the employ of
Messrs. Badcock, Golden Lane, City, Tailor, for whom he worked as a
cutter for fifteen years. He joined the 7th London on 6 Aug. 1914, two
days after war broke out; went to France 17 Feb. 1915, and died in
hospital at Bethune, 17 May, 1915, of wounds received in action on the
14th. Buried in Bethune Cemetery; _unm._
=MOORE, FREDERICK=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 177856, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=MOORE, GEORGE=, A.B., J. 5422, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action
off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MOORE, HENRY GLANVILLE ALLEN=, Lieut.-Col., 6th (Service) Battn.
East Yorkshire Regt. (Pioneers), only _s._ of the late Rev. Henry
Dawson Moore, Vicar of Misterton, 1858–80, subsequently Vicar of
Hornby, co. York, and Private Chaplain to the 9th Duke of Leeds, by his
wife, Harriet Louisa (Roydwood, Kirkburton, co. York), dau. of the Rev.
William Richards, M.A. Oxon., Vicar of Dawley Magna, Salop; _b._
Misterton, co. Nottingham, 28 Oct. 1865; educ. Aysgarth, Bedale, from
which he gained an open junior scholarship for Rossall, at the age of
13; on leaving the latter in 1883 he was for three years a student at
the Sussex County Hospital, and being then too old to enter the Army in
any other way, enlisted in the Grenadier Guards in 1886; was gazetted
2nd Lieut. to the Royal Warwickshire Regt., 2 Sept. 1891, and promoted
Lieut., 3 March, 1893; Capt., 21 Sept. 1898; Major, 21 Feb. 1908; and
Lieut.-Col., 19 Aug. 1914; was Adjutant of his battn., 28 Jan. 1894 to
8 Dec. 1896, and of the King’s Own Malta Militia, 24 Sept. 1902 to 23
Sept. 1907; took part in the Egyptian Campaign, 1898 (medal, Egyptian
medal with clasp); transferred to the East Yorks Regt., 8 July, 1908;
was on half-pay, 3 Sept. 1910 to 28 Aug. 1911, and on the outbreak of
war was appointed Lieut.-Col. commanding the 6th Battn., constituted
as Pioneers in Nov. following; went to the Dardanelles, 22 July,
1915, and was killed in action at Suvla Bay, 7–11 Aug. 1915, from a
bayonet thrust in a skirmish after the landing there. He was specially
selected to raise the 6th Sappers of the New Army in Aug. 1914, and
was mentioned in Despatches by Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton [London Gazette,
28 Jan. 1916] for gallant and distinguished service in the field.
Lieut.-Col. Moore _m._ at the Cathedral, Kandy, Ceylon, 3 June,
1893, Julia Margaret (Dorset Lodge, Tonbridge), 7th dau. of the late
William Parry-Okenden, of Turnworth, co. Dorset, and had two daus.:
Marjorie Gladys, _b._ 18 April, 1894; and Katherine Georgina,
_b._ 4 Feb. 1899.
[Illustration: =Henry G. A. Moore.=]
=MOORE, HENRY JOHN=, E.R.A., 2nd Class, 272213, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=MOORE, JOHN THOMAS WARREN=, 2nd S.B.S., 154465, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MOORE, REGINALD HENRY HAMILTON=, Capt., 1st Battn. Border Regt.,
eldest _s._ of the late Col. Joseph Henry Moore, of Easterlands,
Wellington, Somerset, R.A.M.C., by his wife, Jessie, dau. of John
Pope; _b._ Bareilly, India, 2 Dec. 1884; educ. Wellington College
and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 1st Border Regt., 10 Oct. 1903;
promoted Lieut., 16 Nov. 1905, and Capt., 29 Oct. 1914; left for the
Dardanelles, 16 March, 1915, with the 29th Division, and was killed
in action at Gallipoli, 11 June, following; _unm._ Buried in
Gully Cemetery. His commanding officer wrote: “On 10 June we captured
a trench; early the following morning the Turks counter-attacked, and
in the confusion it seemed as if they would probably drive our men
back. Your son, who was at the time acting as Adjutant, volunteered to
lead an assaulting party back. Those with him say how magnificently
he behaved, and at the head of his men he re-took the lost portion of
the trench in a few minutes. He was the best type of officer and had
proved himself several times in action”; and a brother officer: “For a
short, but critical, period in the Gallipoli operations he commanded
the battn., and his quiet and firm command earned the respect and
confidence of all ranks....” Another wrote: “On this occasion he again
displayed that personal courage and coolness in danger which had been
an example to his men from the commencement of the campaign.” Capt.
Moore was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 12 June, 1915.
[Illustration: =Reginald H. H. Moore.=]
=MOORE, THOMAS=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 3729), 302799, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=MOORE, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9618), S.S.
106969, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MOORE, WILLIAM ALBERT=, A.B., S.S. 132, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MOOREY, FRANK LESLIE=, Private, No. 1714, 13th (Princess Louise’s
Kensington) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of William
Edmund Moorey, Head of the Estate and Survey Department of John Barker
& Co., Ltd., of Kensington (formerly of Christchurch, and for many
years a member of the Town Council and President of the Bournemouth and
District Cricket League, etc.), by his wife, Mary Jane, dau. of George
Picken, of Kings Norton, co. Warwick; _b._ Christchurch, co.
Hants, 20 March, 1894; educ. Bournemouth Public School, where he was
a member of the O.T.C.; on leaving school, he received an appointment
on the head office staff of the Bank of British North America, at 5,
Gracechurch Street, E.C., and two days after the outbreak of war joined
(7 Aug. 1914) the Kensingtons; leaving for France with his regt. 5 Nov.
1914. On the 18 Nov. he was wounded, went into hospital in France, but
recovered, and was back again in the trenches before Christmas. During
the fighting around La Bassée, in Jan. 1915, a German shell burst in
the dug-out where he was, hitting some and practically burying others,
whose mouths, nostrils and ears were filled with the clay. A virulent
germ from this attacked him, and though sent home to England with
frostbite in both feet (arriving 26 Jan.), septic pneumonia developed
soon after his arrival, and he died in the 1st Eastern General Hospital
at Cambridge, 19 Feb. 1915; _unm._ He was buried with full
military honours in the Kensington Cemetery, 24 Feb. following. He was
well-known in hockey circles in Hampshire and Kent, being an expert
player, and was an excellent sculler, as well as a good footballer and
cricketer. His elder brother, William Edward, joined the 10th City
Battn. of the Royal Fusiliers and is now (1916) at the Front.
[Illustration: =Frank Leslie Moorey.=]
=MOORHOUSE, WILLIAM APPLEYARD=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26717 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=RHODES-MOORHOUSE, WILLIAM BARNARD, V.C.=, Lieut., Royal Flying
Corps, elder _s._ of Edward Moorhouse, of Parnham House,
Dorsetshire, by his wife, Mary Anne, dau. of the Hon. William Bernard
Rhodes, M.L.C., New Zealand; _b._ in London, 26 Sept. 1887 educ.
The Golden Parsonage, Hertfordshire Harrow, and Trinity College,
Cambridge, and after leaving there was engaged in monoplane experiments
at Huntingdon in 1909–10, and has been truthfully described as “one of
the pioneers” of aviation in England. He made many long flights before
taking his pilot’s certificate in Oct. 1911. and was then considered
probably the finest cross-country flier in this country, and quite the
equal of anyone abroad.” He finished third in the Aerial Derby for
1912, and the same year established a record in aviation as the first
pilot to make a Channel-crossing with two passengers (one of whom was
his wife). Soon after joining the R.F.C. in Aug. 1914, he was placed in
charge of work shops at Aircraft Park, South Farnborough, and remained
there till 20 March, 1915, when he was sent out to the Front to join
the No. 2 Squadron, No. 1 Wing, at Merville, as a flying officer. His
promotion to the rank of Lieut. was gazetted after his death to rank
as from 24 April, 1915. On Monday, 26 April, during the Second Battle
of Ypres, an urgent message came through from Headquarters ordering
the immediate destruction of the railway line at Courtrai Junction to
prevent the bringing up of German reinforcements, and he was detailed
for this important task, his instructions being “to use his own
discretion as to his height at which he would drop his bomb.” He left
Merville flying ground at 3.5 p.m., and returned again mortally wounded
at 4.15, having piloted his machine over 35 miles under conditions of
extreme difficulty after receiving his first serious wound. He made a
full report before he was taken to hospital, so that Sir John French
was able to record the destruction of Courtrai Junction in his Report
from Headquarters despatched the same evening. He died of his wounds
next day, but before his death received the following message: “But for
pressure of urgent work the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief would
have visited 2nd Lieut. Moorhouse himself to express his admiration of
his courage and the way in which he carried out his duties yesterday.”
[The Battle of Ypres was then in progress and Merville was over 30
miles from General Headquarters.] The following are extracts from the
official accounts of his exploit: From Sir John French’s Report from
Headquarters, 26 April, “One of our airmen bombed Courtrai Station this
afternoon and destroyed the junction. Although wounded, he brought his
machine back to our lines.” Extract from the Daily Bulletin issued
to the troops (first issued by special request to the Indian Corps),
who “had seen him flying back and were so impressed by his astounding
courage” that they asked for further details and translated them into
Hindustani, and it was afterwards circulated among all our troops
at the Front. Dated 29 April, 1915. “British Air Raid on Courtrai.
Details are now to hand of the successful air raid carried out on the
26th inst., and mentioned in yesterday’s bulletin. It is a story of
amazing gallantry and heroism, and and is worthy of special notice.
The aviator, 2nd Lieut. W. B. Rhodes-Moorhouse, left Merville at 3.5
in the afternoon, alone in a biplane, to drop a heavy bomb on the
railway junction at Courtrai. Arriving at his destination, he volplaned
down to a height of 300 ft. and successfully dropped the bomb on his
objective, the effect of the explosion being felt by the aviator at
a height of 300 ft. While at this low altitude he was subject to a
tornado of fire from thousands of rifles, machine-guns and shell fire.
He was severely wounded in the thigh (part of which was torn away), but
instead of descending into the German lines where his life might have
been saved, and to prevent his machine from falling into the hands of
the Germans, he turned and made for the British lines. To increase his
speed he descended a further 200 ft., and crossed the German lines at
a height of 100 ft. only. He was again severely wounded by a bullet
which ripped open his abdomen. Instead of landing at Ypres, he flew the
whole way back to the flying ground at Merville, and made his report.
We regret to say that he succumbed to his wounds 24 hours later. He was
an aviator who had always performed several daring feats, and was the
first man to do the ‘tail slide,’ and also the only man who had flown
across the Channel with two passengers. This would appear worthy to be
ranked among the most heroic stories of the world’s history.” Extract
from Eye-witness’s communication dated 30 April: “The raid on Courtrai,
unfortunately cost the nation a very gallant life, but it will live
as one of the most heroic episodes of the war. The aviator started on
the enterprise alone in a biplane. On arrival at Courtrai he glided
down to a height of 300 ft., and dropped a large bomb on the railway
junction. While he did this he was the target of hundreds of rifles, of
machine guns, and of anti-aircraft armament, and was severely wounded
in the thigh. Though he might have saved his life by at once coming
down in the enemy’s lines, he decided to save his machine at all costs,
and made for the British lines. Descending to a height of only 100
ft. in order to increase his speed, he continued to fly and was again
wounded, this time mortally. He still flew on, however, and without
coming down at the nearest of our aerodromes, went all the way back to
his own base, where he executed a perfect landing and made his report.
He died in hospital not long afterwards.” He was mentioned in F.M. Sir
John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 3 May, 1915, and was awarded the
V.C. [London Gazette, 22 May, 1915] “for most conspicuous bravery on 26
April, 1915, in flying to Courtrai, and dropping bombs on the railway
line near that station. On starting the return journey he was mortally
wounded, but succeeded in flying for 35 miles to his destination at a
very low altitude and reported the successful accomplishment of his
object. He has since died of his wounds.” Lieut. Rhodes-Moorhouse
_m._ at St. Paul’s, Knightsbridge, 25 June, 1912, Linda Beatrice
(Parnham House, Beaminster, Dorset), yst. dau. of the late Robert
Ambrose Morritt, of Rokeby, Yorkshire, and had a son: William Henry,
_b._ 4 March, 1914. In accordance with the will of his grandfather
he assumed the name of Rhodes in addition to, and before, that of
Moorhouse by Royal Licence, 21 Jan. 1913.
[Illustration: =W. B. R. Rhodes-Moorhouse.=]
=MORAN, JOHN BARROW=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9651),
S.S. 107013, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=MORAN, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 7776, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Michael Moran, of 9, Chatburn Avenue, Tanshelf,
Pontefract, Miner, by his wife, Julianne, dau. of Patrick Tierney;
_b._ Sharleston, near Wakefield, co. York, ... May, 1888;
educ. Colliery School there; enlisted 1908; went to France with the
Expeditionary Force, Aug. 1914; served through the retreat from Mons
and the subsequent fighting on the Marne and Aisne, and died in
hospital at Versailles, 24 Sept. 1914, of wounds received at La Cour
de Soupir, on the Aisne, on the 17th. He was buried in Versailles
Cemetery; _unm._
[Illustration: =Joseph Moran.=]
=MORGAN, ALBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2767), S.S. 674, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MORGAN ALBERT ERNEST=, Lieut., 6th (Special Reserve) Battn.
Royal Fusiliers, only _s._ of Albert Charles Frederick Morgan,
of 135, Oakwood Court, Kensington, by his wife, Marion Grimston, 4th
dau. of John Alexander Fladgate, 1st Baron da Roeda in Portugal, and
grandson of the late Thomas Morgan, F.S.A.; _b._ London, 24 May,
1889; educ. at Summerfield, Oxford, and at Westminster School; gazetted
2nd Lieut. 22 May, 1911; promoted Lieut. 1913; and attd. to the Royal
Flying Corps on 15 Sept. 1914; acted as Assistant Instructor at the
Upavon Flying School until he proceeded to the Front in France, in
December, 1914. He was killed by a shell whilst observing for artillery
fire from an aeroplane, during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, on 10
March, 1915; _unm._ He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord)
French’s Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915] for gallant
and distinguished service in the field.
[Illustration: =Albert Ernest Morgan.=]
=MORGAN, ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 968), 141514, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MORGAN, EDWARD CHARLES=, 2nd Lieut., 1st, attd. to 5th Battn.
Royal Berkshire Regt., elder _s._ of Charles Morgan, of Guildford,
Surrey and formerly of Burdon Hall, Shackleford, M.A. Cantab., late
Naval Instructor, R.N., by his wife, Kathleen Courtenay, dau. of Edward
Robinson, of West Meath, and granddau. of the late Thomas Morgan,
F.S.A.; _b._ Blackheath, 19 Dec. 1897; educ. at Haileybury and the
Royal Military College, Sandhurst; obtained his first commission, 15
July, 1914, and shortly afterwards proceeded to France as an observer
in the Royal Flying Corps, subsequently joining his Battn. in the
trenches. He was killed by a shell when in charge of a machine gun,
with three of his men, several others being wounded, on 18 Dec. 1915;
_unm._ He was buried in Windy Corner (the Guards’ Cemetery),
Givenchy. Lieut.-Col. F. W. Foley, in command of his Battn., wrote: “he
was killed by a large shell, the first one from the German artillery
on their suddenly opening fire in this locality.... I always felt in
the position of a parent to him, he was so young ... all his officers
loved him, and none more than I did; he was a perfectly delightful boy,
and a first-rate officer.... I arranged with the Chaplain to bury him
to-morrow morning in a coffin, and I will see that a cross is put up to
his memory.”
[Illustration: =Edward Charles Morgan.=]
=MORGAN, FRANCIS MATTHEW=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5502, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=MORGAN, GEORGE=, Private, No. 4058, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, eldest _s._ of the late William Morgan, of Worminster,
near Shepton Mallet, Farm Labourer, by his wife, Mary, dau. of William
Billing; _b._ North Wooten, near Shepton Mallet, co. Somerset, 12
May, 1883; educ. North Wooten Church of England School; enlisted 6 Feb.
1901; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action by the
explosion of a bomb at Vermelles, Belgium, 8 Oct. 1915. He _m._
at Shepton Mallet, 19 Sept. 1905, Florence (The Mill House, Shepton
Mallet), 7th dau. of William Woolley, of Shepton Mallet, Farmer, and
had four children: Ethel, _b._ 14 Oct. 1906; Edith Gwendoline,
_b._ 9 Sept. 1907; Lillian Beatrice, _b._ 20 Feb. 1909; and
Marion Olive, _b._ 27 Nov. 1910.
[Illustration: =George Morgan.=]
=MORGAN, HARRY=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. Auckland (Countess of
Ranfurly’s Own) Regt., _s._ of William Morgan, of Birmingham, by
his wife, Harriet, dau. of James Duffield; _b._ West Bromwich,
co. Stafford; educ. Birmingham; went to New Zealand about 1891 and
was for some time Officer Commanding the 88th Coy. of Senior Cadets,
Auckland. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for foreign service and
was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Auckland Regt., 28 March, 1912, and
promoted Lieut., 8 April, 1915, being Provost-Marshal while in Epsom
Camp before proceeding with his regt. to the Front. He was killed in
action at Cape Helles, 8 May, 1915. Capt. Frazer, since invalided to
Auckland, told Lieut. Morgan’s wife: “The day on which he fell there
had been a terrible charge. He was one of those to get back to the
trenches safely, but, on peering out, saw some wounded still under
fire. At his own risk he went out and brought one man in who had been
shot in the thigh, and then started out for a brother officer, whom he
had passed when getting the wounded man in. Unfortunately a sniper got
him, and ended a glorious career”; and Lieut. Topham, Gallipoli, wrote:
“I was quite near to him when he fell; he was shot through the head and
only lived a few minutes. It had always been said that he would either
get killed in action or win a V.C. He was so daring and had absolutely
no fear. It happened down at Cape Helles on 8 May, the day on which
the New Zealand Infantry made history.... He fell in the thick of the
fight and died game, and was buried that night where he fell. A wooden
cross was placed at the head of his grave by some of the men of his
company.” An Auckland nurse from the 15th General Hospital, Alexandria,
stated: “The soldier who told me of his death said his conduct had been
most heroic, and that he was seen night after night creeping out of the
trenches to help back the wounded soldiers.” Lieut. Morgan _m._
at Auckland, 12 May, 1897, Euphemia Margaret (“Waiuna,” Rata Street,
New Lynn, Auckland), yst. dau. of David Heron, late Madras Commissariat
Department, India, and had one dau., Gwendolen Margaret, _b._ 6
June, 1911.
[Illustration: =Harry Morgan.=]
=MORGAN, ROBERT WILLIAM=, Private, No. 696, 11th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of the late William Henry Morgan, of
13, Albert Road, Leyton, Commercial Traveller, by his wife, Mary Ann
(25, Wellesley Road, Leytonstone), dau. of Joseph Barnes, of Torquay,
Devon; _b._ Leyton, co. Essex, 3 Sept. 1884; educ. Newport School,
Leyton; enlisted in the 1st Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., 28 Jan.
1901; served in the South African War and afterwards in India, where
he finished his service with the Colours. In 1909 he emigrated to
Western Australia, and on the outbreak of war joined the Commonwealth
Expeditionary Force and sailed for Egypt, Sept. 1914. He died on board
H.M. Hospital Ship Sicilian, 9 June, 1915, of wounds received in action
at the Dardanelles on the 4th of that month while on observation duty;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Robert William Morgan.=]
=MORGAN, STEPHEN BEVERLEY=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd attd. 1st Battn.
Leicestershire Regt., 2nd _s._ of Frederick Beverley Morgan, of
Muscalls, Paddock Wood, Kent, by his wife, Clara Elizabeth, dau. of
Major Edgworth Horrocks; _b._ Tunbridge Wells, 22 April, 1896;
educ. Hurstleigh, Tunbridge Wells, and Clifton College; gazetted
2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Leicestershires, 15 Aug. 1914; went to France
attached to the 1st Battn., and was killed in action by shell fire in
the trenches near Armentières, 14 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried in
the Regimental Burial Ground behind the trenches. He was a well-known
cricketer, and played for the Public Schools at Lords, in the summer of
1914.
[Illustration: =Stephen Beverley Morgan.=]
=MORGANS, THOMAS ALFRED=, Leading Seaman, 239252, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MORIARTY, THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3851), 204033, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=MORKILL, RONALD FALSHAW=, Lieut., 1st Battn. West Yorkshire
Regt. and Flying Officer, Royal Flying Corps; 2nd _s._ of John
William Morkill, of Newfield Hall, Malhamdale, Yorkshire, M.A., J.P.,
by his wife, Hannah Shaw, yst. dau. of Peter Hobson, of Castle Lodge,
Yorkshire, and niece and co-heiress of Sir James Falshaw, Bart.;
_b._ Edinburgh, 22 Nov. 1891; educ. Radley, and University
College, London; received a commission as 2nd Lieut. 4th (Special
Reserve) Battn. West Yorkshire Regt. 1 Oct. 1911, and was promoted
Lieut. 3 Dec. 1912. After the outbreak of war he was (14 Aug. 1914)
gazetted to the 1st West Yorkshires and the following day went to the
Front as Lieut. attd. to the 1st East Yorkshires, with which he served
through the winter of 1914–15. On 1 July, 1913, he gained a pilot’s
certificate from the Royal Aero Club, and in Feb. 1915, was transferred
to the Royal Flying Corps as a probationer. He qualified as a flying
officer on 19 June, and was gazetted to the Corps on 15 July, after
his death. Under orders on 22 June he piloted a Blériot Monoplane from
Gosport to Shoreham, leaving the latter place on his return journey
shortly after 6 o’clock in the evening. He had risen barely 200 feet
when his engine was noticed to miss fire and finally stop. Having
insufficient space beneath him he was unable to keep control of his
craft which dived to the earth causing injuries by the impact from
which he died in the Military Hospital a few hours later. A letter of
sympathy from the N.C.Os. and men of the section he commanded, dated
3 July, 1915, contains the following passage: “The hardest and most
terribly trying time--last winter--he spent in the trenches with us,
and never a murmur of complaint was ever heard to fall from his lips.
To say he was loved by all men would be to express our feelings in the
mildest form.” Buried at Kirby-in-Malhamdale, Yorkshire. He _m._
at Holy Trinity Church, Heywood, Westbury, Wilts, 23 Sept. 1914, Ellen
Mary, yst. dau. of the late Thomas Loyzelure Wilkinson, of Neasham
Abbey, near Darlington; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Ronald Falshaw Morkill.=]
=MORLAND, HENRY ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111650 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MORONEY, EDWARD FRANCIS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3965),
S.S. 102026, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast
of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MORPETH, MOORE=, Private, No. 12/1039, 6th Hauraki Coy., Auckland
Infantry Battn., 5th _s._ of Henry Douglas Morpeth, Town Clerk of
Waiki, Auckland, New Zealand; _b._ Auckland, 10 May, 1894; educ.
Waiki District High School; was studying law in Auckland when war broke
out, and was one of three brothers who at once volunteered and joined
the New Zealand Expeditionary Force early in Aug. 1914. He left for
Egypt with the main body on 16 Oct., and on 12 April embarked from
there for the Dardanelles, taking part in the landing at Gaba Tepe on
the 25th of that month. He was one of a small body of New Zealanders
and Australians who, after making good their landing, had gained the
ridges above Anzac Cove, but the enemy coming at them in force they
were obliged to retire. One of the Australians was struck down, and
Morpeth made over to his assistance, when he received a mortal wound
that paralysed him. His comrades, in the face of advancing Turks, could
do nothing for him, and next day when the ground was retaken his dead
body was found where he fell; _unm._
[Illustration: =Moore Morpeth.=]
=MORPHEW, ARTHUR=, Stoker, 2nd Class, S.S. 115038, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=MORPHEW, ERNEST=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7934), S.S.
103605, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MORRIS, ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2176), 194828, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MORRIS, CLIVE WILSON=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. King’s Royal
Rifle Corps, 6th _s._ of Frank Robert-Morris, of Crofton, near
Orpington, Kent; _b._ Oak Hill Park, Hampstead, N., 4 March, 1894;
educ St. Cyprian’s, Eastbourne, and Repton; volunteered and joined the
Artists’ Rifles on the outbreak of war, Oct. 1914; went to France in
Oct.; was given a commission in the 2nd King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 1
April, 1915, and was killed in action at Richebourg L’Avoué, France, 9
May following; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote: “He was killed
in an attack on a very strong German position, as he was gallantly
leading his platoon across the open.”
=MORRIS, HON. GEORGE HENRY=, Lieut.-Col., 1st Battn. Irish Guards,
2nd _s._ of Michael, 1st Lord Morris and Killanin, P.C., Lord
Chief Justice of Ireland, by his wife, Anna, dau. of the Hon. George
Henry Hughes, a Baron of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland; _b._
co. Galway, 16 July, 1872; educ. The Oratory School, Birmingham, and
the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd
Battn. Rifle Brigade, then stationed in India, 12 March, 1892, and
promoted Lieut., 16 May, 1894; took part in the operations on the
North-West Frontier of India, 1897–8, with the Tochi Field Force, for
which he received the medal with clasp, and from 7 Jan. 1897, to 6 Jan.
1901, was Adjutant of his battn., receiving his company, 16 Aug. 1899.
In 1901 he entered the Staff College, but left soon afterwards and
went out to South Africa and served with Damant’s Horse in the latter
stage of the Boer War, taking part in the operations in the Orange
River Colony, Feb. to March, 1902, and in those in the Transvaal, March
to 31 May, 1902, and was mentioned in despatches [London Gazette,
18 July, 1902] and received the Queen’s medal with four clasps. He
then returned to the Staff College and passed out in 1903, and after
being D.A.A.G. at Belfast (8–31 March, 1904), was Staff Capt., Army
Headquarters, 1 April, 1904, to 12 March, 1906. He was gazetted Major
to the 1st Battn. Irish Guards, 3 March, 1906, and on 15 May, 1908,
was appointed D.A.A.G. (General Staff Officer, 2nd Grade), with the
rank of temp. Lieut.-Col. at the Staff College, where he remained until
1911. On 15 July, 1913, he obtained command of his Battn., and in Aug.
1914, he went to France with the Expeditionary Force, in which the 1st
Irish Guards formed part of the 4th Brigade (2nd Division, 1st Army
Corps). He was killed in action during the retreat from Mons, while
endeavouring to extricate some of his men from an impossible position,
in the woods of Compiègne, near Villers Cotterets on 1 Sept. following.
When the Battn. reassembled after a difficult rearguard fight through
the beech woods, Lieut.-Col. Morris missed some of No. 4 Coy. and went
back alone to find them, but they were hopelessly outnumbered, and
he was killed while leading a final bayonet charge. He was buried in
Villers Cotterets Cemetery. Lieut.-Col. Morris was a brilliant Lecturer
on Military History and Tactics, and was universally regarded as one of
the cleverest men of his age in the Army. The men of the Irish Guards
were deeply attached to him and he was immensely proud of his battn. He
_m._ at Westminster Cathedral, 29 April, 1913, Dora Wesley (10,
Chesham Place, S.W.), dau. of the late James Wesley Hall, of Melbourne,
and had a son, Michael, _b._ 30 July, 1914.
[Illustration: =Hon. George H. Morris.=]
=MORRIS, HENRY GAGE=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s
L.I., only surviving child of Col. Henry Gage Morris, late commanding
2nd Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., and great-great-grandson of Col.
Roger Morris of York, by his wife, Maude, dau. of the late Preston
Gilbert Wallis, of Park Hill, Bodmin; _b._ Bodmin, co. Cornwall,
14 Aug. 1897; educ. Preparatory School, The Hoe, Plymouth; Marlborough
College (Sept. 1911–July, 1914), and the Royal Military College,
Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., 12 Jan.
1915, aged 17½ years; went to France, 15 Feb. 1915, and was killed in
action at the second Battle of Ypres, 23 April, 1915, being buried
where he fell. His commanding officer wrote: “He was such a nice boy,
and a very brave and gallant lad, and died gallantly. He was killed in
a counter-attack we made with the 13th Brigade, the East Yorks., York
and Lancs., and 4th Canadians on the 23rd. I was commanding the Battn.
at the time, and the last I saw of him he passed me with a platoon of
C Coy., which was in Reserve. He came past me with a very cheerful
face, and laughing under a very heavy cross-fire from machine guns, and
sang out to me, ‘Shall I push on?’ and I answered, ‘Go on, laddie, as
hard as you can.’ Poor lad, I did not see him again, but heard he was
shot in the head, but he would not let anyone stay with him. He was
such a good boy, always cheerful and always ready to do anything that
was wanted. He was very popular with everyone--officers and men;” and
Private W. Board, C Coy., Duke of Cornwall’s L.I.: “You must be proud
to know your son was as brave a man as anyone could wish to meet. I
was his servant while he was in France, and a better master I never
had. The men in the platoon loved him, and would do anything for him.
He was always cheerful and had friends every where he went. I was not
with him when he got hit, but I heard he wanted to go on, and refused
to be bandaged, as he said there were men who were hit more badly
than himself. He always thought of others before himself.” A writer
in his School Magazine (“The Marlburian,” 19 May, 1915) said: “From
his earliest days in the school--in ‘A’ House, his company was a real
pleasure. Always bright and full of fun, and merry talk, he had from
the first great personal charm; and as he developed, one saw behind him
those qualities of modesty, generosity, and straightness, which mark
the perfect gentleman.”
[Illustration: =Henry Gage Morris.=]
=MORRIS, JAMES=, Ship’s Corpl., 1st Class, 279187, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=MORRIS, JOHN=, Leading Stoker (C.G.), 151804, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MORRIS, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 2nd Class, S.S. 115482, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MORRIS, WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman, 214875, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost
when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=MORRISON, EDWIN DUNCAN RUTHERFORD=, Private No. 10/1007, 9th
Hawkes Bay Regt., Wellington Infantry Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary
Force; _s._ of George Morrison, of Normanby, New Zealand, by his
wife, Fanny, dau. of Thomas Novis; _b._ Cust, Canterbury, New
Zealand, 21 Nov. 1889; educ. Belfast, Canterbury. On the outbreak of
war in August, 1914, he joined the N.Z.E.F. at Napier, Hawkes Bay;
left for Egypt with the first contingent, took part in the repulse of
the Turkish attack on the Suez Canal, in Feb. 1915, and was killed in
action at the Dardanelles, 28 April following; _unm._ Throughout
the whole of the day of his death Private Morrison had been fighting
and escaped injury, but was fatally hit in the evening while digging a
trench. He was an excellent shot, and before going to the Dardanelles
had been selected as a sniper.
[Illustration: =Edwin D. R. Morrison.=]
=MORRISON, FREDERICK CHARLES=, Corpl., No. 4972, 1st Battn. (The
Prince Consort’s Own) The Rifle Brigade, _s._ of Frank Saunderson
Morrison, of The Cottage, Hallaton, co. Leicester, F.R.C.S., J.P.;
_b._ Dublin, 19 Aug. 1882; educ. Dundalk Educational Institution;
St. John’s College, near Preston, and Trinity College, Dublin, of
which he became a graduate and honour man; qualified as an engineer
and went to Rhodesia; volunteered his services for the suppression of
the rising in Natal, 1906–7, for which he received the King’s medal,
and on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, he, with three
other old University comrades, returned to England and joined the Rifle
Brigade in Sept.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.,
and was killed in action during the engagement at Ploegsteert, 7 Feb.
1915; _unm._ He was a good athlete and footballer, playing for his
school and college; a hard rider to hounds, well-known to the Louth
Pack and Harriers.
=MORRISON, GERARD HUMPHREYS=, Capt., 5th Battn. (London Rifle
Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of John Hebb Morrison,
of 63, Hamilton Terrace, London, Member of Lloyds; _b._ London,
16 March, 1889; educ. Harrow, and Magdalen College, Oxford (where he
was in the O.T.C.); received a commission in the London Rifle Brigade,
on leaving Oxford, and was promoted Lieut. 18 Sept. 1913, and Capt.
25 Feb. 1915; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war
in Aug. 1914; went to France in Oct., and was killed in action near
Armentières, 31 March. 1915; _unm._ Buried in the Rifle Brigade
Cemetery in Ploegsteert Wood. His Col., Lord Cairns, wrote: “We all
loved him--he was not only a personal friend to us all, but also a good
and capable officer. He was a splendid example of cheerfulness and
devotion to duty, and I am convinced that his men would have followed
him anywhere”; and his Major: “Universally loved by us all, a born
leader of men, it is impossible for me to tell you what a gap your
son’s death will make in the regiment.” While at Harrow he was head of
his house (H.O.D. Davidson’s), and in the football XI; at Oxford he
took his degree with honours in law, and was made President I.C.R.
[Illustration: =Gerard H. Morrison.=]
=MORRISON, HERBERT HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4507), 176230, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=MORRISON, JOHN=, L.-Corpl., No. 5181, 1st Battn. Black Watch, 2nd
surviving _s._ of John Morrison, Head Gamekeeper to Major, The
Brodie of Brodie, Brodie Castle, Forres, by his wife Margaret, dau.
of the late Alexander Ross, North Lodge, Orton, co. Moray; _b._
Inveravon, Banffshire, 14 Nov. 1885; enlisted 7 Sept. 1914, drafted to
France in Nov.; killed during heavy fighting, in which his regt. was
engaged at La Bassée, on 25 Jan. 1915; _unm._ A comrade wrote:
“The attack was fierce, and John got a bullet in the leg. Nevertheless,
he crawled to the assistance of his officer, 2nd Lieut. L. H. Willet,
also wounded, and was in the act of helping him to remove his pack when
fatally shot. He was promoted L.-Corpl. only a few days before.” 2nd
Lieut. Willet said: “Some gallant fellow crawled up to me shortly after
I was hit, and attempted to assist me off with my pack, but owing to
the nature of my wound, I was unable to turn my neck sufficiently round
to see who it was. I heard he was hit, and asked him if it was so. He
replied: ‘Yes, Sir’; and when I inquired later, I received no reply,
but could just touch his hand by reaching back, and found he was dead.
From the sound of his voice I thought it was your brother, who was in
my Platoon, and I hoped it wasn’t so, and that I had made a mistake,
for he was one of my most valued men.... His end was a gallant one, and
his was a peaceful conclusion to a career, which, had he been spared to
prolong it, he could have looked back on with the justifiable pride of
one who has done his work well.” His brother, George James, is a 2nd
Lieut. 3/6th Seaforth Highlanders.
[Illustration: =John Morrison.=]
=MORROW, ROBERT, V.C.=, Private, No. 10531, 1st Battn. Princess
Victoria’s Royal Irish Fusiliers, _s._ of Hugh Morrow (who died
21 years ago), by his wife Margaret Jane, dau. of Isaac William Ash
McKnight, Tailor; _b._ Sessia, near Newmills, East Tyrone, 28
March, 1892; educ. Carland National School, 1909; enlisted about 1910;
went to the Front with his battn. on the outbreak of war, and greatly
distinguished himself at Messines on 12 April, 1915, by rescuing
several wounded soldiers who were lying exposed to a dreadful rain
of shell and rifle fire. For this he was awarded the Victoria Cross,
the official record stating that it was granted “For most conspicuous
bravery near Messines on 12 April, 1915, when he rescued and carried
successively to places of comparative safety several men who had been
buried in the débris of trenches wrecked by shell fire. Private Morrow
carried out this gallant work on his own initiative, and under very
heavy fire from the enemy.” On 25 April, barely a fortnight later,
he was killed at St. Julien while in the act of again succouring the
wounded. The Victoria Cross was forwarded to his mother, to whom His
Majesty the King sent an autograph letter regretting that Private
Morrow’s death had deprived him of the pride of personally conferring
the Victoria Cross, “the greatest of all distinctions.” The Emperor
of Russia also conferred on him the medal of St. George (3rd Class)
for his “gallantry and distinguished service in the field,” the War
Office in forwarding the decoration stated that it was to be retained
as a memorial of the deceased soldier’s distinguished conduct. He was
_unm._
[Illustration: =Robert Morrow.=]
=MORRISON, WILLIAM=, Stoker, R.N.R., T. 1981, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MORSE, GORDON THOMAS HARCOURT=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. Middlesex
Regt., 2nd _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Richard Edward Ricketts Morse,
of Chargrove House, near Cheltenham, by his wife, Kathleen, dau. of
the late Col. Neville Hill Shute (64th), North Staffordshire Regt.;
_b._ Mian Meer, Punjab, India, 6 Dec. 1893; educ. Cheltenham
College (Sept. 1908–Dec. 1912), and Royal Military College, Sandhurst
(12 Feb. 1913–July, 1914), where he was an Hon. King’s Cadet; was
gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 4th Middlesex Regt., 8 Aug. 1914; went to
France, 12 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at La Bassée, 13 Oct.
1914; _unm._ He was buried at Rouge-Croix, France. His Col. wrote
that he was killed instantaneously being shot while leading his platoon
in an attack, and that “during the short time he was with the regiment
he had become popular with both officers and men.” At College he rose
to be a prefect, and his house-master said of him: “He was industrious
at work, fearless at games, loyal to his friends, and esteemed by all.”
[Illustration: =Gordon Thomas H. Morse.=]
=MORSE, GURTH STEPHEN=, 2nd Lieut., 34th Batty. Royal Field
Artillery, yst. _s._ of Amyas Morse, of The Bourne, Bourne End,
Bucks, late Superintending Engineer, Indian Public Works Department,
by his wife, Rose, dau. of the late Rev. Henry John Maddock; _b._
Lahore, Punjab, India, 20 March, 1894; educ. Ashampstead, Eastbourne;
Clifton College, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted
2nd Lieut. R.F.A., 18 July, 1913; went to France, 12 Sept. 1914, and
died in Hospital at Bailleul, on 9 Dec. following, of wounds received
in action on the 4th, while observing for his battery at Bois Grenier,
near Armentières. He was buried in the Communal Cemetery, Bailleul;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Gurth Stephen Morse.=]
=MORTAR, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 10391, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MORTIMER, HARRY BROOKS=, Private, No. 2731, 13th Battn. (Princess
Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of the
late William Henry Mortimer, of Heaton Moor, near Stockport, by his
wife, Mary Ann (Oakin Clough, Limehurst, Ashton-under-Lyne), dau. of
the late Samuel Brooks; _b._ Longsight, Manchester, 31 Jan. 1883;
educ. Grammar School, Longsight, and was a Manager of a Restaurant for
John Lewis, Oxford Street, London. On the outbreak of war he joined
the Kensingtons, 1 Sept. 1914; went to France on 3 Nov.; took part
in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in March, 1915, and in the attack on
the German position near Fromelles on 9 May, in which his Battn. most
brilliantly distinguished itself, and died in No. 6 Clearing Station,
Merville, 12 May, 1915, from wounds received at the latter. He was
buried in Merville Cemetery; _unm._
[Illustration: =Harry Brooks Mortimer.=]
=MORTON, EDGAR DOUGLAS=, Trooper, No. 1391, 1st (Service)
squadron, Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles (Yeomanry), only _s._ of
Edgar Morton, of The Studio, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, by his wife,
Eleanor Jane, dau. of Edward John Wall, of Great Chesterford; _b._
London, 7 June, 1895; educ. Ashford Grammar School (Sept. 1906, to
Easter, 1913), and on leaving there entered the Canterbury Motor Works,
where he was when war broke out. He joined the Waldershare Troop of
the East Kent Yeomanry, 7 Sept. 1914, and was quartered with the regt.
in huts on the Military Polo Ground at Canterbury during the autumn
and winter. He died in the Canterbury V.A.D. Hospital, 22 Feb. 1915,
from pneumonia and pleurisy contracted while on service. He was a good
all-round sportsman and a crack shot. At Ashford he was the school
prefect, and Capt. of the football team, and twice won the Strathcona
shooting trophy. His former Headmaster (Mr. A. S. Lamprey) wrote: “One
of the best, straightest, pluckiest boys I have ever known,” and Major
Ffrench Blake “He was a general favourite, and we all mourn the loss of
a young but keen soldier.”
[Illustration: =Edgar Douglas Morton.=]
=MORTON, HENRY=, Private, No. 1790, 1st Sussex Yeomanry, 3rd
_s._ of the late Thomas Morton (who served 21 years in India
with the 2nd Bengal Fusiliers, and received the Good Conduct medal,
etc., and afterwards for 15 years on the staff of the old Wicklow
Rifles); _b._ Wicklow, 15 Dec. 1867; educ. Wicklow Church School;
enlisted in the Royal Artillery, 15 June, 1887; transferred into the
Grenadier Guards, 1 Oct. following, and was posted to the 3rd Battn.
He served through the South African War, 1899–1902, receiving the
Queen’s medal with six bars (Belmont, Modder River, Dreifontein,
Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast) and the King’s medal with two
bars (1901, 1902), and obtained his discharge at his own request
in Sept. 1906, after being with the Colours 19 years and 87 days,
when he was awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct medal. He was
servant to Capt. Weller-Poley, re-enlisted in the Sussex Yeomanry the
day war was declared; went to the Dardanelles with the Mediterranean
Expeditionary Force in Sept., 1915, and was killed in action, 13 Nov.
1915; _unm._ He was buried in Anglesea Gully, Gallipoli. Writing
to his brother, Mr. George Morton, of 4, North Road, Prestwich,
Manchester, Capt. Weller-Poley said: “I feel that I have lost a true
friend and trusted servant who can never be replaced,” and Mr. Thomas
Weller-Poley, of Chichester, J.P.: “Your brother Henry had been with us
so long and was so much liked and respected by everyone, that the news
of his death is a genuine sorrow to us and to the whole establishment.”
[Illustration: =Henry Morton.=]
=MORTON, JAMES FAIRFAX AMPHLETT=, 2nd Lieut., 6th (Reserve Battn.,
attd. 2nd, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 2nd _s._ of James Amphlett
Morton, of Puxton House, Kidderminster, by his wife, Edith Mary, dau.
of the Rev. John Garland, Vicar of Ombersley, Worcestershire; _b._
Puxton House, afsd., 6 May, 1892; and was educ. at Repton and Clare
College, Cambridge, where he rowed stroke in his college boat in the
May Races, 1914. On the outbreak of war he at once applied for a
commission through the University O.T.C. and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to
the 7th (Service) Battn. K.R.R.C., early in Sept. 1914. After spending
three weeks at a training camp for officers at Royston, Herts, he
joined his battalion at Aldershot, but was subsequently transferred
to the 6th (Reserve) Battn. at Sheerness. He left for France at the
end of Nov. 1914, and was attached to the 2nd K.R.R.C. (2nd Brigade,
1st Division). He was killed in action near La Bassée, 10 Jan. 1915,
during a counter-attack by the enemy to recover one of their trenches
against which he had just led a successful assault. Buried in a garden
at Cuinchy; _unm._ He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord)
French’s Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915.
[Illustration: =James F. A. Morton.=]
=MORTON, WILFRED=, Private, No. 2581, 1/7th Battn. Durham Light
Infantry (T.F.), eldest _s._ of William Morton, of 47, Otto
Terrace, Sunderland, Quantity Surveyor, by his wife, Evelyn Mary, dau.
of Lancelot Steel; _b._ Sunderland, 1 Dec. 1895; educ. Great
Ayton, Sunderland, and Ackworth; was a pupil in his father’s office;
enlisted 6 Sept. 1914; went to the front, 19 April, 1915, was wounded
and taken prisoner at Hooge, on Whit Monday, and was afterwards
officially reported to have died, whilst a prisoner of war, in the
Krieg Lazarette, Rossclare, 30 May, 1915, from wounds, and was buried
at Rossclare; _unm._
=BOYD-MOSS, ERNEST WILLIAM, D.S.O.=, Major, 4th, attd. 9th,
Battn. Worcestershire Regt., yr. _s._ of the late Matthew Henry
Moss, of Belsize, Worthing; _b._ 26 Sept. 1876; educ. Tonbridge;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1st Battn. Worcestershire Regt. from the
Militia, 1 Dec. 1897; promoted Lieut. 2 Jan. 1900; Capt. 6 Feb. 1901,
and temp. Major of the Battn., 22 Oct. 1914; was attd. to the West
African Frontier Force, 12 Nov. 1904, to 11 July, 1907; served (1)
in West Africa, 1898–9; took part in the operations in Sierra Leone
(medal with clasp); (2) in the South African War, 1900–2, took part in
the operations in the Orange Free State, Feb. to May, 1900; operations
in Orange River Colony, May to 29 Nov. 1900, including actions at
Ladybrand, 2–5 Sept, for which he was awarded the D.S.O.; operations in
the Transvaal, Jan.-June, 1901; operations in Orange River Colony, 30
Nov. 1900–Jan. 1901, and June, 1901–Feb. 1902 (mentioned in Despatches
[London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901]; Queen’s medal with three clasps and
the King’s medal with two clasps); and (3) with the Mediterranaean
Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action at
Sari Bair, 10 Aug. 1915. Major Boyd-Moss _m._ at Christ Church,
Gorakhpur, U.P., India, Mary Elizabeth Grace (Elsie), dau. of Frank
Middliton Howard, of Zehra, Gorakhpur, aforesaid, and had a son, Deryck
Frank, _b._ 11 April, 1913.
=MOSS, HERBERT=, Private, No. 126, A Coy., 8th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of Herbert Moss, of 182, Queen’s
Road, Upton Park, by his wife, Emily Ann, dau. of the late John Samuel
Field; _b._ New Eltham, co. Kent, 29 June, 1894; educ. Stock
Street Schools, Albert Road, Plaistow; went to Australia, 6 May, 1912,
and when war broke out was employed on a farm belonging to Mrs. J.
Greenbank, in Snake Valley, Victoria. He at once volunteered and joined
the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force; sailed for Egypt; took part
in the landing at the Dardanelles 25 April, 1915, and was killed in
action there the same day, being shot through the forehead in a charge;
_unm._ Letters from his former employer and from his officers and
comrades speak very highly of him.
=MOSS, HORACE GEORGE=, Signalman, J. 12422, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=MOSS, SAMUEL=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3653), 177261. H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MOTRONI, PETER GEORGE=, Private, No. 8727, 2nd Battn. Suffolk
Regt., 2nd _s._ of Anthony Motroni, of 14, Permit Office Street,
Ipswich, by his wife, Carmela, dau. of Dominico Marcantonio, of Atina,
Italy; _b._ Colchester, co. Essex, 1 July, 1895; educ. St. Pancras
R.C. School, and St. Mary’s Convent School, Ipswich; enlisted 4 April,
1913; went to France, 11 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at
Hooges, near Ypres, 19 July, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Peter George Motroni.=]
=MOTRONI, UMBERTO AMEDIE=, Corpl. No. 1756, Suffolk Regt., 3rd
_s._ of Anthony Motroni, of 14, Permit Office Street, Ipswich
by his wife, Carmela, dau. of Dominico Marcantonio, of Atina, Italy;
_b._ at Ipswich, 1898; enlisted 7 Oct. 1913; went to France,
6 Nov. 1914, was promoted Corpl. in March, 1916, and was killed in
action, 15 July, 1916; _unm._
[Illustration: =Umberto Amedie Motroni.=]
=MOTT, GEORGE=, Chief Petty Officer (N.S.) (R.F.R., A. 1944),
148075, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MOUCHER, THOMAS HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4009),
291032, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MOULD, ALBERT ARTHUR=, Rifleman, No. 1487, 12th Battn. (The
Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of William Arthur
Mould, of 3, Buckingham Terrace, Notting Hill, W. (who served for 25
years with the 18th Middlesex Volunteers), by his wife, Emily, dau.
of George Harris, Jeweller; _b._ London, 6 Feb. 1891; educ.
Buckingham Terrace Public School; was a Porter at a Court Milliner’s,
joined the Rangers in Sept. 1910; volunteered for foreign service on
the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France in Dec. following, and
died in the 2nd Eastern General Hospital, Brighton, 25 May, 1915, of
wounds received in action during the Second Battle of Ypres; _unm._
[Illustration: =Albert Arthur Mould.=]
=MOULL, WILLIAM DANIEL=, Chief Sick Berth Steward, 350416, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MOUNTAIN, GEORGE=, Acting Leading Stoker, 306050, H.M.S. Hawke,
_s._ of James Mountain, of 3, Thomas Street, Craghead; lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MOXEY, CHARLES GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6819), S.S. 1043, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MUCHALL, GEORGE WILLIAM STEWART=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. The
King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt., _s._ of the late Colour-Sergt.
William Angus Muchall, who served for 21 years in the 8th Battn.
King’s Liverpool Regt.; _b._ Orford Barracks, Warrington, 12
June, 1881; enlisted in the King’s Own, 4 Jan. 1901, reached the rank
of Colour-Sergt., and was serving with his Regt. in India when the
European War broke out in Aug. 1914. He came home with his regt.,
reaching England at Christmas; was given a commission as 2nd Lieut.,
in the 2nd King’s Own, 9 Jan. 1915; went to France, and was killed in
action in the desperate fighting on the Frezenberg Ridge, near Ypres, 8
May, 1915. Lieut. Muchall was three years Battn. Champion shot, and in
1909 he won the J. H. Steward Jewel for judging distance at Bisley, and
was fourth in the grand aggregate. He _m._ at Scotforth Church,
Lancaster, 6 Jan. 1906, Elizabeth (15, Cheltenham Road, Lancaster),
dau. of William Jackson, of 15, Cheltenham Road, Lancaster, and had
three children: William J., _b._ 18 Feb. 1907; George, _b._
13 Aug. 1914; and Lilian M., _b._ 6 April, 1911.
[Illustration: =George W. S. Muchall.=]
=MUDDIMAN, OLIVER=, L.-Corpl., No. 4868, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 4th _s._ of the late Alfred Muddiman, 3rd Battn. Rifle
Brigade, by his wife, Kate, dau. of William and Sarah Burgess;
_b._ Winchester, 1 June, 1883; educ. Winchester Council School;
enlisted 22 Oct. 1902; promoted L.-Corpl., 9 Aug. 1914; went to France
with the Expeditionary Force, 21 Aug., and was reported wounded and
missing after the fighting at La Cour de Soupir on the Aisne, 14 Sept.
1914, and is now assumed to have been killed on that date. He _m._
at Fulham, 5 Oct. 1907, May Louise (19, Dunton Road, Leyton, Essex),
dau. of John Charles Everett, Engine Driver, G.N.R., and had two sons:
Oliver, _b._ 17 July, 1908; and Eric Charles, _b._ 31 Jan.
1914.
[Illustration: =Oliver Muddiman.=]
=MUDFORD, WALTER=, Bombardier, R.M A. (R.F.R., I.C. 15), 9004,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=MUIR, GEORGE CHALMERS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 5821),
285210, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=MUIR, GEORGE WATSON=, Midshipman, R.N., elder _s._ of
Andrew Gray Muir, of 17, Grosvenor Crescent, Edinburgh, writer to the
“Signet,” by his wife, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of Thomson Henderson, of
Leghorn, and great-grandson of the Rev. John Muir, of St. Vigeans, co.
Forfar; _b._ Edinburgh, 2 May, 1899; educ. Edinburgh Academy;
Stubbington, Hampshire; and the Osborne and Dartmouth Royal Naval
Colleges; appointed to H.M.S. Monmouth, 14 Aug. 1914, and was lost when
that ship was sunk in action in the battle off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
[Illustration: =George Watson Muir.=]
=MUIRHEAD, JAMES GRAHAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17214, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MULADY, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5091, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=MULHOLLAND, ARTHUR=, 2nd Ship’s Steward, 344220, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MULLEN, EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9230), S.S.
106287, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MULLIGAN, ALEXANDER=, Private No. 7462, 1st Battn. Royal
Inniskilling Fusiliers, _s._ of Alexander Mulligan, of 16,
Newport Street, Dublin, by his wife, Sarah Jane, dau. of Adam Russell;
_b._ Ellen Field, Drumcondra, Dublin, 16 Sept. 1882; educ. St.
James’ Schools, Dublin; joined the Army, 22 Dec. 1902, and was killed
in action, being shot through the head at the Battle of the Aisne, 13
Sept. 1914. He _m._, Dublin, 15 Jan. 1908, Elizabeth Beatrice (12,
St. John’s Cottages, High Road, Kilmainham, Dublin), dau. of the late
John Sadleir, and had issue a son and dau., Alexander John, _b._
14 June, 1911, and Annette Rosabella, _b._ 14 June, 1909.
[Illustration: =Alexander Mulligan.=]
=MULLINS, JOHN OLLIS=, 2nd Lieut., 6th (Reserve) Battn. Middlesex
Regt., attd. Royal Flying Corps, 3rd _s._ of the late Edwin Roscoe
Mullins, of London, Sculptor, by his wife, Alice, dau. of the late John
Pelton, of Croydon; _b._ London, 6 March, 1892; educ. University
College School, London (where he was captain of the school, and
Colour-Sergt. of the O.T.C.); gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2 April, 1913; attd.
to the 6th Middlesex, 6 Aug. 1914, transferred to Royal Flying Corps, 1
Feb. 1915, and was killed in an aeroplane accident at Upavon, 29 March,
1915, while going through a course of instruction there; _unm._
His Adjutant wrote that he was “a promising young officer, who in his
short career in the 6th Middlesex had already shown a marked capacity
for the handling of men.”
[Illustration: =John Ollis Mullins.=]
=MULLOY, JOHN THOMAS=, Signalman, (R.F.R., B. 5053), 204138,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=MUMFORD, GEORGE=, Officer’s Cook, 2nd Class, L. 4183, H.M.S.
Hawke; _s._ of George Felix Mumford, of 28, Albury Grove Road,
Waltham Cross; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=MUMFORD, HARRY=, A.B., J. 13954, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action
in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MUNBY, ERNEST JOHN=, 2nd Lieut., 1st East Anglian Field Coy.,
R.E. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the late Rev. George Frederick Woodhouse
Munby, Rector of Turvey, Bedford (1869–1905), by his wife, Harriet
Louisa, dau. of the Rev. Canon Linton; _b._ Turvey Rectory, 19
May, 1875; educ. Rugby and Stevens Institute, Hoboken, New Jersey,
U.S.A., where he took his degree as Mechanical Engineer, and became
M.Am. S.M.E. and A.I.M. and M. As a Mining Engineer, he worked in
Colorado and Borneo, and was subsequently engaged with Lord Cowdray
(then Sir Weetman Pearson) in constructing the tunnel under the Hudson
River to New York. He was afterwards employed by the Gardner Electric
Drill and Hammer Company, and had latterly been engaged at the St.
John’s Mine, Montezuma, Colorado. On the outbreak of war he returned
to England and applied for a commission. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to
the 1st East Anglian Coy., R.E., 14 Sept. 1914; went to France at the
end of Dec., and was killed in action near Bethune, 31 Jan. 1915, being
buried at Le Touret. He _m._ at Croydon, 7 Nov. 1905, Emily Louisa
Ann, widow of Capt. Herbert Turner Turner Emery, of Baddow Park, Essex,
and dau. of Charles Henry Coxhead; _s.p._
=MUNDAY, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10124), S.S.
107841, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MUNDEN, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., A. 3767), 148102, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MUNN, DUNCAN=, Painter, 2nd Class, 183670, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=MUNN, GEORGE ANDERSON=, Shipwright, 1st Class, 340648, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=MUNRO, DAVID SINCLAIR=, Sergt., No. 8/678, 4th (Otago Infantry)
Battn. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Sinclair McKay
Munro, of 21, Selwyn Road, N.E. Valley, Dunedin (a native of Wick,
Caithness), Storeman; _b._ Dunedin, N.Z., 13 Aug. 1895; educ.
N.E. Valley School, Dunedin; volunteered and enlisted, 13 Aug. 1914;
was promoted Sergt.; left for Egypt with the Main Body in Oct.; took
part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed
in action there, 9 May following, being shot through the temple in
an attack on a Turkish position. Buried, Cape Helles, Gallipoli;
_unm._
=MUNRO, ROBERT WILLIAM=, Farrier, No. 13/106, 4th Troop, 3rd Regt.
Auckland Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._
of John Alexander Munro, of Clevedon, Blacksmith, by his wife, Maria,
dau. of Franz Bartosh, and great grandson of Robert Munro, who served
through the Peninsula War; _b._ Clevedon, Auckland, New Zealand,
28 Dec. 1893; educ. there; joined the 3rd Regt. of the Auckland Mounted
Rifles, 1 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action in Gallipoli, 18 May,
1915; _unm._
=MUNRO, RODERICK=, E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 4519, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MUNTON, FRANK BOUGHTON=, Sergt., No. 1958, 13th (Princess
Louise’s Kensington) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._
of Field Boughton Munton, of 10, Uxbridge Road, Shepherd’s Bush,
Ironmonger, by his wife, Jenny, dau. of George Blair, of Queen’s
Road, Bayswater; _b._ Shepherd’s Bush, 23 Jan. 1869; educ.
Westbourne Park School, and was a Builder by trade. He joined the
18th Middlesex Volunteers in 1899. This, on the introduction of the
Territorial system, became the 10th County of London Regt., and for
some years he was Sergt.-Instructor of the Maxim-Gun Team, and was
Quartermaster-Sergt. when the regt. was disbanded in 1912. Much of
the work which the disbandment entailed fell to his share, and he
was presented with a silver cup and a set of silver spoons by his
old comrades. On the outbreak of war, notwithstanding that he was 45
years of age, he at once volunteered, and joined the Kensingtons as a
Private, leaving a well-established business and large family to do so.
He was promoted Sergt. early in March, 1915; went to France, 3 Nov.
1914, and was killed in action by machine-gun fire on 9 May, 1915, in
the attack delivered by the 8th Division upon the German position at
Fromelles and the northern part of the Aubers Ridge, on which occasion
the Kensingtons most brilliantly distinguished themselves and sustained
heavy losses. He was a first class shot and his Commanding Officer
wrote saying how greatly his help would be missed, adding, “he was
invaluable to me.” He _m._ at St. James Norlands, London, 14 Feb.
1890, Elizabeth (23, Caxton Road, Shepherd’s Bush, W.), dau. of Charles
Hazard, and had three sons and five daus.: Frank Boughton, _b._
25 Dec. 1899; Clifford Arthur, _b._ 17 April, 1904; Ernest Percy,
_b._ 30 May, 1906; Jeannette Frances, _b._ 13 July, 1891;
Constance May, _b._ 17 April, 1894; Irene Elizabeth, _b._
27 May, 1897; Phyllis, _b._ 28 Nov. 1901; and Marjorie Joyce,
_b._ 1 April, 1910.
[Illustration: =Frank Boughton Munton.=]
=MURGATROYD, WALTER ERNEST=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14723, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MURIEL, SIDNEY HERBERT FOSTER=, Capt., 1st Battn. The Border
Regt., only _s._ of the late Rev. William Carter Muriel, Vicar of
Fulham (_d._ 30 March, 1916), by his wife, Lucie, 2nd dau. of the
late Edmond Foster, of Cambridge; _b._ Cambridge, 9 Sept. 1877;
educ. St. George’s, Harpenden, Westminster, and the Royal Military
College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st Border Regt. 16 Feb. 1898,
and promoted Lieut. 27 Aug. 1901; and Capt. 13 April, 1909. From 1
Oct. 1904, to 30 Sept. 1907, he was Adjutant of his battn. and of the
Territorial Force from 13 April, 1909, to 12 April, 1912. He served
with his regt. in the South African War, 1899–1902, took part in the
operations in Cape Colony, South of the Orange River, 1899; operations
in Natal, including the relief of Ladysmith and operations of 17 to 24
Jan. 1900 (slightly wounded 20 Jan.); operations in the Orange Free
State, April to May, 1900; operations in the Transvaal, June, 1900, and
in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July, and west of Pretoria, July
to Nov. 1900, and in the Transvaal from 30 Nov. 1900, in which he was
slightly wounded, and afterwards in the operations in the Orange Free
State, Transvaal and Cape Colony. For his services he was mentioned
in Despatches [London Gazette, 29 July, 1902] and received the
Queen’s medal with four clasps and the King’s medal with two clasps.
In 1915 the Border Regiment formed part of the 29th Division of the
Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and Capt. Muriel left England with
his regt. on 8 March, took part in the landing at the Dardanelles on
25–26 April, 1915, and was killed in action there four days later (30
April); _unm._ Buried near Sedd-el-Bahr.
=MURPHY, CHRISTOPHER FOWLER=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Oxfordshire and
Buckinghamshire L.I., yr _s._ of the Rev. Canon Richard William
Murphy, M.A., Rector of Clifden, Connemara, and formerly of Tuam, by
his wife, Mary Louisa, dau. of the late Christopher Mulvany, C.E.;
_b._ Dublin, 17 May, 1889; educ. Abbey School, Tipperary, and
Trinity College, Dublin; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Oxford and Bucks
L.I., from the R.F.A., Special Reserve, 7 Dec. 1910; promoted Lieut.
22 Jan. 1914; went to France, 27 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action
at the First Battle of Ypres, 21 Oct. 1914, while leading his company
in an attack; _unm._ He was buried near Ypres on the road to St.
Julien and Poelcapelle. Lieut.-Col. Davies, in command of the 2nd
Battn., wrote: “He will be a great loss to us both personally and as a
soldier. He died gallantly doing his duty in leading his men on to the
attack”; and Lieut. Wingfield: “He died bravely a brave man’s death,
and his last moments made me very proud of him as a brother officer.”
[Illustration: =Christopher F. Murphy.=]
=MURPHY, GEORGE PATRICK=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21976, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MURPHY, JOACHIM=, Private, No. 696, C Coy. 1st Newfoundland
Regt., eldest _s._ of Joseph Murphy, of St. John’s, Newfoundland,
by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Patrick Dunn, of Mundy’s Pond; _b._
St. John’s, aforesaid, 16 July, 1896; educ. Christian Brothers School
there; and on leaving in 1908 entered the employ of the Colonial
Cordage Company; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the 1st
Newfoundland Regt., 2 Sept. 1914; left for England, 4 Feb. 1915, went
to the Dardanelles, 16 Oct. and died on board the Hospital Ship Morea,
7 Nov. 1915, of wounds received in action on the 5th. Volunteers were
called for to go to the assistance of some men on Cariboo Hill; Murphy
formed one of them and though they were successful in their object,
they suffered heavily--Murphy was hit in eight or nine places. He was
buried at sea; _unm._
[Illustration: =Joachim Murphy.=]
=MURPHY, JOHN=, Private, No. 189, 25th Battn. Australian Imperial
Force; _s._ of John Murphy, of Keane’s Lane, Boherbee, Tralee,
co. Kerry, by his wife, Julia, dau. of (--) Tobin; _b._ Tralee,
Aug. 1885; educ. Strand Street School there; was for nine years in the
employ of Messrs. Baily, of Tralee, Government Contractors, and went
to Brisbane about 1910; on the outbreak of war joined the Australian
Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at Apex Chailak Dere,
Gallipoli, 7 Oct. 1915; _unm._ He was buried there the same
evening at 7.30 p.m. His brother Maurice was killed at the Battle of
Mons, and his uncle Michael at Ypres. Another uncle served with the
Expeditionary Force in France, was wounded and invalided home, and
later was sent to the Dardanelles.
=MURPHY, JOHN CORNELIUS MATTHIAS=, Bugler, R.M.L.I., Ch./17860,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MURPHY, JOHN FRANCIS=, Ship’s Cook, 347632, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MURPHY, MAURICE=, Private, No. 10158, 2nd Battn. Royal Munster
Fusiliers, _s._ of John Murphy, of Keane’s Lane, Boherbee, Tralee,
co. Kerry, etc. (see under Private John Murphy); _b._ at Boherbee,
Tralee, 1896; killed in action at the Battle of Mons, Aug. 1914;
_unm._
=MURPHY, MICHAEL=, L.-Corpl., No. 2786, 1st Battn. Royal Munster
Fusiliers, _s._ of John Murphy, of Tralee, and uncle of John and
Maurice Murphy (see their notices); _b._ Tralee about 1884; educ.
Christian Brothers School there, and was killed in action at Ypres, 12
Nov. 1914. He _m._ at Tralee, Ellenor Hannah (2, Keane’s Lane,
Boherbee, Tralee), dau. of (--), and had two children.
=MURPHY, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., 1.C. 589, late B.
8132), S.S. 103963, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22
Sept. 1914.
=MURPHY, WALTER LEONARD=, Private, No. 407, B Coy., 1st
Newfoundland Regt., _s._ of John Joseph Murphy, of 20, Buchanan
Street, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Checker, Reid Newfoundland Railway
Co., by his wife, Alice, dau. of Peter Hamilton, of Carbonear,
Newfoundland; _b._ Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, 6 April, 1897;
educ. Roman Catholic Academy there, and Christian Brothers’ (Holy
Cross) Schools, St. John’s; was in the employ of Messrs. James Baird,
Ltd., of St. John’s, but on the outbreak of the European War resigned
his post and joined the 1st Newfoundland Regt. 16 Aug. 1914; left
for England on steamship Florizel, 4 Oct. 1914, and died at Mudros,
29 Sept. 1915, of dysentery contracted while on active service in
Gallipoli; _unm._ He was a keen student, and won many prizes
and honours in his schools; was a pianist of no mean ability, a good
all-round sportsman and an expert in amateur photography. His brother,
Private Michael Patrick Murphy, Canadian Infantry, is now (1916) on
active service in France.
=MURRAY, ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 535, 5th Battn. Seaforth
Highlanders (T.F.), yr. _s._ of the late Donald Murray, of The
Poles, Dornoch, by his wife Isabella (The Poles, Dornoch, Sutherland),
dau. of Lewis Grant; _b._ Bernarmin, Clyne, co. Sutherland, 19
May, 1895; educ. Dornoch; joined the 5th Seaforths, March, 1912; went
to France, 1 May, 1915, and was killed in action near Festubert, 8
June, 1915; _unm._
=MURRAY, ALEXANDER=, Stoker, R.N.R., S. 2883, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MURRAY, ARTHUR JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4800), S.S.
104146, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MURRAY, CHARLES JOHN=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards,
3rd _s._ of Charles Archibald Murray, of Taymount Stanley, co.
Perth [grandson of David William, 3rd Earl of Mansfield, K.T.], and
only _s._ by his second wife, Blanche, 5th dau. of Sir Thomas
Moncreiffe, 7th Bart.; _b._ Taymount, co. Perth, 1 Dec. 1881,
educ. Haileybury College; joined the Black Watch Militia in Dec. 1899;
gazetted Lieut. Coldstream Guards, 4 Dec. 1901; and promoted Lieut.
7 Sept. 1904; served in the South African War, 1902; took part in
operations in Cape Colony in May (Queen’s medal with two clasps); was
A.D.C. to High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief, N. Nigeria, 10
March, 1907, to 6 May, 1908, to Governor and Commander-in-Chief, N.
Nigeria, 7 May, 1908 to 1909, and subsequently to Governor of East
African Protectorate, 1909–12, when he resigned his commission to take
up farming, and the breeding and training of horses there. On the
outbreak of war he returned to England, and rejoined the Coldstream
Guards at Windsor, 19 Sept. 1914; left with his regt. for France, 7
Oct. following, and was killed in action when leading an attack on
Poezelhoek, near Ypres, 26 Oct. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Charles John Murray.=]
=MURRAY, FANE WRIGHT STAPLETON=, Capt., 12th Royal Lancers, eldest
_s._ of the late Col. Charles Edward Gostling Murray, of Whitton
Park, Hounslow, and the Moat, Charing, Kent, J.P., D.L. [grandson of
the Right Rev. Lord George Murray, Bishop of St. David’s, 2nd _s._
of John, 3rd Duke of Atholl, K.T.], by his 2nd wife, Margaret Frances
Elizabeth, only dau. of the Rev. John William Conant; _b._ Whitton
Park, Hounslow, 16 Oct. 1879; educ. Eton; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the
12th Lancers from the Militia, 20 Dec. 1899, and promoted Lieut. 3 Oct.
1900, Capt. 27 Nov. 1907; served in the South African War, 1899–1902,
taking part in the operations in the Transvaal and Cape Colony (Queen’s
medal with five clasps); and with the Expeditionary Force in France
and Flanders, 1914, and was shot through the heart in the trenches at
Wytchaete, between St. Eloi and Messines, 30 Oct. 1914. As immediately
after he fell, the 12th Lancers were obliged to abandon their trenches,
his body was never recovered. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Fane W. S. Murray.=]
=MURRAY, JOHN THOMAS=, Leading Stoker, S.S. 102034 (Portsmouth
I.C. 243), R.N., and Sergt., No. 5664, Legion of Frontiersmen, eldest
_s._ of Joseph Murray, of 8, William Street, Lintz Colliery,
Burnopfield, co. Durham, member of the Legion of Frontiersmen, formerly
3rd Northumberland Fusiliers, by his wife, Mary Elizabeth; _b._
North Shields, 25 May, 1886; educ. Leazes Board School (where he was
one of the most brilliant scholars turned out by its headmaster, Mr.
Abbott, J.P., who said that his late scholar “was a credit and reward
of many anxious years of toil”); in the Tanfield U.D., co. Durham,
afterwards being employed in the Lintz Colliery. Joined the Royal
Navy, 10 Jan. 1906, his first ships being in rotation: the Nelson (in
which he won the Gold Cross Guns and Gold Star), Brazen, Albermarle,
Prince of Wales, Cressy, submarine A.E. 1, the Glasgow, and lastly,
in 1906, the Good Hope, on which ship he was serving when she made
her record cruise of 30,000 miles, also when she formed one of the
squadron representing England at Jamestown Exposition; was one of
the Good Hope crew presented by Princess Christian with a shield, on
behalf of the women of South Africa, and one of the Guard of Honour
to the German Emperor in 1908. After leaving the Navy he joined the
Legion of Frontiersmen in Dec. 1911, the commanding officer, Col.
Driscoll, D.S.O., writing to Sergt.-Major Harding, of Sunderland, “Use
this man, he will be a credit to you; he is an ideal Frontiersman.” He
was not long in being made Trooper, Corpl., and finally Sergt., and
organised the North-West Durham subunit of the Legion, becoming its
Chief Recruiting and Organising Officer and Hon. Secretary. On the
outbreak of war he rejoined the Good Hope, and was killed in action
when that ship was sunk with H.M.S. Monmouth in the battle off Coronel,
1 Nov. 1914; _unm._ He had the Good Conduct badge, the St. John’s
Ambulance certificate, etc., and had a good knowledge of French,
Spanish, Hindustani and Zulu; also possessed certificate in mining
engineering, and had taken a deep interest in ornithology and history.
[Illustration: =John Thomas Murray.=]
=MURRAY, PATRICK MAXWELL=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Sherwood Foresters
(Notts and Derby Regt.), only surviving _s._ of Arthur Turnour
Murray, of Lincoln’s Inn, Barrister-at-Law, and Red Towers, Melton,
Suffolk, and of Nora Alice, dau. of the late Hugh Maxwell, of The
Elgin Mills Company, Cawnpore; _b._ 1, Radnor Place, Hyde Park,
London, 24 April, 1890; educ. Gisburne House, Watford (W. H. Wright),
1898–1903; Repton (The Priory, H. Vassall), 1903–08, and Woolwich
(Sandhurst Detachment), 1908–09; received commission, 18 Sept. 1909,
joined Oct. 1909, went through musketry and machine gun course at
Hythe, 1911, and qualified in both; Assistant Adjutant, 1911–14;
promoted Lieut., 16 Aug. 1911; while at Repton he shot at Bisley, 1906,
in the team which won the rapid-firing prize, and also in 1907 and
1908, and his house team won the House Challenge Shield for shooting in
1908 and the House Drill Shield in 1907 and 1908. He also won prizes
at the school sports (150 yards, and hurdles). During his Assistant
Adjutancy the shooting of his battn. improved, and the following prizes
were won:--(a) Seymour Challenge Cup--team snap-shooting at Western
Rifle Meeting, 1911; (b) Young Able Seamen and Soldiers’ Cup--teams
under two years’ service, 1911; (c) Evelyn Wood Cup--time march ending
with ball-firing at unknown ranges, 1912; (d) Judging Distance Shield,
1912; (e) Fairfax Cup--Western Rifle Meeting, 1913. As to the Evelyn
Wood Cup, the “Regimental Annual,” 1913, says: “Lieut. Murray commanded
the team and led them over the previously unknown nine miles of country
with excellent judgment.” He was killed in action on Sunday, 20 Sept.
1914, at the Battle of the Aisne, while retaking a trench captured by
the enemy by a ruse from another regt. In this section five officers
were killed and nine wounded. His Capt. wrote: “He did so well on
that dreadful Sunday--perfectly cool and collected the whole time.”
His Colonel, who had reported of him in the highest terms at the last
inspection, said: “His death was in every way worthy of the man he had
proved himself to be, and his life was freely given in the noblest of
causes. After a very dashing advance in which he was one of the first
to gain the trenches from which the enemy had driven another British
corps, he was there killed instantaneously while encouraging his men
and watching every turn of the fight at his own peril.” All accounts
agree that the 2nd Sherwoods saved a dangerous situation. He is buried
near Troyon.
[Illustration: =Patrick M. Murray.=]
=MURRAY, PETCHELL BURTT=, Flight Sub-Lieut., R.N.R., Royal Naval
Air Service, attd. H.M.S. Pembroke, yr. _s._ of George Irving
Murray, of Broad Oak Park, Worsley, member of Home Defence Corps VII,
by his wife, Janie, dau. of William Lees; _b._ Didsbury, co.
Lancaster, 27 July, 1884; educ. Eccles Grammar School, Sedbergh School,
and Manchester Technical College, afterwards going to Germany for a
time, and then entering his father’s business. He and his brother
early devoted themselves to aviation, and in 1912–13, produced an
aeroplane of their own construction. In 1911 he gave a lecture on the
future of the hydro-aeroplane, in which he foreshadowed the lines of
development, and was one of the first half-dozen to obtain his flying
certificate off water (at Windermere). On 29 July, 1914, he applied for
a commission in the Royal Naval Air Service, and was gazetted Flight
Sub-Lieut. on 13 Sept. following, and attd. to H.M.S. Pembroke. He
had attained an unusual degree of proficiency for his experience when
he was killed in an accident at Rushall Down, Salisbury Plain, 4 Nov.
1914. He was returning to the Central Flying School, Upavon, after
making a trial flight in a high speed B.E. Army biplane, when he was
overtaken by a dense fog, which, it is assumed, prevented him from
seeing the ground to regulate his descent. Flight Sub-Lieut. Murray
was a member of the Executive Committee of the Manchester Cavendish
Society, a society formed to enlist the help of young men of education
in public work, and he gave much time and service to the work in
connection with the Collyhurst Recreation Rooms in that City, and was
immensely popular with the poor lads of Collyhurst.
[Illustration: =Petchell Burtt Murray.=]
=MURRAY, RUPERT AURIOL CONANT GOSTLING=, Capt., 1st Battn.
Seaforth Highlanders, 3rd _s._ of the late Col. Charles Edward
Gostling Murray, of Whitton Park, Hounslow, and the Moat, Charing, Kent
[gdson. of the Right Rev. Lord George Murray, Bishop of St. Davids, 2nd
_s._ of John, 3rd Duke of Atholl, K.T.], by his 2nd wife, Margaret
Francis Elizabeth, only dau. of the Rev. John William Conant; _b._
Whitton Park, Hounslow, 29 Sept. 1882; educ. Eton; gazetted 2nd Lieut.
Seaforth Highlanders, 22 Oct. 1902, and promoted Lieut. 15 Jan. 1908.
and Capt. 22 Oct. 1914; went to France from India, and died in Lilliers
Hospital, 11 March, 1915, from wounds received in action the previous
day at Neuve Chapelle. Buried in Lilliers Cemetery. He _m._ at
Pluckly, Ashford, Kent, 12 Aug. 1913, Ivy Maud, eldest dau. of Sir
Henry Edward Dering, 10th Baronet, and had a son, Antony Ian Rupert,
_b._ 13 June, 1914. His eldest brother, Capt. Fane Murray, was
killed in action 30 Oct. 1914.
[Illustration: =Rupert A. C. G. Murray.=]
=MURRAY, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., I.C. 243), S.S.
102034, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MURRAY, WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9576), S.S.
106966, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MURRAY, WALTER STANLEY=, Private, No. 2221, 1/4th Battn. East
Yorkshire Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Richard Henry Murray, of
93, St. George’s Road, Hull, Shipping Clerk (retired), by his wife,
Martha, dau. of Joseph Williams, of that town; _b._ Hull, 30 Dec.
1877; educ. Bridlington and Hull; was for 15 years a clerk in the
firm of Messrs. Beckett & Sons, of Hull; enlisted on the first call
for recruits, 1 Sept. 1914, trained at Hull and Newcastle; left for
France, 17 April, 1915, and went straight up to the trenches; took part
in the Second Battle of Ypres, in which occasion his battn. sustained
heavy casualties and was subsequently complimented by Sir John (now
Lord) French on the gallantry it had displayed; and was accidentally
shot by one of his own comrades in the trenches near Ypres, 11 June,
1915; _unm._ His Commanding Officer, Capt. W. T. Wilkinson, wrote
expressing the deep sorrow of himself and the battn. at the loss of “so
fearless and gallant a soldier.”
[Illustration: =Walter Stanley Murray.=]
=MURRAY, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Capt., 1st Battn. Gordon Highlanders,
3rd _s._ of Surgeon Lieut.-Col. John Murray, of 12, Ashburn
Gardens, S.W.; _b._ Hong Kong, China, 23 Dec. 1880; educ.
Wellington College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 8 Jan. 1901,
and posted to the 1st Battn. Gordon Highlanders, 9 March following;
promoted Lieut. 30 May, 1904; served in the South African War, 1901–2;
took part in operations in the Transvaal, June, 1901, to 31 May, 1902;
in Orange River Colony, Dec. 1901, and in Cape Colony, May, 1901
(Queen’s medal with clasp); was attd. to West African Frontier Force,
12 March to 28 Sept. 1904. He retired from active service in 1906
following an attack of blackwater fever, contracted in West Africa, and
joined the Reserve of Officers from which he was gazetted to the 3rd
Special Reserve Battn. of his regt. 4 Oct. 1913. On the outbreak of
war he immediately rejoined his regt. at Aberdeen, was promoted Capt.
10 Aug. 1914; and after guarding the wireless station there for three
weeks, was, on Aug. 31, sent with a draft of 100 men, to join the 1st
Battn. at the Front. They had suffered so heavily during the retreat
from Mons that the remnants were sent back to the base and Capt. Murray
and his draft were temporarily attd. to the 2nd Seaforths. He joined
them at Juarre before the crossing of the Marne. “They were a splendid
lot of fellows,” wrote Sergt. A. H. Fraser of the 2nd Seaforths from
Broadwater Hospital. “We had some very trying marches, following up
the retiring Germans until we came to the crossing of the Aisne. We
crossed the river on the night of 13 Sept. under cover of darkness and
took up a position on the heights of the north bank of the river near
Soissons. The following morning when dawn broke, we found ourselves
within a thousand yards of the German position. They were not long
before they made their presence felt, and we had to dig ourselves into
the face of the bank under a heavy shell fire. Capt. Murray was beside
me and dug himself in with my entrenching tool, but he did not occupy
it very much for I saw him out on the road giving his men advice to
entrench themselves, and this, whilst shrapnel was whistling about
his ears, at which he only laughed. Later on, after our Colonel was
killed, Capt. Murray was ordered to reinforce a part of our line, and
with these words, ‘Come on the Gordons,’ he went up with about half of
his party, and in less than ten minutes I was informed he was killed.
Every man of his party expressed deepest sympathy for his death; they
felt it very keenly. Personally, I have never seen a man so cool under
fire before or since. His name, I am sure, will be remembered in my
regt. when all our battles are fought over again.” His last words,
addressed to a private who was binding up the wound in his head, were:
“You must hold on here at all costs,” and when, after nearly two days,
they were relieved, only seven of Capt. Murray’s draft remained in a
fighting condition. Brig.-Gen. A. Haldane, Commanding 11th Brigade,
wrote: “The Gordons, under Capt. Murray, advanced with the greatest
coolness and dash under a very heavy and accurate shrapnel fire. Their
officer was killed but they went forward and won the admiration of the
Seaforth Highlanders. They are as fine a draft as I have ever seen, and
it is with great regret that I part with them. They are true Gordon
Highlanders--sans peur et sans reproche”; and the Adjutant, Capt. E.
Campbell: “Early on the morning of the 11th we took up a position north
of the Aisne just before light. We had not time to entrench properly,
and throughout the day were shelled. As an attack was anticipated, the
Commanding Officer strengthened the firing line and half the men under
Murray were sent up into the firing line. Almost immediately he was
killed, his death being instantaneous, I believe. He was buried in a
rough coffin that night about 12.30 a.m. within a quarter of a mile
from where he fell. On one side of him we buried Col. Sir E. Bradford
and on the other Lieut. Williamson of my regt. They all had rough
crosses placed over their graves, and several others were buried there.
In fact, I think it has been railed off now as a small cemetery. It
is a very pretty spot on the slope of the hill overlooking the Aisne
Valley, towards Soissons, quite close to a farm called La Montague
Ferme, just above Buey de Long.” He _m._ at the Royal Bavarian
Chapel, London, 31 July, 1906, Lilias Caroline Drummond Leslie (The
Manor House, Littlehampton, Sussex), only dau. of Edward Drummond, of
St. James’ Place, late Bengal Civil Service, and had three children:
Edward John, _b._ 17 June, 1907; Sybil Lilias, _b._ 21 June,
1909; and Mary Katherine, _b._ 8 Sept. 1910.
[Illustration: =William Edward Murray.=]
=MUSGRAVE, ANDREW BREMNER=, Private, No. 2408, 3rd Battn. 1st.
Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of Edgar
Musgrave, of Bradford, Chartered Accountant, by his wife, Catherine
Wares Rittie, dau. of James Bremner, of Kirkhill, Wick, Caithness;
_b._ Bradford, York, 21 Dec. 1887; educ. Bradford Grammar School,
where he won a Scholarship in 1900; was engaged in the woollen trade,
and in 1911 went to Melbourne; when war broke out he enlisted in
the Australian Expeditionary Force at Sydney in Oct. 1914, and was
killed in action during the landing in Gallipoli on 25 April, 1915;
_unm._ Writing to his mother, Capt. C. H. Howel Price said: “He
was killed in action on 25 April the day of landing on the peninsula of
Gallipoli, whilst nobly doing his share of the work allotted to us....
He was a great favourite in his company.”
[Illustration: =Andrew B. Musgrave.=]
=MUSGROVE, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10429), 205575, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MUSHETT, FRANK=, Private, No. 1730, 5th (Cinque Ports) Battn.
Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.); served with the Expeditionary Force in
France; died 17 April, 1915, of wounds received in action.
=MUSKETT, ALFRED=, A.B., J. 1475, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MUSSETT, JOHN WILLIAM=, Seaman, R.N.R., B. 2633, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MUSSETT, WILLIAM HENRY=, Acting Leading Stoker, 297573, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MUSSO, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 10550, 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt.,
_s._ of Joseph Musso, of 74, Canal Road, Mile End; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France, died on active service, 4 Nov. 1914.
=MUSSON, JOHN HARDY=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Queen’s Royal
West Surrey Regt., eldest _s._ of Samuel Peter Musson, of
Kinnaird House, Upper Norwood, by his wife, Naomi, dau. of Abraham
Hardy; _b._ Streatham, 21 Aug. 1894; educ. Stanley House School,
Cliftonville, Margate; King’s School, Canterbury (member of the O.T.C.;
in the first boat, first athletic team, and second football team);
Lycée Faidherbe, Lille (2nd prize for public school fencing); Lille
University (diploma 1914); London University, and the Royal Military
College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 2nd Queen’s, 17 Feb.
1915; went to France, 24 May, and was killed in action near Bethune on
19 July following; _unm._ Buried at St. Vaast Post, near Bethune.
He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 30
Nov. 1915; and his Commanding Officer wrote “The battn. has lost a
brave and valuable young officer.”
[Illustration: =John Hardy Musson.=]
=MUSTARD, ALEXANDER=, L.-Corpl., No. 1160, 5th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force; _b._ Elgin, co. Moray, 5 March, 1886; educ.
Urquhart Public School, Morayshire; went to Australia; volunteered and
joined the Australian Imperial Force, 5 Oct. 1914; took part in the
landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action
there, 10 May following; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote that
he very gallantly volunteered to go for his comrades with the water
bottles slung across his shoulders, and was shot by a sniper when quite
close to the well.
=MYDDELTON, EDWARD GEOFFREY=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Suffolk
Regt., only surviving _s._ of Edward Brackenbury Myddelton, of
Bank House, Wellingborough; _b._ Boston, 22 Aug. 1893; educ.
Lancing, Wellingborough, and Jesus College, Cambridge, where he was
in the Officers’ Training Corps, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 3rd
Battn. Suffolk Regt., 4 June, 1913. On the outbreak of war he went
to the front with the 2nd Battn., was in the retreat from Mons, and
was unofficially reported killed at Le Cateau on 26 Aug. 1914. Coy.
Sergt.-Major Crack, of the Suffolks, who was taken prisoner in this
action, writing from Sennelager, 15 Jan. 1915, says: “I am very sorry
to say that 2nd Lieut. Myddelton was killed about 12 o’clock on Aug.
26; also his platoon Sergt. was killed at the same time, both by the
same shrapnel. The men of his platoon were all very much grieved to
have lost their leader, as they were all very fond of him.” Lieut.
Myddelton had passed the first part of the Mathematical Tripos with 1st
Class honours.
[Illustration: =Edward G. Myddelton.=]
=MYER, ERNEST ALEX=, Major, 6th (City of London) Battn. The London
Regt. (Rifles) (T.F.), 4th _s._ of Sydney Myer, of Southampton,
by his wife, Sophy Alex, dau. of Montagu Alex, of Hereford; _b._
Southampton, 23 Nov. 1874; educ. St. John’s Wood School, and University
College School, London, and was admitted a Solicitor in 1897,
practising at 46–47 London Wall, E.C. He was a keen volunteer, and
soon after leaving the University College School, joined the Victoria
Volunteer Regt. which was afterwards amalgamated with the St. George’s
Rifles; and on 26 Nov. 1901, received a commission in the 2nd London
Rifles, which became the 6th City of London Rifles on the organisation
of the Territorial Force. He was promoted Capt. in 1898, and on the
outbreak of war at once volunteered for foreign service. He received
his Majority, 5 Aug. 1914, and during the arduous months of training
was for a considerable period in command of the Battn. The 2nd London
Division, to which he was attached, left for the Front, 20 March, 1915,
and he was killed in action near Givenchy, 3 April following, being
struck by shrapnel while passing through the trenches on inspection
duty with Col. Simpson. Buried at Cuinchy close to where he fell. In
a letter to Mrs. Myer, Col. Simpson wrote: “This Battn. has lost an
officer who cannot be replaced--he was loved and respected by all
ranks. Our country has lost a fine English gentleman, who had a very
keen sense of duty and the determination to do it. He died the death of
the brave soldier that he was.” He was an authority on apprenticeship
(published a text book on apprenticeship entitled “Apprenticeship
Law”), and acted for many years as hon. solicitor to the Industrial
Department of the Jewish Board of Guardians, to the Apprenticeship and
Skilled Employment Association, and to the Apprenticeship Committee
of the Women’s University Settlement; he was one of the founders of
the Brady Street Club in East London. Major Myer was called “The Boys’
Friend.” He was very keenly interested in their welfare, and many a boy
in good and lucrative situations to-day owes it only to his help. In a
quiet unassuming way he did splendid service for the Boys’ Clubs, and
for the young men belonging to them, and never spared himself where
the lads’ interest and welfare were concerned. Many of the old members
and others have cause to be grateful to him for a start in life, and
many for valuable help in other ways. The Maidenhead Club Scouts, too,
owe their foundation to him, being the first troop in the country to
be completely fitted out, and he was always keenly interested in their
welfare. On one occasion he went out of his way, and went specially to
visit their camps at Gosport to see that the boys were well provided
for. He _m._ at Bayswater Synagogue, London, Emmy (123, Inverness
Terrace, Bayswater), dau. of Charles (and Jeanette) Jacob; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Ernest Alex Myer.=]
=MYERS, GEORGE MAURICE=, Private, No. 2250, 7th Battn. London
Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Henry Myers, Wholesale Tobacconist
(died 1908), by his wife, Amelia, dau. of J. B. George, of Paris;
_b._ Regent’s Park Road, N.W., 10 April, 1894; educ. Kilburn
Grammar School; enlisted early in Sept. 1914, following the outbreak
of war; went to the Front, March, 1915, was badly wounded on the night
of 12 Sept. following, and died two days later (14 Sept.) in No. 18
Casualty Clearing Station; _unm._ His commanding officer, Capt.
C. J. Salkeld Green, wrote that he had been “marked for promotion when
opportunity arose” and that “when he received his wounds he was on a
working party on a very important piece of work.” He was buried at
Lapugnoy, near Bethune. Lieut. Sydney Frankenburg, in a letter to Mrs.
Myers, said: “He was buried in accordance with Jewish ritual in a part
of the soldiers’ cemetery set apart for Jews. I performed the ceremony
yesterday [15 Sept.] afternoon, and also spent some hours with him
before his death. To show you the esteem that your son was held in by
his comrades and officers I may mention that a party of soldiers from
his platoon of their own free will marched several miles to attend his
funeral. His Coy. Commander was present.”
[Illustration: =George Maurice Myers.=]
=MYERS, SIDNEY=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24128, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MYLAM, ALFRED CLAUDE=, Rifleman, No. 1728, 12th Battn. (The
Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Henry Mylam, of
441, King’s Road, Chelsea, Ironmonger, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau.
of George Henry Cornwall; _b._ Chelsea, 29 May, 1889; educ. St.
Mark’s College School there; was a Solicitor’s Clerk; joined the
Rangers in Sept. 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak
of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 24 Dec. 1914, and died at St.
Julien, 26 April, 1915, of wounds received in action while advancing to
relieve the Canadians; _unm._ Buried at Hazebrouck.
[Illustration: =Alfred Claude Mylam.=]
=NAIRN, WALTER=, Bugler, No. 1366, 7th Battn. Durham Light Infantry
(T.F.), 4th _s._ of the late John Nairn, of Southwick-on-Wear,
Fruiterer, by his wife, Isabella (23, Grosvenor Street,
Southwick-on-Wear), dau. of Benjamin Cook, of Monkwearmouth; _b._
Southwick, 12 Dec. 1895; educ. Board School there; joined the 7th
Territorial Battn. of the Durhams, 26 March, 1911, and was employed at
Priestman’s Yard, Sunderland; volunteered for foreign service after
the outbreak of war, and was killed in action “somewhere” in France,
22 June, 1915, by a sniper; _unm._ His four brothers are all on active
service, a fact upon which their mother was complimented by H.M. the
King.
[Illustration: =Walter Nairn.=]
=MERCER-NAIRNE, LORD CHARLES GEORGE FRANCIS=, C.V.O., formerly
Fitzmaurice, of Meikleour and Tullybeagles, co. Perth, and of Aldie,
co. Kinross, Major, 1st Royal Dragoons, yr. _s._ of Henry Charles,
5th Marquis of Lansdowne, K.G., P.C., G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., G.C.I.E.,
etc., by his wife, Lady Maud Evelyn, née Hamilton, C.I., V.A, Extra
Lady of the Bedchamber to H.M. Queen Alexandra, 7th and yst. dau. of
James, 1st Duke of Abercorn, K.G.; _b._ London, 12 Feb. 1874;
educ. Eton; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to 1st Dragoons from the Royal Scots
Militia, 29 May, 1895; and promoted Lieut. 2 Feb. 1898, Capt. 27 June,
1901, and Major 30 June, 1910; was A.D.C. to G.O.C. the Forces in
Ireland, 29 May, 1897, to 19 Oct. 1899; A.D.C. to Commander-in-chief
(F.M. Earl Roberts), 3 Jan. 1901 to 11 Feb. 1904; Equerry-in-Ordinary
to King George V when Prince of Wales, 1 April, 1909, to 6 May, 1910,
and to His Majesty, 10 June, 1910, to Sept. 1914; created C.V.O. 1911;
served (1) in the South African War, 1899–1900; took part in the relief
of Ladysmith, including action at Colenso; operations of 17 to 24 Jan.
1900, and action at Spion Kop; operations of 5 to 7 Feb. 1900, and
action at Vaal Kranz; operations on Tugela Heights, 14 to 27 Feb. 1900,
and action at Pieters Hill; operations in Natal, March, 1900, and in
the Orange Free State, May, 1900 (Queen’s medal with four clasps);
and (2) with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 6
Oct. to 30 Oct. 1914, on which date he was killed in action near Klein
Zillebeke, Ypres. He was awarded the Legion of Honour by the French
President for gallantry in the field. He _m._ at Calcutta, 20 Jan.
1909, Lady Violet Mary, née Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (11, Hyde Park
Terrace, W.), yst. dau. of Gilbert John, 4th Earl of Minto), K.G.,
P.C., G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., and had issue, George John Charles, now of
Meikleour, etc., _b._ 27 Nov. 1912, for whom H.M. King George V
was sponsor; and Mary Margaret Elizabeth, _b._ 6 Feb. 1910, for
whom H.M. Queen Mary was sponsor.
[Illustration: =Lord Charles Nairne.=]
=NAISH, WILLIAM CHARLES GATTON=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6656), 196269,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NAISMITH, PERCY THOMAS=, Private, No. 1543, C Coy., 14th Battn.
(London Scottish) The London Regt., eldest _s._ of Thomas
Naismith, of 589, Romford Road, Woodgrange, and Thomas Street, Burdett
Road, E., formerly of Eastfield, Leith, Licensed Victualler; _b._
Poplar, 17 March, 1894; educ. Thomas Street School, Burdett Road, and
Pitman’s, Southampton Row; joined the London Scottish; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France, etc., and died in Boulogne Hospital, 11
Nov. 1914, of wounds received in the charge of the London Scottish at
Messines on 30 Oct. Buried in Boulogne Cemetery; _unm._
=NANCARROW, JOHN VIVIAN=, Capt., 4th Battn. Yorkshire Regt.,
York and Durham Infantry Brigade, Northumbrian Division T.F., eldest
_s._ of George Bennett Nancarrow, of Ravenscroft, Grove Hill,
Middlesbrough, a partner in the firm of W. B. Peat & Co., Chartered
Accountants, by his wife, Charlotte Alice, dau. of Capt. Josiah
Thomas; _b._ Middlesbrough, 6 June, 1885; educ. Leys School and
King’s College, Cambridge (M.A., LL.B.); admitted a Solicitor, 1909,
and became Secretary to the Middlesbrough Chamber of Commerce. He
joined the 1st Vol. Battn. Durham L.I. in 1907, was later attached
to the Northumberland Fusiliers at Newcastle and then to the Duke of
Cornwall’s L.I., before settling in Middlesbrough where he became
Lieut. in the 4th Yorks, and after passing through a school of
instruction, was promoted to the Captaincy in the latter part of 1913.
On the outbreak of war he undertook Imperial service obligations and
landed in France with his Battn. in the middle of April 1915; they
were immediately hurried up to the front in consequence of the French
troops north of Ypres having been “gassed” on 22 April, and on the
afternoon of the 24th were ordered to attack the German lines near
the village of Fortuin, near St. Julien, a few miles north-east of
Ypres. During the day. Capt, Nancarrow was seen cheering on his men,
and in the advance, he stopped to bind up the wound of a Private who
had fallen and then hurried forward. After making several rushes at
the head of his men towards the enemy’s position, he was shot and died
almost instantaneously. His Colonel wrote of him that “he behaved
like a hero.” Capt. Nancarrow had taken a very active part in the Boy
Scouts’ movement in connection with the settlement in Newport Road,
Middlesbrough. He was engaged to be married to Miss Elsie Harkess of
Stokesley.
[Illustration: =John Vivian Nancarrow.=]
=NASH, EDWARD RADCLIFFE=, Capt., 16th Lancers, elder _s._
of Lieut.-Col. Edward Nash, of Ballycarty, Tralee, co. Kerry, and 56,
Sloane Street, London, S.W., J.P., late Essex Regt., by his wife,
Constance, dau. of John Radcliffe, of Moorfield, Withington, J.P.;
_b._ London, 9 June, 1888; educ. Mr. Bull’s Preparatory School,
Westgate-On-Sea (1898–1902), Eton (1902–July, 1905), and Sandhurst,
into which he passed in Sept. 1905, at the earliest possible age,
giving up for the sake of seniority all that another two years at Eton
would have meant to him; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 16th Lancers, 29 Aug.
1906, and promoted Lieut. 15 Jan. 1909, and Capt. 10 Oct. 1914; went
to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914; took part in the
retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Marne, and the Aisne, and the
First Battle of Ypres, and was killed in action near Ypres, 21 Feb.
1915, when the 16th Lancers suffered severely through the blowing up of
a trench; _unm._ At the time of his death he was acting Adjutant
of his regt. Capt. Nash was a splendid all-round sportsman. At Eton he
distinguished himself as a long distance runner and as a “wet-bob,”
and in 1905 won the Junior Sculls and stroked his Junior House Four up
to “head,” the last time that the colours of Miss Evan’s were seen on
the River; while at Sandhurst he proved himself a remarkable athlete,
winning against competitors considerably older than himself the
equivalent of the “Victor Ludorum” Cup. After joining the 16th Lancers
he ran twice in the Army Championship for the mile, being second on
each occasion with practically no training, but he devoted himself
chiefly to riding, and was one of the finest horsemen in the Army. He
was well known at Olympia, and was one of the team which represented
Great Britain at the last Olympic Games at Stockholm in 1912. He was
first and second in successive years at the Grafton Point-to-Point,
won his Regimental Light Weight Steeplechase on two occasions, and was
“placed” at a number of other meetings at which he rode. As conspicuous
for dash, energy and endurance in war as in sport, he was the ideal
cavalry officer and appeared to have a distinguished career before him.
His exuberant vitality found expression in all that he said or did, and
one who knew him well observed, on hearing that he had been killed:
“Of all the deaths in this war, his death is the hardest to realise.”
Capt. Nash was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch, of 8
[London Gazette, 19] Oct. 1914. His younger brother, Capt. L. C. Nash,
died of wounds 28 Sept. following (see following notice).
[Illustration: =Edward Radcliffe Nash.=]
=NASH, LLEWELLYN CHARLES=, 2nd Lieut. (temp. Capt.), 2nd Battn.
King’s Royal Rifle Corps, yr. _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Edward Nash,
of Ballycarty, Tralee, co. Kerry, and 56, Sloane Street, S.W., J.P.,
late Essex Regt., by his wife, Constance, dau. of John Radcliffe, of
Moorfield, Withington, J.P.; _b._ Cefn Ila, Usk, co. Monmouth, 23
June, 1895; educ. at Wixenford (Mr. Morton’s), Eton (Mr. Mill’s House,
Jan. 1910–July, 1914), and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst;
gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 11 Nov. 1914, and
Lieut. 1 Aug. 1915; left for France in Jan. 1915; took part in the
Battles of Neuve Chapelle and Festubert; was promoted Capt. 12 July,
and died in hospital at Lozinghem, 28 Sept. 1915, of wounds received
in action near Vermelles on the 25th, the first day of the Battle of
Loos. He was wounded early in the morning of the 25th, but was not
found until late in the afternoon, and one of his brother officers
wrote: “The fact that we found him wounded almost through the German
wire shows the splendid determination and courage with which he went
forward.” He was mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir John French
[London Gazette, 1 Jan. 1916], and a General officer under whom he
served wrote: “He was Battn. bombing officer and easily the best in
the Division, and was constantly sent for when they wanted advice on
the subject.” Buried at Lozinghem, near Lillers; _unm._ At Eton
he was a Sergt. in the O.T.C., a whip to the Beagles, and won the
School Sculling in 1914, being ninth man of the Eight that year. In all
branches of sport he was keen, especially excelling as a fisherman. A
writer in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps Chronicle said: “To know “The
Fat Boy” as Nash was affectionately called, was to love him. Always
cheery and keen for work, he set a magnificent example to those under
him. If he was in charge of a party working in the trenches he buckled
to and worked harder than anyone else. At Eton he had the reputation
of working his hardest at work or play, and this reputation he fully
justified while he was in the Regt. His character was eminently fitted
for the stern combination of work and sport entailed by active service,
and his success as a soldier is shown by the fact that at the age of
20, with less than a year’s service, he had already been gazetted to
the rank of Capt.” His elder brother, Capt. E. R. Nash, was killed in
action near Ypres, 21 Feb. 1915.
[Illustration: =Llewellyn Charles Nash.=]
=NASH, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Private, No. 2346, 1/8th Battn. The
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of William Nash (now Sergt.
No. 110331, in the 1st Labour Battn. Royal Engineers, on active service
in France), by his wife, Ellen, dau. of the late George Williams, of
Hawley; _b._ Hampton Hill, co. Middlesex, 10 April, 1895; educ.
there; was a Chauffeur and Student in the S.C.S.; enlisted 25 Feb.
1914; went to France, 8 March, 1915, and was killed in action, in the
German trenches, at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915, while bomb
throwing; _unm._
=NASMYTH, JAMES THOMAS HUTCHINSON=, Capt., 10th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, 4th _s._ of John Nasmyth, of Mount Forest,
by his wife, Jane P., dau. of John Morrison; _b._ Mount Forest,
Ontario, Canada, 23 Aug. 1874; joined the 46th Durham Regt. about
1900, and, after going through a course of instruction at the Stanley
Barracks, Toronto, was given a commission as Lieut., two years later,
and promoted Capt. in 1912, after taking a second course; volunteered
for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war, and was appointed Lieut.
10th Battn. 22 Sept. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders; was promoted Capt. at the Front; and was killed in
action near St. Julien, 23 April, 1915, during the heroic stand of the
Canadians at the beginning of the Second Battle of Ypres. He _m._
at Janetville, Ontario, Canada, 22 Oct. 1896, Emma Amelia, dau. of
Christopher Armstrong, of Janetville; _s.p._
[Illustration: =James T. H. Nasmyth.=]
=NATTON, REUBEN WALTER=, Private, No. 1005, Royal Army Medical
Corps, 3rd _s._ of James Natton, of Stockton-on-Tees, Shipyard
Labourer, by his wife, Margaret Elizabeth, dau. of James Jeffries, of
Stockton-on-Tees; _b._ Thornaby-on-Tees, co. Durham, 17 March,
1889; educ. New Board School there; enlisted there in the Coldstream
Guards in Aug. 1905, but was bought out the following October; in
June, 1906, he enlisted in the R.A.M.C. and after serving three years
passed into the Reserve and found employment at Doxford’s Yard,
Sunderland; on mobilization, 5 Aug. 1914, he was called up, went to
France with the first Expeditionary Force and was wounded at Ypres in
November; invalided home to Wandsworth Hospital he was found unfit for
further active service and was placed on the Hospital Ship Neuralia;
on the voyage out to Bombay he contracted fever and was landed at
Alexandria, where he died at No. 15 General Hospital, 2 June, 1915, and
was buried in the Chatby Military Cemetery near there. He _m._
at Haswell Parish Church, 27 July, 1908, Rosina (14, John Street,
Southwick-on-Wear), dau. of Thomas Brown, of Easington, and had four
children: Reuben Walter, _b._ 18 Oct. 1910; Robert William,
_b._ 19 Sept. 1914; Rosina, _b._ 3 May, 1909; and Margaret,
_b._ 29 Feb. 1912.
[Illustration: =Reuben Walter Natton.=]
=NAYLOR, CLARENCE EDGAR=, A.B., 209926 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=NAZARETH, JOHN XAVIER=, Officers’ Cook, 2nd Class, L. 694, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=NEAL, HENRY JOSEPH=, A.B., 194903, Chatham, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=NEALE, ROY GORDON KING=, A.B., J. 6046, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NEARY, HENRY FRANK=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9031), S.S. 2128,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NEAVE, ARUNDELL=, Major, 16th (The Queen’s) Lancers, yr.
_s._ of the late Sir Arundell Neave, 4th Bart., by his wife, the
Hon. Gwyn Gertrude, née Hughes (Llysdulas, Amlwch, Anglesey), yst. dau.
of William Lewis, 1st Lord Dinorben; _b._ London, 2 July, 1875;
educ. Evelyn’s, Uxbridge, and Eton; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 16th Lancers,
from the Royal Anglesey R.E. Militia, 11 May, 1898, and promoted Lieut.
17 Oct. 1899; Capt. 1 April, 1903, and Major 19 Dec. 1914; served (1)
in South Africa War, 1900–2; took part in the relief of Kimberley;
operations in Orange Free State, Feb. to May, 1900, including actions
at Paardeberg (17–26 Feb.), Poplar Grove; operations in the Transvaal,
west of Pretoria, Aug. to Sept. 1900; in Orange River Colony, Sept.
to Nov. 1900, and Feb. to June, 1901; operations in Cape Colony, Dec.
1900, to Jan. 1901, and July, 1901, to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal
with three clasps, King’s medal with two clasps); and (2) with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; was mentioned in Despatches
by F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French, 17 Sept. [London Gazette, 19 Oct.]
1914; and died, 21 Feb. 1915, of wounds received while leading his
squadron into action near Ypres the same day. Buried in Ypres Cemetery.
He was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour for gallantry in the
field. Major Neave was a fine horseman and a good all-round sportsman.
[Illustration: =Arundell Neave.=]
=NEILL, CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9342), S.S.
106586, H.M.S Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NEILL, JOHN THOMAS=, Petty Officer, 171483, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=NEILL, WILLIAM=, Chief Ship’s Cook (Pensioner), 147941, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NEILSON, WILLIAM=, Regt. Sergt.-Major, No. 25, 5th Battn. 2nd
Infantry Brigade, 1st Victorian Contingent, Australian Imperial Force,
eldest _s._ of the late William Neilson, of Ashgillhead, Dalserf,
by his wife, Grace, dau. of James Copland; _b._ Muirkirk, co.
Ayr, 30 Nov. 1864; educ. Blackwood, co. Lanark; enlisted in the King’s
Own Scottish Borderers, Oct. 1882, and served nine years with them in
India (Queen’s medal with one clasp); joined the Scottish Horse when
the South African War broke out, and served through that campaign
(Queen’s medal with four clasps). After spending four years in business
in Glasgow, he went to Australia in Sept. 1911, settled at Melbourne
and later at St. Kilda, but on the outbreak of the European War, again
enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force; left for Egypt with the main
force; arrived at the Dardanelles in April, and was killed in action
there, 19 May, 1915. Buried at Gaba Tepe. He _m._ at Dalserf,
co. Lanark, 1 Dec. 1893, Janet Penman (12, Moodie Place, St. Kilda,
Victoria, Australia), dau. of Thomas Renwick, of Dalserf, and had six
children: William, _b._ 27 May, 1899; John Renwick, _b._ 6
March, 1902; Abram Renwick, _b._ 10 Dec. 1906: Janet Douglas,
_b._ 23 Aug. 1894; Grace Copland, _b._ 18 Dec. 1896; and
Isabel Renwick, _b._ 5 July, 1903.
=NEKREWES, DAVID SMITH=, Private, No. 2024, A Coy., 3rd Battn.
Monmouthshire Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the late David Smith
Nekrewes, of 3, Carisbrook Road, Maindee, Newport, Monmouth, by his
wife, Ellen, dau. of Michael Buckley; _b._ Newport, 20 July, 1883;
educ. Shaftesbury School, Newport. He enlisted at Abergavenny on the
outbreak of war, proceeded with his regt. to France on 16 Feb. 1915,
and was killed in action at Frezenberg, 16 May, 1915; _unm._
Private Nekrewes was well known in South Wales as an athlete. He
represented his school on two occasions in the School’s Swimming
Championship, and also in the School’s Gymnastic Competition; he
also played Rugby football for Bridgend, Glam., and (three-quarter),
Pontypridd, Mountain Ash, Pontypool, and Glamorgan County. He met with
considerable success as a sprinter.
=NELIS, JAMES EDWARD THORNHILL=, Lieut., 5th (Service) Battn.
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, only _s._ of Lieut.-Col. James
Alexander Nelis, of 1, Seaview Terrace, Donnybrook, late I.M.S., by
his wife, Anna, dau. of the late Cudbert Bensley Thornhill, C.S.I.,
Indian Civil Service; _b._ Abbottabad, India, 31 Dec. 1891; educ.
at Haileybury; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 5th Inniskilling Fusiliers, 26 Sept.
1914, and promoted Lieut. 19 Nov. following; left for the Dardanelles,
10 July, 1915, and was killed in action there, 15 Aug. following;
_unm._
[Illustration: =J. E. T. Nelis.=]
=NELSON, GEORGE=, Private, No. 1162, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Francis Nelson, of 2, Stafford Street, East End,
Sunderland; _b._ Sunderland; educ. St. John’s School there;
enlisted in the Coldstreams after the outbreak of war, 26 Aug. 1914;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., and died a
prisoner of war in No. 2 German Field Hospital, 25 Feb. 1915, of frozen
feet; _unm._ Buried at Pont à Vendin.
[Illustration: =George Nelson.=]
=NESMITH, JAMES=, Capt., 5th Battn. Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late James Nesmith of
Glencairn, Port Glasgow, Accountant, by his wife, Catherine (Glencairn,
Port Glasgow), dau. of Donald Gillies, of Craigenterue, Argyleshire;
_b._ Glasgow, 17 July, 1881; educ. Greenock Academy, and Glasgow
University; was a Solicitor practising in Glasgow; joined the E
Coy. (Port Glasgow) of the 1st Renfrew Volunteer (afterwards the 5th
Territorial) Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 10 April, 1900,
and was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. 29 Nov. 1905, and promoted
Lieut. 22 Feb. 1911, and Capt. 13 July, 1912; volunteered for Imperial
service on the outbreak of war, left for the Dardanelles, 28 May, 1915;
and was killed in action during the British attack on the Krithia-Achi
Baba position, Gallipoli, 12 July following. Buried on the field;
_unm._
=NESS, GORDON STUART=, Lieut., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st Battn.
Royal Scots Fusiliers, yst. and only surviving _s._ of the late
Patrick Ness, of Braco Castle, Perthshire, by his wife, Charlotte
Jane Wells (19, Dawson Place, Notting Hill Gate, W.), dau. of Stephen
Powell; _b._ London, 4 Nov. 1885; educ. Westminster School, and
Clare College, Cambridge; was elected an underwriting member of Lloyds
in 1909; joined the 3rd Battn. (Royal Ayr and Wigtown Militia) Royal
Scots Fusiliers, as 2nd Lieut. 7 April, 1906, and was promoted Lieut.
9 Dec. 1909; went to France 11 Sept. 1914, attached to the 1st Battn.
of his Regt.; and was killed in action during the 1st Battle of Ypres,
11 Nov. 1914. Buried near Ypres. He _m._ in London, Gladys, dau.
of Charles Ernest Gwynne Harrison; and had a son and daughter: Patrick,
_b._ 15 June, 1914; and Marguerite Gordon, _b._ 3 June, 1915.
[Illustration: =Gordon Stuart Ness.=]
=NEVE, BASIL HOVENDEN=, Acting Chief E.R.A., 2nd Class, 270424,
H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20
miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=NEVE, WILLIAM CHARLES=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 184688, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NEVETT, THOMAS ALFRED=, L.-Corpl., No. 13041, 5th Battn. King’s
Shropshire L.I., yst. _s._ of William Berber Nevett, of Cotsbrook
Hall, co. Salop, by his wife, Emily, dau. of the late Richard Jones,
of Norton, co. Salop; _b._ Sansaw, co. Salop, 24 June, 1895;
educ. Elleray Park, Wallasey, and Shrewsbury School (1911–13), and on
leaving there took up an agricultural life, but on the outbreak of war
volunteered and joined the King’s Shropshire L.I. with several other
Salopians. After some months of training he was placed in the battn.
machine-gun section, and went with this unit to France in May, 1915.
During the violent attacks and counter-attacks around Hooge in Aug. he
was wounded on the 9th by a shell which destroyed his gun, and on the
way to the dressing station he received another and more severe wound
from shrapnel, resulting in spinal injury and paralysis, from which
he died in Edmonton Military Hospital, 10 Sept. 1915; _unm._ The
Headmaster of Shrewsbury said of him: “He was one of those unselfish
boys whose real goodness gives them an influence out of all proportion
to their prominence in school life.” His eldest bro., Sergt. W. P.
Nevett, was killed at the Dardanelles landing (see his notice).
[Illustration: =Thomas Alfred Nevett.=]
=NEVETT, WILLIAM PERCY=, Sergt., No. 851, 12th Battn. Australian
L.I., Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of William Barber
Nevett, of Cotsbrook Hall, co. Salop, by his wife, Emily, dau. of
the late Richard Jones, of Norton, co. Salop; _b._ Sansaw, co.
Salop, 4 June, 1889; educ. Bridgnorth Grammar School and Birmingham
University and after securing first-class in the Engineering Course,
1906–9, became Assistant Engineer to the Miners’ Water Supply, Perth,
Western Australia. On the outbreak of war he joined the Australian
L.I., and having been a member of the O.T.C. at Birmingham University,
was set immediately to train recruits. He left for Egypt in Nov. 1914,
and while there was offered a commission in the New Army at home but
declined it, preferring to stay with his comrades. He was killed
in action during the landing of the Australians at Sedd-el-Bahr,
Gallipoli, 25 April, 1915; _unm._ The Sergt.-Major of his battn.
wrote: “Nevett was on the left flank on the Sunday we effected a
landing here, and at this point the fighting was particularly heavy.
Your brother was hit in the firing line, and was carried to a place of
more safety by Private Michie, another of our good men since killed.
The wound was so serious that before the stretcher-bearers could get
him to the beach, he died. He was one of our most efficient and popular
N.C.O.’s, and my best friend.”
[Illustration: =William Percy Nevett.=]
=NEW, ALEXANDER HERBERT=, Private, No. 5712, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, eldest _s._ of Harry New, of Bournemouth, by his wife,
Theresa, dau. of (--) Hazel; _b._ Ringwood, co. Hants, 5 June,
1886; educ. at Bournemouth; enlisted 12 Sept. 1904; served in Egypt,
29 Sept. 1906, to 14 Feb. 1908; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was
killed in action at La Tretoire, 8 Sept. 1914, being buried in the wood
there. His company officer wrote saying that he was a good soldier,
and fought gallantly, and cheerfully carried out the hard marching
of the first three weeks of the campaign; also how well he helped to
maintain the reputation of the Coldstream Guards and the British Army.
He _m._ at St. Luke’s, Burton, Christchurch, 18 April, 1910, Fanny
(67, Forton Road, Gosport), only dau. of Charles Langrish; _s.p._
=NEWBURY, WILLIAM JOHN=, Chief Ship’s Cook, 165257, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=NEWBY, GEORGE EDWIN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2629), 207242, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=NEWCOMBE, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 10707 (Ports.), H.M.S
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NEWHAM, ARTHUR JOHN=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 208884, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NEWMAN, CHARLES HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2948), S.S. 264, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=NEWMAN, CORMIE AUBREY=, E.R.A., 3rd Class, M. 1478, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=NEWMAN, FRANCIS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2512), 201770, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=NEWMAN, HARRY=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Petty Officer, 6325,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=NEWMAN, HENRY=, Stoker (Native), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action
off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=NEWMAN, RICHARD HARRY=, Chief Petty Officer, Tel. 183585, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=NEWMAN, SAMUEL=, Stoker, R.N.R., S. 1706, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=NEWMAN, STANLEY FRANCIS=, Sergt., No. 1093, Essex Yeomanry, 3rd
_s._ of Francis Newman, of Moor Hall, Thorley, Bishop’s Stortford,
Farmer, by his wife, Emily, dau. of Richard Stock; _b._ Moor
Hall, Thorley, co. Hertford, 18 July, 1885; educ. Bishop’s Stortford
College; served six years in the Essex Yeomanry, 1906–12; then went
to Singapore and later to Australia, where he was farming; returned
to England in July, 1914, and when war broke out the following month,
immediately rejoined his old regt. and volunteered for foreign service.
He went to France, 28 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action in an attack
on the German trenches at Ypres, 13 May, 1915; _unm._ The Capt.
commanding C Squadron wrote: “The regt. was sent up to reinforce the
infantry at this part of the line about a week ago. On the 13th the
Germans succeeded in taking a bit of our line and the regt., together
with the two other regts. of our Brigade, was ordered to retake it.
They had to advance 500 yards of open ground, most of it going under
a very heavy fire from shells, rifle, and machine-gun fire. Your son
reached the enemy’s trenches safely, and helped to recapture them,
but a few minutes later he was shot while standing near Mr. Holt who
was also wounded. His death is a great blow to us all, officers and
men alike, and he leaves a place in the Squadron which will be hard
to fill. Everybody agreed that he was one of the very best N.C.Os. in
the regt. and his troop would do anything for him.” And Trooper H. J.
Tucker writing to his father said: “Will you just break the news on my
behalf, that my two comrades, Sergt. Stanley Newman and Corpl. Frank
Bird, have both been killed in action during a great charge, which took
place two days ago. When there was a roll call the whole regt. had 168
casualties--killed, wounded and missing; amongst them our Colonel and
many officers.”
=NEWMAN, WILLIAM HENRY=, Acting Chief Stoker, 293000, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NEWMAN, WILLIAM HERBERT=, Private, No. 3082, 1/8th Battn.
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of William Harry Newman, of
15, Marlow Road, Southall, Police Sergeant, by his wife, Gertrude, dau.
of Thomas Betts, for 53 years on L. & N.W.R.; _b._ Haggerston, N.,
23 June, 1895; educ. Featherstone Road Boys’ School, Southall; was a
clerk with Messrs. Kearby & Sons, Rubastic Road, Southall; joined the
Middlesex Territorials, 5 Sept. 1914; volunteered for foreign service;
trained at Hampton and Staines; left for Gibraltar, 1 Feb. 1915;
went to France at the end of July; took part in the Battle of Loos,
25–26 Sept. and was killed in action near La Bassée, 19 Oct. 1915;
_unm._ Buried at Wye Farm.
[Illustration: =William Herbert Newman.=]
=NEWPORT, WILLIAM JAMES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 13141, H.M.S.
Hawke, s. of James Newport, of The Green, Beyton, Bury St. Edmunds, co.
Suffolk; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914.
=NEWSHAM, CHARLES=, Private, No. 2763, 16th Platoon, C Coy.,
9th (Highlanders) Battn. Royal Scots (T.F.), eldest _s._ of
Robert Newsham, of 6, Broadway, Withington, Manchester, a buyer for
Ralli Bros., of Manchester, by his wife, Agnes, dau. of John Gorrie,
Manchester; _b._ Cheetham, Manchester, 16 May, 1885; educ.
Cheetham Higher Grade School; was a buyer for Ralli Bros., and a
member of the Manchester Royal Exchange. On the outbreak of war he
joined the Royal Scots with his great friend Gerard G. S. Frost (who
was afterwards killed during the same bombardment as himself), 10 Nov.
1914, and after training at Edinburgh and Kilmarnock, left for the
Front towards the end of Feb.; he lost his life during the bombardment
of Ypres, three shells dropping into the billets of his company,
killing him and six of his comrades, 7 April, 1915. He was the first
member of the Manchester Royal Exchange killed in the war.
[Illustration: =Charles Newsham.=]
=NEWSHAM, RICHARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13680, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NEWSTEAD, GEORGE POPE=, Major, 2nd Battn. Suffolk Regt., and
Tempy, Lieut.-Col. Sierra Leone Battn., West African Frontier Force,
only _s._ of James Newstead, of Ashby Manor, Horncastle, co.
Lincoln, by his wife, Louisa Anne, dau. of George Pope; _b._
Bristol, 23 Sept. 1875; educ. Rugby School (1889–94, where he was in
the cricket eleven and football fifteen, and won the Athletic Sports’
Challenge Cup) and New College, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd
Suffolks, 15 May, 1897, and promoted Lieut. 24 June, 1899, Capt. 15
March, 1905, and Major, Nov. 1914; served in the South African War,
1899–1902, being employed with the Mounted Infantry; took part in
the operations in Cape Colony, south of the Orange River, 1899–1900,
including action at Colesberg (1–6 Jan.); in the Orange Free State,
April and May, 1900; in the Transvaal, May and June, 1900, including
actions near Johannesburg and Pretoria; in the Orange River Colony,
May to 29 Nov. 1900; in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. to Dec. 1900; and in
the Orange River Colony, Jan. 1901, to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal
with three clasps and King’s medal with two clasps); seconded for
service with the West African Frontier Force, 16 Sept. 1905; served
with the Sierra Leone Battn. at Freetown and in the bush under Major
Palmer until 26 Oct. 1909; then returned to England and rejoined the
2nd Suffolks, but in Aug. 1910, he again went to West Africa, and
on 1 April, 1913, was promoted Tempy. Lieut.-Col. He died at Bare,
Cameroons, West Africa, 5 March, 1915, of wounds received at Stoebel’s
Farm on the previous day. Buried at Bare. Describing the action, an
officer wrote: “On 4 March, 1915, I was with the advanced guard, which
the colonel was commanding, and we came under a very hot fire--he, his
Adjutant and myself being all together for about half an hour. He then
ordered me to take our Maxim gun back a little way, and came with me to
select a new position for it. After this he left me and went forward to
the right under a very heavy fire to make further dispositions, and I
lost sight of him; but about five minutes later his Adjutant ran past
me and called out that he himself was hit in the face and that the
Colonel had been shot in the side.” He _m._ Maude Aileen, dau. of
the late Col. Hanley, R.E.; _s.p._
[Illustration: =George Pope Newstead.=]
=NEWTH, WALTER JOSEPH=, Trooper, No. 11/495 2nd Queen Alexandra’s
Squadron, Wellington Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force,
5th _s._ of George Charles Newth, of Sandy Farm, Luckington,
Chippenham, Wilts, Farmer, by his wife, Charlotte Mary, dau. of J. H.
Harris; _b._ Sandy Farm, Luckington, Chippenham, co. Wilts, 23
April, 1891; educ. Village School there; left home in July, 1912, to
take up farming in New Zealand; volunteered on the outbreak of war and
enlisted Sept. 1914; left with 2nd reinforcements, and was killed in
action at Gallipoli, 27 Aug. 1915; _unm._
=NEWTON, ERNEST=, Armourer’s Crew, M. 2643, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=NEWTON, FREDERICK=, L.-Corpl., No. 9311, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards; _b._ Warwick; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders; died at Coulommieres, 9 Sept. 1914, of wounds
received in action. Buried in Cemetery there; _unm._
=NEWTON, GEORGE HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6696), S.S. 968, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=NEWTON, WILLIAM HENRY=, Gunner, R.M.A., 13524, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NIBLETT, HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, 225960, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=NICHOLL, CHRISTOPHER BENONI=, Lieut., 5th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, yst. _s._ of the late Rev. Edward Powell Nicholl,
of Ogmore, Manitou, Manitoba; formerly vicar of Ascott-sub-Wychwood,
co. Oxon, and recently Incumbent of Mission of St. Luke, Pembina
Crossing, Manitoba, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of John Jenkyns, of
Llanblethian, Glamorgan, and grandson of the late Right Hon. John
Nicholl, of Merthyr Mawr, co. Glamorgan; _b._ Leighton Buzzard, co.
Bedford, 15 Dec. 1881; educ. Manitoba Public Schools, and St. John’s
Collegiate School, Winnipeg; was a Chemist; received a commission as
Lieut. in the 16th Saskatchewan Light Horse, Nov. 1911; and on the
outbreak of war at once volunteered for Imperial service, and was
appointed Lieut. 5th Battn. 22 Sept. 1914; came over with the first
contingent in Oct. following; went to France, 25 May, and died in
No. 3 Casualty Clearing Hospital, Bailleul, 30 July, 1915, of wounds
received on the 29th, when on night patrol near Ploegsteert, examining
the wire entanglements in front of the trenches; _unm._ In the Battn.
journal his comrades wrote of him: “A quiet and unostentatious officer
was Lieut. Nicholl. But he was one whose conscience was keen for good
service ... those who were privileged to know him knew an honest heart
and a nature entirely true and faithful.”
[Illustration: =Christopher B. Nicholl.=]
=NICHOLAS, GEORGE ARTHUR=, No. 2101, A Coy., 1/4th Battn. Royal
Sussex Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of James Nicholas, of Limehurst
Lodge, Haywards Heath, Gardener, by his wife, Ruth Mary, dau. of George
Mitchell; _b._ Wivelsfield, co. Sussex, 31 May. 1895; educ. St.
Wilfred’s School, Haywards Heath; was a Butcher’s Assistant, enlisted
31 Aug. 1914; left with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 16 July,
1915, and was killed in action in Gallipoli, 11 Sept. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =George Arthur Nicholas.=]
=NICHOLAS, ROBERT STANLEY=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., 1871), late
Ch./12017, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NICHOLLS, HARRY=, Chief Armourer, 151366, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NICHOLLS, HENRY ARTHUR=, Private, No. 8777, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of the late James Nicholls, of Birmingham; _b._
Birmingham. 19 Feb. 1895; educ. Highfield Road School there; enlisted
30 June, 1910, served three years with the Colours, and then entered
the employ of the G.W.R. as a carman. On the declaration of war, 5
Aug. 1914, he was called up, went to the Front with his regt. and
served through the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Aisne and the
Marne, and all the severe fighting from 26 Oct. to 20 Nov. when in the
words of the Brigadier-General Commanding the 4th (Guards) Brigade,
“the Coldstreams held their line intact under hardships and strain
that it is impossible to describe.” During these four weeks they had
occupied trenches dug on a hill full of natural springs, and which
were “undrainable, and constantly full of water above the knee for 23
days. The gale of about 2 Nov. cleared the wood in which they were,
of every particle of cover, the trees having been all pierced through
by shrapnel and bullets. Hand grenades thrown at them were, on one
occasion when they did not explode, picked up and hurled back again,
and they finally rejoined the Brigade on the right flank of this part
of the British line on 17 Nov. in as good heart as the day they left
England.” On 20 Nov. they were withdrawn for a short rest, but were
soon back in the firing line and Nicholls died of wounds received in
action the same day at La Bassée, 31 Jan. 1915, and was buried in
Cuinchy Churchyard. He _m._ at Walworth, London, 29 June, 1913,
Helen Adelaide (119, Albany Road, Camberwell, S.E.), dau. of (--) Ware,
and had a dau., Phyllis May, _b._ 30 April, 1914.
[Illustration: =Henry Arthur Nicholls.=]
=NICHOLLS, JOHN WILLIAM ERNEST=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26610, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=NICHOLLS, WILLIAM CHARLES=, Private, No. 19427, 1st Battn.
The Welsh Regt., _s._ of William Charles Nicholls, Sailor;
_b._ Penzance, 7 Dec. 1880; educ. National School there, enlisted
following the outbreak of war, 15 Nov. 1914, served in France with the
Expeditionary Force, and was killed at Zillebeke, 25 May, 1915. He
_m._ at Penzance, 22 Sept. 1901, Alice Maud, dau. of George James
Pidwell, and had six sons: William Charles, _b._ 4 Nov. 1901;
George James, _b._ 30 Jan. 1905; Richard John, _b._ 26 Oct.
1907; Stephen, _b._ 18 Nov. 1909; Arthur Reginald, _b._ 26
Nov. 1912; and Edward Harvey, _b._ 22 Oct. 1914.
=NICHOLLS, WILLIAM JAMES=, Chief Stoker, 170482, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=NICHOLSON, ARTHUR KNIGHT=, 2nd Lieut., 18th (Queen Mary’s Own)
Hussars, only _s._ of Herbert Nicholson, of Ridborough Hall,
Tunbridge Wells, J.P., C.C., by his wife, Stella, dau. of Edward W.
Knight; _b._ Helena, Montana, U.S.A., 6 Oct. 1893; educ. St.
Andrew’s, Harrow, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 18th Hussars, 22
Jan. 1913; went to France, Aug. 1914; and was killed in action at St.
Eloi, 31 Oct. following. Buried near Chateau Hollebeke; _unm._
=NICHOLS, WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class, 310744, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NICHOLS, WILLIAM HENRY=, Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 4613), 173115,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NICHOLSON, BASIL LEE=, Lieut., 3rd Staffordshire Battery, North
Midland Brigade, R.F.A. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Sir Arthur Nicholson,
of Highfield Hall, Leek, co. Stafford, J.P., C.C., by his wife,
Marianne Lee, dau. of Robert Falkner, of Kersal; _b._ Highfield
Hall, 24 Oct. 1890; educ. Malvern, Rugby, and afterwards in Germany and
Switzerland, joined the Territorial Force shortly after its formation,
served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was
killed in the trenches near Ypres, while making observations, 24 July,
1915; _unm._ He was buried in the Dranoutre Churchyard. Col. Sir
Hill Child, Bart., wrote: “He was shot through the head this afternoon,
when on duty as observing officer in the trenches. His brother (who was
wounded the previous Wednesday) is quite heart-broken, as indeed we all
are. I have always considered your two sons the two best young officers
in my brigade.” His two brothers, Capt. A. Falkner Nicholson and Capt.
Malcolm Nicholson, are both (1916) serving with the R.F.A.
[Illustration: =Basil Lee Nicholson.=]
=NICHOLSON, DAVID BEVERIDGE=, Private, No. 3035, 1/5th Battn.
(Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles) Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.) (T.F.),
2nd _s._ of Rev. Thomas Brown Nicholson, of Chalmers Street,
Dunfermline, Minister of the United Free Church of Scotland, M.A.,
by his wife, Barbara Stevenson, dau. of the late David Beveridge,
of Kingskettle; _b._ Hamilton, co. Lanark, 22 Dec. 1895; educ.
Dunfermline High School, and was afterwards engaged as an apprentice
with Oliver Melville, Robb & Scott, Electrical Engineers, Dunfermline
and Kirkcaldy. In Dec. 1914 he enlisted in the Queen’s Edinburgh
Rifles, and was chosen as one of a draft in May, 1915, to go to
Gallipoli to strengthen the 5th Royal Scots, reaching there just before
the heavy fighting in which that regt. so distinguished itself. He took
part in the famous charge of 28 June, 1915, and was thereafter reported
missing, until 7 March, 1916, when he was posted as killed in action;
_unm._ A comrade wrote: “I knew him well and I was much attached
to the young lad. We had talks together and shared our dug-outs
together often and on the awful day, we went over the parapet together.
I was wounded in the attack and he went on, so, of course, from that
time I knew nothing further. I shall ever treasure the memory of him,
and shall ever think of him as the brave young lad who did not seem
to know fear.” “I have put my faith in God, and am ready for whatever
happens,” he wrote, in one of his last letters.
[Illustration: =David B. Nicholson.=]
=NICHOLSON, JOHN BEVERIDGE=, Private, No. 2253, 1/4th (City of
Dundee) Battn. The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) (T.F.), eldest
_s._ of the Rev. Thomas Brown Nicholson, M.A., Minister of
the Chalmers Street United Free Church, Dumfermline, by his wife,
Barbara Stevenson, dau. of the late David Beveridge, of Kingskettle,
Manufacturer; _b._ Hamilton, 24 May, 1894; educ. High School,
Dumfermline; was a journalist and a member of the literary Staff of
John Leng & Co., Dundee; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined
the 1/4th Black Watch, 10 Aug. 1914; left for France on Tuesday, 23
Feb. 1915, and was killed in action near Festubert, 12 July following,
being shot by a sniper while repairing the trenches at midnight.
Buried, Grave No. 7, Row H, Sheet, France, Bethune, Square R. 32d.
7.5; _unm._ Capt. E. Leslie Boase, commanding D Coy. to which he
belonged (himself killed in France in Aug. 1916), wrote: “He was to
me not only a comrade-in-arms, but also a friend. I have known young
Nicholson to volunteer for a very dangerous bit of work, and keep at it
unflinchingly till finished without, so to speak, turning a hair. He
went at Neuve Chapelle twice with me, his Capt., on quite a dangerous
errand of mercy--voluntarily, and if anything had been necessary to
assure me of his bravery, I had it then. His death came like a cruel
blow to me.” A comrade, L-Corpl. W. C. Andrews, wrote: “There was not
a man in the platoon who was not his friend. I knew him and liked him
in civilian days, but it was out here, amid hardships and dangers,
that I learned how splendid in manhood he was; how fine and fearless
in thought and act. I never knew him do or say a mean thing. He was
the very soul of chivalry. Long shall we miss his cheery laughter,
his little acts of exquisite courtesy and thoughtfulness.” Another
comrade, L.-Corpl. Joseph Lee, wrote: “He passed to his death in the
fearless manner in which he faced all that was uncongenial to one of
his refined and artistic disposition in our present environment.” The
editor of “Answers,” wrote: “As fine a fellow as ever donned a Black
Watch kilt; he sent home several of the most realistic letters from
the firing-line that have been published since the outbreak of the
war.” And the “Dundee Advertiser” remarked: “It is indeed a singularly
promising career which has been cut short. While yet a mere boy, he
had acquired a bright, clear and forcible style of writing; he had
both fancy and wit; he had read much and felt a keen interest in all
human affairs. His achievement already was considerable, and there can
be no doubt that, with matured powers and wider experience, he would
have attained distinction as a journalist and writer of fiction. Some
of his poems written at the Front have won high praise from qualified
critics for their fine feeling and delicate phrasing, while his prose
descriptions of battlefield scenes are full of vigour.” Among his
writings may be mentioned his recruiting appeal “A call from the
trenches,” which was printed in pamphlet form and given away by the
military authorities in street distribution; some charming verses
entitled “On hearing a lark singing at dawn in the trenches,” and a
poem of singular beauty, “The Crucifix,” which has been widely cited
and which would alone suffice to stamp the writer as a poet of a very
high order. His brother David was also killed in action (see his
notice).
[Illustration: =John Beveridge Nicholson.=]
=NICHOLSON, JOHN CHARLES=, Private, No. 10347, 3rd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of John William Nicholson, of 15, Villa
Terrace, Alexandra Street, Hull; _b._ co. York; served with
the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action at
Zillebeke, 19 Nov. 1914; _unm._ Buried there.
=NICHOLSON, LAWRENCE CAIL, D.S.O.=, Lieut., 3rd, attd. 1st. Battn.
Princess Charlotte of Wales’ Royal Berkshire Regt., 4th _s._
of Frederick William Nicholson, of Shiplake, Henley-on-Thames, by
his wife, Annie, dau. of Benjamin Cail, of Maidenhead; _b._
Maidenhead, co. Berks, 30 Aug. 1882; educ. Uppingham; was embodied with
Militia 1 year 38 days, and attd. to Regulars 362 days; served in South
African War with Mounted Infantry, 1899–1901; was gazetted 2nd Lieut.,
14th (King’s) Hussars, 26 March, 1902, and promoted Lieut. 24 Jan.
1905; retired and joined the Special Reserve of Officers; appointed
Lieut., 3rd Berkshire Regt., 28 July, 1914; went to France, 30 Aug.
1914, attd. to the 1st Battn.; “led and commanded his platoon admirably
during an attack on German position Passchendaele-Becelaere Road, which
resulted in the taking of the enemy’s trenches and 70 prisoners,” for
which he was awarded the D.S.O. [London Gazette, 1 Dec. 1914]; was
wounded in action near Ypres, 23 Oct. 1914, and died of wounds in
London. 2 Nov. following; _unm._
[Illustration: =Lawrence Cail Nicholson.=]
=NICHOLSON, LEONARD SAMPSON=, 2nd Lieut., 1/12th Battn. (The
Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of John Nicholson, of
Tanshelf Mills, Pontefract, co. York, Matting Manufacturer, by his
wife, Elizabeth (West View, Ackworth Road. Pontefract), dau. of Leonard
Sampson, of Humburton Grange, Boro’bridge, Yorks; _b._ Pontefract,
14 July, 1890; educ. King’s School, Pontefract; on leaving school he
entered a wholesale iron and steel business in London; became a member
of the Polytechnic, and in March, 1909, joined The Rangers; volunteered
for Imperial service on the outbreak of war, and left for France
with his battn. on Christmas Eve, 1914, holding the rank of Platoon
Sergt.; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 14 April, 1915. He was killed in action
at Verlorenhoek, during the Second Battle of Ypres, 2 May following.
His Commanding Officer. Lieut.-Col. A. D. Bayliffe, wrote: “His death
was a great loss to the Rangers; he would have made a very valuable
officer had he been spared.” He was greatly esteemed by his men and,
to quote from a letter written by one of them, “there was not a man in
his platoon who would not have died for him if occasion had arisen. He
faithfully upheld the honour of the British Army, and died doing his
best for King and Country.”
[Illustration: =Leonard S. Nicholson.=]
=NICKLIN, GEORGE=, Acting Chief Armourer, 342117, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=NICOL, ALEXANDER=, 2nd Lieut., 1/5th Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders (T.F.), 4th _s._ of the late John S. Nicol, of 85,
Brisbane Street, Greenock, Coal Merchant, by his wife, Agnes Berwick,
eldest dau. of the late Charles Mill, of Greenock, Shipowner; _b._
Greenock. 5 Nov. 1893; educ. Greenock Academy; was qualifying as a
C.A. with Messrs. Kidston, Goff & Findlay, C.A., Glasgow. He received
a commission as 2nd Lieut., 1/5th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders,
16 Jan. 1914; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of
war; went to the Dardanelles in June, 1915, and was killed in action
during the attack on the Krithia-Achi Baba position, Gallipoli, 12 July
following; _unm._ Two of his brothers, Capt. C. M. Nicol, R.A.M.C.
(Regular Army prior to outbreak of war), and Lieut. John E. Nicol,
R.N.V.R., are (1916) on active service.
=NICOL, FRANK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7237), S.S.
102206, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NICOL, HUGH JOHN=, Sergt., No. 741, 1/4th Battn. The Royal
Scots (Lothian Regt.) (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the late John Nicol,
of Edinburgh, Principal Stamper, Inland Revenue, by his wife, Ann S.
(1c, Maxwell Street, Edinburgh), dau. of John McIntosh, of 2, Bangholm
Terrace, Edinburgh; _b._ Edinburgh, 11 Nov. 1889; educ. South
Morningside Board School there; and was in the office of the Assistant
Secretary and Comptroller, Inland Revenue, Edinburgh. He had joined
the 4th (Territorial) Battn. of the Royal Scots in 1909, and after
the outbreak of war volunteered for Imperial service; went to the
Dardanelles with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force and was killed
in action there, 28 June, 1915; _unm._ He was a member of St.
Matthew’s Parish Church, Edinburgh. His brothers, Corpl. David Nicol,
No. 13266, Cameron Highlanders, and L.-Corpl. William C. Nicol, No.
4130 (Highlanders) Royal Scots, are both on active service.
[Illustration: =Hugh John Nicol.=]
=NICOL, WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14678 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NICOLSON, JOHN=, Private, No. 2283, 2nd Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, 4th _s._ of John Nicolson, of 5, Lower Ollach,
Braes, Portree, Skye, Crofter, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of John
Ross, of Camusknioag; _b._ Braes, aforesaid, 15 July, 1896; educ.
Braes Public School, and Portree Higher Grade School, Skye; went
to Australia, 3 May, 1914; volunteered for Imperial service on the
outbreak of war, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles between 6
and 9 Aug. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Nicolson.=]
=NIGHTINGALE, WILLIAM ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., I.C. 84), 140682,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=NILSON, CECIL EDGAR=, Private, No. 2063, D Coy. 3rd Battn. (Royal
Fusiliers) London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Julius Nilson, of 12,
Welham Road, Streatham, S.W., Organ Tuner, by his wife, Emma Annie,
dau. of the late William Goodwin Brightling, of Kennington, S.E.;
_b._ Kennington, 19 Aug. 1894; educ. L.C.C. School, Mitcham Lane,
Streatham; was employed by Liberty & Co.; enlisted on the outbreak of
war, 31 Aug. 1914; was terribly wounded in action, 24 Feb. 1915, and
died in a Clearing Hospital at Merville, France, the same evening;
_unm._ Buried in the cemetery there. A comrade wrote: “I am very
sorry to inform you that our comrade Nilson got wounded on a working
party the other day. We were out at a place which is named by our
troops as ..., and I can assure you it was a perfect hell. The Germans
had a machine-gun trained upon the gates and at night to get to our
duty posts we had to dodge a perfect fusilade of shot. In front of our
post one could see two dead cows which could not be buried owing to the
terrific danger, and it was at this place when our friend Nilson was
shot. We were working at night strengthening a trench when the Germans
sent up a very brilliant star shell followed by heavy fire.... The
Leicesters with whom we were working informed me that they had never
seen a man bear such pain so bravely; the shot entered his back and
went through his stomach.”
=NIXON, FRANCIS EUGENE ARCHER=, Ship’s Steward, 219829, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=NIXON, GERARD FERRERS=, Lieut., 129th Battery, Royal Field
Artillery, yst. _s._ of Major-Gen. Arundel James Nixon, of Clone,
Ballyragget, co. Kilkenny, D.L., late R.A., by his wife, Maria Lucy,
dau. of the late John Laurence, D.L.; _b._ Stoke, Devonport,
25 Jan. 1891; educ. Cheltenham College and Royal Military Academy,
Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut., R.F.A., 23 Dec. 1910, and promoted
Lieut. 23 Dec 1913; left for France, Aug. 1914, and was killed in
action near Neuve Chapelle, 24 Oct. following. Buried Fauquissart, in
an orchard in the Rue de Bacquerot; _unm._ The Officer commanding
his battery wrote: “It is a very great sorrow indeed to us all that we
have lost him. Officers and men were devoted to him. He was a gallant
little fellow and a first-class officer.” He was mentioned in Sir
John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, for gallant and
distinguished conduct in the field. He was a keen sportsman; rode very
well and was very good at all games.
[Illustration: =Gerard Ferrers Nixon.=]
=NIXON, WILLIAM=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26752 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=NOBBS, WILLIAM ROBERT=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2282A, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NOBLE, CHARLES CRAWFORD=, Private, No. 6/698, 13th Canterbury
and Westland Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of
George Noble, of Blue Spur, Hokitika, New Zealand, Gold Miner, by his
wife, Jeannie A. S., dau. of Alexander Walker, of Strichen; _b._
Fraserburgh, 31 Jan. 1887; educ. All Saints’ School, Strichen; went
to New Zealand, 7 May, 1906; volunteered and joined the New Zealand
Expeditionary Force, after the outbreak of war, 17 Aug. 1914; left
for Egypt with the main body in Oct.; took part in the landing at the
Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and died on board H.M.S. Royal George, 12
May following, of wounds received in action at Cape Helles on the 8th;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Charles C. Noble.=]
=NOBLE, CORNELIUS=, Private, No. 1856, 5th Battn. Northumberland
Fusiliers (T.F.), yst. _s._ of John Noble, of 310, Church
Street, Walker, co. Northumberland, by his wife. Alice; _b._
Walker, 7 June, 1895; educ. West Walker Council Schools; joined the
5th Northumberland Fusiliers, 1 June, 1913; volunteered for Imperial
service, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 20 April, 1915, and was killed in
action 24 May, 1915, during the Second Battle of Ypres, 24 May, 1915.
Buried, Boulogne; _unm._
[Illustration: =Cornelius Noble.=]
=NOBLE, GEORGE=, Private, No. 6507, 1st Battn. Royal West Kent
Regt., _s._ of Thomas Noble, of 25, Sigismund Street, Blackwall;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died 26 Nov. 1914,
of wounds received in action.
=NOBLE, GEORGE=, Driver, No. 8125, 1st Battn. Royal West Kent
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action
28 Oct. 1914; _m._
=NOBLE, JACK EDWARD=, Private, No. 15184, 3rd Battn. Middlesex
Regt., _s._ of George Noble, of High Wycombe, Bucks; served with
the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 21 March, 1915.
=NOBLE, ROBERT=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., B. 4521), 171089,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NOBLE, THOMAS=, of Aberdeen, lost when the mine-sweeping trawler
No. 61 (Crathie, of Aberdeen) was sunk by a mine, Aug. 1914.
=NOEL, HERBERT BISHOP=, C.E.R.A., 2nd Class (Pensioner), 269614,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NOLAN, MYLES PATRICK=, Private, No. 2754, 2nd Battn. 8th
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the late William Nolan, of
Fulham, by his wife, Catherine, dau. of Michael (and Mary) Murphy, of
Dublin; _b._ Fulham, S.W., 3 June, 1897; educ. Council School
there; was an Assistant Engineer, P.O. Telegraph; joined the 10th
Middlesex Territorials in June, 1912; volunteered for foreign service,
Aug. 1914; was transferred to the 2/8th Middlesex, and was drafted to
Gibraltar, Sept. 1914, returning to England, Feb. 1915; went to France,
8 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Rye, France, 21 Oct. 1915,
being shot by a sniper; _unm._ Letters from his officers speak of
him as a good soldier and a general favourite.
=NOOTT, MERVYN=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. The Buffs (East Kent
Regt.), yst. _s._ of William Mathias Noott, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.,
L.S.A., and his wife, Louisa (Upton Lodge, St. Peter’s, Thanet),
eldest dau. of the late Sir Alfred Hickman, 1st Bart., M.P.; _b._
Kensington Park Road, London, 19 May, 1890; educ. Mr. Edminson’s,
Tan-y-bryn, Llandudno, and Fauconberg School, Beccles; joined the 3rd
(Special Reserve) Battn. The Buffs as 2nd Lieut. 15 March, 1911, and
promoted Lieut. 20 Jan. 1913; passed into the Regulars as 2nd Lieut.,
1st Buffs, 24 May, 1913; left for France, 16 Sept. 1914; and was
killed in action at Radinghem Wood, near Lille, 20 Oct. following;
_unm._ Capt. R. Bright wrote: “Your son was killed in action
on the 20th. He was gallantly leading his men under heavy fire, and
every one who was near him cannot speak too highly of his conduct. I
cannot tell you how sorry I am to lose him, and how I feel for you
in your loss. But he died gallantly and knew nothing of being hit,
being killed instantaneously. He was a good soldier and thoroughly
popular with both officers and men, and we can ill afford to lose him.”
Major (Brig.-Gen.) E. H. Finch-Hatton, D.S.O., wrote: “There is one
thing that I can bear witness to, and that is a more noble and more
chivalrous boy has never fallen on the field of battle. His enthusiasm
and his sense of duty and chivalry were quite out of the ordinary. He
was more like a knight of old, and it is such as he who have made the
glory of the British Army to be what it is to-day--the wonder and the
admiration of the world.” And L.-Corpl. Kisby wrote: “The platoon would
have followed him anywhere. Yes, every man was devoted to him. He won
this by his many acts of kindness and cheerfulness, and, above all,
they had a great respect for him as a brave man, for undoubtedly he
knew no fear.” He had taken a flying certificate and hoped to join the
Royal Flying Corps.
[Illustration: =Mervyn Noott.=]
=NORLEY, SIDNEY HENRY=, Acting Chief Stoker, 195527, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NORMAN, ALBERT EDMUND=, Capt., 3rd (Reserve) Battn. East Surrey
Regt., attd. Army Cyclist Corps, yst. _s._ of the late Henry
Alexander Norman, of Croydon, by his wife, Annie, dau. of (--) Roberts;
_b._ Croydon, 7 April, 1875; educ. Whitgift Middle School,
Croydon; was in a Bank; received a commission as 2nd Lieut. in 1st Vol.
Battn. Royal West Surrey Regt. 7 Jan. 1905; gazetted Lieut., 3rd East
Surreys, 11 Sept. 1914; attd. Army Cyclist Corps, 1 Dec. following;
promoted Capt. 24 March, 1915, and went to France 27 March, and died in
hospital at Merville, 11 May, 1915, of wounds received in the advance
against the Aubers Ridge on the 9th. Buried at Merville. The N.C.Os.
and men of his company erected a stone to his memory. A comrade wrote:
“He very much distinguished himself in offering to take a despatch
message under heavy fire. He was successful in getting it through, but
was wounded on returning to Headquarters.” He was mentioned in Sir John
(now Lord) French’s Despatch of 30 Nov. 1915 [London Gazette, 1 Jan.
1916]. He _m._ at Croydon, 5 Jan. 1905, Linda Burnell, dau. of the
late William Bust Turner, of Croydon, Surrey; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Albert Edmund Norman.=]
=NORMAN, EDWARD=, A.B., 226971, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action
off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=NORMAN, ERRINGTON HOUNSOME=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9676), S.S. 2428,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NORMAN, ROBERT=, Private, No. 2200, A Coy., 4th Battn. Suffolk
Regt., _s._ of Robert Norman, Sailor; _b._ Ipswich, 18 Oct.
1882; educ. St. Clement’s School, Ipswich; was a Labourer at Paul’s
Barley Factory, Ipswich; volunteered and enlisted in Sept. 1914; went
to France, 6 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle,
11 March, 1915. Capt. S. L. Brown wrote: “Your husband was a soldier
from head to foot, and an Englishman, and the example he set to the
younger men was grand--I shall never have a better man to go with me
anywhere. It may, perhaps, be a little comfort to you to know that his
death was instantaneous: a soldier’s death without pain.” He _m._
at St. Helen’s Church, Ipswich, 25 Dec. 1906, Alice Maud (50, Rosebery
Road, Ipswich), dau. of George (and Ellen) Prebble, of Ipswich, and had
three children: Robert William, _b._ 14 Sept. 1907; Arthur George,
_b._ 31 May, 1913; and Elsie May, _b._ 6 Nov. 1900.
=NORMAN, ROBERT=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., I.C. 35), 186027, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=NORMANLY, MARTIN=, Private, No. 9791, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Thomas Normanly, of Montuaigh, Curry, co. Sligo,
Farmer, by his wife, Bridget, dau. of Thomas Gallagher; _b._
Montuaigh, Curry, afsd. 14 Oct. 1892; educ. National School there; was
a Coal Miner; joined the Coldstreams in Oct. 1912; went to France, 12
Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Mons, on the 25th; _unm._
=NORRIS, GEORGE CROSSLEY=, Deckhand, No. 207 D.A., Trawler
Section, R.N.R.; lost when the mine-sweeping trawler No. 61 called
“Crathie” (Thomas W. Irvine, of North Shields) was sunk by a mine, Aug.
1914.
=NORRIS, OSWALD MARK=, Private, No. 61221, 1st Canterbury
Infantry, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th _s._ and yst.
child of Thomas C. Norris, of Christchurch, J.P., late Secretary and
Treasurer to North Canterbury Hospital Board, by his wife, Mary;
_b._ Christchurch, New Zealand, 15 June, 1892; educ. Christ’s
College, Canterbury, New Zealand, after which he took up sheep farming
in Hawkes Bay, and while there joined the local Regt. of Mounted
Rifles, in which he was a corpl. when war broke out. He volunteered
for Imperial service, 12 Oct. 1914; left for Egypt with the main body;
took part in the repulse of the Turkish attack on the Suez Canal in
Feb. 1915, and was killed in action during the landing at Gebe Tepe,
Gallipoli, 25 April, 1915; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “In our camp
life your son’s sterling qualities and high principles made him very
popular. The memory of your son Oswald--a brave and true man--will
ever remain dear to us”; and another: “He was a favourite among all,
and everybody admired his strength of character and his great lovable
disposition.”
[Illustration: =Oswald Mark Norris.=]
=NORRIS, REGINALD HAYDEN=, Corpl., No. 9096, 2nd Battn. The King’s
Own Royal Lancaster Regt., _s._ of William Norris, of 6, Pleasant
Place, Chalvey, by his wife, Mary Ann; _b._ Chalvey, Slough, 8
March, 1889; educ. Board School there; enlisted 22 Oct. 1906; left for
France, 20 Sept., and was killed in action at Metrean, 13 Oct. 1914.
Buried there. He _m._ at Scotforth, Lancaster, 25 Dec. 1913,
Helena Eleanor (12, Abbey Terrace, Scotforth, Lancaster), dau. of
Joseph Kendall, of Scotforth; _s.p._
=NORRIS, ROBERT=, Engine Room Artificer, 2nd Class, No. Ch.
149732, R.N., _s._ of Robert Norris; _b._ Chatham, co. Kent,
22 Aug. 1866; educ. St. Paul’s School there; joined the Navy, 23 May,
1889; served in South African War (medal), and on H.M.S. Cressy, and
was lost when that ship was sunk in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914;
_unm._ He had the Long Service and Good Conduct medal.
=NORRIS, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 10734, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, yst. _s._ of Joseph Norris, of 35, Albert Road, Tamworth,
Warwick, Carpenter (a native of Lancashire), by his wife, Elizabeth,
dau. of David Marney, of Melbourne, Victoria; _b._ Melbourne, 28
Nov. 1893, came to England with his parents when two years of age, and
was educ. at Tamworth Council School; was employed as a Platelayer on
the L. &. N.W. Railway; enlisted in May, 1914, and was killed in action
at Ypres, 29 Oct. 1914; _unm._
=NORSWORTHY, EDWARD CUTHBERT=, Major, 13th Battn. (Royal
Highlanders of Canada), 3rd Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force,
eldest _s._ of James Counter Norsworthy, of Ingersoll, P. Ontario,
Canada, by his wife, Mary Jane, eldest dau. of Alexander Cuthbert, of
Ingersoll, and gdson. of John Norsworthy, of the Parish of Widdicombe,
co. Devon, England (who went to Canada in 1852); _b._ Ingersoll
afsd., 29 May, 1879; killed in action in the Battle of Langemarck on
22 May, 1915; educ. Ingersoll and St. Thomas’ Public Schools, from
which he passed to the Upper Canada College, and thence matriculated
to McGill University, at which time he won the Governor-General’s
gold medal for mathematics. He subsequently became registered as a
Student of the Institute of Actuaries of Great Britain along with his
younger brother Stanley. At the examination held that year, there
were thirty-six candidates writing in the Dominion; of this number
five were successful, including Major Norsworthy and his brother.
In his student days he had been connected with the Cadet Corps at
St. Thomas’ Collegiate Institute, and the Upper Canada College Rifle
Corps. Deciding to adopt a career in the financial world, he obtained
a position with Messrs. G. A. Stimson & Co., of Toronto, and in 1901
he opened an office in Montreal as Manager for the Dominion Securities
Corporation. He joined the 5th Royal Highlanders as a subaltern,
shortly after his arrival there, and after passing his examination
at St. John’s (Quebec) Military School, he became Capt. in 1905, and
Adjutant three years later, and Major in 1909. On the outbreak of war,
Major Norsworthy volunteered his services, and helped to organise
the 13th Battn. for active service, and accompanied it to Europe as
Senior Major and Second in Command. While in England, he was offered
an appointment with Sir Max Aitken, the Canadian “Eye Witness,” but
preferred to remain with his regt.; _unm._ On 22 April, 1915, the
Germans, using virulent and asphyxiating gasses for the first time,
were able to overcome a portion of the French troops adjoining our
line. In the words of Sir John French’s Despatch of 15 June, 1915: “The
left flank of the Canadian Division was thus left dangerously exposed
to serious attack in flank, and there appeared to be a prospect of
their being overwhelmed, and of a successful attempt by the Germans
to cut off the British troops occupying the salient to the east. In
spite of the danger to which they were exposed, the Royal Highlanders
of Canada held their ground with a magnificent display of tenacity and
courage; and it is not too much to say that the bearing and conduct
of these splendid troops averted a disaster which might have been
attended with the most serious consequences.” The 13th Battn. (5th
Royal Highlanders) were the first Canadian troops to meet a charge
of the Germans, and notwithstanding they were greatly outnumbered,
and were being attacked in flank in their dug-outs, Major Norsworthy
skilfully led his men out to the Ypres-Poelcapelle Road, manning the
road ditches facing the advancing Germans, and heroically holding their
position, and refusing to give one inch of ground, thereby setting the
pace for the whole division. Major Norsworthy’s part in the action was
thus described by one of the privates present: “After having remained
in the dug-outs for about one hour, with our throats parched and our
eyes watering, caused by the gas, we could see that the Germans had
broken our lines. It was reported to Major Norsworthy, and he gave
the order to ‘stand to’ which we were waiting anxiously to do, and he
led us out to the Ypres-Poelcapelle Road. It was not long before they
began to pick our boys off. Major Norsworthy was hit in the neck by
a bullet, but it did not stop him from walking up and down our line,
encouraging our men to hold fast. It was not until he received the
second bullet that he had to give in and lie down. We bound him up as
well as we could, but the second wound was serious, and he died about
three-quarters of an hour after.” Another private who was with Major
Norsworthy said: “As we advanced out of our dug-outs and trenches--that
were being enfiladed--we met a perfect storm of shell and rifle
bullets, when some inclinations of hesitancy and flinching were shown.
Seeing this, Major Norsworthy sprang to the front and called out,
‘Come on, men, remember that we are Canadians and all the eyes of
Canada are upon us.’ His action and words steadied those that were
wavering, and we all followed him with a wild cheer, and advanced to
the Ypres-Poelcapelle Road ditches--facing the advancing Germans--which
gave us some little protection, and we stuck it there to the last man.”
The following are extracts spoken to the first Canadian Division after
the twelve days and nights of fighting included in the period from 22
of April to the 4th of May, 1915; “I tell you truly that my heart is
so full I hardly know how to speak to you. It is full of sorrow for
the loss of those comrades of ours who have gone, and pride in what
the first Canadian Division has done. I think it is possible that you
do not all of you quite realise that if we had retired in the evening
of 22 April, when our Allies fell back before the gas and left our
left flank quite open, the whole of the 27th and 28th Division would
probably have been cut off. This is what our Commander-in-Chief meant
when he telegraphed as he did: ‘The Canadians saved the situation.’
My lads, if ever men have had a right to be praised in this work, you
have.” Major Norsworthy was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord)
French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant and distinguished
service in the field.
[Illustration: =Edward C. Norsworthy.=]
=NORTH, ARTHUR=, Sergt., No. G. 582, 9th (Service) Battn. East
Kent Regt.; died in Dover Military Hospital, 4 June, 1915; _m._
=NORTH, FREDERICK ALBERT=, Sergt., No. 8010, 2nd Battn. East
Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and
Flanders; died 3 April, 1915, of wounds received in action; _m._
=NORTH, CHARLES NAPIER=, Major, 5th Field Coy. Royal Engineers,
eldest _s._ of the late Col. Roger North, R.A., by his wife Fanny
Ellen (Briarwood, Camberley), dau. of Stephen Beeching, of Tunbridge
Wells; _b._ Bristol, 16 Aug. 1874; educ. Radley College, where
he gained the Heathcote Mathematical Scholarship, and the Royal
Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.E. 10 Feb. 1893,
and promoted Lieut. 10 Feb. 1896, Capt. 1 April, 1904, and Major,
25 July, 1913; served (1) in the South African War, 1899–1902, took
part in the operations in the Orange Free State, March to May 1900,
in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, Aug. to Nov. 1900, in the Orange
River Colony, May to June 1900, in Cape Colony, south of Orange River,
1899–1900, and in the Transvaal, Orange River Colony and Cape Colony,
1901–2; and was afterwards on the Staff, and from 20 May, 1902 to 7
Aug. 1902, was employed under the Dir. Mil. Intelligence (Queen’s
medal with three clasps and the King’s medal with two clasps); and
(2) with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 15 Aug.
to 1 Nov. 1914, on which latter date he was killed in action near
Zonnebeke, during the First Battle of Ypres, being shot by a sniper
while engaged in inspecting the erection of barbed wire entanglements
in an exposed position. Buried in Zonnebeke Wood, N.E. of Ypres. The
General Officer Commanding, Royal Engineers, 2nd Division, wrote:
“Major North’s death was a severe loss not only to his own company,
but to the Royal Engineers and the service generally, as on several
occasions his devotion to duty and his excellent work had come under my
observation, and I have no doubt his example conduced largely to the
fine performance of the 5th Field Coy.” Major North was mentioned in
Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915. He _m._ at
St. Mary Abbott’s Church, Kensington, 18 Dec. 1913, Norah, dau. of the
late Col. Gribbon, of Inverness Terrace, W., and had a dau. Elizabeth,
_b._ posthumous, 31 March, 1915.
[Illustration: =Charles Napier North.=]
=NORTH, WILLIAM THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2721),
286931, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NORTHCOTT, ALBERT HENRY=, Shipwright, No. Chat. 345561, Royal
Navy, _s._ of Lieut. Albert Northcott, R.N., by his wife,
Mary Elizabeth Swete (4, Springfield Terrace, Elburton Cross, near
Plymouth), dau. of Samuel Tolcher; _b._ Plymouth, co. Devon, 6
April, 1887; educ. Ryders High School, Stoke Devonport; was for some
time a Shipwright Apprentice in Devonport Dockyard; joined the Navy in
1907; served on H.M. ships Cyclops, London, and Cressy; took part in
the Battle of Heligoland, and was lost when the Cressy was torpedoed in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Albert H. Northcott.=]
=NORTHEY, ALFRED=, Lieut., 4th, attd. 3rd, Battn. Worcestershire
Regt., yr. _s._ of the late Rev. Alfred Edward Northey, formerly
Vicar of Rickmansworth, co. Hertford, by his wife, Alice (Lisworney,
Torquay), dau. of Frederick Hatton, and grandson of Lieut.-Col. William
Brook Northey, of The Mount, Sevenoaks, Coldstream Guards, J.P.,
D.L.; _b._ at The Vicarage, Rickmansworth, 10 Sept. 1886; educ.
at Rottingdean, Sherborne School, and the Royal Military College,
Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 4th Worcesters 3 Feb. 1906, and
promoted Lieut. 24 Oct. 1908; joined his battn. at Malta, where he
was stationed until Nov. 1908, when it proceeded to Bareilly, India.
Returning from India on sick leave in Feb. 1911, he was sent to the
Depôt at Worcester, and was there when war broke out. He acted as
Machine-Gun Officer at Tregantle, Cornwall, until 30 Aug. 1914, when he
left for France in charge of a draft, and, after being stationed for
three weeks at St. Nazaire, joined the 3rd Worcesters (7th Brigade, 3rd
Division) at the Front. He was killed in action, 12 Oct. following,
close to Richebourg St. Vaast, while the battn. was fighting its way
through Richebourg to Neuve Chapelle. He was _unm._ His Commanding
Officer wrote: “He was killed whilst leading his men in the attack. He
was killed instantly, and did not suffer. He was a splendid officer,
and can ill be spared. I hope it may be some little comfort to you,
that he died leading his men in the most gallant manner.” He was
mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. [London
Gazette, 17 Feb., 1915.] Lieut. Northey was an excellent musician,
playing both piano and violin; a good all-round sportsman, and very
popular with both officers and men.
[Illustration: =Alfred Northey.=]
=NORTON, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Private, No. 3582, 2nd Battn. (Royal
Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of George Thomas Norton,
of 21, Newman Road, Plaistow, Labourer, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of
William Smith, Master Baker; _b._ Poplar, 7 Dec. 1898; educ. West
Ham; trained in the West Ham Boys’ Naval Brigade for 2½ years under A.
E. Cleave, commanding officer; was employed as a Coppersmith at the
Plaistow Railway Works; volunteered and joined the 2nd Royal Fusiliers,
13 Feb. 1915; went to France, 17 April, and died at No. 2 Casualty
Clearing Station, Bailleul, 6 June, 1915, of a gunshot wound in the
head, received in action, 31 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried in the Civil
Cemetery, Bailleul.
[Illustration: =William George Norton.=]
=NOTTON, HARRY GUY=, A.B., J. 2639, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action
in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NOURISH, THOMAS ALDERMAN=, Private, No. 6118, 3rd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Thomas Nourish, of Highland House,
Kilby Road, Fleckney, Leicester, by his wife, Hannah, dau. of Anthony
Loomes, of North Kilworth; _b._ Illston-on-the-Hill, co.
Leicester, 8 March, 1881; educ. Fleckney Church of England School;
enlisted 23 Feb. 1905; served in Egypt, 29 Sept. 1906 to 29 Jan. 1909;
obtained his discharge and joined the Reserve, 23 Feb. 1908; was called
up on mobilisation in Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary
Force, 12 Aug., and died in No. 4 General Hospital, Boulogne, 4 Nov.
1914, of wounds received in action at Rentel, 29 Oct.; _unm._
Buried in Wimereux Churchyard (Grave No. 21).
[Illustration: =Thomas A. Nourish.=]
=NOVELL, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3819), 189603, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=NUNN, ARTHUR WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, 228989, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=NUNN, FRANK ALFRED=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 7311, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=NUNN, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Leading Cook’s Mate, 347626, H.M.S.
Arethusa; killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=NUNN, MERVYN HENRY=, Lieut.-Col. Commanding 9th (Service) Battn.
Worcestershire Regt., _s._ of William Henry Nunn, of Broadwater
Down, Tunbridge Wells, by his wife, Sophie Caroline, dau. of Major
Richard Rollo Houghton, late of the Buffs; _b._ Woolhampton,
co. Berks, 17 Nov. 1864; educ. Harrow; was gazetted Lieut. to the
Worcestershire Regt. from the Militia, 28 April, 1886, and promoted
Capt. July, 1892, Major 13 Nov. 1901, and Lieut.-Col. 8 Jan. 1915; was
employed with Egyptian Army, 27 Dec. 1896 to 1 Oct. 1897; served in the
Nile Expedition, 1897 (Egyptian medal with clasp, and medal); and in
the South African War, 1902; was in command of the Imperial Yeomanry
Battn., from 26 Feb. 1902; took part in operations in Natal (Queen’s
medal with clasp); retired and joined the Reserve of Officers, 11
April, 1906, but rejoined his old Regt. on the outbreak of war in Aug.
1914; went to the Dardanelles, 24 June, 1915, and was killed in action
at Chunik Bair, 10 Aug. following; _unm._ He was mentioned in Sir
Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 11 Dec. 1915, for gallant and distinguished
service in the field. Col. Nunn was a fine sportsman, a good man to
hounds and a good polo player.
[Illustration: =Mervyn Henry Nunn.=]
=NUTCHER, MONTAGUE CYRIL=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3961), S.S. 1224,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=OAKELEY, FRANCIS ECKLEY=, Lieut., R.N., 5th _s._ of the
late Rev. James Oakeley, Vicar of Holy Trinity, Hereford, by his
wife, Frances E. (Westdale, Chilston, Torquay), dau. of John Eckley,
of Credenhill Park, Hereford; _b._ Hereford, 3 Feb. 1891; educ.
Hereford Cathedral School, Eastman’s, and the Osborne and Dartmouth
Royal Naval Colleges; was one of the second batch of cadets entered
under the “new scheme,” and passed out from Dartmouth, 15 Sept. 1908;
became Midshipman, 15 Sept. 1908, Sub-Lieut. 30 Nov. 1911, and Lieut.
Nov. 1913; served in H.M. ships London (flagship of Rear-Admiral
Startin, Channel Fleet, Sept. 1908); Invincible (Capt. Mark Kerr, 1st
Cruiser Squadron, March, 1909); the Téméraire (1st Battle Squadron,
Nov. 1909); Warrior (2nd Cruiser Squadron, Jan. 1910); Ure (2nd
Destroyer Flotilla, July, 1910); Dreadnought (flagship of Sir William
May, Home Fleet, Sept. 1910); Formidable (Atlantic Fleet, April
to Sept. 1911); Superb (1st Battle Squadron, Nov. 1911); Dolphin
(Portsmouth Submarine Depot for Instruction, Jan. to May, 1913);
and from the last was transferred to H.M.S. Forth at Devonport for
submarines. In Sept. 1913, he returned to Portsmouth on appointment to
the Arrogant for C 7, and after the outbreak of war was appointed to
the Maidstone, additional for D 2. He was lost in D 2 during the last
week in Nov. 1914; _unm._ He was widely known for so junior an
officer on account of his remarkable merit as a Rugby football player.
He was in 1913’s English International Fifteen _v._ Scotland, and
was looked upon as the most promising player of the United Services.
He began playing for the Services First Twenty when he was still a
Midshipman The following season Oakeley and Davis played magnificently
against Ireland at Twickenham, and against Scotland at Inverleith--two
matches that England won. Lieut. Oakeley had two caps against Scotland,
one each against Ireland and France, and he was always on the winning
side. He won the second prize for the cadet competition Sabre v. Sabre
at the Royal Naval and Military Tournament, 1906, and the first prize
cadet competition, Foil _v._ Foil, in the following year.
[Illustration: =Francis Eckley Oakeley.=]
=OAKES, ALEXANDER MONTAGUE=, Private, No. 11, 19th Battn. 5th
Brigade, Australian Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of the late
Alfred Charles Oakes, of Camden House, Sussex Street, Woodstock, Cape
Town, South Africa, Cape Civil Service, by his wife, Eliza Jane, dau.
of George Robb; _b._ Cape Town, 26 Dec. 1885; educ. Normal College
and St. George’s Grammar School, Cape Town; served for some time in
the Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Volunteer Mounted Rifles before going
to Australia on 30 Jan. 1913. On the outbreak of war he immediately
volunteered and joined the 1st Naval and Military Contingent which
left Sydney, N.S.W., early in Aug. 1914, in the steamer Berrima,
accompanied by H.M.A. ships Sydney and Australia, for the conquest of
German New Guinea. In this expedition he lost, by an accident, the use
of three fingers of his right hand and was for some time in Hospital
at Sydney, but upon being discharged immediately re-enlisted in the
19th Battn. and left Australia in the Ceramic, 25 June, 1915. He was
killed in action in Gallipoli, 29 Sept. 1915; _unm._ The battn.
were on fatigue work with the engineers improving the firing line when
it occurred, and Oakes was putting up sand bags, when about 4 a.m. a
stray bullet struck him over the heart killing him instantaneously.
His Commanding Officer, Lieut.-Col. W. K. S. MacKenzie, wrote: “Your
son was on my staff at the Liverpool Camp in Sydney before we left
Australia and during our stay in Egypt before we came to the Front. I
saw much of him and was attached to him, and I feel his loss deeply,
it was a great shock to me. He was a fine soldier, and was liked by
everyone in the regt. He died bravely fighting for the Empire.” He was
buried the same afternoon at the foot of a gully near the sea, and a
cross with his name, etc., was erected by his comrades.
[Illustration: =Alexander M. Oakes.=]
=OAKES, ORBELL=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Yorkshire Regt., 2nd _s._
of Lieut.-Col. Orbell Henry Oakes, of Nowton Court, Bury St. Edmunds,
late 1st Battn. The Worcestershire Regt., by his wife, Laura Eliza
Josephine, dau. of George Clifton, formerly R.N.; _b._ Mhow,
India, 7 Nov. 1880; educ. Wellington College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal
Garrison Regt. 28 Jan. 1903, and promoted Lieut. 2nd Yorkshire Regt.
3 Oct. 1906, and Capt. 29 Jan. 1913; served in the South African War,
1901–2; took part in the operations in the Orange River Colony, 1901–2
(Queen’s medal with four clasps); was employed with the West African
Frontier Force, 6 April, 1910, to 3 Aug. 1914; went to France with the
Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at Moulin du Pietre, near
Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried there. The late
Lieut.-Col. W. L. Alexander wrote: “He died in action on 12 March,
gallantly doing his duty in a trench near the Moulin du Pietre. He was
hit in the head by a bullet, and death must have been instantaneous.
He had been doing splendid work with his company since he rejoined the
battn., and his loss will be deeply felt by us, both as an officer and
a comrade, for he had endeared himself to us all.”
=OAKES, RICHARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109616, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=OAKLEY, GEORGE HOWARD=, A.B., 222020, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=O’BRIEN, HUGH CONOR HENRY=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Royal Munster
Fusiliers, eldest _s._ of Henry Joseph O’Brien, of Whitepoint
House, Weston, Queenstown, co. Cork, late Lieut.-Col. R.A.M.C., by
his wife, Ethel, dau. of Henry Banister; _b._ Stoke Damarel, co.
Devon, 19 Nov. 1880; educ. Clongowes Wood College; Stonyhurst (1896)
and Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1899–1900); gazetted 2nd Lieut.
Royal Munster Fusiliers, 11 Aug. 1900, and promoted Lieut. 6 March,
1903, and Capt. 1 April, 1910; served (1) in the South African War,
1899–1902; took part in the operations in the Transvaal, Jan. to July,
1901; operations in the Orange River Colony, Feb. to 31 May, 1902, and
in Cape Colony, July, 1901, to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with clasp);
(2) on the North West Frontier, India, 1908, as Brigade Signalling
Officer, attd. 3rd Brigade, during operations in the Mohmand country
(medal with clasp); and (3) with the Expeditionary Force in France
and Flanders, 1914. On 5 Sept. 1914, he left with the 2nd Battn. for
Flanders where, and on the Aisne, he served in the trenches, except
for one week’s leave home, until Dec. 1914. On 22 Dec. 1914, after a
forced march from Bailleul, the regt. was ordered to retake, at all
costs, trenches at Festubert which had been evacuated by Indian troops;
advancing over open heavy ground in daylight, Capt. O’Brien, at the
head of his company, was first wounded in the left side and fell, but
was still able to encourage his men, calling out “Go on Munsters,
now is your time to get back your own”; a few minutes later he was
killed outright by shrapnel bursting over him; _unm._ An officer
wrote: “He was ever a gallant officer, and died a glorious death after
helping a wounded comrade to cover; by his death the regt. lost a most
efficient and popular officer whom the men would follow anywhere.”
Col. Bent, who was badly wounded, in the same regt., wrote: “I wish
to tell you what a splendid officer your son was; you will have this
testimony from others, but I must tell you what he was to me, as his
commanding officer. He was of the best in every way, and as a company
commander was of the greatest use to me--absolutely reliable, he had
his company in first-class order. Beloved by all the men and officers,
he was such a splendid man and soldier that it seems particularly cruel
that he should have been taken so early.” Major Ryan, one of the few
surviving officers of that fight, wrote: “From all accounts of everyone
nothing could have been more gallant than the way he led his men.” When
in India he got a Special Certificate at the School of Signalling,
Kasauli. He was a keen sportsman and a good shot with gun and rifle,
and on two trips to Cashmere and Baltistan made good bags of big game.
[Illustration: =Hugh Conor H. O’Brien.=]
=O’BRIEN, JAMES JOSEPH=, Private, No. 1160, 1st Newfoundland
Regt., _s._ of James O’Brien, of 27, Adelaide Street, St. John’s,
Newfoundland, Cooper, by his wife, Mary; _b._ St. John’s,
Newfoundland, 8 April, 1891; educ. Christian Brothers’ School there;
volunteered on the outbreak of war and enlisted, 1 Feb. 1915; and died
in Edinburgh Hospital, 2 Oct. 1915, following an operation; _umn._
=O’CALLAGHAN, DUNCAN MCKAY MACDONALD=, 2nd Lieut. 3rd attd. 2nd.
Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., 2nd _s._ of the late Surgeon-Major
George Henry Kenneth O’Callaghan, A.M.S., and eldest _s._ by his
2nd wife, Suzanne Charlotte (Minto House, Newquay, Cornwall), dau. of
the late Thomas Harding, of Wick House, Brislington; _b._ Ludlow,
co. Salop, 4 June, 1891; educ. Cheltenham College and Trinity College,
Oxford; obtained his commission 10 Aug. 1914, being gazetted to the
3rd Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., served with the 2nd Battn. in
France and Flanders, and was killed in action at St. Eloi, 14 March,
1915; buried in Military Cemetery, Dickebusch, Flanders; _unm._
At Cheltenham he won the Junior School Championship in Athletic Sports
and represented the College in cricket and football. He was a College
Prefect and Head of his House. On leaving, he gained a classical
scholarship at Trinity College, Oxford, where he was elected member
of the Oxford University Authentics Cricket Club. He played in the
Freshmen’s and Seniors’ matches in football and cricket, and, after
leaving Oxford, was a prominent member of the London Irish Football
Club.
=OCHS, RONALD PHILIP=, 2nd Lieut., 5th, attd. 4th. Battn. The
Middlesex Regt., yr. _s._ of Capt. James Frank Ochs, of 4, Sloane
Gardens, S.W., now (1916) M.L.O. at Dieppe, by his wife, Amy, eldest
dau. of Philip Goldsmith; _b._ 4, Sloane Gardens, S.W., 20 Nov.
1896; educ. at Chertsey, Sunningdale School, and Marlborough College;
joined the Public School Battn. of the Middlesex Regt. on the outbreak
of war, and was given a commission, 10 Feb. 1915; went to France early
in June, 1915, and was killed in action at Hooge, Flanders, 27 Sept.
1915, and buried the next day at Brandhoek.
[Illustration: =Ronald Philip Ochs.=]
=ODDY, JOSEPH ETHELBERT=, A.B., 207511 Chatham, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ODGERS, NICHOLAS=, Leading Seaman (C.G.), 179652 (Dev.), H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ODLING, ERIC ROBERT MEADE=, Lieut., Royal Engineers, only
_s._ of Charles William Odling, of Craignoon, Ridgway Gardens,
Wimbledon, C.S.I., formerly Secretary to the Government of India
P.W.D., and Inspector-General of Irrigation, by his wife, Alice Ronayne
Mary, dau. of Robert Warren Meade, of Dublin; _b._ Darjeeling,
India, 30 Oct. 1893; educ. Cheltenham College (scholar), passing 3rd
on the list into the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. 20 Dec. 1912, and promoted Lieut. 12 Nov. 1914; went to France
with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, and after various services
was appointed Acting Adjutant to the Signalling Coy. at Headquarters;
invalided home in Oct. but returned to duty the following Jan. joining
the 11th Field Coy. at Givenchy, 11 March, and was killed in action at
Festubert, a fortnight later, 25 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried at
Chateau Gorre, near Festubert.
[Illustration: =Eric R. M. Odling.=]
=THOMAS-O’DONEL, GEORGE O’DONEL FREDERICK, M.C.=, Capt. and
Adjutant, 4th Battn. Royal Fusiliers, only _s._ of Edwin
Thomas-O’Donel, of Newport House, Newport, co. Mayo, J.P., D.L., by his
wife, Melicent Agnes, dau. of Capt. Richard Annesley O’Donel; _b._
Dublin, 21 Oct. 1884; educ. Cheltenham College, and abroad; joined the
Royal Donegal Artillery Militia in 1902; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the
4th Royal Fusiliers, 23 May, 1906; promoted Lieut. 10 April, 1909, and
Capt. 26 Nov. 1914; appointed Adjutant, 15 Jan. 1913; went to France
with the Expeditionary Force, 13 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at
Hooge, near Ypres, 16 June, 1915. Capt. O’Dond was awarded the Military
Cross [London Gazette, 19 Feb. 1915]; and was twice mentioned in Sir
John (now Lord) French’s Despatches [London Gazette, 19 Oct. 1914, and
18 Feb. 1915]. Brig.-Gen. McMahon, commanding the Brigade, wrote on
5 Nov. 1914: “I think the Battn. has done very well out here, and I
hope it will continue to do so. George is going strong and is fitter
than when he started, and can claim a very large share in producing
such good results as may have been attained”; and Col. Hely-Hutchinson
wrote: “I cannot tell you what a shock the whole thing has been to me,
we were the closest of friends, we slept together, we fed together,
we rode together, and we fought together, and we never had a row for
seven months, and the only time we had been separated, George goes and
gets killed, and I get off. It is too sad after all the months he had
been out and the good work he had done. I myself got a small touch of a
shell on the head and have come home for a bit, thank God, as I don’t
think I could have carried on any longer out there without George and
the rest--we lost six killed and nine wounded officers, and I had no
heart and was just tired out and so was George, he just went on till
he dropped.” Major F. R. Mallock: “His death is a great loss to his
country and the regt.--he served so gallantly and so well; there are
few of us left who went out with the Battn., George was the only one
of the combatant officers left after the fighting at Ypres. I had a
great affection and admiration for him, he did work splendidly right
through.” Brig.-Gen. Reginald Pinney, formerly commanding 4th Battn.
Royal Fusiliers, also wrote to the late Capt. Thomas O’Donel’s father:
“I am most distressed for you and his mother at George’s death--also
for the regt. and the army, for he was fulfilling all the promise he
showed when he joined; seeing his name gave me a special shock, for I
had just heard of my getting a division, and had been talking of Staff
and had hoped to get George appointed a G.S.O.” He _m._ in London,
26 Nov. 1914, Florence Violet (Newlands, co. Wexford), only dau. of
George Claud Flood Braddell, of Newlands, co. Wexford, and Luckington,
co. Wilts; _s.p._
[Illustration: =G. O’D. F. Thomas-O’Donel.=]
=O’DONNELL, MARTIN=, Seaman. R.N.R., 2729A, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=O’GRAM, CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5549), S.S. 2104, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=O’HAIRE, DAVID=, Private, No. 11058, 6th Battn. Royal Irish
Rifles, 2nd _s._ of the late David O’Haire, by his wife, Agnes
(now wife of Private William John McCallister, of Dromore Street,
Rathfriland, co. Down, now (1916) on active service with the
Royal Irish Rifles), dau. of Thomas O’Haire; _b._ Lierkelly,
Ballyroney, co. Down, 17 July, 1897; educ. Newry Street National
School, Rathgueanel; was an active member of the Ulster Volunteer
Force; enlisted, 27 Aug. 1914; left Basingstoke, with the Mediterranean
Expeditionary Force, July, 1915, and was killed in action at the
Dardanelles on or about 6 Aug. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =David O’Haire.=]
=O’HARA, HENRY DESMOND, D.S.O.=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal Dublin
Fusiliers, only _s._ of William James O’Hara, of Oriel House,
Ballincollig, Cork, Resident Magistrate, by his wife, Cecilia, 7th
and yst. dau. of the late Peter Connellan, of Colmore, co. Kilkenny,
J.P., D.L., and gdson. of the late Rev. James Dunn O’Hara, of O’Hara
Brook and The Castle, Portstewart, co. Antrim; _b._ Ballydulf,
Thomastown, co. Kilkenny, 21 May, 1892; educ. Dunchurch Hall, Rugby;
Charterhouse, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted
2nd Lieut. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 4 Sept. 1912; promoted Lieut. 29
April, 1914; went to the Dardanelles, 17 March, 1915; took part in the
heavy fighting following the landing there, and died on the hospital
ship Arcadian, 29 Aug. 1915, of wounds received in action on the
12th; _unm._ Buried in the military cemetery, Gibraltar. “On 25
April, 1915, at Sedd-el-Bahr, he took command of his battn. when all
other officers had been killed or wounded. At night, when the enemy
broke through the line, he displayed great initiative and resource in
organising a successful counter-attack, restoring the line and causing
great loss to the enemy.” For this he was awarded the D.S.O. [London
Gazette, 3 June, 1915]. Lieut. O’Hara was also mentioned in Sir Ian
Hamilton’s Despatch of 20 May [London Gazette, 5 Aug.], 1915, for his
conduct during, and after, the landing of the 29th Division on 25 April.
=O’KEEFFE, THOMAS=, Corpl., No. 11022, 1st Battn. Royal Dublin
Fusiliers, 29th Division, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, eldest
_s._ of the late Richard O’Keeffe, by his wife, Ellen (Dublin
Road, Carlow), dau. of Andrew O’Neill; _b._ Ballykealy Ballon,
co. Carlow, 10 Dec. 1892; educ. Christian Brothers Academy, Carlow;
enlisted 10 Jan. 1911; was appointed L.-Corpl. 1912, and promoted
Corpl. 1913; served in India, Nov. 1913, to Nov. 1914; left England
with his regt. for the Dardanelles, 16 March, 1915; took part in the
landing there, 25–26 April, and was killed in action at Gallipoli,
10 July, 1915; _unm._ A comrade wrote of him: “On one occasion
we were advancing and the enemy’s trenches were about three or four
hundred yards in front. At all events, a Sergt. of the Worcestershire
Regt. twigged a wounded man lying out in front. At this time we were
halted in a ravine preparing to advance, and the enemy’s fire was very
heavy; at any rate, the Sergt. shouted at his men that there was a
wounded man in front: would some of them go out and take him in? But
the fellows all passed it down the line that there was a wounded man
out in front: would someone go out and bring him in? At any rate Tom
heard it, and asked immediately where the wounded man was. The Sergt.
showed him, and Tom shouted round at me, ‘Will you come, Terry?’ Then
without waiting for an answer he was out over the top and started
running towards the wounded chap. I rushed out after Tom, and between
us we got the chap in. He told us he had been lying out there two
days--in reality he had been there since about 11 a.m. that morning;
it was then about 6 p.m. He was wounded in the shoulder, side, arm and
thigh, and had lost an awful lot of blood. He was in that much pain
that he thought he had been there two days. The Dublins and Munsters
were that weak then that they combined the two regiments and called
us the Dubsters. Well, after bringing in that chap we advanced, and
succeeded in routing the Turks and dug ourselves in in a new position,
from which the New Zealanders relieved us the next day. Well, that
is just one of the many little moves I was in with poor old Tom. Now
I wasn’t present when Tom was killed; I was in the trenches, and Tom
was in charge of a ration party going back along a nullah to draw the
company’s rations, when he was killed by a sniper. It appears this
sniper had command of this part of the nullah, and blankets and sandbag
barricades were put to knock off the sniper, but all to no purpose; he
must have been concealed on a hill. It was him that killed poor Tom.
The bullet pierced his brain, and he only lived for a couple of minutes
afterwards, during which time he was unconscious, so never spoke after
being hit. The medical officer was present on the spot, but could
not do anything. Tom is buried in a very nice cemetery in a separate
grave.” His yr. brother. Richard O’Keeffe, is now (1916) on active
service with the London Regt.
[Illustration: =Thomas O’Keeffe.=]
=OLDBURY, FREDERICK=, Chief Armourer, 340522, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=OLDFIELD, GUY CHRISTOPHER OTTLEY=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Queen’s
Royal Surrey Regt., attd. King’s African Rifles, only _s._ of
Lieut.-Col. Christopher George Oldfield, late Royal Artillery, by his
wife, Margaret Elizabeth, dau. of the late Cortlandt J. Le Bailly,
and gdson. of Sir Richard Charles Oldfield; _b._ Poona, India,
17 Sept. 1888; educ. Clifton College and the Royal Military College,
Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal West Surrey Regt. 19 Sept. 1908,
and promoted Lieut. 1 April, 1911; was seconded for service with
Uganda Battn. of the King’s African Rifles, 3 Dec. 1913; served in the
Jubaland Expedition in the spring of 1914, and was killed in action at
Tsavo, Mombassa, British East Africa, 6 Sept. 1914, while defending the
Nairobi Railway against a superior German force armed with maxim guns;
_unm._ His body was recovered two days later and buried at Tsavo.
A brother Officer wrote: “It is quite impossible for me to convey to
you in words how we all loved the dear lad. Such a shining example of a
true Christian gentleman and sportsman.”
[Illustration: =Guy C. O. Oldfield.=]
=OLDHAM, JOHN HASLOPE=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s
L.I., attd. 2nd Battn. King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., only _s._ of
Ernest Haslope Oldham, of Oakfield, Chudleigh, co. Devon, by his wife,
Alice, dau. of Charles Baker, of Portland Square, Bristol; _b._
Southgate, co. Middlesex, 7 Jan. 1891; educ. Blatchington Place,
Sussex, Lancing College, and Hertford College, Oxford (graduated B.A.
July, 1913), and on leaving there became junior master at Summer
Fields, St. Leonards-on-Sea, in Sept. 1913; obtained a commission as
2nd Lieut. in the Reserve of Officers, 16 July, 1913; volunteered on
the outbreak of war, and gazetted to the 3rd Duke of Cornwall’s L.I.,
11 Aug. 1914; went to France, 4 Jan. 1915, where he was attd. to the
2nd King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., and was killed in action during the
Battle for Hill 60, near Ypres, 18 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried near
where he fell. His Col. wrote: “He behaved in a most gallant manner and
will be a great loss to my battn.”; and his Capt. “He was most capable
and keen on his work and had done most awfully well all the time he had
been out there. He was absolutely fearless, and he fell in the attack
on Hill 60 gallantly leading his men forward. He was hit by a bullet
early in the charge, but ignoring his wound he went on to the top of
the hill. He had just jumped up on the parapet and started to run over
the crest of the hill, when he was shot and killed instantly.” An In
Memoriam, from the Summer Fields Magazine, stated: “It came as a great
shock to us all to read of the death of Lieut. J. H. Oldham who fell at
the head of his men on Hill 60. Mr. Oldham, who was educated at Lancing
College, and Hertford College, Oxford, came to us as a master in Sept.
1913, and during his 12 months’ stay endeared himself to everybody by
his unaffected kindliness, his energy and unselfishness. He was always
ready to help the youngest boys, constantly improvising new indoor
games for their benefit, and just as keen as he could be on the outdoor
games, and the work of the school. We little thought when we said
good-bye to him at the end of last Summer Term that we should see him
no more, but it was like him to be among the very first to volunteer
for active service, without hesitation as without fuss. He was sent to
the Front in Jan. and died fighting gallantly early in April. Only a
few days before his death he had sent cheery messages to the boys, with
snapshots taken in the trenches and numerous inquiries and good wishes
for their welfare. His noble example and good influence here will long
be remembered.”
[Illustration: =John Haslope Oldham.=]
=OLDHAM, LESLIE WILLIAM SEARLES=, Major, R.E., only _s._
of the late Brigade Surgeon Charles Frederick Oldham, by his wife,
Harriet Bertha (The Lodge, Bealings, Suffolk), dau. of Thomas Bailey,
of Gloucester; _b._ London, 3 Feb. 1870; educ. Cheltenham College,
and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.E. 27
July, 1889; promoted Lieut. 27 July, 1892; Capt. 5 May, 1900 and Major,
27 July, 1909; was in command of the R.E. with the Chitral Relief Force
from Gilgit, 1895; was present at the actions at Chakalwat and Nisa Gol
and was mentioned in Despatches. In 1899 he joined the Indian Public
Works Department and did excellent work especially in connection with
water supplies. After the outbreak of war he was recalled; was put
in command of the 63rd Field Coy. and went to France in May, and was
killed in action on the afternoon of 28 July, 1915, being shot by a
sniper while inspecting work in the “Orchard” trench, near Festubert.
He was a good all-round sportsman, particularly keen on polo and big
game shooting, having done a good deal of the latter on the Pamirs and
in the Central Provinces of India. He _m._ at Jubbulpore, Central
Provinces, India, 27 Aug. 1900, Caroline Mary Burton, sister of Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle, and dau. of the late Charles Altamont Doyle, of
Edinburgh, and had a dau., Claire Annette, _b._ Nagpur, India, 5
Sept. 1906.
[Illustration: =Leslie W. S. Oldham.=]
=OLDMAN, WILLIAM=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2354B., H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=OLDREWE, PERCIVAL=, L.-Sergt., No. 8684, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards; _b._ co. Devon; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders; killed in action, 13 Nov. 1914; _unm._
=OLDREY, ROBERT JOHN BLATCHFORD=, Capt., 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon
Guards, eldest _s._ of the late Robert Blatchford Oldrey, of
Harpole Hall, co. Northants, by his wife, Hannah Jane Powell, of The
Laws House, Turvey, co. Beds., dau. of the late Richard John James;
_b._ Northampton, 18 June, 1883; educ. Uppingham; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. 4th Dragoon Guards from the Militia, 26 March, 1902; promoted
Lieut. 27 Feb. 1905, and Capt. 21 Jan. 1911; was Adjutant from Jan.
to 27 Oct. 1914; served in India, and with the Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders, from 15 Aug. 1914; took part in the retreat from
Mons, and the severe fighting during Sept, and Oct. and was killed in
action while in command of a squadron at Richebourg, Neuve Chapelle, 29
Oct. 1914; _unm._ He was a keen polo player, and represented his
regt. in the Inter-Regimental tournaments; and as a horseman had made
his name famous in cavalry circles, being chosen to represent England
in the jumping at Olympia, before King Edward and Queen Alexandra, at
the 1st Olympian shows. He was also a prominent figure in the hunting
world, being an ardent follower of the Oakley and Beaufort Hunt and a
winner of many point-to-point races.
[Illustration: =Robert J. B. Oldrey.=]
=OLIVE, JOHN=, Gunner, R.M.A., 7618, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=OLIVER, ERNEST JAMES=, Chief Stoker (R.F.R., A. 1936), 154787,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=OLIVER, PERCY FREDERICK=, Armourer’s Crew, M. 7341, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=OLLEY, MATT=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./13391, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=OLLIFF, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 51370, 16th Battn. (Canadian
Scottish) Canadian Expeditionary Force, elder _s._ of William
Olliff, of 13, Grainger Street West, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Motor and Cycle
Agent; _b._ Newcastle-on-Tyne, 29 March, 1888; educ. Royal Grammar
School there; served his apprenticeship with Messrs. C. A. Parsons &
Co., Ltd., Heaton Works, Newcastle-on-Tyne; went to sea as an Engineer
and took a 2nd Engineer’s certificate, afterwards going to British
Columbia in Feb. 1913; worked for a time at the Esquimault Dockyard,
leaving there to enter the motor trade in Victoria; volunteered on
the outbreak of war, and joined the Victoria Rifles; came over in
Feb. 1915, being one of a hundred picked men for the P.P.L.I., but
was drafted to the 16th Canadian Scottish (Gordon Highlanders), and
after only a fortnight in England, went with his regt. for the Front;
came unhurt through the heavy fighting at Ypres 22–25 April, and was
killed by a high explosive shell while resting by the roadside, on the
night of 26–27 April, 1915; _unm._ Private Olliff was offered a
commission, but as this entailed a return to Canada, refused it.
[Illustration: =William Olliff.=]
=O’MALLEY, EDWARD=, Stoker, R.N.R., 728V, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=O’NEILL, SAMUEL=, Lieut., 6th Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers
(T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Adolf George O’Neill, of Marland Grange,
near Rochdale, co. Lancaster, J.P., Manufacturer, by his wife, Sarah
Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Holt, J.P.; _b._ Castleton, near
Manchester, 11 June, 1894; educ. Parkgate (Mostyn House School) and
Shrewsbury, and on leaving there entered the business of Messrs. Samuel
O’Neill & Sons, Paper Tube Manufacturers, of Castleton; was given a
commission as 2nd Lieut, in the Territorial Battn. of the Lancashire
Fusiliers in Nov. 1911, promoted Lieut. 6 Jan. 1914; volunteered for
Imperial service on the outbreak of war; went to the Dardanelles from
Egypt, and was killed in action there, 10 June. 1915; _unm._
He was congratulated by Major-Gen. W. Douglas, Commanding 42nd East
Lancashire Division, on an action performed 4–5 June, 1915.
=ONSLOW, BRIAN WALTON=, Lieut., 11th (King’s Edward’s Own)
Lancers (Probyn’s Horse), Indian Army, and A.D.C. to Gen. Sir William
Birdwood, yst. _s._ of the late Col. Gerald Charles Penrice
Onslow, Royal Engineers, by his wife, Flora Frances Mary (Camperdown,
Crowborough, co. Sussex), dau. of the late William Donald, of Lisle
House, Cheltenham; _b._ Gillingham, co. Kent, 24 Aug. 1892; educ.
Cheltenham College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted
2nd Lieut., Unattached List, 6 Sept. 1911; served his first year with
the Royal West Kent Regt., passed into the Indian Army, 3 Dec. 1912.
and was promoted Lieut. 6 Dec, 1913; took part in the landing at the
Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there, 28 July,
1915; _unm._ Buried at Anzac Cove. He was mentioned in Gen. Sir
Ian Hamilton’s despatch of 22 Sept. [London Gazette, 5 Nov. 1915].
Gen. Sir William Birdwood wrote: “A finer fellow or better example of
the true English gentleman never lived. A son of whom any mother must
always have been most justly proud. Never out of temper, always doing
what he could to help others, able far above the average. I had hoped
a brilliant career was in store for him. Every individual here regrets
and feels his death. I have lost the best and bravest of officers, the
truest and trustiest of friends”; and a brother officer: “Few people
could be so ill-spared. I never met or hope to meet a more lovable
character; best at everything he ever did, both in work and play, and
always so cheerful. I never heard anyone say anything but good of
him, and he was quite the most popular officer both with the men and
in the mess.” Admiral ........ wrote from the Dardanelles: “He was a
splendid young fellow. We on board only knew him for a few months, but
in that short time he made himself very popular with us all. Everybody
liked him and admired him, and we looked on him as the true ideal of a
British soldier. I fully realise what a great loss his services must be
to Gen. Birdwood and to the service generally.” And the Principal of
Cheltenham College: “He has left an influence and power behind him that
many an older man would be proud to leave.” While at Cheltenham he won
a mathematical scholarship, and was one of the most prominent members
of the hockey eleven and football fifteen. He was a keen athlete, a
good polo player, pigsticker, golfer, etc. Two of his brothers and two
brothers-in-law are (1916) serving either in the Army or Navy. His
eldest brother, Lieut.-Commander A. G. Onslow, D.S.C., was killed in
action in the Battle of Jutland, 1 June, 1916.
[Illustration: =Brian Walton Onslow.=]
=OPIE, ARTHUR GEORGE=, Petty Officer, 204207, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=OPIE, WILLIAM EDWIN=, Cook’s Mate, M. 4659. H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ORFORD, CHARLES THOMAS=, Private, No. 14240. 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of the late Henry Orford, Platelayer,
by his wife, Sarah, dau. of Thomas Booker; _b._ Bromsgrove,
co. Worcester, 24 Feb. 1882; educ. Stourbridge Road Board School
there; worked at the Midland Carriage Works, Bromsgrove; joined the
8th Worcestershire Territorials, 3 April, 1912; was called up on
mobilization, 5 Aug. 1914; trained with them until 18 Dec. 1914, when
he was discharged as medically unfit for further service, but joined
the Coldstream Guards the next day; went to France in Aug. 1915, and
died at No. 1 Casualty Clearing Station, 18 Oct. following, of wounds
received in action. He _m._ at St. John’s Church, Bromsgrove,
1905, Louisa (17, Homes Cottages, Station Street, Bromsgrove), dau. of
Samuel Perrys, and had five children: Henry George, _b._ 11 Sept.
1905; Charles William and Edna May (twins), _b._ 12 Sept. 1913;
Annie Maud, _b._ 1 Dec. 1907; and Phylis Mary, _b._ 4 Feb.
1911.
[Illustration: =Charles T. Orford.=]
=ORLEBAR, ROBERT EVELYN=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Duke of
Cambridge’s Own Middlesex Regt., only child of Lieut.-Col. Evelyn Henry
Orlebar, of Rutt House, Ivybridge, South Devon, Royal Marine L.I.,
Plymouth Division, by his wife, Mary Louisa, dau. of William Morris,
of Manchester [Cadet of Orlebar, of Hinwick, co. Bedford]; _b._
Walmer, co. Kent, 16 June, 1894; educ. Plymouth and Mannamead School,
Cheltenham College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted
2nd Lieut. 2nd Middlesex Regt. 17 Sept. 1913, and promoted Lieut. 15
Nov. 1914; joined his regt. at Malta in Jan. 1914; went to France, 4
Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 9 Jan. 1915,
while on duty in the trenches; _unm._ He was buried in an orchard
behind the battn.’s headquarters. Letters from his officers all testify
to his courage and sterling qualities. He was good at all school games,
hunted with the Dartmoor Fox Hounds, and had his first polo season at
Malta.
[Illustration: =Robert Evelyn Orlebar.=]
=ORR, ROBERT WATSON=, 2nd Lieut., 1/18th (London Irish Rifles)
Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), 6th _s._ of John Orr, of 24,
Belmont Gardens, Glasgow, by his wife, Catherine, dau. of Abreauden
Ross, Railway Contractor; _b._ Glasgow, 19 Dec. 1878; educ. at
the Academy there. He commenced his business career in Glasgow in the
office of the United Kingdom Provident Institution, and remained with
them until he joined the Scottish Life Assurance Co. as Assistant
Secretary in London in 1908, and was still in the latter company’s
employ when he joined the O.T.C. at the Inns of Court. He was training
at Berkhampstead for four months, when he obtained his commission, 5
March, 1915. He joined his regt. at St. Albans, and proceeded with
it to France nine days later, served in France and Flanders, and was
killed in action in the advance at Loos, 25 Sept. 1915. He was buried
at North Maroc, near Grenay. A good many years ago 2nd Lieut. Orr won a
high reputation as a golfer. He was one of the foremost players in the
Prestwick St. Nicholas Club, and gained many individual successes; but
he will be remembered even more for his resourcefulness in the foursome
form of the game. A neat and stylish golfer, he possessed temperamental
qualities which made him an ideal partner in double harness. In 1908 he
had the distinction of winning with his partner for the New Alban Club
(Edinburgh) the “Evening Times” foursome tournament; and, in the same
year, he was one of the quartette of players who enabled the New Alban
Club to carry off also the “Evening Dispatch” trophy. When he went to
London he joined the Northwood Club, and, in partnership with another
member, succeeded in winning the London Amateur Foursomes in 1912.
Though he never gained the highest honours in the Amateur Championship,
2nd Lieut. Orr was among the last eight in 1906; he also qualified
three times--in fact, each time he entered--for the Open Championship.
Brig.-Gen. Thwaites wrote to his wife: “He died in the full performance
of his duty, superintending the establishment of communications for
his battn. He came to his death ... as a brave soldier and gallant
English gentleman should do.” He _m._ at Belhaven Church, Glasgow,
3 April, 1909, Annie Margaret (8, Springfield Road, St. John’s Wood,
N.W.), dau. of the late James Crichton, of Edinburgh, J.P.; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Robert Watson Orr.=]
=ORR, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 7938, 2nd Battn. Highland L.I.,
_s._ of William Orr, of 19, Carlisle Road, Londonderry; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died 16 May, 1915, of
wounds received in action at Richebourg.
=ORROW, ALBERT WILLIAM=, A.B., J. 6317, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ORSLER, GEORGE HENRY=, Private, No. 9144, 1st Battn. Scots
Guards, _s._ of John Orsler, of Bridge Street, Framlingham, co.
Suffolk; _b._ Framlingham; enlisted 14 Oct. 1914; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action, 1 Jan.
1915.
=ORTON, JAMES=, Private, No. 7602, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
eldest _s._ of James Orton, of 3, Victoria Street, Hinckley,
by his wife, Maria, dau. of Samuel Spare; _b._ Hinckley, co.
Leicester, 31 July, 1887; educ. Hinckley Church School; enlisted 11
Jan. 1908; went to France, August, 1914. and was killed instantly
in action near Vermelles, Belgium, 24 Oct. 1915; _unm._ Sergt.
Maddison wrote “he had always done his duty well, and was performing a
dangerous task when he was shot.” His brother was killed in action, 20
Dec. 1915.
[Illustration: =James Orton.=]
=ORTON, JOHN THOMAS=, Private. No. 12933, B Coy., 8th (Service)
Battn. Leicestershire Regt., 3rd _s._ of James Orton, of 3,
Victoria Street, Hinckley, by his wife. Maria, dau. of Samuel Spare;
educ. Hinckley Council School; was a Shoe Hand; volunteered after the
outbreak of war, and joined the 8th Leicesters, 3 Sept. 1914; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 28 July to 20
Dec. 1915, on which day he was killed in action, two months after his
elder brother; _unm._ His company officer, Capt. H. L. Beardsley,
wrote: “It is with much regret, and the deep sympathy of myself and the
other officers of my company, that I have to convey the sad news of the
death of your boy, who was killed by a sniper on the 20th inst. whilst
carrying out his duties; he was shot through the heart and died almost
immediately. A thorough, conscientious, hard-working lad, he will be
sadly missed by us all.”
=OSBEN, GEORGE THOMAS=, Private. R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 11918,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=OSBORNE, ALBERT VINCENT=, Private, No. 1837, 5th (Cinque Ports)
Battn. Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Albert Osborne,
of Water Mill, Guestling, by his wife, Kate, dau. of William Dennett;
_b._ Guestling, co. Sussex, 23 Nov. 1893; educ. there; was a
Milkman; joined the Sussex Territorials, 26 Feb. 1914; volunteered for
foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; was sent to Dover,
and then to the Tower; went to France, 18 Feb. 1915, and, after being
in the trenches, was resting at a farm on 16 May, when a shell burst,
killing and wounding many. Osborne was sent to the 2nd General Hospital
at Manchester, where he died, 24 May, 1915; _unm._
=OSBORNE, BRIAN=, Capt., 15th (The King’s) Hussars, yr. _s._
of the late Capt. Frank Osborn, of Harbury Hall, near Leamington, 13th
Hussars, by his wife, Helen, dau. of Thomas Lever Rushton; _b._
Sydney, N.S.W., 18 Nov. 1888; educ. Harrow, and the Royal Military
College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the 15th Hussars, 8 Feb.
1908, and promoted Lieut. 22 Jan. 1909, and Capt. 15 Nov. 1914; went to
France, 23 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action, 11 Nov. 1914, during
the assault on the trenches near Herenthaze Château by the Prussian
Guard. He had been sent with his machine gun to support the Duke of
Wellington’s Regt. He was at first reported missing, and it was not
until the following March that confirmation of his death was received
in a letter from one of his machine gun section, a prisoner of war
in Germany; _unm._ At Harrow he was successful in both cricket
and football, and was first string at racquets; at Sandhurst he won
the sword of honour; and in 1908, after joining the 15th Hussars,
he attained a great record of first-spears in pig-sticking when
quartered at Muttra. As a polo player he came to the front with amazing
rapidity, playing for his regimental team and winning the South African
Inter-Regimental Tournament in 1911, and repeating the event against
more powerful opponents in the English Inter-Regimental Tournament at
Hurlingham in 1913. As a member of the Cavalry School team and the
Cavalry Club team he lent his aid successfully, and was invited by Lord
Ashby St. Ledger, now Lord Wimborne, to practise in the international
team of 1914, as choice for the American Expedition. He was a fine
rider to hounds, and well known in the Warwickshire country.
[Illustration: =Brian Osborne.=]
=OSBORNE, FRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9092), 198537, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=OSBORNE, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 1597, 1/6th (Cyclist) Battn.
Suffolk Regt.(T.F.), 2nd _s._ of William Osborne, of 33, Salisbury
Road, South Lowestoft, one of the staff of Lowestoft Central Station,
by his wife, Mary Ann. dau. of (--) Hill, of London; _b._
Lowestoft, 19 April, 1892; educ. there; was a Waiter at the Imperial
Hotel, Lowestoft; volunteered and joined the Cyclist Battn. of the
Suffolk Regt. in Oct. 1914, and died in the Isolation Hospital,
Lowestoft, 2 Feb. 1915, of disease contracted while on active service;
_unm._
=OSBORNE, JOHN ALFRED VICTOR=, Private, No. 3204, 2/1st Battn.
(Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of George
Christopher Osborne, ex-Sergt. Criminal Investigation Department, New
Scotland Yard, by his wife, Louisa Helen, dau. of George Peall, of
Chertsey, Surrey; _b._ Marylebone, London, 17 June, 1897; educ.
Barnsbury Park High Grade School; volunteered after the outbreak of war
and joined the Royal Fusiliers, 12 Nov. 1914; trained at Tonbridge;
went to Malta, 1 Feb. 1915, where the regt. performed garrison duty
until 9 Sept., when they were sent to Egypt, and thence to the
Dardanelles on the 19th, where he died, 27 Sept. 1915, of wounds
received in action; _unm._ A comrade wrote; “I was out with your
son on the night he was killed, but was not very near to him, so I did
not see the last of him. He was shot in the muscle of the arm by an
explosive bullet, and got wounded very severely, dying on admission to
the hospital. He was buried by some of his fellow mates, and a cross
erected over his grave with suitable wording. If ever a man died doing
his duty for his King and Country, your son did, and it was a marvel to
me how the remainder of us out that night did not get killed.... Our
platoon have been very unlucky, and out of Jack’s section there are
only about three of us left.”
[Illustration: =John Alfred V. Osborne.=]
=OSBORNE, JOHN HENRY=, Leading Stoker (Coastguard), 308083, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=OSBORNE, LESLIE HALL=, Lieut., 9th Lancashire Fusiliers, 2nd
_s._ of John Hall Osborne, of Summer Court, Queen’s Walk, Ealing,
formerly of China, by his wife, Jane Jenkinson, dau. of Capt. John
Whittle; _b._ Shanghai, China, 2 July, 1894; educ. St. Edmund’s,
Canterbury, where he won distinction on the Modern side, and went into
residence at Christ’s College, Cambridge, in Oct. 1912. Having tried
for an Honorary Entrance Scholarship in Medieval and Modern Languages
in 1911, he was placed 2nd Class in that subject in the Intercollegiate
examination of July, 1914, and was given his degree in the following
year under the regulations for men on active service. He was studying
at Greifswold when war was declared, and going (5 Aug. 1914) to Stettin
to appeal for help to the British Consul, was arrested as a spy and
detained for four days, when he was released and ordered to leave the
country. At St. Edmund’s he had been a keen member of the O.T.C.,
gaining Certificates A and B, and on reaching England he applied for
a commission, being gazetted 2nd Lieut., 9th Lancashire Fusiliers, 2
Sept. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 1 June, 1915. He left England with his
regt. early in July; took part in the landing at Suvla Bay on the night
of 6 Aug. 1915, and fell the following day early in the advance to the
attack of Hill 10, shot through the heart. His body was recovered next
night and buried with those of five brother officers in rising ground
about the middle of Suvla Beach, just north of the Canal that leads
into the Salt Lake; _unm._ His elder brother, 2nd Lieut. W. J.
Osborne, was mortally wounded in the same action. While at Christ’s
College, Cambridge, he took an active part in the Hockey XI. and in the
Lent term, 1913, played in goal in most of the University matches. He
also occasionally played for the Surrey Club.
[Illustration: =Leslie Hall Osborne.=]
=OSBORNE, MAURICE GODOLPHIN=, Capt., 3rd Battn. Rifle Brigade, 3rd
and yst. _s._ of the late Sidney Goldolphin Osborne, Commissioner
of Inland Revenue (died 1903), by his wife, Margaret Dulcibella (51,
Elm Park Gardens, London, S.W.), dau. of Hugh Hammersley, of 6,
Cromwell Gardens, London, and grandson of the late Rev. Lord Sidney
Godolphin Osborne [yr. bro. of George, 8th Duke of Leeds]; _b._
London, S.W., 1 July, 1889; educ. The Old Ride, Bournemouth and
Cheltenham College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Rifle Brigade, 20
April, 1910; promoted Lieut. 23 Dec. 1911, and Capt. 15 Dec. 1914;
was appointed machine gun officer in May, 1913; went to France, 5
Sept. 1914, and died in Bailleul Hospital, 25 Feb. 1915, of wounds
received in action in the trenches near Armentières on the 10th,
while making an emplacement for one of his machine guns; _unm._
Buried at Bailleul. Capt. Osborne was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now
Lord) French’s Despatch of 23 June, 1915. He was a member of the
Army Revolver Thirty in 1912, and won several cups and prizes in the
All-Ireland Rifle Meeting of 1912 and 1913, both individually and
in the Regimental Officers’ Team, and in 1911 he won the Regimental
Heavyweight Point-to-Point, on his own horse Chance.
=OSBORNE, WILLIAM JOHN=, 2nd Lieut., 9th Battn. Lancashire
Fusiliers, eldest _s._ of John Hall Osborne, of Summer Court,
Queen’s Walk, Ealing, formerly of China, by his wife, Jane Jenkinson,
dau. of Capt. John Whittle; _b._ Tientsin, China, 9 Nov. 1891;
educ. St. Edmunds, Canterbury, and in Germany for some months, and
after spending two years in the office of a Chartered Accountant,
entered his father’s office in London, and was to have taken up an
appointment in China in Oct. 1914. At school he was a member of the
O.T.C., and during his subsequent residence in London joined the
H.A.C., but had resigned some time before war was declared. He enlisted
in the 18th Battn. (1st Public School) Royal Fusiliers, 11 Sept. 1914,
and was given a commission, 24 Nov., and posted to the 9th (Service)
Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers with which regt. he left England in July.
On 6 Aug. they landed at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli. He was wounded the
following morning in an attack on Hill 10, and died of his wounds
two days later (9th) on board the Hospital Ship Sudan. His company
commander (Capt. Milnes), writing from Alexandria, said: “The men who
are back here wounded, all say how very well he did during the landing.
He was an excellent officer who looked after his men, often at the
expense of himself, and no work was too big for him. He never left
anything unfinished. He was a good friend and my right hand platoon
officer.” A brother officer who picked him up, and had him carried
off the field, said he was quite cheerful though very weak, and only
anxious about his men and his brother (Lieut. L. H. Osborne, who was
killed there the same day, see his notice). 2nd Lieut. Osborne was
conspicuous at school as an athlete, especially in hockey and football,
and was always deeply interested in natural history, especially in
birds; in fact, sports of all kinds appealed to him very strongly. He
was a member of the Wild Fowlers’ Association and of the True Waltonian
Society.
[Illustration: =William John Osborne.=]
=O’SHEA, MICHAEL JOHN=, Private, No. 5111, 1st Battn. Royal Welsh
Fusiliers, _s._ of Patrick O’Shea, of 70, Ethel Street, Cardiff,
Labourer, by his wife, Mary; _b._ Cardiff, 3 Jan. 1897; educ. St.
Mary’s Roman Catholic School, Canton, Cardiff; enlisted 1 Nov. 1913;
went to France 21 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action at La Bassée 21
Dec. following. His company officer, Capt. Ford, wrote highly of him,
and added he “was buried beside a shrine, and his grave is beautifully
turfed and has a cross with his name on it.”
[Illustration: =Michael John O’Shea.=]
=OSMOND, ERNEST HERBERT=, Pensioner, Blacksmith, 340821, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=OSMOND, HAROLD COOMBS=, Cook’s Mate M. 5542, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=O’SULLIVAN, ARTHUR MOORE=, Capt., 1st Battn. Royal Irish Rifles,
only _s._ of the late Patrick O’Sullivan, Advocate-General, Madras
Presidency, by his wife, Sydney Jane (Auburn, Greystones, co. Wicklow),
dau. of William Daniel Moore, M.D.; _b._ Ootacamund, India, 19
Aug. 1878; educ. Bedford Grammar School, and Hertford College, Oxford;
enlisted in the Oxfordshire L.I. in 1900; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the
Royal Irish Rifles, 23 July, 1902, and promoted Lieut. 9 July, 1906;
Capt. 11 March, 1910; was adjutant of his regiment from 1 Jan. 1910 to
31 Dec. 1912; served in the South African War, 1900–01; took part in
the operations in Cape Colony, Orange River Colony, and the Transvaal,
April, 1900, to April, 1901 (Queen’s medal with four clasps); was
employed with the West African Frontier Force, 1 Oct. 1905 to 22 Nov.
1907; went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Nov. 1914, and
was killed in action at Fromelles, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ Capt.
O’Sullivan was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31
May, 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field.
[Illustration: =Arthur Moore O’Sullivan.=]
=OTELLIE, WILLIAM GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3678), 196618, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=OTTLEY, GEOFFREY CLAUDE LANGDALE, D.S.O.=, Lieut., 2nd Battn.
Scots Guards, only child of Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Langdale Ottley,
of 17, Queen’s Gate Gardens, S.W., and Coruanan, Fort William,
Inverness-shire, K.C.M.G., C.B., M.V.O., by his wife, Kathleen
Margaret, dau. of Col. Alexander Stewart, R.A., and grandson of the
Rev. Lawrence Ottley, Canon of Ripon; _b._ Southsea, co. Hants,
20 Jan. 1896; educ. Harrow and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Scots Guards, 1 Oct. 1914; promoted Lieut.
10 Dec. (ante-dated to 9 Nov.); went to France, 7 Nov., and died in
the Australian Voluntary Hospital, Wimereux, near Boulogne, 21 Dec.
1914, of wounds received in action while leading an attack on the
enemy’s trenches on the 18th. Lieut. Ottley was mentioned in Sir John
(now Lord) French’s Despatch of 20 Nov. 1914 [London Gazette, 17 Feb.
1915], and was awarded the D.S.O. for conspicuous gallantry and good
reconnaissance work.
=OUSLEY, GEORGE=, Leading Seaman, 230179, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=OWEN, ALFRED FREDERICK=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 204497, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=OWEN, CHARLES=, L.-Corpl., No. 7668, 1st Battn. Royal West Kent
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
action, 23 Aug. 1914.
=OWEN, CHARLES=, Private, No. 9004, 1st Battn. East Surrey Regt.;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action,
1 Jan. 1915.
=OWEN, CHARLES=, Private, No. 10022, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards;
_b._ Bushey, co. Renfrew; enlisted 3 Sept. 1914; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action, 16–18
May, 1915. Buried near Richebourg St. Vaast, in front of Dead Cow Farm;
_m._
=OWEN, EDWARD REID=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 107833, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=OWEN, ERNEST HADDON=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. Lincolnshire Regt.,
attd. 1st Battn. South Wales Borderers, elder _s._ of William
Haddon Owen, of Louth, co. Lincoln, formerly of Little Grimsby Hall,
co. Lincoln, Solicitor, by his wife, Elizabeth Vincent, dau. of Charles
Leftwich Oldfeld Bartlett, of Burton House, Sherborne; _b._
Louth, 4 Feb. 1886; educ. Llandaff Cathedral School, Stancliffe Hall
Preparatory, and Haileybury, where he was in the College Cadet Corps;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 4th (Militia) Battn. Lincolnshire Regt.,
15 Oct. 1904; later transferring to the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battn.,
and was promoted Lieut. 8 May, 1911, and was Musketry Instructor; left
the Army in 1912; was admitted a Solicitor in 1909, joining the firm
of Haddon Owen & Son, of Louth. On the outbreak of war he rejoined his
old regt., 15 Aug. 1914, with the rank of 2nd Lieut., and was gazetted
Lieut. 23 Dec. 1914; went to France, 12 Nov., being attd. to the South
Wales Borderers, and was killed in action at Festubert, 21 Dec. 1914;
_unm._ Buried on the battlefield. His commanding officer wrote:
“He was killed leading his men into the trenches, and was shot in the
head when only three or four yards off them. He was slightly wounded
in the neck a short time before, but gallantly led his men on”; and
a brother subaltern: “Your son was in the leading company. We had to
drive the Germans from the trenches which the Indians had lost the day
previously. You will be glad to hear we got those trenches. He was most
brave in the advance, and those of us who saw him advance could not
help but note his coolness and unconcern.”
[Illustration: =Ernest Haddon Owen.=]
=OWEN, FRANK JAMES=, Private, R.M.L.I., 12974 (R.F.R., Ch. B.
1437), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=OWEN, GEORGE WEBSTER=, Capt., 1/10th Battn. The Manchester Regt.
(T.F.), _s._ of the late Thomas Owen, of The Pollards, Penketh,
near Warrington; _b._ Eccleston, co. Lancaster, 27 July, 1882;
educ. Warrington Grammar School, and Manchester University (where
he was in the O.T.C.), and later was a Yarn Agent in Manchester. He
joined the 2nd Volunteer Battn. Manchester Regt. in 1899; was given a
commission as 2nd Lieut., in the 10th Battn. Manchester Territorials,
... April, 1910, and promoted Lieut. 15 March, 1912, and Capt. 31 Aug.
1914; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war; served
with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles, and was
killed in action there, 6 June, 1915, during the attack on Krithia.
Lieut.-Col. J. B. Rye wrote: “He was with his company, which had been
attd. to the Royal Fusiliers, and during the three days’ hard fighting
had made quite a name for himself, by the leading of his men and the
example he set them, and it was whilst taking them on to recapture
a Turkish trench that he was killed. Please accept the most sincere
sympathy of myself and all the officers, non-commissioned officers
and men of his Battn. in your great loss. We have lost a cheerful and
popular comrade.” Capt. Owen _m._ at Unnston, co. Lincoln, 20
July, 1910, Ruth Mary (Glentworth, Ramillies Avenue, Cheadle Hulme,
Cheshire), dau. of S. W. Cocks, of Unnston; _s.p._
=OWEN, HUGH=, Lieut., 3rd, attd. 2nd Battn. The Border Regt.,
yr. _s._ of Sol Owen, of Odessa, Russia, Merchant, by his wife,
Elizabeth dau. of William Rees; _b._ Sevastopol, Crimea, 30 May,
1890; educ. Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School, Cranbrook (1901–7);
Armstrong College, Newcastle-on-Tyne (1907–10); and Durham University,
where he obtained his degree of B.Sc. While at Cranbrook he was in the
Cadet Corps, attd. 2nd Volunteer Battn. The Buffs, East Kent Regt.,
and at Durham University was a Corpl. in the O.T.C. On the outbreak of
war he was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 3rd Border Regt., 21 Aug. 1914, and
promoted Lieut. 8 April, 1915; went to the Front, 13 Nov. 1914; was
wounded at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915; returned to duty on 6 April,
and was killed in action at Festubert, 16 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Hugh Owen.=]
=OWEN, NORMAN MOORE=, 2nd Lieut., Royal Field Artillery, yr.
_s._ of the Rev. Octavius Edward Owen, Rector of Over Wallop, co.
Hants, formerly Lieut. Royal Marine Artillery, by his wife, Ella Jane,
yr. dau. of Col. John Patrick Briggs, of Strathairly, Fife, late Indian
Army, _b._ Flempton Rectory, Bury St. Edmunds, 16 Dec. 1893; educ.
Stubbington House, Fareham, and Cheltenham College; gazetted 2nd Lieut.
18 July, 1913; went to France 18 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at
the Battle of the Aisne, 13 Sept. 1914; _unm._ Buried at Chassemy,
France.
[Illustration: =Norman Moore Owen.=]
=OWEN, THOMAS=, Private, No. G./1234 (8th Service) Battn. Royal
Fusiliers; served with the Expeditionary Force in France etc.; died 29
July, 1915, of wounds received in action.
=OXENBRIDGE, GEORGE HERBERT=, Private, No. 3644, 2/4th Battn.
Royal West Kent Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of George Edward
Oxenbridge, Private, Royal Sussex Regt. (now serving in Egypt), by
his wife, Eliza Annie (33, Shelly Cottage, Denny Bottom, Tunbridge
Wells); _b._ Tunbridge Wells, 26 April, 1897; educ. Rusthall and
Church of England Schools there; enlisted 21 Dec. 1914; served with
the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at
Gallipoli, 22 Aug. 1915, while acting as a stretcher-bearer, and was
buried at Anafarta Plain. An officer of his platoon wrote: “It was on
22 Aug., a man was wounded outside the trench; your son went out after
him to bring him in, and was shot dead. I was sorry indeed, as he was a
very good soldier, cheerful and very willing, also a general favourite
amongst his fellow comrades. He did a very brave act, and I am very
sorry indeed to lose him”; and a comrade: “We were in some heavy
fighting that day and chaps were shot down anyhow, and one Welsh boy
was severely wounded and laid out in front of our lines, and as they
asked for volunteers to fetch him in, Pat, who was a stretcher-bearer,
volunteered and was shot before he got to the chap; it was a very brave
deed and deserved the D.C.M. All our company miss him very much.”
[Illustration: =George H. Oxenbridge.=]
=OZANNE, EDWARD GRAEME=, Capt., 3rd Battn. Royal Fusiliers, only
_s._ of Edward Chepmell Ozanne, of Le Platon, Guernsey, Bailiff
of Guernsey, by his wife, Frances; _b._ Guernsey, 5 April, 1883;
educ. Rugby; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Royal Fusiliers, 8 May, 1901,
and promoted Lieut. 19 Oct. 1904, and Capt. 23 April, 1912; served
in the South African War, 1902; took part in the operations in the
Transvaal, and in those of the Orange River Colony and Cape Colony,
Feb.-31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with four clasps); and with the
Expeditionary Force in France from 18 Jan. to 14 Feb. 1915; and was
killed in action in trenches at Ypres on the latter date. Buried in
the Ramparts there. He _m._ at Bombay, India, 17 Oct. 1913, Aline
(52, Lower Sloane Street, S.W.), dau. of the late Lieut.-General Josias
Gordon Cloete, Indian Army; _s.p._
=PACKER, REGINALD CHARLES=, Sergt., No. 53, A Squadron, Essex
Yeomanry (T.F.), _s._ of the late Handal Henrico Packer,
Architect and Surveyor, Proprietor of Angel Hotel, Wellingboro’, and
subsequently of the Cliff Hotel, Dovercourt, by his wife, Emily Mary
Jane (Cliff Hotel, Dovercourt), dau. of (--) Hobbs, of Stroud, Glos.;
_b._ Wellingborough, 5 Dec. 1888; educ. Wellingborough and Eye
Grammar Schools; worked with his father until his death in 1909, and
subsequently managed the Cliff Hotel, Dovercourt, for his mother;
joined the Essex Yeomanry in 1908; was promoted Sergt. in 1912 for
work in connection with regimental signalling, and was in charge of
the signallers of the regt.; volunteered for active service on the
outbreak of war; went to France 29 Nov. 1914; was selected in Jan. for
a special signalling course, with about 50 others, from which he passed
out No. 11, and died in Hazebrouck Military Hospital, 19 May, 1915, of
wounds received in action at Ypres on the 13th. Buried in Hazebrouck
Cemetery. Capt. Parker, of the Essex Yeomanry, wrote: “I can a little
realise your loss, for I have been learning signalling lately and have
seen a good deal of him, and have learnt what a charming fellow he was.
As you probably know he was a signaller of exceptional ability and in
that way alone he was a serious loss to the regt. But apart from that
he has become a very good soldier and his troop officer during the
last two months has been continuous in his praise of the work he has
done. He is a sad loss to the Squadron, and was very popular with all
and we shall miss him sadly.” He _m._ at Ufford, co. Suffolk, 28
Nov. 1914, Marion (2, Station Road, Dovercourt), elder dau. of the late
Quartermaster-Sergt. George Thomas Rushton-Rudd, of the Essex Regt.;
_s.p._
[Illustration: =Reginald C. Packer.=]
=PADDAY, WILLIAM HAMILTON=, Capt., 36th, attd. 47th Sikhs, Indian
Army, yr. _s._ of the late Col. Arthur Charles Padday, Royal
(late Bengal) Engineers, by his wife, Alice Hamilton (30, Orsett
Terrace, Hyde Park W.), dau. of the late Thomas Campbell Foster, Q.C.,
Bencher of the Middle Temple, and Recorder of Warwick; _b._ Stoke
Devonport, 21 Sept. 1881; educ. Bath College (where he was a prominent
member of the football XV in 1898); and the Royal Military College,
Sandhurst (1900–01); gazetted 2nd Lieut. (unattd.) Indian Army, 8
Jan. 1901; served his first year with the Queen’s Royal West Surrey
Regt. then in the Punjab; was gazetted to the 36th Sikhs, 7 April,
1902, and promoted Lieut. 8 April, 1903, and Capt. 20 July, 1911; was
for some time attd. to the Military Police in Assam, but rejoined his
regt. in 1910. Home on leave when the European War broke out, he was
for a short time attd. to the 8th Service Battn. West Riding Regt. at
Belton Camp, but early in Nov. joined the 47th Sikhs in France, and was
serving with that regt. when he was killed in action near Givenchy,
21 Dec. 1914; _unm._ His Col. wrote that he “died a most gallant
death gallantly performing a difficult task”; and an officer who was
in the trenches with him: “His coolness and great personal bravery
alone commanded admiration, and his unfailing cheerfulness under any
circumstances.” And another: “When we had reached the bit of trench
we had been told to retake, the Germans were found to be in each end
of it with machine guns. On previous occasions it had been found that
the most effective method of turning the enemy out of such positions
was for parties of bomb-throwers to creep up to the part occupied by
the Germans, and by throwing bombs amongst them, drive them out bit by
bit. Your son was in charge of our regimental party of bomb-throwers,
whom he had personally trained, and he went off with the party to try
and dislodge the Germans. A Sepoy who was with him says that he had
thrown two bombs and was preparing a third, when he was shot at close
range through the head.... Owing to the heavy fire the Germans opened
on the party it was quite impossible to remove the body. The party had
to make their way back, and just then a retirement was ordered and
the trench was evacuated. The subsequent counter-attack, in which the
regt. did not participate, did not reach that trench at all, so it was
never possible to recover the bodies of those who had died there.” He
was a keen sportsman, fond of shooting, fishing and yachting. He was
Hon. Secretary of both the Lucknow and Naini Tal Yacht Clubs, and won
several cups when racing in the latter club.
[Illustration: =William Hamilton Padday.=]
=PADDOCK, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109803, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=PADDY, ALFRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10197), S.S. 2639, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PAGE, ALBERT=, Private, No. 7345, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
_s._ of the late William Page, by his wife, Jane (12, Andover
Road, Hornsey Road, Holloway), dau. of William Finch; _b._
Highgate, 27 Nov. 1887; educ. St. Mary’s School there; enlisted 12
July, 1907; served three years with the Colours and then passed into
the Reserve, and worked as a Carman; was mobilised 5 Aug. 1914; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., and was killed in action
30 Oct. following; _unm._ Buried in Rentel Woods. His brother,
Private Frederick Page, 2nd Battn. Middlesex Regt., was killed in
action, 10–14 March, 1915, and his two other brothers are now (1916) on
active service.
=PAGE, ALFRED=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 8840), 198471, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=PAGE, DAVID=, Gunner, R.M.A., 10386, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PAGE, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 11334, 2nd Battn. Middlesex Regt.,
_s._ of the late William Page, by his wife, Jane (12, Andover
Road, Hornsey Road, Holloway), dau. of William Finch; _b._ 4 May,
1889; educ. Arkley School, Barnet; enlisted 15 Oct. 1906; served seven
years with the Colours (including five years in India), then became a
Carman with Carter Patersons; mobilised Aug. 1914; went to France in
Sept., was wounded 15 Oct. (the same month his brother, Private Albert
Page, was killed, see his notice), and invalided home; returned to the
Front in Feb., and was killed in action between 10–14 March, 1915;
_unm._
=PAGE, JOHN=, Petty Officer (T.), 194013, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PAGE, THOMAS=, Colour-Sergt., R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., A. 589), H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PAGE, WILLIAM THOMAS=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7537),
291867, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PAGE, WILLIAM WILLIE=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9632), S.S. 2347,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PAGET, GEORGE GODFREY BRANDRETH=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn.
Northamptonshire Regt., only child of Charles Edward Paget, of Great
Houghton House, near Northampton, by his wife, Ethel Pilkington, dau.
of the late Rev. Canon William Harper Brandreth, Rector of Standish,
Lancs.; and gdson. of the late Sir George Edward Paget, K.C.B., M.D.,
F.R.S.; _b._ North Bentcliffe, Eccles, co. Lancaster, 6 April,
1891; educ. St. Andrew’s School, Eastbourne (1901–05), and Charterhouse
(1905–08); joined the 3rd (Militia) Battn. of the Northamptonshire
Regt. as 2nd Lieut., 29 April, 1908, and was promoted Lieut. in the
Special Reserve, 26 July, 1910; gazetted 2nd Lieut, to the 1st Battn.,
14 Aug. 1914, having crossed with it to France on the 12th; served
through the retreat from Mons and the Battle of the Marne, and was
killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914; _unm._
“His Coy. were attacking under a very heavy shell fire and rifle fire
also,” wrote Lieut. Farrer. “They had just halted in a bit of a dip,
where they were out of rifle fire; he moved forward to see if they
could go on, when he was hit. The men of his Platoon say he didn’t seem
to mind the lead that was flying round, and was urging them on all the
time.” The Adjutant, Capt. Lloyd, also wrote: “You know he died doing
his duty, and that his name will be handed down to posterity, amongst
the others of the Regt., as being one who assisted to uphold the
glorious traditions of our Regt., and who emulated the deeds of times
gone by.” His body was not recovered, but was seen on 17 Sept. about
40–50 yards from the German trench, when a Coldstream officer succeeded
in getting some letters out of his pocket by which his body was
identified. The body was lying about 300 yards in front of our trenches.
[Illustration: =George G. B. Paget.=]
=PAINE, CHARLES PERCIVAL=, Corpl., No. 554, Army Service Corps.
(Motor Transport Section), _s._ of Charles Paine, Master Tailor,
by his wife, Emma; _b._ Old Kent Road, E., 19 May, 1876; educ.
Dulwich; joined the 22nd Middlesex Volunteers about 1894; attaining
the rank of Sergt.; served in the South African War, 1899–1900, with
the C.I.V. Mounted Infantry (Queen’s medal with three clasps); joined
the Motor Transport Special Reserve in Oct. 1912; was called up on the
outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary
Force on the 6th; was promoted Corpl. in Dec. for valuable services
rendered in the field, and died in No. 10 Military Hospital, St. Omer,
17 Feb. 1915, from cerebro-spinal meningitis. Buried in the Cemetery of
Remembrance there. He _m._ at the Baptist Church, Attleborough, 17
Sept. 1901, Harriet Jane (52, Thorpebank Road, Shepherd’s Bush, W.),
eldest dau. of Francis (and Harriet) Smith-Newby, of Attleborough,
co. Norfolk, and had four children: Francis Percival, _b._ 11
Oct. 1902; Charles George, _b._ 21 Oct. 1905; Geoffrey Herbert,
_b_. 24 Feb. 1908; and Evelyn Hattie, _b._ 16 Feb. 1904.
[Illustration: =Charles Percival Paine.=]
=PAINE, CHARLES WILLIAM STANLEY=, Capt., Royal Marine L.I.,
eldest _s._ of William Henry Paine, of Derwent House, Canterbury,
by his wife, Mary, dau. of James Buss; _b._ Canterbury, 22 Dec.
1876; educ. Tonbridge (The School House, 1891–95); and on leaving
there qualified as an Electrical Engineer. After being some time in
Queensland, he went to South Africa, and took part with the Border
Police in putting down the native rising in Bechuanaland. When the
South African War broke out he was in England. He volunteered and went
out with the Electrical Engineers, serving later with Steinecker’s
Horse, and receiving the Queen’s medal with four clasps. At the end
of the war he returned to England, and was for some time once more at
the electrical power station in the Isle of Thanet. In May, 1905, he
returned to South Africa, and cleared and farmed a large tract of land
in Mashonaland. Towards the end of 1909 he returned to England, and was
farming in Hampshire when war began. The day after war was declared he
left home to serve with the Legion of Frontiersmen, but after three
months of duty at Southampton, finding that the Legion had little
chance of being sent to the Front, he applied for a commission and was
gazetted 2nd Lieut., R.N.D., 19 Nov. 1914. He was promoted Lieut., R.M.
attd. R.N.D., 23 Nov., and Capt., R.M., on 8 Dec. 1914. He went out to
the Dardanelles in May with the Benbow Battn. of the R.N.D., and was
in action almost immediately. On the disbanding of the Benbow Battn.
he was transferred to the Hood Battn., and was instantaneously killed
in action, 17 July, 1915, being shot by a sniper while attempting to
get help for a wounded man. He was buried in the trench--Ferril Gap,
where he fell. “He was,” wrote one who knew him well, “a thorough
sportsman, a man of unfailing courage and cheerfulness, equally ready
to share his purse and his last meal, not only with friends, but with
anyone who seemed in need of either. No one has ever more cheerfully
and unassumingly lived the golden rule than he, as scores of men
down on their luck, and many a tired animal too, could testify.” He
had a distinct literary and poetical bent, and published, as a rule,
anonymously, a good many things, mostly short stories, both in English
and in Rhodesian magazines. Two of his short poems, one entitled “The
Dead,” appeared in the “Westminster Gazette” in 1915. He _m._
at St. George’s Cathedral, Capetown, 24 Aug. 1908, Lilian Josephine
(Barnfield, Medstead, Hants), 2nd dau. of the late Joseph Naylor, of
Hull, and had three children: Geoffrey William Wright Halden, _b._
Umbali, Rhodesia, 27 Aug. 1909; Catherine Mary, _b._ 27 Dec. 1910;
and Josephine Halden, _b._ 8 Feb. 1914.
[Illustration: =Charles William S. Paine.=]
=PAINE, SYDNEY WILLIAM=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Divisional Field Coy.
New Zealand Engineers, only _s._ of William John Paine, of
Ashton Road, Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand, Accountant, by his
wife, Constance, dau. of Shadrick Moordaff; _b._ Auckland, 9
April, 1891; educ. Maungakaramea County School, Wellesley Street City
School, and Auckland Grammar School; joined the New Zealand Engineers
(Volunteers) in 1906, and was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in No. 3
(Auckland) Coy. 21 Feb. 1911; volunteered for Imperial Service on the
outbreak of war and joined the Expeditionary Force as a Sapper, but
was shortly afterwards given a commission, and was killed in action in
Gallipoli, 20 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried there. Lieut.-Col. Pridham
wrote: “It may be some consolation to you to know that he had done
wonderfully good work ever since he landed here, and the loss to the
Engineers will be very severely felt. He was absolutely trusted by the
men under him and was, I think, the most unconcerned under fire of us
all. He died on duty, reconnoitring for a fresh advance against the
enemy”; and Capt. W. Limm: “Your son was with me--I knew him really
well, and he was a personal friend of mine and was a splendid chap.
I cannot tell you all I know of him in a letter, but you can be very
proud of him.” Sapper F. Leyland also wrote: “We got a shock last
night, for we lost our section officer, Lieut. S. W. Paine. He was
the best officer we had, and I had known him for years. He was at the
Grammar School when I was, and was in the same company of Engineers as
I was in Auckland. A finer chap I never met--his first thoughts were
always for the men, and he always mixed up with them. Just before he
was shot he was laughing and joking with us. When the news came down
that he was shot and had rolled down the gully, we rushed up to get
him, but by the time we found him he was dead. We feel lost without
him, and are feeling pretty miserable.” He was awarded the Royal
Humane Society’s Bronze Medal for saving a comrade from drowning at
Fort Cantley, and was congratulated by Col. Wolffe on being the first
Territorial in camp to receive it.
[Illustration: =Sydney William Paine.=]
=PAINE, THOMAS HARRY=, Leading Telegraphist, 239741, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PAINTIN, SHAYLER=, Sergt., No. 9784, 1st Battn. The Royal Scots,
yst. _s._ of the late Joseph Paintin, of West End, Witney,
Carpenter, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of J. Mann, of Witney; _b._
Witney, co. Oxon, 5 April, 1885; educ. Wesleyan Higher Grade School
there; was a Grocer; enlisted in the Royal Scots, 17 Sept. 1906; went
to India with the 1st Battn. in 1909; served there until the outbreak
of war; returned to England, Nov. 1914; went to France the following
month, and was killed in action at the Second Battle of Ypres, 12 May,
1915; _unm._ His Coy. Sergt.-Major wrote: “He was highly respected
by the officers, N.C.Os. and men, and a better soldier never wore the
uniform. He died like a good British soldier in the trench not far from
the machine gun he was in charge of. We buried him in the Bellewarde
Wood, near the village of Hooge, about 4 kilometres from the now ruined
city of Ypres.” Sergt. Paintin was a keen sportsman and a first-class
shot, and at the Royal Scots Rifle Meeting he won the championship
medal, India, 1912; he was in C Coy. hockey team, which won the Meay
Ahmed Hockey Cup, 1911–12, and at the Royal Scots Rifle Meeting he won
third prize, aggregate, 1914.
[Illustration: =Shayler Paintin.=]
=PAKENHAM, CHARLES JOHN WINGFIELD=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Hampshire
Regt., _s._ of Major Charles Pakenham, of Headon Hall, Alum Bay,
I.W., late 101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers and Royal Irish Fusiliers
[gdson. of the Hon. Sir Thomas Pakenham, G.C.B., Admiral of the Red,
3rd _s._ of Thomas, 1st Earl of Longford], by his 2nd wife,
Gertrude Edith Mary, yst. dau. of William Wingfield; _b._ Northam,
near Bideford, co. Devon, 25 April, 1892; educ. Royal Naval College,
Osborne, and Victoria College, Jersey; joined the 3rd (Special
Reserve) Battn. of the Hampshire Regt., in Aug. 1910; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. to the 2nd Battn., then at Mhow, India, 21 Jan. 1914, and
promoted Lieut. 1 Nov. following; took part in the landing at the
Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there three days
later (28 April); _unm._
=PAKENHAM, ROBERT EDWARD MICHAEL=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Munster
Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of Major Charles Pakenham, of Headon Hall,
Alum Bay, I.W., late 101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers and Royal Irish
Fusiliers [gdson. of the Hon. Sir Thomas Pakenham, G.C.B., Admiral
of the Red, 3rd _s._ of Thomas, 1st Earl of Longford], by his
wife, Emily Blanche, dau. of Charles Hercules Harrison, of Singapore;
_b._ Armagh, 27 July, 1874; educ. Lausanne House, Worthing, and
United Service College, Westward Ho!; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 24 March,
1897, and promoted Lieut. 9 Nov. 1898, and Capt. 1 May, 1902; served
(1) in the South African War, 1899–1900, 1902; took part in the advance
on Kimberley, including action at Belmont; operations in the Orange
Free State, April to May, 1900, and those in Orange River Colony,
May to June, 1900 (Queen’s medal with three clasps and King’s medal
with two clasps); and (2) with the Expeditionary Force in France and
Flanders, and died in the Military Hospital, Boulogne, 17 Jan. 1915,
of wounds received in action. He _m._, 12 Sept. 1900, Nancye
(Ballinacurragh, co. Cork), 2nd dau. of William Fowler, of Broadlands
Park, Liverpool, and had three children: Ivo Robert Lygon, _b._ 4
Dec. 1903; Osmund Edward Michael, _b._ 20 April, 1905, _d._
13 April 1906; and Emilie Estelle Rosemary, _b._ 4 Feb. 1907. His
yr. brother, Lieut. C. J. W. Pakenham, was killed in the Dardanelles
(see his notice).
=PAKENHAM, WILLIAM HENRY=, L.-Corpl., No. 7765, 2nd Battn.
Connaught Rangers, only _s._ of the late Henry Pakenham, by his
wife. Maria; _b._ Granard, co. Longford, 4 June, 1885; enlisted
5 March, 1903; served eight years in India; went to France 13 Aug.
1914, and died in the Military Hospital, Colchester, 26 Feb. 1915,
from a shrapnel wound in the right shoulder received in action near
Ypres, 29 Oct. 1914. He _m._ at Holy Trinity Church, Culmore,
co. Londonderry, 20 Jan. 1914, Caroline (Burgage, Blessington, co.
Wicklow), dau. of Michael Bryant, of Tallamore, King’s Co., and had a
dau., Violet Charlotte, _b._ 5 Oct. 1914.
[Illustration: =William H. Pakenham.=]
=PALIN, ARCHIBALD EDWIN= (“Blue”), Private, No. 938, 13th Battn.
4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, foster child of Mrs.
Ann Charman; _b._ Dorking, Surrey, 7 Jan. 1872; educ. Dorking
National Schools; afterwards going to Australia; volunteered on the
outbreak of war, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 3 May,
1915; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “He proved himself thoroughly brave
and courageous in action and always put his duty before personal
safety. He did invaluable work in his capacity as a scout and set a
great example to the other men by his coolness under heavy fire.”
=PALLANT, HERBERT=, Sergt., No. 7001, 2nd Battn. Lancashire
Fusiliers, _s._ of Harry Pallant, Ipswich, employee on the Ipswich
Corporation Tramways Co., by his 1st wife; _b._ Ash Bocking, co.
Suffolk, 14 May, 1879; educ. Ipswich; enlisted 5 Oct. 1898; became
L.-Corpl. 1 May, 1900; Corpl. 1 Feb. 1901, and Sergt. 28 Feb. 1904;
served in Malta, Crete and South Africa (Queen’s medal with four
clasps); was seven years with the Colours and five with the Reserve,
at the end of which time he again signed on for four years, during
which period he was employed as a Postman at the G.P.O.; mobilised 5
Aug. 1914; went to France on the 30th, and was killed in action at
Messines, 2 Nov. following. Buried on the Eastern Edge of Ploegsteert
Wood. Qrmr.-Sergt. Clague, 2nd Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers, wrote: “I
did not know Sergt. Pallant previous to his joining the company on
active service, but what I saw of him convinced me that he had no fear
and died a glorious death, he was always willing to do any duty he was
called upon to do, and was a great help to the officers of company when
any trying work was to be carried out. He was liked very much by the
men of his platoon and they miss him very much now.” He _m._ at
Ipswich, 3 June, 1906, Helen (38, Newton Street, St. Helen’s, Ipswich),
dau. of the late William (and Elizabeth) Cunningham, and had a son,
Herbert, _b._ 4 Aug. 1907.
[Illustration: =Herbert Pallant.=]
=PALMER, FREDERICK ERNEST=, A.B., 236457 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PALMER, GEORGE=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 22186, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=PALMER, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1317), 197816, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PALMER, GEORGE EDWARD=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 23449, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=PALMER, JOHN=, Gunner, R.M.A., 12655, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PALMER, JOHN JOSEPH=, 2nd Writer, 346138, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PALMER, MAURICE WESTON=, L.-Corpl., No. 1104, 5th Battn.,
Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of Attwell Lynch Palmer, of
Pentney, Swaffham, co. Norfolk, Engineer, by his wife, Frances, dau.
of William Daniel Weston, of the Lenwades, Moulton, near Newmarket;
_b._ Letcham, Swaffham, 4 July, 1894; educ. Grammar School,
Swaffham; went to Australia in Dec. 1913; was a 1st Class Steward
in the Orient S.S. Co.; volunteered for Imperial service after the
outbreak of war and joined the 5th Battn., A.I.F., in Sept. 1914; left
for Egypt in Dec; went to the Dardanelles in June, 1915, and was killed
in action there, 20 July following; _unm._
[Illustration: =Maurice W. Palmer.=]
=PALMER, PERCY VICTOR=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9038), No. 206273,
R.N., _s._ of William Palmer, of Towersey, near Thame, co. Oxford,
by his wife, Harriett, dau. of John Rumble, of Norfolk; _b._
Kensington Gore, W., 12 Jan. 1883; educ. St. Barnabas’ Church School,
Pimlico, and was a chorister at St. John’s, Wilton Road; entered Navy,
1899, and was lost on board H.M.S. Cressy when that ship was torpedoed
in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._ For services rendered
during the Messina earthquake, while serving in H.M.S. Euryalus, he
received a letter of thanks from the King of Italy, and was awarded
the Messina silver medal. Palmer was also at Martinique when that
earthquake happened.
[Illustration: =Percy Victor Palmer.=]
=PALMER, RONALD WILLIAM POULTON=, B.A. Oxon, Lieut., 4th Battn.
Berkshire Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of Edward Bagnall Poulton, D.Sc.,
F.R.S., Hope Professor of Zoology, Oxford University, and Fellow of
Jesus College, by his wife, Emily, eldest dau. of the late George
Palmer (of Huntley & Palmer, Ltd.), some time M.P. for Reading, and
nephew of the late Right Hon. George William Palmer, also at one time
M.P. for Reading, and of the late Sir Walter Palmer, Bart., M.P. for
Salisbury; _b._ Oxford, 12 Sept. 1889; educ. Oxford Preparatory
School, Rugby (School House), and Balliol College, Oxford, where he
matriculated with an exhibition in 1908; took 2nd Class Honours in the
Final Honour School of Natural Science (Engineering), and graduated
B.A. 1911. On leaving Oxford he entered Huntley & Palmer’s factory
in Jan. 1912, to qualify himself for a Directorship, and after 18
months there, went to Manchester and continued his engineering studies
in Mather & Platt’s, attending courses at the Municipal School of
Technology. On the death of the Right Hon. G. W. Palmer, in Oct. 1913,
he became the heir and, had he lived, would have succeeded his uncle
in the Marlston Estates, and by the terms of the will he took the name
of Palmer. At Oxford he had served with the O.T.C. from 4 Dec. 1908
to 29 Dec. 1911, and on going to Reading was given a commission as
2nd Lieut., in the Berkshire Territorials, 30 April, 1912; and on the
outbreak of war volunteered with his Battn. for foreign service, and
was promoted Lieut. He went to the Front at the end of March, and was
killed by a stray bullet, or by a sniper, at 12.20 a.m., 5 [not 4] May,
1915, while superintending work on the trenches in front of Ploegsteert
Wood, Belgium. He was buried in the wood, close to “Hyde Park Corner”;
_unm._ Col. O. P. Serocold wrote: “He was killed instantaneously,
while on duty in the trenches, about 12.20 a.m. this morning, and as
it was quite dark at the time, and before the moon rose, we think it
must have been an unaimed chance bullet which struck him. Naturally
Ronald was the most beloved and popular officer with all ranks, and one
of those whom we could least spare. I shall miss him sorely, as he was
a most trustworthy and capable officer, and would have gone high in
soldiering, had he been spared”; and Capt. Thorne: “Ronald was engaged
on work of trench repair, in company with Sergt. Brant, and was hit
by an enemy sniper at 12.20 a.m. Death, mercifully, must have been
instantaneous. This I am sure of, as I reached him a moment after he
was shot; he never spoke or moved again, and the Doctor, who shortly
after arrived, is of the same opinion. Sergt. Brant did everything
that could be done, but it was obviously all in vain. I cannot express
what we feel about it, men and all were devoted to him, and there is
not one of us who would not have cheerfully exchanged our lives for
his. He never shirked a job, whatever the risk was, and he fell, as he
would have liked to do, in the execution of his duty. The regt. has
lost one it could ill afford.” Lieut. O. B. Challenor also wrote: “He
was our company works manager, _i.e._, he looked after the trench,
and found out what work on the parapet or elsewhere was necessary for
the safety of the men. He was shot at 12.20 a.m. to-day, 5 May. It was
a foggy night, and he was on the roof of a dug-out, looking at work
that had been done, when a stray shot, which I think was a ricochet
off our wire in front of the trench, hit him. It entered his right
side, just below the armpit; death was instantaneous.” He was a noted
Rugby International, and captained the English Team which won all the
International matches in the season before the war. The “Times” said:
“By the death of Lieut. Poulton Palmer Rugby football has lost one of
its most brilliant exponents. As a three-quarter back--he could play
either in the centre or on the wing--his name will go down to posterity
as probably the greatest player of all time. He was decidedly of the
unorthodox type, and, although he had many imitators, was unequalled
in his distinctive style and opportunism. The strongest points of his
game were his resolute running and wonderful swerve. At the beginning
of his career he was rather weak in his tackling, but this weakness
was remedied by experience. As a captain he was a born leader; he was
never flurried, and was always seen at his best when the score was
against his side. Like all great players, he had his off days, but he
was just the man to win games by his individual flashes of brilliance,
and no English side could have been considered at full strength without
him. Between the seasons of 1909 and 1914 he gained 17 International
caps--five against Scotland, four against Ireland, four against Wales,
three against France, and one against South Africa. He failed to get
his Blue at Oxford as a Freshman in 1908, when the three-quarter line
consisted of four old Blues and International players--H. H. Vassall,
F. N. Tarr, C. M. Gilray, and H. Martin but in the following year,
when Oxford beat Cambridge by four goals and five tries to one try,
he scored five tries--the other four being gained by Martin. In 1910
and 1911 he was also on the winning side, and was captain in the
latter year, he also did splendid service for the Harlequins, and it
was in a large degree due to him that the three-quarter line reached
its high standard of excellence. In addition to his skill as a Rugby
football player he was a fine exponent at hockey, and he played against
Cambridge in 1909, 1910, and 1911.” Early in his school days at Rugby
he began to feel that love for work in boys’ clubs which was to become
the chief among his many interests. It was further developed at Oxford
in the Balliol Boys’ Club, in the Rugby School Mission and by contact
with kindred spirits of whom the brightest have, with him, given their
lives for their country. When in 1912 he went to Reading, with all his
strenuous work at the Factory, he found time to help in the management
of a Boys’ Club in the parish of St. John’s, and in Manchester he gave
time and thought to the same absorbing interest. His friends have felt
that to write of him, as many of the papers did. as a football player
and nothing else, was to give an entirely false impression of the man,
and to miss what to him was the paramount duty as well as the keenest
pleasure of life.
[Illustration: =Ronald W. Poulton Palmer.=]
=PALMER, SAMUEL EDWARD=, Private, No. 3234, Royal Sussex Regt.
(T.F.), _s._ of William Owen Palmer, of Durgates, Wadhurst,
Gardener, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of William Manktelow, of Woods
Green, Wadhurst; _b._ Wadhurst, co. Sussex, 12 Jan. 1895; educ.
Boys’ School there; was employed by Miss Olvir, Durgate’s Farm,
Wadhurst, Farm Hand; joined the Church Lads’ Brigade, and became a
member of the Wadhurst Fire Brigade; joined the 5th Sussex, 22 Feb.
1915; left Woolwich for France, 10 July, 1915, and was killed in action
2 Jan. 1916, by the bursting of a German shell, while on duty with a
fatigue party; _unm._
=PALMES, GUY NICHOLAS=, Lieut., 1st Battn. King’s Own Yorkshire
L.I., 4th _s._ of the Rev. George Palmes, Vicar of Naburn, Squire
and Lord of the Manor of Naburn, by his wife, Eva Blanche, yr. dau. of
Henry Dalbiac, of Holbrook Park, Sussex; _b._ Naburn Hall, co.
York. 14 July, 1894; educ. Malvern College, and the Royal Military
College, Sandhurst, and on leaving there was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the
K.O.Y.L.I. 1 Oct. 1914, and promoted Lieut. Nov. following; went to
France, Jan. 1915, and was killed in action near Ypres, 8 May, 1915;
_unm._
=PANNELL, WILLIAM FRANCIS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4661),
307771, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PANTLAND, ROBERT WILLIAM=, Pensioner, Ch. E.R.A., 118003, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=PARAGREEN, FREDERICK ARTHUR=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 41),
10860, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PARDOE, HARRY JAMES=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26738 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=PARFITT, HERBERT EDWARD=, No. 725, 2nd Class Air Mechanic, Royal
Flying Corps; killed while acting as Pilot to 2nd Lieut. E. W. C. Perry
on a B.E. 8 machine at Amiens, 16 Aug. 1914. Buried in the Cemetery at
St. Acheuil.
=PARHAM, FREDERICK=, Leading Stoker, C.G., 286907, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PARKE, WALTER EVELYN=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Durham L.I., 2nd
_s._ of Lieut.-Col. Lawrence Parke, of Moreton Heath, Moreton, co.
Dorset, 7th Hampshire Regt., late Durham L.I., by his wife, Evelyn,
dau. of the late T. Evans Lees; _b._ Wimborne, co. Dorset; educ.
Swanage (Mr. Pellatt) and Winchester College; was gazetted 2nd Lieut.
in the Durham L.I., 16 Aug. 1911, and promoted Lieut. 5 Aug. 1914; went
to France, Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Hazebrouck, 13 Oct.
following, while acting as Machine Gun Officer; _unm._ Buried near
Hazebrouck. Lieut. Parke was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord)
French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. [London Gazette, 17 Feb.] 1915. While at
Winchester he was captain of the Cricket XI.
=PARKER, ARTHUR=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17068, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PARKER, BASIL STEWART=, Capt., 2nd Battn. The Hampshire Regt.,
eldest _s._ of the late Rev. George Parker, Rector of Quainton,
co. Bucks, and Tickencote, co. Rutland, by his wife, Elizabeth Maria
Hislop (47, Sea Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth), dau. of the late John
Lorimer, of Edinburgh; _b._ Oxford, 2 July, 1878; educ. Oxford
Preparatory School and Bedford Grammar School. He served through the
South African War, first with the Imperial Yeomanry, and afterwards
in the Hampshire Regt., to which he was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 27 July,
1901. He took part in the operations in Cape Colony, North of the
Orange River, May, 1900, and in those in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900
to 31 May, 1902, receiving the Queen’s medal with two clasps, and the
King’s medal with two clasps, and was promoted Lieut. 20 Aug. 1904, and
Capt. 12 June, 1909. From March, 1906–09 he was Adjutant of his Battn.,
and from 1912–13 held a similar appointment in the Mounted Infantry
in South Africa. In 1911, at Harrismith, he was a member of the 2nd
M.I. Polo Team which won the Inter-Coy. Polo Cup. When the Dardanelles
Expedition was organised the 2nd Hants. formed part of the 29th
Division, which did such splendid work, that it became to be known as
the “Old Guard of the Army.” He left England with his regt. 20 March,
1915, and took part in the first attack on 25 April. His Coys. W and X,
under Major Leigh, landed about 10 a.m. that morning, from boats on W
beach, and proceeded to the first ridge and there took up a position,
where they stopped practically the whole day covering the other regts.
landing. His Commanding Officer writing home on 30 April said: “Basil
Parker is going strong, he is doing orderly runner for me as we have
not got our horses yet; he did splendidly.” And on 1 May, Capt. Parker
wrote: “What we call a quiet day, and only being shelled. It is a
glorious day, sitting in the trenches, and a gentle trickle of sand
falling on you all the time. We moved yesterday into reserve, but at 4
a.m. were sent back into the firing line. So much for our rest cures
out here. This life seems to suit me. I never felt better in my life.
Reveille at 4 a.m. and bed at 8 p.m. daily. I drink unlimited tea, no
sugar or milk in it, and biscuits; can’t get bread at any price. I am
as filthy as I feel, black with dust and exposure. We still wear caps.
Isn’t it sad about the Col. and Deane; they were both shot dead, not
wounded. I have to write early here as we neither have electric light
or candles in this trench, and go to bed and rise with the sun”: and
the following day: “We had a vile night, an attack which lasted from
10.30 p.m. to 2 p.m. to-day. As usual we have caught it fairly hot.
Leigh and Reid were both killed during the night, and three more subs.
were wounded to-day. We were under awful shrapnel fire to-day in the
open. I feel a bit more filthy than usual; have not had my clothes or
boots off for fourteen days.” He was wounded in the head on 6 May, or
as he puts it, “Got myself into trouble yesterday, and got a bullet
in my head, or very near it. It came in absolutely in the centre of
my cap (was fired from the right), and came out where the top of the
cap and the part that fits your head joins. I have had luck, because
on its way through it took a piece out of my head like a cheese scoop
down to the bone without damaging the skull. I could not at first make
out what had happened. I felt a huge bang on the head, as if a polo
ball had hit me, and asked the man next me, ‘What on earth is that?’
‘You’re hit on the head, sir.’ It began to bleed badly, so I went back
a little and got it tied up with the dressing you had sewn in my coat.
I was hit at noon, but commanded my company till dark.” He was able to
rejoin on 3 July, and after being continuously in action since landing,
the 2nd Hants were sent to Lemnos for rest and refreshment on 7 July.
Here they were joined by fresh drafts and returned to Gallipoli on 28
July, about 900 strong. They remained “on the beach” eight days and
then moved up to the front trenches--the intention being to create a
diversion in the Southern part of the peninsula whilst a new attack was
made at Suvla Bay, six or seven miles to the north. The 2nd Hants were
told on the evening of 5 Aug. that they would go up next day, and all
were in excellent spirits. Cooks were sent on to prepare food, etc.,
and at 5.30 a.m. on Aug. 6 the advance began, the force going up the
communication trenches, and the distance from the front trench being
about three or four miles, and Achi Baba being about three-quarters
mile distant. The trenches were close to the village of Krithia and
very near the great Gully. By 7 a.m. the 2nd Hants had occupied three
lines of trenches, having on their right the 4th Worcesters, and on
their left the 1st Essex. The front Turkish trench ran forward at an
angle and was about 50 yards distant on the left and 100 yards more on
the right. The space between the opposing trenches was swept by gun
fire from a distance, as well as from the trenches themselves. It was
known that an attack on the Turkish trenches would be made at 4 p.m.,
and until that time many of the force rested. The General sent up an
encouraging message to the Hants saying that this would be the last
time he would call upon them to make a great charge. Exactly at 4 p.m.
Capt. Parker, who was in command, called out: “Time’s up, my lads,” and
those in the first trench immediately leapt out, those in the second
at once taking their places and leaping out a minute later, and those
in the third doing the same. All were well up in a good deal less then
five minutes, and with a cheer they rushed forward. It was a glorious
charge, and every one showed splendid courage. The Turks were startled,
and took a minute or two--not much more--to get their machine-guns (of
which they had one for about every five yards, and which during the
bombardment they had hidden in the trenches) into position, so that
our men got some way across the open space. Apparently, however, none
reached the Turkish trench. All were mown down. Of the second line, a
few got across. Of the third line, which had fewer men, more than half
got through, and those who were left of the battn. held the trench
until they were relieved by the Royal Scots and Royal Fusiliers. A
private said positively that the Turks were driven from their front
trench which remained in our hands, as perhaps did some others. The
open ground was so heavily swept by gun fire that it was impossible
to bring in the wounded or the dead, even at night. Some may have
crawled in, but the severely wounded must have died. As none could be
recovered and identified, they were posted as missing. In the evening
of the 6th only 250 out of 900 of the Hants answered their names. It
was in this action that Capt. Parker was killed about 4 p.m. He had
gone forward out of the trench to direct a portion of the line and was
hit by a bullet in the left side; the bullet coming out near the left
breast was deflected by his cigarette case and again entered his body
and came out on his right side. He died four minutes afterwards with
his head resting on the leg of a lieutenant. He was brought back to
the dressing station, and buried at 7.10 a.m. on the following morning
in C. Communicating trench between the firing line and twelve tree
copse. He never spoke after he was hit, and was unconscious until he
died. He was carried to his last resting-place by men of the Battn. he
had commanded, and in which he was so much liked. A cross made by the
Royal Engineers marks the spot. Capt. Parker _m._ at St. George’s
Cathedral, Cape Town, 5 April, 1913, Kathleen Lambert (“Lausanne,”
Leigh Road, Cobham, Surrey), dau. of Lawrence Newman-Walker of Cape
Colony, M.D., F.R.C.S., and had a son, Gerald Stewart, _b._
Indore, Central India, 3 April, 1914.
[Illustration: =Basil Stewart Parker.=]
=PARKER, BERTIE CLARENCE=, A.B., J. 10893, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PARKER, CHARLES WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 12829,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=PARKER, CYRIL EDMUND=, 2nd Lieut., 6th (Reserve), attd. 2nd
Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, eldest _s._ of the Hon. Edmund
William Parker, of Westfield House, Rugby, by his wife, Fanny Emma,
dau. of Capt. William Baldwin, of Dunedin, and grandson of Thomas
Augustus, 6th Earl of Macclesfield; _b._ Christchurch, New
Zealand, 15 May, 1884; educ. Eton, and on leaving there joined the
London Stock Exchange in 1903, where he remained for 10 years; went to
British Columbia in 1913, and became a Financial Agent at Vancouver,
British Columbia, but on the outbreak of the European War in Aug.
1914, immediately proceeded to Vancouver and volunteered for Imperial
service. He obtained a commission in the 6th Regt., the Duke of
Connaught’s Own Rifles, Vancouver, and proceeded to Valcartier with the
detachment from that regt. which, with detachments from other regts.
from the same province, eventually formed the 1st British Columbia
Regt., Canadian Expeditionary Force. Lieut. Parker qualified for the
rank of Lieut. while at Valcartier, but owing to there being a surplus
of officers in the regt., he could not be placed, all the others being
senior to him. He came over with the first contingent in Oct. and was
gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 6th Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 23 Nov.
following; went to France in Dec. with a draft for the 2nd Battn.,
and was killed in action at Cuinchy, 1 Jan. 1915, in an attack on the
German trenches; _unm._
[Illustration: =Cyril Edmund Parker.=]
=PARKER, ERNEST ALBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10532), S.S. 2799,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PARKER, FRANK VIRLAND=, Chief Petty Officer, 154010, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PARKER, FREDERICK JOHN BUSH=, Private, No. 13215, 3rd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, only _s._ of the Rev. Frederick Talbot Parker,
Vicar of Knowle, Bristol, by his wife, Marion Einene, dau. of Edward
Thomas, of Bristol, Solicitor; _b._ Bristol, 14 Aug. 1896; educ.
Clifton College; enlisted after the outbreak of war, in Sept. 1914;
went to France, April, 1915; and was killed in action at Givenchy, 8
Aug. 1915. Buried in the Guards Cemetery there.
=PARKER, FREDERICK NEVILLE=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. King’s Royal
Rifle Corps, yst. _s._ of the late Major-General Neville Fraser
Parker, of Craymead, High View Road, Sidcup, co. Kent, Indian Army, by
his wife, Emily Annie, dau. of Richard Abbatt; _b._ Torquay, 8
Nov. 1892; educ. Elizabeth College, Guernsey; volunteered and joined
the Artists Rifles on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France
with them 27 Oct. 1914, was selected for a commission and gazetted
2nd Lieut., K.R.R.C., 3 March, 1915; and was accidentally killed at
Bethune, 28 April, following, while in charge of trench mortars;
_unm._ Buried in Bethune Civil Cemetery.
[Illustration: =Frederick N. Parker.=]
=PARKER, HARRY BOTTOMLEY=, Ship’s Petty Officer, 307254, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=PARKER, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5701), 204310, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PARKER, JOHN WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3135), S.S.
100777, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PARKER, JOSEPH=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1024), 145222, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PARKER, HARRY=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Hampshire Regt.,
eldest and only surviving _s._ of Capt. and Quarter-Master Henry
John Porteus Parker, The Worcestershire Regt., by his wife, Kate, dau.
of Henry Stubbs; _b._ Limerick, 25 June, 1889; educ. Army Schools;
enlisted in the Worcestershire Regt. in 1903, and at the time war
was declared in Aug. 1914 was Sergt., 4th Battn. of that regt., and
employed as Assistant Instructor of Signalling; gazetted 2nd Lieut.
in the Hampshire Regt., 7 Nov. 1914; took part in the landing at the
Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and died on the Hospital ship Delta, 30
April, 1915, of wounds received in action on the Gallipoli Peninsula
two days previously; _unm._
[Illustration: =Harry Parker.=]
=PARKER, ROBERT BURTON=, Capt., 2nd, attd. 1st Battn.
Northamptonshire Regt., only _s._ of the late Robert Parker, of
Cressington Park, Liverpool, Merchant, by his wife, Emma Catherine,
dau. of James Rawlence, of Bulbridge House, Wilton, Salisbury;
_b._ Cressington afsd., 3 July, 1879; educ. St. Edward’s School,
Oxford, and Wellington College; joined the Montgomeryshire Imperial
Yeomanry in Feb. 1900, and was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the
Northamptonshire Regt. 27 July, 1901, and promoted Lieut. 14 Aug. 1903,
and Capt. 14 Feb. 1910; served in the South African War, 1900–2, being
attd. to the Army Service Corps, and was mentioned in despatches, and
received the Queen’s medal with three clasps and the King’s medal with
two clasps. On his return to England he was adjutant of the Mounted
Infantry and in command of Maxim guns at Borden and Longmoor; went to
the Depôt in Northampton, 1907–10, and was then Adjutant of the local
Territorials there for three years, after which he rejoined his old
regt. at Alexandria. On the outbreak of the European War he was on
leave in England; exchanging into the 1st Battn. he went to France
with the first Division, 12 Aug. 1914; served through the retreat
from Mons, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 17
Sept. 1914, while leading his men in an attack on the German trenches;
_unm._ He was buried near the village of Bourg, on the Aisne. His
Col. wrote: “He was the most gallant man I ever met, he did not know
what fear was. He was greatly loved by all ranks and a most able and
energetic officer, always thinking of the comfort of others”; and a
Sergt. of his regt.: “We shall never forget him; he was a brave fellow,
absolutely fearless, and beloved by his men. It was grand to serve
under an officer like him.” During his residence at Northampton, Capt.
Parker was a regular follower of the Pytchley Hounds, and his brilliant
horsemanship will not readily be forgotten by the members of the hunt.
[Illustration: =Robert Burton Parker.=]
=PARKER, RONALD ELPHINSTONE=, Lieut., D Battery, Royal Horse
Artillery, yst. _s._ of Robert Gabbett Parker, of Bally Valley,
Killaloe, co. Clare, J. P., by his wife, Louisa, dau. of John C....
Whitty, of Broadwater Down, Tunbridge Wells; _b._ Bally Valley,
aforesaid, 5 Jan. 1886; educ. The Abbey, Tipperary, and Clifton
College; joined the Clare Artillery Militia, 11 Feb. 1905; gazetted 2nd
Lieut., Royal Artillery, 25 May, 1907, and posted to the 87th Howitzer
Battery; promoted Lieut., 25 May, 1910; went to France, 16 Aug. 1914,
and was killed in action at the Battle of the Marne, 8 Sept. following.
Four guns of D Battery, R.H.A., were supporting the 3rd Cavalry Brigade
in the advance to the Marne. The Germans brought back some 12 guns
against them, but the battery held its ground, and eventually the
enemy drew off. The battery lost its Major, wounded, and both its
subalterns, killed. He was _unm._, and was buried at the Hotel de
Bois, Jonarre, Meaux. His brigade commander wrote: “He died like a man,
fighting his guns at great odds to the last.” The officer commanding
his R.H.A. battery wrote: “He was indefatigable, undaunted even in the
darkest moments; his good temper and high spirits were worth anything
to us all”; and the officer commanding his R.F.A. battery: “In 20 years
I have never met a better subaltern and a keener sportsman, in both
of which capacities he won my complete respect and affection, as he
did that of every man or horse that came into his care.” Lieut. Parker
excelled at all field sports and was a fine horseman and whip.
[Illustration: =Ronald E. Parker.=]
=PARKES, CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5224), 203456, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PARKES, SAMUEL=, Private, No. 13627, 4th Battn. Worcestershire
Regt., eldest _s._ of Private Henry Parkes, of the North
Staffordshire Regt. (now on home defence work at Southampton), by his
wife, Emily Louisa (21, Reform Street, West Bromwich), dau. of Samuel
Southern; _b._ West Bromwich, 18 Oct. 1897; educ. Christ Church
School there; entered the employ of Messrs. Salters at West Bromwich
when he was 14; volunteered on the outbreak of war and enlisted in the
4th Worcesters, 7 Aug. 1914, with several others from Salters; served
in Malta and Egypt; went to the Dardanelles, 7 July, and was killed in
action there, 7 Aug. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Samuel Parkes.=]
=PARR, ARTHUR=, Leading Stoker, R.F.R., B. 6439, 287527, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=PARR, CECIL=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ply./10884, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PARR, SYDNEY LANGFORD=, L.-Corpl., No. 2845, 12th Battn. (The
Rangers) The London Regt., only _s._ of Thomas Parr, of 8, Vernon
Gardens, Seven Kings, N., by his wife, Caroline; _b._ Manor Park,
East Ham, 8 Jan. 1891; educ. East Ham, Technical College; enlisted,
Sept. 1914; went to France, 28 Jan. 1915, and died of wounds at St.
Julien, 26 April, 1915.
=PARRETT, CHARLES ERNEST=, A.B. (R.F.R, Ch. B. 8951), 203270,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PARRISS, WALTER FREDERICK=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Middlesex
Regt. (Duke of Cambridge’s Own), yst. _s._ of the late John
William Parriss, of Ardagh, Willesden Lane, N.W.; _b._ Ardagh
afsd., 17 Nov. 1893; educ. Harrow School; joined the H.A.C. on
the outbreak of war, 11 Aug. 1914, and served with them with the
Expeditionary Force in France from 18 Sept. until he received a
commission, 14 Feb. 1915. He was killed in action in Flanders, while
holding an advanced trench, 15 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried at
Kemmel. His Commanding Officer, Lieut.-Col. Stephenson (since killed),
wrote of him: “He was so willing, so ready to do anything, so brave, so
keen, that we shall miss him very much, although he has been so short a
time with us ... a gallant boy, with all the courage of his race.”
[Illustration: =Walter F. Parriss.=]
=PARRY, ARTHUR CROOSE=, Private, No. 2322, Honourable Artillery
Company, 3rd _s._ of William Rowland Parry, of Ladye Grove, near
Leominster, and grandson of the late Thomas Croose Parry, of Birley
Court, co. Hereford; _b._ Lye Court, Birley, 16 March, 1888; educ.
King’s School, Grantham; joined the H.A.C. after the outbreak of war 4
Sept. 1914; went to France, Dec. 1914, and was killed in action near
Ypres, 12 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried in the Chateau Grounds at
Kemmel.
[Illustration: =Arthur C. Parry.=]
=PARRY, JAMES HERBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2976), S.S.
100333, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PARRY, NORMAN CECIL=, Lieut., 1st Battn. York and Lancaster
Regt., yst. _s._ of Edward Parry, of Rossmore, Leamington,
formerly of Woodthorpe Grange, Nottingham, a member of the Institute
of Civil Engineers, by his wife, Mary Elizabeth; _b._ Nottingham,
19 Sept. 1887; educ. Rugby, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he
passed the Natural Science Tripos in Honours; afterwards obtaining a
Diploma in Mining Engineering at the Sheffield University, and First
Class Certificate as a Colliery Manager from the Home Office, and was
an Assistant of Mr. Maurice Deacon, M.Inst.C.E., Managing Director of
the Sheepbridge Coal and Iron Coy. Immediately on the outbreak of war
he joined the Army; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 15 Aug. 1914, and Lieut.
to the 3rd (Reserve) Battn. 2 Feb. 1915, being afterwards attd. to the
1st Battn.; went to the Front early in March, 1915, and was killed in
action at Ypres, 25 July, 1915, by the bursting of a shell, while he
was endeavouring to get his men under cover, during a sudden attack
upon his section of the trenches; _unm._ He was buried in the
churchyard of St. Jean, Ypres.
[Illustration: =Norman Cecil Parry.=]
=PARSONS, CHARLES FRANCIS=, Private, No. 3769 D Coy. 1/7th. Battn.
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late William Henry Parsons,
by his wife, Sarah (54, Graham Road, Wealdstone, Middlesex), dau.
of George Tillay; _b._ Haggerston, London, 4 May, 1893; educ.
Wealdstone; was a Piano Polisher; joined the Middlesex Territorials
about 1909; mobilised, 5 Aug. 1914, and volunteered for Imperial
Service; went to France in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at
Larbartier, 24 July, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Charles Francis Parsons.=]
=PARSONS, EDWARD JOSEPH=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3656), 201013,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PARSONS, EDWIN STUART THOMAS=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 219856,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=PARSONS, WILLIAM=, Leading Stoker (C.G.), 311114, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PARSONS, WILLIAM HARRY=, Petty Officer, 1st Class (O.S.), 183802,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PARTRIDGE, CHARLES BURNETT=, Capt., Royal Marine L.I., Plymouth
Division, eldest surviving _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Sylvanus Roger
Burnett Partridge, of Homecroft, Fleet, Hants, late King’s Own Scottish
Borderers, and Governor of His Majesty’s Prison, Portland, by his wife,
Mary Bishopp, dau. of Edward Bishopp Dorman, M.D.; _b._ Anchor
Gate Lodge, Portsmouth, 29 May, 1880; educ. Bath College; gazetted 2nd
Lieut., R.M.L.I., 1 Jan. 1899, and promoted Lieut., 1 Jan. 1900, and
Capt., 1 Jan. 1910; was Instructor of Musketry at Malta, 26 June,
1906–08, and later Swimming Instructor at the Deal Depôt; served
in H.M. ships Mars, Gladiator, Egmont, Melpomene, Hermione, Drake,
and Good Hope, and was lost when the last was sunk in the action
off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914; _unm._ He had
won many prizes for shooting, sailing and golf. He made top score
when the Marines won the United Service Cup at Bisley, and held the
Marine Jewel. His eldest brother, Lieut. Edward Louis Lort Partridge,
died of enteric at Jullundur, aged 20; and another brother, Lieut.
Geoffrey Dorman Partridge, 2nd Welsh Regt., was reported missing after
the Battle of Ypres, on 3 Nov. 1914--since, presumed officially to
have been then killed. The remaining brother, Capt. Richard Evelegh
Partridge, Dorset Regt., is now (1916) on active service at the front,
as Brigade-Major, 12th Canadian Infantry Brigade, and has received the
Military Cross.
[Illustration: =Charles B. Partridge.=]
=PARTRIDGE, GEOFFREY DORMAN=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Welsh Regt.,
yst. _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Sylvanus Roger Burnett Partridge, of
Homecroft, Fleet, Hants, late King’s Own Scottish Borderers, and
Governor of His Majesty’s Prison, Portland, by his wife, Mary Bishopp,
dau. of Edward Bishopp Dorman, M.D.; _b._ Portsmouth, 24 Dec.
1890; educ. Bath College, United Services College, and the Royal
Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 11 Oct. 1911, and was
promoted Lieut., 1 Nov. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary
Force early in Aug., and was reported missing after the first Battle of
Ypres, 3 Nov. 1914, and is now assumed to have been killed in action
on or after that date. He had played Rugby for the Army. His elder
brother, Capt. Charles Burnett Partridge, Royal Marine L.I., was killed
in action in H.M.S. Good Hope two days previously (see his notice).
[Illustration: =Geoffrey D. Partridge.=]
=PARTRIDGE, THOMAS JOSIAH=, Ship’s Corpl., 1st Class, 189739,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=PATEMAN, WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 9157, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Emily, dau. of George Pateman; _b._ Little
Houghton, near Northampton, 22 Aug. 1890; enlisted 29 June, 1911;
went to France in Aug. 1914; was wounded 22 Oct. 1914, and invalided
home; returned to the front 7 April, 1915; and was killed in action at
Vermelles, 20 May, 1915; _unm._ The Officer Commanding No. 2 Coy.
(the Hon. T. Agar-Robartes) wrote: “A large shell fell on the top of
his dug-out where he was resting and he never regained consciousness.
He was a most gallant soldier and will be greatly missed”; and Sergt.
(now 2nd Lieut.) H. O. Tomkins wrote: “There were four of us in our
dug-out in the trenches when a shell came right through the roof,
seriously wounding Will in the head, killing a corpl. instantaneously
and leaving myself and the other fellow untouched. He was knocked
unconscious and died two hours afterwards. He did not even moan when he
was hit, so he died painlessly, and was buried in a garden in front of
an old Castle at Vermelles, near La Bassée. Vermelles is marked on the
map, but the castle itself is one mile to the east of the village. It
can easily be traced.”
[Illustration: =William Pateman.=]
=PATERSON, ALASTAIR FINLAY=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. Queen’s Own
Cameron Highlanders (T.F.), eldest _s._ of John Paterson, of
Yewbank, Beauly, Ironmonger and Seed and Hay Merchant, by his wife,
Mary, dau. of Tinlay Maclennan of Ardnagrask, Muir of Ord, Ross-shire;
_b._ Beauly, co. Inverness, 4 Feb. 1888; educ. Beauly Public
School and Inverness High School; joined the 4th Camerons as a Private
in 1905, and previous to receiving his commission was considered one
of the most efficient non-commissioned officers in D Coy. He went to
the Front with his Battn. in Feb. 1915, and received his commission
(24 Feb.) shortly after landing. He was wounded early in the charge
against the German trenches at Festubert on the night of 17 May, and
his brother, L.-Corpl. Paterson (see succeeding notice), was reported
missing after the action. His wounds were not at first considered
dangerous, but on 5 June he died at No. 2 British Red Cross Hospital,
Rouen; _unm._ He was buried with full military honours in the St.
Sevère Cemetery, Rouen. Lieut. Paterson was well known in the north,
both as a noted shot and as a shinty player of high repute. He was
captain of the Beauly Shinty Club for several years, and led it during
the season when it won the Championship Cup. A player of skill, courage
and resource, he was a notable figure on the shinty field, and the high
place which his club attained was mainly due to his leadership.
[Illustration: =Alastair F. Paterson.=]
=PATERSON, DONALD=, L.-Corpl., No. 645, 4th Battn. Queen’s Own
Cameron Highlanders (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of John Paterson, of Yewbank,
Beauly, etc. (see preceding notice); _b._ Beauly, co. Inverness,
20 Dec. 1891; educ. Beauly Public School and Dingwall Academy; enlisted
in the 4th Camerons in 1908. An architect by profession, he was at the
time war broke out engaged in lands valuation work at Nethy-Bridge,
but at once volunteered for foreign service. After the attack on the
German trenches at Festubert on the night of 17 May, 1915 (at which
his brother, 2nd Lieut. A. F. Paterson was mortally wounded), he was
reported missing, but was later officially reported to have been
instantaneously killed during the night of 17–18 May. From information
received by his parents from L.-Corpl. Ferguson, of the same corps, it
appears that Paterson was advancing towards the German trenches with
the other members of D Coy., but remained behind to bind up the wounds
of the said L.-Corp. Ferguson. Afterwards unable to get into touch with
his companions, Paterson returned to Ferguson and remained with him
over night. At daybreak he raised himself up to have a look round and
endeavour to ascertain their whereabouts. Unfortunately, they were in
close proximity to a German trench, and Paterson was shot by a German
sniper, dying immediately. This was the second comrade whose wounds
Paterson had bound up that night, and truly it may be said that he gave
his life to save others. Paterson, who was _unm._, was piper to
the Beauly Coy., a player of much merit and also a composer of Highland
music. He was one of the champions of the Beauly Shinty Club, of which
his brother, Lieut. Paterson, was captain.
[Illustration: =Donald Paterson.=]
=PATERSON, JOHN AGAR=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Bedfordshire Regt.,
2nd _s._ of William Morison Paterson, of 80, Great Portland
Street, W., Manufacturers’ Agent, by his wife, Margaret S., dau. of
John Agar; _b._ Glasgow, 19 Nov. 1893; educ. Dulwich College,
and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the
Bedfordshire Regt., 17 Sept. 1913; went to France, early Oct. 1914,
and was killed in action near Klein Zillebeke, 31 Oct. following;
_unm._ Buried there.
=PATERSON, JOHN McLELLAN STEWART=, M.A., Private, No. 2832, 4th
Battn. Gordon Highlanders (T.F.), yr. _s._ of the Rev. Robert
Paterson, M.A., Minister, Savoch U.F. Church, Auchnagatt, co. Aberdeen,
by his wife, Agnes Y., dau. of John McLellan, of Burnhouse, Galston;
_b._ Savoch aforesaid, 13 Dec. 1890; educ. there, Ellon H.G.
School, Robert Gordon’s College, Aberdeen, and Edinburgh University
(graduated with honours in English literature, July, 1913), and on
leaving there spent several months in France and Germany with a view
to qualifying as a journalist; joined the staff of the Aberdeen Free
Press, as a Sub-Editor, on his return to England in May, 1914, to
which paper he contributed articles, as well as to the Glasgow Herald,
and The Student, etc., but, on the outbreak of war in Aug. of that
year, he volunteered and joined the Gordon Highlanders in Oct.; went
to France, 19 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Kemmel, 22–23
April, 1915, being shot by a sniper; _unm._ Buried there. While
at Gordon’s College, Aberdeen, he was one of the originators and joint
editor during its first year, of the school magazine, The Gordonian,
and contributed articles to it on “An Aberdeenshire Wilderness,” “Bird
Life on a Lake,” and “The Night Shore,” etc. At Edinburgh University
he was one of the founders, a President, and an Honorary member, of
the Edinburgh University English Literature Society; was an office
bearer, and member of the Historical Society there, and of the
Diagnostic Society, also of the O.T.C., and the Hockey Club. He was a
great lover of nature, and was interested in every phase of country
life. A writer in the Edinburgh University Magazine, The Student,
said: “It was as a student of our University that I came to know him.
His ability and attainments as a scholar were of the highest, and it
very soon came to be recognised that his opinions were the outcome
of a logical and well-informed mind. As such, no matter the topic
under discussion, they were sought after and prized, for his outlook
went far beyond the confines of his especial branch of literature.
Nor was his wide range acquired at the expense of social popularity.
I have confidence in saying that no student in my time had a wider
circle of friends. I say friends advisedly--not acquaintances. His
whole personality radiated friendship, and all who came within the
sphere of his magnetic influence were irresistibly drawn to him;
having made his acquaintance they immediately became his friends. He
took a prominent part in many directions on the social side of our
’Varsity life. He was a member of at least three Societies, of the
O.T.C., of the Hockey Club, and, I think, also of the Boat Club. A
staunch and trusted member of the Liberal Association, he played his
part right manfully in the victories which not infrequently attended
that Party in the hotly contested debates in the Union. It is the man,
however, as we knew him, that claims our affectionate remembrance and
esteem. The multiplicity and yet the wonderful harmony of his moral
and intellectual qualities compelled first respect, then admiration,
then love. Unassuming in manner, he was loyal to a degree in his
friendships. Intellectually the superior of most of us, he was a most
delightful and lovable companion, upright in word and deed. He found
his highest pleasure in helping others, when necessary, eliminating
himself, and foregoing those honours to which his undoubted abilities
and the high esteem in which he was held would necessarily have brought
him--honours which were, in my time, and no doubt still are, considered
the high-water mark of a successful University career. One might say
of him without irreverence--he sought not his own. I find it difficult
to give adequate expression of my esteem for Stewart Paterson, but in
concluding this brief sketch I can at least say this: I have seldom
found occasion to respect and esteem a man as I respected and esteemed
Stewart Paterson, and however far I still fall short of the high ideal
which stands, a beckoning figure, before the spiritual eye of each one
of us, I am a better man to-day for having known him.”
[Illustration: =J. McL. S. Paterson.=]
=PATIENCE, GEORGE=, Sergt., No. 2334, 4th Battn. Seaforth
Highlanders (T.F.), _s._ of George Patience, of 30, High Street,
Avoch, Fisherman; _b._ Avoch, co. Ross, 7 Sept. 1895; educ.
Mackenzie Foundation Institute there, and on leaving was apprenticed to
a painter; it was his great desire to become a soldier and he more than
once tried to enlist but was brought back by his father; but on the
outbreak of war he volunteered and joined the 4th Seaforths in Sept.
1914. He was promoted Sergt. within three months, crossed to France, 11
March, 1915, and was killed in action in the trenches at Aubers Ridge,
7 May, 1915; _unm._
=PATON, JOHN EDWARD=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Monmouthshire Regt.
(T.F.), eldest _s._ of John Paton, of Waun Wern, Pontypool, co.
Monmouth, J.P., by his wife, Susan, dau. of the late Edward Jones, of
Snatchwood Park, Pontypool; _b._ Pontypool, 6 Sept. 1895: educ.
Copthorne School, Winchester College, and in the spring of 1914 passed
the entrance examination for Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he was
to have taken up residence in Oct., but after the outbreak of war in
Aug., was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 2nd Monmouthshire
Regt., 14 Oct.; went to France, 5 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action
at Le Bizet, 31 Dec. following; _unm._ He was buried in the
Essex Regt. Cemetery, Calvaire, near Le Touquet. 2nd Lieut. Paton was
mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan.
1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. While at
Winchester he was in the O.T.C., in which he attained the rank of
Sergt.; took Certificate “A” in 1912, and was one of the eight to
represent the College at Bisley in 1913 and 1914.
[Illustration: =John Edward Paton.=]
=PATRICK, FRANCIS ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 2309, A Coy. 9th
Battn. Royal Scots (T.F.), eldest _s._ of John Bonthron Patrick,
of 1, Morningside Terrace, Edinburgh, Wholesale Merchant, by his
wife, Wilemina Frances, dau. of the late William Goldie; _b._
Edinburgh, 6 Dec. 1892; educ. George Watson’s College there, Edinburgh
University, and Besançon and Jena Universities; studied for the Indian
Police, and passed the examination in 1912, but afterwards took up
the study of Indian and Colonial agriculture, and in the prosecution
of his researches studied at Besançon, Jena and Guelph (Canada). On
the outbreak of war he was studying for his B.Sc. at the Edinburgh
University, but gave this up and joined the 9th Royal Scots in Sept.
1914; went to France in Feb. 1915, and was killed in action during
the second Battle of Ypres, 12 April following; _unm._ Buried at
Sailly-sur-la-Lys, Ypres. An officer, writing home to a brother, said:
“This sad event cast a gloom over the battn., with whom Patrick had
been very popular, and I assure you I feel his loss very keenly. He was
a lad I was proud to have in my platoon, a fellow-Watsonian, and the
first Watsonian to fall in the Dandy 9th.” He was a keen golfer and
fisher, and a good horseman, and one of the best shots in the regt.;
but. above all, was a diligent student. “If you want to find Patrick,”
wrote one of his comrades at the Front in the few days of rest that
fell to them, “go to the roofless library or convent ruins and there
you will find him rummaging amongst the old and shell-torn books,
smoking his pipe.” His brother, Lieut. John Cairns Patrick, Royal
Scots, and also ten of his cousins, are now (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Francis A. Patrick.=]
=PATRICK, FRED=, A.B., 225222, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action
off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PATRICK, JAMES=, Stoker, R.N.R., 13468, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PATTEN, EDWARD SAMUEL=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10529), 217304, H.M.S
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PATTERSON, ALEXANDER=, Trooper, No. 4238, 14th Hussars, attd.
Royal Horse Guards, eldest _s._ of Alexander Patterson, Tin
Plate Worker; _b._ Evesham, co. Worcester, 6 Sept. 1876; educ.
Castleford Council School; enlisted in the 14th Hussars, Oct. 1900;
served in the South African War, 1900–2, under Gen. (now Lord) French
(Queen’s medal with three clasps); was 14 years with the Colours, then
joined the Reserve, and was employed as a groom at Selby; mobilised
5 Aug. 1914; went to France in Sept., attd. to the Royal Horse
Guards, and was killed in action there, 13 May, 1915. He _m._ at
Castleford Parish Church, 1906, Sarah Ann (16, Douglas Street, off
Brook Street, Selby, co. York), dau. of Joseph Clements, of Evesham,
and had three children: Joseph, _b._ 12 Nov. 1906; George
Alexander, _b._ 21 April, 1909; and John Stanley, _b._ 29
Sept. 1911.
[Illustration: =Alexander Patterson.=]
=PATTERSON, ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 12/826, Auckland Infantry
Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, yst. _s._ of the late
James Patterson, of Henhill, Forteviot, Farmer; by his wife, Jessie,
dau. of the late Robert Mitchell, of Golland[P2, P1 had changed this
to Holland, the image is clearly Golland so probably printer error];
_b._ Forteviot, co. Perth, 24 July, 1884; educ. Crieff Academy;
went to New Zealand about 1907, and was farming at Moeafoa Ye Kmiti;
but on the outbreak of war, volunteered for Imperial service; left for
Egypt with the Main Body, 16 Oct. 1914; took part in the landing at the
Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there, 22 May
following; _unm._
=PATTERSON, CYRIL JAMES=, A.B., 208036, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PATTERSON, JOHN HEADLEY=, L.-Corpl., No. 8976, 1st Battn.
Northumberland Fusiliers, _s._ of James Patterson, Joiner;
_b._ Newcastle-on-Tyne, 7 Feb. 1884; educ. Ouseburn Board Schools
there; was employed in the moulding shop of Messrs. Henry Watson
& Sons, High Bridge Works; was a Reservist, and was called up on
mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France at the end of Nov., and was
killed in action, 4 March, 1915. Buried at Ypres. He _m._ at
Newcastle-on-Tyne, 28 July, 1907, Mary Pringle, dau. of (--) Melville,
and had with three other children a son, John Headley, _b._ 24
Sept. 1914.
=PATTINSON, HUGH LEE=, Capt. and Adjutant, 9th (Service) Battn.
Royal Fusiliers, elder _s._ of Hugh Lee Pattinson, of Lowlynn,
Beal, co. Northumberland, by his wife, Mary Constance, dau. of
Lawrence W. Adamson; _b._ Newcastle-on-Tyne, 21 Aug. 1888; educ.
Bengeo School, co. Herts; Rugby (Payne Smith’s, now Wilson’s House);
Stubbington House, Fareham, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst;
gazetted 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Royal Fusiliers, 6 Feb. 1909, and
promoted Lieut. 14 Feb. 1912; temporary Capt. 28 Sept. 1914, and Capt.
9 March, 1915, being Adjutant of the 9th Battn. from 5 Sept. till the
time of his death. He joined his regt. in Pietermaritzburg in 1909;
went with it to Mauritius, then to Meerut and Chakrata, India, and
finally to Lucknow; returned to England on leave in May, 1914, and on
the outbreak of war the following Aug. was posted to the 9th Battn.
Royal Fusiliers; went to France, 31 May, 1915, and was killed in action
at Houplines, 4 Aug. 1915, while superintending a working party in the
communication trenches. Brig.-Gen. Borradaile wrote: “His loss will be
severely felt in the Battn., in forming which he took such a large and
conspicuous share, and also in the Brigade, as his qualifications as
a soldier were exceptional, and had he been spared he would have made
his mark.” The Major commanding the Battn. wrote: “I should like you to
know that this is an irreparable loss to the Regt., and particularly
to this Battn. Taken all round he was the most efficient fellow I have
ever worked with”; and a brother officer: “He was a splendid soldier,
absolutely fearless, and loved by both officers and men.” He _m._,
22 July, 1914, Catherine Lina, dau. of John Patricius Chaworth-Musters,
of Annesley Park, co. Notts, J.P., and had two daus.
[Illustration: =Hugh Lee Pattinson.=]
=PATTLE, ERNEST=, Private, No. 11086, 4th (Reserve) Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Arthur Pattle, of Denham, Bury St.
Edmunds, by his wife; _b._ Denham, co. Suffolk, 8 Sept. 1881;
educ. National School there; enlisted Oct. 1914, and was missing after
the action at Givenchy, 22 Dec. 1914, and is now assumed to have been
killed that day; _unm._
=PATTON, WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman, 188359, H..M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=PAUL, GAVIN=, Lieut., 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen’s Bays), elder
_s._ of the late Gavin Paul, of Edinburgh, Coalmaster; _b._
Edinburgh, 8 Aug. 1893; educ. Bramcote, Scarborough, and Radley
College, near Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd Dragoon Guards, 4 March,
1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., and was
killed in action at Messines, 31 Oct. following; _unm._
=PAUL, GEORGE THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 110586, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=PAUL, ROBERT=, Private, No. 196, H Coy. 1st Battn. Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders, 2nd. _s._ of Robert Paul, of 22, Lutton
Place, Edinburgh, Plumber, by his wife, Eliza; _b._ Edinburgh, 28
May, 1889; educ. Preston Street Public School there; enlisted in Sept.
1908; served at Chatham, Malta, in India and with the Expeditionary
Force in France and Flanders; killed in action near Hooge, 10 May,
1915; _unm._ Writing to his father, his Chief Officer, Capt. J.
R. Couper, said: “He was killed instantaneously by a shell which burst
on the parapet in front of him and two others with him. The company
was heavily engaged at the time and later had to evacuate the trench
by order of our General. At night we went back and buried your son
along with ten others. The company lost on this date 11 killed and 22
wounded. The place was close to Hooge, which is east of Ypres, and the
exact spot of his grave is not marked by any special feature or by a
cross as the burial had to be done very hurriedly.... Your son was a
splendid ‘sticker,’ and though he suffered from very bad feet, always
refused to ‘go sick,’ and on one occasion when ordered to go to the
dressing station to have his feet treated, as he could not keep up with
his company, he very reluctantly went, but rejoined us within three
hours, having found his way to the trench at his own pace.”
=PAUL, WILLIAM HENRY BOWEY=, Ch. E.R.A., 2nd Class (Pensioner),
121261, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PAULL, ALAN DRYSDALE=, Private, No. 721, Honourable Artillery
Company (T.F.), elder _s._ of Alan Paull, of Kylecote, Harrowdene
Road, Wembley, J.P., F.S.I., by his wife, Catherine Swan, dau. of
James Drysdale, of Devonside; _b._ Wembley, co. Middlesex, 10
June, 1894; educ. Colet Court, and St. Paul’s School, where he was a
Corpl. in the O.T.C.; entered his father’s office on leaving school,
having previously passed the examination and entered as a student
of the Surveyors’ Institution, and in 1914 passed the Intermediate
Professional Examination; joined the H.A.C. in 1912; volunteered for
foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France
Sept. 1914, and was killed in action in the Ypres district 12 Dec.
following, being shot by a sniper while proceeding with his section
to reinforce the firing line; _unm._ He was buried at Kemmel, by
a cottage now know as “Paull’s Cottage.” His officer wrote: “Through
the great privations we have been through out here your son has always
been one of the most willing, capable and cheerful members of my
platoon, and I feel his loss as a friend, and his death is greatly felt
throughout the regiment. He was a splendid soldier;” and a comrade:
“All we in his section had learnt to understand and appreciate a kind
heart and an indomitable spirit such as his. His cheerful voice and
bright manner, how shall we get on without them, where cheerfulness
and fortitude are so dearly needed?” He played Rugby football for the
H.A.C., and represented them in boxing against the Cambridge University
in 1913.
[Illustration: =Alan Drysdale Paull.=]
=PAVEY, CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9373), S.S.
106584, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PAVITT, STEPHEN ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 1010, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=PAVLOSKY, FREDERICK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4387), 194223, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PAYNE, ALBERT JOHN=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27539 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=PAYNE, ARTHUR JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9552), 207907, Chatham,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=PAYNE, ERNEST ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 1820),
290191, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=PAYNE, JOHN HENRY=, A.B. 214259, H.M S. Hawke; lost when that
ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=PAYNE, CHARLES GERAINT CHRISTOPHER=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn.
Highland L.I., only _s._ of Charles Henry Payne, of Brentor,
Hereford, Manager of Lloyd’s Bank, Ltd., there, by his wife, Edith
McKenna, dau. of William Evans Commins; _b._ Shifnal, co. Salop,
23 April, 1888; educ. Ludlow and Monmouth (1897–1905 Exhibitioner)
Grammar Schools, and on leaving there was articled to his uncle, Mr.
Alexander Payne, a London Architect, and had just started on his own
account in the Metropolis when war was declared in Aug. 1914. He
immediately joined the Artists’ Rifles; proceeded to France with them
in the autumn of 1914; passed through the special training school for
officers at the front, and was given a commission as 2nd Lieut., 27
Jan. 1915, being posted to the Highland L.I., subsequently joining the
1st Battn. about 18 Feb. He was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 12
March following, and was buried behind the trenches there; _unm._
He was a strong swimmer and keen boating man; was also an excellent
’cellist, and a member of the Hampstead Orchestral Society.
=PAYNE, JOHN JAMES=, Corpl., No. 2245, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex
Regt., eldest _s._ of Emily Payne (Gravel Pit Cottage, Rogate,
near Petersfield, co. Hants), yst. dau. of John Payne; _b._
Liss, co. Hants, 11 Oct. 1882; enlisted Royal Army Medical Corps, 24
Nov. 1899, and served throughout the South African War, 1899–1902
(Queen’s medal with three clasps, and King’s medal with two clasps);
re-enlisted in the 3rd (Reserve) Battn. Royal Sussex, as Corpl. Sept.
1908 then a Reservist, and served until 1909, when he purchased his
discharge; joined the 2nd Battn. 15 Aug. 1914; left for France, Nov.
1914; and was killed in action at Richebourg l’Avoué, 9 May, 1915. The
Quartermaster-Sergt. of his company wrote that he was struck in the
head by a bullet, death being instantaneous, and added, “I can say
that your son was a hard-working and zealous soldier and was esteemed
by us all, who sadly miss him.” He _m._ at Rogate, Sussex, 9 Jan.
1905, Lydia Jane, dau. of Charles William Locke, late of Liss, and had
two children: Albert, _b._ 13 June, 1907; and Emily, _b._ 14
June, 1905.
[Illustration: =John James Payne.=]
=PAYTON, CHARLES MERVYN=, Lieut. 3rd, attd. 1st, Battn. Royal West
Kent Regt., only _s._ of Sir Charles Payton, of Stepney Court,
Scarborough, M.V.O., late British Consul-General at Calais, by his
1st wife, Eliza Mary, dau. of the late John Olive; _b._ Mogador,
Morocco, 5 Dec. 1891; educ. Dover College, and on leaving there in
1909, became a Clerk under his father in the British Consulate at
Calais; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Reserve Battn. of the Royal West
Kent Regt., 1910, and promoted Lieut. 6 Sept. 1911; left the Army in
1912 to go to Singapore, where he held a post on a rubber plantation,
but in the following year was appointed Chief Clerk in the Colonial
Secretary’s Office, which appointment he gave up on the outbreak of war
in Aug. 1914; returned home and rejoined his old Regt., was on special
duty in England for some time; went to France in Jan. 1915, and was
killed in action during the 2nd Battle of Ypres, 18 April following.
He was leading his men in the attack on Hill 60 and had picked up the
rifle of a fallen soldier, and was firing at the enemy when he was shot
through the head. His Commanding Officer wrote that he had done very
good work, and “shown himself to be a brave man and a good leader,” and
a Sergt. of his Coy. wrote of him as “one of the best and truest, more
like a brother to the men than an officer, cheering in the blackest
times by his brave gaiety, and mourned by them as a brother.” Lieut.
Payton was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May
[London Gazette, 22 June], 1915, for gallant and distinguished service
in the field. He was a keen sportsman, a remarkably good shot and
expert angler.
=PEACOCK, EDWARD DANIEL=, Leading Carpenter’s Crew, 345947, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PEACE, HUBERT KIRKBY=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. York and Lancaster
Regt., attd. 1st Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., 3rd _s._ of the late
Hugh Kirkby Peace, of Springfield House, Sheffield, Steel Manufacturer,
by his wife, Emmeline (Sandygate, Sheffield), dau. of James Fawcett;
_b._ Sheffield, 16 Oct. 1881; educ. Rugby; became Managing
Director of his father’s firm, W. K. & C. Peace, File Manufacturers,
Feb. 1906; joined the 1st Volunteer Battn. York and Lancaster Regt.
(Doncaster Militia), afterwards the 4th (Hallamshire) Battn., and
served 10 years retiring in May, 1913, but, after the outbreak of war,
was given a commission in 3rd Battn. York and Lancaster Regt. as Lieut.
4 Sept. 1914, and went to France attd. to the 1st Lincolnshire Regt.,
on 3 Oct. 1914; and died in hospital at Aubers, on the morning of 17
Oct., of wounds received in action near Lille, the previous day. Buried
there. He had gone to the rear to hurry up supports, and he succeeded
in getting them, but as he was returning he was wounded in the neck
by a shot fired from a farm which it was supposed had been cleared by
the French. A wounded soldier in Leeds Base Hospital, belonging to the
Coldstream Guards said: “He died fighting to the last in trying to save
his platoon from being cut to pieces, and many will never be able to
give full praise and admiration for so gallant a deed.” He _m._ at
St. Leonards-on-Sea, 2 Aug. 1906, Grace Mary (Thurgoland, Sheffield),
dau. of Charles Weller, and had a son, George Hugh Kirkby, _b._ 15
Dec. 1909.
=PEACOCK, JOSEPH MOFFAT=, Sapper, No. 46405, R.E., eldest
_s._ of William Thomas Peacock, of Hartlepool, Driller, by his
wife, Sarah Carry, dau. of Joseph Moffat, of Monkwearmouth; _b._
Southwick-on-Wear, co. Durham, 8 Feb. 1894; educ. Southwick and Goole
Board Schools; was employed at Pickersgill’s and resided at 50, John
Street, Southwick; enlisted, 9 Sept. 1914; trained at Brixton, Henley
and Gillingham, and was killed in action “somewhere” in France, 10 Dec.
1915. His Chief Officer wrote “A shell came into their dug-out killing
four of them instantly. They were buried the day following in Princess
Pat’s Cemetery, Voormezeele, when all the section attended the funeral.
He was a splendidly brave fellow.”
[Illustration: =Joseph Moffat Peacock.=]
=PEAKE, CECIL GERALD WYATT=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Lincolnshire Regt.,
2nd _s._ of Henry Arthur Peake, of Westholme, Sleaford, co.
Lincoln, Solicitor, by his wife, Alice Anne, dau. of the Rev. John I.
Penford Wyatt; _b._ Sleaford, 21 Nov. 1891; educ. Aysgarth School,
Charterhouse, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the
Lincolnshire Regt., 19 Jan. 1912; promoted Lieut. 28 May, 1913. and
Capt. 21 Dec. 1914; served in Bermuda, Dec. 1913 to Sept. 1914, and
with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 8 Nov. 1914
to March, 1915, on which date he was killed in action at the Battle of
Neuve Chapelle, being among the first of the Lincolnshires to enter the
enemy’s trenches; _unm._ Buried in an orchard at Masselot. Capt.
Peake was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May
[London Gazette, 22 June], 1915. While at Oxford he gained his oar for
rowing, and also took a 2nd in Law for his B.A. degree.
[Illustration: =Cecil G. W. Peake=]
=PEAKE, COLIN=, Lieut., Leicestershire Yeomanry (T.F.), elder
_s._ of Ronald Peake, of Howard House, Ashtead, co. Surrey,
Solicitor, by his wife, Florence, dau. of the late Edward Adams;
_b._ Ashtead, 28 Sept. 1889; educ. Fonthill, East Grinstead, and
Charterhouse; admitted a Solicitor in 1913; joined the Leicestershire
Yeomanry as 2nd Lieut., 23 April, 1909, being promoted Lieut. 1 April,
1911; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug.
1914; went to France with his regt. in Nov.; took part in the fighting
in France and Flanders, during the winter of 1914–15, and was killed in
action in an advance trench near Ypres, 13 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Colin Peake.=]
=PEARCE, ALFRED=, Driver, No. 35452, Royal Field Artillery, yst.
_s._ of Nathan Pearce, of 21, Sunnyside, Diss, co. Norfolk,
Farm Labourer; _b._ Thrandeston, Diss, 18 Aug. 1885; educ.
there; enlisted in the R.F.A. in Oct. 1907; served six years with the
colours, then passed into the Reserve, and was engaged as a Dairyman
at Chigwell, Essex; mobilised 5 Aug. 1914; went to France in Aug.,
and died in the Lycée Pasteur, Neuilly, 28 Sept. following, of wounds
received in action during the Battle of the Aisne. He _m._ at
Chelmsford, Jan. 1914, Grace, dau. of (--) Bradley; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Alfred Pearce.=]
=PEARCE, DUDLEY HOGARTH=, L.-Corpl., No. 2162, Royal
Gloucestershire Hussars (Yeomanry), _s._ of Henry Pearce, of
Elberton, Tockington, co. Gloucester, by his wife, Eliza Jane Sarah,
dau. of the late Charles Smith, of Max House, Winscombe, co. Somerset;
_b._ Winford, co. Somerset, 13 Oct. 1884; educ. Thornbury Grammar
School; joined the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars on the outbreak of war
in Aug. 1914; trained at Newbury and Heacham; left for the Dardanelles,
15 April, 1915; was promoted Corpl. for his bravery and coolness during
the charge of the Yeomanry on Chocolate Hill, 22 Aug. following, and
was killed in action there at 5.30 a.m. on the 28th, while cooking his
comrades’ breakfast; _unm._ Buried to the west of Chocolate Hill.
His brother, Trooper Edward Charles Henry Pearce, was killed in action
at Quinn’s Post, 7 Aug. 1915 (see following notice). L.-Corpl. Dudley
Pearce was always called the father of the troop, for his great thought
and kindness.
[Illustration: =Dudley Hogarth Pearce.=]
=PEARCE, EDWARD CHARLES HENRY=, Trooper, No. 190, 2nd Australian
Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Henry Pearce, of
Elberton, Tockington, co. Gloucester, by his wife, Eliza Jane Sarah,
dau. of the late Charles Smith, of Max House, Winscombe, co. Somerset;
_b._ Winford, co. Somerset, 26 Jan. 1883; educ. Thornbury Grammar
School; served for three years in the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars;
went to Australia in 1910 and was farming at Roma, Queensland, when
war broke out; was one of the first men in that district to volunteer
for Imperial service; joined the 2nd Light Horse, Australian Imperial
Force; left for Egypt the end of Oct., where he completed his training;
went to the Dardanelles; took part in the famous landing of the
Australians there, 25–26 April, 1915, and was killed in action at
Quinn’s Post, 7 Aug. following; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “He was
one of the best chaps; he died as he had lived, an English gentleman to
the last.” His brother, L.-Corpl. Dudley Hogarth Pearce, was killed in
action at Chocolate Hill, 28 Aug. 1915 (see preceding notice).
[Illustration: =Edward C. H. Pearce.=]
=PEARCE, HARRY CECIL=, A.B., J. 896, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when
that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=PEARCE, JOHN ALBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6098), 201703 (Chatham),
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=PEARCEY, ALFRED STEPHEN=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 12774, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=PEARCE, GEOFFREY VINCENT=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal
Warwickshire Regt., only _s._ of Sir William Pearce, of Shepway
Lodge, Walmer, co. Kent, M.P., J.P., by his wife, Ethel Alexandra, dau.
of Edwin Neane, of Harefield, Sidling, co. Kent; _b._ Brentwood,
co. Essex, 19 June, 1889; educ. Uppingham School, where he was a Sergt.
in the School Corps; was a Chemical Manufacturer (Spencer, Chapman &
Messel, Ltd.); joined the Artists’ Rifles in 1911; volunteered for
foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France
with the Artists’ Rifles, Oct. 1914; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal
Warwicks, ... Nov. 1914, and was killed in action 18 Dec., during
an attack on the German trenches at Rouges Bancs, south-east of
Armentières, and buried by the enemy; _unm._
=PEARS, STUART=, Sergt., No. 974, 14th Battn. (London Scottish)
The London Regt. (T.F.); twin _s._ of Ernest Pears, of 69,
Palace Road, Streatham Hill. S.W., Fellow of Chartered Institute of
Secretaries, by his wife, Gertrude, dau. of John Campbell; _b._
Dulwich, 29 Oct. 1891; educ. Streatham Grammar School; was a Marine
Insurance Clerk at Lloyds; joined the London Scottish in Nov. 1908;
volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914;
went to France, Sept. 1914, and was killed in action in the trenches at
Givenchy, 22 Dec. 1914, being shot by a sniper; _unm._ Buried in
the churchyard there.
=PEARSON, FREDERICK PHILLIPS=, Corpl., No 2881, 6th Battn. South
Staffordshire Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Edward Pearson, of
Whitchurch, co. Salop, formerly of Waterloo, Liverpool, retired Draper,
by his wife, Maria, dau. of the late Thomas Phillips, of Chelmsford,
Essex; _b._ Liverpool, 11 May, 1880; educ. Merchant Taylors’
School, Great Crosby, and on leaving entered the service of the
National and Provincial Bank of England, and was stationed at Chester.
He there joined the 2nd Volunteer Battn. of the Cheshire Regt., and
on the outbreak of the South African War in 1899, volunteered and
served with the 1st Volunteer Coy. of that Regt., in that campaign,
and was awarded the Queen’s medal with three clasps. On the outbreak
of the European War he was Cashier at the Wolverhampton branch of the
National and Provincial Bank, and again volunteered for active service;
joined the 6th (Territorial) Battn. South Staffordshire Regt. in Sept.
1914; went to the Front in March, 1915, and was killed in action near
Zillebeke, 7 July, 1915; _unm._ Buried in Sanctuary Wood. His
Lieut. wrote: “A shell came over which did not explode but crashed in a
dug-out burying two men, one of whom was lying in the débris wounded.
Pearson and another man at once got to work to dig them out, and had
just succeeded when another shell came over, and a bit struck Pearson
on the head. I took him up myself, but all to no purpose, he was hit
badly. We all recognised his position, and others like him nobly served
their country by joining in the ranks. He was actually killed in trying
to save the life of other men, which I take it is the greatest thing a
man can do. On all sides one hears the men talking about him, and there
is no doubt he is a loss to the Regt.”
[Illustration: =Frederick P. Pearson.=]
=PEARSON, SYDNEY JOHN=, Rifleman, No. 3584, 2/9th Battn. (Queen
Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of the late
John Pearson, of St. Neots, by his wife, Alice, dau. of George Cramley,
of Sandy, Beds; _b._ St. Neots, co. Huntingdon, 21 June, 1887;
educ. Sandy, co. Beds, and Downshall, co. Essex, and held a responsible
position in an Ironmongery business at Ilford, which he gave up
after the outbreak of war and joined Queen Victoria’s Rifles, 4 Nov.
following; went to France, 12 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at
Hill 60, during the Second Battle of Ypres, 21 April, 1915; _unm._
Buried at Ypres behind the firing line.
=PEARSON, WILLIAM RANSOME=, L.-Sergt., No. 7366, 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards, only _s._ of William Pearson, of 24, Ashford
Road, East Ham, Essex, formerly Colour-Sergt. 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards (served through the Nile Expedition for the relief of General
Gordon, 1884–85; wounded at the Battle of Abu-Klea, 17 Jan. 1885;
awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal for service in the field), by his
wife, Sophia, dau. of Samuel Ransome, of Sherborne, King’s Lynn, co.
Norfolk; _b._ St George’s Barracks, Trafalgar Square, London, 16
Oct. 1892; educ. Sandringham Road (Forest Gate) and Monega (E.) Council
Schools; enlisted in the Coldstreams as a Drummer Boy, 27 July, 1907;
joined the ranks, 6 June, 1912; appointed L.-Corpl. the same day;
promoted Corpl., 24 May, 1914; appointed L.-Sergt., 7 Aug. 1914; went
to France with the Expeditionary Force; served through the retreat from
Mons; was wounded in action and taken prisoner during the Battle of the
Aisne, 14 Sept., and died a prisoner of war in the Fortress Hospital,
Wesel, Germany, 24 Dec. 1914; _unm._ His Company Officer, Capt.
Saint A. Warde-Aldam, wrote: “On 14 Sept. we had a hard fight; the
first brigade (in which we are) attacked between two villages called
Vendresse and Cerny near the Aisne; we captured a good deal of ground
but were not able to hold all we had taken, and consequently a large
number of casualties were left on ground afterwards re-occupied by the
Germans. I am afraid your son was one of them. I knew your son well,
having trained with him at Aldershot, but I cannot remember definitely
seeing him myself on the 14th. He was a very promising young sergt.
and was a great loss to the company.... Whatever has happened to your
son, I am quite confident he did his duty and upheld our old Coldstream
traditions.” He himself wrote to his parents from the Festungshazarett,
Wesel, about 30 Nov. 1914: “I was shot in the right thigh, and lay
where I fell for a whole week. I don’t know how I lived it through, but
I did. On the morning of the 21st some German stretcher-bearers picked
me up and took me to hospital where they dressed the leg, which, of
course, was broken. I have been shifted from one show to another till
I’ve landed here, and here I shall be for two or three months.”
[Illustration: =William Ransome Pearson.=]
=PEART, GEORGE=, Seaman, R.N.R., 5332A, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PEART, STANLEY BRACE=, A.C.I.S., Rifleman, No. 2436, B Coy.,
21st Battn. (1st Surrey Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd and
yst. _s._ of George Peart, by his wife, Marie (55, Silverdale,
Sydenham, S.E.), dau. of Francis Henry Moller; _b._ Adelaide,
South Australia, 10 Aug. 1891; educ. Bellenden Road L.C.C. School and
Dulwich College; passed the Intermediate Examination in June, 1914, and
was admitted an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries
the following month, and prior to the outbreak of war was engaged on
the staff of the Kamfersdam Mines, Ltd., of Gresham House, Old Broad
street, E.C., with Mr. W. Howarth, F.C.I.S., who held a high opinion
of his abilities. He joined the 1st Surrey Rifles for active service,
31 Aug. 1914, and after training at St. Albans, Luton and Harpenden,
went to France, 14 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy,
25 May, 1915; _unm._ His Company Officer, 2nd Lieut. H. Persse,
wrote; “On 25 May the battn. was ordered to attack at Givenchy. In the
ordinary course of attack the bombers go first so as to prevent what
are known as flank attacks. Your brother was with them, and I saw him
myself go right into the German front line trench and on then to the
second line trench. The last I saw of him was when his supply of bombs
had run out--he was standing his ground very coolly on top of a German
trench using his bayonet to great effect. I am afraid he was hit by a
bomb, for when we found him next day he was greatly damaged but quite
dead. I buried him myself with a lot of his comrades, and I am sure it
will relieve your sorrow somewhat to know that the ‘fellow Tommies’
put up a beautiful cross to him with his name and regt. upon it. I
always knew Stanley Peart as one of my best men. When the call came for
bombers (a most dangerous job), Peart didn’t wait to be selected; he
volunteered, and paid the price. No work was too hard for him, and he
certainly fulfilled my greatest expectations when the time came for the
battn. to show what it was made of.” And a comrade: “He was my fellow
bomber in our platoon. There are four of us to a platoon. Although I
did not actually see him fall, I know pretty well what his end was. It
happened just before our platoon went over the parapet to support the
other fellows who were holding the captured trench in front. There was
an urgent call for bombs and bombers, and as Stan. happened to have a
bandolier of bombs on him he was detailed to go with some more bombers.
He was with me when he got the order, but he went to join the others a
few yards further down the line. It was just in the act of getting over
the parapet that he was shot; I think a machine gun caught him. At any
rate it was a bullet that caused his death, not a shell.... He was one
of the most popular fellows in our platoon.” Peart was well known in
South London as a most versatile athlete. He captained Bellenden Road
L.C.C. School in cricket, football and swimming. He won the Rutherford
Harris Shield, the Championship South London breast stroke swimming
in 1904, the championship of Dulwich, 1904 and 1905, and played in
the cricket team for the boys for East v. West at the Oval in 1905
and 1906, captaining the team in 1906. He was in the Dulwich Hamlet
Reserves in the season 1910–11, when they won the Southern Suburban
League Championship. He played in the first team of Honor Oak Cricket
Club for several years, until he gave up playing by his doctor’s orders.
[Illustration: =Stanley Brace Peart.=]
=PEAT, WILLIAM McDONALD=, Private, No. 10299, 2nd Battn. the
Scots Guards, 2nd _s._ of Colin Peat, of 7, Roseburn Terrace,
Edinburgh, formerly of Ratho, Midlothian, by his wife, Isabella, dau.
of William McDonald, of Barflat, Aberdeenshire, Farmer; _b._
Edinburgh, 11 Feb. 1896; educ. Brunsfield and Roseburn Public Schools,
Edinburgh; enlisted 1 Sept. 1914; went to France 16 Feb. 1915, and
was killed in action by a shell near Givenchy, 14 June, 1915. He was
buried along with seven of his comrades just where he fell, after a
charge at Festubert, where his coy. were nearly all killed or wounded.
He had been picked as reserve stretcher-bearer but did not have the
opportunity of performing the duties assigned to him.
=PECKHAM, BERTRAM=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 2854), 301582,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=PECKER, HENRY CYRIL=, Lieut., 3rd. attd. 1st, Battn. The Royal
Scots, 4th _s._ of Major and Quartermaster George Pecker, of
Workington, co. Cumberland (now on active service with the Border Regt.
(T.F.)), by his wife, Alice Charlotte, dau. of Septimus Radclyffe;
_b._ Shrewsbury, 8 Oct. 1894; educ. St. Bees School, where he
was a member of the O.T.C., and on leaving there entered the St.
Helen’s Colliery Co.; joined the General Reserve of Officers of the
3rd Border Regt. as 2nd Lieut., 17 May, 1913, and on the outbreak of
war in Aug. 1914, was drafted to the Royal Scots; went to France in
Oct., was wounded at Ypres in Dec., but returned to his Regt. in March;
was promoted Lieut. 29 April, and was killed in action at Hooge, by a
shell, the following day, 30 April, 1915. Buried in Hooge Chateau. His
school magazine wrote of him: “A keen sportsman, a charming companion,
a gentleman in its fullest sense, he could not fail to win his way in
his Regt., as he had done at School and in professional life.” He was
_unm._
[Illustration: =Henry Cyril Pecker.=]
=PECKSON, JOSEPH WILLIAM=, Leading Signalman (R.F.R., Ch. B.
9055), 196514, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=PEDDEL, SYDNEY EDGAR=, Sergt., No. 8918, 5th Battn. (London Rifle
Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), 4th _s._ of Edward James Peddel,
of 33, Cardonzo Road, Caledonian Road, Holloway, N., Coach Trimmer,
by his wife, Sarah Elizabeth, dau. of Isaac Salter, of Southampton;
_b._ Salisbury, co. Wilts, 1 July, 1888; educ. St. James’s Church
School, Holloway; was employed in a city stockbroker’s office; joined
the L.R.B. in 1907; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak
of war in Aug. 1914; went to France 1 Nov. following; took part in
several trench attacks; came home on leave 21 Feb. 1915; returned to
the firing line on the 28th, and was killed in action at Ploegsteert,
10 April following, _unm._ Buried in the L.R.B. Cemetery in the
wood there. 2nd Lieut. A. Bryan White wrote: “Although I had only
been his platoon commander for a very short time, I have known Sergt.
Peddel for many years, and feel that I have not only lost a good N.C.O.
but a very old friend. He was liked and respected by every man in the
battn., and would have made an excellent officer had his commission
gone through sooner.” Sergt. Peddel was well known in North London as
an indefatigable athlete. He was a leader of the Gymnasium connected
with St. James’s Church, Holloway, and the possessor of several medals
won in various competitions. He took part in the Territorial sports
at Stamford Bridge in 1913, when the London Rifle Brigade beat the
London Scottish in the Marathon in the record time of 1 hour 33 mins.
37 secs.--a remarkably fine achievement. Sergt. Peddel was then a
L.-Corpl. In April, 1914, when the L.R.B. made the forced march from
London to Brighton, Corpl. Peddel (to which rank he had been promoted)
was pacemaker, and assisted to set up a new record for long-distance
marching, the Foreign Legion’s record of 50 miles in 15½ hours being
easily beaten. The time occupied by the L.R.B. to do the 52½ miles was
14 hours 23 mins. (marching time 12 hours 44 mins.). Sergt. Peddel
secured several prizes in L.R.B. contests. He won a silver cup in the
school of arms competition 1913, bayonet v. bayonet, and another cup in
the five miles race in the same year. He was also a member of the Orion
Harriers, the Archway Harriers, the Crouch End Cyclist Club, and the
Alexandra Park Tennis Club.
[Illustration: =Sydney E. Peddel.=]
=PEDDER, PERCY JAMES=, Private, No. 7759, 2nd Battn. The Border
Regt., eldest _s._ of (--) Pedder; was for some time in South
Africa; returned during the Balkan War, and went to Greece with the
British Red Cross. On the outbreak of the European War he volunteered
and joined the 2nd Border Regt.; went to France with his Regt. in the
7th Division, and was killed in action 24 Oct. 1914, while assisting
a wounded comrade. Coy. Sergt.-Major Stuart Davenport wrote: “I am
able to inform you from an eyewitness who was next to him when he was
killed that he died a hero in a trench at a traverse.... A man was hit
by a shrapnel; no one would go and help him at the moment--as shell
after shell was coming in at that particular spot. Pedder went and had
succeeded in bandaging him up when he was struck behind the left ear by
one bullet from a shell, which penetrated his brain. He died at once
and said not a word, and he was buried that night, a cross was put on
his grave.” He _m._ Annette (26, Palatine Road, Stoke Newington,
N.), dau. of (--).
=PEEL, ALAN RALPH=, Capt., South Wales Borderers (24th Regt.),
eldest surviving _s._ of Herbert Peel, of Taliaris Park, co.
Carmarthen, J.P., D.L., by his wife, Mary Susannah Ainsworth, dau.
of the late Capt. William Lee, R.M.L.I.; _b._ Taliaris Park,
7 July, 1886; educ. Cheltenham College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. to the South Wales Borderers, 24 Jan. 1906, became Lieut. 1 Dec.
1907, and Capt., 12 Sept. 1914; served with the 1st Battn. in India,
1907–9, and at Pretoria, 1910; attached to the South African Mounted
Infantry, Feb. 1911, and quartered at Harrismith and Bloemfontein to
1912, in which year he was seconded to the West African Frontier Force
(Nigerian Regt.). Returning home on furlough in 1914, he was the same
year seconded for service with the Nigerian Mounted Infantry, and
left again for West Africa in June; he was killed in action, leading
a bayonet charge, at Kosseoa, near Marna, North Cameroons, 17 Nov.
1914; _unm._ His Commanding Officer wrote as follows: “I had
made application for him to join me, knowing his ability. You have
the honour of knowing no soldier could have met a more gallant death,
viz., at the head of his men, leading them to the charge and showing an
example of great bravery. He was buried with all honours by the Capt.
of the French company with whom he was operating at the time.” The
latter wrote: “I paid the funeral honours ... to the two brave English
officers, MM. le Capit. A. R. Peel and Lieut. Percival, who fell on the
field of honour while giving to their men an example of great bravery.”
The Commandant of the Nigerian Regt. wrote as follows: “To lighten
your great sorrow you have the honour of knowing that your son died in
a manner worthily upholding the finest traditions of the Service, and
setting an example of valour to the whole regt., among whom he was so
deservedly known as a brave and upright officer and the best of good
comrades.” Capt. A. R. Peel was a thorough all-round sportsman, a good
rider and polo player.
[Illustration: =Alan Ralph Peel.=]
=PEELING, HARRY COURTLAND=, Officer’s Cook, 1st Class, 365838,
H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Joseph Peeling, of Gardener’s Lodge, Wickham
Place, near Witham, co. Essex; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the
North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=PEET, JOHN EDWARD GRIMSTON=, 2nd Lieut., 9th (Service) Battn. The
Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt., elder _s._ of James Henry Peet,
of Perry Hill, Worplesdon, co. Surrey, M.D., by his wife, Winifred,
dau. of the late Major Henry Grimston Hale, 11th Hussars; _b._
Huddersfield, co. York, 24 April, 1895; educ. St. George’s College,
Weybridge, and Douay Abbey, Woolhampton; enlisted in the Berkshire
Yeomanry, 25 Sept. 1914; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Royal West Surrey
Regt., 9 Feb. 1915 and was accidentally killed in a motor cycle
collision at Guildford on the 27th while on service. Lieut.-Col. J.
B. Kerslake wrote: “We had great expectations of him, and in no case
have I recommended a commission with more confidence. His premature
death is a loss not only to his family but to his country. In your
great loss we, indeed, sympathise most deeply. Your only consolation
can be that he met his death while serving his country, and doing his
duty to the fullest.” And Brig.-Gen. Andrew L. Macfies, Commanding 1st
South Lancashire Brigade: “The class of instruction to which your son
belonged is attached to my brigade. He was, therefore, to some extent
under my command, and I understand showed every promise of becoming a
good officer.”
[Illustration: =John Edward G. Peet.=]
=PELHAM, HENRY ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9409, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PELHAM, HON. HERBERT LYTTLETON=, Lieut. and Adjutant, 2nd Battn.
Royal Sussex Regt., 4th and yst. _s._ of Francis Godolphin, 5th
Earl of Chichester, by his wife, Alice, née Carr Glyn (Oldland, Keymer,
Sussex), dau. of George Carr, 1st Baron Wolverton; _b._ Lambeth
Rectory, London, 3 April, 1884; educ. by the Rev. A. Tabor, Cheam;
Charterhouse; and Rev. V. Scott, South Lynn, Eastbourne; joined the
Duke of Connaught’s Own Hampshire and Isle of Wight Royal Garrison
Artillery (Militia), 12 April, 1902; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Sussex
Regt., 3 June, 1904; joined the 2nd Battn. at Malta, 5 Aug. 1904;
served in Crete during the insurrection and later on the International
Tribunal there; and in Belfast 1907 during riots; promoted Lieut. 26
Sept. 1908; passed first “distinction” in musketry and over 95 per
cent. in machine gunnery courses at Hythe, 25 Sept. 1909; appointed
Adjutant 18 Dec. 1911; took Brevet Certificate, and was accepted for
Royal Flying Corps, 9 April, 1914; specially commended for work of
mobilisation, Aug. 1914; left for France as Senior Lieut. and Adjutant,
2nd Battn., with 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, 12 Aug. 1914, became
acting Capt. after the death of Capt. Jemmet Browne, 12 Sept., and was
killed in action 14 Sept. following, during the Battle of the Aisne;
_unm._ The 2nd Royal Sussex were in reserve at Mons, and formed
part of the rearguard during the retirement from that place, and then
became the vanguard of the 1st Army, when the Germans turned, before
the Battle of the Marne. Major-Gen. E. H. Bulfin wrote: “I ordered
the Sussex to pass on and seize the ridges north of the village of
Priez.... 10 Sept., for the good work done that day I sent in Pelham’s
name for recognition. 14 Sept. Pelham with a handful of men of the
Sussex held on to the Chemin des Dames, and it was here that he lost
his life, working the machine guns, and he died one of the most
brave and gallant gentleman it has ever been my honour to know. A
fine capable officer who put his duty before everything, and by his
self-sacrificing devotion set a splendid example to us all. By his
death the Regt. has suffered a terrible loss and the Army has lost
a most capable officer, who would have gone far in his profession.”
His commanding officer. Major E. V. B. Green, wrote: “Your son died
a soldier’s death in the forefront of the fighting on the 14th. I
have sent you in a separate package a testament which was found on
him, and I am sorry that there is nothing more to send. We have lost
a much-loved comrade who we all felt had a promising career before
him, in fact, perhaps I cannot do better than quote to you the words
in which his name has gone forward for mention in despatches. ‘Lieut.
and Adjutant the Hon. H. L. Pelham. I saw this officer two or three
times under heavy fire conveying orders and encouraging the troops. He
was killed in an advanced position, assisting with the machine guns,
several of the detachment having been knocked out. In him the Army have
lost a most promising officer. His work during mobilisation and during
the campaign has been deserving of the highest praise.’” and again
later: “I wish I could give you further details regarding your son,
but the circumstances of the battle on the 14th, the first day of the
Aisne, were such that we were not able to hold to the foremost ground
to which we got that day, and indeed although we have been here a month
to-day, we have never got back on the actual ground on which your son
was killed. I am being perfectly honest with you, as I judge you wish
me to be. We know where your son fell, in the forefront of the battle,
but we do not know as yet where he lies. The Germans, doubtless, have
buried him, and when we move forward we shall, I hope, be able to give
you fuller particulars. I am very pleased to be able to tell you that I
have heard to-day that the President of the French Republic has awarded
your son the Legion of Honour. For this he was recommended previous
to his death. It will be, I am sure, a solace to you to know that his
worth has received this recognition. Like many of his forbears, he
has given his life for his country, and has not lived in vain.... No!
It was not at Moulines. The action was fought between a place called
Vendresse and Cerney, and your son was killed just on the edge of the
latter place. He was with Mr. Dashwood in a farmhouse with the machine
guns when the building was destroyed by a shell.... Mr. Dashwood tells
me that his death was instantaneous, and that he was struck by a piece
of shell and was thus saved from suffering.” He was awarded the Croix
de Chevalier of the Legion of Honour “for conspicuous gallantry in the
field between 23 Aug. and 31 Aug.”
[Illustration: =Hon. Herbert L. Pelham.=]
=PELLETT, GEORGE ALBERT VICTOR=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 10403
(Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LEIGH-PEMBERTON, THOMAS EDWARD GEOFFREY=, Lieut., 13th Battn.
(Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._
of Wilfred Leigh-Pemberton, of Wrinsted Court, Sittingbourne,
Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Alice Augusta, dau. of the late
Capt. David Rolland Erskine, 92nd Highlanders [2nd _s._ of Sir
David Erskine, of Cambo, 1st Bart.], and grandson of Sir Edward
Leigh-Pemberton, of Torry Hill and Wrinsted, co. Kent, K.C.B.;
_b._ Wrinsted Court aforesaid, 15 Nov. 1893; educ. Rugby and
Christ Church, Oxford, where he was in the O.T.C.; was, at the outbreak
of war, learning business with the firm of Antony Gibbs & Sons;
appointed 2nd Lieut. in the Kensingtons, 12 May, 1914, and promoted
Lieut. 1 Sept. following; volunteered for foreign service on the
outbreak of war in Aug.; went to France at the beginning of Nov., and
was killed in action near Laventie, 11 Jan. 1915; _unm._ Buried at
Estaires. His commanding officer, Lieut.-Col. F. G. Lewis, wrote: “I
feel I must write and tell you how all my officers will mourn his loss
most deeply. His capacity and his popularity made everybody like him;
he was a real good fellow in every way, and he has made a gap which we
can never quite fill. I am sorrier than I can say”; and Major-Gen. Sir
A. Turner: “He was a most excellent and conscientious young officer,
and a great loss to his battn., in which he was a great favourite.”
Capt. Thompson also wrote: “He was a really good officer, always
cheerful, and of the very greatest assistance to me in the trying
work of the trenches. The battn. has lost a good officer and all the
officers a valued friend”; and Sergt. Stiles: “Lieut. Leigh-Pemberton
was very much liked and respected by every man he came in touch with.
One of our bravest officers; he considered his men; in fact, he used to
take four hours duty whilst his sergeant slept, and the sergeant used
to take two hours’ duty whilst he (the Lieut.) slept. He would at any
time carry the pack of any man who was knocked up. I’m sure any of our
men would have followed him through fire and water. His death was a
great shock to the whole battn.” He was fond of sports of all kinds and
hunted a small pack of harriers of his own.
[Illustration: =T. E. G. Leigh-Pemberton.=]
=PENDALL, WILLIAM ALBERT=, Private, No. 13657, 13th (Service)
Battn. The Royal Scots (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Albert Pendall (now
serving in France as a Gunner with the R.G.A.), by his wife, Mary Jane
(14, Usk Road, York Road, Battersea), dau. of Henry Brown; _b._
Wandsworth Common, 8 Dec. 1898; educ. St. John’s Schools, Battersea;
was a Butcher; enlisted, 17 April, 1915; went to France, 4 Oct. 1915,
and was killed in action there, 9 Dec. 1915; _unm._
=PENDER, JAMES (HAMISH) GRANGER GEILS=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd. attd.
2nd Battn. The Gordon Highlanders, eldest _s._ of Major James
Pender, of Ardnoe, St. Catherine’s, co. Argyle, 8th Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders, by his wife, Janet Helen Maude, dau. of the
late Thomas Geils, of Geilston and Ardmore, Dumbartonshire; _b._
St. Catherine’s, 19 July, 1892; educ. Larchfield Academy, Helensburgh;
Edinburgh Academy, and Edinburgh University; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the
3rd (Reserve) Battn. Gordon Highlanders, 17 Oct. 1914; went to France,
13 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle between 11–13
March, 1915; _unm._ A brother officer wrote: “He was shot through
the head on the morning of the 11th trying to urge his men to keep
their heads down and take cover, and his death was instantaneous. He
died for his country and no mistake, and long will we all remember his
cheery face”; and another: “He died thinking only of his men’s safety
and not of his own, and was one of the most gallant among many gallant
officers who died that day. As we were being enfiladed the men were in
a very dangerous position, he shouted to them to get right in, as they
could not hear, he stood up and signalled to them. He was shot through
the head.”
[Illustration: =James G. G. Pender.=]
=PENFOLD, GEORGE HENRY=, Acting Chief Petty Officer, 164841,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=PENGELLEY, HAROLD=, Private, No. 9707, 1st Battn. East Surrey
Regt., _s._ of Samuel Pengelley, of 2, York Road, Uxbridge; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died 6 Nov. 1914, of
wounds received in action.
=PENMAN, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 10614, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards;
_b._ Falkirk, enlisted 8 Sept. 1914, aged 24; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 16 May, 1915.
=PENN, ALFRED EDWARD=, A.B., R.N.R., 2453A, 3rd _s._ of
Stephen Penn (died 1 March, 1912), by his wife, Elizabeth; _b._
Deal, 17 Sept. 1891; lost with his brother on H.M.S. Cressy, 22 Sept.
1914: _unm._
=PENN, JOSEPH LIVELY=, Private, No. 2879, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 5th _s._ of William John Penn, of Leamington Spa, by
his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Patrick Lively of Liverpool; _b._
Leamington Spa, 23 Feb. 1882; educ. there; enlisted in the Coldstreams
in Aug. 1899; served for a short period in the South African War, and
with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from early in Sept.
to 29 Oct. 1914, on which latter date he was killed in action at Ypres.
He _m._ 1906, Anne, dau. of William Oldham, of Sheffield, and had
two sons: Joseph, _b._ 1 June, 1907, and Ernest, _b._ 1 Sept.
1910.
=PENN, LEWIS SYDNEY=, A.B., R.N.R., 2451A, 2nd _s._ of
Stephen Penn (died 1 March, 1912), by his wife, Elizabeth; _b._
Deal, 1 July, 1889; was serving with his two brothers on board H.M.S.
Cressy when that vessel was torpedoed by submarines off the coast of
Holland, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._ The elder brother, Hubert, was
saved after being two hours in the water.
=DOUGLAS-PENNANT, HON. CHARLES=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 3rd _s._ of George Sholto Gordon, 2nd Lord Penrhyn, and
yr. _s._ by his 2nd wife, Gertrude Jessie (37, Lennox Gardens,
S.W.), yst. dau. of the Rev. Henry Glynne, Rector of Hawarden;
_b._ at Wicken, Northants, 7 Oct. 1877; educ. Evelyn’s, Eton, and
Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Coldstream Guards, 8 Sept. 1897, and
promoted Lieut. 5 Feb. 1899; served in South African War, 1899–1902;
took part in the advance on Kimberley, including actions at Belmont,
Enslin, Modder River and Magersfontein; operations in the Orange Free
State, including actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein, Vet River (5–6
May) and Zand River; operations in the Transvaal, May-June, 1900,
including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Diamond Hill (11–12
June); operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to 29 Nov.
1900, including actions at Belfast (26–27 Aug.), operations in Orange
River Colony, Nov. 1900, and in Cape Colony, Nov. 1900 to 31 May, 1902
(twice mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 26 Jan. 1900, and 10
Sept. 1901]; Queen’s medal with six clasps, King’s medal with two
clasps); was A.D.C. to Major-Gen., 8th Division, 3rd Army Corps, and
to Major-Gen. 8th Division, Irish Command (Sir Reginald Pole-Carew),
9 Nov. 1903 to 1905; retired and joined the Reserve of Officers, 22
Feb. 1905; rejoined his regt. on the outbreak of war; went to France,
11 Sept. 1914; was reported missing after the fighting near Gheluvelt,
29 Oct. following, and is now assumed to have been killed in action
there that day. He _m._ at St. Michael’s, Chester Square, 28 Jan.
1905, Lady Edith Anne, née Dawson (Soham House, Newmarket), dau. of
Vesey, 2nd Earl of Dartrey. His elder brother, Capt. the Hon. G. H.
Douglas-Pennant was killed in action, 11 March, 1915, and his nephew,
Lieut. the Hon. A. G. S. Douglas-Pennant, Grenadier Guards, was
reported wounded and missing, 29 Oct. 1914.
[Illustration: =Hon. C. Douglas-Pennant.=]
=DOUGLAS-PENNANT, THE HON. GEORGE HENRY=, Capt., 1st Battn.
Grenadier Guards, 2nd _s._ of George Sholto Gordon, 2nd Lord
Penrhyn, and elder _s._ by his 2nd wife, Gertrude Jessie (37,
Lennox Gardens, S.W.), yst. dau. of the Rev. Henry Glynne, Rector of
Hawarden; _b._ Torquay, 26 Aug. 1876; educ. Evelyn’s and Eton;
gazetted 2nd Lieut., Grenadier Guards, from the Militia, Oxfordshire
and Buckinghamshire L.I., 1 Dec. 1897; promoted Lieut. 12 July,
1899, and Capt. 1905; served in the South African War, 1900–2; took
part in the operations in the Orange Free State, April-May, 1900;
operations in Orange River Colony, May to 29 Nov. 1900, including
actions at Biddulphsberg and Wittebergen (1–29 July); operations in
the Transvaal, Feb.–March, 1901, also those in Orange River Colony,
Dec. 1900 to Feb. 1901, and March, 1901 to 31 May, 1902, when he
was employed as Signalling Officer (mentioned in Despatches [London
Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901]; Queen’s medal with three clasps and King’s
medal with two clasps); was A.D.C. to Lieut.-Gen. Sir Leslie Rundle,
Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command, 1903–7, and in 1908 joined
the Reserve of Officers. On the outbreak of the European War he was
north of Gilgit, N. Kashmir, but at once returned to England, rejoined
his old regt. in Sept., went to France in Nov., and was killed in
action at Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915, while leading the King’s
Coy., Grenadier Guards, into action; _unm._ Buried there. He was
mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May,
1915 [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915]. He took great interest in fox
hunting, salmon fishing and big game hunting, and had travelled in East
Africa, the Soudan, India, Turkistan, Persia, Canada, Alaska, etc. He
left his collection of trophies, heads, skins, and specimens of game,
to the National Museum, Wales, at Cardiff. His brother, Lieut. the Hon.
Charles Douglas-Pennant, was killed in action, 29 Oct. 1914.
[Illustration: =Hon. G. H. Douglas-Pennant.=]
=PENNELLS, CHARLES PERCY=, Private, No. 85, 16th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles; killed in
action, 27 May, 1915.
=PENNEY, JOHN EDWIN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5060), 213157, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PENNY, HENRY=, Private, No. 7528, 1st Battn. Royal West Kent
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
action 22 Jan. 1915; _m._
=PENNY, WILLIAM=, Chief Signal Boatswain, R.N., 2nd _s._
of James Penny, by his wife, Christina, dau. of (--) Gunn; _b._
Benares, Bengal, 11 June, 1864; entered the Royal Navy, 26 Aug. 1879,
as a boy in H.M.S. Resistance; was drafted to the Impregnable, 30
Aug. 1879, and then to the Inconstant, in which ship he escorted the
King, when Prince George, round the world. He served in the Egyptian
Campaign, 1882, for which he received the medal and clasp. He also
served in the following ships: Duke of Wellington, Victor Emanuel,
St. Vincent, Northumberland, Active, Victory and Royal Oak, and was
promoted Signal Boatswain, 8 July, 1896. He afterwards served in the
Ramillies under Admiral Hopkins until July, 1899; when he was appointed
to the Vivid for the Signal School until 1903, then to the Revenge,
flagship of Admiral Wilson, with whose staff he transferred to the
Exmouth until 1907, when he was appointed to the Victory for Signal
School 1907–1910. He was promoted Chief Signal Boatswain, 4 June 1909,
and served in H.M.S. Prince of Wales, under Admiral Jellicoe, 1910 to
1911. On the outbreak of the European War in 1914 he was appointed to
the Good Hope, flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir Christopher Craddock, C.B.,
M.V.O., and was killed in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914. He _m._ at St. John’s, Bognor, 26 Aug. 1893, Elizabeth
Jane (Argyll Road, Bognor), eldest dau. of William Smith, late Chief
Officer of Coastguards, and had two children: Gertrude Ethel, _b._
14 June, 1896, and Dorothy Marguerite, _b._ 15 Jan. 1909.
[Illustration: =William Penny.=]
=PENSON, REGINALD=, Private, No. 2391, 2nd Battn. (Royal
Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Frederick Penson,
of 8, Burns Street, Mansfield, Nottingham, by his wife, Mary Ann,
dau. of Israel Dook; _b._ Leicester 11 April, 1887; educ. at
Gainsboro’; was an employee in the Army and Navy Stores at Westminster;
volunteered and joined the Royal Fusiliers, 6 Sept. 1914; went to
Malta with his Battn., 9 Sept.; proceeded to France, 30 Dec., and was
killed in action near Armentières, 16 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried at
Ferme-de-la-Buterne, Chapelle d’ Armentières. Capt. R. Henman wrote:
“It is with the deepest regret I have to inform you that your son was
killed this morning whilst observing the effect of artillery fire. I
would like to offer you my most sincere sympathy as well as that of the
whole company. We shall all miss your dear son most awfully, as his
genial manner, his courage, and his willingness to do any work made him
loved by everyone.” Private Penson was a fine vocalist and won a £100
scholarship in London for singing.
[Illustration: =Reginald Penson.=]
=PENTER, EDWARD SYDNEY=, Petty Officer, 159207, H.M.S. Monmouth;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PEPPER, JAMES WILLIAM THOMAS=, B.A., Private, No. 793, 1/5th
Battn. (The London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), only
_s._ of James William Pepper, of 15, West Cliff, Whitstable,
Local Secretary and Correspondent at Whitstable for the Kent Education
Committee, by his wife, Emma Maria, dau. of John Harlow; _b._
Whitstable, co. Kent, 2 July, 1891; educ. Simon Langton School,
Canterbury, and Goldsmiths’ College, London (B.A. 1912), and on leaving
there was for several months a supplementary teacher for the Kent
Education Committee, later being appointed certificated teacher at
Bridge Road Council School, Harlesden, under the Willesden Education
Committee, who wrote highly of his influence and of his ability. On the
outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he volunteered for foreign service and
joined the London Rifle Brigade in Sept.; went to France with the first
draft to join the 1/5th Battn., on active service in Flanders, in Jan.
1915; served in the trenches from Jan. to April; retired to the rear
after Easter for a rest, but was suddenly ordered up with his regt. to
the support of the Canadians at the Ypres salient, and was killed in
action there, 26 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried at Fortuin, near St.
Julien. He obtained a Junior County Scholarship at ten years of age
and later a County Bursary; was especially interested in history and
languages, and at the time war was declared was making a special study
of Anglo-Saxon, and Old English. During his last two years at College
he played successfully as a member of the College Rugby Team, and was
also interested in cricket.
=PEPPIATT, WILLIAM HENRY=, Private, No. 9556, 5th Battn. (London
Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the late
William Robert Peppiatt, by his wife, Emily Elizabeth, dau. of the
late Charles Giles; _b._ Stoke Newington, London, 2 Nov. 1888;
educ. Bancroft’s School, Woodford Wells; entered the service of the
London & North-Western Railway Co. in 1907, and when war broke out was
in the General Manager’s office at Euston; he had joined the London
Rifle Brigade in 1912, and volunteered for foreign service in Aug.
1914; went to France in Nov. and died at Ploegsteert, 5 Feb. 1915, of
wounds received in action there the previous day; _unm._ Buried
in the London Rifle Brigade Cemetery, Ploegsteert, Major C. Burnell,
the officer commanding his company, wrote: “I personally feel very
much his loss, he was one of those always willing to help and always
cheerful even when things were at their worst.” He was one of the team
of his regt. which won the Territorial Marathon in 1913, and one of the
contingent from the London Rifle Brigade which marched to Brighton in
record time. He was also an expert bayonet fighter.
[Illustration: =William Henry Peppiatt.=]
=PEPYS, FRANCIS=, D.S.O., 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Oxfordshire and
Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 2nd _s._ of Capt. Arthur Pepys,
of Knowle House, Budleigh Salterton, late 60th Rifles, by his wife,
Margaret, dau. of the Rev. John Lomax; _b._ Budleigh Salterton,
co. Devon, 2 April, 1891; educ. Charterhouse; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in
the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I., 24 May, 1913; went to France
with the Expeditionary Force, 13 Aug. 1914; took part in the retreat
from Mons, the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne, and the repulse
of the Prussian Guards at Ypres, 11 Nov. and was killed in action
the following day by the bursting of a shell; _unm._ Buried at
Zonnebeke. 2nd Lieut. Pepys was awarded the D.S.O. for conspicuous
good work on 3 Nov. “in advancing from his trench and assisting in
driving away a party of the enemy who were commencing to dig a new
trench within thirty yards of his own. Thirty of the enemy were shot
down on the occasion.” He was also mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now
Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915. His elder brother, 2nd Lieut.
John Pepys, was killed in action at Mons, 23 Aug. 1914 (see following
notice).
[Illustration: =Francis Pepys.=]
=PEPYS, JOHN=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. King’s Own Yorkshire Light
Infantry, eldest _s._ of Capt. Arthur Pepys, of Knowle House,
Budleigh Salterton, late 60th Rifles, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of
the Rev. John Lomax; _b._ Budleigh Salterton, co. Devon, 7 May,
1890; educ. Charterhouse, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst:
gazetted 2nd Lieut. King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., 9 Nov. 1910; went to
France with the Expeditionary Force, 14 Aug. 1914, and was killed in
action at Mons, on the 23rd, three hours after going into action as
machine-gun officer; _unm._ Buried at Wasmes. His younger brother,
2nd Lieut. Francis Pepys, D.S.O., was killed in action at Ypres, 12
Nov. 1914 (see preceding notice).
[Illustration: =John Pepys.=]
=PEPYS, REGINALD WHITMORE=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Worcestershire
Regt., yst. _s._ of the Rev. Herbert George Pepys, M.A., Hon.
Canon of Worcester Cathedral (Florence Court, Torquay) by his wife,
Louisa Harriet, dau. of John Whitmore Isaac, of Boughton Park, co.
Worcester, and grandson of the Right Rev. Henry Pepys, D.D., Bishop of
Worcester [yr. brother of Charles Christopher, 1st Earl of Cottenham];
_b._ Hallow Vicarage, Worcester, 3 Jan. 1883; educ. Haileybury
College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd
Lieut., Worcestershire Regt., 18 Jan. 1902, and promoted Lieut., 2
July, 1904, served with the West African Regt. from 19 Sept. 1908
to 12 May, 1913, obtaining his company, 24 May, 1913, in which year
he rejoined the Worcestershire Regt., and was appointed to the 2nd
Battn.; went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, and
died in hospital at Chateau de Vermeil, 21 Sept. following, of wounds
received in action the previous day, during the Battle of the Aisne.
The Adjutant wrote: “He was shot while leading his men in a very hot
corner. He was doing his duty to the full extent: he could do no more.
He was shot through the chest, and I eventually carried him to the
hospital, badly hit, but quite cheerful. He was commanding A Coy. when
he was killed, as Capt. Carr, who came out in command of that company,
was killed two days before. He is buried in the beautiful grounds of
the Château de Vermeil, which was used as a temporary field hospital”;
and Sergt. Hill: “Our first place to go for was an empty trench, which
we occupied under heavy gun and rifle fire; but it was an absolute
death-trap for anyone to show themselves. During this time, I can
assure you that Capt. Pepys gave his orders with the coolness as though
he had been at Aldershot. After a time there was a break in the fire,
and then came the final order to charge, and the Captain jumped up,
revolver and sword in hand, to lead the company forward, and I was
with him. His wounds were caused by a rifle bullet hitting him in the
chest. We were all pleased to think that we had Capt. Pepys posted to
take command of the company after the death of our previous commander,
the late Capt. Carr, and the whole company deeply regretted that he had
been taken from us so soon.” Capt. Pepys _m._ at Iffley Church,
near Oxford, 27 July, 1914, Maud Mael, dau. of William Foster, of
Beechwood Iffley; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Reginald W. Pepys.=]
=PERCY, HENRY EDWARD=, Private, No. 750, Honourable Artillery
Company, elder _s._ of Josceline Hugh Percy, of 49, Talbot Road,
Highgate [grandson of the Right Rev. Lord Hugh Percy D.D., Bishop of
Carlisle, yr. brother of George, 5th Duke of Northumberland], by his
wife, Grace Anne, dau. of Edward Percy Thompson; _b._ Southampton,
6 Aug. 1893; educ. Darlston Court, Swanage, and St. Bees School,
Cumberland; was in Equity and Law Life Assurance Office, Lincoln’s Inn
Fields; joined the H.A.C. in Feb. 1913; volunteered for foreign service
on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France 18 Sept. 1914, and
was killed in action near Kemmel, 25 Feb. 1915; _unm._ Buried at
Kemmel.
[Illustration: =Henry E. Percy.=]
=PERCY, LEONARD SIDNEY=, Private, No. 1623, 1st Battn. (Royal
Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Charles John Percy,
of 16, Stuart Road, West Kilburn, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of H.
Kent; _b._ Salisbury, co. Wilts, 13 Aug. 1896; educ. St. Mark’s
School, Marleborne; was a Milkman; joined the Royal Fusiliers in 1913;
volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914;
trained in Malta for six months; went to France, 10 March, and died in
the Australian Hospital, Wimereux, 14 Oct. 1915, of wounds received
in action during the Battle of Loos, 26 Sept.; _unm._ Buried at
Wimereux.
=PERCY, WILLIAM REGINALD MINSHULL=, Private, No. 9755, 5th
Battn. (Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of John
Henry Percy, of Bod Meurig, Rhyl, by his wife, Catherine, dau. of
William Minshull, of Mold; _b._ Southport, 4 Feb. 1895; educ.
Epworth College, Rhyl, and then entered the office of the Prudential
Society. On the declaration of war in Aug. 1914, he joined the London
Rifle Brigade, and was killed in action near Ypres, 27 Feb. 1915;
_unm._ Buried near St. Julien. His Capt. wrote of him as a great
loss, “he was so cheery with a sort of Irish wit about him that made
him excellent company.” One of his comrades wrote: “The whole battn.
was under heavy shell fire at the time, and you will be glad to know
that Reggie behaved magnificently during the whole period. He was in
fact one of the most popular fellows in the platoon.” A writer in the
Ibis said: “Clean-minded, high-spirited, with a charm of manner that
captivated all with whom he came in contact, he was the embodiment of
joyous youth. The cruel eclipse of this bright life has cast a shadow
which only the years in their course can lighten.” From the Headmaster
of Epworth College: “Many old Epworthians will remember the skilful
drawings executed by W. R. M. P. His caricatures were the best this
school have ever produced. All of us, masters and boys, at one time
or another provided him with subjects for his friendly but critical
pencil. The men of his company were fortunate in having a comrade so
vivacious, and so full of kindly humour. Their testimony and that of
the officers of the battn. show the high regard in which he was held,
and to this testimony we add our tribute of esteem and affection.”
[Illustration: =William R. M. Percy.=]
=PERHAM, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14848, H.M.S. Cressy; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PERKINS, ALEXANDER=, Leading Seaman, 227224, H.M.S. Cressy; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PERKINS, ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10386), 203819, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PERKINS, CHARLES EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B.
9009), S.S. 105825, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22
Sept. 1914.
=STEELE-PERKINS, CYRIL STEELE=, Lieut., 1st Battn. The King’s
Own Royal Lancaster Regt., only surviving _s._ of George
Chapman Steele-Perkins, of 30, Weymouth Place, Portland Place, W.,
and Kingsdown, near Deal, M.D., by his wife, Alice, dau. of Edward
Chapman, of Sydney, New South Wales; _b._ Streatham, S.W., 27 Feb.
1887; educ. St. Paul’s School, London University and Sandhurst; from
which latter he was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st Battn. Royal Lancashire
Regt. 8 Feb. 1908, and promoted Lieut. 12 Sept. 1911. On the outbreak
of war he went with that regt. to the Front, and was killed in
action at Haucourt, between Cambray and Le Cateau, France, 26 Aug.
1914; _unm._ In an article headed “Our Troops Under Fire,” in
“The Times,” 8 Sept. 1914 the writer said: “Then there was Lieut.
Steele-Perkins, who died one of the grandest deaths a British officer
could wish for. He was lifted out of the trenches wounded four times,
but, protesting, he crawled back again and remained there till he was
mortally wounded.” The following account appeared in “The Scout,” 26
Sept. 1914, p. 54: “On Aug. 26, 1914, The King’s Own Royal Lancaster
Regt. was very heavily engaged. One of the greatest heroes of the fight
was Lieut. Steele-Perkins. As the German hordes advanced, he--one of
the few officers left--walked along the trenches, encouraging the men
to do their utmost. No fear had he of danger. What the men could face
he was willing to endure. A shell exploded, wounding him severely, and
he was carried out of the trenches, protesting loudly. No sooner had
he been carried to safety than he crawled back to the trenches; while
he could move he would be with his men--they needed his presence to
spur them on. ‘Ah,’ said one of his sergeants, ‘he was a proper man,
he was. We would do anything for him.’ Four times he was lifted out of
trenches, badly wounded, and four times he crawled back again, more
feeble each time--nothing but actual physical weakness would keep him
from sharing the dangers of his men. Then came the end--from a shell
bursting overhead.”
[Illustration: =Cyril S. Steele-Perkins.=]
=PERRETT, ERNEST=, Petty Officer, 206389, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PERRETT, WILLIAM NELSON=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24698, H.M.S. Hawke,
_s._ of Frederick Nelson Perrett, of 265, Dale Street, Chatham;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=PERRY, ALFRED HENRY=, Leading Telegraphist, J. 867, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PERRY, ARTHUR THEODORE=, Private, No. 3/140, New Zealand Army
Medical Corps, _s._ of Arthur Perry, of Northampton; _b._
Wellington, New Zealand, 4 May, 1886; educ. at Southampton, England;
then returned to New Zealand; joined the New Zealand Army Medical
Corps after the outbreak of war, 15 Aug. 1914; left Egypt for the
Dardanelles 12 April, 1915; took part in the landing on the 25th April,
and was killed in action there, 22 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried in the
English Cemetery, Gallipoli. Lieut.-Col. C. M. Begg, commanding N.Z.
Field Ambulance, wrote: “He was a very hard worker and was a general
favourite in the company. During the time we have been under fire
here, he was indefatigable in his attention to the wounded and never
hesitated to expose himself in the course of his duties. May it be some
comfort to you to know he died doing his duty;” and a comrade: “He died
after a month of the most heroic and unselfish work given for the sake
of others. He met this noble end as he had lived--a Christian, and by
his patience and unselfish endeavours was loved by us all.”
=PERRY, EVELYN WALTER COPLAND=, 2nd Lieut., Royal Flying Corps
(Special Reserve), only child of the late Walter Copland Perry,
Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Evelyn Emma (29, Thurloe Square, S.W.),
sister of Lieut.-Col. Horace Robert Stopford, Coldstream Guards (killed
in action at the Modder River, 28 Nov. 1899), and only dau. of the
late Robert Stopford [grandson of James, 2nd Earl of Courtown, K.P.];
_b._ at 5, Manchester Square, London, 4 Dec. 1890; educ. St.
David’s (Mr. Joyce’s), Reigate; Ripton, and Trinity College, Cambridge,
and on leaving there worked at the Royal Aircraft Factory from Feb.
1911 to Aug. 1912. He obtained his aviation certificate (No. 130)
on a Valkyrie monoplane at Hendon, 30 Aug. 1911; was gazetted 2nd
Lieut., R.F.C. (S.R.), 21 March, 1913, and obtained his certificate
as a First Class Pilot, Upavon, 13 Aug. following. On 1 Aug. 1914,
he received orders to join the R.F.C. at Netheravon, which he did on
5 Aug., and attd. to the 3rd Squadron he flew with it to Dover on 12
Aug. The following day 42 aeroplanes flew to Amiens, whence he wrote
but one letter, full of his extreme enjoyment in these flights, and
adding that he was to keep the fine machine he had been using; but
apparently these hopes were not realised and he had to give it up. He
was killed instantaneously together with his pilot, H. E. Parfitt, on
Sunday, 16 Aug 1914, on leaving Amiens, on a B.E. 8 machine, being the
first British officer to lose his life on active service in France in
the European War. The machine apparently stalled at about 150 ft.,
and caught fire on reaching the ground. He was buried in the cemetery
at St. Acheuil, the following day; _unm._ Flight Commander P.
Shepherd, R.N., wrote: “I knew your son both at Eastchurch and Upavon,
and we have lost from the Flying Corps a most gallant officer.” Lieut.
Perry did a considerable amount of flying while on the staff of the
Royal Aircraft Factory on their early experimental machines, including
testing a hydroplane at Fleet. On leaving the Royal Aircraft Factory
he joined Mr. Sopwith at Brooklands, and flew very well on his old
“Burgess-Wright” with the “Gnome” engine. He left Mr. Sopwith to
take an Avro biplane to Portugal, where he put the machine through
its tests for the Portuguese Army. In the course of these tests he
flew over Lisbon and eventually, owing to engine failure, made a
wonderfully skilful forced landing in the Tagus, without any injury
to machine, or himself or his passenger even getting their feet wet.
On his return to England Mr. Perry, in conjunction with Mr. Beadle,
started building aeroplanes on their own account, and produced a small
biplane on Avro-cum-B.E. lines, but with many original points, which
flew extremely well (this was afterwards purchased by the Admiralty).
Mr. Perry next started aviation works at Twickenham, and produced the
interesting and beautifully made flying boat which was one of the
features of the last Olympic Show.
[Illustration: =Evelyn Walter C. Perry.=]
=PERRY, GEORGE HENRY=, Leading Stoker, 1245, H.M.S. Cressy; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PERRY, GEORGE HERBERT GRESLEY=, Capt., 2nd Battn. West Yorkshire
Regt., only _s._ of Brigadier-General Hugh Whitchurch Perry,
late R.A., Army Ordnance Department, by his wife, Minna Grace, dau.
of Edward Reid Nelson Druce, of Victoria Park, near Dover; _b._
Plumstead, near Cape Town, 6 Aug. 1893; educ. Hillside, West Malvern,
Haileybury College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., West Yorkshires,
4 Sept. 1912, and promoted Lieut. 14 Aug. 1913; was wounded on 12
March, 1915, during the counter-attack at Neuve Chapelle, and died in
No. 7 Stationary Hospital, at Boulogne, 15 March following; _unm._
He was mentioned for gallantry in the field by F.M. Sir John (now Lord)
French, in his Despatch of 31 May, 1915, and his Commanding Officer,
Major P. L. Ingpen, wrote of him: “He was hit during the German
counter-attack on 12 March, 1915, while pluckily working his machine
guns. I need hardly say that he will be a great loss to the regt. and
one that cannot easily be replaced. It was owing to his disposition of
his guns that the regt. was able to beat off the attack with great loss
to the enemy. In my report I mentioned him for special commendation and
it was forwarded by the Brigadier.” Although he had been at the Front
some months, this was his first engagement.
[Illustration: =George H. G. Perry.=]
=PERRY, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 6668, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
_s._ of Thomas Perry, of 38, Chester Street, Wolverhampton,
Foreman Tinsmith, by his wife, Jane, dau. of James Darling, of
Birmingham; _b._ Wolverhampton, co. Stafford, 10 March, 1881;
educ. St. Andrew’s School there; enlisted 1905; served three years
with the Colours, and six with the Reserve; mobilised 4 Aug. 1914;
went to France in Aug., and was killed in action at Poperinghe, during
the First Battle of Ypres, 10 Nov. following; _unm._ Buried in
Poperinghe Cemetery.
=PERSSE, CECIL DE BURGH=, Lieut., 7th (Princess Royal’s) Dragoon
Guards (attd. Irish Guards), 4th and yst. _s._ of the late Henry
Sadleir Persse, of Glenarde and Kiltullagh, co. Galway, J.P., by his
wife, Eleanor Alice, dau. of Col. Thomas Seymour, of Ballymore Castle,
co. Galway, J.P.; _b._ 17 July, 1875; educ. Cheltenham College
and Trinity College, Cambridge, from which he took his degree. In
the South African War (1899–1902) he served with the Warwickshire
Imperial Yeomanry, and took part in the operations in the various
Colonies, later receiving a commission in the 7th Dragoon Guards. For
these services he received the Queen’s medal with three clasps, and
the King’s medal with two clasps. When the Boer War was concluded
he settled down in Government employment for a while. He received a
commission in the Reserve of Officers of the 7th Dragoon Guards, 10
April, 1912, and on the outbreak of the European War rejoined his
old regt. but as the infantry regts. were more in need of officers
than the cavalry, he volunteered to exchange into the infantry, and
was transferred to the Irish Guards, served with them in France and
Flanders, and was seriously wounded in the head, in action in Flanders,
18 May, 1915. He was brought home to Netley Hospital, and seemed at
first to be making satisfactory progress towards recovery, but some
weeks later it was necessary to perform an operation; blood poisoning
afterwards supervened and he died there on Monday 19 July; _unm._
He was buried in the Hospital Cemetery.
[Illustration: =Cecil de Burgh Persse.=]
=PERSSÉ, RODOLPH ALGERNON=, 2nd Lieut., Reserve Battn. The Rifle
Brigade, attd. 2nd Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, only _s._ of
the late Robert Algernon Perssé, of Creg Clare, co. Galway, J.P., by
his wife, the Hon. Eleanor Laura Jane, née Gough (Creg Clare, Ardrahan,
co. Galway), only surv. dau. of George Stephens, 2nd Viscount Gough;
and grandson of the late Dudley Perssé, of Roxborough, co. Galway.
D.L.; _b._ Roxborough, aforesaid, 12 May, 1892; educ. Eton and
Magdalen College, Oxford, where he had just completed his second year
when war broke out; obtained a commission in the Rifle Brigade, 26 Aug.
1914, joining the Reserve Battn. at Sheerness; went to France, 16 Oct.;
was there attd. to the 2nd Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, and was
killed in action at Cuinchy, 1 Jan. following, during a night attack;
_unm._ Buried there. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord)
French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915. His commanding officer wrote: “He
had taken his platoon to attack a position early on the morning of 1
Jan., and after the position was taken it was found to be untenable,
and the whole force was ordered back to their trenches. It was here
that poor Perssé was killed. He was an exceptionally gallant boy, and
we shall miss him very much. I had already submitted his name for his
gallant behaviour near Ypres.” A brother officer also wrote: “What a
splendid, brave, cool officer he was, he never flinched or wavered in
his most gallant spirit, and his absolute fearlessness and pluck were
grand, and were of the greatest value to his men. He will, indeed,
be sadly missed, for he made himself so popular with all ranks”; and
another: “He was without exception the bravest officer I have ever
seen, and the best. His men would do anything for him. This is not
only my own opinion, for I know that it was shared by every officer
in the mess.” He was a fine all-round athlete and a first-rate shot.
He played in the Eton eleven in July, 1911. At Oxford he did well in
the Freshmen’s sports of 1913; won the Magdalen Grind; rode in the
Intervarsity Point-to-Point, and was whip to the Magdalen Beagles.
The President of Magdalen wrote of him: “He is indeed a loss to us
here, young and old. Among the first and bravest, he has given his
all, even himself. His bright, vivid, daring, high-spirited chivalrous
personality had endeared him to us all.”
[Illustration: =Rodolph Algernon Perssé.=]
=PERYER, ALBERT EDWARD=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 306704, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=PESKETT, CHARLES EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 4392, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PETER, SAMUEL VICTOR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1879), 201829, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=PETO, CLEMENT HENRY=, Capt., 10th (Prince of Wales’s Own Royal)
Hussars, 4th and yst. _s._ of William Herbert Peto, of Dunkinty,
Elgin, by his wife, Kate, dau. of Sir Robert Palmer Harding, and
grandson of the late Sir Samuel Morton Peto, 1st Bart.; _b._
London, 8 July, 1884; educ. Harrow and Sandhurst; received his
commission in the 10th Hussars, 3 Feb. 1904. and was promoted Lieut. 22
Oct. 1905, and Capt. 17 Sept. 1910, passing the same year the Musketry
Course at Changli Sali, also in Telephony and Hindustani, L.S. Pt. II.
He served with his regt. in France and Flanders, and was killed in
action while in command of C Squadron at the First Battle of Ypres,
17 Nov. 1914. The Germans had made a strong attack and he had allowed
them to come within five yards of his trench, before giving the order
to fire. He then led his Squadron in pursuit of the retreating enemy
and was shot through the head by a sniper. The Colonel of his regt.
wrote: “There was no better soldier in the Army or a better fellow than
your son. Personally I was very fond of him and so was everyone in the
regiment, whether officers or men. All the time he was under me I have
never known him cavel, or grumble, at any order, however unpleasant.”
The officer commanding the regt. on the 17 Nov. wrote that he met his
death commanding his own Squadron which he had trained so well in South
Africa, in repelling a fierce attack of the Germans which his Squadron
repulsed with heavy loss. Private Sparks, 14th Hussars, wrote to the
“Kent Messenger,” 26 Dec. 1914. “We came under a very heavy shell and
rifle fire from a very short distance in front. Lord Alastair Innes Ker
carried me a long way and must have been almost exhausted when I saw
two officers jump out of the trench and run towards us. They dragged
me to the trench by the arms. Private Saintsbury, 13th Hussars, caught
me as they pushed me into the trench. One of them bound me up as well
as he was able in the dark and gave me a drink from his flask. The
officers were two brothers, Capt. C. and Lieut. K. Peto, 10th Hussars.
Capt. C. Peto, I am sorry to say, has since been killed in the great
attack on Ypres. He was a very brave officer. “He was mentioned in
F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915 [London
Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915], for gallant and distinguished service in the
field. Capt. Peto was a great hunter and travelled from India through
Kashmir and Turkestan to Siberia, accompanied only by natives, and shot
splendid specimens of ovis ammion, ovis poli (51½ inches), markhor,
ibex, barasingh, etc. He also shot lions in Northern Rhodesia; and rode
many winners in regimental races at Rawal Pindi and Mhow (Winning Post,
12 Dec. 1914).” He was _unm._, and was buried in Ypres Cemetery.
[Illustration: =Clement Henry Peto.=]
=PETTY, FRANK=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 1171), H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PETTY, JAMES RICHARD=, Private, No. 3199, 2/6th Battn. East
Surrey Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Richard Petty, of 4, Cleveland
Road, New Malden, by his wife, Helen; _b._ New Malden, co. Surrey,
12 June, 1880; educ. Elm Road Boys School there; was a coal porter;
joined the East Surrey Territorials, 26 April, 1915; and died in the
Military Hospital, Kingston-on-Thames, 31 March, 1916, from pleurisy
contracted while on active service. He _m._ at New Malden Church,
3 April, 1904, Charlotte (87, Northcote Road, New Malden, dau. of
William Lambden, Henley-on-Thames, and had three children; Robert
James, _b._ 15 Nov. 1909; Herbert John, _b._ 25 Nov. 1912;
and Dorothy May, _b._ 20 July, 1906.
=PHELAN, JOHN HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5716),
S.S. 1000695, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=PHAYRE, CHARLES FREDERICK=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Munster
Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Richard Phayre, of Belganm,
Woking, D.L., J.P., late of the Alexandra Princess of Wales’s Own
Yorkshire Regt., by his wife, Frances Anne, dau. of the late John
Jasper Leigh Bayly, and grandson of the late Gen. Sir Robert Phayre,
G.C.B.; _b._ Bangalore, East Indies, 26 May, 1891; educ. St.
Clair, Walmer; Repton, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
(Sandhurst Coy.); gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Munster Fusiliers, 5
Oct. 1910, and promoted Lieut. 22 April, 1914; went to France with
the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action during
the retreat from Mons, on the 27th of the same month. The 2nd Battn.
Royal Munster Fusiliers formed the rear guard of the 1st Brigade, 1st
Division, on 27 Aug., and were cut off during the retreat from Mons.
They made a gallant stand and retired fighting for three hours. His
Capt., who was taken prisoner, wrote: “I ordered a charge, and the
company dashed forward, ‘Dicky’ well in front of the right half. We
were met by a blasting fire, and numbers of the men fell. He got within
30 yards of the enemy’s trench and there was shot dead, falling with
his head towards the enemy, 10 yards in front of his men. Only two men
besides myself reached the trench alive.” He was buried at Etreux, with
eight of his brother officers who fell in the same action; _unm._
His brother, Lieut. Richard Herbert Phayre, was killed in action at
Ypres, 26 Oct. 1914 (see following notice).
[Illustration: =Charles Frederick Phayre.=]
=PHAYRE, RICHARD HERBERT=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Alexandra Princess
of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regt., eldest _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Richard
Phayre, of Belgaum, Woking, D.L., J.P., late of Alexandra Princess of
Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regt., by his wife, Frances Anne, dau. of the
late John Jasper Leigh Bayly, and grandson of the late Gen. Sir Robert
Phayre, G.C.B.; _b._ Farnboro’. co. Hants, 31 March, 1890; educ.
St. Clair, Walmer; Repton, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst;
gazetted 2nd Lieut., Yorkshire Regt., 11 Dec. 1909, and promoted
Lieut. 1 April, 1911; went to France with the Expeditionary Force in
Oct. 1914, and was killed in action during the first Battle of Ypres,
on the 26th of the same month; _unm._ Buried at Gheluvelt. He
was gazetted temporary Capt. after his death, 9 Dec. 1914, to rank as
from 15 Nov. His brother, Lieut. Charles Frederick Phayre, was killed
in action during the retreat from Mons, 27 Aug. 1914 (see preceding
notice).
[Illustration: =Richard Herbert Phayre.=]
=PHILIPPS, IVOR JOHN DOUGLAS=, Capt., 16th (Service) Battn.
Cheshire Regt., only _s._ of the late George Gray Stuart Philipps,
Chamberlain to the Earl of Moray, by his wife, Mary Frances, 2nd dau.
of William Hobson Moubray, of Otterston and Cockairnie, Fife, Commander
R.N., J.P., D.L.; _b._ Portobello, Edinburgh, 8 July, 1882; educ.
Ardvreck, Crieff; and Loretto, Musselburgh; joined the Black Watch
(Militia) on 31 Jan. 1900, and in 1902 was attd. to the 3rd York and
Lancaster Regt. for service in South Africa. He was awarded the Queen’s
medal with two clasps, and on his return resigned his commission, but
when the European War broke out, at once offered his services, and
was gazetted Lieut. in the Reserve of Officers, 19 Aug. 1914. He was
for some time Assistant Recruiting Officer at Birkenhead, Cheshire,
and was promoted Capt. (temp.), 16th (Service) Battn. Cheshire Regt.,
10 Dec. 1914. He caught a chill while on a route march, and died of
double pneumonia at Prenton, Cheshire, 8 March, 1915. Letters from his
brother officers speak of his intrepid courage, his capability, and the
respect and affection he inspired. He _m._ at St. Mary Cathedral,
Edinburgh, 9 July, 1908, Amy Constance Violet, sister of 2nd Lieut.
Evan R. H. K. Macdonald (killed in action, 20 Sept. 1914, see his
notice), 2nd dau. of Keith Norman Macdonald, of 21, Clarendon Crescent,
Edinburgh, M.D., F.R.C.P.E., and had an only child: Reginald Ivor Carew
Keith, _b._ 3 June, 1909.
[Illustration: =Ivor John D. Philipps.=]
=PHILIPS, JOSEPH DOUGLAS=, Lieut., 1st Battn. The Buffs, East
Kent Regt., 2nd _s._ of Major James Joseph Philips, of Rosecourt,
Gladstone Road, Broadstairs, late Army Veterinary Corps, by his wife,
Elizabeth Mary Charlotte, dau. of James Gould, of South Norwood;
_b._ Woolwich, 3 March, 1886; educ. Selhurst Park College,
South Norwood, and by Army coach at Blackheath; gazetted 2nd Lieut.
1st Battn. The Buffs, 20 March, 1907, and promoted Lieut., 1 Sept.
1910; served in the West African Frontier Force in Nigeria from 9
March, 1910, for over four years; was home on leave when war began,
and immediately relinquished the remainder and volunteered for field
service with his regt.; rejoined at Fermoy, Ireland; went to France
with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. and was killed in action whilst
leading his platoon at Bois Grenier, 20 Oct. 1914; _unm._ Buried
near Radinghem Ridge, about two miles from Bois Grenier. The previous
day he had distinguished himself by carrying several wounded out of the
trenches under fire.
[Illustration: =Joseph Douglas Philips.=]
=PHILLIP, HARRY=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 10503, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=PHILLIPS, CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3607), S.S.
101254, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PHILLIPS EDWARD ALEXANDER=, Leading Signalman (R.F.R., Ch. B.
8614), 199553, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22
Sept. 1914.
=PHILLIPS, EDWARD HAWTIN=, D.S.O., Major, 28th Battery Royal Field
Artillery, eldest _s._ of the late John Hawtin Phillips; _b._
London, 22 Feb. 1876; educ. Wellington College; gazetted 2nd Lieut.,
R.A., from the Militia, 16 Jan. 1897, and promoted Lieut. 16 Jan. 1900;
Capt. 11 March, 1902; and Major March, 1915, when he transferred to the
R.F.A. from the R.H.A.; was Adjutant from 4 Dec. 1908 to Nov. 1909; was
employed with West African Frontier Force, 22 April to 28 Oct. 1900,
and again 23 Jan. 1904 to 16 Nov. 1905; served (1) with Protectorate
Expedition during operations in Sierra Leone 1898–9 (medal with clasp);
(2) in Northern Nigeria, 1900, with Kaduna Expedition (twice slightly
wounded; mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 4 Dec. 1900] clasp);
(3) in West Africa, 1900, during operations in Ashanti for Relief
of Kumassi (severely wounded; again mentioned in Despatches [London
Gazette, 4 Dec 1900]; medal with clasp; D.S.O.); (4) in South African
War, 1901–2; took part in operations in Orange River Colony, Jan. to
March, 1902; and in those in Cape Colony and the Transvaal in command
of pom-pom Section, March to May, 1902 (wounded; a third time mentioned
in Despatches [London Gazette, 18 July, 1902], Queen’s medal with five
clasps); (5) in Northern Nigeria, 1904, during operations against the
people of Semolika (medal with clasp); and (6) in command of the 28th
Battery with the Meerut Division, Indian Expeditionary Force in France
and Flanders, 1914; was wounded in action near La Bassée during the
1st Battle of Ypres, 5 Nov. 1914, three days after reaching the front,
and died at Chocques the following day; _unm._ Buried in Bethune
Cemetery. The Inspector-General of Artillery (F. Mercer) wrote: “There
was no man in all the Artillery which is under my control belonging to
this force whom I would have selected before him for any duty which
called for all the highest personal qualifications of a soldier; it
was the same in India, if I wanted anything done, or tried. I always
knew that it could be in no better hands than his. As a most gallant
soldier and gentleman, a thorough sportsman, and a true friend, he will
be very deeply regretted by the regt.; and you will, I trust, forgive
me, a perfect stranger, for intruding on your grief to say how much we
shall all feel his loss. It would be selfish to express my own personal
sorrow, but I know that all the Artillery in India, as well as in this
force, would like you to feel how very deeply we sympathise with you in
your very great sorrow, and how much we shall all miss him, the best
type of Artillery officer and the finest example to the boys who were
fortunate enough to serve under him.” He was a keen and bold rider to
hounds, and recently he took his pilot’s certificate at Brooklands
for flying, notwithstanding a stiff arm and hand from having been
badly mauled by a tiger in 1911, in the Central Provinces, India. His
brother, Capt. R. N. Phillips, died of wounds, 27 Dec. 1914 (see his
notice).
PHILLIPS, GEORGE HENRY, Private, No. Ch. 17397, Royal Marine L.I., 4th
_s._ of William Henry Phillips, of 61, Blandfields Street, Balham,
by his wife, Lucy Jane, yst. dau. of the late James Jewson, of Eau
Brink, Norfolk; _b._ Wandsworth Common, S.W., 15 Nov. 1895; educ.
Hearnville L.C.C. School, Balham, S.W.; joined the Royal Marine L.I.,
29 April, 1912; went through a course of training at the Royal Marine
Barracks, Deal, also Royal Marine Barracks, Chatham, and was lost in
H.M.S. Cressy when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914. His three brothers, Corpl. William James Phillips, Royal Marine
L.I., Gun-Layer, H.M.S. Jupiter; A.B. Eric Wilton Phillips, Gun-Layer,
H.M.S. Thunderer, and A.B. Leonard Charles Phillips, Gun-Layer, H.M.S.
Foyle, are all (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =George Henry Phillips.=]
=PHILLIPS, HENRY=, Seaman, R.N.R., 3514 A., H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PHILLIPS, RALPH NOEL=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers,
2nd _s._ of the late John Hawtin Phillips; _b._ London, 26
Dec. 1877; educ. Wellington College, and Trinity College, Cambridge;
gazetted 2nd Lieut., 1st R.W.F. 24 Jan. 1900, and promoted Lieut.
22 Jan 1903, and Capt. 2 May, 1910; was Adjutant, 7th Cheshire
Territorials, 11 April, 1911 to 10 April, 1914, and was attached to
the Chinese Regt. at Wei-hai-Wei, 3 Nov. 1904 to 1 Oct. 1906, when it
was disbanded; served (1) in South Africa, 1900–2; was for sometime
transport officer with Gen. Barton’s Brigade; took part in operations
in the Transvaal 30 Nov. 1900 to Jan. 1902, and March to 31 May, 1902,
and in those in the Orange River Colony, Jan. to March, 1902 (Queen’s
medal with three clasps; King’s medal with two clasps); and (2) with
the 19th Brigade, British Expeditionary Force, in France and Flanders,
from 12 Aug. 1914; took part in the retreat from Mons; the Battle of
the Aisne, and was wounded in action near Fleurbaix, 3 Nov. following,
during the First Battle of Ypres, and died of wounds in London, 27
Dec. 1914. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s
Despatch of 20 Nov. 1914 [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915], for gallant
and distinguished service in the field. Capt. Phillips _m._ at
Bridgnorth, Shropshire, July, 1911, Margaret, only dau. of W. H.
Farmer, of Gatacre Park, Bridgnorth; _s.p._ His elder brother,
Major E. H. Phillips, died of wounds 6 Nov. 1914 (see his notice).
=PHILLIPS, STEPHEN ARLA=, Armourer, 340270, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PHILLIPS, THOMAS HAROLD=, Private, No. 199, 2nd Light Horse,
Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of the late David Phillips,
by his wife, Sarah (Arfyn, Picton Place, Carmarthen), dau. of Thomas
Thomas; _b._ Carmarthen, 14 April, 1889; educ. Carmarthen County
School; joined the Territorial Force in 1909, and served three years as
Sergt. in the 7th Welsh (Cyclists) Battn., was for five years in the
service of the National and Provincial Bank at Barry, co. Glamorgan,
after which he went to Australia, and on the outbreak of war enlisted
at Brisbane, 2 Sept. 1914; left for Egypt, 22 Sept.; went to the
Dardanelles 8 May, 1915, and died 14 May, following, of wounds received
in action at Anzac. Buried, Anzac Beach, Gallipoli; _unm._ His
Commanding Officer, Lieut.-Col. Charles V. Stodart, wrote: “Your son
has always been willing and ready to do his share of the work, and has
cheerfully put up with our many hardships.”
[Illustration: =Thomas H. Phillips.=]
=PHILLIPS, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ports./15609, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PHILLIPSON, ALBERT=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 174277, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=PHILLIS, HENRY JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5453, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PHILPOTT, HORACE HENRY=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21845, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=PHILPOTT, WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5016, H.M.S Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=PHIPPS, WILLIAM HEWETT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7552),
291888, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=PICKBURN, FRANK=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 15391, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=PICKERING, EDWARD JOHN=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 4551),
293241, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PICKERING, THOMAS GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3728),
S.S. 101346, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast
of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PICKERSGILL, ALBERT EDWARD=, 2nd Cooper, 294295, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=PIDWELL, CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 951), 166221, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PIDWELL, CHARLES JAMES=, Chief Shipwright, 340922, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PIGDEN, ARTHUR RONALD=, Private, No. 9563, 1/5th Battn. (London
Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of George Alexander
Pigden, of 23, Albert Road, Stroud Green, Hornsey, Town Councillor,
by his wife, Matilda; _b._ Barnsbury, 25 Feb. 1894; educ. Stroud
Green School, Hornsey County School and Clark’s College; joined the
Boy Scouts in 1908, the King’s Royal Rifles Cadet Corps, 1911, and the
London Rifle Brigade May, 1913. On the outbreak of war he volunteered
for foreign service, left England with the L.R.B. 2 Nov. 1914, and
within a week was in the trenches, where they remained over Christmas,
fraternising with the Saxons who were in the trenches 80 yards in front
of them that day. In April, 1915, the Regt. was resting at Armentières,
when the Canadians were gassed, and they were rushed up through Ypres
to their support, marching 17½ miles with full packs in 4½ hours.
Writing home on 28 April, Pigden said, “Threw away all my souvenirs on
march, only souvenir am now anxious about is myself,” and the following
day: “Am going out to repair telephone wire under fire to-night, so
cheer oh!” He was on signalling duty in a dug-out at Fortuin with four
others for fifteen days, and though all other parts of the line were
being hit, their little dug-out escaped until 2 May, 1915, when he was
killed by the bursting of a shell; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “We
were sent up to relieve the Canadians when gassed, there was a heavy
bombardment going on which lasted 15 days; as you can imagine our
wires were continually being broken by the shelling and it was almost
an hourly occurrence for one of our five to run out and repair them,
and even deliver the message by hand, we five did this perilous work
in rotation, and strange to say none of us were touched while on this
task, although other stations were losing heavily meanwhile. Your son
was hit by a shell in the left hand on the last day before retirement,
and in the afternoon another shell burst among us, I was only stunned,
and ran for stretcher-bearers, but it was too late, they declared your
son dead on arrival.”
[Illustration: =Arthur Ronald Pigden.=]
=PIGOTT, GERALD WELLESLEY=, 2nd Lieut., 127th Battery Royal Field
Artillery, only child of Lieut.-Col. Wellesley George Pigott, of
Blackmore House, co. Essex, J.P., commanding 12th Battn. Rifle Brigade
(now on active service), by his wife, Helen Louise, only dau. of the
late Capt. Thomas Donaldson, 3rd K.O. Hussars, by his wife, Helen
Louisa Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Richard Andrew Hyacinth Kirwan, of
Bawnmore, co. Galway, J.P., and grandson of the Rev. Wellesley Pigott,
M.A., Rector of Fugglestone-cum-Bemerton [4th _s._ of Sir George
Pigott, 1st Bart.]; _b._ South Weald, co. Essex, 3 Sept. 1890;
educ. West Downs, Winchester (1905–10), Wellington College (1910–13),
and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (Feb. to July, 1914); gazetted
2nd Lieut. 3rd Battn. Essex Regt. 15 Aug. 1914; transferred to the
Royal Field Artillery, 15 Jan. 1915, and posted to the 127th Battery
at the Front in March; served in France and Flanders, and was wounded
at Brielen, during the 2nd Battle of Ypres, 13 May, 1915, by shrapnel,
which struck him in the head. He was taken to the dressing station and
from there conveyed to No. 2 Clearing Station at Bailleul, where he
died, 14 May, 1915. Buried in the British Officers’ Cemetery, Bailleul;
_unm._ The Officer Commanding the 29th Brigade, R.F.A., wrote: “He
was such a good lad, and had the making of a most capable officer, and
he will be greatly missed”; and the Officer Commanding 127th Battery:
“I am sure if your boy had lived he would have made a very good
soldier; he was very keen and had plenty of pluck.”
[Illustration: =Gerald Wellesley Pigott.=]
=PILBEAM, LEWIS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2074), 212013, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PILCHER, THOMAS PERCY=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Rifle Brigade,
2nd _s._ of Major-Gen. Thomas David Pilcher, C.B., now (1916)
commanding the 17th Division, by his 1st wife, Kathleen Mary, dau. of
Col. Thomas Goune, 17th Lancers; _b._ Farnborough, co. Hants., 25
Oct. 1893; educ. Wellington College, and the Royal Military College,
Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., The Rifle Brigade, 4 Sept. 1912, being
then the youngest officer in the Army, and was promoted Lieut. 16 Nov.
1914; joined his regt. in Rawal Pindi, India, in Nov. 1912; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France from Oct. 1914 until he was
killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915, while leading his
platoon; _unm._ Buried in the Cemetery there. He was mentioned in
F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for good
reconnaissance work, and gallant leading of his platoon. His commanding
officer, Lieut.-Col. Stephens, his Brigadier, Brig.-Gen. Lowry-Cole
(since killed in action) and his Divisional Commander, Major-Gen. F. J.
Davies, C.B., all bore tribute to his ability, courage, high sense of
duty and his popularity with both his brother officers and his men.
[Illustration: =Thomas Percy Pilcher.=]
=PILLAR, SAMUEL=, Private, No. 9437, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
3rd _s._ of the late William John Pillar, by his wife, Bessie
(Hughenden House, Queen Street, Dawlish, co. Devon), dau. of George
Henry Collings; _b._ Dawlish, 13 Jan. 1894; educ. there; enlisted,
11 Jan. 1912; went to France, 14 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at
Rentel, 8 Nov. following; _unm._
=PILLAR, WILLIAM HENRY=, A.B., 224285, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PILLING, WALTER=, A.B., 214963, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PINCHIN, JOHN HERBERT=, Sergt., No. 5235, 1st Battn., The
Wiltshire Regt.; _b._ Devizes, co. Wilts, 12 May, 1882; educ.
Market Lavington and Easterton Elementary Schools, enlisted in Dec.
1898; promoted Sergt., July, 1914; served in the South African War,
1899–1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps and King’s medal with two
clasps), and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from
16 Aug. 1914 to 22 Sept. 1914, on which latter date he was mortally
wounded during the Battle of Mons, and died in the 1st Northern General
Hospital, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 23 Oct. following; _unm._
[Illustration: =John H. Pinchin.=]
=PINLDEBURY, WALTER=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5415), 180820. H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PINK, JOSEPH=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 501), late R.M.A. 5791,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PINK, SIDNEY EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 12242, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PIPER, EDWARD JAMES=, E.R.A., 1st Class (Pensioner), 148209,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PITHER, JAMES HERBERT=, C.E.R.A., 1st Class (Pensioner), 160538,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PITKIN, STANLEY=, Private, No. 8/462, 8th Southland Coy., Otago
Infantry Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th _s._ of
Edwin Pitkin, of Whaddon, Bucks, Agricultural Stockman, by his wife,
Annie, dau. of Robert Reynolds; _b._ Whaddon, co. Bucks, 8 Sept.
1894; educ. National School there; went to New Zealand in 1911, and
settled at Dipton, Southland, N.Z., as an Agricultural Worker; joined
the New Zealand Territorials in 1912; volunteered for Imperial service
on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914; left for Egypt; took
part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and died on
H.M. Hospital Ship Dongola, 7 May, 1915, of wounds received in action
in a bayonet charge there on the 2nd.
=PITT, GEORGE ROBERT=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 16457, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PITT, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5268), 203612, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PLATER, WILLIAM JOHN=, Private, No. 8980, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 3rd _s._ of William John Plater, of Ichnield Cottage,
Little Kimble, co. Bucks, Cowman, by his wife, Jane; _b._ Great
Kimble, 2 July, 1891; educ. there; enlisted 27 Jan. 1911; went to
France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action, 4 Oct. following;
_unm._ Lieut. Beckwith Smith, D.S.O., wrote: “I knew Private
Plater well, as practically throughout his soldiering he was under my
command. He was in my platoon throughout, and I can only say that I
wish every man in my platoon and in the British Army had been like him.
During the retreat from Mons he suffered the most frightful blisters
on his feet, but I never once heard him grumble and he never fell out.
He was one of the 50 men I took with me on the night of 4 Oct. 1914,
when I was told off to try and take two German trenches at the point
of the bayonet. These two trenches were one behind the other, and the
first one was not more than 100 yards from our own. This first was
unoccupied, but the second one was full of Germans, and Private Plater
was killed on reaching the parapet of this trench. We got into the
trench and killed all the Germans in it, but were unable to hold it, as
there were a lot more Germans coming up. I tell you all this because
I did not see Private Plater killed myself, and as we retired we were
unable to bring his body away with us. The men who were actually next
to him both stopped to make sure he was dead before leaving him. Will
you please convey to Private Plater’s sister my own personal grief at
the loss of such an excellent soldier. The company, the regt., and, in
fact, the whole army feel the loss of such men, as they are hard to
replace. He died a death of which every soldier and every Coldstreamer
is proud. Every man who took part in that charge that night was worthy
of a D.C.M.”
[Illustration: =William John Plater.=]
=PLAYFAIR, LAMBERT=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal Scots, attd. 1st
Squadron Royal Flying Corps, only _s._ of Harry Playfair, of
Siloni Bari Tea Estate, North Lakhimpur, Upper Assam, India, by his
wife, Jessie, dau. of the late A. P. Sandeman, and grandson of the late
Lieut.-Col. Sir Robert Lambert Playfair, K.C.M.G., LL.D., by his wife,
Agnes (18, Queen’s Gardens, St. Andrew’s, Fife), dau. of Major-Gen.
Thomas Webster, of Balgarvie, co. Fife; _b._ Dibrugarh, Assam,
India, 7 Dec. 1893; educ. at Oakham, and passed into Sandhurst with a
Prize Cadetship, 14 Jan. 1912; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Scots, 5 Feb.
1912, joined the 2nd Battn. in March, and afterwards the 1st Battn.
at Allahabad; left India with his Regt. for England in Oct. 1914, and
in March, 1915, entered the Royal Flying Corps as observer on active
service. On 6 July, 1915, when engaged in signalling to our guns the
positions of the enemy’s batteries, his aeroplane was assailed first by
one German machine and then by another. These were driven off in turn
whenever they ventured to approach, Lieut. Playfair in the intervals
resuming his observation duties--then the two German machines which
had the great advantage of superior speed, made a combined assault
but rather than give way he ordered an attack on the two, although
he had only five rounds left. He was shot through the heart and his
body was skilfully brought back to our lines by his pilot, 2nd Lieut.
O. D. Filley, who afterwards received the Military Cross for this
engagement. He was buried in Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Belgium;
_unm._ His Colonel wrote that he was an unusually capable officer,
that his death was heroic, and that it was indeed an honour to have
had such an officer under one’s command. His Major reported that he
was extraordinarily brave, feared absolutely nothing, loving fighting
in the air, and was such an example of grit and ability that his death
was a great loss to the squadron, and added that he “knew of no one who
could gather so much information from a single reconnaissance as Lieut.
Playfair.”
[Illustration: =Lambert Playfair.=]
=PLAYFAIR, HON. LYON GEORGE HENRY LYON=, Capt., 126th Battery,
29th Brigade, R.F.A., only _s._ and _h._ of George James, 2nd
Baron Playfair, C.V.O., Brigadier General and Hon. Col. 2nd Highland
Brigade, R.F.A., by his 2nd wife, Augusta Mary, dau. of Henry Thomas
Hickman, of Chorlton House, Leamington; _b._ London, 19 Oct. 1888;
educ. St. Andrew’s, Eton and the Royal Military Academy (where he
passed in second); gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.F.A. 18 Dec. 1908, Lieut. 18
Dec. 1911, and Capt. 18 Dec. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force
in France and Flanders, and was killed in action near Zonnebeke, while
acting as observing officer for his battery, in a trench close to the
German lines, 20 April, 1915; _unm._ One of his gunners wrote of
him: “A finer officer or better gentleman, it would be hard to find.”
[Illustration: =Lyon G. H. L. Playfair.=]
=PLEACE, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Corpl., R.M.L.I., 12239 (R.F.R., Ch. B.
1553), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PLUMB, ARTHUR EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 9435,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=PLUMB, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 12774, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=PLUME, GEORGE=, Master-at-Arms (R.F.R., Ch. A. 1814), 350101,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MANSEL-PLEYDELL, EDMUND MORTON=, of Whatcombe, co. Dorset,
Lieut., 3rd (Reserve) Battn. Dorsetshire Regt., attd. 3rd Battn.
Worcestershire Regt., elder _s._ of the late Lieut.-Col. Edmund
Morton Mansel-Pleydell, of Whatcombe, co. Dorset, J.P., D.L., 12th
Lancers (died 13 Oct. 1914), by his wife, Kathleen Emily (Croft
House, Botley), 4th dau. of the late Sir Thomas Francis Grove, 1st
Bart.; _b._ Bangalore, India, 23 Dec. 1886; educ. Wellington,
and Sherborne; was for some time a Lieut. of the Royal Agricultural
Contingent, Senior Division, O.T.C. (T.F.), and on the outbreak of war
was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Dorsetshire Regt., 30 Nov.
1914; trained at Wyke Regis until 25 Jan. 1915, when he was ordered to
Rouen, and there transferred to the Worcestershire Regt.; proceeded
to the front, 2 March, and was killed in action at Kemmel, during the
Battle of Neuve Chapelle, on the 12th, while leading his platoon in a
charge against the German trenches; _unm._ Buried there. His Col.
wrote: “He was my most promising officer, and would have, had he lived,
I am certain, distinguished himself.” He was a well-known footballer,
forward member of the London Devonians, Lennox, Richmond, Trojair and
Stund Clubs; a good rider to hounds, and polo player, a successful
cricketer and shot, and a pig sticker while in Morocco.
[Illustration: =E. M. Mansel-Pleydell.=]
=PLUMMER, ARCHIBALD ALFRED=, Private, No. 8652, 2nd Battn.
Lincolnshire Regt., _s._ of William Plummer, Labourer; _b._
Bungay, co. Suffolk, 9th May, 1892; enlisted in the 3rd Battn. Norfolk
Regt. 28 Jan. 1909, was transferred to the Lincolns and was killed
in action with the Expeditionary Force in France, 10 March, 1915;
_unm._
=PLUMMER, ARTHUR HENRY=, 2nd Lieut. 5th Battn. The King’s
Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), 3rd. _s._ of the Rev. Francis Bowes
Plummer, Rector of Halewood and Hon. Canon of Liverpool, by his wife,
Edith Mary, dau. of Rev. Canon Barker, Rector of Hexham; _b._
Walton-on-the-Hill, 5 Nov. 1891; educ. Trent College, Derbyshire,
(Jan. 1901 to July, 1910, holding a scholarship for the last five
years), and Trinity College, Oxford (Oct. 1910 to June, 1914), where he
studied medicine and gained the first place in the 2nd Class Honours
List of the Final School of Physiology. After the outbreak of war in
Aug. 1914, he tried to secure some position in the Army where he could
make use of his medical knowledge. Failing to realize his hopes, he
applied for a commission in the 5th Battn. Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), and
was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 19 Oct. After four months at Blackpool, with
the reserve unit, he was, in Feb. 1915, transferred to the Service
Battn. at Canterbury, and shortly afterwards (21 Feb.) left England to
join the First Army in France. For four months he was engaged in hard
fighting in the trenches near Bethune and, to use his own words, “was
often as nearly blown to pieces as possible.” He was killed in the
late afternoon, 17 May, 1915, in action near Festubert. Writing to his
father, the Commanding Officer said: “He was killed whilst occupying
with his platoon our foremost trench, doing his duty gallantly and
fearlessly. In addition to his military command, he was throughout the
long battle indefatigable in his attention to the wounded, and his
medical skill brought timely relief to many a stricken comrade. His
fine manly character and kindly disposition had already endeared him to
all of us.” Capt. H. K. S. Woodhouse, commanding C Coy., wrote: “After
a very hard morning, my company was told to go in support of another
regt. and your son accompanied me with his platoon. I left him to go
to some other duties, and did not see him again alive.... He was shot
in the neck while he was directing some men to their places, and the
bullet must have touched his spine, for he fell and was unconscious for
an hour before he died.... He was buried in the rear of the English
fire trench, alongside his platoon sergeant, who was killed earlier in
the day.” While at Trent he was a member of the O.T.C. (1906–1910),
Senior Prefect, Gold Medallist and Captain of Cricket and Football
(1909–1910).
[Illustration: =Arthur Henry Plummer.=]
=PLUNKETT, GERALD=, B.A., Barrister-at-Law, Sub-Lieut., A Coy.,
Collingwood Battn. Royal Naval Division, yst. _s._ of Patrick
Joseph Plunkett, of 14, Palmerston Road, Dublin, and grandson of the
late Walter Plunkett, of Bryne House, co. Meath; _b._ Dublin,
11 Aug. 1887; educ. Belvedere College (S.J.), Dublin (where he took
honours each year in Intermediate Examinations), and New College,
Oxford (B.A.); was called to the Irish Bar, 1910, and was a member
of the North-West Circuit; joined the Trinity College O.T.C. on the
outbreak of war, and was given a commission, 20 Oct. 1914; served with
the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles, and was
killed in action there, 4 June, 1915. He was Platoon Commander and
gallantly led his men in the attack on the Turkish position that day,
cheering them on to the last. He was emptying his revolver into the
Turks when he was shot in the head, and killed instantly; _unm._
[Illustration: =Gerald Plunkett.=]
=POCOCK, FRANK WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 1851, 13th Battn. (Princess
Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Frank
Pocock, of 14, Tadema Road, Chelsea, by his wife, Rose Hannah, dau.
of John Vickers; _b._ Chelsea, 11 Sept. 1891; educ. Harwood Road
Council School, Fulham, was a Timber Merchant’s Salesman; joined the
Kensingtons 24 Feb. 1909; completed his term of service 23 Feb. 1914,
but on the outbreak of war in Aug. following rejoined his regt. on the
6th; volunteered for foreign service; went to France on 3 Nov., was
wounded in the ear at Neuve Chapelle on 16 March, and was killed in
action at Festubert, 9 May, 1915, while leading his platoon from one
German trench to another; _unm._ Buried there. Lieut. Penn wrote
that he “faced the enemy unflinchingly and died a noble soldier’s
death.”
=POCOCK, WILLIAM JONATHAN=, Stoker. 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4447),
S.S. 103463, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast
of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PODD, JOHN EDMUND=, Sergt., No. 106, 4th Battn. Suffolk Regt.
(T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Henry Podd, of 23, Wykes Bishop Street,
Ipswich, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of Daniel Button; _b._
Ipswich, 13 Oct. 1885; educ. Cavendish Street School, St. Clement’s,
Ipswich; was a Machinist at Stoke Foundry, Ipswich; joined the Suffolk
Territorials, 2 Sept. 1902; volunteered for foreign service on the
outbreak of war; went to France, 8 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action
at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915. He _m._ at Butley Church,
co. Suffolk, 12 May, 1913, Kate Edith Elizabeth (15, Cobbold Street,
Ipswich), dau. of David Mayhew, of Butley, and had a son: John Edmund,
_b._ posthumous 10 June, 1915.
[Illustration: =John Edmund Podd.=]
=POINTER, WILLIAM=, A.B., 220380, H.M.S Aboukir; lost in action in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=POLING, CHARLES WILLIAM=, Bombardier, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 32),
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=POLLARD, CLIFFORD=, Boy, 1st Class. J. 23543 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Hawke; _s._ of William Pollard, of 15, Greenfield Road, Holmfirth,
near Huddersfield; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea,
15 Oct. 1914.
=POLLARD, EDWARD BRANCH=, Lieut., 8th (Service) Battn. King’s Own
Scottish Borderers, attd. 176th Coy. Royal Engineers, yst. _s._
of George Richard Macintosh Pollard, of Burns Cottage, Moffat, co.
Dumfries, M.D., by his wife, Grace, dau. of the Rev. J. Macfarlane.
LL.D.; _b._ Clapham, co. Surrey, 1 March, 1883; educ. Royal School
of Mines, and on finishing his mining and metallurgical course went to
the Mundydroog mines, Mysore, in Oct. 1907, where he was in the Mounted
Rifles Coy. of the Kola Gold Fields Volunteers. When war was declared
in Aug. 1914, he was in Northern Nigeria. As soon as practicable he
threw up his mining appointment, returned to England in Nov. 1914,
and was given a 2nd Lieutenancy in the 8th Battn. King’s Own Scottish
Borderers, 6 Dec. 1914, being promoted Lieut. 27 Jan. 1915. He was for
some time Transport Officer at Borden Camp, but on 17 April, 1915,
was seconded to the 176th Coy. R.E., and sent to do mining operations
in the North of France. On 7 July six of his men were entombed in a
tunnel by the explosion of a German shell. He immediately organised a
rescue party under heavy fire, and his men were subsequently saved by a
brother officer. In order to get at some timber which had to be moved,
he himself got up on the top of the debris, thereby exposing himself
to the snipers, and was shot in the forehead, from which wound he died
at Abbeville, on the 26th; _unm._ Buried in Moffat Cemetery. His
Adjutant wrote: “His conduct in this necessary but dangerous work was
beyond all praise. I reported the whole incident, and trust his conduct
will receive due award.” In 1905 he gained the Remanet Scholarship,
and in 1907 won the Edward Matthey Prize; obtained his A.R.S.M. in the
same year, and was also a M.Inst.M.M. In 1907 he was selected by the
Institute of Mining and Metallurgy for Post-Graduate Course in various
parts of the world.
[Illustration: =Edward Branch Pollard.=]
=POLLARD, GEOFFREY BLEMELL=, Lieut., 119th Battery. R.F.A., elder
_s._ of Alfred William Pollard, Assistant Keeper of Printed Books,
British Museum, by his wife, Alice, dau. of George Francis Gloyns
England, of Crediton; _b._ Kensington, 5 April. 1888; educ.
King’s College School, Wimbledon, and St. Paul’s School, Hammersmith,
where he was head of the Army Side, Captain of Shooting, Lieut. of
the Cadet Corps, and Captain of his House. Passed 2nd into Woolwich
in 1906 (thereby gaining an exhibition from his school), joined the
146th Battery, R.F.A., in 1908, transferred subsequently to 40th and
119th. Qualified as a 1st Class Interpreter in French, 1910. During
the retreat from Mons, between Elouges and Dour, “he was in the very
hottest on the very first day and behaved splendidly” (letter from
Brigadier-General Headlam), helping Major E. W. Alexander and Capt.
Francis Grenfell (both of whom obtained V.C.’s for their work that
day) to manhaul the guns of the 119th when it was impossible to get
the horses to them. He was killed while on observation duty in advance
of his battery, 24 Oct. 1914, and buried the following day in the
Churchyard at La Couture. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now
Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915. His war-letters “printed for
friends” 1915, under the title: “On Active Service.”
[Illustration: =Geoffrey Blemell Pollard.=]
=POLLARD, HOWARD=, Proby., 2nd Cook’s Mate, M. 7798, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=POLLEY, ALFRED CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2949), 179128, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=POLLEY, HARRY=, Private, No. 941, 15th Battn. Australian Imperial
Force, eldest _s._ of David Polley, of Woodstock, Brambletye
Road, Earswood, co. Surrey, Gardener, by his wife, Lucy Rebecca, dau.
of Shadrach Fairs; _b._ Redhill, co. Surrey, 13 Feb. 1875; educ.
St. Matthew’s Schools there; was for some time a Grocer’s Assistant at
Home and Colonial Stores, Edgware Road; went to Australia in 1909, and
settled at Lismore, New South Wales, working as a Cowman and General
Hand; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of European War
in Aug. 1914, and joined the 15th Battn. A.I.F.; left for Egypt in
Dec.; went to the Dardanelles 1 June, 1915, and died on the Hospital
Ship Maheno, 29 Aug. following, of wounds received in action at Suvla
Bay the previous day; _unm._
[Illustration: =Harry Polley.=]
=POLLOCK, FREDERICK ROBERT=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards,
elder _s._ of the late Robert Erskine Pollock, of Avening Court,
co. Gloucester, K.C., J.P., Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Mary Viner,
only dau. and heiress of Frederic Carl Playne, of Avening Court,
aforesaid, Capt. 1st Battn. Rifle Brigade (who served through the
Crimean War and Indian Mutiny), and grandson of Robert John Pollock,
Barrister-at-Law, Lieut. 8th Madras Cavalry [2nd son of the Right Hon.
Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Bt.]; _b._ 74, Queens Gate, S.W., 24
Oct. 1885; educ. Eton College and Royal Military College, Sandhurst;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. Coldstream Guards, 13 Aug. 1904, promoted Lieut. 15
June, 1907, and from 29 Dec. 1909 to Feb. 1914, served with the West
African Frontier Force. On the outbreak of the European War he went to
France with the Expeditionary Force, and served through the retreat
from Mons, the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne, and was killed while
leading his men in an attack near Langemarck, Belgium, 23 Oct. 1914;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Frederick Robert Pollock.=]
=POLLOCK, MARTIN VINER=, LL.B., Barrister-at-Law, 2nd Lieut., 2nd
Battn. South Wales Borderers, 2nd and only surviving _s._ of the
late Robert Erskine Pollock of Avening Court, Avening, co. Gloucester,
and 74, Queen’s Gate, K.C. (see preceding notice); _b._ 74 Queen’s
Gate, S.W., 15 May, 1888; educ. Eton College and Trinity College,
Cambridge; was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple in Nov. 1910,
and went to the Oxford Circuit. He was given his commission in the
3rd (Reserve) Battn. of the South Wales Borderers, 15 Aug. 1914, and
afterwards transferred to the 2nd Battn. He left with his regt. for the
front in March, 1915, and was killed in action while leading his men in
an attack near Richebourg St. Vaast, France, 9 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Martin Viner Pollock.=]
=POLLOCK, WALTER=, Private, No. 2160, 3rd Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, _s._ of James Pollock, of Port Glasgow; served in
Egypt and in the Dardanelles; killed in action, 20 May, 1915.
=POLSON, GEOFFREY WILLIAM=, Lieut., 1st Battn The Black Watch,
only _s._ of the late Daniel Maclean Polson, of Paisley, by his
wife, Ethelle Beatrice (Invervar, North Berwick), dau. of the late
Lieut.-Col. Joel Blades, R.A.; _b._ Paisley, 16 Sept. 1890; educ.
St. Ninians, Moffat; Charterhouse, and New College, Oxford; gazetted
2nd Lieut., The Black Watch, 19 Aug. 1913, to rank as from 21 Sept.
1911, and promoted Lieut. 2 June, 1914; went to France, 13 Aug. 1914,
and was killed in action during the Battle of the Aisne, 15 Sept.
following, while temporarily in command of his company; _unm._
Buried in the Cemetery at Moulins, Canton of Craonne, France. Dr. W.
A. Spooner, Warden of New College, Oxford, wrote: “Geoffrey Polson was
one of the best, if not the best, undergraduate I can remember at his
college. Understanding that he came to Oxford to learn, he stuck always
manfully to his work, and succeeded in taking a fore place in the
Honour History School, for which he finally entered. But study formed
but a small part of his College activities; in games, particularly in
all games bearing on military life, he was an expert and a natural
leader; in social life he had the art of attracting and winning friends
and was deservedly one of the most popular and most influential men
in College. When he left us we all expected him to make a first-rate
officer; and our expectations were filled during the short period of
his military career. His friends and the whole College heard with
profound regret of his death, but they felt that he had died as he had
lived, and that his death was the worthy crown of his life.” While at
Charterhouse he won two scholarships, and during his last year, when he
was head of the school, was presented with a copy of “Forty Years of My
life in India,” by the late Lord Roberts, for being the best all-round
boy at school, and at sport. At New College, he took 2nd class honours
in History; was a keen golfer and played for his College.
[Illustration: =Geoffrey William Polson.=]
=POND, BERTIE=, Private, No. 7112. 1st. Battn. Lincolnshire Regt.,
2nd _s._ of Henry Pond, of 212, King Street, Norwich, by his wife,
Rose Hannah, dau. of John Richardson (and Mary Ann) Fox; _b._
Norwich, co. Norfolk, 20 Nov. 1888; educ. Carrow School, Norwich;
enlisted in the Army, 25 July, 1904; went to France in Aug. 1914, and
died of wounds received in action at Ypres, 25 Oct. 1914. Buried in
Bethune Cemetery. He _m._ at Norwich, 1909, Alice Jane (36, Eagle
Walk, Newmarket Road, Norwich), dau. of the late Josiah William (and
Anna Maria) Larkman, and had three children: Donald Bertie; _b._
15 Sept. 1909: Norman Henry, _b._ 23 Oct. 1910; and Phyllis Alice,
_b._ 31 Dec. 1914.
=PONSFORD=, _alias_ =JONES, THOMAS EDWARD=, Private,
No. 57662, 20th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, only _s._
of Thomas Edward Ponsford (died 24 March, 1907), by his wife, Alice
(8, Prospect Place, Barnsbury, Islington, N.), dau. of (--) Jones;
_b._ Clerkenwell, E.C., 24 June, 1890; educ. Wilmington Street
School there; went to Canada in April, 1910, and settled at Toronto,
and was engaged on farm work; volunteered for Imperial service on the
outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, and joined the 20th Battn.
Canadian Expeditionary Force; came over in June, 1915, and died in
hospital at Shorncliffe, 8 Sept. 1915, while training; _unm._
[Illustration: =Thomas E. Ponsford.=]
=PONTEFRACT, ROBERT=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 17262, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=POOK, RICHARD THOMAS=, Driver, No. 2268, 1/3rd Coy. Kent Fortress
R.E., eldest _s._ of James Pook, of Noman’s Wood, Wadhurst,
Carter, by his wife, Ruth, dau. of Richard Muggridge; _b._
Beanford Farm, Battle, co. Sussex, 15 April, 1883; educ. Battle
School; was a Coal Carman at Tunbridge Wells; enlisted 31 May, 1915;
left England for the Dardanelles, 12 Oct. 1915, and was drowned in
the collision of H.M.S. Hythe, 29 Oct. 1915, when she was wrecked in
the Ægean Sea, off Cape Wells. He _m._ at the Wesleyan Methodist
Chapel, Wadhurst, Sussex, 14 Dec. 1907, Florence Edith (4, Hill Street,
Tunbridge Wells), dau. of George Benge Gardener, and had two children:
Francis Norah, _b._ 16 Sept, 1908; and Edith Margaret Elsie,
_b._ 20 Nov. 1912.
[Illustration: =Richard Thomas Pook.=]
=POOLE, EDWARD BRUCE=, Private, No. 2262, 5th (Cinque Ports)
Battn. Royal Sussex Regt., _s._ of Frederick Poole, of 9, Hill
Street, Hastings; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
killed in action, 9 May, 1915.
=POOLE, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 2518, 2nd Home Counties
Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps (T.F.); served with the
Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 13 May, 1915;
_m._
=POOLE, HUGH EDWARD ALGERNON=, 2nd Lieut., 11th (Prince Albert’s
Own) Hussars, 2nd _s._ of Major Arthur Edward Poole, a Military
Knight of Windsor, late 10th Hussars, by his wife, Mary, dau. of James
Dunbar Smith; _b._ at the Cavalry Barracks, York, 7 Jan. 1889;
educ. Christ’s Hospital, Horsham; enlisted in the 14th Hussars in 1906
and served in India. Being home on leave when war broke out in Aug.
1914, he was attached to the 20th Hussars, going to the front with them
as a corpl.; mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of
8 Oct. [London Gazette, 19 Oct.] 1914, he was promoted for gallantry
in the field and gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 11th Hussars, as from 1
Oct. 1914; served in the trenches through the winter of 1914–15, and
was wounded for the third time at Zillebeke, by a shell while guiding
his squadron from the trenches in the early dawn of the 24 May; he was
taken to Boulogne and died there of tetanus, 2 June, 1915, _unm._
He was buried at Windsor with full Military honours. On 1 Sept, at a
place called Mary at the junction of the Marne and the Ourcq, he and
two other men of the 20th Hussars returned three times under fire to
try and save a mortally wounded comrade. The 20th Hussars were acting
as rearguard at the time and were attacked at 2 p.m. His Commanding
Officer wrote: “He had done excellent work ever since he had been with
the regt. and was very popular with officers and men; he is a great
loss to us.”
[Illustration: =Hugh E. A. Poole.=]
=POOLE, WALTER=, Private, No. G. 3554, 1st Battn. East Surrey
Regt., _s._ of Freeman Poole, of Witcham, near Ely; served with
the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 5 May, 1915.
=POOLE, THOMAS LUKE=, Private, No. 8947, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards, _s._
of J. C. Poole, of 35, West Street, Berwick-on-Tweed; _b._ Berwick:
enlisted 29 April, 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France;
killed in action, 20–26 Oct. 1914.
=POOR, ALBERT HENRY=, Sergt., No. 9099, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Walter Poor, of 14, Union Terrace, St. Sidwell’s,
Exeter, Gardener; _b._ Exeter, 27 Sept. 1893; educ. there;
enlisted 1 May, 1911; went to France with the Expeditionary Force; was
promoted Sergt. at the Front, 23 Nov. 1914; served through the retreat
from Mons, the Battles of the Aisne, the Marne, Landrecies, La Bassée,
St. Julien, Festubert, etc.; was home on leave in July, returning to
the Front on the 28th, and died near Vermelles, at 2 a.m., 27 Sept.
1915, of wounds inflicted by a stray bullet. He was buried in Vermelles
Cemetery. 2nd Lieut. E. Platt wrote: “I had an intense admiration for
the smart way he performed all his military duties. This view I may say
was shared by Capt. Darell who was commanding his Coy. in the early
stages, and afterwards by Capt. Longueville.”
[Illustration: =Albert Henry Poor.=]
=POPE, CYRIL MONTAGU=, B.A., B.C.L., Lieut., 2nd Battn.
Worcestershire Regt., eldest _s._ of the late Reginald Barrett
Pope, of 41, Sussex Square, Brighton, LL.B., Solicitor, by his wife,
Mary Richardson (4, The Cliff, Blackrock, Brighton), dau. of Alexander
Reid; _b._ Brighton, Sussex, 6 Aug. 1888; educ. Brighton;
Temple Grove, East Sheen (now Eastbourne), and won a scholarship for
Winchester College, where he won an Exhibition for Brasenose College,
Oxford (1907), taking there a second class in “Mods,” and “Greats,”
second class in Jurisprudence, the Senior Hulme Exhibition in 1912,
and finally, in 1913, his B.C.L.; and was in the second year of his
articles with Messrs. Stuckey, Pope & Carr. In 1910 he obtained a
commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 5th Battn. Oxford and Bucks L.I. In
March, 1914, was gazetted Lieut. to the 5th (Special Reserve) Worcester
Regt. He went to France, 13 Aug 1914, attd. to the 2nd Battn.; served
through the retreat from Mons, and was seriously wounded in a charge
through the Polyon Wood, near Ypres, 24 Oct. 1914, dying on his way to
the 22nd Field Hospital. He was buried in the cemetery on the Hollebeke
Road, just past the junction of the Menin Road; _unm._ Major
Sweetman, of the 2nd Battn. Worcestershire Regt., wrote: “I saw him
just after I was hit leading on his men most gallantly against a strong
position of the enemy.” At Brasenose he stroked the first Torpid in
1912 and was a member of the Association football team.
[Illustration: =Cyril Montagu Pope.=]
=POPE, ERNEST RICHARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9964), S.S. 2589,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=POPE, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111165, H.M.S.
Hawke, _s._ of Henry Richard Pope, of 2, Hampton Road, Hanworth;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=POPE, HENRY JAMES=, Private, No. 2292, 5th (Cinque Ports) Battn.
Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Henry Pope, of High
Street, Burwash, Platelayer on the S.E. & C.R., by his wife, Emma
Annie, dau. of the late John Isted, of Burwash; _b._ Burwash, co.
Sussex, 28 July, 1883; educ. National School there; was a Gardener;
joined the 1st Cinque Ports Rifle Volunteers in 1899 for three years
and in 1912 became a member of the National Reserve. On the outbreak
of war in Aug. 1914, he rejoined his old corps, went to France, 18
Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Richebourg, 9 May following.
He _m._ at Burwash Parish Church, 7 July, 1910, Alice Elizabeth
(Sketrick, Etchingham, Sussex), dau. of Jabez Munday, of Faringdon,
Berkshire, and had a dau., Alice, _b._ 28 Oct. 1912.
[Illustration: =Henry James Pope.=]
=POPE, HERBERT=, Private, No. 631, 10th Battn. Australian Light
Horse (Western Australia), _s._ of William Pope, of Henrietta
Street, Waterford, Merchant, by his wife, Elizabeth (Brook House, Moss
Lane, Pinner), dau. of Richard Harieey, of Killoteran House, Waterford;
_b._ Tower Hill, Ferry Bank, co. Waterford, 11 April, 1893; educ.
privately and at Waterford. About four years before his death he went
to Western Australia and acquired a farm there. On the outbreak of war
he enlisted, and was killed in action in the charge of the Australians
at Suvla Bay, 7 Aug. 1915; _unm._
=POPE, REGINALD THOMAS BUCKINGHAM=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Welch
Regt., 2nd _s._ of the late Reginald Barrette Pope, of 41, Sussex
Square, Brighton, LL.B., Solicitor, by his wife, Mary Richardson (4,
The Cliff, Blackrock, Brighton), dau. of Alexander Reid; _b._ Eton
Place, Brighton, 29 July, 1891; educ. Junior House, Brighton College;
Rottingdean School, near Brighton; Bradfield College, where he won an
exhibition, and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut.
Welch Regt. 20 Sept. 1911, and joined at Cairo in Nov., was promoted
Lieut. 16 July following; proceeded to France with his regt. in Jan.
1915, and was killed in action, 16 Feb. 1915. His Major wrote: “We had
a most terrible time.... Your brother thought he had seen a sniper
and got up with a rifle to try and shoot him, when almost immediately
he was hit right through the forehead. He died at once without any
suffering at all. When night fell I managed to get his body back and
had him sent out of the trenches. He is buried at Chateau Rosenthal,
Ypres, between Capt. Lloyd and another officer.” Lieut. Pope was a very
keen sportsman, played football and cricket for his school, and went
big game shooting in the Soudan in Jan. 1914. His elder brother, Cyril
Montagu Pope, Worcester Regt., was fatally wounded near Ypres, in Oct.
1914 (see his notice).
[Illustration: =Reginald T. B. Pope.=]
=POPE, WALTER GEORGE HENRY=, M.A.A., 165439, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PORT, HARRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3905), 191709, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=PORTEOUS, DICK MACDONALD, D.S.O.=, Capt. 1st Battn. Princess
Louise’s Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, only _s._ of Col.
John James Porteous, of 7, Sloane Street, S.W., late R.A.; _b._
Dublin, 15 June, 1883; educ. Wellington College and Sandhurst; gazetted
2nd Lieut. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (the old 91st), 22 Oct.
1902, Lieut. 19 Oct. 1907, and Capt. 13 Sept. 1913; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, greatly distinguishing
himself; was awarded the D.S.O. for conspicuous gallantry on many
occasions throughout the campaign [London Gazette, 15 April, 1915], the
official record stating that “His very great daring and total disregard
of danger on reconnaissance duty, especially at St. Eloi on 19 Feb.
1915, were noticeable,” and was mentioned again in F.M. Sir John (now
Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915], for
distinguished service in the field. He was killed in action, being shot
through the head in the trenches near Ypres, 10 May, 1915; _unm._
=PORTER, FREDERICK CHARLES=, Rifleman, No. 1551, 1/18th Battn.
(London Irish Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.); _s._ of the late
Edward Porter, Plasterer, by his wife, Alice (now wife of Benjamin
William Hatine, of 1, Ferndale Road, Forest Gate, E.), dau. of Edward
Jackson; _b._ Childs Hill, London, N., 28 July, 1896; educ. Manse
Road School, West Ham; was a Clerk in an Assurance Office, 110 Cannon
Street; joined the London Irish Rifles in July, 1913; volunteered for
foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France,
March, 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 29 Aug. following.
Buried in Hazebrouck Cemetery.
=PORTER, GEORGE HENRY=, Petty Officer 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B.
2455), 169078, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=PORTER, HARRY=, Private, No. 3617, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards; _b._ Codford St. Mary, co. Wilts; educ. there; enlisted
in the Coldstreams, 14 June, 1900; was called up from the Reserve on
mobilisation in Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders, and was killed in action at St. Julien, 24 Oct.
1914. He _m._ at Wellow, co. Somerset, Elizabeth Ann (The Batch,
Wellow, Somerset), dau. of (--), and had three children: William
George, Frederick Robert, and Florence Gertrude.
[Illustration: =Harry Porter.=]
=PORTWAINE, HARRY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 16678, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=POSTLETHWAITE, JOHN JOYCE=, Trooper, No. 336, 11th, attd.
5th, Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of Frank
Postlethwaite, of Brentnor, Tavistock, co. Devon, M.R.C.S., by his
wife, Emma Elizabeth, dau. of the Rev. H. M. Joyce, Vicar of Penton;
_b._ Stapleton, co. Cumberland, 11 June, 1893; educ. King’s
College, Taunton, and Tavistock Grammar School; went to Australia in
March, 1911, and settled at Burrowa, New South Wales, and later at
Winton, Queensland, as a Station Hand; joined the Australian Light
Horse at Brisbane in Jan. 1915; left for Egypt in March; went to
the Dardanelles, Aug. 1915, and was killed in action there, 2 Nov.
following, while serving his machine gun; _unm._ Buried in Shell
Green Cemetery, Anzac, Gallipoli. His company officer wrote: “Your
son had recently been transferred from my squadron to the machine-gun
section of this regt. (5th Light Horse), a position which he quickly
learnt. At all times he proved himself to be a good soldier, as able
and willing to perform the many fatigue duties as he was resourceful
in the firing line”; and a comrade: “There were a good many of the men
rolled up to see him buried: fellows from his own regt. and also from
the one to which he was posted. From the Major downwards, your son was
tremendously popular, and the men are very cut up at his loss. A cross,
bearing his name, regt., age, and date of death, was erected by his
regimental comrades.”
[Illustration: =John Joyce Postlethwaite.=]
=POTTER, BERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2622), 284614,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=POTTER, FRANK WILLIAM=, Private, No. 9478, 3rd Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Henry Potter, of 198, Bedford Hill,
S.W., member of the firm of Henry Potter & Co., West Street, Charing
Cross, Army Musical Instrument Makers, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of
George Lash; and a great grandson of the late Samuel Potter, of the
Coldstream Guards, who compiled and published in 1815 the authorised
Bugle, Drum and Fife Calls, including the Last Post, a revised edition
of which is now in use in the Army and Navy; _b._ Sidcup, Kent,
19 Aug. 1887; educ. Cheltonia College, Streatham, S.W. (where he won
the prize for “High Character”); went to Canada about 1903 and was
in Dakota when war was declared; went to Toronto and volunteered
for Imperial service Aug. 1914; came over with the first Canadian
contingent in Oct.; went to France early in Feb., served through the
Second Battle of Ypres, and the various engagements during the early
part of 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 16 June, 1915;
_unm._ Buried near Givenchy, behind trench No. 19, 500 yards east
of the “Ducks Bill.”
[Illustration: =Frank William Potter.=]
=POTTER, MAURICE HENRY=, L.-Corpl., No. 11182, 1st Battn. Sherwood
Foresters, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt., 4th _s._ of
Elijah William Potter, of Six-Mile Bottom, Newmarket, co. Cambridge,
Goods Porter on the Great Eastern Railway at Six-Mile Bottom Station,
by his wife, Jane, dau. of James Cook; _b._ Six-Mile Bottom,
1 May, 1891; educ. Council School there; enlisted in the Sherwood
Foresters, 2 March, 1909; served in India, Sept. 1911 to Oct. 1914,
and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, Nov. 1914
to 1 Feb. 1915, on which latter date he was killed in action near La
Bassée, and was buried 30 yards west of the Estaires-La Bassée Road;
_unm._ He gained the 2nd Class Certificate of Education 19 Dec.
1909, and a 1st Class Certificate of the same, 27 March, 1913; he
also gained four good conduct badges, and the swimming certificate at
Bombay, 17 Jan. 1914. His three brothers are all now (1916) on active
service.
[Illustration: =Maurice Henry Potter.=]
=POTTER, VICTOR JAMES=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 25352 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Hawke, _s._ of William Henry Potter, of 23, George Street, Sutton,
co. Surrey; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914.
=POTTER, WILLIAM FREDERICK=, Bugler, No. 1255, 1/21st Battn. (1st
Surrey Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Reuben Potter,
of 33, D’Eynsford Road, Camberwell, London, S.E., Pensioner, by his
wife, Jane, dau. of the late John Faux, of Leatherhead; _b._
King’s Cross, London, N., 1 Aug. 1895; educ. Grove Lane Board School,
Camberwell; was employed by Warner & Sons, 3 and 4, Newgate Street;
joined the 1st Surrey Rifles, 20 Dec. 1911; volunteered for foreign
service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 16
March, 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 25 May following;
_unm._ Buried there.
=POTTER, WILLIAM JOHN=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8288),
207367, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=POTTERTON, LEWIS JOHN=, A.B., S.S. 618, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=POTTS, GEORGE=, L.-Corpl., No. 15741, 15th (Service) Battn.
Durham L.I., eldest _s._ of Thomas Farrar Potts, of 17, Grosvenor
Street, Southwick-on-Wear, Shipyard Labourer, by his wife, Mary Ellen
(died 1910), dau. of Joseph Rooney, of Southwick; _b._ Southwick,
14 March. 1895; educ. Board School there; was employed at Hylton
Colliery; enlisted 7 Sept. 1914, trained at Halton, Yorks; was promoted
L.-Corpl. and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 26 Sept.
1915; _unm._ He was buried in Loos Cemetery.
[Illustration: =George Potts.=]
=POUGHER, WILLIAM ANDREW=, Corpl., No. 8395, 2nd Battn.
Leicestershire Regt., eldest _s._ of Samuel Thomas Pougher, and
nephew of A. D. Pougher, the famous Leicestershire cricketer; _b._
Leicester, 1889; educ. Holy Trinity Schools there; enlisted in the 2nd
Leicestershires, March, 1908, and served in India for six years, being
drafted direct to France on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and was
killed in action, 27 July, 1915; _unm._ Sergt. W. Andrews wrote
that “Corpl. Pougher was his best scout, and right-hand man.”
=POUGHER, WILLIAM HENRY=, 2nd Yeoman of Signals (R.F.R., B. 647),
164970, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=POULTNEY, HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3125), S.S.
100753, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=POULTON, JAMES=, Private, No. 6493, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards,
_s._ of Joseph Poulton, of Ladywood, Birmingham, by his wife,
Annie; _b._ Birmingham, 10 July, 1888; enlisted 9 Dec. 1905;
served three years with the Colours, and then joined the Reserve for
nine years; called up on mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914, and was reported
missing after the fighting at Soissons, 14 Sept. 1914, and is now
assumed to have been killed in action that day. He _m._ at All
Saints’ Church, Birmingham, 8 Oct. 1911, Florence Ann (200, Bolton
Road, South Heath, Birmingham), dau. of Thomas Chater, and had two
children: Thomas James, _b._ 8 May, 1914; and Irene May, _b._
9 Oct. 1912.
[Illustration: =James Poulton.=]
=POULTON, WILLIAM MITCHELL=, A.B., 213679, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost
when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=POVEY, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3752), 186391, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=POWELL, ARTHUR CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1720), 124746,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=POWELL, ARTHUR THOMAS=, Gunner, R.M.A., 10190 (R.F.R., I.C. 40),
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=POWELL, CHARLES VICTOR=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111772, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=POWELL, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 113461, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=POWELL, GEORGE EDWARD=, Private, No. 7183, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, only _s._ of the late Frank Powell, Postman, by his
first wife, Winifred, dau. of Joseph Tracey, of Gloucester; _b._
Longdon, near Tewkesbury, co. Gloucester, 29 Nov. 1889; enlisted 21
Feb. 1907; went to the Front with the first Expeditionary Force, and
was killed in action at St. Julien, 21 Oct. 1914. He _m._ at St.
Michael’s Church, Stonebridge Park, Willesden, 22 Feb. 1914, Emily
Annie (106, Goldhurst Terrace, South Hampstead), eldest dau. of David
Harper, of 31, Winchelsea Road, Harlesden, N.; _s.p._
[Illustration: =George Edward Powell.=]
=POWELL, HAROLD OSBORNE=, 2nd Lieut., 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon
Guards, only _s._ of Hubert John Powell, of Hill Lodge, Lewes,
Land Agent, by his wife, Mabel, dau. of Charles Francis Trower,
Barrister-at-Law; _b._ Lewes, co. Sussex, 20 Aug. 1888; educ.
Winchester; was a Land Agent in his father’s office in Lewes; joined
the Sussex Yeomanry in 1908, and the Inns of Court O.T.C. in 1912;
volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war, and was given
a commission as 2nd Lieut. 15 Aug. 1914; gazetted as attd. to the 4th
Reserve Regt. of Cavalry on the 22nd; went to France 8 Oct. 1914, and
was killed in action at Messines, during the First Battle of Ypres, 31
Oct. following; _unm._ Buried in a cottage garden at Messines. His
commanding officer at Tidworth, where he went through his training,
wrote: “I considered him one of the smartest and quite the most
able of the young officers here, that was the reason why I selected
him as the first of his class to go to the Front. He had a charming
personality and was always full of energy.” His commanding officer at
the Front also wrote: “He was fighting in the town of Messines guarding
a barricade at very close quarters with the enemy. I sent him with a
message to the Queen’s Bays on my left, and while carrying the message
he was shot by a sniper”; and the officer commanding his squadron: “I
had many opportunities of seeing your son’s behaviour under fire--it
was in the highest sense praiseworthy. He showed himself in this his
first and only action to be a very cool and efficient officer.” At
Winchester he was a member of the Commoner football XV, 1903–06, and
captain of Commoner VI, 1905–06.
[Illustration: =Harold Osborne Powell.=]
=POWELL, JOHN=, A.B., S.S. 1861, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action
off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=POWELL, RHYS CAMPBELL FFOLLIOTT=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn.
Highland L.I., only child of Major-Gen. Charles Herbert Powell,
of the Lower House, Wickham, co. Hants, C.B., Indian Army, by his
wife, Alice, dau. of the late James Mackenzie, of Auchenheglish, co.
Dumbarton, and grandson of Capt. Williams Wellington Powell, 9th Regt.;
_b._ Dharamsala, Punjab, 24 July, 1892; educ. St. Clare, Walmer;
Winchester College, and Trinity College, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut.
Highland L.I., 3 Sept. 1912; went to France, 13 Aug. 1914, with the
Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at Verneuil, 14 Sept.
1914, during the Battle of the Aisne; _unm._
[Illustration: =Rhys C. F. Powell.=]
=POWELL, WILLIAM ARCHIE=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 3821, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=POWELL, WILLIAM JOHNSON=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 284603, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=POWER, HERBERT=, Capt. and Adjutant, 2nd Battn. Northamptonshire
Regt., _s._ of the late Lieut.-Col. Frederick Edward Power (died
Sept. 1915), late Northamptonshire Regt., by his wife, Ellen Matilda
(7, Newsteine, Brighton), dau. of the late Charles James Barnett, of
12, Chichester Terrace, Brighton, J.P. and D.L. for Gloucestershire;
_b._ Northampton, 14 March, 1886; educ. Victoria College,
Jersey, and St. Paul’s School, London (Scholar); gazetted 2nd Lieut.,
Northamptonshire Regt., 24 Jan. 1906, and promoted Lieut. 1 Dec. 1908,
and Capt. 15 June, 1913; appointed Adjutant, 20 Nov. 1911; served with
the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Nov. 1914, and was
killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried
just outside Neuve Chapelle. Capt. Power was mentioned in F.M. Sir John
(now Lord) French’s Despatch of 5 April [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915.
[Illustration: =Herbert Power.=]
=POWER, JOYCE=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 9324), 308879, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=POWNALL, GEORGE HARLEY=, Lieut.-Commander, R.N., only _s._
of the late Frank Pownall, of 7F, Bickenhall Mansions, W.,
Barrister-at-Law, Registrar of the Royal College of Music, by his
wife, Helen Augusta, yst. dau. of Sir William Henry Stephenson,
K.C.B.; _b._ London, 30 Aug. 1883; educ. Evelyns, and Cheltenham
College, and subsequently went to the Britannia, passing in third on
the list and first out; became Midshipman 15 Sept. 1899, Sub-Lieut.
1902, Lieut. 1903, and Lieut.-Commander 1912; served in China as
Midshipman, H.M.S. Terrible, under Sir Percy Scott, and on coming home
took his “five firsts.” He chose the submarine branch of the service,
and after serving in B.1, and having the charge of the A boats at Fort
Block House and serving in C.9, he was eventually appointed to the
Onyx at Plymouth and finally 1st Lieut. to the Egmont, with command
of the Malta Submarine Flotilla. He was second in command of landing
operations at V Beach, Gallipoli, during the landing at the Dardanelles
on 25 April, 1915, and was struck while giving orders from his picket
boat. He was carried on board a transport where he died in a few hours,
being buried at sea. He _m._ at St. Paul’s, Knightsbridge, 17 Dec.
1910, Vera, dau. of Henry Chichester, of Verbeer, Cullompton, Devon.
=POWRIE, THOMAS=, Private, No. 2852, 17th Battn. (Poplar and
Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Thomas
Powrie, Private, No. 9754, 4th Battn. Royal Fusiliers (now on active
service in France), by his wife, Emily (58, Canal Road, Mile End,
London), dau. of the late Edwin Beard; _b._ Mile End, London, 18
Dec. 1896; educ. Harford Street L.C.C. School there; was employed in
the firm of Messrs. Remington, typewriter manufacturers, as a mechanic;
enlisted after the outbreak of war, 21 Aug. 1914; went to the Front, 25
March, 1915; was in the actions at La Bassée and Neuve Chapelle, and
died in No. 13 General Hospital, Boulogne, 14 Nov. 1915, of a bullet
wound in the head, received at the Battle of Loos. He was buried in the
Eastern Cemetery, Boulogne (Grave No. 2771).
[Illustration: =Thomas Powrie.=]
=POYNTER, JOHN JACK=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16550, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PRATLEY, ELISHA=, Stoker, 1st Class, 238572, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PRATT, ALFRED MASON=, Corpl., No. 3/614, New Zealand Medical
Corps, _s._ of James Pratt, Member of the Mounted Armed
Constabulary, New Zealand, formerly Sergt. in the Donegal P.W.
Artillery; _b._ Wyndham, New Zealand, 1886; joined the Staff of
No. 1 New Zealand Stationary Hospital at Wellington, 20 March, 1915,
with which he went to Egypt, and after some months in Cairo, proceeded
to Salonika, and was lost on H.M. Transport Ship Marquette, when that
ship was torpedoed in the Ægean Sea, 23 Oct. following.
[Illustration: =Alfred Mason Pratt.=]
=PRATT, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, 287482, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PRATT, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5284),
S.S. 100034, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=PRATT, LIONEL HENRY=, 2nd Lieut,. 18th Battn. (London Irish) The
London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Edward Roger Pratt, of Ryston
Hall, Downham, co. Norfolk, J.P., D.L., by his wife the Hon. Louisa
Francis, née Mulholland, dau. of John, 1st Baron Dunleath; _b._
Ryston Hall aforesaid, 17 Dec. 1889; educ. Uppingham School, and on
leaving there in 1904 entered Lloyd’s Bank. He joined the London Irish
on the outbreak of war, and volunteered for foreign service; went to
France with his regt. in March, 1915, and was killed in action at Loos,
25 Sept. 1915. On this occasion the London Irish formed part of the
47th Division, and referring to them F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French
said in his Despatch of 15 Oct. 1915: “The 47th Division occupied
the southern outskirts of Loos. Thence it pushed on, and by taking
possession of the cemetery, the enclosures and chalk pits, succeeded
in forming a strong defensive flank. This London Territorial Division
acquitted itself most creditably. It was skilfully led, and the
troops carried out their task with great energy and determination.”
He was buried at the cross roads between the cemetery and South
Maroc; _unm._ His Major wrote: “He was so absolutely reliable as
an officer, so conscientious, so calm. If he said he had been up to
the German wires, they all knew he had been--he was so absolutely
fearless. His loss was a disaster to the regt.”; and the Sergt. of
D Coy.: “It was D Coy.’s particular task to take the cemetery, just
outside the village. We got there all right, and going on splendidly.
A party of Germans commenced firing on some of the Scots following
us. A sergt. sent a message for an officer to come along. Mr. Pratt
immediately volunteered and walked along the top of the trench and
got a bullet. When he was lying there wounded he displayed his usual
great bravery, and was a wonderful example to his men. Everybody loved
and esteemed him, he was the Battalion’s greatest loss in the battle.
A better officer we could not have had, his work out here has been
invaluable.”
[Illustration: =Lionel Henry Pratt.=]
=PRATTEN, HERBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 5720), 284931,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=PREECE, FREDERICK JOHN=, Private, No. 17016, 9th (Service) Battn.
Worcestershire Regt., _s._ of George Preece, of Newland Post
Office, Coleford, Glos., by his wife, Alice, dau. of John Grazier;
_b._ 30 June, 1896; educ. at Clearwell C. Schools; was in the
employ of Mr. C. T. Palmer, of Newland House, J.P.; volunteered and
enlisted, 29 Aug. 1914; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary
Force at the Dardanelles from 20 June to 10 Aug. 1915, on which date he
was killed in action there; _unm._ He was a member of the choir at
All Saints’ Church, Newland.
[Illustration: =Frederick John Preece.=]
=PRENTICE, JOSEPH=, Acting Sergt., No. 7673, 2nd Battn. The Essex
Regt., 4th _s._ of the late Charles Prentice, by his wife, Sarah,
dau. of James Patient; _b._ Springfield, co. Essex, 19 May, 1885;
educ. there; was a member of the Essex Constabulary, and later an
employee at the Chelmsford Golf Club; enlisted 5 Oct. 1903; served
three years with the Colours, and then joined the Reserve; rejoined his
old regt. the day after war was declared, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France,
22 Aug.; served during the winter of 1914–15, and died in No. 18
General Hospital, Etaples, 29 May, 1915, of wounds received in action
at Ypres on the 26th. Buried at Cainers. He was recommended for the
D.C.M., for conspicuous bravery in the field, 14 March. Sergt. Prentice
_m._ at Shelly Church, Ongar, 1910, Alice (Well Lane, Galleywood,
Chelmsford), dau. of William Tarling, of Ongar, and had three children:
Joseph Charles, _b._ 29 April, 1911; Sydney Reginald, _b._ 5
Feb. 1913; and Gladys Evelyn, _b._ 18 April, 1915.
=PRESCOTT, FREDERICK JOHN=, Private, No. 12628, 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards, 2nd _s._ of John Prescott, of Budleigh Hill,
Allerford, co. Somerset, Game Keeper to Sir Thomas Acland; by his wife,
Mary, dau. of Samuel Burgess; _b._ Selworthy, co. Somerset, 11
May, 1890; educ. Allerford; was a Gardener in the employ of Sir Thomas
Acland, at Allerford, for five years, and then for 1½ years in the
employ of Sir Ian Amory, at Tiverton; enlisted in the Coldstreams,
17 Sept. 1914; went to France 9 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action
at Cuinchy, on the 25th of that month; _unm._ Buried in the
churchyard there.
[Illustration: =Frederick J. Prescott.=]
=PRESTON, ARTHUR JOHN DILLON=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Royal Dublin
Fusiliers, only _s._ of Major Arthur John Preston, of Swainston,
co. Meath, late Duke of Wellington’s Regt., B.A., Trin. Coll., Dublin,
J.P. cos. Durham and Meath, by his wife, Gertrude Mary, dau. of
Richard Knight, of Bobbing Court, co. Kent; _b._ Luther House,
Huddersfield, 16 Nov. 1885; educ. Malvern College; gazetted 2nd Lieut.
to the 3rd (Militia) Battn. of the Durham L.I., 5 Oct. 1904, posted
to the 1st Battn. Dublin Fusiliers, 2 March, 1907, promoted Lieut.
15 Dec. 1909, and Capt. 2nd Battn. 7 June, 1914; served with the 1st
Battn. in Egypt, where he joined the Mounted Infantry, winning at Cairo
the Lloyd Lindsay prize. At the outbreak of the European War he was
ordered to Naas and afterwards to the Curragh to raise the 6th Service
Battn. of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, with which he proceeded to the
Gallipoli Peninsula on 9 July. He took part in all the heavy fighting
at Suvla Bay until 15 Aug. when he fell in the moment of victory. The
Colonel of his battn. writing to his widow, remarked: “I am sure all
Ireland will soon hear of the charge of the Dublins and Munsters on
that (15th) afternoon. Your husband (Capt. Preston, second in command)
was responsible for it and organised it splendidly, and in conjunction
with Capt. Whyte he brilliantly led it. It was a magnificent sight
considering they charged up a hill through a hail of bombs and bullets.
Capt. Preston got safely on the hill (capturing the trench), but in
the counter-attack was fatally wounded in the right breast. I was the
last officer to speak to him, and told him how splendidly he had done.
Personally, I feel his death very much. No man could have helped his
colonel more than he, the success of the regt. was greatly due to
him.” Capt. Whyte, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, wrote: “We closed on the
Munsters, and all collected on some dead ground about 100 yards from
the crest; I was sitting beside John, and he was in his usual spirits,
laughing and joking. When the word came that we were to clear the ridge
we fixed bayonets, then we all started together, Dublins and Munsters,
John shouting ‘Come on boys.’ They (the Turks) threw bombs and opened
fire upon us as we neared the top, but we went straight on and rushed
the trench. The Turks put up their hands. I saw John stop his men who
were just going to bayonet a Turkish officer. As you know, he was
my best friend, and was loved by every one in the regt., officers,
N.C.Os, and men. The only consolation is that he died a glorious death,
leading his men to victory, the death I am sure he would have chosen.”
Capt. Preston wrote to his wife on that fatal 15 Aug., remarking: “I
have had six hours sleep and am full of buck and life.” Also to his
father a five-page letter. The battle had even then commenced in the
valley below. It was written under strenuous circumstances, no change
of clothes for five nights, and only six hours sleep, no chance of a
wash, and exposed to the heat of a tropical sun, yet his last written
words were “Love to you all; I am very fit and quite happy.” He and
the Adjutant, Capt. Richards, who fell at the same time, were buried
side by side in the same grave close to the sea shore at Suvla Bay. A
flat gravestone covers them with their names engraved upon it under
the words “In Victory.” He was mentioned for gallant and distinguished
service in the field by Sir Ian Hamilton in his Despatch of 11 Dec.
1915. While in Egypt he and Lieut. Crozier sailed some hundreds of
miles up the White Nile from Khartoum, in a rough native boat, on which
occasion they secured a fine bag of big game, including lion, buffalo,
elephant, hippo, and various specimens of antelope, deer, etc. He was
a keen sportsman, well known with the Kildare and Meath hounds, and a
fine cricketer and tennis player, and the best shot with revolver and
rifle (tied) in his battn. Capt. Preston _m._ at St. Mary-le-Bone
Church, London, 24 March, 1914, Sylvia, dau. of Arthur James Billin, of
Tadworth, co. Surrey, and had a son: John Nathaniel, _b._ 27 Jan.
1915.
[Illustration: =Arthur J. D. Preston.=]
=PRESTON, GEORGE FRANCIS=, Private, No. 365, 3rd Battn. 1st
Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of James
Preston, of Milton, Hampshire (who served as a gunner in the R.G.A.
for 12 years, and is one of the few survivors of Lord Roberts’ march
from Kabul to Kandahar), by his wife, Florence Alexandra, dau. of the
late Capt. F. Bunyer, R.H.A.; _b._ Harda, Central Province, India,
20 March, 1893; educ. National School, Milton; went to Australia in
July, 1913, and settled at Milton, New South Wales, to learn farming;
volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war, and joined
the 3rd Battn. Australian Imperial Force; left for Egypt with the main
force; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915; was
wounded in the right arm, shortly afterwards, and was killed in action
there, 7–12 Aug. 1915; _unm._
=PRESTON, GEORGE THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2520), 202274, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=PRESTON, THOMAS ARTHUR=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17074, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PRETT, JESSE=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2123),
165403, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PRICE, ALFRED=, 2nd Yeoman of Signals (R.F.R., B. 3715), 133963,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=PRICE, CHARLES LEMPRIÈRE, D.S.O.=, Capt. and Adjutant, 2nd
Battn. The Royal Scots, only child of Col. Thomas Charles Price, of 8,
Inverness Gardens, Kensington, W., late R.A., by his wife, Amy Earle,
dau. of Chas. Monteiro D’Almeida Lemprière, and gdson. of Col. Thomas
Smith Price, H.E.I.C.S. (who received the Punjab medal with clasps
for Mooltan and Googerat); _b._ Alderney, C.I., 17 Sept. 1877;
educ. St. Paul’s School; privately, and the Royal Military College,
Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Scots, 8 Sept. 1897; and promoted
Lieut. 29 June, 1899, and Capt. 3 Nov. 1903; served (1) in the South
African War, 1899–1902; took part in operations in Cape Colony, south
of Orange River, 1899; operations in the Orange Free State, Feb. to
May, 1900; operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to 29
Nov. 1900, including actions at Belfast (26–27 Aug.) and Lydenberg
(5–8 Sept.); operations in Orange River Colony, May to 29 Nov. 1900;
operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900 to Dec. 1901, and Feb. 1902
to 31 May, 1902; operations in Orange River, Dec. 1901 to Feb. 1902;
was acting Provost Marshal, Komati Poort, and afterwards Station Staff
Officer (twice mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 20 Aug. and 10
Sept. 1901], Queen’s medal with three clasps, and King’s medal with
two clasps; awarded D.S.O. “for gallantry in leading an attack on the
Boer position at Bermondsey, East Transvaal 16 May, 1901”; and (2)
with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from -- Aug.; was
appointed Adjutant at the Front, and was killed in action at Vailly on
16 Sept. following, during the Battle of the Aisne, while in command
of the regt.; _unm._ A brother officer wrote: “I was present at
the Battle of Mons with him and also at Le Cateau, and in the trying
retreat almost as far as Paris, during the whole of which he was
indefatigable, cheery, doing the work of ten men, full of resource,
regardless of danger, the bravest and finest man I have ever known or
wish to know; in losing him we have lost our best, a great sportsman
and staunch friend. He will be mourned by the whole regt., by whom he
was respected and beloved”; and Private P. Clancy, in describing his
experiences during this time, said [“Dundee Advertiser”]: “We met the
Germans on 23 Aug. On the 26th we were nearly annihilated at Cambray
owing to the French reinforcements not coming up. About 7.30 o’clock
that morning one of our airmen descended and reported that the French
were advancing about 20 miles off, and would be able to reinforce us
about mid-day. We waited anxiously, but 12 o’clock came and no French,
and 5 o’clock and still no French. Half-an-hour later Major Butler
gave the order ‘Retire, men, for God’s sake; every man for himself.’
Shells were flying thick about us, and it was an awful order to give.
We got the order alright, but, with a few exceptions, it did not
reach the Gordons, with disastrous results to them. So we began the
never-to-be-forgotten retreat, with shells and bullets flying about
everywhere. We got into Einecourt. When we got between a church and a
farmhouse we came across two women and a child. Pipe-Major Duff said
he would stay behind and look after them. This he did, and we saw no
more of them. Our Adjutant, Capt. Price, who was one of the finest and
most popular of the officers, and who was on horseback, said to us
‘Keep your heads, men. There are no marked men here. If the bullets are
going to hit you they will hit you.’ The Gordons, 18th Royal Irish and
2nd Royal Scots were all together on the retreat, falling back as fast
as they could. The last fight on the retreat was at St. Quentin, and
then we fell back to Hams, within 24 kilometres of Paris. We blew up
all the bridges and the roads as we retreated except one bridge, and
upon that solitary bridge and for five miles beyond it 150 guns of the
outer defences of Paris were trained. On came the massed forces of the
Germans and started to cross the bridge. Out blazed the guns and the
bridge was blown to bits, along with the Germans who were approaching
and crossing it. Their losses were awful. But for us it was a terrible
retreat, and I shall never forget it. Then came the turning movement.
We were seventeen days and nights in the trenches at the Aisne without
being relieved. It was a time of artillery duels. Here we lost Capt.
Price, who had saved thousands of men at Cambray. He lost his life
trying to save another’s. One of our N.C.O.’s was wounded and began
to yell. Capt. Price was in his bomb-proof dug-out when he heard the
shouting, and he called out to the man, ‘Alright man, I will be with
you in a few minutes.’ Just as he got out of the trench he was hit by
a bit of shell, and died a few hours afterwards. His loss was deeply
regretted, because he was beloved by everybody.” At Mons, when the
troops were in full retreat, men of many regts. hurrying down the road,
and getting hopelessly mixed and out of hand, under heavy shell-fire,
he noticed some guns on a ridge and succeeded in rallying some of his
men in all that ghastly confusion, and holding the ridge for over an
hour, while the guns were removed. Capt. Price was mentioned in F.M.
Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 8 Oct. 1914, “for gallant
and distinguished service in the field.” He had the Coronation medal
and was Past Grand Sword Bearer of England. In a speech at the Annual
Dinner of the Royal Scots, Edinburgh Association (29 March, 1902),
Col. Douglas described how, during the Boer War, Capt. Price was
recommended for the V.C. They attacked the Boers, said Col. Douglas,
in a very strong position at Bermondsey, their flanks being protected
by precipices. It was a difficult position to turn. He sent Lieut.
Dalmahoy with E Coy. to the left and they were round the Boer’s right
in no time. The guns were in action at 1,600 yards. But E Coy. made the
Boers bolt. Major Moir and Lieut. Dalmahoy went after them. Then the
Boers took up a rearguard position, and it was here that Major Moir got
hit in five places. He (Col. Douglas) sent Lieut. Price with a message
to the firing line. When he reached it Corpl. Paul was in command.
Lieut. Dalmahoy, Private Sheddon and another man were lying wounded
about 50 yards in front of the firing line, which was 400 yards from
the Boers. The men had two of the small intrenching implements with
them, and with these each scraped up a little earth in front of them.
This was the only cover they had. Lieut. Price ran out, picked up the
nearest of the three wounded men, and carried him in. He found it heavy
work and called for three volunteers. Three young L.-Corpls., M’Gill,
Miller and Smith, at once responded. He made them take off their
equipment and coats, and did the same himself, and then unarmed and
in shirt sleeves they ran out. Nevertheless, the Boers at once turned
a heavy fire on them, and, in bringing in the wounded, one of the
bearers was hit. Lieut. Dalmahoy was again hit in the head, and Private
Sheddon was killed. Lord Kitchener promoted Corpl. Paul to Sergt. for
his gallantry, and recommended Lieut. Price for the V.C., and the three
young L.-Corpls. for Distinguished Conduct Medals.
[Illustration: =Charles L. Price.=]
=PRICE, EDWARD=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 307395, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PRICE, EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3876), 188494, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PRICE, PHILIP FRANCIS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2434),
297773, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PRICHARD, FREDERICK GILES=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. East Yorkshire
Regt., 3rd _s._ of the Rev. Charles Collwyn Prichard, M.A., Rector
of Alresford, co. Essex, by his wife, Margaret Jane, dau. of William
McConnel, of Manchester, and Knockdolian, Ayrshire; _b._ Whalley
Vicarage, co. Lancaster, 23 Aug. 1891; educ. Heswall (Miss Gore);
Lindley Lodge, Nuneaton; Marlborough College, and the Royal Military
College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., East Yorkshire Regt., 4 March,
1911, and promoted Lieut. 13 Aug. 1914; served one year in England,
and subsequently three years in India at Tezpur, Fyzabad, Kailana, and
Kamptee; returned to England on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went
to France, 15 Jan. 1915; was invalided home, suffering from frostbite,
19 Feb. following, but rejoined his regt. at the end of April; was
severely wounded in the head and in six places in limbs and body as he
was leading a platoon to the trenches on 3 May, within a week of his
rejoining, and died in the Military Hospital, Millbank, London, S.W., 9
Aug. 1915; _unm._ His brother, Lieut. R. G. Prichard, was killed
in action, 27 April, 1915 (see following notice).
[Illustration: =Frederick Giles Prichard.=]
=PRICHARD, ROWLAND GEORGE=, Lieut., 3rd, attd. 1st Battn. The
Suffolk Regt., yst. _s._ of the Rev. Charles Collwyn Prichard,
M.A., Rector of Alresford, co. Essex, by his wife, Margaret Jane,
dau. of William McConnel, of Manchester, and Knockdolian, Ayrshire;
_b._ Thornton-le-Moors Rectory, co. Chester, 23 Sept. 1895;
educ. Lindley Lodge School (Mr. R. S. Lea, M.A.), and Hereford
Cathedral School (where he was for three years in the O.T.C.), and
had been accepted for matriculation at Brasenose College, Oxford,
but war breaking out, obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 3rd
(Reserve) Battn. The Suffolk Regt., 15 Aug. 1914. He joined his regt.
at Felixstowe, and was promoted Lieut. 2 Feb. 1915; went to France the
same month attd. to the 1st Battn.; took part in the heavy fighting
to the north of Ypres, for 11 days, and was then ordered to join the
composite brigade of survivors, and was killed in action near St.
Julien, 27 April following, while gallantly leading his men against
some German trenches. Buried near St. Julien, in the rear of the
trenches along the Zonnebeke-Ypres Road. When Sir H. Smith-Dorrien
inspected his regt., a few weeks before his death, Lieut. Prichard was
temporarily in command of a company, and his men were highly commended.
His brother, Lieut. F. G. Prichard, died of wounds, 9 Aug. 1915 (see
preceding notice).
[Illustration: =Rowland George Prichard.=]
=PRICHARD, THOMAS LEWIS=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers,
2nd _s._ of the Rev. Thomas Prichard, Vicar of Amlwch, Anglesey,
and Rural Dean of Twrcelyn, by his wife, Jane; _b._ Penmachno,
co. Carnarvon, 1 Oct. 1881; educ. Friar’s, Bangor; and Trent College,
Nottingham; was made an Hon. Lieut. in the Army, 18 Oct. 1900; gazetted
Lieut., 3rd Battn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 23 Feb. 1901; served in
the South African War, 1901–02, taking part in the operations in the
Transvaal and Orange River Colony, Oct. 1901 to 31 May, 1902, and
received the Queen’s medal with four clasps. After his return he joined
the Reserve of Officers, and in 1907 became an Inspector under the
Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, but on the outbreak of war rejoined
his old regt.; was gazetted Capt., 2nd Battn., 9 Sept. 1914; went to
France, 12 Aug. 1914, and died at the Allied Forces Base Hospital,
Boulogne, 9 Nov. following, of wounds received in action on 27 Oct.
Buried in Boulogne Cemetery. Capt. Prichard _m._ at the Parish
Church, Waltham St. Lawrence, co. Berks, 26 Aug. 1908, Dorothy (Cae
Synamon, co. Carnarvon), elder dau. of Leopold McKenna, of Honeys,
Twyford, co. Berks, and niece of the Right Hon. Reginald McKenna,
Chancellor of the Exchequer, and had two children: Leopold Owen,
_b._ 22 July, 1912; and Cicely Gwladys, _b._ 18 May, 1909.
=PRIDMORE, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 7017, 1st Battn.
Northamptonshire Regt., eldest _s._ of John Pridmore, of Montreal,
Canada, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of George Mason; _b._ Gretten,
co. Rutland, 14 May, 1885; educ. there; enlisted in the Duke of
Cornwall’s L.I. in 1901; served with them in the South African War for
one year; transferred into the Northamptonshire Regt. in 1903, and
after being with the Colours for six years, passed into the Reserve,
and became a Warder at H.M. Prison, Hedon Road, Hull. He was called up
on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 1 Nov., and was
killed in action at La Bassée 22 Dec. following, while endeavouring
to save the life of his officer. Buried there. He was mentioned in
Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22
June], 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. Sergt.
Pridmore was one of the East Hull Fanciers, showing pigeons and cavies.
He _m._ at the Baptist Church, Hull, 26 Aug. 1911, Mabel (Grindell
Street, Hedon Road, Hull), dau. of John Priestman, of Hull, and had two
daus.: Miriam May, _b._ 13 Jan. 1913; and Florence Edna, _b._
22 July, 1914. His three brothers are now (1916) all on active service;
one in the Scottish Rifles, one in the Border Regt., and another with
the Canadian Contingent.
[Illustration: =George William Pridmore.=]
=PRIMMER, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./15993, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PRIMO, JOHN JAMES=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8281), 293992,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PRING, WILLIAM HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5035, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=PRINGLE, LEONEL GRAHAM, M.V.O.=, Capt., 1st Battn. Highland
L.I., 4th _s._ of the late Commander James Thomas Pringle, of
Torwoodlee, co. Selkirk, R.N., D.L., J.P., by his wife, Ann Parminter
(Southdean, Colinton Road, Edinburgh), only child of the late Col.
Black, 53rd Regt.; _b._ Ilkley, co. York, 27 April, 1880; educ.
Vitzthum Gymnasium, Dresden; Sunningdale School; Radley College, and
the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Highland
L.I., 12 Aug. 1899, and promoted Lieut. 1 Aug. 1900, and Capt. 24 June,
1908; joined the 2nd Battn. Highland L.I. in Oct. 1899, and transferred
to the 1st Battn. on receiving his captaincy; left India for France
22 Aug. 1914, but stopped to guard the Suez Canal, arrived in France
4 Dec., was seriously wounded in action at Givenchy on the 19th of
that month, and died a prisoner of war in Lazaret 111, St. Sauveur,
Lille, 29 Dec. following; _unm._ Buried with military honours
in the Southern Cemetery. Lille. Capt. Pringle had qualified as an
interpreter, and was awarded the M.V.O. (5th Class) in 1903.
[Illustration: =Leonel Graham Pringle.=]
=PRIOR, JAMES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./10711, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PRISMALL, ARTHUR=, Capt., 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s
Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.); _b._ 3 Jan. 1862; educ.
privately; was for over 30 years with the banking firm of Glyn, Mills,
Currie & Co.; joined the 4th Middlesex R.V.C. (West London Rifles)
in 1881, receiving a commission in 1897; retired in 1905, but on the
formation of the Territorial Force in 1907, rejoined, and was gazetted
Capt. 10 Dec. 1907; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak
of war in Aug. 1914; went to France with his Battn. in Nov., and was
killed in action during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 14 March, 1915.
He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31
May, 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. He
_m._ in 1890, Sarah Russell Thomson (65, Loxley Road, Wandsworth
Common), and had two sons and one dau.
[Illustration: =Arthur Prismall.=]
=PROCTER, CECIL=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3377), S.S.
101179, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PROCTER, MIDGLEY=, A.B., (R.F.R., B. 3906), 163930, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=PROCTER, THOMAS=, A.B., 224748, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PRODRICK, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8007), S.S.
103747, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PROWSE, ARTHUR ROWLAND=, A.B., J. 3470, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost
when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=PRYCE, HUGH BEAUCLERK MOSTYN=, Capt., 4th Battn. Rifle Brigade,
only _s._ of Edward Stisted Mostyn Pryce, of Gunley Hall,
Chirbury, co. Salop, J.P., Montgomeryshire, by his wife, Henrietta
Mary, yst. dau. of Charles William Beauclerk, of Winchfield House,
Hants, D.L., and granddau. of the Right Hon. and Rev. Lord Frederick
Beauclerk [4th _s._ of Aubrey, 5th Duke of St Albans]; _b._
at Belmont, near Christchurch, Newport, co. Monmouth, 26 Oct. 1881;
educ. Eton, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. unattd. List, 8 Jan. 1901, and posted to the Rifle Brigade,
9 March following; promoted Lieut. 12 April, 1904, and Capt. 18
Jan. 1911; served in the South African War, 1902; took part in the
operations in the Transvaal, from Jan. to 31 May, 1902, and in those in
the Orange River Colony and Cape Colony, Jan. 1902 (Queen’s medal with
four clasps); and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders
from 26 Jan. to 19 March, 1915, on which latter date he died at No. 2
Casualty Clearing Station, Bailleul, of wounds received in action on
the 16th during the Battle of St. Eloi. He was shot by a German sniper
after gallantly storming the trenches there. Buried in the Cemetery of
Bailleul; _unm._ Capt. Pryce was a good rider to hounds and a keen
shot, and very popular in his regt. At Eton he was known as cox. of the
Thetis and Prince of Wales boats on the river.
[Illustration: =Hugh Beauclerk M. Pryce.=]
=PRYKE, EDGAR=, E.R.A., 1st Class, 269721, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PRYOR, ROBERT SELWYN=, Lieut., 3rd, attd. 1st, Battn. King’s Own
Royal Lancaster Regt., eldest _s._ of Selwyn Robert Pryor, of 19,
Park Crescent, London, W., Merchant, in the firm of Messrs. Cotesworth
& Powell, of 148, Leadenhall Street, E.C., by his wife, Margaret,
dau. of Charles Lloyd Norman, of Bromley Common, Kent; _b._ 13,
Devonshire Street, Portland Place, London, W., 25 Oct. 1895; educ. 13,
Somerset Street, London, W. (Mr. Egerton); Northaw Place, Potter’s
Bar (Rev. F. J. Hall); Eton, where he was in the O.T.C., and Trinity
College, Cambridge, and on the outbreak of war was given a commission
as 2nd Lieut., King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt., 15 Aug. 1914, and
promoted Lieut. 2 Feb. 1915; went to France, 4 Dec. 1914, and was
killed in action at St. Julien, near Ypres, 1 May following, by a
sniper; _unm._ Buried there.
=PUCKLE, CHARLES EDWARD MURRAY=, 2nd Lieut., 11th Battn.
Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of Charles Murray Puckle,
of Upton Grey, Toorak, Melbourne, Australia, Pastoralist, by his wife,
Caroline Amelia, dau. of the late Charles Shuter, Police Magistrate, La
Cote, Greendale, Victoria; _b._ St. Kilda, near Melbourne, 19 Feb.
1887; educ. Melbourne Grammar School; and was a Pastoralist in West
Australia. On the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914 he at once
volunteered and enlisted in the 1st Australian Division as a Private,
leaving for Egypt in Oct. After five months there and in Lemnos, he
took part in the memorable landing at Anzac Cove, 25 April, 1915.
He was promoted 2nd Lieut. on the field in July, and was killed in
action on the night of 31 July, 1915, leading an attack on the Turkish
trenches. His Col. wrote: “By the dash and gallantry of this storming
party the position was won, although not without many casualties, and
Lieut. Puckle was unfortunately killed while bravely leading his men
across the fireswept zone. I extremely regret the loss to the Battn.
of such an efficient and promising young officer. He was universally
respected and popular with all ranks, and his loss is keenly felt
by all of us.” Lieut. Puckle was mentioned in Despatches by Sir Ian
Hamilton. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Charles E. M. Puckle.=]
=PUGH, WILLIAM JAMES THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./13366, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PULLEN, ALFRED JAMES=, Plumber’s Mate, M. 6553, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PULLEN, GUY HARPER=, 2nd Lieut. Royal Horse Guards, The Blues,
2nd _s._ of Hugh Charles George Pullen, of Messrs. Davidson,
Pullen & Co., Rua de Quitanda, 145, Rio de Janeiro, Merchant, and
gdson. of the late Capt. T. C. Pullen, R.N.; _b._ Rio de Janeiro,
26 Feb. 1889; educ. Bedford Grammar School, and St. Francis Xavier’s
College, Bruges; was afterwards engaged in business in the city of San
Paulo, Estado de San Paulo, Brazil, being well known in the business
circles of both Rio de Janeiro and San Paulo as a thorough sportsman,
and a member of the big clubs of both cities. On the outbreak of war he
came over from Rio to join the Army, and obtained a commission in the
Royal Horse Guards, 10 Nov. 1914. He served with his regt. in France
and Flanders, and was killed in action at the Second Battle of Ypres,
in the charge of the Royal Blues, at Verlorenhoken, 13 May, 1915;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Guy Harper Pullen.=]
=PULLEN, PERCY LESLIE=, 1st Class Stoker, K. 13489 (Ports.), R.N.,
5th _s._ of James Pullen, of Bowley Farm, Farm Carter, by his
wife, Charlotte; _b._ Kirdford, co. Sussex, 10 Feb. 1894; educ.
North Mundham, near Chichester; joined the Navy 19 Dec. 1912, and was
lost on H.M.S. Cressy when that ship was sunk in the North Sea, 22
Sept. 1914; _unm._
=PULLINGER, GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 15500, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PULSFORD, FREDERICK THOMAS GEORGE=, Rifleman. No. 2338, 12th
Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of
Frederick Luke Pulsford, of 10, Tradescant Road, South Lambeth Road,
S.W., by his wife, Blanche Bertha, dau. of George Hawke; _b._
London, 26 June, 1897; educ. Westminster City School; volunteered
and joined the Rangers after the outbreak of war, 8 Sept. 1914; went
to France, 9 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Zonnebeke, 21
April, 1915. Buried at the back of the trenches there. 2nd Lieut. H.
H. Bentley wrote: “On 21 April your son and his friend Elvin were in
a dug-out at Zonnebeke tending to the pressing wants of a comrade who
was dreadfully wounded. As they busied themselves with him, a German
shrapnel fell into the dug-out and burst. The violence of the explosion
and the deadly hail of shrapnel bullets annihilated all the occupants
of the dug-out, and The Rangers lost two fine soldiers in the painless
heroic deaths of your son and his friend Elvin. It gives me great pain
to have to break this sad yet heroic news to you, because he was always
a great friend of mine and one who always did the utmost of his duty.”
[Illustration: =Frederick T. G. Pulsford.=]
=PUMPHREY, JOHN LAURENCE=, B.A., Trooper, No. 2263, Northumberland
Hussars, Imperial Yeomanry, yr. _s._ of Joseph Pumphrey, of
Hindley Hall, Stocksfield-on-Tyne, Colliery Owner, by his wife,
Frances, dau. of Jonathan Priestman; _b._ Shotley Bridge,
co. Durham, 27 April, 1891; educ. Sedbergh School and Trinity
College, Oxford (graduated B.A. in 1914); volunteered and joined the
Northumberland Hussars after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went
to Belgium with them in the 7th Division early in Oct., and died in
hospital at Ypres, on the 25th of that month, of wounds received in
action during the first Battle of Ypres the previous day; _unm._
The Hussars were dismounted and advancing to attack when he was shot
through the head. Buried in Ypres Cemetery. His Major wrote: “He was
one of the best and was enormously liked by officers and men alike. He
always did his bit and a bit extra.” While at Sedbergh he was head of
the school, and in the O.T.C. both there and at Oxford, where he took
a 3rd class in Moderates and a 3rd in Greats. He played Rugby for his
College and was President of the College Athletics in 1913.
[Illustration: =John L. Pumphrey.=]
=PUNCHARD, EDMUND ELGOOD=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Bedfordshire Regt.
(21st Brigade, 7th Division), 2nd _s._ of the Rev. Elgood George
Punchard, D.D., Honorary Canon of Ely, by his wife, Catherine Mary,
dau. of Joseph Johnson; _b._ Luton, co. Beds, 21 Oct. 1890;
educ. Haileybury (1902–08) and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
(1909–10); gazetted 2nd Lieut., Bedfordshire Regt., 5 Oct. 1910,
and promoted Lieut., 11 June, 1912; left Southampton, 4 Oct. 1914;
returned to Dover, because of submarines, 6 Oct.; left again and
arrived at Zeebrugge, 7–8 Oct.; Bruges (St. Croix), marched from 4 to
8 p.m., 8 Oct.; left for Coq-sur-Mer, arriving at 2.30 p.m., bivouac
at Uytkirke, 9 Oct.; left for Ostend, 5 a.m., 4 p.m. ordered back to
Bruges, arriving 8 p.m., 10 Oct.; retreated to Beernem, 4 to 8 p.m., 11
Oct.; to Coolscamp, 7.30 a.m., 12 Oct.; to Roulers, 13 Oct.; to Ypres,
9.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m., 14 Oct.; entrenched at Halte, on Menin-Ypres
road, 15 Oct.; skirmish with Uhlans, at Gheluvelt, 16 Oct.; Gheluvelt,
Battle of Ypres begun, 17 Oct.; left at 4.30 a.m. for Baecleare,
arriving 7.30 p.m., advanced to Terhand, 18 Oct.; Terhand, retired
to Gheluvelt, 19 Oct.; under heavy fire till dusk, moved out towards
Baecleare, and entrenched, 20 Oct.; returned to Gheluvelt, in trenches,
21 Oct.; under heavy fire, worst at 3.30 p.m., 22 Oct.; shelled from 8
p.m., two Bedford officers killed, first Army Corps expected, 23 Oct.;
fusilade, 6 a.m., seventh day of battle, third in trenches (night and
day) unrelieved, 24 Oct.; reinforced by Highland L.I. and King’s Own
Scottish Borderers, 25 Oct.; brigade hard pressed, retired to Hooge,
26 Oct.; advanced again towards Gheluvelt, bivouac at Kruiseck, 27
Oct.; shelled all day in trenches from 9 a.m., opposed by three German
Army Corps, 28 Oct.; shelled at dawn, Yorks and Gordons retreated
on Zandvorde-Gheluvelt road, trenches recovered, 29 Oct.; fight on
Menin-Gheluvelt road and in the woods, 30 Oct.; trenches shelled from
2 a.m. to 1 p.m., ordered out of trenches at 4 p.m., advanced up the
hill, over turnip field, by wood of Zandvorde, the ridge won, 31 Oct.
He was killed in this attack, being shot at the head of his platoon;
_unm._ The following day 300 survivors from the battn. mustered
under the one officer left. Lieut. Punchard was buried at Kruiseck,
near Gheluvelt. He was mentioned in Field-Marshal Sir John (now Lord)
French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. [London Gazette, 18 Feb.] 1915 for
distinguished service in the field.
=PUNSHON, HAROLD FINLAY=, Corpl., No. 2126, 8th Battn. Durham
L.I. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Thomas Punshon, of Ashley Terrace,
Chester-le-Street, co. Durham, by his wife, Agnes Kershaw, dau. of the
late Richard Finlay; _b._ Chester-le-Street, 23 Feb. 1892; educ.
Higher Grade School, Gateshead; was employed at the Priestman Colliery
Office; joined the Durham L.I. Territorials in April, 1912; was in
training in camp when war was declared in Aug. 1914, and volunteered
for foreign service; went to France, 19 April, 1915, and was killed
in action near Ypres on the 26th, being shot by a sniper; _unm._
Buried about half a mile S.E. of St. Julien. Capt. John Turnbull in a
letter to his brother wrote: “I regret very deeply to have to inform
you that your poor brother Harry was killed on Monday the 26th. I was
not with him when he met his death, but saw him an hour before, when, I
am sure you will be proud to know, he was doing his bit in a splendidly
cool manner, under most trying circumstances. I got separated from the
body of men with whom he was, but have since learned that he with two
or three other N.C.Os., and a few men were cut off by a large body of
Germans. Some of our chaps had to surrender, but Harry and a few others
made a dash for it and got clear. He was killed soon after this, while
going between trenches with ammunition.”
[Illustration: =Harold Finlay Punshon.=]
=PUNTER, HENRY=, Private, No. G. 282, 2nd Battn. Royal West Surrey
Regt., _s._ of Frederick Punter, of Send Road, Send, near Woking;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action
at Ypres, 2 Nov. 1911.
=PURCHASE, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 4204, 2nd Battn. The
Essex Regt., _s._ of the late (--) Purchase; _b._ 20 Feb.
1876; enlisted in the Essex Regt., 8 May, 1894; served in the South
African War, 1899–1902 (Queen’s medal with four clasps), and with
the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 22 Aug. 1914 to
1 Nov. 1914, on which latter date he was killed in action. Buried at
Armentières. Sergt. Purchase had the Long Service and Good Conduct
medal, and was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of
8 Oct. [London Gazette, 19 Oct.] 1914. He was also awarded the French
Medaille Militaire for conspicuous bravery. He _m._ at St. Thomas
Church, Brentwood, 25, Jan. 1913, Alice Elizabeth (32, Alfred Road,
Brentwood, co. Essex), yst. dau. of Henry Matthews, of Hutton, co.
Essex, and had a son, Frederick Henry, _b._ posthumous, 16 Nov.
1914.
=PURDON, JOHN=, Private, No. 11029, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards;
_b._ Whiston, co. Lanark; enlisted 14 Sept. 1914, aged 29; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; wounded and
admitted to No. 23 Field Ambulance, 8 April, 1915; discharged to duty,
14 April; killed in action 16 May following. He _m._ at Glasgow,
19 April, 1912, Grace. (16, Moir Street, Glasgow), dau. of (--)
Suttons, and had a dau.: Grace Catherine, _b._ 10 Dec. 1914.
=PURDY, RICHARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8444), S.S.
104630, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=PURNELL, FREDERICK DAVID=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6455), 183408, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea. 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=PURSER, JOSEPH=, Private, S/7043, 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt.,
_s._ of F. J. Purser, of 24, Balmore Street, Highgate; died in
Chelsea Hospital, 18 Jan. 1915, of tetanus, contracted while mobilised
for service.
=PURVIS, LIONEL=, Sergt., No. 17, F. Coy., 14th Battn. (The London
Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of John Prior Purvis,
of 16, The Grove, Blackheath, S.E., Surgeon, by his wife, Frances
Mary, dau. of William Vaughan; _b._ Greenwich, S.E., 19 July,
1873; educ. Roan School there; was a Furniture Manufacturer; joined
the London Scottish Rifle Volunteers, 7th Middlesex, 12 Nov. 1894;
volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914;
went to France 14 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Messines, 1
Nov. following; _unm._ He won many prizes at Bisley and elsewhere,
and was 7th in the King’s Prize Competition at Bisley in 1904; he was
also twice a member of the winning team for the Daily Telegraph Cup.
[Illustration: =Lionel Purvis.=]
=PUTTERGILL, RICHARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5206), S.S. 1844, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=PUTTICK, JAMES FREDERICK=, A.B., J. 8750, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost
when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=PYE, OSCAR GEORGE=, Trooper, No. 3080, 1st Life Guards, 3rd
_s._ of William Pye, of Jeskyns Court, Cobham, Gravesend, Farmer
and Landowner, by his wife, Mary, dau. of the late William Miskin;
_b._ Cuxton, Rochester, co. Kent, 12 Aug. 1892; educ. Thanet
College, Margate; was a Manager of Farms at Cuxton and Cobham, but
after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, joined the 1st Life Guards,
5 Sept. following; went to France, 1 Nov. 1914; took part in the
fighting during the winter of 1914–15, and was killed in action in the
advance trenches near Ypres, 13 May, 1915; _unm._ He was buried
on the battlefield about 1½ miles from Ypres, on the Ypres-Menin Road.
An officer wrote: “Your son was in my troop from the time he came
up from the base, and I have never known any man who was more liked
and respected by all his comrades, myself included. He was always an
example to everybody by his cheerfulness and the way he did his work,
and the troop feel his loss very much”; and a comrade: “He was an
exceedingly brave man, he never showed any sign of fear, and was always
one of the first to volunteer for any dangerous or disagreeable job.”
[Illustration: =Oscar George Pye.=]
=PYE, REGINALD EBE=, Rifleman, No. 3847, 1/18th Battn. (London
Irish Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Ebenezer
Clayton Pye, of 8, Britten Street, Chelsea, S.W., by his wife,
Elizabeth Emma, dau. of William (and Elizabeth) Allsup; _b._
Chelsea, 8 Oct. 1896; educ. Marlborough Road L.C.C. School there; was
Page to the Hon. Mr. Gathorne Hardy, of Cadogan Square, then to Dr.
McConnell, of Hampstead; when 17 years old he was apprenticed to motor
trade, and got his licence for driving the Saturday before war broke
out; joined the London Irish Rifles in March, 1914; volunteered for
foreign service on the outbreak of war in the Aug. following; went to
France, 1 Sept. 1915, and was killed in action during the Battle of
Loos, 25 Sept. 1915.
=PYEFINCH, LEONARD THOMAS=, Private, No. 7861, 1st Battn. East
Kent Regt. (The Buffs); served with the Expeditionary Force in France,
etc.; killed in action, 20 Oct. 1914.
=PYMAN, JAMES=, Capt., 3rd Battn. The Border Regt., attd. 2nd
Battn. King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., yr. _s._ of the late James
Pyman, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, Shipowner, by his wife, Emily, dau. of
the late John Sutcliffe, of Stallingbro’ Manor, Lincoln; _b._
Newcastle-on-Tyne, 12 Aug. 1883; educ. Mill Hill and Hamelin, near
Hanover; gazetted Lieut. 3rd (Militia) Borderers, 20 May, 1903, and
Capt., 19 May, 1906; later joined the Reserve of Officers, but on the
outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, rejoined his regt.; went to France, 14
Oct. 1914, attd. to the 2nd Battn. King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., and was
killed in action near Hooge, 18 Nov. following, by a high-explosive
shell; _unm._
=QUEGAN, JOHN=, Private, No. 2009, 11th Battn. Australian Imperial
Force, 2nd _s._ of William Quegan, of Kinnitty, King’s County,
Labourer, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Terence Higgins; _b._
Kinnitty aforesaid, 20 Oct. 1890; educ. Kinnitty National School;
went to Australia in April, 1912, and worked on the Trans-Australian
Railway; volunteered after the outbreak of war and joined the
Commonwealth Expeditionary Force in Dec. and died on board H.M.
hospital ship Sicilia, 6 Aug. 1915, from wounds received in action at
Lone Pine, Gallipoli; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Quegan.=]
=QUICK, ROBERT GEORGE=, Private, No. 2197, 4th Battn. (Royal
Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Robert Ernest
Quick, L.-Corpl. No. 20592, Oxford and Bucks L.I., by his wife, Leonora
(5, Stirling Road, Higham Hill, Walthamstow), dau. of George Bush;
_b._ Higham Hill, Walthamstow, 30 Aug. 1896; educ. Higham Hill
Council and the Higher Elementary (Scholar) Schools, there; was an
apprentice to the wood machining; volunteered and joined the 4th City
of London Royal Fusiliers, 10 Aug. 1914; sailed for Malta, 4 Sept.
following; went to France from there early in 1915, and was killed in
action at Ypres, 27 April, 1915; _unm._ Sergt.-Major Birch wrote
speaking highly of him.
[Illustration: =Robert George Quick.=]
=QUIGLEY, HUGH DOMINIC=, S.B.A., M. 5012, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost
when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=QUIN, JAMES EDWARD=, Private, No. 24640, 13th Battn. (5th Royal
Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Expeditionary Force, elder _s._
of James Quin, of Corbally House, Limerick, J.P., Merchant, head
of the firm of John Quin & Co., of Limerick, by his wife, Marian
Frances, dau. of Nicholas James Lalor, of 33, FitzWilliam Place,
Dublin, J.P.; _b._ 70, George Street, Limerick, 24 Nov. 1888;
educ. Stonyhurst College and Louvain University (where he obtained his
degree “faculté de droit”), and went to Canada in April, 1912; was a
Salesman with Lindsay & Co., Montreal. On the outbreak of war in Aug.
1914, he immediately proceeded to Valcartier, and joined the 5th Royal
Highlanders of Canada; came over with the first contingent in Oct.
1914; trained on Salisbury Plain, and went to the Front in Feb. 1915.
He was reported missing after the Second Battle of Ypres, 22 April,
1915, when his battn. defended the cross-roads at Ypres, refusing to
surrender, in spite of nearly all their number being killed, badly
wounded, or taken prisoners, and he is now officially stated to have
been killed in this action; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “I don’t
think I ever met a more good-natured, generous hearted and unselfish
fellow.... No words of mine would fit tribute to his memory.... I know
he was thought a lot of by his superiors”; and another: “He was always
given the most dangerous tasks to perform, and to my knowledge he
always performed them ably and well.”
[Illustration: =James Edward Quin.=]
=QUIN, SIDNEY JOHN=, 2nd Writer, 347163, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost
when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=QUIN, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5827), S.S.
100714, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=QUINN, HENRY=, Private No. 2013, 9th Battn. Durham L.I. (T.F.),
_s._ of the late Charles Quinn, by his wife, (--) (45, Renforth
Street, Dunston), dau. of (--); _b._ Teams, 27 Aug. 1893; educ.
St. Philip’s R.C. School, Dunston; enlisted July, 1914; went to France,
April, 1915, and was killed in action, 5 July, following; _unm._
[Illustration: =Henry Quinn.=]
=QUINN, JAMES=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8259), 293970,
R.N., _s._ of Michael Quinn, Sugar Boiler in McFies, Liverpool;
_b._ Liverpool, 10 April, 1878; educ. St. Joseph’s School,
Liverpool; served 12 years in the Royal Navy, including the operations
in China at the time of the Boxer rebellion, and lost his life in
H.M.S. Cressy, when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914. He was well known as the sailor “Handcuff King,” being a popular
exponent of the trick of freeing himself from handcuffs and leg irons;
he on several occasions demonstrated before Dover audiences, jumping
from the Prince of Wales Pier Head while manacled at the wrists and
legs, and in a few seconds coming to the surface entirely free from all
encumbrances. He was a bearer at King Edward’s Funeral and received a
memorial medal from King George V. He _m._ at Liverpool, 5 June,
1905, Mary Ellen (36 Boundary Street East, Liverpool, N.), dau. of
Arthur Quinn, and had two sons: Arthur William, _b._ 21 Jan. 1909
(_d._ young); and James, _b._ 14 Jan. 1914.
[Illustration: =James Quinn.=]
=QUINN, JAMES=, Private, No. 1726, 3rd Battn. Durham L.I.,
_s._ of Joseph Quinn, of Sunderland, by his wife, Jane, dau.
of Carry Plunkett; _b._ Ryhope, co. Durham, 1885; educ. Ryhope
Elementary School; enlisted in the D.L.I. about 1903; served eight
years with the Colours and then joined the Reserve; mobilised 4 Aug.
1914; went to France in Oct., and was killed in action by a hand
grenade, 4 June, 1915, while on guard at Ypres. He _m._ at St.
Patrick’s Church, Sunderland, 5 Feb. 1908, Elizabeth (17, Sussex
Street, Sunderland), dau. of John Cassidy, and had three children:
Patrick James Cassidy, _b._ 16 June, 1912; Joseph Cassidy,
_b._ 14 Dec. 1914; and Elizabeth Jane Cassidy, _b._ 17 Feb.
1909.
[Illustration: =James Quinn.=]
=QUIRK, ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9517), S.S.
106877, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=QUOGEN, VICTOR WILLIAM=, Stoker, R.N.R., U. 1368, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=QUY, TERENCE EDWARD DANIEL=, Rifleman, No. 2447, 12th Battn.
(The Rangers) London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Daniel Arthur
Quy, of 4, Formosa Street, Paddington, Grocer, by his wife, Mary
Charlotte, dau. of Thomas (and Mary) Helier, of Woolwich; _b._
Paddington; educ. Longford House School, Margate, and the Polytechnic,
Regent Street; enlisted in The Rangers on the outbreak of war, Aug.
1914; went to the Front with them in Dec., and was killed in action at
Zonnebeke, 18 April, 1915; _unm._ Writing to his father, Capt. A.
H. Arbuthnot said: “The Poly. Company went up to the trenches on the
night of the 17th. and the next morning it was our duty to support by
our fire a small attack that was being carried out by the battn. on our
left. Your son was doing his part nobly when I deeply grieve to say, as
he was firing over the parpapet, a bullet from the enemy struck him in
the head. Death was instantaneous, so I am thankful to say he suffered
no pain. That same night we buried him with three other comrades of his
company in a little cemetery about 100 yards behind the trenches, and
the spot is marked by a neat plain wooden cross.”
[Illustration: =Terence E. D. Quy.=]
=RACKHAM, ERNEST=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7267), 291149,
H.M.S. Hogue, lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RADCLIFF, HERBERT TRAVERS=, Capt., 5th (Reserve), attd. 1st,
Battn. Leinster Regt., 2nd _s._ of the late George Edward
Radcliff, of Wilmount, Kells. co. Meath, by his wife, Emma May
Alexandria, dau. of John Travers Madden, of Inch House, Balbriggan;
_b._ Kells, 11 Aug. 1882; educ. Royal School, Armagh; gazetted
2nd Lieut., Leinster Regt., 27 Oct. 1906; promoted Lieut. and Capt.
10 Feb. 1913; went to France, 6 March, 1915, attd. to 1st Battn., and
was killed in action at St. Eloi, 15 March following; _unm._
Lieut.-Col. A. B. Prowse, commanding 1st Leinster Regt., wrote: “He was
holding a trench which had a garrison of 30 men, and which was attacked
by 100 Germans at, or soon after, dawn. He was killed instantaneously
by a bullet which struck him in the head, and could have suffered no
pain. I may add that the Germans were beaten off with a loss of 34
killed alone. During the few days he has been with us he has proved
himself a brave and gallant officer, and we deplore the loss of a good
comrade, and offer you a whole-hearted sympathy”; and Lieut. C. I.
Mackay, of the 5th Battn.: “I was with him when he was killed. He was
my company commander both here and in Passage, and, like all the men
of the company, I would have done anything for him. He always thought
of the men first and afterwards himself, and it was through this
unselfishness he met his death. Some one said the Germans were leaving
their trench to attack, and no one looked out, so he looked over and
was hit. He suffered no pain whatever. He was buried on Monday night,
and we have handed all his things to the Quartermaster, who will send
them to you in a few weeks. I only know too well how useless it is to
express sympathy, but I have taken this opportunity of expressing not
only my own sympathy, but that of all the men of the company, who had
grown to love him, even in the few days under his command.”
[Illustration: =Herbert Travers Radcliff.=]
=RADCLIFFE, JOHN=, Private, No. 12647, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, eldest _s._ of Thomas Craine Radcliffe, of Roslyn Boarding
House, Isle of Man, Joiner, by his wife, Mary, dau. of George Towle,
of Derby; _b._ Ramsey, 11 June, 1893; educ. Wesleyan Day School
there; was a clerk in the office of Messrs. Dickenson, Cruikshank &
Co., Advocates; enlisted 15 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at
Cuinchy, 25 Jan. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Radcliffe.=]
=RADCLIFFE, SAMUEL=, Gunner T., H.M.S. Laurel; killed in action in
the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=WILSON-RAE, REGINALD=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. East Surrey Regt.,
eldest _s._ of William Wilson-Rae, of The Warren, Strawberry Vale,
Twickenham, Landed Proprietor, by his wife, Felicia Benigna Iza, dau.
of Felician Faleçki, a Baron of Poland; _b._ London, 12 Jan. 1891;
educ. Mostyn House, Parkgate (Ches.) and Liverpool University; was
attd. to the Statistical Department of the firm of Magniac Williamson
& Co., Stockbrokers, London; joined the London University O.T.C. in
1913; gazetted 2nd Lieut., in the 3rd East Surrey Regt., 15 Aug. 1914,
and promoted Lieut. 2 Feb. 1915; went to France, 19 Dec. 1914, and
was attd. to the 1st S. Staffordshire Regt.; served with them until
22 March, when he rejoined his own regt., and was killed in action
2½ miles south of Ypres, on the 30th of that month, while leading a
bombing party; _unm._ Buried at Voormezeele. He had been specially
recommended by his commanding officer for his conduct in charge of
night patrols and in the firing line. He was a fine all-round athlete,
being a member of both the Vesta Rowing Club and Twickenham Football
Club, and had won many prizes for rowing, cycling and shooting.
=RADMALL, STUART=, L.-Corpl., No. 10009, 1st, attd. 2nd Battn.
Wiltshire Regt., yst. _s._ of John Henry Radmall, of Chingford, by
his wife, Edith Anna, dau. of Josiah Griffin, of Blackheath; _b._
Chingford, co. Essex, 7 March, 1896; educ. Forest School, where he was
in the O.T.C.; enlisted after the outbreak of war, 24 Aug. 1914; was
promoted L.-Corpl., and went to France, 27 Nov. following; served in
several engagements with the 1st Battn. till 27 Jan., when he was taken
ill and sent to the Base Hospital at Rouen, where he remained for six
weeks; on recovery joined the 2nd Battn., and was killed in action at
Givenchy, 15 June, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Stuart Radmall.=]
=RAILSTON, SPENCER JULIAN WILFRED=, Lieut., 18th King George’s Own
Lancers, Indian Army, attd. 4th Dragoon Guards, 1914, yr. _s._ of
Col. Henry Edward Railston, of Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, late
Cameronians, by his wife, Magdalen, dau. of the Rev. Charles Edward
Oakley, Rector of Wickwar, co. Glos., and subsequently of St. Paul’s,
Covent Garden, by his wife, Lady Georgina, née Moreton, eldest dau.
of Henry George Francis, 2nd Earl of Ducie; _b._ Hamilton, co.
Lanark, 8 Jan. 1889, and was educ. at Radley College, from where he
passed direct into Sandhurst at the age of 17, and passed out tenth
in 1907. He won the Champion Cup for gymnastics at his Public School,
and represented it in the Boxing Competition at Aldershot, and both
at his Public School and at Sandhurst he was in the cricket XI. He
was gazetted 2nd Lieut. unattd. Indian Army, 17 Aug. 1907, and was
attd. for his first year to his father’s regt., the Cameronians. Soon
after joining, while in India, he entered without any training for the
Lightweight Boxing Championship of India, and won it. At the expiration
of a year he was appointed to the 18th K.G.O. Lancers, and played in
their polo team. He was a good big game shot and a good steeplechase
rider. When riding a steeplechase at Jubbulpore, a few months before
his death, his girths broke after the first fence. He managed to pull
the saddle and weight cloth from under him and rode the remaining 2¼
miles bareback, carrying them on his arm, and notwithstanding the
horse falling once, he finished the course. He was promoted Lieut. 17
Nov. 1909, and after going through the cavalry course at Sangor came
home on a year’s leave in 1914, and played polo through the London
season in Count de Madre’s team (The Tigers). He was to have become
Adjutant of his regt. on the expiration of his leave, but the European
War broke out, and he at once volunteered for active service, and
was attd. to the 4th Dragoon Guards, with whom he went to the Front
and served with them through the battle of Mons, and all subsequent
actions till he was killed at Messines, Belgium, on 1 Nov. 1914. The
Major-General Commanding the 1st Cavalry Division sent the following
account of Lieut. Railston’s death to his father: “I am deeply grieved
at the death of your gallant boy, who on every occasion of this war has
so distinguished himself. He is a great loss to his regt. He lost his
life by a gallant act. His regt. was holding one-half of the village of
Messines, south of Ypres, and the Germans the other half for 24 hours.
In front of his troop a poor woman was lying wounded, and your boy left
his cover to bring her in. He was struck by many bullets and killed.
Had he lived he would certainly have been mentioned in despatches.”
Another officer wrote: “His loss will be felt by the whole Cavalry
Brigade, as he has been simply splendid through all these trying times,
always cheery, and full of go, and ready to take on anything. Surely
when the war is over, there will be no more gallant act than that
to write of, and we are all so proud of him.” A memorial tablet was
erected to his memory in Tortworth Parish Church. Gloucestershire.
[Illustration: =Spencer J. W. Railston.=]
=RAILTON, ARTHUR TEMPLE=, Lieut., 1/4th (Ross Highland) Battn.
Seaforth Highlanders (T.F.), elder _s._ of Joseph Arthur Railton,
of Woodburn, Buxton, by his wife, Alice Temple, dau. of James Mawson;
_b._ 29 Nov. 1890; educ. Denstone College, Oundle School, and
Glasgow University (where he obtained his B.Sc. degree in naval
architecture, and served five years in the O.T.C.); volunteered on the
outbreak of war and was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 4th
Seaforth Highlanders, 2 Sept. 1914; went to the Front 5 Nov following,
his Battn. being attd. to the Meerut, and then to the Lahore, Indian
Division, with which latter he served through the Battle of Neuve
Chapelle; was wounded in the attack at Aubers Ridge, France, 9 May,
1915, and killed by a shell a few hours later while lying helpless near
the German trenches. Buried in the orchard at Vieille Chapelle, between
two of his brother officers; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote;
“He was as brave and gallant as anyone who has ever worn a uniform, and
he simply did not know what fear was.... Had he been spared he would
have gone very far in his profession as a soldier. He fell, as I am
sure he wished, at the head of his men, who may and probably did equal
him in bravery and gallantry, but who could not possibly surpass him in
either.” His promotion to the rank of temporary Lieut. to rank as from
1 Nov. 1914, was announced the day before he fell.
[Illustration: =Arthur Temple Railton.=]
=RAINBIRD, JOHN=, Private, No. 6365, 2nd Battn. Royal Irish
Rifles, _s._ of John Rainbird, of 9, Ravensdon Street, Kennington;
_b._ Fulham, 15 Jan. 1883; educ. North End Road Board School
there; enlisted 11 June, 1901, served seven years with the Colours and
then passed into the Reserve; was called up on mobilisation 5 Aug.
1914; went to France, 14 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near
Kemmel, 2 May, 1915. Buried at Dickebusch. He _m._ at St. Pancras,
6 April, 1910, Clara Frances (37, College Place, Camden Town, N.), dau.
of William Gibaud, and had two children: Hilda Kathleen, _b._ 26
July, 1911, _d._ 18 April, 1914; and Edith Pansy, _b._ 31
Oct. 1912.
=RAINES, CHARLES FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4733),
296016, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=RAINHAM, JOHN THOMAS=, Trooper, No. 9/747, 5th Otago Mounted
Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, yst. _s._ of Henry
Rainham, of Otago, Central N.Z., Miner; _b._ Otago, N.Z., 24 Jan.
1871; was employed by the Dunedin Drainage Board as a licensed Drainer;
was a member of the Dunedin City Guards, serving with them till they
disbanded; volunteered and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force,
22 Oct. 1914; left for Egypt with the second reinforcements, and was
killed in action at the Dardanelles, 27 Aug. 1915. He _m._ at
Roxburgh 13 June, 1892, Mary, dau. of Patrick (and Margaret) Galvin,
and had two sons; John, _b._ 18 Sept. 1893; and William, _b._
8 Sept. 1894, who both volunteered for Imperial service. The elder was
severely wounded at Anzac Cove, and the younger met with an accident
while in camp which prevented his accompanying his battn. to the Front.
=RALEIGH, GEORGE HEBDEN=, Brevet Major, 1st Battn. Essex Regt.,
and Commander, 4th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, yr. _s._ of
William Thorp Raleigh, of Goronga, Pakenham Upper, Victoria, by his
wife, Matilda Jane, dau. of George Hebden; _b._ Melbourne,
Australia, 30 June, 1878; educ. C.E. Grammar School, Geelong, and
Melbourne University; and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 15 Nov. 1899, and
promoted Lieut. 11 March, 1900, Capt. 8 Jan. 1908, and Brevet Major 22
June, 1914. He served in the South African War, 1899–1902; took part
in the operations in Cape Colony, south of Orange River, 1899–1900,
including actions at Colesberg (1–29 Jan.); the advance on, and relief
of, Kimberley; in the operations in the Orange Free State, including
operations at Paardeberg (17–26 Feb.); actions at Poplar Grove,
Dreifontein, where he was dangerously wounded; Vet River (5–6 May)
and Zand River; operations in the Transvaal in May and June, 1900,
including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Diamond Hill (11
and 12 June); operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, including
actions at Frederickstad (17–25 Oct.); operations in the Transvaal
and Cape Colony, 30 Nov. 1900, 31 May, 1902; during which actions he
was with the Mounted Infantry, and received the Queen’s medal with
six clasps and the King’s medal with two clasps. He then served with
his regt. in India, Burma and Baluchistan for about eight years. On
his return to England he did duty at Warley with the 3rd Essex Regt.
(the old Essex Rifles Militia), where he gave great attention to
flying, and was attd. to the Air Battn. R.E., 10 April-12 May, 1912,
at Farnborough, and later was appointed to command the 4th Aeroplane
Squadron at Durrington on Salisbury Plain. He went to the Front about
13 Aug. 1914; carried out air work at Mons, the Marne, the Aisne and
Ypres, and was killed at Dunkirk, 20 Jan. 1915, by the falling of his
aeroplane, after his return from a raid on Ostend on the night of
the 19th; _unm._ Buried in Dunkirk Cemetery. While on Salisbury
Plain Major Raleigh flew from there, in two stages, to France, and
many of his flights were exceptional both for speed and altitude. He
was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 8 Oct.
[London Gazette, 19 Oct.], 1914, and again after his death in that of
31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915.
[Illustration: =George Hebden Raleigh.=]
=RALPH, CHARLES WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7430),
S.S. 102654, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=RALPH, FREDERICK GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4812),
296311, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=RAMBERG, KARL ANDRES=, A.B., J. 14096, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost
when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=RAMSAY, ALEXANDER=, Lieut., 5th Battn. Royal Fusiliers, attd. 1st
Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt., elder _s._ of the Rev. Alexander
Ramsay, B.D., Minister of the Highgate Presbyterian Church, London, N.,
by his wife, Ella Euphemia Barbara, dau. of the Rev. William Clark, of
Barshead; _b._ Coatbridge, co. Lanark, 9 Aug. 1887; educ. City
of London School, and Caius College, Cambridge, and on leaving there
entered the Board of Education as a Junior Examiner; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. in the Reserve of Officers, 10 June, 1912, promoted Lieut. 25
March, 1915; was attd. to the 5th Royal Fusiliers on the outbreak of
war in Aug. 1914; went to France with the 1st Warwickshires, 21 Oct.;
served in the trenches at Houplines, St. Yvon and Messines, and died
a prisoner of war in a German Field Hospital, at Roulers, 28 April
following, from wounds received in action at St. Julien, on the 25th,
during the Second Battle of Ypres. Buried at Roulers. His Col. wrote:
“He died gallantly leading his men against the German trenches on 25
April. He had done many gallant deeds since he has been with us, and we
have all learnt his value as a man and as an officer”; and his Capt.,
who was wounded in the same engagement: “I had the luck to have him as
one of my subalterns, and got to know him intimately since 1 Feb. I
liked him immensely, and so did everyone else in the Battn. There was
no one who looked after his men or got to know them like he did. I did
not see him killed, but I feel sure he died a gallant death, leading
his men in the attack in which we all suffered so.” A fellow officer,
now (1916) on Headquarters Staff, also wrote: “Ramsay came to me when
he first joined the Royal Warwicks, my regt., and I have no words to
express the admiration I have always felt for him. He has been splendid
out here, and I know all my men loved him, and we are all feeling his
death as a personal loss. When I left my regt. and came to the Brigade
Staff he asked me to write to you if anything happened, and that is how
I know your address. He was thought highly of by everyone, and I know
that his name has already gone forward in the honours list made up by
the General some weeks ago.” While at Cambridge he took a double first
(classics and history), was President of the Union, and obtained the
Winchester Reading Prize.
[Illustration: =Alexander Ramsay.=]
=RAMSAY, LEWIS NEIL GRIFFITT=, M.A., B.Sc., 2nd Lieut., 3rd
(Special Reserve), attd. 2nd Battn. Gordon Highlanders, 2nd _s._
of Sir William Mitchell Ramsay, of 41, Braid Avenue, Edinburgh,
formerly Professor of Humanity in Aberdeen University, Professor of
Classical Archæology in Oxford, Victoria Gold Medallist of the Royal
Geographical Society, Medallist of the Royal Scottish Geographical
Society, and one of the original Fellows of the British Academy,
by his wife, Agnes Dick, 2nd dau. of the Rev. William Marshall, of
Kirkintilloch; _b._ Aberdeen, 3 Feb. 1890; educ. Merchiston Castle
School, Edinburgh; Aberdeen University; Christ’s College, Cambridge,
and the Imperial College of Science. He graduated M.A. at Aberdeen
in 1910 and B.Sc. in 1913, with special distinction in Botany, and
was about to submit a piece of research work for his Cambridge B.A.
During 1914 he acted as Assistant to the Professor of Natural History
at Aberdeen, and shortly before the outbreak of war he had been made a
Beit Memorial Fellow and had begun work at the Imperial College. He had
been a keen Volunteer and Territorial, and applied for a commission on
11 Aug. 1914; rejoined his old unit, the 4th Battn. Gordon Highlanders
(T.F.), as a Private early in Sept. 1914, and was at once promoted to
his former rank of Colour-Sergt. In reward for his services in drilling
he was (18 Nov.) given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 3rd (Special
Reserve) Battn., and early in Dec. was sent to France to the 2nd
Battn., then at the Front. He was killed in action on Sunday, 21 March,
1915. His Battn. had taken part in, and suffered loss at, the Battle of
Neuve Chapelle, and were engaged in consolidating the position after
the battle when he was shot by a sniper. He became engaged a few weeks
before war began to V. Grace, dau. of the late Major Ferguson, I.M.S.,
and of Mrs. Ferguson, Aberdeen, and granddau. of Colonel Hunter, C.B.,
C.S.I. His orderly wrote: “On 21 March, about noon, I placed out in
the sun a chair for him to write a letter while I was making his
lunch, and about ten minutes after a man of our company was struck on
the head at a low part of our trench, so Mr. Ramsay jumped up at once
and went and dressed him. That was what caused his death. He knew it
was a very dangerous part, but that was always his first thought, the
safety of his men. So Mr. Ramsay gathered together all sandbags which
were lying about, and started to put them up. It was while doing that
that he was struck by a sniper. As soon as he fell I was beside him,
for he was only working at about a few yards from me at the time. I
got out his field dressing and bandaged him up the best I could, then
I sent for the Doctor, who arrived a few minutes after; but he was
beyond all aid. We made him as comfortable as possible until the end.
He was unconscious the whole five hours and passed away peacefully.
It was a great blow to his platoon for they thought the world of him,
and myself I knew had lost a great friend and good master. He was
taken away at night by the stretcher-bearers and buried in Estaires
with full military honours, and laid to rest beside our dear old Col.”
[Grave No. 524.] He had been a devoted student of field Zoology, and
especially ornithology, from his earliest childhood, and had amassed
a great amount of data regarding the ornis of Aberdeenshire. On the
more technical side may be mentioned his notes on the moult of the
herring-gull and on the collections made by the Scottish National
Antarctic Expedition. He himself had travelled considerably, and
had made valuable collections not only of birds but also of mammals,
insects, and botanical specimens in various places, notably in Asia
Minor in the summer of 1907. In addition to his work on birds, Mr.
Ramsay left unfinished a “Revision of the Nereidac,” a piece of work
which was expected by competent judges who knew its substance to become
a classical paper on that group of marine worms. Latterly he had turned
to entomology with a view to studying it from the economic side. A
list of his published work appears in “British Birds,” IX, 1, 1915, p.
17 f., prepared by his friend, Lieut. A. L. Thomson, A. and S.H. He
played the Highland pipes well, and was a member of the Aberdeen Pipers
Society. He represented Aberdeen University for several years in long
distance running and in swimming.
[Illustration: =Lewis Neil G. Ramsay.=]
=RAMSDEN, ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6557), 186587, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RANCE, WILLIAM JOHN=, Petty Officer, 201566, H.M.S. Cressy; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RANCOMBE, MARCUS ERNEST WILLIAM=, Private, No. 1593, 1/3rd Battn.
Monmouthshire Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of William John Rancombe, of
15, Cwm Cottages, Abertillery, co. Monmouth, by his wife, Elizabeth,
dau. of Amos Buckle, of Waddesdon, Bucks; _b._ Abertillery, 14
April, 1895; educ. there; joined the 3rd Monmouthshire’s Territorial
Regt., 25 June, 1913, and prior to the outbreak of the war was engaged
at the Six Bells Colliery. He volunteered for foreign service; went
to the Front, 16 Feb. 1915; was badly wounded in action near Messines
Ridge, 16 March, 1915, and died at Bailleul, on Easter Monday, 5 April
following; _unm._ He was buried in Bailleul Cemetery. His Company
Officer wrote that he was one of his most reliable and useful men, a
thorough good shot, signaller and despatch rider, one who could ill be
spared.
[Illustration: =Marcus E. W. Rancombe.=]
=RANDALL, GEORGE EDWARD=, Private, No. 2093, 14th Battn. (London
Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of Charles William
Randall, of Barton Bendish, Alderton Hill, Loughton, co. Essex,
Merchant, by his wife, Emma, dau. of Edward Witton, of South Lopham,
co. Norfolk; _b._ Norwich, 29 Feb. 1892; educ. Sidcup College;
was engaged in his father’s business as Managing Director of Hamburg
(German) branch and Director of C. W. Randall & Co., Ltd., London;
joined the London Scottish, 15 June, 1914; volunteered for foreign
service on the outbreak of war in Aug., went to France 15 Sept. with
the first batch of Territorials to leave for the Front, and was killed
in action at Messines, 1 Nov. following, during the famous charge of
the London Scottish; _unm._ Buried there. A window was erected to
his memory in Woodford Parish Church.
[Illustration: =George Edward Randall.=]
=RANDALL, WILLIAM ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 6831, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=RANDELL, CHARLES WESTLEY=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 196243,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=RANDLE, DONALD=, Rifleman, No. 2916, 21st Battn. (1st Surry
Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of the late George
Beavis Randle, W.G., Manufacturers’ Agent, by his wife, Sarah
(Shandwick, Hazelwood Lane, Palmer’s Green, N.), dau. of the late John
Mitchell, of Dorking, Norfolk; _b._ Wood Green, 13 March, 1894;
educ. there; was a Clerk with Messrs. Kirwan & Co., Hatton Garden;
volunteered after the outbreak of war, and joined the Surrey Rifles in
Sept. 1914; went to France, 15 March, 1915, and was killed in action
at Givenchy, 25 May following; _unm._ Four of his brothers are on
active service; the eldest an officer in A.S.C., another in R.F.C., and
two in Royal Bucks Hussars.
=RANGECROFT, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Acting Chief Stoker, 283745, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=RANDS, WILLIAM FREDERICK=, Rifleman, No. 3057, 1/16th Battn.
(Queen’s Westminster Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of
William Rands, of 108, Florence Road, Wimbledon; _b._ Battersea,
12 Feb. 1892; educ. Queen’s Road School, Wimbledon, and on leaving
there in 1906 entered the shipping firm of Messrs. McEwan & Co., of
97, Cannon Street, E.C., in whose employ he was when war broke out in
Aug. 1914; volunteered and joined the Queen’s Westminsters, 4 Sept.
1914; went to France with the first draft; was wounded in action at
Armentières 3 May following, and died two days later in No. 8 Casualty
Clearing Station; _unm._ Buried in the Bailleul Annex (Grave No.
816).
=RANKEN, HARRY SHERWOOD, V.C.=, Capt., Royal Army Medical Corps,
elder _s._ of the Rev. Henry Ranken, B.D., Minister of Irvine,
by his wife, Helen, dau. of Mathew Morton; _b._ Glasgow, 3 Sept.
1883; educ. Irvine Royal Academy and Glasgow University, where he
graduated M.B., Ch.B. “with commendation” in 1905, and became M.R.C.P.,
London, 1910; was for some time House Physician and House Surgeon,
Western Infirmary, Glasgow, and Assistant Medical Officer, Brook Fever
Hospital, Metropolitan Asylums Board; gazetted Lieut., R.A.M.C., 30
Jan. 1909, and promoted Capt. 30 July, 1912; transferred to Egyptian
Army, Aug. 1911; Member of the Sudan Government Sleeping Sickness
Commission, and in charge of the Sleeping Sickness Camp at Yei, Western
Mongalla, 1911–14; came home on leave, July, 1914, and volunteered for
war service, and was restored to British establishment, Aug. 1914;
went to the Front, 12 Aug. 1914, attd. to the 1st King’s Royal Rifle
Corps; created a Knight of the Legion of Honour by the President of
the French Republic “for gallant conduct from 21 to 28 Aug. 1914,”
and decorated with the Victoria Cross [London Gazette, 16 Nov. 1914]
“for tending wounded in the trenches under rifle and shrapnel fire
at Hautevesnes on 19 Sept. and on 20 Sept., continuing to attend to
wounded after his thigh and leg had been shattered”; died of his wounds
at Braisne, 25 Sept. 1914; _unm._ The Times History of the War,
Pt. 41, p. 44, says: “It is a safe statement that no man ever won
the Victoria Cross more nobly than did Capt. Harry Sherwood Ranken,
R.A.M.C. Capt. Ranken was severely wounded in the leg whilst attending
to his duties on the battlefield. He arrested the bleeding from this,
and bound it up, and then continued to dress the wounds of his men,
sacrificing his chances of salvation to their needs. When finally he
permitted himself to be carried to the rear, his case had become almost
desperate. He died within a short period.” Col. Northey, commanding 1st
Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, wrote to his parents of his personal
loss and the loss the whole Battn. has sustained. Several other of his
brother officers wrote in the same strain. The P.M.O. of the Egyptian
Army regarded his death as a great loss to science. Sir William
Leishman deplored the loss of a friend, and wrote of him as a man who
thought nothing of doing three men’s work. In collaboration with Dr.
H. E. Plimmer and Capt. Fry he prepared a series of “Reports on the
Experimental Treatment of Trypanosomiasis.”
[Illustration: =Harry S. Ranken.=]
=RANKEN, JOHN=, Corpl., No. 1839, A Coy., 1/4th Battn. The Royal
Scots (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of William Ranken, of 11, Spence Street,
Edinburgh, Glass Manufacturer, surviving partner of John Ford & Co.,
of Edinburgh, by his wife, Pauline Catherine, elder dau. of the late
William Ford, of Ferreyside, Liberton, Midlothian; _b._ Edinburgh,
13 March, 1881; educ. George Watson’s College there (1886–98); was
apprenticed to Messrs. Belfrage & Carfrae, C.E., Edinburgh, later
seeking further professional experience in the west of Scotland and
in the north of England, and eventually became Director and Joint
Manager of the firm of Firth, Dunlop, and Ranken, Leeds, one of the
largest steel stock firms in the north of England. He joined the
Queen’s Edinburgh Rifle Volunteer Brigade, Royal Scots, on 16 Nov.
1899; served with them till 6 Jan. 1904, and on the outbreak of war,
rejoined his coy. on 5 Aug. 1914; went to the Dardanelles 13 June, and
on 28 June brilliantly led a bombing party in a successful attack on
the Turkish trenches, and for his conduct was mentioned in Gen. Ian
Hamilton’s Despatch [London Gazette, 5 Nov. 1915]; wounded in this
attack he might, with honour, have sought hospital shelter, but he hung
on and subsequently died before reaching the Hospital Ship, 29 June,
1915; _unm._ The following passage occurs in “The Story of the
Royal Scots” (p. 243), “Bomb-throwing played an important part in the
action, and is shown by the account of Private Herbert T. Grant, of B
Coy.: ‘I noticed a communication trench at right angles to the one we
held, and a little further down choked with Turks, so I grabbed the bag
of bombs again and went down to the place. Fortunately Corpl. Ranken
(Grenade Corpl.) was there, and we threw them at the Turks as fast as
I could light them. There was an explosion which sent me flying. I
managed to crawl up the trench a bit, and a fellow bandaged me up.’”
Buried in Gulley Beach Cemetery. As a school boy he was a keen cyclist;
captained his school club, and carried off its chief awards at the
sports, under the auspices of that club, held at Powderhall in 1898.
He was a well-known International runner in Scottish cross-country
championships; captained the first Scottish cross-country International
team, and represented his country on five or six different occasions;
twice won the Scottish cross-country championship, and several times
ran for Scotland in the International athletic championship against
Ireland in the one mile and four miles events.
[Illustration: =John Ranken.=]
=RANKIN, JAMES=, Officer’s Steward, 1st Class, L. 4351 (Dev.),
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=RANKING, JAMES GABRIEL LANCASTER=, Capt., Assistant Political
Resident in the Persian Gulf, Indian Political Department, late Indian
Army, elder surviving _s._ of Lieut.-Col. George Speirs Alexander
Ranking, late I.M.S. now R.A.M.C., (T.F.), Administrator, 3rd Southern
General Hospital, Oxford, by his wife, Elizabeth Maunsell, yr. dau.
of the late John Duncan, Assistant Inspector General, Royal Irish
Constabulary, Commandant of the R.I.C. Depôt, Phoenix Park, Dublin;
_b._ Tunbridge Wells, 14 Oct. 1883; educ. Tunbridge and Aldenham
Schools, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut.
(unattd.) Indian Army, 21 Jan. 1903; served his first year with the
2nd East Lancashire Regt.; posted to 46th Punjabis, 23 April, 1904;
and promoted Lieut. 21 April, 1905, and Capt. 21 Jan. 1912; selected
as probationer, Indian Political Department, 17 Dec. 1908; confirmed
as Political Assistant, 5 Oct. 1911; appointed H.M. Consul at Ahwaz,
and Assistant to Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, 26 April,
1914; killed in action there, near Bushire, 12 July, 1915; _unm._
On that day, information having been received at the Residency that
a concerted attack was to be made on the Residency that night, a
reconnoitring party of 26 Sepoys and 6 Sowars, under the command of
Major Oliphant, 96th Infantry, and Capt. Ranking, set out to verify
the report. The cavalry party under Capt. Ranking came suddenly upon a
strong body of the enemy (Tangistanis) in a garden, who opened fire at
close range. The horse ridden by one of the Sowars was brought down.
Capt. Ranking pulled up and dismounted to extricate the Sowar who lay
pinned beneath his fallen horse. This he did, but it cost him his life,
as he was shot down and killed. Major Oliphant coming to his rescue was
also shot dead. The bodies of the two officers were recovered on the
following day and brought into Bushire, and buried in the Telegraph
Cemetery at Sabzabad. The Foreign Secretary to the Government of India
wrote to Lieut.-Col. Ranking: “His Excellency desires me to say that
the Political Department of which he is the Head, have lost in your
son a most keen and promising officer, and one who had already done
much good work for the Empire in remote and isolated parts of Persia,”
and Major Trevor, Resident, Persian Gulf: “Your son and I went through
some stormy times together in Arabistan at the beginning of the year,
and then we both came here, and found things getting very lively. In
the circumstances. I got to know your son very well and felt his loss
a very great deal myself. I found him a most excellent assistant, and
think that in addition to your having lost a dear son, his friends have
lost a good friend and gallant gentleman. The Government has lost a
very valuable officer.”
[Illustration: =James G. L. Ranking.=]
=RANSOM, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Officers’ Steward, 1st Class, L. 2595,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=RATCLIFFE, GIBSON=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 4848),
300320, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RATE, RICHARD AUSTIN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7516),
S.S. 102766, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=RATTENBURY THOMAS ERNEST=, Corpl., No. 1413, 18th Battn. (London
Irish Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Thomas
Charles Rattenbury, by his wife, Annie (4, Besborough Place, London,
S.W.), dau. of Henry Abrams; _b._ Westminster, S.W., 13 Sept.
1893; educ. St. Matthews School, Westminster; was engaged as a Clerk
with Pathé Frères; joined the London Irish Rifles in 1913; volunteered
for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; trained at St.
Alban’s; went to France in March, 1915, and was killed in action during
the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. following, while gallantly advancing with
his platoon to the attack on the German trenches; _unm._
[Illustration: =Thomas E. Rattenbury.=]
=RAVEN, JOHN ROBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3923), 184171, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=RAWLINGS, CECIL GEORGE SANDBROOK=, L.-Corpl., No. 1784, 12th
Battn. (The Rangers), The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of
George Rawlings, of Rosemont, Salisbury, by his wife, Ida, eldest
dau. of William Sandbrook, of The Mount, Market Drayton, co. Salop;
_b._ Salisbury, co. Wilts, 11 June, 1894; educ. Salisbury School
and Denstone College, where he was a member of the O.T.C.; was employed
with Messrs. Story & Co., at Kensington, and later with Messrs. Waring
& Gillow; joined the Rangers, Oct. 1913; volunteered for foreign
service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France on the
following Christmas Eve, and was killed in action near Ypres, 15 Feb.
1915; _unm._ Capt. Arbuthnot in sending the news to his parents,
wrote: “Just as it was getting light on the morning of the 15th, two
platoons under Major V. Hoare were sent out to obtain information for
the Brigade Gen., and to act as supports to some troops in front. It
was not an easy task to move across the open in daylight, but Major
Hoare’s leading was skilful, and he found the way into the shelter of a
trench. When he had got about three-quarters of the men in the trench a
shell burst right in the trench, and I most deeply regret to say killed
Major Hoare and three men, one of those killed I grieve to say was your
son. He was killed in action doing his duty. When darkness came on in
the evening we buried him about 30 yards behind the trench. A Capt. of
the King’s Royal Rifles read the burial service, abbreviated, by the
light of an electric torch, while we stood round in a half-circle to
prevent the Germans seeing the light and firing on us. I can assure you
that your son’s death is a real loss to the company; he always did his
work so calmly and efficiently, and at the same time he was a great
favourite with the whole platoon.”
[Illustration: =Cecil George S. Rawlings.=]
=RAWLINGS, FRANK HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3848), 190362, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=RAWLINGS, JOSEPH EASTOE=, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8926), S.S.
105702, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RAWLINS, CLIFFORD ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9107, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RAWLINSON, CURWEN VAUGHAN=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st,
Battn. Dorsetshire Regt., only _s._ of the late Charles William
Rawlinson, of Court House, Winchfleld, a Master of the Supreme Court,
by his wife, Amy Vaughan (Shapley Heath, Winchfield, Hants), dau. of
the late Alfred Fowler, of Down Hall, Kent; _b._ Kensington, 19
Aug. 1890; educ. Rugby; was reading Law with Messrs. Buck, Mellor and
Norris, of 45, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, but after the outbreak of war
joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. in Nov., and obtained a commission, 16
Dec. 1914. He was killed in Flanders in the front trenches at Hill 60,
21–22 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Curwen V. Rawlinson.=]
=RAWORTH, WILLIAM ALFRED=, Private, No. 2414, 13th Battn.
(Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of
William Raworth, R.N. (now serving in a monitor off the Belgian Coast),
by his wife, Marion Helen (21, Pear Tree Cottages, James Street,
Hounslow), dau. of the late Alfred French; _b._ Notting Hill,
London, 17 Nov. 1894; educ. Spring Grove Council School, Isleworth;
after the outbreak of war enlisted in the Kensingtons, 1 Sept. 1914,
served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, including
the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, and was shot by a sniper while leaving a
dug-out for the trenches, 10 April, 1915; _unm._ He was buried in
the churchyard at Fleurbaix.
[Illustration: =William Alfred Raworth.=]
=RAY, GEORGE=, Sergt., R.M.A. (R.F.R., A. 0761), H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RAY, JAMES HENRY=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 22054, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=RAYNER, CHARLES ALFRED=, A.B., (R.F.R., B. 6901), S.S. 1083,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=RAYNER, FRANK=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26354 (Dev.), H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=RAYNER, WILLIAM THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5071), 179317,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RAYNES, ALBERT BRAINERD=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Royal Sussex
Regt., attd. 2nd Battn. Royal Berkshire Regt., eldest _s._ of
Albert Edward Raynes, of 201, Denman Street, Nottingham, by his wife,
Alice Mary, dau. of the late Anthony Terzza, of Nottingham; _b._
New York City, U.S.A., 21 Nov. 1894; educ. High Pavement School,
Nottingham, and Nottingham University College, where he was in the
O.T.C., and on the outbreak of war was given a commission in the 3rd
Royal Sussex Regt., 15 Aug. 1914; went to France, 5 Nov. 1914, attd.
to the 2nd Royal Berkshires, and was killed in action during the
bombardment preceding the attack at Neuve Chapelle, 10 March, 1915;
_unm._ He was struck by a shell towards the end of the bombardment
and wounded, and shortly afterwards was killed instantly by another
shell. A brother officer wrote: “I very much enjoyed his company during
the time we were together.... He died like a British officer and a
gentleman.” He was very fond of music and a good amateur photographer.
[Illustration: =Albert Brainerd Raynes.=]
=RAYNOR, HERBERT=, Private, No. 2805, 1st Battn. The Loyal North
Lancashire Regt., _s._ of John Raynor, by his wife, Eliza (now
wife of William Cardwell, of 13, Cowel Street), dau. of George Fish;
_b._ Blackburn, 9 Dec. 1894; educ. St. Paul’s School there;
enlisted 9 Aug. 1914; went to France, Dec. 1914, and was killed in
action at Ypres, 9 May, 1915; _unm._
=READ, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1618U, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=READ, WILLIAM=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 312525, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=READER, HENRY FRANK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6719), 186352, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=READING, WILLIAM ERNEST=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B.
1389), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=REARDON, GEORGE HERBERT=, A.B., 236287, H.M.S. Arethusa; killed
in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=REARDON, SAMUEL MICHAEL=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 156685, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=REASON, PATRICK EDWARD=, 2nd Writer, 345759, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=REDDOCK, SAMUEL ALLAN=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. (Toronto Regt.)
Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of ---- Reddock; _b._
Toronto, Canada, 5 April, 1885; educ. Dutferin School, and the Central
Business College, Toronto; joined the 2nd Queen’s Own Rifles of
Canada as a Private in 1906, and became successively Corpl., Sergt.,
Colour-Sergt.; volunteered for Imperial Service after the outbreak of
war; came over with the first contingent, Oct. 1914; went to France,
Feb. 1915; was promoted Lieut., 12 May, 1915, after the battle of St.
Julien, and died in No. 7 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 26 May, 1915,
of wounds received in action at Festubert; _unm._ Buried Eastern
Cemetery, Boulogne.
[Illustration: =Samuel A. Reddock.=]
=REDHEAD, THOMAS=, Stoker, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off
Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=REDMAYNE, JAMES=, Sergt., No. 2017, 7th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of William Redmayne, of 7, Cecil Street,
Barnoldswick, co. York, Farmer, by his wife, Isabella Jane, dau. of
Thomas Parker; _b._ Kirkby Malham, near Bell Busk, co. York, 2
June, 1879; educ. Wigglesworth, near Settle, co. York; was employed
with Messrs. Bateman, Wholesale Provision Merchants, of Colne, co.
Lancaster, for several years, but went to Australia in Jan. 1908;
settled at Kyogle, and worked at a Sawmill for Messrs. Munro & Lever;
volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of the European War in
Aug. 1914, and joined the Australian Imperial Force in Jan. 1915; left
for Egypt in April; went to the Dardanelles in the beginning of June,
and died on Hospital Ship Gascon, 11 July following, of wounds received
in action there; _unm._
[Illustration: =James Redmayne.=]
=REDMOND, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8209), S.S.
104015, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=REDPATH, JAMES THOMAS=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. King’s Own
Scottish Borderers, eldest _s._ of the late James Alexander
Redpath, Northumberland Constabulary, by his wife, Hannah (now wife
of Police Supt. Robert Henry Taylor, of Hexham), adopted dau. of
Thomas and Hannah Mattison, of South Lodge, Blagdon, Northumberland;
_b._ Haddon-on-the-Wall, co. Northumberland, 15 July, 1887; educ.
Morpeth; enlisted in Feb. 1903; promoted Sergt. in 1906, and was given
a commission, 11 Feb. 1915, in his own Battn.; served in Egypt and
India, and with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force; took part in
the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, and was killed in action at
Y. Beach the following day. A commanding officer wrote: “His was a
promising young life cut down. He had the brains and ability to rise
to anything he wished”; and a comrade: “He was one of the best and
died like a soldier. Twice he was wounded, had his wounds dressed and
returned to the firing line between the time of landing on Y. Beach, on
25 April and 26 April, when he was killed gallantly leading his men. He
behaved most coolly and well all through.” He was for two years running
the Battn. shot, and held certificates for efficiency; took a keen
interest in shooting, and hunting big game. He _m._ at Rothbury.
19 Oct. 1906, Agnes McMillan (16, Comely Bank, Edinburgh), dau. of
William Macdonald, of Edinburgh, and had two children: Alexander
William, _b._ 4 Sept 1909; and Rosalind Constance, _b._ 27
Feb. 1915.
[Illustration: =James Thomas Redpath.=]
=REED, ERNEST WILLIAM=, Chief Stoker, 295282, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=REED, JAMES McGREGOR=, A.B., 233483, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=REED, JOHN ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5263), S.S. 1916, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=REED, JOSEPH JOHN=, Private, No. 10903, No. 3 Coy., 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards, only _s._ of Joseph Reed, of 30, Cleaveland
Street, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, Brass Dresser, by his wife,
Comfort Thurza, dau. of John Miles, of Deepfields; _b._
Wolverhampton, co. Stafford, 28 Oct. 1893; educ. St. Mark’s Chapel Ash,
Wolverhampton; was a Grocer’s Assistant at Burges & Coulbourn’s, Team;
enlisted on the outbreak of war, 8 Aug. 1914; went to France on 26 Nov.
1914, and died in No. 4 Clearing Hospital, 26 Dec. following, of wounds
received in action at Givenchy, on the 21st; _unm._ Buried in
cemetery at Lillers.
=REED, OLIVER=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3790), S.S. 1028, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=REED, REGINALD JOSEPH=, Leading Seaman, 234667, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=REED, WILLIAM ELLIS=, Private, No. 8571, 1st Battn. The Bedford
Regt., eldest _s._ of William Reed, of The Mount, Royston, co.
Herts, formerly of Whaddon, by his wife, Alice, dau. of Ellis (and
Jane) Smith, of Whaddon; _b._ Whaddon, co. Cambridge, 9 Oct.
1887; educ. National School there; enlisted 3 July, 1906; served five
years in Gibraltar, Africa and Bermuda, and passed into the Reserve,
13 March, 1913; was called up on mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914; landed
in France on the 13th of that month; took part in the retreat at La
Bassée, and round Ypres, also in various other engagements during the
winter of 1914–15, and was killed in action near Ypres, 30 March, 1915;
_unm._
[Illustration: =William Ellis Reed.=]
=REEVES, GEOFFREY FREDERICK JOHN=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd, attd. 2nd
Battn. The Hampshire Regt., only _s._ of Edward John Reeves, of
The Cottage, Chandler’s Ford, co. Hants, Civil Engineer, by his wife,
Erica Mary, dau. of the Rev. F. Young, of South Sheen; _b._ St.
Leonards-on-Sea, 12 Oct. 1894; educ. Victoria College, Jersey, and
Jesus College, Oxford (Scholar); gazetted 2nd Lieut., 3rd Hampshires,
15 Aug. 1914; joined his regt. on the 31st, and was attd. to the 2nd
Battn.; landed at the Dardanelles, 26 May, 1915, and was killed in
action there, 6 June following; _unm._ Buried near Krithia. An
officer of the 12th Royal Warwickshire Regt. wrote: “The Hampshires
were fine and stuck to the trench. The position of the trench in which
your son was, was in low ground so that he could not see the enemy
advancing on the left; so kneeling on the parados he was directing
their fire with good effect; I was passing just underneath him when
he fell with a bullet through the head, death being absolutely
instantaneous and just as he was in the middle of an order. It was due
to officers like your son that the regt. stood firm in a very critical
situation, and we also had a hand in recapturing the lost trenches.”
During his last year at Victoria College he was head prefect, won the
King’s Gold Medal for classics, was Colour-Sergt. of the Corps, Capt.
of the shooting eight, and shot for the Oxford University during the
summer term of 1914.
=REGAN, EDWARD=, Petty Officer, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2224),
157652, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=REID, FRANCIS JACKSON=, Private, No. 19765, 10th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, yst. _s._ of Surgeon-Gen. Sir Adam Scott
Reid, of 10, Zetland House, Chenistan Gardens, Kensington, W., K.C.B.
M.B., M.Ch., I.M.S. (ret.), late P.M.O. Punjab Command, by his wife,
Sidney Vaughan, dau. of Sidney Vaughan Jackson, of Ballino, co. Mayo;
_b._ Hounslow, 11 Nov. 1881; educ. Bedford Grammar School; went to
Canada about 1906; and was employed on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in
Ontario and Winnipeg; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak
of the European War in Aug. 1914, and joined the 10th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force; came over with the first contingent, went to
France in Feb. 1915, and was killed in action near Ypres, on the night
of 24–25 April following, while attempting (with some of the survivors
of his Battn., which, with the Canadian Scottish, had charged through
a wood during the night), to dig himself in; _unm._ Buried there.
A comrade wrote telling of his death, and added how much he had been
liked by the officers and men of his Battn.
[Illustration: =Francis Jackson Reid.=]
=REID, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5348), 184847, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=REID, GEORGE WHITELEY=, Capt. and Adjutant, 2nd Battn. Hampshire
Regt., elder _s._ of the late George Reid, of Oporto, Portugal,
by his wife, Alice Georgina (Oporto), dau. of the late Rev. Edward
Whiteley, M.A.; _b._ Campo Alegre, Oporto, 20 Sept. 1879; educ.
Charterhouse, and Oriel College, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the
2nd Battn. Hampshire Regt., 4 Dec. 1901, and promoted Lieut., Sept.
1904, and Capt., 17 July, 1909, and appointed Adjutant, 21 March, 1912;
served in the South African War (Queen’s medal with four clasps) 1902,
and with the 88th Brigade, 29th Division, at the Dardanelles, 1915;
landed at V Beach from the River Clyde on the night of 25 April, and
took part in the subsequent capture of Sedd-el-Bahr village and Hill
141, and was killed in action during the advance on Krithia on the
night of 1 May, 1915; _unm._
=REID, JAMES=, L.-Corpl., No. 652, 1/8th Battn. The Royal Scots
(T.F.), eldest _s._ of John Reid, of Forth View, Preston,
Prestonpans (who served with the Cameron Highlanders in the Nile
Expedition, 1884–5; operations in Upper Nile, 1885–6, and in the South
African War, 1900–1), by his wife, Margaret, dau. of John Sutherland;
_b._ Tranent, East Lothian, 16 July, 1894; educ. Tranent Public
School; was employed as an Engineer with the Edinburgh Collieries
at Bankton Colliery; joined the Royal Scots (T.F.) in March, 1911;
volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war, in Aug. 1914;
trained at Haddington; went to France, 2 Nov. following, and was killed
in action at Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried there,
about 400 yards S.W. of Picantin. His Capt. wrote: “I many a time
admired your son’s coolness and courage, and had always the utmost
confidence in him. He was very keen on his duty, and let nothing come
between himself and it; in fact, I can sum him up no better than by
saying ‘he was a true soldier.’ He was a favourite with his comrades,
and admired and much esteemed by myself and other officers of the
Prestonpans Company.”
[Illustration: =James Reid.=]
=REID, ROBERT LOGAN=, 2nd Lieut., Royal Engineers, 2nd _s._
of Robert Logan Reid, of 3, Newark Drive, Pollokshields, Glasgow,
Teacher of Music, by his wife, Agnes Hood, dau. of James Pattison;
_b._ Pollokshields, aforesaid, 21 Jan. 1890; educ. High School
there, and Glasgow Royal Technical College; served his apprenticeship
with Messrs. Underhill & Ritchie, Electrical Engineers, and was for
some time their travelling representative, subsequently being in the
employ of Messrs. Allan Arthur & Ure, as manager of their North Berwick
Depôt; joined the Glasgow Territorials in Jan. 1908; served with them
four years and after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, obtained a
commission in the 35th Signal Coy., Royal Engineers, 14 Oct. following;
went to the Dardanelles, 3 June, 1915, unattd., and was there connected
chiefly with the 29th Division, and was killed in action 8 Aug. 1915;
_unm._ Three of his brothers are now (1916) on active service.
=REID, WILLIAM BRAMICH=, A.B., J. 1591, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=REID, WILLIAM LEONARD=, Capt., 2nd Battn. The Dorsetshire
Regt., 2nd _s._ of the Rev. John Reid, M.A., Minister of Foulden
Parish, co. Berwick, by his wife, Martha Craig, dau. of John G.
Gilchrist, of San Francisco; _b._ Foulden, 28 May, 1889; educ.
St. Mary’s School, Melrose; Celle, Hanover, and the Royal Military
College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Dorsetshire Regt., 6 Nov.
1909, promoted Lieut. 4 Jan. 1912, and Capt. 23 Jan. 1915; joined his
regt. in Madras, India, 5 Jan. 1910; qualified for, and obtained, an
interpretership in German while home on furlough in 1912; appointed
Station Staff Officer, and Cantonment magistrate at Deolali, Bombay,
on his return to India, but resigned this position on the outbreak of
war in Aug. 1914, and, rejoining his regt., went to the Persian Gulf
with the Indian Expeditionary Force; took part in the fighting at the
Shat-el-Arab, and the capture of Basra, subsequently being appointed
German Interpreter to the Force, in which capacity he proved himself
of the greatest use to the Expedition. During March, 1915, when a
large body of Turks were concentrating round Basra, at his own request
and that of his Col., he was permitted to leave the Indian Government
Office, where he had been engaged, and return to his regt. The Turks
were attacked and completely routed at Shaiba, but it was during this
attack that he was wounded, 14 April, 1915, and he died the following
morning; _unm._ Buried there. The Adjutant in describing his death
wrote: “Reid was about 50 yards to my right, and I saw him directing
his men very cool and collected, and about two o’clock when Cushing was
mortally hit, Reid went over and attended to him. Later I had occasion
to go over past him, and he asked me to send along more ammunition.
About 4 p.m. the long desired artillery support began, and we started
forward again. Reid was about the first to dash on with some few men.
Then I saw him come back for more. I kept seeing him at intervals in
the rushes till we were about 200 yards from the enemy, when we fixed
bayonets. After the trench was taken I asked where he was, and was told
he had been shot through the body in the last rush just before bayonets
were fixed. Fortunately the regimental doctor was close up, and seeing
he must be in considerable pain at once gave him some morphia. We put
him in a cart with another wounded officer, and he died in the Field
Hospital at Shaiba early next morning. I have been a very close friend
of Reid’s for the last three years, and he makes a great gap here,
though we cannot but be proud of the manner of his death. He was the
most fearless man I’ve known.”
[Illustration: =William L. Reid.=]
=REILLY, RALPH ALEC=, Lieut., 31st Punjabis, attd. 58th Vaughan’s
Rifles (Frontier Force), yst. _s._ of Col. Bradshaw Lewis Phillips
Reilly, of Oak Grange, Pangbourne, Indian Army, by his wife, Eleanor,
dau. of Thomas White, of Eastry, Kent; _b._ Jubbulpore, Central
Provinces, India, 7 Jan. 1889; educ. Bedford Grammar School; Cheltenham
College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut.
unattd. Indian Army, 9 Sept 1908; served his first year with the
Sherwood Foresters, being posted to the 31st Punjabis in Dec. 1909,
and promoted Lieut. 9 Dec. 1910; was appointed Quartermaster 10 Oct.
1912; served at Fort Sandeman, and received high commendation from
general officer commanding Quetta District for his services in that
appointment; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, landing at
Marseilles, 12 Oct. 1914, attd. to the 58th Vaughan’s Rifles, and was
killed in action near La Bassée, 23 Nov. following, while attempting,
with only six sepoys, to stop the attack of the 112th German Infantry
Regt. Buried in Bethune Cemetery; _unm._ Major C. E. D. Davidson
Houston, Commanding 58th Rifles, wrote: “I write on behalf of the
officers of the regt. and myself to express our very great sympathy
with you in the death of your son about noon on the 23rd inst. His loss
will be very keenly felt by us all, for I have seldom seen a young
officer so thoroughly keen and efficient and so dependable. I have had
many opportunities of seeing his work as he was in my double company
till I succeeded to the command on Col. Venour’s death, and I should
have been only too glad to have had him with us permanently. Early on
the 23rd, I heard rumours of the line away to our left being very hard
pressed, so I sent up your son to the trenches with extra ammunition,
and to bring back any reports he could from our officers of the exact
situation. He arrived there safely, but, unfortunately, the crisis
developed very rapidly, and as he was returning along the covered way
a mass of Germans swept over the regt. on our left and reached the
covered way. The last seen of your son alive was leading the half-dozen
men he had with him against an overwhelming number of Germans--as
honourable a death as is possible for a soldier”; and Major Thomson: “I
would like to say how sorry we all were to have lost your son. In the
short time he was with us we were able to see how good an officer he
was. It will be some consolation to you to know that he died in a most
plucky attempt to stop the enemy with a handful of men.”
=RENDEL, REGINALD DACRES=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Oxfordshire and
Buckinghamshire L.I., yr. _s._ of the late Leopold Joseph Rendel,
Engineer at Elswick, and English Manager of Armstrong’s Works at
Potzzuoli, Italy (died 1896), by his wife, Gertrude Maria (Arverne,
Crowborough, co. Sussex), dau. of the Rev. Frederick Fleming Beadon;
_b._ Potzzuoli aforesaid, 3 May, 1896; educ. Crowborough;
Summerfields, Oxford; Wellington College, and the Royal Military
College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Oxford and Bucks L.I., 12
Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 15 Nov. following; went to France, 25
Nov., and was killed in action at Richebourg St. Vaast, 16 May, 1915;
_unm._
=RENNIE, JOHN=, Private, No. 9891, 1st Battn. Royal Scottish
Fusiliers; accidentally drowned while on active service with the
Expeditionary Force, 18 Aug. 1914.
=RENTON, HARRY NOEL LESLIE=, Lieut., 9th (Service) Battn. King’s
Royal Rifle Corps, 2nd _s._ of James Henry Renton, of Aspley
Guise, co. Beds, formerly of Colombo, Ceylon, F.R.C.I.; _b._
Colombo, Ceylon, 18 Dec. 1894; educ. The Knoll, Woburn Sands, and
Harrow School, matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford, in April,
1913, and was to have entered into residence in Oct. 1914, but, on the
outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, obtained a commission in the King’s Royal
Rifle Corps, 23 Sept. 1914; was promoted Lieut. 13 Feb. 1915; went
to France 20 May, and was killed in action near Hooge 30 July, 1915,
during the capture of a German trench; _unm._ Buried there. Major
Hennessy, of the 9th Battn., wrote: “I think you know what affection
I had for your son, and the high esteem in which I held him. He was a
real soldier through and through, absolutely fearless, painstaking,
trustworthy, and his men loved him. He was my right hand in everything,
and however difficult the task set him I could always be absolutely
sure he would see it through all right”; and Capt. Young: “All through
the day Noel behaved with the greatest coolness, and I do not know what
we should have done without him, as there were only three of us. He
never paid the slightest attention to danger, and he was tremendously
pleased when I ordered the charge. Not only his own platoon but
the whole company were devoted to him, and would have followed him
anywhere--as they did. As you know he and I were great friends since
last Sept., and there is nothing I can say except how fond we all were
of him, and that he died as well as a man could.” At Harrow he was a
monitor of the School, head of his house; house cricket and football
captain, a member of the school cricket XI. He was a fine cricketer,
and kept wicket for the School in the Eton and Harrow match at Lord’s
in 1914.
[Illustration: =Harry Noel Leslie Renton.=]
=RENVOIZE, ALBERT JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9562), 212151 Chatham,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=REVELEY, EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11753, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=REVITT, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111883 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=REYNELL, CAREW=, Lieut.-Col., 9th Imperial Light Horse,
Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of Walter Reynell, of
Reynella, South Australia, Vineyard Proprietor, by his wife, Emily,
dau. of William Bakewell, of Shirley, Payneham, South Australia, and
gdson. of John Reynell, of co. Devon (in male descent from Sir Richard
Reynell, temp. Henry II.), who settled in South Australia in 1838,
and planted the first vineyard in that State, and great nephew of
Sir Thomas Reynell, K.C.B. (who served through the Peninsula and at
Waterloo); _b._ Reynella, near Adelaide, 16 Sept. 1883; educ.
St. Peter’s College, Adelaide, and on leaving there joined his father
in the management of the vineyard. He joined the 16th Australian
Light Horse as a Private, and after passing through the various
non-commissioned ranks was gazetted Lieut. to the 7th Light Horse. Two
years later he qualified for the rank of Capt., and was posted to the
22nd Light Horse. The same year he was promoted Major, and when the
European War broke out he immediately volunteered for Imperial service.
He went to Egypt as second in command of the 9th Light Horse, and on
the death of Lieut.-Col. Miell succeeded to the command. He was killed
in action at Anzac, 28 Aug. 1915. He had led three charges, within
the space of two hours, against the Turks, and it was on the occasion
of the fourth charge, while encouraging his men, that he fell, shot
through the heart by a bullet. General Russell, writing to General
Hughes, said: “Had I had any idea that he would have taken charge of
the assault himself I would not have let him go. Anyway, we have lost
as fine an officer as ever came from Australia. It is the luck of
war, I know, but it is very hard luck when it means losing a man like
Reynell;” and the latter, in a letter to Mrs. Reynell, wrote: “His
regiment was temporarily detached, and sent over to Gen. Cox to do some
special work. Gen. Cox is in command of the Indian Forces, and he told
off one of the 9th Regt. Squadrons to take an important trench and,
as they always do, they did their work magnificently. But it is now
evident that your fine husband was too keen--if such is possible--and
instead of leaving the work to the Capt. of the squadron, he went out
himself. Gen. Cox and none of his Staff knew of this or they would have
certainly stopped him.” General Birdwood, commanding the Australian
Expeditionary Force, also wrote to a relative: “Col. Reynell turned out
a first-class soldier. I had hoped so much from his command, for I knew
how much he would have looked after his regt., and how well they would
all have followed him. Such indeed proved to be the case during his
very brief command. I am sure you know how deeply I do sympathise with
you about this, more especially as I had seen a good deal of Reynell
since he came here, and had taken such a fancy to him, for I at once
recognised in him a really good, straight, fearless soldier. I think
that perhaps almost anyone but him would have been content with the
trenches already taken, and would not have decided to go on further
to turn the enemy out of another position, as he did, and we can
only admire his fearless courage and example in leading his men on in
spite of everything.” Col. Reynell was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s
despatch of 26 Aug. to 22 Sept. 1915 [London Gazette, 5 Nov. 1915]. He
was a fine horseman and a prominent polo player, and for three years
was Master of the Adelaide Hounds. He _m._ at Hahndorf, South
Australia, 6 May, 1910, May Mabel, dau. of Douglas John Byard, M.A.,
and had two children: Richard, _b._ 19 Jan. 1912; and Lydia,
_b._ 9 Feb. 1911.
[Illustration: =Carew Reynell.=]
=REYNOLDS, EMANUEL=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3251), 302684,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=REYNOLDS, FRANK=, E.R.A., 3rd Class, M. 1404, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=REYNOLDS, HENRY CLENDON COLLIS=, Capt., 3rd, attd. 1st, Battn.
Wiltshire Regt., only _s._ of Thomas Collis Reynolds, of 92,
Cambridge Gardens, North Kensington, W.; _b._ London, 1883; educ.
Linton House School and Bradfield College; joined the Wiltshire Regt.,
and became Capt. 19 May, 1906; served in the South African War, 1901
(Queen’s medal), later going with his Regt. to St. Helena, to guard the
Boer prisoners; went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug.
1914; took part in the retreat from Mons, and was killed in action
during the Battle of the Aisne, 20 Sept. 1914; _unm._ Buried at
Vailly. Capt. Reynolds had King George V.’s Coronation medal.
[Illustration: =Henry C. C. Reynolds.=]
=REYNOLDS, HERBERT JOSEPH=, L.-Corpl. No. 595, 5th Battn. King’s
Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Edward Lee Reynolds, of 66,
Milman Road, Walton, Liverpool, by his wife, Sarah Elizabeth, 2nd
dau. of Edward Davis, of Holywell; _b._ Tranmere, 5 July, 1890;
educ. Arnot Street Council School, Liverpool; was Manager of the
Star Engineering Works, Southport; joined the Territorials in 1908;
volunteered for active service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914;
went to France in Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 17
July following; _unm._ He was buried in an orchard farm, south of
Givenchy.
[Illustration: =Herbert Joseph Reynolds.=]
=REYNOLDS, JOSEPH=, Petty Officer, Ch. 164729, H.M.S. Cressy; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=REYNOLDS, LOUIS VICTOR=, Ordinary Telegraphist, J. 14432, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=RICARD, FRANK=, M.A., LL.B., Barrister-at-Law, Inner Temple,
2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt., eldest _s._
of Charles Ricard, of 97, Westbourne Terrace, London, W.; _b._
Amsterdam, 8 Jan. 1888; educ. Harrow, and King’s College, Cambridge,
where he graduated M.A. Jan. 1913, LL.B., Nov. 1912, and was called to
the Bar, Inner Temple, April, 1913; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 4th (Special
Reserve) Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt., 24 Oct. 1914, and posted to
the 1st Battn. 15 March, 1915; went to France 6 March, 1915, and was
killed in action near St. Julien, during the Second Battle of Ypres,
25 April, 1915; _unm._ He was a fine linguist, and exceptionally
musical, being an excellent violin player.
[Illustration: =Frank Ricard.=]
=RICHARDS, HUGH LIDDON=, Lieut., 14th (South Otago) Regt., New
Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the Ven. Isaac Richards,
Archdeacon of Invercargill, and Vicar of St. John’s there, Graduate
of Exeter College, Oxford, by his wife, Gertrude, dau. of Robert (and
Emma) Oxland; _b._ Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand, 14 July, 1891;
educ. Lawrence High School, Otago, New Zealand; joined the New Zealand
Field Artillery, 1909; gazetted Lieut., 14th Infantry Regt. (N.Z.T.F.),
25 March, 1912; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of
war in Aug. 1914; left for Egypt 16 Oct. following; took part in the
repulse of the Turkish attack on the Suez Canal in Feb., and was in the
landing at the Dardanelles on 25 April, 1915; and was killed in action
on Pope’s Hill 4 May following; _unm._ Buried in Beach Cemetery,
Anzac Cove, Gallipoli. An elder brother, Lieut. R. Richards, died of
wounds on 23 May (see his notice).
[Illustration: =Hugh Liddon Richards.=]
=RICHARDS, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, 304400, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=RICHARDS, ROBERT=, Lieut., Field Artillery Brigade, New Zealand
Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the Ven. Isaac Richards, Archdeacon
of Invercargill, and Vicar of St. John’s there, Graduate of Exeter
College, Oxford (see under Lieut. H. L. Richards); _b._ Remuera,
Auckland, New Zealand, 20 July, 1886; educ. Christ’s College,
Christchurch, New Zealand, and the Merchant Venturers’ College,
Bristol; joined the Warwickshire Territorial Artillery Brigade, 1907;
gazetted Lieut., New Zealand Field Artillery Brigade, 7 June, 1912;
volunteered with it for Imperial service on the outbreak of war in Aug.
1914; left for Egypt 16 Oct. following, took part in the landing at the
Dardanelles 25 April, and died in hospital at Alexandria, 23 May, 1915,
of wounds received in action at Cape Helles, Gallipoli; _unm._
Buried in Chatby Military Cemetery, Alexandria.
[Illustration: =Robert Richards.=]
=RICHARDSON, GEORGE=, Private, No. 1426, 3rd Battn. Northumberland
Fusiliers, _s._ of William Richardson, of Monkwearmouth, Master
Mariner (lost at sea), by his wife, Harriet, dau. of William Healia;
_b._ Monkwearmouth, 30 May, 1875; educ. Colliery Schools
there; was employed at Hylton Colliery; enlisted, 1 Jan. 1915, and
was killed in action “somewhere” in France, 29 March, 1916. He
_m._ at Sunderland, 30 Aug. 1902, Sarah Jane (5, Varna Street,
Southwick-on-Wear), 1st dau. of Joseph Gray, of Sunderland, and had
five children: Thomas, _b._ 22 May, 1906; George, _b._ 10
Dec. 1910; Joseph, _b._ 22 Feb. 1914; Catherine, _b._ 8 May,
1904; and Gladys, _b._ 25 Jan. 1916.
[Illustration: =George Richardson.=]
=RICHARDSON, HENRY CHARLES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 13853, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=RICHARDSON, HERBERT JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3881), 184244,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=RICHARDSON, JOHN WILLIAM=, Private, No. 10904, 3rd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of John Richardson, of the Banks,
Dunchurch; _b._ co. Warwick; served with the Expeditionary Force
in France and Flanders; died at Bethune, 11 Feb. 1915, of wounds
received in action at Cuinchy the same day. Buried Bethune Town
Cemetery.
=RICHARDSON, JOHN THEODORE=, E.R.A., 3rd Class, M. 2837, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=RICHARDSON, RUSSELL=, Ordinary Signalman, J. 25607, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=RICHARDSON, WALTER FAIRFAX=, Capt., 2nd Battn. East Lancashire
Regt., _s._ of Major-Gen. John Soame Richardson, C.B. (who
commanded the Australian Contingent in the Sudan Campaign); _b._
Sydney, New South Wales, 17 Sept. 1873; educ. there; gazetted 2nd
Lieut., East Lancashire Regt., from the Local Military Forces, N.S.W.,
2 June, 1894; promoted Lieut. 19 Nov. 1897, and Capt. 21 Nov. 1901; was
Adjutant of his Regt. from 23 Dec. 1904 to 22 Dec. 1907; served with
the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action at Rouge
Bancs, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried at Rouge Croix.
[Illustration: =Walter F. Richardson.=]
=RICHARDSON, WILLIAM=, E.R.A., 1st Class (Pensioner), No. 9651,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RICHARDSON, WILLIAM JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 69), 173718,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RICHES, ROBERT JAMES=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 173426, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=RICHES, THOMAS=, Corpl., No. 2117, 5th Battn. Royal Sussex Regt.
(T.F.), _s._ of Samuel Riches, of Waldron, Sussex, by his wife,
Louisa, dau. of David Rolph, of Cambridge; _b._ Clerkenwell, S.E.,
25 Jan. 1887; educ. Waldron, Sussex; was a Bricklayer; volunteered and
enlisted, Sept. 1914; went to France, 19 Feb. 1915, and was killed in
action at Richebourg, 9 May following; _unm._
=RICKARD, HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7254), S.S.
102184, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RICKMAN, STUART HAMILTON=, Major, 1st Battn. The Rifle Brigade
(The Prince Consort’s Own), _s._ of the late Lieut.-Col. Albert
Divett Rickman, Rifle Brigade (with which he served 24 years), by his
wife, Helen Burns-Fulton (now wife of Edward Dunn, of Childrey Manor,
Wantage); _b._ Chatham, 11 May, 1872; educ. Eton; was gazetted to
his father’s old regt. from the Militia on 29 Nov. 1893, became Lieut.
18 March, 1896, Capt. 27 July, 1900, and Major 16 Dec. 1911; served on
the N.W. Frontier of India (Tochi medal with clasp), 1897–8, and in
the South African War, 1899–1900, including the Relief of Ladysmith,
the action at Colenso; operations of 17 to 24 Jan. 1900, and action at
Spion Kop; operations of 5 to 7 Feb. 1900, and action at Val Kranz;
operations on Tugela Heights (14 to 27 Feb. 1900), and the engagement
at Pieter’s Hill; also during the operations in Natal, March to 22
April of that year (twice mentioned in despatches [London Gazette, 8
Feb. and 10 Sept. 1901], (Queen’s medal with three clasps). He was
subsequently employed with the West African Frontier Force (25 May,
1907, to 23 Nov. 1908), and in India; came home on leave from the 2nd
Battn. in May, 1914, and on the outbreak of war was appointed second
in command of the 1st Battn., with which he went to France on 21 Aug.
During the retreat from Mons he was mortally wounded in the Cambray Le
Cateau action on 26 Aug. while in command of the rearguard, and died
the next day and was buried at Fontaine-au-Pire; _unm._ Gen. ...
wrote to a friend: “None saw Major Rickman dead. He was dangerously
wounded gallantly commanding the rearguard of our retirement on the
afternoon of 26 Aug. and he was left, of course, where he fell.... By
his excellent arrangements in placing his companies, and by his quiet
confident manner in command of the supports to the most dangerous and
important parts of our line, he did more than anyone to enable us to
maintain our positions in that part of our line. I put him first in the
list of officers mentioned in my report of the battle that day”; and
a Staff Officer wrote: “The Rifle Brigade did splendidly, and Major
Rickman’s conduct was _magnificent_, but we could not expect
anything else from him. We brother officers have lost a fine soldier
and the regt. has sustained a terrible loss and a real friend. One
consolation is he fell fighting in the ranks of the regt. he loved so
well. He will live in the annals of the regt.” He was mentioned for
gallant and distinguished service in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s
despatches of 8 Oct. [London Gazette, 19 Oct.] 1914 and 14 Jan. [London
Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915].
[Illustration: =Stuart Hamilton Rickman.=]
=RIDDELL, JAMES FOSTER=, Brigadier-Gen., Commanding Northumberland
Infantry Brigade, late 5th Northumberland Fusiliers, only _s._
of the late John Riddell [5th in descent from the Rev. Archibald
Riddell, 3rd _s._ of Sir Walter Riddell, 2nd Bart. of Riddell,
co. Roxburgh], by his first wife, Jane, dau. of William Peppercorn;
_b._ 17 Oct. 1861; educ. Wellington and Sandhurst; gazetted
2nd Lieut. 1 July, 1881, Capt. 18 Nov. 1889, Major 10 Jan. 1900,
Lieut.-Col. 15 Aug. 1904, Col. 15 Aug. 1907, substantive Col. 10 Feb.
1909, Brigadier commanding Northumberland Infantry Brigade, 3 July,
1911, and Brigadier-Gen. 5 Aug. 1914; served in the Hazara Campaign
of 1888 (mentioned in despatches, medal with clasp); in the South
African War, 1899–1900 and 1902, including the operations in Cape
Colony, south of the Orange River, 1899–1900, and in the Orange Free
State Jan. to May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps), and with
the Expeditionary Force in France, 21–26 April, 1915. During the South
African War he raised the 3rd Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers (which
he afterwards commanded), and on the battn. being disbanded after the
war, was given the command of the 2nd Battn. with whom he finished his
term of command in the regt. having served with it for about 30 years.
His next command was in 1911 when he was made Brigade Commander of
the Northumberland Infantry Brigade. On the outbreak of war in 1914
he was one of the first colonels to be gazetted Brigadier-General.
Throughout the winter of 1914–15, Gen. Riddell guarded the important
part of the north-east coast behind which lay the vast military
resources of Newcastle-on-Tyne, and he further prepared his Brigade
for service abroad. On the night of 20–21 April he crossed with his
Brigade to France, and on 26 April--not a week later--was killed in the
Second Battle of Ypres. It had been intended, as are, of course, all
large units at first to quarter the Northumberland Brigade at a base
in France. Billets were actually taken, but on the 22nd the Germans
delivered their first gas attack and the Brigade was rushed up in all
haste to help to fill the great gap torn in our line. By Sunday, after
a forced night march without food or rest, except the men’s emergency
rations, the Brigade was in touch with the enemy. All that day and the
night before, Gen. Riddell was moving about among his men where the
fire was hottest, inspiring the men with his extraordinary cheerfulness
and absolute coolness. Men and officers alike speak of his example of
absolute fearlessness. Next day, April 26, orders were received at
Brigade Headquarters that the Brigade was to attack and retake at all
costs the village of St. Julien--a frontal attack over open ground
swept by fire of all kinds. At about three o’clock, Gen. Riddell
decided he must go forward into the firing line. His Brigade Major did
all that he could to stop him, as in that officer’s words, “There was
a very murderous fire going on over the ground he had to cross. But he
was much too brave a man to be deterred by anything I said.” He reached
his men, and wearing the marks of his rank exposed to every sniper, he
stepped out before them, a stick in his hand. An eyewitness wrote: “It
was only a question of time.” The bullet entered the cap close to the
fatally conspicuous gilt flap, and Gen. Riddell fell, killed apparently
instantaneously. Field-Marshal Sir John French afterwards addressed
the Brigade (depleted within a week from leaving England of more than
half its officers and men), and speaking of Gen. Riddell, said: “He
fell at the head of his Brigade while leading you to attack the village
of St. Julien. I deeply deplore the loss of one of the most gallant
officers that ever lived and one of the best leaders.” He _m._
at St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington, 17 April, 1912, Margaret Christabel
(Lesbury House, Lesbury, R.S.O., Northumberland), dau. of the late
Sir Henry Hall Scott, well known in Northumberland and of Eilanreach,
co. Inverness. An old brother officer, who had known Gen. Riddell all
his life wrote in the “Regimental Gazette”: “Throughout his life he
was a master soldier, no finer company officer ever lived or one who
understood his men better ... no truer hearted or more loyal comrade
ever breathed. Always a fine horseman and a very bold one, he was well
known in the Cattistock country and in all the hunting fields of the
Northumberland he knew and loved so well.”
[Illustration: =James Foster Riddell.=]
=RIDDLE, ERNEST ALFRED=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9548),
296897, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RIDDLE, FRANCIS EDMUND LANGTON=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn.
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I., 2nd surviving _s._ of
the Rev. Arthur Esmond Riddle, Rector of Tadmarton, Banbury, by his
wife, Edith May, dau. of Major-Gen. James Don Kennedy, I.A. (ret.);
_b._ Tadmarton Rectory, Banbury, co. Oxon, 10 June, 1893; educ.
Bloxham; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Special Reserve of Officers Oxfordshire
and Buckinghamshire L.I., 1 Oct. 1913; received a commission in the
2nd Battn. 1 Sept. 1914; was assistant recruiting officer at Cowley
Barracks, Oxford, for two months, doing useful work during that
period; went to France, 25 Nov.; was continuously in and out of the
trenches (save for a brief leave, 20–28 March) during the winter of
1914–15, and was killed in action at Richebourg l’Avoué during the
Battle of Festubert, 16 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried near breastworks
N. of the Rue du Bois. His former commanding officer wrote: “He gave
his life--fighting gallantly--for his King and Country, and helping
to add to the reputation of the regt. with all his might. They, for
their part, have lost a brave, cheery gentleman, and one who, from my
experience when he was under my command, found no duty too much for
him, and whose one idea was to help”; and a brother subaltern: “He will
be missed by his company and men more than I can say, who always relied
on him and looked up to him in any emergency. The regt. will miss him
as an extremely brave officer, and still more as a friend that was
always willing to help.” While at school he was successful athlete,
winning the Sports Championship both in 1910 and 1911.
[Illustration: =Francis Edmund L. Riddle.=]
=RIDER, JOB ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7963), 292920,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RIDGEWAY, LEONARD PERCY=, Corpl., No. 14404, 1st Battn. The
Bedfordshire Regt., 4th _s._ of William Ridgeway, of 83, Queen’s
Road, Watford, Grocer, by his wife, Millicent, dau. of J. Davis,
of Watford; _b._ Watford, co. Hertford, 9 Aug. 1893; educ.
Victoria Council Schools there; was a Butcher by trade; enlisted in
the Bedfordshires after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; trained at
Dovercourt; went to France in March, 1915, and was killed in action at
Hill 60, during the Second Battle of Ypres, 18 April, 1915; _unm._
Buried at Ypres. His brother, Rifleman R. S. Ridgeway, was killed in
action 27 Feb. 1915 (see following notice).
=RIDGEWAY, RALPH STANLEY=, Rifleman, No. 2879, 9th Battn. (Queen
Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of William
Ridgeway, of 83, Queen’s Road, Watford, Grocer; by his wife, Millicent,
dau. of J. Davis, of Watford; _b._ Watford, co. Hertford, 26 Feb.
1895; educ. Watford Grammar School; was a Clerk in the Accountant’s
Office, Euston Station; joined Queen Victoria’s Rifles on the outbreak
of war in Aug. 1914; trained at Crowborough, Sussex; went to France
end of Oct. 1914, and was killed in action near Wulverghem, 27 Feb.
1915; _unm._ Buried in Wulverghem Churchyard. His brother, Corpl.
L. P. Ridgeway, was killed in action at Hill 60, 18 April, 1915 (see
preceding notice).
=RIDGLEY, THOMAS ANGUS=, Driver, No. 4/232A, No. 1 Coy., Royal
Field Engineers, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of the
late Thomas Ridgley, of Townsville, Queensland, M.B.C.M. (Edinburgh,
1881), by his wife, Phœbe (13, Warrender Park Crescent, Edinburgh),
dau. of Angus Gregorson, of Oban, Argyleshire, Banker; _b._
Townsville aforesaid, 23 March, 1884; educ. George Watson’s College,
Edinburgh; went to the Argentine in Aug. 1906, and at the time war was
declared in Aug. 1914, was managing an estancia in Entre Rios; returned
to England at the end of Oct., and joined the New Zealanders; went
with them to Egypt; proceeded to the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and
died 26 May following, of wounds received in action there; _unm._
Buried there. His Capt. wrote: “I feel I cannot pass over the death of
Driver Ridgley without telling you how much we all appreciated him as
a member of our company, and how keenly we feel the loss his death has
caused us. He was one of our best. Though a driver he came ashore to do
sapper’s work. Horses being of no use here, drivers were temporarily
not required, and he wanted to be of use.”
[Illustration: =Thomas Angus Ridgley.=]
=RIDGWAY, ISAAC ALTHORP=, M.Sc., A.M.I.C.E., Lieut., 6th Battn.
Australian Imperial Force, yst. _s._ of Thomas Joseph Ridgway,
of Wildersmoor, Lymm, Cheshire, J.P., Registrar of Warrington County
Court, by his wife, Emily, dau. of Robert Dawbarn; _b._ Lymm, 24
Aug. 1886; educ. Mostyn House School, Parkgate, Brighton College, and
Victoria University; was articled as a pupil to Mr. Anthony G. Lyster,
Engineer-in-Chief of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board in 1907, and in
1913 was appointed Government Engineer for Queensland in the Federal
Lighthouse Service. When the European War broke out in Aug. 1914 he was
in the extreme north of Queensland, and with great difficulty obtained
permission to volunteer for Imperial service with the Commonwealth
Imperial Force. He was given a commission in the 6th Battn. in Dec.;
left for Egypt, Jan.; went to the Dardanelles, April, 1915, and died
at sea 12 May following, from wounds received in action during the
advance on Krithia on the 8th; _unm._ Letters from the Gen., and
many officers, speak of his great courage and wonderful bravery, and of
his power with the men, and state how greatly his death was deplored by
one and all. He became M.Sc. in 1910, and A.M.I.C.E. in 1911, and was a
member of several Engineering and Geological Societies both at home and
abroad.
[Illustration: =Isaac Althorp Ridgway.=]
=RIGBY, ERNEST=, Corpl., No. 28519. R.E. Motor Cyclists, 3rd
Signal Coy., attd. 15th Hussars, yr. _s._ of John Rigby, of
Greenheys, Aigburth, Liverpool, Cotton Broker, by his late wife, Janie,
dau. of the late I. Powell, of Liverpool; _b._ 17 Nov. 1888; educ.
Liverpool College High School; was established in business in London as
a Merchant; but volunteered his services as a motor scout and express
rider, 5 Aug., the day following the declaration of war; went to France
early in Sept.; proceeded to the firing line, 15 Oct., attd. to the
A Squadron, 15th Hussars, and was killed in action at Veldoek, near
Ypres, 12 Nov. following, being shot through the heart; _unm._
Buried there in the garden of a ruined chateau. He wrote only three
days before that his commanding officer had offered him a commission.
The Sergt.-Major of A Squadron, 15th Hussars, who first announced his
death wrote offering the sympathy of the officers, non-commissioned
officers, and men, and added: “He had won the esteem of us all by his
pluck, unassuming manner, and the happy knack he had of overcoming
every hardship with a smile, and he died as he had lived through the
campaign, bravely, for whenever or whatever danger threatened he was
always a volunteer, and had done splendid work as a cyclist on many an
occasion.”
[Illustration: =Ernest Rigby.=]
=RIGG, JOHN=, Private, No. 12821, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
eldest _s._ of George Rigg, of Milford Lodge, Cloghans Hill,
Tuam, and Race Park, Headford, co. Galway, Clog Block Manufacturer, by
his wife, Martha Ann, dau. of Richard Blackburn; _b._ Outgate,
Hawkeshead, co. Lancaster, 25 July, 1887; educ. Hawkeshead School and
privately; was a Clog Block maker; enlisted 18 Sept. 1914; went to
the Front, 7 April, 1915; was mortally wounded at Cambrin, 11 July,
1915, by a shell while on sentry duty, and died in No. 3 British
Military Hospital, Le Treport, France, 9 Aug. following; _unm._
He was buried in the British Military Cemetery, Le Treport. Capt. Byng
Hopwood wrote to a friend: “I went on to the second battn. yesterday
and inquired about Private John Rigg. He was in the trenches with his
company at Cambrin and was on sentry, when a German shell exploded in
the trench, killing two of his comrades and seriously wounding him. I
know those trenches well, and in some places you are only 15 yards from
the Germans. Rigg was popular with his comrades and always did his duty
willingly and well. I wish there were more like him.”
[Illustration: =John Rigg.=]
=RIGGALL, EDWARD GORDON=, Flight Lieut. Royal Naval Air Service,
2nd _s._ of Frederick William Riggall, J.P., Mayor of Grimsby
(1895–6), Partner in the firm of Dickinson, Riggall & Davy, Louth,
Grimsby & Brigg, Auctioneers; _b._ Grimsby, 21 Aug. 1895; educ.
Humberstone Foundation School, Old Clee (1904–12); and on leaving there
was apprenticed to an Aeronautical Engineer and Aeroplane Manufacturer.
He obtained his pilot’s certificate from the Royal Aero Club, and after
the outbreak of war was gazetted Sub-Lieut, R.N.A.S., 18 Aug. 1914, and
promoted Lieut. (for good work), 1 Jan. 1915. He flew over the English
Channel from Dover to Calais on an aero biplane, 11 Feb. following;
was commended for a daring reconnaissance over the Belgian littoral,
made during a great storm in Jan., and for a flight over Zeebrugge on
12 Feb., when bombs were dropped which damaged the German Submarine
works and power house, and took part in the great raid by the combined
French and British Air Fleet of 48 aeroplanes on Ostend and district,
16 Feb. From this he did not return, and after exhaustive enquiries
the Admiralty reported that he had been shot down and killed while
returning from this exploit. He was captain of his school, and had
passed the senior Cambridge Local Examination with honours and with
matriculation exemption.
[Illustration: =Edward Gordon Riggall.=]
=RILEY, CHARLES LEONARD=, A.B., 223545, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RILOT, JOSEPH CHARLES=, Private, No. 1619, 3rd Battn. 1st
Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Frank Hammond
Rilot, of 29 Haldon Road, Exeter, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Charles
Lee; _b._ Harrow, co. Middlesex, 17 Aug. 1891; educ. Tottenham
High School, and after seven years’ experience of farming in different
parts of Devonshire, went to Australia in 1912 with a view to settling
there. He had acquired some knowledge of Australian farming at Laxa,
Waaia and elsewhere in Victoria when war broke out. He enlisted at
Sydney, 15 Dec. 1914; left Australia for Egypt Feb. 1915, took part in
the landing at the Dardanelles in April, 1915, and after four months
continuously in the trenches there was killed in action at Lone Pine,
between the 6–12 Aug. 1915; _unm._
=RINTOUL, DAVID WYLIE=, M.B., Ch. B., Lieut., R.A.M.C., attd. 3rd
Battn. Coldstream Guards, elder _s._ of David Rintoul, of 26,
College Road, Clifton, Bristol, M.A. (St. Andrews and Cantab.), House
Master of Clifton College, by his wife, Catharine Barclay, dau. of W.
W. Yool, J.P.; _b._ Clifton, 23 May, 1889; educ. Clifton College,
and St. Andrews University, where he graduated as M.B. and Ch.B., in
June, 1912; was House Physician at Bristol General Hospital from Nov.
1912, to Nov. 1913, after holding a temporary appointment at the Royal
Infirmary, Dundee; and subsequently Medical Officer, Claybury Asylum;
received a Lieutenancy in the South Midland Field Ambulance (T.F.), 1
June, 1913; and was gazetted to the R.A.M.C., 30 Jan. 1914; joined the
5th Field Ambulance, 2nd Division, on mobilisation, 4 Aug. 1914; was
transferred as Medical Officer to the 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, and
later to the 3rd Battn.; went to France, 18 Aug. 1914, and was killed
in action near St. Julien, during the first Battle of Ypres, 21 Oct.
following; _unm._ The commanding officer of the Battn. wrote; “He
was brave and fearless, and most gallant. He had no idea what fear
was--his one idea being to assist the wounded.”
[Illustration: =David Wylie Rintoul.=]
=RIORDAN, JOHN=, A. B. (R.F.R., Ch. A. 1465), 134738, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RIPLEY, CHARLES ROGER=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. York and Lancaster
Regt., 3rd _s._ of the late Sir Frederick Ripley, 1st Bart.,
of Acacia, by his wife, Katherine (63, Earl’s Avenue, Folkestone),
dau. of David Little, of Mount Royal, co. York, and grandson of the
late Sir Henry William Ripley, 1st Bart., of Rawdon, M.P.; _b._
Scarborough, 13 Nov. 1888; educ. Scarborough School, and Cheltenham
College; obtained a commission as Lieut. 3rd (Special Reserve) Battn.
of the York and Lancaster Regt., 13 June, 1913; posted to the 2nd
Battn., 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 8 Sept. 1914, and was killed
in action in the trenches near Lille, 22 Oct. following, in a night
attack; _unm._ He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord)
French’s Despatch of 20 Nov. 1914 [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915], for
gallant and distinguished service in the field.
=RIPPER, ALLAN GILBERT=, L.-Corpl., No. 2159, 1/5th Battn. King’s
Own Royal Lancaster Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Charles Ripper,
A.R.C.A. (Loud.), Head Master Municipal School of Art, Lancaster,
by his wife, Eveline Matilda, dau. of the late Herbert (and Maria
Jane) Gilbert, and nephew of Professor William Ripper, D.Eng., D.Sc.,
M.Inst.C.E., and Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science; _b._
Quernmore, Lancaster, 26 April, 1895; educ. Royal Grammar School
there (Scholar) and Sheffield University (Storey Exhibitioner), where
he had been for 12 months when war broke out. He at once left the
University and joined the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt. (T.F.)
in Sept. 1914; went to France, Feb. 1915, was promoted L.-Corpl in
April, and was killed in action near Verlorenhoek, 8 May, 1915, while
attempting to remove a wounded comrade to a place of safety. Buried
on the battlefield. Major Bates, 2nd in command of the regt., at a
Public Recruiting meeting at Lancaster, said “There was no man braver
than any other, all were equally brave, but he would like to mention
one gallant little chap from the Lancaster Grammar School, L.-Corpl.
Ripper, a cheery fellow, always smiling and the pluckiest lad he had
ever met. He went up to his mate to try to succour him, but in so doing
he also ‘went West.’ He had not left his country poorer but richer.”
In 1911, he won the “Grey” Gold Medal for chemistry, and in July of
the following year obtained his matriculation certificate, passing the
Oxford and Cambridge Higher Certificate Examination in 1913.
[Illustration: =Allan Gilbert Ripper.=]
=RIPPER, THOMAS WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 169635, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=RIPPON, WILLIAM ROBERT=, Gunner, R.M.A., 12206, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=RISHTON, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4400), S.S.
103387, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=RISK, ROBERT=, Private, No. 8/278, 14th South Otago Coy., Otago
Infantry Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of David
Risk, of Kelso, Farmer; _b._ Kelso, Otago, New Zealand, 25 Sept.
1893; educ. Public School there, and Tapanui High School; joined the
14th Otago Territorials in 1912; volunteered for Imperial service on
the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914; left for Egypt, 16 Oct.
following; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915,
and was killed in action there, 2 May following; _unm._ Buried
there. Two of his brothers are now (1916) on active service. He was
interested in all sport, and was a member of the Kelso Football and
Athletic Clubs.
=RIXON, FREDERICK ERNEST=, A.B., J. 14975, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost
when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=RIXTON, GEORGE=, Petty Officer, 187637, Chatham, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ROBATHAN, DOUGLAS PARKER=, Capt., 1/5th Battn. The Welsh Regt.
(T.F.), 5th _s._ of the late George Beckett Robathan, of The
Gove, Risca, Monmouth, M.R.C.S., Eng., by his wife, Frances Elizabeth
(Ovid House, Radyr), dau. of the late John Paull, of Brockley,
Somerset; _b._ Risca, 28 Jan. 1888; educ. Llandaff Cathedral
School and Cranbrook School, Kent; was a Mining Engineer at “Insoles”
Colliery; joined the Monmouth Volunteers as a 2nd Lieut, in Jan.
1908; transferred to the 5th Welsh Territorials, April, 1908; passed
the School of Instruction and obtained his certificate as a Musketry
Instructor, 1909; became Lieut. 7 April, 1909, and Capt. 1 July, 1914;
volunteered for foreign service after the outbreak of war; left England
with the 53rd Welsh Division, 18 July, 1915, for the Dardanelles; took
part in the landing at Suvla Bay, 9 Aug., and was killed in action
there the following day. His Col. wrote of him as “devoted to his duty
and always to be relied on,” and a brother officer said that when
wounded “lying on the ground he still cheered his men on--‘Stick it,
Welsh,’ he shouted, and kept on shouting until another bullet came
along and got him in the lung. He died the best death any man could
die, and as game as possible. His lot did wonderfully well and fought
like ‘good ’uns,’ and it was a hot shop they were in.” A private also
wrote: “He led his men into one of the fiercest fights that has ever
been fought on Gallipoli Peninsula. He was loved by his men and admired
by all. He fought as gallantly as any as long as he was able to lead,
and I am expressing the thoughts of all the Battn. when I say it has
lost one of its best soldiers.”
[Illustration: =Douglas Parker Robathan.=]
=ROBBINS, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 9916, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=ROBERTS, BERTRAM=, Private, No. 2802, 1/15th Battn. (Prince of
Wales’s Own Civil Service Rifles), The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest
_s._ of the late Robert Roberts, Stationmaster at Coedpoeth, near
Wrexham, G.W.R., by his wife, Mary Jane (43, Talbot Road, Wrexham),
dau. of the late Edward Jones, of Glanravon, Wrexham, Farmer; _b._
Southsea, near Wrexham, co. Denbigh, 25 June, 1890; educ. Victoria
Council School and Grove Park Secondary School there; entered the
Civil Service in 1907; joined the Civil Service Rifles following the
outbreak of war, 1 Sept. 1914; went to France, 17 March, 1915; and was
killed in action at Festubert, 30 May following; _unm._ Buried
near Festubert. His platoon sergt. wrote: “We feel we have lost in him
a comrade who could ill be spared; his absolute indifference to danger
did much to inspire confidence in those around him. He was killed by a
shell that fell right in the trench and death was instantaneous.”
[Illustration: =Bertram Roberts.=]
=ROBERTS, CECIL HARRY=, Acting Stoker, Petty Officer, K. 3377,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=ROBERTS, CLIFFORD EDWARD=, E.R.A., 3rd Class, 271333, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=ROBERTS, FRANK=, Private, No. 383, 1st Newfoundland Regt., 4th
_s._ of Samuel Roberts, of 120, Hamilton Street, St. John’s,
Newfoundland, by his wife, Julia; _b._ St. John’s, aforesaid, 27
March, 1892; educ. Springdale Street Commercial School; was an employee
in the Boot and shoe Factory of Mr. F. Smallwoods, later entering the
Dry Goods Department of Marshall Bros.; joined the Red Cross Division,
1st Newfoundland Regt., after the outbreak of the European War, 31
Aug. 1914; was at his own request transferred to the Army; served
in Egypt and at the Dardanelles, and died 23 Oct. 1915, from wounds
received while on patrol duty the previous day; _unm._ Buried at
Mudros Island. He was a keen athlete, being the Champion Bantam-Weight
Wrestler of Newfoundland, winning three gold medals and one silver one.
He also won many prizes on the parallel bars.
=ROBERTS, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 8666. 2nd Battn. The
Hampshire Regt., 7th _s._ of Robert Roberts, of 19, Clarendon
Road, Havant, Labourer, by his wife, Louisa, dau. of the late George
Maxwell; _b._ Havant, co. Hants, 22 Feb. 1892; educ. St. Faith’s
School there; enlisted 18 April, 1910; served in India; returned to
England in Dec. 1914; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25
April, 1915, and was killed in action there on the 28th; _unm._
His half-brother, Chief Petty Officer Bertram Jessie Maxwell, was
killed in action in the Battle of Jutland, 31 May, 1916, and another
brother, A.B. Leonard Roberts, was drowned off the S.S. Highland
Corrie, 5 May, 1916.
[Illustration: =Frederick William Roberts.=]
=ROBERTS, GEORGE BRADLEY=, 2nd Lieut. Indian Army, attd. 1st
Battn. Manchester Regt., yr. _s._ of the late Major Henry Bradley
Roberts, R.E., by his wife, Alice, dau. of the Rev. G. J. Banner,
M.A.; _b._ Chatham, 23 Aug. 1895; educ. Bedford Grammar School;
Liverpool College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted
2nd Lieut, unattd. list. Indian Army, 15 Aug. 1914; went to France
attd. to the 1st Manchester Regt., 11 Jan. 1915, and died in No. 7
Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 7 May, 1915, of wounds received in
action, near St. Julien, during the second Battle of Ypres on the 26th
of the previous month; _unm._ Buried at Boulogne.
=ROBERTS, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26650, H.M.S. Hawke,
_s._ of Henry Roberts, of 38, Choubert Square, Choubert Road,
Peckham, S.E.; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=ROBERTS, HENRY GEORGE LLOYD=, Clerk, R.N., only _s._ of
Charles Lloyd Roberts, of Victoria, B.C., by his wife, Mary (142,
Bishop’s Mansions, Bishop’s Park, S.W.), dau. of the late John Byrne,
of Birr, King’s Co.; _b._ East Molesey, co. Surrey, 11 July,
1896; educ. Millington School, Upper Richmond Road, Putney, and Christ
Hospital, Horsham; entered the Navy, 15 July, 1913, served a year
on H.M.S. Bellerophon, and was lost in H.M.S. Hogue when that ship
was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. The Chaplain, who was
saved, wrote: “Your son was standing on the aft bridge and he and four
Midshipmen were throwing wood overboard; then as the Hogue was sinking
I told him and all who could swim to strip off boots, coats, etc. (he
was fully dressed), and jump off and swim to something that would
float, and that was the last I saw of him--your boy was not afraid,
he was as cool as any one I saw, and I believe every piece of wood he
threw over saved some lives.”
[Illustration: =Henry G. L. Roberts.=]
=ROBERTS, HERBERT EDWIN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R. B. 7504),
102749, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=ROBERTS, JAMES RHODERIC TRETHOWAN=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn.
Suffolk Regt., elder _s._ of William Roberts, of Errington, 18,
King’s Avenue, Clapham Park. S.W., and Bridgestone House, Sheppey,
Author and Journalist, a member of the literary staff of The Times
since 1895; by his wife, Adelaide Rodder, dau. of the late James
Trethowan, of Truro, Cornwall; _b._ London, S.W., 4 March, 1896;
educ. St. Olave’s Grammar School, London, and the Royal Military
College. Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd Suffolks, 1 Oct. 1914;
went to Ypres, 1 Dec. following, and was killed in action near Ypres, 3
March, 1915, being shot near his trench by a sniper; _unm._ Buried
Locre Churchyard.
[Illustration: =James R. T. Roberts.=]
=ROBERTS, JOHN ALFRED=, Private R.M.L.I., Ports. 14951, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=ROBERTS, JOSEPH BALDWIN=, Petty Officer (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3178),
183890, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROBERTS, OSWALD HENRY=, Private, No. 2670, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, eldest _s._ of James Casimer Roberts, of 15, Ormiston
Road, New Brighton, by his wife, Elizabeth, 2nd dau. of William Bate,
of Worthenbury, Flintshire; _b._ New Brighton, co. Chester, 15
April, 1878; educ. St. Francis Xavier’s College, Liverpool; was a
Collector and Agent; enlisted 17 Sept. 1914; went to France, 25 Oct.
1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 2 Nov. 1914; _unm._
=ROBERTS, THOMAS=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 968), H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROBERTS, THOMAS=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 25), H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ROBERTS, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13029, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ROBERTS, WILLIAM CLIFFORD=, Leading Seaman, 222351, H.M.S.
Liberty; killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=ROBERTS, WILLIAM JAMES=, L.-Corpl., No. 2271, A. Coy., 1/4th
Battn. (Royal Fusiliers), The Loudon Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of
James Roberts, of Ashford, co. Middlesex, late R.N., by his wife,
Elizabeth, dau. of Archibald Clarke, of Barna, co. Galway, Ireland;
_b._ Costello Bay, co. Galway, 6 Sept. 1889; educ. Chapeltown,
co. Kerry, and Clacton-on-Sea, co. Essex; held a responsible position
in a large clothing firm in London but, on the outbreak of war in Aug.
1914, volunteered for foreign service and joined the Royal Fusiliers
that month; went to Malta in Sept., trained there until Jan. 1915, when
he went to France; took part in several engagements, being promoted
L.-Corpl. while in the trenches and was killed in action during the
second Battle of Ypres, 26 April following; _unm._ His Capt.
wrote expressing his regret at losing such a good man, saying: “He was
away from the company doing special duty at the time of his death,
which duty had he come through would have gained him distinction and
promotion.” He also said he was proud to have had such a man under his
command.
[Illustration: =William James Roberts.=]
=ROBERTSON, EDMUND JOHN MACRORY=, Lieut., Royal Field Artillery,
_s._ of Lieut.-Col. John Robert Stevenson Robertson, of Ellarona,
Hayling Island, co. Hants, R.A.M.C. (T.F.), by his wife, Elizabeth
Manisty, dau. of the late Edmund Macrory, K.C.; _b._ London, 29
May, 1891; educ. Parkfield, Haywards Heath, and Bradfield College,
co. Berks; gazetted 2nd Lieut., R.F.A., 23 Dec. 1910, and promoted
Lieut. 23 Dec. 1913; went to France with his Battery (70th) in the 2nd
Division in Aug. 1914; was wounded at Mons, Sunday, 23 Aug., and was
killed in action at Festubert, 22 May, 1915, by a shell, while mending
the telephone wire at the observation station; _unm._ Buried at
Beuvry, near Bethune. A former Major of the battery wrote: “I shall
never forget the way he stuck it out at Givry (Mons) on 23 Aug. 1914,
when we got such a gruelling. Although he was hit in the leg and head,
he carried on and I never knew it till afterwards, setting the most
magnificent example to the men. I also admired his grit in getting away
from hospital as soon as he could, and rejoining the battery. Wherever
there was anything to be done I never found him wanting, and I knew I
could rely on him. He did his duty right gallantly.” His Major also
wrote: “It was a beautiful moonlight night and the guns were thundering
all the time--it was a true soldier’s funeral in the field. There were
many tears shed for we all felt what a sad loss we had all sustained.
I never knew a better soldier. He was, indeed, one of the ‘salt of
the earth’ and loved by us all”; and a letter written on behalf of
the N.C.O.’s and men said: “If you could have heard the utterances of
condolence and sympathy which I heard when the sad news was circulated,
then you would have realised what a splendid and noble officer your
dear son was. No one in the service was loved and respected more than
Mr. Robertson was by every man in the battery. Even his horses loved
him; he died as he would like to die, fighting for his country and
loved ones at home. He was a fine example to the men under him, and
always brought out what was best in a man.” He was mentioned in F.M.
Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 17 Sept. [London Gazette, 19
Oct.], 1915.
[Illustration: =Edmund J. M. Robertson.=]
=ROBERTSON, FRANK=, Capt., 12th (Service) Battn. Worcestershire
Regt., attd. 2nd Battn. Royal Fusiliers, yst. _s._ of the late
James Robertson, of Newtown Lodge, Waterford. Draper, by his wife,
Elizabeth, dau. of the late William Gall, of Middle-Hyttie, Muitlaw;
_b._ Waterford, 23 Sept. 1885; educ. Diocesan School there (Rev.
George Ennis); was in the Drapery Business; went to London in 1911 to
take up a position with Dent, Alcroft & Co.; volunteered for foreign
service on the outbreak of war and joined Queen Victoria’s Rifles, 7
Aug. 1914; was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Worcestershire
Regt. 29 Oct. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 29 Nov. following, and Capt.
1 Feb. 1915; went to the Dardanelles early in May, 1915, attd. to the
2nd Royal Fusiliers, and died at the Deaconess Hospital, Alexandria,
25 June, 1915, of wounds received in action at Achi Baba on the 4th;
_unm._ Buried in Chatby Military Cemetery, Alexandria (Grave No.
477). His Col., Sir Edward Clarke, after he was wounded, wrote to
his brother; “Capt. Robertson is one of my best officers, and I have
a great personal regard for him as a friend and comrade. In fact,
the whole battalion waits anxiously for more news of him,” and again
later: “Your brother was a born soldier, and I looked forward to a
distinguished career for him. He is a great loss to his country. His
brother officers and all ranks of the Battn. deplore the loss of a good
friend and comrade.”
[Illustration: =Frank Robertson.=]
=ROBERTSON, JAMES=, Private, No. 21144, 11th (Service) Battn.
Royal Scots, _s._ of James Robertson, by his wife, Janet, dau.
of William Walker; _b._ West Calder, co. Midlothian. 27 Feb.
1881; educ. West Calder; was a Shale Miner; enlisted in 11th Royal
Scots, 20 April, 1915; went to France, Oct. 1915, and was killed in
action at near Sansertes Wood, 14 Nov. 1915, being shot by a sniper
while carrying sandbags to the trenches. Buried in Sansertes Wood. He
_m._ at West Calder, 1903, Margaret, dau. of Terrance Dolan, of
West Calder, and had a son and four daus.: Peter, _b._ 16 Sept.
1906; Elizabeth Steele, _b._ 9 Oct. 1903; Janet Walker, _b._
23 Aug. 1909; Margaret Dolan, _b._ 14 Oct. 1911; and Annie,
_b._ 30 Aug. 1915.
[Illustration: =James Robertson.=]
=ROBERTSON, JAMES=, Private, No. 6735, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 2nd _s._ of William Clow Robertson, Labourer, by his wife,
Isabella; _b._ Galashiels, 20 Jan. 1887; educ. Burgh School there;
enlisted 12 April, 1906; went to France with the Expeditionary Force,
12 Aug. 1914; was wounded in the arm at Chavonne, 25 Sept, following
and invalided home, 2 Oct.; returned to duty, 24 Feb. 1915, and died
in No. 4 Clearing Hospital, 30 May, 1915, of wounds received in action
at La Bassée. He _m._ at Galashiels, 23 Dec. 1910, Bessie (16.
Hall Street, Galashiels, Selkirk), dau. of Thomas Broad, and had two
children; Robert Tom, _b._ 18 Aug. 1912; and Margaret, _b._ 7
Dec. 1914.
=ROBERTSON, JAMES=, Armourer Corpl., No. 27006, 15th Battn.
(48th Highlanders), 3rd Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest
_s._ of William Edmonstone Robertson, of Lilybank, Burntisland,
Fifeshire. Warehouseman, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of William
Wilson, of Millerhill, Farmer; _b._ Portobello, near Edinburgh,
17 Oct. 1884; educ. Portobello and Burntisland Public Schools; was for
some time a Clerk in the Locomotive Department of the North British
Railway at Burntisland and Cowlairs, and while there was a member of
the Fifeshire Artillery Volunteers; left for Canada, 18 April, 1908;
worked for a short while on a freight elevator, afterwards entering
the Carpet Warehouse of T. Eaton & Co., Toronto; joined the 48th
Canadian Highlanders in 1913, and on the outbreak of war volunteered
for Imperial service; came over with the first contingent in Oct.; went
to France in Feb., and died 28 April, 1915, of gas poisoning received
in action at Langemarck two days previously. He was a keen athlete and
a clever swimmer and diver, and while a member of the Fife Artillery
Volunteers gained many first and second prizes for shooting. He was a
member of the Broadview (North) Presbyterian Church, Toronto, and a
prominent Freemason. He _m._ at Burntisland, March, 1908, Jessie
(15, Arundel Avenue, off Danforth Avenue, Toronto), dau. of the late
J. Dick, of Burntisland, Scotland, and Toronto, Canada, and had two
children: William, _b._ at Toronto, 1909; and Effie, _b._ at
Toronto, 1912.
[Illustration: =James Robertson.=]
=ROBERTSON, JOHN=, Capt., 1/4th Royal Scots (T.F.), _s._ of
the late Alexander Robertson, of Holmiry, Glenisla, Alyth, by his wife,
Annie, dau. of John Mackenzie, of Alrick, Glenisla; _b._ Holmiry
aforesaid, 6 June, 1874; educ. Glenisla Public School, and Harris
Academy, Dundee; was a Banker by profession, and was Agent, Blenheim
Place Branch Office of the National Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh;
served for a few years with the 5th (Vol.) Battn. of the Black Watch,
and joined the Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles (4th Royal Scots) in Jan.
1893; received a commission in the same Battn., Jan. 1910, and was
promoted Capt. Nov. 1913, succeeding to the command of the well-known
Bankers Coy.; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war;
left for the East, landed at the Dardanelles, 11 June, 1915, and was
killed in action there, 28 June, 1915, “gallantly leading his men.”
Buried at the Base. He had the Long Service medal. Capt. Robertson
_m._ in Edinburgh, 16 Sept. 1913, Janet Ritchie (151, Bruntisfield
Place, Edinburgh), dau. of Fergus Robertson, of Glenshee, Perthshire;
_s.p._
=ROBERTSON, JOHN EDMOND=, Coy. Sergt.-Major, No. 9072, 1st Battn.
King’s Own Scottish Borderers, 2nd _s._ of George Robertson,
of Old Aberdeen, Baker, by his wife, Isabella Milne, of Aberdeen;
_b._ Aberdeen, 5 Nov. 1884; educ. King Street Public School, and
Central Higher Grade School, Aberdeen; enlisted in King’s Own Scottish
Borderers, 8 Dec. 1904, and served in Egypt and India, and with the
Mediterranean Force; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles (Beach
Y), 25 April, 1915; was promoted Coy. Sergt.-Major for gallant conduct
in this and the subsequent fighting and was killed in action there, 28
June, 1915. He _m._ at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Bombay,
19 Dec. 1911, Bella, 3rd dau. of the late Alexander Rothnie, of the
Caledonian Railway, Aberdeen, and had a son and dau.: Ian Alexander,
_b._ 18 Sept. 1912; and Audrey Elizabeth, _b._ 11 Sept.
1914. He combined a strong interest in literature with an all-round
proficiency in sports, and his exceptionally happy and cheery nature
won him great popularity alike among officers and men.
[Illustration: =John Edmond Robertson.=]
=ROBERTSON, ROBERT=, Private, No. 4205, 1st Battn. Northumberland
Fusiliers, _s._ of the late Robert Robertson, Tobacco Spinner,
by his wife, Annie (3, Back Hedley Street, Newcastle), dau. of David
Patton; _b._ Bishop Auckland, co. Durham, 19 Aug. 1882; educ. St.
Mary’s, Newcastle-on-Tyne; enlisted in 1900; served in the latter part
of the South African War, 1901–02; was 12 years with the Colours, being
afterwards employed at Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., Elswick Shipyard;
re-enlisted in the 5th Northumberland Fusiliers on the outbreak of war,
and was transferred to the 1st Battn.; went to France in Jan. 1915, and
was killed in action at Ypres, 28 Feb. following; _unm._ Buried
there. His brother, Driver David Robertson, is now (1916) on active
service with the Royal Field Artillery.
[Illustration: =Robert Robertson.=]
=ROBERTSON, ROBERT HORSBURGH=, Corpl., No. 2309, 14th Battn.
(London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Robert
Holmes Robertson, of Stonelaw House, Rutherglen, by his wife, Jessie,
dau. of Robert Horsburgh, and nephew of John Horsburgh, of the Hele
Paper Co., Ltd., of Cullompton, co. Devon; _b._ Rutherglen, 11
Oct. 1884; educ. Stonelaw School and Glasgow Academy, was in business
with his uncle at the Hele Paper Co., Ltd., but on the outbreak of
war immediately joined the London Scottish, and was early drafted to
France. He quickly rose to be a corpl., and was on the eve of being
gazetted to a commission when he was shot by a bullet at dawn on 6
May, 1915; _unm._ His Capt. wrote: “He was a splendid fellow, and
had done so well that he was offered and had accepted a commission
in the regt. He was greatly loved by his comrades.” He was buried at
Richebourg in an orchard by the remainder of the “five inseparables,”
of whom he had been one, and a cross marks the spot.
[Illustration: =Robert H. Robertson.=]
=ROBERTSON, ROBERT JOHN CHARLES=, Private. No. 1423, 4th Battn.
(Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt., _s._ of Robert John Robertson,
by his wife, Annie; _b._ Hackney, 27 Nov. 1894; joined the Royal
Fusiliers, Aug. 1910; accompanied his regt. to France and was killed in
action, 27 April, 1915; _unm._
=ROBERTSON, THOMAS=, Stoker, 2nd Class, S.S. 115087, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ROBERTSON, WILLIAM=, Corpl., No. 5470, 3rd, attd. 1st, Battn.
East Yorkshire Regt., _s._ of William Robertson, of 170, Pilgrim
Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne; _b._ Newcastle-on-Tyne, 14 Nov. 1884;
educ. All Saints’ School there; was employed as a Riveter at Armstrong,
Whitworth & Co.’s Shipyard; enlisted in the 3rd East Yorkshires, and
after serving his time with the Colours, joined the Reserve; was called
up on mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, where he was attd. to
the 1st Battn., and was killed in action, 8 April, 1915, being shot by
a sniper. Corpl. Robertson was well-known in sporting circles, being
several times successful in boxing competitions; also competing with
success in running events as Joe Coe; and in 1913 he won the regimental
gold medal for running at Beverley. He _m._ at Newcastle-on-Tyne,
Mary Jane, dau. of (--), and had a son, Alexander, _b._ 8 April,
1909.
=ROBERTSON, WILLIAM JAMES=, Private, No. 173, B Coy., 3rd Battn.
Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of Laurence Henry Robertson,
of Aywick, East Yell, Shetland, Seaman and Carpenter, by his wife,
Margaret, dau. of William James Jamieson; _b._ East Yell
aforesaid, 24 Sept. 1892; educ. Public School there; went to Australia
in Nov. 1911, and settled at St. Mary’s, Sydney, and was employed in a
leather factory; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of
the European War, and joined the 3rd Battn. Australian Imperial Force;
left for Egypt, Nov. 1914, and died at Cairo, Egypt, 9 March, 1915, of
pneumonia, contracted while on active service; _unm._
[Illustration: =William James Robertson.=]
=ROBERTSON, WILLIAM JOHN=, of Mounteagle, Fearn, Ross-shire,
Major, 4th Battn. Seaforth Highlanders (T.F), eldest _s._ of the
late John Robertson, of Mounteagle, by his wife, Alexandrina Mary,
dau. of Robert Matheson of Edinburgh; _b._ Edinburgh, 18 June,
1868; educ. Tain Royal Academy; was an old Volunteer and Territorial
officer; obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 1st Seaforth
Volunteers (afterwards the 4th Territorial Battn. of the Seaforth
Highlanders), 10 March, 1897, and became Capt. 4 Jan. 1905, and Major
10 May, 1914: volunteered with his Battn. for foreign service on the
outbreak of war; went to France, 5 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action
at Neuve Chapelle, 10 March, 1915. Buried at Vieille Chapelle. He was
a member of the Ross County Council, and had the Volunteer decoration
and the Long Service medal. He _m._ at Tain, 30 July, 1902,
Minnie Henderson (Mounteagle, Tain), dau. of Andrew Fraser, of North
Glastullich, Tain, and Balaldie, Fearn, and had a son: John Andrew
Fraser, _b._ 1 Oct. 1908.
=ROBERTSON, WILLIAM KEITH=, Private, No. 81751, 5th Battn.
Canadian Expeditionary Force, yr. _s._ of David Robertson, of
Court Lodge, Caterham, by his wife, Edith, dau. of Dr. William May;
_b._ Warley, co. Essex, 26 Feb 1893; educ. Tonbridge School; went
to Canada in March, 1914, and settled in Saskatchewan on a ranch;
volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of the European War;
came over with the second contingent in Feb. 1915; went to France, 1
May, and was killed in action at Festubert, 24 May, 1915; _unm._
Buried at Festubert (K5 Illirs, Voilanies).
[Illustration: =William Keith Robertson.=]
=FORBES-ROBERTSON, KENNETH=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Seaforth
Highlanders, elder _s._ of the late Farquhar Forbes-Robertson,
of Slead Hall, co. York, by his wife, Laura (2, Keynsham Bank,
Cheltenham), dau. of C. H. Macaulay, of Slead Hall, Yorks; _b._
Slead Hall aforesaid, 17 April, 1882; educ. Cheltenham College,
and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st
Seaforth Highlanders, 11 Aug. 1900; promoted Lieut. 10 May, 1902, and
Capt. 6 April, 1911; served (1) in East Africa, 1904; took part in
the operations in Somaliland, and action at Jidballi (medal with two
clasps); (2) on the North-West Frontier of India, 1908; took part in
the operations in the Zakha Khel country; also in operations in the
Mohmand country and the engagement of Matta (medal with clasp); and (3)
with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, from 5 Oct. to 7
Nov. 1914, on which latter date he was killed in action in Ploegsteert
Wood while leading a reconnoitring party; _unm._
=ROBINS, FREDERICK JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2796),
S.S. 100030, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast
of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ROBINS, HENRY GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3365), 191262, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=ROBINSON, ABRAHAM BURCHELL=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14971, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROBINSON, ALBERT EDWARD=, Blacksmith, 341124, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ROBINSON, ALBERT VENIS=, E.R.A., R.N.R., 862 E.A., H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=ROBINSON, ALFRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10255), 204049, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROBINSON, ALFRED ELLIOT SOMERS=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal
Scots Fusiliers, 3rd _s._ of William George Robinson, of
Kelvinside, Glasgow, late Sergt.-Major R.E., by his wife, Clara;
_b._ Bermuda, 5 Sept. 1878; educ. Garnethill School, Glasgow;
enlisted 10 Sept. 1894; served in the Tirah Campaign, 1897–98 (medal
with three clasps); was given a commission in the 2nd Royal Scots
Fusiliers, 9 April, 1915; went to France, 24 May, 1915, and was killed
in action at Givenchy, 16 June, 1915. Gen. Gough, in a letter to
his wife, said he could not express too deeply his opinion of this
officer’s gallantry, and enclosed an extract of his report as follows:
“At Givenchy, 16 June, showed very gallant conduct in leading his
platoon to the attack of a strongly entrenched enemy. He was well ahead
of his men, and had reached the enemy’s wire, when he was killed.”
He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 30
Nov. 1915. He was a very good shot, was in the regimental team for
several years, and in the army sixty in 1909, when stationed in Dublin.
He _m._ at Leyton Parish Church, 5 Aug. 1905, Elise Esther (37,
Sister’s Avenue, North Side, Clapham Common, S.W.), dau. of Jean La
Bastie, of Pau (who served in the Franco-German War, 1870), and had two
children: Adele Velma, _b._ 27 Sept. 1907; and Violette Marie,
_b._ 5 Dec. 1909. His yr. brother, Wilfred Gower Robinson, was
killed in action at Ypres, 25 April, 1915.
[Illustration: =Alfred Elliot S. Robinson.=]
=ROBINSON, FRANK=, Sergt., No. 1362, 5th (Cinque Ports) Battn. The
Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), 4th _s._ of James Robinson, of George
Hill, Robertsbridge, Chauffeur, by his wife, Alice, dau. of Charles
Laurence; _b._ George Hill, Robertsbridge, co. Sussex, 5 July,
1894; educ. Salehurst School, there; was Sawyer at the Robertsbridge
Timber Mills; joined 5th Sussex Territorials, 13 May, 1911, and rose to
the rank of Sergt.; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of
war; left for France, 18 Feb. 1915, and died at No. 1 Casualty Clearing
Station 9 May, 1915, of wounds received the previous day at Festubert.
Buried, New Cemetery, Chocques; _unm._ He had been recommended for
a commission, and would have received one in a few days.
[Illustration: =Frank Robinson.=]
=ROBINSON, FRANK=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3228), 191640, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROBINSON, FRANK STANLEY=, L.-Corpl., No. 9257, 2nd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of the late (--) Robinson, by his wife,
Catherine (now wife of (--) Sainty, of 1, Baptist Lane, Broad Street,
King’s Lynn); _b._ Tilney All Saints, co. Norfolk, 29 Dec. 1891;
educ. Tilney All Saints Public School; enlisted 18 Sept. 1911; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in
action at Festubert, 24 Dec. 1914; _unm._ His commanding officer,
Lord Northland (since killed), writing to his mother, said: “You have
indeed lost a gallant son and the regt. a promising non-commissioned
officer.”
=ROBINSON, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 11024, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, only _s._ of William Robinson, of Egmanton, near Tuxford,
co. Nottingham, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Henry (and Ann) Taylor;
_b._ Egmanton aforesaid, 28 March, 1896; educ. there; was engaged
on farm work; enlisted in the Coldstreams after the outbreak of war, 15
Aug. 1914; went to France 23 Nov. following, and died of wounds 25 Jan.
1915; _unm._ Buried near the Church at Cuinchy.
[Illustration: =Frederick Robinson.=]
=ROBINSON, JOSEPH COOPER=, Private, No. 21021, 9th (Service)
Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers, yst. _s._ of John Robinson, of
Sunderland, Driller in Shipyard (_d._ 1895), by his wife Margaret
(13, Brougham Street, Southwick-on-Wear), dau. of Michael Hedley, of
Sunderland; _b._ Monkwearmouth, co. Durham, 28 Nov. 1889; educ.
Board School, Southwick; was employed in the Sunderland Bottle Works;
enlisted, 24 Aug 1914; trained at Grantham, and was killed in action
at Chocolate Hill, Gallipoli, 21 Aug. 1915; _unm._ The same day
his great friend and school fellow G. Hepinstall, with whom he had been
brought up, enlisted and gone to the Front, was killed some distance
away.
[Illustration: =Joseph Cooper Robinson.=]
=ROBINSON, JOSEPH ROBERT=, Private, No. 10947, 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Robert Robinson, of East Barkwith, co.
Lincoln (now on active service with the 3rd Lincolnshire Regt.), by
his wife, Jane, dau. of Joseph Tuxford; _b._ Welton, co. Lincoln,
20 April, 1889; educ. East Barkwith; was a Guard on Great Central
Railway at Lincoln; enlisted in the Coldstreams after the outbreak of
war, 11 Aug. 1914; went to France 24 Nov. following, and was killed in
action at La Bassée 14 June, 1915; _unm._ Buried there. His three
brothers are all now (1916) on active service.
=ROBINSON, LAUNCELOT ALEC (LANNIE)=, Assistant Paymaster, R.N.R.,
yst. _s._ of Capt. John Charles Robinson, of Armadale, Parkstone,
late Union Castle Steamship Co., by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of
Alexander Bell; _b._ Acton, 28 July, 1885; educ. Queen Elizabeth
Grammar School, High Barnet, and Banister Court, Southampton; was a
purser in the Union Castle Steamship Co.; appointed Acting Assistant
Paymaster, R.N.R., 25 Aug. 1914; joined H.M S. Bulwark 24 Sept.
following, and was killed on active service when that ship was blown up
off Sheerness, 26 Nov. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Launcelot Alec Robinson.=]
=ROBINSON, LAWRENCE LEONARD=, A.B., J. 1445, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=ROBINSON, LESLIE JOHN=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Northamptonshire Regt.,
only _s._ of the Rev. William Robinson, Vicar of East Haddon, co.
Northants, by his wife, Hannah, dau. of Jonathan Hall, of Hud Hey,
Haslingden, Lancs.; _b._ Holme Vicarage, Westmoreland, 7 Oct.
1883; educ. Kelly College, Tavistock; and the Royal Military College,
Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Northamptonshire Regt., 22 April, 1903,
and promoted Lieut. 28 Jan. 1905, and Capt. 1 Dec. 1910; as Assistant
Adjutant and Musketry Instructor at Colchester from 1908 to 1911;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Nov.
1914 to 12 March, 1915, on which latter date he was killed in action at
Neuve Chapelle. While at Kelly College he was in the Cadet Corps; won
the shooting cup three times, and shot at the Devon County Volunteer
meeting in 1901, when his college won the Public Schools’ Challenge
Shield. At Sandhurst he was in the athletic team against Woolwich, and
when with his regt. in Malta he won the Officers’ Cup for shooting.
He _m._ at St. Giles’, Oxford, 21 Aug. 1913, Louisa Sophia, dau.
of the late Walter Merivale, M.I.C.E., and had two children: Anthony
Leslie and Diana Merivale, twins, _b._ 6 March, 1915.
[Illustration: =Leslie John Robinson.=]
=ROBINSON, REGINALD WILLIAM=, Capt., 5th (Service) Battn. Royal
Inniskilling Fusiliers, 3rd _s._ of Sir Richard Atkinson Robinson,
of 59, Hazlewell Road, Putney, S.W., J.P., D.L., Chairman of the
London County Council (1908), by his wife, Jane Wilson, dau. of Thomas
Thistle; _b._ South Kensington, 15 June, 1880; educ. St. Paul’s
School, and the Royal School of Mines, South Kensington; was for a time
a member of the London Scottish Volunteers; joined the C.I.V. in 1901,
and served with them in the South African War (medal); and was later a
Lieut. in the Rhodesian Volunteers; obtained a commission as temporary
Lieut. in the Inniskilling Fusiliers after the outbreak of war, 4 Oct.
1914, and was appointed Capt., 5th Service Battn., 3 Dec. following;
left for Gallipoli, July, 1915; took part in the landing at Suvla Bay,
and was killed in action there 15 Aug. 1915; _unm._
=ROBINSON, THOMAS WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., I.C. 329), 194399,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=ROBINSON, WILLIAM HENRY=, Corpl., R.M.A. (R.F.R., A. 0580),
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROBSHAW, THOMAS ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4429), S.S. 1494,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=ROBSON, JAMES HERBERT=, Private, No. 4620, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Robert Robson, of 68, High Street, Langley Moor,
co. Durham; _b._ co. Monmouth; enlisted 11 March, 1902; obtained
his discharge, 22 Sept. 1905; re-enlisted after the outbreak of war, 13
Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders;
killed in action, 25 Oct. 1914.
=ROBSON, JASPER LEEMING=, Private, No. 6567, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of the late Matthew Jasper Robson, of West White
Hill, Kirkwhelpington, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Farmer; _b._ Hunmanby,
co. York, 22 April, 1887; educ. County Council School, Felling-on-Tyne,
and privately; enlisted 18 Jan. 1906; served in Egypt 29 Sept. 1906 to
12 Feb. 1909, and with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., from
12 Aug. 1914, and died a prisoner of war in No. 1 Reserve Hospital,
Hanover, Germany, 14 Oct. 1914; _unm._ Buried there.
=ROBSON, OLIVER AUGUSTUS=, Private, No. 12396, 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards, eldest and only surviving _s._ of Oliver
Robson, of 9, Colchester Road, Leyton, co. Essex, Postal Servant, by
his wife, Louise Harriett, dau. of Augustus Bourlet; _b._ Bristol,
20 Oct. 1894; educ. there and in London; was employed in the Post
Office Telephone Department; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and
enlisted in the Coldstreams, 15 Sept. 1914; went to France to join his
Battn., 9 Jan. 1915; was reported missing after the fighting at Cuinchy
on the 25th of that month, and is now assumed to have been killed in
action on that date; _unm._
[Illustration: =Oliver Augustus Robson.=]
=ROBSON, RICHARD ERNEST=, Coy. Sergt.-Major, No. 2448, 2nd
Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Richard Robson, of Howden,
Northumberland, Coal Trimmer; _b._ Howden, 2 March, 1880; joined
the 1st Durham R.E. (Vol.), 2 Feb. 1896; and served in that corps until
31 Jan. 1899; being returned as an efficient in the years, 1896–97–98;
enlisted in the Coldstream Guards, 10 Feb. 1899; appointed L.-Corpl. 27
July, 1899, Corpl. 30 Aug. 1901, L.-Sergt. 2 July, 1902, Sergt. 5 Aug.
1905, Coy. Sergt. 7 Nov. 1907, Coy. Q.M. Sergt. 21 Oct. 1913, and Coy.
Sergt.-Major 1 April, 1915; served in the South African War, 18 March,
1900, to 6 Oct. 1902 (Queen’s medal with five clasps, “Johannesburg,”
“Diamond Hill,” “Belfast,” “Cape Colony,” “Orange Free State,” and
King’s medal with two clasps, “S.A. 1901,” “S.A. 1902”); and with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 12 Aug. 1914 to 27 Sept.
1915, and was mortally wounded in the Battle of Loos, and died the same
day. Buried, at La Rutoire, north of the Loos Road, one mile S.E. of
Vermelles. He _m._ at Christ Church, Victoria Street, Westminster,
25 Feb. 1905, Lilian, dau. of Joseph Filderby, of Ladywood, Birmingham,
Scales Fitter, and had a son and a dau.: Richard, _b._ 3 Nov.
1907; and Margaret Lilian, _b._ 30 Aug. 1906.
[Illustration: =Richard Ernest Robson.=]
=ROBSON, THOMAS=, Private, No. 8170, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
only _s._ of Thomas Robson, of Newcastle, by his wife, Mary Anne
Elizabeth; _b._ Shieldfield, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 9 June, 1891;
educ. Gateshead; enlisted in the Coldstreams at Newcastle, 23 Nov.
1908, went to the Front with the Expeditionary Force, and was killed
in action at Landrecies a few days later, 25 Aug. 1914. “Many splendid
things were done that night at Landrecies,” wrote Corpl. G. Gilliam
(“Penny Magazine,” 28 Nov. 1914), “but there was nothing finer than
the work of our Maxim gunner Robson, who was on our left. Our machine
guns were by now at our end of the town, and they had a solid mass of
Germans to go at. Robson was sitting on his stool, and as soon as the
officer ordered ‘Fire’ he pressed the two buttons and his Maxim hailed
death. It literally was a hail of fire that met the packed Germans, and
absolutely swept down the head of the column, so that the street was
choked in an instant with the German dead. In spite of this absolute
hail, a few Germans managed to break through their walls of dead and
wounded. One of them disguised as a French Officer, and wanting us
to think he had been a prisoner, but had just broken away from the
Germans, rushed up to Robson and patted him on the shoulder and said;
‘brave fellow’; and with that he whipped round his sword and killed
our Maxim gunner on the spot; but he himself was instantly shot down
by our enraged fellows. I suppose he did not mind taking his chance.”
He _m._ at St. Mark’s, Kennington, Annie Francis (32, Werhum
Street, Kennington, S.E.), dau. of John Gosling, and had a dau., Annie,
_b._ 29 Nov. 1913.
=ROBSON, THOMAS WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17824, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=ROCKLEY, ERNEST=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 16809, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=RODDAM, ROBERT COLLINGWOOD=, Capt., 3rd, attd. 1st Battn.
Northumberland Fusiliers, only _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Roddam John
Roddam, of Roddam, co. Northumberland, J.P., B.A., late commanding 3rd
Northumberland Fusiliers, now commanding 15th Northumberland Fusiliers,
by his wife, Helen Fredericka, yst. dau. of Capt. Alexander Taubman
Goldie, of The Hermitage, Isle of Man, late R.N.; _b._ Roddam
Hall, near Alnwick, 10 Jan. 1890; educ. Wellington College; joined
the 7th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.) as 2nd Lieut. in Aug.
1908; transferred to the 3rd Special Reserve, commanded by his father,
in 1910, and was promoted Lieut. 2 Dec. 1912. He was in Ceylon when
war broke out; returned to England at once and joined his Battn. in
Sept., went to France in Dec. as a Lieut., and was then attd. to the
1st Battn., and promoted Capt.; and was killed in action at Hooge, 16
June, 1915, gallantly leading his Company in an attack on the German
trenches; _unm._ Buried there. His Col. (now Brig.-Gen. Ainslie)
wrote: “He will be a great loss as an officer, in fact I know of no one
who shaped better or showed more soldierlike qualities. Over and over
again he has been in very nasty situations and every time he has come
out smiling, and kept his end up splendidly. It will be a consolation
to you to know what a tip-top officer he was.” Capt. Roddam was awarded
the Military Cross [London Gazette, 23 June, 1915] for gallantry with
the handful of men in the advanced trench left capable, after having
had their trench mined at St. Eloi, 14 April; and was mentioned in F.M.
Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22
June, 1915], for gallant and distinguished service in the field.
[Illustration: =Robert C. Roddam.=]
=RODDIS, CHARLES HENRY=, Private, No. 3071, 1/5th Battn. Duke of
Wellington’s West Riding Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Joseph Charles
Roddis, of 13, Fieldhouse Lane, Leeds Road North, Huddersfield, Stone
Machinist, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Henry Wheeldon, of Sheffield;
_b._ Sheffield, 6 Feb. 1897; educ. Parson Cross School, Wadsley
Bridge, near Sheffield; was apprenticed as a tool fitter at David Brown
& Sons, Motor Engineers, Lockwood, Huddersfield, but, on the outbreak
of war, volunteered for foreign service and joined the 5th West Riding
Regt.; went to France in April, 1915; volunteered as a bombthrower,
and was killed in action at Fleurbaix, 25 June following; _unm._
Buried at La Croix, near Fleurbaix. Major G. P. Norton wrote: “Private
C. Roddis was mortally wounded by a shell about 4.45 yesterday
afternoon, and he died in the first-aid post the same evening. The
enemy was shelling our trenches, and your son was in a dug-out, about
the last shell they fired hit on the top of the dug-out and burst
inside.... He was such a nice lad and a splendid soldier. His heart was
in his work; he took up bombing and turned out one of the best bombers
in the Brigade. He was doing a turn in the trenches to make room for
others to be trained as bombers, and it is very hard that he should
have been killed before he could use the bombs on the Germans. His is a
great loss to me personally, and all the officers and his comrades.”
[Illustration: =Charles Henry Roddis.=]
=RODGER, WALTER WASHINGTON BUCHANAN=, Lieut., 5th Battn. Argyll
and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), yst. _s._ of the late Walter
Washington Buchanan Rodger, Ex-Provost, of Greenock, C.E., J.P., by his
wife, Emma Amelia (Bagatelle, Greenock), dau. of William Clark Rodger,
of New York; _b._ Greenock, 13 May, 1895; educ. Trinity College,
Glenalmond; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 20
Oct. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 1 Nov. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, 1
June, 1915, and was killed in action near Krithia, 8 July following;
_unm._ Buried there. He was a member of Glenalmond O.T.C. for four
years, and one of the Bisley team two years.
[Illustration: =Walter W. B. Rodger.=]
=RODGERS, GEORGE=, Leading Seaman, R.N.R., 1780C, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROE, HENRY GRAEME=, Private, No. 2020, 2nd Battn. 1st Infantry
Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of the late Colin Graeme
Roe, of Allestree House, Chesterfield Road, Sheffield, Artist, by his
wife, Caroline Louisa, dau. of James Andrews, and grandson of Robert
Henry Roe, Animal Painter; _b._ Brincliffe Edge, Sheffield, 24
July, 1889; educ. Abbeydale School there; displaying a great taste
for engineering he entered the works of the Hardy Patent Pick Co.,
where he remained over four years. In Nov. 1908, he went to an uncle
in New Zealand, continuing his engineering work there, after three
years he went to Sydney, and finally became 2nd Engineer on the S.S.
Koonokarra (Lever Bros.), which was employed collecting the products of
the Solomon Islands. Arriving at Sydney on a return voyage at the end
of 1914, he enlisted in the Commonwealth Expeditionary Forces in Jan.
1915, and after a short period of training in Liverpool Camp, N.S.W.,
left for Egypt with the fifth reinforcements in April. He was killed in
action at Lone Pine, Gallipoli, between 7 and 14 Aug. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Henry Graeme Roe.=]
=ROGERS, ALBERT SAMUEL=, Stoker, 1st Class, 301451 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROGERS, ALFRED SIDNEY=, Seaman, R.N.R., 4758A, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROGERS, ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9129), 203989, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROGERS, ERNEST JOHN=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27386, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=ROGERS, HAROLD HILDRED=, Driver, 1st Sussex Battery, R.F.A., only
_s._ of the late William Rogers, of Felixstowe (who served five
years in the Navy and was invalided out), by his wife, Rosa Catherine
(now wife of George Dancy, of 2, Ivanhoe Terrace, Ham Road, Broadwater,
Worthing), dau. of George Wadey, of Cold Waltham, Pulborough, Sussex;
_b._ Felixstowe, co. Suffolk, 24 Oct. 1894; educ. Washington,
Pulborough, Sussex; was a Market Garden Labourer; had joined the
Worthing Territorials about April, 1913, and on the outbreak of war,
volunteered for foreign service; went to India, Oct. 1914. and was
drafted from there in Nov. 1915, to the Persian Gulf; and was drowned
in the River Tigris, 25 Dec. 1915: _unm._
[Illustration: =Harold Hildred Rogers.=]
=ROGERS, HENRY MILWARD=, Capt., 5th Battn. Manchester Regt.
(T.F.), only _s._ of the late William Rogers, of The Grange,
Coppull, Lancashire, Mining Engineer, some time Mayor of Wigan, by his
wife, Helen (The White House, Parbold), dau. of Richard (and Catherine)
Procter; _b._ Southport, 27 Sept. 1879; educ. Bilton Grange and
Radley College; was a Mining Engineer, and a partner in the firm of
Messrs. Kellett, Walker & Rogers, Mining Experts, and was largely
interested in South Wales and Lancashire collieries. He joined the old
Vol. Battn. (now the 5th Territorial Battn.) Manchester Regt., 3 Aug.
1899. and after passing the School of Instruction for field service,
obtained his commission as Capt. 17 June, 1905. On the outbreak of
the European War he volunteered with his regt. for foreign service;
left England 6 Sept. 1914 for Egypt; landed at the Dardanelles, 3 May,
1915, and died on board H.M. Hospital Ship Reindeer, 26 May, 1915, from
wounds received in action there a few days previously. He _m._
at Horwick Parish Church, 3 Sept. 1903, Muriel (Alderbrook, Parbold,
Lancashire), 5th dau. of Col. Charles Frederick Ainsworth, of Lower
Brazley, Horwick, V.D., and had three sons: Charles William Milward,
_b._ 12 Sept. 1904; Martin Milward, _b._ 17 March, 1908; and
David Milward, _b._ 25 March, 1911.
[Illustration: =Henry Milward Rogers.=]
=ROGERS, JOSEPH=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 20073, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=ROGERS, MAURICE CROSTON=, 2nd Lieut., 59th Field Coy. R.E., only
_s._ of John Croston Rogers, Senior Inspector of National Schools,
Ireland; _b._ Dublin 29 March, 1894; educ. at Campbell College,
Belfast, where he won both a Junior and a Senior Scholarship and the
McNeill Gold Medal, which is awarded to the best Mathematical Scholar
of the year. He early selected the Army as his Profession and, when
a branch of the O.T.C. was started at the college, he at once joined
it and, after some time, became its Senior Sergeant. While connected
with the Corps he passed the test in Signalling, being the first
Irish schoolboy to obtain this distinction. He also passed the test
in Musketry and obtained Certificate A. In June, 1912, he entered the
R.M.A., Woolwich, direct from school. At the end of the first term,
his name appeared second on the list of his class and, in a subsequent
term, it appeared first. Passing out of the Academy he obtained second
place, and was awarded the Armstrong Memorial Medal and the French
Prize. He received his commission in the Royal Engineers, 17 July,
1914, and when war was declared was at once summoned to Chatham, where
he remained until the 23 Jan. 1915, when he was sent to France and
posted to the 59th Field Coy. He died of wounds received in action at
Wulverghem, 25 Feb. following, and was buried in the Churchyard of
Neuve Eglise, where his men erected an oak cross and kerb over his
grave. His commanding officer wrote: “Although he had been with the
Company only a short time he was greatly liked by us all, both officers
and men, and we deeply regret his death, not only as the death of a
very promising young officer, but because it means to us the loss of
one for whom, in the short time he had been with us, we had learned to
feel a great personal regard and liking.
[Illustration: =Maurice Croston Rogers.=]
=ROGERS, RONALD JOSEPH=, Capt., 14th Battn. The Rifle Brigade,
attd. 1st Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, only _s._ of Joseph
Rogers of River Mead, Keynsham, Bristol, formerly of Weston-super-Mare,
by his wife, Jane, dau. of Henry Lovebond, of Bridgwater; _b._
Sandford, Banwell, co. Somerset, 18 Dec. 1883; educ. St. Peter’s
School, Weston-super-Mare, and Blundells School, Tiverton; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. 4th Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 16 Jan. 1901; promoted Lieut. 1903,
and Capt. April, 1908; served in the South African War, 1902, taking
part in the operations in Cape Colony and Orange River Colony, March to
31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps). He retired in 1908 and
went to the Malay States, where he held an appointment as Manager of a
rubber estate; but after the outbreak of the European War offered his
services and was appointed Capt. in the 14th Rifle Brigade, 20 March,
1915; went to the Dardanelles 21 May, 1915, attd. to the 1st Battn.
of his old regt., and was killed in action at Saghir Dere Ravine, 28
June following, during the great advance on Krithia. Buried there.
Capt. Rogers was a famous Rugby football player; played for Somerset,
and was chosen by the Rugby Football Union as forward in the British
team, 1904, against Australia and New Zealand. He also held the Vellum
Certificate of the Royal Humane Society for saving his own father’s
life at sea at Newport, Pembrokeshire, 2 Oct. 1897. He _m._ at
Plymouth, 7 Nov. 1911, Hilda May, eldest dau. of Col. Alfred Lionel
McNair, of Merrifield House, Plympton, South Devon, and had a son,
Geoffrey Ronald, _b._ 16 Nov. 1912.
[Illustration: =Ronald Joseph Rogers.=]
=ROGERS, VALENTINE WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., I.C. 541), 200458,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=COXWELL-ROGERS, RICHARD HUGH=, of Dowdeswell Court, Trooper, No.
2234, Royal Gloucestershire Yeomanry (T.F.), only _s._ of the
late Godfrey Hugh Wheeler Coxwell-Rogers, of Dowdeswell Court, and
Ablington, co. Gloucester, by his wife, Aileen Emma (Donegal Cottage,
Carrigaloe, co. Cork), dau. of Richard Hugh Smith Barry, of Bally
Edmond, co. Cork; _b._ Leckhampton, near Cheltenham, 10 May, 1884;
educ. Cheltenham College; went to British Columbia in 1900; returned
to England in 1914, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. of that year,
volunteered and joined the Royal Gloucestershire Yeomanry as a trooper,
went to the Dardanelles, Aug. 1915, and was killed in action at Suvla
Bay, 21 Aug. following; _unm._
=ROGERS, WILLIAM ALFRED=, Seaman, R.N.R., 5294 B., H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROGERSON, WILLIAM ERNEST=, Capt., 10th Battn. Durham L.I.,
and Adjutant 12th (Service) Battn. of the same, yr. _s._ of
John Rogerson, of Croxdale Hall, Durham; _b._ Croxdale Hall,
19 Oct. 1872; educ. Aysgarth; Harrow; and Trinity Hall, Cambridge;
gazetted 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. (2nd Durham Militia) Durham L.I.,
1893, and Capt. 5 Jan. 1898, was for six years Instructor of Musketry,
afterwards retiring. On the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he rejoined,
was gazetted Capt., 10th (Service) Battn. Durham L.I., 19 Aug., and
appointed Adjutant of the 12th Battn., 18 Sept. following, and died
very suddenly at Bullwater Camp, Woking, 13 Nov. 1914, while on active
service. He was a keen sportsman, and while at Cambridge was Master of
the Trinity Foot Beagles, and hunted with the South Durham, Hurworth
and Zetland hounds. The Gen., in announcing his death, stated that he
had rendered most valuable service to the regt. from the date of its
being formed, and his loss would be greatly felt. He _m._ 3 Nov.
1898, Violet, elder dau. of Lieut.-Gen. William Henry Mackesy, 79th
Highlanders and Indian Staff Corps, and had, with another son and two
daus., an elder son Richard William, _b._ 1902.
[Illustration: =William E. Rogerson.=]
=ROLLESTON, FRANCIS LANCELOT=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. (Royal
Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), elder _s._ of Humphry Davy
Rolleston, of 55, Upper Brook Street, London, W., C.B., M.D., F.R.C.P.,
Temporary Surgeon-Gen. (Consultant Physician) Royal Navy, and Senior
Physician, St. George’s Hospital, London, by his wife, Lisette Eila,
2nd dau. of Francis Mackenzie Ogilvy; _b._ London, 7 April, 1895;
educ. Hillside, Godalming (1904–8) and Eton (1908–14), where he was
in the O.T.C., and was undergoing his annual training in camp when
war broke out. He immediately offered his services at the nearest
recruiting office, and was given a commission in the 2nd Battn. The
London Regt., 29 Aug. 1914; went to Malta in Sept. 1914; proceeded
to France in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at l’Epinette, near
Armentières, 26 April following, being shot through the heart while
examining the barbed wire in front of his trench at night; _unm._
Buried at Ferme Buterne, Armentières. While in the Eton O.T.C. he was
three times in the winning section, the last time as commander, and
had been singled out for special commendation by the Gen. at the 1914
Inspection. He obtained his House Colours in 1913; won the Novice
Pulling in 1912, with Armstrong (also killed in action), and the Junior
Pulling again with Armstrong in 1914. He was also second in Junior
sculling and rowed in House Fours.
[Illustration: =Francis Lancelot Rolleston.=]
=ROLSTONE, JAMES HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5918), 187177,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROLT, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11016, H.M.S Pathfinder; lost
when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=ROMANS, ALFRED=, Private, No. 1390, 8th Battn. Middlesex Regt.
(T.F.), eldest _s._ of William Romans, of 7, Farnell Road,
Staines, Stoker, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of Charles Lamb; _b._
Staines, co. Middlesex, 28 Sept. 1897; educ. Kingston Road Central
Schools there; was a Lino Worker; joined the Middlesex Territorials
when only 15, in 1912, and on the outbreak of war immediately
volunteered for foreign service; went with his regt. to Gibraltar, 10
Sept. 1914, and returned to England, 12 Feb. 1915, crossed to France, 8
March, and was killed in action during the repulse of a German attack
on the trenches occupied by the 8th Middlesex at Zonnebeke, Sunday, 25
April, 1915.
=RONALD, JAMES McBAIN=, Capt., 2nd Battn. (The Buffs) East Kent
Regt., 6th _s._ of the late Robert Bruce Ronald, of Pembury
Grange, Tunbridge Wells, by his wife, Fanny, dau. of (--) Fowler;
_b._ 26 April, 1876; educ. Harrow, and the Royal Military College,
Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., East Kent Regt., 5 Sept. 1896; promoted
Lieut., 9 April, 1899, and Capt. 1 July, 1900; was Adjutant of
Volunteers, 6 April, 1904, to 31 Dec. 1907; served in the South African
War, 1899–1902; took part in the advance on, and relief of, Kimberley;
operations in the Orange Free State, Feb.-May, 1900, including actions
at Paardeberg (17–26 Feb.); Poplar Grove, and Dreifontein (slightly
wounded), and afterwards served as Railway Staff Officer; took part in
the operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July-29 Nov. 1900,
and those in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900–31 May, 1902 (again slightly
wounded in Oct. 1901; mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept.
1901]; Queens medal with four clasps and King’s medal with two clasps).
He retired in 1912, but on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, resumed
service as a Railway Transport Officer, and rejoined his old regt. in
the following March; went to France, and was killed in action near
St. Julien during the second Battle of Ypres, 23 April, 1915. Buried
there. Capt. Ronald _m._ at Bagenalstown, 7 Oct. 1903, Evelyn
Mary (Bifron’s Cottage, near Canterbury), dau. of S. Crosthwaite, of
Bagenalstown, co. Carlow, and had a dau., Patience Mary, _b._ 3
Nov. 1908.
=RONALD, KENNETH McGEORGE=, Trooper, No. 452, 6th Light Horse,
2nd Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of Robert Wilson
Ronald, of Nap Nap, New South Wales, Grazier, by his wife, Veronica,
dau. of the late Thomas McGeorge, grandson of Robert Bruce Ronald, of
London and Melbourne, and great-grandson of Robert Wilson Ronald, of
Liverpool; _b._ in Hay, New South Wales, 9 Oct. 1895; educ. Church
of England Grammar School, Geelong (July, 1905–Dec. 1913); volunteered
for Imperial service on the outbreak of war, and enlisted in 6th Light
Horse; went to the Dardanelles and was killed in action at Cape Helles,
Gallipoli, 12 July, 1915. Buried in Shell Green burial ground on slope
of Island of Samothrace; _unm._ Lieut. G. A. Ferguson wrote: “He
was one of the 12 attd. to my troop on that day, to do a certain piece
of work, and how well they did it, and how brave they were. I can
assure you it was very hot work. On and on they came in the face of a
murderous fire, but not one of them flinched. I am very proud of the
men who were with me that day. I had been in close touch with your son
Kenneth ever since he joined the regt., and always found him to be one
of the keenest of soldiers, and the most gentlemanly boy it has ever
been my pleasure to meet. He was loved by all his comrades. I feel
extremely sorry for his brother, who was wounded a few days before,
they were such great mates. Kenneth was one of the bravest and the
strongest constitutional man I ever seen. He was wounded with shrapnel,
and although fearfully wounded, was fully conscious right to the last”;
and the Rev. T. G. Robertson, Chaplain, Australian Imperial Force,
6th Light Horse: “On 12 July, our Southern forces were engaged in a
big attack, and our work here was to harass the Turks, and so cause
reinforcements to be sent to them, instead of to Cape Helles. In this
a small troop of the 6th Light Horse played a very gallant part--Mr.
Ferguson, the officer in charge, being mentioned in Despatches. They
went out from our trenches towards the enemy, and stormed an enemy hill
very gamely, but unfortunately we lost four good men and many wounded.
They had to face rifle fire, machine-guns and shrapnel. They did their
work however, and were successful in their object, and that meant
saving many lives probably among our Southern forces. So that your son
liberally gave his life for others. I understand that he was hit behind
the ear by a shrapnel pellet.” And a comrade wrote of him: “On the
12th, Kenneth Ronald was in a small covering party to draw the Turks
fire. Ken had the bad luck to be in the thickest of the fire, and was
hit by shrapnel. He was carried away to safety almost immediately, but
did not live long. He was very highly thought of by all his comrades.
I marked his grave, as to make sure for a headstone, but to-day I find
his good friends have already fixed up a temporary cross. When all is
arranged properly I will take a photo of Ken’s grave for Mrs. Ronald;
if I get through myself, she shall have it. It is terribly sad for Bob
Ronald, who is away wounded. He and Ken were always together, they were
almost inseparable.” At his school he was a Prefect; Senior Member of
the Upper Sixth, and Captain of the Boats. He won the School Cup for
Sports in 1913, and rowed two years running in the School eights in
the Public Schools (of Victoria) Eight Oar race. He was also a good
football player.
[Illustration: =Kenneth M. Ronald.=]
=ROOME, PHILIP WILLIAM=, Fleet Paymaster, R.N., 3rd _s._ of
Henry Roome, of 114, Breakspear Road, Brockley, late of the Admiralty,
by his wife, Phoebe, dau. of the late George Wade, of Deptford;
_b._ Brockley, 28 June, 1872; educ. Mercers School, London, and
Whitgift School, Croydon; entered the Navy as an Assistant Clerk, Jan.
1889; and was promoted Paymaster, Jan. 1903, Staff Paymaster, Jan.
1907, and Fleet Paymaster, Jan. 1911; served in China, 1899–1901, and
1903–05 (medal); was appointed to H.M.S. Aboukir, July, 1914, and was
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. He
_m._ at St. Margaret’s, Lee, 22 Dec. 1902, Maud Hunter (2, Dacre
Park, Lee, S.E.), dau. of the late James Davisson, Civil Servant,
and had issue, four children: Philip Pearse, _b._ 30 Sept.
1904; Richard William, _b._ 12 Nov. 1905; Phoebe Isabella Maud,
_b._ 4 May, 1908; and Phyllis Mary, _b._ 21 Feb. 1911.
[Illustration: =Philip William Roome.=]
=ROOTH, RICHARD ALEXANDER=, Lieut.-Col. Commanding 1st Royal
Dublin Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of the late John Wilcoxon Rooth, of
the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Elizabeth Crudy
(Gordon House, Hythe Road, Brighton), dau. of Henry Smith, of Bristol,
Solicitor; _b._ London, 22 March, 1866; educ. Highgate School;
France, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted Lieut.,
Dublin Fusiliers, 29 Aug. 1885, and promoted Capt. 7 June, 1894;
Major, 7 June, 1896, and Lieut.-Col. 7 June, 1914; joined the 2nd
Battn. in Egypt in Aug. 1885, and later went to Quetta, and Poona; was
Adjutant of his Battn. from 16 Dec. 1893, to 30 March, 1897, and of the
Poona Volunteers, 1 April, 1897, to 31 March, 1902; took part in the
operations in the Aden Hinterland, 1903, and then returned to Ireland;
was in command of the Depot at Naas, for some years, he was then
stationed at Gravesend till June, 1914, when he was appointed to the
command of the 1st Battn. then in Madras; was at Fort George when that
town was attacked by the Emden; returned with his regt. to England in
Dec. 1914; left for the Dardanelles in March, and was killed in action
at Sedd-ul-Bahr, during the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915.
He was killed instantly as he was stepping on the beach. He _m._
at Dawlish, Amy, dau. of Francis Cann, of Dawlish, M.D., and had two
children: Richard, _b._ 7 June, 1900; and Nancy, _b._ 23 May,
1908.
[Illustration: =Richard Alexander Rooth.=]
=ROPER, WILLIAM ALBERT=, Private, No. 11784, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 3rd _s._ of Albert Edward Roper, of West Charleton, near
Kingsbridge, co. Devon, Labourer, by his wife, Caroline Jane, dau. of
Thomas Ellis; _b._ Malborough, co. Devon, 13 April, 1893; educ.
West Charleton Village School; was intending to join the Police Force
when war was declared, and enlisted in the Coldstreams, 5 Sept. 1914;
went to France, 22 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 18
March, 1915, being shot by a sniper while digging a small trench from
the main one; _unm._ Buried in the Cemetery there.
=ROSE, BENJAMIN JOSEPH=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2058), 192157, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=ROSE, CHARLES EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1351),
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROSE, CLEMENT=, Private, No. 15734, 8th (Service) Battn. The
Yorkshire Regt., 3rd _s._ of John George Rose, of 19, Hamilton
Street, Monkwearmouth, co. Durham, Mastmaker, by his wife, Mary,
dau. of Thomas (and Jane Anna) Browell, of Monkwearmouth; _b._
Monkwearmouth, 30 April, 1897; educ. National School there; enlisted in
the East Yorkshires, 14 Oct. 1914. but was claimed by a brother serving
with the Yorkshires for that regt. and was accordingly transferred. He
was killed in action in France, 13 Oct. 1915.
=ROSE, GEOFFREY CRAIG=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Seaforth
Highlanders, attd. 1st Battn. Gordon Highlanders, elder _s._ of
Charles Edward Rose, of Townshend House, Regent’s Park, N.W., Author
and Dramatist, now Hon. Supt. of St. Dunstan’s, Regent’s Park, by his
wife, Mary Greer, dau. of James Connell, of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire;
_b._ Hampstead, 2 Nov. 1896; educ. Ovingdean Hall, Brighton (Rev.
D. H. Marshall), and Aldenham School, co. Herts (E. Beevor’s House);
was given a commission in the 3rd Seaforth Highlanders, from the
O.T.C., 14 Aug. 1914; went to France in Nov., attd. to the 1st Gordons,
and died in London, 13 Feb. 1915, from wounds received in action near
Wytschaete on 14 Dec., while gallantly leading his men into action. He
was distinguished at school for his exceptional promise as a writer and
debater (he had an article accepted by a magazine at the age of 16).
[Illustration: =Geoffrey Craig Rose.=]
=ROSE, HERBERT JOHN=, T.D., Capt., 1/8th (Ardwick) Battn.
Manchester Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of John Henry Roberts Rose,
formerly of the Red House, Yoxford, Suffolk, and late of 21, Victoria
Road, Withington, Manchester, Engineer, by his wife, Emma, dau. of
John Fletcher, of Long Sutton, Lincolnshire; _b._ Beckenham, co.
Kent, 18 May, 1866; educ. Wrexham and Manchester Grammar Schools;
was for many years in business with the Calico Printers Association,
Manchester, but early in 1914, became a partner in the firm of Etchells
Cougdon & Muir, Engineers, Ancoats, Manchester. He had joined the 6th
Lancashire (2nd Manchester) Volunteers in Nov. 1884, and received a
commission in the old 5th Volunteer (now the 8th Territorial) Battn. of
the Manchester Regt., Nov. 1904. He was gazetted Capt. 15 June, 1906,
after passing the School of Instruction for field service, and on the
outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered with his regt. for foreign
service. He left England, 10 Sept. 1914, and proceeded to Egypt where
they landed, 27 Sept. 1914. Three weeks later the Battn. were sent
to Cyprus, landing 20 Oct. They were the only troops on the Island,
and Capt. Rose was in command of the detachment at the annexation
ceremony at Limasol on 7 Nov. 1914. On 18 Jan. 1915, they left Cyprus
for Cairo, where they stayed until they embarked for Gallipoli on 2
May, landed at the Dardanelles, 4 May, and was killed in action at
Achi Baba, Gallipoli, 4 June, 1915. A brother officer wrote: “Rose did
splendidly well, behaving (I saw him) with the utmost gallantry. When
I left about one hour before he was killed, he was alive and well, and
doing jolly well in exceedingly difficult and dangerous circumstances.
He was always at it, comforting the badly wounded, conducting the
midnight burials, and so on, and many fellows had cause to thank him
for numerous such services performed, all at the sacrifice of the
little time available for rest. These things were done quietly and
without advertisement, but I saw them and think it right they should be
recorded. On the day of the big fight he did splendidly, taking risks
in his efforts of cheering and encouraging his men. He died a gallant
gentleman”; and another: “Rose was perfectly splendid over here....
He was an absolute hero.” He was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s
Despatch of 22 Sept. 1915 [London Gazette, 5 Nov. 1915], for gallant
and distinguished service in the field. Capt. Rose received the Long
Service medal in Nov. 1904. and the Territorial Decoration in May,
1915; was a good marksman, a Bisley shot and won the old Mancunians
gold cup. He took a great interest in the work of the Church Lads
Brigade, and was for some time Adjutant of the 6th Manchester Church
Lads Brigade. He _m._ at Croydon, Surrey, 2 Aug. 1899, Caroline
Emily (Tregenna, Cheadle, Cheshire), dau. of the Rev. Thomas Theodore
Waterman, Secretary of the Christian Evidence Society, and had two
daus.: Marian, _b._ 24 July, 1900; and Margaret Louisa, _b._
29 Oct. 1905.
[Illustration: =Herbert John Rose.=]
=ROSE, JOHN=, Seaman, R.N.R., 1973D, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action
in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROSE, LAUNCELOT ST. VINCENT=, Major, 55th Field Coy., Royal
Engineers, 2nd _s._ of Frederick William Rose, of Tarlogie,
co. Ross, by his wife, Katherine Ross, dau. of Daniel Gilchrist,
of Ospisdale, and grandson of Major Hugh Monro St. Vincent Rose,
12th Lancers; _b._ London, S.W., 4 Aug. 1875; educ. St. Paul’s
(Scholar) and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd
Lieut., Royal Engineers, 15 March, 1895, and promoted Lieut. 15 March,
1898, Capt. 1 April, 1904, and Major 30 Oct. 1914; served in Gibraltar;
in Ireland doing Ordnance Survey Work; went to South Africa in 1910;
returned to England with the 7th Division after the outbreak of war, 19
Sept. 1914; went direct to Lyndhurst Camp to get his 55th Field Coy.
equipped; left with it for France, 5 Oct. following; took part in the
First Battle of Ypres, and was killed in action near Sailly-sur-La-Lys,
Rue de Bethune, 28 Nov. 1914. Buried there. A brother officer wrote:
“Very keen regret at his death is felt through the Division, as he was
liked by all who knew him, whilst the men of the company feel that they
have lost a friend, as well as an officer. He died attempting a very
brave act”; and the following is an extract from the 20th Brigade War
Diary: “29 Nov. 1914, Major Rose, commanding the 55th Field Coy., Royal
Engineers, which has been attached to the Brigade during the war, was
killed last night putting up the wire outside the trenches--a great
loss. Neither he nor his company have spared themselves in helping us
with our trenches and wire entanglements the whole time. He was a man
full of resource and courage.” A commanding officer wrote: “He was a
fine officer and a great loss to us all. We were all so fond of him,
always cheery and hard-working, he met a soldier’s death in work of
great risk and had done already his full share of fighting for his
country and for freedom.” Another extract: “Such a plucky chap, and
just the sort we want. He need not have joined in the attack in the
wood as he was cutting stakes for barbed wire, and the Brigade came
along for an attack, passed his company, so he ordered them to charge
with the Brigade and fixed bayonets: it is called the R.E. Charge.”
He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14
Jan. 1915. At St. Paul’s he was in the rowing four for two years,
and for some time Capt. of the four; was in the gymnasium eight at
Woolwich Academy in 1894; represented Woolwich in their running team,
winning many prizes; his best record being the half mile in 2 minutes,
6 seconds, in a grass track. He represented the officers at Rugby and
rowed for two seasons, giving many fine exhibitions in the R.E. four.
While in Gibraltar he gained a name for himself as a polo player, and
played in the Garrison’s team. He ran ponies in several races, winning,
amongst others, the well-known Steeplechase for the Subalterns Cup,
riding his pony himself in that race. He also won many prizes in the
Gymkhana Races, and in one cracked his skull and was unconscious for
a fortnight. He started a boxing club for the N.C.O. and sappers,
which was in flourishing condition. In Ireland he won many prizes for
his flowers, being a great gardener, and in South Africa went in for
big game shooting, polo, playing, etc. He _m._ at St. John’s
Church, Chelsea, 18 Dec. 1909, Jonkvrouwe Agneta Wendela Elizabeth (The
Chestnuts, Hartford Bridge, Winchfield, co. Hants), dau. of Jonkheer
Dr. Wilhem van Citters, of Zeeland, Holland, Consul-General for the
Netherlands in Berne, and had a dau.: Noreen Leonie Ross, _b._ 16
Oct. 1913. His brother, Capt. Walrond Rose, of the Cameronians, was
killed in action, 22 Oct. 1914.
[Illustration: =Launcelot St. Vincent Rose.=]
=ROSE, OWEN WILLIAM=, Private. No. 1795, 8th Battn. The Middlesex
Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of George Thomas Rose, Private, No.
12775, 6th (Service) Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., by his wife, Mary
(4, Du Burstow Terrace, Hanwell), dau. of George Mills, of Uxbridge,
Middlesex; _b._ West Ealing, London, W., 6 Oct. 1896; educ.
St. Mark’s Council School, Hanwell; and was employed as a roundsman
at Sainsbury’s when war broke out. He had joined the Middlesex
Territorials about 1912, and volunteered for foreign service; mobilized
at Sittingbourne and went with his regiment to Gibraltar and while
there shot a German prisoner who was trying to escape from a detention
camp. The matter was the subject of an official enquiry and it was held
that Rose had done no more than his duty. He afterwards accompanied
the Battn. to France, and was killed in action at Zonnebeke, 30 April,
1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Owen William Rose.=]
=ROSE, RONALD HUGH WALROND=, Capt., 1st. Battn. The Cameronians
(Scottish Rifles), yst. _s._ of the late Frederick William Rose,
of Kensington, and grandson of Major Hugh Monro St. Vincent Rose, of
Tarlogie, co. Ross, 12th Lancers; _b._ London, 11 July, 1880;
educ. Scott’s Preparatory School, Kensington, and St. Paul’s; gazetted
2nd Lieut., Royal Warwickshire Regt. from the Militia, 4 Jan. 1899; and
promoted Lieut., 17 March, 1900, and Capt. 4 May, 1905, transferring to
the Scottish Rifles, 20 May, 1900; was Adjutant of Volunteers, 10 Oct.
1906, to 31 March, 1908, and Adjutant Territorial Force, 1 April, 1908,
to Jan. 1910; joined his regt. at Bloemfontein in 1910, and nine months
later was made Commandant of the South African School of Signalling at
Pretoria; returned to Scotland in 1912, and was stationed at Glasgow
when war broke out in Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary
Force the same month; took part in the Retreat from Mons, the Battles
of the Marne and the Aisne; was wounded in the ankle during the German
rush for Calais, when he was in command of a covering party to the
regt., but went on leading his men until he was killed at Fromelles
in the same action, 22 Oct. 1914. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John
(now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915. He _m._ at Eastham,
29 March, 1910, Hetty (The Paddock, Heston, Cheshire), yst. dau. of
the late George Fletcher, of Liverpool, and had two children: Audrey,
_b._ 13 April, 1912; and Jean Diana, _b._ 1 May, 1914.
[Illustration: =Ronald Hugh W. Rose.=]
=ROSE, THOMAS=, Private, No 1466, 1/4th Battn. The Royal Scots
(T.F.), elder _s._ of Lewis Rose, Caretaker, Edinburgh Public
Library, by his wife, Hughina, dau. of John McIntosh, Farmer,
Tonque; _b._ Edinburgh, 20 July, 1896; educ. Broughton Public
School (Junior and Higher Grade), Edinburgh; was an apprenticed
clerk in the North British and Mercantile Insurance Co., 64, Princes
Street, Edinburgh; joined the 4th Royal Scots (T.F.) in March, 1913;
volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914;
went to the Dardanelles, 13 June, 1915, and was killed in action there,
13 July following. His Sergt. wrote: “I always found him a good soldier
and a willing and consistent worker. He never shirked anything either
while we were at home or since we have been out here, and we all feel
deeply the loss of one of our most steady, reliable, and hard-working
comrades.” The Manager of his firm writing, said: “He was a boy of
promise, and would probably have had a successful career here.”
[Illustration: =Thomas Rose.=]
=ROSE, TOM ALFRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1751), 200364. H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ROSEVEARE, HAROLD WILLIAM=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. The Wiltshire
Regt., eldest _s._ of the Rev. Richard Polgreen Roseveare, Rector
of St. Paul’s, Deptford, and Rural Dean of Greenwich, by his wife, Mary
Isabel, dau. of Thomas Martin Skinner, of Monmouth. J.P.; _b._
Monmouth, 18 March, 1895; educ. Little Appley School, Ryde (1902–8),
Marlborough College (Scholar, 1908–July 1914), and had won a classical
scholarship at St. John’s College, Cambridge, where he was to have
gone into residence in Oct. 1914. He had received a commission as 2nd
Lieut., in the Wiltshire Regt. (Special Reserve), 18 April, 1914; and
on the outbreak of war joined his regt. direct from his O.T.C. annual
training camp, 4 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary
Force on the 13th, and died 20 Sept, following, of wounds received in
action at the Battle of the Aisne the same day, while leading a section
of his men to locate and take a machine gun. Buried at Vailly. While
at Marlborough he was senior prefect, a member of the Rugby football
fifteen, and Cadet Captain of the O.T.C.
=ROSIER, FREDERICK=, Sergt., No. 9623, 7th (Service) Battn. The
Suffolk Regt., eldest _s._ of Brad Rosier, of Walsham-le-Willows,
by his wife, Rebecca, dau. of Frederick Price; _b._ Pakenham, co.
Suffolk, 5 June, 1875; educ. Rickinghall village school; enlisted in
the 2nd Northamptonshire Regt., 15 March, 1894; served in the South
African War, 1899–1902; receiving the Queen’s medal with four clasps
(“Belmont,” “Modder River,” “Orange Free State,” “Transvaal”), and
King’s medal with two clasps (South Africa, “1901,” “1902”); took
his discharge, 14 March, 1903, and then joined the Reserve for six
years. After the outbreak of war he re-enlisted in the 7th Suffolks, 7
Sept. 1914, with his former rank of Sergt., and after acting as Drill
Sergt. for some time at Shorncliffe, went to France, 30 May, 1915, and
died in the Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 25 July, 1915, of wounds
received in action. Buried in Boulogne Cemetery (Grave No. 2582). His
commanding officer wrote: “He was not only a very efficient sergt.,
but also a good keen man on whom I knew I could always rely to carry
out the most dangerous of our duties. His pluck when in pain from his
wound was magnificent.” He was for ten years a bellringer at St. Mary’s
Church, Walsham-le-Willows, and was also secretary of the local branch
of his Trade Union. Sergt. Rosier _m._ at Walsham-le-Willows, 13
Dec. 1902, Ellen (Walsham-le-Willows, Bury St. Edmunds), yst. dau. of
the late William Knott, of Stanton, and had three children: Frederick
Arthur William, _b._ 26 July, 1903; Winifred Dorothy, _b._ 22
May, 1906, and Florence Lucy, _b._ 23 Aug. 1908.
[Illustration: =Frederick Rosier.=]
=ROSS, ARCHIBALD SEYMOUR=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Queen’s Own
Cameron Highlanders, 3rd and yst. _s._ of the late Edward
Charles Russell Ross, Barrister (first winner of the Queen’s prize at
Wimbledon), by his wife, Margaret Seymour (Callands, North Berwick),
yst. dau. of Capt. John Osborne, of 67, Eton Place, S.W., 6th
Inniskilling Dragoons; and gdson. of Horatio Ross, of Rossie Castle,
Montrose; _b._ The Rounds, Wimbledon Common, co. Surrey, 26 Nov.
1889; educ. Ardoreck, Crieff; and Glen Almond, Perth; joined the 3rd
Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, 18 Aug. 1914, and was gazetted 2nd
Lieut. 26 Aug. 1914, afterwards being transferred to the 1st Battn. and
joined them at the front, 11 Feb. 1915; was reported missing after the
action at Richebourg L’Avoué, 9 May, 1915, and was later ascertained
to have been killed that day while leading his men in a charge;
_unm._ His Commanding Officer wrote: “I cannot speak too highly
of Ross. He was brave to the extreme, and liked by all ranks. I shall
never forget his splendid coolness under very heavy shell fire on Neuve
Chapelle day, 10 March, 1915, an example, not only to the men, but to
myself as well”; and another: “if he died, he died splendidly. I have
never met anyone who I admired more. His character was great and noble,
his personality charming, his mind pure and simple. As he ran forward
to that fatal charge, he shook hands with a brother officer, left in
reserve, saying ‘Good-bye--if I don’t come through, anyway, it’s a
glorious death to die.’” 2nd Lieut. Ross was a good all-round sportsman
and expert with rod, rifle and gun, and a keen yachtsman.
[Illustration: =Archibald Seymour Ross.=]
=ROSS, CECIL JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7241). S.S.
102193, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROSS, COLIN JOHN=, Ch. E.R.A., 2nd Class, 270035, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROSS, GEORGE ALEXANDER SINCLAIR=, M.A., Capt., 1/4th Battn. The
Royal Scots (T.F.), elder _s._ of the late William Sinclair Ross,
of Marchmont Road. Edinburgh, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of James
Nilson; _b._ Edinburgh, 8 March, 1870; educ. Edinburgh University,
where he graduated M.A. in 1894, and became a teacher of mathematics in
Broughton Higher Grade School, Edinburgh; joined the 6th Royal Scots
(T.F.) in 1902, as Lieut. in the College Coy. (recruited from students
attending the Training Colleges of the Scottish Churches studying in
Edinburgh); promoted Capt. 22 March, 1908; volunteered for foreign
service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and was transferred to the
4th Battn. with the bulk of his Company, 19 Nov. following; went to the
Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 28 June, 1915, leading his
Coy. in a charge on the enemy’s trenches; _unm._ He was a keen
golfer, being well known on several of the golf courses near Edinburgh.
[Illustration: =George Alexander S. Ross.=]
=ROSS, JAMES JOHN (ERIC)=, Private, No. 11208, 2nd Battn. Royal
Scots; _b._ Ireland, 6 Dec. 1888; educ. South African University;
went to South Africa with his parents in infancy, but returned to
England after their deaths; enlisted in the Royal Scots, 3 Aug. 1912;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France from Aug. 1914, and was
killed in action at Vierstraat, 22 March, 1915, being shot by a sniper
while on sentry duty; _unm._ Buried there.
=ROSS, JAMES OSWALD=, Private, No. 8/846, 14th Otago Battn. New
Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Duncan Ross, of Mandeville,
Southland, New Zealand, Farmer; _b._ Mandeville aforesaid, 7 Dec.
1891; educ. there; joined the Otago Regt., 1 April, 1911; volunteered
for Imperial service on the outbreak of the European War, at Dunedin,
22 Aug. 1914; left for Egypt with the main body in Oct.; took part
in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in
action there, 2 May following; _unm._ Buried at Walker’s Ridge.
=ROSS, WILLIAM JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10808), S.S. 2905, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=ROSS, WILLIAM MUNRO=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Gordon Highlanders,
only _s._ of William Edmond Ross, and his wife, Gertrude Maud,
dau. of the late Thomas Bevan, of Stone Park, Greenhithe, co. Kent;
_b._ Bishops Stortford, co. Herts, 22 March, 1892; educ. St.
Andrew’s, Eastbourne, Eton (J. H. M. Hare’s House), and Pembroke
College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the Pitt Club and took a
Tripos degree in 1914. In Oct. 1914 he received a commission (dated 14
Aug.) as University Candidate in the 2nd Battn. Gordon Highlanders,
being given a year’s seniority in respect of his university degree,
was promoted Temp. Lieut. (commission ante-dated, 25 Oct. 1914) and
confirmed in rank of Lieut. Dec. following. In Jan. 1915, he took out a
draft to the 2nd Battn. (formerly the 92nd) and was killed close to the
German trenches in the attack on Neuve Chapelle, 11 March. A brother
officer wrote: “He was leading his platoon in splendid style when he
was hit by several bullets.” He was very keen on hunting, shooting and
cricket, and was very musical.
[Illustration: =William Munro Ross.=]
=ROSSER, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4251), 207934, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROSSITER, PHILIP=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Royal Berkshire Regt.,
elder _s._ of Sydney Rossiter, 11, Cumberland Road, Brighton,
Assistant Inspector of Schools for East Sussex, formerly Headmaster
(1904–14) of Fairfields School, Basingstoke, by his wife, Ada, dau.
of John Cooper, of High Street, Cheltenham; _b._ South Hackney,
London, 15 March, 1894; educ. Fairfields School and Queen Mary’s
Grammar School, Basingstoke and University College, Reading, where
he was a member of the O.T.C.; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Battn.
of the Berkshires, 22 July, 1914, joined in August, sailed from
Southampton on 19 Dec. following and was attached on landing to the
2nd Queen’s Royal West Surreys; killed in action near Armentières,
19 Jan. 1915; _unm._ Buried at Fleurbaix. Philip Rossiter won a
Hants County Junior Scholarship in 1906 and a Senior in 1910. He held
the latter for four years at Reading University College. He was an
undergraduate of London University and passed the B.Sc. Intermediate
examination in 1912. At college he was Secretary and Treasurer of the
Sports Club and a member of the Student’s Representative Council. He
obtained his Colours for Rowing and was a member of the 2nd Four in
1913 and 1914. He, however, showed most interest in the O.T.C., in
which he attained the rank of Colour-Sergt. and passed the examinations
for both the “A” and “B” Certificates. He was also a keen swimmer, and
at Basingstoke Grammar School he won the Senior Cup for two years in
succession. His younger brother, Sydney, Leading Seaman, Nelson Battn.
R.N.D., was severely wounded at Gallipoli, 4 June, 1915.
[Illustration: =Philip Rossiter.=]
=ROSSON, WILLIAM HAROLD=, Private, No. 3782, 9th, attd. 1/7th,
Battn. Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Joseph Rosson,
of The Cottage, Kestrel Grove, Bushey Heath, Butler to Mr. W. B.
Gair, of Kestrel Grove, by his wife, Kate, dau. of John Cato, of
Kirtlington, near Oxford; _b._ Bushey Heath, 14 Nov. 1896; educ.
Stanmore, Middlesex; was a Groom; joined 9th Middlesex, 8 Aug. 1914;
transferred to the 1/7th Battn. and left for France, 13 March, 1915,
and died at Merville Hospital, 18 June, 1915, of wounds received on the
15th. Buried in Military Cemetery, Merville; _unm._ His Company
Commander, Capt. I. M. Cossar, wrote: “he was seriously wounded on the
15th of this month, as we were coming into the trenches. The Germans
turned a machine-gun over the ground behind the trenches for some long
distance back, and caught the company, wounding two of my best men.
Your son received a bullet wound in his back, injuring the spinal
column. He was at once taken to the dressing station where a motor was
waiting to take him to Merville Hospital. His wound was very serious.”
[Illustration: =William Harold Rosson.=]
=ROSTRON, JOHN=, Private, No. 6/928, D Westland Coy., Canterbury
Infantry Battn. New Zealand Expeditionary Force; _b._ about 1872;
educ. Peel School, Little Hulton; was for some time in the mechanic’s
shop at Lord Ellesmere’s Wharton Hall Colliery; went to New Zealand
in 1903, and took up work in the coal pit at Ronango; volunteered for
Imperial service on the outbreak of war, and joined the Canterbury
Infantry Regt.; served in Egypt; took part in the landing at the
Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 8 May, 1915. He _m._
at Peel Church, Little Hulton, 20 Feb. 1901, Clara, dau. of Thomas
Boardman, and had a dau., Ethel (63, Manchester Road West, Bottom Lane,
Little Hulton), _b._ 4 April, 1902.
=DE ROUGEMONT, MAURICE HENRY=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Queen’s
Royal West Surrey Regt., only _s._ of Arthur Francis de Rougemont,
of 5, Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park, W., by his wife, Janet Emma,
dau. of Henry Goodenough Hayter, of Winterbourne, Sidmouth, South
Devon; _b._ Westbourne Gardens, London, W., 13 June, 1889; educ.
Charterhouse (Gown boys), 1903–07, and Lausanne, 1908; was at Lloyd’s;
joined the Artists’ Rifles, 1909; volunteered for foreign service on
the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France as Sergt. in the 1st
Battn. Oct. 1914, and, after passing through the School of Instruction
at Bailleul, received a commission in the 2nd Queen’s Royal West
Surreys, 27 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of
Festubert, 16 May, 1915. According to the statement made by his servant
they and two other men got separated from the rest of the Coy., and
after attending to some of our wounded in the trench near which they
found themselves, they came across another Coy. of the Queen’s, which
had lost all its officers. It was whilst leading his own men and this
Coy. that he was shot, as they were climbing the parapet of a German
trench; _unm._ Buried near Festubert. An officer wrote, “He was an
excellent officer, and very much liked by his men. His loss is a great
trouble to them”; and another: “If there is one thing that can help you
in your loss, it will be knowing that he died doing his duty like a
man, and leading his platoon over the German trenches. He was shot when
on the top of the parapet.”
[Illustration: =Maurice H. de Rougemont.=]
=ROURKE, THOMAS=, A.B., No. 234175, 1st Class Gunner, H.M.S.
Tiger, only _s._ of the late Edward Rourke, by his wife, Lucy
(5, Stand Street, London Road, Manchester), dau. of Dennis Kennedy;
_b._ Ashton-under-Lyne, 11 April, 1890; educ. St. Michael’s
School, George Lee Street, Ancoates; entered the Navy about 1906 and
was killed in action in the North Sea, 24 Jan. 1915; _unm._
=ROUST, JOSIAH ROBERT=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 307023, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=ROUTH, HAROLD=, Rifleman, No. 1959, 12th Battn. (The Rangers)
The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of John Routh, of 189, Rosebury
Avenue, E.C.; _b._ Birmingham, 28 Aug. 1897; educ. there and
L.C.C. School; joined The Rangers in May, 1914; volunteered for
foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. following; served with
the Expeditionary Force in France, and died in the General Hospital,
Boulogne, 2 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at Hill 60, on 27
April. Buried at Boulogne. He was the youngest in the regt.
=ROW, HARRY AKERS=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. The Suffolk Regt.
(T.F.), _s._ of William Benjamin Row, of North Lodge, Saxmundham,
Corn, Seed and Coal Merchant, by his wife, Emily, dau. of Thomas
Woodward, of Old Newton, Suffolk; _b._ Saxmundham, co. Suffolk,
22 March, 1886; educ. Ipswich Grammar School; gazetted 2nd Lieut.,
4th Suffolks, 29 May, 1913, and was in command of the half company of
Territorials in Saxmundham; volunteered for foreign service on the
outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 8 Nov., and was killed
in action at Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915; _unm._ Col. H. W.
Crinddas wrote: “As commanding officer of your son’s regt. I am writing
to offer you and your family my sincerest sympathy in this great loss.
It may be some consolation to you to know that he died well, at the
head of his men, leading them most gallantly in the face of a murderous
fire. I saw him shortly after he was killed lying in a trench, shot
through the head. His end must have been quite instantaneous; so it
will be a relief to you to know that he died without pain, just passing
from life to death without knowing it. He was buried to-day at Vielle
Chapelle. I have not been long with this regt., but quite long enough
to appreciate your son’s work at its true value, and I feel that by
his early (though glorious) death I have lost a most valuable officer
and good friend.” He was a keen sportsman, and particularly fond of
shooting and fishing.
[Illustration: =Harry Akers Row.=]
=ROW, JAMES EDWARD=, Acting Leading Stoker, K. 1012, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=ROWAN, ANDREW PERCIVAL=, Capt., 10th Battn. (Western Australia)
Australian Light Horse, 3rd Brigade, Australian Imperial Force,
_s._ of the late Andrew Rowan, of Arranmore. St. Kilda, Melbourne,
and St. Hubert’s Vineyard, Victoria; _b._ Melbourne, 31 Aug. 1876;
educ. Queen’s College, St. Kilda, and Melbourne Grammar School; served
as a Lieut. in the Australian Force in the South African War, 1901–02;
took part in the operations in the Transvaal, Orange River Colony and
Cape Colony, and received the Queen’s medal with three clasps. He
was appointed Lieut., Australian Field Artillery, in July, 1903, but
retired in 1910 and joined the Reserve of Officers. He then went to
Western Australia and took up farming at Murgarrin, and on the outbreak
of the European War immediately offered his services and was gazetted
Lieut., 10th (Western Australia) Light Horse, 28 Oct. 1914. He took
part in the operations at the Dardanelles, was promoted Capt. at the
end of July for good work done in the field, and fell in action there,
7 Aug. 1915; _unm._ He was killed instantly by a bullet in the
head and chest as he sprang over the edge of the trench to lead his men
in the great charge at Walker’s Ridge, when the Australian Light Horse
were almost wiped out. Brig.-Gen. F. Hughes, Commanding 3rd Light Horse
Brigade, wrote to Mrs. Rowan: “I trust you will forgive me for writing,
but I desire not only to express my deepest sympathy with you in your
sorrow, but also to bear testimony to the excellent work your son did
while he was with us. He led his men with great skill and determination
when the Turks attacked them at Quinn’s Post soon after our arrival
here, and although twice wounded he stuck to his post and directed the
men with the effect that the enemy were driven back with considerable
loss. I have no doubt you have already received full particulars of the
engagement on the 7th, when he and his comrades so bravely attempted to
take the Turks trenches. It was one of those heroic acts that failed
through want of proper support. He truly did his best for his King and
Empire.”
[Illustration: =Andrew Percival Rowan.=]
=ROWAN, JOHN LECK=, Lieut., 5th Battn. Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders (T.F.), eldest _s._ of John Rowan, of Dardenne,
Kilmalcolm, co. Renfrew, by his wife, Isabella Gordon, dau. of James
Shearer; _b._ Greenock, co. Renfrew, 27 Jan. 1890; educ. Greenock
Collegiate School and Academy, and Glasgow Technical College; was an
Engineer in the service of the P. & O. Co.; gazetted 2nd Lieut., in
the 5th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), 13 May, 1911, and
promoted Lieut. 1 July, 1914; volunteered for Imperial service on the
outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, 31 May, 1915,
and was killed in action at Achi Baba, 12 July following, while
leading his platoon; _unm._ Buried there. His Col. wrote: “I can
testify he was a fine fellow, and as brave as they are made, and no one
regrets his loss to the Battn. more than I do”; and his Capt., writing
to express his sympathy, stated that he had lost both an officer and
a friend, one that could not be replaced. Private Ferns also wrote:
“The corner of the trench which I was holding had been under a heavy
machine-gun and rifle fire, so that the sand bags and parapet started
to fall in on top of me. I could not look over the trench to see what
was going on in the enemy lines, so I passed along word to your son,
Lieut. Rowan, to come along as I got suspicious of the constant fire
being trained on the one corner of the trench, as it was opposite to
the entrance of the communicating trench. Your son came and fired a
night searchlight. At great personal risk he had a look over the top
of the trench. He located three Turkish bomb throwers between 20 and
30 yards off our trench, so he gave us the word to open fire. We did
so, and must have riddled the three of them with bullets. After that
he came back to where I was standing, and before he would ask anybody
else he gave me a hand to rebuild the corner of the trench, while the
bullets were whirring over our heads, so close that we could feel the
air of them.” Private Martin, in speaking of the bravery of Lieut.
Rowan, said: “He was ahead of everybody when the shell struck him.
While lying on the ground he shouted, ‘Go on, boys, I’m done.’ Two of
us rushed to his assistance and helped him into a sitting position,
where he emptied his revolver at the Turks in front. Then, shaking
hands with each of us, he lay down as if he were asleep.”
[Illustration: =John L. Rowan.=]
=ROWBERRY, ALFRED CHARLES=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., Ch. B.
8046), 293134, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=ROWE, ARTHUR=, Petty Officer, 212807, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROWE, FRANK CHARLES=, Leading Stoker, 227513, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ROWE, JOHN=, Leading Seaman, 232049, Good Hope; lost in action
off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ROWE, JOSEPH FRANK=, Petty Officer, 179707, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ROWE, JOSEPH JAMES=, Private, No. 5415, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Francis Fuick Rowe, of Borningham Green, near
Aldborough; _b._ Baconthorpe, near Holt, co. Norfolk; enlisted 11
Feb. 1904; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders
from 30 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action, 25 Oct. following;
_unm._
=ROWLANDS, PERCIVAL HUGH=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5020, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROY, KENNETH JAMES=, Capt., 4th Battn. (Duke of Cambridge’s
Own) Middlesex Regt., _s._ of the late Rev. James Roy, Rector
of Stockton-on-Forest, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Thomas Denman,
Barrister-at-Law (Chancery Division); _b._ Appleton Vicarage,
Bolton Percy, co. York, 21 Jan. 1877; educ. St. Peter’s School, York,
and The Oaks, Upper Deal; joined the 3rd Prince of Wales’s Own West
Yorkshire Regt. (York Militia), in Feb. 1896; was attached to the
depot of the Manchester Regt. at Ashton-under-Lyne, 1898, and got
his company, Feb. 1899. On 15 June, 1901, he was selected for a 2nd
Lieutenancy in the Middlesex Regt. and became Lieut. 6 March, 1903,
and Capt. 9 Nov. 1910. From Nov. 1899, to 23 April, 1905, he served
with the 2nd Gold Coast Regt. W.A.F.F., taking part in the operations
in Ashanti (Medal), and in the expedition into the Tiansi Country in
1902; served in South Nigeria, 1907–09, and was attached to the West
African Rifles, 1911–12. He went to France with the Expeditionary
Force and is believed to have been killed in action on the Mons Road,
23 Aug. 1914. A brother officer who was wounded and taken prisoner,
wrote from Germany: “I saw Capt. Roy killed in a hand-to-hand fight
on the Mons Road. He fought splendidly, but we had no chance, there
were about 250 Germans against 40 of us, the remnant of my Company
who defended Obourg station on the canal. I was lying on the ground
helpless. We managed to keep the Germans in check for a bit, but were
eventually overpowered, only a few, I fear, escaped to tell the tale.”
His brothers: Commander Robert Stewart Roy, R.N., Royal Naval Barracks,
Portsmouth; Staff-Paymaster Norman Frederick Roy, R.N.; and Surgeon
Donald Whatley Roy, F.R.C.S., R.N.V.R., Hospital Ship Plassy; are now
on active service.
[Illustration: =Kenneth James Roy.=]
=ROYAL, ARTHUR CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4308), S.S. 1439, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=ROYALL, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Chief Carpenter’s Mate (Pensioner),
136424, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROYES, THOMAS PERCY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16894, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RUCK, JOHN EGERTON=, Major, 1st, attd. 7th (Service), Battn.
Gloucestershire Regt., only _s._ of the late Egerton Wynder Ruck,
of Mayfield, Cheam, by his wife, Margaret Bradshaw, dau. of John
Bradshaw Wanklyn; _b._ Cheam, co. Surrey, 12 Jan. 1874; educ.
Marlborough College; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Gloucestershire Regt., 21
Oct. 1893, and promoted Lieut. 5 Oct. 1897; Capt. 25 Oct. 1903, and
Major 17 Feb. 1915; was Adjutant of the Regt., 17 Dec. 1901 to 16 Dec.
1904; and of the Boer Camp at Diyatalama, Ceylon; also of the Militia
and Special Reserve, 16 Nov. 1906 to 15 Nov. 1911; served (1) in the
South African War, 1899–1900; took part in the operations in Natal,
1899, including actions at Rietfontein and Lombard’s Kop, and in the
defence of Ladysmith (Queen’s medal with clasp); and (2) with the
Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles from 11 July,
1915, to 8 Aug. following, on which latter date he was killed in action
near Anzac Bay. He _m._ at St. Mary Abbots, Kensington, 11 May,
1905, Eleanor Fanny (14, Henleaze Gardens, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol),
dau. of the late Major Alexander Ferdinand Henry Mitchell Innes, 60th
Rifles, and had two children: Gordon Alexander Egerton, _b._ 31
Aug. 1906; and Patricia Louisa Egerton, _b._ 5 Feb. 1912.
[Illustration: =John Egerton Ruck.=]
=RUDD, ALEXANDER RICHARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6654), 222193
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RUDD, FREDERICK THOMAS=, A.B. Seaman, No. 5635A, Royal Navy,
_s._ of Frederick James Rudd, of 36, Rotterdam Road, Lowestoft,
by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Edmund Howlett, of Pulham Market, Norfolk;
_b._ Lowestoft, co. Suffolk, 14 Jan. 1897; educ. Yarmouth Road
School, Oulton Broad; joined the Navy 9 Feb. 1914, and was lost on
H.M.S. Cressy, when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=RUDDERHAM, EDWIN ROBERT=, Boy, Servant, L. 4251, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RUDDERHAM, SIDNEY W.=, Marine Wireless Telegraph Operator, 1st
Class, R.N.R., H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=RUDDICK, JAMES JOHN (WILLIAMS, J. J.)=, Stoker, 1st Class
(R.F.R., Ch. B. 9436), S.S. 106664, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RUDDOCK, HAROLD EDWY COLSTON=, Lieut., 28th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, 4th and youngest _s._ of the late Montague
Greville Ruddock, of the Inland Revenue, Somerset House, by his wife,
Sarah, dau. of Thomas Franklin Hay, and grandson of the late Rev.
Edward Ruddock, of Westbury, Somerset; _b._ Richmond, Surrey,
29 Dec. 1885; was some years in the 13th Kensingtons and London
Scottish, and on going to Australia was given a commission in 88th
Infantry Battn. Commonwealth Military Defence Forces in 1912; offered
his services shortly after war was declared, and was promoted Lieut.
17 Aug. 1915, and attached to 28th Battn. Australian Infantry. He
contracted pneumonia while on active service in Gallipoli and died 22
Nov. 1915, in hospital at Alexandria, and was buried in the Chatby
Cemetery there. He _m._ at St. Anne’s, Kew Green, Surrey, 29 June,
1909, Constance Mary, dau. of Henry Howard Aldous, Kew Green, Surrey,
and had two children: Henry Edward, _b._ 13 May, 1910; and Alice
Mary, _b._ 22 March, 1914.
[Illustration: =Harold E. C. Ruddock.=]
=RUDKIN, WILFRED GEORGE=, 2nd Sick Berth Steward, M. 1327, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RUDMAN, HARRY STANLEY=, Trooper, No. 7/1137, 8th Canterbury
Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of the
late Albert Rudman, of Salford, Manchester, by his wife, Florence (135,
Blackfriars Road, Salford), dau. of the late George Newman, of Bath;
_b._ Salford, 1 Feb. 1890; educ. North-Eastern County School,
Barnard Castle, Durham, and the Royal Technical Institute, Salford;
went to New Zealand in 1912, and settled at Stonyhurst, Christchurch.
New Zealand; volunteered and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force
in Jan. 1915; left for Egypt with the fifth reinforcements in June;
went to the Dardanelles about 5 Nov. 1915, and was killed in action at
Waterfall Gully, there, 18 Nov. 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the
Regimental Burial Ground at Walker’s Ridge the following day.
[Illustration: =Harry Stanley Rudman.=]
=RUEGG, KENNETH STANES=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Sherwood Foresters
(Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt.), 2nd _s._ of the Rev.
Ferdinand Stanes Ruegg, B.A., Rector of Wetherden, Stowmarket, by his
wife, Alice Sophia, 2nd dau. of Robert Bianchi, of Dovercot House, Long
Clawson, and London, L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S.; _b._ Llanvair-Kilgeddin,
near Abergavenny, 8 June, 1890; educ. privately; enlisted in the
Sherwood Foresters in 1910; was given a commission and gazetted 2nd
Lieut., Sherwood Foresters, 4 Sept. 1914; went to France, 20 Aug. 1914,
and was killed in action 20 Sept. following, during the Battle of the
Aisne; _unm._
=RUGG, EDWARD ERNEST=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3253), S.S. 791, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=RUMBLES, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, 223110, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=RUNCORN, THOMAS JAMES=, Private, No. 5804, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, eldest _s._ of Robert James Runcorn, of 19, River Street,
Balsall Heath, Birmingham, by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of William
Hampton; _b._ Tamworth, 2 June. 1887; educ. there; joined the Army
about 1907; went to the Front, 10 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action
at the First Battle of Ypres, 29 Oct. 1914; _unm._
=RUSH, SYDNEY WALTER=, Rifleman, No. 1422, 12th Battn. (The
Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Walter Rush,
of 27 and 29, Uxbridge Road, Shepherd’s Bush, W., Draper and Ladies’
Outfitter, by his wife, Annie Elizabeth, dau. of J. R. Collender,
of Bow; _b._ Paddington, London, W., 21 Sept. 1890; educ.
Mathematical School, Rochester; was a partner in his father’s business;
joined The Rangers in Feb. 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the
outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 24 Dec., and was killed
in action at St. Eloi, near Ypres, 15 Feb. 1915; _unm._ Buried
behind the trenches near the Menin Cemetery. His Capt. wrote expressing
great regret at his loss, adding how devoted he was to his duty, and
what a wonderful capacity he had for sticking it.
[Illustration: =Sydney Walter Rush.=]
=RUSSELL, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5554),
302354. H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RUSSELL, FRANCIS=, Leading Seaman, 193098, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=RUSSELL, FRANK=, Mechanician, 284204, H.M.S Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=RUSSELL, HENRY=, Plumber, 344095, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=RUSSELL, HENRY JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 19360, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RUSSELL, HENRY JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch B. 5326), 182451, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RUSSELL, JAMES FORTEATH=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. 10th Gurkha Rifles,
only _s._ of Col. Alexander Fraser Russell, of The White Bungalow,
Tidworth, co. Hants, C.M.G., A.D.M.S., Salisbury Plain, and Laura
Charlotte, eldest surviving dau. of Col. Frederick Prescott Forteath,
of Newton, Morayshire, and nephew of Sir James Russell, of Edinburgh;
_b._ Mhow, India, 20 Dec. 1887; educ. Edinburgh Academy, Bedford
Grammar School, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted
2nd Lieut., unattd. list, Indian Army, 25 Jan. 1908; was attd. for
his first year to the 1st Seaforth Highlanders, and served with them
on the N.W. Frontier of India, 1908, taking part in the operations in
the Mohmand country (medal with clasp); was subsequently posted to the
89th Punjabis at Mandalay, but two months later (1 June, 1909) was
transferred to the 10th Gurkha Rifles. He rendered good service under
trying circumstances in escorting Chinese soldiers over a large section
of road, who were retiring from Tibet to Calcutta, on their way to
China, and was commended for a “road report” prepared for the march of
a Battn. of British Infantry from Darjeeling to Dacca in Oct. 1913. He
was on furlough in Scotland when war broke out in Aug. 1914; rejoined
his regt. in India; went to Egypt, Oct. 1914, as machine-gun officer of
his Battn.; took part in the repulse of the Turks at the Suez Canal in
Feb. 1915; went to the Dardanelles, May following, and was killed in
action there, 2 July, 1915; _unm._ Buried there (I. 12 Ravine). He
was for some years the youngest officer in the Army holding a medal for
war service.
[Illustration: =James Forteath Russell.=]
=RUST, EDWARD=, Private, No. 1830, 4th Battn., The Yorkshire
Regt. (T.F.), eldest son of the Rev. Edward Rust, M.A., B.D., Vicar
of Hamsteels, Durham, by his wife, Sarah Gregson, dau. of Edward
Horatio Thew, of Gateshead; _b._ Gateshead, co. Durham, 10 Oct.
1895; educ. Scorton Grammar School, co. York; joined the Yorkshire
Territorials in March, 1914, while still a student at Scorton, and on
the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered for foreign service;
went to France, 17 April, 1915; was twice wounded while charging
with his regt. at St. Julien on the 24th, and was taken to the Field
Hospital, but returned to the firing line the following evening, where
he remained until his regt. was relieved on the 29th, and died from his
wounds just as he left the trenches. Buried in Hazebrouck Cemetery.
Capt. Maughan wrote: “The youngest man in my company, he shared in
all the arduous duties and marches, and I never knew him utter a
complaint.” A tablet was erected to his memory by the scholars of the
Scorton Grammar School, and was unveiled by the Rev. W. Kerr Smith,
Governor of the School, 29 July, 1915, and a stained glass window was
placed to his memory in Hamsteels Parish Church.
[Illustration: =Edward Rust.=]
=RUTHERFORD, JOHN THOMAS HENRY=, Private, No. 9735, 2nd Battn.
Royal Scots, eldest _s._ of John Thomas Rutherford, of 45, Howe
Street, Haggerston, London, Cabinet Maker, by his wife, Hannah, dau. of
Thomas Dillon; _b._ Hoxton, London, 16 July, 1888; educ. Hammond
Square Council School there; enlisted 29 Aug. 1906; served 7 years with
the Colours, then passed into the Reserve; mobilized on the declaration
of war, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force the
same month; served with his regt. through the retreat from Mons and the
various subsequent engagements, and was killed in action at Hooge, 25
Sept. 1915; _unm._
=RUTLEDGE, JAMES EDWARD=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 278362, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=RUTTER, EMANUEL=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 1699, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=RUTTER, JOHN=, L.-Corpl., No. 9164, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards,
_s._ of the late (--) Rutter, by his wife, Mary (263, Icknield
Port Road, Ladywood, Birmingham); _b._ Birmingham, 12 Dec.
1893; educ. St. John’s, Ladywood; enlisted 8 July, 1911; served with
the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action in the
Brickfields at Cuinchy, 25 Jan. 1915; _unm._ Buried there.
=RUXTON, WILLIAM RALPH=, L.-Corpl., Imperial Light Horse, only
child of Charles Harcourt Vernon Ruxton, of Rosmeath, Park Town,
Johannesburg, Lieut., 4th South African Horse (now on active service in
German East Africa), by his wife, Lauvetta Eliza, eldest dau. of the
Rev. Ralph Daly-Cocking, M.A., Incumbent of Holy Trinity, Brighton,
and grandson of William Ruxton, of Ardee House, co. Louth, J.P., D.L.;
_b._ Sylhet, Assam, India, 7 Sept. 1895; educ. Park Town School,
Johannesburg (1904–6); Mowden School, Brighton (1906–9), and Haileybury
College (1909–12), where he was in the O.T.C., and Matriculated at the
London University in 1912; on leaving Haileybury entered the Staff of
Electrical Works of the Victoria Falls Power Company in Johannesburg;
joined the South African Defence Force in 1913, and on the outbreak of
the European War in Aug. 1914, enlisted as a trooper in the Imperial
Light Horse, being promoted L.-Corpl., in Sept., for plucky conduct
under big shell fire at Kumos, N.W. Cape Province, in action against
Maritz, leader of the Rebellion, and was killed in action against Kemp
on the farm Rooidam, near Upington; _unm._ Buried there. His
Squadron Officer wrote: “We have lost in your son a gallant gentleman
whose memory will remain green in the hearts of his comrades.”
[Illustration: =William Ralph Ruxton.=]
=RYAN, CHARLES=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 177312, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RYAN, GEORGE JULIAN, D.S.O.=, Capt. and Brevet Major, 2nd Battn.
Royal Munster Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of the late Lieut.-Col. George
Ryan, Army Medical Service, by his wife, Louisa Clotilda (Ashby
Cottage, Ryde, Isle of Wight), dau. of Major N. Colthurst-Brabazon,
83rd Regt. (R.I.F.); _b._ Tenby, co. Pembroke, 18 Sept. 1878;
educ. Elizabeth College, Guernsey, and United Services College,
Westward Ho!, North Devon; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Munster
Fusiliers, 8 Sept. 1897, and promoted Lieut. 11 March 1899, Capt. 9
June, 1906, and Brevet Major 7 Nov. 1908, being employed with the
Egyptian Army from 6 Feb. 1903, to 15 Feb. 1910; served (1) in the
South African War, 1899–1901; employed with the Mounted Infantry in
the advance on Kimberley, including actions at Belmont and Modder
River; operations in the Transvaal, June-29 Nov. 1900; operations in
Cape Colony; operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900–March, 1901,
and those in the Orange River Colony, March-June, 1901 (mentioned in
Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901]; Queen’s medal with five
clasps, D.S.O.); (2) in the Soudan, 1905, with force sent against
the Nyam Nyam tribes in the Bahr-el-Ghazal Province (mentioned in
Despatches [London Gazette, 18 May, 1906]; Egyptian medal with clasp);
(3) in the Sudan, 1906; took part in the operations at Talodi, in
Southern Kordofan (clasp to Egyptian medal); (4) in the Sudan, 1908:
in operations in the Blue Nile Province, then with force commanded
by El Lewa Dickinson Pasha sent to punish the murderer of the Deputy
Inspector and Police Commandant, who had been treacherously slain at
Kamlin; and (5) with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders
from 22 Aug. 1914; was promoted temp. Lieut.-Col. 22 Jan. 1915, and
was killed in action at Givenchy, 23 Jan. 1915, when returning across
the danger zone, after inspecting his men in the trenches, while in
temporary command of the Battn. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now
Lord) French’s Despatch of 22 June, 1915. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =George Julian Ryan.=]
=RYAN, JOHN JAMES=, A.B., F.F. 3609, killed in action at
Tsing-Tau, 22 Aug. 1914, on board H.M. Destroyer Kennet, while engaged
in chasing the German destroyer S.90.
=RYE, FREDERICK CLEMENT=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1183),
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RYLANCE, WILLIAM HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 4190),
277713, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RYLANDS, REGINALD VICTOR=, Capt. 1/7th Battn. Manchester Regt.
(T.F.), elder _s._ of Richard Walter Rylands, of Ashburn Lodge,
Worsley, Manchester, Solicitor, by his wife, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of
Richard Isherwood, of Bolton; _b._ Eccles, 5 Nov. 1891; educ. All
Saints’ School, Bloxham, and Shrewsbury School, and after spending a
short time in Germany, went to Manchester University, taking his LL.B.
in 1912. While there he served his articles as solicitor with his
father’s firm, Messrs. Boote, Edgar, Grace & Rylands, of Manchester,
Solicitors, and passed his final examination in June, 1914. He was
three years in the Cadet Corps at Shrewsbury, was gazetted 2nd Lieut.
1/7th Battn. Manchester Regt. (T.F.), 18 July, 1910, attained the
rank of Lieut. 5 Jan. 1912, and received his Company, 26 Sept. 1914.
Along with other units of the East Lancashire Territorial Division,
his battn. went out to Egypt in the autumn of 1914, and for some time
he commanded the detachment that guarded the important railway centre
at Atbara, a position of great responsibility for a young officer of
23. He left Atbara, about Feb. 1915, for Khartoum and was later moved
to Suez, going to the Dardanelles early in May, 1915, and was killed
during a night attack at Gallipoli, 29 May, 1915; _unm._ Capt.
Williamson wrote of him: “He has proved himself to be one of the
finest officers that a regiment could have. You can well imagine the
amount of grit in a man when he goes forward under heavy fire though
badly wounded.... I say unreservedly that I am proud to be in the same
regiment as such a man as that.” Lieut. George Chadwick, of the same
battn. wrote: “The battn. was ordered to move on the night of 28 May
and dig new trenches which the Manchester Brigade were to man on the
day of the charge. Your son was on the left, in command of half the
Company. We advanced about 11 o’clock, with a full moon which was not
to our advantage; we crept to within about 150 yards of the enemy’s
trench and started to dig in. A message came down the line that your
son had been hit in the shoulder, a Sergt. that was near by gave him
water and did everything that was possible, but the bullet must have
got in to some vital spot, as he passed away in about five minutes.
We put him to rest the next day in a grave in rear of our trench and
put him a cross up made out of a periscope which had been broken by
a sniper”; and A. E. Fawcus, Capt. and Act. Adjt. 1/7th Manchester
Regt.: “On the night 28–29 May, B and D Companies of our Battn. were
ordered to advance and dig ourselves in about 200 yards from the
enemy’s trenches; this meant advancing across the open under fire for
a distance of about 170 yards. Your son was on the extreme left of our
Company and trying to get into touch with the Battn. on our left, but
as they had failed to reach their proper place he was unable to do
so. Unfortunately the moon rose, and as we had no cover were easily
seen by the enemy who opened a hot fire on us.... The section he was
with consisting of about eight men were cut off from our next trench
and we did not get connected with them for about 48 hours. I was
receiving verbal messages from him up to about 2 o’clock on 29 May,
1915, and then I heard he was seriously wounded. Unfortunately we were
entirely cut off from our lines behind, as the communication sap was
only completed after 72 hours and he in turn was cut off from us so
that we could give him no assistance. An hour or two later I received
a message to say that he was dead. I afterwards heard that he died in
five minutes and never recovered consciousness after he was hit. It
is difficult to say whether he was hit once only or by a machine-gun.
I regret to say that we could not bury him until the third day as on
the day after he was killed a party attempted to do so and one man was
immediately killed. His men told me he was slightly hit during the
advance but this did not deter him from leading his men splendidly.
The operation was a difficult one and our casualties were severe, but
thanks to the bravery of the men and their officers was successfully
carried out.” A younger brother, 2nd Lieut. Harold B. Rylands, is now
(1916) attached to the Lancashire Fusiliers, now in France.
[Illustration: =Reginald Victor Rylands.=]
=STOPFORD SACKVILLE, GEOFFREY WILLIAM=, Sub-Lieut., R.N..
2nd _s._ of the late Col. Lionel Richard Stopford Sackville
(Commanding 4th Battn. 1891–7), Rifle Brigade, by his wife, Constance
Evelyn (Ecton, Northampton), dau. of Major George Gosling, and
grandson of Sackville George Stopford Sackville, of Drayton House, co.
Northants, M.P., J.P., D.L. [grandson of Rev. the Hon. Richard Bruce
Stopford, 4th s. of James, 2nd Earl of Courtown, K.P., P.C.]; _b._
South Raglan Barracks, Devonport, 22 May, 1893; educ. St Peter’s Court,
Broadstairs, and the Osborne (1906) and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges;
served as Midshipman on H.M. ships St. Vincent, 15 May, 1911, to 14
Jan. 1912, Cornwallis, 15 Jan. 1912 to 29 Sept. 1913, and Invincible,
30 Sept. 1913 to 31 Dec. 1913; took 1st Class for Seamanship and did
his three months course at Portsmouth in H.M. ships Victory, Excellent
and Dryad; appointed Sub-Lieut., H.M.S. Hampshire, 30 May, 1914, but
never joined, being sent to Britomart Gunboat on arrival at Hong Kong;
and on the outbreak of war, 5 Aug. following, was with the rest of
the crew drafted to H.M. Destroyer Ribble; served in that ship at
the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915; was severely wounded
while superintending the landing of troops that day, and died 21 May
following, in the Bombay Relief Fund Hospital, Alexandria; _unm._
Commander R. Wilkinson wrote: “Geoffrey was struck in the forehead
standing aft, and superintending the disembarkation of soldiers, and
cheering them up in his quiet manly way. He was always keen to go into
action and to be doing something.”
[Illustration: =G. W. Stopford Sackville.=]
=SADLER, ROBERT HENRY=, Trimmer, 92 T.S., Trawler Section R.N.R.;
lost when the mine sweeping Trawler No. 61 (Thomas W. Irvine, of North
Shields) was sunk by a mine, Aug. 1914.
=SADLER, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7474). S.S.
102594, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SADLER, WILLIAM EDWARD=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd, attd. 2nd, Battn.
South Lancashire Regt., eldest _s._ of William Frederick Sadler,
of 41, Hampstead Lane, N., East India Merchant, by his wife, Ada Mary
Barton, dau. of the late Z. F. Warren; _b._ Upper Clapton, 20
Sept. 1896; educ. Cranleigh School, and Highgate School, and on leaving
the latter in May, 1913, entered the employ of Messrs. Price, Forbes &
Co., of Lloyds. Having served 4½ years in the O.T.C., he applied for a
commission on the outbreak of war, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 10th
South Lancashires, 13 Nov. 1914, but quickly transferred to 3rd Battn.;
went to France, 24 March, 1915, attd. to 2nd Battn., and was killed
in action while deepening some partly made trenches on Hill 60, near
Ypres, 8 May, 1915; _unm._ His Col. wrote: “He died gallantly,
doing his duty. His company commander had a very high opinion of him.
Shortly before he was hit I had been round his platoon in the trenches
and thought what a cheerful, smart young fellow he was, and how well
and bravely he was doing his duty,” and the Adjutant, Major (now
Lieut.-Col.) Cotton: “He was a gallant lad, most deservedly popular and
a thoroughly--especially I might say--promising young officer, keen,
energetic, and reliable”; and numerous other letters from officers and
friends bear testimony to his energy, capability, and great courage.
[Illustration: =William Edward Sadler.=]
=SAIGEMAN, JACK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4805), S.S. 1717, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ST. CLAIR, HON. CHARLES HENRY MURRAY=, Capt., 1st Battn.
Seaforth Highlanders, yr. _s._ of Charles William, 15th Baron
Sinclair, formerly 57th Foot (with which he served in the Crimea and
Indian Mutiny), by his wife, Margaret Jane, yr. dau. of James Murray,
of Bryanston Square; _b._ 19 Dec. 1878; educ. Eton and Royal
Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Battn. Seaforth
Highlanders, 7 May, 1898, and promoted Lieut. 12 Dec. 1899; served
in the South African War, 1899–1902, took part in the advance on
Kimberley, was present with the Highland Brigade at Magersfontein,
and also in the demonstration at Koodoosburgh against the right of
the Boer position, and in the final scene at Paardeberg (17–26 Feb.,
mentioned in Despatches), Poplar Grove and Dreifontein; was attached
to Brig.-Gen. Sir H. Rawlinson’s Column as signalling officer during
the operations in the Orange Free State and Transvaal, 1900–1,
including the actions at Wittebergen (1 to 29 July), and received the
Queen’s medal with five clasps and King’s medal with two clasps. He
became Capt. 19 April, 1902, served as Adjutant 2nd Battn. Seaforth
Highlanders, June, 1903–6, was A.D.C. to Gen. Sir Bruce Hamilton,
commanding 2nd Division at Aldershot, June, 1906–7, and Staff Capt.
Scottish Command, 1908–12, in which last year he was posted to the 1st
Battn. of his regt. then at Agra. He landed in France with the Indian
(Meerut) Expeditionary Force, 13 Oct. 1914, and served in the north of
France until the 20 Dec. following, when he was killed in action in the
trenches near La Bassée; _unm._ He was mentioned in Despatches by
F.M. Sir John French, 31 May, 1915. Capt. St. Clair was a member of the
King’s Bodyguard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers) and a Knight
of the Saxe-Ernestine Family Order.
[Illustration: =Charles H. M. St. Clair.=]
=ST. GEORGE, GUY STANFORTH WEMYSS=, Lieut., 1st Battn. King
George’s Own, Gurkha Rifles, only surviving _s._ of the late
Lieut.-Col. Harry Hamersley St. George, Senior Ordnance Officer,
Scottish District, by his wife, Agnes Collin Wemyss (The Cottage,
Lexden, Colchester), dau. of George Wright Loch; _b._ Colombo,
Ceylon, 1 July, 1888; educ. Wellington College and Sandhurst: gazetted
to the 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers, 19 Jan. 1907, and promoted Lieut.
19 April, 1909. In 1908 he was transferred to the Indian Army and was
appointed to the 1st Gurkha Rifles. When the war broke out his regiment
was sent first to Egypt, and then to France in Nov. 1914, where he
was made Brigade Machine-Gun Officer. He was in action at Festubert
and Neuve Chapelle, and became Adjutant on the death of Capt. Gilbert
Kennedy. Lieut. St. George was mortally wounded at Ypres, 27 April,
1915, and died the following day, and was buried at Hazebrouck, France;
_unm._ His Col. wrote to his mother: “Since Capt. Kennedy was
shot, your son has been adjutant, and, as such, has been constantly
with me and has endeared himself greatly to me. His death is a great
shock to me; he was a most capable soldier, and a first-rate Adjutant,
and he will be a very great loss to the regiment”; and Gen. Powell
said: “His loss has been very much felt by the 1st. as he was so
liked by his brother officers and so much thought of as a capable and
promising officer. He appealed to me because of his keenness for rifle
shooting; a great shot, a good marksman, and an enthusiastic sportsman.”
[Illustration: =Guy S. W. St. George.=]
=SAIT, JOHN=, Private, No. 20248, East Surrey Regt. (T.F.),
_s._ of Thomas Sait, of Red Lion Lane, Tolworth, Carpenter;
_b._ Hammersmith, London, 19 March, 1863; educ. Tolworth; enlisted
in the 2nd East Surreys, 24 June, 1878; served 7 years and 87 days
with the Colours, and 4 years 278 days in the Reserve, obtaining his
discharge, 23 June, 1890; took part in the Egyptian War, 1885 (medal
with clasp and bronze star); rejoined 9 Nov. 1915; died in Knockaloe
Camp, Isle of Man, 15 Jan. 1916, of double pneumonia contracted while
on active service. He _m._ at Kingston-on-Thames, 1 July, 1887,
Ellen (27, Cross Street, Hampton Hill, Middlesex), dau. of Charles
Russell, Gamekeeper, and had six children: John Thomas, _b._ 22
Jan. 1889; Arthur Edward, _b._ 7 May, 1904; Henry James, _b._
1 July, 1906; Margaret Ethel, _b._ 3 July, 1891; Florence May,
_b._ 16 Dec. 1896; and Gwendoline, _b._ 22 Feb. 1897.
[Illustration: =John Sait.=]
=SALE, ALEXANDER GORDON=, Lieut., King’s African Rifles, yr.
_s._ of Richard Sale, of Barrow-on-Trent, Derbyshire, J.P.,
by his wife, Mary Alexina, dau. of Alexander Gordon, of Ashludie,
Forfarshire, D.L., J.P.; _b._ Barrow-on-Trent, co. Derby, 14
Nov. 1894; educ. Horris Hill, and Repton School; went to British East
Africa in Feb. 1914, and was on the Staff of Pauling & Co., Contractors
for the Railway to the Magadi Soda Lake, but on the outbreak of war
in Aug. of the same year joined a Pioneer Corps and was engaged in
laying telegraph wires and making transport roads, until he was given a
commission in the King’s African Rifles, in Jan. 1915. He was killed in
action during his first engagement at Utegi, Nyanza Province, British
East Africa, 9 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried on the border of German
East Africa. While at Repton he was head of his house, a school prefect
and a sergt. in the O.T.C., and obtained his colours for both cricket
and football.
[Illustration: =Alexander Gordon Sale.=]
=SALE, FREDERICK HAROLD=, Yeoman of Signals, 226735, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SALES, HENRY=, Stoker, Petty Officer 29, 4058, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SALMON, ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, 302930 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SALMONI, FRED STANLEY=, L.-Corpl., No. 791, 15th Battn.
Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of William Salmoni, of 8, Elm
Street, Cardiff; _b._ there 24 Dec. 1892; educ. Stacey Road Board
School, Cardiff, emigrated to Queensland in 1912; on the outbreak of
war enlisted in the Australian Contingent, and was killed in action at
Gallipoli, 28 April, 1915; _unm._ On the morning of the 27th his
platoon commander, Lieut. T. Robertson, with a party of thirty picked
men (including Salmoni) went forward to occupy an outpost position in
advance of the main line of defence. Early the following morning the
enemy massed in large numbers opposite their position and demanded
their surrender; this was refused, but as they were greatly outnumbered
they had to retire, and only a few of the party succeeded in reaching
the main line. Although killed on 28 April, his body was not found
until the 24 May. He was buried in Shrapnel Valley, about one mile
north-east of Gaba Tepe. Before going to Australia he was a member of
the 14th Coy. of the Cardiff Boys’ Brigade.
=SALT, THOMAS FREDERICK CYRIL=, 2nd Lieut., 11th (Service) Battn.
(2nd Gwent) South Wales Borderers, formerly Private, No. 3203, 3rd
Battn. Monmouthshire Regt., only _s._ of Thomas Frederick Salt,
of Gwentland, Abertillery, co. Monmouth, Colliery Proprietor, by his
wife, Mary Ellen, dau. of the late John Carpenter, Colliery Proprietor;
_b._ Arral House, Aberbeeg, co. Monmouth, 26 Oct. 1893; educ.
County Intermediate School, Abertillery, and on leaving there was
articled to Mr. W. Stewart, M.E., Managing Director of Messrs. Powells’
Tillery Colliery Co., with whom he served for four years; volunteered
for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined the
3rd Monmouthshire Regt. (T.F.); trained at Northampton and Cambridge;
went to France, Jan. 1915; was wounded in action at Neuve Chapelle,
15 March, 1915, and died in No. 8 Casualty Clearing Station, 3 April
following; _unm._ Buried in Bailleul Cemetery. A comrade wrote:
“From the time we went to Northampton to the fatal night he and I
had been great pals, and during our stay in France we always slept
and lived together. When he went away to hospital I was sadly alone,
and felt his absence keenly. The evening he was shot his platoon was
relieving us in the firing line, and it was within 20 yards of his
destination that the blow came. As the men of his platoon were filing
by me I heard someone say ‘Cyril is hit,’ and I immediately went out
and found him, and in company with three other fellows took him to
cover of our trench. The bullet had entered his temple right behind
his right eye, and passed through parallel with his forehead. As soon
as we got under cover another young fellow and I bandaged his wounds
and sent for the ambulance. As the enemy’s fire at this time was
very hot and our parapets were in places blown away, the work of our
stretcher-bearers was much hindered, and as a consequence they were
unable to move Cyril for about two hours. Meanwhile, I got coats, etc.,
and made him as comfortable as possible. At intervals I would talk and
try to cheer him up, and it was honestly grand to see the way poor
Cyril would try to pull himself together. He was a soldier in every
sense of the word.... In losing Cyril, not only I but the whole regt.
has sustained a great loss, and his absence caused quite a gloom over
us all. With the officers as well as the men he was highly respected,
and I don’t think in this world there was a more conscientious and
upright fellow breathing. It will be gratifying, and I am positively
certain a great joy to you, to know that he led a real Christian life,
and died as you would have wished him. On more than one occasion he
has prompted me, and was ever on the alert to do a good turn when he
thought necessary. I cannot possibly say enough in his favour. He
honestly was a genuine pal.... He laid down his life for freedom and
the right, and his end was a glorious one.” He had been gazetted 2nd
Lieut. to the 11th South Wales Borderers, 6 March, 1915, and he was on
the point of returning to England to take up his commission when he was
wounded.
[Illustration: =Thomas Frederick C. Salt.=]
=SALTER, JOHN=, Private, No. 1816, 10th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, 3rd _s._ of the late Charles Salter, by his wife,
Henrietta (55, Albert Terrace, Cardigan Road, Leeds), dau. of Alexander
Broughton; _b._ Leeds, 31 Jan. 1886; educ. Central High School
there; was employed by the Leeds City Tramways, and was a Member of
the Leeds Engineers (T.F.), 1905–7; went to Australia in Sept. 1912,
and settled at Adelaide, S. Australia, as a Tramway Trust employee;
volunteered for Imperial service after the outbreak of war in Aug.
1914, and joined the 10th Battn. in Dec.; left for Egypt in April,
1915; went to the Dardanelles in May, 1915, and was killed in action at
Gaba Tepe, 16 June following; _unm._ Buried there.
=SALTMARSH, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 12461, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of William Saltmarsh, of 17, Jacob Wells Mews, George
Street, Manchester Square, London, W., Coachman, by his wife, Anne,
dau. of William Wallis, of Shenfield, Brentwood, Essex; _b._
Hutton, co. Essex, 10 June, 1892; educ. St. Mary Abbotts School,
Kensington; was a Brass Finisher; enlisted in the Coldstreams after the
outbreak of war, 23 Sept. 1914; trained at Caterham, Surrey; went to
France, 14 Feb. 1915, and died in No. 13 General Hospital, Boulogne, 25
March following, of wounds received in action at the Battle of Neuve
Chapelle on the 20th; _unm._ Buried at Boulogne.
[Illustration: =William Saltmarsh.=]
=SALVESEN, EDWARD MAXWELL=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Dublin
Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of Edward Theodore Salvesen, a Lord of Session
with the title of Hon. Lord Salvesen, etc., by his wife, Isabelle, dau.
of John Trayner, LL.D., Hon. Lord Trayner of the Court of Session;
_b._ Crawford Priory, co. Fife, 30 Aug. 1891; educ. Cargilfield,
Midlothian; Clifton College, and University College, Oxford, where he
was a member of the O.T.C., and graduated with 2nd Class Honours in Law
in Oct. 1914; enlisted as a trooper in Lovat’s Scouts in Sept. 1914,
and after training with them for two months was given a commission in
the Reserve Battn. of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Dec. 1914; went to
France to join the 2nd Battn., 1 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action
near St. Julien, 25 April following; _unm._ He was engaged to
Kitty, dau. of Hugh Peake, of Lambton Hall, Hounslow.
[Illustration: =Edward Maxwell Salvesen.=]
=SAMPSON, FREDERICK JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14507, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SAMS, HARRY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ply. 4095 (R.F.R., Ch. B. 648),
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SAMSON, WILLIAM HORACE=, Leading Stoker, 182954, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SANDBACH, WILLIAM=, Major, 6th (Service) Battn. King’s Own
Royal Lancaster Regt., yst. and last surv. _s._ of the late Rev.
Gilbert Sandbach, Rector of Upper Sapey, co. Hereford, J.P., by his
wife, Margaret, dau. of Archibald Maxwell, and grandson of Samuel
Sandbach, of Woodlands, co. Lancaster, and Hafodunos, Abergele, J.P.;
_b._ Upper Sapey, 24 Oct. 1865; educ. Eton, and the Royal Military
College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 7th Royal Fusiliers, 7 Feb.
1885; transferred into King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt. in 1885, being
promoted Lieut., and Capt. 21 Oct. 1895; served in India, Malta,
Gibraltar, and through the South African War, 1899–1902; took part
in relief of Ladysmith, including operations of 17–24 Jan. 1900, and
action at Spion Kop (severely wounded); operations in the Transvaal,
May–June, 1900; operations in Natal, April-June, 1900, including
action at Laings Nek; operations in Orange River Colony, June, 1900;
operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. to Dec. 1900, Feb. to March, 1901,
and April to 31 May, 1902, and operations in Orange River Colony,
Sept. to Nov. 1901 (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 8 Feb.
1901]; Queen’s medal with four clasps, King’s medal with two clasps).
He retired 15 July, 1903, and in 1907 bought the property of Hazelby,
near Newbury, where he resided until the outbreak of war, when he
immediately offered his services and joined the 6th (Service) Battn.
of his regt. He was gazetted Capt. Reserve of Officers, 13 Sept. 1914,
and promoted Major 24 Oct. following; left for Gallipoli, 12 June;
landed at the Dardanelles about 10 July, and was killed in action
during the attack on Chanak Bair, 9 Aug. 1915. Buried in the Gallipoli
Peninsula, near the scene of action. The Adjutant, Capt. Birley, wrote:
“I want to tell you what a noble death your gallant husband died. He
was the first one of all to give us warning of the Turks’ attack about
4.45 last Monday morning. Quite early on in the engagement he got a
terrible wound in the mouth, and I saw him in the firing line trying
to give his men instructions as though nothing had happened. I begged
him to go back to the Regimental Aid Post, to have his wound properly
dressed, but he wouldn’t leave his men. The next I saw of him was
taking ammunition boxes across the open to be refilled, and he was
finally killed whilst rallying his men back into the trenches. He was
shot through the heart, and must have died instantaneously.... I should
just like to tell you that I am mourning the loss of a splendid comrade
and brave brother-officer, and that the Battn. in general, and his own
company in particular, was simply devoted to him.” He was mentioned in
Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 11 Dec. 1915 [London Gazette, 28 Jan.
1916]. He _m._ at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh, 1907, Helen
Margaret (Hazelby, Newbury), yst. dau. of the late Rev. Canon Robert
James Dundas, for 33 years Rector of Albury, near Guildford, and had
three children: Peter Dundas, _b._ 17 Oct. 1907; Ralph Maxwell,
_b._ 20 April, 1909; and Pamela Margaret, _b._ 11 Jan. 1910.
[Illustration: =William Sandbach.=]
=SANDERS, RICHARD INGERSOLL (JACK)=, Private, No. 26001, 14th
Battn. (Royal Montreal Regt.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd
_s._ of James Harris Sanders, of 110, Cannon Street, E.C.,
Merchant, by his wife, Marie Louise, dau. of James Ingersoll Day, of
U.S.A.; _b._ Shenley, co. Herts, 21 April, 1891; educ. Temple
Grove, East Sheen, and Wellington College, and on leaving there went
to Germany, where he remained for just over a year. On his return
to England he started in business with Messrs. Jardine, Mathesons,
Merchants, London; went to Canada in Dec. 1911; was for a short time
in the Bank of Montreal, and then in the British Trade Commissioners’
Office there, but subsequently entered the firm of A. K. Drury, of
Montreal, and only left them on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, when
he volunteered for Imperial service, and joined the 14th Battn., D
Coy.; came over with the first contingent in Oct. 1914; went to France,
10 Feb. 1915, and was reported “wounded and missing” after the fighting
near St. Julien, during the Second Battle of Ypres, 24 April, 1915, and
is now assumed to have been killed in action on that date; _unm._
[Illustration: =Richard Ingersoll Sanders.=]
=SANDERSON, ARTHUR WATSON=, T.D., Major, 1/7th Battn. The Royal
Scots (Lothian Regt.) (T.F.), yst. _s._ of the late William
Sanderson, of Leith, Distiller; _b._ Leith, 31 May, 1870; educ.
Edinburgh Institution; was a Rectifier and British Wine Manufacturer;
joined the 5th Vol. Battn., The Royal Scots, 9 Jan. 1895; and became
Major (Special Reserve of Officer), 21 Dec. 1908; volunteered for
foreign service after the outbreak of war; landed at the Dardanelles
about 12 June, and was killed in action there, 28 June, 1915. He
_m._ in 1905, Ethel C. (Lyne Villa, 252, Ferry Road, Edinburgh),
dau. of the late Robert L. Watson, of Dundee, and had four children.
[Illustration: =Arthur W. Sanderson.=]
=SANDERSON, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9224), 202928, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SANDERSON, PHILIP NOEL=, Capt., 1st Battn. King’s Own Scottish
Borderers; 2nd _s._ of William John Sanderson, of Eastfield
Hall, Warkworth, co. Northumberland, by his wife, Amy, dau. of Peter
Wright, of Upper Clapton; _b._ at Newcastle, 24 May, 1887; educ.
Marlborough and Sandhurst; received a commission in the 2nd Battn.
King’s Own Scottish Borderers, 9 Oct. 1907, was promoted Lieut. 24
March, 1909; exchanged to the 1st Battn., and went with them to
Khartoum and India. Here he made a special study of signalling,
and when ordered to Ismailia, in Oct. 1914, was appointed to Gen.
Wilson’s Staff, and the following month gazetted Capt. Returning to
England during the equipment of the 29th Division, he was stationed
at Rugby, whence he proceeded to the Dardanelles. He landed 25 April,
fell mortally wounded on the 26th, and was taken to the hospital ship
Guildford Castle, where he died the same day. He was buried at sea
a mile off Cape Helles the next morning, with his Colonel, another
officer, and six of his men. Capt. Sanderson _m._ at Lucknow,
Doris, dau. of Charles Jordan, of Richmond, Yorkshire; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Philip N. Sanderson.=]
=SANDHAM, JAMES FREDERICK=, Sergt., No. 566, 1/3rd Battn. (Royal
Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of James Sandham,
of 6, East Block, Peabody Buildings, Chelsea, by his wife, Sophie,
dau. of William Bryant; _b._ Chelsea, S.W., 19 Nov. 1888; was in
the employ of Messrs. George Pulman & Sons, Printers, of High Street,
Marylebone; joined B Coy. 1/3rd Battn. Royal Fusiliers, of which Mr.
H. Pulman was Capt., 8 May, 1909; volunteered for Imperial Service,
and left for Malta, 4 Sept. 1914; left there for France, 31 Dec.
following, and died at the Clearing Hospital, Merville, 12 March,
1915, of wounds received in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle on the 10th.
Buried in Merville Cemetery, Grave F 2. Capt. H. A. Moore, commanding
D Coy., 1/3rd Royal Fusiliers, wrote he “died from wounds received
while serving with my company in a charge which was successfully made
against the German trenches in the afternoon of Wednesday, the 10th,
during the recent Battle of Neuve Chapelle. It will be some comfort for
you to know that Sergt. Sandham did his duty bravely, and fought and
died like a true British soldier.” And a comrade wrote that the battn.
had lost one of its best men, who had died like a hero, his last words
being to kiss his boy and to tell his wife not to worry as he had done
his duty. Sergt. Sandham _m._ at Marylebone Parish Church, 1911,
Alice (16p, Sutton Dwellings, Chelsea, S.W.), dau. of William Brown,
of 39B, Lewis Buildings, Chelsea, and had a son, Frederick
Alfred, _b._ 18 Nov. 1911.
[Illustration: =James Frederick Sandham.=]
=SANDISON, JOHN BURNETT=, Private, No. 16768, 1st Battn. The Royal
Scots, eldest _s._ of Lewis Grant Sandison, of West Granton Road,
Edinburgh, Printer, Compositor, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of John
Burnett; _b._ Edinburgh. 6 Sept. 1882; educ. Board School there;
volunteered for foreign service during the Boer War and enlisted in the
Royal Scots; served there in South Africa, 1902 (medal); on leaving
the Army went to America, and Canada, where he worked at various
occupations in various places; returned to England, 1 Jan. 1915, and at
once enlisted in his old regt.; went to France in March, and died in
No. 8 Field Hospital, 23 June following, from wounds received in action
at Ypres on the 21st; _unm._
=SANDS, HUGH=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109990, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SANSOM, ROBERT ANDREW=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 855), 217455, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=SANSOME, ARTHUR=, A.B., 210412, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship
was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SAPSTEAD, GEORGE FREDERICK=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./12320, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SARFAS, ALBERT EDWARD=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 166241, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SARGEANT, WILLIAM=, Painter, 1st Class, 170798, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SARGEAUNT, ARTHUR FREDERICK=, Lieut.-Col., Royal Engineers,
eldest _s._ of Col. Richard Arthur Sargeaunt, of Aspley Guise, co.
Beds, late R.E., by his wife, Emily Alberta, dau. of Charles Sargeaunt,
J.P.; _b._ Bombay, 1 Nov. 1870; educ. Marlborough College, and
the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 14 Feb.
1890; and promoted Lieut. 4 Feb. 1893; Capt. 13 Feb. 1901; Major 14
Feb. 1910, and Brevet Lieut.-Col. for his services, 1915; served in
the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in the operations in Cape
Colony, 30 Nov. 1900–31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with clasp and King’s
medal with two clasps); was instructor at the School of Military
Engineering from 1 Oct. 1908 to 13 Feb. 1910; went to France, 8 Sept.
1914, in command of a Field Coy.; was subsequently appointed Commanding
Royal Engineer of a Division, and was killed in action near Ypres, 31
July, 1915. Buried at Brandhoek. He was twice mentioned in F.M. Sir
(now Lord) French’s Despatches [London Gazette, 17 Feb. and 22 June,
1915]. He _m._ at St. Thomas’s Church, Edinburgh, 9 May, 1906,
Clare Marguerite, dau. of Andrew Smart, of Edinburgh, M.D., LL.D.,
F.R.C.P.E., and had two daus.: Hilda Clare, _b._ 13 Feb. 1907; and
Aileen Marguerite, _b._ 18 Feb. 1909.
[Illustration: =Arthur F. Sargeaunt.=]
=SARGENT, ALFRED=, Ch. E.R.A. (Pensioner, Pension No. 17108),
132356, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SARGENT, FREDERICK=, Chief Ship’s Cook, 149368, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SARGENT, HENRY BENJAMIN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 17490, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SAUL, CHARLES THOMAS=, Leading Signalman, 217688, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SAUNDERS, ARTHUR COURTENAY=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s
L.I., yr. _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Robert Erasmus Saunders, of Alton
Pancras, Dorchester J.P., formerly of 1st Battn. 7th Royal Fusiliers,
and of 3rd Battn. Dorsetshire Regt., by his wife, Edith Marion, dau. of
Col. James William Graves, 18th Royal Irish Regt.; _b._ Rownhams
House, near Southampton, 29 May, 1883; educ. Northwood House, near
Winchester (Mr. T. Eastman), and Clifton College; gazetted 2nd Lieut.
in the Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., from the Militia, 4 May, 1901; promoted
Lieut. 6 July, 1904, and Capt. 26 Oct. 1911; was employed with the
King’s African Rifles from 20 Oct. 1909, to Dec. 1914; served in the
Somaliland Expedition, 1908–10 (medal with clasp); was in command of
the Chebling Patrol against the Marakwet tribe Oct. and Nov. 1913
(mentioned in Despatches of 29 Dec. 1913); and of a force of the
King’s African Rifles, when they repulsed a much stronger force of
the enemy, including 50 Europeans with six Maxims, at Mizima on Tsavo
River, 26 Sept. 1914. He rejoined his own regt., 25 Jan. 1915, and went
to France, 6 March; and was killed in action at St. Eloi, 14 March,
1915; _unm._ Buried at Dickebusch about three kilometres from
Ypres. On leaving the King’s African Rifles, Sir H. Conway Belfield,
K.C.M.G., wrote to him: “As I understand you are rejoining your regt.
at the expiration of your leave after five years’ service in the 3rd
Battn. King’s African Rifles, I have pleasure in expressing to you
my satisfaction at the efficient manner in which you have performed
important duties in the British East Africa, and in commending you
for the sterling and soldierlike qualities which you have exhibited.
Your handling of your men in the recent skirmish at Mizima was most
creditable, and is testimony to your skill as a tactician.” Lieut.-Col.
H. D. Tuson, after the death of Capt. Saunders, wrote: “He had only
arrived the previous day, and was commanding a company on the day the
Germans attacked the trenches near St. Eloi, and during the attack was
moving by a communication trench from one of his trenches to another
when he was shot through the head and killed instantaneously,” and
Major F. A. Dickenson: “He was doing extremely well when he was killed.
When we were attacked in force he collected some of his men and rushed
up a communication trench and held on for a long time, and so helped
stave off the attack, which gradually dwindled away till we re-took the
last trenches by a vigorous counter attack.” Lieut.-Col. B. R. Graham,
Commanding 3rd King’s African Rifles, wrote from Nairobi: “I am very
grateful for the sad details regarding your son’s death. He was a very
gallant soldier who did not know the meaning of the word ‘fear’ and we
all tender our very genuine sympathies in the loss you have suffered,
and which we share,” and an officer who served with him in British
East Africa: “I have known him for the last few years well. He was a
soldier, a sportsman, and a man, and it was with grief I read of his
death to-day.” He won the officers’ championship cup at the Garrison
rifle meeting at Gibraltar in 1906, while serving with the Duke of
Cornwall’s L.I., and played in the polo team of that Battn.
[Illustration: =Arthur C. Saunders.=]
=SAUNDERS, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 9920, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Edwin Saunders, of Cadbury, Thorverton, Farm
Labourer, by his wife, Mary; _b._ Cadbury aforesaid, 31 May, 1893;
educ. Cadbury School; was a Farm Labourer; enlisted in the Coldstreams,
1 Jan. 1913; went to France in Aug. 1914, and died in Aldershot
Hospital, 11 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action on 29 Oct.;
_unm._
=SAUNDERS, RICHARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3799), 202656, Chat., H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=SAUNDERS, ROBERT EDWARD=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 4184),
193887, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=SAUNDERS, STANLEY ROLAND=, L.-Sergt., R.M.L.I., Ports./11383,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=SAUNDERS, WALTER LAYTON=, Private, No. 7075, 3rd Battn.
Worcestershire Regt., only _s._ of William Walter Saunders, of
136, Muirkirk Road, Catford (professionally known as Walter Fullerton,
Humourist), Letter Sorter at G.P.O, by his wife, Anne, dau. of Thomas
Morgan; _b._ at Walworth, S.E., 17 Oct. 1883; educ. Hollydale
Road Board School, East Lambeth; enlisted in 3rd Worcesters, 8 July,
1902, and served three years with the Colours and nine with the
Reserve; being for more than two years in the Officers’ Mess. His
time with the Reserve expired on 7 July, 1914, but on the outbreak of
war he volunteered for foreign service with his old battn., left for
France, 30 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near La Bassée, 27 Oct.
following. He was much liked and esteemed in his regt. His commanding
officer, on his leaving the service, wrote that he had found him “an
excellent lad in every way.” He _m._ at St. Mary Magdalene Church,
Southwark, 7 Jan. 1911, Olivia Sophia (49, Surrey Square, Walworth,
S.E.), only dau. of William Monk Wheeler, and had a son: Walter Ernest
Louis, _b._ 3 Oct. 1912.
[Illustration: =Walter Layton Saunders.=]
=SAUNDERS, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 10912, 1st Battn. Royal Dublin
Fusiliers, _s._ of the late Richard Saunders; _b._ Dublin;
educ. St. John’s School there; enlisted 5 Aug. 1910; joined the 2nd
Battn. at Aldershot, and was drafted to the 1st Battn. in India;
returned to England with his regt., arriving 23 Dec. 1914; went to the
Dardanelles, 6 March, 1915, and was killed in action there, 14 May
following; _unm._ Buried on the Beach there.
=SAVAGE, ARTHUR HENRY=, Private, No. 2000, 4th Battn. Royal Sussex
Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Henry Savage, of Sutton, Pulborough, Sussex.
Gamekeeper to Lord Leconfield, by his wife, Ann, dau. of Henry Carver,
of Tillington, Petworth, Sussex; _b._ Tillington, Petworth, co.
Sussex; was a Gamekeeper on Lord Leconfield’s estate; enlisted 24
Aug. 1914; trained at Newhaven; left England with the Mediterranean
Expeditionary Force, 10 July, 1915, and was killed in action at the
Dardanelles, 12 Aug. 1915; _unm._ He was buried in a cornfield at
Anafarta Sagir, 1:20,000, 105 H Furrow.
[Illustration: =Arthur Henry Savage.=]
=SAVAGE, EDWIN=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 202244, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SAVAGE, HARRY=, Chief Armourer, 340576, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SAVAGE, JOHN ARDKEEN=, Capt., 1st Battn. Northamptonshire Regt.,
elder _s._ of the Rev. Francis Forbes Savage, Vicar of Flushing,
Falmouth, by his wife Ethel Margaret; _b._ Chatham, 16 Sept. 1883;
educ. Kelly College, Tavistock; obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in
the 3rd (Militia) Battn. West Riding Regt., Oct. 1899, and served with
it in the South African War, 1900–1, taking part in the operations in
Cape Colony, Dec. 1900, to June, 1901 (Queen’s medal with four clasps);
gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Royal Garrison Regt., 22 Nov. 1902, and
promoted Lieut. 30 May, 1904; transferred to the 1st Northamptons (then
in India), 8 July, 1905, and became Capt. 28 March, 1912; served with
the West African Frontier Force from June, 1909, to Nov. 1913; left for
France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Troyon, during the
Battle of the Aisne, 17 Sept. 1914; _unm._ Buried near Troyon.
=SAVIN, THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 13859, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SAWKINS, CLAUDE THOMAS=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 22753, H.M.S. Hawke,
_s._ of Oscar Joseph Sawkins, of Kingsland Cottage, Fingringhoe,
near Colchester; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=SAWYER, THOMAS HENRY=, M.A.A., 150159, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=SAXTON, HAROLD HENRY=, Rifleman, No. 1641, A Coy., 16th (Queen’s
Westminster Rifles) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._
of George Henry Saxton, of Church Street, Eastwood, co. Notts., by
his wife, Mary Wilcockson, dau. of Henry Bircumshaw, and grandson of
Henry Saxton, J.P.; _b._ Eastwood, 15 March, 1895; educ. Heanor
Secondary School and Grosvenor School, Nottingham. Later he took up a
business appointment in London with Messrs. Shoolbreds, when he was
invited by the management to join A Coy. of the Queen’s Westminsters,
of which Lieut.-Col. Rupert Shoolbred was commanding officer, and
accepted. On the outbreak of war he wrote to his parents intimating
that the Brig.-Gen. had promised the Grey Brigade for foreign service,
when needed, and went on to say, “The Queen’s Westminster Rifles is
one of the regts. that form the Grey Brigade, and practically all the
fellows have volunteered to go abroad if necessary. I feel it my duty
to do so, not because the others have done so, but because I am a
trained man. I know a fellow has his duty to his home as well as his
country, and if you say I have not to volunteer I shall not. Of course,
I know you won’t want me to go, but it’s the same with every fellow,
and someone must do it.” He went with his regt. to France early in
Nov, and was killed in action, being shot through the head by a sniper
at Armentières, 10 Dec. 1914; _unm._ He was buried in Chapelle
d’Armentières Cemetery. His commanding officer wrote of him to his
mother in the highest terms of appreciation, both as his commanding
officer and as a member of the firm whose company was proud to include
him amongst its members. Sergt.-Major A. H. Davis wrote to his father:
“He was such a good chap, and had the making of a splendid soldier. He
was very keen at everything he had to do.”
[Illustration: =Harold Henry Saxton.=]
=SAYER, ROBERT WILLIAM=, Private, No. 10872, 2nd Battn. Durham
L.I., eldest _s._ of James Sayer, of Sunderland, Labourer, by his
wife, Margaret, dau. of William Burn Moore, of Sunderland; _b._
Millfield, Sunderland, 6th June, 1879; educ. Bishopwearmouth; enlisted
in the 1st Durham L.I.; was seven years with the Colours and five with
the Reserve; served through the South African War (Queen’s and King’s
medals with bars for the relief of Ladysmith), 1899–1902, and in India;
was then employed at Osborne, Graham; re-enlisted for the war, 5 Oct.
1914, and died 7 Aug. 1915, of wounds received in action at Ypres.
He _m._ at St. Bennett’s, Sunderland, 1907, Agnes (8, Clarendon
Street, Southwick-on-Wear), dau. of John Tunney, of Mayo, and had
four children: John James, _b._ 7 March, 1912; Robert William,
_b._ 23 Sept. 1914; Margaret Agnes, _b._ 1 Aug. 1907; and
Emily, _b._ 13 Sept. 1909.
[Illustration: =Robert William Sayer.=]
=SAYER, STANLEY KILBOURNE=, Ordinary Signalman, J. 21993, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SCAMATON, PATRICK=, Ship’s Steward’s Assistant, 347430, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SCARFE, JOHN WILLIAM= (_alias_ =ERIC GREY=), Chief
Stoker, 177681, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22
Sept. 1914.
=SCARTH, JOHN WILLIAM=, Private, No. 10683, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 2nd _s._ of John William Scarth, of 10, Prospect Terrace,
Neville’s Cross, Durham, formerly A.B., R.N., by his wife, Annie, dau.
of the late Thomas Atkinson, Verger at Durham Cathedral; _b._
Durham, 27 Feb. 1895; educ. Crossgate Parish School there; enlisted 15
April, 1914, and died in No. 13 General Hospital at Boulogne, 15 Nov.
1914, of wounds received in action at Rentel on 29 Oct.; _unm._
Buried in Boulogne Cemetery.
[Illustration: =John William Scarth.=]
=SCATCHARD, THOMAS=, Capt., Royal Army Medical Corps, yst.
_s._ of Thomas Edward Scatchard, of Boston Spa, co. York,
M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., by his wife, Martha, dau. of Robert Theakston;
_b._ Boston Spa, 6 July, 1878; educ. Epsom College; gazetted
Lieut. in the R.A.M.C., 31 July, 1905, and promoted Capt. 31 Jan.
1909; joined his regt. at Aldershot, where he served for 18 months,
then proceeded to India and was there for 5½ years, being stationed at
Lucknow, Agra, Kailana and Ranikhet; returned to England, and served
the nine months’ course at Millbank, London, for promotion to Major,
and then a year at Connaught Hospital, Aldershot, where he was when
war was declared in Aug. 1914; went to France with the 26th Brigade,
R.F.A., 16 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Sablonnières on 8
Sept. following. Buried in the Cemetery there. He _m._ at Agra,
India, 12 Nov. 1907, Ada Mary, yst. dau. of Col. Hugh de la Motte
Hervey, and granddau. of Gen. Hervey, C.B., and had a dau.: Phyllis May
Lindsay, _b._ 20 Dec. 1908.
[Illustration: =Thomas Scatchard.=]
=SCHLEIDER, GEORGE JAMES WILLIAM=, Rifleman, No. 1882, 1/21st
Battn. (1st Surrey Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Jacob
Thomas Schleider, of 2, Darlington Road, West Norwood, late R.E.;
_b._ Dulwich, 12 March, 1898; educ. Gipsy Road School, West
Norwood; volunteered and joined the 1st Surrey Rifles, 15 Aug. 1914;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action
at Givenchy, 25 May, 1915, by the bursting of a shell.
=SCHMIDT, HENRY=, Car. Crew, M. 1936, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of
Henry Schmidt, of 49, Bowen Road, Harrow, co. Middlesex; lost when that
ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SCHMIDT, HENRY JOHN=, Corpl., No. 1047, 14th Battn., 4th Infantry
Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, only _s._ of the late Henry
Charles Schmidt, Baker and Confectioner, by his wife, Annie (now wife
of William Godfrey Fish, of 70, Woodstock Street, Canning Town, London,
Bootmaker), dau. of Eli Benn; _b._ Plaistow, London, E., 3 May,
1895; educ. Holy Trinity Schools there; went to Australia in 1912, and
settled at Melbourne as a Clerk; volunteered for Imperial service on
the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; left for Egypt, 24 Dec. 1914; went to
the Dardanelles, April, 1915, and was killed in action at Lone Pine, 7
Aug. 1915 following; _unm._ Buried there. Capt. Andrew Gillison,
Chaplain to the 14th Battn. wrote: “After reaching the position by a
night advance, the Battn. took up the post and dug in on the morning of
that date. The enemy, who were holding a ridge opposite, were firing
on our men, and Corpl. Schmidt was unfortunately hit by a bullet which
passed through his body. He was very cheery and we thought he might
pull through, but shortly afterwards he became unconscious and death
ensued very speedily. He was such a bright cheery fellow and a general
favourite ... [he] was buried with an officer and another comrade near
the place where he fell.”
[Illustration: =Henry John Schmidt.=]
=SCHNEIDER, HERBERT HUGO=, 2nd Lieut., Royal Engineers (S.R.), 2nd
_s._ of Theodore Schneider, of Granville House, Overhill Road,
Dulwich, S.E., Merchant; _b._ East Dulwich, 5 Feb. 1888; educ.
Bedales School, Petersfield, Hants, and at the Crystal Palace School
of Practical Engineering; was assistant to the firm of Messrs. Barry,
Leslie & Egerton, 1907–9; elected a Graduate of the Institution of
Mechanical Engineers, 1909, and an Associate Member, 1914; gazetted
2nd Lieut. to the Special Reserve of Officers, R.E., 8 Jan. 1910;
went to West Africa, 1911, and served as Assistant Engineer on the
Lagos Railway Northern Extension, Northern Nigeria; returned to West
Africa in 1912, after leave of absence, as Assistant Engineer on the
Sierra Leone Government Railway; appointed Surveyor to the Survey of
Northern Nigeria, 1914, and was holding this post when war broke out;
joined the West African Frontier Force, Sept. 1914, and was killed in
action at Lum, near Molle Bridge, in the Cameroons, 5 Dec. following;
_unm._ The General Officer Commanding wrote: “Lieut. Schneider
was killed instantaneously. His loss is much felt, as, in addition
to his attractive personality, he was a most capable young officer,
and had done previously particularly meritorious work with the Royal
Engineers.” Chief Engineer, Capt. Frank L. Giles, wrote: “He was always
so cheery and bright, and yet his keenness and energy for his work were
inexhaustible, and with this were combined technical skill and absolute
thoroughness and reliability and complete fearlessness.”
[Illustration: =Herbert Hugo Schneider.=]
=SCHOFIELD, THOS.=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2864), S.S. 186, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SCHREIBER, VIVIAN GEORGE EDWARD SPENCER=, Midshipman, H.M.S.
Monmouth, only child of the late Major Julian Meade Schreiber, 12th
Battn. Suffolk Regt. (Vol.), by his wife Hilda Rose (Patcham Place,
Patcham, Sussex), 2nd dau. of the late S. B. Abinger, of Hampton
House, Hampstead, N.W.; _b._ Thames Ditton, co. Surrey, 21 Feb.
1899; educ. Holyrood House, Bognor (Naval Preparatory School), Osborne
and Dartmouth; appointed Midshipman to H.M.S. Monmouth, flagship of
Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock, 4 Aug. 1914, and was lost when
the Monmouth was sunk in the battle off Coronel, on the coast of Chili,
1 Nov. following; _unm._
[Illustration: =Vivian G. E. S. Schreiber.=]
=SCHURER, LOUIS HENRY=, Petty Officer, 1st Class (R.F.R., A.
1935), 134774, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=SCHWABEN, HENRY ROBERT=, Private, No. 1984, 10th Battn. Middlesex
Regt. (T.F.), attached 2nd Battn. Norfolk Regt., 3rd _s._
of the late Hans Walter Schwaben, Engineer and Artist (_b._
Gelsenkirchen, Germany; came to England with his parents in 1875,
became denationalised in 1875, and died in London, 25 May, 1914), by
his wife, Helena Geraldina (5, Fairfax Road, Bedford Park, W.), dau.
of Peter Henry Jordan, 60th Rifles (who served through the Crimea and
Indian Mutiny); _b._ Edinburgh, 17 July, 1889; educ. Birmingham
and London; was a Traveller; served for some years in the King’s Royal
Rifle Cadets, and then for three or four years in the Royal Bucks
Hussars (Volunteers) Yeomanry; volunteered and enlisted in the 10th
Middlesex, the second week in Aug. 1914; was one of 16 selected for the
Scout Section of the battn.; went to India in Oct.; volunteered for
service in the Persian Gulf in Feb. 1915; went there attached to the
2nd Norfolks, and died of dysentery while on active service, 29 July,
1915; _unm._ Buried at Asaui, 14 miles below Nasaryeh. An officer
wrote: “I know that his section officer in the Middlesex thought very
highly of him, and told me he was giving me one of his best men.”
[Illustration: =Henry Robert Schwaben.=]
=SCINDEN, ALFRED=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 846), H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SCOTT, ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 9689, 1st Battn. Scots Guards;
_b._ Barony, co. Lanark; enlisted 2 Sept. 1914; served with the
Expeditionary Forces in France, etc.; killed in action between 4 and 12
Nov. 1914. He _m._ at Leith, 4 April, 1893, Rachel (3, Cavendish
Place, Edinburgh), dau. of (--) Cavanagh, and had a son John, _b._
9 Dec. 1902.
=SCOTT, CHARLES=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2930 A., H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SCOTT, CHARLES EDWARD ARTHUR=, Leading Seaman, 218970, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SCOTT, DAVID CAMERON=, Private, No. 1389, 5th Battn. The Royal
Scots (T.F.), _s._ of James Scott, of 2, Glenorchy Place,
Edinburgh, Baker, by his wife, Isabella C.; _b._ Edinburgh, 29
July, 1895; educ. London Street School there; joined the Boys’ Brigade
connected with the Greenock Parish Church; became Staff Sergt., and, in
1912, joined the Royal Scots (T.F.); volunteered for foreign service
on the outbreak of war, 5 Aug. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, and was
killed in action there, 27 May following; _unm._ Buried there.
=SCOTT, EDWARD CLAUD=, 2nd Lieut., 28th Coy. Royal Garrison
Artillery, only surviving _s._ of the late Gen. Hugh Aboukir
Scott, R.A., by his wife, Laura Millicent (The Garth, Winchester),
dau. of Henry Wells Allfrey; _b._ Jersey, 15 May, 1892; educ.
Repton; gazetted 2nd Lieut., R.G.A., 23 Dec. 1911; joined the 5th Siege
Battery, 19 Feb. 1912; left for France, 27 Sept. 1914, and was killed
in action near Armentières, 21 Nov. following. Buried at Fleurbaix,
near Armentières; _unm._
[Illustration: =Edward Claud Scott.=]
=SCOTT, FRANCIS WILLIAM=, Sapper, No. 5203, Canadian Engineers,
Canadian Expeditionary Force, late Lieut., R.N., yr. _s._ of the
late Hon. Henry Robert Hepburne-Scott, of Knipton, Grantham, by his
wife, Lady Ada, née Douglas Home (Nisbet Mill, Ancrum, Roxburghshire),
dau. of Cospatrick, 11th Earl of Home; _b._ Springhill,
Coldstream, 19 Aug. 1886; educ. Remenham, Henley-on-Thames, and Ascham
School, Bournemouth; entered the Royal Navy as a Naval Cadet on H.M.S.
Britannia, 24 May, 1901, became Sub-Lieut. March, 1907, and Lieut. 31
Dec. 1908; and was invalided out of the service in Aug. 1912, owing
to deafness. He then went to British Columbia and when war broke out
was at Kitselas, on the Skeener River, Prince Rupert. He immediately
went to Vancouver City and joined the 1st Coy. Canadian Engineers. He
came over with the first contingent, Oct. 1914; went to France, Feb.
1915, and died, 4 May, 1915, in Boulogne Hospital, from wounds received
in action on the Ypres Canal two days previously. He was buried in
the British Military Division, Boulogne Cemetery (Grave No. 1885);
_unm._ He received the bronze medal of the Royal Humane Society
for saving life at sea, 15 Jan. 1910, while acting as Lieut. on H.M.S.
Hindustan off Spithead.
[Illustration: =Francis William Scott.=]
=SCOTT, GEORGE=, L.-Corpl., No. 11518, A Coy., 2nd Battn. The
Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.), _s._ of Charles Scott, of 2, Hawthorn
Vale, Leith, Engineer, by his wife; _b._ Leith, 8 Aug. 1895; educ.
North Fort Street School there; enlisted in the Royal Scots, 6 June,
1913; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in
action at Hooge, 26 Sept. 1915; _unm._
=SCOTT, HENRY FRANK=, Private, No. 12490, 1st Battn. Somersetshire
L.I., _s._ of Samuel Scott, of Lansdown View, Rush Hill, Bath,
Labourer, by his wife, Lydia, dau. of William Green; _b._
Camerton, near Radstock, 25 Oct. 1890; educ. Church School there;
enlisted Sept. 1914, and was killed in action in France, 27 April,
1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Henry Frank Scott.=]
=SCOTT, RICHARD THOMAS FOLLIOTT=, Lieut., 1st Battn. East
Yorkshire Regt., eldest _s._ of the Rev. Richard Curtis Folliott
Scott, Rector of Hulcote and Salford, co. Bedford, by his wife, Edith
Marion, dau. of Thomas R. Wilson, of Newlands, Hitchin, co. Herts;
_b._ Arlesey Vicarage, co. Bedford, 8 Dec. 1893; educ. The Knoll,
Woburn Sands, and Lancing College; gazetted 2nd Lieut., East Yorkshire
Regt., 17 Sept. 1913, and promoted Lieut. 30 Oct. 1914; went to France
in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Hooplines, 16 March, 1915;
_unm._ Buried in Hooplines Cemetery.
=SCOTT, ROBERT FRASER=, Private, No. 2086, 13th Battn. (Princess
Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), 4th _s._ of the
late James Edward Scott, Shipbroker (died 10 June, 1915); _b._
London, 15 July, 1888; educ. City of London School; and on leaving
there entered his father’s business; volunteered for foreign service
on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined the 13th London Regt.;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action
at Laventie, 23 Dec. following; _unm._ Buried Aux Quatre Paroises,
between Ypres and Armentières. An officer wrote: “He had all the ideal
qualities of a good soldier, though he really should have been an
officer; he was always cheerful, he did not care at all whether a task
was dangerous or not, and he never shirked any duty. It was through
doing his duty that he died, and I know, from what he said to me, that
no death could have been nearer his choice.”
=SCOTT, VICTOR=, Private, No. 4054, 10th Battn. (Liverpool
Scottish) The King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Frank
Scott, of 42, Warbreck Road, Aintree, Capt. in Booth Steamship Co., by
his wife, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of John Fulton; _b._ Liverpool,
28 March, 1894; educ. Skerry’s College there; was a Shipping Clerk;
volunteered and joined the Liverpool Scottish, 11 Nov. 1914; went to
France, 12 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Hill 60, 11 March,
1915, during the fighting in the Ypres salient; _unm._ Buried at
Zillebeke.
[Illustration: =Victor Scott.=]
=SCOTT, WALLACE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4984), S.S. 1805, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SCOTT, WILLIAM=, Corpl., No. 1101, 1st Battn. The Black Watch
(Royal Highlanders), only _s._ of William Scott, of 28, Glover
Street, Perth, Assistant Stationmaster, North British Railway, Perth
General Station, by his wife, Jessie, dau. of Thomas Tosh; _b._
Craigie, Perth, 26 Jan. 1890; educ. Western District School and Sharp’s
Institution, Perth; was for some time a clerk in the firm of Messrs.
Thomas & McLeish, Solicitors, Perth; enlisted in the Black Watch, 23
Dec. 1907; went to France, 13 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near
Bigshute, 23 Oct. following, during a charge on the German trenches;
_unm._ He was a first-class shot, and for over three years had
been clerk to the President of the Regimental Institute. He was also a
good musician (organ and piano), being exceedingly fond of music.
[Illustration: =William Scott.=]
=SCOTT, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16447, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SCOTT, WILLIAM LESLIE=, Lieut., 1/5th (Buchan and Formartin)
Battn. Gordon Highlanders (T.F.), elder _s._ of William Leslie
Scott, of Peterhead, Solicitor, by his wife, Elizabeth Campbell, dau.
of the Rev. James Lowe, Minister of Thornton; _b._ Peterhead,
24 Dec. 1892; educ. at home and at Peterhead Academy; was studying
medicine at Aberdeen University, but after the outbreak of war received
a commission as 2nd Lieut., and was gazetted to the 2/5th Battn.
of the Gordon Highlanders, 24 Nov. 1914. He was transferred to the
1/5th Battn. 19 April, 1915, and was promoted Lieut. about the time
that battn. joined the Expeditionary Force in France. He was killed
in action during the fierce fighting that took place at and along
the lines from Festubert, 16 June, 1915; _unm._ He was buried
immediately behind the firing line, not far from Festubert village.
=DAWSON-SCOTT, JOHN KEARSLEY=, Capt., Royal Engineers, yst.
_s._ of Gen. Robert Nicholl Dawson-Scott, of Brent House, Penrith,
Col. Commandant, Royal Engineers, by his wife, Grace Mansel, dau. of
John Whitlock Stradling-Carne; _b._ The Grove, Boltons, South
Kensington, 18 May, 1883; educ. The Castle, Tonbridge; Tonbridge
Grammar School, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. Royal Engineers, 31 July, 1902, and promoted Lieut. 26 Dec.
1904, and Capt. 31 July, 1913; was on home service, 1902–6, on foreign
service at Cairo, 1906–11, and was appointed 2nd Assistant Instructor,
School of Military Engineering, 24 April, 1912; went to France with
the 1st Army Corps, attd. to the 5th Field Coy., R.E., in Aug. 1914,
and was killed in action near Zonnebeke, 29 Oct. following, by a high
explosive shell, while reconnoitring the German position at a distance
of about 300 yards; _unm._ Buried there. Brig.-Gen. Rice wrote:
“We R.E. of the 1st Army have had many severe losses during this battle
near Ypres, but none that we deplore more than that of your boy,” and
his commanding officer, Major North: “He was the most able assistant
a company commander could hope for.” Capt. Dawson-Scott received the
cross of Knight of the Legion of Honour for gallantry during the
operations between 21–30 Aug. His eldest brother, Lieut. Geoffrey
Nicholl Dawson-Scott, R.G.A., died on active service at Pretoria, 31
Dec. 1900, during the Boer War.
[Illustration: =John K. Dawson-Scott.=]
=SCOUGALL, ALEXANDER=, Colour-Sergt., No. 5970, Royal Marine L.I.,
3rd _s._ of the late George Scougall, of Peebles, by his 2nd wife,
Agnes, dau. of George Kay, of Eloridgehill, Lanarkshire, and brother
of William Scougall, Stationmaster, West Calder; _b._ Woodhouse,
Manor Parish, co. Peebles, 25 May, 1873; educ. Manor, Walkerburn, and
Peebles Public Schools; joined the Royal Marine L.I. at Edinburgh in
Nov. 1890; did one year boy’s service; passed for Corpl. at Chatham, 13
July, 1894, with 98 marks, and was awarded First Class Certificate; and
for Sergt. at Walmer, 31 March, 1896, obtaining 187 marks and a special
certificate; served in the Orinoco River (in H.M.S. Fantome) during the
dispute between the United States and Venezuela; in the South African
War (medal), and in China, and on completing his 22 years’ service
(Oct. 1912) entered the Shanghai Municipal Council’s Service. When the
European War broke out he was an Inspector in the Shanghai Public Works
Department, and immediately volunteered, but was not accepted until
Oct. He left within 24 hours for London, but the Japanese boat by which
he travelled took 65 days to do the trip (12,000 miles), being held up
in the Indian Ocean for 10 days by the German Cruiser Emden. He took
part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed
in action at Quinn’s Post, Gaba Tepe, between 9 and 10 a.m. on 3 May
following; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “Colour-Sergt. Scougall was an
old pal of mine also, he being of about the same service as myself. He
was well known at Chatham and we all regret his loss, and he is one of
many veterans of ours who have gone. He was killed on Monday, 3 May,
between 9 and 10 a.m. The shot entered his eye and death was immediate.
Bugler Sillence of our Battn. was a few yards from him when he was hit,
and I have gone over the day with him. We were ordered out at 4 a.m.
to prepare an attack up a very steep ravine between two hills; the
Turks held all the crests. It was hopeless to carry out. As soon as
our troops got in view they were mowed down with M.G. and rifle fire,
it was awful; time after time fresh troops went on but all suffered
the same, nobody got to the objective, and we had to give it up. Our
Battn. had over 300 casualties, all who tried suffered the same; the
dead and wounded had to be left till dark. The wounded were got down
by degrees; it took days to bury the dead. Every movement brought a
deadly fire, they were within a 100 yards. This happened at Gaba Tepe
where we reinforced the Australians and New Zealand forces on their
first landing; we afterwards were shipped to this end, Sedd-ul-Bahr,
and are having some tough work still. I expect we are in for a winter
of it. Trench fighting is awful slow work, and you are kept on a
tension all the time; the devils have plenty of grit and put up a fair
fight, no gas or gas shells at present and no white flag incidents
since the first, when we weren’t having any, and nipped them all. About
the difference in date, many of the dead were not buried by our own
people, and their effects are not gathered properly. They are reported
missing until their bodies are found and identity discs are sent in;
facts known to people near one get mixed or reported wrongly because
it is impossible to thoroughly inquire into every case unless a doubt
is raised. Dead often have to be left even for weeks when an attack
fails. You may take my date as correct; it is the date in my book, also
in the Battn. records. I don’t know where the other date came from,
we had re-embarked and started afresh elsewhere before then, so it is
obviously incorrect. I am an old China bird myself, but I came home in
1897,” and another: “He was killed on 3 May at Quinn’s Post; Gaba Tepe,
where the Australians landed, and buried in a little trench with others
of his comrades. You see he was some 300 to 400 feet up the cliffs,
and it was practically useless bringing the dead down in the gully
where we had to depend on water running. He was accorded a Christian
burial, and a very decent one considering the time and space allotted.
I myself buried 14 in one grave, and read the Burial Service.” Scougall
had the Long Service, and Good Conduct medals. He was a good all-round
sportsman, played cricket and football, and was in the winning
tug-of-war team in Shorncliffe District Tournament in 1897.
[Illustration: =Alexander Scougall.=]
=SCRIVENER, CYRIL ALFRED=, Sapper, No. 4/344, New Zealand Field
Engineers, _s._ of Alfred Thomas Scrivener, of Hamilton, New
Zealand, Farmer; _b._ Stratford, New Zealand, 2 July, 1893; educ.
Public schools there; joined the New Zealand Engineers in Sept. 1914;
served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles, and died at Mudros, Lemnos
Island, 13 June, 1915, of enteric fever contracted while on active
service; _unm._ Buried there.
=SCRUTTON, FRANK RICHARDS=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 3347),
212547, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SCULLY, CHARLES RICHARD=, E.R.A., 3rd Class, 345433, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=SEABROOK, JAMES HERBERT=, 2nd Lieut. and Despatch Rider, attd.,
5th Cavalry Brigade, 4th _s._ of William Seabrook, of the
Nurseries, Chelmsford, by his wife, Elizabeth Mary Ann, dau. of James
Pertwee (of a Huguenot family originally named Pertuis); _b._
Brent Hall, Boreham, co. Essex, 30 Oct. 1883; educ. Chelmsford
College, was before the war associated with his father in the
well-known horticultural business of Messrs. W. Seabrook & Sons, but on
mobilisation volunteered as a Despatch Rider, was given a commission as
2nd Lieut., and attached to the 5th Cavalry Brigade. He left England
with the Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at
the Battle of the Marne, 10 Sept. 1914; _unm._ Buried at Grandelu,
about 18 miles north-east of Meaux. Writing to his mother, Lieut. F.
F. Blake, Commanding 5th Signal Corps, Royal Engineers, said: “Your
son was killed yesterday, while carrying out his duty. He was sent to
me some weeks ago as a motor cyclist despatch rider, and he had done
splendid work for me and was immensely popular with all.... We were in
touch with the Germans early in the morning and moved to turn their
flank. I sent your son to Headquarters of 2nd Army with a message
before this, and when he returned to the point of despatch, we had
gone. He was told by another of my motor cyclists where we had gone,
and which road to take, but he appears to have missed his way, coming
in contact with the enemy. The end must have come very quickly and
painlessly, as he was shot in the head, two other bullets also found
their mark. All this we found later in the day, as we were in action
all the forenoon, and I was not informed of his death till late in the
evening, when I am glad to say we had gained a decisive success. Your
son died a glorious death, which we must all be prepared for, doing his
duty in the service of his country.”
[Illustration: =James Herbert Seabrook.=]
=SEAGER, THOMAS=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 294712, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SEAMAN, HENRY=, Private, No. 4608, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards,
_s._ of James Seaman; _b._ Westminster, 11 April, 1888;
enlisted after the outbreak of war, 3 Sept. 1914; went to France, 4
Oct., and was reported missing between 29 Oct.-2 Nov. 1914, and is now
assumed to have been killed between those dates. He _m._ at St.
Andrew’s Church, Peckham, 8 March, 1914, Ellen (7, Blackhouse Street,
Canterbury Road, Old Kent Road, S.E.), dau. of Joseph (and Ellen)
Mackey, and had a dau.: Ellen, _b._ posthumous, 10 Feb. 1915.
=SEAR, JOSEPH SACKVILLE=, Private, No. 4359, 11th Battn.
Australian Imperial Force, only _s._ of the late Frank Sear, Hay
and Straw Dealer, by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of Thomas Kearsey,
of Dustfield Farm, Charlbury, Oxon; _b._ Wendlebury, Oxon, 8
July, 1894; enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force, 25 June, 1915;
proceeded with the 11th Battn. to the Dardanelles, and was killed there
by a bomb, 6 Aug. 1915, only 48 hours after his arrival at the Front;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Joseph Sackville Sear.=]
=SEARLE, GEORGE CHARLES=, Leading Stoker, 302485, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SEARLE, GEORGE WILLIAM AUGUSTUS=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 25452,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=SEARLE, JOHN=, Ship’s Corpl., 1st Class, 154450, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SEARLES, EDWARD GREGORY=, A.B., J. 12270, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost
when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=SECKER, GEORGE VANE=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17010, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SEDGELEY, FRANK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 8768), S.S. 2013, Chatham,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=SEDGWICK, GEORGE=, Stoker, R.N.R., 2057U, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SEELEY=, WILLIAM ALFRED, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13408, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SEENEY, HUGH=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ports./14615, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SEFTON, THOMAS HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7882), S.S.
103314, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SELBY, BEAUCHAMP HENRY=, Capt., 5th Battn. Northumberland
Fusiliers, eldest _s._ of Beauchamp Prideaux Selby, of Pawston,
Mindrum, Northumberland, J.P., by his wife, Fanny, yst. dau. of the
late Joseph Pocklington Senhouse, of Netherhill, Cumberland, J.P.,
D.L., and grandson of Prideaux Selby, of Pawston, J.P., D.L., by his
wife, Harriet Elizabeth, dau. of Admiral Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor,
3rd Bart.; _b._ London, 4 June, 1882; educ. Harrow, and the Royal
Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., unattd., 8 Jan. 1901,
and appointed to the Northumberland Fusiliers, 23 March following;
promoted Lieut. 21 May, 1902, and Capt. 1 Oct. 1912; served on the
North-West Frontier of India, 1908, taking part in the operations
in the Mohmand country, and engagement at Matta (medal), and with
the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and died 21 Sept.
1914, from wounds received in action the previous day, near Vailly,
during the Battle of the Aisne; _unm._ His Col. wrote: “You will
doubtless have heard from the W.O. the sad news of your son’s death. It
has been a sad blow to us all to lose such a gallant soldier, and good
comrade. He was shot through the head in the trenches north of Vailly,
on the 20th, and though he lingered for nearly 24 hours, he was quite
unconscious, and his chance of recovery was looked upon as practically
hopeless. He is buried close to where he fell.... Your son was one of
the lion-hearted breed that are such a power in a regt. At the fight
at Fromières, the day after Mons, he did very gallant work under a
heavy fire to the great admiration of the O.C. 1st Lincolnshire Regt.
with whom he was temporarily detailed. My brother officers all join in
offering you our most sincere sympathy in the loss of your gallant son.”
=SELLEN, ALBERT FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 8993, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SELLENS, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9466), S.S.
105406, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SELLICK, WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11306, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SEMARK, WILLIAM RICHARD=, Sergt., No. 9609, 3rd, attd. 2nd,
Battn. East Kent Regt. (The Buffs), _s._ of Harry Semark,
Cement Labourer, late Rifle Brigade, by his wife, Rose (57, Cuxton
Road, Strood, Rochester), dau. of William Chappell, of Milton next
Sittingbourne, Kent; _b._ York, 23 Dec. 1892; educ. St. Nicholas
School, Strood; enlisted in Feb. 1910; was in the Special Reserve,
going up for a month’s training each year, headquarters being at
Canterbury; was called up on mobilisation, 4 Aug. 1914; went to Dover,
where he was promoted Sergt., and was engaged in drilling recruits
at Hythe and Dover during the winter; went to France, 6 March, 1915,
and was killed in action at Hill 60, Ypres, 3 May following, during
the gassing of the Canadian troops; _unm._ Three of his brothers
are now (1916) on active service; two with the East Kent Regt. (both
wounded), and one with the Royal Warwickshire Regt.
[Illustration: =William Richard Semark.=]
=SETTER, AUGUSTE ARTHUR LEOPOLD=, Private, No. 8139, 1/2nd Battn.
The Border Regt., 2nd _s._ of Thomas Setter, of Caterham, 2nd
Battn. Coldstream Guards, by his wife, Emilia (The Lodge, Grove House,
The Grove, Ealing, W.), dau. of Louis Cugny, of Ferreyre, Switzerland;
_b._ Tower of London, 28 July, 1887; educ. Caterham Board School;
enlisted in Nov. 1908; went to France about the 4 Oct. 1914, and was
killed in action at Givenchy, 18 Dec. following. Buried there. His
company officer wrote saying he was a thorough soldier and one of the
best men in the company. He _m._ at Norwich, 3 Aug. 1914, Edith,
dau. of (--) Gallant; _s.p._
=SETTERFIELD, CHARLES ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 3322, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SETTERFIELD, EMMANUEL WILLIAM=, Ch. E.R.A., 1st Class
(Pensioner), 160543, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22
Sept. 1914.
=SETTERFIELD, FRANK=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6596), 184292, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SEVERNE, HENRY FRANCIS=, 2nd Lieut., 1/6th Battn. Sherwood
Foresters, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt. (T.F.), eldest
_s._ of Arthur De Milt Severne, of Wirksworth, Derbyshire,
Solicitor, by his wife, Adelaide Elizabeth, dau. of the late John
Hubbersty; _b._ Wirksworth, co. Derby, 16 Feb. 1892; educ.
Riber School, near Matlock; Marlborough College (where he was in the
O.T.C.), and the Royal School of Mines; joined the University of
London Artillery in 1910 or 1911; volunteered on the outbreak of war
and enlisted in E Coy. of the 6th Sherwood Foresters; was given a
commission as 2nd Lieut. 2 Sept. 1914; went to France, 25 Feb. 1915,
and was killed in action at Kemmel, Belgium, 10 May, 1915, being shot
through the heart by a sniper; _unm._ Buried at Kemmel. He was
mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May
[London Gazette, 22 June], 1915, and recommended for saving the life
of an officer on 27 April. On that day a small charge was exploded
in a mine. Some hours afterwards a small party of Royal Engineers,
consisting of a Sergt. and two Lieuts., entered the gallery. One
Lieut., who was a little way behind the others, found them unconscious
from the effects of gas. He ran back to the entrance and shouted for
help. 2nd Lieut. Severne, who was standing near, without a moment’s
hesitation, jumped down the shaft although, being a mining engineer, he
well knew the danger. He helped the Lieut. to drag his brother officer
along the gallery until the former also began to suffer from gas. He
told him to go back and said that he would bring the unconscious man
along. This he did, although his burden was a heavy one, until he was
himself rendered unconscious. In the meantime other help had arrived,
and all were brought round except the Sergt. It was undoubtedly due
to 2nd Lieut. Severne’s prompt and gallant conduct that the life of
one officer was saved and possibly that of the other. The late Capt
Johnson, V.C., who was in charge of the party of Engineers, was filled
with admiration and reported 2nd Lieut. Severne’s conduct for official
recognition.
[Illustration: =Henry Francis Severne.=]
=SEWARD, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3004), S.S.
100460, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SEWELL, HENRY=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1576 U., H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SEWELL, REUBEN JOHN=, Petty Officer, 215836, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SEWELL, SIDNEY DAVIES=, Major, 3rd London Field Coy., Royal
Engineers (T.F.), elder surv. _s._ of Col. Thomas Davies Sewell,
of 29, Grosvenor Road, Westminster, S.W., F.R.A.S., Senior proprietor
of the Broad Arrow and Naval and Military Gazette; clerk of the
Spectacle-Makers’ Company and Secretary of its diploma scheme; late
Commandant 4th Battn. The Essex Regt., by his wife, Elizabeth Sophia,
eldest dau. of the late George Burt, formerly a Sheriff of the City
of London; _b._ London, 12 Oct. 1875; educ. Tonbridge School;
obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. (Volunteers) 23 June, 1892; and
was promoted Lieut. 23 June, 1894; Capt. 19 June, 1898, and Major 16
April, 1910; was in command of the 3rd London Field Coy. (T.F.), and
volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914;
went to France in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action near Ypres, 18
Feb. 1915; _unm._ Buried there. Capt. Sewell was a long service
volunteer and had the Territorial Decoration, and was a member of the
London Territorial Force Association.
=SEWELL, THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./15140, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SEWELL, WILLIAM FANE DALZELL DALRYMPLE=, Private, No. 2053, B
Coy., 4th Battn. Seaforth Highlanders (T.F.), attd. Dehra Dun Brigade,
Meerut Division, Indian Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of William
George Dalrymple Sewell, of 20, Balcombe Street, N.W., by his wife,
Edith Maud, dau. of the late Robert Dalzell, grandson of Col. Henry
Fane Haylett Sewell, Indian Army, and great-grandson of the late Gen.
Sir William Henry Sewell, K.C.B., Hon. Col. 79th Cameron Highlanders;
_b._ Valparaiso, Chili, 24 March, 1896; came home to England, 11
May, 1906; educ. at Mr. Charles D. Pridden’s at Walton-cum-Felixstowe,
Suffolk, and at Lancing College, Shoreham-on-Sea, Sussex. Joined the
O.T.C. at Lancing, and rose to be Bugler L.-Corpl. in the band. Entered
Great Northern Railway service, 1 May, 1913. Enlisted 4 Sept. 1914,
joining regt. at Bedford, which left for France on 5 Nov. 1914, being
the first Highland Territorial unit to cross. Killed in action at Neuve
Chapelle on 11 March, 1915, while his battn. were pushing forward an
attack in front of the Bois de Biez, he having been hit by shell. From
all his superiors and comrades the highest testimony came of this
boy, who was just completing his nineteenth year. A comrade wrote:
“He was a popular and brave soldier, and we miss him exceedingly.”
The officer commanding of B Coy. wrote: “He was a good soldier, and
always carried out his orders promptly and well. We buried him on the
field of battle.” His Major wrote: “Young Sewell is shaping well, is a
favourite and will be a fine soldier. We’ve got our eye on him.” His
Colonel wrote: “The boy’s associations with the regt. were of the very
best kind from start to finish, and it was a very real pleasure to do
anything I could for him as regards his commission.... The last time I
saw your dear son alive was when I took him to see our General about
his commission. Would that it had been possible for him to have got his
commission before the fight. I know he would have made a good officer
and done well for his King and Country.” In civil life his keenness for
duty and the right was of the soundest. His chief superior on the Great
Northern Railway wrote thus concerning him: “I deeply regret the tragic
end of so young and promising a life. Your son was a most likeable
fellow, and everyone with whom I placed him spoke most highly of his
capability and personality. I can only hope you may be consoled by the
thought that he died like a man, and in furthering the great cause so
near to all our hearts. His letters are typical of all that is best and
bravest in British youth.”
[Illustration: =W. F. D. D. Sewell.=]
=SEYMOUR, WILLIAM GEORGE=, A.B. (Coastguard), 212477 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SHADRAKE, CHARLES=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 306734, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SHAFFOND, CHARLES=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 85), H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SHAKERLEY, ERIC PIERS=, Capt., King’s Royal Rifles, yst.
_s._ of Capt. Geoffrey Joseph Shakerley, of Weddington Hall,
Nuneaton, late R.H.A., by his wife, Emma, 2nd dau. of Sir Richard
Pierce Butler, of Ballin Temple, co. Carlow, 9th Bart.; _b._
Shrewsbury, 8 March, 1885; educ. Clifton College and Cooper’s Hill,
1904–6; and on leaving the latter accepted an appointment in the Soudan
Irrigation Service in preference to entering the Indian Public Works
Department, and went out to the Soudan in the autumn of 1906. A little
later he was put in charge of the works then in progress in the Sudd
region of the Upper Nile, and remained in charge of this work till he
retired from the Service early in 1913, to join a firm of horticultural
chemists at Alperton. For his services in the Soudan he received the
Medjideh (4th class) in 1912. Immediately on the outbreak of war he
applied for a commission in the Army, and was gazetted Lieut. in the
6th (Reserve) Battn. King’s Royal Rifles, 15 Aug. 1914, obtaining his
Captaincy 24th Nov. following. After three months training with the
regt. at Sheerness he left for the Front on 13 Nov. 1914, and was
attached to the 1st Battn. then in the trenches. On 10 March, 1915, he
commanded an assaulting party in an attack upon the enemy’s trenches
at Givenchy. The party came under a heavy fire from rifles and machine
guns suffering very severe casualties, notwithstanding which, headed by
Capt. Shakerley, it succeeded in reaching the wire entanglements, which
had not been breached, but here Capt. Shakerley was shot dead, 5 yards
from the enemy’s trench; _unm._ Capt. Shakerley was mentioned
in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 22 June, 1915, for gallant and
distinguished conduct in the field.
[Illustration: =Eric Piers Shakerley.=]
=SHANNON, IAN HERBERT CROAL=, Private, No. 2713, 1/7th Battn.
Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) (T.F.), elder _s._ of Rev. John
Alexander Shannon, M.A., Minister of Balbirnie U.F. Church, Markinch,
co. Fife, by his wife, Annie Molyson, dau. of the late James Croal,
of the Haddington Courier; _b._ Balbirnie U.F. Manse, Markinch,
11 Feb. 1895; educ. George Watson’s College, Edinburgh; and Royal
Technical College, Glasgow, of which latter he was an Associate, having
taken his diploma in Electrical Engineering (with distinction) in the
Spring of 1914; was in the employment of James Howden & Co., Engineers,
Glasgow, when the war broke out, and immediately enlisted in 1/7th
Battn. Black Watch, being attd. to the Machine Gun Section; went to
France, 1 May, 1915, and was killed in action while dressing the wounds
of a comrade at Festubert, France, 16 June, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Ian Herbert C. Shannon.=]
=SHANNON, WILLIAM HENRY=, Colour-Sergt.-Major, No. 9019, 1st
Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, yst. _s._ of William Henry Shannon,
of 42, Mountjoy Street, Dublin, late Corpl. 2nd Middlesex Regt.,
and Warder, Prisons Service, by his wife, Bridget, dau. of Rodger
McGoldrick, of Dromahair, co. Leitrim; _b._ Rangoon, British
Burmah, 15 March, 1882; educ. St. George’s and Marlboro’ Street
National Schools, Dublin; was for a short time in the Prisons Service,
then for about a year in the A.M. Corps; enlisted 5 Dec. 1902; served
at Aldershot, Dublin, Butafant, Fermoy, Naas, and Gravesend, and was
then posted to 1st Battn. in India; returned home end of Dec. 1914;
went to the Dardanelles, 17 March, 1915, and was killed in action
there, 12 July following. He _m._ at Gravesend Military Church,
18 Jan. 1915, Ada Amy (5, Albion Road, Gravesend), dau. of Charles
Fennell, of 5, Albion Road, Gravesend; _s.p._
[Illustration: =William Henry Shannon.=]
=SHAPTER, LEWIS HENRY=, Capt., 3rd Special Reserve (West Suffolk
Militia) Battn. Suffolk Regt., _s._ of Lewis Shapter, of Barnfield
Crescent, Exeter, M.D.; by his wife, Elizabeth Charlotte, dau. of
Capt. Edgar Bayly, Suffolk Regt., and great grandson of Col. Richard
Bayley, of the same regt., and nephew and adopted _s._ of Col.
Charles Edward Brown, and of his wife, Frederica Louisa (Kahun, Talbot
Hill, Bournemouth), née Bayly; _b._ Exeter, 7 Sept. 1886; educ.
Stourwood College, near Bournemouth; obtained a commission in the West
Suffolk Militia; promoted Lieut. 18 March 1905, and Capt.; had passed
the School of Instruction and qualified as an Instructor of Musketry;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, attd. to the 1st Battn.
Hampshire Regt., and was killed in action near Ypres, 31 Jan. 1915;
_unm._ Buried in the Military Cemetery, Chateau Rosenberg, Croix
le Blanc.
[Illustration: =Lewis Henry Shapter.=]
=SHARMON, FREDERICK=, Chief Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. A. 2009), 163555,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SHARP, ARTHUR=, Gunner, R.M.A., R.M.A. 12711, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SHARP, JOHN=, Private, No. 2330, 1/8th Battn. The Middlesex Regt.
(T.F.), _s._ of John Sharp, of 26, Gloucester Road, Hounslow
Heath, Middlesex, Agricultural Labourer, by his wife, Louiza Annie,
dau. of George Lovegrove; _b._ Station Road, Hounslow, 14 Sept.
1884; educ. there; was a Stone and Earthenware Carver; had joined
the Middlesex Territorials, 11 Nov. 1913, and on the outbreak of war
volunteered for active service; went to France, 8 March, 1915, and was
killed in action at Poljitze, 23 May following; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Sharp.=]
=SHARP, VIVIAN KING=, Sapper, No. 67686, Royal Engineers, (Railway
Section), yr. _s._ of Sidney Sharp, of The Grove, Ealing (formerly
of Tangleymere, Chilworth, Surrey), Consulting Engineer, by his wife,
Ellen Blanche, dau. of William Eager, of Whipley, Wonersh, Surrey;
_b._ Surbiton, 6 Feb. 1891; educ. at Colet Court and St. Paul’s
School, and was a keen oarsman and rowed in his House boat. In 1909 he
entered the General Manager’s Office of the Great Western Railway, and
from the outbreak of war was engaged on military work in connection
with the railway. He volunteered for the Front in Nov. 1914, was
accepted in March following, his detachment being sent to France at the
end of the month. After much good work he was invalided into hospital
on 12 June, sent over to England to the 1st London General Hospital on
the 18th, and died on the 20th; _unm._
=SHARP, WILLIAM CHARLES JOHN=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./12874,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SHARRATT, SIMEON=, Private, No. 11391, No. 3 Coy. 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Simeon Sharratt, of 1, High Fields
Road, Hinckley, Leicestershire, Felt Hat Maker, by his wife, Elizabeth;
_b._ Nuneaton, 21 Sept. 1894; educ. Nuneaton and Hinckley Church
Schools; was a Gardener; enlisted 3 Sept. 1914, went to France, 22
Dec., was wounded in action near La Bassée, 24 Jan. 1915, and died on
the 26th; _unm._ He was buried at Bethune. Sergt. V. White wrote:
“A Private Clarke was badly hit by a sniper on 24 Jan. 1915, and your
son went to his assistance, when he was shot, probably by the same
sniper, through the wrist and stomach.”
[Illustration: =Simeon Sharratt.=]
=SHATTOCK, MONTAGU DE MANCHA=, Capt., No. 4 Coy., 16th Battn.
(Queen’s Westminster Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._
of Henry Foster Shattock, member of the London Stock Exchange, by his
wife, Charlotte Rice (88A, Lexham Gardens, Kensington, W.), dau. of
James Allerton; _b._ Broad Green, Croydon, co. Surrey, 9 Oct.
1867; educ. St. John’s, Hurstpierpoint, and King’s College, London,
and was afterwards a member of the Stock Exchange. He enlisted in the
Queen’s Westminsters in Nov. 1892, and after passing through the ranks
as Corpl., Sergt and Colour-Sergt., obtained his commission as 2nd
Lieut. 5 April, 1902, and was promoted Lieut. 6 June, 1903 and Capt.
21 March, 1905. He afterwards went through the Hythe musketry courses
and became musketry instructor for the regt., under Lieut.-Col. A.
Shoolbred, whose firm provides a company in the corps. He had resigned
some time before the war broke out, but rejoined, and obtained his
company again, 5 Aug. 1914. He went with his regt. to the Front, served
in France and Flanders, and was killed in action, presumably by a
German sniper, in the trenches near River Lys, Armentières, France, 9
Jan. 1915, and was buried there behind the trenches; _unm._ In
1905 he captained the team of the Queen’s Westminsters which defeated
a team of the 7th New York National Guard at Bisley. In the following
year he took a team to New York, the return match being won by the
Americans.
[Illustration: =M. de M. Shattock.=]
=SHATTOCK, THOMAS HENRY=, E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 5731, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SHAVE, WILLIAM JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5822), 187872, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SHAW, ALFRED=, Private, No. 2023, 11th Battn. Australian Imperial
Force, _s._ of John Hellawell Shaw, of 36, George Street,
Milnsbridge, Huddersfield, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of William Wood;
_b._ Marylebone, London, 13 June, 1871; educ. Huddersfield, co.
York; went to Australia in March, 1910, and settled at Worsley Bush,
Worsley, and worked on the Railways; joined the 11th Battn., 27 Jan.
1915; left for Egypt with the fifth reinforcements, 27 April; went
to the Dardanelles, 1 July; and was killed in action there, 1 Aug.
following, during an early morning charge; _unm._ Buried there.
=SHAW, BERNARD HENRY GILBERT=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Prince of
Wales’s Own West Yorkshire Regt., 2nd _s._ of the Right Rev.
Edward Domett Shaw, Lord Bishop of Buckingham, D.D., by his wife,
Agnes, dau. of Alfred Gilbey, of Wooburn Park; _b._ Bishop’s
Stortford, co. Herts, 11 Oct. 1893; educ. Marlborough College
(Foundation Scholar), and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. West Yorkshire Regt., 3 Sept. 1913, and promoted
Lieut. 6 May, 1914; went to France 4 Nov. 1914, and was killed in
action near Neuve Chapelle, 19 Dec. following; _unm._ His
commanding officer wrote: “Your boy died most gallantly, fighting in
a German trench, which had been taken during the night.” While at
Marlborough he was in the cricket eleven, 1911, scoring 94 against
Rugby at Lords, and at Sandhurst was captain of the hockey and cricket
eleven. His yr. brother, Lieut. A. G. Shaw, Sherwood Foresters, was
killed in action, 24 Dec. 1915; and his eldest brother, Lieut. E. A.
Shaw, Oxford and Bucks L.I., fell in Oct. 1916. The only surviving
brother, R. G. Shaw, is a Midshipman, R.N.
[Illustration: =Bernard Henry G. Shaw.=]
=SHAW, HUGH JAMES=, Capt., 5th, attd. 1st, Battn. Royal Fusiliers,
eldest _s._ of the late William Sissmore Shaw, of Madras, India,
Merchant, by his wife, Violet Amy Yule (now wife of Robert Francis
Chiappini de Winton, of The Grange, Folkestone), dau. of Major-Gen.
Arthur Thaddeus Searle; _b._ Madras, India, 16 May, 1886; educ.
Warren Hill, Eastbourne, and Harrow; obtained a 2nd Lieutenancy in
the Special Reserve of the Royal Fusiliers in 1908; promoted Lieut.
1 Oct. 1910, and Capt. 26 Sept. 1914; went to France attd. to the
1st Battn. in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Fleurbaix, 12
Nov. following, being suffocated by falling earth in his dug-out;
_unm._ Buried where he fell. His brother, Capt. R. P. Shaw, was
killed in action at the Dardanelles, 27 Nov. 1915 (see his notice).
[Illustration: =Hugh James Shaw.=]
=SHAW, MANFRED SAMUEL=, Private, No. 8820, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 2nd _s._ of the late Joseph Camm Shaw, by his wife, Mary
Ann (now wife of William Sedgwick, of 50, Station Road, Handsworth,
Birmingham), dau. of Manfred Ball, Farmer; _b._ Sheffield,
26 April, 1893; educ. Handsworth, Birmingham; was employed at the
Lorry Works; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 12 Aug. 1910; served three
years with the Colours, then joined the Reserve; was called up on
mobilisation in Aug. 1914; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed
in action at St. Vaast, Belgium, 11 Jan. 1915; _unm._ Buried near
Richebourg St. Vaast. His brother, Corpl. Jesse Shaw, is now (1916)
serving with the R.G.A.
=SHAW, RAYMOND PUGH=, M.A., Capt., 5th, attd. 2nd, Battn. Royal
Fusiliers, _s._ of the late William Sissmore Shaw, of Madras,
India, Merchant, by his wife, Violet Amy Yule (now wife of Robert
Francis Chiappini de Winton, of The Grange, Folkestone), dau. of
Major-Gen. Arthur Thaddeus Searle; _b._ Madras, India, 15 Aug.
1887; educ. Warren Hill, Eastbourne; Harrow; Cheltenham College, and
Trinity College, Cambridge (graduated M.A.), and was afterwards a
partner with Mr. R. F. de Winton in a Preparatory School at Gore Court,
Sittingbourne, and The Grange, Folkestone, but on the outbreak of war
was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Royal Fusiliers, 15 Aug.
1914, promoted Lieut. 13 March, 1915, and Capt. Oct. 1915; went to the
Dardanelles, 7 Aug. 1915, and was killed in action at Suvla Bay, 27
Nov. following, being shot dead on leaving his trench to go to the help
of a wounded man in the open; _unm._ Buried there. His brother,
Capt. H. J. Shaw, was killed in action in France, 12 Nov. 1914 (see his
notice).
[Illustration: =Raymond Pugh Shaw.=]
=SHEA, BATT=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 284107 Devonport, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SHEA, JAMES HENRY=, Gunner, R.M.A., 8154, B. 1114, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SHEARIN, EDWARD=, Private, No. 12711, 11th (Service) Battn. The
Royal Scots, _s._ of James Shearin, of 10, Albert Street, Govan,
Glasgow; _b._ 25 Nov. 1896; educ. St. Saviour’s School, Govan;
enlisted in the Royal Scots, Sept. 1914; served with the Expeditionary
Force in France, and died 31 Aug. 1915, of wounds received in action;
_unm._
=SHEARMAN, SAMUEL=, Leading Carpenter’s Crew, 343091, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SHELBOURNE, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4614), S.S.
103732, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SHELDON, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 7115,
H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20
miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SHEPHEARD, RICHARD JOHN=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., Ch. B.
9919), 297749, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=SHEPHERD, CHARLES ALFRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10101), 208670,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SHEPHERD, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 2101, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SHEPHERD, GERALD ALEXANDER GASELEE=, Capt., 57th Wilde’s Rifles,
F.F., Indian Army, eldest _s._ of the late Major Alexander Innes
Shepherd, 4th Punjab Infantry, F.F. (now 57th Wilde’s Rifles), who died
on active service 1884, by his wife, Agatha (Wychcote, Somerville Road,
Bournemouth), dau. of the late Rev. John Gaselee; _b._ Kasauli,
India, 14 July, 1882; educ. Bedford, and Dover College; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. in the Suffolk Regt., 8 May, 1901; transferred to the Indian
Army, 3 Sept. 1902; promoted Lieut. 8 Aug. 1903, and Capt. 8 May, 1910;
served (1) on the North-West Frontier of India, 1902; took part in the
operations against the Darwesh Khel Waziris; (2) in Tibet, 1903–4,
action at Niana; took part in the operations at and around Gyantse,
including the march to Lhassa (medal with clasp), and (3) with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, from end of Oct. to 22
Dec. 1914, on which latter date he was killed in action at La Bassée;
_unm._ Buried in Bethune Cemetery.
[Illustration: =Gerald A. G. Shepherd.=]
=SHEPHERD, JAMES=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 187749, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SHEPPARD, CHARLES EDWARD=, Leading Stoker, 310548, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SHEPPARD, ISAAC=, Private, No. 11369, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 4th _s._ of the late Frederick Sheppard, of Bower Chalk,
by his wife Sarah (Bower Chalk, Salisbury), dau. of William Feltham,
of Bower Chalk; _b._ Bower Chalk, co. Wilts, 6 May, 1889; educ.
National School there; was a carter; enlisted 1 Sept. 1914; went to the
Front, 7 Dec., and was killed in action at Richebourg, Belgium, 5 May
1915; _unm._ He was buried on a farm on the west side of the road
from Rue des Benceaux to Rue du Bois.
[Illustration: =Isaac Sheppard.=]
=SHEPPARD, REGINALD=, Private, No. 6124, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 2nd _s._ of Thomas Sheppard, of Salisbury, co. Wilts,
by his wife, Martha, dau. of Amos Hallett; _b._ Salisbury, co.
Wilts, 30 May, 1886; educ. St. Edmund’s School; was a Small-holder;
enlisted in the Coldstreams, 27 Feb. 1905; served in Egypt, 29 Sept.
1906 to 29 Jan. 1908; passed into the Reserve, 26 Feb. 1908; rejoined
his old regt. on mobilisation in Aug. 1914; went to France with the
Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug.; took part in the retreat from Mons, the
Battles of the Marne and the Aisne, the fighting in the Ypres salient,
and was killed in action in the trenches at Zillebeke, 20 Nov. 1914. He
_m._ at Salisbury, 18 Sept. 1909, Mary Jane (40, Wingford Road,
Clapham Park, S.W.), dau. of Dathan Sumbler; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Reginald Sheppard.=]
=SHEPPEE, FREDERICK JOHN=, alias Frederick Johnson, Private, No.
1371, C Coy. 2nd Battn. 1st Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial
Force, _s._ of Frederick John Sheppee, of Clapham, S.W. [of a
family of French origin], by his wife, Mary, sister of William Adams,
of The Towers, Taroona, Tasmania, and dau. of John Adams; _b._
London, 25 April, 1873; educ. Emanuel School, Wandsworth Common; was
in New Zealand when the war commenced, and immediately tried to enlist
there, but was refused as over age. He then went to New South Wales and
joined the Australian Contingent under the name of Frederick Johnson;
left for Egypt with the second reinforcements, was wounded in the thigh
in the first landing at the Dardanelles on 25 April, 1915, and was for
some time in hospital in Egypt, but returned to duty, and was killed in
Gallipoli between 7 and 14 Aug. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Frederick John Sheppee.=]
=SHERGOLD, GEORGE HENRY=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 4881),
195173, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SHERRING, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Rifleman, No. 3077, 1/17th Battn.
(Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of
Frederick William Sherring, of 80, Clinton Road, Bow, by his wife, Mary
Ellen, dau. of William Johnson; _b._ Forest Gate, Essex, 2 March,
1896; educ. Malmesbury Road Council School, Bow; entered the employ
of Messrs. H. S. King & Co., of Cornhill, Bankers, on leaving school,
and joined the Territorials, 8 Sept. 1914. He volunteered for foreign
service, left for France in March, 1915, was in several engagements,
including the Battle of Loos (25 Sept.), and was killed in action in
the trenches at Loos by shell fire, 30 Oct. 1915; _unm._ He was
buried at Fort Tosh, north of Loos, on the Loos-Hulluck Road.
=SHERWOOD, SIDNEY WILLIAM=, Private, No. 3260, 13th Battn.
(Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._
of Harry Leslie Sherwood, H.B.M. Consul at Portland, Oregon, U.S.A., by
his wife, Adeline Myra, dau. of the late Robert Taylor, of Brighton;
_b._ London, 27 Sept. 1892; educ. privately, and studied at
School of Musical and Dramatic Art, 1907–10. He played the part of
Elf Pickle in “Pinkie and the Fairies,” His Majesty’s Theatre, Dec.
1908; in “Where Children Rule,” Garrick Theatre, 1909–10; Kiffin in
“Vice-Versa,” Comedy Theatre, 1910–11; in “The Great Name,” Prince
of Wales’ Theatre, 1911; in “Where the Rainbow Ends,” Savoy Theatre,
1911–12, and Garrick Theatre, 1912–13 and 1913–14; and in the plays
produced by the Play Actors’ Society at the Court Theatre, “The
Demagogue” and “Hester” and others. Immediately after the outbreak
of war he threw up his many private interests and enlisted in the
Army. He left England in Feb. 1915, and soon afterwards went into the
trenches. Was present at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, and fell, during
the terrible fighting, in the attack on the German trenches at Aubers
Ridge, Sunday, 9 May, 1915. It was a perfect Spring morning, with
sunshine and a blue sky. The Kensingtons were ordered out to take part
in what was thought to be a great attack. They went forward from trench
to trench in the face of the deadliest fire, and, with a regt. of
Regulars, succeeded in dislodging the enemy from their positions. They
maintained their hardly-won position for a number of hours, and then
were ordered to withdraw, having lost eight officers and 89 men killed.
He was _unm._
[Illustration: =S. W. Sherwood.=]
=SHIELDS, THOMAS=, Stoker, 2nd Class, S.S. 112628, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SHIMMIN, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 11741, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards,
_s._ of John Shimmin, of Avonmore, Port St. Mary, Isle of Man;
_b._ Isle of Man; enlisted 23 Oct. 1914, aged 34; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 16–18 May, 1915.
=SHINGLETON, ARTHUR ROBERT=, Driver, No. 1624, Battery, Royal
Field Artillery (T.F.), 4th _s._ of the late Thomas Shingleton,
of Dover, by his wife, Ellen Elizabeth (now wife of (--) Newing, of
3, Jubilee Cottages, Primrose Road, Dover), dau. of George Falwell,
of Dover; _b._ Dover, 30 Dec. 1896; educ. Holy Trinity School,
Dover, Kent; joined the R.F.A., 30 Oct. 1914, and was knocked down and
killed by a runaway horse at Sevenoaks, 12 Feb. 1915, while on service;
_unm._
=SHINNIE, HERBERT FORSYTH CRAIG=, Sub-Lieut., Royal Naval
Reserve, 8th _s._ of Robert Shinnie, of 150, Bon-Accord Street,
Aberdeen, Carriage and Motor Car Manufacturer; _b._ Aberdeen, 21
July, 1892; educ. Aberdeen Grammar School (1902–7) and having joined
the Navy League in 1906 decided to adopt the sea as a profession. He
was then too old to join the Navy direct, so was indentured as an
apprentice in seamanship to the Adam Line, and in the autumn of that
year joined the s.s. Aberlour at Newcastle. Under Captain Barnett on
this ship he served for the next four years, making three voyages round
the world, and while still on his last voyage as an apprentice, was
gazetted Midshipman, R.N.R., 1 April, 1911. During the following Nov.
and Dec. he was on H.M.S. Africa the flagship of the Third Division,
Home Fleet, completing the first part of his naval training, which had
already been begun with the men of the Naval Reserve at Aberdeen. In
the latter month he received an appointment as a junior officer in the
British India Company’s Service, and joined the s.s. Ekma at Belfast,
his rank being that of Fourth Officer. He sailed at once for the East,
and soon after his arrival in Calcutta was promoted Third Officer and
transferred to s.s. Ellenga, and in the summer of 1912, was again
promoted, this time to R.M.S. Kaurthala, one of the large mail boats
running between Calcutta, Rangoon and Singapore. In the spring of 1913,
he joined the s.s. Chakrata at London, and continued upon her until the
end of March, 1914, when he returned home to prepare himself for his
First Officer’s Certificate. The examination for this he successfully
passed in June, 1914, and almost immediately afterwards was notified
by the Admiralty to join the Home Fleet for the Annual Manœuvres. He
accordingly reported himself for duty, and was despatched to Sheerness
to complete the complement of H.M.S. Formidable. During the whole
month of July they were at sea engaged in manœuvres on a greater scale
than usual. During the next three months Shinnie was twice mentioned
for commendable service, and received his promotion to the rank of
Sub-Lieut. while at sea. He was lost when the Formidable was torpedoed
and sunk in the English Channel on the morning of 1 Jan. 1915. One of
the Petty Officers who was with Shinnie on the quarterdeck, writing
after the disaster, says: “I had no time to exchange words with my
officers, but Sub-Lieut. Shinnie superintended the lowering of the
quarterdeck boats and ordered Petty Officers to take charge of them, as
they were mostly married men. He remained perfectly cool and calm to
the very end, and when the order came from the Capt. to look out for
ourselves the Sub-Lieut. went to see that each of the men near him had
something that would float and that they could hang on to. As far as
I know he went down with the ship.” A brother officer, who was badly
injured by the second explosion and had to be helped overboard at the
end says: “I was amongst the last who left the ship, but after I was
in the water I saw Sub-Lieut. Shinnie still at his post. He was then
fastening on one of the life-saving collars.” He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Herbert F. C. Shinnie.=]
=SHIP, FRANCIS ALFRED=, L.-Corpl., No. 7648. 1st Battn. East Kent
Regt. (The Buffs), _s._ of Francis Charles Ship, of 203, Maxey
Road, Plumstead; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed
in action, 25 Dec. 1914.
=SHIPLEY, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3899), 309117,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=SHIPP, GREGORY=, L.-Corpl., No. 8338, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Frederick Shipp, of Gaywood Road, King’s Lynn;
_b._ co. Norfolk; served with the Expeditionary Force in France
and Flanders; killed in action, 1 Jan. 1915. Buried in Soldiers’
Cemetery, Rue du Bois, Bethune-Richebourg Road; _unm._
=SHONK, WILLIAM CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch B. 8533),
396982, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SHORT, ALBERT FREDERICK=, Rifleman, No. 2563, 1/17th Battn.
(Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._
of the late Alexander William Short, of Stepney, Lighterman, by his
wife, Emma Amelia (33, Salmon’s Lane, London, E.), dau. of Alfred
Seymour; _b._ Stepney, E., 3 March, 1894; educ. Cayley Street
Council School, S.; was a Confectioner’s Packer; joined the Poplar
and Stepney Rifles about 24 Aug. 1914; went to France, 9 March, 1915,
and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 26 Oct. 1915, while
acting as stretcher-bearer. Buried Fort Tosh, a little north of Loos,
on the Loos-Hulloch road; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “He was killed
by a shell while endeavouring to succour some of his unfortunate
comrades, and he died like a hero. I mourn the loss of a true and brave
comrade who never shirked his duty, and he was laid to rest alongside
his fellow stretcher-bearer, who was killed with him. I attended his
funeral the following evening, and a little wooden cross now denotes
where heroes fell.”
[Illustration: =Albert Frederick Short.=]
=SHOTTON, ROWLANDSON HARDY=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 8558),
203871, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Robert Shotton, of 2, East Street,
Hendon, Sunderland; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea,
15 Oct. 1914.
=SHOVE, VICTOR ALBERT=, A.B., 227275, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SHRUBB, FRANK JAMES=, Private, No. 14121, 4th Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 2nd _s._ of Henry Shrubb, of Almodington House, Sidlesham,
Chichester, Farmer, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Thomas Green; _b._
Birdham, co. Sussex, 25 July, 1895; educ. Manhood School there;
enlisted 8 Dec. 1914; went to the Front, 15 Aug. 1915, took part in the
Battle of Loos, 25 Sept., and was killed in action at Levantie, France,
8 Jan. 1916; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “He was filling sandbags to
build up the trenches with. Four of them were together and a shell fell
among them. Frank being killed instantly.... He was buried in a little
cemetery about a mile from the trenches, and a cross marks the spot.”
[Illustration: =Frank James Shrubb.=]
=SHUTE, THOMAS JOHN=, Rifleman, No. 2774, 1/17th Battn. (Poplar
and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Thomas
John Shute, of 56, Conder Street, Stepney, E., by his wife. Jenny, dau.
of (--) Harris; _b._ Limehouse, E., 12 Nov. 1889; educ. Dalglish
Street School, Limehouse, E.; was a Shipping Clerk; joined the Poplar
and Stepney Rifles, 4 Sept. 1914; went to France, 9 March, 1915, and
died, 27 Sept. 1915, of wounds received in action at the Battle of
Loos. Buried New Cemetery, Choques. He _m._ at Stepney, 8 March,
1915, Annie (17, Tredegar Square, Bow, E.), dau. of Michael Hurley;
_s.p._
[Illustration: =Thomas John Shute.=]
=SHYER, HARRY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ports/16676, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SIBBALD, JOHN=, Private, No. 10001, D Coy., 2nd Battn. Argyll
and Sutherland Highlanders, yst. _s._ of John Hadden Sibbald, of
Harelaw Cottages, Longniddry, for 27 years Forrester to the Earl of
Wemyss, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Abner Baillie; _b._ Aberlady,
co. Haddington, 25 Dec. 1885; educ. Aberlady Public School; enlisted
4 Jan. 1906; was stationed at Maryhill Barracks, Glasgow; Stirling
Castle, and Chatham; went to South Africa with a draft for the 2nd
Battn.; served with the Military Police there; formed one of the
Guard of Honour, during the King’s visit to Balmoral in 1911, and
again on the occasion of their Majesties visit to Edinburgh after the
Coronation; and took part in the Military Pageant in London; went to
France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, and was killed in
action at Ploegsteert, 10 Nov. following; _unm._ Buried there.
He was in the winning team of the inter-company tug-of-war challenge
shield in the 1st Battn. 1905–6–7, and had the cross guns four years in
succession for his musketry.
[Illustration: =John Sibbald.=]
=SICHEL, GEOFFREY MICHAEL JOHN=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. The Duke of
Cambridge’s Own Middlesex Regt. (“The Die Hards”), elder _s._
of Walter Sydney Sichel, of 50, Egerton Gardens, S.W., Author and
Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Constance Elizabeth, eldest dau. of the
late John Holms, M.P.; _b._ Campden Hill, London, W., 15 May,
1890; educ. Bradfield College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the
3rd Middlesex, 18 Sept. 1909, and promoted Lieut. 27 Sept. 1912; was in
India with his regt. when war broke out; left for France, 18 Jan. 1915,
and was killed in action 3 miles east of Ypres, 9 Feb. 1915, while
his battn. was engaged in repelling an attack of the Prussian Guard;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Geoffrey M. J. Sichel.=]
=SILCOX, WILLIAM HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10074), 213480,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SILK, GEORGE DOLLAR=, Private, No. 5951, 1st Battn. Queen’s Royal
West Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and
Flanders; was reported missing after the fighting on 31 Oct. 1914, and
is now assumed to have been killed in action on or about that date;
_m._
=SILK, JOSEPH=, Private, No. G. 14063, 3rd Battn. Middlesex Regt.;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 23
April, 1915.
=SILK, NORMAN GALBRAITH=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. South Wales
Borderers, only child of Fleet-Paymaster Ernest Edwin Silk, R.N.,
Royal Naval Depôt, Sheerness, by his wife, Isabel Maud, dau. of Capt.
Ernest C. Wilford, late 65th Regt.; _b._ Rushbrook. co. Cork, 30
April, 1895; educ. Eastman’s, Southsea; Cheltenham College (Newick
House), and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (Jan. 1913 to Feb.
1914); gazetted 2nd Lieut., 1st South Wales Borderers, 24 Feb. 1914,
and promoted Lieut. 15 Nov. 1914; went to France with his battn. at the
outbreak of war; served through the retreat from Mons, and the Battles
of the Aisne, the Marne, and Ypres, where he was wounded in Nov., and
invalided home; joined the 2nd Battn. of his regt. on recovery in Feb.
1915, and left England with it for the Near East in March; took part in
the landing at Sedd-ul-Bahr on 25 April, and in the subsequent fighting
on the Gallipoli Peninsula, and was killed in action there, 9 June,
1915; _unm._ The colonel commanding South Wales Borderers wrote:
“To me, as a commanding officer, he is a very great loss. He had proved
himself to be a most gallant and capable officer and as devoted to his
men as they were to him. He was always bright and cheerful, and always
only too keen to be ever right at the front, and I know that had he
lived he must have made a name for himself.”
[Illustration: =Norman Galbraith Silk.=]
=SILKSTONE, BERT=, Private, No. 9570, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards,
_s._ of William Silkstone, of 103, Padget Street, Brightside,
Sheffield; _b._ co. York; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France, etc.; killed in action, 4 Oct. 1914.
=SILLETT, ERNEST HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1047), 173052,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CIVILIAN-SILLS, STEPHEN=, Canteen Assistant, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SILVER, CHARLES=, Private, No. G. 2053, 2nd Battn. East Surrey
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
action, 12 March, 1915.
=SILVESTER, ALFRED FERDINAND=, Rifleman, No. 2895, 16th Battn.
(Queen’s Westminster Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._
of William Keeley Silvester, of 34B, Lavender Sweep, Clapham
Common, S.W., Minister in the Catholic Apostolic Church, by his wife,
Julia, dau. of Joseph Simpson; _b._ London, 30 Dec. 1887; was
a Confidential Clerk in a City Bank; joined the Queen’s Westminster
Rifles in 1909; completed his term of service in 1913, but volunteered
and rejoined after the outbreak of war, 2 Sept. 1914; went to France,
24 Jan. 1915, and died in the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley,
14 March, 1915, of wounds received in action at Houplines, near
Armentières, on the 6th; _unm._
[Illustration: =Alfred Ferdinand Silvester.=]
=SILVESTER, ANSON LLOYD=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt.,
elder _s._ of the Rev. James Silvester, M.A., F.R. Hist. Socy.,
Vicar of Great Clacton and Little Holland, Clacton-on-Sea, author of
“The Spiritual Year,” “A Century of Sonnets,” and other works, and
Editor of “The Lord’s Portion,” by his wife, Constance Ellen, formerly
Sister Lloyd of H.M. Nursing Service, dau. of William Lloyd, of the
General Post Office [Baronet coll.]; _b._ Walcot, Bath, where
his father was senior curate of the parish, 11 Dec. 1888; educ. Trent
College, co. Derby, where he distinguished himself in study and sport,
becoming Victor Ludorum of the school, and in 1908 won an Exhibition
in Modern History at Jesus College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in
the Honours School of Modern History in 1912, with 2nd Class Honours.
At Oxford he belonged to the Officers’ Training Corps, as a member of
which he was one of the guard of honour at the funeral of His Majesty
King Edward VII and at the Coronation of His Majesty King George V, and
afterwards joined the 9th Royal Sussex Regt. Special Reserve, being
gazetted 2nd Lieut. 6 Sept. 1913. He spent some time in Germany in the
spring of 1914, to obtain a thorough proficiency in German, having
also studied French, with a view to an appointment in H.M. Consular
service, for which he had received the necessary nomination. He was
engaged in volunteer Y.M.C.A. camp work when the war broke out, and
on mobilisation he was summoned to join his regt. at Chichester. For
some time he was on duty at Dover, but went to the Front in Sept. 1914,
with five other officers of his regt., receiving leave of absence for
a few days, after terrible experience in the trenches; and returning
to the Front at the end of Nov. He fell in action, while bravely
leading forward his men to recapture a position the Germans had taken
the same day at Cuinchy, near La Bassée, on the night of 31 Dec. 1914;
_unm._ His body was not recovered until 12 Jan., when he was
buried in the cemetery at Cuinchy. W. R. Smethurst, his platoon Sergt.,
wrote: “We had some very rough times together, shared each other’s
rations, and always the same dug out during that awful time we had
last October at Ypres. About that time he contracted that bad cough
that he had, and I tried many a time to get him to go to hospital, but
he would not. When he went on leave I never expected that he would
come back to us again as he really was not fit,” and referring to his
death: “We crept up to 30 yards of them (the Germans) when they opened
on us a terrific fire both from machine guns and rifles. Your son fell
practically at the first shot, and so did 11 men out of 2. I spoke to
Mr. Silvester and asked him if he was badly hit. He did not answer my
question but ordered me to take the men away and retire back to our old
position. He must have expired almost immediately.”
[Illustration: =Anson Lloyd Silvester.=]
=SILVESTER, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6976), 191889, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SILVERTON, WILLIAM HENRY=, Private, No. 1347, 1st Battn. (Royal
Fusiliers), The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late
William James Silverton, by his wife, Alice (14, Appleford Road, North
Kensington); _b._ North Kensington, 18 Nov. 1895; educ. Middle Row
School there; was a Chemist; joined the Royal Fusiliers in July, 1911;
volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914;
went to France, 10 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Fromelles,
9 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Henry Silverton.=]
=SIMMONDS, GEORGE HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4910), 159624, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SIMMONDS, RICHARD STANLEY=, Gunner, R.M.A., 11386, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SIMMONS, ALBERT=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 4165), 291953,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=SIMMONS, ALBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10519), 193736, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SIMMS, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11783, H.M.S. Hawke,
_s._ of Alfred Simms, of 28, Albert Street, Bedford; lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SIMMS, GEORGE=, Private, No. 1066, D Coy., 1st Newfoundland Regt., 2nd
_s._ of William Simms, of Pilley’s Island, Newfoundland, Fisherman,
by his wife, Norah, dau. of Jacob Parsons; _b._ Notre Dame Bay,
Newfoundland, 17 Oct. 1887; educ. there; was a Lumberman; volunteered
after the outbreak of war and joined the Newfoundland Expeditionary
Force, 11 Feb. 1915; left St. John for Britain, 20 March, 1915; trained
at Stob’s Camp, Scotland; left for the Dardanelles, 10 Aug., and was
killed in action at Suvla Bay, 30 Dec. 1915, by shrapnel; _unm._ His
company officer (Capt. March) wrote: “During storm and rain and amid
shot and shell he always managed to attend to the needs of the fatigued
men and officers. A cup of hot tea and something to eat he always had
ready”; adding: “He did splendid work; he kept us alive during those
terrible days at Suvla.”
[Illustration: =George Simms.=]
=SIMMS, GEORGE NORMAN, M.V.O.=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Royal
Munster Fusiliers, yst. _s._ of the late George Simms, of 7,
Porchester Gate, and Sumner Grange, Sunningdale, by his wife, Alice
Maud (Gilderdale House, Gerrards Cross), dau. of Thomas Pearson, of
Scarborough, Yorks; _b._ 7, Porchester Gate, London, W., 21 Oct.
1875; educ. Eastbourne College; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Munster
Fusiliers, from the Militia, 1 Dec. 1897; promoted Lieut. 11 March,
1899, and Capt. 6 June, 1906; served in the South African War, 1902;
took part in the operations in Orange River Colony, Jan. to May, 1902
(Queen’s medal with two clasps), and with the Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders, and was killed in action at Etreux or Oisy, 27
Aug. 1914; _unm._ Capt. H. S. Jervis, Royal Munster Fusiliers,
wrote: “It falls to my lot, as the Senior Officer surviving the action
of 27 Aug., to write and amplify the terrible news which I presume you
have already received from the War Office, of the death of your son.
To say that we all feel the acutest sorrow at your loss, which is also
ours, is to but inadequately express our feelings. He leaves a gap
which it will take many years to fill. On 27 Aug. his company was on
outpost duty with mine, in front of the Battn. which was to cover the
withdrawal of our Brigade. The latter got away safely, but to achieve
this the Battn. had to sacrifice itself. The enemy was coming from the
north and began working round to eastward of us. Your son’s company was
sent to the post of danger to prevent this. It was a most difficult
undertaking, inviting his complete isolation from the rest of us, but
he carried it through, fought a smart little action, and returned with
the loss of but three men. We then continued the withdrawal, and it
was discovered that the enemy had surrounded and cut us off. Again
George Simms was sent to the post of danger, this time in front. He
went off at the head of his men, and having revealed the enemy in an
entrenched position straight across the line of retreat, he proceeded
to attack at once. A murderous fire was opened on him and his men, and
a destructive cross-fire was brought to bear on them from a loopholed
house. While gallantly exposing himself as an example to his men, he
was shot in the body and fell dead. The whole five officers of his
company were killed--a magnificent example to the remainder of the
Battn. The next day the Germans sent out a party of our men whom they
had taken prisoners, to bury our dead, and your son was placed in a
grave with eight of his brother officers who fell in the same action.
His personal effects were buried with him, nothing being touched. His
kit was on our transport wagons, which may have escaped. When I came to
this Battn. four months ago, I was attd. to your son’s company so that
I might see how the new system was run, and it really was a lesson on
the art of managing men. The Brigadier, after inspecting his company,
said: ‘I should like to serve under Capt. Simms myself.’ No higher
praise is needed. The whole Battn. was devoted to him, and his company
was far the best of the Battn. In the Mess we shall miss him more than
anywhere, his invincible good temper, tact and sense of humour made him
an ideal senior member of the Mess.” In the War Office Record he is
spoken of as a sound Company Commander. He was awarded the 5th Class of
the Royal Victorian Order on the occasion of the presentation of new
Colours to the Battn. by His Majesty King Edward VII at Cork, 1 Aug.
1903.
[Illustration: =George Norman Simms.=]
=SIMPKINS, FREDERICK THOMAS=, Signal Boy, J. 21561, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SIMPSON, ABRAM=, Private, No. K.P. 458, 8th Section, D Coy.,
Drake Battn. Royal Naval Division, _s._ of Abram Simpson, of 9,
Maltkiln Lane, Castleford; _b._ Castleford, co. York, 6 June,
1895; educ. Lock Lane School there; enlisted after the outbreak of the
war, 11 Sept. 1914, and was attd. to the Drake Battn. of the R.N.D.;
served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles;
was wounded in the hip during a bayonet charge on 14 May, 1915, but
returned to the trenches after a few days in hospital, and died, 20
June following, of wounds received in action; _unm._
[Illustration: =Abram Simpson.=]
=SIMPSON, ALBERT VICTOR=, A.B., No. 235888, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SIMPSON, ALEXANDER MATHIESON=, Private, No. 14455, A Coy., No.
4 Platoon, 1st Battn. Cameron Highlanders, only child of the late
Alexander Lee Simpson, of Glasgow, Slater, by his wife, Maggie, widow
of (--) Logan, dau. of John Mathieson, Coal Miner, grandson of William
Simpson, of Glasgow, Schoolmaster (by his wife, Sarah, dau. of Robert
Lee, of (--), Ireland), and great-grandson of Alexander Simpson, of
Girvan, co. Ayr, who emigrated to Rockhampton, Australia, about 1850;
_b._ Glasgow, Jan. 1890; brought up by his aunt, Miss Sarah
Simpson, of 68, John Street, Dunoon, Argyle, and educ. Glasgow and
Dunoon Grammar Schools; was a Painter; enlisted about Oct. 1914; went
to France, and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept.
1915. He _m._ at Dunoon, 1914. Annie (Orwell Cottage, Edward
Street, Dunoon), dau. of (--) Smith.
[Illustration: =Alexander M. Simpson.=]
=SIMPSON, ANTHONY HENRY=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal Warwickshire
Regt., yr. _s._ of James Herbert Simpson, of Rugby, M.L., by
his wife, Charlotte Maria, dau. of Henry Wilson; _b._ Rugby, 28
Dec. 1887; educ. Hillbrow School, Rugby (1896–1901); Rugby School
(1901–6), and Corpus Christi College, Oxford (1906–11, Scholar), and
was afterwards an assistant master at Tonbridge School, where he was
an officer in the O.T.C.; gazetted Lieut. to the Special Reserve of
the Royal Warwickshire Regt., 24 Dec. 1914; went to France, 19 Jan.
1915, and died at the Base Hospital, Boulogne, 1 Feb. following, from
bronchitis contracted while on active service; _unm._ Buried in
the Cemetery there.
[Illustration: =Anthony Henry Simpson.=]
=SIMPSON, ARCHIBALD=, Leading Seaman, 220490, H.M.S Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SIMPSON, ARCHIBALD CRANBY=, Trooper, No. 13/442, No. 3 Troop,
4th Waikato Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._
of (--) Simpson, by his wife, Katherine (Ohaupo, New Zealand);
_b._ Turakina, New Zealand, 1891; educ. Government Schools, and
St. Patrick’s College, Wellington; volunteered for Imperial service
on the outbreak of war and joined the Waikato Mounted Rifles, 14 Aug.
1914; left for Egypt Oct. following; went to the Dardanelles in May
and died about 19 May following, of wounds received in action there
the same day; _unm._ His Major wrote: “As far as I can remember
your boy was wounded on 18 May, when the Turks attacked us. I cannot
say if he spoke after being wounded, as he was taken away by the
stretcher-bearers to the dressing station, and from there to the
clearing hospital. I understand he died whilst being taken from the
dressing station to hospital, and was wounded in the head. He was given
a Christian burial in the North Cemetery, and now lies on the portion
of the Gallipoli Peninsula which he fought so bravely to hold. You have
the satisfaction to know that he fought like a man and died like a hero
for his King and Country. He was a brave man and a true comrade, and I
felt the loss of his assistance.”
=SIMPSON, EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9675, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SIMPSON, GEORGE=, Private, No. 10129, 1st Battn. East Kent Regt.
(The Buffs); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
killed in action, 23 March, 1915.
=SIMPSON, HUBERT ZEPH=, Assistant-Paymaster, Royal Naval Reserve,
H.M.S. Hawke, elder _s._ of the late Zephaniah Simpson, member
of the London Stock Exchange (1875–1913), by his wife, Lucy Eva (61,
Grosvenor Road, Westminster, S.W.), dau. of John Tucker, of Barnstaple,
Solicitor; _b._ Herne Hill, S.E., 20 Nov. 1880; apprenticed to
the Shaw, Savill & Albion Co., 12 Feb. 1896, and qualified as Master,
16 Oct. 1903, but, after serving with that company and in the Glen and
Union Lines, was compelled through near sight to give up his career and
start anew. He obtained an Assistant Pursership in the R.M.S.P. Co.,
and in 1907 was made Purser, being one of the very few Pursers to hold
a Master’s Certificate. On 30 May, 1913, he was appointed Purser of the
R.M.S.P Arcadian, on which he served until the outbreak of war. He had
joined the Royal Naval Reserve as Midshipman, 13 April, 1897, being
promoted Sub-Lieut. 25 July, 1903; but eye trouble having rendered him
unfit for combatant service, he retired, and in April, 1909, applied
for appointment as Assistant Paymaster, which he received, 5 Sept.
1910. He was appointed to H.M.S. Hawke, 1 Aug. 1914, and was lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _unm._
Admiral Fremantle, writing in May, 1913, described him as “a keen and
zealous officer, who would give valuable assistance in war time”; and
the Secretary of the R.M.S.P. Co. wrote: “During the years he was with
us he won the esteem of those with whom he served and the warm regard
of his brother officers, and he will be very greatly missed, not only
by our own people ashore and afloat but also by numbers of passengers
with whom he travelled.”
[Illustration: =Hubert Zeph Simpson.=]
=SIMPSON, JAMES=, Corpl., No. 9856, 2nd Battn. East Surrey Regt.,
_s._ of Frank Simpson, of 72, Larch Road, Balham Surrey; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 11 Feb.
1915.
=SIMPSON, JOHN=, Private, No. 1798, 6th Battn. King’s Royal Rifle
Corps, _s._ of Thomas Simpson, of Clitheroe, Cotton Weaver;
_b._ Clitheroe, co. Lancaster; educ. there; enlisted 16 Sept.
1914: served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in
action, 8 May, 1915; _unm._
=SIMPSON, JOHN=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 164860, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SIMPSON, JOHN EDMUND=, Capt., King’s Own Yorkshire L.I.,
elder _s._ of the late Rev. John Curwen Simpson, of Thurnscoe,
South Yorks, by his wife, Frances Maria (Dale Lodge, Brompton, near
Scarborough), dau. of Samuel Sheppard, of Taunton; _b._ Bayswater,
London, 9 July, 1873; educ. St. James’, Southleigh, and St. Paul’s,
Stony Stratford; joined the Volunteers, gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the
King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., 5 May, 1900; promoted Lieut. 26 April, 1901,
and Capt. 8 Jan. 1907, and from 1910 to 1913 was Adjutant of the 3rd
Special Reserve Battn. at Pontefract. On the outbreak of war he went
to France with his regt. and was shot through the chest while leading
his men in an attack on a farm house occupied by Germans, at Messines
in Flanders, 31 Oct. 1914; buried in a field near to where he fell;
_unm._ Capt. Simpson was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s
Despatch of 8 Oct. 1914 [London Gazette, 9 Dec. 1914], for gallant
and distinguished service in the field. His brother, (Capt. Launcelot
Simpson, M.V.O., another “K.O.Y.L.I.” officer, after being wounded at
Le Cateau, is now (1916) a prisoner of war at Gütersloh, Westphalia,
Germany.
[Illustration: =John Edmund Simpson.=]
=SIMPSON, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 1320, 4th Battn. Northumberland
Fusiliers, _s._ of the late William Simpson, by his wife, Eliza
(17, Warkworth Street, Lemington-on-Tyne), dau. of William Tiplady,
of Kibblesworth, co. Durham; _b._ Dewley, Throckley, 2 Jan.
1897; enlisted following the declaration of war; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action
west of Wieltte, 25 May, 1915; _unm._ Sergt. R. Rewcastle, of B
Coy., in forwarding to his mother a Bible taken from his pocket, wrote:
“He died nobly while doing a duty that would have increased the safety
of his comrades. He was buried the same day, and a cross marks the spot
where he lies.”
[Illustration: =William Simpson.=]
=SIMPSON, WILLIAM RUSSELL=, Trooper, No. 8531, 2nd Squadron, 5th
Reserve Regt. of Cavalry, attd. 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys),
_s._ of James Simpson, of 5, Bruce Street, Edinburgh, Vanman, by
his wife, Agnes Baird, dau. of William Russell; _b._ Edinburgh,
21 June, 1889; educ. South Morningside School; was in the employ of
W. Bell & Son, Cab Proprietors, Edinburgh; volunteered and enlisted 9
Sept. 1914; died at York, 14 Jan. 1915, of pneumonia contracted while
training; _unm._
=SIMS, HERBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 8741, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SIMS, JOHN=, Naval Cadet, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Bulwark, eldest
_s._ of Charles Sims, of Lodsworth, Petworth, A.R.A., by his
wife, Agnes Helen, dau. of the late John Macwhirter, R.A.; _b._
Hammersmith, London, W., 17 Oct. 1898; educ. The Wells House, Malvern
Wells; entered the Navy, Sept. 1911; appointed to H.M.S. Bulwark, 16
Aug. 1914, and was lost when that ship was blown up off Sheerness, 26
Nov. 1914.
=SIMS, JOHN=, Stoker (Coastguard), 148321 (Ports.), H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SIMS, WILLIAM JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, 304106, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SIMSON, HERBERT=, Chief Petty Officer, 158864, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SINCLAIR, WILLIAM JOHN=, Private, No. 10942, Machine Gun Section,
4th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, yr. _s._ of George
Thomas Sinclair, M.A., of 91, Comiston Road, Edinburgh, formerly
of Craigengar, Culross, by his wife, Marian, dau. of John McEwen,
Register House, Edinburgh, and grandson of the Rev. William Sinclair,
of Kirkwall, Orkney; _b._ Sanquhar, co. Dumfries, 10 Oct. 1889;
educ. High School, Dunfermline, and George Watson’s College, Edinburgh,
and on leaving there was employed in the British Linen Company’s Bank,
Dunfermline; went to Canada in 1910 to take up an appointment in the
Bank of Montreal; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of
war, and joined the 4th Battn.; came over with the first contingent
in Oct.; went to France in February, and was killed in action at St.
Julien, near Ypres, 23 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried at Vlamertinghe,
three miles west of Ypres. Lieut. Washington wrote. “He died a hero’s
death. Rushing to the aid of a wounded comrade he was hit, and died
shortly after. He was absolutely fearless and game to the last, and his
behaviour under terrific fire was splendid. His memory is much honoured
by myself and the Machine Gun Section.” His brother, Lieut. Fraser
McEwen Sinclair, of Glencraig, co. Fife, R.A.M.C., is now (1916) on
active service in Egypt.
[Illustration: =William John Sinclair.=]
=SINDALL, RICHARD ERNEST=, Capt. (Shelford Detachment), 1st
Battn. Cambridgeshire Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of William Sindall,
of The Elms, Shelford, Cambridgeshire, Contractor, and a Member of
the Cambridge Town Council, by his wife, Henzell Margaret, dau. of
Thomas Usher Crass; _b._ Cambridge, 11 April, 1889; educ. Perse
School, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Cambridgeshire Regt., 1 Oct.
1908, promoted Lieut. 1 March, 1910, and Capt. 23 June, 1913; left for
the Front with his regt., 14 Feb. 1915, was seriously wounded by the
bursting of a shell on 26 June near Armentières, and died from his
wounds, 1 July, 1915; buried at Bailleul; _unm._ The 1st Battn. of
the Cambridgeshire Regt. was warmly congratulated by Brig.-Gen. Longley
for the part it took in the Battle of St. Eloi. He stated that the
way that they advanced under very heavy shell and rifle fire towards
St. Eloi was splendid and that they were of the greatest assistance
in holding the village when the German attack was at its worst. Col.
Copeman, in a letter published by the Cambridge Daily News, said: “We
were in the thick of the great fight last Sunday, and I am proud to
tell you that the regt. did very well, so the General told me. It was
an unexpected attack, and we were hurled into the midst of terrific
shell and rifle fire which lasted from 4.30 on Sunday to about 5 a.m.
Monday.” A special correspondent with the Cambridgeshire Regt. wrote:
“The people of Cambridgeshire must not be allowed to forget that the
1st Cambridgeshires took part in what has been reported as the greatest
engagement of the present war and the world’s history. At 10 p.m.
amid the dull boom of our artillery and the terrific, earsplitting
explosions of the French 75’s, we went out ready to do our part. The
officers in charge of the company were Capt. R. E. Sindall, Capt.
Keenlyside, Lieut. Shaw, and Lieut. Bates. Lieut. Seaton and Lieut.
Sir H. G. Butlin, also officers of the company, were already gaining
experience in the trenches, and had a rough time of it. After drawing
tools and sandbags, we went forward. Ceaseless numbers of ‘flares’ were
sent up, and when passing a gate, the man with the biggest laugh in our
company, L.-Corpl. E. Vawser, was hit. He was promptly attended to,
and hopes were expressed that he would soon be better. An R.E. officer
took charge of us, and we were allotted our job. All the while bullets
and shells were flying around us, and one could mark the passage of the
shells through the air by a streak of light from them. It was rather
a terrifying experience for us to be baptized with such a hail of
bullets, and I must say that I never saw one case of funk in the whole
company. The boys may be heartily congratulated on their sang froid,
and the Cambridgeshire people have good reason to be proud of them.
After our spell close up, we manned some reserved trenches, eventually
arriving ‘home’ at 8 a.m. after a good hard night’s work.” His brother,
Capt. W. T. Sindall, of the same regt., was invalided home from the
Front on 6 April, 1916.
[Illustration: =Richard E. Sindall.=]
=SINGER, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6779), 194593, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SINGLETON, JOSHUA=, Leading Carpenter’s Crew, 345952, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SINNOTT, PETER=, Private, No. 11726, 1st Battn. King’s Own
Scottish Borderers, _s._ of Peter Sinnott, of 1, Ellis on Street,
Gateshead; _b._ Edinburgh, 17 March, 1896; enlisted 26 Nov. 1913;
served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and was killed in
action at the Dardanelles, in an attack on the Turkish trenches, 28
June, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Private Sinnott.=]
=WILMOT-SITWELL, STANTON DEGGE=, Lieut., Portsmouth Battn. Royal
Marine L.I., 2nd _s._ of Francis Stanton Wilmot-Sitwell, of Monk’s
Well, Beaulieu, Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Mary Innes, elder dau.
of Capt. Charles Elliot Farquharson, 21st Lancers, and grandson of
Robert Sacheverell Wilmot-Sitwell, of Stainsby House, co. Derby, J.P.,
D.L.; _b._ The Grove, Bolton’s, London, S.W., 25 July, 1896;
educ. Newlands, Seaford, and Malvern College, where he was a prefect;
was given a 2nd Lieutenancy in the Royal Marines, 29 Aug. 1914, and
promoted Lieut. 27 March, 1915; went out with the R.N.D. in the
Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Feb. 1915, landed at Gaba Tepe with
the Anzacs, and was killed in action on the slopes of Achi Baba, 13
July following; _unm._
[Illustration: =Stanton D. Wilmot-Sitwell.=]
=SIZER, WILLIAM JOHN THOMAS=, Seaman, R.N.R., 4851B., H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SKARRATT, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1986),
12977, R.F.R., H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=SKEATES, ARTHUR WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, 309112, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SKELTON, HENRY=, Trimmer, No. 3376, Trawler Eagle, _s._ of
John Skelton, of 31, James Street, Holderness Road, Hull, Coalheaver on
sea-going ships, by his wife, Fanny, dau. of George Hullah, of Beeford;
_b._ Hull, co. York, 23 March, 1886; educ. Blenkin Street School,
Holderness Road, there; was employed in the firm of Thomas Wilson,
Sons & Co., Ship Owners, Hull, as a fireman on the steamers sailing
from Hull to New York and Boston, but on the outbreak of war in Aug.
1914 joined a trawler which had been taken over by the Admiralty for
mine-sweeping purposes, and was accidentally drowned at Cromarty, 13
Jan. 1915. He was returning from a few hours’ leave, and the weather
being very bad the small boat he was in was capsized. He _m._ at
St. Philip’s Church, Sculcoates, 11 April, 1908, Catherine (14, May
Terrace, Walker Street, off Hessle Road, Hull), dau. of Tom Clark, and
had two sons: Arthur, _b._ 21 Sept. 1912; and Henry, _b._ 18
April, 1914.
=SKIN, ALBIN SAMUEL=, A.B., 237656, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SKINNER, ARTHUR=, Private, No. G. 1454, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
action, 9 May, 1915.
=SKINNER, JOHN THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5048), S.S. 1834, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=SKINNER, PHILIP JOHN LANCELOT=, Sub-Lieut., R.N., yst. _s._
of Major Charles Lancelot Andrewes Skinner, of 57, Eccleston Square,
S.W., late 4th Hussars, by his wife, Lady Kathleen, née Ponsonby, yst.
dau. of Walter William Brabazon, 7th Earl of Bessborough; _b._
The Chantry, Ipswich, 23 Jan. 1894; educ. St. Andrews, Eastbourne,
and Osborne and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges, where he was cadet
capt., H.R.H. the Prince of Wales being under his charge; served as a
cadet on H.M.S. Cumberland; joined H.M.S. Hercules as a Midshipman in
1911, afterwards served on H.M.S. King George V.; was appointed acting
Sub-Lieut. H.M.S. Formidable, 29 July, 1914; and was lost when that
ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel, 1 Jan 1915. The
following is an extract from one of the many letters received from some
of the bluejackets and other survivors off H.M.S. Formidable: “We found
him a most kind and considerate officer, a fearless and true British
sailor, and a splendid type of the true English gentleman. He was
esteemed and respected by all who knew him, both by officers and men,
and we loved him.”
[Illustration: =Philip John L. Skinner.=]
=SKINNER, RONALD SWEYN=, Sergt., No. 737, 9th Battn. (Queen
Victoria Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the Rev.
Frederick William Skinner, Vicar of Tibenham, co. Norfolk, by his wife,
Agnes Mary, dau. of Edward Cooke; _b._ Ashwe11thorpe, co. Norfolk,
22 Nov. 1888; educ. Banham Grammar School; joined the Queen Victoria
Rifles in Nov. 1910, was promoted Sergt. Jan. 1915, and on the outbreak
of war proceeded to the Front with them; he died of wounds received in
action at Hill 60, Flanders, 3 Feb. 1915; buried Dranoutre; _unm._
His Capt. wrote: “From the first moment he went into action in the
trenches he showed himself a bold and resolute soldier who thought
first of his duty and nothing of himself. He had recently been named
for a commission. At all times he showed a fine example and exercised
a most beneficial influence thereby over the men under his command. I
cannot think how we shall get on without him: men such as he proved
himself over and over again are hard indeed to replace.” He was Capt.
of the Olympic Rifle Club five years, and shot for his company at
Bisley two years.
=SKINNER, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1816), 187806, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SCOT SKIRVING, ARCHIBALD=, Capt., 5th Battn. Royal Irish
Fusiliers, yr. _s._ of Robert Scot Skirving, M.B., of Sydney,
N.S.W., by his wife, Lucy, dau. of the late Trefferson Hester, M.D.;
_b._ Sydney, New South Wales, 7 Sept. 1884; educ. Sydney Grammar
School; Eton House, Tonbridge; and the University of Sydney, at which
last he graduated as M.B. and C.M. in 1911 with high honours, being
the second man of his year. A resident medical officer in the Royal
Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney till 1913, he proceeded in that year
to England to take the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons, but
on the outbreak of war at once volunteered for active service. He had
previously joined the University Scouts in 1907, and the 2nd Australian
Infantry Regt. in 1909, transferring from the latter in the following
year to the N.S.W. Scottish Rifles, which became the 25th Australian
Infantry under the new regulations, and after being temporarily
attached to the Black Watch was given a commission as Lieut. in
the Royal Irish Fusiliers, 4 Sept. 1914, and promoted Capt. 2 Dec.
following. He died 9 Aug. 1915 (on board the hospital ship Valdivia),
from wounds received near Suvla Bay, and was buried at sea five miles
south of Imbros Island. The letters of his fellow officers show him to
have been as able and keen in his military duties as he was capable and
distinguished in his profession of medicine.
[Illustration: =Archibald Scot Skirving.=]
=SLADE, EDWARD FRED=, Rifleman, No. 3604, 9th Battn. (Queen
Victoria Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Edward Henry
Slade, of Bedmond, King’s Langley, by his wife, Kate, dau. of George
Gamby; _b._ Abbots Langley, co. Herts, 9 Dec. 1892; educ. Watford
Grammar School; was employed on the London & North-Western Railway at
Euston, but after the outbreak of war enlisted in the Queen Victoria
Rifles, 17 Nov. 1914, and was accidentally drowned in France, while
bathing in the rear of the British trenches, 12 Aug. 1915; _unm._
Buried in the village yard at Chippilly. Slade was a student at the
Guildhall School of Music, and a choirman and deputy organist at
Abbot’s Langley Parish Church, and was considered by Professor Docker,
R.A.M., to be a very promising organist. His company officer wrote
that his death was “a great loss to the company, as he was an able and
willing soldier under all circumstances.”
[Illustration: =Edward Fred Slade.=]
=SLATER, CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 110190 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SLATER, DAVID=, Stoker, R.N.R., U. 1354, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=SLATER, GEORGE MICHAEL=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9611),
297247, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SLATTER, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109395, H.M.S Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SLATTERY, HENRY JAMES=, Rifleman, No. 2953, 18th Battn. (London
Irish Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of the late Alfred
Richard Slattery, by his wife, Elizabeth (2A, Frederick
Mews, Kinnerton Street, Knightsbridge, S.W.), dau. of Elijah Peachey;
_b._ Knightsbridge, 23 Nov. 1892; educ. St. Paul’s Schools,
Knightsbridge; was in the employ of Mr. John Morgan, Army Tailor, of
5, Albemarle Street, W.; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined
the London Irish Rifles, 4 Sept. 1914; trained at the White City and
St. Albans; went to France, 9 March, 1915; took part in the actions
at Givenchy and Festubert, and died 27 Sept. 1915, of wounds received
in action at the Battle of Loos, on the 25th; _unm._ Buried in
the cemetery at Noeux-les-Mines. He was in the choir at St. George’s
Hospital, and afterwards at St. Mary’s, Graham Street, S.W.
[Illustration: =Henry James Slattery.=]
=SLAUGHTER, JAMES GALLOTHY=, Chief Shipwright, 340623, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SLESSOR, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. 12370), H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SLIMM, FREDERICK WILLIAM THOMAS=, Acting Corpl., No. 1267, 1/17th
Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest
_s._ of Frederick George Slimm, Private, No. 71299, A.S.C., now
serving with the British Expeditionary Force, by his wife, Jessie (15,
Taylor’s Place, Stepney), dau. of James King; _b._ Mile End,
London, E., 16 June, 1893; educ. Ben Jonson Schools, Stepney; was a
Printer’s Layer-on; joined the 17th County of London Regt. in March,
1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to
France, 8 March, 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos,
25 Sept. 1915, while finding range for the battn.; _unm._ He was
to have been married shortly.
[Illustration: =Frederick W. T. Slimm.=]
=SLINEY, RICHARD=, Leading Seaman, 179858 (Dev.), H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=SLOPER, WILLIAM=, Chief Petty Officer, 160618, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMALL, AUSTIN JAMES=, Cook’s Mate, M. 5525, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMALL, FREDERICK GEORGE=, Bugler, No. 823, 1/18th Battn. (London
Irish Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of William
Frederick Small, of Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, Carman, by his wife,
Frances, dau. of Robert Stephenson; _b._ London, W., 12 Sept.
1890; educ. St. Andrew’s Council School, London; was a Cloth Shrinker;
joined the London Irish Rifles, 13 March, 1909; volunteered for
foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France,
11 March, 1915, and died 28 Sept. 1915, at a Base hospital, of wounds
received in action during the Battle of Loos on the 25th. Buried at
Neoux-les-Mines. He _m._ at St. Thomas Church, Regent Street,
W., 22 Feb. 1914, Josephine (101, Beaufoy Road, Battersea), dau. of
Alexander Fromant, and had a dau., Elsie, _b._ 4 June, 1915.
=SMALL, NORMAN HOWARD=, Private, No. 2096, 1/9th Battn.
(Highlanders) the Royal Scots (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of David Alexander
Small, of 106, Princes Street, Edinburgh, Outfitter, by his wife,
Minnie, 3rd dau. of William (and Elizabeth) Donald; _b._
Edinburgh, 27 Sept. 1895; educ. Edinburgh Academy; was a Business
Student; volunteered and joined 1/9th Royal Scots in Aug. 1914; left
for France, 23 Feb. 1915, and died at No. 5 Casualty Clearing Station,
Poperinghe, 23 April, 1915, of wounds received the same day at St.
Jean, near Ypres. Buried in Military Cemetery, Poperinghe; _unm._
His elder brother, W. E. A. Small, was killed, 26 Sept. 1915 (see
following notice).
[Illustration: =Norman Howard Small.=]
=SMALL, WILLIAM ERNEST ALEXANDER=, L.-Corpl., No. 2306, Royal
Horse Guards (The Blues), eldest _s._ of David Alexander Small,
Outfitter, by his wife, Minnie, 3rd dau. of William (and Elizabeth)
Donald; _b._ Edinburgh, 10 May, 1891; educ. Royal High School and
Edinburgh University; was a Farmer in Saskatoon, Canada; volunteered
and joined the Royal Horse Guards in Dec. 1914; was formerly for six
years in Lothians and Border Horse; joined as Trooper; promoted to
Corpl.; left for France, 23 May, 1915; was killed instantaneously by
direct shell at Vermelles, 26 Sept. 1915, when advancing to Loos.
Buried in Military Cemetery, Vermelles; _unm._
[Illustration: =William E. A. Small.=]
=SMART, ERNEST JOSEPH=, Petty Officer, 192004, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SMART, JOHN GORDON=, Sergt., No. 1218, Orsett Troop, Essex
Yeomanry, 2nd _s._ of John Smart, of 13, Brunswick Street,
Hillside, Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academician, by his wife, Agnes
P. (15, Hillside Crescent, Edinburgh), dau. of Robert Main, of Doune,
Perthshire; _b._ Edinburgh, 26 June, 1876; educ. George Watson’s
College, Edinburgh, and on leaving there served his apprenticeship with
Mr. H. J. Blanc, of Edinburgh, Architect, after which he migrated to
London, where he achieved a considerable reputation as an architectural
designer. During the South African War he joined the 2nd Battn. of
the Imperial Yeomanry in Jan. 1901, and served through that campaign,
receiving the Queen’s medal with three clasps (Transvaal, Orange Free
State and Cape Colony), and obtaining his discharge with the rank of
Corpl. in Sept. 1902. On the outbreak of the European War he enlisted
in the Essex Yeomanry as a trooper, went to the Front, Nov. 1914, and
was promoted Sergt. May, 1915. He distinguished himself in action at
Poljitze, near Ypres, 13 May, 1915, and was specially mentioned for his
gallant conduct on this occasion in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s
Despatch of May, 1915. He reached Burnham-on-Crouch from the Front, on
four days’ leave, on 19 June, 1915, and died there on the 23rd from
acute pneumonia supervening on gas poisoning at Ypres. His principal
hobby was yachting, to indulge in which he resided at Burnham, and
he was buried there with full military honours on his 39th birthday;
_unm._
=SMEATON, WILLIAM DOUGLAS=, Private, No. 4208, 14th Battn. (London
Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of John MacRae Smeaton,
of Hawick, co. Roxburgh, retired Civil Servant, and late of the London
Scottish, by his wife, Florence Jane, dau. of William Kench; _b._
Wimbledon, co. Surrey, 17 Jan. 1897; educ. Wimbledon School and
privately; joined the London Scottish, 1 Jan. 1915; went to France,
5 July, 1915, and was killed in action during the Battle of Loos, 25
Sept. following. An officer wrote: “The company had to advance under
very heavy fire, and it may be some small satisfaction to know the
company went forward as steadily as if they had been in Hyde Park, and
worthily upheld the splendid reputation of this regt. Your son when
dashing forward fifty yards in front of the trenches was hit in the
lower part of the stomach, and rapidly became unconscious, died and was
buried on the field of battle.”
[Illustration: =William Douglas Smeaton.=]
=SMEETH, WILLIAM=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 1095), late R.M.A.,
10436, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMELLIE, JAMES MILLER STIRLING=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M.
4509, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, ADOLPHUS SAMUEL=, Leading Signalman, 220809, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, ALBERT EDWARD=, Telegraphist, J. 1624, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SMITH, ALBERT ERNEST=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3044), S.S.
100458, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SMITH, ALBERT JAMES=, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 1139), Late
Chat./9954, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=SMITH, ALFRED=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 155565, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SMITH, ALFRED EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17617, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, AMOS CHARLES=, Bugler, No. 9377, 2nd Battn. King’s Own
Yorkshire L.I., eldest _s._ of Shipley Vickers Smith, of 2, The
Grove, Shaw Heath, Stockport, District Agent, Prudential Insurance Co.,
formerly of the same regt. (who served in Malta, India, Afghanistan
and the Jhobb Valley Expedition), by his wife, Clara, dau. of the late
James Harris, of Morley, Contractor (who served with the 31st Regt. in
the Crimean War), and grandson of Amos Charles Smith, of Sheffield;
_b._ Sutton-upon-Hull, co. York, 4 Dec. 1892; educ. Middleton
Street School, Hull, and Army School; enlisted as a Bugler in the 1st
King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., 15 Oct. 1907; served in South Africa, and
was afterwards stationed at Hong Kong and Singapore, where he was when
war broke out. His battn. was ordered home. While at home he was taken
ill with malarial fever, but hearing that his battn. had been ordered
to the Front, despite the advice of the doctor, he immediately set off
to rejoin it at Winchester. He arrived too late, however, and was sent
to the 3rd Battn. at Hull, but left for France a fortnight later with
a draft for the 2nd Battn. (13th Brigade, 5th Division), and died on 7
April, 1915, of wounds received on the 5th, near Hill 60; _unm._ A
comrade wrote: “I am sorry to state that he got shot on Easter Monday,
losing a leg. He bore his pain well, not a word of complaint and still
merry and bright. Shells were dropping around us all the time and,
to make matters worse, it rained all day.” His only brother, Shipley
Vicker Smith, Bandsman, No. 10428, King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., is now
(1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Amos Charles Smith.=]
=SMITH, ALFRED LEONARD=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class (R.F.R., B.
3599), 189658, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the
coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SMITH, ARCHIBALD=, Sergt., No. 12802, 2nd Battn. The Middlesex
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action,
14 March, 1915.
=SMITH, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 1155, A Squadron, Northamptonshire
Yeomanry, only _s._ of Charles Slater Smith, of Norton House,
Tenby, Farmer, by his wife, Bertha, dau. of Joseph Hill; _b._
River View, Woodford, near Thrapston, Northants, 24 Sept. 1890; educ.
Lewisham College, Weston-super-Mare; volunteered and joined the
Northants Yeomanry, 8 Sept. 1914; left with his regt. for the Front
in the 8th Division in Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Neuve
Chapelle, 9 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried, Walle Farm, Pont Riqueult,
Lestrem, Flanders. He was a well-known and successful rider under the
National Hunt Rules.
[Illustration: =Arthur Smith.=]
=SMITH, ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5299), 297535,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 2108, 1/6th Battn. Prince of Wales’s
Own West Yorkshire Regt (T.F.), _s._ of Richard Smith, of 9,
Brighton Street, Cromwell Road, Shipley, by his wife Sarah Elizabeth,
dau. of John Sutcliffe; _b._ Shipley, co. Yorks, 30 July, 1897;
educ. Baildon Wood Bottom Board School; volunteered on the outbreak of
war and joined the West Yorkshires, 7 Aug. 1914; went to France, 15
April, and was killed in action at Rue Petillon, 3 June, 1915, being
shot by a sniper; _unm._ Buried in Rue Petillon.
=SMITH, ARTHUR=, Stoker, R.N.R., S. 3016, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SMITH, ARTHUR GILLIAT=, Lieut., 26th Field Coy., Royal Engineers,
only surviving _s._ of Harold Gilliat Smith, of 37, Kenilworth
Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea, by his wife, Laura Sybil, dau. of the late
Philip Grove, of Eastcote, Northants, and grandson of the late Joseph
Smith, formerly of The Oaks, Woodmansterne, co. Surrey; _b._
Blackheath, S.E., 3 July, 1888; educ. Rugby School and the Royal
Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.E., 18 Dec. 1908,
and promoted Lieut. 4 Feb. 1911; left for France, 15 Aug. 1914, and
was killed in action near Klein Zillebeke, during the First Battle of
Ypres, 1 Nov. following; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote: “I
have lost a loyal friend and a most keen and efficient officer.... He
died a fine death, gallantly leading his section against the Germans.”
[Illustration: =Arthur Gilliat Smith.=]
=SMITH, ARTHUR GUY=, Lieut., R.N., 2nd _s._ of Capt. Charles
Valentine Smith, R.N., of the Hydrographic Department, Admiralty, and
17, Woodfield Road, Ealing, W., by his wife, Josefa Francis, dau. of
the Hon. Robert Butler, Receiver General of the Bahamas; _b._
Poona, India, 10 July, 1891; educ. Alperton Hall, Wembley, and the
Osborne and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges; entered the Navy, 5 May,
1904; became Midshipman 15 July, 1909; Sub. Lieut. 15 July, 1912; and
Lieut. 15 July 1914; was mainly employed in the surveying service at
Home and in the West Indies in H.M. ships Research and Mutine; joined
H.M.S. Good Hope in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action in the battle
off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914; _unm._
=SMITH, ARTHUR MARK=, Private, No. 2550, 8th Battn. The Middlesex
Regt. (T.F.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France; died 26
April, 1915, of wounds received in action at St. Jean; _m._
=SMITH, ARTHUR PHILIP=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 308719, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, BERNARD RIDLEY WINTHROP=, Capt., 1st Battn. Scots Guards,
only _s._ of Francis Nicholas Smith, of Wingfield Park, Ambergate,
Derby, J.P., D.L., by his wife, Constance Ella, dau. of the late Rev.
Benjamin Winthrop, of 82, Cromwell Road, London, S.W., and a nephew
of Sir Gerard Smith, K.C.M.G., formerly Lieut.-Col. Scots Guards;
_b._ at Duffield, near Derby, 19 Dec. 1882; educ. at Carter’s,
Farnborough; Eton College (Evans’ House), and Trinity College,
Cambridge (B.A.); gazetted 2nd Lieut., Scots Guards, 1 Aug. 1905,
promoted Lieut. 14 May, 1910, and Capt. 1 Nov. 1914; was seconded for
service under the Colonial Office and appointed A.D.C. to Sir Henry
Belfield, K.C.M.G., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the East African
Protectorate, 13 Aug. 1913; obtained leave from the Colonial Office to
rejoin his regt. on the outbreak of war; returned to France direct in
Oct. 1914; was wounded in action in the trenches near Ypres, 8 Nov.
1914, and removed to Christol Hospital at Boulogne, where he died, 15
Nov. 1914; _unm._ His body was brought to England and buried in
a private cemetery in Wingfield Park. He rowed No. 6 in the Cambridge
eight v. Oxford in 1905.
[Illustration: =Bernard R. W. Smith.=]
=SMITH, BERTIE WILLIAM=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 22119, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, CHARLES=, Private, No. 1513, 5th (Cinque Ports) Battn.
The Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), Transport Section, 2nd _s._ of
John Smith, by his wife, Annie (83, Under Road, Hastings), dau. of
Norman Tomars; _b._ Hastings, 25 June, 1879; educ. Village School,
Ore, Hastings; was an employee of the Local Board; joined 5th Sussex
Territorials, 1902; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak
of war; went to France 17 Feb. 1915; invalided back to England July
following and died of disease in Camberwell Hospital, 5 Aug. 1915.
He _m._ at Hastings, 1904, Louisa (45, Sandown Road, Ore,
Hastings), dau. of John Robert Gringer, of 51, Jersey Street, Brighton,
Fishmonger, and had two sons and three daughters: Harry P., _b._
3 Oct. 1904; William J., _b._ 3 May, 1912; Edith P., _b._ 26
Nov. 1906; Winnie L., _b._ 20 Oct. 1909; and Rose E., _b._ 17
Feb. 1915.
[Illustration: =Charles Smith.=]
=SMITH, CHARLES JOSEPH=, Plumber’s Mate, N. 5491, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SMITH, CHARLES KING=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 12461, H.M.S. Hawke,
_s._ of Frederick Smith, of 104, Priory Park, Kilburn, N.W.; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SMITH, CHARLES SAMUEL=, Officer’s Steward, 1st Class, 112414,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 10510, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SMITH, ERNEST GEORGE=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 17544, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, ERNEST LAURENCE=, Private, No. 227, 6th Battn.
Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of John Smith, of
160, Warton Terrace, Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Tailor, by his wife,
Margaret, dau. of Liny Lloyd Daney; _b._ Newcastle-on-Tyne, 13
Aug. 1889; educ. St. Mary’s Catholic School and Westgate Road Council
School; was employed with the North-Eastern Advertising Company,
Newcastle, joined the Northumberland Fusiliers Volunteers (now the 6th
Territorial Battn.) about 1907; volunteered for foreign service after
the outbreak of war; went to France in April, 1915, and was killed in
action in the trenches, near Ypres, 15 June following. He had a medal
for good work in rifle practice in connection with the Ponteland Coy.;
He _m._ at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 19 Oct. 1912, Mary Alice (72, Mason
Street, Byker, Newcastle-on-Tyne), dau. of the late Thomas Smith, and
had two children: Dorothy Vera, _b._ 30 March, 1913; and Audrey,
_b._ 29 Dec. 1914.
[Illustration: =Ernest Laurence Smith.=]
=SMITH, FRANK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4823), 202637, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=SMITH, FREDERICK JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6480),
288029, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, GEORGE=, Private, No. 9220, 4th Battn. The Middlesex
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, died there, 23
Aug. 1914; _m._
=SMITH, GEORGE=, Private, No. G. 1243, 1st Battn. Royal West Kent
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action,
23 April, 1915; _m._
=SMITH, GEORGE CATT=, Corpl., No. 917, No. 3 Platoon, A Coy.,
13th Battn. 4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, yst.
_s._ of Alfred William Smith, of Ramsgate, Photographer, by his
wife, Katherine, dau. of J. Sackett, of Pegwell, Ramsgate; _b._
Canterbury, 29 July, 1887; educ. Holy Cross Church School there; went
to Australia; joined the 2nd Australian contingent in Sept. 1914, and
was killed in action at Anzac, Gallipoli, during the night of 6–7 Aug.
1915; _unm._ According to particulars given to his brother, Mr.
A. G. Smith, by survivors of this action, they were over the ridge
and well on to the of Sari Bair, when he apparently got ahead of his
comrades. He was found the next morning in a fighting attitude with
rifle and bayonet at the engage, and, most remarkable of all, in an
upright position, smiling. He was buried at the foot of Sari Bair, side
by side with a New Zealander.
=SMITH, GEORGE EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10168),
298691, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, GEORGE HARRIS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10152), S.S.
107881, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, GEORGE HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6170), 182124, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, GEORGE STUART=, Private, No. 2499, 1/5th Battn. The Royal
Scots (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Robert Smith, of 19, Leamington
Terrace, Edinburgh, Manager, Central Meat Market Co., Ltd., Edinburgh,
by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Alexander Inveriarity Millar; _b._
Edinburgh, 24 Feb. 1888; educ. George Heriot’s School, Edinburgh; was a
Wholesale Meat Salesman; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined
the Royal Scots; left with his regt. for the Dardanelles, 19 March,
1915, and was killed in action, 28 June, 1915; _unm._ Buried near
Krithia, Gallipoli. His comrade, Private Charles Groves, wrote: “We
have lost a true and loyal comrade, who never hesitated to say what
he meant, and whose word was a bond. Everyone who knew him here and
who had any dealings with him had the greatest respect and affection
for him. He died as he lived--doing his duty, and with his face to the
foe. His life was an example for all. In the section he was at all
times a pillar of strength, and his quiet confidence often imbued us
with strength to carry out our work.” Private Smith was a member of
the Heriot Golf Club and Turnhouse Golf Club (Midlothian), of which
latter he was a “plus” player, representing his club in the Inter-Club
Tournament of 1913. He played in the Battn. Rugby football team.
[Illustration: =George Stuart Smith.=]
=SMITH, GILBERT JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 6468, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, HARRY SCELLEY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10076), S.S. 2619,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, HENRY=, Seaman, R.N.R., 3670C, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, HENRY WILSON (TAS.)=, Sergt., No. 11/378, Wellington
Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late
Frederick Charles Smith, by his wife, Louise Emily (174, Terrace,
Wellington, N.Z.); _b._ Featherstone, Wairarapa, Wellington, New
Zealand, 4 April, 1887; educ. Featherstone and Carterton, Wairarapa,
and Hawkes Bay, Hastings; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined
the Wellington Mounted Rifles; was promoted Sergt.; left for Egypt,
Oct. 1914; went to the Dardanelles in May, and was killed in action at
Anzac Cove, 30 May, 1915; _unm._ Sergt. Smith was mentioned in Sir
Ian Hamilton’s Despatches. The deputy censor (Selwyn Chambers), who was
in the trenches with him, wrote: “He was killed in action on Sunday,
30 May, and we have lost one of our best soldiers and a true friend.
We were hard pressed and nobody in the squadron did more to encourage
those about him and help them to bear up in a very difficult position.
He was injured by a hand grenade and lived for some hours, and even
while lying wounded unable to take any active part in the defence of
the trenches, he continued to encourage his comrades. Eventually he
passed away in a peaceful sleep and we lost a true soldier.”
[Illustration: =Henry Wilson Smith.=]
=SMITH, JAMES ALEXANDER EDINGTON=, Private, No. 1163, 8th Battn.
Royal Scots (T.F.), only _s._ of James Smith, of The Vale, North
Berwick, Clothier, by his wife, Margaret Wilhelmina, dau. of William
Purves; _b._ North Berwick, 30 March, 1893; educ. High School
there; was an Engineer’s Apprentice; volunteered for foreign service on
the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined the Royal Scots, 1 Sept.;
went to France, 2 Nov. 1914, and died in Netley Hospital, 15 May,
1915, from wounds received in action near Fleurbaix on 20 Dec. 1914;
_unm._
=SMITH, JAMES ALFRED=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./7094, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=SMITH, JAMES MONTAGUE=, Lieut., 1/5th Battn. The Royal Scots
(T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late James Smith, of 4, Brunton
Place, Edinburgh, M.D., J.P. (died May, 1914), by his wife, Eliza
(15, Chalmers Street, Edinburgh), dau. of James Smith, of Edinburgh;
_b._ Edinburgh, 30 Aug. 1892; educ. George Watson’s College, and
Edinburgh University, and was in his final year of studying medicine,
when war was declared in Aug. 1914. He had received a commission as 2nd
Lieut. in the 5th Royal Scots (T.F.), 17 June, 1911, and was promoted
Lieut. 22 Dec. 1912; and volunteered for foreign service with his
Battn. He left for the Dardanelles, 10 March, 1915, as Machine Gun
Officer and Assistant Adjutant; took part in the landing on 25 April,
and was killed in action there, 2 May following; _unm._ Buried at
Twelve Tree Copse. Lieut.-Col. J. R. Wilson (himself wounded) wrote:
“The Adjutant was killed five days before, and your son was acting
Adjutant in his place. From the meagre details I have got so far, I
judge he joined with the line of our men who made a bayonet charge to
restore the broken British line which had given way before the enemy’s
attack. In the fighting resulting, he and two other officers were
killed. There is consolation in the knowledge that he died gallantly
doing his best for his country.” And Capt. D. L. McLagan: “As your
son’s temporary commanding officer it is my duty to write and tell you
how gallantly your son behaved on the night when he was killed. I was
within a few feet of him after a charge which we are told saved the
whole army from a break through by the Turks. Your son gave of his
best at all times for his Battn., and on this night he was not behind.
He led a section of the men for a very great distance to occupy a
vacant trench during the night, and when we arrived there we found the
Turks had got round behind. We all had the impression that the French
Senegalese were behind us, and while we hesitated, the blast which
killed so many of us, including your son, came upon us. By a great
chance and the goodness of God I was saved by a machine-gun protecting
me from the bullets intended for me, and thus I was the only officer
to return from that far-off trench when morning came. We drove off the
Turks and saved the situation but at what a cost? Montie was a fine
fellow who did his duty nobly and unselfishly and never spared himself.
His is another name to add to the roll of those who have fallen to
make the 5th Royal Scots what they are now.” Major James Scott of
the R.A.M.C. also wrote: “He was a most promising young man in every
respect, and I am sure had he been spared would have made his mark in
whatsoever path he chose to tread. He was most highly esteemed by every
one, from the Col., Adjutant and officers to the humblest man. Being
appointed Adjutant was the highest honour I ever knew conferred upon a
man so young, but yet he was equal to it, and threw his whole energy
into whatever task he undertook. It was practically impossible for such
a brave young soldier to escape being wounded because he ventured so
much and led his men so well.” He was Colour-Sergt. in the O.T.C. at
George Watson’s College, and joined the University O.T.C. in 1910.
[Illustration: =James Montague Smith.=]
=SMITH, JAMES WILLIAM=, Private, No. 10/1036, B Coy. (East Coast
Regt.), Wellington Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._
of William Smith, of Regent Street, Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand,
formerly of Wakefield, co. York, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of J.
S. Meiklejohn, of Melbourne, Australia, and nephew of the late James
Sim Benyon, proprietor and Editor of the “Kumara Times”; _b._
Hokitika, West Coast, South Island, 4 Nov. 1879; educ. Kumara High
School, after which he served as an apprentice in a grocery business
in the same town. He then joined the Justice Department of the New
Zealand Government, and was appointed to H.M. Prisons, being ultimately
transferred to the Survey Department. On the outbreak of war he joined
the main body of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Aug. 1914, took
part in the defence of the Suez Canal, and was killed in action, 2 May,
1915, eight days after landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula; _unm._
[Illustration: =James William Smith.=]
=SMITH, JOHN=, Private, No. 2484, 5th Battn. The Royal Sussex
Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late James Smith, of Battenhurst Farm,
Stonegate, Farm Bailiff, by his wife, Eliza (Mabbs Hill, Stonegate,
Sussex); _b._ Stonegate, co. Sussex, 24 June, 1890; educ.
Stonegate School; was employed as gardener at Afterglow, Wadhurst;
joined 5th Sussex Territorials Sept. 1914, and died of pulmonary
tuberculosis at his home, Mabbs Hill, Stonegate, 25 July, 1915;
_unm._
=SMITH, JOHN=, stoker, 2nd Class, S.S. 115515, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SMITH, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13677 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, JOHN ACKLAND=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 20594 (lev.), H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, JOHN ALEXANDER HAY=, B.A., LL. B., Lieut., 11th (Service)
Battn. The Royal Scots, only _s._ of the late William Smith, of
Calcutta, Jute Merchant, by his wife, I. Seath (now wife of W. G.
Mair, of Clifton Bank, St. Andrews), dau. of Alexander Nicoll, of
Dundee, Merchant; _b._ Darjeeling, India, 17 Nov. 1890; educ.
Stanley House, Bridge of Allan, Clifton Bank, St. Andrews, and Pembroke
College, Cambridge graduated B.A. Hons. and LL.B. 1912), and was
continuing the study of law in London, when war broke out in Aug. 1914;
obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 11th Royal Scots on the
27th of that month, and was promoted Lieut. shortly before his death;
went to France in April, 1915, and was killed in action at La Touret,
near Festubert, 14 Aug. 1915; _unm._ Buried at Hinges. He was the
heir and one of the residuary legatees of the late Mr. John Smith, of
Adderley, Forfarshire, but by the terms of the bequest was only to have
a life interest up to the age of 25. As he was only 24 years of age
his share of the residue went to the Dundee Infirmary and the Dundee
Victoria Hospital for Incurables.
[Illustration: =John Alexander H. Smith.=]
=SMITH, JOHN ARTHUR=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 16726, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, JOHN CHARLES=, Private, No. 11098, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 3rd _s._ of Joseph Smith, Park Lane Corner, Berkswell,
Sawyer, by his wife, Ann, dau. of Thomas Gibbs; _b._ Temple
Balsall, near Knowle, co. Warwick, 12 April, 1893; educ. at Burton
Green, Kenilworth, and Temple Balsall, near Knowle; enlisted 18 Aug.
1914; went to France early in Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at
Givenchy, 22 Dec. following; _unm._
=SMITH, MALCOLM ST. AIDAN=, Private, No. 286, A Coy., 10th Battn.,
3rd Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Henry Teesdale
Smith, of Arthur’s Seat, Crafers, South Australia, Railway Contractor,
by his wife, Lydia Kate, dau. of Samuel Johnson, of Melbourne,
Victoria, and great grandson of Major Henry Teesdale, who was killed at
the Battle of Meeanee, and whose services are mentioned in Sir William
Napier’s “Conquest of Sind”; _b._ Torquay, Tasmania, 31 May, 1890;
educ. Cordwalles, Maidenhead, England, and Guildford Grammar School,
Western Australia; and was an assistant engineer in the construction
of the Minnipa Hill railway on Eyre’s Peninsula and on a section of
the East-West line. On the outbreak of the European War he immediately
volunteered and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary force, went to
Egypt with them; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles on 25
April, 1915, and was killed in action there two days later. He was
wounded twice, but refused to go back. An officer in another Battn.
wrote to his father: “He was a member of the Battn. that deserved all
the praise for the initial landing, and the way they waded ashore and
cleared the first hill is simply incredible. On the Tuesday after our
big advance, I found my way to the beach late at night, and at once
enquired at the Dressing Station, but they could only say they thought
a Malcolm Smith had been killed. There is no sentiment (or time for it)
on the field, but his friends in the Company say he died as they hope
to die, right in the middle of it.”
[Illustration: =Malcolm St. Aidan Smith.=]
=SMITH, PERCY LOWE=, Ordinary Seaman, S.S. 4670, H.M.S Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7495), S.S. 102811,
H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of William Smith, of Eastward, Carnwyllie,
Arbroath; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914.
=SMITH, ROBERT=, Stoker, R.N.R., T. 2922, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SMITH, ROBERT ERNEST=, Private, No. 5761, 4th Battn.
Worcestershire Regt., _s._ of Alfred Smith; _b._ Cookley, co.
Worcester, Jan. 1880; educ. Wolverly Parish Schools there; enlisted
in March, 1900; served in the South African War, 1901–2 (Queen’s and
King’s medals), and with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the
Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 15 May, 1915; _unm._
=SMITH, ROBERT JOSHUA=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 17440, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, SIDNEY=, Officer’s Steward, 3rd Class, L. 4434, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, SIDNEY CHARLES=, Blacksmith, 343371, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, SIDNEY JOSEPH=, Private, No. 12331, No. 3 Coy., 2nd
Battn. Grenadier Guards, yr. _s._ of Francis Louis Smith, of 35,
Alfred Street, Neath, Gardener, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Julia
O’Leary, of Caerleon, Monmouth; _b._ Newport, co. Monmouth, 6
Feb. 1888; educ. Brynock National Schools; enlisted 1 Sept. 1905; went
to France with the Expeditionary Force about 12 Aug. 1914; took part
in the retreat from Mons, the Battle of the Marne and the advance to
the Aisne, and was killed in action at Zillebeke, 7 Nov. 1914. Buried
1½ miles east of Zillebeke, near Ypres. His company officer the late
Capt. Alwyn Gosselin, D.S.O., wrote expressing regret at his loss, and
added: “Your son was always cheerful under the very trying conditions
of the campaign, and he is a great loss to his comrades.” He was at one
time considered the Army champion in bayonet exercises. He _m._
at St. Joseph R.C. Church, Neath, South Wales, 16 Nov. 1913, Mary Anne
(Crythan Road, Neath), dau. of John (and Eliza) Singleton.
[Illustration: =Sidney Joseph Smith.=]
=SMITH, STANLEY IVAN=, A.B., J. 3081, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, SYDNEY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2564), 186020, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914
=SMITH, SYDNEY HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9317),
S.S. 106555, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=SMITH, THOMAS=, Private, No. 10229, 4th Reserve, attd. 3rd.
Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest _s._ of the late Thomas Smith,
of Hull, by his wife, Minnie; _b._ Hull, 14 March, 1894; enlisted
July, 1913; went to France, 13 Aug. 1914; was wounded in March and
invalided home, and died in King George’s Hospital, Stamford Street,
S.E., 16 Sept. 1915, of wounds and appendicitis; to an inquiry as to
whether he would wish to go to the Front again he wrote: “I am willing
if I am needed, as duty to my King comes before pleasure. I am proud
I have been able to do a little.” He _m._ at St. Peter’s Church,
Drypool, Hull, Daisy Mary (149, Seaford Road, West Ealing), eldest dau.
of John Henry White, of Wandsworth, now Private, No. 074568, A.S.C.M.T;
_s.p._
=SMITH, THOMAS GRIFFIN=, Gunner, R.M.A., 4798, B. 100, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, THOMAS SYDNEY=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Dorsetshire
Regt., elder _s._ of the Rev. Sydney Edward Smith, Rector of
Sprotborough, Doncaster, by his wife, Lucy, dau. of Major-Gen. Augustus
Arthur Currie, C.B.; _b._ Womersley Vicarage, co. York, 31 March,
1895; educ. Hill House, St. Leonards-on-Sea; Radley, and the Royal
Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1st Battn.
Dorsetshire Regt., 19 Aug. 1914; went to France, 7 Sept. 1914, and was
killed in action at La Bassée, 11 Oct. 1914.
=SMITH, TOM=, Private, No. 337, T. Coy., 7th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, _s._ of the late Eli Smith, by his wife, Hannah
(now wife of William Ward, of Ginfield Ully, near Dursley; _b._ 18
Aug. 1886; educ. Dursley, co. Gloucester; served some time in the Navy;
went to Australia; on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered
for Imperial service; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles, and was
killed in action there, 9 May, 1915. His brother was one of the Dursley
Volunteers who volunteered for foreign service during the Boer War, and
was killed in that campaign.
=SMITH, WALTER PALMER=, Stoker, R.N.R., T. 2168., H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=SMITH, WALTER SIDNEY=, Private, Ports./14879, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SMITH, WALTER WYVILLE=, 2nd Lieut., 9th (Service) Battn. Royal
Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of Robert Harris Smith, late of the Old Manor,
Feltham, by his wife, Rosa Louisa, dau. of John Bashford, of Byfleet;
_b._ Feltham, co. Middlesex; educ. with the Rev. F. Cavalier at
Wramplingham Rectory, and at King’s College School, Wimbledon, where
he entered the Training Corps, being later Capt. of the Feltham Rifle
Club; after the outbreak of war enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers in
Sept. 1914, was promoted 2nd Lieut. 30 Dec. 1914, and killed in action
at Loos, 18 Oct. 1915; buried Vermelles Cemetery; _unm._ His
Commanding Officer, Major S. Gubbins, sent the following account to his
parents: “Your son was killed last night about half-past six, while
leading a bombing section in an attack which fully gained its objects,
and the result of which you will have seen reported in the papers
before this reaches you. So well was his work done, and so excellent
his plans, that although 200 yards of trench of vital importance to
us was gained, hardly any of his men were killed, although nearly all
were wounded. Your son’s loss is a very heavy blow to the regt., and
also to the Division. The qualities he showed were rare, and were far
more than mere courage. A bombing officer of the very first class is
almost impossible to replace under months of training. Your son was
killed instantaneously by a bullet through the heart just as the men
had succeeded in capturing the trenches they were attacking. His body
is now with his company, and will be taken to-night for burial in ...
Cemetery. I hope it may be some consolation to reflect that he died a
fine death, the finest death of any in the battn. yet, and that when
many before had failed, he was successful. The whole regt. shares your
loss.” His company officer, Capt. N. B. Ellis Cooper, added: “Your son
first of all commanded the company bombers. Our bombers co-operated
with those of the Essex regt. in an attack on a German trench. Soon
after the attack the officer in charge was wounded, and your son was in
command. He displayed the utmost resource and gallantry, and the attack
was completely successful before he was finally killed. The attack was
a very fine affair, and has brought the utmost credit to our battn.,
and I think that we owe this credit to your son’s skill in training the
bomb-throwers previous to the attack, and his gallantry in leading them
during the action.”
[Illustration: =Walter Wyville Smith.=]
=SMITH, WILLIAM=, Chief Petty Officer, No. 148381, Royal Navy,
eldest _s._ of Alfred William Smith, by his wife, Louisa;
_b._ Bridport, co. Dorset, 22 Dec. 1873; educ. at Northallington
School, Bridport; joined the Navy, 22 Dec. 1891; served in the Witu
Expedition, Aug. 1893 (Ashanti medal with Witu clasp), and in the
European War; was lost on H.M.S. Goliath, 13 May, 1915, when that
ship was torpedoed at the Dardanelles. He _m._ at Devonport, 27
Dec. 1897, Alice Maud (27, Alexandra Road, Ford), eldest dau. of John
Stribley, R.N., and had four children: Alfred William, _b._ 28
Sept. 1899; George Reginald, _b._ 25 Oct. 1906; Ernest Leslie,
_b._ 5 July, 1909, and Phylis Dorrien, _b._ 5 Jan. 1915.
=SMITH, WILLIAM EDMUND=, Officer’s Cook, 1st Class, 1874, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, WILLIAM GERALD FURNESS=, Lieut., 3rd, attd. 1st, Battn.
North Staffordshire Regt., 2nd _s._ of the Rev. George Furness
Smith, M.A. (Oxon.), of 14, Riverdale Road, East Twickenham, Chaplain
of Royal Naval School, East Twickenham, and Editorial Secretary of
Church Missionary Society (1893–1915), by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of
William Armstrong Hayes, of Edmondstown Park, Rathfarnham, co. Dublin;
_b._ Surbiton, co. Surrey, 7 July, 1888; educ. Birkenhead School,
Clare College, and Ridley Hall, Cambridge. He took his B.A. (2nd Class
Classical Tripos) in 1910, with a second Class in the Theological
Tripos in the next year; in Dec. 1911 he went to India to serve on the
staff of St. John’s College, Agra, where Bishop Durrant subsequently
testified to the value of his influence and his teaching ability;
on returning to England in 1913 he became a tutor at St. Aidan’s
Theological College, Birkenhead, and was to have been ordained Deacon
in Sept. 1914, but having been a member of the O.T.C., he volunteered,
and enlisted in the Public Schools’ Battn. After a few weeks’ training
at Epsom, he was gazetted 2nd Lieut., North Staffordshire Regt., 6 Oct.
1914, left for France 16 March, 1915, and was promoted Lieut. 24 June
the same year. He died of wounds received in action close to Ypres,
after recovering a trench when in charge of a party of bomb-throwers,
5 July, 1915. The following passage in F.M. Sir John French’s Report,
dated 6 July, appears to refer to this: “On the morning of the 5th a
party of Germans rushed a barricade on the Ypres-Roulers railway after
a two hours’ artillery bombardment, but a prompt attack by our troops
immediately recaptured the positions.” Lieut. Smith was buried in the
military cemetery, close to Poljitze, about one mile north-east of
Ypres; _unm._ Gen. Allenby wrote to Gen. Sir John Keir: “Will
you please convey to the officers commanding the North Staffordshire
Regt. our appreciation of, and gratitude for, the gallant behaviour of
Lieut. Smith of that regt., with his grenadier party who came to the
support of the 41st Brigade yesterday morning, and in a counter attack
on the Germans who had demolished a barricade and rushed a trench in
the left of our line. I would also express our deep sorrow on hearing
that this brave officer has died of his wounds, and would offer our
sympathy to his regt.” In forwarding this to Gen. Harper, Sir John Keir
wrote: “Will you please communicate this to the officer commanding
North Staffordshire Regt., and say how well deserved I know this
appreciation to be. I hope to see Col. de Falbe personally to express
to him my feeling with regard to the good work done by this fine battn.
I sympathise in the sad loss they have sustained.”
[Illustration: =William G. F. Smith.=]
=SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY=, Mechanician, 292066, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, WILLIAM OLIVER=, Stoker, 1st Class, 307471, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, WILLIAM WILTON=, A.B., 235327, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SMITH, WILLIAM JOSEPH=, Mechanician, 283349, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BRICE-SMITH, JOHN KENNETH=, 2nd Lieut., 7th (Service) Battn.
Lincolnshire Regt., yst. _s._ of the Rev. Brice Brice-Smith,
Rector of Hameringham, with Winceby, Horncastle, by his wife,
Kate Emily, 3rd dau. of the late John Middleton, of Benton House,
Newcastle-On-Tyne; _b._ Hameringham, co. Lincoln, 2 Nov. 1894;
educ. Quy Vicarage, Cambridge; Cranleigh School, Surrey, and entered at
St. John’s College, Cambridge; after the outbreak of war he was given
a commission in the 7th Lincolnshires, 27 Nov. 1914; went to France in
July, 1915, and died 11 Sept. following, from wounds received in action
the previous day, S.W. of Ypres; _unm._ Buried at Poperinghe.
While at Cranleigh he was senior prefect, Colour-Sergt. in the O.T.C.,
a member of the School Shooting Eight, and captain of both cricket and
football teams.
[Illustration: =John Kenneth Brice-Smith.=]
=BROADLEY-SMITH, ALAN FRANCIS=, Major, 5th Battn. Border Regt.
(T.F.), only _s._ of William Herbert Broadley-Smith, of Ambleside,
by his wife, Mary Matilda, dau. of Capt. Arthur Trollope, 36th Foot;
_b._ Derby, 24 March, 1876; educ. Repton and Bruges; joined the
5th Border Regt. (T.F.) as a 2nd Lieut., 28 Jan. 1909, and was promoted
Lieut. 24 Dec. following; Capt. 8 Aug. 1910, and Major 18 April, 1915;
acted as Instructor of Musketry from 1910 to 1915; and was Intelligence
Officer and Provost Marshal for the Barrow District; volunteered for
Imperial Service on the outbreak of war, and was appointed a General
Staff Officer of the 3rd Grade, on the 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 25
Oct. 1914, and was killed in action near Hooge, 16 June, 1915, while
making a reconnaissance; _unm._ Buried on the outskirts of Zouave
Wood, near the Chateau there. Lieut.-Col. J. A. Milburn, Commanding 5th
Border Regt. wrote: “Not only was he a great personal friend of mine,
but also he was my best officer, and his death has come as a very great
shock to me. His company would have followed him to the ends of the
earth, and he was loved by both officers and men of the Battn. alike.”
He was a fine all-round sportsman, and held the position of amateur
huntsman to Mr. Curwen’s (Workington Hall) Foxhounds.
=COMPTON-SMITH, ROGER NOEL=, 2nd Lieut., 6th Battn. Manchester
Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of William Compton-Smith, of Tudor Place,
Richmond Green, co. Surrey, LL.B., Barrister-at-Law of the inner
Temple; _b._ Hampton Court, 16 July, 1894; educ. Horton School,
co. Bedford, and Heidelberg College; entered the Manchester House
of Tootal Broadhurst Lee Company, Ltd., on leaving school, and in
July, 1914, had arranged a tour with the representative of the firm
throughout America and Canada, but, war breaking out in the following
Aug. he volunteered and was given a commission in the 6th Manchesters,
5 Sept. 1914; left for Egypt a few days later; went to the Dardanelles,
2 May, 1915, and was killed in action there on the 27th. He was at the
time warning his men to evacuate the trench they were in, as it had
been condemned as dangerous, being enfiladed by the enemy; _unm._
Brig.-Gen. Noel Lee, who was himself shot on 4 June, and died in Malta,
wrote on the 25 May: “In his duties since he joined the regt., there
are none who have done better and very few as well. His whole heart
was in what he undertook and as an officer he was one of the most
useful and dependable in a regt. which is noted for efficiency. With
the mess he was always popular and more than respected on account of
his character. His men of No. 15 Platoon literally worshipped him,
as he was not only their officer but their leader, who never spared
himself, and their friend upon whom they could always rely for help and
assistance in their work. His loss is great indeed.” While spending his
school holidays at Brixham, he became a bold and skilful small boat
sailor and a strong swimmer, and at Alexandria saved the life of one of
his men who, while bathing, had ventured beyond the reef. He was a good
all-round athlete, and a keen fisherman.
[Illustration: =Roger N. Compton-Smith.=]
=DENROCHE-SMITH, ARCHIBALD JOHN=, Lieut., 18th (Queen Mary’s Own)
Hussars, elder _s._ of Thomas Denroche-Smith, of Balhary, Meigle,
co. Perth, late Judge Bengal Civil Service, by his wife, Florence
Elizabeth, dau. of the late Gen. John Bayly, C.B., Col. Commandant,
R.E.; _b._ Balhary, aforesaid, 30 Sept. 1890; educ. Evelyns; West
Drayton, and Cheltenham College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 18th Hussars, 23
Feb. 1910, and promoted Lieut. 10 April, 1912; went to France, 16 Aug.
1914, and was killed in action near Vendresse, during the Battle of the
Aisne, 13 Sept. 1914, while leading his troop to the assistance of the
4th Dragoon Guards; _unm._ His Col. wrote: “As a soldier he had
a very good chance of rising high in his profession, as he was very
fond of his work, and we shall greatly miss him from among our circle,
as a friend, as a soldier and as a sportsman. We had great hopes of
his success in the polo world,” and his Squadron Major: “I never want
to have a better officer in my squadron in time of war or peace. He
was the best young officer that had joined us for a long time. I had
recommended him for a decoration given by the French Government to our
officers. I only hope I may meet death as gallantly as your son did, if
it comes my turn.” He was Captain of the 18th Hussars polo team; had
jumped at Olympia on several occasions, and won point-to-point races,
and also steeplechases.
[Illustration: =A. J. Denroche-Smith.=]
=LAWSON-SMITH, JOHN=, Lieut., 1st Battn. West Yorkshire Regt., yr.
_s._ of Edward Maule Lawson-Smith, of Colton Lodge, Tadcaster,
B.A., J.P., by his wife, Ethel Mary, dau. of the late Gen. Sir William
Davies; _b._ Colton, co. York, 24 March, 1892; educ. Warren Hill,
Eastbourne; Stubbington (Foster’s); Royal Naval College, Osborne
(Cadet, 1902–3); Repton, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. West Yorkshire Regt., 3 Sept. 1913, and promoted
Lieut. Oct. 1914; went to France in Sept. 1914, and was killed in
action near Bois Grenier, 20–21 Oct. following; _unm._ He was
mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 20 Nov. 1914
[London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915], for gallant and distinguished service
in the field. His brother, Lieut. T. E. Lawson-Smith, was killed in
action, 30–31 Oct. 1914 (see following notice).
[Illustration: =John Lawson-Smith.=]
=LAWSON-SMITH, THOMAS EDWARD=, Lieut., 13th, attd. 11th, Hussars,
eldest. _s._ of Edward Maule Lawson-Smith, of Colton Lodge,
Tadcaster, B.A., J.P., by his wife, Ethel Mary, dau. of the late Gen.
Sir William Davies; _b._ Colton, co. York, 14 March, 1889; educ.
Warren Hill, Eastbourne, Stubbington (Foster’s), Harrow, and the Royal
Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 13th Hussars, 15 Sept.
1909, and promoted Lieut. 6 Dec. 1913; went to France attd. to the
11th Hussars, Oct. 1914, and was killed in action near Messines, 30–31
Oct. following; _unm._ His brother, Lieut. John Lawson-Smith, was
killed in action, 20–21 Oct. 1914 (see preceding notice).
[Illustration: =Thomas E. Lawson-Smith.=]
=MANNERS-SMITH, FREDERICK=, Major, 2nd Battn. 3rd (Queen
Alexandra’s Own) Gurkha Rifles, yst. _s._ of the late Surg.-Gen.
Charles Manners-Smith, formerly of Oakfield, Kempsey, co. Worcester,
I.M.S., by his wife, Lydia, dau. of Dr. Samuel Davies; _b._
Kempsey, 15 Nov. 1871; educ. Norwich and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. Gloucester Regt., 2 May, 1891, promoted Lieut. 19 Oct. 1892,
transferred to the Indian Army in 1893, and joined the 3rd Gurkhas in
1895; became Capt. 10 July, 1901, and Major 2 May, 1909, being Adjutant
of his battn. 1901–5; served with the relief force in the Chitral
Campaign, 1895 (medal with clasp), and with the Expeditionary Force in
France, 1914; died of wounds received the same day in the trenches near
La Bassée, 3 Nov. 1914; buried at Bethune. He _m._ at Lucknow, 25
Jan. 1902, Hilda Clara Frances, yst. dau. of the late Henry Carnsew,
formerly of Summers Place, Billingshurst, co. Sussex; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Frederick Manners-Smith.=]
=SOMERS-SMITH, RICHARD WILLINGDON=, 2nd Lieut., 7th (Service)
Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, eldest _s._ of Robert Vernon
Somers-Smith, of Bur Lea, Walton-on-Thames, J.P., C.C., Clerk to the
Grocer’s Company, by his wife, M. Gertrude, dau. of John A. Radcliffe,
of Cobham; _b._ Hersham, co. Surrey, 27 Oct. 1882; educ. Eton,
and Merton College, Oxford; went to Ceylon, and became a Tea Planter,
but on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, returned to
England, and obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the King’s Royal
Rifles, 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was
killed in action near Hooge, 30 June following, while running forward
to help dig out some of his men who were buried by a shell; _unm._
Buried there. Like his father and brother, he was a distinguished Eton
and Oxford athlete. At Eton he rowed in the Eight at Henley, and at
Oxford, during his first year he won the Freshmen’s miles, rowed in
the “Trials,” stroked his Torpid up five places, stepped straight from
the Torpid into the ’Varsity eight, where he rowed two, stroked his
College eight, and won the University pairs with Graham, of Balliol.
The next year he stroked his College into the final of the coxwainless
fours, coached the Torpid up three, rowed bow in the winning University
crew, rowed seven to Bucknall’s stroke in the College eight, reached
the final of the University pairs with Brocklebank, and only lost to
a heavier pair by re-rowing after a dead heat with only a short rest,
and as captain, rowed in four events at Henley for his College, besides
sweeping the board at the College sports. He had his rowing Blue and
was also offered his running Blue, but could not both row and run.
His brother, Capt. John Robert Somers-Smith, London Regt., gained the
Military Cross at the Second Battle of Ypres, 13 May, 1915, and was
killed in action at Gommecourt, 1 July, 1916.
=SELBY-SMYTH, MILES BURY=, Capt., 4th Battn. The Rifle Brigade,
only _s._ of the late Lieut.-Col. Edward Guy Selby-Smyth, of Darby
House, Sunbury-on-Thames, Royal Irish Rifles, by his wife, Georgina
Florence (42, Cornwall Gardens, London, S.W.), 2nd dau. and co-h.
of Capt. the Hon. John James Bury, R.E. [2nd _s._ of Charles
William, 2nd Earl of Charleville], and grandson of Gen. Sir Edward
Selby-Smyth, K.C.M.G.; _b._ Halifax, Nova Scotia, 17 Nov. 1884;
educ. Rottingdean (Mr. Stanford’s) and Bradfield College, co. Berks;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. Rifle Brigade, from the Militia, 16 May, 1908,
and promoted Lieut. 23 Jan. 1911, and Capt. 30 Nov. 1914; was A.D.C.
(extra) to the Governor of Western Australia from 20 April, 1910, to
10 Feb. 1912; went to France, 20 Dec. 1914, and was killed in action
at St. Eloi, 15 March, 1915, leading his company in a counter-attack
on the Germans. Buried near the Church of Dickebusche. He _m._ in
London, 8 Oct. 1912, Violet Emily (4, Tite Street, Chelsea, S.W.), yst.
dau. of the late Capt. Cecil Drummond, R.B., and had a dau.: Pamela
Dorothy Beaujolois, _b._ 25 Aug. 1913.
[Illustration: =Miles B. Selby-Smyth.=]
=SMYTH, RICHARD ALEXANDER NOEL=, Capt., Royal Garrison Artillery,
2nd _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Frederick Augustus Smyth, of Weymouth,
Brig.-Surgeon, I.M.S., late of Queen Alexandra’s Own Gurkha Rifles (who
served in the Afghan, Burma, Chin Lushai and Chitral Campaigns, also in
the attack and siege of the Malakand), by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of
the Rev. John Cole, Vicar of Isle Brewers, Somerset; _b._ Morar,
Gwalior, India, 18 Dec. 1888; educ. Weymouth College, and the Royal
Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut., R.G.A., 31 July, 1902,
and promoted Lieut. 31 July, 1905, and Capt. 30 Oct. 1914, was for
some time on garrison duty in England, and then served for six years
in Ceylon; went to the Front with the 5th Battery Siege Artillery, in
Sept. 1914, doing valuable work as “forward observing officer,” and was
killed in action, being shot by a sniper, while in the act of helping
a wounded infantry soldier, near Armentières, France, 7 Nov. 1914;
_unm._ Buried at Bac St. Maur on the River Lys. Lieut.-Col. M. B.
Roberts, Commanding 2nd Siege Brigade, wrote: “If he was as good a son
as he was an officer, you have every reason to be very proud of him. I
can truthfully say ever since we have been in action (a fortnight) your
son had been doing most excellent work--cheerfully, keen and always
ready for anything, and for some days past I had fully made up my mind
to forward his name to higher authority for the manner in which he
carried out his work. I miss the best of officers--the very best in the
battery, his loss is irreparable.” He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John
French’s Despatch of 20 Nov. 1914 [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915], and
was awarded the Military Cross [London Gazette, 18 Feb. 1915]; but both
honours were gazetted in error to Lieut. R. A. E. Smyth, Antrim Reserve
R.G.A., who had never been at the Front. As Capt. Smyth has been
killed and the Military Cross is not conferred posthumously the latter
announcement was cancelled.
[Illustration: =Richard A. N. Smyth.=]
=SNARE, ALBERT=, S.P.O. (R.F.R., A. 936), 125421, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SNEATH, CLAUDE DAVIS=, Lieut., 4th Battn. Duke of Cambridge’s
Own Middlesex Regt., _s._ of George Sneath, of Gloucester Lodge,
Golder’s Green, Hendon, J.P., by his 2nd wife, Marian Eliza Harriett,
dau. of Charles William James Davis; _b._ Greta House, Finchley,
18 Jan. 1889; educ. Christ’s College, Finchley, and London University
(where he was in the O.T.C.), and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 6th
Battn. of the Middlesex Regt. in 1912, and promoted Lieut. 15 Dec.
1912. On the outbreak of war he was transferred to the 4th Battn. which
was one of the first regts. to go to the Front; was at the Battle
of Mons, 23 Aug. 1914, also at Cambray and Le Cateau, 26 Aug. 1914;
afterwards in the retreat, and then at the Battle of the Marne and on
the Aisne, and was killed in action at Croix Barber, 14 Oct. 1914;
_unm._ He was a fine hockey player, and played back for the Hendon
Hockey Club, also for Middlesex and the Philistines on many occasions.
He was also a good cricketer, and was president of the Golder’s Green
Working Men’s Club.
[Illustration: =Claude D. Sneath.=]
=SNEDDON, JAMES=, Private, No. 18547, 13th (Service) Battn. Royal
Scots (Lothian Regt.), _s._ of John Sneddon; _b._ Bellshill,
co. Lanark, 11 July, 1887; educ. Bellshill; enlisted at Stirling, 19
Jan. 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., and
died in No. 1 Casualty Clearing station, 8 Feb. 1916, from wounds
received in action the previous day. He _m._ at Bellshill, 30 Nov.
1906, Christina Leggatt (2, St. Mary’s Wynd, Stirling), dau. of (--)
Graham, and had issue: Andrew Graham, _b._ 20 Nov. 1909; John
Graham, _b._ 23 Dec. 1911; Euphemia, _b._ 22 Oct, 1907; and
Christina Clark, _b._ 26 May, 1914.
[Illustration: =James Sneddon.=]
=SNELGROVE, SIDNEY HENRY=, Lieut., 14th (Service) Battn., attd.
7th Battn., King’s Royal Rifle Corps, yr. _s._ of John Sidney
Snelgrove, of Kingswood, Tunbridge Wells, Barrister-at-Law, by his
wife, Gertrude Emily, dau. of the late John Henry Chatteris; _b._
Tunbridge Wells, 7 Dec. 1891; educ. Hurstleigh, Tunbridge Wells;
Rugby (Mr. Brooke’s House), and Trinity College, Cambridge; gazetted
2nd Lieut. 14th Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 21 Nov. 1914, and
promoted Lieut. 2 Feb. 1915; was attd. 7th Battn. King’s Royal Rifle
Corps, and went to France 16 July following, and was killed in action
31 July, 1915, while leading his platoon under heavy shell fire in
support of another company, in the counter-attack at the Chateau Hooge.
Buried Sanctuary Wood, south of Hooge: _unm._ Lieut.-Col. G. A.
P. Rennie, D.S.O., Commanding 7th King’s Royal Rifle Corps, wrote: “He
was leading his men splendidly at the time,” and Lieut.-Col. Sir Thomas
Milborne-Swinnerton-Pilkington, Bart., Commanding 14th Battn. King’s
Royal Rifle Corps: “... one of my smartest officers. I was quite sure
he would distinguish himself when he went to the Front.” Letters from
other officers and men all speak in the highest terms of his courage,
energy and great capability. At Hurstleigh he was head of the School
and captain of the cricket and the hockey elevens, and at Rugby was
in his house eleven, and a signaller in the O.T.C. His elder brother,
Capt. John Sidney Norman Snelgrove, Royal West Kent Regt., is now
(1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Sidney Henry Snelgrove.=]
=SNELL, GEORGE NOWELL=, Stoker, 3rd Class, K. 21993, H.M.S.
Monmouth; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=SNELL, WILLIAM JOHN=, Gunner, R.M.A., 12869, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SNEYD, THOMAS HUMPHREY=, Capt., 4th. attd. 2nd. Battn. Lancashire
Fusiliers, only _s._ of Major-Gen. Thomas William Sneyd, of
Ashcombe Park, Belmont, and Onecote, co. Stafford, late Commanding
Queen’s Bays (1877–82), by his wife, Charlotte Marion, dau. of Capt.
William Wheatley Repton, Bengal N.I.; _b._ Lightoaks, near
Cheadle, co. Stafford, 20 Oct. 1883; educ. Sandroyd, Wellington
College, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen’s
Bays), 22 April, 1903; and promoted Lieut. 14 May, 1904; joined
his regt. in South Africa in Aug. 1903, and acted as A.D.C. to the
Commander-in-Chief, Gen. Sir Henry Hildyard; retired in July, 1910, and
after a year and a half spent in the Argentine, returned to England
in Jan. 1912, and joined the 4th (Special Reserve) Battn. Lancashire
Fusiliers as Capt. 30 Oct. 1912; went to France attd. to the 2nd
Battn., and was killed in action at Ploegsteert, Belgium, 2 Nov. 1914.
Buried in Ploegsteert Wood. He _m._ at St. John’s Church, Forfar,
3 June, 1914, Phœbe Marianne, yr. dau. of John Sharp Callender-Brodie,
of Idvies, Forfar, and had a dau., Averil Marion Anne, _b._ 7
April, 1915.
[Illustration: =Thomas Humphrey Sneyd.=]
=SNOSWELL, THOMAS EMDEN=, Petty Officer, 1st Class (R.F.R., B.
1467), 146107, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=SNOW, WILLIAM CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4628), 195194, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=SNOWDEN, HARCOURT JOHN=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Hertfordshire Regt.
(T.F.), yr. _s._ of the Rev. Harcourt Snowden, of St. Peter’s,
Broadstairs, by his wife, Augusta, dau. of Martin Daniel; _b._
Ramsgate, 12 Dec. 1887; educ. Hildersham House, St. Peter’s; Parkfield,
Haywards Heath; Rugby and Trinity College, Oxford. He joined the
Hertfordshire Regt. under Lieut.-Col. Viscount Hampden’s command, 2
June, 1913, and was promoted Lieut. 26 Sept. 1914. On the outbreak of
war he volunteered for foreign service, served in France and Flanders,
and was killed in action while visiting sentries early in the morning
of 11 Jan. 1915; _unm._ He was buried near Richebourg l’Avoué. His
Major said: “I had such confidence in him that, when I knew that he was
the officer on duty, I never went round the posts to see that all was
well.” Another officer wrote: “He was a fine example to us all of a
good and straight living Englishman.”
[Illustration: =Harcourt John Snowden.=]
=SOLLEY, ALFRED JOHN GEORGE=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 20426, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=SOLLITT, GEORGE WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3544), H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SOMERTON, CHARLES ENOS=, Ship’s Steward, 341939, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SOMERTON, FREDERICK CHARLES=, Private, No. 1342, A Coy. 1st
Newfoundland Regt., _s._ of Frederick Somerton, of Trinity,
Newfoundland, Magistrate, by his wife, Caroline Augusta, dau.
of Charles Soule Hibbert, of Bromley, Kent; _b._ Bruges,
Newfoundland, 31 March, 1888; educ. Bishops Field College, St. John’s,
Newfoundland, and on leaving there engaged in Scholastic pursuits and
taught for three years at Salvage, Newfoundland, and afterwards at
Cape Ray. He then went to Canada, but when the European War broke out
returned home; volunteered and joined the Newfoundland Expeditionary
Force in Feb. 1915; left for England in April, 1915; went to the
Dardanelles Sept. and died on board the Guildford Castle, 25 Nov. 1915,
of wounds received in action at Gallipoli on the 20th; _unm._
[Illustration: =Frederick C. Somerton.=]
=SONES, HERBERT JAMES=, Signal Boy, J. 24586, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SORSBY, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 4637, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards; _b._ co. York; enlisted 19 March, 1902; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, from 30 Aug. 1914; killed
in action at Soupir, 14 Sept. 1914; _m._
=SOURBUTTS, RICHARD=, Ch. E.R.A., 2nd Class, 269610, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SOUGHTON, THOMAS EDWARD=, Gunner, No. 686, 2nd Home Counties,
1/6th Battery, R.F.A. (T.F.); _b._ Hellingly, co. Sussex, 23
March, 1893; educ. Horsebridge, Hellingly; was an employee in the firm
of Messrs. Howard Bros., Hellingly; enlisted soon after the outbreak of
war, Oct. 1914; went to India, and died in Ferozepore Barracks there, 3
Dec. 1915, from internal injuries caused by a fall from an ammunition
wagon on the 1st, while on service; _unm._
=SOUTER, CHARLES JESSE=, Chief Petty Officer, 169027, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SOUTH, FREDERICK=, Leading Seaman, 224839, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SOUTHERN, HENRY WALTER=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 25688, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SOUTHERN, JOHN GEORGE=, Private, No. 3097, 7th Battn. Durham L.I.
(T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late George Southern, of Southwick,
Miner, by his wife, Alice (Walter Tom Street, Southwick, Sunderland),
dau. of John Lathon; _b._ Southwick, 27 March, 1891; educ. High
Southwick Council School; was employed at the Hylton Colliery; enlisted
9 Nov. 1914; trained at Sunderland, and went to the Front, 19 April,
1915, coming into action a few days later at Ypres on Whit Monday,
when the 7th Durhams were severely cut up. He was killed in action at
Armentières, 31 July, 1915; _unm._ He was a regular Sunday School
teacher at a Primitive Methodist Church, and was engaged in Christian
Endeavour work. His great ambition was to become a foreign missionary,
and a few days before his death he wrote intimating that if spared
to return home his future would be devoted to that cause. One of his
officers, writing to his mother, said: “In the past his presence among
us inspired all that was good. In the future, if God spares us, we will
retain a lasting memory of his goodness.”
[Illustration: =John George Southern.=]
=SOUTHERTON, HARRY PERCY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14664 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SOUTHWICK, CHARLES THOMAS=, Sergt., No. 1212, 13th Battn.
(Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._
of Charles Southwick, of Heatherlands, Poole, Schoolmaster, by his
wife, Mary Annie, dau. of the late Thomas Harland; _b._ Kinson,
co. Dorset, 27 Feb. 1887; educ. Secondary School, Broughty Ferry, and
St. Mark’s College, Chelsea, and on leaving there became Assistant
Master at the Vineyard School, Richmond, under Mr. Lancaster; joined
the 13th Kensingtons in 1907; volunteered for foreign service on the
outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 3 Nov., and was killed in
action in the attack on Aubers Ridge, 9 May, 1915. In letters received
from the Front it was stated that in this action Sergt. Southwick with
his platoon reached the second German trench, where a piece of shrapnel
broke the glasses he was wearing. Then, a volunteer being called for
to return to the English lines for reinforcements, he undertook the
dangerous task, was seen to start on his errand, and from that time
seems to have completely disappeared. He had a fine baritone voice, and
was successively bass singer in the Petersham, Chelsea (Sidney Street),
and St. Peter’s (Bayswater) Choirs, and also a member of the Queen’s
Hall Choir. He _m._ at Stratford, Essex, 12 Sept. 1914, Lilian
Francis (Ashleigh, The Bridle Path, Woodford Green), dau. of William
Webster, of Ashleigh, Woodford Green; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Charles T. Southwick.=]
=SOUTHWOOD, HORACE GEORGE=, E.R.A., 4th Class, 271932, H.M S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SPACKMAN, HAROLD JOHN=, Private, No. 13845, 10th (Service)
Battn. Devonshire Regt., _s._ of Frederick William Spackman, of
The Dairy, Manningford, Bohune, by his wife, Eliza Catherine, dau. of
Alfred Manners, of Heddington, Calne, Wilts; _b._ Manningford,
Bohune, Pewsey, co. Wilts, 24 May, 1897; educ. Woodborough School;
enlisted 17 Sept. 1914, and died at the Red Cross Hospital, Bath, 12
March, 1915, of meningitis contracted while on service; _unm._
=SPAIN, EDWARD SYDNEY STEPHEN=, Leading Seaman, 235099, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SPALDING, FRANK=, Coy. Quartermaster-Sergt., No. 6896, 1st
Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of John Spalding, of 70, Scorer
Street, Lincoln; _b._ Lincoln, 1890; educ. there; was apprenticed
to Messrs. Robey, Blacksmiths, but before his time expired gave this
up and enlisted in the Coldstreams, 20 Aug. 1906; was appointed
L.-Corpl. 19 Aug. 1907; Corpl. 17 Oct. 1908; L.-Sergt. 17 March, 1910;
Sergt. 15 Aug. 1913, Pioneer Sergt. the same day; and acting Coy.
Quartermaster-Sergt. (for meritorious conduct at the Front), 20 Nov.
1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 13 Aug. 1914, and
died at Ecquedecques, Belgium, 1 Jan. 1915, from an accident while on
active service. Buried in field opposite Delalean Farm, Ecquedecques,
about 2 kilometres from Lillers. He was an enthusiastic footballer,
being at one time a member of the Lincoln Wednesday Team, and while in
the Army was one of the Battn.’s Soccer representatives; he was also a
member of the old Lincoln Volunteers for some time. Coy. Q.M.-Sergt.
Spalding _m._ at St. Thomas’s, Lambeth, 6 Aug. 1911, Kate (128,
Ash Street, Walworth, London), dau. of (--) Skinner, and had two sons:
Eric Arthur, _b._ 23 July, 1912; and Leslie Stuart, _b._ 30
Oct. 1914.
=SPARKES, CHARLES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./12476, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SPARKS, HARRY ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8408), S.S.
104457, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SPEAREY, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, A.B. (Coastguard), 194745, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SPEKE, THE REV. HUGH=, Major, 10th (Service) Battn. Lancashire
Fusiliers, 7th _s._ of the Rev. Benjamin Speke, Rector of Dowlish
Wake, by his wife, Caroline Sophia, elder dau. of John Bird Fuller,
of Neston Park, Wilts, grandson of William Speke, of Jordans, co.
Somerset, J.P., D.L., and nephew of John Hanning Speke, the African
Explorer; _b._ Dowlish Wake, co. Somerset, 24 Feb. 1878; educ.
Uppingham, and Keble College, Oxford; served in the South African War,
1899–1901, with the Wiltshire Yeomanry; afterwards continuing his
preparation for Holy Orders at Wells Theological College in 1901. He
was ordained at St. Paul’s Cathedral, Advent, 1902; was for three years
curate at St. Michael’s, Bromley-by-Bow, and was then Vicar of Curry
Rivel from 1905 to 1910, and in the autumn of that year left to take up
work in Western Canada, where he was on the Mission Staff at Edmonton,
and subsequently worked at Bow Island, Alberta, and was finally in
charge of the district of Athabasca, but, after the outbreak of the
European War in Aug. 1914, he returned to England in Oct.; and was
given a commission as Capt. in the 3rd Battn. of the Somerset L.I., 23
Oct. 1914. He transferred to the 9th Battn., and was promoted Major 21
Dec. following, and after training with it at St. Austell and Wareham,
exchanged into the 10th Lancashire Fusiliers in July, 1915, in order
to go to the Front. He went to France at the end of the month, and
was killed on reconnaissance at Vierstaat 11 Aug. following. Buried
in the cemetery at Dickebusch. A brother officer wrote: “It happened
about 11.30 on Wednesday night. He went out to reconnoitre the German
trenches with a Sergt.; he was away about an hour and a half, and
procured some very useful information; they were on their way back when
he was shot; he must have been shot at least three times in the head
and neck, and can have suffered no pain”; and another: “He was one of
the bravest and best, and in the short time he had been with us had
endeared himself to everybody. I am sure there is not an officer or
man who does not feel his loss. His own company is cut up terribly.”
Another also wrote: “We laid the Major to rest reverently with a short
service last night (Thursday) in a small cemetery near here and placed
a wreath on the grave, and are putting up a cross in a few days so as
to mark it. All the officers and the whole company are very cut up
over our loss as we were all very fond of him indeed. One of the men
remarked in a letter referring to the death of Major Speke, ‘he was a
brave and fearless man,’ which is very true, and we all had a great
respect for him,” and: “Your gallant husband died, not merely doing
his duty, but, as I judge, for another, for I feel pretty sure that
he undertook a dangerous job which he would not let one of his junior
officers undertake.” In Canada he proved himself a born pioneer. Even
the small prairie towns were irksome to him, and he would contrive to
spend most of his time in a shack out on the far-flung prairie. As
though his own wide field were not large enough he would, from time to
time, find that his duty called him on an expedition to the Sweet Grass
Hills, across the boundary line to the south, to the Cypress Hills away
to the east, or to the irrigated belt away to the north. Loth as he was
to leave S. Alberta, it was the same spirit that led him to accept the
offer to establish a pioneer mission in Athabasca, and so patiently
to face the vexing difficulties raised by others that would have led
most men to draw back before embarking on the task, and later to resign
when the conditions of service were so changed. One winter he spent
in a tiny shack measuring 10 ft. by 8 ft., having as his companion a
lad from his own village at home who in days gone by had carried his
gun. He _m._ at Tarrant Crawford Church, Dorset, 8 April, 1915,
Ruth Lettice, dau. of the Rev. Charles Lewis Kennaway, of Stephen’s
Plot, Spetisbury, Blandford, late Rector of Garboldishham, co. Norfolk;
_s.p._
[Illustration: =Hugh Speke.=]
=SPENCE, JAMES MCKENZIE=, Sergt., No. 12/218, 15th North
Auckland Regt., Signalling Division, Headquarters Staff, New Zealand
Expeditionary Force, _s._ of James Mearns Spence, of Deveron
Street, Whangarei, New Zealand; _b._ Whangarei aforesaid, 16
June, 1886; educ. there; was for some years a Reporter on the Staff of
the Whangarei “Northern Mail” and “Northern Advocate,” subsequently
becoming sub-editor of the “North Auckland Times” at Dargaville;
volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war; joined the
New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 15 Aug. 1914; left for Egypt as a
signaller with the main body, was successively promoted Corpl. and
Sergt., and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 16 Nov. 1915;
_unm._
[Illustration: =James McKenzie Spence.=]
=SPENCER, CHARLES JAMES=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Devonshire Regt., eldest
_s._ of Charles Alfred Spencer, of Stoughton Lane, Leicester, by his
wife, Mary, dau. of James Warwick, of Longthorpe, near Peterborough;
_b._ Leicester, 10 Jan. 1879; educ. Charterhouse; joined the Cardigan
Artillery Militia in 1898; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Devonshire
Regt., 18 Oct. 1899, and promoted Lieut. 11 May, 1901, and Capt. 14
July, 1908; served in the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in
the advance on, and relief of Ladysmith, being with the 2nd Battn.
in Major-Gen. Hildeyard’s Brigade, while the 1st Battn. was shut up
in the town; operations of 17–24 Jan. 1900, and action at Spion Kop;
operations of 5–7 Feb. 1900, and action at Vaal Kranz; operations on
Tugela Heights (14–27 Feb. 1900) and action at Pieters Hill; operations
in Natal, March to June 1900, including action at Laings Nek (6–9
June); and those in the Transvaal, Nov. 1901 to 31 May, 1902; was
severely wounded and received the Queen’s medal with five clasps and
King’s medal with two clasps. He was Adjutant of the 7th (Territorial)
Cyclist Battn. of the Devonshires from 14 July, 1908 to 29 Feb. 1912.
On the outbreak of war he went to France with the Expeditionary Force,
5 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action, 18 Dec. 1914, while leading his
company in an attack on the German trenches. Buried near Estaires.
Capt. Spencer _m._ at Pennycross Church, near Plymouth, 20 Oct. 1909,
Katherine Margaret (Crapstone House, Yelverton, South Devon), yst. dau.
of the late Robert Bayly, of Torr, Plymouth, and had a son, Charles
Richard, _b._ 5 Dec. 1910.
[Illustration: =Charles James Spencer.=]
=SPENCER, JOHN=, Private, No. 572, 5th Coy., 2/5th Battn. King’s
Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of William Spencer, of Liverpool,
Watch Finisher; _b._ Liverpool, 1854; educ. Corporation School
there; enlisted in the R.G.A. (Militia) and served with them 22 years
(Long Service medal and certificate); re-enlisted in Oct. 1914, and was
accidentally drowned in Carrier’s Dock, Liverpool, 27 Dec. following,
while on service. He _m._ at St. Nicholas Church, Liverpool, Mary
Jane (23, Back Strickland Street, Liverpool), dau. of (--) Young, and
had five children: William, _b._ 28 Oct. 1878; John, _b._ 22
July, 1891, R.N.; George, _b._ 30 Jan. 1896; Margaret, _b._ 5
June, 1882; and Emily, _b._ 14 May, 1898.
=SPENDLOW, JOHN JAMES=, Leading Seaman, 237135, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SPICE, ALBERT=, Cook’s Mate, 1766, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SPICE, ROBERT WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9019, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SPICER, ARTHUR JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2214),
301561, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SPICER, GEORGE HENRY=, Gunner, 35031, 41st Battery, 42nd Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery, 3rd _s._ of George Spicer, of Frindsbury,
Rochester, Kent, by his wife, Jane; _b._ Frindsbury, 23 Jan. 1885;
enlisted 1 Feb. 1905; served seven years with the Colours then passing
into the Reserve, was employed at Messrs. Lysaght’s Works, Newport,
Mon.; mobilised 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 20 Aug. 1914, and died
in No. 7 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 9 Nov. following, of wounds
received in action at Neuve Chapelle in a gallant attempt to save
Lieut. Towell. Major H. A. Hamilton, Commanding 41st Battery, wrote:
“I am sure you would like to know how your husband gave his life for
his country. I need not say how much I and all his comrades sympathise
with you in your great loss, but you may have a little consolation in
knowing that he was severely wounded in performing a gallant act, which
was reported to his commanding officer and brought to the notice of the
general officer commanding the division.” He _m._ at St. Woolo’s
Church, Newport, Mon., 1 June, 1914, Beatrice Amelia, dau. of Henry
George Evans, of 19, Victoria Crescent, Newport; _s.p._
[Illustration: =George Henry Spicer.=]
=SPICER, MAURICE ARNOTT=, Corpl., No. 81840, 32nd, attd. 10th,
Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 5th _s._ of the late Herbert
Spicer, of Cranbourne, St Margarets near Ware, by his wife, Martha
McMurray, dau. of David Arnott; _b._ Hambledon, co. Surrey, 23
April, 1882; educ. Mill Hill; was sisal growing in the West Indies from
1900 to 1903, afterwards farming in Canada until the outbreak of the
European War; enlisted in the 32nd Battn. 21 Oct. 1914; came over with
the reinforcements for the first contingent in March, 1915; went to
France with a draft for the 10th Battn. early in April, 1915, and was
killed in action at Festubert, 22 May, 1915; _unm._
=SPIELMANN, HAROLD LIONEL ISIDORE=, Capt., 1/10th Battn.
Manchester Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of Sir Isidore Spielmann, of
56, Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park, W., C.M.G., F.S.A., by his wife,
Emily, dau. of the late Sir Joseph Sebag-Montefiore; _b._ London,
12 Jan. 1893; educ. Clifton and Pembroke College, Cambridge (B.A. June,
1914); gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2/10th (Oldham) Battn. Manchester Regt.,
from the University O.T.C., 14 Oct. 1914; was promoted Capt. in March,
1915, to date as from 28 Nov. 1914; volunteered with the greater part
of the battalion for foreign service; landed in Gallipoli, in command
of a draft, 25 July, 1915, and was killed in an attack on the Turkish
position, 13 Aug. following; _unm._ Lieut.-Col. G. Robinson,
commanding 10th Manchesters, wrote: “He only joined us about three
weeks ago, when he arrived in command of a draft of 248 men, and I was
so impressed with his keenness and energy that I put him in command of
a company. My judgment was fully borne out. Your son worked hard, and
I felt I could always rely on him. On the evening of the 12th inst. a
battalion next to us in the fire trenches lost a portion of a trench
on their front, and I was forced to organise a counter-attack by one
hundred men of my battn. under your son and two other officers. Your
son was in command of his section of the attack, and carried out his
orders with skill and gallantry. He reached his objective, but was
immediately killed, and his men had eventually to fall back under
strong opposition. His death, by bullets, was instantaneous.... Our men
had done well, and we regained most of what had been lost, but they
were ‘done,’ and I lost many of them besides my excellent young officer
Spielmann.... It was crushing to me losing him. He was a ‘gentleman
officer’ with such high notions of chivalry, honour and _esprit de
corps_. I considered him one of my best officers, and had just
recommended him for a permanent captaincy, as I had such a high opinion
of his capabilities. Your boy died a hero’s death in his country’s
cause, and that must ever be a source of satisfaction and comfort to
you, and one in which you must all take a pride--falling in action
gallantly leading his men. What more can a soldier ask for?”
[Illustration: =Harold L. I. Spielmann.=]
=SPIERS, HAROLD ALFRED=, Boy, 1st Class, J 23568 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SPIERS, WILLIAM JOHN=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., A. 2103),
131072 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea. 22
Sept. 1914.
=SPILLARNE, CORNELIUS WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, 308380, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SPINDLER, DAVID=, Stoker, 1st Class, 289816, H.M.S. Cressy; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SPINKS, FREDERICK HERMAN VICTOR=, Rifleman, No. 10489, B Coy.,
1st Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 2nd _s._ of Thomas Samuel
Spinks, of 114, Leucha Road, St. James’ Street, Walthamstow, by his
wife, Clara, dau. of Frederick Herman Greenslade; _b._ Clapton,
N., 29 Oct. 1896; educ. Coppermill Road Council School, Walthamstow;
enlisted 27 Jan. 1912; served with the Expeditionary Force in France
and Flanders from 13 Aug. 1914; served through the retreat from Mons,
etc., and was killed in action two days before his 18th birthday, near
Ypres, 27 Oct. 1914. A comrade wrote: “He was killed in action the same
day as Prince Maurice of Battenberg. His company had advanced against
the Germans and taken up a position for the night. He could have lain
down and gone to sleep, because he was a signaller, but the man next
him had to do two two hours on duty looking through the porthole in the
trench, and as he felt a bit bad, your poor boy offered to do it for
him. Well, Fred had not been looking out for more than ten minutes when
a bullet struck him in the head, and he must have died instantaneously.
I cannot tell you more particulars now, but I know it was near Ypres. I
was entrusted to write your letter because Fred was a signaller, and I
am one of the few that are left.” He gained the 3rd class certificate
for education, 23 Feb. 1912, and the 2nd class, 2 April, 1912.
[Illustration: =Frederick H. V. Spinks.=]
=SPITTLE, FRANK THOMAS=, Rifleman, No. 2857, A Coy., 1/9th Battn.
(Queen Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of
Augustus Alfred Spittle, of 41, Manby Road, Leyton Road, Stratford,
Essex, by his wife, Ellen Emily, dau. of George Abbott, of Maldon,
Essex; _b._ Stratford, 25 April, 1896; educ. Downsell Road Council
School, Leyton, and County High School, Leytonstone; volunteered and
joined Queen Victoria’s Rifles on the outbreak of war; went to France,
22 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action, 23 Feb. 1915. Buried Wulverghem
Cemetery. Major Lees (since killed in action) wrote; “He was one of a
working party repairing the parapet of the trench during a mist, which
suddenly lifted, and the Germans opened fire, and he was hit before
he could get under cover, and died a few minutes later. He was very
popular with his comrades and will be sadly missed.”
=SPITTLES, THOMAS ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, No. K. 726, 3rd
_s._ of Francis Edward Spittles, of South Hayling, by his wife,
Elizabeth Bessie, dau. of Robert Applin; joined the Royal Navy about
May, 1907, and was lost on H.M.S. Lynx, 9 Aug. 1915, when that ship
was sunk by a mine in the North Sea. He _m._ at Portsmouth, Alice
Georgina May (Rose Cottage, South Mundham), dau. of George Horne.
[Illustration: =Thomas Robert Spittles.=]
=SPOONER, ALEXANDER=, Leading Stoker, K. 114, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SPOONER, CHARLES ALBERT VICTOR=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26754, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SPOONER, WILLIAM CHARLES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16147, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SPORTON, GEORGE HERBERT=, A.B. (Coastguard), 206749, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SPRINGALL, WILLIAM EGLETON=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., Ch. B.
5437), 178793, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=SPRUNT, ALEXANDER DALZELL=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. Bedfordshire
Regt., attd. 2nd Battn. South Staffordshire Regt., 2nd _s._
of John Dalziel Sprunt, of 3, East India Avenue, London, E.C., and
Montgomerie, Berkhampsted, by his wife, Jane, dau. of John Naismith;
_b._ Hampstead, London, 7 Jan. 1891; educ. Berkhampsted School,
and New College, Oxford, where he graduated with honours in July, 1914,
and was nominated Assistant Professor of Natural History at Glasgow
University, obtaining his degree the week that war was declared. Having
served for about 10 years in the Officers Training Corps, he and his
brother (also killed in action) were offered commissions. He accepted
and was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 4th Bedfordshire Regt., 15 Aug. 1914,
being ordered to join his Regt. at once at Dovercourt. Later he was
detailed to take out a draft to the Base at Havre, and from there took
up a draft of the Guards to the trenches, where he was attd. to the
2nd South Staffordshires, with whom he remained till he was mortally
wounded, bring shot down about 15 yards from the enemy’s lines. He died
in hospital at Lillers, France, 17 March, 1915, of wounds received in
action on the 10th, near Neuve Chapelle. His company had been chosen to
lead the attack, and he was shot down about 15 yards from the enemy’s
lines, where he seems to have lain from morning till night, when he was
rescued and finally taken to Lillers. He was buried in the cemetery
there; _unm._
[Illustration: =Alexander Dalzell Sprunt.=]
=SPRUNT, EDWARD LAWRENCE=, Private, No. 1510, 1st Battn.
Honourable Artillery Coy. (Stretcher-bearer Section), 3rd _s._
of John Dalziel Sprunt, of 3 East India Avenue, London, E.C., and
Montgomerie, Berkhampsted, by his wife, Jane, dau. of John Naismith;
_b._ Hampstead, London, 28 Aug. 1892; educ. Berkhampsted School,
and Jesus College, Oxford, at which latter he held an open exhibition.
Having served about nine years in the O.T.C., he was offered a
commission on the outbreak of war, but being eager to go to the Front
as soon as possible, and thinking he would probably be sent for months
to a regimental depôt to train recruits (as his elder brother was), he
enlisted as a Private in the Honourable Artillery Coy., and went to the
Front with them and served through the winter of 1914–15. Later was
again offered a commission and the War Office instructed his Col. to
send him home that he might take it up. After getting his discharge he
went back to the Col. and said he had heard there was to be a battle
next day, and as he did not wish to leave on the eve of it, he asked
permission to remain and see his comrades through it. The Col. replied
that as he had put it so gallantly he could not refuse his request, and
so he might remain. That evening the Battn. went up to the trenches and
was under fire about 36 hours, including the fierce fight of 16 June,
1915, losing about half its numbers. On 17 June, about 2 a.m., near
Chateau Hooge, Belgium, he was helping to carry a wounded comrade on a
stretcher, and had got within about 15 yards of the dressing station,
when a shell came over and exploded underneath the stretcher, killing
him and two others, and wounding the remaining two stretcher-bearers.
He was buried on the battlefield, near the Ypres-Menin Road;
_unm._ His commanding officer wrote: “Your son had the opportunity
of not going up (to the trenches) and of returning home, but refused
to leave his comrades at such a time, and so showed a magnificent
spirit--worthy of a man in this Regt. He discharged his duties with
great valour under great danger. The circumstances were such as to lead
me to specially recommend him for gallant conduct, and the enclosed
card has been received from the General. I have pleasure in sending
it to you, while regretting very much the circumstances which have
been greatly appreciated by his comrades.” The card is of the first
class, being printed in gilt letters, the ordinary card being in black
letters. It reads: “Third Division, British Expeditionary Force, 1510,
Private E. L. Sprunt, Hon. Artillery Coy. Your commanding officer and
brigade commander have informed me that you distinguished yourself
by your conduct in the field on 16 June, 1915. I have read their
report with much pleasure, and have brought it to the notice of higher
authority.” Later the Assistant Military Secretary wrote that he had
been mentioned in a despatch from F.M. Sir John French “for gallant and
distinguished service in the field.” “I am to express to you the King’s
high appreciation of these services, and to add that His Majesty trusts
that their public acknowledgment may be of some consolation in your
bereavement.”
[Illustration: =Edward Lawrence Sprunt.=]
=SPRY, ERNEST JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2224), 181820, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SPURDEN, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 7194, 1st Battn. Royal West Kent
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
action, 17 Nov. 1914; _m._
=SQUIBB, FRED=, Private, G. 909, 1st Battn. Royal West Surrey
Regt., _s._ of Frederick Squibb, of West Clandon, Surrey; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died 5 Sept. 1915, of
wounds received in action.
=SQUIRE, ALAN RICHARD=, Sergt., No. 10/782, Wellington Infantry
Battn., eldest _s._ of Richard Jas. Squire, of Hawera, Taranaki,
New Zealand, by his wife, Charlotte Louisa, dau. of the late Josiah
Claridge, Carpenter; _b._ Hawera, 12 Sept. 1892; educ. Hawera,
N.Z.; was a Painter and Signwriter; volunteered on the outbreak of war
and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7 Aug. 1914; left for
Egypt with the main body as a gunner; arrived at Gallipoli, 7 May,
1915, and served there for three months, taking part in the severe
fighting during that period; was promoted Sergt. the beginning of
Aug., and was killed in action there a few days later, 7 Aug. 1915;
_unm._ At the time he was killed he was temporarily in charge of
the machine-guns, most of the officers having been killed or wounded.
[Illustration: =Alan Richard Squire.=]
=SQUIRE, STANLEY CHARLES=, Lieut., 7th (Service) Battn.
Gloucestershire Regt., 2nd _s._ of the Rev. Charles Edward Squire,
M.A., Vicar of Southrop, Lechlade, co. Gloucester, by his wife,
Florence Charlotte, dau. of Morgan Yeatman, of Shawfield, Bromley,
Kent; _b._ Llangrove Vicarage, near Ross, co. Hereford, 26 June,
1893; educ. St. John’s School, Leatherhead, and Corpus Christi College,
Oxford (Science Scholar); gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Gloucestershire
Regt., 26 Aug. 1914; promoted Lieut., 27 Jan. 1915; sailed on 22 June
for the East; was at Cape Helles on 8 July for a few weeks, then took
part in the Expedition to Suvla Bay, where he was killed in action
while in charge of the machine-gun section, 9 Aug. 1915, on Chanak
Bair. They occupied an exposed position, and he was hit by a bullet
after bandaging a wounded man, and killed instantaneously, early in the
day. The only two survivors (Stokes and Bennett), who returned later on
with the last machine gun, received the D.C.M. He was _unm._ His
brother, Capt. G. F. Squire, of the same Battn., was wounded the same
day.
[Illustration: =Stanley Charles Squire.=]
=SQUIRES, FRANCIS CHAVASSE=, Capt. and Adjutant, 23rd Sikh
Pioneers, Indian Army, yr. _s._ of the late Rev. Henry Charles
Squires, M.A., for 20 years Church Missionary Society Missionary,
Western India, and afterwards Vicar of Holy Trinity, Richmond, Surrey,
by his wife, Ada Martha (23, West Park, Eltham, S.E.), dau. of Thomas
Chavasse, of Wylde Green House, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, F.R.C.S.,
and nephew of the Right Rev. Francis James Chavasse, D.D., Lord Bishop
of Liverpool; _b._ West Chiltington Rectory, co. Sussex, 22 Feb.
1885; educ. St. Paul’s School (Foundation Scholar) and Sandhurst;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. 5 Aug. 1905, and attached to the East Surreys
in India, and the following year transferred to the Indian Army and
posted to the 23rd Sikh Pioneers. He became Lieut. 5 Aug. 1907, and
was appointed Adjutant, 25 Oct. 1912. He served in the Zakka Khel
Expedition, 1908, for which he received a medal, and on the outbreak
of the European War obtained his Company, 5 Aug. 1914. Capt. Squires
was wounded in action at Lahej, 5 July, 1915, and died at Aden on the
7th; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote: “His high and sterling
qualities were never better shown that on the extremely hard march
to Lahej, in intense heat, when he was indefatigable and untiring in
going back along the column, assisting men and getting them water,
etc., and keeping me informed of everyone’s position. He reached me at
Lahej just as the Turkish attack began, and throughout the early part
of the night did magnificent work conveying orders to different units,
and keeping me informed of their positions.... At about 11 p.m. the
advanced line was withdrawn to an enclosure.... At your son’s urgent
request I allowed him to go out with some men to keep clear a portion
of the road near at hand. It was while carrying out this order that he
received a gunshot wound.... He died on 7 July, and was buried in Aden
that evening.... As a regt. we mourn the loss of a gallant officer and
a kindly friend. Indian officers and men all express their deep grief.
I lose a trusted Adjutant, and one whose sincere friendship I am proud
to know I always held. His was a fine end, and I know he was contented
it came thus in action.” He was an enthusiastic soldier, devoted to the
well-being of his men, a good linguist and an excellent musician.
[Illustration: =Francis Chavasse Squires.=]
=SQUIRRELL, JOHN WILLIAM=, Private, No. 16149, 1st Battn. The
Suffolk Regt., 3rd _s._ of James William Squirrell, of Hill
Cottage, Hintlesham, by his wife, Emma, dau. of the late John (and
Ann) Percy; _b._ Hintlesham, co. Suffolk, 15 June, 1884; educ.
there; was a Stockman; enlisted after the outbreak of war, 6 Nov. 1914;
went to France about 20 May, and was killed in action at Ypres, 25
May, 1915. He _m._ at Hintlesham, 28 Dec. 1908, and had two sons:
Stanley William, _b._ 12 Jan. 1910; and Jack Reggie, _b._ 21
Jan. 1914.
=STABLE, LOSCOMBE LAW=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Royal Welch Fusiliers,
eldest surviving _s._ of Daniel Wintringham Stable, of Plas Llwyn,
Owen, Llanbrynmair, co. Montgomery, and of Holly Lodge, Wanstead, co.
Essex, LL.B., J.P., Barrister-at-Law, and a Director of the Prudential
Assurance Company, by his wife, Gertrude Mary, dau. of George Still
Law, M.A., Barrister-at-Law, of Lincoln’s Inn; _b._ Wanstead, 21
March, 1886; educ. The Wells House, Malvern Wells, Winchester (Fort’s
House), and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and passed out with
honours; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Welch Fusiliers, 2 Feb. 1907,
and promoted Lieut. 11 April, 1911, and Capt. 21 Oct. 1914; went to
France, 10 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action in the trenches about
four miles south of Armentières, facing the village of Vertouquet
and Rouge Bancs, 26 Oct. 1914; _unm._ Buried in La Cordonnerie
Farm, close to Armentières, and about two miles from Fromelles. Col.
H. Delmé Radcliffe wrote: “About your gallant son, who was one of the
subalterns in the Battn. under my command. He was a most excellent
soldier--fearless to a degree, and always the most cheerful of
companions, and was therefore most popular with his brother officers,
and in his death is most deeply regretted by all ranks. He received
his death wound, so it was reported to me, going to the assistance
of one of the men who was wounded and lying outside of the trenches.
This was just like him, as he was always a model of unselfishness and
thoughtfulness for others.” Private Ellis, the wounded man, was saved.
Capt. Stable had some experience of mountaineering and winter Alpine
sports, and was a fine polo player, having played for his regt. at
Meiktila, Shwebo, Bhamo, Maymyo, Mandalay, Quetta, Bareilly, Meerut,
Allahabad, Cawnpore, Lucknow, and finally in the winning team for the
Infantry Polo Tournament at Delhi in 1913.
[Illustration: =Loscombe Law Stable.=]
=STACEY, JAMES=, Private, No. 11395, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards,
_s._ of George Stacey, of 62, Fergusson Road, Attercliffe,
Sheffield, by his wife, Emily, dau. of William Hancock; _b._
Attercliffe, 27 Feb. 18--; educ. Council School there; enlisted in the
4th Reserve Battn. 1 Sept. 1914, and was posted to the 1st Battn. after
action at Givenchy, 22 Dec. 1914. He was reported missing, and is now
assumed to have been killed on that date; _unm._
=STACEY, RICHARD JOHN=, Officer’s Cook, 2nd Class, L. 1597,
(Dev.), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=STACKHOUSE, WILLIAM THOMAS=, Capt., 2nd, attd. 1st, Battn.
Sherwood Foresters, elder _s._ of the late William Anthony
Stackhouse, of Taitlands, Settle, J.P., V.D., Major, 3rd Duke of
Wellington’s West Riding Regt., by his wife, Marian Frances (Casterton
Grange, Kirkby Lonsdale), dau. of the late William Hodgson Hale, of
Arrerille, Kirkby Lonsdale; _b._ Settle, co. York, 8 Aug. 1883;
educ. Riber Castle, Matlock; Harrow, and the Royal Military College,
Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Lancashire Fusiliers, 4 Nov. 1903; and
promoted Lieut. 13 March, 1907, and Capt. 21 Jan. 1913; served with the
4th Lancashires at the Curragh and in Tipperary, but on its disbandment
under the Territorial scheme was posted to the 1st Battn. at Malta,
from which he was specially promoted to the Sherwood Foresters in 1907,
and served with the 2nd Battn. at Kinsale, Aldershot, Plymouth and
Sheffield. When his Battn. went to France in Sept. 1914, he was left at
home to train the New Army, and was made Adjutant of the 10th Battn.,
7 Sept. 1914; was transferred to the Royal Berkshires in Oct., but
eventually went to France in Nov., attd. to the 1st Sherwood Foresters,
and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915. Buried
there. He was a keen sportsman--shooting, tennis, polo and motoring
being among his favourite pursuits. The following are extracts taken
from letters received from his commanding officer and others: “He was
one of the most popular men in the Battn., and his death is indeed a
great blow to all of us. He was always so cheery, even under the most
adverse circumstances, and I ... had a high appreciation of his many
good qualities.” “He really performed most gallant service the whole
time, and although I know he was not a strong man, he stuck it, and
showed us all an excellent example, we all loved him.” He _m._
at All Souls, Langham Place, London, 7 Dec. 1912, Theodora Charlotte,
2nd dau. of Alfred Reginald Norrington, of Abbotsfield, Plymouth;
_s.p._
[Illustration: =William T. Stackhouse.=]
=STACPOOLE, GEORGE ERIC GUY=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal Irish
Regt., eldest _s._ of Richard George Stacpoole, of 26, Walton
Street, Hans Place, London, and of co. Clare, by his wife, Edith Maude,
dau. of Sir Edward Dean Paul, 4th Bart., and great grandson of the late
Richard John de la Zouche Stacpoole, of Eden Vale, co. Clare; _b._
Sefton Park, Liverpool, 10 Jan. 1892; educ. Eton and the Royal Military
College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Irish Regt., 4 Nov.
1911, and promoted Lieut. 16 Aug. 1914; joined his Regt. at Nasirabad,
India, in Jan. 1912, and while stationed there went in for transport
work, and passed the appointed course; returned to England in Nov.
1914; went to France in Dec. with the 27th Division, and was killed
in action at St. Eloi, 27 Jan. 1915; _unm._ Buried in Dickebusch
Cemetery. His commanding officer wrote: “I very much deplore his loss,
as a gallant officer, fearless, true and upright, and popular with all
ranks of his Battn.”
[Illustration: =George Eric G. Stacpoole.=]
=STAFF, SAMUEL ROYAL=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10485),
215096, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STAFFORD, ALFRED=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16390, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STAFFORD, ROWLAND HERBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 3801, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STAGG, JOSEPH ALBERT EDWARD=, 2nd Yeoman of Signals (R.F.R., Ch.
B. 2117), 182790, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22
Sept. 1914.
=STAHL, ERNEST FRANK=, Private, No. 2685, 1/21st Battn. (1st
Surrey Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of the late
Councillor George Peter Stahl, of Lambeth, by his wife, Elizabeth Ada
(26, Herbert Road, Stockwell Road, Brixton, S.W.), dau. of Charles
Payne, of Southampton; _b._ Berkeley Street, Lambeth, S.E., 28
Nov. 1894; educ. Lambeth Parochial Schools; was an assistant at the
Times Book Club, Oxford Street, W.; volunteered on the outbreak of war
in Aug. 1914, and joined the Surrey Rifles in Sept.; went to France, 15
March, 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 25 May, 1915, whilst
trying to rescue a wounded comrade; _unm._ Buried near Givenchy.
Capt. Arthur Hutchence hence wrote: “Your son’s death was a noble one;
he was shot whilst trying to bring a wounded comrade into safety under
a heavy fire. His loss is felt by all ranks of my company, and we all
unite in offering you our sympathy.” He was a good all-round athlete.
[Illustration: =Ernest Frank Stahl.=]
=STALLARD, WILLIAM HAROLD=, A.B., 240992, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STANDING, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 12613, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=STANDLEY, ERNEST GEORGE=, A.B., J. 7789, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=STANLEY, FREDERICK HARRY=, Rifleman, No. 2851, C Coy., 12th
Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Harry
Lawrence Stanley, of 111, Woodgrange Road, Forest Gate, by his wife,
Elizabeth, dau. of George Cockburn; _b._ 14, Sebert Road, Forest
Gate, Essex, 24 Nov. 1893; educ. Cooper’s School, Bow; was a Clerk;
volunteered after the outbreak of war and joined The Rangers, 7 Sept.
1914; went to France, 24 Dec. 1914, and was killed in action near
Ypres, 27 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried, Verlorenhoek.
=STANLEY, GEORGE THOMAS=, S.B.A., M. 2392, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=STANLEY, ROBERT GEORGE=, Chief Ship’s Cook, 176645, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=STANNARD, GORDON=, L.-Corpl., No. 7995, 2nd Battn. Essex Regt.,
_s._ of David Stannard, of Kirton, near Ipswich, by his wife,
Cecelia; b. Kirton, near Ipswich, 29 Dec. 1886; educ. Trimley Road
School; enlisted at Ipswich, 5 July, 1904; went to France, 6 Jan. 1915,
and died in Boulogne Hospital, 21 Feb. 1915, of wounds received in
action. He _m._ at All Saints’ Church, Dovercourt, 9 Sept. 1914,
Evelyn May (Red House Farm, Trimley St. Martin, near Ipswich), dau.
of John (and Ellen) Churchyard, and had a dau.: Victoria Gladys May,
_b._ 19 Dec. 1914, and d. 29 July, 1915.
=STANNETT, ROBERT=, Bugler, Ch./12775, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STAPLES, JOHN=, Leading Stoker, K. 1806, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=STARKE, HARRY=, Sapper, No. 2385, 1/3rd Coy. Kent Fortress R.E.
(T.F.), only child of James Starke, of 9, Kenwood Road, Highgate, N.,
for 48 years Carman on G.N. Railway, by his wife, Martha, dau. of
Andrew (and Mary) Smith; _b._ Holloway, 27 March, 1871; educ.
Blundell Street L.C.C. School, Caledonian Road, Holloway, N.; was a
Carpenter by trade; served in the 17th North Middlesex Rifle Volunteer
Corps from 19 Feb. 1890 to 5 Jan. 1893, and after the outbreak of
war enlisted, 31 May, 1915; went to the Dardanelles in the transport
Hythe, and was drowned in a collision off Gallipoli, 28 Oct. 1915. He
_m._ at St. Saviour’s Church, Hornsey Rise, 20 Feb. 1892, Emily
(8, Montem Street, Upper Holloway, N.), dau. of William Root, Gardener
for over 30 years to Mr. R. Gaskell, North Hill, Highgate, N., and had
issue: Frederick James, _b._ 5 June, 1893; Harry William Alfred,
_b._ 20 Oct. 1894; Emily Martha, _b._ 6 Nov. 1897; Florence
Ivy, _b._ 17 June, 1899; and Catherine Alice, _b._ 9 Feb.
1901.
[Illustration: =Harry Starke.=]
=BARBER-STARKEY, WILLIAM HENRY JOSEPH=, Capt., 52nd Battery,
Royal Field Artillery, eldest _s._ of William Joseph Starkey
Barber-Starkey, Aldenham Park, Bridgenorth, co. Salop, J.P., B.A., by
his wife, Margaret Aimeé, 3rd dau. of Sir George Kinloch, of Kinloch,
1st Bart., J.P., D.L.; _b._ The Hall, Huttons Ambo, co. York, 4
March, 1880; educ. Harrow, and Trinity College, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. in the R.F.A. from the Militia, 6 Oct. 1900; promoted Lieut.
24 Oct. 1903, and Capt. 9 May, 1912; served with the Expeditionary
Force in France, etc., from 17 Aug. 1914, and died a prisoner of war
in a German Field Hospital, 10 Sept. following, from wounds received
in action at Le Cateau, 26 Aug. previously; _unm._ Buried at Le
Cateau.
[Illustration: =W. H. J. Barber-Starkey.=]
=STARR, FRANCIS JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2714), S.S.
50, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=STARR, THOMAS ADIN=, Private, No. 11380, 8th Battn. Welsh Regt.,
only _s._ of Thomas Starr, of 2, Bolt Street, Newport, Monmouth;
_b._ 4 Sept. 1887; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary
Force at the Dardanelles from 14 June to 8 Aug. 1915, on which date he
was killed in action there; _unm._
=STATHAM, LOUIS FORSYTH=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2028D, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STEADMAN, ALBERT=, Private, No. 2289, 1/4th Battn. East Kent
Regt. (The Buffs), eldest _s._ of Frederick Steadman, of 70,
Beaver Road, South Ashford, Kent, employee in S. E. & C. Railway
Works, Ashford, by his wife, Hannah Jane, dau. of Robert Hatton, of
Dover; _b._ South Ashford aforesaid, 9 Dec. 1893; educ. S. E.
& C. Railway Schools there; was a Clerk in the Ashford Branch of
the Commercial Union Assurance Co., Ltd.; enlisted 4 Sept. 1914;
went to India with his regt. in Dec. which was stationed at Mhow,
Central India, till July 1915, when it was sent to Aden. He died of
heatstroke at As Sela Sheikh Othman, 25 Sept. 1915, while taking part
in the repulse of the Turkish attack on Aden; _unm._ He was fond
of swimming, and represented his company in the regimental swimming
contests at Mhow.
[Illustration: =Albert Steadman.=]
=STEANE, PERCY HOWARD=, Private, No. 2631, 15th Battn. (Prince of
Wales’s Own Civil Service Rifles) London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._
of Frederick Houston Steane, Solicitor’s Managing Clerk; _b._
Balham, 31 Oct. 1892; educ. Balham Grammar School; was in the service
of the Ocean Insurance Company, but on the outbreak of war enlisted
Aug. 1914, and was killed at Festubert, 18 May, 1915, while on sentry
duty in the trenches. Capt. H. B. Farquhar wrote: “Your son was ever
of the most conscientious character, doing his duty thoroughly and
cheerfully, was ready to share all hardships and lighten the burdens of
others.”
[Illustration: =Percy Howard Steane.=]
=STEARNS, ERIC GORDON=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. Royal Fusiliers,
yr. _s._ of Thomas Robert Stearns, of Lansdowne, Woodridings,
Hatch End, co. Middlesex, Insurance Official, by his wife, Alice, dau.
of James Grant, of Ipswich and Belize; _b._ Hornsey, 25 March,
1895; educ. St. John’s College, and Lower School, Harrow; was a Clerk
in the Sun Insurance Office; joined the Artists’ Rifles (28th London
Regt.) in 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of
war; was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. 6 April, 1915, and posted to
the Royal Fusiliers; went to France in Oct. 1914, and died at Abeele
of wounds received in action in Belgium, while in charge of a party
digging a new trench; _unm._ His commanding officer, Lieut.-Col.
W. F. Sweny, wrote: “I have seen enough of your son to realise what
a useful and cool officer he was”; Sergt. F. H. Smith: “Mr. Stearns
was almost worshipped by the men under his command; they would have
followed him anywhere, for they knew he was a man. He had not an
atom of fear in him, and he had always a smile and a cheery word for
everybody. I do not think anybody could be more liked and respected
than he was”; and Private W. H. Leighton: “The bullet caught him just
above the hip and passed upwards. We did everything we possibly could
but all in vain, worse luck. He bore it extremely well, as he always
did everything, being a very brave officer and one whom the men had the
greatest confidence in and would have followed him anywhere.”
[Illustration: =Eric Gordon Stearns.=]
=STEEL, JOHN=, Mechanical Stoker (R.F.R., B. 1557), 276964;
_b._ Dublin, 25 Dec. 18--; served in the European War, and was
lost in H.M.S. Goliath at the Dardanelles, 12 May, 1915. He _m._,
22 Sept. 1900, Fanny (10, Harbour Village, Goodwick, co. Pembroke),
dau. of (--), and had two sons: Richard John, _b._ 28 June, 1901;
and Edward James, _b._ 31 Oct. 1906. He had the medal for saving
life.
=STEELE, MATTHEW JAMES=, L.-Corpl., No. 2476, 1/4th Battn. East
Yorkshire Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Thomas Steele, of Hull,
Cab Proprietor, by his wife, Maria Elizabeth, dau. of James Outram;
_b._ Hull, 27 April, 1892; educ. Warne Street Council School
there; was an Assistant Steward, Hull and Barnsley Railway Head
Offices; volunteered on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined
the 4th East Yorkshires; went to France, 17 April, 1915, and was killed
in action east of Ypres, 26 May, 1915. From letters received it appears
that one of his comrades had been shot by a sniper, and that Steele,
thinking he might still be alive, went to his assistance and was
himself shot through the heart. He _m._ at St. Stephen’s Church,
Hull, 1 March, 1913, Kathleen (76, Portland Street, Hull), dau. of John
(and Ada) Moorhead, and had a son, Kenneth James, _b._ 13 June,
1914.
[Illustration: =Matthew James Steele.=]
=STEELE, WILSON=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11446 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STEER, GEORGE=, Leading Seaman, 190537, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=STENNING, LESLIE GERALD=, Lieut. and acting Capt., 6th Battn. The
Essex Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Henry Stenning, of 16, Norfolk
Road, Seven King’s, Civil Servant, by his wife, Selina, dau. of Richard
Coleman; _b._ Ilford, co. Essex, 25 Feb. 1894; educ. County High
School there; was a Bank Clerk; obtained a 2nd Lieutenancy in the
Essex Territorials 1 Oct. 1913, and was promoted Lieut. 16 Oct. 1914;
volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914;
went to the Dardanelles, 24 July, 1915; acted as Capt. from 3 Aug., and
died on H.M. Hospital Ship Soudan on the 13th, from wounds received in
action there; _unm._
=STENT, JAMES JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1456), 196002, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=STEPHENS, GEORGE ERNEST=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14049, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STEPHENS, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9680), 201448, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STEPHENSON, HAROLD=, Private, No. 4020, 10th Battn. (Liverpool
Scottish) King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of John James
Stephenson, of Shepstone Avenue, Walton, Liverpool, by his wife,
Isabella, dau. of James Rigby; _b._ Liverpool, 7 March, 1893;
educ. Venice Street School there; was a Pattern Maker; volunteered
after the outbreak of war and joined the Liverpool Scottish, 2 Nov.
1914; went to France end of Jan., and was killed in action at Hooge, 16
June, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Harold Stephenson.=]
=STERLING, ROBERT WILLIAM=, Lieut., 3rd, attd. 1st, Battn. Royal
Scots Fusiliers, elder _s._ of John Lockhart Sterling, of 30,
Ashton Gardens, Glasgow, by his wife, Clara Frances, dau. of James
Lowe, of Lancashire; _b._ Glasgow, 19 Nov. 1903; educ. Glasgow
Academy; Sedbergh School, and Pembroke College, Oxford (scholar),
where he took a second in Honour Mods., and had just completed his
second year when war was declared in Aug. 1914; volunteered for
foreign service and was given a 2nd Lieutenancy in the Royal Scots
Fusiliers, 15 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. -- March, 1915; took a
draft of his regt. to France in the middle of Feb. 1915; was attd.
to the 1st Battn., and was killed in action near Ypres, 23 April,
1915; _unm._ Buried in the Military Cemetery, Dickebusche. His
commanding officer wrote: “He was in command of a trench which was of
the utmost importance, and had held it most gallantly all day. He was
killed about 8 p.m. I cannot tell you how much the Scots Fusiliers
mourn his loss. He was quite one of my best.” In 1914 he wrote the
Newdigate prize poem on the Burial of Sophocles, which he read at the
Encaenia in the June of that year. His younger brother, 2nd Lieut.
John Lockhart Sterling, 3rd Battn. R.S.F., attd. 2nd Battn. R.S.F, was
killed on 28 Sept. 1915, before Hulluch, France. Two editions of “The
Poems of Robert Sterling” were published by Oxford friends in 1916.
=STERLING, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 9097, West Yorkshire Regt.,
_s._ of William Sterling, of Hebburn, Joiner, by his wife,
Isabella, dau. of James Turner; _b._ Hebburn New Town, co. Durham,
13 Feb. 1897; educ. there; enlisted on outbreak of war, 1914, and went
with his regt. to France, 9 Jan. 1915. He died of wounds received
while in action at Neuve Chapelle, 14 March, 1915, buried in Bailleul
Cemetery; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “We fought hard all day, not
having time to eat, and late at night we went about 50 of us to a
billet to eat. Shortly afterwards the Germans shelled our place, and
mostly all were either killed or wounded, Private W. Sterling being hit
in the back with shrapnel and died two hours afterwards in a hospital
near by.”
=STERN, LEONARD HERMAN=, 2nd Lieut., 13th Battn. (Princess
Louise’s Kensington Battn.) The London Regt. (T.F.), elder _s._ of
the Rev. Joseph Frederick Stern, Minister of the East London Synagogue,
Stepney, since 1887; _b._ Synagogue House, Stepney, 12 Sept. 1891;
educ. at The Preparatory School, Holly Hill, Hampstead, and University
College School. Proceeding to Cambridge in 1910 as an Exhibitioner in
Classics of Magdalene College, he was elected a Scholar of his College
in the following year. He also held the Cambridge Jewish Exhibition. He
graduated B.A. in 1913, taking a First-Class in the Honours Classical
Tripos in that year. In the following year he gained Second-Class
Honours in the History Tripos. He obtained his college football
colours in 1912, in which year he played in the College team against
Magdalene College, Oxford. He was a member of his school Cadet Corps,
and subsequently joined the Cambridge O.T.C., in which he obtained the
rank of Sergt. Throughout his stay at the University he took an active
part in the affairs of the Cambridge Hebrew Congregation, holding in
succession the several Synagogue offices. He was an occasional speaker
at the Union Society, and read several papers at college societies. He
devoted a considerable part of his vacations to social work in East
London, being a manager of the Stepney Jewish Lads’ Club and the Oxford
and St. George’s Lads’ Club. He also took a keen interest in the Boy
Scouts movement, and became a scout-master of the 7th Stepney Troop
B.P. Scouts. On the outbreak of war he co-operated with other Toynbee
Hall workers in the organisation of the East London Scouts for public
service in the Metropolis. He enlisted in the ranks of the Kensington
Battn. of The London Regt. with a number of the lads of his troop,
and shortly after was made a sergt. of his company. He obtained his
commission as 2nd Lieut. in the same regt. 6 Feb. 1915, and left for
France on 7 March, was wounded several times, and was killed in action
at the Battle of Fromelles, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ Col. Fred E.
Lewis wrote: “He fell gallantly. He had a dangerous job, but he went
through with it, setting a fine example to his men. I grieve to think
it cost him his life. We have lost a promising officer.” And Major
N. E. Stafford, in notifying his death to the Depot Officer of the
regt., said: “He met his death leading his men in the true British way.
Although he had only been with us a short time, he had already won the
esteem of his brother officers, and gave great promise as an officer.
He was put in charge of the bombers, and he showed zeal and initiative
in his work. Col. Lewis, who has gone to hospital very ill, desires me
to express his great regret at the loss of so promising an officer.”
[Illustration: =Leonard Herman Stern.=]
=STERN, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5331, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=STEUART, ALAN JOHN=, Sergt., No. 43209, Royal Canadian Engineers,
3rd Field Coy., Canadian Expeditionary Force, 5th _s._ of the
late Capt. Robert Steuart, of Westwood, Linlithgowshire, H.E.I.C.S.,
J.P., D.L. (died March, 1913), by his wife, Alice Mary (Westwood, West
Calder), dau. of Patrick W. V. Dudgeon, and grandson of Robert Steuart,
of Carfin and Westwood; _b._ Westwood House, co. Linlithgow, 6
May, 1888; educ. Blairlodge School, Stirling, and Bromsgrove, co.
Worcester; was an Electrical Engineer; went to British Columbia in
1912, and settled at Vancouver, but on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914
at once enlisted in the Canadian Engineers, was promoted L.-Corpl. in
Nov. 1914, and Sergt. in Jan. 1915; came over with the first contingent
in Oct.; went to France in Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at
Vlamertinghe, 24 April following, during the gas attack by the Germans
at the second Battle of Ypres, when the Canadian Engineers (who were
in the 3rd Infantry Brigade, establishing contact with the Allies, at
the terminus to the north-west of Ypres) were ordered forward to dig
protection trenches in front of the oncoming enemy; _unm._ Buried
in Vlamertinghe Cemetery. His commanding officer wrote: “He was a very
keen, good soldier, of untiring effort and unfailing cheerfulness....
As popular with the men as with the officers.”
[Illustration: =Alan John Steuart.=]
=STEVENS, ARTHUR=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class (R.F.R., B. 2087),
190224, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=STEVENS, FRED=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7115), S.S. 101839,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=STEVENS, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS=, Ch. E.R.A., 1st Class (Pensioner),
148212, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STEVENS, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7057), S.S. 101670,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=STEVENS, LOTHIAN BASIL=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. South
Staffordshire Regt., attd. 2nd Battn. Scottish Rifles, yst. _s._
of Col. George Morton Stevens, late R.A., by his wife, Mary, dau. of
Surg.-Gen. William Campbell Maclean, C.B., M.D., LL.D.; _b._
Southampton, 13 March, 1894; educ. Blundells School, Tiverton, and
Balliol College, Oxford (Mathematical Scholar); where he took a
first-class in moderations in mathematics, July, 1914; joined the
Public Schools Battn. of the Middlesex Regt. in Sept. 1914, and
obtained a commission in the 3rd South Staffordshires, 3 Oct. 1914;
went to France in March, 1915; was attd. to the 2nd Scottish Rifles;
was reported wounded and missing after the fighting at Fromelles, 9 May
following, and is now assumed to have been killed in action that day;
_unm._ The officer commanding the 2nd Scottish Rifles wrote: “I am
afraid your son must have died from his wound. It is a great distress
to us all, as he was so keen and interested in his work, and such a
bold and reliable leader.” His brother, Capt. R. W. M. Stevens, died of
wounds, 27 Aug. 1914.
[Illustration: =Lothian Basil Stevens.=]
=STEVENS, REGINALD WALTER MORTON=, Capt., Royal Irish Rifles,
and Brigade Major, 9th Infantry Brigade, 2nd _s._ of Col. George
Morton Stevens, late R.A., by his wife, Mary, dau. of Surg.-Gen.
William Campbell Maclean, C.B., M.D., LL.D.; _b._ Dover. 18 Dec.
1876; educ. Mr. T. Eastman’s, Stubbington; Appuldurcombe, I.W., and
the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal
Irish Rifles, 5 Sept. 1896, and promoted Lieut. Aug. 1898; and Capt.
2 Jan. 1904; joined the 2nd Battn. at Poona in Oct. 1896; served in
the South African War, Oct. 1890–1902; took part in operations in Cape
Colony, 1899 to 1900 (was severely wounded at Stormberg, 10 Dec. 1899)
and Nov 1900, to April, 1901 (Assistant Staff Officer to Assistant
Inspector-Gen., Western Section, Lines of Communication), and in Orange
River Colony, April, 1901, to 21 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with two
clasps, King’s medal with two clasps); and (2) in East Africa; was
Special Service Officer on Staff during operations in Somaliland, 7
May, 1903, to 12 June, 1904; present at action at Jedballi (medal with
two clasps); was Adjutant 25 Jan. 1905 to 25 Jan. 1908, and Officer
of a company of Gentlemen Cadets at the R.M.C., Sandhurst, 25 Jan.
1908 to 21 Jan. 1910; joined the Staff College in 1910; was attd. to
the Naval War College, Portsmouth, 1912, and 1 Nov. of that year was
appointed Brigade Major, 9th Infantry Brigade, Southern Command, an
appointment he continued to hold until his death. He went to the front
13 Aug. 1914; was in action at Le Cateau on the 26th, and an urgent
order to retire instantly having been received, to ensure its reaching
the front line and being acted on without delay, Capt. Stevens rode
himself to deliver it and was mortally wounded in doing so, and died
in a farmhouse the following day, 27 Aug. 1914. He was mentioned in
F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 8 Oct. [London Gazette,
19 Oct.], 1914, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. He
_m._ at Alverstoke, Hants, 1912, Elisabeth (Cambridge Cottage,
Alverstoke), dau. of the late Rev. J. C. Mace, of Hawley, Blackwater,
and had a dau., Agnes Desirée, _b._ 11 Sept. 1914--two weeks after
her father’s death.
[Illustration: =Reginald W. M. Stevens.=]
=STEVENS, WILLIAM FREDERICK=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 23397, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STEVENS, WILLIAM HENRY=, Petty Officer, 226024, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STEVENSON, CHARLES=, Lc.-Corpl., No. 1803, 3/1st Battn.
R.A.M.C. (T.F.), _s._ of Charles Stevenson, Ex-Provost of South
Queensferry, West Lothian, by his wife, Jeanie, dau. of Robert Gibb,
of Paisley, Scotland and Manitoba, Canada; _b._ Milngavie, 1873;
educ. South Queensferry Public School; was an Organist and Choirmaster
(retired); volunteered after the outbreak of war; left England for the
Dardanelles, 30 July, 1915, and was drowned when H.M. Transport Royal
Edward was sunk in the Ægean Sea, 13 Aug. 1915, by an enemy submarine;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Charles Stevenson.=]
=STEVENSON, GEORGE=, Corpl., No. 9137, B. Coy., 1st Battn.
Cameron Highlanders (Machine Gun Section), 3rd _s._ of the late
John Kay Stevenson, 41, Muirpark, Eskbank, Dalkeith, late Sergt.,
2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (died 23 Nov. 1915), by his
wife, Jessie, dau. of the late Charles Graham, of Kirkcaldy, Master
Painter; _b._ Eskbank, Dalkeith, co. Midlothian, 31 Aug. 1893;
educ. Dalkeith High School; enlisted 4 Oct. 1911; went to France with
his regt., and was killed in action, 14 Sept. 1914, at the Battle of
the Aisne; _unm._ Mrs. McLachlan, wife of the Col. Commanding 1st
Camerons, wrote: “To-night an officer of the Camerons has just been to
see me, and I asked him about your George. He says that he was killed
and buried on the battlefield during a lull in the fighting. He also
said that George was a very fine soldier, and a great loss to the
Machine-Gun Section.”
=STEWART, CHARLES=, Private, No. 9511, 2nd Battn. Scots Guard;
_b._ Anderston, Glasgow; enlisted 26 Aug. 1914; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 16 May, 1915.
=STEWART, DONALD=, Private, No. 4576, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards,
_s._ of P. Stewart, of the Isle of Skye; _b._ Skye; enlisted
21 Aug. 1902; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
killed in action, 4 Nov. 1914.
=STEWARD, EDMUND=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9115), 200012, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STEWART, DOUGLAS EVERARD MACBEAN=, Lieut.-Col. 1st Canterbury
Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Francis Macbean
Stewart, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., of Canterbury, New Zealand, formerly
of Inverness, Scotland, by his wife, Annie Stevens (Bealey Avenue,
Christchurch, N.Z.), dau. of S. C. Farr; _b._ Ashburton,
Canterbury, 25 May, 1877; educ. Boys’ High School, Christchurch. On
leaving school was for several years accountant for Messrs. Kempthorne,
Prosser & Co., and later joined in establishing the firm of Stevenson,
Stewart & Co., shipping agents. In 1900 was Lieut. Canterbury Highland
Rifles, 10 months later becoming Capt. Commanding. When the Territorial
scheme came into operation he was offered and accepted the Captaincy
of the 1st (Canterbury) Infantry Regt., and in May, 1912, was promoted
Major. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for foreign service, was
given the command of his regt. 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action
in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915. Col. Stewart held
the medal for 12 years’ service with the New Zealand Volunteer and
Territorial Forces, and was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch
of 12 June, 1915. In announcing his death, Major A. E. Loach, who
succeeded to the command, wrote: “From first to last Col. Stewart
evinced an unfailing interest in the efficiency and welfare of his
command, and his loss is most keenly felt by one and all, not only in a
personal sense, but in that the regt. has been deprived, at this early
stage, of that able leadership, confidence in which means so much to
any regt. on active service.... I enclose with this letter reports from
Lieut. Lawry and Corpl. McInnis, who were with the Colonel at the time
of his death. On Sunday last, after a landing had been effected, Col.
Stewart pushed on to the rendezvous with the 1st and 2nd Companies,
leaving me behind to bring on the remainder of the battn. The Colonel
was accompanied by the Adjutant, but on attaining the ridge occupied by
our troops he was separated from the majority of his men, the difficult
nature of the country and the disposition of the troops being such that
it was impossible to maintain touch. From Lieut. Lawry’s account it is
evident that the Colonel, regardless of danger, gallantly pushed right
into the firing line, with the object of steadying and encouraging
the men preparatory to withdrawing them to a more suitable position.
The circumstances under which your husband so bravely met a soldier’s
end make the regt. proud, indeed, to have served under so gallant an
officer, and his example will prove an incalculable stimulus to his
regt. throughout the campaign.” The reports above referred to are as
follows: “Gallipoli, 27 April, 1915.--Sir, On the afternoon of Sunday,
the 25th instant, I found myself left with a mere handful of some six
or eight men on the extreme left of the firing line, about the spot
‘Gallipoli 237-z-6.’ This ridge was so strongly occupied by Turks that
I had to shelter my men down the side of the cliff. On the opposite
bank shrapnel was raining torrents of lead, and we saw Col. Stewart
nearly struck. He called to us, ‘What are you doing?’ and learning
that I had so few men, said, ‘Lie doggo where you are, I am sending
for reinforcements.’ Shortly afterwards he joined us, and about 100
reinforcements--Australians, Aucklanders and Canterbury men--soon
came up. Col. Stewart took charge, and with great coolness led us on
to successive positions till we were within 150 yards of the crest
where he decided to await the enemy. An Australian said to him, ‘Sir,
we took this hill six times to-day, and six times we have been driven
back.’ With characteristic coolness the Colonel replied, ‘Very well,
we will take it a seventh time, and this time with the help of God and
the battery we will hold it. But this is a better position than on the
top, so we will await them here.’ The hillside was covered with scrub,
and as the Turks came on the Colonel moved with great daring from bush
to bush, controlling fire and encouraging the men. At one time an
Australian Capt. urged him to retire, but he replied, ‘No, if we lose
this hill we are done. We must hold on.’ There seemed to be snipers
about picking off the officers. Possibly the Colonel was too unmindful
of his own safety, and about 4 p.m. he was killed instantaneously by a
bullet which passed through both temples. Immediately after the Turks
made a bayonet charge. Finding myself the only officer on the ridge, I
ordered rapid fire, which the men gave heartily, the Turks retiring to
their trench. In a few minutes they charged again, and again rapid fire
held them back, but as they fell back they rushed round our left flank.
We swung our thin line round and a third time drove them back. But by
now--4.45 p.m.--the ranks were sorely depleted. I had only a dozen men
able to fire, and we took the opportunity to get away down into the
valley with the wounded. I am sure that Col. Stewart’s cheery coolness
under so very hot a fire enabled our men to do valuable and desperate
work against vastly superior numbers. (Signed:) R. A. R. Lawry, Lieut.,
Canterbury Infantry Battn.” “Gallipoli, 26 April, 1915.--Sir, I was
with Col. Stewart yesterday afternoon (25 April, 1915) when he was
killed. It was about 4 in the afternoon, and we were very hard pressed
trying to hold the top of ridge 237-z-6. We were on the point of
retiring when Col. Stewart arrived with about 30 men, Australians and
New Zealanders, and said, ‘Hullo, Corporal, how’s things?’ I told him
things were pretty hot and we were thinking of retiring. ‘Well, come
on boys,’ he said, ‘we’ll give them a bit more before we leave,’ and
although I told him it was not safe for him to come on the top as men
were falling all round us, he came and knelt down beside me, and a few
seconds later a bullet struck him in the temple, passing clean through
his head, killing him instantly. I was hit twice myself then, one
grazing my shoulder and another hitting the cartridges in my belt, but
doing no damage. There were only about a dozen of us left then. Col.
Stewart died fighting, Sir, like the brave man he was. (Signed) Corpl.
A. McInnis, 2nd South Canterbury Coy., Canterbury Infantry Battn.”
Col. Stewart _m._ Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, 9 April,
1902, Edith Ilia (Zeitoun, Merivale Lane, Christchurch, New Zealand),
eldest dau. of Richard Hill Fisher, of Canterbury, New Zealand, and had
issue two sons and a dau.: Ian Warren, _b._ 30 March, 1903; Donald
Macbean, _b._ 16 March, 1905; Patricia Joan Hill, _b._ 24
Feb. 1910.
[Illustration: =Douglas E. M. Stewart.=]
=STEWART, GEOFFREY=, Capt., 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, elder
and only surviving _s._ of the late Major-Gen. Sir Herbert
Stewart, K.C.B., by his wife, Georgina Janet, widow of Major-Gen.
Sir Henry Tombs, K.C.B., and dau. of Admiral Sir James Stirling, and
great grandson of the Hon. Edward Richard Stewart [7th _s._ of
John, 7th Earl of Galloway, K.T.]; _b._ Binfield, co. Berks, 28
Oct. 1878; educ. Eton; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Coldstream Guards, 13 July,
1898, and promoted Lieut. 12 Dec. 1899, and Capt. 3 Feb. 1907; served
in the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in the advance on, and
relief of, Kimberley, including actions at Belmont, Enslin, Modder
River, and Magersfontein; operations in the Orange Free State, Feb. to
May, 1900; including actions at Vet River and Zand River; operations
in the Transvaal in May and June, 1900, including actions near
Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill; operations in the Transvaal,
east of Pretoria, July to Oct. 1900, including action at Belfast, and
operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, Nov. 1900; operations in
the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900, to Sept. 1901, and those in Cape Colony,
Sept. 1901, to 31 May, 1902, receiving the Queen’s medal with two
clasps. He was employed with the Egyptian Army from 26 Oct. 1905, to 25
Oct. 1907; retired from the Coldstream Guards in 1910, and joined the
Reserve of Officers, 23 July, 1910, joining the Leicestershire Yeomanry
(T.F.) as Capt. in 1911, being promoted Major, 18 Feb. 1914. When war
broke out was on the North Midland Mounted Brigade Staff, but rejoined
the Coldstream Guards in Dec.; went to France at once, and was killed
in action at Givenchy, on the 22nd of that month. He was mentioned in
F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 5 April [London Gazette,
22 June], 1915. He was at one time Page of Honour to Queen Victoria.
Capt. Stewart _m._ at the Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks, 2
June, 1908, Violet (Winwick Manor, Rugby), dau. of William Clarence
Watson, of Colworth, co. Beds., and had two children: Malise Herbert,
_b._ 16 Feb. 1911, and Jean Violet, _b._ 25 March, 1909.
[Illustration: =Geoffrey Stewart.=]
=STEWART, JAMES ALEXANDER LOGAN=, of Alltyrodyn, Lieut., 1st
Battn. The Rifle Brigade, elder _s._ of the late Lieut. James
Logan Stewart, 7th Hussars (died v.p. 29 June, 1898), by his wife,
the Hon. Eveline Mary (Alltyrodyn, Llandyssul, co. Cardigan), sister
of Roland John, 13th Baron Dormer, and dau. of the Hon. Sir James
Charlemagne Dormer, K.C.B., and grandson of the late James Stewart, of
Alltyrodyn, J.P., D.L.; _b._ Bombay, India, 7 March, 1893; educ.
Winchester, and Trinity College, Cambridge; suc. his grandfather, 23
April, 1908; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Reserve Battn. of the Rifle
Brigade, 2 Sept. 1913; and promoted Lieut., 1st Battn., 30 Nov. 1914;
went to France and joined his regt. at Ploegsteert Wood in Dec.
following, and was killed in action at Shell Trap Farm, near Ypres,
13 May, 1915. On this occasion the position he was in command of was
heavily shelled and temporarily captured, by the Germans, and on the
Rifle Brigade subsequently, retaking the position, no trace could be
found of his body or of those of his men; _unm._ In 1911, he
played for Winchester against Eton; was a good all-round sportsman,
being a first-rate shot, fisherman and cricketer. His brother, 2nd
Lieut. Douglas Stewart, is now (1916) on active service with the Royal
Hussars.
[Illustration: =James A. L. Stewart.=]
=STEWART, JAMES AUGUSTUS=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Royal Munster
Fusiliers, only _s._ of James Augustus Stewart, of Buncrana,
Loch Swilly, co. Donegal, J.P. (who has since died), by his wife,
Ann Wilhelmina Jean, dau. of the late William Wray, of Oakpark, co.
Donegal, and nephew of the late Sir Augustus Abraham James Stewart,
of Fort Stewart, 9th Bart.; _b._ Fort Stewart, Rathmelton, co.
Donegal, 17 Aug. 1894; educ. at Rossall and Royal Military College,
Sandhurst, from which he was gazetted to the 2nd Battn. Royal Munster
Fusiliers, 12 Aug. 1914, being attached to the 3rd Battn. for a short
time, and promoted Lieut. 28 Nov. following. He went to the Front,
4 Jan. 1915, was wounded in action at [place unknown], and had only
rejoined his battn. on recovery a few days, when he was returned as
wounded and missing after the fighting at Neuve Chapelle on 9 May,
1915. His company officer, Capt. T. W. Filgate, wrote: “On Sunday
morning, the 9th, we made an attack on the German trenches just south
of Neuve Chapelle. Your son was seen to fall while very gallantly
leading his platoon to the assault. I very much regret that nothing
further is known of him. His manner, coolness and dash was a splendid
example to all. It may be a little consolation to you to know that we
were the only regt. to reach a part of the German first line, and this
was largely due to the bravery of a few officers and men like your son,
who so gallantly led the assault. His name will never be forgotten in
the regt., and we are all very proud of the many officers and men who
fell.” The following passage is taken from a letter which appeared
in the “Cork Examiner” of 17 Jan. 1915: “Two minutes later I, too,
followed in his wake (_i.e._, over the parapets). I was happy to
follow in the trail of another brave Munster officer. There was no
hesitation about him--no halting--no get here nor there, but simply
‘Follow me, men.’ As to his subsequent fate I know nothing. I have not
seen him since, and I would not commit myself to any statement. He was
Lieut. Stewart, 2nd Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers.” Lieut. Stewart was
_unm._
[Illustration: =James Augustus Stewart.=]
=STEWART, JOHN STEWART=, 2nd Lieut. and Signalling Officer, 1/5th
Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), only _s._ of
William Stewart, of Benview, Gourock, M.B., C.M., D.P.H., M.O.H., by
his wife, Margaret, dau. of the late John Kirkland, of Rutherglen;
_b._ Gourock, co. Renfrew, 20 Oct. 1894; educ. Greenock Academy,
and Glasgow University (where he was in the O.T.C.), and was studying
medicine when war broke out in Aug. 1914. He was given a commission in
the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders as a 2nd Lieut., 6 Nov. 1914;
went to the Dardanelles, 1 June, 1915, and died on H.M. Hospital Ship
Rewa, 15 July following, from wounds received in action after the
charge at Achi Baba on the 13th; _unm._ Major Clapperton-Stewart,
1/5th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, wrote: “We had a very bad time
on 12 July, and all the officers and men did well, but none better
than John. He had a lot of dangerous and important work, getting the
telephones across, and he did it well and fearlessly, coming through
the attack unhurt. He was wounded on the head next morning by a sniper
at 6 a.m. He is a boy with great backbone and lots of character and
I do hope has been spared, but if not, your boy at least played the
man”; and a friend: “You have a great sorrow in losing your son. but
you have a great deal to help you to bear it, for everyone that speaks
of your dear boy has some act of kindness to tell you he had done for
them.” A tribute from the Ashton U.F. Church, Gourock, by the Rev.
George Rae, M.A., states; “Lieut. Stewart, who has given his life in
the service of his country in the cause of Justice and Righteousness,
was known to most of us from his youth up, and by all who knew him
highly esteemed. He was a singularly pure-minded and clean living young
man; one who wore the white flower of a blameless life. He was also
of a singularly lovable nature, a son of whom any parents might be
proud. Having resolved to enter the medical profession he was quietly
pursuing his studies when war broke out, preparing to save men’s lives
and not destroy them, but a sense of duty compelled him to give up
what promised to be a successful medical career to serve his country,
as a soldier in her hour of need. To his military training he gave
himself in the same whole-hearted manner that he had done whatever he
undertook. He had a brief bright life. He died from wounds received in
battle at the Dardanelles. His warfare is accomplished yet over such
a death there rests, with mystic brightness, the graciousness of the
sacrifice.”
[Illustration: =John Stewart Stewart.=]
=STEWART, WILLIAM HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, 310491, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=STEWART, WILLIAM VICTOR=, 2nd Lieut. 1st Battn. Monmouthshire
Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of William Stewart, of Brodawel, Caerleon,
co. Monmouth, Mining Engineer, President of the South Wales Institute
of Engineers, and late Chairman of the South Wales Coal Owners’
Association, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Hopkin John, of Tonypandy,
Glamorgan; _b._ Abertillery, co. Monmouth, 10 Jan. 1897; educ.
Blundell’s School, Tiverton; enlisted, 28 Aug. 1914, and was killed
in action at Festubert, near Ypres, 8 May, 1915; _unm._ On the
previous evening the 1st Monmouths had been moved up into the trenches,
in which it was found there was little shelter. The battn. was
thereupon engaged throughout the whole of the night in improving the
trenches. At daybreak the enemy commenced fiercely bombarding the 1st
Monmouths, and continued doing so all the morning until about mid-day,
when they broke through our lines to the right of Mons, and it was then
that Lieut. Stewart was killed by a bullet wound in the forehead. An
incident which occurred on the day of the charge at Neuve Chapelle (12
March, 1915) is thus related in a letter which appeared in the “South
Wales Argus” of 13 April, 1915: “Our time at the redoubt was 24 hours,
and our next 24 hours was spent at a farm about half a mile from the
line. It was at this point that I essayed my most dangerous exploit.
Our Capt. asked for volunteers to carry ammunition to the trenches
as their stock was getting exhausted. No sooner had the words been
spoken than the volunteers were ready and I am pleased to say I was
one of them. First we had to get back to headquarters to obtain the
ammunition. Well, our party, under the direction of Lieut. Stewart,
safely fulfilled this part of our duty. Then our task began in earnest,
and slowly we approached the danger area along the road. On arriving
at a certain point our officer, Lieut. Stewart, ordered us to open the
boxes and carry 10 bandoliers each. Truly this was far more favourable
for moving about, and at this juncture we crept on to the side of the
road and then right into the ditch. What with the heavy going, the
excitement of being spotted, I can tell you it was far from pleasant.
Step by step we advanced until we got to the communication trench,
which was also knee deep in water. Still keeping up heart and receiving
encouragement from our officer, we plodded on. With our goal in sight
we were spotted, and didn’t the lead fly! Still, there were no hits and
we arrived safely, every man completely exhausted. After a brief spell
we soon revived, only to stop with damp pants for some eight or nine
hours, until darkness set in, when we marched back to our billets.”
[Illustration: =William Victor Stewart.=]
=STIFF, HARRY=, Private, No. 13118, 1st Battn. Suffolk Regt.,
_s._ of William Stiff, of Wickhambrook, co. Suffolk, Agricultural
Labourer, by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of William Willingham; _b._
Chedburgh, near Bury St. Edmunds, co. Suffolk, 16 Sept. 1886; educ.
Hargrave, and served for six years in the 3rd Battn. Suffolk Regt.,
being discharged with exemplary character. On the outbreak of war he
re-enlisted in the 1st Battn. Suffolk Regt., served in France and
Flanders, and was killed in action south of Ypres, 18 Feb. 1915;
_unm._
=STILES, GEORGE=, Cooper, 340278, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STILING, WILLIAM CHARLES HENRY=, Signalman, No. 216012, Royal
Navy, H.M.S. Monmouth, eldest _s._ of the late Charles Henry
Stiling, of The Minories, by his wife, Phœbe (7, Circus, Minories,
Aldgate, E.), dau. of William Thomas Pugh; _b._ St. George’s, E.,
1 Dec. 1885; educ. Sir John Cass’ School, Minories; enlisted in the
Devonshire Regt., 25 June, 1901, but was claimed out by his mother (29
June), being only 15½, and then in the 5th Battn. Rifle Brigade, but
was again claimed out; joined the Navy as a Boy (2nd class), 19 July,
1901; became Boy (1st class), 5 June, 1902; Signalman, 2 Dec. 1903;
Ordinary Signalman, 1 Oct. 1907; Signalman, 26 Nov. 1907; served in
H.M.S. Impregnable, Vivid, Royal Oak, Cambridge, Hogue, Cornwall, Mars,
Hibernia, Crescent, Orontes, Egmont, Sutlej and Monmouth (appointed 30
July, 1914), and was lost on H.M.S. Monmouth when that ship was sunk in
the battle off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914; _unm._
His brother, Thomas Edward, Leading Seaman, served at the Dardanelles
on the Swiftshire, and is now (1916) on active service on H.M.S. Royal
Oak in the North Sea.
[Illustration: =William C. H. Stiling.=]
=STIRLING, JAMES=, Capt., 3rd, attd. 1st, Battn. The Cameronians
(Scottish Rifles), eldest _s._ of Col. James Wilfrid Stirling, of
The Grange, Rockbeare, Devon, now commanding 72nd Brigade, Royal Field
Artillery, by his wife, Cecil Mary, dau. of Major-Gen. Dixon Edward
Hoste, C.B., R.A.; _b._ Hong Kong, 7 June, 1884; educ. Wellington
College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut.
to the 2nd Cameronians, 22 April, 1903, and promoted Lieut., 5 Oct.
1907; retired in 1911 and joined the 3rd Battn. at Hamilton for Special
Reserve duty; appointed Capt., -- 1912; rejoined on the outbreak of
war; went to the Front from England, 6 Oct. 1914, where he was attached
to the 1st Battn., and was killed in the trenches near Armentières, 2
Jan. 1915; _unm._ His Colonel wrote: “The loss of your dear son is
irreparable.... As his late commanding officer I deeply feel his sad
but glorious end; he was one of the most honourable, conscientious and
reliable of all my officers.” A bronze tablet was placed in Rockbeare
Parish Church to the memory of himself and his younger brother, Lieut.
W. D. Stirling, R.N. (see following notice).
[Illustration: =James Stirling.=]
=STIRLING, WILFRED DIXON=, Lieut., Royal Navy, _s._ of Col.
James Wilfrid Stirling, of The Grange, Rockbeare, Devon, now commanding
72nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, by his wife, Cecil Mary, dau. of
Major-Gen. Dixon Edward Hoste, C.B., R.A.; _b._ Pennycross, near
Devonport, 12 Sept. 1886; educ. Cheltenham College, and passed direct
into H.M.S. Britannia in 1901 and passed out 5th in his term in Dec.
1902, having been awarded the Diploma of Honour as selected Candidate
of his term for His Majesty’s medal; entered the Navy as Midshipman, 16
Dec. 1902; promoted Sub-Lieut., 15 March, 1906, and Lieut., 16 June,
1907; served as Midshipman in H.M.S. Bacchante, under Capt. (afterwards
Admiral Sir) Christopher Cradock; qualified as Navigating Officer in
1907, and acted in that capacity successively in H.M. ships Ringdove,
Media, Attentive and Grafton; was Instructor in Navigation to Cadets
at Dartmouth, Jan. 1913, to Aug. 1914; appointed Navigating Lieut.,
H.M.S. Monmouth (Capt. Brandt), Aug. 1914, and was lost when that ship
was sunk in the battle off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914;
_unm._ From many appreciative letters the following sentence is
taken from that of a brother officer: “His was a glorious example, and
if anything can lessen the terrible sorrow you and Col. Stirling are
suffering it must be the knowledge that his life was well lived and his
duty nobly done.”
[Illustration: =Wilfred Dixon Stirling.=]
=STOCK, FREDERICK ERNEST=, Drummer, No. 1137, B Coy., 4th Battn.
The East Yorkshire Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of James Stock, of 87,
Brunswick Avenue, Hull, formerly of Ramsgate, late Sergt. in the 1st
Norfolk Artillery Volunteers at Great Yarmouth, by his wife, Charlotte,
dau. of James Wright, of Great Yarmouth; _b._ Hull, co. York, 19
Aug. 1894; educ. Christ Church School there, and was a member of the
St. Paul’s Church Lads’ Brigade. A Coppersmith by trade, he served his
apprenticeship with Messrs. George Clark & Sons, Waterhouse Lane, where
his brother, Herbert, who is now (1916) on active service, was also
employed. He enlisted in the Hull Rifles in 1910, and was in training
at Newcastle on the outbreak of war, when he immediately volunteered
for foreign service. He went with his regt. to the Front, took part in
all the engagements of his battn., witnessed some of the most severe
battles in Flanders, and was killed in action at Ypres, 29 June, 1915,
and was buried in R.E. Farm, near Wulverghem (Ref. 1/40,000, Map N 35d
9–7); _unm._ A comrade wrote: “He was shot through the head at
4.15 a.m. on 28 June, and died at 4.40 a.m. the same day. I was with
him all the time waiting for him to come round, but he went without
gaining consciousness.”
[Illustration: =Frederick Ernest Stock.=]
=STOCKDALE, CECIL=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po./12872, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=STODDART, SYDNEY=, Sergt., Machine-gun Section, 10th (Service)
Battn. Durham L.I., only _s._ of Edward Stoddart, of 3, Brantwood
Terrace, Tindale Crescent, Bishop Auckland, Cordwainer, by his wife,
Margaret, dau. of the late Joseph Brown; _b._ Barnard Castle,
co. Durham, 21 Sept. 1889; educ. there; and was afterwards a Ticket
Collector at Crook Station, North Eastern Railway; volunteered on the
outbreak of war and enlisted in the 10th Durham L.I., 12 Aug. 1914;
went to France, 19 May, 1915, was promoted Sergt. on or about 29 May,
and was killed in action at Ypres, 21 July, 1915; _unm._ Buried
in the 43rd Brigade Cemetery there. Lieut. John B. Rosher wrote to his
mother: “I know so well what a splendid fellow he was, as he has been
in my machine-gun section so long. Always cheery under the most adverse
circumstances, and always ready to help in every way possible. He is
a great loss to my section, and I feel that his loss is a personal
one. We have worked the gun together several times, and I had many
opportunities of admiring his coolness and courage.”
[Illustration: =Sydney Stoddart.=]
=STOKELL, ROBERT=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 25783 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914.
=STOKER, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Ordinary Seaman, S.S. 4905, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STOKES, ALFRED EDGAR=, E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 7616, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STOKES, ARTHUR EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4120), S.S. 1320, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=STOKES, HALDANE DAY, M.V.O.=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. King’s Own Royal
Lancaster Regt., only _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Henry Haldane Stokes,
of Devonshire House, Cowley, co. Oxford, late R.A.M.C., by his wife,
Florence, dau. of Samuel Browne, and grandson of the late Lieut.-Col.
Patrick Day Stokes, of Tralee, co. Kerry; _b._ Dublin, 21 Sept.
1885; educ. Tonbridge School; joined the Earl of Derby’s 3rd Royal
Lancaster (Militia) Regt. in 1904, and received a regular commission
in the 2nd Battn. 6 July, 1907, and was promoted Lieut. 26 June, 1910;
served in India, and returned with his regt. after the outbreak of
the European War, landing in England 23 Dec. 1914; left for the Front
15 Jan. following, and was killed in action near Ypres, 17 Feb. 1915;
_unm._ Buried at Zillebeke. He received the fifth class of the
Victorian Order in June, 1905, when only 19 years of age.
=STOKES, THOMAS WILLIAM=, A.B., 238670, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STONE, BERTIE EDWARD=, Leading Signalman, 229302, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STONE, CECIL DOUGLAS=, Ordinary Signalman, J. 14500, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=STONE, GEORGE ALFRED=, Sail Mate, (R.F.R., A. 2937), 132084,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=STONE, JAMES WILLIAM=, Private, N. 5510, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 1st _s._ of the late James Stone, Maltster, by his wife,
H. (43, Albert Street, Horncastle), dau. of John Would; _b._
Horncastle, co. Lincoln, 1 March, 1883; educ. there; was a Maltster
and Labourer before he enlisted in the Coldstreams, 7 April, 1904;
went to France, 26 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Rentel 12
Nov. following. Buried in the woods there. He _m._ at Horncastle,
Harriet (43, Albert Street, Horncastle), dau. of John Would, and had a
son, James Walter, _b._ 12 July, 1913.
=STONEHAM, LOUIS=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 868), late Ch.
11705, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STONEHOUSE, CHARLES BROWELL=, Private, No. 13612, 6th (Service)
Battn. E. Yorks Regt., 7th and yst. _s._ of John James Stonehouse,
of Sunderland, Bricklayer, by his wife, Ann, dau. of Ann Browell, of
Sunderland; _b._ Bishopwearmouth, co. Durham, 2 Jan. 1878; educ.
there; was employed at the Hylton Colliery; enlisted 16 Oct. 1914;
trained at Grantham, arrived at the Dardanelles, 6 Aug., and was
killed in action there three days later, 9 Aug. 1915. He _m._
at Southwick-on-Wear, 31 July, 1904, Ada Jane (30, Nelson Street,
Southwick-on-Wear), dau. of John Griffin, of Sunderland, and had issue:
Charles Browell, _b._ 15 Jan. 1909; Thomas, _b._ 26 Feb.
1914; Margaret, _b._ 22 May, 1905; Christine, _b._ 19 July,
1906; Lilian, _b._ Nov. 1907; Annie, _b._ 22 Aug. 1910; and
Ada Jane, _b._ 19 May, 1915.
[Illustration: =Charles B. Stonehouse.=]
=STONEMAN, HENRY CHARLES BRYANT=, Pensioner, Carpenter’s Mate,
145536, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=STOPHER, JAMES FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B.
7731), S.S. 103115, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22
Sept. 1914.
=STORER, RAYMOND TRITTON=, Private, No. 237, 5th Battn. (London
Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of Henry Norris
Storer, of Belle Grove, Welling, Kent, Market Gardener and Fruit
Grower, by his wife, Ellen Eliza, dau. of William Rush Tritton;
_b._ Welling, 16 Feb 1894; educ. Hope Lodge, Welling, and Roam
School, Greenwich, and on leaving the latter entered the employ of Mr.
V. A. Litkie, Diamond Merchant. On the outbreak of war he volunteered
for foreign service, and joined the London Rifle Brigade, 31 Aug 1914,
and after six months’ training at Haywards Heath and Crowborough,
sailed for France on his twenty-first birthday. They were sent up to
the trenches, and he was killed two months later at the second Battle
of Ypres, 26 April, 1915. It was on this occasion that a General,
speaking of the London Rifle Brigade, remarked that he had never seen a
finer regiment. Storer was buried at Fortuin; _unm._
[Illustration: =Raymond Tritton Storer.=]
=STOREY, GEORGE ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R. Ch. B. 5735),
S.S. 100704, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=STOWE, CHARLES WILLIAM HARVEY=, A.B., S.S. 4086, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=STRACHAM, WALLACE=, Leading Stoker, K. 1435, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=STRACHAN, HUGH=, Private, No. 3472, 1st Battn. The Black Watch
(Royal Highlanders), 5th _s._ of the late James Strachan,
Ploughman, by his wife, Jean, dau. of John Ross; _b._ Johnshaven,
near Montrose, 16 Jan. 1870; educ. Montrose Public School; enlisted
in the Black Watch, and served under Gen. Wauchope, and was invalided
home with malarial fever and discharged just before the South African
War; became a Signalman on the North British Railway; re-enlisted in
his old regt. after the outbreak of war, 2 Sept. 1914; left for the
Front with the 1st Battn. in Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at
La Bassée, 25 Jan. 1915. Private Strachan was a first-class shot. He
_m._ at Edinburgh, 13 Oct. 1899, Isabella (3, South Gayfield Lane,
Edinburgh), dau. of the late Donald Robertson, and had two children:
Hugh, _b._ 16 July, 1900; and Eleanor, _b._ 16 Oct. 1902.
=STRANGE, ARNOLD JOHN WARD=, Private, No. 2190, 5th (Cinque Ports)
Battn. The Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Charles James
Strange, of Brackleigh, Crowborough, Sussex, retired Farmer, by his
wife, Mary Jane, dau. of Thomas Ward; _b._ Silsworth Lodge, Crich,
Rugby, 8 Sept. 1896; educ. King Charles’ School, Tunbridge Wells. On
the outbreak of war joined the Sussex Territorials and signed on for
foreign service, 14 Aug. 1914; went to France, 18 Feb. 1915, the battn.
being held in reserve for the 2nd Sussex; selected as sniper for his
platoon, 4 March, 1915; mortally wounded by a shell on Sunday, 17 Oct.
1915, and died the following day at Sailly-au-Bois; _unm._ Buried
in the military cemetery at Louvercourt. His commanding officer spoke
highly of him, describing him “as most intelligent, a keen soldier,
always ready to volunteer for everything, brave as a lion and a
splendid shot.”
[Illustration: =Arnold John W. Strange.=]
=STRANGER, RICHARD HENRY=, Lieut. and Adjutant, 1st Battn. The
Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.), only _s._ of Richard
John Stranger, of Franchise, Burwash, Sussex, Yeoman and Land Owner, by
his wife, Wilhelmina Key, dau. of the late Melchior George Klingender,
of Waterloo, Liverpool; _b._ Court House, North Molton, Devon,
19 Dec. 1889; educ. The Hermitage, Bath, and Allhallows, Honiton;
joined the Royal Sussex Militia, 6 Jan. 1908, and was appointed to
the Sherwood Foresters, then at Secunderabad, India, 28 May, 1910. He
was promoted Lieut. 10 Aug. 1912, and became Adjutant, 31 July, 1913.
On the outbreak of war he returned to Europe with his regt. and died,
13 March, 1915, of wounds received in action at Neuve Chapelle, being
buried in Boulogne Cemetery; _unm._ Lieut. Stranger was mentioned
in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant
and distinguished conduct in the field.
[Illustration: =Richard Henry Stranger.=]
=STRATFORD, THOMAS=, 2nd Yeoman of Signals (R.F.R., B. 317),
149993, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STRATTON, EDWIN VICTOR=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13889, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STRATTON, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5454, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=STRAW, WILLIAM HENRY=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27544, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=STREET, WILLIAM HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3119), S.S.
100752, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=STREETER, WILLIAM HENRY=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 30),
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=STREVENS, FRANCIS=, A.B., J. 6277 (Ports.), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STRICKLAND, CHARLES= (_alias_ =HAYDON, J.=), A.B.
(R.F.R., Ch. B. 713), 104408, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the
North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STRIKE, STANLEY GEORGE=, Private, No. 1455, 1st Battn. (Post
Office Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of George Barham
Strike, Post Office Pensioner; _b._ London, 21 Oct. 1891; educ.
Havist Road Council School, Queen’s Park, W.; killed in action at
Festubert, 24 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried on the field of battle. A
comrade wrote he “was shot through the head and died instantly.... Stan
had to lie with several others behind a ridge to keep the ‘gentlemen in
grey’ from becoming too troublesome, and while there was sniped.... I
can only say that he died doing his duty and none of us can do more.”
[Illustration: =Stanley George Strike.=]
=STRONELL, EDWARD=, Gunner, R.M.A., 10738, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=STRONG, ALBERT VICTOR=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2133), 191308,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STRONG, FREDERICK JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class, 310788 (Dev.),
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=STRONGMAN, WILLIAM JAMES=, Private, No. 12/910, Auckland
Infantry Battn. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of William
S. Strongman, of Coromandel, Auckland, New Zealand, Engine Driver;
_b._ Coromandel, 1 Jan. 1895; educ. Coromandel District High
School; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war,
and left for Egypt in Oct. 1914; took part in the landing at the
Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there 8 May
following; _unm._
=STROUD, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Shipwright, 115268 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STUART, JOHN=, Private, No. 18161, No. 1 Coy., 3rd Battn.
Grenadier Guards, _s._ of John Stuart, of 16, Bridge Street,
Wigan, Collier, by his wife, Ellen; _b._ Wigan, co. Lancs., 19
Dec. 1883; educ. St. Joseph’s School, Wigan, and afterwards worked
as a Miner at the Moss Hall Collieries. After the outbreak of war he
enlisted in the 3rd Battn. Grenadier Guards, 7 Sept. 1914, and was
killed in action, being shot through the head by a sniper while filling
sand bags, at Neuve Chapelle, 3 April, 1915; _unm._
=STUART, PERCY CHARLES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./14085, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=STUBBINGTON, WILLIAM CHARLES=, A.B., 231916, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=STUBBS, ALBERT CHARLES WILLIAM=, A.B., J. 760, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STUBBS, BERNARD CASTLE=, Private, No. 2655, 9th Battn. (Queen
Victoria Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of the late
Charles Stubbs, of 20, Grafton Road, Worthing, by his wife, Kate Marian
(141, Gladstone Road, Watford, Herts.), dau. of Thomas Henry Castle;
_b._ Worthing, 6 March, 1891; educ. Slough School (1899–1907),
and on leaving there entered the London offices of the Union Castle
Line; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Queen Victoria
Rifles, Sept. 1914; went to France with a draft for the 1st Battn.
in Feb., and was sent direct to the firing line; took part in the
fight on Hill 60, during the night of 20–21 April, under Lieut. G.
H. Woolley, who then gained the first Victoria Cross conferred on a
Territorial officer; was wounded in the head by a piece of shell, 22
June, 1915, and died in the Receiving Hospital, Bailleul, without
recovering consciousness; _unm._ At Slough he was head boy of the
school during his last few terms, the holder of a cup for the school
championship at “fives,” and the winner of the swimming medal of the
school. He later captained the Old Boys’ Football Team.
[Illustration: =Bernard Castle Stubbs.=]
=STUBBS, HERBERT CLAUDE=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 819), late
R.M.A. 5329, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=STUBBS, JOHN DUNCAN=, Midshipman, R.N., elder _s._ of
Thomas Duncan Henlock Stubbs, of Nunthorpe, Yorkshire, Major, North
Riding Heavy Battery, 13th Brigade, R.G.A. (now on active service in
France), by his wife, Margaret Isobel, dau. of Arthur Buchannan, of
Guisborough, Yorkshire; _b._ Coatham, Redcar, co. York, 24 June,
1899; educ. Coatham Grammar School; Pembroke Lodge, Southbourne, and
the Osborne (entered May, 1912), and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges,
and had just completed one term at the latter college when war broke
out, and the Cadets from the college were sent to various ships on
active service. As senior he took a party of nine Cadets of his term
to Chatham, where they joined the Aboukir, and in a few days time he
went to sea as acting Midshipman. Shortly afterwards the Cadets were
all promoted Midshipmen. He was attd. to the Gunnery Lieut., and was
in charge of four 12-pr. guns. Life on board was much to his liking,
writing home he described it as “the most glorious time of my life.”
On 22 Sept. the Aboukir was the first ship to be torpedoed; everyone
came on deck, as it was obvious that the vessel was sinking. Stubbs
noticing that one of the other Midshipmen was not on deck went below
to look for him, he found the boy asleep (he had just come off watch),
woke him up, and brought him on deck. As one of the officers wrote:
“It took some pluck to do this with the ship heeling over and likely
to go at any moment.” Stubbs swam in the direction of the Hogue, but
before he reached her she was torpedoed also and sank very quickly. He
then swam towards the Cressy, and while in the water in company with
another Midshipman of the Aboukir, they came across a drowning man
calling for help. They went to his assistance and succeeded in holding
him up for some time, telling him what to do to help himself, but as
the man was unable to do as they told him, they were obliged to leave
him as they could hold him up no longer. They got to the Cressy where
they received dry clothes and hot cocoa, and were in the sick bay when
the Cressy was struck the first time. They went on deck, and when the
second torpedo struck the ship they took to the water again. Stubbs
was seen in the water clinging to some wreckage some time afterwards,
but when the rescuing boats came along he had disappeared. According
to an Artificer of the Hogue the following incident took place after
the Cressy was sunk: A man was calling for help some distance away, the
Artificer saw two Midshipmen on a plank not far from the man, later he
saw the boys leave the plank they were on and swim towards the man.
The latter seized the boys, then there was a short struggle and all
three disappeared. The Artificer was then only a few yards away, he
saw the boys clearly, and from his description and from the fact that
all the other Midshipmen were accounted for, it is thought that almost
certainly the boys referred to were Midshipmen Stubbs and Riley. One
of the officers of the Aboukir wrote saying of Stubbs: “He was of
the greatest assistance to me, in fact I could not have done without
him. It was impossible for him to tell a lie. He was always cheerful
no matter what time of day or night, nor how rough the sea was.” And
again he wrote: “There were many fine things done that day, but none
finer than his. He was one of the best and truest boys I ever met.” He
early showed signs of great promise; at Pembroke Lodge he held a high
place in the school, and was also good at all games. He played for the
school in both the cricket and football teams, and in the school sports
won every open event, taking the Sports Challenge Cup with the maximum
number of marks. In the words of his headmaster: “He was one of God’s
perfect little gentlemen.” At the R.N.C., Osborne, he was promoted
Cadet captain on completion of his third term at the college, he played
for the college at cricket, being given his colours in 1913, and won
the prize for the best field in the college. He passed out of the
college head of his term, being awarded the Admiralty’s prize for the
Cadet obtaining the highest aggregate number of marks in all subjects,
including engineering and seamanship.
[Illustration: =John Duncan Stubbs.=]
=STUBLEY, FREDERICK=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 38), H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=STUCKEY, FREDERICK=, Major, 6th (Hauraki) Regt., New Zealand
Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late Samuel Stuckey, of
Christchurch, New Zealand (a native of Somersetshire, England);
_b._ Christchurch, New Zealand, 8 April, 1877; educ. Nelson
College (where he was winner of the Gymnastic and Swimming
Championships); travelled in Europe for two years to qualify himself
in French and German, and on his return joined the New Zealand T.F.;
became Capt. 13 May, 1912; volunteered for Imperial service after
the outbreak of war and was appointed Capt. 6th Regt. New Zealand
Expeditionary Force, 1 Sept. 1915, and later Major; left for Egypt with
the main body in Oct.; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25
April, 1915, and was thereafter missing, and is now assumed to have
been killed in action the same day. The Col. wrote: “The last I saw of
him was as he was gallantly leading his company up a ridge that ran to
the left of Shrapnel Gully, and later in the day it was reported that
he had been severely wounded (through the stomach, and if I remember
correctly, through the chest), and that his men were unable to get
him back. My report to the A.A.G. was ‘missing and severely wounded,
believed killed,’ but as rumours were about that he had been taken off
to a hospital ship, this was altered to wounded. Personally, I do not
think there is any chance that he is a prisoner in the hands of the
Turks”; and an officer of the 3rd Auckland Regt.: “At the time he was
wounded I was on the look-out for any New Zealand officers, especially
those I knew. I was on duty on an Auxiliary Hospital Ship Lutzow. I had
two trips in her, and we arrived in Alexandria in company with many
other ships, all of which I visited each time. I had heard the Major
was severely wounded, and was especially looking out for him, but never
found a trace of him having landed back in Egypt, where practically
all the wounded went. Neither could I find him in any hospital in
Alexandria. I did hear that he was in a Cairo hospital, but on further
enquiries could not trace him. I also asked our Base Commandant at
Alexandria to make a thorough search, which I am sure he did. Several
of the Hauraki men told me they had seen the Major put on board a
lighter on the Anzac Beach, and I am quite prepared to believe this. It
is more than probable that he died before reaching the hospital, and
was taken away in a mine sweeper and buried at sea, without his name
being noted in the fearful rush of wounded which came from shore the
first day or two.... The Major was very popular with men and officers
alike, in fact almost the most popular, he was always so fair.” He was
_unm._
[Illustration: =Frederick Stuckey.=]
=STUDD, LIONEL FAIRFAX=, Clerk in Holy Orders, and Capt. 12th
Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of John
Edward Kynaston Studd, M.A. Camb., President and Chairman of the
Polytechnic, Regent Street, by his wife, Hilda, dau. of Sir Thomas
William Brograve Proctor-Beauchamp, 4th Bt., and the Hon. Caroline
Esther Waldegrave, dau. of Granville George, 2nd Lord Radstock;
_b._ 2, Cavendish Place, London, W., 16 May, 1891; educ. at
Winchester and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took Honours
in History. He then studied for a year at Ridley Hall, where he
was a double prizeman. On leaving Cambridge in 1913 preparatory to
taking Orders in the following spring, he threw in his lot with the
Polytechnic, in whose work he had always been interested, and to which
he had ever given his help, notably in connection with the Christmas
Dinner Fund and the Scottish Holiday Tours in Edinburgh. During the
winter session of 1913–14 Capt. Studd, who had strong inclinations
for a missionary life, determined to render himself more efficient
by a course of practical business training. He entered as a student
at the Polytechnic Business Training School, studying accounts, and
then entered the accounts department, where he helped with the books.
During this time he became a regular member of the second hockey team
and a constant attendant at the weekly Bible classes. He joined the
12th Battn. of the London Regt. as a Subaltern in the “Poly” Coy., 15
Nov. 1909. On Trinity Sunday, 1914, he was ordained a Minister of the
Church of England in St. Paul’s Cathedral by the Bishop of London,
and commenced his work as a curate at St. James’s, Holloway, under
the Rev. J. C. Banham. Here he worked assiduously during the summer
months, and letters from the parish show that even in that short time
he had gained the respect and affection of the very large congregation
that worshipped there. Towards the end of the summer he had seriously
thought of giving up his place in the 12th London Regt., and only held
on hoping to be permitted to have a few more drills with his “Poly”
friends, and perhaps to go to camp with them. Before any further
steps could be taken war was declared, and he felt it to be his duty
to continue with his regt. He was gazetted Capt. on 2 Sept. 1914.
This promotion, to his great regret, severed his connection with the
“Poly” company, and though he had a few “Poly” boys in his company, he
was able to see comparatively little of his old friends. For several
weeks he was in charge of the guard at Waterloo station, and received
the thanks of those in authority for the efficient way in which the
work was done. He and his company were in the trenches near Ypres on
the night of 13 Feb. 1915. The following day a severe attack was made
on the trenches, and he was struck by shrapnel in the head and died
without suffering. The company received great praise for the steady way
in which they had faced serious trouble. His old company were not in
action on that day, but took their place under fire on the following
day, the 15th, and then it was that their chief, Major V. R. Hoare,
lost his life. They were buried in the same grave in a field adjoining
the Cimetière de Menin, about half a mile east of Ypres, where they
had previously been billeted. His commanding officer, Col. A. D.
Bayliffe, wrote: “Lionel was one of my best officers and universally
popular with all ranks in the battn. He and Vin have been laid side by
side in the cemetery just outside the town where we were quartered at
the time [Ypres]. ‘In death they were not divided.’ It may be of some
slight comfort to you, in your great distress, to know that the result
of their good work in the past was shown in the gallant conduct and
bearing of the ‘Poly’ lads and enabled them to stand firm and endure
their ordeal so splendidly.”
[Illustration: =Lionel Fairfax Studd.=]
=STUMBLES, HORACE GEORGE=, Corpl., No. 990, D Coy., 25th Battn.
7th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Forces, _s._ of Thomas
George Stumbles, of 10, Godolphin Terrace, Devonport, Royal Naval
Outfitter, by his wife, Kate Ellen, dau. of William Rockett; _b._
Stoke, Devonport, 17 July, 1892; educ. Devonport High School; went
to Australia in June, 1911; enlisted 15 Feb. 1915, proceeded to the
Dardanelles, where he was severely wounded in right leg, and died of
dysentery and compound fracture of leg on board H.M.S. Aquitania, 20
Oct. 1915; buried Mudros East; _unm._
=STURROCK, ALBERT GEORGE=, E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 6666, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=STURROCK, DAVID DUFF=, Corpl., No. 1845, 9th Battn. Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), elder _s._ of Peter Sturrock, of
Drummaird, Lenzie, L.R.C.P., and S. Ed., Lieut. R.A.M.C. by his wife,
Helen Amelia, dau. of James Swirles, of Edinburgh; _b._ Jedburgh,
15 Sept. 1894; educ. Jedburgh Grammar School and Lenzie Academy; was an
Analytical Chemist; joined the 9th Territorial Battn. of the Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders, 13 April, 1913; volunteered for foreign service
on the outbreak of war; went to France, 19 Feb. 1915; was wounded 18
March, 1915, but returned to duty 9 May, and was killed in action at
the 2nd Battle of Ypres, on the 10th; _unm._ Buried near Ypres.
[Illustration: =David Duff Sturrock.=]
=STYANCE, ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9385), S.S.
106626, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STYLES, FREDERICK ERNEST=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Munster
Fusiliers, eldest _s._ of the late Frederick Styles, of Preston,
Lancashire, and 49, Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park, W., by his wife,
Helena Alice Wellington (124, Knightsbridge, S.W.; Blackmoor, Four
Elms, Kent), widow of Capt. L. B. A. Poynter, 7th Hussars, and dau.
of John Brophey; _b._ 27 Jan. 1884; educ. Harrow and Sandhurst;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Munster Fusiliers 13 May, 1903, and promoted
Lieut. 9 Jan. 1906. He retired in April, 1914, but rejoined his regt.
just before the outbreak of war. He was killed in action at Etreux, 27
Aug. 1914; _unm._ Capt. Wise, the Adjutant of the regt., writing
to Mrs. Styles, said: “You will already have heard that poor Fred was
shot on Thursday, 27th inst. At the time he was gallantly leading his
men under a heavy fire, and had he survived would certainly have been
mentioned in despatches. I was not actually present when he was hit,
but I have been told by those who were on the spot that his death was
painless and instantaneous. When I saw him a few minutes later he was
lying peacefully as though asleep. As this letter will be censored
by the German authorities, I am unable to give you any details as to
the action, or the situation of the battlefield. All the officers who
fell were buried in one grave, and a service was conducted by a German
clergyman.” An interesting account of the doings of the Munsters and of
their great stand this day will be found under the notice of Lieut. C.
E. V. Awdry. The eight officers who fell this day were buried by the
Germans in one grave, and the N.C.Os. and men in another, side by side,
near the railway station of Etreux, on the right-hand side of the road,
400 yards north of the level crossing. They also erected crosses to
mark the spot.
[Illustration: =Frederick Ernest Styles.=]
=STYLES, FREDERICK GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 13796, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=STYLES, HARRY=, Private, No. G3872, 2nd Battn. Royal West Surrey
Regt., _s._ of George Styles, of Albury, Surrey; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Festubert, 16
May, 1915.
=STYLES, JOHN=, Private, No. 6484, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
3rd _s._ of Harry Styles, of Alderton, near Chippenham, co. Wilts,
by his wife, Martha; _b._ Corston, co. Wilts, 13 Oct. 1883;
educ. Malmesbury Public School; enlisted in the Wiltshire Regt. 25
March, 1901; became L.-Corpl. 19 May, 1904, and Corpl. 23 June, 1904;
transferred to the Coldstreams, 13 Dec. 1905; served during the South
African War, guarding prisoners at St. Helena, 20 June, 1901, to 11
Sept. 1902 (medal); and in Egypt, 31 Oct. 1907 to 23 March, 1911, and
returned to England for King George’s Coronation; was called up with
the Reserves on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to Franco with
the Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug. and was killed in action at Soupir, 14
Sept. 1914, during the retreat from Mons; _unm._ Private Styles
received the cross guns and stripe.
[Illustration: =John Styles.=]
=SULIVAN, PHILIP HAMILTON=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal
Munster Fusiliers, 4th _s._ of Col. Ernest Frederic Sulivan,
now commanding 10th (late commanding 4th) Battn. East Surrey Regt.,
formerly of the Hampshire Regt., by his wife, Florence Mary, dau.
of James Houldsworth, of Coltness, Lanarkshire; _b._ Mayfield
Hall, Ashbourne, co. Derby, 27 Aug. 1894; educ. Malvern, and the
Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Munster
Fusiliers, 25 Feb. 1914; went to France, 13 Aug. 1914, and was killed
in a rearguard action at Etreux, France, 27 Aug. following, during the
retreat from Mons. Buried by the Germans at cross roads, near Etreux,
with eight of his brother officers who fell the same day; _unm._
[Illustration: =Philip Hamilton Sulivan.=]
=SULLIVAN, BARTHOLOMEW=, E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 4733, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SULLIVAN, JOHN JAMES=, Private, No. 6585, 3rd. Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of George Sullivan, by his wife, Jane, dau. of George
Parsons; _b._ co. Surrey, 5 Jan. 1887; educ. Dockhead School,
Bermondsey; was a Brushmaker; enlisted 29 Jan. 1906; served seven years
with the Colours and two on Reserve, including five years (29 Sept.
1906 to 23 March, 1911) in Egypt; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914; was
killed in action at Villers Cotterets, 1 Sept. 1914, and was buried in
the churchyard there. Private Sullivan _m._ at the Parish Church,
Mortlake, 26 Dec. 1911, Caroline Harriett (26, Hampton Square, Sheen
Lane, Mortlake), dau. of Henry Joseph Parsons, and had a son, Thomas
Joseph, _b._ 19 July, 1914.
[Illustration: =John James Sullivan.=]
=SUMMERS, SYDNEY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4403), S.S.
103389. H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SUMMERS, WILLIAM WIGAN=, L.-Corpl., No. 81, Army Medical Corps,
Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of George Summers, of Norton,
Warwickshire, Clay Worker, by his wife, Mary Jane; _b._ Measham,
co. Derby, 1 June, 1887; educ. York Road Schools, Church-Gresley,
Derbyshire, and on leaving school went to Shirebrook, Derbyshire, and
worked in the collieries, and was a Local Preacher; went to Australia
in 1913; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Ambulance
Corps; left for Egypt with the main force; died 28 June, 1915, of
wounds received during the landing at Suvla Bay; _unm._
=SUMMERSCALES, PERCY=, Private, No. 1465, 3rd Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, _s._ of John Summerscales, of Asset Common,
Yorkshire; _b._ Thornhill, co. York, 10 June, 1881; educ. there;
went to Australia; volunteered on the outbreak of war; served in Egypt
and at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action during the fighting at
Lone Pine, 9 Aug. 1915; _unm._
=SUTCH, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Rifleman, No. 2315, 16th Battn.
(Queen’s Westminster Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of
Charles Strugnell Sutch, of 45, Antill Road, South Tottenham, S.E., by
his wife, Clara, dau. of Henry Robert Blake, of Birmingham; _b._
Tottenham, London, 6 Dec. 1894; educ. The Grammar School there; entered
the employ of the London Telephone Service as a Clerk in 1912, and was
a member of the Civil Service Cadets, only resigning in conformity
with the demands of the age limit, with the rank of Sergt.; joined the
Queen’s Westminsters soon after the outbreak of war, in Sept. 1914;
went to France, 2 Nov., and died in Nottingham Hospital, 4 April, 1915,
after undergoing three operations rendered necessary by wounds received
in action at Houplines on 6 Jan.; _unm._ He was a keen sportsman
and an enthusiastic yachtsman, and was the means of saving life on the
River Lea.
=SUTHERLAND, GEORGE ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 3238, 1/14th Battn.
(London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Alexander
Gair Sutherland, Superintendent, Metropolitan Police, Vine Street
Station, Piccadilly, W., by his wife, Mary, dau. of A. Rugg, of Bower,
Caithness, Scotland, Farmer; _b._ Hammersmith, 27 Sept. 1886;
educ. South Western Polytechnic, Chelsea; was employed at H.M. Patent
Office as assistant clerk; joined the London Scottish on the outbreak
of war, 9 Sept. 1914, and was subsequently seven months in the firing
line, during which time, according to a letter received from his
commanding officer, he proved an excellent and cheery soldier. He was
killed in a charge at Hulluch, near Loos, 13 Oct. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =George A. Sutherland.=]
=SUTHERLAND, GEORGE LACEY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 7437), S.S. 1329,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=SUTHERLAND, JAMES McKAY=, Corpl., No. 2737, 3rd, attd. 1st,
Battn. The Royal Scots, eldest _s._ of Thomas William Sutherland,
Pipe Major 3/6th Highland L.I., by his wife, Catherine (43, Eaglesham
Street, Glasgow), dau. of Duncan McLaren, late of Callander,
Perthshire; _b._ Edinburgh, 17 Oct. 1896; educ. Lambhill Street
School, Glasgow; enlisted in Sept. 1913; went to the Front with the 2nd
Battn. of his regt. 3 Oct. 1914, and was wounded in action at La Bassée
in Nov. and invalided home. After undergoing an operation in hospital
at Oxford, he had a month’s leave, and then went back to Weymouth, from
which place he went to France in March with a draft for the 1st Battn.
He died in hospital at St. Omer, 22 April, 1915, of wounds received in
action at Hill 60 on the 18th, and was buried at St. Omer.
[Illustration: =James McK. Sutherland.=]
=SUTHERLAND, JOHN=, L.-Corpl., No. 2030, College Coy., 6th Battn.
The Royal Scots, _s._ of John Sutherland, of Meadowmill, Tranent,
East Lothian, by his wife, Annie, dau. of James Wise; _b._
Meadowmill, Tranent, 6 Sept. 1888; educ. public school there, and
Boroughmuir Higher Grade School, Edinburgh; was a teacher at Lauriston
Public School, Falkirk; joined the 6th Volunteer Battn. of the Royal
Scots, 29 Jan. 1906, and served with them till 31 March, 1908, when
he passed into the 4th Battn. (T.F.); in 1910 he was transferred to
the College Coy. of the 6th Battn. and served four years; after the
outbreak of war he rejoined on 6 Sept. 1914, and with them volunteered
for foreign service; they were attached to the 4th Battn. and left for
the Dardanelles in May, 1915. He was wounded in action at Krithia, 28
June, 1915, and died the following day; _unm._
=SUTHERLAND, JOHN=, Private, No. 10539, 2nd Battn. The Royal
Scots, _s._ of John Sutherland, of 15, West Port, Edinburgh,
Labourer; _b._ Fountainbridge, co. Edinburgh; educ. Cranston
Street; enlisted in the Royal Scots, 18 Oct. 1909; went to the Front
in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Vermelles, 24 Nov. 1914;
_unm._
[Illustration: =John Sutherland.=]
=SUTTIE, HENRY=, A.B., 223301, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SUTTON, FERGUS ALGERNON=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. South Lancashire
Regt., 2nd _s._ of Algernon Charles Sutton, of Hamsted House,
Chidham, Chichester, and Woodcroft, Tunbridge Wells, a great grandson
of Sir Richard Sutton, 1st Bt., M.P., Under Secretary of State,
1766–72, by his wife, Winifred Alice, dau. of William Edwin Cotton
Fell, of Lochrin, Edinburgh; _b._ Chidham, Chichester, 26 Aug.
1891; educ. Tonbridge School; joined the 5th Battn. (Cinque Ports)
of the Royal Sussex Regt., and became Lieut. 2 Aug. 1913. From the
Territorial Force he was gazetted as 2nd Lieut. to the South Lancashire
Regt. 10 June, 1914, and was promoted Lieut. 15 Nov. the same year. On
the outbreak of war he went to France with the Expeditionary Force,
was present at the retreat from Mons and at the Battles of the Marne
and the Aisne, at which latter he was wounded. After returning home in
Nov. 1914 he again left for the Front in the following Jan., and was
killed in action near Ypres, 26 Feb. 1915; _unm._ He was buried at
Kemmel, in the military cemetery. At Mons Lieut. Sutton made a gallant
attempt to save a machine gun in a trench from which they had to
retire; while he and another man were lifting the gun out, the Germans
brought one of their own machine guns to the head of it, and starting
to fire, killed his companion. Capt. B. Evans, after Lieut. Sutton’s
death, wrote to his parents: “Your son was an extremely gallant
man, and I, as his company officer, wrote twice to the authorities
recommending him for the D.S.O. If any one in this war has deserved
this distinction, he most certainly did so. In my experience, I have
met many gallant young fellows, but I never remember having met a young
officer who was always so cool and collected under every circumstance
as he was. His indifference to danger was remarked by all of us. His
loss is a great one to the regt. and he will be missed by all of us who
know him.”
[Illustration: =Fergus Algernon Sutton.=]
=SUTTON, JAMES THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3795), 191412, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=SUTTON, HUBERT=, L.-Corpl., No. 1757, A Squadron, Surrey Yeomanry
(T.F.), only _s._ of Oswald Walker Sutton, of 17, Rosebery Avenue,
E.C., and 2, Fernwood Avenue, Streatham, S.W., by his wife, Hannah
Fletcher, dau. of Alexander Grossmann; _b._ Clapham, S.W., 25
Oct. 1892; educ. St. John’s, Brixton, and Alleyn’s, Dulwich; was a
Commercial Traveller; joined A Squadron, Surrey Yeomanry, Nov. 1913;
volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war and transferred
to C Squadron, Surrey Yeomanry; left England for Egypt, 20 March, 1915;
arrived at the Dardanelles 3 Aug. and died on shipboard, 22 Aug. 1915,
of enteritis contracted in the Gallipoli trenches; _unm._ Fond of
sport, he was at the same time much interested in literature and was a
good writer, and a posthumous work entitled “Fragments of Verse” was
published by his parents.
[Illustration: =Hubert Sutton.=]
=SUTTON, THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10131), 204339, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SWAINLAND, WILLIAM OSBORNE=, Stoker, 1st Class, 304300, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SWAN, ANDREW CAMPBELL=, Private, No. 7376, 1/4th Battn. King’s
Own Scottish Borderers (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Walter Johnston
Swan, of Reston, co. Berwick, Tailor and Clothier, by his wife, Mary
Rose, dau. of William Rose, of Duns; _b._ Reston, 5 July, 1896;
educ. Reston Public School; volunteered and enlisted, 23 Nov. 1914;
left for the Dardanelles, 25 May, 1915, and died on the hospital ship
Asturias, 13 July, 1915, of wounds received in action the previous day;
_unm._ Buried in Base Cemetery at Cape Helles.
[Illustration: =Andrew Campbell Swan.=]
=SWAN, GEORGE=, Private, No 15479, 1st Battn. Royal Fusiliers,
_s._ of David Swan, of 21, Sloan Street, Leith, by his wife,
Helen, dau. of Robert Fairweather; _b._ Bathgate, co. Linlithgow,
25 Aug. 1878; educ. Bathgate Academy; enlisted in the 2nd Battn.
Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, 5 Nov. 1899; served in the South
African War, 1899–1902, with the 1st Battn. (Queen’s medal with five
clasps); transferred to the 1st Battn. Royal Fusiliers in 1913;
went to France, 9 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Chapelle
d’Armentières, 18 Oct. 1914; _unm._ Buried there. His brother,
Pioneer James Blair Swan, was killed in action at the same place (see
following notice).
[Illustration: =George Swan.=]
=SWAN, JAMES BLAIR=, Pioneer, No. 1975, 1/9th Battn. Royal Scots
(Highlanders), yst. _s._ of David Swan, of 21, Sloan Street,
Leith, by his wife, Helen, dau. of Robert Fairweather; _b._
Ballark House, Nairn, 19 Aug. 1893; educ. Leith; was a Joiner with
Drysdale & Son, Leith; joined the Royal Scots on the outbreak of war,
11 Aug. 1914; trained at Edinburgh; went to France, 23 Feb. 1915,
and was killed in action at Chapelle d’Armentières, 15 July, 1915;
_unm._ 2nd Lieut. H. M. Wardrop wrote: “He was killed up here
in the trenches while putting up barbed wire in front of the reserve
trench. He was in the act of driving in a post when a stray bullet
grazed his rifle and entered into his back, passing right through him.
He suffered no pain, as he never regained consciousness and passed
away just as we got him into the dressing station. We laid him to rest
at 9.15 p.m. the next night and his body was carried to the little
cemetery (at Chapelle d’Armentières) about three-quarters of a mile
behind the trenches by four of his old comrades in the same section
and platoon as he was before he went to the Brigade Pioneers; his body
being covered with the Union Jack.... As his platoon officer I had a
very high opinion of him, for he was a most useful man all-round. It
was because of this that he was transferred to the Brigade Pioneers,
where he continued to do excellent work.” His brother, Private George
Swan, was killed in action at the same place, 18 Oct. 1914 (see
previous notice).
[Illustration: =James Blair Swan.=]
=SWAN, THOMAS GEORGE=, Private, No. 3317, 1/3rd Battn. The Royal
Scots, _s._ of Thomas Swan, Crimean Veteran; _b._ Athlone,
18 April, 1877; educ. Bells School, Leith; enlisted in the Royal
Scots, 11 Dec. 1895; served through the South African War, 1899–1902
(Queen’s medal with clasps); obtained his discharge, 10 Dec. 1902,
and joined the Reserve, completing his 16 years of service in 1911.
On the outbreak of war he re-enlisted in his old regt., 19 Aug. 1914;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in
action at Hill 60, during the second Battle of Ypres, 21 April, 1915.
He _m._ at St. Thomas’ Church, Leith, 27 Dec. 1907, Annie (3/2,
Corporation Buildings, Leith), dau. of (--) Ferguson, and had five
children: Thomas George, _b._ 6 March, 1911; Robert, _b._ 27
June, 1914; Mary, _b._ 6 Oct. 1906; Susan Jane, _b._ 31 Oct.
1908; and Janet, _b._ 23 June, 1912.
=SWANN, JOHN DAVID LIVERMORE=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9885), 220674,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SWANN, THOMAS HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7964),
292930, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SWANN, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109372, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SWEETING, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14608, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SWEETMAN, JOHN STANLEY=, Capt., Toronto Home Guards, Canadian
Militia, 3rd _s._ of Edward Sweetman, late of Ryde, I.W., Brewer,
by his wife, Emily (42, Priory Road, Hampstead, N.W.), dau. of the
late William Godden, of East Street, Southampton; _b._ Ryde, 28
July, 1890; educ. Hyde Upper Grade School; was an Accountant in the
Bloor Bathurst Street Branch of the Home Bank of Canada; joined the
Toronto Home Guards after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and died
in the General Hospital, Toronto, 12 Oct. 1914, from cerebral-spinal
meningitis, contracted while undergoing a course of training;
_unm._
[Illustration: =John Stanley Sweetman.=]
=SWEETSUR, JAMES HENRY=, Private, No. 1891, 7th Battn. Middlesex
Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Edward J. Sweetsur, of 58, Grove Road,
Tottenham; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed
in action, 22 March, 1915.
=SWETENHAM, EDMUND=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Durham L.I., only child of
Clement William Swetenham, of Somerford Booths, Congleton, co. Chester,
late Lieut., R.N., by his wife, Louisa, yst. dau. of Ralph Creyke,
of Rawcliffe and Marton Hall, Yorkshire; _b._ Somerford Booths
aforesaid, 30 April, 1890; educ. Eastman’s Royal Naval Academy; Army
School, Stratford-on-Avon, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst;
gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Durham L.I., 20 April, 1910, and
promoted Lieut. 1 Jan. 1914; went to the Front, 1 Oct. 1914, and was
killed in action in the trenches at Rue du Bois, near Armentières, 27
Oct. following; _unm._ Buried there.
[Illustration: =Edmund Swetenham.=]
=SWIFT, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 21026, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
killed in action at Ypres, 11 June, 1915.
=SWIFT, PETER=, Private, No. 9/1834, 3rd Battn. Royal Fusiliers;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action,
26 April, 1915; _m._
=SYMES, HAROLD=, Driver, No. 2499, 1st Battery Home Counties
Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Alfred
Symes, of 48, East Street, Littlehampton, co. Sussex, Stonemason, by
his wife, Kate, dau. of William Luxford, of Pulborough; _b._
Littlehampton, 2 June, 1896; educ. there; was a Butcher’s Assistant;
enlisted 4 Oct. 1915, and was accidentally drowned at High Wycombe, 3
Dec. 1915, while in training there; _unm._
=SYMES, JOHN BORKWOOD=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26728 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SYMMANS, JOHN=, Gunner, R.M.A., 6749, B. 952, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SYMMS, CHARLES FULLERTON=, Telegraphist, J. 3596, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SYMONDS, ALBERT HENRY=, A.B., 214225, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SYMONDS, EDGAR=, Private, No. G6575, 8th (Service) Battn.; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 20 Oct. 1915;
_m._
=SYMONDS, WILLIAM HARRY=, Private, No. 12059, 2nd Battn. Suffolk
Regt., 2nd _s._ of Spencer Symonds, of Badwell Ash, Bury St.
Edmunds, Farmer, by his wife, Minnie, dau. of the late William Green
Hatten, of Walsham-le-Willows; _b._ Badwell Ash, 13 May, 1894;
educ. Albert College, Framlingham; enlisted on the outbreak of war,
served with his regt. in France and Flanders, and was killed in action
at the Battle of Hooge, 16 June, 1915; buried there in the Sanctuary
Wood; _unm._ A brass tablet has been erected to his memory in the
Parish Church at Badwell Ash.
[Illustration: =William Harry Symonds.=]
=SYMONDS, WILLIAM PERCY=, Stoker, 1st class, K. 5165, H.M.S.
Monmouth; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=SYMONS, ALFRED ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11325, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SYMONS, HERBERT WILLIAM=, Capt., 1st Battn. King’s Own Yorkshire
L.I. (attd. Camel Corps), yr. _s._ of the late Lieut.-Col. Herbert
Charles Symons, formerly commanding King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., by his
wife, Ada Clara (Brooklands, Newport Pagnell, co. Bucks), dau. of
Frederic Wells, of Oaklands, Chelmsford; _b._ Fulford, co. York,
17 Nov. 1884; educ. Uppingham; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to his father’s old
regt. 13 Jan. 1904, joined at Aldershot, 15 Feb. following, and was
promoted Lieut. 4 Sept. 1906, and Capt. 9 Sept. 1914. He was employed
with the West African Frontier Force from 29 March, 1911, to 4 March,
1914, and was then attached to the Somaliland Camel Constabulary. He
was killed in action at Shimber Berris, Somaliland, while serving with
the Camel Corps, 19 Nov. 1914, and was buried at Little Bohotleh,
Somaliland; _unm._ He had the Royal Humane Society’s testimonial
for saving the life of a comrade in South Africa.
=SYMONS, WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 8056), 203642,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=SYNNES, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7950), S.S.
103617, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 1914.
=SYRED, FREDERICK ARTHUR=, C.E.R.A., 1st Class, 149442, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SYRETT, JOHN=, Leading Seaman, 235653, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost
when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=RENNY-TAILYOUR, HENRY FREDERICK THORNTON=, 2nd Lieut., 5th
Field Company, Royal Engineers, yst. _s._ of Colonel Henry
Waugh Renny-Tailyour, of Borrowfield, Forfarshire, and Shrewsbury
House, Dublin, J.P., late R.E., by his wife, Emily Rose, dau. of John
Wingfield Stratford, of Addington Park, West Malling, Kent; _b._
Homebush, Sydney, New South Wales, 31 July, 1891; educ. Arnold House,
Llanddulas, and Rugby; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Royal Engineers, 20
Dec. 1912; went to France with the 5th Field Coy. R.E. 2nd Division,
1st Army Corps, 15 Aug. 1914; was wounded at the Battle of the Aisne,
14 Sept., but did not leave duty, and was killed in action at Ypres,
11 Nov. 1914, while leading his section against the Prussian Guards;
_unm._ He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s
Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the
field.
[Illustration: =H. F. T. Renny-Tailyour.=]
=TALBOT, EDWARD CHARLES=, Capt. and tempy. Major, 47th Sikhs,
Indian Army, 2nd _s._ of the late Major Francis Arthur Bouverie
Talbot, of 89, Philbeach Gardens, S.W., late Oxfordshire L.I., by
his wife, Alice Mary Beatrice, dau. of Gen. Edward Melville Lawford;
_b._ Biggleswade, co. Bedford, 9 April, 1881; educ. Haileybury
College; joined the Herts Militia, 2 April, 1900; gazetted 2nd Lieut.
to the Bedfordshire Regt., 26 June, 1901, and promoted, Lieut., 23
March, 1904; transferred to the Indian Army, 23 April, 1904, and became
Capt., 2 April, 1909; served in the South African War, 1900–02; took
part in the operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, July to 29
Nov. 1900; operations in the Orange River Colony; operations in Cape
Colony, 30 Nov. to Dec. 1900, July to Aug. 1901, and Oct. to Nov. 1901;
and those in the Orange River Colony, Aug. to Oct. 1901, and Nov. 1901,
to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps and King’s medal with
two clasps); and with his regt. with the Indian Expeditionary Force
in France and Flanders, Sept. 1914. He was slightly wounded at Neuve
Chapelle in March, but was able to remain on duty, and was made a
tempy. Major in command of the regt., which he held till he was wounded
at Ypres on 26 April, 1915, and died at Hazebrouck on the 29th, where
he was buried. Capt. Talbot was mentioned in Field-Marshal Sir John
(now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915. While at Haileybury he
played in the Football XV. He _m._ at Weybridge, 30 Sept. 1908,
Dorothy Maynard (Eridge, Teignmouth, South Devon), dau. of Sir William
Gibbons, K.C.B., and had two children: Patricia Mary, _b._ 23 Dec.
1909; Iris Nonie, _b._ 26 Dec. 1913.
[Illustration: =Edward Charles Talbot.=]
=TALBOT, HUMFREY RICHARD=, Lieut., 3rd Prince of Wales’s Dragoon
Guards, yst. _s._ of Gustavus Talbot, of Marchmont House, Hemel
Hempstead, Herts, by his wife, Susan, 2nd dau. of Robert Elwes, of
Congham House, Norfolk, J.P., D.L., and grandson of Rev. the Hon.
George Chetwynd-Talbot [bro. of Henry, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury];
_b._ Ceylon, 11 Sept. 1889; educ. Wellington College and Frieburg,
Germany; gazetted 2nd Lieut. from the Militia to the King’s Liverpool
Regt., then in India, 11 Dec. 1909; promoted Lieut., 16 Sept. 1912;
transferred to 3rd Dragoon Guards, 26 Feb. 1913; left for France, 30
Oct. 1914, and was killed in action by shell fire near Ypres, 13 Nov.
following. Buried in cemetery at Ypres; _unm._ He was a keen
sportsman and was Master of Hounds at Lahore, 1912–13.
=TALLACK, WILLIAM FRANCIS NECK=, Private, No. 4815, 1/17th Battn.
(Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Richard
Tallack, of Stepney, by his wife, Mary, dau. of (--) Jones; _b._
Stepney, 10 Oct. 18--; educ. Ben Jonson School there; joined the Poplar
and Stepney Rifles, June, 1915; went to France in Oct., and was killed
in action at Loos, 7 Jan. 1916, being buried there. He _m._ at Camden
Town, N. 17 Dec. 1893, Clara Elizabeth (54, Cecil Road, Leytonstone),
dau. of Robert Spinks, and had seven children: William James, Private,
No. 2824, D Coy., 3/6th Essex Regt., _b._ 1895; Frank Robert, Private,
No. 2825, 3/6th Battn. Essex Regt., _b._ 1897; Richard, _b._ 8 Dec.
1898; Hubert, _b._ 14 Nov. 1900; Frederick, _b._ 29 Dec. 1907; Lily,
_b._ 13 Dec. 1902; and Clara, _b._ 13 Dec. 1905.
[Illustration: =William F. N. Tallack.=]
=TAMPIN, CHARLES THOMAS=, Probationary, 2nd Cook’s Mate, M. 7603,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TANNER, ERNEST EDWIN=, Private, No. 2980, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 3rd _s._ of John Tanner, of Cheltenham, Labourer, by his
wife, Emma, dau. of John Wheeler; _b._ Cheltenham, co. Gloucester,
16 Sept. 1877; educ. Devonshire Street School there; was Labourer at
Kynock’s Ammunition Works, Birmingham; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 2
Oct. 1899; served in the South African War 7 Nov. 1901, to 4 Oct. 1902
(medal with three clasps, “Cape Colony,” “S.A. 1901,” “S.A. 1902”),
and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 7 Oct. to 12
Nov. 1914, and died a prisoner of war in No. 3 German Field Hospital,
15th German Army Corps, Hallin, of wounds received in action. Buried
at Hallin. He _m._ at Emmanuel Church, Bristol, 3 Aug. 1907,
Lillie (10, Willway Street, St. Phillip’s, Bristol), 3rd dau. of Thomas
Slocombe, of Bristol, and had one son, Arthur Thomas John, _b._ 23
June, 1908.
[Illustration: =Ernest Edwin Tanner.=]
=TANNER, RALPH EYRE=, Capt., 1st Battn. The King’s Liverpool
Regt., elder _s._ of Ralph Tanner, of 2, Little Dean’s Yard,
Westminster Abbey, S.W., M.A., Senior Assistant Master at Westminster
School, by his wife, Lucy Lawrence Le Grice, dau. of George Lewis
Phipps Eyre; _b._ Regent’s Park, 16 July, 1885; educ. South
Kensington Preparatory School; Westminster, and Sandhurst. He was
gazetted on 16 Aug. 1905, as 2nd Lieut. to the King’s Liverpool Regt.,
which had formerly been commanded by his great-uncle, Major-Gen. Edward
Tanner, C.B. He was promoted Lieut. 25 Sept. 1908, and Capt. 16 Sept.
1912, and served for a year with the 1st Battn. in India, 1908–9. On
the outbreak of war he went to the Front with the Expeditionary Force,
and was in the retreat from Mons, behaving in the first action in which
the regt. was engaged, as his Colonel wrote, “with great coolness
under a murderous fire.” On 14 Sept. 1914, during the Battle of the
Aisne, while leading his company through thickly wooded country he was
seriously wounded by a party of Germans upon whom they came suddenly.
Owing to heavy shell fire it was impossible to move from the wood, and
during the course of the day another shell, bursting near, killed the
two stretcher-bearers and wounded Capt. Tanner again. By the devotion
of his men he was carried back some 4 miles to the dressing station,
where he was skilfully doctored by Major A. Martin Leake, V.C., who,
like Capt. Tanner, was an old Westminster. After seven days he reached
Versailles, where he died from his wounds at No. 4 General Hospital,
23 Sept. 1914. He was buried in the Cimitière des Guards with full
military honours, a guard of honour being furnished by a detachment of
French cavalry and a large number of French officers attending. Col.
Bannatyne, who was afterwards himself killed, wrote: “We in the regt.
are sustained by the knowledge that Capt. Tanner met his death when
leading the van in a magnificent attack on the enemy, who were holding
an enormously strong position. The regt. was advance guard to the
whole Division.... Capt. Tanner and Capt. Feneran, both of whom were
wounded, most gallantly sustained the honour of the King’s. Our great
sorrow at his loss will consequently be mingled with pride at his most
gallant conduct.” Letters from his brother officers and from privates
in the regt. testified to the affection in which he was held and how
deeply his loss was felt. Capt. Tanner _m._ at Westminster Abbey,
11 June, 1913, Edith Vere Marjorie, 4th and yst. dau. of John Henry
Brodie, then of Chart’s Edge, Westerham, co. Kent, and had one son:
Peter Ralph Eyre, _b._ 13 Sept. 1914.
[Illustration: =Ralph Eyre Tanner.=]
=TAPLIN, ALFRED CHARLES=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 76), H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=TAPLIN, PERCY CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 7897, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TAPSFIELD, CLAUDE REGINALD=, Bandsman, No. 704, 1/5th Battn. East
Kent Regt. (The Buffs), 2nd _s._ of the late Frederick Tapsfield,
for 18 years a member of the East Kent Yeomanry, by his wife, Laura
Louisa (2, East Hill, Ashford, Kent), dau. of Valentine Munn (now the
sole survivor of the first 80 men of the 1st East Kent Volunteers sworn
in at Maidstone); _b._ Maidstone, co. Kent, 5 June, 1889; educ.
British School, Ashford, and S.E.A. College, Wye; was a Newsagent and
Tobacconist; joined the Kent Territorials in 1905; volunteered for
foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to India with his regt.
29 Oct. 1914, and died on service at Pachmari, 1 June, 1915, following
an operation for appendicitis; _unm._ Capt. F. Muckley wrote:
“Tapsfield was not only a clever musician and good soldier, but was
so well liked by every one of us for his cheerful good fellowship. He
was attended to his grave by every man of the 5th Buffs stationed at
Pachmari, and buried with military honours.”
[Illustration: =Claude Reginald Tapsfield.=]
=TARN, MARK AITCHISON=, Engine-Room Artificer, H.M.S. Aquarius,
R.N., only _s._ of John Tarn, of Hornby Road, Bootle, Liverpool
(formerly of Alston, Cumberland), Foreman Joiner, Messrs. J. Ellerman’s
Engine Works, Liverpool, by his wife, Mary, eldest dau. of James
Aitchison, of Melrose; _b._ Jarrow-on-Tyne, 1 Aug. 1894; educ.
Christ Church Higher Grade and the Junior Technical Schools, Bootle,
and was nominated by the local authority for training as Engine-Room
Artificer on board H.M.S. Fisgard, Portsmouth, 31 Dec. 1909. Here he
won the high esteem of his officers and comrades by his attention
to duty and proficiency. On the outbreak of war he was appointed to
H.M.S. Vernon, and later to H.M.S. Aquarius, and while serving on the
latter at the Dardanelles was taken ill with acute dysentery. He was
transferred to No. 15 Stationary Hospital, Mudros, Lemnos Island, and
died 31 Aug. 1915, being buried in the cemetery there. Tarn was an
all-round sportsman, being elected captain of the Rugby football team
for three years, and won his cup in the final at Devonport. A memorial
tablet was placed in St. Matthew’s Church, Bootle, where he served as a
choir boy.
[Illustration: =Mark Aitchison Tarn.=]
=TARRANT, WILLIAM THOMAS=, Ship’s Corpl., 1st Class (R.F.R., B.
9590), 209374, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=TATHAM, TREVOR HODGSON STANLEY=, Lieut., Royal Navy, eldest
_s._ of Stanley Tatham, of Montana, Bournemouth, member of the
Institute of Naval Architects, by his wife, Frances Emma Constance
(Montana, Branksome Park, Bournemouth), dau. of Michael Hodgson
Tatham; _b._ Newcastle-on-Tyne, 16 Nov. 1887; educ. The Old Ride,
Branksome Park, Bournemouth; Stubbington House, Fareham, and H.M.S.
Britannia; entered the Navy and became Midshipman, 15 Feb. 1904;
Sub-Lieut. 15 April, 1907, and Lieut. 15 July, 1908; served six years
on H.M. ships Formidable, Duncan and Barham; was A.D.C. to Capt. Walker
while a Midshipman on the Formidable; took part in the Somaliland
Expedition, 1909 (medal); re-appointed to the Formidable (his first
ship), 9 Aug. 1913; and was lost when that ship was torpedoed in the
English Channel, 1 Jan. 1915.
[Illustration: =Trevor H. S. Tatham.=]
=TATLER, ROBERT=, Private, No. 1289, 1st Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, _s._ of the late Robert Tatler, by his wife,
Amelia (14, Longville Road, Newington Butts); _b._ Walworth, 30
Oct. 1891; joined the Australian Contingent on the outbreak of war;
died at Netley Hospital, Southampton, 25 June, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Robert Tatler.=]
=TAVERNOR, JOHN=, Private, No. 11599, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, elder _s._ of Frederick Tavernor, of 6, Middle Friars,
Stafford, Railwayman, by his wife, Hannah, dau. of Thomas Holmes;
_b._ Rugeley, co. Stafford, 22 Feb. 1891; educ. Rugeley; was a
Joiner by occupation; enlisted on 2 Sept. 1914; went to the Front, 22
Dec. following, and was killed in an attack on the German position at
Cuinchy, Belgium, 6 Feb. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Tavernor.=]
=TAYLER, ERIC HARDWICK=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. York and Lancaster
Regt., 2nd _s._ of Archdale Tayler, of Manurewa, Auckland,
New Zealand, Accountant, by his wife, (--), dau. of J. G. Culpan,
of Auckland; and grandson of the late Rev. Archdale Wilson Tayler,
of Leeds, England; _b._ 15 Jan. 1894; educ. Auckland Grammar
School; St. John’s College, Tanaka (where he held a Maria Blackett
Scholarship), and Auckland University College. He received a commission
in the Coast Defence Detachment of the 3rd (Auckland) Regt., 11
March, 1912, and in March, 1914, sat for the examination open to the
Territorial Forces of Canada, South Africa, Malaya, and Australasia,
for direct commissions in the regular Army. There were about 180
candidates, and Lieut. Tayler headed the list with 3,307 marks, out
of the possible 4,500. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the York and
Lancaster Regt. 20 June, 1914, and left Auckland two days before the
outbreak of war to join his regiment at Jubbulpore, India. From there
they were ordered to England and went to the front early in 1915. After
about a fortnight in the trenches he contracted pneumonia and was
admitted to the Clearing Station at Hazebrouck, France, 31 Jan. 1915,
and died 9 Feb. following of double pneumonia; _unm._
[Illustration: =Eric H. Tayler.=]
=TAYLOR, ARCHIBALD=, Sergt., No. 7919, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action,
29 Jan. 1915.
=TAYLOR, ARTHUR CUTHBERT BROOKE=, A.M.I.C.E., Lieut., 6th Battn.
Manchester Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Col. Herbert Brooke Taylor,
of The Close, Bakewell, Derbyshire, Solicitor, and his wife, Mary
Taitt, dau. of the Rev. William Mallalieu; _b._ West Bank,
Bakewell afsd., 15 March, 1888; educ. Lady Manners’ School, Bakewell;
and Cheltenham College, and on leaving there took the Engineering
Course at Manchester University, obtaining the Engineering Certificate.
He afterwards joined the firm of Saunders & Taylor, Ltd., and was
elected an Associate Member of the Institute of Civil Engineers. He
obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 2nd Vol. Battn. of the
Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.), and while serving with this
battn. passed the Hythe Course with distinction, and was appointed
to command the machine gun section. His method of adapting machine
guns to mountain warfare when manœuvring in the North Derbyshire
hills demonstrated the possibilities of machine gun warfare which the
present war has so immensely developed. He was promoted Lieut. in Sept.
1907. The 2nd Vol. Battn. Sherwood Foresters was a 13-company battn.,
and when the Territorial scheme came into operation was nearly 1,500
strong. The reduction of the infantry quota of Derbyshire necessitated
the reduction of the battn. to eight companies. As a result Lieut.
Brooke Taylor reverted to the rank of 2nd Lieut. rather than retain
his rank and pass to the reserve. As his business necessitated his
residence nearer Manchester than Bakewell, he applied to be attached
for training to the 6th Manchesters, and declining a captaincy in his
old battn., was transferred as a Lieut. to this reg., in the spring
of 1914. He was shortly afterwards appointed instructor of musketry
to the battn., and held that position at the time of his death. On
the outbreak of hostilities he volunteered and went to Egypt with the
East Lancashire Division, and eventually to Gallipoli, where he landed
early in May, 1915. He was killed in action there 4 June following;
_unm._ A fortnight before, on the death of the senior Capt. of
his company, he had been appointed second in command, and his Colonel
wrote: “I do not think it would be possible to speak too highly of his
character and qualities. During the time of training, from mobilisation
up to the end of our time in Egypt, he was untiring in his special
work of pushing on the musketry instruction of the men, and was always
full of work, valuable ideas and suggestions. With his keenness and
attractive character he could, of course, do anything with the men, and
he had a large share in making the battn. the splendid fighting force
it proved to be. No one was keener or more anxious to see service.” And
a brother officer: “Brooke Taylor did the work of four men. His energy
and fearlessness was an example to everyone.”
[Illustration: =Arthur C. B. Taylor.=]
=TAYLOR, CLEMENT HAROLD=, Private, No. 1785, 1/15th Battn.
Prince of Wales’ Own (Civil Service Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.),
3rd _s._ of Francis Taylor, of 6, Church Street, Leominster,
Postmaster there, by his wife, Florence Annie, dau. of the late John
Andrew Brewer, of Poulteney Gardens, Bath; _b._ Chippenham,
co. Wilts, 9 Aug. 1892; educ. St. Paul’s National School, and
Wiltshire County Secondary School, Chippenham; was a Civil Service
2nd Division Clerk in Comptroller and Accountant General’s Department
of the G.P.O.; joined the Civil Service Rifles, in March, 1914; was
in camp when war was declared on 4 Aug. 1914; went to France, 17
March, 1915, and died there, 25 July, 1915, of wounds received from
an accidental bomb explosion; _unm._ Buried at the Military
Cemetery, Noeux-les-Mines. Lieut. Scott wrote that he was wounded on
Saturday afternoon at about 3.30 p.m. and that although he lived till
morning was unconscious the whole time, and continued: “It may be some
consolation to you to know that he was one of the very best soldiers
and one of the very best men in my platoon. He was always entirely
reliable, and always willing and eager to undertake any job that was
going. He proved his worth, especially on night patrols between our
lines and the Germans, for which he would always volunteer whenever it
fell to our platoon to furnish one. His loss is deeply felt by all his
comrades whose admiration and affection he had soon won.” On the day
before the accident he wrote to his mother: “The battalion has now done
16 days in the trenches and came out last night, I believe. I left on
the 14th day with a small party to come here for a course of four days
at a bombing school. Bombs are fast becoming a most important factor in
trench warfare, so a good many men are being trained to use them. It is
a nice change after a fortnight’s trench life, and very interesting,
too.” Private C. H. Taylor, was a keen student of Economics, and in an
examination held by the Society of Arts in 1914 he won first place in
all England.
[Illustration: =Clement Harold Taylor.=]
=TAYLOR, DANIEL JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1325), 201149, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=TAYLOR, ERNEST=, Painter, 1st Class, 166048, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TAYLOR, ERNEST EDWIN=, Stoker, Petty Officer, Chatham 295559,
H.M.S. Laertes; killed in action in Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=TAYLOR, FRANCIS ROBERT=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2265B, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TAYLOR, FRANK=, E.R.A., 1st Class, 270109, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=TAYLOR, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Officers’ Steward, 2nd Class, L. 3147,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TAYLOR, HENRY=, L.-Corpl., No. 9793, 1st Battn. Essex Regt., 6th
_s._ of Thomas Joseph Taylor, of 4, Reed’s Bank, Ocklynge Road,
Eastbourne, retired Civil Servant, by his wife, Mary White, dau. of the
late Henry Seward; _b._ Tottenham, N., 8 June, 1892; educ. West
Green Road Board School; joined the Middlesex Special Reserve about
April, 1911, and transferred in Aug. following to the 2nd Essex; was
sent with draft to Mauritius to join the 1st Battn. in Oct., 1913; left
for the Dardanelles on the Caledonia from Avonmouth, 22 Feb. 1915;
was appointed L.-Corpl. on the field, died through wounds received in
action at the Saghir Dere, Gallipoli, 29 June, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Henry Taylor.=]
=TAYLOR, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3628), S.S. 101257,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=TAYLOR, JOHN ALFRED=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26367 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=TAYLOR, LEO LAMBERT=, Mechanician, 298742, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=TAYLOR, MILES BRUNSKILL=, Private, No. 7155, 3rd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Thomas Taylor, for many years a railway
guard on the London & North Western Railway, by his wife, Mary, dau.
of Miles Thompson; _b._ Lancaster, 18 Oct. 1886; educ. Christ
Church School, Lancaster; enlisted in the 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
26 Feb. 1907. In the Reserve on the outbreak of war he was called up
on mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914; served in France and Flanders, passing
unhurt through engagements at Mons, Landrecies, Lowey and Fontenay,
but was seriously wounded by shrapnel, 8 Sept. 1914, and died at La
Tretoire the same day. He _m._ at Christ Church, Lancaster, 30
Sept. 1912, Margaret (4, Trafalgar Road, Lancaster), yst. dau. of the
late Robert Turner, of Maze Lisburn, Ireland, and had two daus.: Hilda
Irene, _b._ 21 June, 1913; and Annie Norah Myles, _b._ 30
Dec. 1914. Three of his brothers are now (1916) on active service, and
one a munition worker.
[Illustration: =Miles Brunskill Taylor.=]
=TAYLOR, RONALD FRANCIS=, 2nd Lieut., 5th Battn. King’s Shropshire
L.I. 4th _s._ of Alfred Taylor, of Starston Place, Harleston,
Norfolk, J.P., by his wife, Anna Enfield, dau. of Septimus Dowson,
of Southtown, Great Yarmouth; _b._ Starston Place, afsd., 29
Feb. 1888; educ. St. Andrew’s School (Rev. E. L. Browne), Eastbourne;
Malvern College, and Pembroke College, Cambridge (B.A. 1909); and after
a short period as an assistant master at St. Andrew’s School, joined
the firm of Oslers, Birmingham; volunteered on the outbreak of war,
and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 5th Shropshire L.I. 28 Sept. 1914;
went to France 21 May, 1915, and was killed in action near Ypres, 9
Aug. 1915, during the attack on Hooge. He was in command of an advance
trench, a shell killing him instantaneously while he was endeavouring
to bind up the wound of one of his corporals. Lieut. Taylor was a good
athlete, and an all-round sportsman. He was a member of the Malvern
College Cricket XI, and a fine shot.
[Illustration: =Ronald Francis Taylor.=]
=TAYLOR, THOMAS=, Sick Berth Steward (Pensioner), 121820, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TAYLOR, THOMAS JOHN=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 404), late
Ch./6355, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TAYLOR, WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4250), S.S.
102958, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TAYLOR, WALTER WILLIAM=, Rifleman, No. 604, 1/21st Battn. (1st
Surrey Rifles), The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of William
Taylor, Verger and Guide at St. Paul’s Cathedral, by his wife, Clara,
dau. of James Fensome; _b._ Brixton, London, S.W., 19 June, 1888;
educ. St. Saviour’s School there; was a Porter in the Goods Department
of the S.E. and C. Railway; joined the Surrey Rifles, 1 Aug. 1909;
volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914;
went to France, 12 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy,
25 May, 1915; being buried there. He _m._ at St. Paul’s Church,
Herne Hill, S.E., 1910, Maud (99, Milkwood Road, Herne Hill), dau. of
Ernest Ward, and had two children: Walter William, _b._ 17 June,
1913, and Maud Ethel, _b._ 11 Jan. 1911.
[Illustration: =Walter William Taylor.=]
=TAYLOR, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./13522, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=TAYLOR, WILLIAM JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3554), S.S. 956, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=GAWAN-TAYLOR, FRANCIS=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. York and Lancaster
Regt., 2nd _s._ of His Honour Judge (Henry) Gawan-Taylor, of
Croftlands, Heads Nook, Cumberland, County Court Judge of Circuit
No. 3, Cumberland and Westmoreland, by his wife, Rachel, 3rd dau.
of the late Thomas Joseph Candler, of Low Hall, West Ayton, co.
York; _b._ Darlington, 27 Aug. 1892; educ. Rossall (Scholar and
Exhibitioner), and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (Scholar, 1913);
was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. York and Lancaster Regt. (Special
Reserve), 16 Jan. 1915; was attd. to the 2nd Battn.; went to France, 1
June, 1915, and was killed in action near Hooge, 9 Aug. 1915, during
the British advance north and west of Hooge; _unm._ Buried
there. While at Rossall School he was a member of the O.T.C.; was a
keen athlete and ran in the mile race for Cambridge in 1914, when the
Oxonian, A. N. S. Jackson, beat him by eight yards. His Commanding
Officer wrote of him: “Your son was one of my subalterns; he was a
very promising young officer and was doing very well. We had to take
some German trenches.... I had two subalterns hit on the way there,
but your son was there after we got into their trench. It was while
directing the consolidating of their trenches that he was hit by a
bullet through both temples. The men of his platoon greatly regret his
loss, as they had learned to love him.” He was engaged to be married to
Alyson May Estcourt Boucher, dau. of the Rev. Canon Boucher, Rector of
Frolesworth, Lutterworth.
[Illustration: =Francis Gawan-Taylor.=]
=TEHAN, EDMUND FREDERICK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3718), S.S. 1029,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=TEMPLE, JOHN=, E.R.A., 1st Class, 270540, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TEMS, WALTER EDGAR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7841), S.S.
103270, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TENNANT, CHARLES GRANT=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Batt. Seaforth
Highlanders (T.F.), only _s._ of James Tennant, of Fairlie,
Ayrshire, and formerly of Newcastle-on-Tyne, J.P., by his wife,
Henrietta Grant, dau. of Alexander Andrew Fergusson; _b._ Lowfell,
co. Durham, 23 July, 1882; educ. Charterhouse, Godalming, where he
was a senior scholar, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was an
exhibitioner; and on finishing his education, became a Director of
the Tharsis Sulphur and Copper Co., Ltd., and of Alexander Fergusson
& Co., Ltd., Glasgow, Lead Manufacturers. On the outbreak of war in
Aug. 1914, he volunteered and joined the Public Schools Battn. and was
gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 4th Battn. Seaforth Highlanders, 1 Oct.
1914; went to France, 5 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action near Neuve
Chapelle, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ His Commanding Officer wrote: “After
less than four months soldiering his name was sent to the War Office
for promotion to Capt.; that fact shows what a born soldier he was. On
every occasion that we were under fire he was always the same, cool and
collected. He declined promotion, as he wished to remain with the men
with whom he had trained.”
[Illustration: =Charles Grant Tennant.=]
=TERRY, CHARLES HENRY=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 293803, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=TERRY, FRANK ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 15464, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TERRY, FREDERICK JOHN CORTORPASSI=, Ordinary Signalman, J. 20300,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TERRY, HARRY=, Sailmaker, 158515, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action
in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TERRY, WILLIAM JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9015), 208316, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TESTER, THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4068), 190099, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TETLEY, ARTHUR NORMAN=, L.-Corpl., No. 304, B Squadron, 8th
Australian Light Horse, 3rd Brigade, Australian Expeditionary Force,
3rd _s._ of William Tetley, of Berwick, Gippsland, Victoria,
Squatter, by his wife, Kate, dau. of Arthur Noyes; _b._ in
Victoria, 19 Feb. 1889; educ. C. E. Grammar School, Melbourne;
volunteered on the outbreak of war, being the first to do so in his
district; left for Egypt with the main force; went to the Dardanelles
15 May; was wounded in action at Walker’s Ridge, Gallipoli, 7 Aug., and
died at sea on board the hospital ship Delta, 8 Aug. 1915; _unm._
Sergt. C. H. Lyon wrote: “I saw a good deal of him over at Gallipoli,
and he did splendidly from beginning to end. I know men in his troop
thought a lot of him, and it was only owing to lack of vacancies that
he didn’t get rapid promotion. On June 23 Norman got shaken up pretty
badly. The Turks were shelling us pretty heavily with French 75’s and
high explosives. Where Norman was stationed they got it very badly;
he wasn’t actually hit, but the shells bursting near him peppered his
face with gravel. He got over it, however, without going away, but
when the attack came on 7 Aug. he was very run down. From that I heard
the doctor had advised him not to go out, but like many others he was
keen on being with his troop and couldn’t stand the idea of being left
behind. For three days we were expecting the attack, and on the evening
of 6 Aug. we were taken out into the left hand sap on Walker’s Ridge.
All night we sat there not knowing what moment we would be called on,
and towards daylight the men-of-war and cruisers bombarded the Turkish
trenches right in front of us. The 8th were divided into the 1st and
2nd lines of attack. A squadron and two troops out of B formed the 1st
line (including Norman), and C Squadron with the other half of B formed
into 2nd line. The 10th Regt. formed the 3rd and 4th. The Turkish
trenches were about 25 yards from us, and the whole front not more than
150 yards long. At 4.30 a.m. the bombarding stopped and the attack
commenced. Owing to a misunderstanding, my troop was late in moving up,
and just as we got into the front sap, our officer was shot through
the hand and retired. I was left in charge, and being unable to jam
past the men, jumped up and ran round to the front of the sap, calling
on them to follow, but just as we got out, the 1st line fell back,
nearly all wounded, with orders to retire. As we dropped back into the
sap, I saw Norman lying just out in front, and with the assistance
of others, got him in and laid him on the bottom of the trench. His
leg was in a fearful state, a machine-gun had got on to him, but he
stood it wonderfully and a 10th man applied first aid. The stretcher
bearers were fearfully busy, and we were in an out of the way place and
he had to lie there over two hours before it was possible to get him
away. The loss of blood must have been very great. Of 318 of our our
men that went out that morning, 154 were killed, and 80 odd wounded.
The Turks had 34 machine-guns playing on the narrow strip between the
trenches, and only one of our men, a sergt. in A Squadron, ever reached
their trenches. All but two of our officers that went out were killed,
including Col. White, Major Retford, and our Adjutant.”
[Illustration: =A. Norman Tetley.=]
=TEUMA, GIOVANNI=, Officer’s Steward, 3rd Class, Chatham 356340,
H.M.S. Arethusa; killed in action in Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=THACKERAY, ALFRED WILLIAM=, A.B., J. 6865, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=THAKE, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./12817, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=THAL, MORRIS MARCUS VAN=, Rifleman, No. Z2641, B Coy., 25th
Brigade, 8th Division, Rifle Brigade, Interpreter to Commanding
Officer, only child of Marcus van Thal, of 91, Addison Gardens,
Kensington, employee at the War Office, by his wife, Marie, dau. of
Meyer Poole; _b._ Catford, co. Kent, 10 Oct. 1897; educ. St.
John’s College, Southend-on-Sea, Brussels, and Hanover, and passed the
Senior Cambridge Local Exam., with also oral French and German, 1913;
enlisted in the Rifle Brigade, 11 Sept. 1914; went to France, March,
1915, and was killed in action at Fromelles, 9 May, 1915. Corpl. Leigh
Knight wrote: “I was your son’s section commander, and am very sorry
to have to tell you that I myself saw him fall. He was a good soldier,
and when we charged he went forward very gallantly. He was killed by a
German shell, and it was practically instantaneous death”; and Rifleman
E. Allen wrote: “On 9 May we made an attack on Fromelles, where I saw
your son carrying a machine-gun into action. I could not say whether he
was killed, but I saw him go under, when I was wounded.”
[Illustration: =Morris Marcus van Thal.=]
=THEOBALD, WILLIAM GEORGE MORLEY=, Private, No. 792, No. 2 Coy.
14th Battn. 4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, eldest
_s._ of George Theobald, of Littleport, Cambs, Superintendent of
Fen Drainage, Littleport, and Downham District, by his wife, Hannah
Jackson, dau. of James Hardwick, of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia;
_b._ Little Downham, Isle of Ely, 12 Nov. 1894; educ. March
(Cambs.) Grammar School; joined the Cambridgeshire Territorials in
1913; went to Australia, 18 April, 1914, and when war broke out
volunteered and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force at the end
of Oct., 1914; left Melbourne for Egypt with the 2nd Reinforcements,
23 Dec. 1914; took part in the landing at Cape Helles, Gallipoli, 25
April, 1915, and was killed in action at 10 the same morning while out
sniping with four others. He was _unm._ A comrade wrote: “He was
not out long before he was shot, but he did some good work before he
was hit.” Another comrade wrote: “Every one of us was grieved when poor
Tommy was killed, for all were agreed that Tommy was a gentleman.”
[Illustration: =William G. M. Theobald.=]
=THICK, JOHN CHARLES=, Gunner, R.M.A., 12173, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=THOMAS, ANDREW READ=, Chief Armourer, 340547, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=THOMAS, AUBREY JOCELYN NUGENT=, Capt., 1st Battn. Lancashire
Fusiliers, elder _s._ of Jocelyn H. W. Thomas, of Belmont, Carlow,
Ireland, formerly Capt., Scots Fusiliers Guards; _b._ Belmont,
co. Carlow, 23 Sept. 1888; educ. Harrow and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd
Lieut., 1st Lancashire Fusiliers, 16 Aug. 1905, and promoted Lieut.
29 May, 1909, and Capt. 20 Jan. 1915; served with the Mediterranean
Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action during the landing of the
Lancashire Fusiliers at Beach W., Gallipoli, 25 April, 1915; _unm._
=THOMAS, CHARLES HERBERT=, Capt., 2nd Battn. South Staffordshire
Regt., only child of Howard Thomas, of 10, Westminster Palace
Gardens, S.W., by his wife, Ethel, dau. of the late William Baker,
of Sneyd Park, Bristol, and grandson of the late Charles Thomas,
of Stoke Bishop, Bristol, J.P., D.L.; _b._ Charlton, Henbury,
co. Gloucester, 25 April, 1880; educ. at Clifton; Abbotsholme, and
Edinburgh University; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 4th Somerset L.I., 21 April,
1900, from the militia, and promoted Lieut. 16 Dec. 1901, and Capt.
8 Jan. 1909. He served in the South African War, 1899–1901, with the
Somerset L.I., receiving the Queen’s medal with clasp, and in Feb.
1901, was transferred to the South Staffordshire Regt. then in India;
was on leave, 1904–05; at Depôt, Lichfield, 1906–08, and in South
Africa 1908–1911, where, in 1909, he was given the command of the
Mounted Infantry Coy. of his Regt. then at Harrismith, and returned
to Lichfield in 1911. On the outbreak of the European War he went to
France with the Expeditionary Force, 11 Aug. 1914; served through
the retreat from Mons and the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne;
was severely wounded in action near Ypres, 27 Oct., and died at the
Hotel Crystal Hospital, Boulogne, 5 Nov. 1914. He was buried in the
English quarter of the cemetery there. Capt. Thomas was mentioned in
Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 18 Feb. 1915, for gallant and
distinguished conduct in the field, and his Col. wrote: “I had hoped
that your gallant and beloved son might have been the recipient of our
most coveted decoration on the strength of my recommendation.” He was
an expert horseman and a keen polo player. He _m._ at Winsford,
Exmoor, 4 June, 1912, Dorothy Catherine, only dau. of Philip Everard,
of Miltons, Dulverton, co. Somerset, and had issue a son, Charles
Richard, _b._ 15 June, 1913.
[Illustration: =Charles Herbert Thomas.=]
=THOMAS, EDWARD THOMAS=, Rifleman, No. 9867, 3rd Battn. Rifle Brigade,
eldest _s._ of John Thomas, Shearer, Raglan Bays Works, Briton Ferry,
by his wife, Susanah, dau. of David Hopkins; _b._ Pontarddulais, co.
Glamorgan, 2 Feb. 1884; educ. Hammanford; was employed at Port Talbot;
enlisted in the Rifle Brigade, 5 May, 1903; served three years with the
Colours; and then joined the Reserve; was called up on mobilisation in
Aug. 1914; went to France in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at the
Battle of the Aisne, 23 Oct. 1914. Buried near Chapelle d’Armentières.
He was a member of the Silver Band, Briton Ferry. He _m._ at Neath, 6
March, 1909, Catherine (Lowther Street, Briton Ferry, Glamorgan), dau.
of David Hopkins, and had four children: Thomas Ivor Gwyn, _b._ 18 Dec.
1913; Edward Ypres, _b._ (posthumous), 16 April, 1915; Jane Ellen, _b._
9 Jan. 1910; and Mary Catherine, _b._ 27 April, 1911.
=THOMAS, JOHN ARLOE EDWARD=, Leading Carpenter’s Crew, 345555,
H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Charles Thomas, of 17, St. Thomas Green,
Haverfordwest; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=THOMAS, JOHN BAKER=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9863), S.S.
106671, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=THOMAS, MAURICE=, Private, No. 1715, 1/4th (Service) Battn. the
Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late Thomas Henry Thomas,
of Worthing, by his wife, Ellen (11, Stanhope Road, Worthing), dau. of
William Knight, of Washington, Sussex; _b._ Worthing, co. Sussex,
4 April, 1897; educ. St. Andrew’s Higher Grade School there, and on
leaving became a messenger boy at the Worthing G.P.O. and had passed
his examinations for the staff when war broke out. He had joined the
Royal Sussex Territorials, 14 Aug. 1913; was called up 4 Aug. 1914, and
volunteered for foreign service, and left England for the Dardanelles
in July, 1915. He was attd. to the machine-gun section of his battn.,
landed at Suvla Bay, 8 Aug. and was killed in action there four days
later, 12 Aug. 1915, as his battn. was retiring after being relieved
from the front trenches. The Turks opened a heavy machine-gun fire on
them, and he was hit and killed almost immediately. He was buried where
he fell at Anafarta Sagir, 1.20-000-105H, near Track to Chocolate Hill
between 4–7 p.m. He was a prominent member of the Holy Trinity Church
Lads’ Naval Brigade.
[Illustration: =Maurice Thomas.=]
=THOMAS, PHILLIP PERCIVAL=, A.B., 231687, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=THOMAS, THOMAS JAMES=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class (R.F.R., B.
3800), 189482, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=THOMAS, WALTER JAMES=, Corpl., R.M.L.I., Po./10970, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=THOMPSON, ALBERT RICHARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1994), 211537, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=THOMPSON, ARCHER=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8602), S.S.
104956, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=THOMPSON, BERNARD HARRY LEOPOLD=, Ch. E.R.A., 1st Class, 175938,
H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20
miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=THOMPSON, EDWARD=, A.B., 226948, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action
off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=THOMPSON, GEORGE MASTERMAN=, Lieut., 1st Battn. The Royal Scots,
attd. Gold Coast Regt. West African Frontier Force, only _s._
of the late Col. George William Thompson, formerly commanding 1st
Battn. Royal Scots (who saw service in the Crimea, China, and India),
by his wife, Agnes (Beechwood, Burley, co. Hants), dau. of Admiral
John Russell; _b._ Etschowe, Zululand, 21 Feb. 1890; educ. Mr.
Stanford’s Private School, St. Aubyns, Rottingdean; Wellington College,
and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd Royal Scots, 18 Sept. 1909;
transferred to 1st Battn. in Jan. 1910, and served three years in
India; promoted Lieut. 13 Feb. 1913, and attd. to the Gold Coast Regt.
West African Frontier Force, and was killed in action, 22 Aug. 1914,
while gallantly leading an attack on a strongly entrenched position
at Chra, Togoland: “a deed of extraordinary courage.” Buried at Chra;
_unm._ Lord Kitchener forwarded to his relatives an official
letter from the Governor-General of French West Africa, saying: “That
he had decided that the splendid behaviour on 22 Aug. 1914, in the
affair of Chra, of Lieut. Thompson, of His Britannic Majesty’s Army,
and of the detachment of French native troops commanded by that
officer, deserved to be commemorated in a Special General Order, as an
example to all the troops in the Colony”; and one from General Pienau,
forwarding the Order: “and expressing his very deep admiration for the
magnificent way in which this officer performed his duty as a soldier,
when sacrificing his life.” The terms of the Order were: “Placed on 22
Aug. before the fight of Chra under the orders of Capt. Castaing of the
Dahomey Brigade, he gave proof of supreme courage, of fine qualities
of command in leading his Tirailleurs to the attack of German trenches
vigorously defended--fifty metres from the enemy’s line he fell
mortally wounded--his splendid example earned that almost the whole of
the French Tirailleurs placed under his orders laid down their lives
defending his body.” The Commanding Officer wrote: “His conduct during
the action was particularly gallant. He was killed while attempting to
storm the German trenches on the enemy’s left. He was an officer who
was genuinely popular with all ranks and one whom we could ill afford
to lose, and I wish to convey to you not only my own profound sympathy
in your loss, which is also mine, but that of all ranks of the Togoland
Field Force. His conduct was that of a gallant officer and gentleman.”
The Adjutant wrote: “I had more opportunities than anybody of realising
your son’s sterling qualities as a soldier in peace times and his
conspicuous gallantry in times of war. His loss is deeply felt by the
whole force”; and a District Commissioner wrote: “His proficiency in
the language and his influence over the natives, both soldiers and
civilians, were astonishing, and great regret was evinced by all at
Quittah, where the force of his personality had been very much felt
during the short time he had been in command there, the chief asking
leave to visit the grave at Chra.” Lieut. Thompson was a fine linguist,
and besides speaking French and the native dialect fluently, had passed
the higher standard in Hindustani and Persian. He was a keen sportsman
and a good fencer and polo player.
[Illustration: =George M. Thompson.=]
=THOMPSON, GILBERT=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Connaught Rangers, attd.
as Adjutant 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London
Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Reginald Thompson, of Loftus Hill,
Knaresborough, Col. 2nd Vol. Battn. West York Regt., by his wife,
Frances Harriet, 4th dau. of the Rev. Charles Smith Royds, of Haughton,
co. Stafford, and Heysham, co. Lancaster, J.P., and gdson. of Sir
Matthews William Thompson, of Guiseley, 1st Bart.; _b._ Baildon
Lodge, 22 June, 1877; educ. Yarlet near Stafford, afterwards privately;
gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd Connaught Rangers, from the Militia, 20 May,
1899, and promoted Lieut. 24 July, 1900, and Capt. 29 Nov. 1905; served
eight years with them in India; appointed Adjutant to the Kensingtons,
1 Jan. 1913; left for France with them 3 Nov. 1914, and was killed in
action at Laventie, 24 Feb. 1915. Buried at Picantin. One of the men,
writing home, said of him: “We have lost one of our best officers.
Capt. Thompson, the Adjutant. He was showing the General round, and he
was shot in the head. He was one of the best; he thought of the men
first and himself last. Every man is sorry at his death.... The men
have lost their best friend.” Another man wrote: “Out in the trenches
he was splendid. He would come along and ask how we were and always
have something cheery to say. He got his feet frost-bitten and asked
what he should do.... ‘See the doctor, sir,’ I said. ‘Not I,’ he
replied. ‘He’ll want a few toes off and put me on the sick list.’ And
he wouldn’t, with all my persuasion. When my feet got very bad, I rode
back three miles on his horse and the next morning he came round to
see me. He’s splendid.” He was buried in the little cemetery behind
the firing-line. His last request was: “Bury me with the boys, not
beside the officers,” and this wish was carried out. He was mentioned
in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 5 April and 31 May
[London Gazette, 22 June], 1915. Capt. Thompson _m._ at Finghall,
Yorkshire, 7 June, 1906, Ethel Isabella, 2nd dau. of Marmaduke D’Arcy
Wyvill, of Constable Burton and Denton Park, Yorkshire, J.P., D.L., and
had three children: Christopher Smith Byron, _b._ 19 April, 1907;
Laura Barbara Frances, _b._ 10 Nov. 1908, and Naomi Isabella,
_b._ 23 Oct. 1912.
[Illustration: =Gilbert Thompson.=]
=THOMPSON, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4241), 168018, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=THOMPSON, JOHN ALEXANDER MACKAY=, Lieut., 10th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of William Thomas Thompson, M.A.,
Sc. (McGill), M.Can.Soc. C.E., D.T.S., District Engineer, Grenfell,
Saskatchewan, Canada, by his wife, Mary, eldest dau. of the late Rev.
Alexander Mackay, M.A., and grandson of the late Lieut.-Col. John
Hall Thompson. M.P.; _b._ Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan, 6 Aug. 1890;
educ. Qu’Appelle Schools and by tutors, afterwards by his father in
Surveying and Engineering, and was acting as assistant to him when
war broke out. In Dec. 1914, he was given a temporary Lieutenancy in
the 16th Light Horse and, after qualifying at the Military Institute,
Winnipeg, was gazetted Lieut. to the 32nd Battn. He left for England
in Feb. 1915, and in April went with his company to reinforce the
10th Battn. in France, took part in the Second Battle of Ypres and
was killed in the Battle of Festubert, leading his platoon in a night
attack on the German position K. 5 (or Bexhill), 21 May following. He
was _unm._, and was buried in a shell hole near K. 5. His men said
that “he died like a hero, leading his men, on a rush attack right into
a murderous fire,” and his commanding officer describing the attack
on K. 5 wrote: “Lieut. Thompson in his quiet unassuming way led his
platoon out to return no more--no better little soldier graced the
10th.” A brother officer wrote: “He was a soldier with few superiors,
and a courage that knew no limits.”
[Illustration: =John A. M. Thompson.=]
=THOMPSON, ROBERT=, Stoker, R.N.R., 759V, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=THOMPSON, SAMUEL VINCENT=, Signalman, 237351, H.M.S. Cressy; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=THOMPSON, THOMAS=, Private, No. 5690, 2nd Battn. Scots
Guards; _b._ co. Kerry; enlisted 14 Nov. 1904; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 12 March, 1915.
=THOMPSON, WALTER DARCY=, Private, No. 4843, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of the late John Thompson, engineer; _b._ Elswick,
Newcastle, 1883; educ. Southwick Board School; enlisted at Elswick, 26
Sept. 1902; left with the 1st Expeditionary Force for the Front on the
outbreak of war, and was killed in action in France, 16 Sept. 1914.
Private Thompson _m._ at Southwick, 21 Feb. 1906, Martha Alexandra,
dau. of Robert Whyte, of Perth, and had two sons and one daughter:
Vernon, _b._ 3 Nov. 1912; Walter Darcy, _b._ 11 Nov. 1914, and Edna,
_b._ 21 April, 1909. His widow died 12 March, 1915, leaving the three
infant children without any known relations. Capt. John Smith, of the
Salvation Army at Southwick, took temporary charge of them, and Queen
Alexandra hearing of the sad story wrote to Capt. Smith for particulars
and expressed herself as anxious to assist in some way. The story was
submitted to Her Majesty, and in reply a handsome money gift was sent
for each child to be banked in trust for them.
=THOMPSON, WILLIAM JOHN HENRY=, Corpl., R.M.L.I., Ch./15133,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=THOMSON, ALEXANDER=, L.-Corpl., 6378, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards;
_b._ Strickey, co. Aberdeen; enlisted 6 Jan. 1906; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 20–26 Oct. 1914.
He _m._ Jennie (51, Esslemont Avenue, Aberdeen), dau. of (--)
Anderson, and had two daus.: Mary Anderson, _b._ 20 April, 1910,
and Joan, _b._ 25 June, 1915.
=THOMSON, ALEXANDER CAMERON=, Sergt., No. 1380, D Coy., 13th
Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 6th _s._ of James Thomson, of
57, St. Andrew Road, Pollokshields, Glasgow, by his wife, Elizabeth,
dau. of the late Alexander Cameron, of Rothes; _b._ Glasgow, 30
March, 1892; educ. Kinning Park Public School; was two years in the
7th S. R. Glasgow before going to Australia, 25 Nov. 1912; volunteered
on the outbreak of war and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force
in Sydney, N.S.W., 26 Sept. 1914; left for Egypt about 24 Dec.; took
part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and after being
promoted Corpl. and Sergt. was killed in action there, 3 May, 1915;
_unm._ His Officer Commanding, Lieut. C. B. Hopkins, wrote: “Your
son was killed on the night of 3 May, doing his duty in a most gallant
manner, in a charge against some Turkish trenches.”
[Illustration: =Alexander C. Thomson.=]
=THOMSON, DUNCAN TURNER=, Private, No. 118, 9th Battn. (Glasgow
Highlanders) Highland Light Infantry (T.F.). _s._ of Alexander
Thomson, of 8, Hamilton Park Terrace, Glasgow, M.B., C.M., Edinburgh,
by his wife, Mary J. McKean, dau. of the Rev. Duncan Turner, M.A.;
_b._ Huntly, co. Aberdeen, 23 Dec. 1888; educ. Glasgow Academy,
and the Royal Technical College, Glasgow; was a fully qualified and
diplomated architect, and was in the employment of Mr. P. Macgregor
Chelmers, Glasgow; joined the 9th Highland L.I. Territorials in 1908;
volunteered for active service on the outbreak of war; went to France
in Oct. 1914, and died in the General Hospital, Northampton, 30 July,
1915, of wounds received in action on 19 June. He was shot by a
sniper when on duty in the trenches at Vermelles; _unm._ Capt.
A. K. Reid wrote: “He was a man for whom I had the highest regard,
especially since we came out here, and he was one of the most popular
members of the company. His good humour even under the most trying
circumstances caused him to be liked by all. He could be trusted at
all times to do his duty as a soldier and as a man. I saw him in the
Vermelles trenches a few minutes after he was hit, and he left us to
walk back to the dressing station with a cheery good-bye to us all”;
and one of his comrades, writing to a friend, said: “You doubtless
have heard of Duncan Thomson’s death. Man! Why is it that all those
splendid sportsmen get knocked out, and the rest of us go free. He was
an awfully decent chap and I saw quite a lot of him in the G.H. at
Dunfermline and in France. A more thorough, straighter, cleaner chap
you could not meet. Five of the old 1st Battn.--friends of his--and
myself carried the coffin into the Kirk, and then again to the grave.
It wasn’t a military funeral (military honours having been paid when
the body left Northampton), so we could only salute his grave, but if
ever a man deserved honours at his graveside he did. We called him
‘Sniper’ out there, for the simple reason that he was so delightfully
cool and casual. He never fired a shot at anything unless he was
absolutely certain. If ever you wanted a hot drink, or anything to
cheer yourself up with, you went to Duncan, and sure enough then you
got it.”
=THOMSON, HENRY=, L.-Corpl., No. 2713, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
killed in action, 13 Nov. 1914.
=THOMSON, LESLIE=, Rifleman, No. 1877, F Coy. 1/16th Battn.
(Queen’s Westminster Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.). _s._ of
Walter Thomson, of 18, Lorne Street, Reading, by his wife, Emma;
_b._ Reading, co. Berks, 9 Feb. 1893; educ. Christ’s Hospital,
West Horsham; volunteered and joined the Queen’s Westminsters, 5 Aug.
1914; went to France, 1 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action by a rifle
grenade which burst just behind him in the trenches at Houplines,
near Armentières, 18 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried in the hospital
cemetery, Rue Carnot, Houplines. Major Tyrwhitt wrote to his parents:
“Your son was always such a bright cheerful boy and such a good
soldier,” and a letter signed by 42 men, including officers of his
company (Sec. 11), also bore testimony to the respect in which he was
held by all.
[Illustration: =Leslie Thomson.=]
=THORBURN, WILLIAM=, Sergt.-Artificer, A.S.C., No. M./2,
101388, attd. to the 11th Battery, Motor Machine Gun Service, eldest
_s._ of William Thorburn, of 110, Second Avenue, Clydebank,
Linotype Operator, by his wife, Jessie Symington, 3rd dau. of the late
Alexander Briton, Boot and Shoe Maker, Queen Street and Shawlands,
Glasgow; _b._ Glasgow, 27 May, 1894; educ. at Dalmuir Public
School, Clydebank; was employed by the Singer Manufacturing Company,
Kilbowie, as an Engineer; enlisted 18 Nov. 1914; was promoted Corpl.
and transferred to the Active Service Corps on Saturday, 29 May, 1915,
being attd. to the 11th Battery, Motor Machine Guns, as Mechanic, and
went to France on 7 July, 1915. He was employed at the time of his
death in a blacksmith’s shop constructing an iron covering to bring a
cycle and machine gun into action under cover, when one of the battery
accidentally discharged a loaded revolver at 8 a.m. on Saturday, 7 Aug.
1915. The bullet entered his throat and travelled to his back and down
the spine, and two and three-quarter hours later he died in hospital.
He was buried in Chocques Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, just
outside Bethune; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Thorburn.=]
=THORNTON, EDWARD=, Private, No. 11817, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of William Thornton, of 16, Berkeley Street, Lambeth;
_b._ co. Surrey; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and
Flanders; killed in action near Cambrin, 27 June, 1915; _unm._
=THORNTON, JACK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2997), 220331, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=THORNTON, LEACH=, Telegraphist, J. 11559, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=THORNTON, WILLIAM CHATMAN=, A.B., S.S. 1435, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=THORPE, CYRIL KIRKMAN=, A.B., J. 7169, H.M.S. Laurel; killed in
action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=THORPE, EDWARD ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class, 310026, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=THORPE, GEORGE ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 110938 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=THRUSH, GEORGE=, S.P.O. (R.F.R., B. 2050), 164113, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=THUMWOOD, ARTHUR GEORGE=, Leading Stoker, 300662, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=THUNDERCLIFFE, ERNEST=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 8086 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=THURGOOD, JOHN EDWARD=, Petty Officer, 180071, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=THURLEY, ALBERT EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./14029, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=THURLEY, ANSELL GIFFORD=, Armourer’s Crew, M. 2565, H.M.S. Hawke,
_s._ of Joseph Thurley, of 24, Station Road, Westgate-on-Sea; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=THURLOW, ARTHUR GEOFFREY=, 2nd Lieut., 8th Battn. Duke of
Wellington’s West Riding Regt., only _s._ of the late Arthur
James Thurlow, of The Rookery, High Wycombe, co. Bucks, by his wife,
Florence; _b._ High Wycombe, 8 Nov. 1891; educ. Norfolk House
School, Beaconsfield; Felsted School, and won an open classical
scholarship at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (where he
graduated B.A. with classical honours, June 1914); gazetted 2nd Lieut.,
8th Duke of Wellington’s Regt., 9 Sept. 1914; left for the Dardanelles,
1 June, 1915; took part in the landing at Suvla Bay, 6 Aug.; was
wounded 21 Aug., and died at Alexandria, 29 Aug. 1915, of his wounds;
_unm._ Buried at Alexandria. He was a fine athlete; was Captain
of his College football team, and a member of The Wanderers Club, and
played hockey for the University.
[Illustration: =Arthur Geoffrey Thurlow.=]
=THURSTON, SIDNEY GEORGE=, A. B. (R.F.R., B. 9808), 203210, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TIBBO, JAMES JOSEPH=, Private, No. 1017, D Coy. 1st Newfoundland
Regt., 2nd _s._ of Richard Tibbo, of 7, Lime Street, St. John’s,
Newfoundland, Labourer, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of Richard Roach;
_b._ St. John’s aforesaid, 12 Nov. 1894; educ. St. Patrick’s
Hall and Holy Cross Christian Brothers’ Schools; was a Seaman; joined
the Newfoundland Regt. 13 Jan. 1915; left for England, 20 March; went
to the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 1 Dec. 1915,
while gallantly assisting a stretcher bearer to remove the wounded;
_unm._
[Illustration: =James Joseph Tibbo.=]
=TIDBURY, ALFRED HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9670),
S.S. 107002, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=TIDMAN, THOMAS JAMES SAMUEL=, Petty Officer, 196090, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=TIERNEY, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9535), S.S.
106901, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TIGHE, BERNARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4818), S.S. 1738, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TILBURY, DAVID=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 548), late R.M.A.,
5982, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TILDESLEY, HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3195), S.S.
100853; H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TILLETT, JAMES ALFRED=, Petty Officer, 1st Class (O.S.), 178794,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TILLEY, HENRY PERCIVAL=, Private, No. 8669, 1st Battn. Scots
Guards; _b._ Parkstone, co. Dorset; enlisted 5 Aug. 1913; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 26 Oct.
1914.
=TILLEY, JAMES CHARLES=, Gunner, R.M.A., 1288, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TIMBRELL, GORDON=, Sergt., No. 225, 3rd Light Horse, Australian
expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of the late Samuel Timbrell, for
many years Manager of the Central Station Hotel, Glasgow, by his wife,
Charlotte Whyte (now wife of Anderson Rodger, of 59, Longridge Road,
Earl’s Court, S.W.), dau. of George Gordon, of Aberdeen; _b._
Glasgow, 13 April, 1891; educ. Glasgow High School, and on leaving
there in 1906 went to Stubbington House, Fareham, to be prepared for
entrance in the Royal Navy as an Engineer Cadet. This idea had to be
abandoned owing to the new age limit (12 years) coming into force,
bringing Engineers under the same regulations as the Executive Cadets.
Shortly afterwards he entered the office of a shipping firm in Stettin,
with the purpose of learning the German language in combination with
business training, and on leaving there, returned to Glasgow where
he served a brief apprenticeship in a stockbroker’s office, and then
went to Australia in 1910. He first took up sheep farming, but city
life lured him, first to Melbourne, where he gained some experience in
the wool trade, and then to Adelaide, where he managed the shipping
department of Messrs. Bagot, Shakes & Lewis, Ltd. He had been with them
three years when war broke out. He immediately volunteered and joined
the Light Horse as a private, but being a fluent speaker of French and
German, and a hard and fearless worker, he quickly won promotion and
was appointed Sergt. early in March. He was killed in action at the
Dardanelles, 1 July, 1915; _unm._ In a letter from Sergt. Smith
under date of 26 June, printed in the Glasgow High School Magazine,
Dec. 1915, p. 37, is the following passage: “My outlook on the world
and things in general just now is even brighter than usual. Timmy
(Sergt. Gordon Timbrell) is a wonderful boy and yesterday secured all
manner of good things. We dined last night on turtle soup, thick mutton
stew, pineapple, cakes, dates and coffee, and wound up with cigarettes.
This morning for breakfast we had porridge and milk as a preliminary
to what was in itself a splendid ‘feed.’ When Timmy is purveyor we are
sure to be all right. The hardships of war! They have not existed so
far.” And in a later letter he wrote: “You will no doubt have heard of
poor Timmy’s death. He was killed in the trench last Thursday evening.
You don’t know how I miss him. We have been the best of pals all the
time. He was as game as you make ’em.” The secretary of his firm
wrote: “He was a courageous and chivalrous young fellow, and had done
uncommonly well in our firm. We were only awaiting his return, and the
return of something like normal conditions to give him that lift which
he had so well earned.”
[Illustration: =Gordon Timbrell.=]
=TIMMINGS, EDWARD ALBERT JOHN=, Electrical Artificer, 4th Class,
M. 4098 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in
the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=TIMMINS, JOHN LLEWELLYN=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 611),
late Ch./4514, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=TIMMINS, WILLIAM=, Petty Officer, 187758, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=TINKLER, GILBERT=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1883T, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TINNE, ERNEST PERCY JAMES=, Lieut., R.N.R., 4th _s._ of John
Ernest Tinne, of Liverpool, Merchant; _b._ Aigburth, Liverpool,
30 Dec. 1882; educ. Liverpool College, and H.M.S. Conway; joined the
R.N.R., and became Lieut. Oct. 1909; joined H.M.S. Hogue at Chatham,
3 Aug. 1914, and was lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at Paignton, South Devon, 4 May, 1907,
Annie Amelia Kate, dau. of (--) Bartlett, and had three children:
Maurice Herman James, _b._ 21 Feb. 1914; Hester Petronella,
_b._ 26 Feb. 1908, and Margery Bertha Denise, _b._ 31 Oct,
1909.
=TIPPER, GEORGE=, Private, No. 7730, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
only child of Fred Tipper, of 7, Back, 11, Blythe Street, Ladywood,
Birmingham, Builder’s Labourer, by his wife, Ada, daughter of Isaac
Morgan; _b._ Selly Oak, co. Worcester, 14 Feb. 1889; educ. St.
Barnabas’ Church School, Ryland Street, Birmingham; enlisted, 4 March,
1908; went to France, Aug. 1914, and was killed at Givenchy, France,
16 April, 1915; _unm._ He was relieved from sentry duty in the
trenches, at 6 a.m. that morning, and then went to attend a class for
bomb throwing and at 11 a.m. a bomb exploded in his hand killing him
and Lieut. Crawford. He was buried by the Bishop of Khartoum, just
behind the firing-line.
[Illustration: =George Tipper.=]
=TIPPINS, JOHN=, Corpl. and Acting Sergt., No. 3105, 2nd Battn.
Essex Regt., _s._ of Luke R. Tippins, of Mistley, Essex,
Schoolmaster and Rifle Expert; _b._ Winsford, co. Somerset, 10
March, 1887; educ. Norman School, Mistley, and privately; served first
in 2nd Vol. Battn. Essex Regt., then in the 5th Essex (T.F.) as Machine
Gun Sergt., and finally in 8th Essex (T.F.) as Motor Cycle Sergt.;
joined 2nd Battn. as Private 18 Sept. 1914, in order to get at once to
the Front, and was appointed Corpl., and left for France the following
day, and was killed in action at a farm near Armentières, 26 Nov.
1914, having been appointed Acting Sergt. in charge of a machine gun a
few days previously. Buried in 2nd Essex Cemetery, near Armentières;
_unm._ John Tippins was one of the finest rifle shots in the
United Kingdom. He qualified for the final stage of the King’s Prize
Competition at Bisley in the years 1908–11 inclusive and in 1913; he
won the Wimbledon Cup, 1910, the Association Cup, 1909, the Aggregate
Service Rifle Championship, 1911, and took first place in the second
stage of the Albert Competition the same year. He shot in the Elcho,
Mackinnon, and Challenge Trophy teams, and was one of the Empire Team
chosen to go out to Australia, whose departure was prevented by the
outbreak of war. On the night he fell, he had gone himself to get water
for the Maxim in his charge, as it was a dangerous job in daylight, and
was killed on his return. Capt. Binstead (since killed) wrote: “He had
already gained for himself a reputation as a daring sniper and splendid
shot, which had spread far beyond his own regt., and which, had he
not been shot, would, I feel sure, have obtained for him a coveted
distinction.”
[Illustration: =John Tippins.=]
=TITE, CHARLES JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111796, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TITTERINGTON, LESLIE=, E.R.A., 4th Class, 272194, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=TITTERINGTON, ROGER=, Private, No. 11281, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 1st _s._ of James Titterington, of Elim Grove, Bowness on
Windermere, co. Westmoreland, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of Roger Aldren,
of Carnforth, Lancs.; _b._ Bowness on Windermere, 30 March, 1894;
educ. Bowness Elementary School; enlisted 31 Aug. 1914, and was killed
in action at Rue de l’Epinette, 31 Dec. 1914; _unm._ Buried in
Soldiers’ Cemetery, Rue du Bois, on road from Bethune to Richebourg,
about a mile beyond Le Touret.
[Illustration: =Roger Titterington.=]
=TOCHER, JOHN LESLIE=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 215576, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TOD, BERNARD DOUGLAS=, Private, No. 1828, A Coy. 1/14th Battn.
(London Scottish) London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of James Tod, of
7, Bennochy Terrace, Kirkcaldy; _b._ North Berwick, East Lothian,
30 Jan. 1896; educ. Kirkcaldy High School (where he was a member of the
O.T.C.), and Rouen; was a member of the staff of Messrs. Steel Bros. &
Co., Ltd., East India Merchants, of 6, Fenchurch Avenue, E.C.; joined
the London Scottish about March, 1913; volunteered for Imperial Service
on the outbreak of war, and left for France, 15 Sept. 1914; took part
in the charge of the London Scottish at Messines, and in the gallant
defence of the trenches at Zillebeke, and was killed in action in the
trenches at Givenchy, 23 Dec. 1914. Buried in a disused part of the
trench; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “He was without fear, and his
whole thought was to do his duty for those at home.”
[Illustration: =Bernard Douglas Tod.=]
=TODD, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9580), 200339 Chatham, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=TODD, JOHN WRIGHT=, L.-Corpl., No. 11308, 2nd Battn. King’s
Own Scottish Borderers, grandson of John Todd, of Main Street,
Norham-on-Tweed; _b._ Norham-on-Tweed, 14 Feb. 1894; educ. there;
was a Baker; enlisted in 2nd King’s Own Scottish Borderers, Oct. 1911;
left for France, 14 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action, 9 April, 1915,
being shot by a sniper; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Wright Todd.=]
=TODD, ROBERT FREDERICK=, Chief Ship’s Cook, 344299, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TODDERINGHAM, WILLIAM=, 1st Class Stoker, No. K. 12824, R.N.,
eldest _s._ of the late William Todderingham, Seaman, by his
wife, Bridget (40, Tredegar Street, Cardiff), dau. of (--) Landers,
of Cardiff; _b._ Cardiff, 10 May, 1892; educ. St. Peter’s R.C.
Schools there; entered the Navy, 1909, and was lost when H.M.S.
Monmouth was sunk in the Battle off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914; _unm._
=TODRICK, THOMAS=, W.S., Capt., 1/8th Battn. Royal Scots (T.F.),
elder _s._ of Robert Todrick, Agent for the Bank of Scotland at
Haddington, Hon. Sheriff Substitute, by his wife, Marianne Somerville,
dau. of the late Rev. John Stevenson, of Wigtown; _b._ Haddington,
26 Dec. 1879; educ. Knox Institute; Leys School, Cambridge, and
Edinburgh University, at which latter he took his law course, and
was admitted, in 1904, a Writer to the Signet. Apprenticed for a
time in the offices of Messrs. J. & J. Turnbull, W.S., Edinburgh, he
afterwards started business there on his own account. He received his
first commission in the 7th (Haddingtonshire) Vol. Battn. of the Royal
Scots, 1900, and was appointed to the command of the Headquarters Coy.
at Haddington, 1908, which command he held till 1913, and then joined
the Reserve of Officers. Early in 1914 he accepted the offer to take
command of the Dalkeith Coy., and on the outbreak of war volunteered
for foreign service. It was expected that the Service Battn. of the 8th
Royal Scots would be called upon to leave Britain about Christmas, but
on 1 Nov. they received orders to entrain the following day. Within a
few days they were in France, and by the 15th of the same month in the
firing line. Capt. Todrick took a prominent part in the operations, and
was killed in action 15 Dec. 1914. A few nights before his death he
crept from the British across to the German trenches, went under the
wire entanglements and came back on that occasion in safety. A few days
later the General in command asked that listening patrols should be
sent out at night, and Capt. Todrick went out with three men himself.
On reaching a certain point he asked them to lie in a ditch, as he
thought he saw figures moving in front; he went on alone and fired his
revolver. Doubtless the flash revealed him; an answering shot struck
him in the neck, and his death was practically instantaneous. His men
brought back his body, and he was buried in a little French cemetery
while shells passed overhead. One of his brother officers wrote: “Poor
Todrick has gone, best of comrades and bravest man in the battn.; no
officer could have been more beloved by the others of all ranks in
the battn.” Capt. Todrick was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord)
French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915. He _m._ at Blackheath, 27 Aug.
1910, Brenda (30, Regent Terrace, Edinburgh), dau. of John List, chief
engineer of the Union-Castle Line, and had a son and dau.: Archibald,
_b._ 25 April, 1912; and Elizabeth, _b._ 5 Feb. 1914.
[Illustration: =Thomas Todrick.=]
=TOLHURST, WALTER=, Chief Stoker (R.F.R., A. 1852), 157015, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=TOLLEMACHE, BEVIL DOUGLAS=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, eldest _s._ of the Hon. Douglas Alfred Tollemache, of
Southbeach, Felixstowe, by his wife, Alice Mary, dau. of the late
John Heath, and grandson of John, 1st Baron Tollemache; _b._
Melton, Woodbridge, co. Suffolk, 11 April, 1889; educ. Wixenford and
Eton; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Special Reserve of the 1st Coldstream
Guards, 15 Aug. 1914; left for France in Oct., and was killed in action
at Givenchy on the morning of 22 Dec. following; _unm._
[Illustration: =Bevil Douglas Tollemache.=]
=TOMBS, JOHN BERNARD EVELYN=, Corpl., No. 2367, 2/9th Battn.,
attd. 2/10th Battn., The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of
Thomas Charles Tombs, of 60, Harrow View, Harrow, Middlesex, by his
wife, Mary Frances, dau. of John Airey, of Oakdene, Holly Park Gardens,
Finchley, N.; _b._ Aylesbury, co. Bucks, 28 Jan. 1894; educ.
Holmwood House School, Hampstead, and the William Ellis Endowed School,
Gospel Oak; was in the employ of the Sun Life Office, Threadneedle
Street, E.C., and was a Probationer of the Institute of Actuaries;
volunteered after the outbreak of war and joined the 2/9th Middlesex in
Sept. 1914; trained at Staines, Cambridge and Bedford; left England for
the Dardanelles, 17 July, 1915, and was attached to the 2/10th Battn.;
was in action at Suvla Bay, 8–12 Aug. 1915, when he was invalided to
Alexandria and died there in the 15th General Hospital, 23 Sept. 1915;
_unm._ He was buried in the Chatby Military Cemetery.
[Illustration: =John Bernard E. Tombs.=]
=TOMLIN, HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1517), 201734, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TOMLIN, JOHN=, Canteen Assistant, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action
in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TOMLINSON, FREDERICK WALLACE=, A.B., J. 7909, H.M.S. Cressy; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TOMLINSON, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2240), 301735,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=TOMPKINS, EDWIN=, Private, No. 54, 8th Battn. Australian Imperial
Force, eldest _s._ of Henry James Tompkins, of 133, St. James’
Road, Northampton, by his wife, Mary Anne, dau. of William Griffin;
_b._ Great Houghton, co. Northampton, 30 March, 1891; educ.
Kingsthorpe and Council School, St. James’ End; was an employee in
Wolverton Carriage Works, and joined the Oxford and Bucks Territorials
in May, 1913; emigrated to Australia in July, 1913, and settled in
Victoria as a Farm Hand; joined the Australian Imperial Force after
the outbreak of the European War, 1 Sept. 1914; left for Egypt, 19 Oct
1914; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, and died
in King’s College Hospital, London, 16 Aug. 1915, of wounds received in
Gallipoli the previous May; _unm._
[Illustration: =Edwin Tompkins.=]
=TOMPKINS, GEORGE CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109430, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TOMPKINS, WILLIAM JOHN=, Ordinary Signalman, No. J20250, R.N.,
H.M.S. Triumph, only _s._ of Thomas Tompkins, of 14, College Park
Terrace, Willesden Junction, N.W., Gardener in Hyde Park under H.M.
Office of Works, by his wife, Annie Ellen, dau. of Robert Margetts;
_b._ Faringdon, co. Berks, 14 Feb. 1897; educ. Kenmont Garden
Council School, College Park, N.W.; joined Royal Navy, 22 Sept. 1912;
was drafted to Portsmouth Depot, 30 Aug. 1913; and sailed for the
Dardanelles in H.M.S. Irresistible, 19 Feb. 1915. This ship was sunk by
a drifting mine during the attack on the Narrows, 18 March following.
He was saved and taken on board H.M.S. Ocean, which was also sunk in
the same way immediately afterwards. Saved for the second time that
day, he was appointed to H.M.S. Triumph, and was drowned when that ship
was sunk by torpedo fire off Gaba Tepe, 25 May, 1915. His body was
recovered by a trawler (705) and taken to H.M.S. Blenheim, from which
it was buried at sea; _unm._ The Chief Yeoman of Signals of the
Triumph wrote: “He was a very promising young fellow, and would have
done well in his profession. I cannot say too much for him.” At school
he won two scholarships and also the L.C.C. first prize for carpentry.
[Illustration: =William John Tompkins.=]
=TOMS, ARTHUR WOODLAND=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. Devonshire Regt.
(Special Reserve), attd. 2nd Battn. The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles),
2nd _s._ of Frederick Woodland Toms, of 1, Claremont Terrace,
Jersey, F.I.C., Official Analyst, by his wife, Emily, dau. of the
late Frazer Hopwood, of Fauresmith, Orange River Colony; _b._
St. Helier’s, Jersey, 25 April, 1891; educ. Victoria College there;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Devonshire Regt. (Special Reserve), 7
Feb. 1912, and promoted Lieut. 14 Feb. 1914. For some time before the
outbreak of war he had been preparing for service under the Colonial
Office, and received the offer of an appointment in West Africa from
the Secretary for the Colonies three days before the declaration
of war. He went to France, 6 Nov., and was accidentally killed, 27
Nov. 1914, while on active service, and was buried in the cemetery
at Estaires, Nord; _unm._ The officer commanding 3rd Devonshire
Regt. wrote: “He was a great favourite in the regt, and a most capable
officer.” In 1913 and 1914 Lieut. Toms captained the “Young Soldiers’”
shooting team of his regt.
[Illustration: =Arthur Woodland Toms.=]
=TOMS, JOHN=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 170693, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TONKINSON, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., I.C. 599), S.S. 805, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=TOOGOOD, ALFRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3730), 191822, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TOOLEY, JOHN JAMES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./13005, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=TOOMER, CECIL WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 10181, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TOOMEY, ARCHIBALD ROCHE=, 2nd Lieut., 6th Battn. Prince of
Wales’ Leinster Regt. (Royal Canadians), eldest _s._ of Archibald
Montgomery Toomey, of 20, Palmerston Park, Dublin, by his wife, Nina,
dau. of Surg.-Major James Roche Nagle; _b._ Dublin, 17 Dec. 1891;
educ. St. Stephen’s Green School; Portora Royal School, and Trinity
College, Dublin (Medical School); volunteered on the outbreak of war
and was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 6th Leinsters, 26 Aug. 1914; served with
the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles from 5 Aug.
1915, to 10 Aug. 1915; killed in action at Suvla Bay on the later date;
_unm._
=TOOP, EDWARD CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5115), 195218, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=TOOSEN, ENDOXIL=, Stoker, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off
Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TOPHAM, GEORGE SAMUEL=, L.-Corpl., No. 1358, 1/5th Battn. East
Kent Regt. (The Buffs) (T.F.), yst. _s._ of William Topham, of
Arlesey, co. Bedford, Engine Driver, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of
William Bowskill, of Arlesey; _b._ St. Neots, co. Huntingdon, 2
Feb. 1896; educ. Arlesey Council School, and was apprenticed to Messrs.
Levitt & Sons, Outfitters, of Arlesey, and then moved to Luton, later
going to Cranbrook, Kent. Volunteered on the outbreak of war, and
joined The Buffs on or about 6 Aug. 1914; left for India, 29 Oct.,
where he remained until Nov. 1915, when he was ordered to the Persian
Gulf, and died there 17 Jan. 1916, of wounds received in action on the
6th: _unm._
[Illustration: =George Samuel Topham.=]
=TOPHAM, HENRY ANGRAVE CECIL=, 2nd Lieut., Indian Army, attd. 1st
Battn. The Welsh Regiment, elder _s._ of John Henry Topham, of
Morley Hall, co. Derby, by his wife, Dorothy Marion, dau. of George
Henry Angrave; _b._ Derby, 14 Oct. 1891; educ. Malvern and Clare
College, Cambridge (graduated B.A., Dec. 1913), and was in both the
school and college O.T.C. He obtained a university commission as 2nd
Lieut. Indian Army, 21 Jan. 1913, and his rank was made substantive,
5 Aug. 1914. He was on the point of sailing for India when war was
declared, but was posted to the 4th Sherwood Foresters at Backworth,
Northumberland, where he remained until the end of Feb. 1915, when he
was sent to France, being attached for the period of the war to the
1st Battn. Welsh Regt. He took part in the 2nd Battle of Ypres, and on
24 May, his regt. being ordered to join in a counter-attack, he was
severely wounded in the head by a piece of high explosive shell, near
Ypres, dying the next day, 25 May, 1915, at Bailleul Clearing Hospital,
where he had been taken, and was buried in the Military Cemetery there
(No. 1125). An officer wrote: “We were all so fond of him and he is
indeed a great loss. He was of great assistance to me in the field,
for I could rely on him, and in addition he had the happy knack of
commanding men.”
[Illustration: =Henry A. C. Topham.=]
=TOSH, WILLIAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 551, 8th Australian Light Horse,
only _s._ of James Tosh, of Third Part, Crail, Fife, by his wife,
Jessie Christine (Mansefield, Anstruther), only dau. of Alexander
Campbell Macandie; _b._ 30 Sept. 1885: educ. Clifton Bank School,
St. Andrews, and afterwards learnt sheep-farming in one of the Border
counties; then proceeded to Australia and acted as assistant to the
owner of Barunah, one of the largest sheep-runs in the Colony of
Victoria. After a short visit home in 1910, he returned to Australia
and started farming on his own account, but on the outbreak of war
disposed of his property and joined the Australian Light Horse. He
was wounded in action at Anzac, Gallipoli, and died half an hour
afterwards, 7 Aug. 1915, being buried in the 8th L.H. Burial Ground, on
the beach; _unm._ Major McLaurin wrote: “He was a splendid soldier
and much beloved by the regt.”
=TOVEY, FREDERICK JOHN=, Private, No. 10724, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of John Tovey, of Walk Cottages, Heythorpe, co. Oxon,
Farm Labourer, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Reuben Stanger; _b._
Milton under Wychwood, co. Oxon, 22 Oct. 1898; educ. Village School
there; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 1914 at Coventry; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France, etc., and was reported missing, 25 Jan.
1915 and is now assumed to have been killed in action about that date.
=TOWLE, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4859), S.S. 1767, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TOWNEND, FRANCIS WHITCHURCH=, Capt., 35th Divisional Signal
Coy. Royal Engineers, 3rd _s._ of the Rev. Alfred John Townend,
Chaplain to the Forces, by his wife, Margaret Wiseman, dau. of the
late William James Stairs, of Nova Scotia; _b._ Halifax, Nova
Scotia, 10 July, 1885; educ. Dulwich College, and the Royal Military
Academy, Woolwich, and on leaving there spent two years at the School
of Military Engineering, Chatham; gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.E., 21 Jan.
1904, and promoted Lieut. 24 Sept. 1906, and Capt. 30 Oct. 1914; went
to India in 1906, and was there attached to the 3rd Sappers and Miners;
left for France with the Indian Expeditionary Force after the outbreak
of war, reaching the front in Oct. and died at Bethune, 29 March, 1915,
of wounds received in action the previous day, while laying telephone
wires; _unm._ Buried in Bethune Cemetery. A motor ambulance driver
wrote the following account of the incident to his Mother [Morning
Post, 12 April, 1915]: “After dinner I commenced a letter, but was
interrupted by a shell bursting somewhere in the vicinity and a man
yelling for bandages. Of course I rushed to see if I could be of any
use, and found that the shell had burst at the side of the road about
forty yards away, right in the midst of a party of Indian engineers who
were inspecting the telegraph wires. T. and I grabbed stretchers from
our car, and with some others rushed for the Indians. I was late in
starting owing to my litter, and all the Indians were being attended
to when I arrived on the scene. However, I saw someone in the shell
hole which was on the side of the road opposite from where the men
had been hit, and so had escaped notice. In it was a man, the white
officer of the Indians, who appeared to have his legs half buried in
the debris of the hole. He told us to attend to the others first; he
was all right. And then as we moved him we saw that he was standing
on the stumps of his legs. Both had been shot off at the knee. (I’m
telling you this story, horrible as it is, because of the extraordinary
courage the man showed--such courage as I’ve never seen before, and
hardly imagined. It’s worth while bearing the horror of it to realise
that we are officered by such men.) He was perfectly conscious and
calm, and spoke as though he were a medical officer and someone else
the victim. He looked at his legs as we moved him on to the stretcher
and asked me quietly (he was not in the least excited, and his handsome
face showed no pain) to tie something tight round both thighs to stop
the bleeding. I did what I could with my handkerchief, and another I
requisitioned, and we took him to our billet. We had to move hurriedly,
of course, as a second shell had followed and we wanted cover in
case any more arrived. There were two R.A.M.C. men with us, and they
attended to the subsequent first aid. They discovered another horrible
wound in his arm, and while they were dressing it he told them that he
thought he would give up football next year. We then took him to the
nearest hospital; he was still conscious and perfectly collected, and
laughed quietly and talked, apologising for the trouble he was causing,
while on the way to the hospital. And I came back thinking of that tag
in some book or other ‘I have seen a man.’ The poor fellow died in
hospital.” While at Woolwich he played for the Association Football XI,
and was a well-known Army cricketer, having several times represented
the Royal Engineers against the Royal Artillery at Lord’s; he also
played for the Free Foresters, the Bombay Presidency, and the Indian
Army. Capt. Townend was mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir John French
[London Gazette, 22 June, 1915].
[Illustration: =Francis W. Townend.=]
=TOWNER, FREDERICK ARTHUR ALBERT=, Private, Signaller, No. 148,
7th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Horace Frederick
Towner, of 22, Alfred Street, St. Leonards-on-Sea, Cabinet Maker, by
his wife, Isabel, dau. of William McLeod; _b._ St. Leonards, 6
July, 1890; educ. Christ Church School there; went to sea in 1906
and was twice wrecked, first on the John Shelley, in Nov. 1907, and
secondly with the sailing ship Enterprise, in the North Sea, Oct.
1908, being on this last occasion the sole survivor; in 1912 went to
Australia and took up farming, but after the outbreak of war enlisted
in the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, 4 Sept. 1914, and was killed
in action at the Dardanelles, 3 June, 1915; _unm._
=TOWNSEND, CHARLES=, Armourer’s Mate (Pensioner), 342373, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TOWNSEND, HENRY CHARLES WILLIAM=, A.B., 239251, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TOWNSHEND, ALFRED=, A.B., 236174, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TOWNSHEND, CHARLES HENRY=, A.B., 229079, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TRACEY, ALBERT JAMES FREDERICK=, Private, No. 1940, 15th Battn.
(Prince of Wales’s Own Civil Service Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.),
4th _s._ of Joseph Thomas Tracey, of 24, Belmont Road, South
Norwood, S.E., formerly Sergt. 1st Border (34th) Regt., by his wife,
Caroline, dau. of Richard Frederick Hill; _b._ Caterham, co.
Surrey, 11 April, 1891; educ. Garrison School, Fort George, N.B.; South
Norwood Council School, and Whitgift Middle School, Croydon; served
as a registered Boy Clerk at the Board of Education, Whitehall, from
27 May, 1907, to 16 July, 1911, and as an assistant clerk, 17 July,
1911, to Aug. 1914. He joined the 23rd London Territorials in March,
1909; became Sergt. in Sept. 1912, but transferred to the Civil Service
Rifles, April, 1914, giving up his stripes; volunteered for foreign
service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 17 March, 1915, and was
killed in action at Festubert, 25 May following, while bombing a German
trench; _unm._ He was buried at Festubert. Capt. H. H. Kemble,
of his Coy., wrote: “Your son led the way along the parapet and used
his bombs with such effect, that the trench was taken the next day.
A report of his bravery has been forwarded to Head Quarters. He was
always thorough and efficient, and always quiet and gentle”; and Sergt.
F. C. Robertson said that when they found him next day he had used all
his bombs. He had rushed right on using the bombs till the Germans
turned the machine-gun on to him. No man could have done more. The
trench was won.
[Illustration: =Albert J. F. Tracey.=]
=HANBURY-TRACEY, HON. FELIX CHARLES HUBERT=, Lieut., 2nd Battn.
Scots Guards, yst. _s._ of Charles Douglas Richard, 4th Baron
Sudeley, P.C., by his wife, Ada Maria Katherine, dau. of the Hon.
Frederick James Tollemache; _b._ Buckingham Gate, S.W., 27 July,
1882; educ. Harrow and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted
2nd Lieut. Scots Guards, 8 May, 1901, and promoted Lieut. 10 Nov.
1907; retired in 1907 and joined the Reserve of Officers; gazetted
to the 3rd Battn. of his regt. on the outbreak of war, 5 Aug. 1914;
went to France, 7 Nov., and died of wounds received in an attack on
the German trenches near Fromelles, on the night of 18–19 Dec. 1914.
He was wounded slightly at the commencement of the attack, but still
led his men. When again wounded fatally on the parapet of the German
trench, some of his men attempted to carry him back to safety, but he
ordered them to leave him where he was and to go on, as he did not wish
them to risk their lives in saving him. The Germans shortly afterwards
re-took their trench, and he died a few hours later in their hands,
and was buried by them. He _m._ at Lacock, Wiltshire, 11 June,
1908, Madeline Llewellyn (13, Queen’s Gate Place, S.W.), only dau. of
Col. George Llewellyn Palmer, of Lackham, Lacock, Wilts, and had two
sons: Michael David Charles, _b._ 29 March, 1909; and Ninian John
Frederick, _b._ 7 Dec. 1910.
[Illustration: =F. C. H. Hanbury-Tracey.=]
=TRAHERNE, LLEWELLYN EDMUND=, of Coedarhydyglyn, near Cardiff,
J.P., Lt.-Commander, R.N., eldest _s._ of the late Llewellyn
Edmund Traherne, of Coedarhydyglyn, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Henry
Hogard; _b._ Paris, 14 Sept. 1863; joined the Britannia in Jan.
1877, and left in Dec. 1878, having taken the first prize in seamanship
that year, he was appointed to H.M.S. Charybdis, then on the China
Station, and took passage to her in the Encounter. He served in many
stations and qualified in gunnery, gaining 1st Class Certificate in
1890, retiring in 1897. On the outbreak of the European War, at the
age of 51, he rejoined as Lt.-Commander (G.) Emergency List, and was
promoted to Acting-Commander of the Excellent, 12 Oct. 1914, and died
while on active service, of pneumonia, at the Royal Naval Hospital,
Haslar, 14 Oct. 1914. He was buried in the Churchyard of the village
of St. Nicholas, near Cardiff. Lt.-Commander Traherne _m._ at
Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Street, London, 16 April, 1907, Dorothy
Emma Olivia, elder dau. of George Felix Standish Sinclair, of 3,
Manson Place, London, S.W., and granddau. of the late Sir John George
Tollemache Sinclair, of Ulbster, 3rd Bart., M.P., and had two sons and
one dau.: Cennydd George, now of Coedarhydyglyn, _b._ 14 Dec.
1910; John Rhodri Llewellyn, _b._ 24 Sept. 1913; and Margaret
Agnes Mary, _b._ 1 Dec. 1908.
[Illustration: =Llewellyn E. Traherne.=]
=TRAVERS, ALBERT JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14738 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TRAYNOR, THOMAS=, Stoker, R.N.R., S. 2922, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=TREHANE, GEORGE=, Leading Stoker, K. 1240, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TREVELYAN, WILFRED=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. Rifle Brigade, 2nd
_s._ of Sir Ernest John Trevelyan, of 1, Marston Ferry Road,
Oxford, D.C.L., Reader in Indian Law to the University of Oxford,
etc. [gdson. of the Ven. George Trevelyan, Archdeacon of Taunton, 3rd
_s._ of Sir John Trevelyan, of Nettlecombe, 4th Bart.], by his
2nd wife, Julia Isabel, dau. of Edward Walhouse Mark, late Consul at
Marseilles; b. Calcutta, 10 Oct. 1893; educ. Rugby, and at Manchester
University; gazetted from the Officers’ Training Corps to the 5th
(Reserve) Battn. Rifle Brigade, 15 Aug. 1914, was transferred to the
4th Battn. 8 Sept. following, served with his regt. in France and
Flanders, and died at Ypres, 5 May, 1915, from wounds received in
action the previous day. He was buried in the grounds of Hooge Chateau,
France; _unm._
[Illustration: =Wilfred Trevelyan.=]
=TREVENA, FREDERIC WILLIAM=, Private, No. 931, A Coy., 1/5th
Battn. Seaforth Highlanders (T.F.), only surviving _s._ of
Richard Charles Trevena, of 33, Lakeside Road, Palmer’s Green, N., by
his wife, Eliza Barnicoat, dau. of the late John Robins, of Penryn,
Cornwall; _b._ London, 22 Oct. 1892; educ. Bowes Road School, was
a member of the Clerk’s Department of the Southgate Urban District
Council Office; joined the Seaforth Highlanders, 14 Sept. 1914; went
to France, 1 May, 1915, and was killed on the 21st of that month, by
shell fire, while the battn. was resting in an orchard about three
miles from the firing line, some miles N.E. of Bethune. Buried in the
orchard; _unm._ The Chaplain, the Rev. D. Macfarlane wrote: “We
were encamped and he and others were simply resting in their bivouac
when the shells came raining across on us. We had been shelled the day
before farther up the line and had left it to come here for safety as
this place had never been shelled before. But this time the shells had
a message, and it was your dear Frederic that they came to. He could
have suffered nothing, as death was instantaneous. The others were
spared, though they got a shock. We feel keenly parting so suddenly
from a good comrade and a brave man.”
[Illustration: =Frederic W. Trevena.=]
=TREVENER, WALTER JOHN=, Leading Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B.
2277), 289209, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=TREVOR, HARRY SPOTTISWOODE=, Lieut., Royal Engineers, _s._
of Sir Arthur Charles Trevor, K.C.S.I., late of the Indian C.S.,
Revenue Member of the Bombay Government (1892–95) and Public Works
Member of the Government of India (1896–1901), by his wife, Florence
Mary, 2nd dau. of Col. Cyril Jackson Prescott, Bombay S.C., and
grandson of Captain Robert Salusbury Trevor, 3rd Bengal Cavalry (who
was murdered at Kabul in Dec. 1841, with the British Envoy, Sir William
Macnaghten); _b._ Karachi, India, 19 July, 1899; educ. Marlborough
College, where he was in the sixth form. Prefect and Head of his house,
and a member of the house and school football teams, and the School
Shooting Eight. From Marlborough he passed direct into Woolwich, became
a member of R.M.A. Football XV, and gained his commission in the
R.E., after an 18 months course, 1 Oct. 1909. After the usual period
of training at Chatham he was ordered to India, served for a time in
the Military Works Department at Jullunder, in the Punjab, and was
then transferred to the Engineering Staff of the North-Western State
Railway at Lahore, and promoted Lieut. 28 Jan. 1912. On the outbreak
of the war he was attached to the 1st K.G.’s O. Sappers and Miners,
and proceeded with the 4th Field Company of the battn. as part of the
Meerut Brigade to France, where he landed in Oct. 1914, and where he
served, throughout the fighting at Givenchy, Festubert, Neuve Chapelle,
and elsewhere on the front between La Bassée and Lille, till he was
killed in action in the trenches near Laventie, 15 Aug. 1915. Buried in
the British Cemetery at Vieille Chapelle; _unm._ He was mentioned
in Despatches, 30 Nov. 1915. General Nanton, C.R.E., Indian Contingent
(under whom Lieut. Trevor had served in the Military Department in
India, as well as at the front), wrote: “I have watched your son since
he was with us in Jullunder. In this war I have noted his bravery and
skill on so many occasions. We have lost a brave and good officer. He
was buried with our other R.E. officers at Vieille Chapelle. He was
shot whilst arranging a fixed rifle rest with his usual care, and he
did not suffer for an instant”; and Col. Twining, late C.R.E. Meerut
Division: “Your son worked under my orders from the time he came to
France until March last. I had a high opinion of him as an officer and
a strong regard for him as an individual, and I deplore his loss to
the Service as well as to his relations and friends. He went through
much hard and dangerous work--never spared himself in the slightest and
was always cheery and ready for anything. I remember one occasion in
particular last Dec. when I had to send him with another young officer
out on a very difficult and dangerous task--they had been out through
very severe fighting for 36 hours consecutively and were very much
done, but your lad stuffed a little food into his pockets and went
off again, full of cheer, with a smile. You will be glad to hear of
this--it was his usual attitude and we have lost a valuable officer and
a much-loved comrade.” The late Col. Davidson Houston, Commanding 58th
Rifles F.F., also wrote: “I trust you will excuse an entire stranger
writing to you, but on behalf of both my officers and myself I wish
to tender our deepest sympathy with you in the loss of your son last
month. He was, when he met his death, working in my section of the
front line, as he had frequently done before, and I had always found
him a most able and hard working adviser on technical points connected
with the defences--always cheerful, always ready to help, never sparing
himself, we shall miss him greatly and the R.E.’s have lost one of
their most promising young officers. Your son had been lunching with me
and discussing a rifle rest he had invented, a specimen of which he had
had made and given to my regiment. He said he would like to test this
particular specimen as he had not had time to do so before sending it
to us. He asked if he might use my observation post to shoot from and
he and my adjutant went there for the purpose. The post is raised up on
a platform. Your son raised his head to look over the little breastwork
and was immediately shot. We much regretted being unable, owing to the
Military situation, to attend his funeral and mark our respect for him
as a soldier and a comrade.” An officer of high professional promise,
he was also a music and book lover, a talented designer and draftsman,
and had a somewhat notable turn for the devising of contrivances “for
the further discomfiture of the enemy,” to use the words of a brother
officer. One of the first, if not absolutely the first, trench mortar
used by the British, to counter the German Minenwerfer, was made on
his initiative and under his orders, of 9 inch iron piping, in the
company’s workshops, and proved very effective, and it was in arranging
to test a portable contrivance of his own for enabling fire to be kept
up on any desired point in the dark and without exposure, that he met
his death. With reference to this contrivance the O.C. 2nd Black Watch
wrote in a note found among Lieut. Trevor’s papers: “We have tried your
rifle rest, and found it very good.”
[Illustration: =Harry S. Trevor.=]
=TRIGGS, WOODMAN GEORGE=, Ship’s Corpl. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3710),
163287, H.M.S. Aboukir: lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TRIMMER, GILBERT FREDERICK=, Coy. Sergt.-Major, No. 3359, 2/4th
Battn. The Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._
of John Trimmer, of Guildford, by his wife, Alice Katurah, dau. of
J. Dawes Esher; _b._ Guildford, co. Surrey, 18 April, 1876;
was by trade a Tailor; served in South Africa, 1900, with the City
Imperial Volunteers and was invalided, home; after the outbreak of
the European War enlisted 2 Nov. 1914; went to the Dardanelles with
the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at
Chocolate Hill, Gallipoli, 9 Aug. 1915. He _m._ at St. Mary’s,
Guildford, 10 Feb. 1902, Grace Eleanor (38, King John Terrace, Heaton,
Newcastle-on-Tyne), dau. of the late George Hewett, of Guildford;
_s.p._
[Illustration: =Gilbert F. Trimmer.=]
=TRIMMER, WILLIAM DOUGLAS MACLEAN=, Lieut., 1st Battn.
Hampshire Regt., only child of Edward Douglas Trimmer, of Oakrigg,
Walton-on-Thames, Solicitor, and his wife, Mary Kate, dau. of John
Lauchlan Maclean, late of Haremere Hall, co. Sussex; _b._
Surbiton, co. Surrey, 29 Dec. 1891; educ. Aldenham School and the Royal
Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1st Hampshires,
20 Sept. 1911, and promoted Lieut. 18 March, 1914; left for France, 22
Aug. 1914, in the 11th Brigade of the 4th Division, served through the
retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Aisne and the Marne, and was
killed in action with his whole platoon, in an advanced and isolated
trench at Ploegsteert Wood, during the First Battle of Ypres, 30 Oct.
following. Buried in Ploegsteert Churchyard; _unm._ Lieut. J.
F. Gwynne, Medical Officer to the Hampshires, wrote: “He died like
a hero--he _was_ a hero, and the way he and his men fought to
the last is one of the finest acts I have heard of in the whole war.
He was found in his trench, wounded fatally in the head, grasping
unexpended cartridges in his hand--game to the last. He must have died
immediately on receiving the fatal shot.” Capt. Clive Garsia, 1st
Hampshires, wrote: “The simplest truth about him, uninfluenced by the
natural wish to speak well of the dead, is that he was one of the very
best subalterns I ever knew. From the day he joined he devoted himself
whole-heartedly to work and to play, and exhibited pluck and endurance
I have never seen excelled. His success as a cross-country runner was
due solely to grit, because he was not the cut of a runner, but he
had the heart to stay the pace however hot they made it. As a loyal
subordinate who played up to me whole-heartedly on every occasion I
should like to pay his memory humble tribute of acknowledgment. I knew
when the war broke out that he would do well, and I have frequently
asked men coming down wounded for news about the regt. and different
officers. The first news I heard was about the retreat from Mons,
when a sergt. told me that Mr. Trimmer and the General were the only
two that wouldn’t lie down. Several told me that ‘the blokes said
they’d follow him anywhere’”; and in a subsequent letter he added “the
specially heroic circumstances attending the last stand of Douglas
and his platoon are fully appreciated. I am now on the Divisional
staff and have frequently heard the Chief Staff Officer say how well
my regt. has done all through, instancing the way Douglas’ platoon
stuck it to the last man.” And Capt. Douglas Johnston, 1st Hampshires,
wrote: “On the Aisne he [Lieut. Trimmer] did his work perfectly, and I
myself was particularly struck with the quiet courage he showed when
on really dangerous patrol work. He was far from well there, but got
better before we moved. When poor Major Connellan was struck, your
boy dashed out and brought him into cover, and the next day, the 21
Oct., he told me about it. It is unnecessary for me to add that he was
extraordinarily popular with his men.” Mr. Connellan in a letter to Mr.
Trimmer said: “I have heard from Capt. Thurn and I will tell you all
that he told me about your son, but I am afraid it is very little. He
says, about 28 Oct. he was holding an advanced trench with his platoon
in front of Ploegsteert Wood; he was very heavily shelled and attacked
by infantry all day, losing most of his platoon. He sent back for
reinforcements but apparently there were none to be had, anyhow none
were sent. He held his men together and stuck to his trench all day,
being finally killed by a shell towards the evening. The remains of his
platoon, nine men out of about 40, stuck on and were finally all killed
by German infantry, except, I believe, one man who is now wounded and
prisoner. The only survivor of his platoon, the messenger he sent back,
was killed about two months after. Young Trimmer certainly held his
trench very gallantly and I know his name was sent on from the battn.”
He was a good all-round athlete. When at Aldenham he won the School
Mile and Half Mile, in 1910, creating school records in both instances.
He was also a good cross-country runner, coming in fourth at the R.M.C.
in 1911, and he ran in the 1st Hampshire Regimental Teams in 1912,
1913 and 1914, which won the Aldershot Command (twice) and the Eastern
Command, Cross Country Runs. In other sports he was a useful Rugby
Football and Hockey player, a plucky swimmer and a good horseman.
[Illustration: =William D. M. Trimmer.=]
=TRINEMAN, CHARLES FREDERICK=, Staff Sergt., No. 62, 18th Battn.
5th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of the late
William Trineman, Gardener; _b._ Exeter, 28 March, 1882; educ.
Seaton Council School; joined the 27th Devonshire Yeomanry, and served
with them through the South African War, 1899–1902 (Queen’s medal with
five clasps); afterwards went to Australia; joined the Australian
Imperial Force on the outbreak of war; served in Egypt and at the
Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 21–25 Aug. 1915. He had,
just previous to his death, given a cooking demonstration at Victoria
Barracks, on one of the Travelling Kitchens to be used by the troops,
and was then presented with a gold wristlet watch. For many years he
was golf professional and groundsman at the Axe Cliff Golf Links. He
_m._ at Seaton, Devon, 28 Jan. 1903, Amelia (Southfield, New Road,
Water Orton, near Birmingham), dau. of John Harley Boddy, and had a
dau.: Nora Amelia, _b._ 13 March, 1904.
[Illustration: =Charles F. Trineman.=]
=TRITTON, ROBERT EDMUND=, Leading Seaman, 227159, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TROTMAN, SYDNEY=, Private, No. 3155, 2/3rd Battn. (Royal
Fusiliers), The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late George
Hayman Trotman, of Brooklands Lodge, Cambridge, by his wife, Agnes
(35, Norwich Street, Cambridge), dau. of Edward Godfrey; _b._
Cambridge, 18 April, 1886; educ. St. Paul’s School, Cambridge; was a
Clerk; joined 2/3rd Royal Fusiliers, 8 Dec. 1914; left for Egypt, in
April, and died of heatstroke at Khartoum, 3 June, 1915; _unm._
Buried at Khartoum. His Commanding Officer wrote: “Your son was buried
with all military honours and the Sirdar (Sir Reginald Wingate) has
written asking me to express his sympathy to his relatives and the men
of his company”; and another officer: “Your son was a good man and
soldier, and will be deeply missed by officers and men alike.”
[Illustration: =Sydney Trotman.=]
=TROTT, FREDERICK JAMES=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21850, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=TROTTER, ALEXANDER NIGEL=, Lieut. 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st
Battn. The Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.), only _s._ of Alexander
Pelham Trotter, of 181, Ashley Gardens, London, S.W., Electrical
Adviser to the Board of Trade, by his wife, Alys Fane, dau. of Maurice
Keatinge, and a nephew of Lieut.-Col. Sir Henry Trotter, K.C.M.G.,
C.B.; _b._ Cottesmore Gardens, London, W., 17 Sept. 1894; educ.
Packwood Haugh, and Clifton College, where he was a member of the
O.T.C., shot in the Bisley VIII, and was one of the best boxers in
the school; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 3rd Royal Scots, 21 Dec. 1912, and
promoted Lieut. 9 July, 1914; acted as Transport Officer for the 3rd
Battn. on the outbreak of war; left for France in charge of a draft
of 100 men for the 2nd Battn., 30 Aug. 1914; the Royal Scots left the
trenches at the Aisne about 26 Sept. and arrived in position near
Bethune 11 Oct., and Lieut. Trotter was killed in action at La Fosse,
near Vieille Chapelle, 12 Oct. 1914, while engaged in attacking a wood
strongly held by the enemy. The ground over which the British had to
advance was intersected by small irrigation canals crossed by plank
bridges, on which the officers and men offered a good target. Lieut.
Trotter is believed to have been first hit while crossing one of these
bridges, and after advancing three-quarters of a mile fell with two
more wounds. He was buried on the farm of Zelobes, near La Fosse, north
of Bethune; _unm._ His Coy. Commander, Capt. (now Major) F. C.
Tanner, D.S.O., wrote: “Everyone is unanimous that Nigel died like a
hero, and knowing him I could not suppose it otherwise. I saw him under
fire at the beginning of the action”; and a man in his company: “I can
assure you all the men were sorry to lose him, for he seemed to have no
fear and was a good leader of men.” On the cross put up on his grave by
the mobile column of the Red Cross, some of his comrades wrote: “A very
gallant gentleman.”
[Illustration: =Alexander N. Trotter.=]
=TROTTER, JAMES KEITH=, Lieut. 1st Battn. Gordon Highlanders, only
_s._ of Major-General Sir James Keith Trotter, of Aislaby Lodge,
Sleights, co. York, K.C.B., C.M.G., by his wife, Alice, yst. dau. of
Francis James Crow, of Haughton-le-Skerne, co. Durham; _b._ Malta,
19 Dec. 1888; educ. Wellington College (where he was prefect, 1906, and
head of the Rifle Corps), and the Royal Military College Sandhurst;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Gordon Highlanders, 23 Jan. 1909, and
promoted Lieut. 15 Oct. 1910; was A.D.C. to his father, Major-General
Sir J. K. Trotter, Commanding Southern Coast Defences, from 3 Nov.
1910, to 23 July, 1911; went to France, 13 Aug. 1914, and was killed in
action at Audencourt, near Le Cateau, 26 Aug. 1915, being shot in the
head while watching the fire of his machine-guns through field-glasses;
_unm._ He was buried at Audencourt. Lieut. Trotter was the winner
of 100 and 200 yards races at Wellington College, and was second in
quarter of a mile race at Army Championship Meeting, Aldershot, 1909.
[Illustration: =James Keith Trotter.=]
=TROUNSON, GRAHAM FRANCIS JAMES=, Midshipman, R.N.R., only child
of Francis Thomas Trounson, of Onslow Mansions, Richmond, Surrey, by
his wife, Kate E., dau. of Thomas Martin, of Chelmsford; _b._
London, 11 June, 1897; educ. The Whitegift and Mersey training ship
for White Star Officers; Cadet R.N.R., 1911; Midshipman (Proby.), Jan.
1914; appointed to H.M.S. Good Hope, 2 Aug., and was lost when that
ship was sunk in the Naval action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914. He had the unique experience, in so short a life of having
travelled the world as a cadet, and Midshipman, in sail The Mersey, in
steam The Cevarmie, and in H.M.S. Good Hope. He had been round the Horn
six times.
[Illustration: =Graham F. J. Trounson.=]
=TRUDGETT, JAMES ALBERT=, Sergt., No. 5435, 1st King’s Dragoon
Guards, 3rd _s._ of George Alfred Trudgett, of 68, Lime Tree
Place, Stowmarket, Suffolk, by his wife, Harriet, dau. of William
Greenwood, of Stowmarket; _b._ Stowmarket, 18 Dec. 1883; educ.
British School there, and was for a short time a Clerk in the offices
of the New Explosives Co.’s Works at Stowmarket; enlisted in the King’s
Dragoon Guards, 3 Jan. 1901, and after training at York was drafted to
the regt. then in South Africa; remained there a year, then returned to
England; served at Hounslow and Aldershot; went to India, 6 Nov. 1907,
and was stationed at Ambala and later at Lucknow; went to France with
the Lucknow Cavalry Brigade about Nov. 1914; took part in the heavy
fighting round La Bassée, and was killed in action at Hooge, 2 June,
1915; _unm._ The Adjutant, 1st King’s Dragoon Guards, wrote: “Your
son was with me in the Headquarters during the 1st and 2nd and gave me
very able assistance in taking messages, and assisting in dressing the
wounded. During the severe bombardment of the 2nd, at about 2 p.m.,
the dug-out was blown in, in two places, and I gave your son an order
to take the most important papers and go down the communication trench
to a place of greater safety in Zouave Wood. That was the last I saw
of him. The communication trench was almost obliterated, his body not
being discovered for two days. The Lincoln Regt. reported that in
clearing the trench, they had found him and buried him in Zouave Wood.
I cannot tell you how great a loss he is to the regt., Colonel and
myself. A thorough, trustworthy, gallant soldier, and mourned by all
ranks.”
[Illustration: =James Albert Trudgett.=]
=TRUEMAN, CHARLES FITZGERALD HAMILTON=, Capt., 2nd Battn.
Manchester Regt., eldest _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Charles Hamilton
Trueman, of Oakwell-on-the-Blean, Kent, late 32nd L.I., by his wife,
Dorothea Magdalena, dau. of John P. Fitzgerald, M.D.; _b._
Devonport, 22 March, 1877; educ. King’s School, Canterbury, and
Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to 2nd Manchesters, 8 Sept. 1897;
promoted Lieut. 17 Aug. 1899, and Capt. 5 Jan. 1901; served in
the South African War, 1900–1; took part in the operations in the
Transvaal, July, 1901, and in those in the Orange River Colony, 30 Nov.
1900 to Oct. 1901 (Queen’s medal with four clasps), was Superintendant
of Gymnasia, Aldershot Command, 23 April, 1908, to 31 Aug. 1909, and
Assistant Inspector of Gymnasia in same command, 1 Sept. 1909, to
22 April, 1912; left for France with the Expeditionary Force (14th
Brigade, 5th Division), Aug. 1914, and was reported missing after the
Battle of Le Cateau, on the 26th of same month, and is believed to have
been killed in this action; _unm._ He had the Coronation medal of
King Edward VII.
=TRUEMAN, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3264), 292872,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=TRUSSLER, FREDERICK=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po./13907, H.M S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TUCK, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3410), 308496,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=TUCK, PETER ISAAC THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5338), 211878,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TUCKER, ALAN ROBERT LLOYD=, 2nd Lieut., Indian Army (attd. 2nd
Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt.), only _s._ of Robert Edward
Tucker, of Ashburton, co. Devon, Solicitor, Lt.-Col. Commanding 2/5th
Battn. Devonshire Regt. (T.F.), by his wife, Annie Lloyd, dau. of the
late Richard Williams, of Bodafon, Anglesey; _b._ Ashburton, 25
June, 1894; educ. Sherborne and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Indian
Army, 8 Aug. 1914, and was subsequently attd. 2nd Royal Warwicks; went
to France, Nov. 1914, and was killed in action near Fleurbaix, 19 Dec.
following; _unm._
[Illustration: =Alan R. L. Tucker.=]
=TUCKER, ERNEST EDWIN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5398), 195629, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=TUCKER, GEORGE JOSEPH=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 7283), 308124,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=TUCKER, REGINALD=, Rifleman, No. 1901, 16th (Queen’s Westminster
Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of John Tucker, of
“Oakwood.” Chorley Wood Road, Rickmansworth, Cigar Dealer, by his wife,
Emma, dau. of Samuel Drake; _b._ Wimbledon, 13 Sept. 1891; educ.
Whitgift School, Croydon. He enlisted on the outbreak of war, served in
France and Flanders, and was killed in action, 4 Dec. 1914; _unm._
He was buried near Burnt Farm, Bois Grenier, France. Capt. Whitmore,
commanding D. Coy. The Westminsters, wrote: “I regret to say that your
son while sitting in the trench was this morning hit in the head by a
bullet, which glanced in through a loop hole above him, and died in
half an hour. I can only express my personal sorrow at losing a soldier
who has always shown himself an extraordinarily plucky fellow, doing
his best to keep down the enemy’s fire even when at its heaviest. We
shall always remember him among us as the first man of the Company to
fall fighting for England.”
[Illustration: =Reginald Tucker.=]
=PITTS TUCKER, CECIL MORTIMER=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Highland Light
Infantry, 2nd _s._ of William Edwin Pitts Tucker, of Crosslands,
near Barnstaple, Solicitor, by his wife, Violet Emily, dau. of Edmund
Tattersall; _b._ Barnstaple, 12 April, 1890; educ. Ellerslie,
Fremington, Devonshire; Charterhouse, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. 1st H.L.I. 20 April, 1910, and promoted Lieut. 18 Dec. 1912;
was an extra A.D.C. to Sir James Meston, Lieut.-Governor of the United
Provinces, India, Oct. 1912, to March, 1913; left for France with the
Sirhind Brigade, Lahore Division, Indian Expeditionary Force, Sept.
1914; and was killed in action at Festubert, on the morning of 20 Dec.
following; _unm._ His Commanding Officer wrote: “He was as fine a
soldier as one could wish to see and a true and affectionate comrade,
and he met his soldier’s death just in the manner all who knew him,
knew he would.”
[Illustration: =C. M. Pitts Tucker.=]
=TUCKWOOD, LESLIE EDGAR=, Private, No. 9964, 1st Battn. Princess
Charlotte of Wales’s Royal Berkshire Regt., yst. _s._ of the late
Charles Tuckwood, of 82, Wightman Road, Hornsey, Music Publisher;
_b._ Harringay, 1891; joined the Navy in 1912, was transferred to
the Army in 1913, and was killed in action at the Battle on the Aisne,
14 Sept. 1914; _unm._
=TUDBALL, THOMAS JOHN=, Private, No. 5499, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of John Tudball, of Bench Cottage, West Harwood,
Timberscombe, near Dunster, co. Somerset, Farm Labourer, by his wife,
Anna; _b._ Timberscombe aforesaid, 25 Dec. 1884; educ. Endowed
Church School there; was a Farm Labourer and Ploughman: enlisted in the
Coldstreams on 29 March, 1904; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France, 21 Aug. to 21 Dec. 1914, and from 9 Jan. 1915; and was killed
in action at Givenchy, 25 Jan. 1915.
=TUDWAY, HERVEY ROBERT CHARLES=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Grenadier
Guards, eldest _s._ of Charles Clement Tudway, of The Cedars,
Stoberry Park, and Milton Lodge, Wells, Somerset, J.P., D.L., by his
2nd wife, Alice Constance, yst. dau. of Sir Frederick Hutchinson
Hervey-Bathurst, 3rd Bart.; _b._ 17, Lower Berkeley Street, W.,
23 Sept. 1888; educ. Evelyns and Eton, where he was in the sixth form
and Eton Society; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Grenadier Guards, 1 Feb. 1910,
and promoted Lieut. 29 Sept. following; was appointed A.D.C. to Lord
Buxton, and sailed for South Africa, 25 July, 1914, but hearing of the
outbreak of war on his arrival there, cabled to Lord Buxton, who was in
England, for leave; returned immediately and rejoined his regt.; went
to the Front; joined the 2nd Battn. at Ypres, 2 Nov. 1914, and died in
hospital at Boulogne, 18 Nov. following, of wounds in the head received
at the 1st Battle of Ypres on the 9th; _unm._ He was buried in
the cemetery at Boulogne. A brass tablet was erected to his memory in
the North Choir Aisle of Wells Cathedral, the inscription concluding
with; “His life for his country, his soul to God.” Lieut. Tudway was
a keen sportsman and cricketer, and played for the Brigade, I.Z. and
M.C.C. His brother, Lieut. Lionel C. P. Tudway, R.N., D.S.O., was taken
prisoner at Kut when in command of H.M.S. Sumara.
[Illustration: =Hervey R. C. Tudway.=]
=TUFF, CECIL THOMAS=, Capt., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st Battn. The
Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regt., 3rd _s._ of Charles Tuff, of
Westfield, Singlewell, near Gravesend, and Rochester, J.P., formerly
M.P. for Rochester, by his wife, Marian, dau. of George William Gill;
_b._ Rochester, 16 Aug. 1885; educ. Abbey School, Beckenham, and
Malvern College; obtained a commission in the Royal West Kent Militia
in 1905; but resigned in or about 1911 rejoining as a Lieut. the day
war was declared. He was gazetted Capt. to 3rd Royal West Kents, 26
Sept. 1914; went to France, 25 Nov. following, where he was attd. to
the 1st Battn., and was killed in action at Hill 60, near Ypres, 15
April, 1915. Buried Hill 60; _unm._
[Illustration: =Cecil Thomas Tuff.=]
=TUFNELL, CARLETON WYNDHAM=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Grenadier Guards,
3rd _s._ of Carleton Fowell Tufnell, of Waterdone Manor, Kenley,
Surrey, by his wife, Laura Gertrude, dau. of William Parker Charsley,
of Ceylon, M.D.; _b._ Sydenham, co. Kent, 5 Aug. 1892; educ. Eton
and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd Grenadier Guards, 4 Sept. 1912;
left for France in Sept. 1914, and was promoted Lieut. He was mortally
wounded near Klein Zillebeke, during the first Battle of Ypres, on the
evening of 6 Nov. 1914, dying shortly after he reached hospital. He
was machine gun officer of his Battn., and was hit whilst taking up a
position. Buried in Zillebeke Churchyard; _unm._ At Eton, Lieut.
Tufnell was one of the best all-round athletes that the school has
known. He was captain of the Eleven, Keeper of the Field (two years),
Keeper of Oppadon Wall and Mixed Wall, and President of the Eton
Society (“Pop.”). He won the Victor Ludorum Prize at athletic sports,
and the King’s medal in the O.T.C. At Sandhurst, he was captain of the
cricket, association football, and athletic team, and later played
cricket for the Household Brigade, M.C.C., and Zingari, and represented
the British Army against the Dutch Army at “Soccer,” both in England
and Holland, in the season of 1914–15.
=TULETT, THOMAS=, Acting Leading Stoker, 296909, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TULIP, JOHN JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 5840), S.S.
106376, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TULLY, DAVID=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9914), S.S. 107383,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=TUNE, JOHN SKERROW=, Private, No. 5435, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of the late John Tune; _b._ Birmingham, 23
April, 1882; educ. Sherborne Road Board School there; enlisted 22 Feb.
1901; was reported missing after the fighting at Givenchy, Belgium,
and later to have been killed in action, 22 Dec. 1914. Tune had the
Good Conduct Badge granted, 22 Feb. 1906. He _m._ at Birmingham,
1910, Sarah Ann (16, Eastbourne Terrace, Herbert Road, Small Heath,
Birmingham), eldest dau. of the late William Smith, of 32, Frazier
Street, Oldburn, Staffs, and had three children: Rosina May, _b._
3 Dec. 1910; Olive Florence Ada, _b._ 8 July, 1912, and Beatrice
Maud, _b._ 15 April, 1915.
[Illustration: =John Skerrow Tune.=]
=TUPPER, ERNEST=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10769),
300721, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TURNBULL, DERWENT CHRISTOPHER=, M.B., Lieut., R.A.M.C., 5th
_s._ of William Peverill Turnbull, of Burway House, Church
Stretton, co. Salop, late H.M. Divisional Inspector of Schools, by
his wife, Fanny, dau. of the late Edwin John Hayes, Town Clerk of
Birmingham; _b._ Stockwell End, Wolverhampton, 28 Aug. 1890; educ.
Private Schools, Sheffield, the Sheffield Royal Grammar School, and
King Edward VII’s School at Sheffield, Giggleswick School, and the
University of Sheffield; volunteered in 1914, obtained a commission as
Lieut. in the R.A.M.C. Dec. 1914; was for some weeks a medical officer
at King George V’s Hospital, Dublin; went to France 15 Feb. 1915; was
attd. to 84th Field Ambulance, 28th Division, but on 9 March was lent
as a temporary M.O. to the 1st Battn. Cheshire Regt., and died at St.
Eloi, 14 March, 1915, having been wounded on the 10th; _unm._ He
was buried in a burial ground at Ypres. On the morning of 10 March,
1915, while Lieut. D. C. Turnbull was in his dressing station, a
message came that an officer in a trench was bleeding to death. Lieut.
Turnbull, with an orderly, volunteered to go to him, and about 10.30
a.m. crossed the dangerzone, and reached the trench, which was about
3 ft. deep and half full of water. Lieut. Turnbull attended to the
wounded man but, judging some further operation necessary, determined
to remove him to the dressing station. Rifle fire, however, prevented
this, and the wounded officer and Lieut. Turnbull and the orderly were
unable to get away from the trenches for many hours. About 6 p.m. they
made an attempt in the course of which the wounded officer received a
further wound and Lieut. Turnbull was shot in the lung. Of this he died
four days later notwithstanding the utmost efforts made on his behalf
by his colleagues, Capt. Bickerton and Lieut. Haynes. The orderly,
Private (now Corpl.) J. Needham (1st Cheshires), afterwards received
the D.C.M. for his conduct on this occasion. Lieut.-Col. W. Salisbury
Sharpe, R.A.M.C., wrote: “I do not know what form official recognition
will take, but I can assure you of my personal appreciation that no
greater instance of heroic self-sacrifice will be recorded during the
war;” and Capt. R. E. Bickerton, R.A.M.C., “The stretcher-bearers of
my section have spoken very, very kindly of him and admired his pluck,
saying that he never let them cross a risky part of the road without
being there himself.” Lieut. Turnbull was mentioned in F.M. Sir John
(now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915,
for gallant and distinguished service in the field.
[Illustration: =Derwent C. Turnbull.=]
=TURNBULL, WALTER=, Private, No. 964, 24th Infantry Battn.
Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Thomas Edward Turnbull, of
Hexham, Northumberland, Rope and Candle Manufacturer, by his wife,
Ann, dau. of James Charlton; _b._ Hexham, 26 Jan. 1882; educ.
North Eastern County School, Barnard Castle; went to Australia in May,
1912; joined the Australian Force in March, 1915, and died on board
the hospital ship Guildford Castle, 21 Sept. 1915, of wounds received
in action near Lone Pine, Gallipoli; buried at sea about 5 miles from
Lemnos; _unm._
[Illustration: =Walter Turnbull.=]
=TURNER, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 7673; 1st Battn. Royal West Kent
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died 27
April, 1915, of wounds received in action; _m._
=TURNER, ARTHUR=, No. 3894, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards; enlisted
15 Nov. 1900; served in South Africa, 26 Nov. 1901, to 6 Oct. 1902
(Queen’s medal with three clasps, “Cape Colony,” “South Africa, 1901,”
“1902”), and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from
26 Aug. 1914; was reported missing after the fighting at Rentel on 12
Nov. following, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on or
about that date.
=TURNER, ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4104), 194994, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TURNER, ARTHUR MORRIS=, Private, No. 10/1357, Wellington Regt.
New Zealand Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of Edwin Turner, of 27,
South Street, Chichester, Wholesale and Retail Grocer and Provision
Merchant, by his wife, Minnie, dau. of William Light, of Chichester;
_b._ Chichester, co. Sussex, 22 July, 1893; educ. Chichester and
Portsmouth Grammar Schools; went to New Zealand in Feb. 1913, and
settled near Tologa Bay as a Farm Worker; volunteered on the outbreak
of war, left for Egypt in Dec. 1914, and died on or about 11 May, 1915,
from wounds received in action, when the New Zealanders landed at the
Dardanelles; _unm._
[Illustration: =Arthur Morris Turner.=]
=TURNER, BERNARD GEORGE=, Private, No. 11833, Maxim Gun Section,
1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, only _s._ of John William Turner, of
The Gables, Bledlow Ridge, co. Bucks. Schoolmaster, by his wife, Emily,
dau. of David Hainsworth; _b._ Bledlow Ridge, Wallingford, 28 Nov.
1894; educ. High Wycombe Grammar School, and after leaving there won
in open competition a post under the London County Council, and was
serving in the Fire Brigade Department when war was declared in Aug.
1914. He volunteered shortly after and joined the Coldstream Guards in
Sept. and left for the Western Front in Jan.; he was attd. there to the
Maxim Gun Section, and was killed in action on Hill 70, at Vermeilles,
27 Sept. 1915, being shot through the heart; _unm._
[Illustration: =Bernard George Turner.=]
=TURNER, CHARLES=, Private, No. 7725, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
action at Troyon, 8 Oct. 1914; _m._
=TURNER, CHARLES ALFRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2817), S.S. 133, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=TURNER, EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4579), 293331,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=TURNER, ERNEST HERBERT=, Private. No. 6226, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Ernest Turner, of No. 6, Howard Terrace, Bank
Top, Bedlington, Northumberland, by his wife, Elizabeth Ann, dau. of
Henry Hyatt; _b._ Oxford, 14 July, 1886; educ. Broomhill Colliery
School; was a Miner; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 30 May, 1905; went
to France, 10 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Soupir, 16 Sept.
1914. He _m._ at Bedlington Parish Church, 3 Jan. 1914, Margaret
Harrison, (1, Cragg’s Buildings, Bedlington, Bank Top, Northumberland),
dau. of Isaac Nicholson, of Bedlington; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Ernest Herbert Turner.=]
=TURNER, FRANCIS OLIVER=, Private, No. 11420, No. 1 Coy. 3rd
Battn. Coldstream Guards, only _s._ of Frederick George Turner,
of Briningham, Melton Constable, Norfolk, Clerk in Time and Wages
Department, Midland and G. N. Joint Railways, by his wife, Ellen Maria,
dau. of John Oliver, of Thornage, Norfolk; _b._ Briston, co.
Norfolk, 17 Aug. 1894; educ. Norfolk C. C. School, Melton Constable,
and on leaving there entered the service of the M. & G. N. Joint
Railways as an apprentice in the Boiler-making trade in Oct. 1908. On
the outbreak of war he enlisted, 2 Sept. 1914, and after three months’
training at Caterham and Windsor, was sent to France on 22 Dec. and was
in the trenches before 1 Jan. 1915. He was killed in action at Cuinchy
brickfields 2 Feb. following, and was buried in the British cemetery
between La Bassée Canal and the Railroad; _unm._
[Illustration: =Francis Oliver Turner.=]
=TURNER, FREDERICK HARDING=, Lieut., 1/10th (Scottish) Service
Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of William Neil
Turner, of Mossley Hill Drive, Sefton Park, Liverpool, by his wife,
Jessie Stewart, dau. of the late Thomas Holder, of Liverpool, J.P.;
_b._ Liverpool, 29 May, 1888; educ. Greenbank School, Liverpool;
Sedbergh (Sedgwick House, May 1902 to July, 1907), and Trinity
College, Oxford, where he took his B.A. (Law, Class III) in 1910,
afterwards joining the business of Turner & Dunnett, of Liverpool, of
which his father was senior partner, he received a commission as 2nd
Lieut. in the Liverpool Scottish, 18 May, 1912, and on the outbreak of
war volunteered for foreign service. He was promoted Lieut. 25 Sept.
1914; went to the Front at the end of Oct. 1914, and was killed in
action in the trenches east of Kemmel, 10 Jan. 1915, while inspecting
barbed wire entanglements. He was buried in Kemmel Churchyard;
_unm._ The circumstances of his death were given as follows in a
letter from a brother officer: “After breakfast on 10 Jan., 1915, he
went down the trench to look at the barbed wire he had put out in front
the night before. On the way he looked up twice for a second, and each
time he was shot at, but both shots missed, he then got to a place
where the parapet was rather low, and was talking to a sergeant when a
bullet went between their heads. Lieut. Turner said ‘By Jove, that has
deafened my right ear.’ The sergeant remarked, ‘And my left one too,
sir.’ Lieut. Turner then went a shade lower down, and had a look at the
wire, and was shot clean through the middle of the forehead, killing
him instantly.” Lieut. Turner was the famous Rugby International
forward. He played as a “fresher” for Trinity, gained his Rugger Blue
in 1908, when the ’Varsity match of that year ended in a drawn game.
A year later he led the Oxford forwards in their runaway victory over
the Cantabs, this being the occasion of R.W. Poulton’s great feat of
scoring five tries. In 1910 Mr. Turner was captain of Oxford, when
they beat Cambridge by 23 points to 18. On leaving Oxford he took
charge of the Liverpool Rugby Club, and his wonderful power as a hard
scrummager brought him before the notice of the Scottish Selection
Committee, and he played in all the internationals of that and the
following year, namely, against England, Ireland, Wales and France.
The next season, 1912–13. he had the honour of the captaincy conferred
upon him, and although the year had been a disastrous one up to the
time of the English match, the Englishmen, who held an unbeaten record,
were badly defeated by the impetuous rushes of the Scots. Last season
Mr. Turner was not keen on playing in the International fixtures, but
an appeal for help from the Scottish Union brought him out of his
semi-retirement, for he still assisted the Liverpool Club. He was also
a cricketer of more than average ability, and held 15 international
caps. He played for Oxford in 1909 and 1910, but not against Cambridge,
and in 1908 figured in the second eleven of Lancashire. His elder
brother, Lieut. W. S. Turner, was killed in action, 16 June, 1915 (see
his notice).
[Illustration: =Frederick Harding Turner.=]
=TURNER, GEORGE EDWARD=, W.T. Operator, 1st Class, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TURNER, HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4686), 293608,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=TURNER, JAMES=, E.R.A., 1st Class, 269658, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TURNER, JOSEPH WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8020),
S.S. 103639, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=TURNER, JOHN REGINALD=, Lieut., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st Battn.
Dorsetshire Regt., _s._ of John Mayer Burrow Turner, of Hartshill,
Bournemouth, Solicitor; _b._ Stoke-on-Trent, co. Stafford, 20 Nov.
1892; educ. Bournemouth School, and on leaving there was articled to
his father and had passed the Intermediate Law Examination when war
broke out. He was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 3rd Dorset
Special Reserve Battn. 12 Dec. 1911, and became Lieut. 1 May, 1913, and
on the declaration of war volunteered for foreign service. He was attd.
to the 1st Dorsets (15th Brigade, 5th Division) and went to France
with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914; took part in the Retreat
from Mons, the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne, and was killed
in action near Festubert, on the Pont Fixe Road, 13 Oct. 1914, on
which day the 1st Dorsets sustained 400 casualties, 130 of them being
killed. Buried in an orchard west of the Post Office of Pont Fixe;
_unm._ Lieut.-Col. Bols, C.B., D.S.O., commanding 1st Dorsets,
wrote: “Practically the whole of B Coy. was destroyed on that awful
13th. We were all so very fond of him; he was always cheery and such
an excellent soldier, qualities which he displayed to the full on the
days following the 9th Sept, when he was left as senior officer in his
company.” Capt. A. L. Ransome, 1st Dorsets, wrote: “Your son was one
of our most promising young officers. His two previous Coy. Commanders
were loud in his praises. He showed a power of command and common sense
far above the average of his age and service.” Lieut. Turner held the
office of Hon. Sec. to the Bournemouth and District Law Students’
Society, and had each year since its inception won the prize awarded to
the best speaker amongst its members.
[Illustration: =John Reginald Turner.=]
=TURNER, MONTAGUE ALWEYNE FISHER=, L.-Corpl., No. 3532, 2nd
Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, 5th _s._ of Alweyne Turner, of
Kobe, Catherine Road, Surbiton, late Government Advocate, of Lahore,
India, by his wife, Violet Frances, dau. of Deputy Surgeon-Gen. Thorp;
_b._ in Gulmery, Kashmir, 3 July, 1893; educ. Lancing College;
enlisted 14 April, 1913; went to France in Jan. 1915, and was killed in
action 25 April, 1915, being shot through the head in the trenches at
Cross Roads, east of Zonnebeke, by a sniper. Buried at the Zonnebeke
Dressing Station; _unm._ A writer in the regimental journal said:
“It is only necessary to record two or three instances of gallantry
displayed by our comrades to show what our men are, when it comes to
the crucial point, and these are only a few of many. The first to be
mentioned is the gallantry of our bomb-throwers under L.-Corp. M.
Turner during the attack on Hill 60 on the 21–22 April. They went to
work like one man, and soon had the enemy on the move. The coolness and
bravery of Turner was one outstanding feature and we believe he was
highly commended for the excellent work performed by his bomb-throwing
party.”
[Illustration: =Montague A. F. Turner.=]
=TURNER, NOEL PRICE JAMES=, Lieut. 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st,
Battn. South Wales Borderers, elder _s._ of the late Rev. John
James Turner of Pentreheylin, Llandysilio, Montgomeryshire, by his
wife, Harriett Augusta, dau. of Richard Price Harrison; _b._
Richmond, co. Surrey, 7 Dec. 1878; educ. Charterhouse and Keble
College, Oxford; served in South African War as a trooper in the
Montgomeryshire Imperial Yeomanry (Queen’s medal with four clasps); and
on the outbreak of the European War enlisted in the 3rd South Wales
Borderers, 19 Aug. 1914, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to that battn.
(Special Reserve of Officers) 4 Sept. following. He left for France, 19
Dec., and was attd. to the 2nd Welsh, with whom he served until March
1915, when he was attd. to the 1st Battn. of his own regt. He died in
hospital at Bethune, 9 May following, of wounds received in action near
that place on 9 May. Buried in Bethune Cemetery. He was mentioned in
F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatches of 31 May, 1915 [London
Gazette, 22 June, 1915], for distinguished conduct while attd. to the
2nd Welsh. Lieut. Turner was a prominent public man in Montgomeryshire;
a former member of the Montgomeryshire County Council; High Sheriff,
1909; and the owner of the Pentreheylin Estate. He resided at Sylfaen
Hall, Welshpool. He _m._ at Guilsfield, near Welshpool, 25 Sept.
1902, Minnie, 2nd dau. of the late Edward Beck, of South Gippsland,
Australia, and had two sons: John James, _b._ 5 Sept. 1907; and
Richard Price, _b._ 16 Dec. 1908. A nephew of his, 2nd Lieut. Alan
Langlands, of the 3rd South Wales Borderers, and also serving with the
1st Battn., was killed in action the same day.
[Illustration: =Noel Price James Turner.=]
=TURNER, RICHARD CHASE=, Lieut.-Com., R.N., 2nd _s._ of
Edward Turner, of Sherbourne Lodge, Leamington, retired I.C.S., by
his wife, Georgiana, dau. of T. A. N. Chase, late I.C.S.; _b._
Madora, South India, 12 Jan. 1884; educ. Stubbington House, Fareham,
Hants; entered H.M.S. Britannia in 1898, and became Midshipman, 1900;
Sub-Lieut. 1903; 1st. Lieut. 1905 and Lieut.-Com. 31 Dec. 1914; served
on H.M. ships Ocean, Triumph, Swiftsure, Pandore (1908–11 on South
African Station), and Blonde (1911–13), and was appointed Gunnery
Lieut. to H.M.S. Pegasus, 1 March, 1913. The Pegasus rendered useful
services after the outbreak of war, including the destruction of
the Wireless Station at Dar-es-Salaam carried out under Lieut.-Com.
Turner’s command, and when attacked by the German cruiser Konigsberg
off the coast of Zanzibar on 20 Sept. 1914 was having her boilers
cleaned. In this action Lieut.-Com. Turner was mortally wounded and
died the same day in hospital at Zanzibar. He was _unm._ and was
buried in the English Cemetery there. The Commander of the Pegasus
wrote: “In a small ship of this sort everything depends on the tact,
energy, straightforwardness and professional knowledge of the 1st
Lieut., with all of which he was so highly endowed. The men loved him,
and would have done anything that was humanly possible to bring him
success. The little ship, though old and out-classed, was kept as fit
as was possible to do anything that was required, and it was due to
him to a great extent that she was able to get about as she did in the
early part of the war.” He was a Freemason, and was Master of Lodge No.
900, Simon’s Town, Kilwinning, Cape Colony.
=TURNER, ROBERT NATHANIEL=, Leading Seaman, 179019, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TURNER, WALTER=, Private, No. 1204 (Barton Coy.), 1/5th Battn.
Lincolnshire Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Charles Henry Turner, of
Halton Villa, New Holland, Hull, Signal Lineman, G.C. Railway, by his
wife, Mary Ann, dau. of the late George Parker; _b._ New Holland,
co. Lincoln, 19 July, 1893; educ. there; was an Engine Cleaner, G.C.
Railway; joined the Lincolnshire Territorials, 5 March, 1911, and
on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914 at once volunteered for foreign
service; trained at Luton and Stanstead, Aug. 1914 to Feb. 1915. during
which time he was orderly to Lieuts. Fieldsend and Riggall; went to
France, 26 Feb.; was doing his third period in the trenches when he
was taken ill with spotted fever and died 15 days later in No. 10
Stationary Hospital, St. Omer, 27 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried in
the Souvenir Cemetery there. Capt. Wilson wrote: “Personally I feel his
death very much, as he was one of the members of my company who had
been with me for several years, and was one of the original band who
joined from New Holland, and who have all turned out to be splendid
fellows. I liked him very much--he was a good soldier and he must have
been a good son”; and Lieut. Fieldsend: “I can assure you that no man
in the company was more popular and more respected by both officers and
men than your son.” Lieut. Riggall also said: “He was an excellent man,
one of the best and nicest in the company. He was always cheerful and
willing, never grumbled and would do anything for anyone. We shall all
feel his loss intensely and myself especially.”
[Illustration: =Walter Turner.=]
=TURNER, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1459), 114371, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TURNER, WILLIAM=, Leading Stoker, 288305, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TURNER, WILLIAM STEWART=, Lieut., 1/10th (Liverpool Scottish)
Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), elder _s._ of William Neil
Turner, of Mossley Hill Drive, Sefton Park, Liverpool, by his wife,
Jessie Stewart, dau. of the late Thomas Holder, of Liverpool, J.P.;
_b._ Liverpool, 19 March, 1883; educ. Greenbank School, Liverpool,
and Sedbergh (Mr. Wilson’s House, 1898–1901), and on leaving there
entered the firm of Turner & Dunnett, of Liverpool, of which his father
is senior partner. In Aug. 1914, when war broke out, he enlisted in the
Liverpool Scottish and received his commission in the Reserve Battn.
17 Nov. just before the regt. left for the Front. He was in England
when his yr. brother, Lieut. F. H. Turner, was killed in action, and
it was immediately after this that he proceeded to the Front (18 Jan.
1915), where, following upon a petition from the men, he was attd. to
the platoon with which his brother had been so popular an officer.
He was killed in action while leading his men in the advance on
Bellewarde Farm, Hooge, 16 June, 1915. They had just captured a German
trench, when a heavy shell burst, killing him and Sergt. J. B. Jones
instantly He had been promoted Lieut. May, 1915, and was _unm._
Like his brother, Lieut. W. S. Turner was a keen athlete. He was in
the cricket, and Rugby football teams at both Greenbank and Sedbergh,
and gained both his cricket and football colours the year he left
Sedbergh, being a useful three-quarter and a good cricketer. Afterwards
he played regularly at cricket and football for the Liverpool Club,
and was captain of the latter club in the season 1909–10. In 1908 the
two brothers did a remarkable performance against Sedbergh in the Old
Sedberghian Match; in the first innings W. S. took 5 wickets for 8 runs
and F. H. 5 for 16, then after scoring 66 runs between them, they took
9 wickets in the second innings, F. H. taking 7 for 26 and W. S. 2 for
10--in all taking 19 wickets for 60 runs.
[Illustration: =William Stewart Turner.=]
=TURNER, WILLIAM THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po./12728, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=TURNOR, CHRISTOPHER RANDOLPH=, Lieut., 10th Royal Hussars, 2nd
_s._ of Algernon Turnor, of 9, Clarges Street, Mayfair, W., C.B.,
J.P., late Financial Secretary to the Treasury, and Private Secretary
to the Earl of Beaconsfield from 1874 to 1880, by his wife, Lady
Henrietta, née Stewart, 6th dau. of Randolph, 9th Earl of Galloway,
and grandson of Christopher Turnor, of Stoke-Rochford, co. Lincoln,
J.P., D.L., M.P.; _b._ 37, Pont Street, London, S.W., 16 Aug.
1886; educ. at the Rev. the Marquis of Normanby’s Private School at
Mulgrave Castle; Eton, and Christ Church, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut.,
10th Hussars, 30 Dec. 1908, and promoted Lieut. 17 Sept. 1910; joined
his regt. at Rawal Pindi, India, in Jan. 1909; served with it there and
in South Africa, returning to England in Sept. 1914. The 10th Hussars
embarked at Southampton on 6 Oct. 1914, and landed at Ostend on the
8th, and were immediately engaged in the fierce struggle near Ypres
which stemmed the advance of the Germans to the coast. Lieut. Turnor
was killed in action in the trenches at Zandvoorde, near Ypres, on 26
Oct. 1914, while trying to locate with his glasses an enemy’s field
gun, and was buried in the Churchyard at Zandvoorde, quite close to
the village Church, a cross marking his grave. His Col. wrote of him:
“He was a universal favourite, and a very good officer, and is a great
loss to the regt. and to the country”; and the Major: “He is a very
great loss to us as an educated and thoroughly grounded soldier and
officer, and also from his personal charm, which endeared him to all
ranks.” The Eton Chronicle, recording his death, said: “He was a boy of
strong character, high principles, and considerable ability.” He was a
keen all-round sportsman, a good rider to hounds, and fond of shooting,
especially big game shooting, which latter pursuit he followed
successfully in Kashmir, Central India, and British East Africa. He was
devoted to his profession, a great student of Military History, as well
as a lover of books and music. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Christopher R. Turnor.=]
=TURPIN, THOMAS COBB=, Ch. E.R.A., 1st Class, 268940, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=TURRELL, ALFRED=, Private,No. 2347, 1/7th Battn. The Middlesex
Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Robert Charles Turrell, of East Finchley,
Mason, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Thomas Hill; _b._ Finchley,
London, 7 Nov. 1888; was a Labourer, Priory Road, High Street, Hornsey;
enlisted 4 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action in France, 21 March,
1915. He _m._ at Holloway, 31 Jan. 1909, Lillian, dau. of Edward
Maton, and had two children: William George, _b._ 18 Nov. 1915;
and Alice Louisa, _b._ 8 March, 1910.
=TURRELL, ARTHUR SIDNEY=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 23459 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=de TUYLL, BARON MAURICE ARTHUR=, Capt., 10th Royal Hussars,
yr. _s._ of the late Baron Carlo de Tuyll, Lieut., Royal
Gloucestershire Hussars, by his wife, Louise Emily (now wife of Henry
Somerset, 9th Duke of Beaufort), dau. of William Henry Harford, of
Oldown, co. Gloucester, D.L.; _b._ London, 1 Nov. 1888; educ.
Pinewood School, Farnborough, Stubbington (being originally intended
for the Navy), privately with Mr. W. Trevor, Lathbury, Newport Pagnell,
and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 19 Sept.
1908, and promoted Lieut. 20 Nov. 1909, and Capt. 1 Jan. 1914; went
to France with regt. Oct. 1914, and was killed in action near Ypres,
Thursday, 13 May, 1915; _unm._ He was leading his squadron in a
counter-attack that morning and fell when crossing road from Ypres to
Menin. He was buried in the garden of the Château de Poljitze.
[Illustration: =Baron M. A. de Tuyll.=]
=TWEDALE, JOHN JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7339),
308093, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TWINE, ARCHIBALD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2291), 225355, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TWINE, ERNEST HARRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4857), 195908, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TWORT, JACK=, Chief Stoker, 170842, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action
in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TYLER, ELIAS GEORGE=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21415, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=TYLER, JOHN COLLETT=, 2nd Lieut., 122nd Battery, Royal Field
Artillery, yr. _s._ of Col. John Charles Tyler, of 8, Cambridge
Road, Colchester, late Royal Engineers, by his wife, Florence Mary,
only dau. of the late General Sir Alexander Robert Badcock, K.C.B.,
C.S.I., and gdson. of the late Sir Henry Whateley Tyler, M.P., and
great-gdson. of General Sir Charles Pasley, K.C.B., R.E. (the father
of Lady Tyler), who founded the School of Military Engineering at
Chatham, and who in early life was extra A.D.C. to Sir John Moore at
the time of his death and burial at Corunna; _b._ Roorkee, India,
9 Dec. 1893; educ. Wellington College, where he was head of the school
and captain of football, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich,
where he was senior under-officer and obtained the Sword of Honour,
July, 1914, the Commandant in his report on that occasion, observing
that he would specially mention Senior under-officer J. C. Tyler, who
had shown in his present responsible position that he possessed in a
high degree those qualities which were looked for in the best type
of officer; gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.F.A. 17 July, 1914, and joined at
Woolwich, 9 Aug. 1914, left for Dundalk, Ireland, on the 10th, and
embarked for France on the 17th, and was killed in action at Hill 60,
18 April, 1915; _unm._ The Major Commanding his battery wrote on
21 April: “There is a big battle going on here now which started at 7
p.m. on the 17th, John and I went forward that day to observe. I had
to send John and a signaller on by night, to the newly captured trench
to let me know if the Germans were counter-attacking and to observe by
day. This job he did in his usual gallant way. Three times he came back
to me under heavy fire and great difficulties to mend the telephone
wires. He was shot at dawn, a rifle bullet clean through the forehead.
He died as he lived, doing his duty gallantly and well. Had he lived
he would have certainly had the D.S.O. He was killed in the foremost
trench captured from the Germans. Just after he was killed the Germans
re-took the trench and held it for about 12 hours. We then took it back
again.” And the General Officer Commanding wrote a few days later: “I
had already sent in his name for good service. His cheery, gallant
example was worth everything at these times.”
[Illustration: =John Collett Tyler.=]
=TYNDALL, JOSEPH CHARLES=, Lieut., 4th Battn. Royal Dublin
Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of the late Joseph P. Tyndall, of 2, Eaton
Square, Monkstown, Solicitor; _b._ Dublin, 18 May, 1892; educ.
Castleknock College, co. Dublin; joined the Special Reserve, Royal
Dublin Fusiliers, 17 Oct. 1910; and was gazetted Lieut. 20 April, 1912;
afterwards went to Australia; but on the outbreak of war returned home
and rejoined his old Battn.; went to France and was attd. to the 2nd
Royal Irish Rifles in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Kemmel, 2
March, 1915, after a fortnight in the trenches; _unm._ His elder
brother, Surgeon William Tyndall, R.A.M.C., is now (1916) on active
service in France.
=UDEN, FREDERICK EDWIN=, A.B., J. 7028, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=UNDERHAY, GEORGE THEODORE=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8930),
222560, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=UNDERHILL, CLARENCE GORDON=, Leading Seaman, 208615, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=UNDERHILL, FREDERICK TOM=, Private, No. 1109, 5th Battn. (London
Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late
Frederick Tom Underhill, of Aptor Marldon, co. Devon, by his wife,
Emily (6, Killieser Avenue, Streatham Hill, S.W.), dau. of James
Stidston; _b._ Aptor Marldon, 22 July, 1886; educ. Bancrofts
School, Essex, and was afterwards employed in the City. On the outbreak
of war he enlisted in the West Kent Yeomanry, and was later transferred
to the London Rifle Brigade, with which he went to the Front, 6 Nov.
1914. He saw five months of service with his regt. in France and
Flanders, and was killed in action in the Ploegsteert trenches, 29
March, 1915, having been nominated for promotion just previous to his
death. He was buried in the Rifle Brigade cemetery, in the Ploegsteert
Wood; _unm._ Letters from his officers and comrades all testify
to his wonderful cheerfulness under the greatest of discomforts, his
helpfulness, and his readiness for any and every fatigue duty. His
brother, Lieut. G. Underhill, 9th Devons, is now (1916) on active
service.
[Illustration: =Frederick Tom Underhill.=]
=UNDERHILL, RAYMOND BENWELL=, Private, No. 1685, 13th Battn.
(Princess Louise’s Kensingtons) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._
of William Richardson Underhill, Watchmaker and Jeweller, by his
wife, Annie (123, Holland Park Avenue, W.), dau. of James Benwell, of
Knightsbridge; _b._ Kensington, W., 9 Oct. 1881; educ. St. Mary
Abbotts Higher Grade School there; joined the 4th Middlesex Volunteers
afterwards, in 1907, the 13th London Territorials, and served eight
years; went to Canada in March, 1907; returned to England in 1909, and
went into business as a watchmaker and jeweller at 39, Earl’s Court
Road, Kensington; rejoined his old regt. immediately war was declared;
volunteered for foreign service; went to France in Oct., and died at
No. 6 Clearing Station, Merville, 11 Feb. 1915, from appendicitis
contracted while on active service; _unm._ Buried in Merville
Cemetery, France (Grave No. E 10)
[Illustration: =Raymond B. Underhill.=]
=UNDERWOOD, JOSEPH SAMUEL GEORGE=, Ordinary Signalman, J. 17076,
H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20
miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=UNWIN, ROBERT, HENRY=, Leading Signalman (R.F.R., B. 3500),
164358, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=UPFOLD, WILLIAM HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 1797),
353621, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=UPRICHARD, CHARLES EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10810),
S.S. 108911, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the
North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=UPTON, HON. ERIC EDWARD MONTAGU JOHN=, Capt. and Adjutant, 2nd
Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, elder _s._ and heir of Henry
Edward Montagu Dorington Clotworthy, 4th Viscount Templetown, of
Castle Upton, Templepatrick, co. Antrim, by his wife, Lady Evelyn,
née Finch Hatton, dau. of George William, 10th Earl of Winchilsea and
Nottingham; _b._ Steventon, co. Hants, 8 March, 1885; educ. at
Eton (Mr. H. E. Luxmoore’s) and Sandhurst. He passed out of Sandhurst
with honours, was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 16 Aug. 1905, and joined the 2nd
Battn. King’s Royal Rifles in India, being promoted Lieut. 3 Oct. 1908,
and returning with them in 1910. He was assistant Adjutant, 1910–13,
and was appointed Adjutant, 1 Jan. 1914. On the outbreak of war the 2nd
Battn. mobilised on the Chobham Ridges and went out under Lieut.-Col.
Pearce Serocold in the 2nd Infantry Brigade under Major-Gen. Bulfin.
Capt. Upton served through the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the
Marne and the Aisne. He was wounded at the first Battle of Ypres, was
twice mentioned in Despatches, 31 May and 30 Nov. 1915 [London Gazette,
22 June, 1915, and 1 Jan. 1916], and promoted Tempy. Capt. 15 Nov.
1914. He was killed near Rue de Bois during the action of 9 May, 1915.
His Colonel wrote of him: “Besides being an exceptionally gallant
officer, the work he has done for the battn. will live and be felt by
it for years. I need hardly say there was no more popular officer in
the regt., and I personally have lost a very dear and loyal friend, and
those who knew him well realised that his character and abilities had
marked him out for a great career in the Service.” A good cricketer
and football player, and an experienced big game shooter in India, and
deeply devoted to his regt., he had a remarkable power of gaining the
affection of all with whom he came in contact, rich and poor alike, and
his loyalty to his friends was one of his most marked characteristics.
He was _unm._, and was buried in the Soldiers’ Cemetery, near the
Rue de Bois, Richebourg St. Vaast. His yr. brother, the Hon. Henry
Upton, is now (1916) on active service as a 2nd Lieut. in the Royal
East Kent Yeomanry.
[Illustration: =Hon. E. E. M. J. Upton.=]
=UPTON, RICHARD=, Sergt., No. 2356, The Royal Flying Corps,
3rd surviving _s._ of the late Capt. Richard Upton, 4th Battn.
Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regt.), and of the Political and Secret
Department of H.M. India Office, by his wife, Harriet Frances (92,
Tooting Bee Road, S.W.), dau. of the late Richard Clayton Strelley,
of Oakerthorpe, co. Derby; _b._ Finchley, 11 Sept. 1881; educ.
privately, and deciding upon a sea career, passed through the stages of
his apprenticeship in a sailing boat, and eventually became a captain
and master mariner in the Straits S.S. Service, L.F., being regarded as
the commodore of the fleet of 17 boats. While home on leave in July,
1914, he obtained his first-class flying ticket in the Grahame-White
School of Flying, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, joined the
Legion of Frontiersmen; went to France, where he did good work as a
free lance with the Red Cross Society. He then joined the R.F.C., was
promoted Sergt., and died in Tidworth Military Hospital, 3 May, 1915,
of pneumonia, contracted while on active service; _unm._
[Illustration: =Richard Upton.=]
=UPTON, WILLIAM JAMES THOMAS=, Acting Leading Stoker, K. 19637,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=UREN, GEORGE THOMAS=, L.-Corpl., No. 8/1149, 14th Otago Regt.,
New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of William Uren, of Clyde,
Otago Central, New Zealand, formerly of St. Ives; _b._ Clyde,
Otago, New Zealand, 2 April, 1887; educ. there; was by trade a
Printer; volunteered on the outbreak of war; joined the New Zealand
Expeditionary Force 28 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action in
Gallipoli, 2 May, 1915; _unm._ He was a well known athlete in
Central Otago and was a member of the C.U. Fire Brigade.
=URQUHART, EDWARD FREDERICK MALTBY=, Capt., 1st Battn. The Black
Watch (Royal Highlanders), only _s._ of the Rev. Edward William
Urquhart, of 82, Elm Park Gardens, London, S.W., M.A., formerly Vicar
of King’s Sutton, co. Northampton, by his wife, Caroline Mary, dau.
of William Harris, of Plumley, Bovey Tracey, Devonshire; _b._
Edinburgh, 26 Jan. 1877; educ. West Bournemouth and Cheltenham College;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Highlanders, 20 Feb. 1897, and promoted
Lieut. 24 May, 1899, and Capt. 17 April, 1902; served in the South
African War, 1901–2; took part in the operations in the Transvaal, Dec.
1901, and in those in the Orange River Colony, Dec. 1901, to 31 May,
1902 (Queen’s medal with four clasps), was assistant superintendent
of gymnasia in the Irish command, 9 Nov. 1906 to 19 Feb. 1907, and
superintendent of the same, 20 Feb. 1907 to 9 Nov. 1910, and later
Inspector of Physical Training, Northern Army, India, from March, 1913,
to date of his death; went to France, 22 Sept. 1914, and was killed in
action at Pilken, 23 Oct. following, during the fighting in the Ypres
salient; _unm._ Buried in Boesinghe Churchyard.
=USHER, SEBASTIAN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4074), 220488, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=USSHER, BEVERLY=, Capt., 1st Battn. Prince of Wales’s Leinster
Regt. (Royal Canadians), 2nd _s._ of the Rev. Richard Ussher,
Vicar of Westbury, Brackley; _b._ Catton Hall, Burton-on-Trent,
4 Aug. 1879; educ. St. Edward’s School, Oxford (1891–98), and Wadham
College, Oxford (1898–1900); gazetted 2nd Lieut., Leinster Regt., 23
May, 1900, and promoted Lieut. 9 Aug. 1902, and Capt. 1 April, 1910;
was Adjutant, 3 May, 1906, to 2 May, 1909, and officer, Coy. Gentlemen
Cadets, and Instructor at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, 21
Sept. 1912, to May, 1915; joined the 2nd Battn. at Barbados in Aug.
1900; served in Jamaica and St. Lucia; in the South African War,
1902; took part in the operations in the Orange River Colony, Feb.
to March, and in the Transvaal, March to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal
with four clasps), and subsequently in India for two years and then
at Devonport and in Ireland. After the outbreak of the European War
he was appointed Staff Officer on the Staff of General Doran; left
for the Dardanelles in May as Staff Capt. to the 88th Brigade in the
famous 29th Division; was acting Brigade-Major, and was killed there
19 June, 1915. An officer wrote: “On the night of 18–19 June, a battn.
of the 42nd Division was attacked and lost two or three trenches.
The Turks got in behind our line, and were firing into the backs
of the Royal Scots, who were holding the right of the 88th Brigade
position. The counter-attack of the 42nd Division hung fire; so about
2 a.m. we decided to make one ourselves. Capt. Ussher was sent to the
support trench of the Worcestershire Regt. who were in rear of the
Royal Scots. The situation was serious and involved. Communication
by telephone with the Royal Scots was interrupted owing to the wire
being cut. It was necessary to have clear reports sent back. The
Worcestershire Regt. had lost all their regular senior officers, and
were, on this night, commanded by a Ceylon Planter. Capt. Ussher was
told to see that co-ordinated action was arranged between the Royal
Scots and Worcestershire Regt. and to send reports on the situation;
but on no account to lead any attempt which was not his work under
the circumstances. He took his orderly with him who subsequently told
me what occurred. The action to be taken was agreed upon. The Royal
Scots charged from their trenches simultaneously with a coy. of the
Worcestershire Regt., re-took from the Turks the trenches they had
seized, followed on and took and held a Turkish trench. There was a
close fight with the bayonet which lasted 15 minutes. A German officer
was killed. When the Worcestershire Regt. were in the act of jumping
out of the trench preparatory to charging, Capt. Ussher was in the
trench with Capt. Allen, D.A.A.Q.M.G. 142nd Division (Hampshire Regt.).
I understand that he moved, still in the trench, to give room, and as
he stood up he was struck in the head by a bullet, and died in a few
minutes without becoming conscious. He was brought back to a spot near
our Brigade Headquarters, and buried by the Chaplain. The grave is
on the open upland from which can be seen the Dardanelles and Asia.
A large cross had been made and marked and placed at the head. Wild
flowers grow there,” and the Chaplain: The bearing is 310 from South
Corner of White House to South Corner of the Cemetery. At St. Edward’s
he was in the XI from 1895 to 1898, when he was capt., and in the XV
from 1894 to 1897, when he was capt. He was one of the most brilliant
of our cricketers. He headed the batting averages in 1897, and won the
average ball twice in both cases with fine scores. Twice he scored for
the school a century, and his record of cricket at St. Edward’s ends
with the perfectly played 120 which he made against it in the Jubilee
Match. He was a member of the S.E.S. Society. He also represented
Wadham both at cricket and football. He _m._ at Jullundur,
India, 26 March, 1906, Ethel, dau. of the Rev. Henry Martin, Vicar of
Stockton-on-Tees, and Canon of Durham, and had three children: John
Beverly, _b._ 6 Nov. 1913; Stephen Beverly, _b._ 17 Sept.
1915; and Kathleen Mary, _b._ 28 Feb. 1910. His brother, Capt. S.
Ussher, was killed in France (see following notice).
[Illustration: =Beverly Ussher.=]
=USSHER, STEPHEN=, Capt., 129th Duke of Connaught’s Own Baluchis,
3rd _s._ of the Rev. Richard Ussher, Vicar of Westbury, Brackley;
_b._ 52, Eaton Place, S.W., 4 Oct. 1882; educ. St. Edward’s
School, Oxford, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (20 Sept.
1901 to 30 July, 1903); gazetted 2nd Lieut., unattd., Indian Army, 27
Aug. 1902; served with the 1st Battn. King’s Shropshire L.I. (with
which he went to India), 27 Aug. 1902 to 25 Feb. 1903; The Buffs, 26
Feb. 1903 to 13 Oct. 1903, and the 2nd East Lancashires, 14 Oct. 1903
to 4 July, 1904; was posted to the 129th Baluchis, 5 July, 1904, and
promoted Lieut. 5 Dec. following, and Capt. 27 Aug. 1911; was Double
Coy. Officer, 7 July, 1904; Off. Adjutant, 11 Nov. 1908, to 27 June,
1909, and Adjutant, 28 June, 1909, to 15 Aug. 1913; was present at the
Delhi Coronation Durbar (medal, 24 June, 1911); went to France with
the Indian Expeditionary Force, Sept. 1914, and was killed in action
at Givenchy, 16 Dec. 1914; _unm._ The 129th Baluchis were ordered
to make an attack on the German trenches at Givenchy near La Bassée
on the early morning of the 16th. Capt. Ussher was in charge of the
Machine-Gun Section of the Regt. The attack at first succeeded, but
later the Germans brought up two machine-guns quite close, and by this
means prevented any reinforcements coming forward to assist the first
attacking party which had gained the Germans’ first line of trenches.
Capt. Ussher, seeing what damage the German machine-guns were doing,
tried to direct the fire from his guns on to theirs, and while looking
over the parapet so that he could direct the fire effectively was hit
by a bullet in the centre of his forehead. He died at once without
recovering consciousness, and was buried the next day at Beuvry, near
Bethune. His last words before he was killed were “Keep down, keep
down,” to a brother officer who was with him. The 129th Baluchis were
the first Indian Regt. to go into action, and one of the men received
one of the two first V.C.’s ever granted to the native troops.
[Illustration: =Stephen Ussher.=]
=VACHELL, RICHARD TANFIELD=, Capt., 1st Battn. Northumberland
Fusiliers and Royal Flying Corps, only _s._ of Horace Annesley
Vachell, of Beechwood, Bartley, Southampton, Author and Dramatist, by
his wife, Lydia, dau. of Chauncy Hatch Phillips, of San Luis Obispo,
California; _b._ San Luis aforesaid, 29 June, 1890; educ. Harrow
and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the 1st
Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, 13 June, 1910; promoted Lieut. 27 Nov.
1913, and Capt. in July, 1915; joined the 1st Battn. at Gharial in the
Murree Hills in 1910, and served with it continuously, except for a
short period in 1912, when he acted as A.D.C. to Lord Sydenham, the
then Governor of Bombay, until the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, when
he proceeded with it to France. He took part in the retreat from Mons,
but was wounded in Oct. and invalided home. Shortly after returning to
the Front he joined the Flying Corps as an observer, again returning
to England in April to train for his pilot’s certificate, which he
obtained in June, 1915. He returned to France at the end of July, and
died at Choques, 1 Aug. 1915, of wounds received on 31 July, being
buried in the military cemetery there; _unm._ Capt. Vachell was
a good all-round sportsman. While at Harrow he was a member of the
football eleven and fifteen; was an ardent Skihari, and represented
the regt. at polo in the Jubbulpore Tournament in 1912. He contributed
several articles to the St. George’s Gazette under the _nom de
plume_ of “The Sprouter,” notably “With the American Section at
the Delhi Durbar,” which exhibited his strong sense of humour. He was
mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan.
[London Gazette, 17 Feb.] 1915.
[Illustration: =Richard Tanfield Vachell.=]
=VALLENTIN, JOHN FRANKS, V.C.=, Capt., 1st Battn. South
Staffordshire Regt., only _s._ of the late Grimble Vallentin,
of The Manor House, Walthamstow, by his wife, Lucy (33, Prince of
Wales Mansions, S.W.), dau. of Col. John Finnis, 11th Bengal Native
Infantry Regt. (killed at Meerut, 10 May, 1857, the first victim of the
Mutiny); _b._ in London, 14 May, 1882; educ. Wellington College;
served in the South African War, 1901–2, with the Sussex Militia,
taking part in the operations in Orange River Colony, April to Dec.
1901, and in the Transvaal from that time until May, 1902 (Queen’s
medal with five clasps); gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Royal Garrison
Regt., 29 July, 1903; transferred to 1st South Staffords, 7 June,
1905, and promoted Lieut. 7 Sept. 1907, and Capt. 12 June, 1909. He
went to France, 5 Oct. 1914, and was wounded on 31 Oct. at Ypres, and
taken to hospital, where he was detained. On 2 Nov., on hearing Major
Loder Symonds had been killed, he insisted on coming out of hospital
to take command of what was left of the regt., the Col. having been
seriously wounded on 31 Oct. He was killed in action at Zillebeke,
7 Nov. following; _unm._ The regt. on this occasion, with the
remains of the Queen’s Regt., captured six machine guns, and recaptured
the trenches which had previously been lost by the French. The machine
guns captured on this occasion were destroyed and buried. He was
awarded the V.C. posthumously “for conspicuous bravery on 7 Nov., at
Zillebeke, when leading the attack against the Prussian Guard under
a very heavy fire, he was struck down, and on rising to continue the
attack, was immediately killed. The capture of the enemy’s trenches
which followed was in a good measure due to the confidence which the
men had in their captain, arising from his many previous acts of great
bravery and ability.” Lieut.-Col. Ovens, C.M.G., commanding 1st South
Staffords, wrote: “Capt. Vallentin’s splendid heroism and unfaltering
courage and determination have been justly rewarded with the Victoria
Cross. He was Captain of our Polo Club and the best player in the
regt. He was a specialist in musketry, and a first-rate all-round man.
At manœuvres and in the field General Officers have commented on the
excellence of his work. The Chief Engineer of the 7th Division told
me Capt. Vallentin’s scheme of defence and his trenches were the best
he had seen. He was wounded and in hospital at Ypres on 6 Nov. 1914,
and hearing the regt. was making an attack that night, he came out of
hospital and took command. He was again wounded whilst leading his men
forward, and was instantly killed. His is a great loss to his splendid
old regt., and is deeply regretted by all who knew him.”
[Illustration: =John Franks Vallentin.=]
=VANE, JOHN=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 305666, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=VANRENEN, ARTHUR SAUNDERS=, Lieut.-Col., 5th (Service) Battn.
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, eldest surviving _s._ of the
late Gen. Donald Campbell Vanrenen, Indian Army, by his wife, Julia
(9, Lansdowne Place, Cheltenham), dau. of the late J. S. Sullivan,
Bengal Medical Service; _b._ Meerut, India, 14 Dec. 1862; educ.
Cheltenham; entered the Militia in 1879; was gazetted Lieut. from it,
to the Lincolnshire Regt., 12 May, 1883; and promoted Capt. 23 Dec.
1893; served with Malay States Guides, 19 Nov. 1897–1908, being acting
Commandant from 1905. He retired from the Lincolnshire Regt. on 3 Jan.
1903, but on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914 offered his services,
and was gazetted Major, 7th Battn. of that regt., 23 Sept. following,
and Lieut.-Col. commanding 5th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 3 March,
1915; went to the Dardanelles, 10 July, 1915, and was killed in action
at Kapanya Dagh, 15 Aug. 1915, after the landing at Suvla Bay. He was
buried on the hill where the battle took place. He _m._ at Bruges,
Belgium, 28 Oct. 1897, Louisa Frances (Holmhurst, Bideford), dau. of
Edwin Empson Isemonger, Colonial Treasurer of the Straits Settlements,
and had two children: Esmé Mildred, _b._ 2 Aug. 1898; and Joyce
Marguerite, _b._ 12 May, 1903.
[Illustration: =Arthur S. Vanrenen.=]
=VANSON, ROBERT WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B 9073), 199912,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=VARLEY, HORACE WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4856), S.S. 1766,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=VARLEY, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 11284, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of James Varley, of Church, Accrington; _b._ co.
Lancaster; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders;
killed in action, 25 Jan. 1915.
=VARNEY, JOHN=, Pte., No. 9360, 2nd Battn. East Surrey Regt.;
_s._ of John Varney, of 18, Mitchells Road, Richmond; served with
the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action 15 Feb. 1915.
=VASSALLI, ALFRED JEROME=, Corpl., No. 305, 2nd King Edward’s
Horse, _s._ of John Vassalli, of Scarborough, Jet Ornament
Manufacturer, by his wife, Hannah, dau. of William Hardy; _b._
Whitby, co. York, 27 Aug. 1881; educ. Scarborough; was an officer in
the Merchant Service, and was training with the Naval Reserve when the
South African War broke out; volunteered, went with the naval guns
to the Relief of Ladysmith, and took part in the operations in the
Transvaal and Orange Free State and Natal (Queen’s medal with five
bars), and was for some time despatch rider for Gen. Bethune, in whose
cavalry regt. he afterwards served. He was a Naval Reservist, and on
the outbreak of war was called up, but failed to pass the medical
examination, and, being anxious to serve his country, joined the 2nd
King Edward’s Horse, and was promoted Corpl. His health, however, broke
down, and he died in King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor, 1 Oct. 1914,
from pneumonia contracted while in camp at Slough. He was a Rural
District Councillor at Drigg, Cumberland. He _m._ at Scarborough 3
Sept. 1902, Anne Pembroke (Derwent House, Drigg, Holmrook, Cumberland),
dau. of Frederick Reynolds, of the Inland Revenue Department, and had
three children: Frederick John, _b._ 10 Nov. 1911; Annie Reynolds,
_b._ 1 Feb. 1904; and Jessie Irene, _b._ 30 Dec. 1905.
[Illustration: =Alfred Jerome Vassalli.=]
=JONES-VAUGHAN, EVAN NANNEY=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Royal Welsh
Fusiliers, yr. _s._ of Major-Gen. Hugh Thomas Jones-Vaughan,
of Llwydyn, Carnarvonshire, C.B., Col.-in-Chief of the Loyal North
Lancashire Regt. (who served through the Indian Mutiny), by his
wife, Eva, dau. of the late Rev. Evan C. Owen, of Hengwrtucha,
Merionethshire, and Aberhirriaeth Hall, T.L., J.P.; _b._ Llwydyn,
5 Sept. 1885; educ. Wellington and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd
Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 22 Feb. 1905; and promoted Lieut. 4 Dec. 1909,
and Capt. 19 April, 1913; left for France, 10 Aug. 1914; and was killed
in action not far from the village of Vertouquet, near Armentières, 26
Oct. following, by the explosion of a shell (but reports differ), which
also killed two Lieuts., a Sergt. and two men of his battn. Buried 600
metres from the spot where he fell; _unm._ His commanding officer
wrote: “I have lost a most gallant and capable officer and a very dear
companion.”
[Illustration: =Evan N. Jones-Vaughan.=]
=VAVASOUR, LIONEL ORMISTON=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. North
Staffordshire Regt., 2nd _s._ of Albert Carter Vavasour, M.A.,
J.P., of Weston Manor, Otley, co. York, by his wife, Eliza, dau. of C.
H. Dawson, J.P., Weston Hall; _b._ Killwick Hall, Beverley, 29
Aug. 1889; educ. Rugby; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the North Staffordshire
Regt. 28 May, 1910, from the Special Reserve, and promoted Lieut. 28
Dec. 1913; went to India with his regt. in 1912, and died at Gharial,
24 July, 1915, while on active service; _unm._ Lieut. Vavasour was
a keen sportsman, a clever cricketer, and while at school won several
silver cups, especially for the eight miles’ race. In the regt. he
found cricket and football “going to pieces,” but soon established
a revival of keen interest, and regularly made his century with his
team. He was the crack shot of his regt., and sent many trophies home
to witness to his prowess with the rifle, including the heads of three
urial and three chinkara from Kashmir, which was said to be the biggest
bag an officer had ever secured there.
[Illustration: =Lionel Ormiston Vavasour.=]
=VEITCH, FRANCIS=, Stoker, 2nd Class, S.S. 115773, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=VENN, ERNEST ALBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1393), 201717, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=VENNER, HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4893), S.S. 104302,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=VENNING, EDWIN GERALD=, Capt., 3rd, attd. 1st, Battn. The Suffolk
Regt., yst. _s._ of the late Rev. Edwin James Venning, Chaplain in
Cassel, Germany, by his wife, Amy, dau. of William Lawrence; _b._
Southsea, 7 June, 1883; educ. St. Edmund’s, Canterbury, and afterwards
took up acting. From about 1911, he travelled in the provinces with
touring companies, playing important parts, and when war broke out
in Aug. 1914, he was acting at Brighton. He at once volunteered, and
enlisted in the Royal Sussex Regt. in Sept. and was subsequently
gazetted Lieut. 3rd Suffolks, 1 Jan. 1915, and promoted Capt. 9 June,
1915; went to the Front, 3 May, 1915, and was killed in action at
Ypres, 6 Aug. following; _unm._ Buried in Locre Churchyard. Sergt.
Major Utting, in writing to his sister, said: “Your brother, Capt.
Venning, was my company officer, and he has treated myself and the men
of my company in such a manner that he has gained a respect that will
last as long as there is a man of the present B Coy. alive.”
[Illustration: =Edward Gerald Venning.=]
=VERCO, WALTER JOHN=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch./10669, H.M.S
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=VERCOE, HENRY STEVEN=, Officers’ Steward, 3rd Class, L. 4863,
H.M.S Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=VEREKER, ROBERT HUMPHREY MEDLICOTT=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Grenadier
Guards, 2nd _s._ of George Medlicott Vereker, of Sharpitor, near
Salcombe, South Devon, J.P. for co. Galway, Freeman of the City of
Dublin, late Capt. Kildare Militia, by his wife, Frances Gore, eldest
dau. of Robert Manders, of Landscape, Dundrum, co. Dublin, and grandson
of the Hon. John Prendergast Vereker [3rd son of John Prendergast, 3rd
Viscount Gort]; _b._ Dublin, 15 Oct. 1894; educ. Cheam, Osborne
Naval College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to 2nd Grenadier
Guards, 17 Sept. 1913, and joined his battn. the following month at
the Tower of London; went to France with the Expeditionary Force,
Aug. 1914, and was killed in action during the desperate night battle
at Landrecies, on the 25th of the same month. Buried at Landrecies;
_unm._ The Rev. Benjamin G. O. Rorke, Chaplain to the Forces,
wrote: “You have probably already heard that your brave son met his
death in action on the 25th inst. while trying to draw Corpl. Bacchus
of his regt. out of the range of the German fire. Corpl. Bacchus,
who was wounded, is now convalescent, and, if spared, can tell you
all about it. He showed me the exact spot at Landrecies, on the town
side of the railway level-crossing, on the left of the road. It was a
brave man’s death. There were in his pocket a silver flask from his
mother and his own ‘Onoto’ diary. I gave them into the custody of the
medical officer, Major Fry (brother of C. B. Fry), to take charge of
for you. He was buried in the next grave to Lord Hawarden and the
Hon. Windsor Clive on the one side, and eight men of the Coldstream
Guards on the other, and on the same occasion we erected a rough wooden
cross inscribing the names. The following day the wife of the ‘Garde
Cimetière’ brought me a wooden cross of a more substantial kind, and
I left instructions for the names to be painted on it; it was her own
thought and her own tribute. Mme. Bocquet, The Pharmacie, Grande Rue,
Landrecies (a very kind lady), undertook to see this done. I have heard
from the regt. how much he is missed. He died like a brave man. This
will be a great consolation to you.” The house and grounds at Sharpitor
were lent to the Red Cross Society for the duration of the war by Mr.
and Mrs. George Vereker in memory of their son.
=VERGE, ARTHUR=, Capt., A.A.M.C., attd. 6th Light Horse,
Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of Austral Verge, of Kempsey,
Macleay River, New South Wales, Grazier, by his wife, Matilda Jane,
dau. of Henry Flavelle, of Hamilton Terrace, London; _b._ Kempsey,
12 Feb. 1880; educ. The King’s School, Parramatta, where he was Burton
Exhibitioner in 1898, and St. Paul’s College within Sydney University,
where he graduated M.B., Ch.M., in 1905; was for two years (1905–6)
resident medical officer at Sydney Hospital; then proceeded to England,
where he attended the leading London hospital skin departments, and
took courses in Bacteriology and Vaccine Therapy. After a post graduate
course at Edinburgh University he qualified F.R.C.S. there in 1908,
and then visited Paris, Vienna, Prague and Berlin, and attended the
skin clinics and took courses in the treatment of skin diseases under
Sabarand, Brocq, Thebierge, Albaran (Paris), Finger, Rheil, Oppenheim,
Kapsammer (Vienna), Blaschko, Josephs and Wasserman (Berlin). Returning
to Edinburgh, he was appointed Clinical Assistant to the Skin
Department for three months, and later non-resident house physician for
one year (1909–10), at the Royal Infirmary, and while holding these
positions had charge of the X-Ray department, and the radium treatment
under Dr. Cranston Low. He took a six months’ course in Vaccine Therapy
and Bacteriology of the Skin at the Royal College of Physicians, and in
1910 published in the “British Medical Journal” (31 Dec.) an article on
“The Treatment and Diagnosis of Lupus Vulgaris by Tuberculin Ointment.”
He then returned to Australia and practised as a skin specialist in
Sydney, and in 1911 obtained the position of Hon. Assistant Physician
for Diseases of the Skin at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital there. On
the outbreak of war he volunteered for Imperial service, and was given
a commission as Capt. A.A.M.C., 2 Oct. 1914; left Sydney as medical
officer to the 6th Light Horse with the second reinforcements, and died
in No. 17 General Hospital, Alexandria, 8 Sept. 1915, of dysentery
contracted while on active service with his regt. at Anzac Cove;
_unm._ He represented both King’s School and St. Paul’s College
in cricket, football, tennis and rowing. He played with the University
Union Football Team, and was full-back for three seasons. He played
full-back for New South Wales against Queensland in 1902 and 1904, and
while in the old country played rugger with Blackheath and other Rugby
clubs. Dr. Verge was also a capital all-round cricketer, and at one
time was the most successful bowler at the University. He played in two
matches against Melbourne University, scoring 10 and 2, and taking two
for 22 and six for 20 in 1903; and scoring 4 and 5, and taking four for
70 and three for 69 in 1904. His yr. brother, Dr. C. A. Verge, is now
with No. 32 General Hospital, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force.
[Illustration: =Arthur Verge.=]
=VICAT, HORATIO JOHN=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Queen’s Own Royal West
Kent Regt., eldest surviving _s._ of the late Horatio Nelson
Vicat, of Sevenoaks, by his wife, Miriam Frances Kate (East Lodge,
Sevenoaks), dau. of Henry Augustus Prevost Holland, of Quebec, Canada
[grandson of Capt. Samuel Holland, R.A., A.D.C. to General at the
capture of Quebec, and afterwards Surveyor General of Quebec and
Director of Surveys in British North America]; _b._ Melbourne, P.
Quebec, Canada, 24 June, 1885; educ. Cheltenham College and the Royal
Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal West Kents, 25
Jan. 1905, and promoted Lieut. 26 May, 1908; was seconded for service
with the West African Frontier Force (Gold Coast Regt.), from Nov.
1910 to Oct. 1912; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 21
Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Missy, during the Battle of
the Aisne, 13 Sept. 1914. He was in command of his company when they
were forming advanced guard to the Brigade and he was leading his men
down to make good a bridge-head which was held by the enemy when they
opened fire with a machine-gun, and he was killed instantly. Buried 300
yards East-South-East of Missy Bridge on the south side of the river;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Horatio John Vicat.=]
=VIGUS, ROBERT EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 8507,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=VILES, WILLIAM=, Gunner, R.M.A., 13533, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=VILLIS, LEYSHON=, Trooper, No. 748, 18th Light Horse, 3rd
Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of George Villis, by
his wife, Mary Ann (Hayes Cottages, Sully, near Cardiff), dau. of
Leyshon Watkin; _b._ Mountain Ash, co. Glamorgan, 17 April, 1893;
educ. Sully; went to Australia, 1 Dec. 1911; volunteered and enlisted
following the outbreak of war, 15 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action
at the Dardanelles, 7 Aug. 1915; _unm._
=VINALL, CHARLES COBDEN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3591), S.S. 957, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=VINALL, EDWARD ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3504), S.S. 1184, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=VINCE, DAN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9107), 234619, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=VINCENT, THOMAS ERNEST=, Blacksmith’s Mate, M. 3134, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=VINCENT, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 6540, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, eldest _s._ of William Offer Vincent, of Garsdon, by
his wife, Fanny, dau. of Charles Vincent; _b._ Garsdon, co.
Wilts, 6 May, 1883; educ. Lea National School; enlisted 8 Jan. 1906,
and was killed in action at Villers Cotteretts, 1 Sept. 1914, being
buried at Rue de la Reine on the 4th. He _m._ at Ampeny St.
Peter, co. Gloucester, Elizabeth (Garsdon, Malmesbury, Wilts), dau.
of Edwin Wheeler, and had issue: Francis William, _b._ 17 July,
1911; William Charles, _b._ 29 Sept. 1912; and Joan, _b._
(posthumous) 21 Dec. 1914.
[Illustration: =William Vincent.=]
=VINE, RICHARD=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 9739, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=VINEY, CECIL HENRY=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Northamptonshire
Regt., only _s._ of Cecil T. Viney, of Bromley, Kent; _b._
24 May, 1891; educ. South Lodge, Enfield Chase, and Westminster, and
then entered the Royal Academy School of Painting, where he was still a
student in Aug. 1914, when war was declared. He immediately volunteered
for Imperial Service and was given a commission in the Special Reserve
of Officers, Northamptonshire Regt. 15 Aug. 1914, and later posted
to the 2nd Battn. He went to France and was killed in action near
Festubert, 9 May, 1915; _unm._
=VINEY, PHILIP ERNEST=, Capt., 1st Battn. Leicestershire Regt.,
2nd _s._ of Josiah Ernest Viney, of Cintra, Swanage, formerly of
Harcourts, Chertsey, M.D., L.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S. Eng.; _b._ 23
April, 1888; received his commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Leicesters,
8 Feb. 1908, and was promoted Lieut. 16 May, 1910, and Capt. 24 Aug.
1914. He served with the 1st Battn. at Shorncliffe, and later with the
2nd Battn. at Belgaum, and 5 Oct. 1911, was seconded for service with
the Gold Coast Regt., and did good work in West Africa. He was A.D.C.
to Sir Hugh Clifford, but on the outbreak of war came home and rejoined
his regt., and died in the field hospital at Bailleul, 17 Dec. 1914, of
wounds received in action; _unm._
=VINNALL, EDWARD ARTHUR=, A.B., S.S. 1184, R.F.R., B. 3904, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=VIVIAN, CHARLES AUGUSTUS=, Brevet Lieut.-Col., 15th (Ludhiana)
Sikhs, Indian Army, 3rd and yst. _s._ of the late Col. Aylmer
MacIver-Campbell, formerly Vivian, of Asknish, C.B., D.L., J.P.,
Bengal S.C., by his wife, Margaret Agnes (Asknish House, Lochgair, co.
Argyle), elder dau. and co. h. of Col. James Duff MacIver-Campbell,
of Asknish; _b._ Dalhousie, India, 28 July, 1874; educ. Clifton
College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut (unattd. list) Indian Army,
30 Aug. 1893; was attached to the Gordon Highlanders for his first
year; joined the Indian Staff Corps, 27 Jan. 1895, and was promoted
Lieut. 30 Nov. 1895, Capt. 30 Aug. 1902, and Major, 30 Aug. 1911;
served (1) with the Chitral Relief Force, 1895 (medal with clasp); (2)
on the N.W. Frontier of India, 1897–8, including operations on the
Samana and in the Kurram Valley during Aug. and Sept. 1897, and those
of the Flying Column in the Kurram Valley, under Col. Richardson, 20
Aug. to 1 Oct. 1897 (two clasps); (3) in the Tirah Expedition, 1897–8;
including actions of Chagree Kotal and Dargai; the capture of the
Sampagha and Arhanga Passes; reconnaissance of the Saran Sar and action
of 9 Nov. 1897; and operations of the Waran Valley, and action of 16
Nov. 1897 (clasp); and (4) with the Expeditionary Force in France and
Flanders, Oct. 1914 to 27 April, 1915. Delayed by illness in Egypt, he
did not join his regt. at the front until Oct. and was wounded in Dec.
He returned to duty in Jan. and was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord)
French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, and promoted Brevet Lieut.-Col.
18 Feb. following, for service in the field. In the Battle of Neuve
Chapelle, where his regt. took a leading part, he was again wounded,
but refused to leave his men and remained in the trenches under very
heavy fire. He was killed in action near St. Julien, during the 2nd
Battle of Ypres, 27 April, 1915. About 5.30 p.m., under cover of a
bombardment of the Sirhind Brigade, the 1st Highland Light Infantry,
and the 15th Sikhs were ordered to advance, but were met with such a
terrific fire that a check ensued. Col. Vivian had to rush with his
company over a fire swept zone to join the remainder of his regt. Just
as he arrived he was shot through the body. An officer wrote: “I think
that Col. Vivian was the bravest man I ever met--he seemed absolutely
fearless of bullets, and his patrol work in front of our trenches at
night was really wonderful. He inspired all the Sikh officers and men
of his company with the greatest confidence, and made them nearly as
fearless as himself. Once there was a house 30 yards in front of our
trenches and it obscured our field of fire. The regt. who occupied
the trenches before we did, said that they had tried to pull down the
house, but had had to give up the attempt, because the enemy fired on
them. Col. Vivian called for volunteers of his company to assist him to
demolish the house. The whole company to a man volunteered--he chose
the requisite number and in two days the house was flat; although they
worked in daylight, not a single man was hit. I shall never forget the
thrill of admiration I had for him when he volunteered to go behind the
German line for two or three nights and reconnoitre the German position
at La Bassée, but I was very relieved when the General would not allow
him to go. Each time that he was wounded he insisted on going on with
his work; any ordinary man would have been very shaken. We have lost
a very dear friend, and England one of her bravest soldiers.” Col.
Abbott, writing to The Pioneer about the Tirah Campaign, said: “Your
report, moreover, makes no mention of the very gallant and prompt
manner in which, when Capt. Lewarne’s party was rushed from the wood,
the next one was brought up to his aid by Lieut. Vivian. The second
party also got to close quarters with the enemy and to them must be
accredited a large proportion of the Afridi losses on that occasion.”
He _m._ at Portsmouth, 30 Aug. 1906, Mary Hastings, eldest
surviving dau. of the late Joseph Studholme, of Ballyeighan, King’s
Co., J.P., and had three children: Aylmer Studholme, _b._ 17 Aug.
1909; John, _b._ 30 Aug. 1913; and Margaret Ruth, _b._ 25
June, 1907.
[Illustration: =Charles Augustus Vivian.=]
=VISCOUNT, JOHN THOMAS=, Private, No. 1065, D Coy. 1st
Newfoundland Regt., _s._ of Charles B. Viscount, of Dunville,
Placentia, Newfoundland, by his wife, Hannah, dau. of Jane Norman;
_b._ Cape Shore, Newfoundland, 23 March, 1895; educ. Dunville
afsd.; was a Fisherman; volunteered after the outbreak of war and
joined the Newfoundland Expeditionary Force, 14 Jan. 1915; left for
England, May, 1915; went to the Dardanelles, Sept. 1915, and died on
board the Hospital Ship Valdivia, 30 Oct. 1915, of wounds in the head
received in action there. Buried at sea, Long. 23,26 E., Lat. 36,43 N.;
_unm._
=VYVYAN, WALTER DRUMMOND=, Lieut., 2nd King’s Shropshire Light
Infantry, elder _s._ of Capt. Richard Walter Comyn Vyvyan, of
Trewan, St. Columb. Cornwall, late 2nd Battn. The Welsh Regt. and Temp.
Lieut.-Col. 21st (Reserve) Battn. of the same, by his wife, Mary, dau.
of Edward Sladen Foster, of Dowsby, co. Lincoln; _b._ Bath, co.
Somerset, 20 March, 1887; educ. Bedford Grammar School and the Royal
Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. King’s Shropshire
L.I. 4 May, 1907, and promoted Lieut. 19 March, 1910; went to France,
21 Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at St. Eloi, Belgium, 2 March,
1915; _unm._ He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s
Dispatch of 5 April [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915, for gallant and
distinguished conduct in the field.
[Illustration: =Walter D. Vyvyan.=]
=WACHER, GEOFFREY GIBBINGS=, Sergt., No. 517, 1/16th Battn.
(Queen’s Westminster Rifles), The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._
of the late Alfred Wacher, of the Anchor Brewery, Bermondsey, S.E.,
and Herne Bay, by his wife, Lucy Durant, dau. of Henry Gibbings, of
North Tawton, Devon; _b._ Bermondsey, 25 April, 1891; educ. St.
Anne’s School, Redhill, Surrey; was for some years in the employ of
Chas. Morgan & Co., Paper Manufacturers, London; joined the Queen’s
Westminsters, 22 Jan. 1909; volunteered for Imperial Service, Aug.
1914, and left for France, as Corpl. 1 Nov. 1914; promoted Sergt. June,
1915, and placed in charge of the machine-gun section, to which he had
been transferred in Jan.; and was killed in action 9 Aug. following;
_unm._ The Queen’s Westminsters were in support during the attack
on Hooge on 9 Aug., and, after this had proved successful, occupied
the first line trenches. During the severe bombardment by the enemy’s
artillery which followed, our men took refuge in dug-outs. There were
a large number of casualties, and Sergt. Wacher gave up his place of
safety to some wounded men, and a few minutes later was killed by a
shell. He had done valuable work with his battn. before war broke
out, during its period of training, and more especially at the Front.
One of his officers wrote: “He was one of the most popular fellows in
the battn. among all ranks, and his loss is considered a regimental
catastrophe”; and another wrote: “Ever since he went to the guns he
had done excellent work as well as winning the affections of all the
section.” He had been recommended for a commission by his Commanding
Officer, and expected to return to England any day to take up his new
duties, but owing to the heavy fighting could not be spared. An elder
brother, Lieut. Walter Ronald Wacher, is (1916) on active service with
the 2nd Royal Berkshires.
[Illustration: =Geoffrey G. Wacher.=]
=WACKETT, FREDERICK JAMES=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class (R.F.R., Ch.
B. 3158), 151740, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22
Sept. 1914.
=WADDY, JOHN RAYMOND=, B.A., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Lieut., R.A.M.C.,
2nd _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Waddy, late Commanding 2nd Somerset L.I.,
and grandson of Gen. Sir Richard Waddy, K.C.B., 50th Regt.; _b._
Weston-super-Mare, co. Somerset, 15 Feb. 1886; educ. Clifton College;
Pembroke College, Cambridge, and King’s College Hospital; qualified
M.R.C.S., and L.R.C.P. (London) 1912; volunteered on the outbreak of
war, and was given a commission as temporary Lieut., R.A.M.C., 11
Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was
killed in action by a stray bullet, Bois de Ploegsteert, 17 March,
1915; _unm._ Buried in Somerset Cemetery, Ploegsteert Wood. He
was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan
1915, and was awarded the Military Cross, 18 Feb. 1915. An officer
of the Somersets wrote: “We were all, both officers and men alike,
absolutely devoted to him; he was brave as a lion, and always ready
to help anybody who needed him; no name will go down in the history
of the regt. with more honour than his, for everybody loved him and
realised his sterling qualities.” And the Chairman of the King’s
College Hospital: “Both at King’s College, London, and at King’s
College Hospital, your son was held in the highest esteem by all who
knew him. As you know, he finished a brilliant career at the hospital
by obtaining the senior scholarship of this year, and was forthwith
appointed House Surgeon to Professor Sir Watson Cheyne; the latter
appointment he fulfilled to the complete satisfaction of his seniors,
and during his residence in hospital he considerably enhanced that high
reputation he had already gained.”
=WADE, FREDERICK WALTER=, Private, No. 13069, 2nd Battn. The
Suffolk Regt., eldest _s._ of Frederick William Wade, of Hall
Cottage, Foxhall, near Ipswich, Farm Horseman, by his wife, Edith
Florence, dau. of the late Joseph Goodchild; _b._ Bromeswell, near
Woodbridge, 24 Sept. 1895; educ. Bucklesham; enlisted on the outbreak
of war, 2 Sept. 1914, served with his regt. in France and Flanders,
died from wounds received in action, 21 June, 1915, and was buried in
the Civil Cemetery at Bailleul; _unm._
=WADE, STAMPER PLASKETT=, Ch. E.R.A., 2nd Class, 269679, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=WADE, THOMAS=, Private, No. 2565, 1/7th Battn. London Regt.
(T.F), _s._ of John William Wade, of 150, Lansdowne Road, Dalston,
by his wife, Emily, dau. of (--) Parker; _b._ Hackney, 2 June,
1890; educ. Wilton Road School, Dalston; volunteered for Imperial
service, and joined the 7th London in Sept. 1914, and went to France,
17 March, and died in hospital at Bethune, 5 April, 1915, of wounds
received in action, 3 April. Buried in the Town Cemetery, Bethune;
_unm._
=WADKINS, WILLIAM FERDINAND=, A.B., J. 3223, H.M.S. Laurel; killed
in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=WADSWORTH, ALFRED CHARLES=, Private, No. 12/1820, 16th Waikato
Regt. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of the late John
Wadsworth, of 10, Pelham Road South, Gravesend, Kent, Watchmaker and
Jeweller, by his wife, Alice (10, Pelham Road South, Gravesend, Kent),
dau. of John Hawes; _b._ Cheshunt, co. Herts. 3 Sept. 1889; educ.
Christ Church School, Wanstead; volunteered for Imperial service on the
outbreak of war and joined the New Zealand E.F., 15 Dec. 1914; left
for Egypt, 13 Feb. 1915; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles,
25–26 April, 1915, and was reported missing on 8 May following, and is
now assumed to have been killed in action there between those dates;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Alfred C. Wadsworth.=]
=WADSWORTH, THOMAS EDWIN=, Private, No. 9537, 1/5th Battn. (London
Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of John Edwin
Wadsworth, of 13, Beech Hall Road, of Highams Park, Essex, an employee
of the British Bank of South America, Moorgate Street, by his wife,
Helen, dau. of Thomas Brown, Baughurst, Hants, Farmer; _b._
Southfields, S.W., 1 March, 1896; educ. Central Foundation School,
Cowper Street, E.C., and on leaving there entered the service of
Samuel Montagu & Co., of Old Broad Street, E.C., and was a junior in
the bullion department when war broke out. He had joined the London
Rifle Brigade, 18 March, 1913, and at once volunteered for active
service, and went to the Front with his regt. 4 Nov. 1914. On 27
April he left the shelter of his trench in order to succour a wounded
stretcher-bearer, and assist him to the rear. Soon after his return to
the firing line he was wounded by the splinter of a shell. As there
was a scarcity of stretchers he insisted on walking in order that
other wounded men might be carried. The walking caused him to lose a
considerable quantity of blood, and he reached the base in a very weak
condition. He died in Netley Hospital, 8 May, 1915, and was buried
in Ilford Cemetery; _unm._ A Memorial Tablet was placed in St.
Stephen’s Church, Coleman Street, where he was formerly a chorister,
with the following inscription: “This tablet is erected in affectionate
memory of T. Edwin Wadsworth, by the staff of Samuel Montagu & Co., of
60, Old Broad Street, to whom he had become endeared by his winsome
ways and eager and faithful discharge of daily duties. One of the
youngest in the ranks of the London Rifle Brigade, he responded
instantly to the call of his King and Country, endured with fortitude
the rigours of the winter campaign in Flanders, and whilst repelling
an attack of the enemy on 27 April, 1915, received wounds which proved
mortal. Fragile in frame, his body proved unequal to retain his brave
young spirit, which returned to Him who gave it. He finished his
earthly course 8 May, 1915, within a brief span of 19 years and 2
months, and now awaits another Trumpet Call. ‘Greater love hath no man
than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.’ Jno. XV. 13.”
[Illustration: =Thomas E. Wadsworth.=]
=WAGLAND, ISAAC WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3885), 186631, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=WAGSTAFF, ALFRED=, Private, No. 114, 6/2, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 4th _s._ of William Wagstaff, of Thorpe, near Thrapston,
Northampton, by his wife, Emily Ann, dau. of Kidman Giddings, of Long
Stow, Cambs.; _b._ Thorpe, co. Northants, 14 Sept. 1891; educ.
Lilford School, near Oundle; worked in copper sheds on L. & N.W.R.
at Birmingham; enlisted, 5 Sept. 1914; went to France, 28 Jan. 1915,
and was killed in action at Vermelles, 30 Sept. 1915; _unm._ His
four brothers, Samuel, William, Albert Kidman, and Jack, and a nephew,
Reginald R. Wagstaff, are (1916) all on active service.
[Illustration: =Alfred Wagstaff.=]
=WAITE, CHARLES WILLIAM=, 2nd Yeoman of Signals (R.F.R., B. 1542),
169682, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=WAITT, GEORGE GREENHILL=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27506 (Devonport),
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=WAKEFIELD, ARTHUR JAMES=, Private, No. 11319, 2nd Battn. East
Yorkshire Regt., _s._ of Walter John Wakefield, of 2, Eleanor’s
Terrace, Oxford Street, Hull, by his wife, Georgina, dau. of Robert
Handcock; _b._ Wincolmlee, Hull, 22 Nov. 1890; educ. Lincoln
Street School; was an oilmiller in the employ of Messrs. Chambers &
Fargus; enlisted in the East Yorks after the outbreak of war, 2 Sept.
1914; went to France, 27 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Ypres,
23 April, 1915. He _m._ at Hull, 1 Oct. 1910, Maria (2, Eleanor’s
Terrace, Oxford Street, Hull), dau. of Edward Scott, and had two
children: Lily, _b._ 2 March, 1912; and Lottie, _b._ 4 April,
1914.
[Illustration: =Arthur J. Wakefield.=]
=WAKELIN, JOHN BINHAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 1734, 1/7th Battn. (City
of London) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of John Wakelin, an
employee at Queen’s College, Oxford, by his wife, Elizabeth Georgina,
dau. of Alfred Barnes Cook; _b._ Oxford, 17 Dec. 1881; educ.
Wesleyan School there; was employed at the Whitechapel Infirmary;
joined the 2nd Volunteer Battn. Oxfordshire L.I. 22 Jan. 1900, serving
with them till Dec. 1904, and the Queen’s Own Oxfordshire Hussars, 5
Jan. 1905, serving till 4 Jan. 1908. On the outbreak of war he resigned
his post at Whitechapel and joined the 7th London Regt.; went to
France, 18 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 7 May,
following; _unm._ Buried at Bethune.
[Illustration: =John Binham Wakelin.=]
=WAKEMAN, EDWARD OFFLEY ROUSE=, 2nd Lieut. 1st Battn. Grenadier
Guards, yr. _s._ of Sir Offley Wakeman, of Yeaton Peverey,
Shrewsbury, and Rorrington Lodge, Chirbury, Shropshire, 3rd Bart.,
D.L., J.P., by his wife, Catherine, dau. of Sir Charles Henry Rouse
Boughton, 11th Bart.; _b._ Downton Hall, near Ludlow, 15 Jan.
1889; educ. Eton, and St. John’s College, Oxford (B.A. 1912); was
employed by the University in agricultural research and afterwards
by the Board of Agriculture as Special Investigator, which position
he resigned to join the Guards in Dec. 1914; was gazetted 2nd Lieut.
4 Jan. 1915; went to France in April and was killed in action at the
Battle of Festubert, 16 May, 1915, while leading his platoon in an
attack on the German trenches; _unm._ He was buried on the field
of battle near Richebourg l’Avoué. His Commanding Officer wrote:
“He had been with us a short time but amply long enough for us and
his company to realise that in him we have lost a man and a gallant
officer, and a good comrade. He was killed in the way we all hope to be
killed (if it is willed that we are to be), that is gallantly leading
men of the Brigade of Guards.” Lieut. Wakeman was mentioned in F.M. Sir
John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 30 Nov. 1915 [London Gazette, 1
Jan. 1916].
[Illustration: =Edward O. R. Wakeman.=]
=WAKINSHAW, JAMES WILLIAM=, Sapper, No. 51464, Royal Engineers,
3rd _s._ of James Wood Wakinshaw, of Wolsingham, Publican, by
his wife, Sarah, dau. of John Clark, of Whitton Park, co. Durham;
_b._ Southwick-on-Wear, co. Durham, 31 March, 1891; educ.
National School there; was employed at Pickersgill’s Yard, Sunderland,
and resided at 43, Wear Street, Southwick, and had been for five years
a member of the Durham Territorial R.G.A.; enlisted 10 Sept. 1914,
for the period of the war; trained at Chatham and in Ireland; went to
the Dardanelles with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and died
15 Aug. 1915, of wounds received in action at Suvla Bay; _unm._
Wakinshaw was a good oarsman, winning many prizes, including the Molly
Pratt Cup, four tankards, four medals, etc.
[Illustration: =James W. Wakinshaw.=]
=WALBURN, WILLIAM ARTHUR=, Private, No. 1637, 4th Battn.
Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of William Walburn, of 3, Portland
Terrace, Redcar, co. Yorks, retired Hotel Proprietor, by his wife,
Alice Helen, dau. of the late John Davison, of Redcar; _b._
Crakehall, near Bedale, co. York, 7 Aug. 1881; educ. Kirkleatham
Private School; went to Australia in Oct. 1914, following a severe
illness, and on his arrival found his health so much improved that he
was able to join the Commonwealth E.F. at Sydney, 15 Dec. 1914; left
Sydney for Egypt the following Feb.; took part in the landing at the
Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and in every engagement with his regt.
till 3 Aug. when he was seriously wounded in the great charge at Lone
Pine Ridge; and died in No. 17 General Hospital, Alexandria, three
days after admission, 15 Aug. 1915. Buried in Chatby Military Cemetery
there. He _m._ at Redcar Parish Church, 23 Sept. 1903, Annie, dau.
of the late William McNaughton, and had a son, William Cecil, _b._
29 Jan. 1909.
[Illustration: =William A. Walburn.=]
=WALDECK, FREDERICK=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1506), 185963, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WALDUCK, LUKE=, Private, No. 8050, 1st Battn. Oxfordshire and
Buckinghamshire L.I., 2nd _s._ of John Walduck, of Westbury,
Brackley, Railway Labourer, by his wife, Ann, dau. of Edmund Coleman;
_b._ Drayton Parslow, co. Bucks, 16 Feb. 1886; educ. Mixbury,
Oxon; enlisted 10 Oct. 1905, and was killed in action at St. Julien,
France, 1 Nov. 1914; _unm._
=WALFORD, HENRY=, Officer’s Steward, 2nd Class, L. 2829, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=WALFORD, HERBERT ASHFORD=, Private, No. 2026, 1/14th Batt.
(London Scottish) The London Regiment (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the
late Thomas Charles Walford, of Maidenhead, Mineral Manager, Great
Western Railway, by his 1st wife, Mary Ann Ashford, dau. of Thomas
Hobbs, of Tiverton; _b._ Southall, co. Middlesex, 26 Feb. 1889;
educ. Maidenhead College; was on the staff of Messrs. Eveson & Co.,
Coal Merchants; joined the London Scottish, Feb. 1914; volunteered
for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 15 Sept.
1914, was reported missing after the charge of the London Scottish at
Messines, 31 Oct. following, and is now assumed to have been killed in
action on that date. He was _unm._ His younger brother, Private L.
F. Walford, who was in the same battn. was wounded and taken a prisoner
on this occasion and died the next day (see following notice).
=WALFORD, LESLIE FRANCIS=, Private, No. 2048, 1/14th Battn.
(London Scottish), The London Regt. (T.F.), second _s._ of the
late Thomas Charles Walford, of Maidenhead, Mineral Manager, Great
Western Railway, by his 1st wife, Mary Ann Ashford, dau. of Thomas
Hobbs, of Tiverton; _b._ Southall, 6 Aug. 1891; educ. Maidenhead
College; was Clerk to Wm. Cory’s, Mark Lane; joined the London
Scottish, May, 1914; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak
of war; went to France, 15 Sept. 1914; was wounded and taken prisoner
during the charge of the London Scottish at Messines, 31 Oct. 1914, and
died the following day; _unm._ Buried at Messines-Wytschaete.
=WALFORD, OLIVER ROBSON=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Hampshire Regt.,
elder _s._ of the late Col. William Swordes Walford, of Warden
Lodge, Totland Bay, Isle of Wight, R.A., by his 1st wife, Mary Ella,
dau. of George Robson, of Altwood, Maidenhead Thicket; _b._ Warden
House, Weymouth, co. Dorset, 25 June, 1895; educ. Connaught House,
Weymouth; Charterhouse, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the
Hampshires, 13 Jan. 1915; went to France, 25 Jan., and was killed in
action at the Second Battle of Ypres, 26 April, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Oliver Robson Walford.=]
=WALKER, ALFRED LEVI=, Private, No. 14450, 2nd Battn. Grenadier
Guards, yst. _s._ of the late Walter George Walker, of Hackett
Lane, Thornbury, co. Glos., Butcher, by his wife, Sophia (Crossways,
Thornbury), dau. of Henry Honeyborne; _b._ Easton Hill, Thornbury,
10 March, 1889; educ. Board School there; enlisted in 1909, and was
killed in action near Ypres, 10 Nov. 1914; _unm._
=WALKER, ANTHONY THORNTON=, 2nd Lieut., 8th (Service) Battn.
Rifle Brigade, 2nd _s._ of John Walker, of Bawtry, co. York, by
his wife, Dorothy Mary, dau. of Thomas Taplin Wickham, of Bideford,
N. Devon; _b._ Bawtry, 9 May, 1894; educ. Dulwich Preparatory
School, from which he obtained a scholarship to Uppingham School,
and from Uppingham secured an open scholarship and exhibition at
University College, Oxford; joined the Public Schools Battn. Middlesex
Regt. Aug. 1914, and was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 8th
Rifle Brigade, 2 Dec. following; left for France, 25 July, 1915, and
was killed in action at Hooge, 30 July, 1915, the day after he joined
his battn. in the trenches; _unm._ At Uppingham he was captain
of football, and played for his college at Oxford. He was also very
musical, and was leader of the orchestra at Uppingham.
[Illustration: =Anthony Thornton Walker.=]
=WALKER, ARCHIE NORMAN=, L.-Corpl., No. 924, 13th Battn. 4th
Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, 6th _s._ of Robert
Percival Hoar, of 22, Quanza Street, Beach, East London, South Africa,
by his wife, Cornelia Isabella (Nellie) Hoar, dau. of Peter Fostin;
_b._ Cathcart, South Africa, 4 April, 1893; educ. East London;
went to Australia in 1914; joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force,
22 Sept. 1914; left with the second reinforcements, and died 23 May,
1915, of wounds received in action at the Dardanelles; _unm._ He
was buried at sea from H.M. Hospital ship Nevasa in lat. 36.49N, long.
1° 2E.
[Illustration: =Archie Norman Walker.=]
=WALKER, CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3752), S.S. 1069, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WALKER, EDMUND BASIL=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal West Kent
Regt., 2nd _s._ of the Rev. George Sherbrooke Walker, M.A.,
Rector of March, by his wife, Jessie Elizabeth, dau. of Edward Carter,
of Hazelwood, Edgbaston; _b._ Birmingham, 8 Aug. 1888; educ.
The Towers, Portinscale, Keswick; Sherborne School, and Emmanuel
College, Cambridge, and soon after leaving college, went as a master
to Sherborne Preparatory School. On 23 March, 1912, he was gazetted
2nd Lieut. to the Dorsetshire Regt. (Special Reserve), and after war
broke out joined his regt. at the Front, afterwards transferring to
the 1st Battn. Royal West Kents, and was given a commission in that
regt. 2 Jan. 1915; took part in the heavy fighting for Hill 60, near
Ypres, and was killed in action there, 18 April, 1915; _unm._ He
had been called upon to undertake the Senior Captain’s duty and he
volunteered for the post of danger with the machine-guns on Hill 60,
near Ypres. He was on the Hill all through the awful night of Saturday
17, when so many fell--with two officers under him, and in the early
morning, just as day was breaking, their company was relieved. They
had left the ridge of the hill, when with his usual devotion to duty
he suddenly said to his fellow officer: “You go on--I’ll follow in a
minute,” and turned back again, explaining that he wanted to make sure
all was right for the relief company just coming to take their place.
So he went back--and in doing this, lost his own life, for he was
shot dead. He was buried in the little military cemetery near Ypres.
Major Dunlop, officer in command of the Battn., wrote: “I found your
son of great assistance to me, as he was not only devoid of fear, but
was an exceptionally keen officer, and, I am sure, would have made a
great name for himself had he survived. Anyone who knew him could not
help admiring him.” An officer, working with Lieut. Walker when he was
killed, wrote: “on all sides I heard mention of his bravery. He stood
on the top of the hill, directing operations, and was actually handling
the machine-gun at the time he was shot in the throat, and died
instantly. He had volunteered for the post of danger.” Lieut. Walker
was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 5 April,
1915. He was in the O.T.C. at both Sherborne and Cambridge, and after
his two years of teaching, spent a year in promoting Boy Scout work,
and was organising secretary to the Great Rally at Birmingham in 1913.
[Illustration: =Edmund Basil Walker.=]
=WALKER, EDWARD HENRY=, A.B., 163583, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that
ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=WALKER, HENRY CLEMENT=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 308726, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WALKER, JAMES=, Private, No. 1780, 1/9th Battn. Durham
L.I. (T.F); _b._ Newcastle-on-Tyne, 23 Aug. 1891; educ.
Gateshead-on-Tyne; enlisted in the Durham L.I., 21 April, 1914; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France and was killed in action on the
outskirts of Ypres, 3 May, 1915. Buried in the Chateau grounds, west
of Brielin, on the Poperinghe Road. He _m._ at the Roman Catholic
Church, Dunston, 26 Dec. 1912, Mary (189, Rose Street, Gateshead), dau.
of John Quinn, and had a child.
=WALKER, JOHN JAMES=, Corpl., No. 51512. R.F.A.; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France; died from wounds received in action, 25
Aug. 1914.
=WALKER, JAMES THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6224), 203795, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=WALKER, ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7858), 292549,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WALKER, SAMUEL REID=, Private, No. 1876, A Coy. 1/9th Battn.
(Highlanders) Royal Scots (T.F.), yst. _s._ of John Walker, of
Wentworth, Newmarket Road, Norwich, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Samuel
Reid, of St. George’s, Norwich; _b._ Norwich, 13 Feb. 1893; educ.
Belle Vue and King Edward VI Middle School, Norwich; apprenticed to the
Drapery Trade, first at Mr. Moll’s, Norwich, then to Messrs. Bryant
and Bryant, St. Ives, Hunts, and lastly to Messrs. Jenners, Edinburgh;
volunteered and joined 1/9th Royal Scots (A Coy.), 6 Aug. 1914; left
for France, 24 Feb. 1915, and died at No. 8 Hospital, Bailleul, 27
April following, of wounds received four days previously during the
Second Battle of Ypres. Buried Bailleul Cemetery; _unm._ Corpl.
W. M. Clarke wrote: “I thought it would perhaps comfort you to know
how much he was appreciated by his comrades, and how great a shock
his death was to them. His bright face and willingness made him a
valued man in my section and won him everybody’s affection. Our only
consolation, and I hope it may be yours also, is that he died like a
man fighting for the Old Country.”
[Illustration: =Samuel Reid Walker.=]
=WALKER, THOMAS=, Private, No. 2395, 1/7th Battn. The Black Watch
(T.F.), _s._ of Alexander Middleton Walker, of Middleton Place,
Crossgates, co. Fife, Miner, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of the late
Thomas Young, of Leven; _b._ Fordell, Dalgetty, co. Fife, 13 Feb. 1884;
educ. Crossgates Public School; served as a grocer in Dunfermline
Co-operative Society for nearly five years, then enlisted in the
Royal Scots, 2 Jan. 1902; obtained his discharge by purchase, 11 July
following, and was employed in the mines; re-enlisted in the Black
Watch after the outbreak of war, 15 Sept. 1914; went to France, 1
May, 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 16 June, 1915;
_unm._ Buried there. His Captain wrote: “We were being subjected to a
terrible bombardment during an attack on the Germans, and Tom along
with L.-Corpl. Somerville were sitting in a dug-out sheltering from the
fire, when a high explosive shell hit it, smashing in the roof. Both
were killed immediately, and without suffering any pain. All the men
exhibited great courage during the day and none more than your son, who
was always a worker, doing his share and always willing to help others.”
[Illustration: =Thomas Walker.=]
=WALKER, WILLIAM ARCHIBALD SMAIL=, Major, 46th Punjabis, Indian
Army, 2nd _s._ of the late Major-Gen. Alexander Walker, C.S.I.,
R.A., Director-General of Ordnance in India, 1890–97, by his wife,
Anne Yewdale Lambert, dau. of Commander William Archibald Smail,
R.N.; _b._ Dum-Dum, India, 31 Oct. 1874; educ. Dulwich College
and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. unattd. Indian Army, 10 Oct. 1894;
was attd. to the 1st Somerset L.I. for his first year; entered the
Indian S.C. 10 Jan. 1896, and was promoted Lieut. 27 Nov. 1897; Capt.
10 Oct. 1903, and Major 10 Oct. 1912; served with the 45th Sikhs and
then with the 40th Pathans, and was posted to the 46th Punjabis on
their formation; took part in the operations on the N.W. Frontier of
India, 1897–8, including the Defence of Malakand, action at Landakai,
and operations in Bajaur (medal with two clasps), and in the Tirah
Expedition 1897–8 (clasp), and was afterwards employed with the King’s
African Rifles, 25 Nov. 1903 to 10 May, 1906. After the outbreak of the
European War, he was sent in Jan. 1915, with a double coy. to British
East Africa and attd. to the 130th Baluchis (King George’s Own). He
was commanding a section of the outpost line with headquarters at
Mzima on the Tsava River. While visiting sentry groups with an escort
of seven men on 12 April, he came on the spoor of a large party of
Germans. He followed this up for some way in order to locate the enemy.
In returning he was ambuscaded by a smaller party of Germans who were
following the main force, and he and two men were shot. He was buried
on the banks of the Tsava River--the grave was marked by a cairn of
stones; the two men who fell with him are buried by his side. A brother
officer wrote: “I knew him for a fearless man. He was with my regt. in
the Tirah Expedition, 1897--I have never met a braver soldier”; and
another: “His escort, Dogras and Gurkhas, five of whom managed to get
away, all bear great testimony to his fearlessness and gallantry. He
gave the orders with his last breath for his men to scatter; such is
necessary in the bush. He is a great loss to us and to our country--we
can ill spare such men.” He _m._ at Peshawar, N.W.P., 30 April,
1913, Marion Balfour, yst. dau. of the Rev. Frederick William Crick,
M.A., Rector of Litton Cheney, Dorset, and had a dau., Anne Margaret,
_b._ 21 Jan. 1914.
[Illustration: =William A. S. Walker.=]
=BANES-WALKER, FREDERICK CECIL=, Lieut., 3rd, attd. 2nd Battn.
Devonshire Regt., eldest _s._ of Harry Banes-Walker, of Verriers,
North Petherton, Somerset, B.A., C.C., Director of Brewery Companies,
by his wife, Mary Alexandra, dau. of Frederick S. Barker; _b._
Northgate House, Bridgwater, co. Somerset, 19 June, 1888; educ. Mr.
Coplestone’s, Exmouth, Devon, and Tunbridge School, and was gaining
a business experience at the Ashton Gate Brewery. He enlisted in the
Gloucestershire Regt. on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, but was
offered a commission in the Devons a few weeks later, and was gazetted
2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Reserve Battn. of that Regt. 7 Oct. 1914, and
subsequently attd. to the 2nd Battn. (23rd Brigade, 8th Division), of
which he became a Machine-Gun Officer. He went to France, 15 March,
1915; was promoted Lieut., and was killed in action near Fleurbaix, 9
May, 1915; _unm._ Buried in a cemetery on the Rue Petillon, about
3,500 yards south of Fleurbaix. His Commanding Officer wrote: “Your son
was killed in action early Sunday morning, 9 May, as we were advancing
under heavy cross-firing. He was in charge of our machine-gun section,
and had done extremely well. He was very popular with all ranks, and
will be greatly missed.” Lieut. Banes-Walker was well-known in sporting
circles being a fine rider to hounds. He played cricket for Somerset,
and hockey for Gloucestershire.
[Illustration: =Frederick C. Banes-Walker.=]
=GORDON-WALKER, CHARLES NIGEL=, Lieut. and Adjutant, 10th
(Service) Battn. South Staffordshire Regt., attd. 8th Battn. Manchester
Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of the late Frederick Alexander Walker, of
Gravesend, Kent, by his wife, Grace Marion (23, Holbein House, Sloane
Square, London, S.W.), dau. of the late David Alexander Gordon, of
Culveman and Greenlaw, co. Kirkcudbright, and of Hong Kong; _b._
Milton-next-Gravesend, co. Kent, 3 July, 1889; educ. Westminster
School; was in the firm of Messrs. Gilman & Co., Merchants of Hong
Kong, and 18, St. Swithin’s Lane, London, E.C., and was Corpl. in the
Scouts Company, Hong Kong Volunteer Corps; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 10th
South Staffords, 21 Nov. 1914, and appointed Adjutant to the battn.
21 Nov. 1914; attd. to 8th Manchester (T.F.), May, 1915; left for
the Dardanelles from Plymouth, 15 May, and was killed in action in
Gallipoli 7 Aug. following; _unm._
[Illustration: =Charles N. Gordon-Walker.=]
=WALL, JOHN THOMAS=, Private, No. 5743, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards; _b._ co. Warwick; enlisted 30 Sept. 1904; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 11 Sept. 1914; died in
No. 4 Clearing Hospital, Poperinghe, 29 Oct. 1914, of wounds received
in action. Buried Poperinghe New Cemetery.
=WALLACE, ANDREW=, Capt., 1/4th Battn. King’s Own Scottish
Borderers (T.F.), eldest _s._ of James Wallace, of Castle
View, Prestonpans, Headmaster of Prestonpans Public School, by his
wife, Barbara, dau. of John Guthrie Smith, of Newmilns, Ayrshire,
Manufacturer; _b._ Prestonpans, 3 Feb. 1875; educ. Prestonpans
Public School; George Heriot’s School, Edinburgh, and Edinburgh
University, where he was Gold Medallist in Anatomy, and completed
his medical course when he was only twenty. After being assistant to
Dr. Nuttall of Leicester for three years, he went as Ship’s Doctor
to China and Japan on the S.S. Glen Avon, which was wrecked off Hong
Kong on her homeward voyage; and then practised for fifteen years in
Coldstream, where he took a prominent part in Ambulance Association
Work, and in the Territorials. He joined the 2nd Vol. Battn. K.O.S.B.
(afterwards the 4th Territorial Battn. of the Scottish Borderers) in
1902 and became Lieut. 8 Aug. 1903, and Capt. 11 April, 1906; and
volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war. He left for
the Dardanelles on 21 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Krithia,
Gallipoli, 12 July following; _unm._ Of his nine brothers, Capt.
W. E. Wallace is in France with 8th Battn. Royal Scots, Capt. H. S.
Wallace is in Egypt with the Notts and Derby Mounted Field Ambulance
Bde., and Cadet R. H. Wallace presently training with University Corps,
Bristol. His second youngest brother, Harold S. Wallace, with 8th
Battn. Royal Scots, was killed in France, 8 April, 1915, at Picantin,
near Laventie.
[Illustration: =Andrew Wallace.=]
=WALLACE, HAROLD SYDNEY=, Private, No. 893, 8th Battn. Royal Scots
(T.F.), 9th _s._ of James Wallace, of Castle View, Prestonpans,
Headmaster of Prestonpans Public School, and a younger brother of
Capt. Andrew Wallace (see preceding notice), by his wife, Barbara,
dau. of John Guthrie Smith; _b._ Prestonpans, 29 Nov. 1892; educ.
Prestonpans Public School; George Heriot’s School, Edinburgh, and
Skerry’s College; was an Officer of Customs and Excise; joined the 8th
Territorial Battn. of the Royal Scots in 1912; volunteered for foreign
service after the outbreak of war; went to France, 2 Nov. 1914, and was
killed in action at Picantin, near Laventie, 8 April, 1915; _unm._
Buried Rue Tilleloy, Laventie.
[Illustration: =Harold S. Wallace.=]
=WALLACE, HENRY ATHOLL CHARLES=, Capt., 10th Battn. 2nd Brigade,
Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of the late Henry
Wallace, of Trench Hall, co. Durham, J.P., for many years Agent to the
Earl of Ravensworth; by his wife, Jessie (139, Ware Road, Hertford),
dau. of Charles Ellis, of New York, U.S.A.; _b._ Trench Hall,
Gateshead-on-Tyne, 1879; educ. Uppingham College; served in the South
African War with the Northumberland Imperial Yeomanry, 1900–1901
(Queen’s medal with two clasps); emigrated to Canada in 1902, and after
farming in Manitoba for a short time, turned his attention to real
estate; joined the 106th Winnipeg L.I. in Winnipeg, Canada; volunteered
for Imperial service on the outbreak of war and was appointed Capt.
10th Battn. (Winnipeg L.I.); came over with the 1st Contingent in
Oct. 1914; trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter; went to
France early in Feb. and after serving in the trenches for two months,
was killed in action at Langemarck, 22 April, 1915. He always took
a keen interest in military matters, and belonged in Canada to the
Veterans’ Brigade, composed of men who had served their country in
any part of the world. He _m._ at St. Mary’s, Gateshead-on-Tyne,
1903, Winifred (194, Hill Street, Norwood Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Canada), dau. of the late Thomas Archer, of the Dunston Engine Works,
Dunston-on-Tyne, a well-known engineer and inventor, and had two
children: Henry Archer Harold, _b._ 3 April, 1906; and Dorothy
Laura, _b._ 15 March, 1909.
[Illustration: =Henry A. C. Wallace.=]
=WALLACE, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4924), S.S.
104347, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WALLACE, JOHN=, Private, No. S./7097, 2nd Battn. Middlesex Regt.;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 10
Feb. 1915.
=WALLACE, JOHN ROGER (ION)=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal Scots
Fusiliers, yr. _s._ of Roger William Wallace, of 36, Campden Hill
Gardens, Kensington, K.C., by his wife, Sarah, dau. of John Thornton;
_b._ Kensington, 25 June, 1895; educ. at School House, Rugby, and
Oriel College, Oxford; joined the Artists’ Rifles as a Private when
war began, and went to France with them, 26 Oct. 1914. He was given a
commission, 15 Dec. 1914, being gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 2nd Battn.
Royal Scots Fusiliers. The same month he was invalided home after
an attack of pleurisy caught in the trenches, and early this year
(1915), after taking out a draft of men from Ayr, was transferred to
the 1st Battn. of his regt. He was killed in action, near Ypres, 22
April, 1915, and buried in the Military Cemetery, Dickebusch, Belgium;
_unm._ His commanding officer wrote: “His pluck and unselfishness
will always be remembered in the Scots Fusiliers. His one idea was that
the men wounded at the same time should be cared for first. Both in his
life and death he was a splendid example.”
[Illustration: =John Roger Wallace.=]
=WALLACE, JOSEPH=, Leading Stoker, 282825, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WALLACE, THOMAS=, Acting Corpl., No. 7349, 1st Battn. Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed
in action at Ypres, 12 May, 1915.
=WALLACE, WILLIAM JOSEPH=, Private, No. 7865, 1st Battn. East
Kent Regt. (The Buffs); served with the Expeditionary Force in France;
killed in action, 14 Dec. 1914.
=BURGOYNE-WALLACE, DOUGLAS BURGOYNE=, Lieut., 7th Duke of
Connaught’s Own Rajput L.I., Indian Army, elder _s._ of Frederick
Burgoyne Burgoyne-Wallace, of Beechmont, Cheltenham, by his wife,
Hannah, dau. of Robert Watson, of Victoria Park, co. Ayr, and gdson. of
the late Gen. Hill Wallace, C.B., R.H.A., by his wife, Harriet, dau.
of Capt. Frederick Burgoyne, R.N. (who was present at the Battle of
Cape St. Vincent); _b._ Edinburgh, 12 June, 1893; educ. Cheltenham
College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; and was gazetted
2nd Lieut. to the unattd. list for the Indian Army, 12 Aug. 1912. He
was attached to the 2nd Battn. Norfolk Regt. at Belgaum for a year, and
was posted to the 7th Rajputs 2 Nov. 1913, being promoted Lieut. Nov.
1914. He left India with his regt. for the Persian Gulf in the same
month and was reported as missing after the heavy fighting at Ahwaz, 2
March, 1915. He was _unm._ Whilst at Cheltenham College he gained
the Gold Medal in 1910 presented by the Republique Francaise Ministère
de l’Instruction Publique et des Beaux Arts for French competed for by
all the Public Schools.
[Illustration: =D. B. Burgoyne-Wallace.=]
=WALLARD, WALTER=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1817), H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WALLER, GEORGE=, Private, No. 3082, C Coy., 5th (Cinque Ports)
Battn. Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of George Waller, of
Uckfield Road, Ringmer, Lewes, Stockman to Mr. John Porter, Park Farm,
Ringmer, by his wife, Ann, dau. of Henry Godcher, of Streat; _b._
Curd’s Farm, Barcombe, co. Sussex, 25 Nov. 1895; educ. Ringmer Council
School, near Lewes; was Groom and Gardener to Mr. Moore Wellingham,
Ringmer; enlisted 25 Nov. 1914; went to France, 12 Feb., and was killed
in action at Richebourg, 9 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =George Waller.=]
=WALLER, HORACE EDMUND=, Private, No. 1530, Princess Patricia’s
Canadian Light Infantry, yr. _s._ of John Edward Hopkins Waller,
of Rockvale, co. Tipperary, 172, Cromwell Road, London, S.W., and The
Nook, Westgate-on-Sea, M.Inst.C.E., by his wife, Annette Elizabeth,
dau. of Adolphe Naudé, and grandson of the late John Francis Waller, of
Finoe House, co. Tipperary, LL.D., J.P., Barrister-at-Law, writer and
poet; _b._ in London, 16 April, 1891; educ. the Towers, Wellington
College, and Tonbridge School (Scholar), and on leaving there entered
the Engineering Section of the University of London at King’s College,
and was one of the earliest members of the O.T.C. In 1910 he went to
Canada where he engaged in engineering, the principal work with which
he was connected being the Hydro Electric installation of the Algoma
Central Railway at Steep Hill Falls, Ontario, and the government survey
of Strathcona Park, Vancouver Island, B.C. On the declaration of war
he joined the 1st Contingent of Princess Patricia’s Canadian L.I. as
a private, and after training in Canada, on Salisbury Plain, and at
Winchester, left Southampton for France with his regt. to join the
Expeditionary Force on Sunday, 20 Dec. 1914. Owing to his intimate
knowledge of French and his experience as an engineer, he was detailed
to act as interpreter and guide. He was frequently in the trenches, and
although as a result of the severe conditions prevailing he developed
dysentery, he would not be persuaded to rest. On 4 Feb. however, he
was obliged to enter hospital at Boeschèpe, and he died there, 7 Feb.
1915; _unm._ He was buried in the churchyard at Boeschèpe with
full military honours. Lieut. Crubbe wrote: “I must tell you as one of
his company officers how great a loss to No. 4 he is. He was always an
excellent soldier, and seemed to thoroughly realise how his superior
education and position necessitated his being a good example, and in
this he never failed. Since we have been actually fighting he was of
great service as a company guide, and invariably showed the greatest
courage and devotion to duty”; and Sergt. Phillips: “Everybody in No. 4
Coy. and anybody in other companies who knew him join you in mourning
the loss of one of the best little fellows that ever lived, and one
whom I am very proud to have called friend. He was the most popular man
in the company.”
[Illustration: =Horace Edmund Waller.=]
=WALLER, JAMES=, A.B., J. 8260, H.M.S. Laurel; killed in action in
the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=WALLER, WILLIAM JAMES=, Private, No. 2467, 1/7th Battn. The
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of William Charles Waller, of
121–123, Edgware Road, London, W., Master Tailor (died 2 Feb. 1916), by
his wife, Alice Easter (123, Edgware Road, London, W.), dau. of James
Waller, of Old Catton, Norwich; _b._ New Cross, London, 14 June,
1896; educ. Regent Street Polytechnic; was a student at Selfridges;
enlisted in Aug 1914 on the outbreak of war; left for France, 12
March, 1915, and was killed in action, 7 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried
in the Military Cemetery on the Rue Petillon, near Neuve Chapelle.
Lieut. A. G. Groser wrote: “He was a universal favourite among the
non-commissioned officers and men of No. 3 Platoon. ‘Best man in my
section,’ his sergeant used to say to me. Among the men all spoke well
of ‘Nobby,’ as they used to call him.... On the night of May 7, your
son was in the party of 19 under myself which was to occupy an advanced
trench 70 yards in front of the trenches, and within 70 yards of the
German lines. We occupied this advanced trench at 8.30 p.m., and barely
had the sentries been posted, when a party of over 24 Germans, bent
on slaughter, appeared on all sides and attempted to rush this trench.
They had crawled up under cover of darkness, then jumping up they fired
at us and then rushed into close quarters. After a hand-to-hand fight
lasting a few minutes, they were beaten off with the loss of seven
killed and several wounded. But four of the platoon lay on the ground
wounded, and three more had slight wounds. Your son with five others
under Sergt. Hocking (who has since died of wounds) stood up and fought
like the gentleman he was against fully 15 of the Germans. Facing the
enemy who appeared in front, he was shot in the back by one of those
who sprang up from the rear. Though four were badly wounded they went
on fighting till they drove the Germans off, which undoubtedly went
a long way to saving the position. He behaved like a gentleman and a
hero, as I ever thought he would should such circumstances arise. He
was conscious the whole time he was waiting for a stretcher, and I
could tell from his face that he was in great pain. I talked to him
and gave him water, and he answered back though very feebly. Then
the stretcher came and he was carried to the billets right behind
the trenches. Not a murmur or cry of pain came from him while lying
in the trench in awful agony, because he was not half a hero but one
throughout;” and Sergt. G. W. Scott, writing “at the unanimous request
of the N.C.Os. and men of the Platoon” to “record the great affection
which every man in this platoon had towards him, and the high esteem in
which he was held by all who knew him, officers and men alike,” added:
“About 9 o’clock p.m. on Friday, May 7, just as the day party was
being relieved, the Germans rushed the sap. Our boys were absolutely
taken by surprise, but rose to the occasion and succeeded in driving
the Germans off, but not before your son was shot through the back and
several others wounded. Poor ‘Nobby’ lived for a few hours and remained
cheerful and brave to the end. His death actually occurred about 1
o’clock a.m. whilst he was being conveyed to the dressing-station.”
[Illustration: =William James Waller.=]
=WALLIS, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 6251, 2nd Battn. Royal West
Surrey Regt., _s._ of Frederick Wallis, of 55, Morecambe Street,
Walworth; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in
action, 16 May, 1915.
=WALLIS, HERBERT FRANCIS=, No. G. 3330, 2nd Battn. East Surrey
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action,
27 April, 1915.
=WALMESLEY, RICHARD=, Lieut., attd. 2nd Battn. Alexandra, Princess
of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regt., only _s._ of John Walmesley, of
Lucknam, co. Wilts, and the Hall of Ince, co. Lancaster; _b._
London, W., 21 Nov. 1890; educ. Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd (Reserve Battn.) Yorkshire Regt. 13
Aug. 1910, and promoted Lieut. 1 May, 1912; was posted on the outbreak
of war to the 2nd Battn.; went to France early in Oct. 1914, and was
killed in action about the 21st of the same month, near Ypres. He was
shot through the head, death being instantaneous and was the first of
his regt. to fall. Lieut. Walmesley is described as a thorough soldier
whom his men would have followed anywhere. He was also a keen sportsman
and a well-known and fearless rider to hounds. He was Master of the
Cambridge Harriers, 1912–13, and hunted with the Quorn, the Belvoir,
and the Cottesmore, during the winter of 1913–14.
[Illustration: =Richard Walmesley.=]
=WALSH, ARCHIBALD=, Private, No. 3796, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards; enlisted 28 Feb. 1901; served in South Africa, 7 Nov. 1901, to
4 Oct. 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps); obtained his discharge,
14 Feb. 1903; re-enlisted. 7 Sept. 1914; went to France, 7 Oct.
following, and was reported missing between 29 Oct. and 2 Nov., and is
now assumed to have been killed in action between those dates; _m._
=WALSH, GEOFFREY PENNELL=, Lieut., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 2nd Battn.
Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.), elder _s._ of the late
James Joseph Walsh, M.B., Fleet Surgeon, R.N. (who was lost on H.M.S.
Good Hope in the battle off Coronel, 1 Nov. 1914), by his wife, Eveline
Mary (44, Worthing Road, Southsea), eldest dau. of Charles Pennell;
_b._ Sheerness, 28 Oct. 1892; educ. Eversley School, Southwold;
St. Paul’s and Pembroke College, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd
Sherwood Foresters, 15 Aug. 1914; promoted Lieut. 16 May, 1915; went to
France, 16 May, 1915; was attd. to 2nd Battn. and was killed in action
at Hooge, 9 Aug. 1915. Buried in Sanctuary Wood, Hooge; _unm._ His
Commanding Officer wrote: “Though he had only been with us a few weeks,
he was very popular with both officers and men, and he is a great loss
to the service;” and his tutor from Pembroke College, Oxford, wrote:
“He only gave us pleasure. From the first he took his full share of
college life, his energies mostly given to the river. He leaves behind
him a memory upon which it is a pleasure to dwell.”
=WALSH, JAMES=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 205302, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WALSH, JAMES=, Acting Corpl., No. 12/1822, Auckland Infantry
Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force; served in Egypt and at the
Dardanelles, was reported missing after the fighting on 8 Aug. 1915,
and is now assumed to have been killed in action on or about that date.
=WALSH, JAMES JOSEPH=, M.B., Fleet Surgeon, Royal Navy, H.M.S.
Good Hope, yst. _s._ of the late Patrick James Walsh; _b._
Wexford, 29 Sept. 1863; educ. St. Peter’s College, Wexford, and the
Royal University of Ireland; graduated. M.B. 1885, and was appointed
Surgeon, Royal Navy, 20 Aug. of the same year; promoted Staff Surgeon,
20 Aug. 1897, and Fleet Surgeon, 20 Aug. 1901, and was lost in the
sinking of H.M.S. Good Hope in the battle off Coronel, 1 Nov. 1914. He
_m._ at St. Paul’s Church, Sheerness, Kent, 21 Jan. 1891, Eveline
Mary (44, Worthing Road, Southsea), eldest dau. of Charles Pennell,
and had two sons: Geoffrey Pennell, Lieutenant 3rd Sherwood Foresters,
_b._ 28 Oct. 1892, killed in action at Hooge, 9 Aug. 1915; and
Raymond Neville, _b._ 10 July, 1906.
=WALSH, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 5846, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards,
3rd _s._ of Thomas Walsh, by his wife, Bridget, dau. of John
Tyrrell, of Bolton; _b._ Earlestown, co. Lancashire, 3 Jan. 1885;
educ. St. Patrick’s School, Bolton; enlisted 19 Nov. 1904; was called
up from the Reserve on mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 30
Aug. 1914. He was reported missing, 27 Oct. 1914, and is supposed to
have been killed in action on that date. He _m._ at Nelson, 6
April, 1912, Florence Ellen (8, Eastbank Street, Barrowford, Nelson,
Lancs.), dau. of Henry Edwards, of Madeley Salop, and had a dau. Norah,
_b._ 19 March, 1913.
[Illustration: =Joseph Walsh.=]
=WALSH, PATRICK=, Carpenter’s Crew, M. 1741, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=CORMAC-WALSHE, EDWARD JOSEPH=, Lieut., 2nd Battn Prince of
Wales’) The Leinster Regt. (Royal Canadians), 4th _s._ of Edward
Cormac-Walshe, of Castle Hill, Crossmolina, co. Mayo, D.L., by his
wife, Annita, dau. of Henry Hodgens, of Beaufort, co. Dublin; _b._
Bath, 6 Feb. 1892; educ. Stoneyhurst and Trinity College, Dublin (B.A.
1912), and obtained a University commission, being gazetted 2nd Lieut.
2nd Leinsters, 19 Jan. 1913, and promoted Lieut. 7 May, 1913; went to
France with his regt, which formed part of the 6th Division, 22 Sept.
1914, and died in No. 13 Base Hospital, Boulogne, 5 Nov. 1914, from
wounds received in action on 20 Oct.; _unm._ The 6th Division was
holding the Radinghem-La Vallée-Emnetières-Copingham-Premesques Railway
Line, 300 yards east of Halte, and according to information received
from a brother officer at Premesques, Lieut. Walshe volunteered to go
with a despatch some distance, and when returning with the report to
his superior officer (Capt. Maffett, who had meanwhile been killed)
found himself under severe machine-gun fire, and sheltered behind a
hay stack, which was 300 yards from his trench. After half an hour
he emerged running head down, but received a mortal scalp wound. His
Colour-Sergeant ran out and fetched him in, and after 18 hours in the
trench he was removed to the dressing station. His Colonel wrote:
“During the attack on Premesques on the 18 Oct. he led his platoon in
a gallant and skilful manner, always the first up to show his men the
way. During that night and following night, he worked hard getting his
men entrenched. When we were counter-attacking on the morning of the
20th, he was wounded when apparently bringing a report to his Company
Commander, Capt. Maffett, who had just been killed. Your son was a
gallant officer, very popular with all ranks. We all deplore his loss.”
At Stoneyhurst he was in the football fifteen and cricket eleven, and
was for a short time before leaving Capt. of the Officer’s Cadet Corps.
[Illustration: =E. J. Cormac-Walshe.=]
=WALTER, ARGYLE FRANCIS BRADFORD=, Private, No. 2795, 13th
(Princess Louise’s Kensington) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.). eldest
_s._ of the late Francis Edward Walter, of Hornsey, N., by
his wife, Ellen Annie (65, Middle Lane, Crouch End, Hornsey, N.):
_b._ Holloway, N., 9 March, 1893; educ. L.C.C. School, Duncombe
Road, Holloway; was a Clerk in the Scottish Provident Association
Institution, Lombard Street, E.C.; volunteered and enlisted in the
Kensingtons on the outbreak of war; went with his battn. to France, 28
March, 1915, and was killed in action at Fromelles on Sunday morning,
9 May, 1915; _unm._ A comrade said that on Sunday morning the
13th were ordered to capture certain German trenches--three successive
lines of them--and they carried out their orders with great gallantry
and success. Between the second and third lines was an open field,
across which the battn. had to rush. Private Walter was among those who
succeeded in reaching the third trench unhurt. It was then discovered
that the red flag which they carried with them to indicate to the
British Artillery behind them the point they had reached in their
advance, had been left behind inadvertently at the second line of
trenches. The officer in command called for volunteers to return and
fetch it. Before he had finished Private Walter was out of the trench
racing back across the open field under heavy fire from the enemy. He
was about five yards from the flag when he fell. So far as could be
judged he was killed instantaneously, as he was never seen to move
again.
[Illustration: =Argyle F. B. Walter.=]
=WALTER, CHARLES RICHARD=, Corpl., No. 1654, 4th Battn. (Royal
Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late Charles
Walter; _b._ Haggerston; educ. Shap Street School there; joined
the Royal Fusiliers in May 1911; volunteered for foreign service on the
outbreak of war in Aug. 1914: served with the Expeditionary Force in
France, and died in Boulogne Hospital, 3 May, 1915, of wounds received
in action; _unm._ Buried at Boulogne.
=WALTER, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 15801, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914
=WALTERS, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 17428, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WALTERS, HENRY JAMES=, C.P.O (N.S.), 179888, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WALTERS, VIVIAN ARTHUR WALKER=, Leading Signalman, 228510, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WALTHAM, WILLIAM ERNEST=, Private, No. 6423, 2nd Battn Coldstream
Guards, 3rd _s._ of George Hamlin Waltham, of 3, Harold Street,
Selby, by his wife, Ellen Eliza; _b._ Hull, 7 June, 1888; educ.
Buckingham Street Board School there; was a Boilermaker; enlisted in
the Coldstreams, 17 Nov. 1905; served three years with the Colours;
went to France, 10 Aug. 1914, and died in No. 4 Field Ambulance, 9
Nov. following, of wounds received at the First Battle of Ypres that
day. He was buried in the N.W. corner of the field, east of Château,
1½ miles west of Ypres, on the Vlamertinghe Road. He _m._ at the
Congregational Church, Selby, 1911, Harriett (Staynor House, Denison
Road, Selby, co. Yorks), 3rd dau. of William Cass, and had a son,
William Ernest, _b._ 31 Jan. 1912.
[Illustration: =William E. Waltham.=]
=WALTHO, THOMAS JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5537),
S.S. 100433, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=WALTON, GEORGE HENRY=, Sergt., R.M.A. (R.F.R., 0696), R.M.A.
4367, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WALTON, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 8670,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=WALTON, RICHARD CRAWHALL=, Lieut., 1st Battn. 9th Gurkha Rifles,
Indian Army; elder _s._ of Richard Walton, of 5, Croxteth Grove,
Liverpool, Secretary in Liverpool Northern Assurance Co., Ltd.,
President of the Insurance Institute of Liverpool, and Fellow of the
Chartered Insurance Institute, by his wife, Judith, dau. of the late
Joseph Crawhall, of Newcastle-on-Tyne; _b._ Clifton, Bristol, 1
March, 1886; educ. Liverpool College, and passed into Sandhurst in
1905, being third on the list in that half-year’s examinations. A year
later he passed out second in order of merit, with honours, and was
placed first of the Cadets for the Indian Army, winning the coveted
Norman medal, then presented for the first time. He was gazetted 2nd
Lieut. to the unattached list for the Indian Army, 29 Aug. 1906, and
promoted Lieut. 29 Nov. 1908; served his first year with the 1st Prince
of Wales’ Own West Yorkshire Regt.; was posted to the 9th Gurkhas, 12
Nov. 1907; appointed Double Company Officer, 17 Nov. 1907, and Qr.-Mr.
18 Jan. 1914; left India with the Expeditionary Force for France on the
outbreak of war, and was killed in action near Neuve Chapelle, during
the first Battle of Ypres, 7 Nov. 1914; _unm._ Lieut. Walton was
an all-round sportsman, and when in garrison at Chitral engaged in big
game shooting, fine specimens of markhor, oorial, tahr, black and red
bear, deer and leopard, being among his trophies. He was also an expert
horseman and polo player, and was considered one of the best judges of
ponies on his station. He rode Mr. Lee’s Ringette, the winner of the
Murree Cup at the Gharial Races in 1907.
[Illustration: =Richard Crawhall Walton.=]
=WAND, THOMAS EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R), Ch./8521, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WANDBY, WALTER=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5312), S.S. 42, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WANDS, ANDREW EASTON=, L.-Corpl., No. 7689, 8th Battn. Highland
L.I. (T.F.), attd. 1/7th Royal Scots (T.F.), _s._ of the late
James Wands, of 65, Glasgow Road, Wishaw, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau.
of Andrew Easton; _b._ Wishaw, co. Lanark, 18 Aug. 1893; educ.
Berryhill School there; was Craneman G.I.S.W., Wishaw; joined the 8th
Highland L.I., 1908, and served five years, rejoining, 15 Aug. 1914,
after the outbreak of war; was attached to the 1/7th Royal Scots, and
left with them for the Dardanelles 22 May, 1915, and was killed in
action at the capture of the Sagir Dere, Gallipoli, 28 June, following;
_unm._
=WARBURTON, JOHN ALFRED=, Private, No. 6675, 2nd Battn. East
Lancashire Regt., _s._ of the late Joseph Warburton, Cooper, by
his wife, Emma (117, Walter Street, Blackburn); _b._ Blackburn,
10 Oct. 1882; educ. St. Matthew’s School there; enlisted 18 March,
1901; served through the South African War, 1901–02 (Queen’s medal),
after which he proceeded with his regt. to India, but later returned to
South Africa, where he was stationed until the outbreak of the European
War; went to France 2 Nov., came through the action at Neuve Chapelle
safely, but was killed the following day, 15 March, 1915, while trying
to locate a German sniper; _unm._ While in India he scored many
successes in regimental competitions.
=EGERTON-WARBURTON, PIERS (PETER)=, Private, No. 903, 10th Light
Horse (Western Australian) Regt., Australian Imperial Force, 4th
_s._ of the late Rowland Egerton-Warburton, by his wife, Mary
(Stonyhurst, Williams River, Western Australia), dau. of John M.
Kail, and grandson of the late George Edward Egerton-Warburton, of
St. Werburgh’s, Albany, Western Australia, sometime 51st Regt [5th
_s._ of the Rev. Rowland Egerton-Warburton. of Warburton and
Arley, co. Chester]; _b._ Perth, Western Australia, 13 July,
1892; volunteered and enlisted on the outbreak of war; left for Egypt
in April; went to the Dardanelles in May, and died in No. 1 General
Hospital, Alexandria, 19 Aug. following, of wounds received on the 9th
in the great attempt to storm the Turkish positions, when the 8th and
10th Light Horse were almost annihilated; _unm._
[Illustration: =Piers Egerton-Warburton.=]
=WARD, ARTHUR=, Painter, 2nd Class, M. 6330, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WARD, ARTHUR PERCY=, 2nd Yeoman of Signals (R.F.R., B. 3850),
196305, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WARD, ARTHUR RENOLD=, Private, No. 1196, 2nd Battn. (Royal
Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late (--) Ward,
by his wife, Eliza (126, Commercial Road, Camberwell, S.E.); _b._
Walworth, S.E., 3 Sept. 1894; educ. Trafalgar Street Board School
there; joined the 2nd London Regt. about Aug. 1912; volunteered for
foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France in
Dec. and died 4 May, 1915, of wounds received in action; _unm._
=WARD, BASIL MIGNOT=, Capt., 1st Battn. Essex Regt., yr. _s._
of Arthur John Hanslip Ward. V.D., D.L., Town Clerk of Harwich, and
Col. 1st Suffolk and Harwich R.G.A. Vol. (which he raised and commanded
1899–1906), by his wife, Eleanor Katherine Mignot, only dau. of John
Brown, of Altwood, Maidenhead; _b._ Dovercourt, co. Essex, 20 Feb.
1888; educ. The Tower School, Dovercourt; Felsted School and the Royal
Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 1st Essex Regt., 8
Feb. 1908, and promoted Lieut., 25 Sept. 1911, and Capt., 26 April,
1915; served in Burma, India, and Mauritius; and with the Mediterranean
Expeditionary Force; and was killed in action during the landing at
the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried on the shore of
Gallipoli, just above W. Beach. His Commanding Officer (who was himself
killed a few days later) wrote: “He was such a good officer, and so
much beloved by us all. It must indeed be terrible for you, but you
have the consolation that he died fighting for his country, and no one
could die a more noble death. He fell the first day we landed, but not
before he had proved what a gallant fearless officer he was. In the
Regt. we shall miss him dreadfully.” He was a Freemason, and a member
of the Hanslip Ward Lodge, into which he was initiated by his father;
he was also a member of the St. Nicholas Mark Lodge.
[Illustration: =Basil Mignot Ward.=]
=WARD, HENRY DE COURCY=, Fleet Paymaster, R.N., 2nd _s._ of
the late Commander Henry Purcell Ward, R.N., by his wife, Elizabeth,
dau. of Robert Allan, of Springfield House, Havant, co. Hants, and
grandson of Capt. Richard Ward, R.N.; _b._ Kingstown, co. Dublin,
4 July, 1862; educ. Vickerys, Southsea; entered the Navy 15 July,
1878, and became Paymaster in 1895 and Fleet Paymaster in Aug. 1903.
He served on H.M. Ships Wolverine, Miranda and Rapid, Australian
Station; H.M.S. Emerald, North American Station; H.M.S. Firebrand,
China Station; and H.M.S. Triumph and Indomitable, Home Fleet; and was
appointed to H.M.S. Cressy in Dec. 1913, being present on the latter at
the action off the Bight of Heligoland, 28 Aug. 1914. He was lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914, when the Cressy was torpedoed
and sunk by a German submarine. A survivor said: “Ward managed to reach
a life-buoy, which was supporting the Doctor and Chaplain. When he
found he could hold on no longer without taxing the strength of the
others (our Chaplain, the writer says, could not swim), he slipped
off, telling the others to save themselves, and sank with a cheery
good-bye to us all.” And the Chaplain wrote: “The courage of Ward, the
calmness with which he faced death was typical of the bravery of the
rest.” Capt. Ozanne, R.M.L.I., another of the survivors, wrote: “I
hope someone has told his wife what a fine thing he did. Ward passed
me swimming hard. He was splendid, letting go a life-buoy which he
had hold of, as our Chaplain, who couldn’t swim, was on it, and so
was the Doctor, who was looking after him. He apparently thought they
would get on better without him. He is a great loss, he kept things
going in a wonderful way.” Fleet Paymaster H. de C. Ward was selected
as one of the Naval interpreters to escort the officers of the French
Fleet during the Entente Cordiale festivities in Aug. 1906, and was
also chosen when the Indomitable took the Prince of Wales (now King
George V.) to Quebec for the Tercentenary Celebrations in July, 1908.
He _m._ at Kilmaronaig Lodge, Connel, co. Argyle, 10 July, 1900,
Emelie Chisholm, 2nd dau. of the late Staff Surgeon Richard McClymont,
R.N., by his wife, Anne Constance (who _m._ 2ndly Archibald Argyll
Lochnell Campbell, 13th, of Lochnell), dau. of Inspector General
(of Asylums) John Francis Fitzgerald, of Glenlee Lodge, Cheltenham;
_s.p._ His brothers, Paymaster-in-Chief Charles A. Ward, R.N., and
Col. W. R. Ward, Canadian Expeditionary Forces, are on service.
[Illustration: =Henry de Courcy Ward.=]
=WARD, HENRY=, Private, No. 2010, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards;
_b._ co. Durham; enlisted 20 Sept. 1898; served in South Africa,
15 April, to 4 Oct. 1902 (Queen’s medal with two clasps), and with the
Expeditionary Force in France from 11 Aug. 1914; killed in action, 22
Oct. 1914; _m._
=WARD, HERBERT ALFRED=, Sergt., R.M.A., 5345, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WARD, JAMES=, L.-Corpl., No. 8066, 1st Battn. Oxfordshire and
Buckinghamshire L.I., 1st _s._ of Stephen Ward, of Westbury,
Brackley, co. Northampton, by his wife, Anne, dau. of William Merry;
b. Brackley, 20 May, 1886; educ. Brackley National School; joined
2nd Oxford and Bucks, L.I., 21 Oct. 1905; left for France, 14 Aug.
1914, and was killed in action near Richebourg l’Avoué, 16 May, 1915;
_unm._ Buried, Rue du Bois, near Richebourg l’Avoué.
[Illustration: =James Ward.=]
=WARD, JOHN EDWARD=, Private, No. 68, H Coy., 1/5th Battn. (London
Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), only child of John Edward Ward,
of 39, North Street, Ashford, Kent, employee of the South-Eastern
Railway, by his wife, Kate Elizabeth, dau. of Charles Warner, of 39,
North Street, Ashford, Kent; _b._ Ashford, 15 July, 1891; educ.
Grammar School there, and on leaving secured an appointment at the
Folkestone Branch of Lloyd’s Bank. After three years there he was given
a special appointment at the Southsea Branch; remaining there for 13
months, he was then transferred to the Westgate Branch and from there
to the head office in Lombard Street. Two days after the declaration of
war (7 Aug. 1914) he joined the London Rifle Brigade, left England with
it on 2 Nov. and was killed in action in the trenches at Ploegsteert,
Belgium, 9 Dec., 1914; _unm._ His Company Officer, Capt. H.
Macfeogh, wrote that by his death he “had lost one of the best men of
his Company.” Ward had for many years been studying organ and piano,
was a prize winner Trinity College, was assistant organist at Ashford
Parish Church, was also a gifted accompanist on the piano and in great
request at concerts. Was a choir boy at Ashford Parish Church for
some years, soloist for two years until his voice broke. Resting from
singing for some years, he again started by studying voice production
under Mr. Fletcher of Folkestone, and later on under Mr. Franklin
Clive, of London, and he developed a baritone voice of exceptional
quality and power, and was seen in many provincial productions, and was
heard to much advantage in the production of “The Geisha” at Portsmouth
Theatre Royal by the Portsmouth Orpheus Society. In this production he
played “Reggie Fairfax,” the part originally played in London by Mr.
C. Hadyn Coffin. His first appearance on the concert platform was at
the age of three, when he sang a little solo in a children’s operetta,
and at intervals he appeared for years in many operettas and at many
concerts, until his departure for the Front. He was a fine cricketer,
and still holds the record for the Ashford Grammar School Eleven
against club cricketers (not school cricket), viz., 168 not out, which
he scored against the Ashford Drapers Cricket Club for the Grammar
School in 1913. Another notable feat in his cricket career was 59 in
the morning, l.b.w. out, and 59 in the afternoon, l.b.w. out, against
a very strong combination Great Chart Cricket Club in 1910. His last
season of cricket he played on the London grounds for the Private Banks
C.C. and also for the Droits C.C. and scored up to the time of his
enlistment in Aug., 9 runs short of 1,000 runs. This would have been,
had he kept playing, his best season. He did not make a century in 1914
but scored 95, 98, 90 and 84, thus getting near it on four occasions.
He topped the averages in all clubs he played for at some time of his
cricket career, and was looked upon as a fine sporting bat by all good
judges of the game.
[Illustration: =John Edward Ward.=]
=WARD, THOMAS LEONARD=, Private, No. 1859, 11th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, only _s._ of the late Henry Walter Ward, of 34,
St. Paul’s Road, Camden Town, N., for many years an optician with Adam
Hilger, Stanhope Street, N.W., by his wife, Mary Ann Elizabeth, dau. of
William Bartlett; _b._ London, 28 March, 1890; educ. Camden Town
National School and Ditcheat Council School; went to Australia, 28 Oct.
1911; bought property in Narrogin, and farmed for himself 633 acres
at Corrogin, W.A.; joined the 11th Battn. Jan. 1914; sailed for Egypt
with the fourth reinforcements; proceeded to the Dardanelles, 25 May,
1915, and died in the Military Hospital, Alexandria, 10 Aug. following,
of wounds received in action at Shell Green, Anzac, on or about 5 Aug.
Buried in Chatby Cemetery, Alexandria, Grave No. 1240; _unm._ A
comrade wrote: “Tom’s first thought was for his comrades; he even went
so far as sharing his water allowance at a time when every drop was a
luxury.” Another wrote: “His fearlessness was noticeable even among
‘our set.’ He died the death he chose--one of many heroes.”
[Illustration: =Thomas Leonard Ward.=]
=WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1368), 194032, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=WARDALE, CLARENCE=, A.B. (R.F.R., C. 229), S.S. 1740, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WARDE, BRIAN EDMUND DOUGLAS=, Lieut., 6th (Special Reserve),
attd. 4th, Battn. Royal Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of Major Charles
Aprilis Warde, late 7th Dragoon Guards and 6th Battn. Royal Fusiliers,
and now 2nd in command of 15th Battn. R.F., by his wife Felicia,
dau. of James Richard Alexander Douglas, of Treaty House, Hounslow,
F.R.C.S.; _b._ Hounslow, 29 July, 1894; educ. at Bilton Grange,
Rugby; and Lancing College, Shoreham, where he was second classic, and
Captain of his house. He was intending to go to Ceylon as a planter,
but on the day war was declared applied for a commission and was
gazetted 2nd Lieut. to his father’s old battn., 15 Aug. 1914, being
promoted Lieut. 2 Feb. following. After training at Dover and taking
part in the defences of the fortress, he left for the Front with a
draft of the 4th Battn. on 29 Dec. He served with that Battn. at Ypres,
St. Eloi, and elsewhere in Flanders, until his death in action at
Hooge, near Ypres, 16 June, 1915. That day he was the last officer of
his company unhurt. He had helped to take three lines of the enemy’s
trenches, had then fallen back to the 2nd line again, where his wounded
Capt. saw him, quite calm and unconcerned, leading a handful of men
down the trench. He jumped on the parapet to fire at and bomb a party
of the enemy, when he fell shot through the head. An hour later he
died, never having recovered consciousness, and was buried in the
trench where he was shot; _unm._ His Commanding Officer wrote of
him: “He will be a great loss to us, he was always cheerful, was a
very brave officer, and a real good leader of men.... He was sniped
from the flank and killed dead.” Lieut. Warde was a splendid gameshot,
and devoted to field sports and to nature generally. He possessed an
excellent knowledge of French.
[Illustration: =Brian E. D. Warde.=]
=WARDEN, ERNEST=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24984 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WAREING, HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 6370, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WARLOW, THEODORE WILLIAM=, Lieut., 6th (Service) Battn. King’s
Own Yorkshire L.I., elder _s._ of the Rev. George Edmund Warlow,
M.A., Vicar of Ledsham, South Milford, Yorkshire, by his wife, Ellen
Constance, dau. of Ferdinand Gozna Eiloart; _b._ St Anne’s
Wycombe, Marsh, co. Bucks, 15 March, 1895; and was educ. at Doon House,
Westgate-on-Sea, and Bradfield College, where he gained an Exhibition,
was a Sergt. in the O.T.C. and obtained Certificate “A.” He left
Bradfield, July, 1914, and was to have gone up to University College,
Oxford, the following Oct., but on the outbreak of war he applied for a
commission and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 6th K.O.Y.L.I., 14 Aug.
1914, he was promoted Lieut. 25 Oct. following, went to France 21 May,
1915; and died at a stationary hospital, Boulogne, 28 July, 1915, of
wounds received at Hooge on the 19th, while endeavouring to bring in a
wounded Corpl. Buried at Boulogne; _unm._ Major E. H. Rigg wrote:
“He was a good soldier, and his loss is deeply felt by all ranks,” and
2nd Lieut. R. G. Royle: “Being in the same company, I can bear personal
witness to the great esteem his soldierly abilities and his remarkably
sunny disposition have engendered amongst everybody.”
[Illustration: =Theodore W. Warlow.=]
=PICTON-WARLOW, WILFRED=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Welsh Regt., and Royal
Flying Corps, 7th and yst. _s._ of Col. John Picton Turbervill,
formerly Picton-Warlow, of Ewenny Priory, Bridgend, Glamorgan, late
Indian Staff Corps, by his 2nd wife, Eleanor, yst. dau. of Sir
Grenville Temple, of Stowe, 10th Bart.; _b._ Laleston House,
Bridgend, 6 April, 1884; educ. Clifton College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to
the 2nd Welsh from the Guernsey Militia, 28 Jan. 1903, and promoted
Lieut. 28 Nov. 1906, and Capt. 7 June, 1913; attached Military Wing of
the Royal Flying Corps as Flying officer, 14 Aug. 1913; and promoted
Flight Commander, 1 May, 1914. On the outbreak of war he went to France
with the Expeditionary Force, and on 20 Dec. 1914 left St. Omer for
Dover. He was seen flying over Calais that same day, but nothing
more was heard of him, and he is believed to have been drowned while
crossing the Channel; _unm._
[Illustration: =Wilfred Picton-Warlow.=]
=WARNE, JAMES FELIX=, Rifleman, No. 1966, 9th Battn. (Queen
Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late
Charles Warne, Founder of the Southwark and Bermondsey Recorder, and
brother to Frederick Warne, editor of the Bristol Free Press; _b._
Old Kent Road, S.E., 5 Oct. 1886; educ. Cobourg Road Council School
there; was a Clerk with Messrs. Foster, Porter & Co., Wood Street,
E.C.; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and joined the Queen Victoria
Rifles, 7 Aug. 1914; went to France 4 Nov., and was killed in action at
Ypres, 1 April, 1915, while on observation duty; _unm._ Buried in
a railway cutting near Hill 60. Capt. H. Flemming wrote: “He had done
excellent work since he has been in my company.”
[Illustration: =James Felix Warne.=]
=WARNER, CORNWALLIS JOHN=, Lieut., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 2nd
Battn. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I., 2nd _s._ of Col. Sir
Courtenay Warner, 1st Baronet, C.B., M.P.; formerly Lieut.-Col. and
Hon. Col. commanding the 3rd Oxford and Bucks L.I., Lord Lieutenant
co. Suffolk, by his wife, Lady Leucha Diana, née Maude, 6th dau. of
Cornwallis, 1st Earl de Montalt; _b._ Highams, Woodford Green, co.
Essex, 1 Feb. 1884; educ. Eton and Christ Church, Oxford; called to the
Bar, 1910, and in Dec. of that year unsuccessfully contested Salisbury
as a Liberal; joined the 3rd Oxford and Bucks L.I. as 2nd Lieut., 25
July, 1906, and was promoted Lieut. 5 March, 1910; resigned May, 1914,
but rejoined 26 Sept. following; went to France Dec. 1914, where he was
attached to the 2nd battn. of his regt., and was killed in action at
Richebourg l’Avoué, 16 May following. His Commanding Officer wrote: “I
cannot say how I miss your son. He did such excellent work last spring
that if he had been spared at Richebourg, as far as I am concerned, he
would have commanded a company here ever since. There are a thousand
and one jobs I would have given him to do, he was such a very useful
and reliable officer in so many ways.”
[Illustration: =Cornwallis J. Warner.=]
=WARNER, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 8649, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Frederick Neville Warner, of Bentfield End,
Stansted, co. Essex, Removal Packer, by his wife, Caroline Amelia,
dau. of Henry Jarvis; _b._ Bethnal Green, London, 19 Jan. 1891;
educ. London Council School; was a Cycle Fitter by trade; enlisted in
the Coldstreams, 17 March, 1910; went to France with the Expeditionary
Force, 12 Aug. 1914; served through the retreat from Mons, the Battles
of the Marne and the Aisne, and was killed in action 25 Oct. 1914;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Frederick Warner.=]
=WARNER, WILLIAM CHARLES=, A.B., 207043, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WARNER, WILLIAM HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4383), S.S.
103360, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WARREN, ARTHUR ERNEST=, A.B., J. 8681, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WARREN, ERNEST WILLIAM=, Petty Officer (R.F.R., B. 5689), 214567
Chatham, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WARREN, MARK=, L.-Corpl., G. 153, 2nd Battn. East Kent Regt.
(The Buffs); served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in
action, 8 Feb. 1915.
=WARREN, GEORGE WILLIAM=, A.B. (Coastguard), 204414 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WARREN, JAMES PERCY SOLTAU=, Corpl., No. 511, 5th Battn. 2nd
Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of the
late William Warren, of Melbourne, Physician and Surgeon, by his wife,
Charlotte Matilda (9, Lancaster Gate, Hyde Park, London, W.), dau of
Henry Soltau, of Plymouth, Barrister; _b._ Melbourne, Australia,
23 May, 1883; educ. Scotch College there; was a Grazier; joined the
Australian Imperial Force on the outbreak of the European War in Aug.
1914; left Australia in Sept. 1914 for training in Egypt, and was
killed in action at Gallipoli, 25 April, 1915, during the landing
there. His Company Officer, Capt. H. Carter, wrote: “He was a gallant
soldier and we could ill afford to lose him. He was killed in our
successful attempt to take the gun to the heights north of Gaba Tepe.”
He _m._ at Kew, Melbourne, 19 Jan. 1909, Stella May (Bull Plains
Station, Corowa, New South Wales), dau. of the late Edward James Rand,
of Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, and had three children: Cecil,
_b._ 10 Nov. 1909; and Audrey and May (twins), _b._ 9 Feb.
1912.
[Illustration: =James P. S. Warren.=]
=WARREN, JOHN ALEXANDER=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po./16653, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=WARREN, PATRICK=, Private, No. 11041, 1st Battn. Scots Guards;
_b._ Killarney, co. Kerry; enlisted 14 Sept. 1914, aged 30; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action,
12 March, 1915. Buried at Le Touret and the spot marked by a cross.
=WARREN, REGINALD DOUGLAS=, Trooper, No. 2058, 1/1st Royal East
Kent Mounted Rifles, 1/1st South Eastern Mounted Brigade, _s._
of Edward George Warren, of 32, Lyndhurst Road, Hove, by his wife,
Elizabeth, dau. of Walter Sharp, of Kilnsea, Yorkshire; _b._
Cambridge, 20 Jan. 1895; educ. Berkhampstead and Brighton Grammar
Schools; was on the staff of Messrs. Lloyds Bank at Cliftonville,
Margate; enlisted in Sept. 1914; went to the Eastern front 25 Sept.
1915, and was killed in action at Gallipoli, 7 Dec. following, being
buried in Y Ravine there; _unm._ Major A. Leach Lewis wrote: “The
lad died fighting and in the best of spirits. It was about 8.15 a.m. on
Tuesday last that he was endeavouring to hit a periscope in the Turkish
trench, when a sniper shot him from another part of the line. Your son
had made himself extremely popular being always keen, cheerful and
amusing. We have lost a good comrade, whose loss we all regret.”
[Illustration: =Reginald D. Warren.=]
=WARREN, ROBERT=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 25515, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WARREN, SYDNEY CHAS.=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2789), 205935, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=WARREN, WALTER=, Sergt., No. 294, 1/28th Battn. (Artists’ Rifles)
The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the late Henry Warren, of
Stevenage, co. Herts, by his wife, Clara, dau. of Thomas Phillips;
_b._ Sloane Square, Chelsea, S.W., 11 July, 1877; educ. City of
London School; was a member of the Baltic Exchange; joined the Artists’
Rifles in 1900; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war;
went to France with the 1st Battn., 26 Oct. 1914, and was killed in
action at Neuve Eglise, 27 Nov. 1914; _unm._ On that morning the
left half battalion had marched out to dig trenches in the artillery
beaten zone, and shortly after commencing work came under fire of heavy
German guns. Sergt. Warren and a comrade were killed by practically the
first shot. His Colonel wrote: “The loss is ours as well as yours....
Your son was splendid and had the goodwill and affection of every man
in the Corps”; and a fellow Sergt.: “There was no one but spoke well
of him, and those of us Sergts. who were privileged to know him best
feel the loss more than we can express. He was beloved by everyone, was
always cheery, and always doing somebody a good turn.” Walter Warren.
[Illustration: =Walter Warren.=]
=WARRENDER, ANDREW ROBERTSON=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B.
6334), 286718, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=WARTH, EDWIN FREDERICK=, B.Sc., Sapper, No. 864, 1st Field
Coy., R.N. Divisional Engineers, yst. _s._ of Hugo F. Warth,
D.Sc., sometime Deputy Director Geological Survey of India; _b._
Mussoorie, U.P., India, 12 Aug. 1888; educ. privately, King Edward VI
School, Birmingham (1899–1905); and Birmingham University (1905–10),
where he graduated B.Sc. in Civil Engineering (1st Class). On leaving
there he was from 1910 to 1913 with Messrs. Nuthall & Co., engaged
in the construction of a pipe line from Thirlmere for the Manchester
Water Supply. In 1913 he went to the Grand Canary and was there at the
outbreak of war, surveying for the New Las Palmas Water Supply. He had
to undergo an operation before he could offer himself for military
service and did not reach England till Nov. Having been a member of the
Birmingham University O.T.C. (1905–10), he applied for a commission,
and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 24 March, 1915, but having in the interval
enlisted as a Sapper in the R.N.D.E. and left for the Dardanelles, he
was unable to take it up. He was wounded in action in the Gallipoli
Peninsula 16 May, 1915, and died in hospital at Alexandria, 25 June
following; _unm._ He was buried there.
[Illustration: =Edwin F. Warth.=]
=WARTON, ROBERT INNYS BAKER=, Sapper, No. 5233, 1st Field Coy.,
Canadian Engineers, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 4th _s._ of
the late Matthew Henry Warton, of London, Solicitor, by his wife,
Mary (Portsdown, Darley Road, Eastbourne), dau. of the late Capt.
John Fenwick; _b._ Loughton, co. Essex, 19 Feb. 1879; educ.
Marlborough, and afterwards passed law examinations for Solicitor; went
to Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1903, there qualified as a Barrister
and practised later at Atlin, going to Prince Rupert in 1910, where
he went into partnership with Mr. W. E. Fisher, the firm employed by
the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Co.; joined the Canadian Engineers
immediately on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914 at Vancouver; came over
with the first contingent in Oct.; went to the front in Feb. 1915, and
was killed in action at the Second Battle of Ypres, 24 April, 1915,
while guarding a bridge over the Yser Canal, north of Ypres; _unm._
[Illustration: =Robert Innys B. Warton.=]
=WASSON, HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7875), S.S. 103313,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=WATERFIELD, FREDERICK CHARLES=, Capt. 45th Rattray’s Sikhs, attd.
15th Sikhs, Indian Army; yst. _s._ of the late Major-General Henry
Gordon Waterfleld, C.B., 45th Rattray’s Sikhs, by his wife, Emily
Scott (Harbledown, Canterbury), dau. of the late Edmund Scott Barber;
_b._ Dulwich, 22 Sept. 1878; educ. Bedford Grammar School, and
the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the
unattached list, Indian Army, 22 Jan. 1898; was attached to the 1st
Gordon Highlanders, 7 April, 1898; joined the 45th Rattray’s Sikhs, 7
April, 1899; promoted Lieut. 22 April, 1900, and Capt. 22 Jan. 1907;
took part in the China Expedition, 1900 (medal); served on the N.W.
Frontier of India, 1908; took part in the operations in the Zakka Khel
country, and those in the Mohmand country (medal with clasp); was in
England on leave when war broke out, and served for three months with
the 6th (Service) Battn. Royal West Kent Regt.; was attached to the
15th Sikhs, then in France, early in Nov. 1914; was wounded at the
Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 12 March 1915; and again near Richebourg
l’Avoué on 18 May following, and died in Bethune Hospital, 21 May,
1915. He was buried in the Town Cemetery there. A brother officer
wrote: “I have known Charlie for fifteen years--we went to China
together and were intimately associated in our work and our play, and
linked by a friendship which distance and time could never affect.
He was the very best type of English officer, as brave as a lion; of
strong character, indomitable energy, and popular everywhere, without
ever seeking popularity. A splendid soldier in every way.” In 1912–13
he accompanied the late Capt. Pritchard, 83rd Wallajahbad Light
Infantry, in a journey of exploration beyond the frontier of Northern
Burma. Capt. Pritchard was drowned while crossing one of the rivers and
Capt. Waterfield brought the party back alone showing great courage
and endurance under very difficult and dangerous conditions. He was
awarded the MacGregor Memorial Silver Medal for his expedition, the
honour coming a month after his death. Capt. Waterfield _m._ at
Clayton, Sussex, 9 Jan. 1915, Ethel (Royston, Hassocks, Sussex), only
dau. of the Rev. George Edward Roberts, of Royston, Hassocks, Sussex;
_s.p._
[Illustration: =Frederick C. Waterfield.=]
=WATERING, WILLIAM ERNEST=, Coy. Sergt.-Major, No. 6717, 2nd
Battn. The Royal Scots, 2nd _s._ of the late Arthur Fergerson
O’Connor Watering, by his wife, Harriet (2, Roynham Street, North
Heigham, Norwich), dau. of the late Arthur Fergus O’Connor, Sergt.,
2nd Battn. The Royal Scots; _b._ Norwich, 17 April, 1881; educ.
Heigham School there; enlisted in the Royal Scots, 17 April, 1899;
became L.-Corpl. 19 Jan. 1901; Corpl. 20 June, 1902; Sergt. 29 Dec.
1906; Colour-Sergt. 1 Oct. 1913; and Coy. Sergt.-Major, 1 Oct. 1913;
served in the South African War, 1899–1902 (Queen’s and King’s medals),
and with the British Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, Aug.
to 15 Oct. 1914, on which latter date he was killed in action at Croix
Barbée, and was buried at Vieille Chapelle, France. He _m._ at
Newlands, Glasgow, 26 Dec. 1911, Elizabeth (died 15 Oct. 1913), dau. of
John Burt, and had a son, William Burt Paterson, _b._ 15 Oct. 1913.
[Illustration: =William Ernest Watering.=]
=WATERMAN, LEONARD GORDON=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 16648, H.M.S.
Pathfinder, lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WATERMAN, ROBERT ALBERT=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26355, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WATERS, ARTHUR DAVIS=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111853, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WATERS, GEOFFREY ERNEST=, Private, No. 245, 1/5th Battn.
(London Rifle Brigade) The Loudon Regt. (T.F.), 4th _s._ of the
late John Waters, of Wimbledon, co. Surrey, by his wife, Alice (St.
Denis, Parkwood Road, Bournemouth), dau. of John Freeman; _b._
Wimbledon, 12 Jan. 1896; educ. Merton Park C.E. School, where he gained
a scholarship for Rutlish Science School (Sept. 1907 to July, 1912),
and on leaving there entered the Banking Department of Messrs. T. Cook
& Son, of Ludgate Circus, Tourist Agents. After the outbreak of war he
joined the L.R.B. 24 Aug. 1914; went to the Front, 27 March, and died
in No. 13 General Hospital, Boulogne, 9 May, 1915, from wounds received
in action; _unm._ He was buried in the Military Cemetery at
Boulogne. From Merton Park School he gained a scholarship to Rutlish,
obtaining a first place for all Surrey. He won the Surrey County Junior
Scholarship (1907–11), the Senior ditto (1911–12), and the John James
School Scholarship (1910–12), and passed the London University Junior
School Exam, with honours, July, 1910; the same Senior Exam, July,
1911, and the same Exam, with additional subjects again in 1912.
[Illustration: =Geoffrey Ernest Waters.=]
=WATERS, GEORGE ALEXANDER=, Fleet Surgeon, R.N., _s._ of
the late Eaton William Waters, of Tramore, co. Waterford, M.D., by
his wife, Mary, dau. of William Edwards; _b._ Tramore, 28 Sept.
1862; educ. Tramore Boarding School and Waterford High School, and
Queen’s (now University) College, Galway (1880–84, Exhibition in
Mathematics), and having completed his medical studies in Dublin
at the Carmichael College of Medicine, the Richmond, Whitworth and
Hardwick Hospitals, and the Coombe Hospital, he graduated M.D., M.Ch.,
at the Royal University of Ireland in 1884. After a voyage to India
in the Clan Matheson, he spent some 18 months in the Melrose plying
between Cape Town and East African ports, and entered the Royal
Navy, 17 Aug. 1887, being bracketed second place. He was promoted
Staff Surgeon, 17 Aug. 1899, and Fleet Surgeon 1905, and served in
the R.N. Hospital, Haslar, and H.M. ships Hearty (engaged in fishery
protection in the North Sea, 1890); Boomerang (on Australian Station,
1891–94); Caledonia (Queensferry); Cockatrice (Danube, 1899); Psyche
(West Indies); Illustrious (Channel, present at Brest fêtes, 1905),
and Drake (accompanied Admiral of the Fleet Sir E. H. Seymour to the
Hudson-Fulton celebration in New York, 1909), and was then appointed
P.M.O. at Whale Island (H.M.S. Excellent), where he was when war broke
out. He was appointed to H.M.S. Goliath (battleship, 12,950 tons,
Capt. Thomas Shelford), Aug. 1914; early in Nov. she took part in the
operations against the German light cruiser Königsberg, blocking her
into the Rufigi River, where she was later destroyed; and on 1 Dec.
with the light cruiser Fox, in the bombardment of Dar-es-Salaam, the
capital of German East Africa, when she successfully disabled the many
vessels in the harbour. Ordered to the Dardanelles in April, 1915,
she helped to cover the landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula, and on 13
May, 1915, while engaged in protecting the right flank of the French
Army, was struck by three torpedoes and sunk in two minutes. Only 166
survivors were picked up, Fleet Surgeon Waters being among those lost;
_unm._
[Illustration: =George Alexander Waters.=]
=WATERS, THOMAS ROBERT=, Chief Armourer, 341363, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WATERS, WILLIAM DENNE=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Sherwood Foresters
(Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt.), only _s._ and surviving
child of William Denne Waters, of Clarence House, Walmer, co. Kent, by
his wife, dau. of the late George William Gill, of Rochester; _b._
1 Aug. 1892; educ. Sir Roger Manwood’s School, Sandwich, where he was
in the O.T.C., and having passed the Entrance Examination for the
Army in June 1914, was gazetted to a 2nd Lieutenancy 15 Aug. of the
same year. He was sent to France in Jan. 1915, and attd. to the 1st
Battn. of the same regt., being seriously wounded at the Battle of
Neuve Chapelle on 12 March, 1915. An officer of his regt., who wrote
regretting his death, in describing the circumstances said: “He was in
my old Company, which was ordered to charge a breastwork, and he was
up and off, leading his men as he always did, but the whole lot were
practically mown down by maxims.” Lieut. Waters died of his wounds the
same night, and was buried in the Cemetery at Estaires; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Denne Waters.=]
=WATERS, WILLIAM LESLIE=, Lc.-Corpl., No. 10960, Machine-Gun
Section, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd _s._ of Arthur Waters,
of 25, Mill Hill Road, Acton, W., formerly of Herstmonceaux, co.
Sussex, by his wife, Kate Emma, dau. of Ralph Joanes, of Brighton;
_b._ Preston Park, Brighton, 23 Nov. 1896; educ. Stanford Road
School there and Hugh Myddelton Higher Grade School, Clerkenwell;
enlisted, 15 Aug. 1914; was promoted L.-Corpl. end of Nov. 1914; went
to the Front, 17 March, 1915, and died of enteric fever while on
active service, in No. 6 Casualty Clearing Station, Lillers, France,
7 July, 1915. His Commanding Officer wrote: “Ever since he came under
my command he proved himself an excellent non-commissioned officer
in every way and was generally liked by his own men and the whole
Machine-Gun Section.”
[Illustration: =William Leslie Waters.=]
=WATKINS, CHARLES HENRY=, Drummer, No. 8495, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 3rd _s._ of William Henry Watkins, Sapper, No. 200567,
R.E. (now on active service), late 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards (served
in the Egyptian Expedition, 1882), by his wife, Harriet Deborah, dau.
of James Connor; _b._ Caterham, co. Surrey, 21 Dec. 1893; educ.
Winslow and Aylesbury; enlisted in the Coldstreams Dec. 1910; went to
France with the Expeditionary Force 15 Aug., and was killed in action
at the First Battle of Ypres, 10 Nov. 1914, being shot through the head
by a sniper while crossing from one trench to another, and was buried
in a wood near Rentel, Belgium; _unm._
[Illustration: =Charles Henry Watkins.=]
=WATKINS, CHARLES ROBERT=, Private, No. 9986, 5th Battn. (London
Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), elder _s._ of Edwin Robert
Watkins, of Sladmore, Priory Avenue, High Wycombe, Surveyor, Member
of Auctioneers’ and Land Agents’ Institute, by his wife, Henrietta,
dau. of the late Walter Skull; _b._ High Wycombe, 19 Sept. 1891;
educ. Royal Grammar School there (where he won a Major County Council
Scholarship) and matriculated at London University with honours,
subsequently becoming an Artist Designer for W. H. Smith & Sons, of
Kingsway, Publishers. He joined the London Rifle Brigade the day after
war was declared (5 Aug. 1914), went with it to France the first week
in Nov., and was killed in action in the front trenches, outside
Ploegsteert Wood, Flanders, 3 Feb. 1915; _unm._ He was buried on
the side of the Armentières road, south of Ploegsteert Village. At
the time of his death he had been recommended for a commission, and
was shortly to have returned to take up his appointment. “A young man
of great ability, considered by his employers to be a genius and with
every prospect of a highly successful career.”
[Illustration: =Charles Robert Watkins.=]
=WATKINS, ILTYD EDWIN MAITLAND=, Capt., 2nd Battn. The
Monmouthshire Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of John Maitland Watkins,
of Castle Parade House, Usk, Monmouthshire, Solicitor; _b._
Usk, 25 March, 1890; educ. Downside School, near Bath, and King’s
College, Cambridge; B.A. (Law Tripos) 1911, LL.B. June, 1911, and
passed Solicitor’s Final Examination in June, 1914. He joined the
2nd Battn. Monmouthshire Regt. as 2nd Lieut. 25 March, 1909, and was
promoted Lieut. 8 Feb. 1912, and Capt. 15 July, 1914, and was Signal
Officer, Welsh Territorial Division Signal Coy. On the outbreak of
war he volunteered for Imperial service; went to France, 2 Feb. 1915,
and was killed in action near St. Julien, during the Second Battle of
Ypres, 7 May, 1915; _unm._ His Commanding Officer, Lieut.-Col. E.
B. Cuthbertson, C.M.G., M.V.O., wrote: “He was killed in the morning
of the 7th, just at the end of the German attack, and his death was
instantaneous and painless. Of his qualities as a soldier and a
gentleman I cannot speak too highly; cheerful, gallant and unselfish,
he died as he would have chosen to die with his face to the enemy and
in the middle of the men whom he loved and commanded so well. We buried
him on the battlefield [at La Brique St. Jean, north of Ypres]. His
loss is deeply deplored by all ranks.”
[Illustration: =Iltyd E. M. Watkins.=]
=WATKINS, WILLIAM JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1636), 200436, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=WATSON, ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 16999, C Coy., 13th (Service)
Battn. The Royal Scots, _s._ of Thomas Watson, by his wife,
Esther; _b._ Strathaven, 10 June, 1886; educ. Ballgreen Public
School; was a Tailor; enlisted in the Royal Scots, 4 Jan. 1915; went
to France, 10 July, 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of
Loos, 26 Sept. 1915. He _m._ 3 June, 1910, Annie (18, Ballgreen,
Strathaven), dau. of Robert Orr, and had two children: Thomas,
_b._ 5 May 1912; and Jeanie, _b._ 3 Aug. 1910.
=WATSON, ALFRED JAMES=, Gunner, R.M.A., 8439 (R.F.R., I.C. 46),
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=WATSON, CEDRIC GORDON=, Lieut. 2nd Battn. Princess Charlotte of
Wales’ Royal Berkshire Regt.; only _s._ of Gilbert Watson, of the
End House, St. Andrews, Fife, by his wife, Eva, dau. of Henry Minchen
Chase, I.C.S.; _b._ Kenilworth, co. Warwick, 30 Aug. 1895; educ.
Haileybury College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Berkshires, 25
Feb. 1914, was promoted Lieut. 5 Jan. 1915, and for a time attd. to the
East Surrey Regt. but had rejoined his own regt. at the time of his
death. He was killed in action while gallantly leading his platoon in a
frontal attack under “terrible conditions” at Fromelles, 9 May, 1915;
_unm._
=WATSON, DAVID GALLOWAY=, M.A., M.B., Ch.B. (Edin.), Lieut.,
R.A.M.C., attd. 2nd Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., _s._ of John
Watson, of 19, West Mayfield, Edinburgh, Headmaster Broughton Higher
Grade School and Junior Student Centre, Edinburgh, by his wife,
Agnes, dau. of David Galloway, of Edinburgh; _b._ West Calder,
Midlothian, 18 Nov. 1889; educ. at the Royal High School, Edinburgh,
where he was dux, in a brilliant year, and at Edinburgh University,
where he first studied with a view of entering the Church, but
eventually turned aside to medicine. After graduating in 1913, he
became House Surgeon to Mr. Alexis Thomson at the Royal Infirmary,
Edinburgh, and later Senior House Surgeon at King Edward VII Hospital,
Windsor, which he left to join the R.A.M.C. on the outbreak of war.
He was gazetted temporary Lieut. 10 Aug. 1914, and went to the
Front immediately thereafter. He was wounded by fragments of high
explosive shell, 17 May, 1915, when bringing in wounded men from the
trenches taken from the Germans at Festubert and died very suddenly
at the Duchess of Westminster’s Hospital at Le Touquet, Paris-Plage,
5 June, 1915; _unm._ He was the first officer buried in the
British Cemetery at Etaples. Dr. Watson was mentioned in F.M. Sir
John (now Lord) French’s Despatches of 30 Nov. 1914, for gallant
and distinguished conduct in the field at Neufchatel and Festubert.
At his university, as well as taking a uniformly high place as a
student, he was well known in the Union, and as a President of the
Dialectic Society, but even better as a prolific contributor to the
University Journalism; he was Joint-Editor of The Gambolier when that
light-hearted weekly was in the heyday of its first success, and he was
for a year or two a member of the Editorial Committee of The Student,
acting as Deputy-Editor (and frequently as Editor) in 1912–13. He
used to devote much of his time (for a considerable period at least
two evenings every week) to social work in the University Settlement,
delighting especially in playing with the children and telling them
stories. One of his most successful efforts, a popular exposition of
Physical Methods in Therapeutics, is included in a volume published by
Messrs. T.C. & E.C. Jack. Another little work entitled “Waiting Night
Sketches” with a memoir and a Personal Impression was printed for
private circulation at the Darien Press, Edinburgh, 1916.
[Illustration: =David Galloway Watson.=]
=WATSON, GEORGE JOSEPH=, Leading Stoker, 298094, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WATSON, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8159),
293612, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WATSON, JAMES WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1978),
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WATSON, JOHN ROBERT=, Seaman, R.N.R., 4751A, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WATSON, LOUIS TALBOT=, Capt., 1st Battn. Worcestershire Regt.,
3rd _s._ of Col. Richard Talbot Watson, of Honeybrook House,
Franche, Kidderminster, V.D., J.P., and formerly O.C. 1st Vol. Battn.
Worcestershire Regt., by his wife, Harriet Elizabeth, dau. of James
Morton; _b._ Kidderminster, 7 March, 1881; educ. Clifton College,
and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. unattd. 8 Jan. 1901; posted to the
3rd Battn. Worcestershire Regt. 9 March following, and promoted Lieut.
26 April, 1902 and Capt. 22 Jan. 1909; served in the South African
War, 1901–2, being employed with the Mounted Infantry; took part in
the operations in Cape Colony, Orange River Colony and the Transvaal
(Queen’s medal with five clasps). He then transferred to the 2nd
Worcesters and served with this battn. in Africa, Ceylon and India,
re-transferring to the 1st Battn. on 22 Jan. 1909. He left for France
early in Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at the Battle of Neuve
Chapelle, 11 March, 1915. He _m._ at Arreton, Isle of Wight, 28
Sept. 1911, Margaret Amy, 2nd dau. of William Hartshorne Shorthose, of
Stickworth Hall, Arreton, and had a dau., Diana Marion, _b._ 12
June, 1912.
[Illustration: =Louis Talbot Watson.=]
=WATSON, ROBERT=, a Private, No. 2083, 1/4th Battn. Royal
Scots (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Robert Watson, of Gilmerton Dairy,
Midlothian, Dairyman, by his wife, Catherine, dau. of Alexander
Anderson, of Lanarkshire; _b._ Midlothian, 20 Jan. 1890; educ.
Public School there, and was afterwards employed as an assistant
ironmonger. He enlisted on the outbreak of war, and was killed in
action at the Dardanelles, while assisting a wounded comrade into
safety, 28 June, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Robert Watson.=]
=WATSON, THOMAS=, Private, No. 2333, 4th Battn. The Royal Scots
(T.F.), _s._ of the late Thomas Watson (died March, 1916), Law
Clerk, by his wife, Lillias Barrie (19, India Street, Edinburgh), dau.
of William Walker; _b._ Edinburgh, 4 Dec. 1890; educ. Daniel
Stewart’s College there; served his apprenticeship as a Chartered
Accountant with Messrs. Carter Greig & Co., C.A., Edinburgh, and after
being admitted a member of the C.A. Society received an appointment
with Messrs. Price, Waterhouse & Co., Accountants, London. He joined
the 4th (Territorial) Battn. of the Royal Scots in 1909, and served
with it until he left Edinburgh, but on the outbreak of war returned,
and rejoined his old regt. and volunteered for foreign service; went to
the Dardanelles in May, 1915, and was killed in action there, 28 June
following; _unm._
[Illustration: =Thomas Watson.=]
=WATSON, TOM=, A.B., J. 7935, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off
Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WATSON, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 27778, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WATT, GEORGE HIMPHILL=, A.B., 220630, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WATT, GEORGE MURTAGH=, Private, No. 1422, 1/7th Middlesex Regt.
(T.F.), 2nd _s._ of George Watt, of 11, The Grove, Crouch End,
late Sergt. 2nd King’s Liverpool Regt., now a Customs Watcher, by
his wife, Adelaide Nuletta, dau. of the late John Parsons, of Leek;
_b._ Colchester Barracks, 15 April, 1895; educ. Crouch End Council
School, and was an employee on the G.N.R.; joined the Middlesex
Territorials, 12 Dec. 1911; volunteered for foreign service on the
outbreak of war; went to France, 11 March, 1915, and was killed in
action at Neuve Chapelle, 26 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried in the
field adjoining Madame Surchelle Descamps’ farm at Sailly.
[Illustration: =George Murtagh Watt.=]
=WATTS, ALFRED GEORGE BERTRAM=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 23432, H.M.S.
Hawke, _s._ of Alfred Watts, of Farndish Road, Irchester,
Wellingborough; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=WATTS, FRANK WILLIAM=, Private, No. 8854, 1st Battn. Bedfordshire
Regt., yr. _s._ of Thomas Watts, of Langridge Farm, Nazeing, by
his wife, Lucy, dau. of John Wright; _b._ Sherington, co. Bucks,
23 June, 1887; educ. Nazeing Schools; enlisted in the 2nd Battn. of
the Bedfords, 7 Jan. 1907, served seven years with the Colours, then
passed into the reserves, but, war breaking out a few months later, he
was recalled and attd. to the 1st Battn. He went to France with the
First Expeditionary Force, served in France and Flanders during the
winter of 1914–15, and was shot by a sniper as he was going on duty at
a listening post, 16 March, 1915; _unm._ The bullet entered just
below the heart and he only lived 15 minutes. He was buried in the
woods about 1½ miles from Ypres and about half a mile from the Chateau
de Rosendale. A cross with his name marks the spot.
[Illustration: =Frank William Watts.=]
=WATTS, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7920), S.S.
103428, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WATTS, JAMES ROBERT=, Private, No. 2458, 1/2nd Battn. The
Monmouthshire Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Aldwyn Watts, of 26, Railway
Terrace, Griffithstown, co. Monmouth, Haulier in the employ of the
Panteg Urban District Council, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of John
Thornton, of Gladestry, Herefordshire; _b._ Kings Pyon, co.
Hereford, 4 Oct. 1896; educ. Griffithstown Council School; was employed
at the Panteg Steel Works; enlisted after the outbreak of war, 8
Sept. 1914; went to France in Nov. 1914, and was killed in action
at Le Bizet, Belgium, 12 March, 1915; _unm._ Col. Cuthbertson,
commanding the 2nd Monmouthshires, wrote: “Your son was killed on the
12th of this month, and a more gallant soldier never lived. He is
buried in a soldiers’ cemetery not very far from the trenches where he
met his death, and a careful record of his place of burial is being
kept. A small cross with his name has been put up to his memory:” and
one of his comrades wrote: “We all found him a jolly and good-hearted
lad, and a very brave soldier. He feared nothing, but always thought of
his duty to his country, of which he carried out to the last.”
[Illustration: =James Robert Watts.=]
=WATTS, VICTOR KERRIDGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9418), 203441,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WAUGH, DAVID=, Private, No. 9246, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian
Regt.); _s._ of Thomas Waugh, of 2, Salisbury Square, Edinburgh;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action at
Voorstraat, 28 March, 1915.
=WAUD, LIONEL DOUGLAS=, Lieut., D Coy., 1st Battn. East
Lancashire Regt., 2nd _s._ of Major Williams Henry Waud, late
Royal Fusiliers, by his wife, Denise Caroline (sister of Baroness de
la Bori de la Batut), dau. of the late Charles Maire, of Mantoche
Haute Farm, France, and niece and adopted dau. of Pierre Francois,
1st Count Maire; _b._ Cranleigh Court, Guildford, 5 June, 1895;
educ. at The Army School, Holyport (Maidenhead), and the Royal Military
College, Sandhurst, from which he passed out first and was gazetted
2nd Lieut. to the East Lancashires, 8 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 1
Nov. 1914. He joined his regt. on the 19th and went with it to France
on the 27th of that month; served through the subsequent fighting on
the Aisne and the Marne, and was killed in action near Armentières,
8 Nov. 1914, being buried in Le Gheer Road, Ploegsteert Wood. Lieut.
Waud was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of
14 Jan. [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915], for gallant and distinguished
conduct at Le Gheer. Writing to Major Waud, Capt. Melville Richards,
of the 1st East Lancashires, said: “His only fault was he would take
risks. He was too tall for the trenches, and wouldn’t trouble to stoop.
He was very brave, and his action--which I remember well--of running
along knocking down the rifles of his men, to make them fire low,
was one of the finest things I have seen out here.” It happened that
a Morning Post correspondent, some time after the incident referred
to, was able to get a description of the circumstances from a German
officer who was wounded on that occasion. It happened at Le Gheer.
Respecting the assault made by the Guard on the English lines (wrote
the correspondent) here is what I was told by one who took part in the
action: “Towards evening we were ordered to advance. We marched forward
without taking cover, confident enough, because not a shot came from
the British trench. We thought it had been abandoned after the terrible
bombardment to which it had been subjected all day long. Shouting
‘Hurrah,’ we rushed forward to seize it, but we had not gone more than
100 metres before our whole front is stricken down by a volley from a
point much nearer than the trench we had been shelling and in addition
to this terrible infantry fire the British quick-firing guns are
brought into play, and simply mow our men down. We had been shelling an
unoccupied trench, and had done no damage to the place where the enemy
actually was hidden. Hence it is not surprising that our ‘assault’
should have proved to be--for us--a veritable massacre.” It was here
that the late Lieut. Waud distinguished himself. When the mitrailleuse
fire from the German attack began and there was a momentary loss of
fire-control of his own company, Lieut. Waud, to regain control,
sprang from the trenches, and ran in front of them, with the flat of
his sword, struck down the men’s rifles, and so prevented the Germans
finding out where the trenches really were. A brother officer wrote
that his men “trusted him as a good and a brave leader,” adding:
“He and I held an advanced trench before his end, and though he was
younger than myself, I can say he was a great moral support to me.
In conversation on the day of his death, he told me he was prepared
to give the utmost for his Country, and that his one regret if that
were required was that it would be a great shock to his parents.” He
represented the Royal Military College in revolver shooting, for which
he held the record score. He also represented Sandhurst in the bayonet
competition at the Royal Military Tournament at Olympia, for which he
obtained third prize.
[Illustration: =Lionel Douglas Waud.=]
=WAUDLEY, HARRY=, Driver, No. T/3/026409, Army Service Corps,
_s._ of John Waudley, Ganger Platelayer on Hull and Barnsley
Railway, by his wife, (--), dau. of Isaac Hornby, Roos, Holderness;
_b._ Preston-in-Holderness, 26 June, 1891; educ. Anlaby National
School, Hull; was a Farm Labourer with Mr. Richardson, Swanland;
enlisted in the A.S.C., 12 Oct. 1914; went to Egypt in March, and died
in No. 15 General Hospital, Alexandria, 30 June, 1915, of disease
contracted while on active service; _unm._ Buried in Chatby
Cemetery there (Grave No. 1125).
=WAY, FRANCIS MAXWELL=, Trooper, No. 7/772, 1st Mounted Rifles
(Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry), New Zealand Expeditionary Force,
3rd _s._ of George Edward Way, of Christchurch, New Zealand,
F.P.A.N.Z., F.I.A.N.Z., by his wife, Emma Kate, dau. of the late
Richard James Strachan Harman, one of the founders of, and for some
years Deputy Superintendent of, Canterbury Province, and nephew of the
Rev. John Pearce Way, D.D., late Headmaster of Rossall, and for two
years stroke of the Oxford eight; _b._ Christchurch, New Zealand,
22 Dec. 1895; educ. Christ’s College there, and then engaged in farming
pursuits, first for eighteen months in the Back Blocks, Kaitieke, King
Country, and then for eight months on Mount Torlesse Sheep Station,
Canterbury, where he was when war broke out. He immediately enlisted,
left for Egypt with the second reinforcements, 15 Dec. 1914; went to
the Dardanelles, June, 1915, and died on Anzac Beach, 8 Aug. 1915, of
machine gun wounds received in action on Bauchop’s Ridge, Gallipoli;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Francis Maxwell Way.=]
=WAYTH, SIDNEY ALFRED=, Private, No. 2342, 7th Battn. London
Regt. (T.F), only _s._ of the late Edward Wayth, Mining Engineer,
by his wife, Beatrice Elizabeth (now wife of Edward Steeles, of 54,
Oxford Road, Harrow), dau. of James Spinks; _b._ Stoke Newington,
N., 3 April, 1896; educ. Greenhill Council School, Harrow, gained a
certificate for the London School of Economics and Political Science
on “The Law of Carriage of Railway”; was a Clerk in the Great Northern
Railway at King’s Cross; joined the Territorial Force after the
outbreak of war, 8 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Festubert,
16 May, 1915. His Coy. Sergt.-Major wrote: “I can assure you he was
liked by all and was a good soldier.”
[Illustration: =Sidney Alfred Wayth.=]
=WAYLING, THOMAS=, Private, No. G. 1902, 2nd Battn. East Surrey
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
action, 25 March, 1915.
=WEAKE, ERNEST ALBERT=, Private, No. 8340, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards; _b._ co. Warwick; served with the Expeditionary Force
in France and Flanders; died at No. 5 Stationary Hospital, Le Mans,
France, 10 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action; _unm._
=WEARMOUTH, ISAAC NORMAN=, Private, No. 8434, 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Joseph Wearmouth, of James Street,
Stanhope, Durham; _b._ co. Durham; served with the Expeditionary
Force in France and Flanders; died in No. 13 General Hospital,
Boulogne, 6 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action. Buried Boulogne
Cemetery.
=WEATHERILL, EDWARD THEAKER=, 2nd Lieut., 7th (Service) Battn.
Royal Dublin Fusiliers, yr. _s._ of Capt. John Weatherill, of
6, Ailesbury Road, Dublin, Shipowner, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of
Archibald Mackenzie; _b._ Dublin, 19 March, 1887; educ. at St.
Andrew’s College, Dublin; Fettes College, Edinburgh; and Armstrong
College (Durham University), Newcastle-on-Tyne, where he obtained at
the age of 20 his B.Sc. degree in Naval Architecture and Engineering,
and, after serving his time as a Marine Engineer, gained his First
Class Certificate, and subsequently became a Partner in his father’s
firm of Shipowners. At its formation in Sept. 1914, he joined the
“Football” Coy. of the 7th Royal Dublin Fusiliers (having previously
been a Member of the Monkstown and Lansdowne Football Clubs), and was
elected by the Coy. to be Sergt. of the Machine Gun Section. On his
being gazetted 2nd Lieut. in March, 1915, he was transferred from “D”
Coy. to “B” Coy. of the same Battn. He left for the Dardanelles 9 July,
1915, and in the last letter received from him, dated 14 Aug. 1915,
said: “We got here a week to-day, and I expect you will have heard by
now all we have done so far. We landed under a very heavy shrapnel
fire. Russell and I were left behind on the boat to load the stores
of the Battn., and before we landed our first wounded started to come
back. Then an old Taube flew over, dropped a bomb--which just missed us
by inches--and gave those on shore the range, so we got shelled before
we even got into the lighter. They did not hit us, however. We then
landed and had to unload the boat on the beach. They got the range of
us all right and we had some very narrow shaves. My water bottle was
hit. Luckily we had no casualties. I will not tell you any more till
I get home, except that all my fellows have behaved splendidly, and
one, P. Quinn, has been mentioned. He was out sniping with me from an
advanced trench on Thursday, and we got four of their snipers, so I
recommended him this morning.... I am fit and well, and so far have
been very lucky.” He was killed in action at Suvla Bay 16 Aug. 1915;
_unm._ Letters received from officers and men alike testify to his
gallant conduct. Capt. J. Lucie Smith, B Coy., wrote: “He bore himself
in a most gallant manner, and at ‘Chocolate Hill’ brought in five
wounded men under fire, for which deed I believe he has been mentioned
in despatches.” Lieut. R. Douglas, Machine Gun Officer: “From the
moment we landed he was splendid. He was in the thick of all the worst
fighting round Hill 53 (the original position taken by our Battn.),
he was seen one day carrying five different wounded men of ours under
terrible fire, leaving his own trench each time to do so. It was on the
early morning of Monday last, the 16th, that he was killed during a
bomb attack by the Turks. At the time he was hit he was rallying some
men of another battn. who were breaking up. He succeeded in getting
them back, and so saved the position for us, but in doing so he was
killed. No praise could be too high for the manner in which he fought,
lived and died out here; he was wonderful.” L.-Corpl. Fraser, Machine
Gun Section, now Lieut. in Connaught Rangers: “We had a very severe
shelling on landing, and your brother distinguished himself on several
occasions for bravery, leaving the trenches and bringing five wounded
men under fire. On other occasions he displayed his fearlessness of
danger also. I need hardly say his deeds have commanded the admiration
and respect of everyone”; and Sergt. Charles E. Sawyer, B Coy.: “He
was a fearless leader and a good friend to us all. The event of Lieut.
Weatherill’s death needs some explanation. We were ordered to take up
a position on a long ridge overlooking the sea, and ‘B’ Coy., with
Engineers, had to dig a fire trench from the top down to the sea, and
occupy it in the front line. In going towards this position in firing
line formation No. 2 platoon became detached from the remainder of the
Coy., the night being so dark. Mr. Weatherill then ordered us under
cover while he went out to look for our Coy. He went to the top of the
ridge, where the Royal Irish Fusiliers were keeping the right flank
and found they had lost all, except one wounded, of their officers,
and the men in a state of depression. Lieut. Weatherill returned to
us and told me to go with him to where the Royal Irish Fusiliers
were posted, and ordered me to find their N.C.O.’s and rouse the men
as much as possible. I found they had only one L.-Corpl., and after
some persuasion got the men to keep a look-out to ensure their own
and our safety. We were thanked by their poor wounded officer and
were returning to our platoon when Mr. Weatherill stopped and told me
he felt it was his duty to stay with the Royal Irish Fusiliers, and
ordered me back to take command of No. 5 and join up with the Coy. as
soon as possible. He wished me good-bye and to do our best, and left
me. That was the last I saw of him alive. Next morning the fighting
was very great and I heard the Royal Irish Fusiliers were being badly
pressed and I went to the top of the ridge and learned from one of
their men that Mr. Weatherill had been killed at daybreak (only a few
yards from his great friend Lieut. Russell). I must say I was with Mr.
Weatherill from the moment of landing in that terrible advance round
Salt Lake and other places, and can truly say that a more brave and
cool officer never took men into action in that awful Peninsula, and
he fell in the knowledge that he was doing his duty and died as only a
gentleman and a British Officer can die.”
[Illustration: =Edward T. Weatherill.=]
=WEAVER, ALBERT=, Leading Stoker, 308507, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WEAVER, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, 312062, H.M.S. Laurel; killed
in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=WEAVER, WALTER=, Private, No. 8655, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards,
_s._ of the late John Weaver, of Child Pitt, Newport, Shropshire,
by his wife, Mary (Oak Cottage, Bicton Heath, near Shrewsbury), dau.
of the late Edward Broome, of Hill End Farm, Lydbury, Salop; _b._
Crudgington, co. Salop, 12 Oct. 1890; educ. Lilleshall Public School,
Newport, co. Salop, was a Porter, Rowton House, Newington Butts,
London; enlisted in the Coldstreams in March, 1910; went to France 12
Aug. 1914, and was reported missing during the Battle of the Aisne, 14
Sept. 1914, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on that
date; _unm._
[Illustration: =Walter Weaver=.]
=WEBB, ALBERT=, Private, 846, 11th Battn. Australian Imperial
Force; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles; killed in action, 15
May, 1915.
=WEBB, ARTHUR STUART=, Sergt., No. 11533, 1st Battn. King’s
Royal Rifles, elder _s._ of Arthur Stuart Webb, the well-known
Hampshire and Glamorgan professional cricketer, by his wife, Ethel E.
(45A, Mersham Road, Thornton Heath); _b._ St. Helier’s, Jersey,
31 March, 1894; educ. Southampton Grammar School; enlisted on the
outbreak of war, and was promoted Sergt. 1 Feb. 1915. He went with his
regt. to the front, served in France and Flanders, and was killed in
action, at Neuve Chapelle, 10 March, 1915; _unm._ Sergt. Webb,
who was himself a keen cricketer, belonged to a well-known sporting
family; one of his uncles played for Kent, and another was Fred Webb,
the ex-jockey, who won the Derby in 1873. His father is now (1916) on
service with the Royal Fusiliers. A comrade wrote: “I was present at
Neuve Chapelle when your eldest son got killed. He was a brave fellow,
and led his platoon until he got to the German’s barbed wire. We were
unable to get him into our trenches; but he died like a hero.” His
younger brother, Sergt. C. F. Webb, was killed 16 May, 1915 (see his
notice).
[Illustration: =Arthur Stuart Webb.=]
=WEBB, CHARLES ELIJAH JAMES=, Probationary 2nd Cook’s Mate, M.
7800, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WEBB, CHARLES FREDERICK=, Sergt., No. 11428, 1st Battn., King’s
Royal Rifles, yr. _s._ of Arthur Stuart Webb, the well-known
professional cricketer, etc. (see above notice); _b._ Newport,
Isle of Wight, 3 Feb. 1896; educ. Southampton Secondary School;
enlisted in Sept. 1914, was promoted Sergt. March, 1915, a week
after his brother’s death, and died from wounds received in action
at Givenchy, 16 May, 1915, succumbing while on his way to the Field
Ambulance; _unm._ His Qr.-Mr. Sergt. G. Knaggs, wrote to his
father, at the request of Section Officer Major Barton Frere: “His
Battn. attacked the German trenches on the night, 15–16 May, and
captured them. Your son was seen to fall wounded, and although his
wounds may then have been slight ones, it is possible that he was more
severely hit on proceeding to the rear. In any case it is only too
evident that he did not reach the Field Ambulance.”
[Illustration: =Charles F. Webb.=]
=WEBB, EDGAR DORRINGTON=, Sergt., No. 1164, 21st Battn. (1st
Surrey Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Walter Edward
Webb, Capt. 14th Battn. (London Scottish), The London Regt., late
King’s Own Scottish Borderers by his wife, Annie Elizabeth, dau. of
Charles Powell; _b._ Devonport, 5 June, 1891; educ. Dumfries
Academy, and Dulwich College, London; was a clerk in the Bank of
England, May, 1910, to Aug. 1914; joined the 1st Surrey Rifles in June,
1910; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went
to France, 15 March, 1915; and was killed in action at Brewery Post
Trench, near Rue de l’Epinette, Pas de Calais, 5 May, 1915. Buried in
British Cemetery, Rue du Bois, near Bethune. Sergt. Webb _m._ at
St. Leonard’s Church, Streatham, London, S.W., Annie Florence, dau. of
Arthur Henry Cornish; _s.p._
=WEBB, EDWARD CHARLES HARRY=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd (Reserve), attd.
1st Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., only _s._ of Edward Webb, of
Cosham House, Cosham, co. Hants and Hindugalla, Peradeniya, Ceylon,
Tea Planter, by his wife, Mary Quarry, dau. of William Charles
Whitham, of Warangalla, Ceylon; _b._ Hindugalla, 18 Dec. 1894;
educ. Haileybury College; passed into Sandhurst in Aug. 1914, and was
gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Lincolns, 10 Nov. 1914. He was killed in
action at Neuve Chapelle, 10 March, 1915, and buried in an orchard with
other officers and men of the regt.; _unm._
[Illustration: =Edward C. H. Webb.=]
=WEBB, JAMES=, E.R.A., 2nd Class, 270880, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WEBB, JOHN BOYER=, Lieut., 4th Battn. Prince of Wales’ North
Staffordshire Regt., attd. 1st. Battn. The Bedfordshire Regt., only
_s._ of Capt. Charles Boyer Webb, of Elford House, Tamworth, late
4th Battn. North Staffordshire Regt. (died 26 Feb. 1916), by his wife,
Adela Dorothy, dau. of Colonel Arthur Blundells, 3rd East Kent Regt.,
and grandson of the late Colonel Charles John Webb, who for some time
commanded the same regt. (4th N. Staffs); _b._ near Tamworth,
8 June, 1894; educ. Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was
gazetted to the 4th Battn. North Staffordshire Regt. 7 Aug. 1914, being
quartered at Guernsey till 16 March, 1915, when he was attached to the
1st Bedfords, and promoted Lieut. 1 April following. He was killed in
action at Hill 60, near Ypres, 21 April, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Boyer Webb.=]
=WEBB, JOSEPH=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2556), 199206, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WEBBER, CHARLES HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3852), 197166, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=WEBBER, EDWARD CHARLES=, Clerk, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Good Hope,
only _s._ of Edward Samuel Webber, of 18, Taswell Road, Southsea,
M.B. Cantab, by his wife, Edith, dau. of Dr. John Brickwell; _b._
Sutton Valence, co. Kent, 13 May, 1894; educ. Portsmouth Grammar
School, where he was Captain of the Games, 1910 and 1911, and Sergt. in
the O.T.C.; entered the Navy, 15 July, 1911; appointed Clerk, 15 July,
1912; appointed to the staff of Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock,
25 Feb. 1913; and went down in H.M.S. Good Hope in the Battle off
Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914; _unm._
=WEBBER, HAROLD PERCIVAL=, L.-Corpl., No. 2398, 2nd Battn. (Royal
Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), 5th _s._ of William Webber,
retired Coy. Secretary, for 43 years in the service of John Board
& Co., Ltd., of Dunball, Bridgwater, Cement, Lime, Brick and Tile
Manufacturers; _b._ Puriton, Bridgwater, co. Somerset, 7 May,
1889; educ. Collegiate School, Bridgwater; was apprenticed for three
years to J. P. Curtis, of High Street, Weston-super-Mare, Ironmonger,
with whom he stayed for a few months; after which he was with John
Walsh, Ltd., of Sheffield, for about three years, and then entered the
employ of John Barker & Co., Ltd., of Kensington, London, being one
of the first batch of young men who enlisted from that establishment
on the outbreak of war; after training in Malta, he went to France,
arriving at Marseilles the first week in Jan. 1915, and was killed
in action near l’Epinette, Armentières, 13 March, 1915; _unm._
Lieut.-Col. Attenborough wrote: “He was shot through the head and died
instantaneously. His death was a great loss to his Coy., in which he
was very popular, and was a loss to the battalion as he was a very
promising soldier. He is buried with others of his comrades in a
cemetery prepared for soldiers near a large farmhouse just behind our
trenches.”
[Illustration: =Harold P. Webber.=]
=WEBBER, HAROLD VICTOR=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Somerset L.I., yst
_s._ of the late Sergt.-Major William Webber, Somerset L.I. (who
_d._ 6 July, 1915, the same day as his son was killed); by his
wife, Elizabeth (Jellalabad, Holway Road, Taunton), dau. of Thomas
Laver; _b._ Taunton, co. Somerset, 22 Oct. 1895; educ. Huish
Grammar School there; enlisted in the Somerset L.I. 9 April, 1912; was
promoted Corpl. 15 July, 1914; Sergt. 31 Oct. 1914; and gazetted 2nd
Lieut. on the field, 14 Feb. 1915; went to France 22 Aug. 1914; served
through the fighting at Ligny; the retreat from Mons; the Battles of
the Marne and the Aisne; afterwards proceeding to Belgium with his
regt., and took part in the 1st Battle of Ypres and the fighting in
the Ploegsteert Woods. In Feb. 1915, he came home on leave, and in May
was seriously wounded and again sent home, but returned to the front 7
June, and was killed in action on the Yser Canal, 6 July, 1915, while
leading his platoon; _unm._ Major G. Fleming wrote: “Your son
died as a gallant officer and soldier should at the head of his men
and whilst performing a particularly dangerous and arduous task. We,
with the Rifle Brigade, attacked the German trenches at 6 a.m. on the
6th inst., and your son had to dig communication trenches across the
open from our trenches to the captured trenches. He was killed very
soon after he had got his men into position lined up across the open.
There must be great comfort to you in knowing that he died so gallantly
and a soldier’s death in action is much to be coveted. We all miss him
terribly as he was always so cheerful and willing to do anything in
his power to help others and to perform his duty.” 2nd Lieut. Webber’s
eldest brother, Sergt. W. T. Webber, was killed in France in Nov. 1914,
and his two other brothers, Col.-Sergt. S. A. Webber and Col.-Sergt. J.
S. Webber, are now (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Harold Victor Webber.=]
=WEBBER, HUGO=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1683), 200656, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WEBBER, JOHN=, Private, No. 7611, 1st Royal Welsh Fusiliers,
_s._ of the late James Webber, of Bootle, Liverpool, by his wife,
Mary Ann; _b._ Bootle, co. Lancaster, 14 Feb. 1879; educ. New
Ferry, co. Chester; enlisted and served three years with the Colours;
was a Labourer; rejoined 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 16 Sept. 1914,
and was reported missing after the heavy fighting on 29 Oct. 1914. He
_m._ at Birkenhead, 1906, Myra (50, Teddesley Street, Walsall),
dau. of Charles Jones, and had four children: James Edward, _b._
8 April, 1907; John, _b._ 8 March, 1914; Myra, _b._ 29 Jan.
1909; and Gladys May, _b._ 21 Sept. 1911.
[Illustration: =John Webber.=]
=WEBSTER, COLIN AILESBURY=, Private, No. 1253, No. 1 Coy., 1st
Battn. Honourable Artillery Co., only _s._ of Henry Ernest
Webster, of 21, Kingsley Avenue, West Ealing, and the National Bank,
Notting Hill Gate, W. (well-known in the swimming world as handicapper
to the Otter Swimming Club); by his wife, Kate Minnie, dau. of William
Ailesbury Bull; _b._ Bayswater, 13 May, 1894; educ. Acton County
School, on leaving which he was employed on the Stock Exchange; joined
the H.A.C., 8 Aug. 1914; left for France 18 Sept. 1914; and was killed
in action near Wulverghem, 25 Nov. following; _unm._ Buried in
the garden of a farmhouse at Wulverghem. A sergt. of his Coy. wrote:
“He has been a thoroughly good soldier throughout, and I can assure
you we all (No. 1 Coy.) lament his loss.” Like his father he was a
fine swimmer and at the close of the season of 1914, stood second for
the average prize of the Otter Swimming Club. He was also a keen Rugby
football player and a member of the Ealing Rugby Football Club.
[Illustration: =Colin A. Webster.=]
=WEBSTER, HARRY=, Electrical Artificer, 2nd Class, 347541, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WEBSTER, JESSE=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 201748, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WEDDERBURN, ROBERT HAMILTON MACLAGAN=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd (Reserve),
attd. 1st Battn., The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), yst. _s._
of the Rev. Laurence Craigie Maclagan Wedderburn, Minister of the
United Free Church of Scotland, at Madderty, Crieff, by his wife,
Gertrude Elizabeth, dau. of the late Lt.-Col. James Maxwell, C.B.,
sometime Acting Governor of the Gold Coast; _b._ Madderty Free
Church Manse, co. Perth, 30 April, 1893; educ. at George Watson’s
College, Edinburgh, and Edinburgh University (M.A. April, 1914); was
L.-Corpl. in his school O.T.C., and Sergt. of the machine-gun team of
the University O.T.C., and obtained Certificates A and B; gazetted
2nd Lieut. from the Special Reserve of officers, to 3rd Cameronians,
15 Aug. 1914; joined in Sept, and trained with them at the Nigg Camp,
Ross-shire; left for Rouen in charge of 95 men, 1 Jan. 1915, was there
attached to the 1st Cameronians then in the trenches near Armentières,
and was killed in action in the trenches near Bois Grenier early in the
morning of 3 Feb. following; _unm._ Buried beside Capt. Stirling
in the village of Bois Grenier. His Commanding Officer, Lieut.-Col. P.
N. Robertson, C.M.G., wrote: “Owing to the very short time he was with
us, I had not seen your son personally very much, but I am informed
that he was most keen in his work, and always did his very best to
carry out efficiently every duty that was given him to do. He was at
the time superintending the erection of a traverse of sandbags in the
trenches, when he was shot through the brain by one of the enemy’s
snipers,” and the Officer Commanding 3rd Battn., Major Luard, published
the following order: “It is with the deepest regret that the Commanding
Officer has to announce the death (killed in action) of 2nd Lieut. R.
H. M. Wedderburn, of this Battn., and at the time serving with the 1st
Battn. Though the late 2nd Lieut. Wedderburn was comparatively a short
time with his battn., he was well-known for his exceptional keenness
and the loss to this battn. is deeply felt by all.”
=WEEDON, SYDNEY CHARLES=, Private, No. 1102, 1/4th Battn. (Signal
Section) Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._
of Albert Weedon, of 23, Scott Street, Maidstone, by his wife,
Alice Celia, dau. of John Fryer, of Maidstone, _b._ Maidstone,
co. Kent, 19 Aug. 1892; educ. St. Paul’s School there; was a Wire
Mattress Maker; joined the R.W.K. Regt. early in 1911; went to India
29 Oct. 1914, and died on foreign service at Jubbulpore, India, 27
May, 1915, of septicæmia, contracted from drinking water from a
native well; _unm._ He was buried in the English Cemetery there,
with full military honours; a marble cross erected by the officers,
non-commissioned officers and men of his Coy. marks the grave. The
Officer Commanding the signal section wrote: “He was in my Signal
Section, and was one of the best and keenest signallers I had. He and
his brother have been of very great assistance to me, always ready
to do anything and always doing it thoroughly and well.” Two of his
brothers are now (1916) on service: Pte. Leonard Weedon and L.-Corpl.
Percy Weedon, both with the Royal West Kent Regt.
[Illustration: =Sydney C. Weedon.=]
=WEEDS, JAMES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 11520, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=WEEKES, JOHN=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 9369), 296881, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=WELBURN, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 6663, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards; _s._ of Thomas Welburn, of Weaverthorpe, Sherbarn Eke,
York, by his wife, Louisa, dau. of the late Thomas Swain; _b._
Allerston Marshes, Pickering, 9 Feb. 1889; educ. Sledmere; enlisted 25
Feb. 1904, served three years with the Colours, then passed into the
Reserve, and was for some time in the Huddersfield Police Force and at
the time of the outbreak of war was an attendant at the County Asylum,
Rainhill, near Liverpool; he was called up on mobilization 5 Aug. 1914,
and was killed in action at Rentel, Belgium, 30 Oct. 1914, by the
bursting of a shell; _unm._
[Illustration: =Arthur Welburn.=]
=WELBY, RICHARD WILLIAM GREGORY=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Grenadier
Guards, elder _s._ and _h._ of Sir Charles Glynne Earle
Welby, of Denton Manor, Grantham, 5th Bt., C.B., formerly M.P. for
Newark; by his wife, Lady Maria Louisa Helen, sister of Frederick
William Fane, 4th Marquis of Bristol, and elder dau. of the late Lord
Augustus Hervey; _b._ Denton Manor, 16 Oct. 1888; educ. Eton and
Christ Church, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 23 Feb. 1910, and promoted
Lieut. 24 May, 1911; went to France with his battn. which formed part
of the 4th (Guards) Brigade, 12 Aug. 1914; took part in the retreat
from Mons, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 16
Sept. 1914; _unm._ Buried in Soupir Churchyard, near Vailly on the
Aisne. The Officer Commanding his battn. wrote: “We have been fighting
a hard battle and had a very severe action on Tuesday, when Dick Welby
was wounded in the shoulder. We were very short of officers owing to
our heavy casualties, and every officer of Dick’s coy. had been killed
or wounded. He very pluckily insisted on remaining at duty (instead of
going to the hospital) to help us through the difficulty, and remained
at duty during the following day; on the third day we got a terrible
shelling and poor Dick was killed. I can’t tell you how we all deplore
Dick’s loss, nor how gallantly he did his duty to the end.” Lieut.
Welby was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 8
Oct [London Gazette, 19 Oct.] 1914.
[Illustration: =Richard W. G. Welby.=]
=WELCH, GEORGE RICHARD=, Leading Seaman, 190986, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WELCH, WALTER GEORGE FREDERIC=, Lieut., 117th Battery, Royal
Field Artillery, only _s._ of Reginald Courtenay Welch, for
twenty years Principal of the Army College, Heath End, Farnham,
near Aldershot, by his wife, Adeline Charlotte, dau. of the late
Abingdon Compton; _b._ Hyde Park, London, 7 March, 1890; educ.
Charterhouse; The Army College, Farnham, and the Royal Military
Academy, Woolwich (passed in 25th on list, Jan. 1909); gazetted 2nd
Lieut. R.F.A., 22 July, 1910, and posted to 127th Battery at Bordon;
went to Depôt at Preston, Jan. 1913, and was promoted Lieut. 23
July following. On mobilization he was attached to the 44th Brigade
Ammunition Column; went to France 21 Aug. 1914, where he was, shortly
after his arrival, posted to the 117th Battery, 26th Brigade, R.F.A.
(1st Division), and took part in the fighting on the Aisne and in
Flanders. He was killed in action while fighting his guns about 1,000
yards south of Veldhock, E.S.E. of Ypres, on the evening of 30 Oct.
1914; _unm._ His Commanding Officer wrote of him: “He was the life
and soul of our little mess: a keen and a good soldier. We buried him
alongside the guns he had fought”; and one of those who served under
him wrote: “Mr. Welch was always very popular with the men, especially
so in action.” Lieut. Welch was a keen football player and on one
occasion at the Front took part in a match played behind the firing
line, which was interrupted by a German bombardment and resumed when
the fire died down.
[Illustration: =Walter George F. Welch.=]
=WELCH, WALTER LEONARD=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./15266, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WELCH, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Armourer’s Crew, M. 5907, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WELCHMAN, EDWARD THEODORE, D.S.O.=, Capt., 1st Battn. West
Yorkshire Regt., 2nd _s._ of Edward Welchman, of Carshalton,
L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., formerly of Heckington, Lincolnshire, by his wife,
Alice, dau. of James Singleton; _b._ Southea, co. Cambridge, 21
July, 1881; educ. Sleaford Grammar School and Sandhurst; gazetted
2nd Lieut. 2nd West Yorkshires, 11 Aug. 1900; and promoted Lieut. 20
March, 1902, and Capt. 7 March, 1910; served in the South African War,
1901–2; took part in the operations in the Transvaal, April, 1901, to
31 May, 1902 [Despatches, London Gazette, 17 Jan. 1902; Queen’s medal
with three clasps, D.S.O.], and with the 1st Battn. in the Mohmand
Expedition, 1908 (medal with clasp). On his return home he joined the
3rd Reserve Battn. at York, but on the outbreak of war rejoined the 1st
Battn.; went to France, 1 Oct. 1914, and died 26 Oct. following, at the
Base Hospital, Boulogne, of wounds received at Le Paradis on the 20th.
Buried Boulogne Hospital Cemetery; _unm._ Capt. Welchman had a
fine record, and numberless letters bear the highest testimony to his
character and attainments. He was a keen sportsman, and very popular
in both his regt. and outside it. He qualified for the Staff College,
Camberley, which he entered Jan. 1914.
=WELFARE, HAROLD CUTHBERT=, Sergt., No. 1341, 1/1st Sussex
Yeomanry (T.F.), _s._ of John Henry Welfare, of St. Elliott’s,
Crowborough, Farmer, by his wife, Emily, dau. of William Boarer, of
Boarshead, Sussex; _b._ Crowborough, co. Sussex, 6 Oct. 1892;
educ. King Charles’ School, Tunbridge Wells; was for some time in a
solicitor’s office; afterwards returned to his father’s farm; joined
the Sussex Yeomanry in 1910; volunteered for foreign service in
Aug. 1914, on the outbreak of war, and the same month was promoted
L.-Sergt., Aug. 1915, and Sergt. 6 Oct. 1915, the day before landing
at Gallipoli. He took part in the fighting there during Oct., Nov.
and Dec., and was almost the last man of the Brigade to leave on the
evacuation on 1 Jan. 1916. He died in the Island of Lemnos, 28 Jan.
1916, from heart failure while leading in a Brigade Marathon Race, and
was buried there in Portianos Cemetery with full Military Honours. A
memorial cross was subscribed for and erected by his comrades. His
chief officer, Major H. Powell-Edwards, wrote: “I would rather have
lost anyone in my squadron sooner than him. He was a most capable
soldier, cheerful under all circumstances, and a tower of strength
in hard times. He died in the service of his country, and was in his
life a gallant soldier and a gentleman whom England could ill spare.”
At King Charles’ School he was head boy and capt. of the school XI,
and afterwards captained Crowborough Football Club and held the
Regimental Cross Country Championship. He also took a great interest
in the Boy Scout movement and was Scoutmaster of the 1st Crowborough
Coy. He _m._ at Withyham St. John, 21 Sept. 1914, Marjorie Ursula
(Crowborough House, Crowborough), dau. of the late Thomas Warmington,
Headmaster of Sir Henry Fermor’s School, Crowborough; _s.p._
=WELHAM, JAMES=, Seaman, R.N.R., 5330A, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WELLER, CHARLES GEORGE=, Officer’s Cook, 1st Class, L. 837,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WELLER, EDWARD JOHN=, Corpl., No. 8/124, North Otago Regt., New
Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Edward Weller; _b._
Ardgowan, Oamaru, New Zealand, 9 Dec. 1893; educ. Ardgowan School. He
was a member of the New Zealand Territorial Force, and when the war
broke out was one of the first to volunteer, and left with the main
Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at Gallipoli, 27 April,
1915; _unm._ Corpl. Weller was a good shot and won the markman’s
badge.
[Illustration: =Edward John Weller.=]
=WELLER, JACK=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2414), 181557, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WELLS, ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7240), S.S.
102191, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WELLS, ERNEST MAURICE=, Private, No. 8131, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 3rd _s._ of Daniel Wells, of Whetstone, co. Leicester,
Hosiery Hand, by his wife, Katherine, dau. of Joseph Wale; _b._
Whetstone aforesaid, 27 Feb. 1888; educ. National School there; was
a Shore Hand; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 29 Oct. 1908; went to
France, and was killed in action at Cuinchy, 1 Feb. 1915. Buried in the
Cemetery there. He _m._ at Blaby Baptist Church, 25 Dec. 1912,
Annie E. (Auburn Road, Blaby, Leicester), dau. of William Sabin, of
Blaby, and had a daughter, Annie Wells, _b._ 20 Dec. 1913.
[Illustration: =Ernest Maurice Wells.=]
=WELLS, FRANCIS=, Stoker, H.M.S. Good Hope.; lost in action off
Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WELLS, FREDERICK PENNSON=, Sergt., R.M.L.I., Ch./13273, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=WELLS, HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111410, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WELLS, HARRY STEPHEN=, Telegraphist, J. 8634, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WELLS, JOHN DOUGLAS=, Private, No. 6438, 3rd. Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of the late John Wells, by his wife, Margaret, dau.
of George Edward Meacock; _b._ Clerkenwell, 12 Jan. 1884; enlisted
13 Dec. 1905, and was killed in action at St. Julien, during the Battle
of Ypres, 21 Oct. 1914, being buried in the Eastern Cemetery at Ypres.
He _m._ at St. Paul’s, Newington, S.E., 24 Dec. 1911, Rose (51,
Meadow Road, Clapham Road, S.W.), dau. of Frederick Brazier Smith, and
had two children: Jack Douglas, _b._ 11 Nov. 1914, and Rose Kitty,
_b._ 28 Dec. 1912.
[Illustration: =John Douglas Wells.=]
=WELLS, JOHN THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1155), 140773, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WELLS, WILLIAM APPLEYARD=, Corpl. of Horse, No. 1385, Royal Horse
Guards (The Blues), _s._ of William Appleyard Wells, of Grasmere,
Fairbolt Road, Stamford Hill, Merchant, by his wife, Annie Matilda,
dau. of Henry Scott; _b._ Tottenham, N., 21 Aug. 1890; educ.
Cowper Street, City Road; enlisted in the Royal Horse Guards, 30 Nov.
1909, was promoted Corpl. Sept. 1914; served with his regt. in France
and Flanders, and was killed in action at Verbuden Molen, Flanders, 6
Nov. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Appleyard Wells.=]
=WELLS, WILLIAM JOHN=, Chief Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. A. 1914), 160507,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WELSFORD, ARTHUR HADDEN=, Private, No. 974, Honourable Artillery
Coy., 3rd and yst. _s._ of the late Richard Sherring Welsford, of
6, The Orchard, Blackheath, Coffee Planter in Ceylon, by his wife, Jane
Elizabeth (The Cottage, Semaphore Road, Guildford), dau. of the late
James Alexander Hadden, of Bittacy House, Mill Hill, Hendon; _b._
Blackheath, London, S.E., 30 Oct. 1891; educ. Blackheath School, and
St. Dunstan’s, Catford; was a clerk in the office of Messrs. G. W.
Dawes & Co. 5, Lothbury, E.C.; volunteered and joined the H.A.C. the
day war was declared, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 18 Sept. 1914, and
was killed in the trenches in Flanders, 2 June, 1915, while repairing
some wire on a parapet for which work he had volunteered; _unm._
He was buried in the cemetery of the Elsenwalla Château, near
Dickebusch.
[Illustration: =Arthur Hadden Welsford.=]
=WELSH, DAVID FERGUSON=, Engine Room Artificer, R.N.R., 1198 E.A.,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WELTON, WILLIAM JOBSON=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2722),
283951, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WENDOVER, ALBERT EDWARD CHARLES ROBERT WYNN-CARRINGTON=,
Viscount, 2nd Lieut., Royal Horse Guards (The Blues), only _s._
and heir of Charles Robert, 1st Marquis of Lincolnshire, K.G., joint
Lord Great Chamberlain of England, by his wife, the Hon. Cecilia
Margaret, née Harbord, Lady of the Bedchamber to H.M. Queen Alexandra,
eldest dau. of Charles, 5th Baron Suffield, K.C.B.; _b._ London,
24 April, 1895 (H.M. King Edward VII., sponsor); educ. Eton and
Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Horse Guards, 15 Aug. 1914; went
to France, 8 March, 1915, and was mortally wounded, 13 May, 1915, in
the charge of the 8th Cavalry Brigade (The Blues, the 10th Hussars and
the Essex Yeomanry), near Hooge, during the Second Battle of Ypres, and
died in hospital at Boulogne on the 19th; _unm._ Buried in Moulsoe
Churchyard, Bucks.
=WENHAM, CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111369, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WEST, ANDREW=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 3964, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WEST, FREDERICK=, L.-Corpl., S./6056, 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt.;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 14
Nov. 1914.
=WEST, FREDERICK=, Private, G. 4447, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex
Regt., _s._ of Frederick West, of Bishops Hall Lodge, Romford;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 9 May,
1915.
=WEST, GEORGE=, Private, No. 13792, 1st Battn. Lincolnshire Regt.,
elder _s._ of John George West, of Old Bolingbroke, Spilsby,
co. Lincoln, Labourer, by his wife, Martha (who died 8 June, two
days after her son), dau. of Matthew Ward; _b._ Old Bolingbroke
aforesaid, 31 Oct. 1893; educ. Village School there; enlisted Nov.
1914; went to France, 30 April, 1915, arriving at the Infantry Base, on
Sunday, 2 May, and soon afterwards going into the trenches, and died
in No. 4 General Hospital, Versailles, 6 June, 1915, of brain fever,
following gunshot wound in the head, received in action, 28 May, 1915;
_unm._ Buried in the General Cemetery, Versailles (G.R.C. 3378).
[Illustration: =George West.=]
=WEST, HERBERT GIDEON=, Private, No. 9527, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 2nd _s._ of John West, of Silver Street, Steeple Ashton,
near Trowbridge, Farmer, by his wife, Annie, dau. of John Kingman;
_b._ Steeple Ashton, co. Wilts, 18 Jan. 1895; educ. National
School there; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 18 March, 1912; went to
France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Rentel, 6 Nov. 1914;
_unm._ Buried in Rentel Woods.
[Illustration: =Herbert Gideon West.=]
=WEST, HERBERT WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman, 197482, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WEST, ROBERT JOHN=, Gunner, R.M.A., 10382, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WEST, WILFRED SCRIMSHAW=, L.-Corpl., No. 10886, 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards, yr. _s._ of Edward Scrimshaw West, of Yarwell,
Peterborough, Entire Horse Proprietor, by his wife, Elizabeth Anne,
dau. of Robert Spiers, of Eye, Peterborough; _b._ Wood Newton, co.
Northants, 23 Nov. 1894; educ. Yarwell; volunteered on the outbreak
of war, and enlisted, 8 Aug. 1914; went to France, Oct. 1914; was
promoted L.-Corpl. in Sept., and was killed in action at Givenchy, 22
Dec. 1914, when the Coldstreams suffered heavily from concealed German
machine-guns. He was a keen all-round sportsman; was a member of the
choir at the Parish Church, and the Chaplain wrote saying what a help
he had been to him in organising the open-air services.
[Illustration: =Wilfred Scrimshaw West.=]
=WEST, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7810),
S.S. 103265, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=WEST, WILLIAM FRANK=, Private, N. 823, 5th, attd. 1st, Battn.
(London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest and only
surviving _s._ of Frank Albert West, of 111, Townsend Road,
Southall, by his wife, Louisa Maria, dau. of Mathew Henry Leagas;
_b._ Dalston, London, 17 March, 1890; educ. The Grocers’ Company
School, Hackney Downs, N.E. and Islington Day Training College; was
Assistant Master at St. Clement’s Church of England School, Notting
Hill, but joined the London Rifle Brigade after the outbreak of war, 9
Sept. 1914; went to France with the 1st draft to join the 1st battn.
25 Jan. 1915, and died at Netley Hospital, Southampton, 12 May, 1915,
after undergoing three serious operations, one being the amputation of
his leg, rendered necessary by wounds received in action at the Battle
of St. Julien, 25 April, 1915; _unm._ He was a keen athlete, fond
of all games and sports; he held three silver medals for football, and
the bronze Medallion and certificate for life saving.
[Illustration: =William Frank West.=]
=WEST, WILLIAM HENRY=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class, 199111, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FAZAKERLEY-WESTBY, GILBERT BASIL JOCELYN=, Capt., 9th Battn.
(Queen Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of
Capt. Jocelyn Tate Fazakerley-Westby, of Mowbreck Hall, Kirkham, and
Whitehall, Great Eccleston, late Royal Scots Greys and Lancashire
Hussars, D.L., J.P., Lancashire, by his wife, Beatrice, 3rd dau. of
Thomas Barlow Jarvis, of Swinnerton Park, Lancashire, and Croft Lodge,
near Ambleside, Westmoreland; _b._ Grosvenor Street, Grosvenor
Square, London, W., 27 April, 1881; was christened in Aug. 1881, at
the Roman Catholic Church, The Willows, Kirkham, Lancashire, by the
Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Liverpool; educ. St. Charles’ Roman
Catholic College; entered the Queen Victoria’s Rifles as 2nd Lieut. 23
July, 1911; and promoted Lieut. 23 July, 1913, and Capt. Dec. 1914;
volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France,
4 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action during the fighting at Hill 60
on the night of 20–21 April, 1915, on which occasion Queen Victoria’s
Rifles brilliantly distinguished themselves; _unm._ His Commanding
Officer wrote: “I cannot speak too highly of your son; all ranks loved
and respected him. His fortitude and forbearance during that terrible
week was an example to the whole regt. and never to be forgotten.” He
was a good all-round sportsman, a dead shot with the pistol, and the
holder of five silver cups and seven other silver articles as prizes
for shooting and rowing, etc.
[Illustration: =G. B. J. Fazakerley-Westby.=]
=WESTERN, WILLIAM CHARLES=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 230364,
Devonport, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine,
about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WESTLAKE, JOHN LUKE=, Corpl., No. 3235, 1/14th Battn. (London
Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Thomas Treliving
Westlake, of 3, Woburn Terrace, Tavistock, retired Prison official,
by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Luke Knight, of Gunnislake; _b._
Princetown, co. Devon, 11 Feb. 1883; educ. Princetown Public School and
Tavistock Grammar School; was apprenticed to the ironmongery business
on leaving there, and was subsequently in the employ of Messrs.
Helliwell, Ltd., of Dudley, as a Traveller; gave up this position and
joined the 2nd London Scottish on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914;
was promoted to the rank of Sergt. in Dec. following, but in Aug.
1915, when volunteers for the 1st Battn. were called for, he offered
himself, sacrificing his rank as sergt., and, crossing over to Rouen
on the 18th of that month, joined the 1st Battn. as a Private. He took
part in the Battle of Loos on 25 Sept., in which, though his company
suffered severe losses, he was unwounded, and assisted in capturing and
bringing in some prisoners. For his conduct on this occasion, he was
restored to the rank of Corpl. He was killed in action on 13 Oct. 1915,
while gallantly leading his men in an attack upon the German trenches
near Loos, death being instantaneous; _unm._ His Coy. Commander,
Capt. H. L. Seyer, wrote: “I find it difficult to tell you in what high
regard Corpl. Westlake was held. I looked upon him as one of my coming
men, a worthy successor of many fine non-commissioned officers who have
left me to take commissions in this and other regts. His conduct at our
severe engagement on 25 Sept. was beyond all praise, and his untimely
end whilst leading his men on 13 Oct. is an enormous loss to me, his
coy. and the whole battn. Your son was quite close to me when he fell,
and I can vouch that he was killed quite instantaneously. It is such
men as Corpl. Westlake who add lustre to the fame of the British Army
and more particularly to the regt. to which they belong.”
[Illustration: =John Luke Westlake.=]
=WESTMACOTT, ERIC WALTER POYNTZ=, Lieut., Royal Navy, H.M.S.
Arethusa, yr. _s._ of Edgell Edward Westmacott, of Udney Place,
Teddington, by his wife, Marian Charlotte Isabel, dau. of Innes Colin
Munro, of Poyntzfield, late Capt. His Majesty’s 12th Regt.; _b._
Teddington, co. Middlesex, 23 June, 1887; educ. J. Williams-White’s
School for the Navy, Bognor, and H.M.S. Britannia; became Midshipman,
30 Jan. 1904; promoted Sub-Lieut. 30 March, 1907, and Lieut. 30 Jan.
1909, went to India in H.M.S. Argyll, one of the cruisers which
escorted the King Emperor on the occasion of his visit to India after
his Coronation; served as signal Lieut. to Commodore R. Y. Tyrwhitt,
C.B., of the 1st Destroyer Flotilla, on the outbreak of war, and
accompanied him when he transferred his flag to the Arethusa two days
before the Battle off the Bight of Heligoland, 28 Aug. 1914, in which
engagement he was killed. Commodore Tyrwhitt in his Despatch, said:
“Lieut. Eric W. P. Westmacott (Signal Officer) was killed at my side
during this action. I cannot refrain from adding that he carried out
his duties calmly and collectedly, and was of the greatest assistance
to me.” And he wrote to Mrs. Westmacott: “I can’t tell you how sorry
I am and how splendid he was. He was standing next me on the bridge,
and was so jolly and cheerful under a terrific fire. He had just
said, ‘By Jove, they have got our range,’ which was true as we were
in a regular inferno at the time, when he was hit ... his death being
instantaneous.” Capt. Cecil Lambert, Fourth Sea Lord, wrote: “By the
death of your husband the Service has lost a very gallant and valuable
officer, and I have lost a personal friend, for whom I had a sincere
admiration and affection.” Lieut. Westmacott was a fine hockey player,
and in three successive years represented the Navy in their annual
match with the Army. He _m._ at St. Andrew’s Church, Heybridge,
Essex, 6 Aug. 1912, Dorothy, eldest dau. of Edmund Ernest Bentall, of
The Towers, Heybridge, and had a son, Innes Bentall, _b._ 20 Sept.
1913. His brother, Richard Innes Edgell Westmacott, Sergt. 1st Scots
Guards, was killed in action in France, 25 Jan. 1915.
[Illustration: =Eric W. P. Westmacott.=]
=WESTMACOTT, SPENCER RUSCOMBE=, Lieut., Prince of Wales’ Leinster
Regt. (Royal Canadians), 4th _s._ of the Rev. Walter Westmacott,
Vicar of Probus and Hon. Canon of Truro, by his wife, Helen Maria Maud,
dau. of John Austin Madeley, of Wood Hall, Salop, J.P.; _b._
29 Jan. 1890; educ. Marlborough College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. to the Leinsters, 6 Nov. 1909, and promoted Lieut. 24 Jan. 1912;
seconded for “Grass Farm” work in India, 5 Nov. 1913, but rejoined his
regt. on the outbreak of war; went to France, Nov. 1914, and was killed
in action near Ypres, 8 May, 1915; _unm._ His five brothers are
(1916) or have been on active service. 2nd Lieut. John L. Westmacott,
R.E., wounded in head, lost an eye in France, April, 1915; 2nd Lieut.
Horatio Westmacott, R.N., H.M.S. Agincourt; 2nd Lieut. Rupert W.
Westmacott, enlisted in New Zealand Auckland Contingent, got his
commission in Gallipoli, where he lost his left leg. 2nd Lieut. Peter
G. Westmacott, joined 4th D.C.L.I., and afterwards exchanged into 31st
Punjabis; 2nd Lieut. Wilfred A. Westmacott, 9th West Yorks, invalided
home from Gallipoli with enteric, has returned to duty.
=WESTON, CHARLES WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3928), 212186, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=WESTON, GEORGE EDWARD=, Sergt.-Major, No. 851, 2nd Battn.
Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Samuel Weston, of 3, East
Street, Oadby, Leicestershire, Bricklayer, by his wife, Maria, dau. of
John Folwell; _b._ Wigston, co. Leicester, 15 March, 1873; educ.
Evington School, co. Leicester; enlisted 2nd Battn. West Yorkshire
Regt. June 1889, and served 21 years with the Colours, rising to the
rank of Sergt.; went to Australia, Aug. 1910, where he was working on
Sheep Farm; volunteered on the outbreak of War in Aug. 1914, and joined
the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, being appointed Sergt.-Major;
left for Egypt with the second reinforcements, and was killed in action
in Gallipoli, 10 May, 1915 following. During the period he was in
the West Yorks. he served in Ireland, China, India and South Africa,
altogether serving 21 years, finishing with a life pension.
[Illustration: =George Edward Weston.=]
=WESTON, GEORGE HENRY=, Private, No. 8/1103, 14th Otago Infantry,
New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of John Weston, Carpenter;
_b._ Wellington, New Zealand, 6 April, 1894; educ. there, was
connected with the Wellington Boys’ Institute; volunteered on the
outbreak of war, and enlisted in the Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug.
1914, was for some time in the 5th Wellington Battn., but was later
transferred to the 14th Otago Infantry; served in Egypt; took part in
the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, and was killed in action
there, 8 May, 1915; _unm._
=WESTWOOD, ALEXANDER CLEGHORN=, Lieut., 1/7th (Fife) Battn. The
Black Watch, Royal Highlanders (T.F.), only _s._ of Alexander
Westwood, of Linley, Cupar, J.P., Bookseller and Publisher, by his
wife, Helen Ramsay, dau. of Alexander Cleghorn; _b._ Cupar,
15 May, 1894; educ. Bell-Baxter School, Cupar, and George Watson’s
College, Edinburgh, and was associated with his father in business.
At college he was an enthusiastic member of the Cadet Corps, and
joined the Cupar Coy. of the 7th Battn. Black Watch in May, 1911. He
was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 20 May, 1914, and promoted Lieut. Oct. 1914.
During the whole of his three years service in the ranks he was a
member of the machine-gun section, and in May 1915, Lieut. Westwood was
appointed machine-gun officer of his battn. He was killed in action
by shell fire, while holding trenches captured from the Germans at
Festubert, 16 June, 1915; _unm._ Lieut.-Col. H. M. Allen, D.S.O.,
Officer Commanding the 1/7th Black Watch, wrote to his father: “On
my own behalf I should like to testify to the extremely high opinion
in which your son was held by his brother officers and by the men.
He had rendered invaluable service as machine-gun officer, and, both
as an officer and a comrade, his loss will be severely felt by us
all. It will be some consolation to you to know that his death was
instantaneous and painless, and that he met it with the greatest
courage, nobly doing his duty in a manner worthy of the best traditions
of the British Army.” Lieut. Westwood was a keen sportsman, and took
part in the matches of the local hockey club whenever business allowed
him, playing in not a few Association fixtures. While training at
Kinghorn he played Rugby for the garrison as well as Soccer for E
Coy. He was a keen motor-cyclist; while another hobby was that of a
poultry farmer, an interest which led him to act for some time as Joint
Secretary of the Cupar Ornithological Society.
[Illustration: =Alexander C. Westwood.=]
=WESTWOOD, JOHN=, Gunner, R.M.A., 12264, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WETTON, HENRY=, Band-Sergt., No. 9133, 2nd Battn. Middlesex
Regt., _s._ of the late Thomas Allen Wetton; _b._ Hounslow,
co. Middlesex, 3 April, 1889; educ. Spring Grove, Isleworth; enlisted
in the 2nd Middlesex, 1903; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France, and was killed in action at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 10
March. 1915; _unm._
=WHARTON, HAROLD=, Private, No. 9696, St. John’s Ambulance
Brigade, R.N.R., _s._ of Ernest Wharton, of 4, Springfield
Terrace, Crumlin, Dublin, Ordnance Surveyor, by his wife, Susannah,
dau. of Richard Pughe; _b._ Llanfyllin, co. Montgomery, 23 Sept.
1894; educ. Holy Trinity (Nat. School), Cork; was Lieut. in the 15th
Coy. Boys’ Brigade, Dublin, and joined the St. John’s Ambulance Brigade
in Oct. 1913. On the 5th Oct. 1914 he was appointed to H.M. hospital
ship Munich (sailing between Southampton and Calais) as Sick Bay
Attendant. He was transferred to H.M.S. Bayano on 28 Dec. 1914, and was
lost when that ship was torpedoed, 11 March, 1915.
[Illustration: =Harold Wharton.=]
=WHARTON, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13459 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WHATLEY=, FRANK, Petty Officer (C.G.), 142041 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WHATLEY, SIDNEY JOHN=, L.-Corpl., No. 8919, 1st Coy. 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards, 2nd _s._ of George Robert Whatley, Attendant
Norfolk County Asylum, Thorpe, Norwich, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau.
of the late Robart Carver, Yelverton, Norfolk; _b._ Postwick,
Norwich, 6 Nov. 1892; educ. Thorpe St. Andrew’s School there; enlisted
at Norwich, 13 June, 1910, and was killed in action at the Battle of
the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914, being shot through the head; _unm._
[Illustration: =Sidney John Whatley.=]
=WHEAT, GEORGE ALFRED=, Signalman, 239001, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WHEATLEY, ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4402), S.S.
103386, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WHEELER, CLIFFORD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 982), 186074, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WHEELER, LLOYD CHARLES=, Gunner, R.M.A., 9442 (R.F.R., I.C. 81),
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=WHEELER, WILLIAM FREDERICK=, Gunner, R.M.A., 8118 (R.F.R., I.C.
29), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WHEELER, WILLIAM JOHN=, L.-Corpl., No. 8638, 2nd Battn. The Royal
Scots, _s._ of William John Wheeler, by his wife, Maria; _b._
Kingston-on-Thames, 12 July, 1880; educ. Public School there; was a
House Decorator; enlisted in the Royal Scots, 7 Oct. 1903; served at
Glencorse and in India; went to France, 26 Aug., and was killed in
action at Vailly, during the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914; being
buried there. He _m._ at Kingston, 19 Oct. 1908, Charlotte Madge
(18, Royal Oak Road, Woking), 2nd dau. of Arthur Hillier; _s.p._
=WHELAN, BERNARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9861), S.S.
107270, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WHENNELL, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7812), S.S.
103273, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WHETLOR, ARTHUR CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6180), 214591,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WHICHELLO, RICHARD WILLIAM=, Sergt., R.M.A. 7928, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WHICHER, FREDERICK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1521), 206022, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WHILES, SIDNEY HERBERT=, Rifleman, No. 1886, 12th Battn. (The
Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of William Herbert
Whiles, of 70, Northcote Road, Walthamstow, late Private, No. 6824,
Army Service Corps (served with the Expeditionary Force in France,
etc., and was discharged April 1916, owing to injury to eye), by his
wife, Margaret, dau. of John Steuber; _b._ Leytonstone, 19 Nov.
1896; educ. Forest Road Council School, Walthamstow, and Walthamstow
Higher Elementary School, at both of which he gained prizes for
mathematics, and also showed proficiency in Art and Divinity; became
a clerk in the National Amalgamated Insurance Society; joined the
Rangers, Jan. 1914, and volunteered for Imperial Service on the
outbreak of war; went to France with the first draft for his battn.
which formed part of the 11th Brigade (4th Division), and was killed in
action near the village of Fortuin during the Second Battle of Ypres,
26 April; _unm._ Buried at Fortuin. His Commander wrote: That he
was a gallant soldier throughout and that he personally regretted his
loss, as he had frequently accompanied the officer on billet finding
expeditions, in which his knowledge of French enabled him to act as
interpreter. A brass plate to his memory was placed in the church of
St. Michael and All Angels, Walthamstow (where he was a chorister for
eight years), by his old comrades.
[Illustration: =Sidney Herbert Whiles.=]
=WHISKIN, ERNEST CHARLES=, Coy.-Quartermaster-Sergt. 16th (Queen’s
Westminster Rifles) Battn. The London Regt (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the
late Charles Frederick Whiskin, by his wife, Susanna Agnes; _b._
Aylesbury, co. Bucks, 13 May, 1870, and educated there. He joined the
Queen’s Westminster Rifles in 1892, and in 1908, when the Territorial
Force was formed, he continued his service in the same regt. Holding
an important position at Messrs. Jas. Shoolbred & Co., Ltd., he was
for many years a Sergt. in the firm’s Company, which rank he held
when the Battn. left for France on 1 Nov. 1914. His was the first
company to take over a fire trench on the 14th of that month, when
they relieved B Coy. of the East Yorkshires at Burnt-out Farm, near
Gris Pot, he being at the time No. 1 Platoon Sergt. He was promoted
to Coy.-Quartermaster-Sergt. 26 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action
at Houplines, Flanders, 3 May following. C.Q.M.S. Whiskin had the
Volunteer Long Service medal, and received mention by his Colonel for
good service in France; he was a good shot, and was held in high esteem
by his officers, brother N.C.Os. and men. He _m._ at St. Pancras,
Marylebone Road, London, 6 Sept. 1902, Annie Ethel (Bancroft, Powys
Lane, Palmer’s Green, N.), dau. of Henry Barham, of Hitchin, and had
two daughters: Agnes Nora, _b._ 19 July, 1903; and Winifred Ethel,
_b._ 30 May, 1906.
[Illustration: =Ernest Charles Whiskin.=]
=WHITAKER, CHARLES=, A.B., 239469, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action
in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WHITAKER, HAROLD=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Rifle Brigade, eldest
_s._ of Arthur Whitaker, of 52, Cadogan Square, S.W., by his wife,
Emily, dau. of Charles Wilkin; _b._ London, 22 Sept. 1885; educ.
Westgate-on-Sea (Mr. E. M. Hawtrey), Eton (Mr. E. Impey’s House),
and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (from which he passed out
first of the Infantry candidates of his term in 1904); gazetted 2nd
Lieut. 2nd Rifle Brigade, 4 June, 1904, and promoted Lieut. 15 Sept.
1907, and Capt. 21 Sept. 1913; served in Egypt, the Sudan and India,
was Assistant Provost Marshal of the Delhi Durbar, 1911 (medal);
returned to England with his regt. in Oct. 1914; went to France, 5 Nov.
following, and was killed in action near Fauquissart on the night of
1–2 Dec. 1914, when, after visiting his sentries he had gone forward
alone about 1.30 a.m. to reconnoitre, it having been surmised that
fresh German troops had taken up positions in front of our line of
trenches. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and an
ardent explorer and keen big game shot. Besides expeditions on the
White Nile, in Kashmir and Mesopotamia, he returned to India in 1908
through Russia, Central Asia and Turkestan, the latter part of this
journey he made with native following only, which no English traveller
had done before crossing 23 passes over 10,000 feet high, the highest
being the Karakorum, 18,317 feet above sea level. He _m._ at
Grayshott, co. Hants, 27 April, 1910, Madeleine Eléonore, dau. of
David de Pury, of Grayshott and Neuchatel, Switzerland, and had two
children: John de Pury, _b._ 10 Oct. 1911; and Lorraine Marie,
_b._ 30 July, 1914. It is feared that his younger brother, Lieut.
Trevor Whitaker, R.N., lost his life on active service in the North
Sea in Jan. 1915. A still younger brother, Capt. and Adjutant Raymond
Whitaker, Rifle Brigade, is now (1916) on active service, attd. to the
R.F.C., and his youngest brother, L.-Corpl Geoffrey Whitaker, is in the
Eton College O.T.C.
[Illustration: =Harold Whitaker.=]
=WHITBY, CHARLES BARRY DOUGLAS=, Private, No. 26022, 14th Battn.
(1st Royal Montreal Regt.), 3rd Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force,
eldest _s._ of Charles Joseph Whitby, of 9, The Paragon, Bath,
M.D. Cantab., by his wife, Clare, dau. of Joseph Hayden; _b._
Cambridge, 13 Nov. 1884; educ. Reading School, went to Canada about
1904, residing first in Montreal, later in Emerson and other places,
then returning to Montreal, where at the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914,
he held a position on the Staff of the “Gazette.” He at once enlisted
and went into training at Valcartier, came to England with the first
Canadian Contingent, and competed his training on Salisbury Plain. He
crossed to Flanders with his Division early in 1915, and took part in
the action at Neuve Chapelle. On 22 April, 1915, the Second Battle of
Ypres was opened by the discharge of poison gas against the Turcos, who
were driven back leaving the Canadian left exposed. On the morning of
the 24th the 14th Battn., shelled out of a shallow dug-out they had
prepared over night, in a field near St. Julien, retreated uphill under
very heavy fire. Near the summit Private Whitby was hit and fell in
a ditch, joking as he fell. He was never seen again by his comrades,
but was officially reported “wounded and missing.” Later a report by
the enemy stated that he had been picked up by them, had died on May
8 or 9, and was buried on Hill 20 (Kersselaare), not far from where
he fell. In letters received from his comrades he was described as
“a splendid soldier, always among the first to offer himself for any
dangerous duty.” While at the front Private Whitby contributed several
descriptive articles on life in the trenches to the “Montreal Gazette.”
[Illustration: =Charles B. D. Whitby.=]
=WHITCHURCH, LESLIE SEDGWICK=, Capt., 21st Prince Albert
Victor’s Own Punjab Cavalry (Frontier Force), Indian Army, attd.
5th Dragoon Guards, 2nd _s._ of the late Rev. Walter Beaumont
Gurney Whitchurch, Rector of Spixworth, Norfolk, by his wife, Margaret
Elizabeth (Old Catton, Norfolk), dau. of (--) Sedgwick; _b._
Lockeridge House, co. Wilts, 6 April, 1880; educ. Marlborough
and Sandhurst, where he took the Queen’s Gold Medal for Military
Proficiency and the Sword of Honour, with six other prizes, and on
passing out, broke the College “record” and was given six months
seniority; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Indian Army, unattd., 19 July, 1899;
entered Indian Staff College, 1 Oct. 1900, and was promoted Lieut. 19
Oct. 1901; and appointed Squadron Officer in 21st Cavalry, 29 May,
1902, and became Capt., 19 July, 1908; served on the N.W. Frontier of
India, Waziristan, 1901–2 (medal with clasp), and also took part in the
operations against the Darwesh Khel Waziris, 1902; was home on leave
when the European War broke out, and at once applied to be attd. to a
British Regt.; trained reserves for the 9th Lancers at Tidworth for a
short time; was sent to France to join 5th Dragoons, 10th Squadron,
and was killed in action at Messines on 31 Oct. following, during the
First Battle of Ypres; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote: “He
was a most gallant and capable officer, and I was most fortunate to
have had him with me. He was killed when most gallantly holding on to
an advanced post which he had occupied with a few men on the edge of
the town, when the enemy made a very determined attack on the town we
were holding. He held on there though the enemy in force were only a
few yards away from him. He was quite dead when I reached him. I grieve
to have to tell you we were unable to bring him back. All I can say is
that it was not possible. I reported especially upon his conduct as
having been most gallant.”
[Illustration: =Leslie S. Whitchurch.=]
=WHITCOMBE, DOUGLAS JAMES AUBREY=, Private, No. 6/176, Canterbury
Infantry Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of
Frederick Whitcombe, of 24, Buckley’s Road, Linwood, Christchurch, New
Zealand, by his wife, Alice, grand. dau. of Lieut.-Col. Mein, C.B.,
of Dumfries; and grandson of John Aubrey Whitcombe, of Hillfield,
Gloucester; _b._ in New Zealand, May, 1893; volunteered on the
outbreak of war; killed in action in Gallipoli, 7 Aug. 1915; _unm._
=WHITCOMBE, GERALD AUBREY=, Trooper, No. 13/750, Auckland Mounted
Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force; 2nd _s._ of George
Whitcombe, of Kawhia, New Zealand; by his wife Margaret Janet, dau.
of Albert West Sedcat, and grandson of John Aubrey Whitcombe, of
Hillfield, Gloucester; _b._ New Zealand, Oct. 1890, volunteered
on the outbreak of war; killed in action in Gallipoli, 8 Aug. 1915;
_unm._
=WHITCOMBE, JOHN=, L.-Corpl., No. 15193, Royal Canadian Dragoons,
only _s._ of Charles Henry Whitcombe, of Sunnyside, Crudwell,
Malmesbury, F.R.C.S., by his wife, May, dau. of Richard Billiald,
of Nottingham, and grandson of John Aubrey Whitcombe, of Hillfield,
Gloucester; _b._ Westerham, co. Kent, 18 May, 1889; educ. the New
School, Halifax, co. York, and the Royal Latin School, co. Bucks; was
for two years in the Eastern Telegraph Co., but went to Canada in 1907
and took up farming at Pilot Mound, Manitoba. On the outbreak of the
European War he joined the Fort Garry Horse, Aug. 1914; came over with
the first contingent in Oct.; went to France in June, 1915, when he was
attached to the Royal Canadian Dragoons; and died near Ploegsteert,
1 July, 1915, of wounds received in action same day; _unm._ He
was buried in the Maple Leaf Military Cemetery, Romarin, near Nieppe,
Belgium.
[Illustration: =John Whitcombe.=]
=WHITE, ALFRED=, Leading Seaman, 200784 Devonport, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WHITE, ALFRED WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 106882, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WHITE, BENJAMIN WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11762, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WHITE, EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 766), 280315,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WHITE, ERNEST=, Signal Boy, J. 24674, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost
when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=WHITE, FREDERICK=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 297650, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WHITE, GEORGE EDWARD=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9578),
203769, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WHITE, GILBERT VICTOR=, Private, No. 871, The Honourable
Artillery Company, yr. _s._ of William Baglin White, of High View,
Sundridge Avenue, Bromley, Kent; _b._ Wood Green, co. Middlesex,
11 Jan. 1893; educ. Quernmore School and Clifton College; volunteered
for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war, and joined the H.A.C. 4
Aug. 1914; went to France in Sept.; was in the trenches from Nov. to
Jan., and died at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, 2 Feb. 1915, of
wounds received in action near Ypres, on 6 Jan. He was shot by a German
sniper while helping to bring in a wounded comrade; _unm._
[Illustration: =Gilbert V. White.=]
=WHITE, HARRY ARTHUR ALBERT=, Ordinary Signalman, J. 11354, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=WHITE, JAMES ERNEST=, Private, No. 287, 5th Battn. (London Rifle
Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of James White, of 2,
Woodside Road, Wood Green, N., by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of Josiah
Briscoe; _b._ London, N., 30 Sept. 1885; educ. Higher Grade
School, Wood Green, N., and Birkbeck College; was a Clerk in the Oceana
Land Co., Ltd.; joined the London Rifle Brigade on the outbreak of war
in Aug. 1914; went to France, 13 March, 1915, and was killed in action
at Zillebeke, 27 April, 1915; _unm._ He was buried at Fortuin.
White took a prominent part in many branches of Church work, was an
enthusiastic ’cellist, and led a small orchestra.
[Illustration: =James Ernest White.=]
=WHITE, LESLIE SPENSER=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal West Kent
Regt., eldest _s._ of Frank Faulder White, of Charlton Road,
Blackheath, F.R.C.S. Eng., by his wife, Eva Dalgairns, dau. of the late
Major J. D. Travers; _b._ Coventry, 21 Sept. 1891; educ. King
Henry VIII’s School there, and Framlingham College; joined the Artists
Rifles immediately on the declaration of war, 5 Aug. 1914; gazetted
2nd Lieut. to the Royal West Kent Regt., 27 Jan. 1915; went to France
in Oct. 1914; served as temp. 2nd Lieut. with the 2nd Royal Scots
Fusiliers in the trenches and was accidentally killed near Ypres, 15
March, 1915, by a bomb explosion, while on active service; _unm._
Buried there.
[Illustration: =Leslie S. White.=]
=WHITE, LLOYD ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9380, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WHITE, LYNTON WOOLMER=, Lieut., 1st King’s Dragoon Guards,
elder _s._ of Woolmer Rudolph Donati White, of Salle Park, co.
Norfolk, and Southleigh Park, co. Hants, J.P., High Sheriff, co.
Norfolk (1914), by his wife, Edith Wittcomb, yr. dau. of George Dawes
Monck, of Hilsea, co. Hants.; _b._ Southsea, 5 May, 1886; educ.
Cheltenham and Trinity College, Cambridge, gazetted 2nd Lieut. 7 May,
1905, and promoted Lieut. 25 March, 1910. Being home on leave when
the war broke out, he was attached to the Queen’s Bays; was severely
wounded in action at the Battle of Nery, 1 Sept. 1914, during the
retreat from Mons and died at the Chateau de Baron, three days later.
He was buried at first in the Chateau grounds and afterwards removed
to the Churchyard. He _m._ at St. Mary Abbott’s, Kensington, 29
June, 1911, Dorothea, only dau. of W. R. Haughton, of Calcutta, V.D.,
M.I.C.E., formerly Engineer-in-Chief Eastern Bengal State Railway;
_s.p._
=WHITE, ROBERT HENRY=, Private, No. 9733, 3rd Battn. (Toronto
Regt.) Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of the late
Robert White, Master Roscrea (Ireland) Union, by his wife, Elizabeth
(44, Dingwall Avenue, Toronto, Canada), dau. of William Proctor, of
Glashare, co. Kilkenny; _b._ Roscrea, co. Tipperary, 8 July, 1895;
educ. National School there; went to Canada in May, 1914, and was a
Sales Clerk; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Canadian
Expeditionary Force at Toronto, about 20 Aug. 1914; left Valcartier for
England with the first contingent 9 Oct. 1914; trained on Salisbury
Plain during the winter of 1914–15; went to France early in Feb. and
was killed in action “in the field between St. Julien and St. Jean,” 23
April, 1915, being shot through the head and killed instantly.
[Illustration: =Robert H. White.=]
=WHITE, WALTER EDWIN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 7921, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WHITE, WILLIAM CHARLES=, Blacksmith’s Mate, M. 5496, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WHITE, WILLIAM CLEMENT=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5261),
181422, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WHITE, WILLIAM DARCY=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 19848, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WHITEFORD, PETER=, Sergt., No. 6965, 2nd Battn. The Queen’s Own
Cameron Highlanders, 4th _s._ of Andrew Whiteford, of Cramond,
by his wife, Hannah Lawrie, dau. of James Black, of Easter Drylaw,
Cramond; _b._ Davidson’s Mains, Cramond, 15 May, 1886; educ.
Davidson’s Mains Public School; enlisted in the Cameron Highlanders at
Edinburgh in 1904, and after a few months in Dublin served three years
in South Africa, two years in China, and two years in India, returning
to England in Jan. 1912. He obtained his discharge 1 June that year,
and became a gardener to Mr. W. R. Reid at Lauriston Castle. When war
broke out he rejoined at Inverness, and after training recruits there
for four months, was promoted Sergt., and went to France early in Dec.
He was killed while leading his platoon into action at La Bassée 25
Jan. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Peter Whiteford.=]
=WHITEHEAD, ALFRED GEORGE=, Signal Boy, J. 23867, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WHITEHEAD, CHARLES=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 9373, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=WHITEHEAD, HARRY HARDING=, Private, No. 3/927, R.N.V.R. Hawke
Battn. 1st R.N. Brigade, R.N. Division, 2nd _s._ of James Dove
Whitehead, of Middleton Hall, near Pickering, Yorks, J.P., North
Riding, by his wife, Jane, 2nd dau. of the late Samuel Harding Loy,
J.P., Keldead, Pickering; _b._ Scarborough, 26 March, 1891; educ.
Repton School; qualified as an Engineer, and joined a Flying School
for the Naval Flying Corps, joining the R.N.V.R. after the outbreak of
war, in Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Achi Baba, Gallipoli, 29
June, 1915; _unm._ His only brother, Capt. James Loy Whitehead, is
now (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Harry H. Whitehead.=]
=WHITEHEAD, HENRY MONTAGUE=, 2nd Lieut., 4th, attd. 2nd, Battn.
East Surrey Regt., 2nd _s._ of Henry Hammond Whitehead, of Boston
Road, Brentford, by his wife, Edith Miriam, dau. of John Cove, of
Northampton; _b._ Brentford, co. Middlesex, 16 Nov. 1890; educ.
Tonbridge School, where he was in the O.T.C.; was an Architect; joined
the Artists Rifles in 1908; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the East Surreys,
15 Aug. 1914; went to France Jan. 1915; attd. to the 1st Battn. South
Wales Borderers, joining the 2nd Battn. East Surreys in March, and was
killed in action at Zonnebeke, 14 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried there.
=WHITEHEAD, JAMES SCULLARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2390), 161600,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WHITEHURST, CHARLEY=, Private, No. 13205, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of John William Whitehurst, of 4, Grove Lane,
Smethwick; _b._ Birmingham; educ. Dudley Road and City Road
Schools; was employed in the Ebbw Vale Steel Works; enlisted in the
Coldstreams after the outbreak of war, 3 Sept. 1914; went to France,
1 Jan. 1915, and was reported missing after the fighting at Cuinchy,
25 Jan. following, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on
or about that date. He _m._ at St. Matthew’s Church, Smethwick,
29 Sept. 1907, Emma (2, Fering Street, Corporation Road, Newport, co.
Monmouth), dau. of Robert (and Emma) Bell, and had a dau., Elsie Agnes,
_b._ 24 June, 1913.
[Illustration: =Charley Whitehurst.=]
=WHITEHURST, HAROLD=, Private, No. 1544, 1st Battn. Highland
L.I., _s._ of William Whitehurst, of 31, Cove Street, Beverley
Road, Hull; _b._ Hull, 27 Feb. 1897; educ. Trinity House School,
Hull; after leaving school was apprenticed to Messrs. Wright &
Bacon, Shipowners; joined 1st Highland L.I., 6 Aug. 1914; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action at
Neuve Chapelle, between 11 and 18 March, 1915; _unm._ Two of
his brothers are serving in the Army: George William Whitehurst in
the N.E.R. Fusiliers (Pioneers), and Alfred Whitehurst in the 2nd
Northumbrian R.F.A.
[Illustration: =Harold Whitehurst.=]
=WHITELAW, ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 9040, 2nd Battn. Durham
L.I., _s._ of Alexander Whitelaw, Foreman Carpenter with Messrs.
Currie & Co., of Leith, Ship Owners, by his wife, Agnes, dau. of Adam
Stenhouse, of Leith, _b._ Leith, 22 Aug. 1880; educ. Couper Street
School there; enlisted in 1902, served for three years with the Colours
and nine years in the Reserve, and on mobilization rejoined his regt.
17 Aug. 1914. He was shot through the head by a German sniper while
helping to repair the trenches at Houplines, 30 Jan. 1915, and was
buried in the military cemetery there. He _m._ at Leith, 9 July,
1908, Jane Jackson (66, Coburg Street, Leith), dau. of Allan McCallum,
and had two sons and a dau.: Alexander, _b._ 6 Sept. 1909; Allan
McCallum, _b._ 14 March, 1913, and Susan Webster, _b._ 9 Dec.
1910.
[Illustration: =Alexander Whitelaw.=]
=WHITEWAY, THOMAS=, Petty Officer, 208492, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost
when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=WHITFIELD, THOMAS NICHOLAS=, E.R.A., 3rd Class, M. 1752, H.M.S.
Arethusa; killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=WHITING, CHARLES=, Ship’s Corpl., 1st Class, 186224, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WHITING, FREDERICK JOHN=, L.-Corpl., No. 1050, 1/6th (Cyclist)
Battn. The Suffolk Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of John Whiting, of 73,
Surrey Road, Ipswich, by his wife, Margaret; _b._ Westerfield,
Ipswich, 10 Jan. 1893; educ. Council School and Boys’ British School
there; joined the Suffolk Cyclists, 20 March, 1912, and died in the
Military Hospital, Saxmundham, 12 May, 1915, from injuries received
through an armoured car, while cycling out with his company, near
Saxmundham; _unm._
=WHITTLE, GEORGE THOMAS=, Petty Officer, 237335, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WHITTLE, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class, 290939 Devonport, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WHYBROW, THOMAS JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9533),
106899, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WHYTE, CHARLES LEONARD LE BARON=, Chief Petty Officer, 147436,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=WHYTE, DAVID STEWART=, Engine Room Artificer, No. Ch. 270811,
R.N., only _s._ of the late John Stewart Whyte, of Stonehaven,
Edinburgh, and 101, Stephen’s Road, Tunbridge Wells, Schoolmaster (died
23 March, 1915), by his wife Margaret (died 5 Sept. 1911), dau. of
the late James Sutherland, Leith, N.L.S.; _b._ Stonehaven, co.
Kincardine, 10 Nov. 1878; educ. Tewel Public School there, and Gordon’s
College, Aberdeen; was 2nd Engineer in the Merchant Service; joined the
Navy Nov. 1902, and was lost on H.M.S. Good Hope, 1 Nov. 1914, when
that ship was sunk in the battle off Coronel, on the coast of Chili. He
_m._ at St. Simon’s Church, Southsea, 1 Aug. 1908, Emmeline Annie
(31, Wisborough Road, Southsea), dau. of the late David Williams, of
Southsea, and had two children: Merry Sutherland, _b._ 28 Nov.
1909, and Lena, _b._ 1 Sept. 1913.
=WICKENDEN, HARRY CHARLES=, Sergt., R.M.L.I., Ch./6612, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WICKINS, VERNON JOHN=, Private, No. 2086, 15th Battn. 4th
Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of the
late Vernon Evan Wickins, Engineer (who died shortly after the outbreak
of war), by his wife, Mary (Cambria, 32, Wellington Street, North
Hobart, Tasmania), dau. of John McGinnes, of Edinburgh; _b._
Hobart, 30 Aug. 1886; educ. State School there; joined when young the
Volunteer Force and for five and a half years was a member of the
Derwent Infantry Regt., in which he was promoted Sergt., 27 May, 1911.
He was for some years employed in the Government Railways Service at
Launceston, and while there became an active member of the Hobart
Launceston Rifle Club, but on the illness of his father resigned his
position to return home to Hobart so as to be a help to his mother and
the other members of the family. On his return to Hobart he joined the
A.N.A. Rifle Club and was on the roll as an active member when war
broke out. He volunteered for Imperial service and joined the 15th
Battn., 6 Feb. 1915; left for Egypt with the fifth reinforcements and
was killed in action at Lone Pine, Gallipoli, 8 Aug. 1915. Capt. L.
Simpson, A.N.A. Rifle Club, wrote: “Vernon Wickins endeared himself to
all his club mates and to all with whom he came in touch by his quiet,
kindly and unassuming manner, and no greater testimony can be given of
his love for country and fellow mortals than that he laid down his life
for them.” He _m._ at Launceston, Tasmania, 3 April, 1915, Hilda,
dau. of (--) Collins.
[Illustration: =Vernon J. Wickins.=]
=WICKS, JAMES=, Private, No. 9532, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt.,
_s._ of George Wicks, of 22, Parkfield Road, Hollington, near
Hastings; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in
action, 3 Oct. 1914.
=WIDGER, JAMES SAUNDERS=, Shipwright, 1st Class, 345559, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WIGG, ARTHUR HARRY=, Private, No. 2685, 1st Battn. Honourable
Artillery Company, yr. _s._ of the late Harry Owen Wigg, of
Ealing, W., formerly of West Derby, Liverpool, Draper’s Buyer, by his
wife, Mary Walmsley (25, Gordon Road, Ealing, W.), dau. of the late
Thomas Fletcher, of Newsham Park, Liverpool; _b._ West Derby,
Liverpool, 16 Oct. 1890; educ. Elstow School (formerly called Bedford
County School), Bedford; was in the service of Messrs. Dalton & Young,
Fenchurch Street, E.C.; volunteered for Imperial service after the
outbreak of war and joined the H.A.C. in Nov. 1914; left for France 26
April, 1915, as one of a draft to the 1st Battn.; and was killed in
action at Hooge, 16 June following. Early on the morning of the 16th
the British had attacked with some success south of Hooge, capturing
1,000 yards of German front trenches and part of their second line.
Towards night the troops holding the most advanced of the captured
trenches were obliged to fall back, and volunteers were called to go
to their support. Private Wigg was one of those who volunteered, and
while advancing with a party composed of men from various units under
Major G. N. Crosfield, 4th South Lancashires, was hit in the head by a
piece of high explosive shell and killed instantaneously. He was buried
by the side of a path leading to the Sunken Road between Hooge and
Potijze; _unm._ He was a very keen sportsman, being vice-captain
of the Old Elstonian Hockey Club and a member of the Ealing Cricket
Club, upon the committee of which he served.
[Illustration: =Arthur Harry Wigg.=]
=WIGG, EDWARD CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1497), 208328, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WIGHTMAN, FRANCIS CHARLES=, Private, No. 00189, 1st Imperial
Light Horse, elder _s._ of the late John Wightman, of Edinburgh,
Master Plumber and Sanitary Engineer, by his wife, Janet (28, Mardale
Crescent, Edinburgh), dau. of James McFarlane; _b._ Edinburgh, 6
April, 1880; educ. Daniel Stewart’s College there; joined the Imperial
Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) at the time of the South African War; took
part in the operations there, receiving the Queen’s medal with four
clasps; returned to South Africa, 1902, and was for a time at the
Remount Camp at Mooi River, afterwards settling in Johannesburg,
where he held a position in one of the Rand Mines, Cattine Modder,
Brakham. On the outbreak of the European War he made preparations to
return to Britain, but on the rebellion in South Africa he joined the
1st Imperial Light Horse, and was killed in action at Rooidam, 25
Nov. 1914, during a fight with Kemp’s force, which lasted all day;
_unm._ He was buried there. He was a keen footballer and played
for Daniel Stewart’s College F.P. 1st team; a good horseman and a good
shot.
[Illustration: =Francis C. Wightman.=]
=WIGHTON, JAMES ALBERT FORGAN=, Leading Carpenter and Diver,
R.N., No. 346697, 2nd _s._ of the late James Brown Wighton, Jute
Commission Agent, Calcutta, by his wife, Catherine (28, Redbourne
Street, Boulevard, Hull), dau. of James Albert Forgan, of Hull,
Engineer; _b._ Barrow-in-Furness, 19 Oct. 1886; educ. Constable
Street Council School, Hull; joined the Navy in 1904; served on H.M.S.
Assistance; went to India on H.M.S. Renown, with King George (then
Prince of Wales); served on H.M.S. Glasgow, on her first Commission,
and on H.M.S. Fearless; transferred to the Good Hope on the outbreak
of war in Aug. 1914. and was lost when that ship was sunk in the
action off Coronel on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914; _unm._
His brother-in-law, Joseph Williams, was lost on the Cressy (see his
notice).
[Illustration: =J. A. F. Wighton.=]
=WIGMORE, JAMES EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 12112, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WILCOX, PERCY JOHN=, Private, R.M.L.I., 10304 (R.F.R., Ch. B.
929), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WILDE, REGINALD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5463 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WILDMAN, HERBERT ARTHUR=, Rifleman, No. 2970, 8th Battn. (Post
Office Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of William
Wildman, of 1, Stanhope Road, North Finchley, by his wife, Florence
May, dau. of Joseph Evans; _b._ Pulloxhill, co. Bedford, 30 May,
1894; educ. Christ Church School, Finchley, N.; was a Postman at
Whetstone; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war, and
joined the Post Office Rifles, 15 Sept. 1914; went to France 17 March,
1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Festubert, 25 May,
1915, after being reported missing since 22 May. Buried at Festubert;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Herbert A. Wildman.=]
=WILFRID, WILLIAM=, Stoker, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off
Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WILGRESS, GEORGE KESTEVEN KORTRIGHT=, Lieut., 21st Battn.
Canadian Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of Arthur Trollope
Wilgress, King’s Printer for Ontario, formerly Publisher and Editor of
the Brockville Times, Brockville, Ontario, by his wife, Meta Carleton,
dau. of the late George Acheson, of Tandragee, Ireland; _b._
Clarksburg, P. Ontario, Canada, 25 Jan. 1895; educ. St. Albans School,
Brockville (Headmaster, Rev. F. G. Orchard, formerly of Bromsgrove,
England); served on the Canadian Government Geodetic Survey in Western
Canada, and also with the Canadian Pacific Railway Survey of their
system north of Lake Superior; volunteered for Imperial service on
the outbreak of war and was gazetted Lieut. 15 Sept. 1914; came over
with the second Canadian contingent in May, 1915; went to France
in Sept. 1915, and was killed in action near Ypres, 27 Nov. 1915;
_unm._ Buried in Ridgewood Cemetery, near Ypres. He was mentioned
in Despatches [London Gazette, 15 June, 1916] by Sir Douglas Haig,
for gallant and distinguished conduct in rescuing wounded under heavy
rifle fire at short range, and his commanding officer, Lieut.-Col. (now
Brig.-Gen.) W. St. Pierre Hughes, wrote: “George’s death was a very
severe blow to the whole Battn. There was not an officer, non-com. or
man in the whole lot who did not respect, love and admire him. He was
kindness itself, thoughtful of others to an extreme degree, and always
prompt, careful, thorough and in all ways efficient. He was a soldier
and a gentleman always. His heroic acts, performed only two hours
before he was killed, have stamped him as one of the few. He knew no
fear and feared no foe. He loved his men and they adored him.” At St.
Albans School he was head boy and captain of the school, and also of
the football team, and exercised a very strong influence for good by
reason of his outstanding character.
[Illustration: =George K. K. Wilgress.=]
=WILKENS, HENRY EDWARD=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 608),
144292, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WILKINS, ALFRED=, Private, No. 730, 11th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles; killed in
action at Gallipoli, 3 May, 1915.
=WILKINS, ARTHUR JOHN=, Sergt., No. 6826, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards; _s._ of Cornelius Wilkins, of Strathmore, Alberta, Canada;
enlisted 27 June, 1906; became L.-Corpl. 10 Sept. 1908; Corporal 17
Aug. 1912; L.-Sergt. 21 Jan. 1913, and Sergt. 22 Oct. 1914; served in
Egypt 11 Oct. 1909 to 23 March, 1911, and with the Expeditionary Force
in France and Flanders, from 22 Oct. 1914; killed in action at Cuinchy,
2 Feb. 1915; _unm._
=WILKINS, BERT=, Sergt., No. S/9851, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, &c.; killed in
action at Richebourg L’Avoué, 9 May, 1915; _unm._
=WILKINS, FREDERICK JOHN=, Private, No. 6787, 3rd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Frederick James Wilkins, of Towtree,
Burghill, co. Hereford, Farmer and Licensed Victualler, by his wife,
Amelia, dau. of Robert (and Mary) Sutton; _b._ Malvern, 22 Jan.
1882; educ. County Council School, Burghill; was a Chimneystack
Builder; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 30 May, 1906; served in Egypt
31 Oct. 1907 to 23 March, 1911, and obtained his discharge in 1913;
rejoined his old regt. on the outbreak of war, 5 Aug. 1914; went to
France with the Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug.; served through the
retreat from Mons, and subsequent engagements, and was killed in action
at Cuinchy, 7 Feb. 1915, being shot through the head by a sniper while
effecting the rescue of a wounded comrade on the morning after his coy.
had cleared the Brickfields of the Germans at the point of the bayonet;
_unm._ He was buried in Cuinchy Cemetery.
=WILKINS, GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I., 9557 (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1512),
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WILKINS, HARRY=, E.R.A., 1st Class (Pensioner), 152465, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WILKINS, HENRY JOHN=, Private, No. 8896, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 2nd _s._ of Frederick Wilkins, of 8, Collingbourne Ducis,
Marlborough, co. Wilts, Woodman, by his wife, Helen, eldest dau. of
George Bulpits; _b._ Collingbourne, 5 June, 1890; educ. C.E.
School there; was employed at the Army Ordnance Stores, Tidworth,
enlisted in the Coldstreams, 25 Oct. 1910; obtained his discharge, and
joined the Reserve in Oct. 1913, with an excellent character from his
Company Officer; rejoined on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went
straight to France with the 1st Expeditionary Force; was wounded 21
Oct. 1914, and was in hospital in France until Jan. following, when he
returned to the firing line, and was killed in the trenches at Cuinchy,
16 Feb. 1915; _unm._ He was buried near La Bassée.
[Illustration: =Henry J. Wilkins.=]
=WILKINS, WILLIAM JOHN=, Private, No. 10723, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, eldest _s._ of George Wilkins, of 59, Waterloo Street,
Leamington, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of William Hortin; _b._
Leamington, co. Warwick, 11 Sept. 1894; educ. St. Peter’s R.C. School
there; was a Dairyman; joined the 7th Warwickshire Territorials about
Jan. 1911; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 2 May, 1914; went to France 6
Oct. 1914, and was killed in action during the First Battle of Ypres,
29 Oct. 1914; _unm._
=WILKINSON, CHARLES=, Coy. Sergt.-Major, No. 4170, 1st Battn.,
Northumberland Fusiliers, eldest _s._ of Charles Wilkinson, of
Stonebridge Park, by his wife Maria, dau. of (--) Churchill; _b._
Stonebridge Park, Middlesex; educ. there; enlisted 13 April, 1894,
and became L.-Corpl. 16 March, 1899; Corpl. 1 April, 1900; L.-Sergt.
26 Feb. 1902; Sergt. 1 April, 1902; Col.-Sergt. 26 Sept. 1911, and
Coy. Sergt.-Major 29 Nov. 1913; served in Gibraltar, 3 Oct. 1896 to
16 Jan. 1898; with the Soudan Expedition, 17 Jan. to 2 Oct. 1898
(Queen’s medal, Khedeval medal); during the occupation of Crete, 3
Oct. 1898 to 17 April, 1899; in South Africa, 16 Sept. 1899 to 6
April, 1903; including the actions at Belmont and the Modder River and
the subsequent operations in the Orange Free State and the Transvaal
(Queen’s medal with two clasps and King’s medal with two clasps); in
the Mauritius, 7 April, 1903, to 8 Feb. 1906; in India, 9 Feb. 1906
to 11 March, 1907, and again 4 Sept. 1908 to 11 Nov. 1913; took part
in the operations in the Mohmand Country, N.W. Frontier, 1908 (India
General Service medal with clasp); present at Delhi Durbar, 1911
(medal); and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders 15
Aug. to 14 Sept. 1914; including the retreat from Mons, and was killed
at Vailly, during the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914. Major H.
R. Sandilands wrote: “Sergt.-Major Wilkinson belonged to the finest
type of British non-commissioned officers, keen, smart and straight
as a die, he was loved and trusted equally by the officers and the
men in the ranks of the regt. in whose welfare he was so keenly
interested, and in whose service he died. ‘Wilkie’ will ever be held in
affectionate remembrance by all who had the privilege of serving with
him.” While in India Wilkinson was for nearly five years Officers’ Mess
Sergt. and was afterwards Chief Warder in Military Prison at Mauritius.
He had also the silver medal for good conduct and long service. He
_m._ at Trinity Church, Karachi, India, 9 Dec. 1908, Maud (88,
Yerbury Road, Tufnell Park, N.), dau. of Charles Mockridge, of Upper
Holloway, and had three sons: Stanley Charles, _b._ Rawal Pindi,
India, 3 Nov. 1909; Douglas Reginald, _b._ Mhow, Central India, 6
Oct. 1912; and Charles Frank St. George, _b._ (posthumous) 2 Nov.
1914.
[Illustration: =Charles Wilkinson.=]
=WILKINSON, FRANK LEE=, Gunner, No. 71456, 47th Battery, Royal
Field Artillery, eldest _s._ of Francis Lee Wilkinson, of 8,
Little Lockwood Street, Wincolmlee, Hull, Gunner, Royal Garrison
Artillery, by his wife, Emily, dau. of Thomas Wakefield; _b._
Hull, 10 May, 1895; educ. Lincoln Street Board School there; joined
R.F.A. 5 Dec. 1912; went to France 19 Aug. 1914, and died at No. 10
General Hospital, Rouen, 1 Oct. following, of wounds received on 20
Sept. at the Battle of the Marne; _unm._ The Rev. C. M. Chavasse,
Chaplain to the Forces, wrote: “I write to tell you all I know of
the last hours of your son, who died in hospital here on 1 Oct. His
was rather a sad experience, but patiently borne. He had received
a gunshot wound in the right arm during the Battle of the Marne on
Sunday, 20 Sept., and arrived in hospital here on Thursday, 24 Sept.
He was wonderfully good and patient and brave, and lay very quietly
in the corner bed of the hospital tent. There was always a smile from
him whenever I came to see him, and I do not think anyone realised
how bad he was through his bravery. He was a very good boy, too, and,
as he told me once, never forgot his prayers, and was trusting in our
Lord Jesus Christ. He ought to have gone home on a hospital ship on
the 30th, but another operation was necessary, which prevented this.
This was a sad disappointment to him, but again no one could have been
braver or more patient. And then on the 1st came the sudden collapse.
I was suddenly fetched to his side in the morning, and had just time
to whisper a prayer in his ear and to feel him squeeze my hand when
he became unconscious, and very peacefully passed away at 2.15 p.m.”
He was buried the next day in the Cemetery in the Sepulchre des Rouen
(Grave No. 58).
[Illustration: =Frank Lee Wilkinson.=]
=WILKINSON, JOHN ROTHES MARLOW=, B.A., Lieut., 4th Battn.
Middlesex Regt., eldest _s._ of the late Rev. Henry Marlow
Wilkinson, Vicar of Milford, Lymington, Hants, by his wife, Florence
Amy (Milford Corner, Milford-on-Sea), dau. of the late John Kemp-Welch,
of Sopley Park, Hants; _b._ the Vicarage, Milford-on-Sea, 17
Oct. 1887; educ. Winchester College, and Worcester College, Oxford
(1907–1911, B.A., Capt. of the College Boat Club); gazetted 2nd Lieut.
to the 4th Middlesex, 22 March, 1911, and promoted Lieut. 10 Oct. 1913;
left for France with the Expeditionary Force, Aug. 1914, and was killed
in action at Oburg, near Mons, on the 23rd; _unm._ A Private of C
Coy., 4th Middlesex, wrote: “On Sunday, 23 Aug., we were entrenched in
front of a convent, when Capt. ... gave Lieut. Wilkinson an order to
take half his platoon (two sections) to reinforce ‘A’ Coy. This Coy.
was at the left of our position and was being hard pressed. We took up
position under heavy fire at a group of houses. Your son went into one
of the houses, and was heard directing the fire of his two sections
through the skylight in the roof. He directed his fire so well that he
forced the Germans to retire from his front. It was from this house
that he saw overwhelming numbers of Germans coming through the wood to
his front. The Germans came on again until they were within 200 yards.
Lieut. Wilkinson then came out of the house into the trench. It was
here that he got the order to retire. He got the order twice, but would
not take it, as he thought it was not an official order. Eventually
he got the order from the G.O.C. to retire. It was then I noticed he
was limping. To retire we had to go through barbed wire; here we got
separated owing to the heavy shell and rifle fire. I am very sorry to
say that I was the only man of those two sections to get away from that
place. No officers could give me any information of Lieut. Wilkinson.
I reported to the C.O. what had happened and told him that Lieut.
Wilkinson was a very brave man. He replied, ‘Yes, I know that, and I am
very sorry to have lost him.’... I must say your son was a man in every
sense of the word. I think he was as brave a gentleman as one could
meet here. I told this to Capt.... I think I have an idea of a brave
officer, as I went through the South African War and have eight clasps
to my medal.”
[Illustration: =John R. M. Wilkinson.=]
=WILKINSON, LEONARD RICHARD=, Rifleman, No. 2240, C Coy., 1/9th
(Queen Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of
George Henry Wilkinson, of Star Mills, Paper Maker, by his wife, Annie,
dau. of William E. Pepper; _b._ Camberwell, 22 Dec. 1890; enlisted
on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, served with the Expeditionary
Force in France and Flanders and was killed in action during the severe
fighting for Hill 60, near Ypres, on 24 April, 1915; _unm._
=WILKINSON, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6945),
S.S. 101506, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=WILLAN, SAMUEL=, Private, No. 11727, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards; _b._ co. Lancaster; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders; killed in action at Cuinchy, 3 Feb. 1915.
=WILLETS, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 7965, 2nd Battn. The Royal
Scots, 2nd _s._ of Arthur Willetts, by his wife, Mary, dau.
of Thomas Bennett; _b._ Aston, Birmingham, 7 Aug. 1883; educ.
Vicarage Road there; was employed as a Stove Fitter; enlisted in
the Royal Scots, 13 Feb. 1902; served three years with the Colours
and nine years in the Reserve; went to the Front, Aug. 1914; was
wounded and taken a prisoner at Haines, and died a prisoner of war at
Erfurt, Germany, 16 Feb. 1915, and was buried there. He _m._ at
Aston, Birmingham, 1907, Nellie (No. 2, Back, 119, Park Road, Aston,
Birmingham), dau. of William Whadauck, and had a son, Frederick,
_b._ 26 Jan. 1908.
=WILLIAMS, ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 3806 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WILLIAMS, ALBERT ERNEST=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4015), 218031, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=WILLIAMS, ARTHUR MONTAGU=, Solicitor, Lieut. Machine Gun Section,
7th (Robin Hood) Battn. Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and
Derbyshire Regt.) (T.F.), only _s._ of the late Arthur Williams,
of 109, Forest Road, Nottingham, Solicitor, by his wife, Mary, dau. of
the late Thomas Morley, of 46, Addison Street, Nottingham; _b._
Nottingham, 21 Dec. 1883; educ. Nottingham Boys’ High School; served
his articles with Capt. J. A. H. Green, admitted a Solicitor in 1905,
and was in practice in Nottingham and had lately been a partner in
the firm of Messrs. Browne, Son & Williams. He had joined the Robin
Hoods as a private on leaving school in 1900, and became a 2nd Lieut.
when the Territorial Act came into operation, and was gazetted Lieut.
8 June, 1913. On the outbreak of war he volunteered with the Battn.
for foreign service, went to France, 25 Feb. 1915, and was killed in
action at Kemmel, 15 June, 1915; _unm._ He was buried in Kemmel
Churchyard. One of his men (Private T. Linney, 1867) wrote: “On the
night of 15 June, 1915, at about 9.30 p.m. the Germans thought to make
a surprise attack on our trenches south of Ypres, by first of all
blowing up our trenches and then by violently bombarding our position
by artillery and hand grenades. The 8th Battn. Sherwood Foresters, were
in the trenches at the time, and were expecting to be relieved that
night by the 7th Battn. Sherwood Foresters, this accounting for the
officers of the 7th being in the trenches in the afternoon to view the
positions. After the violent bombardment the Germans tried to charge
the trench, and this being the first severe attack the 8th Battn. had
been in they did not know which way to turn or what to do; already they
had lost a large number of men and officers and were naturally panic
stricken, when Lieut. Williams came to the rescue. Already he had been
to fetch a wounded officer, Lieut. Dobson, in, and seen him safe; when
the Germans stormed the trenches, he gathered the men together, and by
his cool manner and words made a desperate stand against the coming
onslaught; the Germans had got as far as the barbed wire, when Lieut.
Williams shouted to the men “Come on men, if we’ve got to die, we will
die fighting,” this put new life into the men and by desperate fighting
the Germans were driven back, but Lieut. Williams, who had saved the
situation at such a critical time, was killed instantaneously, by part
of a shell fracturing his skull”; and Capt. G. H. Stubington: “It was
after dark and he had just gone into the trenches which the Robin Hoods
were taking over from the 8th Battn. when Lieut. Dobson of the 8th
Battn. was wounded by a shell. Arthur went to help him when another
shell exploded and killed them both instantly. He died on duty and I
need not tell you how much we feel his loss. He was a most efficient
officer and also in my case a close personal friend; I have, as you
are aware, known him for years and as far as Machine Gun work is
concerned, I feel that I have lost my right hand man.... The Officer
Commanding desires me to add that the Battn. has suffered a great loss
by his death, and he will be very much missed by all ranks to whom he
had endeared himself, and especially by his brother officers.” Lieut.
Williams, who was a Freeman of the City of Nottingham by birth, had
taken his Musketry and Machine Gun Course and had qualified as an
Instructor of Musketry. He was a member of, and played for, the Notts.
Amateur Cricket Club; was for some time Secretary of the Nottingham
Children’s Hospital and Hon. Secretary of the Red Cross for Notts, and
was a member of the Newstead Lodge of Freemasons.
[Illustration: =Arthur M. Williams.=]
=WILLIAMS, BENJAMIN=, Private, No. 9600, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of John Williams, of 25ct., 7h, Cheapside,
Birmingham; _b._ Perry Barr, co. Stafford, 7 July, 1894; educ. Rea
Street Board School, Birmingham; was a Metal Spinner, Simplex, Salop
Street, Birmingham; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 11 May, 1912; went to
France 14 Aug. 1914, and was accidentally drowned in Cuinchy Canal, 4
Aug. 1915, while on active service; _unm._ Buried in the Military
Cemetery at Givenchy.
[Illustration: =Benjamin Williams.=]
=WILLIAMS, CHARLES=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., 370), H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WILLIAMS, FREDERICK LEONARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3177), S.S. 622,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=WILLIAMS, GEORGE JACKSON=, 2nd Lieut., 1/5th Battn. York and
Lancaster Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of David Jones Williams, of
Rhydwen, Barnsley, member of the firm of Williams Bros., Ltd., Coal
Exporters, by his wife, Dinah, dau. of the late George Jackson, Mining
Engineer; _b._ Royston, co. York, 6 Feb. 1895; educ. High School,
Barnsley and Rydal Mount, Colwyn Bay, and on leaving there entered his
father’s office in Paris. When war broke out he was in England on a
short holiday and he immediately volunteered and joined the 5th Reserve
Battn. of the York and Lancaster Regt. under Lieut.-Col. Mitchell and
was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 23 Sept. 1914. Being anxious to get to the
front he transferred to the 1st/5th Battn. under Lieut.-Col. Fox (which
had volunteered for foreign service) and while training with it at
Sheffield contracted rheumatism and developed endocarditis from which
he died at Barnsley, 27 April, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =G. J. Williams.=]
=WILLIAMS, GEORGE JOSEPH=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14241 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WILLIAMS, HAROLD=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21975, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WILLIAMS, HERBERT CHARLES=, Corpl., No. 10080, 2nd Battn. King’s
Own (Royal Lancaster) Regt., yst. but one of the six soldier sons of
Ellis Williams, of Hanmer Place, Bowerham, Lancaster, ex Qr.-Mr.-Sergt.
of the same regt. (with which he served for 25 years), by his wife,
Eliza Mary, dau. of Henry Studd, late of the R.A.M.C.; _b._ the
Barracks, Lancaster, 2 April, 1895; educ. Bowerham School; enlisted
as a drummer in the King’s Own at Lancaster, 3 May, 1909, and joined
his battn. in Jersey, subsequently accompanying it to India. He came
home with it in Dec. 1914, and on 15 Jan. went to the Front. He was
severely wounded on 16 March, 1915, while placing sand bags to repair
front of trenches by Ypres, and died in hospital at Bailleul. His
comrade, Band Sergt. J. A. Nichol, wrote: “He passed peacefully away at
6.15 a.m. this morning, 23 March. I was with him throughout, and I’m
writing this letter for Lloyd, his brother, who is very much upset. The
remains will be interred to-morrow at 9 a.m. in the cemetery there,
and I’ll be there to put some token of love on his grave for you and
the family.” His two elder brothers, Coy Qr.-Mr.-Sergt. Ellis Watkin
Williams and Sergt. John Henry Williams of the 1st Battn. of the King’s
Own were wounded in the retreat from Mons, the latter, now a prisoner
at Doberitz, very severely. The third, Sergt. Lloyd Williams, suffered
from shell concussion and is now (1916) in Egypt. Rifleman Reginald
Williams, the fourth, belongs to the King’s Liverpool Regt., and the
fifth and last son, Private Percival Williams, is in the Army Service
Corps.
[Illustration: =Herbert C. Williams.=]
=WILLIAMS, HUBERT LESLIE=, Trooper, No. 13/258, 11th North
Auckland Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._
of Harry Edwin Williams, of Parua Bay, Auckland, New Zealand, by his
wife, Harriet Mary, dau. of the late Henry Morey; _b._ at Parua
Bay, 23 Nov. 1892; educ. there; and entered the Army, 15 Aug. 1914,
being one of the first to enlist from Parua Bay at the outbreak of war.
Killed in action at Walker Ridge, Gallipoli, during a night attack, 26
May, 1915, buried there. The circumstances of his death are told as
follows in a letter from a comrade to his mother: “A mate of mine, H.
L. Williams, was dragging me to put me in a hole out of the firing line
after I was shot down that awful night, he had stopped for a minute
to give me a drop of water out of his bottle, had just dropped on his
knees, when a bullet struck him in the breast, he fell over me, he put
his hand in mine and said ‘good-bye old fellow, good luck to you, I’m
fixed.’ And so he died without a move, good fellow that he was.”
[Illustration: =Hubert L. Williams.=]
=WILLIAMS, IDRIS HAVARD JOSEPH=, Capt., 3rd Battn. Royal
Fusiliers, 4th _s._ of the late Morgan Stuart Williams, of
Aberpergwm, co. Glamorgan, J.P., D.L., by his wife, Josephine
(9, Stratford Place, W.), dau. of William Herbert, of Clytha,
Monmouthshire, and nephew of the late Capt. George Williams, Frontier
Light Horse, who was killed in the Zulu War; _b._ Aberpergwm, 29
Dec. 1878; educ. Charterhouse; received his commission as 2nd Lieut.
in the Royal Fusiliers from the Militia, 5 Jan. 1901, and was promoted
Lieut. 26 March, 1904, and Capt. 29 Jan. 1910; served through the South
African War, 1899–1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps and King’s
medal with two clasps), and with the Expeditionary Force in France and
Flanders, died at Boulogne, 3 June, 1915, of wounds received in action
at Ypres; buried at St. Donat’s Castle; _unm._
[Illustration: =Idris H. J. Williams.=]
=WILLIAMS, JETHROE=, L.-Corpl., No. 6074, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Cabel Williams, of High Street, Cheltenham, Market
Gardener; _b._ Leigh, near Cheltenham, 5 Dec. 1885; educ. there;
enlisted 21 Jan. 1905; was appointed L.-Corpl. 10 Oct. 1914; served
in Egypt, 29 Sept. 1906 to 28 March, 1911, and with the Expeditionary
Force in France and Flanders, from 12 Aug. 1914, and died in No. 13
General Hospital, Boulogne, 5 Nov. following, of wounds received in
action. He _m._ at Fulham, 22 Sept. 1906, Evelyn May (8, Station
Road, Maldon, Essex), dau. of Robert Everett Coney Weston, of Bury St.
Edmunds, and had a dau., Edith Josephine, _b._ 20 April, 1907.
=WILLIAMS, JOHN NATHANIEL=, Private, No. 12/484, 6th (Hauraki)
Auckland Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force (formerly Capt.,
4th Dorsets (T.F.)), elder _s._ of Col. Sir Robert Williams, of
Bridehead, Dorchester, 1st Bt., M.P., by his wife, Rosa Walker, dau.
of Nathaniel Sims, of Strood Park, Horsham; _b._ London, W., 24
Jan. 1878; educ. Matfield, Kent; Eton, and New College, Oxford; was
for some time in the 4th Territorial Battn. of the Dorsetshire Regt.,
becoming Capt., but resigned his commission and went to New Zealand in
1910. On the outbreak of war enlisted as a Private in the New Zealand
Expeditionary Force; left for Egypt in Oct. 1914; took part in the
repulse of the Turkish attack on the Suez Canal in Feb. 1915, and in
the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in
action at Gaba Tepe that day; _unm._ Major-Gen. Sir A. I. Godley,
K.C.M.G., C.B., Commanding New Zealand Forces, wrote: “He was killed
leading and setting a most gallant example to the men in the forefront
of the Battn., and all the officers, N.C.O.’s and men of the company
speak of him in the highest terms of admiration and affection. He had
evidently made himself most popular with them and respected by all,
and had he not fallen he would have been given a commission in this
force immediately after the first action. I believe the example which
he set in enlisting, and dying as he did in the ranks, has done more
for this force and perhaps for the Empire than he would have done as a
commissioned officer.”
[Illustration: =John Nathaniel Williams.=]
=WILLIAMS, JOSEPH=, Chief Yeoman of Signals, R.N., No. Ch./206951,
4th _s._ of the late Edward Williams, of Hull, Chemist, by his
wife, Betsy Ann, dau. of Henry Hollingsworth, of Hull, Chemist;
_b._ Hull, 25 Feb. 1883; educ. Boulevard Higher Grade School,
Hull, joined the Navy in Feb. 1899; served on H.M. ships, Perseus,
1905–8; Jason, 1908–10; Shannon, 1910–12; and R.F.A. Maine, 1912–14,
and was studying for an examination for warrant officer when war
was declared; joined H.M.S. Cressy and was lost when that ship was
torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at Boulevard
Baptist Church, Hull, 8 Sept. 1910, Agnes Mary (28, Redbourne Street,
Boulevard, Hull), sister of James Albert Forgan Wighton, R.N. (lost in
the action off Coronel, 1 Nov. 1914), and only dau. of the late James
Brown Wighton, and had two children; Joseph Albert, _b._ 8 Sept.
1914; and Catherine Marian, _b._ 23 Aug. 1912.
[Illustration: =Joseph Williams.=]
=WILLIAMS, MERVYN JAMES=, Colour Sergt.-Major, No. 6854, 2nd
Battn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, only _s._ of John Williams,
of Blackrock, by his wife, Ellen Dorcas, dau. of James Watts, of Grove
Avenue, Blackrock; _b._ Blackrock, co. Dublin, 21 June, 1882;
educ. Booterstown School there; enlisted Jan. 1910; served in South
Africa, Egypt, and with the British Expeditionary Force in France and
Flanders from 24 Aug. 1914 to 16 May, 1915, on which latter date he was
killed in action at Festubert; _unm._
[Illustration: =Mervyn J. Williams.=]
=WILLIAMS, OWEN=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., B. 6104), 297624,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=WILLIAMS, SYDNEY ERNEST=, Ordinary Seaman, S.S. 4202, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WILLIAMS, THOMAS CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class, 299881, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WILLIAMS, TOM JAMES=, Private, No. 11050, 2nd, attd. 1st, Battn.
Welsh Regt., _s._ of George Williams, of Ffosyfedwen, Velindre,
Henllan, Flannel Weaver, by his wife, Hannah, dau. of William Evans;
_b._ Ffrontywann, 15 Nov. 1894; educ. National School, Velindre.
He enlisted in the Welsh Regt. in Dec. 1913, was in training with the
2nd Battn. in Hampshire when the war broke out, and was soon afterwards
sent out to France. There he was a driver in the transport section of
his regt., till he contracted rheumatic fever, lying for some weeks in
hospital at Le Havre, and then returning to England on three weeks’
leave. At the appointed time he reported himself at Cardiff Barracks,
and was in a few days on his way back to France again, to join the 1st
Battn. He served with them for three months, and was killed in action,
being shot in a bayonet charge, at Zillebeke, 25 May, 1915; _unm._
His brother, Private William Williams, is now (1916) serving with the
Devons.
[Illustration: =Tom J. Williams.=]
=WILLIAMS, WALTER KENT, M.V.O.=, Engineer-Capt., R.N., 2nd
_s._ of William Philips Williams, Journalist, some time of the
South Wales Daily News, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Manoah Kent;
_b._ St. Davids, co. Pembroke, 24 Oct. 1863; educ. Proprietary
School, Cardiff, and Royal Naval College, Keyham, Devonport; entered
the Navy as Assistant Engineer, 1 July, 1885; promoted Engineer, 2
April, 1887; Chief Engineer, 1 Aug. 1897; Engineer-Commander, 1 Aug.
1901, and Engineer-Capt., 1 Jan. 1912. While serving as Engineer in
the Blanche, 1893, he landed with the Naval Brigade from H.M. ships
Blanche, Swallow, and Sparrow under Commander Lindley to punish a
robber chief, Fumo Omari, for various acts of treachery. The fortified
strongholds at Puwani and Jongeni were stormed and captured. Capt.
Williams was awarded the general Africa medal (Vitu, Aug. 1893 clasp)
for these services. He was Engineer at the Royal Osborne College at the
time the present Prince of Wales and his brother were students there,
and for his services was awarded the M.V.O. in Oct. 1910. He afterwards
served for a period ashore at Portsmouth, and on the outbreak of war
was appointed on the staff of the Bulwark, and was lost when that ship
was blown up off Sheerness, 26 Nov. 1914; _unm._
=WILLIAMS, WALTER ROLAND=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 7279,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=WILLIAMS, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 1218, 3rd Battn. (Royal
Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late Edwin
James Williams, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of James Roberts; _b._
Plymouth, 24 Oct. 1889; educ. there; joined the 3rd London Regt. in
July, 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in
Aug. 1914; went to Malta in Sept.; was sent to France in Jan. 1915,
and was killed in action at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 10 March,
1915, being shot through the head in an attack on the German trenches;
_unm._
=WILLIAMS, WILLIAM HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4468),
S.S. 103409, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast
of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ADDAMS-WILLIAMS, DONALD ARTHUR=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn.
(Service) South Wales Borderers, only _s._ of the Rev. Herbert
Addams-Williams, Rector of Llangibby, co. Monmouth, by his wife, Grace,
dau. of Thomas Royse Lysaght; _b._ Llangibby Rectory, 28 April,
1896; educ. Winton House, Winchester, and Marlborough College, where
he was in the O.T.C., and joined the Public Schools Battn. immediately
on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the
South Wales Borderers, 18 Nov. 1914; went to the Dardanelles 29 June,
and was killed in action there, 11 Aug. 1915, after the advance from
Anzac. Capt. A. W. Hooper wrote: “I am the only officer left out of
the five who came out with the coy., and was in hospital wounded when
Arthur was killed; hence I am somewhat handicapped, but I have spoken
to Arthur’s platoon sergt. several times about the sad incident, and
he has given me several little details about it. A covering party was
sent forward to clear the enemy away from some wells from whence they
had been sniping our troops for three or four days. This party was
also to act as a screen to keep the enemy from advancing, or firing,
while the remainder of our battn. went forward and dug themselves in,
in an advanced position. Arthur, with his platoon, commanded a portion
of this covering party, more of the enemy were found near the wells
than was anticipated, and our covering party lost rather heavily.
However, they nobly did their work, and kept the enemy back while
the new trenches were being dug. Arthur was absolutely fearless, and
always very cheerful in the trenches. He took his men forward, and
had not advanced far before he was hit; he went on and presently was
hit a second time, but where each of the first two shots struck him
his sergt. did not know. However, being twice wounded, he continued
to command his platoon, encouraging all of the men, and showing them
a noble example by his own heroism, and disregard of self. A little
time afterwards, while still advancing, he was wounded a third time.
He turned completely round, and must have died within a few seconds.
His sergt. knelt by him as he died, and has told me since that his
death was a grand one to see. The sergt. had to leave him, to take
charge of the platoon, and when the covering party retired his body
was not seen. Several times Sergt. Worthington, his platoon sergt.,
volunteered to go forward and look for it, but the Turks were now
holding that ground in very strong numbers, and it would have meant a
further sacrifice of life to send a search party out; therefore his
body, and those of two other officers who died the same evening, was
never recovered. His death meant a great loss to his men, who thought
so highly of him, to the whole coy., and also to myself, who found him
an ever-cheerfull and lovable friend.” Nearly three months afterwards,
during a reconnaisance, Lieut. Curtis, of the Northamptonshire Regt.,
discovered his body, and had it brought back to South Wales Borderers
Valley, where it was buried in the little Military Cemetery on 3 Nov.
1915.
[Illustration: =D. A. Addams-Williams.=]
=DE COURCY-WILLIAMS, ALMERICUS JOHN FALKINER (ERIC)=, 2nd Lieut.
5th, attd. 4th, Battn. Middlesex Regt., only _s._ of John
Almericus de Courcy-Williams, of St. Etchens, Killucan, co. Westmeath,
M.A., M.B., B.Ch. T.C.D., by his wife Frideswide Catherine Emily,
dau. of Robert Smyth, Portlick Castle, Athlone, J.P., and grandson of
Surgeon-Major John William Williams, of Killucan, co. Westmeath, M.A.,
M.D., by his wife, Emily Letitia, née de Courcy, sister of Michael
William, 32nd Lord Kingsale; _b._ Greenhills, Killucan, 4 May,
1895; educ. Roysses School, Abingdon, and Royal Military College,
Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 2nd Battn. West India Regt.,
July, 1914; transferred to the Middlesex Regt., 20 Aug. 1914; went
to France with the 4th Battn., 6 Sept.; took part in the fighting at
Septmouts near Soissons, 14 Sept.; joined the 1st Battn. at Venizel,
but returned to the 4th Battn. at Courcelles, 1 Oct.; took part in
the march from the Aisne to Vieille-Chapelle, and the battle there,
12–15 Oct. where he was the only officer in his coy. not wounded, and
died at Bethune, 21 Oct. 1914, of wounds received in action two miles
from Aubers while commanding his coy. in the front line of trenches,
the previous day, during the First Battle of Ypres. Buried in Bethune
Cemetery. His Colonel wrote: “He was such a promising boy, and we were
all proud of him and shall miss him much.” Another officer wrote: “I
can tell you all ranks were very sorry, as he was a brave soldier
and was a great favourite with all, and likely to have a bright army
career.” A wounded soldier who was in the trenches with Lieut. de
Courcy-Williams said that he frequently exposed himself to danger while
exhorting his men not to waste ammunition, but to shoot straight. He
was fatally wounded while aiming a rifle in the trenches trying to get
a sniper who was picking off his men, and his last words were, “Men,
give it them.”
[Illustration: =A. de Courcy-Williams.=]
=WILLIAMSON, ALBERT JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, Ch. 154287, R.F.R.,
B. 1366, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=WILLIAMSON, DAVID MILLAR=, Petty Officer, 216842, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WILLIAMSON, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class, 302086, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WILLIAMSON, PETER=, Private, No. 881, 12th Battn. 3rd Brigade,
1st Division, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Matthew
Williamson, of Ollaberry, Shetland; Seaman; _b._ Edinburgh,
29 March, 1891; educ. Ollaberry, and Lerwick, Shetland; went to
Australia; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined Commonwealth
Expeditionary Force, Aug. 1914; left for Egypt with the main force in
Oct.; went to the Dardanelles, and died on board H.M.S. Delta, 9 Aug.
1915, of wounds received in action there. Buried at sea. He _m._
at Edinburgh, Jessie, dau. of (--) Sutherland, of Latheron, Crofter,
and had three children: Peter, _b._ ----; Lizzie, _b._ 5 Jan.
1893, and Maggie, _b._ 30 Nov. 1894.
=WILLIAMSON, ROBERT=, Private, No. 14054, 1st Battn. Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt.) served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
killed in action at Voorstraat, 30 Jan. 1915.
=WILLIAMSON, ROBERT HAMILTON=, 2nd Lieut., 118th Heavy Battery,
Royal Garrison Artillery, only surv. _s._ of Dr. George
Williamson, of 256, Union Street, Aberdeen, by his wife, Constance,
dau. of A. H. Gunn; _b._ Stonehaven, co. Kincardine, 27 Sept.
1893; educ. Glenalmond, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd (City of
Aberdeen) Battery, 1st Highland Brigade, R.F.A. (T.F.), June, 1911,
and promoted Lieut. ... June, 1913. After being attd. for a year to
a Regular Battery of Field Artillery, he gained a commission in the
Royal Garrison Artillery at the Military Competitive Examination in
April, 1914, and was gazetted to the 118th Heavy Battery, R.G.A., 10
June following. He left for France early in Nov. 1914, and died in the
Allied Force Base Hospital, Boulogne, 27 Dec. 1914, of wounds received
at Fauquissart, near Laventie, on the 6th, while making a sketch of the
enemy’s position for his battery from an advanced observation post in a
ruined church tower; _unm._ Buried Allenvale Cemetery, Aberdeen.
The commanding officer, 8th Brigade of Heavy Artillery, in which he
served, wrote: “I had a great personal liking for him and thought
very highly of him, both professionally and as regards his general
disposition and demeanour with his other brother officers and the men,
who all liked him;” and the officer commanding his battery wrote: “I
shall never forget your boy, either for his own personal qualities or
for what he had done for the battery.”
[Illustration: =Robert H. Williamson.=]
=WILLINGALE, SIDNEY GEORGE=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 197386, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WILLIS, GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po./12561, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WILLIS, THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3672), 160183, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WILLIS, WILLIAM BRIAN DE LAVAL=, Corpl., No. 12289, 3rd Auckland
Regt. (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own), New Zealand Expeditionary Force,
eldest _s._ of the Ven. William Newcombe de Laval Willis, formerly
for 35 years Vicar of Cambridge and Archdeacon of Waikato, New Zealand,
by his wife, Mary Agnes, dau. of the late G. H. Clarke, of Micheldever,
Hants, England; _b._ the Vicarage, Cambridge, New Zealand, 17
May, 1888; educ. the Cambridge District High School and St. John’s
Collegiate School, Auckland; entered the Survey Department of the New
Zealand Government in Feb. 1906. When war broke out in Aug. 1914, he
obtained leave to temporarily resign his post and enlisted as a Private
in the 3rd Auckland Regt., of which he was immediately made Corpl. He
left New Zealand with the First Expeditionary Force 16 Oct. 1914, took
part in the repulse of the Turkish attack on the Suez Canal in Feb.
1915, and in the landing at Gaba Tepe on April 25 and for 10 days was
in the thick of the fight. On May 5 when re-embarking with 400 others
for Cape Helles he was shot in the lungs. After considerable delay he
reached Alexandria on 10 May, but died at the Deaconess Hospital there
two days later; _unm._ He was buried in the Military Cemetery at
Alexandria. His Colonel (Plugge) was near him when wounded, and helped
temporarily to dress his wounds. Writing subsequently, he described
him as “an ideal soldier, and as plucky as could be,” and said also
that “he had done magnificent work.” One of his comrades wrote: “You
would feel proud if you could hear the way all his men spoke of him,
and they all said the same.” The Prime Minister of New Zealand writing
as Minister of Lands said, “As an officer of the Lands and Survey
Department he showed the greatest promise, and his assiduity to his
responsible duties occasions a great loss not only to the Public
Service, but also to the Dominion.” The Under-Secretary wrote also “His
record in the Department was of the highest.” In the district in which
he was last engaged in survey work, a public movement was made, and a
memorial brass erected in the Manganui Hospital, and a number of beds
attached to the Memorial.
[Illustration: =W. B. De Laval Willis.=]
=WILLS, GEORGE EDWARD LEONARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11282,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=EARDLEY-WILMOT, FREDERICK LAWRENCE=, Lieut., Princess Patricia’s
Canadian L.I., only _s._ of Col. Arthur Eardley-Wilmot, of
Westernlea, Westward Ho! and Hales Hall, Cheadle, co. Staffordshire,
late R.F.A., by his wife, Mary Blanche, only dau. of Clement Thomas
Sneyd-Kynnersley, of Loxley Park, and Highfields, co. Stafford, and
grandson of Major-Gen. Frederick Marrow Eardley-Wilmot, R.A. [2nd son
of Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, 1st Bart.]; _b._ Portsmouth, 25 Feb.
1895; educ. Cheltenham and Toronto University (Oct. 1913 to Aug. 1914);
volunteered on the outbreak of war and was gazetted Lieut., P.P.C.L.I.
22 Sept. 1914; came over with the first contingent in Oct. 1914; was
appointed Machine Gun Officer, Feb.; went to France when his regt.
joined the 20th Brigade (27th Division), and was killed in action in
the trenches at St. Eloi, 18 March, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =F. L. Eardley-Wilmot.=]
=WILMSHURST, WILLIAM JESSE=, Driver, No. 826, 1/3rd Kent
(Fortress) Royal Engineers (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Jesse
Wilmshurst, of 15, Standen Street, St. John’s, Tunbridge Wells,
Engine Steerer for Kelsey’s, brewers, by his wife, Catherine, dau. of
Charles Hallett; _b._ Tunbridge Wells, 3 Sept. 1895; educ. at
St. John’s Boys’ School there; was working at Kelsey’s, brewers, when
mobilised; joined the Kent (Fortress) R.E. Oct. 1911; left England
for the Dardanelles, and was drowned on H.M.S. Hythe, 28 Oct. 1915,
when that ship was sunk in the Ægean Sea; _unm._ Major Ruston,
himself saved from the ship, wrote: “The whole event was so sudden
and so unexpected, and the time the Hythe remained afloat after the
collision was so short, that it is practically impossible to say what
happened to individual men. Many of the drivers must have been injured
in the collision, as the other vessel struck their part of our vessel,
and brought down our foremast.... From what I know of the drivers, and
your son in particular, I am sure he died bravely.” His brother, Albert
Edward Wilmshurst, was also on the Hythe, but was rescued.
[Illustration: =William Jesse Wilmshurst.=]
=WILSON, ALBERT PATTERSON=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6304), 224462, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=WILSON, ALLAN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9740), 205388, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WILSON, DOUGLAS HENRY VERNON=, Lieut., R.N., H.M.S. Bulwark, yst.
_s._ of the late Charles Pooley Wilson, formerly Lieut. Indian
Navy, and Principal Officer of the Board of Trade, London District, by
his wife, Claudia Wilson (Highland Road, Upper Norwood, S.E.), dau. of
James T. Secretan; _b._ Upper Norwood, 19 Dec. 1885; educ. Dulwich
College and H.M.S. Britannia (where he won Champion Featherweight Cup
in Boxing, Aug. 1901); entered the Navy as a Naval Cadet on H.M.S.
Formidable, 15 Sept. 1901, became Midshipman, 30 Nov. 1901; Sub-Lieut.
30 April, 1905; and Lieut. 1 Oct. 1907; served the whole of her first
commission on H.M.S. Formidable on Mediterranean Station; when Lieut.
on H.M.S. Venus attended Mr. Winston Churchill as A.D.C. to Mombasa,
and on the same ship went to Quebec for the Tercentenary Festival in
1908; appointed to H.M.S. Glory 30 Oct. 1913; transferred to H.M.S.
Bulwark 29 July, 1914; and was lost when that ship was blown up
off Sheerness on the morning of 26 Nov. following. He _m._ at
Weymouth, 17 Oct. 1914, Evelyn Maud, dau. of Thomas Charles Hooman, of
Lilliput, Dorset; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Douglas H. V. Wilson.=]
=WILSON, EDWARD HENRY=, Rifleman, No. 2056, 9th Battn. (Queen
Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Henry
Edward Wilson, of 45, Durham Road, East Finchley, by his wife, Alice,
dau. of Robert Pritty; _b._ Tufnell Park, N., 17 May, 1895;
educ. Owen’s School, Islington, and on leaving school, entered the
Head Office of the London City and Midland Bank; volunteered on the
outbreak of war and joined the Queen Victoria’s Rifles, Aug. 1914;
left for France 4 Nov. following, being attached to the machine-gun
section of his battn.; took part in the capture of Hill 60, when the
machine-gun section of the Q.V.R.’s rendered excellent service; and
was killed in action by shell fire near Wieltje, at the beginning of
the Second Battle of Ypres, 24 April, 1915. Buried in the garden of a
cottage 200 yards S.E. Battn. H.Q., Wieltje. His officer, Lieut. Brian
Fargus, who was himself killed on New Year’s Day, wrote in Dec. 1914:
“Wilson accompanies me voluntarily whenever I go out on a prowl round
the lines or up to some dangerous point. He knows no fear and has
turned himself into my bodyguard; he is a splendid fellow and I think
no end of him.” And the Sergt. in charge of the machine-gun section
wrote of his fearlessness of danger and conscientious attention to
duty, and of the very good work he had done at Hill 60. He was a member
of the Blackheath Harriers and had won a number of prizes at athletic
meetings; he was also a keen cricketer and football player and an
enthusiastic yachtsman.
[Illustration: =Edward Henry Wilson.=]
=WILSON, ENNIS NORMAN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9005), 196524, H.M.S.
Cressy, lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WILSON, ERNEST=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16978, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WILSON, EWEN HOLMES HUMPHREY JAMES=, Lieut., 1st Battn. The Black
Watch (Royal Highlanders), only _s._ of the late James Humphrey
Wilson, of Shona, Ayr, by his wife, Katherine Campbell, dau. of John
Gordon MacMillan; _b._ Ayr, 18 June, 1892; educ. Harrow; gazetted
2nd Lieut. 14 Feb. 1912; and promoted Lieut. 16 May, 1914; left for
France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, his battn. forming
part of the 1st Brigade, and was killed in action at Sablonnières
during the Battle of the Marne, 8 Sept, following; _unm._ Buried
at Sablonnières. His Major wrote: “His Coy. will miss him, and so do
we all, as he had endeared himself to all his brother officers and
comrades,” and a corpl. in his platoon: “He died leading the men who
adored him.” At Harrow he played cricket and football for his house,
and was a Colour-Sergt. in the O.T.C. at Sandhurst.
[Illustration: =Ewen H. H. J. Wilson.=]
=WILSON, GEORGE=, Stoker, H.M.S Good Hope; lost in action off
Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WILSON, HARRY=, Private, No. 1278, 14th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles; killed in
action, 27 April 1915.
=WILSON, HARRY=, Leading Seaman, 233319, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WILSON, HUGH STANLEY=, 2nd Lieut., 8th Battn. Worcestershire
Regt. (T.F.), 4th _s._ of the Rev. James Maurice Wilson, D.D.,
Canon of Worcester, formerly Head Master of Clifton College, and
afterwards Vicar of Rochdale and Archdeacon of Manchester, by his
wife, Georgina Mary, dau. of the late Admiral John Talbot; _b._
at the School House, Clifton College, Bristol, 28 Nov. 1885; educ.
Clifton College and King’s College, Cambridge; was an assistant Master
at Rugby School; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the
8th Worcesters as a Private in Aug. 1914; was given a commission as
2nd Lieut., 29 Oct. following, and was killed in action in France, 14
Sept. 1915. Buried in the English Military Cemetery, Hébuterne, Pas de
Calais, France; _unm._
=WILSON, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10493), S.S.
108189, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of James Wilson, of 63, Britannia
Street, Belfast; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=WILSON, JOHN=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. 15442), H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=WILSON, JOHN JOSEPH DEXTER=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27512 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Joseph Wilson, of 22, High Street, Waterloo,
Pilsley, co. Derby; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea,
15 Oct. 1914.
=WILSON, ROBERT=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ports. 7473, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WILSON, ROBERT SYM=, Capt., 1st Battn. Seaforth Highlanders,
eldest _s._ of the late Andrew Hay Wilson, Agent, Royal Bank
of Scotland, Leith, by his wife, Anne Wood (11, Drummond Place,
Edinburgh), dau. of Christopher Wood, of Leith; _b._ Leith, 17
Nov. 1876; educ. Edinburgh Academy and Trinity College, Glenalmond,
Perth; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st Seaforth Highlanders from the Militia,
Dec 1897, and promoted Lieut. 9 Dec. 1899, and Capt. 11 April, 1902;
served through the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in the
advance on Kimberley, including action at Magersfontein (wounded); the
operations in the Orange Free State, May 8 to Jan. 1901, and Jan. to
March, 1902; those in the Cape Colony, Feb. and March, 1901, and Aug.
1901 to Jan. 1902, and in the Transvaal March to Aug. 1901, and March
31 to May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps and King’s medal with
two clasps). Between 1907 and 1910 he was employed as Adjutant, first
to the Volunteers and afterwards to the Territorial Force. On the
outbreak of war Capt. Wilson was in India with his battn. He sailed
for France with the Dehra Dun Brigade (Meerut Division) of the Indian
Expeditionary Force in Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Neuve
Chapelle, 8 Nov. following. He _m._ at Murrayfield, Midlothian, 5
Nov 1902, Harriet Evelyn (Hawthornbank, Murrayfield), 2nd dau. of the
late Alfred William Pearce, of Broughty Ferry, and had three children:
Andrew Ripley, _b._ 13 Jan. 1904; Ronald Christopher, _b._ 15
May, 1905; and Marjorie Anne, _b._ 25 July, 1912.
=WILSON, SAMUEL OLSON=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9787), S.S. 2446, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WILSON, WILFRED=, A.B., 212496, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BOWES-WILSON, GEORGE HUTTON=, Capt., 4th Battn. The Yorkshire
Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Thomas Bowes-Wilson, of Enterpen Hall,
Hutton Rudby, Yorkshire; _b._ Newcastle-on-Tyne, 26 April, 1877;
educ. Clifton College, and New College, Oxford (B.A.); joined the
4th Territorial Battn. of the Yorkshires from the Volunteers on the
organisation of the Territorial Force in 1907, and was promoted Capt.
1 March, 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of
war; and was killed in action, near Ypres, 17 June, 1915. Buried at
Vlamertinghe. He _m._ at St. Peter’s Church, Harrogate, 29 Sept.
1908, Nora Dulcie, only child of the late Herbert Linney, and had a
son, Maurice Desmond, _b._ 6 June, 1912, _d._ 17 March, 1915.
=WIMHURST, ARTHUR DANIEL=, Stoker, 1st Class, 364229, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WIMSETT, FREDERICK THOMAS=, Private, No. 2280, 83rd Field
Ambulance, 27th Division, R.A.M.C. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of William
George Wimsett, of 2, Hilda Terrace, Ham Hill, Snodland, co. Kent., by
his wife, Emma, dau. of Richard May; _b._ Larkfield, 10 Dec. 1896;
educ. Snodland National School; was working at Snodland Paper Mill;
joined the Territorials 2 July, 1914, and was at his first training
camp on Salisbury Plain when they were ordered to return, owing to the
outbreak of war in Aug. 1914. He immediately volunteered for foreign
service, trained at Maidstone, Canterbury, Sittingbourne and Windsor;
went to France, 6 March, 1915, and died in No. 11 General Hospital,
Boulogne, 13 May, 1915, from a wound in the head, received while
picking up the wounded on the 11th. He was buried in the English part
of the Cemetery there.
[Illustration: =Frederick T. Wimsett.=]
=WINDEBANK, ROBERT PERCY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4075), 190016, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=WINFIELD, STUART JAMES=, L.-Corpl., No. 9956, 1st Battn. East
Kent Regt. (The Buffs), _s._ of James Stratton Winfield, of 17,
Boden Road, Gillingham; served with the Expeditionary Force in France,
etc.; killed in action, 18 Oct. 1914.
=WINDLE, JOHN=, Officers’ Steward, 1st Class, L. 2085, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WING, MATTHEW=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2016), H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WINGATE, THOMAS PATERSON=, Capt., 2nd Battn. King’s Own Scottish
Borderers, only _s._ of the late Paterson Wingate, of Glasgow,
Shipbuilder, by his wife, Jessie Crawford (18, Westbourne Terrace,
Glasgow), dau. of John Bruce Murray, of Glasgow; _b._ Woodcroft,
Glasgow, 7 Feb. 1877; educ. Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow, and Glasgow
University (B.Sc. 1899); gazetted 2nd Lieut. to 2nd King’s Own
Scottish Borderers, then in India, 4 May, 1898, and promoted Lieut.
21 April, 1900, and Capt. 24 Jan. 1906; served in the South African
War, 1899–1902, with the King’s Royal Rifle Corps; took part in the
operations in Natal, 1899, including actions at Rietfontein and
Lombard’s Kop; the defence of Ladysmith, including action on 6 Jan.
1900; operations in Natal, March-June, 1900; in the Transvaal, east of
Pretoria, July to 29 Nov. 1900, and in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900,
to March, 1901; and was Railway Staff Officer (graded Staff Lieut.),
4 May, 1900, to 4 May, 1901, and Military Landing Officer (graded
Staff Capt.), 5 Sept. 1901, to 30 June, 1903 (mentioned in Despatches
[London Gazette, 8 Feb. 1901], Queen’s medal with two clasps and King’s
medal with two clasps). At the close of the war he joined his regt.
in India and returned with it to Glasgow; and from 9 March, 1912, to
9 March, 1915, was Adjutant to the 3rd (Reserve) Battn. at the Depôt,
Berwick-on-Tweed, and after mobilisation in Aug. 1914, at Portland.
He went to France, 16 March, 1915, in charge of a draft for the 2nd
Battn., which had formed part of the first Expeditionary Force (13th
Brigade, 5th Division), and was killed in action at Hill 60, 18 April,
1915, the day after the 2nd King’s Own Scottish Borderers and the 1st
West Kents had stormed the Hill; _unm._ Col. Sladen, D.S.O.,
commanding 2nd King’s Own Scottish Borderers, himself wounded on this
occasion, wrote: “He was such a brilliant soldier and such a good
comrade in every way. His loss is a great loss to the regt., and the
Army can ill afford to lose such as he was. Hill 60 has indeed taken a
heavy toll of this regt.” And the following appeared in the Regimental
Orders, 23 April, 1915: “It is with very great regret that the
commanding officer has to announce to the battn. the death of Captain
T. P. Wingate, the late Adjutant, who was killed in action on 18 April,
1915. In his magnificent soldierly qualities and his self-sacrificing
devotion to duty the late Capt. Wingate has set a standard which all
ranks may well endeavour to attain.”
[Illustration: =Thomas Paterson Wingate.=]
=WINGFIELD, JOSEPH=, Stoker, 1st Class, 310594, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WINKS, LAWRENCE=, Sergt., No. 11/457, 2nd Wellington Mounted
Rifles, 5th _s._ of John Winks, of Hawera, New Zealand, by his
wife, Mary Jane Amon, who was a dau. of the late Thomas Amon, of
Rangitikei, N.Z.; _b._ Hawera, 19 Dec. 1891; educ. Normanby;
enlisted the day following the declaration of war, 6 Aug. 1914, and
died 6 June 1915, of wounds received in action during the fighting at
No. 3 Port, Gallipoli, on 31 May; _unm._
[Illustration: =Lawrence Winks.=]
=WINKWORTH, HARRY=, Chief Ship’s Cook, 176650, H.M.S. Hawke,
_s._ of Stephen Winkworth, of 17, St. Clement Street, Winchester;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WINMILL, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 4702, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WINN, ARTHUR=, Capt., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 2nd. Suffolk Regt.,
only _s._ of Arthur Thomas Winn, of the Uplands, Aldeburgh,
Suffolk, Barrister-at-Law, Middle Temple, by his wife, Constance, dau.
of Henry Hicks, of Weybridge, Surrey; _b._ Ewell, co. Surrey,
13 April, 1884; educ. Eton; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Suffolk
Territorials, April, 1902, and promoted Lieut., and Capt. 23 Aug. 1913;
volunteered on the outbreak of war; went to France, Aug. 1914, attd. to
the 2nd Suffolks, and was killed in action near Soissons, 9 Sept. 1914;
_unm._
=WINN, ROBERT CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9831), 213622, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WINN, THOMAS=, Private, No. 12897, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Thomas Henry Winn, by his wife, Selina Harriet;
_b._ 1873; enlisted 28 Sept. 1914, and died 29 June, 1915, in
No. 23 General Hospital, Etables, of wounds received in action at
France. He _m._ at St. Mark’s, Bow, E., 4 June, 1899, Emma (137,
High Street, Homerton), dau. of Walter Elson, and had five children:
Henry, _b._ 27 Jan. 1905; Selena, _b._ 12 Aug. 1902; Alice,
_b._ 26 Jan. 1907; Martha, _b._ 6 Aug. 1909; and Caroline,
_b._ 2 June, 1913, and _d._ 29 June, 1915.
[Illustration: =Thomas Winn.=]
=WINSHIP, ERNEST=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 25790, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WINSHIP, JOHN=, Stoker (R.N.R.), V. 282, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=WINTER, WILLIAM=, A.B., 230420, H.M.S. Aboukir, lost in action in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WINTERBOTTOM, JACK HUDSON=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26734 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=WINTERSON, GEORGE=, Private, No. 9876, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Thomas Winterson, of Weir Cottages, Chirton, near
Devizes, by his wife, Ann; _b._ Chirton, co. Wilts, 8 Oct. 1894;
educ. Patney School there; enlisted in the 3rd Battn., Wiltshire Regt.
in 1910; transferred to the Coldstreams, 6 Dec. 1912; went to France
12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Rentel, Belgium, 5 Nov.
following. Buried there. He _m._ at Holy Trinity Church, Windsor,
7 July, 1914, Minnie Jane (75, Hatherley Road, Reading, Berks), dau. of
William Collyer, and had a son, Frederick Williams, _b._ 12 July,
1915.
[Illustration: =George Winterson.=]
=WINTON, ALBERT EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6841), 194785, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=WINTON, JOHN=, L.-Corpl., No. 9376, 2nd Battn., East Yorkshire
Regt., eldest _s._ of John Winton, of East Ferring, Worthing,
Council Labourer, by his wife, Charlotte, dau. of Charles Pelham, of
Angmering; _b._ Sutton, co. Sussex, 25 Feb. 1886; educ. Ferring
Church of England School; was a Barman and Nurseryman; enlisted in Dec.
1909; served in India 1912–14; was recalled with his Regt. to England
after the outbreak of the European War; arrived in England on Christmas
Eve; went to France, 17 Jan. 1915, and was promoted L.-Corpl., previous
to being killed in action, 22 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Winton.=]
=WINWOOD, GEORGE=, A.B., J. 2550, H.M.S. Arethusa; killed in
action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=WINWOOD, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4966), S.S. 1786, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WIRE, JOHN BERTRAM=, Private, No. 2047, 11th Battn., Australian
Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of John Benjamin Wire, of 35, Borthwick
Road, Stratford, co. Essex, retired Builder; by his wife, Eliza, dau.
of Nicholas (and Grace) Oldreive; _b._ Stratford, co. Essex;
educ. Commercial and Civil Service College, Forest Gate, and emigrated
to Australia in Sept. 1907, where he had two years training at the
Australian Government College for Agriculturists. On the outbreak of
war he gave up his farm of 420 acres; enlisted in the Commonwealth
Expeditionary Force; left for Egypt in April; went to the Dardanelles
in June, and was killed in action in a bayonet charge 1 Aug. 1915, his
battn. having been ordered by Lieut.-General Birdwood to clear the
trenches opposite Tasmania Post. Buried at the rear of the battn. lines
next to his Lieut.; _unm._ Private Wire gained distinction at the
West Ham Technical Institute in Bookkeeping and a 1st Class Certificate
from the Society of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce, of London.
[Illustration: =John B. Wire.=]
=WISE, ARTHUR ERNEST=, Steward, H.M. trawler Argyll, _s._
of the late Robert Wise, of Gainsborough; _b._ Newport, Isle of
Wight, 30 Nov. 1873; educ. Bristol; joined H.M. cutter Argyll, 5 March,
1915, and was lost when she was torpedoed, 15 June, 1915. He _m._
at Bristol, 7 Aug. 1893, Maude (1, Auckland Terrace, Gillett Street,
Hessle Road, Hull), dau. of the late Frank Lewis; _s.p._
=WISEMAN, PHILIP JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4902), 204779, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=WITTER, JAMES=, Private, No. 742, 11th Battn. 3rd Brigade, 1st
Division, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Andrew Witter, of
Kiltyferagle, Cloghan, co. Donegal, Farmer, by his wife, Mary, dau.
of John McDermott; _b._ Kiltyferagle, 9 May. 1887; educ. Cloghan
National School; went to Australia, 11 May, 1911; worked on the gold
fields; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Commonwealth
Expeditionary Force, Aug. 1914; left for Egypt in Nov.; took part in
the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and died on 26 May,
1915, of wounds received in action there; _unm._ His Company
Commander wrote: “He had been in my company from its inception and I
found him a fine reliable soldier, full of pluck and good nature. He
was wounded in the trenches by a shell, and although he received prompt
attention, it seems that he was too badly hit to recover. My company
formed part of the first landing force of 1,500 men, and your son took
part in this action. You have read the reports in the papers, and from
that you can see what each man had to put up with. Some of my men
informed me that during the first few days he carried several men under
fire. Unfortunately he has lost his own life. Still you can look with
pride on his record, which was a good one indeed.”
[Illustration: =James Witter.=]
=WOGAN, JOHN HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3770), S.S.
101411, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WOLSELEY, WILLIAM SPENCER JOSEPH=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. East
Lancashire Regt., 6th _s._ of Edward Talbot Wolseley, of Maryland,
Ascot, formerly Capt. 3rd Staffordshire Militia, by his wife, Florence
Mary, 3rd dau. of Edward Joseph Weld, of Lulworth Castle, Dorset,
and nephew of Sir Charles Michael Wolseley, of Wolseley, 9th Bart.;
_b._ Holme Chase, Weybridge, co. Surrey, 23 March, 1886; educ.
St. Augustine’s College, Ramsgate; went to Canada in March, 1913, but
on the outbreak of war came home and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. from the
Reserve of Officers to the 3rd Battn. East Lancashires, 15 Aug. 1914.
He went to France with his regt. on 15 Feb. 1915, and was killed in
action at Neuve Chapelle, 10 March, 1915; _unm._ His yst. brother,
Robert Francis Joseph, who was commissioned in the same battn. at the
same time, was wounded at Ploegsteert on 4 Feb. 1915, and his 2nd
brother, Hubert Joseph, was killed in action at Elandslaagte, during
the South African War, 27 Oct. 1899, while serving with the Imperial
Light Horse.
[Illustration: =William S. J. Wolseley.=]
=WOLSTENHOLME, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109673, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=WOMBWELL, ROBERT BERTIE=, Sergt., No. 8207, 2nd Battn. Suffolk
Regt., 2nd _s._ of Robert Wombwell, of Lower Holbrook, Ipswich,
Hay Binder, by his wife, Elizabeth Louise, dau. of William Buttle;
_b._ Holbrook, co. Suffolk, 16 March, 1892; educ. there; enlisted
in 1910; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, Aug. 1914; served
through the retreat from Mons, and was killed in action, 25 Nov. 1914;
_unm._ His Chief Officer, Capt. V. C. de Crespigny, wrote: “He was
a brave man and died a soldier’s death, and I cannot say how sorry we
all are. He had had narrow escapes, having had amongst other things,
a bullet through his clothes, and as his Company Commander I knew him
well. Good men such as he are scarce. When sick before, he refused to
go to hospital till ordered to do so.”
[Illustration: =Robert Bertie Wombwell.=]
=WOOD, ALFRED JOSEPH=, Private, No. 1817, 2/9th Battn. Middlesex
Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Arthur Henry Wood, of 29, Devonshire
Road, Pinner Road, Harrow, Civil Servant, by his wife, Ellen Elizabeth,
dau. of Alfred Brown of Roxeth, Harrow; _b._ Finsbury Park,
London, 17 June, 1895; educ. Lower School of John Lyon, Harrow; was
a Dental Mechanic; enlisted after the outbreak of war, 31 Aug. 1914;
trained at Sittingbourne, was attd. 2/10th Middlesex, went to the
Dardanelles, 18 July, 1915; took part in the heavy fighting at Suvla
Bay during Sept. 1915, and died in Alexandria Government Hospital,
16 Oct. from dysentery, contracted after six weeks in the trenches;
_unm._ He was buried at Chatby Cemetery, Alexandria.
[Illustration: =Alfred Joseph Wood.=]
=WOOD, ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER=, Plumber’s Mate, M. 5490, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WOOD, CHARLES EDMUND=, Capt. and Adjutant, 1st Battn. Royal
Welsh Fusiliers, yr. _s._ of Edward John Wedg Wood, of Meece
House, near Stone, Staffordshire, by his wife, Lettice, 3rd dau. of
the late Charles Challinor, of Basford; _b._ Watford, co. Herts,
23 Dec. 1884; educ. at Elstree Hall, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffs., Harrow
and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 8 Jan. 1905, and promoted Lieut.
27 Nov. 1909, and Capt. 11 April, 1913, and was Adjutant to the 5th
(Territorial) Battn. at Flint from 20 Oct. 1913 to Nov. 1914, when he
left for France to join his own battn., which formed part of the 22nd
Infantry Brigade, 7th Division, under General Sir Thomson Capper. He
was acting Adjutant and 2nd in Command at the time of his death, and
was killed in action at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915;
_unm._ Buried at Fauquissart, near Laventie. He was mentioned in
F.M. Sir John French’s Despatches of 31 May, 1915, being incorrectly
described there as of the 2nd Battn. Capt. Wood was a keen and zealous
officer, well spoken of by his Divisional General and all who came in
contact with him. He was well known in the hunting field with the North
Staffordshire and other packs.
[Illustration: =Charles Edmund Wood.=]
=WOOD, CHARLES WILLIAM=, A.B., J. 11863, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WOOD, EDGAR ADRIAN=, Signalman (R.F.R., B. 2104), 206288, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=WOOD, FRANK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10376), 204911, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WOOD, GEORGE DOUGLAS HARRY=, Midshipman, Royal Naval Reserve, and
A.D.C. to Capt. Kennedy, H.M.S. India, yr. _s._ of the late George
Wood, of Gordon Terrace, Edinburgh, Wholesale Boot Factor, by his wife,
Annie Champion (9, Fountainhall Road, Edinburgh), dau. of Capt. William
Bastard, of Padstow, Cornwall; _b._ Edinburgh, 7 Dec. 1897; educ.
Edinburgh Academy and H.M.S. Conway; was appointed Midshipman (temp.),
R.N.R., 24 March, 1915, and posted to H.M.S. India, and was lost when
that ship was sunk in the North Sea, 8 Aug. 1915.
[Illustration: =George Douglas H. Wood.=]
=WOOD, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9617), S.S.
106983, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WOOD, HARRY=, Private, No. 5562, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards,
_s._ of John Wood, Cloth Drawer, by his wife, Emma, dau. of James
Broxombe; _b._ Burley, Leeds; educ. Church Schools there; enlisted
31 Aug. 1904; passed into the Reserve, 1907, then went into the Police
Force, North Riding, at South Bank; was called up on mobilisation; went
to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug.; was wounded at the
Aisne, 14 Sept., and was home for six months, returned to the Front 19
April, 1915; was again wounded at the Battle of Festubert, and died at
No. 13 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 19 May, 1915, of wounds received
in action at Festubert two days previously. He was buried at Boulogne.
Private Wood _m._ at Middlesbrough, 1908, Edith Mary Ellen (4,
Rockcliff Street, Ventnor Street, Kirkstall Road, Leeds), dau. of John
Hughes, and had three children: John Henry, _b._ 26 Oct. 1908;
Rowland George, _b._ 11 Feb. 1912; and Ivy, _b._ .. June,
1910.
[Illustration: =Harry Wood.=]
=WOOD, JAMES MACGREGOR=, Private, No. 7941, 2nd Battn. The Argyll
and Sutherland Highlanders, eldest _s._ of James Wood, of 11,
Maxwell Street, Edinburgh, by his wife, Emily Mary, dau. of William
Fraser, of New York; _b._ Edinburgh, 20 July, 1882; educ. North
Merchiston, South Morningside and Bruntsfield Board School there;
joined the 3rd Royal Scots, was for some time in the 8th Provisional
Battn. of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, joining the 1st Battn.
in Jan. 1900. He was three years with the Colours, then passed into
the Reserve and was a Postman at the G.P.O. in Edinburgh when war was
declared; went to the Front in Aug. 1914, with the 2nd Battn., and was
killed in action at Ploegsteert, 10 Nov. 1914. He was a member of St.
Matthew’s Parish Church, Edinburgh. Wood _m._ at Morningside, 4
Oct. 1909, Martha (25, Stewart Terrace, Edinburgh), dau. of Patrick
Currie, of Ballymena, co. Down, and had two children: James, _b._
27 March, 1911; and Robert MacGregor, _b._ Sept. _d._ Oct.
1912.
[Illustration: =James MacGregor Wood.=]
=WOOD, JOHN=, Chief Stoker, 279879, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when
that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=WOOD, JOSEPH=, Acting Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 4528), 305734,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=WOOD, LEOFRIC=, Private, No. 2049, 11th Battn. 3rd Brigade,
Australian Imperial Force, 4th _s._ of Frederic Wood, of Wrington,
co. Somerset, Solicitor, by his wife, Amy Elizabeth, dau. of George
Pizey, late of Clevedon, Somerset, M.R.C.S.; _b._ Wrington, 22
Aug. 1894; educ. Clarence School, Weston-super-Mare; was for some
time in the Accountant’s Office of the British Imperial Tobacco Co.
at Bedminster, but in April, 1912, went out to Western Australia;
volunteered after the outbreak of war, and enlisted in the Commonwealth
Expeditionary Force, 27 Jan. 1915, did three months’ training at Perth;
sailed for Fremantle with the 5th reinforcement for the 11th Battn.
in April, arrived at Cairo towards the end of May, and landed on the
Gallipoli Peninsula 15 June, and after six weeks in the trenches died
from dysentery, 2 Aug. 1915; _unm._ Three of his brothers are
with the Colours, Dubric as a motor-cyclist despatch rider, with the
Expeditionary Force in France, Godric with the R.E., in France, and
Wilgric, O.T.C., Bristol, and a fourth brother, Yetric Wood, is a
Midshipman R.N.R., training on H.M.S. Excellent at Portsmouth.
[Illustration: =Leofric Wood.=]
=WOOD, ROBERT=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., A. 1933), 161053,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WOOD, THOMAS=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 9935), 215158, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct 1914.
=WOOD, WILLIAM=, Corpl., No. 2300, 1/17th Battn. (Poplar and
Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Arthur Wood,
of 260, Oxford Street, Stepney, E., Bricklayer, by his wife, Mary Ann,
dau. of the late William Whale; _b._ Mile End Road, London, E.,
12 Nov. 1894; educ. Trafalgar Square, White Horse Lane, and Cooper’s
Company School, Bow; was a Clerk at C. & E. Morton’s, Ltd., Milwall;
enlisted, 1 Sept. 1914; went to France in March, 1915, and was killed
in action in the attack on Hill 70 during the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept.
1915; _unm._ The Sergt. of his platoon wrote of him saying that
“he fought like a man until the end, and was cheerful throughout.”
While at school he won the Junior County Scholarship 1906, and passed
the Oxford Senior Local Exam. at the age of 16.
[Illustration: =William Wood.=]
=CARTER-WOOD, JOSEPH ALLAN=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
only _s._ of Joseph Edmund Carter-Wood, of Skinburness Tower,
Silloth, co. Cumberland, by his wife, Evelyn Alice, dau. of Brig.-Gen.
Alexander William Adair, of Heatherton Park, Somerset, late Coldstream
Guards, who served in the Crimea; _b._ London, 3 Nov. 1884; educ.
at Mr. Burgess’ School, Epsom, and Uppingham; gazetted 2nd Lieut.
Coldstream Guards, 10 Oct. 1914, and promoted Lieut.; went to the
Front, 22 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Cuinchy, 1 Feb. 1915;
_unm._ Buried in the military graveyard there. His Commanding
Officer, Col. Pereira, wrote: “Your son had only been in the battn.
about a week, but in that short time his company commander, Capt.
Leigh-Bennett, had found him a most useful and invaluable officer”;
and Col. R. Drummond Hay: “For even though your boy had been in the
regt. such a short time he had shown what good metal he was made of,
and in spite of his health was already a very valuable addition to our
strength. Some few of our youngsters showed themselves born soldiers
from the first, and he was one of the few.” Lieut. Carter-Wood was a
good landscape painter, and had had several pictures hung in the Royal
Academy and other exhibitions; he was also a keen fisherman and game
shot.
[Illustration: =Joseph A. Carter-Wood.=]
=WOODFORD, WILLIAM THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2050), 205828, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=WOODGATE, CHARLES ARTHUR=, R.N.R., Skipper, 217 W.S.A., H.M.
steam-drifter Linsdell; reported missing after the sinking of the
Linsdell by a mine, 30 miles off the East Coast, 3 Sept. 1914.
=WOODHOUSE, GEORGE=, A.B., J. 10624, H.M.S. Laurel; killed in
action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=WOODLAND, HERBERT EDWIN=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26779, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WOODNUTT, GEORGE HENRY=, Private, No. 11559, 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of George Woodnutt, of 16, Brewer Street,
Brighton; _b._ co. Sussex; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France; killed in action, 4 March, 1915. Buried 500 yards past the Le
Touret turning on right of Bethune-Richebourg Road _via_ Rue du
Bois; _unm._
=WOODROFF, HENRY=, Private, No. 1426, 1 Coy. 14th Battn. 4th
Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of the late James
Woodroff by his wife, Jessie Sarah (27 E Block, Peabody Buildings,
Shadwell, E.), dau. of James Maclachlan; _b._ Stepney, 12 April,
1883; educ. Broad Street School, Ratcliffe, E. Was employed for some
years at a cork manufacturers, afterwards went to Australia, where
he worked in an iron foundry. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial
Force, 29 Nov. 1914, and died of fever, in the Base Hospital, Egypt, 19
July, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Henry Woodroff.=]
=WOODROFFE, KENNETH HERBERT CLAYTON=, Lieut., 6th Battn. Rifle
Brigade, attd. 2nd Battn. The Welsh Regt., 3rd _s._ of Henry Long
Woodroffe, of Thorpewood, Branksome Avenue, Bournemouth, by his wife,
Clara, 3rd dau. of the late Henry Clayton; _b._ Lewes, co. Sussex,
9 Dec. 1892; educ. Rose Hill School, Banstead, Marlborough College,
and Pembroke College, Cambridge (Classical Exhibitioner); obtained a
commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Cambridge University O.T.C. Oct. 1912,
and was gazetted to the 6th Rifle Brigade, 15 Aug. 1914, and promoted
Lieut. April, 1915; went to France early in Nov., being attd. at the
Front to the 2nd Welsh, and was killed in action during an attack on
the German trenches at Neuve Chapelle, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ He was
mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 5 April-31 May
[London Gazette, 22 June, 1915]. Capt. Gilbey wrote: “Your son was
killed yesterday in an attack near Neuve Chapelle. He was with the
leading platoon, and was the man to get nearer the German front line
trenches than any other. He was killed in the way that every soldier
would wish to be killed, leading his platoon gallantly in the attack.
His death was quite instantaneous; he was shot through the head. By
his death I personally have lost a very good and true friend, and the
regt. a fine and most gallant officer. At Festubert before Christmas
he commanded one of our companies in an attack with great success,
for which his name was included in our list of recommendations sent
in to the Brigade. Later at Givenchy, against the German attack on
25 Jan., he brought up his platoon under heavy fire, leading his men
most gallantly.” At Marlborough College he was Senior Prefect. Capt.
of the O.T.C., Athletic Champion, member (Capt. 1912) of the cricket
XI, 1909–12; football XV and hockey XI. In his school days he was
a good bat as well as bowler, and it was his all-round cricket and
leadership that turned the match at Lord’s against Rugby in 1912. When
he went to Cambridge he was more or less content to concentrate his
cricket on his bowling. It is exacting work to bowl on those plumb
wickets at Fenner’s, but the Hon. Harry Mullholland was satisfied with
Woodroffe, and gave him his “Blue” as a freshman, 1913, and he took six
wickets in his first (1913) Oxford and Cambridge match at Lord’s. He
played cricket as fast bowler for Hants C.C.C. in 1912 _v._ South
Africans (5 wickets); and for Sussex C.C.C. in 1914.
[Illustration: =Kenneth H. C. Woodroffe.=]
=WOODROFFE, LESLIE, M.C.=, Capt., The Rifle Brigade, 2nd _s._
of Henry Long Woodroffe, of Thorpewood, Branksome Avenue, Bournemouth,
by his wife, Clara, 3rd dau. of the late Henry Clayton; _b._
Lewes, co. Sussex, 17 Oct. 1885; educ. Junior House, Brighton College,
Marlborough College, and University College, Oxford (Classical
Scholar), and on leaving there became an assistant master at Shrewsbury
School, where he remained until the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914. He
had received a commission as Lieut. (unattd. List, T.F.), 1 July, 1910,
and was in the Shrewsbury School O.T.C., and immediately volunteered
for foreign service. He was gazetted Capt. 8th Rifle Brigade, 27 Dec.
1914; went to France in May, 1915; was severely wounded at Hooge in
July, and was only able to return to his regt. 1 June, 1916; was again
wounded on the day of his arrival, and died in hospital from these
wounds on the 4th; _unm._ Buried near Bethune. He was awarded
the Military Cross for gallantry in the field at Hooge, 1915. While
at Marlborough College he was head of the school, and was in the
cricket XI and football XV; at Oxford he took a first-class in Mods,
and a second class in Lt. Hum. His two brothers, Kenneth and Sidney
Woodroffe, V.C., were also killed in action (see their notices.)
[Illustration: =Leslie Woodroffe.=]
=WOODROFFE, SIDNEY CLAYTON, V.C.=, 2nd Lieut., 8th (Service)
Battn. The Rifle Brigade, 4th and yst. _s._ of Henry Long
Woodroffe, of Thorpewood, Branksome Avenue, Bournemouth, by his wife,
Clara, dau. of the late Henry Clayton; _b._ Lewes, co. Sussex,
17 Dec. 1895; educ. Rose Hill School, Banstead; Marlborough College,
gained a Classical Scholarship at Pembroke College, Cambridge; gazetted
2nd Lieut., 8th Rifle Brigade, 23 Dec. 1914; went to France 25 May,
1915, and was killed in action at Hooge, Flanders, 30 July, 1915;
_unm._ He was awarded the Victoria Cross [London Gazette, 6
Sept. 1915] “For most conspicuous bravery on 30 July, 1915, at Hooge.
The enemy having broken through the centre of our front trenches,
consequent on the use of burning liquids, this officer’s position
was heavily attacked with bombs from the flank and subsequently from
the rear, but he managed to defend his post until all his bombs were
exhausted, and then skilfully withdrew his remaining men. This very
gallant officer immediately led his party forward in a counter-attack
under an intense rifle and machine-gun fire, and was killed whilst in
the act of cutting the wire obstacles in the open.” At Marlborough he
was Senior Prefect, Capt. of the O.T.C., and member of the football XV
(1912–13–14), hockey XI and cricket XI. Lieut.-Col. R. C. Maclachlan
wrote: “Your younger boy was simply one of the bravest of the brave,
and the work he did that day will stand out as a record hard to beat;
later I will try to get you a more or less definite account. When the
line was attacked and broken on his right he still held his trench,
and only when the Germans were discovered to be in rear of him did he
leave it. He then withdraw his remaining men very skilfully right away
to a flank and worked his way alone back to me to report. He finally
brought his command back and then took part in the counter-attack. He
was killed out in front, in the open, cutting the wire to enable the
attack to be continued. This is the bald statement of his part of that
day’s action. He risked his life for others right through the day and
finally gave it for the sake of his men. He was a splendid type of
young officer, always bold as a lion, confident and sure of himself
too. The loss he is to me personally is very great, as I had learnt to
appreciate what a sterling fine lad he was. His men would have followed
him anywhere.” His elder brothers, Lieut. K. H. C. Woodroffe and
Captain L. Woodroffe, were both killed in action (see their notices).
[Illustration: =Sidney Clayton Woodroffe.=]
=WOODROFFE, WILLIAM JOHN=, Private, R.M.L.I., 8842 (R.F.R. Ch. B.
816), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WOODS, ARTHUR WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, Chatham, S.S. 105687,
R.F.R., B. 8977, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the
North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=WOODS, BASIL HAMILTON=, 2nd Lieut., 1st East Lancs. Field Coy.
Royal Engineers (T.F.), elder surviving _s._ of William Henry
Woods, of Ravenstone, Hale, Cheshire, Mechanical Engineer, by his wife,
Norah, dau. of Charles Greville Williams, F.R.S., F.C.S.; _b._
Chorlton-cum-Hardy, near Manchester, 18 Aug. 1891; educ. Repton School
(where he was a Sergt. in the O.T.C.), and Oriel College, Oxford,
was given a commission in the Reserve of Officers, which he resigned
early in 1914 to take one in the East Lancashire Territorial Division,
R.E., 16 April, 1914; went to Egypt with the East Lancashire Division
in Sept. following, and was killed along with a number of N.C.Os. and
men, 17 Dec. 1914, while on active service on the Suez Canal, by an
explosion on a launch, supposed to be caused by a German mine, and was
buried with full military honours in the Suez Cemetery.
[Illustration: =Basil Hamilton Woods.=]
=WOODS, CHARLES=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1676U, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WOODS, EDWARD WILFRED=, Signal Boy, J. 24461, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WOODS, MAURICE=, Seaman, R.N.R., 5005A, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WOODWARD, WILLIAM=, Private. R.M.L.I., Ch./11382, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WOODWARD, WILLIAM BERNARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4608),
S.S. 103734, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast
of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WOOKEY, FREDERICK MAURICE=, A.R.C.S.I., 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn.
Royal Irish Regt., only surviving _s._ of Frederick Wookey, of
Weston Lodge, Leixlip, co. Dublin, J.P., a member of the firm of Wookey
& Son, Ltd., Washed Flock Manufacturers, by his wife, Fanny, dau. of
Colin McCalman; _b._ Rathmines, co. Dublin, 1 July, 1887; educ.
privately; Campbell College, Belfast, where he won two scholarships;
and the Royal College of Science, Dublin, passing in with a scholarship
and obtaining the distinction of a pass “with credit” in 13 of the
16 examinations, and was awarded the Diploma of Associateship in the
Faculty of Engineering. After this he went to Sir Howard Grubb’s for
about a year, thence to the British Westinghouse Co., Manchester,
for practical knowledge of all kinds of engineering, in order that
he might qualify himself to take charge of his father’s factory,
Electric Lighting, etc. Here he for some time worked for Mr. Bissett
in the Large Machine Drawing Office, and was afterwards transferred to
Production Department where he remained until 1913, when he returned
to Leixlip. He was first Secretary and then Director of Wookey & Sons,
but gave up everything when war was declared. He joined the O.T.C.
about 6 Aug. and on Tuesday, 8 Sept. 1914, enlisted as a Motor Despatch
Rider in the Reserve Signal Corps of the Royal Engineers, leaving for
Chatham that day. He was given a commission at the Front, dated 14
Feb. 1915, and learning from his Commanding Officer that they wanted
to fill up the gaps caused by casualties he joined the 1st Battn. of
the Royal Irish, though he could have come home for training either in
the Artillery or Royal Engineers. He was fatally wounded, when leading
his company at St. Eloi on 15 March, 1915, after his Commanding
Officer, Col. Forbes, had been wounded at Cross Roads, and died at No.
2 Clearing Hospital, Bailleul, on Friday the 19th. He was buried in the
military portion of the cemetery there on Tuesday morning the 23rd;
_unm._ Writing to his father the Acting Adjutant, Lieut. T. E.
H. Taylor, said: “Two motives prompt me in writing to you concerning
the death of your son, 2nd Lieut. F. M. Wookey. One is that I wish to
do so in my official position as Adjutant (Acting) of this battn. and
the other is that I wish to tell you how proud I am of the perfect
coolness and gallantry with which your son advanced with his men, up
that fir-swept street of St. Eloi, until he was wounded. In common
with all old Campbell College boys, I am proud to be able to say I was
a schoolfellow of your son’s. Your son was with “C” Coy.--Commanded
by Major Lillie with another subaltern, called Gordon-Ralph. In the
hurried rush into the village of St. Eloi, under a very heavy fire,
our companies got very scattered. Major Lillie collected some of his
company, and advanced to the assault. Your son, also, got together as
many as he could, and went, at the head of his men, straight for the
barrier held by the Germans. Our assault had to be made, straight up
the street, in the face of a deadly fire from rifles and machine-guns,
both in front and on our right flank. I was with the Commanding
Officer, and helped him to a place of safety when he was wounded,
during which time the assault had advanced further up the street. When
I returned from carrying Col. Forbes back to safety, I found that the
assault had been checked by the enemy’s fire. We had then reached to
within 30 yards of the enemy’s barricades, but all in front had been
either killed or wounded, and those who could do so proceeded to occupy
the houses on both sides of the street. In this first rush Major Lillie
was killed--also Lieuts. Fottrell and Ford, and your son was severely
wounded--evidently by machine-gun fire--in the legs. I did not see him,
myself, but this was reported to me by a survivor who returned, and had
seen your son fall. No one could get up to the killed and wounded, as
the Germans kept up a heavy fire, and, by means of their flare lights,
they could see the slightest move on our part. Just before dawn, on the
15th, some men who had got into a ruined house just opposite where your
son fell, were able to get to him, and brought him in from the street
behind the end of the house. He was then safe from the enemy’s fire.
The poor fellow lay there all that day--no one could get back from that
place with him. Next day the Germans allowed us to take back some of
our wounded, and we brought him in to the dressing station, from where
he was sent to No. 2 Clearing Hospital, Bailleul. I spoke to him, while
he was being carried in, asked him how he felt, and he answered, in his
quiet, cheery way, “These are great lads, to bring me back now.” He
did not seem to be in any pain at all, in spite of one of his ankles
being completely severed by the machine-gun fire. I went back later,
to the dressing station to see him, and found that all his wounds had
been dressed, and that he was sleeping peacefully on a stretcher. The
doctors feared that the shock of his wounds would prove fatal, but
hoped for the best. That was the last I saw of your son. I can realise
what his loss means to you, and all his family. Our present Commanding
Officer has asked me to try and express to you how very much we all
sympathise with you in your sad bereavement. His death has been a most
noble one. His example, which he set to the men who followed him that
night, to almost certain death, was one of the features of the fight of
which all of us are most proud.”
[Illustration: =Frederick M. Wookey.=]
=WOOLF, NATHAN=, Rifleman, No. 2520, 17th Battn. (Poplar and
Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Morris Woolf,
of 14, Lincoln Street, Bow, E.; _b._ Commercial Road, E., 5 Aug.
1894; educ. Jews’ Free School, Birmingham; joined the week after
mobilisation; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was
killed in action at Loos, 17 Sept. 1915: _unm._
[Illustration: =Nathan Woolf.=]
=WOOLLEY, GEORGE FRANK=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 7925, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WOOLLEY, WILLIAM ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B.
1169), 279527, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22
Sept. 1914.
=WOOTTEN, ALFRED=, Private, No. 6995, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of the late Richard Wootten, of Somersham, by his
wife, Rebecca, dau. of James Ruff, of Somersham; _b._ Somersham,
co. Hunts, 14 July, 1885; educ. there; enlisted at Lincoln, 23 Oct.
1906, and after serving seven years with the Colours, was transferred
to the Army Reserve, 23 Oct. 1913, with “Exemplary” character. On
mobilisation he rejoined, 6 Aug. 1914, went to France with the
Expeditionary Force, 9 Aug. 1914, and died in No. 4 Clearing Hospital
at Braisne, 1 Oct. 1914, from wounds received in action at Troyon,
on 29 Sept. during the Battle of the Aisne. Brig.-Gen. H. W. Studd,
Coldstream Guards, wrote: “No more faithful, true, and gallant soldier
gave his life for his country. He did his duty as a Guardsman and lived
and died a Coldstreamer.” He _m._ at Stansted, Essex, 10 April,
1909, Florence (3, Gray Street, Manchester Square, W.), dau. of William
Perry, of Stanstead, and had two children: Alfred Frank, _b._ 29
Nov. 1911; and Florence Pamela, _b._ 4 March, 1910.
[Illustration: =Alfred Wootten.=]
=WOOTTON, JAMES FREDERICK=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2522B, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WORDSWORTH, ALEXANDER GERALD=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Middlesex
Regt., 5th _s._ of the Rev. John Wordsworth, Vicar of Allhallows,
Mealsgate, Cumberland, and formerly a Capt. in the same regt., by his
wife, Rose Geraldine, dau. of the Rev. Alexander Williams, M.A., Rector
of Upcerne, Dorset; _b._ Gosforth Rectory, co. Cumberland, 28
Oct. 1880; educ. Charney Hall, Grange-over-Sands, and Loretto School,
Musselburgh; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Middlesex from the Cumberland
Militia, 29 Jan. 1902, and promoted Lieut. 4 May, 1904, and Capt. 6
March, 1912; and was Adjutant, 9 March, 1912, to 9 March, 1914; served
in South Africa, 1902, took part in operations in Transvaal, May
(Queen’s medal with three clasps), and with the Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders, from 7 Nov. to 6 Dec. 1914, on which day he was
killed in action in the trenches near Laventie. Buried in the orchard
of a farmhouse, La Flinque, near Laventie; _unm._
[Illustration: =Alexander G. Wordsworth.=]
=WORSFOLD, EDWARD=, Private, No. 2385, 2/4th Battn. Queen’s Royal
West Surrey Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of George Worsfold, of Thorley
Cottage, Pyrford, near Woking, Cowman, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of
Richard Woolger; was a Gardener; _b._ Pyrford aforesaid, 15 Nov.
1895; educ. Pyrford Council School; enlisted 10 Aug. 1914; left England
for the Dardanelles July, and was killed in action there, 9 Aug. 1915;
_unm._
=WORSFOLD, STEPHEN=, Private, No. 20175, Supery. Coy. 2/5th Battn.
Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late
William Worsfold, of Holmwood, Dorking, by his wife, Betsy Ann, dau. of
(--). Tidy; _b._ South Holmwood, 4 Sept. 1871; educ. there; was
a Gardener; served for sometime with the 2nd Vol. Battn. The Queen’s
R.W. Surrey Volunteers; was called up after the outbreak of war, 19
Oct. 1914, with the Veteran Reserve, and died suddenly at Chilworth, 1
Jan. 1916, of syncope, while changing guard. He _m._ at Dorking,
26 Oct. 1901, Lilian Caroline (5, Cotmandene Square, Dorking, Surrey),
yst. dau. of James Howard, of Dorking, and had five children: Stephen
Noel, _b._ 25 Dec. 1912; Adelaide Lilian, _b._ 25 May, 1902;
Gladys Emma, _b._ 2 Aug. 1904; Evelyn Louise, _b._ 27 Sept.
1906; and Norah Eileen, _b._ 12 April, 1915.
[Illustration: =Stephen Worsfold.=]
=WORSLEY, CHARLES SACKVILLE PELHAM, LORD=, Lieut., Royal Horse
Guards (The Blues), eldest _s._ and heir of Charles, 4th Earl of
Yarborough, P.C., by his wife, Marcia Amelia Mary, _suo jure_ 7th
Baroness Fauconberg, and 13th Baroness Conyers; _b._ London, S.W.,
14 Aug. 1887; educ. Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. 5 Oct. 1907, and promoted Lieut. 6 Oct. 1908;
was extra A.D.C. to Gen. Sir Douglas Haig, K.C.B., G.C.B., Aldershot
command, from 1912 to 1913, when he rejoined his regt.; went to France
with the Expeditionary Force in one of the special brigades, and was
given the command of the machine-gun detachment, for which work he
had been specially trained; and was killed in action at Zandvoorde,
Flanders, 30 Oct. 1914. On this day the Germans attempted a general
offensive on the whole front from Nieuport to Arras, and there was
severe fighting to the south of Ypres, in which region Zandvoorde
was one of the Allies’ _points d’appui_. After the engagement
Lord Worsley was reported missing, and for some time was believed to
be a prisoner, but later evidence of his death in action this day
was received. He was gazetted Capt. after his death, 15 Nov. 1915.
He _m._ at St. Margaret’s, Westminster, 31 Jan. 1911, the Hon.
Alexandra Vivian, dau. of Hussey Crespigny, 3rd Baron Vivian P.C.,
G.C.M.G.; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Lord Worsley.=]
=WORTABET, JOHN CECIL=, Private, No. 1625, 9th Battn. 3rd Brigade,
Australian Imperial Force, only _s._ of Emin Whiting Wortabet, of
Babbacombe, Torquay, co. Devon, formerly an Official of the Imperial
Ottoman Bank, by his wife, Emma Elizabeth (Marie), dau. of Michael
Constantinidi, of Liverpool and Nicosia, Cyprus, and grandson of the
late Dr. John Wortabet; _b._ Nicosia, Cyprus, 1 Nov. 1886; educ.
The High School, Glasgow, and Bath College; and on leaving there in
1904, joined the Cairo Branch of the Imperial Ottoman Bank, but in
1909 went to Australia and settled in Queensland as an Assistant
in a Station; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of
war, and joined the 9th Battn. A.I.F., left for Egypt with the third
reinforcements, 13 Feb. 1915; went to the Dardanelles, 29 April, 1915,
and died on the hospital ship Gascon, 14 May following, of wounds
received in action at Gaba Tepe on the previous day; _unm._ He was
a good shot and an accomplished horseman.
[Illustration: =John Cecil Wortabet.=]
=WORTH, JOHN ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9273),
S.S. 106472, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=WORTHINGTON, ARTHUR TOM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1316), 203289, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=WRATTEN, WILLIAM HENRY=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24625, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WRAY, HERBERT JOHN=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 1647), 191296,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=WRIGHT, ALBERT GEORGE=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class (R.F.R., B.
2091), 173141, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of James Wright, of Canewdon,
near Rochford, co. Essex; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the
North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WRIGHT, ALLAN O’HALLORAN=, Capt. and Adjutant, 1st Battn. Royal
Irish Rifles, yst. _s._ of the late Frederick Wright, Consul at
Adelaide, by his wife, Frances Jane (Clanferzeal, Redhill, Surrey),
dau. of the late Major Thomas Shuldham O’Halloran, 97th Regt.;
_b._ Adelaide, South Australia, 27 April, 1886; educ. St. Peter’s
College, Adelaide, and Bedford Grammar School; served some time in the
Bedfordshire Royal Engineers (Volunteers), and joined the Sussex Royal
Garrison Artillery (Militia) in 1903, was promoted Lieut. 1905, and
entered the regular army as 2nd Lieut., 1st Royal Irish Rifles, 29 May,
1907, being promoted Lieut. 22 Jan. 1909, and Capt. 15 Nov. 1914; was
Adjutant from 1 Jan. 1913; served in the South African War, 1899–1900,
with the Mounted Rifles (Queen’s medal with three clasps); and with
the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Oct. 1914 to 13
March, 1915, on which date he was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle;
_unm._ He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s
Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915, for gallant and
distinguished service in the field. Gen. A. Lowry Cole wrote of him:
“We have all lost a dear comrade and a good soldier, who met his death
assisting his Col. to lead his Battn. against the enemy.” He was Scout
Officer of his Battn., also Instructor of Musketry, Signalling and
Gunnery. Went in extensively for polo and all sports, and for music,
and composed Military marches and other compositions. He was in action
before 14 years of age in the Boer War.
[Illustration: =Allan O’Halloran Wright.=]
=WRIGHT, CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 7555), 189743, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WRIGHT, EDWARD=, A.B., 213768, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WRIGHT, EDWIN=, Capt. Prince of Wales’s, 3rd Dragoon Guards, only
surviving child of James Walker Wright, M. Inst. C.E., London, late
Chief Engineer Public Works Department, Assam, India, and Secretary to
the Chief Commissioner of Assam, by his wife, Catherine, dau. of Joseph
Hodgson, of Crofton Mills, Blyth, Northumberland; _b._ Jalandhar,
Punjab, 27 Nov. 1879, came to England, 1883; educ. Bedford Grammar
School and Greenwich Naval College, entered the Royal Marine Artillery,
as 2nd Lieut., 1 Sept. 1897, promoted Lieut. 1 July, 1898, and left
Greenwich, 30 June, 1899. He passed his torpedo course (H.M.S. Vernon),
in 1900, and was appointed to H.M.S. Repulse (Channel Fleet), 22 Dec.
1900, till Dec. 1901. On leaving this ship he became Assistant Adjutant
in his branch, Jan. 1902, a post he gave up on his promotion to the
rank of Capt. 3 Dec. 1904. In the following year (1 Aug.) he took up
the Adjutancy of the South-East of Scotland Royal Garrison Artillery
Militia, a post for which his big-gun training fitted him. He resigned
the Adjutancy 11 Aug. 1908, was placed on half-pay and served as
A.D.C. to Admiral Sir Day Bosanquet, Governor of South Australia, from
Feb. 1909 to Jan. 1911. Returning to England he took the opportunity
offered him of going into the cavalry at the foot of the captains’ list
in the 3rd Dragoon Guards at a time when the training of cavalry was
exercising the minds of the authorities. He served with the regt. at
Aldershot and Hounslow and subsequently at Cairo, till sent to join
the Expeditionary Force in France after the outbreak of war. He was
killed in action at Ypres, 17 Nov. 1914. His death is thus described
in a letter from a comrade: “The Prussian Guard were attacking and
some of them rushed into some cottages between Wright’s trench and
the next squadron trench; he rushed out of his trench with some men,
and killed them all in the cottages, accounting for five himself. He
then went back to his trench and took up a rifle and started shooting
at the Germans in front, but a piece of bullet took a piece of his
left thumb away, and damaged the rifle. This misfortune was followed
by the bursting of a shell which killed him.... His squadron took the
brunt of the attack, and he was responsible for a splendid piece of
work in repulsing it....” His body was taken to Ypres that night and
buried in the churchyard there the following day. Splendid testimony
of his devotion to his men is given in a letter from Private O’Brien,
who writing to his wife said: “There are many instances of bravery I
saw myself. One in particular was that of Capt. Wright of my squadron
who crept out under a heavy artillery and rifle fire to try and bring
in two wounded men. He succeeded in bringing back to the trench Jack
Lavery, who had been shot. He also bandaged up and placed in safety
L.-Corpl. Fraser, who had the back of his head blown off by a shell.”
Capt. Wright _m._ at Adelaide, South Australia, 21 Sept. 1910,
Christine Margret, dau. of Thomas Elder Barr-Smith, of Birksgate, Glen
Osmond, Adelaide; _s.p._ He was well known as a polo player and at
Hurlingham was on the “four” mark.
[Illustration: =Edwin Wright.=]
=WRIGHT, HARRY THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5706), 203886, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=WRIGHT, HUGH STAFFORD NORTHCOTE=, Capt., 2nd Battn. 8th Gurkha
Rifles, 2nd _s._ of the late Frederick Wright, for many years
senior superintendent and later Inspector General of Police in Berar,
India, by his wife, Frances Louisa (Kilcor Castle, Fermoy, co. Cork),
dau. of the late Henry Edmund Goodhall, of Sherwood Lodge, Upper
Norwood; _b._ Akola, Berar, India, 14 Dec. 1877; educ. Chigwell
School, Chigwell, Essex (Rev. Canon R. D. Swallow), and later at
Heidelberg College. He was on plague duty in India, when the South
African War broke out, and enlisted in Lumsden’s Horse, sailing from
Calcutta 27 Feb. 1900. He obtained his commission in the Army Service
Corps, 9 Aug. 1900. Col. Lumsden, in writing to his mother, said: “The
pleasure was mine in recommending your boys [Capt. Wright’s younger
brother enlisted at the same time] for their commissions. They turned
out excellent troopers and fought loyally for Queen and Country; I
have no doubt they will do equally well in the future. They are much
indebted to General Tucker, who strongly supported my recommendation at
Headquarters.” He was promoted Lieut. 1 Nov. 1901, and Capt. 15 Sept.
1909; took part in operations both in the Transvaal and the Orange
Colony; entered Pretoria with Lord Roberts, receiving the Queen’s medal
with three clasps, and the King’s medal with two clasps, and returned
to England in Nov. 1902. After a course at Aldershot, he was sent on
duty to Cork, and from there to India for five years, arriving at
Bombay 22 Jan. 1904; in 0ct. 1905, he went to Rawal Pindi for manœuvres
in connection with the Prince of Wales’ visit; and from 1906–1908 he
commanded 13th Mule Corps at Poona, returning to England in Jan. 1909,
when he commanded the 15th Coy. A.S.C. at Bulford Camp, Salisbury,
till 1912. On 19 April, 1912, he exchanged into the Indian Army, and
left England for India the same month, joining the 2nd Battn. 8th
Gurkha Rifles at Lansdowne, Himalayas. While here he passed for his
Majority, and also in Kushura, the Ghurka language. On 22 Aug. 1914, he
left India, embarking at Karachi for France on the S.S. Erinpura, and
wrote: “We are now a convoy of 42 transports, all travelling two cables
length of each other, H.M.S. Dartmouth in charge. It is really a most
impressive sight, and at night looks like a white city.” They arrived
at Marseilles 12 Oct. 1914, and were attached to the Meerut Division
under Major-General Keary. The regt. went into action at Ypres on the
night of the 29th Oct. and Capt. Wright was killed in action on the
following day; _unm._ His Commanding Officer sent the following
account of the engagement: “At 10 p.m. on the 29th he (Capt. Wright)
got his Coy. in the advanced trench, next to that occupied by Capts.
Hartwell and Hayes-Sadler. During the night his trench was attacked
twice to my knowledge as I was with him during one attack, and with
his Double Company Commander Major Wake, in the supporting trench
during the other. He did all that man could do to keep his Command in
hand, and acted with the greatest courage and coolness. During the very
trying shell fire to which these trenches were subjected from 7 a.m. to
1 p.m. on the 30th Oct., he did all it was possible to do. During this
time he was wounded, but continued to command his men. When the furious
attack developed, it was mainly directed on to his trench and that held
by Capt. Sadler. He repelled line after line of the enemy, and held on
till a very large proportion of his men had been killed or wounded, and
till he himself was killed. What could a man do more? A soldier can do
no more than die at his post--game to the last!” General Sir George
Richardson wrote: “I had the honour of knowing your boy at Poona,
when I was G.O.C. 5th Division, and formed the very highest opinion
of him, socially and officially. We all loved him as a first class
sportsman and a first class soldier”; and Major-General H. D. Keary,
Commanding Meerut Division, wrote: “Professionally I was astonished
at the rapidity with which he picked up his profession as an officer
in a Gurkha Regt. in surroundings entirely foreign to anything he had
previously seen, his previous service having been mostly in the Army
Service Corps. I did, in fact, make a special note in the first Annual
Confidential Report I wrote of him of my appreciation of the aptitude
he had shown in this respect. Throughout the time he served under me,
he showed the greatest zeal and capacity, and was an officer in whom I
had the greatest confidence, and acknowledge that whatever work he had
to do would be well and conscientiously done. He was a good soldier and
died a soldier’s death, fighting against fearful odds and under every
possible disadvantage.” Capt. Wright was far above the average both at
polo and tennis, and played tennis for his Corps (A.S.C.) in Regimental
Tournaments at Queen’s Club, twice being in the final; he also had the
reputation of being an excellent shot. Once in Central India, while on
a shooting expedition, he was walking with his elder brother and a few
natives single-file along a narrow path through a thick jungle, when
they came face to face with a huge tiger. Capt. Wright shot the animal
dead, and saved what might have been a catastrophe; the skin of the
tiger, after being cured, was found to measure from end to end, 12 feet.
[Illustration: =Hugh S. N. Wright.=]
=WRIGHT, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3267), 187388, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WRIGHT, JOHN HUTTON=, Private, No. 11431, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Albert Henry Wright, of 25, Grange Road, Small
Heath, Birmingham; _b._ co. Warwick; served with the Expeditionary
Force in France and Flanders; died at Bethune, 10 Jan. 1915, of wounds
received in action. Buried in town cemetery there; _unm._
=WRIGHT, LAWRENCE WILLIAM=, Eng. Lieut. R.N., only _s._
of the late Lawrence Wright, of Orwell, Coatham, by his wife, Mary
Livingstone (Orwell, Coatham, Redcar, Yorks), dau. of John Whyte;
_b._ Middlesbrough, 4 Oct. 1880; educ. Coatham Grammar School, La
Chatelaine College, Geneva, and the Durham College of Science; was an
Engineer and volunteered his services after the outbreak of war and was
gazetted Eng. Lieut. (temp.) and appointed H.M.S. Bulwark, 11 Sept.
1914; and was lost when that ship was blown up off Sheerness, 26 Nov.
1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Lawrence W. Wright.=]
=WRIGHT, LEONARD FREDERICK HALL=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 19544,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WRIGHT, SYDNEY=, L.-Corpl., No. 2610, 9th Battn. (Queen
Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.); joined the Queen Victoria
Rifles 14 Sept. 1914; went to France 3 Nov. 1914, and was killed in
action at Hill 60, 20 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried Larch Wood, 1,
29, Reference Map Belgium, 28, 1/40,000.
=WRIGHT, THOMAS=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Berkshire Regt., eldest
_s._ of Stephen Wright, of Ruskington, Lincolnshire, Farmer,
by his wife, Agnes, dau. of J. Christian, of Barrow House, Rutland;
_b._ Ruskington, 6 July, 1889; educ. Christ’s Hospital School,
Lincoln, and King’s College London (Associate; B.Sc.; A.I.C.); was a
Demonstrator in Chemistry; joined King Edward’s Horse in Feb. 1913;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Berkshires, 24 Dec. 1914; left for France 29
Mar. 1915; and was killed in action 2 May, 1915, in the neighbourhood
of Fauquissart, near Laventie, while on a reconnoitring patrol;
_unm._ Buried in the Fauquissart Cemetery. His Commanding Officer,
Major R. P. Harvey, wrote: “He was on duty in the trenches with his
platoon and had taken out a sergt. and a man to reconnoitre a trench
half way between the opposing lines. At 8 p.m. he returned to report
that he had seen footmarks leading to the enemy’s trench. About 10 p.m.
he asked permission to go on the next patrol as this was a duty which
he particularly liked, and was allowed. While peering in the darkness,
both he and the sergt. who was with him showing their heads above a
flimsy parapet, a volley from the enemy was fired and your son was
struck through the head, heart and wrist. He fell dead without a sound.
The sergt. was unable to move him, but returned and reported. A brother
subaltern and three men at once set out to find his remains which they
brought down to headquarters by midnight. He was laid to rest in the
little cemetery of Fauquissart where some 30 men of his Battn. lie.
Having trained your son at Portsmouth when he joined this battn., I can
testify personally to the loss the regt. has sustained in the death
of a most promising young officer. One who was always willing, quite
reliable, and of a most placid and cool temperament in danger.”
=WRIGHT, THOMAS=, Private, No. 20061, 4th Battn. East Kent
Regt. (The Buffs) (T.F.), eldest _s._ of William Worley Wright,
of Bexhill, by his wife, Ellen; _b._ Bexhill, 19 April, 1854,
enlisted in Oct. 1915, and died at Faversham, 30 Dec. 1915, of
pneumonia, contracted while in training. He _m._ at the Baptist
Church, Erith, 6 July, 1890, Fanny (60, Kingsley Road, Maidstone), dau.
of William Town; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Thomas Wright.=]
=WRIGHT, WILLIAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 8820, 4th Battn. Middlesex
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action,
17 Jan. 1915.
=WRIGHT, WILLIAM=, E.R.A., R.N.R. 425EB, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WRIGHT, WILLIAM=, Leading Stoker (Coastguard), 306457 (Dev.),
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WRIGHT, WILLIAM HENRY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 17936, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WROUGHTON, MUSGRAVE CAZENOVE=, 2nd Lieut., 12th (Prince of
Wales’s Royal) Lancers, only _s._ of William Musgrave Wroughton,
of 77, Chester Square, London, S.W., and of Creaton Lodge, co.
Northampton, by his wife, Edith Constance, dau. of Henry Cazenove, of
Lilies, Aylesbury, and nephew of Philip Wroughton, of Woolley Park,
co. Berks, M.P., J.P., D.L. (see The Plantagenet Roll, Mortimer-Percy,
Vol. 1. p. 203); _b._ in London, 1 Oct. 1891. He was educ. at
Harrow and at Christchurch, Oxford, and during his school and college
vacations was a keen follower of the Pytchley Hounds, of which pack
his father was master for many years. On leaving Harrow he received a
commission in the Northamptonshire Yeomanry, and in 1912 he accompanied
Sir Robert Baden-Powell as A.D.C. on his world tour in connection
with the Boy Scouts’ movement. After serving for four years in the
Northamptonshire Yeomanry, he was given a commission in the Special
Reserve, 12th Lancers, as 2nd Lieut. (on probation) in Oct. 1913; the
appointment was confirmed after his death, to date from 29 Oct. 1914.
In Aug. 1914, he accompanied his regt. to the Front, and was mentioned
in Sir John French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, for gallant and
distinguished service in the field. He was killed in action near Ypres,
30 Oct. 1914, and was buried in Kemmel Churchyard, Belgium; _unm._
[Illustration: =M. C. Wroughton.=]
=WYATT, ERNEST JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, 307234, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WYKES, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 2912, 2/10th Middlesex Regt.
(T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Henry Wykes, of 29, West View Road, Hemel
Hempstead, Herts, Builder’s Manager, by his wife, Henrietta Adela
Louisa, dau. of Laurance Rose; _b._ Hemel Hempstead, 16 May, 1892;
educ. Council School there; was a Draper; volunteered and enlisted in
Oct. 1914; went to the Dardanelles in July, 1915; took part in the
landing at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, and died in Hospital at Alexandria, 1
Nov. 1915, of dysentery contracted in the trenches. Buried in Chatby
Military Cemetery; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Wykes.=]
=WYLD, GEORGE RICHARD=, Capt., 3rd (Reserve) Battn. Wiltshire
Regt., attd. 1st Berkshire Regt., only _s._ of the Rev. Edwin
George Wyld, Vicar of Melksham, Wilts, Canon of Salisbury, by his wife,
Mary Caroline, eldest dau. of Sir Hungerford Pollen, 3rd Baronet;
_b._ Woodborough, co. Wilts, 8 July, 1879; educ. Marlborough,
and on leaving there entered the Stock Exchange. He served through
the South African War, 1899–1902, with the 13th Middlesex V.R.C. (now
the Queen’s Westminsters) and received the Queen’s medal with four
clasps, and was appointed an Hon. Lieut. in the Army, 1 July, 1901.
When the European War broke out he was on the Reserve of Officers and
immediately volunteered for foreign service, and after being attached
to the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 19 Aug. 1914, was gazetted Capt.
3rd Wilts Regt., 7 Oct. following. He went to France with the 7th
Division, attd. to the 1st Berkshires, Oct. 1914, and was killed in
action at Givenchy 24 Dec. 1914; _unm._ The Chaplain wrote: “He
was most popular with his brother officers of the Berkshire Regt., and
was considered very efficient in his duty, and it was whilst bravely
doing his duty in trench at Givenchy that he was mortally wounded by a
bullet.”
[Illustration: =George R. Wyld.=]
=DOUGHTY-WYLIE, CHARLES HOTHAM MONTAGU, V.C., C.B. C.M.G.=,
Lieut.-Col., Royal Welsh Fusiliers, elder _s._ of Henry Montagu
Doughty, of Theberton Hall, Suffolk, J.P., formerly R.N., by his wife,
Edith Rebecca, only child of David Cameron, Chief Justice of Vancouver
Island; _b._ 23 July, 1868; educ. Winchester and Sandhurst
(1888–89); gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 21 Sept. 1889,
and promoted Lieut., 23 Sept. 1891; Capt. 9 Sept. 1896; Major 21 Aug.
1907, and temp. Lieut.-Col. 31 March, 1914; served (1) in the Black
Mountain Expedition, 1891 (severely wounded; medal with Hazara clasp);
(2) with the Chitral Relief Force as transport officer on the Staff of
Gen. Gatacre, 1895 (medal with clasp); (3) with the Nile Expedition,
1898–9, being employed with Egyptian Army, 22 May, 1898, to 1 March,
1900; was Brigade Major, Infantry Brigade, Flying Column: took part
in the Battle of Khartoum, and in the operations resulting in the
final defeat of the Khalifa (twice mentioned in Despatches [London
Gazette, 30 Sept. 1898, and 30 Jan. 1900]: Sudan medal; Egyptian
medal with three clasps; order of the Medjidieh); (4) in the South
African War, 1899–1900; in command of a Battn. of Mounted Infantry;
took part in operations in the Orange Free State, May-29 Nov. 1900,
including actions at Wittebergen (1–29 July), and Vredefort (severely
wounded; Queen’s medal with three clasps); (5) at Tien-Tsin, where he
raised a regt. of Mounted Infantry; and (6) as Special Service Officer
with Somaliland Field Force, 14 Jan. 1903, to June, 1904 (medal with
clasps). From 26 Sept. 1906 to 3 Dec. 1909, he was acting Vice-Consul
at Mersina and Konia, Asia Minor, and during his tenure of this
appointment occurred the massacre by the Turks of Armenians at Adana.
Of his services on this occasion, a correspondent wrote: “On his own
responsibility he assumed the practical command of the city of Adana,
and his courage and capacity saved the lives of hundreds--indeed,
it was believed by those best able to judge, thousands--of many
nationalities. Wearing his military uniform, he rode through the town
with a half company of Turkish troops, compelling the raging mob to
stop the killing, and posting guards over particular houses. His
right arm was broken by a bullet, but this did not prevent him from
riding out again, and in the second and worst outbreak of massacre
again saving more hundreds of lives. The then British Ambassador
at the Porte, Sir Gerard Lowther, afforded him a generous meed of
support and encouragement, and Major Doughty-Wylie’s services were
recognised by the award of the C.M.G. He also received the warm thanks
of many foreign Governments and public bodies. He afterwards organised
a system of relief to the destitute--22,000 persons, exclusive of
refugees in his own house, and exclusive also of the inmates of three
hospitals which were managed by Mrs. Doughty-Wylie. On 4 Dec. 1909,
he was appointed Consul at Adis Ababa, Abyssinia, where he rendered
important services, acting as Chargé d’Affaires for considerable
periods. Being home on leave in 1912, he was, with the consent of
the Government, appointed Director-in-Chief of the Red Cross units
with the Turkish Forces during the Balkan War, and from 29 Aug. to 21
Dec. 1913, was British representative on the International Commission
for the delimitation of the Southern Frontier of Albania, of which
Commission he was elected President. For his services he received the
Companionship of the Bath, and the second class of the Medjidieh from
the Sultan. On his return to England he was appointed to the General
Staff (2nd grade), and in 1915 went to the Dardanelles on the Staff
of Sir Ian Hamilton. During the landings at the Beaches 25 and 26 of
April, 1915, he represented the Staff in the steamship River Clyde,
which had been specially prepared for running on shore on V Beach,
and which carried 2,200 troops of the 29th Division. This landing
had almost failed, owing to the raking Turkish fire from the Castle
and village and both sides of the bay, and no progress was made on
the 25th, in spite of the desperate valour of the Munster and Dublin
Fusiliers and the Hampshire Regt., but on the 26th Col. Doughty-Wylie
obtained leave to land, and collecting the brave survivors of the
above-named regts., with the assistance of Capt. Walford, organised
an attack, and in some hours’ fighting took the Castle and village
of Sedd-el-Bahr, and finally led his handful of troops in a bayonet
charge up Hill 141, since known as Col. Doughty-Wylie’s Hill. The
Turks fled before them, and they occupied the old Fort on the crest,
but Col. Doughty-Wylie fell at the moment of victory. An eye witness
wrote: “All he carried was a small cane and from a band he wore round
his arm the men gathered he was Staff Officer. He walked about in the
open under a continuous fire, talking to the men, cheering them up,
and rallying them together. Then when all was ready for the bayonet
charge, he placed himself in front of them all, and armed simply with
a small cane led them in a great charge up the hill. No braver man
ever lived. He had no business to be there as a Staff Officer, but the
loss among officers in landing had been so great and the necessity for
making headway quickly was so essential, that he felt his duty lay in
leading the men, so he went forth fearlessly to his death and the hill
will be a lasting monument to his self-sacrifice and great valour.
The magic of his personality and example infused the men with new
resolution and they pressed the attack home.” For his services on the
occasion he was awarded the Victoria Cross, the official record stating
[London Gazette, 23 June, 1915]: “On 26 April, 1915, subsequent to a
landing having been effected on the beach at a point on the Gallipoli
Peninsula, during which both Brig.-Gen. and Brigade Major had been
killed, Lieut.-Col. Doughty-Wylie and Capt. Walford organised and led
an attack through and on both sides of the village of Sedd-el-Bahr on
the Old Castle at the top of the hill inland. The enemy’s position was
very strongly held and entrenched, and defended with concealed machine
guns and pompoms. It was mainly due to the initiative, skill and
great gallantry of these two officers that the attack was a complete
success. Both were killed in the moment of victory.” Col. Doughty-Wylie
_m._ 1 June, 1904, Lilian Oimara, widow of Henry Adams-Wylie,
Lieut. Indian M.S., and eldest dau. of the late John Wylie, of West
Cliffe Hall, co. Hants; _s.p._ He assumed the additional name of
Wylie by Deed Poll in 1904.
[Illustration: =C. H. M. Doughty-Wylie.=]
=WYLLIE, HENRY=, Pte., No. 2547, 6th Battn. Highland Light
Infanttry; _s._ of A. Wyllie, of 181, East Main Street, Armandale;
served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force; killed in action in
Gallipoli, 12 July, 1915.
=WYLLIE, JAMES=, L.-Corpl., No. 7409, 5th Battn. Royal Scots
Fusiliers; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force; killed in
action in Gallipoli, 12 July, 1915.
=WYLLIE, JAMES BULLOCH=, Private, No. 12/2162, Auckland Infantry
Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of A. Wyllie, of
Belmont Road, Quinfoes Green, Midlothian; served in Egypt and at the
Dardanelles; reported missing, 8 Aug. 1915, and now assumed to have
been killed in action that day.
=WYLLIE, SIDNEY ALFRED=, Private, No. 3382, 1st Battn. (Royal
Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Frederick William
Wyllie, of 105, Kirkwood Road, Peckham (now on service in France), by
his wife, Alice, dau. of Alfred Charles Yates; _b._ Port Sunlight,
Cheshire, 13 June, 1899; educ. Stafford Street Wesleyan Council School,
Peckham, S.E., was a Clerk; volunteered and joined the 1st London
Regt., 9 Jan. 1915; went to France 16 April, and was killed in action
there, 9 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Sidney A. Wyllie.=]
=WYLLIE, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, 308390, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WYNDER, JOHN=, L.-Corpl., No. 6570, 2nd Battn. East Kent
Regt.(The Buffs), _s._ of William Wynder, of 37, Staunton Street,
Deptford; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in
action, 3 May, 1915.
=WYNN, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 17348, 2nd Northumberland Fusiliers,
eldest _s._ of Michael Wynn, of Southwick-on-Wear, Caulker, by
his wife, Margaret, dau. of Thomas Storey, of Southwick; _b._
Southwick, 29 Jan. 1880; educ. Board School there; was employed at
Priestman’s Yard, Sunderland, and was Secretary of the Southwick
Football Club; enlisted 11 Feb. 1915, and trained at Newcastle and
East Boldon. After the Battle of Hill 60 at Ypres on 24 May, 1915, he
was officially reported missing and is now assumed to have been killed
that day. He _m._ at Southwick Parish Church, 1 Jan. 1907, Ada
(15, Ogle Terrace, Southwick-on-Wear), dau. of Edward Arthur Hatley,
of Southwick, and had three children: Michael, _b._ 10 Dec. 1913;
William, _b._ 29 June, 1915; and Ruth, _b._ 15 April, 1912.
[Illustration: =William Wynn.=]
=WYNNE, EDWARD=, Private, No. 1425, 13th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force; a native of co. Gloucester; served in Egypt and at the
Dardanelles; killed in action, 9 Aug. 1915.
=WYNTER, FRANCIS CONSTANTINE WILLIAM=, Lieut., 2nd Battn.
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I., yst. _s._ of the late Philip
Henry Massie Wynter, of The Hays, Ramsden, co. Oxon, Capt. Bengal
Army, and for 35 years a Queen’s Foreign Service Messenger, by his
wife, Constance Louisa, dau. of the Hon. Constantine Augustus Dillon
[4th _s._ of Henry Augustus, 13th Viscount Dillon]; _b._ The
Hays aforesaid, 25 April, 1888; educ. Cothill; Harrow and Hertford
College, Oxford (of which he had a Founder’s Kin Scholarship); received
a University commission as 2nd Lieut., Oxford and Bucks L.I., 19 May,
1911, and was promoted Lieut. 22 March, 1914, and Tempy. Capt. Sept.
1915; joined 2nd Battn. at Aldershot, and was posted to the 1st Battn.
in India, 7 Feb. 1912; was appointed General Staff Officer (third
grade), Indian Expeditionary Force, Dec. 1914, and was killed in action
at Ctesiphon, 22 Nov. 1915; _unm._ His eldest brother, Capt. P. C.
Wynter, was killed in France in April (see his notice).
[Illustration: =Francis C. W. Wynter.=]
=WYNTER, PHILIP CECIL=, Capt., 1st Battn. East Surrey Regt.,
eldest _s._ of the late Philip Henry Massie Wynter, of The Hays,
Ramsden, co. Oxon, Capt., Bengal Army, and for thirty-five years a
Queen’s Foreign Service Messenger, by his wife, Constance Louisa, dau.
of the Hon. Constantine Dillon, 7th Dragoon Guards and 17th Lancers
[4th _s._ of Henry, 13th Viscount Dillon]; _b._ London,
31 Jan. 1880; educ. Harrow; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to 1st East Surreys
from the Militia, 4 Dec. 1901, and joined his battn. at Lucknow the
following year; promoted Lieut. 30 Nov. 1903, and Capt. 26 Jan. 1910;
went to France the end of Oct., was invalided home the beginning of
Dec. and returned to France 18 Feb., and was killed in action at Hill
60, 20 April, 1915; _unm._ He was a first-rate horseman and a good
cricketer and played for the Free Foresters. His yst. brother, Capt. F.
C. W. Wynter, was also killed in action (see his notice).
[Illustration: =Philip C. Wynter.=]
=YARD, JOSEPH=, Stoker, H.M.S. Hood Hope; lost in action off
Coronel, on the roast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=YARDE, FRANK=, L.-Sergt., No. 3197, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
only _s._ of Page Yarde, of Buckland St. Mary, near Chard, by
his wife, Susan, dau. of James Yarde; _b._ Staple Hill, Buckland
St. Mary, Chard, co. Somerset, 3 June, 1880; educ. Buckland St. Mary
village school; enlisted 8 Jan. 1900; became L.-Corpl. 9 Nov, 1914;
Corpl. 11 April 1915, and L.-Sergt. 12 July following; served in South
Africa, 26 Nov. 1901, to 6 Oct. 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps);
in Egypt, 29 Sept. 1906 to 29 Jan. 1908; and with the Expeditionary
Force in France and Flanders from 30 Aug. 1914 to 28 Sept. 1915, and
was killed in action that day, near Vermelles, during the Battle of
Loos. He was in a hastily dug trench in the firing line, when a shell
burst and the nose cap caught him just above the forehead, killing him
instantly. Letters from his comrades speak very highly of his conduct
and of how much he was loved and respected by all. He was buried at
the foot of the western slope of Hill 70, 300 yards from the village
of Hulluch, Belgium. He _m._ at St. George’s, Hanover Square, W.,
1905, Agnes Mary (Drill Hall, London Road, Camberley), yst. dau. of the
late James (and Elizabeth) Knight, of Marden, near Devizes, and had
issue: Frank, _b._ 2 May, 1906; William James, _b._ 11 April,
1909; Walter Cameron, _b._ 29 Aug. 1911; John, _b._ 13 May,
1914; and Margaret Elizabeth, _b._ 9 Dec. 1912.
[Illustration: =Frank Yarde.=]
=YARDLEY, FREDERICK GEORGE=, 2nd Lieut., 8th (Service) Battn.
North Staffordshire Regt., yst. _s._ of Joseph Yardley, of the
Cedars, Bescot, Walsall, by his wife, Ann, dau. of Joseph Cockram;
_b._ Darlaston, 19 Oct. 1887; educ. King Edward’s High School,
Birmingham and Queen’s College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1910;
was for three years classical master at Bishop’s College School,
Lennoxville, Canada, and then went to Vancouver, and entered the legal
profession; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war and
joined the 16th Canadian Scottish (72nd Highlanders); came over with
the 1st Contingent in Oct. 1914; was given a commission as 2nd Lieut.
in the 8th North Staffords, 9 Jan. 1915; went to France, 17 July, and
died in Hospital at Calais, 17 Sept. following, of wounds received
whilst superintending trench digging operations near Neuve Chapelle on
22 Aug.; _unm._
=YARROW, ERIC FERNANDEZ=, 2nd Lieut., 7th Battn. Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Alfred Fernandez
Yarrow, of the Homestead, Hindhead, Surrey, Engineer and Ship Builder,
by his wife, Minnie Florence; _b._ Blackheath, London, S.E., 5
Jan. 1895; educ. St. Andrew’s School, Eastbourne; The School, Oundle,
Northamptonshire, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was on the
outbreak of the war. He joined the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 16
Sept. 1914; and was killed in action near Ypres, 8 May, 1915. Buried
on canal bank, near Ypres. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now
Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant and distinguished
service in the field.
[Illustration: =Eric F. Yarrow.=]
=YATES, EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9270). S.S.
106512, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=YATES, GEORGE WALTER=, Ordinary Telegraphist, J. 17213 (Dev.),
H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of James Yates, of Luggvale, Stanhope Street,
Hereford; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914.
=YATES, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 5597), H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=YATES, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 1845), 305453, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=YATES, LENHAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 12517, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=YORK, WILLIAM LEONARD=, Corpl., No. 482, 1/8th Battn. (Post
Office Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F), 3rd _s._ of the late
William York, Painter and Decorator; by his wife, Jennie; _b._ St.
John’s Wood, N.W., 30 March, 1886; educ. West Hampstead School; was
a post office official at the Western District Post Office, and when
recruits were called for from that department immediately volunteered
and joined the Post Office Rifles, Sept. 1914; went to France 18 March,
1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 24 May following. Buried
there. He _m._ at St. John’s Congregational Church, Croydon 23
April, 1910, Lilas Wilkins (53, Northboro Road, Norbury, S.W.), dau. of
James Smith, and had a son, William Andrew Smith, _b._ 17 Sept.
1911.
[Illustration: =William L. York.=]
=YOUNG, ALFRED=, Gunner, R.M.A., 9891, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=YOUNG, ARCHIBALD EDGAR=, Chief Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2077),
163559, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=YOUNG, ARTHUR=, Major, 2nd Battn. 1st King George’s Own Gurkha
Rifles, eldest _s._ of Colonel George Young, of Broomhill,
Woodbridge, Suffolk, Indian Army (ret.), formerly Commanding 1st
Gurkha Rifles, by his wife, Harriet Rose, dau. of the Rev. James
Weir, Drainie, Elgin, Scotland; _b._ Dharmsald, Punjab, India,
3 Dec. 1876; educ. Royal Academy, Tain; Blair Lodge School, Polmont,
Stirlingshire, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd
Lieut., Indian Army, 5 Aug. 1896, and promoted Lieut. 3 Jan. 1899;
Capt. 5 Aug. 1905; Double Company Commander 23 April, 1907, and Major
5 Aug. 1914. He was attached to the Gordon Highlanders for his first
year in India and served with them throughout the Tirah Campaign,
1897–8; took part in the actions at Chagree Kotal and Dargai and the
capture of the Sampagha and Arkanga Passes, the operations in the Waran
Valley and action on 16 Nov. 1897, and those in the Bara Valley 7 to
14 Dec. following, and was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 7
June, 1898] and awarded the medal with two clasps. He joined the Indian
Army in 1899, and was posted to the 1st Gurkha Rifles and later passed
through the Staff College and on 1 June, 1912, was appointed Brigade
Major to the Garhwal Brigade, 7th (Meerut) Division. On the outbreak
of the European War, the 1st Gurkha Rifles formed part of the Indian
Expeditionary Force and left India for France Sept. 1914. Major Young
was wounded in action near Richebourg L’Avouée, 13 Dec. 1914, and died
the following day: _unm._ He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now
Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915 [London Gazette, 17th Feb.
1915], for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field, and was
buried in Lillers Cemetery.
[Illustration: =Arthur Young.=]
=YOUNG, CHARLES STANLEY=, Private, No. 336, 6th Cyclist Battn.
Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), 3rd and yst. _s._ of James Young, now
R.A.M.C. Shoeburyness (served under General Buller in the South African
War), by his wife, Francis (83, Western Road, Hove), dau. of Charles
George Mealand; _b._ Hove, co. Sussex, 9 May, 1898; joined the
Cyclist Corps of the Sussex Territorials in July, 1914, and on the
outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service, but after nine months’
training on the East Coast, was taken ill and died in the Military
Hospital at Brighton, 13 Sept. 1915.
[Illustration: =C. S. Young.=]
=YOUNG, GEORGE EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8081),
S.S. 103987, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=YOUNG, GEORGE NEVILLE PATRICK, M.C.=, Lieut., 2nd Battn.
Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regt. (Royal Canadians), 2nd _s._ of
George Lawrence Young, of Culdaff House, co. Donegal, and Millmount,
Randalstown, co. Antrim, J.P., by his wife, Annie, dau. of Lieut.-Col.
Gardiner Harvey, of Islandnahoe, co. Antrim; _b._ Millmount, 17
March, 1893; educ. Mourne Grange Preparatory School; St. Columbia’s
College, co. Dublin, and Dover College, from which he entered Sandhurst
in 1912, obtaining a Prize Cadetship; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the
Leinsters 17 Sept. 1913, and promoted Lieut. 6 Nov. 1914; went to
France with his Regt. in Sept. 1914, as part of the first Expeditionary
Force, and died in No. 14 General Hospital at Wimereux, 26 July, 1915,
from wounds received in action near Hooge on 12 July: _unm._ He
was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatches of 20
Nov. 1914–14 Jan. 1915 [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915], for conspicuous
bravery at Soupir and elsewhere, and was awarded the Military Cross
[London Gazette, 18 Feb., 1915]. The Officer formerly Commanding the
2nd Leinsters wrote: “He was such a dear, natural, cheerful boy, and
the bravest of the brave. He was my subaltern for the first four
months of the war, until I came to this battn., and I want to tell of
instances of his bravery. The first one was at Soupir, when he was
sent out with half of his platoon. I do not mean sent, he volunteered
to go; it was not necessary, but I did not like to stop him--to find
out the German strength opposite. Every man in the two section was hit
except himself. He ordered those near him back, and remained himself
out all day, from 11 a.m. till nearly 6 p.m. with his badly wounded
men. He dug shelter pits for them, and got them under cover, although
fired at all the time, and finally carried one man in on his back at
night, when he met him quite a long way from our trenches. He must
have been within 150 yards from the Germans all the time. The other
occasion was in our terrific fight on 20 Oct., when the whole battn.
had fallen back or been cut to pieces except one coy., and the mainstay
of the whole defence was your son’s platoon, which made two extremely
spirited counter attacks, in one of which they recaptured 300 yards of
trenches which had been captured by the Saxons. The Saxons never got
round our coy. until 2 p.m. Had it not been for these counter attacks
I would have been attacked from the rear at a much earlier hour, and
the result, not only to ourselves but to the troops on our right, might
have been most serious. My diary tells a better story of these deeds
than I can now, and I will have it forwarded to you. Do not think the
lad has died in vain; he has gone, but deeds such as his never die, and
years after we are dead and gone his deeds will stand out in a bright
light among the many brilliant and brave deeds of the war.” His yr.
brother, Lieut. Guy Young, is (1916) with the Royal Irish Rifles. His
elder brother, Robert C. Young, B.L., is a Lieut. in the R.N.V.R.
[Illustration: =George N. P. Young.=]
=YOUNG, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 282952, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=YOUNG, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4677), S.S. 103445,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=YOUNG, NORMAN MITCHELL=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal Scots, eldest
_s._ of the late Alexander Young, Director of Alexander Cowan
& Sons, Paper Makers, by his wife, Bessie P. Ravenslea, Trinity,
Edinburgh), dau. of William and Selina Hannah Cormack; _b._
Edinburgh, 23 Aug. 1890; educ. Edinburgh Academy; joined the 9th
(Territorial) Battalion of the Royal Scots, Aug. 1908, and was in
command of a company at the Coronation of King George V. and Queen Mary
in 1911 (medal); passed into the Regular Army in 1913, and was gazetted
2nd Lieut. 10 Dec. 1913; promoted Lieut. Aug. 1914; served in India,
Feb. to Oct. 1914, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and
Flanders, 19 Dec. 1914, to 23 April, 1915, on which date he was killed
in action at the second Battle of Ypres; _unm._ He was mentioned
in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant
and distinguished conduct in the field. His commanding officer, Col.
(now Brigadier) D. Callender wrote: “He was so brave always, so devoted
to his duty, such a favourite with both officers and men, that he will
be the greatest loss to the regt. In all my 28 years’ experience I
have never met a young officer who promised so well. He was so keen,
so absolutely reliable that I do not see how I can ever replace him.
He was hit by a shell, killing him outright, so did not suffer at
all”; and again: “He was one in a thousand. I had some time before
recommended him for the Military Cross for his constant good word and
bravery. He so thoroughly deserved it”; and Private J. T. Devlin: “Your
son, Mr. Young, joined my company when he came out to India; when we
were ordered for active service he took charge of our platoon, and
I took over Observer to him and was by his side when he was killed.
My job in the trenches was to go with the late Mr. Young wherever he
went, and believe me he was as brave an officer as ever walked on to
the field. I may state here that he was known in the company as the
best officer in it, and he only missed four days in the trenches, when
he went down to Rouen for a draft of new men, and then the men could
be heard saying, ‘Oh, how I wish Mr. Young was here; you could always
trust your life in his hands.’” Capt. Lucas of the 9th Battn. also
wrote: “He told me he didn’t like burying his men without saying a
prayer, and he just made one up as he went along. For his sympathy in
this way, these rough lads loved and respected him. I was with them in
the trenches at St. Eloi, and I could see very plainly they would do
anything for Norman. He was straight, dead straight in his dealings,
and had no affectation or false pride about him, and that is what we
all like--simple, true, honest, and with a kind and generous heart; to
know him was to love him. Already we in the 9th Royal Scots had hoped
that in the future he would be our Adjutant, and that shows better than
words can tell what we thought of him.”
[Illustration: =Norman Mitchell Young.=]
=YOUNG, ROGER ASSHETON=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Munster
Fusiliers, elder _s._ of Archibald Edward Young, of 3, The Green,
St. Leonards-on-Sea, Solicitor, by his wife, Cicely, dau. of the late
Henry Ashton; _b._ St. Leonards-on-Sea, 20 Dec. 1894; educ. Hill
House School, St. Leonards-on-Sea; Royal Naval College, Osborne;
Uppingham and Sandhurst. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Munster
Fusiliers, 15 Aug. 1914, went out with a draft on 8 Nov. and joined the
2nd Battn. at the front, and was killed in action when the Munsters
relieved the Indians at Festubert, 22 Dec. 1914; _unm._ Col. Bent,
R.M.F., wrote to his father: “Your boy was a very keen and promising
young officer and was always ready for a job; as it was, he was quite
self possessed and fearless when under fire for the first time and
showed a fine example to his men. He died a gallant soldier’s death,
and the Regt. honouring his memory is proud of him. I wish that he had
been spared to us for longer service,” and Major Julian Ryan: “Your
boy was splendid, and if it is any relief to you to know it, all the
officers of his coy. were killed actually leading their men, except.
Capt. Pakenham, who was wounded in three places.”
[Illustration: =Roger A. Young.=]
=YOUNG, THOMAS=, Painter, 1st Class, 347000, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=YOUNG, THOMAS WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 15465, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=YOUNG, VICTOR HARRY=, Rifleman, No. 1558, 9th Battn. (Queen
Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Harry Young,
of 34, Mulgrave Road, Neasden, N.W., by his wife, Mary A., dau. of
W. H. Lloyd; _b._ Gunnersbury, 19 Jan. 1895; educ. Aske’s,
Haberdashers, Hampstead Schools; was a Staff Clerk in the office of
the Gas Light and Co.; joined the Queen Victoria’s Rifles in 1912;
volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914;
went to France, 2 Nov., and was killed in action at the Second Battle
of Ypres, 23 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried there.
=YOUNG, WALTER, D.C.M.=, Sergt., No. 5891, 1st Battn. The King’s
Own Royal Lancaster Regt., _s._ of Joseph Young, Sailor (with 21
years’ service), by his wife, Eliza, dau. of (--) Jones; _b._
Manchester, 2 Sept. 1879; educ. St. James’ Church School, Hollinwood;
enlisted at Manchester, 30 Jan. 1899; served six years with the
Colours; went through the South African War (Queen’s medal with three
clasps and King’s medal with two clasps), and then became a postman at
Oldham. On the outbreak of the European War he was called up, rejoined
his regt. 5 Aug. 1914, went to France with the Expeditionary Force,
served through the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Marne and the
Aisne, and “for gallant conduct near Le Touquet on 22 Jan. 1915 in
assisting in the rescue of a wounded man under fire from the enemy,
who were only 40 yards distant,” was awarded the Distinguished Conduct
Medal [London Gazette, 1 April, 1915]. On that day a house held by the
Monmouth Regt. was heavily shelled. Men of this battn. reported that
one of their number was missing, on which Corpl. W. Young, from the
adjoining barricade, went out through the communication trench which
was waist deep in water and found the man with his head under water.
He raised the man’s head, but thinking he was dead left him, hearing
groans later Corpl. Young went out again and with the assistance of
L.-Corpl. Collings and No. 25071, Pioneer G. Elms, 7th Coy. R.E.,
carried the wounded man across the open into the barricade under
fire of the German trenches 40 yards away. He died in No. 2 Clearing
Station, G.H., 5 April, 1915, from wounds, and was buried two kilos.
from Le Bizet, on the north side of the road to Le Touquet. A wooden
cross marks the spot. His Company Officer, Capt. A. B. Woodgate, wrote:
“I was with him in the trench when he was hit and I was afraid at the
time that there was but little hope of his recovery as the wound in his
head was deep and he was quite unconscious. I have only been in command
of the Coy. for a few weeks, but in that short space of time I have had
the opportunity to see what a brave man and a good soldier he was.”
He _m._ at St. Andrew’s Church, Oldham, 23 Dec. 1905, Elizabeth
Ann (13, Hathersaye Street, Werneth, Oldham), dau. of Alfred Dawson,
of Oldham and had three children: Walter, _b._ 4 Jan. 1911;
Elizabeth, _b._ 10 Sept. 1906; and Annie, _b._ 16 April, 1909.
[Illustration: =Walter Young.=]
=YOUNG, WILLIAM=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class, (R.F.R., B. 2141),
192639, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=YOUNGE, CHARLES=, Officer’s Cook, 1st Class, 360720 (Dev.),
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
List of the Photographers whose photographs have been used for
reproduction in the first volume of the “Roll of Honour.” The
Publishers take this opportunity of thanking those Photographers
who have so kindly allowed them to reproduce copyright
photographs.
ABERNETHY, A. & A. F., Belfast: Lt. E. H. Hewitt; Lt.
O. B. Macausland.
ADDY, FRED, Bargate Studio, Boston: Pte. George West.
ADELPHI STUDIOS, London, W.C.: Sister Nellie Clark;
Rflm. R. Tucker.
AKKERSDYK, Cape Town: Capt. P. V. Viner-Johnson.
ALDOUS, C., Norwich: Sergt. T. C. Buck.
ALDRIDGE, C., Hythe, Kent: Pte. Andrew Gardiner.
ALLISON, WM. L., Belfast: Capt. A. J. Millar.
AMERICAN STUDIOS, Aberdeen: Pte. G. Groves.
AMERICAN GALLERIES, Liverpool: Pte. Charles A. Gregory;
Pte. Harold Stephenson.
ANDERSON, WM. B., Aberdeen: Pte. W. Gray.
ANDERSON, J. H., Welshpool: Le.-Cpl. L. A. Hedge.
ANGLO SWISS STUDIO, Cairo: Captain C. J. Spencer.
ANNAN & SONS, T. & R., Glasgow: Lt. E. B. Pollard.
APPLEBY, E. W., Coventry: Lt.-Comm. Wm. Annand; Mid. O.
T. O. Jagger.
APPLEBY & CO., W., Newcastle: Pte. C. Noble.
APPLEBY, The Strand, Sydney: Capt. (Dr.) A. Verge.
APPLIN’S STUDIO, Southampton: Pte. Alfred Wootten.
ARMSTRONG, ALICE, Bexhill-on-Sea: Capt. C. L. Master.
ARMSTRONG, C. C., Edinburgh: Trooper Wm. Foster.
ARTHUR, F., Liverpool: Pte. H. Wharton.
ARMY & NAVY STORES, Westminster: 2nd Lt. H. K. Foster;
Capt. F. F. Hodgson; Major E. A. Leather; Lt. Ronald Wm.
Poulton-Palmer; Lt. A. N. Trotter.
AUSTIN, GEORGE, Eastbourne: Pte. J. Gladman.
AVERY, J. J., London: Pte. J. D. Wells.
BACON & SONS, JAMES, Newcastle-on-Tyne: Capt. H.
Blease; 2nd Lt. N. J. L. Boyd; Lt. A. E. Evans; Lt. C. R. J.
Hopkins; Lt. L. V. Burgoyne Johnson; Capt. J. M. Lambert; Lt.
C. Leather; Lt. C. L. C. Bowes Lyon; Capt. J. V. Nancarrow;
Brig.-Gen. J. F. Riddell; Coy. Sergt.-Major R. E. Robson; Capt.
R. C. Roddam; Capt. P. N. Sanderson.
BALL, E. S., Bedford: Lt. W. Keay-Falconer.
BALL, E. S., Cambridge: Lc.-Cpl. M. H. Potter.
BALAMAIN, J. C. H., Edinburgh: Pte. W. J. Sinclair;
Mid. D. H. Wood.
BAMBER, J. P., Blackpool: Pte. E. Hallsall; W. S.
Turner.
BAMBRIDGE, J., Gateshead: Pte. W. Mustard Charleton.
BANBURY, ARTHUR, Swindon: Drummer S. W. J. Jones.
BARNABY, E. A.: Sergt. Wm. Henry Belsten.
BARNETT, H. WALTER, London, S.W.: Gerald E. C. Clayton;
Major Herbert F. Crichton; Sir George Farrer; Lt. Thomas A.
Fitzgerald Foley; 2nd Lt. J. F. Lambert.
BARTLETT, R. L., Shrewsbury: William Percy Nevett; Lt.
D. C. Turnbull; Pte. Gilbert B. Francis.
BARTLETT, Auckland, New Zealand: Pte. H. K. Anderson;
2nd Lt. E. H. Taylor.
BARTLETTO, Hay Street, Perth: Lt. C. E. M. Puckle.
BARTRAM, L.: Pte. John W. Curry.
BASEBE & BUCKMAN, Coventry: Pte. A. Dipper.
BASSANO, LTD., 25, Old Bond Street, London, W.: Capt.
Tom Chatteris; 2nd Lt. R. C. M. Gibbs; 2nd Lt. the Hon. G.
Grenfell; 2nd Lt. W. P. Grieve; Capt. the Hon. C. H. S. Monck;
Lt. S. H. Snelgrove.
BATES & SON, W., Chertsey: Pte. C. H. E. Carter.
BATTESON, H., Chesterfield: Pte. W. J. Plater.
BAYLEY’S STUDIOS, Plymouth: Cpl. E. Delaney; Trooper W.
J. Koch; Pte. David B. Nicholson.
BEADLE’S STUDIO, Bow: Pte. E. C. Carter.
BECKLEY, F. W., Leamington Spa: Lt. J. M. Smith.
BELL & SONS, Auckland, New Zealand: Lt. Harry Moran.
BENSON & CO., LTD., R., 11, Vartry Road, Stamford Hill,
London: Pte. J. Butler.
BENSON, E. WORSLEY: Lt. E. J. Godward.
BENTLEY, H., Barrow-in-Furness: 2nd Lt. L. A.
Billington.
BERESFORD, G. C., 20, Yeoman’s Row, Brompton Road,
S.W.: Lt. Alastair R. MacLeod; Lt. Thomas Gilliat Meautys; Major
A. A. Mercer; 2nd Lt. Cyril E. Parker; Pte. Francis W. Scott;
Capt. M. Bury Selby-Smyth.
BERRY, J. W., Rochdale: Pte. H. B. Mortimer.
BICKERTON, Trentham: Trooper H. S. Rudman.
BILLINS, Palmerston North, New Zealand: Cpl. J. G.
Jackson.
BIRD, Graystone, 38, Milsom Street, Bath: Pte. Charles
B. D. Whitby.
BIRD, H., Lismore, N.S. Wales: Pte. H. R. Harman.
BIRKETT, F. N., 97, Percy Road, Shepherds Bush, W.:
Flight-Comm. C. H. Collet, D.S.O.; E. W. C. Perry.
BISHOP, JAMES, Ramsgate: Pte. H. Hopley.
BLACKBURN, F. T., Budleigh Salterton: 2nd Lt. John
Pepys.
BLACK’S STUDIO, 40, Marine Parade, Southend-on-Sea:
Cpl. Charles Deadman.
BLACKSHAW, J., Shorncliffe: Lc.-Cpl. J. A. Hunter.
BOLTON, T., Forehill, Ely: Pte. W. G. M. Theobald.
BOSTON GLOBE CUT CLIP CO.: Pte. E. E. Hopey.
BOUGHTON’S, Ipswich: Pte. George Motroni; Sergt. Packer.
BOWLEY, GILBERT, Tunbridge Wells: Lt. E. L. Frost.
BOYD, H., Paddington, W.: Bugler V. Champion.
BOYES, C. H., Kingston, Canada: Lt. George K. K.
Wilgress.
BRAMWELL & FERGUSON, Lever: Sister M. S. Brown Gray.
BREMNER F., Simla, Lahore and Quetta: Capt. C. E. Hack;
Lt. C. N. D. Inglis; Capt. D. Inglis.
BREWIS, E. G., Newcastle-on-Tyne: Pte. John R. Golphin.
BRIDGE, G. R.: J. W. McK. Black.
BRIERLEY, 108, Yorkshire Street, Oldham: Sergt. Walter
Young.
BRIGHAM, W. D., & Son, Bridlington: H. H. Whitehead.
BRIGHT’S STUDIOS, Bournemouth: Capt. R. Head.
BRISTOL PHOTO STUDIO, Gibraltar: Lt. Joseph H. Cooke.
BRISTOW, Mrs. W. C., Worthing: Lt. Cecil H. Dundas;
Arthur H. Welsford.
BRITTON, London: Capt. L. G. Coward.
BROMHEAD, F., 1, Regent Street, Clifton: 2nd Lt. G. F.
Blacker; Lt. D. W. Rintoul.
BROMO CO., 29, Castle Street, Bristol: A. Seaman W. J.
Atkinson, R.N.R.
BROWN, G. A., Greenock: Lt. R. H. M. Carmichael; Capt.
W. B. Lang; 2nd Lt. W. W. B. Rodger; 2nd Lt. J. S. Stewart.
BROWN, H. R., Gibraltar: Pte. F. A. Fuller.
BROWN, J. C., Falkirk: Lt.-Col. H. M. Hannan.
BROWN, R. W., Weston-super-Mare: Rflm. H. R. Cox.
BROWN & SON, W. A., London: Pte. H. Nicholls.
BROWNING, JOHN, Bedford Circus, Exeter: Capt. J.
Stirling.
BUCKLEY, W., Blackpool: 2nd Lt. G. H. McVittie.
BULLINGHAM, 21, Harrington Road, S.W.: The Hon. C.
Douglas-Pennant.
BUNCE BROS., Caterham: Pte. J. W. Scarth.
BURNICLE, R., Newport, Monmouthshire: Lt. D. A.
Addams-Williams.
BURROWS, Strabane: Lt. E. Crawford.
BUTLER’S STUDIOS, 98, Armagh Road, Bow, London: Sergt.
W. J. Crawford; Pte. E. F. Harding; Rflm. J. Hawkridge.
CARE, E., Eccles: Capt. R. V. Rylands.
CAIRO STUDIO, Place de l’Opera: Lc.-Cpl. R. V. Arthur.
CARTER, W. T., 43, Drake Street, Rochdale: Capt. Harold
T. Cawley; Capt. H. J. Rose.
CASSAR, S. L.: Lt. B. H. G. Shaw.
CHANDLER, S. A., Exeter and Southampton: Lt. E. M.
Bishop; G. Spencer Bishop; Lc.-Cpl. R. Coles; 2nd Lt. R. M. F.
Gee; Lt. E. E. Molson; Ass. Paymaster H. Z. Simpson.
CHARLESWORTH & CO., 4, Manor Parade, Southall: Pte. L.
A. Hill.
CHASE, GORDON, Bromley and Beckenham: Mid. N. Harris.
CHEAL, SON, & CO., Lewisham: Pte. F. L. Morey.
CHERRY & CO., St. Albans: Lt. A. W. J. Macreight; 2nd
Lt. Lionel Henry Pratt.
CHEUNG, MEE, Hong Kong: Major W. H. Johnston.
CHIDLEY, CHESTER: Lt. W. G. C. Gladstone.
CHORLETON & SONS, Newbridge: Sergt.-Major R. S.
Ironside.
CITY STUDIO, 83, Gracechurch Street, E.C.: Pte. R. C.
W. Harris.
CLARK, WILLIAM, Park Street, Bristol: Pte. C. G. S.
Bingham.
CLARK, BENNETT, 74, Darlington Street, Wolverhampton:
Cpl. Fred. P. Pearson.
CLARKE, T. PALMER, Cambridge: 2nd Lt. C. A. K.
Anderson; C. Venn Dyson; S. L. Lambert.
CLEARE, G. RIDSDALE, 97, Lower Clapton Road, N.E.: Pte.
A. T. Lintern.
CLEAVE, J. C., Goulburn, N.S. Wales: Edward C.
Bingham-Bryden.
CLIFFORD, H. H., Christchurch, New Zealand: Pte. J. H.
Aitken; Lt. F. D. Maurice; Lt.-Col. D. McLean-Stewart.
CLIFTON & CO., Bombay: Capt. H. J. J. Hamer.
COE & SON, A. E., Norwich: 2nd Lt. N. B. Bavin; Samuel
Reid Walker.
COLLINGS, KETURAH, 7, Lower Seymour Street, London,
W.: Capt. W. S. B. Blackett; Major C. Bromley; Capt. T. H. W.
Cunliffe; Lt.-Col. A. R. S. Martin; 2nd Lt. R. P. Ochs: 2nd Lt.
H. O. Powell.
COOK, W. T., Upper Chatham: Pte. James Baynes.
COOK, W. J., 15, High Street, Caterham: Pte. G. Nelson;
Lc.-Cpl. Wilfred Scrimshaw West.
COOPER, A. CLARA, 203, Hagley Road, Edgbaston: Capt. J.
Francis.
COOPER & SON, HENRY, The Co. Studio, Northampton: Capt.
B. Beadon; Lt. F. N. Groves.
COOPER, MONTAGUE, Taunton, &c.: 2nd Lt. H. V. Webber.
COOPER & DURIE, Edinburgh: Pte. H. P. Hogg.
CORBETT, ALEXANDER, 21, Baker Street, W.: Lt. G. D.
Lomax.
CORKE, H. ESSENHIGH, F.R.P.S., Sevenoaks: Lt. Alfred
Northey.
CORNALL, T. A., Harrogate: Lc.-Cpl. A. E. Day.
CORNWEEL, W. J., Teddington: Pte. E. J. Laurence.
COSWAY STUDIO, Weston Hill, Upper Norwood: Lc.-Cpl. H.
Derisley.
COUPER, G., Watford: Pte. J. H. Bunce.
COWASGEE, FRANYCE, New Bazar, Poona.
COX, E. E., Station Road, Taunton: Lt. Y. E. Hyland.
COX, PAUL, Eastgate, Gloucester: 2nd Lt. F. R. Eager.
CRAIG, M. L., Stirling: 2nd Lt. A. E. S. Robinson.
CROKES, G. D., Waterford: G. S. Morse.
CROOKE, C. D., Edinburgh: Major J. Gray: Pte. Norman H.
Small.
CROOKE, W., Edinburgh: Surgeon R. T. Brotchie, R.N.;
2nd Lt. R. Carlyle; Capt. A. R. Baillie-Hamilton.
CROWN STUDIOS, Sydney: Pte. J. Farnsworth; Pte. T. F.
Hanrahan; Staff Sergt. C. F. Trineman.
CRUDEN, J. C., Sydney: Pte. H. G. Roe.
CULSHAW’S ELECTRIC STUDIO, W. Sunderland: Gnr. Thomas
Berry; Pte. W. Wynn.
CUMMING, H., Weymouth: Mid. R. K. G. S. Chapman. R.N.;
Naval Cadet John Macpherson, R.N.
CUNNINGHAM & BIDWELL, Sask: Pte. W. J. Hocking
CUTTRISS, JAMES, Newcastle-on-Tyne: Pte. W. Simpson.
DAGG, S. H., Mussorie and Allahabad: Lt. E. Addy.
DAINTY ART STUDIO, Oamarau: Pte. H. B. Dawson.
DARGE, Melbourne, Australia: Lt. K. Wallace Crabbe;
Edgar Markillie.
DAVID, J., Thausi: Sergt. John H. Pinchin.
DAVIES, R. E., Ross: Pte. H. Isaac.
DAVIES, O., 16, Princes Street, Edinburgh: Lt.-Comm. M.
C. Gibson, Surgeon C. Hordern; Capt. T. Todrick.
DAWKES & PARTRIDGE, Wells, Somerset: Pte. G. Morgan.
DEAN, H., Nottingham: Pte. C. T. Orford.
DEBENHAM, CHARLES, 222, West End Lane, N.W.: Rflm.
Charles Arthur.
DEBENHEM, MRS. ARTHUR, Cowes: Capt. F. W. Wood-Martin.
DEBENHEM & GOULD, Bournemouth: 2nd Lt. F. H. Grigson;
L. C. Hutchinson.
DEBENHEM, LONGMAN & CO., Twickenham: Lt. D. B. B.
Wallace.
DELUXE, 75, Princes Street, Edinburgh: Pte. Thomas Rose.
DENTON, F. J.: Cpl. L. R. G. Baddeley.
DEWAR’S STUDIOS, Glasgow: Pte. Alex. Freer; Pte. Robert
Freer.
DICKINSON, G. T. Y., Sheffield: Donald Campbell (Lt.
R.A.M.C.?).
DICKS, FRANK, Sudbury: Pte. W. A. Curtis.
DOME, L., Dublin: Peter W. Whiteford.
DOVER STREET STUDIOS, Mayfair, W.: 2nd Lt. H. B.
Gething; Capt. E. M. Burt-Marshall; Lt. L. S. Nicholson; 2nd Lt.
R. A. Persse.
DOVEY, W. J., Weymouth: Peter J. M. M. Jardine.
DOWNEY, W. & D., 61, Ebury Street, S.W.: Lt. H. G.
Brooksbank; 2nd Lt. T. C. Gillespie; Capt. B. R. W. Smith; Lt.
R. W. G. Welby.
DRUMMOND, YOUNG & WATSON, Edinburgh: Capt. Ivor T. J.
D. Phillipps; Lt. David G. Watson.
DUCK, F. E., Porthcawl.
DUNBAR & CO., A., 25, Jamaica Street, Glasgow: Pte.
Adam Montgomery.
DUNCAN, WM. H., Hull: Harold Whitehurst.
DUNNING F., Usk, Monmouthshire: Capt. Watkins.
DURAY: Rflm. D. McCarthy.
DURRANT, MRS. R. K. & SON, Torquay: Lt. E. C. Liptrott.
DYCHE, T., 32, Coventry Road, Birmingham: Pte. Thomas
B. Preece.
EASTBOURNE PHOTO CO., 2, The Pavement, Clapham Common,
London, S.W.: Sapper Harry Starke; Richard Upton.
EAST GRINSTEAD PHOTO CO.: Capt. F. Liebert; Sergt. C.
Newman Mighall.
EATON, B. A., Reston, Man.: Pte. G. A. Breed.
EDDISON, ALBERT: Lt. George J. Williams.
EDEN STUDIOS, Melbourne Sydney: Pte. J. G. Hunter; Pte.
J. Nicholson.
EDGAR & CO., S. Lowestoft: Pte. John Breach.
EDGAR, BLAKE, Bedford: Sergt. T. D. Maclennan.
EDWARDS, A. R., Selkirk: Pte. A. Dougall.
EDBESTON BROS., Limerick: Pte. James E. Quin.
ELITE STUDIO, Aberdeen: Pte. John Innes.
ELLIOTT, R. W., Aldershot: Pte. Josiah Banner; Lt. A.
W. Battersby; Lt. J. C. Hawkes; 2nd Lt. J. S. C. Marshall.
ELLIOTT & FRY, 55, Baker Street, W.: Capt. E. B.
Amphlett; Lt. J. S. R. Anstice; Lt. O. H. Beaufort; Rear Admiral
Sir Christopher Craddock; Pte. W. Tyrwhite-Drake; Lt.-Col. G.
H. Edsell; Capt. G. O. Furse; Capt. A. W. Robertson-Glasgow;
Major T. S. Lees; Lt.-Col. H. McHarg; Capt. A. A. McLeod; Lt. L.
H. Osborne; Lt. W. J. Osborne; Lt. T. P. Pilcher; Lt. G. Leigh
Pemberton; Lt. C. de B. Persse; Capt. W. E. Rogerson; Lt. L. D.
Wand; Lt. C. J. Warner.
ELLIS, F., Birmingham: Pte. C. H. Matthews.
ELLIS, G. S., Mansfield: Pte. R. Penson.
ELLIS & WALERY, 54a, Baker Street, W.: Lt. Charles
Bourns; Sub.-Lt. H. Cooper.
EMPIRE ELECTRIC STUDIO, Edmonton, N.: Pte. A. E. Hunt.
ERB & SON, Isaac, St. John, N.B., Canada: Major J. L.
Duval.
EVANS, EDMUND W., 24, Church Street, Kensington High
Street: Lt.-Col. L. A. Bosanquet.
EVANS, MONTIVILLE, St. Albans: Pte. H. H. Millington;
2nd Lt. Anthony T. Walker.
EVERITT, T. H., Upper Norwood, S.E.: A. Seaman C. B.
Cheales.
EVES, G. L., Clifton, Bristol: Pte. G. V. White.
EXCHANGE STUDIO, Sydney, N.S. Wales: Pte. J. A. Beadle;
M. W. Palmer.
FAIRBAIN, Edinburgh: Pte. D. Low.
FALK STUDIOS, Perth: Pte. J. Quegan.
FALL, THOMAS, 9, Baker Street, W.: Capt. W. Dudley
Hill; Lt. Colin Peake; Lt. James F. Russell; Lt. C. D. Sneath.
FEGAN, Brisbane: Trooper J. J. Postlethwaite.
FENTON, HARRY, Caterham: Pte. R. Brotherton; Pte. E. A.
Hillier.
FESTA STUDIOS, New Zealand: Cpl. W. J. Copeland.
FIELD, W., Putney, S.W.: Lc.-Cpl. B. Garwood.
FINDLOW & CO., High Wycombe: Gnr. R. Ellison.
FLETT, London: Pte. T. E. Wadsworth.
FLORENCE STUDIOS, Camden Studio: Pte. A. H. Burns.
FORBES, R., Dublin: Lt. C. M. A. Barker; 2nd Lt. R. M.
B. Gamble; 2nd Lt. H. G. Jameson; Lt. C. F. Murphy; Sub.-Lt. G.
P. Plunkett.
FORREST, W., Brandon Terrace, Edinburgh: Capt. J. H.
Lindsay.
FOULDS & HIBBERD, Liverpool, Southport, &c.: A. Seaman
John Fairclough; A. Seaman A. S. Keates; 2nd Lt. J. de W. Kenyon.
FOWKE, C. E., Stafford: Pte. G. le Horne.
FRANCO ART CO., Dublin and Manchester: Pte. R. C.
Chasty; Bom. J. W. Ketteridge.
FRANK & SONS, Gateshead: Pte. R. Brotherton; Cpl. H. F.
Punshon.
FREEMAN, Sydney: Trooper Donald A. Fraser.
FREKE, ALFRED, Queen Street, Cardiff: Capt. F. F. W.
Arnold.
FRENCH & CO., Wallington, Surrey: Pte. Harry J. Housley.
FRY & SON, C. E., South Kensington, S.W.: 2nd Lt. P.
Hamilton Sulivan.
GABELL, A. G., 13, Eccleston Street, S.W.: Brig.-Gen.
J. E. Gough, V.C.; Capt. A. Stewart Henderson; Sub.-Lt. P. J. L.
Skinner; Lt. and Adj. C. N. G. Walker (copyright).
GALE & POLDEN, LTD., Aldershot: Major B. K. W. Bacon;
2nd Lt. E. Walker-Coren; Lt. Rondal E. Parker; Capt. T.
Scatchard; Lt. J. A. Hay-Smith.
GALE’S STUDIOS, LTD., Cardiff: Rflm. A. B. Hitchen.
GALE’S STUDIOS, LTD., Nottingham: Pte. F. Robinson.
GEARING & SONS, Lc.-Cpl. W. T. Bushell.
GIBB, ANNIE R., Eden Street, Silloth: C. T. Martin.
GIBBS, GWYER, Pertright and London: E. C. Daun.
GILL, WILLIAM, Colchester: Lt. G. H. Chisnall; 2nd Lt.
E. Swetenham.
GILLMAN & CO., Oxford: Lt. W. S. Bird; 2nd Lt. G. A. B.
Chester; Lt. C. M. Pope; W. Trevelyan; Lt. J. R. M. Wilkinson;
Pte. J. N. Williams.
GLASS J., Londonderry: Pte. J. H. Haslett; Capt. A. P.
Knocker.
GORE, W. W., London, E.: John Baker, R.N.R.
GOULD, CECIL J., Weybridge: Capt. C. A. Lafone, D.S.O.;
Capt. G. A. Lloyd.
GRANT, Mrs. J. D., London, S.E.: Sergt. J. Mills.
GREENBERG, A., London: Pte. A. R. Pigden.
GREENWICH STUDIOS, London, S.E.: Cpl. J. B. E. Tombs.
GRIFFIN, BERNARD, 29, High West Street, Dorchester: Lt.
W. G. Hewitt.
GRIFFITHS, S. G., Haverfordwest, Milford Haven: Capt.
D. P. Robathan.
GRIFFITHS, J., Sheerness-on-Sea: Lt. R. H. W. Cobbold;
Capt. C. A. Grazebrook.
GUILLEMINOT, Paris: Pte. C. G. Coles; Pte. T. Laing.
GUILLOT & LORMIER, Boulogne: Lt. A. T. D. Cameron.
GUNDRY, A., Sandwich: S. H. Corner.
GUNN & STUART: Sir Richard W. Levinge.
GUTTENBERG, P., Manchester: Mid. R. H.
Inglis-Chamberlayne, R.N.
GUY, Dunedin: Pte. R. Foster.
GUY & CO., LTD., Cork: Capt. E. Nugent Banks; Lt.-Col.
F. R. Hicks; Lt. Charles S. King.
HADLEY, EDWIN, Nottingham: Pte. E. F. Gardiner; Lt.
Arthur M. W. Williams.
HAINE, W., Teddington: Lt. Christopher Mead.
HALL, C. R., Hull: Pte. A. W. Holtby.
HALL, ERNEST, 5, Beaumont Street, Oxford: 2nd Lt.
Francis C. W. Wynter.
HALL, FRED, Hull: Pte. G. W. Davies.
HAMILTON PHOTO CO., Hamilton: Cpl. J. Eddison.
HAMPTON’S STUDIO, 195, Argyle Street, Glasgow: Pte.
John Webber.
HAMSON, J. A., Guernsey: 2nd Lt. J. B. Webb.
HANA STUDIOS, LTD.: 2nd Lt. W. E. Birch.
HANCOCK & CO., W., Sunderland: Dr. A. Downes; Pte. G.
Hepinstall; Pte. R. W. Sayer.
HANOVER STUDIOS, 3, Hanover Square, W.: Capt. Frank E.
Feneran.
HANSTOCK, T. J., York: Rflm. A. C. Featherstone.
HARDIE SHAW STUDIOS, Wellington, New Zealand: Sergt. L.
Winks.
HARGRAVE, W., 82, Preston Street, Faversham: Pte. John
Sharp.
HARPER, J. CAMPBELL, Leith: Pte. A. B. Davidson: Lt.
Robert Maule.
HARRIS, G. E., Monmouth: Col. Sergt.-Major Cooke.
HARRISON, H., 119, Roman Road, Bow, E.: Rflm. E. G.
Boughton.
HARRODS, LTD., Brompton Road, S.W.: Lt. L. T. L.
Foster; Lt. Christopher B. Nicholl.
HAWKE’S STUDIO, Plymouth: Lt. P. M. Murray; Lt. W. G.
F. Smith.
HAWKINS, HENRY, York Road, Ilford: Lc.-Cpl. H. A.
Bracey.
HAY, JOHN A. M.: Brig.-Gen. Findlay; Lt.-Col. the Hon.
G. H. Morris.
HAYWARD, Newport: Lt. F. Longman.
HAZEL’S ROYAL CENTRAL STUDIOS, 116, Old Christchurch
Road, Bournemouth: Lt. K. H. C. Woodroffe: 2nd Lt. S. C.
Woodroffe.
HAZELL, E. H., Clevedon: Trooper E. C. H. Pearce.
HEATH & STONEMAN, Plymouth: Lt. L. B. Hardy; Lt. S. C.
L. Hodgkinson; Lt. C. G. B. Loos; Capt. J. F. Vallentin, V.C.;
2nd Lt. W. D. Waters.
HEATH & BRADNEE, Exeter: Lt.-Col. R. Burnet; Lt. A. W.
Toms.
HEAWOOD, J. W., Leicester, &c: Pte. E. M. Wells.
HERBERT, PARKER, Hinckley: Pte. James Orton.
HERMANS STUDIOS, 198, High Road, Wood Green, N.: Pte.
H. C. Grant.
HERZOG & HIGGINS, Mhow, Central India: Capt. C. H.
Peto: Pte. J. A. Warburton.
HIDE & CO., New Malden: Lt. James Kennedy.
HILLS & SAUNDERS, Cambridge: Lt. John Hugh Allen;
Lt.-Com. R. B. Boothby; 2nd Lt. E. C. Mercer.
HILLS & SAUNDERS, Eton: Capt. G. Stewart; Lt. J. A.
Carter Wood.
HILLS & SAUNDERS, Harrow: 2nd Lt. Ivor A. Macrae.
HILLS & SAUNDERS, Oxford: Lt. Humphrey M. Chaplin; Lt.
W. K. Humphrey.
HISTED & CO., 42, Baker Street, W.: Pte. Noel F.
Burnett.
HOLLIDAY & SON, Winchester: Pte. H. H. Coard.
HOLLOWAY, JESSE, Cheltenham: 2nd Lt. G. S. H. Morse.
HOLLOWAY, St. John’s, Newfoundland: Pte. James J. Hynes.
HOLMES & CO., W. D., Peshawar: Major Wm. A. Smail
Walker.
HORNE, W. H., Leek: Lt. Basil Lee Nicholson.
HOUGHTON, GEO. E., Margate: 2nd Lt. Christopher Moor;
2nd Lt. R. M. Haythornwaite.
HOUNSLOW, New York Studios: Pte. Wm. Herbert Newman.
HOWARD’S STUDIOS, 53, Donegal Place, Belfast: Pte. W.
T. Fulford.
HOWE, THOS. E., 24, High Street, Chatham: Gilbert T.
Baskerville, R.N.; 2nd Lt. M. C. Rogers; 2nd Lt. H. Schneider.
HUDSON STUDIOS, Birmingham: Lc.-Cpl. S. T. Hughes; Pte.
G. Tipper.
HUGHES, ALFRED, 488, Strand, W. C.: Surgeon S. Hibbert;
Pte. Arthur C. Parry.
HUGHES, BROOK, Cork: Major R. Digby Johnson; Lt. George
N. P. Young.
HUGHES, J. A., Joh’burg: Lt. W. R. Ruxton.
HULL, E., London: 2nd Lt. B. W. Mead.
HUMMERSTON, HELEN, Regent Studio: Lt. L. W. A. Hugo.
HUMPHREYS, CLEM, Sunderland: Pte. E. Connolly.
HUMPHREY & CO., T., 254, Collin Street, Melbourne:
Major T. G. Griffith.
HUNTER, ANDREW, Manchester: Pte. J. M. Jones.
HUNTER, ANDREW, Shrewsbury: Thomas A. Nevett.
IDEAL STUDIOS, Oxford Street, W., and Putney, S.W.:
Lc.-Cpl. William Adams; Pte. W. G. Allison; Pte. H. F. Ford;
Trooper E. G. Glass; Trooper O. G. Pye; Pte. S. Sear.
ILIFFE, Worcester; Pte. L. Carlton; Lt. H. G. Gilmour.
IRELAND, C., Manchester: Pte. G. G. S. Frost.
JACKLETT, J. W., 160, Victoria Road, Aldershot:
Lc.-Sergt. Frank Yarde.
JAMES, J., Owen Sound, Canada: Pte. F. R. Andrew.
JAMIESON, JOHN H., Wrexham: Pte. B. Roberts.
JEAKINS, A., Simla: Major Eric Drummond.
JENKINS, S. PAYNE, Tunbridge Wells: Lt. D. G. Mathwin.
JEROME, MRS. ALICE, Southport: 2nd Lt. R. C. Brooks.
JEWRY, F. RUSSELL, 69a, High Street, Deal: P.O., H. S.
Cripps.
JOHNSON BROS., Regina, Canada: Lc.-Cpl. S. C. Hood.
JONES, A. LAWTON, London, N.: Cpl. H. Alderson.
JONES, CHAPLIN, Kingston-on-Thames: Pte. M. F. Turner.
JONES & SON, G. T., Kingston: Lt. F. E. Belchier; 2nd
Lt. R. B. Conduit; Capt. R. C. Gilchrist.
JONES. H. E., Glos.: Pte. C. H. Hill.
JORDISON, PENRITH: Pte. H. Graham.
JUKES, J. E., Newcastle-on-Tyne: Pte. E. L. Smith.
KAY, N. S.: Lt. G. J. O. Bull.
KEBB, K., Karrogin: Pte. T. L. Ward.
KELLEY. E., Newton Abbott: 2nd Lt. A. R. L. Tucker.
KENNEDY, J., Toronto: Lt. G. A. Gordon Mackenzie; Lt.
Cortland Gordon Mackenzie.
KHAN, ABDULLA, Barielly: Pte. H. McC. Lamont.
KIDD & BAKER, Cambridge: 2nd Lt. T. E. C. Salt.
KILLICK, J. H., 399, Holloway Road, N.: Pte. Henry
Edward Percy; Col. Sergt. C. Wilkinson.
KINGHAM’S STUDIOS, Bedford: Sergt. A. A. L. Green; Col.
Sergt.-Major G. F. Trimmer.
KIRK, A. H., Totland Bay, Isle of Wight: Pte. E.
Haskell.
LACEY, KENT, Brighton: 2nd Lt. R. W. R. Gramshaw; Capt.
R. E. Sindall.
LAFAYETTE, LTD., London, Manchester, Glasgow, Belfast,
Dublin: Capt. J. G. Adams; Lt. E. Antrobus; Major W. Archibald;
Capt. A. C. Aubin; Capt. E. K. Bradbury, V.C.; Lt.-col. Sir
E. R. Bradford Bart.; 2nd Lt. M. K. Broadwood; Major V. R.
Brooke D.S.O.; Capt. H. V. Browne; Capt. C. Wreford Brown;
Lt. W. A. Burges: Lt. C. G. Butcher; Capt. G. Bonham-Carter;
Lt. C. Crosley; Pte. W. J. Dawson; Lt. J. J. Doyle; Lt. F. R.
Duggan; Capt. G. G. Duggan; Lt. M. R. Sweet-Escott; Capt. W. A.
Gallagher; Lt. E. Gilbey; Lt. S. K. Gore; Capt. J. A. Halliday;
Capt. E. C. S King-Harman; 2nd Lt. H. P. Hartnoll; 2nd Lt. W. C.
Houldsworth; Major J. N. Jephson; Lt. N. A. Jessop; 2nd Lt. B.
C. Job; Lt.-Col. F. G. Jones; Major F. J. Joslin; Lt. H. R. S.
Kerr; 2nd Lt. W. Leggat; Major C. Leigh D.S.O.; Lt.-Col. L. St.
G. la Marchant; Capt. W. C. K. Megaw M.C.; Capt. J. M. Mitchell;
2nd Lt. M. V. Molloy; Lt. J. E T. Nelis; Lt. G. F. Nixon; Capt.
G. H. G. Perry; Lt. F. R. Pollock; Lt. M. V. Pollock; Lt. G.
Polson; Capt. L. P. Pringle; Capt. H. T. Radcliffe; Pte. G.
E. Randall; Lt. H. N. L. Renton; Capt. G. A. G. Shepherd;
Lt. A. J. Denroche-Smith; Lt. F. Styles; Capt. R. P. Tobin;
Lt. C. R. Turner; Lt.-Col. A. S. Vanrenen; Lt. H. J. Vicat;
Capt. A. Wallace; Lt. R. Crawball-Walton; 2nd Lt. A. J. F. de
Courcy-Williams; Capt. P. C. Wynter.
LAFAYETTE, Melbourne: Major Reynell.
LAFAYETTE STUDIO, Perth, W. Australia: Capt. K. M.
Levi; Capt. A. P. Bowan.
LAFFUTTE, Bournemouth: 1st Cl. Stoker T. R. Spittles.
LAIT, PAUL, S. Kensington: 2nd Lt. L. Holford Hughes.
LAKEGIAN & CO., G., Cairo: Hon. Major Anderson Bey.
LAMBERT & LAMBERT, Bath: Cpl. E. S. Cameron.
LANDER, A., Canterbury: 2nd Lt. Thomas McClelland.
LANDER BROS., 32, Westminster Street, Dublin: Capt. A.
F. Attwood.
LANDON, P., Watford: Lc.-Cpl. F. D. Judge; Pte. S. A.
Wayth.
LANE, H. W., 43, St. Peter’s Street, St. Albans: Pte.
Walter Burkett.
LANGFIER, LTD., LOUIS SAID, London and Edinburgh: Comm.
C. F. Ballard; Capt. C. W. Banbury; 2nd Lt. D. A. Beveridge;
Capt. E. G. W. Bourke; Lt. O. J. Calley; Capt. R. C. C.
Campbell; Lt. A. L. Glegg; Lt. R. M. Macdonald; Rflm. M. M. Van
Thal; Lt. G. M. Thompson.
LANKESTER, PERCY S., Romney Studio, Tunbridge Wells:
Capt. J. Graham, Jr.; Capt. T. G. L. Ranking.
LAURIE & CO., G. W., Lucknow: Lt. J. F. B. Greenwood;
Lt. C. M. Pitts Tucker; T. E. Lawson-Smith; J. Lawson-Smith.
LAWSON, J. O., Chester-le-Street: Pte. J. Middleton.
LEAMAN, T. C., The Corridor, Bath: Pte. Robert
Aikenhead; Capt. L. G. Dudley.
LEATHERDALE, T. J., 352, Yonge Street, Toronto: Pte.
James Alexander.
LEDINGHAM, A., Aberdeen: Sergt. J. Braik; Lc.-Cpl. G.
Clark Moncur.
LEIGHTON STUDIOS, Newcastle-on-Tyne: Major H. C.
Matthews.
LEKEGIAN & CO., G., Cairo and Egypt: Sergt. J. E.
Robertson; Capt. J. I. Wood-Martin.
LETTO, Perth: Pte. G. E. Warburton.
LEWIS, A. G., Stockport: Bugler A. C. Smith.
LIVERNOIS, LTD., B. E., Quebec: Lc.-Cpl. R. A. J. Amy.
LOCK & WHITFIELD, Burlington Studios, Ealing: Sergt.
Hubert S. Anning.
LONDON & COUNTY STUDIOS: 2nd Lt. T. M. Bond.
LONDON ELECTROTYPE AGENCY: Prince Maurice of Battenberg.
LONDON PORTRAIT CO., Aldgate, E.: Pte. A. H. Goddard;
Pte. G. E. Powell; Pte. H. J. Schmidt.
LONDON STUDIOS, Levin: Pte. Bernard Eyre Baxter.
LYCEUM STUDIO, 358, Strand, W.C.: Lc.-Cpl. A. Gordon;
2nd Lt. C. E. H. Loxton.
MACALPINE’S STUDIOS, Edinburgh: Pte. J. G. Campbell.
MCCORKE, H. E., Sevenoaks: Capt. F. M. Bingham.
MCDONALD, A. M., 211–20th St. West, Saskatoon, Sask.,
Canada: Pte. Joe Alderson.
MCGEEHAN, R., Melbourne, Australia: Pte. W. C. McCarthy.
MCGUFFIE & CO., R., Hobart: Pte. V. C. Brooke.
MACKAY & CO., Newcastle-on-Tyne: Pte. John Burn; Pte.
E. H. Turner.
MACLEAN, D. A., Blackpool: Pte. J. G. Southern.
MACMAHON, JOHN, Aberdeen: 2nd Lt. L. N. G. Ramsay.
MCNEILL, FRANK A., Gawler Place, Adelaide: Paymaster W.
T. Frampton.
MAHAN, OAMAR: Staff Sergt.-Major Henry McLardy.
MANDERS, Dundee: Pte. Malcom J. Campbell.
MARETT, A. F., Shrewton: Cpl. H. R. Fisher.
MARINE STUDIO, Burntisland: Pte. T. Walker.
MARTELS, LTD., Brandon: Pte. E. M. Dwyer.
MARTIN, RITA, 74, Baker Street, W.: A. A. Longsdon.
MASSEY, Bognor: Capt. C. W. S. Paine.
MATHEWSON & CO., T., Brisbane: Lt. H. Kessell.
MAUL & FOX, LTD., Piccadilly, W.: Capt. the Hon. Julian
Grenfell, D.S.O.; Lt. K. F. Meiklejohn.
MAY & CO., NORMAN, Cheltenham and Malvern: Lt. H. D.
Bennett; Lt. L. H. V. Fraser; 2nd Lt. H. Medhurst; 2nd Lt.
Norman Moore Owen.
MAYALL, 114, Piccadilly, W.: Capt. Ewen J. Brodie.
MEDRINGTON’S, LTD., 29, Bold Street, Liverpool: 2nd Lt.
C. L. St. C. Clery; Capt. R. E. Tanner.
MELBA & CO., Melbourne, Australia: Pte. A. Norman
Tetley.
MESSER, H. C., Salisbury: Capt. H. A. C. Wallace.
METZKER, PAUL, Bombay, Poona: Major G. G. P. Humphreys.
MIDWINTER & CO., W. H., Bristol: Capt. P. C. Chapman.
MILES & KAYE, London: Rflm. F. T. Hale; Pte. Arthur H.
Wigg.
MILLER, F. DOUGLAS, Haywards Heath: Pte. E. W. Hodson;
Pte. R. T. Storer.
MILLS, JOHN, 10, St. Giles Street, Northampton: Lt. G.
G. Paget.
MILLS, JOHN, 11, Gold Street, Northampton: 2nd Lt. J.
E. Paton.
MISTRY, M. B., Allahabad: Sergt. S. Paintin.
MITCHELL, T. W., Dublin: Pte. R. Robertson.
MOFFATT, F., 125, Princes Street, Edinburgh: 2nd Lt. A.
D. Gillespie; Lt. C. K. Latta; Lt. E. R. H. K. MacDonald; Sergt.
A. J. Stewart; Lt. F. H. Turner.
MOFFITT, R., Accrington: Cpl. H. S. Cannon.
MOORE & SONS, J. S., Wimbledon Common: Lt. E. R. M.
Odling.
MOORE, B. & W. FISH-, St. Georges Gate, Canterbury:
Lc.-Cpl. C. J. Howard; Capt. W. S. Montgomery; 2nd Lt. J. H.
Musson.
MOORE’S STUDIO, London: Rflm. W. W. Taylor.
MORA, Adelaide: Capt. G. L. Holmes.
MORA, Harrogate: Pte. A. C. Johnson.
MORA, Southsea: 2nd Lt. P. Rossiter.
MORGAN, G. & W., Aberdeen: Capt. J. A. O. Brooke; Major
A. Kellas; 2nd Lt. H. G. G. Pender.
MORRIS, George Street, Dunedin: Lt. H. Liddon Richards;
Lt. R. Richards.
MORRISON, W., Lichfield: Pte. T. H. A. Leigh; Capt. C.
H. Thomas.
MORRISON’S, 137, Leith Street, Edinburgh: Pte. T. C.
Dewar; Cpl. Richard Fowlow.
MOYSE, HAROLD, Muswell Hill, N.: Pte. R. Littlehales.
MUMS, WILLIAM T., Gravesend: Lt.-Col. R. A. Rooth.
MURDOCH, Londonderry: Lc.-Cpl. W. H. Pakenham.
MURRAY, J. E. D., Hawick: Pte. David Brockle.
NADA STUDIOS, Sydney: Pte. N. E. Harris.
NADIN, CHARLES, & CO., 169, High Street, Kensington:
Lt. W. J. B. Archer; S. H. Brockbank; Lt. Albert E. Morgan; Pte.
Waller; Horace E. Waller.
NASIRUDDIN, S., Calcutta: Cpl. R. Collins.
NATIONAL PHOTO CO., 35, Warwick Street, Victoria, S.W.:
Lc.-Cpl. W. C. Lanchbury.
NEAME, LTD., ELWIN, London: Sergt. G. Turnbull.
NEIL, C. J., Toronto: Lc.-Cpl. J. J. McCarthy.
NEILSON, MARION, 16, Bond Street, W.: Lt. W. G. T.
Hope-Johnston.
NEW JARVIS STUDIO, Ottawa: Albert Cocks.
NICOL, CHARLES, Newcastle: Lc.-Cpl. T. Cuthbertson.
NOBMAN STUDIO, Halifax, N.B.: Fleet Surgeon George A.
Waters.
NORVAL, JAMES, Dunfermline: Lt. M. J. H. Fleming; John
Beveridge Nicholson.
NOTSUTT, FRED. E., Plymouth: 2nd Lt. D. E. Hooper.
OLLEY, M. B., London: Pte. J. A. Brown.
OPIE & SONS, H., Bedruth, Falmouth, Truro, Helston:
Capt. G. K. Molineux.
ORR, H. SCOTT, Woodford Green: 2nd Lt. W. L. Anderton.
OSGUTHORPE, M. A., Scarboro: Cpl. A. J. Vassalli.
OUTHWAITES, 85, Marker Street: Lt.-Col. A. H. Allenby.
OWEN, Salisbury: Capt. H. B. Parker.
PARETT, Leatherhead: Pte. A. F. B. Walter.
PARK BROS., Toronto: Lt. F. L. Eardley-Wilmot.
PARKIN, ALBERT E.: 2nd Lt. H. B. Hodges.
PARTOON, ARTHUR W., Waterloo, Liverpool: 2nd Lt. W. E.
Sadler.
PATERSON’S STUDIOS, Glasgow: Lt. J. L. Rowan.
PATERSON, ANDREW, Inverness: Lt.-Col. Alexander Fraser.
PATERSON, WILLIAM, Mayhill: Pte. J. Sibbald.
PATERSON’S, Burgh Studios, 31, Gt. Junction Street,
Leith: Pte. A. MacSwan.
PAYNE, F. W., Drogheda: A. Seaman C. Collins.
PAYNE, J. J., Hull: Pte. W. Turner; J. A. Wighton,
R.N.; Joseph Williams.
PEARCE, J. R., 3, Eastgate, Exeter: Capt. G. A. Anstey.
PEMBROKE STUDIOS, 133–135, Oxford Street, W.: 2nd Lt.
S. H. Stern.
PENDRY, GEO., F.R.P.S., Nottingham: 2nd Lt. A. B.
Raynes.
PENFOLD, HUGH, 100, High Street, Ashford, Kent: Trooper
Edgar D. Morton.
PERKOFF, J., London: Rflm. H. E. Dickeson.
PERM, A. A., Wastina: 2nd Lt. K. A. Young.
PERRY, A. R., Hastings: Cpl. S. G. Carnaghan.
PHILIP, JAMES, West Calder: Pte. J. Robertson.
PHOTO STUDIO, 1st Bn., The P.W.O., Karachi:
Sergt.-Major G. E. Weston.
PICKFORD, Aberistwith: Capt. E. G. Harries.
PIGOTT, Timarn: Lt. C. Hayter.
PITTMAN, Walthamstow: Rflm. F. H. V. Spinks.
POSTCARD KING, Windsor and Slough: Pte. A. Burrell.
POTTS, H., Hove: Pte. C. S. Young.
POWELL, NEIL, Northampton: Pte. E. Tompkins.
PRAGNELL, KATE, Court Studio, 10, Albemarle Street, W.:
Lt. Eric W. P. Westmacott.
PRATT, G., Havant: Lc.-Cpl. F. W. Roberts.
PRIDHAM, CARL W., Amherst, N.B.: Pte. S. C. Bird.
PRIVETT, E. J., Invergordon: 2nd Lt. G. C. Rose.
PROPHET, D. & W.: Pte. Harold S. Wallace.
PROTHEROE & SIMONS, Swindon: 2nd Lt. S. E. Jones.
PUDDICOMBE, W. H., Bideford: Maxim Gunner V. J. D.
Ascott.
RALTY, VAN, London: Mark A. Tarn.
RALTY, VAN, Manchester: 2nd Lt. G. W. S. Muchall; Lt.
F. A. Sutton.
RALTY, VAN, Nottingham: Pte. H. H. Saxton.
RAMELL, Sittingbourne: Pte. G. M. Watt.
RAPID ART PORTRAIT GALLERY, Royal Arcade, Weymouth:
Pte. G. Divers.
RATLEDGE & SON, Castleton, Sheffield: Pte. T. Healy.
RAWLINGS, R., Streatham: Lc.-Cpl. C. G. S. Rawlings.
READING, Rugby: Lt. F. H. Deighton.
REDDING, G. E., Rugby: Capt. E. A Marrow; Lt. A. H.
Simpson.
REEVES STUDIOS, London, E.: Pte. H. W. Francis.
RELPH & CO., Huddersfield: Pte. A. Welburn.
R.E. PHOTO SCHOOL, Chatham: Lt. C. G. G. Bayly.
RETTIE, R. G., Kirkcaldy: Pte. B. D. Tod.
REUTSCHLER: 2nd Lt. G. B. F. Monk.
REVELEY, TOM, Wantage and Abingdon-on-Thames: Lt. G. E.
Grundy.
RICCARDS STUDIO, London Road, St. Albans: Sergt. H. B.
Hudspith.
RIDERS STUDIO, Winchester: Lt. L. Playfair.
RIDGEFIELD, J., King Street, Manchester, and Oxford
Street, Bolton: Capt. A. J. Hepburn.
ROBERTS, ALEC, Piershill Studio, Edinburgh: Pte. E. G.
Littlejohn.
ROBINSON, FREDERIC, Camberley: Brig.-Gen. A. H.
Baldwin; Lt. H. W. Ferguson Barton; W. R. L. Calrow; 2nd Lt. C.
J. R. Dawkins; Lt.-Col. G. M. Gillespie; Major F. Mackworth.
ROBINSON & SON, A. P., Redhill and Guildford: 2nd Lt.
E. C. Morgan; 2nd Lt. F. Pepys.
ROBINSON, FRANK, Newark: Lt. R. A. C. Aitchison.
ROBINSON, Ipswich street, Stowmarket: Sergt. J. A.
Trudgett.
ROGER. J., Dundee: Pte. T. Black.
ROMNEY STUDIOS, LTD., Broadstairs, Kent: R. H.
Brenchley; Lt. H. J. Snowden.
ROMNEY STUDIOS, LTD., Southend: Lt. A. F. Halstead.
RONALD’S STUDIO, Sunderland: Pte. F. Farrar; Pte. A.
Hindmarsh; Sergt. T. McMullen; Pte. W. Nairn; Cpl. G. Potts;
Pte. C. B. Stonehouse; Sapper J. W. Wakinshaw.
ROSEMONT STUDIO, Leeds: G. S. Grundy.
ROSS, W. F., Hawera, New Zealand: Pte. E. D. R.
Morrison.
ROSS, C. W., Tain: Lt. William M. Cameron.
ROWE, ARTHUR P., Plymouth: William F. Galpin.
ROYAL PHOTO CO., Bombay: A. Seaman William Glen.
RUSKIN PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIOS, Golders Green: Cpl. R. H.
Robertson.
RUSSELL & SONS, Southsea: Major E. de L. Hayes; Lt. W.
D. Stirling, R.N.; Lt. J. R. Trotter.
RUSSELL & SONS, Windsor: 2nd Lt. H. E. A. Poole; Pte.
J. T. Green; Sergt. T. J. S. Hillyer: Pte. John Rigg.
SALMON & SON, H., Winchester: Cpl. W. G. Cobern; Major
P. M. Connellan; Lt. J. Hutcheson; Lt. G. M. J. Sichel; Capt. A.
G. Wordsworth.
SANDER, A.: Pte. Bernard G. Cayne.
SAWYER, WALMER: Sapper E. F. Warth.
SCOTT & WILKINSON, Cambridge: Major R. N. Bendyshe;
Gordon Merriman.
SCOVELL, F., Aldershot: Sergt. W. R. C. Brooke.
SEAMAN’S STUDIOS, 44, Prospect Street, Hull: Pte. P. A.
Blanshard; Pte. T. E. Hudson; Trooper H. A. D. McTurk; Lc.-Cpl.
M. J. Steele.
SECRETAN, G. W., 210a, Tufnell Park Road, N.: 2nd Lt.
F. N. Parker.
SHARP, ED., London: Pte. P. H. Justice.
SHARP, F., Greenwich: Cpl. W. S. Alder.
SHARVCROSS, L., Blackburn: Cpl. F. Haworth.
SHAYLER, Redcar: Pte. A. Walburn.
SHIELS, DRUMMOND, Edinburgh: Pte. A. S. Mackay; Pte. R.
Watson.
SHOTTER, G. L., Plaistow, E.: Pte. W. G. Morton.
SKEWES, W. VERDAYNE, 62, George Street, Croydon:
Lt.-Col. H. G. A. Moore.
SKINNER, A. W., Leigh-on-Sea: J. H. Coolledge.
SLUMMING, J., Cowdenheath: Pte. T. Walker.
SMITH, ALGERNON, Wrexham: Lt. B. Croom-Johnson.
SMITH, LIZZIE CASWELL, 309, Oxford Street, W.: Lt. D.
E. Cameron; Sub.-Lt. W. V. Gilbert.
SMITH, H. LANE, Kendal, York: Capt. H. A. Askew; Capt.
C. Hartnell; Lt. L. O. Vavassur.
SOAME, J., Oxford: Lt. C. J. Coker; 2nd Lt. A. D.
Sprunt.
SOLOMON’S, Bedford: Lt. H. C. Gloster.
SPEIGHT, LTD., 157, New Bond Street, London, W.: Capt.
E. J. F. Gough; Capt. W. Sandbach; Capt. H. J. Shaw; Capt. A.
Skirving; Lt. A. G. Smith; Capt. M. A de Tuyll; Capt. and Adj.
E. Upton; Capt. H. Whitaker.
SPEIGHT, CLARE, Nuneaton: Major G. Stopford Adams.
SPENCE, J., Bridge Street, Musselburgh.
SPICER, ALLAN, Wellington, New Zealand: Cpl. G. R.
Clarkson.
SPINK, Brighton: Capt. R. C. P. Blyth; Capt. C. F. de
Bohun Boone; Major F. Manners-Smith; Cpl. J. P. S. Warren.
SQUIBBS, ARTHUR: Lt. W. J. C. Budd.
SQUIBBS & CAREY, Bridgwater: Rflm. F. B. Helps.
STANDARD STUDIO, Liverpool: Pte. A. D. Bagley.
STANFORD & SON, G. H., Boscombe: Lt. E. R. E. Hickling.
STAR PHOTO CO., 536, Oxford Street, W.: 2nd Lt. R. H.
C. Abercrombie.
STARR & RIGNALL, Cambridge: Lc.-Cpl. J. Cheney.
STATE STUDIOS, London: Pte. R. B. Underhill.
STATHAM, W. N., Matlock: Capt. J. F. Hodgkinson.
STEARNS & SONS, Cambridge: Lt. S. A. W. S. Barthroff;
Lt. J. Carew; 2nd Lt. A. Crawhall Challoner; Lt. M. C. Day;
Sergt. K. J. Goodhart; Pte. L. G. Harris; Lt. W. E. Hill; 2nd
Lt. W. J. L. Longbourne; 2nd Lt. W. V. Stewart.
STEER, ALBERT P., 1 Buckland Terrace, Plymouth: Staff
Surgeon Moore-Anderson, R.N.; Capt. J. C. P. Cunliffe; Lt.-Comm.
A. G. Jameson; 2nd Lt. H. P. Morris; Lt. G. H. Pullen; Pte. F.
A. McDermott.
STEGGLES, F. G., Dovercourt: Capt. B. M. Ward.
STEWARD & CO., Buxton: Lt. A. T. Railton.
STEWART, F. B., Poona, India: Capt. G. Thompson.
STICKELLS, Crowborough: Rflm. A. Kidby.
STICKELLS & SON, Cranbrook: Pte. C. T. Bedford; Rflm.
Alex. M. Butterwick.
STICKY BACK STUDIOS, Brighton: Pte. Wm. E. McCabe.
STILLIARD & CO., 754, Fulham Road, S.W.: Mid. H. G.
Roberts, R.N.
STRATON’S STUDIOS, London: Sergt.-Major O. W. Clark.
STREET, W. E., Pelham Street, Hastings: Sapper Thomas
Blackman.
STRINGER, G., Canterbury: Pte. G. S. Hellyer.
STUART, Wm. & JOHN, London, S.W.: Pte. F. T.
Underhill.
STUART, Newcastle-on-Tyne: Sergt. F. C. Crocker; 2nd
Lt. F. G. Taylor.
STUARTS PHOTO STUDIOS: Lt. Roger Bellingham.
STUDIO, 88–103, Newgate Street, E.C.: G. F. J.
Trounson, R.N.R.
STUDIOS, 169, Oxford Street, W.: Capt. E. G. Venning.
STYLES, A. H., 70, Northgate Street, Canterbury: A.
Seaman Bertie H. Goldsmith.
SUMMERS, F. H., Malmesbury: Pte. W. Vincent.
SUTTON, Stanley, 45 Canal: Trooper R. D. Warren.
SWAINE, F. A., Bond Street, W.: Capt. E. Scott Bamford;
Capt. F. H. Beaufort; Capt. F. H. Black; Lt. A. C. Brickwood;
2nd Lt. E. K. Colbourne; Capt. C. W. Green; Capt. M. H. Helyar;
Capt. H. P. L. Heyworth; 2nd Lt. R. G. R. Hogan; Capt. G. M.
James; Lt. A. D. Kirkpatrick; Capt. A. Merritt; Lt.-Col. A. F.
Sargeant.
SWEET, CHARLES, Rothesay, N.B.: Capt. C. G. Buchanan;
John T. Millar.
SWEET & JENNINGS: Capt. G. C. Briggs.
SWEETLAND, E., High Wycombe: Pte. B. G. Turner.
SWIFT, A., Peasedown: Pte. H. Porter.
SWISS STUDIOS, Sydney: Major F. D. Irvine.
TASSELL, FRED, W., Carlisle: Lt. C. Graham; Lt. Henry
C. Pecker.
TAYLER, H. K., Wembley: 2nd Lt. M. C. Wroughton.
TAYLOR BROS., Coventry: Cpl. W. G. Admans.
TAYLOR, A. & G., Newport: John Clifford Crosby; Pte. T.
Watts.
TAYLOR, NORMAN, Oxford: Pte. W. S. A. Gammon.
TEAR, ADOLPHUS, Bayswater, W.: 2nd Lt. E. F. Yarrow.
TEAR, ADOLPHUS, Ipswich: 2nd Lt. H. A. Row; Major L. W.
S. Oldham.
TEAR, ADOLPHUS, 42, High Street, Notting Hill Gate, W.:
2nd Lt. M. H. de Rougemont; 2nd Lt. John Roger Wallace.
TEAR, HERBERT, London, S.W.: Pte. R. Sheppard.
THIRLWELL & CO., Stockton, Middlesbrough: Coy
Sergt.-Major H. H. Ferrand; Drummer F. E. Stock.
THOMAS, JACK, Swansea: Pte. W. H. Fisher.
THOMSON, J., 72, High Street, Bedford: Pte. C. G.
LeSueur.
THOMPSON, J., Belfast: Norman A. Gillespie.
THOMSON, JAMES, 9, Bank Street, Inverness: Lt. A. F.
Paterson; Lc.-Cpl. Donald Paterson.
THOMSON, J., 70a, Grosvenor Street, W.: Lt. C. J.
Murray.
THOMSON BROS., Edinburgh: Pte. T. Watson.
THORNE, LESLIE, Weymouth: Lc.-Cpl. S. Radmall.
TREBLE, CHARLES, Brixton: Rflm. A. S. Ford.
TREBLE, E. M., Derby: 2nd Lt. H. F. Severne; 2nd Lt. H.
A. C. Topham.
TROLGA’S STUDIOS, E. Van, Clapham, Brighton, and
Southampton: Rflm. F. T. G. Pulsford; Rflm. Alfred Claude Mylam.
TUCK, W. J., London, N.E.: Grenadier H. W. Clark.
TURNER, Oxford: 2nd Lt. L. B. Stevens.
TURNER & CO., Small Heath: Pte. J. S. June; Pte. H. V.
Kerfoot.
TYNAN BROS., 41, Bath Street, Jersey: Lt. W. C. Mc. Le
Bruce.
UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, London: Squadron Sergt.-Major
Collins.
U.S.A. STUDIOS, London: Pte. William S. Barnett; Cpl.
S. Cavey; Pte. C. R. Coombes; H. T. Croxson; Pte. T. E. Duffus;
Pte. J. Flitter; Pte. C. W. C. Gibbons; Sergt. H. C. Goffin;
Pte. E. Grant; Lc.-Sergt. F. J. Hocking, D.C.M.; Lc.-Sergt. F.
Holding; Lc.-Sergt. P. H. H. Hunt; Trooper W. Isted; Rflm. H.
R. Jameson; Pte. W. Linton; Pte. T. E. Lion; Rflm. S. B. Peart;
Pte. Thomas Powrie; Stoker J. Quinn; Pte. W. Saltmarsh; Sigln.
H. J. Slattery; Pte. G. B. Strike; Pte. F. Warner; W. Weaver;
Pte. Sidney Alfred Wyllie.
UTUGIAN & CO., H., Cairo: Trooper E. Hansen.
VANDEBILT, THOMAS, 12, James Street, Liverpool: Lt. J.
L. Milner.
VANDYKE, C., London: Capt. A. Leigh Bennett, D.S.O.;
Col. W. L. Davidson; Capt. Henry Ironside Money; Major A. Young.
VEALE & CO., H. M., Bristol: Sergt. C. H. Collison.
VICKERY BROS., Major J. E. L. Bruce.
VINER, F., Swindon: Sergt. C. Blanchett.
WAKEFIELDS, Chiswick and Brentford: Walter S. Belsten;
Pte. Wm. A. Raworth.
WALKER, HENRY, Gateshead: Sergt. J. T. Murray; Pte. H.
Quinn.
WALKER, H., Vernon Place, Scarborough: Pte. E. Cook;
Lc.-Cpl. W. Drummond.
WALSH, T., Culkey P.O., Enniskillen: Pte. A. G.
Atkinson.
WALSHAWS, 60, Doughty Street, W.C.: 2nd Lt. J. K. B.
Smith.
WALTENBERG, T., 419, Bethnal Green: Pte. E. C. Cocker.
WALTON, Bondi Janeto, Sydney: Pte. J. A. E. Harris.
WANCHANSKI, St. Leonard’s: Capt. A. E. Bullock; Lt. J.
C. Cansfield.
WARD, London: Pte. A. Boothaway.
WARNEUKE, WM. M., Glasgow: Lt. A. D. C. King.
WATKIN, H. E., Scarborough: Capt. J. E. Simpson.
WATSON, CHAS. R., Sydenham: Lt. D. C. Chorley, R.N.;
Pte. T. B. Hallett.
WATSON, A. SWAN, Edinburgh: Driver T. A. Ridgleg.
WAY, OSCAR, Royal Studio, Colchester: Lt. John H.
Kennedy; Lt. Frederick Giles Prichard.
WAYLAND, HENRY, Blackheath: Pte. A. A. Daniel; Lt.
Anthony Clifford Clifford; Lt. J. H. Fraser; Lt. W. L. Harvey;
2nd Lt. J. S. H. James; Pte. R. M. Lyon; Capt. F. C. Squires;
2nd Lt. L. S. White.
WEAKS, GEORGE, Lammas Street, Carmathen: Pte. Thomas
Harold Phillips.
WEBB, STEFFANS, Christchurch, New Zealand: Nurse N. M.
Hildyard; Trooper F. Maxwell Way.
WEBSTER BROS., 25, The Pavement, Clapham Common, S.W.:
Capt. E. S. P. K. James.
WEDLAKE, W., 26, Junction Road, N.: Hubert E.
Bridgeland.
WEEKS & GIMBLE, 29, St. Thomas Street, Weymouth: Capt.
R. A. N. Smyth.
WEEKSLER, FELIX S., Bangalore: Capt. Hogg.
WEISS, P., Stafford: Pte. J. Tavernor.
WELCH, J. T., Bedford: Pte. A. J. Corner; Pte. D. H.
Corner.
WELLS, FRANK, London, S.W.: Pte. E. Kallaway; Pte. M.
B. Taylor.
WERNES & SONS, 39, Grafton Street, Dublin: 2nd Lt. Ed.
T. Weatherill.
WEST & SON, Southsea: Lt. W. J. M. Hadfield; 2nd Lt.
Stephen Beverley-Morgan; Acting Comm. L. G. Traherne, R.N.
WEST & DAWSON: Lt. H. G. Burridge.
WESTERN & SON, LTD., LAMBERT, London, Dover and
Folkestone: Capt. E. M. Crawley-Boevey; Lt. C. F. Featherstone;
Lt. S. E. L. Gordon; Col. C. E. Harman; 2nd Lt. W. G. Hicks; Lt.
A. R. A. Leggett; Lt. G. G. Marshall; Lt. Noott; Lt. A. Ramsay;
Capt. R. P. Shaw; Lt. A. L. Silvester.
WESTON, ARTHUR, London: Pte. J. H. Johnston; Allan D.
Paull.
WESTON, A. W. H., Northwood: Major Henry Herbert
Stanley Marsh.
WESTON & SON, J., Eastbourne: Sapper Robert J. Baker
Warton.
WESTON, LAMBERT, Dover: Capt. R. T. Vachell; Lt. B. E.
D. Warde.
WESTON & SON, T., London, S.W.: Lt. N. M. Kerr
Bertie; Lt. F. L. Carew; Lt. C. Pigot-Moodie; Lt. W. B.
Rhodes-Moorhouse, V.C.; Capt. E. R. Nash; 2nd Lt. L. C. Nash.
WHEATCROFT & CO., 189, The Moor, Sheffield: Lc.-Cpl.
John R. Melson; Pte. Robert Melson.
WHEATLEY, HAROLD, Sunderland: Pte. J. M. S. Crichton.
WHEELER, H., Folkestone: Pte. F. S. W. Jennings; Pte.
W. K. Robertson.
WHEELER, H., LTD., Weymouth: Cadet K. A. Anderson,
R.N.; Capt. J. R. Caird; 2nd Lt. John Halstead Cortis; Capt. K.
McDiarmid; Lt. C. V. Rawlinson.
WHERRETT’S STUDIO, Hobart: Lc.-Cpl. V. J. Wickins.
WHINFIELD, LTD.: 2nd Lt. Thomas L. Bainbridge.
WHITE, WALTER, Burntisland: Armr. Cpl. J. Robertson.
WHITE, F. J., Wellington Street, Gravesend: Pte. Henry
J. Wilkins.
WHITE, F. J., Star Studios, 52, Milton Road, Gravesend:
Pte. James G. Hayman.
WHITELEY, LTD., WM., Bayswater, W.: Pte. R. W. C.
Anderson; Capt. R. W. M. Stevens.
WHITFIELD, COSSER & CO., Colchester, Ipswich, Bath:
Sergt. Wm. Benj. Dutch; 2nd Lt. J. Hobbs; Lc.-Cpl. H. Pallant;
Lc.-Sergt. R. B. Wombell.
WHORWELL, J. G., Dover: Pte. Arthur Kemp; Sergt. Frank
Robinson.
WHYTE, D., Inverness: Capt. K. Wyndham Arbuthnot.
WIEDHOFFT, F., London: Capt. F. H. Mahony.
WIELE & KLEIN, Madras: Major C. T. Wrigby Grimshaw.
WILLIAMS, W., Carnarvon: Lt. M. Wynne Jones.
WILLIS, S. E., Chatham: Cpl. A. N. Donovan.
WILLIS, Southend: Capt. R. T. Rogers.
WILLMETT, W. J., Pier Photographer, Hastings: Pte.
George Waller.
WILSON & SONS, London: Pte. W. Hallam.
WIMBLEDON, JNO., Wimbledon, Surbiton and Tooting: Rflm.
Edwin Ashton; Pte. G. E. Waters.
WINCHESTER, MESSRS. W. A., Langton Road, St. Annes,
Bristol: Cpl. S. A. Abbott.
WINSTANLEY, J., Hampden Street: J. Mather.
WINTER, ARTHUR, Preston: Lt. W. G. F. Welch.
WISE, North Tidworth: Pte. Louis Blake.
WOOD, AUSTIN, Bishop Auckland: Pte. R. Hodgson.
WOOD, F. W., London: Rflm. D. T. Quy.
WOOD, SYDNEY H., Darlington: Mid. J. D. Stubbs, R.N.
WRIGGLESWORTH, Dunedin: Charles C. Noble.
WRIGGLESWORTH, A., Sittingbourne: 2nd Lt. Salvesen.
WRIGHT: Pte. S. Bristowe.
WRIGHT & CO., Margate: Pte. W. H. Rosson.
WRIGHT, M., Middlesbrough: Lt. H. de C. Casley.
WRIGHT & Sons: Cecil H. Bray.
WRIGHT, WM. J., Upper Norwood: Lt. D. H. V. Wilson, R.N.
WYKEHAM STUDIOS, LTD., London: H. J. Fippard; Clement
A. Foncar; Pte. Geoffrey W. Freeman; 2nd Lt. D. H. Gotch; Capt.
J. E. G. Gwynne; Rflm. G. F. Head; Pte. E. D. Jones; 2nd Lt.
E. L. Kellie; Pte. E. L. Sprunt; Pte. P. H. Stearne; R. T. E.
Westmacott.
YARMAN, H. J., Bury St. Edmunds: Lt. Cyril R. Lydekker.
YEOMAN, ELIJAH, West Hartlepool: Capt. E. W. Leather.
YERBURY & SON, E. R., Edinburgh: Pte. S. D. M. Clerk;
Pte. T. C. Hutton; Pte. J. M. Wood.
YOST, L. R., Berlin, Ontario, Canada: Pte. Alexander R.
Eby.
YUYNER, Nanaimo, B. Columbia: Pte. George W. Elliott.
ZOLA, Cairo: 2nd Lt. O. P. Gwynne; Sergt. A. Lanchbury.
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