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for Unemployment). For some time after leaving Oxford he resided at, and worked for, Toynbee Hall, and he kept up his connection with that institution until the war broke out. He joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. in 1912, and in the following year obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Post Office Rifles. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for foreign service, and was promoted Lieut., 19 Aug. 1914. He left for France with his battn. in March, 1915, and was killed in
## action at Festubert on 26 May following; _unm._ He was buried at
Lindez Farm, Festubert. In a letter written a few days before his death he said; “Well, the war is a bad business, but there are compensations. People had so often told us the race was degenerate that I had almost begun to wonder whether it was not true, but I know now.... Some of our fellow’s used to grouse and seem soft in England, but there is no doubt about them here. They are made of the right stuff, as I believe the whole nation is.” His commanding officer wrote of him: “He was a very valuable officer and will be greatly missed”; and a brother officer said: “His men loved him.”
[Illustration: =Norman C. Maclehose.=]
=MACLENNAN, IAN DOUGLAS=, Sergt., No. 2690, 5th Battn., Seaforth Highlanders (T.F.), only _s._ of the Rev. George Robert Maclennan, M.A., Parish Minister of Thurso, by his late wife, Barbara Johnston, dau. of the late Robert Johnston, Jeweller, Glasgow; _b._ Campbeltown, co. Argyle, 16 April. 1894; educ. St James School, and George Watson’s College, Edinburgh; won the medal for junior vocalists at the “mod” of “An Comunn Gaidhealach” in 1907; and on leaving Edinburgh in 1911 entered the Thurso Branch of the Commercial Bank of Scotland, and was an active and enthusiastic worker in his father’s church at Thurso. He joined the 5th Battn., Seaforth Highlanders (T.F.) in May, 1911; volunteered on the outbreak of war for foreign service; was promoted Sergt. 19 April, 1915; went to France on the following Saturday, and was killed in action at 6.30 on the evening of 15 June, 1915, in an attack upon the German trenches a few miles N.N.E., Festubert; _unm._ His chaplain, the Rev. D. Macfarlane, wrote: “Sergt. Maclennan was killed in action last night when our battn. had severe losses. His coy. (C) was chosen to lead an attack, and he with several others, among them two of the officers, were cut down by machine gun and shell fire. He always willingly led the praise for me at the coy. services. On Friday afternoon I had a service with his coy. in preparation for the trench work and its hazards, and he led the hymns for us so lustily. He was an influence for good among the men, and was most highly respected and beloved by his own coy.” A comrade wrote: “Everyone here has great reason in feeling very proud of Ian. I saw him last just before we left the trench to charge, and as usual, he was cheerily talking to us and looking as cool as could possibly be. It is a comfort for you to know that Ian’s remains have had a very decent burial just behind the trench from which we charged, and a Sergt. from B Coy. has put up a very neat cross on the grave.” Another comrade paid the following tribute to his memory: “Happiness was one of his great possessions, he was never downhearted. He was one to march with or to rest with, a man in a hundred to fight alongside, for he had the two essential qualities of a good comrade--great spirits, and ceaseless unselfishness. His death, like his life, was a glorious one, and I am sure that he met it as he met good and bad fortune alike--with a smile.”
[Illustration: =Ian Douglas Maclennan.=]
=MACLEOD, ALASTAIR RODERICK=, Lieut., “Y” Battery, R.H.A., yr. _s._ of Simon John Fraser Macleod, of 26, Albert Hall Mansions, Kensington. S.W., K.C., one of H.M. Commissioners of the Board of Control, by his wife, Catherine Florence, dau. of the late William Nelson, of Salisbury Green, Edinburgh; _b._ 44, Gloucester Place, Hyde Park, W., 20 Jan. 1892; educ. Cheltenham, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut., R.F.A., 23 Dec. 1911; appointed to 135th Battery, and promoted Lieut. 23 Dec. 1914. He proceeded with his battery to France in Aug. 1914, his brigade being attached to the 4th Division, and took part in the memorable retreat from Mons to Melan, and subsequently in the general advance and the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne. While on observation duty for his battery in our first line trenches near Le Gheir before daybreak on the morning of 21 Oct., the trenches were captured by a battn. of the 104th Saxon Regt. and he himself and some 40 men made prisoners. They were well treated by their captors and placed in the cellars of a convent for protection from the bombardment of their own guns, and later in the day, when a counter-attack recovered the lost trenches, were released. In Nov. he was wounded by shrapnel in the shoulder and got concussion from the effects of high explosive shells, and was invalided home. He rejoined at Woolwich in Jan. 1915, and getting his “jacket” was in March appointed to “Y” Battery, R.H.A., and proceeded to the Dardanelles with the 29th Division. He was mortally wounded at Beach W, Gallipoli, 25 April, 1915. Having been selected on 23 April by the officer in command of the R.H.A., of the Division to act as observation officer to certain of the ships, whose guns were to cover the landing of the troops near Cape Helles, he, with his servant and five signallers, went on board the Caledonia, and on the morning of the 25th he and his men landed with the Lancashire Fusiliers at Beach W, between Capes Tekke and Helles, to control and direct the fire of the warships. Lieut. Macleod was the only R.H.A. officer to participate in this gallant feat of arms. Our men suffered heavily while still on the water, and, on landing, came up against unbroken lines of barbed wire, while, from the cliffs, snipers and concealed machine-guns and quick-firers rained death upon them. Lieut. Macleod and his signallers, with the exception of one, who fell severely wounded directly he left the boat, succeeded in crossing the beach and gaining some shelter on the cliffs; but, in attempting to move forward to a more commanding position, he was mortally wounded by a pom-pom bullet. Just after being hit, he sent off a military message to the Fleet, ending with the words: “I’m done for!” His servant, Gunner McCarthy, raised him up and dragged him into some slight shelter, and he was within a short time placed in a boat and taken to H.M.S. Euryalus, but died as he was being lifted on board. He was buried at sea the following day together with 16 other officers, the Brigadier-General and all the officers of the Headquarters’ staff being present; _unm._ The officer commanding his battery in France wrote: “I had an extremely high opinion of the boy, both as a friend and an officer, and the regt. has lost one of a type which is rare to find. He combined every virtue that one could wish to find; a charming companion, very popular with the officers and equally so with the men, and they had a great respect for him. Hard working, always thorough at his duties and keen on his profession, he was an absolutely straight gentleman. His one fault I fear may have been his undoing, and that was his total disregard for his own safety”; and the Colonel commanding the R.H.A. Brigade at the Dardanelles wrote: “He had a particular charm about him with his very boyish appearance and manner, and I had taken a great liking to him. His selection for so important a job is a sufficient proof of what was thought of him as an officer. The desperate enterprise succeeded on that beach, and you, with many others, will have your grief tempered by pride in one of the most glorious achievements of this war.” Lieut. Macleod was a fine rider, and on 25 April, 1914--exactly a year before his death--won the Bar Point-to-Point Open Steeplechase on his own horse in a field of 23. He was known to his intimates as “Hamish.”
[Illustration: =Alastair R. Macleod.=]
=McLEOD, ARCHIBALD ALASTAIR=, Capt., 1st Battn. Gloucester Regt., 3rd _s._ of the late Lieut.-Gen. William Kelty McLeod, Col., The Highland L.I., by his wife, Emilie Godfrey, dau. of the late James Thomson, of Gibraltar, nephew of the late Lieut.-Gen. Sir John McLeod, G.C.B., Col., Black Watch, and gdson. of the late Col. Alexander McLeod, C.B., 61st Regt.; _b._ Singapore, 3 June, 1877; educ. Wimbledon School, the Oxford Military College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Gloucestershire Regt., 8 Sept. 1897, and promoted Lieut. 24 Feb. 1900, and Capt. 13 Oct. 1905; served (1) in the South African War, 1900–02, was employed with Mounted Infantry, took part in relief of Kimberley operations in the Orange Free State, Feb. to May, 1900, including actions at Paardeberg (17–26 Feb.), Poplar Grove, Dreifontein, Houtnek (Thoba Mountain), Vet River (5–6 May) and Zand River, operations in the Transvaal, May and June, 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill (11–12 June), operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, July to 29 Nov. 1900, operations in Orange River Colony, May to 29 Nov. 1900, including actions at Wittebergen (1–29 July), Bothaville, Caledon River (27–29 Nov.), in Cape Colony, south of Orange River, 1900, and in Cape Colony, north of Orange River, operations in Orange River Colony, 30 Nov. 1900 to Aug. 1901, and Oct. 1901 to 31 May, 1902, and operations in Cape Colony, Feb. to March, 1901, and Sept, to Oct. 1901 (Queen’s medal with six clasps, King’s medal with two clasps); (2) in Nigeria being employed with West African Frontier Force, 29 Sept. 1906 to 1908, when he joined 1st Battn.; and (3) with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 1914; went to the Front with the 1st Division, was present at the Battles of the Aisne and the Marne, and was killed in action while leading his Coy. in an attack on a farm held by tin-Germans, 2 Nov. 1914. Capt. McLeod was distinguished in musketry, and had the Special Certificate of signalling granted to him at Pretoria in June, 1904. His Coy. were winners of the Douglas Shield (a Regimental trophy) in 1912. His recreations were hunting, polo and shooting. He _m._ at the Chapel Royal, Savoy, 18 June, 1914, Marie Jeanette Amelia, yst. dau. of Lord Henry Fitzwarrine Chichester, and gdson. of Edward, 4th Marquis of Donegall; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Archibald A. McLeod.=]
=MACLEOD, DAVID FERGUSON=, L.-Corpl. No. 270, 1st Battn. Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of the late David Ferguson Macleod, of 29, Polworth Gardens, Edinburgh, and of the General Post Office, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of Henry John Gibson, Aberdeenshire; _b._ Edinburgh, 12 Sept. 1889; educ. George Heriot’s School; went to Australia, Oct. 1913, and settled at Sydney, New South Wales; was a Secretary; joined the Australian Imperial Force on the outbreak of the European War; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and died on the hospital ship Devanha, 10 Aug. 1915, of wounds received in action after Lone Pine, 9 Aug. 1915; _unm._ He was buried at sea 10 miles south-east of Mudros Harbour, Lemnos Island.
=MACLEOD, IAN BREAC=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Black Watch, only _s._ of the Rev. Roderick Charles Macleod, Vicar of Mitford, Morpeth, by his wife, Katharine Louisa, dau. of the Rev. William Edward Jelf, of Caerdeon, Dolgelly, and gdson. of Norman Macleod of Macleod, of Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye, J.P., D.L., 22nd chief of his clan; _b._ Bolney, co. Sussex, 4 Sept. 1893; educ. Harrow, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Black Watch, 4 Sept. 1912, and promoted Lieut. 9 Sept. 1914; joined the 2nd Battn. in India, Nov. 1912, with it went to France in Oct. 1914, and was killed in action in the trenches near Neuve Chapelle, 17 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried in the cemetery at Veille Chapelle. Col. Harvey wrote: “Your son was a most excellent young officer, and since the Battn. has been in France he has done most sterling work, especially when his Coy. Commander was wounded before Christmas--a time which tried all ranks very highly. Your son was killed while he was carrying out his duties in the trenches, and I understand died without pain.” And Major Wauchope: “Believe me that for all great and important qualities such as truthfulness, courage, kindliness, a most ready sympathy (most rare in one so young), consistent unselfishness--in all these he was, I believe, superior to most.... I have seen no one more cool and collected in hours of great danger.... As his Capt., and I do indeed trust as his friend, I can say there are few indeed I know who have qualities that are so ‘becoming to an officer and a gentleman.’ You can guess how all the men loved ‘Mr. I. B.’ All who knew him, officers and men, mourn his loss. I do not think he ever had an unkind thought for anyone, but it is only since the war began I understood his value as an officer.”
[Illustration: =Ian Breac Macleod.=]
=McLEOD, DUNCAN=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 9671), S.S. 201449, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct 1914.
=MACLEOD, TORQUIL HARRY LIONEL=, Midshipman, R.N., H.M.S. Goliath, 2nd _s._ of Roderick Willoughby Macleod, of Invergordon Castle and Cadboll, co. Cromarty, and 10, Ovington Gardens, London, formerly Capt., Cameron Highlanders (who served in the Egyptian Campaign of 1882), by his wife, Alice Olivia, 2nd dau. of Edward Tierney Gilchrist Darell; _b._ Invergordon Castle, aforesaid, 11 Sept. 1899: educ. Hillbrow, Eastbourne, and the Royal Naval Colleges, Osborne and Dartmouth; joined H.M.S. Goliath as a Naval Cadet, 1 Aug. 1914, and was drowned when that battleship was sunk by a torpedo from a Turkish destroyer in the Dardanelles, 12 May, 1915. His Commander, H. Peel-Ritchie, V.C., wrote of him: “All the time he was my A.D.C. I had every reason to be more than pleased with his keenness and zeal and the cheery way he did everything. He was a great favourite with officers and men, and I feel sure that, as he had made such a very good start, he would very quickly have made his mark in the Service.”
[Illustration: =Torquil H. L. Macleod.=]
=McLOUGHLIN, FRANCIS=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 3640, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=McMILLAN, ALEXANDER=, Driver, No. 5/692 A., New Zealand Army Service Corps, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of the late Archibald McMillan, Farmer, by his wife (--), dau. of Andrew Gilmour, of Waipawa, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, Engineer and Surveyor; _b._ Kumeroa, 26 Feb. 1888; educ. Waipawa District High School; enlisted on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, left for Egypt with the Main Expeditionary Force, and died of enteric fever, 3 Nov. 1915, in the 17th General Hospital, Alexandria, and was buried there; _unm._ He was a most prominent cricketer and Rugby football player, and prior to his departure from New Zealand represented the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in a football match against the Christchurch Rugby Team.
=McMILLAN, JAMES=, Blacksmith (Pensioner), 163582, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=McMULLEN, THOMAS=. Sergt., No. 7360, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, yst. _s._ of the late William McMullen, of 40, Bell Street, Sunderland, Labourer, by his wife, Emily, dau. of Richard Copping; _b._ Sunderland, 8 May, 1889; educ. St. Joseph’s there and Albert Road School, Darlington; was a Shipyard Labourer; enlisted, 28 July, 1908, and reached the rank of Sergt. after about five years’ service; went to France with his battn. in Aug. 1914; took part in the Battle of Mons and the other engagements in which the 2nd Coldstreams so greatly distinguished themselves, and was mentioned in Field-Marshal Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915, for gallant conduct in the field. He was killed in action at Cuinchy, 1 Feb. 1915, in the same affair in which L.-Corpl. Michael O’Leary, 7th Irish Guards, won the V.C. Buried at Cuinchy; _unm._ Immediately the news of his death was received, one of his brothers, John McMullen, a married man with three children, enlisted in the Royal Engineers, in order that the family might still be represented in the Army, but was invalided out after six months’ service.
[Illustration: =Thomas McMullen.=]
=McMURRAN, HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7687), S.S. 103004, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=McNALLY, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9696), S.S. 107103, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=McNAMARA, JAMES=, A.B., 196451 (Dev.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=McNEALE, FRANK HANSFORD=, Petty Officer, Tele. 233305, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=McNEALY, MATTHEW=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 637), 281510, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=McNEILL, HENRY GEORGE=, Trooper, No. 735, 10th Australian Light Horse, 3rd Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, 3rd _s._ of John O’Brien McNeill, of 13, Diamond (--), Londonderry, by his wife, Eleanor, dau. of Charles Howard Cullen, of Drumbawn, Newport, co. Tipperary; _b._ Queenstown, co. Cork, 10 Jan. 1896; educ. there and Mallow, co. Cork; went to Western Australia early in 1914 with the intention of taking up farming, but gave this up on the outbreak of the European War and joined the 10th Australian Light Horse at Perth, 5 Jan. 1915; went to Egypt, 9 March, and, after training there, volunteered to go as an Infantryman with his regt. to the Dardanelles; served there from 14 May to 7 Aug. 1915, on which date he was killed in
## action at Walker’s Ridge during the famous charge of the Light Horse.
A comrade wrote: “It was on the morning of 7 Aug. when our unlucky regt. and another charged from Walker’s Ridge, and almost all got wiped out. When we had to retire back to the trenches that we started from, I looked for your son and to my sorrow could see him lying a few yards out. I watched him for a few minutes and could not see him move. I knew that he had given his life doing his bit. We could not get him in until it got dark, as it was only 50 yards off the Turkish trenches and it was death to show your hand over the trench. But that night we got him and several more in and carried them down to our medical station. We could not bury them that night, as we could not be spared from the firing line for long, but the next night we carried your son down and gave him a decent burial, our Army Chaplain reading the burial service and saying a short prayer. We mounded his grave up with stones and put a small wooden cross at the head of it with his name and regt. on it.” His 2nd brother, Corpl. John Elder McNeill (No. 7266), serving with the R.A.M.C., then attd. to the 2nd Inniskilling Fusiliers in France, was officially announced to have been awarded the D.C.M. the same day as his brother was killed, and his eldest brother, Gunner Charles Simpson McNeill (No. 31907), Royal Garrison Artillery, is also at the Front. Of his mother’s brothers, two served in the South African War and four are now on active service.
[Illustration: =Henry George McNeill.=]
=MACNEILL, WILLIAM MACKINNON=, 2nd Lieut., 16th Lancers, 2nd _s._ of the late Duncan Macneill, of Winchester House, Old Broad Street, E.C., by his wife, Louisa Lucia, 4th dau. of Sir Andrew Agnew, of Lochnaw Castle, 8th Baronet, Wigtonshire; _b._ Tyndale House, Wimbledon Common, 7 March, 1890; educ. Repton; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 16th Lancers (Special Reserve) from the Carmarthenshire Militia, 22 June, 1909; obtained his Pilot’s Certificate, qualifying to serve as a flying officer, 1 Jan. 1913; went to France, Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Mont des Cats, near Hazebrouck, 12 Oct. 1914, being buried in the Monastery there; _unm._
[Illustration: =William M. Macneill.=]
=MACNICOL, HORATIUS BONAR=, 2nd Lieut., 1/10th Royal Scots (T.F.), elder _s._ of the late Rev. Duncan Clarke Macnicol, B.D., United Free Church Minister of Stockbridge, Edinburgh, by his wife, Emily Florence (74, Grange Loan, Edinburgh), dau. of the Rev. Horatius Bonar, of Grange, Edinburgh, D.D.; _b._ Glasgow, 13 April, 1896; educ. Edinburgh Academy, and Trent College, Derbyshire; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1/10th Royal Scots, 17 April, 1915, and was drowned in Belhaven Bay, Dunbar, 30 July, 1915, in a gallant attempt to save a private named Watson, of his battn., who had been seized with cramp; _unm._
[Illustration: =Horatius Bonar Macnicol.=]
=MACNIVEN, ROBERT=, Private, No. 606, 4th Battn. Australian Imperial Force; a native of co. Lanark; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles; killed, 6–9 Aug. 1915.
=McNULTY, JAMES=, Private, No. 3385, 1st Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.); a native of co. Sligo; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action near Ypres, 15 May, 1915.
=McNULTY, PETER=, Private, No. 1455, 1/4th Battn. East Lancashire Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late John McNulty (died 8 March, 1912), by his wife, Ellen (37, Eldon Place, Blackburn), dau. of (--) Ingham; _b._ Blackburn, 25 April, 1894; educ. St. Albans Higher Grade School there; was an engineer; joined the Lancashire Territorials in Nov. 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; left for Egypt in Sept. following; served at the Dardanelles, and died 1 July, 1915, of wounds received in action there; _unm._ Buried in Cape Helles Cemetery.
[Illustration: =Peter McNulty.=]
=McPHERSON, DONALD=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./13741, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MACPHERSON, DUNCAN STUART ROSS=, Lieut., 7th, attd. 2/8th, Gurkha Rifles, only child of Surgeon-Gen. William Grant Macpherson, Army Medical Service, C.B., C.M.G., K.H.P., by his wife, Elizabeth Anne, dau. of J. Clunas, of New Orleans and Nairn; _b._ Bushey Heath, co. Herts, 23 Aug. 1889; educ. Westminster, Fettes College, and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., unattd. List, 20 Jan. 1909; served his first year in India with the 2nd Black Watch; was appointed to the Indian Army, 11 March, 1910, and promoted Lieut. 20 April, 1911; served in India with the 7th Gurkha Rifles at Quetta and, during the winter of 1912–13, on the Persian Frontier; was in England on leave when war was declared in Aug. 1914, and was appointed Assistant Adjutant of the 8th (Service) Battn. The Black Watch at Aldershot, where he took an active part in the training of the battn. He went to France early in Nov. 1914, and was attd. to the 8th Gurkha Rifles. They were in the trenches at Festubert until the night of 22 Nov., when they were relieved. Shortly afterwards the enemy attacked and took the line of trenches they had handed over, and the battn. was ordered to return and counter-attack on the 23rd; this they did, eventually regaining the lost positions. It was during this attack that Lieut. Macpherson was killed while in command of the leading coy.; _unm._ Buried at Bethune. Lieut. Macpherson was a keen golfer and polo player, and had passed the examination for promotion to Capt. with distinction.
[Illustration: =Duncan S. R. Macpherson.=]
=MACPHERSON, JOHN=, Cadet, R.N., elder _s._ of John Lumsden Macpherson, Lieut.-Col. commanding 7th (Reserve) Battn. The Gordon Highlanders, T.D., Solicitor, by his wife, Mabel Jeanie, dau. of the late Rev. Robert Nimmo Smith, L.L.D., Minister of the First Charge of Haddington; _b._ St. Andrews, Fifeshire, 6 Nov. 1898; educ. Clifton Bank, St. Andrews and privately; entered Osborne in Sept. 1911; joined H.M.S. Bulwark from Dartmouth on the outbreak of war, and was lost when that ship was blown up at Sheerness on 26 Nov. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Macpherson.=]
=McCRAE, GEORGE=, Capt., 6th Battn. Royal Scots (T.F.), attd. 1/4th Royal Scots, eldest _s._ of Col. Sir George McCrae, of Torluish Grange, Edinburgh, Vice-President of the Local Government Board for Scotland, and Commanding Officer 16th (Service) Battn. Royal Scots, by his wife, Elizabeth Cameron, dau. of William Russell; _b._ Edinburgh, 10 Dec. 1883; educ. George Watson’s College, Edinburgh, and on leaving there entered his father’s firm, Messrs. McCrae (Ltd.), Hosiers, of Princes Street, Edinburgh, of which he became managing director. On 23 May, 1898, at the age of 15, he joined the 4th Royal Scots (Volunteer), afterwards the 6th Royal Scots (T.F.), as a bugler; he became a private, 23 May, 1901, 2nd Lieut., 12 June, 1901, Lieut., 22 April, 1903, and Capt., 26 Sept. 1905. Volunteering for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war, he was transferred to the 1/4th Royal Scots and placed in charge of a double company. He left with a draft of this battn. for the Dardanelles in April, 1915, and was killed in action during an attack on the Turkish position on the Saghir Dere, Gallipoli, on 28 June, 1915. He was first wounded in the leg, but continued to lead his men on, until he was shot through the head and killed instantly. He was buried in the battlefield. “A keen and hard-working officer,” said the “Watsonian”; “his cheery and generous disposition made him popular alike with men and officers. On the voyage out, at a time of great danger, he insisted on giving his lifebelt to a private. His men here, who are left, will miss him.” He _m._ at Glasgow, 24 Sept. 1910, Jemima, dau. of Alexander Ross, of that city; _s.p._ Two of his brothers are (1916) on active service, Lieut. W. K. McCrae, in the 1st Lowland R.G.A., and Capt. K. McCrae, in the Cameron Highlanders.
=MACRAE, IVOR ALEXANDER=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd, attd. 2nd, Battn., King’s Own Scottish Borderers, only _s._ of Donald MacDonald MacRae, of Stenhouse, Thornhill, co. Dumfries, by his wife, Rosalie, dau. of the late Edward Lloyd, of Sittingbourne; _b._ Stenhouse aforesaid, 8 March, 1895; educ. Aldro, Eastbourne, and Harrow (The Grove); gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Battn. K.O.S.B., 10 Jan. 1914, and attached to the 2nd Battn. for training at Dublin, 14 April following; went to France, 8 Sept. 1914, and died at Bethune, 14 Oct. 1914, of wounds received in action near Cuinchy, the previous day, while leading his platoon. They had been ordered to drive the enemy out from an entrenched position and during the attack nine-tenths of his men were killed or wounded. He was buried in Bethune Cemetery; _unm._
[Illustration: =Ivor Alexander MacRae.=]
=MACRAE, KENNETH CHARLES ERNEST=, L.-Corpl., No. 1348, 14th Battn. (The London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of the late Kenneth Macrae, of Durham Road, East Finchley, N.W., by his wife, Frances Gertrude (18, White Hall Park, Hornsey Lane, N.), dau. of Henry Double, of Ramsgate; _b._ Highgate, 5 June, 1893; educ. Highfield, Muswell Hill; was a Civil Servant, Somerset House; joined the London Scottish in Sept. 1910; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France with his battn. in Sept. 1914, and died of wounds in the 13th Hospital at Boulogne on 26 Nov. following. He was shot in the spine by a German sniper at Ypres; _unm._
[Illustration: =Kenneth C. E. Macrae.=]
=MACRAE, VICTOR CHARLES JAMES=, Corpl., No. 5327, 4th Battn. Gordon Highlanders (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Donald Macrae, of 123, Blenheim Place, Aberdeen, formerly Station Master of Plockton, Ross-shire, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Alexander Ferguson, of Inverness, Goldsmith; _b._ Inverness, 12 Oct. 1892; educ. Plockton Public School, Aberdeen Grammar School, and Aberdeen University, where he graduated in classics with 1st Class honours and was captain of the University Shinty Club and won his blue; had been in the Territorial Battn. of the Gordon Highlanders but had retired. On the outbreak of war he re-enlisted, 2 Oct. 1914; went to France, 22 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Frierstraghte, Belgium, 21 April, 1915, while succouring a wounded comrade; _unm._ His Commander wrote of him as one of his best non-commissioned officers, and Major G. H. Smith, of the 4th Gordons, wrote: “Your son was a brave soldier, and it was just characteristic of him that he gave his life for his comrade. He was shot through the heart while attempting to lift up a wounded comrade and hold a cup of water for him to drink.”
=MACREIGHT, ARTHUR WILLIAM JAMES=, Lieut., 18th Battn. (London Irish) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Albert Francis Henry Macreight, of The Cottage, Gammaton, North Devon, by his wife, Alma Jane, dau. of the late Joseph Ede Hamley; _b._ Kenython, St. Just-in-Penwith, Cornwall, 21 Jan. 1892; educ. Worcester Royal Grammar School, and H.M.S. Worcester, Thames Nautical Training College, and was for 18 months a Cadet on board the British Indian steamship Chyebassa. He joined the London Irish Rifles as 2nd Lieut. 9 June, 1913, on the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service, and went to the Front with his regt., but was invalided home, and died at Bournemouth, 23 Nov. 1915, after undergoing several operations; _unm._
[Illustration: =Arthur W. J. Macreight.=]
=McSPARRON, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Private. No. 541, 2nd Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of George McSparron, of Straidarran, co. Derry, Farmer, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Matthew Millar; _b._ Straid, afsd., 16 June, 1891; educ. Tyrglasson National School; went to Australia in 1912, and was working in Sydney when war broke out; volunteered and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force; left for Egypt, 18 Oct. 1914; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was wounded shortly afterwards; returned to duty in June, and was killed in action in the fight for the Lone Pine trenches, between 6–9 Aug. 1915; _unm._
=MACSWAN, ANGUS=, Private, No. 6247, 2nd Battn. Seaforth Highlanders, 4th _s._ of the late Donald MacSwan, Diver to the Leith Dock Commission, by his wife, Flora (139, Great Junction Street, Leith), dau. of the late Ronald Macdonald, Registrar, of Sleat, Skye; _b._ South Leith, 16 Dec. 1881; educ. Dr. Bell’s School there; enlisted in the Seaforth Highlanders, 23 Aug. 1898; served with the 2nd Battn. through the South African War, 1899–1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps and King’s medal with two clasps); after this campaign transferred to the 1st Battn. in India; obtained his discharge, 28 Sept. 1905, and joined the Reserve; was called up on mobilisation in Aug. 1914, and rejoined the 2nd Battn.; went to France, 16 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at St. Julien, 25 April, 1915, while acting as orderly to the Capt. of B Coy.; _unm._ He was buried at a farm close to where he fell. Private MacSwan was a good all-round sportsman; was a marksman; a great footballer, and a member of the Regimental XI when they were the champions of India in 1905.
[Illustration: =Angus MacSwan.=]
=McTURK, HORATIO ANDREW DAVID=, Trooper, No. 1269, Essex Yeomanry, yst. _s._ of Robert McTurk, of Frieze Hall, South Weald, Brentwood, Essex, Farmer, by his wife, Janet, dau. of John Crawford, of Sproulston, co. Renfrew; _b._ Frieze Hall afsd., 12 March, 1896; educ. High School, Brentwood; enlisted Sept. 1914; went to the Front, Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres in the famous charge of the 8th Cavalry Brigade, the 10th Hussars, the Blues and the Essex Yeomanry, on 13 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Horatio A. D. McTurk.=]
=McVEIGH, GEORGE=, Seaman, R.N.R., 4826B, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=McVEY, JAMES=, Gunner, 11425, R.M.A., H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
## action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=McVITTIE, GEORGE HENRY=, 2nd Lieut. 2/4th Battn. The Border Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Richard McVittie, of 34, Brunswick Square, Penrith, Boot and Shoe Merchant, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Henry Hill, of Carlisle; _b._ Penrith, 24 Sept., 1895; educ. Brunswick Road Council School, Penrith; Penrith Grammar School (Sept. 1908 to July, 1914, Scholar), and Christ College, Cambridge (Exhibitioner); was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Border Regt. 4 Jan. 1915; left for India on 6 March, 1915, on H.M. Transport Dongola, and died on active service on H.M. Transport Tunisian the following day of strain and exposure caused by a collision between the Dongola and another ship in the Bristol Channel. He was _unm._; and was buried at sea with full Military honours off the Scilly Isles. Col. Haswell wrote: “It is very sad that such a promising boy should be cut off so early, and the only comfort I can give you is that he did not suffer any pain, but quietly slept away. He was a good lad, keen at his work, and would have made a good soldier. We wrapped him in the Union Jack this afternoon (8 March), and buried him in the Atlantic.” While at the Grammar School he passed the Oxford Junior Local in 1910, the Senior in 1911, and took second-class honours in 1912. Having chosen the scholastic profession, Mr. McVittie in March, 1913, took the teacher’s preliminary certificate, with distinction in mathematics and geography, and taught for a year at the Boys’ National School. Prior to going Cambridge he was extremely anxious to respond to his country’s call and enlist as a private, but as the arrangements for going to Cambridge had been completed he went there and joined the Officers’ Training Corps. As a boy he was an enthusiastic member of the Penrith Boy Scouts, and he was also keenly interested in the Penrith Y.M.C.A.
[Illustration: =George H. McVittie.=]
=MACWHINNIE, NORMAN HENRY, D.C.M.=, Regimental Sergt.-Major, No. 5177, 2nd Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, only _s._ of James Tait Macwhinnie, of Ayr, Marine Engineer, by his wife, Elizabeth (14, St. Michael Street, Dumfries), dau. of the late John Carruthers, of Maxwellbank. Kirkcudbrightshire; _b._ Glencaple, co. Dumfries, 9 Aug. 1877; educ. St. Joseph’s College, Dumfries, subsequently entering the office of Charles M’Kie, the Sheriff clerk. He attached himself to the Dumfries Volunteers, and as soon as he had reached the age of 18 joined the 1st Battn. of the Scottish Borderers at York, 22 Jan. 1895, being promoted Corpl. in October the following year. During the South African war he accompanied his regt. to the Front and served with Lord Roberts’ column all the way to Pretoria, passing through the campaign without a scratch, and receiving the Queen’s medal with three clasps, and the King’s medal with two clasps; he also took
## part in the engagement at Karee Siding, near Bloemfontein, in which
the Scottish Borderers were badly cut up, and for this gained the Distinguished Conduct Medal. In Jan. 1900 he became Sergt., in the following year Colour-Sergt., and while stationed at Cairo in 1908 Quartermaster-Sergt., having in the meantime seen service in Egypt and the Soudan; his final promotion came when he left Khartoum to take up the Sergt.-Majorship of the 2nd Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers at Berwick in 1910. On the outbreak of war he was offered a commission, but preferred to stay with his regt., with which he proceeded to the Front, being killed in action at the Aisne River, 13 Sept. 1914. He was buried about two miles from Saarcy. Sergt.-Major Macwhinnie was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 9 Oct. 1914, and was awarded the Military Cross and the French Medaille Militaire; he also held the regulation medal for long service and good conduct, and King George’s Coronation Medal. He _m._ at the Roman Catholic Chapel, Belfast, 28 April, 1904, Caroline Christina, dau. of William Hart, 1st Class Staff Sergt.-Major, A.S.C., and had a son and dau.: Norman, _b._ Cairo, 29 Jan. 1908; and Elizabeth Madge, _b._ Colchester, 1 Dec. 1905.
[Illustration: =Norman H. Macwhinnie.=]
=McWHIRTER, HUGH WALTER=, Private, No. 902, 1st Newfoundland Regt., _s._ of Henry McWhirter, of Humbermouth, Bay of Islands, Newfoundland, by his wife, Lottie, dau. of Henry Lilsed Harris; _b._ New Richmond, Quebec, 18 March, 1894; educ. Bay of Islands; volunteered and joined the 1st Newfoundland Regt. in 1915; left for Britain 20 March, 1915, went to the Dardanelles, 19 Sept., and was killed in action there, 22 Sept. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Hugh Walter McWhirter.=]
=MACWILLIAM, JAMES JULIAN GORDON=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Gordon Highlanders, only child of James MacWilliam, of 22, Forbes Road, Edinburgh, Solicitor in the Supreme Courts of Scotland, by his wife, Ella Julie de Lorn, dau. of Charles William Gordon MacDougall; _b._ Edinburgh, 16 Aug. 1895; educ. Edinburgh Academy and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Gordon Highlanders, 15 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut., 11 Dec. following; was for some time A.D.C. to Major Oakeley, Commandant of the O.T.C. at Barry Camp; went to France about 10 Sept.; joined his battn. at Fère-en-Jardenois; marched to La Bassée early in October, and was wounded by shrapnel on the 12th; rejoined the battn. about 19 Nov., when he took over his coy. temporarily, and was killed in action at Maedelsted Spur, Wytschaete, 14 Dec. 1914, while leading his platoon. His Commanding Officer, Major Baird, wrote: “On 14 Dec. three companies of his battn. were ordered to attack a German trench. Your boy’s coy. was one of these. The artillery previously bombarded the German trench, and it was hoped that it would have been made practically untenable. So far from this proving to be the case, as soon as our men advanced they were met by a terrific fire, through which they pushed forward in spite of heavy losses to within fifty yards, and in some places nearer still, of the German trench. It was when your boy was gallantly rising to lead his men for a final rush from this forward position that he was shot through the head and killed instantly. These are the particulars given me by a sergt. who was with the body of men under your son and who saw him fall. The Germans’ fire was so heavy that our men, in spite of their splendid advance, could not assault and carry the trench; their losses during the advance had been terrible, yet they hung on all day from 8 a.m. till dusk, and then had to withdraw. It was to my deep regret impossible to bring your boy’s body back for burial. Even after dark, the Germans kept up a heavy fire at this very close range, but he was lying so near the German trench that there is no doubt that they will have taken him behind their lines and buried him. I cannot express sufficiently the deep sorrow which I, and all of us, feel at the loss of a brother officer, who, though but so recently joined, had already on more than one occasion shown his sterling value. I have felt it my duty to bring to official notice the gallant manner in which your son was leading his men when he met his death. I know how little there is I can say that can bring consolation to you in your great sorrow, and will only add that your son’s death occurred in an action which, though it failed in its purpose, has been as fine an exhibition of sacrifice and determination as any in the annals of this regt., and I hope that you may be able to feel that your boy has died in covering himself with glory.” And Sergt. P. Benzies (since killed) on behalf of the N.C.Os. and men of C Coy., wrote: “On the morning of 14 Dec., the Gordon Highlanders made a glorious charge, two platoons of C Coy. leading, the other two to support. Your son was in charge of Nos. 9 and 11 Platoons which led, and, when the order came to advance, he was the first out of the trenches; smiling and waving his stick, he encouraged his men on. When we had got to within fifty yards of the German trenches we had to lie down for a minute to get our breath before the final assault. It was when he raised his head to give the order to advance that he was killed. He died instantaneously, and therefore suffered no pain. You ought to be very proud of yourself to have had such a gallant son, for he was a thorough hero, and we all admired him very much. I was also with your son when he was wounded on 12 Oct. 1914. I gave him a snapshot photograph, which was taken about the beginning of Oct., and which I hope he sent home. He gave a few of us cigarette lighters just a few days before the charge, and we all treasure them very much now.” Another officer writing home said: “Poor young MacWilliam, who had just rejoined after recovering from a wound, was shot dead through the head. I have since then taken over temporary command of C Coy., and in drawing up a report of its work during the day of the attack (14 Dec.) find that the men speak in the most glowing terms of the bravery of George and Mr. MacWilliam, and of the gallant way in which they led up their men to the advance under heavy machine gun and rifle fire. In fact the Commanding Officer has expressed extreme satisfaction and praise for the altogether splendid way in which they led their men in face of overpowering odds. Although victory was not achieved, the glory of unselfish bravery, such as reaches the highest achievements of the British Army, is attached to the names of the men who took part in that charge.” At Edinburgh Academy he was a L.-Sergt. in the O.T.C., and a member of the Shooting VIII, and shot for his school at Bisley.
[Illustration: =James J. G. MacWilliam.=]
=MADDANS, FREDERICK=, Private, No. G6535, 3rd Battn. Middlesex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 3 May, 1915; _unm._
=MADDEN, THOMAS HYLTON=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt., only _s._ of the Ven. Thomas John Madden, Archdeacon of Liverpool, and Vicar of St. Luke’s Church there, by his wife, Jane, dau. of William Henry Horrocks, M.D.; _b._ Liverpool, 30 April, 1895; educ. Liverpool College and was to have entered Emmanuel, Cambridge, in Oct. 1914, but war breaking out he gave up his studies and applied for a commission. He had joined the Liverpool College O.T.C. in 1909, and at 16 commanded a coy. of the “King’s” Cadets under the late Lieut.-Col. A. T. S. MacIver. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 5th Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt. (Reserve of Officers), 2 Aug. 1914; mobilised 5 Aug. following, and after training at Seaforth left there for the Front, 29 Sept.; reaching the firing line, 13 Nov. He received a regular commission in the 1st Battn. of his regt., 2 Feb. 1915; led the charge of his platoon against the German trenches on 10 March following, and was in the act of throwing a bomb over the barbed wire entanglements when he was shot down by a machine gun and fell mortally wounded. The Adjutant (Capt. S. E. Norris) wrote: “He fell leading his platoon in an assault on the German trenches at Givenchy about 8.15 yesterday (10 March). Capt. Feneran and Lieut. Young were also killed, and Lieut. Millar (all the officers of your son’s Coy., A) was wounded. From the evidence of the few men who returned I am sure they were all killed instantly. The whole history of the British Army has nothing finer to show than the work of A Coy. yesterday. Col. Carter was wounded, so I am writing this for him. Your son was one of the most promising young officers in the regt.”; and a Capt. of the 5th King’s: “On 10 March there was a general attack by the whole of the 1st Division, and on the whole it succeeded. The 6th Brigade, of which ‘The King’s’ Liverpool Regt. formed part, attacked at Givenchy, and in the attack by his regt. Hylton led the second party on the left. The first party had come under exceptionally heavy fire, and he must have known that he had to face more than the usual risk. He never faltered nor hesitated. He led his men well, and fell a victim to machine-gun fire. I think he must have died instantaneously. When the history of this war comes to be written, the story of ‘The King’s’ charge at Givenchy will rank equally with any of its heroic deeds in the past. The attack of our brigade failed, and the King’s Royal Rifles, the Liverpools and the South Staffords lost heavily in officers and men. But the force of their attack caused the Germans to bring reinforcements to Givenchy, and enabled success to be achieved elsewhere.” He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. A memorial tablet and window has been placed in St. Luke’s Church, Liverpool, and a memorial tablet in Christ Church, Southport.
[Illustration: =Thomas H. Madden.=]
=MADDISON, ALFRED=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26723 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of James Arthur Maddison, of 7, Railway View, Dringhouses, near York; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MADDOCK, THOMAS HENRY=, Private, No. 10066, 1st Battn. Royal Scots, _s._ of George Maddock, of Stratford, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of Thomas Henry Rand; _b._ Stratford, co. Essex, 21 March, 1890; educ. Carpenter’s Road Council School there; enlisted 19 July, 1907; went to France, 30 Jan. 1915, and died at a Clearing Station on 27 Feb. 1915, of wounds received at St. Eloi the previous day. He was buried in Bailleul Cemetery; _unm._
=MADIGAN, JAMES FRANCIS JOSEPH=, Private, 12 1703, Auckland Infantry Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force; volunteered for Imperial service after the outbreak of war; joined his unit at the Dardanelles, 8 May, 1915, and was killed in action, 8 June following.
=MAGEE, RICHARD EDWARD=, Master-at-Arms, 164813, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=MAGILL, HUGH=, L.-Corpl., No. 11355, 1st Battn. Highland L.I., _s._ of Hugh Magill, of 17, Ardenlea Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 11–18 March, 1915.
=MAGUIRE, CHARLES=, Private, No. 8081, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards, _s._ of James Maguire, of Newton Farm, East Wemyss, Fife; _b._ Carnoustie, co. Forfar; enlisted 13 Nov. 1911; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; dangerously wounded in the spine in action; admitted to hospital at Aldershot, 6 Nov. 1914, and died there, 12 July, 1915.
=MAHONEY, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 12317, 2nd Battn. The Welsh Regt., _s._ of John Mahoney, of Convent Street, Bandon, co. Cork, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of William Gilman; _b._ Convent Hill, Bandon, co. Cork; educ. Convent School, Bandon; enlisted in the Royal Munster Fusiliers, and served nine years with the Colours, going through the South African War, for which he received the Queen’s medal with three clasps. He then enlisted in the Royal Garrison Artillery at Tralee, 4 April, 1901, and served his time in Halifax. On the outbreak of the European War he again enlisted in the 2nd Welsh, 22 Aug. 1914; went to France, 2 Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at Festubert, 24 Dec. 1914. He _m._ at the R.C. Church, Dowlais, 29 Aug. 1897, Emily (29, Greenfield Terrace, Penydarren, near Merthyr), dau. of William Mitchell, and had two children: Daniel, _b._ 17 June, 1905; and Minnie, _b._ 11 June, 1898. While with the Munster Fusiliers Mahoney was a prominent regimental athlete.
=MAHONY, FREDERICK HENRY=, Capt., 1st Battn. Cheshire Regt., only _s._ of Capt. Frederick Henry Mahony, late York and Lancaster Regt., for some years Adjutant of the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, Hounslow, by his wife, Elizabeth Mary, dau. of Lawrence Cahill; _b._ Lucknow, 24 Aug. 1874; educ. Dover College, and by Mr. Miller Maguire, the Army Tutor, etc.; enlisted in 1892 in the York and Lancaster Regt., and served for five years in the ranks. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1st Cheshires, 24 Aug. 1898, and promoted Lieut., 2 June, 1900, and Capt., 10 Feb. 1906; served in the South African War, 1900; took part in the operations in the Orange Free State, Feb. to May, attd. to the A.S.C., including actions at Dreifontein, Vet River, (5–6 May), and Zand River; in the Transvaal, May to June, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill (11–12 June), and in the Transvaal, East of Pretoria, July to Nov., including action at Belfast (26–27 Aug.), etc. (Queen’s medal with five clasps); was employed with the West African Frontier Force, 28 Nov. 1900 to 9 July, 1904, first in Northern Nigeria, during operations against the Emir of Yola, 1901 (medal with clasp), and subsequently in Southern Nigeria with the Aro Expedition 1901–2 (clasp). From 8 Jan. 1906 to 31 March, 1908, he was Adjutant of the Durham L.I. Volunteers and of the Territorial Battn., 1 April, 1908, to Jan. 1909. He went to France with his battn. which formed part of the 15th Brigade, under Major-Gen. Count Gleichen, in Aug. 1914, and which he commanded in Oct. during the first desperate fighting in which the 2nd Army Corps was engaged in the neighbourhood of La Bassée. During this time he led a successful bayonet charge under very heavy artillery fire, and showed excellent coolness and courage, and was complimented by General Count Gleichen on the excellent work of his battn. On 22 Oct., near La Bassée, while on his way to give orders to some men in the trenches, he was mortally wounded by a bullet from a German sniper, who fired at him from a cottage window, over 1,000 yards distant, the bullet striking him in the shoulder and penetrating to the lungs. He was removed to the Clearing (114) Hospital at Bethune, where he died a couple of hours after his arrival. Before starting on his fatal journey to the trenches he had been asked, “Why not send a man with the message?” to which he replied: “I won’t ask a man to do what I won’t do myself.” He was buried in Bethune Cemetery. Capt. Mahony was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatches of 14 Jan. 1915. He had been strongly recommended for the D.S.O. by General Count Gleichen, and according to information received by his relatives from the War Office this honour would have been duly awarded him had he lived. He _m._ at St. Mary Abbots, Kensington, 12 July, 1905, Ethel, dau. of John Paterson, of 42, Holland Park, W., and 1, Wallbrook, City, and had issue: Frederick Henry Patrick, _b._ 11 Feb. 1911; and Cynthia Patricia, _b._ 14 March, 1909.
[Illustration: =Frederick Henry Mahony.=]
=MAINE, JOSEPH LESLIE=, Corpl., No. 10399, 7th (Service) Battn. Gloucestershire Regt., _s._ of Thomas Maine, by his wife, Elizabeth Ann, dau. of Thomas Preece; _b._ Grangetown, Cardiff, 1 Aug. 1888; educ. Grange Schools, Cardiff; enlisted, Aug. 1914; promoted Corpl., 26 Sept.; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in the 13th Division at the Dardanelles from 17 June to 8 Aug. 1915, on which date he was killed in action there. He was a well-known member of the Bream Rugby Football Club. He _m._ at the Baptist Chapel, Parkend, 26 Dec. 1912, Hannah (Breams Tufts), dau. of Thomas Preece.
=MAINWOOD, WILLIAM RICHARD=, Sergt., R.M.L.I., 10397 (R.F.R., Ch. A. 666), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MAIR, JOHN=, Private, No. 3334, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots, 2nd _s._ of Walter Mair, of Church Street, Newarthill, Motherwell, by his wife, Annie Glen, dau. of (--) Buchanan; _b._ Newarthill, co. Lanark, 13 May, 1880; educ. there; enlisted 12 Nov. 1901; went to France, 6 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action at Messines, 17 Nov. 1914. He _m._ at Forsyth, Newarthill, 8 April, 1910, Annie (now wife of James Reid, of 25, Drygate Street, Larkhall), dau. of John Dobbie, and had three children: Mary Sneddon, _b._ 26 June, 1910; Annie Glen Buchanan, _b._ 29 Jan. 1911; and Margaret Dobbie, _b._ 8 Dec. 1913. He was awarded the Second Class Certificate of Education, 9 April, 1908, and had the Mounted Infantry Certificate.
=MAIRS, ALEXANDER=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7130), S.S. 101872, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of John Mairs, of Kellswater Station, Randalstown, co. Antrim; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MAISEY, FRANK DOUGLAS=, Rifleman, No. 2326, 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the late Arthur George Maisey; _b._ London, 28 Feb. 1893; educ. Commercial Travellers’ Schools, Pinner; enlisted in Sept. 1914; went to France, March, 1915; and was killed in action at Hill 60 21 April following, on the occasion on which the Q.V.Rs. so greatly distinguished themselves, and 2nd Lieut. Geoffrey H. Woolley of that battn. won the V.C.; _unm._
=MAISEY, WALTER SRAFFORD=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8384), 203623, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MALCOLM, JAMES (HAMISH) WADDELL=, 2nd Lieut., 5th (City of Glasgow) Battn. Highland L.I. (T.F.), _s._ of John Malcolm, of 3, Kensington Gate, Dowanhill, Glasgow, Shipowner and Shipbroker, by his wife, Margaret Black, dau. of the late James Waddell, of Airdriehill; _b._ Hillhead, Glasgow, 19 Sept. 1894; educ. Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 9 April, 1913; on the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service with the battn., and was killed in
## action at the Dardanelles, 12 July, 1915; _unm._ He was mentioned
in Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 11 Dec. 1915 [London Gazette, 28 Jan. 1916], for gallantry in the field. Writing to his father, July 16 his Colonel stated: “A Coy. was detached as support to the 6th Highland L.I., and early on the evening of the 12th was ordered up to reinforce that battn. which had captured several trenches, but was held up at one advanced trench running diagonally across its front. Our men carried the near end of the trench, but the Turks retained the far end, and for a long time the struggle raged up and down at very close quarters between hurriedly constructed barriers of sand bags. Major Downie was severely wounded early in the fight, and for some time Hamish was the only officer of the company at that part of the trench. The men all speak in the highest terms of his pluck and the manner in which he cheered them on and kept them at it. They say that he fainted from exhaustion, but as soon as he came to, insisted on getting forward again although he was urged to rest for a little. A good deal of hand grenade work was going on on both sides, and he set the example of picking up the enemy’s grenades and throwing them back. Eventually he was struck by a grenade which exploded and killed him on the spot.”
[Illustration: =James Waddell Malcolm.=]
=MALET, HUGH ARTHUR GRENVILLE=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, elder _s._ of Allan Arthur Grenville Malet, of The Butts, Harrow-on-the-Hill, M.I.C.E., Madras P.W.D. (ret.), Deputy Chief Engineering Inspector, Local Government Board, by his wife, Elizabeth Anne, dau. of William Lysaght, of Beechmount, co. Cork; and gdson. of the late Lieut.-Col. George Grenville Malet, 33rd (old 3rd) Queen’s Own Bombay Light Cavalry [killed in action at Bushire in the Persian War, 1857; 4th _s._ of Sir Charles Warre Malet, 1st Bart., F.R.S., F.S.A.]; _b._ Duggirala, Kistua, India, 22 Sept. 1892; educ. Harrow, and Caius College, Cambridge; was in the O.T.C. at School and College, and on entering the Inner Temple in 1913; joined the Inns of Court Squadron; volunteered for active service the day war was declared, and obtained a Special Reserve Commission in, and joined, the 3rd Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, Aug. 1914, and was given a commission as a University Candidate in the Connaught Rangers, 26 Sept. 1914, but at the special request of the Col., 3rd King’s Own Scottish Borderers, was transferred to them; was promoted Lieut. 15 Nov. following; joined the 2nd Battn. of his regt. 26 Nov., and was killed in action at Hill 60, during the Second Battle of Ypres, 18 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried at Hill 60. An officer wrote: “Everyone here speaks very highly of him. And they all say he was absolutely fearless. I understand his name was sent in for ‘mention in Despatches’ for some very useful work he did in scouting. Those who were present on Hill 60 say that he was killed while trying to take a communication trench which was held by German bomb-throwers. I am told he was killed instantaneously, which is a blessing. I am really proud to have known him.” A wounded Private of his platoon wrote from a Base Hospital: “At the request of Major Bindloss, R.A.M.C., I will endeavour to the best of my ability to describe to you how your son conducted himself during his period of active service. I cannot say for certain when he joined us out here, but it was either the end of Nov. or the first days in Dec. that he was posted to No. 3 Platoon of A Coy., which I belonged to. I know we were not exactly delighted at the time, for he just looked like a young boy, and we of No. 3 did not like the idea of being led into action by a lad whom we thought had no experience, but he was not with us many days when we changed our opinion regarding him. It was our first turn in wet trenches when we began to take a little more notice of him. He came amongst us cheering us up and giving us all the help he possibly could to make things more comfortable until we were relieved. The next time we went in, your son, at a very great risk to himself, went about looking for different ways into the trench, so that we should not have to go through the communication trenches which were full of water, and he always found a way which took us into the trench with dry feet, which meant a great deal to our comfort. He was always the same every time we went into the trenches. The comfort of the men came first; this continued during the hard winter which we put in. Spring came, and with it dangerous work. Your son was always the first to volunteer, in fact he was the only officer in A Coy. who ever did any of that work. He used to go out in front of the trench scouting along with six men, perhaps he would stay out one hour, perhaps two, and then again I’ve known him stay out from 8 o’clock at night until 4 in the morning, trying to find out who were in front of us. Then came the order we were to help at Hill 60. We lay in dug-outs while our artillery shelled the Hill; the Germans replied; the air seemed to be alive; it was awful, but we sat tight until the hour arrived, 7 a.m. It was then the Hill went up; it was like a huge crater, and shook the earth for miles around. We then advanced on the Hill, and, of course, we took it. We could not see a German anywhere, but bullets and bombs came amongst us, doing frightful damage. Your son then said, ‘Follow me, men, I’ll find the Germans for you.’ We went after him, he found them, but I regret to say, they found him first. His death was instantaneous, he suffered no pain. Madam, your son died a hero, and he should have had the V.C., but unfortunately there was no one there to recommend him for same. His death was deeply regretted, not only by the men of his platoon, but by every man who was left alive in his Coy. We not only lost our best officer, but we had lost a friend.” The Medical Officer, after taking a statement from two wounded men of his platoon, wrote; “Lieut. Hugh Malet took command of the trench, and in less than an hour he was killed in an exactly similar way by a rifle bullet. His death was instantaneous. He fell within five yards of the place where Capt. Wingate was lying.... Lieut. Malet was considered by these men to be a wonderfully brave officer, he invariably volunteered for all dangerous duties; quite recently he had gone out four nights in command of scouts in front of the British trenches to try and capture German ‘listening’ posts and snipers who were suspected of using explosive bullets. The two men said that we men always said that he would either get a V.C. or be killed; Lieut. Malet used to come back from these night scouting expeditions covered from head to foot in mud, from the ditches he had crawled through.”
[Illustration: =Hugh Arthur G. Malet.=]
=MALKIN, PERCY=, Private, No. G. 2941, 2nd Battn. East Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
## action, 8 May, 1915.
=MALLINS, CLAUDE JOSEPH O’CONOR=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Batt. Connaught Rangers, eldest _s._ of the late Capt. Frederick William Mallins, 3rd East Lancashire Regt., by his wife, Eliza (now the wife of Henry O’Connell-Fitzsimon, of 31, Pembroke Road, Dublin), yst. dau. of the late Roderic Joseph O’Conor, of Milton, co. Roscommon, J.P.; _b._ Dublin, 3 Oct. 1894; educ. Stonyhurst College, Wimbledon, and Sandhurst; was gazetted from the Reserve of Officers to the Connaught Rangers, 14 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force on 2 Sept. and was killed close to Mollemsarrelhoek, near Ypres, while directing the fire of his platoon, 2 Nov. 1914; _unm._ He had been acting as Adjutant for some weeks. His Commanding Officer wrote deploring the loss of a very valuable officer who “knew no fear.”
[Illustration: =C. J. O’Conor Mallins.=]
=MANCER, ARTHUR JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3083), 210896, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MANDERS, NEVILLE=, Col., Army Medical Staff, yst. _s._ of the late Major Thomas Manders, 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabineers), afterwards Adjutant, P.W.O., Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry, by his wife, Catherine, dau. of John Hacking; _b._ Marlborough, co. Wilts, 12 Dec. 1859; educ. Marlborough College, and after qualifying (with honours) as L.R.C.P. (Lond.), and M.R.C.S. (Eng.), entered the Army Medical Service as a Surgeon, 2 Aug. 1884; was gazetted Major, R.A.M.C., 2 Aug. 1896, and promoted Lieut.-Col 2 Aug. 1904; and Col, 21 Dec. 1910; served in the Suakim Campaign, 1885 (medal with clasp, Khedive’s Bronze Star), and with the Burmese Expedition of 1887–89, in which he was severely wounded (medal with two clasps); was Senior Medical Officer, Ceylon, 1908 to 1911, and at the Curragh, 1912 to Dec. 1913, and was appointed Deputy Director of the Medical Service in Egypt, 21 Dec. 1913, a position which he retained until Jan. 1915, when he was, by special request, attd. to the Headquarters Staff of the Australian and New Zealand Forces as A.D.M.S., going with them to the Dardanelles in April, 1915. He was killed in action at Anzac, Gallipoli, 9 Aug. 1915, during the attack on Sari Bair, and was buried on the beach at No. 3 Post. Gen. Sir Alexander Godley, General Officer Commanding, New Zealand and A Division, wrote: “He had endeared himself to us all, and had so thoroughly identified himself with this force and had been such a help to us, that his loss will be irreparable. I can hardly say how much I shall miss him and all the help he gave me. He was killed while making plans for the relief of the wounded, on the field in the execution of his duty, and I only hope it may be some slight consolation to you to know this, and to know how highly we all thought of him, and how much we shall miss him both as a Staff Officer and a comrade.” Col. Manders was a prominent Entomologist, having done much research work in that branch of science. He was a Fellow of the Entomological Society, and a Fellow of the Zoological Society, and the Bombay Natural History Society. He _m._ at St. Michael’s, Colombo, Ceylon, 15 Sept. 1900, Maude Braybrooke (Glenthorne, Dorset Road, Bexhill-on-Sea), only child of Frederick William Vane, I.S.O., Ceylon C.S. (retired), and of Louisa Frances, his wife, and had a dau., Una Jim Chester, _b._ 1 Nov. 1901.
[Illustration: =Neville Manders.=]
=MANLEY, HERBERT JOHN=, Gunner, No. 2/330, New Zealand Field Artillery, _s._ of the late John Manley, of Rathdrum, co. Wicklow, Ireland, for over 30 years Relieving Officer under Rathdrum Board of Guardians (who died 11 Dec. 1910), by his wife, Maria, dau. of the late Arch Manning Greenane; _b._ Rathdrum, co. Wicklow, 20 June, 1892; educ. Rathdrum High School; went to New Zealand with his mother and brothers and sisters after his father’s death in 1910, and after the outbreak of war joined the Expeditionary Force, 2 Oct. 1914, and was killed instantaneously in action at Gallipoli, 2 May, 1915, being shot through the heart; _unm._ He was buried in a gully near the sea, close to the spot where he fell, and a wooden cross was erected by his comrades.
[Illustration: =Herbert John Manley.=]
=MANLEY, JOHN DUNDAS=, 2nd. Lieut., 26th Field Coy. Royal Engineers, eldest _s._ of the late Herbert Manley, of West Bromwich, M.D., Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Alice (1, Bank Mansions, Golders Green, London, N.W.), dau. of Capt. Robert Thomas Dundas, R.N.R.; _b._ West Bromwich, co. Stafford, 24 Jan. 1892; educ. Cheltenham College and Emmanuel College, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut. on probation, to the Special Reserve of the Royal Engineers, 21 June, 1913, and confirmed in that rank, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France with the 26th Field Coy. R.E., attd. to the 1st Division, of the Expeditionary Force, 14 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action, during the Battle of the Aisne, 26 Sept. following, and was buried in Vendresse churchyard about a mile from the spot where he fell; _unm._ An oak cross set in stone and bearing his name and rank was erected by the men of the 26th Coy. Major H. L. Pritchard, D.S.O., R.E., wrote: “I cannot tell you how much all the officers of the 26th Coy. sympathise with you in your bereavement, and how much we mourn the loss of your son, while to me, his commanding officer, it is a serious handicap to lose such a brave and valuable officer. It will also, I hope, be some consolation to you to know that the General, under whose orders he was working (having been detached from me), had several times on days just prior to his death told me how much your son was helping him, and what a good fellow he was. In fact, the General appreciated his services as much as I did;” and Lieut.-Col. A. L. Schreiber, R.E., D.S.O.: “I feel that I must write to tell you of the high opinion that had been formed of your boy. He had been in charge of a section of his company detached with the front line of the 3rd Brigade, and the General (Loudon) and his Staff Officer, Major Grant, both expressed to me their great sorrow at his loss, and their appreciation of the excellent work he had done for them. I had personally come specially in contact with him several times since he was detached, and was much impressed with the excellent spirit in which he was carrying out his independent duties. There must be this consolation that his death must have been instantaneous ... also there is the feeling, of which you should be proud, that he was killed actually on the field of battle while in the execution of his duty, and he had borne his share of the great hardships the company had gone through, and was much appreciated by his brother officers.”
[Illustration: =John Dundas Manley.=]
=MANN, ERNEST WALTER CHARLES=, Private, No. 9489, 2nd Battn. Suffolk Regt., eldest _s._ of Albert Mann, of 61, Rosebery Road, Ipswich, Sawyer, by his wife, Ellen; _b._ Westbourne, near Ipswich, 1878; enlisted in the Suffolks at the age of 18, and served eight years with the Colours and four in the Reserve, and after the outbreak of war rejoined his old regt. in Sept. 1914; went to France, in Nov., and was killed in action at La Bassée, 8 Jan. 1915. He _m._ at Holy Trinity Church, Ipswich, 2 Dec. 1905, Ethel Frances (12, Benhall Green, Saxmundham), dau. of Thomas Holland, and had a son: Ronald Albert, _b._ 27 June, 1912.
=MANN, HOWARD WILLIAM=, Corpl., No. 11617, 12th (Service) Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt., _s._ of George Mann, of Blakeney, co. Glos., Wood Sawyer; _b._ Blakeney, 17 Nov. 1877; educ. Council School there; enlisted in the Monmouth R.E. (Militia) in April, 1895; served for two years and five days, and obtained his discharge by purchase, July, 1897; later became a member of the Cyclist Coy. Liverpool Battn. National Reserve, and on the outbreak of war re-enlisted in the Liverpool Regt., Aug. 1914; died of pneumonia at Aldershot, 21 Dec. 1914. He _m._ at Gloucester, 24 Dec. 1898, Sarah Jane, dau. of John Papps, of Stroud; _s.p._
=MANN, REUBEN=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 22131 (Ports.), H.M.S Hawke, _s._ of William Mann, of Bishops Itchington, Leamington Spa; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MANN, WILLIAM HORACE=, Sergt., R.M.L.I., Ch. E. 13136, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MANNERING, ARTHUR LIDSTONE=, Cook’s Mate, M. 5540, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MANNING, ALFRED=, Private, No. 1618, 12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late Alfred Manning, Coal Porter; _b._ Canning Town, E., 27 Aug. 1895; educ. Cyprus Place Council School, New Beckton, E.; joined the Rangers, 12 June, 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France with his Battn. at the end of Dec. 1914, and died of wounds received in
## action at the Second Battle of Ypres, 24–26 April, 1915; _unm._
=MANSFIELD, JOHN RICHARD=, A.B., 213674 (Ports), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MANSFIELD, THOMAS RICHARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5775), S.S. 487, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MANSFIELD, WILLIAM=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 276756, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=MANSON, MAGNUS MURRAY=, Rifleman, No. 1999, A Coy. 1/21st (1st Surrey Rifles), London Regt. (T.F.), 4th _s._ of James Alexander Manson, of 4, Cornwall Avenue, Church End, Finchley, author and journalist, by his wife, Margaret Emily, dau. of Charles Deering; _b._ at Herne Hill, London, 30 Sept. 1891; educ. Alleyn’s School, Dulwich; was a Clerk, first in the Education Department of the London County Council and, secondly, in the London Office of the Guaranty Trust of New York; joined the 1st Surrey Rifles on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 15 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Richebourg L’Avoué, 9 April, 1915; _unm._ He was buried the same day in the little churchyard there behind the firing line. Capt. Quintin Walford, his Coy. Officer, wrote: “His loss is much felt by his comrades of ‘A’ Coy. and by me. He was conscientious and hard working, and died doing his duty for his King and Country.”
[Illustration: =Magnus Murray Manson.=]
=MANT, WILLIAM=, S.P.O., 306427. H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MAPLESTONE, JAMES WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 1857), 290210, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MAPPLETHORPE, CLAUDE=, Rifleman, No. 1508, 12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Frank Mapplethorpe, of 9, Delamere Terrace, Paddington. Tailor, by his wife, Annie, dau. of Alexander Mould; _b._ Lumley Street, Oxford Street, W., 5 May. 1892; educ. Camble Street Council School, N. Paddington; was by trade a Tailor; joined the Rangers about 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France in Dec. 1914, and died in the 5th General Hospital, Rouen, on 2 July, 1915, of wounds received at St. Julien, near Ypres, on 3 May. He was buried in the cemetery at St. Sever, Rouen; _unm._ His brother Frank, serving in the same battn., was wounded and taken prisoner on 8 May. Their platoon sergt. wrote of them: “Both brothers did some splendid work while we were in the trenches, and stood by me like bricks.”
[Illustration: =Claude Mapplethorpe.=]
=MARDELL, EDWARD=, Private. R.M.L.I., Ch. 16690, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MARKER, RAYMOND JOHN, D.S.O.=, Col., Coldstream Guards, 1888–1913. Staff Officer, eldest _s._ of Richard Marker, of Combe, Honiton, co. Devon. J.P., D.L., late Capt. 1st Devon Yeomanry, by his wife, the Hon. Victoria Alexandrina, née Digby, eldest dau. of Edward, 9th Baron Digby; _b._ Upcerne Manor, Dorchester, 18 April, 1867; educ. Evelyns Preparatory School, Eton, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Coldstream Guards, 15 Nov. 1888, and promoted Lieut., 29 Sept. 1890; Capt. 1st Battn. 24 Jan. 1898; Brevet Major, 26 June, 1902; Major, 29 Nov. 1903; Lieut.-Col. 2nd Battn. 11 March, 1911, and Col. 5 Aug. 1914; was Adjutant, Coldstream Guards, 7 March, 1892, to 6 March, 1896; A.D.C. to Gov. and Com.-in-Chief (Sir Joseph West Ridgway), Ceylon, 7 March, 1896, to 5 Dec., 1897; A.D.C. to Viceroy of India, 6 Jan. 1899 to 9 March, 1900; on special service in South Africa, 7 April, 1900, to 8 March, 1901; and A.D.C. to General Officer, Com.-in-Chief the Forces, South Africa, 9 March, 1901, to Sept. 1902; served through that campaign; took part in the operations in the Orange Free State, April to May, 1900, including actions at Vet River and Zand River; operations in the Transvaal, May to June, 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Diamond Hill; operations in the Transvaal, East of Pretoria, July to Aug. 1900, including action at Belfast; operations in Orange River Colony, Sept. to 29 Nov. 1900 and 30 Nov. to Dec. 1900; operations in Cape Colony, Dec. 1900 to March 1901, and operations in the Transvaal, March, 1901, to 31 May, 1902 (three times mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 23 April, 7 May, and 10 Sept. 1901]; Brevet of Major, Queen’s medal with five clasps, King’s medal with two clasps, D.S.O.; placed on list of officers concerned qualified for stall employment, in consequence of services on the Staff in the Field); was in charge at Vereeniging during deliberations of Boer Generals and with Col. (afterwards Major-Gen.) Hubert Hamilton brought home peace despatches to Windsor, June. 1902; A.D.C. to Com.-in-Chief, East Indies, 28 Nov. 1902 to 30 April, 1904; Private Secretary of State for War (Mr. Arnold Foster), 1 Jan. 1905 to 18 Oct. 1905; A.D.C. to Com.-in-Chief East Indies, 5 Nov. 1905 to 27 Oct. 1906; General Staff Officer, 2nd Grade, Home Counties Division, E. Command, 1 April, 1908 to 12 June, 1910; in command of 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, March 1912 to Nov. 1913; A.Q.M.G. Aldershot Command, 29 Nov. 1913 to Aug. 1914; A.A. and Q.M.G. 1st Army Corps, British Expeditionary Force, in France; served through the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Aisne and the Marne (twice mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 19 Oct. 1914, and 17 Feb. 1915]; Cross of Officer of the Legion of Honour); was wounded at Ypres, 4 Nov. 1914, and died at Boulogne on the 13th. Buried at Gittisham, Honiton. He _m._ at the Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks, 21 Nov. 1906, Beatrice Minnie Shrieve, 3rd dau. of Sir Thomas Jackson, of Stansted House, Essex, 1st Bart., and had a son: Richard Raymond Kitchener, _b._ 18 June, 1908.
[Illustration: =Raymond John Marker.=]
=MARKHAM, ALLAN=, S.P.O. (R.F.R., B. 8683), 295344, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MARKHAM, JOHN ADDIS=, Capt., 1st Battn. The East Yorkshire Regt., eldest _s._ of Thomas Markham, of Popenhoe, Wisbech, Norfolk, by his wife, Henrietta Jane, dau. of William Addis, of London; _b._ Faulkner House, Walpole-St.-Peter, Wisbech, 31 Dec. 1886; educ. Dover College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1st East Yorkshires from the Militia, 27 May, 1908, and promoted Lieut. 3 Sept. 1910. He was appointed temporary Capt. 15 Nov. 1914, and this rank was made substantive, 6 Feb. 1915. He went to France with the 6th Division in Sept. 1914, and was mortally wounded by a sniper’s bullet in the trenches near Armentières, 7 May, 1915, and died two hours later, being buried in Le Bizet Convent; _unm._ Major I. L. I. Clarke, commanding 1st East Yorkshires, wrote: “I looked upon Markham as my most reliable Company Commander, always cheery and a splendid example to all under him. He was beloved by his men, and exceedingly popular with his brother officers”; and Private John Brady, of his company: “He was the gentleman who led my platoon to the trenches on the Aisne, the platoon that was the first to come under the fire of the Germans’ famous coalboxes. He laughed at those shells, bucked us up, making us so that we could not do anything else but follow him.” Capt. Markham was a fine horseman, and in 1913 he won the East Yorkshire’s Regimental Point-to-Point Race, on his horse, Loretto.
=MARKILLIE, EDGAR JOHN=, Private, No. 944, Machine Gun Section, 13th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of the late John Adam Markillie, Mayor of Camberwell in 1908, by his wife, Frances J. (85, Norbury Crescent, Norbury), dau. of Thomas Morris, of Harrow, Tailor; _b._ Peckham, 1 Dec. 1890; educ. Bellingdon Road Higher Grade School, South London School, Camberwell, and Clarke’s College, Lewisham; went to Sydney, New South Wales, 3 Aug. 1912, and on the outbreak of war volunteered and joined the Australian Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, Aug. 1915; _unm._ He had gained accountancy examination just before enlistment, also examination in book-keeping, first class. He excelled in sport of all kind, and was one of the crack shots of the second Australian contingent. His brother, Ernest Stuart, was killed in Belgium (see his notice).
[Illustration: =Edgar John Markillie.=]
=MARKILLIE, ERNEST STUART=, Private, No. 156, 5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of the late John Adam Markillie, Mayor of Camberwell in 1908, by his wife, Frances J. (85, Norbury Crescent, Norbury), dau. of Thomas Morris, of Harrow, Tailor; _b._ Peckham, 24 March, 1895; educ. Bellingdon Road Higher Grade School, and South London School, Camberwell; was a Clerk in the London County and Midland Bank, 1913–14; volunteered and enlisted on the outbreak of war, Sept. 1914; went to France, Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Bailleul, 18 Jan. 1915, while fixing barbed wire; _unm._ He was in first Rugby team, and was a fine swimmer. His brother, Edgar John, was killed at the Dardanelles (see his notice).
[Illustration: =Ernest Stuart Markillie.=]
=MARKQUICK, ARTHUR CHRISTIAN=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 23520, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MARLER, ALBERT WALTER=, Officer’s Steward, R.N.V.R., Sussex 1/305, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Albert Marler, of 116, Montgomery Street, Hove; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MARQUER, TOUSSAINT MARYS=, Shipwright, 2nd Class, 342455, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MARROW, EDWARD ARMFIELD=, Capt. and Adjutant, 1st Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, only surviving _s._ of the late Major Peter Marrow, of the King’s Dragoon Guards, by his wife, Mary (Belhaven Hill, Dunbar), dau. of the Rev. Alexander Stewart, Rector of Liverpool; _b._ Blantyre, co. Lanark, 26 Sept. 1883; educ. Summerfields, near Oxford, Harrow, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the K.O.S.B., 18 Jan. 1902, and promoted Lieut. 24 Jan. 1906, and Capt. 1 April, 1910; served with the 2nd Battn. in India, 1902–06; was at the depot at Berwick-on-Tweed from 1908 to 1912, and then joined the 1st Battn. in India, and was appointed Adjutant, 15 May, 1914. He returned with his Battn. to England on 31 Dec. 1914, and was at Rugby till 17 March, 1915, when they embarked for the Dardanelles, took part in the landing at Y beach, Gallipoli, on 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action at Y Beach the following day. He was buried just above the landing place there. He _m._ at Norham, Berwickshire, 11 Jan. 1911, Constance Marion (Belchester, Coldstream), 2nd dau. of the late Lieut.-Col. Bloomfield Gough, 9th Lancers, and had three children: Peter, _b._ 11 Jan. 1913; Edward Charles Gough, _b._ posthumous, 21 Nov. 1915; and Margaret Constance, _b._ 29 Nov. 1911, died in infancy.
[Illustration: =Edward Armfield Marrow.=]
=MARSH, ARTHUR=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 3940, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=MARSH, CECIL FRANK=, Private, No. 14953, 10th (Service) Battn. Hampshire Regt., _s._ of William John Marsh, a Painter, working on Sir George A. Cooper’s Hursley Park Estate, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Hilbert Whitmarsh; _b._ Winchester, 15 Aug. 1897; educ. Church of England School, Ampfield; enlisted, 4 Jan. 1915; killed in action at the Dardanelles, 21 Aug. following; _unm._
=MARSH, HENRY HERBERT STANLEY=, Major, 4th London Field Coy., R.E. 2nd London Division (T.F.), only _s._ of Thomas Herbert Marsh, of London, Engineer and Manufacturer, by his wife, Agnes Amelia, dau. of Thomas Towers, of Ontario, Canada; _b._ Toronto, Canada, 26 Oct. 1875; and was educ. Kent House, Eastbourne, and Faraday House. He began work as an engineer under Sir Benjamin Baker, and in 1897 was appointed Assistant Engineer to the City and South London Railway; subsequently he worked for Sir Alexander B. W. Kennedy; was a member of the Engineers’ Lodge of Freemasons, of the Institute of Electrical Engineers, and of the Junior Institution of Engineers, and Vice-President of the Faraday House Old Students’ Association. He obtained a commission in the 1st Middlesex R.E. (Volunteers) in March, 1900, and served in the South African War in command of the 2nd Service Section of that regt., for which he was mentioned in Lord Kitchener’s Despatch of 29 July, 1902, and received the Queen’s medal with five clasps, and was gazetted an Hon. Lieut. in the Army, 1902. He afterwards commanded the Telegraph Coy. 2nd London Divisional Engineers (T.F.), for several years, and was gazetted Capt. 3rd London Field Coy. 3 Aug. 1913, and Major, 4th London Field Coy. 10 Sept. 1914. On 14 March, 1915, he went with his company to France, and was wounded by a shell at Cuinchy, April, 1915, while superintending a working party under fire, and died the following day. He was buried in Bethune Town Cemetery. The A.A. and G.M.G. wrote “We have lost in your husband not only a friend, but a really good officer, whose value lay in his keenness and conscientious sense of duty.” He _m._ at St. Jude’s, South Kensington, 20 April, 1904, Grace Marie (86, Lansdowne Road, London, W.), 2nd dau. of the late Francis Cheyne Hare, late 53rd Regt. and had issue: Thomas Francis Herbert, _b._ 9 Nov. 1905; Agnes Marie, _b._ 1 June, 1908, and Margaret Grace, _b._ 19 May, 1912.
[Illustration: =Henry H. S. Marsh.=]
=MARSHALL, ALBERT FRANK=, Plumber, 340898, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MARSHALL, ALFRED ERNEST=, Leading Stoker, 293716, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MARSHALL, ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4648), 212798, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MARSHALL, AUGUSTUS DE LA PERE=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. East Lancashire Regt., 2nd _s._ of the late John Harcourt Hamilton Marshall, by his wife, Blanche Isabella (73, Muswell Road, Muswell Hill, N.), dau. of Augustus De la Pere Robinson, of Cloughkeating Castle, co. Tipperary; _b._ Melbourne, Australia, 23 Nov. 1892; educ. Seapoint High School, Cape Town, and Bedford Modern School. He joined the 28th London Territorials (Artists’ Rifles), 16 April, 1912, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service, and went to France, 26 Oct. 1914. He was given a commission as 2nd Lieut., and was posted to the 2nd East Lancashires, 27 March, 1915. He was killed in
## action during the attack on Aubers Ridge, near Fromelles, 9 May, 1915;
and was buried in “Cameron Lane,” off the La Bassée Road, near Neuve Chapelle; _unm._ He was a keen cricketer and hockey player. He won his Second Cricket XI when at Bedford, was Capt. of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Cricket Club, and Vice-Capt. of the Bowes Park Hockey Club.
[Illustration: =Augustus De la P. Marshall.=]
=MARSHALL, EVELYN SAFFREY=, Capt., 9th (Service) Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt., 6th _s._ of the Rev. Edward Thory Marshall, M.A., Vicar of Sutton-in-the-Isle, Hon. Canon of Ely, by his wife, Lucy Charlotte Emma, dau. and co-heiress of the Rev. Charles Henry Knight, of Barrells, Warwickshire; _b._ Manea, Isle of Ely, 28 Jan. 1887; educ. Stancliffe Hall School and Repton; and Camborne School of Mines; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and joined the Empire Battn. Royal Fusiliers, Sept. 1914, as a Motor-cycle Despatch Rider; was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. Royal Warwickshire Regt. 25 Jan. 1915, and promoted Capt. 7 Aug. 1915; left for Gallipoli, 19 June, 1915, and took part in both evacuations at the end of the year; was specially mentioned for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field, in Gen. Monro’s Despatches from the Dardanelles; joined Mesopotamian Relief Force, March, 1916, and died in Hospital on 6 April of wounds received the previous day at Falahiyeh (El Hannel); _unm._ In reporting his death, Col. Gordon wrote: “We are all most deeply grieved. He led his company most gallantly at Falahiyeh, and in no small measure contributed to the brilliant success and capture of the Turkish trenches. He was one of the noblest men I have ever known, brave to a fault, modest, warmhearted, cheerful when everyone else was depressed, enduring and the most capable leader of men. His company was devoted to him, and all wanted to stay by him on his stretcher.” A brother officer wrote: “At Suvla, when most people fell sick, he was one of the mainstays of the battn., and kept things going when most others were ready to give in. I can remember how at one time he hung on with great grit against an overcoming sickness which would have sent others down to the hospital ship.” Another letter said: “All his men worshipped him, and would have followed him anywhere.” An officer wounded in Gallipoli told how Capt. Marshall practically saved his life by ripping the fleecy lining out of his coat and sending him down to the hospital in it. His brother, Capt. J. E. Marshall, was also killed in action (see his notice).
[Illustration: =Evelyn Saffrey Marshall.=]
=MARSHALL, GEORGE FREDERICK=, Private, No. 11469, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 3rd _s._ of John William Marshall, by his wife, Isabella (41, Curzon Street, Birmingham), dau. of William Hoare; _b._ Birmingham, 30 May, 1890; educ. Cowper Street Council School there; was a Brass Polisher; enlisted 5 Sept. 1914; went to the Front, 5 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Cambrin, 9 July, 1915, by a rifle grenade while on sentry duty; _unm._ An officer of his battn. wrote to his brother: “He was killed by a rifle grenade which fell into the trench close by him, but as he was shot through the heart death must have been instantaneous and quite painless.... Ever since I have known him, some three months, your brother did well in everything, being one of the first to volunteer for a patrol about five weeks ago, and, which is a more difficult thing than any momentary act of bravery, whether in the trenches or in billets, he invariably did his duty cheerfully and willingly, an excellent example to all. He will be buried in Cambrin Churchyard, a village close to Bethune.”
[Illustration: =George Frederick Marshall.=]
=MARSHALL, GEORGE GARTH=, Lieut., 11th Hussars, 2nd _s._ of Victor Alexander Ernest Garth Marshall, of Monk Coniston, co. Lancaster, by his wife, Victoria Alberta Alexandrina, eldest dau. of Gen. the Hon. Sir Alexander Hamilton-Gordon, K.C.B., M.P., and granddau. of George, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, K.G., K.T., P.C., Prime Minister (1852–55); _b._ South Kensington, 6 Dec. 1884; educ. Marlborough; joined the Lancashire R.F.A. (Militia) in 1904, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to 11th Hussars, 20 Dec. 1907, and promoted Lieut. 16 Sept. 1909. He was stationed in Dublin, and afterwards at Shorncliffe and Aldershot, and was appointed A.D.C. to Gen. Sir E. H. Allenby, K.C.B., commanding Cavalry Corps just before the outbreak of war. He went to France in Aug. 1914, served in the retreat from Mons, the advance to the Aisne, and the movement to the Calais front, and was killed in Ypres by a shell while carrying a despatch to Gen. Haig, commanding 1st Army Corps, on 6 Nov. 1914. Gen. Allenby wrote: “He was a devoted A.D.C., indefatigable and capable.” A brother officer wrote: “If there is a consolation it is in the memory of his example, which will always live with us who knew him,” and Gen. Hamilton Gordon, commanding at Aldershot, said: “We all loved him.” He was _unm._
[Illustration: =George Garth Marshall.=]
=MARSHALL, ISAIAH=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9597), S.S. 106977, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MARSHALL, JENNER STEPHEN CHANCE=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I., only _s._ of the late Jenner Guest Marshall, of Westcott Barton Manor, co. Oxford, J.P., by his wife, Grace Eleanor (now wife of the Rev. George Miller, Rector of Teffont Ewyas, near Salisbury), dau. of A. de Peyster Chance, of Wheatfields, Worcester, J.P.; _b._ Hagley, co. Worcester, 1 June, 1895; educ. Connaught House, Weymouth Verites, Charterhouse, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 2nd Oxford and Bucks L.I., 17 Sept. 1913; went to France with his Battn., which formed part of the 5th Brigade, in Aug. 1914, and died on 23 Oct. following, of wounds received on the 21st. near Langemarck, Ypres. Buried in Ypres Cemetery; _unm._
[Illustration: =Jenner S. C. Marshall.=]
=MARSHALL, JOHN EDWARD=, Capt., 1st Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., 2nd _s._ of the Rev. Edward Thory Marshall, M.A., Vicar of Sutton-in-the-Isle, Hon. Canon of Ely, by his wife, Lucy Charlotte Emma, dau. and co-heiress of the Rev. Charles Henry Knight, of Barrells, Warwickshire; _b._ Coveney, Isle of Ely, 3 June, 1881; educ. Llandaff Cathedral School and Repton; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Royal Garrison Regt. from the Militia, 28 Jan. 1903; promoted Lieut. Duke of Cornwall’s L.I. 17 Oct. 1906, and Capt. 30 Aug. 1914; served in the South African War, 1901–2; took part in the operations in Orange River Colony, Dec. 1901 to Feb. 1902, and in Cape Colony, Feb. to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps); with the West African Regt. from 29 Aug. 1908 to 2 April, 1913, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 18 Dec. 1914 to 30 March, 1915, on which latter date he was killed in action at Kemmel; _unm._ Buried there. Brig.-Gen. J. S. Maude, commanding 4th Infantry Brigade, wrote: “I just wanted as General Commanding the Brigade to bear testimony to the splendid work which has been done by your gallant son since he has been with us. It was not my good fortune to know your son intimately, but I had noted him especially on several occasions for his quiet unassuming manner, a characteristic which is often associated with more sterling qualities. He was in every respect a thoroughly capable and efficient officer; he fell as a gallant soldier at the head of his men, a brilliant example of personal bravery and devotion to duty”; and Major H. T. Cantan: “He is a great loss to the regt., being a very smart officer, and one of my best company commanders, a man to whom I had hardly to express my wishes before the matter was done or placed in hand. He had always shown great bravery, and did not, I think, know fear. I only hope that my boys will grow up with the same pluck and endurance.” Capt. W. T. Brooks also wrote: “My regard for your son was sincere, and I admired greatly the way he handled his men under very trying circumstances. His loss to me is very great, and to our regt. of which we are so proud.... I must say again what a severe loss we have suffered, for your son was not only a fine officer, who looked well after his men and feared nothing, but when out of the trenches he kept people going.” A yr. brother, Capt. E. S. Marshall, 9th Royal Warwicks, died of wounds in Mesopotamia, 6 April, 1916.
[Illustration: =John Edward Marshall.=]
=MARSHALL, PERCY STANLEY THOMAS=, Private, No. 7905, 1st Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., 2nd _s._ of William Marshall, of 4, Lochinvar Street, Balham, S.W., late Trooper, Royal Horse Guards, by his wife, Lucy Jane, dau. of William Bartholomew Pestete, of Bacton. Norfolk; _b._ Southwark, S.E., 11 April, 1891; educ. Cavendish Road School, Balham; enlisted in the Lincolnshire Regt. in Jan. 1907; served seven years with the Colours, and then joined the Reserve; mobilised on 5 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, and died at Jemappes, 11 Sept. following, of wounds received in action there, 23 or 24 Aug.; _unm._ Buried in the garden of the Institute of St. Ferdinand, Jemappes.
=MARSHALL, ROGER=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Durham Light Infantry, yst. _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Anthony Marshall, of Annstead, Chathill, Northumberland, late 3rd Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers; _b._ Annstead afsd., 25 Jan. 1891; educ. privately; joined the Special Reserve, R.F.A., 10 Aug. 1910; was granted Aviator’s Certificate of the Royal Aero Club. 30 April, 1913; passed Army Examination, March, 1914; gazetted 2nd Lieut, to the 2nd Durham L.I., 15 July, 1914, and joined 6 Aug. 1914; went with his battn. as part of the 6th Division to France in Sept., and was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 20 Sept. 1914, only four days after his arrival at the Front; _unm._
[Illustration: =Roger Marshall.=]
=BURT-MARSHALL, WILLIAM MARSHALL=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, yst. _s._ of the late James Burt-Marshall, of Luncarty, co. Perth, J.P., by his wife, Katherine, dau. of the late David Bannerman, J.P.; _b._ Luncarty, 14 July, 1887; educ. at Rugby, where he was in the XI and XV (playing half-back), Steward of Athletics, and winner of the School Mile and passed into Sandhurst in 1906. He was in the XV of 1906–7, captaining the team of 1907 when they beat Woolwich by a score which was a record up to that period. He was also in the XI of 1908. On 19 Sept. 1908 he was gazetted to the 2nd Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders then in South Africa, where they remained until Jan. 1910, when the regiment returned to Scotland. He was promoted Lieut., 10 Sept. 1910. On 9 Aug. 1914 the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders left Fort George for France, and from then onwards were in the thick of all the fighting. They were personally complimented by Sir John French on their performance in the Battle of Le Cateau. In Sept. Lieut. Burt-Marshall was in command of A Coy., which command he held, save for one short period, until he fell. Capt. H. Clark, writing of him, said “All through the retreat he was strong of heart and untiring in devotion to duty. All the way back towards Paris, and right up again to the Aisne, he was with his men, encouraging and influencing them, and gradually the company grew to its original strength again. On 8 Nov. a special duty in Ploegsteert Wood was detailed to us. The capture of an advanced German trench which had proved a veritable thorn in the British side was imperative, and the 93rd were asked to do what others had already tried to do and failed. All through the 9th the battn. lay in the wood shelled at intervals; the attack was ordered for that night, three companies were to advance from different points against the enemy trench, and while our guns were paving the way for the assault we silently moved forward to our allotted positions. When the shelling stopped the attack crept closer, but the German flare lights showed up our line and we rose and dashed for the trench. He was at the head of his men and led the charge. He ran right up to the German barbed wire, was hit and fell, but rose again and dashed on to the parapet where he fell again. No one could get up to him, and those who were able crawled back to reform with the remnants of the companies.” For some months it was hoped that news might come that he was a prisoner, but on 8 Feb. the War Office reported that Capt. Burt-Marshall had died of wounds in a German Field Hospital at Quesnoy on 17 Nov. 1914.
[Illustration: =William H. Burt-Marshall.=]
=MARSON, HERBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class K. 14685 (Ports.), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MARSON, JOHN CHARLES=, 2nd Lieut., 8th (Service) Battn. The Welsh Regt. (13th Divisional Pioneers), only _s._ of the Rev. Charles Latimer Marson, Vicar of Hambridge, Somerset (died 3 March, 1914), by his wife, Clotilda (86, Oakwood Road, Golders Green, N.W.). dau. of Dr. Peter Bayne, author of “Chief Actors of the Puritan Revolution,” etc., and gdson. of the Rev. Charles Marson, Vicar of Clevedon; _b._ 62, Gower Street, London, 15 April, 1896; educ. Eastington, Clevedon; Honiton Grammar School; Sherborne (1910–13), and matriculated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in the latter year. As he, however, wished to become a naval architect, he changed to Glasgow University, and spent a year between there and Fairfield Shipbuilding Works. At Sherborne and Glasgow University he had belonged to the O.T.C.’s, and he was offered a commission the day war broke out, and at once signed on for foreign service. On 1 Sept. 1914, he was gazetted 2nd Lieut., and after a month’s training at Barry Camp, was drafted into the 6th Battn. of the Loyal North Lancashires. He was for some months in training at Jellalabad Barracks, Tidworth. Early in 1915 the officers of the 6th North Lancashires who had any engineering experience were invited to volunteer for the 13th Pioneer Division of the Welsh Regt. Marson at once responded and migrated to Tournay Barracks, Aldershot, where he stayed in training until his regt. left for the Dardanelles on Tuesday, 15 June, 1915. They were nearly five weeks at Lemnos before crossing to the Peninsula. On 7 Aug. he wrote to his mother from the trenches:--“To-night is a supreme test of the men of K.s Army. Numbers are bound to be killed. This may be the last letter. However, I have a conviction it will not be yet.” Early on the following morning (Sunday) he was killed in action with the Anzacs. He was shot through the forehead and killed instantaneously on the summit of Chunuk Bair. Capt. Gordon Williams, his commanding officer, wrote: “He was a great favourite with us all, and he made an excellent officer, always showing plenty of keenness and was never, if I may so say, without a cheery smile on his face. We had to hold a hill that day with the New Zealanders against terrific counter attacks, and your son, throughout the action, behaved magnificently, finally to be shot down, bayonet and rifle in hand, surrounded by Turks. His men brought him in, and Lieut. Gwyther had him placed on a stretcher during the fight, but he died at once, and could only be buried then and there, right in the midst of the fighting. We all feel his death awfully, and that of our brother officers who fell that day. The hill was lost next day by the regts. that relieved us, so there our dead officers and men lie buried by the Turks who are very chivalrous in this respect. The regt. earned a great name for itself that day, but suffered severely”; and Lieut. Evan B. Gwyther: “He died leading his men on, and yards in front of all; and he was last seen alive fighting 10 or 15 Turks all by himself. He did not know what fear was, and everybody admired his pluck, and was amazed at his courage. There wasn’t a man in his platoon that could speak too highly of his courage, pluck and determination. I am glad to tell you his sufferings were nil, as he died the moment he fell.” The Lieut.-Col. (J. A. Bald) also wrote: “I was unfortunately wounded myself that day before the regt. as a whole went into action, and so missed what I had been looking forward to so keenly, namely, to go into
## action with them all, and also could not see how all my brave officers
led their men, but I did hear that the last seen of your son was, that he was gallantly leading his platoon in the face of what must have been a very severe fire, rifle in hand, more than ready to do his share. I always looked on him as absolutely without fear and knew, when it came to the point, he would show himself a good leader. The regt. lost many good officers it could ill spare, who will be a loss both to it and the Army at large. Your son before the fighting began showed himself a keen officer and did some very hard work for me when we were at Lemnos.” Major H. Lynn Stevens, Adjutant of the 8th Welsh, wrote: “It will be a source of never-ending pride to know that your son died fighting most gallantly in a hand-to-hand attack upon the enemy at the summit of Chunuk Bair. He would not suffer restraint, but charged forward outstripping everybody in his resolve to do his duty.”
[Illustration: =John Charles Marson.=]
=MARTIN, ALBERT HENRY=, Private, No. 2107, 1/7th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of John Martin, of Capel House Lodge, Turkey Street, Waltham Cross, Herts, Gardener, by his wife, Emily, dau. of John and (Ann) Savage; _b._ Romford, co. Essex, 11 Aug. 1895; educ. Forty Hill, Enfield and Ramsbury, Wilts; was employed in the garden at Capel House; joined the Middlesex Territorials, 6 March, 1914; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 12 March, 1915, and died at No. 6 Casualty Clearing Station, Merville, 15 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at Aubers Ridge, 9 May previous; _unm._ Buried in Merville Cemetery.
[Illustration: =Albert Henry Martin.=]
=MARTIN, ARTHUR THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16124, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MARTIN, AYLMER RICHARD SANCTON=, Lieut.-Col. Commanding 2nd Battn. King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt., _s._ of the late Rev. H. Martin, Vicar of Thatcham, Newbury, Berkshire; _b._ Newbury, co. Berks, 19 Nov. 1870; educ. Bradfield College, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut, to the Royal Fusiliers, 4 March, 1891, and Lieut. 26 June, 1892 and later the same year transferred to the Royal Lancaster Regt.; became Capt. 25 Jan. 1900, Brevet Major 29 Nov. 1900, Major 8 Sept. 1906, and Lieut.-Col. 13 Dec. 1912; served through the South African War, 1899–1901, including the relief of Ladysmith and the actions at Spion Kop, Vaal Kranz, Tugela Heights (14–22 Feb. 1900, wounded) and Laing’s Nek, and acted as Adjutant to the 2nd Battn., 2 Nov. 1899 to 8 Jan. 1900, and 25 Jan to 15 Sept. 1900 (twice mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 8 Feb. and 10 Sept. 1910], Queen’s medal with six clasps, Brevet of Major). On his return to England, after passing through the Staff College he was attached to the General Staff at the War Office from 1904 to 1906 and from 1907 to 1912 was Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, Scottish Command. In 1912 he was given the command of the 2nd Battn. of the King’s Own, then in India. Col. Martin was killed in action at Frezenberg during the fighting around Ypres, 8 May, 1915. He _m._ at Surbiton, 21 July, 1896, Mary Beatrice, dau. of General Charles Terrington Aitchison, C.B., Indian Army, and had a dau., Eileen, _b._ 15 Oct. 1898.
[Illustration: =Aylmer R. S. Martin.=]
=MARTIN, BASIL CUTHBERT DANVERS=, 2nd Lieut., 13th (Service), attd. 4th, Battn. The Worcestershire Regt., only _s._ of the Rev. Henry Basil Martin, Rector of Pudleston, Leominster, co. Hereford, by his wife, Gertrude May, eldest dau. of the Rev. Thomas Hannington Irving Child, formerly Rector of Stratton, co. Gloucester; _b._ Sunhill Ranch, Loomis, Placer Co., California, U.S.A., 6 Oct. 1896; educ. Wolborough Hill School, Newton Abbott, South Devon, and Lancing College, Sussex; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 13th Worcesters, 14 Dec. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, 20 May, 1915, where he was attached to the 4th Battn., and was killed in action there, 4 June following; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote: “I was not near him at the time, but those who were said that he showed perfect coolness and courage all the time. During the few days he was with us I especially noticed him for his keenness and desire to get on and feel very sure that if he had been spared he would have done well.” While at Lancing he was a keen member of the O.T.C., shooting twice at Bisley, where he helped to gain the Cadets’ Challenge Trophy in 1913, and the Public Schools Rapid in 1914, besides gaining several other medals at school, his first being Lord Roberts’s Miniature Rifle Clubs Society, which he won at Wolborough Hill School at the age of 13.
[Illustration: =Basil C. D. Martin.=]
=MARTIN, CECIL TAYLOR=, Assistant Clerk, R.N., elder _s._ of George Martin, of 4, Park Terrace, Silloth, L.R.C.S.I., L.R.C.P.I., by his wife, Margaret Emily, dau. of Robert Taylor; _b._ Silloth, co. Cumberland, 15 June, 1897; educ. Preparatory School there, Cherbourg, Malvern, and St. Bee’s School, Cumberland; joined the Navy as Assistant Clerk, 1 Aug. 1914; was appointed to H.M.S. Monmouth, and was lost when that ship was sunk in the battle off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
[Illustration: =Cecil Taylor Martin.=]
=MARTIN, CHARLES=, Private, No. 8758, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 30 Oct. 1914; _m._
=MARTIN, CHARLES EDWARD JOHN=, Private, No. 7974, 1st Battn. Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt., _s._ of Charles Martin, of 41, Ashbrooke Road, Upper Holloway; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died, 4 Dec. 1914, of wounds received in action.
=MARTIN, CHARLES HERBERT GEORGE=, M.A., F.Z.S., Lieut., 3rd Battn. Monmouthshire Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of the late Edward Pritchard Martin, of The Hill, Abergavenny, Mining Engineer and Colliery Owner, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of C. H. James, of Merthyr; _b._ Dowlais, co. Glamorgan, 5 Oct. 1882, and was educ. at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he obtained a high standard of efficiency in biology and obtained his degrees. He was demonstrator in Zoology to the University of Glasgow, and Lecturer at Oxford, and was well-known at Cambridge and at Naples, and was a scientist of European reputation. At Glasgow he joined the University O.T.C. and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. unattd. (T.F.), 12 Oct. 1909, and posted to the 3rd Monmouths, 5 June, 1912. He was promoted Lieut. 29 Aug. 1914, being subsequently machine-gun officer. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for foreign service, and was killed in action N.E. of Ypres, 2 May, 1915. He was buried between St. Julien and Freezenberg. He published several books on protozoology. When war broke out he was preparing papers for the Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden. He was also an ardent all-round sportsman, a keen follower of the Monmouthshire Hounds, and was Master of the Crickhowell Harriers. He _m._ at St. Mary’s Church, Abergavenny, 11 June, 1912, Beatrice Elise (The Hill, Abergavenny), only child of Ferdinand Packington John Hanbury, of Nantoer, Abergavenny, J.P., D.L., co. Monmouth, and had a son, Charles Edward Capel, _b._ 21 April, 1913.
[Illustration: =Charles H. G. Martin.=]
=MARTIN, HERBERT EDWARD=, A.B., J. 11840, H.M.S. Laurel; killed in
## action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=MARTIN, JOHN=, Private, No. 7875, 1st. Battn. Royal West Kent Regt., _s._ of John Martin, of 79, Mill Road, Lewisham; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 26 Oct. 1914.
=MARTIN, JOHN WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 7909, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chill, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MARTIN, JOSEPH EDWARD=, Chief Stoker, (R.F.R., A. 1793), 152383, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=MARTIN, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11808, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MARTIN, WILLIAM HERBERT=, Private, No. 1522, E Coy. 7th Battn. Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of William Albert Martin, of 10, Shakespeare Road, Edmonton, Labourer at Woolwich Arsenal, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of Robert Rawlinson; _b._ Sawston, co. Cambridge, 8 June, 1896; educ. Bruce Grove Board Schools, Tottenham; was a Carpenter and Joiner; joined the Middlesex Territorials in June, 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; trained at Sittingbourne; went to Gibraltar, 7 Sept. 1914, and died in the Military Hospital there, 23 Jan. 1915, after undergoing an operation for appendicitis, contracted on service; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Herbert Martin.=]
=WOOD-MARTIN, FRANCIS WINCHESTER=, Capt., 1st Battn. Suffolk Regt., 4th and yst. _s._ of Col. William Gregory Wood-Martin, of Cleveragh, co. Sligo, A.D.C., J.P., D.L., by his wife, Frances Dora, dau. of Roger Dodwell Robinson, of Wellmount, co. Sligo, J.P.; _b._ London, 27 Feb. 1880; educ. Cheltenham; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Suffolk Regt., 12 Aug. 1899; promoted Lieut. 30 Aug. 1900, and Capt. 11 Feb. 1906; served in the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in the operations in Cape Colony, south of the Orange River, 1899–1902, including actions at Colesberg (1–5 Jan.) being taken prisoner, but was released in the following June when Lord Roberts entered Pretoria. He was appointed Station Officer in the Transvaal and took part in the operations east of Pretoria, July-29 Nov. 1900, and in the Transvaal, Dec. 1900–31 May, 1902, receiving the Queen’s medal with three clasps and the King’s medal with two clasps. On the outbreak of the European War he served with his regt. in the Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action near Ypres, 17 Feb. 1915; _unm._ His elder brother, Capt. J. I. Wood-Martin, was killed at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915 (see following notice), and a memorial was erected to their memory in St. Anne’s Parish Church, Strandhill, and in the Cathedral at Khartoum.
[Illustration: =Francis W. Wood-Martin.=]
=WOOD-MARTIN, JAMES ISIDORE=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Northamptonshire Regt. (58th), eldest _s._ of Col. William Gregory Wood-Martin, of Cleveragh, co. Sligo, A.D.C., late R.G.A. and 44th Regt., etc. (see preceding notice); _b._ 3 Sept. 1874; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., 20 Feb. 1895; promoted Lieut. 23 Feb. 1898, and Capt. 2 June, 1903; served with the Mounted Infantry in the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in operations in the Orange Free State, Feb. to May, 1900; operations in the Transvaal west of Pretoria, July to Nov, 1900; including action at Venterskroon (7–9 Aug.), operations in the Orange River Colony, May to Nov. 1900; including actions at Lindley (1 June), and Rhenoster River; operations in the Transvaal, May, 1901, to May, 1902 (severely wounded, Queen’s medal with three clasps, and King’s medal with two clasps). On the conclusion of the war he was attached to the Egyptian Army, 4 April, 1903, to 3 April, 1913, being Lieut.-Col. Commanding the 9th and 11th Sudanese. In 1905, he took part in the operations in the Sudan against the Nyam Nyam tribes in the Bahr-el-Ghazal Province (Egyptian medal with clasps). On the outbreak of the European War he left with his regt. for the Front, served in France and Flanders, and was killed in
## action, while leading his men in a charge against the enemy, near Neuve
Chapelle, 12 March, 1915; _unm._ His yr. brother, Capt. F. W. Wood-Martin, was killed, 17 Feb. 1915 (see preceding notice).
[Illustration: =James I. Wood-Martin.=]
=MARTYN, EDWARD THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 8487), 194645 Chatham, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MARVIN, HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 8452), 203011 Chatham, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MASEFIELD, ROBERT=, Major, 1st Batt. King’s Shropshire L.I., eldest _s._ of Valentine Vickers Masefield, of Akaroa, New Zealand, by his wife, Isabel, dau. of (--) McKay, of Pigeon’s Bay, New Zealand, and nephew and adopted _s._ of Col. Robert Taylor Masefield, C.B., formerly commanding 4th Battn. Shropshire L.I., late of Ellerton Hall, Newport, Salop, and now of Woodbury, Devon; _b._ Gough’s Bay, Canterbury, New Zealand, 24 May, 1872; educ. Marlborough (Crescent), 1884–90, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to 2nd Battn. King’s Shropshire L.I., 18 June, 1892, and shortly after posted to the 1st Battn. at Hong Kong, going with it to India; became Lieut. 21 Aug. 1895, and Capt. 9 June, 1901; joined the 2nd Battn. in South Africa in 1902, took part in the operations in the Transvaal, March 31 to May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with two clasps) and returned with it to India on the close of the campaign; promoted Major at Secunderabad, 18 Sept. 1912. On the outbreak of the European War he was home on furlough, and was ordered to join the 1st Battn. at Tipperary, 8 Aug. 1914. They proceeded to the Front on 8 Sept. and were in the trenches on the Aisne, near Vailly. On 12 Oct. the Shropshires were moved north to help to bar the first rush on Calais, and during the following days--hastily entrenched and holding an extended front in flat country--had to beat back incessant and determined attacks from superior numbers. On 24 Oct. Major Masefield, commanding A Coy., was also left 2nd in command of the battn., and was killed in the trenches near Bois-Grenier, between Armentières and Lille. Of his death on that day his Capt. wrote: “It was in the trenches of A Coy. We had been fighting hard for five days, and D Coy. had lost all their officers except one, so at 12 o’clock I was taken from A to go to D Coy. trenches. I said good-bye, and he took my seat. It was there at about 4.30 p.m. he was killed instantaneously by shrapnel shell in the back.” Many tributes to his memory were received from his brother officers and men, and his feelings for them may be best expressed in his own words, in almost his last letter: “The men are splendid, always cheery--full of thrust and ready for anything--we cannot do enough for them.” A Private in A Coy. wrote: “His last thoughts were for his men, his last words telling us to keep our heads down as much as possible”; and a Sergt.: “It was a critical time as another strong attack was expected ... he himself was (standing against the traverse) watching the front ... cheering his men and preventing any signs of possible panic or unnecessary risk at a most nerve-trying time.... He died, as he had lived, a gallant gentleman.” Brother officers wrote: “You know we all loved him, from the Colonel down to the newest recruit....” and “we always said the regt. would be all right as long as Masefield was with it”; and his Colonel (himself wounded): “Always cheery and ready for work under all conditions, he will be hard to replace.” A fine soldier and sportsman, he was a first-class shot, both big and small game, and a keen fisherman, and he also excelled in all games, in most of which he played for his regt. He _m._ at Farnham, co. Surrey, 2 July, 1908, Esmé, dau. of Col. Henry Spencer Wheatley, C.B. (late 3rd Gurkhas), of the Knoll, Farnham; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Robert Masefield.=]
=MASON, ALBERT EDWARD=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 16559, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=MASON, ANDREW NIMMO=, Private, No. 919, 2nd Battn. Gordon Highlanders; _b._ Edinburgh, 14 Oct. 1893; educ. Morningside Board School there; was employed as a Vanman with Messrs. Buchan, Dairymen, of Balcarris Street, Edinburgh; enlisted 22 Feb. 1912; went to France in Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 2 Nov. following.
=MASON, ARTHUR=, Rifleman, No. 2367, A Coy, 1/18th Battn. (London Irish Rifles), The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Joseph Mason, of 11, Tower Terrace, Wood Green, N., by his wife, Sarah, dau. of Thomas Hammond, of Lower Guiting; _b._ Wood Green, N., 4 Feb. 1883; educ. Higher Grade School there; was a Mercantile Clerk; enlisted in the 2nd Battn. of the London Irish Rifles, 2 Sept. 1914, and trained with them at the White City, London, and Reigate; later he volunteered for the 1st Battn. then at St. Albans, and left with them for France on 10 March, 1915. He was killed in action during the famous charge made by the London Irish at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Arthur Mason.=]
=MASON, EDWARD=, 2nd Lieut. 3rd (attached 2nd) Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., the distinguished ’Cellist and Conductor; only _s._ of Jeremiah Mason, of 1, Ingoldsby Mansions, West Kensington, and Coventry, by his wife Sarah, dau. of William Sutton, of Kenilworth; _b._ Coventry, 24 June, 1878; educ. privately in Coventry and in Germany; began his musical life as a chorister in St. Michael’s Church, during the period Dr. A. H. Brewer was organist and choirmaster, and when he entered the Royal College of Music, he had already gained some proficiency as a violinist, ’cellist and pianist. In the course of his studentship he won several exhibitions, and obtained his diploma of Associateship. On leaving there, he was, in 1897, appointed assistant to Dr. C. H. Lloyd at Eton, a post he held until the outbreak of the war. He made his first appearance in London as a ’cellist at the Bechstein Hall in 1900, and was well-known both as a soloist and as a quartet player at Chamber concerts in London and the country. He was a Director of, and principal ’cellist in the New Symphony Orchestra, which he conducted on its first appearance at the Queen’s Hall, in 1906, and was engaged in the orchestras of most of the principal musical festivals. In 1907, he established the Edward Mason Choir, formed principally in order to produce new works by the younger British composers, who by his death lost a good friend. Following the outbreak of war, he joined the Universities and Public Schools Battn. early in Sept., received his commission 24 Feb. 1915; went to France at the end of March, and was killed in action near Fromelles, 9 May. In a letter to his father, a brother officer said: “He was killed gallantly leading his men in the attack on 9 May against the German trenches”; and his platoon sergt. wrote that Mr. Mason’s detachment came under a devastating fire from German machine guns near Fromelles, and that he fell in a hail of bullets. His portrait was hung in the music school at Eton, where he taught so long and so successfully. Another portrait hangs in the Students’ Room of the Royal College of Music. The R.C.M. Magazine for No. 3 Term, 1915, says: “Edward Mason, the man, had many lovable qualities, which endeared him to his friends. He was generous-hearted, good-humoured, and at all times a charming companion. He hated any kind of pose or pretence, and might be described as the antithesis of the conventional musician of the ‘long-haired’ variety.” “He was a fine fellow, and one of the best musicians I ever knew,” wrote Dr. C. H. Lloyd, his former chief at Eton. “And all who knew Edward Mason well will endorse this very apt and true summary of his qualities.” He _m._ at Ealing 14 Aug. 1905, Jessie, (the violinist and leader of the Grimson String Quartet) dau. of Samuel Dean Grimson.
[Illustration: =Edward Mason.=]
=MASON, GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 7021, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=MASON, HENRY THOMAS=, Chief Stoker, 170258, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MASON, JAMES=, Private, No. 5779, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of James Mason, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Charles Lincoln; _b._ Sprowston, co. Norwich, 14 May, 1886; enlisted 18 Oct. 1904; served in Egypt, 29 Sept. 1906 to 20 Oct. 1908, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, from 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Landrecies, 25 Aug. 1914. He _m._ at Norwich, 19 Aug. 1911, Clara (7, Pearces Fields, Sprowston, Norwich), dau. of James Hazelton, and had a dau., Clara Ada, _b._ 5 Feb. 1913.
=MASON, JOHN=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 196093, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MASON, JOHN=, Color-Sergt., R.M.L.I., Ch. 7778. H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MASON, THEOPHILUS=, Drummer, No. 1614, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, yst. _s._ of Theophilus Mason, of 3, Pitley Place, Walworth, S.E., retired Policeman: _b._ New Kent Road, London, S.E., 23 Feb. 1884; educ. Sayer Street Board School; enlisted as a Drummer, 2 May, 1898; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in
## action at Cuinchy Brickfields, 1 Feb. 1915. Buried in Cuinchy Cemetery
(Grave No. 14 F). Sergt.-Drummer A. Douglas of his battn. wrote to the widow; “I feel I must write and tell you how sorry we all feel for you in your sad bereavement. It may be some consolation to you to know that your husband died like a hero and a true soldier. He always had my deepest respect, and I with the remainder of the drummers feel his loss very deeply.” He _m._ at St. Stephen’s Church, Walworth, S.E., 1 Nov. 1902, Ellen (14, Russell Street, Windsor), dau. of Charles Eagle, of 39, Eltham Street, Walworth, S.E., and had five children: Theophilus, _b._ 26 May, 1904; Charles, _b._ 15 April, 1907; Horace, _b._ 17 April, 1910; Ellen, _b._ 23 Nov. 1905; and Muriel Irene, _b._ 12 March, 1913.
[Illustration: =Theophilus Mason.=]
=MASON, WALTER TROWER=, Shipwright, 342914, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MASON, WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 3625), 133388, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=MASSEY. CHARLES THOMAS=, Chief Petty Officer (W.T.O.), R.N.R., H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea 22 Sept. 1914.
=MASSIE, JOHN HAMON, D.S.O.=, Major, Royal Garrison Artillery, yr. _s._ of Edward Richard Massie, of Coddington, Cheshire, and Annefield, Gresford, North Wales, formerly Lieut. 78th Highlanders, by his first wife, Baroness Olga Marie, dau. of Baron von Wessenberg-Ampringen and granddau. of Henry, Baron von Wessenberg-Ampringen, formerly Austrian Ambassador, at St. James’, and grandson of Admiral Thomas Leche Massie; _b._ Eaux Chaudes, Basses Pyrenees, France, 10 June, 1872; educ. Stubbington House (Mr. M. Foster), and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1 May, 1892; promoted Lieut. 1 May, 1895; Capt. 19 Jan. 1900, and Major, 15 Feb. 1913; served in Chitral, 1895, with the Relief Force (medal with clasp); and in the South African War, 1900–2, attd. to the Transport Department; took part in the operations in the Orange Free State, Feb. to May, 1900; operations in the Transvaal in May and June, 1900, including actions near Johannesburg and Diamond Hill; operations in the Orange River Colony, May to 29 Nov. 1900, including action at Wittebergen; operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900 to March, 1902, and those in the Orange River Colony, March to 31 May, 1902 (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 17 Jan. 1902], Queen’s medal with four clasps and King’s medal with two clasps, D.S.O.); was Instructor at the Royal Military Academy from 1 Jan. to 11 Sept. 1904; Commander of a company of Gentleman Cadets there from 12 Sept. 1904 to 31 Dec. 1908, and Staff Capt. School of Gunnery, Shoeburyness, Nov. 1910 to Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 9 Oct. 1914, and died in the Field Ambulance, near Ypres, 15 Nov. following, of wounds received in action on the 13th, when in command of the 26th Battery, Heavy Artillery. Buried in Ypres Cemetery. Major Massie _m._ at Southsea, co. Hants, 3 Sept. 1903, Maria Margaret, elder dau. of Major-Gen. Ernest Archibald Berger, late 10th (The Lincolnshire) Regt.; _s.p._
[Illustration: =John Hamon Massie.=]
=MASTER, CHARLES LIONEL=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Royal Irish Rifles, _s._ of the late William Edward Master, of Kotmalie, Ceylon, Tea Planter, by his wife, Jeanette, dau. of Samuel Newson Gissing, nephew of Harcourt Master, of Rotherhurst, Liss, co. Hants, grandson of Lieut.-Col. Harcourt Master, 1st Dragoon Guards, and 4th Queen’s Own Light Dragoons, and great-grandson of Lieut.-Col. Harcourt Master, 52nd Foot; _b._ in Ceylon, 24 March, 1881; educ. Bradfield College; joined the Royal Irish Rifles from the Louth Militia, as 2nd Lieut. 5 Jan. 1901; promoted Lieut. 28 March, 1905; Adjutant, 25 Jan. 1908; and Captain, 28 June, 1908; served in the South African War, taking
## part in the operations in the Orange Free State and Transvaal, Aug.
1901–May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with five clasps). On the outbreak of the European War, he went out with his regt. to France, took part in the retreat from Mons, and the subsequent engagements prior to meeting his death in action at La Couture, on 12 Oct. 1914, from a shrapnel shell, when leading his coy. in the attack. He was buried at Vielle Chapelle; _unm._ He was mentioned for distinguished conduct in the field in Field-Marshal Sir John French’s despatch of 8 Oct. 1914. Capt. Master was much beloved by both officers and men, as will be seen from the following extracts from letters received since his death. The wife of his late Colonel wrote: “As Capt. Master was my husband’s Adjutant, we got to know him so well, and he was invaluable to my husband being such a dependable, able soldier”; and an officer: “His death was a dreadful blow to me, as it was to us all, and we shall miss him terribly, and mourn him always. It is no exaggeration to say that he was beloved by officers and men alike, for we recognised his great ability and worth, and I know that Col. Bird thought very highly of him as a thoroughly sound and reliable soldier. Had he lived, I am sure he would have done
## particularly well in this war, and he has already been mentioned in
despatches.” Capt. Master was a keen sportsman, being a member of his football eleven at school, and after joining his regiment kept up his interest in the game, and did his utmost to inculcate the love of pure sport amongst his men. It was owing in a large measure to his tuition and untiring efforts that the Royal Irish Rifles turned out a team which was a tower of strength for several years in regimental contests, and had the proud distinction of winning the Army Cup. He was also devoted to hunting, and whenever the opportunity occurred he might be seen out with the various packs in the neighbourhood in which his regt. happened to be quartered.
[Illustration: =Charles Lionel Master.=]
=MASTERS, TREVOR MONRO HOARE=, Midshipman, R.N., eldest _s._ of the late Lieut. Charles Monro Masters, R.N., late H.M.S. Cressy (died 21 Aug. 1902), by his wife, Susan (now wife of Capt. William Firth Slayter, R.N.), dau. of (--), of New Zealand, and gdson. of Canon James Hoare Masters, of The Close, Chichester; _b._ Sydney, N.S.W., 13 May, 1895; educ. privately (Rev. C. Royle, Stanmore Park, near Harrow); entered the Navy, became Midshipman in Jan. 1911, was appointed to H.M.S. Formidable, Nov. 1914, and was lost when that ship was sunk in the English Channel, 1 Jan. 1915; _unm._
=SMITH-MASTERS, GEORGE ARTHUR=, 2nd Lieut., 6th (Service) Battn. The Bedfordshire Regt., yst. _s._ of the Rev. John Ernest Smith-Masters, M.A., Vicar of South Banbury, formerly Vicar of Stewkley, Bucks, and Rural Dean of Mursley, by his wife, Eliza Margaret, dau. of Samuel Swinton Melville, I.C.S., and grandson of the late Rev. Allan Smith-Masters, of Camer, Kent, J.P.; _b._ Kidmore End, co. Oxon, 29 Dec. 1894, and after receiving his early education at Eversley School, was elected to a scholarship at Haileybury College. He matriculated at Keble College, Oxford, in Jan. 1914, intending to prepare for Holy Orders, but on the outbreak of war applied for a commission, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. from the Oxford University O.T.C. on 21 Aug. 1914, and left England with his regt. 30 July, 1915. He had always taken a great interest in the Church Lads’ Brigade, and had been appointed Lieut. in the 5th Oxford Cadet Corps (C.L.B.) in July, 1914. In the early days of the war he was, with his father, in charge of the lads of the Stewkley Coy. of C.L.B. in their work of guarding bridges on the main line of the London & North Western Railway by day and night. He went out near midnight on 19 Aug. 1915, along with a Sergt. to endeavour to locate shots which were endangering the lives of his men employed in digging trenches, and was shot through the heart by a sniper. His Colonel wrote to his mother: “Your dear son was a favourite with us all, and there was not an officer or a man who stood with me round his grave who did not feel they had lost a personal friend. He was such a charming boy, a God-fearing, straight-living English boy. An English gentleman, he died doing his duty, a very brave
## action. Col. des Vœux, who commands the operations there, said that
nobody but one of the best and bravest would have attempted to do what your son wished to do.” His company officer wrote: “One thing you will be proud to know is that he died doing his duty in an exceptionally brave manner, not in broad daylight, when it is easier to be brave, but in the dead of night, a mile behind the firing line. The whole of his company was able to attend his last parade, when we laid him to rest yesterday evening.” A drummer of his company wrote home: “He was a great favourite with us all, both with the other officers and with us men. He was the best officer in the battn.; he was something like a brother might be, and was missed quite as much.” He was buried in the English cemetery at Dranoutre, the Service being taken by the Senior Chaplain of the Brigade. The General and officers from all the regiments in the Brigade were present, his uncle, Col. J. S. Melville, commanding 8th E. Lancs. Regt., attending as chief mourner.
[Illustration: =George A. Smith-Masters.=]
=MATHER, JAMES=, Private, No. 8884, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of James Charles Mather, of 25, Fraser Street, Bolton, Labourer, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Ralph Hough, Stripper and Grinder; _b._ Halliwell, Bolton, co. Lancaster, 17 Nov. 1890; educ. Brownlow-fold Council School; enlisted 3 Oct. 1910, and was killed in action at Rentel, Belgium, 2 Nov. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =James Mather.=]
=MATHER, JOHN KEARSLEY=, Lieut., 1st Battn. York and Lancaster Regt., 5th _s._ of Arthur Mather, of Avonhill, Cheltenham, by his wife, Ethel Madeline, dau. of the late Rev. Charles Francis Willis, M.A.; _b._ Cheltenham, 25 Jan. 1890; educ. Cheltenham College, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (Sandhurst Division); gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1st York and Lancaster Regt. 18 Sept. 1909, and joined his battn. at Quetta, India, in the following Dec.; served in India five years, being promoted Lieut. 8 Dec. 1911; came home with his battn. in Dec. 1914; went to France, 15 Jan. 1915, and was killed in
## action by shell fire near Ypres, 18 Feb. 1915, and buried at Verbranden
Molen; _unm._
=MATHERRON, EDWARD JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8050), S.S. 103773, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MATHESON, JOHN RODERICK FLETCHER=, Private, No. 8919, 1st Battn. Highland L.I., _s._ of the Rev. Dugald Matheson, United Free Church of Scotland, Minister of Tarbat; _b._ Kiltearn, co. Ross, June, 1880; educ. Tarbat Old Public School and Inverness; enlisted in the Highland L.I. in 1909, served through the South African War, and obtained his discharge in 1913. On the outbreak of war he was in Canada, but immediately re-enlisted, came over with the 1st Canadian Contingent, obtained his transfer to his old regt.; went to the Front at the end of Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915. He _m._ at Winnipeg, Canada, 1909, Bella, dau. of D. M. Davidson, of co. Inverness, but had no children.
=MATHEWS, ALFRED FELTON=, Rifleman, No. 2657, 12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of William Felton Mathews, of Highworth, Wilts, by his wife, Emily, dau. of John Shewry, of Southampton; _b._ 2 Sept. 1894; educ. Carlton Road Council School and Polytechnic, Regent Street; and was on the staff of Messrs. H. I. Nicoll & Co., of Regent Street, London, W., when war broke out, but was intending to enter a missionary college as a student. He joined the Rangers on 5 Sept. 1914, went to France on the following Christmas Day, and was killed in action near Ypres on 5 May, 1915. He was acting as a stretcher-bearer when a shell burst close to him, wounding him in the arm; but he pluckily refused to give in until quite exhausted, when he laid his groundsheet down and fell asleep. Shortly afterwards, another shell came and killed him. Buried in the grounds of the Asylum, Ypres; _unm._
[Illustration: =Alfred Felton Mathews.=]
=MATHURIN, JOHN=, Stoker, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MATHWIN, DOUGLAS GATECLIFF=, 2nd Lieut., 1/9th Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), only surviving _s._ of the late Henry Mathwin, of Bickerton House, Birkdale, Southport, Schoolmaster, M.A., by his wife, Agnes (3, Bickerton Road, Southport), dau. of John William Gatecliff; _b._ Bickerton House, afsd., 9 June, 1885; educ. Bickerton House School; and was a Chartered Accountant; on the outbreak of war he applied for a commission, was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1/9th Liverpools, 11 Nov. 1914; went to France, 12 March, 1915, and was killed in action near Richebourg l’Avoué on 9 May, 1915, being buried behind the trenches; _unm._ He was acting captain at the time of his death.
[Illustration: =Douglas Gatecliff Mathwin.=]
=MATRAVERS, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3204), S.S. 100832, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MATSON, CLIFFORD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 10394, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MATTHEWS, CHARLES HENRY=, Private, No. 5533, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of William Henry Matthews, of 42, Butlin Street, Nechells, Birmingham, Millwright, by his wife, Frances; _b._ 24 June, 1885; educ. Cromwell Street Council School; enlisted 30 April, 1904; went to France, 17 Aug. 1914, and was reported missing after the severe fighting on 29 Oct. 1914, on which day the 2nd Coldstreams and the rest of the 1st Division were at one time driven from their trenches near Gheluvelt; and is now assumed to have been killed on that day. He _m._ at St. Clement’s Church, Nechells, 3 Oct. 1909, Charlotte (18, Brighton Grove, Great Francis Street, Birmingham), dau. of Samuel Woodin, Painter, and had two children: Charles Henry, _b._ 9 Feb. 1915, _d._ 9 Jan. 1916; and Edna Francis, _b._ 9 Dec. 1910.
[Illustration: =Charles Henry Matthews.=]
=MATTHEWS, FRANCIS=, Stoker H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MATTHEWS, FRANK=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./12178, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=MATTHEWS, FRANK GEORGE=, Midshipman, R.N., yr. _s._ of Brig.-Gen. Frank Broadwood Matthews, of Old Raven House, Hook, co. Hants, C.B., D.S.O., late commanding 2nd Battn. The King’s Own Regt., and his wife, Edith Mabel Warner, dau. of the late Ralph George Price, of 26, Hyde Park Gardens, London, W.; _b._ Lichfield, co. Stafford, 9 Feb. 1898; educ. Parkside, Ewell, Surrey (Mr. A. Vaughan Pott); Royal Naval College, Osborne, and Royal Naval College, Dartmouth; entered the Navy, 1 Aug. 1914; was appointed to H.M.S. Cressy, and was lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. following.
[Illustration: =Frank George Matthews.=]
=MATTHEWS, HAROLD CAREY=, Major, 4th Battn. Alexandra, Princess of Wales’ Own Yorkshire Regt. (The Green Howards) (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Frederick William White Matthews, of Low Hall, Sinnington, Yorks, J.P., formerly manager of Barclay’s Bank, at Leyburn; by his wife, Ellen Georgiana, dau. of the late Rev. Hewett Carey; _b._ Hawes, Wensleydale, co. York, 25 April, 1879; educ. The School, Aysgarth, Yorks, entered Barclay’s Bank, and at the time of the outbreak of war was second in charge of their Market Weighton Branch. He had joined the London Rifle Brigade as a Private in 1897, and was afterwards given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 4th Yorks Regt., and served in the South African War in command of the 2nd Service Company of that Regt. For his services he received the Queen’s medal with five clasps and was made an Hon. Lieut, in the Army, 26 July, 1902. He was promoted Capt. 30 April, 1904, and on the outbreak of the European War volunteered for foreign service, and was gazetted Major, 29 Aug. 1914. He left for France on 17 April, and was killed in action at St. Julien, north of Ypres, a few days later, 25 April, 1915. His Commanding Officer wrote: “He was killed in action leading his men in work which earned the compliments of the General.” Major Matthews _m._ at Dringhouses Parish Church, York, 12 July, 1911, Marjory Phyllis, yst. dau. of Gervas Woodhouse, of 196, Mount Vale, York, and had issue: Frederick Gervas, _b._ 24 Dec. 1912; and Marjory Phyllis, _b._ posthumous, 13 Oct. 1915.
[Illustration: =Harold Carey Matthews.=]
=MAUGHAN, JOHN=, Mechanician, 284270, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
## action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov., 1914.
=MAULE, ROBERT=, Lieut., 5th, attd. 1st Battn. The Royal Scots (Lothian Regt., T.F.), only _s._ of Sir Robert Maule, of Ashbrook, Edinburgh, J.P., by his wife, Janet, dau. of Robert McIntosh, of Leith; _b._ at Trinity, Edinburgh; 1884; educ. Morrison’s Academy, Crieff; the Leys School, Cambridge, and Christ’s College, Cambridge (M.A. 19..); and on leaving the University joined his father’s firm, Robert Maule & Son, Princes Street, Edinburgh, and became a director in 1913. He obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 5th (Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles), Royal Scots, 24 Nov. 1912, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service; was promoted Lieut. 16 Sept. 1914, and attd. to 1st Battn.; went to Egypt with his Battn. in March, 1915, and was there nominated by his Commanding Officer, Col. J. T. A. Wilson, to command the section to form an escort to the Commander-in-Chief, Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton, but at his own request was allowed to rejoin his regt.; went to the Dardanelles in May, and was killed in action there, 29 May, 1915; _unm._ His brother-in-law, Capt. Edgar Walker, 1st East Yorks, was also killed in action.
[Illustration: =Robert Maule.=]
=MAUNDER, LEONARD=, Rifleman, No. 7692, 3rd Battn. The Rifle Brigade, _s._ of Henry Maunder; _b._ Downley, High Wycombe, co. Bucks, 29 Aug. 1883; enlisted in March, 1899; served in France and Flanders from 9 Sept. to 29 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action on the latter date. Buried the Quarries by Champs d’Ering, near Soupir. He _m._ at St. Peter’s, Winchester, 2 Aug. 1909, Ada Susan (2, Middle Brook Street, Winchester), dau. of Alfred Charles Dillow, and had a son Leonard Charles, _b._ 12 June, 1910.
=MAURICE, FRANCIS DENNISON=, Lieut., 1st (Canterbury) Battn. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of Frank Augustus Maurice, of 41, Alma Square, St John’s Wood, London, N.W., R.A.M., Can. Coll., Professor of Music and Singing, by his 1st wife, Gertrude, dau. of John Gibbs Hart, of Christchurch, New Zealand, and great-grandnephew of the Rev. Peter Maurice, D.D., Rector of Oxford; _b._ Linwood, Christchurch, New Zealand, 4 Aug. 1891; and was educ. at Temuka High School, and Canterbury College, New Zealand. He was a brilliant scholar, winning the Junior Scholarship at the age of 12, coming out third of the whole of Canterbury, and the Senior two years after, coming out second. He matriculated when 15 years of age, so he paid for all his education; and at the age of 18 was assistant master at Burnham Industrial School; and at 19, Head Master at Longridge, Southland. He was five years in the Senior Cadets, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. on the formation of the New Zealand Universal Training Army, and Lieut. just before the war broke out, and had passed his captaincy examination. He volunteered for Imperial service, left New Zealand for Egypt with the first reinforcements on R.M.S. Athenic in the following Oct.; took
## part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25–26 April, and died 10 May,
1915, on H.M.S. Braemar Castle, of wounds received two days previously in Gallipoli. He was buried at sea; _unm._ For over two years he was a master of the Waimate District High School, where a memorial tablet was erected to his memory. He was an enthusiastic hockey player and instructor; his Waimate ladies’ team of six-a-side winning the championship, and was on the Committee of the South Canterbury Hockey Association.
[Illustration: =Francis D. Maurice.=]
=MAW, WILLIAM FRANCIS=, A.B., J. 12612, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
## action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MAXTED, THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 7844), S.S. 1471, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MAXWELL, AYMER EDWARD=, Younger of Monreith, Lieut.-Col. Commanding 4th (Collingwood) Battn. 1st brigade, R.N. Division, only surviving _s._ of the Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert Maxwell, 7th Bart., P.C., F.R.S.; _b._ Edinburgh, 26 Oct. 1877; educ. Eton and Sandhurst; gazetted to the Grenadier Guards, 8 Sept. 1897; served in South African War 1899–1900; took part in the advance on Kimberley, including the actions at Belmont and Enslin (Queen’s medal with clasp); invalided home, 1900; and retired with rank of Captain, 4 Sept. 1907, joining the Reserve of Officers; Capt. Lovat’s Scouts (Yeo.), 1911. On mobilisation, Aug. 1914, he immediately rejoined the Grenadier Guards, and subsequently volunteered for service as Adjutant and second in command in the newly-formed Royal Naval Division. He received command, with the rank of Lieut.-Col. of the Collingwood Battn. then in camp at Walmer, and with it accompanied the expedition to Antwerp. He was wounded in the head by the first shell of the bombardment of 8 Oct. after four days and nights of ceaseless exertion, almost entirely without sleep or rest, and died the following day in the Military Hospital there, being buried in the garden. The officer commanding the Brigade, wrote: “His death is a severe loss to my brigade. I personally have lost a friend, the whole brigade has lost one of its finest officers. His energy, earnestness and singleness of purpose inspired his whole Battn., and both his officers and men were animated by his fine spirit from the moment he assumed command of them.” He was gazetted temporary Lieut.-Col. Royal Marines (10 Nov.) after his death. Colonel Maxwell was a J.P., D.L. and County Councillor for Wigtownshire, a Director of the Crichton Royal Institution and author of various works and articles on sporting subjects. He _m._, London, 20 Oct. 1909, Lady Mary Percy, dau. of Henry George, 7th Duke of Northumberland, K.G., P.C., by his wife, Lady Edith Campbell, eldest dau. of George, 8th Duke of Argyll, K.G., K.T., P.C., and had issue three sons and a dau.: Aymer, _b._ 7 Dec. 1911; Eustace, _b._ 24 Feb. 1913; Gavin, _b._ 15 July, 1914; and Christian, _b._ 31 July, 1910.
[Illustration: =Aymer Edward Maxwell.=]
=MAXWELL= (_alias_ =ROBERTS=), =BERTRAM JESSE=, Chief Petty Officer, No. 282914, R.N., _s._ of Louisa (now wife of Robert Roberts, of 19, Clarendon Road, Havant), dau. of the late George Maxwell; _b._ Eastbourne, co. Sussex, 10 May, 1878; educ. St. Faith’s, Havant, was adopted and brought up by his stepfather; entered the Navy under the name of Roberts, 1896; but afterwards resumed his own name; served in China (medal); and was lost in H.M.S. Invincible in the Battle off Jutland, 31 May, 1916. He _m._ at Langrish, 31 April, 1904, Agnes, dau. of Thomas (and Annie) Nash, of Stroud, Petersfield, and had two daus.: May, _b._ 11 April, 1906, and Gladys, _b._ 14 Sept. 1913. His half brother, L.-Corpl. F. W. Roberts was killed in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915 (see his notice).
[Illustration: =B. J. Maxwell= (_alias_ =Roberts=).]
=MAY, EDWARD THOMAS=, Petty Officer (C.G.), 142724 (Dev.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=MAY, FRANK JUBILEE=, Stoker, 1st Class (B. 4586), S.S. 103696, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MAY, JOHN=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 16137, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=MAY, JOHN EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 8452, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=MAY, SIDNEY CHARLES=, Sapper, No. 1507 Kent (Fortress) R.E. (T.F.), _s._ of William May, of Elm Cottage, Oxonhoath, West Peckham, Tonbridge; _b._ Oxonhoath aforesaid; educ. there; joined the Navy, 27 Oct. 1914; and was lost when H.M.S. Hythe was sunk in the Ægean Sea, 27 Oct. 1915; _unm._
=MAY, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1089), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MAY, WILLIAM RICHARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10340), S.S. 108083, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MAYCOCK, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (B. 4858), S.S. 104278, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MAYLIN, FREDERICK FRANCIS=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26753, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MAYNARD, DANIEL=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 862), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MAYNARD, JOHN WILMOT=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, yr. _s._ of Edmund Anthony Jefferson Maynard, of Hoon Ridge, co. Derby, J.P., by his wife, Margaret Blanche, elder dau. of Robert Sacheverell Wilmot-Sitwell, of Stainsby House, Derbyshire, J.P., D.L.; _b._ Eastbourne, 8 June, 1896; educ. St. Peter’s Court, Broadstairs, and Harrow; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 23 Dec. 1914; went to France in March, 1915, and was killed in
## action during the second Battle of Ypres, 24 April, 1915. Buried in the
north-west corner of the Polygone de Zonnebeke Wood, 5 miles due east of Ypres.
[Illustration: =John Wilmot Maynard.=]
=MAYO, GEORGE PATRICK=, Petty Officer, 210642, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MEAD, BERNARD WALLACE=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. Royal Fusiliers, yst. _s._ of Henry John Mead, of 27 Ladbroke Gardens, Kensington, W., Solicitor, by his wife, Edith Charlotte, dau. of the late Rev. Joseph Gifford, Vicar of Newport, Barnstaple; _b._ Kensington, W., 2 Aug. 1893; educ. Cranleigh School, and on leaving joined the staff of the Sun Fire Office. He had belonged to the 28th London Regt. (Artists’ Rifles) for some years, and on the outbreak of war, volunteered for foreign service and went to France with them in Oct. 1914. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. on the unattached list, 5 April, 1915, and immediately afterwards appointed to the 4th Royal Fusiliers, a corps which had been in the thick of the fighting since the Battle of Mons. On the night of 30 May, 1915, near Ypres, he received orders to relieve another officer in a trench about 25 yards from the German lines. While on his way, accompanied by his Capt. and a N.C.O., the party met two other officers belonging to another Corps. The enemy sent up a flare and opened fire upon the group of five and Lieut. Mead fell mortally wounded. He died three days later (2 June) at Bailleul, and was buried in the Military Cemetery there; _unm._
[Illustration: =Bernard Wallace Mead.=]
=MEAD, CHRISTOPHER=, Lieut., A Coy. 2nd Battn. East Surrey Regt., 2nd _s._ of John Phillips Mead, of the firm of Mead & Co., 2, King’s Bench Walk, Inner Temple, and of St. Mary’s, Teddington, Solicitor, by his wife, Maud Helen Kate, dau. of Samuel King Church; _b._ Fopstone Road, Earl’s Court, S.W., 10 May, 1888; educ., Street Court, Westgate-on-Sea, and Charterhouse (Bodeites); was admitted a Solicitor in 1913, and was a junior partner in his father’s firm; joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. in 1910, and after serving in it four years, joined the Reserve. He rejoined on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 4th Battn., East Surrey Regt., 15 Aug., and promoted Lieut. 8 Sept. [London Gazette, 11 Nov.], 1915; trained at Devonport; went to France, 11 May, 1915, and was there attached to the 2nd Battn.; served through the gas attack on Whit Monday, his regiment being in the front trenches, and was shot in the temple by a bullet in July, but remained on duty at the time; was given five days’ leave in Aug., and was killed in action in the assault on the Hohenzollern Redoubt, Vermelles, 28 Sept. 1915, while leading a bombing party of A Coy., and after having been throwing bombs incessantly for over three hours; _unm._ His Commanding Officer, Col. F. Montague Bates, wrote: “Your son was killed by a bomb on the 28th. He was commanding A Coy. at the time of his death and was gallantly leading a bombing party of his men forward when he was hit by a German bomb and killed instantaneously. I thought a great deal of him, he was an excellent soldier, daring and gallant; he was beloved by his men and popular with all ranks; his loss to me as commanding officer is a great blow. He was brave as a lion and died a glorious death”; and in a later letter: “Your boy was killed by a bomb in a trench leading out of the Hohenzollern Redoubt; he was running up a trench towards the Germans, who were in the same trench, and throwing bombs and driving the Germans back. He, of course, was in the thickest of the fighting.” Capt. A. Dowler of his regt. wrote: “Doubtless you know how popular Mead was with everybody and his work in the Hohenzollern would undoubtedly have earned him some distinction”; and Major F. Clifford, of The King’s Liverpool Regt., wrote from Egypt: “Today the Colonel of the East Surrey Regt. was here, he told me that young Mead had behaved in a very gallant manner and that he probably would be awarded some posthumous honour.” Lieut. Mead was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 30 Nov. 1915 [London Gazette, 1 Jan. 1916], for conspicuous gallantry in the field. At Charterhouse he was in the Cricket and Football Elevens in 1906. His brother, Corpl. G. P. Mead, died on active service (see following notice), and two surviving brothers are now (1916) serving with the British Forces.
[Illustration: =Christopher Mead.=]
=MEAD, GEOFFREY PHILLIPS=, Corpl., No. 54268, Despatch Rider, 32nd Signal Section, Royal Engineers, 3rd _s._ of John Phillips Mead, of the firm of Mead & Co., 2, King’s Bench Walk, Inner Temple, E.C., and of St. Mary’s, Teddington, Solicitor, by his wife, Maud Helen Kate, dau. of Samuel King Church; _b._ London, 28 Oct. 1892; educ. Street Court, Westgate-on-Sea, and Charterhouse (Bodeites), where he matriculated in the first class; studied surveying, and held a post under the Egyptian Government Survey Dept. from March, 1912, to Sept. 1914, when he returned to England to join the Army. He enlisted as a Motor Cyclist Despatch Rider, and after training at various camps, went to the Eastern Front in Aug. 1915, and died while on active service in the Military Hospital at Alexandria, 2 Dec. 1915, of pneumonia, following enteric fever, which he contracted while carrying despatches in Egypt; _unm._ He was buried with military honours at Chatby Cemetery, Alexandria. His brother, Lieut. C. Mead, was killed in action two months previously (see preceding notice).
[Illustration: =Geoffrey Phillips Mead.=]
=MEAD, HENRY GEORGE FREDERICK, D.C.M.=, Private, No. 6926, 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt., _s._ of Henry Robert Mead, Carpenter; _b._ Edgware, 1 April, 1882; educ. Kilburn; served eight years with the Colours, and five and a half with the Reserve; took part in the South African War, 1899–1902 (Queen’s medal with four bars), and was called up from the Reserve on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in
## action, 5 Nov. 1914. Buried in Croix Barbée Cemetery. He was awarded
the Distinguished Conduct Medal [London Gazette, 1 April, 1915] “for conspicuous gallantry on 5 Nov. 1914, near Neuve Chapelle, in attempting to rescue a wounded non-commissioned officer from in front of the enemy’s trenches. He was killed in the attempt.” He was also given the Russian medal of St. George (3rd class). He _m._ at St. Anne’s Church, Wandsworth, 10 Oct. 1909, Ethel Maud (84, Larch Road, Bedford Hill, Balham), eldest dau. of the late J. E. Sheldon, Private, No. 3446, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, and had two children: Henry Edwin, _b._ 8 April, 1912; and Ethel Violet Lilly, _b._ 21 July, 1910.
=MEADOWS, ERNEST=, Private, No. 1188, 14th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of William Henry Meadows, of 61, Mountford Street, Sparkhill, Birmingham, Baker; _b._ Vaughan Street, Birmingham, 26 Sept. 1883; educ. Clifton Road Church School there; went to Australia, 9 March, 1914; enlisted on the outbreak of war; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles, and died in the General Hospital, Alexandria, 14 Aug. 1915, of wounds received in Gallipoli; _unm._
=MEADOWS, JAMES HORATIO=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 488), 278492, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MEAKIN, HERBERT=, Gunner, No. 26735, 75th Battn. R.F.A., _s._ of Jacob Meakin, of 18, Vine Street, Rotherham, Bricklayer, by his wife, Maggie, dau. of Neri (and Elizabeth) Irons, of Ilkeston; _b._ at Nottingham, 7 May, 1884; educ. Rotherham; enlisted R.F.A., 3 Sept. 1902, and on completing his term of service with the Colours was employed as a cleaner of machinery in a mill at Huddersfield. On the outbreak of war he rejoined his battery, and was killed in
## action near Ypres, 24 April, 1915. Buried near Ypres. He _m._ at
Huddersfield, 13 April, 1906, Susannah (11, Heath House, Golcar, near Huddersfield), dau. of James David Giles, Stone Mason, and had a dau., Katie, _b._ 29 June, 1912.
[Illustration: =Herbert Meakin.=]
=MEAKINGS, JAMES WILLIAM=, Rifleman, No. 1625, 2nd Battn. The Rifle Brigade, only _s._ of John William Meakings, of 305, Brantford Road, Ipswich, Carpenter, formerly for 19¾ yrs. in the R.A., by his wife Ellen, dau. of William Firman, for 33½ yrs. a member of the Ipswich Borough Police Force; _b._ Shoeburyness, co. Essex, 25 Feb. 1888; educ. Bramford Road School, Ipswich; enlisted in the 4th Battn. Rifle Brigade, 26 March, 1906, and afterwards transferred to the 3rd Battn., then stationed at Malta. In Dec. 1907, he left Malta to join the 2nd Battn. in India, where he remained until his battn. was ordered to France on the outbreak of war. He was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, between 10 and 14 March, 1915; _unm._ A comrade wrote of him: “There was no better soldier in the British Army.” He belonged to the Army Temperance Association in India, and received two medals. He was also in the Garrison Military Police at the Delhi Durbar.
[Illustration: =James William Meakings.=]
=MEARNS, WILLIAM MELLIS=, M.B., Surgeon, R.N., eldest _s._ of William Mearns, of Berwick Road, Gateshead, M.A., M.D., V.D., J.P., late Lt.-Col. R.A.M.C. (T.F.), now attached Royal Engineers, by his wife, M. A., dau. of John Mellis, Surgeon; _b._ Gateshead-on-Tyne, co. Durham, 7 Dec. 1884; educ. Aldenham School, Elstree, Herts, and Aberdeen University, graduating M.B., Ch. B., 1908. He entered the Navy the same year; served in H.M. Ships Pembroke, 1909; Action, 1909–10; Redbreast, in the Persian Gulf, 1910–11; Pembroke, 1911; Teal, in the Upper Yangtse River, China, 1911–14; and had only returned from abroad ten days when the European War broke out. He was ordered to join H.M.S. Formidable, and was lost when that ship was sunk in the Channel, 1 Jan. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Mellis Mearns.=]
=MEAUTYS, THOMAS GILLIAT=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Prince of Wales’s Own West Yorks Regt., elder _s._ of Thomas Arrowsmith Meautys, of Hammonds Place, Burgess Hill, Sussex, Barrister-at-Law, Middle Temple, M.A. Oxon, J.P., Surrey, for some time Chairman of the Wimbledon Petty Sessional Division, by his wife, Ellen Gertrude, 3rd dau. of Gilliat Hatfield of Morden Hall, Morden, Surrey, _b._ Wimbledon, co. Surrey, 13 June, 1889; educ. Marlborough, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1908); gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 2nd West Yorkshires, 18 Sept. 1909, but transferred to the 1st Battn., and went to India in Dec. following. He was promoted Lieut. 9 July, 1910. In Sept. 1914 he went with his Battn. which formed part of the 18th Brigade, in the 6th Division, to France to reinforce the Expeditionary Force, then on the Aisne, and was in charge of the machine gun section. He died on the 22nd of that month of wounds received on the 20th, during the Battle of the Aisne, and was buried in Troyon Churchyard. A brother officer wrote: “He was conspicuous for his bravery and coolness under fire.... He conveyed an officer of the Horse Guards (who was wounded and afterwards died) back under cover, although he was under fire the whole time.” While at Marlborough he was in the Rugby Football XV (1906); won the School Boxing Competition in his class in two successive years, and represented Marlborough in the Public Schools’ Competition at Aldershot. He _m._ at the Parish Church, Hambledon, Hants. 16 June, 1914, Norah Nell, only dau. of the late Herbert Hotblack, of Brighton, and had a son, Thomas Gilliat, _b._ posthumous 29 April, 1915.
[Illustration: =Thomas Gilliat Meautys.=]
=MEDHURST, JOHN EDWIN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7839). 298939, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MEDHURST, WILLIAM RICHARD=, Leading Stoker, 8958 R.F.R., O.N. 291342, Royal Navy, eldest _s._ of William Gayner Medhurst, of Leytonstone, by his wife, Charlotte, dau. of (--) Weller; _b._ Old Ford, 18 April, 1881; educ. Leyton; joined Royal Navy, 1 Feb. 1899; and was lost in H.M.S. Cressy when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at West Ham, 1 Oct. 1995, Ellen Rose (55, West Road, Portway, West Ham), dau. of Robert Taylor Jamieson, of 56, Woodstock Road, Upton Park, E., and had three children: William Albert, _b._ 23 Aug. 1907; Edward George, _b._ 19 June, 1909; and Ellen Beatrice, _b._ 16 Aug. 1912.
=HASTINGS-MEDHURST, FRANCIS LESLIE=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Worcestershire Regt., _s._ of the late Francis Hastings-Medhurst, of 20, Hampstead Lane, Highgate, N., by his wife, Mary (11, St. Dunstan’s Road, Baron’s Court, W.), dau. of the Rev. Robert Leslie Morris, of Rothes, Hampton Hill; _b._ 7, Campden Hill Square, Kensington, 28 July, 1895; educ. Malvern College (where he was house prefect) and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (Prize Cadet), and was to have entered the Indian Army, but on the outbreak of war, he was gazetted as 2nd Lieut. to the Worcestershires, 14 Aug. 1914. He went to France, 26 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Illies, near La Bassée, 17 Oct. 1914. On this occasion the Worcesters had suffered severely, and he had volunteered to go for reinforcements. He was almost in safety when he was killed by a maxim gun, but fortunately the forces coming up saw him and were in time to succour the few left alive. He had been wounded in the head three days previously, but refused to go into hospital, owing to shortage of officers. He was buried by his men the same night, 700 yards north-west of Illies Church; _unm._ His Colonel wrote to his widowed mother that he was a most promising officer, loved by all his men, and a real loss to his regiment; and another officer wrote: “We all loved him, and his men were very fond of him and would go anywhere with him. He was always so cheerful and extremely cool in action. As an officer remarked to me, ‘an awfully nice fellow, a most promising soldier and one we can ill afford to lose.’”
[Illustration: =F. L. Hastings-Medhurst.=]
=MEDLAND, WILLIAM HARRY WILSON=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4864), S.S. 104067, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MEEHAN, FRANCIS JAMES=, Private, No. 981, 12th Battn. (15th North Auckland Infantry Regt.) New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of Thomas Meehan, of Queen Street, Feilding, New Zealand, Carrier, formerly of Waterford, Ireland, by his wife, Annie, dau. of the late Bernard Maynes, of Terraquin, Omagh, co. Tyrone, Farmer; _b._ Feilding, 30 Sept. 1888; educ. at the State School there; was employed for some years at the firm of Grey & Menzies, Auckland. After the outbreak of war, enlisted 23 Aug. 1914; was severely wounded in action at the Dardanelles, 29 April, 1915, and died in the 17th General Hospital at Alexandria 5 May following; _unm._ Writing to his mother the Rev. J. McMenamin, R.C. Chaplain, N.Z.F., said: “Frank arrived here fit and well with his regt. on Sunday, 25 April, and carried himself bravely through the first four days’ terrible fighting. Then, on Thursday, 29 April, he was stooping down in a trench when a bullet entered his head. He was rendered unconscious mercifully.... Everything possible was done for him, and he was taken away to hospital in Alexandria without any delay.” He was buried at the Chatby Military Cemetery [Grave No. 235).
[Illustration: =Francis James Meehan.=]
=MEEHAN, WILLIAM=, C.E.R.A., 124820, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MEEKER, CHARLES EDWARD=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 20933, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=MEGAW, WILLIAM CECIL KENNEDY, M.C.=, Capt., 1st Battn. Norfolk Regt., yr. _s._ of Kennedy Megaw, of 18, Chesham Road, Brighton, by his wife, Mary Augusta, dau. of (--) Zouche; _b._ Farnborough, co. Kent, 8 May, 1885; educ. Wellington College, and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Norfolk Regt., 16 Aug. 1905; promoted Lieut. 20 March, 1908, and Capt. 26 March, 1913; served as Adjutant of his regt. from 1910–13; went to France, Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Ypres, 31 March, 1915; being buried by the ramparts of Ypres. He served as acting Adjutant from the Battle of Mons till the time of his death, and was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry [London Gazette, 18 Feb. 1915]; and twice mentioned in Sir John French’s Despatches [London Gazette, 17 Feb. and 22 June, 1915]. Capt. Megaw _m._ at St. Mark’s Church, South Farnborough, 1 Oct. 1913, Alice May (Rhudlan, West Hove, near Brighton), elder dau. of Col. John Samuel Gaussen, of Hollymouth, South Farnborough, co. Hants; _s.p._
[Illustration: =William C. K. Megaw.=]
=MEHEUX, GEORGE THOMAS SHELTON=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R.. B. 9701), 233279, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MEIKLEJOHN, KENNETH FORBES=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Cameron Highlanders, 2nd _s._ of Lieut.-Col. John Forbes Meiklejohn. of 147, Victoria Street S.W., late R.H.A., by his wife, Edith Mary, dau. of Thomas Dives, and grandson of the late Rev. Robert Meiklejohn, of Strathdon, Aberdeenshire; _b._ at Woolwich, 18 June, 1885; educ. Rugby and passed 3rd into the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st Cameron Highlanders, 27 Feb. 1904, and promoted Lieut. 13 Sept. 1909; was appointed Adjutant, 13 March, 1913; went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914; served through the retreat from Mons and the Battle of the Marne, and was killed in
## action at the Battle of the Aisne, 25 Sept. 1914. On that day what
was left of the 1st Camerons--they had lost 17 officers and 500 men in the action of the 14th--had moved up to relieve the 1st Black Watch in the trenches just west of the village of Beaulne, and the battn. headquarters occupied one of the caves in the chalk of the plateau. During the morning a German shell fell on the top of the cave and buried the inmates, amongst whom was Lieut. Meiklejohn, and five officers and some 30 men were subsequently found dead, including Capt. D. N. Miers, then temporarily in command of the battn., Capt. A. G. Cameron, of Lochiel, Capt. Napier Cameron, and Lieut. Meiklejohn, who was buried in the grounds of the Chateau of Verneuille. Lieut. Meiklejohn had qualified as first class interpreter in both Russian and French. He _m._ at Edinburgh, 14 April, 1914, Sybil Maud, only dau. of John Charles Stewart, of Kinlochmoidart and Glenmoidart, co. Inverness, J.P., and had a son, Kenneth Mathew, _b._ posthumous, 14 Jan. 1915.
[Illustration: =Kenneth F. Meiklejohn.=]
=MELIA, EDWARD=, Corpl., No. 705, 15th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of P. Melia, of Liverpool; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles; killed in action, 2 May, 1915.
=MELLETT, MARTIN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4459), S.S. 103473, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MELLISH, CHARLES HERBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11127, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MELSON, JOHN RAITHBY=, L.-Corpl., No. 11754, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Tom Melson, of 4, Whostenholme Place, off Powell Street, Sheffield, by his wife, Jemima, dau. of John Richardson; _b._ Sheffield, 15 Aug. 1889; educ. St. John’s National School, there; was a Rigger by trade; enlisted soon after the outbreak of war, 7 Sept. 1914; went to France, 21 Jan. 1915, and died in No. 10 Stationary Hospital, St. Omer, 5 Aug. 1915, of wounds received in action, 11 July, and was buried in the French Souvenir Cemetery at St. Omer; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Raithby Melson.=]
=MELSON, ROBERT=, Private, No. 11564, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, yr. _s._ of Tom Melson, of 4, Whostenholme Place, Powell Street, Sheffield, by his wife, Jemima, dau. of John Richardson; _b._ Sheffield, co. York. 21 Jan. 1894; educ. St. John’s National School, Sheffield; was a Steel Warehouseman; enlisted 6 Sept. 1914; went to the Front, 21 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Cuinchy, 7 Feb. following, and buried in Bethune Churchyard. Belgium; _unm._ He was the younger of the two brothers, but the first to be killed.
[Illustration: =Robert Melson.=]
=MELVILLE, WILLIAM=, Private, No 14481, King’s Coy., 1st Battn. Grenadier Guards, _s._ of Hugh Melville, of Portgower, Helmsdale, co. Sutherland, by his wife, Betsy, dau. of James Morrison, of Scourie; _b._ Portgower afsd., 15 Oct. 1886; educ. Portgower School; was a member of the Edinburgh City Police, and later of the Metropolitan Police; joined the Grenadier Guards in Sept. 1909; was selected as one of the special guards at the Coronation of King George; serving three years with the Colours, he was placed on the Reserve for 10 years, and emigrated to Canada in 1912, where he joined the Winnipeg Police, being rapidly promoted to the rank of detective. On the outbreak of the European War he was called to rejoin his regiment; left for England, 17 Aug. 1914; went to France, 8 Sept.; took part in the severe fighting till 12 Jan. 1915, when he got entangled in barbed wire around a German trench, and was so wounded that he was removed to hospital; rejoined his regt. 5 March, and died in No. 7 Casualty Clearing Station, 13 March. 1915. from wounds received in action the previous day at the battle of Neuve Chapelle; _unm._ Buried in Merville Cemetery. A brass tablet to his memory, subscribed for by his comrades, was placed in the Central Police Station at Winnipeg.
[Illustration: =William Melville.=]
=MEMBREY, EDWARD JOHN=, S.S.A., M. 7318, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
## action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MERCER, ARCHIBALD ARIEL=, Major, 2nd Battn. Dorset Regt., 2nd _s._ of the late Charles Mercer, of Lansdowne Lodge, Weymouth, by his wife, Grace Ewart (Weymouth), dau. of Edward Clark; _b._ Uxbridge, 24 Feb. 1875; educ. Marlborough and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1st Battn. Dorset Regt. then stationed at Wellington, Madras, 16 March, 1895; and promoted Lieut. 12 July, 1897; Capt. 19 Nov. 1901, and Major 19 Nov. 1913. He served with the 1st Dorsets in the Tirah Campaign of 1896–97, taking
## part in the actions at Chagru and Dargai, in the capture of the
Sampagha and Arhanga passes and in the reconnaissance of the Saran Sar, where he was severely wounded on 9 Nov. 1897, and received the Tirah Medal with two clasps. He afterwards joined the 2nd Battn. of his regt. in India, and in Nov. 1914, sailed with the Poona Brigade, of which the 2nd Dorsets formed part, for the Persian Gulf. He was killed in
## action at Sahil, near Basra on the Shat-el-Arab, on the 17th of that
month, and was buried at Sahil. Major Mercer was a qualified musketry instructor and a first-class interpreter of Hindustani. He _m._ at Ugley, Essex, 14 Aug. 1913, Margaret Edith, dau. of William Augustus Tennant, of Orford House, Ugley, and had a dau., Ariel Margaret, _b._ posthumous, 30 Nov. 1914.
[Illustration: =Archibald Ariel Mercer.=]
=MERCER, EDWARD ALLAN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14665 (Ports.), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MERCER, ERIC CAMERON=, 2nd Lieut., Indian Army, attd. 2nd Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers, 5th surviving _s._ of Col. Charles Archibald Mercer, of Belgrave House, Dover, Indian Army (ret.), late 4th Gurkha Rifles, by his wife, Helen E., eldest dau. of the late Major-Gen. J. S. Rawlins, Indian Army, formerly 1st Gurkha L.I.; _b._ Bakloh, Punjab, India, 17 Nov. 1894; educ. Junior School, Westward Ho, co. Devon, Dover College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Indian Army, unattd. List, 15 Aug. 1914, and attd. to the 2nd Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers; went to France, 8 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Meteren, near Bailleul, 13 Oct. 1914; _unm._ He was buried in a field there, belonging to M. Cokelaere. At Dover College, he was in the football XV, 1910–11–12, and the hockey XI, 1911–12–13, and at Sandhurst he was in the 2nd football XV, 1913–14.
[Illustration: =Eric Cameron Mercer.=]
=MERCER, GEORGE EDWARD=, Private, No. 8237, 2nd Battn. Seaforth Highlanders, _s._ of Thomas Mercer; enlisted in the Seaforths; took part in the Somaliland Expedition 1902–4 (medal); was afterwards employed on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway at Bolton Road Goods Station; was called up with the Reserve on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., and died 25 April, 1915, of wounds received in action. He _m._ St. Luke’s Church, Blackburn, 5 Sept. 1912 (--), dau. of (--) Gibson, and had a son, Harold, _b._ 2 Oct. 1913.
=MERCER, WALLER CARPENTER=, Rifleman, No. 3246, 16th (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Peter Brit Mercer (died 4 Aug. 1894), by his wife, Mary Jane (“Merton,” Plympton Avenue, Brondesbury, N.W.), dau. of Thomas Hooper; _b._ London, 5 Oct. 1885; educ. Philological School, Marylebone, N.W.; enlisted on the outbreak of war, served with his regt. in France and Flanders, and was killed in action, being shot through the head while on sentry duty in the trenches, at Houplines, near Armentières, 9 April, 1915. He was buried in the Military Cemetery there; _unm._
[Illustration: =Waller Carpenter Mercer.=]
=MERCHANT, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2559), 207436, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MERRETT, ALBERT JOHN=, A.B. 236732, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
## action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MERRETT, JOSEPH WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3281), S.S. 101000, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MERRICK, CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4529), S.S. 103702, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MERRILEES, STUART=, Private, No. 10228, Northumberland Fusiliers, 4th _s._ of James Merrilees, of 42, Coomassie Road, Crofton, Blyth, Plasterer, by his wife, Mary, dau. of James Gilroy; _b._ Blyth, co. Northumberland, 6 Aug. 1897; educ. there; enlisted 22 Sept. 1914; went to France, 19 Sept. 1915, and was killed in action there, 11 Feb. 1916, being shot by a sniper while working in a triangle trench; _unm._ His brother, William, was killed, 15 Feb. 1915.
[Illustration: =Stuart Merrilees.=]
=MERRILEES, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 3086, 2nd Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, 3rd _s._ of James Merrilees, of 42, Coomassie Road, Crofton, Blyth, Plasterer, by his wife Mary, dau. of James Gilroy; _b._ Blyth, co. Northumberland, 14 Feb. 1893; educ. Wright Street School there; enlisted in the Northumberland Fusiliers in 1910; went to France 18 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action, 16 Feb. 1915, after delivering a message; _unm._ Capt. O. B. Foster, commanding C Coy., wrote: “He had volunteered to come back from the trenches in broad daylight under a heavy fire to take back a message to battn. headquarters, that ammunition was urgently required. He accomplished this dangerous duty successfully, being slightly wounded in the arm on the way. While at battn. headquarters where his wound had been attended to by the doctor, a shell struck the building in which he was, a fragment of it hit him on the head, killing him instantly. Had he lived he would have probably been awarded the medal for Distinguished Conduct in the Field.” And again, after saying that a “strong recommendation” had been forwarded to the authorities, giving full particulars of his brave act, added: “He certainly well deserved it. Since I wrote I found he took a further message by means of which our artillery, which had been firing in a wrong direction, was directed at the proper place; this was the means of saving a number of our men’s lives. In any other war but this he would certainly have gained a V.C., but, as you can imagine, a terribly high standard of courage is required to win anything now. We had a very hard time with our company, but lately things have been a little easier. As we are not now in the same district, I can give you the following information: Your son was buried by a farmhouse 2½ miles south of Ypres; the farm is south of the Ypres-Comines Canal, and is 1,200 yards south-east of Chateau Langrof. This may enable it to be traced after the war. A cross was erected over it.”
[Illustration: =William Merrilees.=]
=MERRIMAN, GORDON=, Volunteer, Nyasaland Volunteer Reserve, yr. _s._ of Thomas Mark Merriman, of 96, Finchley Road, N.W., and 3, Mitre Court, Temple, E.C., Solicitor, by his wife, Ellen Charlotte, dau. of Matthew Marshall; _b._ Hampstead, N.W., 5 Feb. 1885; educ. St. Andrews, Eastbourne, Uppingham, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge; and was a Planter in Nyasaland, where he owned the Nanglukutichi Estate, near Blantyre. He was a member of the Nyasaland Volunteer Reserve, serving with the Nyasaland Field Force, and was in charge of a Maxim gun which he was working when wounded in an encounter with the Germans at Karonga, and died 9 Sept. 1914; _unm._ He was buried at Karonga, N.W. of Lake Nyasa. He was mentioned by the Governor of Nyasaland in his Despatch of 1 Nov. 1915 [London Gazette, 3 Aug. 1916], for gallant and distinguished service in the field “while working Maxim guns under heavy fire with coolness and effect.”
[Illustration: =Gordon Merriman.=]
=MERRITT, CECIL MACK=, Capt., 16th Battn. (Canadian Scottish, 72nd Seaforth Highlanders), Canadian Expeditionary Force, last surviving _s._ of Lieut.-Col. William Ingersoll Merritt, of 6, Sumner Place, South Kensington, London, late 30th (East Lancashire) and 4th Manchester Regts., by his wife, Mary Beatrice, 3rd dau. of Major-Gen. Frank Adams, C.B., and granddau. of Henry Cadwallader Adams, of Anstey Hall, co. Warwick, J.P., D.L.; _b._ St. Catharine’s, Ontario, Canada, 6 Jan. 1877; educ. St. Paul’s School, London; went to Canada in 1895, and joined the Royal Grenadier (Militia) Regt. in 1896. He was one of the few who went into Dawson in the rush of ’98 over the Edmonton trail, the journey taking him two years. After leaving the Yukon he returned to England and was for a short time on the London Stock Exchange. He went to Vancouver in 1904, and when the 72nd Regt. Seaforth Highlanders of Canada was formed in Nov. 1910, he was appointed one of its senior Capts. He received his Majority in that Regt. 13 Oct. 1914. He was on Major-Gen. Sir Sam Hughes’s Staff during his visit to the Imperial Army manœuvres in 1912, and on the outbreak of war at once volunteered for Imperial service, and was given command of a coy. in the 16th Battn. “Canadian Scottish,” 1st Canadian Division. He went with them to France in Feb. 1915, and was present at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. On 22 April, 1915, during the Second Battle of Ypres he was leading his coy. in the charge made by the Canadian Scottish near St. Julien, to check the first rush of the Germans after their gas attack, when he was wounded in the leg. He refused to leave his men, and with them occupied the German trenches. Next morning he was killed while encouraging his men during a counter-attack. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. His commanding officer, Col. R. E. Edwards Leckey, wrote: “Cecil Merritt was one of the finest officers I ever knew. He was wounded in the charge, but not severely, and still continued to lead his men on. He remained in the trenches we had captured, and when a counter-attack was threatened he got up to shoot over the parapet with his revolver. It was then he received his fatal wound. No one could have been braver and no one could have led his men better than he did. His name has been submitted for the Military Cross”; and brother officers speak of his “personal bravery and spirit of dash and tenacity,” and of the admiration which his men had for him; and a Private wrote: “He was wounded twice but would not expose his men to be carried back to the dressing station, and after some hours in the captured trenches heard there was a counter-charge from the Germans, and it was then he received the fatal shot in his head.” At St. Paul’s he took a leading
## part in the school life, being captain of the football XV. He was one
of the first captains of the well-known Harlequin Rugby Football Club. He _m._ at Vancouver, B.C., 4 Dec. 1905, Sophie Almon, eldest dau. of the Hon. Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper, K.C.M.G., and had two sons and a dau.: Charles Cecil Ingersoll, _b._ 10 Nov. 1908; Francis William, _b._ 16 Aug. 1913; and Beatrice Ormonde, _b._ 14 Feb. 1907.
[Illustration: =Cecil Mack Merritt.=]
=MERRITT, HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2400), 201016, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MESSAGE, EDGAR=, Private, No. 2479, 5th Battn. Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Herbert Message, of The Old School House, Rush Lake Green, Warbleton, Sussex, by his wife, Miriam, dau. of the late Thomas Rumery, of Warbleton; _b._ Rush Lake Green, 30 April, 1893; educ. Warbleton National School; enlisted 9 Sept. 1914; went to France, 21 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Richebourg, 9 May following, being shot through the head; _unm._ Buried in cemetery at Richebourg.
=MESSAM, JOHN WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16830, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=METCALFE, RICHARD=, Master-at-Arms, 159487, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=METHUEN, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 7902, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots, _s._ of William Methuen, of Edinburgh, late 78th Seaforth Highlanders, by his wife, Mary, dau. of William Hamilton; _b._ Stockbridge, Edinburgh, 23 Sept. 1878; educ. North Merchiston School; enlisted 21 Jan. 1901, and was killed in action in Belgium, 14 Dec. 1914. He _m._ at Edinburgh, 1906, Margaret (10, McLeod Street, Edinburgh), dau. of the late James Bathgate, of Edinburgh, and had four children: James, _b._ 11 April, 1914; Alison, _b._ 5 Nov. 1906; Mary, _b._ 16 Dec. 1907; and Agnes, _b._ 16 June, 1912.
=MICKELS, THOMAS EDWARD=, S.S.A., M. 2159, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MIDDLETON, JOHN LIDDLE=, Private No. 2731, 1/8th Battn. Durham Light Infantry (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Thomas Middleton, of 38, South Burns, Chester-le-Street, co. Durham, Brewery Mason, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of the late George Brown, of Washington, co. Durham; _b._ Chester-le-Street, 8 May, 1895; enlisted 12 Sept. 1914, following the outbreak of war; was wounded in the fighting at Ypres on 26 April, 1915, by a gunshot wound in the head, and taken prisoner, and is stated to have laid for 36 hours in a greenhouse without water or care. He died of his wounds at Ostneeuw Kerke, Belgium, two days after his twentieth birthday, 10 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Liddle Middleton.=]
=MIDMER, HARRY GEORGE=, A.B., No. S.S. 2026, Ch. R.F.R. B8844, R.N. eldest _s._ of George Midmer, of Mabbs Hill, Stonegate, Ticehurst, Roadman, by his wife, Emily, dau. of Henry Taylor, of Horsham; _b._ Stonegate, Ticehurst, 10 Oct. 1888; educ. there; joined the Navy, 29 July, 1907, and was lost in H.M.S. Cressy, when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._
=MIELL, CHARLES FREDERICK=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10220), 183675, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MIGHALL, CECIL CHARLES NEWMAN=, Sergt., No. 560, 16th (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of the late William Mignall, of East Grinstead, by his wife, Mary Ann (now wife of William Prodger, of 53, Brook Hill Road, Woolwich), dau. of Charles Newman, of Findon, near Worthing, Sussex; _b._ East Grinstead, co. Sussex, 3 Aug. 1890; educ. East Grinstead Council Schools, and entered the employ of Messrs. Pugh & Co., of 16, Buckingham Palace Road, as a Clerk in 1906; joined the Queen’s Westminster Rifles in 1908, became L.-Corpl., 1910; and, passing the examination, was promoted to Corp., 1911. On the outbreak of war, he volunteered for foreign service, was promoted Sergt.; went with his regt. to the Front, and was killed in action, in the trenches at Houplines, France, 7 Feb. 1915; _unm._ Letters from his Commanding Officer and others speak highly of his capabilities and great courage. Sergt. Mighall took part in the pageant held by the regt. at Chelsea in 1913, and he also held the Trollope Cup.
[Illustration: =Cecil C. N. Mighall.=]
=MILES, DAVID=, Private, No. 1126, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt., eldest _s._ of David Miles, of Malt House, Llanblethian, Cowbridge, Quarry Labourer, by his wife, Angelina, dau. of Thomas Bond; _b._ Cadoxton Barry, co. Glamorgan, 15 Dec. 1897; educ. Denas Powis National School; enlisted, 4 Sept. 1914; went to France, 11 Jan., and was killed in action at Richebourg St. Vaast, 9 May, 1915. He was a great favourite in the regt. and his officers described him as a fearless and efficient soldier; _unm._
[Illustration: =David Miles.=]
=MILEY, JOHN=, Stoker, R.N.R., 804U, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MILLAR, ARTHUR JAMES=, Capt., 3rd, attd. 1st Battn. Royal Irish Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of James Millar, of 87, Eglantine Avenue, Belfast, F.C.I.S., by his wife, Jane Isabella, dau. of William Hardie, of Edinburgh; _b._ Belfast, 10 Sept. 1890; educ. Methodist College and Queen’s University there, where he attended the medical course, and served for over three years in the O.T.C., from which he joined the Special Reserve of Officers, and was attd. as 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Battn. Royal Irish Fusiliers, 25 May, 1912; promoted Lieut. 21 Nov. 1914, and Capt. 10 April, 1915; joined his regt. on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France with a draft in Sept.; was in the trenches during the winter, 1914–15, and was killed in action near St. Julien, 25 April, 1915; _unm._ An officer wrote: “He met his soldier’s death gallantly leading his platoon forward against very heavy rifle and machine-gun fire--the way he led his platoon was splendid. Almost the last act under this fire was to crawl over and bandage a man of his platoon who had been wounded, and was certainly one of the most gallant things I have ever seen done. It was almost immediately after this that he was so very unfortunately killed. His name was sent forward prior to the 25th for his excellent work during the whole time he was out here, and has now been sent forward for his most gallant conduct on the 25th, and I only hope he will get the reward he so thoroughly deserves. He is buried with his men where he fell on the field between the villages of Fortuin and St. Julien, north-east of Ypres. His name will ever be remembered in the regt. and its glorious annals.”
[Illustration: =Arthur James Millar.=]
=MILLAR, JOHN JAMES=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 25646 (Ports.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MILLAR, JOHN TROTTER=, Private, No. G 5023, 2nd Battn. Middlesex Regt., yr. _s._ of William Millar, of 107, Trinity Road, Edinburgh, formerly of St. Margaret’s, Musselburgh, and of 7, Gladstone Place, Stirling, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of John Trotter, of Stirling, Merchant; _b._ Stirling, 14 May, 1878; educ. Stirling High School; was a Head Cashier; enlisted, Sept. 1914; went to France, 4 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, between 10 and 14 March, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Trotter Millar.=]
=MILLER, ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 2564, 3rd Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.), _s._ of Margaret (32, Victoria Street, Dunbar), dau. of Peter Miller; _b._ Dunbar, 24 Dec. 1892; educ. Dunbar Burgh School; enlisted 13 July, 1914; went to France and was killed in the trenches in France on 21 Feb. 1915. He was an outworker before enlisting.
[Illustration: =Alexander Miller.=]
=MILLER, ARTHUR WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, 289617, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MILLER, EDWARD=, Probationary 2nd Cook’s Mate, M. 7799, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MILLER, ERNEST CHARLES WILLIAM=, Private, No. 8959, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of William Henry Miller, of Framfield, Carter, by his wife, Sarah Jane (Wilmington, Polegate, Sussex), dau. of Joseph Wood; _b._ Framfield, co. Sussex, 6 Dec. 1893; educ. Wilmington, Sussex; enlisted, 10 Jan. 1911, and was reported missing after the fighting at Ypres, 2 Nov. 1914, and is now assumed to have been killed on that date.
=MILLER, ERNEST CYRIL=, Capt., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st Battn. Loyal North Lancashire Regt., 3rd _s._ of the late William Pitt Miller, of Merlewood, Grange-over-Sands, Lancashire, and of Thistleton, Kirkham, Lancashire, by his wife, Emilie Mary (Merlewood, Grange-over-Sands); _b._ Grange-over-Sands afsd., 13 June, 1878; educ. Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Royal Lancashire Militia (now the 3rd Special Reserve Battn. Loyal North Lancashires), 1902; promoted Lieut. July, 1905, and Capt. 2 June, 1906. On the abolition of the Militia, he was transferred to the Special Reserve of Officers. He was called up to his Regt. on the outbreak of war, and was attd. to the 1st Battn.; went to France, 20 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action near Pilken, in Flanders, during the First Battle of Ypres, 23 Oct. 1914. He was buried near a farm between Pilken and Bixschoote. Capt. Miller _m._ at Copdock, Suffolk, 5 Nov. 1913, Dulcie Katharine, yst. dau. of Arthur Montague Bernard, of Copdock, Ipswich; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Ernest Cyril Miller.=]
=MILLER, GODFREY LYALL=, 2nd Lieut., Royal Engineers, elder _s._ of Sir John Ontario Miller, of Rowley Lodge, Arkley, Herts, K.C.S.I., late Indian Civil Service, by his wife, Mary Evelina, dau. of the late Sir Alfred Lyall; _b._ Cawnpore, India, 14 Feb. 1893; educ. Warden House School, Deal, Rugby, and Woolwich, where he gained the King’s Gold Medal; was gazetted 2nd Lieut., R.E., 20 Dec. 1912; visited Germany twice during leave to study the language; was appointed on mobilisation to the 11th Field Coy. R.E. attd. to the 2nd Division, with which he left for France on 15 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action while in charge of a bridge over a canal at Pont Arcy, 14 Sept. 1914, during the crossing of the Aisne; _unm._ Buried where he fell.
=MILLER, HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4694), 230012, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MILLER, INGLIS FRANCIS ROWLEY=, Lieut., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 2nd, Battn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 2nd and only surviving _s._ of the late Major Rowley Alexander Rowley Miller, of Millbank, Omagh, co. Tyrone, by his wife, Ella Frances, dau. of the late Rev. Thomas Mason of All Saints’, Blackrock, Dublin; _b._ Millbank, 19 Jan. 1893; educ. Berkhamsted; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Battn. (Royal Tyrone Militia) Inniskilling Fusiliers, 1910, and promoted Lieut. 26 July, 1912; went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, attd. to the 2nd Battn, and was wounded in the shoulder and leg in the first battle--at Cambray--26 Aug. during the retreat from Mons, and was taken prisoner. A week later his father received a card from him stating that he was doing well, and was well cared for. Tetanus, however, supervened, and he died at Venelon Hospital, France, 14 Sept. 1914; _unm._ It was not till the end of Jan. 1915, that notice of his death was received through the American Ambassador. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 8 Oct. [London Gazette, 19 Oct.] 1914, for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field. He was gazetted to the 2nd Inniskilling Fusiliers, 19 Nov. 1914.
[Illustration: =Inglis F. R. Miller.=]
=MILLER, JOHN=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 793), 7086, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MILLER, LIONEL=, A.B., 172493, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MILLER, RICHARD LESLIE=, Private, No. 15245, A Coy. 2nd Battn. Suffolk Regt., _s._ of the late Horace Edward Miller, of Royton, co. Suffolk, and Zions Hill, Fincastle, Virginia, U.S.A., by his wife, Alice (now the wife of Harry Ernest Ling, of Little Cornard, Sudbury, Suffolk), dau. of Edward May, of Capel St. Andrew, Suffolk; _b._ Virginia, U.S.A., 8 Sept. 1882; educ. Haverstock Hill, London; was a Gardener; enlisted in Sept. 1914; went to France, 23 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action there, 26 July following; _unm._ He was buried at Spoilbank, between Lankhop Chateau and Chester Farm. His Commanding Officer spoke very highly of him in writing to his mother, and said that he died a heroic death.
=MILLER, THOMAS JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 686, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MILLER, WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4590), S.S. 103698, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MILLETT, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 2176, 5th Battn. King’s Own Yorkshire L.I. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of Alfred Miller, of Newgate, Pontefract, Miner; _b._ Newgate, 25 July, 1895; educ. St. Joseph’s Catholic School, Pontefract; was a Colliery Driver; enlisted 26 July, 1914; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 13 March, and was mortally wounded 18 June, 1915, while assisting to repair a barbed-wire fence in front of our first-line trenches at Bois Grenier, and died the same day. Buried there; _unm._ His coy. officer wrote: “He was one of the nicest and cheeriest lads in the platoon, and I feel I have lost one of the best and bravest. I can assure you that all the lads of his platoon feel his loss deeply, as he was one of the most popular amongst them.... The time he was shot he was with a working party at night, in front of the parapet, repairing barbed wire, when several shots came across rapidly. Arthur lost consciousness almost at once, and when the end came he had not regained it, so that he practically suffered no pain.” Of his two brothers, the eldest, Sergt. Alfred Millett, R.E., was wounded in France, and the younger, William, is (1916) a Corpl. in the King’s Own Yorkshire L.I.
[Illustration: =Arthur Millett.=]
=MILLETT, FREDERICK=, Stoker, R.N.R., T. 3025, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=MILLINGTON, GEORGE ERNEST=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1710), 190050, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MILLINGTON, HERBERT HUGH=, Rifleman, No. 1881, 18th Battn. (London Irish Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of the late Rev. William Millington, Rector of Cottingham, Northamptonshire, by his wife, Margaret (St. Margaret’s, Westcott, near Dorking, Surrey), dau. of George Smith, Manufacturer; _b._ Wandsworth Common, 14 May, 1873; educ. Merchant Taylors’ School, and Tucson Mining College, Arizona, U.S.A., and was a mining engineer and surveyor in America. Being in England on a holiday when war broke out, he joined the London Irish Rifles the next day; went to France in March, 1915, was wounded at Givenchy on 16 May, during the Second Battle of Ypres, and died on 17 May, 1915, of wounds; _unm._ Buried in the cemetery at Aire. A stained-glass window was erected to his memory in Cottingham Church.
[Illustration: =Herbert H. Millington.=]
=MILLS, ARCHIBALD HARDING=, S.S.A., M. 6886 (Ports.), H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=MILLS, CHARLES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 10422, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MILLS, CHARLES DANIEL=, Boy Servant, L. 5452, H.M.S. Cressy, eldest _s._ of Henry Albert Mills, of 39, Boleyn Road, East Ham, Packing Case Maker, by his wife, Elizabeth Jane, dau. of Daniel Hills Hobbs, Carpenter and Joiner; _b._ Stratford New Town, co. Essex, 8 Dec. 1897; educ. Plashet Lane Council School, East Ham; joined the Navy, 16 June, 1914, and was lost when H.M.S. Cressy was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._
=MILLS, EDWARD GEORGE=, Private, No. 10465, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt., eldest _s._ of Percy Mills, of The Kennels, Findon, co. Sussex, by his wife, Eliza, dau. of James Kent; _b._ Littlehampton, 3 Oct. 1895; educ. there; was an Under Cowman; enlisted after the outbreak of war, 28 Aug. 1914; trained at Dover; went to France, 24 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; _unm._
=MILLS, EWDIN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3937), 197120, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MILLS, GEORGE HARVEY=, Private, No. 23128, 13th (Service) Battn. The Royal Scots, only surviving _s._ of George Mills, of Edinburgh, Draper, by his wife, Bertha Agnes, dau. of David Smith; _b._ Edinburgh, 22 March, 1894; educ. Musselburgh Grammar School, and Daniel Stewart’s College, Edinburgh; was Cashier with Messrs. Maxton, Graham & Syme, Chartered Accountants, Edinburgh; joined the Royal Scots, 1 June, 1915; went to France, 2 Oct. 1915, and was killed in action near Vermelles, 19 Nov. following, by the bursting of a shell, which entered the dug-out where he was; _unm._ Buried at Le Haie, east of Vermelles.
[Illustration: =George Harvey Mills.=]
=MILLS, JESSE=, Sergt., No. 7159, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Jesse Matthew Mills, of 45, Chapel Street, Bognor, by his wife, Janet, dau. of Henry Horner, of Bognor; _b._ Bognor, Sussex, 4 Feb. 1888; educ. Council School there; enlisted at Chichester, 4 March, 1907; served four years in England and three in Egypt; and then, in Jan. 1914, joined the Police Force at Ventnor, Isle of Wight. He was recalled to the Colours, 4 Aug. following; left for France on the 29th; was wounded in action at Ypres on 21 Oct., and died in the Mater Hospital at Dublin, 16 Nov. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Jesse Mills.=]
=MILLS, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9433), S.S. 106665, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=MILLS, JOSEPH=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4920), S.S. 1772, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MILLS, JOSEPH HENRY=, Private, 15/978, North Auckland Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Joseph Mills, of Westport, Gold Miner; _b._ Charleston, New Zealand, 9 July, 1889; educ. Public School there; was a Carter in Auckland; on the outbreak of war joined the Expeditionary Force, 5 Sept. 1914, left for Egypt with the second contingent; took part in the repulse of the Turkish attack on the Suez Canal, and died of wounds received in action at the Dardanelles, 9 May, 1915; _unm._
=MILLS, MARK=, Private, No. B. 1549, Ch. 9860, R.M.L.I., _s._ of Mark Mills, of Holloway, London, by his wife, Caroline, dau. of (----) Williamson; _b._ London, 11 Sept. 1879; educ. there; joined the Navy, 18 Aug. 1897, and was lost on H.M.S. Cressy, when that ship was sunk in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at St. Paul’s Church, Upper Holloway, 27 Feb. 1910, Florence Caroline (53A, Ormiston Road, Shepherd’s Bush, W.), dau. of Albert Aldridge, and had three children: Mark, _b._ 5 Sept. 1911; Cecil, _b._ 25 July, 1913; and Margery, _b._ 26 July, 1910.
=MILLS, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2795), 186948, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MILLWARD, HENRY WOODVINE=, Deckhand, No. 365 D.A., Trawler Section, R.N.R.; lost when the mine-sweeping trawler No. 61 (Thomas W. Irvine, of North Shields) was sunk by a mine, Aug. 1914.
=MILNE, FRANCIS JAMES=, Private, No. 1555, 1st Battn. Honourable Artillery Coy., elder _s._ of James Milne, of 14, Park Houses, Willesden Green, N.W., by his wife, Harriette Eugenie, dau. of William Southwood, of Exeter, and grandson of John Milne, formerly of New Merdrum, Rhynie, co. Aberdeen; _b._ Willesden Green, afsd. 20 Dec. 1891; educ. The Haberdashers’ School, West Hampstead; was a Commercial Traveller; on the outbreak of war joined the H.A.C., with his brother, Hugh, and volunteered for foreign service; went to France, 18 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Rouge Croix, 14 Nov. 1914, during the Battle for Calais; _unm._ Buried with full military honours in a farm garden, Les Lobes, La Conture, Pas-de-Calais. He was the first man in the H.A.C. to fall. Two days before he was killed he wrote: “Hugh and I are in the best of health. Don’t worry if you do not hear regularly from us. The post is very uncertain. We are quite safe and glad to be out here doing our duty.” Lieut.-Col. Treffery wrote: “He died as many others have done during the past few months, doing his duty and putting in the best he could for his country”; and Capt. A. L. Ward: “I think perhaps it may lessen your grief to know how well he has done his duty during the trying and difficult times we have had for the past three weeks, and as his captain, I can assure you of my sorrow at losing such an excellent soldier.” While at school he passed the junior Cambridge examination, and won V form prize. He gained many prizes and certificates for shooting and swimming, including life-saving, and was enrolled as first-class shot in National Roll of Marksmen; was a member of the Cadet Corps; Capt. of the Rifle Club, and best shot in the school. At Bisley in 1908 he won the 1st Prize, Silver Cigarette Case, in Marydown Competition; 2nd prize, Silver Watch, Cheylesmore Cup Competition; the Patriotic Society’s Badge and the Bisley medal.
[Illustration: =Francis James Milne.=]
=MILNE, JAMES=, Private, No. 1364, 15th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, elder _s._ of James Milne, of East Grange, Kinloss, by Forres, a Platelayer on the Highland Railway, by his wife, Jane Milne, dau. of John Bower, Road Contractor, Dufftown; _b._ Rothes, 23 March, 1893; educ. Inchberry and Alves Public Schools, afterwards being employed on the Highland Railway at Inverness; went to Australia in 1911, and was engaged in gold mining at Cobar; volunteered after the outbreak of war and joined the Australian Imperial Force in Feb. 1915; went to the Dardanelles, and died of wounds received in action there, 13 Oct. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =James Milne.=]
=MILNE, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 9383, 1st Battn. The Royal Scots, _s._ of William Milne, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of James McFarlane; _b._ Edinburgh, 1889; educ. St. Leonard Street Public School, Edinburgh; enlisted in 1900; went to France, 6th March, 1915, and died 23 April, 1915, of wounds received in the 2nd Battle of Ypres. He _m._ at Dundee, 1 Oct. 1905, Williamine (40, Watson’s Lane, Dundee), dau. of James Donnelly, of that city, and had a son, James, _b._ 17 Nov. 1910.
=MILNER, JOHN LEWIS=, M.A., 2nd Lieut., Royal Field Artillery, eldest _s._ of John William Milner, of 31 Penkett Road, Liscard, Wallasey, Merchant, by his wife, Annie, dau. of Henry Lewis; _b._ Liverpool, 26 Feb. 1892; educ. St. Bee’s School, Cumberland, and graduated B.A. in 1911, and M.A. in 1913. He was a brilliant scholar, and held Sir Edward Grey’s nomination for a position under the Foreign Office, and had spent some time abroad making a special study of modern languages, but on the outbreak of war, applied for a commission, and was gazetted to the reserve of officers, and went to Woolwich in Aug. 1914. He went out to the Front the first week in Jan. 1915, received a commission in the regular Army, 15 Feb., and was killed in action near Ypres, on Sunday, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ “He was in the trenches,” wrote his Colonel, “observing the fire of his battery. The Germans rushed our front trenches, and all the infantry officers at that point were killed. In rallying the Infantry to retake the trench, he was shot through the head. He was a very gallant officer.”
[Illustration: =John Lewis Milner.=]
=MILNES, EDMUND=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4099), S.S. 1312, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MILNES, JESSE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5824), 206965, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MINIHAN, PATRICK=, Boatman C.G., 284271, Devonport, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MINNO, JOSEPH=, Stoker, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MINTER, FREDERICK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4556), 172760, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MINTON, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., 11718, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MITCHELL, ALBERT CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9137), 203369 (Dev.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MITCHELL, ARTHUR JAMES=, Officer’s Steward, 3rd Class, L. 3202 (Dev.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MITCHELL, AUGUSTUS JAMES=, A.B., J. 3087, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MITCHELL, BERTIE FREDERICK=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8923), 200567, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MITCHELL, FREDERICK EUGENE HOBART=, A.B., J. 3975, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MITCHELL, GEORGE JOHN=, Carpenter’s Mate (Pensioner), 157320 (Ports.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MITCHELL, JAMES BANNERMAN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8054), S.S. 103779, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MITCHELL, JOHN MONFRIES=, Capt., 1/7th Battn. Royal Scots (T.F.), yr. _s._ of the late Alexander Mitchell, Senior Partner in the firm of John Mitchell & Co. Timber Merchants, Leith, by his wife, Annie (101, Trinity Road, Edinburgh), dau. of Alexander Alexander, of Leith; _b._ Leith, 24 Sept. 1882; educ. Royal High School Edinburgh, and Blairlodge School, Polmont, and was a partner in his father’s firm. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 7th (then the 5th Vol.) Battn. Royal Scots, 18 Feb. 1905, and was promoted Lieut. 31 March, 1908, and Capt. 17 April, 1912. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for foreign service, but was killed on his way to the Front in the railway disaster at Gretna, 22 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Monfries Mitchell.=]
=MITCHELL, WILLIAM ALEXANDER=, Corpl., No. 8/437, 8th Southland Coy. Otago Battn. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, yst. _s._ of David Mitchell, of Southland, New Zealand, Manager, Ocean Beach Freezing Works there, by his wife, Ann, dau. of William Crabb, of Laverock Hall, Carmyllie, Scotland; _b._ Invercargill, New Zealand, 29 Sept. 1891; educ. Bluff Public School and the Southland Boys’ High School; was on the staff of the mercantile firm of J. G. Ward & Co., but on the outbreak of war immediately volunteered and joined the 8th Southland Coy. 12 Aug. 1914. He was wounded in the fighting at the Dardanelles, 2 May, 1915, and died at Alexandria, 29 May following; _unm._ He was buried in the Military Cemetery there. L.-Corpl. J. McLeary wrote: “When I was wounded on Sunday night (May 2) I had to crawl back to the Red Cross, and on my way I met Alic Mitchell. He said ‘I will see you up this rise,’ but he had no sooner spoken than he was moaning on the ground, shot in the mouth and arm. He seemed very bad, but we managed to get back without further injury, though the bullets from Turkish rifles and machine-guns were ploughing up the dirt all around us.” Corpl. Mitchell was a keen Territorial and a prominent athlete. For many years he represented Southland at Association football as half back. He was also a Rugby and tennis player and a member of the Bluff Cricket Club.
[Illustration: =William A. Mitchell.=]
=MITTEN, THOMAS HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 15477, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MOFFAT, ARCHIBALD SKIRVING WOOLERY=, Lieut.-Col., 2nd Battn. Border Regt., 4th and yst. _s._ of James Moffat, of Ken Ervie, co. Kirkcudbright, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Capt. Robert Skirving of Croys; _b._ Castle Douglas, co. Kirkcudbright, 14 Nov. 1867; educ. Craigmount, Edinburgh, and in Switzerland; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to 2nd Border Regt. from the Militia, 10 Nov. 1888; and promoted Lieut. 9 July, 1890; Capt. 26 Aug. 1896; Major, 20 Oct. 1909, and Lieut.-Col. (posthumous) 22 June, 1915, to rank as from 3 May, 1915, and from June 1899, to June, 1903 was Adjutant. He served in the Waziristan Expedition of 1894–95, and received the medal with clasp. At the end of 1909 he joined the 1st Battn. of his regt. in India, and shortly afterwards proceeded to Burma, where he was second in command when war broke out. The battn. was ordered home and arrived in England in Jan. 1915, when he proceeded to France, and rejoined the 2nd Battn. as second in command. He was killed in action whilst leading a charge, during the Battle of Festubert, 16–17 May, 1915, and was buried near the spot where he fell. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatches of 30 Nov. 1915. Lieut.-Col. Moffat excelled in all outdoor games and sports, and did much to encourage athletics among the men of his regt. Almost all his leaves were spent in big game shooting, and he had a fine collection of trophies. He _m._ at Newara-Eliya, Ceylon, 27 April, 1912, Marjorie Armstrong, dau. of Arthur Jadick Just, of Morireby, Newara-Eliya, Ceylon, and had a son: Archibald James, _b._ (posthumous), 18 Aug. 1915.
[Illustration: =Archibald S. W. Moffat.=]
=MOFFET, JOHN LEESON=, B.Sc. (Hons.), A.M.I.E.E., 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Royal Scots Fusiliers, elder _s._ of Thomas Moffet, of Ingleside, Kingsfield Road, Watford, Assistant Estate and Land Agent to the London & North-Western Railway Co., Chairman of the Watford Public Library and a member of the Watford Urban District Council, by his wife, Elizabeth Ann, dau. of the late John Leeson, of Rugby; _b._ Watford, co. Herts, 17 May, 1888; educ. Watford Grammar School, City and Guilds of London Technical College, Finsbury, and Manchester University, where he graduated B.Sc. (Engineering) with honours. On leaving there he became an Engineering Assistant at the Horwich Locomotive Works of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Co. and in 1913 left there to take a position as Electrical Expert to the Chloride Electrical Storage and Battery Co., Clifton, Manchester. At Manchester University he had been in the O.T.C. for four years and a half, and had obtained certificates A and B; on the outbreak of war he applied for a commission and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Royal Scots Fusiliers, 5 Sept. 1914, and at this date was at Portland in charge of electrical work on a submarine. He went to France on 26 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 10 March following; _unm._ His Commanding Officer wrote: “He was a most promising officer, keen and anxious to learn. He had a high sense of duty and had plenty of confidence in himself”; and another officer: “I last spoke to your son on the morning of March 10 while we were waiting for the artillery bombardment to cease. He was then quite cheery, and certainly not as nervous as a good many of us.” “I was in the same company as your son,” wrote another officer, “and only ten yards away when he was killed. We had been advancing in extended order just after the capture of the German first line of defence, when we suddenly struck some heavy rifle fire. Your son was in front of me with his platoon, and had just given the order to his men to lie down, when he was struck by a bullet through the left lung and died at once, without speaking. He died a noble death, leading his men into action, and it was through turning round himself to warn his men to take cover that he himself was hit.” Lieut. Moffet was an Associate Member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, and while in training at Greenock received a unanimous invitation to accept the Chairmanship of the Manchester Students’ Section of the Institution. He was awarded the Premium Prize of the Institution for a paper on “Possibilities of Electrical Traction on Railways.” His younger brother, Lieut. Thomas Arthur Moffet, King’s Liverpool Regt. is now (1916) a Railway Transport Officer with the Expeditionary Force in France.
[Illustration: =John Leeson Moffet.=]
=MOGG, FREDERICK HARRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7907), S.S. 103585, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MOGGRIDGE, ROBERT=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16964, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MOHR, JOHN CARL BERNHARDT=, No. G. 1420,2nd Battn. Sussex Regt. s. of Charles Mohr, of 91, Sumner Road, Peckham; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 4 Feb. 1915.
=MOIR, ARCHIBALD GIFFORD=, Lieut., 7th Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), elder _s._ of Archibald Patrick Moir, of Marshill, Alloa, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Robert Gifford, of London; _b._ Alloa aforesaid, 17 March, 1890; educ. Edinburgh Academy, Banstead Hall, Surrey, and Fettes College, Edinburgh, and on leaving there studied law, qualifying in 1914, with the intention of joining his father in business. He was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 7th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 12 May, 1914, and promoted Lieut. 7 Sept. following; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war in Aug.; went to France in Dec., and was killed in action at Ypres, near Hill 60, 25 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried near St. Jean. Col. Carden, who was killed shortly afterwards, wrote: “He was the most popular officer in the regt. and the best at his work;” and one of his men: “You were asking about Mr. Moir, he was the finest officer in the Battn., everybody liked him. When he fell he was leading us. I have been to his grave, it is behind the firing trench. Everyone of us miss him. We have had other officers, but none like him. All he thought of was his men.” Lieut. Moir was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915. At Banstead Hall he was captain of the School, and gained all the important athletic prizes; at Fettes College he gained the gold medal in 1908, as the best athlete of his year; was captain of the Cricket XI; was also a brilliant three-quarter back at football, and seemed to be marked out for International honours, but an accident to his knee while playing for the Edinburgh Academicals stopped his football career. He played for his county regularly at cricket, and had many brilliant innings.
[Illustration: =Archibald Gifford Moir.=]
=MOIR, JAMES=, Private, No. 1794, 11th Battn. Australian Imperial Force; served in Egypt, and at the Dardanelles; killed in action, 8 Aug. 1915.
=MOIR, JOHN ANDREW ALEXANDER=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, elder _s._ of Andrew John Moir, of 15, Clive Row, Calcutta, Merchant and Skipper; _b._ London. 1 Dec. 1897; educ. in Germany, and at Southport Modern School, and St. John’s College, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, where he was a Prefect, and on the outbreak of war, at once volunteered and joined the London Scottish (14th London Regt.), 28 Aug. 1914; went to the Front with them in 28 Nov. following; served in the trenches during the winter of 1914–15, and was selected for a commission and gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5 April, 1915. He fell leading an attack on a small party of Germans in the early morning of 16 June, 1915. His Col., Lieut.-Col. Gore, wrote of him: “I cannot tell you how sorry I am to have lost him. He was a most promising young officer and brave almost to recklessness, and, though he had been with us only a short time, was much liked and esteemed by all his comrades.” He was buried in Ration Farm Cemetery (Bois Grenier), near Armentières. He was an excellent horseman, motor cyclist and swimmer, and founded and managed the Thamesmouth Football Club until it was disbanded on the outbreak of war.
[Illustration: =John Andrew A. Moir.=]
=MOLE, HERBERT=, Sergt., No. 6067, 1st Battn. Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt., _s._ of Henry Mole, of Charlecote, Warwick; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died 27 Oct. 1914, of wounds received in action.
=MOLESWORTH, ERNEST KERR=, Major, Royal Engineers, attd. 2nd Queen Victoria’s Own Sappers and Miners, Indian Army, 3rd _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Anthony Oliver Molesworth, of 3, Priory Street, Cheltenham, and of Cruicksfield, Duns, Berwickshire, late R.A., by his wife, Ann Elizabeth, yst. dau. of Major William Hope Smith, H.E.I.C.S., and gdson. of Capt. Anthony Oliver Molesworth, R.A., [brother of Richard Pigott, 7th Viscount Molesworth]; _b._ Montrose, 28 March, 1878; educ. privately and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.E. 23 March, 1898, and promoted Lieut. 14 Feb. 1901; Capt. 23 March, 1907 and Major 30 Oct. 1914. He took part in the Tibet Expedition of 1903–4, and was present at the Delhi Durbars (medals). In 1907 he was attd. to the 2nd Queen Victoria’s Own Sappers and Miners, Indian Army, with headquarters at Bangalore, being appointed Company Commander, April, 1911. He left with the Indian Expeditionary Force for France, 16 Oct. 1914, and was accidentally shot at St. Hilaire, on 31 Dec. following. Major Molesworth _m._ in London, 31 May, 1905, Hilda Rosalie, dau. of Lieut.-Gen. Henry Alexander Brownlow, R.E., and had two children: Brownlow David, _b._ 10 Feb. 1913; and Mollie Rosalie, _b._ 11 March, 1907.
=MOLINEUX, GEORGE KING=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, elder _s._ of Major Harold Parminter Molineux, of The Cottage, Isfield, Sussex, late Essex (56th) Regt., by his wife, Ross Eugenie Katherine, 2nd dau. of the late Henry King, of Isfield Place, Sussex; _b._ Eastbourne, co. Sussex, 15 April, 1887; educ. Winchester College and Magdalen College, Oxford; after serving two years in the 3rd Battn. South Staffordshire Regt. he was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, 11 Dec. 1909, and served in England with his Regt. until Sept. 1913, when he proceeded with it to India, being promoted Lieut. 1 Nov. 1913, and Capt. 16 Jan. 1915. He was appointed Aide-de-Camp to Lord Hardinge of Penshurst, then Viceroy of India, in Aug. 1914, but resigned this appointment in Nov. 1914 in order to accompany his regt. to France on active service. He landed in France in Jan. 1915, and was engaged in transport work for a short time previous to going into the trenches in the Ypres district. On the 7 and 8 May, the Germans concentrated their guns on the salient held by the Brigade in advance of Ypres, the bombardment of the trenches being exceptionally severe. In the assault by the enemy which followed, owing to the giving way of a unit on the right of the Northumberland Fusiliers, the right flank of that regt. was overwhelmed, and Capt. Molineux was last seen wounded and unconscious in his trench, between Wieltje and Frezenberg, by the survivors who retired. He was most popular in his regt. and was beloved by all who knew him. He was _unm._ At Winchester he was in the cricket eleven in 1906, and was captain of Commoner Football. He gained his Harlequin colours at Oxford, and played in several matches for the University, also for Gentlemen of England against Oxford University and for the M.C.C. He was a first-class cricketer, shot, horseman, fisherman, and a good naturalist.
[Illustration: =George King Molineux.=]
=MOLLOY, CHARLES=, Chief Petty Officer (R.F.R., B. 2975), 171847, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MOLONEY, JOHN LAWRENCE=, Sergt.-Major, Warrant Officer (1st Class), No. 68888, 22nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, _s._ of Michael Moloney, Sergt. Sussex Regt., by his wife, Mary; _b._ Chichester, co. Sussex, 17 June, 1873; enlisted, 24 Sept. 1888; served in the South African War (wounded at Lindley; Queen’s medal with two clasps); and with the 7th Division of the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 5 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action near Gheluvelt, Belgium, 29 Oct. following. An officer wrote: “We were in a position near the village of Gheluvelt and were being heavily shelled. The Brigade Staff horses were in a farm shed behind our position, and as a shell set it on fire, Mr. Moloney ordered the horses to be taken out. He saw all safely out and led out the last one himself. Before he was ten yards away from the building, another shell burst near him killing him almost instantly. As you will see from this he died doing his duty; he is buried near where he fell, and the spot is marked by a cross bearing his name. You have all our sympathy, and his loss was deeply felt by all ranks.” Sergt.-Major Moloney was an all-round sportsman and had won many cups and medals for riding and jumping, tentpegging and shooting. He had the Silver Medal for best Man-at-Arms, Bombay Army, won at Poona, 1903, and was for many years a successful competitor at the London Military Tournament. He had the Good Conduct medal. He _m._ at Wimborne, Dorset, 17 Jan. 1905, Janet Christine (14, New Boro’, Wimborne), twin dau. of Samuel and Isabella Foster, of Homeleigh, Wimborne; _s.p._
[Illustration: =John Lawrence Moloney.=]
=MOLLOY, MICHAEL VALLANCEY=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Sherwood Foresters, elder _s._ of the Rev. Eben Molloy, Vicar of Shenstone, B.A., by his wife, Harriet Rachel Emily, dau. of the late Rev. Thomas Maule Wetherall, Rector of Pelham Parva, M.A. [gdson. of Lieut.-Gen. Vallancey, R.E.]; _b._ Keyston Rectory, co. Huntingdon, 29 Sept. 1894; educ. Mr. Strahan’s School, Hythe, and Rossall School (Mr. Furneaux’s House), where he was in the O.T.C., and obtained Certificate “A”; later joined the Birmingham University O.T.C., and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Special Reserve of Officers, 15 Aug. 1914, being at his own request attd. to the 3rd Sherwood Foresters; went to France early in Jan. 1915, attd. to the 2nd Battn., as Machine Gun Officer, and in April was given a commission in the regular Army; and was killed in action at Hooge, 9 Aug. 1915, while attending to his guns in a captured German trench; _unm._ Buried in Sanctuary Wood, Hooge. Gen. Congreve, V.C., wrote: “I knew him better than almost any of the young officers. I don’t quite know how, and feel I have myself lost a friend. He was an excellent officer--chosen because he was so, for the machine gun command, and he was killed when looking after the guns in a battle in which his brigade did everything it was asked to do”; and Major C. I. D. Hobbs, the commanding officer: “He is a great loss to the regt., as, in addition to being such a keen young officer, full of pluck, he was universally popular with officers and men. He was shot by a bullet through the heart while leading his men against the enemy, and must have been killed instantaneously.” Capt. Chidlow-Roberts, officer commanding C Coy., also wrote: “Everybody is most awfully cut up about it, as he was a top-hole fellow and a jolly good soldier. He was a great friend of mine. The word of it was he was too brave, and shouldn’t have gone down to see about the gun”; and Capt. Noel Chance, R.A.: “Mollie (as we all called him) was to me as dear as a younger brother. No loss has affected me so much in this war, and it has caused a gap that cannot be filled. You must, indeed, be proud to have such a son; brave, extraordinarily courteous, and always anxious to help and be a pleasure to others. He died a death we should all prefer, and he could have felt nothing. I have had two short letters from the regt., and in each case (one from Major Hobbs, the commanding officer, and one from Roberts), the outstanding comment is the loss of ‘Mollie.’ I have never known a boy of his age have so many friends among both senior and junior officers.”
[Illustration: =Michael Vallancey Molloy.=]
=MOLSON, ERIC ELSDALE=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. The Royal Scots, 2nd _s._ of Major John Elsdale Molson, of Goring Hall, Worthing, and 3, Morton Terrace, Gainsborough, J.P., R.A.M.C. (T.F.), by his wife, Mary, dau. of Dr. Arthur Edmund Leeson, M.A., M.D., Trinity College, Dublin; _b._ Chelmsford, co. Essex, 26 March, 1894; educ. Cheltenham College, and Pembroke College, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Scots, 15 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 2 Feb. 1915; went to France, 21 Dec. 1914, and was killed in action in Flanders, 1 April, 1915, while on duty in a gap between two trenches; _unm._ Buried behind the trenches where he fell. His Colonel wrote: “I had a great admiration for the boy. He was universally popular. We should have considered ourselves very fortunate to get him to come into the regt. permanently. He was such a delightful type of an English gentleman, I often used to think when I looked at him”; and another: “He was very popular with everyone in the battn. and especially with his own platoon. Although he was a strict disciplinarian and insisted on things being thoroughly done, he always did the most dangerous work himself, such as going in front of his trench to put up the barbed wire, with the result that his men had absolute confidence in him. He did some particularly daring sniping work, which resulted in his being twice grazed by the German snipers, once in the head. For this work his name was sent in to the General.” While at Cheltenham he was captain of the College Football XV, 1912–13, a Prefect of the College and winner of the Hornby Prize. His father is (1916) on active service at Newhaven, attached to Military Hospital and Garrison, and his two brothers are (1916) Harold Elsdale Molson, 2nd Lieut., King’s Royal Rifles, who has been wounded, and Gerald Elsdale Molson, Sub-Lieut. in the Royal Navy.
[Illustration: =Eric Elsdale Molson.=]
=MONCK, THE HON. CHARLES HENRY STANLEY=, Capt., 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, elder and only surviving _s._ of Henry Power Charles Stanley, 5th Viscount Monck, late Capt., Coldstream Guards, by his wife, Lady Edith Caroline Sophia, née Scott, dau. of John, 3rd Earl of Clonmell; _b._ London, S.W., 9 Nov. 1876; educ. Eton; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Coldstream Guards from the Militia, 15 May, 1897, and promoted Lieut., 9 Nov. 1898, and Capt., 21 Nov. 1903; served in the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in the advance on, and relief of, Kimberley, including actions at Belmont, Enslin, Modder River and Magersfontein; operations in the Orange Free State, Feb.-May, 1900, including actions at Paardeberg, Poplar Grove, Dreifontein, Vet River and Zand River; operations in the Transvaal in May and June, 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill; operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to Oct. 1900, including action at Belfast; operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, Nov. 1900; in Cape Colony, south of Orange River, 1900; in the Transvaal, Nov. to Dec. 1900; and those in Cape Colony, Dec. 1900, to 31 May, 1902; receiving the Queen’s medal with seven clasps and the King’s medal with two clasps; went to France with the British Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug. 1914; was wounded in the thigh, 8 Sept., but rejoined his regt. on the 24th, and was killed in action at St. Julien, 21 Oct. 1914. Buried there. He _m._ at Wellington Barracks Chapel, London, 16 Feb. 1904, Mary Florence, 2nd dau. of Sir William Wyndham Portal, of Laverstoke, 2nd Bart., and had three children: Henry Wyndham Stanley, _b._ 11 Dec. 1905; Elizabeth Noel, _b._ 25 Dec. 1908; and Mary Patricia, _b._ 22 June, 1911.
[Illustration: =Hon. C. H. S. Monck.=]
=MONCKTON, MARMADUKE HENRY=, 2nd Lieut., Royal Garrison Artillery, attd. Royal Flying Corps, elder _s._ of Commander Henry Grant Monckton, by his wife, Maud Lilian, dau. of the Rev. John W. Hallowell; _b._ Clifton, Bristol, 31 May, 1891; educ. Cheltenham College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut., R.G.A., 23 Dec. 1910; went to France, 1914, in charge of an anti-aircraft gun, and was attached to the Royal Flying Corps, 19 March, 1915. He was killed in action on 9 July, 1915, while flying over the enemy’s line near Bailleul. Buried at Bailleul; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote: “He was killed at mid-day to-day, while flying over the enemy’s lines. The attendant circumstances will never be accurately known, but it seems probable from evidence of onlookers that the machine, a Bristol scout, was hit by a fragment of shell and became uncontrollable from about 4,000 feet. Your nephew’s death was instantaneous. He was a gallant pilot and a fine, fearless soldier”; and in a later letter he spoke of his faithful and loyal services to himself.
[Illustration: =Marmaduke H. Monckton.=]
=MONCUR, GEORGE CLARK=, L.-Corpl., No. 3457, 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of John William Moncur, of Aberdeen, Hotel Proprietor (retired), by his wife, Elizabeth S. M., dau. of James S. Paterson; _b._ Aberdeen, 5 Feb. 1894; educ. Ashley Road School there; was a Window Dresser; joined the Queen Victoria Rifles, 11 Nov. 1914, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service; went to France in Feb. 1915, and was killed in
## action at Hill 60, 25 April, 1915. Buried at Headquarter Farm (c. 16–3,
Reference Map, Belgium 281/40,000); _unm._ His brother, Sergt. Nicol Moncur, Dragoons, went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, and is still (1916) serving there.
[Illustration: =George Clark Moncur.=]
=MONDAY, TOM=, Farrier-Sergt., No. 769, 1st Battery, 2nd Northumbrian Brigade, R.F.A. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late George Monday, of 59, East Cheap, Hull, by his wife, Fanny, dau. of Tom Auckland; _b._ Hull, 7 Nov. 1878; educ. Collier Street School, Hull; was a Farrier Blacksmith; enlisted 23 March, 1908; was promoted Sergt. about Aug. 1912; went to the Front, 18 April, 1915; was killed in action at Ypres, 24 May following, and was buried there. He _m._ at St. Stephen’s Church, Hull, 1 May, Susanna (Waterloo Cottage, The Dene, Stainland, near Halifax), dau. of Jim Hardwick, and had ten children: George, _b._ 31 Dec. 1900; Jim, _b._ 24 Dec. 1905; Tom, _b._ 20 Dec. 1907; John, _b._ 2 Dec. 1913; Arthur, _b._ (posthumous), 25 Aug. 1915; Florence, _b._ 19 Feb. 1892; Fanny Elizabeth, _b._ 2 Dec. 1895; Sarah, _b._ 4 Dec. 1903; Alice, _b._ 19 Jan. 1909; and Edith, _b._ 26 Nov. 1911.
[Illustration: =Tom Monday.=]
=MONEY, HENRY IRONSIDE=, Capt., 1st Battn. 1st King George’s Own Gurkha Rifles, the yr. _s._ of the late Lieut.-Col. Ernie Edmund Money, Commandant, 9th Bengal Lancers (who was killed in India in command of his regt., 20 Dec. 1894), by his wife, Alice Mary (Gardenia, Torquay Road, Paignton, South Devon), sister of Major Eric Grey Drummond, killed in action, 13 Nov. 1914, and dau. of the late Major-Gen. Henry Drummond, Bengal R.E., and gdson. of the late Rev. William Money, of Walthamstow, and Lea Marston, co. Warwick; _b._ Kasauli, Punjab, India, 21 Sept. 1883; educ. Marlborough College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. (unattd.), Indian Army, 27 Aug. 1902; served his first year with the Somerset L.I.; and joined the 1/1st Gurkha Rifles 18 Jan. 1904; was promoted Lieut. 27 Nov. following, and Capt. 27 Aug. 1911; passed and received his certificate in the Maxim Machine Gun Examination at the Erith Works, 29 Oct. 1909; attended the manœuvres near Wetzlar, Germany, in 1909, and those in Switzerland in the spring of 1914; was home on leave, when the European War broke out, and joined his regt. in Egypt during Aug. 1914; landed with them at Marseilles at the end of Nov., and was killed in action at Givenchy, 20 Dec. 1914; _unm._ He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. A brother officer wrote: “Since we have been in France he has been in charge of our bomb-throwers, and has done magnificent work. Had he lived he would have been recommended for the D.S.O.”; and another: “He was last seen fighting most valiantly and with the greatest coolness. His name has gone in for D.S.O., and richly he deserved it.” Another: “He proved himself to be a magnificent soldier, and literally covered himself with glory. One can say that he died as he would have wished--leading and encouraging his men with whom he was enormously popular.”
[Illustration: =Henry Ironside Money.=]
=MONK, GEORGE BERTRAM FIFIELD=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt., yr. _s._ of Dr. Charles James Monk, of 15, Harley Street, W., and 3, Linnell Close, Hampstead Garden Suburb, N.W., Surgeon Dentist; _b._ Wiesbaden, Germany, 15 Sept. 1891; educ. St. George’s, Harpenden, Herts; Michigan University, U.S.A., and Guy’s Hospital, London, and was a Medical Student. He had joined the 28th Battn. (Artists’ Rifles) London Regt. in Jan. 1914; volunteered for foreign service and went to France with them, 27 Oct. 1914, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 2nd Warwicks (7th Division, 4th Corps), 11 Nov. 1914. He was killed in action in an attack on the enemy’s trenches near Armentières on 18 Dec. following; _unm._ Capt. I. H. G. White wrote: “Your son died a very gallant death. He was found, together with four other officers and 34 men, within a few yards of a German machine gun, and it was obvious that he was one of a party that had made an extraordinary gallant effort to capture the gun and prevent it killing their comrades who were coming up behind. We buried him the next morning on the spot on which he fell”; and an officer of the 2nd Queen’s: “On the 28th a general attack was ordered on the German position with a view to keeping the attention of the enemy fixed while important operations took place elsewhere. I was on duty in the trenches when the attacking party went out. Bertram went up the scaling ladder with a smile on his face. The moment the enemy’s fire broke out it was clear that no one could live in such a storm. Our men were assailed with a torrent of rifle bullets, machine-gun fire and hand grenades. The bravest might have blenched before this awful ordeal. As the fire died down the wounded began to crawl back to our lines; our patrols devotedly went out, helping them in. As the night wore on and I saw nothing of the officers of your son’s regt., I began to fear he was amongst the killed or was lying too badly wounded to come in. At daybreak the Germans made signs to us to come over and pick up our wounded. I went out; after a long search I found your brave son just where I should have expected. He was lying dead within 30 yards of the German trenches, half-way across the wire entanglements, his right hand outstretched as though pointing the way to his men. Death must have been instantaneous, for his head was pierced by two bullets from the machine gun. He was buried between the English and German trenches with his comrades. On Christmas Day we had another armistice to finish clearing the ground, and a funeral service was held, attended by a large gathering of German and English officers. It was a strange and impressive sight.” Capt. Bare, Artists’ Rifles, also wrote: “The following is an extract from a letter written by the Divisional General to our Colonel: “2nd Lieut. G. B. Monk was killed right on the enemy’s wire entanglement, well in front of his battn. and opposite a machine-gun position.... While deeply deploring the loss of these most promising young officers, it must be satisfactory for you to know that they gloriously upheld the traditions of your regt....’ The Colonel has ordered the General’s letter to be read to all the men in the regt., and we are proud to remember that your son belonged to C Coy. and to know that he could not have died a finer death.” Lieut. Monk was an excellent athlete, he represented his school at cricket and Rugby football and was in the Guy’s Hospital Rugby football team. A poem was written in 2nd Lieut. Monk’s honour by Canon Rawnsley and published in a book entitled ”The European War, 1914–1915.”
[Illustration: =George Bertram F. Monk.=]
=MONK, HENRY WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MONK, OSWALD FRANK=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 10558, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MONTGOMERY, ADAM=, Private, No. 20231, 2/5th Battn. Royal Scots (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of the late William Montgomery, of Possilpark, Glasgow, Road Surfaceman in the employ of the Glasgow Corporation, by his wife, Margaret (378, Garscube Road, Glasgow), dau. of Gilbert Connell; _b._ Dunoon, co. Argyle, 15 July, 1884; educ. Dunoon Grammar School, was a Plumber in the employ of R. Munro & Son, Springburn; enlisted 25 Jan. 1915; joined at Glencorse Barracks on Monday the 29th; was sent to Weymouth the following Wednesday for training; crossed to France, 1 May; was wounded in action on the 16th of that month and invalided into hospital; discharged from there 21st and was back in the firing line on the 23rd, and was killed in action at Ypres, 26 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Adam Montgomery.=]
=MONTGOMERY, SIDNEY GEORGE=, Signaller, No. 9857, 6th (Service) Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., _s._ of George Montgomery, formerly of the 2nd Battn. of that Regt., by his wife, Annie, dau. of George Grundy, of Lincoln, Machine Fitter; _b._ Lincoln, 5 June, 1893; educ. St. Martin’s School there; was a Clerk in Messrs. Dawson’s Leather Works at Lincoln, but enlisted on the outbreak of war, and was killed in action at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, 7 Aug. 1915; _unm._
=MONTGOMERY, WILLIAM SPROAT=, Capt., 6th (Rifle) Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of Hugh Montgomery, of The Allports, Bromborough, Cheshire, member of the firm of Simmonds, Hunt & Montgomery, of Liverpool; _b._ Liverpool, 25 May, 1881; educ. Liverpool College. He had joined the 6th (Territorial) Battn. of the King’s Liverpool Regt., 14 March, 1909, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service. He passed the School of Instruction and obtained his company, 8 Sept. 1914, and went to France, 22 Feb. 1915. He was killed in action at Ypres, 13 March, 1915; _unm._ He was a well-known Rugby football player, and played for his county of Lancashire and the Liverpool Rugby Football Club, which he captained in the season of 1908–9 and in which for several years he held the post of Secretary. He was also a member of the Racquet and the Royal Liverpool Clubs. It was said of him: “In business life and in private life, as well as in the battn. of which he was a member, Capt. Montgomery was _persona grata_ to all with whom he came in contact.”
[Illustration: =William S. Montgomery.=]
=PIGOT-MOODIE, CHARLES ALFRED=, 2nd Lieut., 6th Battn. Rifle Brigade, yst. _s._ of the late George Pigot-Moodie, of Westbrooke, Rondebosch, Cape Colony; M.L.C. of Cape Colony, and sometime Surveyor-General of the Transvaal, by his wife, Rose, dau. of Stephen Spranger, F.R.C.S. Eng., and gdson. of Lieut. Donald Moodie, R.N. Colonial Secretary of Natal (1845–49), and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly (1857) [3rd _s._ of Major James Moodie, 9th Laird of Melsetter, Orkney]; _b._ Westbrooke, 30 May, 1890; educ. Windlesham House, Brighton, Harrow and Magdalen College, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 15 Aug. 1914; went to the Front, Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Kemmel, Belgium, 13 Jan. 1915; _unm._ His elder brother, Lieut. George Frederick Arthur Pigot-Moodie, 2nd Dragoons (Scots Greys), is now on active service in France. He was wounded on 12 Sept. 1914, at Vailly, during the Battle of the Aisne, and was awarded the Military Cross, and the 3rd class Order of St. Anne of Russia (with swords).
[Illustration: =C. A. Pigot-Moodie.=]
=MOODY, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Chief Armourer (Pensioner), 154309, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914
=MOODY, ROBERT RONALD=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24634 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MOOR, CHRISTOPHER=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Hampshire Regt., eldest _s._ of the Rev. Charles Moor, D.D., sometime Vicar of Barton-on-Humber and of Gainsborough and Canon of Lincoln, by his wife, Constance Mary, dau. of Robert Moon, M.A., Barrister-at-Law; _b._ at Barton-on-Humber, 2 Feb. 1892; educ. at Abbotsholme, at Bradfield. and at Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he took his degree with honours in Mechanical Science, afterwards taking a post-graduate course at McGill University, Montreal. He was gazetted to the 3rd Battn. Hants Regt., 15 Aug. 1914, and was afterwards transferred to the 2nd Battn. and sent to Gallipoli in May, 1915. After being invalided to Egypt, he returned to the front in July and took part in a very gallant charge at Krithia on 6 Aug. 1915, when he was one of the few to reach the Turkish trench, where he fell on the parapet, shot through the heart. He had given early promise of distinction in various fields of human culture and was a keen student of engineering, of architecture and of literature. He taught himself to read hieroglyphic writing and had compiled for his own use a vocabulary of ancient Egyptian words and was deeply interested in the history of Egypt. In his short military career he had trained the signaller of several battns. and was regarded as an extremely keen and promising officer
[Illustration: =Christopher Moor.=]
=MOORE, ALFRED=, L.-Corpl., R.M.L.I., Ch./10271, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=MOORE, ANTHONY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13950 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MOORE, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 1990, 5th Battn. Australian Expeditionary Force; _s._ of Henry Albert Moore, of Park House, Whatley, near Frome, Somerset, by his wife, Elizabeth Thurzia, dau. of James Burge Whatley; _b._ 9 April, 1879; educ. Warminster Grammar School; went to Australia in 1900, and settled at Melbourne and Sydney; enlisted at Melbourne in Feb. 1915; was wounded at the Dardanelles, 7 Aug. 1915, and invalided home to England, and died in King George’s Hospital, 29 Feb. 1916; _unm._
[Illustration: =Arthur Moore.=]
=MOORE, CHARLES JAMES=, Private, No. 1772, 7th Battn. London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Francis Moore, of Nile Street, St. Luke’s, Picture Framer, by his wife, Amelia, dau. of Thomas Richard (and Elizabeth) Wells; _b._ St. Luke’s, London, 13 Dec. 1888; educ. Old Street Parochial School there; and on leaving school entered the employ of Messrs. Badcock, Golden Lane, City, Tailor, for whom he worked as a cutter for fifteen years. He joined the 7th London on 6 Aug. 1914, two days after war broke out; went to France 17 Feb. 1915, and died in hospital at Bethune, 17 May, 1915, of wounds received in action on the 14th. Buried in Bethune Cemetery; _unm._
=MOORE, FREDERICK=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 177856, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=MOORE, GEORGE=, A.B., J. 5422, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MOORE, HENRY GLANVILLE ALLEN=, Lieut.-Col., 6th (Service) Battn. East Yorkshire Regt. (Pioneers), only _s._ of the late Rev. Henry Dawson Moore, Vicar of Misterton, 1858–80, subsequently Vicar of Hornby, co. York, and Private Chaplain to the 9th Duke of Leeds, by his wife, Harriet Louisa (Roydwood, Kirkburton, co. York), dau. of the Rev. William Richards, M.A. Oxon., Vicar of Dawley Magna, Salop; _b._ Misterton, co. Nottingham, 28 Oct. 1865; educ. Aysgarth, Bedale, from which he gained an open junior scholarship for Rossall, at the age of 13; on leaving the latter in 1883 he was for three years a student at the Sussex County Hospital, and being then too old to enter the Army in any other way, enlisted in the Grenadier Guards in 1886; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Royal Warwickshire Regt., 2 Sept. 1891, and promoted Lieut., 3 March, 1893; Capt., 21 Sept. 1898; Major, 21 Feb. 1908; and Lieut.-Col., 19 Aug. 1914; was Adjutant of his battn., 28 Jan. 1894 to 8 Dec. 1896, and of the King’s Own Malta Militia, 24 Sept. 1902 to 23 Sept. 1907; took part in the Egyptian Campaign, 1898 (medal, Egyptian medal with clasp); transferred to the East Yorks Regt., 8 July, 1908; was on half-pay, 3 Sept. 1910 to 28 Aug. 1911, and on the outbreak of war was appointed Lieut.-Col. commanding the 6th Battn., constituted as Pioneers in Nov. following; went to the Dardanelles, 22 July, 1915, and was killed in action at Suvla Bay, 7–11 Aug. 1915, from a bayonet thrust in a skirmish after the landing there. He was specially selected to raise the 6th Sappers of the New Army in Aug. 1914, and was mentioned in Despatches by Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton [London Gazette, 28 Jan. 1916] for gallant and distinguished service in the field. Lieut.-Col. Moore _m._ at the Cathedral, Kandy, Ceylon, 3 June, 1893, Julia Margaret (Dorset Lodge, Tonbridge), 7th dau. of the late William Parry-Okenden, of Turnworth, co. Dorset, and had two daus.: Marjorie Gladys, _b._ 18 April, 1894; and Katherine Georgina, _b._ 4 Feb. 1899.
[Illustration: =Henry G. A. Moore.=]
=MOORE, HENRY JOHN=, E.R.A., 2nd Class, 272213, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=MOORE, JOHN THOMAS WARREN=, 2nd S.B.S., 154465, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MOORE, REGINALD HENRY HAMILTON=, Capt., 1st Battn. Border Regt., eldest _s._ of the late Col. Joseph Henry Moore, of Easterlands, Wellington, Somerset, R.A.M.C., by his wife, Jessie, dau. of John Pope; _b._ Bareilly, India, 2 Dec. 1884; educ. Wellington College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 1st Border Regt., 10 Oct. 1903; promoted Lieut., 16 Nov. 1905, and Capt., 29 Oct. 1914; left for the Dardanelles, 16 March, 1915, with the 29th Division, and was killed in action at Gallipoli, 11 June, following; _unm._ Buried in Gully Cemetery. His commanding officer wrote: “On 10 June we captured a trench; early the following morning the Turks counter-attacked, and in the confusion it seemed as if they would probably drive our men back. Your son, who was at the time acting as Adjutant, volunteered to lead an assaulting party back. Those with him say how magnificently he behaved, and at the head of his men he re-took the lost portion of the trench in a few minutes. He was the best type of officer and had proved himself several times in action”; and a brother officer: “For a short, but critical, period in the Gallipoli operations he commanded the battn., and his quiet and firm command earned the respect and confidence of all ranks....” Another wrote: “On this occasion he again displayed that personal courage and coolness in danger which had been an example to his men from the commencement of the campaign.” Capt. Moore was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 12 June, 1915.
[Illustration: =Reginald H. H. Moore.=]
=MOORE, THOMAS=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 3729), 302799, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MOORE, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9618), S.S. 106969, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MOORE, WILLIAM ALBERT=, A.B., S.S. 132, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
## action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MOOREY, FRANK LESLIE=, Private, No. 1714, 13th (Princess Louise’s Kensington) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of William Edmund Moorey, Head of the Estate and Survey Department of John Barker & Co., Ltd., of Kensington (formerly of Christchurch, and for many years a member of the Town Council and President of the Bournemouth and District Cricket League, etc.), by his wife, Mary Jane, dau. of George Picken, of Kings Norton, co. Warwick; _b._ Christchurch, co. Hants, 20 March, 1894; educ. Bournemouth Public School, where he was a member of the O.T.C.; on leaving school, he received an appointment on the head office staff of the Bank of British North America, at 5, Gracechurch Street, E.C., and two days after the outbreak of war joined (7 Aug. 1914) the Kensingtons; leaving for France with his regt. 5 Nov. 1914. On the 18 Nov. he was wounded, went into hospital in France, but recovered, and was back again in the trenches before Christmas. During the fighting around La Bassée, in Jan. 1915, a German shell burst in the dug-out where he was, hitting some and practically burying others, whose mouths, nostrils and ears were filled with the clay. A virulent germ from this attacked him, and though sent home to England with frostbite in both feet (arriving 26 Jan.), septic pneumonia developed soon after his arrival, and he died in the 1st Eastern General Hospital at Cambridge, 19 Feb. 1915; _unm._ He was buried with full military honours in the Kensington Cemetery, 24 Feb. following. He was well-known in hockey circles in Hampshire and Kent, being an expert player, and was an excellent sculler, as well as a good footballer and cricketer. His elder brother, William Edward, joined the 10th City Battn. of the Royal Fusiliers and is now (1916) at the Front.
[Illustration: =Frank Leslie Moorey.=]
=MOORHOUSE, WILLIAM APPLEYARD=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26717 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=RHODES-MOORHOUSE, WILLIAM BARNARD, V.C.=, Lieut., Royal Flying Corps, elder _s._ of Edward Moorhouse, of Parnham House, Dorsetshire, by his wife, Mary Anne, dau. of the Hon. William Bernard Rhodes, M.L.C., New Zealand; _b._ in London, 26 Sept. 1887 educ. The Golden Parsonage, Hertfordshire Harrow, and Trinity College, Cambridge, and after leaving there was engaged in monoplane experiments at Huntingdon in 1909–10, and has been truthfully described as “one of the pioneers” of aviation in England. He made many long flights before taking his pilot’s certificate in Oct. 1911. and was then considered probably the finest cross-country flier in this country, and quite the equal of anyone abroad.” He finished third in the Aerial Derby for 1912, and the same year established a record in aviation as the first pilot to make a Channel-crossing with two passengers (one of whom was his wife). Soon after joining the R.F.C. in Aug. 1914, he was placed in charge of work shops at Aircraft Park, South Farnborough, and remained there till 20 March, 1915, when he was sent out to the Front to join the No. 2 Squadron, No. 1 Wing, at Merville, as a flying officer. His promotion to the rank of Lieut. was gazetted after his death to rank as from 24 April, 1915. On Monday, 26 April, during the Second Battle of Ypres, an urgent message came through from Headquarters ordering the immediate destruction of the railway line at Courtrai Junction to prevent the bringing up of German reinforcements, and he was detailed for this important task, his instructions being “to use his own discretion as to his height at which he would drop his bomb.” He left Merville flying ground at 3.5 p.m., and returned again mortally wounded at 4.15, having piloted his machine over 35 miles under conditions of extreme difficulty after receiving his first serious wound. He made a full report before he was taken to hospital, so that Sir John French was able to record the destruction of Courtrai Junction in his Report from Headquarters despatched the same evening. He died of his wounds next day, but before his death received the following message: “But for pressure of urgent work the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief would have visited 2nd Lieut. Moorhouse himself to express his admiration of his courage and the way in which he carried out his duties yesterday.” [The Battle of Ypres was then in progress and Merville was over 30 miles from General Headquarters.] The following are extracts from the official accounts of his exploit: From Sir John French’s Report from Headquarters, 26 April, “One of our airmen bombed Courtrai Station this afternoon and destroyed the junction. Although wounded, he brought his machine back to our lines.” Extract from the Daily Bulletin issued to the troops (first issued by special request to the Indian Corps), who “had seen him flying back and were so impressed by his astounding courage” that they asked for further details and translated them into Hindustani, and it was afterwards circulated among all our troops at the Front. Dated 29 April, 1915. “British Air Raid on Courtrai. Details are now to hand of the successful air raid carried out on the 26th inst., and mentioned in yesterday’s bulletin. It is a story of amazing gallantry and heroism, and and is worthy of special notice. The aviator, 2nd Lieut. W. B. Rhodes-Moorhouse, left Merville at 3.5 in the afternoon, alone in a biplane, to drop a heavy bomb on the railway junction at Courtrai. Arriving at his destination, he volplaned down to a height of 300 ft. and successfully dropped the bomb on his objective, the effect of the explosion being felt by the aviator at a height of 300 ft. While at this low altitude he was subject to a tornado of fire from thousands of rifles, machine-guns and shell fire. He was severely wounded in the thigh (part of which was torn away), but instead of descending into the German lines where his life might have been saved, and to prevent his machine from falling into the hands of the Germans, he turned and made for the British lines. To increase his speed he descended a further 200 ft., and crossed the German lines at a height of 100 ft. only. He was again severely wounded by a bullet which ripped open his abdomen. Instead of landing at Ypres, he flew the whole way back to the flying ground at Merville, and made his report. We regret to say that he succumbed to his wounds 24 hours later. He was an aviator who had always performed several daring feats, and was the first man to do the ‘tail slide,’ and also the only man who had flown across the Channel with two passengers. This would appear worthy to be ranked among the most heroic stories of the world’s history.” Extract from Eye-witness’s communication dated 30 April: “The raid on Courtrai, unfortunately cost the nation a very gallant life, but it will live as one of the most heroic episodes of the war. The aviator started on the enterprise alone in a biplane. On arrival at Courtrai he glided down to a height of 300 ft., and dropped a large bomb on the railway junction. While he did this he was the target of hundreds of rifles, of machine guns, and of anti-aircraft armament, and was severely wounded in the thigh. Though he might have saved his life by at once coming down in the enemy’s lines, he decided to save his machine at all costs, and made for the British lines. Descending to a height of only 100 ft. in order to increase his speed, he continued to fly and was again wounded, this time mortally. He still flew on, however, and without coming down at the nearest of our aerodromes, went all the way back to his own base, where he executed a perfect landing and made his report. He died in hospital not long afterwards.” He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 3 May, 1915, and was awarded the V.C. [London Gazette, 22 May, 1915] “for most conspicuous bravery on 26 April, 1915, in flying to Courtrai, and dropping bombs on the railway line near that station. On starting the return journey he was mortally wounded, but succeeded in flying for 35 miles to his destination at a very low altitude and reported the successful accomplishment of his object. He has since died of his wounds.” Lieut. Rhodes-Moorhouse _m._ at St. Paul’s, Knightsbridge, 25 June, 1912, Linda Beatrice (Parnham House, Beaminster, Dorset), yst. dau. of the late Robert Ambrose Morritt, of Rokeby, Yorkshire, and had a son: William Henry, _b._ 4 March, 1914. In accordance with the will of his grandfather he assumed the name of Rhodes in addition to, and before, that of Moorhouse by Royal Licence, 21 Jan. 1913.
[Illustration: =W. B. R. Rhodes-Moorhouse.=]
=MORAN, JOHN BARROW=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9651), S.S. 107013, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MORAN, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 7776, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Michael Moran, of 9, Chatburn Avenue, Tanshelf, Pontefract, Miner, by his wife, Julianne, dau. of Patrick Tierney; _b._ Sharleston, near Wakefield, co. York, ... May, 1888; educ. Colliery School there; enlisted 1908; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, Aug. 1914; served through the retreat from Mons and the subsequent fighting on the Marne and Aisne, and died in hospital at Versailles, 24 Sept. 1914, of wounds received at La Cour de Soupir, on the Aisne, on the 17th. He was buried in Versailles Cemetery; _unm._
[Illustration: =Joseph Moran.=]
=MORGAN, ALBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2767), S.S. 674, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MORGAN ALBERT ERNEST=, Lieut., 6th (Special Reserve) Battn. Royal Fusiliers, only _s._ of Albert Charles Frederick Morgan, of 135, Oakwood Court, Kensington, by his wife, Marion Grimston, 4th dau. of John Alexander Fladgate, 1st Baron da Roeda in Portugal, and grandson of the late Thomas Morgan, F.S.A.; _b._ London, 24 May, 1889; educ. at Summerfield, Oxford, and at Westminster School; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 22 May, 1911; promoted Lieut. 1913; and attd. to the Royal Flying Corps on 15 Sept. 1914; acted as Assistant Instructor at the Upavon Flying School until he proceeded to the Front in France, in December, 1914. He was killed by a shell whilst observing for artillery fire from an aeroplane, during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, on 10 March, 1915; _unm._ He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915] for gallant and distinguished service in the field.
[Illustration: =Albert Ernest Morgan.=]
=MORGAN, ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 968), 141514, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MORGAN, EDWARD CHARLES=, 2nd Lieut., 1st, attd. to 5th Battn. Royal Berkshire Regt., elder _s._ of Charles Morgan, of Guildford, Surrey and formerly of Burdon Hall, Shackleford, M.A. Cantab., late Naval Instructor, R.N., by his wife, Kathleen Courtenay, dau. of Edward Robinson, of West Meath, and granddau. of the late Thomas Morgan, F.S.A.; _b._ Blackheath, 19 Dec. 1897; educ. at Haileybury and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; obtained his first commission, 15 July, 1914, and shortly afterwards proceeded to France as an observer in the Royal Flying Corps, subsequently joining his Battn. in the trenches. He was killed by a shell when in charge of a machine gun, with three of his men, several others being wounded, on 18 Dec. 1915; _unm._ He was buried in Windy Corner (the Guards’ Cemetery), Givenchy. Lieut.-Col. F. W. Foley, in command of his Battn., wrote: “he was killed by a large shell, the first one from the German artillery on their suddenly opening fire in this locality.... I always felt in the position of a parent to him, he was so young ... all his officers loved him, and none more than I did; he was a perfectly delightful boy, and a first-rate officer.... I arranged with the Chaplain to bury him to-morrow morning in a coffin, and I will see that a cross is put up to his memory.”
[Illustration: =Edward Charles Morgan.=]
=MORGAN, FRANCIS MATTHEW=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5502, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=MORGAN, GEORGE=, Private, No. 4058, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest _s._ of the late William Morgan, of Worminster, near Shepton Mallet, Farm Labourer, by his wife, Mary, dau. of William Billing; _b._ North Wooten, near Shepton Mallet, co. Somerset, 12 May, 1883; educ. North Wooten Church of England School; enlisted 6 Feb. 1901; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action by the explosion of a bomb at Vermelles, Belgium, 8 Oct. 1915. He _m._ at Shepton Mallet, 19 Sept. 1905, Florence (The Mill House, Shepton Mallet), 7th dau. of William Woolley, of Shepton Mallet, Farmer, and had four children: Ethel, _b._ 14 Oct. 1906; Edith Gwendoline, _b._ 9 Sept. 1907; Lillian Beatrice, _b._ 20 Feb. 1909; and Marion Olive, _b._ 27 Nov. 1910.
[Illustration: =George Morgan.=]
=MORGAN, HARRY=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. Auckland (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own) Regt., _s._ of William Morgan, of Birmingham, by his wife, Harriet, dau. of James Duffield; _b._ West Bromwich, co. Stafford; educ. Birmingham; went to New Zealand about 1891 and was for some time Officer Commanding the 88th Coy. of Senior Cadets, Auckland. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for foreign service and was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Auckland Regt., 28 March, 1912, and promoted Lieut., 8 April, 1915, being Provost-Marshal while in Epsom Camp before proceeding with his regt. to the Front. He was killed in
## action at Cape Helles, 8 May, 1915. Capt. Frazer, since invalided to
Auckland, told Lieut. Morgan’s wife: “The day on which he fell there had been a terrible charge. He was one of those to get back to the trenches safely, but, on peering out, saw some wounded still under fire. At his own risk he went out and brought one man in who had been shot in the thigh, and then started out for a brother officer, whom he had passed when getting the wounded man in. Unfortunately a sniper got him, and ended a glorious career”; and Lieut. Topham, Gallipoli, wrote: “I was quite near to him when he fell; he was shot through the head and only lived a few minutes. It had always been said that he would either get killed in action or win a V.C. He was so daring and had absolutely no fear. It happened down at Cape Helles on 8 May, the day on which the New Zealand Infantry made history.... He fell in the thick of the fight and died game, and was buried that night where he fell. A wooden cross was placed at the head of his grave by some of the men of his company.” An Auckland nurse from the 15th General Hospital, Alexandria, stated: “The soldier who told me of his death said his conduct had been most heroic, and that he was seen night after night creeping out of the trenches to help back the wounded soldiers.” Lieut. Morgan _m._ at Auckland, 12 May, 1897, Euphemia Margaret (“Waiuna,” Rata Street, New Lynn, Auckland), yst. dau. of David Heron, late Madras Commissariat Department, India, and had one dau., Gwendolen Margaret, _b._ 6 June, 1911.
[Illustration: =Harry Morgan.=]
=MORGAN, ROBERT WILLIAM=, Private, No. 696, 11th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of the late William Henry Morgan, of 13, Albert Road, Leyton, Commercial Traveller, by his wife, Mary Ann (25, Wellesley Road, Leytonstone), dau. of Joseph Barnes, of Torquay, Devon; _b._ Leyton, co. Essex, 3 Sept. 1884; educ. Newport School, Leyton; enlisted in the 1st Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., 28 Jan. 1901; served in the South African War and afterwards in India, where he finished his service with the Colours. In 1909 he emigrated to Western Australia, and on the outbreak of war joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force and sailed for Egypt, Sept. 1914. He died on board H.M. Hospital Ship Sicilian, 9 June, 1915, of wounds received in action at the Dardanelles on the 4th of that month while on observation duty; _unm._
[Illustration: =Robert William Morgan.=]
=MORGAN, STEPHEN BEVERLEY=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd attd. 1st Battn. Leicestershire Regt., 2nd _s._ of Frederick Beverley Morgan, of Muscalls, Paddock Wood, Kent, by his wife, Clara Elizabeth, dau. of Major Edgworth Horrocks; _b._ Tunbridge Wells, 22 April, 1896; educ. Hurstleigh, Tunbridge Wells, and Clifton College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Leicestershires, 15 Aug. 1914; went to France attached to the 1st Battn., and was killed in action by shell fire in the trenches near Armentières, 14 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried in the Regimental Burial Ground behind the trenches. He was a well-known cricketer, and played for the Public Schools at Lords, in the summer of 1914.
[Illustration: =Stephen Beverley Morgan.=]
=MORGANS, THOMAS ALFRED=, Leading Seaman, 239252, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MORIARTY, THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3851), 204033, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=MORKILL, RONALD FALSHAW=, Lieut., 1st Battn. West Yorkshire Regt. and Flying Officer, Royal Flying Corps; 2nd _s._ of John William Morkill, of Newfield Hall, Malhamdale, Yorkshire, M.A., J.P., by his wife, Hannah Shaw, yst. dau. of Peter Hobson, of Castle Lodge, Yorkshire, and niece and co-heiress of Sir James Falshaw, Bart.; _b._ Edinburgh, 22 Nov. 1891; educ. Radley, and University College, London; received a commission as 2nd Lieut. 4th (Special Reserve) Battn. West Yorkshire Regt. 1 Oct. 1911, and was promoted Lieut. 3 Dec. 1912. After the outbreak of war he was (14 Aug. 1914) gazetted to the 1st West Yorkshires and the following day went to the Front as Lieut. attd. to the 1st East Yorkshires, with which he served through the winter of 1914–15. On 1 July, 1913, he gained a pilot’s certificate from the Royal Aero Club, and in Feb. 1915, was transferred to the Royal Flying Corps as a probationer. He qualified as a flying officer on 19 June, and was gazetted to the Corps on 15 July, after his death. Under orders on 22 June he piloted a Blériot Monoplane from Gosport to Shoreham, leaving the latter place on his return journey shortly after 6 o’clock in the evening. He had risen barely 200 feet when his engine was noticed to miss fire and finally stop. Having insufficient space beneath him he was unable to keep control of his craft which dived to the earth causing injuries by the impact from which he died in the Military Hospital a few hours later. A letter of sympathy from the N.C.Os. and men of the section he commanded, dated 3 July, 1915, contains the following passage: “The hardest and most terribly trying time--last winter--he spent in the trenches with us, and never a murmur of complaint was ever heard to fall from his lips. To say he was loved by all men would be to express our feelings in the mildest form.” Buried at Kirby-in-Malhamdale, Yorkshire. He _m._ at Holy Trinity Church, Heywood, Westbury, Wilts, 23 Sept. 1914, Ellen Mary, yst. dau. of the late Thomas Loyzelure Wilkinson, of Neasham Abbey, near Darlington; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Ronald Falshaw Morkill.=]
=MORLAND, HENRY ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111650 (Ports.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MORONEY, EDWARD FRANCIS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3965), S.S. 102026, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MORPETH, MOORE=, Private, No. 12/1039, 6th Hauraki Coy., Auckland Infantry Battn., 5th _s._ of Henry Douglas Morpeth, Town Clerk of Waiki, Auckland, New Zealand; _b._ Auckland, 10 May, 1894; educ. Waiki District High School; was studying law in Auckland when war broke out, and was one of three brothers who at once volunteered and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force early in Aug. 1914. He left for Egypt with the main body on 16 Oct., and on 12 April embarked from there for the Dardanelles, taking part in the landing at Gaba Tepe on the 25th of that month. He was one of a small body of New Zealanders and Australians who, after making good their landing, had gained the ridges above Anzac Cove, but the enemy coming at them in force they were obliged to retire. One of the Australians was struck down, and Morpeth made over to his assistance, when he received a mortal wound that paralysed him. His comrades, in the face of advancing Turks, could do nothing for him, and next day when the ground was retaken his dead body was found where he fell; _unm._
[Illustration: =Moore Morpeth.=]
=MORPHEW, ARTHUR=, Stoker, 2nd Class, S.S. 115038, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=MORPHEW, ERNEST=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7934), S.S. 103605, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MORRIS, ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2176), 194828, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MORRIS, CLIVE WILSON=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 6th _s._ of Frank Robert-Morris, of Crofton, near Orpington, Kent; _b._ Oak Hill Park, Hampstead, N., 4 March, 1894; educ St. Cyprian’s, Eastbourne, and Repton; volunteered and joined the Artists’ Rifles on the outbreak of war, Oct. 1914; went to France in Oct.; was given a commission in the 2nd King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 1 April, 1915, and was killed in action at Richebourg L’Avoué, France, 9 May following; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote: “He was killed in an attack on a very strong German position, as he was gallantly leading his platoon across the open.”
=MORRIS, HON. GEORGE HENRY=, Lieut.-Col., 1st Battn. Irish Guards, 2nd _s._ of Michael, 1st Lord Morris and Killanin, P.C., Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, by his wife, Anna, dau. of the Hon. George Henry Hughes, a Baron of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland; _b._ co. Galway, 16 July, 1872; educ. The Oratory School, Birmingham, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Battn. Rifle Brigade, then stationed in India, 12 March, 1892, and promoted Lieut., 16 May, 1894; took part in the operations on the North-West Frontier of India, 1897–8, with the Tochi Field Force, for which he received the medal with clasp, and from 7 Jan. 1897, to 6 Jan. 1901, was Adjutant of his battn., receiving his company, 16 Aug. 1899. In 1901 he entered the Staff College, but left soon afterwards and went out to South Africa and served with Damant’s Horse in the latter stage of the Boer War, taking part in the operations in the Orange River Colony, Feb. to March, 1902, and in those in the Transvaal, March to 31 May, 1902, and was mentioned in despatches [London Gazette, 18 July, 1902] and received the Queen’s medal with four clasps. He then returned to the Staff College and passed out in 1903, and after being D.A.A.G. at Belfast (8–31 March, 1904), was Staff Capt., Army Headquarters, 1 April, 1904, to 12 March, 1906. He was gazetted Major to the 1st Battn. Irish Guards, 3 March, 1906, and on 15 May, 1908, was appointed D.A.A.G. (General Staff Officer, 2nd Grade), with the rank of temp. Lieut.-Col. at the Staff College, where he remained until 1911. On 15 July, 1913, he obtained command of his Battn., and in Aug. 1914, he went to France with the Expeditionary Force, in which the 1st Irish Guards formed part of the 4th Brigade (2nd Division, 1st Army Corps). He was killed in action during the retreat from Mons, while endeavouring to extricate some of his men from an impossible position, in the woods of Compiègne, near Villers Cotterets on 1 Sept. following. When the Battn. reassembled after a difficult rearguard fight through the beech woods, Lieut.-Col. Morris missed some of No. 4 Coy. and went back alone to find them, but they were hopelessly outnumbered, and he was killed while leading a final bayonet charge. He was buried in Villers Cotterets Cemetery. Lieut.-Col. Morris was a brilliant Lecturer on Military History and Tactics, and was universally regarded as one of the cleverest men of his age in the Army. The men of the Irish Guards were deeply attached to him and he was immensely proud of his battn. He _m._ at Westminster Cathedral, 29 April, 1913, Dora Wesley (10, Chesham Place, S.W.), dau. of the late James Wesley Hall, of Melbourne, and had a son, Michael, _b._ 30 July, 1914.
[Illustration: =Hon. George H. Morris.=]
=MORRIS, HENRY GAGE=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., only surviving child of Col. Henry Gage Morris, late commanding 2nd Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., and great-great-grandson of Col. Roger Morris of York, by his wife, Maude, dau. of the late Preston Gilbert Wallis, of Park Hill, Bodmin; _b._ Bodmin, co. Cornwall, 14 Aug. 1897; educ. Preparatory School, The Hoe, Plymouth; Marlborough College (Sept. 1911–July, 1914), and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., 12 Jan. 1915, aged 17½ years; went to France, 15 Feb. 1915, and was killed in
## action at the second Battle of Ypres, 23 April, 1915, being buried
where he fell. His commanding officer wrote: “He was such a nice boy, and a very brave and gallant lad, and died gallantly. He was killed in a counter-attack we made with the 13th Brigade, the East Yorks., York and Lancs., and 4th Canadians on the 23rd. I was commanding the Battn. at the time, and the last I saw of him he passed me with a platoon of C Coy., which was in Reserve. He came past me with a very cheerful face, and laughing under a very heavy cross-fire from machine guns, and sang out to me, ‘Shall I push on?’ and I answered, ‘Go on, laddie, as hard as you can.’ Poor lad, I did not see him again, but heard he was shot in the head, but he would not let anyone stay with him. He was such a good boy, always cheerful and always ready to do anything that was wanted. He was very popular with everyone--officers and men;” and Private W. Board, C Coy., Duke of Cornwall’s L.I.: “You must be proud to know your son was as brave a man as anyone could wish to meet. I was his servant while he was in France, and a better master I never had. The men in the platoon loved him, and would do anything for him. He was always cheerful and had friends every where he went. I was not with him when he got hit, but I heard he wanted to go on, and refused to be bandaged, as he said there were men who were hit more badly than himself. He always thought of others before himself.” A writer in his School Magazine (“The Marlburian,” 19 May, 1915) said: “From his earliest days in the school--in ‘A’ House, his company was a real pleasure. Always bright and full of fun, and merry talk, he had from the first great personal charm; and as he developed, one saw behind him those qualities of modesty, generosity, and straightness, which mark the perfect gentleman.”
[Illustration: =Henry Gage Morris.=]
=MORRIS, JAMES=, Ship’s Corpl., 1st Class, 279187, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=MORRIS, JOHN=, Leading Stoker (C.G.), 151804, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MORRIS, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 2nd Class, S.S. 115482, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MORRIS, WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman, 214875, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=MORRISON, EDWIN DUNCAN RUTHERFORD=, Private No. 10/1007, 9th Hawkes Bay Regt., Wellington Infantry Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force; _s._ of George Morrison, of Normanby, New Zealand, by his wife, Fanny, dau. of Thomas Novis; _b._ Cust, Canterbury, New Zealand, 21 Nov. 1889; educ. Belfast, Canterbury. On the outbreak of war in August, 1914, he joined the N.Z.E.F. at Napier, Hawkes Bay; left for Egypt with the first contingent, took part in the repulse of the Turkish attack on the Suez Canal, in Feb. 1915, and was killed in
## action at the Dardanelles, 28 April following; _unm._ Throughout
the whole of the day of his death Private Morrison had been fighting and escaped injury, but was fatally hit in the evening while digging a trench. He was an excellent shot, and before going to the Dardanelles had been selected as a sniper.
[Illustration: =Edwin D. R. Morrison.=]
=MORRISON, FREDERICK CHARLES=, Corpl., No. 4972, 1st Battn. (The Prince Consort’s Own) The Rifle Brigade, _s._ of Frank Saunderson Morrison, of The Cottage, Hallaton, co. Leicester, F.R.C.S., J.P.; _b._ Dublin, 19 Aug. 1882; educ. Dundalk Educational Institution; St. John’s College, near Preston, and Trinity College, Dublin, of which he became a graduate and honour man; qualified as an engineer and went to Rhodesia; volunteered his services for the suppression of the rising in Natal, 1906–7, for which he received the King’s medal, and on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, he, with three other old University comrades, returned to England and joined the Rifle Brigade in Sept.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., and was killed in action during the engagement at Ploegsteert, 7 Feb. 1915; _unm._ He was a good athlete and footballer, playing for his school and college; a hard rider to hounds, well-known to the Louth Pack and Harriers.
=MORRISON, GERARD HUMPHREYS=, Capt., 5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of John Hebb Morrison, of 63, Hamilton Terrace, London, Member of Lloyds; _b._ London, 16 March, 1889; educ. Harrow, and Magdalen College, Oxford (where he was in the O.T.C.); received a commission in the London Rifle Brigade, on leaving Oxford, and was promoted Lieut. 18 Sept. 1913, and Capt. 25 Feb. 1915; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France in Oct., and was killed in action near Armentières, 31 March. 1915; _unm._ Buried in the Rifle Brigade Cemetery in Ploegsteert Wood. His Col., Lord Cairns, wrote: “We all loved him--he was not only a personal friend to us all, but also a good and capable officer. He was a splendid example of cheerfulness and devotion to duty, and I am convinced that his men would have followed him anywhere”; and his Major: “Universally loved by us all, a born leader of men, it is impossible for me to tell you what a gap your son’s death will make in the regiment.” While at Harrow he was head of his house (H.O.D. Davidson’s), and in the football XI; at Oxford he took his degree with honours in law, and was made President I.C.R.
[Illustration: =Gerard H. Morrison.=]
=MORRISON, HERBERT HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4507), 176230, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=MORRISON, JOHN=, L.-Corpl., No. 5181, 1st Battn. Black Watch, 2nd surviving _s._ of John Morrison, Head Gamekeeper to Major, The Brodie of Brodie, Brodie Castle, Forres, by his wife Margaret, dau. of the late Alexander Ross, North Lodge, Orton, co. Moray; _b._ Inveravon, Banffshire, 14 Nov. 1885; enlisted 7 Sept. 1914, drafted to France in Nov.; killed during heavy fighting, in which his regt. was engaged at La Bassée, on 25 Jan. 1915; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “The attack was fierce, and John got a bullet in the leg. Nevertheless, he crawled to the assistance of his officer, 2nd Lieut. L. H. Willet, also wounded, and was in the act of helping him to remove his pack when fatally shot. He was promoted L.-Corpl. only a few days before.” 2nd Lieut. Willet said: “Some gallant fellow crawled up to me shortly after I was hit, and attempted to assist me off with my pack, but owing to the nature of my wound, I was unable to turn my neck sufficiently round to see who it was. I heard he was hit, and asked him if it was so. He replied: ‘Yes, Sir’; and when I inquired later, I received no reply, but could just touch his hand by reaching back, and found he was dead. From the sound of his voice I thought it was your brother, who was in my Platoon, and I hoped it wasn’t so, and that I had made a mistake, for he was one of my most valued men.... His end was a gallant one, and his was a peaceful conclusion to a career, which, had he been spared to prolong it, he could have looked back on with the justifiable pride of one who has done his work well.” His brother, George James, is a 2nd Lieut. 3/6th Seaforth Highlanders.
[Illustration: =John Morrison.=]
=MORROW, ROBERT, V.C.=, Private, No. 10531, 1st Battn. Princess Victoria’s Royal Irish Fusiliers, _s._ of Hugh Morrow (who died 21 years ago), by his wife Margaret Jane, dau. of Isaac William Ash McKnight, Tailor; _b._ Sessia, near Newmills, East Tyrone, 28 March, 1892; educ. Carland National School, 1909; enlisted about 1910; went to the Front with his battn. on the outbreak of war, and greatly distinguished himself at Messines on 12 April, 1915, by rescuing several wounded soldiers who were lying exposed to a dreadful rain of shell and rifle fire. For this he was awarded the Victoria Cross, the official record stating that it was granted “For most conspicuous bravery near Messines on 12 April, 1915, when he rescued and carried successively to places of comparative safety several men who had been buried in the débris of trenches wrecked by shell fire. Private Morrow carried out this gallant work on his own initiative, and under very heavy fire from the enemy.” On 25 April, barely a fortnight later, he was killed at St. Julien while in the act of again succouring the wounded. The Victoria Cross was forwarded to his mother, to whom His Majesty the King sent an autograph letter regretting that Private Morrow’s death had deprived him of the pride of personally conferring the Victoria Cross, “the greatest of all distinctions.” The Emperor of Russia also conferred on him the medal of St. George (3rd Class) for his “gallantry and distinguished service in the field,” the War Office in forwarding the decoration stated that it was to be retained as a memorial of the deceased soldier’s distinguished conduct. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Robert Morrow.=]
=MORRISON, WILLIAM=, Stoker, R.N.R., T. 1981, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MORSE, GORDON THOMAS HARCOURT=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt., 2nd _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Richard Edward Ricketts Morse, of Chargrove House, near Cheltenham, by his wife, Kathleen, dau. of the late Col. Neville Hill Shute (64th), North Staffordshire Regt.; _b._ Mian Meer, Punjab, India, 6 Dec. 1893; educ. Cheltenham College (Sept. 1908–Dec. 1912), and Royal Military College, Sandhurst (12 Feb. 1913–July, 1914), where he was an Hon. King’s Cadet; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 4th Middlesex Regt., 8 Aug. 1914; went to France, 12 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at La Bassée, 13 Oct. 1914; _unm._ He was buried at Rouge-Croix, France. His Col. wrote that he was killed instantaneously being shot while leading his platoon in an attack, and that “during the short time he was with the regiment he had become popular with both officers and men.” At College he rose to be a prefect, and his house-master said of him: “He was industrious at work, fearless at games, loyal to his friends, and esteemed by all.”
[Illustration: =Gordon Thomas H. Morse.=]
=MORSE, GURTH STEPHEN=, 2nd Lieut., 34th Batty. Royal Field Artillery, yst. _s._ of Amyas Morse, of The Bourne, Bourne End, Bucks, late Superintending Engineer, Indian Public Works Department, by his wife, Rose, dau. of the late Rev. Henry John Maddock; _b._ Lahore, Punjab, India, 20 March, 1894; educ. Ashampstead, Eastbourne; Clifton College, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.F.A., 18 July, 1913; went to France, 12 Sept. 1914, and died in Hospital at Bailleul, on 9 Dec. following, of wounds received in action on the 4th, while observing for his battery at Bois Grenier, near Armentières. He was buried in the Communal Cemetery, Bailleul; _unm._
[Illustration: =Gurth Stephen Morse.=]
=MORTAR, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 10391, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MORTIMER, HARRY BROOKS=, Private, No. 2731, 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of the late William Henry Mortimer, of Heaton Moor, near Stockport, by his wife, Mary Ann (Oakin Clough, Limehurst, Ashton-under-Lyne), dau. of the late Samuel Brooks; _b._ Longsight, Manchester, 31 Jan. 1883; educ. Grammar School, Longsight, and was a Manager of a Restaurant for John Lewis, Oxford Street, London. On the outbreak of war he joined the Kensingtons, 1 Sept. 1914; went to France on 3 Nov.; took part in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in March, 1915, and in the attack on the German position near Fromelles on 9 May, in which his Battn. most brilliantly distinguished itself, and died in No. 6 Clearing Station, Merville, 12 May, 1915, from wounds received at the latter. He was buried in Merville Cemetery; _unm._
[Illustration: =Harry Brooks Mortimer.=]
=MORTON, EDGAR DOUGLAS=, Trooper, No. 1391, 1st (Service) squadron, Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles (Yeomanry), only _s._ of Edgar Morton, of The Studio, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, by his wife, Eleanor Jane, dau. of Edward John Wall, of Great Chesterford; _b._ London, 7 June, 1895; educ. Ashford Grammar School (Sept. 1906, to Easter, 1913), and on leaving there entered the Canterbury Motor Works, where he was when war broke out. He joined the Waldershare Troop of the East Kent Yeomanry, 7 Sept. 1914, and was quartered with the regt. in huts on the Military Polo Ground at Canterbury during the autumn and winter. He died in the Canterbury V.A.D. Hospital, 22 Feb. 1915, from pneumonia and pleurisy contracted while on service. He was a good all-round sportsman and a crack shot. At Ashford he was the school prefect, and Capt. of the football team, and twice won the Strathcona shooting trophy. His former Headmaster (Mr. A. S. Lamprey) wrote: “One of the best, straightest, pluckiest boys I have ever known,” and Major Ffrench Blake “He was a general favourite, and we all mourn the loss of a young but keen soldier.”
[Illustration: =Edgar Douglas Morton.=]
=MORTON, HENRY=, Private, No. 1790, 1st Sussex Yeomanry, 3rd _s._ of the late Thomas Morton (who served 21 years in India with the 2nd Bengal Fusiliers, and received the Good Conduct medal, etc., and afterwards for 15 years on the staff of the old Wicklow Rifles); _b._ Wicklow, 15 Dec. 1867; educ. Wicklow Church School; enlisted in the Royal Artillery, 15 June, 1887; transferred into the Grenadier Guards, 1 Oct. following, and was posted to the 3rd Battn. He served through the South African War, 1899–1902, receiving the Queen’s medal with six bars (Belmont, Modder River, Dreifontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast) and the King’s medal with two bars (1901, 1902), and obtained his discharge at his own request in Sept. 1906, after being with the Colours 19 years and 87 days, when he was awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct medal. He was servant to Capt. Weller-Poley, re-enlisted in the Sussex Yeomanry the day war was declared; went to the Dardanelles with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in Sept., 1915, and was killed in action, 13 Nov. 1915; _unm._ He was buried in Anglesea Gully, Gallipoli. Writing to his brother, Mr. George Morton, of 4, North Road, Prestwich, Manchester, Capt. Weller-Poley said: “I feel that I have lost a true friend and trusted servant who can never be replaced,” and Mr. Thomas Weller-Poley, of Chichester, J.P.: “Your brother Henry had been with us so long and was so much liked and respected by everyone, that the news of his death is a genuine sorrow to us and to the whole establishment.”
[Illustration: =Henry Morton.=]
=MORTON, JAMES FAIRFAX AMPHLETT=, 2nd Lieut., 6th (Reserve Battn., attd. 2nd, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 2nd _s._ of James Amphlett Morton, of Puxton House, Kidderminster, by his wife, Edith Mary, dau. of the Rev. John Garland, Vicar of Ombersley, Worcestershire; _b._ Puxton House, afsd., 6 May, 1892; and was educ. at Repton and Clare College, Cambridge, where he rowed stroke in his college boat in the May Races, 1914. On the outbreak of war he at once applied for a commission through the University O.T.C. and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 7th (Service) Battn. K.R.R.C., early in Sept. 1914. After spending three weeks at a training camp for officers at Royston, Herts, he joined his battalion at Aldershot, but was subsequently transferred to the 6th (Reserve) Battn. at Sheerness. He left for France at the end of Nov. 1914, and was attached to the 2nd K.R.R.C. (2nd Brigade, 1st Division). He was killed in action near La Bassée, 10 Jan. 1915, during a counter-attack by the enemy to recover one of their trenches against which he had just led a successful assault. Buried in a garden at Cuinchy; _unm._ He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915.
[Illustration: =James F. A. Morton.=]
=MORTON, WILFRED=, Private, No. 2581, 1/7th Battn. Durham Light Infantry (T.F.), eldest _s._ of William Morton, of 47, Otto Terrace, Sunderland, Quantity Surveyor, by his wife, Evelyn Mary, dau. of Lancelot Steel; _b._ Sunderland, 1 Dec. 1895; educ. Great Ayton, Sunderland, and Ackworth; was a pupil in his father’s office; enlisted 6 Sept. 1914; went to the front, 19 April, 1915, was wounded and taken prisoner at Hooge, on Whit Monday, and was afterwards officially reported to have died, whilst a prisoner of war, in the Krieg Lazarette, Rossclare, 30 May, 1915, from wounds, and was buried at Rossclare; _unm._
=BOYD-MOSS, ERNEST WILLIAM, D.S.O.=, Major, 4th, attd. 9th, Battn. Worcestershire Regt., yr. _s._ of the late Matthew Henry Moss, of Belsize, Worthing; _b._ 26 Sept. 1876; educ. Tonbridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1st Battn. Worcestershire Regt. from the Militia, 1 Dec. 1897; promoted Lieut. 2 Jan. 1900; Capt. 6 Feb. 1901, and temp. Major of the Battn., 22 Oct. 1914; was attd. to the West African Frontier Force, 12 Nov. 1904, to 11 July, 1907; served (1) in West Africa, 1898–9; took part in the operations in Sierra Leone (medal with clasp); (2) in the South African War, 1900–2, took part in the operations in the Orange Free State, Feb. to May, 1900; operations in Orange River Colony, May to 29 Nov. 1900, including actions at Ladybrand, 2–5 Sept, for which he was awarded the D.S.O.; operations in the Transvaal, Jan.-June, 1901; operations in Orange River Colony, 30 Nov. 1900–Jan. 1901, and June, 1901–Feb. 1902 (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901]; Queen’s medal with three clasps and the King’s medal with two clasps); and (3) with the Mediterranaean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action at Sari Bair, 10 Aug. 1915. Major Boyd-Moss _m._ at Christ Church, Gorakhpur, U.P., India, Mary Elizabeth Grace (Elsie), dau. of Frank Middliton Howard, of Zehra, Gorakhpur, aforesaid, and had a son, Deryck Frank, _b._ 11 April, 1913.
=MOSS, HERBERT=, Private, No. 126, A Coy., 8th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of Herbert Moss, of 182, Queen’s Road, Upton Park, by his wife, Emily Ann, dau. of the late John Samuel Field; _b._ New Eltham, co. Kent, 29 June, 1894; educ. Stock Street Schools, Albert Road, Plaistow; went to Australia, 6 May, 1912, and when war broke out was employed on a farm belonging to Mrs. J. Greenbank, in Snake Valley, Victoria. He at once volunteered and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force; sailed for Egypt; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles 25 April, 1915, and was killed in
## action there the same day, being shot through the forehead in a charge;
_unm._ Letters from his former employer and from his officers and comrades speak very highly of him.
=MOSS, HORACE GEORGE=, Signalman, J. 12422, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=MOSS, SAMUEL=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3653), 177261. H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MOTRONI, PETER GEORGE=, Private, No. 8727, 2nd Battn. Suffolk Regt., 2nd _s._ of Anthony Motroni, of 14, Permit Office Street, Ipswich, by his wife, Carmela, dau. of Dominico Marcantonio, of Atina, Italy; _b._ Colchester, co. Essex, 1 July, 1895; educ. St. Pancras R.C. School, and St. Mary’s Convent School, Ipswich; enlisted 4 April, 1913; went to France, 11 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Hooges, near Ypres, 19 July, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Peter George Motroni.=]
=MOTRONI, UMBERTO AMEDIE=, Corpl. No. 1756, Suffolk Regt., 3rd _s._ of Anthony Motroni, of 14, Permit Office Street, Ipswich by his wife, Carmela, dau. of Dominico Marcantonio, of Atina, Italy; _b._ at Ipswich, 1898; enlisted 7 Oct. 1913; went to France, 6 Nov. 1914, was promoted Corpl. in March, 1916, and was killed in
## action, 15 July, 1916; _unm._
[Illustration: =Umberto Amedie Motroni.=]
=MOTT, GEORGE=, Chief Petty Officer (N.S.) (R.F.R., A. 1944), 148075, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MOUCHER, THOMAS HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4009), 291032, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MOULD, ALBERT ARTHUR=, Rifleman, No. 1487, 12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of William Arthur Mould, of 3, Buckingham Terrace, Notting Hill, W. (who served for 25 years with the 18th Middlesex Volunteers), by his wife, Emily, dau. of George Harris, Jeweller; _b._ London, 6 Feb. 1891; educ. Buckingham Terrace Public School; was a Porter at a Court Milliner’s, joined the Rangers in Sept. 1910; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France in Dec. following, and died in the 2nd Eastern General Hospital, Brighton, 25 May, 1915, of wounds received in action during the Second Battle of Ypres; _unm._
[Illustration: =Albert Arthur Mould.=]
=MOULL, WILLIAM DANIEL=, Chief Sick Berth Steward, 350416, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MOUNTAIN, GEORGE=, Acting Leading Stoker, 306050, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of James Mountain, of 3, Thomas Street, Craghead; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MOXEY, CHARLES GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6819), S.S. 1043, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MUCHALL, GEORGE WILLIAM STEWART=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. The King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt., _s._ of the late Colour-Sergt. William Angus Muchall, who served for 21 years in the 8th Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt.; _b._ Orford Barracks, Warrington, 12 June, 1881; enlisted in the King’s Own, 4 Jan. 1901, reached the rank of Colour-Sergt., and was serving with his Regt. in India when the European War broke out in Aug. 1914. He came home with his regt., reaching England at Christmas; was given a commission as 2nd Lieut., in the 2nd King’s Own, 9 Jan. 1915; went to France, and was killed in
## action in the desperate fighting on the Frezenberg Ridge, near Ypres, 8
May, 1915. Lieut. Muchall was three years Battn. Champion shot, and in 1909 he won the J. H. Steward Jewel for judging distance at Bisley, and was fourth in the grand aggregate. He _m._ at Scotforth Church, Lancaster, 6 Jan. 1906, Elizabeth (15, Cheltenham Road, Lancaster), dau. of William Jackson, of 15, Cheltenham Road, Lancaster, and had three children: William J., _b._ 18 Feb. 1907; George, _b._ 13 Aug. 1914; and Lilian M., _b._ 6 April, 1911.
[Illustration: =George W. S. Muchall.=]
=MUDDIMAN, OLIVER=, L.-Corpl., No. 4868, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 4th _s._ of the late Alfred Muddiman, 3rd Battn. Rifle Brigade, by his wife, Kate, dau. of William and Sarah Burgess; _b._ Winchester, 1 June, 1883; educ. Winchester Council School; enlisted 22 Oct. 1902; promoted L.-Corpl., 9 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 21 Aug., and was reported wounded and missing after the fighting at La Cour de Soupir on the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914, and is now assumed to have been killed on that date. He _m._ at Fulham, 5 Oct. 1907, May Louise (19, Dunton Road, Leyton, Essex), dau. of John Charles Everett, Engine Driver, G.N.R., and had two sons: Oliver, _b._ 17 July, 1908; and Eric Charles, _b._ 31 Jan. 1914.
[Illustration: =Oliver Muddiman.=]
=MUDFORD, WALTER=, Bombardier, R.M A. (R.F.R., I.C. 15), 9004, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MUIR, GEORGE CHALMERS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 5821), 285210, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=MUIR, GEORGE WATSON=, Midshipman, R.N., elder _s._ of Andrew Gray Muir, of 17, Grosvenor Crescent, Edinburgh, writer to the “Signet,” by his wife, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of Thomson Henderson, of Leghorn, and great-grandson of the Rev. John Muir, of St. Vigeans, co. Forfar; _b._ Edinburgh, 2 May, 1899; educ. Edinburgh Academy; Stubbington, Hampshire; and the Osborne and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges; appointed to H.M.S. Monmouth, 14 Aug. 1914, and was lost when that ship was sunk in action in the battle off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
[Illustration: =George Watson Muir.=]
=MUIRHEAD, JAMES GRAHAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17214, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MULADY, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5091, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=MULHOLLAND, ARTHUR=, 2nd Ship’s Steward, 344220, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MULLEN, EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9230), S.S. 106287, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MULLIGAN, ALEXANDER=, Private No. 7462, 1st Battn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, _s._ of Alexander Mulligan, of 16, Newport Street, Dublin, by his wife, Sarah Jane, dau. of Adam Russell; _b._ Ellen Field, Drumcondra, Dublin, 16 Sept. 1882; educ. St. James’ Schools, Dublin; joined the Army, 22 Dec. 1902, and was killed in action, being shot through the head at the Battle of the Aisne, 13 Sept. 1914. He _m._, Dublin, 15 Jan. 1908, Elizabeth Beatrice (12, St. John’s Cottages, High Road, Kilmainham, Dublin), dau. of the late John Sadleir, and had issue a son and dau., Alexander John, _b._ 14 June, 1911, and Annette Rosabella, _b._ 14 June, 1909.
[Illustration: =Alexander Mulligan.=]
=MULLINS, JOHN OLLIS=, 2nd Lieut., 6th (Reserve) Battn. Middlesex Regt., attd. Royal Flying Corps, 3rd _s._ of the late Edwin Roscoe Mullins, of London, Sculptor, by his wife, Alice, dau. of the late John Pelton, of Croydon; _b._ London, 6 March, 1892; educ. University College School, London (where he was captain of the school, and Colour-Sergt. of the O.T.C.); gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2 April, 1913; attd. to the 6th Middlesex, 6 Aug. 1914, transferred to Royal Flying Corps, 1 Feb. 1915, and was killed in an aeroplane accident at Upavon, 29 March, 1915, while going through a course of instruction there; _unm._ His Adjutant wrote that he was “a promising young officer, who in his short career in the 6th Middlesex had already shown a marked capacity for the handling of men.”
[Illustration: =John Ollis Mullins.=]
=MULLOY, JOHN THOMAS=, Signalman, (R.F.R., B. 5053), 204138, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MUMFORD, GEORGE=, Officer’s Cook, 2nd Class, L. 4183, H.M.S. Hawke; _s._ of George Felix Mumford, of 28, Albury Grove Road, Waltham Cross; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MUMFORD, HARRY=, A.B., J. 13954, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MUNBY, ERNEST JOHN=, 2nd Lieut., 1st East Anglian Field Coy., R.E. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the late Rev. George Frederick Woodhouse Munby, Rector of Turvey, Bedford (1869–1905), by his wife, Harriet Louisa, dau. of the Rev. Canon Linton; _b._ Turvey Rectory, 19 May, 1875; educ. Rugby and Stevens Institute, Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.A., where he took his degree as Mechanical Engineer, and became M.Am. S.M.E. and A.I.M. and M. As a Mining Engineer, he worked in Colorado and Borneo, and was subsequently engaged with Lord Cowdray (then Sir Weetman Pearson) in constructing the tunnel under the Hudson River to New York. He was afterwards employed by the Gardner Electric Drill and Hammer Company, and had latterly been engaged at the St. John’s Mine, Montezuma, Colorado. On the outbreak of war he returned to England and applied for a commission. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1st East Anglian Coy., R.E., 14 Sept. 1914; went to France at the end of Dec., and was killed in action near Bethune, 31 Jan. 1915, being buried at Le Touret. He _m._ at Croydon, 7 Nov. 1905, Emily Louisa Ann, widow of Capt. Herbert Turner Turner Emery, of Baddow Park, Essex, and dau. of Charles Henry Coxhead; _s.p._
=MUNDAY, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10124), S.S. 107841, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MUNDEN, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., A. 3767), 148102, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MUNN, DUNCAN=, Painter, 2nd Class, 183670, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=MUNN, GEORGE ANDERSON=, Shipwright, 1st Class, 340648, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=MUNRO, DAVID SINCLAIR=, Sergt., No. 8/678, 4th (Otago Infantry) Battn. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Sinclair McKay Munro, of 21, Selwyn Road, N.E. Valley, Dunedin (a native of Wick, Caithness), Storeman; _b._ Dunedin, N.Z., 13 Aug. 1895; educ. N.E. Valley School, Dunedin; volunteered and enlisted, 13 Aug. 1914; was promoted Sergt.; left for Egypt with the Main Body in Oct.; took
## part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed
in action there, 9 May following, being shot through the temple in an attack on a Turkish position. Buried, Cape Helles, Gallipoli; _unm._
=MUNRO, ROBERT WILLIAM=, Farrier, No. 13/106, 4th Troop, 3rd Regt. Auckland Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of John Alexander Munro, of Clevedon, Blacksmith, by his wife, Maria, dau. of Franz Bartosh, and great grandson of Robert Munro, who served through the Peninsula War; _b._ Clevedon, Auckland, New Zealand, 28 Dec. 1893; educ. there; joined the 3rd Regt. of the Auckland Mounted Rifles, 1 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action in Gallipoli, 18 May, 1915; _unm._
=MUNRO, RODERICK=, E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 4519, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MUNTON, FRANK BOUGHTON=, Sergt., No. 1958, 13th (Princess Louise’s Kensington) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Field Boughton Munton, of 10, Uxbridge Road, Shepherd’s Bush, Ironmonger, by his wife, Jenny, dau. of George Blair, of Queen’s Road, Bayswater; _b._ Shepherd’s Bush, 23 Jan. 1869; educ. Westbourne Park School, and was a Builder by trade. He joined the 18th Middlesex Volunteers in 1899. This, on the introduction of the Territorial system, became the 10th County of London Regt., and for some years he was Sergt.-Instructor of the Maxim-Gun Team, and was Quartermaster-Sergt. when the regt. was disbanded in 1912. Much of the work which the disbandment entailed fell to his share, and he was presented with a silver cup and a set of silver spoons by his old comrades. On the outbreak of war, notwithstanding that he was 45 years of age, he at once volunteered, and joined the Kensingtons as a Private, leaving a well-established business and large family to do so. He was promoted Sergt. early in March, 1915; went to France, 3 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action by machine-gun fire on 9 May, 1915, in the attack delivered by the 8th Division upon the German position at Fromelles and the northern part of the Aubers Ridge, on which occasion the Kensingtons most brilliantly distinguished themselves and sustained heavy losses. He was a first class shot and his Commanding Officer wrote saying how greatly his help would be missed, adding, “he was invaluable to me.” He _m._ at St. James Norlands, London, 14 Feb. 1890, Elizabeth (23, Caxton Road, Shepherd’s Bush, W.), dau. of Charles Hazard, and had three sons and five daus.: Frank Boughton, _b._ 25 Dec. 1899; Clifford Arthur, _b._ 17 April, 1904; Ernest Percy, _b._ 30 May, 1906; Jeannette Frances, _b._ 13 July, 1891; Constance May, _b._ 17 April, 1894; Irene Elizabeth, _b._ 27 May, 1897; Phyllis, _b._ 28 Nov. 1901; and Marjorie Joyce, _b._ 1 April, 1910.
[Illustration: =Frank Boughton Munton.=]
=MURGATROYD, WALTER ERNEST=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14723, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MURIEL, SIDNEY HERBERT FOSTER=, Capt., 1st Battn. The Border Regt., only _s._ of the late Rev. William Carter Muriel, Vicar of Fulham (_d._ 30 March, 1916), by his wife, Lucie, 2nd dau. of the late Edmond Foster, of Cambridge; _b._ Cambridge, 9 Sept. 1877; educ. St. George’s, Harpenden, Westminster, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st Border Regt. 16 Feb. 1898, and promoted Lieut. 27 Aug. 1901; and Capt. 13 April, 1909. From 1 Oct. 1904, to 30 Sept. 1907, he was Adjutant of his battn. and of the Territorial Force from 13 April, 1909, to 12 April, 1912. He served with his regt. in the South African War, 1899–1902, took part in the operations in Cape Colony, South of the Orange River, 1899; operations in Natal, including the relief of Ladysmith and operations of 17 to 24 Jan. 1900 (slightly wounded 20 Jan.); operations in the Orange Free State, April to May, 1900; operations in the Transvaal, June, 1900, and in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July, and west of Pretoria, July to Nov. 1900, and in the Transvaal from 30 Nov. 1900, in which he was slightly wounded, and afterwards in the operations in the Orange Free State, Transvaal and Cape Colony. For his services he was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 29 July, 1902] and received the Queen’s medal with four clasps and the King’s medal with two clasps. In 1915 the Border Regiment formed part of the 29th Division of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and Capt. Muriel left England with his regt. on 8 March, took part in the landing at the Dardanelles on 25–26 April, 1915, and was killed in action there four days later (30 April); _unm._ Buried near Sedd-el-Bahr.
=MURPHY, CHRISTOPHER FOWLER=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I., yr _s._ of the Rev. Canon Richard William Murphy, M.A., Rector of Clifden, Connemara, and formerly of Tuam, by his wife, Mary Louisa, dau. of the late Christopher Mulvany, C.E.; _b._ Dublin, 17 May, 1889; educ. Abbey School, Tipperary, and Trinity College, Dublin; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Oxford and Bucks L.I., from the R.F.A., Special Reserve, 7 Dec. 1910; promoted Lieut. 22 Jan. 1914; went to France, 27 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at the First Battle of Ypres, 21 Oct. 1914, while leading his company in an attack; _unm._ He was buried near Ypres on the road to St. Julien and Poelcapelle. Lieut.-Col. Davies, in command of the 2nd Battn., wrote: “He will be a great loss to us both personally and as a soldier. He died gallantly doing his duty in leading his men on to the attack”; and Lieut. Wingfield: “He died bravely a brave man’s death, and his last moments made me very proud of him as a brother officer.”
[Illustration: =Christopher F. Murphy.=]
=MURPHY, GEORGE PATRICK=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21976, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MURPHY, JOACHIM=, Private, No. 696, C Coy. 1st Newfoundland Regt., eldest _s._ of Joseph Murphy, of St. John’s, Newfoundland, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Patrick Dunn, of Mundy’s Pond; _b._ St. John’s, aforesaid, 16 July, 1896; educ. Christian Brothers School there; and on leaving in 1908 entered the employ of the Colonial Cordage Company; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the 1st Newfoundland Regt., 2 Sept. 1914; left for England, 4 Feb. 1915, went to the Dardanelles, 16 Oct. and died on board the Hospital Ship Morea, 7 Nov. 1915, of wounds received in action on the 5th. Volunteers were called for to go to the assistance of some men on Cariboo Hill; Murphy formed one of them and though they were successful in their object, they suffered heavily--Murphy was hit in eight or nine places. He was buried at sea; _unm._
[Illustration: =Joachim Murphy.=]
=MURPHY, JOHN=, Private, No. 189, 25th Battn. Australian Imperial Force; _s._ of John Murphy, of Keane’s Lane, Boherbee, Tralee, co. Kerry, by his wife, Julia, dau. of (--) Tobin; _b._ Tralee, Aug. 1885; educ. Strand Street School there; was for nine years in the employ of Messrs. Baily, of Tralee, Government Contractors, and went to Brisbane about 1910; on the outbreak of war joined the Australian Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at Apex Chailak Dere, Gallipoli, 7 Oct. 1915; _unm._ He was buried there the same evening at 7.30 p.m. His brother Maurice was killed at the Battle of Mons, and his uncle Michael at Ypres. Another uncle served with the Expeditionary Force in France, was wounded and invalided home, and later was sent to the Dardanelles.
=MURPHY, JOHN CORNELIUS MATTHIAS=, Bugler, R.M.L.I., Ch./17860, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MURPHY, JOHN FRANCIS=, Ship’s Cook, 347632, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MURPHY, MAURICE=, Private, No. 10158, 2nd Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, _s._ of John Murphy, of Keane’s Lane, Boherbee, Tralee, co. Kerry, etc. (see under Private John Murphy); _b._ at Boherbee, Tralee, 1896; killed in action at the Battle of Mons, Aug. 1914; _unm._
=MURPHY, MICHAEL=, L.-Corpl., No. 2786, 1st Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, _s._ of John Murphy, of Tralee, and uncle of John and Maurice Murphy (see their notices); _b._ Tralee about 1884; educ. Christian Brothers School there, and was killed in action at Ypres, 12 Nov. 1914. He _m._ at Tralee, Ellenor Hannah (2, Keane’s Lane, Boherbee, Tralee), dau. of (--), and had two children.
=MURPHY, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., 1.C. 589, late B. 8132), S.S. 103963, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MURPHY, WALTER LEONARD=, Private, No. 407, B Coy., 1st Newfoundland Regt., _s._ of John Joseph Murphy, of 20, Buchanan Street, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Checker, Reid Newfoundland Railway Co., by his wife, Alice, dau. of Peter Hamilton, of Carbonear, Newfoundland; _b._ Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, 6 April, 1897; educ. Roman Catholic Academy there, and Christian Brothers’ (Holy Cross) Schools, St. John’s; was in the employ of Messrs. James Baird, Ltd., of St. John’s, but on the outbreak of the European War resigned his post and joined the 1st Newfoundland Regt. 16 Aug. 1914; left for England on steamship Florizel, 4 Oct. 1914, and died at Mudros, 29 Sept. 1915, of dysentery contracted while on active service in Gallipoli; _unm._ He was a keen student, and won many prizes and honours in his schools; was a pianist of no mean ability, a good all-round sportsman and an expert in amateur photography. His brother, Private Michael Patrick Murphy, Canadian Infantry, is now (1916) on
## active service in France.
=MURRAY, ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 535, 5th Battn. Seaforth Highlanders (T.F.), yr. _s._ of the late Donald Murray, of The Poles, Dornoch, by his wife Isabella (The Poles, Dornoch, Sutherland), dau. of Lewis Grant; _b._ Bernarmin, Clyne, co. Sutherland, 19 May, 1895; educ. Dornoch; joined the 5th Seaforths, March, 1912; went to France, 1 May, 1915, and was killed in action near Festubert, 8 June, 1915; _unm._
=MURRAY, ALEXANDER=, Stoker, R.N.R., S. 2883, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MURRAY, ARTHUR JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4800), S.S. 104146, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MURRAY, CHARLES JOHN=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 3rd _s._ of Charles Archibald Murray, of Taymount Stanley, co. Perth [grandson of David William, 3rd Earl of Mansfield, K.T.], and only _s._ by his second wife, Blanche, 5th dau. of Sir Thomas Moncreiffe, 7th Bart.; _b._ Taymount, co. Perth, 1 Dec. 1881, educ. Haileybury College; joined the Black Watch Militia in Dec. 1899; gazetted Lieut. Coldstream Guards, 4 Dec. 1901; and promoted Lieut. 7 Sept. 1904; served in the South African War, 1902; took part in operations in Cape Colony in May (Queen’s medal with two clasps); was A.D.C. to High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief, N. Nigeria, 10 March, 1907, to 6 May, 1908, to Governor and Commander-in-Chief, N. Nigeria, 7 May, 1908 to 1909, and subsequently to Governor of East African Protectorate, 1909–12, when he resigned his commission to take up farming, and the breeding and training of horses there. On the outbreak of war he returned to England, and rejoined the Coldstream Guards at Windsor, 19 Sept. 1914; left with his regt. for France, 7 Oct. following, and was killed in action when leading an attack on Poezelhoek, near Ypres, 26 Oct. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Charles John Murray.=]
=MURRAY, FANE WRIGHT STAPLETON=, Capt., 12th Royal Lancers, eldest _s._ of the late Col. Charles Edward Gostling Murray, of Whitton Park, Hounslow, and the Moat, Charing, Kent, J.P., D.L. [grandson of the Right Rev. Lord George Murray, Bishop of St. David’s, 2nd _s._ of John, 3rd Duke of Atholl, K.T.], by his 2nd wife, Margaret Frances Elizabeth, only dau. of the Rev. John William Conant; _b._ Whitton Park, Hounslow, 16 Oct. 1879; educ. Eton; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 12th Lancers from the Militia, 20 Dec. 1899, and promoted Lieut. 3 Oct. 1900, Capt. 27 Nov. 1907; served in the South African War, 1899–1902, taking part in the operations in the Transvaal and Cape Colony (Queen’s medal with five clasps); and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 1914, and was shot through the heart in the trenches at Wytchaete, between St. Eloi and Messines, 30 Oct. 1914. As immediately after he fell, the 12th Lancers were obliged to abandon their trenches, his body was never recovered. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Fane W. S. Murray.=]
=MURRAY, JOHN THOMAS=, Leading Stoker, S.S. 102034 (Portsmouth I.C. 243), R.N., and Sergt., No. 5664, Legion of Frontiersmen, eldest _s._ of Joseph Murray, of 8, William Street, Lintz Colliery, Burnopfield, co. Durham, member of the Legion of Frontiersmen, formerly 3rd Northumberland Fusiliers, by his wife, Mary Elizabeth; _b._ North Shields, 25 May, 1886; educ. Leazes Board School (where he was one of the most brilliant scholars turned out by its headmaster, Mr. Abbott, J.P., who said that his late scholar “was a credit and reward of many anxious years of toil”); in the Tanfield U.D., co. Durham, afterwards being employed in the Lintz Colliery. Joined the Royal Navy, 10 Jan. 1906, his first ships being in rotation: the Nelson (in which he won the Gold Cross Guns and Gold Star), Brazen, Albermarle, Prince of Wales, Cressy, submarine A.E. 1, the Glasgow, and lastly, in 1906, the Good Hope, on which ship he was serving when she made her record cruise of 30,000 miles, also when she formed one of the squadron representing England at Jamestown Exposition; was one of the Good Hope crew presented by Princess Christian with a shield, on behalf of the women of South Africa, and one of the Guard of Honour to the German Emperor in 1908. After leaving the Navy he joined the Legion of Frontiersmen in Dec. 1911, the commanding officer, Col. Driscoll, D.S.O., writing to Sergt.-Major Harding, of Sunderland, “Use this man, he will be a credit to you; he is an ideal Frontiersman.” He was not long in being made Trooper, Corpl., and finally Sergt., and organised the North-West Durham subunit of the Legion, becoming its Chief Recruiting and Organising Officer and Hon. Secretary. On the outbreak of war he rejoined the Good Hope, and was killed in action when that ship was sunk with H.M.S. Monmouth in the battle off Coronel, 1 Nov. 1914; _unm._ He had the Good Conduct badge, the St. John’s Ambulance certificate, etc., and had a good knowledge of French, Spanish, Hindustani and Zulu; also possessed certificate in mining engineering, and had taken a deep interest in ornithology and history.
[Illustration: =John Thomas Murray.=]
=MURRAY, PATRICK MAXWELL=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.), only surviving _s._ of Arthur Turnour Murray, of Lincoln’s Inn, Barrister-at-Law, and Red Towers, Melton, Suffolk, and of Nora Alice, dau. of the late Hugh Maxwell, of The Elgin Mills Company, Cawnpore; _b._ 1, Radnor Place, Hyde Park, London, 24 April, 1890; educ. Gisburne House, Watford (W. H. Wright), 1898–1903; Repton (The Priory, H. Vassall), 1903–08, and Woolwich (Sandhurst Detachment), 1908–09; received commission, 18 Sept. 1909, joined Oct. 1909, went through musketry and machine gun course at Hythe, 1911, and qualified in both; Assistant Adjutant, 1911–14; promoted Lieut., 16 Aug. 1911; while at Repton he shot at Bisley, 1906, in the team which won the rapid-firing prize, and also in 1907 and 1908, and his house team won the House Challenge Shield for shooting in 1908 and the House Drill Shield in 1907 and 1908. He also won prizes at the school sports (150 yards, and hurdles). During his Assistant Adjutancy the shooting of his battn. improved, and the following prizes were won:--(a) Seymour Challenge Cup--team snap-shooting at Western Rifle Meeting, 1911; (b) Young Able Seamen and Soldiers’ Cup--teams under two years’ service, 1911; (c) Evelyn Wood Cup--time march ending with ball-firing at unknown ranges, 1912; (d) Judging Distance Shield, 1912; (e) Fairfax Cup--Western Rifle Meeting, 1913. As to the Evelyn Wood Cup, the “Regimental Annual,” 1913, says: “Lieut. Murray commanded the team and led them over the previously unknown nine miles of country with excellent judgment.” He was killed in action on Sunday, 20 Sept. 1914, at the Battle of the Aisne, while retaking a trench captured by the enemy by a ruse from another regt. In this section five officers were killed and nine wounded. His Capt. wrote: “He did so well on that dreadful Sunday--perfectly cool and collected the whole time.” His Colonel, who had reported of him in the highest terms at the last inspection, said: “His death was in every way worthy of the man he had proved himself to be, and his life was freely given in the noblest of causes. After a very dashing advance in which he was one of the first to gain the trenches from which the enemy had driven another British corps, he was there killed instantaneously while encouraging his men and watching every turn of the fight at his own peril.” All accounts agree that the 2nd Sherwoods saved a dangerous situation. He is buried near Troyon.
[Illustration: =Patrick M. Murray.=]
=MURRAY, PETCHELL BURTT=, Flight Sub-Lieut., R.N.R., Royal Naval Air Service, attd. H.M.S. Pembroke, yr. _s._ of George Irving Murray, of Broad Oak Park, Worsley, member of Home Defence Corps VII, by his wife, Janie, dau. of William Lees; _b._ Didsbury, co. Lancaster, 27 July, 1884; educ. Eccles Grammar School, Sedbergh School, and Manchester Technical College, afterwards going to Germany for a time, and then entering his father’s business. He and his brother early devoted themselves to aviation, and in 1912–13, produced an aeroplane of their own construction. In 1911 he gave a lecture on the future of the hydro-aeroplane, in which he foreshadowed the lines of development, and was one of the first half-dozen to obtain his flying certificate off water (at Windermere). On 29 July, 1914, he applied for a commission in the Royal Naval Air Service, and was gazetted Flight Sub-Lieut. on 13 Sept. following, and attd. to H.M.S. Pembroke. He had attained an unusual degree of proficiency for his experience when he was killed in an accident at Rushall Down, Salisbury Plain, 4 Nov. 1914. He was returning to the Central Flying School, Upavon, after making a trial flight in a high speed B.E. Army biplane, when he was overtaken by a dense fog, which, it is assumed, prevented him from seeing the ground to regulate his descent. Flight Sub-Lieut. Murray was a member of the Executive Committee of the Manchester Cavendish Society, a society formed to enlist the help of young men of education in public work, and he gave much time and service to the work in connection with the Collyhurst Recreation Rooms in that City, and was immensely popular with the poor lads of Collyhurst.
[Illustration: =Petchell Burtt Murray.=]
=MURRAY, RUPERT AURIOL CONANT GOSTLING=, Capt., 1st Battn. Seaforth Highlanders, 3rd _s._ of the late Col. Charles Edward Gostling Murray, of Whitton Park, Hounslow, and the Moat, Charing, Kent [gdson. of the Right Rev. Lord George Murray, Bishop of St. Davids, 2nd _s._ of John, 3rd Duke of Atholl, K.T.], by his 2nd wife, Margaret Francis Elizabeth, only dau. of the Rev. John William Conant; _b._ Whitton Park, Hounslow, 29 Sept. 1882; educ. Eton; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Seaforth Highlanders, 22 Oct. 1902, and promoted Lieut. 15 Jan. 1908. and Capt. 22 Oct. 1914; went to France from India, and died in Lilliers Hospital, 11 March, 1915, from wounds received in action the previous day at Neuve Chapelle. Buried in Lilliers Cemetery. He _m._ at Pluckly, Ashford, Kent, 12 Aug. 1913, Ivy Maud, eldest dau. of Sir Henry Edward Dering, 10th Baronet, and had a son, Antony Ian Rupert, _b._ 13 June, 1914. His eldest brother, Capt. Fane Murray, was killed in action 30 Oct. 1914.
[Illustration: =Rupert A. C. G. Murray.=]
=MURRAY, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., I.C. 243), S.S. 102034, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MURRAY, WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9576), S.S. 106966, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MURRAY, WALTER STANLEY=, Private, No. 2221, 1/4th Battn. East Yorkshire Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Richard Henry Murray, of 93, St. George’s Road, Hull, Shipping Clerk (retired), by his wife, Martha, dau. of Joseph Williams, of that town; _b._ Hull, 30 Dec. 1877; educ. Bridlington and Hull; was for 15 years a clerk in the firm of Messrs. Beckett & Sons, of Hull; enlisted on the first call for recruits, 1 Sept. 1914, trained at Hull and Newcastle; left for France, 17 April, 1915, and went straight up to the trenches; took part in the Second Battle of Ypres, in which occasion his battn. sustained heavy casualties and was subsequently complimented by Sir John (now Lord) French on the gallantry it had displayed; and was accidentally shot by one of his own comrades in the trenches near Ypres, 11 June, 1915; _unm._ His Commanding Officer, Capt. W. T. Wilkinson, wrote expressing the deep sorrow of himself and the battn. at the loss of “so fearless and gallant a soldier.”
[Illustration: =Walter Stanley Murray.=]
=MURRAY, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Capt., 1st Battn. Gordon Highlanders, 3rd _s._ of Surgeon Lieut.-Col. John Murray, of 12, Ashburn Gardens, S.W.; _b._ Hong Kong, China, 23 Dec. 1880; educ. Wellington College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 8 Jan. 1901, and posted to the 1st Battn. Gordon Highlanders, 9 March following; promoted Lieut. 30 May, 1904; served in the South African War, 1901–2; took part in operations in the Transvaal, June, 1901, to 31 May, 1902; in Orange River Colony, Dec. 1901, and in Cape Colony, May, 1901 (Queen’s medal with clasp); was attd. to West African Frontier Force, 12 March to 28 Sept. 1904. He retired from active service in 1906 following an attack of blackwater fever, contracted in West Africa, and joined the Reserve of Officers from which he was gazetted to the 3rd Special Reserve Battn. of his regt. 4 Oct. 1913. On the outbreak of war he immediately rejoined his regt. at Aberdeen, was promoted Capt. 10 Aug. 1914; and after guarding the wireless station there for three weeks, was, on Aug. 31, sent with a draft of 100 men, to join the 1st Battn. at the Front. They had suffered so heavily during the retreat from Mons that the remnants were sent back to the base and Capt. Murray and his draft were temporarily attd. to the 2nd Seaforths. He joined them at Juarre before the crossing of the Marne. “They were a splendid lot of fellows,” wrote Sergt. A. H. Fraser of the 2nd Seaforths from Broadwater Hospital. “We had some very trying marches, following up the retiring Germans until we came to the crossing of the Aisne. We crossed the river on the night of 13 Sept. under cover of darkness and took up a position on the heights of the north bank of the river near Soissons. The following morning when dawn broke, we found ourselves within a thousand yards of the German position. They were not long before they made their presence felt, and we had to dig ourselves into the face of the bank under a heavy shell fire. Capt. Murray was beside me and dug himself in with my entrenching tool, but he did not occupy it very much for I saw him out on the road giving his men advice to entrench themselves, and this, whilst shrapnel was whistling about his ears, at which he only laughed. Later on, after our Colonel was killed, Capt. Murray was ordered to reinforce a part of our line, and with these words, ‘Come on the Gordons,’ he went up with about half of his party, and in less than ten minutes I was informed he was killed. Every man of his party expressed deepest sympathy for his death; they felt it very keenly. Personally, I have never seen a man so cool under fire before or since. His name, I am sure, will be remembered in my regt. when all our battles are fought over again.” His last words, addressed to a private who was binding up the wound in his head, were: “You must hold on here at all costs,” and when, after nearly two days, they were relieved, only seven of Capt. Murray’s draft remained in a fighting condition. Brig.-Gen. A. Haldane, Commanding 11th Brigade, wrote: “The Gordons, under Capt. Murray, advanced with the greatest coolness and dash under a very heavy and accurate shrapnel fire. Their officer was killed but they went forward and won the admiration of the Seaforth Highlanders. They are as fine a draft as I have ever seen, and it is with great regret that I part with them. They are true Gordon Highlanders--sans peur et sans reproche”; and the Adjutant, Capt. E. Campbell: “Early on the morning of the 11th we took up a position north of the Aisne just before light. We had not time to entrench properly, and throughout the day were shelled. As an attack was anticipated, the Commanding Officer strengthened the firing line and half the men under Murray were sent up into the firing line. Almost immediately he was killed, his death being instantaneous, I believe. He was buried in a rough coffin that night about 12.30 a.m. within a quarter of a mile from where he fell. On one side of him we buried Col. Sir E. Bradford and on the other Lieut. Williamson of my regt. They all had rough crosses placed over their graves, and several others were buried there. In fact, I think it has been railed off now as a small cemetery. It is a very pretty spot on the slope of the hill overlooking the Aisne Valley, towards Soissons, quite close to a farm called La Montague Ferme, just above Buey de Long.” He _m._ at the Royal Bavarian Chapel, London, 31 July, 1906, Lilias Caroline Drummond Leslie (The Manor House, Littlehampton, Sussex), only dau. of Edward Drummond, of St. James’ Place, late Bengal Civil Service, and had three children: Edward John, _b._ 17 June, 1907; Sybil Lilias, _b._ 21 June, 1909; and Mary Katherine, _b._ 8 Sept. 1910.
[Illustration: =William Edward Murray.=]
=MUSGRAVE, ANDREW BREMNER=, Private, No. 2408, 3rd Battn. 1st. Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of Edgar Musgrave, of Bradford, Chartered Accountant, by his wife, Catherine Wares Rittie, dau. of James Bremner, of Kirkhill, Wick, Caithness; _b._ Bradford, York, 21 Dec. 1887; educ. Bradford Grammar School, where he won a Scholarship in 1900; was engaged in the woollen trade, and in 1911 went to Melbourne; when war broke out he enlisted in the Australian Expeditionary Force at Sydney in Oct. 1914, and was killed in action during the landing in Gallipoli on 25 April, 1915; _unm._ Writing to his mother, Capt. C. H. Howel Price said: “He was killed in action on 25 April the day of landing on the peninsula of Gallipoli, whilst nobly doing his share of the work allotted to us.... He was a great favourite in his company.”
[Illustration: =Andrew B. Musgrave.=]
=MUSGROVE, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10429), 205575, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MUSHETT, FRANK=, Private, No. 1730, 5th (Cinque Ports) Battn. Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France; died 17 April, 1915, of wounds received in action.
=MUSKETT, ALFRED=, A.B., J. 1475, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MUSSETT, JOHN WILLIAM=, Seaman, R.N.R., B. 2633, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MUSSETT, WILLIAM HENRY=, Acting Leading Stoker, 297573, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MUSSO, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 10550, 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt., _s._ of Joseph Musso, of 74, Canal Road, Mile End; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, died on active service, 4 Nov. 1914.
=MUSSON, JOHN HARDY=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt., eldest _s._ of Samuel Peter Musson, of Kinnaird House, Upper Norwood, by his wife, Naomi, dau. of Abraham Hardy; _b._ Streatham, 21 Aug. 1894; educ. Stanley House School, Cliftonville, Margate; King’s School, Canterbury (member of the O.T.C.; in the first boat, first athletic team, and second football team); Lycée Faidherbe, Lille (2nd prize for public school fencing); Lille University (diploma 1914); London University, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 2nd Queen’s, 17 Feb. 1915; went to France, 24 May, and was killed in action near Bethune on 19 July following; _unm._ Buried at St. Vaast Post, near Bethune. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 30 Nov. 1915; and his Commanding Officer wrote “The battn. has lost a brave and valuable young officer.”
[Illustration: =John Hardy Musson.=]
=MUSTARD, ALEXANDER=, L.-Corpl., No. 1160, 5th Battn. Australian Imperial Force; _b._ Elgin, co. Moray, 5 March, 1886; educ. Urquhart Public School, Morayshire; went to Australia; volunteered and joined the Australian Imperial Force, 5 Oct. 1914; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there, 10 May following; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote that he very gallantly volunteered to go for his comrades with the water bottles slung across his shoulders, and was shot by a sniper when quite close to the well.
=MYDDELTON, EDWARD GEOFFREY=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Suffolk Regt., only surviving _s._ of Edward Brackenbury Myddelton, of Bank House, Wellingborough; _b._ Boston, 22 Aug. 1893; educ. Lancing, Wellingborough, and Jesus College, Cambridge, where he was in the Officers’ Training Corps, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Suffolk Regt., 4 June, 1913. On the outbreak of war he went to the front with the 2nd Battn., was in the retreat from Mons, and was unofficially reported killed at Le Cateau on 26 Aug. 1914. Coy. Sergt.-Major Crack, of the Suffolks, who was taken prisoner in this
## action, writing from Sennelager, 15 Jan. 1915, says: “I am very sorry
to say that 2nd Lieut. Myddelton was killed about 12 o’clock on Aug. 26; also his platoon Sergt. was killed at the same time, both by the same shrapnel. The men of his platoon were all very much grieved to have lost their leader, as they were all very fond of him.” Lieut. Myddelton had passed the first part of the Mathematical Tripos with 1st Class honours.
[Illustration: =Edward G. Myddelton.=]
=MYER, ERNEST ALEX=, Major, 6th (City of London) Battn. The London Regt. (Rifles) (T.F.), 4th _s._ of Sydney Myer, of Southampton, by his wife, Sophy Alex, dau. of Montagu Alex, of Hereford; _b._ Southampton, 23 Nov. 1874; educ. St. John’s Wood School, and University College School, London, and was admitted a Solicitor in 1897, practising at 46–47 London Wall, E.C. He was a keen volunteer, and soon after leaving the University College School, joined the Victoria Volunteer Regt. which was afterwards amalgamated with the St. George’s Rifles; and on 26 Nov. 1901, received a commission in the 2nd London Rifles, which became the 6th City of London Rifles on the organisation of the Territorial Force. He was promoted Capt. in 1898, and on the outbreak of war at once volunteered for foreign service. He received his Majority, 5 Aug. 1914, and during the arduous months of training was for a considerable period in command of the Battn. The 2nd London Division, to which he was attached, left for the Front, 20 March, 1915, and he was killed in action near Givenchy, 3 April following, being struck by shrapnel while passing through the trenches on inspection duty with Col. Simpson. Buried at Cuinchy close to where he fell. In a letter to Mrs. Myer, Col. Simpson wrote: “This Battn. has lost an officer who cannot be replaced--he was loved and respected by all ranks. Our country has lost a fine English gentleman, who had a very keen sense of duty and the determination to do it. He died the death of the brave soldier that he was.” He was an authority on apprenticeship (published a text book on apprenticeship entitled “Apprenticeship Law”), and acted for many years as hon. solicitor to the Industrial Department of the Jewish Board of Guardians, to the Apprenticeship and Skilled Employment Association, and to the Apprenticeship Committee of the Women’s University Settlement; he was one of the founders of the Brady Street Club in East London. Major Myer was called “The Boys’ Friend.” He was very keenly interested in their welfare, and many a boy in good and lucrative situations to-day owes it only to his help. In a quiet unassuming way he did splendid service for the Boys’ Clubs, and for the young men belonging to them, and never spared himself where the lads’ interest and welfare were concerned. Many of the old members and others have cause to be grateful to him for a start in life, and many for valuable help in other ways. The Maidenhead Club Scouts, too, owe their foundation to him, being the first troop in the country to be completely fitted out, and he was always keenly interested in their welfare. On one occasion he went out of his way, and went specially to visit their camps at Gosport to see that the boys were well provided for. He _m._ at Bayswater Synagogue, London, Emmy (123, Inverness Terrace, Bayswater), dau. of Charles (and Jeanette) Jacob; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Ernest Alex Myer.=]
=MYERS, GEORGE MAURICE=, Private, No. 2250, 7th Battn. London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Henry Myers, Wholesale Tobacconist (died 1908), by his wife, Amelia, dau. of J. B. George, of Paris; _b._ Regent’s Park Road, N.W., 10 April, 1894; educ. Kilburn Grammar School; enlisted early in Sept. 1914, following the outbreak of war; went to the Front, March, 1915, was badly wounded on the night of 12 Sept. following, and died two days later (14 Sept.) in No. 18 Casualty Clearing Station; _unm._ His commanding officer, Capt. C. J. Salkeld Green, wrote that he had been “marked for promotion when opportunity arose” and that “when he received his wounds he was on a working party on a very important piece of work.” He was buried at Lapugnoy, near Bethune. Lieut. Sydney Frankenburg, in a letter to Mrs. Myers, said: “He was buried in accordance with Jewish ritual in a part of the soldiers’ cemetery set apart for Jews. I performed the ceremony yesterday [15 Sept.] afternoon, and also spent some hours with him before his death. To show you the esteem that your son was held in by his comrades and officers I may mention that a party of soldiers from his platoon of their own free will marched several miles to attend his funeral. His Coy. Commander was present.”
[Illustration: =George Maurice Myers.=]
=MYERS, SIDNEY=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24128, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MYLAM, ALFRED CLAUDE=, Rifleman, No. 1728, 12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Henry Mylam, of 441, King’s Road, Chelsea, Ironmonger, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of George Henry Cornwall; _b._ Chelsea, 29 May, 1889; educ. St. Mark’s College School there; was a Solicitor’s Clerk; joined the Rangers in Sept. 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 24 Dec. 1914, and died at St. Julien, 26 April, 1915, of wounds received in action while advancing to relieve the Canadians; _unm._ Buried at Hazebrouck.
[Illustration: =Alfred Claude Mylam.=]
=NAIRN, WALTER=, Bugler, No. 1366, 7th Battn. Durham Light Infantry (T.F.), 4th _s._ of the late John Nairn, of Southwick-on-Wear, Fruiterer, by his wife, Isabella (23, Grosvenor Street, Southwick-on-Wear), dau. of Benjamin Cook, of Monkwearmouth; _b._ Southwick, 12 Dec. 1895; educ. Board School there; joined the 7th Territorial Battn. of the Durhams, 26 March, 1911, and was employed at Priestman’s Yard, Sunderland; volunteered for foreign service after the outbreak of war, and was killed in action “somewhere” in France, 22 June, 1915, by a sniper; _unm._ His four brothers are all on active service, a fact upon which their mother was complimented by H.M. the King.
[Illustration: =Walter Nairn.=]
=MERCER-NAIRNE, LORD CHARLES GEORGE FRANCIS=, C.V.O., formerly Fitzmaurice, of Meikleour and Tullybeagles, co. Perth, and of Aldie, co. Kinross, Major, 1st Royal Dragoons, yr. _s._ of Henry Charles, 5th Marquis of Lansdowne, K.G., P.C., G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., G.C.I.E., etc., by his wife, Lady Maud Evelyn, née Hamilton, C.I., V.A, Extra Lady of the Bedchamber to H.M. Queen Alexandra, 7th and yst. dau. of James, 1st Duke of Abercorn, K.G.; _b._ London, 12 Feb. 1874; educ. Eton; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to 1st Dragoons from the Royal Scots Militia, 29 May, 1895; and promoted Lieut. 2 Feb. 1898, Capt. 27 June, 1901, and Major 30 June, 1910; was A.D.C. to G.O.C. the Forces in Ireland, 29 May, 1897, to 19 Oct. 1899; A.D.C. to Commander-in-chief (F.M. Earl Roberts), 3 Jan. 1901 to 11 Feb. 1904; Equerry-in-Ordinary to King George V when Prince of Wales, 1 April, 1909, to 6 May, 1910, and to His Majesty, 10 June, 1910, to Sept. 1914; created C.V.O. 1911; served (1) in the South African War, 1899–1900; took part in the relief of Ladysmith, including action at Colenso; operations of 17 to 24 Jan. 1900, and action at Spion Kop; operations of 5 to 7 Feb. 1900, and
## action at Vaal Kranz; operations on Tugela Heights, 14 to 27 Feb. 1900,
and action at Pieters Hill; operations in Natal, March, 1900, and in the Orange Free State, May, 1900 (Queen’s medal with four clasps); and (2) with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 6 Oct. to 30 Oct. 1914, on which date he was killed in action near Klein Zillebeke, Ypres. He was awarded the Legion of Honour by the French President for gallantry in the field. He _m._ at Calcutta, 20 Jan. 1909, Lady Violet Mary, née Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (11, Hyde Park Terrace, W.), yst. dau. of Gilbert John, 4th Earl of Minto), K.G., P.C., G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., and had issue, George John Charles, now of Meikleour, etc., _b._ 27 Nov. 1912, for whom H.M. King George V was sponsor; and Mary Margaret Elizabeth, _b._ 6 Feb. 1910, for whom H.M. Queen Mary was sponsor.
[Illustration: =Lord Charles Nairne.=]
=NAISH, WILLIAM CHARLES GATTON=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6656), 196269, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NAISMITH, PERCY THOMAS=, Private, No. 1543, C Coy., 14th Battn. (London Scottish) The London Regt., eldest _s._ of Thomas Naismith, of 589, Romford Road, Woodgrange, and Thomas Street, Burdett Road, E., formerly of Eastfield, Leith, Licensed Victualler; _b._ Poplar, 17 March, 1894; educ. Thomas Street School, Burdett Road, and Pitman’s, Southampton Row; joined the London Scottish; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., and died in Boulogne Hospital, 11 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in the charge of the London Scottish at Messines on 30 Oct. Buried in Boulogne Cemetery; _unm._
=NANCARROW, JOHN VIVIAN=, Capt., 4th Battn. Yorkshire Regt., York and Durham Infantry Brigade, Northumbrian Division T.F., eldest _s._ of George Bennett Nancarrow, of Ravenscroft, Grove Hill, Middlesbrough, a partner in the firm of W. B. Peat & Co., Chartered Accountants, by his wife, Charlotte Alice, dau. of Capt. Josiah Thomas; _b._ Middlesbrough, 6 June, 1885; educ. Leys School and King’s College, Cambridge (M.A., LL.B.); admitted a Solicitor, 1909, and became Secretary to the Middlesbrough Chamber of Commerce. He joined the 1st Vol. Battn. Durham L.I. in 1907, was later attached to the Northumberland Fusiliers at Newcastle and then to the Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., before settling in Middlesbrough where he became Lieut. in the 4th Yorks, and after passing through a school of instruction, was promoted to the Captaincy in the latter part of 1913. On the outbreak of war he undertook Imperial service obligations and landed in France with his Battn. in the middle of April 1915; they were immediately hurried up to the front in consequence of the French troops north of Ypres having been “gassed” on 22 April, and on the afternoon of the 24th were ordered to attack the German lines near the village of Fortuin, near St. Julien, a few miles north-east of Ypres. During the day. Capt, Nancarrow was seen cheering on his men, and in the advance, he stopped to bind up the wound of a Private who had fallen and then hurried forward. After making several rushes at the head of his men towards the enemy’s position, he was shot and died almost instantaneously. His Colonel wrote of him that “he behaved like a hero.” Capt. Nancarrow had taken a very active part in the Boy Scouts’ movement in connection with the settlement in Newport Road, Middlesbrough. He was engaged to be married to Miss Elsie Harkess of Stokesley.
[Illustration: =John Vivian Nancarrow.=]
=NASH, EDWARD RADCLIFFE=, Capt., 16th Lancers, elder _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Edward Nash, of Ballycarty, Tralee, co. Kerry, and 56, Sloane Street, London, S.W., J.P., late Essex Regt., by his wife, Constance, dau. of John Radcliffe, of Moorfield, Withington, J.P.; _b._ London, 9 June, 1888; educ. Mr. Bull’s Preparatory School, Westgate-On-Sea (1898–1902), Eton (1902–July, 1905), and Sandhurst, into which he passed in Sept. 1905, at the earliest possible age, giving up for the sake of seniority all that another two years at Eton would have meant to him; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 16th Lancers, 29 Aug. 1906, and promoted Lieut. 15 Jan. 1909, and Capt. 10 Oct. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914; took part in the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Marne, and the Aisne, and the First Battle of Ypres, and was killed in action near Ypres, 21 Feb. 1915, when the 16th Lancers suffered severely through the blowing up of a trench; _unm._ At the time of his death he was acting Adjutant of his regt. Capt. Nash was a splendid all-round sportsman. At Eton he distinguished himself as a long distance runner and as a “wet-bob,” and in 1905 won the Junior Sculls and stroked his Junior House Four up to “head,” the last time that the colours of Miss Evan’s were seen on the River; while at Sandhurst he proved himself a remarkable athlete, winning against competitors considerably older than himself the equivalent of the “Victor Ludorum” Cup. After joining the 16th Lancers he ran twice in the Army Championship for the mile, being second on each occasion with practically no training, but he devoted himself chiefly to riding, and was one of the finest horsemen in the Army. He was well known at Olympia, and was one of the team which represented Great Britain at the last Olympic Games at Stockholm in 1912. He was first and second in successive years at the Grafton Point-to-Point, won his Regimental Light Weight Steeplechase on two occasions, and was “placed” at a number of other meetings at which he rode. As conspicuous for dash, energy and endurance in war as in sport, he was the ideal cavalry officer and appeared to have a distinguished career before him. His exuberant vitality found expression in all that he said or did, and one who knew him well observed, on hearing that he had been killed: “Of all the deaths in this war, his death is the hardest to realise.” Capt. Nash was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch, of 8 [London Gazette, 19] Oct. 1914. His younger brother, Capt. L. C. Nash, died of wounds 28 Sept. following (see following notice).
[Illustration: =Edward Radcliffe Nash.=]
=NASH, LLEWELLYN CHARLES=, 2nd Lieut. (temp. Capt.), 2nd Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, yr. _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Edward Nash, of Ballycarty, Tralee, co. Kerry, and 56, Sloane Street, S.W., J.P., late Essex Regt., by his wife, Constance, dau. of John Radcliffe, of Moorfield, Withington, J.P.; _b._ Cefn Ila, Usk, co. Monmouth, 23 June, 1895; educ. at Wixenford (Mr. Morton’s), Eton (Mr. Mill’s House, Jan. 1910–July, 1914), and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 11 Nov. 1914, and Lieut. 1 Aug. 1915; left for France in Jan. 1915; took part in the Battles of Neuve Chapelle and Festubert; was promoted Capt. 12 July, and died in hospital at Lozinghem, 28 Sept. 1915, of wounds received in action near Vermelles on the 25th, the first day of the Battle of Loos. He was wounded early in the morning of the 25th, but was not found until late in the afternoon, and one of his brother officers wrote: “The fact that we found him wounded almost through the German wire shows the splendid determination and courage with which he went forward.” He was mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir John French [London Gazette, 1 Jan. 1916], and a General officer under whom he served wrote: “He was Battn. bombing officer and easily the best in the Division, and was constantly sent for when they wanted advice on the subject.” Buried at Lozinghem, near Lillers; _unm._ At Eton he was a Sergt. in the O.T.C., a whip to the Beagles, and won the School Sculling in 1914, being ninth man of the Eight that year. In all branches of sport he was keen, especially excelling as a fisherman. A writer in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps Chronicle said: “To know “The Fat Boy” as Nash was affectionately called, was to love him. Always cheery and keen for work, he set a magnificent example to those under him. If he was in charge of a party working in the trenches he buckled to and worked harder than anyone else. At Eton he had the reputation of working his hardest at work or play, and this reputation he fully justified while he was in the Regt. His character was eminently fitted for the stern combination of work and sport entailed by active service, and his success as a soldier is shown by the fact that at the age of 20, with less than a year’s service, he had already been gazetted to the rank of Capt.” His elder brother, Capt. E. R. Nash, was killed in
## action near Ypres, 21 Feb. 1915.
[Illustration: =Llewellyn Charles Nash.=]
=NASH, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Private, No. 2346, 1/8th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of William Nash (now Sergt. No. 110331, in the 1st Labour Battn. Royal Engineers, on active service in France), by his wife, Ellen, dau. of the late George Williams, of Hawley; _b._ Hampton Hill, co. Middlesex, 10 April, 1895; educ. there; was a Chauffeur and Student in the S.C.S.; enlisted 25 Feb. 1914; went to France, 8 March, 1915, and was killed in action, in the German trenches, at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915, while bomb throwing; _unm._
=NASMYTH, JAMES THOMAS HUTCHINSON=, Capt., 10th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 4th _s._ of John Nasmyth, of Mount Forest, by his wife, Jane P., dau. of John Morrison; _b._ Mount Forest, Ontario, Canada, 23 Aug. 1874; joined the 46th Durham Regt. about 1900, and, after going through a course of instruction at the Stanley Barracks, Toronto, was given a commission as Lieut., two years later, and promoted Capt. in 1912, after taking a second course; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war, and was appointed Lieut. 10th Battn. 22 Sept. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; was promoted Capt. at the Front; and was killed in
## action near St. Julien, 23 April, 1915, during the heroic stand of the
Canadians at the beginning of the Second Battle of Ypres. He _m._ at Janetville, Ontario, Canada, 22 Oct. 1896, Emma Amelia, dau. of Christopher Armstrong, of Janetville; _s.p._
[Illustration: =James T. H. Nasmyth.=]
=NATTON, REUBEN WALTER=, Private, No. 1005, Royal Army Medical Corps, 3rd _s._ of James Natton, of Stockton-on-Tees, Shipyard Labourer, by his wife, Margaret Elizabeth, dau. of James Jeffries, of Stockton-on-Tees; _b._ Thornaby-on-Tees, co. Durham, 17 March, 1889; educ. New Board School there; enlisted there in the Coldstream Guards in Aug. 1905, but was bought out the following October; in June, 1906, he enlisted in the R.A.M.C. and after serving three years passed into the Reserve and found employment at Doxford’s Yard, Sunderland; on mobilization, 5 Aug. 1914, he was called up, went to France with the first Expeditionary Force and was wounded at Ypres in November; invalided home to Wandsworth Hospital he was found unfit for further active service and was placed on the Hospital Ship Neuralia; on the voyage out to Bombay he contracted fever and was landed at Alexandria, where he died at No. 15 General Hospital, 2 June, 1915, and was buried in the Chatby Military Cemetery near there. He _m._ at Haswell Parish Church, 27 July, 1908, Rosina (14, John Street, Southwick-on-Wear), dau. of Thomas Brown, of Easington, and had four children: Reuben Walter, _b._ 18 Oct. 1910; Robert William, _b._ 19 Sept. 1914; Rosina, _b._ 3 May, 1909; and Margaret, _b._ 29 Feb. 1912.
[Illustration: =Reuben Walter Natton.=]
=NAYLOR, CLARENCE EDGAR=, A.B., 209926 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=NAZARETH, JOHN XAVIER=, Officers’ Cook, 2nd Class, L. 694, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=NEAL, HENRY JOSEPH=, A.B., 194903, Chatham, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=NEALE, ROY GORDON KING=, A.B., J. 6046, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NEARY, HENRY FRANK=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9031), S.S. 2128, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NEAVE, ARUNDELL=, Major, 16th (The Queen’s) Lancers, yr. _s._ of the late Sir Arundell Neave, 4th Bart., by his wife, the Hon. Gwyn Gertrude, née Hughes (Llysdulas, Amlwch, Anglesey), yst. dau. of William Lewis, 1st Lord Dinorben; _b._ London, 2 July, 1875; educ. Evelyn’s, Uxbridge, and Eton; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 16th Lancers, from the Royal Anglesey R.E. Militia, 11 May, 1898, and promoted Lieut. 17 Oct. 1899; Capt. 1 April, 1903, and Major 19 Dec. 1914; served (1) in South Africa War, 1900–2; took part in the relief of Kimberley; operations in Orange Free State, Feb. to May, 1900, including actions at Paardeberg (17–26 Feb.), Poplar Grove; operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, Aug. to Sept. 1900; in Orange River Colony, Sept. to Nov. 1900, and Feb. to June, 1901; operations in Cape Colony, Dec. 1900, to Jan. 1901, and July, 1901, to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps, King’s medal with two clasps); and (2) with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; was mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French, 17 Sept. [London Gazette, 19 Oct.] 1914; and died, 21 Feb. 1915, of wounds received while leading his squadron into action near Ypres the same day. Buried in Ypres Cemetery. He was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour for gallantry in the field. Major Neave was a fine horseman and a good all-round sportsman.
[Illustration: =Arundell Neave.=]
=NEILL, CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9342), S.S. 106586, H.M.S Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NEILL, JOHN THOMAS=, Petty Officer, 171483, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=NEILL, WILLIAM=, Chief Ship’s Cook (Pensioner), 147941, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NEILSON, WILLIAM=, Regt. Sergt.-Major, No. 25, 5th Battn. 2nd Infantry Brigade, 1st Victorian Contingent, Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of the late William Neilson, of Ashgillhead, Dalserf, by his wife, Grace, dau. of James Copland; _b._ Muirkirk, co. Ayr, 30 Nov. 1864; educ. Blackwood, co. Lanark; enlisted in the King’s Own Scottish Borderers, Oct. 1882, and served nine years with them in India (Queen’s medal with one clasp); joined the Scottish Horse when the South African War broke out, and served through that campaign (Queen’s medal with four clasps). After spending four years in business in Glasgow, he went to Australia in Sept. 1911, settled at Melbourne and later at St. Kilda, but on the outbreak of the European War, again enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force; left for Egypt with the main force; arrived at the Dardanelles in April, and was killed in action there, 19 May, 1915. Buried at Gaba Tepe. He _m._ at Dalserf, co. Lanark, 1 Dec. 1893, Janet Penman (12, Moodie Place, St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia), dau. of Thomas Renwick, of Dalserf, and had six children: William, _b._ 27 May, 1899; John Renwick, _b._ 6 March, 1902; Abram Renwick, _b._ 10 Dec. 1906: Janet Douglas, _b._ 23 Aug. 1894; Grace Copland, _b._ 18 Dec. 1896; and Isabel Renwick, _b._ 5 July, 1903.
=NEKREWES, DAVID SMITH=, Private, No. 2024, A Coy., 3rd Battn. Monmouthshire Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the late David Smith Nekrewes, of 3, Carisbrook Road, Maindee, Newport, Monmouth, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Michael Buckley; _b._ Newport, 20 July, 1883; educ. Shaftesbury School, Newport. He enlisted at Abergavenny on the outbreak of war, proceeded with his regt. to France on 16 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Frezenberg, 16 May, 1915; _unm._ Private Nekrewes was well known in South Wales as an athlete. He represented his school on two occasions in the School’s Swimming Championship, and also in the School’s Gymnastic Competition; he also played Rugby football for Bridgend, Glam., and (three-quarter), Pontypridd, Mountain Ash, Pontypool, and Glamorgan County. He met with considerable success as a sprinter.
=NELIS, JAMES EDWARD THORNHILL=, Lieut., 5th (Service) Battn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, only _s._ of Lieut.-Col. James Alexander Nelis, of 1, Seaview Terrace, Donnybrook, late I.M.S., by his wife, Anna, dau. of the late Cudbert Bensley Thornhill, C.S.I., Indian Civil Service; _b._ Abbottabad, India, 31 Dec. 1891; educ. at Haileybury; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 5th Inniskilling Fusiliers, 26 Sept. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 19 Nov. following; left for the Dardanelles, 10 July, 1915, and was killed in action there, 15 Aug. following; _unm._
[Illustration: =J. E. T. Nelis.=]
=NELSON, GEORGE=, Private, No. 1162, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Francis Nelson, of 2, Stafford Street, East End, Sunderland; _b._ Sunderland; educ. St. John’s School there; enlisted in the Coldstreams after the outbreak of war, 26 Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., and died a prisoner of war in No. 2 German Field Hospital, 25 Feb. 1915, of frozen feet; _unm._ Buried at Pont à Vendin.
[Illustration: =George Nelson.=]
=NESMITH, JAMES=, Capt., 5th Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late James Nesmith of Glencairn, Port Glasgow, Accountant, by his wife, Catherine (Glencairn, Port Glasgow), dau. of Donald Gillies, of Craigenterue, Argyleshire; _b._ Glasgow, 17 July, 1881; educ. Greenock Academy, and Glasgow University; was a Solicitor practising in Glasgow; joined the E Coy. (Port Glasgow) of the 1st Renfrew Volunteer (afterwards the 5th Territorial) Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 10 April, 1900, and was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. 29 Nov. 1905, and promoted Lieut. 22 Feb. 1911, and Capt. 13 July, 1912; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war, left for the Dardanelles, 28 May, 1915; and was killed in action during the British attack on the Krithia-Achi Baba position, Gallipoli, 12 July following. Buried on the field; _unm._
=NESS, GORDON STUART=, Lieut., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st Battn. Royal Scots Fusiliers, yst. and only surviving _s._ of the late Patrick Ness, of Braco Castle, Perthshire, by his wife, Charlotte Jane Wells (19, Dawson Place, Notting Hill Gate, W.), dau. of Stephen Powell; _b._ London, 4 Nov. 1885; educ. Westminster School, and Clare College, Cambridge; was elected an underwriting member of Lloyds in 1909; joined the 3rd Battn. (Royal Ayr and Wigtown Militia) Royal Scots Fusiliers, as 2nd Lieut. 7 April, 1906, and was promoted Lieut. 9 Dec. 1909; went to France 11 Sept. 1914, attached to the 1st Battn. of his Regt.; and was killed in action during the 1st Battle of Ypres, 11 Nov. 1914. Buried near Ypres. He _m._ in London, Gladys, dau. of Charles Ernest Gwynne Harrison; and had a son and daughter: Patrick, _b._ 15 June, 1914; and Marguerite Gordon, _b._ 3 June, 1915.
[Illustration: =Gordon Stuart Ness.=]
=NEVE, BASIL HOVENDEN=, Acting Chief E.R.A., 2nd Class, 270424, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=NEVE, WILLIAM CHARLES=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 184688, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NEVETT, THOMAS ALFRED=, L.-Corpl., No. 13041, 5th Battn. King’s Shropshire L.I., yst. _s._ of William Berber Nevett, of Cotsbrook Hall, co. Salop, by his wife, Emily, dau. of the late Richard Jones, of Norton, co. Salop; _b._ Sansaw, co. Salop, 24 June, 1895; educ. Elleray Park, Wallasey, and Shrewsbury School (1911–13), and on leaving there took up an agricultural life, but on the outbreak of war volunteered and joined the King’s Shropshire L.I. with several other Salopians. After some months of training he was placed in the battn. machine-gun section, and went with this unit to France in May, 1915. During the violent attacks and counter-attacks around Hooge in Aug. he was wounded on the 9th by a shell which destroyed his gun, and on the way to the dressing station he received another and more severe wound from shrapnel, resulting in spinal injury and paralysis, from which he died in Edmonton Military Hospital, 10 Sept. 1915; _unm._ The Headmaster of Shrewsbury said of him: “He was one of those unselfish boys whose real goodness gives them an influence out of all proportion to their prominence in school life.” His eldest bro., Sergt. W. P. Nevett, was killed at the Dardanelles landing (see his notice).
[Illustration: =Thomas Alfred Nevett.=]
=NEVETT, WILLIAM PERCY=, Sergt., No. 851, 12th Battn. Australian L.I., Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of William Barber Nevett, of Cotsbrook Hall, co. Salop, by his wife, Emily, dau. of the late Richard Jones, of Norton, co. Salop; _b._ Sansaw, co. Salop, 4 June, 1889; educ. Bridgnorth Grammar School and Birmingham University and after securing first-class in the Engineering Course, 1906–9, became Assistant Engineer to the Miners’ Water Supply, Perth, Western Australia. On the outbreak of war he joined the Australian L.I., and having been a member of the O.T.C. at Birmingham University, was set immediately to train recruits. He left for Egypt in Nov. 1914, and while there was offered a commission in the New Army at home but declined it, preferring to stay with his comrades. He was killed in action during the landing of the Australians at Sedd-el-Bahr, Gallipoli, 25 April, 1915; _unm._ The Sergt.-Major of his battn. wrote: “Nevett was on the left flank on the Sunday we effected a landing here, and at this point the fighting was particularly heavy. Your brother was hit in the firing line, and was carried to a place of more safety by Private Michie, another of our good men since killed. The wound was so serious that before the stretcher-bearers could get him to the beach, he died. He was one of our most efficient and popular N.C.O.’s, and my best friend.”
[Illustration: =William Percy Nevett.=]
=NEW, ALEXANDER HERBERT=, Private, No. 5712, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest _s._ of Harry New, of Bournemouth, by his wife, Theresa, dau. of (--) Hazel; _b._ Ringwood, co. Hants, 5 June, 1886; educ. at Bournemouth; enlisted 12 Sept. 1904; served in Egypt, 29 Sept. 1906, to 14 Feb. 1908; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at La Tretoire, 8 Sept. 1914, being buried in the wood there. His company officer wrote saying that he was a good soldier, and fought gallantly, and cheerfully carried out the hard marching of the first three weeks of the campaign; also how well he helped to maintain the reputation of the Coldstream Guards and the British Army. He _m._ at St. Luke’s, Burton, Christchurch, 18 April, 1910, Fanny (67, Forton Road, Gosport), only dau. of Charles Langrish; _s.p._
=NEWBURY, WILLIAM JOHN=, Chief Ship’s Cook, 165257, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=NEWBY, GEORGE EDWIN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2629), 207242, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=NEWCOMBE, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 10707 (Ports.), H.M.S Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NEWHAM, ARTHUR JOHN=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 208884, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NEWMAN, CHARLES HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2948), S.S. 264, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=NEWMAN, CORMIE AUBREY=, E.R.A., 3rd Class, M. 1478, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=NEWMAN, FRANCIS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2512), 201770, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=NEWMAN, HARRY=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Petty Officer, 6325, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=NEWMAN, HENRY=, Stoker (Native), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=NEWMAN, RICHARD HARRY=, Chief Petty Officer, Tel. 183585, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=NEWMAN, SAMUEL=, Stoker, R.N.R., S. 1706, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=NEWMAN, STANLEY FRANCIS=, Sergt., No. 1093, Essex Yeomanry, 3rd _s._ of Francis Newman, of Moor Hall, Thorley, Bishop’s Stortford, Farmer, by his wife, Emily, dau. of Richard Stock; _b._ Moor Hall, Thorley, co. Hertford, 18 July, 1885; educ. Bishop’s Stortford College; served six years in the Essex Yeomanry, 1906–12; then went to Singapore and later to Australia, where he was farming; returned to England in July, 1914, and when war broke out the following month, immediately rejoined his old regt. and volunteered for foreign service. He went to France, 28 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action in an attack on the German trenches at Ypres, 13 May, 1915; _unm._ The Capt. commanding C Squadron wrote: “The regt. was sent up to reinforce the infantry at this part of the line about a week ago. On the 13th the Germans succeeded in taking a bit of our line and the regt., together with the two other regts. of our Brigade, was ordered to retake it. They had to advance 500 yards of open ground, most of it going under a very heavy fire from shells, rifle, and machine-gun fire. Your son reached the enemy’s trenches safely, and helped to recapture them, but a few minutes later he was shot while standing near Mr. Holt who was also wounded. His death is a great blow to us all, officers and men alike, and he leaves a place in the Squadron which will be hard to fill. Everybody agreed that he was one of the very best N.C.Os. in the regt. and his troop would do anything for him.” And Trooper H. J. Tucker writing to his father said: “Will you just break the news on my behalf, that my two comrades, Sergt. Stanley Newman and Corpl. Frank Bird, have both been killed in action during a great charge, which took place two days ago. When there was a roll call the whole regt. had 168 casualties--killed, wounded and missing; amongst them our Colonel and many officers.”
=NEWMAN, WILLIAM HENRY=, Acting Chief Stoker, 293000, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NEWMAN, WILLIAM HERBERT=, Private, No. 3082, 1/8th Battn. Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of William Harry Newman, of 15, Marlow Road, Southall, Police Sergeant, by his wife, Gertrude, dau. of Thomas Betts, for 53 years on L. & N.W.R.; _b._ Haggerston, N., 23 June, 1895; educ. Featherstone Road Boys’ School, Southall; was a clerk with Messrs. Kearby & Sons, Rubastic Road, Southall; joined the Middlesex Territorials, 5 Sept. 1914; volunteered for foreign service; trained at Hampton and Staines; left for Gibraltar, 1 Feb. 1915; went to France at the end of July; took part in the Battle of Loos, 25–26 Sept. and was killed in action near La Bassée, 19 Oct. 1915; _unm._ Buried at Wye Farm.
[Illustration: =William Herbert Newman.=]
=NEWPORT, WILLIAM JAMES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 13141, H.M.S. Hawke, s. of James Newport, of The Green, Beyton, Bury St. Edmunds, co. Suffolk; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=NEWSHAM, CHARLES=, Private, No. 2763, 16th Platoon, C Coy., 9th (Highlanders) Battn. Royal Scots (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Robert Newsham, of 6, Broadway, Withington, Manchester, a buyer for Ralli Bros., of Manchester, by his wife, Agnes, dau. of John Gorrie, Manchester; _b._ Cheetham, Manchester, 16 May, 1885; educ. Cheetham Higher Grade School; was a buyer for Ralli Bros., and a member of the Manchester Royal Exchange. On the outbreak of war he joined the Royal Scots with his great friend Gerard G. S. Frost (who was afterwards killed during the same bombardment as himself), 10 Nov. 1914, and after training at Edinburgh and Kilmarnock, left for the Front towards the end of Feb.; he lost his life during the bombardment of Ypres, three shells dropping into the billets of his company, killing him and six of his comrades, 7 April, 1915. He was the first member of the Manchester Royal Exchange killed in the war.
[Illustration: =Charles Newsham.=]
=NEWSHAM, RICHARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13680, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NEWSTEAD, GEORGE POPE=, Major, 2nd Battn. Suffolk Regt., and Tempy, Lieut.-Col. Sierra Leone Battn., West African Frontier Force, only _s._ of James Newstead, of Ashby Manor, Horncastle, co. Lincoln, by his wife, Louisa Anne, dau. of George Pope; _b._ Bristol, 23 Sept. 1875; educ. Rugby School (1889–94, where he was in the cricket eleven and football fifteen, and won the Athletic Sports’ Challenge Cup) and New College, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Suffolks, 15 May, 1897, and promoted Lieut. 24 June, 1899, Capt. 15 March, 1905, and Major, Nov. 1914; served in the South African War, 1899–1902, being employed with the Mounted Infantry; took part in the operations in Cape Colony, south of the Orange River, 1899–1900, including action at Colesberg (1–6 Jan.); in the Orange Free State, April and May, 1900; in the Transvaal, May and June, 1900, including
## actions near Johannesburg and Pretoria; in the Orange River Colony,
May to 29 Nov. 1900; in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. to Dec. 1900; and in the Orange River Colony, Jan. 1901, to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps and King’s medal with two clasps); seconded for service with the West African Frontier Force, 16 Sept. 1905; served with the Sierra Leone Battn. at Freetown and in the bush under Major Palmer until 26 Oct. 1909; then returned to England and rejoined the 2nd Suffolks, but in Aug. 1910, he again went to West Africa, and on 1 April, 1913, was promoted Tempy. Lieut.-Col. He died at Bare, Cameroons, West Africa, 5 March, 1915, of wounds received at Stoebel’s Farm on the previous day. Buried at Bare. Describing the action, an officer wrote: “On 4 March, 1915, I was with the advanced guard, which the colonel was commanding, and we came under a very hot fire--he, his Adjutant and myself being all together for about half an hour. He then ordered me to take our Maxim gun back a little way, and came with me to select a new position for it. After this he left me and went forward to the right under a very heavy fire to make further dispositions, and I lost sight of him; but about five minutes later his Adjutant ran past me and called out that he himself was hit in the face and that the Colonel had been shot in the side.” He _m._ Maude Aileen, dau. of the late Col. Hanley, R.E.; _s.p._
[Illustration: =George Pope Newstead.=]
=NEWTH, WALTER JOSEPH=, Trooper, No. 11/495 2nd Queen Alexandra’s Squadron, Wellington Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th _s._ of George Charles Newth, of Sandy Farm, Luckington, Chippenham, Wilts, Farmer, by his wife, Charlotte Mary, dau. of J. H. Harris; _b._ Sandy Farm, Luckington, Chippenham, co. Wilts, 23 April, 1891; educ. Village School there; left home in July, 1912, to take up farming in New Zealand; volunteered on the outbreak of war and enlisted Sept. 1914; left with 2nd reinforcements, and was killed in
## action at Gallipoli, 27 Aug. 1915; _unm._
=NEWTON, ERNEST=, Armourer’s Crew, M. 2643, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=NEWTON, FREDERICK=, L.-Corpl., No. 9311, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards; _b._ Warwick; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; died at Coulommieres, 9 Sept. 1914, of wounds received in action. Buried in Cemetery there; _unm._
=NEWTON, GEORGE HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6696), S.S. 968, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=NEWTON, WILLIAM HENRY=, Gunner, R.M.A., 13524, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NIBLETT, HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, 225960, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=NICHOLL, CHRISTOPHER BENONI=, Lieut., 5th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, yst. _s._ of the late Rev. Edward Powell Nicholl, of Ogmore, Manitou, Manitoba; formerly vicar of Ascott-sub-Wychwood, co. Oxon, and recently Incumbent of Mission of St. Luke, Pembina Crossing, Manitoba, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of John Jenkyns, of Llanblethian, Glamorgan, and grandson of the late Right Hon. John Nicholl, of Merthyr Mawr, co. Glamorgan; _b._ Leighton Buzzard, co. Bedford, 15 Dec. 1881; educ. Manitoba Public Schools, and St. John’s Collegiate School, Winnipeg; was a Chemist; received a commission as Lieut. in the 16th Saskatchewan Light Horse, Nov. 1911; and on the outbreak of war at once volunteered for Imperial service, and was appointed Lieut. 5th Battn. 22 Sept. 1914; came over with the first contingent in Oct. following; went to France, 25 May, and died in No. 3 Casualty Clearing Hospital, Bailleul, 30 July, 1915, of wounds received on the 29th, when on night patrol near Ploegsteert, examining the wire entanglements in front of the trenches; _unm._ In the Battn. journal his comrades wrote of him: “A quiet and unostentatious officer was Lieut. Nicholl. But he was one whose conscience was keen for good service ... those who were privileged to know him knew an honest heart and a nature entirely true and faithful.”
[Illustration: =Christopher B. Nicholl.=]
=NICHOLAS, GEORGE ARTHUR=, No. 2101, A Coy., 1/4th Battn. Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of James Nicholas, of Limehurst Lodge, Haywards Heath, Gardener, by his wife, Ruth Mary, dau. of George Mitchell; _b._ Wivelsfield, co. Sussex, 31 May. 1895; educ. St. Wilfred’s School, Haywards Heath; was a Butcher’s Assistant, enlisted 31 Aug. 1914; left with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 16 July, 1915, and was killed in action in Gallipoli, 11 Sept. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =George Arthur Nicholas.=]
=NICHOLAS, ROBERT STANLEY=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., 1871), late Ch./12017, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NICHOLLS, HARRY=, Chief Armourer, 151366, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NICHOLLS, HENRY ARTHUR=, Private, No. 8777, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of the late James Nicholls, of Birmingham; _b._ Birmingham. 19 Feb. 1895; educ. Highfield Road School there; enlisted 30 June, 1910, served three years with the Colours, and then entered the employ of the G.W.R. as a carman. On the declaration of war, 5 Aug. 1914, he was called up, went to the Front with his regt. and served through the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Aisne and the Marne, and all the severe fighting from 26 Oct. to 20 Nov. when in the words of the Brigadier-General Commanding the 4th (Guards) Brigade, “the Coldstreams held their line intact under hardships and strain that it is impossible to describe.” During these four weeks they had occupied trenches dug on a hill full of natural springs, and which were “undrainable, and constantly full of water above the knee for 23 days. The gale of about 2 Nov. cleared the wood in which they were, of every particle of cover, the trees having been all pierced through by shrapnel and bullets. Hand grenades thrown at them were, on one occasion when they did not explode, picked up and hurled back again, and they finally rejoined the Brigade on the right flank of this part of the British line on 17 Nov. in as good heart as the day they left England.” On 20 Nov. they were withdrawn for a short rest, but were soon back in the firing line and Nicholls died of wounds received in
## action the same day at La Bassée, 31 Jan. 1915, and was buried in
Cuinchy Churchyard. He _m._ at Walworth, London, 29 June, 1913, Helen Adelaide (119, Albany Road, Camberwell, S.E.), dau. of (--) Ware, and had a dau., Phyllis May, _b._ 30 April, 1914.
[Illustration: =Henry Arthur Nicholls.=]
=NICHOLLS, JOHN WILLIAM ERNEST=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26610, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=NICHOLLS, WILLIAM CHARLES=, Private, No. 19427, 1st Battn. The Welsh Regt., _s._ of William Charles Nicholls, Sailor; _b._ Penzance, 7 Dec. 1880; educ. National School there, enlisted following the outbreak of war, 15 Nov. 1914, served in France with the Expeditionary Force, and was killed at Zillebeke, 25 May, 1915. He _m._ at Penzance, 22 Sept. 1901, Alice Maud, dau. of George James Pidwell, and had six sons: William Charles, _b._ 4 Nov. 1901; George James, _b._ 30 Jan. 1905; Richard John, _b._ 26 Oct. 1907; Stephen, _b._ 18 Nov. 1909; Arthur Reginald, _b._ 26 Nov. 1912; and Edward Harvey, _b._ 22 Oct. 1914.
=NICHOLLS, WILLIAM JAMES=, Chief Stoker, 170482, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=NICHOLSON, ARTHUR KNIGHT=, 2nd Lieut., 18th (Queen Mary’s Own) Hussars, only _s._ of Herbert Nicholson, of Ridborough Hall, Tunbridge Wells, J.P., C.C., by his wife, Stella, dau. of Edward W. Knight; _b._ Helena, Montana, U.S.A., 6 Oct. 1893; educ. St. Andrew’s, Harrow, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 18th Hussars, 22 Jan. 1913; went to France, Aug. 1914; and was killed in action at St. Eloi, 31 Oct. following. Buried near Chateau Hollebeke; _unm._
=NICHOLS, WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class, 310744, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NICHOLS, WILLIAM HENRY=, Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 4613), 173115, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NICHOLSON, BASIL LEE=, Lieut., 3rd Staffordshire Battery, North Midland Brigade, R.F.A. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Sir Arthur Nicholson, of Highfield Hall, Leek, co. Stafford, J.P., C.C., by his wife, Marianne Lee, dau. of Robert Falkner, of Kersal; _b._ Highfield Hall, 24 Oct. 1890; educ. Malvern, Rugby, and afterwards in Germany and Switzerland, joined the Territorial Force shortly after its formation, served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in the trenches near Ypres, while making observations, 24 July, 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the Dranoutre Churchyard. Col. Sir Hill Child, Bart., wrote: “He was shot through the head this afternoon, when on duty as observing officer in the trenches. His brother (who was wounded the previous Wednesday) is quite heart-broken, as indeed we all are. I have always considered your two sons the two best young officers in my brigade.” His two brothers, Capt. A. Falkner Nicholson and Capt. Malcolm Nicholson, are both (1916) serving with the R.F.A.
[Illustration: =Basil Lee Nicholson.=]
=NICHOLSON, DAVID BEVERIDGE=, Private, No. 3035, 1/5th Battn. (Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles) Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.) (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Rev. Thomas Brown Nicholson, of Chalmers Street, Dunfermline, Minister of the United Free Church of Scotland, M.A., by his wife, Barbara Stevenson, dau. of the late David Beveridge, of Kingskettle; _b._ Hamilton, co. Lanark, 22 Dec. 1895; educ. Dunfermline High School, and was afterwards engaged as an apprentice with Oliver Melville, Robb & Scott, Electrical Engineers, Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy. In Dec. 1914 he enlisted in the Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles, and was chosen as one of a draft in May, 1915, to go to Gallipoli to strengthen the 5th Royal Scots, reaching there just before the heavy fighting in which that regt. so distinguished itself. He took
## part in the famous charge of 28 June, 1915, and was thereafter reported
missing, until 7 March, 1916, when he was posted as killed in action; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “I knew him well and I was much attached to the young lad. We had talks together and shared our dug-outs together often and on the awful day, we went over the parapet together. I was wounded in the attack and he went on, so, of course, from that time I knew nothing further. I shall ever treasure the memory of him, and shall ever think of him as the brave young lad who did not seem to know fear.” “I have put my faith in God, and am ready for whatever happens,” he wrote, in one of his last letters.
[Illustration: =David B. Nicholson.=]
=NICHOLSON, JOHN BEVERIDGE=, Private, No. 2253, 1/4th (City of Dundee) Battn. The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the Rev. Thomas Brown Nicholson, M.A., Minister of the Chalmers Street United Free Church, Dumfermline, by his wife, Barbara Stevenson, dau. of the late David Beveridge, of Kingskettle, Manufacturer; _b._ Hamilton, 24 May, 1894; educ. High School, Dumfermline; was a journalist and a member of the literary Staff of John Leng & Co., Dundee; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the 1/4th Black Watch, 10 Aug. 1914; left for France on Tuesday, 23 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action near Festubert, 12 July following, being shot by a sniper while repairing the trenches at midnight. Buried, Grave No. 7, Row H, Sheet, France, Bethune, Square R. 32d. 7.5; _unm._ Capt. E. Leslie Boase, commanding D Coy. to which he belonged (himself killed in France in Aug. 1916), wrote: “He was to me not only a comrade-in-arms, but also a friend. I have known young Nicholson to volunteer for a very dangerous bit of work, and keep at it unflinchingly till finished without, so to speak, turning a hair. He went at Neuve Chapelle twice with me, his Capt., on quite a dangerous errand of mercy--voluntarily, and if anything had been necessary to assure me of his bravery, I had it then. His death came like a cruel blow to me.” A comrade, L-Corpl. W. C. Andrews, wrote: “There was not a man in the platoon who was not his friend. I knew him and liked him in civilian days, but it was out here, amid hardships and dangers, that I learned how splendid in manhood he was; how fine and fearless in thought and act. I never knew him do or say a mean thing. He was the very soul of chivalry. Long shall we miss his cheery laughter, his little acts of exquisite courtesy and thoughtfulness.” Another comrade, L.-Corpl. Joseph Lee, wrote: “He passed to his death in the fearless manner in which he faced all that was uncongenial to one of his refined and artistic disposition in our present environment.” The editor of “Answers,” wrote: “As fine a fellow as ever donned a Black Watch kilt; he sent home several of the most realistic letters from the firing-line that have been published since the outbreak of the war.” And the “Dundee Advertiser” remarked: “It is indeed a singularly promising career which has been cut short. While yet a mere boy, he had acquired a bright, clear and forcible style of writing; he had both fancy and wit; he had read much and felt a keen interest in all human affairs. His achievement already was considerable, and there can be no doubt that, with matured powers and wider experience, he would have attained distinction as a journalist and writer of fiction. Some of his poems written at the Front have won high praise from qualified critics for their fine feeling and delicate phrasing, while his prose descriptions of battlefield scenes are full of vigour.” Among his writings may be mentioned his recruiting appeal “A call from the trenches,” which was printed in pamphlet form and given away by the military authorities in street distribution; some charming verses entitled “On hearing a lark singing at dawn in the trenches,” and a poem of singular beauty, “The Crucifix,” which has been widely cited and which would alone suffice to stamp the writer as a poet of a very high order. His brother David was also killed in action (see his notice).
[Illustration: =John Beveridge Nicholson.=]
=NICHOLSON, JOHN CHARLES=, Private, No. 10347, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of John William Nicholson, of 15, Villa Terrace, Alexandra Street, Hull; _b._ co. York; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action at Zillebeke, 19 Nov. 1914; _unm._ Buried there.
=NICHOLSON, LAWRENCE CAIL, D.S.O.=, Lieut., 3rd, attd. 1st. Battn. Princess Charlotte of Wales’ Royal Berkshire Regt., 4th _s._ of Frederick William Nicholson, of Shiplake, Henley-on-Thames, by his wife, Annie, dau. of Benjamin Cail, of Maidenhead; _b._ Maidenhead, co. Berks, 30 Aug. 1882; educ. Uppingham; was embodied with Militia 1 year 38 days, and attd. to Regulars 362 days; served in South African War with Mounted Infantry, 1899–1901; was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 14th (King’s) Hussars, 26 March, 1902, and promoted Lieut. 24 Jan. 1905; retired and joined the Special Reserve of Officers; appointed Lieut., 3rd Berkshire Regt., 28 July, 1914; went to France, 30 Aug. 1914, attd. to the 1st Battn.; “led and commanded his platoon admirably during an attack on German position Passchendaele-Becelaere Road, which resulted in the taking of the enemy’s trenches and 70 prisoners,” for which he was awarded the D.S.O. [London Gazette, 1 Dec. 1914]; was wounded in action near Ypres, 23 Oct. 1914, and died of wounds in London. 2 Nov. following; _unm._
[Illustration: =Lawrence Cail Nicholson.=]
=NICHOLSON, LEONARD SAMPSON=, 2nd Lieut., 1/12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of John Nicholson, of Tanshelf Mills, Pontefract, co. York, Matting Manufacturer, by his wife, Elizabeth (West View, Ackworth Road. Pontefract), dau. of Leonard Sampson, of Humburton Grange, Boro’bridge, Yorks; _b._ Pontefract, 14 July, 1890; educ. King’s School, Pontefract; on leaving school he entered a wholesale iron and steel business in London; became a member of the Polytechnic, and in March, 1909, joined The Rangers; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war, and left for France with his battn. on Christmas Eve, 1914, holding the rank of Platoon Sergt.; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 14 April, 1915. He was killed in action at Verlorenhoek, during the Second Battle of Ypres, 2 May following. His Commanding Officer. Lieut.-Col. A. D. Bayliffe, wrote: “His death was a great loss to the Rangers; he would have made a very valuable officer had he been spared.” He was greatly esteemed by his men and, to quote from a letter written by one of them, “there was not a man in his platoon who would not have died for him if occasion had arisen. He faithfully upheld the honour of the British Army, and died doing his best for King and Country.”
[Illustration: =Leonard S. Nicholson.=]
=NICKLIN, GEORGE=, Acting Chief Armourer, 342117, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=NICOL, ALEXANDER=, 2nd Lieut., 1/5th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), 4th _s._ of the late John S. Nicol, of 85, Brisbane Street, Greenock, Coal Merchant, by his wife, Agnes Berwick, eldest dau. of the late Charles Mill, of Greenock, Shipowner; _b._ Greenock. 5 Nov. 1893; educ. Greenock Academy; was qualifying as a C.A. with Messrs. Kidston, Goff & Findlay, C.A., Glasgow. He received a commission as 2nd Lieut., 1/5th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 16 Jan. 1914; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war; went to the Dardanelles in June, 1915, and was killed in action during the attack on the Krithia-Achi Baba position, Gallipoli, 12 July following; _unm._ Two of his brothers, Capt. C. M. Nicol, R.A.M.C. (Regular Army prior to outbreak of war), and Lieut. John E. Nicol, R.N.V.R., are (1916) on active service.
=NICOL, FRANK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7237), S.S. 102206, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NICOL, HUGH JOHN=, Sergt., No. 741, 1/4th Battn. The Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.) (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the late John Nicol, of Edinburgh, Principal Stamper, Inland Revenue, by his wife, Ann S. (1c, Maxwell Street, Edinburgh), dau. of John McIntosh, of 2, Bangholm Terrace, Edinburgh; _b._ Edinburgh, 11 Nov. 1889; educ. South Morningside Board School there; and was in the office of the Assistant Secretary and Comptroller, Inland Revenue, Edinburgh. He had joined the 4th (Territorial) Battn. of the Royal Scots in 1909, and after the outbreak of war volunteered for Imperial service; went to the Dardanelles with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force and was killed in action there, 28 June, 1915; _unm._ He was a member of St. Matthew’s Parish Church, Edinburgh. His brothers, Corpl. David Nicol, No. 13266, Cameron Highlanders, and L.-Corpl. William C. Nicol, No. 4130 (Highlanders) Royal Scots, are both on active service.
[Illustration: =Hugh John Nicol.=]
=NICOL, WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14678 (Ports.), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NICOLSON, JOHN=, Private, No. 2283, 2nd Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 4th _s._ of John Nicolson, of 5, Lower Ollach, Braes, Portree, Skye, Crofter, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of John Ross, of Camusknioag; _b._ Braes, aforesaid, 15 July, 1896; educ. Braes Public School, and Portree Higher Grade School, Skye; went to Australia, 3 May, 1914; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles between 6 and 9 Aug. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Nicolson.=]
=NIGHTINGALE, WILLIAM ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., I.C. 84), 140682, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=NILSON, CECIL EDGAR=, Private, No. 2063, D Coy. 3rd Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Julius Nilson, of 12, Welham Road, Streatham, S.W., Organ Tuner, by his wife, Emma Annie, dau. of the late William Goodwin Brightling, of Kennington, S.E.; _b._ Kennington, 19 Aug. 1894; educ. L.C.C. School, Mitcham Lane, Streatham; was employed by Liberty & Co.; enlisted on the outbreak of war, 31 Aug. 1914; was terribly wounded in action, 24 Feb. 1915, and died in a Clearing Hospital at Merville, France, the same evening; _unm._ Buried in the cemetery there. A comrade wrote: “I am very sorry to inform you that our comrade Nilson got wounded on a working party the other day. We were out at a place which is named by our troops as ..., and I can assure you it was a perfect hell. The Germans had a machine-gun trained upon the gates and at night to get to our duty posts we had to dodge a perfect fusilade of shot. In front of our post one could see two dead cows which could not be buried owing to the terrific danger, and it was at this place when our friend Nilson was shot. We were working at night strengthening a trench when the Germans sent up a very brilliant star shell followed by heavy fire.... The Leicesters with whom we were working informed me that they had never seen a man bear such pain so bravely; the shot entered his back and went through his stomach.”
=NIXON, FRANCIS EUGENE ARCHER=, Ship’s Steward, 219829, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=NIXON, GERARD FERRERS=, Lieut., 129th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, yst. _s._ of Major-Gen. Arundel James Nixon, of Clone, Ballyragget, co. Kilkenny, D.L., late R.A., by his wife, Maria Lucy, dau. of the late John Laurence, D.L.; _b._ Stoke, Devonport, 25 Jan. 1891; educ. Cheltenham College and Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut., R.F.A., 23 Dec. 1910, and promoted Lieut. 23 Dec 1913; left for France, Aug. 1914, and was killed in
## action near Neuve Chapelle, 24 Oct. following. Buried Fauquissart, in
an orchard in the Rue de Bacquerot; _unm._ The Officer commanding his battery wrote: “It is a very great sorrow indeed to us all that we have lost him. Officers and men were devoted to him. He was a gallant little fellow and a first-class officer.” He was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field. He was a keen sportsman; rode very well and was very good at all games.
[Illustration: =Gerard Ferrers Nixon.=]
=NIXON, WILLIAM=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26752 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=NOBBS, WILLIAM ROBERT=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2282A, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NOBLE, CHARLES CRAWFORD=, Private, No. 6/698, 13th Canterbury and Westland Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of George Noble, of Blue Spur, Hokitika, New Zealand, Gold Miner, by his wife, Jeannie A. S., dau. of Alexander Walker, of Strichen; _b._ Fraserburgh, 31 Jan. 1887; educ. All Saints’ School, Strichen; went to New Zealand, 7 May, 1906; volunteered and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, after the outbreak of war, 17 Aug. 1914; left for Egypt with the main body in Oct.; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and died on board H.M.S. Royal George, 12 May following, of wounds received in action at Cape Helles on the 8th; _unm._
[Illustration: =Charles C. Noble.=]
=NOBLE, CORNELIUS=, Private, No. 1856, 5th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.), yst. _s._ of John Noble, of 310, Church Street, Walker, co. Northumberland, by his wife. Alice; _b._ Walker, 7 June, 1895; educ. West Walker Council Schools; joined the 5th Northumberland Fusiliers, 1 June, 1913; volunteered for Imperial service, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 20 April, 1915, and was killed in
## action 24 May, 1915, during the Second Battle of Ypres, 24 May, 1915.
Buried, Boulogne; _unm._
[Illustration: =Cornelius Noble.=]
=NOBLE, GEORGE=, Private, No. 6507, 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt., _s._ of Thomas Noble, of 25, Sigismund Street, Blackwall; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died 26 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action.
=NOBLE, GEORGE=, Driver, No. 8125, 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action 28 Oct. 1914; _m._
=NOBLE, JACK EDWARD=, Private, No. 15184, 3rd Battn. Middlesex Regt., _s._ of George Noble, of High Wycombe, Bucks; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 21 March, 1915.
=NOBLE, ROBERT=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., B. 4521), 171089, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NOBLE, THOMAS=, of Aberdeen, lost when the mine-sweeping trawler No. 61 (Crathie, of Aberdeen) was sunk by a mine, Aug. 1914.
=NOEL, HERBERT BISHOP=, C.E.R.A., 2nd Class (Pensioner), 269614, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NOLAN, MYLES PATRICK=, Private, No. 2754, 2nd Battn. 8th Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the late William Nolan, of Fulham, by his wife, Catherine, dau. of Michael (and Mary) Murphy, of Dublin; _b._ Fulham, S.W., 3 June, 1897; educ. Council School there; was an Assistant Engineer, P.O. Telegraph; joined the 10th Middlesex Territorials in June, 1912; volunteered for foreign service, Aug. 1914; was transferred to the 2/8th Middlesex, and was drafted to Gibraltar, Sept. 1914, returning to England, Feb. 1915; went to France, 8 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Rye, France, 21 Oct. 1915, being shot by a sniper; _unm._ Letters from his officers speak of him as a good soldier and a general favourite.
=NOOTT, MERVYN=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. The Buffs (East Kent Regt.), yst. _s._ of William Mathias Noott, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., L.S.A., and his wife, Louisa (Upton Lodge, St. Peter’s, Thanet), eldest dau. of the late Sir Alfred Hickman, 1st Bart., M.P.; _b._ Kensington Park Road, London, 19 May, 1890; educ. Mr. Edminson’s, Tan-y-bryn, Llandudno, and Fauconberg School, Beccles; joined the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battn. The Buffs as 2nd Lieut. 15 March, 1911, and promoted Lieut. 20 Jan. 1913; passed into the Regulars as 2nd Lieut., 1st Buffs, 24 May, 1913; left for France, 16 Sept. 1914; and was killed in action at Radinghem Wood, near Lille, 20 Oct. following; _unm._ Capt. R. Bright wrote: “Your son was killed in action on the 20th. He was gallantly leading his men under heavy fire, and every one who was near him cannot speak too highly of his conduct. I cannot tell you how sorry I am to lose him, and how I feel for you in your loss. But he died gallantly and knew nothing of being hit, being killed instantaneously. He was a good soldier and thoroughly popular with both officers and men, and we can ill afford to lose him.” Major (Brig.-Gen.) E. H. Finch-Hatton, D.S.O., wrote: “There is one thing that I can bear witness to, and that is a more noble and more chivalrous boy has never fallen on the field of battle. His enthusiasm and his sense of duty and chivalry were quite out of the ordinary. He was more like a knight of old, and it is such as he who have made the glory of the British Army to be what it is to-day--the wonder and the admiration of the world.” And L.-Corpl. Kisby wrote: “The platoon would have followed him anywhere. Yes, every man was devoted to him. He won this by his many acts of kindness and cheerfulness, and, above all, they had a great respect for him as a brave man, for undoubtedly he knew no fear.” He had taken a flying certificate and hoped to join the Royal Flying Corps.
[Illustration: =Mervyn Noott.=]
=NORLEY, SIDNEY HENRY=, Acting Chief Stoker, 195527, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NORMAN, ALBERT EDMUND=, Capt., 3rd (Reserve) Battn. East Surrey Regt., attd. Army Cyclist Corps, yst. _s._ of the late Henry Alexander Norman, of Croydon, by his wife, Annie, dau. of (--) Roberts; _b._ Croydon, 7 April, 1875; educ. Whitgift Middle School, Croydon; was in a Bank; received a commission as 2nd Lieut. in 1st Vol. Battn. Royal West Surrey Regt. 7 Jan. 1905; gazetted Lieut., 3rd East Surreys, 11 Sept. 1914; attd. Army Cyclist Corps, 1 Dec. following; promoted Capt. 24 March, 1915, and went to France 27 March, and died in hospital at Merville, 11 May, 1915, of wounds received in the advance against the Aubers Ridge on the 9th. Buried at Merville. The N.C.Os. and men of his company erected a stone to his memory. A comrade wrote: “He very much distinguished himself in offering to take a despatch message under heavy fire. He was successful in getting it through, but was wounded on returning to Headquarters.” He was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 30 Nov. 1915 [London Gazette, 1 Jan. 1916]. He _m._ at Croydon, 5 Jan. 1905, Linda Burnell, dau. of the late William Bust Turner, of Croydon, Surrey; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Albert Edmund Norman.=]
=NORMAN, EDWARD=, A.B., 226971, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=NORMAN, ERRINGTON HOUNSOME=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9676), S.S. 2428, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NORMAN, ROBERT=, Private, No. 2200, A Coy., 4th Battn. Suffolk Regt., _s._ of Robert Norman, Sailor; _b._ Ipswich, 18 Oct. 1882; educ. St. Clement’s School, Ipswich; was a Labourer at Paul’s Barley Factory, Ipswich; volunteered and enlisted in Sept. 1914; went to France, 6 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915. Capt. S. L. Brown wrote: “Your husband was a soldier from head to foot, and an Englishman, and the example he set to the younger men was grand--I shall never have a better man to go with me anywhere. It may, perhaps, be a little comfort to you to know that his death was instantaneous: a soldier’s death without pain.” He _m._ at St. Helen’s Church, Ipswich, 25 Dec. 1906, Alice Maud (50, Rosebery Road, Ipswich), dau. of George (and Ellen) Prebble, of Ipswich, and had three children: Robert William, _b._ 14 Sept. 1907; Arthur George, _b._ 31 May, 1913; and Elsie May, _b._ 6 Nov. 1900.
=NORMAN, ROBERT=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., I.C. 35), 186027, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=NORMANLY, MARTIN=, Private, No. 9791, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Thomas Normanly, of Montuaigh, Curry, co. Sligo, Farmer, by his wife, Bridget, dau. of Thomas Gallagher; _b._ Montuaigh, Curry, afsd. 14 Oct. 1892; educ. National School there; was a Coal Miner; joined the Coldstreams in Oct. 1912; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Mons, on the 25th; _unm._
=NORRIS, GEORGE CROSSLEY=, Deckhand, No. 207 D.A., Trawler Section, R.N.R.; lost when the mine-sweeping trawler No. 61 called “Crathie” (Thomas W. Irvine, of North Shields) was sunk by a mine, Aug. 1914.
=NORRIS, OSWALD MARK=, Private, No. 61221, 1st Canterbury Infantry, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th _s._ and yst. child of Thomas C. Norris, of Christchurch, J.P., late Secretary and Treasurer to North Canterbury Hospital Board, by his wife, Mary; _b._ Christchurch, New Zealand, 15 June, 1892; educ. Christ’s College, Canterbury, New Zealand, after which he took up sheep farming in Hawkes Bay, and while there joined the local Regt. of Mounted Rifles, in which he was a corpl. when war broke out. He volunteered for Imperial service, 12 Oct. 1914; left for Egypt with the main body; took part in the repulse of the Turkish attack on the Suez Canal in Feb. 1915, and was killed in action during the landing at Gebe Tepe, Gallipoli, 25 April, 1915; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “In our camp life your son’s sterling qualities and high principles made him very popular. The memory of your son Oswald--a brave and true man--will ever remain dear to us”; and another: “He was a favourite among all, and everybody admired his strength of character and his great lovable disposition.”
[Illustration: =Oswald Mark Norris.=]
=NORRIS, REGINALD HAYDEN=, Corpl., No. 9096, 2nd Battn. The King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt., _s._ of William Norris, of 6, Pleasant Place, Chalvey, by his wife, Mary Ann; _b._ Chalvey, Slough, 8 March, 1889; educ. Board School there; enlisted 22 Oct. 1906; left for France, 20 Sept., and was killed in action at Metrean, 13 Oct. 1914. Buried there. He _m._ at Scotforth, Lancaster, 25 Dec. 1913, Helena Eleanor (12, Abbey Terrace, Scotforth, Lancaster), dau. of Joseph Kendall, of Scotforth; _s.p._
=NORRIS, ROBERT=, Engine Room Artificer, 2nd Class, No. Ch. 149732, R.N., _s._ of Robert Norris; _b._ Chatham, co. Kent, 22 Aug. 1866; educ. St. Paul’s School there; joined the Navy, 23 May, 1889; served in South African War (medal), and on H.M.S. Cressy, and was lost when that ship was sunk in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._ He had the Long Service and Good Conduct medal.
=NORRIS, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 10734, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, yst. _s._ of Joseph Norris, of 35, Albert Road, Tamworth, Warwick, Carpenter (a native of Lancashire), by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of David Marney, of Melbourne, Victoria; _b._ Melbourne, 28 Nov. 1893, came to England with his parents when two years of age, and was educ. at Tamworth Council School; was employed as a Platelayer on the L. &. N.W. Railway; enlisted in May, 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 29 Oct. 1914; _unm._
=NORSWORTHY, EDWARD CUTHBERT=, Major, 13th Battn. (Royal Highlanders of Canada), 3rd Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of James Counter Norsworthy, of Ingersoll, P. Ontario, Canada, by his wife, Mary Jane, eldest dau. of Alexander Cuthbert, of Ingersoll, and gdson. of John Norsworthy, of the Parish of Widdicombe, co. Devon, England (who went to Canada in 1852); _b._ Ingersoll afsd., 29 May, 1879; killed in action in the Battle of Langemarck on 22 May, 1915; educ. Ingersoll and St. Thomas’ Public Schools, from which he passed to the Upper Canada College, and thence matriculated to McGill University, at which time he won the Governor-General’s gold medal for mathematics. He subsequently became registered as a Student of the Institute of Actuaries of Great Britain along with his younger brother Stanley. At the examination held that year, there were thirty-six candidates writing in the Dominion; of this number five were successful, including Major Norsworthy and his brother. In his student days he had been connected with the Cadet Corps at St. Thomas’ Collegiate Institute, and the Upper Canada College Rifle Corps. Deciding to adopt a career in the financial world, he obtained a position with Messrs. G. A. Stimson & Co., of Toronto, and in 1901 he opened an office in Montreal as Manager for the Dominion Securities Corporation. He joined the 5th Royal Highlanders as a subaltern, shortly after his arrival there, and after passing his examination at St. John’s (Quebec) Military School, he became Capt. in 1905, and Adjutant three years later, and Major in 1909. On the outbreak of war, Major Norsworthy volunteered his services, and helped to organise the 13th Battn. for active service, and accompanied it to Europe as Senior Major and Second in Command. While in England, he was offered an appointment with Sir Max Aitken, the Canadian “Eye Witness,” but preferred to remain with his regt.; _unm._ On 22 April, 1915, the Germans, using virulent and asphyxiating gasses for the first time, were able to overcome a portion of the French troops adjoining our line. In the words of Sir John French’s Despatch of 15 June, 1915: “The left flank of the Canadian Division was thus left dangerously exposed to serious attack in flank, and there appeared to be a prospect of their being overwhelmed, and of a successful attempt by the Germans to cut off the British troops occupying the salient to the east. In spite of the danger to which they were exposed, the Royal Highlanders of Canada held their ground with a magnificent display of tenacity and courage; and it is not too much to say that the bearing and conduct of these splendid troops averted a disaster which might have been attended with the most serious consequences.” The 13th Battn. (5th Royal Highlanders) were the first Canadian troops to meet a charge of the Germans, and notwithstanding they were greatly outnumbered, and were being attacked in flank in their dug-outs, Major Norsworthy skilfully led his men out to the Ypres-Poelcapelle Road, manning the road ditches facing the advancing Germans, and heroically holding their position, and refusing to give one inch of ground, thereby setting the pace for the whole division. Major Norsworthy’s part in the action was thus described by one of the privates present: “After having remained in the dug-outs for about one hour, with our throats parched and our eyes watering, caused by the gas, we could see that the Germans had broken our lines. It was reported to Major Norsworthy, and he gave the order to ‘stand to’ which we were waiting anxiously to do, and he led us out to the Ypres-Poelcapelle Road. It was not long before they began to pick our boys off. Major Norsworthy was hit in the neck by a bullet, but it did not stop him from walking up and down our line, encouraging our men to hold fast. It was not until he received the second bullet that he had to give in and lie down. We bound him up as well as we could, but the second wound was serious, and he died about three-quarters of an hour after.” Another private who was with Major Norsworthy said: “As we advanced out of our dug-outs and trenches--that were being enfiladed--we met a perfect storm of shell and rifle bullets, when some inclinations of hesitancy and flinching were shown. Seeing this, Major Norsworthy sprang to the front and called out, ‘Come on, men, remember that we are Canadians and all the eyes of Canada are upon us.’ His action and words steadied those that were wavering, and we all followed him with a wild cheer, and advanced to the Ypres-Poelcapelle Road ditches--facing the advancing Germans--which gave us some little protection, and we stuck it there to the last man.” The following are extracts spoken to the first Canadian Division after the twelve days and nights of fighting included in the period from 22 of April to the 4th of May, 1915; “I tell you truly that my heart is so full I hardly know how to speak to you. It is full of sorrow for the loss of those comrades of ours who have gone, and pride in what the first Canadian Division has done. I think it is possible that you do not all of you quite realise that if we had retired in the evening of 22 April, when our Allies fell back before the gas and left our left flank quite open, the whole of the 27th and 28th Division would probably have been cut off. This is what our Commander-in-Chief meant when he telegraphed as he did: ‘The Canadians saved the situation.’ My lads, if ever men have had a right to be praised in this work, you have.” Major Norsworthy was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field.
[Illustration: =Edward C. Norsworthy.=]
=NORTH, ARTHUR=, Sergt., No. G. 582, 9th (Service) Battn. East Kent Regt.; died in Dover Military Hospital, 4 June, 1915; _m._
=NORTH, FREDERICK ALBERT=, Sergt., No. 8010, 2nd Battn. East Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; died 3 April, 1915, of wounds received in action; _m._
=NORTH, CHARLES NAPIER=, Major, 5th Field Coy. Royal Engineers, eldest _s._ of the late Col. Roger North, R.A., by his wife Fanny Ellen (Briarwood, Camberley), dau. of Stephen Beeching, of Tunbridge Wells; _b._ Bristol, 16 Aug. 1874; educ. Radley College, where he gained the Heathcote Mathematical Scholarship, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.E. 10 Feb. 1893, and promoted Lieut. 10 Feb. 1896, Capt. 1 April, 1904, and Major, 25 July, 1913; served (1) in the South African War, 1899–1902, took
## part in the operations in the Orange Free State, March to May 1900,
in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, Aug. to Nov. 1900, in the Orange River Colony, May to June 1900, in Cape Colony, south of Orange River, 1899–1900, and in the Transvaal, Orange River Colony and Cape Colony, 1901–2; and was afterwards on the Staff, and from 20 May, 1902 to 7 Aug. 1902, was employed under the Dir. Mil. Intelligence (Queen’s medal with three clasps and the King’s medal with two clasps); and (2) with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 15 Aug. to 1 Nov. 1914, on which latter date he was killed in action near Zonnebeke, during the First Battle of Ypres, being shot by a sniper while engaged in inspecting the erection of barbed wire entanglements in an exposed position. Buried in Zonnebeke Wood, N.E. of Ypres. The General Officer Commanding, Royal Engineers, 2nd Division, wrote: “Major North’s death was a severe loss not only to his own company, but to the Royal Engineers and the service generally, as on several occasions his devotion to duty and his excellent work had come under my observation, and I have no doubt his example conduced largely to the fine performance of the 5th Field Coy.” Major North was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915. He _m._ at St. Mary Abbott’s Church, Kensington, 18 Dec. 1913, Norah, dau. of the late Col. Gribbon, of Inverness Terrace, W., and had a dau. Elizabeth, _b._ posthumous, 31 March, 1915.
[Illustration: =Charles Napier North.=]
=NORTH, WILLIAM THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2721), 286931, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NORTHCOTT, ALBERT HENRY=, Shipwright, No. Chat. 345561, Royal Navy, _s._ of Lieut. Albert Northcott, R.N., by his wife, Mary Elizabeth Swete (4, Springfield Terrace, Elburton Cross, near Plymouth), dau. of Samuel Tolcher; _b._ Plymouth, co. Devon, 6 April, 1887; educ. Ryders High School, Stoke Devonport; was for some time a Shipwright Apprentice in Devonport Dockyard; joined the Navy in 1907; served on H.M. ships Cyclops, London, and Cressy; took part in the Battle of Heligoland, and was lost when the Cressy was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Albert H. Northcott.=]
=NORTHEY, ALFRED=, Lieut., 4th, attd. 3rd, Battn. Worcestershire Regt., yr. _s._ of the late Rev. Alfred Edward Northey, formerly Vicar of Rickmansworth, co. Hertford, by his wife, Alice (Lisworney, Torquay), dau. of Frederick Hatton, and grandson of Lieut.-Col. William Brook Northey, of The Mount, Sevenoaks, Coldstream Guards, J.P., D.L.; _b._ at The Vicarage, Rickmansworth, 10 Sept. 1886; educ. at Rottingdean, Sherborne School, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 4th Worcesters 3 Feb. 1906, and promoted Lieut. 24 Oct. 1908; joined his battn. at Malta, where he was stationed until Nov. 1908, when it proceeded to Bareilly, India. Returning from India on sick leave in Feb. 1911, he was sent to the Depôt at Worcester, and was there when war broke out. He acted as Machine-Gun Officer at Tregantle, Cornwall, until 30 Aug. 1914, when he left for France in charge of a draft, and, after being stationed for three weeks at St. Nazaire, joined the 3rd Worcesters (7th Brigade, 3rd Division) at the Front. He was killed in action, 12 Oct. following, close to Richebourg St. Vaast, while the battn. was fighting its way through Richebourg to Neuve Chapelle. He was _unm._ His Commanding Officer wrote: “He was killed whilst leading his men in the attack. He was killed instantly, and did not suffer. He was a splendid officer, and can ill be spared. I hope it may be some little comfort to you, that he died leading his men in the most gallant manner.” He was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. [London Gazette, 17 Feb., 1915.] Lieut. Northey was an excellent musician, playing both piano and violin; a good all-round sportsman, and very popular with both officers and men.
[Illustration: =Alfred Northey.=]
=NORTON, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Private, No. 3582, 2nd Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of George Thomas Norton, of 21, Newman Road, Plaistow, Labourer, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of William Smith, Master Baker; _b._ Poplar, 7 Dec. 1898; educ. West Ham; trained in the West Ham Boys’ Naval Brigade for 2½ years under A. E. Cleave, commanding officer; was employed as a Coppersmith at the Plaistow Railway Works; volunteered and joined the 2nd Royal Fusiliers, 13 Feb. 1915; went to France, 17 April, and died at No. 2 Casualty Clearing Station, Bailleul, 6 June, 1915, of a gunshot wound in the head, received in action, 31 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried in the Civil Cemetery, Bailleul.
[Illustration: =William George Norton.=]
=NOTTON, HARRY GUY=, A.B., J. 2639, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=NOURISH, THOMAS ALDERMAN=, Private, No. 6118, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Thomas Nourish, of Highland House, Kilby Road, Fleckney, Leicester, by his wife, Hannah, dau. of Anthony Loomes, of North Kilworth; _b._ Illston-on-the-Hill, co. Leicester, 8 March, 1881; educ. Fleckney Church of England School; enlisted 23 Feb. 1905; served in Egypt, 29 Sept. 1906 to 29 Jan. 1909; obtained his discharge and joined the Reserve, 23 Feb. 1908; was called up on mobilisation in Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug., and died in No. 4 General Hospital, Boulogne, 4 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action at Rentel, 29 Oct.; _unm._ Buried in Wimereux Churchyard (Grave No. 21).
[Illustration: =Thomas A. Nourish.=]
=NOVELL, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3819), 189603, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=NUNN, ARTHUR WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, 228989, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=NUNN, FRANK ALFRED=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 7311, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=NUNN, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Leading Cook’s Mate, 347626, H.M.S. Arethusa; killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=NUNN, MERVYN HENRY=, Lieut.-Col. Commanding 9th (Service) Battn. Worcestershire Regt., _s._ of William Henry Nunn, of Broadwater Down, Tunbridge Wells, by his wife, Sophie Caroline, dau. of Major Richard Rollo Houghton, late of the Buffs; _b._ Woolhampton, co. Berks, 17 Nov. 1864; educ. Harrow; was gazetted Lieut. to the Worcestershire Regt. from the Militia, 28 April, 1886, and promoted Capt. July, 1892, Major 13 Nov. 1901, and Lieut.-Col. 8 Jan. 1915; was employed with Egyptian Army, 27 Dec. 1896 to 1 Oct. 1897; served in the Nile Expedition, 1897 (Egyptian medal with clasp, and medal); and in the South African War, 1902; was in command of the Imperial Yeomanry Battn., from 26 Feb. 1902; took part in operations in Natal (Queen’s medal with clasp); retired and joined the Reserve of Officers, 11 April, 1906, but rejoined his old Regt. on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, 24 June, 1915, and was killed in action at Chunik Bair, 10 Aug. following; _unm._ He was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 11 Dec. 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. Col. Nunn was a fine sportsman, a good man to hounds and a good polo player.
[Illustration: =Mervyn Henry Nunn.=]
=NUTCHER, MONTAGUE CYRIL=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3961), S.S. 1224, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=OAKELEY, FRANCIS ECKLEY=, Lieut., R.N., 5th _s._ of the late Rev. James Oakeley, Vicar of Holy Trinity, Hereford, by his wife, Frances E. (Westdale, Chilston, Torquay), dau. of John Eckley, of Credenhill Park, Hereford; _b._ Hereford, 3 Feb. 1891; educ. Hereford Cathedral School, Eastman’s, and the Osborne and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges; was one of the second batch of cadets entered under the “new scheme,” and passed out from Dartmouth, 15 Sept. 1908; became Midshipman, 15 Sept. 1908, Sub-Lieut. 30 Nov. 1911, and Lieut. Nov. 1913; served in H.M. ships London (flagship of Rear-Admiral Startin, Channel Fleet, Sept. 1908); Invincible (Capt. Mark Kerr, 1st Cruiser Squadron, March, 1909); the Téméraire (1st Battle Squadron, Nov. 1909); Warrior (2nd Cruiser Squadron, Jan. 1910); Ure (2nd Destroyer Flotilla, July, 1910); Dreadnought (flagship of Sir William May, Home Fleet, Sept. 1910); Formidable (Atlantic Fleet, April to Sept. 1911); Superb (1st Battle Squadron, Nov. 1911); Dolphin (Portsmouth Submarine Depot for Instruction, Jan. to May, 1913); and from the last was transferred to H.M.S. Forth at Devonport for submarines. In Sept. 1913, he returned to Portsmouth on appointment to the Arrogant for C 7, and after the outbreak of war was appointed to the Maidstone, additional for D 2. He was lost in D 2 during the last week in Nov. 1914; _unm._ He was widely known for so junior an officer on account of his remarkable merit as a Rugby football player. He was in 1913’s English International Fifteen _v._ Scotland, and was looked upon as the most promising player of the United Services. He began playing for the Services First Twenty when he was still a Midshipman The following season Oakeley and Davis played magnificently against Ireland at Twickenham, and against Scotland at Inverleith--two matches that England won. Lieut. Oakeley had two caps against Scotland, one each against Ireland and France, and he was always on the winning side. He won the second prize for the cadet competition Sabre v. Sabre at the Royal Naval and Military Tournament, 1906, and the first prize cadet competition, Foil _v._ Foil, in the following year.
[Illustration: =Francis Eckley Oakeley.=]
=OAKES, ALEXANDER MONTAGUE=, Private, No. 11, 19th Battn. 5th Brigade, Australian Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of the late Alfred Charles Oakes, of Camden House, Sussex Street, Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa, Cape Civil Service, by his wife, Eliza Jane, dau. of George Robb; _b._ Cape Town, 26 Dec. 1885; educ. Normal College and St. George’s Grammar School, Cape Town; served for some time in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Volunteer Mounted Rifles before going to Australia on 30 Jan. 1913. On the outbreak of war he immediately volunteered and joined the 1st Naval and Military Contingent which left Sydney, N.S.W., early in Aug. 1914, in the steamer Berrima, accompanied by H.M.A. ships Sydney and Australia, for the conquest of German New Guinea. In this expedition he lost, by an accident, the use of three fingers of his right hand and was for some time in Hospital at Sydney, but upon being discharged immediately re-enlisted in the 19th Battn. and left Australia in the Ceramic, 25 June, 1915. He was killed in action in Gallipoli, 29 Sept. 1915; _unm._ The battn. were on fatigue work with the engineers improving the firing line when it occurred, and Oakes was putting up sand bags, when about 4 a.m. a stray bullet struck him over the heart killing him instantaneously. His Commanding Officer, Lieut.-Col. W. K. S. MacKenzie, wrote: “Your son was on my staff at the Liverpool Camp in Sydney before we left Australia and during our stay in Egypt before we came to the Front. I saw much of him and was attached to him, and I feel his loss deeply, it was a great shock to me. He was a fine soldier, and was liked by everyone in the regt. He died bravely fighting for the Empire.” He was buried the same afternoon at the foot of a gully near the sea, and a cross with his name, etc., was erected by his comrades.
[Illustration: =Alexander M. Oakes.=]
=OAKES, ORBELL=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Yorkshire Regt., 2nd _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Orbell Henry Oakes, of Nowton Court, Bury St. Edmunds, late 1st Battn. The Worcestershire Regt., by his wife, Laura Eliza Josephine, dau. of George Clifton, formerly R.N.; _b._ Mhow, India, 7 Nov. 1880; educ. Wellington College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Garrison Regt. 28 Jan. 1903, and promoted Lieut. 2nd Yorkshire Regt. 3 Oct. 1906, and Capt. 29 Jan. 1913; served in the South African War, 1901–2; took part in the operations in the Orange River Colony, 1901–2 (Queen’s medal with four clasps); was employed with the West African Frontier Force, 6 April, 1910, to 3 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at Moulin du Pietre, near Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried there. The late Lieut.-Col. W. L. Alexander wrote: “He died in action on 12 March, gallantly doing his duty in a trench near the Moulin du Pietre. He was hit in the head by a bullet, and death must have been instantaneous. He had been doing splendid work with his company since he rejoined the battn., and his loss will be deeply felt by us, both as an officer and a comrade, for he had endeared himself to us all.”
=OAKES, RICHARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109616, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=OAKLEY, GEORGE HOWARD=, A.B., 222020, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=O’BRIEN, HUGH CONOR HENRY=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, eldest _s._ of Henry Joseph O’Brien, of Whitepoint House, Weston, Queenstown, co. Cork, late Lieut.-Col. R.A.M.C., by his wife, Ethel, dau. of Henry Banister; _b._ Stoke Damarel, co. Devon, 19 Nov. 1880; educ. Clongowes Wood College; Stonyhurst (1896) and Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1899–1900); gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Munster Fusiliers, 11 Aug. 1900, and promoted Lieut. 6 March, 1903, and Capt. 1 April, 1910; served (1) in the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in the operations in the Transvaal, Jan. to July, 1901; operations in the Orange River Colony, Feb. to 31 May, 1902, and in Cape Colony, July, 1901, to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with clasp); (2) on the North West Frontier, India, 1908, as Brigade Signalling Officer, attd. 3rd Brigade, during operations in the Mohmand country (medal with clasp); and (3) with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 1914. On 5 Sept. 1914, he left with the 2nd Battn. for Flanders where, and on the Aisne, he served in the trenches, except for one week’s leave home, until Dec. 1914. On 22 Dec. 1914, after a forced march from Bailleul, the regt. was ordered to retake, at all costs, trenches at Festubert which had been evacuated by Indian troops; advancing over open heavy ground in daylight, Capt. O’Brien, at the head of his company, was first wounded in the left side and fell, but was still able to encourage his men, calling out “Go on Munsters, now is your time to get back your own”; a few minutes later he was killed outright by shrapnel bursting over him; _unm._ An officer wrote: “He was ever a gallant officer, and died a glorious death after helping a wounded comrade to cover; by his death the regt. lost a most efficient and popular officer whom the men would follow anywhere.” Col. Bent, who was badly wounded, in the same regt., wrote: “I wish to tell you what a splendid officer your son was; you will have this testimony from others, but I must tell you what he was to me, as his commanding officer. He was of the best in every way, and as a company commander was of the greatest use to me--absolutely reliable, he had his company in first-class order. Beloved by all the men and officers, he was such a splendid man and soldier that it seems particularly cruel that he should have been taken so early.” Major Ryan, one of the few surviving officers of that fight, wrote: “From all accounts of everyone nothing could have been more gallant than the way he led his men.” When in India he got a Special Certificate at the School of Signalling, Kasauli. He was a keen sportsman and a good shot with gun and rifle, and on two trips to Cashmere and Baltistan made good bags of big game.
[Illustration: =Hugh Conor H. O’Brien.=]
=O’BRIEN, JAMES JOSEPH=, Private, No. 1160, 1st Newfoundland Regt., _s._ of James O’Brien, of 27, Adelaide Street, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Cooper, by his wife, Mary; _b._ St. John’s, Newfoundland, 8 April, 1891; educ. Christian Brothers’ School there; volunteered on the outbreak of war and enlisted, 1 Feb. 1915; and died in Edinburgh Hospital, 2 Oct. 1915, following an operation; _umn._
=O’CALLAGHAN, DUNCAN MCKAY MACDONALD=, 2nd Lieut. 3rd attd. 2nd. Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., 2nd _s._ of the late Surgeon-Major George Henry Kenneth O’Callaghan, A.M.S., and eldest _s._ by his 2nd wife, Suzanne Charlotte (Minto House, Newquay, Cornwall), dau. of the late Thomas Harding, of Wick House, Brislington; _b._ Ludlow, co. Salop, 4 June, 1891; educ. Cheltenham College and Trinity College, Oxford; obtained his commission 10 Aug. 1914, being gazetted to the 3rd Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., served with the 2nd Battn. in France and Flanders, and was killed in action at St. Eloi, 14 March, 1915; buried in Military Cemetery, Dickebusch, Flanders; _unm._ At Cheltenham he won the Junior School Championship in Athletic Sports and represented the College in cricket and football. He was a College Prefect and Head of his House. On leaving, he gained a classical scholarship at Trinity College, Oxford, where he was elected member of the Oxford University Authentics Cricket Club. He played in the Freshmen’s and Seniors’ matches in football and cricket, and, after leaving Oxford, was a prominent member of the London Irish Football Club.
=OCHS, RONALD PHILIP=, 2nd Lieut., 5th, attd. 4th. Battn. The Middlesex Regt., yr. _s._ of Capt. James Frank Ochs, of 4, Sloane Gardens, S.W., now (1916) M.L.O. at Dieppe, by his wife, Amy, eldest dau. of Philip Goldsmith; _b._ 4, Sloane Gardens, S.W., 20 Nov. 1896; educ. at Chertsey, Sunningdale School, and Marlborough College; joined the Public School Battn. of the Middlesex Regt. on the outbreak of war, and was given a commission, 10 Feb. 1915; went to France early in June, 1915, and was killed in action at Hooge, Flanders, 27 Sept. 1915, and buried the next day at Brandhoek.
[Illustration: =Ronald Philip Ochs.=]
=ODDY, JOSEPH ETHELBERT=, A.B., 207511 Chatham, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ODGERS, NICHOLAS=, Leading Seaman (C.G.), 179652 (Dev.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ODLING, ERIC ROBERT MEADE=, Lieut., Royal Engineers, only _s._ of Charles William Odling, of Craignoon, Ridgway Gardens, Wimbledon, C.S.I., formerly Secretary to the Government of India P.W.D., and Inspector-General of Irrigation, by his wife, Alice Ronayne Mary, dau. of Robert Warren Meade, of Dublin; _b._ Darjeeling, India, 30 Oct. 1893; educ. Cheltenham College (scholar), passing 3rd on the list into the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 20 Dec. 1912, and promoted Lieut. 12 Nov. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, and after various services was appointed Acting Adjutant to the Signalling Coy. at Headquarters; invalided home in Oct. but returned to duty the following Jan. joining the 11th Field Coy. at Givenchy, 11 March, and was killed in action at Festubert, a fortnight later, 25 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried at Chateau Gorre, near Festubert.
[Illustration: =Eric R. M. Odling.=]
=THOMAS-O’DONEL, GEORGE O’DONEL FREDERICK, M.C.=, Capt. and Adjutant, 4th Battn. Royal Fusiliers, only _s._ of Edwin Thomas-O’Donel, of Newport House, Newport, co. Mayo, J.P., D.L., by his wife, Melicent Agnes, dau. of Capt. Richard Annesley O’Donel; _b._ Dublin, 21 Oct. 1884; educ. Cheltenham College, and abroad; joined the Royal Donegal Artillery Militia in 1902; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the 4th Royal Fusiliers, 23 May, 1906; promoted Lieut. 10 April, 1909, and Capt. 26 Nov. 1914; appointed Adjutant, 15 Jan. 1913; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 13 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Hooge, near Ypres, 16 June, 1915. Capt. O’Dond was awarded the Military Cross [London Gazette, 19 Feb. 1915]; and was twice mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatches [London Gazette, 19 Oct. 1914, and 18 Feb. 1915]. Brig.-Gen. McMahon, commanding the Brigade, wrote on 5 Nov. 1914: “I think the Battn. has done very well out here, and I hope it will continue to do so. George is going strong and is fitter than when he started, and can claim a very large share in producing such good results as may have been attained”; and Col. Hely-Hutchinson wrote: “I cannot tell you what a shock the whole thing has been to me, we were the closest of friends, we slept together, we fed together, we rode together, and we fought together, and we never had a row for seven months, and the only time we had been separated, George goes and gets killed, and I get off. It is too sad after all the months he had been out and the good work he had done. I myself got a small touch of a shell on the head and have come home for a bit, thank God, as I don’t think I could have carried on any longer out there without George and the rest--we lost six killed and nine wounded officers, and I had no heart and was just tired out and so was George, he just went on till he dropped.” Major F. R. Mallock: “His death is a great loss to his country and the regt.--he served so gallantly and so well; there are few of us left who went out with the Battn., George was the only one of the combatant officers left after the fighting at Ypres. I had a great affection and admiration for him, he did work splendidly right through.” Brig.-Gen. Reginald Pinney, formerly commanding 4th Battn. Royal Fusiliers, also wrote to the late Capt. Thomas O’Donel’s father: “I am most distressed for you and his mother at George’s death--also for the regt. and the army, for he was fulfilling all the promise he showed when he joined; seeing his name gave me a special shock, for I had just heard of my getting a division, and had been talking of Staff and had hoped to get George appointed a G.S.O.” He _m._ in London, 26 Nov. 1914, Florence Violet (Newlands, co. Wexford), only dau. of George Claud Flood Braddell, of Newlands, co. Wexford, and Luckington, co. Wilts; _s.p._
[Illustration: =G. O’D. F. Thomas-O’Donel.=]
=O’DONNELL, MARTIN=, Seaman. R.N.R., 2729A, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=O’GRAM, CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5549), S.S. 2104, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=O’HAIRE, DAVID=, Private, No. 11058, 6th Battn. Royal Irish Rifles, 2nd _s._ of the late David O’Haire, by his wife, Agnes (now wife of Private William John McCallister, of Dromore Street, Rathfriland, co. Down, now (1916) on active service with the Royal Irish Rifles), dau. of Thomas O’Haire; _b._ Lierkelly, Ballyroney, co. Down, 17 July, 1897; educ. Newry Street National School, Rathgueanel; was an active member of the Ulster Volunteer Force; enlisted, 27 Aug. 1914; left Basingstoke, with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, July, 1915, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles on or about 6 Aug. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =David O’Haire.=]
=O’HARA, HENRY DESMOND, D.S.O.=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, only _s._ of William James O’Hara, of Oriel House, Ballincollig, Cork, Resident Magistrate, by his wife, Cecilia, 7th and yst. dau. of the late Peter Connellan, of Colmore, co. Kilkenny, J.P., D.L., and gdson. of the late Rev. James Dunn O’Hara, of O’Hara Brook and The Castle, Portstewart, co. Antrim; _b._ Ballydulf, Thomastown, co. Kilkenny, 21 May, 1892; educ. Dunchurch Hall, Rugby; Charterhouse, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 4 Sept. 1912; promoted Lieut. 29 April, 1914; went to the Dardanelles, 17 March, 1915; took part in the heavy fighting following the landing there, and died on the hospital ship Arcadian, 29 Aug. 1915, of wounds received in action on the 12th; _unm._ Buried in the military cemetery, Gibraltar. “On 25 April, 1915, at Sedd-el-Bahr, he took command of his battn. when all other officers had been killed or wounded. At night, when the enemy broke through the line, he displayed great initiative and resource in organising a successful counter-attack, restoring the line and causing great loss to the enemy.” For this he was awarded the D.S.O. [London Gazette, 3 June, 1915]. Lieut. O’Hara was also mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 20 May [London Gazette, 5 Aug.], 1915, for his conduct during, and after, the landing of the 29th Division on 25 April.
=O’KEEFFE, THOMAS=, Corpl., No. 11022, 1st Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 29th Division, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of the late Richard O’Keeffe, by his wife, Ellen (Dublin Road, Carlow), dau. of Andrew O’Neill; _b._ Ballykealy Ballon, co. Carlow, 10 Dec. 1892; educ. Christian Brothers Academy, Carlow; enlisted 10 Jan. 1911; was appointed L.-Corpl. 1912, and promoted Corpl. 1913; served in India, Nov. 1913, to Nov. 1914; left England with his regt. for the Dardanelles, 16 March, 1915; took part in the landing there, 25–26 April, and was killed in action at Gallipoli, 10 July, 1915; _unm._ A comrade wrote of him: “On one occasion we were advancing and the enemy’s trenches were about three or four hundred yards in front. At all events, a Sergt. of the Worcestershire Regt. twigged a wounded man lying out in front. At this time we were halted in a ravine preparing to advance, and the enemy’s fire was very heavy; at any rate, the Sergt. shouted at his men that there was a wounded man in front: would some of them go out and take him in? But the fellows all passed it down the line that there was a wounded man out in front: would someone go out and bring him in? At any rate Tom heard it, and asked immediately where the wounded man was. The Sergt. showed him, and Tom shouted round at me, ‘Will you come, Terry?’ Then without waiting for an answer he was out over the top and started running towards the wounded chap. I rushed out after Tom, and between us we got the chap in. He told us he had been lying out there two days--in reality he had been there since about 11 a.m. that morning; it was then about 6 p.m. He was wounded in the shoulder, side, arm and thigh, and had lost an awful lot of blood. He was in that much pain that he thought he had been there two days. The Dublins and Munsters were that weak then that they combined the two regiments and called us the Dubsters. Well, after bringing in that chap we advanced, and succeeded in routing the Turks and dug ourselves in in a new position, from which the New Zealanders relieved us the next day. Well, that is just one of the many little moves I was in with poor old Tom. Now I wasn’t present when Tom was killed; I was in the trenches, and Tom was in charge of a ration party going back along a nullah to draw the company’s rations, when he was killed by a sniper. It appears this sniper had command of this part of the nullah, and blankets and sandbag barricades were put to knock off the sniper, but all to no purpose; he must have been concealed on a hill. It was him that killed poor Tom. The bullet pierced his brain, and he only lived for a couple of minutes afterwards, during which time he was unconscious, so never spoke after being hit. The medical officer was present on the spot, but could not do anything. Tom is buried in a very nice cemetery in a separate grave.” His yr. brother. Richard O’Keeffe, is now (1916) on active service with the London Regt.
[Illustration: =Thomas O’Keeffe.=]
=OLDBURY, FREDERICK=, Chief Armourer, 340522, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=OLDFIELD, GUY CHRISTOPHER OTTLEY=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Queen’s Royal Surrey Regt., attd. King’s African Rifles, only _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Christopher George Oldfield, late Royal Artillery, by his wife, Margaret Elizabeth, dau. of the late Cortlandt J. Le Bailly, and gdson. of Sir Richard Charles Oldfield; _b._ Poona, India, 17 Sept. 1888; educ. Clifton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal West Surrey Regt. 19 Sept. 1908, and promoted Lieut. 1 April, 1911; was seconded for service with Uganda Battn. of the King’s African Rifles, 3 Dec. 1913; served in the Jubaland Expedition in the spring of 1914, and was killed in action at Tsavo, Mombassa, British East Africa, 6 Sept. 1914, while defending the Nairobi Railway against a superior German force armed with maxim guns; _unm._ His body was recovered two days later and buried at Tsavo. A brother Officer wrote: “It is quite impossible for me to convey to you in words how we all loved the dear lad. Such a shining example of a true Christian gentleman and sportsman.”
[Illustration: =Guy C. O. Oldfield.=]
=OLDHAM, JOHN HASLOPE=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., attd. 2nd Battn. King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., only _s._ of Ernest Haslope Oldham, of Oakfield, Chudleigh, co. Devon, by his wife, Alice, dau. of Charles Baker, of Portland Square, Bristol; _b._ Southgate, co. Middlesex, 7 Jan. 1891; educ. Blatchington Place, Sussex, Lancing College, and Hertford College, Oxford (graduated B.A. July, 1913), and on leaving there became junior master at Summer Fields, St. Leonards-on-Sea, in Sept. 1913; obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Reserve of Officers, 16 July, 1913; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and gazetted to the 3rd Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., 11 Aug. 1914; went to France, 4 Jan. 1915, where he was attd. to the 2nd King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., and was killed in action during the Battle for Hill 60, near Ypres, 18 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried near where he fell. His Col. wrote: “He behaved in a most gallant manner and will be a great loss to my battn.”; and his Capt. “He was most capable and keen on his work and had done most awfully well all the time he had been out there. He was absolutely fearless, and he fell in the attack on Hill 60 gallantly leading his men forward. He was hit by a bullet early in the charge, but ignoring his wound he went on to the top of the hill. He had just jumped up on the parapet and started to run over the crest of the hill, when he was shot and killed instantly.” An In Memoriam, from the Summer Fields Magazine, stated: “It came as a great shock to us all to read of the death of Lieut. J. H. Oldham who fell at the head of his men on Hill 60. Mr. Oldham, who was educated at Lancing College, and Hertford College, Oxford, came to us as a master in Sept. 1913, and during his 12 months’ stay endeared himself to everybody by his unaffected kindliness, his energy and unselfishness. He was always ready to help the youngest boys, constantly improvising new indoor games for their benefit, and just as keen as he could be on the outdoor games, and the work of the school. We little thought when we said good-bye to him at the end of last Summer Term that we should see him no more, but it was like him to be among the very first to volunteer for active service, without hesitation as without fuss. He was sent to the Front in Jan. and died fighting gallantly early in April. Only a few days before his death he had sent cheery messages to the boys, with snapshots taken in the trenches and numerous inquiries and good wishes for their welfare. His noble example and good influence here will long be remembered.”
[Illustration: =John Haslope Oldham.=]
=OLDHAM, LESLIE WILLIAM SEARLES=, Major, R.E., only _s._ of the late Brigade Surgeon Charles Frederick Oldham, by his wife, Harriet Bertha (The Lodge, Bealings, Suffolk), dau. of Thomas Bailey, of Gloucester; _b._ London, 3 Feb. 1870; educ. Cheltenham College, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.E. 27 July, 1889; promoted Lieut. 27 July, 1892; Capt. 5 May, 1900 and Major, 27 July, 1909; was in command of the R.E. with the Chitral Relief Force from Gilgit, 1895; was present at the actions at Chakalwat and Nisa Gol and was mentioned in Despatches. In 1899 he joined the Indian Public Works Department and did excellent work especially in connection with water supplies. After the outbreak of war he was recalled; was put in command of the 63rd Field Coy. and went to France in May, and was killed in action on the afternoon of 28 July, 1915, being shot by a sniper while inspecting work in the “Orchard” trench, near Festubert. He was a good all-round sportsman, particularly keen on polo and big game shooting, having done a good deal of the latter on the Pamirs and in the Central Provinces of India. He _m._ at Jubbulpore, Central Provinces, India, 27 Aug. 1900, Caroline Mary Burton, sister of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and dau. of the late Charles Altamont Doyle, of Edinburgh, and had a dau., Claire Annette, _b._ Nagpur, India, 5 Sept. 1906.
[Illustration: =Leslie W. S. Oldham.=]
=OLDMAN, WILLIAM=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2354B., H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=OLDREWE, PERCIVAL=, L.-Sergt., No. 8684, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards; _b._ co. Devon; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action, 13 Nov. 1914; _unm._
=OLDREY, ROBERT JOHN BLATCHFORD=, Capt., 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards, eldest _s._ of the late Robert Blatchford Oldrey, of Harpole Hall, co. Northants, by his wife, Hannah Jane Powell, of The Laws House, Turvey, co. Beds., dau. of the late Richard John James; _b._ Northampton, 18 June, 1883; educ. Uppingham; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 4th Dragoon Guards from the Militia, 26 March, 1902; promoted Lieut. 27 Feb. 1905, and Capt. 21 Jan. 1911; was Adjutant from Jan. to 27 Oct. 1914; served in India, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, from 15 Aug. 1914; took part in the retreat from Mons, and the severe fighting during Sept, and Oct. and was killed in
## action while in command of a squadron at Richebourg, Neuve Chapelle, 29
Oct. 1914; _unm._ He was a keen polo player, and represented his regt. in the Inter-Regimental tournaments; and as a horseman had made his name famous in cavalry circles, being chosen to represent England in the jumping at Olympia, before King Edward and Queen Alexandra, at the 1st Olympian shows. He was also a prominent figure in the hunting world, being an ardent follower of the Oakley and Beaufort Hunt and a winner of many point-to-point races.
[Illustration: =Robert J. B. Oldrey.=]
=OLIVE, JOHN=, Gunner, R.M.A., 7618, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
## action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=OLIVER, ERNEST JAMES=, Chief Stoker (R.F.R., A. 1936), 154787, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=OLIVER, PERCY FREDERICK=, Armourer’s Crew, M. 7341, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=OLLEY, MATT=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./13391, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=OLLIFF, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 51370, 16th Battn. (Canadian Scottish) Canadian Expeditionary Force, elder _s._ of William Olliff, of 13, Grainger Street West, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Motor and Cycle Agent; _b._ Newcastle-on-Tyne, 29 March, 1888; educ. Royal Grammar School there; served his apprenticeship with Messrs. C. A. Parsons & Co., Ltd., Heaton Works, Newcastle-on-Tyne; went to sea as an Engineer and took a 2nd Engineer’s certificate, afterwards going to British Columbia in Feb. 1913; worked for a time at the Esquimault Dockyard, leaving there to enter the motor trade in Victoria; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and joined the Victoria Rifles; came over in Feb. 1915, being one of a hundred picked men for the P.P.L.I., but was drafted to the 16th Canadian Scottish (Gordon Highlanders), and after only a fortnight in England, went with his regt. for the Front; came unhurt through the heavy fighting at Ypres 22–25 April, and was killed by a high explosive shell while resting by the roadside, on the night of 26–27 April, 1915; _unm._ Private Olliff was offered a commission, but as this entailed a return to Canada, refused it.
[Illustration: =William Olliff.=]
=O’MALLEY, EDWARD=, Stoker, R.N.R., 728V, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=O’NEILL, SAMUEL=, Lieut., 6th Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Adolf George O’Neill, of Marland Grange, near Rochdale, co. Lancaster, J.P., Manufacturer, by his wife, Sarah Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Holt, J.P.; _b._ Castleton, near Manchester, 11 June, 1894; educ. Parkgate (Mostyn House School) and Shrewsbury, and on leaving there entered the business of Messrs. Samuel O’Neill & Sons, Paper Tube Manufacturers, of Castleton; was given a commission as 2nd Lieut, in the Territorial Battn. of the Lancashire Fusiliers in Nov. 1911, promoted Lieut. 6 Jan. 1914; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war; went to the Dardanelles from Egypt, and was killed in action there, 10 June. 1915; _unm._ He was congratulated by Major-Gen. W. Douglas, Commanding 42nd East Lancashire Division, on an action performed 4–5 June, 1915.
=ONSLOW, BRIAN WALTON=, Lieut., 11th (King’s Edward’s Own) Lancers (Probyn’s Horse), Indian Army, and A.D.C. to Gen. Sir William Birdwood, yst. _s._ of the late Col. Gerald Charles Penrice Onslow, Royal Engineers, by his wife, Flora Frances Mary (Camperdown, Crowborough, co. Sussex), dau. of the late William Donald, of Lisle House, Cheltenham; _b._ Gillingham, co. Kent, 24 Aug. 1892; educ. Cheltenham College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Unattached List, 6 Sept. 1911; served his first year with the Royal West Kent Regt., passed into the Indian Army, 3 Dec. 1912. and was promoted Lieut. 6 Dec, 1913; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there, 28 July, 1915; _unm._ Buried at Anzac Cove. He was mentioned in Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton’s despatch of 22 Sept. [London Gazette, 5 Nov. 1915]. Gen. Sir William Birdwood wrote: “A finer fellow or better example of the true English gentleman never lived. A son of whom any mother must always have been most justly proud. Never out of temper, always doing what he could to help others, able far above the average. I had hoped a brilliant career was in store for him. Every individual here regrets and feels his death. I have lost the best and bravest of officers, the truest and trustiest of friends”; and a brother officer: “Few people could be so ill-spared. I never met or hope to meet a more lovable character; best at everything he ever did, both in work and play, and always so cheerful. I never heard anyone say anything but good of him, and he was quite the most popular officer both with the men and in the mess.” Admiral ........ wrote from the Dardanelles: “He was a splendid young fellow. We on board only knew him for a few months, but in that short time he made himself very popular with us all. Everybody liked him and admired him, and we looked on him as the true ideal of a British soldier. I fully realise what a great loss his services must be to Gen. Birdwood and to the service generally.” And the Principal of Cheltenham College: “He has left an influence and power behind him that many an older man would be proud to leave.” While at Cheltenham he won a mathematical scholarship, and was one of the most prominent members of the hockey eleven and football fifteen. He was a keen athlete, a good polo player, pigsticker, golfer, etc. Two of his brothers and two brothers-in-law are (1916) serving either in the Army or Navy. His eldest brother, Lieut.-Commander A. G. Onslow, D.S.C., was killed in
## action in the Battle of Jutland, 1 June, 1916.
[Illustration: =Brian Walton Onslow.=]
=OPIE, ARTHUR GEORGE=, Petty Officer, 204207, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=OPIE, WILLIAM EDWIN=, Cook’s Mate, M. 4659. H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ORFORD, CHARLES THOMAS=, Private, No. 14240. 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of the late Henry Orford, Platelayer, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of Thomas Booker; _b._ Bromsgrove, co. Worcester, 24 Feb. 1882; educ. Stourbridge Road Board School there; worked at the Midland Carriage Works, Bromsgrove; joined the 8th Worcestershire Territorials, 3 April, 1912; was called up on mobilization, 5 Aug. 1914; trained with them until 18 Dec. 1914, when he was discharged as medically unfit for further service, but joined the Coldstream Guards the next day; went to France in Aug. 1915, and died at No. 1 Casualty Clearing Station, 18 Oct. following, of wounds received in action. He _m._ at St. John’s Church, Bromsgrove, 1905, Louisa (17, Homes Cottages, Station Street, Bromsgrove), dau. of Samuel Perrys, and had five children: Henry George, _b._ 11 Sept. 1905; Charles William and Edna May (twins), _b._ 12 Sept. 1913; Annie Maud, _b._ 1 Dec. 1907; and Phylis Mary, _b._ 4 Feb. 1911.
[Illustration: =Charles T. Orford.=]
=ORLEBAR, ROBERT EVELYN=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Duke of Cambridge’s Own Middlesex Regt., only child of Lieut.-Col. Evelyn Henry Orlebar, of Rutt House, Ivybridge, South Devon, Royal Marine L.I., Plymouth Division, by his wife, Mary Louisa, dau. of William Morris, of Manchester [Cadet of Orlebar, of Hinwick, co. Bedford]; _b._ Walmer, co. Kent, 16 June, 1894; educ. Plymouth and Mannamead School, Cheltenham College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Middlesex Regt. 17 Sept. 1913, and promoted Lieut. 15 Nov. 1914; joined his regt. at Malta in Jan. 1914; went to France, 4 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 9 Jan. 1915, while on duty in the trenches; _unm._ He was buried in an orchard behind the battn.’s headquarters. Letters from his officers all testify to his courage and sterling qualities. He was good at all school games, hunted with the Dartmoor Fox Hounds, and had his first polo season at Malta.
[Illustration: =Robert Evelyn Orlebar.=]
=ORR, ROBERT WATSON=, 2nd Lieut., 1/18th (London Irish Rifles) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), 6th _s._ of John Orr, of 24, Belmont Gardens, Glasgow, by his wife, Catherine, dau. of Abreauden Ross, Railway Contractor; _b._ Glasgow, 19 Dec. 1878; educ. at the Academy there. He commenced his business career in Glasgow in the office of the United Kingdom Provident Institution, and remained with them until he joined the Scottish Life Assurance Co. as Assistant Secretary in London in 1908, and was still in the latter company’s employ when he joined the O.T.C. at the Inns of Court. He was training at Berkhampstead for four months, when he obtained his commission, 5 March, 1915. He joined his regt. at St. Albans, and proceeded with it to France nine days later, served in France and Flanders, and was killed in action in the advance at Loos, 25 Sept. 1915. He was buried at North Maroc, near Grenay. A good many years ago 2nd Lieut. Orr won a high reputation as a golfer. He was one of the foremost players in the Prestwick St. Nicholas Club, and gained many individual successes; but he will be remembered even more for his resourcefulness in the foursome form of the game. A neat and stylish golfer, he possessed temperamental qualities which made him an ideal partner in double harness. In 1908 he had the distinction of winning with his partner for the New Alban Club (Edinburgh) the “Evening Times” foursome tournament; and, in the same year, he was one of the quartette of players who enabled the New Alban Club to carry off also the “Evening Dispatch” trophy. When he went to London he joined the Northwood Club, and, in partnership with another member, succeeded in winning the London Amateur Foursomes in 1912. Though he never gained the highest honours in the Amateur Championship, 2nd Lieut. Orr was among the last eight in 1906; he also qualified three times--in fact, each time he entered--for the Open Championship. Brig.-Gen. Thwaites wrote to his wife: “He died in the full performance of his duty, superintending the establishment of communications for his battn. He came to his death ... as a brave soldier and gallant English gentleman should do.” He _m._ at Belhaven Church, Glasgow, 3 April, 1909, Annie Margaret (8, Springfield Road, St. John’s Wood, N.W.), dau. of the late James Crichton, of Edinburgh, J.P.; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Robert Watson Orr.=]
=ORR, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 7938, 2nd Battn. Highland L.I., _s._ of William Orr, of 19, Carlisle Road, Londonderry; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died 16 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at Richebourg.
=ORROW, ALBERT WILLIAM=, A.B., J. 6317, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ORSLER, GEORGE HENRY=, Private, No. 9144, 1st Battn. Scots Guards, _s._ of John Orsler, of Bridge Street, Framlingham, co. Suffolk; _b._ Framlingham; enlisted 14 Oct. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action, 1 Jan. 1915.
=ORTON, JAMES=, Private, No. 7602, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest _s._ of James Orton, of 3, Victoria Street, Hinckley, by his wife, Maria, dau. of Samuel Spare; _b._ Hinckley, co. Leicester, 31 July, 1887; educ. Hinckley Church School; enlisted 11 Jan. 1908; went to France, August, 1914. and was killed instantly in action near Vermelles, Belgium, 24 Oct. 1915; _unm._ Sergt. Maddison wrote “he had always done his duty well, and was performing a dangerous task when he was shot.” His brother was killed in action, 20 Dec. 1915.
[Illustration: =James Orton.=]
=ORTON, JOHN THOMAS=, Private. No. 12933, B Coy., 8th (Service) Battn. Leicestershire Regt., 3rd _s._ of James Orton, of 3, Victoria Street, Hinckley, by his wife. Maria, dau. of Samuel Spare; educ. Hinckley Council School; was a Shoe Hand; volunteered after the outbreak of war, and joined the 8th Leicesters, 3 Sept. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 28 July to 20 Dec. 1915, on which day he was killed in action, two months after his elder brother; _unm._ His company officer, Capt. H. L. Beardsley, wrote: “It is with much regret, and the deep sympathy of myself and the other officers of my company, that I have to convey the sad news of the death of your boy, who was killed by a sniper on the 20th inst. whilst carrying out his duties; he was shot through the heart and died almost immediately. A thorough, conscientious, hard-working lad, he will be sadly missed by us all.”
=OSBEN, GEORGE THOMAS=, Private. R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 11918, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=OSBORNE, ALBERT VINCENT=, Private, No. 1837, 5th (Cinque Ports) Battn. Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Albert Osborne, of Water Mill, Guestling, by his wife, Kate, dau. of William Dennett; _b._ Guestling, co. Sussex, 23 Nov. 1893; educ. there; was a Milkman; joined the Sussex Territorials, 26 Feb. 1914; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; was sent to Dover, and then to the Tower; went to France, 18 Feb. 1915, and, after being in the trenches, was resting at a farm on 16 May, when a shell burst, killing and wounding many. Osborne was sent to the 2nd General Hospital at Manchester, where he died, 24 May, 1915; _unm._
=OSBORNE, BRIAN=, Capt., 15th (The King’s) Hussars, yr. _s._ of the late Capt. Frank Osborn, of Harbury Hall, near Leamington, 13th Hussars, by his wife, Helen, dau. of Thomas Lever Rushton; _b._ Sydney, N.S.W., 18 Nov. 1888; educ. Harrow, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the 15th Hussars, 8 Feb. 1908, and promoted Lieut. 22 Jan. 1909, and Capt. 15 Nov. 1914; went to France, 23 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action, 11 Nov. 1914, during the assault on the trenches near Herenthaze Château by the Prussian Guard. He had been sent with his machine gun to support the Duke of Wellington’s Regt. He was at first reported missing, and it was not until the following March that confirmation of his death was received in a letter from one of his machine gun section, a prisoner of war in Germany; _unm._ At Harrow he was successful in both cricket and football, and was first string at racquets; at Sandhurst he won the sword of honour; and in 1908, after joining the 15th Hussars, he attained a great record of first-spears in pig-sticking when quartered at Muttra. As a polo player he came to the front with amazing rapidity, playing for his regimental team and winning the South African Inter-Regimental Tournament in 1911, and repeating the event against more powerful opponents in the English Inter-Regimental Tournament at Hurlingham in 1913. As a member of the Cavalry School team and the Cavalry Club team he lent his aid successfully, and was invited by Lord Ashby St. Ledger, now Lord Wimborne, to practise in the international team of 1914, as choice for the American Expedition. He was a fine rider to hounds, and well known in the Warwickshire country.
[Illustration: =Brian Osborne.=]
=OSBORNE, FRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9092), 198537, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=OSBORNE, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 1597, 1/6th (Cyclist) Battn. Suffolk Regt.(T.F.), 2nd _s._ of William Osborne, of 33, Salisbury Road, South Lowestoft, one of the staff of Lowestoft Central Station, by his wife, Mary Ann. dau. of (--) Hill, of London; _b._ Lowestoft, 19 April, 1892; educ. there; was a Waiter at the Imperial Hotel, Lowestoft; volunteered and joined the Cyclist Battn. of the Suffolk Regt. in Oct. 1914, and died in the Isolation Hospital, Lowestoft, 2 Feb. 1915, of disease contracted while on active service; _unm._
=OSBORNE, JOHN ALFRED VICTOR=, Private, No. 3204, 2/1st Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of George Christopher Osborne, ex-Sergt. Criminal Investigation Department, New Scotland Yard, by his wife, Louisa Helen, dau. of George Peall, of Chertsey, Surrey; _b._ Marylebone, London, 17 June, 1897; educ. Barnsbury Park High Grade School; volunteered after the outbreak of war and joined the Royal Fusiliers, 12 Nov. 1914; trained at Tonbridge; went to Malta, 1 Feb. 1915, where the regt. performed garrison duty until 9 Sept., when they were sent to Egypt, and thence to the Dardanelles on the 19th, where he died, 27 Sept. 1915, of wounds received in action; _unm._ A comrade wrote; “I was out with your son on the night he was killed, but was not very near to him, so I did not see the last of him. He was shot in the muscle of the arm by an explosive bullet, and got wounded very severely, dying on admission to the hospital. He was buried by some of his fellow mates, and a cross erected over his grave with suitable wording. If ever a man died doing his duty for his King and Country, your son did, and it was a marvel to me how the remainder of us out that night did not get killed.... Our platoon have been very unlucky, and out of Jack’s section there are only about three of us left.”
[Illustration: =John Alfred V. Osborne.=]
=OSBORNE, JOHN HENRY=, Leading Stoker (Coastguard), 308083, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=OSBORNE, LESLIE HALL=, Lieut., 9th Lancashire Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of John Hall Osborne, of Summer Court, Queen’s Walk, Ealing, formerly of China, by his wife, Jane Jenkinson, dau. of Capt. John Whittle; _b._ Shanghai, China, 2 July, 1894; educ. St. Edmund’s, Canterbury, where he won distinction on the Modern side, and went into residence at Christ’s College, Cambridge, in Oct. 1912. Having tried for an Honorary Entrance Scholarship in Medieval and Modern Languages in 1911, he was placed 2nd Class in that subject in the Intercollegiate examination of July, 1914, and was given his degree in the following year under the regulations for men on active service. He was studying at Greifswold when war was declared, and going (5 Aug. 1914) to Stettin to appeal for help to the British Consul, was arrested as a spy and detained for four days, when he was released and ordered to leave the country. At St. Edmund’s he had been a keen member of the O.T.C., gaining Certificates A and B, and on reaching England he applied for a commission, being gazetted 2nd Lieut., 9th Lancashire Fusiliers, 2 Sept. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 1 June, 1915. He left England with his regt. early in July; took part in the landing at Suvla Bay on the night of 6 Aug. 1915, and fell the following day early in the advance to the attack of Hill 10, shot through the heart. His body was recovered next night and buried with those of five brother officers in rising ground about the middle of Suvla Beach, just north of the Canal that leads into the Salt Lake; _unm._ His elder brother, 2nd Lieut. W. J. Osborne, was mortally wounded in the same action. While at Christ’s College, Cambridge, he took an active part in the Hockey XI. and in the Lent term, 1913, played in goal in most of the University matches. He also occasionally played for the Surrey Club.
[Illustration: =Leslie Hall Osborne.=]
=OSBORNE, MAURICE GODOLPHIN=, Capt., 3rd Battn. Rifle Brigade, 3rd and yst. _s._ of the late Sidney Goldolphin Osborne, Commissioner of Inland Revenue (died 1903), by his wife, Margaret Dulcibella (51, Elm Park Gardens, London, S.W.), dau. of Hugh Hammersley, of 6, Cromwell Gardens, London, and grandson of the late Rev. Lord Sidney Godolphin Osborne [yr. bro. of George, 8th Duke of Leeds]; _b._ London, S.W., 1 July, 1889; educ. The Old Ride, Bournemouth and Cheltenham College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Rifle Brigade, 20 April, 1910; promoted Lieut. 23 Dec. 1911, and Capt. 15 Dec. 1914; was appointed machine gun officer in May, 1913; went to France, 5 Sept. 1914, and died in Bailleul Hospital, 25 Feb. 1915, of wounds received in action in the trenches near Armentières on the 10th, while making an emplacement for one of his machine guns; _unm._ Buried at Bailleul. Capt. Osborne was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 23 June, 1915. He was a member of the Army Revolver Thirty in 1912, and won several cups and prizes in the All-Ireland Rifle Meeting of 1912 and 1913, both individually and in the Regimental Officers’ Team, and in 1911 he won the Regimental Heavyweight Point-to-Point, on his own horse Chance.
=OSBORNE, WILLIAM JOHN=, 2nd Lieut., 9th Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers, eldest _s._ of John Hall Osborne, of Summer Court, Queen’s Walk, Ealing, formerly of China, by his wife, Jane Jenkinson, dau. of Capt. John Whittle; _b._ Tientsin, China, 9 Nov. 1891; educ. St. Edmunds, Canterbury, and in Germany for some months, and after spending two years in the office of a Chartered Accountant, entered his father’s office in London, and was to have taken up an appointment in China in Oct. 1914. At school he was a member of the O.T.C., and during his subsequent residence in London joined the H.A.C., but had resigned some time before war was declared. He enlisted in the 18th Battn. (1st Public School) Royal Fusiliers, 11 Sept. 1914, and was given a commission, 24 Nov., and posted to the 9th (Service) Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers with which regt. he left England in July. On 6 Aug. they landed at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli. He was wounded the following morning in an attack on Hill 10, and died of his wounds two days later (9th) on board the Hospital Ship Sudan. His company commander (Capt. Milnes), writing from Alexandria, said: “The men who are back here wounded, all say how very well he did during the landing. He was an excellent officer who looked after his men, often at the expense of himself, and no work was too big for him. He never left anything unfinished. He was a good friend and my right hand platoon officer.” A brother officer who picked him up, and had him carried off the field, said he was quite cheerful though very weak, and only anxious about his men and his brother (Lieut. L. H. Osborne, who was killed there the same day, see his notice). 2nd Lieut. Osborne was conspicuous at school as an athlete, especially in hockey and football, and was always deeply interested in natural history, especially in birds; in fact, sports of all kinds appealed to him very strongly. He was a member of the Wild Fowlers’ Association and of the True Waltonian Society.
[Illustration: =William John Osborne.=]
=O’SHEA, MICHAEL JOHN=, Private, No. 5111, 1st Battn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, _s._ of Patrick O’Shea, of 70, Ethel Street, Cardiff, Labourer, by his wife, Mary; _b._ Cardiff, 3 Jan. 1897; educ. St. Mary’s Roman Catholic School, Canton, Cardiff; enlisted 1 Nov. 1913; went to France 21 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action at La Bassée 21 Dec. following. His company officer, Capt. Ford, wrote highly of him, and added he “was buried beside a shrine, and his grave is beautifully turfed and has a cross with his name on it.”
[Illustration: =Michael John O’Shea.=]
=OSMOND, ERNEST HERBERT=, Pensioner, Blacksmith, 340821, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=OSMOND, HAROLD COOMBS=, Cook’s Mate M. 5542, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=O’SULLIVAN, ARTHUR MOORE=, Capt., 1st Battn. Royal Irish Rifles, only _s._ of the late Patrick O’Sullivan, Advocate-General, Madras Presidency, by his wife, Sydney Jane (Auburn, Greystones, co. Wicklow), dau. of William Daniel Moore, M.D.; _b._ Ootacamund, India, 19 Aug. 1878; educ. Bedford Grammar School, and Hertford College, Oxford; enlisted in the Oxfordshire L.I. in 1900; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Royal Irish Rifles, 23 July, 1902, and promoted Lieut. 9 July, 1906; Capt. 11 March, 1910; was adjutant of his regiment from 1 Jan. 1910 to 31 Dec. 1912; served in the South African War, 1900–01; took part in the operations in Cape Colony, Orange River Colony, and the Transvaal, April, 1900, to April, 1901 (Queen’s medal with four clasps); was employed with the West African Frontier Force, 1 Oct. 1905 to 22 Nov. 1907; went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Fromelles, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ Capt. O’Sullivan was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field.
[Illustration: =Arthur Moore O’Sullivan.=]
=OTELLIE, WILLIAM GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3678), 196618, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=OTTLEY, GEOFFREY CLAUDE LANGDALE, D.S.O.=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Scots Guards, only child of Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Langdale Ottley, of 17, Queen’s Gate Gardens, S.W., and Coruanan, Fort William, Inverness-shire, K.C.M.G., C.B., M.V.O., by his wife, Kathleen Margaret, dau. of Col. Alexander Stewart, R.A., and grandson of the Rev. Lawrence Ottley, Canon of Ripon; _b._ Southsea, co. Hants, 20 Jan. 1896; educ. Harrow and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Scots Guards, 1 Oct. 1914; promoted Lieut. 10 Dec. (ante-dated to 9 Nov.); went to France, 7 Nov., and died in the Australian Voluntary Hospital, Wimereux, near Boulogne, 21 Dec. 1914, of wounds received in action while leading an attack on the enemy’s trenches on the 18th. Lieut. Ottley was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 20 Nov. 1914 [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915], and was awarded the D.S.O. for conspicuous gallantry and good reconnaissance work.
=OUSLEY, GEORGE=, Leading Seaman, 230179, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=OWEN, ALFRED FREDERICK=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 204497, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=OWEN, CHARLES=, L.-Corpl., No. 7668, 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
## action, 23 Aug. 1914.
=OWEN, CHARLES=, Private, No. 9004, 1st Battn. East Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 1 Jan. 1915.
=OWEN, CHARLES=, Private, No. 10022, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards; _b._ Bushey, co. Renfrew; enlisted 3 Sept. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action, 16–18 May, 1915. Buried near Richebourg St. Vaast, in front of Dead Cow Farm; _m._
=OWEN, EDWARD REID=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 107833, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=OWEN, ERNEST HADDON=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., attd. 1st Battn. South Wales Borderers, elder _s._ of William Haddon Owen, of Louth, co. Lincoln, formerly of Little Grimsby Hall, co. Lincoln, Solicitor, by his wife, Elizabeth Vincent, dau. of Charles Leftwich Oldfeld Bartlett, of Burton House, Sherborne; _b._ Louth, 4 Feb. 1886; educ. Llandaff Cathedral School, Stancliffe Hall Preparatory, and Haileybury, where he was in the College Cadet Corps; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 4th (Militia) Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., 15 Oct. 1904; later transferring to the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battn., and was promoted Lieut. 8 May, 1911, and was Musketry Instructor; left the Army in 1912; was admitted a Solicitor in 1909, joining the firm of Haddon Owen & Son, of Louth. On the outbreak of war he rejoined his old regt., 15 Aug. 1914, with the rank of 2nd Lieut., and was gazetted Lieut. 23 Dec. 1914; went to France, 12 Nov., being attd. to the South Wales Borderers, and was killed in action at Festubert, 21 Dec. 1914; _unm._ Buried on the battlefield. His commanding officer wrote: “He was killed leading his men into the trenches, and was shot in the head when only three or four yards off them. He was slightly wounded in the neck a short time before, but gallantly led his men on”; and a brother subaltern: “Your son was in the leading company. We had to drive the Germans from the trenches which the Indians had lost the day previously. You will be glad to hear we got those trenches. He was most brave in the advance, and those of us who saw him advance could not help but note his coolness and unconcern.”
[Illustration: =Ernest Haddon Owen.=]
=OWEN, FRANK JAMES=, Private, R.M.L.I., 12974 (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1437), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=OWEN, GEORGE WEBSTER=, Capt., 1/10th Battn. The Manchester Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late Thomas Owen, of The Pollards, Penketh, near Warrington; _b._ Eccleston, co. Lancaster, 27 July, 1882; educ. Warrington Grammar School, and Manchester University (where he was in the O.T.C.), and later was a Yarn Agent in Manchester. He joined the 2nd Volunteer Battn. Manchester Regt. in 1899; was given a commission as 2nd Lieut., in the 10th Battn. Manchester Territorials, ... April, 1910, and promoted Lieut. 15 March, 1912, and Capt. 31 Aug. 1914; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 6 June, 1915, during the attack on Krithia. Lieut.-Col. J. B. Rye wrote: “He was with his company, which had been attd. to the Royal Fusiliers, and during the three days’ hard fighting had made quite a name for himself, by the leading of his men and the example he set them, and it was whilst taking them on to recapture a Turkish trench that he was killed. Please accept the most sincere sympathy of myself and all the officers, non-commissioned officers and men of his Battn. in your great loss. We have lost a cheerful and popular comrade.” Capt. Owen _m._ at Unnston, co. Lincoln, 20 July, 1910, Ruth Mary (Glentworth, Ramillies Avenue, Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire), dau. of S. W. Cocks, of Unnston; _s.p._
=OWEN, HUGH=, Lieut., 3rd, attd. 2nd Battn. The Border Regt., yr. _s._ of Sol Owen, of Odessa, Russia, Merchant, by his wife, Elizabeth dau. of William Rees; _b._ Sevastopol, Crimea, 30 May, 1890; educ. Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School, Cranbrook (1901–7); Armstrong College, Newcastle-on-Tyne (1907–10); and Durham University, where he obtained his degree of B.Sc. While at Cranbrook he was in the Cadet Corps, attd. 2nd Volunteer Battn. The Buffs, East Kent Regt., and at Durham University was a Corpl. in the O.T.C. On the outbreak of war he was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 3rd Border Regt., 21 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 8 April, 1915; went to the Front, 13 Nov. 1914; was wounded at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915; returned to duty on 6 April, and was killed in action at Festubert, 16 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Hugh Owen.=]
=OWEN, NORMAN MOORE=, 2nd Lieut., Royal Field Artillery, yr. _s._ of the Rev. Octavius Edward Owen, Rector of Over Wallop, co. Hants, formerly Lieut. Royal Marine Artillery, by his wife, Ella Jane, yr. dau. of Col. John Patrick Briggs, of Strathairly, Fife, late Indian Army, _b._ Flempton Rectory, Bury St. Edmunds, 16 Dec. 1893; educ. Stubbington House, Fareham, and Cheltenham College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 18 July, 1913; went to France 18 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 13 Sept. 1914; _unm._ Buried at Chassemy, France.
[Illustration: =Norman Moore Owen.=]
=OWEN, THOMAS=, Private, No. G./1234 (8th Service) Battn. Royal Fusiliers; served with the Expeditionary Force in France etc.; died 29 July, 1915, of wounds received in action.
=OXENBRIDGE, GEORGE HERBERT=, Private, No. 3644, 2/4th Battn. Royal West Kent Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of George Edward Oxenbridge, Private, Royal Sussex Regt. (now serving in Egypt), by his wife, Eliza Annie (33, Shelly Cottage, Denny Bottom, Tunbridge Wells); _b._ Tunbridge Wells, 26 April, 1897; educ. Rusthall and Church of England Schools there; enlisted 21 Dec. 1914; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at Gallipoli, 22 Aug. 1915, while acting as a stretcher-bearer, and was buried at Anafarta Plain. An officer of his platoon wrote: “It was on 22 Aug., a man was wounded outside the trench; your son went out after him to bring him in, and was shot dead. I was sorry indeed, as he was a very good soldier, cheerful and very willing, also a general favourite amongst his fellow comrades. He did a very brave act, and I am very sorry indeed to lose him”; and a comrade: “We were in some heavy fighting that day and chaps were shot down anyhow, and one Welsh boy was severely wounded and laid out in front of our lines, and as they asked for volunteers to fetch him in, Pat, who was a stretcher-bearer, volunteered and was shot before he got to the chap; it was a very brave deed and deserved the D.C.M. All our company miss him very much.”
[Illustration: =George H. Oxenbridge.=]
=OZANNE, EDWARD GRAEME=, Capt., 3rd Battn. Royal Fusiliers, only _s._ of Edward Chepmell Ozanne, of Le Platon, Guernsey, Bailiff of Guernsey, by his wife, Frances; _b._ Guernsey, 5 April, 1883; educ. Rugby; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Royal Fusiliers, 8 May, 1901, and promoted Lieut. 19 Oct. 1904, and Capt. 23 April, 1912; served in the South African War, 1902; took part in the operations in the Transvaal, and in those of the Orange River Colony and Cape Colony, Feb.-31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with four clasps); and with the Expeditionary Force in France from 18 Jan. to 14 Feb. 1915; and was killed in action in trenches at Ypres on the latter date. Buried in the Ramparts there. He _m._ at Bombay, India, 17 Oct. 1913, Aline (52, Lower Sloane Street, S.W.), dau. of the late Lieut.-General Josias Gordon Cloete, Indian Army; _s.p._
=PACKER, REGINALD CHARLES=, Sergt., No. 53, A Squadron, Essex Yeomanry (T.F.), _s._ of the late Handal Henrico Packer, Architect and Surveyor, Proprietor of Angel Hotel, Wellingboro’, and subsequently of the Cliff Hotel, Dovercourt, by his wife, Emily Mary Jane (Cliff Hotel, Dovercourt), dau. of (--) Hobbs, of Stroud, Glos.; _b._ Wellingborough, 5 Dec. 1888; educ. Wellingborough and Eye Grammar Schools; worked with his father until his death in 1909, and subsequently managed the Cliff Hotel, Dovercourt, for his mother; joined the Essex Yeomanry in 1908; was promoted Sergt. in 1912 for work in connection with regimental signalling, and was in charge of the signallers of the regt.; volunteered for active service on the outbreak of war; went to France 29 Nov. 1914; was selected in Jan. for a special signalling course, with about 50 others, from which he passed out No. 11, and died in Hazebrouck Military Hospital, 19 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at Ypres on the 13th. Buried in Hazebrouck Cemetery. Capt. Parker, of the Essex Yeomanry, wrote: “I can a little realise your loss, for I have been learning signalling lately and have seen a good deal of him, and have learnt what a charming fellow he was. As you probably know he was a signaller of exceptional ability and in that way alone he was a serious loss to the regt. But apart from that he has become a very good soldier and his troop officer during the last two months has been continuous in his praise of the work he has done. He is a sad loss to the Squadron, and was very popular with all and we shall miss him sadly.” He _m._ at Ufford, co. Suffolk, 28 Nov. 1914, Marion (2, Station Road, Dovercourt), elder dau. of the late Quartermaster-Sergt. George Thomas Rushton-Rudd, of the Essex Regt.; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Reginald C. Packer.=]
=PADDAY, WILLIAM HAMILTON=, Capt., 36th, attd. 47th Sikhs, Indian Army, yr. _s._ of the late Col. Arthur Charles Padday, Royal (late Bengal) Engineers, by his wife, Alice Hamilton (30, Orsett Terrace, Hyde Park W.), dau. of the late Thomas Campbell Foster, Q.C., Bencher of the Middle Temple, and Recorder of Warwick; _b._ Stoke Devonport, 21 Sept. 1881; educ. Bath College (where he was a prominent member of the football XV in 1898); and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1900–01); gazetted 2nd Lieut. (unattd.) Indian Army, 8 Jan. 1901; served his first year with the Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt. then in the Punjab; was gazetted to the 36th Sikhs, 7 April, 1902, and promoted Lieut. 8 April, 1903, and Capt. 20 July, 1911; was for some time attd. to the Military Police in Assam, but rejoined his regt. in 1910. Home on leave when the European War broke out, he was for a short time attd. to the 8th Service Battn. West Riding Regt. at Belton Camp, but early in Nov. joined the 47th Sikhs in France, and was serving with that regt. when he was killed in action near Givenchy, 21 Dec. 1914; _unm._ His Col. wrote that he “died a most gallant death gallantly performing a difficult task”; and an officer who was in the trenches with him: “His coolness and great personal bravery alone commanded admiration, and his unfailing cheerfulness under any circumstances.” And another: “When we had reached the bit of trench we had been told to retake, the Germans were found to be in each end of it with machine guns. On previous occasions it had been found that the most effective method of turning the enemy out of such positions was for parties of bomb-throwers to creep up to the part occupied by the Germans, and by throwing bombs amongst them, drive them out bit by bit. Your son was in charge of our regimental party of bomb-throwers, whom he had personally trained, and he went off with the party to try and dislodge the Germans. A Sepoy who was with him says that he had thrown two bombs and was preparing a third, when he was shot at close range through the head.... Owing to the heavy fire the Germans opened on the party it was quite impossible to remove the body. The party had to make their way back, and just then a retirement was ordered and the trench was evacuated. The subsequent counter-attack, in which the regt. did not participate, did not reach that trench at all, so it was never possible to recover the bodies of those who had died there.” He was a keen sportsman, fond of shooting, fishing and yachting. He was Hon. Secretary of both the Lucknow and Naini Tal Yacht Clubs, and won several cups when racing in the latter club.
[Illustration: =William Hamilton Padday.=]
=PADDOCK, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109803, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=PADDY, ALFRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10197), S.S. 2639, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PAGE, ALBERT=, Private, No. 7345, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of the late William Page, by his wife, Jane (12, Andover Road, Hornsey Road, Holloway), dau. of William Finch; _b._ Highgate, 27 Nov. 1887; educ. St. Mary’s School there; enlisted 12 July, 1907; served three years with the Colours and then passed into the Reserve, and worked as a Carman; was mobilised 5 Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., and was killed in action 30 Oct. following; _unm._ Buried in Rentel Woods. His brother, Private Frederick Page, 2nd Battn. Middlesex Regt., was killed in
## action, 10–14 March, 1915, and his two other brothers are now (1916) on
## active service.
=PAGE, ALFRED=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 8840), 198471, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=PAGE, DAVID=, Gunner, R.M.A., 10386, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PAGE, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 11334, 2nd Battn. Middlesex Regt., _s._ of the late William Page, by his wife, Jane (12, Andover Road, Hornsey Road, Holloway), dau. of William Finch; _b._ 4 May, 1889; educ. Arkley School, Barnet; enlisted 15 Oct. 1906; served seven years with the Colours (including five years in India), then became a Carman with Carter Patersons; mobilised Aug. 1914; went to France in Sept., was wounded 15 Oct. (the same month his brother, Private Albert Page, was killed, see his notice), and invalided home; returned to the Front in Feb., and was killed in action between 10–14 March, 1915; _unm._
=PAGE, JOHN=, Petty Officer (T.), 194013, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PAGE, THOMAS=, Colour-Sergt., R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., A. 589), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PAGE, WILLIAM THOMAS=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7537), 291867, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PAGE, WILLIAM WILLIE=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9632), S.S. 2347, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PAGET, GEORGE GODFREY BRANDRETH=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., only child of Charles Edward Paget, of Great Houghton House, near Northampton, by his wife, Ethel Pilkington, dau. of the late Rev. Canon William Harper Brandreth, Rector of Standish, Lancs.; and gdson. of the late Sir George Edward Paget, K.C.B., M.D., F.R.S.; _b._ North Bentcliffe, Eccles, co. Lancaster, 6 April, 1891; educ. St. Andrew’s School, Eastbourne (1901–05), and Charterhouse (1905–08); joined the 3rd (Militia) Battn. of the Northamptonshire Regt. as 2nd Lieut., 29 April, 1908, and was promoted Lieut. in the Special Reserve, 26 July, 1910; gazetted 2nd Lieut, to the 1st Battn., 14 Aug. 1914, having crossed with it to France on the 12th; served through the retreat from Mons and the Battle of the Marne, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914; _unm._ “His Coy. were attacking under a very heavy shell fire and rifle fire also,” wrote Lieut. Farrer. “They had just halted in a bit of a dip, where they were out of rifle fire; he moved forward to see if they could go on, when he was hit. The men of his Platoon say he didn’t seem to mind the lead that was flying round, and was urging them on all the time.” The Adjutant, Capt. Lloyd, also wrote: “You know he died doing his duty, and that his name will be handed down to posterity, amongst the others of the Regt., as being one who assisted to uphold the glorious traditions of our Regt., and who emulated the deeds of times gone by.” His body was not recovered, but was seen on 17 Sept. about 40–50 yards from the German trench, when a Coldstream officer succeeded in getting some letters out of his pocket by which his body was identified. The body was lying about 300 yards in front of our trenches.
[Illustration: =George G. B. Paget.=]
=PAINE, CHARLES PERCIVAL=, Corpl., No. 554, Army Service Corps. (Motor Transport Section), _s._ of Charles Paine, Master Tailor, by his wife, Emma; _b._ Old Kent Road, E., 19 May, 1876; educ. Dulwich; joined the 22nd Middlesex Volunteers about 1894; attaining the rank of Sergt.; served in the South African War, 1899–1900, with the C.I.V. Mounted Infantry (Queen’s medal with three clasps); joined the Motor Transport Special Reserve in Oct. 1912; was called up on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force on the 6th; was promoted Corpl. in Dec. for valuable services rendered in the field, and died in No. 10 Military Hospital, St. Omer, 17 Feb. 1915, from cerebro-spinal meningitis. Buried in the Cemetery of Remembrance there. He _m._ at the Baptist Church, Attleborough, 17 Sept. 1901, Harriet Jane (52, Thorpebank Road, Shepherd’s Bush, W.), eldest dau. of Francis (and Harriet) Smith-Newby, of Attleborough, co. Norfolk, and had four children: Francis Percival, _b._ 11 Oct. 1902; Charles George, _b._ 21 Oct. 1905; Geoffrey Herbert, _b_. 24 Feb. 1908; and Evelyn Hattie, _b._ 16 Feb. 1904.
[Illustration: =Charles Percival Paine.=]
=PAINE, CHARLES WILLIAM STANLEY=, Capt., Royal Marine L.I., eldest _s._ of William Henry Paine, of Derwent House, Canterbury, by his wife, Mary, dau. of James Buss; _b._ Canterbury, 22 Dec. 1876; educ. Tonbridge (The School House, 1891–95); and on leaving there qualified as an Electrical Engineer. After being some time in Queensland, he went to South Africa, and took part with the Border Police in putting down the native rising in Bechuanaland. When the South African War broke out he was in England. He volunteered and went out with the Electrical Engineers, serving later with Steinecker’s Horse, and receiving the Queen’s medal with four clasps. At the end of the war he returned to England, and was for some time once more at the electrical power station in the Isle of Thanet. In May, 1905, he returned to South Africa, and cleared and farmed a large tract of land in Mashonaland. Towards the end of 1909 he returned to England, and was farming in Hampshire when war began. The day after war was declared he left home to serve with the Legion of Frontiersmen, but after three months of duty at Southampton, finding that the Legion had little chance of being sent to the Front, he applied for a commission and was gazetted 2nd Lieut., R.N.D., 19 Nov. 1914. He was promoted Lieut., R.M. attd. R.N.D., 23 Nov., and Capt., R.M., on 8 Dec. 1914. He went out to the Dardanelles in May with the Benbow Battn. of the R.N.D., and was in action almost immediately. On the disbanding of the Benbow Battn. he was transferred to the Hood Battn., and was instantaneously killed in action, 17 July, 1915, being shot by a sniper while attempting to get help for a wounded man. He was buried in the trench--Ferril Gap, where he fell. “He was,” wrote one who knew him well, “a thorough sportsman, a man of unfailing courage and cheerfulness, equally ready to share his purse and his last meal, not only with friends, but with anyone who seemed in need of either. No one has ever more cheerfully and unassumingly lived the golden rule than he, as scores of men down on their luck, and many a tired animal too, could testify.” He had a distinct literary and poetical bent, and published, as a rule, anonymously, a good many things, mostly short stories, both in English and in Rhodesian magazines. Two of his short poems, one entitled “The Dead,” appeared in the “Westminster Gazette” in 1915. He _m._ at St. George’s Cathedral, Capetown, 24 Aug. 1908, Lilian Josephine (Barnfield, Medstead, Hants), 2nd dau. of the late Joseph Naylor, of Hull, and had three children: Geoffrey William Wright Halden, _b._ Umbali, Rhodesia, 27 Aug. 1909; Catherine Mary, _b._ 27 Dec. 1910; and Josephine Halden, _b._ 8 Feb. 1914.
[Illustration: =Charles William S. Paine.=]
=PAINE, SYDNEY WILLIAM=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Divisional Field Coy. New Zealand Engineers, only _s._ of William John Paine, of Ashton Road, Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand, Accountant, by his wife, Constance, dau. of Shadrick Moordaff; _b._ Auckland, 9 April, 1891; educ. Maungakaramea County School, Wellesley Street City School, and Auckland Grammar School; joined the New Zealand Engineers (Volunteers) in 1906, and was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in No. 3 (Auckland) Coy. 21 Feb. 1911; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war and joined the Expeditionary Force as a Sapper, but was shortly afterwards given a commission, and was killed in action in Gallipoli, 20 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried there. Lieut.-Col. Pridham wrote: “It may be some consolation to you to know that he had done wonderfully good work ever since he landed here, and the loss to the Engineers will be very severely felt. He was absolutely trusted by the men under him and was, I think, the most unconcerned under fire of us all. He died on duty, reconnoitring for a fresh advance against the enemy”; and Capt. W. Limm: “Your son was with me--I knew him really well, and he was a personal friend of mine and was a splendid chap. I cannot tell you all I know of him in a letter, but you can be very proud of him.” Sapper F. Leyland also wrote: “We got a shock last night, for we lost our section officer, Lieut. S. W. Paine. He was the best officer we had, and I had known him for years. He was at the Grammar School when I was, and was in the same company of Engineers as I was in Auckland. A finer chap I never met--his first thoughts were always for the men, and he always mixed up with them. Just before he was shot he was laughing and joking with us. When the news came down that he was shot and had rolled down the gully, we rushed up to get him, but by the time we found him he was dead. We feel lost without him, and are feeling pretty miserable.” He was awarded the Royal Humane Society’s Bronze Medal for saving a comrade from drowning at Fort Cantley, and was congratulated by Col. Wolffe on being the first Territorial in camp to receive it.
[Illustration: =Sydney William Paine.=]
=PAINE, THOMAS HARRY=, Leading Telegraphist, 239741, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PAINTIN, SHAYLER=, Sergt., No. 9784, 1st Battn. The Royal Scots, yst. _s._ of the late Joseph Paintin, of West End, Witney, Carpenter, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of J. Mann, of Witney; _b._ Witney, co. Oxon, 5 April, 1885; educ. Wesleyan Higher Grade School there; was a Grocer; enlisted in the Royal Scots, 17 Sept. 1906; went to India with the 1st Battn. in 1909; served there until the outbreak of war; returned to England, Nov. 1914; went to France the following month, and was killed in action at the Second Battle of Ypres, 12 May, 1915; _unm._ His Coy. Sergt.-Major wrote: “He was highly respected by the officers, N.C.Os. and men, and a better soldier never wore the uniform. He died like a good British soldier in the trench not far from the machine gun he was in charge of. We buried him in the Bellewarde Wood, near the village of Hooge, about 4 kilometres from the now ruined city of Ypres.” Sergt. Paintin was a keen sportsman and a first-class shot, and at the Royal Scots Rifle Meeting he won the championship medal, India, 1912; he was in C Coy. hockey team, which won the Meay Ahmed Hockey Cup, 1911–12, and at the Royal Scots Rifle Meeting he won third prize, aggregate, 1914.
[Illustration: =Shayler Paintin.=]
=PAKENHAM, CHARLES JOHN WINGFIELD=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Hampshire Regt., _s._ of Major Charles Pakenham, of Headon Hall, Alum Bay, I.W., late 101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers and Royal Irish Fusiliers [gdson. of the Hon. Sir Thomas Pakenham, G.C.B., Admiral of the Red, 3rd _s._ of Thomas, 1st Earl of Longford], by his 2nd wife, Gertrude Edith Mary, yst. dau. of William Wingfield; _b._ Northam, near Bideford, co. Devon, 25 April, 1892; educ. Royal Naval College, Osborne, and Victoria College, Jersey; joined the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battn. of the Hampshire Regt., in Aug. 1910; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 2nd Battn., then at Mhow, India, 21 Jan. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 1 Nov. following; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there three days later (28 April); _unm._
=PAKENHAM, ROBERT EDWARD MICHAEL=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Munster Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of Major Charles Pakenham, of Headon Hall, Alum Bay, I.W., late 101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers and Royal Irish Fusiliers [gdson. of the Hon. Sir Thomas Pakenham, G.C.B., Admiral of the Red, 3rd _s._ of Thomas, 1st Earl of Longford], by his wife, Emily Blanche, dau. of Charles Hercules Harrison, of Singapore; _b._ Armagh, 27 July, 1874; educ. Lausanne House, Worthing, and United Service College, Westward Ho!; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 24 March, 1897, and promoted Lieut. 9 Nov. 1898, and Capt. 1 May, 1902; served (1) in the South African War, 1899–1900, 1902; took part in the advance on Kimberley, including action at Belmont; operations in the Orange Free State, April to May, 1900, and those in Orange River Colony, May to June, 1900 (Queen’s medal with three clasps and King’s medal with two clasps); and (2) with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and died in the Military Hospital, Boulogne, 17 Jan. 1915, of wounds received in action. He _m._, 12 Sept. 1900, Nancye (Ballinacurragh, co. Cork), 2nd dau. of William Fowler, of Broadlands Park, Liverpool, and had three children: Ivo Robert Lygon, _b._ 4 Dec. 1903; Osmund Edward Michael, _b._ 20 April, 1905, _d._ 13 April 1906; and Emilie Estelle Rosemary, _b._ 4 Feb. 1907. His yr. brother, Lieut. C. J. W. Pakenham, was killed in the Dardanelles (see his notice).
=PAKENHAM, WILLIAM HENRY=, L.-Corpl., No. 7765, 2nd Battn. Connaught Rangers, only _s._ of the late Henry Pakenham, by his wife. Maria; _b._ Granard, co. Longford, 4 June, 1885; enlisted 5 March, 1903; served eight years in India; went to France 13 Aug. 1914, and died in the Military Hospital, Colchester, 26 Feb. 1915, from a shrapnel wound in the right shoulder received in action near Ypres, 29 Oct. 1914. He _m._ at Holy Trinity Church, Culmore, co. Londonderry, 20 Jan. 1914, Caroline (Burgage, Blessington, co. Wicklow), dau. of Michael Bryant, of Tallamore, King’s Co., and had a dau., Violet Charlotte, _b._ 5 Oct. 1914.
[Illustration: =William H. Pakenham.=]
=PALIN, ARCHIBALD EDWIN= (“Blue”), Private, No. 938, 13th Battn. 4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, foster child of Mrs. Ann Charman; _b._ Dorking, Surrey, 7 Jan. 1872; educ. Dorking National Schools; afterwards going to Australia; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 3 May, 1915; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “He proved himself thoroughly brave and courageous in action and always put his duty before personal safety. He did invaluable work in his capacity as a scout and set a great example to the other men by his coolness under heavy fire.”
=PALLANT, HERBERT=, Sergt., No. 7001, 2nd Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers, _s._ of Harry Pallant, Ipswich, employee on the Ipswich Corporation Tramways Co., by his 1st wife; _b._ Ash Bocking, co. Suffolk, 14 May, 1879; educ. Ipswich; enlisted 5 Oct. 1898; became L.-Corpl. 1 May, 1900; Corpl. 1 Feb. 1901, and Sergt. 28 Feb. 1904; served in Malta, Crete and South Africa (Queen’s medal with four clasps); was seven years with the Colours and five with the Reserve, at the end of which time he again signed on for four years, during which period he was employed as a Postman at the G.P.O.; mobilised 5 Aug. 1914; went to France on the 30th, and was killed in action at Messines, 2 Nov. following. Buried on the Eastern Edge of Ploegsteert Wood. Qrmr.-Sergt. Clague, 2nd Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers, wrote: “I did not know Sergt. Pallant previous to his joining the company on
## active service, but what I saw of him convinced me that he had no fear
and died a glorious death, he was always willing to do any duty he was called upon to do, and was a great help to the officers of company when any trying work was to be carried out. He was liked very much by the men of his platoon and they miss him very much now.” He _m._ at Ipswich, 3 June, 1906, Helen (38, Newton Street, St. Helen’s, Ipswich), dau. of the late William (and Elizabeth) Cunningham, and had a son, Herbert, _b._ 4 Aug. 1907.
[Illustration: =Herbert Pallant.=]
=PALMER, FREDERICK ERNEST=, A.B., 236457 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PALMER, GEORGE=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 22186, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=PALMER, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1317), 197816, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PALMER, GEORGE EDWARD=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 23449, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=PALMER, JOHN=, Gunner, R.M.A., 12655, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
## action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PALMER, JOHN JOSEPH=, 2nd Writer, 346138, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PALMER, MAURICE WESTON=, L.-Corpl., No. 1104, 5th Battn., Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of Attwell Lynch Palmer, of Pentney, Swaffham, co. Norfolk, Engineer, by his wife, Frances, dau. of William Daniel Weston, of the Lenwades, Moulton, near Newmarket; _b._ Letcham, Swaffham, 4 July, 1894; educ. Grammar School, Swaffham; went to Australia in Dec. 1913; was a 1st Class Steward in the Orient S.S. Co.; volunteered for Imperial service after the outbreak of war and joined the 5th Battn., A.I.F., in Sept. 1914; left for Egypt in Dec; went to the Dardanelles in June, 1915, and was killed in action there, 20 July following; _unm._
[Illustration: =Maurice W. Palmer.=]
=PALMER, PERCY VICTOR=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9038), No. 206273, R.N., _s._ of William Palmer, of Towersey, near Thame, co. Oxford, by his wife, Harriett, dau. of John Rumble, of Norfolk; _b._ Kensington Gore, W., 12 Jan. 1883; educ. St. Barnabas’ Church School, Pimlico, and was a chorister at St. John’s, Wilton Road; entered Navy, 1899, and was lost on board H.M.S. Cressy when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._ For services rendered during the Messina earthquake, while serving in H.M.S. Euryalus, he received a letter of thanks from the King of Italy, and was awarded the Messina silver medal. Palmer was also at Martinique when that earthquake happened.
[Illustration: =Percy Victor Palmer.=]
=PALMER, RONALD WILLIAM POULTON=, B.A. Oxon, Lieut., 4th Battn. Berkshire Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of Edward Bagnall Poulton, D.Sc., F.R.S., Hope Professor of Zoology, Oxford University, and Fellow of Jesus College, by his wife, Emily, eldest dau. of the late George Palmer (of Huntley & Palmer, Ltd.), some time M.P. for Reading, and nephew of the late Right Hon. George William Palmer, also at one time M.P. for Reading, and of the late Sir Walter Palmer, Bart., M.P. for Salisbury; _b._ Oxford, 12 Sept. 1889; educ. Oxford Preparatory School, Rugby (School House), and Balliol College, Oxford, where he matriculated with an exhibition in 1908; took 2nd Class Honours in the Final Honour School of Natural Science (Engineering), and graduated B.A. 1911. On leaving Oxford he entered Huntley & Palmer’s factory in Jan. 1912, to qualify himself for a Directorship, and after 18 months there, went to Manchester and continued his engineering studies in Mather & Platt’s, attending courses at the Municipal School of Technology. On the death of the Right Hon. G. W. Palmer, in Oct. 1913, he became the heir and, had he lived, would have succeeded his uncle in the Marlston Estates, and by the terms of the will he took the name of Palmer. At Oxford he had served with the O.T.C. from 4 Dec. 1908 to 29 Dec. 1911, and on going to Reading was given a commission as 2nd Lieut., in the Berkshire Territorials, 30 April, 1912; and on the outbreak of war volunteered with his Battn. for foreign service, and was promoted Lieut. He went to the Front at the end of March, and was killed by a stray bullet, or by a sniper, at 12.20 a.m., 5 [not 4] May, 1915, while superintending work on the trenches in front of Ploegsteert Wood, Belgium. He was buried in the wood, close to “Hyde Park Corner”; _unm._ Col. O. P. Serocold wrote: “He was killed instantaneously, while on duty in the trenches, about 12.20 a.m. this morning, and as it was quite dark at the time, and before the moon rose, we think it must have been an unaimed chance bullet which struck him. Naturally Ronald was the most beloved and popular officer with all ranks, and one of those whom we could least spare. I shall miss him sorely, as he was a most trustworthy and capable officer, and would have gone high in soldiering, had he been spared”; and Capt. Thorne: “Ronald was engaged on work of trench repair, in company with Sergt. Brant, and was hit by an enemy sniper at 12.20 a.m. Death, mercifully, must have been instantaneous. This I am sure of, as I reached him a moment after he was shot; he never spoke or moved again, and the Doctor, who shortly after arrived, is of the same opinion. Sergt. Brant did everything that could be done, but it was obviously all in vain. I cannot express what we feel about it, men and all were devoted to him, and there is not one of us who would not have cheerfully exchanged our lives for his. He never shirked a job, whatever the risk was, and he fell, as he would have liked to do, in the execution of his duty. The regt. has lost one it could ill afford.” Lieut. O. B. Challenor also wrote: “He was our company works manager, _i.e._, he looked after the trench, and found out what work on the parapet or elsewhere was necessary for the safety of the men. He was shot at 12.20 a.m. to-day, 5 May. It was a foggy night, and he was on the roof of a dug-out, looking at work that had been done, when a stray shot, which I think was a ricochet off our wire in front of the trench, hit him. It entered his right side, just below the armpit; death was instantaneous.” He was a noted Rugby International, and captained the English Team which won all the International matches in the season before the war. The “Times” said: “By the death of Lieut. Poulton Palmer Rugby football has lost one of its most brilliant exponents. As a three-quarter back--he could play either in the centre or on the wing--his name will go down to posterity as probably the greatest player of all time. He was decidedly of the unorthodox type, and, although he had many imitators, was unequalled in his distinctive style and opportunism. The strongest points of his game were his resolute running and wonderful swerve. At the beginning of his career he was rather weak in his tackling, but this weakness was remedied by experience. As a captain he was a born leader; he was never flurried, and was always seen at his best when the score was against his side. Like all great players, he had his off days, but he was just the man to win games by his individual flashes of brilliance, and no English side could have been considered at full strength without him. Between the seasons of 1909 and 1914 he gained 17 International caps--five against Scotland, four against Ireland, four against Wales, three against France, and one against South Africa. He failed to get his Blue at Oxford as a Freshman in 1908, when the three-quarter line consisted of four old Blues and International players--H. H. Vassall, F. N. Tarr, C. M. Gilray, and H. Martin but in the following year, when Oxford beat Cambridge by four goals and five tries to one try, he scored five tries--the other four being gained by Martin. In 1910 and 1911 he was also on the winning side, and was captain in the latter year, he also did splendid service for the Harlequins, and it was in a large degree due to him that the three-quarter line reached its high standard of excellence. In addition to his skill as a Rugby football player he was a fine exponent at hockey, and he played against Cambridge in 1909, 1910, and 1911.” Early in his school days at Rugby he began to feel that love for work in boys’ clubs which was to become the chief among his many interests. It was further developed at Oxford in the Balliol Boys’ Club, in the Rugby School Mission and by contact with kindred spirits of whom the brightest have, with him, given their lives for their country. When in 1912 he went to Reading, with all his strenuous work at the Factory, he found time to help in the management of a Boys’ Club in the parish of St. John’s, and in Manchester he gave time and thought to the same absorbing interest. His friends have felt that to write of him, as many of the papers did. as a football player and nothing else, was to give an entirely false impression of the man, and to miss what to him was the paramount duty as well as the keenest pleasure of life.
[Illustration: =Ronald W. Poulton Palmer.=]
=PALMER, SAMUEL EDWARD=, Private, No. 3234, Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of William Owen Palmer, of Durgates, Wadhurst, Gardener, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of William Manktelow, of Woods Green, Wadhurst; _b._ Wadhurst, co. Sussex, 12 Jan. 1895; educ. Boys’ School there; was employed by Miss Olvir, Durgate’s Farm, Wadhurst, Farm Hand; joined the Church Lads’ Brigade, and became a member of the Wadhurst Fire Brigade; joined the 5th Sussex, 22 Feb. 1915; left Woolwich for France, 10 July, 1915, and was killed in action 2 Jan. 1916, by the bursting of a German shell, while on duty with a fatigue party; _unm._
=PALMES, GUY NICHOLAS=, Lieut., 1st Battn. King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., 4th _s._ of the Rev. George Palmes, Vicar of Naburn, Squire and Lord of the Manor of Naburn, by his wife, Eva Blanche, yr. dau. of Henry Dalbiac, of Holbrook Park, Sussex; _b._ Naburn Hall, co. York. 14 July, 1894; educ. Malvern College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and on leaving there was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the K.O.Y.L.I. 1 Oct. 1914, and promoted Lieut. Nov. following; went to France, Jan. 1915, and was killed in action near Ypres, 8 May, 1915; _unm._
=PANNELL, WILLIAM FRANCIS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4661), 307771, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PANTLAND, ROBERT WILLIAM=, Pensioner, Ch. E.R.A., 118003, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=PARAGREEN, FREDERICK ARTHUR=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 41), 10860, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PARDOE, HARRY JAMES=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26738 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=PARFITT, HERBERT EDWARD=, No. 725, 2nd Class Air Mechanic, Royal Flying Corps; killed while acting as Pilot to 2nd Lieut. E. W. C. Perry on a B.E. 8 machine at Amiens, 16 Aug. 1914. Buried in the Cemetery at St. Acheuil.
=PARHAM, FREDERICK=, Leading Stoker, C.G., 286907, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PARKE, WALTER EVELYN=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Durham L.I., 2nd _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Lawrence Parke, of Moreton Heath, Moreton, co. Dorset, 7th Hampshire Regt., late Durham L.I., by his wife, Evelyn, dau. of the late T. Evans Lees; _b._ Wimborne, co. Dorset; educ. Swanage (Mr. Pellatt) and Winchester College; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Durham L.I., 16 Aug. 1911, and promoted Lieut. 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Hazebrouck, 13 Oct. following, while acting as Machine Gun Officer; _unm._ Buried near Hazebrouck. Lieut. Parke was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. [London Gazette, 17 Feb.] 1915. While at Winchester he was captain of the Cricket XI.
=PARKER, ARTHUR=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17068, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PARKER, BASIL STEWART=, Capt., 2nd Battn. The Hampshire Regt., eldest _s._ of the late Rev. George Parker, Rector of Quainton, co. Bucks, and Tickencote, co. Rutland, by his wife, Elizabeth Maria Hislop (47, Sea Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth), dau. of the late John Lorimer, of Edinburgh; _b._ Oxford, 2 July, 1878; educ. Oxford Preparatory School and Bedford Grammar School. He served through the South African War, first with the Imperial Yeomanry, and afterwards in the Hampshire Regt., to which he was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 27 July, 1901. He took part in the operations in Cape Colony, North of the Orange River, May, 1900, and in those in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900 to 31 May, 1902, receiving the Queen’s medal with two clasps, and the King’s medal with two clasps, and was promoted Lieut. 20 Aug. 1904, and Capt. 12 June, 1909. From March, 1906–09 he was Adjutant of his Battn., and from 1912–13 held a similar appointment in the Mounted Infantry in South Africa. In 1911, at Harrismith, he was a member of the 2nd M.I. Polo Team which won the Inter-Coy. Polo Cup. When the Dardanelles Expedition was organised the 2nd Hants. formed part of the 29th Division, which did such splendid work, that it became to be known as the “Old Guard of the Army.” He left England with his regt. 20 March, 1915, and took part in the first attack on 25 April. His Coys. W and X, under Major Leigh, landed about 10 a.m. that morning, from boats on W beach, and proceeded to the first ridge and there took up a position, where they stopped practically the whole day covering the other regts. landing. His Commanding Officer writing home on 30 April said: “Basil Parker is going strong, he is doing orderly runner for me as we have not got our horses yet; he did splendidly.” And on 1 May, Capt. Parker wrote: “What we call a quiet day, and only being shelled. It is a glorious day, sitting in the trenches, and a gentle trickle of sand falling on you all the time. We moved yesterday into reserve, but at 4 a.m. were sent back into the firing line. So much for our rest cures out here. This life seems to suit me. I never felt better in my life. Reveille at 4 a.m. and bed at 8 p.m. daily. I drink unlimited tea, no sugar or milk in it, and biscuits; can’t get bread at any price. I am as filthy as I feel, black with dust and exposure. We still wear caps. Isn’t it sad about the Col. and Deane; they were both shot dead, not wounded. I have to write early here as we neither have electric light or candles in this trench, and go to bed and rise with the sun”: and the following day: “We had a vile night, an attack which lasted from 10.30 p.m. to 2 p.m. to-day. As usual we have caught it fairly hot. Leigh and Reid were both killed during the night, and three more subs. were wounded to-day. We were under awful shrapnel fire to-day in the open. I feel a bit more filthy than usual; have not had my clothes or boots off for fourteen days.” He was wounded in the head on 6 May, or as he puts it, “Got myself into trouble yesterday, and got a bullet in my head, or very near it. It came in absolutely in the centre of my cap (was fired from the right), and came out where the top of the cap and the part that fits your head joins. I have had luck, because on its way through it took a piece out of my head like a cheese scoop down to the bone without damaging the skull. I could not at first make out what had happened. I felt a huge bang on the head, as if a polo ball had hit me, and asked the man next me, ‘What on earth is that?’ ‘You’re hit on the head, sir.’ It began to bleed badly, so I went back a little and got it tied up with the dressing you had sewn in my coat. I was hit at noon, but commanded my company till dark.” He was able to rejoin on 3 July, and after being continuously in action since landing, the 2nd Hants were sent to Lemnos for rest and refreshment on 7 July. Here they were joined by fresh drafts and returned to Gallipoli on 28 July, about 900 strong. They remained “on the beach” eight days and then moved up to the front trenches--the intention being to create a diversion in the Southern part of the peninsula whilst a new attack was made at Suvla Bay, six or seven miles to the north. The 2nd Hants were told on the evening of 5 Aug. that they would go up next day, and all were in excellent spirits. Cooks were sent on to prepare food, etc., and at 5.30 a.m. on Aug. 6 the advance began, the force going up the communication trenches, and the distance from the front trench being about three or four miles, and Achi Baba being about three-quarters mile distant. The trenches were close to the village of Krithia and very near the great Gully. By 7 a.m. the 2nd Hants had occupied three lines of trenches, having on their right the 4th Worcesters, and on their left the 1st Essex. The front Turkish trench ran forward at an angle and was about 50 yards distant on the left and 100 yards more on the right. The space between the opposing trenches was swept by gun fire from a distance, as well as from the trenches themselves. It was known that an attack on the Turkish trenches would be made at 4 p.m., and until that time many of the force rested. The General sent up an encouraging message to the Hants saying that this would be the last time he would call upon them to make a great charge. Exactly at 4 p.m. Capt. Parker, who was in command, called out: “Time’s up, my lads,” and those in the first trench immediately leapt out, those in the second at once taking their places and leaping out a minute later, and those in the third doing the same. All were well up in a good deal less then five minutes, and with a cheer they rushed forward. It was a glorious charge, and every one showed splendid courage. The Turks were startled, and took a minute or two--not much more--to get their machine-guns (of which they had one for about every five yards, and which during the bombardment they had hidden in the trenches) into position, so that our men got some way across the open space. Apparently, however, none reached the Turkish trench. All were mown down. Of the second line, a few got across. Of the third line, which had fewer men, more than half got through, and those who were left of the battn. held the trench until they were relieved by the Royal Scots and Royal Fusiliers. A private said positively that the Turks were driven from their front trench which remained in our hands, as perhaps did some others. The open ground was so heavily swept by gun fire that it was impossible to bring in the wounded or the dead, even at night. Some may have crawled in, but the severely wounded must have died. As none could be recovered and identified, they were posted as missing. In the evening of the 6th only 250 out of 900 of the Hants answered their names. It was in this action that Capt. Parker was killed about 4 p.m. He had gone forward out of the trench to direct a portion of the line and was hit by a bullet in the left side; the bullet coming out near the left breast was deflected by his cigarette case and again entered his body and came out on his right side. He died four minutes afterwards with his head resting on the leg of a lieutenant. He was brought back to the dressing station, and buried at 7.10 a.m. on the following morning in C. Communicating trench between the firing line and twelve tree copse. He never spoke after he was hit, and was unconscious until he died. He was carried to his last resting-place by men of the Battn. he had commanded, and in which he was so much liked. A cross made by the Royal Engineers marks the spot. Capt. Parker _m._ at St. George’s Cathedral, Cape Town, 5 April, 1913, Kathleen Lambert (“Lausanne,” Leigh Road, Cobham, Surrey), dau. of Lawrence Newman-Walker of Cape Colony, M.D., F.R.C.S., and had a son, Gerald Stewart, _b._ Indore, Central India, 3 April, 1914.
[Illustration: =Basil Stewart Parker.=]
=PARKER, BERTIE CLARENCE=, A.B., J. 10893, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PARKER, CHARLES WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 12829, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=PARKER, CYRIL EDMUND=, 2nd Lieut., 6th (Reserve), attd. 2nd Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, eldest _s._ of the Hon. Edmund William Parker, of Westfield House, Rugby, by his wife, Fanny Emma, dau. of Capt. William Baldwin, of Dunedin, and grandson of Thomas Augustus, 6th Earl of Macclesfield; _b._ Christchurch, New Zealand, 15 May, 1884; educ. Eton, and on leaving there joined the London Stock Exchange in 1903, where he remained for 10 years; went to British Columbia in 1913, and became a Financial Agent at Vancouver, British Columbia, but on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, immediately proceeded to Vancouver and volunteered for Imperial service. He obtained a commission in the 6th Regt., the Duke of Connaught’s Own Rifles, Vancouver, and proceeded to Valcartier with the detachment from that regt. which, with detachments from other regts. from the same province, eventually formed the 1st British Columbia Regt., Canadian Expeditionary Force. Lieut. Parker qualified for the rank of Lieut. while at Valcartier, but owing to there being a surplus of officers in the regt., he could not be placed, all the others being senior to him. He came over with the first contingent in Oct. and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 6th Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 23 Nov. following; went to France in Dec. with a draft for the 2nd Battn., and was killed in action at Cuinchy, 1 Jan. 1915, in an attack on the German trenches; _unm._
[Illustration: =Cyril Edmund Parker.=]
=PARKER, ERNEST ALBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10532), S.S. 2799, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PARKER, FRANK VIRLAND=, Chief Petty Officer, 154010, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PARKER, FREDERICK JOHN BUSH=, Private, No. 13215, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, only _s._ of the Rev. Frederick Talbot Parker, Vicar of Knowle, Bristol, by his wife, Marion Einene, dau. of Edward Thomas, of Bristol, Solicitor; _b._ Bristol, 14 Aug. 1896; educ. Clifton College; enlisted after the outbreak of war, in Sept. 1914; went to France, April, 1915; and was killed in action at Givenchy, 8 Aug. 1915. Buried in the Guards Cemetery there.
=PARKER, FREDERICK NEVILLE=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, yst. _s._ of the late Major-General Neville Fraser Parker, of Craymead, High View Road, Sidcup, co. Kent, Indian Army, by his wife, Emily Annie, dau. of Richard Abbatt; _b._ Torquay, 8 Nov. 1892; educ. Elizabeth College, Guernsey; volunteered and joined the Artists Rifles on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France with them 27 Oct. 1914, was selected for a commission and gazetted 2nd Lieut., K.R.R.C., 3 March, 1915; and was accidentally killed at Bethune, 28 April, following, while in charge of trench mortars; _unm._ Buried in Bethune Civil Cemetery.
[Illustration: =Frederick N. Parker.=]
=PARKER, HARRY BOTTOMLEY=, Ship’s Petty Officer, 307254, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PARKER, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5701), 204310, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PARKER, JOHN WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3135), S.S. 100777, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PARKER, JOSEPH=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1024), 145222, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PARKER, HARRY=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Hampshire Regt., eldest and only surviving _s._ of Capt. and Quarter-Master Henry John Porteus Parker, The Worcestershire Regt., by his wife, Kate, dau. of Henry Stubbs; _b._ Limerick, 25 June, 1889; educ. Army Schools; enlisted in the Worcestershire Regt. in 1903, and at the time war was declared in Aug. 1914 was Sergt., 4th Battn. of that regt., and employed as Assistant Instructor of Signalling; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Hampshire Regt., 7 Nov. 1914; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and died on the Hospital ship Delta, 30 April, 1915, of wounds received in action on the Gallipoli Peninsula two days previously; _unm._
[Illustration: =Harry Parker.=]
=PARKER, ROBERT BURTON=, Capt., 2nd, attd. 1st Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., only _s._ of the late Robert Parker, of Cressington Park, Liverpool, Merchant, by his wife, Emma Catherine, dau. of James Rawlence, of Bulbridge House, Wilton, Salisbury; _b._ Cressington afsd., 3 July, 1879; educ. St. Edward’s School, Oxford, and Wellington College; joined the Montgomeryshire Imperial Yeomanry in Feb. 1900, and was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Northamptonshire Regt. 27 July, 1901, and promoted Lieut. 14 Aug. 1903, and Capt. 14 Feb. 1910; served in the South African War, 1900–2, being attd. to the Army Service Corps, and was mentioned in despatches, and received the Queen’s medal with three clasps and the King’s medal with two clasps. On his return to England he was adjutant of the Mounted Infantry and in command of Maxim guns at Borden and Longmoor; went to the Depôt in Northampton, 1907–10, and was then Adjutant of the local Territorials there for three years, after which he rejoined his old regt. at Alexandria. On the outbreak of the European War he was on leave in England; exchanging into the 1st Battn. he went to France with the first Division, 12 Aug. 1914; served through the retreat from Mons, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 17 Sept. 1914, while leading his men in an attack on the German trenches; _unm._ He was buried near the village of Bourg, on the Aisne. His Col. wrote: “He was the most gallant man I ever met, he did not know what fear was. He was greatly loved by all ranks and a most able and energetic officer, always thinking of the comfort of others”; and a Sergt. of his regt.: “We shall never forget him; he was a brave fellow, absolutely fearless, and beloved by his men. It was grand to serve under an officer like him.” During his residence at Northampton, Capt. Parker was a regular follower of the Pytchley Hounds, and his brilliant horsemanship will not readily be forgotten by the members of the hunt.
[Illustration: =Robert Burton Parker.=]
=PARKER, RONALD ELPHINSTONE=, Lieut., D Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, yst. _s._ of Robert Gabbett Parker, of Bally Valley, Killaloe, co. Clare, J. P., by his wife, Louisa, dau. of John C.... Whitty, of Broadwater Down, Tunbridge Wells; _b._ Bally Valley, aforesaid, 5 Jan. 1886; educ. The Abbey, Tipperary, and Clifton College; joined the Clare Artillery Militia, 11 Feb. 1905; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Artillery, 25 May, 1907, and posted to the 87th Howitzer Battery; promoted Lieut., 25 May, 1910; went to France, 16 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Marne, 8 Sept. following. Four guns of D Battery, R.H.A., were supporting the 3rd Cavalry Brigade in the advance to the Marne. The Germans brought back some 12 guns against them, but the battery held its ground, and eventually the enemy drew off. The battery lost its Major, wounded, and both its subalterns, killed. He was _unm._, and was buried at the Hotel de Bois, Jonarre, Meaux. His brigade commander wrote: “He died like a man, fighting his guns at great odds to the last.” The officer commanding his R.H.A. battery wrote: “He was indefatigable, undaunted even in the darkest moments; his good temper and high spirits were worth anything to us all”; and the officer commanding his R.F.A. battery: “In 20 years I have never met a better subaltern and a keener sportsman, in both of which capacities he won my complete respect and affection, as he did that of every man or horse that came into his care.” Lieut. Parker excelled at all field sports and was a fine horseman and whip.
[Illustration: =Ronald E. Parker.=]
=PARKES, CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5224), 203456, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PARKES, SAMUEL=, Private, No. 13627, 4th Battn. Worcestershire Regt., eldest _s._ of Private Henry Parkes, of the North Staffordshire Regt. (now on home defence work at Southampton), by his wife, Emily Louisa (21, Reform Street, West Bromwich), dau. of Samuel Southern; _b._ West Bromwich, 18 Oct. 1897; educ. Christ Church School there; entered the employ of Messrs. Salters at West Bromwich when he was 14; volunteered on the outbreak of war and enlisted in the 4th Worcesters, 7 Aug. 1914, with several others from Salters; served in Malta and Egypt; went to the Dardanelles, 7 July, and was killed in
## action there, 7 Aug. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Samuel Parkes.=]
=PARR, ARTHUR=, Leading Stoker, R.F.R., B. 6439, 287527, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=PARR, CECIL=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ply./10884, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PARR, SYDNEY LANGFORD=, L.-Corpl., No. 2845, 12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt., only _s._ of Thomas Parr, of 8, Vernon Gardens, Seven Kings, N., by his wife, Caroline; _b._ Manor Park, East Ham, 8 Jan. 1891; educ. East Ham, Technical College; enlisted, Sept. 1914; went to France, 28 Jan. 1915, and died of wounds at St. Julien, 26 April, 1915.
=PARRETT, CHARLES ERNEST=, A.B. (R.F.R, Ch. B. 8951), 203270, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PARRISS, WALTER FREDERICK=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Middlesex Regt. (Duke of Cambridge’s Own), yst. _s._ of the late John William Parriss, of Ardagh, Willesden Lane, N.W.; _b._ Ardagh afsd., 17 Nov. 1893; educ. Harrow School; joined the H.A.C. on the outbreak of war, 11 Aug. 1914, and served with them with the Expeditionary Force in France from 18 Sept. until he received a commission, 14 Feb. 1915. He was killed in action in Flanders, while holding an advanced trench, 15 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried at Kemmel. His Commanding Officer, Lieut.-Col. Stephenson (since killed), wrote of him: “He was so willing, so ready to do anything, so brave, so keen, that we shall miss him very much, although he has been so short a time with us ... a gallant boy, with all the courage of his race.”
[Illustration: =Walter F. Parriss.=]
=PARRY, ARTHUR CROOSE=, Private, No. 2322, Honourable Artillery Company, 3rd _s._ of William Rowland Parry, of Ladye Grove, near Leominster, and grandson of the late Thomas Croose Parry, of Birley Court, co. Hereford; _b._ Lye Court, Birley, 16 March, 1888; educ. King’s School, Grantham; joined the H.A.C. after the outbreak of war 4 Sept. 1914; went to France, Dec. 1914, and was killed in action near Ypres, 12 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried in the Chateau Grounds at Kemmel.
[Illustration: =Arthur C. Parry.=]
=PARRY, JAMES HERBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2976), S.S. 100333, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PARRY, NORMAN CECIL=, Lieut., 1st Battn. York and Lancaster Regt., yst. _s._ of Edward Parry, of Rossmore, Leamington, formerly of Woodthorpe Grange, Nottingham, a member of the Institute of Civil Engineers, by his wife, Mary Elizabeth; _b._ Nottingham, 19 Sept. 1887; educ. Rugby, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he passed the Natural Science Tripos in Honours; afterwards obtaining a Diploma in Mining Engineering at the Sheffield University, and First Class Certificate as a Colliery Manager from the Home Office, and was an Assistant of Mr. Maurice Deacon, M.Inst.C.E., Managing Director of the Sheepbridge Coal and Iron Coy. Immediately on the outbreak of war he joined the Army; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 15 Aug. 1914, and Lieut. to the 3rd (Reserve) Battn. 2 Feb. 1915, being afterwards attd. to the 1st Battn.; went to the Front early in March, 1915, and was killed in
## action at Ypres, 25 July, 1915, by the bursting of a shell, while he
was endeavouring to get his men under cover, during a sudden attack upon his section of the trenches; _unm._ He was buried in the churchyard of St. Jean, Ypres.
[Illustration: =Norman Cecil Parry.=]
=PARSONS, CHARLES FRANCIS=, Private, No. 3769 D Coy. 1/7th. Battn. Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late William Henry Parsons, by his wife, Sarah (54, Graham Road, Wealdstone, Middlesex), dau. of George Tillay; _b._ Haggerston, London, 4 May, 1893; educ. Wealdstone; was a Piano Polisher; joined the Middlesex Territorials about 1909; mobilised, 5 Aug. 1914, and volunteered for Imperial Service; went to France in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Larbartier, 24 July, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Charles Francis Parsons.=]
=PARSONS, EDWARD JOSEPH=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3656), 201013, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PARSONS, EDWIN STUART THOMAS=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 219856, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PARSONS, WILLIAM=, Leading Stoker (C.G.), 311114, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PARSONS, WILLIAM HARRY=, Petty Officer, 1st Class (O.S.), 183802, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PARTRIDGE, CHARLES BURNETT=, Capt., Royal Marine L.I., Plymouth Division, eldest surviving _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Sylvanus Roger Burnett Partridge, of Homecroft, Fleet, Hants, late King’s Own Scottish Borderers, and Governor of His Majesty’s Prison, Portland, by his wife, Mary Bishopp, dau. of Edward Bishopp Dorman, M.D.; _b._ Anchor Gate Lodge, Portsmouth, 29 May, 1880; educ. Bath College; gazetted 2nd Lieut., R.M.L.I., 1 Jan. 1899, and promoted Lieut., 1 Jan. 1900, and Capt., 1 Jan. 1910; was Instructor of Musketry at Malta, 26 June, 1906–08, and later Swimming Instructor at the Deal Depôt; served in H.M. ships Mars, Gladiator, Egmont, Melpomene, Hermione, Drake, and Good Hope, and was lost when the last was sunk in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914; _unm._ He had won many prizes for shooting, sailing and golf. He made top score when the Marines won the United Service Cup at Bisley, and held the Marine Jewel. His eldest brother, Lieut. Edward Louis Lort Partridge, died of enteric at Jullundur, aged 20; and another brother, Lieut. Geoffrey Dorman Partridge, 2nd Welsh Regt., was reported missing after the Battle of Ypres, on 3 Nov. 1914--since, presumed officially to have been then killed. The remaining brother, Capt. Richard Evelegh Partridge, Dorset Regt., is now (1916) on active service at the front, as Brigade-Major, 12th Canadian Infantry Brigade, and has received the Military Cross.
[Illustration: =Charles B. Partridge.=]
=PARTRIDGE, GEOFFREY DORMAN=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Welsh Regt., yst. _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Sylvanus Roger Burnett Partridge, of Homecroft, Fleet, Hants, late King’s Own Scottish Borderers, and Governor of His Majesty’s Prison, Portland, by his wife, Mary Bishopp, dau. of Edward Bishopp Dorman, M.D.; _b._ Portsmouth, 24 Dec. 1890; educ. Bath College, United Services College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 11 Oct. 1911, and was promoted Lieut., 1 Nov. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force early in Aug., and was reported missing after the first Battle of Ypres, 3 Nov. 1914, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on or after that date. He had played Rugby for the Army. His elder brother, Capt. Charles Burnett Partridge, Royal Marine L.I., was killed in action in H.M.S. Good Hope two days previously (see his notice).
[Illustration: =Geoffrey D. Partridge.=]
=PARTRIDGE, THOMAS JOSIAH=, Ship’s Corpl., 1st Class, 189739, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PATEMAN, WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 9157, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Emily, dau. of George Pateman; _b._ Little Houghton, near Northampton, 22 Aug. 1890; enlisted 29 June, 1911; went to France in Aug. 1914; was wounded 22 Oct. 1914, and invalided home; returned to the front 7 April, 1915; and was killed in action at Vermelles, 20 May, 1915; _unm._ The Officer Commanding No. 2 Coy. (the Hon. T. Agar-Robartes) wrote: “A large shell fell on the top of his dug-out where he was resting and he never regained consciousness. He was a most gallant soldier and will be greatly missed”; and Sergt. (now 2nd Lieut.) H. O. Tomkins wrote: “There were four of us in our dug-out in the trenches when a shell came right through the roof, seriously wounding Will in the head, killing a corpl. instantaneously and leaving myself and the other fellow untouched. He was knocked unconscious and died two hours afterwards. He did not even moan when he was hit, so he died painlessly, and was buried in a garden in front of an old Castle at Vermelles, near La Bassée. Vermelles is marked on the map, but the castle itself is one mile to the east of the village. It can easily be traced.”
[Illustration: =William Pateman.=]
=PATERSON, ALASTAIR FINLAY=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders (T.F.), eldest _s._ of John Paterson, of Yewbank, Beauly, Ironmonger and Seed and Hay Merchant, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Tinlay Maclennan of Ardnagrask, Muir of Ord, Ross-shire; _b._ Beauly, co. Inverness, 4 Feb. 1888; educ. Beauly Public School and Inverness High School; joined the 4th Camerons as a Private in 1905, and previous to receiving his commission was considered one of the most efficient non-commissioned officers in D Coy. He went to the Front with his Battn. in Feb. 1915, and received his commission (24 Feb.) shortly after landing. He was wounded early in the charge against the German trenches at Festubert on the night of 17 May, and his brother, L.-Corpl. Paterson (see succeeding notice), was reported missing after the action. His wounds were not at first considered dangerous, but on 5 June he died at No. 2 British Red Cross Hospital, Rouen; _unm._ He was buried with full military honours in the St. Sevère Cemetery, Rouen. Lieut. Paterson was well known in the north, both as a noted shot and as a shinty player of high repute. He was captain of the Beauly Shinty Club for several years, and led it during the season when it won the Championship Cup. A player of skill, courage and resource, he was a notable figure on the shinty field, and the high place which his club attained was mainly due to his leadership.
[Illustration: =Alastair F. Paterson.=]
=PATERSON, DONALD=, L.-Corpl., No. 645, 4th Battn. Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of John Paterson, of Yewbank, Beauly, etc. (see preceding notice); _b._ Beauly, co. Inverness, 20 Dec. 1891; educ. Beauly Public School and Dingwall Academy; enlisted in the 4th Camerons in 1908. An architect by profession, he was at the time war broke out engaged in lands valuation work at Nethy-Bridge, but at once volunteered for foreign service. After the attack on the German trenches at Festubert on the night of 17 May, 1915 (at which his brother, 2nd Lieut. A. F. Paterson was mortally wounded), he was reported missing, but was later officially reported to have been instantaneously killed during the night of 17–18 May. From information received by his parents from L.-Corpl. Ferguson, of the same corps, it appears that Paterson was advancing towards the German trenches with the other members of D Coy., but remained behind to bind up the wounds of the said L.-Corp. Ferguson. Afterwards unable to get into touch with his companions, Paterson returned to Ferguson and remained with him over night. At daybreak he raised himself up to have a look round and endeavour to ascertain their whereabouts. Unfortunately, they were in close proximity to a German trench, and Paterson was shot by a German sniper, dying immediately. This was the second comrade whose wounds Paterson had bound up that night, and truly it may be said that he gave his life to save others. Paterson, who was _unm._, was piper to the Beauly Coy., a player of much merit and also a composer of Highland music. He was one of the champions of the Beauly Shinty Club, of which his brother, Lieut. Paterson, was captain.
[Illustration: =Donald Paterson.=]
=PATERSON, JOHN AGAR=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., 2nd _s._ of William Morison Paterson, of 80, Great Portland Street, W., Manufacturers’ Agent, by his wife, Margaret S., dau. of John Agar; _b._ Glasgow, 19 Nov. 1893; educ. Dulwich College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Bedfordshire Regt., 17 Sept. 1913; went to France, early Oct. 1914, and was killed in action near Klein Zillebeke, 31 Oct. following; _unm._ Buried there.
=PATERSON, JOHN McLELLAN STEWART=, M.A., Private, No. 2832, 4th Battn. Gordon Highlanders (T.F.), yr. _s._ of the Rev. Robert Paterson, M.A., Minister, Savoch U.F. Church, Auchnagatt, co. Aberdeen, by his wife, Agnes Y., dau. of John McLellan, of Burnhouse, Galston; _b._ Savoch aforesaid, 13 Dec. 1890; educ. there, Ellon H.G. School, Robert Gordon’s College, Aberdeen, and Edinburgh University (graduated with honours in English literature, July, 1913), and on leaving there spent several months in France and Germany with a view to qualifying as a journalist; joined the staff of the Aberdeen Free Press, as a Sub-Editor, on his return to England in May, 1914, to which paper he contributed articles, as well as to the Glasgow Herald, and The Student, etc., but, on the outbreak of war in Aug. of that year, he volunteered and joined the Gordon Highlanders in Oct.; went to France, 19 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Kemmel, 22–23 April, 1915, being shot by a sniper; _unm._ Buried there. While at Gordon’s College, Aberdeen, he was one of the originators and joint editor during its first year, of the school magazine, The Gordonian, and contributed articles to it on “An Aberdeenshire Wilderness,” “Bird Life on a Lake,” and “The Night Shore,” etc. At Edinburgh University he was one of the founders, a President, and an Honorary member, of the Edinburgh University English Literature Society; was an office bearer, and member of the Historical Society there, and of the Diagnostic Society, also of the O.T.C., and the Hockey Club. He was a great lover of nature, and was interested in every phase of country life. A writer in the Edinburgh University Magazine, The Student, said: “It was as a student of our University that I came to know him. His ability and attainments as a scholar were of the highest, and it very soon came to be recognised that his opinions were the outcome of a logical and well-informed mind. As such, no matter the topic under discussion, they were sought after and prized, for his outlook went far beyond the confines of his especial branch of literature. Nor was his wide range acquired at the expense of social popularity. I have confidence in saying that no student in my time had a wider circle of friends. I say friends advisedly--not acquaintances. His whole personality radiated friendship, and all who came within the sphere of his magnetic influence were irresistibly drawn to him; having made his acquaintance they immediately became his friends. He took a prominent part in many directions on the social side of our ’Varsity life. He was a member of at least three Societies, of the O.T.C., of the Hockey Club, and, I think, also of the Boat Club. A staunch and trusted member of the Liberal Association, he played his part right manfully in the victories which not infrequently attended that Party in the hotly contested debates in the Union. It is the man, however, as we knew him, that claims our affectionate remembrance and esteem. The multiplicity and yet the wonderful harmony of his moral and intellectual qualities compelled first respect, then admiration, then love. Unassuming in manner, he was loyal to a degree in his friendships. Intellectually the superior of most of us, he was a most delightful and lovable companion, upright in word and deed. He found his highest pleasure in helping others, when necessary, eliminating himself, and foregoing those honours to which his undoubted abilities and the high esteem in which he was held would necessarily have brought him--honours which were, in my time, and no doubt still are, considered the high-water mark of a successful University career. One might say of him without irreverence--he sought not his own. I find it difficult to give adequate expression of my esteem for Stewart Paterson, but in concluding this brief sketch I can at least say this: I have seldom found occasion to respect and esteem a man as I respected and esteemed Stewart Paterson, and however far I still fall short of the high ideal which stands, a beckoning figure, before the spiritual eye of each one of us, I am a better man to-day for having known him.”
[Illustration: =J. McL. S. Paterson.=]
=PATIENCE, GEORGE=, Sergt., No. 2334, 4th Battn. Seaforth Highlanders (T.F.), _s._ of George Patience, of 30, High Street, Avoch, Fisherman; _b._ Avoch, co. Ross, 7 Sept. 1895; educ. Mackenzie Foundation Institute there, and on leaving was apprenticed to a painter; it was his great desire to become a soldier and he more than once tried to enlist but was brought back by his father; but on the outbreak of war he volunteered and joined the 4th Seaforths in Sept. 1914. He was promoted Sergt. within three months, crossed to France, 11 March, 1915, and was killed in action in the trenches at Aubers Ridge, 7 May, 1915; _unm._
=PATON, JOHN EDWARD=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Monmouthshire Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of John Paton, of Waun Wern, Pontypool, co. Monmouth, J.P., by his wife, Susan, dau. of the late Edward Jones, of Snatchwood Park, Pontypool; _b._ Pontypool, 6 Sept. 1895: educ. Copthorne School, Winchester College, and in the spring of 1914 passed the entrance examination for Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he was to have taken up residence in Oct., but after the outbreak of war in Aug., was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 2nd Monmouthshire Regt., 14 Oct.; went to France, 5 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Le Bizet, 31 Dec. following; _unm._ He was buried in the Essex Regt. Cemetery, Calvaire, near Le Touquet. 2nd Lieut. Paton was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. While at Winchester he was in the O.T.C., in which he attained the rank of Sergt.; took Certificate “A” in 1912, and was one of the eight to represent the College at Bisley in 1913 and 1914.
[Illustration: =John Edward Paton.=]
=PATRICK, FRANCIS ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 2309, A Coy. 9th Battn. Royal Scots (T.F.), eldest _s._ of John Bonthron Patrick, of 1, Morningside Terrace, Edinburgh, Wholesale Merchant, by his wife, Wilemina Frances, dau. of the late William Goldie; _b._ Edinburgh, 6 Dec. 1892; educ. George Watson’s College there, Edinburgh University, and Besançon and Jena Universities; studied for the Indian Police, and passed the examination in 1912, but afterwards took up the study of Indian and Colonial agriculture, and in the prosecution of his researches studied at Besançon, Jena and Guelph (Canada). On the outbreak of war he was studying for his B.Sc. at the Edinburgh University, but gave this up and joined the 9th Royal Scots in Sept. 1914; went to France in Feb. 1915, and was killed in action during the second Battle of Ypres, 12 April following; _unm._ Buried at Sailly-sur-la-Lys, Ypres. An officer, writing home to a brother, said: “This sad event cast a gloom over the battn., with whom Patrick had been very popular, and I assure you I feel his loss very keenly. He was a lad I was proud to have in my platoon, a fellow-Watsonian, and the first Watsonian to fall in the Dandy 9th.” He was a keen golfer and fisher, and a good horseman, and one of the best shots in the regt.; but. above all, was a diligent student. “If you want to find Patrick,” wrote one of his comrades at the Front in the few days of rest that fell to them, “go to the roofless library or convent ruins and there you will find him rummaging amongst the old and shell-torn books, smoking his pipe.” His brother, Lieut. John Cairns Patrick, Royal Scots, and also ten of his cousins, are now (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Francis A. Patrick.=]
=PATRICK, FRED=, A.B., 225222, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PATRICK, JAMES=, Stoker, R.N.R., 13468, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PATTEN, EDWARD SAMUEL=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10529), 217304, H.M.S Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PATTERSON, ALEXANDER=, Trooper, No. 4238, 14th Hussars, attd. Royal Horse Guards, eldest _s._ of Alexander Patterson, Tin Plate Worker; _b._ Evesham, co. Worcester, 6 Sept. 1876; educ. Castleford Council School; enlisted in the 14th Hussars, Oct. 1900; served in the South African War, 1900–2, under Gen. (now Lord) French (Queen’s medal with three clasps); was 14 years with the Colours, then joined the Reserve, and was employed as a groom at Selby; mobilised 5 Aug. 1914; went to France in Sept., attd. to the Royal Horse Guards, and was killed in action there, 13 May, 1915. He _m._ at Castleford Parish Church, 1906, Sarah Ann (16, Douglas Street, off Brook Street, Selby, co. York), dau. of Joseph Clements, of Evesham, and had three children: Joseph, _b._ 12 Nov. 1906; George Alexander, _b._ 21 April, 1909; and John Stanley, _b._ 29 Sept. 1911.
[Illustration: =Alexander Patterson.=]
=PATTERSON, ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 12/826, Auckland Infantry Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, yst. _s._ of the late James Patterson, of Henhill, Forteviot, Farmer; by his wife, Jessie, dau. of the late Robert Mitchell, of Golland[P2, P1 had changed this to Holland, the image is clearly Golland so probably printer error]; _b._ Forteviot, co. Perth, 24 July, 1884; educ. Crieff Academy; went to New Zealand about 1907, and was farming at Moeafoa Ye Kmiti; but on the outbreak of war, volunteered for Imperial service; left for Egypt with the Main Body, 16 Oct. 1914; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there, 22 May following; _unm._
=PATTERSON, CYRIL JAMES=, A.B., 208036, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
## action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PATTERSON, JOHN HEADLEY=, L.-Corpl., No. 8976, 1st Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, _s._ of James Patterson, Joiner; _b._ Newcastle-on-Tyne, 7 Feb. 1884; educ. Ouseburn Board Schools there; was employed in the moulding shop of Messrs. Henry Watson & Sons, High Bridge Works; was a Reservist, and was called up on mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France at the end of Nov., and was killed in action, 4 March, 1915. Buried at Ypres. He _m._ at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 28 July, 1907, Mary Pringle, dau. of (--) Melville, and had with three other children a son, John Headley, _b._ 24 Sept. 1914.
=PATTINSON, HUGH LEE=, Capt. and Adjutant, 9th (Service) Battn. Royal Fusiliers, elder _s._ of Hugh Lee Pattinson, of Lowlynn, Beal, co. Northumberland, by his wife, Mary Constance, dau. of Lawrence W. Adamson; _b._ Newcastle-on-Tyne, 21 Aug. 1888; educ. Bengeo School, co. Herts; Rugby (Payne Smith’s, now Wilson’s House); Stubbington House, Fareham, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Royal Fusiliers, 6 Feb. 1909, and promoted Lieut. 14 Feb. 1912; temporary Capt. 28 Sept. 1914, and Capt. 9 March, 1915, being Adjutant of the 9th Battn. from 5 Sept. till the time of his death. He joined his regt. in Pietermaritzburg in 1909; went with it to Mauritius, then to Meerut and Chakrata, India, and finally to Lucknow; returned to England on leave in May, 1914, and on the outbreak of war the following Aug. was posted to the 9th Battn. Royal Fusiliers; went to France, 31 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Houplines, 4 Aug. 1915, while superintending a working party in the communication trenches. Brig.-Gen. Borradaile wrote: “His loss will be severely felt in the Battn., in forming which he took such a large and conspicuous share, and also in the Brigade, as his qualifications as a soldier were exceptional, and had he been spared he would have made his mark.” The Major commanding the Battn. wrote: “I should like you to know that this is an irreparable loss to the Regt., and particularly to this Battn. Taken all round he was the most efficient fellow I have ever worked with”; and a brother officer: “He was a splendid soldier, absolutely fearless, and loved by both officers and men.” He _m._, 22 July, 1914, Catherine Lina, dau. of John Patricius Chaworth-Musters, of Annesley Park, co. Notts, J.P., and had two daus.
[Illustration: =Hugh Lee Pattinson.=]
=PATTLE, ERNEST=, Private, No. 11086, 4th (Reserve) Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Arthur Pattle, of Denham, Bury St. Edmunds, by his wife; _b._ Denham, co. Suffolk, 8 Sept. 1881; educ. National School there; enlisted Oct. 1914, and was missing after the action at Givenchy, 22 Dec. 1914, and is now assumed to have been killed that day; _unm._
=PATTON, WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman, 188359, H..M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=PAUL, GAVIN=, Lieut., 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen’s Bays), elder _s._ of the late Gavin Paul, of Edinburgh, Coalmaster; _b._ Edinburgh, 8 Aug. 1893; educ. Bramcote, Scarborough, and Radley College, near Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd Dragoon Guards, 4 March, 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., and was killed in action at Messines, 31 Oct. following; _unm._
=PAUL, GEORGE THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 110586, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=PAUL, ROBERT=, Private, No. 196, H Coy. 1st Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 2nd. _s._ of Robert Paul, of 22, Lutton Place, Edinburgh, Plumber, by his wife, Eliza; _b._ Edinburgh, 28 May, 1889; educ. Preston Street Public School there; enlisted in Sept. 1908; served at Chatham, Malta, in India and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action near Hooge, 10 May, 1915; _unm._ Writing to his father, his Chief Officer, Capt. J. R. Couper, said: “He was killed instantaneously by a shell which burst on the parapet in front of him and two others with him. The company was heavily engaged at the time and later had to evacuate the trench by order of our General. At night we went back and buried your son along with ten others. The company lost on this date 11 killed and 22 wounded. The place was close to Hooge, which is east of Ypres, and the exact spot of his grave is not marked by any special feature or by a cross as the burial had to be done very hurriedly.... Your son was a splendid ‘sticker,’ and though he suffered from very bad feet, always refused to ‘go sick,’ and on one occasion when ordered to go to the dressing station to have his feet treated, as he could not keep up with his company, he very reluctantly went, but rejoined us within three hours, having found his way to the trench at his own pace.”
=PAUL, WILLIAM HENRY BOWEY=, Ch. E.R.A., 2nd Class (Pensioner), 121261, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PAULL, ALAN DRYSDALE=, Private, No. 721, Honourable Artillery Company (T.F.), elder _s._ of Alan Paull, of Kylecote, Harrowdene Road, Wembley, J.P., F.S.I., by his wife, Catherine Swan, dau. of James Drysdale, of Devonside; _b._ Wembley, co. Middlesex, 10 June, 1894; educ. Colet Court, and St. Paul’s School, where he was a Corpl. in the O.T.C.; entered his father’s office on leaving school, having previously passed the examination and entered as a student of the Surveyors’ Institution, and in 1914 passed the Intermediate Professional Examination; joined the H.A.C. in 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France Sept. 1914, and was killed in action in the Ypres district 12 Dec. following, being shot by a sniper while proceeding with his section to reinforce the firing line; _unm._ He was buried at Kemmel, by a cottage now know as “Paull’s Cottage.” His officer wrote: “Through the great privations we have been through out here your son has always been one of the most willing, capable and cheerful members of my platoon, and I feel his loss as a friend, and his death is greatly felt throughout the regiment. He was a splendid soldier;” and a comrade: “All we in his section had learnt to understand and appreciate a kind heart and an indomitable spirit such as his. His cheerful voice and bright manner, how shall we get on without them, where cheerfulness and fortitude are so dearly needed?” He played Rugby football for the H.A.C., and represented them in boxing against the Cambridge University in 1913.
[Illustration: =Alan Drysdale Paull.=]
=PAVEY, CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9373), S.S. 106584, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PAVITT, STEPHEN ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 1010, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=PAVLOSKY, FREDERICK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4387), 194223, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PAYNE, ALBERT JOHN=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27539 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=PAYNE, ARTHUR JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9552), 207907, Chatham, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PAYNE, ERNEST ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 1820), 290191, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=PAYNE, JOHN HENRY=, A.B. 214259, H.M S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=PAYNE, CHARLES GERAINT CHRISTOPHER=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Highland L.I., only _s._ of Charles Henry Payne, of Brentor, Hereford, Manager of Lloyd’s Bank, Ltd., there, by his wife, Edith McKenna, dau. of William Evans Commins; _b._ Shifnal, co. Salop, 23 April, 1888; educ. Ludlow and Monmouth (1897–1905 Exhibitioner) Grammar Schools, and on leaving there was articled to his uncle, Mr. Alexander Payne, a London Architect, and had just started on his own account in the Metropolis when war was declared in Aug. 1914. He immediately joined the Artists’ Rifles; proceeded to France with them in the autumn of 1914; passed through the special training school for officers at the front, and was given a commission as 2nd Lieut., 27 Jan. 1915, being posted to the Highland L.I., subsequently joining the 1st Battn. about 18 Feb. He was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March following, and was buried behind the trenches there; _unm._ He was a strong swimmer and keen boating man; was also an excellent ’cellist, and a member of the Hampstead Orchestral Society.
=PAYNE, JOHN JAMES=, Corpl., No. 2245, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt., eldest _s._ of Emily Payne (Gravel Pit Cottage, Rogate, near Petersfield, co. Hants), yst. dau. of John Payne; _b._ Liss, co. Hants, 11 Oct. 1882; enlisted Royal Army Medical Corps, 24 Nov. 1899, and served throughout the South African War, 1899–1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps, and King’s medal with two clasps); re-enlisted in the 3rd (Reserve) Battn. Royal Sussex, as Corpl. Sept. 1908 then a Reservist, and served until 1909, when he purchased his discharge; joined the 2nd Battn. 15 Aug. 1914; left for France, Nov. 1914; and was killed in action at Richebourg l’Avoué, 9 May, 1915. The Quartermaster-Sergt. of his company wrote that he was struck in the head by a bullet, death being instantaneous, and added, “I can say that your son was a hard-working and zealous soldier and was esteemed by us all, who sadly miss him.” He _m._ at Rogate, Sussex, 9 Jan. 1905, Lydia Jane, dau. of Charles William Locke, late of Liss, and had two children: Albert, _b._ 13 June, 1907; and Emily, _b._ 14 June, 1905.
[Illustration: =John James Payne.=]
=PAYTON, CHARLES MERVYN=, Lieut. 3rd, attd. 1st, Battn. Royal West Kent Regt., only _s._ of Sir Charles Payton, of Stepney Court, Scarborough, M.V.O., late British Consul-General at Calais, by his 1st wife, Eliza Mary, dau. of the late John Olive; _b._ Mogador, Morocco, 5 Dec. 1891; educ. Dover College, and on leaving there in 1909, became a Clerk under his father in the British Consulate at Calais; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Reserve Battn. of the Royal West Kent Regt., 1910, and promoted Lieut. 6 Sept. 1911; left the Army in 1912 to go to Singapore, where he held a post on a rubber plantation, but in the following year was appointed Chief Clerk in the Colonial Secretary’s Office, which appointment he gave up on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; returned home and rejoined his old Regt., was on special duty in England for some time; went to France in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action during the 2nd Battle of Ypres, 18 April following. He was leading his men in the attack on Hill 60 and had picked up the rifle of a fallen soldier, and was firing at the enemy when he was shot through the head. His Commanding Officer wrote that he had done very good work, and “shown himself to be a brave man and a good leader,” and a Sergt. of his Coy. wrote of him as “one of the best and truest, more like a brother to the men than an officer, cheering in the blackest times by his brave gaiety, and mourned by them as a brother.” Lieut. Payton was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. He was a keen sportsman, a remarkably good shot and expert angler.
=PEACOCK, EDWARD DANIEL=, Leading Carpenter’s Crew, 345947, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PEACE, HUBERT KIRKBY=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. York and Lancaster Regt., attd. 1st Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., 3rd _s._ of the late Hugh Kirkby Peace, of Springfield House, Sheffield, Steel Manufacturer, by his wife, Emmeline (Sandygate, Sheffield), dau. of James Fawcett; _b._ Sheffield, 16 Oct. 1881; educ. Rugby; became Managing Director of his father’s firm, W. K. & C. Peace, File Manufacturers, Feb. 1906; joined the 1st Volunteer Battn. York and Lancaster Regt. (Doncaster Militia), afterwards the 4th (Hallamshire) Battn., and served 10 years retiring in May, 1913, but, after the outbreak of war, was given a commission in 3rd Battn. York and Lancaster Regt. as Lieut. 4 Sept. 1914, and went to France attd. to the 1st Lincolnshire Regt., on 3 Oct. 1914; and died in hospital at Aubers, on the morning of 17 Oct., of wounds received in action near Lille, the previous day. Buried there. He had gone to the rear to hurry up supports, and he succeeded in getting them, but as he was returning he was wounded in the neck by a shot fired from a farm which it was supposed had been cleared by the French. A wounded soldier in Leeds Base Hospital, belonging to the Coldstream Guards said: “He died fighting to the last in trying to save his platoon from being cut to pieces, and many will never be able to give full praise and admiration for so gallant a deed.” He _m._ at St. Leonards-on-Sea, 2 Aug. 1906, Grace Mary (Thurgoland, Sheffield), dau. of Charles Weller, and had a son, George Hugh Kirkby, _b._ 15 Dec. 1909.
=PEACOCK, JOSEPH MOFFAT=, Sapper, No. 46405, R.E., eldest _s._ of William Thomas Peacock, of Hartlepool, Driller, by his wife, Sarah Carry, dau. of Joseph Moffat, of Monkwearmouth; _b._ Southwick-on-Wear, co. Durham, 8 Feb. 1894; educ. Southwick and Goole Board Schools; was employed at Pickersgill’s and resided at 50, John Street, Southwick; enlisted, 9 Sept. 1914; trained at Brixton, Henley and Gillingham, and was killed in action “somewhere” in France, 10 Dec. 1915. His Chief Officer wrote “A shell came into their dug-out killing four of them instantly. They were buried the day following in Princess Pat’s Cemetery, Voormezeele, when all the section attended the funeral. He was a splendidly brave fellow.”
[Illustration: =Joseph Moffat Peacock.=]
=PEAKE, CECIL GERALD WYATT=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., 2nd _s._ of Henry Arthur Peake, of Westholme, Sleaford, co. Lincoln, Solicitor, by his wife, Alice Anne, dau. of the Rev. John I. Penford Wyatt; _b._ Sleaford, 21 Nov. 1891; educ. Aysgarth School, Charterhouse, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Lincolnshire Regt., 19 Jan. 1912; promoted Lieut. 28 May, 1913. and Capt. 21 Dec. 1914; served in Bermuda, Dec. 1913 to Sept. 1914, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 8 Nov. 1914 to March, 1915, on which date he was killed in action at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, being among the first of the Lincolnshires to enter the enemy’s trenches; _unm._ Buried in an orchard at Masselot. Capt. Peake was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915. While at Oxford he gained his oar for rowing, and also took a 2nd in Law for his B.A. degree.
[Illustration: =Cecil G. W. Peake=]
=PEAKE, COLIN=, Lieut., Leicestershire Yeomanry (T.F.), elder _s._ of Ronald Peake, of Howard House, Ashtead, co. Surrey, Solicitor, by his wife, Florence, dau. of the late Edward Adams; _b._ Ashtead, 28 Sept. 1889; educ. Fonthill, East Grinstead, and Charterhouse; admitted a Solicitor in 1913; joined the Leicestershire Yeomanry as 2nd Lieut., 23 April, 1909, being promoted Lieut. 1 April, 1911; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France with his regt. in Nov.; took part in the fighting in France and Flanders, during the winter of 1914–15, and was killed in
## action in an advance trench near Ypres, 13 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Colin Peake.=]
=PEARCE, ALFRED=, Driver, No. 35452, Royal Field Artillery, yst. _s._ of Nathan Pearce, of 21, Sunnyside, Diss, co. Norfolk, Farm Labourer; _b._ Thrandeston, Diss, 18 Aug. 1885; educ. there; enlisted in the R.F.A. in Oct. 1907; served six years with the colours, then passed into the Reserve, and was engaged as a Dairyman at Chigwell, Essex; mobilised 5 Aug. 1914; went to France in Aug., and died in the Lycée Pasteur, Neuilly, 28 Sept. following, of wounds received in action during the Battle of the Aisne. He _m._ at Chelmsford, Jan. 1914, Grace, dau. of (--) Bradley; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Alfred Pearce.=]
=PEARCE, DUDLEY HOGARTH=, L.-Corpl., No. 2162, Royal Gloucestershire Hussars (Yeomanry), _s._ of Henry Pearce, of Elberton, Tockington, co. Gloucester, by his wife, Eliza Jane Sarah, dau. of the late Charles Smith, of Max House, Winscombe, co. Somerset; _b._ Winford, co. Somerset, 13 Oct. 1884; educ. Thornbury Grammar School; joined the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; trained at Newbury and Heacham; left for the Dardanelles, 15 April, 1915; was promoted Corpl. for his bravery and coolness during the charge of the Yeomanry on Chocolate Hill, 22 Aug. following, and was killed in action there at 5.30 a.m. on the 28th, while cooking his comrades’ breakfast; _unm._ Buried to the west of Chocolate Hill. His brother, Trooper Edward Charles Henry Pearce, was killed in action at Quinn’s Post, 7 Aug. 1915 (see following notice). L.-Corpl. Dudley Pearce was always called the father of the troop, for his great thought and kindness.
[Illustration: =Dudley Hogarth Pearce.=]
=PEARCE, EDWARD CHARLES HENRY=, Trooper, No. 190, 2nd Australian Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Henry Pearce, of Elberton, Tockington, co. Gloucester, by his wife, Eliza Jane Sarah, dau. of the late Charles Smith, of Max House, Winscombe, co. Somerset; _b._ Winford, co. Somerset, 26 Jan. 1883; educ. Thornbury Grammar School; served for three years in the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars; went to Australia in 1910 and was farming at Roma, Queensland, when war broke out; was one of the first men in that district to volunteer for Imperial service; joined the 2nd Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force; left for Egypt the end of Oct., where he completed his training; went to the Dardanelles; took part in the famous landing of the Australians there, 25–26 April, 1915, and was killed in action at Quinn’s Post, 7 Aug. following; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “He was one of the best chaps; he died as he had lived, an English gentleman to the last.” His brother, L.-Corpl. Dudley Hogarth Pearce, was killed in
## action at Chocolate Hill, 28 Aug. 1915 (see preceding notice).
[Illustration: =Edward C. H. Pearce.=]
=PEARCE, HARRY CECIL=, A.B., J. 896, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=PEARCE, JOHN ALBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6098), 201703 (Chatham), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PEARCEY, ALFRED STEPHEN=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 12774, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PEARCE, GEOFFREY VINCENT=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt., only _s._ of Sir William Pearce, of Shepway Lodge, Walmer, co. Kent, M.P., J.P., by his wife, Ethel Alexandra, dau. of Edwin Neane, of Harefield, Sidling, co. Kent; _b._ Brentwood, co. Essex, 19 June, 1889; educ. Uppingham School, where he was a Sergt. in the School Corps; was a Chemical Manufacturer (Spencer, Chapman & Messel, Ltd.); joined the Artists’ Rifles in 1911; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France with the Artists’ Rifles, Oct. 1914; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Warwicks, ... Nov. 1914, and was killed in action 18 Dec., during an attack on the German trenches at Rouges Bancs, south-east of Armentières, and buried by the enemy; _unm._
=PEARS, STUART=, Sergt., No. 974, 14th Battn. (London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.); twin _s._ of Ernest Pears, of 69, Palace Road, Streatham Hill. S.W., Fellow of Chartered Institute of Secretaries, by his wife, Gertrude, dau. of John Campbell; _b._ Dulwich, 29 Oct. 1891; educ. Streatham Grammar School; was a Marine Insurance Clerk at Lloyds; joined the London Scottish in Nov. 1908; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, Sept. 1914, and was killed in action in the trenches at Givenchy, 22 Dec. 1914, being shot by a sniper; _unm._ Buried in the churchyard there.
=PEARSON, FREDERICK PHILLIPS=, Corpl., No 2881, 6th Battn. South Staffordshire Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Edward Pearson, of Whitchurch, co. Salop, formerly of Waterloo, Liverpool, retired Draper, by his wife, Maria, dau. of the late Thomas Phillips, of Chelmsford, Essex; _b._ Liverpool, 11 May, 1880; educ. Merchant Taylors’ School, Great Crosby, and on leaving entered the service of the National and Provincial Bank of England, and was stationed at Chester. He there joined the 2nd Volunteer Battn. of the Cheshire Regt., and on the outbreak of the South African War in 1899, volunteered and served with the 1st Volunteer Coy. of that Regt., in that campaign, and was awarded the Queen’s medal with three clasps. On the outbreak of the European War he was Cashier at the Wolverhampton branch of the National and Provincial Bank, and again volunteered for active service; joined the 6th (Territorial) Battn. South Staffordshire Regt. in Sept. 1914; went to the Front in March, 1915, and was killed in action near Zillebeke, 7 July, 1915; _unm._ Buried in Sanctuary Wood. His Lieut. wrote: “A shell came over which did not explode but crashed in a dug-out burying two men, one of whom was lying in the débris wounded. Pearson and another man at once got to work to dig them out, and had just succeeded when another shell came over, and a bit struck Pearson on the head. I took him up myself, but all to no purpose, he was hit badly. We all recognised his position, and others like him nobly served their country by joining in the ranks. He was actually killed in trying to save the life of other men, which I take it is the greatest thing a man can do. On all sides one hears the men talking about him, and there is no doubt he is a loss to the Regt.”
[Illustration: =Frederick P. Pearson.=]
=PEARSON, SYDNEY JOHN=, Rifleman, No. 3584, 2/9th Battn. (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of the late John Pearson, of St. Neots, by his wife, Alice, dau. of George Cramley, of Sandy, Beds; _b._ St. Neots, co. Huntingdon, 21 June, 1887; educ. Sandy, co. Beds, and Downshall, co. Essex, and held a responsible position in an Ironmongery business at Ilford, which he gave up after the outbreak of war and joined Queen Victoria’s Rifles, 4 Nov. following; went to France, 12 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Hill 60, during the Second Battle of Ypres, 21 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried at Ypres behind the firing line.
=PEARSON, WILLIAM RANSOME=, L.-Sergt., No. 7366, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, only _s._ of William Pearson, of 24, Ashford Road, East Ham, Essex, formerly Colour-Sergt. 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards (served through the Nile Expedition for the relief of General Gordon, 1884–85; wounded at the Battle of Abu-Klea, 17 Jan. 1885; awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal for service in the field), by his wife, Sophia, dau. of Samuel Ransome, of Sherborne, King’s Lynn, co. Norfolk; _b._ St George’s Barracks, Trafalgar Square, London, 16 Oct. 1892; educ. Sandringham Road (Forest Gate) and Monega (E.) Council Schools; enlisted in the Coldstreams as a Drummer Boy, 27 July, 1907; joined the ranks, 6 June, 1912; appointed L.-Corpl. the same day; promoted Corpl., 24 May, 1914; appointed L.-Sergt., 7 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force; served through the retreat from Mons; was wounded in action and taken prisoner during the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept., and died a prisoner of war in the Fortress Hospital, Wesel, Germany, 24 Dec. 1914; _unm._ His Company Officer, Capt. Saint A. Warde-Aldam, wrote: “On 14 Sept. we had a hard fight; the first brigade (in which we are) attacked between two villages called Vendresse and Cerny near the Aisne; we captured a good deal of ground but were not able to hold all we had taken, and consequently a large number of casualties were left on ground afterwards re-occupied by the Germans. I am afraid your son was one of them. I knew your son well, having trained with him at Aldershot, but I cannot remember definitely seeing him myself on the 14th. He was a very promising young sergt. and was a great loss to the company.... Whatever has happened to your son, I am quite confident he did his duty and upheld our old Coldstream traditions.” He himself wrote to his parents from the Festungshazarett, Wesel, about 30 Nov. 1914: “I was shot in the right thigh, and lay where I fell for a whole week. I don’t know how I lived it through, but I did. On the morning of the 21st some German stretcher-bearers picked me up and took me to hospital where they dressed the leg, which, of course, was broken. I have been shifted from one show to another till I’ve landed here, and here I shall be for two or three months.”
[Illustration: =William Ransome Pearson.=]
=PEART, GEORGE=, Seaman, R.N.R., 5332A, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PEART, STANLEY BRACE=, A.C.I.S., Rifleman, No. 2436, B Coy., 21st Battn. (1st Surrey Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd and yst. _s._ of George Peart, by his wife, Marie (55, Silverdale, Sydenham, S.E.), dau. of Francis Henry Moller; _b._ Adelaide, South Australia, 10 Aug. 1891; educ. Bellenden Road L.C.C. School and Dulwich College; passed the Intermediate Examination in June, 1914, and was admitted an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries the following month, and prior to the outbreak of war was engaged on the staff of the Kamfersdam Mines, Ltd., of Gresham House, Old Broad street, E.C., with Mr. W. Howarth, F.C.I.S., who held a high opinion of his abilities. He joined the 1st Surrey Rifles for active service, 31 Aug. 1914, and after training at St. Albans, Luton and Harpenden, went to France, 14 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 25 May, 1915; _unm._ His Company Officer, 2nd Lieut. H. Persse, wrote; “On 25 May the battn. was ordered to attack at Givenchy. In the ordinary course of attack the bombers go first so as to prevent what are known as flank attacks. Your brother was with them, and I saw him myself go right into the German front line trench and on then to the second line trench. The last I saw of him was when his supply of bombs had run out--he was standing his ground very coolly on top of a German trench using his bayonet to great effect. I am afraid he was hit by a bomb, for when we found him next day he was greatly damaged but quite dead. I buried him myself with a lot of his comrades, and I am sure it will relieve your sorrow somewhat to know that the ‘fellow Tommies’ put up a beautiful cross to him with his name and regt. upon it. I always knew Stanley Peart as one of my best men. When the call came for bombers (a most dangerous job), Peart didn’t wait to be selected; he volunteered, and paid the price. No work was too hard for him, and he certainly fulfilled my greatest expectations when the time came for the battn. to show what it was made of.” And a comrade: “He was my fellow bomber in our platoon. There are four of us to a platoon. Although I did not actually see him fall, I know pretty well what his end was. It happened just before our platoon went over the parapet to support the other fellows who were holding the captured trench in front. There was an urgent call for bombs and bombers, and as Stan. happened to have a bandolier of bombs on him he was detailed to go with some more bombers. He was with me when he got the order, but he went to join the others a few yards further down the line. It was just in the act of getting over the parapet that he was shot; I think a machine gun caught him. At any rate it was a bullet that caused his death, not a shell.... He was one of the most popular fellows in our platoon.” Peart was well known in South London as a most versatile athlete. He captained Bellenden Road L.C.C. School in cricket, football and swimming. He won the Rutherford Harris Shield, the Championship South London breast stroke swimming in 1904, the championship of Dulwich, 1904 and 1905, and played in the cricket team for the boys for East v. West at the Oval in 1905 and 1906, captaining the team in 1906. He was in the Dulwich Hamlet Reserves in the season 1910–11, when they won the Southern Suburban League Championship. He played in the first team of Honor Oak Cricket Club for several years, until he gave up playing by his doctor’s orders.
[Illustration: =Stanley Brace Peart.=]
=PEAT, WILLIAM McDONALD=, Private, No. 10299, 2nd Battn. the Scots Guards, 2nd _s._ of Colin Peat, of 7, Roseburn Terrace, Edinburgh, formerly of Ratho, Midlothian, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of William McDonald, of Barflat, Aberdeenshire, Farmer; _b._ Edinburgh, 11 Feb. 1896; educ. Brunsfield and Roseburn Public Schools, Edinburgh; enlisted 1 Sept. 1914; went to France 16 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action by a shell near Givenchy, 14 June, 1915. He was buried along with seven of his comrades just where he fell, after a charge at Festubert, where his coy. were nearly all killed or wounded. He had been picked as reserve stretcher-bearer but did not have the opportunity of performing the duties assigned to him.
=PECKHAM, BERTRAM=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 2854), 301582, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PECKER, HENRY CYRIL=, Lieut., 3rd. attd. 1st, Battn. The Royal Scots, 4th _s._ of Major and Quartermaster George Pecker, of Workington, co. Cumberland (now on active service with the Border Regt. (T.F.)), by his wife, Alice Charlotte, dau. of Septimus Radclyffe; _b._ Shrewsbury, 8 Oct. 1894; educ. St. Bees School, where he was a member of the O.T.C., and on leaving there entered the St. Helen’s Colliery Co.; joined the General Reserve of Officers of the 3rd Border Regt. as 2nd Lieut., 17 May, 1913, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, was drafted to the Royal Scots; went to France in Oct., was wounded at Ypres in Dec., but returned to his Regt. in March; was promoted Lieut. 29 April, and was killed in action at Hooge, by a shell, the following day, 30 April, 1915. Buried in Hooge Chateau. His school magazine wrote of him: “A keen sportsman, a charming companion, a gentleman in its fullest sense, he could not fail to win his way in his Regt., as he had done at School and in professional life.” He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Henry Cyril Pecker.=]
=PECKSON, JOSEPH WILLIAM=, Leading Signalman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9055), 196514, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PEDDEL, SYDNEY EDGAR=, Sergt., No. 8918, 5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), 4th _s._ of Edward James Peddel, of 33, Cardonzo Road, Caledonian Road, Holloway, N., Coach Trimmer, by his wife, Sarah Elizabeth, dau. of Isaac Salter, of Southampton; _b._ Salisbury, co. Wilts, 1 July, 1888; educ. St. James’s Church School, Holloway; was employed in a city stockbroker’s office; joined the L.R.B. in 1907; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France 1 Nov. following; took part in several trench attacks; came home on leave 21 Feb. 1915; returned to the firing line on the 28th, and was killed in action at Ploegsteert, 10 April following, _unm._ Buried in the L.R.B. Cemetery in the wood there. 2nd Lieut. A. Bryan White wrote: “Although I had only been his platoon commander for a very short time, I have known Sergt. Peddel for many years, and feel that I have not only lost a good N.C.O. but a very old friend. He was liked and respected by every man in the battn., and would have made an excellent officer had his commission gone through sooner.” Sergt. Peddel was well known in North London as an indefatigable athlete. He was a leader of the Gymnasium connected with St. James’s Church, Holloway, and the possessor of several medals won in various competitions. He took part in the Territorial sports at Stamford Bridge in 1913, when the London Rifle Brigade beat the London Scottish in the Marathon in the record time of 1 hour 33 mins. 37 secs.--a remarkably fine achievement. Sergt. Peddel was then a L.-Corpl. In April, 1914, when the L.R.B. made the forced march from London to Brighton, Corpl. Peddel (to which rank he had been promoted) was pacemaker, and assisted to set up a new record for long-distance marching, the Foreign Legion’s record of 50 miles in 15½ hours being easily beaten. The time occupied by the L.R.B. to do the 52½ miles was 14 hours 23 mins. (marching time 12 hours 44 mins.). Sergt. Peddel secured several prizes in L.R.B. contests. He won a silver cup in the school of arms competition 1913, bayonet v. bayonet, and another cup in the five miles race in the same year. He was also a member of the Orion Harriers, the Archway Harriers, the Crouch End Cyclist Club, and the Alexandra Park Tennis Club.
[Illustration: =Sydney E. Peddel.=]
=PEDDER, PERCY JAMES=, Private, No. 7759, 2nd Battn. The Border Regt., eldest _s._ of (--) Pedder; was for some time in South Africa; returned during the Balkan War, and went to Greece with the British Red Cross. On the outbreak of the European War he volunteered and joined the 2nd Border Regt.; went to France with his Regt. in the 7th Division, and was killed in action 24 Oct. 1914, while assisting a wounded comrade. Coy. Sergt.-Major Stuart Davenport wrote: “I am able to inform you from an eyewitness who was next to him when he was killed that he died a hero in a trench at a traverse.... A man was hit by a shrapnel; no one would go and help him at the moment--as shell after shell was coming in at that particular spot. Pedder went and had succeeded in bandaging him up when he was struck behind the left ear by one bullet from a shell, which penetrated his brain. He died at once and said not a word, and he was buried that night, a cross was put on his grave.” He _m._ Annette (26, Palatine Road, Stoke Newington, N.), dau. of (--).
=PEEL, ALAN RALPH=, Capt., South Wales Borderers (24th Regt.), eldest surviving _s._ of Herbert Peel, of Taliaris Park, co. Carmarthen, J.P., D.L., by his wife, Mary Susannah Ainsworth, dau. of the late Capt. William Lee, R.M.L.I.; _b._ Taliaris Park, 7 July, 1886; educ. Cheltenham College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the South Wales Borderers, 24 Jan. 1906, became Lieut. 1 Dec. 1907, and Capt., 12 Sept. 1914; served with the 1st Battn. in India, 1907–9, and at Pretoria, 1910; attached to the South African Mounted Infantry, Feb. 1911, and quartered at Harrismith and Bloemfontein to 1912, in which year he was seconded to the West African Frontier Force (Nigerian Regt.). Returning home on furlough in 1914, he was the same year seconded for service with the Nigerian Mounted Infantry, and left again for West Africa in June; he was killed in action, leading a bayonet charge, at Kosseoa, near Marna, North Cameroons, 17 Nov. 1914; _unm._ His Commanding Officer wrote as follows: “I had made application for him to join me, knowing his ability. You have the honour of knowing no soldier could have met a more gallant death, viz., at the head of his men, leading them to the charge and showing an example of great bravery. He was buried with all honours by the Capt. of the French company with whom he was operating at the time.” The latter wrote: “I paid the funeral honours ... to the two brave English officers, MM. le Capit. A. R. Peel and Lieut. Percival, who fell on the field of honour while giving to their men an example of great bravery.” The Commandant of the Nigerian Regt. wrote as follows: “To lighten your great sorrow you have the honour of knowing that your son died in a manner worthily upholding the finest traditions of the Service, and setting an example of valour to the whole regt., among whom he was so deservedly known as a brave and upright officer and the best of good comrades.” Capt. A. R. Peel was a thorough all-round sportsman, a good rider and polo player.
[Illustration: =Alan Ralph Peel.=]
=PEELING, HARRY COURTLAND=, Officer’s Cook, 1st Class, 365838, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Joseph Peeling, of Gardener’s Lodge, Wickham Place, near Witham, co. Essex; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=PEET, JOHN EDWARD GRIMSTON=, 2nd Lieut., 9th (Service) Battn. The Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt., elder _s._ of James Henry Peet, of Perry Hill, Worplesdon, co. Surrey, M.D., by his wife, Winifred, dau. of the late Major Henry Grimston Hale, 11th Hussars; _b._ Huddersfield, co. York, 24 April, 1895; educ. St. George’s College, Weybridge, and Douay Abbey, Woolhampton; enlisted in the Berkshire Yeomanry, 25 Sept. 1914; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Royal West Surrey Regt., 9 Feb. 1915 and was accidentally killed in a motor cycle collision at Guildford on the 27th while on service. Lieut.-Col. J. B. Kerslake wrote: “We had great expectations of him, and in no case have I recommended a commission with more confidence. His premature death is a loss not only to his family but to his country. In your great loss we, indeed, sympathise most deeply. Your only consolation can be that he met his death while serving his country, and doing his duty to the fullest.” And Brig.-Gen. Andrew L. Macfies, Commanding 1st South Lancashire Brigade: “The class of instruction to which your son belonged is attached to my brigade. He was, therefore, to some extent under my command, and I understand showed every promise of becoming a good officer.”
[Illustration: =John Edward G. Peet.=]
=PELHAM, HENRY ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9409, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PELHAM, HON. HERBERT LYTTLETON=, Lieut. and Adjutant, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt., 4th and yst. _s._ of Francis Godolphin, 5th Earl of Chichester, by his wife, Alice, née Carr Glyn (Oldland, Keymer, Sussex), dau. of George Carr, 1st Baron Wolverton; _b._ Lambeth Rectory, London, 3 April, 1884; educ. by the Rev. A. Tabor, Cheam; Charterhouse; and Rev. V. Scott, South Lynn, Eastbourne; joined the Duke of Connaught’s Own Hampshire and Isle of Wight Royal Garrison Artillery (Militia), 12 April, 1902; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Sussex Regt., 3 June, 1904; joined the 2nd Battn. at Malta, 5 Aug. 1904; served in Crete during the insurrection and later on the International Tribunal there; and in Belfast 1907 during riots; promoted Lieut. 26 Sept. 1908; passed first “distinction” in musketry and over 95 per cent. in machine gunnery courses at Hythe, 25 Sept. 1909; appointed Adjutant 18 Dec. 1911; took Brevet Certificate, and was accepted for Royal Flying Corps, 9 April, 1914; specially commended for work of mobilisation, Aug. 1914; left for France as Senior Lieut. and Adjutant, 2nd Battn., with 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, 12 Aug. 1914, became
## acting Capt. after the death of Capt. Jemmet Browne, 12 Sept., and was
killed in action 14 Sept. following, during the Battle of the Aisne; _unm._ The 2nd Royal Sussex were in reserve at Mons, and formed part of the rearguard during the retirement from that place, and then became the vanguard of the 1st Army, when the Germans turned, before the Battle of the Marne. Major-Gen. E. H. Bulfin wrote: “I ordered the Sussex to pass on and seize the ridges north of the village of Priez.... 10 Sept., for the good work done that day I sent in Pelham’s name for recognition. 14 Sept. Pelham with a handful of men of the Sussex held on to the Chemin des Dames, and it was here that he lost his life, working the machine guns, and he died one of the most brave and gallant gentleman it has ever been my honour to know. A fine capable officer who put his duty before everything, and by his self-sacrificing devotion set a splendid example to us all. By his death the Regt. has suffered a terrible loss and the Army has lost a most capable officer, who would have gone far in his profession.” His commanding officer. Major E. V. B. Green, wrote: “Your son died a soldier’s death in the forefront of the fighting on the 14th. I have sent you in a separate package a testament which was found on him, and I am sorry that there is nothing more to send. We have lost a much-loved comrade who we all felt had a promising career before him, in fact, perhaps I cannot do better than quote to you the words in which his name has gone forward for mention in despatches. ‘Lieut. and Adjutant the Hon. H. L. Pelham. I saw this officer two or three times under heavy fire conveying orders and encouraging the troops. He was killed in an advanced position, assisting with the machine guns, several of the detachment having been knocked out. In him the Army have lost a most promising officer. His work during mobilisation and during the campaign has been deserving of the highest praise.’” and again later: “I wish I could give you further details regarding your son, but the circumstances of the battle on the 14th, the first day of the Aisne, were such that we were not able to hold to the foremost ground to which we got that day, and indeed although we have been here a month to-day, we have never got back on the actual ground on which your son was killed. I am being perfectly honest with you, as I judge you wish me to be. We know where your son fell, in the forefront of the battle, but we do not know as yet where he lies. The Germans, doubtless, have buried him, and when we move forward we shall, I hope, be able to give you fuller particulars. I am very pleased to be able to tell you that I have heard to-day that the President of the French Republic has awarded your son the Legion of Honour. For this he was recommended previous to his death. It will be, I am sure, a solace to you to know that his worth has received this recognition. Like many of his forbears, he has given his life for his country, and has not lived in vain.... No! It was not at Moulines. The action was fought between a place called Vendresse and Cerney, and your son was killed just on the edge of the latter place. He was with Mr. Dashwood in a farmhouse with the machine guns when the building was destroyed by a shell.... Mr. Dashwood tells me that his death was instantaneous, and that he was struck by a piece of shell and was thus saved from suffering.” He was awarded the Croix de Chevalier of the Legion of Honour “for conspicuous gallantry in the field between 23 Aug. and 31 Aug.”
[Illustration: =Hon. Herbert L. Pelham.=]
=PELLETT, GEORGE ALBERT VICTOR=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 10403 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LEIGH-PEMBERTON, THOMAS EDWARD GEOFFREY=, Lieut., 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Wilfred Leigh-Pemberton, of Wrinsted Court, Sittingbourne, Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Alice Augusta, dau. of the late Capt. David Rolland Erskine, 92nd Highlanders [2nd _s._ of Sir David Erskine, of Cambo, 1st Bart.], and grandson of Sir Edward Leigh-Pemberton, of Torry Hill and Wrinsted, co. Kent, K.C.B.; _b._ Wrinsted Court aforesaid, 15 Nov. 1893; educ. Rugby and Christ Church, Oxford, where he was in the O.T.C.; was, at the outbreak of war, learning business with the firm of Antony Gibbs & Sons; appointed 2nd Lieut. in the Kensingtons, 12 May, 1914, and promoted Lieut. 1 Sept. following; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug.; went to France at the beginning of Nov., and was killed in action near Laventie, 11 Jan. 1915; _unm._ Buried at Estaires. His commanding officer, Lieut.-Col. F. G. Lewis, wrote: “I feel I must write and tell you how all my officers will mourn his loss most deeply. His capacity and his popularity made everybody like him; he was a real good fellow in every way, and he has made a gap which we can never quite fill. I am sorrier than I can say”; and Major-Gen. Sir A. Turner: “He was a most excellent and conscientious young officer, and a great loss to his battn., in which he was a great favourite.” Capt. Thompson also wrote: “He was a really good officer, always cheerful, and of the very greatest assistance to me in the trying work of the trenches. The battn. has lost a good officer and all the officers a valued friend”; and Sergt. Stiles: “Lieut. Leigh-Pemberton was very much liked and respected by every man he came in touch with. One of our bravest officers; he considered his men; in fact, he used to take four hours duty whilst his sergeant slept, and the sergeant used to take two hours’ duty whilst he (the Lieut.) slept. He would at any time carry the pack of any man who was knocked up. I’m sure any of our men would have followed him through fire and water. His death was a great shock to the whole battn.” He was fond of sports of all kinds and hunted a small pack of harriers of his own.
[Illustration: =T. E. G. Leigh-Pemberton.=]
=PENDALL, WILLIAM ALBERT=, Private, No. 13657, 13th (Service) Battn. The Royal Scots (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Albert Pendall (now serving in France as a Gunner with the R.G.A.), by his wife, Mary Jane (14, Usk Road, York Road, Battersea), dau. of Henry Brown; _b._ Wandsworth Common, 8 Dec. 1898; educ. St. John’s Schools, Battersea; was a Butcher; enlisted, 17 April, 1915; went to France, 4 Oct. 1915, and was killed in action there, 9 Dec. 1915; _unm._
=PENDER, JAMES (HAMISH) GRANGER GEILS=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd. attd. 2nd Battn. The Gordon Highlanders, eldest _s._ of Major James Pender, of Ardnoe, St. Catherine’s, co. Argyle, 8th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, by his wife, Janet Helen Maude, dau. of the late Thomas Geils, of Geilston and Ardmore, Dumbartonshire; _b._ St. Catherine’s, 19 July, 1892; educ. Larchfield Academy, Helensburgh; Edinburgh Academy, and Edinburgh University; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd (Reserve) Battn. Gordon Highlanders, 17 Oct. 1914; went to France, 13 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle between 11–13 March, 1915; _unm._ A brother officer wrote: “He was shot through the head on the morning of the 11th trying to urge his men to keep their heads down and take cover, and his death was instantaneous. He died for his country and no mistake, and long will we all remember his cheery face”; and another: “He died thinking only of his men’s safety and not of his own, and was one of the most gallant among many gallant officers who died that day. As we were being enfiladed the men were in a very dangerous position, he shouted to them to get right in, as they could not hear, he stood up and signalled to them. He was shot through the head.”
[Illustration: =James G. G. Pender.=]
=PENFOLD, GEORGE HENRY=, Acting Chief Petty Officer, 164841, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=PENGELLEY, HAROLD=, Private, No. 9707, 1st Battn. East Surrey Regt., _s._ of Samuel Pengelley, of 2, York Road, Uxbridge; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died 6 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action.
=PENMAN, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 10614, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards; _b._ Falkirk, enlisted 8 Sept. 1914, aged 24; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 16 May, 1915.
=PENN, ALFRED EDWARD=, A.B., R.N.R., 2453A, 3rd _s._ of Stephen Penn (died 1 March, 1912), by his wife, Elizabeth; _b._ Deal, 17 Sept. 1891; lost with his brother on H.M.S. Cressy, 22 Sept. 1914: _unm._
=PENN, JOSEPH LIVELY=, Private, No. 2879, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 5th _s._ of William John Penn, of Leamington Spa, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Patrick Lively of Liverpool; _b._ Leamington Spa, 23 Feb. 1882; educ. there; enlisted in the Coldstreams in Aug. 1899; served for a short period in the South African War, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from early in Sept. to 29 Oct. 1914, on which latter date he was killed in action at Ypres. He _m._ 1906, Anne, dau. of William Oldham, of Sheffield, and had two sons: Joseph, _b._ 1 June, 1907, and Ernest, _b._ 1 Sept. 1910.
=PENN, LEWIS SYDNEY=, A.B., R.N.R., 2451A, 2nd _s._ of Stephen Penn (died 1 March, 1912), by his wife, Elizabeth; _b._ Deal, 1 July, 1889; was serving with his two brothers on board H.M.S. Cressy when that vessel was torpedoed by submarines off the coast of Holland, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._ The elder brother, Hubert, was saved after being two hours in the water.
=DOUGLAS-PENNANT, HON. CHARLES=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 3rd _s._ of George Sholto Gordon, 2nd Lord Penrhyn, and yr. _s._ by his 2nd wife, Gertrude Jessie (37, Lennox Gardens, S.W.), yst. dau. of the Rev. Henry Glynne, Rector of Hawarden; _b._ at Wicken, Northants, 7 Oct. 1877; educ. Evelyn’s, Eton, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Coldstream Guards, 8 Sept. 1897, and promoted Lieut. 5 Feb. 1899; served in South African War, 1899–1902; took part in the advance on Kimberley, including actions at Belmont, Enslin, Modder River and Magersfontein; operations in the Orange Free State, including actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein, Vet River (5–6 May) and Zand River; operations in the Transvaal, May-June, 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Diamond Hill (11–12 June); operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to 29 Nov. 1900, including actions at Belfast (26–27 Aug.), operations in Orange River Colony, Nov. 1900, and in Cape Colony, Nov. 1900 to 31 May, 1902 (twice mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 26 Jan. 1900, and 10 Sept. 1901]; Queen’s medal with six clasps, King’s medal with two clasps); was A.D.C. to Major-Gen., 8th Division, 3rd Army Corps, and to Major-Gen. 8th Division, Irish Command (Sir Reginald Pole-Carew), 9 Nov. 1903 to 1905; retired and joined the Reserve of Officers, 22 Feb. 1905; rejoined his regt. on the outbreak of war; went to France, 11 Sept. 1914; was reported missing after the fighting near Gheluvelt, 29 Oct. following, and is now assumed to have been killed in action there that day. He _m._ at St. Michael’s, Chester Square, 28 Jan. 1905, Lady Edith Anne, née Dawson (Soham House, Newmarket), dau. of Vesey, 2nd Earl of Dartrey. His elder brother, Capt. the Hon. G. H. Douglas-Pennant was killed in action, 11 March, 1915, and his nephew, Lieut. the Hon. A. G. S. Douglas-Pennant, Grenadier Guards, was reported wounded and missing, 29 Oct. 1914.
[Illustration: =Hon. C. Douglas-Pennant.=]
=DOUGLAS-PENNANT, THE HON. GEORGE HENRY=, Capt., 1st Battn. Grenadier Guards, 2nd _s._ of George Sholto Gordon, 2nd Lord Penrhyn, and elder _s._ by his 2nd wife, Gertrude Jessie (37, Lennox Gardens, S.W.), yst. dau. of the Rev. Henry Glynne, Rector of Hawarden; _b._ Torquay, 26 Aug. 1876; educ. Evelyn’s and Eton; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Grenadier Guards, from the Militia, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I., 1 Dec. 1897; promoted Lieut. 12 July, 1899, and Capt. 1905; served in the South African War, 1900–2; took
## part in the operations in the Orange Free State, April-May, 1900;
operations in Orange River Colony, May to 29 Nov. 1900, including
## actions at Biddulphsberg and Wittebergen (1–29 July); operations in
the Transvaal, Feb.–March, 1901, also those in Orange River Colony, Dec. 1900 to Feb. 1901, and March, 1901 to 31 May, 1902, when he was employed as Signalling Officer (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901]; Queen’s medal with three clasps and King’s medal with two clasps); was A.D.C. to Lieut.-Gen. Sir Leslie Rundle, Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command, 1903–7, and in 1908 joined the Reserve of Officers. On the outbreak of the European War he was north of Gilgit, N. Kashmir, but at once returned to England, rejoined his old regt. in Sept., went to France in Nov., and was killed in
## action at Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915, while leading the King’s
Coy., Grenadier Guards, into action; _unm._ Buried there. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915 [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915]. He took great interest in fox hunting, salmon fishing and big game hunting, and had travelled in East Africa, the Soudan, India, Turkistan, Persia, Canada, Alaska, etc. He left his collection of trophies, heads, skins, and specimens of game, to the National Museum, Wales, at Cardiff. His brother, Lieut. the Hon. Charles Douglas-Pennant, was killed in action, 29 Oct. 1914.
[Illustration: =Hon. G. H. Douglas-Pennant.=]
=PENNELLS, CHARLES PERCY=, Private, No. 85, 16th Battn. Australian Imperial Force; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles; killed in
## action, 27 May, 1915.
=PENNEY, JOHN EDWIN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5060), 213157, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PENNY, HENRY=, Private, No. 7528, 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
## action 22 Jan. 1915; _m._
=PENNY, WILLIAM=, Chief Signal Boatswain, R.N., 2nd _s._ of James Penny, by his wife, Christina, dau. of (--) Gunn; _b._ Benares, Bengal, 11 June, 1864; entered the Royal Navy, 26 Aug. 1879, as a boy in H.M.S. Resistance; was drafted to the Impregnable, 30 Aug. 1879, and then to the Inconstant, in which ship he escorted the King, when Prince George, round the world. He served in the Egyptian Campaign, 1882, for which he received the medal and clasp. He also served in the following ships: Duke of Wellington, Victor Emanuel, St. Vincent, Northumberland, Active, Victory and Royal Oak, and was promoted Signal Boatswain, 8 July, 1896. He afterwards served in the Ramillies under Admiral Hopkins until July, 1899; when he was appointed to the Vivid for the Signal School until 1903, then to the Revenge, flagship of Admiral Wilson, with whose staff he transferred to the Exmouth until 1907, when he was appointed to the Victory for Signal School 1907–1910. He was promoted Chief Signal Boatswain, 4 June 1909, and served in H.M.S. Prince of Wales, under Admiral Jellicoe, 1910 to 1911. On the outbreak of the European War in 1914 he was appointed to the Good Hope, flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir Christopher Craddock, C.B., M.V.O., and was killed in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. He _m._ at St. John’s, Bognor, 26 Aug. 1893, Elizabeth Jane (Argyll Road, Bognor), eldest dau. of William Smith, late Chief Officer of Coastguards, and had two children: Gertrude Ethel, _b._ 14 June, 1896, and Dorothy Marguerite, _b._ 15 Jan. 1909.
[Illustration: =William Penny.=]
=PENSON, REGINALD=, Private, No. 2391, 2nd Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Frederick Penson, of 8, Burns Street, Mansfield, Nottingham, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of Israel Dook; _b._ Leicester 11 April, 1887; educ. at Gainsboro’; was an employee in the Army and Navy Stores at Westminster; volunteered and joined the Royal Fusiliers, 6 Sept. 1914; went to Malta with his Battn., 9 Sept.; proceeded to France, 30 Dec., and was killed in action near Armentières, 16 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried at Ferme-de-la-Buterne, Chapelle d’ Armentières. Capt. R. Henman wrote: “It is with the deepest regret I have to inform you that your son was killed this morning whilst observing the effect of artillery fire. I would like to offer you my most sincere sympathy as well as that of the whole company. We shall all miss your dear son most awfully, as his genial manner, his courage, and his willingness to do any work made him loved by everyone.” Private Penson was a fine vocalist and won a £100 scholarship in London for singing.
[Illustration: =Reginald Penson.=]
=PENTER, EDWARD SYDNEY=, Petty Officer, 159207, H.M.S. Monmouth; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PEPPER, JAMES WILLIAM THOMAS=, B.A., Private, No. 793, 1/5th Battn. (The London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of James William Pepper, of 15, West Cliff, Whitstable, Local Secretary and Correspondent at Whitstable for the Kent Education Committee, by his wife, Emma Maria, dau. of John Harlow; _b._ Whitstable, co. Kent, 2 July, 1891; educ. Simon Langton School, Canterbury, and Goldsmiths’ College, London (B.A. 1912), and on leaving there was for several months a supplementary teacher for the Kent Education Committee, later being appointed certificated teacher at Bridge Road Council School, Harlesden, under the Willesden Education Committee, who wrote highly of his influence and of his ability. On the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he volunteered for foreign service and joined the London Rifle Brigade in Sept.; went to France with the first draft to join the 1/5th Battn., on active service in Flanders, in Jan. 1915; served in the trenches from Jan. to April; retired to the rear after Easter for a rest, but was suddenly ordered up with his regt. to the support of the Canadians at the Ypres salient, and was killed in
## action there, 26 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried at Fortuin, near St.
Julien. He obtained a Junior County Scholarship at ten years of age and later a County Bursary; was especially interested in history and languages, and at the time war was declared was making a special study of Anglo-Saxon, and Old English. During his last two years at College he played successfully as a member of the College Rugby Team, and was also interested in cricket.
=PEPPIATT, WILLIAM HENRY=, Private, No. 9556, 5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the late William Robert Peppiatt, by his wife, Emily Elizabeth, dau. of the late Charles Giles; _b._ Stoke Newington, London, 2 Nov. 1888; educ. Bancroft’s School, Woodford Wells; entered the service of the London & North-Western Railway Co. in 1907, and when war broke out was in the General Manager’s office at Euston; he had joined the London Rifle Brigade in 1912, and volunteered for foreign service in Aug. 1914; went to France in Nov. and died at Ploegsteert, 5 Feb. 1915, of wounds received in action there the previous day; _unm._ Buried in the London Rifle Brigade Cemetery, Ploegsteert, Major C. Burnell, the officer commanding his company, wrote: “I personally feel very much his loss, he was one of those always willing to help and always cheerful even when things were at their worst.” He was one of the team of his regt. which won the Territorial Marathon in 1913, and one of the contingent from the London Rifle Brigade which marched to Brighton in record time. He was also an expert bayonet fighter.
[Illustration: =William Henry Peppiatt.=]
=PEPYS, FRANCIS=, D.S.O., 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 2nd _s._ of Capt. Arthur Pepys, of Knowle House, Budleigh Salterton, late 60th Rifles, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of the Rev. John Lomax; _b._ Budleigh Salterton, co. Devon, 2 April, 1891; educ. Charterhouse; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I., 24 May, 1913; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 13 Aug. 1914; took part in the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne, and the repulse of the Prussian Guards at Ypres, 11 Nov. and was killed in action the following day by the bursting of a shell; _unm._ Buried at Zonnebeke. 2nd Lieut. Pepys was awarded the D.S.O. for conspicuous good work on 3 Nov. “in advancing from his trench and assisting in driving away a party of the enemy who were commencing to dig a new trench within thirty yards of his own. Thirty of the enemy were shot down on the occasion.” He was also mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915. His elder brother, 2nd Lieut. John Pepys, was killed in action at Mons, 23 Aug. 1914 (see following notice).
[Illustration: =Francis Pepys.=]
=PEPYS, JOHN=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, eldest _s._ of Capt. Arthur Pepys, of Knowle House, Budleigh Salterton, late 60th Rifles, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of the Rev. John Lomax; _b._ Budleigh Salterton, co. Devon, 7 May, 1890; educ. Charterhouse, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst: gazetted 2nd Lieut. King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., 9 Nov. 1910; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 14 Aug. 1914, and was killed in
## action at Mons, on the 23rd, three hours after going into action as
machine-gun officer; _unm._ Buried at Wasmes. His younger brother, 2nd Lieut. Francis Pepys, D.S.O., was killed in action at Ypres, 12 Nov. 1914 (see preceding notice).
[Illustration: =John Pepys.=]
=PEPYS, REGINALD WHITMORE=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Worcestershire Regt., yst. _s._ of the Rev. Herbert George Pepys, M.A., Hon. Canon of Worcester Cathedral (Florence Court, Torquay) by his wife, Louisa Harriet, dau. of John Whitmore Isaac, of Boughton Park, co. Worcester, and grandson of the Right Rev. Henry Pepys, D.D., Bishop of Worcester [yr. brother of Charles Christopher, 1st Earl of Cottenham]; _b._ Hallow Vicarage, Worcester, 3 Jan. 1883; educ. Haileybury College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Worcestershire Regt., 18 Jan. 1902, and promoted Lieut., 2 July, 1904, served with the West African Regt. from 19 Sept. 1908 to 12 May, 1913, obtaining his company, 24 May, 1913, in which year he rejoined the Worcestershire Regt., and was appointed to the 2nd Battn.; went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, and died in hospital at Chateau de Vermeil, 21 Sept. following, of wounds received in action the previous day, during the Battle of the Aisne. The Adjutant wrote: “He was shot while leading his men in a very hot corner. He was doing his duty to the full extent: he could do no more. He was shot through the chest, and I eventually carried him to the hospital, badly hit, but quite cheerful. He was commanding A Coy. when he was killed, as Capt. Carr, who came out in command of that company, was killed two days before. He is buried in the beautiful grounds of the Château de Vermeil, which was used as a temporary field hospital”; and Sergt. Hill: “Our first place to go for was an empty trench, which we occupied under heavy gun and rifle fire; but it was an absolute death-trap for anyone to show themselves. During this time, I can assure you that Capt. Pepys gave his orders with the coolness as though he had been at Aldershot. After a time there was a break in the fire, and then came the final order to charge, and the Captain jumped up, revolver and sword in hand, to lead the company forward, and I was with him. His wounds were caused by a rifle bullet hitting him in the chest. We were all pleased to think that we had Capt. Pepys posted to take command of the company after the death of our previous commander, the late Capt. Carr, and the whole company deeply regretted that he had been taken from us so soon.” Capt. Pepys _m._ at Iffley Church, near Oxford, 27 July, 1914, Maud Mael, dau. of William Foster, of Beechwood Iffley; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Reginald W. Pepys.=]
=PERCY, HENRY EDWARD=, Private, No. 750, Honourable Artillery Company, elder _s._ of Josceline Hugh Percy, of 49, Talbot Road, Highgate [grandson of the Right Rev. Lord Hugh Percy D.D., Bishop of Carlisle, yr. brother of George, 5th Duke of Northumberland], by his wife, Grace Anne, dau. of Edward Percy Thompson; _b._ Southampton, 6 Aug. 1893; educ. Darlston Court, Swanage, and St. Bees School, Cumberland; was in Equity and Law Life Assurance Office, Lincoln’s Inn Fields; joined the H.A.C. in Feb. 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France 18 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action near Kemmel, 25 Feb. 1915; _unm._ Buried at Kemmel.
[Illustration: =Henry E. Percy.=]
=PERCY, LEONARD SIDNEY=, Private, No. 1623, 1st Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Charles John Percy, of 16, Stuart Road, West Kilburn, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of H. Kent; _b._ Salisbury, co. Wilts, 13 Aug. 1896; educ. St. Mark’s School, Marleborne; was a Milkman; joined the Royal Fusiliers in 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; trained in Malta for six months; went to France, 10 March, and died in the Australian Hospital, Wimereux, 14 Oct. 1915, of wounds received in action during the Battle of Loos, 26 Sept.; _unm._ Buried at Wimereux.
=PERCY, WILLIAM REGINALD MINSHULL=, Private, No. 9755, 5th Battn. (Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of John Henry Percy, of Bod Meurig, Rhyl, by his wife, Catherine, dau. of William Minshull, of Mold; _b._ Southport, 4 Feb. 1895; educ. Epworth College, Rhyl, and then entered the office of the Prudential Society. On the declaration of war in Aug. 1914, he joined the London Rifle Brigade, and was killed in action near Ypres, 27 Feb. 1915; _unm._ Buried near St. Julien. His Capt. wrote of him as a great loss, “he was so cheery with a sort of Irish wit about him that made him excellent company.” One of his comrades wrote: “The whole battn. was under heavy shell fire at the time, and you will be glad to know that Reggie behaved magnificently during the whole period. He was in fact one of the most popular fellows in the platoon.” A writer in the Ibis said: “Clean-minded, high-spirited, with a charm of manner that captivated all with whom he came in contact, he was the embodiment of joyous youth. The cruel eclipse of this bright life has cast a shadow which only the years in their course can lighten.” From the Headmaster of Epworth College: “Many old Epworthians will remember the skilful drawings executed by W. R. M. P. His caricatures were the best this school have ever produced. All of us, masters and boys, at one time or another provided him with subjects for his friendly but critical pencil. The men of his company were fortunate in having a comrade so vivacious, and so full of kindly humour. Their testimony and that of the officers of the battn. show the high regard in which he was held, and to this testimony we add our tribute of esteem and affection.”
[Illustration: =William R. M. Percy.=]
=PERHAM, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14848, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PERKINS, ALEXANDER=, Leading Seaman, 227224, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PERKINS, ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10386), 203819, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PERKINS, CHARLES EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9009), S.S. 105825, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STEELE-PERKINS, CYRIL STEELE=, Lieut., 1st Battn. The King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt., only surviving _s._ of George Chapman Steele-Perkins, of 30, Weymouth Place, Portland Place, W., and Kingsdown, near Deal, M.D., by his wife, Alice, dau. of Edward Chapman, of Sydney, New South Wales; _b._ Streatham, S.W., 27 Feb. 1887; educ. St. Paul’s School, London University and Sandhurst; from which latter he was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st Battn. Royal Lancashire Regt. 8 Feb. 1908, and promoted Lieut. 12 Sept. 1911. On the outbreak of war he went with that regt. to the Front, and was killed in
## action at Haucourt, between Cambray and Le Cateau, France, 26 Aug.
1914; _unm._ In an article headed “Our Troops Under Fire,” in “The Times,” 8 Sept. 1914 the writer said: “Then there was Lieut. Steele-Perkins, who died one of the grandest deaths a British officer could wish for. He was lifted out of the trenches wounded four times, but, protesting, he crawled back again and remained there till he was mortally wounded.” The following account appeared in “The Scout,” 26 Sept. 1914, p. 54: “On Aug. 26, 1914, The King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt. was very heavily engaged. One of the greatest heroes of the fight was Lieut. Steele-Perkins. As the German hordes advanced, he--one of the few officers left--walked along the trenches, encouraging the men to do their utmost. No fear had he of danger. What the men could face he was willing to endure. A shell exploded, wounding him severely, and he was carried out of the trenches, protesting loudly. No sooner had he been carried to safety than he crawled back to the trenches; while he could move he would be with his men--they needed his presence to spur them on. ‘Ah,’ said one of his sergeants, ‘he was a proper man, he was. We would do anything for him.’ Four times he was lifted out of trenches, badly wounded, and four times he crawled back again, more feeble each time--nothing but actual physical weakness would keep him from sharing the dangers of his men. Then came the end--from a shell bursting overhead.”
[Illustration: =Cyril S. Steele-Perkins.=]
=PERRETT, ERNEST=, Petty Officer, 206389, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PERRETT, WILLIAM NELSON=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24698, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Frederick Nelson Perrett, of 265, Dale Street, Chatham; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=PERRY, ALFRED HENRY=, Leading Telegraphist, J. 867, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PERRY, ARTHUR THEODORE=, Private, No. 3/140, New Zealand Army Medical Corps, _s._ of Arthur Perry, of Northampton; _b._ Wellington, New Zealand, 4 May, 1886; educ. at Southampton, England; then returned to New Zealand; joined the New Zealand Army Medical Corps after the outbreak of war, 15 Aug. 1914; left Egypt for the Dardanelles 12 April, 1915; took part in the landing on the 25th April, and was killed in action there, 22 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried in the English Cemetery, Gallipoli. Lieut.-Col. C. M. Begg, commanding N.Z. Field Ambulance, wrote: “He was a very hard worker and was a general favourite in the company. During the time we have been under fire here, he was indefatigable in his attention to the wounded and never hesitated to expose himself in the course of his duties. May it be some comfort to you to know he died doing his duty;” and a comrade: “He died after a month of the most heroic and unselfish work given for the sake of others. He met this noble end as he had lived--a Christian, and by his patience and unselfish endeavours was loved by us all.”
=PERRY, EVELYN WALTER COPLAND=, 2nd Lieut., Royal Flying Corps (Special Reserve), only child of the late Walter Copland Perry, Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Evelyn Emma (29, Thurloe Square, S.W.), sister of Lieut.-Col. Horace Robert Stopford, Coldstream Guards (killed in action at the Modder River, 28 Nov. 1899), and only dau. of the late Robert Stopford [grandson of James, 2nd Earl of Courtown, K.P.]; _b._ at 5, Manchester Square, London, 4 Dec. 1890; educ. St. David’s (Mr. Joyce’s), Reigate; Ripton, and Trinity College, Cambridge, and on leaving there worked at the Royal Aircraft Factory from Feb. 1911 to Aug. 1912. He obtained his aviation certificate (No. 130) on a Valkyrie monoplane at Hendon, 30 Aug. 1911; was gazetted 2nd Lieut., R.F.C. (S.R.), 21 March, 1913, and obtained his certificate as a First Class Pilot, Upavon, 13 Aug. following. On 1 Aug. 1914, he received orders to join the R.F.C. at Netheravon, which he did on 5 Aug., and attd. to the 3rd Squadron he flew with it to Dover on 12 Aug. The following day 42 aeroplanes flew to Amiens, whence he wrote but one letter, full of his extreme enjoyment in these flights, and adding that he was to keep the fine machine he had been using; but apparently these hopes were not realised and he had to give it up. He was killed instantaneously together with his pilot, H. E. Parfitt, on Sunday, 16 Aug 1914, on leaving Amiens, on a B.E. 8 machine, being the first British officer to lose his life on active service in France in the European War. The machine apparently stalled at about 150 ft., and caught fire on reaching the ground. He was buried in the cemetery at St. Acheuil, the following day; _unm._ Flight Commander P. Shepherd, R.N., wrote: “I knew your son both at Eastchurch and Upavon, and we have lost from the Flying Corps a most gallant officer.” Lieut. Perry did a considerable amount of flying while on the staff of the Royal Aircraft Factory on their early experimental machines, including testing a hydroplane at Fleet. On leaving the Royal Aircraft Factory he joined Mr. Sopwith at Brooklands, and flew very well on his old “Burgess-Wright” with the “Gnome” engine. He left Mr. Sopwith to take an Avro biplane to Portugal, where he put the machine through its tests for the Portuguese Army. In the course of these tests he flew over Lisbon and eventually, owing to engine failure, made a wonderfully skilful forced landing in the Tagus, without any injury to machine, or himself or his passenger even getting their feet wet. On his return to England Mr. Perry, in conjunction with Mr. Beadle, started building aeroplanes on their own account, and produced a small biplane on Avro-cum-B.E. lines, but with many original points, which flew extremely well (this was afterwards purchased by the Admiralty). Mr. Perry next started aviation works at Twickenham, and produced the interesting and beautifully made flying boat which was one of the features of the last Olympic Show.
[Illustration: =Evelyn Walter C. Perry.=]
=PERRY, GEORGE HENRY=, Leading Stoker, 1245, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PERRY, GEORGE HERBERT GRESLEY=, Capt., 2nd Battn. West Yorkshire Regt., only _s._ of Brigadier-General Hugh Whitchurch Perry, late R.A., Army Ordnance Department, by his wife, Minna Grace, dau. of Edward Reid Nelson Druce, of Victoria Park, near Dover; _b._ Plumstead, near Cape Town, 6 Aug. 1893; educ. Hillside, West Malvern, Haileybury College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., West Yorkshires, 4 Sept. 1912, and promoted Lieut. 14 Aug. 1913; was wounded on 12 March, 1915, during the counter-attack at Neuve Chapelle, and died in No. 7 Stationary Hospital, at Boulogne, 15 March following; _unm._ He was mentioned for gallantry in the field by F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French, in his Despatch of 31 May, 1915, and his Commanding Officer, Major P. L. Ingpen, wrote of him: “He was hit during the German counter-attack on 12 March, 1915, while pluckily working his machine guns. I need hardly say that he will be a great loss to the regt. and one that cannot easily be replaced. It was owing to his disposition of his guns that the regt. was able to beat off the attack with great loss to the enemy. In my report I mentioned him for special commendation and it was forwarded by the Brigadier.” Although he had been at the Front some months, this was his first engagement.
[Illustration: =George H. G. Perry.=]
=PERRY, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 6668, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Thomas Perry, of 38, Chester Street, Wolverhampton, Foreman Tinsmith, by his wife, Jane, dau. of James Darling, of Birmingham; _b._ Wolverhampton, co. Stafford, 10 March, 1881; educ. St. Andrew’s School there; enlisted 1905; served three years with the Colours, and six with the Reserve; mobilised 4 Aug. 1914; went to France in Aug., and was killed in action at Poperinghe, during the First Battle of Ypres, 10 Nov. following; _unm._ Buried in Poperinghe Cemetery.
=PERSSE, CECIL DE BURGH=, Lieut., 7th (Princess Royal’s) Dragoon Guards (attd. Irish Guards), 4th and yst. _s._ of the late Henry Sadleir Persse, of Glenarde and Kiltullagh, co. Galway, J.P., by his wife, Eleanor Alice, dau. of Col. Thomas Seymour, of Ballymore Castle, co. Galway, J.P.; _b._ 17 July, 1875; educ. Cheltenham College and Trinity College, Cambridge, from which he took his degree. In the South African War (1899–1902) he served with the Warwickshire Imperial Yeomanry, and took part in the operations in the various Colonies, later receiving a commission in the 7th Dragoon Guards. For these services he received the Queen’s medal with three clasps, and the King’s medal with two clasps. When the Boer War was concluded he settled down in Government employment for a while. He received a commission in the Reserve of Officers of the 7th Dragoon Guards, 10 April, 1912, and on the outbreak of the European War rejoined his old regt. but as the infantry regts. were more in need of officers than the cavalry, he volunteered to exchange into the infantry, and was transferred to the Irish Guards, served with them in France and Flanders, and was seriously wounded in the head, in action in Flanders, 18 May, 1915. He was brought home to Netley Hospital, and seemed at first to be making satisfactory progress towards recovery, but some weeks later it was necessary to perform an operation; blood poisoning afterwards supervened and he died there on Monday 19 July; _unm._ He was buried in the Hospital Cemetery.
[Illustration: =Cecil de Burgh Persse.=]
=PERSSÉ, RODOLPH ALGERNON=, 2nd Lieut., Reserve Battn. The Rifle Brigade, attd. 2nd Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, only _s._ of the late Robert Algernon Perssé, of Creg Clare, co. Galway, J.P., by his wife, the Hon. Eleanor Laura Jane, née Gough (Creg Clare, Ardrahan, co. Galway), only surv. dau. of George Stephens, 2nd Viscount Gough; and grandson of the late Dudley Perssé, of Roxborough, co. Galway. D.L.; _b._ Roxborough, aforesaid, 12 May, 1892; educ. Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he had just completed his second year when war broke out; obtained a commission in the Rifle Brigade, 26 Aug. 1914, joining the Reserve Battn. at Sheerness; went to France, 16 Oct.; was there attd. to the 2nd Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, and was killed in action at Cuinchy, 1 Jan. following, during a night attack; _unm._ Buried there. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915. His commanding officer wrote: “He had taken his platoon to attack a position early on the morning of 1 Jan., and after the position was taken it was found to be untenable, and the whole force was ordered back to their trenches. It was here that poor Perssé was killed. He was an exceptionally gallant boy, and we shall miss him very much. I had already submitted his name for his gallant behaviour near Ypres.” A brother officer also wrote: “What a splendid, brave, cool officer he was, he never flinched or wavered in his most gallant spirit, and his absolute fearlessness and pluck were grand, and were of the greatest value to his men. He will, indeed, be sadly missed, for he made himself so popular with all ranks”; and another: “He was without exception the bravest officer I have ever seen, and the best. His men would do anything for him. This is not only my own opinion, for I know that it was shared by every officer in the mess.” He was a fine all-round athlete and a first-rate shot. He played in the Eton eleven in July, 1911. At Oxford he did well in the Freshmen’s sports of 1913; won the Magdalen Grind; rode in the Intervarsity Point-to-Point, and was whip to the Magdalen Beagles. The President of Magdalen wrote of him: “He is indeed a loss to us here, young and old. Among the first and bravest, he has given his all, even himself. His bright, vivid, daring, high-spirited chivalrous personality had endeared him to us all.”
[Illustration: =Rodolph Algernon Perssé.=]
=PERYER, ALBERT EDWARD=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 306704, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=PESKETT, CHARLES EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 4392, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PETER, SAMUEL VICTOR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1879), 201829, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PETO, CLEMENT HENRY=, Capt., 10th (Prince of Wales’s Own Royal) Hussars, 4th and yst. _s._ of William Herbert Peto, of Dunkinty, Elgin, by his wife, Kate, dau. of Sir Robert Palmer Harding, and grandson of the late Sir Samuel Morton Peto, 1st Bart.; _b._ London, 8 July, 1884; educ. Harrow and Sandhurst; received his commission in the 10th Hussars, 3 Feb. 1904. and was promoted Lieut. 22 Oct. 1905, and Capt. 17 Sept. 1910, passing the same year the Musketry Course at Changli Sali, also in Telephony and Hindustani, L.S. Pt. II. He served with his regt. in France and Flanders, and was killed in
## action while in command of C Squadron at the First Battle of Ypres,
17 Nov. 1914. The Germans had made a strong attack and he had allowed them to come within five yards of his trench, before giving the order to fire. He then led his Squadron in pursuit of the retreating enemy and was shot through the head by a sniper. The Colonel of his regt. wrote: “There was no better soldier in the Army or a better fellow than your son. Personally I was very fond of him and so was everyone in the regiment, whether officers or men. All the time he was under me I have never known him cavel, or grumble, at any order, however unpleasant.” The officer commanding the regt. on the 17 Nov. wrote that he met his death commanding his own Squadron which he had trained so well in South Africa, in repelling a fierce attack of the Germans which his Squadron repulsed with heavy loss. Private Sparks, 14th Hussars, wrote to the “Kent Messenger,” 26 Dec. 1914. “We came under a very heavy shell and rifle fire from a very short distance in front. Lord Alastair Innes Ker carried me a long way and must have been almost exhausted when I saw two officers jump out of the trench and run towards us. They dragged me to the trench by the arms. Private Saintsbury, 13th Hussars, caught me as they pushed me into the trench. One of them bound me up as well as he was able in the dark and gave me a drink from his flask. The officers were two brothers, Capt. C. and Lieut. K. Peto, 10th Hussars. Capt. C. Peto, I am sorry to say, has since been killed in the great attack on Ypres. He was a very brave officer. “He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915 [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915], for gallant and distinguished service in the field. Capt. Peto was a great hunter and travelled from India through Kashmir and Turkestan to Siberia, accompanied only by natives, and shot splendid specimens of ovis ammion, ovis poli (51½ inches), markhor, ibex, barasingh, etc. He also shot lions in Northern Rhodesia; and rode many winners in regimental races at Rawal Pindi and Mhow (Winning Post, 12 Dec. 1914).” He was _unm._, and was buried in Ypres Cemetery.
[Illustration: =Clement Henry Peto.=]
=PETTY, FRANK=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 1171), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PETTY, JAMES RICHARD=, Private, No. 3199, 2/6th Battn. East Surrey Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Richard Petty, of 4, Cleveland Road, New Malden, by his wife, Helen; _b._ New Malden, co. Surrey, 12 June, 1880; educ. Elm Road Boys School there; was a coal porter; joined the East Surrey Territorials, 26 April, 1915; and died in the Military Hospital, Kingston-on-Thames, 31 March, 1916, from pleurisy contracted while on active service. He _m._ at New Malden Church, 3 April, 1904, Charlotte (87, Northcote Road, New Malden, dau. of William Lambden, Henley-on-Thames, and had three children; Robert James, _b._ 15 Nov. 1909; Herbert John, _b._ 25 Nov. 1912; and Dorothy May, _b._ 20 July, 1906.
=PHELAN, JOHN HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5716), S.S. 1000695, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PHAYRE, CHARLES FREDERICK=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Richard Phayre, of Belganm, Woking, D.L., J.P., late of the Alexandra Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regt., by his wife, Frances Anne, dau. of the late John Jasper Leigh Bayly, and grandson of the late Gen. Sir Robert Phayre, G.C.B.; _b._ Bangalore, East Indies, 26 May, 1891; educ. St. Clair, Walmer; Repton, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (Sandhurst Coy.); gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Munster Fusiliers, 5 Oct. 1910, and promoted Lieut. 22 April, 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action during the retreat from Mons, on the 27th of the same month. The 2nd Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers formed the rear guard of the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, on 27 Aug., and were cut off during the retreat from Mons. They made a gallant stand and retired fighting for three hours. His Capt., who was taken prisoner, wrote: “I ordered a charge, and the company dashed forward, ‘Dicky’ well in front of the right half. We were met by a blasting fire, and numbers of the men fell. He got within 30 yards of the enemy’s trench and there was shot dead, falling with his head towards the enemy, 10 yards in front of his men. Only two men besides myself reached the trench alive.” He was buried at Etreux, with eight of his brother officers who fell in the same action; _unm._ His brother, Lieut. Richard Herbert Phayre, was killed in action at Ypres, 26 Oct. 1914 (see following notice).
[Illustration: =Charles Frederick Phayre.=]
=PHAYRE, RICHARD HERBERT=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Alexandra Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regt., eldest _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Richard Phayre, of Belgaum, Woking, D.L., J.P., late of Alexandra Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regt., by his wife, Frances Anne, dau. of the late John Jasper Leigh Bayly, and grandson of the late Gen. Sir Robert Phayre, G.C.B.; _b._ Farnboro’. co. Hants, 31 March, 1890; educ. St. Clair, Walmer; Repton, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Yorkshire Regt., 11 Dec. 1909, and promoted Lieut. 1 April, 1911; went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Oct. 1914, and was killed in action during the first Battle of Ypres, on the 26th of the same month; _unm._ Buried at Gheluvelt. He was gazetted temporary Capt. after his death, 9 Dec. 1914, to rank as from 15 Nov. His brother, Lieut. Charles Frederick Phayre, was killed in action during the retreat from Mons, 27 Aug. 1914 (see preceding notice).
[Illustration: =Richard Herbert Phayre.=]
=PHILIPPS, IVOR JOHN DOUGLAS=, Capt., 16th (Service) Battn. Cheshire Regt., only _s._ of the late George Gray Stuart Philipps, Chamberlain to the Earl of Moray, by his wife, Mary Frances, 2nd dau. of William Hobson Moubray, of Otterston and Cockairnie, Fife, Commander R.N., J.P., D.L.; _b._ Portobello, Edinburgh, 8 July, 1882; educ. Ardvreck, Crieff; and Loretto, Musselburgh; joined the Black Watch (Militia) on 31 Jan. 1900, and in 1902 was attd. to the 3rd York and Lancaster Regt. for service in South Africa. He was awarded the Queen’s medal with two clasps, and on his return resigned his commission, but when the European War broke out, at once offered his services, and was gazetted Lieut. in the Reserve of Officers, 19 Aug. 1914. He was for some time Assistant Recruiting Officer at Birkenhead, Cheshire, and was promoted Capt. (temp.), 16th (Service) Battn. Cheshire Regt., 10 Dec. 1914. He caught a chill while on a route march, and died of double pneumonia at Prenton, Cheshire, 8 March, 1915. Letters from his brother officers speak of his intrepid courage, his capability, and the respect and affection he inspired. He _m._ at St. Mary Cathedral, Edinburgh, 9 July, 1908, Amy Constance Violet, sister of 2nd Lieut. Evan R. H. K. Macdonald (killed in action, 20 Sept. 1914, see his notice), 2nd dau. of Keith Norman Macdonald, of 21, Clarendon Crescent, Edinburgh, M.D., F.R.C.P.E., and had an only child: Reginald Ivor Carew Keith, _b._ 3 June, 1909.
[Illustration: =Ivor John D. Philipps.=]
=PHILIPS, JOSEPH DOUGLAS=, Lieut., 1st Battn. The Buffs, East Kent Regt., 2nd _s._ of Major James Joseph Philips, of Rosecourt, Gladstone Road, Broadstairs, late Army Veterinary Corps, by his wife, Elizabeth Mary Charlotte, dau. of James Gould, of South Norwood; _b._ Woolwich, 3 March, 1886; educ. Selhurst Park College, South Norwood, and by Army coach at Blackheath; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st Battn. The Buffs, 20 March, 1907, and promoted Lieut., 1 Sept. 1910; served in the West African Frontier Force in Nigeria from 9 March, 1910, for over four years; was home on leave when war began, and immediately relinquished the remainder and volunteered for field service with his regt.; rejoined at Fermoy, Ireland; went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. and was killed in action whilst leading his platoon at Bois Grenier, 20 Oct. 1914; _unm._ Buried near Radinghem Ridge, about two miles from Bois Grenier. The previous day he had distinguished himself by carrying several wounded out of the trenches under fire.
[Illustration: =Joseph Douglas Philips.=]
=PHILLIP, HARRY=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 10503, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=PHILLIPS, CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3607), S.S. 101254, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PHILLIPS EDWARD ALEXANDER=, Leading Signalman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8614), 199553, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PHILLIPS, EDWARD HAWTIN=, D.S.O., Major, 28th Battery Royal Field Artillery, eldest _s._ of the late John Hawtin Phillips; _b._ London, 22 Feb. 1876; educ. Wellington College; gazetted 2nd Lieut., R.A., from the Militia, 16 Jan. 1897, and promoted Lieut. 16 Jan. 1900; Capt. 11 March, 1902; and Major March, 1915, when he transferred to the R.F.A. from the R.H.A.; was Adjutant from 4 Dec. 1908 to Nov. 1909; was employed with West African Frontier Force, 22 April to 28 Oct. 1900, and again 23 Jan. 1904 to 16 Nov. 1905; served (1) with Protectorate Expedition during operations in Sierra Leone 1898–9 (medal with clasp); (2) in Northern Nigeria, 1900, with Kaduna Expedition (twice slightly wounded; mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 4 Dec. 1900] clasp); (3) in West Africa, 1900, during operations in Ashanti for Relief of Kumassi (severely wounded; again mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 4 Dec 1900]; medal with clasp; D.S.O.); (4) in South African War, 1901–2; took part in operations in Orange River Colony, Jan. to March, 1902; and in those in Cape Colony and the Transvaal in command of pom-pom Section, March to May, 1902 (wounded; a third time mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 18 July, 1902], Queen’s medal with five clasps); (5) in Northern Nigeria, 1904, during operations against the people of Semolika (medal with clasp); and (6) in command of the 28th Battery with the Meerut Division, Indian Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 1914; was wounded in action near La Bassée during the 1st Battle of Ypres, 5 Nov. 1914, three days after reaching the front, and died at Chocques the following day; _unm._ Buried in Bethune Cemetery. The Inspector-General of Artillery (F. Mercer) wrote: “There was no man in all the Artillery which is under my control belonging to this force whom I would have selected before him for any duty which called for all the highest personal qualifications of a soldier; it was the same in India, if I wanted anything done, or tried. I always knew that it could be in no better hands than his. As a most gallant soldier and gentleman, a thorough sportsman, and a true friend, he will be very deeply regretted by the regt.; and you will, I trust, forgive me, a perfect stranger, for intruding on your grief to say how much we shall all feel his loss. It would be selfish to express my own personal sorrow, but I know that all the Artillery in India, as well as in this force, would like you to feel how very deeply we sympathise with you in your very great sorrow, and how much we shall all miss him, the best type of Artillery officer and the finest example to the boys who were fortunate enough to serve under him.” He was a keen and bold rider to hounds, and recently he took his pilot’s certificate at Brooklands for flying, notwithstanding a stiff arm and hand from having been badly mauled by a tiger in 1911, in the Central Provinces, India. His brother, Capt. R. N. Phillips, died of wounds, 27 Dec. 1914 (see his notice).
PHILLIPS, GEORGE HENRY, Private, No. Ch. 17397, Royal Marine L.I., 4th _s._ of William Henry Phillips, of 61, Blandfields Street, Balham, by his wife, Lucy Jane, yst. dau. of the late James Jewson, of Eau Brink, Norfolk; _b._ Wandsworth Common, S.W., 15 Nov. 1895; educ. Hearnville L.C.C. School, Balham, S.W.; joined the Royal Marine L.I., 29 April, 1912; went through a course of training at the Royal Marine Barracks, Deal, also Royal Marine Barracks, Chatham, and was lost in H.M.S. Cressy when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. His three brothers, Corpl. William James Phillips, Royal Marine L.I., Gun-Layer, H.M.S. Jupiter; A.B. Eric Wilton Phillips, Gun-Layer, H.M.S. Thunderer, and A.B. Leonard Charles Phillips, Gun-Layer, H.M.S. Foyle, are all (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =George Henry Phillips.=]
=PHILLIPS, HENRY=, Seaman, R.N.R., 3514 A., H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PHILLIPS, RALPH NOEL=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of the late John Hawtin Phillips; _b._ London, 26 Dec. 1877; educ. Wellington College, and Trinity College, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 1st R.W.F. 24 Jan. 1900, and promoted Lieut. 22 Jan 1903, and Capt. 2 May, 1910; was Adjutant, 7th Cheshire Territorials, 11 April, 1911 to 10 April, 1914, and was attached to the Chinese Regt. at Wei-hai-Wei, 3 Nov. 1904 to 1 Oct. 1906, when it was disbanded; served (1) in South Africa, 1900–2; was for sometime transport officer with Gen. Barton’s Brigade; took part in operations in the Transvaal 30 Nov. 1900 to Jan. 1902, and March to 31 May, 1902, and in those in the Orange River Colony, Jan. to March, 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps; King’s medal with two clasps); and (2) with the 19th Brigade, British Expeditionary Force, in France and Flanders, from 12 Aug. 1914; took part in the retreat from Mons; the Battle of the Aisne, and was wounded in action near Fleurbaix, 3 Nov. following, during the First Battle of Ypres, and died of wounds in London, 27 Dec. 1914. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 20 Nov. 1914 [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915], for gallant and distinguished service in the field. Capt. Phillips _m._ at Bridgnorth, Shropshire, July, 1911, Margaret, only dau. of W. H. Farmer, of Gatacre Park, Bridgnorth; _s.p._ His elder brother, Major E. H. Phillips, died of wounds 6 Nov. 1914 (see his notice).
=PHILLIPS, STEPHEN ARLA=, Armourer, 340270, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PHILLIPS, THOMAS HAROLD=, Private, No. 199, 2nd Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of the late David Phillips, by his wife, Sarah (Arfyn, Picton Place, Carmarthen), dau. of Thomas Thomas; _b._ Carmarthen, 14 April, 1889; educ. Carmarthen County School; joined the Territorial Force in 1909, and served three years as Sergt. in the 7th Welsh (Cyclists) Battn., was for five years in the service of the National and Provincial Bank at Barry, co. Glamorgan, after which he went to Australia, and on the outbreak of war enlisted at Brisbane, 2 Sept. 1914; left for Egypt, 22 Sept.; went to the Dardanelles 8 May, 1915, and died 14 May, following, of wounds received in action at Anzac. Buried, Anzac Beach, Gallipoli; _unm._ His Commanding Officer, Lieut.-Col. Charles V. Stodart, wrote: “Your son has always been willing and ready to do his share of the work, and has cheerfully put up with our many hardships.”
[Illustration: =Thomas H. Phillips.=]
=PHILLIPS, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ports./15609, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PHILLIPSON, ALBERT=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 174277, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=PHILLIS, HENRY JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5453, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PHILPOTT, HORACE HENRY=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21845, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=PHILPOTT, WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5016, H.M.S Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=PHIPPS, WILLIAM HEWETT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7552), 291888, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=PICKBURN, FRANK=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 15391, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=PICKERING, EDWARD JOHN=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 4551), 293241, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PICKERING, THOMAS GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3728), S.S. 101346, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PICKERSGILL, ALBERT EDWARD=, 2nd Cooper, 294295, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=PIDWELL, CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 951), 166221, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PIDWELL, CHARLES JAMES=, Chief Shipwright, 340922, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PIGDEN, ARTHUR RONALD=, Private, No. 9563, 1/5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of George Alexander Pigden, of 23, Albert Road, Stroud Green, Hornsey, Town Councillor, by his wife, Matilda; _b._ Barnsbury, 25 Feb. 1894; educ. Stroud Green School, Hornsey County School and Clark’s College; joined the Boy Scouts in 1908, the King’s Royal Rifles Cadet Corps, 1911, and the London Rifle Brigade May, 1913. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for foreign service, left England with the L.R.B. 2 Nov. 1914, and within a week was in the trenches, where they remained over Christmas, fraternising with the Saxons who were in the trenches 80 yards in front of them that day. In April, 1915, the Regt. was resting at Armentières, when the Canadians were gassed, and they were rushed up through Ypres to their support, marching 17½ miles with full packs in 4½ hours. Writing home on 28 April, Pigden said, “Threw away all my souvenirs on march, only souvenir am now anxious about is myself,” and the following day: “Am going out to repair telephone wire under fire to-night, so cheer oh!” He was on signalling duty in a dug-out at Fortuin with four others for fifteen days, and though all other parts of the line were being hit, their little dug-out escaped until 2 May, 1915, when he was killed by the bursting of a shell; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “We were sent up to relieve the Canadians when gassed, there was a heavy bombardment going on which lasted 15 days; as you can imagine our wires were continually being broken by the shelling and it was almost an hourly occurrence for one of our five to run out and repair them, and even deliver the message by hand, we five did this perilous work in rotation, and strange to say none of us were touched while on this task, although other stations were losing heavily meanwhile. Your son was hit by a shell in the left hand on the last day before retirement, and in the afternoon another shell burst among us, I was only stunned, and ran for stretcher-bearers, but it was too late, they declared your son dead on arrival.”
[Illustration: =Arthur Ronald Pigden.=]
=PIGOTT, GERALD WELLESLEY=, 2nd Lieut., 127th Battery Royal Field Artillery, only child of Lieut.-Col. Wellesley George Pigott, of Blackmore House, co. Essex, J.P., commanding 12th Battn. Rifle Brigade (now on active service), by his wife, Helen Louise, only dau. of the late Capt. Thomas Donaldson, 3rd K.O. Hussars, by his wife, Helen Louisa Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Richard Andrew Hyacinth Kirwan, of Bawnmore, co. Galway, J.P., and grandson of the Rev. Wellesley Pigott, M.A., Rector of Fugglestone-cum-Bemerton [4th _s._ of Sir George Pigott, 1st Bart.]; _b._ South Weald, co. Essex, 3 Sept. 1890; educ. West Downs, Winchester (1905–10), Wellington College (1910–13), and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (Feb. to July, 1914); gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Battn. Essex Regt. 15 Aug. 1914; transferred to the Royal Field Artillery, 15 Jan. 1915, and posted to the 127th Battery at the Front in March; served in France and Flanders, and was wounded at Brielen, during the 2nd Battle of Ypres, 13 May, 1915, by shrapnel, which struck him in the head. He was taken to the dressing station and from there conveyed to No. 2 Clearing Station at Bailleul, where he died, 14 May, 1915. Buried in the British Officers’ Cemetery, Bailleul; _unm._ The Officer Commanding the 29th Brigade, R.F.A., wrote: “He was such a good lad, and had the making of a most capable officer, and he will be greatly missed”; and the Officer Commanding 127th Battery: “I am sure if your boy had lived he would have made a very good soldier; he was very keen and had plenty of pluck.”
[Illustration: =Gerald Wellesley Pigott.=]
=PILBEAM, LEWIS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2074), 212013, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PILCHER, THOMAS PERCY=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Rifle Brigade, 2nd _s._ of Major-Gen. Thomas David Pilcher, C.B., now (1916) commanding the 17th Division, by his 1st wife, Kathleen Mary, dau. of Col. Thomas Goune, 17th Lancers; _b._ Farnborough, co. Hants., 25 Oct. 1893; educ. Wellington College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., The Rifle Brigade, 4 Sept. 1912, being then the youngest officer in the Army, and was promoted Lieut. 16 Nov. 1914; joined his regt. in Rawal Pindi, India, in Nov. 1912; served with the Expeditionary Force in France from Oct. 1914 until he was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915, while leading his platoon; _unm._ Buried in the Cemetery there. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for good reconnaissance work, and gallant leading of his platoon. His commanding officer, Lieut.-Col. Stephens, his Brigadier, Brig.-Gen. Lowry-Cole (since killed in action) and his Divisional Commander, Major-Gen. F. J. Davies, C.B., all bore tribute to his ability, courage, high sense of duty and his popularity with both his brother officers and his men.
[Illustration: =Thomas Percy Pilcher.=]
=PILLAR, SAMUEL=, Private, No. 9437, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 3rd _s._ of the late William John Pillar, by his wife, Bessie (Hughenden House, Queen Street, Dawlish, co. Devon), dau. of George Henry Collings; _b._ Dawlish, 13 Jan. 1894; educ. there; enlisted, 11 Jan. 1912; went to France, 14 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Rentel, 8 Nov. following; _unm._
=PILLAR, WILLIAM HENRY=, A.B., 224285, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PILLING, WALTER=, A.B., 214963, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PINCHIN, JOHN HERBERT=, Sergt., No. 5235, 1st Battn., The Wiltshire Regt.; _b._ Devizes, co. Wilts, 12 May, 1882; educ. Market Lavington and Easterton Elementary Schools, enlisted in Dec. 1898; promoted Sergt., July, 1914; served in the South African War, 1899–1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps and King’s medal with two clasps), and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 16 Aug. 1914 to 22 Sept. 1914, on which latter date he was mortally wounded during the Battle of Mons, and died in the 1st Northern General Hospital, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 23 Oct. following; _unm._
[Illustration: =John H. Pinchin.=]
=PINLDEBURY, WALTER=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5415), 180820. H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PINK, JOSEPH=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 501), late R.M.A. 5791, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PINK, SIDNEY EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 12242, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PIPER, EDWARD JAMES=, E.R.A., 1st Class (Pensioner), 148209, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PITHER, JAMES HERBERT=, C.E.R.A., 1st Class (Pensioner), 160538, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PITKIN, STANLEY=, Private, No. 8/462, 8th Southland Coy., Otago Infantry Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th _s._ of Edwin Pitkin, of Whaddon, Bucks, Agricultural Stockman, by his wife, Annie, dau. of Robert Reynolds; _b._ Whaddon, co. Bucks, 8 Sept. 1894; educ. National School there; went to New Zealand in 1911, and settled at Dipton, Southland, N.Z., as an Agricultural Worker; joined the New Zealand Territorials in 1912; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914; left for Egypt; took
## part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and died on
H.M. Hospital Ship Dongola, 7 May, 1915, of wounds received in action in a bayonet charge there on the 2nd.
=PITT, GEORGE ROBERT=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 16457, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PITT, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5268), 203612, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PLATER, WILLIAM JOHN=, Private, No. 8980, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 3rd _s._ of William John Plater, of Ichnield Cottage, Little Kimble, co. Bucks, Cowman, by his wife, Jane; _b._ Great Kimble, 2 July, 1891; educ. there; enlisted 27 Jan. 1911; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action, 4 Oct. following; _unm._ Lieut. Beckwith Smith, D.S.O., wrote: “I knew Private Plater well, as practically throughout his soldiering he was under my command. He was in my platoon throughout, and I can only say that I wish every man in my platoon and in the British Army had been like him. During the retreat from Mons he suffered the most frightful blisters on his feet, but I never once heard him grumble and he never fell out. He was one of the 50 men I took with me on the night of 4 Oct. 1914, when I was told off to try and take two German trenches at the point of the bayonet. These two trenches were one behind the other, and the first one was not more than 100 yards from our own. This first was unoccupied, but the second one was full of Germans, and Private Plater was killed on reaching the parapet of this trench. We got into the trench and killed all the Germans in it, but were unable to hold it, as there were a lot more Germans coming up. I tell you all this because I did not see Private Plater killed myself, and as we retired we were unable to bring his body away with us. The men who were actually next to him both stopped to make sure he was dead before leaving him. Will you please convey to Private Plater’s sister my own personal grief at the loss of such an excellent soldier. The company, the regt., and, in fact, the whole army feel the loss of such men, as they are hard to replace. He died a death of which every soldier and every Coldstreamer is proud. Every man who took part in that charge that night was worthy of a D.C.M.”
[Illustration: =William John Plater.=]
=PLAYFAIR, LAMBERT=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal Scots, attd. 1st Squadron Royal Flying Corps, only _s._ of Harry Playfair, of Siloni Bari Tea Estate, North Lakhimpur, Upper Assam, India, by his wife, Jessie, dau. of the late A. P. Sandeman, and grandson of the late Lieut.-Col. Sir Robert Lambert Playfair, K.C.M.G., LL.D., by his wife, Agnes (18, Queen’s Gardens, St. Andrew’s, Fife), dau. of Major-Gen. Thomas Webster, of Balgarvie, co. Fife; _b._ Dibrugarh, Assam, India, 7 Dec. 1893; educ. at Oakham, and passed into Sandhurst with a Prize Cadetship, 14 Jan. 1912; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Scots, 5 Feb. 1912, joined the 2nd Battn. in March, and afterwards the 1st Battn. at Allahabad; left India with his Regt. for England in Oct. 1914, and in March, 1915, entered the Royal Flying Corps as observer on active service. On 6 July, 1915, when engaged in signalling to our guns the positions of the enemy’s batteries, his aeroplane was assailed first by one German machine and then by another. These were driven off in turn whenever they ventured to approach, Lieut. Playfair in the intervals resuming his observation duties--then the two German machines which had the great advantage of superior speed, made a combined assault but rather than give way he ordered an attack on the two, although he had only five rounds left. He was shot through the heart and his body was skilfully brought back to our lines by his pilot, 2nd Lieut. O. D. Filley, who afterwards received the Military Cross for this engagement. He was buried in Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Belgium; _unm._ His Colonel wrote that he was an unusually capable officer, that his death was heroic, and that it was indeed an honour to have had such an officer under one’s command. His Major reported that he was extraordinarily brave, feared absolutely nothing, loving fighting in the air, and was such an example of grit and ability that his death was a great loss to the squadron, and added that he “knew of no one who could gather so much information from a single reconnaissance as Lieut. Playfair.”
[Illustration: =Lambert Playfair.=]
=PLAYFAIR, HON. LYON GEORGE HENRY LYON=, Capt., 126th Battery, 29th Brigade, R.F.A., only _s._ and _h._ of George James, 2nd Baron Playfair, C.V.O., Brigadier General and Hon. Col. 2nd Highland Brigade, R.F.A., by his 2nd wife, Augusta Mary, dau. of Henry Thomas Hickman, of Chorlton House, Leamington; _b._ London, 19 Oct. 1888; educ. St. Andrew’s, Eton and the Royal Military Academy (where he passed in second); gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.F.A. 18 Dec. 1908, Lieut. 18 Dec. 1911, and Capt. 18 Dec. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action near Zonnebeke, while
## acting as observing officer for his battery, in a trench close to the
German lines, 20 April, 1915; _unm._ One of his gunners wrote of him: “A finer officer or better gentleman, it would be hard to find.”
[Illustration: =Lyon G. H. L. Playfair.=]
=PLEACE, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Corpl., R.M.L.I., 12239 (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1553), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PLUMB, ARTHUR EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 9435, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=PLUMB, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 12774, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=PLUME, GEORGE=, Master-at-Arms (R.F.R., Ch. A. 1814), 350101, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MANSEL-PLEYDELL, EDMUND MORTON=, of Whatcombe, co. Dorset, Lieut., 3rd (Reserve) Battn. Dorsetshire Regt., attd. 3rd Battn. Worcestershire Regt., elder _s._ of the late Lieut.-Col. Edmund Morton Mansel-Pleydell, of Whatcombe, co. Dorset, J.P., D.L., 12th Lancers (died 13 Oct. 1914), by his wife, Kathleen Emily (Croft House, Botley), 4th dau. of the late Sir Thomas Francis Grove, 1st Bart.; _b._ Bangalore, India, 23 Dec. 1886; educ. Wellington, and Sherborne; was for some time a Lieut. of the Royal Agricultural Contingent, Senior Division, O.T.C. (T.F.), and on the outbreak of war was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Dorsetshire Regt., 30 Nov. 1914; trained at Wyke Regis until 25 Jan. 1915, when he was ordered to Rouen, and there transferred to the Worcestershire Regt.; proceeded to the front, 2 March, and was killed in action at Kemmel, during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, on the 12th, while leading his platoon in a charge against the German trenches; _unm._ Buried there. His Col. wrote: “He was my most promising officer, and would have, had he lived, I am certain, distinguished himself.” He was a well-known footballer, forward member of the London Devonians, Lennox, Richmond, Trojair and Stund Clubs; a good rider to hounds, and polo player, a successful cricketer and shot, and a pig sticker while in Morocco.
[Illustration: =E. M. Mansel-Pleydell.=]
=PLUMMER, ARCHIBALD ALFRED=, Private, No. 8652, 2nd Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., _s._ of William Plummer, Labourer; _b._ Bungay, co. Suffolk, 9th May, 1892; enlisted in the 3rd Battn. Norfolk Regt. 28 Jan. 1909, was transferred to the Lincolns and was killed in action with the Expeditionary Force in France, 10 March, 1915; _unm._
=PLUMMER, ARTHUR HENRY=, 2nd Lieut. 5th Battn. The King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), 3rd. _s._ of the Rev. Francis Bowes Plummer, Rector of Halewood and Hon. Canon of Liverpool, by his wife, Edith Mary, dau. of Rev. Canon Barker, Rector of Hexham; _b._ Walton-on-the-Hill, 5 Nov. 1891; educ. Trent College, Derbyshire, (Jan. 1901 to July, 1910, holding a scholarship for the last five years), and Trinity College, Oxford (Oct. 1910 to June, 1914), where he studied medicine and gained the first place in the 2nd Class Honours List of the Final School of Physiology. After the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he tried to secure some position in the Army where he could make use of his medical knowledge. Failing to realize his hopes, he applied for a commission in the 5th Battn. Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 19 Oct. After four months at Blackpool, with the reserve unit, he was, in Feb. 1915, transferred to the Service Battn. at Canterbury, and shortly afterwards (21 Feb.) left England to join the First Army in France. For four months he was engaged in hard fighting in the trenches near Bethune and, to use his own words, “was often as nearly blown to pieces as possible.” He was killed in the late afternoon, 17 May, 1915, in action near Festubert. Writing to his father, the Commanding Officer said: “He was killed whilst occupying with his platoon our foremost trench, doing his duty gallantly and fearlessly. In addition to his military command, he was throughout the long battle indefatigable in his attention to the wounded, and his medical skill brought timely relief to many a stricken comrade. His fine manly character and kindly disposition had already endeared him to all of us.” Capt. H. K. S. Woodhouse, commanding C Coy., wrote: “After a very hard morning, my company was told to go in support of another regt. and your son accompanied me with his platoon. I left him to go to some other duties, and did not see him again alive.... He was shot in the neck while he was directing some men to their places, and the bullet must have touched his spine, for he fell and was unconscious for an hour before he died.... He was buried in the rear of the English fire trench, alongside his platoon sergeant, who was killed earlier in the day.” While at Trent he was a member of the O.T.C. (1906–1910), Senior Prefect, Gold Medallist and Captain of Cricket and Football (1909–1910).
[Illustration: =Arthur Henry Plummer.=]
=PLUNKETT, GERALD=, B.A., Barrister-at-Law, Sub-Lieut., A Coy., Collingwood Battn. Royal Naval Division, yst. _s._ of Patrick Joseph Plunkett, of 14, Palmerston Road, Dublin, and grandson of the late Walter Plunkett, of Bryne House, co. Meath; _b._ Dublin, 11 Aug. 1887; educ. Belvedere College (S.J.), Dublin (where he took honours each year in Intermediate Examinations), and New College, Oxford (B.A.); was called to the Irish Bar, 1910, and was a member of the North-West Circuit; joined the Trinity College O.T.C. on the outbreak of war, and was given a commission, 20 Oct. 1914; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 4 June, 1915. He was Platoon Commander and gallantly led his men in the attack on the Turkish position that day, cheering them on to the last. He was emptying his revolver into the Turks when he was shot in the head, and killed instantly; _unm._
[Illustration: =Gerald Plunkett.=]
=POCOCK, FRANK WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 1851, 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Frank Pocock, of 14, Tadema Road, Chelsea, by his wife, Rose Hannah, dau. of John Vickers; _b._ Chelsea, 11 Sept. 1891; educ. Harwood Road Council School, Fulham, was a Timber Merchant’s Salesman; joined the Kensingtons 24 Feb. 1909; completed his term of service 23 Feb. 1914, but on the outbreak of war in Aug. following rejoined his regt. on the 6th; volunteered for foreign service; went to France on 3 Nov., was wounded in the ear at Neuve Chapelle on 16 March, and was killed in
## action at Festubert, 9 May, 1915, while leading his platoon from one
German trench to another; _unm._ Buried there. Lieut. Penn wrote that he “faced the enemy unflinchingly and died a noble soldier’s death.”
=POCOCK, WILLIAM JONATHAN=, Stoker. 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4447), S.S. 103463, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PODD, JOHN EDMUND=, Sergt., No. 106, 4th Battn. Suffolk Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Henry Podd, of 23, Wykes Bishop Street, Ipswich, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of Daniel Button; _b._ Ipswich, 13 Oct. 1885; educ. Cavendish Street School, St. Clement’s, Ipswich; was a Machinist at Stoke Foundry, Ipswich; joined the Suffolk Territorials, 2 Sept. 1902; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 8 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915. He _m._ at Butley Church, co. Suffolk, 12 May, 1913, Kate Edith Elizabeth (15, Cobbold Street, Ipswich), dau. of David Mayhew, of Butley, and had a son: John Edmund, _b._ posthumous 10 June, 1915.
[Illustration: =John Edmund Podd.=]
=POINTER, WILLIAM=, A.B., 220380, H.M.S Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=POLING, CHARLES WILLIAM=, Bombardier, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 32), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=POLLARD, CLIFFORD=, Boy, 1st Class. J. 23543 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; _s._ of William Pollard, of 15, Greenfield Road, Holmfirth, near Huddersfield; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=POLLARD, EDWARD BRANCH=, Lieut., 8th (Service) Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, attd. 176th Coy. Royal Engineers, yst. _s._ of George Richard Macintosh Pollard, of Burns Cottage, Moffat, co. Dumfries, M.D., by his wife, Grace, dau. of the Rev. J. Macfarlane. LL.D.; _b._ Clapham, co. Surrey, 1 March, 1883; educ. Royal School of Mines, and on finishing his mining and metallurgical course went to the Mundydroog mines, Mysore, in Oct. 1907, where he was in the Mounted Rifles Coy. of the Kola Gold Fields Volunteers. When war was declared in Aug. 1914, he was in Northern Nigeria. As soon as practicable he threw up his mining appointment, returned to England in Nov. 1914, and was given a 2nd Lieutenancy in the 8th Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, 6 Dec. 1914, being promoted Lieut. 27 Jan. 1915. He was for some time Transport Officer at Borden Camp, but on 17 April, 1915, was seconded to the 176th Coy. R.E., and sent to do mining operations in the North of France. On 7 July six of his men were entombed in a tunnel by the explosion of a German shell. He immediately organised a rescue party under heavy fire, and his men were subsequently saved by a brother officer. In order to get at some timber which had to be moved, he himself got up on the top of the debris, thereby exposing himself to the snipers, and was shot in the forehead, from which wound he died at Abbeville, on the 26th; _unm._ Buried in Moffat Cemetery. His Adjutant wrote: “His conduct in this necessary but dangerous work was beyond all praise. I reported the whole incident, and trust his conduct will receive due award.” In 1905 he gained the Remanet Scholarship, and in 1907 won the Edward Matthey Prize; obtained his A.R.S.M. in the same year, and was also a M.Inst.M.M. In 1907 he was selected by the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy for Post-Graduate Course in various parts of the world.
[Illustration: =Edward Branch Pollard.=]
=POLLARD, GEOFFREY BLEMELL=, Lieut., 119th Battery. R.F.A., elder _s._ of Alfred William Pollard, Assistant Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum, by his wife, Alice, dau. of George Francis Gloyns England, of Crediton; _b._ Kensington, 5 April. 1888; educ. King’s College School, Wimbledon, and St. Paul’s School, Hammersmith, where he was head of the Army Side, Captain of Shooting, Lieut. of the Cadet Corps, and Captain of his House. Passed 2nd into Woolwich in 1906 (thereby gaining an exhibition from his school), joined the 146th Battery, R.F.A., in 1908, transferred subsequently to 40th and 119th. Qualified as a 1st Class Interpreter in French, 1910. During the retreat from Mons, between Elouges and Dour, “he was in the very hottest on the very first day and behaved splendidly” (letter from Brigadier-General Headlam), helping Major E. W. Alexander and Capt. Francis Grenfell (both of whom obtained V.C.’s for their work that day) to manhaul the guns of the 119th when it was impossible to get the horses to them. He was killed while on observation duty in advance of his battery, 24 Oct. 1914, and buried the following day in the Churchyard at La Couture. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915. His war-letters “printed for friends” 1915, under the title: “On Active Service.”
[Illustration: =Geoffrey Blemell Pollard.=]
=POLLARD, HOWARD=, Proby., 2nd Cook’s Mate, M. 7798, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=POLLEY, ALFRED CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2949), 179128, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=POLLEY, HARRY=, Private, No. 941, 15th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of David Polley, of Woodstock, Brambletye Road, Earswood, co. Surrey, Gardener, by his wife, Lucy Rebecca, dau. of Shadrach Fairs; _b._ Redhill, co. Surrey, 13 Feb. 1875; educ. St. Matthew’s Schools there; was for some time a Grocer’s Assistant at Home and Colonial Stores, Edgware Road; went to Australia in 1909, and settled at Lismore, New South Wales, working as a Cowman and General Hand; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of European War in Aug. 1914, and joined the 15th Battn. A.I.F.; left for Egypt in Dec.; went to the Dardanelles 1 June, 1915, and died on the Hospital Ship Maheno, 29 Aug. following, of wounds received in action at Suvla Bay the previous day; _unm._
[Illustration: =Harry Polley.=]
=POLLOCK, FREDERICK ROBERT=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, elder _s._ of the late Robert Erskine Pollock, of Avening Court, co. Gloucester, K.C., J.P., Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Mary Viner, only dau. and heiress of Frederic Carl Playne, of Avening Court, aforesaid, Capt. 1st Battn. Rifle Brigade (who served through the Crimean War and Indian Mutiny), and grandson of Robert John Pollock, Barrister-at-Law, Lieut. 8th Madras Cavalry [2nd son of the Right Hon. Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Bt.]; _b._ 74, Queens Gate, S.W., 24 Oct. 1885; educ. Eton College and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Coldstream Guards, 13 Aug. 1904, promoted Lieut. 15 June, 1907, and from 29 Dec. 1909 to Feb. 1914, served with the West African Frontier Force. On the outbreak of the European War he went to France with the Expeditionary Force, and served through the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne, and was killed while leading his men in an attack near Langemarck, Belgium, 23 Oct. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Frederick Robert Pollock.=]
=POLLOCK, MARTIN VINER=, LL.B., Barrister-at-Law, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. South Wales Borderers, 2nd and only surviving _s._ of the late Robert Erskine Pollock of Avening Court, Avening, co. Gloucester, and 74, Queen’s Gate, K.C. (see preceding notice); _b._ 74 Queen’s Gate, S.W., 15 May, 1888; educ. Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge; was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple in Nov. 1910, and went to the Oxford Circuit. He was given his commission in the 3rd (Reserve) Battn. of the South Wales Borderers, 15 Aug. 1914, and afterwards transferred to the 2nd Battn. He left with his regt. for the front in March, 1915, and was killed in action while leading his men in an attack near Richebourg St. Vaast, France, 9 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Martin Viner Pollock.=]
=POLLOCK, WALTER=, Private, No. 2160, 3rd Battn. Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of James Pollock, of Port Glasgow; served in Egypt and in the Dardanelles; killed in action, 20 May, 1915.
=POLSON, GEOFFREY WILLIAM=, Lieut., 1st Battn The Black Watch, only _s._ of the late Daniel Maclean Polson, of Paisley, by his wife, Ethelle Beatrice (Invervar, North Berwick), dau. of the late Lieut.-Col. Joel Blades, R.A.; _b._ Paisley, 16 Sept. 1890; educ. St. Ninians, Moffat; Charterhouse, and New College, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut., The Black Watch, 19 Aug. 1913, to rank as from 21 Sept. 1911, and promoted Lieut. 2 June, 1914; went to France, 13 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action during the Battle of the Aisne, 15 Sept. following, while temporarily in command of his company; _unm._ Buried in the Cemetery at Moulins, Canton of Craonne, France. Dr. W. A. Spooner, Warden of New College, Oxford, wrote: “Geoffrey Polson was one of the best, if not the best, undergraduate I can remember at his college. Understanding that he came to Oxford to learn, he stuck always manfully to his work, and succeeded in taking a fore place in the Honour History School, for which he finally entered. But study formed but a small part of his College activities; in games, particularly in all games bearing on military life, he was an expert and a natural leader; in social life he had the art of attracting and winning friends and was deservedly one of the most popular and most influential men in College. When he left us we all expected him to make a first-rate officer; and our expectations were filled during the short period of his military career. His friends and the whole College heard with profound regret of his death, but they felt that he had died as he had lived, and that his death was the worthy crown of his life.” While at Charterhouse he won two scholarships, and during his last year, when he was head of the school, was presented with a copy of “Forty Years of My life in India,” by the late Lord Roberts, for being the best all-round boy at school, and at sport. At New College, he took 2nd class honours in History; was a keen golfer and played for his College.
[Illustration: =Geoffrey William Polson.=]
=POND, BERTIE=, Private, No. 7112. 1st. Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., 2nd _s._ of Henry Pond, of 212, King Street, Norwich, by his wife, Rose Hannah, dau. of John Richardson (and Mary Ann) Fox; _b._ Norwich, co. Norfolk, 20 Nov. 1888; educ. Carrow School, Norwich; enlisted in the Army, 25 July, 1904; went to France in Aug. 1914, and died of wounds received in action at Ypres, 25 Oct. 1914. Buried in Bethune Cemetery. He _m._ at Norwich, 1909, Alice Jane (36, Eagle Walk, Newmarket Road, Norwich), dau. of the late Josiah William (and Anna Maria) Larkman, and had three children: Donald Bertie; _b._ 15 Sept. 1909: Norman Henry, _b._ 23 Oct. 1910; and Phyllis Alice, _b._ 31 Dec. 1914.
=PONSFORD=, _alias_ =JONES, THOMAS EDWARD=, Private, No. 57662, 20th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of Thomas Edward Ponsford (died 24 March, 1907), by his wife, Alice (8, Prospect Place, Barnsbury, Islington, N.), dau. of (--) Jones; _b._ Clerkenwell, E.C., 24 June, 1890; educ. Wilmington Street School there; went to Canada in April, 1910, and settled at Toronto, and was engaged on farm work; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, and joined the 20th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force; came over in June, 1915, and died in hospital at Shorncliffe, 8 Sept. 1915, while training; _unm._
[Illustration: =Thomas E. Ponsford.=]
=PONTEFRACT, ROBERT=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 17262, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=POOK, RICHARD THOMAS=, Driver, No. 2268, 1/3rd Coy. Kent Fortress R.E., eldest _s._ of James Pook, of Noman’s Wood, Wadhurst, Carter, by his wife, Ruth, dau. of Richard Muggridge; _b._ Beanford Farm, Battle, co. Sussex, 15 April, 1883; educ. Battle School; was a Coal Carman at Tunbridge Wells; enlisted 31 May, 1915; left England for the Dardanelles, 12 Oct. 1915, and was drowned in the collision of H.M.S. Hythe, 29 Oct. 1915, when she was wrecked in the Ægean Sea, off Cape Wells. He _m._ at the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Wadhurst, Sussex, 14 Dec. 1907, Florence Edith (4, Hill Street, Tunbridge Wells), dau. of George Benge Gardener, and had two children: Francis Norah, _b._ 16 Sept, 1908; and Edith Margaret Elsie, _b._ 20 Nov. 1912.
[Illustration: =Richard Thomas Pook.=]
=POOLE, EDWARD BRUCE=, Private, No. 2262, 5th (Cinque Ports) Battn. Royal Sussex Regt., _s._ of Frederick Poole, of 9, Hill Street, Hastings; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 9 May, 1915.
=POOLE, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 2518, 2nd Home Counties Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps (T.F.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 13 May, 1915; _m._
=POOLE, HUGH EDWARD ALGERNON=, 2nd Lieut., 11th (Prince Albert’s Own) Hussars, 2nd _s._ of Major Arthur Edward Poole, a Military Knight of Windsor, late 10th Hussars, by his wife, Mary, dau. of James Dunbar Smith; _b._ at the Cavalry Barracks, York, 7 Jan. 1889; educ. Christ’s Hospital, Horsham; enlisted in the 14th Hussars in 1906 and served in India. Being home on leave when war broke out in Aug. 1914, he was attached to the 20th Hussars, going to the front with them as a corpl.; mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 8 Oct. [London Gazette, 19 Oct.] 1914, he was promoted for gallantry in the field and gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 11th Hussars, as from 1 Oct. 1914; served in the trenches through the winter of 1914–15, and was wounded for the third time at Zillebeke, by a shell while guiding his squadron from the trenches in the early dawn of the 24 May; he was taken to Boulogne and died there of tetanus, 2 June, 1915, _unm._ He was buried at Windsor with full Military honours. On 1 Sept, at a place called Mary at the junction of the Marne and the Ourcq, he and two other men of the 20th Hussars returned three times under fire to try and save a mortally wounded comrade. The 20th Hussars were acting as rearguard at the time and were attacked at 2 p.m. His Commanding Officer wrote: “He had done excellent work ever since he had been with the regt. and was very popular with officers and men; he is a great loss to us.”
[Illustration: =Hugh E. A. Poole.=]
=POOLE, WALTER=, Private, No. G. 3554, 1st Battn. East Surrey Regt., _s._ of Freeman Poole, of Witcham, near Ely; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 5 May, 1915.
=POOLE, THOMAS LUKE=, Private, No. 8947, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards, _s._ of J. C. Poole, of 35, West Street, Berwick-on-Tweed; _b._ Berwick: enlisted 29 April, 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 20–26 Oct. 1914.
=POOR, ALBERT HENRY=, Sergt., No. 9099, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Walter Poor, of 14, Union Terrace, St. Sidwell’s, Exeter, Gardener; _b._ Exeter, 27 Sept. 1893; educ. there; enlisted 1 May, 1911; went to France with the Expeditionary Force; was promoted Sergt. at the Front, 23 Nov. 1914; served through the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Aisne, the Marne, Landrecies, La Bassée, St. Julien, Festubert, etc.; was home on leave in July, returning to the Front on the 28th, and died near Vermelles, at 2 a.m., 27 Sept. 1915, of wounds inflicted by a stray bullet. He was buried in Vermelles Cemetery. 2nd Lieut. E. Platt wrote: “I had an intense admiration for the smart way he performed all his military duties. This view I may say was shared by Capt. Darell who was commanding his Coy. in the early stages, and afterwards by Capt. Longueville.”
[Illustration: =Albert Henry Poor.=]
=POPE, CYRIL MONTAGU=, B.A., B.C.L., Lieut., 2nd Battn. Worcestershire Regt., eldest _s._ of the late Reginald Barrett Pope, of 41, Sussex Square, Brighton, LL.B., Solicitor, by his wife, Mary Richardson (4, The Cliff, Blackrock, Brighton), dau. of Alexander Reid; _b._ Brighton, Sussex, 6 Aug. 1888; educ. Brighton; Temple Grove, East Sheen (now Eastbourne), and won a scholarship for Winchester College, where he won an Exhibition for Brasenose College, Oxford (1907), taking there a second class in “Mods,” and “Greats,” second class in Jurisprudence, the Senior Hulme Exhibition in 1912, and finally, in 1913, his B.C.L.; and was in the second year of his articles with Messrs. Stuckey, Pope & Carr. In 1910 he obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 5th Battn. Oxford and Bucks L.I. In March, 1914, was gazetted Lieut. to the 5th (Special Reserve) Worcester Regt. He went to France, 13 Aug 1914, attd. to the 2nd Battn.; served through the retreat from Mons, and was seriously wounded in a charge through the Polyon Wood, near Ypres, 24 Oct. 1914, dying on his way to the 22nd Field Hospital. He was buried in the cemetery on the Hollebeke Road, just past the junction of the Menin Road; _unm._ Major Sweetman, of the 2nd Battn. Worcestershire Regt., wrote: “I saw him just after I was hit leading on his men most gallantly against a strong position of the enemy.” At Brasenose he stroked the first Torpid in 1912 and was a member of the Association football team.
[Illustration: =Cyril Montagu Pope.=]
=POPE, ERNEST RICHARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9964), S.S. 2589, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=POPE, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111165, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Henry Richard Pope, of 2, Hampton Road, Hanworth; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=POPE, HENRY JAMES=, Private, No. 2292, 5th (Cinque Ports) Battn. Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Henry Pope, of High Street, Burwash, Platelayer on the S.E. & C.R., by his wife, Emma Annie, dau. of the late John Isted, of Burwash; _b._ Burwash, co. Sussex, 28 July, 1883; educ. National School there; was a Gardener; joined the 1st Cinque Ports Rifle Volunteers in 1899 for three years and in 1912 became a member of the National Reserve. On the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he rejoined his old corps, went to France, 18 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Richebourg, 9 May following. He _m._ at Burwash Parish Church, 7 July, 1910, Alice Elizabeth (Sketrick, Etchingham, Sussex), dau. of Jabez Munday, of Faringdon, Berkshire, and had a dau., Alice, _b._ 28 Oct. 1912.
[Illustration: =Henry James Pope.=]
=POPE, HERBERT=, Private, No. 631, 10th Battn. Australian Light Horse (Western Australia), _s._ of William Pope, of Henrietta Street, Waterford, Merchant, by his wife, Elizabeth (Brook House, Moss Lane, Pinner), dau. of Richard Harieey, of Killoteran House, Waterford; _b._ Tower Hill, Ferry Bank, co. Waterford, 11 April, 1893; educ. privately and at Waterford. About four years before his death he went to Western Australia and acquired a farm there. On the outbreak of war he enlisted, and was killed in action in the charge of the Australians at Suvla Bay, 7 Aug. 1915; _unm._
=POPE, REGINALD THOMAS BUCKINGHAM=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Welch Regt., 2nd _s._ of the late Reginald Barrette Pope, of 41, Sussex Square, Brighton, LL.B., Solicitor, by his wife, Mary Richardson (4, The Cliff, Blackrock, Brighton), dau. of Alexander Reid; _b._ Eton Place, Brighton, 29 July, 1891; educ. Junior House, Brighton College; Rottingdean School, near Brighton; Bradfield College, where he won an exhibition, and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Welch Regt. 20 Sept. 1911, and joined at Cairo in Nov., was promoted Lieut. 16 July following; proceeded to France with his regt. in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action, 16 Feb. 1915. His Major wrote: “We had a most terrible time.... Your brother thought he had seen a sniper and got up with a rifle to try and shoot him, when almost immediately he was hit right through the forehead. He died at once without any suffering at all. When night fell I managed to get his body back and had him sent out of the trenches. He is buried at Chateau Rosenthal, Ypres, between Capt. Lloyd and another officer.” Lieut. Pope was a very keen sportsman, played football and cricket for his school, and went big game shooting in the Soudan in Jan. 1914. His elder brother, Cyril Montagu Pope, Worcester Regt., was fatally wounded near Ypres, in Oct. 1914 (see his notice).
[Illustration: =Reginald T. B. Pope.=]
=POPE, WALTER GEORGE HENRY=, M.A.A., 165439, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PORT, HARRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3905), 191709, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=PORTEOUS, DICK MACDONALD, D.S.O.=, Capt. 1st Battn. Princess Louise’s Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, only _s._ of Col. John James Porteous, of 7, Sloane Street, S.W., late R.A.; _b._ Dublin, 15 June, 1883; educ. Wellington College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (the old 91st), 22 Oct. 1902, Lieut. 19 Oct. 1907, and Capt. 13 Sept. 1913; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, greatly distinguishing himself; was awarded the D.S.O. for conspicuous gallantry on many occasions throughout the campaign [London Gazette, 15 April, 1915], the official record stating that “His very great daring and total disregard of danger on reconnaissance duty, especially at St. Eloi on 19 Feb. 1915, were noticeable,” and was mentioned again in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915], for distinguished service in the field. He was killed in action, being shot through the head in the trenches near Ypres, 10 May, 1915; _unm._
=PORTER, FREDERICK CHARLES=, Rifleman, No. 1551, 1/18th Battn. (London Irish Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.); _s._ of the late Edward Porter, Plasterer, by his wife, Alice (now wife of Benjamin William Hatine, of 1, Ferndale Road, Forest Gate, E.), dau. of Edward Jackson; _b._ Childs Hill, London, N., 28 July, 1896; educ. Manse Road School, West Ham; was a Clerk in an Assurance Office, 110 Cannon Street; joined the London Irish Rifles in July, 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, March, 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 29 Aug. following. Buried in Hazebrouck Cemetery.
=PORTER, GEORGE HENRY=, Petty Officer 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2455), 169078, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PORTER, HARRY=, Private, No. 3617, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards; _b._ Codford St. Mary, co. Wilts; educ. there; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 14 June, 1900; was called up from the Reserve on mobilisation in Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action at St. Julien, 24 Oct. 1914. He _m._ at Wellow, co. Somerset, Elizabeth Ann (The Batch, Wellow, Somerset), dau. of (--), and had three children: William George, Frederick Robert, and Florence Gertrude.
[Illustration: =Harry Porter.=]
=PORTWAINE, HARRY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 16678, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=POSTLETHWAITE, JOHN JOYCE=, Trooper, No. 336, 11th, attd. 5th, Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of Frank Postlethwaite, of Brentnor, Tavistock, co. Devon, M.R.C.S., by his wife, Emma Elizabeth, dau. of the Rev. H. M. Joyce, Vicar of Penton; _b._ Stapleton, co. Cumberland, 11 June, 1893; educ. King’s College, Taunton, and Tavistock Grammar School; went to Australia in March, 1911, and settled at Burrowa, New South Wales, and later at Winton, Queensland, as a Station Hand; joined the Australian Light Horse at Brisbane in Jan. 1915; left for Egypt in March; went to the Dardanelles, Aug. 1915, and was killed in action there, 2 Nov. following, while serving his machine gun; _unm._ Buried in Shell Green Cemetery, Anzac, Gallipoli. His company officer wrote: “Your son had recently been transferred from my squadron to the machine-gun section of this regt. (5th Light Horse), a position which he quickly learnt. At all times he proved himself to be a good soldier, as able and willing to perform the many fatigue duties as he was resourceful in the firing line”; and a comrade: “There were a good many of the men rolled up to see him buried: fellows from his own regt. and also from the one to which he was posted. From the Major downwards, your son was tremendously popular, and the men are very cut up at his loss. A cross, bearing his name, regt., age, and date of death, was erected by his regimental comrades.”
[Illustration: =John Joyce Postlethwaite.=]
=POTTER, BERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2622), 284614, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=POTTER, FRANK WILLIAM=, Private, No. 9478, 3rd Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Henry Potter, of 198, Bedford Hill, S.W., member of the firm of Henry Potter & Co., West Street, Charing Cross, Army Musical Instrument Makers, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of George Lash; and a great grandson of the late Samuel Potter, of the Coldstream Guards, who compiled and published in 1815 the authorised Bugle, Drum and Fife Calls, including the Last Post, a revised edition of which is now in use in the Army and Navy; _b._ Sidcup, Kent, 19 Aug. 1887; educ. Cheltonia College, Streatham, S.W. (where he won the prize for “High Character”); went to Canada about 1903 and was in Dakota when war was declared; went to Toronto and volunteered for Imperial service Aug. 1914; came over with the first Canadian contingent in Oct.; went to France early in Feb., served through the Second Battle of Ypres, and the various engagements during the early part of 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 16 June, 1915; _unm._ Buried near Givenchy, behind trench No. 19, 500 yards east of the “Ducks Bill.”
[Illustration: =Frank William Potter.=]
=POTTER, MAURICE HENRY=, L.-Corpl., No. 11182, 1st Battn. Sherwood Foresters, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt., 4th _s._ of Elijah William Potter, of Six-Mile Bottom, Newmarket, co. Cambridge, Goods Porter on the Great Eastern Railway at Six-Mile Bottom Station, by his wife, Jane, dau. of James Cook; _b._ Six-Mile Bottom, 1 May, 1891; educ. Council School there; enlisted in the Sherwood Foresters, 2 March, 1909; served in India, Sept. 1911 to Oct. 1914, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, Nov. 1914 to 1 Feb. 1915, on which latter date he was killed in action near La Bassée, and was buried 30 yards west of the Estaires-La Bassée Road; _unm._ He gained the 2nd Class Certificate of Education 19 Dec. 1909, and a 1st Class Certificate of the same, 27 March, 1913; he also gained four good conduct badges, and the swimming certificate at Bombay, 17 Jan. 1914. His three brothers are all now (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Maurice Henry Potter.=]
=POTTER, VICTOR JAMES=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 25352 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of William Henry Potter, of 23, George Street, Sutton, co. Surrey; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=POTTER, WILLIAM FREDERICK=, Bugler, No. 1255, 1/21st Battn. (1st Surrey Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Reuben Potter, of 33, D’Eynsford Road, Camberwell, London, S.E., Pensioner, by his wife, Jane, dau. of the late John Faux, of Leatherhead; _b._ King’s Cross, London, N., 1 Aug. 1895; educ. Grove Lane Board School, Camberwell; was employed by Warner & Sons, 3 and 4, Newgate Street; joined the 1st Surrey Rifles, 20 Dec. 1911; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 16 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 25 May following; _unm._ Buried there.
=POTTER, WILLIAM JOHN=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8288), 207367, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=POTTERTON, LEWIS JOHN=, A.B., S.S. 618, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
## action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=POTTS, GEORGE=, L.-Corpl., No. 15741, 15th (Service) Battn. Durham L.I., eldest _s._ of Thomas Farrar Potts, of 17, Grosvenor Street, Southwick-on-Wear, Shipyard Labourer, by his wife, Mary Ellen (died 1910), dau. of Joseph Rooney, of Southwick; _b._ Southwick, 14 March. 1895; educ. Board School there; was employed at Hylton Colliery; enlisted 7 Sept. 1914, trained at Halton, Yorks; was promoted L.-Corpl. and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 26 Sept. 1915; _unm._ He was buried in Loos Cemetery.
[Illustration: =George Potts.=]
=POUGHER, WILLIAM ANDREW=, Corpl., No. 8395, 2nd Battn. Leicestershire Regt., eldest _s._ of Samuel Thomas Pougher, and nephew of A. D. Pougher, the famous Leicestershire cricketer; _b._ Leicester, 1889; educ. Holy Trinity Schools there; enlisted in the 2nd Leicestershires, March, 1908, and served in India for six years, being drafted direct to France on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action, 27 July, 1915; _unm._ Sergt. W. Andrews wrote that “Corpl. Pougher was his best scout, and right-hand man.”
=POUGHER, WILLIAM HENRY=, 2nd Yeoman of Signals (R.F.R., B. 647), 164970, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=POULTNEY, HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3125), S.S. 100753, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=POULTON, JAMES=, Private, No. 6493, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Joseph Poulton, of Ladywood, Birmingham, by his wife, Annie; _b._ Birmingham, 10 July, 1888; enlisted 9 Dec. 1905; served three years with the Colours, and then joined the Reserve for nine years; called up on mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914, and was reported missing after the fighting at Soissons, 14 Sept. 1914, and is now assumed to have been killed in action that day. He _m._ at All Saints’ Church, Birmingham, 8 Oct. 1911, Florence Ann (200, Bolton Road, South Heath, Birmingham), dau. of Thomas Chater, and had two children: Thomas James, _b._ 8 May, 1914; and Irene May, _b._ 9 Oct. 1912.
[Illustration: =James Poulton.=]
=POULTON, WILLIAM MITCHELL=, A.B., 213679, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=POVEY, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3752), 186391, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=POWELL, ARTHUR CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1720), 124746, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=POWELL, ARTHUR THOMAS=, Gunner, R.M.A., 10190 (R.F.R., I.C. 40), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=POWELL, CHARLES VICTOR=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111772, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=POWELL, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 113461, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=POWELL, GEORGE EDWARD=, Private, No. 7183, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, only _s._ of the late Frank Powell, Postman, by his first wife, Winifred, dau. of Joseph Tracey, of Gloucester; _b._ Longdon, near Tewkesbury, co. Gloucester, 29 Nov. 1889; enlisted 21 Feb. 1907; went to the Front with the first Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at St. Julien, 21 Oct. 1914. He _m._ at St. Michael’s Church, Stonebridge Park, Willesden, 22 Feb. 1914, Emily Annie (106, Goldhurst Terrace, South Hampstead), eldest dau. of David Harper, of 31, Winchelsea Road, Harlesden, N.; _s.p._
[Illustration: =George Edward Powell.=]
=POWELL, HAROLD OSBORNE=, 2nd Lieut., 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards, only _s._ of Hubert John Powell, of Hill Lodge, Lewes, Land Agent, by his wife, Mabel, dau. of Charles Francis Trower, Barrister-at-Law; _b._ Lewes, co. Sussex, 20 Aug. 1888; educ. Winchester; was a Land Agent in his father’s office in Lewes; joined the Sussex Yeomanry in 1908, and the Inns of Court O.T.C. in 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war, and was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. 15 Aug. 1914; gazetted as attd. to the 4th Reserve Regt. of Cavalry on the 22nd; went to France 8 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action at Messines, during the First Battle of Ypres, 31 Oct. following; _unm._ Buried in a cottage garden at Messines. His commanding officer at Tidworth, where he went through his training, wrote: “I considered him one of the smartest and quite the most able of the young officers here, that was the reason why I selected him as the first of his class to go to the Front. He had a charming personality and was always full of energy.” His commanding officer at the Front also wrote: “He was fighting in the town of Messines guarding a barricade at very close quarters with the enemy. I sent him with a message to the Queen’s Bays on my left, and while carrying the message he was shot by a sniper”; and the officer commanding his squadron: “I had many opportunities of seeing your son’s behaviour under fire--it was in the highest sense praiseworthy. He showed himself in this his first and only action to be a very cool and efficient officer.” At Winchester he was a member of the Commoner football XV, 1903–06, and captain of Commoner VI, 1905–06.
[Illustration: =Harold Osborne Powell.=]
=POWELL, JOHN=, A.B., S.S. 1861, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=POWELL, RHYS CAMPBELL FFOLLIOTT=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Highland L.I., only child of Major-Gen. Charles Herbert Powell, of the Lower House, Wickham, co. Hants, C.B., Indian Army, by his wife, Alice, dau. of the late James Mackenzie, of Auchenheglish, co. Dumbarton, and grandson of Capt. Williams Wellington Powell, 9th Regt.; _b._ Dharamsala, Punjab, 24 July, 1892; educ. St. Clare, Walmer; Winchester College, and Trinity College, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Highland L.I., 3 Sept. 1912; went to France, 13 Aug. 1914, with the Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at Verneuil, 14 Sept. 1914, during the Battle of the Aisne; _unm._
[Illustration: =Rhys C. F. Powell.=]
=POWELL, WILLIAM ARCHIE=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 3821, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=POWELL, WILLIAM JOHNSON=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 284603, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=POWER, HERBERT=, Capt. and Adjutant, 2nd Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., _s._ of the late Lieut.-Col. Frederick Edward Power (died Sept. 1915), late Northamptonshire Regt., by his wife, Ellen Matilda (7, Newsteine, Brighton), dau. of the late Charles James Barnett, of 12, Chichester Terrace, Brighton, J.P. and D.L. for Gloucestershire; _b._ Northampton, 14 March, 1886; educ. Victoria College, Jersey, and St. Paul’s School, London (Scholar); gazetted 2nd Lieut., Northamptonshire Regt., 24 Jan. 1906, and promoted Lieut. 1 Dec. 1908, and Capt. 15 June, 1913; appointed Adjutant, 20 Nov. 1911; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried just outside Neuve Chapelle. Capt. Power was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 5 April [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915.
[Illustration: =Herbert Power.=]
=POWER, JOYCE=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 9324), 308879, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=POWNALL, GEORGE HARLEY=, Lieut.-Commander, R.N., only _s._ of the late Frank Pownall, of 7F, Bickenhall Mansions, W., Barrister-at-Law, Registrar of the Royal College of Music, by his wife, Helen Augusta, yst. dau. of Sir William Henry Stephenson, K.C.B.; _b._ London, 30 Aug. 1883; educ. Evelyns, and Cheltenham College, and subsequently went to the Britannia, passing in third on the list and first out; became Midshipman 15 Sept. 1899, Sub-Lieut. 1902, Lieut. 1903, and Lieut.-Commander 1912; served in China as Midshipman, H.M.S. Terrible, under Sir Percy Scott, and on coming home took his “five firsts.” He chose the submarine branch of the service, and after serving in B.1, and having the charge of the A boats at Fort Block House and serving in C.9, he was eventually appointed to the Onyx at Plymouth and finally 1st Lieut. to the Egmont, with command of the Malta Submarine Flotilla. He was second in command of landing operations at V Beach, Gallipoli, during the landing at the Dardanelles on 25 April, 1915, and was struck while giving orders from his picket boat. He was carried on board a transport where he died in a few hours, being buried at sea. He _m._ at St. Paul’s, Knightsbridge, 17 Dec. 1910, Vera, dau. of Henry Chichester, of Verbeer, Cullompton, Devon.
=POWRIE, THOMAS=, Private, No. 2852, 17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Thomas Powrie, Private, No. 9754, 4th Battn. Royal Fusiliers (now on active service in France), by his wife, Emily (58, Canal Road, Mile End, London), dau. of the late Edwin Beard; _b._ Mile End, London, 18 Dec. 1896; educ. Harford Street L.C.C. School there; was employed in the firm of Messrs. Remington, typewriter manufacturers, as a mechanic; enlisted after the outbreak of war, 21 Aug. 1914; went to the Front, 25 March, 1915; was in the actions at La Bassée and Neuve Chapelle, and died in No. 13 General Hospital, Boulogne, 14 Nov. 1915, of a bullet wound in the head, received at the Battle of Loos. He was buried in the Eastern Cemetery, Boulogne (Grave No. 2771).
[Illustration: =Thomas Powrie.=]
=POYNTER, JOHN JACK=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16550, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PRATLEY, ELISHA=, Stoker, 1st Class, 238572, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PRATT, ALFRED MASON=, Corpl., No. 3/614, New Zealand Medical Corps, _s._ of James Pratt, Member of the Mounted Armed Constabulary, New Zealand, formerly Sergt. in the Donegal P.W. Artillery; _b._ Wyndham, New Zealand, 1886; joined the Staff of No. 1 New Zealand Stationary Hospital at Wellington, 20 March, 1915, with which he went to Egypt, and after some months in Cairo, proceeded to Salonika, and was lost on H.M. Transport Ship Marquette, when that ship was torpedoed in the Ægean Sea, 23 Oct. following.
[Illustration: =Alfred Mason Pratt.=]
=PRATT, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, 287482, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PRATT, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5284), S.S. 100034, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PRATT, LIONEL HENRY=, 2nd Lieut,. 18th Battn. (London Irish) The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Edward Roger Pratt, of Ryston Hall, Downham, co. Norfolk, J.P., D.L., by his wife the Hon. Louisa Francis, née Mulholland, dau. of John, 1st Baron Dunleath; _b._ Ryston Hall aforesaid, 17 Dec. 1889; educ. Uppingham School, and on leaving there in 1904 entered Lloyd’s Bank. He joined the London Irish on the outbreak of war, and volunteered for foreign service; went to France with his regt. in March, 1915, and was killed in action at Loos, 25 Sept. 1915. On this occasion the London Irish formed part of the 47th Division, and referring to them F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French said in his Despatch of 15 Oct. 1915: “The 47th Division occupied the southern outskirts of Loos. Thence it pushed on, and by taking possession of the cemetery, the enclosures and chalk pits, succeeded in forming a strong defensive flank. This London Territorial Division acquitted itself most creditably. It was skilfully led, and the troops carried out their task with great energy and determination.” He was buried at the cross roads between the cemetery and South Maroc; _unm._ His Major wrote: “He was so absolutely reliable as an officer, so conscientious, so calm. If he said he had been up to the German wires, they all knew he had been--he was so absolutely fearless. His loss was a disaster to the regt.”; and the Sergt. of D Coy.: “It was D Coy.’s particular task to take the cemetery, just outside the village. We got there all right, and going on splendidly. A party of Germans commenced firing on some of the Scots following us. A sergt. sent a message for an officer to come along. Mr. Pratt immediately volunteered and walked along the top of the trench and got a bullet. When he was lying there wounded he displayed his usual great bravery, and was a wonderful example to his men. Everybody loved and esteemed him, he was the Battalion’s greatest loss in the battle. A better officer we could not have had, his work out here has been invaluable.”
[Illustration: =Lionel Henry Pratt.=]
=PRATTEN, HERBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 5720), 284931, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=PREECE, FREDERICK JOHN=, Private, No. 17016, 9th (Service) Battn. Worcestershire Regt., _s._ of George Preece, of Newland Post Office, Coleford, Glos., by his wife, Alice, dau. of John Grazier; _b._ 30 June, 1896; educ. at Clearwell C. Schools; was in the employ of Mr. C. T. Palmer, of Newland House, J.P.; volunteered and enlisted, 29 Aug. 1914; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles from 20 June to 10 Aug. 1915, on which date he was killed in action there; _unm._ He was a member of the choir at All Saints’ Church, Newland.
[Illustration: =Frederick John Preece.=]
=PRENTICE, JOSEPH=, Acting Sergt., No. 7673, 2nd Battn. The Essex Regt., 4th _s._ of the late Charles Prentice, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of James Patient; _b._ Springfield, co. Essex, 19 May, 1885; educ. there; was a member of the Essex Constabulary, and later an employee at the Chelmsford Golf Club; enlisted 5 Oct. 1903; served three years with the Colours, and then joined the Reserve; rejoined his old regt. the day after war was declared, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 22 Aug.; served during the winter of 1914–15, and died in No. 18 General Hospital, Etaples, 29 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at Ypres on the 26th. Buried at Cainers. He was recommended for the D.C.M., for conspicuous bravery in the field, 14 March. Sergt. Prentice _m._ at Shelly Church, Ongar, 1910, Alice (Well Lane, Galleywood, Chelmsford), dau. of William Tarling, of Ongar, and had three children: Joseph Charles, _b._ 29 April, 1911; Sydney Reginald, _b._ 5 Feb. 1913; and Gladys Evelyn, _b._ 18 April, 1915.
=PRESCOTT, FREDERICK JOHN=, Private, No. 12628, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd _s._ of John Prescott, of Budleigh Hill, Allerford, co. Somerset, Game Keeper to Sir Thomas Acland; by his wife, Mary, dau. of Samuel Burgess; _b._ Selworthy, co. Somerset, 11 May, 1890; educ. Allerford; was a Gardener in the employ of Sir Thomas Acland, at Allerford, for five years, and then for 1½ years in the employ of Sir Ian Amory, at Tiverton; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 17 Sept. 1914; went to France 9 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Cuinchy, on the 25th of that month; _unm._ Buried in the churchyard there.
[Illustration: =Frederick J. Prescott.=]
=PRESTON, ARTHUR JOHN DILLON=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, only _s._ of Major Arthur John Preston, of Swainston, co. Meath, late Duke of Wellington’s Regt., B.A., Trin. Coll., Dublin, J.P. cos. Durham and Meath, by his wife, Gertrude Mary, dau. of Richard Knight, of Bobbing Court, co. Kent; _b._ Luther House, Huddersfield, 16 Nov. 1885; educ. Malvern College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd (Militia) Battn. of the Durham L.I., 5 Oct. 1904, posted to the 1st Battn. Dublin Fusiliers, 2 March, 1907, promoted Lieut. 15 Dec. 1909, and Capt. 2nd Battn. 7 June, 1914; served with the 1st Battn. in Egypt, where he joined the Mounted Infantry, winning at Cairo the Lloyd Lindsay prize. At the outbreak of the European War he was ordered to Naas and afterwards to the Curragh to raise the 6th Service Battn. of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, with which he proceeded to the Gallipoli Peninsula on 9 July. He took part in all the heavy fighting at Suvla Bay until 15 Aug. when he fell in the moment of victory. The Colonel of his battn. writing to his widow, remarked: “I am sure all Ireland will soon hear of the charge of the Dublins and Munsters on that (15th) afternoon. Your husband (Capt. Preston, second in command) was responsible for it and organised it splendidly, and in conjunction with Capt. Whyte he brilliantly led it. It was a magnificent sight considering they charged up a hill through a hail of bombs and bullets. Capt. Preston got safely on the hill (capturing the trench), but in the counter-attack was fatally wounded in the right breast. I was the last officer to speak to him, and told him how splendidly he had done. Personally, I feel his death very much. No man could have helped his colonel more than he, the success of the regt. was greatly due to him.” Capt. Whyte, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, wrote: “We closed on the Munsters, and all collected on some dead ground about 100 yards from the crest; I was sitting beside John, and he was in his usual spirits, laughing and joking. When the word came that we were to clear the ridge we fixed bayonets, then we all started together, Dublins and Munsters, John shouting ‘Come on boys.’ They (the Turks) threw bombs and opened fire upon us as we neared the top, but we went straight on and rushed the trench. The Turks put up their hands. I saw John stop his men who were just going to bayonet a Turkish officer. As you know, he was my best friend, and was loved by every one in the regt., officers, N.C.Os, and men. The only consolation is that he died a glorious death, leading his men to victory, the death I am sure he would have chosen.” Capt. Preston wrote to his wife on that fatal 15 Aug., remarking: “I have had six hours sleep and am full of buck and life.” Also to his father a five-page letter. The battle had even then commenced in the valley below. It was written under strenuous circumstances, no change of clothes for five nights, and only six hours sleep, no chance of a wash, and exposed to the heat of a tropical sun, yet his last written words were “Love to you all; I am very fit and quite happy.” He and the Adjutant, Capt. Richards, who fell at the same time, were buried side by side in the same grave close to the sea shore at Suvla Bay. A flat gravestone covers them with their names engraved upon it under the words “In Victory.” He was mentioned for gallant and distinguished service in the field by Sir Ian Hamilton in his Despatch of 11 Dec. 1915. While in Egypt he and Lieut. Crozier sailed some hundreds of miles up the White Nile from Khartoum, in a rough native boat, on which occasion they secured a fine bag of big game, including lion, buffalo, elephant, hippo, and various specimens of antelope, deer, etc. He was a keen sportsman, well known with the Kildare and Meath hounds, and a fine cricketer and tennis player, and the best shot with revolver and rifle (tied) in his battn. Capt. Preston _m._ at St. Mary-le-Bone Church, London, 24 March, 1914, Sylvia, dau. of Arthur James Billin, of Tadworth, co. Surrey, and had a son: John Nathaniel, _b._ 27 Jan. 1915.
[Illustration: =Arthur J. D. Preston.=]
=PRESTON, GEORGE FRANCIS=, Private, No. 365, 3rd Battn. 1st Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of James Preston, of Milton, Hampshire (who served as a gunner in the R.G.A. for 12 years, and is one of the few survivors of Lord Roberts’ march from Kabul to Kandahar), by his wife, Florence Alexandra, dau. of the late Capt. F. Bunyer, R.H.A.; _b._ Harda, Central Province, India, 20 March, 1893; educ. National School, Milton; went to Australia in July, 1913, and settled at Milton, New South Wales, to learn farming; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war, and joined the 3rd Battn. Australian Imperial Force; left for Egypt with the main force; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915; was wounded in the right arm, shortly afterwards, and was killed in action there, 7–12 Aug. 1915; _unm._
=PRESTON, GEORGE THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2520), 202274, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PRESTON, THOMAS ARTHUR=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17074, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PRETT, JESSE=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2123), 165403, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PRICE, ALFRED=, 2nd Yeoman of Signals (R.F.R., B. 3715), 133963, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=PRICE, CHARLES LEMPRIÈRE, D.S.O.=, Capt. and Adjutant, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots, only child of Col. Thomas Charles Price, of 8, Inverness Gardens, Kensington, W., late R.A., by his wife, Amy Earle, dau. of Chas. Monteiro D’Almeida Lemprière, and gdson. of Col. Thomas Smith Price, H.E.I.C.S. (who received the Punjab medal with clasps for Mooltan and Googerat); _b._ Alderney, C.I., 17 Sept. 1877; educ. St. Paul’s School; privately, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Scots, 8 Sept. 1897; and promoted Lieut. 29 June, 1899, and Capt. 3 Nov. 1903; served (1) in the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in operations in Cape Colony, south of Orange River, 1899; operations in the Orange Free State, Feb. to May, 1900; operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to 29 Nov. 1900, including actions at Belfast (26–27 Aug.) and Lydenberg (5–8 Sept.); operations in Orange River Colony, May to 29 Nov. 1900; operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900 to Dec. 1901, and Feb. 1902 to 31 May, 1902; operations in Orange River, Dec. 1901 to Feb. 1902; was acting Provost Marshal, Komati Poort, and afterwards Station Staff Officer (twice mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 20 Aug. and 10 Sept. 1901], Queen’s medal with three clasps, and King’s medal with two clasps; awarded D.S.O. “for gallantry in leading an attack on the Boer position at Bermondsey, East Transvaal 16 May, 1901”; and (2) with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from -- Aug.; was appointed Adjutant at the Front, and was killed in action at Vailly on 16 Sept. following, during the Battle of the Aisne, while in command of the regt.; _unm._ A brother officer wrote: “I was present at the Battle of Mons with him and also at Le Cateau, and in the trying retreat almost as far as Paris, during the whole of which he was indefatigable, cheery, doing the work of ten men, full of resource, regardless of danger, the bravest and finest man I have ever known or wish to know; in losing him we have lost our best, a great sportsman and staunch friend. He will be mourned by the whole regt., by whom he was respected and beloved”; and Private P. Clancy, in describing his experiences during this time, said [“Dundee Advertiser”]: “We met the Germans on 23 Aug. On the 26th we were nearly annihilated at Cambray owing to the French reinforcements not coming up. About 7.30 o’clock that morning one of our airmen descended and reported that the French were advancing about 20 miles off, and would be able to reinforce us about mid-day. We waited anxiously, but 12 o’clock came and no French, and 5 o’clock and still no French. Half-an-hour later Major Butler gave the order ‘Retire, men, for God’s sake; every man for himself.’ Shells were flying thick about us, and it was an awful order to give. We got the order alright, but, with a few exceptions, it did not reach the Gordons, with disastrous results to them. So we began the never-to-be-forgotten retreat, with shells and bullets flying about everywhere. We got into Einecourt. When we got between a church and a farmhouse we came across two women and a child. Pipe-Major Duff said he would stay behind and look after them. This he did, and we saw no more of them. Our Adjutant, Capt. Price, who was one of the finest and most popular of the officers, and who was on horseback, said to us ‘Keep your heads, men. There are no marked men here. If the bullets are going to hit you they will hit you.’ The Gordons, 18th Royal Irish and 2nd Royal Scots were all together on the retreat, falling back as fast as they could. The last fight on the retreat was at St. Quentin, and then we fell back to Hams, within 24 kilometres of Paris. We blew up all the bridges and the roads as we retreated except one bridge, and upon that solitary bridge and for five miles beyond it 150 guns of the outer defences of Paris were trained. On came the massed forces of the Germans and started to cross the bridge. Out blazed the guns and the bridge was blown to bits, along with the Germans who were approaching and crossing it. Their losses were awful. But for us it was a terrible retreat, and I shall never forget it. Then came the turning movement. We were seventeen days and nights in the trenches at the Aisne without being relieved. It was a time of artillery duels. Here we lost Capt. Price, who had saved thousands of men at Cambray. He lost his life trying to save another’s. One of our N.C.O.’s was wounded and began to yell. Capt. Price was in his bomb-proof dug-out when he heard the shouting, and he called out to the man, ‘Alright man, I will be with you in a few minutes.’ Just as he got out of the trench he was hit by a bit of shell, and died a few hours afterwards. His loss was deeply regretted, because he was beloved by everybody.” At Mons, when the troops were in full retreat, men of many regts. hurrying down the road, and getting hopelessly mixed and out of hand, under heavy shell-fire, he noticed some guns on a ridge and succeeded in rallying some of his men in all that ghastly confusion, and holding the ridge for over an hour, while the guns were removed. Capt. Price was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 8 Oct. 1914, “for gallant and distinguished service in the field.” He had the Coronation medal and was Past Grand Sword Bearer of England. In a speech at the Annual Dinner of the Royal Scots, Edinburgh Association (29 March, 1902), Col. Douglas described how, during the Boer War, Capt. Price was recommended for the V.C. They attacked the Boers, said Col. Douglas, in a very strong position at Bermondsey, their flanks being protected by precipices. It was a difficult position to turn. He sent Lieut. Dalmahoy with E Coy. to the left and they were round the Boer’s right in no time. The guns were in action at 1,600 yards. But E Coy. made the Boers bolt. Major Moir and Lieut. Dalmahoy went after them. Then the Boers took up a rearguard position, and it was here that Major Moir got hit in five places. He (Col. Douglas) sent Lieut. Price with a message to the firing line. When he reached it Corpl. Paul was in command. Lieut. Dalmahoy, Private Sheddon and another man were lying wounded about 50 yards in front of the firing line, which was 400 yards from the Boers. The men had two of the small intrenching implements with them, and with these each scraped up a little earth in front of them. This was the only cover they had. Lieut. Price ran out, picked up the nearest of the three wounded men, and carried him in. He found it heavy work and called for three volunteers. Three young L.-Corpls., M’Gill, Miller and Smith, at once responded. He made them take off their equipment and coats, and did the same himself, and then unarmed and in shirt sleeves they ran out. Nevertheless, the Boers at once turned a heavy fire on them, and, in bringing in the wounded, one of the bearers was hit. Lieut. Dalmahoy was again hit in the head, and Private Sheddon was killed. Lord Kitchener promoted Corpl. Paul to Sergt. for his gallantry, and recommended Lieut. Price for the V.C., and the three young L.-Corpls. for Distinguished Conduct Medals.
[Illustration: =Charles L. Price.=]
=PRICE, EDWARD=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 307395, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PRICE, EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3876), 188494, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PRICE, PHILIP FRANCIS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2434), 297773, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PRICHARD, FREDERICK GILES=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. East Yorkshire Regt., 3rd _s._ of the Rev. Charles Collwyn Prichard, M.A., Rector of Alresford, co. Essex, by his wife, Margaret Jane, dau. of William McConnel, of Manchester, and Knockdolian, Ayrshire; _b._ Whalley Vicarage, co. Lancaster, 23 Aug. 1891; educ. Heswall (Miss Gore); Lindley Lodge, Nuneaton; Marlborough College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., East Yorkshire Regt., 4 March, 1911, and promoted Lieut. 13 Aug. 1914; served one year in England, and subsequently three years in India at Tezpur, Fyzabad, Kailana, and Kamptee; returned to England on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 15 Jan. 1915; was invalided home, suffering from frostbite, 19 Feb. following, but rejoined his regt. at the end of April; was severely wounded in the head and in six places in limbs and body as he was leading a platoon to the trenches on 3 May, within a week of his rejoining, and died in the Military Hospital, Millbank, London, S.W., 9 Aug. 1915; _unm._ His brother, Lieut. R. G. Prichard, was killed in action, 27 April, 1915 (see following notice).
[Illustration: =Frederick Giles Prichard.=]
=PRICHARD, ROWLAND GEORGE=, Lieut., 3rd, attd. 1st Battn. The Suffolk Regt., yst. _s._ of the Rev. Charles Collwyn Prichard, M.A., Rector of Alresford, co. Essex, by his wife, Margaret Jane, dau. of William McConnel, of Manchester, and Knockdolian, Ayrshire; _b._ Thornton-le-Moors Rectory, co. Chester, 23 Sept. 1895; educ. Lindley Lodge School (Mr. R. S. Lea, M.A.), and Hereford Cathedral School (where he was for three years in the O.T.C.), and had been accepted for matriculation at Brasenose College, Oxford, but war breaking out, obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 3rd (Reserve) Battn. The Suffolk Regt., 15 Aug. 1914. He joined his regt. at Felixstowe, and was promoted Lieut. 2 Feb. 1915; went to France the same month attd. to the 1st Battn.; took part in the heavy fighting to the north of Ypres, for 11 days, and was then ordered to join the composite brigade of survivors, and was killed in action near St. Julien, 27 April following, while gallantly leading his men against some German trenches. Buried near St. Julien, in the rear of the trenches along the Zonnebeke-Ypres Road. When Sir H. Smith-Dorrien inspected his regt., a few weeks before his death, Lieut. Prichard was temporarily in command of a company, and his men were highly commended. His brother, Lieut. F. G. Prichard, died of wounds, 9 Aug. 1915 (see preceding notice).
[Illustration: =Rowland George Prichard.=]
=PRICHARD, THOMAS LEWIS=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of the Rev. Thomas Prichard, Vicar of Amlwch, Anglesey, and Rural Dean of Twrcelyn, by his wife, Jane; _b._ Penmachno, co. Carnarvon, 1 Oct. 1881; educ. Friar’s, Bangor; and Trent College, Nottingham; was made an Hon. Lieut. in the Army, 18 Oct. 1900; gazetted Lieut., 3rd Battn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 23 Feb. 1901; served in the South African War, 1901–02, taking part in the operations in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, Oct. 1901 to 31 May, 1902, and received the Queen’s medal with four clasps. After his return he joined the Reserve of Officers, and in 1907 became an Inspector under the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, but on the outbreak of war rejoined his old regt.; was gazetted Capt., 2nd Battn., 9 Sept. 1914; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914, and died at the Allied Forces Base Hospital, Boulogne, 9 Nov. following, of wounds received in action on 27 Oct. Buried in Boulogne Cemetery. Capt. Prichard _m._ at the Parish Church, Waltham St. Lawrence, co. Berks, 26 Aug. 1908, Dorothy (Cae Synamon, co. Carnarvon), elder dau. of Leopold McKenna, of Honeys, Twyford, co. Berks, and niece of the Right Hon. Reginald McKenna, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and had two children: Leopold Owen, _b._ 22 July, 1912; and Cicely Gwladys, _b._ 18 May, 1909.
=PRIDMORE, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 7017, 1st Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., eldest _s._ of John Pridmore, of Montreal, Canada, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of George Mason; _b._ Gretten, co. Rutland, 14 May, 1885; educ. there; enlisted in the Duke of Cornwall’s L.I. in 1901; served with them in the South African War for one year; transferred into the Northamptonshire Regt. in 1903, and after being with the Colours for six years, passed into the Reserve, and became a Warder at H.M. Prison, Hedon Road, Hull. He was called up on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 1 Nov., and was killed in action at La Bassée 22 Dec. following, while endeavouring to save the life of his officer. Buried there. He was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. Sergt. Pridmore was one of the East Hull Fanciers, showing pigeons and cavies. He _m._ at the Baptist Church, Hull, 26 Aug. 1911, Mabel (Grindell Street, Hedon Road, Hull), dau. of John Priestman, of Hull, and had two daus.: Miriam May, _b._ 13 Jan. 1913; and Florence Edna, _b._ 22 July, 1914. His three brothers are now (1916) all on active service; one in the Scottish Rifles, one in the Border Regt., and another with the Canadian Contingent.
[Illustration: =George William Pridmore.=]
=PRIMMER, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./15993, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PRIMO, JOHN JAMES=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8281), 293992, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PRING, WILLIAM HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5035, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=PRINGLE, LEONEL GRAHAM, M.V.O.=, Capt., 1st Battn. Highland L.I., 4th _s._ of the late Commander James Thomas Pringle, of Torwoodlee, co. Selkirk, R.N., D.L., J.P., by his wife, Ann Parminter (Southdean, Colinton Road, Edinburgh), only child of the late Col. Black, 53rd Regt.; _b._ Ilkley, co. York, 27 April, 1880; educ. Vitzthum Gymnasium, Dresden; Sunningdale School; Radley College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Highland L.I., 12 Aug. 1899, and promoted Lieut. 1 Aug. 1900, and Capt. 24 June, 1908; joined the 2nd Battn. Highland L.I. in Oct. 1899, and transferred to the 1st Battn. on receiving his captaincy; left India for France 22 Aug. 1914, but stopped to guard the Suez Canal, arrived in France 4 Dec., was seriously wounded in action at Givenchy on the 19th of that month, and died a prisoner of war in Lazaret 111, St. Sauveur, Lille, 29 Dec. following; _unm._ Buried with military honours in the Southern Cemetery. Lille. Capt. Pringle had qualified as an interpreter, and was awarded the M.V.O. (5th Class) in 1903.
[Illustration: =Leonel Graham Pringle.=]
=PRIOR, JAMES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./10711, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PRISMALL, ARTHUR=, Capt., 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.); _b._ 3 Jan. 1862; educ. privately; was for over 30 years with the banking firm of Glyn, Mills, Currie & Co.; joined the 4th Middlesex R.V.C. (West London Rifles) in 1881, receiving a commission in 1897; retired in 1905, but on the formation of the Territorial Force in 1907, rejoined, and was gazetted Capt. 10 Dec. 1907; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France with his Battn. in Nov., and was killed in action during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 14 March, 1915. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. He _m._ in 1890, Sarah Russell Thomson (65, Loxley Road, Wandsworth Common), and had two sons and one dau.
[Illustration: =Arthur Prismall.=]
=PROCTER, CECIL=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3377), S.S. 101179, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PROCTER, MIDGLEY=, A.B., (R.F.R., B. 3906), 163930, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=PROCTER, THOMAS=, A.B., 224748, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PRODRICK, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8007), S.S. 103747, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PROWSE, ARTHUR ROWLAND=, A.B., J. 3470, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=PRYCE, HUGH BEAUCLERK MOSTYN=, Capt., 4th Battn. Rifle Brigade, only _s._ of Edward Stisted Mostyn Pryce, of Gunley Hall, Chirbury, co. Salop, J.P., Montgomeryshire, by his wife, Henrietta Mary, yst. dau. of Charles William Beauclerk, of Winchfield House, Hants, D.L., and granddau. of the Right Hon. and Rev. Lord Frederick Beauclerk [4th _s._ of Aubrey, 5th Duke of St Albans]; _b._ at Belmont, near Christchurch, Newport, co. Monmouth, 26 Oct. 1881; educ. Eton, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. unattd. List, 8 Jan. 1901, and posted to the Rifle Brigade, 9 March following; promoted Lieut. 12 April, 1904, and Capt. 18 Jan. 1911; served in the South African War, 1902; took part in the operations in the Transvaal, from Jan. to 31 May, 1902, and in those in the Orange River Colony and Cape Colony, Jan. 1902 (Queen’s medal with four clasps); and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 26 Jan. to 19 March, 1915, on which latter date he died at No. 2 Casualty Clearing Station, Bailleul, of wounds received in action on the 16th during the Battle of St. Eloi. He was shot by a German sniper after gallantly storming the trenches there. Buried in the Cemetery of Bailleul; _unm._ Capt. Pryce was a good rider to hounds and a keen shot, and very popular in his regt. At Eton he was known as cox. of the Thetis and Prince of Wales boats on the river.
[Illustration: =Hugh Beauclerk M. Pryce.=]
=PRYKE, EDGAR=, E.R.A., 1st Class, 269721, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PRYOR, ROBERT SELWYN=, Lieut., 3rd, attd. 1st, Battn. King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt., eldest _s._ of Selwyn Robert Pryor, of 19, Park Crescent, London, W., Merchant, in the firm of Messrs. Cotesworth & Powell, of 148, Leadenhall Street, E.C., by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Charles Lloyd Norman, of Bromley Common, Kent; _b._ 13, Devonshire Street, Portland Place, London, W., 25 Oct. 1895; educ. 13, Somerset Street, London, W. (Mr. Egerton); Northaw Place, Potter’s Bar (Rev. F. J. Hall); Eton, where he was in the O.T.C., and Trinity College, Cambridge, and on the outbreak of war was given a commission as 2nd Lieut., King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt., 15 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 2 Feb. 1915; went to France, 4 Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at St. Julien, near Ypres, 1 May following, by a sniper; _unm._ Buried there.
=PUCKLE, CHARLES EDWARD MURRAY=, 2nd Lieut., 11th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of Charles Murray Puckle, of Upton Grey, Toorak, Melbourne, Australia, Pastoralist, by his wife, Caroline Amelia, dau. of the late Charles Shuter, Police Magistrate, La Cote, Greendale, Victoria; _b._ St. Kilda, near Melbourne, 19 Feb. 1887; educ. Melbourne Grammar School; and was a Pastoralist in West Australia. On the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914 he at once volunteered and enlisted in the 1st Australian Division as a Private, leaving for Egypt in Oct. After five months there and in Lemnos, he took part in the memorable landing at Anzac Cove, 25 April, 1915. He was promoted 2nd Lieut. on the field in July, and was killed in
## action on the night of 31 July, 1915, leading an attack on the Turkish
trenches. His Col. wrote: “By the dash and gallantry of this storming party the position was won, although not without many casualties, and Lieut. Puckle was unfortunately killed while bravely leading his men across the fireswept zone. I extremely regret the loss to the Battn. of such an efficient and promising young officer. He was universally respected and popular with all ranks, and his loss is keenly felt by all of us.” Lieut. Puckle was mentioned in Despatches by Sir Ian Hamilton. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Charles E. M. Puckle.=]
=PUGH, WILLIAM JAMES THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./13366, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PULLEN, ALFRED JAMES=, Plumber’s Mate, M. 6553, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PULLEN, GUY HARPER=, 2nd Lieut. Royal Horse Guards, The Blues, 2nd _s._ of Hugh Charles George Pullen, of Messrs. Davidson, Pullen & Co., Rua de Quitanda, 145, Rio de Janeiro, Merchant, and gdson. of the late Capt. T. C. Pullen, R.N.; _b._ Rio de Janeiro, 26 Feb. 1889; educ. Bedford Grammar School, and St. Francis Xavier’s College, Bruges; was afterwards engaged in business in the city of San Paulo, Estado de San Paulo, Brazil, being well known in the business circles of both Rio de Janeiro and San Paulo as a thorough sportsman, and a member of the big clubs of both cities. On the outbreak of war he came over from Rio to join the Army, and obtained a commission in the Royal Horse Guards, 10 Nov. 1914. He served with his regt. in France and Flanders, and was killed in action at the Second Battle of Ypres, in the charge of the Royal Blues, at Verlorenhoken, 13 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Guy Harper Pullen.=]
=PULLEN, PERCY LESLIE=, 1st Class Stoker, K. 13489 (Ports.), R.N., 5th _s._ of James Pullen, of Bowley Farm, Farm Carter, by his wife, Charlotte; _b._ Kirdford, co. Sussex, 10 Feb. 1894; educ. North Mundham, near Chichester; joined the Navy 19 Dec. 1912, and was lost on H.M.S. Cressy when that ship was sunk in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._
=PULLINGER, GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 15500, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PULSFORD, FREDERICK THOMAS GEORGE=, Rifleman. No. 2338, 12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Frederick Luke Pulsford, of 10, Tradescant Road, South Lambeth Road, S.W., by his wife, Blanche Bertha, dau. of George Hawke; _b._ London, 26 June, 1897; educ. Westminster City School; volunteered and joined the Rangers after the outbreak of war, 8 Sept. 1914; went to France, 9 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Zonnebeke, 21 April, 1915. Buried at the back of the trenches there. 2nd Lieut. H. H. Bentley wrote: “On 21 April your son and his friend Elvin were in a dug-out at Zonnebeke tending to the pressing wants of a comrade who was dreadfully wounded. As they busied themselves with him, a German shrapnel fell into the dug-out and burst. The violence of the explosion and the deadly hail of shrapnel bullets annihilated all the occupants of the dug-out, and The Rangers lost two fine soldiers in the painless heroic deaths of your son and his friend Elvin. It gives me great pain to have to break this sad yet heroic news to you, because he was always a great friend of mine and one who always did the utmost of his duty.”
[Illustration: =Frederick T. G. Pulsford.=]
=PUMPHREY, JOHN LAURENCE=, B.A., Trooper, No. 2263, Northumberland Hussars, Imperial Yeomanry, yr. _s._ of Joseph Pumphrey, of Hindley Hall, Stocksfield-on-Tyne, Colliery Owner, by his wife, Frances, dau. of Jonathan Priestman; _b._ Shotley Bridge, co. Durham, 27 April, 1891; educ. Sedbergh School and Trinity College, Oxford (graduated B.A. in 1914); volunteered and joined the Northumberland Hussars after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to Belgium with them in the 7th Division early in Oct., and died in hospital at Ypres, on the 25th of that month, of wounds received in
## action during the first Battle of Ypres the previous day; _unm._
The Hussars were dismounted and advancing to attack when he was shot through the head. Buried in Ypres Cemetery. His Major wrote: “He was one of the best and was enormously liked by officers and men alike. He always did his bit and a bit extra.” While at Sedbergh he was head of the school, and in the O.T.C. both there and at Oxford, where he took a 3rd class in Moderates and a 3rd in Greats. He played Rugby for his College and was President of the College Athletics in 1913.
[Illustration: =John L. Pumphrey.=]
=PUNCHARD, EDMUND ELGOOD=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Bedfordshire Regt. (21st Brigade, 7th Division), 2nd _s._ of the Rev. Elgood George Punchard, D.D., Honorary Canon of Ely, by his wife, Catherine Mary, dau. of Joseph Johnson; _b._ Luton, co. Beds, 21 Oct. 1890; educ. Haileybury (1902–08) and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1909–10); gazetted 2nd Lieut., Bedfordshire Regt., 5 Oct. 1910, and promoted Lieut., 11 June, 1912; left Southampton, 4 Oct. 1914; returned to Dover, because of submarines, 6 Oct.; left again and arrived at Zeebrugge, 7–8 Oct.; Bruges (St. Croix), marched from 4 to 8 p.m., 8 Oct.; left for Coq-sur-Mer, arriving at 2.30 p.m., bivouac at Uytkirke, 9 Oct.; left for Ostend, 5 a.m., 4 p.m. ordered back to Bruges, arriving 8 p.m., 10 Oct.; retreated to Beernem, 4 to 8 p.m., 11 Oct.; to Coolscamp, 7.30 a.m., 12 Oct.; to Roulers, 13 Oct.; to Ypres, 9.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m., 14 Oct.; entrenched at Halte, on Menin-Ypres road, 15 Oct.; skirmish with Uhlans, at Gheluvelt, 16 Oct.; Gheluvelt, Battle of Ypres begun, 17 Oct.; left at 4.30 a.m. for Baecleare, arriving 7.30 p.m., advanced to Terhand, 18 Oct.; Terhand, retired to Gheluvelt, 19 Oct.; under heavy fire till dusk, moved out towards Baecleare, and entrenched, 20 Oct.; returned to Gheluvelt, in trenches, 21 Oct.; under heavy fire, worst at 3.30 p.m., 22 Oct.; shelled from 8 p.m., two Bedford officers killed, first Army Corps expected, 23 Oct.; fusilade, 6 a.m., seventh day of battle, third in trenches (night and day) unrelieved, 24 Oct.; reinforced by Highland L.I. and King’s Own Scottish Borderers, 25 Oct.; brigade hard pressed, retired to Hooge, 26 Oct.; advanced again towards Gheluvelt, bivouac at Kruiseck, 27 Oct.; shelled all day in trenches from 9 a.m., opposed by three German Army Corps, 28 Oct.; shelled at dawn, Yorks and Gordons retreated on Zandvorde-Gheluvelt road, trenches recovered, 29 Oct.; fight on Menin-Gheluvelt road and in the woods, 30 Oct.; trenches shelled from 2 a.m. to 1 p.m., ordered out of trenches at 4 p.m., advanced up the hill, over turnip field, by wood of Zandvorde, the ridge won, 31 Oct. He was killed in this attack, being shot at the head of his platoon; _unm._ The following day 300 survivors from the battn. mustered under the one officer left. Lieut. Punchard was buried at Kruiseck, near Gheluvelt. He was mentioned in Field-Marshal Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. [London Gazette, 18 Feb.] 1915 for distinguished service in the field.
=PUNSHON, HAROLD FINLAY=, Corpl., No. 2126, 8th Battn. Durham L.I. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Thomas Punshon, of Ashley Terrace, Chester-le-Street, co. Durham, by his wife, Agnes Kershaw, dau. of the late Richard Finlay; _b._ Chester-le-Street, 23 Feb. 1892; educ. Higher Grade School, Gateshead; was employed at the Priestman Colliery Office; joined the Durham L.I. Territorials in April, 1912; was in training in camp when war was declared in Aug. 1914, and volunteered for foreign service; went to France, 19 April, 1915, and was killed in action near Ypres on the 26th, being shot by a sniper; _unm._ Buried about half a mile S.E. of St. Julien. Capt. John Turnbull in a letter to his brother wrote: “I regret very deeply to have to inform you that your poor brother Harry was killed on Monday the 26th. I was not with him when he met his death, but saw him an hour before, when, I am sure you will be proud to know, he was doing his bit in a splendidly cool manner, under most trying circumstances. I got separated from the body of men with whom he was, but have since learned that he with two or three other N.C.Os., and a few men were cut off by a large body of Germans. Some of our chaps had to surrender, but Harry and a few others made a dash for it and got clear. He was killed soon after this, while going between trenches with ammunition.”
[Illustration: =Harold Finlay Punshon.=]
=PUNTER, HENRY=, Private, No. G. 282, 2nd Battn. Royal West Surrey Regt., _s._ of Frederick Punter, of Send Road, Send, near Woking; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Ypres, 2 Nov. 1911.
=PURCHASE, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 4204, 2nd Battn. The Essex Regt., _s._ of the late (--) Purchase; _b._ 20 Feb. 1876; enlisted in the Essex Regt., 8 May, 1894; served in the South African War, 1899–1902 (Queen’s medal with four clasps), and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 22 Aug. 1914 to 1 Nov. 1914, on which latter date he was killed in action. Buried at Armentières. Sergt. Purchase had the Long Service and Good Conduct medal, and was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 8 Oct. [London Gazette, 19 Oct.] 1914. He was also awarded the French Medaille Militaire for conspicuous bravery. He _m._ at St. Thomas Church, Brentwood, 25, Jan. 1913, Alice Elizabeth (32, Alfred Road, Brentwood, co. Essex), yst. dau. of Henry Matthews, of Hutton, co. Essex, and had a son, Frederick Henry, _b._ posthumous, 16 Nov. 1914.
=PURDON, JOHN=, Private, No. 11029, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards; _b._ Whiston, co. Lanark; enlisted 14 Sept. 1914, aged 29; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; wounded and admitted to No. 23 Field Ambulance, 8 April, 1915; discharged to duty, 14 April; killed in action 16 May following. He _m._ at Glasgow, 19 April, 1912, Grace. (16, Moir Street, Glasgow), dau. of (--) Suttons, and had a dau.: Grace Catherine, _b._ 10 Dec. 1914.
=PURDY, RICHARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8444), S.S. 104630, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=PURNELL, FREDERICK DAVID=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6455), 183408, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea. 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=PURSER, JOSEPH=, Private, S/7043, 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt., _s._ of F. J. Purser, of 24, Balmore Street, Highgate; died in Chelsea Hospital, 18 Jan. 1915, of tetanus, contracted while mobilised for service.
=PURVIS, LIONEL=, Sergt., No. 17, F. Coy., 14th Battn. (The London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of John Prior Purvis, of 16, The Grove, Blackheath, S.E., Surgeon, by his wife, Frances Mary, dau. of William Vaughan; _b._ Greenwich, S.E., 19 July, 1873; educ. Roan School there; was a Furniture Manufacturer; joined the London Scottish Rifle Volunteers, 7th Middlesex, 12 Nov. 1894; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France 14 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Messines, 1 Nov. following; _unm._ He won many prizes at Bisley and elsewhere, and was 7th in the King’s Prize Competition at Bisley in 1904; he was also twice a member of the winning team for the Daily Telegraph Cup.
[Illustration: =Lionel Purvis.=]
=PUTTERGILL, RICHARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5206), S.S. 1844, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PUTTICK, JAMES FREDERICK=, A.B., J. 8750, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=PYE, OSCAR GEORGE=, Trooper, No. 3080, 1st Life Guards, 3rd _s._ of William Pye, of Jeskyns Court, Cobham, Gravesend, Farmer and Landowner, by his wife, Mary, dau. of the late William Miskin; _b._ Cuxton, Rochester, co. Kent, 12 Aug. 1892; educ. Thanet College, Margate; was a Manager of Farms at Cuxton and Cobham, but after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, joined the 1st Life Guards, 5 Sept. following; went to France, 1 Nov. 1914; took part in the fighting during the winter of 1914–15, and was killed in action in the advance trenches near Ypres, 13 May, 1915; _unm._ He was buried on the battlefield about 1½ miles from Ypres, on the Ypres-Menin Road. An officer wrote: “Your son was in my troop from the time he came up from the base, and I have never known any man who was more liked and respected by all his comrades, myself included. He was always an example to everybody by his cheerfulness and the way he did his work, and the troop feel his loss very much”; and a comrade: “He was an exceedingly brave man, he never showed any sign of fear, and was always one of the first to volunteer for any dangerous or disagreeable job.”
[Illustration: =Oscar George Pye.=]
=PYE, REGINALD EBE=, Rifleman, No. 3847, 1/18th Battn. (London Irish Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Ebenezer Clayton Pye, of 8, Britten Street, Chelsea, S.W., by his wife, Elizabeth Emma, dau. of William (and Elizabeth) Allsup; _b._ Chelsea, 8 Oct. 1896; educ. Marlborough Road L.C.C. School there; was Page to the Hon. Mr. Gathorne Hardy, of Cadogan Square, then to Dr. McConnell, of Hampstead; when 17 years old he was apprenticed to motor trade, and got his licence for driving the Saturday before war broke out; joined the London Irish Rifles in March, 1914; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in the Aug. following; went to France, 1 Sept. 1915, and was killed in action during the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915.
=PYEFINCH, LEONARD THOMAS=, Private, No. 7861, 1st Battn. East Kent Regt. (The Buffs); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 20 Oct. 1914.
=PYMAN, JAMES=, Capt., 3rd Battn. The Border Regt., attd. 2nd Battn. King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., yr. _s._ of the late James Pyman, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, Shipowner, by his wife, Emily, dau. of the late John Sutcliffe, of Stallingbro’ Manor, Lincoln; _b._ Newcastle-on-Tyne, 12 Aug. 1883; educ. Mill Hill and Hamelin, near Hanover; gazetted Lieut. 3rd (Militia) Borderers, 20 May, 1903, and Capt., 19 May, 1906; later joined the Reserve of Officers, but on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, rejoined his regt.; went to France, 14 Oct. 1914, attd. to the 2nd Battn. King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., and was killed in action near Hooge, 18 Nov. following, by a high-explosive shell; _unm._
=QUEGAN, JOHN=, Private, No. 2009, 11th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of William Quegan, of Kinnitty, King’s County, Labourer, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Terence Higgins; _b._ Kinnitty aforesaid, 20 Oct. 1890; educ. Kinnitty National School; went to Australia in April, 1912, and worked on the Trans-Australian Railway; volunteered after the outbreak of war and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force in Dec. and died on board H.M. hospital ship Sicilia, 6 Aug. 1915, from wounds received in action at Lone Pine, Gallipoli; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Quegan.=]
=QUICK, ROBERT GEORGE=, Private, No. 2197, 4th Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Robert Ernest Quick, L.-Corpl. No. 20592, Oxford and Bucks L.I., by his wife, Leonora (5, Stirling Road, Higham Hill, Walthamstow), dau. of George Bush; _b._ Higham Hill, Walthamstow, 30 Aug. 1896; educ. Higham Hill Council and the Higher Elementary (Scholar) Schools, there; was an apprentice to the wood machining; volunteered and joined the 4th City of London Royal Fusiliers, 10 Aug. 1914; sailed for Malta, 4 Sept. following; went to France from there early in 1915, and was killed in
## action at Ypres, 27 April, 1915; _unm._ Sergt.-Major Birch wrote
speaking highly of him.
[Illustration: =Robert George Quick.=]
=QUIGLEY, HUGH DOMINIC=, S.B.A., M. 5012, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=QUIN, JAMES EDWARD=, Private, No. 24640, 13th Battn. (5th Royal Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Expeditionary Force, elder _s._ of James Quin, of Corbally House, Limerick, J.P., Merchant, head of the firm of John Quin & Co., of Limerick, by his wife, Marian Frances, dau. of Nicholas James Lalor, of 33, FitzWilliam Place, Dublin, J.P.; _b._ 70, George Street, Limerick, 24 Nov. 1888; educ. Stonyhurst College and Louvain University (where he obtained his degree “faculté de droit”), and went to Canada in April, 1912; was a Salesman with Lindsay & Co., Montreal. On the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he immediately proceeded to Valcartier, and joined the 5th Royal Highlanders of Canada; came over with the first contingent in Oct. 1914; trained on Salisbury Plain, and went to the Front in Feb. 1915. He was reported missing after the Second Battle of Ypres, 22 April, 1915, when his battn. defended the cross-roads at Ypres, refusing to surrender, in spite of nearly all their number being killed, badly wounded, or taken prisoners, and he is now officially stated to have been killed in this action; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “I don’t think I ever met a more good-natured, generous hearted and unselfish fellow.... No words of mine would fit tribute to his memory.... I know he was thought a lot of by his superiors”; and another: “He was always given the most dangerous tasks to perform, and to my knowledge he always performed them ably and well.”
[Illustration: =James Edward Quin.=]
=QUIN, SIDNEY JOHN=, 2nd Writer, 347163, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=QUIN, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5827), S.S. 100714, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=QUINN, HENRY=, Private No. 2013, 9th Battn. Durham L.I. (T.F.), _s._ of the late Charles Quinn, by his wife, (--) (45, Renforth Street, Dunston), dau. of (--); _b._ Teams, 27 Aug. 1893; educ. St. Philip’s R.C. School, Dunston; enlisted July, 1914; went to France, April, 1915, and was killed in action, 5 July, following; _unm._
[Illustration: =Henry Quinn.=]
=QUINN, JAMES=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8259), 293970, R.N., _s._ of Michael Quinn, Sugar Boiler in McFies, Liverpool; _b._ Liverpool, 10 April, 1878; educ. St. Joseph’s School, Liverpool; served 12 years in the Royal Navy, including the operations in China at the time of the Boxer rebellion, and lost his life in H.M.S. Cressy, when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. He was well known as the sailor “Handcuff King,” being a popular exponent of the trick of freeing himself from handcuffs and leg irons; he on several occasions demonstrated before Dover audiences, jumping from the Prince of Wales Pier Head while manacled at the wrists and legs, and in a few seconds coming to the surface entirely free from all encumbrances. He was a bearer at King Edward’s Funeral and received a memorial medal from King George V. He _m._ at Liverpool, 5 June, 1905, Mary Ellen (36 Boundary Street East, Liverpool, N.), dau. of Arthur Quinn, and had two sons: Arthur William, _b._ 21 Jan. 1909 (_d._ young); and James, _b._ 14 Jan. 1914.
[Illustration: =James Quinn.=]
=QUINN, JAMES=, Private, No. 1726, 3rd Battn. Durham L.I., _s._ of Joseph Quinn, of Sunderland, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Carry Plunkett; _b._ Ryhope, co. Durham, 1885; educ. Ryhope Elementary School; enlisted in the D.L.I. about 1903; served eight years with the Colours and then joined the Reserve; mobilised 4 Aug. 1914; went to France in Oct., and was killed in action by a hand grenade, 4 June, 1915, while on guard at Ypres. He _m._ at St. Patrick’s Church, Sunderland, 5 Feb. 1908, Elizabeth (17, Sussex Street, Sunderland), dau. of John Cassidy, and had three children: Patrick James Cassidy, _b._ 16 June, 1912; Joseph Cassidy, _b._ 14 Dec. 1914; and Elizabeth Jane Cassidy, _b._ 17 Feb. 1909.
[Illustration: =James Quinn.=]
=QUIRK, ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9517), S.S. 106877, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=QUOGEN, VICTOR WILLIAM=, Stoker, R.N.R., U. 1368, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=QUY, TERENCE EDWARD DANIEL=, Rifleman, No. 2447, 12th Battn. (The Rangers) London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Daniel Arthur Quy, of 4, Formosa Street, Paddington, Grocer, by his wife, Mary Charlotte, dau. of Thomas (and Mary) Helier, of Woolwich; _b._ Paddington; educ. Longford House School, Margate, and the Polytechnic, Regent Street; enlisted in The Rangers on the outbreak of war, Aug. 1914; went to the Front with them in Dec., and was killed in action at Zonnebeke, 18 April, 1915; _unm._ Writing to his father, Capt. A. H. Arbuthnot said: “The Poly. Company went up to the trenches on the night of the 17th. and the next morning it was our duty to support by our fire a small attack that was being carried out by the battn. on our left. Your son was doing his part nobly when I deeply grieve to say, as he was firing over the parpapet, a bullet from the enemy struck him in the head. Death was instantaneous, so I am thankful to say he suffered no pain. That same night we buried him with three other comrades of his company in a little cemetery about 100 yards behind the trenches, and the spot is marked by a neat plain wooden cross.”
[Illustration: =Terence E. D. Quy.=]
=RACKHAM, ERNEST=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7267), 291149, H.M.S. Hogue, lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RADCLIFF, HERBERT TRAVERS=, Capt., 5th (Reserve), attd. 1st, Battn. Leinster Regt., 2nd _s._ of the late George Edward Radcliff, of Wilmount, Kells. co. Meath, by his wife, Emma May Alexandria, dau. of John Travers Madden, of Inch House, Balbriggan; _b._ Kells, 11 Aug. 1882; educ. Royal School, Armagh; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Leinster Regt., 27 Oct. 1906; promoted Lieut. and Capt. 10 Feb. 1913; went to France, 6 March, 1915, attd. to 1st Battn., and was killed in action at St. Eloi, 15 March following; _unm._ Lieut.-Col. A. B. Prowse, commanding 1st Leinster Regt., wrote: “He was holding a trench which had a garrison of 30 men, and which was attacked by 100 Germans at, or soon after, dawn. He was killed instantaneously by a bullet which struck him in the head, and could have suffered no pain. I may add that the Germans were beaten off with a loss of 34 killed alone. During the few days he has been with us he has proved himself a brave and gallant officer, and we deplore the loss of a good comrade, and offer you a whole-hearted sympathy”; and Lieut. C. I. Mackay, of the 5th Battn.: “I was with him when he was killed. He was my company commander both here and in Passage, and, like all the men of the company, I would have done anything for him. He always thought of the men first and afterwards himself, and it was through this unselfishness he met his death. Some one said the Germans were leaving their trench to attack, and no one looked out, so he looked over and was hit. He suffered no pain whatever. He was buried on Monday night, and we have handed all his things to the Quartermaster, who will send them to you in a few weeks. I only know too well how useless it is to express sympathy, but I have taken this opportunity of expressing not only my own sympathy, but that of all the men of the company, who had grown to love him, even in the few days under his command.”
[Illustration: =Herbert Travers Radcliff.=]
=RADCLIFFE, JOHN=, Private, No. 12647, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest _s._ of Thomas Craine Radcliffe, of Roslyn Boarding House, Isle of Man, Joiner, by his wife, Mary, dau. of George Towle, of Derby; _b._ Ramsey, 11 June, 1893; educ. Wesleyan Day School there; was a clerk in the office of Messrs. Dickenson, Cruikshank & Co., Advocates; enlisted 15 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Cuinchy, 25 Jan. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Radcliffe.=]
=RADCLIFFE, SAMUEL=, Gunner T., H.M.S. Laurel; killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=WILSON-RAE, REGINALD=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. East Surrey Regt., eldest _s._ of William Wilson-Rae, of The Warren, Strawberry Vale, Twickenham, Landed Proprietor, by his wife, Felicia Benigna Iza, dau. of Felician Faleçki, a Baron of Poland; _b._ London, 12 Jan. 1891; educ. Mostyn House, Parkgate (Ches.) and Liverpool University; was attd. to the Statistical Department of the firm of Magniac Williamson & Co., Stockbrokers, London; joined the London University O.T.C. in 1913; gazetted 2nd Lieut., in the 3rd East Surrey Regt., 15 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 2 Feb. 1915; went to France, 19 Dec. 1914, and was attd. to the 1st S. Staffordshire Regt.; served with them until 22 March, when he rejoined his own regt., and was killed in action 2½ miles south of Ypres, on the 30th of that month, while leading a bombing party; _unm._ Buried at Voormezeele. He had been specially recommended by his commanding officer for his conduct in charge of night patrols and in the firing line. He was a fine all-round athlete, being a member of both the Vesta Rowing Club and Twickenham Football Club, and had won many prizes for rowing, cycling and shooting.
=RADMALL, STUART=, L.-Corpl., No. 10009, 1st, attd. 2nd Battn. Wiltshire Regt., yst. _s._ of John Henry Radmall, of Chingford, by his wife, Edith Anna, dau. of Josiah Griffin, of Blackheath; _b._ Chingford, co. Essex, 7 March, 1896; educ. Forest School, where he was in the O.T.C.; enlisted after the outbreak of war, 24 Aug. 1914; was promoted L.-Corpl., and went to France, 27 Nov. following; served in several engagements with the 1st Battn. till 27 Jan., when he was taken ill and sent to the Base Hospital at Rouen, where he remained for six weeks; on recovery joined the 2nd Battn., and was killed in action at Givenchy, 15 June, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Stuart Radmall.=]
=RAILSTON, SPENCER JULIAN WILFRED=, Lieut., 18th King George’s Own Lancers, Indian Army, attd. 4th Dragoon Guards, 1914, yr. _s._ of Col. Henry Edward Railston, of Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, late Cameronians, by his wife, Magdalen, dau. of the Rev. Charles Edward Oakley, Rector of Wickwar, co. Glos., and subsequently of St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, by his wife, Lady Georgina, née Moreton, eldest dau. of Henry George Francis, 2nd Earl of Ducie; _b._ Hamilton, co. Lanark, 8 Jan. 1889, and was educ. at Radley College, from where he passed direct into Sandhurst at the age of 17, and passed out tenth in 1907. He won the Champion Cup for gymnastics at his Public School, and represented it in the Boxing Competition at Aldershot, and both at his Public School and at Sandhurst he was in the cricket XI. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. unattd. Indian Army, 17 Aug. 1907, and was attd. for his first year to his father’s regt., the Cameronians. Soon after joining, while in India, he entered without any training for the Lightweight Boxing Championship of India, and won it. At the expiration of a year he was appointed to the 18th K.G.O. Lancers, and played in their polo team. He was a good big game shot and a good steeplechase rider. When riding a steeplechase at Jubbulpore, a few months before his death, his girths broke after the first fence. He managed to pull the saddle and weight cloth from under him and rode the remaining 2¼ miles bareback, carrying them on his arm, and notwithstanding the horse falling once, he finished the course. He was promoted Lieut. 17 Nov. 1909, and after going through the cavalry course at Sangor came home on a year’s leave in 1914, and played polo through the London season in Count de Madre’s team (The Tigers). He was to have become Adjutant of his regt. on the expiration of his leave, but the European War broke out, and he at once volunteered for active service, and was attd. to the 4th Dragoon Guards, with whom he went to the Front and served with them through the battle of Mons, and all subsequent
## actions till he was killed at Messines, Belgium, on 1 Nov. 1914. The
Major-General Commanding the 1st Cavalry Division sent the following account of Lieut. Railston’s death to his father: “I am deeply grieved at the death of your gallant boy, who on every occasion of this war has so distinguished himself. He is a great loss to his regt. He lost his life by a gallant act. His regt. was holding one-half of the village of Messines, south of Ypres, and the Germans the other half for 24 hours. In front of his troop a poor woman was lying wounded, and your boy left his cover to bring her in. He was struck by many bullets and killed. Had he lived he would certainly have been mentioned in despatches.” Another officer wrote: “His loss will be felt by the whole Cavalry Brigade, as he has been simply splendid through all these trying times, always cheery, and full of go, and ready to take on anything. Surely when the war is over, there will be no more gallant act than that to write of, and we are all so proud of him.” A memorial tablet was erected to his memory in Tortworth Parish Church. Gloucestershire.
[Illustration: =Spencer J. W. Railston.=]
=RAILTON, ARTHUR TEMPLE=, Lieut., 1/4th (Ross Highland) Battn. Seaforth Highlanders (T.F.), elder _s._ of Joseph Arthur Railton, of Woodburn, Buxton, by his wife, Alice Temple, dau. of James Mawson; _b._ 29 Nov. 1890; educ. Denstone College, Oundle School, and Glasgow University (where he obtained his B.Sc. degree in naval architecture, and served five years in the O.T.C.); volunteered on the outbreak of war and was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 4th Seaforth Highlanders, 2 Sept. 1914; went to the Front 5 Nov following, his Battn. being attd. to the Meerut, and then to the Lahore, Indian Division, with which latter he served through the Battle of Neuve Chapelle; was wounded in the attack at Aubers Ridge, France, 9 May, 1915, and killed by a shell a few hours later while lying helpless near the German trenches. Buried in the orchard at Vieille Chapelle, between two of his brother officers; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote; “He was as brave and gallant as anyone who has ever worn a uniform, and he simply did not know what fear was.... Had he been spared he would have gone very far in his profession as a soldier. He fell, as I am sure he wished, at the head of his men, who may and probably did equal him in bravery and gallantry, but who could not possibly surpass him in either.” His promotion to the rank of temporary Lieut. to rank as from 1 Nov. 1914, was announced the day before he fell.
[Illustration: =Arthur Temple Railton.=]
=RAINBIRD, JOHN=, Private, No. 6365, 2nd Battn. Royal Irish Rifles, _s._ of John Rainbird, of 9, Ravensdon Street, Kennington; _b._ Fulham, 15 Jan. 1883; educ. North End Road Board School there; enlisted 11 June, 1901, served seven years with the Colours and then passed into the Reserve; was called up on mobilisation 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 14 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Kemmel, 2 May, 1915. Buried at Dickebusch. He _m._ at St. Pancras, 6 April, 1910, Clara Frances (37, College Place, Camden Town, N.), dau. of William Gibaud, and had two children: Hilda Kathleen, _b._ 26 July, 1911, _d._ 18 April, 1914; and Edith Pansy, _b._ 31 Oct. 1912.
=RAINES, CHARLES FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4733), 296016, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=RAINHAM, JOHN THOMAS=, Trooper, No. 9/747, 5th Otago Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, yst. _s._ of Henry Rainham, of Otago, Central N.Z., Miner; _b._ Otago, N.Z., 24 Jan. 1871; was employed by the Dunedin Drainage Board as a licensed Drainer; was a member of the Dunedin City Guards, serving with them till they disbanded; volunteered and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 22 Oct. 1914; left for Egypt with the second reinforcements, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 27 Aug. 1915. He _m._ at Roxburgh 13 June, 1892, Mary, dau. of Patrick (and Margaret) Galvin, and had two sons; John, _b._ 18 Sept. 1893; and William, _b._ 8 Sept. 1894, who both volunteered for Imperial service. The elder was severely wounded at Anzac Cove, and the younger met with an accident while in camp which prevented his accompanying his battn. to the Front.
=RALEIGH, GEORGE HEBDEN=, Brevet Major, 1st Battn. Essex Regt., and Commander, 4th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, yr. _s._ of William Thorp Raleigh, of Goronga, Pakenham Upper, Victoria, by his wife, Matilda Jane, dau. of George Hebden; _b._ Melbourne, Australia, 30 June, 1878; educ. C.E. Grammar School, Geelong, and Melbourne University; and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 15 Nov. 1899, and promoted Lieut. 11 March, 1900, Capt. 8 Jan. 1908, and Brevet Major 22 June, 1914. He served in the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in the operations in Cape Colony, south of Orange River, 1899–1900, including actions at Colesberg (1–29 Jan.); the advance on, and relief of, Kimberley; in the operations in the Orange Free State, including operations at Paardeberg (17–26 Feb.); actions at Poplar Grove, Dreifontein, where he was dangerously wounded; Vet River (5–6 May) and Zand River; operations in the Transvaal in May and June, 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Diamond Hill (11 and 12 June); operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, including
## actions at Frederickstad (17–25 Oct.); operations in the Transvaal
and Cape Colony, 30 Nov. 1900, 31 May, 1902; during which actions he was with the Mounted Infantry, and received the Queen’s medal with six clasps and the King’s medal with two clasps. He then served with his regt. in India, Burma and Baluchistan for about eight years. On his return to England he did duty at Warley with the 3rd Essex Regt. (the old Essex Rifles Militia), where he gave great attention to flying, and was attd. to the Air Battn. R.E., 10 April-12 May, 1912, at Farnborough, and later was appointed to command the 4th Aeroplane Squadron at Durrington on Salisbury Plain. He went to the Front about 13 Aug. 1914; carried out air work at Mons, the Marne, the Aisne and Ypres, and was killed at Dunkirk, 20 Jan. 1915, by the falling of his aeroplane, after his return from a raid on Ostend on the night of the 19th; _unm._ Buried in Dunkirk Cemetery. While on Salisbury Plain Major Raleigh flew from there, in two stages, to France, and many of his flights were exceptional both for speed and altitude. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 8 Oct. [London Gazette, 19 Oct.], 1914, and again after his death in that of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915.
[Illustration: =George Hebden Raleigh.=]
=RALPH, CHARLES WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7430), S.S. 102654, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RALPH, FREDERICK GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4812), 296311, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=RAMBERG, KARL ANDRES=, A.B., J. 14096, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=RAMSAY, ALEXANDER=, Lieut., 5th Battn. Royal Fusiliers, attd. 1st Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt., elder _s._ of the Rev. Alexander Ramsay, B.D., Minister of the Highgate Presbyterian Church, London, N., by his wife, Ella Euphemia Barbara, dau. of the Rev. William Clark, of Barshead; _b._ Coatbridge, co. Lanark, 9 Aug. 1887; educ. City of London School, and Caius College, Cambridge, and on leaving there entered the Board of Education as a Junior Examiner; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Reserve of Officers, 10 June, 1912, promoted Lieut. 25 March, 1915; was attd. to the 5th Royal Fusiliers on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France with the 1st Warwickshires, 21 Oct.; served in the trenches at Houplines, St. Yvon and Messines, and died a prisoner of war in a German Field Hospital, at Roulers, 28 April following, from wounds received in action at St. Julien, on the 25th, during the Second Battle of Ypres. Buried at Roulers. His Col. wrote: “He died gallantly leading his men against the German trenches on 25 April. He had done many gallant deeds since he has been with us, and we have all learnt his value as a man and as an officer”; and his Capt., who was wounded in the same engagement: “I had the luck to have him as one of my subalterns, and got to know him intimately since 1 Feb. I liked him immensely, and so did everyone else in the Battn. There was no one who looked after his men or got to know them like he did. I did not see him killed, but I feel sure he died a gallant death, leading his men in the attack in which we all suffered so.” A fellow officer, now (1916) on Headquarters Staff, also wrote: “Ramsay came to me when he first joined the Royal Warwicks, my regt., and I have no words to express the admiration I have always felt for him. He has been splendid out here, and I know all my men loved him, and we are all feeling his death as a personal loss. When I left my regt. and came to the Brigade Staff he asked me to write to you if anything happened, and that is how I know your address. He was thought highly of by everyone, and I know that his name has already gone forward in the honours list made up by the General some weeks ago.” While at Cambridge he took a double first (classics and history), was President of the Union, and obtained the Winchester Reading Prize.
[Illustration: =Alexander Ramsay.=]
=RAMSAY, LEWIS NEIL GRIFFITT=, M.A., B.Sc., 2nd Lieut., 3rd (Special Reserve), attd. 2nd Battn. Gordon Highlanders, 2nd _s._ of Sir William Mitchell Ramsay, of 41, Braid Avenue, Edinburgh, formerly Professor of Humanity in Aberdeen University, Professor of Classical Archæology in Oxford, Victoria Gold Medallist of the Royal Geographical Society, Medallist of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, and one of the original Fellows of the British Academy, by his wife, Agnes Dick, 2nd dau. of the Rev. William Marshall, of Kirkintilloch; _b._ Aberdeen, 3 Feb. 1890; educ. Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh; Aberdeen University; Christ’s College, Cambridge, and the Imperial College of Science. He graduated M.A. at Aberdeen in 1910 and B.Sc. in 1913, with special distinction in Botany, and was about to submit a piece of research work for his Cambridge B.A. During 1914 he acted as Assistant to the Professor of Natural History at Aberdeen, and shortly before the outbreak of war he had been made a Beit Memorial Fellow and had begun work at the Imperial College. He had been a keen Volunteer and Territorial, and applied for a commission on 11 Aug. 1914; rejoined his old unit, the 4th Battn. Gordon Highlanders (T.F.), as a Private early in Sept. 1914, and was at once promoted to his former rank of Colour-Sergt. In reward for his services in drilling he was (18 Nov.) given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battn., and early in Dec. was sent to France to the 2nd Battn., then at the Front. He was killed in action on Sunday, 21 March, 1915. His Battn. had taken part in, and suffered loss at, the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, and were engaged in consolidating the position after the battle when he was shot by a sniper. He became engaged a few weeks before war began to V. Grace, dau. of the late Major Ferguson, I.M.S., and of Mrs. Ferguson, Aberdeen, and granddau. of Colonel Hunter, C.B., C.S.I. His orderly wrote: “On 21 March, about noon, I placed out in the sun a chair for him to write a letter while I was making his lunch, and about ten minutes after a man of our company was struck on the head at a low part of our trench, so Mr. Ramsay jumped up at once and went and dressed him. That was what caused his death. He knew it was a very dangerous part, but that was always his first thought, the safety of his men. So Mr. Ramsay gathered together all sandbags which were lying about, and started to put them up. It was while doing that that he was struck by a sniper. As soon as he fell I was beside him, for he was only working at about a few yards from me at the time. I got out his field dressing and bandaged him up the best I could, then I sent for the Doctor, who arrived a few minutes after; but he was beyond all aid. We made him as comfortable as possible until the end. He was unconscious the whole five hours and passed away peacefully. It was a great blow to his platoon for they thought the world of him, and myself I knew had lost a great friend and good master. He was taken away at night by the stretcher-bearers and buried in Estaires with full military honours, and laid to rest beside our dear old Col.” [Grave No. 524.] He had been a devoted student of field Zoology, and especially ornithology, from his earliest childhood, and had amassed a great amount of data regarding the ornis of Aberdeenshire. On the more technical side may be mentioned his notes on the moult of the herring-gull and on the collections made by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. He himself had travelled considerably, and had made valuable collections not only of birds but also of mammals, insects, and botanical specimens in various places, notably in Asia Minor in the summer of 1907. In addition to his work on birds, Mr. Ramsay left unfinished a “Revision of the Nereidac,” a piece of work which was expected by competent judges who knew its substance to become a classical paper on that group of marine worms. Latterly he had turned to entomology with a view to studying it from the economic side. A list of his published work appears in “British Birds,” IX, 1, 1915, p. 17 f., prepared by his friend, Lieut. A. L. Thomson, A. and S.H. He played the Highland pipes well, and was a member of the Aberdeen Pipers Society. He represented Aberdeen University for several years in long distance running and in swimming.
[Illustration: =Lewis Neil G. Ramsay.=]
=RAMSDEN, ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6557), 186587, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RANCE, WILLIAM JOHN=, Petty Officer, 201566, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RANCOMBE, MARCUS ERNEST WILLIAM=, Private, No. 1593, 1/3rd Battn. Monmouthshire Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of William John Rancombe, of 15, Cwm Cottages, Abertillery, co. Monmouth, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Amos Buckle, of Waddesdon, Bucks; _b._ Abertillery, 14 April, 1895; educ. there; joined the 3rd Monmouthshire’s Territorial Regt., 25 June, 1913, and prior to the outbreak of the war was engaged at the Six Bells Colliery. He volunteered for foreign service; went to the Front, 16 Feb. 1915; was badly wounded in action near Messines Ridge, 16 March, 1915, and died at Bailleul, on Easter Monday, 5 April following; _unm._ He was buried in Bailleul Cemetery. His Company Officer wrote that he was one of his most reliable and useful men, a thorough good shot, signaller and despatch rider, one who could ill be spared.
[Illustration: =Marcus E. W. Rancombe.=]
=RANDALL, GEORGE EDWARD=, Private, No. 2093, 14th Battn. (London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of Charles William Randall, of Barton Bendish, Alderton Hill, Loughton, co. Essex, Merchant, by his wife, Emma, dau. of Edward Witton, of South Lopham, co. Norfolk; _b._ Norwich, 29 Feb. 1892; educ. Sidcup College; was engaged in his father’s business as Managing Director of Hamburg (German) branch and Director of C. W. Randall & Co., Ltd., London; joined the London Scottish, 15 June, 1914; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug., went to France 15 Sept. with the first batch of Territorials to leave for the Front, and was killed in action at Messines, 1 Nov. following, during the famous charge of the London Scottish; _unm._ Buried there. A window was erected to his memory in Woodford Parish Church.
[Illustration: =George Edward Randall.=]
=RANDALL, WILLIAM ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 6831, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=RANDELL, CHARLES WESTLEY=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 196243, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=RANDLE, DONALD=, Rifleman, No. 2916, 21st Battn. (1st Surry Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of the late George Beavis Randle, W.G., Manufacturers’ Agent, by his wife, Sarah (Shandwick, Hazelwood Lane, Palmer’s Green, N.), dau. of the late John Mitchell, of Dorking, Norfolk; _b._ Wood Green, 13 March, 1894; educ. there; was a Clerk with Messrs. Kirwan & Co., Hatton Garden; volunteered after the outbreak of war, and joined the Surrey Rifles in Sept. 1914; went to France, 15 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 25 May following; _unm._ Four of his brothers are on
## active service; the eldest an officer in A.S.C., another in R.F.C., and
two in Royal Bucks Hussars.
=RANGECROFT, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Acting Chief Stoker, 283745, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=RANDS, WILLIAM FREDERICK=, Rifleman, No. 3057, 1/16th Battn. (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of William Rands, of 108, Florence Road, Wimbledon; _b._ Battersea, 12 Feb. 1892; educ. Queen’s Road School, Wimbledon, and on leaving there in 1906 entered the shipping firm of Messrs. McEwan & Co., of 97, Cannon Street, E.C., in whose employ he was when war broke out in Aug. 1914; volunteered and joined the Queen’s Westminsters, 4 Sept. 1914; went to France with the first draft; was wounded in action at Armentières 3 May following, and died two days later in No. 8 Casualty Clearing Station; _unm._ Buried in the Bailleul Annex (Grave No. 816).
=RANKEN, HARRY SHERWOOD, V.C.=, Capt., Royal Army Medical Corps, elder _s._ of the Rev. Henry Ranken, B.D., Minister of Irvine, by his wife, Helen, dau. of Mathew Morton; _b._ Glasgow, 3 Sept. 1883; educ. Irvine Royal Academy and Glasgow University, where he graduated M.B., Ch.B. “with commendation” in 1905, and became M.R.C.P., London, 1910; was for some time House Physician and House Surgeon, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, and Assistant Medical Officer, Brook Fever Hospital, Metropolitan Asylums Board; gazetted Lieut., R.A.M.C., 30 Jan. 1909, and promoted Capt. 30 July, 1912; transferred to Egyptian Army, Aug. 1911; Member of the Sudan Government Sleeping Sickness Commission, and in charge of the Sleeping Sickness Camp at Yei, Western Mongalla, 1911–14; came home on leave, July, 1914, and volunteered for war service, and was restored to British establishment, Aug. 1914; went to the Front, 12 Aug. 1914, attd. to the 1st King’s Royal Rifle Corps; created a Knight of the Legion of Honour by the President of the French Republic “for gallant conduct from 21 to 28 Aug. 1914,” and decorated with the Victoria Cross [London Gazette, 16 Nov. 1914] “for tending wounded in the trenches under rifle and shrapnel fire at Hautevesnes on 19 Sept. and on 20 Sept., continuing to attend to wounded after his thigh and leg had been shattered”; died of his wounds at Braisne, 25 Sept. 1914; _unm._ The Times History of the War, Pt. 41, p. 44, says: “It is a safe statement that no man ever won the Victoria Cross more nobly than did Capt. Harry Sherwood Ranken, R.A.M.C. Capt. Ranken was severely wounded in the leg whilst attending to his duties on the battlefield. He arrested the bleeding from this, and bound it up, and then continued to dress the wounds of his men, sacrificing his chances of salvation to their needs. When finally he permitted himself to be carried to the rear, his case had become almost desperate. He died within a short period.” Col. Northey, commanding 1st Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, wrote to his parents of his personal loss and the loss the whole Battn. has sustained. Several other of his brother officers wrote in the same strain. The P.M.O. of the Egyptian Army regarded his death as a great loss to science. Sir William Leishman deplored the loss of a friend, and wrote of him as a man who thought nothing of doing three men’s work. In collaboration with Dr. H. E. Plimmer and Capt. Fry he prepared a series of “Reports on the Experimental Treatment of Trypanosomiasis.”
[Illustration: =Harry S. Ranken.=]
=RANKEN, JOHN=, Corpl., No. 1839, A Coy., 1/4th Battn. The Royal Scots (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of William Ranken, of 11, Spence Street, Edinburgh, Glass Manufacturer, surviving partner of John Ford & Co., of Edinburgh, by his wife, Pauline Catherine, elder dau. of the late William Ford, of Ferreyside, Liberton, Midlothian; _b._ Edinburgh, 13 March, 1881; educ. George Watson’s College there (1886–98); was apprenticed to Messrs. Belfrage & Carfrae, C.E., Edinburgh, later seeking further professional experience in the west of Scotland and in the north of England, and eventually became Director and Joint Manager of the firm of Firth, Dunlop, and Ranken, Leeds, one of the largest steel stock firms in the north of England. He joined the Queen’s Edinburgh Rifle Volunteer Brigade, Royal Scots, on 16 Nov. 1899; served with them till 6 Jan. 1904, and on the outbreak of war, rejoined his coy. on 5 Aug. 1914; went to the Dardanelles 13 June, and on 28 June brilliantly led a bombing party in a successful attack on the Turkish trenches, and for his conduct was mentioned in Gen. Ian Hamilton’s Despatch [London Gazette, 5 Nov. 1915]; wounded in this attack he might, with honour, have sought hospital shelter, but he hung on and subsequently died before reaching the Hospital Ship, 29 June, 1915; _unm._ The following passage occurs in “The Story of the Royal Scots” (p. 243), “Bomb-throwing played an important part in the
## action, and is shown by the account of Private Herbert T. Grant, of B
Coy.: ‘I noticed a communication trench at right angles to the one we held, and a little further down choked with Turks, so I grabbed the bag of bombs again and went down to the place. Fortunately Corpl. Ranken (Grenade Corpl.) was there, and we threw them at the Turks as fast as I could light them. There was an explosion which sent me flying. I managed to crawl up the trench a bit, and a fellow bandaged me up.’” Buried in Gulley Beach Cemetery. As a school boy he was a keen cyclist; captained his school club, and carried off its chief awards at the sports, under the auspices of that club, held at Powderhall in 1898. He was a well-known International runner in Scottish cross-country championships; captained the first Scottish cross-country International team, and represented his country on five or six different occasions; twice won the Scottish cross-country championship, and several times ran for Scotland in the International athletic championship against Ireland in the one mile and four miles events.
[Illustration: =John Ranken.=]
=RANKIN, JAMES=, Officer’s Steward, 1st Class, L. 4351 (Dev.), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=RANKING, JAMES GABRIEL LANCASTER=, Capt., Assistant Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Indian Political Department, late Indian Army, elder surviving _s._ of Lieut.-Col. George Speirs Alexander Ranking, late I.M.S. now R.A.M.C., (T.F.), Administrator, 3rd Southern General Hospital, Oxford, by his wife, Elizabeth Maunsell, yr. dau. of the late John Duncan, Assistant Inspector General, Royal Irish Constabulary, Commandant of the R.I.C. Depôt, Phoenix Park, Dublin; _b._ Tunbridge Wells, 14 Oct. 1883; educ. Tunbridge and Aldenham Schools, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. (unattd.) Indian Army, 21 Jan. 1903; served his first year with the 2nd East Lancashire Regt.; posted to 46th Punjabis, 23 April, 1904; and promoted Lieut. 21 April, 1905, and Capt. 21 Jan. 1912; selected as probationer, Indian Political Department, 17 Dec. 1908; confirmed as Political Assistant, 5 Oct. 1911; appointed H.M. Consul at Ahwaz, and Assistant to Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, 26 April, 1914; killed in action there, near Bushire, 12 July, 1915; _unm._ On that day, information having been received at the Residency that a concerted attack was to be made on the Residency that night, a reconnoitring party of 26 Sepoys and 6 Sowars, under the command of Major Oliphant, 96th Infantry, and Capt. Ranking, set out to verify the report. The cavalry party under Capt. Ranking came suddenly upon a strong body of the enemy (Tangistanis) in a garden, who opened fire at close range. The horse ridden by one of the Sowars was brought down. Capt. Ranking pulled up and dismounted to extricate the Sowar who lay pinned beneath his fallen horse. This he did, but it cost him his life, as he was shot down and killed. Major Oliphant coming to his rescue was also shot dead. The bodies of the two officers were recovered on the following day and brought into Bushire, and buried in the Telegraph Cemetery at Sabzabad. The Foreign Secretary to the Government of India wrote to Lieut.-Col. Ranking: “His Excellency desires me to say that the Political Department of which he is the Head, have lost in your son a most keen and promising officer, and one who had already done much good work for the Empire in remote and isolated parts of Persia,” and Major Trevor, Resident, Persian Gulf: “Your son and I went through some stormy times together in Arabistan at the beginning of the year, and then we both came here, and found things getting very lively. In the circumstances. I got to know your son very well and felt his loss a very great deal myself. I found him a most excellent assistant, and think that in addition to your having lost a dear son, his friends have lost a good friend and gallant gentleman. The Government has lost a very valuable officer.”
[Illustration: =James G. L. Ranking.=]
=RANSOM, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Officers’ Steward, 1st Class, L. 2595, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=RATCLIFFE, GIBSON=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 4848), 300320, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RATE, RICHARD AUSTIN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7516), S.S. 102766, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RATTENBURY THOMAS ERNEST=, Corpl., No. 1413, 18th Battn. (London Irish Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Thomas Charles Rattenbury, by his wife, Annie (4, Besborough Place, London, S.W.), dau. of Henry Abrams; _b._ Westminster, S.W., 13 Sept. 1893; educ. St. Matthews School, Westminster; was engaged as a Clerk with Pathé Frères; joined the London Irish Rifles in 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; trained at St. Alban’s; went to France in March, 1915, and was killed in action during the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. following, while gallantly advancing with his platoon to the attack on the German trenches; _unm._
[Illustration: =Thomas E. Rattenbury.=]
=RAVEN, JOHN ROBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3923), 184171, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=RAWLINGS, CECIL GEORGE SANDBROOK=, L.-Corpl., No. 1784, 12th Battn. (The Rangers), The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of George Rawlings, of Rosemont, Salisbury, by his wife, Ida, eldest dau. of William Sandbrook, of The Mount, Market Drayton, co. Salop; _b._ Salisbury, co. Wilts, 11 June, 1894; educ. Salisbury School and Denstone College, where he was a member of the O.T.C.; was employed with Messrs. Story & Co., at Kensington, and later with Messrs. Waring & Gillow; joined the Rangers, Oct. 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France on the following Christmas Eve, and was killed in action near Ypres, 15 Feb. 1915; _unm._ Capt. Arbuthnot in sending the news to his parents, wrote: “Just as it was getting light on the morning of the 15th, two platoons under Major V. Hoare were sent out to obtain information for the Brigade Gen., and to act as supports to some troops in front. It was not an easy task to move across the open in daylight, but Major Hoare’s leading was skilful, and he found the way into the shelter of a trench. When he had got about three-quarters of the men in the trench a shell burst right in the trench, and I most deeply regret to say killed Major Hoare and three men, one of those killed I grieve to say was your son. He was killed in action doing his duty. When darkness came on in the evening we buried him about 30 yards behind the trench. A Capt. of the King’s Royal Rifles read the burial service, abbreviated, by the light of an electric torch, while we stood round in a half-circle to prevent the Germans seeing the light and firing on us. I can assure you that your son’s death is a real loss to the company; he always did his work so calmly and efficiently, and at the same time he was a great favourite with the whole platoon.”
[Illustration: =Cecil George S. Rawlings.=]
=RAWLINGS, FRANK HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3848), 190362, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=RAWLINGS, JOSEPH EASTOE=, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8926), S.S. 105702, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RAWLINS, CLIFFORD ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9107, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RAWLINSON, CURWEN VAUGHAN=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st, Battn. Dorsetshire Regt., only _s._ of the late Charles William Rawlinson, of Court House, Winchfleld, a Master of the Supreme Court, by his wife, Amy Vaughan (Shapley Heath, Winchfield, Hants), dau. of the late Alfred Fowler, of Down Hall, Kent; _b._ Kensington, 19 Aug. 1890; educ. Rugby; was reading Law with Messrs. Buck, Mellor and Norris, of 45, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, but after the outbreak of war joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. in Nov., and obtained a commission, 16 Dec. 1914. He was killed in Flanders in the front trenches at Hill 60, 21–22 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Curwen V. Rawlinson.=]
=RAWORTH, WILLIAM ALFRED=, Private, No. 2414, 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of William Raworth, R.N. (now serving in a monitor off the Belgian Coast), by his wife, Marion Helen (21, Pear Tree Cottages, James Street, Hounslow), dau. of the late Alfred French; _b._ Notting Hill, London, 17 Nov. 1894; educ. Spring Grove Council School, Isleworth; after the outbreak of war enlisted in the Kensingtons, 1 Sept. 1914, served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, including the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, and was shot by a sniper while leaving a dug-out for the trenches, 10 April, 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the churchyard at Fleurbaix.
[Illustration: =William Alfred Raworth.=]
=RAY, GEORGE=, Sergt., R.M.A. (R.F.R., A. 0761), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RAY, JAMES HENRY=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 22054, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=RAYNER, CHARLES ALFRED=, A.B., (R.F.R., B. 6901), S.S. 1083, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=RAYNER, FRANK=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26354 (Dev.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=RAYNER, WILLIAM THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5071), 179317, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RAYNES, ALBERT BRAINERD=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt., attd. 2nd Battn. Royal Berkshire Regt., eldest _s._ of Albert Edward Raynes, of 201, Denman Street, Nottingham, by his wife, Alice Mary, dau. of the late Anthony Terzza, of Nottingham; _b._ New York City, U.S.A., 21 Nov. 1894; educ. High Pavement School, Nottingham, and Nottingham University College, where he was in the O.T.C., and on the outbreak of war was given a commission in the 3rd Royal Sussex Regt., 15 Aug. 1914; went to France, 5 Nov. 1914, attd. to the 2nd Royal Berkshires, and was killed in action during the bombardment preceding the attack at Neuve Chapelle, 10 March, 1915; _unm._ He was struck by a shell towards the end of the bombardment and wounded, and shortly afterwards was killed instantly by another shell. A brother officer wrote: “I very much enjoyed his company during the time we were together.... He died like a British officer and a gentleman.” He was very fond of music and a good amateur photographer.
[Illustration: =Albert Brainerd Raynes.=]
=RAYNOR, HERBERT=, Private, No. 2805, 1st Battn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regt., _s._ of John Raynor, by his wife, Eliza (now wife of William Cardwell, of 13, Cowel Street), dau. of George Fish; _b._ Blackburn, 9 Dec. 1894; educ. St. Paul’s School there; enlisted 9 Aug. 1914; went to France, Dec. 1914, and was killed in
## action at Ypres, 9 May, 1915; _unm._
=READ, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1618U, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=READ, WILLIAM=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 312525, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=READER, HENRY FRANK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6719), 186352, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=READING, WILLIAM ERNEST=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1389), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=REARDON, GEORGE HERBERT=, A.B., 236287, H.M.S. Arethusa; killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=REARDON, SAMUEL MICHAEL=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 156685, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=REASON, PATRICK EDWARD=, 2nd Writer, 345759, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=REDDOCK, SAMUEL ALLAN=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. (Toronto Regt.) Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of ---- Reddock; _b._ Toronto, Canada, 5 April, 1885; educ. Dutferin School, and the Central Business College, Toronto; joined the 2nd Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada as a Private in 1906, and became successively Corpl., Sergt., Colour-Sergt.; volunteered for Imperial Service after the outbreak of war; came over with the first contingent, Oct. 1914; went to France, Feb. 1915; was promoted Lieut., 12 May, 1915, after the battle of St. Julien, and died in No. 7 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 26 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at Festubert; _unm._ Buried Eastern Cemetery, Boulogne.
[Illustration: =Samuel A. Reddock.=]
=REDHEAD, THOMAS=, Stoker, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=REDMAYNE, JAMES=, Sergt., No. 2017, 7th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of William Redmayne, of 7, Cecil Street, Barnoldswick, co. York, Farmer, by his wife, Isabella Jane, dau. of Thomas Parker; _b._ Kirkby Malham, near Bell Busk, co. York, 2 June, 1879; educ. Wigglesworth, near Settle, co. York; was employed with Messrs. Bateman, Wholesale Provision Merchants, of Colne, co. Lancaster, for several years, but went to Australia in Jan. 1908; settled at Kyogle, and worked at a Sawmill for Messrs. Munro & Lever; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, and joined the Australian Imperial Force in Jan. 1915; left for Egypt in April; went to the Dardanelles in the beginning of June, and died on Hospital Ship Gascon, 11 July following, of wounds received in action there; _unm._
[Illustration: =James Redmayne.=]
=REDMOND, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8209), S.S. 104015, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=REDPATH, JAMES THOMAS=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, eldest _s._ of the late James Alexander Redpath, Northumberland Constabulary, by his wife, Hannah (now wife of Police Supt. Robert Henry Taylor, of Hexham), adopted dau. of Thomas and Hannah Mattison, of South Lodge, Blagdon, Northumberland; _b._ Haddon-on-the-Wall, co. Northumberland, 15 July, 1887; educ. Morpeth; enlisted in Feb. 1903; promoted Sergt. in 1906, and was given a commission, 11 Feb. 1915, in his own Battn.; served in Egypt and India, and with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, and was killed in action at Y. Beach the following day. A commanding officer wrote: “His was a promising young life cut down. He had the brains and ability to rise to anything he wished”; and a comrade: “He was one of the best and died like a soldier. Twice he was wounded, had his wounds dressed and returned to the firing line between the time of landing on Y. Beach, on 25 April and 26 April, when he was killed gallantly leading his men. He behaved most coolly and well all through.” He was for two years running the Battn. shot, and held certificates for efficiency; took a keen interest in shooting, and hunting big game. He _m._ at Rothbury. 19 Oct. 1906, Agnes McMillan (16, Comely Bank, Edinburgh), dau. of William Macdonald, of Edinburgh, and had two children: Alexander William, _b._ 4 Sept 1909; and Rosalind Constance, _b._ 27 Feb. 1915.
[Illustration: =James Thomas Redpath.=]
=REED, ERNEST WILLIAM=, Chief Stoker, 295282, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=REED, JAMES McGREGOR=, A.B., 233483, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
## action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=REED, JOHN ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5263), S.S. 1916, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=REED, JOSEPH JOHN=, Private, No. 10903, No. 3 Coy., 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, only _s._ of Joseph Reed, of 30, Cleaveland Street, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, Brass Dresser, by his wife, Comfort Thurza, dau. of John Miles, of Deepfields; _b._ Wolverhampton, co. Stafford, 28 Oct. 1893; educ. St. Mark’s Chapel Ash, Wolverhampton; was a Grocer’s Assistant at Burges & Coulbourn’s, Team; enlisted on the outbreak of war, 8 Aug. 1914; went to France on 26 Nov. 1914, and died in No. 4 Clearing Hospital, 26 Dec. following, of wounds received in action at Givenchy, on the 21st; _unm._ Buried in cemetery at Lillers.
=REED, OLIVER=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3790), S.S. 1028, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=REED, REGINALD JOSEPH=, Leading Seaman, 234667, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=REED, WILLIAM ELLIS=, Private, No. 8571, 1st Battn. The Bedford Regt., eldest _s._ of William Reed, of The Mount, Royston, co. Herts, formerly of Whaddon, by his wife, Alice, dau. of Ellis (and Jane) Smith, of Whaddon; _b._ Whaddon, co. Cambridge, 9 Oct. 1887; educ. National School there; enlisted 3 July, 1906; served five years in Gibraltar, Africa and Bermuda, and passed into the Reserve, 13 March, 1913; was called up on mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914; landed in France on the 13th of that month; took part in the retreat at La Bassée, and round Ypres, also in various other engagements during the winter of 1914–15, and was killed in action near Ypres, 30 March, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Ellis Reed.=]
=REEVES, GEOFFREY FREDERICK JOHN=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd, attd. 2nd Battn. The Hampshire Regt., only _s._ of Edward John Reeves, of The Cottage, Chandler’s Ford, co. Hants, Civil Engineer, by his wife, Erica Mary, dau. of the Rev. F. Young, of South Sheen; _b._ St. Leonards-on-Sea, 12 Oct. 1894; educ. Victoria College, Jersey, and Jesus College, Oxford (Scholar); gazetted 2nd Lieut., 3rd Hampshires, 15 Aug. 1914; joined his regt. on the 31st, and was attd. to the 2nd Battn.; landed at the Dardanelles, 26 May, 1915, and was killed in
## action there, 6 June following; _unm._ Buried near Krithia. An
officer of the 12th Royal Warwickshire Regt. wrote: “The Hampshires were fine and stuck to the trench. The position of the trench in which your son was, was in low ground so that he could not see the enemy advancing on the left; so kneeling on the parados he was directing their fire with good effect; I was passing just underneath him when he fell with a bullet through the head, death being absolutely instantaneous and just as he was in the middle of an order. It was due to officers like your son that the regt. stood firm in a very critical situation, and we also had a hand in recapturing the lost trenches.” During his last year at Victoria College he was head prefect, won the King’s Gold Medal for classics, was Colour-Sergt. of the Corps, Capt. of the shooting eight, and shot for the Oxford University during the summer term of 1914.
=REGAN, EDWARD=, Petty Officer, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2224), 157652, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=REID, FRANCIS JACKSON=, Private, No. 19765, 10th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, yst. _s._ of Surgeon-Gen. Sir Adam Scott Reid, of 10, Zetland House, Chenistan Gardens, Kensington, W., K.C.B. M.B., M.Ch., I.M.S. (ret.), late P.M.O. Punjab Command, by his wife, Sidney Vaughan, dau. of Sidney Vaughan Jackson, of Ballino, co. Mayo; _b._ Hounslow, 11 Nov. 1881; educ. Bedford Grammar School; went to Canada about 1906; and was employed on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in Ontario and Winnipeg; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, and joined the 10th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force; came over with the first contingent, went to France in Feb. 1915, and was killed in action near Ypres, on the night of 24–25 April following, while attempting (with some of the survivors of his Battn., which, with the Canadian Scottish, had charged through a wood during the night), to dig himself in; _unm._ Buried there. A comrade wrote telling of his death, and added how much he had been liked by the officers and men of his Battn.
[Illustration: =Francis Jackson Reid.=]
=REID, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5348), 184847, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=REID, GEORGE WHITELEY=, Capt. and Adjutant, 2nd Battn. Hampshire Regt., elder _s._ of the late George Reid, of Oporto, Portugal, by his wife, Alice Georgina (Oporto), dau. of the late Rev. Edward Whiteley, M.A.; _b._ Campo Alegre, Oporto, 20 Sept. 1879; educ. Charterhouse, and Oriel College, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 2nd Battn. Hampshire Regt., 4 Dec. 1901, and promoted Lieut., Sept. 1904, and Capt., 17 July, 1909, and appointed Adjutant, 21 March, 1912; served in the South African War (Queen’s medal with four clasps) 1902, and with the 88th Brigade, 29th Division, at the Dardanelles, 1915; landed at V Beach from the River Clyde on the night of 25 April, and took part in the subsequent capture of Sedd-el-Bahr village and Hill 141, and was killed in action during the advance on Krithia on the night of 1 May, 1915; _unm._
=REID, JAMES=, L.-Corpl., No. 652, 1/8th Battn. The Royal Scots (T.F.), eldest _s._ of John Reid, of Forth View, Preston, Prestonpans (who served with the Cameron Highlanders in the Nile Expedition, 1884–5; operations in Upper Nile, 1885–6, and in the South African War, 1900–1), by his wife, Margaret, dau. of John Sutherland; _b._ Tranent, East Lothian, 16 July, 1894; educ. Tranent Public School; was employed as an Engineer with the Edinburgh Collieries at Bankton Colliery; joined the Royal Scots (T.F.) in March, 1911; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war, in Aug. 1914; trained at Haddington; went to France, 2 Nov. following, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried there, about 400 yards S.W. of Picantin. His Capt. wrote: “I many a time admired your son’s coolness and courage, and had always the utmost confidence in him. He was very keen on his duty, and let nothing come between himself and it; in fact, I can sum him up no better than by saying ‘he was a true soldier.’ He was a favourite with his comrades, and admired and much esteemed by myself and other officers of the Prestonpans Company.”
[Illustration: =James Reid.=]
=REID, ROBERT LOGAN=, 2nd Lieut., Royal Engineers, 2nd _s._ of Robert Logan Reid, of 3, Newark Drive, Pollokshields, Glasgow, Teacher of Music, by his wife, Agnes Hood, dau. of James Pattison; _b._ Pollokshields, aforesaid, 21 Jan. 1890; educ. High School there, and Glasgow Royal Technical College; served his apprenticeship with Messrs. Underhill & Ritchie, Electrical Engineers, and was for some time their travelling representative, subsequently being in the employ of Messrs. Allan Arthur & Ure, as manager of their North Berwick Depôt; joined the Glasgow Territorials in Jan. 1908; served with them four years and after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, obtained a commission in the 35th Signal Coy., Royal Engineers, 14 Oct. following; went to the Dardanelles, 3 June, 1915, unattd., and was there connected chiefly with the 29th Division, and was killed in action 8 Aug. 1915; _unm._ Three of his brothers are now (1916) on active service.
=REID, WILLIAM BRAMICH=, A.B., J. 1591, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=REID, WILLIAM LEONARD=, Capt., 2nd Battn. The Dorsetshire Regt., 2nd _s._ of the Rev. John Reid, M.A., Minister of Foulden Parish, co. Berwick, by his wife, Martha Craig, dau. of John G. Gilchrist, of San Francisco; _b._ Foulden, 28 May, 1889; educ. St. Mary’s School, Melrose; Celle, Hanover, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Dorsetshire Regt., 6 Nov. 1909, promoted Lieut. 4 Jan. 1912, and Capt. 23 Jan. 1915; joined his regt. in Madras, India, 5 Jan. 1910; qualified for, and obtained, an interpretership in German while home on furlough in 1912; appointed Station Staff Officer, and Cantonment magistrate at Deolali, Bombay, on his return to India, but resigned this position on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and, rejoining his regt., went to the Persian Gulf with the Indian Expeditionary Force; took part in the fighting at the Shat-el-Arab, and the capture of Basra, subsequently being appointed German Interpreter to the Force, in which capacity he proved himself of the greatest use to the Expedition. During March, 1915, when a large body of Turks were concentrating round Basra, at his own request and that of his Col., he was permitted to leave the Indian Government Office, where he had been engaged, and return to his regt. The Turks were attacked and completely routed at Shaiba, but it was during this attack that he was wounded, 14 April, 1915, and he died the following morning; _unm._ Buried there. The Adjutant in describing his death wrote: “Reid was about 50 yards to my right, and I saw him directing his men very cool and collected, and about two o’clock when Cushing was mortally hit, Reid went over and attended to him. Later I had occasion to go over past him, and he asked me to send along more ammunition. About 4 p.m. the long desired artillery support began, and we started forward again. Reid was about the first to dash on with some few men. Then I saw him come back for more. I kept seeing him at intervals in the rushes till we were about 200 yards from the enemy, when we fixed bayonets. After the trench was taken I asked where he was, and was told he had been shot through the body in the last rush just before bayonets were fixed. Fortunately the regimental doctor was close up, and seeing he must be in considerable pain at once gave him some morphia. We put him in a cart with another wounded officer, and he died in the Field Hospital at Shaiba early next morning. I have been a very close friend of Reid’s for the last three years, and he makes a great gap here, though we cannot but be proud of the manner of his death. He was the most fearless man I’ve known.”
[Illustration: =William L. Reid.=]
=REILLY, RALPH ALEC=, Lieut., 31st Punjabis, attd. 58th Vaughan’s Rifles (Frontier Force), yst. _s._ of Col. Bradshaw Lewis Phillips Reilly, of Oak Grange, Pangbourne, Indian Army, by his wife, Eleanor, dau. of Thomas White, of Eastry, Kent; _b._ Jubbulpore, Central Provinces, India, 7 Jan. 1889; educ. Bedford Grammar School; Cheltenham College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. unattd. Indian Army, 9 Sept 1908; served his first year with the Sherwood Foresters, being posted to the 31st Punjabis in Dec. 1909, and promoted Lieut. 9 Dec. 1910; was appointed Quartermaster 10 Oct. 1912; served at Fort Sandeman, and received high commendation from general officer commanding Quetta District for his services in that appointment; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, landing at Marseilles, 12 Oct. 1914, attd. to the 58th Vaughan’s Rifles, and was killed in action near La Bassée, 23 Nov. following, while attempting, with only six sepoys, to stop the attack of the 112th German Infantry Regt. Buried in Bethune Cemetery; _unm._ Major C. E. D. Davidson Houston, Commanding 58th Rifles, wrote: “I write on behalf of the officers of the regt. and myself to express our very great sympathy with you in the death of your son about noon on the 23rd inst. His loss will be very keenly felt by us all, for I have seldom seen a young officer so thoroughly keen and efficient and so dependable. I have had many opportunities of seeing his work as he was in my double company till I succeeded to the command on Col. Venour’s death, and I should have been only too glad to have had him with us permanently. Early on the 23rd, I heard rumours of the line away to our left being very hard pressed, so I sent up your son to the trenches with extra ammunition, and to bring back any reports he could from our officers of the exact situation. He arrived there safely, but, unfortunately, the crisis developed very rapidly, and as he was returning along the covered way a mass of Germans swept over the regt. on our left and reached the covered way. The last seen of your son alive was leading the half-dozen men he had with him against an overwhelming number of Germans--as honourable a death as is possible for a soldier”; and Major Thomson: “I would like to say how sorry we all were to have lost your son. In the short time he was with us we were able to see how good an officer he was. It will be some consolation to you to know that he died in a most plucky attempt to stop the enemy with a handful of men.”
=RENDEL, REGINALD DACRES=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I., yr. _s._ of the late Leopold Joseph Rendel, Engineer at Elswick, and English Manager of Armstrong’s Works at Potzzuoli, Italy (died 1896), by his wife, Gertrude Maria (Arverne, Crowborough, co. Sussex), dau. of the Rev. Frederick Fleming Beadon; _b._ Potzzuoli aforesaid, 3 May, 1896; educ. Crowborough; Summerfields, Oxford; Wellington College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Oxford and Bucks L.I., 12 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 15 Nov. following; went to France, 25 Nov., and was killed in action at Richebourg St. Vaast, 16 May, 1915; _unm._
=RENNIE, JOHN=, Private, No. 9891, 1st Battn. Royal Scottish Fusiliers; accidentally drowned while on active service with the Expeditionary Force, 18 Aug. 1914.
=RENTON, HARRY NOEL LESLIE=, Lieut., 9th (Service) Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 2nd _s._ of James Henry Renton, of Aspley Guise, co. Beds, formerly of Colombo, Ceylon, F.R.C.I.; _b._ Colombo, Ceylon, 18 Dec. 1894; educ. The Knoll, Woburn Sands, and Harrow School, matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford, in April, 1913, and was to have entered into residence in Oct. 1914, but, on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, obtained a commission in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 23 Sept. 1914; was promoted Lieut. 13 Feb. 1915; went to France 20 May, and was killed in action near Hooge 30 July, 1915, during the capture of a German trench; _unm._ Buried there. Major Hennessy, of the 9th Battn., wrote: “I think you know what affection I had for your son, and the high esteem in which I held him. He was a real soldier through and through, absolutely fearless, painstaking, trustworthy, and his men loved him. He was my right hand in everything, and however difficult the task set him I could always be absolutely sure he would see it through all right”; and Capt. Young: “All through the day Noel behaved with the greatest coolness, and I do not know what we should have done without him, as there were only three of us. He never paid the slightest attention to danger, and he was tremendously pleased when I ordered the charge. Not only his own platoon but the whole company were devoted to him, and would have followed him anywhere--as they did. As you know he and I were great friends since last Sept., and there is nothing I can say except how fond we all were of him, and that he died as well as a man could.” At Harrow he was a monitor of the School, head of his house; house cricket and football captain, a member of the school cricket XI. He was a fine cricketer, and kept wicket for the School in the Eton and Harrow match at Lord’s in 1914.
[Illustration: =Harry Noel Leslie Renton.=]
=RENVOIZE, ALBERT JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9562), 212151 Chatham, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=REVELEY, EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11753, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=REVITT, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111883 (Ports.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=REYNELL, CAREW=, Lieut.-Col., 9th Imperial Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of Walter Reynell, of Reynella, South Australia, Vineyard Proprietor, by his wife, Emily, dau. of William Bakewell, of Shirley, Payneham, South Australia, and gdson. of John Reynell, of co. Devon (in male descent from Sir Richard Reynell, temp. Henry II.), who settled in South Australia in 1838, and planted the first vineyard in that State, and great nephew of Sir Thomas Reynell, K.C.B. (who served through the Peninsula and at Waterloo); _b._ Reynella, near Adelaide, 16 Sept. 1883; educ. St. Peter’s College, Adelaide, and on leaving there joined his father in the management of the vineyard. He joined the 16th Australian Light Horse as a Private, and after passing through the various non-commissioned ranks was gazetted Lieut. to the 7th Light Horse. Two years later he qualified for the rank of Capt., and was posted to the 22nd Light Horse. The same year he was promoted Major, and when the European War broke out he immediately volunteered for Imperial service. He went to Egypt as second in command of the 9th Light Horse, and on the death of Lieut.-Col. Miell succeeded to the command. He was killed in action at Anzac, 28 Aug. 1915. He had led three charges, within the space of two hours, against the Turks, and it was on the occasion of the fourth charge, while encouraging his men, that he fell, shot through the heart by a bullet. General Russell, writing to General Hughes, said: “Had I had any idea that he would have taken charge of the assault himself I would not have let him go. Anyway, we have lost as fine an officer as ever came from Australia. It is the luck of war, I know, but it is very hard luck when it means losing a man like Reynell;” and the latter, in a letter to Mrs. Reynell, wrote: “His regiment was temporarily detached, and sent over to Gen. Cox to do some special work. Gen. Cox is in command of the Indian Forces, and he told off one of the 9th Regt. Squadrons to take an important trench and, as they always do, they did their work magnificently. But it is now evident that your fine husband was too keen--if such is possible--and instead of leaving the work to the Capt. of the squadron, he went out himself. Gen. Cox and none of his Staff knew of this or they would have certainly stopped him.” General Birdwood, commanding the Australian Expeditionary Force, also wrote to a relative: “Col. Reynell turned out a first-class soldier. I had hoped so much from his command, for I knew how much he would have looked after his regt., and how well they would all have followed him. Such indeed proved to be the case during his very brief command. I am sure you know how deeply I do sympathise with you about this, more especially as I had seen a good deal of Reynell since he came here, and had taken such a fancy to him, for I at once recognised in him a really good, straight, fearless soldier. I think that perhaps almost anyone but him would have been content with the trenches already taken, and would not have decided to go on further to turn the enemy out of another position, as he did, and we can only admire his fearless courage and example in leading his men on in spite of everything.” Col. Reynell was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s despatch of 26 Aug. to 22 Sept. 1915 [London Gazette, 5 Nov. 1915]. He was a fine horseman and a prominent polo player, and for three years was Master of the Adelaide Hounds. He _m._ at Hahndorf, South Australia, 6 May, 1910, May Mabel, dau. of Douglas John Byard, M.A., and had two children: Richard, _b._ 19 Jan. 1912; and Lydia, _b._ 9 Feb. 1911.
[Illustration: =Carew Reynell.=]
=REYNOLDS, EMANUEL=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3251), 302684, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=REYNOLDS, FRANK=, E.R.A., 3rd Class, M. 1404, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=REYNOLDS, HENRY CLENDON COLLIS=, Capt., 3rd, attd. 1st, Battn. Wiltshire Regt., only _s._ of Thomas Collis Reynolds, of 92, Cambridge Gardens, North Kensington, W.; _b._ London, 1883; educ. Linton House School and Bradfield College; joined the Wiltshire Regt., and became Capt. 19 May, 1906; served in the South African War, 1901 (Queen’s medal), later going with his Regt. to St. Helena, to guard the Boer prisoners; went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914; took part in the retreat from Mons, and was killed in action during the Battle of the Aisne, 20 Sept. 1914; _unm._ Buried at Vailly. Capt. Reynolds had King George V.’s Coronation medal.
[Illustration: =Henry C. C. Reynolds.=]
=REYNOLDS, HERBERT JOSEPH=, L.-Corpl. No. 595, 5th Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Edward Lee Reynolds, of 66, Milman Road, Walton, Liverpool, by his wife, Sarah Elizabeth, 2nd dau. of Edward Davis, of Holywell; _b._ Tranmere, 5 July, 1890; educ. Arnot Street Council School, Liverpool; was Manager of the Star Engineering Works, Southport; joined the Territorials in 1908; volunteered for active service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France in Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 17 July following; _unm._ He was buried in an orchard farm, south of Givenchy.
[Illustration: =Herbert Joseph Reynolds.=]
=REYNOLDS, JOSEPH=, Petty Officer, Ch. 164729, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=REYNOLDS, LOUIS VICTOR=, Ordinary Telegraphist, J. 14432, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=RICARD, FRANK=, M.A., LL.B., Barrister-at-Law, Inner Temple, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt., eldest _s._ of Charles Ricard, of 97, Westbourne Terrace, London, W.; _b._ Amsterdam, 8 Jan. 1888; educ. Harrow, and King’s College, Cambridge, where he graduated M.A. Jan. 1913, LL.B., Nov. 1912, and was called to the Bar, Inner Temple, April, 1913; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 4th (Special Reserve) Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt., 24 Oct. 1914, and posted to the 1st Battn. 15 March, 1915; went to France 6 March, 1915, and was killed in action near St. Julien, during the Second Battle of Ypres, 25 April, 1915; _unm._ He was a fine linguist, and exceptionally musical, being an excellent violin player.
[Illustration: =Frank Ricard.=]
=RICHARDS, HUGH LIDDON=, Lieut., 14th (South Otago) Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the Ven. Isaac Richards, Archdeacon of Invercargill, and Vicar of St. John’s there, Graduate of Exeter College, Oxford, by his wife, Gertrude, dau. of Robert (and Emma) Oxland; _b._ Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand, 14 July, 1891; educ. Lawrence High School, Otago, New Zealand; joined the New Zealand Field Artillery, 1909; gazetted Lieut., 14th Infantry Regt. (N.Z.T.F.), 25 March, 1912; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; left for Egypt 16 Oct. following; took part in the repulse of the Turkish attack on the Suez Canal in Feb., and was in the landing at the Dardanelles on 25 April, 1915; and was killed in action on Pope’s Hill 4 May following; _unm._ Buried in Beach Cemetery, Anzac Cove, Gallipoli. An elder brother, Lieut. R. Richards, died of wounds on 23 May (see his notice).
[Illustration: =Hugh Liddon Richards.=]
=RICHARDS, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, 304400, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=RICHARDS, ROBERT=, Lieut., Field Artillery Brigade, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the Ven. Isaac Richards, Archdeacon of Invercargill, and Vicar of St. John’s there, Graduate of Exeter College, Oxford (see under Lieut. H. L. Richards); _b._ Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand, 20 July, 1886; educ. Christ’s College, Christchurch, New Zealand, and the Merchant Venturers’ College, Bristol; joined the Warwickshire Territorial Artillery Brigade, 1907; gazetted Lieut., New Zealand Field Artillery Brigade, 7 June, 1912; volunteered with it for Imperial service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; left for Egypt 16 Oct. following, took part in the landing at the Dardanelles 25 April, and died in hospital at Alexandria, 23 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at Cape Helles, Gallipoli; _unm._ Buried in Chatby Military Cemetery, Alexandria.
[Illustration: =Robert Richards.=]
=RICHARDSON, GEORGE=, Private, No. 1426, 3rd Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, _s._ of William Richardson, of Monkwearmouth, Master Mariner (lost at sea), by his wife, Harriet, dau. of William Healia; _b._ Monkwearmouth, 30 May, 1875; educ. Colliery Schools there; was employed at Hylton Colliery; enlisted, 1 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action “somewhere” in France, 29 March, 1916. He _m._ at Sunderland, 30 Aug. 1902, Sarah Jane (5, Varna Street, Southwick-on-Wear), 1st dau. of Joseph Gray, of Sunderland, and had five children: Thomas, _b._ 22 May, 1906; George, _b._ 10 Dec. 1910; Joseph, _b._ 22 Feb. 1914; Catherine, _b._ 8 May, 1904; and Gladys, _b._ 25 Jan. 1916.
[Illustration: =George Richardson.=]
=RICHARDSON, HENRY CHARLES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 13853, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=RICHARDSON, HERBERT JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3881), 184244, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=RICHARDSON, JOHN WILLIAM=, Private, No. 10904, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of John Richardson, of the Banks, Dunchurch; _b._ co. Warwick; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; died at Bethune, 11 Feb. 1915, of wounds received in action at Cuinchy the same day. Buried Bethune Town Cemetery.
=RICHARDSON, JOHN THEODORE=, E.R.A., 3rd Class, M. 2837, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=RICHARDSON, RUSSELL=, Ordinary Signalman, J. 25607, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=RICHARDSON, WALTER FAIRFAX=, Capt., 2nd Battn. East Lancashire Regt., _s._ of Major-Gen. John Soame Richardson, C.B. (who commanded the Australian Contingent in the Sudan Campaign); _b._ Sydney, New South Wales, 17 Sept. 1873; educ. there; gazetted 2nd Lieut., East Lancashire Regt., from the Local Military Forces, N.S.W., 2 June, 1894; promoted Lieut. 19 Nov. 1897, and Capt. 21 Nov. 1901; was Adjutant of his Regt. from 23 Dec. 1904 to 22 Dec. 1907; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action at Rouge Bancs, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried at Rouge Croix.
[Illustration: =Walter F. Richardson.=]
=RICHARDSON, WILLIAM=, E.R.A., 1st Class (Pensioner), No. 9651, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RICHARDSON, WILLIAM JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 69), 173718, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RICHES, ROBERT JAMES=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 173426, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=RICHES, THOMAS=, Corpl., No. 2117, 5th Battn. Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Samuel Riches, of Waldron, Sussex, by his wife, Louisa, dau. of David Rolph, of Cambridge; _b._ Clerkenwell, S.E., 25 Jan. 1887; educ. Waldron, Sussex; was a Bricklayer; volunteered and enlisted, Sept. 1914; went to France, 19 Feb. 1915, and was killed in
## action at Richebourg, 9 May following; _unm._
=RICKARD, HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7254), S.S. 102184, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RICKMAN, STUART HAMILTON=, Major, 1st Battn. The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own), _s._ of the late Lieut.-Col. Albert Divett Rickman, Rifle Brigade (with which he served 24 years), by his wife, Helen Burns-Fulton (now wife of Edward Dunn, of Childrey Manor, Wantage); _b._ Chatham, 11 May, 1872; educ. Eton; was gazetted to his father’s old regt. from the Militia on 29 Nov. 1893, became Lieut. 18 March, 1896, Capt. 27 July, 1900, and Major 16 Dec. 1911; served on the N.W. Frontier of India (Tochi medal with clasp), 1897–8, and in the South African War, 1899–1900, including the Relief of Ladysmith, the action at Colenso; operations of 17 to 24 Jan. 1900, and action at Spion Kop; operations of 5 to 7 Feb. 1900, and action at Val Kranz; operations on Tugela Heights (14 to 27 Feb. 1900), and the engagement at Pieter’s Hill; also during the operations in Natal, March to 22 April of that year (twice mentioned in despatches [London Gazette, 8 Feb. and 10 Sept. 1901], (Queen’s medal with three clasps). He was subsequently employed with the West African Frontier Force (25 May, 1907, to 23 Nov. 1908), and in India; came home on leave from the 2nd Battn. in May, 1914, and on the outbreak of war was appointed second in command of the 1st Battn., with which he went to France on 21 Aug. During the retreat from Mons he was mortally wounded in the Cambray Le Cateau action on 26 Aug. while in command of the rearguard, and died the next day and was buried at Fontaine-au-Pire; _unm._ Gen. ... wrote to a friend: “None saw Major Rickman dead. He was dangerously wounded gallantly commanding the rearguard of our retirement on the afternoon of 26 Aug. and he was left, of course, where he fell.... By his excellent arrangements in placing his companies, and by his quiet confident manner in command of the supports to the most dangerous and important parts of our line, he did more than anyone to enable us to maintain our positions in that part of our line. I put him first in the list of officers mentioned in my report of the battle that day”; and a Staff Officer wrote: “The Rifle Brigade did splendidly, and Major Rickman’s conduct was _magnificent_, but we could not expect anything else from him. We brother officers have lost a fine soldier and the regt. has sustained a terrible loss and a real friend. One consolation is he fell fighting in the ranks of the regt. he loved so well. He will live in the annals of the regt.” He was mentioned for gallant and distinguished service in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s despatches of 8 Oct. [London Gazette, 19 Oct.] 1914 and 14 Jan. [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915].
[Illustration: =Stuart Hamilton Rickman.=]
=RIDDELL, JAMES FOSTER=, Brigadier-Gen., Commanding Northumberland Infantry Brigade, late 5th Northumberland Fusiliers, only _s._ of the late John Riddell [5th in descent from the Rev. Archibald Riddell, 3rd _s._ of Sir Walter Riddell, 2nd Bart. of Riddell, co. Roxburgh], by his first wife, Jane, dau. of William Peppercorn; _b._ 17 Oct. 1861; educ. Wellington and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1 July, 1881, Capt. 18 Nov. 1889, Major 10 Jan. 1900, Lieut.-Col. 15 Aug. 1904, Col. 15 Aug. 1907, substantive Col. 10 Feb. 1909, Brigadier commanding Northumberland Infantry Brigade, 3 July, 1911, and Brigadier-Gen. 5 Aug. 1914; served in the Hazara Campaign of 1888 (mentioned in despatches, medal with clasp); in the South African War, 1899–1900 and 1902, including the operations in Cape Colony, south of the Orange River, 1899–1900, and in the Orange Free State Jan. to May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps), and with the Expeditionary Force in France, 21–26 April, 1915. During the South African War he raised the 3rd Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers (which he afterwards commanded), and on the battn. being disbanded after the war, was given the command of the 2nd Battn. with whom he finished his term of command in the regt. having served with it for about 30 years. His next command was in 1911 when he was made Brigade Commander of the Northumberland Infantry Brigade. On the outbreak of war in 1914 he was one of the first colonels to be gazetted Brigadier-General. Throughout the winter of 1914–15, Gen. Riddell guarded the important part of the north-east coast behind which lay the vast military resources of Newcastle-on-Tyne, and he further prepared his Brigade for service abroad. On the night of 20–21 April he crossed with his Brigade to France, and on 26 April--not a week later--was killed in the Second Battle of Ypres. It had been intended, as are, of course, all large units at first to quarter the Northumberland Brigade at a base in France. Billets were actually taken, but on the 22nd the Germans delivered their first gas attack and the Brigade was rushed up in all haste to help to fill the great gap torn in our line. By Sunday, after a forced night march without food or rest, except the men’s emergency rations, the Brigade was in touch with the enemy. All that day and the night before, Gen. Riddell was moving about among his men where the fire was hottest, inspiring the men with his extraordinary cheerfulness and absolute coolness. Men and officers alike speak of his example of absolute fearlessness. Next day, April 26, orders were received at Brigade Headquarters that the Brigade was to attack and retake at all costs the village of St. Julien--a frontal attack over open ground swept by fire of all kinds. At about three o’clock, Gen. Riddell decided he must go forward into the firing line. His Brigade Major did all that he could to stop him, as in that officer’s words, “There was a very murderous fire going on over the ground he had to cross. But he was much too brave a man to be deterred by anything I said.” He reached his men, and wearing the marks of his rank exposed to every sniper, he stepped out before them, a stick in his hand. An eyewitness wrote: “It was only a question of time.” The bullet entered the cap close to the fatally conspicuous gilt flap, and Gen. Riddell fell, killed apparently instantaneously. Field-Marshal Sir John French afterwards addressed the Brigade (depleted within a week from leaving England of more than half its officers and men), and speaking of Gen. Riddell, said: “He fell at the head of his Brigade while leading you to attack the village of St. Julien. I deeply deplore the loss of one of the most gallant officers that ever lived and one of the best leaders.” He _m._ at St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington, 17 April, 1912, Margaret Christabel (Lesbury House, Lesbury, R.S.O., Northumberland), dau. of the late Sir Henry Hall Scott, well known in Northumberland and of Eilanreach, co. Inverness. An old brother officer, who had known Gen. Riddell all his life wrote in the “Regimental Gazette”: “Throughout his life he was a master soldier, no finer company officer ever lived or one who understood his men better ... no truer hearted or more loyal comrade ever breathed. Always a fine horseman and a very bold one, he was well known in the Cattistock country and in all the hunting fields of the Northumberland he knew and loved so well.”
[Illustration: =James Foster Riddell.=]
=RIDDLE, ERNEST ALFRED=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9548), 296897, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RIDDLE, FRANCIS EDMUND LANGTON=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I., 2nd surviving _s._ of the Rev. Arthur Esmond Riddle, Rector of Tadmarton, Banbury, by his wife, Edith May, dau. of Major-Gen. James Don Kennedy, I.A. (ret.); _b._ Tadmarton Rectory, Banbury, co. Oxon, 10 June, 1893; educ. Bloxham; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Special Reserve of Officers Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I., 1 Oct. 1913; received a commission in the 2nd Battn. 1 Sept. 1914; was assistant recruiting officer at Cowley Barracks, Oxford, for two months, doing useful work during that period; went to France, 25 Nov.; was continuously in and out of the trenches (save for a brief leave, 20–28 March) during the winter of 1914–15, and was killed in action at Richebourg l’Avoué during the Battle of Festubert, 16 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried near breastworks N. of the Rue du Bois. His former commanding officer wrote: “He gave his life--fighting gallantly--for his King and Country, and helping to add to the reputation of the regt. with all his might. They, for their part, have lost a brave, cheery gentleman, and one who, from my experience when he was under my command, found no duty too much for him, and whose one idea was to help”; and a brother subaltern: “He will be missed by his company and men more than I can say, who always relied on him and looked up to him in any emergency. The regt. will miss him as an extremely brave officer, and still more as a friend that was always willing to help.” While at school he was successful athlete, winning the Sports Championship both in 1910 and 1911.
[Illustration: =Francis Edmund L. Riddle.=]
=RIDER, JOB ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7963), 292920, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RIDGEWAY, LEONARD PERCY=, Corpl., No. 14404, 1st Battn. The Bedfordshire Regt., 4th _s._ of William Ridgeway, of 83, Queen’s Road, Watford, Grocer, by his wife, Millicent, dau. of J. Davis, of Watford; _b._ Watford, co. Hertford, 9 Aug. 1893; educ. Victoria Council Schools there; was a Butcher by trade; enlisted in the Bedfordshires after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; trained at Dovercourt; went to France in March, 1915, and was killed in action at Hill 60, during the Second Battle of Ypres, 18 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried at Ypres. His brother, Rifleman R. S. Ridgeway, was killed in
## action 27 Feb. 1915 (see following notice).
=RIDGEWAY, RALPH STANLEY=, Rifleman, No. 2879, 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of William Ridgeway, of 83, Queen’s Road, Watford, Grocer; by his wife, Millicent, dau. of J. Davis, of Watford; _b._ Watford, co. Hertford, 26 Feb. 1895; educ. Watford Grammar School; was a Clerk in the Accountant’s Office, Euston Station; joined Queen Victoria’s Rifles on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; trained at Crowborough, Sussex; went to France end of Oct. 1914, and was killed in action near Wulverghem, 27 Feb. 1915; _unm._ Buried in Wulverghem Churchyard. His brother, Corpl. L. P. Ridgeway, was killed in action at Hill 60, 18 April, 1915 (see preceding notice).
=RIDGLEY, THOMAS ANGUS=, Driver, No. 4/232A, No. 1 Coy., Royal Field Engineers, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of the late Thomas Ridgley, of Townsville, Queensland, M.B.C.M. (Edinburgh, 1881), by his wife, Phœbe (13, Warrender Park Crescent, Edinburgh), dau. of Angus Gregorson, of Oban, Argyleshire, Banker; _b._ Townsville aforesaid, 23 March, 1884; educ. George Watson’s College, Edinburgh; went to the Argentine in Aug. 1906, and at the time war was declared in Aug. 1914, was managing an estancia in Entre Rios; returned to England at the end of Oct., and joined the New Zealanders; went with them to Egypt; proceeded to the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and died 26 May following, of wounds received in action there; _unm._ Buried there. His Capt. wrote: “I feel I cannot pass over the death of Driver Ridgley without telling you how much we all appreciated him as a member of our company, and how keenly we feel the loss his death has caused us. He was one of our best. Though a driver he came ashore to do sapper’s work. Horses being of no use here, drivers were temporarily not required, and he wanted to be of use.”
[Illustration: =Thomas Angus Ridgley.=]
=RIDGWAY, ISAAC ALTHORP=, M.Sc., A.M.I.C.E., Lieut., 6th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, yst. _s._ of Thomas Joseph Ridgway, of Wildersmoor, Lymm, Cheshire, J.P., Registrar of Warrington County Court, by his wife, Emily, dau. of Robert Dawbarn; _b._ Lymm, 24 Aug. 1886; educ. Mostyn House School, Parkgate, Brighton College, and Victoria University; was articled as a pupil to Mr. Anthony G. Lyster, Engineer-in-Chief of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board in 1907, and in 1913 was appointed Government Engineer for Queensland in the Federal Lighthouse Service. When the European War broke out in Aug. 1914 he was in the extreme north of Queensland, and with great difficulty obtained permission to volunteer for Imperial service with the Commonwealth Imperial Force. He was given a commission in the 6th Battn. in Dec.; left for Egypt, Jan.; went to the Dardanelles, April, 1915, and died at sea 12 May following, from wounds received in action during the advance on Krithia on the 8th; _unm._ Letters from the Gen., and many officers, speak of his great courage and wonderful bravery, and of his power with the men, and state how greatly his death was deplored by one and all. He became M.Sc. in 1910, and A.M.I.C.E. in 1911, and was a member of several Engineering and Geological Societies both at home and abroad.
[Illustration: =Isaac Althorp Ridgway.=]
=RIGBY, ERNEST=, Corpl., No. 28519. R.E. Motor Cyclists, 3rd Signal Coy., attd. 15th Hussars, yr. _s._ of John Rigby, of Greenheys, Aigburth, Liverpool, Cotton Broker, by his late wife, Janie, dau. of the late I. Powell, of Liverpool; _b._ 17 Nov. 1888; educ. Liverpool College High School; was established in business in London as a Merchant; but volunteered his services as a motor scout and express rider, 5 Aug., the day following the declaration of war; went to France early in Sept.; proceeded to the firing line, 15 Oct., attd. to the A Squadron, 15th Hussars, and was killed in action at Veldoek, near Ypres, 12 Nov. following, being shot through the heart; _unm._ Buried there in the garden of a ruined chateau. He wrote only three days before that his commanding officer had offered him a commission. The Sergt.-Major of A Squadron, 15th Hussars, who first announced his death wrote offering the sympathy of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men, and added: “He had won the esteem of us all by his pluck, unassuming manner, and the happy knack he had of overcoming every hardship with a smile, and he died as he had lived through the campaign, bravely, for whenever or whatever danger threatened he was always a volunteer, and had done splendid work as a cyclist on many an occasion.”
[Illustration: =Ernest Rigby.=]
=RIGG, JOHN=, Private, No. 12821, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest _s._ of George Rigg, of Milford Lodge, Cloghans Hill, Tuam, and Race Park, Headford, co. Galway, Clog Block Manufacturer, by his wife, Martha Ann, dau. of Richard Blackburn; _b._ Outgate, Hawkeshead, co. Lancaster, 25 July, 1887; educ. Hawkeshead School and privately; was a Clog Block maker; enlisted 18 Sept. 1914; went to the Front, 7 April, 1915; was mortally wounded at Cambrin, 11 July, 1915, by a shell while on sentry duty, and died in No. 3 British Military Hospital, Le Treport, France, 9 Aug. following; _unm._ He was buried in the British Military Cemetery, Le Treport. Capt. Byng Hopwood wrote to a friend: “I went on to the second battn. yesterday and inquired about Private John Rigg. He was in the trenches with his company at Cambrin and was on sentry, when a German shell exploded in the trench, killing two of his comrades and seriously wounding him. I know those trenches well, and in some places you are only 15 yards from the Germans. Rigg was popular with his comrades and always did his duty willingly and well. I wish there were more like him.”
[Illustration: =John Rigg.=]
=RIGGALL, EDWARD GORDON=, Flight Lieut. Royal Naval Air Service, 2nd _s._ of Frederick William Riggall, J.P., Mayor of Grimsby (1895–6), Partner in the firm of Dickinson, Riggall & Davy, Louth, Grimsby & Brigg, Auctioneers; _b._ Grimsby, 21 Aug. 1895; educ. Humberstone Foundation School, Old Clee (1904–12); and on leaving there was apprenticed to an Aeronautical Engineer and Aeroplane Manufacturer. He obtained his pilot’s certificate from the Royal Aero Club, and after the outbreak of war was gazetted Sub-Lieut, R.N.A.S., 18 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. (for good work), 1 Jan. 1915. He flew over the English Channel from Dover to Calais on an aero biplane, 11 Feb. following; was commended for a daring reconnaissance over the Belgian littoral, made during a great storm in Jan., and for a flight over Zeebrugge on 12 Feb., when bombs were dropped which damaged the German Submarine works and power house, and took part in the great raid by the combined French and British Air Fleet of 48 aeroplanes on Ostend and district, 16 Feb. From this he did not return, and after exhaustive enquiries the Admiralty reported that he had been shot down and killed while returning from this exploit. He was captain of his school, and had passed the senior Cambridge Local Examination with honours and with matriculation exemption.
[Illustration: =Edward Gordon Riggall.=]
=RILEY, CHARLES LEONARD=, A.B., 223545, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RILOT, JOSEPH CHARLES=, Private, No. 1619, 3rd Battn. 1st Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Frank Hammond Rilot, of 29 Haldon Road, Exeter, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Charles Lee; _b._ Harrow, co. Middlesex, 17 Aug. 1891; educ. Tottenham High School, and after seven years’ experience of farming in different parts of Devonshire, went to Australia in 1912 with a view to settling there. He had acquired some knowledge of Australian farming at Laxa, Waaia and elsewhere in Victoria when war broke out. He enlisted at Sydney, 15 Dec. 1914; left Australia for Egypt Feb. 1915, took part in the landing at the Dardanelles in April, 1915, and after four months continuously in the trenches there was killed in action at Lone Pine, between the 6–12 Aug. 1915; _unm._
=RINTOUL, DAVID WYLIE=, M.B., Ch. B., Lieut., R.A.M.C., attd. 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, elder _s._ of David Rintoul, of 26, College Road, Clifton, Bristol, M.A. (St. Andrews and Cantab.), House Master of Clifton College, by his wife, Catharine Barclay, dau. of W. W. Yool, J.P.; _b._ Clifton, 23 May, 1889; educ. Clifton College, and St. Andrews University, where he graduated as M.B. and Ch.B., in June, 1912; was House Physician at Bristol General Hospital from Nov. 1912, to Nov. 1913, after holding a temporary appointment at the Royal Infirmary, Dundee; and subsequently Medical Officer, Claybury Asylum; received a Lieutenancy in the South Midland Field Ambulance (T.F.), 1 June, 1913; and was gazetted to the R.A.M.C., 30 Jan. 1914; joined the 5th Field Ambulance, 2nd Division, on mobilisation, 4 Aug. 1914; was transferred as Medical Officer to the 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, and later to the 3rd Battn.; went to France, 18 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near St. Julien, during the first Battle of Ypres, 21 Oct. following; _unm._ The commanding officer of the Battn. wrote; “He was brave and fearless, and most gallant. He had no idea what fear was--his one idea being to assist the wounded.”
[Illustration: =David Wylie Rintoul.=]
=RIORDAN, JOHN=, A. B. (R.F.R., Ch. A. 1465), 134738, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RIPLEY, CHARLES ROGER=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. York and Lancaster Regt., 3rd _s._ of the late Sir Frederick Ripley, 1st Bart., of Acacia, by his wife, Katherine (63, Earl’s Avenue, Folkestone), dau. of David Little, of Mount Royal, co. York, and grandson of the late Sir Henry William Ripley, 1st Bart., of Rawdon, M.P.; _b._ Scarborough, 13 Nov. 1888; educ. Scarborough School, and Cheltenham College; obtained a commission as Lieut. 3rd (Special Reserve) Battn. of the York and Lancaster Regt., 13 June, 1913; posted to the 2nd Battn., 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 8 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action in the trenches near Lille, 22 Oct. following, in a night attack; _unm._ He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 20 Nov. 1914 [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915], for gallant and distinguished service in the field.
=RIPPER, ALLAN GILBERT=, L.-Corpl., No. 2159, 1/5th Battn. King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Charles Ripper, A.R.C.A. (Loud.), Head Master Municipal School of Art, Lancaster, by his wife, Eveline Matilda, dau. of the late Herbert (and Maria Jane) Gilbert, and nephew of Professor William Ripper, D.Eng., D.Sc., M.Inst.C.E., and Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science; _b._ Quernmore, Lancaster, 26 April, 1895; educ. Royal Grammar School there (Scholar) and Sheffield University (Storey Exhibitioner), where he had been for 12 months when war broke out. He at once left the University and joined the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt. (T.F.) in Sept. 1914; went to France, Feb. 1915, was promoted L.-Corpl in April, and was killed in action near Verlorenhoek, 8 May, 1915, while attempting to remove a wounded comrade to a place of safety. Buried on the battlefield. Major Bates, 2nd in command of the regt., at a Public Recruiting meeting at Lancaster, said “There was no man braver than any other, all were equally brave, but he would like to mention one gallant little chap from the Lancaster Grammar School, L.-Corpl. Ripper, a cheery fellow, always smiling and the pluckiest lad he had ever met. He went up to his mate to try to succour him, but in so doing he also ‘went West.’ He had not left his country poorer but richer.” In 1911, he won the “Grey” Gold Medal for chemistry, and in July of the following year obtained his matriculation certificate, passing the Oxford and Cambridge Higher Certificate Examination in 1913.
[Illustration: =Allan Gilbert Ripper.=]
=RIPPER, THOMAS WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 169635, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=RIPPON, WILLIAM ROBERT=, Gunner, R.M.A., 12206, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=RISHTON, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4400), S.S. 103387, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=RISK, ROBERT=, Private, No. 8/278, 14th South Otago Coy., Otago Infantry Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of David Risk, of Kelso, Farmer; _b._ Kelso, Otago, New Zealand, 25 Sept. 1893; educ. Public School there, and Tapanui High School; joined the 14th Otago Territorials in 1912; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914; left for Egypt, 16 Oct. following; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there, 2 May following; _unm._ Buried there. Two of his brothers are now (1916) on active service. He was interested in all sport, and was a member of the Kelso Football and Athletic Clubs.
=RIXON, FREDERICK ERNEST=, A.B., J. 14975, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=RIXTON, GEORGE=, Petty Officer, 187637, Chatham, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ROBATHAN, DOUGLAS PARKER=, Capt., 1/5th Battn. The Welsh Regt. (T.F.), 5th _s._ of the late George Beckett Robathan, of The Gove, Risca, Monmouth, M.R.C.S., Eng., by his wife, Frances Elizabeth (Ovid House, Radyr), dau. of the late John Paull, of Brockley, Somerset; _b._ Risca, 28 Jan. 1888; educ. Llandaff Cathedral School and Cranbrook School, Kent; was a Mining Engineer at “Insoles” Colliery; joined the Monmouth Volunteers as a 2nd Lieut, in Jan. 1908; transferred to the 5th Welsh Territorials, April, 1908; passed the School of Instruction and obtained his certificate as a Musketry Instructor, 1909; became Lieut. 7 April, 1909, and Capt. 1 July, 1914; volunteered for foreign service after the outbreak of war; left England with the 53rd Welsh Division, 18 July, 1915, for the Dardanelles; took
## part in the landing at Suvla Bay, 9 Aug., and was killed in action
there the following day. His Col. wrote of him as “devoted to his duty and always to be relied on,” and a brother officer said that when wounded “lying on the ground he still cheered his men on--‘Stick it, Welsh,’ he shouted, and kept on shouting until another bullet came along and got him in the lung. He died the best death any man could die, and as game as possible. His lot did wonderfully well and fought like ‘good ’uns,’ and it was a hot shop they were in.” A private also wrote: “He led his men into one of the fiercest fights that has ever been fought on Gallipoli Peninsula. He was loved by his men and admired by all. He fought as gallantly as any as long as he was able to lead, and I am expressing the thoughts of all the Battn. when I say it has lost one of its best soldiers.”
[Illustration: =Douglas Parker Robathan.=]
=ROBBINS, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 9916, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=ROBERTS, BERTRAM=, Private, No. 2802, 1/15th Battn. (Prince of Wales’s Own Civil Service Rifles), The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late Robert Roberts, Stationmaster at Coedpoeth, near Wrexham, G.W.R., by his wife, Mary Jane (43, Talbot Road, Wrexham), dau. of the late Edward Jones, of Glanravon, Wrexham, Farmer; _b._ Southsea, near Wrexham, co. Denbigh, 25 June, 1890; educ. Victoria Council School and Grove Park Secondary School there; entered the Civil Service in 1907; joined the Civil Service Rifles following the outbreak of war, 1 Sept. 1914; went to France, 17 March, 1915; and was killed in action at Festubert, 30 May following; _unm._ Buried near Festubert. His platoon sergt. wrote: “We feel we have lost in him a comrade who could ill be spared; his absolute indifference to danger did much to inspire confidence in those around him. He was killed by a shell that fell right in the trench and death was instantaneous.”
[Illustration: =Bertram Roberts.=]
=ROBERTS, CECIL HARRY=, Acting Stoker, Petty Officer, K. 3377, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ROBERTS, CLIFFORD EDWARD=, E.R.A., 3rd Class, 271333, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=ROBERTS, FRANK=, Private, No. 383, 1st Newfoundland Regt., 4th _s._ of Samuel Roberts, of 120, Hamilton Street, St. John’s, Newfoundland, by his wife, Julia; _b._ St. John’s, aforesaid, 27 March, 1892; educ. Springdale Street Commercial School; was an employee in the Boot and shoe Factory of Mr. F. Smallwoods, later entering the Dry Goods Department of Marshall Bros.; joined the Red Cross Division, 1st Newfoundland Regt., after the outbreak of the European War, 31 Aug. 1914; was at his own request transferred to the Army; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles, and died 23 Oct. 1915, from wounds received while on patrol duty the previous day; _unm._ Buried at Mudros Island. He was a keen athlete, being the Champion Bantam-Weight Wrestler of Newfoundland, winning three gold medals and one silver one. He also won many prizes on the parallel bars.
=ROBERTS, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 8666. 2nd Battn. The Hampshire Regt., 7th _s._ of Robert Roberts, of 19, Clarendon Road, Havant, Labourer, by his wife, Louisa, dau. of the late George Maxwell; _b._ Havant, co. Hants, 22 Feb. 1892; educ. St. Faith’s School there; enlisted 18 April, 1910; served in India; returned to England in Dec. 1914; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there on the 28th; _unm._ His half-brother, Chief Petty Officer Bertram Jessie Maxwell, was killed in action in the Battle of Jutland, 31 May, 1916, and another brother, A.B. Leonard Roberts, was drowned off the S.S. Highland Corrie, 5 May, 1916.
[Illustration: =Frederick William Roberts.=]
=ROBERTS, GEORGE BRADLEY=, 2nd Lieut. Indian Army, attd. 1st Battn. Manchester Regt., yr. _s._ of the late Major Henry Bradley Roberts, R.E., by his wife, Alice, dau. of the Rev. G. J. Banner, M.A.; _b._ Chatham, 23 Aug. 1895; educ. Bedford Grammar School; Liverpool College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut, unattd. list. Indian Army, 15 Aug. 1914; went to France attd. to the 1st Manchester Regt., 11 Jan. 1915, and died in No. 7 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 7 May, 1915, of wounds received in
## action, near St. Julien, during the second Battle of Ypres on the 26th
of the previous month; _unm._ Buried at Boulogne.
=ROBERTS, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26650, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Henry Roberts, of 38, Choubert Square, Choubert Road, Peckham, S.E.; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=ROBERTS, HENRY GEORGE LLOYD=, Clerk, R.N., only _s._ of Charles Lloyd Roberts, of Victoria, B.C., by his wife, Mary (142, Bishop’s Mansions, Bishop’s Park, S.W.), dau. of the late John Byrne, of Birr, King’s Co.; _b._ East Molesey, co. Surrey, 11 July, 1896; educ. Millington School, Upper Richmond Road, Putney, and Christ Hospital, Horsham; entered the Navy, 15 July, 1913, served a year on H.M.S. Bellerophon, and was lost in H.M.S. Hogue when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. The Chaplain, who was saved, wrote: “Your son was standing on the aft bridge and he and four Midshipmen were throwing wood overboard; then as the Hogue was sinking I told him and all who could swim to strip off boots, coats, etc. (he was fully dressed), and jump off and swim to something that would float, and that was the last I saw of him--your boy was not afraid, he was as cool as any one I saw, and I believe every piece of wood he threw over saved some lives.”
[Illustration: =Henry G. L. Roberts.=]
=ROBERTS, HERBERT EDWIN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R. B. 7504), 102749, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=ROBERTS, JAMES RHODERIC TRETHOWAN=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Suffolk Regt., elder _s._ of William Roberts, of Errington, 18, King’s Avenue, Clapham Park. S.W., and Bridgestone House, Sheppey, Author and Journalist, a member of the literary staff of The Times since 1895; by his wife, Adelaide Rodder, dau. of the late James Trethowan, of Truro, Cornwall; _b._ London, S.W., 4 March, 1896; educ. St. Olave’s Grammar School, London, and the Royal Military College. Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd Suffolks, 1 Oct. 1914; went to Ypres, 1 Dec. following, and was killed in action near Ypres, 3 March, 1915, being shot near his trench by a sniper; _unm._ Buried Locre Churchyard.
[Illustration: =James R. T. Roberts.=]
=ROBERTS, JOHN ALFRED=, Private R.M.L.I., Ports. 14951, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ROBERTS, JOSEPH BALDWIN=, Petty Officer (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3178), 183890, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROBERTS, OSWALD HENRY=, Private, No. 2670, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest _s._ of James Casimer Roberts, of 15, Ormiston Road, New Brighton, by his wife, Elizabeth, 2nd dau. of William Bate, of Worthenbury, Flintshire; _b._ New Brighton, co. Chester, 15 April, 1878; educ. St. Francis Xavier’s College, Liverpool; was a Collector and Agent; enlisted 17 Sept. 1914; went to France, 25 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 2 Nov. 1914; _unm._
=ROBERTS, THOMAS=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 968), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROBERTS, THOMAS=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 25), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ROBERTS, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13029, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ROBERTS, WILLIAM CLIFFORD=, Leading Seaman, 222351, H.M.S. Liberty; killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=ROBERTS, WILLIAM JAMES=, L.-Corpl., No. 2271, A. Coy., 1/4th Battn. (Royal Fusiliers), The Loudon Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of James Roberts, of Ashford, co. Middlesex, late R.N., by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Archibald Clarke, of Barna, co. Galway, Ireland; _b._ Costello Bay, co. Galway, 6 Sept. 1889; educ. Chapeltown, co. Kerry, and Clacton-on-Sea, co. Essex; held a responsible position in a large clothing firm in London but, on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered for foreign service and joined the Royal Fusiliers that month; went to Malta in Sept., trained there until Jan. 1915, when he went to France; took part in several engagements, being promoted L.-Corpl. while in the trenches and was killed in action during the second Battle of Ypres, 26 April following; _unm._ His Capt. wrote expressing his regret at losing such a good man, saying: “He was away from the company doing special duty at the time of his death, which duty had he come through would have gained him distinction and promotion.” He also said he was proud to have had such a man under his command.
[Illustration: =William James Roberts.=]
=ROBERTSON, EDMUND JOHN MACRORY=, Lieut., Royal Field Artillery, _s._ of Lieut.-Col. John Robert Stevenson Robertson, of Ellarona, Hayling Island, co. Hants, R.A.M.C. (T.F.), by his wife, Elizabeth Manisty, dau. of the late Edmund Macrory, K.C.; _b._ London, 29 May, 1891; educ. Parkfield, Haywards Heath, and Bradfield College, co. Berks; gazetted 2nd Lieut., R.F.A., 23 Dec. 1910, and promoted Lieut. 23 Dec. 1913; went to France with his Battery (70th) in the 2nd Division in Aug. 1914; was wounded at Mons, Sunday, 23 Aug., and was killed in action at Festubert, 22 May, 1915, by a shell, while mending the telephone wire at the observation station; _unm._ Buried at Beuvry, near Bethune. A former Major of the battery wrote: “I shall never forget the way he stuck it out at Givry (Mons) on 23 Aug. 1914, when we got such a gruelling. Although he was hit in the leg and head, he carried on and I never knew it till afterwards, setting the most magnificent example to the men. I also admired his grit in getting away from hospital as soon as he could, and rejoining the battery. Wherever there was anything to be done I never found him wanting, and I knew I could rely on him. He did his duty right gallantly.” His Major also wrote: “It was a beautiful moonlight night and the guns were thundering all the time--it was a true soldier’s funeral in the field. There were many tears shed for we all felt what a sad loss we had all sustained. I never knew a better soldier. He was, indeed, one of the ‘salt of the earth’ and loved by us all”; and a letter written on behalf of the N.C.O.’s and men said: “If you could have heard the utterances of condolence and sympathy which I heard when the sad news was circulated, then you would have realised what a splendid and noble officer your dear son was. No one in the service was loved and respected more than Mr. Robertson was by every man in the battery. Even his horses loved him; he died as he would like to die, fighting for his country and loved ones at home. He was a fine example to the men under him, and always brought out what was best in a man.” He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 17 Sept. [London Gazette, 19 Oct.], 1915.
[Illustration: =Edmund J. M. Robertson.=]
=ROBERTSON, FRANK=, Capt., 12th (Service) Battn. Worcestershire Regt., attd. 2nd Battn. Royal Fusiliers, yst. _s._ of the late James Robertson, of Newtown Lodge, Waterford. Draper, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of the late William Gall, of Middle-Hyttie, Muitlaw; _b._ Waterford, 23 Sept. 1885; educ. Diocesan School there (Rev. George Ennis); was in the Drapery Business; went to London in 1911 to take up a position with Dent, Alcroft & Co.; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war and joined Queen Victoria’s Rifles, 7 Aug. 1914; was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Worcestershire Regt. 29 Oct. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 29 Nov. following, and Capt. 1 Feb. 1915; went to the Dardanelles early in May, 1915, attd. to the 2nd Royal Fusiliers, and died at the Deaconess Hospital, Alexandria, 25 June, 1915, of wounds received in action at Achi Baba on the 4th; _unm._ Buried in Chatby Military Cemetery, Alexandria (Grave No. 477). His Col., Sir Edward Clarke, after he was wounded, wrote to his brother; “Capt. Robertson is one of my best officers, and I have a great personal regard for him as a friend and comrade. In fact, the whole battalion waits anxiously for more news of him,” and again later: “Your brother was a born soldier, and I looked forward to a distinguished career for him. He is a great loss to his country. His brother officers and all ranks of the Battn. deplore the loss of a good friend and comrade.”
[Illustration: =Frank Robertson.=]
=ROBERTSON, JAMES=, Private, No. 21144, 11th (Service) Battn. Royal Scots, _s._ of James Robertson, by his wife, Janet, dau. of William Walker; _b._ West Calder, co. Midlothian. 27 Feb. 1881; educ. West Calder; was a Shale Miner; enlisted in 11th Royal Scots, 20 April, 1915; went to France, Oct. 1915, and was killed in
## action at near Sansertes Wood, 14 Nov. 1915, being shot by a sniper
while carrying sandbags to the trenches. Buried in Sansertes Wood. He _m._ at West Calder, 1903, Margaret, dau. of Terrance Dolan, of West Calder, and had a son and four daus.: Peter, _b._ 16 Sept. 1906; Elizabeth Steele, _b._ 9 Oct. 1903; Janet Walker, _b._ 23 Aug. 1909; Margaret Dolan, _b._ 14 Oct. 1911; and Annie, _b._ 30 Aug. 1915.
[Illustration: =James Robertson.=]
=ROBERTSON, JAMES=, Private, No. 6735, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd _s._ of William Clow Robertson, Labourer, by his wife, Isabella; _b._ Galashiels, 20 Jan. 1887; educ. Burgh School there; enlisted 12 April, 1906; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug. 1914; was wounded in the arm at Chavonne, 25 Sept, following and invalided home, 2 Oct.; returned to duty, 24 Feb. 1915, and died in No. 4 Clearing Hospital, 30 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at La Bassée. He _m._ at Galashiels, 23 Dec. 1910, Bessie (16. Hall Street, Galashiels, Selkirk), dau. of Thomas Broad, and had two children; Robert Tom, _b._ 18 Aug. 1912; and Margaret, _b._ 7 Dec. 1914.
=ROBERTSON, JAMES=, Armourer Corpl., No. 27006, 15th Battn. (48th Highlanders), 3rd Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of William Edmonstone Robertson, of Lilybank, Burntisland, Fifeshire. Warehouseman, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of William Wilson, of Millerhill, Farmer; _b._ Portobello, near Edinburgh, 17 Oct. 1884; educ. Portobello and Burntisland Public Schools; was for some time a Clerk in the Locomotive Department of the North British Railway at Burntisland and Cowlairs, and while there was a member of the Fifeshire Artillery Volunteers; left for Canada, 18 April, 1908; worked for a short while on a freight elevator, afterwards entering the Carpet Warehouse of T. Eaton & Co., Toronto; joined the 48th Canadian Highlanders in 1913, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for Imperial service; came over with the first contingent in Oct.; went to France in Feb., and died 28 April, 1915, of gas poisoning received in action at Langemarck two days previously. He was a keen athlete and a clever swimmer and diver, and while a member of the Fife Artillery Volunteers gained many first and second prizes for shooting. He was a member of the Broadview (North) Presbyterian Church, Toronto, and a prominent Freemason. He _m._ at Burntisland, March, 1908, Jessie (15, Arundel Avenue, off Danforth Avenue, Toronto), dau. of the late J. Dick, of Burntisland, Scotland, and Toronto, Canada, and had two children: William, _b._ at Toronto, 1909; and Effie, _b._ at Toronto, 1912.
[Illustration: =James Robertson.=]
=ROBERTSON, JOHN=, Capt., 1/4th Royal Scots (T.F.), _s._ of the late Alexander Robertson, of Holmiry, Glenisla, Alyth, by his wife, Annie, dau. of John Mackenzie, of Alrick, Glenisla; _b._ Holmiry aforesaid, 6 June, 1874; educ. Glenisla Public School, and Harris Academy, Dundee; was a Banker by profession, and was Agent, Blenheim Place Branch Office of the National Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh; served for a few years with the 5th (Vol.) Battn. of the Black Watch, and joined the Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles (4th Royal Scots) in Jan. 1893; received a commission in the same Battn., Jan. 1910, and was promoted Capt. Nov. 1913, succeeding to the command of the well-known Bankers Coy.; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; left for the East, landed at the Dardanelles, 11 June, 1915, and was killed in action there, 28 June, 1915, “gallantly leading his men.” Buried at the Base. He had the Long Service medal. Capt. Robertson _m._ in Edinburgh, 16 Sept. 1913, Janet Ritchie (151, Bruntisfield Place, Edinburgh), dau. of Fergus Robertson, of Glenshee, Perthshire; _s.p._
=ROBERTSON, JOHN EDMOND=, Coy. Sergt.-Major, No. 9072, 1st Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, 2nd _s._ of George Robertson, of Old Aberdeen, Baker, by his wife, Isabella Milne, of Aberdeen; _b._ Aberdeen, 5 Nov. 1884; educ. King Street Public School, and Central Higher Grade School, Aberdeen; enlisted in King’s Own Scottish Borderers, 8 Dec. 1904, and served in Egypt and India, and with the Mediterranean Force; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles (Beach Y), 25 April, 1915; was promoted Coy. Sergt.-Major for gallant conduct in this and the subsequent fighting and was killed in action there, 28 June, 1915. He _m._ at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Bombay, 19 Dec. 1911, Bella, 3rd dau. of the late Alexander Rothnie, of the Caledonian Railway, Aberdeen, and had a son and dau.: Ian Alexander, _b._ 18 Sept. 1912; and Audrey Elizabeth, _b._ 11 Sept. 1914. He combined a strong interest in literature with an all-round proficiency in sports, and his exceptionally happy and cheery nature won him great popularity alike among officers and men.
[Illustration: =John Edmond Robertson.=]
=ROBERTSON, ROBERT=, Private, No. 4205, 1st Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, _s._ of the late Robert Robertson, Tobacco Spinner, by his wife, Annie (3, Back Hedley Street, Newcastle), dau. of David Patton; _b._ Bishop Auckland, co. Durham, 19 Aug. 1882; educ. St. Mary’s, Newcastle-on-Tyne; enlisted in 1900; served in the latter part of the South African War, 1901–02; was 12 years with the Colours, being afterwards employed at Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., Elswick Shipyard; re-enlisted in the 5th Northumberland Fusiliers on the outbreak of war, and was transferred to the 1st Battn.; went to France in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Ypres, 28 Feb. following; _unm._ Buried there. His brother, Driver David Robertson, is now (1916) on active service with the Royal Field Artillery.
[Illustration: =Robert Robertson.=]
=ROBERTSON, ROBERT HORSBURGH=, Corpl., No. 2309, 14th Battn. (London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Robert Holmes Robertson, of Stonelaw House, Rutherglen, by his wife, Jessie, dau. of Robert Horsburgh, and nephew of John Horsburgh, of the Hele Paper Co., Ltd., of Cullompton, co. Devon; _b._ Rutherglen, 11 Oct. 1884; educ. Stonelaw School and Glasgow Academy, was in business with his uncle at the Hele Paper Co., Ltd., but on the outbreak of war immediately joined the London Scottish, and was early drafted to France. He quickly rose to be a corpl., and was on the eve of being gazetted to a commission when he was shot by a bullet at dawn on 6 May, 1915; _unm._ His Capt. wrote: “He was a splendid fellow, and had done so well that he was offered and had accepted a commission in the regt. He was greatly loved by his comrades.” He was buried at Richebourg in an orchard by the remainder of the “five inseparables,” of whom he had been one, and a cross marks the spot.
[Illustration: =Robert H. Robertson.=]
=ROBERTSON, ROBERT JOHN CHARLES=, Private. No. 1423, 4th Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt., _s._ of Robert John Robertson, by his wife, Annie; _b._ Hackney, 27 Nov. 1894; joined the Royal Fusiliers, Aug. 1910; accompanied his regt. to France and was killed in
## action, 27 April, 1915; _unm._
=ROBERTSON, THOMAS=, Stoker, 2nd Class, S.S. 115087, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ROBERTSON, WILLIAM=, Corpl., No. 5470, 3rd, attd. 1st, Battn. East Yorkshire Regt., _s._ of William Robertson, of 170, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne; _b._ Newcastle-on-Tyne, 14 Nov. 1884; educ. All Saints’ School there; was employed as a Riveter at Armstrong, Whitworth & Co.’s Shipyard; enlisted in the 3rd East Yorkshires, and after serving his time with the Colours, joined the Reserve; was called up on mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, where he was attd. to the 1st Battn., and was killed in action, 8 April, 1915, being shot by a sniper. Corpl. Robertson was well-known in sporting circles, being several times successful in boxing competitions; also competing with success in running events as Joe Coe; and in 1913 he won the regimental gold medal for running at Beverley. He _m._ at Newcastle-on-Tyne, Mary Jane, dau. of (--), and had a son, Alexander, _b._ 8 April, 1909.
=ROBERTSON, WILLIAM JAMES=, Private, No. 173, B Coy., 3rd Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of Laurence Henry Robertson, of Aywick, East Yell, Shetland, Seaman and Carpenter, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of William James Jamieson; _b._ East Yell aforesaid, 24 Sept. 1892; educ. Public School there; went to Australia in Nov. 1911, and settled at St. Mary’s, Sydney, and was employed in a leather factory; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of the European War, and joined the 3rd Battn. Australian Imperial Force; left for Egypt, Nov. 1914, and died at Cairo, Egypt, 9 March, 1915, of pneumonia, contracted while on active service; _unm._
[Illustration: =William James Robertson.=]
=ROBERTSON, WILLIAM JOHN=, of Mounteagle, Fearn, Ross-shire, Major, 4th Battn. Seaforth Highlanders (T.F), eldest _s._ of the late John Robertson, of Mounteagle, by his wife, Alexandrina Mary, dau. of Robert Matheson of Edinburgh; _b._ Edinburgh, 18 June, 1868; educ. Tain Royal Academy; was an old Volunteer and Territorial officer; obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 1st Seaforth Volunteers (afterwards the 4th Territorial Battn. of the Seaforth Highlanders), 10 March, 1897, and became Capt. 4 Jan. 1905, and Major 10 May, 1914: volunteered with his Battn. for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 5 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 10 March, 1915. Buried at Vieille Chapelle. He was a member of the Ross County Council, and had the Volunteer decoration and the Long Service medal. He _m._ at Tain, 30 July, 1902, Minnie Henderson (Mounteagle, Tain), dau. of Andrew Fraser, of North Glastullich, Tain, and Balaldie, Fearn, and had a son: John Andrew Fraser, _b._ 1 Oct. 1908.
=ROBERTSON, WILLIAM KEITH=, Private, No. 81751, 5th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, yr. _s._ of David Robertson, of Court Lodge, Caterham, by his wife, Edith, dau. of Dr. William May; _b._ Warley, co. Essex, 26 Feb 1893; educ. Tonbridge School; went to Canada in March, 1914, and settled in Saskatchewan on a ranch; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of the European War; came over with the second contingent in Feb. 1915; went to France, 1 May, and was killed in action at Festubert, 24 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried at Festubert (K5 Illirs, Voilanies).
[Illustration: =William Keith Robertson.=]
=FORBES-ROBERTSON, KENNETH=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Seaforth Highlanders, elder _s._ of the late Farquhar Forbes-Robertson, of Slead Hall, co. York, by his wife, Laura (2, Keynsham Bank, Cheltenham), dau. of C. H. Macaulay, of Slead Hall, Yorks; _b._ Slead Hall aforesaid, 17 April, 1882; educ. Cheltenham College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st Seaforth Highlanders, 11 Aug. 1900; promoted Lieut. 10 May, 1902, and Capt. 6 April, 1911; served (1) in East Africa, 1904; took part in the operations in Somaliland, and action at Jidballi (medal with two clasps); (2) on the North-West Frontier of India, 1908; took part in the operations in the Zakha Khel country; also in operations in the Mohmand country and the engagement of Matta (medal with clasp); and (3) with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, from 5 Oct. to 7 Nov. 1914, on which latter date he was killed in action in Ploegsteert Wood while leading a reconnoitring party; _unm._
=ROBINS, FREDERICK JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2796), S.S. 100030, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ROBINS, HENRY GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3365), 191262, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ROBINSON, ABRAHAM BURCHELL=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14971, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROBINSON, ALBERT EDWARD=, Blacksmith, 341124, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ROBINSON, ALBERT VENIS=, E.R.A., R.N.R., 862 E.A., H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=ROBINSON, ALFRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10255), 204049, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROBINSON, ALFRED ELLIOT SOMERS=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Scots Fusiliers, 3rd _s._ of William George Robinson, of Kelvinside, Glasgow, late Sergt.-Major R.E., by his wife, Clara; _b._ Bermuda, 5 Sept. 1878; educ. Garnethill School, Glasgow; enlisted 10 Sept. 1894; served in the Tirah Campaign, 1897–98 (medal with three clasps); was given a commission in the 2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers, 9 April, 1915; went to France, 24 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 16 June, 1915. Gen. Gough, in a letter to his wife, said he could not express too deeply his opinion of this officer’s gallantry, and enclosed an extract of his report as follows: “At Givenchy, 16 June, showed very gallant conduct in leading his platoon to the attack of a strongly entrenched enemy. He was well ahead of his men, and had reached the enemy’s wire, when he was killed.” He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 30 Nov. 1915. He was a very good shot, was in the regimental team for several years, and in the army sixty in 1909, when stationed in Dublin. He _m._ at Leyton Parish Church, 5 Aug. 1905, Elise Esther (37, Sister’s Avenue, North Side, Clapham Common, S.W.), dau. of Jean La Bastie, of Pau (who served in the Franco-German War, 1870), and had two children: Adele Velma, _b._ 27 Sept. 1907; and Violette Marie, _b._ 5 Dec. 1909. His yr. brother, Wilfred Gower Robinson, was killed in action at Ypres, 25 April, 1915.
[Illustration: =Alfred Elliot S. Robinson.=]
=ROBINSON, FRANK=, Sergt., No. 1362, 5th (Cinque Ports) Battn. The Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), 4th _s._ of James Robinson, of George Hill, Robertsbridge, Chauffeur, by his wife, Alice, dau. of Charles Laurence; _b._ George Hill, Robertsbridge, co. Sussex, 5 July, 1894; educ. Salehurst School, there; was Sawyer at the Robertsbridge Timber Mills; joined 5th Sussex Territorials, 13 May, 1911, and rose to the rank of Sergt.; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war; left for France, 18 Feb. 1915, and died at No. 1 Casualty Clearing Station 9 May, 1915, of wounds received the previous day at Festubert. Buried, New Cemetery, Chocques; _unm._ He had been recommended for a commission, and would have received one in a few days.
[Illustration: =Frank Robinson.=]
=ROBINSON, FRANK=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3228), 191640, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROBINSON, FRANK STANLEY=, L.-Corpl., No. 9257, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of the late (--) Robinson, by his wife, Catherine (now wife of (--) Sainty, of 1, Baptist Lane, Broad Street, King’s Lynn); _b._ Tilney All Saints, co. Norfolk, 29 Dec. 1891; educ. Tilney All Saints Public School; enlisted 18 Sept. 1911; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in
## action at Festubert, 24 Dec. 1914; _unm._ His commanding officer,
Lord Northland (since killed), writing to his mother, said: “You have indeed lost a gallant son and the regt. a promising non-commissioned officer.”
=ROBINSON, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 11024, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, only _s._ of William Robinson, of Egmanton, near Tuxford, co. Nottingham, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Henry (and Ann) Taylor; _b._ Egmanton aforesaid, 28 March, 1896; educ. there; was engaged on farm work; enlisted in the Coldstreams after the outbreak of war, 15 Aug. 1914; went to France 23 Nov. following, and died of wounds 25 Jan. 1915; _unm._ Buried near the Church at Cuinchy.
[Illustration: =Frederick Robinson.=]
=ROBINSON, JOSEPH COOPER=, Private, No. 21021, 9th (Service) Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers, yst. _s._ of John Robinson, of Sunderland, Driller in Shipyard (_d._ 1895), by his wife Margaret (13, Brougham Street, Southwick-on-Wear), dau. of Michael Hedley, of Sunderland; _b._ Monkwearmouth, co. Durham, 28 Nov. 1889; educ. Board School, Southwick; was employed in the Sunderland Bottle Works; enlisted, 24 Aug 1914; trained at Grantham, and was killed in action at Chocolate Hill, Gallipoli, 21 Aug. 1915; _unm._ The same day his great friend and school fellow G. Hepinstall, with whom he had been brought up, enlisted and gone to the Front, was killed some distance away.
[Illustration: =Joseph Cooper Robinson.=]
=ROBINSON, JOSEPH ROBERT=, Private, No. 10947, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Robert Robinson, of East Barkwith, co. Lincoln (now on active service with the 3rd Lincolnshire Regt.), by his wife, Jane, dau. of Joseph Tuxford; _b._ Welton, co. Lincoln, 20 April, 1889; educ. East Barkwith; was a Guard on Great Central Railway at Lincoln; enlisted in the Coldstreams after the outbreak of war, 11 Aug. 1914; went to France 24 Nov. following, and was killed in
## action at La Bassée 14 June, 1915; _unm._ Buried there. His three
brothers are all now (1916) on active service.
=ROBINSON, LAUNCELOT ALEC (LANNIE)=, Assistant Paymaster, R.N.R., yst. _s._ of Capt. John Charles Robinson, of Armadale, Parkstone, late Union Castle Steamship Co., by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of Alexander Bell; _b._ Acton, 28 July, 1885; educ. Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, High Barnet, and Banister Court, Southampton; was a purser in the Union Castle Steamship Co.; appointed Acting Assistant Paymaster, R.N.R., 25 Aug. 1914; joined H.M S. Bulwark 24 Sept. following, and was killed on active service when that ship was blown up off Sheerness, 26 Nov. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Launcelot Alec Robinson.=]
=ROBINSON, LAWRENCE LEONARD=, A.B., J. 1445, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=ROBINSON, LESLIE JOHN=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., only _s._ of the Rev. William Robinson, Vicar of East Haddon, co. Northants, by his wife, Hannah, dau. of Jonathan Hall, of Hud Hey, Haslingden, Lancs.; _b._ Holme Vicarage, Westmoreland, 7 Oct. 1883; educ. Kelly College, Tavistock; and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Northamptonshire Regt., 22 April, 1903, and promoted Lieut. 28 Jan. 1905, and Capt. 1 Dec. 1910; as Assistant Adjutant and Musketry Instructor at Colchester from 1908 to 1911; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Nov. 1914 to 12 March, 1915, on which latter date he was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle. While at Kelly College he was in the Cadet Corps; won the shooting cup three times, and shot at the Devon County Volunteer meeting in 1901, when his college won the Public Schools’ Challenge Shield. At Sandhurst he was in the athletic team against Woolwich, and when with his regt. in Malta he won the Officers’ Cup for shooting. He _m._ at St. Giles’, Oxford, 21 Aug. 1913, Louisa Sophia, dau. of the late Walter Merivale, M.I.C.E., and had two children: Anthony Leslie and Diana Merivale, twins, _b._ 6 March, 1915.
[Illustration: =Leslie John Robinson.=]
=ROBINSON, REGINALD WILLIAM=, Capt., 5th (Service) Battn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 3rd _s._ of Sir Richard Atkinson Robinson, of 59, Hazlewell Road, Putney, S.W., J.P., D.L., Chairman of the London County Council (1908), by his wife, Jane Wilson, dau. of Thomas Thistle; _b._ South Kensington, 15 June, 1880; educ. St. Paul’s School, and the Royal School of Mines, South Kensington; was for a time a member of the London Scottish Volunteers; joined the C.I.V. in 1901, and served with them in the South African War (medal); and was later a Lieut. in the Rhodesian Volunteers; obtained a commission as temporary Lieut. in the Inniskilling Fusiliers after the outbreak of war, 4 Oct. 1914, and was appointed Capt., 5th Service Battn., 3 Dec. following; left for Gallipoli, July, 1915; took part in the landing at Suvla Bay, and was killed in action there 15 Aug. 1915; _unm._
=ROBINSON, THOMAS WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., I.C. 329), 194399, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ROBINSON, WILLIAM HENRY=, Corpl., R.M.A. (R.F.R., A. 0580), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROBSHAW, THOMAS ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4429), S.S. 1494, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ROBSON, JAMES HERBERT=, Private, No. 4620, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Robert Robson, of 68, High Street, Langley Moor, co. Durham; _b._ co. Monmouth; enlisted 11 March, 1902; obtained his discharge, 22 Sept. 1905; re-enlisted after the outbreak of war, 13 Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action, 25 Oct. 1914.
=ROBSON, JASPER LEEMING=, Private, No. 6567, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of the late Matthew Jasper Robson, of West White Hill, Kirkwhelpington, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Farmer; _b._ Hunmanby, co. York, 22 April, 1887; educ. County Council School, Felling-on-Tyne, and privately; enlisted 18 Jan. 1906; served in Egypt 29 Sept. 1906 to 12 Feb. 1909, and with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., from 12 Aug. 1914, and died a prisoner of war in No. 1 Reserve Hospital, Hanover, Germany, 14 Oct. 1914; _unm._ Buried there.
=ROBSON, OLIVER AUGUSTUS=, Private, No. 12396, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest and only surviving _s._ of Oliver Robson, of 9, Colchester Road, Leyton, co. Essex, Postal Servant, by his wife, Louise Harriett, dau. of Augustus Bourlet; _b._ Bristol, 20 Oct. 1894; educ. there and in London; was employed in the Post Office Telephone Department; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and enlisted in the Coldstreams, 15 Sept. 1914; went to France to join his Battn., 9 Jan. 1915; was reported missing after the fighting at Cuinchy on the 25th of that month, and is now assumed to have been killed in
## action on that date; _unm._
[Illustration: =Oliver Augustus Robson.=]
=ROBSON, RICHARD ERNEST=, Coy. Sergt.-Major, No. 2448, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Richard Robson, of Howden, Northumberland, Coal Trimmer; _b._ Howden, 2 March, 1880; joined the 1st Durham R.E. (Vol.), 2 Feb. 1896; and served in that corps until 31 Jan. 1899; being returned as an efficient in the years, 1896–97–98; enlisted in the Coldstream Guards, 10 Feb. 1899; appointed L.-Corpl. 27 July, 1899, Corpl. 30 Aug. 1901, L.-Sergt. 2 July, 1902, Sergt. 5 Aug. 1905, Coy. Sergt. 7 Nov. 1907, Coy. Q.M. Sergt. 21 Oct. 1913, and Coy. Sergt.-Major 1 April, 1915; served in the South African War, 18 March, 1900, to 6 Oct. 1902 (Queen’s medal with five clasps, “Johannesburg,” “Diamond Hill,” “Belfast,” “Cape Colony,” “Orange Free State,” and King’s medal with two clasps, “S.A. 1901,” “S.A. 1902”); and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 12 Aug. 1914 to 27 Sept. 1915, and was mortally wounded in the Battle of Loos, and died the same day. Buried, at La Rutoire, north of the Loos Road, one mile S.E. of Vermelles. He _m._ at Christ Church, Victoria Street, Westminster, 25 Feb. 1905, Lilian, dau. of Joseph Filderby, of Ladywood, Birmingham, Scales Fitter, and had a son and a dau.: Richard, _b._ 3 Nov. 1907; and Margaret Lilian, _b._ 30 Aug. 1906.
[Illustration: =Richard Ernest Robson.=]
=ROBSON, THOMAS=, Private, No. 8170, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, only _s._ of Thomas Robson, of Newcastle, by his wife, Mary Anne Elizabeth; _b._ Shieldfield, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 9 June, 1891; educ. Gateshead; enlisted in the Coldstreams at Newcastle, 23 Nov. 1908, went to the Front with the Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at Landrecies a few days later, 25 Aug. 1914. “Many splendid things were done that night at Landrecies,” wrote Corpl. G. Gilliam (“Penny Magazine,” 28 Nov. 1914), “but there was nothing finer than the work of our Maxim gunner Robson, who was on our left. Our machine guns were by now at our end of the town, and they had a solid mass of Germans to go at. Robson was sitting on his stool, and as soon as the officer ordered ‘Fire’ he pressed the two buttons and his Maxim hailed death. It literally was a hail of fire that met the packed Germans, and absolutely swept down the head of the column, so that the street was choked in an instant with the German dead. In spite of this absolute hail, a few Germans managed to break through their walls of dead and wounded. One of them disguised as a French Officer, and wanting us to think he had been a prisoner, but had just broken away from the Germans, rushed up to Robson and patted him on the shoulder and said; ‘brave fellow’; and with that he whipped round his sword and killed our Maxim gunner on the spot; but he himself was instantly shot down by our enraged fellows. I suppose he did not mind taking his chance.” He _m._ at St. Mark’s, Kennington, Annie Francis (32, Werhum Street, Kennington, S.E.), dau. of John Gosling, and had a dau., Annie, _b._ 29 Nov. 1913.
=ROBSON, THOMAS WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17824, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=ROCKLEY, ERNEST=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 16809, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=RODDAM, ROBERT COLLINGWOOD=, Capt., 3rd, attd. 1st Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, only _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Roddam John Roddam, of Roddam, co. Northumberland, J.P., B.A., late commanding 3rd Northumberland Fusiliers, now commanding 15th Northumberland Fusiliers, by his wife, Helen Fredericka, yst. dau. of Capt. Alexander Taubman Goldie, of The Hermitage, Isle of Man, late R.N.; _b._ Roddam Hall, near Alnwick, 10 Jan. 1890; educ. Wellington College; joined the 7th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.) as 2nd Lieut. in Aug. 1908; transferred to the 3rd Special Reserve, commanded by his father, in 1910, and was promoted Lieut. 2 Dec. 1912. He was in Ceylon when war broke out; returned to England at once and joined his Battn. in Sept., went to France in Dec. as a Lieut., and was then attd. to the 1st Battn., and promoted Capt.; and was killed in action at Hooge, 16 June, 1915, gallantly leading his Company in an attack on the German trenches; _unm._ Buried there. His Col. (now Brig.-Gen. Ainslie) wrote: “He will be a great loss as an officer, in fact I know of no one who shaped better or showed more soldierlike qualities. Over and over again he has been in very nasty situations and every time he has come out smiling, and kept his end up splendidly. It will be a consolation to you to know what a tip-top officer he was.” Capt. Roddam was awarded the Military Cross [London Gazette, 23 June, 1915] for gallantry with the handful of men in the advanced trench left capable, after having had their trench mined at St. Eloi, 14 April; and was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915], for gallant and distinguished service in the field.
[Illustration: =Robert C. Roddam.=]
=RODDIS, CHARLES HENRY=, Private, No. 3071, 1/5th Battn. Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Joseph Charles Roddis, of 13, Fieldhouse Lane, Leeds Road North, Huddersfield, Stone Machinist, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Henry Wheeldon, of Sheffield; _b._ Sheffield, 6 Feb. 1897; educ. Parson Cross School, Wadsley Bridge, near Sheffield; was apprenticed as a tool fitter at David Brown & Sons, Motor Engineers, Lockwood, Huddersfield, but, on the outbreak of war, volunteered for foreign service and joined the 5th West Riding Regt.; went to France in April, 1915; volunteered as a bombthrower, and was killed in action at Fleurbaix, 25 June following; _unm._ Buried at La Croix, near Fleurbaix. Major G. P. Norton wrote: “Private C. Roddis was mortally wounded by a shell about 4.45 yesterday afternoon, and he died in the first-aid post the same evening. The enemy was shelling our trenches, and your son was in a dug-out, about the last shell they fired hit on the top of the dug-out and burst inside.... He was such a nice lad and a splendid soldier. His heart was in his work; he took up bombing and turned out one of the best bombers in the Brigade. He was doing a turn in the trenches to make room for others to be trained as bombers, and it is very hard that he should have been killed before he could use the bombs on the Germans. His is a great loss to me personally, and all the officers and his comrades.”
[Illustration: =Charles Henry Roddis.=]
=RODGER, WALTER WASHINGTON BUCHANAN=, Lieut., 5th Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), yst. _s._ of the late Walter Washington Buchanan Rodger, Ex-Provost, of Greenock, C.E., J.P., by his wife, Emma Amelia (Bagatelle, Greenock), dau. of William Clark Rodger, of New York; _b._ Greenock, 13 May, 1895; educ. Trinity College, Glenalmond; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 20 Oct. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 1 Nov. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, 1 June, 1915, and was killed in action near Krithia, 8 July following; _unm._ Buried there. He was a member of Glenalmond O.T.C. for four years, and one of the Bisley team two years.
[Illustration: =Walter W. B. Rodger.=]
=RODGERS, GEORGE=, Leading Seaman, R.N.R., 1780C, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROE, HENRY GRAEME=, Private, No. 2020, 2nd Battn. 1st Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of the late Colin Graeme Roe, of Allestree House, Chesterfield Road, Sheffield, Artist, by his wife, Caroline Louisa, dau. of James Andrews, and grandson of Robert Henry Roe, Animal Painter; _b._ Brincliffe Edge, Sheffield, 24 July, 1889; educ. Abbeydale School there; displaying a great taste for engineering he entered the works of the Hardy Patent Pick Co., where he remained over four years. In Nov. 1908, he went to an uncle in New Zealand, continuing his engineering work there, after three years he went to Sydney, and finally became 2nd Engineer on the S.S. Koonokarra (Lever Bros.), which was employed collecting the products of the Solomon Islands. Arriving at Sydney on a return voyage at the end of 1914, he enlisted in the Commonwealth Expeditionary Forces in Jan. 1915, and after a short period of training in Liverpool Camp, N.S.W., left for Egypt with the fifth reinforcements in April. He was killed in
## action at Lone Pine, Gallipoli, between 7 and 14 Aug. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Henry Graeme Roe.=]
=ROGERS, ALBERT SAMUEL=, Stoker, 1st Class, 301451 (Ports.), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROGERS, ALFRED SIDNEY=, Seaman, R.N.R., 4758A, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROGERS, ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9129), 203989, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROGERS, ERNEST JOHN=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27386, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=ROGERS, HAROLD HILDRED=, Driver, 1st Sussex Battery, R.F.A., only _s._ of the late William Rogers, of Felixstowe (who served five years in the Navy and was invalided out), by his wife, Rosa Catherine (now wife of George Dancy, of 2, Ivanhoe Terrace, Ham Road, Broadwater, Worthing), dau. of George Wadey, of Cold Waltham, Pulborough, Sussex; _b._ Felixstowe, co. Suffolk, 24 Oct. 1894; educ. Washington, Pulborough, Sussex; was a Market Garden Labourer; had joined the Worthing Territorials about April, 1913, and on the outbreak of war, volunteered for foreign service; went to India, Oct. 1914. and was drafted from there in Nov. 1915, to the Persian Gulf; and was drowned in the River Tigris, 25 Dec. 1915: _unm._
[Illustration: =Harold Hildred Rogers.=]
=ROGERS, HENRY MILWARD=, Capt., 5th Battn. Manchester Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of the late William Rogers, of The Grange, Coppull, Lancashire, Mining Engineer, some time Mayor of Wigan, by his wife, Helen (The White House, Parbold), dau. of Richard (and Catherine) Procter; _b._ Southport, 27 Sept. 1879; educ. Bilton Grange and Radley College; was a Mining Engineer, and a partner in the firm of Messrs. Kellett, Walker & Rogers, Mining Experts, and was largely interested in South Wales and Lancashire collieries. He joined the old Vol. Battn. (now the 5th Territorial Battn.) Manchester Regt., 3 Aug. 1899. and after passing the School of Instruction for field service, obtained his commission as Capt. 17 June, 1905. On the outbreak of the European War he volunteered with his regt. for foreign service; left England 6 Sept. 1914 for Egypt; landed at the Dardanelles, 3 May, 1915, and died on board H.M. Hospital Ship Reindeer, 26 May, 1915, from wounds received in action there a few days previously. He _m._ at Horwick Parish Church, 3 Sept. 1903, Muriel (Alderbrook, Parbold, Lancashire), 5th dau. of Col. Charles Frederick Ainsworth, of Lower Brazley, Horwick, V.D., and had three sons: Charles William Milward, _b._ 12 Sept. 1904; Martin Milward, _b._ 17 March, 1908; and David Milward, _b._ 25 March, 1911.
[Illustration: =Henry Milward Rogers.=]
=ROGERS, JOSEPH=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 20073, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=ROGERS, MAURICE CROSTON=, 2nd Lieut., 59th Field Coy. R.E., only _s._ of John Croston Rogers, Senior Inspector of National Schools, Ireland; _b._ Dublin 29 March, 1894; educ. at Campbell College, Belfast, where he won both a Junior and a Senior Scholarship and the McNeill Gold Medal, which is awarded to the best Mathematical Scholar of the year. He early selected the Army as his Profession and, when a branch of the O.T.C. was started at the college, he at once joined it and, after some time, became its Senior Sergeant. While connected with the Corps he passed the test in Signalling, being the first Irish schoolboy to obtain this distinction. He also passed the test in Musketry and obtained Certificate A. In June, 1912, he entered the R.M.A., Woolwich, direct from school. At the end of the first term, his name appeared second on the list of his class and, in a subsequent term, it appeared first. Passing out of the Academy he obtained second place, and was awarded the Armstrong Memorial Medal and the French Prize. He received his commission in the Royal Engineers, 17 July, 1914, and when war was declared was at once summoned to Chatham, where he remained until the 23 Jan. 1915, when he was sent to France and posted to the 59th Field Coy. He died of wounds received in action at Wulverghem, 25 Feb. following, and was buried in the Churchyard of Neuve Eglise, where his men erected an oak cross and kerb over his grave. His commanding officer wrote: “Although he had been with the Company only a short time he was greatly liked by us all, both officers and men, and we deeply regret his death, not only as the death of a very promising young officer, but because it means to us the loss of one for whom, in the short time he had been with us, we had learned to feel a great personal regard and liking.
[Illustration: =Maurice Croston Rogers.=]
=ROGERS, RONALD JOSEPH=, Capt., 14th Battn. The Rifle Brigade, attd. 1st Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, only _s._ of Joseph Rogers of River Mead, Keynsham, Bristol, formerly of Weston-super-Mare, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Henry Lovebond, of Bridgwater; _b._ Sandford, Banwell, co. Somerset, 18 Dec. 1883; educ. St. Peter’s School, Weston-super-Mare, and Blundells School, Tiverton; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 4th Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 16 Jan. 1901; promoted Lieut. 1903, and Capt. April, 1908; served in the South African War, 1902, taking
## part in the operations in Cape Colony and Orange River Colony, March to
31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps). He retired in 1908 and went to the Malay States, where he held an appointment as Manager of a rubber estate; but after the outbreak of the European War offered his services and was appointed Capt. in the 14th Rifle Brigade, 20 March, 1915; went to the Dardanelles 21 May, 1915, attd. to the 1st Battn. of his old regt., and was killed in action at Saghir Dere Ravine, 28 June following, during the great advance on Krithia. Buried there. Capt. Rogers was a famous Rugby football player; played for Somerset, and was chosen by the Rugby Football Union as forward in the British team, 1904, against Australia and New Zealand. He also held the Vellum Certificate of the Royal Humane Society for saving his own father’s life at sea at Newport, Pembrokeshire, 2 Oct. 1897. He _m._ at Plymouth, 7 Nov. 1911, Hilda May, eldest dau. of Col. Alfred Lionel McNair, of Merrifield House, Plympton, South Devon, and had a son, Geoffrey Ronald, _b._ 16 Nov. 1912.
[Illustration: =Ronald Joseph Rogers.=]
=ROGERS, VALENTINE WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., I.C. 541), 200458, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=COXWELL-ROGERS, RICHARD HUGH=, of Dowdeswell Court, Trooper, No. 2234, Royal Gloucestershire Yeomanry (T.F.), only _s._ of the late Godfrey Hugh Wheeler Coxwell-Rogers, of Dowdeswell Court, and Ablington, co. Gloucester, by his wife, Aileen Emma (Donegal Cottage, Carrigaloe, co. Cork), dau. of Richard Hugh Smith Barry, of Bally Edmond, co. Cork; _b._ Leckhampton, near Cheltenham, 10 May, 1884; educ. Cheltenham College; went to British Columbia in 1900; returned to England in 1914, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. of that year, volunteered and joined the Royal Gloucestershire Yeomanry as a trooper, went to the Dardanelles, Aug. 1915, and was killed in action at Suvla Bay, 21 Aug. following; _unm._
=ROGERS, WILLIAM ALFRED=, Seaman, R.N.R., 5294 B., H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROGERSON, WILLIAM ERNEST=, Capt., 10th Battn. Durham L.I., and Adjutant 12th (Service) Battn. of the same, yr. _s._ of John Rogerson, of Croxdale Hall, Durham; _b._ Croxdale Hall, 19 Oct. 1872; educ. Aysgarth; Harrow; and Trinity Hall, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. (2nd Durham Militia) Durham L.I., 1893, and Capt. 5 Jan. 1898, was for six years Instructor of Musketry, afterwards retiring. On the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he rejoined, was gazetted Capt., 10th (Service) Battn. Durham L.I., 19 Aug., and appointed Adjutant of the 12th Battn., 18 Sept. following, and died very suddenly at Bullwater Camp, Woking, 13 Nov. 1914, while on active service. He was a keen sportsman, and while at Cambridge was Master of the Trinity Foot Beagles, and hunted with the South Durham, Hurworth and Zetland hounds. The Gen., in announcing his death, stated that he had rendered most valuable service to the regt. from the date of its being formed, and his loss would be greatly felt. He _m._ 3 Nov. 1898, Violet, elder dau. of Lieut.-Gen. William Henry Mackesy, 79th Highlanders and Indian Staff Corps, and had, with another son and two daus., an elder son Richard William, _b._ 1902.
[Illustration: =William E. Rogerson.=]
=ROLLESTON, FRANCIS LANCELOT=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), elder _s._ of Humphry Davy Rolleston, of 55, Upper Brook Street, London, W., C.B., M.D., F.R.C.P., Temporary Surgeon-Gen. (Consultant Physician) Royal Navy, and Senior Physician, St. George’s Hospital, London, by his wife, Lisette Eila, 2nd dau. of Francis Mackenzie Ogilvy; _b._ London, 7 April, 1895; educ. Hillside, Godalming (1904–8) and Eton (1908–14), where he was in the O.T.C., and was undergoing his annual training in camp when war broke out. He immediately offered his services at the nearest recruiting office, and was given a commission in the 2nd Battn. The London Regt., 29 Aug. 1914; went to Malta in Sept. 1914; proceeded to France in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at l’Epinette, near Armentières, 26 April following, being shot through the heart while examining the barbed wire in front of his trench at night; _unm._ Buried at Ferme Buterne, Armentières. While in the Eton O.T.C. he was three times in the winning section, the last time as commander, and had been singled out for special commendation by the Gen. at the 1914 Inspection. He obtained his House Colours in 1913; won the Novice Pulling in 1912, with Armstrong (also killed in action), and the Junior Pulling again with Armstrong in 1914. He was also second in Junior sculling and rowed in House Fours.
[Illustration: =Francis Lancelot Rolleston.=]
=ROLSTONE, JAMES HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5918), 187177, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROLT, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11016, H.M.S Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=ROMANS, ALFRED=, Private, No. 1390, 8th Battn. Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of William Romans, of 7, Farnell Road, Staines, Stoker, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of Charles Lamb; _b._ Staines, co. Middlesex, 28 Sept. 1897; educ. Kingston Road Central Schools there; was a Lino Worker; joined the Middlesex Territorials when only 15, in 1912, and on the outbreak of war immediately volunteered for foreign service; went with his regt. to Gibraltar, 10 Sept. 1914, and returned to England, 12 Feb. 1915, crossed to France, 8 March, and was killed in action during the repulse of a German attack on the trenches occupied by the 8th Middlesex at Zonnebeke, Sunday, 25 April, 1915.
=RONALD, JAMES McBAIN=, Capt., 2nd Battn. (The Buffs) East Kent Regt., 6th _s._ of the late Robert Bruce Ronald, of Pembury Grange, Tunbridge Wells, by his wife, Fanny, dau. of (--) Fowler; _b._ 26 April, 1876; educ. Harrow, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., East Kent Regt., 5 Sept. 1896; promoted Lieut., 9 April, 1899, and Capt. 1 July, 1900; was Adjutant of Volunteers, 6 April, 1904, to 31 Dec. 1907; served in the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in the advance on, and relief of, Kimberley; operations in the Orange Free State, Feb.-May, 1900, including actions at Paardeberg (17–26 Feb.); Poplar Grove, and Dreifontein (slightly wounded), and afterwards served as Railway Staff Officer; took part in the operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July-29 Nov. 1900, and those in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900–31 May, 1902 (again slightly wounded in Oct. 1901; mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901]; Queens medal with four clasps and King’s medal with two clasps). He retired in 1912, but on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, resumed service as a Railway Transport Officer, and rejoined his old regt. in the following March; went to France, and was killed in action near St. Julien during the second Battle of Ypres, 23 April, 1915. Buried there. Capt. Ronald _m._ at Bagenalstown, 7 Oct. 1903, Evelyn Mary (Bifron’s Cottage, near Canterbury), dau. of S. Crosthwaite, of Bagenalstown, co. Carlow, and had a dau., Patience Mary, _b._ 3 Nov. 1908.
=RONALD, KENNETH McGEORGE=, Trooper, No. 452, 6th Light Horse, 2nd Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of Robert Wilson Ronald, of Nap Nap, New South Wales, Grazier, by his wife, Veronica, dau. of the late Thomas McGeorge, grandson of Robert Bruce Ronald, of London and Melbourne, and great-grandson of Robert Wilson Ronald, of Liverpool; _b._ in Hay, New South Wales, 9 Oct. 1895; educ. Church of England Grammar School, Geelong (July, 1905–Dec. 1913); volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war, and enlisted in 6th Light Horse; went to the Dardanelles and was killed in action at Cape Helles, Gallipoli, 12 July, 1915. Buried in Shell Green burial ground on slope of Island of Samothrace; _unm._ Lieut. G. A. Ferguson wrote: “He was one of the 12 attd. to my troop on that day, to do a certain piece of work, and how well they did it, and how brave they were. I can assure you it was very hot work. On and on they came in the face of a murderous fire, but not one of them flinched. I am very proud of the men who were with me that day. I had been in close touch with your son Kenneth ever since he joined the regt., and always found him to be one of the keenest of soldiers, and the most gentlemanly boy it has ever been my pleasure to meet. He was loved by all his comrades. I feel extremely sorry for his brother, who was wounded a few days before, they were such great mates. Kenneth was one of the bravest and the strongest constitutional man I ever seen. He was wounded with shrapnel, and although fearfully wounded, was fully conscious right to the last”; and the Rev. T. G. Robertson, Chaplain, Australian Imperial Force, 6th Light Horse: “On 12 July, our Southern forces were engaged in a big attack, and our work here was to harass the Turks, and so cause reinforcements to be sent to them, instead of to Cape Helles. In this a small troop of the 6th Light Horse played a very gallant part--Mr. Ferguson, the officer in charge, being mentioned in Despatches. They went out from our trenches towards the enemy, and stormed an enemy hill very gamely, but unfortunately we lost four good men and many wounded. They had to face rifle fire, machine-guns and shrapnel. They did their work however, and were successful in their object, and that meant saving many lives probably among our Southern forces. So that your son liberally gave his life for others. I understand that he was hit behind the ear by a shrapnel pellet.” And a comrade wrote of him: “On the 12th, Kenneth Ronald was in a small covering party to draw the Turks fire. Ken had the bad luck to be in the thickest of the fire, and was hit by shrapnel. He was carried away to safety almost immediately, but did not live long. He was very highly thought of by all his comrades. I marked his grave, as to make sure for a headstone, but to-day I find his good friends have already fixed up a temporary cross. When all is arranged properly I will take a photo of Ken’s grave for Mrs. Ronald; if I get through myself, she shall have it. It is terribly sad for Bob Ronald, who is away wounded. He and Ken were always together, they were almost inseparable.” At his school he was a Prefect; Senior Member of the Upper Sixth, and Captain of the Boats. He won the School Cup for Sports in 1913, and rowed two years running in the School eights in the Public Schools (of Victoria) Eight Oar race. He was also a good football player.
[Illustration: =Kenneth M. Ronald.=]
=ROOME, PHILIP WILLIAM=, Fleet Paymaster, R.N., 3rd _s._ of Henry Roome, of 114, Breakspear Road, Brockley, late of the Admiralty, by his wife, Phoebe, dau. of the late George Wade, of Deptford; _b._ Brockley, 28 June, 1872; educ. Mercers School, London, and Whitgift School, Croydon; entered the Navy as an Assistant Clerk, Jan. 1889; and was promoted Paymaster, Jan. 1903, Staff Paymaster, Jan. 1907, and Fleet Paymaster, Jan. 1911; served in China, 1899–1901, and 1903–05 (medal); was appointed to H.M.S. Aboukir, July, 1914, and was lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at St. Margaret’s, Lee, 22 Dec. 1902, Maud Hunter (2, Dacre Park, Lee, S.E.), dau. of the late James Davisson, Civil Servant, and had issue, four children: Philip Pearse, _b._ 30 Sept. 1904; Richard William, _b._ 12 Nov. 1905; Phoebe Isabella Maud, _b._ 4 May, 1908; and Phyllis Mary, _b._ 21 Feb. 1911.
[Illustration: =Philip William Roome.=]
=ROOTH, RICHARD ALEXANDER=, Lieut.-Col. Commanding 1st Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of the late John Wilcoxon Rooth, of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Elizabeth Crudy (Gordon House, Hythe Road, Brighton), dau. of Henry Smith, of Bristol, Solicitor; _b._ London, 22 March, 1866; educ. Highgate School; France, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted Lieut., Dublin Fusiliers, 29 Aug. 1885, and promoted Capt. 7 June, 1894; Major, 7 June, 1896, and Lieut.-Col. 7 June, 1914; joined the 2nd Battn. in Egypt in Aug. 1885, and later went to Quetta, and Poona; was Adjutant of his Battn. from 16 Dec. 1893, to 30 March, 1897, and of the Poona Volunteers, 1 April, 1897, to 31 March, 1902; took part in the operations in the Aden Hinterland, 1903, and then returned to Ireland; was in command of the Depot at Naas, for some years, he was then stationed at Gravesend till June, 1914, when he was appointed to the command of the 1st Battn. then in Madras; was at Fort George when that town was attacked by the Emden; returned with his regt. to England in Dec. 1914; left for the Dardanelles in March, and was killed in action at Sedd-ul-Bahr, during the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915. He was killed instantly as he was stepping on the beach. He _m._ at Dawlish, Amy, dau. of Francis Cann, of Dawlish, M.D., and had two children: Richard, _b._ 7 June, 1900; and Nancy, _b._ 23 May, 1908.
[Illustration: =Richard Alexander Rooth.=]
=ROPER, WILLIAM ALBERT=, Private, No. 11784, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 3rd _s._ of Albert Edward Roper, of West Charleton, near Kingsbridge, co. Devon, Labourer, by his wife, Caroline Jane, dau. of Thomas Ellis; _b._ Malborough, co. Devon, 13 April, 1893; educ. West Charleton Village School; was intending to join the Police Force when war was declared, and enlisted in the Coldstreams, 5 Sept. 1914; went to France, 22 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 18 March, 1915, being shot by a sniper while digging a small trench from the main one; _unm._ Buried in the Cemetery there.
=ROSE, BENJAMIN JOSEPH=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2058), 192157, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ROSE, CHARLES EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1351), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROSE, CLEMENT=, Private, No. 15734, 8th (Service) Battn. The Yorkshire Regt., 3rd _s._ of John George Rose, of 19, Hamilton Street, Monkwearmouth, co. Durham, Mastmaker, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Thomas (and Jane Anna) Browell, of Monkwearmouth; _b._ Monkwearmouth, 30 April, 1897; educ. National School there; enlisted in the East Yorkshires, 14 Oct. 1914. but was claimed by a brother serving with the Yorkshires for that regt. and was accordingly transferred. He was killed in action in France, 13 Oct. 1915.
=ROSE, GEOFFREY CRAIG=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Seaforth Highlanders, attd. 1st Battn. Gordon Highlanders, elder _s._ of Charles Edward Rose, of Townshend House, Regent’s Park, N.W., Author and Dramatist, now Hon. Supt. of St. Dunstan’s, Regent’s Park, by his wife, Mary Greer, dau. of James Connell, of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire; _b._ Hampstead, 2 Nov. 1896; educ. Ovingdean Hall, Brighton (Rev. D. H. Marshall), and Aldenham School, co. Herts (E. Beevor’s House); was given a commission in the 3rd Seaforth Highlanders, from the O.T.C., 14 Aug. 1914; went to France in Nov., attd. to the 1st Gordons, and died in London, 13 Feb. 1915, from wounds received in action near Wytschaete on 14 Dec., while gallantly leading his men into action. He was distinguished at school for his exceptional promise as a writer and debater (he had an article accepted by a magazine at the age of 16).
[Illustration: =Geoffrey Craig Rose.=]
=ROSE, HERBERT JOHN=, T.D., Capt., 1/8th (Ardwick) Battn. Manchester Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of John Henry Roberts Rose, formerly of the Red House, Yoxford, Suffolk, and late of 21, Victoria Road, Withington, Manchester, Engineer, by his wife, Emma, dau. of John Fletcher, of Long Sutton, Lincolnshire; _b._ Beckenham, co. Kent, 18 May, 1866; educ. Wrexham and Manchester Grammar Schools; was for many years in business with the Calico Printers Association, Manchester, but early in 1914, became a partner in the firm of Etchells Cougdon & Muir, Engineers, Ancoats, Manchester. He had joined the 6th Lancashire (2nd Manchester) Volunteers in Nov. 1884, and received a commission in the old 5th Volunteer (now the 8th Territorial) Battn. of the Manchester Regt., Nov. 1904. He was gazetted Capt. 15 June, 1906, after passing the School of Instruction for field service, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered with his regt. for foreign service. He left England, 10 Sept. 1914, and proceeded to Egypt where they landed, 27 Sept. 1914. Three weeks later the Battn. were sent to Cyprus, landing 20 Oct. They were the only troops on the Island, and Capt. Rose was in command of the detachment at the annexation ceremony at Limasol on 7 Nov. 1914. On 18 Jan. 1915, they left Cyprus for Cairo, where they stayed until they embarked for Gallipoli on 2 May, landed at the Dardanelles, 4 May, and was killed in action at Achi Baba, Gallipoli, 4 June, 1915. A brother officer wrote: “Rose did splendidly well, behaving (I saw him) with the utmost gallantry. When I left about one hour before he was killed, he was alive and well, and doing jolly well in exceedingly difficult and dangerous circumstances. He was always at it, comforting the badly wounded, conducting the midnight burials, and so on, and many fellows had cause to thank him for numerous such services performed, all at the sacrifice of the little time available for rest. These things were done quietly and without advertisement, but I saw them and think it right they should be recorded. On the day of the big fight he did splendidly, taking risks in his efforts of cheering and encouraging his men. He died a gallant gentleman”; and another: “Rose was perfectly splendid over here.... He was an absolute hero.” He was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 22 Sept. 1915 [London Gazette, 5 Nov. 1915], for gallant and distinguished service in the field. Capt. Rose received the Long Service medal in Nov. 1904. and the Territorial Decoration in May, 1915; was a good marksman, a Bisley shot and won the old Mancunians gold cup. He took a great interest in the work of the Church Lads Brigade, and was for some time Adjutant of the 6th Manchester Church Lads Brigade. He _m._ at Croydon, Surrey, 2 Aug. 1899, Caroline Emily (Tregenna, Cheadle, Cheshire), dau. of the Rev. Thomas Theodore Waterman, Secretary of the Christian Evidence Society, and had two daus.: Marian, _b._ 24 July, 1900; and Margaret Louisa, _b._ 29 Oct. 1905.
[Illustration: =Herbert John Rose.=]
=ROSE, JOHN=, Seaman, R.N.R., 1973D, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROSE, LAUNCELOT ST. VINCENT=, Major, 55th Field Coy., Royal Engineers, 2nd _s._ of Frederick William Rose, of Tarlogie, co. Ross, by his wife, Katherine Ross, dau. of Daniel Gilchrist, of Ospisdale, and grandson of Major Hugh Monro St. Vincent Rose, 12th Lancers; _b._ London, S.W., 4 Aug. 1875; educ. St. Paul’s (Scholar) and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Engineers, 15 March, 1895, and promoted Lieut. 15 March, 1898, Capt. 1 April, 1904, and Major 30 Oct. 1914; served in Gibraltar; in Ireland doing Ordnance Survey Work; went to South Africa in 1910; returned to England with the 7th Division after the outbreak of war, 19 Sept. 1914; went direct to Lyndhurst Camp to get his 55th Field Coy. equipped; left with it for France, 5 Oct. following; took part in the First Battle of Ypres, and was killed in action near Sailly-sur-La-Lys, Rue de Bethune, 28 Nov. 1914. Buried there. A brother officer wrote: “Very keen regret at his death is felt through the Division, as he was liked by all who knew him, whilst the men of the company feel that they have lost a friend, as well as an officer. He died attempting a very brave act”; and the following is an extract from the 20th Brigade War Diary: “29 Nov. 1914, Major Rose, commanding the 55th Field Coy., Royal Engineers, which has been attached to the Brigade during the war, was killed last night putting up the wire outside the trenches--a great loss. Neither he nor his company have spared themselves in helping us with our trenches and wire entanglements the whole time. He was a man full of resource and courage.” A commanding officer wrote: “He was a fine officer and a great loss to us all. We were all so fond of him, always cheery and hard-working, he met a soldier’s death in work of great risk and had done already his full share of fighting for his country and for freedom.” Another extract: “Such a plucky chap, and just the sort we want. He need not have joined in the attack in the wood as he was cutting stakes for barbed wire, and the Brigade came along for an attack, passed his company, so he ordered them to charge with the Brigade and fixed bayonets: it is called the R.E. Charge.” He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915. At St. Paul’s he was in the rowing four for two years, and for some time Capt. of the four; was in the gymnasium eight at Woolwich Academy in 1894; represented Woolwich in their running team, winning many prizes; his best record being the half mile in 2 minutes, 6 seconds, in a grass track. He represented the officers at Rugby and rowed for two seasons, giving many fine exhibitions in the R.E. four. While in Gibraltar he gained a name for himself as a polo player, and played in the Garrison’s team. He ran ponies in several races, winning, amongst others, the well-known Steeplechase for the Subalterns Cup, riding his pony himself in that race. He also won many prizes in the Gymkhana Races, and in one cracked his skull and was unconscious for a fortnight. He started a boxing club for the N.C.O. and sappers, which was in flourishing condition. In Ireland he won many prizes for his flowers, being a great gardener, and in South Africa went in for big game shooting, polo, playing, etc. He _m._ at St. John’s Church, Chelsea, 18 Dec. 1909, Jonkvrouwe Agneta Wendela Elizabeth (The Chestnuts, Hartford Bridge, Winchfield, co. Hants), dau. of Jonkheer Dr. Wilhem van Citters, of Zeeland, Holland, Consul-General for the Netherlands in Berne, and had a dau.: Noreen Leonie Ross, _b._ 16 Oct. 1913. His brother, Capt. Walrond Rose, of the Cameronians, was killed in action, 22 Oct. 1914.
[Illustration: =Launcelot St. Vincent Rose.=]
=ROSE, OWEN WILLIAM=, Private. No. 1795, 8th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of George Thomas Rose, Private, No. 12775, 6th (Service) Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., by his wife, Mary (4, Du Burstow Terrace, Hanwell), dau. of George Mills, of Uxbridge, Middlesex; _b._ West Ealing, London, W., 6 Oct. 1896; educ. St. Mark’s Council School, Hanwell; and was employed as a roundsman at Sainsbury’s when war broke out. He had joined the Middlesex Territorials about 1912, and volunteered for foreign service; mobilized at Sittingbourne and went with his regiment to Gibraltar and while there shot a German prisoner who was trying to escape from a detention camp. The matter was the subject of an official enquiry and it was held that Rose had done no more than his duty. He afterwards accompanied the Battn. to France, and was killed in action at Zonnebeke, 30 April, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Owen William Rose.=]
=ROSE, RONALD HUGH WALROND=, Capt., 1st. Battn. The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), yst. _s._ of the late Frederick William Rose, of Kensington, and grandson of Major Hugh Monro St. Vincent Rose, of Tarlogie, co. Ross, 12th Lancers; _b._ London, 11 July, 1880; educ. Scott’s Preparatory School, Kensington, and St. Paul’s; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Warwickshire Regt. from the Militia, 4 Jan. 1899; and promoted Lieut., 17 March, 1900, and Capt. 4 May, 1905, transferring to the Scottish Rifles, 20 May, 1900; was Adjutant of Volunteers, 10 Oct. 1906, to 31 March, 1908, and Adjutant Territorial Force, 1 April, 1908, to Jan. 1910; joined his regt. at Bloemfontein in 1910, and nine months later was made Commandant of the South African School of Signalling at Pretoria; returned to Scotland in 1912, and was stationed at Glasgow when war broke out in Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force the same month; took part in the Retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne; was wounded in the ankle during the German rush for Calais, when he was in command of a covering party to the regt., but went on leading his men until he was killed at Fromelles in the same action, 22 Oct. 1914. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915. He _m._ at Eastham, 29 March, 1910, Hetty (The Paddock, Heston, Cheshire), yst. dau. of the late George Fletcher, of Liverpool, and had two children: Audrey, _b._ 13 April, 1912; and Jean Diana, _b._ 1 May, 1914.
[Illustration: =Ronald Hugh W. Rose.=]
=ROSE, THOMAS=, Private, No 1466, 1/4th Battn. The Royal Scots (T.F.), elder _s._ of Lewis Rose, Caretaker, Edinburgh Public Library, by his wife, Hughina, dau. of John McIntosh, Farmer, Tonque; _b._ Edinburgh, 20 July, 1896; educ. Broughton Public School (Junior and Higher Grade), Edinburgh; was an apprenticed clerk in the North British and Mercantile Insurance Co., 64, Princes Street, Edinburgh; joined the 4th Royal Scots (T.F.) in March, 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, 13 June, 1915, and was killed in action there, 13 July following. His Sergt. wrote: “I always found him a good soldier and a willing and consistent worker. He never shirked anything either while we were at home or since we have been out here, and we all feel deeply the loss of one of our most steady, reliable, and hard-working comrades.” The Manager of his firm writing, said: “He was a boy of promise, and would probably have had a successful career here.”
[Illustration: =Thomas Rose.=]
=ROSE, TOM ALFRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1751), 200364. H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ROSEVEARE, HAROLD WILLIAM=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. The Wiltshire Regt., eldest _s._ of the Rev. Richard Polgreen Roseveare, Rector of St. Paul’s, Deptford, and Rural Dean of Greenwich, by his wife, Mary Isabel, dau. of Thomas Martin Skinner, of Monmouth. J.P.; _b._ Monmouth, 18 March, 1895; educ. Little Appley School, Ryde (1902–8), Marlborough College (Scholar, 1908–July 1914), and had won a classical scholarship at St. John’s College, Cambridge, where he was to have gone into residence in Oct. 1914. He had received a commission as 2nd Lieut., in the Wiltshire Regt. (Special Reserve), 18 April, 1914; and on the outbreak of war joined his regt. direct from his O.T.C. annual training camp, 4 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force on the 13th, and died 20 Sept, following, of wounds received in
## action at the Battle of the Aisne the same day, while leading a section
of his men to locate and take a machine gun. Buried at Vailly. While at Marlborough he was senior prefect, a member of the Rugby football fifteen, and Cadet Captain of the O.T.C.
=ROSIER, FREDERICK=, Sergt., No. 9623, 7th (Service) Battn. The Suffolk Regt., eldest _s._ of Brad Rosier, of Walsham-le-Willows, by his wife, Rebecca, dau. of Frederick Price; _b._ Pakenham, co. Suffolk, 5 June, 1875; educ. Rickinghall village school; enlisted in the 2nd Northamptonshire Regt., 15 March, 1894; served in the South African War, 1899–1902; receiving the Queen’s medal with four clasps (“Belmont,” “Modder River,” “Orange Free State,” “Transvaal”), and King’s medal with two clasps (South Africa, “1901,” “1902”); took his discharge, 14 March, 1903, and then joined the Reserve for six years. After the outbreak of war he re-enlisted in the 7th Suffolks, 7 Sept. 1914, with his former rank of Sergt., and after acting as Drill Sergt. for some time at Shorncliffe, went to France, 30 May, 1915, and died in the Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 25 July, 1915, of wounds received in action. Buried in Boulogne Cemetery (Grave No. 2582). His commanding officer wrote: “He was not only a very efficient sergt., but also a good keen man on whom I knew I could always rely to carry out the most dangerous of our duties. His pluck when in pain from his wound was magnificent.” He was for ten years a bellringer at St. Mary’s Church, Walsham-le-Willows, and was also secretary of the local branch of his Trade Union. Sergt. Rosier _m._ at Walsham-le-Willows, 13 Dec. 1902, Ellen (Walsham-le-Willows, Bury St. Edmunds), yst. dau. of the late William Knott, of Stanton, and had three children: Frederick Arthur William, _b._ 26 July, 1903; Winifred Dorothy, _b._ 22 May, 1906, and Florence Lucy, _b._ 23 Aug. 1908.
[Illustration: =Frederick Rosier.=]
=ROSS, ARCHIBALD SEYMOUR=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, 3rd and yst. _s._ of the late Edward Charles Russell Ross, Barrister (first winner of the Queen’s prize at Wimbledon), by his wife, Margaret Seymour (Callands, North Berwick), yst. dau. of Capt. John Osborne, of 67, Eton Place, S.W., 6th Inniskilling Dragoons; and gdson. of Horatio Ross, of Rossie Castle, Montrose; _b._ The Rounds, Wimbledon Common, co. Surrey, 26 Nov. 1889; educ. Ardoreck, Crieff; and Glen Almond, Perth; joined the 3rd Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, 18 Aug. 1914, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 26 Aug. 1914, afterwards being transferred to the 1st Battn. and joined them at the front, 11 Feb. 1915; was reported missing after the
## action at Richebourg L’Avoué, 9 May, 1915, and was later ascertained
to have been killed that day while leading his men in a charge; _unm._ His Commanding Officer wrote: “I cannot speak too highly of Ross. He was brave to the extreme, and liked by all ranks. I shall never forget his splendid coolness under very heavy shell fire on Neuve Chapelle day, 10 March, 1915, an example, not only to the men, but to myself as well”; and another: “if he died, he died splendidly. I have never met anyone who I admired more. His character was great and noble, his personality charming, his mind pure and simple. As he ran forward to that fatal charge, he shook hands with a brother officer, left in reserve, saying ‘Good-bye--if I don’t come through, anyway, it’s a glorious death to die.’” 2nd Lieut. Ross was a good all-round sportsman and expert with rod, rifle and gun, and a keen yachtsman.
[Illustration: =Archibald Seymour Ross.=]
=ROSS, CECIL JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7241). S.S. 102193, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROSS, COLIN JOHN=, Ch. E.R.A., 2nd Class, 270035, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROSS, GEORGE ALEXANDER SINCLAIR=, M.A., Capt., 1/4th Battn. The Royal Scots (T.F.), elder _s._ of the late William Sinclair Ross, of Marchmont Road. Edinburgh, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of James Nilson; _b._ Edinburgh, 8 March, 1870; educ. Edinburgh University, where he graduated M.A. in 1894, and became a teacher of mathematics in Broughton Higher Grade School, Edinburgh; joined the 6th Royal Scots (T.F.) in 1902, as Lieut. in the College Coy. (recruited from students attending the Training Colleges of the Scottish Churches studying in Edinburgh); promoted Capt. 22 March, 1908; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and was transferred to the 4th Battn. with the bulk of his Company, 19 Nov. following; went to the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 28 June, 1915, leading his Coy. in a charge on the enemy’s trenches; _unm._ He was a keen golfer, being well known on several of the golf courses near Edinburgh.
[Illustration: =George Alexander S. Ross.=]
=ROSS, JAMES JOHN (ERIC)=, Private, No. 11208, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots; _b._ Ireland, 6 Dec. 1888; educ. South African University; went to South Africa with his parents in infancy, but returned to England after their deaths; enlisted in the Royal Scots, 3 Aug. 1912; served with the Expeditionary Force in France from Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Vierstraat, 22 March, 1915, being shot by a sniper while on sentry duty; _unm._ Buried there.
=ROSS, JAMES OSWALD=, Private, No. 8/846, 14th Otago Battn. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Duncan Ross, of Mandeville, Southland, New Zealand, Farmer; _b._ Mandeville aforesaid, 7 Dec. 1891; educ. there; joined the Otago Regt., 1 April, 1911; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of the European War, at Dunedin, 22 Aug. 1914; left for Egypt with the main body in Oct.; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in
## action there, 2 May following; _unm._ Buried at Walker’s Ridge.
=ROSS, WILLIAM JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10808), S.S. 2905, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=ROSS, WILLIAM MUNRO=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Gordon Highlanders, only _s._ of William Edmond Ross, and his wife, Gertrude Maud, dau. of the late Thomas Bevan, of Stone Park, Greenhithe, co. Kent; _b._ Bishops Stortford, co. Herts, 22 March, 1892; educ. St. Andrew’s, Eastbourne, Eton (J. H. M. Hare’s House), and Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the Pitt Club and took a Tripos degree in 1914. In Oct. 1914 he received a commission (dated 14 Aug.) as University Candidate in the 2nd Battn. Gordon Highlanders, being given a year’s seniority in respect of his university degree, was promoted Temp. Lieut. (commission ante-dated, 25 Oct. 1914) and confirmed in rank of Lieut. Dec. following. In Jan. 1915, he took out a draft to the 2nd Battn. (formerly the 92nd) and was killed close to the German trenches in the attack on Neuve Chapelle, 11 March. A brother officer wrote: “He was leading his platoon in splendid style when he was hit by several bullets.” He was very keen on hunting, shooting and cricket, and was very musical.
[Illustration: =William Munro Ross.=]
=ROSSER, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4251), 207934, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROSSITER, PHILIP=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Royal Berkshire Regt., elder _s._ of Sydney Rossiter, 11, Cumberland Road, Brighton, Assistant Inspector of Schools for East Sussex, formerly Headmaster (1904–14) of Fairfields School, Basingstoke, by his wife, Ada, dau. of John Cooper, of High Street, Cheltenham; _b._ South Hackney, London, 15 March, 1894; educ. Fairfields School and Queen Mary’s Grammar School, Basingstoke and University College, Reading, where he was a member of the O.T.C.; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Battn. of the Berkshires, 22 July, 1914, joined in August, sailed from Southampton on 19 Dec. following and was attached on landing to the 2nd Queen’s Royal West Surreys; killed in action near Armentières, 19 Jan. 1915; _unm._ Buried at Fleurbaix. Philip Rossiter won a Hants County Junior Scholarship in 1906 and a Senior in 1910. He held the latter for four years at Reading University College. He was an undergraduate of London University and passed the B.Sc. Intermediate examination in 1912. At college he was Secretary and Treasurer of the Sports Club and a member of the Student’s Representative Council. He obtained his Colours for Rowing and was a member of the 2nd Four in 1913 and 1914. He, however, showed most interest in the O.T.C., in which he attained the rank of Colour-Sergt. and passed the examinations for both the “A” and “B” Certificates. He was also a keen swimmer, and at Basingstoke Grammar School he won the Senior Cup for two years in succession. His younger brother, Sydney, Leading Seaman, Nelson Battn. R.N.D., was severely wounded at Gallipoli, 4 June, 1915.
[Illustration: =Philip Rossiter.=]
=ROSSON, WILLIAM HAROLD=, Private, No. 3782, 9th, attd. 1/7th, Battn. Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Joseph Rosson, of The Cottage, Kestrel Grove, Bushey Heath, Butler to Mr. W. B. Gair, of Kestrel Grove, by his wife, Kate, dau. of John Cato, of Kirtlington, near Oxford; _b._ Bushey Heath, 14 Nov. 1896; educ. Stanmore, Middlesex; was a Groom; joined 9th Middlesex, 8 Aug. 1914; transferred to the 1/7th Battn. and left for France, 13 March, 1915, and died at Merville Hospital, 18 June, 1915, of wounds received on the 15th. Buried in Military Cemetery, Merville; _unm._ His Company Commander, Capt. I. M. Cossar, wrote: “he was seriously wounded on the 15th of this month, as we were coming into the trenches. The Germans turned a machine-gun over the ground behind the trenches for some long distance back, and caught the company, wounding two of my best men. Your son received a bullet wound in his back, injuring the spinal column. He was at once taken to the dressing station where a motor was waiting to take him to Merville Hospital. His wound was very serious.”
[Illustration: =William Harold Rosson.=]
=ROSTRON, JOHN=, Private, No. 6/928, D Westland Coy., Canterbury Infantry Battn. New Zealand Expeditionary Force; _b._ about 1872; educ. Peel School, Little Hulton; was for some time in the mechanic’s shop at Lord Ellesmere’s Wharton Hall Colliery; went to New Zealand in 1903, and took up work in the coal pit at Ronango; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war, and joined the Canterbury Infantry Regt.; served in Egypt; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 8 May, 1915. He _m._ at Peel Church, Little Hulton, 20 Feb. 1901, Clara, dau. of Thomas Boardman, and had a dau., Ethel (63, Manchester Road West, Bottom Lane, Little Hulton), _b._ 4 April, 1902.
=DE ROUGEMONT, MAURICE HENRY=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt., only _s._ of Arthur Francis de Rougemont, of 5, Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park, W., by his wife, Janet Emma, dau. of Henry Goodenough Hayter, of Winterbourne, Sidmouth, South Devon; _b._ Westbourne Gardens, London, W., 13 June, 1889; educ. Charterhouse (Gown boys), 1903–07, and Lausanne, 1908; was at Lloyd’s; joined the Artists’ Rifles, 1909; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France as Sergt. in the 1st Battn. Oct. 1914, and, after passing through the School of Instruction at Bailleul, received a commission in the 2nd Queen’s Royal West Surreys, 27 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Festubert, 16 May, 1915. According to the statement made by his servant they and two other men got separated from the rest of the Coy., and after attending to some of our wounded in the trench near which they found themselves, they came across another Coy. of the Queen’s, which had lost all its officers. It was whilst leading his own men and this Coy. that he was shot, as they were climbing the parapet of a German trench; _unm._ Buried near Festubert. An officer wrote, “He was an excellent officer, and very much liked by his men. His loss is a great trouble to them”; and another: “If there is one thing that can help you in your loss, it will be knowing that he died doing his duty like a man, and leading his platoon over the German trenches. He was shot when on the top of the parapet.”
[Illustration: =Maurice H. de Rougemont.=]
=ROURKE, THOMAS=, A.B., No. 234175, 1st Class Gunner, H.M.S. Tiger, only _s._ of the late Edward Rourke, by his wife, Lucy (5, Stand Street, London Road, Manchester), dau. of Dennis Kennedy; _b._ Ashton-under-Lyne, 11 April, 1890; educ. St. Michael’s School, George Lee Street, Ancoates; entered the Navy about 1906 and was killed in action in the North Sea, 24 Jan. 1915; _unm._
=ROUST, JOSIAH ROBERT=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 307023, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=ROUTH, HAROLD=, Rifleman, No. 1959, 12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of John Routh, of 189, Rosebury Avenue, E.C.; _b._ Birmingham, 28 Aug. 1897; educ. there and L.C.C. School; joined The Rangers in May, 1914; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. following; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and died in the General Hospital, Boulogne, 2 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at Hill 60, on 27 April. Buried at Boulogne. He was the youngest in the regt.
=ROW, HARRY AKERS=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. The Suffolk Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of William Benjamin Row, of North Lodge, Saxmundham, Corn, Seed and Coal Merchant, by his wife, Emily, dau. of Thomas Woodward, of Old Newton, Suffolk; _b._ Saxmundham, co. Suffolk, 22 March, 1886; educ. Ipswich Grammar School; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 4th Suffolks, 29 May, 1913, and was in command of the half company of Territorials in Saxmundham; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 8 Nov., and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915; _unm._ Col. H. W. Crinddas wrote: “As commanding officer of your son’s regt. I am writing to offer you and your family my sincerest sympathy in this great loss. It may be some consolation to you to know that he died well, at the head of his men, leading them most gallantly in the face of a murderous fire. I saw him shortly after he was killed lying in a trench, shot through the head. His end must have been quite instantaneous; so it will be a relief to you to know that he died without pain, just passing from life to death without knowing it. He was buried to-day at Vielle Chapelle. I have not been long with this regt., but quite long enough to appreciate your son’s work at its true value, and I feel that by his early (though glorious) death I have lost a most valuable officer and good friend.” He was a keen sportsman, and particularly fond of shooting and fishing.
[Illustration: =Harry Akers Row.=]
=ROW, JAMES EDWARD=, Acting Leading Stoker, K. 1012, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=ROWAN, ANDREW PERCIVAL=, Capt., 10th Battn. (Western Australia) Australian Light Horse, 3rd Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of the late Andrew Rowan, of Arranmore. St. Kilda, Melbourne, and St. Hubert’s Vineyard, Victoria; _b._ Melbourne, 31 Aug. 1876; educ. Queen’s College, St. Kilda, and Melbourne Grammar School; served as a Lieut. in the Australian Force in the South African War, 1901–02; took part in the operations in the Transvaal, Orange River Colony and Cape Colony, and received the Queen’s medal with three clasps. He was appointed Lieut., Australian Field Artillery, in July, 1903, but retired in 1910 and joined the Reserve of Officers. He then went to Western Australia and took up farming at Murgarrin, and on the outbreak of the European War immediately offered his services and was gazetted Lieut., 10th (Western Australia) Light Horse, 28 Oct. 1914. He took
## part in the operations at the Dardanelles, was promoted Capt. at the
end of July for good work done in the field, and fell in action there, 7 Aug. 1915; _unm._ He was killed instantly by a bullet in the head and chest as he sprang over the edge of the trench to lead his men in the great charge at Walker’s Ridge, when the Australian Light Horse were almost wiped out. Brig.-Gen. F. Hughes, Commanding 3rd Light Horse Brigade, wrote to Mrs. Rowan: “I trust you will forgive me for writing, but I desire not only to express my deepest sympathy with you in your sorrow, but also to bear testimony to the excellent work your son did while he was with us. He led his men with great skill and determination when the Turks attacked them at Quinn’s Post soon after our arrival here, and although twice wounded he stuck to his post and directed the men with the effect that the enemy were driven back with considerable loss. I have no doubt you have already received full particulars of the engagement on the 7th, when he and his comrades so bravely attempted to take the Turks trenches. It was one of those heroic acts that failed through want of proper support. He truly did his best for his King and Empire.”
[Illustration: =Andrew Percival Rowan.=]
=ROWAN, JOHN LECK=, Lieut., 5th Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), eldest _s._ of John Rowan, of Dardenne, Kilmalcolm, co. Renfrew, by his wife, Isabella Gordon, dau. of James Shearer; _b._ Greenock, co. Renfrew, 27 Jan. 1890; educ. Greenock Collegiate School and Academy, and Glasgow Technical College; was an Engineer in the service of the P. & O. Co.; gazetted 2nd Lieut., in the 5th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), 13 May, 1911, and promoted Lieut. 1 July, 1914; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, 31 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Achi Baba, 12 July following, while leading his platoon; _unm._ Buried there. His Col. wrote: “I can testify he was a fine fellow, and as brave as they are made, and no one regrets his loss to the Battn. more than I do”; and his Capt., writing to express his sympathy, stated that he had lost both an officer and a friend, one that could not be replaced. Private Ferns also wrote: “The corner of the trench which I was holding had been under a heavy machine-gun and rifle fire, so that the sand bags and parapet started to fall in on top of me. I could not look over the trench to see what was going on in the enemy lines, so I passed along word to your son, Lieut. Rowan, to come along as I got suspicious of the constant fire being trained on the one corner of the trench, as it was opposite to the entrance of the communicating trench. Your son came and fired a night searchlight. At great personal risk he had a look over the top of the trench. He located three Turkish bomb throwers between 20 and 30 yards off our trench, so he gave us the word to open fire. We did so, and must have riddled the three of them with bullets. After that he came back to where I was standing, and before he would ask anybody else he gave me a hand to rebuild the corner of the trench, while the bullets were whirring over our heads, so close that we could feel the air of them.” Private Martin, in speaking of the bravery of Lieut. Rowan, said: “He was ahead of everybody when the shell struck him. While lying on the ground he shouted, ‘Go on, boys, I’m done.’ Two of us rushed to his assistance and helped him into a sitting position, where he emptied his revolver at the Turks in front. Then, shaking hands with each of us, he lay down as if he were asleep.”
[Illustration: =John L. Rowan.=]
=ROWBERRY, ALFRED CHARLES=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8046), 293134, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROWE, ARTHUR=, Petty Officer, 212807, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROWE, FRANK CHARLES=, Leading Stoker, 227513, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ROWE, JOHN=, Leading Seaman, 232049, Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ROWE, JOSEPH FRANK=, Petty Officer, 179707, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ROWE, JOSEPH JAMES=, Private, No. 5415, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Francis Fuick Rowe, of Borningham Green, near Aldborough; _b._ Baconthorpe, near Holt, co. Norfolk; enlisted 11 Feb. 1904; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 30 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action, 25 Oct. following; _unm._
=ROWLANDS, PERCIVAL HUGH=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5020, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROY, KENNETH JAMES=, Capt., 4th Battn. (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) Middlesex Regt., _s._ of the late Rev. James Roy, Rector of Stockton-on-Forest, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Thomas Denman, Barrister-at-Law (Chancery Division); _b._ Appleton Vicarage, Bolton Percy, co. York, 21 Jan. 1877; educ. St. Peter’s School, York, and The Oaks, Upper Deal; joined the 3rd Prince of Wales’s Own West Yorkshire Regt. (York Militia), in Feb. 1896; was attached to the depot of the Manchester Regt. at Ashton-under-Lyne, 1898, and got his company, Feb. 1899. On 15 June, 1901, he was selected for a 2nd Lieutenancy in the Middlesex Regt. and became Lieut. 6 March, 1903, and Capt. 9 Nov. 1910. From Nov. 1899, to 23 April, 1905, he served with the 2nd Gold Coast Regt. W.A.F.F., taking part in the operations in Ashanti (Medal), and in the expedition into the Tiansi Country in 1902; served in South Nigeria, 1907–09, and was attached to the West African Rifles, 1911–12. He went to France with the Expeditionary Force and is believed to have been killed in action on the Mons Road, 23 Aug. 1914. A brother officer who was wounded and taken prisoner, wrote from Germany: “I saw Capt. Roy killed in a hand-to-hand fight on the Mons Road. He fought splendidly, but we had no chance, there were about 250 Germans against 40 of us, the remnant of my Company who defended Obourg station on the canal. I was lying on the ground helpless. We managed to keep the Germans in check for a bit, but were eventually overpowered, only a few, I fear, escaped to tell the tale.” His brothers: Commander Robert Stewart Roy, R.N., Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth; Staff-Paymaster Norman Frederick Roy, R.N.; and Surgeon Donald Whatley Roy, F.R.C.S., R.N.V.R., Hospital Ship Plassy; are now on active service.
[Illustration: =Kenneth James Roy.=]
=ROYAL, ARTHUR CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4308), S.S. 1439, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ROYALL, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Chief Carpenter’s Mate (Pensioner), 136424, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROYES, THOMAS PERCY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16894, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RUCK, JOHN EGERTON=, Major, 1st, attd. 7th (Service), Battn. Gloucestershire Regt., only _s._ of the late Egerton Wynder Ruck, of Mayfield, Cheam, by his wife, Margaret Bradshaw, dau. of John Bradshaw Wanklyn; _b._ Cheam, co. Surrey, 12 Jan. 1874; educ. Marlborough College; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Gloucestershire Regt., 21 Oct. 1893, and promoted Lieut. 5 Oct. 1897; Capt. 25 Oct. 1903, and Major 17 Feb. 1915; was Adjutant of the Regt., 17 Dec. 1901 to 16 Dec. 1904; and of the Boer Camp at Diyatalama, Ceylon; also of the Militia and Special Reserve, 16 Nov. 1906 to 15 Nov. 1911; served (1) in the South African War, 1899–1900; took part in the operations in Natal, 1899, including actions at Rietfontein and Lombard’s Kop, and in the defence of Ladysmith (Queen’s medal with clasp); and (2) with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles from 11 July, 1915, to 8 Aug. following, on which latter date he was killed in action near Anzac Bay. He _m._ at St. Mary Abbots, Kensington, 11 May, 1905, Eleanor Fanny (14, Henleaze Gardens, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol), dau. of the late Major Alexander Ferdinand Henry Mitchell Innes, 60th Rifles, and had two children: Gordon Alexander Egerton, _b._ 31 Aug. 1906; and Patricia Louisa Egerton, _b._ 5 Feb. 1912.
[Illustration: =John Egerton Ruck.=]
=RUDD, ALEXANDER RICHARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6654), 222193 H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RUDD, FREDERICK THOMAS=, A.B. Seaman, No. 5635A, Royal Navy, _s._ of Frederick James Rudd, of 36, Rotterdam Road, Lowestoft, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Edmund Howlett, of Pulham Market, Norfolk; _b._ Lowestoft, co. Suffolk, 14 Jan. 1897; educ. Yarmouth Road School, Oulton Broad; joined the Navy 9 Feb. 1914, and was lost on H.M.S. Cressy, when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RUDDERHAM, EDWIN ROBERT=, Boy, Servant, L. 4251, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RUDDERHAM, SIDNEY W.=, Marine Wireless Telegraph Operator, 1st Class, R.N.R., H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RUDDICK, JAMES JOHN (WILLIAMS, J. J.)=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9436), S.S. 106664, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RUDDOCK, HAROLD EDWY COLSTON=, Lieut., 28th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 4th and youngest _s._ of the late Montague Greville Ruddock, of the Inland Revenue, Somerset House, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of Thomas Franklin Hay, and grandson of the late Rev. Edward Ruddock, of Westbury, Somerset; _b._ Richmond, Surrey, 29 Dec. 1885; was some years in the 13th Kensingtons and London Scottish, and on going to Australia was given a commission in 88th Infantry Battn. Commonwealth Military Defence Forces in 1912; offered his services shortly after war was declared, and was promoted Lieut. 17 Aug. 1915, and attached to 28th Battn. Australian Infantry. He contracted pneumonia while on active service in Gallipoli and died 22 Nov. 1915, in hospital at Alexandria, and was buried in the Chatby Cemetery there. He _m._ at St. Anne’s, Kew Green, Surrey, 29 June, 1909, Constance Mary, dau. of Henry Howard Aldous, Kew Green, Surrey, and had two children: Henry Edward, _b._ 13 May, 1910; and Alice Mary, _b._ 22 March, 1914.
[Illustration: =Harold E. C. Ruddock.=]
=RUDKIN, WILFRED GEORGE=, 2nd Sick Berth Steward, M. 1327, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RUDMAN, HARRY STANLEY=, Trooper, No. 7/1137, 8th Canterbury Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of the late Albert Rudman, of Salford, Manchester, by his wife, Florence (135, Blackfriars Road, Salford), dau. of the late George Newman, of Bath; _b._ Salford, 1 Feb. 1890; educ. North-Eastern County School, Barnard Castle, Durham, and the Royal Technical Institute, Salford; went to New Zealand in 1912, and settled at Stonyhurst, Christchurch. New Zealand; volunteered and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Jan. 1915; left for Egypt with the fifth reinforcements in June; went to the Dardanelles about 5 Nov. 1915, and was killed in action at Waterfall Gully, there, 18 Nov. 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the Regimental Burial Ground at Walker’s Ridge the following day.
[Illustration: =Harry Stanley Rudman.=]
=RUEGG, KENNETH STANES=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt.), 2nd _s._ of the Rev. Ferdinand Stanes Ruegg, B.A., Rector of Wetherden, Stowmarket, by his wife, Alice Sophia, 2nd dau. of Robert Bianchi, of Dovercot House, Long Clawson, and London, L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S.; _b._ Llanvair-Kilgeddin, near Abergavenny, 8 June, 1890; educ. privately; enlisted in the Sherwood Foresters in 1910; was given a commission and gazetted 2nd Lieut., Sherwood Foresters, 4 Sept. 1914; went to France, 20 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action 20 Sept. following, during the Battle of the Aisne; _unm._
=RUGG, EDWARD ERNEST=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3253), S.S. 791, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=RUMBLES, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, 223110, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=RUNCORN, THOMAS JAMES=, Private, No. 5804, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest _s._ of Robert James Runcorn, of 19, River Street, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of William Hampton; _b._ Tamworth, 2 June. 1887; educ. there; joined the Army about 1907; went to the Front, 10 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at the First Battle of Ypres, 29 Oct. 1914; _unm._
=RUSH, SYDNEY WALTER=, Rifleman, No. 1422, 12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Walter Rush, of 27 and 29, Uxbridge Road, Shepherd’s Bush, W., Draper and Ladies’ Outfitter, by his wife, Annie Elizabeth, dau. of J. R. Collender, of Bow; _b._ Paddington, London, W., 21 Sept. 1890; educ. Mathematical School, Rochester; was a partner in his father’s business; joined The Rangers in Feb. 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 24 Dec., and was killed in action at St. Eloi, near Ypres, 15 Feb. 1915; _unm._ Buried behind the trenches near the Menin Cemetery. His Capt. wrote expressing great regret at his loss, adding how devoted he was to his duty, and what a wonderful capacity he had for sticking it.
[Illustration: =Sydney Walter Rush.=]
=RUSSELL, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5554), 302354. H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RUSSELL, FRANCIS=, Leading Seaman, 193098, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=RUSSELL, FRANK=, Mechanician, 284204, H.M.S Good Hope; lost in
## action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=RUSSELL, HENRY=, Plumber, 344095, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
## action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=RUSSELL, HENRY JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 19360, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RUSSELL, HENRY JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch B. 5326), 182451, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RUSSELL, JAMES FORTEATH=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. 10th Gurkha Rifles, only _s._ of Col. Alexander Fraser Russell, of The White Bungalow, Tidworth, co. Hants, C.M.G., A.D.M.S., Salisbury Plain, and Laura Charlotte, eldest surviving dau. of Col. Frederick Prescott Forteath, of Newton, Morayshire, and nephew of Sir James Russell, of Edinburgh; _b._ Mhow, India, 20 Dec. 1887; educ. Edinburgh Academy, Bedford Grammar School, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., unattd. list, Indian Army, 25 Jan. 1908; was attd. for his first year to the 1st Seaforth Highlanders, and served with them on the N.W. Frontier of India, 1908, taking part in the operations in the Mohmand country (medal with clasp); was subsequently posted to the 89th Punjabis at Mandalay, but two months later (1 June, 1909) was transferred to the 10th Gurkha Rifles. He rendered good service under trying circumstances in escorting Chinese soldiers over a large section of road, who were retiring from Tibet to Calcutta, on their way to China, and was commended for a “road report” prepared for the march of a Battn. of British Infantry from Darjeeling to Dacca in Oct. 1913. He was on furlough in Scotland when war broke out in Aug. 1914; rejoined his regt. in India; went to Egypt, Oct. 1914, as machine-gun officer of his Battn.; took part in the repulse of the Turks at the Suez Canal in Feb. 1915; went to the Dardanelles, May following, and was killed in
## action there, 2 July, 1915; _unm._ Buried there (I. 12 Ravine). He
was for some years the youngest officer in the Army holding a medal for war service.
[Illustration: =James Forteath Russell.=]
=RUST, EDWARD=, Private, No. 1830, 4th Battn., The Yorkshire Regt. (T.F.), eldest son of the Rev. Edward Rust, M.A., B.D., Vicar of Hamsteels, Durham, by his wife, Sarah Gregson, dau. of Edward Horatio Thew, of Gateshead; _b._ Gateshead, co. Durham, 10 Oct. 1895; educ. Scorton Grammar School, co. York; joined the Yorkshire Territorials in March, 1914, while still a student at Scorton, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered for foreign service; went to France, 17 April, 1915; was twice wounded while charging with his regt. at St. Julien on the 24th, and was taken to the Field Hospital, but returned to the firing line the following evening, where he remained until his regt. was relieved on the 29th, and died from his wounds just as he left the trenches. Buried in Hazebrouck Cemetery. Capt. Maughan wrote: “The youngest man in my company, he shared in all the arduous duties and marches, and I never knew him utter a complaint.” A tablet was erected to his memory by the scholars of the Scorton Grammar School, and was unveiled by the Rev. W. Kerr Smith, Governor of the School, 29 July, 1915, and a stained glass window was placed to his memory in Hamsteels Parish Church.
[Illustration: =Edward Rust.=]
=RUTHERFORD, JOHN THOMAS HENRY=, Private, No. 9735, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots, eldest _s._ of John Thomas Rutherford, of 45, Howe Street, Haggerston, London, Cabinet Maker, by his wife, Hannah, dau. of Thomas Dillon; _b._ Hoxton, London, 16 July, 1888; educ. Hammond Square Council School there; enlisted 29 Aug. 1906; served 7 years with the Colours, then passed into the Reserve; mobilized on the declaration of war, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force the same month; served with his regt. through the retreat from Mons and the various subsequent engagements, and was killed in action at Hooge, 25 Sept. 1915; _unm._
=RUTLEDGE, JAMES EDWARD=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 278362, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=RUTTER, EMANUEL=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 1699, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=RUTTER, JOHN=, L.-Corpl., No. 9164, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of the late (--) Rutter, by his wife, Mary (263, Icknield Port Road, Ladywood, Birmingham); _b._ Birmingham, 12 Dec. 1893; educ. St. John’s, Ladywood; enlisted 8 July, 1911; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action in the Brickfields at Cuinchy, 25 Jan. 1915; _unm._ Buried there.
=RUXTON, WILLIAM RALPH=, L.-Corpl., Imperial Light Horse, only child of Charles Harcourt Vernon Ruxton, of Rosmeath, Park Town, Johannesburg, Lieut., 4th South African Horse (now on active service in German East Africa), by his wife, Lauvetta Eliza, eldest dau. of the Rev. Ralph Daly-Cocking, M.A., Incumbent of Holy Trinity, Brighton, and grandson of William Ruxton, of Ardee House, co. Louth, J.P., D.L.; _b._ Sylhet, Assam, India, 7 Sept. 1895; educ. Park Town School, Johannesburg (1904–6); Mowden School, Brighton (1906–9), and Haileybury College (1909–12), where he was in the O.T.C., and Matriculated at the London University in 1912; on leaving Haileybury entered the Staff of Electrical Works of the Victoria Falls Power Company in Johannesburg; joined the South African Defence Force in 1913, and on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, enlisted as a trooper in the Imperial Light Horse, being promoted L.-Corpl., in Sept., for plucky conduct under big shell fire at Kumos, N.W. Cape Province, in action against Maritz, leader of the Rebellion, and was killed in action against Kemp on the farm Rooidam, near Upington; _unm._ Buried there. His Squadron Officer wrote: “We have lost in your son a gallant gentleman whose memory will remain green in the hearts of his comrades.”
[Illustration: =William Ralph Ruxton.=]
=RYAN, CHARLES=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 177312, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RYAN, GEORGE JULIAN, D.S.O.=, Capt. and Brevet Major, 2nd Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of the late Lieut.-Col. George Ryan, Army Medical Service, by his wife, Louisa Clotilda (Ashby Cottage, Ryde, Isle of Wight), dau. of Major N. Colthurst-Brabazon, 83rd Regt. (R.I.F.); _b._ Tenby, co. Pembroke, 18 Sept. 1878; educ. Elizabeth College, Guernsey, and United Services College, Westward Ho!, North Devon; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Munster Fusiliers, 8 Sept. 1897, and promoted Lieut. 11 March 1899, Capt. 9 June, 1906, and Brevet Major 7 Nov. 1908, being employed with the Egyptian Army from 6 Feb. 1903, to 15 Feb. 1910; served (1) in the South African War, 1899–1901; employed with the Mounted Infantry in the advance on Kimberley, including actions at Belmont and Modder River; operations in the Transvaal, June-29 Nov. 1900; operations in Cape Colony; operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900–March, 1901, and those in the Orange River Colony, March-June, 1901 (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901]; Queen’s medal with five clasps, D.S.O.); (2) in the Soudan, 1905, with force sent against the Nyam Nyam tribes in the Bahr-el-Ghazal Province (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 18 May, 1906]; Egyptian medal with clasp); (3) in the Sudan, 1906; took part in the operations at Talodi, in Southern Kordofan (clasp to Egyptian medal); (4) in the Sudan, 1908: in operations in the Blue Nile Province, then with force commanded by El Lewa Dickinson Pasha sent to punish the murderer of the Deputy Inspector and Police Commandant, who had been treacherously slain at Kamlin; and (5) with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 22 Aug. 1914; was promoted temp. Lieut.-Col. 22 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 23 Jan. 1915, when returning across the danger zone, after inspecting his men in the trenches, while in temporary command of the Battn. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 22 June, 1915. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =George Julian Ryan.=]
=RYAN, JOHN JAMES=, A.B., F.F. 3609, killed in action at Tsing-Tau, 22 Aug. 1914, on board H.M. Destroyer Kennet, while engaged in chasing the German destroyer S.90.
=RYE, FREDERICK CLEMENT=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1183), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RYLANCE, WILLIAM HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 4190), 277713, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=RYLANDS, REGINALD VICTOR=, Capt. 1/7th Battn. Manchester Regt. (T.F.), elder _s._ of Richard Walter Rylands, of Ashburn Lodge, Worsley, Manchester, Solicitor, by his wife, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Isherwood, of Bolton; _b._ Eccles, 5 Nov. 1891; educ. All Saints’ School, Bloxham, and Shrewsbury School, and after spending a short time in Germany, went to Manchester University, taking his LL.B. in 1912. While there he served his articles as solicitor with his father’s firm, Messrs. Boote, Edgar, Grace & Rylands, of Manchester, Solicitors, and passed his final examination in June, 1914. He was three years in the Cadet Corps at Shrewsbury, was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1/7th Battn. Manchester Regt. (T.F.), 18 July, 1910, attained the rank of Lieut. 5 Jan. 1912, and received his Company, 26 Sept. 1914. Along with other units of the East Lancashire Territorial Division, his battn. went out to Egypt in the autumn of 1914, and for some time he commanded the detachment that guarded the important railway centre at Atbara, a position of great responsibility for a young officer of 23. He left Atbara, about Feb. 1915, for Khartoum and was later moved to Suez, going to the Dardanelles early in May, 1915, and was killed during a night attack at Gallipoli, 29 May, 1915; _unm._ Capt. Williamson wrote of him: “He has proved himself to be one of the finest officers that a regiment could have. You can well imagine the amount of grit in a man when he goes forward under heavy fire though badly wounded.... I say unreservedly that I am proud to be in the same regiment as such a man as that.” Lieut. George Chadwick, of the same battn. wrote: “The battn. was ordered to move on the night of 28 May and dig new trenches which the Manchester Brigade were to man on the day of the charge. Your son was on the left, in command of half the Company. We advanced about 11 o’clock, with a full moon which was not to our advantage; we crept to within about 150 yards of the enemy’s trench and started to dig in. A message came down the line that your son had been hit in the shoulder, a Sergt. that was near by gave him water and did everything that was possible, but the bullet must have got in to some vital spot, as he passed away in about five minutes. We put him to rest the next day in a grave in rear of our trench and put him a cross up made out of a periscope which had been broken by a sniper”; and A. E. Fawcus, Capt. and Act. Adjt. 1/7th Manchester Regt.: “On the night 28–29 May, B and D Companies of our Battn. were ordered to advance and dig ourselves in about 200 yards from the enemy’s trenches; this meant advancing across the open under fire for a distance of about 170 yards. Your son was on the extreme left of our Company and trying to get into touch with the Battn. on our left, but as they had failed to reach their proper place he was unable to do so. Unfortunately the moon rose, and as we had no cover were easily seen by the enemy who opened a hot fire on us.... The section he was with consisting of about eight men were cut off from our next trench and we did not get connected with them for about 48 hours. I was receiving verbal messages from him up to about 2 o’clock on 29 May, 1915, and then I heard he was seriously wounded. Unfortunately we were entirely cut off from our lines behind, as the communication sap was only completed after 72 hours and he in turn was cut off from us so that we could give him no assistance. An hour or two later I received a message to say that he was dead. I afterwards heard that he died in five minutes and never recovered consciousness after he was hit. It is difficult to say whether he was hit once only or by a machine-gun. I regret to say that we could not bury him until the third day as on the day after he was killed a party attempted to do so and one man was immediately killed. His men told me he was slightly hit during the advance but this did not deter him from leading his men splendidly. The operation was a difficult one and our casualties were severe, but thanks to the bravery of the men and their officers was successfully carried out.” A younger brother, 2nd Lieut. Harold B. Rylands, is now (1916) attached to the Lancashire Fusiliers, now in France.
[Illustration: =Reginald Victor Rylands.=]
=STOPFORD SACKVILLE, GEOFFREY WILLIAM=, Sub-Lieut., R.N.. 2nd _s._ of the late Col. Lionel Richard Stopford Sackville (Commanding 4th Battn. 1891–7), Rifle Brigade, by his wife, Constance Evelyn (Ecton, Northampton), dau. of Major George Gosling, and grandson of Sackville George Stopford Sackville, of Drayton House, co. Northants, M.P., J.P., D.L. [grandson of Rev. the Hon. Richard Bruce Stopford, 4th s. of James, 2nd Earl of Courtown, K.P., P.C.]; _b._ South Raglan Barracks, Devonport, 22 May, 1893; educ. St Peter’s Court, Broadstairs, and the Osborne (1906) and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges; served as Midshipman on H.M. ships St. Vincent, 15 May, 1911, to 14 Jan. 1912, Cornwallis, 15 Jan. 1912 to 29 Sept. 1913, and Invincible, 30 Sept. 1913 to 31 Dec. 1913; took 1st Class for Seamanship and did his three months course at Portsmouth in H.M. ships Victory, Excellent and Dryad; appointed Sub-Lieut., H.M.S. Hampshire, 30 May, 1914, but never joined, being sent to Britomart Gunboat on arrival at Hong Kong; and on the outbreak of war, 5 Aug. following, was with the rest of the crew drafted to H.M. Destroyer Ribble; served in that ship at the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915; was severely wounded while superintending the landing of troops that day, and died 21 May following, in the Bombay Relief Fund Hospital, Alexandria; _unm._ Commander R. Wilkinson wrote: “Geoffrey was struck in the forehead standing aft, and superintending the disembarkation of soldiers, and cheering them up in his quiet manly way. He was always keen to go into
## action and to be doing something.”
[Illustration: =G. W. Stopford Sackville.=]
=SADLER, ROBERT HENRY=, Trimmer, 92 T.S., Trawler Section R.N.R.; lost when the mine sweeping Trawler No. 61 (Thomas W. Irvine, of North Shields) was sunk by a mine, Aug. 1914.
=SADLER, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7474). S.S. 102594, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SADLER, WILLIAM EDWARD=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd, attd. 2nd, Battn. South Lancashire Regt., eldest _s._ of William Frederick Sadler, of 41, Hampstead Lane, N., East India Merchant, by his wife, Ada Mary Barton, dau. of the late Z. F. Warren; _b._ Upper Clapton, 20 Sept. 1896; educ. Cranleigh School, and Highgate School, and on leaving the latter in May, 1913, entered the employ of Messrs. Price, Forbes & Co., of Lloyds. Having served 4½ years in the O.T.C., he applied for a commission on the outbreak of war, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 10th South Lancashires, 13 Nov. 1914, but quickly transferred to 3rd Battn.; went to France, 24 March, 1915, attd. to 2nd Battn., and was killed in action while deepening some partly made trenches on Hill 60, near Ypres, 8 May, 1915; _unm._ His Col. wrote: “He died gallantly, doing his duty. His company commander had a very high opinion of him. Shortly before he was hit I had been round his platoon in the trenches and thought what a cheerful, smart young fellow he was, and how well and bravely he was doing his duty,” and the Adjutant, Major (now Lieut.-Col.) Cotton: “He was a gallant lad, most deservedly popular and a thoroughly--especially I might say--promising young officer, keen, energetic, and reliable”; and numerous other letters from officers and friends bear testimony to his energy, capability, and great courage.
[Illustration: =William Edward Sadler.=]
=SAIGEMAN, JACK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4805), S.S. 1717, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ST. CLAIR, HON. CHARLES HENRY MURRAY=, Capt., 1st Battn. Seaforth Highlanders, yr. _s._ of Charles William, 15th Baron Sinclair, formerly 57th Foot (with which he served in the Crimea and Indian Mutiny), by his wife, Margaret Jane, yr. dau. of James Murray, of Bryanston Square; _b._ 19 Dec. 1878; educ. Eton and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Battn. Seaforth Highlanders, 7 May, 1898, and promoted Lieut. 12 Dec. 1899; served in the South African War, 1899–1902, took part in the advance on Kimberley, was present with the Highland Brigade at Magersfontein, and also in the demonstration at Koodoosburgh against the right of the Boer position, and in the final scene at Paardeberg (17–26 Feb., mentioned in Despatches), Poplar Grove and Dreifontein; was attached to Brig.-Gen. Sir H. Rawlinson’s Column as signalling officer during the operations in the Orange Free State and Transvaal, 1900–1, including the actions at Wittebergen (1 to 29 July), and received the Queen’s medal with five clasps and King’s medal with two clasps. He became Capt. 19 April, 1902, served as Adjutant 2nd Battn. Seaforth Highlanders, June, 1903–6, was A.D.C. to Gen. Sir Bruce Hamilton, commanding 2nd Division at Aldershot, June, 1906–7, and Staff Capt. Scottish Command, 1908–12, in which last year he was posted to the 1st Battn. of his regt. then at Agra. He landed in France with the Indian (Meerut) Expeditionary Force, 13 Oct. 1914, and served in the north of France until the 20 Dec. following, when he was killed in action in the trenches near La Bassée; _unm._ He was mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir John French, 31 May, 1915. Capt. St. Clair was a member of the King’s Bodyguard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers) and a Knight of the Saxe-Ernestine Family Order.
[Illustration: =Charles H. M. St. Clair.=]
=ST. GEORGE, GUY STANFORTH WEMYSS=, Lieut., 1st Battn. King George’s Own, Gurkha Rifles, only surviving _s._ of the late Lieut.-Col. Harry Hamersley St. George, Senior Ordnance Officer, Scottish District, by his wife, Agnes Collin Wemyss (The Cottage, Lexden, Colchester), dau. of George Wright Loch; _b._ Colombo, Ceylon, 1 July, 1888; educ. Wellington College and Sandhurst: gazetted to the 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers, 19 Jan. 1907, and promoted Lieut. 19 April, 1909. In 1908 he was transferred to the Indian Army and was appointed to the 1st Gurkha Rifles. When the war broke out his regiment was sent first to Egypt, and then to France in Nov. 1914, where he was made Brigade Machine-Gun Officer. He was in action at Festubert and Neuve Chapelle, and became Adjutant on the death of Capt. Gilbert Kennedy. Lieut. St. George was mortally wounded at Ypres, 27 April, 1915, and died the following day, and was buried at Hazebrouck, France; _unm._ His Col. wrote to his mother: “Since Capt. Kennedy was shot, your son has been adjutant, and, as such, has been constantly with me and has endeared himself greatly to me. His death is a great shock to me; he was a most capable soldier, and a first-rate Adjutant, and he will be a very great loss to the regiment”; and Gen. Powell said: “His loss has been very much felt by the 1st. as he was so liked by his brother officers and so much thought of as a capable and promising officer. He appealed to me because of his keenness for rifle shooting; a great shot, a good marksman, and an enthusiastic sportsman.”
[Illustration: =Guy S. W. St. George.=]
=SAIT, JOHN=, Private, No. 20248, East Surrey Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Thomas Sait, of Red Lion Lane, Tolworth, Carpenter; _b._ Hammersmith, London, 19 March, 1863; educ. Tolworth; enlisted in the 2nd East Surreys, 24 June, 1878; served 7 years and 87 days with the Colours, and 4 years 278 days in the Reserve, obtaining his discharge, 23 June, 1890; took part in the Egyptian War, 1885 (medal with clasp and bronze star); rejoined 9 Nov. 1915; died in Knockaloe Camp, Isle of Man, 15 Jan. 1916, of double pneumonia contracted while on active service. He _m._ at Kingston-on-Thames, 1 July, 1887, Ellen (27, Cross Street, Hampton Hill, Middlesex), dau. of Charles Russell, Gamekeeper, and had six children: John Thomas, _b._ 22 Jan. 1889; Arthur Edward, _b._ 7 May, 1904; Henry James, _b._ 1 July, 1906; Margaret Ethel, _b._ 3 July, 1891; Florence May, _b._ 16 Dec. 1896; and Gwendoline, _b._ 22 Feb. 1897.
[Illustration: =John Sait.=]
=SALE, ALEXANDER GORDON=, Lieut., King’s African Rifles, yr. _s._ of Richard Sale, of Barrow-on-Trent, Derbyshire, J.P., by his wife, Mary Alexina, dau. of Alexander Gordon, of Ashludie, Forfarshire, D.L., J.P.; _b._ Barrow-on-Trent, co. Derby, 14 Nov. 1894; educ. Horris Hill, and Repton School; went to British East Africa in Feb. 1914, and was on the Staff of Pauling & Co., Contractors for the Railway to the Magadi Soda Lake, but on the outbreak of war in Aug. of the same year joined a Pioneer Corps and was engaged in laying telegraph wires and making transport roads, until he was given a commission in the King’s African Rifles, in Jan. 1915. He was killed in
## action during his first engagement at Utegi, Nyanza Province, British
East Africa, 9 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried on the border of German East Africa. While at Repton he was head of his house, a school prefect and a sergt. in the O.T.C., and obtained his colours for both cricket and football.
[Illustration: =Alexander Gordon Sale.=]
=SALE, FREDERICK HAROLD=, Yeoman of Signals, 226735, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SALES, HENRY=, Stoker, Petty Officer 29, 4058, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SALMON, ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, 302930 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SALMONI, FRED STANLEY=, L.-Corpl., No. 791, 15th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of William Salmoni, of 8, Elm Street, Cardiff; _b._ there 24 Dec. 1892; educ. Stacey Road Board School, Cardiff, emigrated to Queensland in 1912; on the outbreak of war enlisted in the Australian Contingent, and was killed in action at Gallipoli, 28 April, 1915; _unm._ On the morning of the 27th his platoon commander, Lieut. T. Robertson, with a party of thirty picked men (including Salmoni) went forward to occupy an outpost position in advance of the main line of defence. Early the following morning the enemy massed in large numbers opposite their position and demanded their surrender; this was refused, but as they were greatly outnumbered they had to retire, and only a few of the party succeeded in reaching the main line. Although killed on 28 April, his body was not found until the 24 May. He was buried in Shrapnel Valley, about one mile north-east of Gaba Tepe. Before going to Australia he was a member of the 14th Coy. of the Cardiff Boys’ Brigade.
=SALT, THOMAS FREDERICK CYRIL=, 2nd Lieut., 11th (Service) Battn. (2nd Gwent) South Wales Borderers, formerly Private, No. 3203, 3rd Battn. Monmouthshire Regt., only _s._ of Thomas Frederick Salt, of Gwentland, Abertillery, co. Monmouth, Colliery Proprietor, by his wife, Mary Ellen, dau. of the late John Carpenter, Colliery Proprietor; _b._ Arral House, Aberbeeg, co. Monmouth, 26 Oct. 1893; educ. County Intermediate School, Abertillery, and on leaving there was articled to Mr. W. Stewart, M.E., Managing Director of Messrs. Powells’ Tillery Colliery Co., with whom he served for four years; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined the 3rd Monmouthshire Regt. (T.F.); trained at Northampton and Cambridge; went to France, Jan. 1915; was wounded in action at Neuve Chapelle, 15 March, 1915, and died in No. 8 Casualty Clearing Station, 3 April following; _unm._ Buried in Bailleul Cemetery. A comrade wrote: “From the time we went to Northampton to the fatal night he and I had been great pals, and during our stay in France we always slept and lived together. When he went away to hospital I was sadly alone, and felt his absence keenly. The evening he was shot his platoon was relieving us in the firing line, and it was within 20 yards of his destination that the blow came. As the men of his platoon were filing by me I heard someone say ‘Cyril is hit,’ and I immediately went out and found him, and in company with three other fellows took him to cover of our trench. The bullet had entered his temple right behind his right eye, and passed through parallel with his forehead. As soon as we got under cover another young fellow and I bandaged his wounds and sent for the ambulance. As the enemy’s fire at this time was very hot and our parapets were in places blown away, the work of our stretcher-bearers was much hindered, and as a consequence they were unable to move Cyril for about two hours. Meanwhile, I got coats, etc., and made him as comfortable as possible. At intervals I would talk and try to cheer him up, and it was honestly grand to see the way poor Cyril would try to pull himself together. He was a soldier in every sense of the word.... In losing Cyril, not only I but the whole regt. has sustained a great loss, and his absence caused quite a gloom over us all. With the officers as well as the men he was highly respected, and I don’t think in this world there was a more conscientious and upright fellow breathing. It will be gratifying, and I am positively certain a great joy to you, to know that he led a real Christian life, and died as you would have wished him. On more than one occasion he has prompted me, and was ever on the alert to do a good turn when he thought necessary. I cannot possibly say enough in his favour. He honestly was a genuine pal.... He laid down his life for freedom and the right, and his end was a glorious one.” He had been gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 11th South Wales Borderers, 6 March, 1915, and he was on the point of returning to England to take up his commission when he was wounded.
[Illustration: =Thomas Frederick C. Salt.=]
=SALTER, JOHN=, Private, No. 1816, 10th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 3rd _s._ of the late Charles Salter, by his wife, Henrietta (55, Albert Terrace, Cardigan Road, Leeds), dau. of Alexander Broughton; _b._ Leeds, 31 Jan. 1886; educ. Central High School there; was employed by the Leeds City Tramways, and was a Member of the Leeds Engineers (T.F.), 1905–7; went to Australia in Sept. 1912, and settled at Adelaide, S. Australia, as a Tramway Trust employee; volunteered for Imperial service after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined the 10th Battn. in Dec.; left for Egypt in April, 1915; went to the Dardanelles in May, 1915, and was killed in action at Gaba Tepe, 16 June following; _unm._ Buried there.
=SALTMARSH, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 12461, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of William Saltmarsh, of 17, Jacob Wells Mews, George Street, Manchester Square, London, W., Coachman, by his wife, Anne, dau. of William Wallis, of Shenfield, Brentwood, Essex; _b._ Hutton, co. Essex, 10 June, 1892; educ. St. Mary Abbotts School, Kensington; was a Brass Finisher; enlisted in the Coldstreams after the outbreak of war, 23 Sept. 1914; trained at Caterham, Surrey; went to France, 14 Feb. 1915, and died in No. 13 General Hospital, Boulogne, 25 March following, of wounds received in action at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle on the 20th; _unm._ Buried at Boulogne.
[Illustration: =William Saltmarsh.=]
=SALVESEN, EDWARD MAXWELL=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of Edward Theodore Salvesen, a Lord of Session with the title of Hon. Lord Salvesen, etc., by his wife, Isabelle, dau. of John Trayner, LL.D., Hon. Lord Trayner of the Court of Session; _b._ Crawford Priory, co. Fife, 30 Aug. 1891; educ. Cargilfield, Midlothian; Clifton College, and University College, Oxford, where he was a member of the O.T.C., and graduated with 2nd Class Honours in Law in Oct. 1914; enlisted as a trooper in Lovat’s Scouts in Sept. 1914, and after training with them for two months was given a commission in the Reserve Battn. of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Dec. 1914; went to France to join the 2nd Battn., 1 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action near St. Julien, 25 April following; _unm._ He was engaged to Kitty, dau. of Hugh Peake, of Lambton Hall, Hounslow.
[Illustration: =Edward Maxwell Salvesen.=]
=SAMPSON, FREDERICK JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14507, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SAMS, HARRY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ply. 4095 (R.F.R., Ch. B. 648), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SAMSON, WILLIAM HORACE=, Leading Stoker, 182954, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SANDBACH, WILLIAM=, Major, 6th (Service) Battn. King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt., yst. and last surv. _s._ of the late Rev. Gilbert Sandbach, Rector of Upper Sapey, co. Hereford, J.P., by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Archibald Maxwell, and grandson of Samuel Sandbach, of Woodlands, co. Lancaster, and Hafodunos, Abergele, J.P.; _b._ Upper Sapey, 24 Oct. 1865; educ. Eton, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 7th Royal Fusiliers, 7 Feb. 1885; transferred into King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt. in 1885, being promoted Lieut., and Capt. 21 Oct. 1895; served in India, Malta, Gibraltar, and through the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in relief of Ladysmith, including operations of 17–24 Jan. 1900, and
## action at Spion Kop (severely wounded); operations in the Transvaal,
May–June, 1900; operations in Natal, April-June, 1900, including
## action at Laings Nek; operations in Orange River Colony, June, 1900;
operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. to Dec. 1900, Feb. to March, 1901, and April to 31 May, 1902, and operations in Orange River Colony, Sept. to Nov. 1901 (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 8 Feb. 1901]; Queen’s medal with four clasps, King’s medal with two clasps). He retired 15 July, 1903, and in 1907 bought the property of Hazelby, near Newbury, where he resided until the outbreak of war, when he immediately offered his services and joined the 6th (Service) Battn. of his regt. He was gazetted Capt. Reserve of Officers, 13 Sept. 1914, and promoted Major 24 Oct. following; left for Gallipoli, 12 June; landed at the Dardanelles about 10 July, and was killed in action during the attack on Chanak Bair, 9 Aug. 1915. Buried in the Gallipoli Peninsula, near the scene of action. The Adjutant, Capt. Birley, wrote: “I want to tell you what a noble death your gallant husband died. He was the first one of all to give us warning of the Turks’ attack about 4.45 last Monday morning. Quite early on in the engagement he got a terrible wound in the mouth, and I saw him in the firing line trying to give his men instructions as though nothing had happened. I begged him to go back to the Regimental Aid Post, to have his wound properly dressed, but he wouldn’t leave his men. The next I saw of him was taking ammunition boxes across the open to be refilled, and he was finally killed whilst rallying his men back into the trenches. He was shot through the heart, and must have died instantaneously.... I should just like to tell you that I am mourning the loss of a splendid comrade and brave brother-officer, and that the Battn. in general, and his own company in particular, was simply devoted to him.” He was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 11 Dec. 1915 [London Gazette, 28 Jan. 1916]. He _m._ at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh, 1907, Helen Margaret (Hazelby, Newbury), yst. dau. of the late Rev. Canon Robert James Dundas, for 33 years Rector of Albury, near Guildford, and had three children: Peter Dundas, _b._ 17 Oct. 1907; Ralph Maxwell, _b._ 20 April, 1909; and Pamela Margaret, _b._ 11 Jan. 1910.
[Illustration: =William Sandbach.=]
=SANDERS, RICHARD INGERSOLL (JACK)=, Private, No. 26001, 14th Battn. (Royal Montreal Regt.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of James Harris Sanders, of 110, Cannon Street, E.C., Merchant, by his wife, Marie Louise, dau. of James Ingersoll Day, of U.S.A.; _b._ Shenley, co. Herts, 21 April, 1891; educ. Temple Grove, East Sheen, and Wellington College, and on leaving there went to Germany, where he remained for just over a year. On his return to England he started in business with Messrs. Jardine, Mathesons, Merchants, London; went to Canada in Dec. 1911; was for a short time in the Bank of Montreal, and then in the British Trade Commissioners’ Office there, but subsequently entered the firm of A. K. Drury, of Montreal, and only left them on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, when he volunteered for Imperial service, and joined the 14th Battn., D Coy.; came over with the first contingent in Oct. 1914; went to France, 10 Feb. 1915, and was reported “wounded and missing” after the fighting near St. Julien, during the Second Battle of Ypres, 24 April, 1915, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on that date; _unm._
[Illustration: =Richard Ingersoll Sanders.=]
=SANDERSON, ARTHUR WATSON=, T.D., Major, 1/7th Battn. The Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.) (T.F.), yst. _s._ of the late William Sanderson, of Leith, Distiller; _b._ Leith, 31 May, 1870; educ. Edinburgh Institution; was a Rectifier and British Wine Manufacturer; joined the 5th Vol. Battn., The Royal Scots, 9 Jan. 1895; and became Major (Special Reserve of Officer), 21 Dec. 1908; volunteered for foreign service after the outbreak of war; landed at the Dardanelles about 12 June, and was killed in action there, 28 June, 1915. He _m._ in 1905, Ethel C. (Lyne Villa, 252, Ferry Road, Edinburgh), dau. of the late Robert L. Watson, of Dundee, and had four children.
[Illustration: =Arthur W. Sanderson.=]
=SANDERSON, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9224), 202928, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SANDERSON, PHILIP NOEL=, Capt., 1st Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers; 2nd _s._ of William John Sanderson, of Eastfield Hall, Warkworth, co. Northumberland, by his wife, Amy, dau. of Peter Wright, of Upper Clapton; _b._ at Newcastle, 24 May, 1887; educ. Marlborough and Sandhurst; received a commission in the 2nd Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, 9 Oct. 1907, was promoted Lieut. 24 March, 1909; exchanged to the 1st Battn., and went with them to Khartoum and India. Here he made a special study of signalling, and when ordered to Ismailia, in Oct. 1914, was appointed to Gen. Wilson’s Staff, and the following month gazetted Capt. Returning to England during the equipment of the 29th Division, he was stationed at Rugby, whence he proceeded to the Dardanelles. He landed 25 April, fell mortally wounded on the 26th, and was taken to the hospital ship Guildford Castle, where he died the same day. He was buried at sea a mile off Cape Helles the next morning, with his Colonel, another officer, and six of his men. Capt. Sanderson _m._ at Lucknow, Doris, dau. of Charles Jordan, of Richmond, Yorkshire; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Philip N. Sanderson.=]
=SANDHAM, JAMES FREDERICK=, Sergt., No. 566, 1/3rd Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of James Sandham, of 6, East Block, Peabody Buildings, Chelsea, by his wife, Sophie, dau. of William Bryant; _b._ Chelsea, S.W., 19 Nov. 1888; was in the employ of Messrs. George Pulman & Sons, Printers, of High Street, Marylebone; joined B Coy. 1/3rd Battn. Royal Fusiliers, of which Mr. H. Pulman was Capt., 8 May, 1909; volunteered for Imperial Service, and left for Malta, 4 Sept. 1914; left there for France, 31 Dec. following, and died at the Clearing Hospital, Merville, 12 March, 1915, of wounds received in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle on the 10th. Buried in Merville Cemetery, Grave F 2. Capt. H. A. Moore, commanding D Coy., 1/3rd Royal Fusiliers, wrote he “died from wounds received while serving with my company in a charge which was successfully made against the German trenches in the afternoon of Wednesday, the 10th, during the recent Battle of Neuve Chapelle. It will be some comfort for you to know that Sergt. Sandham did his duty bravely, and fought and died like a true British soldier.” And a comrade wrote that the battn. had lost one of its best men, who had died like a hero, his last words being to kiss his boy and to tell his wife not to worry as he had done his duty. Sergt. Sandham _m._ at Marylebone Parish Church, 1911, Alice (16p, Sutton Dwellings, Chelsea, S.W.), dau. of William Brown, of 39B, Lewis Buildings, Chelsea, and had a son, Frederick Alfred, _b._ 18 Nov. 1911.
[Illustration: =James Frederick Sandham.=]
=SANDISON, JOHN BURNETT=, Private, No. 16768, 1st Battn. The Royal Scots, eldest _s._ of Lewis Grant Sandison, of West Granton Road, Edinburgh, Printer, Compositor, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of John Burnett; _b._ Edinburgh. 6 Sept. 1882; educ. Board School there; volunteered for foreign service during the Boer War and enlisted in the Royal Scots; served there in South Africa, 1902 (medal); on leaving the Army went to America, and Canada, where he worked at various occupations in various places; returned to England, 1 Jan. 1915, and at once enlisted in his old regt.; went to France in March, and died in No. 8 Field Hospital, 23 June following, from wounds received in action at Ypres on the 21st; _unm._
=SANDS, HUGH=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109990, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SANSOM, ROBERT ANDREW=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 855), 217455, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SANSOME, ARTHUR=, A.B., 210412, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SAPSTEAD, GEORGE FREDERICK=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./12320, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SARFAS, ALBERT EDWARD=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 166241, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SARGEANT, WILLIAM=, Painter, 1st Class, 170798, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SARGEAUNT, ARTHUR FREDERICK=, Lieut.-Col., Royal Engineers, eldest _s._ of Col. Richard Arthur Sargeaunt, of Aspley Guise, co. Beds, late R.E., by his wife, Emily Alberta, dau. of Charles Sargeaunt, J.P.; _b._ Bombay, 1 Nov. 1870; educ. Marlborough College, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 14 Feb. 1890; and promoted Lieut. 4 Feb. 1893; Capt. 13 Feb. 1901; Major 14 Feb. 1910, and Brevet Lieut.-Col. for his services, 1915; served in the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in the operations in Cape Colony, 30 Nov. 1900–31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with clasp and King’s medal with two clasps); was instructor at the School of Military Engineering from 1 Oct. 1908 to 13 Feb. 1910; went to France, 8 Sept. 1914, in command of a Field Coy.; was subsequently appointed Commanding Royal Engineer of a Division, and was killed in action near Ypres, 31 July, 1915. Buried at Brandhoek. He was twice mentioned in F.M. Sir (now Lord) French’s Despatches [London Gazette, 17 Feb. and 22 June, 1915]. He _m._ at St. Thomas’s Church, Edinburgh, 9 May, 1906, Clare Marguerite, dau. of Andrew Smart, of Edinburgh, M.D., LL.D., F.R.C.P.E., and had two daus.: Hilda Clare, _b._ 13 Feb. 1907; and Aileen Marguerite, _b._ 18 Feb. 1909.
[Illustration: =Arthur F. Sargeaunt.=]
=SARGENT, ALFRED=, Ch. E.R.A. (Pensioner, Pension No. 17108), 132356, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SARGENT, FREDERICK=, Chief Ship’s Cook, 149368, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SARGENT, HENRY BENJAMIN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 17490, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SAUL, CHARLES THOMAS=, Leading Signalman, 217688, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SAUNDERS, ARTHUR COURTENAY=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., yr. _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Robert Erasmus Saunders, of Alton Pancras, Dorchester J.P., formerly of 1st Battn. 7th Royal Fusiliers, and of 3rd Battn. Dorsetshire Regt., by his wife, Edith Marion, dau. of Col. James William Graves, 18th Royal Irish Regt.; _b._ Rownhams House, near Southampton, 29 May, 1883; educ. Northwood House, near Winchester (Mr. T. Eastman), and Clifton College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., from the Militia, 4 May, 1901; promoted Lieut. 6 July, 1904, and Capt. 26 Oct. 1911; was employed with the King’s African Rifles from 20 Oct. 1909, to Dec. 1914; served in the Somaliland Expedition, 1908–10 (medal with clasp); was in command of the Chebling Patrol against the Marakwet tribe Oct. and Nov. 1913 (mentioned in Despatches of 29 Dec. 1913); and of a force of the King’s African Rifles, when they repulsed a much stronger force of the enemy, including 50 Europeans with six Maxims, at Mizima on Tsavo River, 26 Sept. 1914. He rejoined his own regt., 25 Jan. 1915, and went to France, 6 March; and was killed in action at St. Eloi, 14 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried at Dickebusch about three kilometres from Ypres. On leaving the King’s African Rifles, Sir H. Conway Belfield, K.C.M.G., wrote to him: “As I understand you are rejoining your regt. at the expiration of your leave after five years’ service in the 3rd Battn. King’s African Rifles, I have pleasure in expressing to you my satisfaction at the efficient manner in which you have performed important duties in the British East Africa, and in commending you for the sterling and soldierlike qualities which you have exhibited. Your handling of your men in the recent skirmish at Mizima was most creditable, and is testimony to your skill as a tactician.” Lieut.-Col. H. D. Tuson, after the death of Capt. Saunders, wrote: “He had only arrived the previous day, and was commanding a company on the day the Germans attacked the trenches near St. Eloi, and during the attack was moving by a communication trench from one of his trenches to another when he was shot through the head and killed instantaneously,” and Major F. A. Dickenson: “He was doing extremely well when he was killed. When we were attacked in force he collected some of his men and rushed up a communication trench and held on for a long time, and so helped stave off the attack, which gradually dwindled away till we re-took the last trenches by a vigorous counter attack.” Lieut.-Col. B. R. Graham, Commanding 3rd King’s African Rifles, wrote from Nairobi: “I am very grateful for the sad details regarding your son’s death. He was a very gallant soldier who did not know the meaning of the word ‘fear’ and we all tender our very genuine sympathies in the loss you have suffered, and which we share,” and an officer who served with him in British East Africa: “I have known him for the last few years well. He was a soldier, a sportsman, and a man, and it was with grief I read of his death to-day.” He won the officers’ championship cup at the Garrison rifle meeting at Gibraltar in 1906, while serving with the Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., and played in the polo team of that Battn.
[Illustration: =Arthur C. Saunders.=]
=SAUNDERS, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 9920, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Edwin Saunders, of Cadbury, Thorverton, Farm Labourer, by his wife, Mary; _b._ Cadbury aforesaid, 31 May, 1893; educ. Cadbury School; was a Farm Labourer; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 1 Jan. 1913; went to France in Aug. 1914, and died in Aldershot Hospital, 11 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action on 29 Oct.; _unm._
=SAUNDERS, RICHARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3799), 202656, Chat., H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SAUNDERS, ROBERT EDWARD=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 4184), 193887, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=SAUNDERS, STANLEY ROLAND=, L.-Sergt., R.M.L.I., Ports./11383, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SAUNDERS, WALTER LAYTON=, Private, No. 7075, 3rd Battn. Worcestershire Regt., only _s._ of William Walter Saunders, of 136, Muirkirk Road, Catford (professionally known as Walter Fullerton, Humourist), Letter Sorter at G.P.O, by his wife, Anne, dau. of Thomas Morgan; _b._ at Walworth, S.E., 17 Oct. 1883; educ. Hollydale Road Board School, East Lambeth; enlisted in 3rd Worcesters, 8 July, 1902, and served three years with the Colours and nine with the Reserve; being for more than two years in the Officers’ Mess. His time with the Reserve expired on 7 July, 1914, but on the outbreak of war he volunteered for foreign service with his old battn., left for France, 30 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near La Bassée, 27 Oct. following. He was much liked and esteemed in his regt. His commanding officer, on his leaving the service, wrote that he had found him “an excellent lad in every way.” He _m._ at St. Mary Magdalene Church, Southwark, 7 Jan. 1911, Olivia Sophia (49, Surrey Square, Walworth, S.E.), only dau. of William Monk Wheeler, and had a son: Walter Ernest Louis, _b._ 3 Oct. 1912.
[Illustration: =Walter Layton Saunders.=]
=SAUNDERS, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 10912, 1st Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, _s._ of the late Richard Saunders; _b._ Dublin; educ. St. John’s School there; enlisted 5 Aug. 1910; joined the 2nd Battn. at Aldershot, and was drafted to the 1st Battn. in India; returned to England with his regt., arriving 23 Dec. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, 6 March, 1915, and was killed in action there, 14 May following; _unm._ Buried on the Beach there.
=SAVAGE, ARTHUR HENRY=, Private, No. 2000, 4th Battn. Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Henry Savage, of Sutton, Pulborough, Sussex. Gamekeeper to Lord Leconfield, by his wife, Ann, dau. of Henry Carver, of Tillington, Petworth, Sussex; _b._ Tillington, Petworth, co. Sussex; was a Gamekeeper on Lord Leconfield’s estate; enlisted 24 Aug. 1914; trained at Newhaven; left England with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 10 July, 1915, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 12 Aug. 1915; _unm._ He was buried in a cornfield at Anafarta Sagir, 1:20,000, 105 H Furrow.
[Illustration: =Arthur Henry Savage.=]
=SAVAGE, EDWIN=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 202244, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SAVAGE, HARRY=, Chief Armourer, 340576, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SAVAGE, JOHN ARDKEEN=, Capt., 1st Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., elder _s._ of the Rev. Francis Forbes Savage, Vicar of Flushing, Falmouth, by his wife Ethel Margaret; _b._ Chatham, 16 Sept. 1883; educ. Kelly College, Tavistock; obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 3rd (Militia) Battn. West Riding Regt., Oct. 1899, and served with it in the South African War, 1900–1, taking part in the operations in Cape Colony, Dec. 1900, to June, 1901 (Queen’s medal with four clasps); gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Royal Garrison Regt., 22 Nov. 1902, and promoted Lieut. 30 May, 1904; transferred to the 1st Northamptons (then in India), 8 July, 1905, and became Capt. 28 March, 1912; served with the West African Frontier Force from June, 1909, to Nov. 1913; left for France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Troyon, during the Battle of the Aisne, 17 Sept. 1914; _unm._ Buried near Troyon.
=SAVIN, THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 13859, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SAWKINS, CLAUDE THOMAS=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 22753, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Oscar Joseph Sawkins, of Kingsland Cottage, Fingringhoe, near Colchester; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SAWYER, THOMAS HENRY=, M.A.A., 150159, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=SAXTON, HAROLD HENRY=, Rifleman, No. 1641, A Coy., 16th (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of George Henry Saxton, of Church Street, Eastwood, co. Notts., by his wife, Mary Wilcockson, dau. of Henry Bircumshaw, and grandson of Henry Saxton, J.P.; _b._ Eastwood, 15 March, 1895; educ. Heanor Secondary School and Grosvenor School, Nottingham. Later he took up a business appointment in London with Messrs. Shoolbreds, when he was invited by the management to join A Coy. of the Queen’s Westminsters, of which Lieut.-Col. Rupert Shoolbred was commanding officer, and accepted. On the outbreak of war he wrote to his parents intimating that the Brig.-Gen. had promised the Grey Brigade for foreign service, when needed, and went on to say, “The Queen’s Westminster Rifles is one of the regts. that form the Grey Brigade, and practically all the fellows have volunteered to go abroad if necessary. I feel it my duty to do so, not because the others have done so, but because I am a trained man. I know a fellow has his duty to his home as well as his country, and if you say I have not to volunteer I shall not. Of course, I know you won’t want me to go, but it’s the same with every fellow, and someone must do it.” He went with his regt. to France early in Nov, and was killed in action, being shot through the head by a sniper at Armentières, 10 Dec. 1914; _unm._ He was buried in Chapelle d’Armentières Cemetery. His commanding officer wrote of him to his mother in the highest terms of appreciation, both as his commanding officer and as a member of the firm whose company was proud to include him amongst its members. Sergt.-Major A. H. Davis wrote to his father: “He was such a good chap, and had the making of a splendid soldier. He was very keen at everything he had to do.”
[Illustration: =Harold Henry Saxton.=]
=SAYER, ROBERT WILLIAM=, Private, No. 10872, 2nd Battn. Durham L.I., eldest _s._ of James Sayer, of Sunderland, Labourer, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of William Burn Moore, of Sunderland; _b._ Millfield, Sunderland, 6th June, 1879; educ. Bishopwearmouth; enlisted in the 1st Durham L.I.; was seven years with the Colours and five with the Reserve; served through the South African War (Queen’s and King’s medals with bars for the relief of Ladysmith), 1899–1902, and in India; was then employed at Osborne, Graham; re-enlisted for the war, 5 Oct. 1914, and died 7 Aug. 1915, of wounds received in action at Ypres. He _m._ at St. Bennett’s, Sunderland, 1907, Agnes (8, Clarendon Street, Southwick-on-Wear), dau. of John Tunney, of Mayo, and had four children: John James, _b._ 7 March, 1912; Robert William, _b._ 23 Sept. 1914; Margaret Agnes, _b._ 1 Aug. 1907; and Emily, _b._ 13 Sept. 1909.
[Illustration: =Robert William Sayer.=]
=SAYER, STANLEY KILBOURNE=, Ordinary Signalman, J. 21993, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SCAMATON, PATRICK=, Ship’s Steward’s Assistant, 347430, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SCARFE, JOHN WILLIAM= (_alias_ =ERIC GREY=), Chief Stoker, 177681, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SCARTH, JOHN WILLIAM=, Private, No. 10683, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd _s._ of John William Scarth, of 10, Prospect Terrace, Neville’s Cross, Durham, formerly A.B., R.N., by his wife, Annie, dau. of the late Thomas Atkinson, Verger at Durham Cathedral; _b._ Durham, 27 Feb. 1895; educ. Crossgate Parish School there; enlisted 15 April, 1914, and died in No. 13 General Hospital at Boulogne, 15 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action at Rentel on 29 Oct.; _unm._ Buried in Boulogne Cemetery.
[Illustration: =John William Scarth.=]
=SCATCHARD, THOMAS=, Capt., Royal Army Medical Corps, yst. _s._ of Thomas Edward Scatchard, of Boston Spa, co. York, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., by his wife, Martha, dau. of Robert Theakston; _b._ Boston Spa, 6 July, 1878; educ. Epsom College; gazetted Lieut. in the R.A.M.C., 31 July, 1905, and promoted Capt. 31 Jan. 1909; joined his regt. at Aldershot, where he served for 18 months, then proceeded to India and was there for 5½ years, being stationed at Lucknow, Agra, Kailana and Ranikhet; returned to England, and served the nine months’ course at Millbank, London, for promotion to Major, and then a year at Connaught Hospital, Aldershot, where he was when war was declared in Aug. 1914; went to France with the 26th Brigade, R.F.A., 16 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Sablonnières on 8 Sept. following. Buried in the Cemetery there. He _m._ at Agra, India, 12 Nov. 1907, Ada Mary, yst. dau. of Col. Hugh de la Motte Hervey, and granddau. of Gen. Hervey, C.B., and had a dau.: Phyllis May Lindsay, _b._ 20 Dec. 1908.
[Illustration: =Thomas Scatchard.=]
=SCHLEIDER, GEORGE JAMES WILLIAM=, Rifleman, No. 1882, 1/21st Battn. (1st Surrey Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Jacob Thomas Schleider, of 2, Darlington Road, West Norwood, late R.E.; _b._ Dulwich, 12 March, 1898; educ. Gipsy Road School, West Norwood; volunteered and joined the 1st Surrey Rifles, 15 Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 25 May, 1915, by the bursting of a shell.
=SCHMIDT, HENRY=, Car. Crew, M. 1936, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Henry Schmidt, of 49, Bowen Road, Harrow, co. Middlesex; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SCHMIDT, HENRY JOHN=, Corpl., No. 1047, 14th Battn., 4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, only _s._ of the late Henry Charles Schmidt, Baker and Confectioner, by his wife, Annie (now wife of William Godfrey Fish, of 70, Woodstock Street, Canning Town, London, Bootmaker), dau. of Eli Benn; _b._ Plaistow, London, E., 3 May, 1895; educ. Holy Trinity Schools there; went to Australia in 1912, and settled at Melbourne as a Clerk; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; left for Egypt, 24 Dec. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, April, 1915, and was killed in action at Lone Pine, 7 Aug. 1915 following; _unm._ Buried there. Capt. Andrew Gillison, Chaplain to the 14th Battn. wrote: “After reaching the position by a night advance, the Battn. took up the post and dug in on the morning of that date. The enemy, who were holding a ridge opposite, were firing on our men, and Corpl. Schmidt was unfortunately hit by a bullet which passed through his body. He was very cheery and we thought he might pull through, but shortly afterwards he became unconscious and death ensued very speedily. He was such a bright cheery fellow and a general favourite ... [he] was buried with an officer and another comrade near the place where he fell.”
[Illustration: =Henry John Schmidt.=]
=SCHNEIDER, HERBERT HUGO=, 2nd Lieut., Royal Engineers (S.R.), 2nd _s._ of Theodore Schneider, of Granville House, Overhill Road, Dulwich, S.E., Merchant; _b._ East Dulwich, 5 Feb. 1888; educ. Bedales School, Petersfield, Hants, and at the Crystal Palace School of Practical Engineering; was assistant to the firm of Messrs. Barry, Leslie & Egerton, 1907–9; elected a Graduate of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1909, and an Associate Member, 1914; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Special Reserve of Officers, R.E., 8 Jan. 1910; went to West Africa, 1911, and served as Assistant Engineer on the Lagos Railway Northern Extension, Northern Nigeria; returned to West Africa in 1912, after leave of absence, as Assistant Engineer on the Sierra Leone Government Railway; appointed Surveyor to the Survey of Northern Nigeria, 1914, and was holding this post when war broke out; joined the West African Frontier Force, Sept. 1914, and was killed in
## action at Lum, near Molle Bridge, in the Cameroons, 5 Dec. following;
_unm._ The General Officer Commanding wrote: “Lieut. Schneider was killed instantaneously. His loss is much felt, as, in addition to his attractive personality, he was a most capable young officer, and had done previously particularly meritorious work with the Royal Engineers.” Chief Engineer, Capt. Frank L. Giles, wrote: “He was always so cheery and bright, and yet his keenness and energy for his work were inexhaustible, and with this were combined technical skill and absolute thoroughness and reliability and complete fearlessness.”
[Illustration: =Herbert Hugo Schneider.=]
=SCHOFIELD, THOS.=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2864), S.S. 186, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SCHREIBER, VIVIAN GEORGE EDWARD SPENCER=, Midshipman, H.M.S. Monmouth, only child of the late Major Julian Meade Schreiber, 12th Battn. Suffolk Regt. (Vol.), by his wife Hilda Rose (Patcham Place, Patcham, Sussex), 2nd dau. of the late S. B. Abinger, of Hampton House, Hampstead, N.W.; _b._ Thames Ditton, co. Surrey, 21 Feb. 1899; educ. Holyrood House, Bognor (Naval Preparatory School), Osborne and Dartmouth; appointed Midshipman to H.M.S. Monmouth, flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock, 4 Aug. 1914, and was lost when the Monmouth was sunk in the battle off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. following; _unm._
[Illustration: =Vivian G. E. S. Schreiber.=]
=SCHURER, LOUIS HENRY=, Petty Officer, 1st Class (R.F.R., A. 1935), 134774, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SCHWABEN, HENRY ROBERT=, Private, No. 1984, 10th Battn. Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), attached 2nd Battn. Norfolk Regt., 3rd _s._ of the late Hans Walter Schwaben, Engineer and Artist (_b._ Gelsenkirchen, Germany; came to England with his parents in 1875, became denationalised in 1875, and died in London, 25 May, 1914), by his wife, Helena Geraldina (5, Fairfax Road, Bedford Park, W.), dau. of Peter Henry Jordan, 60th Rifles (who served through the Crimea and Indian Mutiny); _b._ Edinburgh, 17 July, 1889; educ. Birmingham and London; was a Traveller; served for some years in the King’s Royal Rifle Cadets, and then for three or four years in the Royal Bucks Hussars (Volunteers) Yeomanry; volunteered and enlisted in the 10th Middlesex, the second week in Aug. 1914; was one of 16 selected for the Scout Section of the battn.; went to India in Oct.; volunteered for service in the Persian Gulf in Feb. 1915; went there attached to the 2nd Norfolks, and died of dysentery while on active service, 29 July, 1915; _unm._ Buried at Asaui, 14 miles below Nasaryeh. An officer wrote: “I know that his section officer in the Middlesex thought very highly of him, and told me he was giving me one of his best men.”
[Illustration: =Henry Robert Schwaben.=]
=SCINDEN, ALFRED=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 846), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SCOTT, ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 9689, 1st Battn. Scots Guards; _b._ Barony, co. Lanark; enlisted 2 Sept. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Forces in France, etc.; killed in action between 4 and 12 Nov. 1914. He _m._ at Leith, 4 April, 1893, Rachel (3, Cavendish Place, Edinburgh), dau. of (--) Cavanagh, and had a son John, _b._ 9 Dec. 1902.
=SCOTT, CHARLES=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2930 A., H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SCOTT, CHARLES EDWARD ARTHUR=, Leading Seaman, 218970, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SCOTT, DAVID CAMERON=, Private, No. 1389, 5th Battn. The Royal Scots (T.F.), _s._ of James Scott, of 2, Glenorchy Place, Edinburgh, Baker, by his wife, Isabella C.; _b._ Edinburgh, 29 July, 1895; educ. London Street School there; joined the Boys’ Brigade connected with the Greenock Parish Church; became Staff Sergt., and, in 1912, joined the Royal Scots (T.F.); volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war, 5 Aug. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 27 May following; _unm._ Buried there.
=SCOTT, EDWARD CLAUD=, 2nd Lieut., 28th Coy. Royal Garrison Artillery, only surviving _s._ of the late Gen. Hugh Aboukir Scott, R.A., by his wife, Laura Millicent (The Garth, Winchester), dau. of Henry Wells Allfrey; _b._ Jersey, 15 May, 1892; educ. Repton; gazetted 2nd Lieut., R.G.A., 23 Dec. 1911; joined the 5th Siege Battery, 19 Feb. 1912; left for France, 27 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action near Armentières, 21 Nov. following. Buried at Fleurbaix, near Armentières; _unm._
[Illustration: =Edward Claud Scott.=]
=SCOTT, FRANCIS WILLIAM=, Sapper, No. 5203, Canadian Engineers, Canadian Expeditionary Force, late Lieut., R.N., yr. _s._ of the late Hon. Henry Robert Hepburne-Scott, of Knipton, Grantham, by his wife, Lady Ada, née Douglas Home (Nisbet Mill, Ancrum, Roxburghshire), dau. of Cospatrick, 11th Earl of Home; _b._ Springhill, Coldstream, 19 Aug. 1886; educ. Remenham, Henley-on-Thames, and Ascham School, Bournemouth; entered the Royal Navy as a Naval Cadet on H.M.S. Britannia, 24 May, 1901, became Sub-Lieut. March, 1907, and Lieut. 31 Dec. 1908; and was invalided out of the service in Aug. 1912, owing to deafness. He then went to British Columbia and when war broke out was at Kitselas, on the Skeener River, Prince Rupert. He immediately went to Vancouver City and joined the 1st Coy. Canadian Engineers. He came over with the first contingent, Oct. 1914; went to France, Feb. 1915, and died, 4 May, 1915, in Boulogne Hospital, from wounds received in action on the Ypres Canal two days previously. He was buried in the British Military Division, Boulogne Cemetery (Grave No. 1885); _unm._ He received the bronze medal of the Royal Humane Society for saving life at sea, 15 Jan. 1910, while acting as Lieut. on H.M.S. Hindustan off Spithead.
[Illustration: =Francis William Scott.=]
=SCOTT, GEORGE=, L.-Corpl., No. 11518, A Coy., 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.), _s._ of Charles Scott, of 2, Hawthorn Vale, Leith, Engineer, by his wife; _b._ Leith, 8 Aug. 1895; educ. North Fort Street School there; enlisted in the Royal Scots, 6 June, 1913; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in
## action at Hooge, 26 Sept. 1915; _unm._
=SCOTT, HENRY FRANK=, Private, No. 12490, 1st Battn. Somersetshire L.I., _s._ of Samuel Scott, of Lansdown View, Rush Hill, Bath, Labourer, by his wife, Lydia, dau. of William Green; _b._ Camerton, near Radstock, 25 Oct. 1890; educ. Church School there; enlisted Sept. 1914, and was killed in action in France, 27 April, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Henry Frank Scott.=]
=SCOTT, RICHARD THOMAS FOLLIOTT=, Lieut., 1st Battn. East Yorkshire Regt., eldest _s._ of the Rev. Richard Curtis Folliott Scott, Rector of Hulcote and Salford, co. Bedford, by his wife, Edith Marion, dau. of Thomas R. Wilson, of Newlands, Hitchin, co. Herts; _b._ Arlesey Vicarage, co. Bedford, 8 Dec. 1893; educ. The Knoll, Woburn Sands, and Lancing College; gazetted 2nd Lieut., East Yorkshire Regt., 17 Sept. 1913, and promoted Lieut. 30 Oct. 1914; went to France in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Hooplines, 16 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried in Hooplines Cemetery.
=SCOTT, ROBERT FRASER=, Private, No. 2086, 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), 4th _s._ of the late James Edward Scott, Shipbroker (died 10 June, 1915); _b._ London, 15 July, 1888; educ. City of London School; and on leaving there entered his father’s business; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined the 13th London Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action at Laventie, 23 Dec. following; _unm._ Buried Aux Quatre Paroises, between Ypres and Armentières. An officer wrote: “He had all the ideal qualities of a good soldier, though he really should have been an officer; he was always cheerful, he did not care at all whether a task was dangerous or not, and he never shirked any duty. It was through doing his duty that he died, and I know, from what he said to me, that no death could have been nearer his choice.”
=SCOTT, VICTOR=, Private, No. 4054, 10th Battn. (Liverpool Scottish) The King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Frank Scott, of 42, Warbreck Road, Aintree, Capt. in Booth Steamship Co., by his wife, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of John Fulton; _b._ Liverpool, 28 March, 1894; educ. Skerry’s College there; was a Shipping Clerk; volunteered and joined the Liverpool Scottish, 11 Nov. 1914; went to France, 12 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Hill 60, 11 March, 1915, during the fighting in the Ypres salient; _unm._ Buried at Zillebeke.
[Illustration: =Victor Scott.=]
=SCOTT, WALLACE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4984), S.S. 1805, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SCOTT, WILLIAM=, Corpl., No. 1101, 1st Battn. The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), only _s._ of William Scott, of 28, Glover Street, Perth, Assistant Stationmaster, North British Railway, Perth General Station, by his wife, Jessie, dau. of Thomas Tosh; _b._ Craigie, Perth, 26 Jan. 1890; educ. Western District School and Sharp’s Institution, Perth; was for some time a clerk in the firm of Messrs. Thomas & McLeish, Solicitors, Perth; enlisted in the Black Watch, 23 Dec. 1907; went to France, 13 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Bigshute, 23 Oct. following, during a charge on the German trenches; _unm._ He was a first-class shot, and for over three years had been clerk to the President of the Regimental Institute. He was also a good musician (organ and piano), being exceedingly fond of music.
[Illustration: =William Scott.=]
=SCOTT, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16447, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SCOTT, WILLIAM LESLIE=, Lieut., 1/5th (Buchan and Formartin) Battn. Gordon Highlanders (T.F.), elder _s._ of William Leslie Scott, of Peterhead, Solicitor, by his wife, Elizabeth Campbell, dau. of the Rev. James Lowe, Minister of Thornton; _b._ Peterhead, 24 Dec. 1892; educ. at home and at Peterhead Academy; was studying medicine at Aberdeen University, but after the outbreak of war received a commission as 2nd Lieut., and was gazetted to the 2/5th Battn. of the Gordon Highlanders, 24 Nov. 1914. He was transferred to the 1/5th Battn. 19 April, 1915, and was promoted Lieut. about the time that battn. joined the Expeditionary Force in France. He was killed in action during the fierce fighting that took place at and along the lines from Festubert, 16 June, 1915; _unm._ He was buried immediately behind the firing line, not far from Festubert village.
=DAWSON-SCOTT, JOHN KEARSLEY=, Capt., Royal Engineers, yst. _s._ of Gen. Robert Nicholl Dawson-Scott, of Brent House, Penrith, Col. Commandant, Royal Engineers, by his wife, Grace Mansel, dau. of John Whitlock Stradling-Carne; _b._ The Grove, Boltons, South Kensington, 18 May, 1883; educ. The Castle, Tonbridge; Tonbridge Grammar School, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Engineers, 31 July, 1902, and promoted Lieut. 26 Dec. 1904, and Capt. 31 July, 1913; was on home service, 1902–6, on foreign service at Cairo, 1906–11, and was appointed 2nd Assistant Instructor, School of Military Engineering, 24 April, 1912; went to France with the 1st Army Corps, attd. to the 5th Field Coy., R.E., in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Zonnebeke, 29 Oct. following, by a high explosive shell, while reconnoitring the German position at a distance of about 300 yards; _unm._ Buried there. Brig.-Gen. Rice wrote: “We R.E. of the 1st Army have had many severe losses during this battle near Ypres, but none that we deplore more than that of your boy,” and his commanding officer, Major North: “He was the most able assistant a company commander could hope for.” Capt. Dawson-Scott received the cross of Knight of the Legion of Honour for gallantry during the operations between 21–30 Aug. His eldest brother, Lieut. Geoffrey Nicholl Dawson-Scott, R.G.A., died on active service at Pretoria, 31 Dec. 1900, during the Boer War.
[Illustration: =John K. Dawson-Scott.=]
=SCOUGALL, ALEXANDER=, Colour-Sergt., No. 5970, Royal Marine L.I., 3rd _s._ of the late George Scougall, of Peebles, by his 2nd wife, Agnes, dau. of George Kay, of Eloridgehill, Lanarkshire, and brother of William Scougall, Stationmaster, West Calder; _b._ Woodhouse, Manor Parish, co. Peebles, 25 May, 1873; educ. Manor, Walkerburn, and Peebles Public Schools; joined the Royal Marine L.I. at Edinburgh in Nov. 1890; did one year boy’s service; passed for Corpl. at Chatham, 13 July, 1894, with 98 marks, and was awarded First Class Certificate; and for Sergt. at Walmer, 31 March, 1896, obtaining 187 marks and a special certificate; served in the Orinoco River (in H.M.S. Fantome) during the dispute between the United States and Venezuela; in the South African War (medal), and in China, and on completing his 22 years’ service (Oct. 1912) entered the Shanghai Municipal Council’s Service. When the European War broke out he was an Inspector in the Shanghai Public Works Department, and immediately volunteered, but was not accepted until Oct. He left within 24 hours for London, but the Japanese boat by which he travelled took 65 days to do the trip (12,000 miles), being held up in the Indian Ocean for 10 days by the German Cruiser Emden. He took
## part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed
in action at Quinn’s Post, Gaba Tepe, between 9 and 10 a.m. on 3 May following; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “Colour-Sergt. Scougall was an old pal of mine also, he being of about the same service as myself. He was well known at Chatham and we all regret his loss, and he is one of many veterans of ours who have gone. He was killed on Monday, 3 May, between 9 and 10 a.m. The shot entered his eye and death was immediate. Bugler Sillence of our Battn. was a few yards from him when he was hit, and I have gone over the day with him. We were ordered out at 4 a.m. to prepare an attack up a very steep ravine between two hills; the Turks held all the crests. It was hopeless to carry out. As soon as our troops got in view they were mowed down with M.G. and rifle fire, it was awful; time after time fresh troops went on but all suffered the same, nobody got to the objective, and we had to give it up. Our Battn. had over 300 casualties, all who tried suffered the same; the dead and wounded had to be left till dark. The wounded were got down by degrees; it took days to bury the dead. Every movement brought a deadly fire, they were within a 100 yards. This happened at Gaba Tepe where we reinforced the Australians and New Zealand forces on their first landing; we afterwards were shipped to this end, Sedd-ul-Bahr, and are having some tough work still. I expect we are in for a winter of it. Trench fighting is awful slow work, and you are kept on a tension all the time; the devils have plenty of grit and put up a fair fight, no gas or gas shells at present and no white flag incidents since the first, when we weren’t having any, and nipped them all. About the difference in date, many of the dead were not buried by our own people, and their effects are not gathered properly. They are reported missing until their bodies are found and identity discs are sent in; facts known to people near one get mixed or reported wrongly because it is impossible to thoroughly inquire into every case unless a doubt is raised. Dead often have to be left even for weeks when an attack fails. You may take my date as correct; it is the date in my book, also in the Battn. records. I don’t know where the other date came from, we had re-embarked and started afresh elsewhere before then, so it is obviously incorrect. I am an old China bird myself, but I came home in 1897,” and another: “He was killed on 3 May at Quinn’s Post; Gaba Tepe, where the Australians landed, and buried in a little trench with others of his comrades. You see he was some 300 to 400 feet up the cliffs, and it was practically useless bringing the dead down in the gully where we had to depend on water running. He was accorded a Christian burial, and a very decent one considering the time and space allotted. I myself buried 14 in one grave, and read the Burial Service.” Scougall had the Long Service, and Good Conduct medals. He was a good all-round sportsman, played cricket and football, and was in the winning tug-of-war team in Shorncliffe District Tournament in 1897.
[Illustration: =Alexander Scougall.=]
=SCRIVENER, CYRIL ALFRED=, Sapper, No. 4/344, New Zealand Field Engineers, _s._ of Alfred Thomas Scrivener, of Hamilton, New Zealand, Farmer; _b._ Stratford, New Zealand, 2 July, 1893; educ. Public schools there; joined the New Zealand Engineers in Sept. 1914; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles, and died at Mudros, Lemnos Island, 13 June, 1915, of enteric fever contracted while on active service; _unm._ Buried there.
=SCRUTTON, FRANK RICHARDS=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 3347), 212547, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SCULLY, CHARLES RICHARD=, E.R.A., 3rd Class, 345433, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=SEABROOK, JAMES HERBERT=, 2nd Lieut. and Despatch Rider, attd., 5th Cavalry Brigade, 4th _s._ of William Seabrook, of the Nurseries, Chelmsford, by his wife, Elizabeth Mary Ann, dau. of James Pertwee (of a Huguenot family originally named Pertuis); _b._ Brent Hall, Boreham, co. Essex, 30 Oct. 1883; educ. Chelmsford College, was before the war associated with his father in the well-known horticultural business of Messrs. W. Seabrook & Sons, but on mobilisation volunteered as a Despatch Rider, was given a commission as 2nd Lieut., and attached to the 5th Cavalry Brigade. He left England with the Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Marne, 10 Sept. 1914; _unm._ Buried at Grandelu, about 18 miles north-east of Meaux. Writing to his mother, Lieut. F. F. Blake, Commanding 5th Signal Corps, Royal Engineers, said: “Your son was killed yesterday, while carrying out his duty. He was sent to me some weeks ago as a motor cyclist despatch rider, and he had done splendid work for me and was immensely popular with all.... We were in touch with the Germans early in the morning and moved to turn their flank. I sent your son to Headquarters of 2nd Army with a message before this, and when he returned to the point of despatch, we had gone. He was told by another of my motor cyclists where we had gone, and which road to take, but he appears to have missed his way, coming in contact with the enemy. The end must have come very quickly and painlessly, as he was shot in the head, two other bullets also found their mark. All this we found later in the day, as we were in action all the forenoon, and I was not informed of his death till late in the evening, when I am glad to say we had gained a decisive success. Your son died a glorious death, which we must all be prepared for, doing his duty in the service of his country.”
[Illustration: =James Herbert Seabrook.=]
=SEAGER, THOMAS=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 294712, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SEAMAN, HENRY=, Private, No. 4608, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of James Seaman; _b._ Westminster, 11 April, 1888; enlisted after the outbreak of war, 3 Sept. 1914; went to France, 4 Oct., and was reported missing between 29 Oct.-2 Nov. 1914, and is now assumed to have been killed between those dates. He _m._ at St. Andrew’s Church, Peckham, 8 March, 1914, Ellen (7, Blackhouse Street, Canterbury Road, Old Kent Road, S.E.), dau. of Joseph (and Ellen) Mackey, and had a dau.: Ellen, _b._ posthumous, 10 Feb. 1915.
=SEAR, JOSEPH SACKVILLE=, Private, No. 4359, 11th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, only _s._ of the late Frank Sear, Hay and Straw Dealer, by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of Thomas Kearsey, of Dustfield Farm, Charlbury, Oxon; _b._ Wendlebury, Oxon, 8 July, 1894; enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force, 25 June, 1915; proceeded with the 11th Battn. to the Dardanelles, and was killed there by a bomb, 6 Aug. 1915, only 48 hours after his arrival at the Front; _unm._
[Illustration: =Joseph Sackville Sear.=]
=SEARLE, GEORGE CHARLES=, Leading Stoker, 302485, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SEARLE, GEORGE WILLIAM AUGUSTUS=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 25452, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SEARLE, JOHN=, Ship’s Corpl., 1st Class, 154450, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SEARLES, EDWARD GREGORY=, A.B., J. 12270, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SECKER, GEORGE VANE=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17010, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SEDGELEY, FRANK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 8768), S.S. 2013, Chatham, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SEDGWICK, GEORGE=, Stoker, R.N.R., 2057U, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SEELEY=, WILLIAM ALFRED, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13408, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SEENEY, HUGH=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ports./14615, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SEFTON, THOMAS HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7882), S.S. 103314, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SELBY, BEAUCHAMP HENRY=, Capt., 5th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, eldest _s._ of Beauchamp Prideaux Selby, of Pawston, Mindrum, Northumberland, J.P., by his wife, Fanny, yst. dau. of the late Joseph Pocklington Senhouse, of Netherhill, Cumberland, J.P., D.L., and grandson of Prideaux Selby, of Pawston, J.P., D.L., by his wife, Harriet Elizabeth, dau. of Admiral Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor, 3rd Bart.; _b._ London, 4 June, 1882; educ. Harrow, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., unattd., 8 Jan. 1901, and appointed to the Northumberland Fusiliers, 23 March following; promoted Lieut. 21 May, 1902, and Capt. 1 Oct. 1912; served on the North-West Frontier of India, 1908, taking part in the operations in the Mohmand country, and engagement at Matta (medal), and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and died 21 Sept. 1914, from wounds received in action the previous day, near Vailly, during the Battle of the Aisne; _unm._ His Col. wrote: “You will doubtless have heard from the W.O. the sad news of your son’s death. It has been a sad blow to us all to lose such a gallant soldier, and good comrade. He was shot through the head in the trenches north of Vailly, on the 20th, and though he lingered for nearly 24 hours, he was quite unconscious, and his chance of recovery was looked upon as practically hopeless. He is buried close to where he fell.... Your son was one of the lion-hearted breed that are such a power in a regt. At the fight at Fromières, the day after Mons, he did very gallant work under a heavy fire to the great admiration of the O.C. 1st Lincolnshire Regt. with whom he was temporarily detailed. My brother officers all join in offering you our most sincere sympathy in the loss of your gallant son.”
=SELLEN, ALBERT FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 8993, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SELLENS, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9466), S.S. 105406, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SELLICK, WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11306, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SEMARK, WILLIAM RICHARD=, Sergt., No. 9609, 3rd, attd. 2nd, Battn. East Kent Regt. (The Buffs), _s._ of Harry Semark, Cement Labourer, late Rifle Brigade, by his wife, Rose (57, Cuxton Road, Strood, Rochester), dau. of William Chappell, of Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent; _b._ York, 23 Dec. 1892; educ. St. Nicholas School, Strood; enlisted in Feb. 1910; was in the Special Reserve, going up for a month’s training each year, headquarters being at Canterbury; was called up on mobilisation, 4 Aug. 1914; went to Dover, where he was promoted Sergt., and was engaged in drilling recruits at Hythe and Dover during the winter; went to France, 6 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Hill 60, Ypres, 3 May following, during the gassing of the Canadian troops; _unm._ Three of his brothers are now (1916) on active service; two with the East Kent Regt. (both wounded), and one with the Royal Warwickshire Regt.
[Illustration: =William Richard Semark.=]
=SETTER, AUGUSTE ARTHUR LEOPOLD=, Private, No. 8139, 1/2nd Battn. The Border Regt., 2nd _s._ of Thomas Setter, of Caterham, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, by his wife, Emilia (The Lodge, Grove House, The Grove, Ealing, W.), dau. of Louis Cugny, of Ferreyre, Switzerland; _b._ Tower of London, 28 July, 1887; educ. Caterham Board School; enlisted in Nov. 1908; went to France about the 4 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 18 Dec. following. Buried there. His company officer wrote saying he was a thorough soldier and one of the best men in the company. He _m._ at Norwich, 3 Aug. 1914, Edith, dau. of (--) Gallant; _s.p._
=SETTERFIELD, CHARLES ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 3322, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SETTERFIELD, EMMANUEL WILLIAM=, Ch. E.R.A., 1st Class (Pensioner), 160543, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SETTERFIELD, FRANK=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6596), 184292, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SEVERNE, HENRY FRANCIS=, 2nd Lieut., 1/6th Battn. Sherwood Foresters, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Arthur De Milt Severne, of Wirksworth, Derbyshire, Solicitor, by his wife, Adelaide Elizabeth, dau. of the late John Hubbersty; _b._ Wirksworth, co. Derby, 16 Feb. 1892; educ. Riber School, near Matlock; Marlborough College (where he was in the O.T.C.), and the Royal School of Mines; joined the University of London Artillery in 1910 or 1911; volunteered on the outbreak of war and enlisted in E Coy. of the 6th Sherwood Foresters; was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. 2 Sept. 1914; went to France, 25 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Kemmel, Belgium, 10 May, 1915, being shot through the heart by a sniper; _unm._ Buried at Kemmel. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915, and recommended for saving the life of an officer on 27 April. On that day a small charge was exploded in a mine. Some hours afterwards a small party of Royal Engineers, consisting of a Sergt. and two Lieuts., entered the gallery. One Lieut., who was a little way behind the others, found them unconscious from the effects of gas. He ran back to the entrance and shouted for help. 2nd Lieut. Severne, who was standing near, without a moment’s hesitation, jumped down the shaft although, being a mining engineer, he well knew the danger. He helped the Lieut. to drag his brother officer along the gallery until the former also began to suffer from gas. He told him to go back and said that he would bring the unconscious man along. This he did, although his burden was a heavy one, until he was himself rendered unconscious. In the meantime other help had arrived, and all were brought round except the Sergt. It was undoubtedly due to 2nd Lieut. Severne’s prompt and gallant conduct that the life of one officer was saved and possibly that of the other. The late Capt Johnson, V.C., who was in charge of the party of Engineers, was filled with admiration and reported 2nd Lieut. Severne’s conduct for official recognition.
[Illustration: =Henry Francis Severne.=]
=SEWARD, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3004), S.S. 100460, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SEWELL, HENRY=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1576 U., H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SEWELL, REUBEN JOHN=, Petty Officer, 215836, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SEWELL, SIDNEY DAVIES=, Major, 3rd London Field Coy., Royal Engineers (T.F.), elder surv. _s._ of Col. Thomas Davies Sewell, of 29, Grosvenor Road, Westminster, S.W., F.R.A.S., Senior proprietor of the Broad Arrow and Naval and Military Gazette; clerk of the Spectacle-Makers’ Company and Secretary of its diploma scheme; late Commandant 4th Battn. The Essex Regt., by his wife, Elizabeth Sophia, eldest dau. of the late George Burt, formerly a Sheriff of the City of London; _b._ London, 12 Oct. 1875; educ. Tonbridge School; obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. (Volunteers) 23 June, 1892; and was promoted Lieut. 23 June, 1894; Capt. 19 June, 1898, and Major 16 April, 1910; was in command of the 3rd London Field Coy. (T.F.), and volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action near Ypres, 18 Feb. 1915; _unm._ Buried there. Capt. Sewell was a long service volunteer and had the Territorial Decoration, and was a member of the London Territorial Force Association.
=SEWELL, THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./15140, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SEWELL, WILLIAM FANE DALZELL DALRYMPLE=, Private, No. 2053, B Coy., 4th Battn. Seaforth Highlanders (T.F.), attd. Dehra Dun Brigade, Meerut Division, Indian Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of William George Dalrymple Sewell, of 20, Balcombe Street, N.W., by his wife, Edith Maud, dau. of the late Robert Dalzell, grandson of Col. Henry Fane Haylett Sewell, Indian Army, and great-grandson of the late Gen. Sir William Henry Sewell, K.C.B., Hon. Col. 79th Cameron Highlanders; _b._ Valparaiso, Chili, 24 March, 1896; came home to England, 11 May, 1906; educ. at Mr. Charles D. Pridden’s at Walton-cum-Felixstowe, Suffolk, and at Lancing College, Shoreham-on-Sea, Sussex. Joined the O.T.C. at Lancing, and rose to be Bugler L.-Corpl. in the band. Entered Great Northern Railway service, 1 May, 1913. Enlisted 4 Sept. 1914, joining regt. at Bedford, which left for France on 5 Nov. 1914, being the first Highland Territorial unit to cross. Killed in action at Neuve Chapelle on 11 March, 1915, while his battn. were pushing forward an attack in front of the Bois de Biez, he having been hit by shell. From all his superiors and comrades the highest testimony came of this boy, who was just completing his nineteenth year. A comrade wrote: “He was a popular and brave soldier, and we miss him exceedingly.” The officer commanding of B Coy. wrote: “He was a good soldier, and always carried out his orders promptly and well. We buried him on the field of battle.” His Major wrote: “Young Sewell is shaping well, is a favourite and will be a fine soldier. We’ve got our eye on him.” His Colonel wrote: “The boy’s associations with the regt. were of the very best kind from start to finish, and it was a very real pleasure to do anything I could for him as regards his commission.... The last time I saw your dear son alive was when I took him to see our General about his commission. Would that it had been possible for him to have got his commission before the fight. I know he would have made a good officer and done well for his King and Country.” In civil life his keenness for duty and the right was of the soundest. His chief superior on the Great Northern Railway wrote thus concerning him: “I deeply regret the tragic end of so young and promising a life. Your son was a most likeable fellow, and everyone with whom I placed him spoke most highly of his capability and personality. I can only hope you may be consoled by the thought that he died like a man, and in furthering the great cause so near to all our hearts. His letters are typical of all that is best and bravest in British youth.”
[Illustration: =W. F. D. D. Sewell.=]
=SEYMOUR, WILLIAM GEORGE=, A.B. (Coastguard), 212477 (Ports.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SHADRAKE, CHARLES=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 306734, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SHAFFOND, CHARLES=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 85), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SHAKERLEY, ERIC PIERS=, Capt., King’s Royal Rifles, yst. _s._ of Capt. Geoffrey Joseph Shakerley, of Weddington Hall, Nuneaton, late R.H.A., by his wife, Emma, 2nd dau. of Sir Richard Pierce Butler, of Ballin Temple, co. Carlow, 9th Bart.; _b._ Shrewsbury, 8 March, 1885; educ. Clifton College and Cooper’s Hill, 1904–6; and on leaving the latter accepted an appointment in the Soudan Irrigation Service in preference to entering the Indian Public Works Department, and went out to the Soudan in the autumn of 1906. A little later he was put in charge of the works then in progress in the Sudd region of the Upper Nile, and remained in charge of this work till he retired from the Service early in 1913, to join a firm of horticultural chemists at Alperton. For his services in the Soudan he received the Medjideh (4th class) in 1912. Immediately on the outbreak of war he applied for a commission in the Army, and was gazetted Lieut. in the 6th (Reserve) Battn. King’s Royal Rifles, 15 Aug. 1914, obtaining his Captaincy 24th Nov. following. After three months training with the regt. at Sheerness he left for the Front on 13 Nov. 1914, and was attached to the 1st Battn. then in the trenches. On 10 March, 1915, he commanded an assaulting party in an attack upon the enemy’s trenches at Givenchy. The party came under a heavy fire from rifles and machine guns suffering very severe casualties, notwithstanding which, headed by Capt. Shakerley, it succeeded in reaching the wire entanglements, which had not been breached, but here Capt. Shakerley was shot dead, 5 yards from the enemy’s trench; _unm._ Capt. Shakerley was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 22 June, 1915, for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field.
[Illustration: =Eric Piers Shakerley.=]
=SHANNON, IAN HERBERT CROAL=, Private, No. 2713, 1/7th Battn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) (T.F.), elder _s._ of Rev. John Alexander Shannon, M.A., Minister of Balbirnie U.F. Church, Markinch, co. Fife, by his wife, Annie Molyson, dau. of the late James Croal, of the Haddington Courier; _b._ Balbirnie U.F. Manse, Markinch, 11 Feb. 1895; educ. George Watson’s College, Edinburgh; and Royal Technical College, Glasgow, of which latter he was an Associate, having taken his diploma in Electrical Engineering (with distinction) in the Spring of 1914; was in the employment of James Howden & Co., Engineers, Glasgow, when the war broke out, and immediately enlisted in 1/7th Battn. Black Watch, being attd. to the Machine Gun Section; went to France, 1 May, 1915, and was killed in action while dressing the wounds of a comrade at Festubert, France, 16 June, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Ian Herbert C. Shannon.=]
=SHANNON, WILLIAM HENRY=, Colour-Sergt.-Major, No. 9019, 1st Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, yst. _s._ of William Henry Shannon, of 42, Mountjoy Street, Dublin, late Corpl. 2nd Middlesex Regt., and Warder, Prisons Service, by his wife, Bridget, dau. of Rodger McGoldrick, of Dromahair, co. Leitrim; _b._ Rangoon, British Burmah, 15 March, 1882; educ. St. George’s and Marlboro’ Street National Schools, Dublin; was for a short time in the Prisons Service, then for about a year in the A.M. Corps; enlisted 5 Dec. 1902; served at Aldershot, Dublin, Butafant, Fermoy, Naas, and Gravesend, and was then posted to 1st Battn. in India; returned home end of Dec. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, 17 March, 1915, and was killed in action there, 12 July following. He _m._ at Gravesend Military Church, 18 Jan. 1915, Ada Amy (5, Albion Road, Gravesend), dau. of Charles Fennell, of 5, Albion Road, Gravesend; _s.p._
[Illustration: =William Henry Shannon.=]
=SHAPTER, LEWIS HENRY=, Capt., 3rd Special Reserve (West Suffolk Militia) Battn. Suffolk Regt., _s._ of Lewis Shapter, of Barnfield Crescent, Exeter, M.D.; by his wife, Elizabeth Charlotte, dau. of Capt. Edgar Bayly, Suffolk Regt., and great grandson of Col. Richard Bayley, of the same regt., and nephew and adopted _s._ of Col. Charles Edward Brown, and of his wife, Frederica Louisa (Kahun, Talbot Hill, Bournemouth), née Bayly; _b._ Exeter, 7 Sept. 1886; educ. Stourwood College, near Bournemouth; obtained a commission in the West Suffolk Militia; promoted Lieut. 18 March 1905, and Capt.; had passed the School of Instruction and qualified as an Instructor of Musketry; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, attd. to the 1st Battn. Hampshire Regt., and was killed in action near Ypres, 31 Jan. 1915; _unm._ Buried in the Military Cemetery, Chateau Rosenberg, Croix le Blanc.
[Illustration: =Lewis Henry Shapter.=]
=SHARMON, FREDERICK=, Chief Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. A. 2009), 163555, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SHARP, ARTHUR=, Gunner, R.M.A., R.M.A. 12711, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SHARP, JOHN=, Private, No. 2330, 1/8th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of John Sharp, of 26, Gloucester Road, Hounslow Heath, Middlesex, Agricultural Labourer, by his wife, Louiza Annie, dau. of George Lovegrove; _b._ Station Road, Hounslow, 14 Sept. 1884; educ. there; was a Stone and Earthenware Carver; had joined the Middlesex Territorials, 11 Nov. 1913, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for active service; went to France, 8 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Poljitze, 23 May following; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Sharp.=]
=SHARP, VIVIAN KING=, Sapper, No. 67686, Royal Engineers, (Railway Section), yr. _s._ of Sidney Sharp, of The Grove, Ealing (formerly of Tangleymere, Chilworth, Surrey), Consulting Engineer, by his wife, Ellen Blanche, dau. of William Eager, of Whipley, Wonersh, Surrey; _b._ Surbiton, 6 Feb. 1891; educ. at Colet Court and St. Paul’s School, and was a keen oarsman and rowed in his House boat. In 1909 he entered the General Manager’s Office of the Great Western Railway, and from the outbreak of war was engaged on military work in connection with the railway. He volunteered for the Front in Nov. 1914, was accepted in March following, his detachment being sent to France at the end of the month. After much good work he was invalided into hospital on 12 June, sent over to England to the 1st London General Hospital on the 18th, and died on the 20th; _unm._
=SHARP, WILLIAM CHARLES JOHN=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./12874, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SHARRATT, SIMEON=, Private, No. 11391, No. 3 Coy. 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Simeon Sharratt, of 1, High Fields Road, Hinckley, Leicestershire, Felt Hat Maker, by his wife, Elizabeth; _b._ Nuneaton, 21 Sept. 1894; educ. Nuneaton and Hinckley Church Schools; was a Gardener; enlisted 3 Sept. 1914, went to France, 22 Dec., was wounded in action near La Bassée, 24 Jan. 1915, and died on the 26th; _unm._ He was buried at Bethune. Sergt. V. White wrote: “A Private Clarke was badly hit by a sniper on 24 Jan. 1915, and your son went to his assistance, when he was shot, probably by the same sniper, through the wrist and stomach.”
[Illustration: =Simeon Sharratt.=]
=SHATTOCK, MONTAGU DE MANCHA=, Capt., No. 4 Coy., 16th Battn. (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Henry Foster Shattock, member of the London Stock Exchange, by his wife, Charlotte Rice (88A, Lexham Gardens, Kensington, W.), dau. of James Allerton; _b._ Broad Green, Croydon, co. Surrey, 9 Oct. 1867; educ. St. John’s, Hurstpierpoint, and King’s College, London, and was afterwards a member of the Stock Exchange. He enlisted in the Queen’s Westminsters in Nov. 1892, and after passing through the ranks as Corpl., Sergt and Colour-Sergt., obtained his commission as 2nd Lieut. 5 April, 1902, and was promoted Lieut. 6 June, 1903 and Capt. 21 March, 1905. He afterwards went through the Hythe musketry courses and became musketry instructor for the regt., under Lieut.-Col. A. Shoolbred, whose firm provides a company in the corps. He had resigned some time before the war broke out, but rejoined, and obtained his company again, 5 Aug. 1914. He went with his regt. to the Front, served in France and Flanders, and was killed in action, presumably by a German sniper, in the trenches near River Lys, Armentières, France, 9 Jan. 1915, and was buried there behind the trenches; _unm._ In 1905 he captained the team of the Queen’s Westminsters which defeated a team of the 7th New York National Guard at Bisley. In the following year he took a team to New York, the return match being won by the Americans.
[Illustration: =M. de M. Shattock.=]
=SHATTOCK, THOMAS HENRY=, E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 5731, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SHAVE, WILLIAM JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5822), 187872, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SHAW, ALFRED=, Private, No. 2023, 11th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of John Hellawell Shaw, of 36, George Street, Milnsbridge, Huddersfield, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of William Wood; _b._ Marylebone, London, 13 June, 1871; educ. Huddersfield, co. York; went to Australia in March, 1910, and settled at Worsley Bush, Worsley, and worked on the Railways; joined the 11th Battn., 27 Jan. 1915; left for Egypt with the fifth reinforcements, 27 April; went to the Dardanelles, 1 July; and was killed in action there, 1 Aug. following, during an early morning charge; _unm._ Buried there.
=SHAW, BERNARD HENRY GILBERT=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Prince of Wales’s Own West Yorkshire Regt., 2nd _s._ of the Right Rev. Edward Domett Shaw, Lord Bishop of Buckingham, D.D., by his wife, Agnes, dau. of Alfred Gilbey, of Wooburn Park; _b._ Bishop’s Stortford, co. Herts, 11 Oct. 1893; educ. Marlborough College (Foundation Scholar), and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. West Yorkshire Regt., 3 Sept. 1913, and promoted Lieut. 6 May, 1914; went to France 4 Nov. 1914, and was killed in
## action near Neuve Chapelle, 19 Dec. following; _unm._ His
commanding officer wrote: “Your boy died most gallantly, fighting in a German trench, which had been taken during the night.” While at Marlborough he was in the cricket eleven, 1911, scoring 94 against Rugby at Lords, and at Sandhurst was captain of the hockey and cricket eleven. His yr. brother, Lieut. A. G. Shaw, Sherwood Foresters, was killed in action, 24 Dec. 1915; and his eldest brother, Lieut. E. A. Shaw, Oxford and Bucks L.I., fell in Oct. 1916. The only surviving brother, R. G. Shaw, is a Midshipman, R.N.
[Illustration: =Bernard Henry G. Shaw.=]
=SHAW, HUGH JAMES=, Capt., 5th, attd. 1st, Battn. Royal Fusiliers, eldest _s._ of the late William Sissmore Shaw, of Madras, India, Merchant, by his wife, Violet Amy Yule (now wife of Robert Francis Chiappini de Winton, of The Grange, Folkestone), dau. of Major-Gen. Arthur Thaddeus Searle; _b._ Madras, India, 16 May, 1886; educ. Warren Hill, Eastbourne, and Harrow; obtained a 2nd Lieutenancy in the Special Reserve of the Royal Fusiliers in 1908; promoted Lieut. 1 Oct. 1910, and Capt. 26 Sept. 1914; went to France attd. to the 1st Battn. in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Fleurbaix, 12 Nov. following, being suffocated by falling earth in his dug-out; _unm._ Buried where he fell. His brother, Capt. R. P. Shaw, was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 27 Nov. 1915 (see his notice).
[Illustration: =Hugh James Shaw.=]
=SHAW, MANFRED SAMUEL=, Private, No. 8820, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd _s._ of the late Joseph Camm Shaw, by his wife, Mary Ann (now wife of William Sedgwick, of 50, Station Road, Handsworth, Birmingham), dau. of Manfred Ball, Farmer; _b._ Sheffield, 26 April, 1893; educ. Handsworth, Birmingham; was employed at the Lorry Works; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 12 Aug. 1910; served three years with the Colours, then joined the Reserve; was called up on mobilisation in Aug. 1914; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at St. Vaast, Belgium, 11 Jan. 1915; _unm._ Buried near Richebourg St. Vaast. His brother, Corpl. Jesse Shaw, is now (1916) serving with the R.G.A.
=SHAW, RAYMOND PUGH=, M.A., Capt., 5th, attd. 2nd, Battn. Royal Fusiliers, _s._ of the late William Sissmore Shaw, of Madras, India, Merchant, by his wife, Violet Amy Yule (now wife of Robert Francis Chiappini de Winton, of The Grange, Folkestone), dau. of Major-Gen. Arthur Thaddeus Searle; _b._ Madras, India, 15 Aug. 1887; educ. Warren Hill, Eastbourne; Harrow; Cheltenham College, and Trinity College, Cambridge (graduated M.A.), and was afterwards a partner with Mr. R. F. de Winton in a Preparatory School at Gore Court, Sittingbourne, and The Grange, Folkestone, but on the outbreak of war was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Royal Fusiliers, 15 Aug. 1914, promoted Lieut. 13 March, 1915, and Capt. Oct. 1915; went to the Dardanelles, 7 Aug. 1915, and was killed in action at Suvla Bay, 27 Nov. following, being shot dead on leaving his trench to go to the help of a wounded man in the open; _unm._ Buried there. His brother, Capt. H. J. Shaw, was killed in action in France, 12 Nov. 1914 (see his notice).
[Illustration: =Raymond Pugh Shaw.=]
=SHEA, BATT=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 284107 Devonport, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SHEA, JAMES HENRY=, Gunner, R.M.A., 8154, B. 1114, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SHEARIN, EDWARD=, Private, No. 12711, 11th (Service) Battn. The Royal Scots, _s._ of James Shearin, of 10, Albert Street, Govan, Glasgow; _b._ 25 Nov. 1896; educ. St. Saviour’s School, Govan; enlisted in the Royal Scots, Sept. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and died 31 Aug. 1915, of wounds received in action; _unm._
=SHEARMAN, SAMUEL=, Leading Carpenter’s Crew, 343091, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SHELBOURNE, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4614), S.S. 103732, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SHELDON, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 7115, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SHEPHEARD, RICHARD JOHN=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9919), 297749, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SHEPHERD, CHARLES ALFRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10101), 208670, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SHEPHERD, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 2101, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SHEPHERD, GERALD ALEXANDER GASELEE=, Capt., 57th Wilde’s Rifles, F.F., Indian Army, eldest _s._ of the late Major Alexander Innes Shepherd, 4th Punjab Infantry, F.F. (now 57th Wilde’s Rifles), who died on active service 1884, by his wife, Agatha (Wychcote, Somerville Road, Bournemouth), dau. of the late Rev. John Gaselee; _b._ Kasauli, India, 14 July, 1882; educ. Bedford, and Dover College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Suffolk Regt., 8 May, 1901; transferred to the Indian Army, 3 Sept. 1902; promoted Lieut. 8 Aug. 1903, and Capt. 8 May, 1910; served (1) on the North-West Frontier of India, 1902; took part in the operations against the Darwesh Khel Waziris; (2) in Tibet, 1903–4,
## action at Niana; took part in the operations at and around Gyantse,
including the march to Lhassa (medal with clasp), and (3) with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, from end of Oct. to 22 Dec. 1914, on which latter date he was killed in action at La Bassée; _unm._ Buried in Bethune Cemetery.
[Illustration: =Gerald A. G. Shepherd.=]
=SHEPHERD, JAMES=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 187749, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SHEPPARD, CHARLES EDWARD=, Leading Stoker, 310548, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SHEPPARD, ISAAC=, Private, No. 11369, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 4th _s._ of the late Frederick Sheppard, of Bower Chalk, by his wife Sarah (Bower Chalk, Salisbury), dau. of William Feltham, of Bower Chalk; _b._ Bower Chalk, co. Wilts, 6 May, 1889; educ. National School there; was a carter; enlisted 1 Sept. 1914; went to the Front, 7 Dec., and was killed in action at Richebourg, Belgium, 5 May 1915; _unm._ He was buried on a farm on the west side of the road from Rue des Benceaux to Rue du Bois.
[Illustration: =Isaac Sheppard.=]
=SHEPPARD, REGINALD=, Private, No. 6124, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd _s._ of Thomas Sheppard, of Salisbury, co. Wilts, by his wife, Martha, dau. of Amos Hallett; _b._ Salisbury, co. Wilts, 30 May, 1886; educ. St. Edmund’s School; was a Small-holder; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 27 Feb. 1905; served in Egypt, 29 Sept. 1906 to 29 Jan. 1908; passed into the Reserve, 26 Feb. 1908; rejoined his old regt. on mobilisation in Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug.; took part in the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne, the fighting in the Ypres salient, and was killed in action in the trenches at Zillebeke, 20 Nov. 1914. He _m._ at Salisbury, 18 Sept. 1909, Mary Jane (40, Wingford Road, Clapham Park, S.W.), dau. of Dathan Sumbler; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Reginald Sheppard.=]
=SHEPPEE, FREDERICK JOHN=, alias Frederick Johnson, Private, No. 1371, C Coy. 2nd Battn. 1st Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Frederick John Sheppee, of Clapham, S.W. [of a family of French origin], by his wife, Mary, sister of William Adams, of The Towers, Taroona, Tasmania, and dau. of John Adams; _b._ London, 25 April, 1873; educ. Emanuel School, Wandsworth Common; was in New Zealand when the war commenced, and immediately tried to enlist there, but was refused as over age. He then went to New South Wales and joined the Australian Contingent under the name of Frederick Johnson; left for Egypt with the second reinforcements, was wounded in the thigh in the first landing at the Dardanelles on 25 April, 1915, and was for some time in hospital in Egypt, but returned to duty, and was killed in Gallipoli between 7 and 14 Aug. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Frederick John Sheppee.=]
=SHERGOLD, GEORGE HENRY=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 4881), 195173, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SHERRING, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Rifleman, No. 3077, 1/17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Frederick William Sherring, of 80, Clinton Road, Bow, by his wife, Mary Ellen, dau. of William Johnson; _b._ Forest Gate, Essex, 2 March, 1896; educ. Malmesbury Road Council School, Bow; entered the employ of Messrs. H. S. King & Co., of Cornhill, Bankers, on leaving school, and joined the Territorials, 8 Sept. 1914. He volunteered for foreign service, left for France in March, 1915, was in several engagements, including the Battle of Loos (25 Sept.), and was killed in action in the trenches at Loos by shell fire, 30 Oct. 1915; _unm._ He was buried at Fort Tosh, north of Loos, on the Loos-Hulluck Road.
=SHERWOOD, SIDNEY WILLIAM=, Private, No. 3260, 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Harry Leslie Sherwood, H.B.M. Consul at Portland, Oregon, U.S.A., by his wife, Adeline Myra, dau. of the late Robert Taylor, of Brighton; _b._ London, 27 Sept. 1892; educ. privately, and studied at School of Musical and Dramatic Art, 1907–10. He played the part of Elf Pickle in “Pinkie and the Fairies,” His Majesty’s Theatre, Dec. 1908; in “Where Children Rule,” Garrick Theatre, 1909–10; Kiffin in “Vice-Versa,” Comedy Theatre, 1910–11; in “The Great Name,” Prince of Wales’ Theatre, 1911; in “Where the Rainbow Ends,” Savoy Theatre, 1911–12, and Garrick Theatre, 1912–13 and 1913–14; and in the plays produced by the Play Actors’ Society at the Court Theatre, “The Demagogue” and “Hester” and others. Immediately after the outbreak of war he threw up his many private interests and enlisted in the Army. He left England in Feb. 1915, and soon afterwards went into the trenches. Was present at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, and fell, during the terrible fighting, in the attack on the German trenches at Aubers Ridge, Sunday, 9 May, 1915. It was a perfect Spring morning, with sunshine and a blue sky. The Kensingtons were ordered out to take part in what was thought to be a great attack. They went forward from trench to trench in the face of the deadliest fire, and, with a regt. of Regulars, succeeded in dislodging the enemy from their positions. They maintained their hardly-won position for a number of hours, and then were ordered to withdraw, having lost eight officers and 89 men killed. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =S. W. Sherwood.=]
=SHIELDS, THOMAS=, Stoker, 2nd Class, S.S. 112628, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SHIMMIN, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 11741, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards, _s._ of John Shimmin, of Avonmore, Port St. Mary, Isle of Man; _b._ Isle of Man; enlisted 23 Oct. 1914, aged 34; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 16–18 May, 1915.
=SHINGLETON, ARTHUR ROBERT=, Driver, No. 1624, Battery, Royal Field Artillery (T.F.), 4th _s._ of the late Thomas Shingleton, of Dover, by his wife, Ellen Elizabeth (now wife of (--) Newing, of 3, Jubilee Cottages, Primrose Road, Dover), dau. of George Falwell, of Dover; _b._ Dover, 30 Dec. 1896; educ. Holy Trinity School, Dover, Kent; joined the R.F.A., 30 Oct. 1914, and was knocked down and killed by a runaway horse at Sevenoaks, 12 Feb. 1915, while on service; _unm._
=SHINNIE, HERBERT FORSYTH CRAIG=, Sub-Lieut., Royal Naval Reserve, 8th _s._ of Robert Shinnie, of 150, Bon-Accord Street, Aberdeen, Carriage and Motor Car Manufacturer; _b._ Aberdeen, 21 July, 1892; educ. Aberdeen Grammar School (1902–7) and having joined the Navy League in 1906 decided to adopt the sea as a profession. He was then too old to join the Navy direct, so was indentured as an apprentice in seamanship to the Adam Line, and in the autumn of that year joined the s.s. Aberlour at Newcastle. Under Captain Barnett on this ship he served for the next four years, making three voyages round the world, and while still on his last voyage as an apprentice, was gazetted Midshipman, R.N.R., 1 April, 1911. During the following Nov. and Dec. he was on H.M.S. Africa the flagship of the Third Division, Home Fleet, completing the first part of his naval training, which had already been begun with the men of the Naval Reserve at Aberdeen. In the latter month he received an appointment as a junior officer in the British India Company’s Service, and joined the s.s. Ekma at Belfast, his rank being that of Fourth Officer. He sailed at once for the East, and soon after his arrival in Calcutta was promoted Third Officer and transferred to s.s. Ellenga, and in the summer of 1912, was again promoted, this time to R.M.S. Kaurthala, one of the large mail boats running between Calcutta, Rangoon and Singapore. In the spring of 1913, he joined the s.s. Chakrata at London, and continued upon her until the end of March, 1914, when he returned home to prepare himself for his First Officer’s Certificate. The examination for this he successfully passed in June, 1914, and almost immediately afterwards was notified by the Admiralty to join the Home Fleet for the Annual Manœuvres. He accordingly reported himself for duty, and was despatched to Sheerness to complete the complement of H.M.S. Formidable. During the whole month of July they were at sea engaged in manœuvres on a greater scale than usual. During the next three months Shinnie was twice mentioned for commendable service, and received his promotion to the rank of Sub-Lieut. while at sea. He was lost when the Formidable was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel on the morning of 1 Jan. 1915. One of the Petty Officers who was with Shinnie on the quarterdeck, writing after the disaster, says: “I had no time to exchange words with my officers, but Sub-Lieut. Shinnie superintended the lowering of the quarterdeck boats and ordered Petty Officers to take charge of them, as they were mostly married men. He remained perfectly cool and calm to the very end, and when the order came from the Capt. to look out for ourselves the Sub-Lieut. went to see that each of the men near him had something that would float and that they could hang on to. As far as I know he went down with the ship.” A brother officer, who was badly injured by the second explosion and had to be helped overboard at the end says: “I was amongst the last who left the ship, but after I was in the water I saw Sub-Lieut. Shinnie still at his post. He was then fastening on one of the life-saving collars.” He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Herbert F. C. Shinnie.=]
=SHIP, FRANCIS ALFRED=, L.-Corpl., No. 7648. 1st Battn. East Kent Regt. (The Buffs), _s._ of Francis Charles Ship, of 203, Maxey Road, Plumstead; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 25 Dec. 1914.
=SHIPLEY, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3899), 309117, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SHIPP, GREGORY=, L.-Corpl., No. 8338, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Frederick Shipp, of Gaywood Road, King’s Lynn; _b._ co. Norfolk; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action, 1 Jan. 1915. Buried in Soldiers’ Cemetery, Rue du Bois, Bethune-Richebourg Road; _unm._
=SHONK, WILLIAM CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch B. 8533), 396982, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SHORT, ALBERT FREDERICK=, Rifleman, No. 2563, 1/17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of the late Alexander William Short, of Stepney, Lighterman, by his wife, Emma Amelia (33, Salmon’s Lane, London, E.), dau. of Alfred Seymour; _b._ Stepney, E., 3 March, 1894; educ. Cayley Street Council School, S.; was a Confectioner’s Packer; joined the Poplar and Stepney Rifles about 24 Aug. 1914; went to France, 9 March, 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 26 Oct. 1915, while
## acting as stretcher-bearer. Buried Fort Tosh, a little north of Loos,
on the Loos-Hulloch road; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “He was killed by a shell while endeavouring to succour some of his unfortunate comrades, and he died like a hero. I mourn the loss of a true and brave comrade who never shirked his duty, and he was laid to rest alongside his fellow stretcher-bearer, who was killed with him. I attended his funeral the following evening, and a little wooden cross now denotes where heroes fell.”
[Illustration: =Albert Frederick Short.=]
=SHOTTON, ROWLANDSON HARDY=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 8558), 203871, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Robert Shotton, of 2, East Street, Hendon, Sunderland; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SHOVE, VICTOR ALBERT=, A.B., 227275, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
## action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SHRUBB, FRANK JAMES=, Private, No. 14121, 4th Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd _s._ of Henry Shrubb, of Almodington House, Sidlesham, Chichester, Farmer, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Thomas Green; _b._ Birdham, co. Sussex, 25 July, 1895; educ. Manhood School there; enlisted 8 Dec. 1914; went to the Front, 15 Aug. 1915, took part in the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept., and was killed in action at Levantie, France, 8 Jan. 1916; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “He was filling sandbags to build up the trenches with. Four of them were together and a shell fell among them. Frank being killed instantly.... He was buried in a little cemetery about a mile from the trenches, and a cross marks the spot.”
[Illustration: =Frank James Shrubb.=]
=SHUTE, THOMAS JOHN=, Rifleman, No. 2774, 1/17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Thomas John Shute, of 56, Conder Street, Stepney, E., by his wife. Jenny, dau. of (--) Harris; _b._ Limehouse, E., 12 Nov. 1889; educ. Dalglish Street School, Limehouse, E.; was a Shipping Clerk; joined the Poplar and Stepney Rifles, 4 Sept. 1914; went to France, 9 March, 1915, and died, 27 Sept. 1915, of wounds received in action at the Battle of Loos. Buried New Cemetery, Choques. He _m._ at Stepney, 8 March, 1915, Annie (17, Tredegar Square, Bow, E.), dau. of Michael Hurley; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Thomas John Shute.=]
=SHYER, HARRY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ports/16676, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SIBBALD, JOHN=, Private, No. 10001, D Coy., 2nd Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, yst. _s._ of John Hadden Sibbald, of Harelaw Cottages, Longniddry, for 27 years Forrester to the Earl of Wemyss, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Abner Baillie; _b._ Aberlady, co. Haddington, 25 Dec. 1885; educ. Aberlady Public School; enlisted 4 Jan. 1906; was stationed at Maryhill Barracks, Glasgow; Stirling Castle, and Chatham; went to South Africa with a draft for the 2nd Battn.; served with the Military Police there; formed one of the Guard of Honour, during the King’s visit to Balmoral in 1911, and again on the occasion of their Majesties visit to Edinburgh after the Coronation; and took part in the Military Pageant in London; went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, and was killed in
## action at Ploegsteert, 10 Nov. following; _unm._ Buried there.
He was in the winning team of the inter-company tug-of-war challenge shield in the 1st Battn. 1905–6–7, and had the cross guns four years in succession for his musketry.
[Illustration: =John Sibbald.=]
=SICHEL, GEOFFREY MICHAEL JOHN=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. The Duke of Cambridge’s Own Middlesex Regt. (“The Die Hards”), elder _s._ of Walter Sydney Sichel, of 50, Egerton Gardens, S.W., Author and Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Constance Elizabeth, eldest dau. of the late John Holms, M.P.; _b._ Campden Hill, London, W., 15 May, 1890; educ. Bradfield College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Middlesex, 18 Sept. 1909, and promoted Lieut. 27 Sept. 1912; was in India with his regt. when war broke out; left for France, 18 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action 3 miles east of Ypres, 9 Feb. 1915, while his battn. was engaged in repelling an attack of the Prussian Guard; _unm._
[Illustration: =Geoffrey M. J. Sichel.=]
=SILCOX, WILLIAM HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10074), 213480, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SILK, GEORGE DOLLAR=, Private, No. 5951, 1st Battn. Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; was reported missing after the fighting on 31 Oct. 1914, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on or about that date; _m._
=SILK, JOSEPH=, Private, No. G. 14063, 3rd Battn. Middlesex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 23 April, 1915.
=SILK, NORMAN GALBRAITH=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. South Wales Borderers, only child of Fleet-Paymaster Ernest Edwin Silk, R.N., Royal Naval Depôt, Sheerness, by his wife, Isabel Maud, dau. of Capt. Ernest C. Wilford, late 65th Regt.; _b._ Rushbrook. co. Cork, 30 April, 1895; educ. Eastman’s, Southsea; Cheltenham College (Newick House), and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (Jan. 1913 to Feb. 1914); gazetted 2nd Lieut., 1st South Wales Borderers, 24 Feb. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 15 Nov. 1914; went to France with his battn. at the outbreak of war; served through the retreat from Mons, and the Battles of the Aisne, the Marne, and Ypres, where he was wounded in Nov., and invalided home; joined the 2nd Battn. of his regt. on recovery in Feb. 1915, and left England with it for the Near East in March; took part in the landing at Sedd-ul-Bahr on 25 April, and in the subsequent fighting on the Gallipoli Peninsula, and was killed in action there, 9 June, 1915; _unm._ The colonel commanding South Wales Borderers wrote: “To me, as a commanding officer, he is a very great loss. He had proved himself to be a most gallant and capable officer and as devoted to his men as they were to him. He was always bright and cheerful, and always only too keen to be ever right at the front, and I know that had he lived he must have made a name for himself.”
[Illustration: =Norman Galbraith Silk.=]
=SILKSTONE, BERT=, Private, No. 9570, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of William Silkstone, of 103, Padget Street, Brightside, Sheffield; _b._ co. York; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 4 Oct. 1914.
=SILLETT, ERNEST HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1047), 173052, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CIVILIAN-SILLS, STEPHEN=, Canteen Assistant, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SILVER, CHARLES=, Private, No. G. 2053, 2nd Battn. East Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
## action, 12 March, 1915.
=SILVESTER, ALFRED FERDINAND=, Rifleman, No. 2895, 16th Battn. (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of William Keeley Silvester, of 34B, Lavender Sweep, Clapham Common, S.W., Minister in the Catholic Apostolic Church, by his wife, Julia, dau. of Joseph Simpson; _b._ London, 30 Dec. 1887; was a Confidential Clerk in a City Bank; joined the Queen’s Westminster Rifles in 1909; completed his term of service in 1913, but volunteered and rejoined after the outbreak of war, 2 Sept. 1914; went to France, 24 Jan. 1915, and died in the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, 14 March, 1915, of wounds received in action at Houplines, near Armentières, on the 6th; _unm._
[Illustration: =Alfred Ferdinand Silvester.=]
=SILVESTER, ANSON LLOYD=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt., elder _s._ of the Rev. James Silvester, M.A., F.R. Hist. Socy., Vicar of Great Clacton and Little Holland, Clacton-on-Sea, author of “The Spiritual Year,” “A Century of Sonnets,” and other works, and Editor of “The Lord’s Portion,” by his wife, Constance Ellen, formerly Sister Lloyd of H.M. Nursing Service, dau. of William Lloyd, of the General Post Office [Baronet coll.]; _b._ Walcot, Bath, where his father was senior curate of the parish, 11 Dec. 1888; educ. Trent College, co. Derby, where he distinguished himself in study and sport, becoming Victor Ludorum of the school, and in 1908 won an Exhibition in Modern History at Jesus College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in the Honours School of Modern History in 1912, with 2nd Class Honours. At Oxford he belonged to the Officers’ Training Corps, as a member of which he was one of the guard of honour at the funeral of His Majesty King Edward VII and at the Coronation of His Majesty King George V, and afterwards joined the 9th Royal Sussex Regt. Special Reserve, being gazetted 2nd Lieut. 6 Sept. 1913. He spent some time in Germany in the spring of 1914, to obtain a thorough proficiency in German, having also studied French, with a view to an appointment in H.M. Consular service, for which he had received the necessary nomination. He was engaged in volunteer Y.M.C.A. camp work when the war broke out, and on mobilisation he was summoned to join his regt. at Chichester. For some time he was on duty at Dover, but went to the Front in Sept. 1914, with five other officers of his regt., receiving leave of absence for a few days, after terrible experience in the trenches; and returning to the Front at the end of Nov. He fell in action, while bravely leading forward his men to recapture a position the Germans had taken the same day at Cuinchy, near La Bassée, on the night of 31 Dec. 1914; _unm._ His body was not recovered until 12 Jan., when he was buried in the cemetery at Cuinchy. W. R. Smethurst, his platoon Sergt., wrote: “We had some very rough times together, shared each other’s rations, and always the same dug out during that awful time we had last October at Ypres. About that time he contracted that bad cough that he had, and I tried many a time to get him to go to hospital, but he would not. When he went on leave I never expected that he would come back to us again as he really was not fit,” and referring to his death: “We crept up to 30 yards of them (the Germans) when they opened on us a terrific fire both from machine guns and rifles. Your son fell practically at the first shot, and so did 11 men out of 2. I spoke to Mr. Silvester and asked him if he was badly hit. He did not answer my question but ordered me to take the men away and retire back to our old position. He must have expired almost immediately.”
[Illustration: =Anson Lloyd Silvester.=]
=SILVESTER, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6976), 191889, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SILVERTON, WILLIAM HENRY=, Private, No. 1347, 1st Battn. (Royal Fusiliers), The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late William James Silverton, by his wife, Alice (14, Appleford Road, North Kensington); _b._ North Kensington, 18 Nov. 1895; educ. Middle Row School there; was a Chemist; joined the Royal Fusiliers in July, 1911; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 10 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Fromelles, 9 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Henry Silverton.=]
=SIMMONDS, GEORGE HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4910), 159624, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SIMMONDS, RICHARD STANLEY=, Gunner, R.M.A., 11386, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SIMMONS, ALBERT=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 4165), 291953, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SIMMONS, ALBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10519), 193736, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SIMMS, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11783, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Alfred Simms, of 28, Albert Street, Bedford; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SIMMS, GEORGE=, Private, No. 1066, D Coy., 1st Newfoundland Regt., 2nd _s._ of William Simms, of Pilley’s Island, Newfoundland, Fisherman, by his wife, Norah, dau. of Jacob Parsons; _b._ Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, 17 Oct. 1887; educ. there; was a Lumberman; volunteered after the outbreak of war and joined the Newfoundland Expeditionary Force, 11 Feb. 1915; left St. John for Britain, 20 March, 1915; trained at Stob’s Camp, Scotland; left for the Dardanelles, 10 Aug., and was killed in action at Suvla Bay, 30 Dec. 1915, by shrapnel; _unm._ His company officer (Capt. March) wrote: “During storm and rain and amid shot and shell he always managed to attend to the needs of the fatigued men and officers. A cup of hot tea and something to eat he always had ready”; adding: “He did splendid work; he kept us alive during those terrible days at Suvla.”
[Illustration: =George Simms.=]
=SIMMS, GEORGE NORMAN, M.V.O.=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, yst. _s._ of the late George Simms, of 7, Porchester Gate, and Sumner Grange, Sunningdale, by his wife, Alice Maud (Gilderdale House, Gerrards Cross), dau. of Thomas Pearson, of Scarborough, Yorks; _b._ 7, Porchester Gate, London, W., 21 Oct. 1875; educ. Eastbourne College; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Munster Fusiliers, from the Militia, 1 Dec. 1897; promoted Lieut. 11 March, 1899, and Capt. 6 June, 1906; served in the South African War, 1902; took part in the operations in Orange River Colony, Jan. to May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with two clasps), and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action at Etreux or Oisy, 27 Aug. 1914; _unm._ Capt. H. S. Jervis, Royal Munster Fusiliers, wrote: “It falls to my lot, as the Senior Officer surviving the action of 27 Aug., to write and amplify the terrible news which I presume you have already received from the War Office, of the death of your son. To say that we all feel the acutest sorrow at your loss, which is also ours, is to but inadequately express our feelings. He leaves a gap which it will take many years to fill. On 27 Aug. his company was on outpost duty with mine, in front of the Battn. which was to cover the withdrawal of our Brigade. The latter got away safely, but to achieve this the Battn. had to sacrifice itself. The enemy was coming from the north and began working round to eastward of us. Your son’s company was sent to the post of danger to prevent this. It was a most difficult undertaking, inviting his complete isolation from the rest of us, but he carried it through, fought a smart little action, and returned with the loss of but three men. We then continued the withdrawal, and it was discovered that the enemy had surrounded and cut us off. Again George Simms was sent to the post of danger, this time in front. He went off at the head of his men, and having revealed the enemy in an entrenched position straight across the line of retreat, he proceeded to attack at once. A murderous fire was opened on him and his men, and a destructive cross-fire was brought to bear on them from a loopholed house. While gallantly exposing himself as an example to his men, he was shot in the body and fell dead. The whole five officers of his company were killed--a magnificent example to the remainder of the Battn. The next day the Germans sent out a party of our men whom they had taken prisoners, to bury our dead, and your son was placed in a grave with eight of his brother officers who fell in the same action. His personal effects were buried with him, nothing being touched. His kit was on our transport wagons, which may have escaped. When I came to this Battn. four months ago, I was attd. to your son’s company so that I might see how the new system was run, and it really was a lesson on the art of managing men. The Brigadier, after inspecting his company, said: ‘I should like to serve under Capt. Simms myself.’ No higher praise is needed. The whole Battn. was devoted to him, and his company was far the best of the Battn. In the Mess we shall miss him more than anywhere, his invincible good temper, tact and sense of humour made him an ideal senior member of the Mess.” In the War Office Record he is spoken of as a sound Company Commander. He was awarded the 5th Class of the Royal Victorian Order on the occasion of the presentation of new Colours to the Battn. by His Majesty King Edward VII at Cork, 1 Aug. 1903.
[Illustration: =George Norman Simms.=]
=SIMPKINS, FREDERICK THOMAS=, Signal Boy, J. 21561, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SIMPSON, ABRAM=, Private, No. K.P. 458, 8th Section, D Coy., Drake Battn. Royal Naval Division, _s._ of Abram Simpson, of 9, Maltkiln Lane, Castleford; _b._ Castleford, co. York, 6 June, 1895; educ. Lock Lane School there; enlisted after the outbreak of the war, 11 Sept. 1914, and was attd. to the Drake Battn. of the R.N.D.; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles; was wounded in the hip during a bayonet charge on 14 May, 1915, but returned to the trenches after a few days in hospital, and died, 20 June following, of wounds received in action; _unm._
[Illustration: =Abram Simpson.=]
=SIMPSON, ALBERT VICTOR=, A.B., No. 235888, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SIMPSON, ALEXANDER MATHIESON=, Private, No. 14455, A Coy., No. 4 Platoon, 1st Battn. Cameron Highlanders, only child of the late Alexander Lee Simpson, of Glasgow, Slater, by his wife, Maggie, widow of (--) Logan, dau. of John Mathieson, Coal Miner, grandson of William Simpson, of Glasgow, Schoolmaster (by his wife, Sarah, dau. of Robert Lee, of (--), Ireland), and great-grandson of Alexander Simpson, of Girvan, co. Ayr, who emigrated to Rockhampton, Australia, about 1850; _b._ Glasgow, Jan. 1890; brought up by his aunt, Miss Sarah Simpson, of 68, John Street, Dunoon, Argyle, and educ. Glasgow and Dunoon Grammar Schools; was a Painter; enlisted about Oct. 1914; went to France, and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915. He _m._ at Dunoon, 1914. Annie (Orwell Cottage, Edward Street, Dunoon), dau. of (--) Smith.
[Illustration: =Alexander M. Simpson.=]
=SIMPSON, ANTHONY HENRY=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt., yr. _s._ of James Herbert Simpson, of Rugby, M.L., by his wife, Charlotte Maria, dau. of Henry Wilson; _b._ Rugby, 28 Dec. 1887; educ. Hillbrow School, Rugby (1896–1901); Rugby School (1901–6), and Corpus Christi College, Oxford (1906–11, Scholar), and was afterwards an assistant master at Tonbridge School, where he was an officer in the O.T.C.; gazetted Lieut. to the Special Reserve of the Royal Warwickshire Regt., 24 Dec. 1914; went to France, 19 Jan. 1915, and died at the Base Hospital, Boulogne, 1 Feb. following, from bronchitis contracted while on active service; _unm._ Buried in the Cemetery there.
[Illustration: =Anthony Henry Simpson.=]
=SIMPSON, ARCHIBALD=, Leading Seaman, 220490, H.M.S Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SIMPSON, ARCHIBALD CRANBY=, Trooper, No. 13/442, No. 3 Troop, 4th Waikato Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of (--) Simpson, by his wife, Katherine (Ohaupo, New Zealand); _b._ Turakina, New Zealand, 1891; educ. Government Schools, and St. Patrick’s College, Wellington; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war and joined the Waikato Mounted Rifles, 14 Aug. 1914; left for Egypt Oct. following; went to the Dardanelles in May and died about 19 May following, of wounds received in action there the same day; _unm._ His Major wrote: “As far as I can remember your boy was wounded on 18 May, when the Turks attacked us. I cannot say if he spoke after being wounded, as he was taken away by the stretcher-bearers to the dressing station, and from there to the clearing hospital. I understand he died whilst being taken from the dressing station to hospital, and was wounded in the head. He was given a Christian burial in the North Cemetery, and now lies on the portion of the Gallipoli Peninsula which he fought so bravely to hold. You have the satisfaction to know that he fought like a man and died like a hero for his King and Country. He was a brave man and a true comrade, and I felt the loss of his assistance.”
=SIMPSON, EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9675, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SIMPSON, GEORGE=, Private, No. 10129, 1st Battn. East Kent Regt. (The Buffs); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 23 March, 1915.
=SIMPSON, HUBERT ZEPH=, Assistant-Paymaster, Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. Hawke, elder _s._ of the late Zephaniah Simpson, member of the London Stock Exchange (1875–1913), by his wife, Lucy Eva (61, Grosvenor Road, Westminster, S.W.), dau. of John Tucker, of Barnstaple, Solicitor; _b._ Herne Hill, S.E., 20 Nov. 1880; apprenticed to the Shaw, Savill & Albion Co., 12 Feb. 1896, and qualified as Master, 16 Oct. 1903, but, after serving with that company and in the Glen and Union Lines, was compelled through near sight to give up his career and start anew. He obtained an Assistant Pursership in the R.M.S.P. Co., and in 1907 was made Purser, being one of the very few Pursers to hold a Master’s Certificate. On 30 May, 1913, he was appointed Purser of the R.M.S.P Arcadian, on which he served until the outbreak of war. He had joined the Royal Naval Reserve as Midshipman, 13 April, 1897, being promoted Sub-Lieut. 25 July, 1903; but eye trouble having rendered him unfit for combatant service, he retired, and in April, 1909, applied for appointment as Assistant Paymaster, which he received, 5 Sept. 1910. He was appointed to H.M.S. Hawke, 1 Aug. 1914, and was lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _unm._ Admiral Fremantle, writing in May, 1913, described him as “a keen and zealous officer, who would give valuable assistance in war time”; and the Secretary of the R.M.S.P. Co. wrote: “During the years he was with us he won the esteem of those with whom he served and the warm regard of his brother officers, and he will be very greatly missed, not only by our own people ashore and afloat but also by numbers of passengers with whom he travelled.”
[Illustration: =Hubert Zeph Simpson.=]
=SIMPSON, JAMES=, Corpl., No. 9856, 2nd Battn. East Surrey Regt., _s._ of Frank Simpson, of 72, Larch Road, Balham Surrey; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 11 Feb. 1915.
=SIMPSON, JOHN=, Private, No. 1798, 6th Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, _s._ of Thomas Simpson, of Clitheroe, Cotton Weaver; _b._ Clitheroe, co. Lancaster; educ. there; enlisted 16 Sept. 1914: served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in
## action, 8 May, 1915; _unm._
=SIMPSON, JOHN=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 164860, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SIMPSON, JOHN EDMUND=, Capt., King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., elder _s._ of the late Rev. John Curwen Simpson, of Thurnscoe, South Yorks, by his wife, Frances Maria (Dale Lodge, Brompton, near Scarborough), dau. of Samuel Sheppard, of Taunton; _b._ Bayswater, London, 9 July, 1873; educ. St. James’, Southleigh, and St. Paul’s, Stony Stratford; joined the Volunteers, gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., 5 May, 1900; promoted Lieut. 26 April, 1901, and Capt. 8 Jan. 1907, and from 1910 to 1913 was Adjutant of the 3rd Special Reserve Battn. at Pontefract. On the outbreak of war he went to France with his regt. and was shot through the chest while leading his men in an attack on a farm house occupied by Germans, at Messines in Flanders, 31 Oct. 1914; buried in a field near to where he fell; _unm._ Capt. Simpson was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 8 Oct. 1914 [London Gazette, 9 Dec. 1914], for gallant and distinguished service in the field. His brother, (Capt. Launcelot Simpson, M.V.O., another “K.O.Y.L.I.” officer, after being wounded at Le Cateau, is now (1916) a prisoner of war at Gütersloh, Westphalia, Germany.
[Illustration: =John Edmund Simpson.=]
=SIMPSON, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 1320, 4th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, _s._ of the late William Simpson, by his wife, Eliza (17, Warkworth Street, Lemington-on-Tyne), dau. of William Tiplady, of Kibblesworth, co. Durham; _b._ Dewley, Throckley, 2 Jan. 1897; enlisted following the declaration of war; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action west of Wieltte, 25 May, 1915; _unm._ Sergt. R. Rewcastle, of B Coy., in forwarding to his mother a Bible taken from his pocket, wrote: “He died nobly while doing a duty that would have increased the safety of his comrades. He was buried the same day, and a cross marks the spot where he lies.”
[Illustration: =William Simpson.=]
=SIMPSON, WILLIAM RUSSELL=, Trooper, No. 8531, 2nd Squadron, 5th Reserve Regt. of Cavalry, attd. 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys), _s._ of James Simpson, of 5, Bruce Street, Edinburgh, Vanman, by his wife, Agnes Baird, dau. of William Russell; _b._ Edinburgh, 21 June, 1889; educ. South Morningside School; was in the employ of W. Bell & Son, Cab Proprietors, Edinburgh; volunteered and enlisted 9 Sept. 1914; died at York, 14 Jan. 1915, of pneumonia contracted while training; _unm._
=SIMS, HERBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 8741, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SIMS, JOHN=, Naval Cadet, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Bulwark, eldest _s._ of Charles Sims, of Lodsworth, Petworth, A.R.A., by his wife, Agnes Helen, dau. of the late John Macwhirter, R.A.; _b._ Hammersmith, London, W., 17 Oct. 1898; educ. The Wells House, Malvern Wells; entered the Navy, Sept. 1911; appointed to H.M.S. Bulwark, 16 Aug. 1914, and was lost when that ship was blown up off Sheerness, 26 Nov. 1914.
=SIMS, JOHN=, Stoker (Coastguard), 148321 (Ports.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SIMS, WILLIAM JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, 304106, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SIMSON, HERBERT=, Chief Petty Officer, 158864, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SINCLAIR, WILLIAM JOHN=, Private, No. 10942, Machine Gun Section, 4th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, yr. _s._ of George Thomas Sinclair, M.A., of 91, Comiston Road, Edinburgh, formerly of Craigengar, Culross, by his wife, Marian, dau. of John McEwen, Register House, Edinburgh, and grandson of the Rev. William Sinclair, of Kirkwall, Orkney; _b._ Sanquhar, co. Dumfries, 10 Oct. 1889; educ. High School, Dunfermline, and George Watson’s College, Edinburgh, and on leaving there was employed in the British Linen Company’s Bank, Dunfermline; went to Canada in 1910 to take up an appointment in the Bank of Montreal; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war, and joined the 4th Battn.; came over with the first contingent in Oct.; went to France in February, and was killed in action at St. Julien, near Ypres, 23 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried at Vlamertinghe, three miles west of Ypres. Lieut. Washington wrote. “He died a hero’s death. Rushing to the aid of a wounded comrade he was hit, and died shortly after. He was absolutely fearless and game to the last, and his behaviour under terrific fire was splendid. His memory is much honoured by myself and the Machine Gun Section.” His brother, Lieut. Fraser McEwen Sinclair, of Glencraig, co. Fife, R.A.M.C., is now (1916) on
## active service in Egypt.
[Illustration: =William John Sinclair.=]
=SINDALL, RICHARD ERNEST=, Capt. (Shelford Detachment), 1st Battn. Cambridgeshire Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of William Sindall, of The Elms, Shelford, Cambridgeshire, Contractor, and a Member of the Cambridge Town Council, by his wife, Henzell Margaret, dau. of Thomas Usher Crass; _b._ Cambridge, 11 April, 1889; educ. Perse School, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Cambridgeshire Regt., 1 Oct. 1908, promoted Lieut. 1 March, 1910, and Capt. 23 June, 1913; left for the Front with his regt., 14 Feb. 1915, was seriously wounded by the bursting of a shell on 26 June near Armentières, and died from his wounds, 1 July, 1915; buried at Bailleul; _unm._ The 1st Battn. of the Cambridgeshire Regt. was warmly congratulated by Brig.-Gen. Longley for the part it took in the Battle of St. Eloi. He stated that the way that they advanced under very heavy shell and rifle fire towards St. Eloi was splendid and that they were of the greatest assistance in holding the village when the German attack was at its worst. Col. Copeman, in a letter published by the Cambridge Daily News, said: “We were in the thick of the great fight last Sunday, and I am proud to tell you that the regt. did very well, so the General told me. It was an unexpected attack, and we were hurled into the midst of terrific shell and rifle fire which lasted from 4.30 on Sunday to about 5 a.m. Monday.” A special correspondent with the Cambridgeshire Regt. wrote: “The people of Cambridgeshire must not be allowed to forget that the 1st Cambridgeshires took part in what has been reported as the greatest engagement of the present war and the world’s history. At 10 p.m. amid the dull boom of our artillery and the terrific, earsplitting explosions of the French 75’s, we went out ready to do our part. The officers in charge of the company were Capt. R. E. Sindall, Capt. Keenlyside, Lieut. Shaw, and Lieut. Bates. Lieut. Seaton and Lieut. Sir H. G. Butlin, also officers of the company, were already gaining experience in the trenches, and had a rough time of it. After drawing tools and sandbags, we went forward. Ceaseless numbers of ‘flares’ were sent up, and when passing a gate, the man with the biggest laugh in our company, L.-Corpl. E. Vawser, was hit. He was promptly attended to, and hopes were expressed that he would soon be better. An R.E. officer took charge of us, and we were allotted our job. All the while bullets and shells were flying around us, and one could mark the passage of the shells through the air by a streak of light from them. It was rather a terrifying experience for us to be baptized with such a hail of bullets, and I must say that I never saw one case of funk in the whole company. The boys may be heartily congratulated on their sang froid, and the Cambridgeshire people have good reason to be proud of them. After our spell close up, we manned some reserved trenches, eventually arriving ‘home’ at 8 a.m. after a good hard night’s work.” His brother, Capt. W. T. Sindall, of the same regt., was invalided home from the Front on 6 April, 1916.
[Illustration: =Richard E. Sindall.=]
=SINGER, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6779), 194593, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SINGLETON, JOSHUA=, Leading Carpenter’s Crew, 345952, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SINNOTT, PETER=, Private, No. 11726, 1st Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, _s._ of Peter Sinnott, of 1, Ellis on Street, Gateshead; _b._ Edinburgh, 17 March, 1896; enlisted 26 Nov. 1913; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and was killed in
## action at the Dardanelles, in an attack on the Turkish trenches, 28
June, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Private Sinnott.=]
=WILMOT-SITWELL, STANTON DEGGE=, Lieut., Portsmouth Battn. Royal Marine L.I., 2nd _s._ of Francis Stanton Wilmot-Sitwell, of Monk’s Well, Beaulieu, Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Mary Innes, elder dau. of Capt. Charles Elliot Farquharson, 21st Lancers, and grandson of Robert Sacheverell Wilmot-Sitwell, of Stainsby House, co. Derby, J.P., D.L.; _b._ The Grove, Bolton’s, London, S.W., 25 July, 1896; educ. Newlands, Seaford, and Malvern College, where he was a prefect; was given a 2nd Lieutenancy in the Royal Marines, 29 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 27 March, 1915; went out with the R.N.D. in the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Feb. 1915, landed at Gaba Tepe with the Anzacs, and was killed in action on the slopes of Achi Baba, 13 July following; _unm._
[Illustration: =Stanton D. Wilmot-Sitwell.=]
=SIZER, WILLIAM JOHN THOMAS=, Seaman, R.N.R., 4851B., H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SKARRATT, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1986), 12977, R.F.R., H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SKEATES, ARTHUR WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, 309112, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SKELTON, HENRY=, Trimmer, No. 3376, Trawler Eagle, _s._ of John Skelton, of 31, James Street, Holderness Road, Hull, Coalheaver on sea-going ships, by his wife, Fanny, dau. of George Hullah, of Beeford; _b._ Hull, co. York, 23 March, 1886; educ. Blenkin Street School, Holderness Road, there; was employed in the firm of Thomas Wilson, Sons & Co., Ship Owners, Hull, as a fireman on the steamers sailing from Hull to New York and Boston, but on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914 joined a trawler which had been taken over by the Admiralty for mine-sweeping purposes, and was accidentally drowned at Cromarty, 13 Jan. 1915. He was returning from a few hours’ leave, and the weather being very bad the small boat he was in was capsized. He _m._ at St. Philip’s Church, Sculcoates, 11 April, 1908, Catherine (14, May Terrace, Walker Street, off Hessle Road, Hull), dau. of Tom Clark, and had two sons: Arthur, _b._ 21 Sept. 1912; and Henry, _b._ 18 April, 1914.
=SKIN, ALBIN SAMUEL=, A.B., 237656, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
## action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SKINNER, ARTHUR=, Private, No. G. 1454, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
## action, 9 May, 1915.
=SKINNER, JOHN THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5048), S.S. 1834, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SKINNER, PHILIP JOHN LANCELOT=, Sub-Lieut., R.N., yst. _s._ of Major Charles Lancelot Andrewes Skinner, of 57, Eccleston Square, S.W., late 4th Hussars, by his wife, Lady Kathleen, née Ponsonby, yst. dau. of Walter William Brabazon, 7th Earl of Bessborough; _b._ The Chantry, Ipswich, 23 Jan. 1894; educ. St. Andrews, Eastbourne, and Osborne and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges, where he was cadet capt., H.R.H. the Prince of Wales being under his charge; served as a cadet on H.M.S. Cumberland; joined H.M.S. Hercules as a Midshipman in 1911, afterwards served on H.M.S. King George V.; was appointed acting Sub-Lieut. H.M.S. Formidable, 29 July, 1914; and was lost when that ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel, 1 Jan 1915. The following is an extract from one of the many letters received from some of the bluejackets and other survivors off H.M.S. Formidable: “We found him a most kind and considerate officer, a fearless and true British sailor, and a splendid type of the true English gentleman. He was esteemed and respected by all who knew him, both by officers and men, and we loved him.”
[Illustration: =Philip John L. Skinner.=]
=SKINNER, RONALD SWEYN=, Sergt., No. 737, 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the Rev. Frederick William Skinner, Vicar of Tibenham, co. Norfolk, by his wife, Agnes Mary, dau. of Edward Cooke; _b._ Ashwe11thorpe, co. Norfolk, 22 Nov. 1888; educ. Banham Grammar School; joined the Queen Victoria Rifles in Nov. 1910, was promoted Sergt. Jan. 1915, and on the outbreak of war proceeded to the Front with them; he died of wounds received in
## action at Hill 60, Flanders, 3 Feb. 1915; buried Dranoutre; _unm._
His Capt. wrote: “From the first moment he went into action in the trenches he showed himself a bold and resolute soldier who thought first of his duty and nothing of himself. He had recently been named for a commission. At all times he showed a fine example and exercised a most beneficial influence thereby over the men under his command. I cannot think how we shall get on without him: men such as he proved himself over and over again are hard indeed to replace.” He was Capt. of the Olympic Rifle Club five years, and shot for his company at Bisley two years.
=SKINNER, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1816), 187806, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SCOT SKIRVING, ARCHIBALD=, Capt., 5th Battn. Royal Irish Fusiliers, yr. _s._ of Robert Scot Skirving, M.B., of Sydney, N.S.W., by his wife, Lucy, dau. of the late Trefferson Hester, M.D.; _b._ Sydney, New South Wales, 7 Sept. 1884; educ. Sydney Grammar School; Eton House, Tonbridge; and the University of Sydney, at which last he graduated as M.B. and C.M. in 1911 with high honours, being the second man of his year. A resident medical officer in the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney till 1913, he proceeded in that year to England to take the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons, but on the outbreak of war at once volunteered for active service. He had previously joined the University Scouts in 1907, and the 2nd Australian Infantry Regt. in 1909, transferring from the latter in the following year to the N.S.W. Scottish Rifles, which became the 25th Australian Infantry under the new regulations, and after being temporarily attached to the Black Watch was given a commission as Lieut. in the Royal Irish Fusiliers, 4 Sept. 1914, and promoted Capt. 2 Dec. following. He died 9 Aug. 1915 (on board the hospital ship Valdivia), from wounds received near Suvla Bay, and was buried at sea five miles south of Imbros Island. The letters of his fellow officers show him to have been as able and keen in his military duties as he was capable and distinguished in his profession of medicine.
[Illustration: =Archibald Scot Skirving.=]
=SLADE, EDWARD FRED=, Rifleman, No. 3604, 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Edward Henry Slade, of Bedmond, King’s Langley, by his wife, Kate, dau. of George Gamby; _b._ Abbots Langley, co. Herts, 9 Dec. 1892; educ. Watford Grammar School; was employed on the London & North-Western Railway at Euston, but after the outbreak of war enlisted in the Queen Victoria Rifles, 17 Nov. 1914, and was accidentally drowned in France, while bathing in the rear of the British trenches, 12 Aug. 1915; _unm._ Buried in the village yard at Chippilly. Slade was a student at the Guildhall School of Music, and a choirman and deputy organist at Abbot’s Langley Parish Church, and was considered by Professor Docker, R.A.M., to be a very promising organist. His company officer wrote that his death was “a great loss to the company, as he was an able and willing soldier under all circumstances.”
[Illustration: =Edward Fred Slade.=]
=SLATER, CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 110190 (Ports.), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SLATER, DAVID=, Stoker, R.N.R., U. 1354, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=SLATER, GEORGE MICHAEL=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9611), 297247, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SLATTER, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109395, H.M.S Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SLATTERY, HENRY JAMES=, Rifleman, No. 2953, 18th Battn. (London Irish Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of the late Alfred Richard Slattery, by his wife, Elizabeth (2A, Frederick Mews, Kinnerton Street, Knightsbridge, S.W.), dau. of Elijah Peachey; _b._ Knightsbridge, 23 Nov. 1892; educ. St. Paul’s Schools, Knightsbridge; was in the employ of Mr. John Morgan, Army Tailor, of 5, Albemarle Street, W.; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the London Irish Rifles, 4 Sept. 1914; trained at the White City and St. Albans; went to France, 9 March, 1915; took part in the actions at Givenchy and Festubert, and died 27 Sept. 1915, of wounds received in action at the Battle of Loos, on the 25th; _unm._ Buried in the cemetery at Noeux-les-Mines. He was in the choir at St. George’s Hospital, and afterwards at St. Mary’s, Graham Street, S.W.
[Illustration: =Henry James Slattery.=]
=SLAUGHTER, JAMES GALLOTHY=, Chief Shipwright, 340623, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SLESSOR, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. 12370), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SLIMM, FREDERICK WILLIAM THOMAS=, Acting Corpl., No. 1267, 1/17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Frederick George Slimm, Private, No. 71299, A.S.C., now serving with the British Expeditionary Force, by his wife, Jessie (15, Taylor’s Place, Stepney), dau. of James King; _b._ Mile End, London, E., 16 June, 1893; educ. Ben Jonson Schools, Stepney; was a Printer’s Layer-on; joined the 17th County of London Regt. in March, 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 8 March, 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915, while finding range for the battn.; _unm._ He was to have been married shortly.
[Illustration: =Frederick W. T. Slimm.=]
=SLINEY, RICHARD=, Leading Seaman, 179858 (Dev.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=SLOPER, WILLIAM=, Chief Petty Officer, 160618, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMALL, AUSTIN JAMES=, Cook’s Mate, M. 5525, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMALL, FREDERICK GEORGE=, Bugler, No. 823, 1/18th Battn. (London Irish Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of William Frederick Small, of Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, Carman, by his wife, Frances, dau. of Robert Stephenson; _b._ London, W., 12 Sept. 1890; educ. St. Andrew’s Council School, London; was a Cloth Shrinker; joined the London Irish Rifles, 13 March, 1909; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 11 March, 1915, and died 28 Sept. 1915, at a Base hospital, of wounds received in action during the Battle of Loos on the 25th. Buried at Neoux-les-Mines. He _m._ at St. Thomas Church, Regent Street, W., 22 Feb. 1914, Josephine (101, Beaufoy Road, Battersea), dau. of Alexander Fromant, and had a dau., Elsie, _b._ 4 June, 1915.
=SMALL, NORMAN HOWARD=, Private, No. 2096, 1/9th Battn. (Highlanders) the Royal Scots (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of David Alexander Small, of 106, Princes Street, Edinburgh, Outfitter, by his wife, Minnie, 3rd dau. of William (and Elizabeth) Donald; _b._ Edinburgh, 27 Sept. 1895; educ. Edinburgh Academy; was a Business Student; volunteered and joined 1/9th Royal Scots in Aug. 1914; left for France, 23 Feb. 1915, and died at No. 5 Casualty Clearing Station, Poperinghe, 23 April, 1915, of wounds received the same day at St. Jean, near Ypres. Buried in Military Cemetery, Poperinghe; _unm._ His elder brother, W. E. A. Small, was killed, 26 Sept. 1915 (see following notice).
[Illustration: =Norman Howard Small.=]
=SMALL, WILLIAM ERNEST ALEXANDER=, L.-Corpl., No. 2306, Royal Horse Guards (The Blues), eldest _s._ of David Alexander Small, Outfitter, by his wife, Minnie, 3rd dau. of William (and Elizabeth) Donald; _b._ Edinburgh, 10 May, 1891; educ. Royal High School and Edinburgh University; was a Farmer in Saskatoon, Canada; volunteered and joined the Royal Horse Guards in Dec. 1914; was formerly for six years in Lothians and Border Horse; joined as Trooper; promoted to Corpl.; left for France, 23 May, 1915; was killed instantaneously by direct shell at Vermelles, 26 Sept. 1915, when advancing to Loos. Buried in Military Cemetery, Vermelles; _unm._
[Illustration: =William E. A. Small.=]
=SMART, ERNEST JOSEPH=, Petty Officer, 192004, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SMART, JOHN GORDON=, Sergt., No. 1218, Orsett Troop, Essex Yeomanry, 2nd _s._ of John Smart, of 13, Brunswick Street, Hillside, Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academician, by his wife, Agnes P. (15, Hillside Crescent, Edinburgh), dau. of Robert Main, of Doune, Perthshire; _b._ Edinburgh, 26 June, 1876; educ. George Watson’s College, Edinburgh, and on leaving there served his apprenticeship with Mr. H. J. Blanc, of Edinburgh, Architect, after which he migrated to London, where he achieved a considerable reputation as an architectural designer. During the South African War he joined the 2nd Battn. of the Imperial Yeomanry in Jan. 1901, and served through that campaign, receiving the Queen’s medal with three clasps (Transvaal, Orange Free State and Cape Colony), and obtaining his discharge with the rank of Corpl. in Sept. 1902. On the outbreak of the European War he enlisted in the Essex Yeomanry as a trooper, went to the Front, Nov. 1914, and was promoted Sergt. May, 1915. He distinguished himself in action at Poljitze, near Ypres, 13 May, 1915, and was specially mentioned for his gallant conduct on this occasion in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of May, 1915. He reached Burnham-on-Crouch from the Front, on four days’ leave, on 19 June, 1915, and died there on the 23rd from acute pneumonia supervening on gas poisoning at Ypres. His principal hobby was yachting, to indulge in which he resided at Burnham, and he was buried there with full military honours on his 39th birthday; _unm._
=SMEATON, WILLIAM DOUGLAS=, Private, No. 4208, 14th Battn. (London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of John MacRae Smeaton, of Hawick, co. Roxburgh, retired Civil Servant, and late of the London Scottish, by his wife, Florence Jane, dau. of William Kench; _b._ Wimbledon, co. Surrey, 17 Jan. 1897; educ. Wimbledon School and privately; joined the London Scottish, 1 Jan. 1915; went to France, 5 July, 1915, and was killed in action during the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. following. An officer wrote: “The company had to advance under very heavy fire, and it may be some small satisfaction to know the company went forward as steadily as if they had been in Hyde Park, and worthily upheld the splendid reputation of this regt. Your son when dashing forward fifty yards in front of the trenches was hit in the lower part of the stomach, and rapidly became unconscious, died and was buried on the field of battle.”
[Illustration: =William Douglas Smeaton.=]
=SMEETH, WILLIAM=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 1095), late R.M.A., 10436, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMELLIE, JAMES MILLER STIRLING=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 4509, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, ADOLPHUS SAMUEL=, Leading Signalman, 220809, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, ALBERT EDWARD=, Telegraphist, J. 1624, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SMITH, ALBERT ERNEST=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3044), S.S. 100458, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SMITH, ALBERT JAMES=, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 1139), Late Chat./9954, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, ALFRED=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 155565, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SMITH, ALFRED EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17617, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, AMOS CHARLES=, Bugler, No. 9377, 2nd Battn. King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., eldest _s._ of Shipley Vickers Smith, of 2, The Grove, Shaw Heath, Stockport, District Agent, Prudential Insurance Co., formerly of the same regt. (who served in Malta, India, Afghanistan and the Jhobb Valley Expedition), by his wife, Clara, dau. of the late James Harris, of Morley, Contractor (who served with the 31st Regt. in the Crimean War), and grandson of Amos Charles Smith, of Sheffield; _b._ Sutton-upon-Hull, co. York, 4 Dec. 1892; educ. Middleton Street School, Hull, and Army School; enlisted as a Bugler in the 1st King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., 15 Oct. 1907; served in South Africa, and was afterwards stationed at Hong Kong and Singapore, where he was when war broke out. His battn. was ordered home. While at home he was taken ill with malarial fever, but hearing that his battn. had been ordered to the Front, despite the advice of the doctor, he immediately set off to rejoin it at Winchester. He arrived too late, however, and was sent to the 3rd Battn. at Hull, but left for France a fortnight later with a draft for the 2nd Battn. (13th Brigade, 5th Division), and died on 7 April, 1915, of wounds received on the 5th, near Hill 60; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “I am sorry to state that he got shot on Easter Monday, losing a leg. He bore his pain well, not a word of complaint and still merry and bright. Shells were dropping around us all the time and, to make matters worse, it rained all day.” His only brother, Shipley Vicker Smith, Bandsman, No. 10428, King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., is now (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Amos Charles Smith.=]
=SMITH, ALFRED LEONARD=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class (R.F.R., B. 3599), 189658, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SMITH, ARCHIBALD=, Sergt., No. 12802, 2nd Battn. The Middlesex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 14 March, 1915.
=SMITH, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 1155, A Squadron, Northamptonshire Yeomanry, only _s._ of Charles Slater Smith, of Norton House, Tenby, Farmer, by his wife, Bertha, dau. of Joseph Hill; _b._ River View, Woodford, near Thrapston, Northants, 24 Sept. 1890; educ. Lewisham College, Weston-super-Mare; volunteered and joined the Northants Yeomanry, 8 Sept. 1914; left with his regt. for the Front in the 8th Division in Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 9 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried, Walle Farm, Pont Riqueult, Lestrem, Flanders. He was a well-known and successful rider under the National Hunt Rules.
[Illustration: =Arthur Smith.=]
=SMITH, ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5299), 297535, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 2108, 1/6th Battn. Prince of Wales’s Own West Yorkshire Regt (T.F.), _s._ of Richard Smith, of 9, Brighton Street, Cromwell Road, Shipley, by his wife Sarah Elizabeth, dau. of John Sutcliffe; _b._ Shipley, co. Yorks, 30 July, 1897; educ. Baildon Wood Bottom Board School; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the West Yorkshires, 7 Aug. 1914; went to France, 15 April, and was killed in action at Rue Petillon, 3 June, 1915, being shot by a sniper; _unm._ Buried in Rue Petillon.
=SMITH, ARTHUR=, Stoker, R.N.R., S. 3016, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SMITH, ARTHUR GILLIAT=, Lieut., 26th Field Coy., Royal Engineers, only surviving _s._ of Harold Gilliat Smith, of 37, Kenilworth Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea, by his wife, Laura Sybil, dau. of the late Philip Grove, of Eastcote, Northants, and grandson of the late Joseph Smith, formerly of The Oaks, Woodmansterne, co. Surrey; _b._ Blackheath, S.E., 3 July, 1888; educ. Rugby School and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.E., 18 Dec. 1908, and promoted Lieut. 4 Feb. 1911; left for France, 15 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Klein Zillebeke, during the First Battle of Ypres, 1 Nov. following; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote: “I have lost a loyal friend and a most keen and efficient officer.... He died a fine death, gallantly leading his section against the Germans.”
[Illustration: =Arthur Gilliat Smith.=]
=SMITH, ARTHUR GUY=, Lieut., R.N., 2nd _s._ of Capt. Charles Valentine Smith, R.N., of the Hydrographic Department, Admiralty, and 17, Woodfield Road, Ealing, W., by his wife, Josefa Francis, dau. of the Hon. Robert Butler, Receiver General of the Bahamas; _b._ Poona, India, 10 July, 1891; educ. Alperton Hall, Wembley, and the Osborne and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges; entered the Navy, 5 May, 1904; became Midshipman 15 July, 1909; Sub. Lieut. 15 July, 1912; and Lieut. 15 July 1914; was mainly employed in the surveying service at Home and in the West Indies in H.M. ships Research and Mutine; joined H.M.S. Good Hope in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action in the battle off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914; _unm._
=SMITH, ARTHUR MARK=, Private, No. 2550, 8th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France; died 26 April, 1915, of wounds received in action at St. Jean; _m._
=SMITH, ARTHUR PHILIP=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 308719, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, BERNARD RIDLEY WINTHROP=, Capt., 1st Battn. Scots Guards, only _s._ of Francis Nicholas Smith, of Wingfield Park, Ambergate, Derby, J.P., D.L., by his wife, Constance Ella, dau. of the late Rev. Benjamin Winthrop, of 82, Cromwell Road, London, S.W., and a nephew of Sir Gerard Smith, K.C.M.G., formerly Lieut.-Col. Scots Guards; _b._ at Duffield, near Derby, 19 Dec. 1882; educ. at Carter’s, Farnborough; Eton College (Evans’ House), and Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A.); gazetted 2nd Lieut., Scots Guards, 1 Aug. 1905, promoted Lieut. 14 May, 1910, and Capt. 1 Nov. 1914; was seconded for service under the Colonial Office and appointed A.D.C. to Sir Henry Belfield, K.C.M.G., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the East African Protectorate, 13 Aug. 1913; obtained leave from the Colonial Office to rejoin his regt. on the outbreak of war; returned to France direct in Oct. 1914; was wounded in action in the trenches near Ypres, 8 Nov. 1914, and removed to Christol Hospital at Boulogne, where he died, 15 Nov. 1914; _unm._ His body was brought to England and buried in a private cemetery in Wingfield Park. He rowed No. 6 in the Cambridge eight v. Oxford in 1905.
[Illustration: =Bernard R. W. Smith.=]
=SMITH, BERTIE WILLIAM=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 22119, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, CHARLES=, Private, No. 1513, 5th (Cinque Ports) Battn. The Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), Transport Section, 2nd _s._ of John Smith, by his wife, Annie (83, Under Road, Hastings), dau. of Norman Tomars; _b._ Hastings, 25 June, 1879; educ. Village School, Ore, Hastings; was an employee of the Local Board; joined 5th Sussex Territorials, 1902; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France 17 Feb. 1915; invalided back to England July following and died of disease in Camberwell Hospital, 5 Aug. 1915. He _m._ at Hastings, 1904, Louisa (45, Sandown Road, Ore, Hastings), dau. of John Robert Gringer, of 51, Jersey Street, Brighton, Fishmonger, and had two sons and three daughters: Harry P., _b._ 3 Oct. 1904; William J., _b._ 3 May, 1912; Edith P., _b._ 26 Nov. 1906; Winnie L., _b._ 20 Oct. 1909; and Rose E., _b._ 17 Feb. 1915.
[Illustration: =Charles Smith.=]
=SMITH, CHARLES JOSEPH=, Plumber’s Mate, N. 5491, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SMITH, CHARLES KING=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 12461, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Frederick Smith, of 104, Priory Park, Kilburn, N.W.; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SMITH, CHARLES SAMUEL=, Officer’s Steward, 1st Class, 112414, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 10510, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SMITH, ERNEST GEORGE=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 17544, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, ERNEST LAURENCE=, Private, No. 227, 6th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of John Smith, of 160, Warton Terrace, Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Tailor, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Liny Lloyd Daney; _b._ Newcastle-on-Tyne, 13 Aug. 1889; educ. St. Mary’s Catholic School and Westgate Road Council School; was employed with the North-Eastern Advertising Company, Newcastle, joined the Northumberland Fusiliers Volunteers (now the 6th Territorial Battn.) about 1907; volunteered for foreign service after the outbreak of war; went to France in April, 1915, and was killed in
## action in the trenches, near Ypres, 15 June following. He had a medal
for good work in rifle practice in connection with the Ponteland Coy.; He _m._ at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 19 Oct. 1912, Mary Alice (72, Mason Street, Byker, Newcastle-on-Tyne), dau. of the late Thomas Smith, and had two children: Dorothy Vera, _b._ 30 March, 1913; and Audrey, _b._ 29 Dec. 1914.
[Illustration: =Ernest Laurence Smith.=]
=SMITH, FRANK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4823), 202637, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=SMITH, FREDERICK JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6480), 288029, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, GEORGE=, Private, No. 9220, 4th Battn. The Middlesex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, died there, 23 Aug. 1914; _m._
=SMITH, GEORGE=, Private, No. G. 1243, 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 23 April, 1915; _m._
=SMITH, GEORGE CATT=, Corpl., No. 917, No. 3 Platoon, A Coy., 13th Battn. 4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, yst. _s._ of Alfred William Smith, of Ramsgate, Photographer, by his wife, Katherine, dau. of J. Sackett, of Pegwell, Ramsgate; _b._ Canterbury, 29 July, 1887; educ. Holy Cross Church School there; went to Australia; joined the 2nd Australian contingent in Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Anzac, Gallipoli, during the night of 6–7 Aug. 1915; _unm._ According to particulars given to his brother, Mr. A. G. Smith, by survivors of this action, they were over the ridge and well on to the of Sari Bair, when he apparently got ahead of his comrades. He was found the next morning in a fighting attitude with rifle and bayonet at the engage, and, most remarkable of all, in an upright position, smiling. He was buried at the foot of Sari Bair, side by side with a New Zealander.
=SMITH, GEORGE EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10168), 298691, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, GEORGE HARRIS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10152), S.S. 107881, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, GEORGE HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6170), 182124, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, GEORGE STUART=, Private, No. 2499, 1/5th Battn. The Royal Scots (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Robert Smith, of 19, Leamington Terrace, Edinburgh, Manager, Central Meat Market Co., Ltd., Edinburgh, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Alexander Inveriarity Millar; _b._ Edinburgh, 24 Feb. 1888; educ. George Heriot’s School, Edinburgh; was a Wholesale Meat Salesman; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Royal Scots; left with his regt. for the Dardanelles, 19 March, 1915, and was killed in action, 28 June, 1915; _unm._ Buried near Krithia, Gallipoli. His comrade, Private Charles Groves, wrote: “We have lost a true and loyal comrade, who never hesitated to say what he meant, and whose word was a bond. Everyone who knew him here and who had any dealings with him had the greatest respect and affection for him. He died as he lived--doing his duty, and with his face to the foe. His life was an example for all. In the section he was at all times a pillar of strength, and his quiet confidence often imbued us with strength to carry out our work.” Private Smith was a member of the Heriot Golf Club and Turnhouse Golf Club (Midlothian), of which latter he was a “plus” player, representing his club in the Inter-Club Tournament of 1913. He played in the Battn. Rugby football team.
[Illustration: =George Stuart Smith.=]
=SMITH, GILBERT JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 6468, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, HARRY SCELLEY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10076), S.S. 2619, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, HENRY=, Seaman, R.N.R., 3670C, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, HENRY WILSON (TAS.)=, Sergt., No. 11/378, Wellington Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late Frederick Charles Smith, by his wife, Louise Emily (174, Terrace, Wellington, N.Z.); _b._ Featherstone, Wairarapa, Wellington, New Zealand, 4 April, 1887; educ. Featherstone and Carterton, Wairarapa, and Hawkes Bay, Hastings; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Wellington Mounted Rifles; was promoted Sergt.; left for Egypt, Oct. 1914; went to the Dardanelles in May, and was killed in action at Anzac Cove, 30 May, 1915; _unm._ Sergt. Smith was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatches. The deputy censor (Selwyn Chambers), who was in the trenches with him, wrote: “He was killed in action on Sunday, 30 May, and we have lost one of our best soldiers and a true friend. We were hard pressed and nobody in the squadron did more to encourage those about him and help them to bear up in a very difficult position. He was injured by a hand grenade and lived for some hours, and even while lying wounded unable to take any active part in the defence of the trenches, he continued to encourage his comrades. Eventually he passed away in a peaceful sleep and we lost a true soldier.”
[Illustration: =Henry Wilson Smith.=]
=SMITH, JAMES ALEXANDER EDINGTON=, Private, No. 1163, 8th Battn. Royal Scots (T.F.), only _s._ of James Smith, of The Vale, North Berwick, Clothier, by his wife, Margaret Wilhelmina, dau. of William Purves; _b._ North Berwick, 30 March, 1893; educ. High School there; was an Engineer’s Apprentice; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined the Royal Scots, 1 Sept.; went to France, 2 Nov. 1914, and died in Netley Hospital, 15 May, 1915, from wounds received in action near Fleurbaix on 20 Dec. 1914; _unm._
=SMITH, JAMES ALFRED=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./7094, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=SMITH, JAMES MONTAGUE=, Lieut., 1/5th Battn. The Royal Scots (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late James Smith, of 4, Brunton Place, Edinburgh, M.D., J.P. (died May, 1914), by his wife, Eliza (15, Chalmers Street, Edinburgh), dau. of James Smith, of Edinburgh; _b._ Edinburgh, 30 Aug. 1892; educ. George Watson’s College, and Edinburgh University, and was in his final year of studying medicine, when war was declared in Aug. 1914. He had received a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 5th Royal Scots (T.F.), 17 June, 1911, and was promoted Lieut. 22 Dec. 1912; and volunteered for foreign service with his Battn. He left for the Dardanelles, 10 March, 1915, as Machine Gun Officer and Assistant Adjutant; took part in the landing on 25 April, and was killed in action there, 2 May following; _unm._ Buried at Twelve Tree Copse. Lieut.-Col. J. R. Wilson (himself wounded) wrote: “The Adjutant was killed five days before, and your son was acting Adjutant in his place. From the meagre details I have got so far, I judge he joined with the line of our men who made a bayonet charge to restore the broken British line which had given way before the enemy’s attack. In the fighting resulting, he and two other officers were killed. There is consolation in the knowledge that he died gallantly doing his best for his country.” And Capt. D. L. McLagan: “As your son’s temporary commanding officer it is my duty to write and tell you how gallantly your son behaved on the night when he was killed. I was within a few feet of him after a charge which we are told saved the whole army from a break through by the Turks. Your son gave of his best at all times for his Battn., and on this night he was not behind. He led a section of the men for a very great distance to occupy a vacant trench during the night, and when we arrived there we found the Turks had got round behind. We all had the impression that the French Senegalese were behind us, and while we hesitated, the blast which killed so many of us, including your son, came upon us. By a great chance and the goodness of God I was saved by a machine-gun protecting me from the bullets intended for me, and thus I was the only officer to return from that far-off trench when morning came. We drove off the Turks and saved the situation but at what a cost? Montie was a fine fellow who did his duty nobly and unselfishly and never spared himself. His is another name to add to the roll of those who have fallen to make the 5th Royal Scots what they are now.” Major James Scott of the R.A.M.C. also wrote: “He was a most promising young man in every respect, and I am sure had he been spared would have made his mark in whatsoever path he chose to tread. He was most highly esteemed by every one, from the Col., Adjutant and officers to the humblest man. Being appointed Adjutant was the highest honour I ever knew conferred upon a man so young, but yet he was equal to it, and threw his whole energy into whatever task he undertook. It was practically impossible for such a brave young soldier to escape being wounded because he ventured so much and led his men so well.” He was Colour-Sergt. in the O.T.C. at George Watson’s College, and joined the University O.T.C. in 1910.
[Illustration: =James Montague Smith.=]
=SMITH, JAMES WILLIAM=, Private, No. 10/1036, B Coy. (East Coast Regt.), Wellington Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of William Smith, of Regent Street, Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand, formerly of Wakefield, co. York, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of J. S. Meiklejohn, of Melbourne, Australia, and nephew of the late James Sim Benyon, proprietor and Editor of the “Kumara Times”; _b._ Hokitika, West Coast, South Island, 4 Nov. 1879; educ. Kumara High School, after which he served as an apprentice in a grocery business in the same town. He then joined the Justice Department of the New Zealand Government, and was appointed to H.M. Prisons, being ultimately transferred to the Survey Department. On the outbreak of war he joined the main body of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Aug. 1914, took
## part in the defence of the Suez Canal, and was killed in action, 2 May,
1915, eight days after landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula; _unm._
[Illustration: =James William Smith.=]
=SMITH, JOHN=, Private, No. 2484, 5th Battn. The Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late James Smith, of Battenhurst Farm, Stonegate, Farm Bailiff, by his wife, Eliza (Mabbs Hill, Stonegate, Sussex); _b._ Stonegate, co. Sussex, 24 June, 1890; educ. Stonegate School; was employed as gardener at Afterglow, Wadhurst; joined 5th Sussex Territorials Sept. 1914, and died of pulmonary tuberculosis at his home, Mabbs Hill, Stonegate, 25 July, 1915; _unm._
=SMITH, JOHN=, stoker, 2nd Class, S.S. 115515, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SMITH, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13677 (Ports.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, JOHN ACKLAND=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 20594 (lev.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, JOHN ALEXANDER HAY=, B.A., LL. B., Lieut., 11th (Service) Battn. The Royal Scots, only _s._ of the late William Smith, of Calcutta, Jute Merchant, by his wife, I. Seath (now wife of W. G. Mair, of Clifton Bank, St. Andrews), dau. of Alexander Nicoll, of Dundee, Merchant; _b._ Darjeeling, India, 17 Nov. 1890; educ. Stanley House, Bridge of Allan, Clifton Bank, St. Andrews, and Pembroke College, Cambridge graduated B.A. Hons. and LL.B. 1912), and was continuing the study of law in London, when war broke out in Aug. 1914; obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 11th Royal Scots on the 27th of that month, and was promoted Lieut. shortly before his death; went to France in April, 1915, and was killed in action at La Touret, near Festubert, 14 Aug. 1915; _unm._ Buried at Hinges. He was the heir and one of the residuary legatees of the late Mr. John Smith, of Adderley, Forfarshire, but by the terms of the bequest was only to have a life interest up to the age of 25. As he was only 24 years of age his share of the residue went to the Dundee Infirmary and the Dundee Victoria Hospital for Incurables.
[Illustration: =John Alexander H. Smith.=]
=SMITH, JOHN ARTHUR=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 16726, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, JOHN CHARLES=, Private, No. 11098, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 3rd _s._ of Joseph Smith, Park Lane Corner, Berkswell, Sawyer, by his wife, Ann, dau. of Thomas Gibbs; _b._ Temple Balsall, near Knowle, co. Warwick, 12 April, 1893; educ. at Burton Green, Kenilworth, and Temple Balsall, near Knowle; enlisted 18 Aug. 1914; went to France early in Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 22 Dec. following; _unm._
=SMITH, MALCOLM ST. AIDAN=, Private, No. 286, A Coy., 10th Battn., 3rd Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Henry Teesdale Smith, of Arthur’s Seat, Crafers, South Australia, Railway Contractor, by his wife, Lydia Kate, dau. of Samuel Johnson, of Melbourne, Victoria, and great grandson of Major Henry Teesdale, who was killed at the Battle of Meeanee, and whose services are mentioned in Sir William Napier’s “Conquest of Sind”; _b._ Torquay, Tasmania, 31 May, 1890; educ. Cordwalles, Maidenhead, England, and Guildford Grammar School, Western Australia; and was an assistant engineer in the construction of the Minnipa Hill railway on Eyre’s Peninsula and on a section of the East-West line. On the outbreak of the European War he immediately volunteered and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary force, went to Egypt with them; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles on 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there two days later. He was wounded twice, but refused to go back. An officer in another Battn. wrote to his father: “He was a member of the Battn. that deserved all the praise for the initial landing, and the way they waded ashore and cleared the first hill is simply incredible. On the Tuesday after our big advance, I found my way to the beach late at night, and at once enquired at the Dressing Station, but they could only say they thought a Malcolm Smith had been killed. There is no sentiment (or time for it) on the field, but his friends in the Company say he died as they hope to die, right in the middle of it.”
[Illustration: =Malcolm St. Aidan Smith.=]
=SMITH, PERCY LOWE=, Ordinary Seaman, S.S. 4670, H.M.S Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7495), S.S. 102811, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of William Smith, of Eastward, Carnwyllie, Arbroath; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SMITH, ROBERT=, Stoker, R.N.R., T. 2922, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SMITH, ROBERT ERNEST=, Private, No. 5761, 4th Battn. Worcestershire Regt., _s._ of Alfred Smith; _b._ Cookley, co. Worcester, Jan. 1880; educ. Wolverly Parish Schools there; enlisted in March, 1900; served in the South African War, 1901–2 (Queen’s and King’s medals), and with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 15 May, 1915; _unm._
=SMITH, ROBERT JOSHUA=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 17440, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, SIDNEY=, Officer’s Steward, 3rd Class, L. 4434, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, SIDNEY CHARLES=, Blacksmith, 343371, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, SIDNEY JOSEPH=, Private, No. 12331, No. 3 Coy., 2nd Battn. Grenadier Guards, yr. _s._ of Francis Louis Smith, of 35, Alfred Street, Neath, Gardener, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Julia O’Leary, of Caerleon, Monmouth; _b._ Newport, co. Monmouth, 6 Feb. 1888; educ. Brynock National Schools; enlisted 1 Sept. 1905; went to France with the Expeditionary Force about 12 Aug. 1914; took part in the retreat from Mons, the Battle of the Marne and the advance to the Aisne, and was killed in action at Zillebeke, 7 Nov. 1914. Buried 1½ miles east of Zillebeke, near Ypres. His company officer the late Capt. Alwyn Gosselin, D.S.O., wrote expressing regret at his loss, and added: “Your son was always cheerful under the very trying conditions of the campaign, and he is a great loss to his comrades.” He was at one time considered the Army champion in bayonet exercises. He _m._ at St. Joseph R.C. Church, Neath, South Wales, 16 Nov. 1913, Mary Anne (Crythan Road, Neath), dau. of John (and Eliza) Singleton.
[Illustration: =Sidney Joseph Smith.=]
=SMITH, STANLEY IVAN=, A.B., J. 3081, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, SYDNEY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2564), 186020, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914
=SMITH, SYDNEY HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9317), S.S. 106555, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, THOMAS=, Private, No. 10229, 4th Reserve, attd. 3rd. Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest _s._ of the late Thomas Smith, of Hull, by his wife, Minnie; _b._ Hull, 14 March, 1894; enlisted July, 1913; went to France, 13 Aug. 1914; was wounded in March and invalided home, and died in King George’s Hospital, Stamford Street, S.E., 16 Sept. 1915, of wounds and appendicitis; to an inquiry as to whether he would wish to go to the Front again he wrote: “I am willing if I am needed, as duty to my King comes before pleasure. I am proud I have been able to do a little.” He _m._ at St. Peter’s Church, Drypool, Hull, Daisy Mary (149, Seaford Road, West Ealing), eldest dau. of John Henry White, of Wandsworth, now Private, No. 074568, A.S.C.M.T; _s.p._
=SMITH, THOMAS GRIFFIN=, Gunner, R.M.A., 4798, B. 100, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, THOMAS SYDNEY=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Dorsetshire Regt., elder _s._ of the Rev. Sydney Edward Smith, Rector of Sprotborough, Doncaster, by his wife, Lucy, dau. of Major-Gen. Augustus Arthur Currie, C.B.; _b._ Womersley Vicarage, co. York, 31 March, 1895; educ. Hill House, St. Leonards-on-Sea; Radley, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1st Battn. Dorsetshire Regt., 19 Aug. 1914; went to France, 7 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at La Bassée, 11 Oct. 1914.
=SMITH, TOM=, Private, No. 337, T. Coy., 7th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of the late Eli Smith, by his wife, Hannah (now wife of William Ward, of Ginfield Ully, near Dursley; _b._ 18 Aug. 1886; educ. Dursley, co. Gloucester; served some time in the Navy; went to Australia; on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered for Imperial service; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 9 May, 1915. His brother was one of the Dursley Volunteers who volunteered for foreign service during the Boer War, and was killed in that campaign.
=SMITH, WALTER PALMER=, Stoker, R.N.R., T. 2168., H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=SMITH, WALTER SIDNEY=, Private, Ports./14879, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SMITH, WALTER WYVILLE=, 2nd Lieut., 9th (Service) Battn. Royal Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of Robert Harris Smith, late of the Old Manor, Feltham, by his wife, Rosa Louisa, dau. of John Bashford, of Byfleet; _b._ Feltham, co. Middlesex; educ. with the Rev. F. Cavalier at Wramplingham Rectory, and at King’s College School, Wimbledon, where he entered the Training Corps, being later Capt. of the Feltham Rifle Club; after the outbreak of war enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers in Sept. 1914, was promoted 2nd Lieut. 30 Dec. 1914, and killed in action at Loos, 18 Oct. 1915; buried Vermelles Cemetery; _unm._ His Commanding Officer, Major S. Gubbins, sent the following account to his parents: “Your son was killed last night about half-past six, while leading a bombing section in an attack which fully gained its objects, and the result of which you will have seen reported in the papers before this reaches you. So well was his work done, and so excellent his plans, that although 200 yards of trench of vital importance to us was gained, hardly any of his men were killed, although nearly all were wounded. Your son’s loss is a very heavy blow to the regt., and also to the Division. The qualities he showed were rare, and were far more than mere courage. A bombing officer of the very first class is almost impossible to replace under months of training. Your son was killed instantaneously by a bullet through the heart just as the men had succeeded in capturing the trenches they were attacking. His body is now with his company, and will be taken to-night for burial in ... Cemetery. I hope it may be some consolation to reflect that he died a fine death, the finest death of any in the battn. yet, and that when many before had failed, he was successful. The whole regt. shares your loss.” His company officer, Capt. N. B. Ellis Cooper, added: “Your son first of all commanded the company bombers. Our bombers co-operated with those of the Essex regt. in an attack on a German trench. Soon after the attack the officer in charge was wounded, and your son was in command. He displayed the utmost resource and gallantry, and the attack was completely successful before he was finally killed. The attack was a very fine affair, and has brought the utmost credit to our battn., and I think that we owe this credit to your son’s skill in training the bomb-throwers previous to the attack, and his gallantry in leading them during the action.”
[Illustration: =Walter Wyville Smith.=]
=SMITH, WILLIAM=, Chief Petty Officer, No. 148381, Royal Navy, eldest _s._ of Alfred William Smith, by his wife, Louisa; _b._ Bridport, co. Dorset, 22 Dec. 1873; educ. at Northallington School, Bridport; joined the Navy, 22 Dec. 1891; served in the Witu Expedition, Aug. 1893 (Ashanti medal with Witu clasp), and in the European War; was lost on H.M.S. Goliath, 13 May, 1915, when that ship was torpedoed at the Dardanelles. He _m._ at Devonport, 27 Dec. 1897, Alice Maud (27, Alexandra Road, Ford), eldest dau. of John Stribley, R.N., and had four children: Alfred William, _b._ 28 Sept. 1899; George Reginald, _b._ 25 Oct. 1906; Ernest Leslie, _b._ 5 July, 1909, and Phylis Dorrien, _b._ 5 Jan. 1915.
=SMITH, WILLIAM EDMUND=, Officer’s Cook, 1st Class, 1874, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, WILLIAM GERALD FURNESS=, Lieut., 3rd, attd. 1st, Battn. North Staffordshire Regt., 2nd _s._ of the Rev. George Furness Smith, M.A. (Oxon.), of 14, Riverdale Road, East Twickenham, Chaplain of Royal Naval School, East Twickenham, and Editorial Secretary of Church Missionary Society (1893–1915), by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of William Armstrong Hayes, of Edmondstown Park, Rathfarnham, co. Dublin; _b._ Surbiton, co. Surrey, 7 July, 1888; educ. Birkenhead School, Clare College, and Ridley Hall, Cambridge. He took his B.A. (2nd Class Classical Tripos) in 1910, with a second Class in the Theological Tripos in the next year; in Dec. 1911 he went to India to serve on the staff of St. John’s College, Agra, where Bishop Durrant subsequently testified to the value of his influence and his teaching ability; on returning to England in 1913 he became a tutor at St. Aidan’s Theological College, Birkenhead, and was to have been ordained Deacon in Sept. 1914, but having been a member of the O.T.C., he volunteered, and enlisted in the Public Schools’ Battn. After a few weeks’ training at Epsom, he was gazetted 2nd Lieut., North Staffordshire Regt., 6 Oct. 1914, left for France 16 March, 1915, and was promoted Lieut. 24 June the same year. He died of wounds received in action close to Ypres, after recovering a trench when in charge of a party of bomb-throwers, 5 July, 1915. The following passage in F.M. Sir John French’s Report, dated 6 July, appears to refer to this: “On the morning of the 5th a party of Germans rushed a barricade on the Ypres-Roulers railway after a two hours’ artillery bombardment, but a prompt attack by our troops immediately recaptured the positions.” Lieut. Smith was buried in the military cemetery, close to Poljitze, about one mile north-east of Ypres; _unm._ Gen. Allenby wrote to Gen. Sir John Keir: “Will you please convey to the officers commanding the North Staffordshire Regt. our appreciation of, and gratitude for, the gallant behaviour of Lieut. Smith of that regt., with his grenadier party who came to the support of the 41st Brigade yesterday morning, and in a counter attack on the Germans who had demolished a barricade and rushed a trench in the left of our line. I would also express our deep sorrow on hearing that this brave officer has died of his wounds, and would offer our sympathy to his regt.” In forwarding this to Gen. Harper, Sir John Keir wrote: “Will you please communicate this to the officer commanding North Staffordshire Regt., and say how well deserved I know this appreciation to be. I hope to see Col. de Falbe personally to express to him my feeling with regard to the good work done by this fine battn. I sympathise in the sad loss they have sustained.”
[Illustration: =William G. F. Smith.=]
=SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY=, Mechanician, 292066, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, WILLIAM OLIVER=, Stoker, 1st Class, 307471, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SMITH, WILLIAM WILTON=, A.B., 235327, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
## action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SMITH, WILLIAM JOSEPH=, Mechanician, 283349, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BRICE-SMITH, JOHN KENNETH=, 2nd Lieut., 7th (Service) Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., yst. _s._ of the Rev. Brice Brice-Smith, Rector of Hameringham, with Winceby, Horncastle, by his wife, Kate Emily, 3rd dau. of the late John Middleton, of Benton House, Newcastle-On-Tyne; _b._ Hameringham, co. Lincoln, 2 Nov. 1894; educ. Quy Vicarage, Cambridge; Cranleigh School, Surrey, and entered at St. John’s College, Cambridge; after the outbreak of war he was given a commission in the 7th Lincolnshires, 27 Nov. 1914; went to France in July, 1915, and died 11 Sept. following, from wounds received in action the previous day, S.W. of Ypres; _unm._ Buried at Poperinghe. While at Cranleigh he was senior prefect, Colour-Sergt. in the O.T.C., a member of the School Shooting Eight, and captain of both cricket and football teams.
[Illustration: =John Kenneth Brice-Smith.=]
=BROADLEY-SMITH, ALAN FRANCIS=, Major, 5th Battn. Border Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of William Herbert Broadley-Smith, of Ambleside, by his wife, Mary Matilda, dau. of Capt. Arthur Trollope, 36th Foot; _b._ Derby, 24 March, 1876; educ. Repton and Bruges; joined the 5th Border Regt. (T.F.) as a 2nd Lieut., 28 Jan. 1909, and was promoted Lieut. 24 Dec. following; Capt. 8 Aug. 1910, and Major 18 April, 1915; acted as Instructor of Musketry from 1910 to 1915; and was Intelligence Officer and Provost Marshal for the Barrow District; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war, and was appointed a General Staff Officer of the 3rd Grade, on the 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 25 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action near Hooge, 16 June, 1915, while making a reconnaissance; _unm._ Buried on the outskirts of Zouave Wood, near the Chateau there. Lieut.-Col. J. A. Milburn, Commanding 5th Border Regt. wrote: “Not only was he a great personal friend of mine, but also he was my best officer, and his death has come as a very great shock to me. His company would have followed him to the ends of the earth, and he was loved by both officers and men of the Battn. alike.” He was a fine all-round sportsman, and held the position of amateur huntsman to Mr. Curwen’s (Workington Hall) Foxhounds.
=COMPTON-SMITH, ROGER NOEL=, 2nd Lieut., 6th Battn. Manchester Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of William Compton-Smith, of Tudor Place, Richmond Green, co. Surrey, LL.B., Barrister-at-Law of the inner Temple; _b._ Hampton Court, 16 July, 1894; educ. Horton School, co. Bedford, and Heidelberg College; entered the Manchester House of Tootal Broadhurst Lee Company, Ltd., on leaving school, and in July, 1914, had arranged a tour with the representative of the firm throughout America and Canada, but, war breaking out in the following Aug. he volunteered and was given a commission in the 6th Manchesters, 5 Sept. 1914; left for Egypt a few days later; went to the Dardanelles, 2 May, 1915, and was killed in action there on the 27th. He was at the time warning his men to evacuate the trench they were in, as it had been condemned as dangerous, being enfiladed by the enemy; _unm._ Brig.-Gen. Noel Lee, who was himself shot on 4 June, and died in Malta, wrote on the 25 May: “In his duties since he joined the regt., there are none who have done better and very few as well. His whole heart was in what he undertook and as an officer he was one of the most useful and dependable in a regt. which is noted for efficiency. With the mess he was always popular and more than respected on account of his character. His men of No. 15 Platoon literally worshipped him, as he was not only their officer but their leader, who never spared himself, and their friend upon whom they could always rely for help and assistance in their work. His loss is great indeed.” While spending his school holidays at Brixham, he became a bold and skilful small boat sailor and a strong swimmer, and at Alexandria saved the life of one of his men who, while bathing, had ventured beyond the reef. He was a good all-round athlete, and a keen fisherman.
[Illustration: =Roger N. Compton-Smith.=]
=DENROCHE-SMITH, ARCHIBALD JOHN=, Lieut., 18th (Queen Mary’s Own) Hussars, elder _s._ of Thomas Denroche-Smith, of Balhary, Meigle, co. Perth, late Judge Bengal Civil Service, by his wife, Florence Elizabeth, dau. of the late Gen. John Bayly, C.B., Col. Commandant, R.E.; _b._ Balhary, aforesaid, 30 Sept. 1890; educ. Evelyns; West Drayton, and Cheltenham College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 18th Hussars, 23 Feb. 1910, and promoted Lieut. 10 April, 1912; went to France, 16 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Vendresse, during the Battle of the Aisne, 13 Sept. 1914, while leading his troop to the assistance of the 4th Dragoon Guards; _unm._ His Col. wrote: “As a soldier he had a very good chance of rising high in his profession, as he was very fond of his work, and we shall greatly miss him from among our circle, as a friend, as a soldier and as a sportsman. We had great hopes of his success in the polo world,” and his Squadron Major: “I never want to have a better officer in my squadron in time of war or peace. He was the best young officer that had joined us for a long time. I had recommended him for a decoration given by the French Government to our officers. I only hope I may meet death as gallantly as your son did, if it comes my turn.” He was Captain of the 18th Hussars polo team; had jumped at Olympia on several occasions, and won point-to-point races, and also steeplechases.
[Illustration: =A. J. Denroche-Smith.=]
=LAWSON-SMITH, JOHN=, Lieut., 1st Battn. West Yorkshire Regt., yr. _s._ of Edward Maule Lawson-Smith, of Colton Lodge, Tadcaster, B.A., J.P., by his wife, Ethel Mary, dau. of the late Gen. Sir William Davies; _b._ Colton, co. York, 24 March, 1892; educ. Warren Hill, Eastbourne; Stubbington (Foster’s); Royal Naval College, Osborne (Cadet, 1902–3); Repton, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. West Yorkshire Regt., 3 Sept. 1913, and promoted Lieut. Oct. 1914; went to France in Sept. 1914, and was killed in
## action near Bois Grenier, 20–21 Oct. following; _unm._ He was
mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 20 Nov. 1914 [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915], for gallant and distinguished service in the field. His brother, Lieut. T. E. Lawson-Smith, was killed in
## action, 30–31 Oct. 1914 (see following notice).
[Illustration: =John Lawson-Smith.=]
=LAWSON-SMITH, THOMAS EDWARD=, Lieut., 13th, attd. 11th, Hussars, eldest. _s._ of Edward Maule Lawson-Smith, of Colton Lodge, Tadcaster, B.A., J.P., by his wife, Ethel Mary, dau. of the late Gen. Sir William Davies; _b._ Colton, co. York, 14 March, 1889; educ. Warren Hill, Eastbourne, Stubbington (Foster’s), Harrow, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 13th Hussars, 15 Sept. 1909, and promoted Lieut. 6 Dec. 1913; went to France attd. to the 11th Hussars, Oct. 1914, and was killed in action near Messines, 30–31 Oct. following; _unm._ His brother, Lieut. John Lawson-Smith, was killed in action, 20–21 Oct. 1914 (see preceding notice).
[Illustration: =Thomas E. Lawson-Smith.=]
=MANNERS-SMITH, FREDERICK=, Major, 2nd Battn. 3rd (Queen Alexandra’s Own) Gurkha Rifles, yst. _s._ of the late Surg.-Gen. Charles Manners-Smith, formerly of Oakfield, Kempsey, co. Worcester, I.M.S., by his wife, Lydia, dau. of Dr. Samuel Davies; _b._ Kempsey, 15 Nov. 1871; educ. Norwich and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Gloucester Regt., 2 May, 1891, promoted Lieut. 19 Oct. 1892, transferred to the Indian Army in 1893, and joined the 3rd Gurkhas in 1895; became Capt. 10 July, 1901, and Major 2 May, 1909, being Adjutant of his battn. 1901–5; served with the relief force in the Chitral Campaign, 1895 (medal with clasp), and with the Expeditionary Force in France, 1914; died of wounds received the same day in the trenches near La Bassée, 3 Nov. 1914; buried at Bethune. He _m._ at Lucknow, 25 Jan. 1902, Hilda Clara Frances, yst. dau. of the late Henry Carnsew, formerly of Summers Place, Billingshurst, co. Sussex; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Frederick Manners-Smith.=]
=SOMERS-SMITH, RICHARD WILLINGDON=, 2nd Lieut., 7th (Service) Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, eldest _s._ of Robert Vernon Somers-Smith, of Bur Lea, Walton-on-Thames, J.P., C.C., Clerk to the Grocer’s Company, by his wife, M. Gertrude, dau. of John A. Radcliffe, of Cobham; _b._ Hersham, co. Surrey, 27 Oct. 1882; educ. Eton, and Merton College, Oxford; went to Ceylon, and became a Tea Planter, but on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, returned to England, and obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the King’s Royal Rifles, 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action near Hooge, 30 June following, while running forward to help dig out some of his men who were buried by a shell; _unm._ Buried there. Like his father and brother, he was a distinguished Eton and Oxford athlete. At Eton he rowed in the Eight at Henley, and at Oxford, during his first year he won the Freshmen’s miles, rowed in the “Trials,” stroked his Torpid up five places, stepped straight from the Torpid into the ’Varsity eight, where he rowed two, stroked his College eight, and won the University pairs with Graham, of Balliol. The next year he stroked his College into the final of the coxwainless fours, coached the Torpid up three, rowed bow in the winning University crew, rowed seven to Bucknall’s stroke in the College eight, reached the final of the University pairs with Brocklebank, and only lost to a heavier pair by re-rowing after a dead heat with only a short rest, and as captain, rowed in four events at Henley for his College, besides sweeping the board at the College sports. He had his rowing Blue and was also offered his running Blue, but could not both row and run. His brother, Capt. John Robert Somers-Smith, London Regt., gained the Military Cross at the Second Battle of Ypres, 13 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Gommecourt, 1 July, 1916.
=SELBY-SMYTH, MILES BURY=, Capt., 4th Battn. The Rifle Brigade, only _s._ of the late Lieut.-Col. Edward Guy Selby-Smyth, of Darby House, Sunbury-on-Thames, Royal Irish Rifles, by his wife, Georgina Florence (42, Cornwall Gardens, London, S.W.), 2nd dau. and co-h. of Capt. the Hon. John James Bury, R.E. [2nd _s._ of Charles William, 2nd Earl of Charleville], and grandson of Gen. Sir Edward Selby-Smyth, K.C.M.G.; _b._ Halifax, Nova Scotia, 17 Nov. 1884; educ. Rottingdean (Mr. Stanford’s) and Bradfield College, co. Berks; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Rifle Brigade, from the Militia, 16 May, 1908, and promoted Lieut. 23 Jan. 1911, and Capt. 30 Nov. 1914; was A.D.C. (extra) to the Governor of Western Australia from 20 April, 1910, to 10 Feb. 1912; went to France, 20 Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at St. Eloi, 15 March, 1915, leading his company in a counter-attack on the Germans. Buried near the Church of Dickebusche. He _m._ in London, 8 Oct. 1912, Violet Emily (4, Tite Street, Chelsea, S.W.), yst. dau. of the late Capt. Cecil Drummond, R.B., and had a dau.: Pamela Dorothy Beaujolois, _b._ 25 Aug. 1913.
[Illustration: =Miles B. Selby-Smyth.=]
=SMYTH, RICHARD ALEXANDER NOEL=, Capt., Royal Garrison Artillery, 2nd _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Frederick Augustus Smyth, of Weymouth, Brig.-Surgeon, I.M.S., late of Queen Alexandra’s Own Gurkha Rifles (who served in the Afghan, Burma, Chin Lushai and Chitral Campaigns, also in the attack and siege of the Malakand), by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of the Rev. John Cole, Vicar of Isle Brewers, Somerset; _b._ Morar, Gwalior, India, 18 Dec. 1888; educ. Weymouth College, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut., R.G.A., 31 July, 1902, and promoted Lieut. 31 July, 1905, and Capt. 30 Oct. 1914, was for some time on garrison duty in England, and then served for six years in Ceylon; went to the Front with the 5th Battery Siege Artillery, in Sept. 1914, doing valuable work as “forward observing officer,” and was killed in action, being shot by a sniper, while in the act of helping a wounded infantry soldier, near Armentières, France, 7 Nov. 1914; _unm._ Buried at Bac St. Maur on the River Lys. Lieut.-Col. M. B. Roberts, Commanding 2nd Siege Brigade, wrote: “If he was as good a son as he was an officer, you have every reason to be very proud of him. I can truthfully say ever since we have been in action (a fortnight) your son had been doing most excellent work--cheerfully, keen and always ready for anything, and for some days past I had fully made up my mind to forward his name to higher authority for the manner in which he carried out his work. I miss the best of officers--the very best in the battery, his loss is irreparable.” He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 20 Nov. 1914 [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915], and was awarded the Military Cross [London Gazette, 18 Feb. 1915]; but both honours were gazetted in error to Lieut. R. A. E. Smyth, Antrim Reserve R.G.A., who had never been at the Front. As Capt. Smyth has been killed and the Military Cross is not conferred posthumously the latter announcement was cancelled.
[Illustration: =Richard A. N. Smyth.=]
=SNARE, ALBERT=, S.P.O. (R.F.R., A. 936), 125421, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SNEATH, CLAUDE DAVIS=, Lieut., 4th Battn. Duke of Cambridge’s Own Middlesex Regt., _s._ of George Sneath, of Gloucester Lodge, Golder’s Green, Hendon, J.P., by his 2nd wife, Marian Eliza Harriett, dau. of Charles William James Davis; _b._ Greta House, Finchley, 18 Jan. 1889; educ. Christ’s College, Finchley, and London University (where he was in the O.T.C.), and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 6th Battn. of the Middlesex Regt. in 1912, and promoted Lieut. 15 Dec. 1912. On the outbreak of war he was transferred to the 4th Battn. which was one of the first regts. to go to the Front; was at the Battle of Mons, 23 Aug. 1914, also at Cambray and Le Cateau, 26 Aug. 1914; afterwards in the retreat, and then at the Battle of the Marne and on the Aisne, and was killed in action at Croix Barber, 14 Oct. 1914; _unm._ He was a fine hockey player, and played back for the Hendon Hockey Club, also for Middlesex and the Philistines on many occasions. He was also a good cricketer, and was president of the Golder’s Green Working Men’s Club.
[Illustration: =Claude D. Sneath.=]
=SNEDDON, JAMES=, Private, No. 18547, 13th (Service) Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.), _s._ of John Sneddon; _b._ Bellshill, co. Lanark, 11 July, 1887; educ. Bellshill; enlisted at Stirling, 19 Jan. 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., and died in No. 1 Casualty Clearing station, 8 Feb. 1916, from wounds received in action the previous day. He _m._ at Bellshill, 30 Nov. 1906, Christina Leggatt (2, St. Mary’s Wynd, Stirling), dau. of (--) Graham, and had issue: Andrew Graham, _b._ 20 Nov. 1909; John Graham, _b._ 23 Dec. 1911; Euphemia, _b._ 22 Oct, 1907; and Christina Clark, _b._ 26 May, 1914.
[Illustration: =James Sneddon.=]
=SNELGROVE, SIDNEY HENRY=, Lieut., 14th (Service) Battn., attd. 7th Battn., King’s Royal Rifle Corps, yr. _s._ of John Sidney Snelgrove, of Kingswood, Tunbridge Wells, Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Gertrude Emily, dau. of the late John Henry Chatteris; _b._ Tunbridge Wells, 7 Dec. 1891; educ. Hurstleigh, Tunbridge Wells; Rugby (Mr. Brooke’s House), and Trinity College, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 14th Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 21 Nov. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 2 Feb. 1915; was attd. 7th Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, and went to France 16 July following, and was killed in action 31 July, 1915, while leading his platoon under heavy shell fire in support of another company, in the counter-attack at the Chateau Hooge. Buried Sanctuary Wood, south of Hooge: _unm._ Lieut.-Col. G. A. P. Rennie, D.S.O., Commanding 7th King’s Royal Rifle Corps, wrote: “He was leading his men splendidly at the time,” and Lieut.-Col. Sir Thomas Milborne-Swinnerton-Pilkington, Bart., Commanding 14th Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps: “... one of my smartest officers. I was quite sure he would distinguish himself when he went to the Front.” Letters from other officers and men all speak in the highest terms of his courage, energy and great capability. At Hurstleigh he was head of the School and captain of the cricket and the hockey elevens, and at Rugby was in his house eleven, and a signaller in the O.T.C. His elder brother, Capt. John Sidney Norman Snelgrove, Royal West Kent Regt., is now (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Sidney Henry Snelgrove.=]
=SNELL, GEORGE NOWELL=, Stoker, 3rd Class, K. 21993, H.M.S. Monmouth; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SNELL, WILLIAM JOHN=, Gunner, R.M.A., 12869, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SNEYD, THOMAS HUMPHREY=, Capt., 4th. attd. 2nd. Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers, only _s._ of Major-Gen. Thomas William Sneyd, of Ashcombe Park, Belmont, and Onecote, co. Stafford, late Commanding Queen’s Bays (1877–82), by his wife, Charlotte Marion, dau. of Capt. William Wheatley Repton, Bengal N.I.; _b._ Lightoaks, near Cheadle, co. Stafford, 20 Oct. 1883; educ. Sandroyd, Wellington College, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen’s Bays), 22 April, 1903; and promoted Lieut. 14 May, 1904; joined his regt. in South Africa in Aug. 1903, and acted as A.D.C. to the Commander-in-Chief, Gen. Sir Henry Hildyard; retired in July, 1910, and after a year and a half spent in the Argentine, returned to England in Jan. 1912, and joined the 4th (Special Reserve) Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers as Capt. 30 Oct. 1912; went to France attd. to the 2nd Battn., and was killed in action at Ploegsteert, Belgium, 2 Nov. 1914. Buried in Ploegsteert Wood. He _m._ at St. John’s Church, Forfar, 3 June, 1914, Phœbe Marianne, yr. dau. of John Sharp Callender-Brodie, of Idvies, Forfar, and had a dau., Averil Marion Anne, _b._ 7 April, 1915.
[Illustration: =Thomas Humphrey Sneyd.=]
=SNOSWELL, THOMAS EMDEN=, Petty Officer, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 1467), 146107, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SNOW, WILLIAM CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4628), 195194, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SNOWDEN, HARCOURT JOHN=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Hertfordshire Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of the Rev. Harcourt Snowden, of St. Peter’s, Broadstairs, by his wife, Augusta, dau. of Martin Daniel; _b._ Ramsgate, 12 Dec. 1887; educ. Hildersham House, St. Peter’s; Parkfield, Haywards Heath; Rugby and Trinity College, Oxford. He joined the Hertfordshire Regt. under Lieut.-Col. Viscount Hampden’s command, 2 June, 1913, and was promoted Lieut. 26 Sept. 1914. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for foreign service, served in France and Flanders, and was killed in action while visiting sentries early in the morning of 11 Jan. 1915; _unm._ He was buried near Richebourg l’Avoué. His Major said: “I had such confidence in him that, when I knew that he was the officer on duty, I never went round the posts to see that all was well.” Another officer wrote: “He was a fine example to us all of a good and straight living Englishman.”
[Illustration: =Harcourt John Snowden.=]
=SOLLEY, ALFRED JOHN GEORGE=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 20426, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SOLLITT, GEORGE WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3544), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SOMERTON, CHARLES ENOS=, Ship’s Steward, 341939, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SOMERTON, FREDERICK CHARLES=, Private, No. 1342, A Coy. 1st Newfoundland Regt., _s._ of Frederick Somerton, of Trinity, Newfoundland, Magistrate, by his wife, Caroline Augusta, dau. of Charles Soule Hibbert, of Bromley, Kent; _b._ Bruges, Newfoundland, 31 March, 1888; educ. Bishops Field College, St. John’s, Newfoundland, and on leaving there engaged in Scholastic pursuits and taught for three years at Salvage, Newfoundland, and afterwards at Cape Ray. He then went to Canada, but when the European War broke out returned home; volunteered and joined the Newfoundland Expeditionary Force in Feb. 1915; left for England in April, 1915; went to the Dardanelles Sept. and died on board the Guildford Castle, 25 Nov. 1915, of wounds received in action at Gallipoli on the 20th; _unm._
[Illustration: =Frederick C. Somerton.=]
=SONES, HERBERT JAMES=, Signal Boy, J. 24586, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SORSBY, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 4637, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards; _b._ co. York; enlisted 19 March, 1902; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, from 30 Aug. 1914; killed in action at Soupir, 14 Sept. 1914; _m._
=SOURBUTTS, RICHARD=, Ch. E.R.A., 2nd Class, 269610, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SOUGHTON, THOMAS EDWARD=, Gunner, No. 686, 2nd Home Counties, 1/6th Battery, R.F.A. (T.F.); _b._ Hellingly, co. Sussex, 23 March, 1893; educ. Horsebridge, Hellingly; was an employee in the firm of Messrs. Howard Bros., Hellingly; enlisted soon after the outbreak of war, Oct. 1914; went to India, and died in Ferozepore Barracks there, 3 Dec. 1915, from internal injuries caused by a fall from an ammunition wagon on the 1st, while on service; _unm._
=SOUTER, CHARLES JESSE=, Chief Petty Officer, 169027, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SOUTH, FREDERICK=, Leading Seaman, 224839, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SOUTHERN, HENRY WALTER=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 25688, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SOUTHERN, JOHN GEORGE=, Private, No. 3097, 7th Battn. Durham L.I. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late George Southern, of Southwick, Miner, by his wife, Alice (Walter Tom Street, Southwick, Sunderland), dau. of John Lathon; _b._ Southwick, 27 March, 1891; educ. High Southwick Council School; was employed at the Hylton Colliery; enlisted 9 Nov. 1914; trained at Sunderland, and went to the Front, 19 April, 1915, coming into action a few days later at Ypres on Whit Monday, when the 7th Durhams were severely cut up. He was killed in action at Armentières, 31 July, 1915; _unm._ He was a regular Sunday School teacher at a Primitive Methodist Church, and was engaged in Christian Endeavour work. His great ambition was to become a foreign missionary, and a few days before his death he wrote intimating that if spared to return home his future would be devoted to that cause. One of his officers, writing to his mother, said: “In the past his presence among us inspired all that was good. In the future, if God spares us, we will retain a lasting memory of his goodness.”
[Illustration: =John George Southern.=]
=SOUTHERTON, HARRY PERCY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14664 (Ports.), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SOUTHWICK, CHARLES THOMAS=, Sergt., No. 1212, 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Charles Southwick, of Heatherlands, Poole, Schoolmaster, by his wife, Mary Annie, dau. of the late Thomas Harland; _b._ Kinson, co. Dorset, 27 Feb. 1887; educ. Secondary School, Broughty Ferry, and St. Mark’s College, Chelsea, and on leaving there became Assistant Master at the Vineyard School, Richmond, under Mr. Lancaster; joined the 13th Kensingtons in 1907; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 3 Nov., and was killed in
## action in the attack on Aubers Ridge, 9 May, 1915. In letters received
from the Front it was stated that in this action Sergt. Southwick with his platoon reached the second German trench, where a piece of shrapnel broke the glasses he was wearing. Then, a volunteer being called for to return to the English lines for reinforcements, he undertook the dangerous task, was seen to start on his errand, and from that time seems to have completely disappeared. He had a fine baritone voice, and was successively bass singer in the Petersham, Chelsea (Sidney Street), and St. Peter’s (Bayswater) Choirs, and also a member of the Queen’s Hall Choir. He _m._ at Stratford, Essex, 12 Sept. 1914, Lilian Francis (Ashleigh, The Bridle Path, Woodford Green), dau. of William Webster, of Ashleigh, Woodford Green; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Charles T. Southwick.=]
=SOUTHWOOD, HORACE GEORGE=, E.R.A., 4th Class, 271932, H.M S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SPACKMAN, HAROLD JOHN=, Private, No. 13845, 10th (Service) Battn. Devonshire Regt., _s._ of Frederick William Spackman, of The Dairy, Manningford, Bohune, by his wife, Eliza Catherine, dau. of Alfred Manners, of Heddington, Calne, Wilts; _b._ Manningford, Bohune, Pewsey, co. Wilts, 24 May, 1897; educ. Woodborough School; enlisted 17 Sept. 1914, and died at the Red Cross Hospital, Bath, 12 March, 1915, of meningitis contracted while on service; _unm._
=SPAIN, EDWARD SYDNEY STEPHEN=, Leading Seaman, 235099, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SPALDING, FRANK=, Coy. Quartermaster-Sergt., No. 6896, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of John Spalding, of 70, Scorer Street, Lincoln; _b._ Lincoln, 1890; educ. there; was apprenticed to Messrs. Robey, Blacksmiths, but before his time expired gave this up and enlisted in the Coldstreams, 20 Aug. 1906; was appointed L.-Corpl. 19 Aug. 1907; Corpl. 17 Oct. 1908; L.-Sergt. 17 March, 1910; Sergt. 15 Aug. 1913, Pioneer Sergt. the same day; and acting Coy. Quartermaster-Sergt. (for meritorious conduct at the Front), 20 Nov. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 13 Aug. 1914, and died at Ecquedecques, Belgium, 1 Jan. 1915, from an accident while on
## active service. Buried in field opposite Delalean Farm, Ecquedecques,
about 2 kilometres from Lillers. He was an enthusiastic footballer, being at one time a member of the Lincoln Wednesday Team, and while in the Army was one of the Battn.’s Soccer representatives; he was also a member of the old Lincoln Volunteers for some time. Coy. Q.M.-Sergt. Spalding _m._ at St. Thomas’s, Lambeth, 6 Aug. 1911, Kate (128, Ash Street, Walworth, London), dau. of (--) Skinner, and had two sons: Eric Arthur, _b._ 23 July, 1912; and Leslie Stuart, _b._ 30 Oct. 1914.
=SPARKES, CHARLES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./12476, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SPARKS, HARRY ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8408), S.S. 104457, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SPEAREY, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, A.B. (Coastguard), 194745, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SPEKE, THE REV. HUGH=, Major, 10th (Service) Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers, 7th _s._ of the Rev. Benjamin Speke, Rector of Dowlish Wake, by his wife, Caroline Sophia, elder dau. of John Bird Fuller, of Neston Park, Wilts, grandson of William Speke, of Jordans, co. Somerset, J.P., D.L., and nephew of John Hanning Speke, the African Explorer; _b._ Dowlish Wake, co. Somerset, 24 Feb. 1878; educ. Uppingham, and Keble College, Oxford; served in the South African War, 1899–1901, with the Wiltshire Yeomanry; afterwards continuing his preparation for Holy Orders at Wells Theological College in 1901. He was ordained at St. Paul’s Cathedral, Advent, 1902; was for three years curate at St. Michael’s, Bromley-by-Bow, and was then Vicar of Curry Rivel from 1905 to 1910, and in the autumn of that year left to take up work in Western Canada, where he was on the Mission Staff at Edmonton, and subsequently worked at Bow Island, Alberta, and was finally in charge of the district of Athabasca, but, after the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, he returned to England in Oct.; and was given a commission as Capt. in the 3rd Battn. of the Somerset L.I., 23 Oct. 1914. He transferred to the 9th Battn., and was promoted Major 21 Dec. following, and after training with it at St. Austell and Wareham, exchanged into the 10th Lancashire Fusiliers in July, 1915, in order to go to the Front. He went to France at the end of the month, and was killed on reconnaissance at Vierstaat 11 Aug. following. Buried in the cemetery at Dickebusch. A brother officer wrote: “It happened about 11.30 on Wednesday night. He went out to reconnoitre the German trenches with a Sergt.; he was away about an hour and a half, and procured some very useful information; they were on their way back when he was shot; he must have been shot at least three times in the head and neck, and can have suffered no pain”; and another: “He was one of the bravest and best, and in the short time he had been with us had endeared himself to everybody. I am sure there is not an officer or man who does not feel his loss. His own company is cut up terribly.” Another also wrote: “We laid the Major to rest reverently with a short service last night (Thursday) in a small cemetery near here and placed a wreath on the grave, and are putting up a cross in a few days so as to mark it. All the officers and the whole company are very cut up over our loss as we were all very fond of him indeed. One of the men remarked in a letter referring to the death of Major Speke, ‘he was a brave and fearless man,’ which is very true, and we all had a great respect for him,” and: “Your gallant husband died, not merely doing his duty, but, as I judge, for another, for I feel pretty sure that he undertook a dangerous job which he would not let one of his junior officers undertake.” In Canada he proved himself a born pioneer. Even the small prairie towns were irksome to him, and he would contrive to spend most of his time in a shack out on the far-flung prairie. As though his own wide field were not large enough he would, from time to time, find that his duty called him on an expedition to the Sweet Grass Hills, across the boundary line to the south, to the Cypress Hills away to the east, or to the irrigated belt away to the north. Loth as he was to leave S. Alberta, it was the same spirit that led him to accept the offer to establish a pioneer mission in Athabasca, and so patiently to face the vexing difficulties raised by others that would have led most men to draw back before embarking on the task, and later to resign when the conditions of service were so changed. One winter he spent in a tiny shack measuring 10 ft. by 8 ft., having as his companion a lad from his own village at home who in days gone by had carried his gun. He _m._ at Tarrant Crawford Church, Dorset, 8 April, 1915, Ruth Lettice, dau. of the Rev. Charles Lewis Kennaway, of Stephen’s Plot, Spetisbury, Blandford, late Rector of Garboldishham, co. Norfolk; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Hugh Speke.=]
=SPENCE, JAMES MCKENZIE=, Sergt., No. 12/218, 15th North Auckland Regt., Signalling Division, Headquarters Staff, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of James Mearns Spence, of Deveron Street, Whangarei, New Zealand; _b._ Whangarei aforesaid, 16 June, 1886; educ. there; was for some years a Reporter on the Staff of the Whangarei “Northern Mail” and “Northern Advocate,” subsequently becoming sub-editor of the “North Auckland Times” at Dargaville; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war; joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 15 Aug. 1914; left for Egypt as a signaller with the main body, was successively promoted Corpl. and Sergt., and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 16 Nov. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =James McKenzie Spence.=]
=SPENCER, CHARLES JAMES=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Devonshire Regt., eldest _s._ of Charles Alfred Spencer, of Stoughton Lane, Leicester, by his wife, Mary, dau. of James Warwick, of Longthorpe, near Peterborough; _b._ Leicester, 10 Jan. 1879; educ. Charterhouse; joined the Cardigan Artillery Militia in 1898; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Devonshire Regt., 18 Oct. 1899, and promoted Lieut. 11 May, 1901, and Capt. 14 July, 1908; served in the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in the advance on, and relief of Ladysmith, being with the 2nd Battn. in Major-Gen. Hildeyard’s Brigade, while the 1st Battn. was shut up in the town; operations of 17–24 Jan. 1900, and action at Spion Kop; operations of 5–7 Feb. 1900, and action at Vaal Kranz; operations on Tugela Heights (14–27 Feb. 1900) and action at Pieters Hill; operations in Natal, March to June 1900, including action at Laings Nek (6–9 June); and those in the Transvaal, Nov. 1901 to 31 May, 1902; was severely wounded and received the Queen’s medal with five clasps and King’s medal with two clasps. He was Adjutant of the 7th (Territorial) Cyclist Battn. of the Devonshires from 14 July, 1908 to 29 Feb. 1912. On the outbreak of war he went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 5 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action, 18 Dec. 1914, while leading his company in an attack on the German trenches. Buried near Estaires. Capt. Spencer _m._ at Pennycross Church, near Plymouth, 20 Oct. 1909, Katherine Margaret (Crapstone House, Yelverton, South Devon), yst. dau. of the late Robert Bayly, of Torr, Plymouth, and had a son, Charles Richard, _b._ 5 Dec. 1910.
[Illustration: =Charles James Spencer.=]
=SPENCER, JOHN=, Private, No. 572, 5th Coy., 2/5th Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of William Spencer, of Liverpool, Watch Finisher; _b._ Liverpool, 1854; educ. Corporation School there; enlisted in the R.G.A. (Militia) and served with them 22 years (Long Service medal and certificate); re-enlisted in Oct. 1914, and was accidentally drowned in Carrier’s Dock, Liverpool, 27 Dec. following, while on service. He _m._ at St. Nicholas Church, Liverpool, Mary Jane (23, Back Strickland Street, Liverpool), dau. of (--) Young, and had five children: William, _b._ 28 Oct. 1878; John, _b._ 22 July, 1891, R.N.; George, _b._ 30 Jan. 1896; Margaret, _b._ 5 June, 1882; and Emily, _b._ 14 May, 1898.
=SPENDLOW, JOHN JAMES=, Leading Seaman, 237135, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SPICE, ALBERT=, Cook’s Mate, 1766, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
## action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SPICE, ROBERT WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9019, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SPICER, ARTHUR JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2214), 301561, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SPICER, GEORGE HENRY=, Gunner, 35031, 41st Battery, 42nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, 3rd _s._ of George Spicer, of Frindsbury, Rochester, Kent, by his wife, Jane; _b._ Frindsbury, 23 Jan. 1885; enlisted 1 Feb. 1905; served seven years with the Colours then passing into the Reserve, was employed at Messrs. Lysaght’s Works, Newport, Mon.; mobilised 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 20 Aug. 1914, and died in No. 7 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 9 Nov. following, of wounds received in action at Neuve Chapelle in a gallant attempt to save Lieut. Towell. Major H. A. Hamilton, Commanding 41st Battery, wrote: “I am sure you would like to know how your husband gave his life for his country. I need not say how much I and all his comrades sympathise with you in your great loss, but you may have a little consolation in knowing that he was severely wounded in performing a gallant act, which was reported to his commanding officer and brought to the notice of the general officer commanding the division.” He _m._ at St. Woolo’s Church, Newport, Mon., 1 June, 1914, Beatrice Amelia, dau. of Henry George Evans, of 19, Victoria Crescent, Newport; _s.p._
[Illustration: =George Henry Spicer.=]
=SPICER, MAURICE ARNOTT=, Corpl., No. 81840, 32nd, attd. 10th, Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 5th _s._ of the late Herbert Spicer, of Cranbourne, St Margarets near Ware, by his wife, Martha McMurray, dau. of David Arnott; _b._ Hambledon, co. Surrey, 23 April, 1882; educ. Mill Hill; was sisal growing in the West Indies from 1900 to 1903, afterwards farming in Canada until the outbreak of the European War; enlisted in the 32nd Battn. 21 Oct. 1914; came over with the reinforcements for the first contingent in March, 1915; went to France with a draft for the 10th Battn. early in April, 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 22 May, 1915; _unm._
=SPIELMANN, HAROLD LIONEL ISIDORE=, Capt., 1/10th Battn. Manchester Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of Sir Isidore Spielmann, of 56, Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park, W., C.M.G., F.S.A., by his wife, Emily, dau. of the late Sir Joseph Sebag-Montefiore; _b._ London, 12 Jan. 1893; educ. Clifton and Pembroke College, Cambridge (B.A. June, 1914); gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2/10th (Oldham) Battn. Manchester Regt., from the University O.T.C., 14 Oct. 1914; was promoted Capt. in March, 1915, to date as from 28 Nov. 1914; volunteered with the greater part of the battalion for foreign service; landed in Gallipoli, in command of a draft, 25 July, 1915, and was killed in an attack on the Turkish position, 13 Aug. following; _unm._ Lieut.-Col. G. Robinson, commanding 10th Manchesters, wrote: “He only joined us about three weeks ago, when he arrived in command of a draft of 248 men, and I was so impressed with his keenness and energy that I put him in command of a company. My judgment was fully borne out. Your son worked hard, and I felt I could always rely on him. On the evening of the 12th inst. a battalion next to us in the fire trenches lost a portion of a trench on their front, and I was forced to organise a counter-attack by one hundred men of my battn. under your son and two other officers. Your son was in command of his section of the attack, and carried out his orders with skill and gallantry. He reached his objective, but was immediately killed, and his men had eventually to fall back under strong opposition. His death, by bullets, was instantaneous.... Our men had done well, and we regained most of what had been lost, but they were ‘done,’ and I lost many of them besides my excellent young officer Spielmann.... It was crushing to me losing him. He was a ‘gentleman officer’ with such high notions of chivalry, honour and _esprit de corps_. I considered him one of my best officers, and had just recommended him for a permanent captaincy, as I had such a high opinion of his capabilities. Your boy died a hero’s death in his country’s cause, and that must ever be a source of satisfaction and comfort to you, and one in which you must all take a pride--falling in action gallantly leading his men. What more can a soldier ask for?”
[Illustration: =Harold L. I. Spielmann.=]
=SPIERS, HAROLD ALFRED=, Boy, 1st Class, J 23568 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SPIERS, WILLIAM JOHN=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., A. 2103), 131072 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea. 22 Sept. 1914.
=SPILLARNE, CORNELIUS WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, 308380, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SPINDLER, DAVID=, Stoker, 1st Class, 289816, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SPINKS, FREDERICK HERMAN VICTOR=, Rifleman, No. 10489, B Coy., 1st Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 2nd _s._ of Thomas Samuel Spinks, of 114, Leucha Road, St. James’ Street, Walthamstow, by his wife, Clara, dau. of Frederick Herman Greenslade; _b._ Clapton, N., 29 Oct. 1896; educ. Coppermill Road Council School, Walthamstow; enlisted 27 Jan. 1912; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 13 Aug. 1914; served through the retreat from Mons, etc., and was killed in action two days before his 18th birthday, near Ypres, 27 Oct. 1914. A comrade wrote: “He was killed in action the same day as Prince Maurice of Battenberg. His company had advanced against the Germans and taken up a position for the night. He could have lain down and gone to sleep, because he was a signaller, but the man next him had to do two two hours on duty looking through the porthole in the trench, and as he felt a bit bad, your poor boy offered to do it for him. Well, Fred had not been looking out for more than ten minutes when a bullet struck him in the head, and he must have died instantaneously. I cannot tell you more particulars now, but I know it was near Ypres. I was entrusted to write your letter because Fred was a signaller, and I am one of the few that are left.” He gained the 3rd class certificate for education, 23 Feb. 1912, and the 2nd class, 2 April, 1912.
[Illustration: =Frederick H. V. Spinks.=]
=SPITTLE, FRANK THOMAS=, Rifleman, No. 2857, A Coy., 1/9th Battn. (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Augustus Alfred Spittle, of 41, Manby Road, Leyton Road, Stratford, Essex, by his wife, Ellen Emily, dau. of George Abbott, of Maldon, Essex; _b._ Stratford, 25 April, 1896; educ. Downsell Road Council School, Leyton, and County High School, Leytonstone; volunteered and joined Queen Victoria’s Rifles on the outbreak of war; went to France, 22 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action, 23 Feb. 1915. Buried Wulverghem Cemetery. Major Lees (since killed in action) wrote; “He was one of a working party repairing the parapet of the trench during a mist, which suddenly lifted, and the Germans opened fire, and he was hit before he could get under cover, and died a few minutes later. He was very popular with his comrades and will be sadly missed.”
=SPITTLES, THOMAS ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, No. K. 726, 3rd _s._ of Francis Edward Spittles, of South Hayling, by his wife, Elizabeth Bessie, dau. of Robert Applin; joined the Royal Navy about May, 1907, and was lost on H.M.S. Lynx, 9 Aug. 1915, when that ship was sunk by a mine in the North Sea. He _m._ at Portsmouth, Alice Georgina May (Rose Cottage, South Mundham), dau. of George Horne.
[Illustration: =Thomas Robert Spittles.=]
=SPOONER, ALEXANDER=, Leading Stoker, K. 114, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SPOONER, CHARLES ALBERT VICTOR=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26754, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SPOONER, WILLIAM CHARLES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16147, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SPORTON, GEORGE HERBERT=, A.B. (Coastguard), 206749, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SPRINGALL, WILLIAM EGLETON=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5437), 178793, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SPRUNT, ALEXANDER DALZELL=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., attd. 2nd Battn. South Staffordshire Regt., 2nd _s._ of John Dalziel Sprunt, of 3, East India Avenue, London, E.C., and Montgomerie, Berkhampsted, by his wife, Jane, dau. of John Naismith; _b._ Hampstead, London, 7 Jan. 1891; educ. Berkhampsted School, and New College, Oxford, where he graduated with honours in July, 1914, and was nominated Assistant Professor of Natural History at Glasgow University, obtaining his degree the week that war was declared. Having served for about 10 years in the Officers Training Corps, he and his brother (also killed in action) were offered commissions. He accepted and was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 4th Bedfordshire Regt., 15 Aug. 1914, being ordered to join his Regt. at once at Dovercourt. Later he was detailed to take out a draft to the Base at Havre, and from there took up a draft of the Guards to the trenches, where he was attd. to the 2nd South Staffordshires, with whom he remained till he was mortally wounded, bring shot down about 15 yards from the enemy’s lines. He died in hospital at Lillers, France, 17 March, 1915, of wounds received in
## action on the 10th, near Neuve Chapelle. His company had been chosen to
lead the attack, and he was shot down about 15 yards from the enemy’s lines, where he seems to have lain from morning till night, when he was rescued and finally taken to Lillers. He was buried in the cemetery there; _unm._
[Illustration: =Alexander Dalzell Sprunt.=]
=SPRUNT, EDWARD LAWRENCE=, Private, No. 1510, 1st Battn. Honourable Artillery Coy. (Stretcher-bearer Section), 3rd _s._ of John Dalziel Sprunt, of 3 East India Avenue, London, E.C., and Montgomerie, Berkhampsted, by his wife, Jane, dau. of John Naismith; _b._ Hampstead, London, 28 Aug. 1892; educ. Berkhampsted School, and Jesus College, Oxford, at which latter he held an open exhibition. Having served about nine years in the O.T.C., he was offered a commission on the outbreak of war, but being eager to go to the Front as soon as possible, and thinking he would probably be sent for months to a regimental depôt to train recruits (as his elder brother was), he enlisted as a Private in the Honourable Artillery Coy., and went to the Front with them and served through the winter of 1914–15. Later was again offered a commission and the War Office instructed his Col. to send him home that he might take it up. After getting his discharge he went back to the Col. and said he had heard there was to be a battle next day, and as he did not wish to leave on the eve of it, he asked permission to remain and see his comrades through it. The Col. replied that as he had put it so gallantly he could not refuse his request, and so he might remain. That evening the Battn. went up to the trenches and was under fire about 36 hours, including the fierce fight of 16 June, 1915, losing about half its numbers. On 17 June, about 2 a.m., near Chateau Hooge, Belgium, he was helping to carry a wounded comrade on a stretcher, and had got within about 15 yards of the dressing station, when a shell came over and exploded underneath the stretcher, killing him and two others, and wounding the remaining two stretcher-bearers. He was buried on the battlefield, near the Ypres-Menin Road; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote: “Your son had the opportunity of not going up (to the trenches) and of returning home, but refused to leave his comrades at such a time, and so showed a magnificent spirit--worthy of a man in this Regt. He discharged his duties with great valour under great danger. The circumstances were such as to lead me to specially recommend him for gallant conduct, and the enclosed card has been received from the General. I have pleasure in sending it to you, while regretting very much the circumstances which have been greatly appreciated by his comrades.” The card is of the first class, being printed in gilt letters, the ordinary card being in black letters. It reads: “Third Division, British Expeditionary Force, 1510, Private E. L. Sprunt, Hon. Artillery Coy. Your commanding officer and brigade commander have informed me that you distinguished yourself by your conduct in the field on 16 June, 1915. I have read their report with much pleasure, and have brought it to the notice of higher authority.” Later the Assistant Military Secretary wrote that he had been mentioned in a despatch from F.M. Sir John French “for gallant and distinguished service in the field.” “I am to express to you the King’s high appreciation of these services, and to add that His Majesty trusts that their public acknowledgment may be of some consolation in your bereavement.”
[Illustration: =Edward Lawrence Sprunt.=]
=SPRY, ERNEST JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2224), 181820, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SPURDEN, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 7194, 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
## action, 17 Nov. 1914; _m._
=SQUIBB, FRED=, Private, G. 909, 1st Battn. Royal West Surrey Regt., _s._ of Frederick Squibb, of West Clandon, Surrey; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died 5 Sept. 1915, of wounds received in action.
=SQUIRE, ALAN RICHARD=, Sergt., No. 10/782, Wellington Infantry Battn., eldest _s._ of Richard Jas. Squire, of Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand, by his wife, Charlotte Louisa, dau. of the late Josiah Claridge, Carpenter; _b._ Hawera, 12 Sept. 1892; educ. Hawera, N.Z.; was a Painter and Signwriter; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7 Aug. 1914; left for Egypt with the main body as a gunner; arrived at Gallipoli, 7 May, 1915, and served there for three months, taking part in the severe fighting during that period; was promoted Sergt. the beginning of Aug., and was killed in action there a few days later, 7 Aug. 1915; _unm._ At the time he was killed he was temporarily in charge of the machine-guns, most of the officers having been killed or wounded.
[Illustration: =Alan Richard Squire.=]
=SQUIRE, STANLEY CHARLES=, Lieut., 7th (Service) Battn. Gloucestershire Regt., 2nd _s._ of the Rev. Charles Edward Squire, M.A., Vicar of Southrop, Lechlade, co. Gloucester, by his wife, Florence Charlotte, dau. of Morgan Yeatman, of Shawfield, Bromley, Kent; _b._ Llangrove Vicarage, near Ross, co. Hereford, 26 June, 1893; educ. St. John’s School, Leatherhead, and Corpus Christi College, Oxford (Science Scholar); gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Gloucestershire Regt., 26 Aug. 1914; promoted Lieut., 27 Jan. 1915; sailed on 22 June for the East; was at Cape Helles on 8 July for a few weeks, then took
## part in the Expedition to Suvla Bay, where he was killed in action
while in charge of the machine-gun section, 9 Aug. 1915, on Chanak Bair. They occupied an exposed position, and he was hit by a bullet after bandaging a wounded man, and killed instantaneously, early in the day. The only two survivors (Stokes and Bennett), who returned later on with the last machine gun, received the D.C.M. He was _unm._ His brother, Capt. G. F. Squire, of the same Battn., was wounded the same day.
[Illustration: =Stanley Charles Squire.=]
=SQUIRES, FRANCIS CHAVASSE=, Capt. and Adjutant, 23rd Sikh Pioneers, Indian Army, yr. _s._ of the late Rev. Henry Charles Squires, M.A., for 20 years Church Missionary Society Missionary, Western India, and afterwards Vicar of Holy Trinity, Richmond, Surrey, by his wife, Ada Martha (23, West Park, Eltham, S.E.), dau. of Thomas Chavasse, of Wylde Green House, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, F.R.C.S., and nephew of the Right Rev. Francis James Chavasse, D.D., Lord Bishop of Liverpool; _b._ West Chiltington Rectory, co. Sussex, 22 Feb. 1885; educ. St. Paul’s School (Foundation Scholar) and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 5 Aug. 1905, and attached to the East Surreys in India, and the following year transferred to the Indian Army and posted to the 23rd Sikh Pioneers. He became Lieut. 5 Aug. 1907, and was appointed Adjutant, 25 Oct. 1912. He served in the Zakka Khel Expedition, 1908, for which he received a medal, and on the outbreak of the European War obtained his Company, 5 Aug. 1914. Capt. Squires was wounded in action at Lahej, 5 July, 1915, and died at Aden on the 7th; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote: “His high and sterling qualities were never better shown that on the extremely hard march to Lahej, in intense heat, when he was indefatigable and untiring in going back along the column, assisting men and getting them water, etc., and keeping me informed of everyone’s position. He reached me at Lahej just as the Turkish attack began, and throughout the early part of the night did magnificent work conveying orders to different units, and keeping me informed of their positions.... At about 11 p.m. the advanced line was withdrawn to an enclosure.... At your son’s urgent request I allowed him to go out with some men to keep clear a portion of the road near at hand. It was while carrying out this order that he received a gunshot wound.... He died on 7 July, and was buried in Aden that evening.... As a regt. we mourn the loss of a gallant officer and a kindly friend. Indian officers and men all express their deep grief. I lose a trusted Adjutant, and one whose sincere friendship I am proud to know I always held. His was a fine end, and I know he was contented it came thus in action.” He was an enthusiastic soldier, devoted to the well-being of his men, a good linguist and an excellent musician.
[Illustration: =Francis Chavasse Squires.=]
=SQUIRRELL, JOHN WILLIAM=, Private, No. 16149, 1st Battn. The Suffolk Regt., 3rd _s._ of James William Squirrell, of Hill Cottage, Hintlesham, by his wife, Emma, dau. of the late John (and Ann) Percy; _b._ Hintlesham, co. Suffolk, 15 June, 1884; educ. there; was a Stockman; enlisted after the outbreak of war, 6 Nov. 1914; went to France about 20 May, and was killed in action at Ypres, 25 May, 1915. He _m._ at Hintlesham, 28 Dec. 1908, and had two sons: Stanley William, _b._ 12 Jan. 1910; and Jack Reggie, _b._ 21 Jan. 1914.
=STABLE, LOSCOMBE LAW=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Royal Welch Fusiliers, eldest surviving _s._ of Daniel Wintringham Stable, of Plas Llwyn, Owen, Llanbrynmair, co. Montgomery, and of Holly Lodge, Wanstead, co. Essex, LL.B., J.P., Barrister-at-Law, and a Director of the Prudential Assurance Company, by his wife, Gertrude Mary, dau. of George Still Law, M.A., Barrister-at-Law, of Lincoln’s Inn; _b._ Wanstead, 21 March, 1886; educ. The Wells House, Malvern Wells, Winchester (Fort’s House), and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and passed out with honours; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Welch Fusiliers, 2 Feb. 1907, and promoted Lieut. 11 April, 1911, and Capt. 21 Oct. 1914; went to France, 10 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action in the trenches about four miles south of Armentières, facing the village of Vertouquet and Rouge Bancs, 26 Oct. 1914; _unm._ Buried in La Cordonnerie Farm, close to Armentières, and about two miles from Fromelles. Col. H. Delmé Radcliffe wrote: “About your gallant son, who was one of the subalterns in the Battn. under my command. He was a most excellent soldier--fearless to a degree, and always the most cheerful of companions, and was therefore most popular with his brother officers, and in his death is most deeply regretted by all ranks. He received his death wound, so it was reported to me, going to the assistance of one of the men who was wounded and lying outside of the trenches. This was just like him, as he was always a model of unselfishness and thoughtfulness for others.” Private Ellis, the wounded man, was saved. Capt. Stable had some experience of mountaineering and winter Alpine sports, and was a fine polo player, having played for his regt. at Meiktila, Shwebo, Bhamo, Maymyo, Mandalay, Quetta, Bareilly, Meerut, Allahabad, Cawnpore, Lucknow, and finally in the winning team for the Infantry Polo Tournament at Delhi in 1913.
[Illustration: =Loscombe Law Stable.=]
=STACEY, JAMES=, Private, No. 11395, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of George Stacey, of 62, Fergusson Road, Attercliffe, Sheffield, by his wife, Emily, dau. of William Hancock; _b._ Attercliffe, 27 Feb. 18--; educ. Council School there; enlisted in the 4th Reserve Battn. 1 Sept. 1914, and was posted to the 1st Battn. after
## action at Givenchy, 22 Dec. 1914. He was reported missing, and is now
assumed to have been killed on that date; _unm._
=STACEY, RICHARD JOHN=, Officer’s Cook, 2nd Class, L. 1597, (Dev.), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=STACKHOUSE, WILLIAM THOMAS=, Capt., 2nd, attd. 1st, Battn. Sherwood Foresters, elder _s._ of the late William Anthony Stackhouse, of Taitlands, Settle, J.P., V.D., Major, 3rd Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regt., by his wife, Marian Frances (Casterton Grange, Kirkby Lonsdale), dau. of the late William Hodgson Hale, of Arrerille, Kirkby Lonsdale; _b._ Settle, co. York, 8 Aug. 1883; educ. Riber Castle, Matlock; Harrow, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Lancashire Fusiliers, 4 Nov. 1903; and promoted Lieut. 13 March, 1907, and Capt. 21 Jan. 1913; served with the 4th Lancashires at the Curragh and in Tipperary, but on its disbandment under the Territorial scheme was posted to the 1st Battn. at Malta, from which he was specially promoted to the Sherwood Foresters in 1907, and served with the 2nd Battn. at Kinsale, Aldershot, Plymouth and Sheffield. When his Battn. went to France in Sept. 1914, he was left at home to train the New Army, and was made Adjutant of the 10th Battn., 7 Sept. 1914; was transferred to the Royal Berkshires in Oct., but eventually went to France in Nov., attd. to the 1st Sherwood Foresters, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915. Buried there. He was a keen sportsman--shooting, tennis, polo and motoring being among his favourite pursuits. The following are extracts taken from letters received from his commanding officer and others: “He was one of the most popular men in the Battn., and his death is indeed a great blow to all of us. He was always so cheery, even under the most adverse circumstances, and I ... had a high appreciation of his many good qualities.” “He really performed most gallant service the whole time, and although I know he was not a strong man, he stuck it, and showed us all an excellent example, we all loved him.” He _m._ at All Souls, Langham Place, London, 7 Dec. 1912, Theodora Charlotte, 2nd dau. of Alfred Reginald Norrington, of Abbotsfield, Plymouth; _s.p._
[Illustration: =William T. Stackhouse.=]
=STACPOOLE, GEORGE ERIC GUY=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal Irish Regt., eldest _s._ of Richard George Stacpoole, of 26, Walton Street, Hans Place, London, and of co. Clare, by his wife, Edith Maude, dau. of Sir Edward Dean Paul, 4th Bart., and great grandson of the late Richard John de la Zouche Stacpoole, of Eden Vale, co. Clare; _b._ Sefton Park, Liverpool, 10 Jan. 1892; educ. Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Irish Regt., 4 Nov. 1911, and promoted Lieut. 16 Aug. 1914; joined his Regt. at Nasirabad, India, in Jan. 1912, and while stationed there went in for transport work, and passed the appointed course; returned to England in Nov. 1914; went to France in Dec. with the 27th Division, and was killed in action at St. Eloi, 27 Jan. 1915; _unm._ Buried in Dickebusch Cemetery. His commanding officer wrote: “I very much deplore his loss, as a gallant officer, fearless, true and upright, and popular with all ranks of his Battn.”
[Illustration: =George Eric G. Stacpoole.=]
=STAFF, SAMUEL ROYAL=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10485), 215096, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STAFFORD, ALFRED=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16390, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STAFFORD, ROWLAND HERBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 3801, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STAGG, JOSEPH ALBERT EDWARD=, 2nd Yeoman of Signals (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2117), 182790, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STAHL, ERNEST FRANK=, Private, No. 2685, 1/21st Battn. (1st Surrey Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of the late Councillor George Peter Stahl, of Lambeth, by his wife, Elizabeth Ada (26, Herbert Road, Stockwell Road, Brixton, S.W.), dau. of Charles Payne, of Southampton; _b._ Berkeley Street, Lambeth, S.E., 28 Nov. 1894; educ. Lambeth Parochial Schools; was an assistant at the Times Book Club, Oxford Street, W.; volunteered on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined the Surrey Rifles in Sept.; went to France, 15 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 25 May, 1915, whilst trying to rescue a wounded comrade; _unm._ Buried near Givenchy. Capt. Arthur Hutchence hence wrote: “Your son’s death was a noble one; he was shot whilst trying to bring a wounded comrade into safety under a heavy fire. His loss is felt by all ranks of my company, and we all unite in offering you our sympathy.” He was a good all-round athlete.
[Illustration: =Ernest Frank Stahl.=]
=STALLARD, WILLIAM HAROLD=, A.B., 240992, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STANDING, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 12613, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=STANDLEY, ERNEST GEORGE=, A.B., J. 7789, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=STANLEY, FREDERICK HARRY=, Rifleman, No. 2851, C Coy., 12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Harry Lawrence Stanley, of 111, Woodgrange Road, Forest Gate, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of George Cockburn; _b._ 14, Sebert Road, Forest Gate, Essex, 24 Nov. 1893; educ. Cooper’s School, Bow; was a Clerk; volunteered after the outbreak of war and joined The Rangers, 7 Sept. 1914; went to France, 24 Dec. 1914, and was killed in action near Ypres, 27 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried, Verlorenhoek.
=STANLEY, GEORGE THOMAS=, S.B.A., M. 2392, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=STANLEY, ROBERT GEORGE=, Chief Ship’s Cook, 176645, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=STANNARD, GORDON=, L.-Corpl., No. 7995, 2nd Battn. Essex Regt., _s._ of David Stannard, of Kirton, near Ipswich, by his wife, Cecelia; b. Kirton, near Ipswich, 29 Dec. 1886; educ. Trimley Road School; enlisted at Ipswich, 5 July, 1904; went to France, 6 Jan. 1915, and died in Boulogne Hospital, 21 Feb. 1915, of wounds received in
## action. He _m._ at All Saints’ Church, Dovercourt, 9 Sept. 1914,
Evelyn May (Red House Farm, Trimley St. Martin, near Ipswich), dau. of John (and Ellen) Churchyard, and had a dau.: Victoria Gladys May, _b._ 19 Dec. 1914, and d. 29 July, 1915.
=STANNETT, ROBERT=, Bugler, Ch./12775, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STAPLES, JOHN=, Leading Stoker, K. 1806, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=STARKE, HARRY=, Sapper, No. 2385, 1/3rd Coy. Kent Fortress R.E. (T.F.), only child of James Starke, of 9, Kenwood Road, Highgate, N., for 48 years Carman on G.N. Railway, by his wife, Martha, dau. of Andrew (and Mary) Smith; _b._ Holloway, 27 March, 1871; educ. Blundell Street L.C.C. School, Caledonian Road, Holloway, N.; was a Carpenter by trade; served in the 17th North Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps from 19 Feb. 1890 to 5 Jan. 1893, and after the outbreak of war enlisted, 31 May, 1915; went to the Dardanelles in the transport Hythe, and was drowned in a collision off Gallipoli, 28 Oct. 1915. He _m._ at St. Saviour’s Church, Hornsey Rise, 20 Feb. 1892, Emily (8, Montem Street, Upper Holloway, N.), dau. of William Root, Gardener for over 30 years to Mr. R. Gaskell, North Hill, Highgate, N., and had issue: Frederick James, _b._ 5 June, 1893; Harry William Alfred, _b._ 20 Oct. 1894; Emily Martha, _b._ 6 Nov. 1897; Florence Ivy, _b._ 17 June, 1899; and Catherine Alice, _b._ 9 Feb. 1901.
[Illustration: =Harry Starke.=]
=BARBER-STARKEY, WILLIAM HENRY JOSEPH=, Capt., 52nd Battery, Royal Field Artillery, eldest _s._ of William Joseph Starkey Barber-Starkey, Aldenham Park, Bridgenorth, co. Salop, J.P., B.A., by his wife, Margaret Aimeé, 3rd dau. of Sir George Kinloch, of Kinloch, 1st Bart., J.P., D.L.; _b._ The Hall, Huttons Ambo, co. York, 4 March, 1880; educ. Harrow, and Trinity College, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the R.F.A. from the Militia, 6 Oct. 1900; promoted Lieut. 24 Oct. 1903, and Capt. 9 May, 1912; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., from 17 Aug. 1914, and died a prisoner of war in a German Field Hospital, 10 Sept. following, from wounds received in action at Le Cateau, 26 Aug. previously; _unm._ Buried at Le Cateau.
[Illustration: =W. H. J. Barber-Starkey.=]
=STARR, FRANCIS JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2714), S.S. 50, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=STARR, THOMAS ADIN=, Private, No. 11380, 8th Battn. Welsh Regt., only _s._ of Thomas Starr, of 2, Bolt Street, Newport, Monmouth; _b._ 4 Sept. 1887; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles from 14 June to 8 Aug. 1915, on which date he was killed in action there; _unm._
=STATHAM, LOUIS FORSYTH=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2028D, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STEADMAN, ALBERT=, Private, No. 2289, 1/4th Battn. East Kent Regt. (The Buffs), eldest _s._ of Frederick Steadman, of 70, Beaver Road, South Ashford, Kent, employee in S. E. & C. Railway Works, Ashford, by his wife, Hannah Jane, dau. of Robert Hatton, of Dover; _b._ South Ashford aforesaid, 9 Dec. 1893; educ. S. E. & C. Railway Schools there; was a Clerk in the Ashford Branch of the Commercial Union Assurance Co., Ltd.; enlisted 4 Sept. 1914; went to India with his regt. in Dec. which was stationed at Mhow, Central India, till July 1915, when it was sent to Aden. He died of heatstroke at As Sela Sheikh Othman, 25 Sept. 1915, while taking part in the repulse of the Turkish attack on Aden; _unm._ He was fond of swimming, and represented his company in the regimental swimming contests at Mhow.
[Illustration: =Albert Steadman.=]
=STEANE, PERCY HOWARD=, Private, No. 2631, 15th Battn. (Prince of Wales’s Own Civil Service Rifles) London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Frederick Houston Steane, Solicitor’s Managing Clerk; _b._ Balham, 31 Oct. 1892; educ. Balham Grammar School; was in the service of the Ocean Insurance Company, but on the outbreak of war enlisted Aug. 1914, and was killed at Festubert, 18 May, 1915, while on sentry duty in the trenches. Capt. H. B. Farquhar wrote: “Your son was ever of the most conscientious character, doing his duty thoroughly and cheerfully, was ready to share all hardships and lighten the burdens of others.”
[Illustration: =Percy Howard Steane.=]
=STEARNS, ERIC GORDON=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. Royal Fusiliers, yr. _s._ of Thomas Robert Stearns, of Lansdowne, Woodridings, Hatch End, co. Middlesex, Insurance Official, by his wife, Alice, dau. of James Grant, of Ipswich and Belize; _b._ Hornsey, 25 March, 1895; educ. St. John’s College, and Lower School, Harrow; was a Clerk in the Sun Insurance Office; joined the Artists’ Rifles (28th London Regt.) in 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. 6 April, 1915, and posted to the Royal Fusiliers; went to France in Oct. 1914, and died at Abeele of wounds received in action in Belgium, while in charge of a party digging a new trench; _unm._ His commanding officer, Lieut.-Col. W. F. Sweny, wrote: “I have seen enough of your son to realise what a useful and cool officer he was”; Sergt. F. H. Smith: “Mr. Stearns was almost worshipped by the men under his command; they would have followed him anywhere, for they knew he was a man. He had not an atom of fear in him, and he had always a smile and a cheery word for everybody. I do not think anybody could be more liked and respected than he was”; and Private W. H. Leighton: “The bullet caught him just above the hip and passed upwards. We did everything we possibly could but all in vain, worse luck. He bore it extremely well, as he always did everything, being a very brave officer and one whom the men had the greatest confidence in and would have followed him anywhere.”
[Illustration: =Eric Gordon Stearns.=]
=STEEL, JOHN=, Mechanical Stoker (R.F.R., B. 1557), 276964; _b._ Dublin, 25 Dec. 18--; served in the European War, and was lost in H.M.S. Goliath at the Dardanelles, 12 May, 1915. He _m._, 22 Sept. 1900, Fanny (10, Harbour Village, Goodwick, co. Pembroke), dau. of (--), and had two sons: Richard John, _b._ 28 June, 1901; and Edward James, _b._ 31 Oct. 1906. He had the medal for saving life.
=STEELE, MATTHEW JAMES=, L.-Corpl., No. 2476, 1/4th Battn. East Yorkshire Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Thomas Steele, of Hull, Cab Proprietor, by his wife, Maria Elizabeth, dau. of James Outram; _b._ Hull, 27 April, 1892; educ. Warne Street Council School there; was an Assistant Steward, Hull and Barnsley Railway Head Offices; volunteered on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined the 4th East Yorkshires; went to France, 17 April, 1915, and was killed in action east of Ypres, 26 May, 1915. From letters received it appears that one of his comrades had been shot by a sniper, and that Steele, thinking he might still be alive, went to his assistance and was himself shot through the heart. He _m._ at St. Stephen’s Church, Hull, 1 March, 1913, Kathleen (76, Portland Street, Hull), dau. of John (and Ada) Moorhead, and had a son, Kenneth James, _b._ 13 June, 1914.
[Illustration: =Matthew James Steele.=]
=STEELE, WILSON=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11446 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STEER, GEORGE=, Leading Seaman, 190537, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
## action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=STENNING, LESLIE GERALD=, Lieut. and acting Capt., 6th Battn. The Essex Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Henry Stenning, of 16, Norfolk Road, Seven King’s, Civil Servant, by his wife, Selina, dau. of Richard Coleman; _b._ Ilford, co. Essex, 25 Feb. 1894; educ. County High School there; was a Bank Clerk; obtained a 2nd Lieutenancy in the Essex Territorials 1 Oct. 1913, and was promoted Lieut. 16 Oct. 1914; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, 24 July, 1915; acted as Capt. from 3 Aug., and died on H.M. Hospital Ship Soudan on the 13th, from wounds received in
## action there; _unm._
=STENT, JAMES JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1456), 196002, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=STEPHENS, GEORGE ERNEST=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14049, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STEPHENS, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9680), 201448, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STEPHENSON, HAROLD=, Private, No. 4020, 10th Battn. (Liverpool Scottish) King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of John James Stephenson, of Shepstone Avenue, Walton, Liverpool, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of James Rigby; _b._ Liverpool, 7 March, 1893; educ. Venice Street School there; was a Pattern Maker; volunteered after the outbreak of war and joined the Liverpool Scottish, 2 Nov. 1914; went to France end of Jan., and was killed in action at Hooge, 16 June, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Harold Stephenson.=]
=STERLING, ROBERT WILLIAM=, Lieut., 3rd, attd. 1st, Battn. Royal Scots Fusiliers, elder _s._ of John Lockhart Sterling, of 30, Ashton Gardens, Glasgow, by his wife, Clara Frances, dau. of James Lowe, of Lancashire; _b._ Glasgow, 19 Nov. 1903; educ. Glasgow Academy; Sedbergh School, and Pembroke College, Oxford (scholar), where he took a second in Honour Mods., and had just completed his second year when war was declared in Aug. 1914; volunteered for foreign service and was given a 2nd Lieutenancy in the Royal Scots Fusiliers, 15 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. -- March, 1915; took a draft of his regt. to France in the middle of Feb. 1915; was attd. to the 1st Battn., and was killed in action near Ypres, 23 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried in the Military Cemetery, Dickebusche. His commanding officer wrote: “He was in command of a trench which was of the utmost importance, and had held it most gallantly all day. He was killed about 8 p.m. I cannot tell you how much the Scots Fusiliers mourn his loss. He was quite one of my best.” In 1914 he wrote the Newdigate prize poem on the Burial of Sophocles, which he read at the Encaenia in the June of that year. His younger brother, 2nd Lieut. John Lockhart Sterling, 3rd Battn. R.S.F., attd. 2nd Battn. R.S.F, was killed on 28 Sept. 1915, before Hulluch, France. Two editions of “The Poems of Robert Sterling” were published by Oxford friends in 1916.
=STERLING, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 9097, West Yorkshire Regt., _s._ of William Sterling, of Hebburn, Joiner, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of James Turner; _b._ Hebburn New Town, co. Durham, 13 Feb. 1897; educ. there; enlisted on outbreak of war, 1914, and went with his regt. to France, 9 Jan. 1915. He died of wounds received while in action at Neuve Chapelle, 14 March, 1915, buried in Bailleul Cemetery; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “We fought hard all day, not having time to eat, and late at night we went about 50 of us to a billet to eat. Shortly afterwards the Germans shelled our place, and mostly all were either killed or wounded, Private W. Sterling being hit in the back with shrapnel and died two hours afterwards in a hospital near by.”
=STERN, LEONARD HERMAN=, 2nd Lieut., 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensington Battn.) The London Regt. (T.F.), elder _s._ of the Rev. Joseph Frederick Stern, Minister of the East London Synagogue, Stepney, since 1887; _b._ Synagogue House, Stepney, 12 Sept. 1891; educ. at The Preparatory School, Holly Hill, Hampstead, and University College School. Proceeding to Cambridge in 1910 as an Exhibitioner in Classics of Magdalene College, he was elected a Scholar of his College in the following year. He also held the Cambridge Jewish Exhibition. He graduated B.A. in 1913, taking a First-Class in the Honours Classical Tripos in that year. In the following year he gained Second-Class Honours in the History Tripos. He obtained his college football colours in 1912, in which year he played in the College team against Magdalene College, Oxford. He was a member of his school Cadet Corps, and subsequently joined the Cambridge O.T.C., in which he obtained the rank of Sergt. Throughout his stay at the University he took an active
## part in the affairs of the Cambridge Hebrew Congregation, holding in
succession the several Synagogue offices. He was an occasional speaker at the Union Society, and read several papers at college societies. He devoted a considerable part of his vacations to social work in East London, being a manager of the Stepney Jewish Lads’ Club and the Oxford and St. George’s Lads’ Club. He also took a keen interest in the Boy Scouts movement, and became a scout-master of the 7th Stepney Troop B.P. Scouts. On the outbreak of war he co-operated with other Toynbee Hall workers in the organisation of the East London Scouts for public service in the Metropolis. He enlisted in the ranks of the Kensington Battn. of The London Regt. with a number of the lads of his troop, and shortly after was made a sergt. of his company. He obtained his commission as 2nd Lieut. in the same regt. 6 Feb. 1915, and left for France on 7 March, was wounded several times, and was killed in action at the Battle of Fromelles, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ Col. Fred E. Lewis wrote: “He fell gallantly. He had a dangerous job, but he went through with it, setting a fine example to his men. I grieve to think it cost him his life. We have lost a promising officer.” And Major N. E. Stafford, in notifying his death to the Depot Officer of the regt., said: “He met his death leading his men in the true British way. Although he had only been with us a short time, he had already won the esteem of his brother officers, and gave great promise as an officer. He was put in charge of the bombers, and he showed zeal and initiative in his work. Col. Lewis, who has gone to hospital very ill, desires me to express his great regret at the loss of so promising an officer.”
[Illustration: =Leonard Herman Stern.=]
=STERN, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5331, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=STEUART, ALAN JOHN=, Sergt., No. 43209, Royal Canadian Engineers, 3rd Field Coy., Canadian Expeditionary Force, 5th _s._ of the late Capt. Robert Steuart, of Westwood, Linlithgowshire, H.E.I.C.S., J.P., D.L. (died March, 1913), by his wife, Alice Mary (Westwood, West Calder), dau. of Patrick W. V. Dudgeon, and grandson of Robert Steuart, of Carfin and Westwood; _b._ Westwood House, co. Linlithgow, 6 May, 1888; educ. Blairlodge School, Stirling, and Bromsgrove, co. Worcester; was an Electrical Engineer; went to British Columbia in 1912, and settled at Vancouver, but on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914 at once enlisted in the Canadian Engineers, was promoted L.-Corpl. in Nov. 1914, and Sergt. in Jan. 1915; came over with the first contingent in Oct.; went to France in Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Vlamertinghe, 24 April following, during the gas attack by the Germans at the second Battle of Ypres, when the Canadian Engineers (who were in the 3rd Infantry Brigade, establishing contact with the Allies, at the terminus to the north-west of Ypres) were ordered forward to dig protection trenches in front of the oncoming enemy; _unm._ Buried in Vlamertinghe Cemetery. His commanding officer wrote: “He was a very keen, good soldier, of untiring effort and unfailing cheerfulness.... As popular with the men as with the officers.”
[Illustration: =Alan John Steuart.=]
=STEVENS, ARTHUR=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class (R.F.R., B. 2087), 190224, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=STEVENS, FRED=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7115), S.S. 101839, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=STEVENS, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS=, Ch. E.R.A., 1st Class (Pensioner), 148212, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STEVENS, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7057), S.S. 101670, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=STEVENS, LOTHIAN BASIL=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. South Staffordshire Regt., attd. 2nd Battn. Scottish Rifles, yst. _s._ of Col. George Morton Stevens, late R.A., by his wife, Mary, dau. of Surg.-Gen. William Campbell Maclean, C.B., M.D., LL.D.; _b._ Southampton, 13 March, 1894; educ. Blundells School, Tiverton, and Balliol College, Oxford (Mathematical Scholar); where he took a first-class in moderations in mathematics, July, 1914; joined the Public Schools Battn. of the Middlesex Regt. in Sept. 1914, and obtained a commission in the 3rd South Staffordshires, 3 Oct. 1914; went to France in March, 1915; was attd. to the 2nd Scottish Rifles; was reported wounded and missing after the fighting at Fromelles, 9 May following, and is now assumed to have been killed in action that day; _unm._ The officer commanding the 2nd Scottish Rifles wrote: “I am afraid your son must have died from his wound. It is a great distress to us all, as he was so keen and interested in his work, and such a bold and reliable leader.” His brother, Capt. R. W. M. Stevens, died of wounds, 27 Aug. 1914.
[Illustration: =Lothian Basil Stevens.=]
=STEVENS, REGINALD WALTER MORTON=, Capt., Royal Irish Rifles, and Brigade Major, 9th Infantry Brigade, 2nd _s._ of Col. George Morton Stevens, late R.A., by his wife, Mary, dau. of Surg.-Gen. William Campbell Maclean, C.B., M.D., LL.D.; _b._ Dover. 18 Dec. 1876; educ. Mr. T. Eastman’s, Stubbington; Appuldurcombe, I.W., and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Irish Rifles, 5 Sept. 1896, and promoted Lieut. Aug. 1898; and Capt. 2 Jan. 1904; joined the 2nd Battn. at Poona in Oct. 1896; served in the South African War, Oct. 1890–1902; took part in operations in Cape Colony, 1899 to 1900 (was severely wounded at Stormberg, 10 Dec. 1899) and Nov 1900, to April, 1901 (Assistant Staff Officer to Assistant Inspector-Gen., Western Section, Lines of Communication), and in Orange River Colony, April, 1901, to 21 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with two clasps, King’s medal with two clasps); and (2) in East Africa; was Special Service Officer on Staff during operations in Somaliland, 7 May, 1903, to 12 June, 1904; present at action at Jedballi (medal with two clasps); was Adjutant 25 Jan. 1905 to 25 Jan. 1908, and Officer of a company of Gentlemen Cadets at the R.M.C., Sandhurst, 25 Jan. 1908 to 21 Jan. 1910; joined the Staff College in 1910; was attd. to the Naval War College, Portsmouth, 1912, and 1 Nov. of that year was appointed Brigade Major, 9th Infantry Brigade, Southern Command, an appointment he continued to hold until his death. He went to the front 13 Aug. 1914; was in action at Le Cateau on the 26th, and an urgent order to retire instantly having been received, to ensure its reaching the front line and being acted on without delay, Capt. Stevens rode himself to deliver it and was mortally wounded in doing so, and died in a farmhouse the following day, 27 Aug. 1914. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 8 Oct. [London Gazette, 19 Oct.], 1914, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. He _m._ at Alverstoke, Hants, 1912, Elisabeth (Cambridge Cottage, Alverstoke), dau. of the late Rev. J. C. Mace, of Hawley, Blackwater, and had a dau., Agnes Desirée, _b._ 11 Sept. 1914--two weeks after her father’s death.
[Illustration: =Reginald W. M. Stevens.=]
=STEVENS, WILLIAM FREDERICK=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 23397, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STEVENS, WILLIAM HENRY=, Petty Officer, 226024, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STEVENSON, CHARLES=, Lc.-Corpl., No. 1803, 3/1st Battn. R.A.M.C. (T.F.), _s._ of Charles Stevenson, Ex-Provost of South Queensferry, West Lothian, by his wife, Jeanie, dau. of Robert Gibb, of Paisley, Scotland and Manitoba, Canada; _b._ Milngavie, 1873; educ. South Queensferry Public School; was an Organist and Choirmaster (retired); volunteered after the outbreak of war; left England for the Dardanelles, 30 July, 1915, and was drowned when H.M. Transport Royal Edward was sunk in the Ægean Sea, 13 Aug. 1915, by an enemy submarine; _unm._
[Illustration: =Charles Stevenson.=]
=STEVENSON, GEORGE=, Corpl., No. 9137, B. Coy., 1st Battn. Cameron Highlanders (Machine Gun Section), 3rd _s._ of the late John Kay Stevenson, 41, Muirpark, Eskbank, Dalkeith, late Sergt., 2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (died 23 Nov. 1915), by his wife, Jessie, dau. of the late Charles Graham, of Kirkcaldy, Master Painter; _b._ Eskbank, Dalkeith, co. Midlothian, 31 Aug. 1893; educ. Dalkeith High School; enlisted 4 Oct. 1911; went to France with his regt., and was killed in action, 14 Sept. 1914, at the Battle of the Aisne; _unm._ Mrs. McLachlan, wife of the Col. Commanding 1st Camerons, wrote: “To-night an officer of the Camerons has just been to see me, and I asked him about your George. He says that he was killed and buried on the battlefield during a lull in the fighting. He also said that George was a very fine soldier, and a great loss to the Machine-Gun Section.”
=STEWART, CHARLES=, Private, No. 9511, 2nd Battn. Scots Guard; _b._ Anderston, Glasgow; enlisted 26 Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 16 May, 1915.
=STEWART, DONALD=, Private, No. 4576, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards, _s._ of P. Stewart, of the Isle of Skye; _b._ Skye; enlisted 21 Aug. 1902; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 4 Nov. 1914.
=STEWARD, EDMUND=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9115), 200012, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STEWART, DOUGLAS EVERARD MACBEAN=, Lieut.-Col. 1st Canterbury Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Francis Macbean Stewart, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., of Canterbury, New Zealand, formerly of Inverness, Scotland, by his wife, Annie Stevens (Bealey Avenue, Christchurch, N.Z.), dau. of S. C. Farr; _b._ Ashburton, Canterbury, 25 May, 1877; educ. Boys’ High School, Christchurch. On leaving school was for several years accountant for Messrs. Kempthorne, Prosser & Co., and later joined in establishing the firm of Stevenson, Stewart & Co., shipping agents. In 1900 was Lieut. Canterbury Highland Rifles, 10 months later becoming Capt. Commanding. When the Territorial scheme came into operation he was offered and accepted the Captaincy of the 1st (Canterbury) Infantry Regt., and in May, 1912, was promoted Major. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for foreign service, was given the command of his regt. 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915. Col. Stewart held the medal for 12 years’ service with the New Zealand Volunteer and Territorial Forces, and was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 12 June, 1915. In announcing his death, Major A. E. Loach, who succeeded to the command, wrote: “From first to last Col. Stewart evinced an unfailing interest in the efficiency and welfare of his command, and his loss is most keenly felt by one and all, not only in a personal sense, but in that the regt. has been deprived, at this early stage, of that able leadership, confidence in which means so much to any regt. on active service.... I enclose with this letter reports from Lieut. Lawry and Corpl. McInnis, who were with the Colonel at the time of his death. On Sunday last, after a landing had been effected, Col. Stewart pushed on to the rendezvous with the 1st and 2nd Companies, leaving me behind to bring on the remainder of the battn. The Colonel was accompanied by the Adjutant, but on attaining the ridge occupied by our troops he was separated from the majority of his men, the difficult nature of the country and the disposition of the troops being such that it was impossible to maintain touch. From Lieut. Lawry’s account it is evident that the Colonel, regardless of danger, gallantly pushed right into the firing line, with the object of steadying and encouraging the men preparatory to withdrawing them to a more suitable position. The circumstances under which your husband so bravely met a soldier’s end make the regt. proud, indeed, to have served under so gallant an officer, and his example will prove an incalculable stimulus to his regt. throughout the campaign.” The reports above referred to are as follows: “Gallipoli, 27 April, 1915.--Sir, On the afternoon of Sunday, the 25th instant, I found myself left with a mere handful of some six or eight men on the extreme left of the firing line, about the spot ‘Gallipoli 237-z-6.’ This ridge was so strongly occupied by Turks that I had to shelter my men down the side of the cliff. On the opposite bank shrapnel was raining torrents of lead, and we saw Col. Stewart nearly struck. He called to us, ‘What are you doing?’ and learning that I had so few men, said, ‘Lie doggo where you are, I am sending for reinforcements.’ Shortly afterwards he joined us, and about 100 reinforcements--Australians, Aucklanders and Canterbury men--soon came up. Col. Stewart took charge, and with great coolness led us on to successive positions till we were within 150 yards of the crest where he decided to await the enemy. An Australian said to him, ‘Sir, we took this hill six times to-day, and six times we have been driven back.’ With characteristic coolness the Colonel replied, ‘Very well, we will take it a seventh time, and this time with the help of God and the battery we will hold it. But this is a better position than on the top, so we will await them here.’ The hillside was covered with scrub, and as the Turks came on the Colonel moved with great daring from bush to bush, controlling fire and encouraging the men. At one time an Australian Capt. urged him to retire, but he replied, ‘No, if we lose this hill we are done. We must hold on.’ There seemed to be snipers about picking off the officers. Possibly the Colonel was too unmindful of his own safety, and about 4 p.m. he was killed instantaneously by a bullet which passed through both temples. Immediately after the Turks made a bayonet charge. Finding myself the only officer on the ridge, I ordered rapid fire, which the men gave heartily, the Turks retiring to their trench. In a few minutes they charged again, and again rapid fire held them back, but as they fell back they rushed round our left flank. We swung our thin line round and a third time drove them back. But by now--4.45 p.m.--the ranks were sorely depleted. I had only a dozen men able to fire, and we took the opportunity to get away down into the valley with the wounded. I am sure that Col. Stewart’s cheery coolness under so very hot a fire enabled our men to do valuable and desperate work against vastly superior numbers. (Signed:) R. A. R. Lawry, Lieut., Canterbury Infantry Battn.” “Gallipoli, 26 April, 1915.--Sir, I was with Col. Stewart yesterday afternoon (25 April, 1915) when he was killed. It was about 4 in the afternoon, and we were very hard pressed trying to hold the top of ridge 237-z-6. We were on the point of retiring when Col. Stewart arrived with about 30 men, Australians and New Zealanders, and said, ‘Hullo, Corporal, how’s things?’ I told him things were pretty hot and we were thinking of retiring. ‘Well, come on boys,’ he said, ‘we’ll give them a bit more before we leave,’ and although I told him it was not safe for him to come on the top as men were falling all round us, he came and knelt down beside me, and a few seconds later a bullet struck him in the temple, passing clean through his head, killing him instantly. I was hit twice myself then, one grazing my shoulder and another hitting the cartridges in my belt, but doing no damage. There were only about a dozen of us left then. Col. Stewart died fighting, Sir, like the brave man he was. (Signed) Corpl. A. McInnis, 2nd South Canterbury Coy., Canterbury Infantry Battn.” Col. Stewart _m._ Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, 9 April, 1902, Edith Ilia (Zeitoun, Merivale Lane, Christchurch, New Zealand), eldest dau. of Richard Hill Fisher, of Canterbury, New Zealand, and had issue two sons and a dau.: Ian Warren, _b._ 30 March, 1903; Donald Macbean, _b._ 16 March, 1905; Patricia Joan Hill, _b._ 24 Feb. 1910.
[Illustration: =Douglas E. M. Stewart.=]
=STEWART, GEOFFREY=, Capt., 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, elder and only surviving _s._ of the late Major-Gen. Sir Herbert Stewart, K.C.B., by his wife, Georgina Janet, widow of Major-Gen. Sir Henry Tombs, K.C.B., and dau. of Admiral Sir James Stirling, and great grandson of the Hon. Edward Richard Stewart [7th _s._ of John, 7th Earl of Galloway, K.T.]; _b._ Binfield, co. Berks, 28 Oct. 1878; educ. Eton; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Coldstream Guards, 13 July, 1898, and promoted Lieut. 12 Dec. 1899, and Capt. 3 Feb. 1907; served in the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in the advance on, and relief of, Kimberley, including actions at Belmont, Enslin, Modder River, and Magersfontein; operations in the Orange Free State, Feb. to May, 1900; including actions at Vet River and Zand River; operations in the Transvaal in May and June, 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill; operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to Oct. 1900, including action at Belfast, and operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, Nov. 1900; operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900, to Sept. 1901, and those in Cape Colony, Sept. 1901, to 31 May, 1902, receiving the Queen’s medal with two clasps. He was employed with the Egyptian Army from 26 Oct. 1905, to 25 Oct. 1907; retired from the Coldstream Guards in 1910, and joined the Reserve of Officers, 23 July, 1910, joining the Leicestershire Yeomanry (T.F.) as Capt. in 1911, being promoted Major, 18 Feb. 1914. When war broke out was on the North Midland Mounted Brigade Staff, but rejoined the Coldstream Guards in Dec.; went to France at once, and was killed in action at Givenchy, on the 22nd of that month. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 5 April [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915. He was at one time Page of Honour to Queen Victoria. Capt. Stewart _m._ at the Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks, 2 June, 1908, Violet (Winwick Manor, Rugby), dau. of William Clarence Watson, of Colworth, co. Beds., and had two children: Malise Herbert, _b._ 16 Feb. 1911, and Jean Violet, _b._ 25 March, 1909.
[Illustration: =Geoffrey Stewart.=]
=STEWART, JAMES ALEXANDER LOGAN=, of Alltyrodyn, Lieut., 1st Battn. The Rifle Brigade, elder _s._ of the late Lieut. James Logan Stewart, 7th Hussars (died v.p. 29 June, 1898), by his wife, the Hon. Eveline Mary (Alltyrodyn, Llandyssul, co. Cardigan), sister of Roland John, 13th Baron Dormer, and dau. of the Hon. Sir James Charlemagne Dormer, K.C.B., and grandson of the late James Stewart, of Alltyrodyn, J.P., D.L.; _b._ Bombay, India, 7 March, 1893; educ. Winchester, and Trinity College, Cambridge; suc. his grandfather, 23 April, 1908; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Reserve Battn. of the Rifle Brigade, 2 Sept. 1913; and promoted Lieut., 1st Battn., 30 Nov. 1914; went to France and joined his regt. at Ploegsteert Wood in Dec. following, and was killed in action at Shell Trap Farm, near Ypres, 13 May, 1915. On this occasion the position he was in command of was heavily shelled and temporarily captured, by the Germans, and on the Rifle Brigade subsequently, retaking the position, no trace could be found of his body or of those of his men; _unm._ In 1911, he played for Winchester against Eton; was a good all-round sportsman, being a first-rate shot, fisherman and cricketer. His brother, 2nd Lieut. Douglas Stewart, is now (1916) on active service with the Royal Hussars.
[Illustration: =James A. L. Stewart.=]
=STEWART, JAMES AUGUSTUS=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Royal Munster Fusiliers, only _s._ of James Augustus Stewart, of Buncrana, Loch Swilly, co. Donegal, J.P. (who has since died), by his wife, Ann Wilhelmina Jean, dau. of the late William Wray, of Oakpark, co. Donegal, and nephew of the late Sir Augustus Abraham James Stewart, of Fort Stewart, 9th Bart.; _b._ Fort Stewart, Rathmelton, co. Donegal, 17 Aug. 1894; educ. at Rossall and Royal Military College, Sandhurst, from which he was gazetted to the 2nd Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, 12 Aug. 1914, being attached to the 3rd Battn. for a short time, and promoted Lieut. 28 Nov. following. He went to the Front, 4 Jan. 1915, was wounded in action at [place unknown], and had only rejoined his battn. on recovery a few days, when he was returned as wounded and missing after the fighting at Neuve Chapelle on 9 May, 1915. His company officer, Capt. T. W. Filgate, wrote: “On Sunday morning, the 9th, we made an attack on the German trenches just south of Neuve Chapelle. Your son was seen to fall while very gallantly leading his platoon to the assault. I very much regret that nothing further is known of him. His manner, coolness and dash was a splendid example to all. It may be a little consolation to you to know that we were the only regt. to reach a part of the German first line, and this was largely due to the bravery of a few officers and men like your son, who so gallantly led the assault. His name will never be forgotten in the regt., and we are all very proud of the many officers and men who fell.” The following passage is taken from a letter which appeared in the “Cork Examiner” of 17 Jan. 1915: “Two minutes later I, too, followed in his wake (_i.e._, over the parapets). I was happy to follow in the trail of another brave Munster officer. There was no hesitation about him--no halting--no get here nor there, but simply ‘Follow me, men.’ As to his subsequent fate I know nothing. I have not seen him since, and I would not commit myself to any statement. He was Lieut. Stewart, 2nd Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers.” Lieut. Stewart was _unm._
[Illustration: =James Augustus Stewart.=]
=STEWART, JOHN STEWART=, 2nd Lieut. and Signalling Officer, 1/5th Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), only _s._ of William Stewart, of Benview, Gourock, M.B., C.M., D.P.H., M.O.H., by his wife, Margaret, dau. of the late John Kirkland, of Rutherglen; _b._ Gourock, co. Renfrew, 20 Oct. 1894; educ. Greenock Academy, and Glasgow University (where he was in the O.T.C.), and was studying medicine when war broke out in Aug. 1914. He was given a commission in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders as a 2nd Lieut., 6 Nov. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, 1 June, 1915, and died on H.M. Hospital Ship Rewa, 15 July following, from wounds received in action after the charge at Achi Baba on the 13th; _unm._ Major Clapperton-Stewart, 1/5th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, wrote: “We had a very bad time on 12 July, and all the officers and men did well, but none better than John. He had a lot of dangerous and important work, getting the telephones across, and he did it well and fearlessly, coming through the attack unhurt. He was wounded on the head next morning by a sniper at 6 a.m. He is a boy with great backbone and lots of character and I do hope has been spared, but if not, your boy at least played the man”; and a friend: “You have a great sorrow in losing your son. but you have a great deal to help you to bear it, for everyone that speaks of your dear boy has some act of kindness to tell you he had done for them.” A tribute from the Ashton U.F. Church, Gourock, by the Rev. George Rae, M.A., states; “Lieut. Stewart, who has given his life in the service of his country in the cause of Justice and Righteousness, was known to most of us from his youth up, and by all who knew him highly esteemed. He was a singularly pure-minded and clean living young man; one who wore the white flower of a blameless life. He was also of a singularly lovable nature, a son of whom any parents might be proud. Having resolved to enter the medical profession he was quietly pursuing his studies when war broke out, preparing to save men’s lives and not destroy them, but a sense of duty compelled him to give up what promised to be a successful medical career to serve his country, as a soldier in her hour of need. To his military training he gave himself in the same whole-hearted manner that he had done whatever he undertook. He had a brief bright life. He died from wounds received in battle at the Dardanelles. His warfare is accomplished yet over such a death there rests, with mystic brightness, the graciousness of the sacrifice.”
[Illustration: =John Stewart Stewart.=]
=STEWART, WILLIAM HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, 310491, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=STEWART, WILLIAM VICTOR=, 2nd Lieut. 1st Battn. Monmouthshire Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of William Stewart, of Brodawel, Caerleon, co. Monmouth, Mining Engineer, President of the South Wales Institute of Engineers, and late Chairman of the South Wales Coal Owners’ Association, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Hopkin John, of Tonypandy, Glamorgan; _b._ Abertillery, co. Monmouth, 10 Jan. 1897; educ. Blundell’s School, Tiverton; enlisted, 28 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Festubert, near Ypres, 8 May, 1915; _unm._ On the previous evening the 1st Monmouths had been moved up into the trenches, in which it was found there was little shelter. The battn. was thereupon engaged throughout the whole of the night in improving the trenches. At daybreak the enemy commenced fiercely bombarding the 1st Monmouths, and continued doing so all the morning until about mid-day, when they broke through our lines to the right of Mons, and it was then that Lieut. Stewart was killed by a bullet wound in the forehead. An incident which occurred on the day of the charge at Neuve Chapelle (12 March, 1915) is thus related in a letter which appeared in the “South Wales Argus” of 13 April, 1915: “Our time at the redoubt was 24 hours, and our next 24 hours was spent at a farm about half a mile from the line. It was at this point that I essayed my most dangerous exploit. Our Capt. asked for volunteers to carry ammunition to the trenches as their stock was getting exhausted. No sooner had the words been spoken than the volunteers were ready and I am pleased to say I was one of them. First we had to get back to headquarters to obtain the ammunition. Well, our party, under the direction of Lieut. Stewart, safely fulfilled this part of our duty. Then our task began in earnest, and slowly we approached the danger area along the road. On arriving at a certain point our officer, Lieut. Stewart, ordered us to open the boxes and carry 10 bandoliers each. Truly this was far more favourable for moving about, and at this juncture we crept on to the side of the road and then right into the ditch. What with the heavy going, the excitement of being spotted, I can tell you it was far from pleasant. Step by step we advanced until we got to the communication trench, which was also knee deep in water. Still keeping up heart and receiving encouragement from our officer, we plodded on. With our goal in sight we were spotted, and didn’t the lead fly! Still, there were no hits and we arrived safely, every man completely exhausted. After a brief spell we soon revived, only to stop with damp pants for some eight or nine hours, until darkness set in, when we marched back to our billets.”
[Illustration: =William Victor Stewart.=]
=STIFF, HARRY=, Private, No. 13118, 1st Battn. Suffolk Regt., _s._ of William Stiff, of Wickhambrook, co. Suffolk, Agricultural Labourer, by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of William Willingham; _b._ Chedburgh, near Bury St. Edmunds, co. Suffolk, 16 Sept. 1886; educ. Hargrave, and served for six years in the 3rd Battn. Suffolk Regt., being discharged with exemplary character. On the outbreak of war he re-enlisted in the 1st Battn. Suffolk Regt., served in France and Flanders, and was killed in action south of Ypres, 18 Feb. 1915; _unm._
=STILES, GEORGE=, Cooper, 340278, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STILING, WILLIAM CHARLES HENRY=, Signalman, No. 216012, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Monmouth, eldest _s._ of the late Charles Henry Stiling, of The Minories, by his wife, Phœbe (7, Circus, Minories, Aldgate, E.), dau. of William Thomas Pugh; _b._ St. George’s, E., 1 Dec. 1885; educ. Sir John Cass’ School, Minories; enlisted in the Devonshire Regt., 25 June, 1901, but was claimed out by his mother (29 June), being only 15½, and then in the 5th Battn. Rifle Brigade, but was again claimed out; joined the Navy as a Boy (2nd class), 19 July, 1901; became Boy (1st class), 5 June, 1902; Signalman, 2 Dec. 1903; Ordinary Signalman, 1 Oct. 1907; Signalman, 26 Nov. 1907; served in H.M.S. Impregnable, Vivid, Royal Oak, Cambridge, Hogue, Cornwall, Mars, Hibernia, Crescent, Orontes, Egmont, Sutlej and Monmouth (appointed 30 July, 1914), and was lost on H.M.S. Monmouth when that ship was sunk in the battle off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914; _unm._ His brother, Thomas Edward, Leading Seaman, served at the Dardanelles on the Swiftshire, and is now (1916) on active service on H.M.S. Royal Oak in the North Sea.
[Illustration: =William C. H. Stiling.=]
=STIRLING, JAMES=, Capt., 3rd, attd. 1st, Battn. The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), eldest _s._ of Col. James Wilfrid Stirling, of The Grange, Rockbeare, Devon, now commanding 72nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, by his wife, Cecil Mary, dau. of Major-Gen. Dixon Edward Hoste, C.B., R.A.; _b._ Hong Kong, 7 June, 1884; educ. Wellington College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 2nd Cameronians, 22 April, 1903, and promoted Lieut., 5 Oct. 1907; retired in 1911 and joined the 3rd Battn. at Hamilton for Special Reserve duty; appointed Capt., -- 1912; rejoined on the outbreak of war; went to the Front from England, 6 Oct. 1914, where he was attached to the 1st Battn., and was killed in the trenches near Armentières, 2 Jan. 1915; _unm._ His Colonel wrote: “The loss of your dear son is irreparable.... As his late commanding officer I deeply feel his sad but glorious end; he was one of the most honourable, conscientious and reliable of all my officers.” A bronze tablet was placed in Rockbeare Parish Church to the memory of himself and his younger brother, Lieut. W. D. Stirling, R.N. (see following notice).
[Illustration: =James Stirling.=]
=STIRLING, WILFRED DIXON=, Lieut., Royal Navy, _s._ of Col. James Wilfrid Stirling, of The Grange, Rockbeare, Devon, now commanding 72nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, by his wife, Cecil Mary, dau. of Major-Gen. Dixon Edward Hoste, C.B., R.A.; _b._ Pennycross, near Devonport, 12 Sept. 1886; educ. Cheltenham College, and passed direct into H.M.S. Britannia in 1901 and passed out 5th in his term in Dec. 1902, having been awarded the Diploma of Honour as selected Candidate of his term for His Majesty’s medal; entered the Navy as Midshipman, 16 Dec. 1902; promoted Sub-Lieut., 15 March, 1906, and Lieut., 16 June, 1907; served as Midshipman in H.M.S. Bacchante, under Capt. (afterwards Admiral Sir) Christopher Cradock; qualified as Navigating Officer in 1907, and acted in that capacity successively in H.M. ships Ringdove, Media, Attentive and Grafton; was Instructor in Navigation to Cadets at Dartmouth, Jan. 1913, to Aug. 1914; appointed Navigating Lieut., H.M.S. Monmouth (Capt. Brandt), Aug. 1914, and was lost when that ship was sunk in the battle off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914; _unm._ From many appreciative letters the following sentence is taken from that of a brother officer: “His was a glorious example, and if anything can lessen the terrible sorrow you and Col. Stirling are suffering it must be the knowledge that his life was well lived and his duty nobly done.”
[Illustration: =Wilfred Dixon Stirling.=]
=STOCK, FREDERICK ERNEST=, Drummer, No. 1137, B Coy., 4th Battn. The East Yorkshire Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of James Stock, of 87, Brunswick Avenue, Hull, formerly of Ramsgate, late Sergt. in the 1st Norfolk Artillery Volunteers at Great Yarmouth, by his wife, Charlotte, dau. of James Wright, of Great Yarmouth; _b._ Hull, co. York, 19 Aug. 1894; educ. Christ Church School there, and was a member of the St. Paul’s Church Lads’ Brigade. A Coppersmith by trade, he served his apprenticeship with Messrs. George Clark & Sons, Waterhouse Lane, where his brother, Herbert, who is now (1916) on active service, was also employed. He enlisted in the Hull Rifles in 1910, and was in training at Newcastle on the outbreak of war, when he immediately volunteered for foreign service. He went with his regt. to the Front, took part in all the engagements of his battn., witnessed some of the most severe battles in Flanders, and was killed in action at Ypres, 29 June, 1915, and was buried in R.E. Farm, near Wulverghem (Ref. 1/40,000, Map N 35d 9–7); _unm._ A comrade wrote: “He was shot through the head at 4.15 a.m. on 28 June, and died at 4.40 a.m. the same day. I was with him all the time waiting for him to come round, but he went without gaining consciousness.”
[Illustration: =Frederick Ernest Stock.=]
=STOCKDALE, CECIL=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po./12872, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=STODDART, SYDNEY=, Sergt., Machine-gun Section, 10th (Service) Battn. Durham L.I., only _s._ of Edward Stoddart, of 3, Brantwood Terrace, Tindale Crescent, Bishop Auckland, Cordwainer, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of the late Joseph Brown; _b._ Barnard Castle, co. Durham, 21 Sept. 1889; educ. there; and was afterwards a Ticket Collector at Crook Station, North Eastern Railway; volunteered on the outbreak of war and enlisted in the 10th Durham L.I., 12 Aug. 1914; went to France, 19 May, 1915, was promoted Sergt. on or about 29 May, and was killed in action at Ypres, 21 July, 1915; _unm._ Buried in the 43rd Brigade Cemetery there. Lieut. John B. Rosher wrote to his mother: “I know so well what a splendid fellow he was, as he has been in my machine-gun section so long. Always cheery under the most adverse circumstances, and always ready to help in every way possible. He is a great loss to my section, and I feel that his loss is a personal one. We have worked the gun together several times, and I had many opportunities of admiring his coolness and courage.”
[Illustration: =Sydney Stoddart.=]
=STOKELL, ROBERT=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 25783 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=STOKER, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Ordinary Seaman, S.S. 4905, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STOKES, ALFRED EDGAR=, E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 7616, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STOKES, ARTHUR EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4120), S.S. 1320, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=STOKES, HALDANE DAY, M.V.O.=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt., only _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Henry Haldane Stokes, of Devonshire House, Cowley, co. Oxford, late R.A.M.C., by his wife, Florence, dau. of Samuel Browne, and grandson of the late Lieut.-Col. Patrick Day Stokes, of Tralee, co. Kerry; _b._ Dublin, 21 Sept. 1885; educ. Tonbridge School; joined the Earl of Derby’s 3rd Royal Lancaster (Militia) Regt. in 1904, and received a regular commission in the 2nd Battn. 6 July, 1907, and was promoted Lieut. 26 June, 1910; served in India, and returned with his regt. after the outbreak of the European War, landing in England 23 Dec. 1914; left for the Front 15 Jan. following, and was killed in action near Ypres, 17 Feb. 1915; _unm._ Buried at Zillebeke. He received the fifth class of the Victorian Order in June, 1905, when only 19 years of age.
=STOKES, THOMAS WILLIAM=, A.B., 238670, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STONE, BERTIE EDWARD=, Leading Signalman, 229302, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STONE, CECIL DOUGLAS=, Ordinary Signalman, J. 14500, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=STONE, GEORGE ALFRED=, Sail Mate, (R.F.R., A. 2937), 132084, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=STONE, JAMES WILLIAM=, Private, N. 5510, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 1st _s._ of the late James Stone, Maltster, by his wife, H. (43, Albert Street, Horncastle), dau. of John Would; _b._ Horncastle, co. Lincoln, 1 March, 1883; educ. there; was a Maltster and Labourer before he enlisted in the Coldstreams, 7 April, 1904; went to France, 26 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Rentel 12 Nov. following. Buried in the woods there. He _m._ at Horncastle, Harriet (43, Albert Street, Horncastle), dau. of John Would, and had a son, James Walter, _b._ 12 July, 1913.
=STONEHAM, LOUIS=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 868), late Ch. 11705, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STONEHOUSE, CHARLES BROWELL=, Private, No. 13612, 6th (Service) Battn. E. Yorks Regt., 7th and yst. _s._ of John James Stonehouse, of Sunderland, Bricklayer, by his wife, Ann, dau. of Ann Browell, of Sunderland; _b._ Bishopwearmouth, co. Durham, 2 Jan. 1878; educ. there; was employed at the Hylton Colliery; enlisted 16 Oct. 1914; trained at Grantham, arrived at the Dardanelles, 6 Aug., and was killed in action there three days later, 9 Aug. 1915. He _m._ at Southwick-on-Wear, 31 July, 1904, Ada Jane (30, Nelson Street, Southwick-on-Wear), dau. of John Griffin, of Sunderland, and had issue: Charles Browell, _b._ 15 Jan. 1909; Thomas, _b._ 26 Feb. 1914; Margaret, _b._ 22 May, 1905; Christine, _b._ 19 July, 1906; Lilian, _b._ Nov. 1907; Annie, _b._ 22 Aug. 1910; and Ada Jane, _b._ 19 May, 1915.
[Illustration: =Charles B. Stonehouse.=]
=STONEMAN, HENRY CHARLES BRYANT=, Pensioner, Carpenter’s Mate, 145536, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=STOPHER, JAMES FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7731), S.S. 103115, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STORER, RAYMOND TRITTON=, Private, No. 237, 5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of Henry Norris Storer, of Belle Grove, Welling, Kent, Market Gardener and Fruit Grower, by his wife, Ellen Eliza, dau. of William Rush Tritton; _b._ Welling, 16 Feb 1894; educ. Hope Lodge, Welling, and Roam School, Greenwich, and on leaving the latter entered the employ of Mr. V. A. Litkie, Diamond Merchant. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for foreign service, and joined the London Rifle Brigade, 31 Aug 1914, and after six months’ training at Haywards Heath and Crowborough, sailed for France on his twenty-first birthday. They were sent up to the trenches, and he was killed two months later at the second Battle of Ypres, 26 April, 1915. It was on this occasion that a General, speaking of the London Rifle Brigade, remarked that he had never seen a finer regiment. Storer was buried at Fortuin; _unm._
[Illustration: =Raymond Tritton Storer.=]
=STOREY, GEORGE ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R. Ch. B. 5735), S.S. 100704, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STOWE, CHARLES WILLIAM HARVEY=, A.B., S.S. 4086, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=STRACHAM, WALLACE=, Leading Stoker, K. 1435, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=STRACHAN, HUGH=, Private, No. 3472, 1st Battn. The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), 5th _s._ of the late James Strachan, Ploughman, by his wife, Jean, dau. of John Ross; _b._ Johnshaven, near Montrose, 16 Jan. 1870; educ. Montrose Public School; enlisted in the Black Watch, and served under Gen. Wauchope, and was invalided home with malarial fever and discharged just before the South African War; became a Signalman on the North British Railway; re-enlisted in his old regt. after the outbreak of war, 2 Sept. 1914; left for the Front with the 1st Battn. in Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at La Bassée, 25 Jan. 1915. Private Strachan was a first-class shot. He _m._ at Edinburgh, 13 Oct. 1899, Isabella (3, South Gayfield Lane, Edinburgh), dau. of the late Donald Robertson, and had two children: Hugh, _b._ 16 July, 1900; and Eleanor, _b._ 16 Oct. 1902.
=STRANGE, ARNOLD JOHN WARD=, Private, No. 2190, 5th (Cinque Ports) Battn. The Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Charles James Strange, of Brackleigh, Crowborough, Sussex, retired Farmer, by his wife, Mary Jane, dau. of Thomas Ward; _b._ Silsworth Lodge, Crich, Rugby, 8 Sept. 1896; educ. King Charles’ School, Tunbridge Wells. On the outbreak of war joined the Sussex Territorials and signed on for foreign service, 14 Aug. 1914; went to France, 18 Feb. 1915, the battn. being held in reserve for the 2nd Sussex; selected as sniper for his platoon, 4 March, 1915; mortally wounded by a shell on Sunday, 17 Oct. 1915, and died the following day at Sailly-au-Bois; _unm._ Buried in the military cemetery at Louvercourt. His commanding officer spoke highly of him, describing him “as most intelligent, a keen soldier, always ready to volunteer for everything, brave as a lion and a splendid shot.”
[Illustration: =Arnold John W. Strange.=]
=STRANGER, RICHARD HENRY=, Lieut. and Adjutant, 1st Battn. The Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.), only _s._ of Richard John Stranger, of Franchise, Burwash, Sussex, Yeoman and Land Owner, by his wife, Wilhelmina Key, dau. of the late Melchior George Klingender, of Waterloo, Liverpool; _b._ Court House, North Molton, Devon, 19 Dec. 1889; educ. The Hermitage, Bath, and Allhallows, Honiton; joined the Royal Sussex Militia, 6 Jan. 1908, and was appointed to the Sherwood Foresters, then at Secunderabad, India, 28 May, 1910. He was promoted Lieut. 10 Aug. 1912, and became Adjutant, 31 July, 1913. On the outbreak of war he returned to Europe with his regt. and died, 13 March, 1915, of wounds received in action at Neuve Chapelle, being buried in Boulogne Cemetery; _unm._ Lieut. Stranger was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field.
[Illustration: =Richard Henry Stranger.=]
=STRATFORD, THOMAS=, 2nd Yeoman of Signals (R.F.R., B. 317), 149993, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STRATTON, EDWIN VICTOR=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13889, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STRATTON, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5454, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=STRAW, WILLIAM HENRY=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27544, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=STREET, WILLIAM HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3119), S.S. 100752, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=STREETER, WILLIAM HENRY=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 30), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=STREVENS, FRANCIS=, A.B., J. 6277 (Ports.), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STRICKLAND, CHARLES= (_alias_ =HAYDON, J.=), A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 713), 104408, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STRIKE, STANLEY GEORGE=, Private, No. 1455, 1st Battn. (Post Office Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of George Barham Strike, Post Office Pensioner; _b._ London, 21 Oct. 1891; educ. Havist Road Council School, Queen’s Park, W.; killed in action at Festubert, 24 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried on the field of battle. A comrade wrote he “was shot through the head and died instantly.... Stan had to lie with several others behind a ridge to keep the ‘gentlemen in grey’ from becoming too troublesome, and while there was sniped.... I can only say that he died doing his duty and none of us can do more.”
[Illustration: =Stanley George Strike.=]
=STRONELL, EDWARD=, Gunner, R.M.A., 10738, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=STRONG, ALBERT VICTOR=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2133), 191308, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STRONG, FREDERICK JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class, 310788 (Dev.), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=STRONGMAN, WILLIAM JAMES=, Private, No. 12/910, Auckland Infantry Battn. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of William S. Strongman, of Coromandel, Auckland, New Zealand, Engine Driver; _b._ Coromandel, 1 Jan. 1895; educ. Coromandel District High School; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war, and left for Egypt in Oct. 1914; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there 8 May following; _unm._
=STROUD, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Shipwright, 115268 (Ports.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STUART, JOHN=, Private, No. 18161, No. 1 Coy., 3rd Battn. Grenadier Guards, _s._ of John Stuart, of 16, Bridge Street, Wigan, Collier, by his wife, Ellen; _b._ Wigan, co. Lancs., 19 Dec. 1883; educ. St. Joseph’s School, Wigan, and afterwards worked as a Miner at the Moss Hall Collieries. After the outbreak of war he enlisted in the 3rd Battn. Grenadier Guards, 7 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action, being shot through the head by a sniper while filling sand bags, at Neuve Chapelle, 3 April, 1915; _unm._
=STUART, PERCY CHARLES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./14085, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=STUBBINGTON, WILLIAM CHARLES=, A.B., 231916, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=STUBBS, ALBERT CHARLES WILLIAM=, A.B., J. 760, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STUBBS, BERNARD CASTLE=, Private, No. 2655, 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of the late Charles Stubbs, of 20, Grafton Road, Worthing, by his wife, Kate Marian (141, Gladstone Road, Watford, Herts.), dau. of Thomas Henry Castle; _b._ Worthing, 6 March, 1891; educ. Slough School (1899–1907), and on leaving there entered the London offices of the Union Castle Line; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Queen Victoria Rifles, Sept. 1914; went to France with a draft for the 1st Battn. in Feb., and was sent direct to the firing line; took part in the fight on Hill 60, during the night of 20–21 April, under Lieut. G. H. Woolley, who then gained the first Victoria Cross conferred on a Territorial officer; was wounded in the head by a piece of shell, 22 June, 1915, and died in the Receiving Hospital, Bailleul, without recovering consciousness; _unm._ At Slough he was head boy of the school during his last few terms, the holder of a cup for the school championship at “fives,” and the winner of the swimming medal of the school. He later captained the Old Boys’ Football Team.
[Illustration: =Bernard Castle Stubbs.=]
=STUBBS, HERBERT CLAUDE=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 819), late R.M.A. 5329, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STUBBS, JOHN DUNCAN=, Midshipman, R.N., elder _s._ of Thomas Duncan Henlock Stubbs, of Nunthorpe, Yorkshire, Major, North Riding Heavy Battery, 13th Brigade, R.G.A. (now on active service in France), by his wife, Margaret Isobel, dau. of Arthur Buchannan, of Guisborough, Yorkshire; _b._ Coatham, Redcar, co. York, 24 June, 1899; educ. Coatham Grammar School; Pembroke Lodge, Southbourne, and the Osborne (entered May, 1912), and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges, and had just completed one term at the latter college when war broke out, and the Cadets from the college were sent to various ships on
## active service. As senior he took a party of nine Cadets of his term
to Chatham, where they joined the Aboukir, and in a few days time he went to sea as acting Midshipman. Shortly afterwards the Cadets were all promoted Midshipmen. He was attd. to the Gunnery Lieut., and was in charge of four 12-pr. guns. Life on board was much to his liking, writing home he described it as “the most glorious time of my life.” On 22 Sept. the Aboukir was the first ship to be torpedoed; everyone came on deck, as it was obvious that the vessel was sinking. Stubbs noticing that one of the other Midshipmen was not on deck went below to look for him, he found the boy asleep (he had just come off watch), woke him up, and brought him on deck. As one of the officers wrote: “It took some pluck to do this with the ship heeling over and likely to go at any moment.” Stubbs swam in the direction of the Hogue, but before he reached her she was torpedoed also and sank very quickly. He then swam towards the Cressy, and while in the water in company with another Midshipman of the Aboukir, they came across a drowning man calling for help. They went to his assistance and succeeded in holding him up for some time, telling him what to do to help himself, but as the man was unable to do as they told him, they were obliged to leave him as they could hold him up no longer. They got to the Cressy where they received dry clothes and hot cocoa, and were in the sick bay when the Cressy was struck the first time. They went on deck, and when the second torpedo struck the ship they took to the water again. Stubbs was seen in the water clinging to some wreckage some time afterwards, but when the rescuing boats came along he had disappeared. According to an Artificer of the Hogue the following incident took place after the Cressy was sunk: A man was calling for help some distance away, the Artificer saw two Midshipmen on a plank not far from the man, later he saw the boys leave the plank they were on and swim towards the man. The latter seized the boys, then there was a short struggle and all three disappeared. The Artificer was then only a few yards away, he saw the boys clearly, and from his description and from the fact that all the other Midshipmen were accounted for, it is thought that almost certainly the boys referred to were Midshipmen Stubbs and Riley. One of the officers of the Aboukir wrote saying of Stubbs: “He was of the greatest assistance to me, in fact I could not have done without him. It was impossible for him to tell a lie. He was always cheerful no matter what time of day or night, nor how rough the sea was.” And again he wrote: “There were many fine things done that day, but none finer than his. He was one of the best and truest boys I ever met.” He early showed signs of great promise; at Pembroke Lodge he held a high place in the school, and was also good at all games. He played for the school in both the cricket and football teams, and in the school sports won every open event, taking the Sports Challenge Cup with the maximum number of marks. In the words of his headmaster: “He was one of God’s perfect little gentlemen.” At the R.N.C., Osborne, he was promoted Cadet captain on completion of his third term at the college, he played for the college at cricket, being given his colours in 1913, and won the prize for the best field in the college. He passed out of the college head of his term, being awarded the Admiralty’s prize for the Cadet obtaining the highest aggregate number of marks in all subjects, including engineering and seamanship.
[Illustration: =John Duncan Stubbs.=]
=STUBLEY, FREDERICK=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 38), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=STUCKEY, FREDERICK=, Major, 6th (Hauraki) Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late Samuel Stuckey, of Christchurch, New Zealand (a native of Somersetshire, England); _b._ Christchurch, New Zealand, 8 April, 1877; educ. Nelson College (where he was winner of the Gymnastic and Swimming Championships); travelled in Europe for two years to qualify himself in French and German, and on his return joined the New Zealand T.F.; became Capt. 13 May, 1912; volunteered for Imperial service after the outbreak of war and was appointed Capt. 6th Regt. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1 Sept. 1915, and later Major; left for Egypt with the main body in Oct.; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was thereafter missing, and is now assumed to have been killed in action the same day. The Col. wrote: “The last I saw of him was as he was gallantly leading his company up a ridge that ran to the left of Shrapnel Gully, and later in the day it was reported that he had been severely wounded (through the stomach, and if I remember correctly, through the chest), and that his men were unable to get him back. My report to the A.A.G. was ‘missing and severely wounded, believed killed,’ but as rumours were about that he had been taken off to a hospital ship, this was altered to wounded. Personally, I do not think there is any chance that he is a prisoner in the hands of the Turks”; and an officer of the 3rd Auckland Regt.: “At the time he was wounded I was on the look-out for any New Zealand officers, especially those I knew. I was on duty on an Auxiliary Hospital Ship Lutzow. I had two trips in her, and we arrived in Alexandria in company with many other ships, all of which I visited each time. I had heard the Major was severely wounded, and was especially looking out for him, but never found a trace of him having landed back in Egypt, where practically all the wounded went. Neither could I find him in any hospital in Alexandria. I did hear that he was in a Cairo hospital, but on further enquiries could not trace him. I also asked our Base Commandant at Alexandria to make a thorough search, which I am sure he did. Several of the Hauraki men told me they had seen the Major put on board a lighter on the Anzac Beach, and I am quite prepared to believe this. It is more than probable that he died before reaching the hospital, and was taken away in a mine sweeper and buried at sea, without his name being noted in the fearful rush of wounded which came from shore the first day or two.... The Major was very popular with men and officers alike, in fact almost the most popular, he was always so fair.” He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Frederick Stuckey.=]
=STUDD, LIONEL FAIRFAX=, Clerk in Holy Orders, and Capt. 12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of John Edward Kynaston Studd, M.A. Camb., President and Chairman of the Polytechnic, Regent Street, by his wife, Hilda, dau. of Sir Thomas William Brograve Proctor-Beauchamp, 4th Bt., and the Hon. Caroline Esther Waldegrave, dau. of Granville George, 2nd Lord Radstock; _b._ 2, Cavendish Place, London, W., 16 May, 1891; educ. at Winchester and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took Honours in History. He then studied for a year at Ridley Hall, where he was a double prizeman. On leaving Cambridge in 1913 preparatory to taking Orders in the following spring, he threw in his lot with the Polytechnic, in whose work he had always been interested, and to which he had ever given his help, notably in connection with the Christmas Dinner Fund and the Scottish Holiday Tours in Edinburgh. During the winter session of 1913–14 Capt. Studd, who had strong inclinations for a missionary life, determined to render himself more efficient by a course of practical business training. He entered as a student at the Polytechnic Business Training School, studying accounts, and then entered the accounts department, where he helped with the books. During this time he became a regular member of the second hockey team and a constant attendant at the weekly Bible classes. He joined the 12th Battn. of the London Regt. as a Subaltern in the “Poly” Coy., 15 Nov. 1909. On Trinity Sunday, 1914, he was ordained a Minister of the Church of England in St. Paul’s Cathedral by the Bishop of London, and commenced his work as a curate at St. James’s, Holloway, under the Rev. J. C. Banham. Here he worked assiduously during the summer months, and letters from the parish show that even in that short time he had gained the respect and affection of the very large congregation that worshipped there. Towards the end of the summer he had seriously thought of giving up his place in the 12th London Regt., and only held on hoping to be permitted to have a few more drills with his “Poly” friends, and perhaps to go to camp with them. Before any further steps could be taken war was declared, and he felt it to be his duty to continue with his regt. He was gazetted Capt. on 2 Sept. 1914. This promotion, to his great regret, severed his connection with the “Poly” company, and though he had a few “Poly” boys in his company, he was able to see comparatively little of his old friends. For several weeks he was in charge of the guard at Waterloo station, and received the thanks of those in authority for the efficient way in which the work was done. He and his company were in the trenches near Ypres on the night of 13 Feb. 1915. The following day a severe attack was made on the trenches, and he was struck by shrapnel in the head and died without suffering. The company received great praise for the steady way in which they had faced serious trouble. His old company were not in
## action on that day, but took their place under fire on the following
day, the 15th, and then it was that their chief, Major V. R. Hoare, lost his life. They were buried in the same grave in a field adjoining the Cimetière de Menin, about half a mile east of Ypres, where they had previously been billeted. His commanding officer, Col. A. D. Bayliffe, wrote: “Lionel was one of my best officers and universally popular with all ranks in the battn. He and Vin have been laid side by side in the cemetery just outside the town where we were quartered at the time [Ypres]. ‘In death they were not divided.’ It may be of some slight comfort to you, in your great distress, to know that the result of their good work in the past was shown in the gallant conduct and bearing of the ‘Poly’ lads and enabled them to stand firm and endure their ordeal so splendidly.”
[Illustration: =Lionel Fairfax Studd.=]
=STUMBLES, HORACE GEORGE=, Corpl., No. 990, D Coy., 25th Battn. 7th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Forces, _s._ of Thomas George Stumbles, of 10, Godolphin Terrace, Devonport, Royal Naval Outfitter, by his wife, Kate Ellen, dau. of William Rockett; _b._ Stoke, Devonport, 17 July, 1892; educ. Devonport High School; went to Australia in June, 1911; enlisted 15 Feb. 1915, proceeded to the Dardanelles, where he was severely wounded in right leg, and died of dysentery and compound fracture of leg on board H.M.S. Aquitania, 20 Oct. 1915; buried Mudros East; _unm._
=STURROCK, ALBERT GEORGE=, E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 6666, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=STURROCK, DAVID DUFF=, Corpl., No. 1845, 9th Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), elder _s._ of Peter Sturrock, of Drummaird, Lenzie, L.R.C.P., and S. Ed., Lieut. R.A.M.C. by his wife, Helen Amelia, dau. of James Swirles, of Edinburgh; _b._ Jedburgh, 15 Sept. 1894; educ. Jedburgh Grammar School and Lenzie Academy; was an Analytical Chemist; joined the 9th Territorial Battn. of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 13 April, 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 19 Feb. 1915; was wounded 18 March, 1915, but returned to duty 9 May, and was killed in action at the 2nd Battle of Ypres, on the 10th; _unm._ Buried near Ypres.
[Illustration: =David Duff Sturrock.=]
=STYANCE, ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9385), S.S. 106626, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STYLES, FREDERICK ERNEST=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, eldest _s._ of the late Frederick Styles, of Preston, Lancashire, and 49, Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park, W., by his wife, Helena Alice Wellington (124, Knightsbridge, S.W.; Blackmoor, Four Elms, Kent), widow of Capt. L. B. A. Poynter, 7th Hussars, and dau. of John Brophey; _b._ 27 Jan. 1884; educ. Harrow and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Munster Fusiliers 13 May, 1903, and promoted Lieut. 9 Jan. 1906. He retired in April, 1914, but rejoined his regt. just before the outbreak of war. He was killed in action at Etreux, 27 Aug. 1914; _unm._ Capt. Wise, the Adjutant of the regt., writing to Mrs. Styles, said: “You will already have heard that poor Fred was shot on Thursday, 27th inst. At the time he was gallantly leading his men under a heavy fire, and had he survived would certainly have been mentioned in despatches. I was not actually present when he was hit, but I have been told by those who were on the spot that his death was painless and instantaneous. When I saw him a few minutes later he was lying peacefully as though asleep. As this letter will be censored by the German authorities, I am unable to give you any details as to the action, or the situation of the battlefield. All the officers who fell were buried in one grave, and a service was conducted by a German clergyman.” An interesting account of the doings of the Munsters and of their great stand this day will be found under the notice of Lieut. C. E. V. Awdry. The eight officers who fell this day were buried by the Germans in one grave, and the N.C.Os. and men in another, side by side, near the railway station of Etreux, on the right-hand side of the road, 400 yards north of the level crossing. They also erected crosses to mark the spot.
[Illustration: =Frederick Ernest Styles.=]
=STYLES, FREDERICK GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 13796, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=STYLES, HARRY=, Private, No. G3872, 2nd Battn. Royal West Surrey Regt., _s._ of George Styles, of Albury, Surrey; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Festubert, 16 May, 1915.
=STYLES, JOHN=, Private, No. 6484, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 3rd _s._ of Harry Styles, of Alderton, near Chippenham, co. Wilts, by his wife, Martha; _b._ Corston, co. Wilts, 13 Oct. 1883; educ. Malmesbury Public School; enlisted in the Wiltshire Regt. 25 March, 1901; became L.-Corpl. 19 May, 1904, and Corpl. 23 June, 1904; transferred to the Coldstreams, 13 Dec. 1905; served during the South African War, guarding prisoners at St. Helena, 20 June, 1901, to 11 Sept. 1902 (medal); and in Egypt, 31 Oct. 1907 to 23 March, 1911, and returned to England for King George’s Coronation; was called up with the Reserves on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to Franco with the Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug. and was killed in action at Soupir, 14 Sept. 1914, during the retreat from Mons; _unm._ Private Styles received the cross guns and stripe.
[Illustration: =John Styles.=]
=SULIVAN, PHILIP HAMILTON=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, 4th _s._ of Col. Ernest Frederic Sulivan, now commanding 10th (late commanding 4th) Battn. East Surrey Regt., formerly of the Hampshire Regt., by his wife, Florence Mary, dau. of James Houldsworth, of Coltness, Lanarkshire; _b._ Mayfield Hall, Ashbourne, co. Derby, 27 Aug. 1894; educ. Malvern, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Munster Fusiliers, 25 Feb. 1914; went to France, 13 Aug. 1914, and was killed in a rearguard action at Etreux, France, 27 Aug. following, during the retreat from Mons. Buried by the Germans at cross roads, near Etreux, with eight of his brother officers who fell the same day; _unm._
[Illustration: =Philip Hamilton Sulivan.=]
=SULLIVAN, BARTHOLOMEW=, E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 4733, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SULLIVAN, JOHN JAMES=, Private, No. 6585, 3rd. Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of George Sullivan, by his wife, Jane, dau. of George Parsons; _b._ co. Surrey, 5 Jan. 1887; educ. Dockhead School, Bermondsey; was a Brushmaker; enlisted 29 Jan. 1906; served seven years with the Colours and two on Reserve, including five years (29 Sept. 1906 to 23 March, 1911) in Egypt; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914; was killed in action at Villers Cotterets, 1 Sept. 1914, and was buried in the churchyard there. Private Sullivan _m._ at the Parish Church, Mortlake, 26 Dec. 1911, Caroline Harriett (26, Hampton Square, Sheen Lane, Mortlake), dau. of Henry Joseph Parsons, and had a son, Thomas Joseph, _b._ 19 July, 1914.
[Illustration: =John James Sullivan.=]
=SUMMERS, SYDNEY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4403), S.S. 103389. H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SUMMERS, WILLIAM WIGAN=, L.-Corpl., No. 81, Army Medical Corps, Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of George Summers, of Norton, Warwickshire, Clay Worker, by his wife, Mary Jane; _b._ Measham, co. Derby, 1 June, 1887; educ. York Road Schools, Church-Gresley, Derbyshire, and on leaving school went to Shirebrook, Derbyshire, and worked in the collieries, and was a Local Preacher; went to Australia in 1913; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Ambulance Corps; left for Egypt with the main force; died 28 June, 1915, of wounds received during the landing at Suvla Bay; _unm._
=SUMMERSCALES, PERCY=, Private, No. 1465, 3rd Battn. Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of John Summerscales, of Asset Common, Yorkshire; _b._ Thornhill, co. York, 10 June, 1881; educ. there; went to Australia; volunteered on the outbreak of war; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action during the fighting at Lone Pine, 9 Aug. 1915; _unm._
=SUTCH, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Rifleman, No. 2315, 16th Battn. (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Charles Strugnell Sutch, of 45, Antill Road, South Tottenham, S.E., by his wife, Clara, dau. of Henry Robert Blake, of Birmingham; _b._ Tottenham, London, 6 Dec. 1894; educ. The Grammar School there; entered the employ of the London Telephone Service as a Clerk in 1912, and was a member of the Civil Service Cadets, only resigning in conformity with the demands of the age limit, with the rank of Sergt.; joined the Queen’s Westminsters soon after the outbreak of war, in Sept. 1914; went to France, 2 Nov., and died in Nottingham Hospital, 4 April, 1915, after undergoing three operations rendered necessary by wounds received in action at Houplines on 6 Jan.; _unm._ He was a keen sportsman and an enthusiastic yachtsman, and was the means of saving life on the River Lea.
=SUTHERLAND, GEORGE ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 3238, 1/14th Battn. (London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Alexander Gair Sutherland, Superintendent, Metropolitan Police, Vine Street Station, Piccadilly, W., by his wife, Mary, dau. of A. Rugg, of Bower, Caithness, Scotland, Farmer; _b._ Hammersmith, 27 Sept. 1886; educ. South Western Polytechnic, Chelsea; was employed at H.M. Patent Office as assistant clerk; joined the London Scottish on the outbreak of war, 9 Sept. 1914, and was subsequently seven months in the firing line, during which time, according to a letter received from his commanding officer, he proved an excellent and cheery soldier. He was killed in a charge at Hulluch, near Loos, 13 Oct. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =George A. Sutherland.=]
=SUTHERLAND, GEORGE LACEY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 7437), S.S. 1329, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=SUTHERLAND, JAMES McKAY=, Corpl., No. 2737, 3rd, attd. 1st, Battn. The Royal Scots, eldest _s._ of Thomas William Sutherland, Pipe Major 3/6th Highland L.I., by his wife, Catherine (43, Eaglesham Street, Glasgow), dau. of Duncan McLaren, late of Callander, Perthshire; _b._ Edinburgh, 17 Oct. 1896; educ. Lambhill Street School, Glasgow; enlisted in Sept. 1913; went to the Front with the 2nd Battn. of his regt. 3 Oct. 1914, and was wounded in action at La Bassée in Nov. and invalided home. After undergoing an operation in hospital at Oxford, he had a month’s leave, and then went back to Weymouth, from which place he went to France in March with a draft for the 1st Battn. He died in hospital at St. Omer, 22 April, 1915, of wounds received in
## action at Hill 60 on the 18th, and was buried at St. Omer.
[Illustration: =James McK. Sutherland.=]
=SUTHERLAND, JOHN=, L.-Corpl., No. 2030, College Coy., 6th Battn. The Royal Scots, _s._ of John Sutherland, of Meadowmill, Tranent, East Lothian, by his wife, Annie, dau. of James Wise; _b._ Meadowmill, Tranent, 6 Sept. 1888; educ. public school there, and Boroughmuir Higher Grade School, Edinburgh; was a teacher at Lauriston Public School, Falkirk; joined the 6th Volunteer Battn. of the Royal Scots, 29 Jan. 1906, and served with them till 31 March, 1908, when he passed into the 4th Battn. (T.F.); in 1910 he was transferred to the College Coy. of the 6th Battn. and served four years; after the outbreak of war he rejoined on 6 Sept. 1914, and with them volunteered for foreign service; they were attached to the 4th Battn. and left for the Dardanelles in May, 1915. He was wounded in action at Krithia, 28 June, 1915, and died the following day; _unm._
=SUTHERLAND, JOHN=, Private, No. 10539, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots, _s._ of John Sutherland, of 15, West Port, Edinburgh, Labourer; _b._ Fountainbridge, co. Edinburgh; educ. Cranston Street; enlisted in the Royal Scots, 18 Oct. 1909; went to the Front in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Vermelles, 24 Nov. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Sutherland.=]
=SUTTIE, HENRY=, A.B., 223301, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SUTTON, FERGUS ALGERNON=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. South Lancashire Regt., 2nd _s._ of Algernon Charles Sutton, of Hamsted House, Chidham, Chichester, and Woodcroft, Tunbridge Wells, a great grandson of Sir Richard Sutton, 1st Bt., M.P., Under Secretary of State, 1766–72, by his wife, Winifred Alice, dau. of William Edwin Cotton Fell, of Lochrin, Edinburgh; _b._ Chidham, Chichester, 26 Aug. 1891; educ. Tonbridge School; joined the 5th Battn. (Cinque Ports) of the Royal Sussex Regt., and became Lieut. 2 Aug. 1913. From the Territorial Force he was gazetted as 2nd Lieut. to the South Lancashire Regt. 10 June, 1914, and was promoted Lieut. 15 Nov. the same year. On the outbreak of war he went to France with the Expeditionary Force, was present at the retreat from Mons and at the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne, at which latter he was wounded. After returning home in Nov. 1914 he again left for the Front in the following Jan., and was killed in action near Ypres, 26 Feb. 1915; _unm._ He was buried at Kemmel, in the military cemetery. At Mons Lieut. Sutton made a gallant attempt to save a machine gun in a trench from which they had to retire; while he and another man were lifting the gun out, the Germans brought one of their own machine guns to the head of it, and starting to fire, killed his companion. Capt. B. Evans, after Lieut. Sutton’s death, wrote to his parents: “Your son was an extremely gallant man, and I, as his company officer, wrote twice to the authorities recommending him for the D.S.O. If any one in this war has deserved this distinction, he most certainly did so. In my experience, I have met many gallant young fellows, but I never remember having met a young officer who was always so cool and collected under every circumstance as he was. His indifference to danger was remarked by all of us. His loss is a great one to the regt. and he will be missed by all of us who know him.”
[Illustration: =Fergus Algernon Sutton.=]
=SUTTON, JAMES THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3795), 191412, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SUTTON, HUBERT=, L.-Corpl., No. 1757, A Squadron, Surrey Yeomanry (T.F.), only _s._ of Oswald Walker Sutton, of 17, Rosebery Avenue, E.C., and 2, Fernwood Avenue, Streatham, S.W., by his wife, Hannah Fletcher, dau. of Alexander Grossmann; _b._ Clapham, S.W., 25 Oct. 1892; educ. St. John’s, Brixton, and Alleyn’s, Dulwich; was a Commercial Traveller; joined A Squadron, Surrey Yeomanry, Nov. 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war and transferred to C Squadron, Surrey Yeomanry; left England for Egypt, 20 March, 1915; arrived at the Dardanelles 3 Aug. and died on shipboard, 22 Aug. 1915, of enteritis contracted in the Gallipoli trenches; _unm._ Fond of sport, he was at the same time much interested in literature and was a good writer, and a posthumous work entitled “Fragments of Verse” was published by his parents.
[Illustration: =Hubert Sutton.=]
=SUTTON, THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10131), 204339, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SWAINLAND, WILLIAM OSBORNE=, Stoker, 1st Class, 304300, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SWAN, ANDREW CAMPBELL=, Private, No. 7376, 1/4th Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Walter Johnston Swan, of Reston, co. Berwick, Tailor and Clothier, by his wife, Mary Rose, dau. of William Rose, of Duns; _b._ Reston, 5 July, 1896; educ. Reston Public School; volunteered and enlisted, 23 Nov. 1914; left for the Dardanelles, 25 May, 1915, and died on the hospital ship Asturias, 13 July, 1915, of wounds received in action the previous day; _unm._ Buried in Base Cemetery at Cape Helles.
[Illustration: =Andrew Campbell Swan.=]
=SWAN, GEORGE=, Private, No 15479, 1st Battn. Royal Fusiliers, _s._ of David Swan, of 21, Sloan Street, Leith, by his wife, Helen, dau. of Robert Fairweather; _b._ Bathgate, co. Linlithgow, 25 Aug. 1878; educ. Bathgate Academy; enlisted in the 2nd Battn. Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, 5 Nov. 1899; served in the South African War, 1899–1902, with the 1st Battn. (Queen’s medal with five clasps); transferred to the 1st Battn. Royal Fusiliers in 1913; went to France, 9 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Chapelle d’Armentières, 18 Oct. 1914; _unm._ Buried there. His brother, Pioneer James Blair Swan, was killed in action at the same place (see following notice).
[Illustration: =George Swan.=]
=SWAN, JAMES BLAIR=, Pioneer, No. 1975, 1/9th Battn. Royal Scots (Highlanders), yst. _s._ of David Swan, of 21, Sloan Street, Leith, by his wife, Helen, dau. of Robert Fairweather; _b._ Ballark House, Nairn, 19 Aug. 1893; educ. Leith; was a Joiner with Drysdale & Son, Leith; joined the Royal Scots on the outbreak of war, 11 Aug. 1914; trained at Edinburgh; went to France, 23 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Chapelle d’Armentières, 15 July, 1915; _unm._ 2nd Lieut. H. M. Wardrop wrote: “He was killed up here in the trenches while putting up barbed wire in front of the reserve trench. He was in the act of driving in a post when a stray bullet grazed his rifle and entered into his back, passing right through him. He suffered no pain, as he never regained consciousness and passed away just as we got him into the dressing station. We laid him to rest at 9.15 p.m. the next night and his body was carried to the little cemetery (at Chapelle d’Armentières) about three-quarters of a mile behind the trenches by four of his old comrades in the same section and platoon as he was before he went to the Brigade Pioneers; his body being covered with the Union Jack.... As his platoon officer I had a very high opinion of him, for he was a most useful man all-round. It was because of this that he was transferred to the Brigade Pioneers, where he continued to do excellent work.” His brother, Private George Swan, was killed in action at the same place, 18 Oct. 1914 (see previous notice).
[Illustration: =James Blair Swan.=]
=SWAN, THOMAS GEORGE=, Private, No. 3317, 1/3rd Battn. The Royal Scots, _s._ of Thomas Swan, Crimean Veteran; _b._ Athlone, 18 April, 1877; educ. Bells School, Leith; enlisted in the Royal Scots, 11 Dec. 1895; served through the South African War, 1899–1902 (Queen’s medal with clasps); obtained his discharge, 10 Dec. 1902, and joined the Reserve, completing his 16 years of service in 1911. On the outbreak of war he re-enlisted in his old regt., 19 Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in
## action at Hill 60, during the second Battle of Ypres, 21 April, 1915.
He _m._ at St. Thomas’ Church, Leith, 27 Dec. 1907, Annie (3/2, Corporation Buildings, Leith), dau. of (--) Ferguson, and had five children: Thomas George, _b._ 6 March, 1911; Robert, _b._ 27 June, 1914; Mary, _b._ 6 Oct. 1906; Susan Jane, _b._ 31 Oct. 1908; and Janet, _b._ 23 June, 1912.
=SWANN, JOHN DAVID LIVERMORE=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9885), 220674, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SWANN, THOMAS HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7964), 292930, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SWANN, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109372, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SWEETING, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14608, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SWEETMAN, JOHN STANLEY=, Capt., Toronto Home Guards, Canadian Militia, 3rd _s._ of Edward Sweetman, late of Ryde, I.W., Brewer, by his wife, Emily (42, Priory Road, Hampstead, N.W.), dau. of the late William Godden, of East Street, Southampton; _b._ Ryde, 28 July, 1890; educ. Hyde Upper Grade School; was an Accountant in the Bloor Bathurst Street Branch of the Home Bank of Canada; joined the Toronto Home Guards after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and died in the General Hospital, Toronto, 12 Oct. 1914, from cerebral-spinal meningitis, contracted while undergoing a course of training; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Stanley Sweetman.=]
=SWEETSUR, JAMES HENRY=, Private, No. 1891, 7th Battn. Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Edward J. Sweetsur, of 58, Grove Road, Tottenham; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 22 March, 1915.
=SWETENHAM, EDMUND=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Durham L.I., only child of Clement William Swetenham, of Somerford Booths, Congleton, co. Chester, late Lieut., R.N., by his wife, Louisa, yst. dau. of Ralph Creyke, of Rawcliffe and Marton Hall, Yorkshire; _b._ Somerford Booths aforesaid, 30 April, 1890; educ. Eastman’s Royal Naval Academy; Army School, Stratford-on-Avon, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Durham L.I., 20 April, 1910, and promoted Lieut. 1 Jan. 1914; went to the Front, 1 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action in the trenches at Rue du Bois, near Armentières, 27 Oct. following; _unm._ Buried there.
[Illustration: =Edmund Swetenham.=]
=SWIFT, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 21026, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Ypres, 11 June, 1915.
=SWIFT, PETER=, Private, No. 9/1834, 3rd Battn. Royal Fusiliers; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 26 April, 1915; _m._
=SYMES, HAROLD=, Driver, No. 2499, 1st Battery Home Counties Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Alfred Symes, of 48, East Street, Littlehampton, co. Sussex, Stonemason, by his wife, Kate, dau. of William Luxford, of Pulborough; _b._ Littlehampton, 2 June, 1896; educ. there; was a Butcher’s Assistant; enlisted 4 Oct. 1915, and was accidentally drowned at High Wycombe, 3 Dec. 1915, while in training there; _unm._
=SYMES, JOHN BORKWOOD=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26728 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SYMMANS, JOHN=, Gunner, R.M.A., 6749, B. 952, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SYMMS, CHARLES FULLERTON=, Telegraphist, J. 3596, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SYMONDS, ALBERT HENRY=, A.B., 214225, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SYMONDS, EDGAR=, Private, No. G6575, 8th (Service) Battn.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 20 Oct. 1915; _m._
=SYMONDS, WILLIAM HARRY=, Private, No. 12059, 2nd Battn. Suffolk Regt., 2nd _s._ of Spencer Symonds, of Badwell Ash, Bury St. Edmunds, Farmer, by his wife, Minnie, dau. of the late William Green Hatten, of Walsham-le-Willows; _b._ Badwell Ash, 13 May, 1894; educ. Albert College, Framlingham; enlisted on the outbreak of war, served with his regt. in France and Flanders, and was killed in action at the Battle of Hooge, 16 June, 1915; buried there in the Sanctuary Wood; _unm._ A brass tablet has been erected to his memory in the Parish Church at Badwell Ash.
[Illustration: =William Harry Symonds.=]
=SYMONDS, WILLIAM PERCY=, Stoker, 1st class, K. 5165, H.M.S. Monmouth; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SYMONS, ALFRED ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11325, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SYMONS, HERBERT WILLIAM=, Capt., 1st Battn. King’s Own Yorkshire L.I. (attd. Camel Corps), yr. _s._ of the late Lieut.-Col. Herbert Charles Symons, formerly commanding King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., by his wife, Ada Clara (Brooklands, Newport Pagnell, co. Bucks), dau. of Frederic Wells, of Oaklands, Chelmsford; _b._ Fulford, co. York, 17 Nov. 1884; educ. Uppingham; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to his father’s old regt. 13 Jan. 1904, joined at Aldershot, 15 Feb. following, and was promoted Lieut. 4 Sept. 1906, and Capt. 9 Sept. 1914. He was employed with the West African Frontier Force from 29 March, 1911, to 4 March, 1914, and was then attached to the Somaliland Camel Constabulary. He was killed in action at Shimber Berris, Somaliland, while serving with the Camel Corps, 19 Nov. 1914, and was buried at Little Bohotleh, Somaliland; _unm._ He had the Royal Humane Society’s testimonial for saving the life of a comrade in South Africa.
=SYMONS, WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 8056), 203642, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=SYNNES, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7950), S.S. 103617, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 1914.
=SYRED, FREDERICK ARTHUR=, C.E.R.A., 1st Class, 149442, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SYRETT, JOHN=, Leading Seaman, 235653, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=RENNY-TAILYOUR, HENRY FREDERICK THORNTON=, 2nd Lieut., 5th Field Company, Royal Engineers, yst. _s._ of Colonel Henry Waugh Renny-Tailyour, of Borrowfield, Forfarshire, and Shrewsbury House, Dublin, J.P., late R.E., by his wife, Emily Rose, dau. of John Wingfield Stratford, of Addington Park, West Malling, Kent; _b._ Homebush, Sydney, New South Wales, 31 July, 1891; educ. Arnold House, Llanddulas, and Rugby; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Royal Engineers, 20 Dec. 1912; went to France with the 5th Field Coy. R.E. 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, 15 Aug. 1914; was wounded at the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept., but did not leave duty, and was killed in action at Ypres, 11 Nov. 1914, while leading his section against the Prussian Guards; _unm._ He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field.
[Illustration: =H. F. T. Renny-Tailyour.=]
=TALBOT, EDWARD CHARLES=, Capt. and tempy. Major, 47th Sikhs, Indian Army, 2nd _s._ of the late Major Francis Arthur Bouverie Talbot, of 89, Philbeach Gardens, S.W., late Oxfordshire L.I., by his wife, Alice Mary Beatrice, dau. of Gen. Edward Melville Lawford; _b._ Biggleswade, co. Bedford, 9 April, 1881; educ. Haileybury College; joined the Herts Militia, 2 April, 1900; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Bedfordshire Regt., 26 June, 1901, and promoted, Lieut., 23 March, 1904; transferred to the Indian Army, 23 April, 1904, and became Capt., 2 April, 1909; served in the South African War, 1900–02; took
## part in the operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, July to 29
Nov. 1900; operations in the Orange River Colony; operations in Cape Colony, 30 Nov. to Dec. 1900, July to Aug. 1901, and Oct. to Nov. 1901; and those in the Orange River Colony, Aug. to Oct. 1901, and Nov. 1901, to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps and King’s medal with two clasps); and with his regt. with the Indian Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, Sept. 1914. He was slightly wounded at Neuve Chapelle in March, but was able to remain on duty, and was made a tempy. Major in command of the regt., which he held till he was wounded at Ypres on 26 April, 1915, and died at Hazebrouck on the 29th, where he was buried. Capt. Talbot was mentioned in Field-Marshal Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915. While at Haileybury he played in the Football XV. He _m._ at Weybridge, 30 Sept. 1908, Dorothy Maynard (Eridge, Teignmouth, South Devon), dau. of Sir William Gibbons, K.C.B., and had two children: Patricia Mary, _b._ 23 Dec. 1909; Iris Nonie, _b._ 26 Dec. 1913.
[Illustration: =Edward Charles Talbot.=]
=TALBOT, HUMFREY RICHARD=, Lieut., 3rd Prince of Wales’s Dragoon Guards, yst. _s._ of Gustavus Talbot, of Marchmont House, Hemel Hempstead, Herts, by his wife, Susan, 2nd dau. of Robert Elwes, of Congham House, Norfolk, J.P., D.L., and grandson of Rev. the Hon. George Chetwynd-Talbot [bro. of Henry, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury]; _b._ Ceylon, 11 Sept. 1889; educ. Wellington College and Frieburg, Germany; gazetted 2nd Lieut. from the Militia to the King’s Liverpool Regt., then in India, 11 Dec. 1909; promoted Lieut., 16 Sept. 1912; transferred to 3rd Dragoon Guards, 26 Feb. 1913; left for France, 30 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action by shell fire near Ypres, 13 Nov. following. Buried in cemetery at Ypres; _unm._ He was a keen sportsman and was Master of Hounds at Lahore, 1912–13.
=TALLACK, WILLIAM FRANCIS NECK=, Private, No. 4815, 1/17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Richard Tallack, of Stepney, by his wife, Mary, dau. of (--) Jones; _b._ Stepney, 10 Oct. 18--; educ. Ben Jonson School there; joined the Poplar and Stepney Rifles, June, 1915; went to France in Oct., and was killed in action at Loos, 7 Jan. 1916, being buried there. He _m._ at Camden Town, N. 17 Dec. 1893, Clara Elizabeth (54, Cecil Road, Leytonstone), dau. of Robert Spinks, and had seven children: William James, Private, No. 2824, D Coy., 3/6th Essex Regt., _b._ 1895; Frank Robert, Private, No. 2825, 3/6th Battn. Essex Regt., _b._ 1897; Richard, _b._ 8 Dec. 1898; Hubert, _b._ 14 Nov. 1900; Frederick, _b._ 29 Dec. 1907; Lily, _b._ 13 Dec. 1902; and Clara, _b._ 13 Dec. 1905.
[Illustration: =William F. N. Tallack.=]
=TAMPIN, CHARLES THOMAS=, Probationary, 2nd Cook’s Mate, M. 7603, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TANNER, ERNEST EDWIN=, Private, No. 2980, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 3rd _s._ of John Tanner, of Cheltenham, Labourer, by his wife, Emma, dau. of John Wheeler; _b._ Cheltenham, co. Gloucester, 16 Sept. 1877; educ. Devonshire Street School there; was Labourer at Kynock’s Ammunition Works, Birmingham; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 2 Oct. 1899; served in the South African War 7 Nov. 1901, to 4 Oct. 1902 (medal with three clasps, “Cape Colony,” “S.A. 1901,” “S.A. 1902”), and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 7 Oct. to 12 Nov. 1914, and died a prisoner of war in No. 3 German Field Hospital, 15th German Army Corps, Hallin, of wounds received in action. Buried at Hallin. He _m._ at Emmanuel Church, Bristol, 3 Aug. 1907, Lillie (10, Willway Street, St. Phillip’s, Bristol), 3rd dau. of Thomas Slocombe, of Bristol, and had one son, Arthur Thomas John, _b._ 23 June, 1908.
[Illustration: =Ernest Edwin Tanner.=]
=TANNER, RALPH EYRE=, Capt., 1st Battn. The King’s Liverpool Regt., elder _s._ of Ralph Tanner, of 2, Little Dean’s Yard, Westminster Abbey, S.W., M.A., Senior Assistant Master at Westminster School, by his wife, Lucy Lawrence Le Grice, dau. of George Lewis Phipps Eyre; _b._ Regent’s Park, 16 July, 1885; educ. South Kensington Preparatory School; Westminster, and Sandhurst. He was gazetted on 16 Aug. 1905, as 2nd Lieut. to the King’s Liverpool Regt., which had formerly been commanded by his great-uncle, Major-Gen. Edward Tanner, C.B. He was promoted Lieut. 25 Sept. 1908, and Capt. 16 Sept. 1912, and served for a year with the 1st Battn. in India, 1908–9. On the outbreak of war he went to the Front with the Expeditionary Force, and was in the retreat from Mons, behaving in the first action in which the regt. was engaged, as his Colonel wrote, “with great coolness under a murderous fire.” On 14 Sept. 1914, during the Battle of the Aisne, while leading his company through thickly wooded country he was seriously wounded by a party of Germans upon whom they came suddenly. Owing to heavy shell fire it was impossible to move from the wood, and during the course of the day another shell, bursting near, killed the two stretcher-bearers and wounded Capt. Tanner again. By the devotion of his men he was carried back some 4 miles to the dressing station, where he was skilfully doctored by Major A. Martin Leake, V.C., who, like Capt. Tanner, was an old Westminster. After seven days he reached Versailles, where he died from his wounds at No. 4 General Hospital, 23 Sept. 1914. He was buried in the Cimitière des Guards with full military honours, a guard of honour being furnished by a detachment of French cavalry and a large number of French officers attending. Col. Bannatyne, who was afterwards himself killed, wrote: “We in the regt. are sustained by the knowledge that Capt. Tanner met his death when leading the van in a magnificent attack on the enemy, who were holding an enormously strong position. The regt. was advance guard to the whole Division.... Capt. Tanner and Capt. Feneran, both of whom were wounded, most gallantly sustained the honour of the King’s. Our great sorrow at his loss will consequently be mingled with pride at his most gallant conduct.” Letters from his brother officers and from privates in the regt. testified to the affection in which he was held and how deeply his loss was felt. Capt. Tanner _m._ at Westminster Abbey, 11 June, 1913, Edith Vere Marjorie, 4th and yst. dau. of John Henry Brodie, then of Chart’s Edge, Westerham, co. Kent, and had one son: Peter Ralph Eyre, _b._ 13 Sept. 1914.
[Illustration: =Ralph Eyre Tanner.=]
=TAPLIN, ALFRED CHARLES=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 76), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TAPLIN, PERCY CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 7897, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TAPSFIELD, CLAUDE REGINALD=, Bandsman, No. 704, 1/5th Battn. East Kent Regt. (The Buffs), 2nd _s._ of the late Frederick Tapsfield, for 18 years a member of the East Kent Yeomanry, by his wife, Laura Louisa (2, East Hill, Ashford, Kent), dau. of Valentine Munn (now the sole survivor of the first 80 men of the 1st East Kent Volunteers sworn in at Maidstone); _b._ Maidstone, co. Kent, 5 June, 1889; educ. British School, Ashford, and S.E.A. College, Wye; was a Newsagent and Tobacconist; joined the Kent Territorials in 1905; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to India with his regt. 29 Oct. 1914, and died on service at Pachmari, 1 June, 1915, following an operation for appendicitis; _unm._ Capt. F. Muckley wrote: “Tapsfield was not only a clever musician and good soldier, but was so well liked by every one of us for his cheerful good fellowship. He was attended to his grave by every man of the 5th Buffs stationed at Pachmari, and buried with military honours.”
[Illustration: =Claude Reginald Tapsfield.=]
=TARN, MARK AITCHISON=, Engine-Room Artificer, H.M.S. Aquarius, R.N., only _s._ of John Tarn, of Hornby Road, Bootle, Liverpool (formerly of Alston, Cumberland), Foreman Joiner, Messrs. J. Ellerman’s Engine Works, Liverpool, by his wife, Mary, eldest dau. of James Aitchison, of Melrose; _b._ Jarrow-on-Tyne, 1 Aug. 1894; educ. Christ Church Higher Grade and the Junior Technical Schools, Bootle, and was nominated by the local authority for training as Engine-Room Artificer on board H.M.S. Fisgard, Portsmouth, 31 Dec. 1909. Here he won the high esteem of his officers and comrades by his attention to duty and proficiency. On the outbreak of war he was appointed to H.M.S. Vernon, and later to H.M.S. Aquarius, and while serving on the latter at the Dardanelles was taken ill with acute dysentery. He was transferred to No. 15 Stationary Hospital, Mudros, Lemnos Island, and died 31 Aug. 1915, being buried in the cemetery there. Tarn was an all-round sportsman, being elected captain of the Rugby football team for three years, and won his cup in the final at Devonport. A memorial tablet was placed in St. Matthew’s Church, Bootle, where he served as a choir boy.
[Illustration: =Mark Aitchison Tarn.=]
=TARRANT, WILLIAM THOMAS=, Ship’s Corpl., 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9590), 209374, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TATHAM, TREVOR HODGSON STANLEY=, Lieut., Royal Navy, eldest _s._ of Stanley Tatham, of Montana, Bournemouth, member of the Institute of Naval Architects, by his wife, Frances Emma Constance (Montana, Branksome Park, Bournemouth), dau. of Michael Hodgson Tatham; _b._ Newcastle-on-Tyne, 16 Nov. 1887; educ. The Old Ride, Branksome Park, Bournemouth; Stubbington House, Fareham, and H.M.S. Britannia; entered the Navy and became Midshipman, 15 Feb. 1904; Sub-Lieut. 15 April, 1907, and Lieut. 15 July, 1908; served six years on H.M. ships Formidable, Duncan and Barham; was A.D.C. to Capt. Walker while a Midshipman on the Formidable; took part in the Somaliland Expedition, 1909 (medal); re-appointed to the Formidable (his first ship), 9 Aug. 1913; and was lost when that ship was torpedoed in the English Channel, 1 Jan. 1915.
[Illustration: =Trevor H. S. Tatham.=]
=TATLER, ROBERT=, Private, No. 1289, 1st Battn. Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of the late Robert Tatler, by his wife, Amelia (14, Longville Road, Newington Butts); _b._ Walworth, 30 Oct. 1891; joined the Australian Contingent on the outbreak of war; died at Netley Hospital, Southampton, 25 June, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Robert Tatler.=]
=TAVERNOR, JOHN=, Private, No. 11599, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, elder _s._ of Frederick Tavernor, of 6, Middle Friars, Stafford, Railwayman, by his wife, Hannah, dau. of Thomas Holmes; _b._ Rugeley, co. Stafford, 22 Feb. 1891; educ. Rugeley; was a Joiner by occupation; enlisted on 2 Sept. 1914; went to the Front, 22 Dec. following, and was killed in an attack on the German position at Cuinchy, Belgium, 6 Feb. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Tavernor.=]
=TAYLER, ERIC HARDWICK=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. York and Lancaster Regt., 2nd _s._ of Archdale Tayler, of Manurewa, Auckland, New Zealand, Accountant, by his wife, (--), dau. of J. G. Culpan, of Auckland; and grandson of the late Rev. Archdale Wilson Tayler, of Leeds, England; _b._ 15 Jan. 1894; educ. Auckland Grammar School; St. John’s College, Tanaka (where he held a Maria Blackett Scholarship), and Auckland University College. He received a commission in the Coast Defence Detachment of the 3rd (Auckland) Regt., 11 March, 1912, and in March, 1914, sat for the examination open to the Territorial Forces of Canada, South Africa, Malaya, and Australasia, for direct commissions in the regular Army. There were about 180 candidates, and Lieut. Tayler headed the list with 3,307 marks, out of the possible 4,500. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the York and Lancaster Regt. 20 June, 1914, and left Auckland two days before the outbreak of war to join his regiment at Jubbulpore, India. From there they were ordered to England and went to the front early in 1915. After about a fortnight in the trenches he contracted pneumonia and was admitted to the Clearing Station at Hazebrouck, France, 31 Jan. 1915, and died 9 Feb. following of double pneumonia; _unm._
[Illustration: =Eric H. Tayler.=]
=TAYLOR, ARCHIBALD=, Sergt., No. 7919, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 29 Jan. 1915.
=TAYLOR, ARTHUR CUTHBERT BROOKE=, A.M.I.C.E., Lieut., 6th Battn. Manchester Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Col. Herbert Brooke Taylor, of The Close, Bakewell, Derbyshire, Solicitor, and his wife, Mary Taitt, dau. of the Rev. William Mallalieu; _b._ West Bank, Bakewell afsd., 15 March, 1888; educ. Lady Manners’ School, Bakewell; and Cheltenham College, and on leaving there took the Engineering Course at Manchester University, obtaining the Engineering Certificate. He afterwards joined the firm of Saunders & Taylor, Ltd., and was elected an Associate Member of the Institute of Civil Engineers. He obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 2nd Vol. Battn. of the Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.), and while serving with this battn. passed the Hythe Course with distinction, and was appointed to command the machine gun section. His method of adapting machine guns to mountain warfare when manœuvring in the North Derbyshire hills demonstrated the possibilities of machine gun warfare which the present war has so immensely developed. He was promoted Lieut. in Sept. 1907. The 2nd Vol. Battn. Sherwood Foresters was a 13-company battn., and when the Territorial scheme came into operation was nearly 1,500 strong. The reduction of the infantry quota of Derbyshire necessitated the reduction of the battn. to eight companies. As a result Lieut. Brooke Taylor reverted to the rank of 2nd Lieut. rather than retain his rank and pass to the reserve. As his business necessitated his residence nearer Manchester than Bakewell, he applied to be attached for training to the 6th Manchesters, and declining a captaincy in his old battn., was transferred as a Lieut. to this reg., in the spring of 1914. He was shortly afterwards appointed instructor of musketry to the battn., and held that position at the time of his death. On the outbreak of hostilities he volunteered and went to Egypt with the East Lancashire Division, and eventually to Gallipoli, where he landed early in May, 1915. He was killed in action there 4 June following; _unm._ A fortnight before, on the death of the senior Capt. of his company, he had been appointed second in command, and his Colonel wrote: “I do not think it would be possible to speak too highly of his character and qualities. During the time of training, from mobilisation up to the end of our time in Egypt, he was untiring in his special work of pushing on the musketry instruction of the men, and was always full of work, valuable ideas and suggestions. With his keenness and attractive character he could, of course, do anything with the men, and he had a large share in making the battn. the splendid fighting force it proved to be. No one was keener or more anxious to see service.” And a brother officer: “Brooke Taylor did the work of four men. His energy and fearlessness was an example to everyone.”
[Illustration: =Arthur C. B. Taylor.=]
=TAYLOR, CLEMENT HAROLD=, Private, No. 1785, 1/15th Battn. Prince of Wales’ Own (Civil Service Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Francis Taylor, of 6, Church Street, Leominster, Postmaster there, by his wife, Florence Annie, dau. of the late John Andrew Brewer, of Poulteney Gardens, Bath; _b._ Chippenham, co. Wilts, 9 Aug. 1892; educ. St. Paul’s National School, and Wiltshire County Secondary School, Chippenham; was a Civil Service 2nd Division Clerk in Comptroller and Accountant General’s Department of the G.P.O.; joined the Civil Service Rifles, in March, 1914; was in camp when war was declared on 4 Aug. 1914; went to France, 17 March, 1915, and died there, 25 July, 1915, of wounds received from an accidental bomb explosion; _unm._ Buried at the Military Cemetery, Noeux-les-Mines. Lieut. Scott wrote that he was wounded on Saturday afternoon at about 3.30 p.m. and that although he lived till morning was unconscious the whole time, and continued: “It may be some consolation to you to know that he was one of the very best soldiers and one of the very best men in my platoon. He was always entirely reliable, and always willing and eager to undertake any job that was going. He proved his worth, especially on night patrols between our lines and the Germans, for which he would always volunteer whenever it fell to our platoon to furnish one. His loss is deeply felt by all his comrades whose admiration and affection he had soon won.” On the day before the accident he wrote to his mother: “The battalion has now done 16 days in the trenches and came out last night, I believe. I left on the 14th day with a small party to come here for a course of four days at a bombing school. Bombs are fast becoming a most important factor in trench warfare, so a good many men are being trained to use them. It is a nice change after a fortnight’s trench life, and very interesting, too.” Private C. H. Taylor, was a keen student of Economics, and in an examination held by the Society of Arts in 1914 he won first place in all England.
[Illustration: =Clement Harold Taylor.=]
=TAYLOR, DANIEL JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1325), 201149, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TAYLOR, ERNEST=, Painter, 1st Class, 166048, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TAYLOR, ERNEST EDWIN=, Stoker, Petty Officer, Chatham 295559, H.M.S. Laertes; killed in action in Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=TAYLOR, FRANCIS ROBERT=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2265B, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TAYLOR, FRANK=, E.R.A., 1st Class, 270109, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=TAYLOR, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Officers’ Steward, 2nd Class, L. 3147, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TAYLOR, HENRY=, L.-Corpl., No. 9793, 1st Battn. Essex Regt., 6th _s._ of Thomas Joseph Taylor, of 4, Reed’s Bank, Ocklynge Road, Eastbourne, retired Civil Servant, by his wife, Mary White, dau. of the late Henry Seward; _b._ Tottenham, N., 8 June, 1892; educ. West Green Road Board School; joined the Middlesex Special Reserve about April, 1911, and transferred in Aug. following to the 2nd Essex; was sent with draft to Mauritius to join the 1st Battn. in Oct., 1913; left for the Dardanelles on the Caledonia from Avonmouth, 22 Feb. 1915; was appointed L.-Corpl. on the field, died through wounds received in
## action at the Saghir Dere, Gallipoli, 29 June, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Henry Taylor.=]
=TAYLOR, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3628), S.S. 101257, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TAYLOR, JOHN ALFRED=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26367 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=TAYLOR, LEO LAMBERT=, Mechanician, 298742, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=TAYLOR, MILES BRUNSKILL=, Private, No. 7155, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Thomas Taylor, for many years a railway guard on the London & North Western Railway, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Miles Thompson; _b._ Lancaster, 18 Oct. 1886; educ. Christ Church School, Lancaster; enlisted in the 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 26 Feb. 1907. In the Reserve on the outbreak of war he was called up on mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914; served in France and Flanders, passing unhurt through engagements at Mons, Landrecies, Lowey and Fontenay, but was seriously wounded by shrapnel, 8 Sept. 1914, and died at La Tretoire the same day. He _m._ at Christ Church, Lancaster, 30 Sept. 1912, Margaret (4, Trafalgar Road, Lancaster), yst. dau. of the late Robert Turner, of Maze Lisburn, Ireland, and had two daus.: Hilda Irene, _b._ 21 June, 1913; and Annie Norah Myles, _b._ 30 Dec. 1914. Three of his brothers are now (1916) on active service, and one a munition worker.
[Illustration: =Miles Brunskill Taylor.=]
=TAYLOR, RONALD FRANCIS=, 2nd Lieut., 5th Battn. King’s Shropshire L.I. 4th _s._ of Alfred Taylor, of Starston Place, Harleston, Norfolk, J.P., by his wife, Anna Enfield, dau. of Septimus Dowson, of Southtown, Great Yarmouth; _b._ Starston Place, afsd., 29 Feb. 1888; educ. St. Andrew’s School (Rev. E. L. Browne), Eastbourne; Malvern College, and Pembroke College, Cambridge (B.A. 1909); and after a short period as an assistant master at St. Andrew’s School, joined the firm of Oslers, Birmingham; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 5th Shropshire L.I. 28 Sept. 1914; went to France 21 May, 1915, and was killed in action near Ypres, 9 Aug. 1915, during the attack on Hooge. He was in command of an advance trench, a shell killing him instantaneously while he was endeavouring to bind up the wound of one of his corporals. Lieut. Taylor was a good athlete, and an all-round sportsman. He was a member of the Malvern College Cricket XI, and a fine shot.
[Illustration: =Ronald Francis Taylor.=]
=TAYLOR, THOMAS=, Sick Berth Steward (Pensioner), 121820, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TAYLOR, THOMAS JOHN=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 404), late Ch./6355, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TAYLOR, WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4250), S.S. 102958, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TAYLOR, WALTER WILLIAM=, Rifleman, No. 604, 1/21st Battn. (1st Surrey Rifles), The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of William Taylor, Verger and Guide at St. Paul’s Cathedral, by his wife, Clara, dau. of James Fensome; _b._ Brixton, London, S.W., 19 June, 1888; educ. St. Saviour’s School there; was a Porter in the Goods Department of the S.E. and C. Railway; joined the Surrey Rifles, 1 Aug. 1909; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 12 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 25 May, 1915; being buried there. He _m._ at St. Paul’s Church, Herne Hill, S.E., 1910, Maud (99, Milkwood Road, Herne Hill), dau. of Ernest Ward, and had two children: Walter William, _b._ 17 June, 1913, and Maud Ethel, _b._ 11 Jan. 1911.
[Illustration: =Walter William Taylor.=]
=TAYLOR, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./13522, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=TAYLOR, WILLIAM JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3554), S.S. 956, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GAWAN-TAYLOR, FRANCIS=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. York and Lancaster Regt., 2nd _s._ of His Honour Judge (Henry) Gawan-Taylor, of Croftlands, Heads Nook, Cumberland, County Court Judge of Circuit No. 3, Cumberland and Westmoreland, by his wife, Rachel, 3rd dau. of the late Thomas Joseph Candler, of Low Hall, West Ayton, co. York; _b._ Darlington, 27 Aug. 1892; educ. Rossall (Scholar and Exhibitioner), and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (Scholar, 1913); was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. York and Lancaster Regt. (Special Reserve), 16 Jan. 1915; was attd. to the 2nd Battn.; went to France, 1 June, 1915, and was killed in action near Hooge, 9 Aug. 1915, during the British advance north and west of Hooge; _unm._ Buried there. While at Rossall School he was a member of the O.T.C.; was a keen athlete and ran in the mile race for Cambridge in 1914, when the Oxonian, A. N. S. Jackson, beat him by eight yards. His Commanding Officer wrote of him: “Your son was one of my subalterns; he was a very promising young officer and was doing very well. We had to take some German trenches.... I had two subalterns hit on the way there, but your son was there after we got into their trench. It was while directing the consolidating of their trenches that he was hit by a bullet through both temples. The men of his platoon greatly regret his loss, as they had learned to love him.” He was engaged to be married to Alyson May Estcourt Boucher, dau. of the Rev. Canon Boucher, Rector of Frolesworth, Lutterworth.
[Illustration: =Francis Gawan-Taylor.=]
=TEHAN, EDMUND FREDERICK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3718), S.S. 1029, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TEMPLE, JOHN=, E.R.A., 1st Class, 270540, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TEMS, WALTER EDGAR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7841), S.S. 103270, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TENNANT, CHARLES GRANT=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Batt. Seaforth Highlanders (T.F.), only _s._ of James Tennant, of Fairlie, Ayrshire, and formerly of Newcastle-on-Tyne, J.P., by his wife, Henrietta Grant, dau. of Alexander Andrew Fergusson; _b._ Lowfell, co. Durham, 23 July, 1882; educ. Charterhouse, Godalming, where he was a senior scholar, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was an exhibitioner; and on finishing his education, became a Director of the Tharsis Sulphur and Copper Co., Ltd., and of Alexander Fergusson & Co., Ltd., Glasgow, Lead Manufacturers. On the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he volunteered and joined the Public Schools Battn. and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 4th Battn. Seaforth Highlanders, 1 Oct. 1914; went to France, 5 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action near Neuve Chapelle, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ His Commanding Officer wrote: “After less than four months soldiering his name was sent to the War Office for promotion to Capt.; that fact shows what a born soldier he was. On every occasion that we were under fire he was always the same, cool and collected. He declined promotion, as he wished to remain with the men with whom he had trained.”
[Illustration: =Charles Grant Tennant.=]
=TERRY, CHARLES HENRY=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 293803, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=TERRY, FRANK ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 15464, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TERRY, FREDERICK JOHN CORTORPASSI=, Ordinary Signalman, J. 20300, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TERRY, HARRY=, Sailmaker, 158515, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TERRY, WILLIAM JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9015), 208316, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TESTER, THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4068), 190099, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TETLEY, ARTHUR NORMAN=, L.-Corpl., No. 304, B Squadron, 8th Australian Light Horse, 3rd Brigade, Australian Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of William Tetley, of Berwick, Gippsland, Victoria, Squatter, by his wife, Kate, dau. of Arthur Noyes; _b._ in Victoria, 19 Feb. 1889; educ. C. E. Grammar School, Melbourne; volunteered on the outbreak of war, being the first to do so in his district; left for Egypt with the main force; went to the Dardanelles 15 May; was wounded in action at Walker’s Ridge, Gallipoli, 7 Aug., and died at sea on board the hospital ship Delta, 8 Aug. 1915; _unm._ Sergt. C. H. Lyon wrote: “I saw a good deal of him over at Gallipoli, and he did splendidly from beginning to end. I know men in his troop thought a lot of him, and it was only owing to lack of vacancies that he didn’t get rapid promotion. On June 23 Norman got shaken up pretty badly. The Turks were shelling us pretty heavily with French 75’s and high explosives. Where Norman was stationed they got it very badly; he wasn’t actually hit, but the shells bursting near him peppered his face with gravel. He got over it, however, without going away, but when the attack came on 7 Aug. he was very run down. From that I heard the doctor had advised him not to go out, but like many others he was keen on being with his troop and couldn’t stand the idea of being left behind. For three days we were expecting the attack, and on the evening of 6 Aug. we were taken out into the left hand sap on Walker’s Ridge. All night we sat there not knowing what moment we would be called on, and towards daylight the men-of-war and cruisers bombarded the Turkish trenches right in front of us. The 8th were divided into the 1st and 2nd lines of attack. A squadron and two troops out of B formed the 1st line (including Norman), and C Squadron with the other half of B formed into 2nd line. The 10th Regt. formed the 3rd and 4th. The Turkish trenches were about 25 yards from us, and the whole front not more than 150 yards long. At 4.30 a.m. the bombarding stopped and the attack commenced. Owing to a misunderstanding, my troop was late in moving up, and just as we got into the front sap, our officer was shot through the hand and retired. I was left in charge, and being unable to jam past the men, jumped up and ran round to the front of the sap, calling on them to follow, but just as we got out, the 1st line fell back, nearly all wounded, with orders to retire. As we dropped back into the sap, I saw Norman lying just out in front, and with the assistance of others, got him in and laid him on the bottom of the trench. His leg was in a fearful state, a machine-gun had got on to him, but he stood it wonderfully and a 10th man applied first aid. The stretcher bearers were fearfully busy, and we were in an out of the way place and he had to lie there over two hours before it was possible to get him away. The loss of blood must have been very great. Of 318 of our our men that went out that morning, 154 were killed, and 80 odd wounded. The Turks had 34 machine-guns playing on the narrow strip between the trenches, and only one of our men, a sergt. in A Squadron, ever reached their trenches. All but two of our officers that went out were killed, including Col. White, Major Retford, and our Adjutant.”
[Illustration: =A. Norman Tetley.=]
=TEUMA, GIOVANNI=, Officer’s Steward, 3rd Class, Chatham 356340, H.M.S. Arethusa; killed in action in Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=THACKERAY, ALFRED WILLIAM=, A.B., J. 6865, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=THAKE, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./12817, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=THAL, MORRIS MARCUS VAN=, Rifleman, No. Z2641, B Coy., 25th Brigade, 8th Division, Rifle Brigade, Interpreter to Commanding Officer, only child of Marcus van Thal, of 91, Addison Gardens, Kensington, employee at the War Office, by his wife, Marie, dau. of Meyer Poole; _b._ Catford, co. Kent, 10 Oct. 1897; educ. St. John’s College, Southend-on-Sea, Brussels, and Hanover, and passed the Senior Cambridge Local Exam., with also oral French and German, 1913; enlisted in the Rifle Brigade, 11 Sept. 1914; went to France, March, 1915, and was killed in action at Fromelles, 9 May, 1915. Corpl. Leigh Knight wrote: “I was your son’s section commander, and am very sorry to have to tell you that I myself saw him fall. He was a good soldier, and when we charged he went forward very gallantly. He was killed by a German shell, and it was practically instantaneous death”; and Rifleman E. Allen wrote: “On 9 May we made an attack on Fromelles, where I saw your son carrying a machine-gun into action. I could not say whether he was killed, but I saw him go under, when I was wounded.”
[Illustration: =Morris Marcus van Thal.=]
=THEOBALD, WILLIAM GEORGE MORLEY=, Private, No. 792, No. 2 Coy. 14th Battn. 4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of George Theobald, of Littleport, Cambs, Superintendent of Fen Drainage, Littleport, and Downham District, by his wife, Hannah Jackson, dau. of James Hardwick, of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia; _b._ Little Downham, Isle of Ely, 12 Nov. 1894; educ. March (Cambs.) Grammar School; joined the Cambridgeshire Territorials in 1913; went to Australia, 18 April, 1914, and when war broke out volunteered and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force at the end of Oct., 1914; left Melbourne for Egypt with the 2nd Reinforcements, 23 Dec. 1914; took part in the landing at Cape Helles, Gallipoli, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action at 10 the same morning while out sniping with four others. He was _unm._ A comrade wrote: “He was not out long before he was shot, but he did some good work before he was hit.” Another comrade wrote: “Every one of us was grieved when poor Tommy was killed, for all were agreed that Tommy was a gentleman.”
[Illustration: =William G. M. Theobald.=]
=THICK, JOHN CHARLES=, Gunner, R.M.A., 12173, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=THOMAS, ANDREW READ=, Chief Armourer, 340547, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=THOMAS, AUBREY JOCELYN NUGENT=, Capt., 1st Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers, elder _s._ of Jocelyn H. W. Thomas, of Belmont, Carlow, Ireland, formerly Capt., Scots Fusiliers Guards; _b._ Belmont, co. Carlow, 23 Sept. 1888; educ. Harrow and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 1st Lancashire Fusiliers, 16 Aug. 1905, and promoted Lieut. 29 May, 1909, and Capt. 20 Jan. 1915; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action during the landing of the Lancashire Fusiliers at Beach W., Gallipoli, 25 April, 1915; _unm._
=THOMAS, CHARLES HERBERT=, Capt., 2nd Battn. South Staffordshire Regt., only child of Howard Thomas, of 10, Westminster Palace Gardens, S.W., by his wife, Ethel, dau. of the late William Baker, of Sneyd Park, Bristol, and grandson of the late Charles Thomas, of Stoke Bishop, Bristol, J.P., D.L.; _b._ Charlton, Henbury, co. Gloucester, 25 April, 1880; educ. at Clifton; Abbotsholme, and Edinburgh University; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 4th Somerset L.I., 21 April, 1900, from the militia, and promoted Lieut. 16 Dec. 1901, and Capt. 8 Jan. 1909. He served in the South African War, 1899–1901, with the Somerset L.I., receiving the Queen’s medal with clasp, and in Feb. 1901, was transferred to the South Staffordshire Regt. then in India; was on leave, 1904–05; at Depôt, Lichfield, 1906–08, and in South Africa 1908–1911, where, in 1909, he was given the command of the Mounted Infantry Coy. of his Regt. then at Harrismith, and returned to Lichfield in 1911. On the outbreak of the European War he went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 11 Aug. 1914; served through the retreat from Mons and the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne; was severely wounded in action near Ypres, 27 Oct., and died at the Hotel Crystal Hospital, Boulogne, 5 Nov. 1914. He was buried in the English quarter of the cemetery there. Capt. Thomas was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 18 Feb. 1915, for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field, and his Col. wrote: “I had hoped that your gallant and beloved son might have been the recipient of our most coveted decoration on the strength of my recommendation.” He was an expert horseman and a keen polo player. He _m._ at Winsford, Exmoor, 4 June, 1912, Dorothy Catherine, only dau. of Philip Everard, of Miltons, Dulverton, co. Somerset, and had issue a son, Charles Richard, _b._ 15 June, 1913.
[Illustration: =Charles Herbert Thomas.=]
=THOMAS, EDWARD THOMAS=, Rifleman, No. 9867, 3rd Battn. Rifle Brigade, eldest _s._ of John Thomas, Shearer, Raglan Bays Works, Briton Ferry, by his wife, Susanah, dau. of David Hopkins; _b._ Pontarddulais, co. Glamorgan, 2 Feb. 1884; educ. Hammanford; was employed at Port Talbot; enlisted in the Rifle Brigade, 5 May, 1903; served three years with the Colours; and then joined the Reserve; was called up on mobilisation in Aug. 1914; went to France in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 23 Oct. 1914. Buried near Chapelle d’Armentières. He was a member of the Silver Band, Briton Ferry. He _m._ at Neath, 6 March, 1909, Catherine (Lowther Street, Briton Ferry, Glamorgan), dau. of David Hopkins, and had four children: Thomas Ivor Gwyn, _b._ 18 Dec. 1913; Edward Ypres, _b._ (posthumous), 16 April, 1915; Jane Ellen, _b._ 9 Jan. 1910; and Mary Catherine, _b._ 27 April, 1911.
=THOMAS, JOHN ARLOE EDWARD=, Leading Carpenter’s Crew, 345555, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Charles Thomas, of 17, St. Thomas Green, Haverfordwest; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=THOMAS, JOHN BAKER=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9863), S.S. 106671, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=THOMAS, MAURICE=, Private, No. 1715, 1/4th (Service) Battn. the Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late Thomas Henry Thomas, of Worthing, by his wife, Ellen (11, Stanhope Road, Worthing), dau. of William Knight, of Washington, Sussex; _b._ Worthing, co. Sussex, 4 April, 1897; educ. St. Andrew’s Higher Grade School there, and on leaving became a messenger boy at the Worthing G.P.O. and had passed his examinations for the staff when war broke out. He had joined the Royal Sussex Territorials, 14 Aug. 1913; was called up 4 Aug. 1914, and volunteered for foreign service, and left England for the Dardanelles in July, 1915. He was attd. to the machine-gun section of his battn., landed at Suvla Bay, 8 Aug. and was killed in action there four days later, 12 Aug. 1915, as his battn. was retiring after being relieved from the front trenches. The Turks opened a heavy machine-gun fire on them, and he was hit and killed almost immediately. He was buried where he fell at Anafarta Sagir, 1.20-000-105H, near Track to Chocolate Hill between 4–7 p.m. He was a prominent member of the Holy Trinity Church Lads’ Naval Brigade.
[Illustration: =Maurice Thomas.=]
=THOMAS, PHILLIP PERCIVAL=, A.B., 231687, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=THOMAS, THOMAS JAMES=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class (R.F.R., B. 3800), 189482, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=THOMAS, WALTER JAMES=, Corpl., R.M.L.I., Po./10970, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=THOMPSON, ALBERT RICHARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1994), 211537, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=THOMPSON, ARCHER=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8602), S.S. 104956, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=THOMPSON, BERNARD HARRY LEOPOLD=, Ch. E.R.A., 1st Class, 175938, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=THOMPSON, EDWARD=, A.B., 226948, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=THOMPSON, GEORGE MASTERMAN=, Lieut., 1st Battn. The Royal Scots, attd. Gold Coast Regt. West African Frontier Force, only _s._ of the late Col. George William Thompson, formerly commanding 1st Battn. Royal Scots (who saw service in the Crimea, China, and India), by his wife, Agnes (Beechwood, Burley, co. Hants), dau. of Admiral John Russell; _b._ Etschowe, Zululand, 21 Feb. 1890; educ. Mr. Stanford’s Private School, St. Aubyns, Rottingdean; Wellington College, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd Royal Scots, 18 Sept. 1909; transferred to 1st Battn. in Jan. 1910, and served three years in India; promoted Lieut. 13 Feb. 1913, and attd. to the Gold Coast Regt. West African Frontier Force, and was killed in action, 22 Aug. 1914, while gallantly leading an attack on a strongly entrenched position at Chra, Togoland: “a deed of extraordinary courage.” Buried at Chra; _unm._ Lord Kitchener forwarded to his relatives an official letter from the Governor-General of French West Africa, saying: “That he had decided that the splendid behaviour on 22 Aug. 1914, in the affair of Chra, of Lieut. Thompson, of His Britannic Majesty’s Army, and of the detachment of French native troops commanded by that officer, deserved to be commemorated in a Special General Order, as an example to all the troops in the Colony”; and one from General Pienau, forwarding the Order: “and expressing his very deep admiration for the magnificent way in which this officer performed his duty as a soldier, when sacrificing his life.” The terms of the Order were: “Placed on 22 Aug. before the fight of Chra under the orders of Capt. Castaing of the Dahomey Brigade, he gave proof of supreme courage, of fine qualities of command in leading his Tirailleurs to the attack of German trenches vigorously defended--fifty metres from the enemy’s line he fell mortally wounded--his splendid example earned that almost the whole of the French Tirailleurs placed under his orders laid down their lives defending his body.” The Commanding Officer wrote: “His conduct during the action was particularly gallant. He was killed while attempting to storm the German trenches on the enemy’s left. He was an officer who was genuinely popular with all ranks and one whom we could ill afford to lose, and I wish to convey to you not only my own profound sympathy in your loss, which is also mine, but that of all ranks of the Togoland Field Force. His conduct was that of a gallant officer and gentleman.” The Adjutant wrote: “I had more opportunities than anybody of realising your son’s sterling qualities as a soldier in peace times and his conspicuous gallantry in times of war. His loss is deeply felt by the whole force”; and a District Commissioner wrote: “His proficiency in the language and his influence over the natives, both soldiers and civilians, were astonishing, and great regret was evinced by all at Quittah, where the force of his personality had been very much felt during the short time he had been in command there, the chief asking leave to visit the grave at Chra.” Lieut. Thompson was a fine linguist, and besides speaking French and the native dialect fluently, had passed the higher standard in Hindustani and Persian. He was a keen sportsman and a good fencer and polo player.
[Illustration: =George M. Thompson.=]
=THOMPSON, GILBERT=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Connaught Rangers, attd. as Adjutant 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Reginald Thompson, of Loftus Hill, Knaresborough, Col. 2nd Vol. Battn. West York Regt., by his wife, Frances Harriet, 4th dau. of the Rev. Charles Smith Royds, of Haughton, co. Stafford, and Heysham, co. Lancaster, J.P., and gdson. of Sir Matthews William Thompson, of Guiseley, 1st Bart.; _b._ Baildon Lodge, 22 June, 1877; educ. Yarlet near Stafford, afterwards privately; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd Connaught Rangers, from the Militia, 20 May, 1899, and promoted Lieut. 24 July, 1900, and Capt. 29 Nov. 1905; served eight years with them in India; appointed Adjutant to the Kensingtons, 1 Jan. 1913; left for France with them 3 Nov. 1914, and was killed in
## action at Laventie, 24 Feb. 1915. Buried at Picantin. One of the men,
writing home, said of him: “We have lost one of our best officers. Capt. Thompson, the Adjutant. He was showing the General round, and he was shot in the head. He was one of the best; he thought of the men first and himself last. Every man is sorry at his death.... The men have lost their best friend.” Another man wrote: “Out in the trenches he was splendid. He would come along and ask how we were and always have something cheery to say. He got his feet frost-bitten and asked what he should do.... ‘See the doctor, sir,’ I said. ‘Not I,’ he replied. ‘He’ll want a few toes off and put me on the sick list.’ And he wouldn’t, with all my persuasion. When my feet got very bad, I rode back three miles on his horse and the next morning he came round to see me. He’s splendid.” He was buried in the little cemetery behind the firing-line. His last request was: “Bury me with the boys, not beside the officers,” and this wish was carried out. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 5 April and 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915. Capt. Thompson _m._ at Finghall, Yorkshire, 7 June, 1906, Ethel Isabella, 2nd dau. of Marmaduke D’Arcy Wyvill, of Constable Burton and Denton Park, Yorkshire, J.P., D.L., and had three children: Christopher Smith Byron, _b._ 19 April, 1907; Laura Barbara Frances, _b._ 10 Nov. 1908, and Naomi Isabella, _b._ 23 Oct. 1912.
[Illustration: =Gilbert Thompson.=]
=THOMPSON, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4241), 168018, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=THOMPSON, JOHN ALEXANDER MACKAY=, Lieut., 10th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of William Thomas Thompson, M.A., Sc. (McGill), M.Can.Soc. C.E., D.T.S., District Engineer, Grenfell, Saskatchewan, Canada, by his wife, Mary, eldest dau. of the late Rev. Alexander Mackay, M.A., and grandson of the late Lieut.-Col. John Hall Thompson. M.P.; _b._ Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan, 6 Aug. 1890; educ. Qu’Appelle Schools and by tutors, afterwards by his father in Surveying and Engineering, and was acting as assistant to him when war broke out. In Dec. 1914, he was given a temporary Lieutenancy in the 16th Light Horse and, after qualifying at the Military Institute, Winnipeg, was gazetted Lieut. to the 32nd Battn. He left for England in Feb. 1915, and in April went with his company to reinforce the 10th Battn. in France, took part in the Second Battle of Ypres and was killed in the Battle of Festubert, leading his platoon in a night attack on the German position K. 5 (or Bexhill), 21 May following. He was _unm._, and was buried in a shell hole near K. 5. His men said that “he died like a hero, leading his men, on a rush attack right into a murderous fire,” and his commanding officer describing the attack on K. 5 wrote: “Lieut. Thompson in his quiet unassuming way led his platoon out to return no more--no better little soldier graced the 10th.” A brother officer wrote: “He was a soldier with few superiors, and a courage that knew no limits.”
[Illustration: =John A. M. Thompson.=]
=THOMPSON, ROBERT=, Stoker, R.N.R., 759V, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=THOMPSON, SAMUEL VINCENT=, Signalman, 237351, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=THOMPSON, THOMAS=, Private, No. 5690, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards; _b._ co. Kerry; enlisted 14 Nov. 1904; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 12 March, 1915.
=THOMPSON, WALTER DARCY=, Private, No. 4843, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of the late John Thompson, engineer; _b._ Elswick, Newcastle, 1883; educ. Southwick Board School; enlisted at Elswick, 26 Sept. 1902; left with the 1st Expeditionary Force for the Front on the outbreak of war, and was killed in action in France, 16 Sept. 1914. Private Thompson _m._ at Southwick, 21 Feb. 1906, Martha Alexandra, dau. of Robert Whyte, of Perth, and had two sons and one daughter: Vernon, _b._ 3 Nov. 1912; Walter Darcy, _b._ 11 Nov. 1914, and Edna, _b._ 21 April, 1909. His widow died 12 March, 1915, leaving the three infant children without any known relations. Capt. John Smith, of the Salvation Army at Southwick, took temporary charge of them, and Queen Alexandra hearing of the sad story wrote to Capt. Smith for particulars and expressed herself as anxious to assist in some way. The story was submitted to Her Majesty, and in reply a handsome money gift was sent for each child to be banked in trust for them.
=THOMPSON, WILLIAM JOHN HENRY=, Corpl., R.M.L.I., Ch./15133, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=THOMSON, ALEXANDER=, L.-Corpl., 6378, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards; _b._ Strickey, co. Aberdeen; enlisted 6 Jan. 1906; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 20–26 Oct. 1914. He _m._ Jennie (51, Esslemont Avenue, Aberdeen), dau. of (--) Anderson, and had two daus.: Mary Anderson, _b._ 20 April, 1910, and Joan, _b._ 25 June, 1915.
=THOMSON, ALEXANDER CAMERON=, Sergt., No. 1380, D Coy., 13th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 6th _s._ of James Thomson, of 57, St. Andrew Road, Pollokshields, Glasgow, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of the late Alexander Cameron, of Rothes; _b._ Glasgow, 30 March, 1892; educ. Kinning Park Public School; was two years in the 7th S. R. Glasgow before going to Australia, 25 Nov. 1912; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force in Sydney, N.S.W., 26 Sept. 1914; left for Egypt about 24 Dec.; took
## part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and after being
promoted Corpl. and Sergt. was killed in action there, 3 May, 1915; _unm._ His Officer Commanding, Lieut. C. B. Hopkins, wrote: “Your son was killed on the night of 3 May, doing his duty in a most gallant manner, in a charge against some Turkish trenches.”
[Illustration: =Alexander C. Thomson.=]
=THOMSON, DUNCAN TURNER=, Private, No. 118, 9th Battn. (Glasgow Highlanders) Highland Light Infantry (T.F.). _s._ of Alexander Thomson, of 8, Hamilton Park Terrace, Glasgow, M.B., C.M., Edinburgh, by his wife, Mary J. McKean, dau. of the Rev. Duncan Turner, M.A.; _b._ Huntly, co. Aberdeen, 23 Dec. 1888; educ. Glasgow Academy, and the Royal Technical College, Glasgow; was a fully qualified and diplomated architect, and was in the employment of Mr. P. Macgregor Chelmers, Glasgow; joined the 9th Highland L.I. Territorials in 1908; volunteered for active service on the outbreak of war; went to France in Oct. 1914, and died in the General Hospital, Northampton, 30 July, 1915, of wounds received in action on 19 June. He was shot by a sniper when on duty in the trenches at Vermelles; _unm._ Capt. A. K. Reid wrote: “He was a man for whom I had the highest regard, especially since we came out here, and he was one of the most popular members of the company. His good humour even under the most trying circumstances caused him to be liked by all. He could be trusted at all times to do his duty as a soldier and as a man. I saw him in the Vermelles trenches a few minutes after he was hit, and he left us to walk back to the dressing station with a cheery good-bye to us all”; and one of his comrades, writing to a friend, said: “You doubtless have heard of Duncan Thomson’s death. Man! Why is it that all those splendid sportsmen get knocked out, and the rest of us go free. He was an awfully decent chap and I saw quite a lot of him in the G.H. at Dunfermline and in France. A more thorough, straighter, cleaner chap you could not meet. Five of the old 1st Battn.--friends of his--and myself carried the coffin into the Kirk, and then again to the grave. It wasn’t a military funeral (military honours having been paid when the body left Northampton), so we could only salute his grave, but if ever a man deserved honours at his graveside he did. We called him ‘Sniper’ out there, for the simple reason that he was so delightfully cool and casual. He never fired a shot at anything unless he was absolutely certain. If ever you wanted a hot drink, or anything to cheer yourself up with, you went to Duncan, and sure enough then you got it.”
=THOMSON, HENRY=, L.-Corpl., No. 2713, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 13 Nov. 1914.
=THOMSON, LESLIE=, Rifleman, No. 1877, F Coy. 1/16th Battn. (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.). _s._ of Walter Thomson, of 18, Lorne Street, Reading, by his wife, Emma; _b._ Reading, co. Berks, 9 Feb. 1893; educ. Christ’s Hospital, West Horsham; volunteered and joined the Queen’s Westminsters, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 1 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action by a rifle grenade which burst just behind him in the trenches at Houplines, near Armentières, 18 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried in the hospital cemetery, Rue Carnot, Houplines. Major Tyrwhitt wrote to his parents: “Your son was always such a bright cheerful boy and such a good soldier,” and a letter signed by 42 men, including officers of his company (Sec. 11), also bore testimony to the respect in which he was held by all.
[Illustration: =Leslie Thomson.=]
=THORBURN, WILLIAM=, Sergt.-Artificer, A.S.C., No. M./2, 101388, attd. to the 11th Battery, Motor Machine Gun Service, eldest _s._ of William Thorburn, of 110, Second Avenue, Clydebank, Linotype Operator, by his wife, Jessie Symington, 3rd dau. of the late Alexander Briton, Boot and Shoe Maker, Queen Street and Shawlands, Glasgow; _b._ Glasgow, 27 May, 1894; educ. at Dalmuir Public School, Clydebank; was employed by the Singer Manufacturing Company, Kilbowie, as an Engineer; enlisted 18 Nov. 1914; was promoted Corpl. and transferred to the Active Service Corps on Saturday, 29 May, 1915, being attd. to the 11th Battery, Motor Machine Guns, as Mechanic, and went to France on 7 July, 1915. He was employed at the time of his death in a blacksmith’s shop constructing an iron covering to bring a cycle and machine gun into action under cover, when one of the battery accidentally discharged a loaded revolver at 8 a.m. on Saturday, 7 Aug. 1915. The bullet entered his throat and travelled to his back and down the spine, and two and three-quarter hours later he died in hospital. He was buried in Chocques Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, just outside Bethune; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Thorburn.=]
=THORNTON, EDWARD=, Private, No. 11817, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of William Thornton, of 16, Berkeley Street, Lambeth; _b._ co. Surrey; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action near Cambrin, 27 June, 1915; _unm._
=THORNTON, JACK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2997), 220331, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=THORNTON, LEACH=, Telegraphist, J. 11559, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=THORNTON, WILLIAM CHATMAN=, A.B., S.S. 1435, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=THORPE, CYRIL KIRKMAN=, A.B., J. 7169, H.M.S. Laurel; killed in
## action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=THORPE, EDWARD ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class, 310026, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=THORPE, GEORGE ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 110938 (Ports.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=THRUSH, GEORGE=, S.P.O. (R.F.R., B. 2050), 164113, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=THUMWOOD, ARTHUR GEORGE=, Leading Stoker, 300662, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=THUNDERCLIFFE, ERNEST=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 8086 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=THURGOOD, JOHN EDWARD=, Petty Officer, 180071, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=THURLEY, ALBERT EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./14029, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=THURLEY, ANSELL GIFFORD=, Armourer’s Crew, M. 2565, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Joseph Thurley, of 24, Station Road, Westgate-on-Sea; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=THURLOW, ARTHUR GEOFFREY=, 2nd Lieut., 8th Battn. Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regt., only _s._ of the late Arthur James Thurlow, of The Rookery, High Wycombe, co. Bucks, by his wife, Florence; _b._ High Wycombe, 8 Nov. 1891; educ. Norfolk House School, Beaconsfield; Felsted School, and won an open classical scholarship at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (where he graduated B.A. with classical honours, June 1914); gazetted 2nd Lieut., 8th Duke of Wellington’s Regt., 9 Sept. 1914; left for the Dardanelles, 1 June, 1915; took part in the landing at Suvla Bay, 6 Aug.; was wounded 21 Aug., and died at Alexandria, 29 Aug. 1915, of his wounds; _unm._ Buried at Alexandria. He was a fine athlete; was Captain of his College football team, and a member of The Wanderers Club, and played hockey for the University.
[Illustration: =Arthur Geoffrey Thurlow.=]
=THURSTON, SIDNEY GEORGE=, A. B. (R.F.R., B. 9808), 203210, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TIBBO, JAMES JOSEPH=, Private, No. 1017, D Coy. 1st Newfoundland Regt., 2nd _s._ of Richard Tibbo, of 7, Lime Street, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Labourer, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of Richard Roach; _b._ St. John’s aforesaid, 12 Nov. 1894; educ. St. Patrick’s Hall and Holy Cross Christian Brothers’ Schools; was a Seaman; joined the Newfoundland Regt. 13 Jan. 1915; left for England, 20 March; went to the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 1 Dec. 1915, while gallantly assisting a stretcher bearer to remove the wounded; _unm._
[Illustration: =James Joseph Tibbo.=]
=TIDBURY, ALFRED HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9670), S.S. 107002, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TIDMAN, THOMAS JAMES SAMUEL=, Petty Officer, 196090, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=TIERNEY, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9535), S.S. 106901, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TIGHE, BERNARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4818), S.S. 1738, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TILBURY, DAVID=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 548), late R.M.A., 5982, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TILDESLEY, HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3195), S.S. 100853; H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TILLETT, JAMES ALFRED=, Petty Officer, 1st Class (O.S.), 178794, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TILLEY, HENRY PERCIVAL=, Private, No. 8669, 1st Battn. Scots Guards; _b._ Parkstone, co. Dorset; enlisted 5 Aug. 1913; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 26 Oct. 1914.
=TILLEY, JAMES CHARLES=, Gunner, R.M.A., 1288, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TIMBRELL, GORDON=, Sergt., No. 225, 3rd Light Horse, Australian expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of the late Samuel Timbrell, for many years Manager of the Central Station Hotel, Glasgow, by his wife, Charlotte Whyte (now wife of Anderson Rodger, of 59, Longridge Road, Earl’s Court, S.W.), dau. of George Gordon, of Aberdeen; _b._ Glasgow, 13 April, 1891; educ. Glasgow High School, and on leaving there in 1906 went to Stubbington House, Fareham, to be prepared for entrance in the Royal Navy as an Engineer Cadet. This idea had to be abandoned owing to the new age limit (12 years) coming into force, bringing Engineers under the same regulations as the Executive Cadets. Shortly afterwards he entered the office of a shipping firm in Stettin, with the purpose of learning the German language in combination with business training, and on leaving there, returned to Glasgow where he served a brief apprenticeship in a stockbroker’s office, and then went to Australia in 1910. He first took up sheep farming, but city life lured him, first to Melbourne, where he gained some experience in the wool trade, and then to Adelaide, where he managed the shipping department of Messrs. Bagot, Shakes & Lewis, Ltd. He had been with them three years when war broke out. He immediately volunteered and joined the Light Horse as a private, but being a fluent speaker of French and German, and a hard and fearless worker, he quickly won promotion and was appointed Sergt. early in March. He was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 1 July, 1915; _unm._ In a letter from Sergt. Smith under date of 26 June, printed in the Glasgow High School Magazine, Dec. 1915, p. 37, is the following passage: “My outlook on the world and things in general just now is even brighter than usual. Timmy (Sergt. Gordon Timbrell) is a wonderful boy and yesterday secured all manner of good things. We dined last night on turtle soup, thick mutton stew, pineapple, cakes, dates and coffee, and wound up with cigarettes. This morning for breakfast we had porridge and milk as a preliminary to what was in itself a splendid ‘feed.’ When Timmy is purveyor we are sure to be all right. The hardships of war! They have not existed so far.” And in a later letter he wrote: “You will no doubt have heard of poor Timmy’s death. He was killed in the trench last Thursday evening. You don’t know how I miss him. We have been the best of pals all the time. He was as game as you make ’em.” The secretary of his firm wrote: “He was a courageous and chivalrous young fellow, and had done uncommonly well in our firm. We were only awaiting his return, and the return of something like normal conditions to give him that lift which he had so well earned.”
[Illustration: =Gordon Timbrell.=]
=TIMMINGS, EDWARD ALBERT JOHN=, Electrical Artificer, 4th Class, M. 4098 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=TIMMINS, JOHN LLEWELLYN=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 611), late Ch./4514, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TIMMINS, WILLIAM=, Petty Officer, 187758, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=TINKLER, GILBERT=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1883T, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TINNE, ERNEST PERCY JAMES=, Lieut., R.N.R., 4th _s._ of John Ernest Tinne, of Liverpool, Merchant; _b._ Aigburth, Liverpool, 30 Dec. 1882; educ. Liverpool College, and H.M.S. Conway; joined the R.N.R., and became Lieut. Oct. 1909; joined H.M.S. Hogue at Chatham, 3 Aug. 1914, and was lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at Paignton, South Devon, 4 May, 1907, Annie Amelia Kate, dau. of (--) Bartlett, and had three children: Maurice Herman James, _b._ 21 Feb. 1914; Hester Petronella, _b._ 26 Feb. 1908, and Margery Bertha Denise, _b._ 31 Oct, 1909.
=TIPPER, GEORGE=, Private, No. 7730, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, only child of Fred Tipper, of 7, Back, 11, Blythe Street, Ladywood, Birmingham, Builder’s Labourer, by his wife, Ada, daughter of Isaac Morgan; _b._ Selly Oak, co. Worcester, 14 Feb. 1889; educ. St. Barnabas’ Church School, Ryland Street, Birmingham; enlisted, 4 March, 1908; went to France, Aug. 1914, and was killed at Givenchy, France, 16 April, 1915; _unm._ He was relieved from sentry duty in the trenches, at 6 a.m. that morning, and then went to attend a class for bomb throwing and at 11 a.m. a bomb exploded in his hand killing him and Lieut. Crawford. He was buried by the Bishop of Khartoum, just behind the firing-line.
[Illustration: =George Tipper.=]
=TIPPINS, JOHN=, Corpl. and Acting Sergt., No. 3105, 2nd Battn. Essex Regt., _s._ of Luke R. Tippins, of Mistley, Essex, Schoolmaster and Rifle Expert; _b._ Winsford, co. Somerset, 10 March, 1887; educ. Norman School, Mistley, and privately; served first in 2nd Vol. Battn. Essex Regt., then in the 5th Essex (T.F.) as Machine Gun Sergt., and finally in 8th Essex (T.F.) as Motor Cycle Sergt.; joined 2nd Battn. as Private 18 Sept. 1914, in order to get at once to the Front, and was appointed Corpl., and left for France the following day, and was killed in action at a farm near Armentières, 26 Nov. 1914, having been appointed Acting Sergt. in charge of a machine gun a few days previously. Buried in 2nd Essex Cemetery, near Armentières; _unm._ John Tippins was one of the finest rifle shots in the United Kingdom. He qualified for the final stage of the King’s Prize Competition at Bisley in the years 1908–11 inclusive and in 1913; he won the Wimbledon Cup, 1910, the Association Cup, 1909, the Aggregate Service Rifle Championship, 1911, and took first place in the second stage of the Albert Competition the same year. He shot in the Elcho, Mackinnon, and Challenge Trophy teams, and was one of the Empire Team chosen to go out to Australia, whose departure was prevented by the outbreak of war. On the night he fell, he had gone himself to get water for the Maxim in his charge, as it was a dangerous job in daylight, and was killed on his return. Capt. Binstead (since killed) wrote: “He had already gained for himself a reputation as a daring sniper and splendid shot, which had spread far beyond his own regt., and which, had he not been shot, would, I feel sure, have obtained for him a coveted distinction.”
[Illustration: =John Tippins.=]
=TITE, CHARLES JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111796, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TITTERINGTON, LESLIE=, E.R.A., 4th Class, 272194, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=TITTERINGTON, ROGER=, Private, No. 11281, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 1st _s._ of James Titterington, of Elim Grove, Bowness on Windermere, co. Westmoreland, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of Roger Aldren, of Carnforth, Lancs.; _b._ Bowness on Windermere, 30 March, 1894; educ. Bowness Elementary School; enlisted 31 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Rue de l’Epinette, 31 Dec. 1914; _unm._ Buried in Soldiers’ Cemetery, Rue du Bois, on road from Bethune to Richebourg, about a mile beyond Le Touret.
[Illustration: =Roger Titterington.=]
=TOCHER, JOHN LESLIE=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 215576, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TOD, BERNARD DOUGLAS=, Private, No. 1828, A Coy. 1/14th Battn. (London Scottish) London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of James Tod, of 7, Bennochy Terrace, Kirkcaldy; _b._ North Berwick, East Lothian, 30 Jan. 1896; educ. Kirkcaldy High School (where he was a member of the O.T.C.), and Rouen; was a member of the staff of Messrs. Steel Bros. & Co., Ltd., East India Merchants, of 6, Fenchurch Avenue, E.C.; joined the London Scottish about March, 1913; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war, and left for France, 15 Sept. 1914; took part in the charge of the London Scottish at Messines, and in the gallant defence of the trenches at Zillebeke, and was killed in action in the trenches at Givenchy, 23 Dec. 1914. Buried in a disused part of the trench; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “He was without fear, and his whole thought was to do his duty for those at home.”
[Illustration: =Bernard Douglas Tod.=]
=TODD, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9580), 200339 Chatham, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TODD, JOHN WRIGHT=, L.-Corpl., No. 11308, 2nd Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, grandson of John Todd, of Main Street, Norham-on-Tweed; _b._ Norham-on-Tweed, 14 Feb. 1894; educ. there; was a Baker; enlisted in 2nd King’s Own Scottish Borderers, Oct. 1911; left for France, 14 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action, 9 April, 1915, being shot by a sniper; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Wright Todd.=]
=TODD, ROBERT FREDERICK=, Chief Ship’s Cook, 344299, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TODDERINGHAM, WILLIAM=, 1st Class Stoker, No. K. 12824, R.N., eldest _s._ of the late William Todderingham, Seaman, by his wife, Bridget (40, Tredegar Street, Cardiff), dau. of (--) Landers, of Cardiff; _b._ Cardiff, 10 May, 1892; educ. St. Peter’s R.C. Schools there; entered the Navy, 1909, and was lost when H.M.S. Monmouth was sunk in the Battle off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914; _unm._
=TODRICK, THOMAS=, W.S., Capt., 1/8th Battn. Royal Scots (T.F.), elder _s._ of Robert Todrick, Agent for the Bank of Scotland at Haddington, Hon. Sheriff Substitute, by his wife, Marianne Somerville, dau. of the late Rev. John Stevenson, of Wigtown; _b._ Haddington, 26 Dec. 1879; educ. Knox Institute; Leys School, Cambridge, and Edinburgh University, at which latter he took his law course, and was admitted, in 1904, a Writer to the Signet. Apprenticed for a time in the offices of Messrs. J. & J. Turnbull, W.S., Edinburgh, he afterwards started business there on his own account. He received his first commission in the 7th (Haddingtonshire) Vol. Battn. of the Royal Scots, 1900, and was appointed to the command of the Headquarters Coy. at Haddington, 1908, which command he held till 1913, and then joined the Reserve of Officers. Early in 1914 he accepted the offer to take command of the Dalkeith Coy., and on the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service. It was expected that the Service Battn. of the 8th Royal Scots would be called upon to leave Britain about Christmas, but on 1 Nov. they received orders to entrain the following day. Within a few days they were in France, and by the 15th of the same month in the firing line. Capt. Todrick took a prominent part in the operations, and was killed in action 15 Dec. 1914. A few nights before his death he crept from the British across to the German trenches, went under the wire entanglements and came back on that occasion in safety. A few days later the General in command asked that listening patrols should be sent out at night, and Capt. Todrick went out with three men himself. On reaching a certain point he asked them to lie in a ditch, as he thought he saw figures moving in front; he went on alone and fired his revolver. Doubtless the flash revealed him; an answering shot struck him in the neck, and his death was practically instantaneous. His men brought back his body, and he was buried in a little French cemetery while shells passed overhead. One of his brother officers wrote: “Poor Todrick has gone, best of comrades and bravest man in the battn.; no officer could have been more beloved by the others of all ranks in the battn.” Capt. Todrick was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915. He _m._ at Blackheath, 27 Aug. 1910, Brenda (30, Regent Terrace, Edinburgh), dau. of John List, chief engineer of the Union-Castle Line, and had a son and dau.: Archibald, _b._ 25 April, 1912; and Elizabeth, _b._ 5 Feb. 1914.
[Illustration: =Thomas Todrick.=]
=TOLHURST, WALTER=, Chief Stoker (R.F.R., A. 1852), 157015, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=TOLLEMACHE, BEVIL DOUGLAS=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest _s._ of the Hon. Douglas Alfred Tollemache, of Southbeach, Felixstowe, by his wife, Alice Mary, dau. of the late John Heath, and grandson of John, 1st Baron Tollemache; _b._ Melton, Woodbridge, co. Suffolk, 11 April, 1889; educ. Wixenford and Eton; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Special Reserve of the 1st Coldstream Guards, 15 Aug. 1914; left for France in Oct., and was killed in action at Givenchy on the morning of 22 Dec. following; _unm._
[Illustration: =Bevil Douglas Tollemache.=]
=TOMBS, JOHN BERNARD EVELYN=, Corpl., No. 2367, 2/9th Battn., attd. 2/10th Battn., The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of Thomas Charles Tombs, of 60, Harrow View, Harrow, Middlesex, by his wife, Mary Frances, dau. of John Airey, of Oakdene, Holly Park Gardens, Finchley, N.; _b._ Aylesbury, co. Bucks, 28 Jan. 1894; educ. Holmwood House School, Hampstead, and the William Ellis Endowed School, Gospel Oak; was in the employ of the Sun Life Office, Threadneedle Street, E.C., and was a Probationer of the Institute of Actuaries; volunteered after the outbreak of war and joined the 2/9th Middlesex in Sept. 1914; trained at Staines, Cambridge and Bedford; left England for the Dardanelles, 17 July, 1915, and was attached to the 2/10th Battn.; was in action at Suvla Bay, 8–12 Aug. 1915, when he was invalided to Alexandria and died there in the 15th General Hospital, 23 Sept. 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the Chatby Military Cemetery.
[Illustration: =John Bernard E. Tombs.=]
=TOMLIN, HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1517), 201734, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TOMLIN, JOHN=, Canteen Assistant, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TOMLINSON, FREDERICK WALLACE=, A.B., J. 7909, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TOMLINSON, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2240), 301735, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TOMPKINS, EDWIN=, Private, No. 54, 8th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of Henry James Tompkins, of 133, St. James’ Road, Northampton, by his wife, Mary Anne, dau. of William Griffin; _b._ Great Houghton, co. Northampton, 30 March, 1891; educ. Kingsthorpe and Council School, St. James’ End; was an employee in Wolverton Carriage Works, and joined the Oxford and Bucks Territorials in May, 1913; emigrated to Australia in July, 1913, and settled in Victoria as a Farm Hand; joined the Australian Imperial Force after the outbreak of the European War, 1 Sept. 1914; left for Egypt, 19 Oct 1914; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, and died in King’s College Hospital, London, 16 Aug. 1915, of wounds received in Gallipoli the previous May; _unm._
[Illustration: =Edwin Tompkins.=]
=TOMPKINS, GEORGE CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109430, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TOMPKINS, WILLIAM JOHN=, Ordinary Signalman, No. J20250, R.N., H.M.S. Triumph, only _s._ of Thomas Tompkins, of 14, College Park Terrace, Willesden Junction, N.W., Gardener in Hyde Park under H.M. Office of Works, by his wife, Annie Ellen, dau. of Robert Margetts; _b._ Faringdon, co. Berks, 14 Feb. 1897; educ. Kenmont Garden Council School, College Park, N.W.; joined Royal Navy, 22 Sept. 1912; was drafted to Portsmouth Depot, 30 Aug. 1913; and sailed for the Dardanelles in H.M.S. Irresistible, 19 Feb. 1915. This ship was sunk by a drifting mine during the attack on the Narrows, 18 March following. He was saved and taken on board H.M.S. Ocean, which was also sunk in the same way immediately afterwards. Saved for the second time that day, he was appointed to H.M.S. Triumph, and was drowned when that ship was sunk by torpedo fire off Gaba Tepe, 25 May, 1915. His body was recovered by a trawler (705) and taken to H.M.S. Blenheim, from which it was buried at sea; _unm._ The Chief Yeoman of Signals of the Triumph wrote: “He was a very promising young fellow, and would have done well in his profession. I cannot say too much for him.” At school he won two scholarships and also the L.C.C. first prize for carpentry.
[Illustration: =William John Tompkins.=]
=TOMS, ARTHUR WOODLAND=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. Devonshire Regt. (Special Reserve), attd. 2nd Battn. The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 2nd _s._ of Frederick Woodland Toms, of 1, Claremont Terrace, Jersey, F.I.C., Official Analyst, by his wife, Emily, dau. of the late Frazer Hopwood, of Fauresmith, Orange River Colony; _b._ St. Helier’s, Jersey, 25 April, 1891; educ. Victoria College there; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Devonshire Regt. (Special Reserve), 7 Feb. 1912, and promoted Lieut. 14 Feb. 1914. For some time before the outbreak of war he had been preparing for service under the Colonial Office, and received the offer of an appointment in West Africa from the Secretary for the Colonies three days before the declaration of war. He went to France, 6 Nov., and was accidentally killed, 27 Nov. 1914, while on active service, and was buried in the cemetery at Estaires, Nord; _unm._ The officer commanding 3rd Devonshire Regt. wrote: “He was a great favourite in the regt, and a most capable officer.” In 1913 and 1914 Lieut. Toms captained the “Young Soldiers’” shooting team of his regt.
[Illustration: =Arthur Woodland Toms.=]
=TOMS, JOHN=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 170693, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TONKINSON, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., I.C. 599), S.S. 805, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TOOGOOD, ALFRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3730), 191822, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TOOLEY, JOHN JAMES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./13005, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=TOOMER, CECIL WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 10181, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TOOMEY, ARCHIBALD ROCHE=, 2nd Lieut., 6th Battn. Prince of Wales’ Leinster Regt. (Royal Canadians), eldest _s._ of Archibald Montgomery Toomey, of 20, Palmerston Park, Dublin, by his wife, Nina, dau. of Surg.-Major James Roche Nagle; _b._ Dublin, 17 Dec. 1891; educ. St. Stephen’s Green School; Portora Royal School, and Trinity College, Dublin (Medical School); volunteered on the outbreak of war and was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 6th Leinsters, 26 Aug. 1914; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles from 5 Aug. 1915, to 10 Aug. 1915; killed in action at Suvla Bay on the later date; _unm._
=TOOP, EDWARD CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5115), 195218, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TOOSEN, ENDOXIL=, Stoker, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TOPHAM, GEORGE SAMUEL=, L.-Corpl., No. 1358, 1/5th Battn. East Kent Regt. (The Buffs) (T.F.), yst. _s._ of William Topham, of Arlesey, co. Bedford, Engine Driver, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of William Bowskill, of Arlesey; _b._ St. Neots, co. Huntingdon, 2 Feb. 1896; educ. Arlesey Council School, and was apprenticed to Messrs. Levitt & Sons, Outfitters, of Arlesey, and then moved to Luton, later going to Cranbrook, Kent. Volunteered on the outbreak of war, and joined The Buffs on or about 6 Aug. 1914; left for India, 29 Oct., where he remained until Nov. 1915, when he was ordered to the Persian Gulf, and died there 17 Jan. 1916, of wounds received in action on the 6th: _unm._
[Illustration: =George Samuel Topham.=]
=TOPHAM, HENRY ANGRAVE CECIL=, 2nd Lieut., Indian Army, attd. 1st Battn. The Welsh Regiment, elder _s._ of John Henry Topham, of Morley Hall, co. Derby, by his wife, Dorothy Marion, dau. of George Henry Angrave; _b._ Derby, 14 Oct. 1891; educ. Malvern and Clare College, Cambridge (graduated B.A., Dec. 1913), and was in both the school and college O.T.C. He obtained a university commission as 2nd Lieut. Indian Army, 21 Jan. 1913, and his rank was made substantive, 5 Aug. 1914. He was on the point of sailing for India when war was declared, but was posted to the 4th Sherwood Foresters at Backworth, Northumberland, where he remained until the end of Feb. 1915, when he was sent to France, being attached for the period of the war to the 1st Battn. Welsh Regt. He took part in the 2nd Battle of Ypres, and on 24 May, his regt. being ordered to join in a counter-attack, he was severely wounded in the head by a piece of high explosive shell, near Ypres, dying the next day, 25 May, 1915, at Bailleul Clearing Hospital, where he had been taken, and was buried in the Military Cemetery there (No. 1125). An officer wrote: “We were all so fond of him and he is indeed a great loss. He was of great assistance to me in the field, for I could rely on him, and in addition he had the happy knack of commanding men.”
[Illustration: =Henry A. C. Topham.=]
=TOSH, WILLIAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 551, 8th Australian Light Horse, only _s._ of James Tosh, of Third Part, Crail, Fife, by his wife, Jessie Christine (Mansefield, Anstruther), only dau. of Alexander Campbell Macandie; _b._ 30 Sept. 1885: educ. Clifton Bank School, St. Andrews, and afterwards learnt sheep-farming in one of the Border counties; then proceeded to Australia and acted as assistant to the owner of Barunah, one of the largest sheep-runs in the Colony of Victoria. After a short visit home in 1910, he returned to Australia and started farming on his own account, but on the outbreak of war disposed of his property and joined the Australian Light Horse. He was wounded in action at Anzac, Gallipoli, and died half an hour afterwards, 7 Aug. 1915, being buried in the 8th L.H. Burial Ground, on the beach; _unm._ Major McLaurin wrote: “He was a splendid soldier and much beloved by the regt.”
=TOVEY, FREDERICK JOHN=, Private, No. 10724, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of John Tovey, of Walk Cottages, Heythorpe, co. Oxon, Farm Labourer, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Reuben Stanger; _b._ Milton under Wychwood, co. Oxon, 22 Oct. 1898; educ. Village School there; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 1914 at Coventry; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., and was reported missing, 25 Jan. 1915 and is now assumed to have been killed in action about that date.
=TOWLE, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4859), S.S. 1767, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TOWNEND, FRANCIS WHITCHURCH=, Capt., 35th Divisional Signal Coy. Royal Engineers, 3rd _s._ of the Rev. Alfred John Townend, Chaplain to the Forces, by his wife, Margaret Wiseman, dau. of the late William James Stairs, of Nova Scotia; _b._ Halifax, Nova Scotia, 10 July, 1885; educ. Dulwich College, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and on leaving there spent two years at the School of Military Engineering, Chatham; gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.E., 21 Jan. 1904, and promoted Lieut. 24 Sept. 1906, and Capt. 30 Oct. 1914; went to India in 1906, and was there attached to the 3rd Sappers and Miners; left for France with the Indian Expeditionary Force after the outbreak of war, reaching the front in Oct. and died at Bethune, 29 March, 1915, of wounds received in action the previous day, while laying telephone wires; _unm._ Buried in Bethune Cemetery. A motor ambulance driver wrote the following account of the incident to his Mother [Morning Post, 12 April, 1915]: “After dinner I commenced a letter, but was interrupted by a shell bursting somewhere in the vicinity and a man yelling for bandages. Of course I rushed to see if I could be of any use, and found that the shell had burst at the side of the road about forty yards away, right in the midst of a party of Indian engineers who were inspecting the telegraph wires. T. and I grabbed stretchers from our car, and with some others rushed for the Indians. I was late in starting owing to my litter, and all the Indians were being attended to when I arrived on the scene. However, I saw someone in the shell hole which was on the side of the road opposite from where the men had been hit, and so had escaped notice. In it was a man, the white officer of the Indians, who appeared to have his legs half buried in the debris of the hole. He told us to attend to the others first; he was all right. And then as we moved him we saw that he was standing on the stumps of his legs. Both had been shot off at the knee. (I’m telling you this story, horrible as it is, because of the extraordinary courage the man showed--such courage as I’ve never seen before, and hardly imagined. It’s worth while bearing the horror of it to realise that we are officered by such men.) He was perfectly conscious and calm, and spoke as though he were a medical officer and someone else the victim. He looked at his legs as we moved him on to the stretcher and asked me quietly (he was not in the least excited, and his handsome face showed no pain) to tie something tight round both thighs to stop the bleeding. I did what I could with my handkerchief, and another I requisitioned, and we took him to our billet. We had to move hurriedly, of course, as a second shell had followed and we wanted cover in case any more arrived. There were two R.A.M.C. men with us, and they attended to the subsequent first aid. They discovered another horrible wound in his arm, and while they were dressing it he told them that he thought he would give up football next year. We then took him to the nearest hospital; he was still conscious and perfectly collected, and laughed quietly and talked, apologising for the trouble he was causing, while on the way to the hospital. And I came back thinking of that tag in some book or other ‘I have seen a man.’ The poor fellow died in hospital.” While at Woolwich he played for the Association Football XI, and was a well-known Army cricketer, having several times represented the Royal Engineers against the Royal Artillery at Lord’s; he also played for the Free Foresters, the Bombay Presidency, and the Indian Army. Capt. Townend was mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir John French [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915].
[Illustration: =Francis W. Townend.=]
=TOWNER, FREDERICK ARTHUR ALBERT=, Private, Signaller, No. 148, 7th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Horace Frederick Towner, of 22, Alfred Street, St. Leonards-on-Sea, Cabinet Maker, by his wife, Isabel, dau. of William McLeod; _b._ St. Leonards, 6 July, 1890; educ. Christ Church School there; went to sea in 1906 and was twice wrecked, first on the John Shelley, in Nov. 1907, and secondly with the sailing ship Enterprise, in the North Sea, Oct. 1908, being on this last occasion the sole survivor; in 1912 went to Australia and took up farming, but after the outbreak of war enlisted in the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, 4 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 3 June, 1915; _unm._
=TOWNSEND, CHARLES=, Armourer’s Mate (Pensioner), 342373, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TOWNSEND, HENRY CHARLES WILLIAM=, A.B., 239251, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TOWNSHEND, ALFRED=, A.B., 236174, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
## action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TOWNSHEND, CHARLES HENRY=, A.B., 229079, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TRACEY, ALBERT JAMES FREDERICK=, Private, No. 1940, 15th Battn. (Prince of Wales’s Own Civil Service Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 4th _s._ of Joseph Thomas Tracey, of 24, Belmont Road, South Norwood, S.E., formerly Sergt. 1st Border (34th) Regt., by his wife, Caroline, dau. of Richard Frederick Hill; _b._ Caterham, co. Surrey, 11 April, 1891; educ. Garrison School, Fort George, N.B.; South Norwood Council School, and Whitgift Middle School, Croydon; served as a registered Boy Clerk at the Board of Education, Whitehall, from 27 May, 1907, to 16 July, 1911, and as an assistant clerk, 17 July, 1911, to Aug. 1914. He joined the 23rd London Territorials in March, 1909; became Sergt. in Sept. 1912, but transferred to the Civil Service Rifles, April, 1914, giving up his stripes; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 17 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 25 May following, while bombing a German trench; _unm._ He was buried at Festubert. Capt. H. H. Kemble, of his Coy., wrote: “Your son led the way along the parapet and used his bombs with such effect, that the trench was taken the next day. A report of his bravery has been forwarded to Head Quarters. He was always thorough and efficient, and always quiet and gentle”; and Sergt. F. C. Robertson said that when they found him next day he had used all his bombs. He had rushed right on using the bombs till the Germans turned the machine-gun on to him. No man could have done more. The trench was won.
[Illustration: =Albert J. F. Tracey.=]
=HANBURY-TRACEY, HON. FELIX CHARLES HUBERT=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Scots Guards, yst. _s._ of Charles Douglas Richard, 4th Baron Sudeley, P.C., by his wife, Ada Maria Katherine, dau. of the Hon. Frederick James Tollemache; _b._ Buckingham Gate, S.W., 27 July, 1882; educ. Harrow and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Scots Guards, 8 May, 1901, and promoted Lieut. 10 Nov. 1907; retired in 1907 and joined the Reserve of Officers; gazetted to the 3rd Battn. of his regt. on the outbreak of war, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 7 Nov., and died of wounds received in an attack on the German trenches near Fromelles, on the night of 18–19 Dec. 1914. He was wounded slightly at the commencement of the attack, but still led his men. When again wounded fatally on the parapet of the German trench, some of his men attempted to carry him back to safety, but he ordered them to leave him where he was and to go on, as he did not wish them to risk their lives in saving him. The Germans shortly afterwards re-took their trench, and he died a few hours later in their hands, and was buried by them. He _m._ at Lacock, Wiltshire, 11 June, 1908, Madeline Llewellyn (13, Queen’s Gate Place, S.W.), only dau. of Col. George Llewellyn Palmer, of Lackham, Lacock, Wilts, and had two sons: Michael David Charles, _b._ 29 March, 1909; and Ninian John Frederick, _b._ 7 Dec. 1910.
[Illustration: =F. C. H. Hanbury-Tracey.=]
=TRAHERNE, LLEWELLYN EDMUND=, of Coedarhydyglyn, near Cardiff, J.P., Lt.-Commander, R.N., eldest _s._ of the late Llewellyn Edmund Traherne, of Coedarhydyglyn, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Henry Hogard; _b._ Paris, 14 Sept. 1863; joined the Britannia in Jan. 1877, and left in Dec. 1878, having taken the first prize in seamanship that year, he was appointed to H.M.S. Charybdis, then on the China Station, and took passage to her in the Encounter. He served in many stations and qualified in gunnery, gaining 1st Class Certificate in 1890, retiring in 1897. On the outbreak of the European War, at the age of 51, he rejoined as Lt.-Commander (G.) Emergency List, and was promoted to Acting-Commander of the Excellent, 12 Oct. 1914, and died while on active service, of pneumonia, at the Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar, 14 Oct. 1914. He was buried in the Churchyard of the village of St. Nicholas, near Cardiff. Lt.-Commander Traherne _m._ at Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Street, London, 16 April, 1907, Dorothy Emma Olivia, elder dau. of George Felix Standish Sinclair, of 3, Manson Place, London, S.W., and granddau. of the late Sir John George Tollemache Sinclair, of Ulbster, 3rd Bart., M.P., and had two sons and one dau.: Cennydd George, now of Coedarhydyglyn, _b._ 14 Dec. 1910; John Rhodri Llewellyn, _b._ 24 Sept. 1913; and Margaret Agnes Mary, _b._ 1 Dec. 1908.
[Illustration: =Llewellyn E. Traherne.=]
=TRAVERS, ALBERT JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14738 (Ports.), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TRAYNOR, THOMAS=, Stoker, R.N.R., S. 2922, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=TREHANE, GEORGE=, Leading Stoker, K. 1240, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TREVELYAN, WILFRED=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. Rifle Brigade, 2nd _s._ of Sir Ernest John Trevelyan, of 1, Marston Ferry Road, Oxford, D.C.L., Reader in Indian Law to the University of Oxford, etc. [gdson. of the Ven. George Trevelyan, Archdeacon of Taunton, 3rd _s._ of Sir John Trevelyan, of Nettlecombe, 4th Bart.], by his 2nd wife, Julia Isabel, dau. of Edward Walhouse Mark, late Consul at Marseilles; b. Calcutta, 10 Oct. 1893; educ. Rugby, and at Manchester University; gazetted from the Officers’ Training Corps to the 5th (Reserve) Battn. Rifle Brigade, 15 Aug. 1914, was transferred to the 4th Battn. 8 Sept. following, served with his regt. in France and Flanders, and died at Ypres, 5 May, 1915, from wounds received in
## action the previous day. He was buried in the grounds of Hooge Chateau,
France; _unm._
[Illustration: =Wilfred Trevelyan.=]
=TREVENA, FREDERIC WILLIAM=, Private, No. 931, A Coy., 1/5th Battn. Seaforth Highlanders (T.F.), only surviving _s._ of Richard Charles Trevena, of 33, Lakeside Road, Palmer’s Green, N., by his wife, Eliza Barnicoat, dau. of the late John Robins, of Penryn, Cornwall; _b._ London, 22 Oct. 1892; educ. Bowes Road School, was a member of the Clerk’s Department of the Southgate Urban District Council Office; joined the Seaforth Highlanders, 14 Sept. 1914; went to France, 1 May, 1915, and was killed on the 21st of that month, by shell fire, while the battn. was resting in an orchard about three miles from the firing line, some miles N.E. of Bethune. Buried in the orchard; _unm._ The Chaplain, the Rev. D. Macfarlane wrote: “We were encamped and he and others were simply resting in their bivouac when the shells came raining across on us. We had been shelled the day before farther up the line and had left it to come here for safety as this place had never been shelled before. But this time the shells had a message, and it was your dear Frederic that they came to. He could have suffered nothing, as death was instantaneous. The others were spared, though they got a shock. We feel keenly parting so suddenly from a good comrade and a brave man.”
[Illustration: =Frederic W. Trevena.=]
=TREVENER, WALTER JOHN=, Leading Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2277), 289209, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TREVOR, HARRY SPOTTISWOODE=, Lieut., Royal Engineers, _s._ of Sir Arthur Charles Trevor, K.C.S.I., late of the Indian C.S., Revenue Member of the Bombay Government (1892–95) and Public Works Member of the Government of India (1896–1901), by his wife, Florence Mary, 2nd dau. of Col. Cyril Jackson Prescott, Bombay S.C., and grandson of Captain Robert Salusbury Trevor, 3rd Bengal Cavalry (who was murdered at Kabul in Dec. 1841, with the British Envoy, Sir William Macnaghten); _b._ Karachi, India, 19 July, 1899; educ. Marlborough College, where he was in the sixth form. Prefect and Head of his house, and a member of the house and school football teams, and the School Shooting Eight. From Marlborough he passed direct into Woolwich, became a member of R.M.A. Football XV, and gained his commission in the R.E., after an 18 months course, 1 Oct. 1909. After the usual period of training at Chatham he was ordered to India, served for a time in the Military Works Department at Jullunder, in the Punjab, and was then transferred to the Engineering Staff of the North-Western State Railway at Lahore, and promoted Lieut. 28 Jan. 1912. On the outbreak of the war he was attached to the 1st K.G.’s O. Sappers and Miners, and proceeded with the 4th Field Company of the battn. as part of the Meerut Brigade to France, where he landed in Oct. 1914, and where he served, throughout the fighting at Givenchy, Festubert, Neuve Chapelle, and elsewhere on the front between La Bassée and Lille, till he was killed in action in the trenches near Laventie, 15 Aug. 1915. Buried in the British Cemetery at Vieille Chapelle; _unm._ He was mentioned in Despatches, 30 Nov. 1915. General Nanton, C.R.E., Indian Contingent (under whom Lieut. Trevor had served in the Military Department in India, as well as at the front), wrote: “I have watched your son since he was with us in Jullunder. In this war I have noted his bravery and skill on so many occasions. We have lost a brave and good officer. He was buried with our other R.E. officers at Vieille Chapelle. He was shot whilst arranging a fixed rifle rest with his usual care, and he did not suffer for an instant”; and Col. Twining, late C.R.E. Meerut Division: “Your son worked under my orders from the time he came to France until March last. I had a high opinion of him as an officer and a strong regard for him as an individual, and I deplore his loss to the Service as well as to his relations and friends. He went through much hard and dangerous work--never spared himself in the slightest and was always cheery and ready for anything. I remember one occasion in
## particular last Dec. when I had to send him with another young officer
out on a very difficult and dangerous task--they had been out through very severe fighting for 36 hours consecutively and were very much done, but your lad stuffed a little food into his pockets and went off again, full of cheer, with a smile. You will be glad to hear of this--it was his usual attitude and we have lost a valuable officer and a much-loved comrade.” The late Col. Davidson Houston, Commanding 58th Rifles F.F., also wrote: “I trust you will excuse an entire stranger writing to you, but on behalf of both my officers and myself I wish to tender our deepest sympathy with you in the loss of your son last month. He was, when he met his death, working in my section of the front line, as he had frequently done before, and I had always found him a most able and hard working adviser on technical points connected with the defences--always cheerful, always ready to help, never sparing himself, we shall miss him greatly and the R.E.’s have lost one of their most promising young officers. Your son had been lunching with me and discussing a rifle rest he had invented, a specimen of which he had had made and given to my regiment. He said he would like to test this
## particular specimen as he had not had time to do so before sending it
to us. He asked if he might use my observation post to shoot from and he and my adjutant went there for the purpose. The post is raised up on a platform. Your son raised his head to look over the little breastwork and was immediately shot. We much regretted being unable, owing to the Military situation, to attend his funeral and mark our respect for him as a soldier and a comrade.” An officer of high professional promise, he was also a music and book lover, a talented designer and draftsman, and had a somewhat notable turn for the devising of contrivances “for the further discomfiture of the enemy,” to use the words of a brother officer. One of the first, if not absolutely the first, trench mortar used by the British, to counter the German Minenwerfer, was made on his initiative and under his orders, of 9 inch iron piping, in the company’s workshops, and proved very effective, and it was in arranging to test a portable contrivance of his own for enabling fire to be kept up on any desired point in the dark and without exposure, that he met his death. With reference to this contrivance the O.C. 2nd Black Watch wrote in a note found among Lieut. Trevor’s papers: “We have tried your rifle rest, and found it very good.”
[Illustration: =Harry S. Trevor.=]
=TRIGGS, WOODMAN GEORGE=, Ship’s Corpl. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3710), 163287, H.M.S. Aboukir: lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TRIMMER, GILBERT FREDERICK=, Coy. Sergt.-Major, No. 3359, 2/4th Battn. The Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of John Trimmer, of Guildford, by his wife, Alice Katurah, dau. of J. Dawes Esher; _b._ Guildford, co. Surrey, 18 April, 1876; was by trade a Tailor; served in South Africa, 1900, with the City Imperial Volunteers and was invalided, home; after the outbreak of the European War enlisted 2 Nov. 1914; went to the Dardanelles with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at Chocolate Hill, Gallipoli, 9 Aug. 1915. He _m._ at St. Mary’s, Guildford, 10 Feb. 1902, Grace Eleanor (38, King John Terrace, Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne), dau. of the late George Hewett, of Guildford; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Gilbert F. Trimmer.=]
=TRIMMER, WILLIAM DOUGLAS MACLEAN=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Hampshire Regt., only child of Edward Douglas Trimmer, of Oakrigg, Walton-on-Thames, Solicitor, and his wife, Mary Kate, dau. of John Lauchlan Maclean, late of Haremere Hall, co. Sussex; _b._ Surbiton, co. Surrey, 29 Dec. 1891; educ. Aldenham School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1st Hampshires, 20 Sept. 1911, and promoted Lieut. 18 March, 1914; left for France, 22 Aug. 1914, in the 11th Brigade of the 4th Division, served through the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Aisne and the Marne, and was killed in action with his whole platoon, in an advanced and isolated trench at Ploegsteert Wood, during the First Battle of Ypres, 30 Oct. following. Buried in Ploegsteert Churchyard; _unm._ Lieut. J. F. Gwynne, Medical Officer to the Hampshires, wrote: “He died like a hero--he _was_ a hero, and the way he and his men fought to the last is one of the finest acts I have heard of in the whole war. He was found in his trench, wounded fatally in the head, grasping unexpended cartridges in his hand--game to the last. He must have died immediately on receiving the fatal shot.” Capt. Clive Garsia, 1st Hampshires, wrote: “The simplest truth about him, uninfluenced by the natural wish to speak well of the dead, is that he was one of the very best subalterns I ever knew. From the day he joined he devoted himself whole-heartedly to work and to play, and exhibited pluck and endurance I have never seen excelled. His success as a cross-country runner was due solely to grit, because he was not the cut of a runner, but he had the heart to stay the pace however hot they made it. As a loyal subordinate who played up to me whole-heartedly on every occasion I should like to pay his memory humble tribute of acknowledgment. I knew when the war broke out that he would do well, and I have frequently asked men coming down wounded for news about the regt. and different officers. The first news I heard was about the retreat from Mons, when a sergt. told me that Mr. Trimmer and the General were the only two that wouldn’t lie down. Several told me that ‘the blokes said they’d follow him anywhere’”; and in a subsequent letter he added “the specially heroic circumstances attending the last stand of Douglas and his platoon are fully appreciated. I am now on the Divisional staff and have frequently heard the Chief Staff Officer say how well my regt. has done all through, instancing the way Douglas’ platoon stuck it to the last man.” And Capt. Douglas Johnston, 1st Hampshires, wrote: “On the Aisne he [Lieut. Trimmer] did his work perfectly, and I myself was particularly struck with the quiet courage he showed when on really dangerous patrol work. He was far from well there, but got better before we moved. When poor Major Connellan was struck, your boy dashed out and brought him into cover, and the next day, the 21 Oct., he told me about it. It is unnecessary for me to add that he was extraordinarily popular with his men.” Mr. Connellan in a letter to Mr. Trimmer said: “I have heard from Capt. Thurn and I will tell you all that he told me about your son, but I am afraid it is very little. He says, about 28 Oct. he was holding an advanced trench with his platoon in front of Ploegsteert Wood; he was very heavily shelled and attacked by infantry all day, losing most of his platoon. He sent back for reinforcements but apparently there were none to be had, anyhow none were sent. He held his men together and stuck to his trench all day, being finally killed by a shell towards the evening. The remains of his platoon, nine men out of about 40, stuck on and were finally all killed by German infantry, except, I believe, one man who is now wounded and prisoner. The only survivor of his platoon, the messenger he sent back, was killed about two months after. Young Trimmer certainly held his trench very gallantly and I know his name was sent on from the battn.” He was a good all-round athlete. When at Aldenham he won the School Mile and Half Mile, in 1910, creating school records in both instances. He was also a good cross-country runner, coming in fourth at the R.M.C. in 1911, and he ran in the 1st Hampshire Regimental Teams in 1912, 1913 and 1914, which won the Aldershot Command (twice) and the Eastern Command, Cross Country Runs. In other sports he was a useful Rugby Football and Hockey player, a plucky swimmer and a good horseman.
[Illustration: =William D. M. Trimmer.=]
=TRINEMAN, CHARLES FREDERICK=, Staff Sergt., No. 62, 18th Battn. 5th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of the late William Trineman, Gardener; _b._ Exeter, 28 March, 1882; educ. Seaton Council School; joined the 27th Devonshire Yeomanry, and served with them through the South African War, 1899–1902 (Queen’s medal with five clasps); afterwards went to Australia; joined the Australian Imperial Force on the outbreak of war; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 21–25 Aug. 1915. He had, just previous to his death, given a cooking demonstration at Victoria Barracks, on one of the Travelling Kitchens to be used by the troops, and was then presented with a gold wristlet watch. For many years he was golf professional and groundsman at the Axe Cliff Golf Links. He _m._ at Seaton, Devon, 28 Jan. 1903, Amelia (Southfield, New Road, Water Orton, near Birmingham), dau. of John Harley Boddy, and had a dau.: Nora Amelia, _b._ 13 March, 1904.
[Illustration: =Charles F. Trineman.=]
=TRITTON, ROBERT EDMUND=, Leading Seaman, 227159, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TROTMAN, SYDNEY=, Private, No. 3155, 2/3rd Battn. (Royal Fusiliers), The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late George Hayman Trotman, of Brooklands Lodge, Cambridge, by his wife, Agnes (35, Norwich Street, Cambridge), dau. of Edward Godfrey; _b._ Cambridge, 18 April, 1886; educ. St. Paul’s School, Cambridge; was a Clerk; joined 2/3rd Royal Fusiliers, 8 Dec. 1914; left for Egypt, in April, and died of heatstroke at Khartoum, 3 June, 1915; _unm._ Buried at Khartoum. His Commanding Officer wrote: “Your son was buried with all military honours and the Sirdar (Sir Reginald Wingate) has written asking me to express his sympathy to his relatives and the men of his company”; and another officer: “Your son was a good man and soldier, and will be deeply missed by officers and men alike.”
[Illustration: =Sydney Trotman.=]
=TROTT, FREDERICK JAMES=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21850, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=TROTTER, ALEXANDER NIGEL=, Lieut. 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st Battn. The Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.), only _s._ of Alexander Pelham Trotter, of 181, Ashley Gardens, London, S.W., Electrical Adviser to the Board of Trade, by his wife, Alys Fane, dau. of Maurice Keatinge, and a nephew of Lieut.-Col. Sir Henry Trotter, K.C.M.G., C.B.; _b._ Cottesmore Gardens, London, W., 17 Sept. 1894; educ. Packwood Haugh, and Clifton College, where he was a member of the O.T.C., shot in the Bisley VIII, and was one of the best boxers in the school; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 3rd Royal Scots, 21 Dec. 1912, and promoted Lieut. 9 July, 1914; acted as Transport Officer for the 3rd Battn. on the outbreak of war; left for France in charge of a draft of 100 men for the 2nd Battn., 30 Aug. 1914; the Royal Scots left the trenches at the Aisne about 26 Sept. and arrived in position near Bethune 11 Oct., and Lieut. Trotter was killed in action at La Fosse, near Vieille Chapelle, 12 Oct. 1914, while engaged in attacking a wood strongly held by the enemy. The ground over which the British had to advance was intersected by small irrigation canals crossed by plank bridges, on which the officers and men offered a good target. Lieut. Trotter is believed to have been first hit while crossing one of these bridges, and after advancing three-quarters of a mile fell with two more wounds. He was buried on the farm of Zelobes, near La Fosse, north of Bethune; _unm._ His Coy. Commander, Capt. (now Major) F. C. Tanner, D.S.O., wrote: “Everyone is unanimous that Nigel died like a hero, and knowing him I could not suppose it otherwise. I saw him under fire at the beginning of the action”; and a man in his company: “I can assure you all the men were sorry to lose him, for he seemed to have no fear and was a good leader of men.” On the cross put up on his grave by the mobile column of the Red Cross, some of his comrades wrote: “A very gallant gentleman.”
[Illustration: =Alexander N. Trotter.=]
=TROTTER, JAMES KEITH=, Lieut. 1st Battn. Gordon Highlanders, only _s._ of Major-General Sir James Keith Trotter, of Aislaby Lodge, Sleights, co. York, K.C.B., C.M.G., by his wife, Alice, yst. dau. of Francis James Crow, of Haughton-le-Skerne, co. Durham; _b._ Malta, 19 Dec. 1888; educ. Wellington College (where he was prefect, 1906, and head of the Rifle Corps), and the Royal Military College Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Gordon Highlanders, 23 Jan. 1909, and promoted Lieut. 15 Oct. 1910; was A.D.C. to his father, Major-General Sir J. K. Trotter, Commanding Southern Coast Defences, from 3 Nov. 1910, to 23 July, 1911; went to France, 13 Aug. 1914, and was killed in
## action at Audencourt, near Le Cateau, 26 Aug. 1915, being shot in the
head while watching the fire of his machine-guns through field-glasses; _unm._ He was buried at Audencourt. Lieut. Trotter was the winner of 100 and 200 yards races at Wellington College, and was second in quarter of a mile race at Army Championship Meeting, Aldershot, 1909.
[Illustration: =James Keith Trotter.=]
=TROUNSON, GRAHAM FRANCIS JAMES=, Midshipman, R.N.R., only child of Francis Thomas Trounson, of Onslow Mansions, Richmond, Surrey, by his wife, Kate E., dau. of Thomas Martin, of Chelmsford; _b._ London, 11 June, 1897; educ. The Whitegift and Mersey training ship for White Star Officers; Cadet R.N.R., 1911; Midshipman (Proby.), Jan. 1914; appointed to H.M.S. Good Hope, 2 Aug., and was lost when that ship was sunk in the Naval action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. He had the unique experience, in so short a life of having travelled the world as a cadet, and Midshipman, in sail The Mersey, in steam The Cevarmie, and in H.M.S. Good Hope. He had been round the Horn six times.
[Illustration: =Graham F. J. Trounson.=]
=TRUDGETT, JAMES ALBERT=, Sergt., No. 5435, 1st King’s Dragoon Guards, 3rd _s._ of George Alfred Trudgett, of 68, Lime Tree Place, Stowmarket, Suffolk, by his wife, Harriet, dau. of William Greenwood, of Stowmarket; _b._ Stowmarket, 18 Dec. 1883; educ. British School there, and was for a short time a Clerk in the offices of the New Explosives Co.’s Works at Stowmarket; enlisted in the King’s Dragoon Guards, 3 Jan. 1901, and after training at York was drafted to the regt. then in South Africa; remained there a year, then returned to England; served at Hounslow and Aldershot; went to India, 6 Nov. 1907, and was stationed at Ambala and later at Lucknow; went to France with the Lucknow Cavalry Brigade about Nov. 1914; took part in the heavy fighting round La Bassée, and was killed in action at Hooge, 2 June, 1915; _unm._ The Adjutant, 1st King’s Dragoon Guards, wrote: “Your son was with me in the Headquarters during the 1st and 2nd and gave me very able assistance in taking messages, and assisting in dressing the wounded. During the severe bombardment of the 2nd, at about 2 p.m., the dug-out was blown in, in two places, and I gave your son an order to take the most important papers and go down the communication trench to a place of greater safety in Zouave Wood. That was the last I saw of him. The communication trench was almost obliterated, his body not being discovered for two days. The Lincoln Regt. reported that in clearing the trench, they had found him and buried him in Zouave Wood. I cannot tell you how great a loss he is to the regt., Colonel and myself. A thorough, trustworthy, gallant soldier, and mourned by all ranks.”
[Illustration: =James Albert Trudgett.=]
=TRUEMAN, CHARLES FITZGERALD HAMILTON=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Manchester Regt., eldest _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Charles Hamilton Trueman, of Oakwell-on-the-Blean, Kent, late 32nd L.I., by his wife, Dorothea Magdalena, dau. of John P. Fitzgerald, M.D.; _b._ Devonport, 22 March, 1877; educ. King’s School, Canterbury, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to 2nd Manchesters, 8 Sept. 1897; promoted Lieut. 17 Aug. 1899, and Capt. 5 Jan. 1901; served in the South African War, 1900–1; took part in the operations in the Transvaal, July, 1901, and in those in the Orange River Colony, 30 Nov. 1900 to Oct. 1901 (Queen’s medal with four clasps), was Superintendant of Gymnasia, Aldershot Command, 23 April, 1908, to 31 Aug. 1909, and Assistant Inspector of Gymnasia in same command, 1 Sept. 1909, to 22 April, 1912; left for France with the Expeditionary Force (14th Brigade, 5th Division), Aug. 1914, and was reported missing after the Battle of Le Cateau, on the 26th of same month, and is believed to have been killed in this action; _unm._ He had the Coronation medal of King Edward VII.
=TRUEMAN, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3264), 292872, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=TRUSSLER, FREDERICK=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po./13907, H.M S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TUCK, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3410), 308496, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TUCK, PETER ISAAC THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5338), 211878, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TUCKER, ALAN ROBERT LLOYD=, 2nd Lieut., Indian Army (attd. 2nd Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt.), only _s._ of Robert Edward Tucker, of Ashburton, co. Devon, Solicitor, Lt.-Col. Commanding 2/5th Battn. Devonshire Regt. (T.F.), by his wife, Annie Lloyd, dau. of the late Richard Williams, of Bodafon, Anglesey; _b._ Ashburton, 25 June, 1894; educ. Sherborne and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Indian Army, 8 Aug. 1914, and was subsequently attd. 2nd Royal Warwicks; went to France, Nov. 1914, and was killed in action near Fleurbaix, 19 Dec. following; _unm._
[Illustration: =Alan R. L. Tucker.=]
=TUCKER, ERNEST EDWIN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5398), 195629, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TUCKER, GEORGE JOSEPH=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 7283), 308124, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=TUCKER, REGINALD=, Rifleman, No. 1901, 16th (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of John Tucker, of “Oakwood.” Chorley Wood Road, Rickmansworth, Cigar Dealer, by his wife, Emma, dau. of Samuel Drake; _b._ Wimbledon, 13 Sept. 1891; educ. Whitgift School, Croydon. He enlisted on the outbreak of war, served in France and Flanders, and was killed in action, 4 Dec. 1914; _unm._ He was buried near Burnt Farm, Bois Grenier, France. Capt. Whitmore, commanding D. Coy. The Westminsters, wrote: “I regret to say that your son while sitting in the trench was this morning hit in the head by a bullet, which glanced in through a loop hole above him, and died in half an hour. I can only express my personal sorrow at losing a soldier who has always shown himself an extraordinarily plucky fellow, doing his best to keep down the enemy’s fire even when at its heaviest. We shall always remember him among us as the first man of the Company to fall fighting for England.”
[Illustration: =Reginald Tucker.=]
=PITTS TUCKER, CECIL MORTIMER=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Highland Light Infantry, 2nd _s._ of William Edwin Pitts Tucker, of Crosslands, near Barnstaple, Solicitor, by his wife, Violet Emily, dau. of Edmund Tattersall; _b._ Barnstaple, 12 April, 1890; educ. Ellerslie, Fremington, Devonshire; Charterhouse, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st H.L.I. 20 April, 1910, and promoted Lieut. 18 Dec. 1912; was an extra A.D.C. to Sir James Meston, Lieut.-Governor of the United Provinces, India, Oct. 1912, to March, 1913; left for France with the Sirhind Brigade, Lahore Division, Indian Expeditionary Force, Sept. 1914; and was killed in action at Festubert, on the morning of 20 Dec. following; _unm._ His Commanding Officer wrote: “He was as fine a soldier as one could wish to see and a true and affectionate comrade, and he met his soldier’s death just in the manner all who knew him, knew he would.”
[Illustration: =C. M. Pitts Tucker.=]
=TUCKWOOD, LESLIE EDGAR=, Private, No. 9964, 1st Battn. Princess Charlotte of Wales’s Royal Berkshire Regt., yst. _s._ of the late Charles Tuckwood, of 82, Wightman Road, Hornsey, Music Publisher; _b._ Harringay, 1891; joined the Navy in 1912, was transferred to the Army in 1913, and was killed in action at the Battle on the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914; _unm._
=TUDBALL, THOMAS JOHN=, Private, No. 5499, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of John Tudball, of Bench Cottage, West Harwood, Timberscombe, near Dunster, co. Somerset, Farm Labourer, by his wife, Anna; _b._ Timberscombe aforesaid, 25 Dec. 1884; educ. Endowed Church School there; was a Farm Labourer and Ploughman: enlisted in the Coldstreams on 29 March, 1904; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, 21 Aug. to 21 Dec. 1914, and from 9 Jan. 1915; and was killed in action at Givenchy, 25 Jan. 1915.
=TUDWAY, HERVEY ROBERT CHARLES=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Grenadier Guards, eldest _s._ of Charles Clement Tudway, of The Cedars, Stoberry Park, and Milton Lodge, Wells, Somerset, J.P., D.L., by his 2nd wife, Alice Constance, yst. dau. of Sir Frederick Hutchinson Hervey-Bathurst, 3rd Bart.; _b._ 17, Lower Berkeley Street, W., 23 Sept. 1888; educ. Evelyns and Eton, where he was in the sixth form and Eton Society; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Grenadier Guards, 1 Feb. 1910, and promoted Lieut. 29 Sept. following; was appointed A.D.C. to Lord Buxton, and sailed for South Africa, 25 July, 1914, but hearing of the outbreak of war on his arrival there, cabled to Lord Buxton, who was in England, for leave; returned immediately and rejoined his regt.; went to the Front; joined the 2nd Battn. at Ypres, 2 Nov. 1914, and died in hospital at Boulogne, 18 Nov. following, of wounds in the head received at the 1st Battle of Ypres on the 9th; _unm._ He was buried in the cemetery at Boulogne. A brass tablet was erected to his memory in the North Choir Aisle of Wells Cathedral, the inscription concluding with; “His life for his country, his soul to God.” Lieut. Tudway was a keen sportsman and cricketer, and played for the Brigade, I.Z. and M.C.C. His brother, Lieut. Lionel C. P. Tudway, R.N., D.S.O., was taken prisoner at Kut when in command of H.M.S. Sumara.
[Illustration: =Hervey R. C. Tudway.=]
=TUFF, CECIL THOMAS=, Capt., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st Battn. The Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regt., 3rd _s._ of Charles Tuff, of Westfield, Singlewell, near Gravesend, and Rochester, J.P., formerly M.P. for Rochester, by his wife, Marian, dau. of George William Gill; _b._ Rochester, 16 Aug. 1885; educ. Abbey School, Beckenham, and Malvern College; obtained a commission in the Royal West Kent Militia in 1905; but resigned in or about 1911 rejoining as a Lieut. the day war was declared. He was gazetted Capt. to 3rd Royal West Kents, 26 Sept. 1914; went to France, 25 Nov. following, where he was attd. to the 1st Battn., and was killed in action at Hill 60, near Ypres, 15 April, 1915. Buried Hill 60; _unm._
[Illustration: =Cecil Thomas Tuff.=]
=TUFNELL, CARLETON WYNDHAM=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Grenadier Guards, 3rd _s._ of Carleton Fowell Tufnell, of Waterdone Manor, Kenley, Surrey, by his wife, Laura Gertrude, dau. of William Parker Charsley, of Ceylon, M.D.; _b._ Sydenham, co. Kent, 5 Aug. 1892; educ. Eton and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd Grenadier Guards, 4 Sept. 1912; left for France in Sept. 1914, and was promoted Lieut. He was mortally wounded near Klein Zillebeke, during the first Battle of Ypres, on the evening of 6 Nov. 1914, dying shortly after he reached hospital. He was machine gun officer of his Battn., and was hit whilst taking up a position. Buried in Zillebeke Churchyard; _unm._ At Eton, Lieut. Tufnell was one of the best all-round athletes that the school has known. He was captain of the Eleven, Keeper of the Field (two years), Keeper of Oppadon Wall and Mixed Wall, and President of the Eton Society (“Pop.”). He won the Victor Ludorum Prize at athletic sports, and the King’s medal in the O.T.C. At Sandhurst, he was captain of the cricket, association football, and athletic team, and later played cricket for the Household Brigade, M.C.C., and Zingari, and represented the British Army against the Dutch Army at “Soccer,” both in England and Holland, in the season of 1914–15.
=TULETT, THOMAS=, Acting Leading Stoker, 296909, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TULIP, JOHN JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 5840), S.S. 106376, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TULLY, DAVID=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9914), S.S. 107383, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=TUNE, JOHN SKERROW=, Private, No. 5435, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of the late John Tune; _b._ Birmingham, 23 April, 1882; educ. Sherborne Road Board School there; enlisted 22 Feb. 1901; was reported missing after the fighting at Givenchy, Belgium, and later to have been killed in action, 22 Dec. 1914. Tune had the Good Conduct Badge granted, 22 Feb. 1906. He _m._ at Birmingham, 1910, Sarah Ann (16, Eastbourne Terrace, Herbert Road, Small Heath, Birmingham), eldest dau. of the late William Smith, of 32, Frazier Street, Oldburn, Staffs, and had three children: Rosina May, _b._ 3 Dec. 1910; Olive Florence Ada, _b._ 8 July, 1912, and Beatrice Maud, _b._ 15 April, 1915.
[Illustration: =John Skerrow Tune.=]
=TUPPER, ERNEST=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10769), 300721, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TURNBULL, DERWENT CHRISTOPHER=, M.B., Lieut., R.A.M.C., 5th _s._ of William Peverill Turnbull, of Burway House, Church Stretton, co. Salop, late H.M. Divisional Inspector of Schools, by his wife, Fanny, dau. of the late Edwin John Hayes, Town Clerk of Birmingham; _b._ Stockwell End, Wolverhampton, 28 Aug. 1890; educ. Private Schools, Sheffield, the Sheffield Royal Grammar School, and King Edward VII’s School at Sheffield, Giggleswick School, and the University of Sheffield; volunteered in 1914, obtained a commission as Lieut. in the R.A.M.C. Dec. 1914; was for some weeks a medical officer at King George V’s Hospital, Dublin; went to France 15 Feb. 1915; was attd. to 84th Field Ambulance, 28th Division, but on 9 March was lent as a temporary M.O. to the 1st Battn. Cheshire Regt., and died at St. Eloi, 14 March, 1915, having been wounded on the 10th; _unm._ He was buried in a burial ground at Ypres. On the morning of 10 March, 1915, while Lieut. D. C. Turnbull was in his dressing station, a message came that an officer in a trench was bleeding to death. Lieut. Turnbull, with an orderly, volunteered to go to him, and about 10.30 a.m. crossed the dangerzone, and reached the trench, which was about 3 ft. deep and half full of water. Lieut. Turnbull attended to the wounded man but, judging some further operation necessary, determined to remove him to the dressing station. Rifle fire, however, prevented this, and the wounded officer and Lieut. Turnbull and the orderly were unable to get away from the trenches for many hours. About 6 p.m. they made an attempt in the course of which the wounded officer received a further wound and Lieut. Turnbull was shot in the lung. Of this he died four days later notwithstanding the utmost efforts made on his behalf by his colleagues, Capt. Bickerton and Lieut. Haynes. The orderly, Private (now Corpl.) J. Needham (1st Cheshires), afterwards received the D.C.M. for his conduct on this occasion. Lieut.-Col. W. Salisbury Sharpe, R.A.M.C., wrote: “I do not know what form official recognition will take, but I can assure you of my personal appreciation that no greater instance of heroic self-sacrifice will be recorded during the war;” and Capt. R. E. Bickerton, R.A.M.C., “The stretcher-bearers of my section have spoken very, very kindly of him and admired his pluck, saying that he never let them cross a risky part of the road without being there himself.” Lieut. Turnbull was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field.
[Illustration: =Derwent C. Turnbull.=]
=TURNBULL, WALTER=, Private, No. 964, 24th Infantry Battn. Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Thomas Edward Turnbull, of Hexham, Northumberland, Rope and Candle Manufacturer, by his wife, Ann, dau. of James Charlton; _b._ Hexham, 26 Jan. 1882; educ. North Eastern County School, Barnard Castle; went to Australia in May, 1912; joined the Australian Force in March, 1915, and died on board the hospital ship Guildford Castle, 21 Sept. 1915, of wounds received in action near Lone Pine, Gallipoli; buried at sea about 5 miles from Lemnos; _unm._
[Illustration: =Walter Turnbull.=]
=TURNER, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 7673; 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died 27 April, 1915, of wounds received in action; _m._
=TURNER, ARTHUR=, No. 3894, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards; enlisted 15 Nov. 1900; served in South Africa, 26 Nov. 1901, to 6 Oct. 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps, “Cape Colony,” “South Africa, 1901,” “1902”), and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 26 Aug. 1914; was reported missing after the fighting at Rentel on 12 Nov. following, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on or about that date.
=TURNER, ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4104), 194994, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TURNER, ARTHUR MORRIS=, Private, No. 10/1357, Wellington Regt. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of Edwin Turner, of 27, South Street, Chichester, Wholesale and Retail Grocer and Provision Merchant, by his wife, Minnie, dau. of William Light, of Chichester; _b._ Chichester, co. Sussex, 22 July, 1893; educ. Chichester and Portsmouth Grammar Schools; went to New Zealand in Feb. 1913, and settled near Tologa Bay as a Farm Worker; volunteered on the outbreak of war, left for Egypt in Dec. 1914, and died on or about 11 May, 1915, from wounds received in action, when the New Zealanders landed at the Dardanelles; _unm._
[Illustration: =Arthur Morris Turner.=]
=TURNER, BERNARD GEORGE=, Private, No. 11833, Maxim Gun Section, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, only _s._ of John William Turner, of The Gables, Bledlow Ridge, co. Bucks. Schoolmaster, by his wife, Emily, dau. of David Hainsworth; _b._ Bledlow Ridge, Wallingford, 28 Nov. 1894; educ. High Wycombe Grammar School, and after leaving there won in open competition a post under the London County Council, and was serving in the Fire Brigade Department when war was declared in Aug. 1914. He volunteered shortly after and joined the Coldstream Guards in Sept. and left for the Western Front in Jan.; he was attd. there to the Maxim Gun Section, and was killed in action on Hill 70, at Vermeilles, 27 Sept. 1915, being shot through the heart; _unm._
[Illustration: =Bernard George Turner.=]
=TURNER, CHARLES=, Private, No. 7725, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
## action at Troyon, 8 Oct. 1914; _m._
=TURNER, CHARLES ALFRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2817), S.S. 133, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TURNER, EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4579), 293331, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TURNER, ERNEST HERBERT=, Private. No. 6226, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Ernest Turner, of No. 6, Howard Terrace, Bank Top, Bedlington, Northumberland, by his wife, Elizabeth Ann, dau. of Henry Hyatt; _b._ Oxford, 14 July, 1886; educ. Broomhill Colliery School; was a Miner; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 30 May, 1905; went to France, 10 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Soupir, 16 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at Bedlington Parish Church, 3 Jan. 1914, Margaret Harrison, (1, Cragg’s Buildings, Bedlington, Bank Top, Northumberland), dau. of Isaac Nicholson, of Bedlington; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Ernest Herbert Turner.=]
=TURNER, FRANCIS OLIVER=, Private, No. 11420, No. 1 Coy. 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, only _s._ of Frederick George Turner, of Briningham, Melton Constable, Norfolk, Clerk in Time and Wages Department, Midland and G. N. Joint Railways, by his wife, Ellen Maria, dau. of John Oliver, of Thornage, Norfolk; _b._ Briston, co. Norfolk, 17 Aug. 1894; educ. Norfolk C. C. School, Melton Constable, and on leaving there entered the service of the M. & G. N. Joint Railways as an apprentice in the Boiler-making trade in Oct. 1908. On the outbreak of war he enlisted, 2 Sept. 1914, and after three months’ training at Caterham and Windsor, was sent to France on 22 Dec. and was in the trenches before 1 Jan. 1915. He was killed in action at Cuinchy brickfields 2 Feb. following, and was buried in the British cemetery between La Bassée Canal and the Railroad; _unm._
[Illustration: =Francis Oliver Turner.=]
=TURNER, FREDERICK HARDING=, Lieut., 1/10th (Scottish) Service Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of William Neil Turner, of Mossley Hill Drive, Sefton Park, Liverpool, by his wife, Jessie Stewart, dau. of the late Thomas Holder, of Liverpool, J.P.; _b._ Liverpool, 29 May, 1888; educ. Greenbank School, Liverpool; Sedbergh (Sedgwick House, May 1902 to July, 1907), and Trinity College, Oxford, where he took his B.A. (Law, Class III) in 1910, afterwards joining the business of Turner & Dunnett, of Liverpool, of which his father was senior partner, he received a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Liverpool Scottish, 18 May, 1912, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service. He was promoted Lieut. 25 Sept. 1914; went to the Front at the end of Oct. 1914, and was killed in
## action in the trenches east of Kemmel, 10 Jan. 1915, while inspecting
barbed wire entanglements. He was buried in Kemmel Churchyard; _unm._ The circumstances of his death were given as follows in a letter from a brother officer: “After breakfast on 10 Jan., 1915, he went down the trench to look at the barbed wire he had put out in front the night before. On the way he looked up twice for a second, and each time he was shot at, but both shots missed, he then got to a place where the parapet was rather low, and was talking to a sergeant when a bullet went between their heads. Lieut. Turner said ‘By Jove, that has deafened my right ear.’ The sergeant remarked, ‘And my left one too, sir.’ Lieut. Turner then went a shade lower down, and had a look at the wire, and was shot clean through the middle of the forehead, killing him instantly.” Lieut. Turner was the famous Rugby International forward. He played as a “fresher” for Trinity, gained his Rugger Blue in 1908, when the ’Varsity match of that year ended in a drawn game. A year later he led the Oxford forwards in their runaway victory over the Cantabs, this being the occasion of R.W. Poulton’s great feat of scoring five tries. In 1910 Mr. Turner was captain of Oxford, when they beat Cambridge by 23 points to 18. On leaving Oxford he took charge of the Liverpool Rugby Club, and his wonderful power as a hard scrummager brought him before the notice of the Scottish Selection Committee, and he played in all the internationals of that and the following year, namely, against England, Ireland, Wales and France. The next season, 1912–13. he had the honour of the captaincy conferred upon him, and although the year had been a disastrous one up to the time of the English match, the Englishmen, who held an unbeaten record, were badly defeated by the impetuous rushes of the Scots. Last season Mr. Turner was not keen on playing in the International fixtures, but an appeal for help from the Scottish Union brought him out of his semi-retirement, for he still assisted the Liverpool Club. He was also a cricketer of more than average ability, and held 15 international caps. He played for Oxford in 1909 and 1910, but not against Cambridge, and in 1908 figured in the second eleven of Lancashire. His elder brother, Lieut. W. S. Turner, was killed in action, 16 June, 1915 (see his notice).
[Illustration: =Frederick Harding Turner.=]
=TURNER, GEORGE EDWARD=, W.T. Operator, 1st Class, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TURNER, HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4686), 293608, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TURNER, JAMES=, E.R.A., 1st Class, 269658, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TURNER, JOSEPH WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8020), S.S. 103639, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TURNER, JOHN REGINALD=, Lieut., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st Battn. Dorsetshire Regt., _s._ of John Mayer Burrow Turner, of Hartshill, Bournemouth, Solicitor; _b._ Stoke-on-Trent, co. Stafford, 20 Nov. 1892; educ. Bournemouth School, and on leaving there was articled to his father and had passed the Intermediate Law Examination when war broke out. He was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 3rd Dorset Special Reserve Battn. 12 Dec. 1911, and became Lieut. 1 May, 1913, and on the declaration of war volunteered for foreign service. He was attd. to the 1st Dorsets (15th Brigade, 5th Division) and went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914; took part in the Retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne, and was killed in action near Festubert, on the Pont Fixe Road, 13 Oct. 1914, on which day the 1st Dorsets sustained 400 casualties, 130 of them being killed. Buried in an orchard west of the Post Office of Pont Fixe; _unm._ Lieut.-Col. Bols, C.B., D.S.O., commanding 1st Dorsets, wrote: “Practically the whole of B Coy. was destroyed on that awful 13th. We were all so very fond of him; he was always cheery and such an excellent soldier, qualities which he displayed to the full on the days following the 9th Sept, when he was left as senior officer in his company.” Capt. A. L. Ransome, 1st Dorsets, wrote: “Your son was one of our most promising young officers. His two previous Coy. Commanders were loud in his praises. He showed a power of command and common sense far above the average of his age and service.” Lieut. Turner held the office of Hon. Sec. to the Bournemouth and District Law Students’ Society, and had each year since its inception won the prize awarded to the best speaker amongst its members.
[Illustration: =John Reginald Turner.=]
=TURNER, MONTAGUE ALWEYNE FISHER=, L.-Corpl., No. 3532, 2nd Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, 5th _s._ of Alweyne Turner, of Kobe, Catherine Road, Surbiton, late Government Advocate, of Lahore, India, by his wife, Violet Frances, dau. of Deputy Surgeon-Gen. Thorp; _b._ in Gulmery, Kashmir, 3 July, 1893; educ. Lancing College; enlisted 14 April, 1913; went to France in Jan. 1915, and was killed in
## action 25 April, 1915, being shot through the head in the trenches at
Cross Roads, east of Zonnebeke, by a sniper. Buried at the Zonnebeke Dressing Station; _unm._ A writer in the regimental journal said: “It is only necessary to record two or three instances of gallantry displayed by our comrades to show what our men are, when it comes to the crucial point, and these are only a few of many. The first to be mentioned is the gallantry of our bomb-throwers under L.-Corp. M. Turner during the attack on Hill 60 on the 21–22 April. They went to work like one man, and soon had the enemy on the move. The coolness and bravery of Turner was one outstanding feature and we believe he was highly commended for the excellent work performed by his bomb-throwing party.”
[Illustration: =Montague A. F. Turner.=]
=TURNER, NOEL PRICE JAMES=, Lieut. 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st, Battn. South Wales Borderers, elder _s._ of the late Rev. John James Turner of Pentreheylin, Llandysilio, Montgomeryshire, by his wife, Harriett Augusta, dau. of Richard Price Harrison; _b._ Richmond, co. Surrey, 7 Dec. 1878; educ. Charterhouse and Keble College, Oxford; served in South African War as a trooper in the Montgomeryshire Imperial Yeomanry (Queen’s medal with four clasps); and on the outbreak of the European War enlisted in the 3rd South Wales Borderers, 19 Aug. 1914, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to that battn. (Special Reserve of Officers) 4 Sept. following. He left for France, 19 Dec., and was attd. to the 2nd Welsh, with whom he served until March 1915, when he was attd. to the 1st Battn. of his own regt. He died in hospital at Bethune, 9 May following, of wounds received in action near that place on 9 May. Buried in Bethune Cemetery. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatches of 31 May, 1915 [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915], for distinguished conduct while attd. to the 2nd Welsh. Lieut. Turner was a prominent public man in Montgomeryshire; a former member of the Montgomeryshire County Council; High Sheriff, 1909; and the owner of the Pentreheylin Estate. He resided at Sylfaen Hall, Welshpool. He _m._ at Guilsfield, near Welshpool, 25 Sept. 1902, Minnie, 2nd dau. of the late Edward Beck, of South Gippsland, Australia, and had two sons: John James, _b._ 5 Sept. 1907; and Richard Price, _b._ 16 Dec. 1908. A nephew of his, 2nd Lieut. Alan Langlands, of the 3rd South Wales Borderers, and also serving with the 1st Battn., was killed in action the same day.
[Illustration: =Noel Price James Turner.=]
=TURNER, RICHARD CHASE=, Lieut.-Com., R.N., 2nd _s._ of Edward Turner, of Sherbourne Lodge, Leamington, retired I.C.S., by his wife, Georgiana, dau. of T. A. N. Chase, late I.C.S.; _b._ Madora, South India, 12 Jan. 1884; educ. Stubbington House, Fareham, Hants; entered H.M.S. Britannia in 1898, and became Midshipman, 1900; Sub-Lieut. 1903; 1st. Lieut. 1905 and Lieut.-Com. 31 Dec. 1914; served on H.M. ships Ocean, Triumph, Swiftsure, Pandore (1908–11 on South African Station), and Blonde (1911–13), and was appointed Gunnery Lieut. to H.M.S. Pegasus, 1 March, 1913. The Pegasus rendered useful services after the outbreak of war, including the destruction of the Wireless Station at Dar-es-Salaam carried out under Lieut.-Com. Turner’s command, and when attacked by the German cruiser Konigsberg off the coast of Zanzibar on 20 Sept. 1914 was having her boilers cleaned. In this action Lieut.-Com. Turner was mortally wounded and died the same day in hospital at Zanzibar. He was _unm._ and was buried in the English Cemetery there. The Commander of the Pegasus wrote: “In a small ship of this sort everything depends on the tact, energy, straightforwardness and professional knowledge of the 1st Lieut., with all of which he was so highly endowed. The men loved him, and would have done anything that was humanly possible to bring him success. The little ship, though old and out-classed, was kept as fit as was possible to do anything that was required, and it was due to him to a great extent that she was able to get about as she did in the early part of the war.” He was a Freemason, and was Master of Lodge No. 900, Simon’s Town, Kilwinning, Cape Colony.
=TURNER, ROBERT NATHANIEL=, Leading Seaman, 179019, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TURNER, WALTER=, Private, No. 1204 (Barton Coy.), 1/5th Battn. Lincolnshire Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Charles Henry Turner, of Halton Villa, New Holland, Hull, Signal Lineman, G.C. Railway, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of the late George Parker; _b._ New Holland, co. Lincoln, 19 July, 1893; educ. there; was an Engine Cleaner, G.C. Railway; joined the Lincolnshire Territorials, 5 March, 1911, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914 at once volunteered for foreign service; trained at Luton and Stanstead, Aug. 1914 to Feb. 1915. during which time he was orderly to Lieuts. Fieldsend and Riggall; went to France, 26 Feb.; was doing his third period in the trenches when he was taken ill with spotted fever and died 15 days later in No. 10 Stationary Hospital, St. Omer, 27 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried in the Souvenir Cemetery there. Capt. Wilson wrote: “Personally I feel his death very much, as he was one of the members of my company who had been with me for several years, and was one of the original band who joined from New Holland, and who have all turned out to be splendid fellows. I liked him very much--he was a good soldier and he must have been a good son”; and Lieut. Fieldsend: “I can assure you that no man in the company was more popular and more respected by both officers and men than your son.” Lieut. Riggall also said: “He was an excellent man, one of the best and nicest in the company. He was always cheerful and willing, never grumbled and would do anything for anyone. We shall all feel his loss intensely and myself especially.”
[Illustration: =Walter Turner.=]
=TURNER, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1459), 114371, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TURNER, WILLIAM=, Leading Stoker, 288305, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TURNER, WILLIAM STEWART=, Lieut., 1/10th (Liverpool Scottish) Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), elder _s._ of William Neil Turner, of Mossley Hill Drive, Sefton Park, Liverpool, by his wife, Jessie Stewart, dau. of the late Thomas Holder, of Liverpool, J.P.; _b._ Liverpool, 19 March, 1883; educ. Greenbank School, Liverpool, and Sedbergh (Mr. Wilson’s House, 1898–1901), and on leaving there entered the firm of Turner & Dunnett, of Liverpool, of which his father is senior partner. In Aug. 1914, when war broke out, he enlisted in the Liverpool Scottish and received his commission in the Reserve Battn. 17 Nov. just before the regt. left for the Front. He was in England when his yr. brother, Lieut. F. H. Turner, was killed in action, and it was immediately after this that he proceeded to the Front (18 Jan. 1915), where, following upon a petition from the men, he was attd. to the platoon with which his brother had been so popular an officer. He was killed in action while leading his men in the advance on Bellewarde Farm, Hooge, 16 June, 1915. They had just captured a German trench, when a heavy shell burst, killing him and Sergt. J. B. Jones instantly He had been promoted Lieut. May, 1915, and was _unm._ Like his brother, Lieut. W. S. Turner was a keen athlete. He was in the cricket, and Rugby football teams at both Greenbank and Sedbergh, and gained both his cricket and football colours the year he left Sedbergh, being a useful three-quarter and a good cricketer. Afterwards he played regularly at cricket and football for the Liverpool Club, and was captain of the latter club in the season 1909–10. In 1908 the two brothers did a remarkable performance against Sedbergh in the Old Sedberghian Match; in the first innings W. S. took 5 wickets for 8 runs and F. H. 5 for 16, then after scoring 66 runs between them, they took 9 wickets in the second innings, F. H. taking 7 for 26 and W. S. 2 for 10--in all taking 19 wickets for 60 runs.
[Illustration: =William Stewart Turner.=]
=TURNER, WILLIAM THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po./12728, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TURNOR, CHRISTOPHER RANDOLPH=, Lieut., 10th Royal Hussars, 2nd _s._ of Algernon Turnor, of 9, Clarges Street, Mayfair, W., C.B., J.P., late Financial Secretary to the Treasury, and Private Secretary to the Earl of Beaconsfield from 1874 to 1880, by his wife, Lady Henrietta, née Stewart, 6th dau. of Randolph, 9th Earl of Galloway, and grandson of Christopher Turnor, of Stoke-Rochford, co. Lincoln, J.P., D.L., M.P.; _b._ 37, Pont Street, London, S.W., 16 Aug. 1886; educ. at the Rev. the Marquis of Normanby’s Private School at Mulgrave Castle; Eton, and Christ Church, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 10th Hussars, 30 Dec. 1908, and promoted Lieut. 17 Sept. 1910; joined his regt. at Rawal Pindi, India, in Jan. 1909; served with it there and in South Africa, returning to England in Sept. 1914. The 10th Hussars embarked at Southampton on 6 Oct. 1914, and landed at Ostend on the 8th, and were immediately engaged in the fierce struggle near Ypres which stemmed the advance of the Germans to the coast. Lieut. Turnor was killed in action in the trenches at Zandvoorde, near Ypres, on 26 Oct. 1914, while trying to locate with his glasses an enemy’s field gun, and was buried in the Churchyard at Zandvoorde, quite close to the village Church, a cross marking his grave. His Col. wrote of him: “He was a universal favourite, and a very good officer, and is a great loss to the regt. and to the country”; and the Major: “He is a very great loss to us as an educated and thoroughly grounded soldier and officer, and also from his personal charm, which endeared him to all ranks.” The Eton Chronicle, recording his death, said: “He was a boy of strong character, high principles, and considerable ability.” He was a keen all-round sportsman, a good rider to hounds, and fond of shooting, especially big game shooting, which latter pursuit he followed successfully in Kashmir, Central India, and British East Africa. He was devoted to his profession, a great student of Military History, as well as a lover of books and music. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Christopher R. Turnor.=]
=TURPIN, THOMAS COBB=, Ch. E.R.A., 1st Class, 268940, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=TURRELL, ALFRED=, Private,No. 2347, 1/7th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Robert Charles Turrell, of East Finchley, Mason, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Thomas Hill; _b._ Finchley, London, 7 Nov. 1888; was a Labourer, Priory Road, High Street, Hornsey; enlisted 4 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action in France, 21 March, 1915. He _m._ at Holloway, 31 Jan. 1909, Lillian, dau. of Edward Maton, and had two children: William George, _b._ 18 Nov. 1915; and Alice Louisa, _b._ 8 March, 1910.
=TURRELL, ARTHUR SIDNEY=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 23459 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=de TUYLL, BARON MAURICE ARTHUR=, Capt., 10th Royal Hussars, yr. _s._ of the late Baron Carlo de Tuyll, Lieut., Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, by his wife, Louise Emily (now wife of Henry Somerset, 9th Duke of Beaufort), dau. of William Henry Harford, of Oldown, co. Gloucester, D.L.; _b._ London, 1 Nov. 1888; educ. Pinewood School, Farnborough, Stubbington (being originally intended for the Navy), privately with Mr. W. Trevor, Lathbury, Newport Pagnell, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 19 Sept. 1908, and promoted Lieut. 20 Nov. 1909, and Capt. 1 Jan. 1914; went to France with regt. Oct. 1914, and was killed in action near Ypres, Thursday, 13 May, 1915; _unm._ He was leading his squadron in a counter-attack that morning and fell when crossing road from Ypres to Menin. He was buried in the garden of the Château de Poljitze.
[Illustration: =Baron M. A. de Tuyll.=]
=TWEDALE, JOHN JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7339), 308093, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TWINE, ARCHIBALD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2291), 225355, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TWINE, ERNEST HARRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4857), 195908, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TWORT, JACK=, Chief Stoker, 170842, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TYLER, ELIAS GEORGE=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21415, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=TYLER, JOHN COLLETT=, 2nd Lieut., 122nd Battery, Royal Field Artillery, yr. _s._ of Col. John Charles Tyler, of 8, Cambridge Road, Colchester, late Royal Engineers, by his wife, Florence Mary, only dau. of the late General Sir Alexander Robert Badcock, K.C.B., C.S.I., and gdson. of the late Sir Henry Whateley Tyler, M.P., and great-gdson. of General Sir Charles Pasley, K.C.B., R.E. (the father of Lady Tyler), who founded the School of Military Engineering at Chatham, and who in early life was extra A.D.C. to Sir John Moore at the time of his death and burial at Corunna; _b._ Roorkee, India, 9 Dec. 1893; educ. Wellington College, where he was head of the school and captain of football, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, where he was senior under-officer and obtained the Sword of Honour, July, 1914, the Commandant in his report on that occasion, observing that he would specially mention Senior under-officer J. C. Tyler, who had shown in his present responsible position that he possessed in a high degree those qualities which were looked for in the best type of officer; gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.F.A. 17 July, 1914, and joined at Woolwich, 9 Aug. 1914, left for Dundalk, Ireland, on the 10th, and embarked for France on the 17th, and was killed in action at Hill 60, 18 April, 1915; _unm._ The Major Commanding his battery wrote on 21 April: “There is a big battle going on here now which started at 7 p.m. on the 17th, John and I went forward that day to observe. I had to send John and a signaller on by night, to the newly captured trench to let me know if the Germans were counter-attacking and to observe by day. This job he did in his usual gallant way. Three times he came back to me under heavy fire and great difficulties to mend the telephone wires. He was shot at dawn, a rifle bullet clean through the forehead. He died as he lived, doing his duty gallantly and well. Had he lived he would have certainly had the D.S.O. He was killed in the foremost trench captured from the Germans. Just after he was killed the Germans re-took the trench and held it for about 12 hours. We then took it back again.” And the General Officer Commanding wrote a few days later: “I had already sent in his name for good service. His cheery, gallant example was worth everything at these times.”
[Illustration: =John Collett Tyler.=]
=TYNDALL, JOSEPH CHARLES=, Lieut., 4th Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of the late Joseph P. Tyndall, of 2, Eaton Square, Monkstown, Solicitor; _b._ Dublin, 18 May, 1892; educ. Castleknock College, co. Dublin; joined the Special Reserve, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 17 Oct. 1910; and was gazetted Lieut. 20 April, 1912; afterwards went to Australia; but on the outbreak of war returned home and rejoined his old Battn.; went to France and was attd. to the 2nd Royal Irish Rifles in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Kemmel, 2 March, 1915, after a fortnight in the trenches; _unm._ His elder brother, Surgeon William Tyndall, R.A.M.C., is now (1916) on active service in France.
=UDEN, FREDERICK EDWIN=, A.B., J. 7028, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=UNDERHAY, GEORGE THEODORE=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8930), 222560, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=UNDERHILL, CLARENCE GORDON=, Leading Seaman, 208615, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=UNDERHILL, FREDERICK TOM=, Private, No. 1109, 5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late Frederick Tom Underhill, of Aptor Marldon, co. Devon, by his wife, Emily (6, Killieser Avenue, Streatham Hill, S.W.), dau. of James Stidston; _b._ Aptor Marldon, 22 July, 1886; educ. Bancrofts School, Essex, and was afterwards employed in the City. On the outbreak of war he enlisted in the West Kent Yeomanry, and was later transferred to the London Rifle Brigade, with which he went to the Front, 6 Nov. 1914. He saw five months of service with his regt. in France and Flanders, and was killed in action in the Ploegsteert trenches, 29 March, 1915, having been nominated for promotion just previous to his death. He was buried in the Rifle Brigade cemetery, in the Ploegsteert Wood; _unm._ Letters from his officers and comrades all testify to his wonderful cheerfulness under the greatest of discomforts, his helpfulness, and his readiness for any and every fatigue duty. His brother, Lieut. G. Underhill, 9th Devons, is now (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Frederick Tom Underhill.=]
=UNDERHILL, RAYMOND BENWELL=, Private, No. 1685, 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensingtons) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of William Richardson Underhill, Watchmaker and Jeweller, by his wife, Annie (123, Holland Park Avenue, W.), dau. of James Benwell, of Knightsbridge; _b._ Kensington, W., 9 Oct. 1881; educ. St. Mary Abbotts Higher Grade School there; joined the 4th Middlesex Volunteers afterwards, in 1907, the 13th London Territorials, and served eight years; went to Canada in March, 1907; returned to England in 1909, and went into business as a watchmaker and jeweller at 39, Earl’s Court Road, Kensington; rejoined his old regt. immediately war was declared; volunteered for foreign service; went to France in Oct., and died at No. 6 Clearing Station, Merville, 11 Feb. 1915, from appendicitis contracted while on active service; _unm._ Buried in Merville Cemetery, France (Grave No. E 10)
[Illustration: =Raymond B. Underhill.=]
=UNDERWOOD, JOSEPH SAMUEL GEORGE=, Ordinary Signalman, J. 17076, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=UNWIN, ROBERT, HENRY=, Leading Signalman (R.F.R., B. 3500), 164358, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=UPFOLD, WILLIAM HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 1797), 353621, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=UPRICHARD, CHARLES EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10810), S.S. 108911, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=UPTON, HON. ERIC EDWARD MONTAGU JOHN=, Capt. and Adjutant, 2nd Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, elder _s._ and heir of Henry Edward Montagu Dorington Clotworthy, 4th Viscount Templetown, of Castle Upton, Templepatrick, co. Antrim, by his wife, Lady Evelyn, née Finch Hatton, dau. of George William, 10th Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham; _b._ Steventon, co. Hants, 8 March, 1885; educ. at Eton (Mr. H. E. Luxmoore’s) and Sandhurst. He passed out of Sandhurst with honours, was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 16 Aug. 1905, and joined the 2nd Battn. King’s Royal Rifles in India, being promoted Lieut. 3 Oct. 1908, and returning with them in 1910. He was assistant Adjutant, 1910–13, and was appointed Adjutant, 1 Jan. 1914. On the outbreak of war the 2nd Battn. mobilised on the Chobham Ridges and went out under Lieut.-Col. Pearce Serocold in the 2nd Infantry Brigade under Major-Gen. Bulfin. Capt. Upton served through the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne. He was wounded at the first Battle of Ypres, was twice mentioned in Despatches, 31 May and 30 Nov. 1915 [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915, and 1 Jan. 1916], and promoted Tempy. Capt. 15 Nov. 1914. He was killed near Rue de Bois during the action of 9 May, 1915. His Colonel wrote of him: “Besides being an exceptionally gallant officer, the work he has done for the battn. will live and be felt by it for years. I need hardly say there was no more popular officer in the regt., and I personally have lost a very dear and loyal friend, and those who knew him well realised that his character and abilities had marked him out for a great career in the Service.” A good cricketer and football player, and an experienced big game shooter in India, and deeply devoted to his regt., he had a remarkable power of gaining the affection of all with whom he came in contact, rich and poor alike, and his loyalty to his friends was one of his most marked characteristics. He was _unm._, and was buried in the Soldiers’ Cemetery, near the Rue de Bois, Richebourg St. Vaast. His yr. brother, the Hon. Henry Upton, is now (1916) on active service as a 2nd Lieut. in the Royal East Kent Yeomanry.
[Illustration: =Hon. E. E. M. J. Upton.=]
=UPTON, RICHARD=, Sergt., No. 2356, The Royal Flying Corps, 3rd surviving _s._ of the late Capt. Richard Upton, 4th Battn. Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regt.), and of the Political and Secret Department of H.M. India Office, by his wife, Harriet Frances (92, Tooting Bee Road, S.W.), dau. of the late Richard Clayton Strelley, of Oakerthorpe, co. Derby; _b._ Finchley, 11 Sept. 1881; educ. privately, and deciding upon a sea career, passed through the stages of his apprenticeship in a sailing boat, and eventually became a captain and master mariner in the Straits S.S. Service, L.F., being regarded as the commodore of the fleet of 17 boats. While home on leave in July, 1914, he obtained his first-class flying ticket in the Grahame-White School of Flying, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, joined the Legion of Frontiersmen; went to France, where he did good work as a free lance with the Red Cross Society. He then joined the R.F.C., was promoted Sergt., and died in Tidworth Military Hospital, 3 May, 1915, of pneumonia, contracted while on active service; _unm._
[Illustration: =Richard Upton.=]
=UPTON, WILLIAM JAMES THOMAS=, Acting Leading Stoker, K. 19637, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=UREN, GEORGE THOMAS=, L.-Corpl., No. 8/1149, 14th Otago Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of William Uren, of Clyde, Otago Central, New Zealand, formerly of St. Ives; _b._ Clyde, Otago, New Zealand, 2 April, 1887; educ. there; was by trade a Printer; volunteered on the outbreak of war; joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force 28 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action in Gallipoli, 2 May, 1915; _unm._ He was a well known athlete in Central Otago and was a member of the C.U. Fire Brigade.
=URQUHART, EDWARD FREDERICK MALTBY=, Capt., 1st Battn. The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), only _s._ of the Rev. Edward William Urquhart, of 82, Elm Park Gardens, London, S.W., M.A., formerly Vicar of King’s Sutton, co. Northampton, by his wife, Caroline Mary, dau. of William Harris, of Plumley, Bovey Tracey, Devonshire; _b._ Edinburgh, 26 Jan. 1877; educ. West Bournemouth and Cheltenham College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Highlanders, 20 Feb. 1897, and promoted Lieut. 24 May, 1899, and Capt. 17 April, 1902; served in the South African War, 1901–2; took part in the operations in the Transvaal, Dec. 1901, and in those in the Orange River Colony, Dec. 1901, to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with four clasps), was assistant superintendent of gymnasia in the Irish command, 9 Nov. 1906 to 19 Feb. 1907, and superintendent of the same, 20 Feb. 1907 to 9 Nov. 1910, and later Inspector of Physical Training, Northern Army, India, from March, 1913, to date of his death; went to France, 22 Sept. 1914, and was killed in
## action at Pilken, 23 Oct. following, during the fighting in the Ypres
salient; _unm._ Buried in Boesinghe Churchyard.
=USHER, SEBASTIAN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4074), 220488, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=USSHER, BEVERLY=, Capt., 1st Battn. Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regt. (Royal Canadians), 2nd _s._ of the Rev. Richard Ussher, Vicar of Westbury, Brackley; _b._ Catton Hall, Burton-on-Trent, 4 Aug. 1879; educ. St. Edward’s School, Oxford (1891–98), and Wadham College, Oxford (1898–1900); gazetted 2nd Lieut., Leinster Regt., 23 May, 1900, and promoted Lieut. 9 Aug. 1902, and Capt. 1 April, 1910; was Adjutant, 3 May, 1906, to 2 May, 1909, and officer, Coy. Gentlemen Cadets, and Instructor at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, 21 Sept. 1912, to May, 1915; joined the 2nd Battn. at Barbados in Aug. 1900; served in Jamaica and St. Lucia; in the South African War, 1902; took part in the operations in the Orange River Colony, Feb. to March, and in the Transvaal, March to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with four clasps), and subsequently in India for two years and then at Devonport and in Ireland. After the outbreak of the European War he was appointed Staff Officer on the Staff of General Doran; left for the Dardanelles in May as Staff Capt. to the 88th Brigade in the famous 29th Division; was acting Brigade-Major, and was killed there 19 June, 1915. An officer wrote: “On the night of 18–19 June, a battn. of the 42nd Division was attacked and lost two or three trenches. The Turks got in behind our line, and were firing into the backs of the Royal Scots, who were holding the right of the 88th Brigade position. The counter-attack of the 42nd Division hung fire; so about 2 a.m. we decided to make one ourselves. Capt. Ussher was sent to the support trench of the Worcestershire Regt. who were in rear of the Royal Scots. The situation was serious and involved. Communication by telephone with the Royal Scots was interrupted owing to the wire being cut. It was necessary to have clear reports sent back. The Worcestershire Regt. had lost all their regular senior officers, and were, on this night, commanded by a Ceylon Planter. Capt. Ussher was told to see that co-ordinated action was arranged between the Royal Scots and Worcestershire Regt. and to send reports on the situation; but on no account to lead any attempt which was not his work under the circumstances. He took his orderly with him who subsequently told me what occurred. The action to be taken was agreed upon. The Royal Scots charged from their trenches simultaneously with a coy. of the Worcestershire Regt., re-took from the Turks the trenches they had seized, followed on and took and held a Turkish trench. There was a close fight with the bayonet which lasted 15 minutes. A German officer was killed. When the Worcestershire Regt. were in the act of jumping out of the trench preparatory to charging, Capt. Ussher was in the trench with Capt. Allen, D.A.A.Q.M.G. 142nd Division (Hampshire Regt.). I understand that he moved, still in the trench, to give room, and as he stood up he was struck in the head by a bullet, and died in a few minutes without becoming conscious. He was brought back to a spot near our Brigade Headquarters, and buried by the Chaplain. The grave is on the open upland from which can be seen the Dardanelles and Asia. A large cross had been made and marked and placed at the head. Wild flowers grow there,” and the Chaplain: The bearing is 310 from South Corner of White House to South Corner of the Cemetery. At St. Edward’s he was in the XI from 1895 to 1898, when he was capt., and in the XV from 1894 to 1897, when he was capt. He was one of the most brilliant of our cricketers. He headed the batting averages in 1897, and won the average ball twice in both cases with fine scores. Twice he scored for the school a century, and his record of cricket at St. Edward’s ends with the perfectly played 120 which he made against it in the Jubilee Match. He was a member of the S.E.S. Society. He also represented Wadham both at cricket and football. He _m._ at Jullundur, India, 26 March, 1906, Ethel, dau. of the Rev. Henry Martin, Vicar of Stockton-on-Tees, and Canon of Durham, and had three children: John Beverly, _b._ 6 Nov. 1913; Stephen Beverly, _b._ 17 Sept. 1915; and Kathleen Mary, _b._ 28 Feb. 1910. His brother, Capt. S. Ussher, was killed in France (see following notice).
[Illustration: =Beverly Ussher.=]
=USSHER, STEPHEN=, Capt., 129th Duke of Connaught’s Own Baluchis, 3rd _s._ of the Rev. Richard Ussher, Vicar of Westbury, Brackley; _b._ 52, Eaton Place, S.W., 4 Oct. 1882; educ. St. Edward’s School, Oxford, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (20 Sept. 1901 to 30 July, 1903); gazetted 2nd Lieut., unattd., Indian Army, 27 Aug. 1902; served with the 1st Battn. King’s Shropshire L.I. (with which he went to India), 27 Aug. 1902 to 25 Feb. 1903; The Buffs, 26 Feb. 1903 to 13 Oct. 1903, and the 2nd East Lancashires, 14 Oct. 1903 to 4 July, 1904; was posted to the 129th Baluchis, 5 July, 1904, and promoted Lieut. 5 Dec. following, and Capt. 27 Aug. 1911; was Double Coy. Officer, 7 July, 1904; Off. Adjutant, 11 Nov. 1908, to 27 June, 1909, and Adjutant, 28 June, 1909, to 15 Aug. 1913; was present at the Delhi Coronation Durbar (medal, 24 June, 1911); went to France with the Indian Expeditionary Force, Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 16 Dec. 1914; _unm._ The 129th Baluchis were ordered to make an attack on the German trenches at Givenchy near La Bassée on the early morning of the 16th. Capt. Ussher was in charge of the Machine-Gun Section of the Regt. The attack at first succeeded, but later the Germans brought up two machine-guns quite close, and by this means prevented any reinforcements coming forward to assist the first attacking party which had gained the Germans’ first line of trenches. Capt. Ussher, seeing what damage the German machine-guns were doing, tried to direct the fire from his guns on to theirs, and while looking over the parapet so that he could direct the fire effectively was hit by a bullet in the centre of his forehead. He died at once without recovering consciousness, and was buried the next day at Beuvry, near Bethune. His last words before he was killed were “Keep down, keep down,” to a brother officer who was with him. The 129th Baluchis were the first Indian Regt. to go into action, and one of the men received one of the two first V.C.’s ever granted to the native troops.
[Illustration: =Stephen Ussher.=]
=VACHELL, RICHARD TANFIELD=, Capt., 1st Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers and Royal Flying Corps, only _s._ of Horace Annesley Vachell, of Beechwood, Bartley, Southampton, Author and Dramatist, by his wife, Lydia, dau. of Chauncy Hatch Phillips, of San Luis Obispo, California; _b._ San Luis aforesaid, 29 June, 1890; educ. Harrow and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the 1st Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, 13 June, 1910; promoted Lieut. 27 Nov. 1913, and Capt. in July, 1915; joined the 1st Battn. at Gharial in the Murree Hills in 1910, and served with it continuously, except for a short period in 1912, when he acted as A.D.C. to Lord Sydenham, the then Governor of Bombay, until the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, when he proceeded with it to France. He took part in the retreat from Mons, but was wounded in Oct. and invalided home. Shortly after returning to the Front he joined the Flying Corps as an observer, again returning to England in April to train for his pilot’s certificate, which he obtained in June, 1915. He returned to France at the end of July, and died at Choques, 1 Aug. 1915, of wounds received on 31 July, being buried in the military cemetery there; _unm._ Capt. Vachell was a good all-round sportsman. While at Harrow he was a member of the football eleven and fifteen; was an ardent Skihari, and represented the regt. at polo in the Jubbulpore Tournament in 1912. He contributed several articles to the St. George’s Gazette under the _nom de plume_ of “The Sprouter,” notably “With the American Section at the Delhi Durbar,” which exhibited his strong sense of humour. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. [London Gazette, 17 Feb.] 1915.
[Illustration: =Richard Tanfield Vachell.=]
=VALLENTIN, JOHN FRANKS, V.C.=, Capt., 1st Battn. South Staffordshire Regt., only _s._ of the late Grimble Vallentin, of The Manor House, Walthamstow, by his wife, Lucy (33, Prince of Wales Mansions, S.W.), dau. of Col. John Finnis, 11th Bengal Native Infantry Regt. (killed at Meerut, 10 May, 1857, the first victim of the Mutiny); _b._ in London, 14 May, 1882; educ. Wellington College; served in the South African War, 1901–2, with the Sussex Militia, taking part in the operations in Orange River Colony, April to Dec. 1901, and in the Transvaal from that time until May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with five clasps); gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Royal Garrison Regt., 29 July, 1903; transferred to 1st South Staffords, 7 June, 1905, and promoted Lieut. 7 Sept. 1907, and Capt. 12 June, 1909. He went to France, 5 Oct. 1914, and was wounded on 31 Oct. at Ypres, and taken to hospital, where he was detained. On 2 Nov., on hearing Major Loder Symonds had been killed, he insisted on coming out of hospital to take command of what was left of the regt., the Col. having been seriously wounded on 31 Oct. He was killed in action at Zillebeke, 7 Nov. following; _unm._ The regt. on this occasion, with the remains of the Queen’s Regt., captured six machine guns, and recaptured the trenches which had previously been lost by the French. The machine guns captured on this occasion were destroyed and buried. He was awarded the V.C. posthumously “for conspicuous bravery on 7 Nov., at Zillebeke, when leading the attack against the Prussian Guard under a very heavy fire, he was struck down, and on rising to continue the attack, was immediately killed. The capture of the enemy’s trenches which followed was in a good measure due to the confidence which the men had in their captain, arising from his many previous acts of great bravery and ability.” Lieut.-Col. Ovens, C.M.G., commanding 1st South Staffords, wrote: “Capt. Vallentin’s splendid heroism and unfaltering courage and determination have been justly rewarded with the Victoria Cross. He was Captain of our Polo Club and the best player in the regt. He was a specialist in musketry, and a first-rate all-round man. At manœuvres and in the field General Officers have commented on the excellence of his work. The Chief Engineer of the 7th Division told me Capt. Vallentin’s scheme of defence and his trenches were the best he had seen. He was wounded and in hospital at Ypres on 6 Nov. 1914, and hearing the regt. was making an attack that night, he came out of hospital and took command. He was again wounded whilst leading his men forward, and was instantly killed. His is a great loss to his splendid old regt., and is deeply regretted by all who knew him.”
[Illustration: =John Franks Vallentin.=]
=VANE, JOHN=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 305666, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=VANRENEN, ARTHUR SAUNDERS=, Lieut.-Col., 5th (Service) Battn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, eldest surviving _s._ of the late Gen. Donald Campbell Vanrenen, Indian Army, by his wife, Julia (9, Lansdowne Place, Cheltenham), dau. of the late J. S. Sullivan, Bengal Medical Service; _b._ Meerut, India, 14 Dec. 1862; educ. Cheltenham; entered the Militia in 1879; was gazetted Lieut. from it, to the Lincolnshire Regt., 12 May, 1883; and promoted Capt. 23 Dec. 1893; served with Malay States Guides, 19 Nov. 1897–1908, being acting Commandant from 1905. He retired from the Lincolnshire Regt. on 3 Jan. 1903, but on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914 offered his services, and was gazetted Major, 7th Battn. of that regt., 23 Sept. following, and Lieut.-Col. commanding 5th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 3 March, 1915; went to the Dardanelles, 10 July, 1915, and was killed in action at Kapanya Dagh, 15 Aug. 1915, after the landing at Suvla Bay. He was buried on the hill where the battle took place. He _m._ at Bruges, Belgium, 28 Oct. 1897, Louisa Frances (Holmhurst, Bideford), dau. of Edwin Empson Isemonger, Colonial Treasurer of the Straits Settlements, and had two children: Esmé Mildred, _b._ 2 Aug. 1898; and Joyce Marguerite, _b._ 12 May, 1903.
[Illustration: =Arthur S. Vanrenen.=]
=VANSON, ROBERT WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B 9073), 199912, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=VARLEY, HORACE WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4856), S.S. 1766, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=VARLEY, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 11284, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of James Varley, of Church, Accrington; _b._ co. Lancaster; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action, 25 Jan. 1915.
=VARNEY, JOHN=, Pte., No. 9360, 2nd Battn. East Surrey Regt.; _s._ of John Varney, of 18, Mitchells Road, Richmond; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action 15 Feb. 1915.
=VASSALLI, ALFRED JEROME=, Corpl., No. 305, 2nd King Edward’s Horse, _s._ of John Vassalli, of Scarborough, Jet Ornament Manufacturer, by his wife, Hannah, dau. of William Hardy; _b._ Whitby, co. York, 27 Aug. 1881; educ. Scarborough; was an officer in the Merchant Service, and was training with the Naval Reserve when the South African War broke out; volunteered, went with the naval guns to the Relief of Ladysmith, and took part in the operations in the Transvaal and Orange Free State and Natal (Queen’s medal with five bars), and was for some time despatch rider for Gen. Bethune, in whose cavalry regt. he afterwards served. He was a Naval Reservist, and on the outbreak of war was called up, but failed to pass the medical examination, and, being anxious to serve his country, joined the 2nd King Edward’s Horse, and was promoted Corpl. His health, however, broke down, and he died in King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor, 1 Oct. 1914, from pneumonia contracted while in camp at Slough. He was a Rural District Councillor at Drigg, Cumberland. He _m._ at Scarborough 3 Sept. 1902, Anne Pembroke (Derwent House, Drigg, Holmrook, Cumberland), dau. of Frederick Reynolds, of the Inland Revenue Department, and had three children: Frederick John, _b._ 10 Nov. 1911; Annie Reynolds, _b._ 1 Feb. 1904; and Jessie Irene, _b._ 30 Dec. 1905.
[Illustration: =Alfred Jerome Vassalli.=]
=JONES-VAUGHAN, EVAN NANNEY=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, yr. _s._ of Major-Gen. Hugh Thomas Jones-Vaughan, of Llwydyn, Carnarvonshire, C.B., Col.-in-Chief of the Loyal North Lancashire Regt. (who served through the Indian Mutiny), by his wife, Eva, dau. of the late Rev. Evan C. Owen, of Hengwrtucha, Merionethshire, and Aberhirriaeth Hall, T.L., J.P.; _b._ Llwydyn, 5 Sept. 1885; educ. Wellington and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 22 Feb. 1905; and promoted Lieut. 4 Dec. 1909, and Capt. 19 April, 1913; left for France, 10 Aug. 1914; and was killed in action not far from the village of Vertouquet, near Armentières, 26 Oct. following, by the explosion of a shell (but reports differ), which also killed two Lieuts., a Sergt. and two men of his battn. Buried 600 metres from the spot where he fell; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote: “I have lost a most gallant and capable officer and a very dear companion.”
[Illustration: =Evan N. Jones-Vaughan.=]
=VAVASOUR, LIONEL ORMISTON=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. North Staffordshire Regt., 2nd _s._ of Albert Carter Vavasour, M.A., J.P., of Weston Manor, Otley, co. York, by his wife, Eliza, dau. of C. H. Dawson, J.P., Weston Hall; _b._ Killwick Hall, Beverley, 29 Aug. 1889; educ. Rugby; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the North Staffordshire Regt. 28 May, 1910, from the Special Reserve, and promoted Lieut. 28 Dec. 1913; went to India with his regt. in 1912, and died at Gharial, 24 July, 1915, while on active service; _unm._ Lieut. Vavasour was a keen sportsman, a clever cricketer, and while at school won several silver cups, especially for the eight miles’ race. In the regt. he found cricket and football “going to pieces,” but soon established a revival of keen interest, and regularly made his century with his team. He was the crack shot of his regt., and sent many trophies home to witness to his prowess with the rifle, including the heads of three urial and three chinkara from Kashmir, which was said to be the biggest bag an officer had ever secured there.
[Illustration: =Lionel Ormiston Vavasour.=]
=VEITCH, FRANCIS=, Stoker, 2nd Class, S.S. 115773, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=VENN, ERNEST ALBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1393), 201717, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=VENNER, HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4893), S.S. 104302, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=VENNING, EDWIN GERALD=, Capt., 3rd, attd. 1st, Battn. The Suffolk Regt., yst. _s._ of the late Rev. Edwin James Venning, Chaplain in Cassel, Germany, by his wife, Amy, dau. of William Lawrence; _b._ Southsea, 7 June, 1883; educ. St. Edmund’s, Canterbury, and afterwards took up acting. From about 1911, he travelled in the provinces with touring companies, playing important parts, and when war broke out in Aug. 1914, he was acting at Brighton. He at once volunteered, and enlisted in the Royal Sussex Regt. in Sept. and was subsequently gazetted Lieut. 3rd Suffolks, 1 Jan. 1915, and promoted Capt. 9 June, 1915; went to the Front, 3 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Ypres, 6 Aug. following; _unm._ Buried in Locre Churchyard. Sergt. Major Utting, in writing to his sister, said: “Your brother, Capt. Venning, was my company officer, and he has treated myself and the men of my company in such a manner that he has gained a respect that will last as long as there is a man of the present B Coy. alive.”
[Illustration: =Edward Gerald Venning.=]
=VERCO, WALTER JOHN=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch./10669, H.M.S Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=VERCOE, HENRY STEVEN=, Officers’ Steward, 3rd Class, L. 4863, H.M.S Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=VEREKER, ROBERT HUMPHREY MEDLICOTT=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Grenadier Guards, 2nd _s._ of George Medlicott Vereker, of Sharpitor, near Salcombe, South Devon, J.P. for co. Galway, Freeman of the City of Dublin, late Capt. Kildare Militia, by his wife, Frances Gore, eldest dau. of Robert Manders, of Landscape, Dundrum, co. Dublin, and grandson of the Hon. John Prendergast Vereker [3rd son of John Prendergast, 3rd Viscount Gort]; _b._ Dublin, 15 Oct. 1894; educ. Cheam, Osborne Naval College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to 2nd Grenadier Guards, 17 Sept. 1913, and joined his battn. the following month at the Tower of London; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, Aug. 1914, and was killed in action during the desperate night battle at Landrecies, on the 25th of the same month. Buried at Landrecies; _unm._ The Rev. Benjamin G. O. Rorke, Chaplain to the Forces, wrote: “You have probably already heard that your brave son met his death in action on the 25th inst. while trying to draw Corpl. Bacchus of his regt. out of the range of the German fire. Corpl. Bacchus, who was wounded, is now convalescent, and, if spared, can tell you all about it. He showed me the exact spot at Landrecies, on the town side of the railway level-crossing, on the left of the road. It was a brave man’s death. There were in his pocket a silver flask from his mother and his own ‘Onoto’ diary. I gave them into the custody of the medical officer, Major Fry (brother of C. B. Fry), to take charge of for you. He was buried in the next grave to Lord Hawarden and the Hon. Windsor Clive on the one side, and eight men of the Coldstream Guards on the other, and on the same occasion we erected a rough wooden cross inscribing the names. The following day the wife of the ‘Garde Cimetière’ brought me a wooden cross of a more substantial kind, and I left instructions for the names to be painted on it; it was her own thought and her own tribute. Mme. Bocquet, The Pharmacie, Grande Rue, Landrecies (a very kind lady), undertook to see this done. I have heard from the regt. how much he is missed. He died like a brave man. This will be a great consolation to you.” The house and grounds at Sharpitor were lent to the Red Cross Society for the duration of the war by Mr. and Mrs. George Vereker in memory of their son.
=VERGE, ARTHUR=, Capt., A.A.M.C., attd. 6th Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of Austral Verge, of Kempsey, Macleay River, New South Wales, Grazier, by his wife, Matilda Jane, dau. of Henry Flavelle, of Hamilton Terrace, London; _b._ Kempsey, 12 Feb. 1880; educ. The King’s School, Parramatta, where he was Burton Exhibitioner in 1898, and St. Paul’s College within Sydney University, where he graduated M.B., Ch.M., in 1905; was for two years (1905–6) resident medical officer at Sydney Hospital; then proceeded to England, where he attended the leading London hospital skin departments, and took courses in Bacteriology and Vaccine Therapy. After a post graduate course at Edinburgh University he qualified F.R.C.S. there in 1908, and then visited Paris, Vienna, Prague and Berlin, and attended the skin clinics and took courses in the treatment of skin diseases under Sabarand, Brocq, Thebierge, Albaran (Paris), Finger, Rheil, Oppenheim, Kapsammer (Vienna), Blaschko, Josephs and Wasserman (Berlin). Returning to Edinburgh, he was appointed Clinical Assistant to the Skin Department for three months, and later non-resident house physician for one year (1909–10), at the Royal Infirmary, and while holding these positions had charge of the X-Ray department, and the radium treatment under Dr. Cranston Low. He took a six months’ course in Vaccine Therapy and Bacteriology of the Skin at the Royal College of Physicians, and in 1910 published in the “British Medical Journal” (31 Dec.) an article on “The Treatment and Diagnosis of Lupus Vulgaris by Tuberculin Ointment.” He then returned to Australia and practised as a skin specialist in Sydney, and in 1911 obtained the position of Hon. Assistant Physician for Diseases of the Skin at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital there. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for Imperial service, and was given a commission as Capt. A.A.M.C., 2 Oct. 1914; left Sydney as medical officer to the 6th Light Horse with the second reinforcements, and died in No. 17 General Hospital, Alexandria, 8 Sept. 1915, of dysentery contracted while on active service with his regt. at Anzac Cove; _unm._ He represented both King’s School and St. Paul’s College in cricket, football, tennis and rowing. He played with the University Union Football Team, and was full-back for three seasons. He played full-back for New South Wales against Queensland in 1902 and 1904, and while in the old country played rugger with Blackheath and other Rugby clubs. Dr. Verge was also a capital all-round cricketer, and at one time was the most successful bowler at the University. He played in two matches against Melbourne University, scoring 10 and 2, and taking two for 22 and six for 20 in 1903; and scoring 4 and 5, and taking four for 70 and three for 69 in 1904. His yr. brother, Dr. C. A. Verge, is now with No. 32 General Hospital, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force.
[Illustration: =Arthur Verge.=]
=VICAT, HORATIO JOHN=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regt., eldest surviving _s._ of the late Horatio Nelson Vicat, of Sevenoaks, by his wife, Miriam Frances Kate (East Lodge, Sevenoaks), dau. of Henry Augustus Prevost Holland, of Quebec, Canada [grandson of Capt. Samuel Holland, R.A., A.D.C. to General at the capture of Quebec, and afterwards Surveyor General of Quebec and Director of Surveys in British North America]; _b._ Melbourne, P. Quebec, Canada, 24 June, 1885; educ. Cheltenham College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal West Kents, 25 Jan. 1905, and promoted Lieut. 26 May, 1908; was seconded for service with the West African Frontier Force (Gold Coast Regt.), from Nov. 1910 to Oct. 1912; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 21 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Missy, during the Battle of the Aisne, 13 Sept. 1914. He was in command of his company when they were forming advanced guard to the Brigade and he was leading his men down to make good a bridge-head which was held by the enemy when they opened fire with a machine-gun, and he was killed instantly. Buried 300 yards East-South-East of Missy Bridge on the south side of the river; _unm._
[Illustration: =Horatio John Vicat.=]
=VIGUS, ROBERT EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 8507, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=VILES, WILLIAM=, Gunner, R.M.A., 13533, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=VILLIS, LEYSHON=, Trooper, No. 748, 18th Light Horse, 3rd Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of George Villis, by his wife, Mary Ann (Hayes Cottages, Sully, near Cardiff), dau. of Leyshon Watkin; _b._ Mountain Ash, co. Glamorgan, 17 April, 1893; educ. Sully; went to Australia, 1 Dec. 1911; volunteered and enlisted following the outbreak of war, 15 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 7 Aug. 1915; _unm._
=VINALL, CHARLES COBDEN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3591), S.S. 957, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=VINALL, EDWARD ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3504), S.S. 1184, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=VINCE, DAN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9107), 234619, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=VINCENT, THOMAS ERNEST=, Blacksmith’s Mate, M. 3134, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=VINCENT, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 6540, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest _s._ of William Offer Vincent, of Garsdon, by his wife, Fanny, dau. of Charles Vincent; _b._ Garsdon, co. Wilts, 6 May, 1883; educ. Lea National School; enlisted 8 Jan. 1906, and was killed in action at Villers Cotteretts, 1 Sept. 1914, being buried at Rue de la Reine on the 4th. He _m._ at Ampeny St. Peter, co. Gloucester, Elizabeth (Garsdon, Malmesbury, Wilts), dau. of Edwin Wheeler, and had issue: Francis William, _b._ 17 July, 1911; William Charles, _b._ 29 Sept. 1912; and Joan, _b._ (posthumous) 21 Dec. 1914.
[Illustration: =William Vincent.=]
=VINE, RICHARD=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 9739, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=VINEY, CECIL HENRY=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., only _s._ of Cecil T. Viney, of Bromley, Kent; _b._ 24 May, 1891; educ. South Lodge, Enfield Chase, and Westminster, and then entered the Royal Academy School of Painting, where he was still a student in Aug. 1914, when war was declared. He immediately volunteered for Imperial Service and was given a commission in the Special Reserve of Officers, Northamptonshire Regt. 15 Aug. 1914, and later posted to the 2nd Battn. He went to France and was killed in action near Festubert, 9 May, 1915; _unm._
=VINEY, PHILIP ERNEST=, Capt., 1st Battn. Leicestershire Regt., 2nd _s._ of Josiah Ernest Viney, of Cintra, Swanage, formerly of Harcourts, Chertsey, M.D., L.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S. Eng.; _b._ 23 April, 1888; received his commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Leicesters, 8 Feb. 1908, and was promoted Lieut. 16 May, 1910, and Capt. 24 Aug. 1914. He served with the 1st Battn. at Shorncliffe, and later with the 2nd Battn. at Belgaum, and 5 Oct. 1911, was seconded for service with the Gold Coast Regt., and did good work in West Africa. He was A.D.C. to Sir Hugh Clifford, but on the outbreak of war came home and rejoined his regt., and died in the field hospital at Bailleul, 17 Dec. 1914, of wounds received in action; _unm._
=VINNALL, EDWARD ARTHUR=, A.B., S.S. 1184, R.F.R., B. 3904, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=VIVIAN, CHARLES AUGUSTUS=, Brevet Lieut.-Col., 15th (Ludhiana) Sikhs, Indian Army, 3rd and yst. _s._ of the late Col. Aylmer MacIver-Campbell, formerly Vivian, of Asknish, C.B., D.L., J.P., Bengal S.C., by his wife, Margaret Agnes (Asknish House, Lochgair, co. Argyle), elder dau. and co. h. of Col. James Duff MacIver-Campbell, of Asknish; _b._ Dalhousie, India, 28 July, 1874; educ. Clifton College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut (unattd. list) Indian Army, 30 Aug. 1893; was attached to the Gordon Highlanders for his first year; joined the Indian Staff Corps, 27 Jan. 1895, and was promoted Lieut. 30 Nov. 1895, Capt. 30 Aug. 1902, and Major, 30 Aug. 1911; served (1) with the Chitral Relief Force, 1895 (medal with clasp); (2) on the N.W. Frontier of India, 1897–8, including operations on the Samana and in the Kurram Valley during Aug. and Sept. 1897, and those of the Flying Column in the Kurram Valley, under Col. Richardson, 20 Aug. to 1 Oct. 1897 (two clasps); (3) in the Tirah Expedition, 1897–8; including actions of Chagree Kotal and Dargai; the capture of the Sampagha and Arhanga Passes; reconnaissance of the Saran Sar and action of 9 Nov. 1897; and operations of the Waran Valley, and action of 16 Nov. 1897 (clasp); and (4) with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, Oct. 1914 to 27 April, 1915. Delayed by illness in Egypt, he did not join his regt. at the front until Oct. and was wounded in Dec. He returned to duty in Jan. and was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, and promoted Brevet Lieut.-Col. 18 Feb. following, for service in the field. In the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, where his regt. took a leading part, he was again wounded, but refused to leave his men and remained in the trenches under very heavy fire. He was killed in action near St. Julien, during the 2nd Battle of Ypres, 27 April, 1915. About 5.30 p.m., under cover of a bombardment of the Sirhind Brigade, the 1st Highland Light Infantry, and the 15th Sikhs were ordered to advance, but were met with such a terrific fire that a check ensued. Col. Vivian had to rush with his company over a fire swept zone to join the remainder of his regt. Just as he arrived he was shot through the body. An officer wrote: “I think that Col. Vivian was the bravest man I ever met--he seemed absolutely fearless of bullets, and his patrol work in front of our trenches at night was really wonderful. He inspired all the Sikh officers and men of his company with the greatest confidence, and made them nearly as fearless as himself. Once there was a house 30 yards in front of our trenches and it obscured our field of fire. The regt. who occupied the trenches before we did, said that they had tried to pull down the house, but had had to give up the attempt, because the enemy fired on them. Col. Vivian called for volunteers of his company to assist him to demolish the house. The whole company to a man volunteered--he chose the requisite number and in two days the house was flat; although they worked in daylight, not a single man was hit. I shall never forget the thrill of admiration I had for him when he volunteered to go behind the German line for two or three nights and reconnoitre the German position at La Bassée, but I was very relieved when the General would not allow him to go. Each time that he was wounded he insisted on going on with his work; any ordinary man would have been very shaken. We have lost a very dear friend, and England one of her bravest soldiers.” Col. Abbott, writing to The Pioneer about the Tirah Campaign, said: “Your report, moreover, makes no mention of the very gallant and prompt manner in which, when Capt. Lewarne’s party was rushed from the wood, the next one was brought up to his aid by Lieut. Vivian. The second party also got to close quarters with the enemy and to them must be accredited a large proportion of the Afridi losses on that occasion.” He _m._ at Portsmouth, 30 Aug. 1906, Mary Hastings, eldest surviving dau. of the late Joseph Studholme, of Ballyeighan, King’s Co., J.P., and had three children: Aylmer Studholme, _b._ 17 Aug. 1909; John, _b._ 30 Aug. 1913; and Margaret Ruth, _b._ 25 June, 1907.
[Illustration: =Charles Augustus Vivian.=]
=VISCOUNT, JOHN THOMAS=, Private, No. 1065, D Coy. 1st Newfoundland Regt., _s._ of Charles B. Viscount, of Dunville, Placentia, Newfoundland, by his wife, Hannah, dau. of Jane Norman; _b._ Cape Shore, Newfoundland, 23 March, 1895; educ. Dunville afsd.; was a Fisherman; volunteered after the outbreak of war and joined the Newfoundland Expeditionary Force, 14 Jan. 1915; left for England, May, 1915; went to the Dardanelles, Sept. 1915, and died on board the Hospital Ship Valdivia, 30 Oct. 1915, of wounds in the head received in action there. Buried at sea, Long. 23,26 E., Lat. 36,43 N.; _unm._
=VYVYAN, WALTER DRUMMOND=, Lieut., 2nd King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, elder _s._ of Capt. Richard Walter Comyn Vyvyan, of Trewan, St. Columb. Cornwall, late 2nd Battn. The Welsh Regt. and Temp. Lieut.-Col. 21st (Reserve) Battn. of the same, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Edward Sladen Foster, of Dowsby, co. Lincoln; _b._ Bath, co. Somerset, 20 March, 1887; educ. Bedford Grammar School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. King’s Shropshire L.I. 4 May, 1907, and promoted Lieut. 19 March, 1910; went to France, 21 Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at St. Eloi, Belgium, 2 March, 1915; _unm._ He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Dispatch of 5 April [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915, for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field.
[Illustration: =Walter D. Vyvyan.=]
=WACHER, GEOFFREY GIBBINGS=, Sergt., No. 517, 1/16th Battn. (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of the late Alfred Wacher, of the Anchor Brewery, Bermondsey, S.E., and Herne Bay, by his wife, Lucy Durant, dau. of Henry Gibbings, of North Tawton, Devon; _b._ Bermondsey, 25 April, 1891; educ. St. Anne’s School, Redhill, Surrey; was for some years in the employ of Chas. Morgan & Co., Paper Manufacturers, London; joined the Queen’s Westminsters, 22 Jan. 1909; volunteered for Imperial Service, Aug. 1914, and left for France, as Corpl. 1 Nov. 1914; promoted Sergt. June, 1915, and placed in charge of the machine-gun section, to which he had been transferred in Jan.; and was killed in action 9 Aug. following; _unm._ The Queen’s Westminsters were in support during the attack on Hooge on 9 Aug., and, after this had proved successful, occupied the first line trenches. During the severe bombardment by the enemy’s artillery which followed, our men took refuge in dug-outs. There were a large number of casualties, and Sergt. Wacher gave up his place of safety to some wounded men, and a few minutes later was killed by a shell. He had done valuable work with his battn. before war broke out, during its period of training, and more especially at the Front. One of his officers wrote: “He was one of the most popular fellows in the battn. among all ranks, and his loss is considered a regimental catastrophe”; and another wrote: “Ever since he went to the guns he had done excellent work as well as winning the affections of all the section.” He had been recommended for a commission by his Commanding Officer, and expected to return to England any day to take up his new duties, but owing to the heavy fighting could not be spared. An elder brother, Lieut. Walter Ronald Wacher, is (1916) on active service with the 2nd Royal Berkshires.
[Illustration: =Geoffrey G. Wacher.=]
=WACKETT, FREDERICK JAMES=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3158), 151740, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WADDY, JOHN RAYMOND=, B.A., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Lieut., R.A.M.C., 2nd _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Waddy, late Commanding 2nd Somerset L.I., and grandson of Gen. Sir Richard Waddy, K.C.B., 50th Regt.; _b._ Weston-super-Mare, co. Somerset, 15 Feb. 1886; educ. Clifton College; Pembroke College, Cambridge, and King’s College Hospital; qualified M.R.C.S., and L.R.C.P. (London) 1912; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and was given a commission as temporary Lieut., R.A.M.C., 11 Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action by a stray bullet, Bois de Ploegsteert, 17 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried in Somerset Cemetery, Ploegsteert Wood. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan 1915, and was awarded the Military Cross, 18 Feb. 1915. An officer of the Somersets wrote: “We were all, both officers and men alike, absolutely devoted to him; he was brave as a lion, and always ready to help anybody who needed him; no name will go down in the history of the regt. with more honour than his, for everybody loved him and realised his sterling qualities.” And the Chairman of the King’s College Hospital: “Both at King’s College, London, and at King’s College Hospital, your son was held in the highest esteem by all who knew him. As you know, he finished a brilliant career at the hospital by obtaining the senior scholarship of this year, and was forthwith appointed House Surgeon to Professor Sir Watson Cheyne; the latter appointment he fulfilled to the complete satisfaction of his seniors, and during his residence in hospital he considerably enhanced that high reputation he had already gained.”
=WADE, FREDERICK WALTER=, Private, No. 13069, 2nd Battn. The Suffolk Regt., eldest _s._ of Frederick William Wade, of Hall Cottage, Foxhall, near Ipswich, Farm Horseman, by his wife, Edith Florence, dau. of the late Joseph Goodchild; _b._ Bromeswell, near Woodbridge, 24 Sept. 1895; educ. Bucklesham; enlisted on the outbreak of war, 2 Sept. 1914, served with his regt. in France and Flanders, died from wounds received in action, 21 June, 1915, and was buried in the Civil Cemetery at Bailleul; _unm._
=WADE, STAMPER PLASKETT=, Ch. E.R.A., 2nd Class, 269679, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WADE, THOMAS=, Private, No. 2565, 1/7th Battn. London Regt. (T.F), _s._ of John William Wade, of 150, Lansdowne Road, Dalston, by his wife, Emily, dau. of (--) Parker; _b._ Hackney, 2 June, 1890; educ. Wilton Road School, Dalston; volunteered for Imperial service, and joined the 7th London in Sept. 1914, and went to France, 17 March, and died in hospital at Bethune, 5 April, 1915, of wounds received in action, 3 April. Buried in the Town Cemetery, Bethune; _unm._
=WADKINS, WILLIAM FERDINAND=, A.B., J. 3223, H.M.S. Laurel; killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=WADSWORTH, ALFRED CHARLES=, Private, No. 12/1820, 16th Waikato Regt. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of the late John Wadsworth, of 10, Pelham Road South, Gravesend, Kent, Watchmaker and Jeweller, by his wife, Alice (10, Pelham Road South, Gravesend, Kent), dau. of John Hawes; _b._ Cheshunt, co. Herts. 3 Sept. 1889; educ. Christ Church School, Wanstead; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war and joined the New Zealand E.F., 15 Dec. 1914; left for Egypt, 13 Feb. 1915; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25–26 April, 1915, and was reported missing on 8 May following, and is now assumed to have been killed in action there between those dates; _unm._
[Illustration: =Alfred C. Wadsworth.=]
=WADSWORTH, THOMAS EDWIN=, Private, No. 9537, 1/5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of John Edwin Wadsworth, of 13, Beech Hall Road, of Highams Park, Essex, an employee of the British Bank of South America, Moorgate Street, by his wife, Helen, dau. of Thomas Brown, Baughurst, Hants, Farmer; _b._ Southfields, S.W., 1 March, 1896; educ. Central Foundation School, Cowper Street, E.C., and on leaving there entered the service of Samuel Montagu & Co., of Old Broad Street, E.C., and was a junior in the bullion department when war broke out. He had joined the London Rifle Brigade, 18 March, 1913, and at once volunteered for active service, and went to the Front with his regt. 4 Nov. 1914. On 27 April he left the shelter of his trench in order to succour a wounded stretcher-bearer, and assist him to the rear. Soon after his return to the firing line he was wounded by the splinter of a shell. As there was a scarcity of stretchers he insisted on walking in order that other wounded men might be carried. The walking caused him to lose a considerable quantity of blood, and he reached the base in a very weak condition. He died in Netley Hospital, 8 May, 1915, and was buried in Ilford Cemetery; _unm._ A Memorial Tablet was placed in St. Stephen’s Church, Coleman Street, where he was formerly a chorister, with the following inscription: “This tablet is erected in affectionate memory of T. Edwin Wadsworth, by the staff of Samuel Montagu & Co., of 60, Old Broad Street, to whom he had become endeared by his winsome ways and eager and faithful discharge of daily duties. One of the youngest in the ranks of the London Rifle Brigade, he responded instantly to the call of his King and Country, endured with fortitude the rigours of the winter campaign in Flanders, and whilst repelling an attack of the enemy on 27 April, 1915, received wounds which proved mortal. Fragile in frame, his body proved unequal to retain his brave young spirit, which returned to Him who gave it. He finished his earthly course 8 May, 1915, within a brief span of 19 years and 2 months, and now awaits another Trumpet Call. ‘Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.’ Jno. XV. 13.”
[Illustration: =Thomas E. Wadsworth.=]
=WAGLAND, ISAAC WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3885), 186631, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=WAGSTAFF, ALFRED=, Private, No. 114, 6/2, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 4th _s._ of William Wagstaff, of Thorpe, near Thrapston, Northampton, by his wife, Emily Ann, dau. of Kidman Giddings, of Long Stow, Cambs.; _b._ Thorpe, co. Northants, 14 Sept. 1891; educ. Lilford School, near Oundle; worked in copper sheds on L. & N.W.R. at Birmingham; enlisted, 5 Sept. 1914; went to France, 28 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Vermelles, 30 Sept. 1915; _unm._ His four brothers, Samuel, William, Albert Kidman, and Jack, and a nephew, Reginald R. Wagstaff, are (1916) all on active service.
[Illustration: =Alfred Wagstaff.=]
=WAITE, CHARLES WILLIAM=, 2nd Yeoman of Signals (R.F.R., B. 1542), 169682, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=WAITT, GEORGE GREENHILL=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27506 (Devonport), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WAKEFIELD, ARTHUR JAMES=, Private, No. 11319, 2nd Battn. East Yorkshire Regt., _s._ of Walter John Wakefield, of 2, Eleanor’s Terrace, Oxford Street, Hull, by his wife, Georgina, dau. of Robert Handcock; _b._ Wincolmlee, Hull, 22 Nov. 1890; educ. Lincoln Street School; was an oilmiller in the employ of Messrs. Chambers & Fargus; enlisted in the East Yorks after the outbreak of war, 2 Sept. 1914; went to France, 27 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Ypres, 23 April, 1915. He _m._ at Hull, 1 Oct. 1910, Maria (2, Eleanor’s Terrace, Oxford Street, Hull), dau. of Edward Scott, and had two children: Lily, _b._ 2 March, 1912; and Lottie, _b._ 4 April, 1914.
[Illustration: =Arthur J. Wakefield.=]
=WAKELIN, JOHN BINHAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 1734, 1/7th Battn. (City of London) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of John Wakelin, an employee at Queen’s College, Oxford, by his wife, Elizabeth Georgina, dau. of Alfred Barnes Cook; _b._ Oxford, 17 Dec. 1881; educ. Wesleyan School there; was employed at the Whitechapel Infirmary; joined the 2nd Volunteer Battn. Oxfordshire L.I. 22 Jan. 1900, serving with them till Dec. 1904, and the Queen’s Own Oxfordshire Hussars, 5 Jan. 1905, serving till 4 Jan. 1908. On the outbreak of war he resigned his post at Whitechapel and joined the 7th London Regt.; went to France, 18 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 7 May, following; _unm._ Buried at Bethune.
[Illustration: =John Binham Wakelin.=]
=WAKEMAN, EDWARD OFFLEY ROUSE=, 2nd Lieut. 1st Battn. Grenadier Guards, yr. _s._ of Sir Offley Wakeman, of Yeaton Peverey, Shrewsbury, and Rorrington Lodge, Chirbury, Shropshire, 3rd Bart., D.L., J.P., by his wife, Catherine, dau. of Sir Charles Henry Rouse Boughton, 11th Bart.; _b._ Downton Hall, near Ludlow, 15 Jan. 1889; educ. Eton, and St. John’s College, Oxford (B.A. 1912); was employed by the University in agricultural research and afterwards by the Board of Agriculture as Special Investigator, which position he resigned to join the Guards in Dec. 1914; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 4 Jan. 1915; went to France in April and was killed in action at the Battle of Festubert, 16 May, 1915, while leading his platoon in an attack on the German trenches; _unm._ He was buried on the field of battle near Richebourg l’Avoué. His Commanding Officer wrote: “He had been with us a short time but amply long enough for us and his company to realise that in him we have lost a man and a gallant officer, and a good comrade. He was killed in the way we all hope to be killed (if it is willed that we are to be), that is gallantly leading men of the Brigade of Guards.” Lieut. Wakeman was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 30 Nov. 1915 [London Gazette, 1 Jan. 1916].
[Illustration: =Edward O. R. Wakeman.=]
=WAKINSHAW, JAMES WILLIAM=, Sapper, No. 51464, Royal Engineers, 3rd _s._ of James Wood Wakinshaw, of Wolsingham, Publican, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of John Clark, of Whitton Park, co. Durham; _b._ Southwick-on-Wear, co. Durham, 31 March, 1891; educ. National School there; was employed at Pickersgill’s Yard, Sunderland, and resided at 43, Wear Street, Southwick, and had been for five years a member of the Durham Territorial R.G.A.; enlisted 10 Sept. 1914, for the period of the war; trained at Chatham and in Ireland; went to the Dardanelles with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and died 15 Aug. 1915, of wounds received in action at Suvla Bay; _unm._ Wakinshaw was a good oarsman, winning many prizes, including the Molly Pratt Cup, four tankards, four medals, etc.
[Illustration: =James W. Wakinshaw.=]
=WALBURN, WILLIAM ARTHUR=, Private, No. 1637, 4th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of William Walburn, of 3, Portland Terrace, Redcar, co. Yorks, retired Hotel Proprietor, by his wife, Alice Helen, dau. of the late John Davison, of Redcar; _b._ Crakehall, near Bedale, co. York, 7 Aug. 1881; educ. Kirkleatham Private School; went to Australia in Oct. 1914, following a severe illness, and on his arrival found his health so much improved that he was able to join the Commonwealth E.F. at Sydney, 15 Dec. 1914; left Sydney for Egypt the following Feb.; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and in every engagement with his regt. till 3 Aug. when he was seriously wounded in the great charge at Lone Pine Ridge; and died in No. 17 General Hospital, Alexandria, three days after admission, 15 Aug. 1915. Buried in Chatby Military Cemetery there. He _m._ at Redcar Parish Church, 23 Sept. 1903, Annie, dau. of the late William McNaughton, and had a son, William Cecil, _b._ 29 Jan. 1909.
[Illustration: =William A. Walburn.=]
=WALDECK, FREDERICK=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1506), 185963, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WALDUCK, LUKE=, Private, No. 8050, 1st Battn. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I., 2nd _s._ of John Walduck, of Westbury, Brackley, Railway Labourer, by his wife, Ann, dau. of Edmund Coleman; _b._ Drayton Parslow, co. Bucks, 16 Feb. 1886; educ. Mixbury, Oxon; enlisted 10 Oct. 1905, and was killed in action at St. Julien, France, 1 Nov. 1914; _unm._
=WALFORD, HENRY=, Officer’s Steward, 2nd Class, L. 2829, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WALFORD, HERBERT ASHFORD=, Private, No. 2026, 1/14th Batt. (London Scottish) The London Regiment (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late Thomas Charles Walford, of Maidenhead, Mineral Manager, Great Western Railway, by his 1st wife, Mary Ann Ashford, dau. of Thomas Hobbs, of Tiverton; _b._ Southall, co. Middlesex, 26 Feb. 1889; educ. Maidenhead College; was on the staff of Messrs. Eveson & Co., Coal Merchants; joined the London Scottish, Feb. 1914; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 15 Sept. 1914, was reported missing after the charge of the London Scottish at Messines, 31 Oct. following, and is now assumed to have been killed in
## action on that date. He was _unm._ His younger brother, Private L.
F. Walford, who was in the same battn. was wounded and taken a prisoner on this occasion and died the next day (see following notice).
=WALFORD, LESLIE FRANCIS=, Private, No. 2048, 1/14th Battn. (London Scottish), The London Regt. (T.F.), second _s._ of the late Thomas Charles Walford, of Maidenhead, Mineral Manager, Great Western Railway, by his 1st wife, Mary Ann Ashford, dau. of Thomas Hobbs, of Tiverton; _b._ Southall, 6 Aug. 1891; educ. Maidenhead College; was Clerk to Wm. Cory’s, Mark Lane; joined the London Scottish, May, 1914; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 15 Sept. 1914; was wounded and taken prisoner during the charge of the London Scottish at Messines, 31 Oct. 1914, and died the following day; _unm._ Buried at Messines-Wytschaete.
=WALFORD, OLIVER ROBSON=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Hampshire Regt., elder _s._ of the late Col. William Swordes Walford, of Warden Lodge, Totland Bay, Isle of Wight, R.A., by his 1st wife, Mary Ella, dau. of George Robson, of Altwood, Maidenhead Thicket; _b._ Warden House, Weymouth, co. Dorset, 25 June, 1895; educ. Connaught House, Weymouth; Charterhouse, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Hampshires, 13 Jan. 1915; went to France, 25 Jan., and was killed in
## action at the Second Battle of Ypres, 26 April, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Oliver Robson Walford.=]
=WALKER, ALFRED LEVI=, Private, No. 14450, 2nd Battn. Grenadier Guards, yst. _s._ of the late Walter George Walker, of Hackett Lane, Thornbury, co. Glos., Butcher, by his wife, Sophia (Crossways, Thornbury), dau. of Henry Honeyborne; _b._ Easton Hill, Thornbury, 10 March, 1889; educ. Board School there; enlisted in 1909, and was killed in action near Ypres, 10 Nov. 1914; _unm._
=WALKER, ANTHONY THORNTON=, 2nd Lieut., 8th (Service) Battn. Rifle Brigade, 2nd _s._ of John Walker, of Bawtry, co. York, by his wife, Dorothy Mary, dau. of Thomas Taplin Wickham, of Bideford, N. Devon; _b._ Bawtry, 9 May, 1894; educ. Dulwich Preparatory School, from which he obtained a scholarship to Uppingham School, and from Uppingham secured an open scholarship and exhibition at University College, Oxford; joined the Public Schools Battn. Middlesex Regt. Aug. 1914, and was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 8th Rifle Brigade, 2 Dec. following; left for France, 25 July, 1915, and was killed in action at Hooge, 30 July, 1915, the day after he joined his battn. in the trenches; _unm._ At Uppingham he was captain of football, and played for his college at Oxford. He was also very musical, and was leader of the orchestra at Uppingham.
[Illustration: =Anthony Thornton Walker.=]
=WALKER, ARCHIE NORMAN=, L.-Corpl., No. 924, 13th Battn. 4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, 6th _s._ of Robert Percival Hoar, of 22, Quanza Street, Beach, East London, South Africa, by his wife, Cornelia Isabella (Nellie) Hoar, dau. of Peter Fostin; _b._ Cathcart, South Africa, 4 April, 1893; educ. East London; went to Australia in 1914; joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, 22 Sept. 1914; left with the second reinforcements, and died 23 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at the Dardanelles; _unm._ He was buried at sea from H.M. Hospital ship Nevasa in lat. 36.49N, long. 1° 2E.
[Illustration: =Archie Norman Walker.=]
=WALKER, CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3752), S.S. 1069, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WALKER, EDMUND BASIL=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt., 2nd _s._ of the Rev. George Sherbrooke Walker, M.A., Rector of March, by his wife, Jessie Elizabeth, dau. of Edward Carter, of Hazelwood, Edgbaston; _b._ Birmingham, 8 Aug. 1888; educ. The Towers, Portinscale, Keswick; Sherborne School, and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and soon after leaving college, went as a master to Sherborne Preparatory School. On 23 March, 1912, he was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Dorsetshire Regt. (Special Reserve), and after war broke out joined his regt. at the Front, afterwards transferring to the 1st Battn. Royal West Kents, and was given a commission in that regt. 2 Jan. 1915; took part in the heavy fighting for Hill 60, near Ypres, and was killed in action there, 18 April, 1915; _unm._ He had been called upon to undertake the Senior Captain’s duty and he volunteered for the post of danger with the machine-guns on Hill 60, near Ypres. He was on the Hill all through the awful night of Saturday 17, when so many fell--with two officers under him, and in the early morning, just as day was breaking, their company was relieved. They had left the ridge of the hill, when with his usual devotion to duty he suddenly said to his fellow officer: “You go on--I’ll follow in a minute,” and turned back again, explaining that he wanted to make sure all was right for the relief company just coming to take their place. So he went back--and in doing this, lost his own life, for he was shot dead. He was buried in the little military cemetery near Ypres. Major Dunlop, officer in command of the Battn., wrote: “I found your son of great assistance to me, as he was not only devoid of fear, but was an exceptionally keen officer, and, I am sure, would have made a great name for himself had he survived. Anyone who knew him could not help admiring him.” An officer, working with Lieut. Walker when he was killed, wrote: “on all sides I heard mention of his bravery. He stood on the top of the hill, directing operations, and was actually handling the machine-gun at the time he was shot in the throat, and died instantly. He had volunteered for the post of danger.” Lieut. Walker was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 5 April, 1915. He was in the O.T.C. at both Sherborne and Cambridge, and after his two years of teaching, spent a year in promoting Boy Scout work, and was organising secretary to the Great Rally at Birmingham in 1913.
[Illustration: =Edmund Basil Walker.=]
=WALKER, EDWARD HENRY=, A.B., 163583, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=WALKER, HENRY CLEMENT=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 308726, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WALKER, JAMES=, Private, No. 1780, 1/9th Battn. Durham L.I. (T.F); _b._ Newcastle-on-Tyne, 23 Aug. 1891; educ. Gateshead-on-Tyne; enlisted in the Durham L.I., 21 April, 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and was killed in action on the outskirts of Ypres, 3 May, 1915. Buried in the Chateau grounds, west of Brielin, on the Poperinghe Road. He _m._ at the Roman Catholic Church, Dunston, 26 Dec. 1912, Mary (189, Rose Street, Gateshead), dau. of John Quinn, and had a child.
=WALKER, JOHN JAMES=, Corpl., No. 51512. R.F.A.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; died from wounds received in action, 25 Aug. 1914.
=WALKER, JAMES THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6224), 203795, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WALKER, ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7858), 292549, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WALKER, SAMUEL REID=, Private, No. 1876, A Coy. 1/9th Battn. (Highlanders) Royal Scots (T.F.), yst. _s._ of John Walker, of Wentworth, Newmarket Road, Norwich, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Samuel Reid, of St. George’s, Norwich; _b._ Norwich, 13 Feb. 1893; educ. Belle Vue and King Edward VI Middle School, Norwich; apprenticed to the Drapery Trade, first at Mr. Moll’s, Norwich, then to Messrs. Bryant and Bryant, St. Ives, Hunts, and lastly to Messrs. Jenners, Edinburgh; volunteered and joined 1/9th Royal Scots (A Coy.), 6 Aug. 1914; left for France, 24 Feb. 1915, and died at No. 8 Hospital, Bailleul, 27 April following, of wounds received four days previously during the Second Battle of Ypres. Buried Bailleul Cemetery; _unm._ Corpl. W. M. Clarke wrote: “I thought it would perhaps comfort you to know how much he was appreciated by his comrades, and how great a shock his death was to them. His bright face and willingness made him a valued man in my section and won him everybody’s affection. Our only consolation, and I hope it may be yours also, is that he died like a man fighting for the Old Country.”
[Illustration: =Samuel Reid Walker.=]
=WALKER, THOMAS=, Private, No. 2395, 1/7th Battn. The Black Watch (T.F.), _s._ of Alexander Middleton Walker, of Middleton Place, Crossgates, co. Fife, Miner, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of the late Thomas Young, of Leven; _b._ Fordell, Dalgetty, co. Fife, 13 Feb. 1884; educ. Crossgates Public School; served as a grocer in Dunfermline Co-operative Society for nearly five years, then enlisted in the Royal Scots, 2 Jan. 1902; obtained his discharge by purchase, 11 July following, and was employed in the mines; re-enlisted in the Black Watch after the outbreak of war, 15 Sept. 1914; went to France, 1 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 16 June, 1915; _unm._ Buried there. His Captain wrote: “We were being subjected to a terrible bombardment during an attack on the Germans, and Tom along with L.-Corpl. Somerville were sitting in a dug-out sheltering from the fire, when a high explosive shell hit it, smashing in the roof. Both were killed immediately, and without suffering any pain. All the men exhibited great courage during the day and none more than your son, who was always a worker, doing his share and always willing to help others.”
[Illustration: =Thomas Walker.=]
=WALKER, WILLIAM ARCHIBALD SMAIL=, Major, 46th Punjabis, Indian Army, 2nd _s._ of the late Major-Gen. Alexander Walker, C.S.I., R.A., Director-General of Ordnance in India, 1890–97, by his wife, Anne Yewdale Lambert, dau. of Commander William Archibald Smail, R.N.; _b._ Dum-Dum, India, 31 Oct. 1874; educ. Dulwich College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. unattd. Indian Army, 10 Oct. 1894; was attd. to the 1st Somerset L.I. for his first year; entered the Indian S.C. 10 Jan. 1896, and was promoted Lieut. 27 Nov. 1897; Capt. 10 Oct. 1903, and Major 10 Oct. 1912; served with the 45th Sikhs and then with the 40th Pathans, and was posted to the 46th Punjabis on their formation; took part in the operations on the N.W. Frontier of India, 1897–8, including the Defence of Malakand, action at Landakai, and operations in Bajaur (medal with two clasps), and in the Tirah Expedition 1897–8 (clasp), and was afterwards employed with the King’s African Rifles, 25 Nov. 1903 to 10 May, 1906. After the outbreak of the European War, he was sent in Jan. 1915, with a double coy. to British East Africa and attd. to the 130th Baluchis (King George’s Own). He was commanding a section of the outpost line with headquarters at Mzima on the Tsava River. While visiting sentry groups with an escort of seven men on 12 April, he came on the spoor of a large party of Germans. He followed this up for some way in order to locate the enemy. In returning he was ambuscaded by a smaller party of Germans who were following the main force, and he and two men were shot. He was buried on the banks of the Tsava River--the grave was marked by a cairn of stones; the two men who fell with him are buried by his side. A brother officer wrote: “I knew him for a fearless man. He was with my regt. in the Tirah Expedition, 1897--I have never met a braver soldier”; and another: “His escort, Dogras and Gurkhas, five of whom managed to get away, all bear great testimony to his fearlessness and gallantry. He gave the orders with his last breath for his men to scatter; such is necessary in the bush. He is a great loss to us and to our country--we can ill spare such men.” He _m._ at Peshawar, N.W.P., 30 April, 1913, Marion Balfour, yst. dau. of the Rev. Frederick William Crick, M.A., Rector of Litton Cheney, Dorset, and had a dau., Anne Margaret, _b._ 21 Jan. 1914.
[Illustration: =William A. S. Walker.=]
=BANES-WALKER, FREDERICK CECIL=, Lieut., 3rd, attd. 2nd Battn. Devonshire Regt., eldest _s._ of Harry Banes-Walker, of Verriers, North Petherton, Somerset, B.A., C.C., Director of Brewery Companies, by his wife, Mary Alexandra, dau. of Frederick S. Barker; _b._ Northgate House, Bridgwater, co. Somerset, 19 June, 1888; educ. Mr. Coplestone’s, Exmouth, Devon, and Tunbridge School, and was gaining a business experience at the Ashton Gate Brewery. He enlisted in the Gloucestershire Regt. on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, but was offered a commission in the Devons a few weeks later, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Reserve Battn. of that Regt. 7 Oct. 1914, and subsequently attd. to the 2nd Battn. (23rd Brigade, 8th Division), of which he became a Machine-Gun Officer. He went to France, 15 March, 1915; was promoted Lieut., and was killed in action near Fleurbaix, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried in a cemetery on the Rue Petillon, about 3,500 yards south of Fleurbaix. His Commanding Officer wrote: “Your son was killed in action early Sunday morning, 9 May, as we were advancing under heavy cross-firing. He was in charge of our machine-gun section, and had done extremely well. He was very popular with all ranks, and will be greatly missed.” Lieut. Banes-Walker was well-known in sporting circles being a fine rider to hounds. He played cricket for Somerset, and hockey for Gloucestershire.
[Illustration: =Frederick C. Banes-Walker.=]
=GORDON-WALKER, CHARLES NIGEL=, Lieut. and Adjutant, 10th (Service) Battn. South Staffordshire Regt., attd. 8th Battn. Manchester Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of the late Frederick Alexander Walker, of Gravesend, Kent, by his wife, Grace Marion (23, Holbein House, Sloane Square, London, S.W.), dau. of the late David Alexander Gordon, of Culveman and Greenlaw, co. Kirkcudbright, and of Hong Kong; _b._ Milton-next-Gravesend, co. Kent, 3 July, 1889; educ. Westminster School; was in the firm of Messrs. Gilman & Co., Merchants of Hong Kong, and 18, St. Swithin’s Lane, London, E.C., and was Corpl. in the Scouts Company, Hong Kong Volunteer Corps; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 10th South Staffords, 21 Nov. 1914, and appointed Adjutant to the battn. 21 Nov. 1914; attd. to 8th Manchester (T.F.), May, 1915; left for the Dardanelles from Plymouth, 15 May, and was killed in action in Gallipoli 7 Aug. following; _unm._
[Illustration: =Charles N. Gordon-Walker.=]
=WALL, JOHN THOMAS=, Private, No. 5743, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards; _b._ co. Warwick; enlisted 30 Sept. 1904; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 11 Sept. 1914; died in No. 4 Clearing Hospital, Poperinghe, 29 Oct. 1914, of wounds received in action. Buried Poperinghe New Cemetery.
=WALLACE, ANDREW=, Capt., 1/4th Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers (T.F.), eldest _s._ of James Wallace, of Castle View, Prestonpans, Headmaster of Prestonpans Public School, by his wife, Barbara, dau. of John Guthrie Smith, of Newmilns, Ayrshire, Manufacturer; _b._ Prestonpans, 3 Feb. 1875; educ. Prestonpans Public School; George Heriot’s School, Edinburgh, and Edinburgh University, where he was Gold Medallist in Anatomy, and completed his medical course when he was only twenty. After being assistant to Dr. Nuttall of Leicester for three years, he went as Ship’s Doctor to China and Japan on the S.S. Glen Avon, which was wrecked off Hong Kong on her homeward voyage; and then practised for fifteen years in Coldstream, where he took a prominent part in Ambulance Association Work, and in the Territorials. He joined the 2nd Vol. Battn. K.O.S.B. (afterwards the 4th Territorial Battn. of the Scottish Borderers) in 1902 and became Lieut. 8 Aug. 1903, and Capt. 11 April, 1906; and volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war. He left for the Dardanelles on 21 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Krithia, Gallipoli, 12 July following; _unm._ Of his nine brothers, Capt. W. E. Wallace is in France with 8th Battn. Royal Scots, Capt. H. S. Wallace is in Egypt with the Notts and Derby Mounted Field Ambulance Bde., and Cadet R. H. Wallace presently training with University Corps, Bristol. His second youngest brother, Harold S. Wallace, with 8th Battn. Royal Scots, was killed in France, 8 April, 1915, at Picantin, near Laventie.
[Illustration: =Andrew Wallace.=]
=WALLACE, HAROLD SYDNEY=, Private, No. 893, 8th Battn. Royal Scots (T.F.), 9th _s._ of James Wallace, of Castle View, Prestonpans, Headmaster of Prestonpans Public School, and a younger brother of Capt. Andrew Wallace (see preceding notice), by his wife, Barbara, dau. of John Guthrie Smith; _b._ Prestonpans, 29 Nov. 1892; educ. Prestonpans Public School; George Heriot’s School, Edinburgh, and Skerry’s College; was an Officer of Customs and Excise; joined the 8th Territorial Battn. of the Royal Scots in 1912; volunteered for foreign service after the outbreak of war; went to France, 2 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Picantin, near Laventie, 8 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried Rue Tilleloy, Laventie.
[Illustration: =Harold S. Wallace.=]
=WALLACE, HENRY ATHOLL CHARLES=, Capt., 10th Battn. 2nd Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of the late Henry Wallace, of Trench Hall, co. Durham, J.P., for many years Agent to the Earl of Ravensworth; by his wife, Jessie (139, Ware Road, Hertford), dau. of Charles Ellis, of New York, U.S.A.; _b._ Trench Hall, Gateshead-on-Tyne, 1879; educ. Uppingham College; served in the South African War with the Northumberland Imperial Yeomanry, 1900–1901 (Queen’s medal with two clasps); emigrated to Canada in 1902, and after farming in Manitoba for a short time, turned his attention to real estate; joined the 106th Winnipeg L.I. in Winnipeg, Canada; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war and was appointed Capt. 10th Battn. (Winnipeg L.I.); came over with the 1st Contingent in Oct. 1914; trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter; went to France early in Feb. and after serving in the trenches for two months, was killed in action at Langemarck, 22 April, 1915. He always took a keen interest in military matters, and belonged in Canada to the Veterans’ Brigade, composed of men who had served their country in any part of the world. He _m._ at St. Mary’s, Gateshead-on-Tyne, 1903, Winifred (194, Hill Street, Norwood Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada), dau. of the late Thomas Archer, of the Dunston Engine Works, Dunston-on-Tyne, a well-known engineer and inventor, and had two children: Henry Archer Harold, _b._ 3 April, 1906; and Dorothy Laura, _b._ 15 March, 1909.
[Illustration: =Henry A. C. Wallace.=]
=WALLACE, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4924), S.S. 104347, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WALLACE, JOHN=, Private, No. S./7097, 2nd Battn. Middlesex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 10 Feb. 1915.
=WALLACE, JOHN ROGER (ION)=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal Scots Fusiliers, yr. _s._ of Roger William Wallace, of 36, Campden Hill Gardens, Kensington, K.C., by his wife, Sarah, dau. of John Thornton; _b._ Kensington, 25 June, 1895; educ. at School House, Rugby, and Oriel College, Oxford; joined the Artists’ Rifles as a Private when war began, and went to France with them, 26 Oct. 1914. He was given a commission, 15 Dec. 1914, being gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 2nd Battn. Royal Scots Fusiliers. The same month he was invalided home after an attack of pleurisy caught in the trenches, and early this year (1915), after taking out a draft of men from Ayr, was transferred to the 1st Battn. of his regt. He was killed in action, near Ypres, 22 April, 1915, and buried in the Military Cemetery, Dickebusch, Belgium; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote: “His pluck and unselfishness will always be remembered in the Scots Fusiliers. His one idea was that the men wounded at the same time should be cared for first. Both in his life and death he was a splendid example.”
[Illustration: =John Roger Wallace.=]
=WALLACE, JOSEPH=, Leading Stoker, 282825, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WALLACE, THOMAS=, Acting Corpl., No. 7349, 1st Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action at Ypres, 12 May, 1915.
=WALLACE, WILLIAM JOSEPH=, Private, No. 7865, 1st Battn. East Kent Regt. (The Buffs); served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 14 Dec. 1914.
=BURGOYNE-WALLACE, DOUGLAS BURGOYNE=, Lieut., 7th Duke of Connaught’s Own Rajput L.I., Indian Army, elder _s._ of Frederick Burgoyne Burgoyne-Wallace, of Beechmont, Cheltenham, by his wife, Hannah, dau. of Robert Watson, of Victoria Park, co. Ayr, and gdson. of the late Gen. Hill Wallace, C.B., R.H.A., by his wife, Harriet, dau. of Capt. Frederick Burgoyne, R.N. (who was present at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent); _b._ Edinburgh, 12 June, 1893; educ. Cheltenham College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the unattd. list for the Indian Army, 12 Aug. 1912. He was attached to the 2nd Battn. Norfolk Regt. at Belgaum for a year, and was posted to the 7th Rajputs 2 Nov. 1913, being promoted Lieut. Nov. 1914. He left India with his regt. for the Persian Gulf in the same month and was reported as missing after the heavy fighting at Ahwaz, 2 March, 1915. He was _unm._ Whilst at Cheltenham College he gained the Gold Medal in 1910 presented by the Republique Francaise Ministère de l’Instruction Publique et des Beaux Arts for French competed for by all the Public Schools.
[Illustration: =D. B. Burgoyne-Wallace.=]
=WALLARD, WALTER=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1817), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WALLER, GEORGE=, Private, No. 3082, C Coy., 5th (Cinque Ports) Battn. Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of George Waller, of Uckfield Road, Ringmer, Lewes, Stockman to Mr. John Porter, Park Farm, Ringmer, by his wife, Ann, dau. of Henry Godcher, of Streat; _b._ Curd’s Farm, Barcombe, co. Sussex, 25 Nov. 1895; educ. Ringmer Council School, near Lewes; was Groom and Gardener to Mr. Moore Wellingham, Ringmer; enlisted 25 Nov. 1914; went to France, 12 Feb., and was killed in action at Richebourg, 9 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =George Waller.=]
=WALLER, HORACE EDMUND=, Private, No. 1530, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, yr. _s._ of John Edward Hopkins Waller, of Rockvale, co. Tipperary, 172, Cromwell Road, London, S.W., and The Nook, Westgate-on-Sea, M.Inst.C.E., by his wife, Annette Elizabeth, dau. of Adolphe Naudé, and grandson of the late John Francis Waller, of Finoe House, co. Tipperary, LL.D., J.P., Barrister-at-Law, writer and poet; _b._ in London, 16 April, 1891; educ. the Towers, Wellington College, and Tonbridge School (Scholar), and on leaving there entered the Engineering Section of the University of London at King’s College, and was one of the earliest members of the O.T.C. In 1910 he went to Canada where he engaged in engineering, the principal work with which he was connected being the Hydro Electric installation of the Algoma Central Railway at Steep Hill Falls, Ontario, and the government survey of Strathcona Park, Vancouver Island, B.C. On the declaration of war he joined the 1st Contingent of Princess Patricia’s Canadian L.I. as a private, and after training in Canada, on Salisbury Plain, and at Winchester, left Southampton for France with his regt. to join the Expeditionary Force on Sunday, 20 Dec. 1914. Owing to his intimate knowledge of French and his experience as an engineer, he was detailed to act as interpreter and guide. He was frequently in the trenches, and although as a result of the severe conditions prevailing he developed dysentery, he would not be persuaded to rest. On 4 Feb. however, he was obliged to enter hospital at Boeschèpe, and he died there, 7 Feb. 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the churchyard at Boeschèpe with full military honours. Lieut. Crubbe wrote: “I must tell you as one of his company officers how great a loss to No. 4 he is. He was always an excellent soldier, and seemed to thoroughly realise how his superior education and position necessitated his being a good example, and in this he never failed. Since we have been actually fighting he was of great service as a company guide, and invariably showed the greatest courage and devotion to duty”; and Sergt. Phillips: “Everybody in No. 4 Coy. and anybody in other companies who knew him join you in mourning the loss of one of the best little fellows that ever lived, and one whom I am very proud to have called friend. He was the most popular man in the company.”
[Illustration: =Horace Edmund Waller.=]
=WALLER, JAMES=, A.B., J. 8260, H.M.S. Laurel; killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=WALLER, WILLIAM JAMES=, Private, No. 2467, 1/7th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of William Charles Waller, of 121–123, Edgware Road, London, W., Master Tailor (died 2 Feb. 1916), by his wife, Alice Easter (123, Edgware Road, London, W.), dau. of James Waller, of Old Catton, Norwich; _b._ New Cross, London, 14 June, 1896; educ. Regent Street Polytechnic; was a student at Selfridges; enlisted in Aug 1914 on the outbreak of war; left for France, 12 March, 1915, and was killed in action, 7 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried in the Military Cemetery on the Rue Petillon, near Neuve Chapelle. Lieut. A. G. Groser wrote: “He was a universal favourite among the non-commissioned officers and men of No. 3 Platoon. ‘Best man in my section,’ his sergeant used to say to me. Among the men all spoke well of ‘Nobby,’ as they used to call him.... On the night of May 7, your son was in the party of 19 under myself which was to occupy an advanced trench 70 yards in front of the trenches, and within 70 yards of the German lines. We occupied this advanced trench at 8.30 p.m., and barely had the sentries been posted, when a party of over 24 Germans, bent on slaughter, appeared on all sides and attempted to rush this trench. They had crawled up under cover of darkness, then jumping up they fired at us and then rushed into close quarters. After a hand-to-hand fight lasting a few minutes, they were beaten off with the loss of seven killed and several wounded. But four of the platoon lay on the ground wounded, and three more had slight wounds. Your son with five others under Sergt. Hocking (who has since died of wounds) stood up and fought like the gentleman he was against fully 15 of the Germans. Facing the enemy who appeared in front, he was shot in the back by one of those who sprang up from the rear. Though four were badly wounded they went on fighting till they drove the Germans off, which undoubtedly went a long way to saving the position. He behaved like a gentleman and a hero, as I ever thought he would should such circumstances arise. He was conscious the whole time he was waiting for a stretcher, and I could tell from his face that he was in great pain. I talked to him and gave him water, and he answered back though very feebly. Then the stretcher came and he was carried to the billets right behind the trenches. Not a murmur or cry of pain came from him while lying in the trench in awful agony, because he was not half a hero but one throughout;” and Sergt. G. W. Scott, writing “at the unanimous request of the N.C.Os. and men of the Platoon” to “record the great affection which every man in this platoon had towards him, and the high esteem in which he was held by all who knew him, officers and men alike,” added: “About 9 o’clock p.m. on Friday, May 7, just as the day party was being relieved, the Germans rushed the sap. Our boys were absolutely taken by surprise, but rose to the occasion and succeeded in driving the Germans off, but not before your son was shot through the back and several others wounded. Poor ‘Nobby’ lived for a few hours and remained cheerful and brave to the end. His death actually occurred about 1 o’clock a.m. whilst he was being conveyed to the dressing-station.”
[Illustration: =William James Waller.=]
=WALLIS, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 6251, 2nd Battn. Royal West Surrey Regt., _s._ of Frederick Wallis, of 55, Morecambe Street, Walworth; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in
## action, 16 May, 1915.
=WALLIS, HERBERT FRANCIS=, No. G. 3330, 2nd Battn. East Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 27 April, 1915.
=WALMESLEY, RICHARD=, Lieut., attd. 2nd Battn. Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regt., only _s._ of John Walmesley, of Lucknam, co. Wilts, and the Hall of Ince, co. Lancaster; _b._ London, W., 21 Nov. 1890; educ. Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd (Reserve Battn.) Yorkshire Regt. 13 Aug. 1910, and promoted Lieut. 1 May, 1912; was posted on the outbreak of war to the 2nd Battn.; went to France early in Oct. 1914, and was killed in action about the 21st of the same month, near Ypres. He was shot through the head, death being instantaneous and was the first of his regt. to fall. Lieut. Walmesley is described as a thorough soldier whom his men would have followed anywhere. He was also a keen sportsman and a well-known and fearless rider to hounds. He was Master of the Cambridge Harriers, 1912–13, and hunted with the Quorn, the Belvoir, and the Cottesmore, during the winter of 1913–14.
[Illustration: =Richard Walmesley.=]
=WALSH, ARCHIBALD=, Private, No. 3796, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards; enlisted 28 Feb. 1901; served in South Africa, 7 Nov. 1901, to 4 Oct. 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps); obtained his discharge, 14 Feb. 1903; re-enlisted. 7 Sept. 1914; went to France, 7 Oct. following, and was reported missing between 29 Oct. and 2 Nov., and is now assumed to have been killed in action between those dates; _m._
=WALSH, GEOFFREY PENNELL=, Lieut., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 2nd Battn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.), elder _s._ of the late James Joseph Walsh, M.B., Fleet Surgeon, R.N. (who was lost on H.M.S. Good Hope in the battle off Coronel, 1 Nov. 1914), by his wife, Eveline Mary (44, Worthing Road, Southsea), eldest dau. of Charles Pennell; _b._ Sheerness, 28 Oct. 1892; educ. Eversley School, Southwold; St. Paul’s and Pembroke College, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Sherwood Foresters, 15 Aug. 1914; promoted Lieut. 16 May, 1915; went to France, 16 May, 1915; was attd. to 2nd Battn. and was killed in action at Hooge, 9 Aug. 1915. Buried in Sanctuary Wood, Hooge; _unm._ His Commanding Officer wrote: “Though he had only been with us a few weeks, he was very popular with both officers and men, and he is a great loss to the service;” and his tutor from Pembroke College, Oxford, wrote: “He only gave us pleasure. From the first he took his full share of college life, his energies mostly given to the river. He leaves behind him a memory upon which it is a pleasure to dwell.”
=WALSH, JAMES=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 205302, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WALSH, JAMES=, Acting Corpl., No. 12/1822, Auckland Infantry Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles, was reported missing after the fighting on 8 Aug. 1915, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on or about that date.
=WALSH, JAMES JOSEPH=, M.B., Fleet Surgeon, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Good Hope, yst. _s._ of the late Patrick James Walsh; _b._ Wexford, 29 Sept. 1863; educ. St. Peter’s College, Wexford, and the Royal University of Ireland; graduated. M.B. 1885, and was appointed Surgeon, Royal Navy, 20 Aug. of the same year; promoted Staff Surgeon, 20 Aug. 1897, and Fleet Surgeon, 20 Aug. 1901, and was lost in the sinking of H.M.S. Good Hope in the battle off Coronel, 1 Nov. 1914. He _m._ at St. Paul’s Church, Sheerness, Kent, 21 Jan. 1891, Eveline Mary (44, Worthing Road, Southsea), eldest dau. of Charles Pennell, and had two sons: Geoffrey Pennell, Lieutenant 3rd Sherwood Foresters, _b._ 28 Oct. 1892, killed in action at Hooge, 9 Aug. 1915; and Raymond Neville, _b._ 10 July, 1906.
=WALSH, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 5846, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 3rd _s._ of Thomas Walsh, by his wife, Bridget, dau. of John Tyrrell, of Bolton; _b._ Earlestown, co. Lancashire, 3 Jan. 1885; educ. St. Patrick’s School, Bolton; enlisted 19 Nov. 1904; was called up from the Reserve on mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 30 Aug. 1914. He was reported missing, 27 Oct. 1914, and is supposed to have been killed in action on that date. He _m._ at Nelson, 6 April, 1912, Florence Ellen (8, Eastbank Street, Barrowford, Nelson, Lancs.), dau. of Henry Edwards, of Madeley Salop, and had a dau. Norah, _b._ 19 March, 1913.
[Illustration: =Joseph Walsh.=]
=WALSH, PATRICK=, Carpenter’s Crew, M. 1741, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=CORMAC-WALSHE, EDWARD JOSEPH=, Lieut., 2nd Battn Prince of Wales’) The Leinster Regt. (Royal Canadians), 4th _s._ of Edward Cormac-Walshe, of Castle Hill, Crossmolina, co. Mayo, D.L., by his wife, Annita, dau. of Henry Hodgens, of Beaufort, co. Dublin; _b._ Bath, 6 Feb. 1892; educ. Stoneyhurst and Trinity College, Dublin (B.A. 1912), and obtained a University commission, being gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Leinsters, 19 Jan. 1913, and promoted Lieut. 7 May, 1913; went to France with his regt, which formed part of the 6th Division, 22 Sept. 1914, and died in No. 13 Base Hospital, Boulogne, 5 Nov. 1914, from wounds received in action on 20 Oct.; _unm._ The 6th Division was holding the Radinghem-La Vallée-Emnetières-Copingham-Premesques Railway Line, 300 yards east of Halte, and according to information received from a brother officer at Premesques, Lieut. Walshe volunteered to go with a despatch some distance, and when returning with the report to his superior officer (Capt. Maffett, who had meanwhile been killed) found himself under severe machine-gun fire, and sheltered behind a hay stack, which was 300 yards from his trench. After half an hour he emerged running head down, but received a mortal scalp wound. His Colour-Sergeant ran out and fetched him in, and after 18 hours in the trench he was removed to the dressing station. His Colonel wrote: “During the attack on Premesques on the 18 Oct. he led his platoon in a gallant and skilful manner, always the first up to show his men the way. During that night and following night, he worked hard getting his men entrenched. When we were counter-attacking on the morning of the 20th, he was wounded when apparently bringing a report to his Company Commander, Capt. Maffett, who had just been killed. Your son was a gallant officer, very popular with all ranks. We all deplore his loss.” At Stoneyhurst he was in the football fifteen and cricket eleven, and was for a short time before leaving Capt. of the Officer’s Cadet Corps.
[Illustration: =E. J. Cormac-Walshe.=]
=WALTER, ARGYLE FRANCIS BRADFORD=, Private, No. 2795, 13th (Princess Louise’s Kensington) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.). eldest _s._ of the late Francis Edward Walter, of Hornsey, N., by his wife, Ellen Annie (65, Middle Lane, Crouch End, Hornsey, N.): _b._ Holloway, N., 9 March, 1893; educ. L.C.C. School, Duncombe Road, Holloway; was a Clerk in the Scottish Provident Association Institution, Lombard Street, E.C.; volunteered and enlisted in the Kensingtons on the outbreak of war; went with his battn. to France, 28 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Fromelles on Sunday morning, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ A comrade said that on Sunday morning the 13th were ordered to capture certain German trenches--three successive lines of them--and they carried out their orders with great gallantry and success. Between the second and third lines was an open field, across which the battn. had to rush. Private Walter was among those who succeeded in reaching the third trench unhurt. It was then discovered that the red flag which they carried with them to indicate to the British Artillery behind them the point they had reached in their advance, had been left behind inadvertently at the second line of trenches. The officer in command called for volunteers to return and fetch it. Before he had finished Private Walter was out of the trench racing back across the open field under heavy fire from the enemy. He was about five yards from the flag when he fell. So far as could be judged he was killed instantaneously, as he was never seen to move again.
[Illustration: =Argyle F. B. Walter.=]
=WALTER, CHARLES RICHARD=, Corpl., No. 1654, 4th Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late Charles Walter; _b._ Haggerston; educ. Shap Street School there; joined the Royal Fusiliers in May 1911; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914: served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and died in Boulogne Hospital, 3 May, 1915, of wounds received in action; _unm._ Buried at Boulogne.
=WALTER, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 15801, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914
=WALTERS, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 17428, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WALTERS, HENRY JAMES=, C.P.O (N.S.), 179888, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WALTERS, VIVIAN ARTHUR WALKER=, Leading Signalman, 228510, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WALTHAM, WILLIAM ERNEST=, Private, No. 6423, 2nd Battn Coldstream Guards, 3rd _s._ of George Hamlin Waltham, of 3, Harold Street, Selby, by his wife, Ellen Eliza; _b._ Hull, 7 June, 1888; educ. Buckingham Street Board School there; was a Boilermaker; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 17 Nov. 1905; served three years with the Colours; went to France, 10 Aug. 1914, and died in No. 4 Field Ambulance, 9 Nov. following, of wounds received at the First Battle of Ypres that day. He was buried in the N.W. corner of the field, east of Château, 1½ miles west of Ypres, on the Vlamertinghe Road. He _m._ at the Congregational Church, Selby, 1911, Harriett (Staynor House, Denison Road, Selby, co. Yorks), 3rd dau. of William Cass, and had a son, William Ernest, _b._ 31 Jan. 1912.
[Illustration: =William E. Waltham.=]
=WALTHO, THOMAS JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5537), S.S. 100433, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WALTON, GEORGE HENRY=, Sergt., R.M.A. (R.F.R., 0696), R.M.A. 4367, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WALTON, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 8670, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=WALTON, RICHARD CRAWHALL=, Lieut., 1st Battn. 9th Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army; elder _s._ of Richard Walton, of 5, Croxteth Grove, Liverpool, Secretary in Liverpool Northern Assurance Co., Ltd., President of the Insurance Institute of Liverpool, and Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute, by his wife, Judith, dau. of the late Joseph Crawhall, of Newcastle-on-Tyne; _b._ Clifton, Bristol, 1 March, 1886; educ. Liverpool College, and passed into Sandhurst in 1905, being third on the list in that half-year’s examinations. A year later he passed out second in order of merit, with honours, and was placed first of the Cadets for the Indian Army, winning the coveted Norman medal, then presented for the first time. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the unattached list for the Indian Army, 29 Aug. 1906, and promoted Lieut. 29 Nov. 1908; served his first year with the 1st Prince of Wales’ Own West Yorkshire Regt.; was posted to the 9th Gurkhas, 12 Nov. 1907; appointed Double Company Officer, 17 Nov. 1907, and Qr.-Mr. 18 Jan. 1914; left India with the Expeditionary Force for France on the outbreak of war, and was killed in action near Neuve Chapelle, during the first Battle of Ypres, 7 Nov. 1914; _unm._ Lieut. Walton was an all-round sportsman, and when in garrison at Chitral engaged in big game shooting, fine specimens of markhor, oorial, tahr, black and red bear, deer and leopard, being among his trophies. He was also an expert horseman and polo player, and was considered one of the best judges of ponies on his station. He rode Mr. Lee’s Ringette, the winner of the Murree Cup at the Gharial Races in 1907.
[Illustration: =Richard Crawhall Walton.=]
=WAND, THOMAS EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R), Ch./8521, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WANDBY, WALTER=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5312), S.S. 42, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WANDS, ANDREW EASTON=, L.-Corpl., No. 7689, 8th Battn. Highland L.I. (T.F.), attd. 1/7th Royal Scots (T.F.), _s._ of the late James Wands, of 65, Glasgow Road, Wishaw, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Andrew Easton; _b._ Wishaw, co. Lanark, 18 Aug. 1893; educ. Berryhill School there; was Craneman G.I.S.W., Wishaw; joined the 8th Highland L.I., 1908, and served five years, rejoining, 15 Aug. 1914, after the outbreak of war; was attached to the 1/7th Royal Scots, and left with them for the Dardanelles 22 May, 1915, and was killed in
## action at the capture of the Sagir Dere, Gallipoli, 28 June, following;
_unm._
=WARBURTON, JOHN ALFRED=, Private, No. 6675, 2nd Battn. East Lancashire Regt., _s._ of the late Joseph Warburton, Cooper, by his wife, Emma (117, Walter Street, Blackburn); _b._ Blackburn, 10 Oct. 1882; educ. St. Matthew’s School there; enlisted 18 March, 1901; served through the South African War, 1901–02 (Queen’s medal), after which he proceeded with his regt. to India, but later returned to South Africa, where he was stationed until the outbreak of the European War; went to France 2 Nov., came through the action at Neuve Chapelle safely, but was killed the following day, 15 March, 1915, while trying to locate a German sniper; _unm._ While in India he scored many successes in regimental competitions.
=EGERTON-WARBURTON, PIERS (PETER)=, Private, No. 903, 10th Light Horse (Western Australian) Regt., Australian Imperial Force, 4th _s._ of the late Rowland Egerton-Warburton, by his wife, Mary (Stonyhurst, Williams River, Western Australia), dau. of John M. Kail, and grandson of the late George Edward Egerton-Warburton, of St. Werburgh’s, Albany, Western Australia, sometime 51st Regt [5th _s._ of the Rev. Rowland Egerton-Warburton. of Warburton and Arley, co. Chester]; _b._ Perth, Western Australia, 13 July, 1892; volunteered and enlisted on the outbreak of war; left for Egypt in April; went to the Dardanelles in May, and died in No. 1 General Hospital, Alexandria, 19 Aug. following, of wounds received on the 9th in the great attempt to storm the Turkish positions, when the 8th and 10th Light Horse were almost annihilated; _unm._
[Illustration: =Piers Egerton-Warburton.=]
=WARD, ARTHUR=, Painter, 2nd Class, M. 6330, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WARD, ARTHUR PERCY=, 2nd Yeoman of Signals (R.F.R., B. 3850), 196305, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WARD, ARTHUR RENOLD=, Private, No. 1196, 2nd Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late (--) Ward, by his wife, Eliza (126, Commercial Road, Camberwell, S.E.); _b._ Walworth, S.E., 3 Sept. 1894; educ. Trafalgar Street Board School there; joined the 2nd London Regt. about Aug. 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France in Dec. and died 4 May, 1915, of wounds received in action; _unm._
=WARD, BASIL MIGNOT=, Capt., 1st Battn. Essex Regt., yr. _s._ of Arthur John Hanslip Ward. V.D., D.L., Town Clerk of Harwich, and Col. 1st Suffolk and Harwich R.G.A. Vol. (which he raised and commanded 1899–1906), by his wife, Eleanor Katherine Mignot, only dau. of John Brown, of Altwood, Maidenhead; _b._ Dovercourt, co. Essex, 20 Feb. 1888; educ. The Tower School, Dovercourt; Felsted School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 1st Essex Regt., 8 Feb. 1908, and promoted Lieut., 25 Sept. 1911, and Capt., 26 April, 1915; served in Burma, India, and Mauritius; and with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force; and was killed in action during the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried on the shore of Gallipoli, just above W. Beach. His Commanding Officer (who was himself killed a few days later) wrote: “He was such a good officer, and so much beloved by us all. It must indeed be terrible for you, but you have the consolation that he died fighting for his country, and no one could die a more noble death. He fell the first day we landed, but not before he had proved what a gallant fearless officer he was. In the Regt. we shall miss him dreadfully.” He was a Freemason, and a member of the Hanslip Ward Lodge, into which he was initiated by his father; he was also a member of the St. Nicholas Mark Lodge.
[Illustration: =Basil Mignot Ward.=]
=WARD, HENRY DE COURCY=, Fleet Paymaster, R.N., 2nd _s._ of the late Commander Henry Purcell Ward, R.N., by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Allan, of Springfield House, Havant, co. Hants, and grandson of Capt. Richard Ward, R.N.; _b._ Kingstown, co. Dublin, 4 July, 1862; educ. Vickerys, Southsea; entered the Navy 15 July, 1878, and became Paymaster in 1895 and Fleet Paymaster in Aug. 1903. He served on H.M. Ships Wolverine, Miranda and Rapid, Australian Station; H.M.S. Emerald, North American Station; H.M.S. Firebrand, China Station; and H.M.S. Triumph and Indomitable, Home Fleet; and was appointed to H.M.S. Cressy in Dec. 1913, being present on the latter at the action off the Bight of Heligoland, 28 Aug. 1914. He was lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914, when the Cressy was torpedoed
and sunk by a German submarine. A survivor said: “Ward managed to reach a life-buoy, which was supporting the Doctor and Chaplain. When he found he could hold on no longer without taxing the strength of the others (our Chaplain, the writer says, could not swim), he slipped off, telling the others to save themselves, and sank with a cheery good-bye to us all.” And the Chaplain wrote: “The courage of Ward, the calmness with which he faced death was typical of the bravery of the rest.” Capt. Ozanne, R.M.L.I., another of the survivors, wrote: “I hope someone has told his wife what a fine thing he did. Ward passed me swimming hard. He was splendid, letting go a life-buoy which he had hold of, as our Chaplain, who couldn’t swim, was on it, and so was the Doctor, who was looking after him. He apparently thought they would get on better without him. He is a great loss, he kept things going in a wonderful way.” Fleet Paymaster H. de C. Ward was selected as one of the Naval interpreters to escort the officers of the French Fleet during the Entente Cordiale festivities in Aug. 1906, and was also chosen when the Indomitable took the Prince of Wales (now King George V.) to Quebec for the Tercentenary Celebrations in July, 1908. He _m._ at Kilmaronaig Lodge, Connel, co. Argyle, 10 July, 1900, Emelie Chisholm, 2nd dau. of the late Staff Surgeon Richard McClymont, R.N., by his wife, Anne Constance (who _m._ 2ndly Archibald Argyll Lochnell Campbell, 13th, of Lochnell), dau. of Inspector General (of Asylums) John Francis Fitzgerald, of Glenlee Lodge, Cheltenham; _s.p._ His brothers, Paymaster-in-Chief Charles A. Ward, R.N., and Col. W. R. Ward, Canadian Expeditionary Forces, are on service.
[Illustration: =Henry de Courcy Ward.=]
=WARD, HENRY=, Private, No. 2010, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards; _b._ co. Durham; enlisted 20 Sept. 1898; served in South Africa, 15 April, to 4 Oct. 1902 (Queen’s medal with two clasps), and with the Expeditionary Force in France from 11 Aug. 1914; killed in action, 22 Oct. 1914; _m._
=WARD, HERBERT ALFRED=, Sergt., R.M.A., 5345, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WARD, JAMES=, L.-Corpl., No. 8066, 1st Battn. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I., 1st _s._ of Stephen Ward, of Westbury, Brackley, co. Northampton, by his wife, Anne, dau. of William Merry; b. Brackley, 20 May, 1886; educ. Brackley National School; joined 2nd Oxford and Bucks, L.I., 21 Oct. 1905; left for France, 14 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Richebourg l’Avoué, 16 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried, Rue du Bois, near Richebourg l’Avoué.
[Illustration: =James Ward.=]
=WARD, JOHN EDWARD=, Private, No. 68, H Coy., 1/5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), only child of John Edward Ward, of 39, North Street, Ashford, Kent, employee of the South-Eastern Railway, by his wife, Kate Elizabeth, dau. of Charles Warner, of 39, North Street, Ashford, Kent; _b._ Ashford, 15 July, 1891; educ. Grammar School there, and on leaving secured an appointment at the Folkestone Branch of Lloyd’s Bank. After three years there he was given a special appointment at the Southsea Branch; remaining there for 13 months, he was then transferred to the Westgate Branch and from there to the head office in Lombard Street. Two days after the declaration of war (7 Aug. 1914) he joined the London Rifle Brigade, left England with it on 2 Nov. and was killed in action in the trenches at Ploegsteert, Belgium, 9 Dec., 1914; _unm._ His Company Officer, Capt. H. Macfeogh, wrote that by his death he “had lost one of the best men of his Company.” Ward had for many years been studying organ and piano, was a prize winner Trinity College, was assistant organist at Ashford Parish Church, was also a gifted accompanist on the piano and in great request at concerts. Was a choir boy at Ashford Parish Church for some years, soloist for two years until his voice broke. Resting from singing for some years, he again started by studying voice production under Mr. Fletcher of Folkestone, and later on under Mr. Franklin Clive, of London, and he developed a baritone voice of exceptional quality and power, and was seen in many provincial productions, and was heard to much advantage in the production of “The Geisha” at Portsmouth Theatre Royal by the Portsmouth Orpheus Society. In this production he played “Reggie Fairfax,” the part originally played in London by Mr. C. Hadyn Coffin. His first appearance on the concert platform was at the age of three, when he sang a little solo in a children’s operetta, and at intervals he appeared for years in many operettas and at many concerts, until his departure for the Front. He was a fine cricketer, and still holds the record for the Ashford Grammar School Eleven against club cricketers (not school cricket), viz., 168 not out, which he scored against the Ashford Drapers Cricket Club for the Grammar School in 1913. Another notable feat in his cricket career was 59 in the morning, l.b.w. out, and 59 in the afternoon, l.b.w. out, against a very strong combination Great Chart Cricket Club in 1910. His last season of cricket he played on the London grounds for the Private Banks C.C. and also for the Droits C.C. and scored up to the time of his enlistment in Aug., 9 runs short of 1,000 runs. This would have been, had he kept playing, his best season. He did not make a century in 1914 but scored 95, 98, 90 and 84, thus getting near it on four occasions. He topped the averages in all clubs he played for at some time of his cricket career, and was looked upon as a fine sporting bat by all good judges of the game.
[Illustration: =John Edward Ward.=]
=WARD, THOMAS LEONARD=, Private, No. 1859, 11th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, only _s._ of the late Henry Walter Ward, of 34, St. Paul’s Road, Camden Town, N., for many years an optician with Adam Hilger, Stanhope Street, N.W., by his wife, Mary Ann Elizabeth, dau. of William Bartlett; _b._ London, 28 March, 1890; educ. Camden Town National School and Ditcheat Council School; went to Australia, 28 Oct. 1911; bought property in Narrogin, and farmed for himself 633 acres at Corrogin, W.A.; joined the 11th Battn. Jan. 1914; sailed for Egypt with the fourth reinforcements; proceeded to the Dardanelles, 25 May, 1915, and died in the Military Hospital, Alexandria, 10 Aug. following, of wounds received in action at Shell Green, Anzac, on or about 5 Aug. Buried in Chatby Cemetery, Alexandria, Grave No. 1240; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “Tom’s first thought was for his comrades; he even went so far as sharing his water allowance at a time when every drop was a luxury.” Another wrote: “His fearlessness was noticeable even among ‘our set.’ He died the death he chose--one of many heroes.”
[Illustration: =Thomas Leonard Ward.=]
=WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1368), 194032, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WARDALE, CLARENCE=, A.B. (R.F.R., C. 229), S.S. 1740, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WARDE, BRIAN EDMUND DOUGLAS=, Lieut., 6th (Special Reserve), attd. 4th, Battn. Royal Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of Major Charles Aprilis Warde, late 7th Dragoon Guards and 6th Battn. Royal Fusiliers, and now 2nd in command of 15th Battn. R.F., by his wife Felicia, dau. of James Richard Alexander Douglas, of Treaty House, Hounslow, F.R.C.S.; _b._ Hounslow, 29 July, 1894; educ. at Bilton Grange, Rugby; and Lancing College, Shoreham, where he was second classic, and Captain of his house. He was intending to go to Ceylon as a planter, but on the day war was declared applied for a commission and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to his father’s old battn., 15 Aug. 1914, being promoted Lieut. 2 Feb. following. After training at Dover and taking
## part in the defences of the fortress, he left for the Front with a
draft of the 4th Battn. on 29 Dec. He served with that Battn. at Ypres, St. Eloi, and elsewhere in Flanders, until his death in action at Hooge, near Ypres, 16 June, 1915. That day he was the last officer of his company unhurt. He had helped to take three lines of the enemy’s trenches, had then fallen back to the 2nd line again, where his wounded Capt. saw him, quite calm and unconcerned, leading a handful of men down the trench. He jumped on the parapet to fire at and bomb a party of the enemy, when he fell shot through the head. An hour later he died, never having recovered consciousness, and was buried in the trench where he was shot; _unm._ His Commanding Officer wrote of him: “He will be a great loss to us, he was always cheerful, was a very brave officer, and a real good leader of men.... He was sniped from the flank and killed dead.” Lieut. Warde was a splendid gameshot, and devoted to field sports and to nature generally. He possessed an excellent knowledge of French.
[Illustration: =Brian E. D. Warde.=]
=WARDEN, ERNEST=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24984 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WAREING, HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 6370, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WARLOW, THEODORE WILLIAM=, Lieut., 6th (Service) Battn. King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., elder _s._ of the Rev. George Edmund Warlow, M.A., Vicar of Ledsham, South Milford, Yorkshire, by his wife, Ellen Constance, dau. of Ferdinand Gozna Eiloart; _b._ St Anne’s Wycombe, Marsh, co. Bucks, 15 March, 1895; and was educ. at Doon House, Westgate-on-Sea, and Bradfield College, where he gained an Exhibition, was a Sergt. in the O.T.C. and obtained Certificate “A.” He left Bradfield, July, 1914, and was to have gone up to University College, Oxford, the following Oct., but on the outbreak of war he applied for a commission and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 6th K.O.Y.L.I., 14 Aug. 1914, he was promoted Lieut. 25 Oct. following, went to France 21 May, 1915; and died at a stationary hospital, Boulogne, 28 July, 1915, of wounds received at Hooge on the 19th, while endeavouring to bring in a wounded Corpl. Buried at Boulogne; _unm._ Major E. H. Rigg wrote: “He was a good soldier, and his loss is deeply felt by all ranks,” and 2nd Lieut. R. G. Royle: “Being in the same company, I can bear personal witness to the great esteem his soldierly abilities and his remarkably sunny disposition have engendered amongst everybody.”
[Illustration: =Theodore W. Warlow.=]
=PICTON-WARLOW, WILFRED=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Welsh Regt., and Royal Flying Corps, 7th and yst. _s._ of Col. John Picton Turbervill, formerly Picton-Warlow, of Ewenny Priory, Bridgend, Glamorgan, late Indian Staff Corps, by his 2nd wife, Eleanor, yst. dau. of Sir Grenville Temple, of Stowe, 10th Bart.; _b._ Laleston House, Bridgend, 6 April, 1884; educ. Clifton College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 2nd Welsh from the Guernsey Militia, 28 Jan. 1903, and promoted Lieut. 28 Nov. 1906, and Capt. 7 June, 1913; attached Military Wing of the Royal Flying Corps as Flying officer, 14 Aug. 1913; and promoted Flight Commander, 1 May, 1914. On the outbreak of war he went to France with the Expeditionary Force, and on 20 Dec. 1914 left St. Omer for Dover. He was seen flying over Calais that same day, but nothing more was heard of him, and he is believed to have been drowned while crossing the Channel; _unm._
[Illustration: =Wilfred Picton-Warlow.=]
=WARNE, JAMES FELIX=, Rifleman, No. 1966, 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late Charles Warne, Founder of the Southwark and Bermondsey Recorder, and brother to Frederick Warne, editor of the Bristol Free Press; _b._ Old Kent Road, S.E., 5 Oct. 1886; educ. Cobourg Road Council School there; was a Clerk with Messrs. Foster, Porter & Co., Wood Street, E.C.; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and joined the Queen Victoria Rifles, 7 Aug. 1914; went to France 4 Nov., and was killed in action at Ypres, 1 April, 1915, while on observation duty; _unm._ Buried in a railway cutting near Hill 60. Capt. H. Flemming wrote: “He had done excellent work since he has been in my company.”
[Illustration: =James Felix Warne.=]
=WARNER, CORNWALLIS JOHN=, Lieut., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 2nd Battn. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I., 2nd _s._ of Col. Sir Courtenay Warner, 1st Baronet, C.B., M.P.; formerly Lieut.-Col. and Hon. Col. commanding the 3rd Oxford and Bucks L.I., Lord Lieutenant co. Suffolk, by his wife, Lady Leucha Diana, née Maude, 6th dau. of Cornwallis, 1st Earl de Montalt; _b._ Highams, Woodford Green, co. Essex, 1 Feb. 1884; educ. Eton and Christ Church, Oxford; called to the Bar, 1910, and in Dec. of that year unsuccessfully contested Salisbury as a Liberal; joined the 3rd Oxford and Bucks L.I. as 2nd Lieut., 25 July, 1906, and was promoted Lieut. 5 March, 1910; resigned May, 1914, but rejoined 26 Sept. following; went to France Dec. 1914, where he was attached to the 2nd battn. of his regt., and was killed in action at Richebourg l’Avoué, 16 May following. His Commanding Officer wrote: “I cannot say how I miss your son. He did such excellent work last spring that if he had been spared at Richebourg, as far as I am concerned, he would have commanded a company here ever since. There are a thousand and one jobs I would have given him to do, he was such a very useful and reliable officer in so many ways.”
[Illustration: =Cornwallis J. Warner.=]
=WARNER, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 8649, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Frederick Neville Warner, of Bentfield End, Stansted, co. Essex, Removal Packer, by his wife, Caroline Amelia, dau. of Henry Jarvis; _b._ Bethnal Green, London, 19 Jan. 1891; educ. London Council School; was a Cycle Fitter by trade; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 17 March, 1910; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug. 1914; served through the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne, and was killed in action 25 Oct. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Frederick Warner.=]
=WARNER, WILLIAM CHARLES=, A.B., 207043, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
## action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WARNER, WILLIAM HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4383), S.S. 103360, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WARREN, ARTHUR ERNEST=, A.B., J. 8681, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
## action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WARREN, ERNEST WILLIAM=, Petty Officer (R.F.R., B. 5689), 214567 Chatham, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WARREN, MARK=, L.-Corpl., G. 153, 2nd Battn. East Kent Regt. (The Buffs); served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in
## action, 8 Feb. 1915.
=WARREN, GEORGE WILLIAM=, A.B. (Coastguard), 204414 (Ports.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WARREN, JAMES PERCY SOLTAU=, Corpl., No. 511, 5th Battn. 2nd Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of the late William Warren, of Melbourne, Physician and Surgeon, by his wife, Charlotte Matilda (9, Lancaster Gate, Hyde Park, London, W.), dau of Henry Soltau, of Plymouth, Barrister; _b._ Melbourne, Australia, 23 May, 1883; educ. Scotch College there; was a Grazier; joined the Australian Imperial Force on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914; left Australia in Sept. 1914 for training in Egypt, and was killed in action at Gallipoli, 25 April, 1915, during the landing there. His Company Officer, Capt. H. Carter, wrote: “He was a gallant soldier and we could ill afford to lose him. He was killed in our successful attempt to take the gun to the heights north of Gaba Tepe.” He _m._ at Kew, Melbourne, 19 Jan. 1909, Stella May (Bull Plains Station, Corowa, New South Wales), dau. of the late Edward James Rand, of Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, and had three children: Cecil, _b._ 10 Nov. 1909; and Audrey and May (twins), _b._ 9 Feb. 1912.
[Illustration: =James P. S. Warren.=]
=WARREN, JOHN ALEXANDER=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po./16653, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WARREN, PATRICK=, Private, No. 11041, 1st Battn. Scots Guards; _b._ Killarney, co. Kerry; enlisted 14 Sept. 1914, aged 30; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action, 12 March, 1915. Buried at Le Touret and the spot marked by a cross.
=WARREN, REGINALD DOUGLAS=, Trooper, No. 2058, 1/1st Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles, 1/1st South Eastern Mounted Brigade, _s._ of Edward George Warren, of 32, Lyndhurst Road, Hove, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Walter Sharp, of Kilnsea, Yorkshire; _b._ Cambridge, 20 Jan. 1895; educ. Berkhampstead and Brighton Grammar Schools; was on the staff of Messrs. Lloyds Bank at Cliftonville, Margate; enlisted in Sept. 1914; went to the Eastern front 25 Sept. 1915, and was killed in action at Gallipoli, 7 Dec. following, being buried in Y Ravine there; _unm._ Major A. Leach Lewis wrote: “The lad died fighting and in the best of spirits. It was about 8.15 a.m. on Tuesday last that he was endeavouring to hit a periscope in the Turkish trench, when a sniper shot him from another part of the line. Your son had made himself extremely popular being always keen, cheerful and amusing. We have lost a good comrade, whose loss we all regret.”
[Illustration: =Reginald D. Warren.=]
=WARREN, ROBERT=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 25515, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WARREN, SYDNEY CHAS.=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2789), 205935, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WARREN, WALTER=, Sergt., No. 294, 1/28th Battn. (Artists’ Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the late Henry Warren, of Stevenage, co. Herts, by his wife, Clara, dau. of Thomas Phillips; _b._ Sloane Square, Chelsea, S.W., 11 July, 1877; educ. City of London School; was a member of the Baltic Exchange; joined the Artists’ Rifles in 1900; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France with the 1st Battn., 26 Oct. 1914, and was killed in
## action at Neuve Eglise, 27 Nov. 1914; _unm._ On that morning the
left half battalion had marched out to dig trenches in the artillery beaten zone, and shortly after commencing work came under fire of heavy German guns. Sergt. Warren and a comrade were killed by practically the first shot. His Colonel wrote: “The loss is ours as well as yours.... Your son was splendid and had the goodwill and affection of every man in the Corps”; and a fellow Sergt.: “There was no one but spoke well of him, and those of us Sergts. who were privileged to know him best feel the loss more than we can express. He was beloved by everyone, was always cheery, and always doing somebody a good turn.” Walter Warren.
[Illustration: =Walter Warren.=]
=WARRENDER, ANDREW ROBERTSON=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6334), 286718, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WARTH, EDWIN FREDERICK=, B.Sc., Sapper, No. 864, 1st Field Coy., R.N. Divisional Engineers, yst. _s._ of Hugo F. Warth, D.Sc., sometime Deputy Director Geological Survey of India; _b._ Mussoorie, U.P., India, 12 Aug. 1888; educ. privately, King Edward VI School, Birmingham (1899–1905); and Birmingham University (1905–10), where he graduated B.Sc. in Civil Engineering (1st Class). On leaving there he was from 1910 to 1913 with Messrs. Nuthall & Co., engaged in the construction of a pipe line from Thirlmere for the Manchester Water Supply. In 1913 he went to the Grand Canary and was there at the outbreak of war, surveying for the New Las Palmas Water Supply. He had to undergo an operation before he could offer himself for military service and did not reach England till Nov. Having been a member of the Birmingham University O.T.C. (1905–10), he applied for a commission, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 24 March, 1915, but having in the interval enlisted as a Sapper in the R.N.D.E. and left for the Dardanelles, he was unable to take it up. He was wounded in action in the Gallipoli Peninsula 16 May, 1915, and died in hospital at Alexandria, 25 June following; _unm._ He was buried there.
[Illustration: =Edwin F. Warth.=]
=WARTON, ROBERT INNYS BAKER=, Sapper, No. 5233, 1st Field Coy., Canadian Engineers, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 4th _s._ of the late Matthew Henry Warton, of London, Solicitor, by his wife, Mary (Portsdown, Darley Road, Eastbourne), dau. of the late Capt. John Fenwick; _b._ Loughton, co. Essex, 19 Feb. 1879; educ. Marlborough, and afterwards passed law examinations for Solicitor; went to Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1903, there qualified as a Barrister and practised later at Atlin, going to Prince Rupert in 1910, where he went into partnership with Mr. W. E. Fisher, the firm employed by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Co.; joined the Canadian Engineers immediately on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914 at Vancouver; came over with the first contingent in Oct.; went to the front in Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at the Second Battle of Ypres, 24 April, 1915, while guarding a bridge over the Yser Canal, north of Ypres; _unm._
[Illustration: =Robert Innys B. Warton.=]
=WASSON, HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7875), S.S. 103313, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=WATERFIELD, FREDERICK CHARLES=, Capt. 45th Rattray’s Sikhs, attd. 15th Sikhs, Indian Army; yst. _s._ of the late Major-General Henry Gordon Waterfleld, C.B., 45th Rattray’s Sikhs, by his wife, Emily Scott (Harbledown, Canterbury), dau. of the late Edmund Scott Barber; _b._ Dulwich, 22 Sept. 1878; educ. Bedford Grammar School, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the unattached list, Indian Army, 22 Jan. 1898; was attached to the 1st Gordon Highlanders, 7 April, 1898; joined the 45th Rattray’s Sikhs, 7 April, 1899; promoted Lieut. 22 April, 1900, and Capt. 22 Jan. 1907; took part in the China Expedition, 1900 (medal); served on the N.W. Frontier of India, 1908; took part in the operations in the Zakka Khel country, and those in the Mohmand country (medal with clasp); was in England on leave when war broke out, and served for three months with the 6th (Service) Battn. Royal West Kent Regt.; was attached to the 15th Sikhs, then in France, early in Nov. 1914; was wounded at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 12 March 1915; and again near Richebourg l’Avoué on 18 May following, and died in Bethune Hospital, 21 May, 1915. He was buried in the Town Cemetery there. A brother officer wrote: “I have known Charlie for fifteen years--we went to China together and were intimately associated in our work and our play, and linked by a friendship which distance and time could never affect. He was the very best type of English officer, as brave as a lion; of strong character, indomitable energy, and popular everywhere, without ever seeking popularity. A splendid soldier in every way.” In 1912–13 he accompanied the late Capt. Pritchard, 83rd Wallajahbad Light Infantry, in a journey of exploration beyond the frontier of Northern Burma. Capt. Pritchard was drowned while crossing one of the rivers and Capt. Waterfield brought the party back alone showing great courage and endurance under very difficult and dangerous conditions. He was awarded the MacGregor Memorial Silver Medal for his expedition, the honour coming a month after his death. Capt. Waterfield _m._ at Clayton, Sussex, 9 Jan. 1915, Ethel (Royston, Hassocks, Sussex), only dau. of the Rev. George Edward Roberts, of Royston, Hassocks, Sussex; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Frederick C. Waterfield.=]
=WATERING, WILLIAM ERNEST=, Coy. Sergt.-Major, No. 6717, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots, 2nd _s._ of the late Arthur Fergerson O’Connor Watering, by his wife, Harriet (2, Roynham Street, North Heigham, Norwich), dau. of the late Arthur Fergus O’Connor, Sergt., 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots; _b._ Norwich, 17 April, 1881; educ. Heigham School there; enlisted in the Royal Scots, 17 April, 1899; became L.-Corpl. 19 Jan. 1901; Corpl. 20 June, 1902; Sergt. 29 Dec. 1906; Colour-Sergt. 1 Oct. 1913; and Coy. Sergt.-Major, 1 Oct. 1913; served in the South African War, 1899–1902 (Queen’s and King’s medals), and with the British Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, Aug. to 15 Oct. 1914, on which latter date he was killed in action at Croix Barbée, and was buried at Vieille Chapelle, France. He _m._ at Newlands, Glasgow, 26 Dec. 1911, Elizabeth (died 15 Oct. 1913), dau. of John Burt, and had a son, William Burt Paterson, _b._ 15 Oct. 1913.
[Illustration: =William Ernest Watering.=]
=WATERMAN, LEONARD GORDON=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 16648, H.M.S. Pathfinder, lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WATERMAN, ROBERT ALBERT=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26355, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WATERS, ARTHUR DAVIS=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111853, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WATERS, GEOFFREY ERNEST=, Private, No. 245, 1/5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The Loudon Regt. (T.F.), 4th _s._ of the late John Waters, of Wimbledon, co. Surrey, by his wife, Alice (St. Denis, Parkwood Road, Bournemouth), dau. of John Freeman; _b._ Wimbledon, 12 Jan. 1896; educ. Merton Park C.E. School, where he gained a scholarship for Rutlish Science School (Sept. 1907 to July, 1912), and on leaving there entered the Banking Department of Messrs. T. Cook & Son, of Ludgate Circus, Tourist Agents. After the outbreak of war he joined the L.R.B. 24 Aug. 1914; went to the Front, 27 March, and died in No. 13 General Hospital, Boulogne, 9 May, 1915, from wounds received in action; _unm._ He was buried in the Military Cemetery at Boulogne. From Merton Park School he gained a scholarship to Rutlish, obtaining a first place for all Surrey. He won the Surrey County Junior Scholarship (1907–11), the Senior ditto (1911–12), and the John James School Scholarship (1910–12), and passed the London University Junior School Exam, with honours, July, 1910; the same Senior Exam, July, 1911, and the same Exam, with additional subjects again in 1912.
[Illustration: =Geoffrey Ernest Waters.=]
=WATERS, GEORGE ALEXANDER=, Fleet Surgeon, R.N., _s._ of the late Eaton William Waters, of Tramore, co. Waterford, M.D., by his wife, Mary, dau. of William Edwards; _b._ Tramore, 28 Sept. 1862; educ. Tramore Boarding School and Waterford High School, and Queen’s (now University) College, Galway (1880–84, Exhibition in Mathematics), and having completed his medical studies in Dublin at the Carmichael College of Medicine, the Richmond, Whitworth and Hardwick Hospitals, and the Coombe Hospital, he graduated M.D., M.Ch., at the Royal University of Ireland in 1884. After a voyage to India in the Clan Matheson, he spent some 18 months in the Melrose plying between Cape Town and East African ports, and entered the Royal Navy, 17 Aug. 1887, being bracketed second place. He was promoted Staff Surgeon, 17 Aug. 1899, and Fleet Surgeon 1905, and served in the R.N. Hospital, Haslar, and H.M. ships Hearty (engaged in fishery protection in the North Sea, 1890); Boomerang (on Australian Station, 1891–94); Caledonia (Queensferry); Cockatrice (Danube, 1899); Psyche (West Indies); Illustrious (Channel, present at Brest fêtes, 1905), and Drake (accompanied Admiral of the Fleet Sir E. H. Seymour to the Hudson-Fulton celebration in New York, 1909), and was then appointed P.M.O. at Whale Island (H.M.S. Excellent), where he was when war broke out. He was appointed to H.M.S. Goliath (battleship, 12,950 tons, Capt. Thomas Shelford), Aug. 1914; early in Nov. she took part in the operations against the German light cruiser Königsberg, blocking her into the Rufigi River, where she was later destroyed; and on 1 Dec. with the light cruiser Fox, in the bombardment of Dar-es-Salaam, the capital of German East Africa, when she successfully disabled the many vessels in the harbour. Ordered to the Dardanelles in April, 1915, she helped to cover the landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula, and on 13 May, 1915, while engaged in protecting the right flank of the French Army, was struck by three torpedoes and sunk in two minutes. Only 166 survivors were picked up, Fleet Surgeon Waters being among those lost; _unm._
[Illustration: =George Alexander Waters.=]
=WATERS, THOMAS ROBERT=, Chief Armourer, 341363, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WATERS, WILLIAM DENNE=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt.), only _s._ and surviving child of William Denne Waters, of Clarence House, Walmer, co. Kent, by his wife, dau. of the late George William Gill, of Rochester; _b._ 1 Aug. 1892; educ. Sir Roger Manwood’s School, Sandwich, where he was in the O.T.C., and having passed the Entrance Examination for the Army in June 1914, was gazetted to a 2nd Lieutenancy 15 Aug. of the same year. He was sent to France in Jan. 1915, and attd. to the 1st Battn. of the same regt., being seriously wounded at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle on 12 March, 1915. An officer of his regt., who wrote regretting his death, in describing the circumstances said: “He was in my old Company, which was ordered to charge a breastwork, and he was up and off, leading his men as he always did, but the whole lot were practically mown down by maxims.” Lieut. Waters died of his wounds the same night, and was buried in the Cemetery at Estaires; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Denne Waters.=]
=WATERS, WILLIAM LESLIE=, Lc.-Corpl., No. 10960, Machine-Gun Section, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd _s._ of Arthur Waters, of 25, Mill Hill Road, Acton, W., formerly of Herstmonceaux, co. Sussex, by his wife, Kate Emma, dau. of Ralph Joanes, of Brighton; _b._ Preston Park, Brighton, 23 Nov. 1896; educ. Stanford Road School there and Hugh Myddelton Higher Grade School, Clerkenwell; enlisted, 15 Aug. 1914; was promoted L.-Corpl. end of Nov. 1914; went to the Front, 17 March, 1915, and died of enteric fever while on
## active service, in No. 6 Casualty Clearing Station, Lillers, France,
7 July, 1915. His Commanding Officer wrote: “Ever since he came under my command he proved himself an excellent non-commissioned officer in every way and was generally liked by his own men and the whole Machine-Gun Section.”
[Illustration: =William Leslie Waters.=]
=WATKINS, CHARLES HENRY=, Drummer, No. 8495, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 3rd _s._ of William Henry Watkins, Sapper, No. 200567, R.E. (now on active service), late 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards (served in the Egyptian Expedition, 1882), by his wife, Harriet Deborah, dau. of James Connor; _b._ Caterham, co. Surrey, 21 Dec. 1893; educ. Winslow and Aylesbury; enlisted in the Coldstreams Dec. 1910; went to France with the Expeditionary Force 15 Aug., and was killed in action at the First Battle of Ypres, 10 Nov. 1914, being shot through the head by a sniper while crossing from one trench to another, and was buried in a wood near Rentel, Belgium; _unm._
[Illustration: =Charles Henry Watkins.=]
=WATKINS, CHARLES ROBERT=, Private, No. 9986, 5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), elder _s._ of Edwin Robert Watkins, of Sladmore, Priory Avenue, High Wycombe, Surveyor, Member of Auctioneers’ and Land Agents’ Institute, by his wife, Henrietta, dau. of the late Walter Skull; _b._ High Wycombe, 19 Sept. 1891; educ. Royal Grammar School there (where he won a Major County Council Scholarship) and matriculated at London University with honours, subsequently becoming an Artist Designer for W. H. Smith & Sons, of Kingsway, Publishers. He joined the London Rifle Brigade the day after war was declared (5 Aug. 1914), went with it to France the first week in Nov., and was killed in action in the front trenches, outside Ploegsteert Wood, Flanders, 3 Feb. 1915; _unm._ He was buried on the side of the Armentières road, south of Ploegsteert Village. At the time of his death he had been recommended for a commission, and was shortly to have returned to take up his appointment. “A young man of great ability, considered by his employers to be a genius and with every prospect of a highly successful career.”
[Illustration: =Charles Robert Watkins.=]
=WATKINS, ILTYD EDWIN MAITLAND=, Capt., 2nd Battn. The Monmouthshire Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of John Maitland Watkins, of Castle Parade House, Usk, Monmouthshire, Solicitor; _b._ Usk, 25 March, 1890; educ. Downside School, near Bath, and King’s College, Cambridge; B.A. (Law Tripos) 1911, LL.B. June, 1911, and passed Solicitor’s Final Examination in June, 1914. He joined the 2nd Battn. Monmouthshire Regt. as 2nd Lieut. 25 March, 1909, and was promoted Lieut. 8 Feb. 1912, and Capt. 15 July, 1914, and was Signal Officer, Welsh Territorial Division Signal Coy. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for Imperial service; went to France, 2 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action near St. Julien, during the Second Battle of Ypres, 7 May, 1915; _unm._ His Commanding Officer, Lieut.-Col. E. B. Cuthbertson, C.M.G., M.V.O., wrote: “He was killed in the morning of the 7th, just at the end of the German attack, and his death was instantaneous and painless. Of his qualities as a soldier and a gentleman I cannot speak too highly; cheerful, gallant and unselfish, he died as he would have chosen to die with his face to the enemy and in the middle of the men whom he loved and commanded so well. We buried him on the battlefield [at La Brique St. Jean, north of Ypres]. His loss is deeply deplored by all ranks.”
[Illustration: =Iltyd E. M. Watkins.=]
=WATKINS, WILLIAM JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1636), 200436, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WATSON, ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 16999, C Coy., 13th (Service) Battn. The Royal Scots, _s._ of Thomas Watson, by his wife, Esther; _b._ Strathaven, 10 June, 1886; educ. Ballgreen Public School; was a Tailor; enlisted in the Royal Scots, 4 Jan. 1915; went to France, 10 July, 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 26 Sept. 1915. He _m._ 3 June, 1910, Annie (18, Ballgreen, Strathaven), dau. of Robert Orr, and had two children: Thomas, _b._ 5 May 1912; and Jeanie, _b._ 3 Aug. 1910.
=WATSON, ALFRED JAMES=, Gunner, R.M.A., 8439 (R.F.R., I.C. 46), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WATSON, CEDRIC GORDON=, Lieut. 2nd Battn. Princess Charlotte of Wales’ Royal Berkshire Regt.; only _s._ of Gilbert Watson, of the End House, St. Andrews, Fife, by his wife, Eva, dau. of Henry Minchen Chase, I.C.S.; _b._ Kenilworth, co. Warwick, 30 Aug. 1895; educ. Haileybury College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Berkshires, 25 Feb. 1914, was promoted Lieut. 5 Jan. 1915, and for a time attd. to the East Surrey Regt. but had rejoined his own regt. at the time of his death. He was killed in action while gallantly leading his platoon in a frontal attack under “terrible conditions” at Fromelles, 9 May, 1915; _unm._
=WATSON, DAVID GALLOWAY=, M.A., M.B., Ch.B. (Edin.), Lieut., R.A.M.C., attd. 2nd Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., _s._ of John Watson, of 19, West Mayfield, Edinburgh, Headmaster Broughton Higher Grade School and Junior Student Centre, Edinburgh, by his wife, Agnes, dau. of David Galloway, of Edinburgh; _b._ West Calder, Midlothian, 18 Nov. 1889; educ. at the Royal High School, Edinburgh, where he was dux, in a brilliant year, and at Edinburgh University, where he first studied with a view of entering the Church, but eventually turned aside to medicine. After graduating in 1913, he became House Surgeon to Mr. Alexis Thomson at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, and later Senior House Surgeon at King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor, which he left to join the R.A.M.C. on the outbreak of war. He was gazetted temporary Lieut. 10 Aug. 1914, and went to the Front immediately thereafter. He was wounded by fragments of high explosive shell, 17 May, 1915, when bringing in wounded men from the trenches taken from the Germans at Festubert and died very suddenly at the Duchess of Westminster’s Hospital at Le Touquet, Paris-Plage, 5 June, 1915; _unm._ He was the first officer buried in the British Cemetery at Etaples. Dr. Watson was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatches of 30 Nov. 1914, for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field at Neufchatel and Festubert. At his university, as well as taking a uniformly high place as a student, he was well known in the Union, and as a President of the Dialectic Society, but even better as a prolific contributor to the University Journalism; he was Joint-Editor of The Gambolier when that light-hearted weekly was in the heyday of its first success, and he was for a year or two a member of the Editorial Committee of The Student,
## acting as Deputy-Editor (and frequently as Editor) in 1912–13. He
used to devote much of his time (for a considerable period at least two evenings every week) to social work in the University Settlement, delighting especially in playing with the children and telling them stories. One of his most successful efforts, a popular exposition of Physical Methods in Therapeutics, is included in a volume published by Messrs. T.C. & E.C. Jack. Another little work entitled “Waiting Night Sketches” with a memoir and a Personal Impression was printed for private circulation at the Darien Press, Edinburgh, 1916.
[Illustration: =David Galloway Watson.=]
=WATSON, GEORGE JOSEPH=, Leading Stoker, 298094, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WATSON, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8159), 293612, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WATSON, JAMES WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1978), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WATSON, JOHN ROBERT=, Seaman, R.N.R., 4751A, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WATSON, LOUIS TALBOT=, Capt., 1st Battn. Worcestershire Regt., 3rd _s._ of Col. Richard Talbot Watson, of Honeybrook House, Franche, Kidderminster, V.D., J.P., and formerly O.C. 1st Vol. Battn. Worcestershire Regt., by his wife, Harriet Elizabeth, dau. of James Morton; _b._ Kidderminster, 7 March, 1881; educ. Clifton College, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. unattd. 8 Jan. 1901; posted to the 3rd Battn. Worcestershire Regt. 9 March following, and promoted Lieut. 26 April, 1902 and Capt. 22 Jan. 1909; served in the South African War, 1901–2, being employed with the Mounted Infantry; took part in the operations in Cape Colony, Orange River Colony and the Transvaal (Queen’s medal with five clasps). He then transferred to the 2nd Worcesters and served with this battn. in Africa, Ceylon and India, re-transferring to the 1st Battn. on 22 Jan. 1909. He left for France early in Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915. He _m._ at Arreton, Isle of Wight, 28 Sept. 1911, Margaret Amy, 2nd dau. of William Hartshorne Shorthose, of Stickworth Hall, Arreton, and had a dau., Diana Marion, _b._ 12 June, 1912.
[Illustration: =Louis Talbot Watson.=]
=WATSON, ROBERT=, a Private, No. 2083, 1/4th Battn. Royal Scots (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Robert Watson, of Gilmerton Dairy, Midlothian, Dairyman, by his wife, Catherine, dau. of Alexander Anderson, of Lanarkshire; _b._ Midlothian, 20 Jan. 1890; educ. Public School there, and was afterwards employed as an assistant ironmonger. He enlisted on the outbreak of war, and was killed in
## action at the Dardanelles, while assisting a wounded comrade into
safety, 28 June, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Robert Watson.=]
=WATSON, THOMAS=, Private, No. 2333, 4th Battn. The Royal Scots (T.F.), _s._ of the late Thomas Watson (died March, 1916), Law Clerk, by his wife, Lillias Barrie (19, India Street, Edinburgh), dau. of William Walker; _b._ Edinburgh, 4 Dec. 1890; educ. Daniel Stewart’s College there; served his apprenticeship as a Chartered Accountant with Messrs. Carter Greig & Co., C.A., Edinburgh, and after being admitted a member of the C.A. Society received an appointment with Messrs. Price, Waterhouse & Co., Accountants, London. He joined the 4th (Territorial) Battn. of the Royal Scots in 1909, and served with it until he left Edinburgh, but on the outbreak of war returned, and rejoined his old regt. and volunteered for foreign service; went to the Dardanelles in May, 1915, and was killed in action there, 28 June following; _unm._
[Illustration: =Thomas Watson.=]
=WATSON, TOM=, A.B., J. 7935, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WATSON, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 27778, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WATT, GEORGE HIMPHILL=, A.B., 220630, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WATT, GEORGE MURTAGH=, Private, No. 1422, 1/7th Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of George Watt, of 11, The Grove, Crouch End, late Sergt. 2nd King’s Liverpool Regt., now a Customs Watcher, by his wife, Adelaide Nuletta, dau. of the late John Parsons, of Leek; _b._ Colchester Barracks, 15 April, 1895; educ. Crouch End Council School, and was an employee on the G.N.R.; joined the Middlesex Territorials, 12 Dec. 1911; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 11 March, 1915, and was killed in
## action at Neuve Chapelle, 26 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried in the
field adjoining Madame Surchelle Descamps’ farm at Sailly.
[Illustration: =George Murtagh Watt.=]
=WATTS, ALFRED GEORGE BERTRAM=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 23432, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Alfred Watts, of Farndish Road, Irchester, Wellingborough; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WATTS, FRANK WILLIAM=, Private, No. 8854, 1st Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., yr. _s._ of Thomas Watts, of Langridge Farm, Nazeing, by his wife, Lucy, dau. of John Wright; _b._ Sherington, co. Bucks, 23 June, 1887; educ. Nazeing Schools; enlisted in the 2nd Battn. of the Bedfords, 7 Jan. 1907, served seven years with the Colours, then passed into the reserves, but, war breaking out a few months later, he was recalled and attd. to the 1st Battn. He went to France with the First Expeditionary Force, served in France and Flanders during the winter of 1914–15, and was shot by a sniper as he was going on duty at a listening post, 16 March, 1915; _unm._ The bullet entered just below the heart and he only lived 15 minutes. He was buried in the woods about 1½ miles from Ypres and about half a mile from the Chateau de Rosendale. A cross with his name marks the spot.
[Illustration: =Frank William Watts.=]
=WATTS, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7920), S.S. 103428, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WATTS, JAMES ROBERT=, Private, No. 2458, 1/2nd Battn. The Monmouthshire Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Aldwyn Watts, of 26, Railway Terrace, Griffithstown, co. Monmouth, Haulier in the employ of the Panteg Urban District Council, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of John Thornton, of Gladestry, Herefordshire; _b._ Kings Pyon, co. Hereford, 4 Oct. 1896; educ. Griffithstown Council School; was employed at the Panteg Steel Works; enlisted after the outbreak of war, 8 Sept. 1914; went to France in Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Le Bizet, Belgium, 12 March, 1915; _unm._ Col. Cuthbertson, commanding the 2nd Monmouthshires, wrote: “Your son was killed on the 12th of this month, and a more gallant soldier never lived. He is buried in a soldiers’ cemetery not very far from the trenches where he met his death, and a careful record of his place of burial is being kept. A small cross with his name has been put up to his memory:” and one of his comrades wrote: “We all found him a jolly and good-hearted lad, and a very brave soldier. He feared nothing, but always thought of his duty to his country, of which he carried out to the last.”
[Illustration: =James Robert Watts.=]
=WATTS, VICTOR KERRIDGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9418), 203441, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WAUGH, DAVID=, Private, No. 9246, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.); _s._ of Thomas Waugh, of 2, Salisbury Square, Edinburgh; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action at Voorstraat, 28 March, 1915.
=WAUD, LIONEL DOUGLAS=, Lieut., D Coy., 1st Battn. East Lancashire Regt., 2nd _s._ of Major Williams Henry Waud, late Royal Fusiliers, by his wife, Denise Caroline (sister of Baroness de la Bori de la Batut), dau. of the late Charles Maire, of Mantoche Haute Farm, France, and niece and adopted dau. of Pierre Francois, 1st Count Maire; _b._ Cranleigh Court, Guildford, 5 June, 1895; educ. at The Army School, Holyport (Maidenhead), and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, from which he passed out first and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the East Lancashires, 8 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 1 Nov. 1914. He joined his regt. on the 19th and went with it to France on the 27th of that month; served through the subsequent fighting on the Aisne and the Marne, and was killed in action near Armentières, 8 Nov. 1914, being buried in Le Gheer Road, Ploegsteert Wood. Lieut. Waud was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915], for gallant and distinguished conduct at Le Gheer. Writing to Major Waud, Capt. Melville Richards, of the 1st East Lancashires, said: “His only fault was he would take risks. He was too tall for the trenches, and wouldn’t trouble to stoop. He was very brave, and his action--which I remember well--of running along knocking down the rifles of his men, to make them fire low, was one of the finest things I have seen out here.” It happened that a Morning Post correspondent, some time after the incident referred to, was able to get a description of the circumstances from a German officer who was wounded on that occasion. It happened at Le Gheer. Respecting the assault made by the Guard on the English lines (wrote the correspondent) here is what I was told by one who took part in the
## action: “Towards evening we were ordered to advance. We marched forward
without taking cover, confident enough, because not a shot came from the British trench. We thought it had been abandoned after the terrible bombardment to which it had been subjected all day long. Shouting ‘Hurrah,’ we rushed forward to seize it, but we had not gone more than 100 metres before our whole front is stricken down by a volley from a point much nearer than the trench we had been shelling and in addition to this terrible infantry fire the British quick-firing guns are brought into play, and simply mow our men down. We had been shelling an unoccupied trench, and had done no damage to the place where the enemy actually was hidden. Hence it is not surprising that our ‘assault’ should have proved to be--for us--a veritable massacre.” It was here that the late Lieut. Waud distinguished himself. When the mitrailleuse fire from the German attack began and there was a momentary loss of fire-control of his own company, Lieut. Waud, to regain control, sprang from the trenches, and ran in front of them, with the flat of his sword, struck down the men’s rifles, and so prevented the Germans finding out where the trenches really were. A brother officer wrote that his men “trusted him as a good and a brave leader,” adding: “He and I held an advanced trench before his end, and though he was younger than myself, I can say he was a great moral support to me. In conversation on the day of his death, he told me he was prepared to give the utmost for his Country, and that his one regret if that were required was that it would be a great shock to his parents.” He represented the Royal Military College in revolver shooting, for which he held the record score. He also represented Sandhurst in the bayonet competition at the Royal Military Tournament at Olympia, for which he obtained third prize.
[Illustration: =Lionel Douglas Waud.=]
=WAUDLEY, HARRY=, Driver, No. T/3/026409, Army Service Corps, _s._ of John Waudley, Ganger Platelayer on Hull and Barnsley Railway, by his wife, (--), dau. of Isaac Hornby, Roos, Holderness; _b._ Preston-in-Holderness, 26 June, 1891; educ. Anlaby National School, Hull; was a Farm Labourer with Mr. Richardson, Swanland; enlisted in the A.S.C., 12 Oct. 1914; went to Egypt in March, and died in No. 15 General Hospital, Alexandria, 30 June, 1915, of disease contracted while on active service; _unm._ Buried in Chatby Cemetery there (Grave No. 1125).
=WAY, FRANCIS MAXWELL=, Trooper, No. 7/772, 1st Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry), New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of George Edward Way, of Christchurch, New Zealand, F.P.A.N.Z., F.I.A.N.Z., by his wife, Emma Kate, dau. of the late Richard James Strachan Harman, one of the founders of, and for some years Deputy Superintendent of, Canterbury Province, and nephew of the Rev. John Pearce Way, D.D., late Headmaster of Rossall, and for two years stroke of the Oxford eight; _b._ Christchurch, New Zealand, 22 Dec. 1895; educ. Christ’s College there, and then engaged in farming pursuits, first for eighteen months in the Back Blocks, Kaitieke, King Country, and then for eight months on Mount Torlesse Sheep Station, Canterbury, where he was when war broke out. He immediately enlisted, left for Egypt with the second reinforcements, 15 Dec. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, June, 1915, and died on Anzac Beach, 8 Aug. 1915, of machine gun wounds received in action on Bauchop’s Ridge, Gallipoli; _unm._
[Illustration: =Francis Maxwell Way.=]
=WAYTH, SIDNEY ALFRED=, Private, No. 2342, 7th Battn. London Regt. (T.F), only _s._ of the late Edward Wayth, Mining Engineer, by his wife, Beatrice Elizabeth (now wife of Edward Steeles, of 54, Oxford Road, Harrow), dau. of James Spinks; _b._ Stoke Newington, N., 3 April, 1896; educ. Greenhill Council School, Harrow, gained a certificate for the London School of Economics and Political Science on “The Law of Carriage of Railway”; was a Clerk in the Great Northern Railway at King’s Cross; joined the Territorial Force after the outbreak of war, 8 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Festubert, 16 May, 1915. His Coy. Sergt.-Major wrote: “I can assure you he was liked by all and was a good soldier.”
[Illustration: =Sidney Alfred Wayth.=]
=WAYLING, THOMAS=, Private, No. G. 1902, 2nd Battn. East Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
## action, 25 March, 1915.
=WEAKE, ERNEST ALBERT=, Private, No. 8340, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards; _b._ co. Warwick; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; died at No. 5 Stationary Hospital, Le Mans, France, 10 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action; _unm._
=WEARMOUTH, ISAAC NORMAN=, Private, No. 8434, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Joseph Wearmouth, of James Street, Stanhope, Durham; _b._ co. Durham; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; died in No. 13 General Hospital, Boulogne, 6 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action. Buried Boulogne Cemetery.
=WEATHERILL, EDWARD THEAKER=, 2nd Lieut., 7th (Service) Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, yr. _s._ of Capt. John Weatherill, of 6, Ailesbury Road, Dublin, Shipowner, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Archibald Mackenzie; _b._ Dublin, 19 March, 1887; educ. at St. Andrew’s College, Dublin; Fettes College, Edinburgh; and Armstrong College (Durham University), Newcastle-on-Tyne, where he obtained at the age of 20 his B.Sc. degree in Naval Architecture and Engineering, and, after serving his time as a Marine Engineer, gained his First Class Certificate, and subsequently became a Partner in his father’s firm of Shipowners. At its formation in Sept. 1914, he joined the “Football” Coy. of the 7th Royal Dublin Fusiliers (having previously been a Member of the Monkstown and Lansdowne Football Clubs), and was elected by the Coy. to be Sergt. of the Machine Gun Section. On his being gazetted 2nd Lieut. in March, 1915, he was transferred from “D” Coy. to “B” Coy. of the same Battn. He left for the Dardanelles 9 July, 1915, and in the last letter received from him, dated 14 Aug. 1915, said: “We got here a week to-day, and I expect you will have heard by now all we have done so far. We landed under a very heavy shrapnel fire. Russell and I were left behind on the boat to load the stores of the Battn., and before we landed our first wounded started to come back. Then an old Taube flew over, dropped a bomb--which just missed us by inches--and gave those on shore the range, so we got shelled before we even got into the lighter. They did not hit us, however. We then landed and had to unload the boat on the beach. They got the range of us all right and we had some very narrow shaves. My water bottle was hit. Luckily we had no casualties. I will not tell you any more till I get home, except that all my fellows have behaved splendidly, and one, P. Quinn, has been mentioned. He was out sniping with me from an advanced trench on Thursday, and we got four of their snipers, so I recommended him this morning.... I am fit and well, and so far have been very lucky.” He was killed in action at Suvla Bay 16 Aug. 1915; _unm._ Letters received from officers and men alike testify to his gallant conduct. Capt. J. Lucie Smith, B Coy., wrote: “He bore himself in a most gallant manner, and at ‘Chocolate Hill’ brought in five wounded men under fire, for which deed I believe he has been mentioned in despatches.” Lieut. R. Douglas, Machine Gun Officer: “From the moment we landed he was splendid. He was in the thick of all the worst fighting round Hill 53 (the original position taken by our Battn.), he was seen one day carrying five different wounded men of ours under terrible fire, leaving his own trench each time to do so. It was on the early morning of Monday last, the 16th, that he was killed during a bomb attack by the Turks. At the time he was hit he was rallying some men of another battn. who were breaking up. He succeeded in getting them back, and so saved the position for us, but in doing so he was killed. No praise could be too high for the manner in which he fought, lived and died out here; he was wonderful.” L.-Corpl. Fraser, Machine Gun Section, now Lieut. in Connaught Rangers: “We had a very severe shelling on landing, and your brother distinguished himself on several occasions for bravery, leaving the trenches and bringing five wounded men under fire. On other occasions he displayed his fearlessness of danger also. I need hardly say his deeds have commanded the admiration and respect of everyone”; and Sergt. Charles E. Sawyer, B Coy.: “He was a fearless leader and a good friend to us all. The event of Lieut. Weatherill’s death needs some explanation. We were ordered to take up a position on a long ridge overlooking the sea, and ‘B’ Coy., with Engineers, had to dig a fire trench from the top down to the sea, and occupy it in the front line. In going towards this position in firing line formation No. 2 platoon became detached from the remainder of the Coy., the night being so dark. Mr. Weatherill then ordered us under cover while he went out to look for our Coy. He went to the top of the ridge, where the Royal Irish Fusiliers were keeping the right flank and found they had lost all, except one wounded, of their officers, and the men in a state of depression. Lieut. Weatherill returned to us and told me to go with him to where the Royal Irish Fusiliers were posted, and ordered me to find their N.C.O.’s and rouse the men as much as possible. I found they had only one L.-Corpl., and after some persuasion got the men to keep a look-out to ensure their own and our safety. We were thanked by their poor wounded officer and were returning to our platoon when Mr. Weatherill stopped and told me he felt it was his duty to stay with the Royal Irish Fusiliers, and ordered me back to take command of No. 5 and join up with the Coy. as soon as possible. He wished me good-bye and to do our best, and left me. That was the last I saw of him alive. Next morning the fighting was very great and I heard the Royal Irish Fusiliers were being badly pressed and I went to the top of the ridge and learned from one of their men that Mr. Weatherill had been killed at daybreak (only a few yards from his great friend Lieut. Russell). I must say I was with Mr. Weatherill from the moment of landing in that terrible advance round Salt Lake and other places, and can truly say that a more brave and cool officer never took men into action in that awful Peninsula, and he fell in the knowledge that he was doing his duty and died as only a gentleman and a British Officer can die.”
[Illustration: =Edward T. Weatherill.=]
=WEAVER, ALBERT=, Leading Stoker, 308507, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WEAVER, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, 312062, H.M.S. Laurel; killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=WEAVER, WALTER=, Private, No. 8655, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of the late John Weaver, of Child Pitt, Newport, Shropshire, by his wife, Mary (Oak Cottage, Bicton Heath, near Shrewsbury), dau. of the late Edward Broome, of Hill End Farm, Lydbury, Salop; _b._ Crudgington, co. Salop, 12 Oct. 1890; educ. Lilleshall Public School, Newport, co. Salop, was a Porter, Rowton House, Newington Butts, London; enlisted in the Coldstreams in March, 1910; went to France 12 Aug. 1914, and was reported missing during the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on that date; _unm._
[Illustration: =Walter Weaver=.]
=WEBB, ALBERT=, Private, 846, 11th Battn. Australian Imperial Force; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles; killed in action, 15 May, 1915.
=WEBB, ARTHUR STUART=, Sergt., No. 11533, 1st Battn. King’s Royal Rifles, elder _s._ of Arthur Stuart Webb, the well-known Hampshire and Glamorgan professional cricketer, by his wife, Ethel E. (45A, Mersham Road, Thornton Heath); _b._ St. Helier’s, Jersey, 31 March, 1894; educ. Southampton Grammar School; enlisted on the outbreak of war, and was promoted Sergt. 1 Feb. 1915. He went with his regt. to the front, served in France and Flanders, and was killed in
## action, at Neuve Chapelle, 10 March, 1915; _unm._ Sergt. Webb,
who was himself a keen cricketer, belonged to a well-known sporting family; one of his uncles played for Kent, and another was Fred Webb, the ex-jockey, who won the Derby in 1873. His father is now (1916) on service with the Royal Fusiliers. A comrade wrote: “I was present at Neuve Chapelle when your eldest son got killed. He was a brave fellow, and led his platoon until he got to the German’s barbed wire. We were unable to get him into our trenches; but he died like a hero.” His younger brother, Sergt. C. F. Webb, was killed 16 May, 1915 (see his notice).
[Illustration: =Arthur Stuart Webb.=]
=WEBB, CHARLES ELIJAH JAMES=, Probationary 2nd Cook’s Mate, M. 7800, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WEBB, CHARLES FREDERICK=, Sergt., No. 11428, 1st Battn., King’s Royal Rifles, yr. _s._ of Arthur Stuart Webb, the well-known professional cricketer, etc. (see above notice); _b._ Newport, Isle of Wight, 3 Feb. 1896; educ. Southampton Secondary School; enlisted in Sept. 1914, was promoted Sergt. March, 1915, a week after his brother’s death, and died from wounds received in action at Givenchy, 16 May, 1915, succumbing while on his way to the Field Ambulance; _unm._ His Qr.-Mr. Sergt. G. Knaggs, wrote to his father, at the request of Section Officer Major Barton Frere: “His Battn. attacked the German trenches on the night, 15–16 May, and captured them. Your son was seen to fall wounded, and although his wounds may then have been slight ones, it is possible that he was more severely hit on proceeding to the rear. In any case it is only too evident that he did not reach the Field Ambulance.”
[Illustration: =Charles F. Webb.=]
=WEBB, EDGAR DORRINGTON=, Sergt., No. 1164, 21st Battn. (1st Surrey Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Walter Edward Webb, Capt. 14th Battn. (London Scottish), The London Regt., late King’s Own Scottish Borderers by his wife, Annie Elizabeth, dau. of Charles Powell; _b._ Devonport, 5 June, 1891; educ. Dumfries Academy, and Dulwich College, London; was a clerk in the Bank of England, May, 1910, to Aug. 1914; joined the 1st Surrey Rifles in June, 1910; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 15 March, 1915; and was killed in action at Brewery Post Trench, near Rue de l’Epinette, Pas de Calais, 5 May, 1915. Buried in British Cemetery, Rue du Bois, near Bethune. Sergt. Webb _m._ at St. Leonard’s Church, Streatham, London, S.W., Annie Florence, dau. of Arthur Henry Cornish; _s.p._
=WEBB, EDWARD CHARLES HARRY=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., only _s._ of Edward Webb, of Cosham House, Cosham, co. Hants and Hindugalla, Peradeniya, Ceylon, Tea Planter, by his wife, Mary Quarry, dau. of William Charles Whitham, of Warangalla, Ceylon; _b._ Hindugalla, 18 Dec. 1894; educ. Haileybury College; passed into Sandhurst in Aug. 1914, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Lincolns, 10 Nov. 1914. He was killed in
## action at Neuve Chapelle, 10 March, 1915, and buried in an orchard with
other officers and men of the regt.; _unm._
[Illustration: =Edward C. H. Webb.=]
=WEBB, JAMES=, E.R.A., 2nd Class, 270880, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WEBB, JOHN BOYER=, Lieut., 4th Battn. Prince of Wales’ North Staffordshire Regt., attd. 1st. Battn. The Bedfordshire Regt., only _s._ of Capt. Charles Boyer Webb, of Elford House, Tamworth, late 4th Battn. North Staffordshire Regt. (died 26 Feb. 1916), by his wife, Adela Dorothy, dau. of Colonel Arthur Blundells, 3rd East Kent Regt., and grandson of the late Colonel Charles John Webb, who for some time commanded the same regt. (4th N. Staffs); _b._ near Tamworth, 8 June, 1894; educ. Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was gazetted to the 4th Battn. North Staffordshire Regt. 7 Aug. 1914, being quartered at Guernsey till 16 March, 1915, when he was attached to the 1st Bedfords, and promoted Lieut. 1 April following. He was killed in
## action at Hill 60, near Ypres, 21 April, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Boyer Webb.=]
=WEBB, JOSEPH=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2556), 199206, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WEBBER, CHARLES HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3852), 197166, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WEBBER, EDWARD CHARLES=, Clerk, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Good Hope, only _s._ of Edward Samuel Webber, of 18, Taswell Road, Southsea, M.B. Cantab, by his wife, Edith, dau. of Dr. John Brickwell; _b._ Sutton Valence, co. Kent, 13 May, 1894; educ. Portsmouth Grammar School, where he was Captain of the Games, 1910 and 1911, and Sergt. in the O.T.C.; entered the Navy, 15 July, 1911; appointed Clerk, 15 July, 1912; appointed to the staff of Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock, 25 Feb. 1913; and went down in H.M.S. Good Hope in the Battle off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914; _unm._
=WEBBER, HAROLD PERCIVAL=, L.-Corpl., No. 2398, 2nd Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), 5th _s._ of William Webber, retired Coy. Secretary, for 43 years in the service of John Board & Co., Ltd., of Dunball, Bridgwater, Cement, Lime, Brick and Tile Manufacturers; _b._ Puriton, Bridgwater, co. Somerset, 7 May, 1889; educ. Collegiate School, Bridgwater; was apprenticed for three years to J. P. Curtis, of High Street, Weston-super-Mare, Ironmonger, with whom he stayed for a few months; after which he was with John Walsh, Ltd., of Sheffield, for about three years, and then entered the employ of John Barker & Co., Ltd., of Kensington, London, being one of the first batch of young men who enlisted from that establishment on the outbreak of war; after training in Malta, he went to France, arriving at Marseilles the first week in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action near l’Epinette, Armentières, 13 March, 1915; _unm._ Lieut.-Col. Attenborough wrote: “He was shot through the head and died instantaneously. His death was a great loss to his Coy., in which he was very popular, and was a loss to the battalion as he was a very promising soldier. He is buried with others of his comrades in a cemetery prepared for soldiers near a large farmhouse just behind our trenches.”
[Illustration: =Harold P. Webber.=]
=WEBBER, HAROLD VICTOR=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Somerset L.I., yst _s._ of the late Sergt.-Major William Webber, Somerset L.I. (who _d._ 6 July, 1915, the same day as his son was killed); by his wife, Elizabeth (Jellalabad, Holway Road, Taunton), dau. of Thomas Laver; _b._ Taunton, co. Somerset, 22 Oct. 1895; educ. Huish Grammar School there; enlisted in the Somerset L.I. 9 April, 1912; was promoted Corpl. 15 July, 1914; Sergt. 31 Oct. 1914; and gazetted 2nd Lieut. on the field, 14 Feb. 1915; went to France 22 Aug. 1914; served through the fighting at Ligny; the retreat from Mons; the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne; afterwards proceeding to Belgium with his regt., and took part in the 1st Battle of Ypres and the fighting in the Ploegsteert Woods. In Feb. 1915, he came home on leave, and in May was seriously wounded and again sent home, but returned to the front 7 June, and was killed in action on the Yser Canal, 6 July, 1915, while leading his platoon; _unm._ Major G. Fleming wrote: “Your son died as a gallant officer and soldier should at the head of his men and whilst performing a particularly dangerous and arduous task. We, with the Rifle Brigade, attacked the German trenches at 6 a.m. on the 6th inst., and your son had to dig communication trenches across the open from our trenches to the captured trenches. He was killed very soon after he had got his men into position lined up across the open. There must be great comfort to you in knowing that he died so gallantly and a soldier’s death in action is much to be coveted. We all miss him terribly as he was always so cheerful and willing to do anything in his power to help others and to perform his duty.” 2nd Lieut. Webber’s eldest brother, Sergt. W. T. Webber, was killed in France in Nov. 1914, and his two other brothers, Col.-Sergt. S. A. Webber and Col.-Sergt. J. S. Webber, are now (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Harold Victor Webber.=]
=WEBBER, HUGO=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1683), 200656, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WEBBER, JOHN=, Private, No. 7611, 1st Royal Welsh Fusiliers, _s._ of the late James Webber, of Bootle, Liverpool, by his wife, Mary Ann; _b._ Bootle, co. Lancaster, 14 Feb. 1879; educ. New Ferry, co. Chester; enlisted and served three years with the Colours; was a Labourer; rejoined 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 16 Sept. 1914, and was reported missing after the heavy fighting on 29 Oct. 1914. He _m._ at Birkenhead, 1906, Myra (50, Teddesley Street, Walsall), dau. of Charles Jones, and had four children: James Edward, _b._ 8 April, 1907; John, _b._ 8 March, 1914; Myra, _b._ 29 Jan. 1909; and Gladys May, _b._ 21 Sept. 1911.
[Illustration: =John Webber.=]
=WEBSTER, COLIN AILESBURY=, Private, No. 1253, No. 1 Coy., 1st Battn. Honourable Artillery Co., only _s._ of Henry Ernest Webster, of 21, Kingsley Avenue, West Ealing, and the National Bank, Notting Hill Gate, W. (well-known in the swimming world as handicapper to the Otter Swimming Club); by his wife, Kate Minnie, dau. of William Ailesbury Bull; _b._ Bayswater, 13 May, 1894; educ. Acton County School, on leaving which he was employed on the Stock Exchange; joined the H.A.C., 8 Aug. 1914; left for France 18 Sept. 1914; and was killed in action near Wulverghem, 25 Nov. following; _unm._ Buried in the garden of a farmhouse at Wulverghem. A sergt. of his Coy. wrote: “He has been a thoroughly good soldier throughout, and I can assure you we all (No. 1 Coy.) lament his loss.” Like his father he was a fine swimmer and at the close of the season of 1914, stood second for the average prize of the Otter Swimming Club. He was also a keen Rugby football player and a member of the Ealing Rugby Football Club.
[Illustration: =Colin A. Webster.=]
=WEBSTER, HARRY=, Electrical Artificer, 2nd Class, 347541, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WEBSTER, JESSE=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 201748, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WEDDERBURN, ROBERT HAMILTON MACLAGAN=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st Battn., The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), yst. _s._ of the Rev. Laurence Craigie Maclagan Wedderburn, Minister of the United Free Church of Scotland, at Madderty, Crieff, by his wife, Gertrude Elizabeth, dau. of the late Lt.-Col. James Maxwell, C.B., sometime Acting Governor of the Gold Coast; _b._ Madderty Free Church Manse, co. Perth, 30 April, 1893; educ. at George Watson’s College, Edinburgh, and Edinburgh University (M.A. April, 1914); was L.-Corpl. in his school O.T.C., and Sergt. of the machine-gun team of the University O.T.C., and obtained Certificates A and B; gazetted 2nd Lieut. from the Special Reserve of officers, to 3rd Cameronians, 15 Aug. 1914; joined in Sept, and trained with them at the Nigg Camp, Ross-shire; left for Rouen in charge of 95 men, 1 Jan. 1915, was there attached to the 1st Cameronians then in the trenches near Armentières, and was killed in action in the trenches near Bois Grenier early in the morning of 3 Feb. following; _unm._ Buried beside Capt. Stirling in the village of Bois Grenier. His Commanding Officer, Lieut.-Col. P. N. Robertson, C.M.G., wrote: “Owing to the very short time he was with us, I had not seen your son personally very much, but I am informed that he was most keen in his work, and always did his very best to carry out efficiently every duty that was given him to do. He was at the time superintending the erection of a traverse of sandbags in the trenches, when he was shot through the brain by one of the enemy’s snipers,” and the Officer Commanding 3rd Battn., Major Luard, published the following order: “It is with the deepest regret that the Commanding Officer has to announce the death (killed in action) of 2nd Lieut. R. H. M. Wedderburn, of this Battn., and at the time serving with the 1st Battn. Though the late 2nd Lieut. Wedderburn was comparatively a short time with his battn., he was well-known for his exceptional keenness and the loss to this battn. is deeply felt by all.”
=WEEDON, SYDNEY CHARLES=, Private, No. 1102, 1/4th Battn. (Signal Section) Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Albert Weedon, of 23, Scott Street, Maidstone, by his wife, Alice Celia, dau. of John Fryer, of Maidstone, _b._ Maidstone, co. Kent, 19 Aug. 1892; educ. St. Paul’s School there; was a Wire Mattress Maker; joined the R.W.K. Regt. early in 1911; went to India 29 Oct. 1914, and died on foreign service at Jubbulpore, India, 27 May, 1915, of septicæmia, contracted from drinking water from a native well; _unm._ He was buried in the English Cemetery there, with full military honours; a marble cross erected by the officers, non-commissioned officers and men of his Coy. marks the grave. The Officer Commanding the signal section wrote: “He was in my Signal Section, and was one of the best and keenest signallers I had. He and his brother have been of very great assistance to me, always ready to do anything and always doing it thoroughly and well.” Two of his brothers are now (1916) on service: Pte. Leonard Weedon and L.-Corpl. Percy Weedon, both with the Royal West Kent Regt.
[Illustration: =Sydney C. Weedon.=]
=WEEDS, JAMES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 11520, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=WEEKES, JOHN=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 9369), 296881, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=WELBURN, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 6663, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards; _s._ of Thomas Welburn, of Weaverthorpe, Sherbarn Eke, York, by his wife, Louisa, dau. of the late Thomas Swain; _b._ Allerston Marshes, Pickering, 9 Feb. 1889; educ. Sledmere; enlisted 25 Feb. 1904, served three years with the Colours, then passed into the Reserve, and was for some time in the Huddersfield Police Force and at the time of the outbreak of war was an attendant at the County Asylum, Rainhill, near Liverpool; he was called up on mobilization 5 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Rentel, Belgium, 30 Oct. 1914, by the bursting of a shell; _unm._
[Illustration: =Arthur Welburn.=]
=WELBY, RICHARD WILLIAM GREGORY=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Grenadier Guards, elder _s._ and _h._ of Sir Charles Glynne Earle Welby, of Denton Manor, Grantham, 5th Bt., C.B., formerly M.P. for Newark; by his wife, Lady Maria Louisa Helen, sister of Frederick William Fane, 4th Marquis of Bristol, and elder dau. of the late Lord Augustus Hervey; _b._ Denton Manor, 16 Oct. 1888; educ. Eton and Christ Church, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 23 Feb. 1910, and promoted Lieut. 24 May, 1911; went to France with his battn. which formed part of the 4th (Guards) Brigade, 12 Aug. 1914; took part in the retreat from Mons, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 16 Sept. 1914; _unm._ Buried in Soupir Churchyard, near Vailly on the Aisne. The Officer Commanding his battn. wrote: “We have been fighting a hard battle and had a very severe action on Tuesday, when Dick Welby was wounded in the shoulder. We were very short of officers owing to our heavy casualties, and every officer of Dick’s coy. had been killed or wounded. He very pluckily insisted on remaining at duty (instead of going to the hospital) to help us through the difficulty, and remained at duty during the following day; on the third day we got a terrible shelling and poor Dick was killed. I can’t tell you how we all deplore Dick’s loss, nor how gallantly he did his duty to the end.” Lieut. Welby was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 8 Oct [London Gazette, 19 Oct.] 1914.
[Illustration: =Richard W. G. Welby.=]
=WELCH, GEORGE RICHARD=, Leading Seaman, 190986, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WELCH, WALTER GEORGE FREDERIC=, Lieut., 117th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, only _s._ of Reginald Courtenay Welch, for twenty years Principal of the Army College, Heath End, Farnham, near Aldershot, by his wife, Adeline Charlotte, dau. of the late Abingdon Compton; _b._ Hyde Park, London, 7 March, 1890; educ. Charterhouse; The Army College, Farnham, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (passed in 25th on list, Jan. 1909); gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.F.A., 22 July, 1910, and posted to 127th Battery at Bordon; went to Depôt at Preston, Jan. 1913, and was promoted Lieut. 23 July following. On mobilization he was attached to the 44th Brigade Ammunition Column; went to France 21 Aug. 1914, where he was, shortly after his arrival, posted to the 117th Battery, 26th Brigade, R.F.A. (1st Division), and took part in the fighting on the Aisne and in Flanders. He was killed in action while fighting his guns about 1,000 yards south of Veldhock, E.S.E. of Ypres, on the evening of 30 Oct. 1914; _unm._ His Commanding Officer wrote of him: “He was the life and soul of our little mess: a keen and a good soldier. We buried him alongside the guns he had fought”; and one of those who served under him wrote: “Mr. Welch was always very popular with the men, especially so in action.” Lieut. Welch was a keen football player and on one occasion at the Front took part in a match played behind the firing line, which was interrupted by a German bombardment and resumed when the fire died down.
[Illustration: =Walter George F. Welch.=]
=WELCH, WALTER LEONARD=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./15266, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WELCH, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Armourer’s Crew, M. 5907, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WELCHMAN, EDWARD THEODORE, D.S.O.=, Capt., 1st Battn. West Yorkshire Regt., 2nd _s._ of Edward Welchman, of Carshalton, L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., formerly of Heckington, Lincolnshire, by his wife, Alice, dau. of James Singleton; _b._ Southea, co. Cambridge, 21 July, 1881; educ. Sleaford Grammar School and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd West Yorkshires, 11 Aug. 1900; and promoted Lieut. 20 March, 1902, and Capt. 7 March, 1910; served in the South African War, 1901–2; took part in the operations in the Transvaal, April, 1901, to 31 May, 1902 [Despatches, London Gazette, 17 Jan. 1902; Queen’s medal with three clasps, D.S.O.], and with the 1st Battn. in the Mohmand Expedition, 1908 (medal with clasp). On his return home he joined the 3rd Reserve Battn. at York, but on the outbreak of war rejoined the 1st Battn.; went to France, 1 Oct. 1914, and died 26 Oct. following, at the Base Hospital, Boulogne, of wounds received at Le Paradis on the 20th. Buried Boulogne Hospital Cemetery; _unm._ Capt. Welchman had a fine record, and numberless letters bear the highest testimony to his character and attainments. He was a keen sportsman, and very popular in both his regt. and outside it. He qualified for the Staff College, Camberley, which he entered Jan. 1914.
=WELFARE, HAROLD CUTHBERT=, Sergt., No. 1341, 1/1st Sussex Yeomanry (T.F.), _s._ of John Henry Welfare, of St. Elliott’s, Crowborough, Farmer, by his wife, Emily, dau. of William Boarer, of Boarshead, Sussex; _b._ Crowborough, co. Sussex, 6 Oct. 1892; educ. King Charles’ School, Tunbridge Wells; was for some time in a solicitor’s office; afterwards returned to his father’s farm; joined the Sussex Yeomanry in 1910; volunteered for foreign service in Aug. 1914, on the outbreak of war, and the same month was promoted L.-Sergt., Aug. 1915, and Sergt. 6 Oct. 1915, the day before landing at Gallipoli. He took part in the fighting there during Oct., Nov. and Dec., and was almost the last man of the Brigade to leave on the evacuation on 1 Jan. 1916. He died in the Island of Lemnos, 28 Jan. 1916, from heart failure while leading in a Brigade Marathon Race, and was buried there in Portianos Cemetery with full Military Honours. A memorial cross was subscribed for and erected by his comrades. His chief officer, Major H. Powell-Edwards, wrote: “I would rather have lost anyone in my squadron sooner than him. He was a most capable soldier, cheerful under all circumstances, and a tower of strength in hard times. He died in the service of his country, and was in his life a gallant soldier and a gentleman whom England could ill spare.” At King Charles’ School he was head boy and capt. of the school XI, and afterwards captained Crowborough Football Club and held the Regimental Cross Country Championship. He also took a great interest in the Boy Scout movement and was Scoutmaster of the 1st Crowborough Coy. He _m._ at Withyham St. John, 21 Sept. 1914, Marjorie Ursula (Crowborough House, Crowborough), dau. of the late Thomas Warmington, Headmaster of Sir Henry Fermor’s School, Crowborough; _s.p._
=WELHAM, JAMES=, Seaman, R.N.R., 5330A, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WELLER, CHARLES GEORGE=, Officer’s Cook, 1st Class, L. 837, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WELLER, EDWARD JOHN=, Corpl., No. 8/124, North Otago Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Edward Weller; _b._ Ardgowan, Oamaru, New Zealand, 9 Dec. 1893; educ. Ardgowan School. He was a member of the New Zealand Territorial Force, and when the war broke out was one of the first to volunteer, and left with the main Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at Gallipoli, 27 April, 1915; _unm._ Corpl. Weller was a good shot and won the markman’s badge.
[Illustration: =Edward John Weller.=]
=WELLER, JACK=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2414), 181557, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WELLS, ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7240), S.S. 102191, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WELLS, ERNEST MAURICE=, Private, No. 8131, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 3rd _s._ of Daniel Wells, of Whetstone, co. Leicester, Hosiery Hand, by his wife, Katherine, dau. of Joseph Wale; _b._ Whetstone aforesaid, 27 Feb. 1888; educ. National School there; was a Shore Hand; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 29 Oct. 1908; went to France, and was killed in action at Cuinchy, 1 Feb. 1915. Buried in the Cemetery there. He _m._ at Blaby Baptist Church, 25 Dec. 1912, Annie E. (Auburn Road, Blaby, Leicester), dau. of William Sabin, of Blaby, and had a daughter, Annie Wells, _b._ 20 Dec. 1913.
[Illustration: =Ernest Maurice Wells.=]
=WELLS, FRANCIS=, Stoker, H.M.S. Good Hope.; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WELLS, FREDERICK PENNSON=, Sergt., R.M.L.I., Ch./13273, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=WELLS, HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111410, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WELLS, HARRY STEPHEN=, Telegraphist, J. 8634, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WELLS, JOHN DOUGLAS=, Private, No. 6438, 3rd. Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of the late John Wells, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of George Edward Meacock; _b._ Clerkenwell, 12 Jan. 1884; enlisted 13 Dec. 1905, and was killed in action at St. Julien, during the Battle of Ypres, 21 Oct. 1914, being buried in the Eastern Cemetery at Ypres. He _m._ at St. Paul’s, Newington, S.E., 24 Dec. 1911, Rose (51, Meadow Road, Clapham Road, S.W.), dau. of Frederick Brazier Smith, and had two children: Jack Douglas, _b._ 11 Nov. 1914, and Rose Kitty, _b._ 28 Dec. 1912.
[Illustration: =John Douglas Wells.=]
=WELLS, JOHN THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1155), 140773, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WELLS, WILLIAM APPLEYARD=, Corpl. of Horse, No. 1385, Royal Horse Guards (The Blues), _s._ of William Appleyard Wells, of Grasmere, Fairbolt Road, Stamford Hill, Merchant, by his wife, Annie Matilda, dau. of Henry Scott; _b._ Tottenham, N., 21 Aug. 1890; educ. Cowper Street, City Road; enlisted in the Royal Horse Guards, 30 Nov. 1909, was promoted Corpl. Sept. 1914; served with his regt. in France and Flanders, and was killed in action at Verbuden Molen, Flanders, 6 Nov. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Appleyard Wells.=]
=WELLS, WILLIAM JOHN=, Chief Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. A. 1914), 160507, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WELSFORD, ARTHUR HADDEN=, Private, No. 974, Honourable Artillery Coy., 3rd and yst. _s._ of the late Richard Sherring Welsford, of 6, The Orchard, Blackheath, Coffee Planter in Ceylon, by his wife, Jane Elizabeth (The Cottage, Semaphore Road, Guildford), dau. of the late James Alexander Hadden, of Bittacy House, Mill Hill, Hendon; _b._ Blackheath, London, S.E., 30 Oct. 1891; educ. Blackheath School, and St. Dunstan’s, Catford; was a clerk in the office of Messrs. G. W. Dawes & Co. 5, Lothbury, E.C.; volunteered and joined the H.A.C. the day war was declared, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 18 Sept. 1914, and was killed in the trenches in Flanders, 2 June, 1915, while repairing some wire on a parapet for which work he had volunteered; _unm._ He was buried in the cemetery of the Elsenwalla Château, near Dickebusch.
[Illustration: =Arthur Hadden Welsford.=]
=WELSH, DAVID FERGUSON=, Engine Room Artificer, R.N.R., 1198 E.A., H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WELTON, WILLIAM JOBSON=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2722), 283951, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WENDOVER, ALBERT EDWARD CHARLES ROBERT WYNN-CARRINGTON=, Viscount, 2nd Lieut., Royal Horse Guards (The Blues), only _s._ and heir of Charles Robert, 1st Marquis of Lincolnshire, K.G., joint Lord Great Chamberlain of England, by his wife, the Hon. Cecilia Margaret, née Harbord, Lady of the Bedchamber to H.M. Queen Alexandra, eldest dau. of Charles, 5th Baron Suffield, K.C.B.; _b._ London, 24 April, 1895 (H.M. King Edward VII., sponsor); educ. Eton and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Horse Guards, 15 Aug. 1914; went to France, 8 March, 1915, and was mortally wounded, 13 May, 1915, in the charge of the 8th Cavalry Brigade (The Blues, the 10th Hussars and the Essex Yeomanry), near Hooge, during the Second Battle of Ypres, and died in hospital at Boulogne on the 19th; _unm._ Buried in Moulsoe Churchyard, Bucks.
=WENHAM, CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111369, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WEST, ANDREW=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 3964, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WEST, FREDERICK=, L.-Corpl., S./6056, 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 14 Nov. 1914.
=WEST, FREDERICK=, Private, G. 4447, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt., _s._ of Frederick West, of Bishops Hall Lodge, Romford; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 9 May, 1915.
=WEST, GEORGE=, Private, No. 13792, 1st Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., elder _s._ of John George West, of Old Bolingbroke, Spilsby, co. Lincoln, Labourer, by his wife, Martha (who died 8 June, two days after her son), dau. of Matthew Ward; _b._ Old Bolingbroke aforesaid, 31 Oct. 1893; educ. Village School there; enlisted Nov. 1914; went to France, 30 April, 1915, arriving at the Infantry Base, on Sunday, 2 May, and soon afterwards going into the trenches, and died in No. 4 General Hospital, Versailles, 6 June, 1915, of brain fever, following gunshot wound in the head, received in action, 28 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried in the General Cemetery, Versailles (G.R.C. 3378).
[Illustration: =George West.=]
=WEST, HERBERT GIDEON=, Private, No. 9527, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd _s._ of John West, of Silver Street, Steeple Ashton, near Trowbridge, Farmer, by his wife, Annie, dau. of John Kingman; _b._ Steeple Ashton, co. Wilts, 18 Jan. 1895; educ. National School there; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 18 March, 1912; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Rentel, 6 Nov. 1914; _unm._ Buried in Rentel Woods.
[Illustration: =Herbert Gideon West.=]
=WEST, HERBERT WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman, 197482, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WEST, ROBERT JOHN=, Gunner, R.M.A., 10382, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WEST, WILFRED SCRIMSHAW=, L.-Corpl., No. 10886, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, yr. _s._ of Edward Scrimshaw West, of Yarwell, Peterborough, Entire Horse Proprietor, by his wife, Elizabeth Anne, dau. of Robert Spiers, of Eye, Peterborough; _b._ Wood Newton, co. Northants, 23 Nov. 1894; educ. Yarwell; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and enlisted, 8 Aug. 1914; went to France, Oct. 1914; was promoted L.-Corpl. in Sept., and was killed in action at Givenchy, 22 Dec. 1914, when the Coldstreams suffered heavily from concealed German machine-guns. He was a keen all-round sportsman; was a member of the choir at the Parish Church, and the Chaplain wrote saying what a help he had been to him in organising the open-air services.
[Illustration: =Wilfred Scrimshaw West.=]
=WEST, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7810), S.S. 103265, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WEST, WILLIAM FRANK=, Private, N. 823, 5th, attd. 1st, Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest and only surviving _s._ of Frank Albert West, of 111, Townsend Road, Southall, by his wife, Louisa Maria, dau. of Mathew Henry Leagas; _b._ Dalston, London, 17 March, 1890; educ. The Grocers’ Company School, Hackney Downs, N.E. and Islington Day Training College; was Assistant Master at St. Clement’s Church of England School, Notting Hill, but joined the London Rifle Brigade after the outbreak of war, 9 Sept. 1914; went to France with the 1st draft to join the 1st battn. 25 Jan. 1915, and died at Netley Hospital, Southampton, 12 May, 1915, after undergoing three serious operations, one being the amputation of his leg, rendered necessary by wounds received in action at the Battle of St. Julien, 25 April, 1915; _unm._ He was a keen athlete, fond of all games and sports; he held three silver medals for football, and the bronze Medallion and certificate for life saving.
[Illustration: =William Frank West.=]
=WEST, WILLIAM HENRY=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class, 199111, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=FAZAKERLEY-WESTBY, GILBERT BASIL JOCELYN=, Capt., 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Capt. Jocelyn Tate Fazakerley-Westby, of Mowbreck Hall, Kirkham, and Whitehall, Great Eccleston, late Royal Scots Greys and Lancashire Hussars, D.L., J.P., Lancashire, by his wife, Beatrice, 3rd dau. of Thomas Barlow Jarvis, of Swinnerton Park, Lancashire, and Croft Lodge, near Ambleside, Westmoreland; _b._ Grosvenor Street, Grosvenor Square, London, W., 27 April, 1881; was christened in Aug. 1881, at the Roman Catholic Church, The Willows, Kirkham, Lancashire, by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Liverpool; educ. St. Charles’ Roman Catholic College; entered the Queen Victoria’s Rifles as 2nd Lieut. 23 July, 1911; and promoted Lieut. 23 July, 1913, and Capt. Dec. 1914; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 4 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action during the fighting at Hill 60 on the night of 20–21 April, 1915, on which occasion Queen Victoria’s Rifles brilliantly distinguished themselves; _unm._ His Commanding Officer wrote: “I cannot speak too highly of your son; all ranks loved and respected him. His fortitude and forbearance during that terrible week was an example to the whole regt. and never to be forgotten.” He was a good all-round sportsman, a dead shot with the pistol, and the holder of five silver cups and seven other silver articles as prizes for shooting and rowing, etc.
[Illustration: =G. B. J. Fazakerley-Westby.=]
=WESTERN, WILLIAM CHARLES=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 230364, Devonport, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WESTLAKE, JOHN LUKE=, Corpl., No. 3235, 1/14th Battn. (London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Thomas Treliving Westlake, of 3, Woburn Terrace, Tavistock, retired Prison official, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Luke Knight, of Gunnislake; _b._ Princetown, co. Devon, 11 Feb. 1883; educ. Princetown Public School and Tavistock Grammar School; was apprenticed to the ironmongery business on leaving there, and was subsequently in the employ of Messrs. Helliwell, Ltd., of Dudley, as a Traveller; gave up this position and joined the 2nd London Scottish on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; was promoted to the rank of Sergt. in Dec. following, but in Aug. 1915, when volunteers for the 1st Battn. were called for, he offered himself, sacrificing his rank as sergt., and, crossing over to Rouen on the 18th of that month, joined the 1st Battn. as a Private. He took
## part in the Battle of Loos on 25 Sept., in which, though his company
suffered severe losses, he was unwounded, and assisted in capturing and bringing in some prisoners. For his conduct on this occasion, he was restored to the rank of Corpl. He was killed in action on 13 Oct. 1915, while gallantly leading his men in an attack upon the German trenches near Loos, death being instantaneous; _unm._ His Coy. Commander, Capt. H. L. Seyer, wrote: “I find it difficult to tell you in what high regard Corpl. Westlake was held. I looked upon him as one of my coming men, a worthy successor of many fine non-commissioned officers who have left me to take commissions in this and other regts. His conduct at our severe engagement on 25 Sept. was beyond all praise, and his untimely end whilst leading his men on 13 Oct. is an enormous loss to me, his coy. and the whole battn. Your son was quite close to me when he fell, and I can vouch that he was killed quite instantaneously. It is such men as Corpl. Westlake who add lustre to the fame of the British Army and more particularly to the regt. to which they belong.”
[Illustration: =John Luke Westlake.=]
=WESTMACOTT, ERIC WALTER POYNTZ=, Lieut., Royal Navy, H.M.S. Arethusa, yr. _s._ of Edgell Edward Westmacott, of Udney Place, Teddington, by his wife, Marian Charlotte Isabel, dau. of Innes Colin Munro, of Poyntzfield, late Capt. His Majesty’s 12th Regt.; _b._ Teddington, co. Middlesex, 23 June, 1887; educ. J. Williams-White’s School for the Navy, Bognor, and H.M.S. Britannia; became Midshipman, 30 Jan. 1904; promoted Sub-Lieut. 30 March, 1907, and Lieut. 30 Jan. 1909, went to India in H.M.S. Argyll, one of the cruisers which escorted the King Emperor on the occasion of his visit to India after his Coronation; served as signal Lieut. to Commodore R. Y. Tyrwhitt, C.B., of the 1st Destroyer Flotilla, on the outbreak of war, and accompanied him when he transferred his flag to the Arethusa two days before the Battle off the Bight of Heligoland, 28 Aug. 1914, in which engagement he was killed. Commodore Tyrwhitt in his Despatch, said: “Lieut. Eric W. P. Westmacott (Signal Officer) was killed at my side during this action. I cannot refrain from adding that he carried out his duties calmly and collectedly, and was of the greatest assistance to me.” And he wrote to Mrs. Westmacott: “I can’t tell you how sorry I am and how splendid he was. He was standing next me on the bridge, and was so jolly and cheerful under a terrific fire. He had just said, ‘By Jove, they have got our range,’ which was true as we were in a regular inferno at the time, when he was hit ... his death being instantaneous.” Capt. Cecil Lambert, Fourth Sea Lord, wrote: “By the death of your husband the Service has lost a very gallant and valuable officer, and I have lost a personal friend, for whom I had a sincere admiration and affection.” Lieut. Westmacott was a fine hockey player, and in three successive years represented the Navy in their annual match with the Army. He _m._ at St. Andrew’s Church, Heybridge, Essex, 6 Aug. 1912, Dorothy, eldest dau. of Edmund Ernest Bentall, of The Towers, Heybridge, and had a son, Innes Bentall, _b._ 20 Sept. 1913. His brother, Richard Innes Edgell Westmacott, Sergt. 1st Scots Guards, was killed in action in France, 25 Jan. 1915.
[Illustration: =Eric W. P. Westmacott.=]
=WESTMACOTT, SPENCER RUSCOMBE=, Lieut., Prince of Wales’ Leinster Regt. (Royal Canadians), 4th _s._ of the Rev. Walter Westmacott, Vicar of Probus and Hon. Canon of Truro, by his wife, Helen Maria Maud, dau. of John Austin Madeley, of Wood Hall, Salop, J.P.; _b._ 29 Jan. 1890; educ. Marlborough College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Leinsters, 6 Nov. 1909, and promoted Lieut. 24 Jan. 1912; seconded for “Grass Farm” work in India, 5 Nov. 1913, but rejoined his regt. on the outbreak of war; went to France, Nov. 1914, and was killed in action near Ypres, 8 May, 1915; _unm._ His five brothers are (1916) or have been on active service. 2nd Lieut. John L. Westmacott, R.E., wounded in head, lost an eye in France, April, 1915; 2nd Lieut. Horatio Westmacott, R.N., H.M.S. Agincourt; 2nd Lieut. Rupert W. Westmacott, enlisted in New Zealand Auckland Contingent, got his commission in Gallipoli, where he lost his left leg. 2nd Lieut. Peter G. Westmacott, joined 4th D.C.L.I., and afterwards exchanged into 31st Punjabis; 2nd Lieut. Wilfred A. Westmacott, 9th West Yorks, invalided home from Gallipoli with enteric, has returned to duty.
=WESTON, CHARLES WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3928), 212186, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WESTON, GEORGE EDWARD=, Sergt.-Major, No. 851, 2nd Battn. Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Samuel Weston, of 3, East Street, Oadby, Leicestershire, Bricklayer, by his wife, Maria, dau. of John Folwell; _b._ Wigston, co. Leicester, 15 March, 1873; educ. Evington School, co. Leicester; enlisted 2nd Battn. West Yorkshire Regt. June 1889, and served 21 years with the Colours, rising to the rank of Sergt.; went to Australia, Aug. 1910, where he was working on Sheep Farm; volunteered on the outbreak of War in Aug. 1914, and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, being appointed Sergt.-Major; left for Egypt with the second reinforcements, and was killed in action in Gallipoli, 10 May, 1915 following. During the period he was in the West Yorks. he served in Ireland, China, India and South Africa, altogether serving 21 years, finishing with a life pension.
[Illustration: =George Edward Weston.=]
=WESTON, GEORGE HENRY=, Private, No. 8/1103, 14th Otago Infantry, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of John Weston, Carpenter; _b._ Wellington, New Zealand, 6 April, 1894; educ. there, was connected with the Wellington Boys’ Institute; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and enlisted in the Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug. 1914, was for some time in the 5th Wellington Battn., but was later transferred to the 14th Otago Infantry; served in Egypt; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, and was killed in action there, 8 May, 1915; _unm._
=WESTWOOD, ALEXANDER CLEGHORN=, Lieut., 1/7th (Fife) Battn. The Black Watch, Royal Highlanders (T.F.), only _s._ of Alexander Westwood, of Linley, Cupar, J.P., Bookseller and Publisher, by his wife, Helen Ramsay, dau. of Alexander Cleghorn; _b._ Cupar, 15 May, 1894; educ. Bell-Baxter School, Cupar, and George Watson’s College, Edinburgh, and was associated with his father in business. At college he was an enthusiastic member of the Cadet Corps, and joined the Cupar Coy. of the 7th Battn. Black Watch in May, 1911. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 20 May, 1914, and promoted Lieut. Oct. 1914. During the whole of his three years service in the ranks he was a member of the machine-gun section, and in May 1915, Lieut. Westwood was appointed machine-gun officer of his battn. He was killed in action by shell fire, while holding trenches captured from the Germans at Festubert, 16 June, 1915; _unm._ Lieut.-Col. H. M. Allen, D.S.O., Officer Commanding the 1/7th Black Watch, wrote to his father: “On my own behalf I should like to testify to the extremely high opinion in which your son was held by his brother officers and by the men. He had rendered invaluable service as machine-gun officer, and, both as an officer and a comrade, his loss will be severely felt by us all. It will be some consolation to you to know that his death was instantaneous and painless, and that he met it with the greatest courage, nobly doing his duty in a manner worthy of the best traditions of the British Army.” Lieut. Westwood was a keen sportsman, and took
## part in the matches of the local hockey club whenever business allowed
him, playing in not a few Association fixtures. While training at Kinghorn he played Rugby for the garrison as well as Soccer for E Coy. He was a keen motor-cyclist; while another hobby was that of a poultry farmer, an interest which led him to act for some time as Joint Secretary of the Cupar Ornithological Society.
[Illustration: =Alexander C. Westwood.=]
=WESTWOOD, JOHN=, Gunner, R.M.A., 12264, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WETTON, HENRY=, Band-Sergt., No. 9133, 2nd Battn. Middlesex Regt., _s._ of the late Thomas Allen Wetton; _b._ Hounslow, co. Middlesex, 3 April, 1889; educ. Spring Grove, Isleworth; enlisted in the 2nd Middlesex, 1903; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 10 March. 1915; _unm._
=WHARTON, HAROLD=, Private, No. 9696, St. John’s Ambulance Brigade, R.N.R., _s._ of Ernest Wharton, of 4, Springfield Terrace, Crumlin, Dublin, Ordnance Surveyor, by his wife, Susannah, dau. of Richard Pughe; _b._ Llanfyllin, co. Montgomery, 23 Sept. 1894; educ. Holy Trinity (Nat. School), Cork; was Lieut. in the 15th Coy. Boys’ Brigade, Dublin, and joined the St. John’s Ambulance Brigade in Oct. 1913. On the 5th Oct. 1914 he was appointed to H.M. hospital ship Munich (sailing between Southampton and Calais) as Sick Bay Attendant. He was transferred to H.M.S. Bayano on 28 Dec. 1914, and was lost when that ship was torpedoed, 11 March, 1915.
[Illustration: =Harold Wharton.=]
=WHARTON, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13459 (Ports.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WHATLEY=, FRANK, Petty Officer (C.G.), 142041 (Ports.), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WHATLEY, SIDNEY JOHN=, L.-Corpl., No. 8919, 1st Coy. 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd _s._ of George Robert Whatley, Attendant Norfolk County Asylum, Thorpe, Norwich, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of the late Robart Carver, Yelverton, Norfolk; _b._ Postwick, Norwich, 6 Nov. 1892; educ. Thorpe St. Andrew’s School there; enlisted at Norwich, 13 June, 1910, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914, being shot through the head; _unm._
[Illustration: =Sidney John Whatley.=]
=WHEAT, GEORGE ALFRED=, Signalman, 239001, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WHEATLEY, ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4402), S.S. 103386, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WHEELER, CLIFFORD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 982), 186074, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WHEELER, LLOYD CHARLES=, Gunner, R.M.A., 9442 (R.F.R., I.C. 81), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WHEELER, WILLIAM FREDERICK=, Gunner, R.M.A., 8118 (R.F.R., I.C. 29), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WHEELER, WILLIAM JOHN=, L.-Corpl., No. 8638, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots, _s._ of William John Wheeler, by his wife, Maria; _b._ Kingston-on-Thames, 12 July, 1880; educ. Public School there; was a House Decorator; enlisted in the Royal Scots, 7 Oct. 1903; served at Glencorse and in India; went to France, 26 Aug., and was killed in
## action at Vailly, during the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914; being
buried there. He _m._ at Kingston, 19 Oct. 1908, Charlotte Madge (18, Royal Oak Road, Woking), 2nd dau. of Arthur Hillier; _s.p._
=WHELAN, BERNARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9861), S.S. 107270, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WHENNELL, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7812), S.S. 103273, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WHETLOR, ARTHUR CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6180), 214591, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WHICHELLO, RICHARD WILLIAM=, Sergt., R.M.A. 7928, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WHICHER, FREDERICK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1521), 206022, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WHILES, SIDNEY HERBERT=, Rifleman, No. 1886, 12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of William Herbert Whiles, of 70, Northcote Road, Walthamstow, late Private, No. 6824, Army Service Corps (served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., and was discharged April 1916, owing to injury to eye), by his wife, Margaret, dau. of John Steuber; _b._ Leytonstone, 19 Nov. 1896; educ. Forest Road Council School, Walthamstow, and Walthamstow Higher Elementary School, at both of which he gained prizes for mathematics, and also showed proficiency in Art and Divinity; became a clerk in the National Amalgamated Insurance Society; joined the Rangers, Jan. 1914, and volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war; went to France with the first draft for his battn. which formed part of the 11th Brigade (4th Division), and was killed in
## action near the village of Fortuin during the Second Battle of Ypres,
26 April; _unm._ Buried at Fortuin. His Commander wrote: That he was a gallant soldier throughout and that he personally regretted his loss, as he had frequently accompanied the officer on billet finding expeditions, in which his knowledge of French enabled him to act as interpreter. A brass plate to his memory was placed in the church of St. Michael and All Angels, Walthamstow (where he was a chorister for eight years), by his old comrades.
[Illustration: =Sidney Herbert Whiles.=]
=WHISKIN, ERNEST CHARLES=, Coy.-Quartermaster-Sergt. 16th (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) Battn. The London Regt (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the late Charles Frederick Whiskin, by his wife, Susanna Agnes; _b._ Aylesbury, co. Bucks, 13 May, 1870, and educated there. He joined the Queen’s Westminster Rifles in 1892, and in 1908, when the Territorial Force was formed, he continued his service in the same regt. Holding an important position at Messrs. Jas. Shoolbred & Co., Ltd., he was for many years a Sergt. in the firm’s Company, which rank he held when the Battn. left for France on 1 Nov. 1914. His was the first company to take over a fire trench on the 14th of that month, when they relieved B Coy. of the East Yorkshires at Burnt-out Farm, near Gris Pot, he being at the time No. 1 Platoon Sergt. He was promoted to Coy.-Quartermaster-Sergt. 26 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Houplines, Flanders, 3 May following. C.Q.M.S. Whiskin had the Volunteer Long Service medal, and received mention by his Colonel for good service in France; he was a good shot, and was held in high esteem by his officers, brother N.C.Os. and men. He _m._ at St. Pancras, Marylebone Road, London, 6 Sept. 1902, Annie Ethel (Bancroft, Powys Lane, Palmer’s Green, N.), dau. of Henry Barham, of Hitchin, and had two daughters: Agnes Nora, _b._ 19 July, 1903; and Winifred Ethel, _b._ 30 May, 1906.
[Illustration: =Ernest Charles Whiskin.=]
=WHITAKER, CHARLES=, A.B., 239469, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WHITAKER, HAROLD=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Rifle Brigade, eldest _s._ of Arthur Whitaker, of 52, Cadogan Square, S.W., by his wife, Emily, dau. of Charles Wilkin; _b._ London, 22 Sept. 1885; educ. Westgate-on-Sea (Mr. E. M. Hawtrey), Eton (Mr. E. Impey’s House), and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (from which he passed out first of the Infantry candidates of his term in 1904); gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Rifle Brigade, 4 June, 1904, and promoted Lieut. 15 Sept. 1907, and Capt. 21 Sept. 1913; served in Egypt, the Sudan and India, was Assistant Provost Marshal of the Delhi Durbar, 1911 (medal); returned to England with his regt. in Oct. 1914; went to France, 5 Nov. following, and was killed in action near Fauquissart on the night of 1–2 Dec. 1914, when, after visiting his sentries he had gone forward alone about 1.30 a.m. to reconnoitre, it having been surmised that fresh German troops had taken up positions in front of our line of trenches. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and an ardent explorer and keen big game shot. Besides expeditions on the White Nile, in Kashmir and Mesopotamia, he returned to India in 1908 through Russia, Central Asia and Turkestan, the latter part of this journey he made with native following only, which no English traveller had done before crossing 23 passes over 10,000 feet high, the highest being the Karakorum, 18,317 feet above sea level. He _m._ at Grayshott, co. Hants, 27 April, 1910, Madeleine Eléonore, dau. of David de Pury, of Grayshott and Neuchatel, Switzerland, and had two children: John de Pury, _b._ 10 Oct. 1911; and Lorraine Marie, _b._ 30 July, 1914. It is feared that his younger brother, Lieut. Trevor Whitaker, R.N., lost his life on active service in the North Sea in Jan. 1915. A still younger brother, Capt. and Adjutant Raymond Whitaker, Rifle Brigade, is now (1916) on active service, attd. to the R.F.C., and his youngest brother, L.-Corpl Geoffrey Whitaker, is in the Eton College O.T.C.
[Illustration: =Harold Whitaker.=]
=WHITBY, CHARLES BARRY DOUGLAS=, Private, No. 26022, 14th Battn. (1st Royal Montreal Regt.), 3rd Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of Charles Joseph Whitby, of 9, The Paragon, Bath, M.D. Cantab., by his wife, Clare, dau. of Joseph Hayden; _b._ Cambridge, 13 Nov. 1884; educ. Reading School, went to Canada about 1904, residing first in Montreal, later in Emerson and other places, then returning to Montreal, where at the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he held a position on the Staff of the “Gazette.” He at once enlisted and went into training at Valcartier, came to England with the first Canadian Contingent, and competed his training on Salisbury Plain. He crossed to Flanders with his Division early in 1915, and took part in the action at Neuve Chapelle. On 22 April, 1915, the Second Battle of Ypres was opened by the discharge of poison gas against the Turcos, who were driven back leaving the Canadian left exposed. On the morning of the 24th the 14th Battn., shelled out of a shallow dug-out they had prepared over night, in a field near St. Julien, retreated uphill under very heavy fire. Near the summit Private Whitby was hit and fell in a ditch, joking as he fell. He was never seen again by his comrades, but was officially reported “wounded and missing.” Later a report by the enemy stated that he had been picked up by them, had died on May 8 or 9, and was buried on Hill 20 (Kersselaare), not far from where he fell. In letters received from his comrades he was described as “a splendid soldier, always among the first to offer himself for any dangerous duty.” While at the front Private Whitby contributed several descriptive articles on life in the trenches to the “Montreal Gazette.”
[Illustration: =Charles B. D. Whitby.=]
=WHITCHURCH, LESLIE SEDGWICK=, Capt., 21st Prince Albert Victor’s Own Punjab Cavalry (Frontier Force), Indian Army, attd. 5th Dragoon Guards, 2nd _s._ of the late Rev. Walter Beaumont Gurney Whitchurch, Rector of Spixworth, Norfolk, by his wife, Margaret Elizabeth (Old Catton, Norfolk), dau. of (--) Sedgwick; _b._ Lockeridge House, co. Wilts, 6 April, 1880; educ. Marlborough and Sandhurst, where he took the Queen’s Gold Medal for Military Proficiency and the Sword of Honour, with six other prizes, and on passing out, broke the College “record” and was given six months seniority; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Indian Army, unattd., 19 July, 1899; entered Indian Staff College, 1 Oct. 1900, and was promoted Lieut. 19 Oct. 1901; and appointed Squadron Officer in 21st Cavalry, 29 May, 1902, and became Capt., 19 July, 1908; served on the N.W. Frontier of India, Waziristan, 1901–2 (medal with clasp), and also took part in the operations against the Darwesh Khel Waziris, 1902; was home on leave when the European War broke out, and at once applied to be attd. to a British Regt.; trained reserves for the 9th Lancers at Tidworth for a short time; was sent to France to join 5th Dragoons, 10th Squadron, and was killed in action at Messines on 31 Oct. following, during the First Battle of Ypres; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote: “He was a most gallant and capable officer, and I was most fortunate to have had him with me. He was killed when most gallantly holding on to an advanced post which he had occupied with a few men on the edge of the town, when the enemy made a very determined attack on the town we were holding. He held on there though the enemy in force were only a few yards away from him. He was quite dead when I reached him. I grieve to have to tell you we were unable to bring him back. All I can say is that it was not possible. I reported especially upon his conduct as having been most gallant.”
[Illustration: =Leslie S. Whitchurch.=]
=WHITCOMBE, DOUGLAS JAMES AUBREY=, Private, No. 6/176, Canterbury Infantry Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Frederick Whitcombe, of 24, Buckley’s Road, Linwood, Christchurch, New Zealand, by his wife, Alice, grand. dau. of Lieut.-Col. Mein, C.B., of Dumfries; and grandson of John Aubrey Whitcombe, of Hillfield, Gloucester; _b._ in New Zealand, May, 1893; volunteered on the outbreak of war; killed in action in Gallipoli, 7 Aug. 1915; _unm._
=WHITCOMBE, GERALD AUBREY=, Trooper, No. 13/750, Auckland Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force; 2nd _s._ of George Whitcombe, of Kawhia, New Zealand; by his wife Margaret Janet, dau. of Albert West Sedcat, and grandson of John Aubrey Whitcombe, of Hillfield, Gloucester; _b._ New Zealand, Oct. 1890, volunteered on the outbreak of war; killed in action in Gallipoli, 8 Aug. 1915; _unm._
=WHITCOMBE, JOHN=, L.-Corpl., No. 15193, Royal Canadian Dragoons, only _s._ of Charles Henry Whitcombe, of Sunnyside, Crudwell, Malmesbury, F.R.C.S., by his wife, May, dau. of Richard Billiald, of Nottingham, and grandson of John Aubrey Whitcombe, of Hillfield, Gloucester; _b._ Westerham, co. Kent, 18 May, 1889; educ. the New School, Halifax, co. York, and the Royal Latin School, co. Bucks; was for two years in the Eastern Telegraph Co., but went to Canada in 1907 and took up farming at Pilot Mound, Manitoba. On the outbreak of the European War he joined the Fort Garry Horse, Aug. 1914; came over with the first contingent in Oct.; went to France in June, 1915, when he was attached to the Royal Canadian Dragoons; and died near Ploegsteert, 1 July, 1915, of wounds received in action same day; _unm._ He was buried in the Maple Leaf Military Cemetery, Romarin, near Nieppe, Belgium.
[Illustration: =John Whitcombe.=]
=WHITE, ALFRED=, Leading Seaman, 200784 Devonport, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WHITE, ALFRED WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 106882, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WHITE, BENJAMIN WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11762, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WHITE, EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 766), 280315, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WHITE, ERNEST=, Signal Boy, J. 24674, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WHITE, FREDERICK=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 297650, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WHITE, GEORGE EDWARD=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9578), 203769, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WHITE, GILBERT VICTOR=, Private, No. 871, The Honourable Artillery Company, yr. _s._ of William Baglin White, of High View, Sundridge Avenue, Bromley, Kent; _b._ Wood Green, co. Middlesex, 11 Jan. 1893; educ. Quernmore School and Clifton College; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war, and joined the H.A.C. 4 Aug. 1914; went to France in Sept.; was in the trenches from Nov. to Jan., and died at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, 2 Feb. 1915, of wounds received in action near Ypres, on 6 Jan. He was shot by a German sniper while helping to bring in a wounded comrade; _unm._
[Illustration: =Gilbert V. White.=]
=WHITE, HARRY ARTHUR ALBERT=, Ordinary Signalman, J. 11354, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WHITE, JAMES ERNEST=, Private, No. 287, 5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of James White, of 2, Woodside Road, Wood Green, N., by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of Josiah Briscoe; _b._ London, N., 30 Sept. 1885; educ. Higher Grade School, Wood Green, N., and Birkbeck College; was a Clerk in the Oceana Land Co., Ltd.; joined the London Rifle Brigade on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 13 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Zillebeke, 27 April, 1915; _unm._ He was buried at Fortuin. White took a prominent part in many branches of Church work, was an enthusiastic ’cellist, and led a small orchestra.
[Illustration: =James Ernest White.=]
=WHITE, LESLIE SPENSER=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt., eldest _s._ of Frank Faulder White, of Charlton Road, Blackheath, F.R.C.S. Eng., by his wife, Eva Dalgairns, dau. of the late Major J. D. Travers; _b._ Coventry, 21 Sept. 1891; educ. King Henry VIII’s School there, and Framlingham College; joined the Artists Rifles immediately on the declaration of war, 5 Aug. 1914; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Royal West Kent Regt., 27 Jan. 1915; went to France in Oct. 1914; served as temp. 2nd Lieut. with the 2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers in the trenches and was accidentally killed near Ypres, 15 March, 1915, by a bomb explosion, while on active service; _unm._ Buried there.
[Illustration: =Leslie S. White.=]
=WHITE, LLOYD ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9380, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WHITE, LYNTON WOOLMER=, Lieut., 1st King’s Dragoon Guards, elder _s._ of Woolmer Rudolph Donati White, of Salle Park, co. Norfolk, and Southleigh Park, co. Hants, J.P., High Sheriff, co. Norfolk (1914), by his wife, Edith Wittcomb, yr. dau. of George Dawes Monck, of Hilsea, co. Hants.; _b._ Southsea, 5 May, 1886; educ. Cheltenham and Trinity College, Cambridge, gazetted 2nd Lieut. 7 May, 1905, and promoted Lieut. 25 March, 1910. Being home on leave when the war broke out, he was attached to the Queen’s Bays; was severely wounded in action at the Battle of Nery, 1 Sept. 1914, during the retreat from Mons and died at the Chateau de Baron, three days later. He was buried at first in the Chateau grounds and afterwards removed to the Churchyard. He _m._ at St. Mary Abbott’s, Kensington, 29 June, 1911, Dorothea, only dau. of W. R. Haughton, of Calcutta, V.D., M.I.C.E., formerly Engineer-in-Chief Eastern Bengal State Railway; _s.p._
=WHITE, ROBERT HENRY=, Private, No. 9733, 3rd Battn. (Toronto Regt.) Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of the late Robert White, Master Roscrea (Ireland) Union, by his wife, Elizabeth (44, Dingwall Avenue, Toronto, Canada), dau. of William Proctor, of Glashare, co. Kilkenny; _b._ Roscrea, co. Tipperary, 8 July, 1895; educ. National School there; went to Canada in May, 1914, and was a Sales Clerk; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force at Toronto, about 20 Aug. 1914; left Valcartier for England with the first contingent 9 Oct. 1914; trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter of 1914–15; went to France early in Feb. and was killed in action “in the field between St. Julien and St. Jean,” 23 April, 1915, being shot through the head and killed instantly.
[Illustration: =Robert H. White.=]
=WHITE, WALTER EDWIN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 7921, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WHITE, WILLIAM CHARLES=, Blacksmith’s Mate, M. 5496, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WHITE, WILLIAM CLEMENT=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5261), 181422, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WHITE, WILLIAM DARCY=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 19848, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WHITEFORD, PETER=, Sergt., No. 6965, 2nd Battn. The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, 4th _s._ of Andrew Whiteford, of Cramond, by his wife, Hannah Lawrie, dau. of James Black, of Easter Drylaw, Cramond; _b._ Davidson’s Mains, Cramond, 15 May, 1886; educ. Davidson’s Mains Public School; enlisted in the Cameron Highlanders at Edinburgh in 1904, and after a few months in Dublin served three years in South Africa, two years in China, and two years in India, returning to England in Jan. 1912. He obtained his discharge 1 June that year, and became a gardener to Mr. W. R. Reid at Lauriston Castle. When war broke out he rejoined at Inverness, and after training recruits there for four months, was promoted Sergt., and went to France early in Dec. He was killed while leading his platoon into action at La Bassée 25 Jan. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Peter Whiteford.=]
=WHITEHEAD, ALFRED GEORGE=, Signal Boy, J. 23867, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WHITEHEAD, CHARLES=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 9373, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=WHITEHEAD, HARRY HARDING=, Private, No. 3/927, R.N.V.R. Hawke Battn. 1st R.N. Brigade, R.N. Division, 2nd _s._ of James Dove Whitehead, of Middleton Hall, near Pickering, Yorks, J.P., North Riding, by his wife, Jane, 2nd dau. of the late Samuel Harding Loy, J.P., Keldead, Pickering; _b._ Scarborough, 26 March, 1891; educ. Repton School; qualified as an Engineer, and joined a Flying School for the Naval Flying Corps, joining the R.N.V.R. after the outbreak of war, in Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Achi Baba, Gallipoli, 29 June, 1915; _unm._ His only brother, Capt. James Loy Whitehead, is now (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Harry H. Whitehead.=]
=WHITEHEAD, HENRY MONTAGUE=, 2nd Lieut., 4th, attd. 2nd, Battn. East Surrey Regt., 2nd _s._ of Henry Hammond Whitehead, of Boston Road, Brentford, by his wife, Edith Miriam, dau. of John Cove, of Northampton; _b._ Brentford, co. Middlesex, 16 Nov. 1890; educ. Tonbridge School, where he was in the O.T.C.; was an Architect; joined the Artists Rifles in 1908; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the East Surreys, 15 Aug. 1914; went to France Jan. 1915; attd. to the 1st Battn. South Wales Borderers, joining the 2nd Battn. East Surreys in March, and was killed in action at Zonnebeke, 14 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried there.
=WHITEHEAD, JAMES SCULLARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2390), 161600, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WHITEHURST, CHARLEY=, Private, No. 13205, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of John William Whitehurst, of 4, Grove Lane, Smethwick; _b._ Birmingham; educ. Dudley Road and City Road Schools; was employed in the Ebbw Vale Steel Works; enlisted in the Coldstreams after the outbreak of war, 3 Sept. 1914; went to France, 1 Jan. 1915, and was reported missing after the fighting at Cuinchy, 25 Jan. following, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on or about that date. He _m._ at St. Matthew’s Church, Smethwick, 29 Sept. 1907, Emma (2, Fering Street, Corporation Road, Newport, co. Monmouth), dau. of Robert (and Emma) Bell, and had a dau., Elsie Agnes, _b._ 24 June, 1913.
[Illustration: =Charley Whitehurst.=]
=WHITEHURST, HAROLD=, Private, No. 1544, 1st Battn. Highland L.I., _s._ of William Whitehurst, of 31, Cove Street, Beverley Road, Hull; _b._ Hull, 27 Feb. 1897; educ. Trinity House School, Hull; after leaving school was apprenticed to Messrs. Wright & Bacon, Shipowners; joined 1st Highland L.I., 6 Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, between 11 and 18 March, 1915; _unm._ Two of his brothers are serving in the Army: George William Whitehurst in the N.E.R. Fusiliers (Pioneers), and Alfred Whitehurst in the 2nd Northumbrian R.F.A.
[Illustration: =Harold Whitehurst.=]
=WHITELAW, ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 9040, 2nd Battn. Durham L.I., _s._ of Alexander Whitelaw, Foreman Carpenter with Messrs. Currie & Co., of Leith, Ship Owners, by his wife, Agnes, dau. of Adam Stenhouse, of Leith, _b._ Leith, 22 Aug. 1880; educ. Couper Street School there; enlisted in 1902, served for three years with the Colours and nine years in the Reserve, and on mobilization rejoined his regt. 17 Aug. 1914. He was shot through the head by a German sniper while helping to repair the trenches at Houplines, 30 Jan. 1915, and was buried in the military cemetery there. He _m._ at Leith, 9 July, 1908, Jane Jackson (66, Coburg Street, Leith), dau. of Allan McCallum, and had two sons and a dau.: Alexander, _b._ 6 Sept. 1909; Allan McCallum, _b._ 14 March, 1913, and Susan Webster, _b._ 9 Dec. 1910.
[Illustration: =Alexander Whitelaw.=]
=WHITEWAY, THOMAS=, Petty Officer, 208492, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WHITFIELD, THOMAS NICHOLAS=, E.R.A., 3rd Class, M. 1752, H.M.S. Arethusa; killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=WHITING, CHARLES=, Ship’s Corpl., 1st Class, 186224, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WHITING, FREDERICK JOHN=, L.-Corpl., No. 1050, 1/6th (Cyclist) Battn. The Suffolk Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of John Whiting, of 73, Surrey Road, Ipswich, by his wife, Margaret; _b._ Westerfield, Ipswich, 10 Jan. 1893; educ. Council School and Boys’ British School there; joined the Suffolk Cyclists, 20 March, 1912, and died in the Military Hospital, Saxmundham, 12 May, 1915, from injuries received through an armoured car, while cycling out with his company, near Saxmundham; _unm._
=WHITTLE, GEORGE THOMAS=, Petty Officer, 237335, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WHITTLE, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class, 290939 Devonport, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WHYBROW, THOMAS JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9533), 106899, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WHYTE, CHARLES LEONARD LE BARON=, Chief Petty Officer, 147436, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WHYTE, DAVID STEWART=, Engine Room Artificer, No. Ch. 270811, R.N., only _s._ of the late John Stewart Whyte, of Stonehaven, Edinburgh, and 101, Stephen’s Road, Tunbridge Wells, Schoolmaster (died 23 March, 1915), by his wife Margaret (died 5 Sept. 1911), dau. of the late James Sutherland, Leith, N.L.S.; _b._ Stonehaven, co. Kincardine, 10 Nov. 1878; educ. Tewel Public School there, and Gordon’s College, Aberdeen; was 2nd Engineer in the Merchant Service; joined the Navy Nov. 1902, and was lost on H.M.S. Good Hope, 1 Nov. 1914, when that ship was sunk in the battle off Coronel, on the coast of Chili. He _m._ at St. Simon’s Church, Southsea, 1 Aug. 1908, Emmeline Annie (31, Wisborough Road, Southsea), dau. of the late David Williams, of Southsea, and had two children: Merry Sutherland, _b._ 28 Nov. 1909, and Lena, _b._ 1 Sept. 1913.
=WICKENDEN, HARRY CHARLES=, Sergt., R.M.L.I., Ch./6612, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WICKINS, VERNON JOHN=, Private, No. 2086, 15th Battn. 4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of the late Vernon Evan Wickins, Engineer (who died shortly after the outbreak of war), by his wife, Mary (Cambria, 32, Wellington Street, North Hobart, Tasmania), dau. of John McGinnes, of Edinburgh; _b._ Hobart, 30 Aug. 1886; educ. State School there; joined when young the Volunteer Force and for five and a half years was a member of the Derwent Infantry Regt., in which he was promoted Sergt., 27 May, 1911. He was for some years employed in the Government Railways Service at Launceston, and while there became an active member of the Hobart Launceston Rifle Club, but on the illness of his father resigned his position to return home to Hobart so as to be a help to his mother and the other members of the family. On his return to Hobart he joined the A.N.A. Rifle Club and was on the roll as an active member when war broke out. He volunteered for Imperial service and joined the 15th Battn., 6 Feb. 1915; left for Egypt with the fifth reinforcements and was killed in action at Lone Pine, Gallipoli, 8 Aug. 1915. Capt. L. Simpson, A.N.A. Rifle Club, wrote: “Vernon Wickins endeared himself to all his club mates and to all with whom he came in touch by his quiet, kindly and unassuming manner, and no greater testimony can be given of his love for country and fellow mortals than that he laid down his life for them.” He _m._ at Launceston, Tasmania, 3 April, 1915, Hilda, dau. of (--) Collins.
[Illustration: =Vernon J. Wickins.=]
=WICKS, JAMES=, Private, No. 9532, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt., _s._ of George Wicks, of 22, Parkfield Road, Hollington, near Hastings; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in
## action, 3 Oct. 1914.
=WIDGER, JAMES SAUNDERS=, Shipwright, 1st Class, 345559, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WIGG, ARTHUR HARRY=, Private, No. 2685, 1st Battn. Honourable Artillery Company, yr. _s._ of the late Harry Owen Wigg, of Ealing, W., formerly of West Derby, Liverpool, Draper’s Buyer, by his wife, Mary Walmsley (25, Gordon Road, Ealing, W.), dau. of the late Thomas Fletcher, of Newsham Park, Liverpool; _b._ West Derby, Liverpool, 16 Oct. 1890; educ. Elstow School (formerly called Bedford County School), Bedford; was in the service of Messrs. Dalton & Young, Fenchurch Street, E.C.; volunteered for Imperial service after the outbreak of war and joined the H.A.C. in Nov. 1914; left for France 26 April, 1915, as one of a draft to the 1st Battn.; and was killed in
## action at Hooge, 16 June following. Early on the morning of the 16th
the British had attacked with some success south of Hooge, capturing 1,000 yards of German front trenches and part of their second line. Towards night the troops holding the most advanced of the captured trenches were obliged to fall back, and volunteers were called to go to their support. Private Wigg was one of those who volunteered, and while advancing with a party composed of men from various units under Major G. N. Crosfield, 4th South Lancashires, was hit in the head by a piece of high explosive shell and killed instantaneously. He was buried by the side of a path leading to the Sunken Road between Hooge and Potijze; _unm._ He was a very keen sportsman, being vice-captain of the Old Elstonian Hockey Club and a member of the Ealing Cricket Club, upon the committee of which he served.
[Illustration: =Arthur Harry Wigg.=]
=WIGG, EDWARD CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1497), 208328, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WIGHTMAN, FRANCIS CHARLES=, Private, No. 00189, 1st Imperial Light Horse, elder _s._ of the late John Wightman, of Edinburgh, Master Plumber and Sanitary Engineer, by his wife, Janet (28, Mardale Crescent, Edinburgh), dau. of James McFarlane; _b._ Edinburgh, 6 April, 1880; educ. Daniel Stewart’s College there; joined the Imperial Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) at the time of the South African War; took
## part in the operations there, receiving the Queen’s medal with four
clasps; returned to South Africa, 1902, and was for a time at the Remount Camp at Mooi River, afterwards settling in Johannesburg, where he held a position in one of the Rand Mines, Cattine Modder, Brakham. On the outbreak of the European War he made preparations to return to Britain, but on the rebellion in South Africa he joined the 1st Imperial Light Horse, and was killed in action at Rooidam, 25 Nov. 1914, during a fight with Kemp’s force, which lasted all day; _unm._ He was buried there. He was a keen footballer and played for Daniel Stewart’s College F.P. 1st team; a good horseman and a good shot.
[Illustration: =Francis C. Wightman.=]
=WIGHTON, JAMES ALBERT FORGAN=, Leading Carpenter and Diver, R.N., No. 346697, 2nd _s._ of the late James Brown Wighton, Jute Commission Agent, Calcutta, by his wife, Catherine (28, Redbourne Street, Boulevard, Hull), dau. of James Albert Forgan, of Hull, Engineer; _b._ Barrow-in-Furness, 19 Oct. 1886; educ. Constable Street Council School, Hull; joined the Navy in 1904; served on H.M.S. Assistance; went to India on H.M.S. Renown, with King George (then Prince of Wales); served on H.M.S. Glasgow, on her first Commission, and on H.M.S. Fearless; transferred to the Good Hope on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914. and was lost when that ship was sunk in the
## action off Coronel on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914; _unm._
His brother-in-law, Joseph Williams, was lost on the Cressy (see his notice).
[Illustration: =J. A. F. Wighton.=]
=WIGMORE, JAMES EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 12112, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WILCOX, PERCY JOHN=, Private, R.M.L.I., 10304 (R.F.R., Ch. B. 929), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WILDE, REGINALD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5463 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WILDMAN, HERBERT ARTHUR=, Rifleman, No. 2970, 8th Battn. (Post Office Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of William Wildman, of 1, Stanhope Road, North Finchley, by his wife, Florence May, dau. of Joseph Evans; _b._ Pulloxhill, co. Bedford, 30 May, 1894; educ. Christ Church School, Finchley, N.; was a Postman at Whetstone; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war, and joined the Post Office Rifles, 15 Sept. 1914; went to France 17 March, 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Festubert, 25 May, 1915, after being reported missing since 22 May. Buried at Festubert; _unm._
[Illustration: =Herbert A. Wildman.=]
=WILFRID, WILLIAM=, Stoker, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WILGRESS, GEORGE KESTEVEN KORTRIGHT=, Lieut., 21st Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of Arthur Trollope Wilgress, King’s Printer for Ontario, formerly Publisher and Editor of the Brockville Times, Brockville, Ontario, by his wife, Meta Carleton, dau. of the late George Acheson, of Tandragee, Ireland; _b._ Clarksburg, P. Ontario, Canada, 25 Jan. 1895; educ. St. Albans School, Brockville (Headmaster, Rev. F. G. Orchard, formerly of Bromsgrove, England); served on the Canadian Government Geodetic Survey in Western Canada, and also with the Canadian Pacific Railway Survey of their system north of Lake Superior; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war and was gazetted Lieut. 15 Sept. 1914; came over with the second Canadian contingent in May, 1915; went to France in Sept. 1915, and was killed in action near Ypres, 27 Nov. 1915; _unm._ Buried in Ridgewood Cemetery, near Ypres. He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 15 June, 1916] by Sir Douglas Haig, for gallant and distinguished conduct in rescuing wounded under heavy rifle fire at short range, and his commanding officer, Lieut.-Col. (now Brig.-Gen.) W. St. Pierre Hughes, wrote: “George’s death was a very severe blow to the whole Battn. There was not an officer, non-com. or man in the whole lot who did not respect, love and admire him. He was kindness itself, thoughtful of others to an extreme degree, and always prompt, careful, thorough and in all ways efficient. He was a soldier and a gentleman always. His heroic acts, performed only two hours before he was killed, have stamped him as one of the few. He knew no fear and feared no foe. He loved his men and they adored him.” At St. Albans School he was head boy and captain of the school, and also of the football team, and exercised a very strong influence for good by reason of his outstanding character.
[Illustration: =George K. K. Wilgress.=]
=WILKENS, HENRY EDWARD=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 608), 144292, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WILKINS, ALFRED=, Private, No. 730, 11th Battn. Australian Imperial Force; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles; killed in
## action at Gallipoli, 3 May, 1915.
=WILKINS, ARTHUR JOHN=, Sergt., No. 6826, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards; _s._ of Cornelius Wilkins, of Strathmore, Alberta, Canada; enlisted 27 June, 1906; became L.-Corpl. 10 Sept. 1908; Corporal 17 Aug. 1912; L.-Sergt. 21 Jan. 1913, and Sergt. 22 Oct. 1914; served in Egypt 11 Oct. 1909 to 23 March, 1911, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, from 22 Oct. 1914; killed in action at Cuinchy, 2 Feb. 1915; _unm._
=WILKINS, BERT=, Sergt., No. S/9851, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, &c.; killed in
## action at Richebourg L’Avoué, 9 May, 1915; _unm._
=WILKINS, FREDERICK JOHN=, Private, No. 6787, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Frederick James Wilkins, of Towtree, Burghill, co. Hereford, Farmer and Licensed Victualler, by his wife, Amelia, dau. of Robert (and Mary) Sutton; _b._ Malvern, 22 Jan. 1882; educ. County Council School, Burghill; was a Chimneystack Builder; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 30 May, 1906; served in Egypt 31 Oct. 1907 to 23 March, 1911, and obtained his discharge in 1913; rejoined his old regt. on the outbreak of war, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug.; served through the retreat from Mons, and subsequent engagements, and was killed in action at Cuinchy, 7 Feb. 1915, being shot through the head by a sniper while effecting the rescue of a wounded comrade on the morning after his coy. had cleared the Brickfields of the Germans at the point of the bayonet; _unm._ He was buried in Cuinchy Cemetery.
=WILKINS, GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I., 9557 (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1512), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WILKINS, HARRY=, E.R.A., 1st Class (Pensioner), 152465, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WILKINS, HENRY JOHN=, Private, No. 8896, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd _s._ of Frederick Wilkins, of 8, Collingbourne Ducis, Marlborough, co. Wilts, Woodman, by his wife, Helen, eldest dau. of George Bulpits; _b._ Collingbourne, 5 June, 1890; educ. C.E. School there; was employed at the Army Ordnance Stores, Tidworth, enlisted in the Coldstreams, 25 Oct. 1910; obtained his discharge, and joined the Reserve in Oct. 1913, with an excellent character from his Company Officer; rejoined on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went straight to France with the 1st Expeditionary Force; was wounded 21 Oct. 1914, and was in hospital in France until Jan. following, when he returned to the firing line, and was killed in the trenches at Cuinchy, 16 Feb. 1915; _unm._ He was buried near La Bassée.
[Illustration: =Henry J. Wilkins.=]
=WILKINS, WILLIAM JOHN=, Private, No. 10723, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest _s._ of George Wilkins, of 59, Waterloo Street, Leamington, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of William Hortin; _b._ Leamington, co. Warwick, 11 Sept. 1894; educ. St. Peter’s R.C. School there; was a Dairyman; joined the 7th Warwickshire Territorials about Jan. 1911; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 2 May, 1914; went to France 6 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action during the First Battle of Ypres, 29 Oct. 1914; _unm._
=WILKINSON, CHARLES=, Coy. Sergt.-Major, No. 4170, 1st Battn., Northumberland Fusiliers, eldest _s._ of Charles Wilkinson, of Stonebridge Park, by his wife Maria, dau. of (--) Churchill; _b._ Stonebridge Park, Middlesex; educ. there; enlisted 13 April, 1894, and became L.-Corpl. 16 March, 1899; Corpl. 1 April, 1900; L.-Sergt. 26 Feb. 1902; Sergt. 1 April, 1902; Col.-Sergt. 26 Sept. 1911, and Coy. Sergt.-Major 29 Nov. 1913; served in Gibraltar, 3 Oct. 1896 to 16 Jan. 1898; with the Soudan Expedition, 17 Jan. to 2 Oct. 1898 (Queen’s medal, Khedeval medal); during the occupation of Crete, 3 Oct. 1898 to 17 April, 1899; in South Africa, 16 Sept. 1899 to 6 April, 1903; including the actions at Belmont and the Modder River and the subsequent operations in the Orange Free State and the Transvaal (Queen’s medal with two clasps and King’s medal with two clasps); in the Mauritius, 7 April, 1903, to 8 Feb. 1906; in India, 9 Feb. 1906 to 11 March, 1907, and again 4 Sept. 1908 to 11 Nov. 1913; took part in the operations in the Mohmand Country, N.W. Frontier, 1908 (India General Service medal with clasp); present at Delhi Durbar, 1911 (medal); and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders 15 Aug. to 14 Sept. 1914; including the retreat from Mons, and was killed at Vailly, during the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914. Major H. R. Sandilands wrote: “Sergt.-Major Wilkinson belonged to the finest type of British non-commissioned officers, keen, smart and straight as a die, he was loved and trusted equally by the officers and the men in the ranks of the regt. in whose welfare he was so keenly interested, and in whose service he died. ‘Wilkie’ will ever be held in affectionate remembrance by all who had the privilege of serving with him.” While in India Wilkinson was for nearly five years Officers’ Mess Sergt. and was afterwards Chief Warder in Military Prison at Mauritius. He had also the silver medal for good conduct and long service. He _m._ at Trinity Church, Karachi, India, 9 Dec. 1908, Maud (88, Yerbury Road, Tufnell Park, N.), dau. of Charles Mockridge, of Upper Holloway, and had three sons: Stanley Charles, _b._ Rawal Pindi, India, 3 Nov. 1909; Douglas Reginald, _b._ Mhow, Central India, 6 Oct. 1912; and Charles Frank St. George, _b._ (posthumous) 2 Nov. 1914.
[Illustration: =Charles Wilkinson.=]
=WILKINSON, FRANK LEE=, Gunner, No. 71456, 47th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, eldest _s._ of Francis Lee Wilkinson, of 8, Little Lockwood Street, Wincolmlee, Hull, Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery, by his wife, Emily, dau. of Thomas Wakefield; _b._ Hull, 10 May, 1895; educ. Lincoln Street Board School there; joined R.F.A. 5 Dec. 1912; went to France 19 Aug. 1914, and died at No. 10 General Hospital, Rouen, 1 Oct. following, of wounds received on 20 Sept. at the Battle of the Marne; _unm._ The Rev. C. M. Chavasse, Chaplain to the Forces, wrote: “I write to tell you all I know of the last hours of your son, who died in hospital here on 1 Oct. His was rather a sad experience, but patiently borne. He had received a gunshot wound in the right arm during the Battle of the Marne on Sunday, 20 Sept., and arrived in hospital here on Thursday, 24 Sept. He was wonderfully good and patient and brave, and lay very quietly in the corner bed of the hospital tent. There was always a smile from him whenever I came to see him, and I do not think anyone realised how bad he was through his bravery. He was a very good boy, too, and, as he told me once, never forgot his prayers, and was trusting in our Lord Jesus Christ. He ought to have gone home on a hospital ship on the 30th, but another operation was necessary, which prevented this. This was a sad disappointment to him, but again no one could have been braver or more patient. And then on the 1st came the sudden collapse. I was suddenly fetched to his side in the morning, and had just time to whisper a prayer in his ear and to feel him squeeze my hand when he became unconscious, and very peacefully passed away at 2.15 p.m.” He was buried the next day in the Cemetery in the Sepulchre des Rouen (Grave No. 58).
[Illustration: =Frank Lee Wilkinson.=]
=WILKINSON, JOHN ROTHES MARLOW=, B.A., Lieut., 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt., eldest _s._ of the late Rev. Henry Marlow Wilkinson, Vicar of Milford, Lymington, Hants, by his wife, Florence Amy (Milford Corner, Milford-on-Sea), dau. of the late John Kemp-Welch, of Sopley Park, Hants; _b._ the Vicarage, Milford-on-Sea, 17 Oct. 1887; educ. Winchester College, and Worcester College, Oxford (1907–1911, B.A., Capt. of the College Boat Club); gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 4th Middlesex, 22 March, 1911, and promoted Lieut. 10 Oct. 1913; left for France with the Expeditionary Force, Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Oburg, near Mons, on the 23rd; _unm._ A Private of C Coy., 4th Middlesex, wrote: “On Sunday, 23 Aug., we were entrenched in front of a convent, when Capt. ... gave Lieut. Wilkinson an order to take half his platoon (two sections) to reinforce ‘A’ Coy. This Coy. was at the left of our position and was being hard pressed. We took up position under heavy fire at a group of houses. Your son went into one of the houses, and was heard directing the fire of his two sections through the skylight in the roof. He directed his fire so well that he forced the Germans to retire from his front. It was from this house that he saw overwhelming numbers of Germans coming through the wood to his front. The Germans came on again until they were within 200 yards. Lieut. Wilkinson then came out of the house into the trench. It was here that he got the order to retire. He got the order twice, but would not take it, as he thought it was not an official order. Eventually he got the order from the G.O.C. to retire. It was then I noticed he was limping. To retire we had to go through barbed wire; here we got separated owing to the heavy shell and rifle fire. I am very sorry to say that I was the only man of those two sections to get away from that place. No officers could give me any information of Lieut. Wilkinson. I reported to the C.O. what had happened and told him that Lieut. Wilkinson was a very brave man. He replied, ‘Yes, I know that, and I am very sorry to have lost him.’... I must say your son was a man in every sense of the word. I think he was as brave a gentleman as one could meet here. I told this to Capt.... I think I have an idea of a brave officer, as I went through the South African War and have eight clasps to my medal.”
[Illustration: =John R. M. Wilkinson.=]
=WILKINSON, LEONARD RICHARD=, Rifleman, No. 2240, C Coy., 1/9th (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of George Henry Wilkinson, of Star Mills, Paper Maker, by his wife, Annie, dau. of William E. Pepper; _b._ Camberwell, 22 Dec. 1890; enlisted on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders and was killed in action during the severe fighting for Hill 60, near Ypres, on 24 April, 1915; _unm._
=WILKINSON, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6945), S.S. 101506, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WILLAN, SAMUEL=, Private, No. 11727, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards; _b._ co. Lancaster; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action at Cuinchy, 3 Feb. 1915.
=WILLETS, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 7965, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots, 2nd _s._ of Arthur Willetts, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Thomas Bennett; _b._ Aston, Birmingham, 7 Aug. 1883; educ. Vicarage Road there; was employed as a Stove Fitter; enlisted in the Royal Scots, 13 Feb. 1902; served three years with the Colours and nine years in the Reserve; went to the Front, Aug. 1914; was wounded and taken a prisoner at Haines, and died a prisoner of war at Erfurt, Germany, 16 Feb. 1915, and was buried there. He _m._ at Aston, Birmingham, 1907, Nellie (No. 2, Back, 119, Park Road, Aston, Birmingham), dau. of William Whadauck, and had a son, Frederick, _b._ 26 Jan. 1908.
=WILLIAMS, ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 3806 (Ports.), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WILLIAMS, ALBERT ERNEST=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4015), 218031, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WILLIAMS, ARTHUR MONTAGU=, Solicitor, Lieut. Machine Gun Section, 7th (Robin Hood) Battn. Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt.) (T.F.), only _s._ of the late Arthur Williams, of 109, Forest Road, Nottingham, Solicitor, by his wife, Mary, dau. of the late Thomas Morley, of 46, Addison Street, Nottingham; _b._ Nottingham, 21 Dec. 1883; educ. Nottingham Boys’ High School; served his articles with Capt. J. A. H. Green, admitted a Solicitor in 1905, and was in practice in Nottingham and had lately been a partner in the firm of Messrs. Browne, Son & Williams. He had joined the Robin Hoods as a private on leaving school in 1900, and became a 2nd Lieut. when the Territorial Act came into operation, and was gazetted Lieut. 8 June, 1913. On the outbreak of war he volunteered with the Battn. for foreign service, went to France, 25 Feb. 1915, and was killed in
## action at Kemmel, 15 June, 1915; _unm._ He was buried in Kemmel
Churchyard. One of his men (Private T. Linney, 1867) wrote: “On the night of 15 June, 1915, at about 9.30 p.m. the Germans thought to make a surprise attack on our trenches south of Ypres, by first of all blowing up our trenches and then by violently bombarding our position by artillery and hand grenades. The 8th Battn. Sherwood Foresters, were in the trenches at the time, and were expecting to be relieved that night by the 7th Battn. Sherwood Foresters, this accounting for the officers of the 7th being in the trenches in the afternoon to view the positions. After the violent bombardment the Germans tried to charge the trench, and this being the first severe attack the 8th Battn. had been in they did not know which way to turn or what to do; already they had lost a large number of men and officers and were naturally panic stricken, when Lieut. Williams came to the rescue. Already he had been to fetch a wounded officer, Lieut. Dobson, in, and seen him safe; when the Germans stormed the trenches, he gathered the men together, and by his cool manner and words made a desperate stand against the coming onslaught; the Germans had got as far as the barbed wire, when Lieut. Williams shouted to the men “Come on men, if we’ve got to die, we will die fighting,” this put new life into the men and by desperate fighting the Germans were driven back, but Lieut. Williams, who had saved the situation at such a critical time, was killed instantaneously, by part of a shell fracturing his skull”; and Capt. G. H. Stubington: “It was after dark and he had just gone into the trenches which the Robin Hoods were taking over from the 8th Battn. when Lieut. Dobson of the 8th Battn. was wounded by a shell. Arthur went to help him when another shell exploded and killed them both instantly. He died on duty and I need not tell you how much we feel his loss. He was a most efficient officer and also in my case a close personal friend; I have, as you are aware, known him for years and as far as Machine Gun work is concerned, I feel that I have lost my right hand man.... The Officer Commanding desires me to add that the Battn. has suffered a great loss by his death, and he will be very much missed by all ranks to whom he had endeared himself, and especially by his brother officers.” Lieut. Williams, who was a Freeman of the City of Nottingham by birth, had taken his Musketry and Machine Gun Course and had qualified as an Instructor of Musketry. He was a member of, and played for, the Notts. Amateur Cricket Club; was for some time Secretary of the Nottingham Children’s Hospital and Hon. Secretary of the Red Cross for Notts, and was a member of the Newstead Lodge of Freemasons.
[Illustration: =Arthur M. Williams.=]
=WILLIAMS, BENJAMIN=, Private, No. 9600, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of John Williams, of 25ct., 7h, Cheapside, Birmingham; _b._ Perry Barr, co. Stafford, 7 July, 1894; educ. Rea Street Board School, Birmingham; was a Metal Spinner, Simplex, Salop Street, Birmingham; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 11 May, 1912; went to France 14 Aug. 1914, and was accidentally drowned in Cuinchy Canal, 4 Aug. 1915, while on active service; _unm._ Buried in the Military Cemetery at Givenchy.
[Illustration: =Benjamin Williams.=]
=WILLIAMS, CHARLES=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., 370), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WILLIAMS, FREDERICK LEONARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3177), S.S. 622, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WILLIAMS, GEORGE JACKSON=, 2nd Lieut., 1/5th Battn. York and Lancaster Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of David Jones Williams, of Rhydwen, Barnsley, member of the firm of Williams Bros., Ltd., Coal Exporters, by his wife, Dinah, dau. of the late George Jackson, Mining Engineer; _b._ Royston, co. York, 6 Feb. 1895; educ. High School, Barnsley and Rydal Mount, Colwyn Bay, and on leaving there entered his father’s office in Paris. When war broke out he was in England on a short holiday and he immediately volunteered and joined the 5th Reserve Battn. of the York and Lancaster Regt. under Lieut.-Col. Mitchell and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 23 Sept. 1914. Being anxious to get to the front he transferred to the 1st/5th Battn. under Lieut.-Col. Fox (which had volunteered for foreign service) and while training with it at Sheffield contracted rheumatism and developed endocarditis from which he died at Barnsley, 27 April, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =G. J. Williams.=]
=WILLIAMS, GEORGE JOSEPH=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14241 (Ports.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WILLIAMS, HAROLD=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21975, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WILLIAMS, HERBERT CHARLES=, Corpl., No. 10080, 2nd Battn. King’s Own (Royal Lancaster) Regt., yst. but one of the six soldier sons of Ellis Williams, of Hanmer Place, Bowerham, Lancaster, ex Qr.-Mr.-Sergt. of the same regt. (with which he served for 25 years), by his wife, Eliza Mary, dau. of Henry Studd, late of the R.A.M.C.; _b._ the Barracks, Lancaster, 2 April, 1895; educ. Bowerham School; enlisted as a drummer in the King’s Own at Lancaster, 3 May, 1909, and joined his battn. in Jersey, subsequently accompanying it to India. He came home with it in Dec. 1914, and on 15 Jan. went to the Front. He was severely wounded on 16 March, 1915, while placing sand bags to repair front of trenches by Ypres, and died in hospital at Bailleul. His comrade, Band Sergt. J. A. Nichol, wrote: “He passed peacefully away at 6.15 a.m. this morning, 23 March. I was with him throughout, and I’m writing this letter for Lloyd, his brother, who is very much upset. The remains will be interred to-morrow at 9 a.m. in the cemetery there, and I’ll be there to put some token of love on his grave for you and the family.” His two elder brothers, Coy Qr.-Mr.-Sergt. Ellis Watkin Williams and Sergt. John Henry Williams of the 1st Battn. of the King’s Own were wounded in the retreat from Mons, the latter, now a prisoner at Doberitz, very severely. The third, Sergt. Lloyd Williams, suffered from shell concussion and is now (1916) in Egypt. Rifleman Reginald Williams, the fourth, belongs to the King’s Liverpool Regt., and the fifth and last son, Private Percival Williams, is in the Army Service Corps.
[Illustration: =Herbert C. Williams.=]
=WILLIAMS, HUBERT LESLIE=, Trooper, No. 13/258, 11th North Auckland Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of Harry Edwin Williams, of Parua Bay, Auckland, New Zealand, by his wife, Harriet Mary, dau. of the late Henry Morey; _b._ at Parua Bay, 23 Nov. 1892; educ. there; and entered the Army, 15 Aug. 1914, being one of the first to enlist from Parua Bay at the outbreak of war. Killed in action at Walker Ridge, Gallipoli, during a night attack, 26 May, 1915, buried there. The circumstances of his death are told as follows in a letter from a comrade to his mother: “A mate of mine, H. L. Williams, was dragging me to put me in a hole out of the firing line after I was shot down that awful night, he had stopped for a minute to give me a drop of water out of his bottle, had just dropped on his knees, when a bullet struck him in the breast, he fell over me, he put his hand in mine and said ‘good-bye old fellow, good luck to you, I’m fixed.’ And so he died without a move, good fellow that he was.”
[Illustration: =Hubert L. Williams.=]
=WILLIAMS, IDRIS HAVARD JOSEPH=, Capt., 3rd Battn. Royal Fusiliers, 4th _s._ of the late Morgan Stuart Williams, of Aberpergwm, co. Glamorgan, J.P., D.L., by his wife, Josephine (9, Stratford Place, W.), dau. of William Herbert, of Clytha, Monmouthshire, and nephew of the late Capt. George Williams, Frontier Light Horse, who was killed in the Zulu War; _b._ Aberpergwm, 29 Dec. 1878; educ. Charterhouse; received his commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Royal Fusiliers from the Militia, 5 Jan. 1901, and was promoted Lieut. 26 March, 1904, and Capt. 29 Jan. 1910; served through the South African War, 1899–1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps and King’s medal with two clasps), and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, died at Boulogne, 3 June, 1915, of wounds received in action at Ypres; buried at St. Donat’s Castle; _unm._
[Illustration: =Idris H. J. Williams.=]
=WILLIAMS, JETHROE=, L.-Corpl., No. 6074, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Cabel Williams, of High Street, Cheltenham, Market Gardener; _b._ Leigh, near Cheltenham, 5 Dec. 1885; educ. there; enlisted 21 Jan. 1905; was appointed L.-Corpl. 10 Oct. 1914; served in Egypt, 29 Sept. 1906 to 28 March, 1911, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, from 12 Aug. 1914, and died in No. 13 General Hospital, Boulogne, 5 Nov. following, of wounds received in
## action. He _m._ at Fulham, 22 Sept. 1906, Evelyn May (8, Station
Road, Maldon, Essex), dau. of Robert Everett Coney Weston, of Bury St. Edmunds, and had a dau., Edith Josephine, _b._ 20 April, 1907.
=WILLIAMS, JOHN NATHANIEL=, Private, No. 12/484, 6th (Hauraki) Auckland Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force (formerly Capt., 4th Dorsets (T.F.)), elder _s._ of Col. Sir Robert Williams, of Bridehead, Dorchester, 1st Bt., M.P., by his wife, Rosa Walker, dau. of Nathaniel Sims, of Strood Park, Horsham; _b._ London, W., 24 Jan. 1878; educ. Matfield, Kent; Eton, and New College, Oxford; was for some time in the 4th Territorial Battn. of the Dorsetshire Regt., becoming Capt., but resigned his commission and went to New Zealand in 1910. On the outbreak of war enlisted as a Private in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force; left for Egypt in Oct. 1914; took part in the repulse of the Turkish attack on the Suez Canal in Feb. 1915, and in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in
## action at Gaba Tepe that day; _unm._ Major-Gen. Sir A. I. Godley,
K.C.M.G., C.B., Commanding New Zealand Forces, wrote: “He was killed leading and setting a most gallant example to the men in the forefront of the Battn., and all the officers, N.C.O.’s and men of the company speak of him in the highest terms of admiration and affection. He had evidently made himself most popular with them and respected by all, and had he not fallen he would have been given a commission in this force immediately after the first action. I believe the example which he set in enlisting, and dying as he did in the ranks, has done more for this force and perhaps for the Empire than he would have done as a commissioned officer.”
[Illustration: =John Nathaniel Williams.=]
=WILLIAMS, JOSEPH=, Chief Yeoman of Signals, R.N., No. Ch./206951, 4th _s._ of the late Edward Williams, of Hull, Chemist, by his wife, Betsy Ann, dau. of Henry Hollingsworth, of Hull, Chemist; _b._ Hull, 25 Feb. 1883; educ. Boulevard Higher Grade School, Hull, joined the Navy in Feb. 1899; served on H.M. ships, Perseus, 1905–8; Jason, 1908–10; Shannon, 1910–12; and R.F.A. Maine, 1912–14, and was studying for an examination for warrant officer when war was declared; joined H.M.S. Cressy and was lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at Boulevard Baptist Church, Hull, 8 Sept. 1910, Agnes Mary (28, Redbourne Street, Boulevard, Hull), sister of James Albert Forgan Wighton, R.N. (lost in the action off Coronel, 1 Nov. 1914), and only dau. of the late James Brown Wighton, and had two children; Joseph Albert, _b._ 8 Sept. 1914; and Catherine Marian, _b._ 23 Aug. 1912.
[Illustration: =Joseph Williams.=]
=WILLIAMS, MERVYN JAMES=, Colour Sergt.-Major, No. 6854, 2nd Battn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, only _s._ of John Williams, of Blackrock, by his wife, Ellen Dorcas, dau. of James Watts, of Grove Avenue, Blackrock; _b._ Blackrock, co. Dublin, 21 June, 1882; educ. Booterstown School there; enlisted Jan. 1910; served in South Africa, Egypt, and with the British Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 24 Aug. 1914 to 16 May, 1915, on which latter date he was killed in action at Festubert; _unm._
[Illustration: =Mervyn J. Williams.=]
=WILLIAMS, OWEN=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., B. 6104), 297624, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WILLIAMS, SYDNEY ERNEST=, Ordinary Seaman, S.S. 4202, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WILLIAMS, THOMAS CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class, 299881, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WILLIAMS, TOM JAMES=, Private, No. 11050, 2nd, attd. 1st, Battn. Welsh Regt., _s._ of George Williams, of Ffosyfedwen, Velindre, Henllan, Flannel Weaver, by his wife, Hannah, dau. of William Evans; _b._ Ffrontywann, 15 Nov. 1894; educ. National School, Velindre. He enlisted in the Welsh Regt. in Dec. 1913, was in training with the 2nd Battn. in Hampshire when the war broke out, and was soon afterwards sent out to France. There he was a driver in the transport section of his regt., till he contracted rheumatic fever, lying for some weeks in hospital at Le Havre, and then returning to England on three weeks’ leave. At the appointed time he reported himself at Cardiff Barracks, and was in a few days on his way back to France again, to join the 1st Battn. He served with them for three months, and was killed in action, being shot in a bayonet charge, at Zillebeke, 25 May, 1915; _unm._ His brother, Private William Williams, is now (1916) serving with the Devons.
[Illustration: =Tom J. Williams.=]
=WILLIAMS, WALTER KENT, M.V.O.=, Engineer-Capt., R.N., 2nd _s._ of William Philips Williams, Journalist, some time of the South Wales Daily News, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Manoah Kent; _b._ St. Davids, co. Pembroke, 24 Oct. 1863; educ. Proprietary School, Cardiff, and Royal Naval College, Keyham, Devonport; entered the Navy as Assistant Engineer, 1 July, 1885; promoted Engineer, 2 April, 1887; Chief Engineer, 1 Aug. 1897; Engineer-Commander, 1 Aug. 1901, and Engineer-Capt., 1 Jan. 1912. While serving as Engineer in the Blanche, 1893, he landed with the Naval Brigade from H.M. ships Blanche, Swallow, and Sparrow under Commander Lindley to punish a robber chief, Fumo Omari, for various acts of treachery. The fortified strongholds at Puwani and Jongeni were stormed and captured. Capt. Williams was awarded the general Africa medal (Vitu, Aug. 1893 clasp) for these services. He was Engineer at the Royal Osborne College at the time the present Prince of Wales and his brother were students there, and for his services was awarded the M.V.O. in Oct. 1910. He afterwards served for a period ashore at Portsmouth, and on the outbreak of war was appointed on the staff of the Bulwark, and was lost when that ship was blown up off Sheerness, 26 Nov. 1914; _unm._
=WILLIAMS, WALTER ROLAND=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 7279, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WILLIAMS, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 1218, 3rd Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late Edwin James Williams, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of James Roberts; _b._ Plymouth, 24 Oct. 1889; educ. there; joined the 3rd London Regt. in July, 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to Malta in Sept.; was sent to France in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 10 March, 1915, being shot through the head in an attack on the German trenches; _unm._
=WILLIAMS, WILLIAM HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4468), S.S. 103409, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ADDAMS-WILLIAMS, DONALD ARTHUR=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. (Service) South Wales Borderers, only _s._ of the Rev. Herbert Addams-Williams, Rector of Llangibby, co. Monmouth, by his wife, Grace, dau. of Thomas Royse Lysaght; _b._ Llangibby Rectory, 28 April, 1896; educ. Winton House, Winchester, and Marlborough College, where he was in the O.T.C., and joined the Public Schools Battn. immediately on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the South Wales Borderers, 18 Nov. 1914; went to the Dardanelles 29 June, and was killed in action there, 11 Aug. 1915, after the advance from Anzac. Capt. A. W. Hooper wrote: “I am the only officer left out of the five who came out with the coy., and was in hospital wounded when Arthur was killed; hence I am somewhat handicapped, but I have spoken to Arthur’s platoon sergt. several times about the sad incident, and he has given me several little details about it. A covering party was sent forward to clear the enemy away from some wells from whence they had been sniping our troops for three or four days. This party was also to act as a screen to keep the enemy from advancing, or firing, while the remainder of our battn. went forward and dug themselves in, in an advanced position. Arthur, with his platoon, commanded a portion of this covering party, more of the enemy were found near the wells than was anticipated, and our covering party lost rather heavily. However, they nobly did their work, and kept the enemy back while the new trenches were being dug. Arthur was absolutely fearless, and always very cheerful in the trenches. He took his men forward, and had not advanced far before he was hit; he went on and presently was hit a second time, but where each of the first two shots struck him his sergt. did not know. However, being twice wounded, he continued to command his platoon, encouraging all of the men, and showing them a noble example by his own heroism, and disregard of self. A little time afterwards, while still advancing, he was wounded a third time. He turned completely round, and must have died within a few seconds. His sergt. knelt by him as he died, and has told me since that his death was a grand one to see. The sergt. had to leave him, to take charge of the platoon, and when the covering party retired his body was not seen. Several times Sergt. Worthington, his platoon sergt., volunteered to go forward and look for it, but the Turks were now holding that ground in very strong numbers, and it would have meant a further sacrifice of life to send a search party out; therefore his body, and those of two other officers who died the same evening, was never recovered. His death meant a great loss to his men, who thought so highly of him, to the whole coy., and also to myself, who found him an ever-cheerfull and lovable friend.” Nearly three months afterwards, during a reconnaisance, Lieut. Curtis, of the Northamptonshire Regt., discovered his body, and had it brought back to South Wales Borderers Valley, where it was buried in the little Military Cemetery on 3 Nov. 1915.
[Illustration: =D. A. Addams-Williams.=]
=DE COURCY-WILLIAMS, ALMERICUS JOHN FALKINER (ERIC)=, 2nd Lieut. 5th, attd. 4th, Battn. Middlesex Regt., only _s._ of John Almericus de Courcy-Williams, of St. Etchens, Killucan, co. Westmeath, M.A., M.B., B.Ch. T.C.D., by his wife Frideswide Catherine Emily, dau. of Robert Smyth, Portlick Castle, Athlone, J.P., and grandson of Surgeon-Major John William Williams, of Killucan, co. Westmeath, M.A., M.D., by his wife, Emily Letitia, née de Courcy, sister of Michael William, 32nd Lord Kingsale; _b._ Greenhills, Killucan, 4 May, 1895; educ. Roysses School, Abingdon, and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 2nd Battn. West India Regt., July, 1914; transferred to the Middlesex Regt., 20 Aug. 1914; went to France with the 4th Battn., 6 Sept.; took part in the fighting at Septmouts near Soissons, 14 Sept.; joined the 1st Battn. at Venizel, but returned to the 4th Battn. at Courcelles, 1 Oct.; took part in the march from the Aisne to Vieille-Chapelle, and the battle there, 12–15 Oct. where he was the only officer in his coy. not wounded, and died at Bethune, 21 Oct. 1914, of wounds received in action two miles from Aubers while commanding his coy. in the front line of trenches, the previous day, during the First Battle of Ypres. Buried in Bethune Cemetery. His Colonel wrote: “He was such a promising boy, and we were all proud of him and shall miss him much.” Another officer wrote: “I can tell you all ranks were very sorry, as he was a brave soldier and was a great favourite with all, and likely to have a bright army career.” A wounded soldier who was in the trenches with Lieut. de Courcy-Williams said that he frequently exposed himself to danger while exhorting his men not to waste ammunition, but to shoot straight. He was fatally wounded while aiming a rifle in the trenches trying to get a sniper who was picking off his men, and his last words were, “Men, give it them.”
[Illustration: =A. de Courcy-Williams.=]
=WILLIAMSON, ALBERT JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, Ch. 154287, R.F.R., B. 1366, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=WILLIAMSON, DAVID MILLAR=, Petty Officer, 216842, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WILLIAMSON, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class, 302086, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WILLIAMSON, PETER=, Private, No. 881, 12th Battn. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Matthew Williamson, of Ollaberry, Shetland; Seaman; _b._ Edinburgh, 29 March, 1891; educ. Ollaberry, and Lerwick, Shetland; went to Australia; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, Aug. 1914; left for Egypt with the main force in Oct.; went to the Dardanelles, and died on board H.M.S. Delta, 9 Aug. 1915, of wounds received in action there. Buried at sea. He _m._ at Edinburgh, Jessie, dau. of (--) Sutherland, of Latheron, Crofter, and had three children: Peter, _b._ ----; Lizzie, _b._ 5 Jan. 1893, and Maggie, _b._ 30 Nov. 1894.
=WILLIAMSON, ROBERT=, Private, No. 14054, 1st Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.) served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Voorstraat, 30 Jan. 1915.
=WILLIAMSON, ROBERT HAMILTON=, 2nd Lieut., 118th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, only surv. _s._ of Dr. George Williamson, of 256, Union Street, Aberdeen, by his wife, Constance, dau. of A. H. Gunn; _b._ Stonehaven, co. Kincardine, 27 Sept. 1893; educ. Glenalmond, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd (City of Aberdeen) Battery, 1st Highland Brigade, R.F.A. (T.F.), June, 1911, and promoted Lieut. ... June, 1913. After being attd. for a year to a Regular Battery of Field Artillery, he gained a commission in the Royal Garrison Artillery at the Military Competitive Examination in April, 1914, and was gazetted to the 118th Heavy Battery, R.G.A., 10 June following. He left for France early in Nov. 1914, and died in the Allied Force Base Hospital, Boulogne, 27 Dec. 1914, of wounds received at Fauquissart, near Laventie, on the 6th, while making a sketch of the enemy’s position for his battery from an advanced observation post in a ruined church tower; _unm._ Buried Allenvale Cemetery, Aberdeen. The commanding officer, 8th Brigade of Heavy Artillery, in which he served, wrote: “I had a great personal liking for him and thought very highly of him, both professionally and as regards his general disposition and demeanour with his other brother officers and the men, who all liked him;” and the officer commanding his battery wrote: “I shall never forget your boy, either for his own personal qualities or for what he had done for the battery.”
[Illustration: =Robert H. Williamson.=]
=WILLINGALE, SIDNEY GEORGE=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 197386, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WILLIS, GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po./12561, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WILLIS, THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3672), 160183, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WILLIS, WILLIAM BRIAN DE LAVAL=, Corpl., No. 12289, 3rd Auckland Regt. (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own), New Zealand Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of the Ven. William Newcombe de Laval Willis, formerly for 35 years Vicar of Cambridge and Archdeacon of Waikato, New Zealand, by his wife, Mary Agnes, dau. of the late G. H. Clarke, of Micheldever, Hants, England; _b._ the Vicarage, Cambridge, New Zealand, 17 May, 1888; educ. the Cambridge District High School and St. John’s Collegiate School, Auckland; entered the Survey Department of the New Zealand Government in Feb. 1906. When war broke out in Aug. 1914, he obtained leave to temporarily resign his post and enlisted as a Private in the 3rd Auckland Regt., of which he was immediately made Corpl. He left New Zealand with the First Expeditionary Force 16 Oct. 1914, took
## part in the repulse of the Turkish attack on the Suez Canal in Feb.
1915, and in the landing at Gaba Tepe on April 25 and for 10 days was in the thick of the fight. On May 5 when re-embarking with 400 others for Cape Helles he was shot in the lungs. After considerable delay he reached Alexandria on 10 May, but died at the Deaconess Hospital there two days later; _unm._ He was buried in the Military Cemetery at Alexandria. His Colonel (Plugge) was near him when wounded, and helped temporarily to dress his wounds. Writing subsequently, he described him as “an ideal soldier, and as plucky as could be,” and said also that “he had done magnificent work.” One of his comrades wrote: “You would feel proud if you could hear the way all his men spoke of him, and they all said the same.” The Prime Minister of New Zealand writing as Minister of Lands said, “As an officer of the Lands and Survey Department he showed the greatest promise, and his assiduity to his responsible duties occasions a great loss not only to the Public Service, but also to the Dominion.” The Under-Secretary wrote also “His record in the Department was of the highest.” In the district in which he was last engaged in survey work, a public movement was made, and a memorial brass erected in the Manganui Hospital, and a number of beds attached to the Memorial.
[Illustration: =W. B. De Laval Willis.=]
=WILLS, GEORGE EDWARD LEONARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11282, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=EARDLEY-WILMOT, FREDERICK LAWRENCE=, Lieut., Princess Patricia’s Canadian L.I., only _s._ of Col. Arthur Eardley-Wilmot, of Westernlea, Westward Ho! and Hales Hall, Cheadle, co. Staffordshire, late R.F.A., by his wife, Mary Blanche, only dau. of Clement Thomas Sneyd-Kynnersley, of Loxley Park, and Highfields, co. Stafford, and grandson of Major-Gen. Frederick Marrow Eardley-Wilmot, R.A. [2nd son of Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, 1st Bart.]; _b._ Portsmouth, 25 Feb. 1895; educ. Cheltenham and Toronto University (Oct. 1913 to Aug. 1914); volunteered on the outbreak of war and was gazetted Lieut., P.P.C.L.I. 22 Sept. 1914; came over with the first contingent in Oct. 1914; was appointed Machine Gun Officer, Feb.; went to France when his regt. joined the 20th Brigade (27th Division), and was killed in action in the trenches at St. Eloi, 18 March, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =F. L. Eardley-Wilmot.=]
=WILMSHURST, WILLIAM JESSE=, Driver, No. 826, 1/3rd Kent (Fortress) Royal Engineers (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Jesse Wilmshurst, of 15, Standen Street, St. John’s, Tunbridge Wells, Engine Steerer for Kelsey’s, brewers, by his wife, Catherine, dau. of Charles Hallett; _b._ Tunbridge Wells, 3 Sept. 1895; educ. at St. John’s Boys’ School there; was working at Kelsey’s, brewers, when mobilised; joined the Kent (Fortress) R.E. Oct. 1911; left England for the Dardanelles, and was drowned on H.M.S. Hythe, 28 Oct. 1915, when that ship was sunk in the Ægean Sea; _unm._ Major Ruston, himself saved from the ship, wrote: “The whole event was so sudden and so unexpected, and the time the Hythe remained afloat after the collision was so short, that it is practically impossible to say what happened to individual men. Many of the drivers must have been injured in the collision, as the other vessel struck their part of our vessel, and brought down our foremast.... From what I know of the drivers, and your son in particular, I am sure he died bravely.” His brother, Albert Edward Wilmshurst, was also on the Hythe, but was rescued.
[Illustration: =William Jesse Wilmshurst.=]
=WILSON, ALBERT PATTERSON=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6304), 224462, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=WILSON, ALLAN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9740), 205388, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WILSON, DOUGLAS HENRY VERNON=, Lieut., R.N., H.M.S. Bulwark, yst. _s._ of the late Charles Pooley Wilson, formerly Lieut. Indian Navy, and Principal Officer of the Board of Trade, London District, by his wife, Claudia Wilson (Highland Road, Upper Norwood, S.E.), dau. of James T. Secretan; _b._ Upper Norwood, 19 Dec. 1885; educ. Dulwich College and H.M.S. Britannia (where he won Champion Featherweight Cup in Boxing, Aug. 1901); entered the Navy as a Naval Cadet on H.M.S. Formidable, 15 Sept. 1901, became Midshipman, 30 Nov. 1901; Sub-Lieut. 30 April, 1905; and Lieut. 1 Oct. 1907; served the whole of her first commission on H.M.S. Formidable on Mediterranean Station; when Lieut. on H.M.S. Venus attended Mr. Winston Churchill as A.D.C. to Mombasa, and on the same ship went to Quebec for the Tercentenary Festival in 1908; appointed to H.M.S. Glory 30 Oct. 1913; transferred to H.M.S. Bulwark 29 July, 1914; and was lost when that ship was blown up off Sheerness on the morning of 26 Nov. following. He _m._ at Weymouth, 17 Oct. 1914, Evelyn Maud, dau. of Thomas Charles Hooman, of Lilliput, Dorset; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Douglas H. V. Wilson.=]
=WILSON, EDWARD HENRY=, Rifleman, No. 2056, 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Henry Edward Wilson, of 45, Durham Road, East Finchley, by his wife, Alice, dau. of Robert Pritty; _b._ Tufnell Park, N., 17 May, 1895; educ. Owen’s School, Islington, and on leaving school, entered the Head Office of the London City and Midland Bank; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Queen Victoria’s Rifles, Aug. 1914; left for France 4 Nov. following, being attached to the machine-gun section of his battn.; took part in the capture of Hill 60, when the machine-gun section of the Q.V.R.’s rendered excellent service; and was killed in action by shell fire near Wieltje, at the beginning of the Second Battle of Ypres, 24 April, 1915. Buried in the garden of a cottage 200 yards S.E. Battn. H.Q., Wieltje. His officer, Lieut. Brian Fargus, who was himself killed on New Year’s Day, wrote in Dec. 1914: “Wilson accompanies me voluntarily whenever I go out on a prowl round the lines or up to some dangerous point. He knows no fear and has turned himself into my bodyguard; he is a splendid fellow and I think no end of him.” And the Sergt. in charge of the machine-gun section wrote of his fearlessness of danger and conscientious attention to duty, and of the very good work he had done at Hill 60. He was a member of the Blackheath Harriers and had won a number of prizes at athletic meetings; he was also a keen cricketer and football player and an enthusiastic yachtsman.
[Illustration: =Edward Henry Wilson.=]
=WILSON, ENNIS NORMAN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9005), 196524, H.M.S. Cressy, lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WILSON, ERNEST=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16978, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WILSON, EWEN HOLMES HUMPHREY JAMES=, Lieut., 1st Battn. The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), only _s._ of the late James Humphrey Wilson, of Shona, Ayr, by his wife, Katherine Campbell, dau. of John Gordon MacMillan; _b._ Ayr, 18 June, 1892; educ. Harrow; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 14 Feb. 1912; and promoted Lieut. 16 May, 1914; left for France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, his battn. forming part of the 1st Brigade, and was killed in action at Sablonnières during the Battle of the Marne, 8 Sept, following; _unm._ Buried at Sablonnières. His Major wrote: “His Coy. will miss him, and so do we all, as he had endeared himself to all his brother officers and comrades,” and a corpl. in his platoon: “He died leading the men who adored him.” At Harrow he played cricket and football for his house, and was a Colour-Sergt. in the O.T.C. at Sandhurst.
[Illustration: =Ewen H. H. J. Wilson.=]
=WILSON, GEORGE=, Stoker, H.M.S Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WILSON, HARRY=, Private, No. 1278, 14th Battn. Australian Imperial Force; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles; killed in
## action, 27 April 1915.
=WILSON, HARRY=, Leading Seaman, 233319, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WILSON, HUGH STANLEY=, 2nd Lieut., 8th Battn. Worcestershire Regt. (T.F.), 4th _s._ of the Rev. James Maurice Wilson, D.D., Canon of Worcester, formerly Head Master of Clifton College, and afterwards Vicar of Rochdale and Archdeacon of Manchester, by his wife, Georgina Mary, dau. of the late Admiral John Talbot; _b._ at the School House, Clifton College, Bristol, 28 Nov. 1885; educ. Clifton College and King’s College, Cambridge; was an assistant Master at Rugby School; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the 8th Worcesters as a Private in Aug. 1914; was given a commission as 2nd Lieut., 29 Oct. following, and was killed in action in France, 14 Sept. 1915. Buried in the English Military Cemetery, Hébuterne, Pas de Calais, France; _unm._
=WILSON, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10493), S.S. 108189, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of James Wilson, of 63, Britannia Street, Belfast; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WILSON, JOHN=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. 15442), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=WILSON, JOHN JOSEPH DEXTER=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27512 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Joseph Wilson, of 22, High Street, Waterloo, Pilsley, co. Derby; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WILSON, ROBERT=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ports. 7473, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WILSON, ROBERT SYM=, Capt., 1st Battn. Seaforth Highlanders, eldest _s._ of the late Andrew Hay Wilson, Agent, Royal Bank of Scotland, Leith, by his wife, Anne Wood (11, Drummond Place, Edinburgh), dau. of Christopher Wood, of Leith; _b._ Leith, 17 Nov. 1876; educ. Edinburgh Academy and Trinity College, Glenalmond, Perth; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st Seaforth Highlanders from the Militia, Dec 1897, and promoted Lieut. 9 Dec. 1899, and Capt. 11 April, 1902; served through the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in the advance on Kimberley, including action at Magersfontein (wounded); the operations in the Orange Free State, May 8 to Jan. 1901, and Jan. to March, 1902; those in the Cape Colony, Feb. and March, 1901, and Aug. 1901 to Jan. 1902, and in the Transvaal March to Aug. 1901, and March 31 to May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps and King’s medal with two clasps). Between 1907 and 1910 he was employed as Adjutant, first to the Volunteers and afterwards to the Territorial Force. On the outbreak of war Capt. Wilson was in India with his battn. He sailed for France with the Dehra Dun Brigade (Meerut Division) of the Indian Expeditionary Force in Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 8 Nov. following. He _m._ at Murrayfield, Midlothian, 5 Nov 1902, Harriet Evelyn (Hawthornbank, Murrayfield), 2nd dau. of the late Alfred William Pearce, of Broughty Ferry, and had three children: Andrew Ripley, _b._ 13 Jan. 1904; Ronald Christopher, _b._ 15 May, 1905; and Marjorie Anne, _b._ 25 July, 1912.
=WILSON, SAMUEL OLSON=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9787), S.S. 2446, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WILSON, WILFRED=, A.B., 212496, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BOWES-WILSON, GEORGE HUTTON=, Capt., 4th Battn. The Yorkshire Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Thomas Bowes-Wilson, of Enterpen Hall, Hutton Rudby, Yorkshire; _b._ Newcastle-on-Tyne, 26 April, 1877; educ. Clifton College, and New College, Oxford (B.A.); joined the 4th Territorial Battn. of the Yorkshires from the Volunteers on the organisation of the Territorial Force in 1907, and was promoted Capt. 1 March, 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; and was killed in action, near Ypres, 17 June, 1915. Buried at Vlamertinghe. He _m._ at St. Peter’s Church, Harrogate, 29 Sept. 1908, Nora Dulcie, only child of the late Herbert Linney, and had a son, Maurice Desmond, _b._ 6 June, 1912, _d._ 17 March, 1915.
=WIMHURST, ARTHUR DANIEL=, Stoker, 1st Class, 364229, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WIMSETT, FREDERICK THOMAS=, Private, No. 2280, 83rd Field Ambulance, 27th Division, R.A.M.C. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of William George Wimsett, of 2, Hilda Terrace, Ham Hill, Snodland, co. Kent., by his wife, Emma, dau. of Richard May; _b._ Larkfield, 10 Dec. 1896; educ. Snodland National School; was working at Snodland Paper Mill; joined the Territorials 2 July, 1914, and was at his first training camp on Salisbury Plain when they were ordered to return, owing to the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914. He immediately volunteered for foreign service, trained at Maidstone, Canterbury, Sittingbourne and Windsor; went to France, 6 March, 1915, and died in No. 11 General Hospital, Boulogne, 13 May, 1915, from a wound in the head, received while picking up the wounded on the 11th. He was buried in the English part of the Cemetery there.
[Illustration: =Frederick T. Wimsett.=]
=WINDEBANK, ROBERT PERCY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4075), 190016, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WINFIELD, STUART JAMES=, L.-Corpl., No. 9956, 1st Battn. East Kent Regt. (The Buffs), _s._ of James Stratton Winfield, of 17, Boden Road, Gillingham; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 18 Oct. 1914.
=WINDLE, JOHN=, Officers’ Steward, 1st Class, L. 2085, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WING, MATTHEW=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2016), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WINGATE, THOMAS PATERSON=, Capt., 2nd Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, only _s._ of the late Paterson Wingate, of Glasgow, Shipbuilder, by his wife, Jessie Crawford (18, Westbourne Terrace, Glasgow), dau. of John Bruce Murray, of Glasgow; _b._ Woodcroft, Glasgow, 7 Feb. 1877; educ. Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow, and Glasgow University (B.Sc. 1899); gazetted 2nd Lieut. to 2nd King’s Own Scottish Borderers, then in India, 4 May, 1898, and promoted Lieut. 21 April, 1900, and Capt. 24 Jan. 1906; served in the South African War, 1899–1902, with the King’s Royal Rifle Corps; took part in the operations in Natal, 1899, including actions at Rietfontein and Lombard’s Kop; the defence of Ladysmith, including action on 6 Jan. 1900; operations in Natal, March-June, 1900; in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to 29 Nov. 1900, and in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900, to March, 1901; and was Railway Staff Officer (graded Staff Lieut.), 4 May, 1900, to 4 May, 1901, and Military Landing Officer (graded Staff Capt.), 5 Sept. 1901, to 30 June, 1903 (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 8 Feb. 1901], Queen’s medal with two clasps and King’s medal with two clasps). At the close of the war he joined his regt. in India and returned with it to Glasgow; and from 9 March, 1912, to 9 March, 1915, was Adjutant to the 3rd (Reserve) Battn. at the Depôt, Berwick-on-Tweed, and after mobilisation in Aug. 1914, at Portland. He went to France, 16 March, 1915, in charge of a draft for the 2nd Battn., which had formed part of the first Expeditionary Force (13th Brigade, 5th Division), and was killed in action at Hill 60, 18 April, 1915, the day after the 2nd King’s Own Scottish Borderers and the 1st West Kents had stormed the Hill; _unm._ Col. Sladen, D.S.O., commanding 2nd King’s Own Scottish Borderers, himself wounded on this occasion, wrote: “He was such a brilliant soldier and such a good comrade in every way. His loss is a great loss to the regt., and the Army can ill afford to lose such as he was. Hill 60 has indeed taken a heavy toll of this regt.” And the following appeared in the Regimental Orders, 23 April, 1915: “It is with very great regret that the commanding officer has to announce to the battn. the death of Captain T. P. Wingate, the late Adjutant, who was killed in action on 18 April, 1915. In his magnificent soldierly qualities and his self-sacrificing devotion to duty the late Capt. Wingate has set a standard which all ranks may well endeavour to attain.”
[Illustration: =Thomas Paterson Wingate.=]
=WINGFIELD, JOSEPH=, Stoker, 1st Class, 310594, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WINKS, LAWRENCE=, Sergt., No. 11/457, 2nd Wellington Mounted Rifles, 5th _s._ of John Winks, of Hawera, New Zealand, by his wife, Mary Jane Amon, who was a dau. of the late Thomas Amon, of Rangitikei, N.Z.; _b._ Hawera, 19 Dec. 1891; educ. Normanby; enlisted the day following the declaration of war, 6 Aug. 1914, and died 6 June 1915, of wounds received in action during the fighting at No. 3 Port, Gallipoli, on 31 May; _unm._
[Illustration: =Lawrence Winks.=]
=WINKWORTH, HARRY=, Chief Ship’s Cook, 176650, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Stephen Winkworth, of 17, St. Clement Street, Winchester; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WINMILL, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 4702, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WINN, ARTHUR=, Capt., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 2nd. Suffolk Regt., only _s._ of Arthur Thomas Winn, of the Uplands, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, Barrister-at-Law, Middle Temple, by his wife, Constance, dau. of Henry Hicks, of Weybridge, Surrey; _b._ Ewell, co. Surrey, 13 April, 1884; educ. Eton; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Suffolk Territorials, April, 1902, and promoted Lieut., and Capt. 23 Aug. 1913; volunteered on the outbreak of war; went to France, Aug. 1914, attd. to the 2nd Suffolks, and was killed in action near Soissons, 9 Sept. 1914; _unm._
=WINN, ROBERT CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9831), 213622, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WINN, THOMAS=, Private, No. 12897, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Thomas Henry Winn, by his wife, Selina Harriet; _b._ 1873; enlisted 28 Sept. 1914, and died 29 June, 1915, in No. 23 General Hospital, Etables, of wounds received in action at France. He _m._ at St. Mark’s, Bow, E., 4 June, 1899, Emma (137, High Street, Homerton), dau. of Walter Elson, and had five children: Henry, _b._ 27 Jan. 1905; Selena, _b._ 12 Aug. 1902; Alice, _b._ 26 Jan. 1907; Martha, _b._ 6 Aug. 1909; and Caroline, _b._ 2 June, 1913, and _d._ 29 June, 1915.
[Illustration: =Thomas Winn.=]
=WINSHIP, ERNEST=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 25790, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WINSHIP, JOHN=, Stoker (R.N.R.), V. 282, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=WINTER, WILLIAM=, A.B., 230420, H.M.S. Aboukir, lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WINTERBOTTOM, JACK HUDSON=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26734 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WINTERSON, GEORGE=, Private, No. 9876, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Thomas Winterson, of Weir Cottages, Chirton, near Devizes, by his wife, Ann; _b._ Chirton, co. Wilts, 8 Oct. 1894; educ. Patney School there; enlisted in the 3rd Battn., Wiltshire Regt. in 1910; transferred to the Coldstreams, 6 Dec. 1912; went to France 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Rentel, Belgium, 5 Nov. following. Buried there. He _m._ at Holy Trinity Church, Windsor, 7 July, 1914, Minnie Jane (75, Hatherley Road, Reading, Berks), dau. of William Collyer, and had a son, Frederick Williams, _b._ 12 July, 1915.
[Illustration: =George Winterson.=]
=WINTON, ALBERT EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6841), 194785, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=WINTON, JOHN=, L.-Corpl., No. 9376, 2nd Battn., East Yorkshire Regt., eldest _s._ of John Winton, of East Ferring, Worthing, Council Labourer, by his wife, Charlotte, dau. of Charles Pelham, of Angmering; _b._ Sutton, co. Sussex, 25 Feb. 1886; educ. Ferring Church of England School; was a Barman and Nurseryman; enlisted in Dec. 1909; served in India 1912–14; was recalled with his Regt. to England after the outbreak of the European War; arrived in England on Christmas Eve; went to France, 17 Jan. 1915, and was promoted L.-Corpl., previous to being killed in action, 22 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Winton.=]
=WINWOOD, GEORGE=, A.B., J. 2550, H.M.S. Arethusa; killed in
## action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=WINWOOD, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4966), S.S. 1786, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WIRE, JOHN BERTRAM=, Private, No. 2047, 11th Battn., Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of John Benjamin Wire, of 35, Borthwick Road, Stratford, co. Essex, retired Builder; by his wife, Eliza, dau. of Nicholas (and Grace) Oldreive; _b._ Stratford, co. Essex; educ. Commercial and Civil Service College, Forest Gate, and emigrated to Australia in Sept. 1907, where he had two years training at the Australian Government College for Agriculturists. On the outbreak of war he gave up his farm of 420 acres; enlisted in the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force; left for Egypt in April; went to the Dardanelles in June, and was killed in action in a bayonet charge 1 Aug. 1915, his battn. having been ordered by Lieut.-General Birdwood to clear the trenches opposite Tasmania Post. Buried at the rear of the battn. lines next to his Lieut.; _unm._ Private Wire gained distinction at the West Ham Technical Institute in Bookkeeping and a 1st Class Certificate from the Society of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce, of London.
[Illustration: =John B. Wire.=]
=WISE, ARTHUR ERNEST=, Steward, H.M. trawler Argyll, _s._ of the late Robert Wise, of Gainsborough; _b._ Newport, Isle of Wight, 30 Nov. 1873; educ. Bristol; joined H.M. cutter Argyll, 5 March, 1915, and was lost when she was torpedoed, 15 June, 1915. He _m._ at Bristol, 7 Aug. 1893, Maude (1, Auckland Terrace, Gillett Street, Hessle Road, Hull), dau. of the late Frank Lewis; _s.p._
=WISEMAN, PHILIP JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4902), 204779, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WITTER, JAMES=, Private, No. 742, 11th Battn. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Andrew Witter, of Kiltyferagle, Cloghan, co. Donegal, Farmer, by his wife, Mary, dau. of John McDermott; _b._ Kiltyferagle, 9 May. 1887; educ. Cloghan National School; went to Australia, 11 May, 1911; worked on the gold fields; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, Aug. 1914; left for Egypt in Nov.; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and died on 26 May, 1915, of wounds received in action there; _unm._ His Company Commander wrote: “He had been in my company from its inception and I found him a fine reliable soldier, full of pluck and good nature. He was wounded in the trenches by a shell, and although he received prompt attention, it seems that he was too badly hit to recover. My company formed part of the first landing force of 1,500 men, and your son took
## part in this action. You have read the reports in the papers, and from
that you can see what each man had to put up with. Some of my men informed me that during the first few days he carried several men under fire. Unfortunately he has lost his own life. Still you can look with pride on his record, which was a good one indeed.”
[Illustration: =James Witter.=]
=WOGAN, JOHN HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3770), S.S. 101411, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WOLSELEY, WILLIAM SPENCER JOSEPH=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. East Lancashire Regt., 6th _s._ of Edward Talbot Wolseley, of Maryland, Ascot, formerly Capt. 3rd Staffordshire Militia, by his wife, Florence Mary, 3rd dau. of Edward Joseph Weld, of Lulworth Castle, Dorset, and nephew of Sir Charles Michael Wolseley, of Wolseley, 9th Bart.; _b._ Holme Chase, Weybridge, co. Surrey, 23 March, 1886; educ. St. Augustine’s College, Ramsgate; went to Canada in March, 1913, but on the outbreak of war came home and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. from the Reserve of Officers to the 3rd Battn. East Lancashires, 15 Aug. 1914. He went to France with his regt. on 15 Feb. 1915, and was killed in
## action at Neuve Chapelle, 10 March, 1915; _unm._ His yst. brother,
Robert Francis Joseph, who was commissioned in the same battn. at the same time, was wounded at Ploegsteert on 4 Feb. 1915, and his 2nd brother, Hubert Joseph, was killed in action at Elandslaagte, during the South African War, 27 Oct. 1899, while serving with the Imperial Light Horse.
[Illustration: =William S. J. Wolseley.=]
=WOLSTENHOLME, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109673, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WOMBWELL, ROBERT BERTIE=, Sergt., No. 8207, 2nd Battn. Suffolk Regt., 2nd _s._ of Robert Wombwell, of Lower Holbrook, Ipswich, Hay Binder, by his wife, Elizabeth Louise, dau. of William Buttle; _b._ Holbrook, co. Suffolk, 16 March, 1892; educ. there; enlisted in 1910; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, Aug. 1914; served through the retreat from Mons, and was killed in action, 25 Nov. 1914; _unm._ His Chief Officer, Capt. V. C. de Crespigny, wrote: “He was a brave man and died a soldier’s death, and I cannot say how sorry we all are. He had had narrow escapes, having had amongst other things, a bullet through his clothes, and as his Company Commander I knew him well. Good men such as he are scarce. When sick before, he refused to go to hospital till ordered to do so.”
[Illustration: =Robert Bertie Wombwell.=]
=WOOD, ALFRED JOSEPH=, Private, No. 1817, 2/9th Battn. Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Arthur Henry Wood, of 29, Devonshire Road, Pinner Road, Harrow, Civil Servant, by his wife, Ellen Elizabeth, dau. of Alfred Brown of Roxeth, Harrow; _b._ Finsbury Park, London, 17 June, 1895; educ. Lower School of John Lyon, Harrow; was a Dental Mechanic; enlisted after the outbreak of war, 31 Aug. 1914; trained at Sittingbourne, was attd. 2/10th Middlesex, went to the Dardanelles, 18 July, 1915; took part in the heavy fighting at Suvla Bay during Sept. 1915, and died in Alexandria Government Hospital, 16 Oct. from dysentery, contracted after six weeks in the trenches; _unm._ He was buried at Chatby Cemetery, Alexandria.
[Illustration: =Alfred Joseph Wood.=]
=WOOD, ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER=, Plumber’s Mate, M. 5490, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WOOD, CHARLES EDMUND=, Capt. and Adjutant, 1st Battn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, yr. _s._ of Edward John Wedg Wood, of Meece House, near Stone, Staffordshire, by his wife, Lettice, 3rd dau. of the late Charles Challinor, of Basford; _b._ Watford, co. Herts, 23 Dec. 1884; educ. at Elstree Hall, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffs., Harrow and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 8 Jan. 1905, and promoted Lieut. 27 Nov. 1909, and Capt. 11 April, 1913, and was Adjutant to the 5th (Territorial) Battn. at Flint from 20 Oct. 1913 to Nov. 1914, when he left for France to join his own battn., which formed part of the 22nd Infantry Brigade, 7th Division, under General Sir Thomson Capper. He was acting Adjutant and 2nd in Command at the time of his death, and was killed in action at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried at Fauquissart, near Laventie. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatches of 31 May, 1915, being incorrectly described there as of the 2nd Battn. Capt. Wood was a keen and zealous officer, well spoken of by his Divisional General and all who came in contact with him. He was well known in the hunting field with the North Staffordshire and other packs.
[Illustration: =Charles Edmund Wood.=]
=WOOD, CHARLES WILLIAM=, A.B., J. 11863, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WOOD, EDGAR ADRIAN=, Signalman (R.F.R., B. 2104), 206288, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WOOD, FRANK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10376), 204911, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WOOD, GEORGE DOUGLAS HARRY=, Midshipman, Royal Naval Reserve, and A.D.C. to Capt. Kennedy, H.M.S. India, yr. _s._ of the late George Wood, of Gordon Terrace, Edinburgh, Wholesale Boot Factor, by his wife, Annie Champion (9, Fountainhall Road, Edinburgh), dau. of Capt. William Bastard, of Padstow, Cornwall; _b._ Edinburgh, 7 Dec. 1897; educ. Edinburgh Academy and H.M.S. Conway; was appointed Midshipman (temp.), R.N.R., 24 March, 1915, and posted to H.M.S. India, and was lost when that ship was sunk in the North Sea, 8 Aug. 1915.
[Illustration: =George Douglas H. Wood.=]
=WOOD, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9617), S.S. 106983, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WOOD, HARRY=, Private, No. 5562, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards, _s._ of John Wood, Cloth Drawer, by his wife, Emma, dau. of James Broxombe; _b._ Burley, Leeds; educ. Church Schools there; enlisted 31 Aug. 1904; passed into the Reserve, 1907, then went into the Police Force, North Riding, at South Bank; was called up on mobilisation; went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug.; was wounded at the Aisne, 14 Sept., and was home for six months, returned to the Front 19 April, 1915; was again wounded at the Battle of Festubert, and died at No. 13 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 19 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at Festubert two days previously. He was buried at Boulogne. Private Wood _m._ at Middlesbrough, 1908, Edith Mary Ellen (4, Rockcliff Street, Ventnor Street, Kirkstall Road, Leeds), dau. of John Hughes, and had three children: John Henry, _b._ 26 Oct. 1908; Rowland George, _b._ 11 Feb. 1912; and Ivy, _b._ .. June, 1910.
[Illustration: =Harry Wood.=]
=WOOD, JAMES MACGREGOR=, Private, No. 7941, 2nd Battn. The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, eldest _s._ of James Wood, of 11, Maxwell Street, Edinburgh, by his wife, Emily Mary, dau. of William Fraser, of New York; _b._ Edinburgh, 20 July, 1882; educ. North Merchiston, South Morningside and Bruntsfield Board School there; joined the 3rd Royal Scots, was for some time in the 8th Provisional Battn. of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, joining the 1st Battn. in Jan. 1900. He was three years with the Colours, then passed into the Reserve and was a Postman at the G.P.O. in Edinburgh when war was declared; went to the Front in Aug. 1914, with the 2nd Battn., and was killed in action at Ploegsteert, 10 Nov. 1914. He was a member of St. Matthew’s Parish Church, Edinburgh. Wood _m._ at Morningside, 4 Oct. 1909, Martha (25, Stewart Terrace, Edinburgh), dau. of Patrick Currie, of Ballymena, co. Down, and had two children: James, _b._ 27 March, 1911; and Robert MacGregor, _b._ Sept. _d._ Oct. 1912.
[Illustration: =James MacGregor Wood.=]
=WOOD, JOHN=, Chief Stoker, 279879, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WOOD, JOSEPH=, Acting Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 4528), 305734, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WOOD, LEOFRIC=, Private, No. 2049, 11th Battn. 3rd Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, 4th _s._ of Frederic Wood, of Wrington, co. Somerset, Solicitor, by his wife, Amy Elizabeth, dau. of George Pizey, late of Clevedon, Somerset, M.R.C.S.; _b._ Wrington, 22 Aug. 1894; educ. Clarence School, Weston-super-Mare; was for some time in the Accountant’s Office of the British Imperial Tobacco Co. at Bedminster, but in April, 1912, went out to Western Australia; volunteered after the outbreak of war, and enlisted in the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, 27 Jan. 1915, did three months’ training at Perth; sailed for Fremantle with the 5th reinforcement for the 11th Battn. in April, arrived at Cairo towards the end of May, and landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula 15 June, and after six weeks in the trenches died from dysentery, 2 Aug. 1915; _unm._ Three of his brothers are with the Colours, Dubric as a motor-cyclist despatch rider, with the Expeditionary Force in France, Godric with the R.E., in France, and Wilgric, O.T.C., Bristol, and a fourth brother, Yetric Wood, is a Midshipman R.N.R., training on H.M.S. Excellent at Portsmouth.
[Illustration: =Leofric Wood.=]
=WOOD, ROBERT=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., A. 1933), 161053, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WOOD, THOMAS=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 9935), 215158, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct 1914.
=WOOD, WILLIAM=, Corpl., No. 2300, 1/17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Arthur Wood, of 260, Oxford Street, Stepney, E., Bricklayer, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of the late William Whale; _b._ Mile End Road, London, E., 12 Nov. 1894; educ. Trafalgar Square, White Horse Lane, and Cooper’s Company School, Bow; was a Clerk at C. & E. Morton’s, Ltd., Milwall; enlisted, 1 Sept. 1914; went to France in March, 1915, and was killed in action in the attack on Hill 70 during the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; _unm._ The Sergt. of his platoon wrote of him saying that “he fought like a man until the end, and was cheerful throughout.” While at school he won the Junior County Scholarship 1906, and passed the Oxford Senior Local Exam. at the age of 16.
[Illustration: =William Wood.=]
=CARTER-WOOD, JOSEPH ALLAN=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, only _s._ of Joseph Edmund Carter-Wood, of Skinburness Tower, Silloth, co. Cumberland, by his wife, Evelyn Alice, dau. of Brig.-Gen. Alexander William Adair, of Heatherton Park, Somerset, late Coldstream Guards, who served in the Crimea; _b._ London, 3 Nov. 1884; educ. at Mr. Burgess’ School, Epsom, and Uppingham; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Coldstream Guards, 10 Oct. 1914, and promoted Lieut.; went to the Front, 22 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Cuinchy, 1 Feb. 1915; _unm._ Buried in the military graveyard there. His Commanding Officer, Col. Pereira, wrote: “Your son had only been in the battn. about a week, but in that short time his company commander, Capt. Leigh-Bennett, had found him a most useful and invaluable officer”; and Col. R. Drummond Hay: “For even though your boy had been in the regt. such a short time he had shown what good metal he was made of, and in spite of his health was already a very valuable addition to our strength. Some few of our youngsters showed themselves born soldiers from the first, and he was one of the few.” Lieut. Carter-Wood was a good landscape painter, and had had several pictures hung in the Royal Academy and other exhibitions; he was also a keen fisherman and game shot.
[Illustration: =Joseph A. Carter-Wood.=]
=WOODFORD, WILLIAM THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2050), 205828, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WOODGATE, CHARLES ARTHUR=, R.N.R., Skipper, 217 W.S.A., H.M. steam-drifter Linsdell; reported missing after the sinking of the Linsdell by a mine, 30 miles off the East Coast, 3 Sept. 1914.
=WOODHOUSE, GEORGE=, A.B., J. 10624, H.M.S. Laurel; killed in
## action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=WOODLAND, HERBERT EDWIN=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26779, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WOODNUTT, GEORGE HENRY=, Private, No. 11559, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of George Woodnutt, of 16, Brewer Street, Brighton; _b._ co. Sussex; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 4 March, 1915. Buried 500 yards past the Le Touret turning on right of Bethune-Richebourg Road _via_ Rue du Bois; _unm._
=WOODROFF, HENRY=, Private, No. 1426, 1 Coy. 14th Battn. 4th Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of the late James Woodroff by his wife, Jessie Sarah (27 E Block, Peabody Buildings, Shadwell, E.), dau. of James Maclachlan; _b._ Stepney, 12 April, 1883; educ. Broad Street School, Ratcliffe, E. Was employed for some years at a cork manufacturers, afterwards went to Australia, where he worked in an iron foundry. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force, 29 Nov. 1914, and died of fever, in the Base Hospital, Egypt, 19 July, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Henry Woodroff.=]
=WOODROFFE, KENNETH HERBERT CLAYTON=, Lieut., 6th Battn. Rifle Brigade, attd. 2nd Battn. The Welsh Regt., 3rd _s._ of Henry Long Woodroffe, of Thorpewood, Branksome Avenue, Bournemouth, by his wife, Clara, 3rd dau. of the late Henry Clayton; _b._ Lewes, co. Sussex, 9 Dec. 1892; educ. Rose Hill School, Banstead, Marlborough College, and Pembroke College, Cambridge (Classical Exhibitioner); obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Cambridge University O.T.C. Oct. 1912, and was gazetted to the 6th Rifle Brigade, 15 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. April, 1915; went to France early in Nov., being attd. at the Front to the 2nd Welsh, and was killed in action during an attack on the German trenches at Neuve Chapelle, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ He was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 5 April-31 May [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915]. Capt. Gilbey wrote: “Your son was killed yesterday in an attack near Neuve Chapelle. He was with the leading platoon, and was the man to get nearer the German front line trenches than any other. He was killed in the way that every soldier would wish to be killed, leading his platoon gallantly in the attack. His death was quite instantaneous; he was shot through the head. By his death I personally have lost a very good and true friend, and the regt. a fine and most gallant officer. At Festubert before Christmas he commanded one of our companies in an attack with great success, for which his name was included in our list of recommendations sent in to the Brigade. Later at Givenchy, against the German attack on 25 Jan., he brought up his platoon under heavy fire, leading his men most gallantly.” At Marlborough College he was Senior Prefect. Capt. of the O.T.C., Athletic Champion, member (Capt. 1912) of the cricket XI, 1909–12; football XV and hockey XI. In his school days he was a good bat as well as bowler, and it was his all-round cricket and leadership that turned the match at Lord’s against Rugby in 1912. When he went to Cambridge he was more or less content to concentrate his cricket on his bowling. It is exacting work to bowl on those plumb wickets at Fenner’s, but the Hon. Harry Mullholland was satisfied with Woodroffe, and gave him his “Blue” as a freshman, 1913, and he took six wickets in his first (1913) Oxford and Cambridge match at Lord’s. He played cricket as fast bowler for Hants C.C.C. in 1912 _v._ South Africans (5 wickets); and for Sussex C.C.C. in 1914.
[Illustration: =Kenneth H. C. Woodroffe.=]
=WOODROFFE, LESLIE, M.C.=, Capt., The Rifle Brigade, 2nd _s._ of Henry Long Woodroffe, of Thorpewood, Branksome Avenue, Bournemouth, by his wife, Clara, 3rd dau. of the late Henry Clayton; _b._ Lewes, co. Sussex, 17 Oct. 1885; educ. Junior House, Brighton College, Marlborough College, and University College, Oxford (Classical Scholar), and on leaving there became an assistant master at Shrewsbury School, where he remained until the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914. He had received a commission as Lieut. (unattd. List, T.F.), 1 July, 1910, and was in the Shrewsbury School O.T.C., and immediately volunteered for foreign service. He was gazetted Capt. 8th Rifle Brigade, 27 Dec. 1914; went to France in May, 1915; was severely wounded at Hooge in July, and was only able to return to his regt. 1 June, 1916; was again wounded on the day of his arrival, and died in hospital from these wounds on the 4th; _unm._ Buried near Bethune. He was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry in the field at Hooge, 1915. While at Marlborough College he was head of the school, and was in the cricket XI and football XV; at Oxford he took a first-class in Mods, and a second class in Lt. Hum. His two brothers, Kenneth and Sidney Woodroffe, V.C., were also killed in action (see their notices.)
[Illustration: =Leslie Woodroffe.=]
=WOODROFFE, SIDNEY CLAYTON, V.C.=, 2nd Lieut., 8th (Service) Battn. The Rifle Brigade, 4th and yst. _s._ of Henry Long Woodroffe, of Thorpewood, Branksome Avenue, Bournemouth, by his wife, Clara, dau. of the late Henry Clayton; _b._ Lewes, co. Sussex, 17 Dec. 1895; educ. Rose Hill School, Banstead; Marlborough College, gained a Classical Scholarship at Pembroke College, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 8th Rifle Brigade, 23 Dec. 1914; went to France 25 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Hooge, Flanders, 30 July, 1915; _unm._ He was awarded the Victoria Cross [London Gazette, 6 Sept. 1915] “For most conspicuous bravery on 30 July, 1915, at Hooge. The enemy having broken through the centre of our front trenches, consequent on the use of burning liquids, this officer’s position was heavily attacked with bombs from the flank and subsequently from the rear, but he managed to defend his post until all his bombs were exhausted, and then skilfully withdrew his remaining men. This very gallant officer immediately led his party forward in a counter-attack under an intense rifle and machine-gun fire, and was killed whilst in the act of cutting the wire obstacles in the open.” At Marlborough he was Senior Prefect, Capt. of the O.T.C., and member of the football XV (1912–13–14), hockey XI and cricket XI. Lieut.-Col. R. C. Maclachlan wrote: “Your younger boy was simply one of the bravest of the brave, and the work he did that day will stand out as a record hard to beat; later I will try to get you a more or less definite account. When the line was attacked and broken on his right he still held his trench, and only when the Germans were discovered to be in rear of him did he leave it. He then withdraw his remaining men very skilfully right away to a flank and worked his way alone back to me to report. He finally brought his command back and then took part in the counter-attack. He was killed out in front, in the open, cutting the wire to enable the attack to be continued. This is the bald statement of his part of that day’s action. He risked his life for others right through the day and finally gave it for the sake of his men. He was a splendid type of young officer, always bold as a lion, confident and sure of himself too. The loss he is to me personally is very great, as I had learnt to appreciate what a sterling fine lad he was. His men would have followed him anywhere.” His elder brothers, Lieut. K. H. C. Woodroffe and Captain L. Woodroffe, were both killed in action (see their notices).
[Illustration: =Sidney Clayton Woodroffe.=]
=WOODROFFE, WILLIAM JOHN=, Private, R.M.L.I., 8842 (R.F.R. Ch. B. 816), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WOODS, ARTHUR WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, Chatham, S.S. 105687, R.F.R., B. 8977, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=WOODS, BASIL HAMILTON=, 2nd Lieut., 1st East Lancs. Field Coy. Royal Engineers (T.F.), elder surviving _s._ of William Henry Woods, of Ravenstone, Hale, Cheshire, Mechanical Engineer, by his wife, Norah, dau. of Charles Greville Williams, F.R.S., F.C.S.; _b._ Chorlton-cum-Hardy, near Manchester, 18 Aug. 1891; educ. Repton School (where he was a Sergt. in the O.T.C.), and Oriel College, Oxford, was given a commission in the Reserve of Officers, which he resigned early in 1914 to take one in the East Lancashire Territorial Division, R.E., 16 April, 1914; went to Egypt with the East Lancashire Division in Sept. following, and was killed along with a number of N.C.Os. and men, 17 Dec. 1914, while on active service on the Suez Canal, by an explosion on a launch, supposed to be caused by a German mine, and was buried with full military honours in the Suez Cemetery.
[Illustration: =Basil Hamilton Woods.=]
=WOODS, CHARLES=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1676U, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WOODS, EDWARD WILFRED=, Signal Boy, J. 24461, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WOODS, MAURICE=, Seaman, R.N.R., 5005A, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WOODWARD, WILLIAM=, Private. R.M.L.I., Ch./11382, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WOODWARD, WILLIAM BERNARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4608), S.S. 103734, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WOOKEY, FREDERICK MAURICE=, A.R.C.S.I., 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal Irish Regt., only surviving _s._ of Frederick Wookey, of Weston Lodge, Leixlip, co. Dublin, J.P., a member of the firm of Wookey & Son, Ltd., Washed Flock Manufacturers, by his wife, Fanny, dau. of Colin McCalman; _b._ Rathmines, co. Dublin, 1 July, 1887; educ. privately; Campbell College, Belfast, where he won two scholarships; and the Royal College of Science, Dublin, passing in with a scholarship and obtaining the distinction of a pass “with credit” in 13 of the 16 examinations, and was awarded the Diploma of Associateship in the Faculty of Engineering. After this he went to Sir Howard Grubb’s for about a year, thence to the British Westinghouse Co., Manchester, for practical knowledge of all kinds of engineering, in order that he might qualify himself to take charge of his father’s factory, Electric Lighting, etc. Here he for some time worked for Mr. Bissett in the Large Machine Drawing Office, and was afterwards transferred to Production Department where he remained until 1913, when he returned to Leixlip. He was first Secretary and then Director of Wookey & Sons, but gave up everything when war was declared. He joined the O.T.C. about 6 Aug. and on Tuesday, 8 Sept. 1914, enlisted as a Motor Despatch Rider in the Reserve Signal Corps of the Royal Engineers, leaving for Chatham that day. He was given a commission at the Front, dated 14 Feb. 1915, and learning from his Commanding Officer that they wanted to fill up the gaps caused by casualties he joined the 1st Battn. of the Royal Irish, though he could have come home for training either in the Artillery or Royal Engineers. He was fatally wounded, when leading his company at St. Eloi on 15 March, 1915, after his Commanding Officer, Col. Forbes, had been wounded at Cross Roads, and died at No. 2 Clearing Hospital, Bailleul, on Friday the 19th. He was buried in the military portion of the cemetery there on Tuesday morning the 23rd; _unm._ Writing to his father the Acting Adjutant, Lieut. T. E. H. Taylor, said: “Two motives prompt me in writing to you concerning the death of your son, 2nd Lieut. F. M. Wookey. One is that I wish to do so in my official position as Adjutant (Acting) of this battn. and the other is that I wish to tell you how proud I am of the perfect coolness and gallantry with which your son advanced with his men, up that fir-swept street of St. Eloi, until he was wounded. In common with all old Campbell College boys, I am proud to be able to say I was a schoolfellow of your son’s. Your son was with “C” Coy.--Commanded by Major Lillie with another subaltern, called Gordon-Ralph. In the hurried rush into the village of St. Eloi, under a very heavy fire, our companies got very scattered. Major Lillie collected some of his company, and advanced to the assault. Your son, also, got together as many as he could, and went, at the head of his men, straight for the barrier held by the Germans. Our assault had to be made, straight up the street, in the face of a deadly fire from rifles and machine-guns, both in front and on our right flank. I was with the Commanding Officer, and helped him to a place of safety when he was wounded, during which time the assault had advanced further up the street. When I returned from carrying Col. Forbes back to safety, I found that the assault had been checked by the enemy’s fire. We had then reached to within 30 yards of the enemy’s barricades, but all in front had been either killed or wounded, and those who could do so proceeded to occupy the houses on both sides of the street. In this first rush Major Lillie was killed--also Lieuts. Fottrell and Ford, and your son was severely wounded--evidently by machine-gun fire--in the legs. I did not see him, myself, but this was reported to me by a survivor who returned, and had seen your son fall. No one could get up to the killed and wounded, as the Germans kept up a heavy fire, and, by means of their flare lights, they could see the slightest move on our part. Just before dawn, on the 15th, some men who had got into a ruined house just opposite where your son fell, were able to get to him, and brought him in from the street behind the end of the house. He was then safe from the enemy’s fire. The poor fellow lay there all that day--no one could get back from that place with him. Next day the Germans allowed us to take back some of our wounded, and we brought him in to the dressing station, from where he was sent to No. 2 Clearing Hospital, Bailleul. I spoke to him, while he was being carried in, asked him how he felt, and he answered, in his quiet, cheery way, “These are great lads, to bring me back now.” He did not seem to be in any pain at all, in spite of one of his ankles being completely severed by the machine-gun fire. I went back later, to the dressing station to see him, and found that all his wounds had been dressed, and that he was sleeping peacefully on a stretcher. The doctors feared that the shock of his wounds would prove fatal, but hoped for the best. That was the last I saw of your son. I can realise what his loss means to you, and all his family. Our present Commanding Officer has asked me to try and express to you how very much we all sympathise with you in your sad bereavement. His death has been a most noble one. His example, which he set to the men who followed him that night, to almost certain death, was one of the features of the fight of which all of us are most proud.”
[Illustration: =Frederick M. Wookey.=]
=WOOLF, NATHAN=, Rifleman, No. 2520, 17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Morris Woolf, of 14, Lincoln Street, Bow, E.; _b._ Commercial Road, E., 5 Aug. 1894; educ. Jews’ Free School, Birmingham; joined the week after mobilisation; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action at Loos, 17 Sept. 1915: _unm._
[Illustration: =Nathan Woolf.=]
=WOOLLEY, GEORGE FRANK=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 7925, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WOOLLEY, WILLIAM ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1169), 279527, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WOOTTEN, ALFRED=, Private, No. 6995, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of the late Richard Wootten, of Somersham, by his wife, Rebecca, dau. of James Ruff, of Somersham; _b._ Somersham, co. Hunts, 14 July, 1885; educ. there; enlisted at Lincoln, 23 Oct. 1906, and after serving seven years with the Colours, was transferred to the Army Reserve, 23 Oct. 1913, with “Exemplary” character. On mobilisation he rejoined, 6 Aug. 1914, went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 9 Aug. 1914, and died in No. 4 Clearing Hospital at Braisne, 1 Oct. 1914, from wounds received in action at Troyon, on 29 Sept. during the Battle of the Aisne. Brig.-Gen. H. W. Studd, Coldstream Guards, wrote: “No more faithful, true, and gallant soldier gave his life for his country. He did his duty as a Guardsman and lived and died a Coldstreamer.” He _m._ at Stansted, Essex, 10 April, 1909, Florence (3, Gray Street, Manchester Square, W.), dau. of William Perry, of Stanstead, and had two children: Alfred Frank, _b._ 29 Nov. 1911; and Florence Pamela, _b._ 4 March, 1910.
[Illustration: =Alfred Wootten.=]
=WOOTTON, JAMES FREDERICK=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2522B, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WORDSWORTH, ALEXANDER GERALD=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Middlesex Regt., 5th _s._ of the Rev. John Wordsworth, Vicar of Allhallows, Mealsgate, Cumberland, and formerly a Capt. in the same regt., by his wife, Rose Geraldine, dau. of the Rev. Alexander Williams, M.A., Rector of Upcerne, Dorset; _b._ Gosforth Rectory, co. Cumberland, 28 Oct. 1880; educ. Charney Hall, Grange-over-Sands, and Loretto School, Musselburgh; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Middlesex from the Cumberland Militia, 29 Jan. 1902, and promoted Lieut. 4 May, 1904, and Capt. 6 March, 1912; and was Adjutant, 9 March, 1912, to 9 March, 1914; served in South Africa, 1902, took part in operations in Transvaal, May (Queen’s medal with three clasps), and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, from 7 Nov. to 6 Dec. 1914, on which day he was killed in action in the trenches near Laventie. Buried in the orchard of a farmhouse, La Flinque, near Laventie; _unm._
[Illustration: =Alexander G. Wordsworth.=]
=WORSFOLD, EDWARD=, Private, No. 2385, 2/4th Battn. Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of George Worsfold, of Thorley Cottage, Pyrford, near Woking, Cowman, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of Richard Woolger; was a Gardener; _b._ Pyrford aforesaid, 15 Nov. 1895; educ. Pyrford Council School; enlisted 10 Aug. 1914; left England for the Dardanelles July, and was killed in action there, 9 Aug. 1915; _unm._
=WORSFOLD, STEPHEN=, Private, No. 20175, Supery. Coy. 2/5th Battn. Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late William Worsfold, of Holmwood, Dorking, by his wife, Betsy Ann, dau. of (--). Tidy; _b._ South Holmwood, 4 Sept. 1871; educ. there; was a Gardener; served for sometime with the 2nd Vol. Battn. The Queen’s R.W. Surrey Volunteers; was called up after the outbreak of war, 19 Oct. 1914, with the Veteran Reserve, and died suddenly at Chilworth, 1 Jan. 1916, of syncope, while changing guard. He _m._ at Dorking, 26 Oct. 1901, Lilian Caroline (5, Cotmandene Square, Dorking, Surrey), yst. dau. of James Howard, of Dorking, and had five children: Stephen Noel, _b._ 25 Dec. 1912; Adelaide Lilian, _b._ 25 May, 1902; Gladys Emma, _b._ 2 Aug. 1904; Evelyn Louise, _b._ 27 Sept. 1906; and Norah Eileen, _b._ 12 April, 1915.
[Illustration: =Stephen Worsfold.=]
=WORSLEY, CHARLES SACKVILLE PELHAM, LORD=, Lieut., Royal Horse Guards (The Blues), eldest _s._ and heir of Charles, 4th Earl of Yarborough, P.C., by his wife, Marcia Amelia Mary, _suo jure_ 7th Baroness Fauconberg, and 13th Baroness Conyers; _b._ London, S.W., 14 Aug. 1887; educ. Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 5 Oct. 1907, and promoted Lieut. 6 Oct. 1908; was extra A.D.C. to Gen. Sir Douglas Haig, K.C.B., G.C.B., Aldershot command, from 1912 to 1913, when he rejoined his regt.; went to France with the Expeditionary Force in one of the special brigades, and was given the command of the machine-gun detachment, for which work he had been specially trained; and was killed in action at Zandvoorde, Flanders, 30 Oct. 1914. On this day the Germans attempted a general offensive on the whole front from Nieuport to Arras, and there was severe fighting to the south of Ypres, in which region Zandvoorde was one of the Allies’ _points d’appui_. After the engagement Lord Worsley was reported missing, and for some time was believed to be a prisoner, but later evidence of his death in action this day was received. He was gazetted Capt. after his death, 15 Nov. 1915. He _m._ at St. Margaret’s, Westminster, 31 Jan. 1911, the Hon. Alexandra Vivian, dau. of Hussey Crespigny, 3rd Baron Vivian P.C., G.C.M.G.; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Lord Worsley.=]
=WORTABET, JOHN CECIL=, Private, No. 1625, 9th Battn. 3rd Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, only _s._ of Emin Whiting Wortabet, of Babbacombe, Torquay, co. Devon, formerly an Official of the Imperial Ottoman Bank, by his wife, Emma Elizabeth (Marie), dau. of Michael Constantinidi, of Liverpool and Nicosia, Cyprus, and grandson of the late Dr. John Wortabet; _b._ Nicosia, Cyprus, 1 Nov. 1886; educ. The High School, Glasgow, and Bath College; and on leaving there in 1904, joined the Cairo Branch of the Imperial Ottoman Bank, but in 1909 went to Australia and settled in Queensland as an Assistant in a Station; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war, and joined the 9th Battn. A.I.F., left for Egypt with the third reinforcements, 13 Feb. 1915; went to the Dardanelles, 29 April, 1915, and died on the hospital ship Gascon, 14 May following, of wounds received in action at Gaba Tepe on the previous day; _unm._ He was a good shot and an accomplished horseman.
[Illustration: =John Cecil Wortabet.=]
=WORTH, JOHN ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9273), S.S. 106472, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WORTHINGTON, ARTHUR TOM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1316), 203289, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WRATTEN, WILLIAM HENRY=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24625, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WRAY, HERBERT JOHN=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 1647), 191296, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WRIGHT, ALBERT GEORGE=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class (R.F.R., B. 2091), 173141, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of James Wright, of Canewdon, near Rochford, co. Essex; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WRIGHT, ALLAN O’HALLORAN=, Capt. and Adjutant, 1st Battn. Royal Irish Rifles, yst. _s._ of the late Frederick Wright, Consul at Adelaide, by his wife, Frances Jane (Clanferzeal, Redhill, Surrey), dau. of the late Major Thomas Shuldham O’Halloran, 97th Regt.; _b._ Adelaide, South Australia, 27 April, 1886; educ. St. Peter’s College, Adelaide, and Bedford Grammar School; served some time in the Bedfordshire Royal Engineers (Volunteers), and joined the Sussex Royal Garrison Artillery (Militia) in 1903, was promoted Lieut. 1905, and entered the regular army as 2nd Lieut., 1st Royal Irish Rifles, 29 May, 1907, being promoted Lieut. 22 Jan. 1909, and Capt. 15 Nov. 1914; was Adjutant from 1 Jan. 1913; served in the South African War, 1899–1900, with the Mounted Rifles (Queen’s medal with three clasps); and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Oct. 1914 to 13 March, 1915, on which date he was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle; _unm._ He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. Gen. A. Lowry Cole wrote of him: “We have all lost a dear comrade and a good soldier, who met his death assisting his Col. to lead his Battn. against the enemy.” He was Scout Officer of his Battn., also Instructor of Musketry, Signalling and Gunnery. Went in extensively for polo and all sports, and for music, and composed Military marches and other compositions. He was in action before 14 years of age in the Boer War.
[Illustration: =Allan O’Halloran Wright.=]
=WRIGHT, CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 7555), 189743, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WRIGHT, EDWARD=, A.B., 213768, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WRIGHT, EDWIN=, Capt. Prince of Wales’s, 3rd Dragoon Guards, only surviving child of James Walker Wright, M. Inst. C.E., London, late Chief Engineer Public Works Department, Assam, India, and Secretary to the Chief Commissioner of Assam, by his wife, Catherine, dau. of Joseph Hodgson, of Crofton Mills, Blyth, Northumberland; _b._ Jalandhar, Punjab, 27 Nov. 1879, came to England, 1883; educ. Bedford Grammar School and Greenwich Naval College, entered the Royal Marine Artillery, as 2nd Lieut., 1 Sept. 1897, promoted Lieut. 1 July, 1898, and left Greenwich, 30 June, 1899. He passed his torpedo course (H.M.S. Vernon), in 1900, and was appointed to H.M.S. Repulse (Channel Fleet), 22 Dec. 1900, till Dec. 1901. On leaving this ship he became Assistant Adjutant in his branch, Jan. 1902, a post he gave up on his promotion to the rank of Capt. 3 Dec. 1904. In the following year (1 Aug.) he took up the Adjutancy of the South-East of Scotland Royal Garrison Artillery Militia, a post for which his big-gun training fitted him. He resigned the Adjutancy 11 Aug. 1908, was placed on half-pay and served as A.D.C. to Admiral Sir Day Bosanquet, Governor of South Australia, from Feb. 1909 to Jan. 1911. Returning to England he took the opportunity offered him of going into the cavalry at the foot of the captains’ list in the 3rd Dragoon Guards at a time when the training of cavalry was exercising the minds of the authorities. He served with the regt. at Aldershot and Hounslow and subsequently at Cairo, till sent to join the Expeditionary Force in France after the outbreak of war. He was killed in action at Ypres, 17 Nov. 1914. His death is thus described in a letter from a comrade: “The Prussian Guard were attacking and some of them rushed into some cottages between Wright’s trench and the next squadron trench; he rushed out of his trench with some men, and killed them all in the cottages, accounting for five himself. He then went back to his trench and took up a rifle and started shooting at the Germans in front, but a piece of bullet took a piece of his left thumb away, and damaged the rifle. This misfortune was followed by the bursting of a shell which killed him.... His squadron took the brunt of the attack, and he was responsible for a splendid piece of work in repulsing it....” His body was taken to Ypres that night and buried in the churchyard there the following day. Splendid testimony of his devotion to his men is given in a letter from Private O’Brien, who writing to his wife said: “There are many instances of bravery I saw myself. One in particular was that of Capt. Wright of my squadron who crept out under a heavy artillery and rifle fire to try and bring in two wounded men. He succeeded in bringing back to the trench Jack Lavery, who had been shot. He also bandaged up and placed in safety L.-Corpl. Fraser, who had the back of his head blown off by a shell.” Capt. Wright _m._ at Adelaide, South Australia, 21 Sept. 1910, Christine Margret, dau. of Thomas Elder Barr-Smith, of Birksgate, Glen Osmond, Adelaide; _s.p._ He was well known as a polo player and at Hurlingham was on the “four” mark.
[Illustration: =Edwin Wright.=]
=WRIGHT, HARRY THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5706), 203886, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WRIGHT, HUGH STAFFORD NORTHCOTE=, Capt., 2nd Battn. 8th Gurkha Rifles, 2nd _s._ of the late Frederick Wright, for many years senior superintendent and later Inspector General of Police in Berar, India, by his wife, Frances Louisa (Kilcor Castle, Fermoy, co. Cork), dau. of the late Henry Edmund Goodhall, of Sherwood Lodge, Upper Norwood; _b._ Akola, Berar, India, 14 Dec. 1877; educ. Chigwell School, Chigwell, Essex (Rev. Canon R. D. Swallow), and later at Heidelberg College. He was on plague duty in India, when the South African War broke out, and enlisted in Lumsden’s Horse, sailing from Calcutta 27 Feb. 1900. He obtained his commission in the Army Service Corps, 9 Aug. 1900. Col. Lumsden, in writing to his mother, said: “The pleasure was mine in recommending your boys [Capt. Wright’s younger brother enlisted at the same time] for their commissions. They turned out excellent troopers and fought loyally for Queen and Country; I have no doubt they will do equally well in the future. They are much indebted to General Tucker, who strongly supported my recommendation at Headquarters.” He was promoted Lieut. 1 Nov. 1901, and Capt. 15 Sept. 1909; took part in operations both in the Transvaal and the Orange Colony; entered Pretoria with Lord Roberts, receiving the Queen’s medal with three clasps, and the King’s medal with two clasps, and returned to England in Nov. 1902. After a course at Aldershot, he was sent on duty to Cork, and from there to India for five years, arriving at Bombay 22 Jan. 1904; in 0ct. 1905, he went to Rawal Pindi for manœuvres in connection with the Prince of Wales’ visit; and from 1906–1908 he commanded 13th Mule Corps at Poona, returning to England in Jan. 1909, when he commanded the 15th Coy. A.S.C. at Bulford Camp, Salisbury, till 1912. On 19 April, 1912, he exchanged into the Indian Army, and left England for India the same month, joining the 2nd Battn. 8th Gurkha Rifles at Lansdowne, Himalayas. While here he passed for his Majority, and also in Kushura, the Ghurka language. On 22 Aug. 1914, he left India, embarking at Karachi for France on the S.S. Erinpura, and wrote: “We are now a convoy of 42 transports, all travelling two cables length of each other, H.M.S. Dartmouth in charge. It is really a most impressive sight, and at night looks like a white city.” They arrived at Marseilles 12 Oct. 1914, and were attached to the Meerut Division under Major-General Keary. The regt. went into action at Ypres on the night of the 29th Oct. and Capt. Wright was killed in action on the following day; _unm._ His Commanding Officer sent the following account of the engagement: “At 10 p.m. on the 29th he (Capt. Wright) got his Coy. in the advanced trench, next to that occupied by Capts. Hartwell and Hayes-Sadler. During the night his trench was attacked twice to my knowledge as I was with him during one attack, and with his Double Company Commander Major Wake, in the supporting trench during the other. He did all that man could do to keep his Command in hand, and acted with the greatest courage and coolness. During the very trying shell fire to which these trenches were subjected from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the 30th Oct., he did all it was possible to do. During this time he was wounded, but continued to command his men. When the furious attack developed, it was mainly directed on to his trench and that held by Capt. Sadler. He repelled line after line of the enemy, and held on till a very large proportion of his men had been killed or wounded, and till he himself was killed. What could a man do more? A soldier can do no more than die at his post--game to the last!” General Sir George Richardson wrote: “I had the honour of knowing your boy at Poona, when I was G.O.C. 5th Division, and formed the very highest opinion of him, socially and officially. We all loved him as a first class sportsman and a first class soldier”; and Major-General H. D. Keary, Commanding Meerut Division, wrote: “Professionally I was astonished at the rapidity with which he picked up his profession as an officer in a Gurkha Regt. in surroundings entirely foreign to anything he had previously seen, his previous service having been mostly in the Army Service Corps. I did, in fact, make a special note in the first Annual Confidential Report I wrote of him of my appreciation of the aptitude he had shown in this respect. Throughout the time he served under me, he showed the greatest zeal and capacity, and was an officer in whom I had the greatest confidence, and acknowledge that whatever work he had to do would be well and conscientiously done. He was a good soldier and died a soldier’s death, fighting against fearful odds and under every possible disadvantage.” Capt. Wright was far above the average both at polo and tennis, and played tennis for his Corps (A.S.C.) in Regimental Tournaments at Queen’s Club, twice being in the final; he also had the reputation of being an excellent shot. Once in Central India, while on a shooting expedition, he was walking with his elder brother and a few natives single-file along a narrow path through a thick jungle, when they came face to face with a huge tiger. Capt. Wright shot the animal dead, and saved what might have been a catastrophe; the skin of the tiger, after being cured, was found to measure from end to end, 12 feet.
[Illustration: =Hugh S. N. Wright.=]
=WRIGHT, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3267), 187388, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WRIGHT, JOHN HUTTON=, Private, No. 11431, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Albert Henry Wright, of 25, Grange Road, Small Heath, Birmingham; _b._ co. Warwick; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; died at Bethune, 10 Jan. 1915, of wounds received in action. Buried in town cemetery there; _unm._
=WRIGHT, LAWRENCE WILLIAM=, Eng. Lieut. R.N., only _s._ of the late Lawrence Wright, of Orwell, Coatham, by his wife, Mary Livingstone (Orwell, Coatham, Redcar, Yorks), dau. of John Whyte; _b._ Middlesbrough, 4 Oct. 1880; educ. Coatham Grammar School, La Chatelaine College, Geneva, and the Durham College of Science; was an Engineer and volunteered his services after the outbreak of war and was gazetted Eng. Lieut. (temp.) and appointed H.M.S. Bulwark, 11 Sept. 1914; and was lost when that ship was blown up off Sheerness, 26 Nov. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Lawrence W. Wright.=]
=WRIGHT, LEONARD FREDERICK HALL=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 19544, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WRIGHT, SYDNEY=, L.-Corpl., No. 2610, 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.); joined the Queen Victoria Rifles 14 Sept. 1914; went to France 3 Nov. 1914, and was killed in
## action at Hill 60, 20 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried Larch Wood, 1,
29, Reference Map Belgium, 28, 1/40,000.
=WRIGHT, THOMAS=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Berkshire Regt., eldest _s._ of Stephen Wright, of Ruskington, Lincolnshire, Farmer, by his wife, Agnes, dau. of J. Christian, of Barrow House, Rutland; _b._ Ruskington, 6 July, 1889; educ. Christ’s Hospital School, Lincoln, and King’s College London (Associate; B.Sc.; A.I.C.); was a Demonstrator in Chemistry; joined King Edward’s Horse in Feb. 1913; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Berkshires, 24 Dec. 1914; left for France 29 Mar. 1915; and was killed in action 2 May, 1915, in the neighbourhood of Fauquissart, near Laventie, while on a reconnoitring patrol; _unm._ Buried in the Fauquissart Cemetery. His Commanding Officer, Major R. P. Harvey, wrote: “He was on duty in the trenches with his platoon and had taken out a sergt. and a man to reconnoitre a trench half way between the opposing lines. At 8 p.m. he returned to report that he had seen footmarks leading to the enemy’s trench. About 10 p.m. he asked permission to go on the next patrol as this was a duty which he particularly liked, and was allowed. While peering in the darkness, both he and the sergt. who was with him showing their heads above a flimsy parapet, a volley from the enemy was fired and your son was struck through the head, heart and wrist. He fell dead without a sound. The sergt. was unable to move him, but returned and reported. A brother subaltern and three men at once set out to find his remains which they brought down to headquarters by midnight. He was laid to rest in the little cemetery of Fauquissart where some 30 men of his Battn. lie. Having trained your son at Portsmouth when he joined this battn., I can testify personally to the loss the regt. has sustained in the death of a most promising young officer. One who was always willing, quite reliable, and of a most placid and cool temperament in danger.”
=WRIGHT, THOMAS=, Private, No. 20061, 4th Battn. East Kent Regt. (The Buffs) (T.F.), eldest _s._ of William Worley Wright, of Bexhill, by his wife, Ellen; _b._ Bexhill, 19 April, 1854, enlisted in Oct. 1915, and died at Faversham, 30 Dec. 1915, of pneumonia, contracted while in training. He _m._ at the Baptist Church, Erith, 6 July, 1890, Fanny (60, Kingsley Road, Maidstone), dau. of William Town; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Thomas Wright.=]
=WRIGHT, WILLIAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 8820, 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 17 Jan. 1915.
=WRIGHT, WILLIAM=, E.R.A., R.N.R. 425EB, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WRIGHT, WILLIAM=, Leading Stoker (Coastguard), 306457 (Dev.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WRIGHT, WILLIAM HENRY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 17936, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WROUGHTON, MUSGRAVE CAZENOVE=, 2nd Lieut., 12th (Prince of Wales’s Royal) Lancers, only _s._ of William Musgrave Wroughton, of 77, Chester Square, London, S.W., and of Creaton Lodge, co. Northampton, by his wife, Edith Constance, dau. of Henry Cazenove, of Lilies, Aylesbury, and nephew of Philip Wroughton, of Woolley Park, co. Berks, M.P., J.P., D.L. (see The Plantagenet Roll, Mortimer-Percy, Vol. 1. p. 203); _b._ in London, 1 Oct. 1891. He was educ. at Harrow and at Christchurch, Oxford, and during his school and college vacations was a keen follower of the Pytchley Hounds, of which pack his father was master for many years. On leaving Harrow he received a commission in the Northamptonshire Yeomanry, and in 1912 he accompanied Sir Robert Baden-Powell as A.D.C. on his world tour in connection with the Boy Scouts’ movement. After serving for four years in the Northamptonshire Yeomanry, he was given a commission in the Special Reserve, 12th Lancers, as 2nd Lieut. (on probation) in Oct. 1913; the appointment was confirmed after his death, to date from 29 Oct. 1914. In Aug. 1914, he accompanied his regt. to the Front, and was mentioned in Sir John French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. He was killed in action near Ypres, 30 Oct. 1914, and was buried in Kemmel Churchyard, Belgium; _unm._
[Illustration: =M. C. Wroughton.=]
=WYATT, ERNEST JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, 307234, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=WYKES, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 2912, 2/10th Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Henry Wykes, of 29, West View Road, Hemel Hempstead, Herts, Builder’s Manager, by his wife, Henrietta Adela Louisa, dau. of Laurance Rose; _b._ Hemel Hempstead, 16 May, 1892; educ. Council School there; was a Draper; volunteered and enlisted in Oct. 1914; went to the Dardanelles in July, 1915; took part in the landing at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, and died in Hospital at Alexandria, 1 Nov. 1915, of dysentery contracted in the trenches. Buried in Chatby Military Cemetery; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Wykes.=]
=WYLD, GEORGE RICHARD=, Capt., 3rd (Reserve) Battn. Wiltshire Regt., attd. 1st Berkshire Regt., only _s._ of the Rev. Edwin George Wyld, Vicar of Melksham, Wilts, Canon of Salisbury, by his wife, Mary Caroline, eldest dau. of Sir Hungerford Pollen, 3rd Baronet; _b._ Woodborough, co. Wilts, 8 July, 1879; educ. Marlborough, and on leaving there entered the Stock Exchange. He served through the South African War, 1899–1902, with the 13th Middlesex V.R.C. (now the Queen’s Westminsters) and received the Queen’s medal with four clasps, and was appointed an Hon. Lieut. in the Army, 1 July, 1901. When the European War broke out he was on the Reserve of Officers and immediately volunteered for foreign service, and after being attached to the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 19 Aug. 1914, was gazetted Capt. 3rd Wilts Regt., 7 Oct. following. He went to France with the 7th Division, attd. to the 1st Berkshires, Oct. 1914, and was killed in
## action at Givenchy 24 Dec. 1914; _unm._ The Chaplain wrote: “He
was most popular with his brother officers of the Berkshire Regt., and was considered very efficient in his duty, and it was whilst bravely doing his duty in trench at Givenchy that he was mortally wounded by a bullet.”
[Illustration: =George R. Wyld.=]
=DOUGHTY-WYLIE, CHARLES HOTHAM MONTAGU, V.C., C.B. C.M.G.=, Lieut.-Col., Royal Welsh Fusiliers, elder _s._ of Henry Montagu Doughty, of Theberton Hall, Suffolk, J.P., formerly R.N., by his wife, Edith Rebecca, only child of David Cameron, Chief Justice of Vancouver Island; _b._ 23 July, 1868; educ. Winchester and Sandhurst (1888–89); gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 21 Sept. 1889, and promoted Lieut., 23 Sept. 1891; Capt. 9 Sept. 1896; Major 21 Aug. 1907, and temp. Lieut.-Col. 31 March, 1914; served (1) in the Black Mountain Expedition, 1891 (severely wounded; medal with Hazara clasp); (2) with the Chitral Relief Force as transport officer on the Staff of Gen. Gatacre, 1895 (medal with clasp); (3) with the Nile Expedition, 1898–9, being employed with Egyptian Army, 22 May, 1898, to 1 March, 1900; was Brigade Major, Infantry Brigade, Flying Column: took part in the Battle of Khartoum, and in the operations resulting in the final defeat of the Khalifa (twice mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 30 Sept. 1898, and 30 Jan. 1900]: Sudan medal; Egyptian medal with three clasps; order of the Medjidieh); (4) in the South African War, 1899–1900; in command of a Battn. of Mounted Infantry; took part in operations in the Orange Free State, May-29 Nov. 1900, including actions at Wittebergen (1–29 July), and Vredefort (severely wounded; Queen’s medal with three clasps); (5) at Tien-Tsin, where he raised a regt. of Mounted Infantry; and (6) as Special Service Officer with Somaliland Field Force, 14 Jan. 1903, to June, 1904 (medal with clasps). From 26 Sept. 1906 to 3 Dec. 1909, he was acting Vice-Consul at Mersina and Konia, Asia Minor, and during his tenure of this appointment occurred the massacre by the Turks of Armenians at Adana. Of his services on this occasion, a correspondent wrote: “On his own responsibility he assumed the practical command of the city of Adana, and his courage and capacity saved the lives of hundreds--indeed, it was believed by those best able to judge, thousands--of many nationalities. Wearing his military uniform, he rode through the town with a half company of Turkish troops, compelling the raging mob to stop the killing, and posting guards over particular houses. His right arm was broken by a bullet, but this did not prevent him from riding out again, and in the second and worst outbreak of massacre again saving more hundreds of lives. The then British Ambassador at the Porte, Sir Gerard Lowther, afforded him a generous meed of support and encouragement, and Major Doughty-Wylie’s services were recognised by the award of the C.M.G. He also received the warm thanks of many foreign Governments and public bodies. He afterwards organised a system of relief to the destitute--22,000 persons, exclusive of refugees in his own house, and exclusive also of the inmates of three hospitals which were managed by Mrs. Doughty-Wylie. On 4 Dec. 1909, he was appointed Consul at Adis Ababa, Abyssinia, where he rendered important services, acting as Chargé d’Affaires for considerable periods. Being home on leave in 1912, he was, with the consent of the Government, appointed Director-in-Chief of the Red Cross units with the Turkish Forces during the Balkan War, and from 29 Aug. to 21 Dec. 1913, was British representative on the International Commission for the delimitation of the Southern Frontier of Albania, of which Commission he was elected President. For his services he received the Companionship of the Bath, and the second class of the Medjidieh from the Sultan. On his return to England he was appointed to the General Staff (2nd grade), and in 1915 went to the Dardanelles on the Staff of Sir Ian Hamilton. During the landings at the Beaches 25 and 26 of April, 1915, he represented the Staff in the steamship River Clyde, which had been specially prepared for running on shore on V Beach, and which carried 2,200 troops of the 29th Division. This landing had almost failed, owing to the raking Turkish fire from the Castle and village and both sides of the bay, and no progress was made on the 25th, in spite of the desperate valour of the Munster and Dublin Fusiliers and the Hampshire Regt., but on the 26th Col. Doughty-Wylie obtained leave to land, and collecting the brave survivors of the above-named regts., with the assistance of Capt. Walford, organised an attack, and in some hours’ fighting took the Castle and village of Sedd-el-Bahr, and finally led his handful of troops in a bayonet charge up Hill 141, since known as Col. Doughty-Wylie’s Hill. The Turks fled before them, and they occupied the old Fort on the crest, but Col. Doughty-Wylie fell at the moment of victory. An eye witness wrote: “All he carried was a small cane and from a band he wore round his arm the men gathered he was Staff Officer. He walked about in the open under a continuous fire, talking to the men, cheering them up, and rallying them together. Then when all was ready for the bayonet charge, he placed himself in front of them all, and armed simply with a small cane led them in a great charge up the hill. No braver man ever lived. He had no business to be there as a Staff Officer, but the loss among officers in landing had been so great and the necessity for making headway quickly was so essential, that he felt his duty lay in leading the men, so he went forth fearlessly to his death and the hill will be a lasting monument to his self-sacrifice and great valour. The magic of his personality and example infused the men with new resolution and they pressed the attack home.” For his services on the occasion he was awarded the Victoria Cross, the official record stating [London Gazette, 23 June, 1915]: “On 26 April, 1915, subsequent to a landing having been effected on the beach at a point on the Gallipoli Peninsula, during which both Brig.-Gen. and Brigade Major had been killed, Lieut.-Col. Doughty-Wylie and Capt. Walford organised and led an attack through and on both sides of the village of Sedd-el-Bahr on the Old Castle at the top of the hill inland. The enemy’s position was very strongly held and entrenched, and defended with concealed machine guns and pompoms. It was mainly due to the initiative, skill and great gallantry of these two officers that the attack was a complete success. Both were killed in the moment of victory.” Col. Doughty-Wylie _m._ 1 June, 1904, Lilian Oimara, widow of Henry Adams-Wylie, Lieut. Indian M.S., and eldest dau. of the late John Wylie, of West Cliffe Hall, co. Hants; _s.p._ He assumed the additional name of Wylie by Deed Poll in 1904.
[Illustration: =C. H. M. Doughty-Wylie.=]
=WYLLIE, HENRY=, Pte., No. 2547, 6th Battn. Highland Light Infanttry; _s._ of A. Wyllie, of 181, East Main Street, Armandale; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force; killed in action in Gallipoli, 12 July, 1915.
=WYLLIE, JAMES=, L.-Corpl., No. 7409, 5th Battn. Royal Scots Fusiliers; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force; killed in
## action in Gallipoli, 12 July, 1915.
=WYLLIE, JAMES BULLOCH=, Private, No. 12/2162, Auckland Infantry Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of A. Wyllie, of Belmont Road, Quinfoes Green, Midlothian; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles; reported missing, 8 Aug. 1915, and now assumed to have been killed in action that day.
=WYLLIE, SIDNEY ALFRED=, Private, No. 3382, 1st Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Frederick William Wyllie, of 105, Kirkwood Road, Peckham (now on service in France), by his wife, Alice, dau. of Alfred Charles Yates; _b._ Port Sunlight, Cheshire, 13 June, 1899; educ. Stafford Street Wesleyan Council School, Peckham, S.E., was a Clerk; volunteered and joined the 1st London Regt., 9 Jan. 1915; went to France 16 April, and was killed in action there, 9 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Sidney A. Wyllie.=]
=WYLLIE, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, 308390, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WYNDER, JOHN=, L.-Corpl., No. 6570, 2nd Battn. East Kent Regt.(The Buffs), _s._ of William Wynder, of 37, Staunton Street, Deptford; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in
## action, 3 May, 1915.
=WYNN, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 17348, 2nd Northumberland Fusiliers, eldest _s._ of Michael Wynn, of Southwick-on-Wear, Caulker, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Thomas Storey, of Southwick; _b._ Southwick, 29 Jan. 1880; educ. Board School there; was employed at Priestman’s Yard, Sunderland, and was Secretary of the Southwick Football Club; enlisted 11 Feb. 1915, and trained at Newcastle and East Boldon. After the Battle of Hill 60 at Ypres on 24 May, 1915, he was officially reported missing and is now assumed to have been killed that day. He _m._ at Southwick Parish Church, 1 Jan. 1907, Ada (15, Ogle Terrace, Southwick-on-Wear), dau. of Edward Arthur Hatley, of Southwick, and had three children: Michael, _b._ 10 Dec. 1913; William, _b._ 29 June, 1915; and Ruth, _b._ 15 April, 1912.
[Illustration: =William Wynn.=]
=WYNNE, EDWARD=, Private, No. 1425, 13th Battn. Australian Imperial Force; a native of co. Gloucester; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles; killed in action, 9 Aug. 1915.
=WYNTER, FRANCIS CONSTANTINE WILLIAM=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I., yst. _s._ of the late Philip Henry Massie Wynter, of The Hays, Ramsden, co. Oxon, Capt. Bengal Army, and for 35 years a Queen’s Foreign Service Messenger, by his wife, Constance Louisa, dau. of the Hon. Constantine Augustus Dillon [4th _s._ of Henry Augustus, 13th Viscount Dillon]; _b._ The Hays aforesaid, 25 April, 1888; educ. Cothill; Harrow and Hertford College, Oxford (of which he had a Founder’s Kin Scholarship); received a University commission as 2nd Lieut., Oxford and Bucks L.I., 19 May, 1911, and was promoted Lieut. 22 March, 1914, and Tempy. Capt. Sept. 1915; joined 2nd Battn. at Aldershot, and was posted to the 1st Battn. in India, 7 Feb. 1912; was appointed General Staff Officer (third grade), Indian Expeditionary Force, Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at Ctesiphon, 22 Nov. 1915; _unm._ His eldest brother, Capt. P. C. Wynter, was killed in France in April (see his notice).
[Illustration: =Francis C. W. Wynter.=]
=WYNTER, PHILIP CECIL=, Capt., 1st Battn. East Surrey Regt., eldest _s._ of the late Philip Henry Massie Wynter, of The Hays, Ramsden, co. Oxon, Capt., Bengal Army, and for thirty-five years a Queen’s Foreign Service Messenger, by his wife, Constance Louisa, dau. of the Hon. Constantine Dillon, 7th Dragoon Guards and 17th Lancers [4th _s._ of Henry, 13th Viscount Dillon]; _b._ London, 31 Jan. 1880; educ. Harrow; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to 1st East Surreys from the Militia, 4 Dec. 1901, and joined his battn. at Lucknow the following year; promoted Lieut. 30 Nov. 1903, and Capt. 26 Jan. 1910; went to France the end of Oct., was invalided home the beginning of Dec. and returned to France 18 Feb., and was killed in action at Hill 60, 20 April, 1915; _unm._ He was a first-rate horseman and a good cricketer and played for the Free Foresters. His yst. brother, Capt. F. C. W. Wynter, was also killed in action (see his notice).
[Illustration: =Philip C. Wynter.=]
=YARD, JOSEPH=, Stoker, H.M.S. Hood Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the roast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=YARDE, FRANK=, L.-Sergt., No. 3197, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, only _s._ of Page Yarde, of Buckland St. Mary, near Chard, by his wife, Susan, dau. of James Yarde; _b._ Staple Hill, Buckland St. Mary, Chard, co. Somerset, 3 June, 1880; educ. Buckland St. Mary village school; enlisted 8 Jan. 1900; became L.-Corpl. 9 Nov, 1914; Corpl. 11 April 1915, and L.-Sergt. 12 July following; served in South Africa, 26 Nov. 1901, to 6 Oct. 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps); in Egypt, 29 Sept. 1906 to 29 Jan. 1908; and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 30 Aug. 1914 to 28 Sept. 1915, and was killed in action that day, near Vermelles, during the Battle of Loos. He was in a hastily dug trench in the firing line, when a shell burst and the nose cap caught him just above the forehead, killing him instantly. Letters from his comrades speak very highly of his conduct and of how much he was loved and respected by all. He was buried at the foot of the western slope of Hill 70, 300 yards from the village of Hulluch, Belgium. He _m._ at St. George’s, Hanover Square, W., 1905, Agnes Mary (Drill Hall, London Road, Camberley), yst. dau. of the late James (and Elizabeth) Knight, of Marden, near Devizes, and had issue: Frank, _b._ 2 May, 1906; William James, _b._ 11 April, 1909; Walter Cameron, _b._ 29 Aug. 1911; John, _b._ 13 May, 1914; and Margaret Elizabeth, _b._ 9 Dec. 1912.
[Illustration: =Frank Yarde.=]
=YARDLEY, FREDERICK GEORGE=, 2nd Lieut., 8th (Service) Battn. North Staffordshire Regt., yst. _s._ of Joseph Yardley, of the Cedars, Bescot, Walsall, by his wife, Ann, dau. of Joseph Cockram; _b._ Darlaston, 19 Oct. 1887; educ. King Edward’s High School, Birmingham and Queen’s College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1910; was for three years classical master at Bishop’s College School, Lennoxville, Canada, and then went to Vancouver, and entered the legal profession; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war and joined the 16th Canadian Scottish (72nd Highlanders); came over with the 1st Contingent in Oct. 1914; was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 8th North Staffords, 9 Jan. 1915; went to France, 17 July, and died in Hospital at Calais, 17 Sept. following, of wounds received whilst superintending trench digging operations near Neuve Chapelle on 22 Aug.; _unm._
=YARROW, ERIC FERNANDEZ=, 2nd Lieut., 7th Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Alfred Fernandez Yarrow, of the Homestead, Hindhead, Surrey, Engineer and Ship Builder, by his wife, Minnie Florence; _b._ Blackheath, London, S.E., 5 Jan. 1895; educ. St. Andrew’s School, Eastbourne; The School, Oundle, Northamptonshire, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was on the outbreak of the war. He joined the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 16 Sept. 1914; and was killed in action near Ypres, 8 May, 1915. Buried on canal bank, near Ypres. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field.
[Illustration: =Eric F. Yarrow.=]
=YATES, EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9270). S.S. 106512, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=YATES, GEORGE WALTER=, Ordinary Telegraphist, J. 17213 (Dev.), H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of James Yates, of Luggvale, Stanhope Street, Hereford; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=YATES, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 5597), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=YATES, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 1845), 305453, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=YATES, LENHAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 12517, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=YORK, WILLIAM LEONARD=, Corpl., No. 482, 1/8th Battn. (Post Office Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F), 3rd _s._ of the late William York, Painter and Decorator; by his wife, Jennie; _b._ St. John’s Wood, N.W., 30 March, 1886; educ. West Hampstead School; was a post office official at the Western District Post Office, and when recruits were called for from that department immediately volunteered and joined the Post Office Rifles, Sept. 1914; went to France 18 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 24 May following. Buried there. He _m._ at St. John’s Congregational Church, Croydon 23 April, 1910, Lilas Wilkins (53, Northboro Road, Norbury, S.W.), dau. of James Smith, and had a son, William Andrew Smith, _b._ 17 Sept. 1911.
[Illustration: =William L. York.=]
=YOUNG, ALFRED=, Gunner, R.M.A., 9891, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
## action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=YOUNG, ARCHIBALD EDGAR=, Chief Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2077), 163559, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=YOUNG, ARTHUR=, Major, 2nd Battn. 1st King George’s Own Gurkha Rifles, eldest _s._ of Colonel George Young, of Broomhill, Woodbridge, Suffolk, Indian Army (ret.), formerly Commanding 1st Gurkha Rifles, by his wife, Harriet Rose, dau. of the Rev. James Weir, Drainie, Elgin, Scotland; _b._ Dharmsald, Punjab, India, 3 Dec. 1876; educ. Royal Academy, Tain; Blair Lodge School, Polmont, Stirlingshire, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Indian Army, 5 Aug. 1896, and promoted Lieut. 3 Jan. 1899; Capt. 5 Aug. 1905; Double Company Commander 23 April, 1907, and Major 5 Aug. 1914. He was attached to the Gordon Highlanders for his first year in India and served with them throughout the Tirah Campaign, 1897–8; took part in the actions at Chagree Kotal and Dargai and the capture of the Sampagha and Arkanga Passes, the operations in the Waran Valley and action on 16 Nov. 1897, and those in the Bara Valley 7 to 14 Dec. following, and was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 7 June, 1898] and awarded the medal with two clasps. He joined the Indian Army in 1899, and was posted to the 1st Gurkha Rifles and later passed through the Staff College and on 1 June, 1912, was appointed Brigade Major to the Garhwal Brigade, 7th (Meerut) Division. On the outbreak of the European War, the 1st Gurkha Rifles formed part of the Indian Expeditionary Force and left India for France Sept. 1914. Major Young was wounded in action near Richebourg L’Avouée, 13 Dec. 1914, and died the following day: _unm._ He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915 [London Gazette, 17th Feb. 1915], for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field, and was buried in Lillers Cemetery.
[Illustration: =Arthur Young.=]
=YOUNG, CHARLES STANLEY=, Private, No. 336, 6th Cyclist Battn. Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), 3rd and yst. _s._ of James Young, now R.A.M.C. Shoeburyness (served under General Buller in the South African War), by his wife, Francis (83, Western Road, Hove), dau. of Charles George Mealand; _b._ Hove, co. Sussex, 9 May, 1898; joined the Cyclist Corps of the Sussex Territorials in July, 1914, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service, but after nine months’ training on the East Coast, was taken ill and died in the Military Hospital at Brighton, 13 Sept. 1915.
[Illustration: =C. S. Young.=]
=YOUNG, GEORGE EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8081), S.S. 103987, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=YOUNG, GEORGE NEVILLE PATRICK, M.C.=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regt. (Royal Canadians), 2nd _s._ of George Lawrence Young, of Culdaff House, co. Donegal, and Millmount, Randalstown, co. Antrim, J.P., by his wife, Annie, dau. of Lieut.-Col. Gardiner Harvey, of Islandnahoe, co. Antrim; _b._ Millmount, 17 March, 1893; educ. Mourne Grange Preparatory School; St. Columbia’s College, co. Dublin, and Dover College, from which he entered Sandhurst in 1912, obtaining a Prize Cadetship; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Leinsters 17 Sept. 1913, and promoted Lieut. 6 Nov. 1914; went to France with his Regt. in Sept. 1914, as part of the first Expeditionary Force, and died in No. 14 General Hospital at Wimereux, 26 July, 1915, from wounds received in action near Hooge on 12 July: _unm._ He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatches of 20 Nov. 1914–14 Jan. 1915 [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915], for conspicuous bravery at Soupir and elsewhere, and was awarded the Military Cross [London Gazette, 18 Feb., 1915]. The Officer formerly Commanding the 2nd Leinsters wrote: “He was such a dear, natural, cheerful boy, and the bravest of the brave. He was my subaltern for the first four months of the war, until I came to this battn., and I want to tell of instances of his bravery. The first one was at Soupir, when he was sent out with half of his platoon. I do not mean sent, he volunteered to go; it was not necessary, but I did not like to stop him--to find out the German strength opposite. Every man in the two section was hit except himself. He ordered those near him back, and remained himself out all day, from 11 a.m. till nearly 6 p.m. with his badly wounded men. He dug shelter pits for them, and got them under cover, although fired at all the time, and finally carried one man in on his back at night, when he met him quite a long way from our trenches. He must have been within 150 yards from the Germans all the time. The other occasion was in our terrific fight on 20 Oct., when the whole battn. had fallen back or been cut to pieces except one coy., and the mainstay of the whole defence was your son’s platoon, which made two extremely spirited counter attacks, in one of which they recaptured 300 yards of trenches which had been captured by the Saxons. The Saxons never got round our coy. until 2 p.m. Had it not been for these counter attacks I would have been attacked from the rear at a much earlier hour, and the result, not only to ourselves but to the troops on our right, might have been most serious. My diary tells a better story of these deeds than I can now, and I will have it forwarded to you. Do not think the lad has died in vain; he has gone, but deeds such as his never die, and years after we are dead and gone his deeds will stand out in a bright light among the many brilliant and brave deeds of the war.” His yr. brother, Lieut. Guy Young, is (1916) with the Royal Irish Rifles. His elder brother, Robert C. Young, B.L., is a Lieut. in the R.N.V.R.
[Illustration: =George N. P. Young.=]
=YOUNG, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 282952, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=YOUNG, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4677), S.S. 103445, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=YOUNG, NORMAN MITCHELL=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal Scots, eldest _s._ of the late Alexander Young, Director of Alexander Cowan & Sons, Paper Makers, by his wife, Bessie P. Ravenslea, Trinity, Edinburgh), dau. of William and Selina Hannah Cormack; _b._ Edinburgh, 23 Aug. 1890; educ. Edinburgh Academy; joined the 9th (Territorial) Battalion of the Royal Scots, Aug. 1908, and was in command of a company at the Coronation of King George V. and Queen Mary in 1911 (medal); passed into the Regular Army in 1913, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 10 Dec. 1913; promoted Lieut. Aug. 1914; served in India, Feb. to Oct. 1914, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 19 Dec. 1914, to 23 April, 1915, on which date he was killed in action at the second Battle of Ypres; _unm._ He was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field. His commanding officer, Col. (now Brigadier) D. Callender wrote: “He was so brave always, so devoted to his duty, such a favourite with both officers and men, that he will be the greatest loss to the regt. In all my 28 years’ experience I have never met a young officer who promised so well. He was so keen, so absolutely reliable that I do not see how I can ever replace him. He was hit by a shell, killing him outright, so did not suffer at all”; and again: “He was one in a thousand. I had some time before recommended him for the Military Cross for his constant good word and bravery. He so thoroughly deserved it”; and Private J. T. Devlin: “Your son, Mr. Young, joined my company when he came out to India; when we were ordered for active service he took charge of our platoon, and I took over Observer to him and was by his side when he was killed. My job in the trenches was to go with the late Mr. Young wherever he went, and believe me he was as brave an officer as ever walked on to the field. I may state here that he was known in the company as the best officer in it, and he only missed four days in the trenches, when he went down to Rouen for a draft of new men, and then the men could be heard saying, ‘Oh, how I wish Mr. Young was here; you could always trust your life in his hands.’” Capt. Lucas of the 9th Battn. also wrote: “He told me he didn’t like burying his men without saying a prayer, and he just made one up as he went along. For his sympathy in this way, these rough lads loved and respected him. I was with them in the trenches at St. Eloi, and I could see very plainly they would do anything for Norman. He was straight, dead straight in his dealings, and had no affectation or false pride about him, and that is what we all like--simple, true, honest, and with a kind and generous heart; to know him was to love him. Already we in the 9th Royal Scots had hoped that in the future he would be our Adjutant, and that shows better than words can tell what we thought of him.”
[Illustration: =Norman Mitchell Young.=]
=YOUNG, ROGER ASSHETON=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, elder _s._ of Archibald Edward Young, of 3, The Green, St. Leonards-on-Sea, Solicitor, by his wife, Cicely, dau. of the late Henry Ashton; _b._ St. Leonards-on-Sea, 20 Dec. 1894; educ. Hill House School, St. Leonards-on-Sea; Royal Naval College, Osborne; Uppingham and Sandhurst. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Munster Fusiliers, 15 Aug. 1914, went out with a draft on 8 Nov. and joined the 2nd Battn. at the front, and was killed in action when the Munsters relieved the Indians at Festubert, 22 Dec. 1914; _unm._ Col. Bent, R.M.F., wrote to his father: “Your boy was a very keen and promising young officer and was always ready for a job; as it was, he was quite self possessed and fearless when under fire for the first time and showed a fine example to his men. He died a gallant soldier’s death, and the Regt. honouring his memory is proud of him. I wish that he had been spared to us for longer service,” and Major Julian Ryan: “Your boy was splendid, and if it is any relief to you to know it, all the officers of his coy. were killed actually leading their men, except. Capt. Pakenham, who was wounded in three places.”
[Illustration: =Roger A. Young.=]
=YOUNG, THOMAS=, Painter, 1st Class, 347000, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=YOUNG, THOMAS WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 15465, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=YOUNG, VICTOR HARRY=, Rifleman, No. 1558, 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Harry Young, of 34, Mulgrave Road, Neasden, N.W., by his wife, Mary A., dau. of W. H. Lloyd; _b._ Gunnersbury, 19 Jan. 1895; educ. Aske’s, Haberdashers, Hampstead Schools; was a Staff Clerk in the office of the Gas Light and Co.; joined the Queen Victoria’s Rifles in 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 2 Nov., and was killed in action at the Second Battle of Ypres, 23 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried there.
=YOUNG, WALTER, D.C.M.=, Sergt., No. 5891, 1st Battn. The King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt., _s._ of Joseph Young, Sailor (with 21 years’ service), by his wife, Eliza, dau. of (--) Jones; _b._ Manchester, 2 Sept. 1879; educ. St. James’ Church School, Hollinwood; enlisted at Manchester, 30 Jan. 1899; served six years with the Colours; went through the South African War (Queen’s medal with three clasps and King’s medal with two clasps), and then became a postman at Oldham. On the outbreak of the European War he was called up, rejoined his regt. 5 Aug. 1914, went to France with the Expeditionary Force, served through the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne, and “for gallant conduct near Le Touquet on 22 Jan. 1915 in assisting in the rescue of a wounded man under fire from the enemy, who were only 40 yards distant,” was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal [London Gazette, 1 April, 1915]. On that day a house held by the Monmouth Regt. was heavily shelled. Men of this battn. reported that one of their number was missing, on which Corpl. W. Young, from the adjoining barricade, went out through the communication trench which was waist deep in water and found the man with his head under water. He raised the man’s head, but thinking he was dead left him, hearing groans later Corpl. Young went out again and with the assistance of L.-Corpl. Collings and No. 25071, Pioneer G. Elms, 7th Coy. R.E., carried the wounded man across the open into the barricade under fire of the German trenches 40 yards away. He died in No. 2 Clearing Station, G.H., 5 April, 1915, from wounds, and was buried two kilos. from Le Bizet, on the north side of the road to Le Touquet. A wooden cross marks the spot. His Company Officer, Capt. A. B. Woodgate, wrote: “I was with him in the trench when he was hit and I was afraid at the time that there was but little hope of his recovery as the wound in his head was deep and he was quite unconscious. I have only been in command of the Coy. for a few weeks, but in that short space of time I have had the opportunity to see what a brave man and a good soldier he was.” He _m._ at St. Andrew’s Church, Oldham, 23 Dec. 1905, Elizabeth Ann (13, Hathersaye Street, Werneth, Oldham), dau. of Alfred Dawson, of Oldham and had three children: Walter, _b._ 4 Jan. 1911; Elizabeth, _b._ 10 Sept. 1906; and Annie, _b._ 16 April, 1909.
[Illustration: =Walter Young.=]
=YOUNG, WILLIAM=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class, (R.F.R., B. 2141), 192639, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=YOUNGE, CHARLES=, Officer’s Cook, 1st Class, 360720 (Dev.), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
List of the Photographers whose photographs have been used for reproduction in the first volume of the “Roll of Honour.” The Publishers take this opportunity of thanking those Photographers who have so kindly allowed them to reproduce copyright photographs.
ABERNETHY, A. & A. F., Belfast: Lt. E. H. Hewitt; Lt. O. B. Macausland.
ADDY, FRED, Bargate Studio, Boston: Pte. George West.
ADELPHI STUDIOS, London, W.C.: Sister Nellie Clark; Rflm. R. Tucker.
AKKERSDYK, Cape Town: Capt. P. V. Viner-Johnson.
ALDOUS, C., Norwich: Sergt. T. C. Buck.
ALDRIDGE, C., Hythe, Kent: Pte. Andrew Gardiner.
ALLISON, WM. L., Belfast: Capt. A. J. Millar.
AMERICAN STUDIOS, Aberdeen: Pte. G. Groves.
AMERICAN GALLERIES, Liverpool: Pte. Charles A. Gregory; Pte. Harold Stephenson.
ANDERSON, WM. B., Aberdeen: Pte. W. Gray.
ANDERSON, J. H., Welshpool: Le.-Cpl. L. A. Hedge.
ANGLO SWISS STUDIO, Cairo: Captain C. J. Spencer.
ANNAN & SONS, T. & R., Glasgow: Lt. E. B. Pollard.
APPLEBY, E. W., Coventry: Lt.-Comm. Wm. Annand; Mid. O. T. O. Jagger.
APPLEBY & CO., W., Newcastle: Pte. C. Noble.
APPLEBY, The Strand, Sydney: Capt. (Dr.) A. Verge.
APPLIN’S STUDIO, Southampton: Pte. Alfred Wootten.
ARMSTRONG, ALICE, Bexhill-on-Sea: Capt. C. L. Master.
ARMSTRONG, C. C., Edinburgh: Trooper Wm. Foster.
ARTHUR, F., Liverpool: Pte. H. Wharton.
ARMY & NAVY STORES, Westminster: 2nd Lt. H. K. Foster; Capt. F. F. Hodgson; Major E. A. Leather; Lt. Ronald Wm. Poulton-Palmer; Lt. A. N. Trotter.
AUSTIN, GEORGE, Eastbourne: Pte. J. Gladman.
AVERY, J. J., London: Pte. J. D. Wells.
BACON & SONS, JAMES, Newcastle-on-Tyne: Capt. H. Blease; 2nd Lt. N. J. L. Boyd; Lt. A. E. Evans; Lt. C. R. J. Hopkins; Lt. L. V. Burgoyne Johnson; Capt. J. M. Lambert; Lt. C. Leather; Lt. C. L. C. Bowes Lyon; Capt. J. V. Nancarrow; Brig.-Gen. J. F. Riddell; Coy. Sergt.-Major R. E. Robson; Capt. R. C. Roddam; Capt. P. N. Sanderson.
BALL, E. S., Bedford: Lt. W. Keay-Falconer.
BALL, E. S., Cambridge: Lc.-Cpl. M. H. Potter.
BALAMAIN, J. C. H., Edinburgh: Pte. W. J. Sinclair; Mid. D. H. Wood.
BAMBER, J. P., Blackpool: Pte. E. Hallsall; W. S. Turner.
BAMBRIDGE, J., Gateshead: Pte. W. Mustard Charleton.
BANBURY, ARTHUR, Swindon: Drummer S. W. J. Jones.
BARNABY, E. A.: Sergt. Wm. Henry Belsten.
BARNETT, H. WALTER, London, S.W.: Gerald E. C. Clayton; Major Herbert F. Crichton; Sir George Farrer; Lt. Thomas A. Fitzgerald Foley; 2nd Lt. J. F. Lambert.
BARTLETT, R. L., Shrewsbury: William Percy Nevett; Lt. D. C. Turnbull; Pte. Gilbert B. Francis.
BARTLETT, Auckland, New Zealand: Pte. H. K. Anderson; 2nd Lt. E. H. Taylor.
BARTLETTO, Hay Street, Perth: Lt. C. E. M. Puckle.
BARTRAM, L.: Pte. John W. Curry.
BASEBE & BUCKMAN, Coventry: Pte. A. Dipper.
BASSANO, LTD., 25, Old Bond Street, London, W.: Capt. Tom Chatteris; 2nd Lt. R. C. M. Gibbs; 2nd Lt. the Hon. G. Grenfell; 2nd Lt. W. P. Grieve; Capt. the Hon. C. H. S. Monck; Lt. S. H. Snelgrove.
BATES & SON, W., Chertsey: Pte. C. H. E. Carter.
BATTESON, H., Chesterfield: Pte. W. J. Plater.
BAYLEY’S STUDIOS, Plymouth: Cpl. E. Delaney; Trooper W. J. Koch; Pte. David B. Nicholson.
BEADLE’S STUDIO, Bow: Pte. E. C. Carter.
BECKLEY, F. W., Leamington Spa: Lt. J. M. Smith.
BELL & SONS, Auckland, New Zealand: Lt. Harry Moran.
BENSON & CO., LTD., R., 11, Vartry Road, Stamford Hill, London: Pte. J. Butler.
BENSON, E. WORSLEY: Lt. E. J. Godward.
BENTLEY, H., Barrow-in-Furness: 2nd Lt. L. A. Billington.
BERESFORD, G. C., 20, Yeoman’s Row, Brompton Road, S.W.: Lt. Alastair R. MacLeod; Lt. Thomas Gilliat Meautys; Major A. A. Mercer; 2nd Lt. Cyril E. Parker; Pte. Francis W. Scott; Capt. M. Bury Selby-Smyth.
BERRY, J. W., Rochdale: Pte. H. B. Mortimer.
BICKERTON, Trentham: Trooper H. S. Rudman.
BILLINS, Palmerston North, New Zealand: Cpl. J. G. Jackson.
BIRD, Graystone, 38, Milsom Street, Bath: Pte. Charles B. D. Whitby.
BIRD, H., Lismore, N.S. Wales: Pte. H. R. Harman.
BIRKETT, F. N., 97, Percy Road, Shepherds Bush, W.: Flight-Comm. C. H. Collet, D.S.O.; E. W. C. Perry.
BISHOP, JAMES, Ramsgate: Pte. H. Hopley.
BLACKBURN, F. T., Budleigh Salterton: 2nd Lt. John Pepys.
BLACK’S STUDIO, 40, Marine Parade, Southend-on-Sea: Cpl. Charles Deadman.
BLACKSHAW, J., Shorncliffe: Lc.-Cpl. J. A. Hunter.
BOLTON, T., Forehill, Ely: Pte. W. G. M. Theobald.
BOSTON GLOBE CUT CLIP CO.: Pte. E. E. Hopey.
BOUGHTON’S, Ipswich: Pte. George Motroni; Sergt. Packer.
BOWLEY, GILBERT, Tunbridge Wells: Lt. E. L. Frost.
BOYD, H., Paddington, W.: Bugler V. Champion.
BOYES, C. H., Kingston, Canada: Lt. George K. K. Wilgress.
BRAMWELL & FERGUSON, Lever: Sister M. S. Brown Gray.
BREMNER F., Simla, Lahore and Quetta: Capt. C. E. Hack; Lt. C. N. D. Inglis; Capt. D. Inglis.
BREWIS, E. G., Newcastle-on-Tyne: Pte. John R. Golphin.
BRIDGE, G. R.: J. W. McK. Black.
BRIERLEY, 108, Yorkshire Street, Oldham: Sergt. Walter Young.
BRIGHAM, W. D., & Son, Bridlington: H. H. Whitehead.
BRIGHT’S STUDIOS, Bournemouth: Capt. R. Head.
BRISTOL PHOTO STUDIO, Gibraltar: Lt. Joseph H. Cooke.
BRISTOW, Mrs. W. C., Worthing: Lt. Cecil H. Dundas; Arthur H. Welsford.
BRITTON, London: Capt. L. G. Coward.
BROMHEAD, F., 1, Regent Street, Clifton: 2nd Lt. G. F. Blacker; Lt. D. W. Rintoul.
BROMO CO., 29, Castle Street, Bristol: A. Seaman W. J. Atkinson, R.N.R.
BROWN, G. A., Greenock: Lt. R. H. M. Carmichael; Capt. W. B. Lang; 2nd Lt. W. W. B. Rodger; 2nd Lt. J. S. Stewart.
BROWN, H. R., Gibraltar: Pte. F. A. Fuller.
BROWN, J. C., Falkirk: Lt.-Col. H. M. Hannan.
BROWN, R. W., Weston-super-Mare: Rflm. H. R. Cox.
BROWN & SON, W. A., London: Pte. H. Nicholls.
BROWNING, JOHN, Bedford Circus, Exeter: Capt. J. Stirling.
BUCKLEY, W., Blackpool: 2nd Lt. G. H. McVittie.
BULLINGHAM, 21, Harrington Road, S.W.: The Hon. C. Douglas-Pennant.
BUNCE BROS., Caterham: Pte. J. W. Scarth.
BURNICLE, R., Newport, Monmouthshire: Lt. D. A. Addams-Williams.
BURROWS, Strabane: Lt. E. Crawford.
BUTLER’S STUDIOS, 98, Armagh Road, Bow, London: Sergt. W. J. Crawford; Pte. E. F. Harding; Rflm. J. Hawkridge.
CARE, E., Eccles: Capt. R. V. Rylands.
CAIRO STUDIO, Place de l’Opera: Lc.-Cpl. R. V. Arthur.
CARTER, W. T., 43, Drake Street, Rochdale: Capt. Harold T. Cawley; Capt. H. J. Rose.
CASSAR, S. L.: Lt. B. H. G. Shaw.
CHANDLER, S. A., Exeter and Southampton: Lt. E. M. Bishop; G. Spencer Bishop; Lc.-Cpl. R. Coles; 2nd Lt. R. M. F. Gee; Lt. E. E. Molson; Ass. Paymaster H. Z. Simpson.
CHARLESWORTH & CO., 4, Manor Parade, Southall: Pte. L. A. Hill.
CHASE, GORDON, Bromley and Beckenham: Mid. N. Harris.
CHEAL, SON, & CO., Lewisham: Pte. F. L. Morey.
CHERRY & CO., St. Albans: Lt. A. W. J. Macreight; 2nd Lt. Lionel Henry Pratt.
CHEUNG, MEE, Hong Kong: Major W. H. Johnston.
CHIDLEY, CHESTER: Lt. W. G. C. Gladstone.
CHORLETON & SONS, Newbridge: Sergt.-Major R. S. Ironside.
CITY STUDIO, 83, Gracechurch Street, E.C.: Pte. R. C. W. Harris.
CLARK, WILLIAM, Park Street, Bristol: Pte. C. G. S. Bingham.
CLARK, BENNETT, 74, Darlington Street, Wolverhampton: Cpl. Fred. P. Pearson.
CLARKE, T. PALMER, Cambridge: 2nd Lt. C. A. K. Anderson; C. Venn Dyson; S. L. Lambert.
CLEARE, G. RIDSDALE, 97, Lower Clapton Road, N.E.: Pte. A. T. Lintern.
CLEAVE, J. C., Goulburn, N.S. Wales: Edward C. Bingham-Bryden.
CLIFFORD, H. H., Christchurch, New Zealand: Pte. J. H. Aitken; Lt. F. D. Maurice; Lt.-Col. D. McLean-Stewart.
CLIFTON & CO., Bombay: Capt. H. J. J. Hamer.
COE & SON, A. E., Norwich: 2nd Lt. N. B. Bavin; Samuel Reid Walker.
COLLINGS, KETURAH, 7, Lower Seymour Street, London, W.: Capt. W. S. B. Blackett; Major C. Bromley; Capt. T. H. W. Cunliffe; Lt.-Col. A. R. S. Martin; 2nd Lt. R. P. Ochs: 2nd Lt. H. O. Powell.
COOK, W. T., Upper Chatham: Pte. James Baynes.
COOK, W. J., 15, High Street, Caterham: Pte. G. Nelson; Lc.-Cpl. Wilfred Scrimshaw West.
COOPER, A. CLARA, 203, Hagley Road, Edgbaston: Capt. J. Francis.
COOPER & SON, HENRY, The Co. Studio, Northampton: Capt. B. Beadon; Lt. F. N. Groves.
COOPER, MONTAGUE, Taunton, &c.: 2nd Lt. H. V. Webber.
COOPER & DURIE, Edinburgh: Pte. H. P. Hogg.
CORBETT, ALEXANDER, 21, Baker Street, W.: Lt. G. D. Lomax.
CORKE, H. ESSENHIGH, F.R.P.S., Sevenoaks: Lt. Alfred Northey.
CORNALL, T. A., Harrogate: Lc.-Cpl. A. E. Day.
CORNWEEL, W. J., Teddington: Pte. E. J. Laurence.
COSWAY STUDIO, Weston Hill, Upper Norwood: Lc.-Cpl. H. Derisley.
COUPER, G., Watford: Pte. J. H. Bunce.
COWASGEE, FRANYCE, New Bazar, Poona.
COX, E. E., Station Road, Taunton: Lt. Y. E. Hyland.
COX, PAUL, Eastgate, Gloucester: 2nd Lt. F. R. Eager.
CRAIG, M. L., Stirling: 2nd Lt. A. E. S. Robinson.
CROKES, G. D., Waterford: G. S. Morse.
CROOKE, C. D., Edinburgh: Major J. Gray: Pte. Norman H. Small.
CROOKE, W., Edinburgh: Surgeon R. T. Brotchie, R.N.; 2nd Lt. R. Carlyle; Capt. A. R. Baillie-Hamilton.
CROWN STUDIOS, Sydney: Pte. J. Farnsworth; Pte. T. F. Hanrahan; Staff Sergt. C. F. Trineman.
CRUDEN, J. C., Sydney: Pte. H. G. Roe.
CULSHAW’S ELECTRIC STUDIO, W. Sunderland: Gnr. Thomas Berry; Pte. W. Wynn.
CUMMING, H., Weymouth: Mid. R. K. G. S. Chapman. R.N.; Naval Cadet John Macpherson, R.N.
CUNNINGHAM & BIDWELL, Sask: Pte. W. J. Hocking
CUTTRISS, JAMES, Newcastle-on-Tyne: Pte. W. Simpson.
DAGG, S. H., Mussorie and Allahabad: Lt. E. Addy.
DAINTY ART STUDIO, Oamarau: Pte. H. B. Dawson.
DARGE, Melbourne, Australia: Lt. K. Wallace Crabbe; Edgar Markillie.
DAVID, J., Thausi: Sergt. John H. Pinchin.
DAVIES, R. E., Ross: Pte. H. Isaac.
DAVIES, O., 16, Princes Street, Edinburgh: Lt.-Comm. M. C. Gibson, Surgeon C. Hordern; Capt. T. Todrick.
DAWKES & PARTRIDGE, Wells, Somerset: Pte. G. Morgan.
DEAN, H., Nottingham: Pte. C. T. Orford.
DEBENHAM, CHARLES, 222, West End Lane, N.W.: Rflm. Charles Arthur.
DEBENHEM, MRS. ARTHUR, Cowes: Capt. F. W. Wood-Martin.
DEBENHEM & GOULD, Bournemouth: 2nd Lt. F. H. Grigson; L. C. Hutchinson.
DEBENHEM, LONGMAN & CO., Twickenham: Lt. D. B. B. Wallace.
DELUXE, 75, Princes Street, Edinburgh: Pte. Thomas Rose.
DENTON, F. J.: Cpl. L. R. G. Baddeley.
DEWAR’S STUDIOS, Glasgow: Pte. Alex. Freer; Pte. Robert Freer.
DICKINSON, G. T. Y., Sheffield: Donald Campbell (Lt. R.A.M.C.?).
DICKS, FRANK, Sudbury: Pte. W. A. Curtis.
DOME, L., Dublin: Peter W. Whiteford.
DOVER STREET STUDIOS, Mayfair, W.: 2nd Lt. H. B. Gething; Capt. E. M. Burt-Marshall; Lt. L. S. Nicholson; 2nd Lt. R. A. Persse.
DOVEY, W. J., Weymouth: Peter J. M. M. Jardine.
DOWNEY, W. & D., 61, Ebury Street, S.W.: Lt. H. G. Brooksbank; 2nd Lt. T. C. Gillespie; Capt. B. R. W. Smith; Lt. R. W. G. Welby.
DRUMMOND, YOUNG & WATSON, Edinburgh: Capt. Ivor T. J. D. Phillipps; Lt. David G. Watson.
DUCK, F. E., Porthcawl.
DUNBAR & CO., A., 25, Jamaica Street, Glasgow: Pte. Adam Montgomery.
DUNCAN, WM. H., Hull: Harold Whitehurst.
DUNNING F., Usk, Monmouthshire: Capt. Watkins.
DURAY: Rflm. D. McCarthy.
DURRANT, MRS. R. K. & SON, Torquay: Lt. E. C. Liptrott.
DYCHE, T., 32, Coventry Road, Birmingham: Pte. Thomas B. Preece.
EASTBOURNE PHOTO CO., 2, The Pavement, Clapham Common, London, S.W.: Sapper Harry Starke; Richard Upton.
EAST GRINSTEAD PHOTO CO.: Capt. F. Liebert; Sergt. C. Newman Mighall.
EATON, B. A., Reston, Man.: Pte. G. A. Breed.
EDDISON, ALBERT: Lt. George J. Williams.
EDEN STUDIOS, Melbourne Sydney: Pte. J. G. Hunter; Pte. J. Nicholson.
EDGAR & CO., S. Lowestoft: Pte. John Breach.
EDGAR, BLAKE, Bedford: Sergt. T. D. Maclennan.
EDWARDS, A. R., Selkirk: Pte. A. Dougall.
EDBESTON BROS., Limerick: Pte. James E. Quin.
ELITE STUDIO, Aberdeen: Pte. John Innes.
ELLIOTT, R. W., Aldershot: Pte. Josiah Banner; Lt. A. W. Battersby; Lt. J. C. Hawkes; 2nd Lt. J. S. C. Marshall.
ELLIOTT & FRY, 55, Baker Street, W.: Capt. E. B. Amphlett; Lt. J. S. R. Anstice; Lt. O. H. Beaufort; Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Craddock; Pte. W. Tyrwhite-Drake; Lt.-Col. G. H. Edsell; Capt. G. O. Furse; Capt. A. W. Robertson-Glasgow; Major T. S. Lees; Lt.-Col. H. McHarg; Capt. A. A. McLeod; Lt. L. H. Osborne; Lt. W. J. Osborne; Lt. T. P. Pilcher; Lt. G. Leigh Pemberton; Lt. C. de B. Persse; Capt. W. E. Rogerson; Lt. L. D. Wand; Lt. C. J. Warner.
ELLIS, F., Birmingham: Pte. C. H. Matthews.
ELLIS, G. S., Mansfield: Pte. R. Penson.
ELLIS & WALERY, 54a, Baker Street, W.: Lt. Charles Bourns; Sub.-Lt. H. Cooper.
EMPIRE ELECTRIC STUDIO, Edmonton, N.: Pte. A. E. Hunt.
ERB & SON, Isaac, St. John, N.B., Canada: Major J. L. Duval.
EVANS, EDMUND W., 24, Church Street, Kensington High Street: Lt.-Col. L. A. Bosanquet.
EVANS, MONTIVILLE, St. Albans: Pte. H. H. Millington; 2nd Lt. Anthony T. Walker.
EVERITT, T. H., Upper Norwood, S.E.: A. Seaman C. B. Cheales.
EVES, G. L., Clifton, Bristol: Pte. G. V. White.
EXCHANGE STUDIO, Sydney, N.S. Wales: Pte. J. A. Beadle; M. W. Palmer.
FAIRBAIN, Edinburgh: Pte. D. Low.
FALK STUDIOS, Perth: Pte. J. Quegan.
FALL, THOMAS, 9, Baker Street, W.: Capt. W. Dudley Hill; Lt. Colin Peake; Lt. James F. Russell; Lt. C. D. Sneath.
FEGAN, Brisbane: Trooper J. J. Postlethwaite.
FENTON, HARRY, Caterham: Pte. R. Brotherton; Pte. E. A. Hillier.
FESTA STUDIOS, New Zealand: Cpl. W. J. Copeland.
FIELD, W., Putney, S.W.: Lc.-Cpl. B. Garwood.
FINDLOW & CO., High Wycombe: Gnr. R. Ellison.
FLETT, London: Pte. T. E. Wadsworth.
FLORENCE STUDIOS, Camden Studio: Pte. A. H. Burns.
FORBES, R., Dublin: Lt. C. M. A. Barker; 2nd Lt. R. M. B. Gamble; 2nd Lt. H. G. Jameson; Lt. C. F. Murphy; Sub.-Lt. G. P. Plunkett.
FORREST, W., Brandon Terrace, Edinburgh: Capt. J. H. Lindsay.
FOULDS & HIBBERD, Liverpool, Southport, &c.: A. Seaman John Fairclough; A. Seaman A. S. Keates; 2nd Lt. J. de W. Kenyon.
FOWKE, C. E., Stafford: Pte. G. le Horne.
FRANCO ART CO., Dublin and Manchester: Pte. R. C. Chasty; Bom. J. W. Ketteridge.
FRANK & SONS, Gateshead: Pte. R. Brotherton; Cpl. H. F. Punshon.
FREEMAN, Sydney: Trooper Donald A. Fraser.
FREKE, ALFRED, Queen Street, Cardiff: Capt. F. F. W. Arnold.
FRENCH & CO., Wallington, Surrey: Pte. Harry J. Housley.
FRY & SON, C. E., South Kensington, S.W.: 2nd Lt. P. Hamilton Sulivan.
GABELL, A. G., 13, Eccleston Street, S.W.: Brig.-Gen. J. E. Gough, V.C.; Capt. A. Stewart Henderson; Sub.-Lt. P. J. L. Skinner; Lt. and Adj. C. N. G. Walker (copyright).
GALE & POLDEN, LTD., Aldershot: Major B. K. W. Bacon; 2nd Lt. E. Walker-Coren; Lt. Rondal E. Parker; Capt. T. Scatchard; Lt. J. A. Hay-Smith.
GALE’S STUDIOS, LTD., Cardiff: Rflm. A. B. Hitchen.
GALE’S STUDIOS, LTD., Nottingham: Pte. F. Robinson.
GEARING & SONS, Lc.-Cpl. W. T. Bushell.
GIBB, ANNIE R., Eden Street, Silloth: C. T. Martin.
GIBBS, GWYER, Pertright and London: E. C. Daun.
GILL, WILLIAM, Colchester: Lt. G. H. Chisnall; 2nd Lt. E. Swetenham.
GILLMAN & CO., Oxford: Lt. W. S. Bird; 2nd Lt. G. A. B. Chester; Lt. C. M. Pope; W. Trevelyan; Lt. J. R. M. Wilkinson; Pte. J. N. Williams.
GLASS J., Londonderry: Pte. J. H. Haslett; Capt. A. P. Knocker.
GORE, W. W., London, E.: John Baker, R.N.R.
GOULD, CECIL J., Weybridge: Capt. C. A. Lafone, D.S.O.; Capt. G. A. Lloyd.
GRANT, Mrs. J. D., London, S.E.: Sergt. J. Mills.
GREENBERG, A., London: Pte. A. R. Pigden.
GREENWICH STUDIOS, London, S.E.: Cpl. J. B. E. Tombs.
GRIFFIN, BERNARD, 29, High West Street, Dorchester: Lt. W. G. Hewitt.
GRIFFITHS, S. G., Haverfordwest, Milford Haven: Capt. D. P. Robathan.
GRIFFITHS, J., Sheerness-on-Sea: Lt. R. H. W. Cobbold; Capt. C. A. Grazebrook.
GUILLEMINOT, Paris: Pte. C. G. Coles; Pte. T. Laing.
GUILLOT & LORMIER, Boulogne: Lt. A. T. D. Cameron.
GUNDRY, A., Sandwich: S. H. Corner.
GUNN & STUART: Sir Richard W. Levinge.
GUTTENBERG, P., Manchester: Mid. R. H. Inglis-Chamberlayne, R.N.
GUY, Dunedin: Pte. R. Foster.
GUY & CO., LTD., Cork: Capt. E. Nugent Banks; Lt.-Col. F. R. Hicks; Lt. Charles S. King.
HADLEY, EDWIN, Nottingham: Pte. E. F. Gardiner; Lt. Arthur M. W. Williams.
HAINE, W., Teddington: Lt. Christopher Mead.
HALL, C. R., Hull: Pte. A. W. Holtby.
HALL, ERNEST, 5, Beaumont Street, Oxford: 2nd Lt. Francis C. W. Wynter.
HALL, FRED, Hull: Pte. G. W. Davies.
HAMILTON PHOTO CO., Hamilton: Cpl. J. Eddison.
HAMPTON’S STUDIO, 195, Argyle Street, Glasgow: Pte. John Webber.
HAMSON, J. A., Guernsey: 2nd Lt. J. B. Webb.
HANA STUDIOS, LTD.: 2nd Lt. W. E. Birch.
HANCOCK & CO., W., Sunderland: Dr. A. Downes; Pte. G. Hepinstall; Pte. R. W. Sayer.
HANOVER STUDIOS, 3, Hanover Square, W.: Capt. Frank E. Feneran.
HANSTOCK, T. J., York: Rflm. A. C. Featherstone.
HARDIE SHAW STUDIOS, Wellington, New Zealand: Sergt. L. Winks.
HARGRAVE, W., 82, Preston Street, Faversham: Pte. John Sharp.
HARPER, J. CAMPBELL, Leith: Pte. A. B. Davidson: Lt. Robert Maule.
HARRIS, G. E., Monmouth: Col. Sergt.-Major Cooke.
HARRISON, H., 119, Roman Road, Bow, E.: Rflm. E. G. Boughton.
HARRODS, LTD., Brompton Road, S.W.: Lt. L. T. L. Foster; Lt. Christopher B. Nicholl.
HAWKE’S STUDIO, Plymouth: Lt. P. M. Murray; Lt. W. G. F. Smith.
HAWKINS, HENRY, York Road, Ilford: Lc.-Cpl. H. A. Bracey.
HAY, JOHN A. M.: Brig.-Gen. Findlay; Lt.-Col. the Hon. G. H. Morris.
HAYWARD, Newport: Lt. F. Longman.
HAZEL’S ROYAL CENTRAL STUDIOS, 116, Old Christchurch Road, Bournemouth: Lt. K. H. C. Woodroffe: 2nd Lt. S. C. Woodroffe.
HAZELL, E. H., Clevedon: Trooper E. C. H. Pearce.
HEATH & STONEMAN, Plymouth: Lt. L. B. Hardy; Lt. S. C. L. Hodgkinson; Lt. C. G. B. Loos; Capt. J. F. Vallentin, V.C.; 2nd Lt. W. D. Waters.
HEATH & BRADNEE, Exeter: Lt.-Col. R. Burnet; Lt. A. W. Toms.
HEAWOOD, J. W., Leicester, &c: Pte. E. M. Wells.
HERBERT, PARKER, Hinckley: Pte. James Orton.
HERMANS STUDIOS, 198, High Road, Wood Green, N.: Pte. H. C. Grant.
HERZOG & HIGGINS, Mhow, Central India: Capt. C. H. Peto: Pte. J. A. Warburton.
HIDE & CO., New Malden: Lt. James Kennedy.
HILLS & SAUNDERS, Cambridge: Lt. John Hugh Allen; Lt.-Com. R. B. Boothby; 2nd Lt. E. C. Mercer.
HILLS & SAUNDERS, Eton: Capt. G. Stewart; Lt. J. A. Carter Wood.
HILLS & SAUNDERS, Harrow: 2nd Lt. Ivor A. Macrae.
HILLS & SAUNDERS, Oxford: Lt. Humphrey M. Chaplin; Lt. W. K. Humphrey.
HISTED & CO., 42, Baker Street, W.: Pte. Noel F. Burnett.
HOLLIDAY & SON, Winchester: Pte. H. H. Coard.
HOLLOWAY, JESSE, Cheltenham: 2nd Lt. G. S. H. Morse.
HOLLOWAY, St. John’s, Newfoundland: Pte. James J. Hynes.
HOLMES & CO., W. D., Peshawar: Major Wm. A. Smail Walker.
HORNE, W. H., Leek: Lt. Basil Lee Nicholson.
HOUGHTON, GEO. E., Margate: 2nd Lt. Christopher Moor; 2nd Lt. R. M. Haythornwaite.
HOUNSLOW, New York Studios: Pte. Wm. Herbert Newman.
HOWARD’S STUDIOS, 53, Donegal Place, Belfast: Pte. W. T. Fulford.
HOWE, THOS. E., 24, High Street, Chatham: Gilbert T. Baskerville, R.N.; 2nd Lt. M. C. Rogers; 2nd Lt. H. Schneider.
HUDSON STUDIOS, Birmingham: Lc.-Cpl. S. T. Hughes; Pte. G. Tipper.
HUGHES, ALFRED, 488, Strand, W. C.: Surgeon S. Hibbert; Pte. Arthur C. Parry.
HUGHES, BROOK, Cork: Major R. Digby Johnson; Lt. George N. P. Young.
HUGHES, J. A., Joh’burg: Lt. W. R. Ruxton.
HULL, E., London: 2nd Lt. B. W. Mead.
HUMMERSTON, HELEN, Regent Studio: Lt. L. W. A. Hugo.
HUMPHREYS, CLEM, Sunderland: Pte. E. Connolly.
HUMPHREY & CO., T., 254, Collin Street, Melbourne: Major T. G. Griffith.
HUNTER, ANDREW, Manchester: Pte. J. M. Jones.
HUNTER, ANDREW, Shrewsbury: Thomas A. Nevett.
IDEAL STUDIOS, Oxford Street, W., and Putney, S.W.: Lc.-Cpl. William Adams; Pte. W. G. Allison; Pte. H. F. Ford; Trooper E. G. Glass; Trooper O. G. Pye; Pte. S. Sear.
ILIFFE, Worcester; Pte. L. Carlton; Lt. H. G. Gilmour.
IRELAND, C., Manchester: Pte. G. G. S. Frost.
JACKLETT, J. W., 160, Victoria Road, Aldershot: Lc.-Sergt. Frank Yarde.
JAMES, J., Owen Sound, Canada: Pte. F. R. Andrew.
JAMIESON, JOHN H., Wrexham: Pte. B. Roberts.
JEAKINS, A., Simla: Major Eric Drummond.
JENKINS, S. PAYNE, Tunbridge Wells: Lt. D. G. Mathwin.
JEROME, MRS. ALICE, Southport: 2nd Lt. R. C. Brooks.
JEWRY, F. RUSSELL, 69a, High Street, Deal: P.O., H. S. Cripps.
JOHNSON BROS., Regina, Canada: Lc.-Cpl. S. C. Hood.
JONES, A. LAWTON, London, N.: Cpl. H. Alderson.
JONES, CHAPLIN, Kingston-on-Thames: Pte. M. F. Turner.
JONES & SON, G. T., Kingston: Lt. F. E. Belchier; 2nd Lt. R. B. Conduit; Capt. R. C. Gilchrist.
JONES. H. E., Glos.: Pte. C. H. Hill.
JORDISON, PENRITH: Pte. H. Graham.
JUKES, J. E., Newcastle-on-Tyne: Pte. E. L. Smith.
KAY, N. S.: Lt. G. J. O. Bull.
KEBB, K., Karrogin: Pte. T. L. Ward.
KELLEY. E., Newton Abbott: 2nd Lt. A. R. L. Tucker.
KENNEDY, J., Toronto: Lt. G. A. Gordon Mackenzie; Lt. Cortland Gordon Mackenzie.
KHAN, ABDULLA, Barielly: Pte. H. McC. Lamont.
KIDD & BAKER, Cambridge: 2nd Lt. T. E. C. Salt.
KILLICK, J. H., 399, Holloway Road, N.: Pte. Henry Edward Percy; Col. Sergt. C. Wilkinson.
KINGHAM’S STUDIOS, Bedford: Sergt. A. A. L. Green; Col. Sergt.-Major G. F. Trimmer.
KIRK, A. H., Totland Bay, Isle of Wight: Pte. E. Haskell.
LACEY, KENT, Brighton: 2nd Lt. R. W. R. Gramshaw; Capt. R. E. Sindall.
LAFAYETTE, LTD., London, Manchester, Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin: Capt. J. G. Adams; Lt. E. Antrobus; Major W. Archibald; Capt. A. C. Aubin; Capt. E. K. Bradbury, V.C.; Lt.-col. Sir E. R. Bradford Bart.; 2nd Lt. M. K. Broadwood; Major V. R. Brooke D.S.O.; Capt. H. V. Browne; Capt. C. Wreford Brown; Lt. W. A. Burges: Lt. C. G. Butcher; Capt. G. Bonham-Carter; Lt. C. Crosley; Pte. W. J. Dawson; Lt. J. J. Doyle; Lt. F. R. Duggan; Capt. G. G. Duggan; Lt. M. R. Sweet-Escott; Capt. W. A. Gallagher; Lt. E. Gilbey; Lt. S. K. Gore; Capt. J. A. Halliday; Capt. E. C. S King-Harman; 2nd Lt. H. P. Hartnoll; 2nd Lt. W. C. Houldsworth; Major J. N. Jephson; Lt. N. A. Jessop; 2nd Lt. B. C. Job; Lt.-Col. F. G. Jones; Major F. J. Joslin; Lt. H. R. S. Kerr; 2nd Lt. W. Leggat; Major C. Leigh D.S.O.; Lt.-Col. L. St. G. la Marchant; Capt. W. C. K. Megaw M.C.; Capt. J. M. Mitchell; 2nd Lt. M. V. Molloy; Lt. J. E T. Nelis; Lt. G. F. Nixon; Capt. G. H. G. Perry; Lt. F. R. Pollock; Lt. M. V. Pollock; Lt. G. Polson; Capt. L. P. Pringle; Capt. H. T. Radcliffe; Pte. G. E. Randall; Lt. H. N. L. Renton; Capt. G. A. G. Shepherd; Lt. A. J. Denroche-Smith; Lt. F. Styles; Capt. R. P. Tobin; Lt. C. R. Turner; Lt.-Col. A. S. Vanrenen; Lt. H. J. Vicat; Capt. A. Wallace; Lt. R. Crawball-Walton; 2nd Lt. A. J. F. de Courcy-Williams; Capt. P. C. Wynter.
LAFAYETTE, Melbourne: Major Reynell.
LAFAYETTE STUDIO, Perth, W. Australia: Capt. K. M. Levi; Capt. A. P. Bowan.
LAFFUTTE, Bournemouth: 1st Cl. Stoker T. R. Spittles.
LAIT, PAUL, S. Kensington: 2nd Lt. L. Holford Hughes.
LAKEGIAN & CO., G., Cairo: Hon. Major Anderson Bey.
LAMBERT & LAMBERT, Bath: Cpl. E. S. Cameron.
LANDER, A., Canterbury: 2nd Lt. Thomas McClelland.
LANDER BROS., 32, Westminster Street, Dublin: Capt. A. F. Attwood.
LANDON, P., Watford: Lc.-Cpl. F. D. Judge; Pte. S. A. Wayth.
LANE, H. W., 43, St. Peter’s Street, St. Albans: Pte. Walter Burkett.
LANGFIER, LTD., LOUIS SAID, London and Edinburgh: Comm. C. F. Ballard; Capt. C. W. Banbury; 2nd Lt. D. A. Beveridge; Capt. E. G. W. Bourke; Lt. O. J. Calley; Capt. R. C. C. Campbell; Lt. A. L. Glegg; Lt. R. M. Macdonald; Rflm. M. M. Van Thal; Lt. G. M. Thompson.
LANKESTER, PERCY S., Romney Studio, Tunbridge Wells: Capt. J. Graham, Jr.; Capt. T. G. L. Ranking.
LAURIE & CO., G. W., Lucknow: Lt. J. F. B. Greenwood; Lt. C. M. Pitts Tucker; T. E. Lawson-Smith; J. Lawson-Smith.
LAWSON, J. O., Chester-le-Street: Pte. J. Middleton.
LEAMAN, T. C., The Corridor, Bath: Pte. Robert Aikenhead; Capt. L. G. Dudley.
LEATHERDALE, T. J., 352, Yonge Street, Toronto: Pte. James Alexander.
LEDINGHAM, A., Aberdeen: Sergt. J. Braik; Lc.-Cpl. G. Clark Moncur.
LEIGHTON STUDIOS, Newcastle-on-Tyne: Major H. C. Matthews.
LEKEGIAN & CO., G., Cairo and Egypt: Sergt. J. E. Robertson; Capt. J. I. Wood-Martin.
LETTO, Perth: Pte. G. E. Warburton.
LEWIS, A. G., Stockport: Bugler A. C. Smith.
LIVERNOIS, LTD., B. E., Quebec: Lc.-Cpl. R. A. J. Amy.
LOCK & WHITFIELD, Burlington Studios, Ealing: Sergt. Hubert S. Anning.
LONDON & COUNTY STUDIOS: 2nd Lt. T. M. Bond.
LONDON ELECTROTYPE AGENCY: Prince Maurice of Battenberg.
LONDON PORTRAIT CO., Aldgate, E.: Pte. A. H. Goddard; Pte. G. E. Powell; Pte. H. J. Schmidt.
LONDON STUDIOS, Levin: Pte. Bernard Eyre Baxter.
LYCEUM STUDIO, 358, Strand, W.C.: Lc.-Cpl. A. Gordon; 2nd Lt. C. E. H. Loxton.
MACALPINE’S STUDIOS, Edinburgh: Pte. J. G. Campbell.
MCCORKE, H. E., Sevenoaks: Capt. F. M. Bingham.
MCDONALD, A. M., 211–20th St. West, Saskatoon, Sask., Canada: Pte. Joe Alderson.
MCGEEHAN, R., Melbourne, Australia: Pte. W. C. McCarthy.
MCGUFFIE & CO., R., Hobart: Pte. V. C. Brooke.
MACKAY & CO., Newcastle-on-Tyne: Pte. John Burn; Pte. E. H. Turner.
MACLEAN, D. A., Blackpool: Pte. J. G. Southern.
MACMAHON, JOHN, Aberdeen: 2nd Lt. L. N. G. Ramsay.
MCNEILL, FRANK A., Gawler Place, Adelaide: Paymaster W. T. Frampton.
MAHAN, OAMAR: Staff Sergt.-Major Henry McLardy.
MANDERS, Dundee: Pte. Malcom J. Campbell.
MARETT, A. F., Shrewton: Cpl. H. R. Fisher.
MARINE STUDIO, Burntisland: Pte. T. Walker.
MARTELS, LTD., Brandon: Pte. E. M. Dwyer.
MARTIN, RITA, 74, Baker Street, W.: A. A. Longsdon.
MASSEY, Bognor: Capt. C. W. S. Paine.
MATHEWSON & CO., T., Brisbane: Lt. H. Kessell.
MAUL & FOX, LTD., Piccadilly, W.: Capt. the Hon. Julian Grenfell, D.S.O.; Lt. K. F. Meiklejohn.
MAY & CO., NORMAN, Cheltenham and Malvern: Lt. H. D. Bennett; Lt. L. H. V. Fraser; 2nd Lt. H. Medhurst; 2nd Lt. Norman Moore Owen.
MAYALL, 114, Piccadilly, W.: Capt. Ewen J. Brodie.
MEDRINGTON’S, LTD., 29, Bold Street, Liverpool: 2nd Lt. C. L. St. C. Clery; Capt. R. E. Tanner.
MELBA & CO., Melbourne, Australia: Pte. A. Norman Tetley.
MESSER, H. C., Salisbury: Capt. H. A. C. Wallace.
METZKER, PAUL, Bombay, Poona: Major G. G. P. Humphreys.
MIDWINTER & CO., W. H., Bristol: Capt. P. C. Chapman.
MILES & KAYE, London: Rflm. F. T. Hale; Pte. Arthur H. Wigg.
MILLER, F. DOUGLAS, Haywards Heath: Pte. E. W. Hodson; Pte. R. T. Storer.
MILLS, JOHN, 10, St. Giles Street, Northampton: Lt. G. G. Paget.
MILLS, JOHN, 11, Gold Street, Northampton: 2nd Lt. J. E. Paton.
MISTRY, M. B., Allahabad: Sergt. S. Paintin.
MITCHELL, T. W., Dublin: Pte. R. Robertson.
MOFFATT, F., 125, Princes Street, Edinburgh: 2nd Lt. A. D. Gillespie; Lt. C. K. Latta; Lt. E. R. H. K. MacDonald; Sergt. A. J. Stewart; Lt. F. H. Turner.
MOFFITT, R., Accrington: Cpl. H. S. Cannon.
MOORE & SONS, J. S., Wimbledon Common: Lt. E. R. M. Odling.
MOORE, B. & W. FISH-, St. Georges Gate, Canterbury: Lc.-Cpl. C. J. Howard; Capt. W. S. Montgomery; 2nd Lt. J. H. Musson.
MOORE’S STUDIO, London: Rflm. W. W. Taylor.
MORA, Adelaide: Capt. G. L. Holmes.
MORA, Harrogate: Pte. A. C. Johnson.
MORA, Southsea: 2nd Lt. P. Rossiter.
MORGAN, G. & W., Aberdeen: Capt. J. A. O. Brooke; Major A. Kellas; 2nd Lt. H. G. G. Pender.
MORRIS, George Street, Dunedin: Lt. H. Liddon Richards; Lt. R. Richards.
MORRISON, W., Lichfield: Pte. T. H. A. Leigh; Capt. C. H. Thomas.
MORRISON’S, 137, Leith Street, Edinburgh: Pte. T. C. Dewar; Cpl. Richard Fowlow.
MOYSE, HAROLD, Muswell Hill, N.: Pte. R. Littlehales.
MUMS, WILLIAM T., Gravesend: Lt.-Col. R. A. Rooth.
MURDOCH, Londonderry: Lc.-Cpl. W. H. Pakenham.
MURRAY, J. E. D., Hawick: Pte. David Brockle.
NADA STUDIOS, Sydney: Pte. N. E. Harris.
NADIN, CHARLES, & CO., 169, High Street, Kensington: Lt. W. J. B. Archer; S. H. Brockbank; Lt. Albert E. Morgan; Pte. Waller; Horace E. Waller.
NASIRUDDIN, S., Calcutta: Cpl. R. Collins.
NATIONAL PHOTO CO., 35, Warwick Street, Victoria, S.W.: Lc.-Cpl. W. C. Lanchbury.
NEAME, LTD., ELWIN, London: Sergt. G. Turnbull.
NEIL, C. J., Toronto: Lc.-Cpl. J. J. McCarthy.
NEILSON, MARION, 16, Bond Street, W.: Lt. W. G. T. Hope-Johnston.
NEW JARVIS STUDIO, Ottawa: Albert Cocks.
NICOL, CHARLES, Newcastle: Lc.-Cpl. T. Cuthbertson.
NOBMAN STUDIO, Halifax, N.B.: Fleet Surgeon George A. Waters.
NORVAL, JAMES, Dunfermline: Lt. M. J. H. Fleming; John Beveridge Nicholson.
NOTSUTT, FRED. E., Plymouth: 2nd Lt. D. E. Hooper.
OLLEY, M. B., London: Pte. J. A. Brown.
OPIE & SONS, H., Bedruth, Falmouth, Truro, Helston: Capt. G. K. Molineux.
ORR, H. SCOTT, Woodford Green: 2nd Lt. W. L. Anderton.
OSGUTHORPE, M. A., Scarboro: Cpl. A. J. Vassalli.
OUTHWAITES, 85, Marker Street: Lt.-Col. A. H. Allenby.
OWEN, Salisbury: Capt. H. B. Parker.
PARETT, Leatherhead: Pte. A. F. B. Walter.
PARK BROS., Toronto: Lt. F. L. Eardley-Wilmot.
PARKIN, ALBERT E.: 2nd Lt. H. B. Hodges.
PARTOON, ARTHUR W., Waterloo, Liverpool: 2nd Lt. W. E. Sadler.
PATERSON’S STUDIOS, Glasgow: Lt. J. L. Rowan.
PATERSON, ANDREW, Inverness: Lt.-Col. Alexander Fraser.
PATERSON, WILLIAM, Mayhill: Pte. J. Sibbald.
PATERSON’S, Burgh Studios, 31, Gt. Junction Street, Leith: Pte. A. MacSwan.
PAYNE, F. W., Drogheda: A. Seaman C. Collins.
PAYNE, J. J., Hull: Pte. W. Turner; J. A. Wighton, R.N.; Joseph Williams.
PEARCE, J. R., 3, Eastgate, Exeter: Capt. G. A. Anstey.
PEMBROKE STUDIOS, 133–135, Oxford Street, W.: 2nd Lt. S. H. Stern.
PENDRY, GEO., F.R.P.S., Nottingham: 2nd Lt. A. B. Raynes.
PENFOLD, HUGH, 100, High Street, Ashford, Kent: Trooper Edgar D. Morton.
PERKOFF, J., London: Rflm. H. E. Dickeson.
PERM, A. A., Wastina: 2nd Lt. K. A. Young.
PERRY, A. R., Hastings: Cpl. S. G. Carnaghan.
PHILIP, JAMES, West Calder: Pte. J. Robertson.
PHOTO STUDIO, 1st Bn., The P.W.O., Karachi: Sergt.-Major G. E. Weston.
PICKFORD, Aberistwith: Capt. E. G. Harries.
PIGOTT, Timarn: Lt. C. Hayter.
PITTMAN, Walthamstow: Rflm. F. H. V. Spinks.
POSTCARD KING, Windsor and Slough: Pte. A. Burrell.
POTTS, H., Hove: Pte. C. S. Young.
POWELL, NEIL, Northampton: Pte. E. Tompkins.
PRAGNELL, KATE, Court Studio, 10, Albemarle Street, W.: Lt. Eric W. P. Westmacott.
PRATT, G., Havant: Lc.-Cpl. F. W. Roberts.
PRIDHAM, CARL W., Amherst, N.B.: Pte. S. C. Bird.
PRIVETT, E. J., Invergordon: 2nd Lt. G. C. Rose.
PROPHET, D. & W.: Pte. Harold S. Wallace.
PROTHEROE & SIMONS, Swindon: 2nd Lt. S. E. Jones.
PUDDICOMBE, W. H., Bideford: Maxim Gunner V. J. D. Ascott.
RALTY, VAN, London: Mark A. Tarn.
RALTY, VAN, Manchester: 2nd Lt. G. W. S. Muchall; Lt. F. A. Sutton.
RALTY, VAN, Nottingham: Pte. H. H. Saxton.
RAMELL, Sittingbourne: Pte. G. M. Watt.
RAPID ART PORTRAIT GALLERY, Royal Arcade, Weymouth: Pte. G. Divers.
RATLEDGE & SON, Castleton, Sheffield: Pte. T. Healy.
RAWLINGS, R., Streatham: Lc.-Cpl. C. G. S. Rawlings.
READING, Rugby: Lt. F. H. Deighton.
REDDING, G. E., Rugby: Capt. E. A Marrow; Lt. A. H. Simpson.
REEVES STUDIOS, London, E.: Pte. H. W. Francis.
RELPH & CO., Huddersfield: Pte. A. Welburn.
R.E. PHOTO SCHOOL, Chatham: Lt. C. G. G. Bayly.
RETTIE, R. G., Kirkcaldy: Pte. B. D. Tod.
REUTSCHLER: 2nd Lt. G. B. F. Monk.
REVELEY, TOM, Wantage and Abingdon-on-Thames: Lt. G. E. Grundy.
RICCARDS STUDIO, London Road, St. Albans: Sergt. H. B. Hudspith.
RIDERS STUDIO, Winchester: Lt. L. Playfair.
RIDGEFIELD, J., King Street, Manchester, and Oxford Street, Bolton: Capt. A. J. Hepburn.
ROBERTS, ALEC, Piershill Studio, Edinburgh: Pte. E. G. Littlejohn.
ROBINSON, FREDERIC, Camberley: Brig.-Gen. A. H. Baldwin; Lt. H. W. Ferguson Barton; W. R. L. Calrow; 2nd Lt. C. J. R. Dawkins; Lt.-Col. G. M. Gillespie; Major F. Mackworth.
ROBINSON & SON, A. P., Redhill and Guildford: 2nd Lt. E. C. Morgan; 2nd Lt. F. Pepys.
ROBINSON, FRANK, Newark: Lt. R. A. C. Aitchison.
ROBINSON, Ipswich street, Stowmarket: Sergt. J. A. Trudgett.
ROGER. J., Dundee: Pte. T. Black.
ROMNEY STUDIOS, LTD., Broadstairs, Kent: R. H. Brenchley; Lt. H. J. Snowden.
ROMNEY STUDIOS, LTD., Southend: Lt. A. F. Halstead.
RONALD’S STUDIO, Sunderland: Pte. F. Farrar; Pte. A. Hindmarsh; Sergt. T. McMullen; Pte. W. Nairn; Cpl. G. Potts; Pte. C. B. Stonehouse; Sapper J. W. Wakinshaw.
ROSEMONT STUDIO, Leeds: G. S. Grundy.
ROSS, W. F., Hawera, New Zealand: Pte. E. D. R. Morrison.
ROSS, C. W., Tain: Lt. William M. Cameron.
ROWE, ARTHUR P., Plymouth: William F. Galpin.
ROYAL PHOTO CO., Bombay: A. Seaman William Glen.
RUSKIN PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIOS, Golders Green: Cpl. R. H. Robertson.
RUSSELL & SONS, Southsea: Major E. de L. Hayes; Lt. W. D. Stirling, R.N.; Lt. J. R. Trotter.
RUSSELL & SONS, Windsor: 2nd Lt. H. E. A. Poole; Pte. J. T. Green; Sergt. T. J. S. Hillyer: Pte. John Rigg.
SALMON & SON, H., Winchester: Cpl. W. G. Cobern; Major P. M. Connellan; Lt. J. Hutcheson; Lt. G. M. J. Sichel; Capt. A. G. Wordsworth.
SANDER, A.: Pte. Bernard G. Cayne.
SAWYER, WALMER: Sapper E. F. Warth.
SCOTT & WILKINSON, Cambridge: Major R. N. Bendyshe; Gordon Merriman.
SCOVELL, F., Aldershot: Sergt. W. R. C. Brooke.
SEAMAN’S STUDIOS, 44, Prospect Street, Hull: Pte. P. A. Blanshard; Pte. T. E. Hudson; Trooper H. A. D. McTurk; Lc.-Cpl. M. J. Steele.
SECRETAN, G. W., 210a, Tufnell Park Road, N.: 2nd Lt. F. N. Parker.
SHARP, ED., London: Pte. P. H. Justice.
SHARP, F., Greenwich: Cpl. W. S. Alder.
SHARVCROSS, L., Blackburn: Cpl. F. Haworth.
SHAYLER, Redcar: Pte. A. Walburn.
SHIELS, DRUMMOND, Edinburgh: Pte. A. S. Mackay; Pte. R. Watson.
SHOTTER, G. L., Plaistow, E.: Pte. W. G. Morton.
SKEWES, W. VERDAYNE, 62, George Street, Croydon: Lt.-Col. H. G. A. Moore.
SKINNER, A. W., Leigh-on-Sea: J. H. Coolledge.
SLUMMING, J., Cowdenheath: Pte. T. Walker.
SMITH, ALGERNON, Wrexham: Lt. B. Croom-Johnson.
SMITH, LIZZIE CASWELL, 309, Oxford Street, W.: Lt. D. E. Cameron; Sub.-Lt. W. V. Gilbert.
SMITH, H. LANE, Kendal, York: Capt. H. A. Askew; Capt. C. Hartnell; Lt. L. O. Vavassur.
SOAME, J., Oxford: Lt. C. J. Coker; 2nd Lt. A. D. Sprunt.
SOLOMON’S, Bedford: Lt. H. C. Gloster.
SPEIGHT, LTD., 157, New Bond Street, London, W.: Capt. E. J. F. Gough; Capt. W. Sandbach; Capt. H. J. Shaw; Capt. A. Skirving; Lt. A. G. Smith; Capt. M. A de Tuyll; Capt. and Adj. E. Upton; Capt. H. Whitaker.
SPEIGHT, CLARE, Nuneaton: Major G. Stopford Adams.
SPENCE, J., Bridge Street, Musselburgh.
SPICER, ALLAN, Wellington, New Zealand: Cpl. G. R. Clarkson.
SPINK, Brighton: Capt. R. C. P. Blyth; Capt. C. F. de Bohun Boone; Major F. Manners-Smith; Cpl. J. P. S. Warren.
SQUIBBS, ARTHUR: Lt. W. J. C. Budd.
SQUIBBS & CAREY, Bridgwater: Rflm. F. B. Helps.
STANDARD STUDIO, Liverpool: Pte. A. D. Bagley.
STANFORD & SON, G. H., Boscombe: Lt. E. R. E. Hickling.
STAR PHOTO CO., 536, Oxford Street, W.: 2nd Lt. R. H. C. Abercrombie.
STARR & RIGNALL, Cambridge: Lc.-Cpl. J. Cheney.
STATE STUDIOS, London: Pte. R. B. Underhill.
STATHAM, W. N., Matlock: Capt. J. F. Hodgkinson.
STEARNS & SONS, Cambridge: Lt. S. A. W. S. Barthroff; Lt. J. Carew; 2nd Lt. A. Crawhall Challoner; Lt. M. C. Day; Sergt. K. J. Goodhart; Pte. L. G. Harris; Lt. W. E. Hill; 2nd Lt. W. J. L. Longbourne; 2nd Lt. W. V. Stewart.
STEER, ALBERT P., 1 Buckland Terrace, Plymouth: Staff Surgeon Moore-Anderson, R.N.; Capt. J. C. P. Cunliffe; Lt.-Comm. A. G. Jameson; 2nd Lt. H. P. Morris; Lt. G. H. Pullen; Pte. F. A. McDermott.
STEGGLES, F. G., Dovercourt: Capt. B. M. Ward.
STEWARD & CO., Buxton: Lt. A. T. Railton.
STEWART, F. B., Poona, India: Capt. G. Thompson.
STICKELLS, Crowborough: Rflm. A. Kidby.
STICKELLS & SON, Cranbrook: Pte. C. T. Bedford; Rflm. Alex. M. Butterwick.
STICKY BACK STUDIOS, Brighton: Pte. Wm. E. McCabe.
STILLIARD & CO., 754, Fulham Road, S.W.: Mid. H. G. Roberts, R.N.
STRATON’S STUDIOS, London: Sergt.-Major O. W. Clark.
STREET, W. E., Pelham Street, Hastings: Sapper Thomas Blackman.
STRINGER, G., Canterbury: Pte. G. S. Hellyer.
STUART, Wm. & JOHN, London, S.W.: Pte. F. T. Underhill.
STUART, Newcastle-on-Tyne: Sergt. F. C. Crocker; 2nd Lt. F. G. Taylor.
STUARTS PHOTO STUDIOS: Lt. Roger Bellingham.
STUDIO, 88–103, Newgate Street, E.C.: G. F. J. Trounson, R.N.R.
STUDIOS, 169, Oxford Street, W.: Capt. E. G. Venning.
STYLES, A. H., 70, Northgate Street, Canterbury: A. Seaman Bertie H. Goldsmith.
SUMMERS, F. H., Malmesbury: Pte. W. Vincent.
SUTTON, Stanley, 45 Canal: Trooper R. D. Warren.
SWAINE, F. A., Bond Street, W.: Capt. E. Scott Bamford; Capt. F. H. Beaufort; Capt. F. H. Black; Lt. A. C. Brickwood; 2nd Lt. E. K. Colbourne; Capt. C. W. Green; Capt. M. H. Helyar; Capt. H. P. L. Heyworth; 2nd Lt. R. G. R. Hogan; Capt. G. M. James; Lt. A. D. Kirkpatrick; Capt. A. Merritt; Lt.-Col. A. F. Sargeant.
SWEET, CHARLES, Rothesay, N.B.: Capt. C. G. Buchanan; John T. Millar.
SWEET & JENNINGS: Capt. G. C. Briggs.
SWEETLAND, E., High Wycombe: Pte. B. G. Turner.
SWIFT, A., Peasedown: Pte. H. Porter.
SWISS STUDIOS, Sydney: Major F. D. Irvine.
TASSELL, FRED, W., Carlisle: Lt. C. Graham; Lt. Henry C. Pecker.
TAYLER, H. K., Wembley: 2nd Lt. M. C. Wroughton.
TAYLOR BROS., Coventry: Cpl. W. G. Admans.
TAYLOR, A. & G., Newport: John Clifford Crosby; Pte. T. Watts.
TAYLOR, NORMAN, Oxford: Pte. W. S. A. Gammon.
TEAR, ADOLPHUS, Bayswater, W.: 2nd Lt. E. F. Yarrow.
TEAR, ADOLPHUS, Ipswich: 2nd Lt. H. A. Row; Major L. W. S. Oldham.
TEAR, ADOLPHUS, 42, High Street, Notting Hill Gate, W.: 2nd Lt. M. H. de Rougemont; 2nd Lt. John Roger Wallace.
TEAR, HERBERT, London, S.W.: Pte. R. Sheppard.
THIRLWELL & CO., Stockton, Middlesbrough: Coy Sergt.-Major H. H. Ferrand; Drummer F. E. Stock.
THOMAS, JACK, Swansea: Pte. W. H. Fisher.
THOMSON, J., 72, High Street, Bedford: Pte. C. G. LeSueur.
THOMPSON, J., Belfast: Norman A. Gillespie.
THOMSON, JAMES, 9, Bank Street, Inverness: Lt. A. F. Paterson; Lc.-Cpl. Donald Paterson.
THOMSON, J., 70a, Grosvenor Street, W.: Lt. C. J. Murray.
THOMSON BROS., Edinburgh: Pte. T. Watson.
THORNE, LESLIE, Weymouth: Lc.-Cpl. S. Radmall.
TREBLE, CHARLES, Brixton: Rflm. A. S. Ford.
TREBLE, E. M., Derby: 2nd Lt. H. F. Severne; 2nd Lt. H. A. C. Topham.
TROLGA’S STUDIOS, E. Van, Clapham, Brighton, and Southampton: Rflm. F. T. G. Pulsford; Rflm. Alfred Claude Mylam.
TUCK, W. J., London, N.E.: Grenadier H. W. Clark.
TURNER, Oxford: 2nd Lt. L. B. Stevens.
TURNER & CO., Small Heath: Pte. J. S. June; Pte. H. V. Kerfoot.
TYNAN BROS., 41, Bath Street, Jersey: Lt. W. C. Mc. Le Bruce.
UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, London: Squadron Sergt.-Major Collins.
U.S.A. STUDIOS, London: Pte. William S. Barnett; Cpl. S. Cavey; Pte. C. R. Coombes; H. T. Croxson; Pte. T. E. Duffus; Pte. J. Flitter; Pte. C. W. C. Gibbons; Sergt. H. C. Goffin; Pte. E. Grant; Lc.-Sergt. F. J. Hocking, D.C.M.; Lc.-Sergt. F. Holding; Lc.-Sergt. P. H. H. Hunt; Trooper W. Isted; Rflm. H. R. Jameson; Pte. W. Linton; Pte. T. E. Lion; Rflm. S. B. Peart; Pte. Thomas Powrie; Stoker J. Quinn; Pte. W. Saltmarsh; Sigln. H. J. Slattery; Pte. G. B. Strike; Pte. F. Warner; W. Weaver; Pte. Sidney Alfred Wyllie.
UTUGIAN & CO., H., Cairo: Trooper E. Hansen.
VANDEBILT, THOMAS, 12, James Street, Liverpool: Lt. J. L. Milner.
VANDYKE, C., London: Capt. A. Leigh Bennett, D.S.O.; Col. W. L. Davidson; Capt. Henry Ironside Money; Major A. Young.
VEALE & CO., H. M., Bristol: Sergt. C. H. Collison.
VICKERY BROS., Major J. E. L. Bruce.
VINER, F., Swindon: Sergt. C. Blanchett.
WAKEFIELDS, Chiswick and Brentford: Walter S. Belsten; Pte. Wm. A. Raworth.
WALKER, HENRY, Gateshead: Sergt. J. T. Murray; Pte. H. Quinn.
WALKER, H., Vernon Place, Scarborough: Pte. E. Cook; Lc.-Cpl. W. Drummond.
WALSH, T., Culkey P.O., Enniskillen: Pte. A. G. Atkinson.
WALSHAWS, 60, Doughty Street, W.C.: 2nd Lt. J. K. B. Smith.
WALTENBERG, T., 419, Bethnal Green: Pte. E. C. Cocker.
WALTON, Bondi Janeto, Sydney: Pte. J. A. E. Harris.
WANCHANSKI, St. Leonard’s: Capt. A. E. Bullock; Lt. J. C. Cansfield.
WARD, London: Pte. A. Boothaway.
WARNEUKE, WM. M., Glasgow: Lt. A. D. C. King.
WATKIN, H. E., Scarborough: Capt. J. E. Simpson.
WATSON, CHAS. R., Sydenham: Lt. D. C. Chorley, R.N.; Pte. T. B. Hallett.
WATSON, A. SWAN, Edinburgh: Driver T. A. Ridgleg.
WAY, OSCAR, Royal Studio, Colchester: Lt. John H. Kennedy; Lt. Frederick Giles Prichard.
WAYLAND, HENRY, Blackheath: Pte. A. A. Daniel; Lt. Anthony Clifford Clifford; Lt. J. H. Fraser; Lt. W. L. Harvey; 2nd Lt. J. S. H. James; Pte. R. M. Lyon; Capt. F. C. Squires; 2nd Lt. L. S. White.
WEAKS, GEORGE, Lammas Street, Carmathen: Pte. Thomas Harold Phillips.
WEBB, STEFFANS, Christchurch, New Zealand: Nurse N. M. Hildyard; Trooper F. Maxwell Way.
WEBSTER BROS., 25, The Pavement, Clapham Common, S.W.: Capt. E. S. P. K. James.
WEDLAKE, W., 26, Junction Road, N.: Hubert E. Bridgeland.
WEEKS & GIMBLE, 29, St. Thomas Street, Weymouth: Capt. R. A. N. Smyth.
WEEKSLER, FELIX S., Bangalore: Capt. Hogg.
WEISS, P., Stafford: Pte. J. Tavernor.
WELCH, J. T., Bedford: Pte. A. J. Corner; Pte. D. H. Corner.
WELLS, FRANK, London, S.W.: Pte. E. Kallaway; Pte. M. B. Taylor.
WERNES & SONS, 39, Grafton Street, Dublin: 2nd Lt. Ed. T. Weatherill.
WEST & SON, Southsea: Lt. W. J. M. Hadfield; 2nd Lt. Stephen Beverley-Morgan; Acting Comm. L. G. Traherne, R.N.
WEST & DAWSON: Lt. H. G. Burridge.
WESTERN & SON, LTD., LAMBERT, London, Dover and Folkestone: Capt. E. M. Crawley-Boevey; Lt. C. F. Featherstone; Lt. S. E. L. Gordon; Col. C. E. Harman; 2nd Lt. W. G. Hicks; Lt. A. R. A. Leggett; Lt. G. G. Marshall; Lt. Noott; Lt. A. Ramsay; Capt. R. P. Shaw; Lt. A. L. Silvester.
WESTON, ARTHUR, London: Pte. J. H. Johnston; Allan D. Paull.
WESTON, A. W. H., Northwood: Major Henry Herbert Stanley Marsh.
WESTON & SON, J., Eastbourne: Sapper Robert J. Baker Warton.
WESTON, LAMBERT, Dover: Capt. R. T. Vachell; Lt. B. E. D. Warde.
WESTON & SON, T., London, S.W.: Lt. N. M. Kerr Bertie; Lt. F. L. Carew; Lt. C. Pigot-Moodie; Lt. W. B. Rhodes-Moorhouse, V.C.; Capt. E. R. Nash; 2nd Lt. L. C. Nash.
WHEATCROFT & CO., 189, The Moor, Sheffield: Lc.-Cpl. John R. Melson; Pte. Robert Melson.
WHEATLEY, HAROLD, Sunderland: Pte. J. M. S. Crichton.
WHEELER, H., Folkestone: Pte. F. S. W. Jennings; Pte. W. K. Robertson.
WHEELER, H., LTD., Weymouth: Cadet K. A. Anderson, R.N.; Capt. J. R. Caird; 2nd Lt. John Halstead Cortis; Capt. K. McDiarmid; Lt. C. V. Rawlinson.
WHERRETT’S STUDIO, Hobart: Lc.-Cpl. V. J. Wickins.
WHINFIELD, LTD.: 2nd Lt. Thomas L. Bainbridge.
WHITE, WALTER, Burntisland: Armr. Cpl. J. Robertson.
WHITE, F. J., Wellington Street, Gravesend: Pte. Henry J. Wilkins.
WHITE, F. J., Star Studios, 52, Milton Road, Gravesend: Pte. James G. Hayman.
WHITELEY, LTD., WM., Bayswater, W.: Pte. R. W. C. Anderson; Capt. R. W. M. Stevens.
WHITFIELD, COSSER & CO., Colchester, Ipswich, Bath: Sergt. Wm. Benj. Dutch; 2nd Lt. J. Hobbs; Lc.-Cpl. H. Pallant; Lc.-Sergt. R. B. Wombell.
WHORWELL, J. G., Dover: Pte. Arthur Kemp; Sergt. Frank Robinson.
WHYTE, D., Inverness: Capt. K. Wyndham Arbuthnot.
WIEDHOFFT, F., London: Capt. F. H. Mahony.
WIELE & KLEIN, Madras: Major C. T. Wrigby Grimshaw.
WILLIAMS, W., Carnarvon: Lt. M. Wynne Jones.
WILLIS, S. E., Chatham: Cpl. A. N. Donovan.
WILLIS, Southend: Capt. R. T. Rogers.
WILLMETT, W. J., Pier Photographer, Hastings: Pte. George Waller.
WILSON & SONS, London: Pte. W. Hallam.
WIMBLEDON, JNO., Wimbledon, Surbiton and Tooting: Rflm. Edwin Ashton; Pte. G. E. Waters.
WINCHESTER, MESSRS. W. A., Langton Road, St. Annes, Bristol: Cpl. S. A. Abbott.
WINSTANLEY, J., Hampden Street: J. Mather.
WINTER, ARTHUR, Preston: Lt. W. G. F. Welch.
WISE, North Tidworth: Pte. Louis Blake.
WOOD, AUSTIN, Bishop Auckland: Pte. R. Hodgson.
WOOD, F. W., London: Rflm. D. T. Quy.
WOOD, SYDNEY H., Darlington: Mid. J. D. Stubbs, R.N.
WRIGGLESWORTH, Dunedin: Charles C. Noble.
WRIGGLESWORTH, A., Sittingbourne: 2nd Lt. Salvesen.
WRIGHT: Pte. S. Bristowe.
WRIGHT & CO., Margate: Pte. W. H. Rosson.
WRIGHT, M., Middlesbrough: Lt. H. de C. Casley.
WRIGHT & Sons: Cecil H. Bray.
WRIGHT, WM. J., Upper Norwood: Lt. D. H. V. Wilson, R.N.
WYKEHAM STUDIOS, LTD., London: H. J. Fippard; Clement A. Foncar; Pte. Geoffrey W. Freeman; 2nd Lt. D. H. Gotch; Capt. J. E. G. Gwynne; Rflm. G. F. Head; Pte. E. D. Jones; 2nd Lt. E. L. Kellie; Pte. E. L. Sprunt; Pte. P. H. Stearne; R. T. E. Westmacott.
YARMAN, H. J., Bury St. Edmunds: Lt. Cyril R. Lydekker.
YEOMAN, ELIJAH, West Hartlepool: Capt. E. W. Leather.
YERBURY & SON, E. R., Edinburgh: Pte. S. D. M. Clerk; Pte. T. C. Hutton; Pte. J. M. Wood.
YOST, L. R., Berlin, Ontario, Canada: Pte. Alexander R. Eby.
YUYNER, Nanaimo, B. Columbia: Pte. George W. Elliott.
ZOLA, Cairo: 2nd Lt. O. P. Gwynne; Sergt. A. Lanchbury.
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