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