The Roll of Honour, Volume 1 (part 5 of 10)

The Roll of Honour, Volume 1 (part 5 of 10)

=FURPHY, GEORGE HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R, Ch. B. 10045), S.S. 2611, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=FURSE, GEORGE ARMAND=, Capt., Royal Field Artillery, 2nd s. of the late Edmund Furse, of Alphington, Frimley, co. Surrey, by his wife, Lydia, dau. of Fred King; b. Rhode Island, Providence, U.S.A., 21 Feb. 1880; educ. Cheltenham and Woolwich; gazetted to F. Battery, R.H.A., 23 Dec. 1898, and promoted Lieut. 15 Feb. 1901, and Capt., 116th Battery, 29 April, 1907. In 1909 he was appointed to V Battery in India, and after three years came home to do a musketry course. When war broke out he was posted to the 60th Battery. R.F.A., and went to France with the 2nd Division, 17 Aug. 1914. He died at Verneuil, 16 Sept. 1914, of wounds received at the Battle of the Aisne the previous day, and was buried near Bourg. Capt. Furse unm. at Rawal Pindi, Punjab, India, 2 March, 1905, Hazel (Little Cranford, Strawford, Winchester), dau. of the late Elton Forrest, D.C. of Forests [by his wife, Emily, dau. of the Rev. Frederick Wickham, 2nd Master of Winchester College], and had three daus.: Lilian Emilée, b. 2 April, 1906; Aileen Armanda, b. 24 Aug. 1910; and Mélanie Hazel, b. 1 June, 1912.

=FUTRILL, CHARLES=, Private, No. 5270, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 3rd s. of George Futrill, of The Stalls, Salter Lane, Redditch, Worcestershire, Ostler, by his wife, Fanny; b. Bewdley, co. Worcester, 25 Dec. 1884; educ. Board School, Stratford-on-Avon; was employed at Coventry Gas Works; enlisted, 8 Dec. 1903; served in Egypt 29 Sept. 1906 to 21 Oct. 1907; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Soupir, 14 Sept. 1914. He m. at St. Peter’s Church, Coventry, 9 June, 1908, Sarah Ann (14, Pridmore Road, Foleshill, Coventry), yst. dau. of William Southam, of Helmdon Green, co. Northampton; s.p.

=FUTTER, FRANK CHARLES=, Private, No. 10554, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Charles Futter, of The School House, Burnham Thorpe, King’s Lynn, co. Norfolk, Tilemaker; b. Burnham Thorpe, 31 July, 1895; educ. there; enlisted 1913; and was killed in action at Cuinchy. 11 May, 1915; unm.

=FYFIELD, JAMES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 8479, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=FYSH, WILLIAM=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2986A, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=FYSHE, FRANCIS=, Lieut., 7th Battery, 2nd Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 3rd s. of the late Thomas Fyshe, General Manager, Merchants Bank of Canada, by his wife, Airs, dau. of Thomas Leigh Leonoweus; b. Halifax, Nova Scotia, 7 Dec. 1894; educ. Creighton School, Montreal, and the Royal Military College, Kingston; gazetted Lieut. Canadian Field Artillery, 1 Aug. 1914; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war; came over with the First Contingent, 3rd Oct. 1914; went to France, 15 June, 1915, and was killed in action near Messines, 27 Nov. 1915; unm. Buried at Romarin, Belgium.

=FYSON, OLIVER=, Private, No. 29546, 16th (Canadian Scottish) Battn. 3rd Infantry Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, s. of the Right Rev. Philip Kemball Fyson, late Bishop in Hokkaido, Japan, and now Rector of Elmley Lovett, Droitwich, by his wife, Eleanor, dau. of Richard Lee Furley; b. Hull, 25 Oct. 1884; educ. C.M.S.H. Limpsfield and Loretto School; went to Canada in 1906, and settled at Vancouver; volunteered on the outbreak of war, 5 Aug. 1914, and came over with the First Contingent in Oct. 1914; trained on Salisbury Plain, during the winter of 1914–15; went to France, Feb. 1915, and was killed in action near Langemarck, 22 April, 1915; unm.

=GABBETT, EDMOND POOLE=, Lieut.-Commander, R.N., eldest s. of the late Edmond Richard Gabbett, M.I.C.E., by his wife, Annie Eva May, dau. of Capt. Poole Gabbett, 31st Regt.; b. Old Charlton, co. Kent; educ. Mr. William White’s School, Bognor; entered the Navy as a Cadet 15 May 1901, was appointed to H.M.S. Hannibal 1 June following, became Midshipman 15 June 1901, Sub-Lieut. 15 Aug. 1904; became Lieut. (N.) 15 Feb. 1906, and Lieut.-Commander 15 Feb. 1914; was appointed Navigating Lieut. H.M.S. Cressy, 1 Aug. 1914, and was lost when that ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; m.

=GABELL, JAMES=, Private, No. 15551, 10th Battn., Canadian Expeditionary Force; s. of (--) Gabell; b. 12 April. 1886; joined the band of the 16th Lancers as a boy, and served 12 years, obtaining his discharge in March, 1913; went to Canada in April, 1914, enlisted there on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; came over with the 1st contingent, Oct. following; went to France in Feb., and was killed in action at Festubert, 21 May, 1915; unm.

=GADSEN, WALTER SAMUEL=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 7531, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=GAFFNEY, LÉON ARTHUR=, 2nd Lieut., 6th (Service) Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, eldest s. of William Gaffney, of Slough, by his wife, Violet Alice, dau. of the late William Huggins; b. Shepherd’s Bush, London, 27 July, 1895; educ. Borlase School, Marlow, and New College, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut. from the University O.T.C. to the Royal Munster Fusiliers 22 Aug. 1914; landed with his battn. at Suvla Bay, 6 Aug. 1915, and fell mortally wounded by a bullet through the abdomen, while leading a bayonet charge on the morning of the 12th. He died at Tenedos the same day; unm. His commanding officer wrote: “We were holding an advanced position on the crest of a ridge, and the Turks were attempting to dig themselves in very close to us under cover of darkness. C Coy, in which your son was, was detailed to attack them with bombs just before dawn. The attack was carried out and their trench was occupied.... Your son fell mortally wounded while most gallantly leading a bayoneting party. He was carried in by a captain of the Royal Engineers.” Further particulars were furnished by the captain in command of the company holding the post, who said that “Lieut. Gaffney was brought into my trench. He was quite conscious and very brave, as he was suffering until the doctor eased the pain with a little morphia. There was a heavy fire still against us, and your son said not to risk any lives getting him away, a brave and thoughtful act on his part. Of course our stretcher bearers wanted to do their work, and really the Turks seem rather to respect a stretcher as no one was hit.” A brother officer of C Coy. adds this tribute: “I can truly say that he was one of the best fellows, most genial, unselfish, and at the same time most capable, that I had the privilege of working with. He was admired and respected alike by his fellow officers and men. I had an opportunity of seeing him under fire on a few occasions, and his bravery, coolness and cheeriness proved him to be indeed one of the fairest flowers of British manhood.”

=GAGE, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, L. 10655, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GAIGER, ARTHUR ALFRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10307), 212286, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GAILEY, EDWARD JOSEPH=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10139), 210045, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GAITLEY, ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3528), 301057, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GALBRAITH, DONALD JAMES FINDLAY=, Lieut., 9th Battn. (Glasgow Highlanders) Highland Light Infantry (T.F.), only s. of John Alexander Galbraith, of Lindsaylands, Biggar, co. Lanark, by his wife, Mary Rogerson McKnight, dau. of James Findlay, Merchant; b. Glasgow, 13 May, 1892; educ. Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow; and Glenalmond; obtained a commission in the 9th Highland Light Infantry (T.F.), 18 Jan. 1911, and was promoted Lieut. April, 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France, Nov. 1914, and was killed in action, near Bethune, 25 Jan. 1915; unm. Buried in the grounds in the Chateau de Gorre, near Bethune.

=GALE, MARMADUKE HENRY LITTLEDALE=, Major, 8th Cavalry, Indian Army, elder s. of the late Marmaduke Henry Littledale Gale, Proprietor Indigo Estate, Pundoul, Bengal, by his wife, Anna (Rayne Place, Rayne, Essex), dau. of Malcolm Neynoe Macleod; b. Muzufferpur, Bengal, India, 3 March, 1873; educ. Wellington and Sandhurst; gazetted to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 10 Oct. 1894, and promoted Lieut. 30 Oct. 1896; transferred to the Indian Army in 1897, and became Capt. 10 Oct. 1903, and Major, 10 Oct. 1912; commanded a Camel Corps 1903–6; took part in the Mohmond Expedition on the North-West Frontier, India, 1908 (medal with clasp); was on General Pilcher’s Staff, 1909–10, then rejoined his regt. and in 1913 was appointed Squadron Commander in the 8th Cavalry. He was shot at Jhansi, 28 June, 1915, in the execution of his duty, by two Mahommedan Sowars of the regt., who had been warned to proceed to the Front with a draft the same afternoon. Major Gale was a very good linguist, and had passed in higher and lower Hindustani, Punjabi, Arabic, and Pashtu, and was author of “Hindustani for Beginners.” He m. at the Cathedral, Calcutta, 11 June, 1900, Alice Maude, dau. of John Connell, and had a dau., Helen Alice, b. 9 July, 1901.

=GALLAGHER, WILLIAM AUGUSTINE=, B.A., Capt., 2nd Battn. East Lancashire Regt., only surviving child of William Gallagher, of 1, Charlemont Place, Armagh, Solicitor, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Thomas C. Ward, of Holywood, co. Down; b. at Armagh, 9 Dec. 1882; educ. Clongowes Wood College, co. Kildare, and Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated B.A. in June 1906; and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the East Lancashires, 29 Aug. 1906, and promoted Lieut. 26 Sept. 1908, and Capt. 5 Aug. 1914. He served for five years (1906–1911) in India, and then went to South Africa, where he was attd. to a Mounted Infantry Battn. at Harrismith till 1913, when he rejoined his regt. at Wynberg, near Capetown, and was employed on the Capetown defence works. After the outbreak of war the General Officer there selected him to bring home the horses of the 10th Hussars, a duty which he performed with great care. The horses were landed in excellent condition, and with but trifling loss. For this arduous duty he was specially thanked. On his return to this country he was sent to Hursley, near Winchester, and attached to the 8th Division, and whilst there General Carter selected him as machine-gun officer on his staff. He went to France early in Nov. 1914 and saw much service there; his last letter to his mother, written a day before his death, stated that he was at very hard work and would not be able to write for some time. The next day (11 March) the Battle of Neuve Chapelle was fought, and at night he was sent with orders to the brigade commanders engaged in the firing-line, a duty attended with great danger, as the roads were swept with shell fire. A shell burst over himself and the orderlies who accompanied him. Capt. Gallagher was struck on the side of the head with a fragment of a shell, and his death was instantaneous; the orderlies were untouched. He was buried the next day in an orchard near Neuve Chapelle, under heavy shell fire from the enemy; unm. General Carter, in sending particulars of his death, described Capt. Gallagher as “A truly gallant officer and one of the best fellows he ever knew.” He further stated that “he had done such good work with the brigade that he had great pleasure in bringing it under the notice of the General Officer Commanding the 8th Division. All the staff appreciated his kindness of heart, his cheery good fellowship and undaunted gallantry.” He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatches [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915] for gallant and distinguished service in the field.

=GALLANT, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 69366, 26th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, s. of Sylvain Gallant, of Shives, Athol, New Brunswick; b. Bloomfield, Queens co., Prince Edward Island, 2 March, 1895; educ. there; volunteered after the outbreak of war and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 5 Feb. 1915; and was killed in action in Belgium, 13 Oct. 1915; unm.

=GALLERY, JOHN RICHARD=, Private, No. 6828, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd s. of Henry Gallery, of 303, Bolton Road, Small Heath, Birmingham (who served 12 years in the 5th Dragoon Guards), by his wife, Martha, dau. of Richard Butler; b. Curragh Camp, Dublin, 1886; educ. Brookfields Board School; joined the Coldstream Guards, 25 June, 1906, and after serving his time received an excellent character from his Commanding Officer, who wrote: “This man has been with me since 1911, during which time I have found him without exception to be an unusually hard-working and trustworthy man. He was with me throughout the training season of 1912 as telephone clerk, a post which he filled to my entire satisfaction, despite the great calls made upon his energy and zeal which such a post frequently necessitates;” rejoined on mobilisation 5 Aug. 1914; went to France about 15 Aug. and was killed in action there 6 Sept. 1914; unm. He was a 1st class signaller.

=GALLOWAY, ARCHIBALD WILSON=, Signalman, 232376, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=PAYNE-GALLWEY, PHILIP FRANCIS=, Lieut., 21st Lancers, attached 9th Lancers, 2nd s. of the Rev. Francis Henry Payne-Gallwey, M.A., Rector of Sessay, Thirsk, by his wife Florence Kate, 2nd dau. of Col. Arthur Lowry Cole, C.B., 17th Regt. [Earl of Enniskillen coll.,] and great grandson of Gen. Sir William Payne-Gallwey, 1st Bart.; b. Kirby Knowle Rectory, 7 March, 1893; educ. West Downes and Winchester College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Nov. 1912, promoted Lieut. 5 Aug. 1914, and attached to the 9th Lancers 12 Aug. following. He was killed in action at Messines, 31 Oct. 1914; unm.

=GALPIN, HAROLD ERNEST SYDNEY=, Bugler, Ch. 17926, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GALPIN, WILLIAM FRANK=, Rifleman, No. 9365, 5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade), The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of William Henry Galpin, of 11, Montrose Terrace, Plymouth, Timber Salesman, by his wife, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of John Hocking Francis, of Penzance; b. Plymouth, 1 Sept. 1890; educ. Lipson House School, Plymouth, and obtained Honours in Cambridge Local Exam.; became a quantity surveyor on the staff of H.M. Office of Works, Westminster; was a Scout Master and received the Baden Powell Warrant, dated 7 June, 1910; joined the (Territorial) Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s L.I. at Bodmin, in 1911, but in 1913 transferred to the London Rifle Brigade; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 4 Nov. 1914, where he was attached to the 11th Brigade (4th Division), and was killed in action 13 May, 1915, at Wieltje, during the 2nd Battle of Ypres, the same day Sergt. Belcher of his Battn. won the V.C. The London Rifle Brigade had been subjected to a terrific bombardment for nearly three weeks, and its strength had been reduced to less than 200 men. He was buried near Ypres; unm.

=GAMBLE, JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3895), 189970, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=GAMBLE, RICHARD MAURICE BROOKS=, 2nd Lieut., 1/7th Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of Richard Keene Gamble, of 51, Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, Carriglea, Greystones, co. Wicklow, and Derrinboy House, Kilcormac, King’s Co., B.L., J.P., President of the Chamber of Commerce, Dublin, by his wife, Hannah Maria, dau. of Maurice Brooks, of Oaklawn, co. Dublin, J.P., D.L., and gdson. of the late Richard William Gamble, of Killooly Hall, King’s Co. and 51, Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, Q.C., County Court Judge, Ireland; b. at Leeson Park, Dublin, 16 July, 1893; educ. M. Le Penton’s School, Dublin, afterwards at Tonbridge School, Kent, and Trinity College, Dublin, where he had matriculated in Arts and Medicine, and was about to take his degree when war broke out. He was a member of the O.T.C., and immediately volunteered and was gazetted to the Liverpool Regt. 5 Sept. 1914. He went with his regt. to the Front in March, 1915, and was killed in action, when leading his men in an attack on the German trenches, at Richebourg, on the night of 15–16 May, 1915, and was buried at the Rue de Bois, half a mile south of Richebourg St. Vaast, with eight brother officers killed in the same attack; unm. His Commanding Officer thus described the circumstances: “We were ordered to take the German trenches.... Under heavy fire he led his men with the greatest bravery, and had reached the parapet of the German trenches when he fell with two Germans under him, death being instantaneous.” Lieut. Gamble obtained a silver medal for shooting when at school in Dublin, and was very keen on fishing and shooting.

=GAMBLE, RICHARD SUMNER=, 2nd Lieut., 7th (Service) Battn. East Lancashire Regt., eldest s. of Sidney Gompertz Gamble, some time Borough Surveyor of Grantham and since Feb. 1892, second in command of the London Fire Brigade, by his wife, Harriet Annie, eldest dau. of John Sumner, of Blyth, Coleshill; b. Grantham, 8 Oct. 1881; educ. at Coleshill School and Luneburg, Germany. On returning to England in 1899 he was apprenticed as mechanical engineer at the Hunslet Engine Works, Leeds, and afterwards continued his engineering studies at the Battersea Polytechnic. On 7 Jan. 1905, he left England to take up an appointment as Assistant Manager of the Kallina Tea Estate, India, afterwards holding similar positions at Konapara and Jellalpore. Owing to ill-health he returned to England in Oct. 1910. He, however, recovered and left in Dec. 1911, to take up an appointment as Assistant Manager of the Sungei Rubber Estate, Perak, F.M. States. He was an enthusiastic volunteer and attained the rank of Sergt. in the Leeds Rifles and the Surma Valley Light Horse. Being a good horse and swordsman he carried off many of the best prizes at their competitions. The news of the outbreak of war coincided with the end of the first period of his engagement in the Malay States. He therefore returned to England and at once placed his services at the disposal of the India Office, hoping that with his intimate knowledge of German, French, Hindustani, etc., and his great ability to control and manage the Coolies, he might be able to be of considerable use to the Indian troops, then on their way from India. On 16 Jan. 1915, he was gazetted 2nd Lieut., and was attached to the 7th Battn. East Lancashire Regt. He remained with this battn. at Cliveden, Somerset, until 24 March, 1915, when he received orders to report himself at Southampton, Havre, Rouen and Marseilles, where he was attached to the 6th Jat Light Infantry, Dehra Dun Division. On 30 April, with 14 other officers, he left for Boulogne, and was sent up to the Front on 12 May, and was transferred on 16 May to the 1st Gurkha Rifles, who were then in the trenches. The last letter received from him, dated 20 May, 1915, concludes with “I have just received orders to go and bomb some Germans out of a trench, so must say good-bye.” From subsequent information it appears that the actual attack took place on the night of 21–22 May in the trenches running through Ferme Du Bois, 3,000 metres north-east of Festubert and 2,500 metres south-west of Neuve Chapelle; 1,000 metres west of the main road from La Bassée to Estaires. The attack was a comparatively small local affair. He was leading and was described by the observation officer as being well in front of his men, and deliberately cut a large gap through the wire and then, thinking his men were just behind him, jumped over into the German trench. The German fire was so intensely hot that the men had to lie down, and never reached the trench; the casualties were all the European officers and 45 per cent. of the men killed and wounded. The India Office record “2nd Lieut. R. S. Gamble, 7th East Lancashire Regt., attached 1st Gurkha Rifles, officially reported missing, believed killed 22 May.”

=GAMBRILL, JOHN=, Chief Stoker, 167791, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GAMMON, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Stoker, P.O., 301382, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GAMMON, HARRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3801), 231151, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov 1914.

=GAMMON, WILLIAM STANLEY ARGYLE=, Private, No. 14107, 4th Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest s. of William Gammon, of Divinity Road, Oxford, retired Civil Servant, by his wife, Eva Lizzie; b. Oxford, 26 Nov. 1893; educ. Cowley St. John’s Higher Grade School and City Technical School there; was for some time an apprentice with Mr. A. C. Vivian, Cornmarket Street, Oxford, and later with Mr. J. Vincent, High Street, Oxford, and previously to enlisting was with Messrs. Cowell & Co., Wholesale Stationers, etc., of Ipswich; enlisted 9 Dec. 1914; went to France, 7 Aug., and died in Hospital at St. Omer, 15 Sept. 1915, of acute pneumonia contracted while on active service. He was buried in the Souvenir Burial Ground one and a half miles from St. Omer; unm.

=GANDAR, BERTRAM JAMES=, Petty Officer, 196244, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=GANDY, FREDERICK GEORGE=, Sergt., No. 392, North Riding Battery, Royal Field Artillery, 2nd Northumbrian Brigade, 2nd s. of the late John Henry Gandy, of George Street, Whitby, Carver and Gilder, by his wife, Hannah; b. Little Gonerby, Grantham, 24 July, 1880; educ. St. Hilda’s R.C. School, Whitby, and was a Carver and Gilder. He joined the 1st East Riding R.G.A. Volunteers, 11 March, 1903, and afterwards the R.G.A. Territorials; was called up at the outbreak of the war, and volunteered for foreign service; went to France, 19 April, 1915; and was mortally wounded and gassed near Ypres on 24 May, and died in Hospital at Bailleul, 25 May, 1915. Buried in the New Military Cemetery, Bailleul. Sergt. Gandy m. at S. Hilda’s R.C. Church, Whitby, 3 Aug. 1900, Sussanah Theresa, dau. of the late Thomas Elliott; and had three sons and three daus.: George Gregory, b. 15 July, 1905; Frederick William, b. 24 Oct. 1907; Robert Henry, b. 13 Aug. 1911; Mary Gertrude, b. 2 Nov. 1901; Mary Josephine, b. 18 March, 1903; and Hannah Theresa, b. 2 Dec. 1909.

=GANT, HENRY=, Sergt., No. 2310, 2nd Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. s. of George Gant, of 24, Grove Street, Bath, Cab Proprietor, by his wife, Mary Sophia, dau. of Richard Stanley, of Cirencester; b. Bath, 22 March, 1880; educ. Bathwick Boys’ School there, and was a chemist with John Barker, Kensington. He served three years (1897–1900) with the 1st Somerset Light Infantry (Bath) Volunteers, and was afterwards for four years in the A.S.C. Woolwich Territorials. He served through the Boer War as Signaller in 27th Imperial Yeomanry (medal with three bars), and when the European War broke out, volunteered and joined the 2nd London Regt., 1 Sept. 1914. He was appointed Corpl., left for Malta three days later (4 Sept.); went to France in Jan. 1915; was promoted Sergt. in April, and died at Rouen, 26 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at Armentières on the 19th. Buried at St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France. He m. at Walcot, Bath, 7 June, 1903, Ada Emily (172, Trevelyan Road, Tooting, S.W.), eldest dau. of Harry Brewer, of Walcot, and had two sons and a dau.: Stanley Herbert, b. 15 June, 1905; Lewis Henry, b. 4 April, 1907; and Phyllis Margaret, b. 15 Dec. 1910.

=GARBUTT, CHARLES WILLIAM=, Petty Officer, Tel., 230021, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GARD, ALFRED WILLIAM=, Stoker, P.O., 311869 (Devon); H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GARDINER, ALEC=, Major, R.E., elder s. of Lieut.-Col. Richard Gardiner, of 28, Barkston Gardens, S.W., R.E. (ret.), by his wife, Agnes Hay, dau. of Major-Gen. Alexander Irving, C.B., Royal Artillery, who served right through the Siege of Sebastopol from start to finish; b. Ulwar, Rajputana, India, 28 June, 1873; educ. privately and at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the R.E., 24 July, 1891, and promoted Lieut., 24 July, 1894, Capt., 24 July, 1902, and Major, 24 July, 1911. After completing the usual courses at Chatham he was ordered to India, and joined the Railway Branch of the Government of India, and continued to serve on the Construction and Administration of Railways up to the outbreak of the present War, with a short interval of war service at Suakin (British and Egyptian medals). When War was declared in Aug. 1914, Major Gardiner was officiating Agent (Chief Administrative Officer) of the Oudh and Rohilkund State Railway, and had been since 1909 Lieut.-Col. commanding that railway’s Volunteer Rifle Corps, devoting his spare time to training the Corps to a recognised state of efficiency while under his command. The services of Major Gardiner were placed at the disposal of the Military Department, and he was ordered to England, but was intercepted in the Mediterranean, and sent straight to the Front, where he was appointed a field engineer, and was mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915]. He was reported to have been last spoken with near the fighting line on the morning of 20 Dec. 1914, when the Germans broke through and carried the British lines up to Givenchy village. He was included in the list of missing, and it was long hoped he might be in the enemy’s hands, but his fate was ultimately set at rest through the discovery of his body by the 176th Mining Company, R.E., during operations carried on by them in front of Givenchy. The body was exposed by the explosion of one of the German heavy shells, was identified, and was buried near the Red House, on the sunken road to Givenchy. All who knew him spoke highly of his untiring devotion to his work and duty. One of his senior officers wrote: “No braver or better soldier ever fought for England, and so nobly died--I knew him well--absolutely fearless for himself, his whole mind concentrated on the success of the undertaking, he nobly met his death. Not only at the Front but through the whole of his career work and duty came first. No man ever maintained such untiring zeal or devoted his life more unselfishly to the work he undertook for his country. His death is a grievous loss to all who knew him officially and unofficially.” He was a keen rifle shot, and interested himself in the members of his Volunteer Corps becoming first-class shots. In Oct. 1913 he was appointed to the Executive Council of the Bengal Presidency Rifle Association in recognition of his interest and work in connection with musketry. He attended the Annual Meetings held at Meerut, won the Field Officers’ Cup in 1912, and his teams of Volunteers won the Army versus Volunteers Competition. Major Gardiner was also conspicuous in connection with the work of St. John Ambulance Association in India, especially in the training of the men of the O.R. Ry. Vol. Rifles, teams of whom successfully carried off the Railway Shield in 1911, 1912, and 1913. In recognition of his services he was made a Serving Brother of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem and received the decoration of the order from the Viceroy of India. In the English Railway World Major Gardiner was known as having, in 1908, brought forward a system of cab signals and the automatic electrical control of moving trains as a safeguard against the failure of the human machine. He was a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers and also of the Institute of Electrical Engineers. He m. at Lucknow, 24 March, 1897, Edith May (The Retreat, Sutherland Avenue, Bexhill), dau. of Campbell Thomson, M.I.C.E., late Chief Engineer of the N.W. of India State Railway, and had three children: Richard, b. 28 Oct. 1900; John Campbell, b. 20 Nov. 1905; and Dorothy Agnes, b. 11 April, 1903.

=GARDINER, ANDREW=, Private, No. 68450, 25th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, s. of Michael Gardiner, of Reserve Mines; b. Reserve Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, 2 Feb. 1887; educ. Reserve Public School; was a Coal Miner and settled at Sidney Mines where he worked in No. 1 Colliery; volunteered after the outbreak of war and joined the 40th Battn., 25 Feb. 1915; was drafted to 25th Battn., 17 May, came over with one of the later Contingents, and died, 12 Nov. 1915, of wounds received in action on the 3rd. Sergt. Mowyr, 5th Brigade Mining Section, wrote: “We were in an exposed position, but the work we were engaged in had to be done, and required men of nerve--fearless men--to do it. With others we were getting along fine, when snipers picked off a couple of our brave fellows. I had to call for volunteers to replace the fellows who died. Scarcely before I gave the order than poor Andrew jumped forward and worked like a hero. Ho was only at the job but a short time, when a sniper’s bullet tore a hole across his forehead rendering him unconscious.... Andrew was one of the bravest boys in the regiment. He was admired and respected by all the officers and men, and was a general favourite with the crowd.” Gardiner was prominent in athletics, being well known player in the Reserve Mines ball team and later in the Sydney Mines’ Victorias. He m. at Sydney Mines, 15 Feb. 1908, Eveline (Crescent Street, Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia), dau. of George Bonnar, and had four children: George W., b. 6 June, 1910; John Joseph, b. 13 Dec. 1914; Viola, b. 24 Oct, 1908; and Eveline, b. 19 Sept. 1912.

=GARDINER, ERNEST FREDERIC (ERIC)=, Private, No. 2312, Honourable Artillery Company, yr. s. of Frederic John Gardiner, J.P., co. Camb., Proprietor and Editor “Isle of Ely and Wisbech Advertiser,” by his wife, Amelia, dau. of Fredrick Charles Southwell, of Selborne House, Wisbech; b. Wisbech (Cambs), 22 April, 1892; educ. Barton School, Wisbech, and Mill Hill School, London; joined the H.A.C. after the outbreak of war, Sept. 1914, proceeded to the Front at the end of January, and was killed in action in the trenches at St. Eloi, Belgium, 20 April, 1915; unm. He was buried in the grounds of the Château d’Elzenwalle, near Ypres, on his 23rd birthday.

=GARDINER, FRED=, Private, No. 77520, 15th Battn. (48th Highlanders), Canadian Expeditionary Force, 6th s. of the late James Gardiner, of Trowbridge, by his wife, Martha (9, Yerbury Street, Trowbridge), dau. of Charles Pitney; b. Trowbridge, co. Wilts, 25 Jan. 1886; educ. Church School there; was a G.W.R. Fireman; went to Canada in May, 1911; volunteered after the outbreak of War and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Oct. 1914; came over with the 2nd Contingent on 20 Feb. 1915; trained at Shorncliffe; went to France, 2 May, and was killed in action at Festubert, 21 May, 1915; unm.

=GARDINER, JOHN PHILIP=, Private, No. 9312, 5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. O.F., s. of Edwin Gardiner, of 56, Alexandra Road, Hornsey, N., Warehouseman, by his wife, Edith Maria, dau. of George Lamb, of Compton, Wolverhampton; b. Esher, co. Surrey, 7 March, 1895; educ. Stationers’ School, Hornsey, and on leaving there entered the employ of Messrs. John Howell & Co., Ltd., of St. Paul’s Churchyard; joined the London Rifle Brigade, 12 Oct. 1912, and volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 4 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Le Gheer, 16 Feb. 1915; unm. He was buried in the Regimental Cemetery at Ploegsteert. His Capt. wrote: “He was always so plucky and cheery and a very good little soldier.”

=GARDINER, LEWIS=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8458), 294842, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GARDINER, PERCY HENRY=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 22103, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GARDINER, WALTER ARTHUR=, Private, R.M.L.I., 13308, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GARDNER, FREDERICK ALBERT=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17521, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GARDNER, HENRY PATRICK=, Chief Stoker, 276293, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GARDNER, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2431), 179552, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GARDNER, ROBERT MACGREGOR STEWART=, Major, 1st Battn. The Gloucestershire Regt., 2nd s. of the late Francis William Gardner, of Thorpe, co. Surrey, Barrister-at-Law of the Middle Temple, by his wife, Jane, sister of General Sir Robert MacGregor Stewart, G.C.B., R.A., and dau. of John Stewart; b. Hornsey, co. Middlesex, 25 Aug. 1870; educ. Somerset College, and entered the Gloucestershire Regt. from the Militia 4 Feb. 1891, being promoted Lieut. 4 May, 1892; Capt. 24 Feb. 1900, and Major 25 July, 1914. He served with distinction through the South African War, 1899–1900, took part in the advance on, and relief of, Kimberley, and in the operations in the Orange Free State Feb. to May, 1900, including the actions at Paardeberg (17–26 Feb.), and Poplar Grove and Driefontein, and afterwards in operations in Natal, May-June, 1900. He was mentioned in despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901], and received the Queen’s medal with four clasps. On the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, Major Gardner went to France with the first Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action, at Gheluvelt, near Ypres, 31 Oct. 1914. His Colonel wrote: “We were heavily engaged on Oct. 31, and had to go to the assistance of the remainder of the Brigade. He dashed to the front with his company and was hit badly while leading them most gallantly. The previous day he also displayed the greatest bravery in penetrating to the front in making a counter-attack.” Another officer wrote of the valour and dash of his leading, adding: “He was always in front.” He m. at Clifton 25 Oct. 1910, Helen May Bridget, dau. of Charles Whitchurch Wasborough, of Clifton, and had two daus.: Stella Mary Bridget, b. 19 Nov. 1911; and Vere Daphne Stewart, b. posthumous, 11 Feb. 1915.

=GARFIT, THOMAS NOEL CHENEY=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Durham L.I., 2nd s. of Thomas Cheney Garfit, of Kenwick Hall, co. Lincoln, by his 3rd wife, Gertrude Arabella, dau. of the Hon. Henry Lewis Noel, and granddau. of Charles, 1st Earl of Gainsborough; b. London, W., 9 Sept. 1891; educ. Wellington College, and Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A. June, 1914); gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd (Special Reserve) Battn. Durham L.I., 28 Sept. 1913; promoted Lieut. 2nd Battn., 23 Oct. 1914; went to the Front, 2 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action by a rifle grenade in the trenches near Armentières, 30 April, 1915. Buried in Houpline Military Cemetery, near Armentières; unm. His Capt. wrote: “During all the time he was in my company he did his duty splendidly and was a great favourite with the N.C.O. and men, who all miss him dreadfully.” Lieut. Garfit was very good at sports and games and played racquets for Wellington at Queen’s Club.

=GARNIER, JOHN WARREN=, Capt., 3rd, attd. 2nd, Battn. Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt., 2nd s. of the late Rev. Thomas Parrey Garnier, Hon. Canon of Norwich, Rector of Cranworth, Norfolk, and fellow of All Souls’ College, Oxford [cadet of Garnier of Rookesbury, Hants], by his wife, the Hon. Louisa Warren, née Vernon, dau. of George John, 5th Lord Vernon; b. Cranworth, co. Norfolk, 2 June, 1877; educ. Haileybury College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Queen’s, 16 April, 1901; served in the South African War, 1900–2, took part in the operations in Cape Colony, June, 1901, to March, 1902, receiving the Queen’s medal with three clasps, and retired with the rank of Capt. At the outbreak of the European War he rejoined his old regiment as Capt. 24 Sept. 1914, and was attd. to the 2nd Battn. for active service in Jan 1915. He went to France, 9 Jan. 1915, and died at the 1st London General Hospital, St. Gabriel’s College, Camberwell, 28 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at Festubert, 16 May; unm.

=CARPENTER-GARNIER, JOHN TREFUSIS=, Major, Scots Guards, eldest s. of John Carpenter-Garnier, of Rookesbury Park, Wickham, co. Hants, J.P., D.L., M.P. for South Devon, 1873–84; by his wife, the Hon. Mary, née Trefusis, 2nd dau. of Charles Rudolph, 19th Lord Clinton; b. Rookesbury Park afsd., 2 Feb. 1874; educ. Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford; entered the Royal Scots Militia in 1894, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Scots Guards, 26 Aug. 1896, and promoted Lieut. 13 April, 1898; Capt. 25 Oct. 1902, and Major 10 Oct. 1908, and was Adjutant 1903–05, and Regimental Adjutant 1906 to 1909. He served through the South African War, 1900–2; took part in the operations in the Orange Free State from May to Nov. 1900, including the actions at Biddulphsberg and Wittebergen, and subsequently in those in the Transvaal, and received the Queen’s medal with three clasps and the King’s with two. On the outbreak of the European War he went to France with his regt., which formed part of the first Expeditionary Force on 13 Aug. 1914; served through the retreat from Mons, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 15 Sept. 1914; unm. He was buried at Vendresse, France.

=GARRETT, ALBERT ISAAC=, Gunner, R.M.A., 9742 (R.F.R., I.C. 36) H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GARRETT, WALTER GEORGE=, Private, No. 4839, 2/8th Battn. Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), 3rd s. of the late Albert Garrett, by his wife, Clara (of Hambrough Terrace, Southall); b. Hayes, co. Middlesex, 3 Dec. 1884; educ. North Road School, Southall; enlisted 8 June, 1915; left England for the Dardanelles, 15 July, 1915, and died at Alexandria, 20 Dec. 1915, of pneumonia contracted while on active service; unm.

=GARRETT, WILLIAM SYDNEY=, Private, No. 1536, D Coy., 4th Battn. Suffolk Regt. (T.F.), yr. s. of William Patterson Garrett, of 192, Foxhall Road, Ipswich, Engineer’s Pattern Maker, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of the late Frederick Baker Goodall; b. Ipswich, 11 Nov. 1897; educ. Clifford Road Council School there, and was an Engineer’s Pattern Maker Apprentice; joined the 4th Battn. Suffolk Regt. 1914; went to France, 9 Nov. 1914; was killed in action at Givenchy, 21 Dec. following; unm. His Commanding Officer, Capt. M. F. Mason, wrote, speaking highly of him, adding that he had “been a credit to his Company and Regiment.”

=GARROD, ARTHUR JAMES=, Private, No. 9156, 1st Battn. Suffolk Regt., 2nd s. of William Garrod, of Bramford, Ipswich, Employee for 30 years at the Chemical Works, by his wife, Mary Anne, dau. of the late James Lay; b. Bramford, co. Suffolk, 17 Aug. 1896; educ. Voluntary School there; enlisted 10 Aug. 1914; went to France, 16 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action there, 24 April, 1915; and was buried on the Zonnebeke Road, near Ypres; unm. His brother was reported missing after the fighting on 8 May, 1915.

=GARROD, CHARLES VALENTINE=, A.B. (R.F.R., 9185), 200552, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GARROD, ROLAND PERCIVAL=, 2nd Lieut., 6th Battn. (City of London Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 4th and yst. s. of the late Herbert Baring Garrod, Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Lucy Florence (13, Gainsborough Gardens, Well Walk, Hampstead), and gdsn. of Sir Alfred Baring Garrod, M.D., F.R.S.; b. West Hampstead, London, 31 May, 1895; and was educ. at Loudoun House School, St. John’s Wood, London, and Uppingham, which he entered as a scholar in 1909. He was elected to a Classical Scholarship at Clare College, Cambridge, and to the Archdeacon Johnson Exhibition at the same College, Dec. 1913. At Uppingham he had been a member of the O.T.C., and on the outbreak of War was given a commission, 26 Aug. 1914, in the 6th London Regt. He went to the Front, 16 March, 1915, and was killed in action while in charge of the machine-guns of his battn. at Festubert, France, 22 May, 1915, and buried in the English Cemetery there; unm. Lieut. Garrod was a cross-country runner of some mark in connection with Uppingham School Sports, and was also a good ’cello player and led the ’cellos in the Uppingham School Orchestra.

=GARROWAY, ALFRED HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7210), S.S. 101907, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GARWOOD, BERTRAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 10042, No. 1 Coy., 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of the late Capt. John Thomas Garwood, 22nd (The Cheshire) Regt., and his wife Ellen (1, Star and Garter Mansions, Riverside, Putney, S.W.), dau. of George Wakeling; b. Bedford, 17 June, 1892; educ. St. Augustine’s High Grade School, Kilburn; served in the Grenadier Guards, 18 Sept. 1909 to 2 Nov. 1909 (discharged “By Purchase”); the Coldstream Guards, 17 March to 3 Oct. 1910 (discharged “By Purchase”), and the Northamptonshire Regt., 27 Aug. 1911 (discharged “By Purchase”); re-enlisted in the Coldstreams, 26 March, 1913; appointed L.-Corpl. 21 Jan. 1914; went to the Front, 13 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 22 Dec. 1914; unm. Buried half a mile S.W. of Givenchy Church.

=GATER, WALTER FREDERICK=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 17529, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GATES, FREDERICK JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4544), 202986, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GATES, WILLIAM=, Private, No. G. 2654, 2nd Battn. East Surrey Regt., s. of Alfred Gates, of King Street, Cotton, Beds.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, &c.; killed in action, 26 April, 1915.

=GAUGHAN, JAMES=, Private, No. 1794, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots, eldest s. of James Gaughan, of 141, High Street, Dunbar, now an employee of the Dunbar Corporation, formerly Northumberland Fusiliers (who saw active service in Afghanistan), by his wife, Mary, dau. of Patrick McGuinness; b. Dunbar, 18 Nov. 1891; educ. Public School there; and was a General Labourer; joined the 3rd (Special Reserve Battn.) Royal Scots, in 1908, and on the outbreak of war transferred to the 2nd Battn.; went to the Front at end of Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; unm.

=GAUNT, CECIL=, Private, No. G. 10817, 3rd Battn. Royal Fusiliers, s. of Richard Gaunt, of 69, Rood Road, Walthamstow; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 30 July, 1915.

=GAUTREY, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2768), 300802, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GAUTREY, THOMAS ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4911), 197584, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GAWLER, GEORGE VICTOR=, Private, No. 2275, A. Coy., 4th Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd s. of George Edward Gawler (died 5 May, 1912), by his wife, Alice Mary Ann Matilda (83, Richmond Road, Barnsbury, N.), dau. of William Ingrey; b. Pentonville, 5 Jan. 1896; educ. Victoria Street Council School, Copenhagen Street, N.; was employed at the Home & Colonial Stores, Upper Street, Islington; volunteered and joined the 4th London Regt. on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to Malta and from thence to France, 23 Dec., and was killed in action at Ypres, 27 April, 1915; unm.

=RATCLIFF-GAYLARD, CECIL CHARLES ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 167, 2nd Battn. Head Quarters Staff, 1st Infantry Division, Australian Imperial Force, elder s. of James Ratcliff-Gaylard, of Clifton Park, Birkenhead, M.D., Hon. Assoc, of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England, by his wife, Jeannie, eldest dau. of Alexander Watt, of Aberdeen; b. The Ferns, Shildon, co. Durham, 17 Sept. 1889; educ. Aberdeen and Manchester Grammar Schools and King’s College, Taunton, co. Somerset; went to Australia in Sept. 1911, and when War broke out was Assistant Manager on a “Station” in New South Wales. He immediately volunteered, being one of the first 200 to enlist in New South Wales; left for Egypt, Oct. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, April, 1915, and was killed in action during the great attack by the Turks on the Australian positions north of Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, 19 May, 1915, and was buried behind the firing line in Victoria Gully, S.E. of Shrapnel Valley; unm. Letters from his Adjutant, the Chaplain, and many comrades, all testify to his popularity, and ever-readiness to help others. One comrade wrote: “He died with that fine, soldierly, good-humoured smile on his face, which it always possessed. He was always happy, and we all loved him.” He was a keen sportsman, rode straight to hounds, and was an excellent shot. At Aberdeen he was a member of the Vol. Battn. Gordon Highlanders (Students’ Section, Aberdeen University), and was “Victor Ludorum” in his last year at school and a member of the Bisley Eight.

=GEARD, FREDERICK JOHN PARSONS=, Corpl., No. 47, Royal Flying Corps, 2nd s. of John Geard, of 45, Lascelles Road, Maxton, Dover, Stone Mason, by his wife, Amelia Emily, dau. of the late William Parsons, of Chislehurst, Kent; b. Mottingham, near Eltham, Kent, 1 Sept. 1892; educ. Herne Bay; enlisted in the Royal Engineers at Woolwich, 1 Sept. 1910, and after going through a course of training at Chatham was, in Jan. 1911, posted to the Balloon Section, R.E. at Aldershot. He then belonged to No. 1 Aeroplane Section (R.E.); was appointed Airman Rigger in Sept. 1911, and the following year transferred to the R.F.C. He was killed, while on active service, in an aeroplane accident at Peronne, France, 18 Aug. 1914; unm.

=GEARING, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, 312042, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GEDDES, AUGUSTUS DAVID=, Col., 2nd Battn. (The Buffs) East Kent Regt., 3rd s. of Col. John Geddes, of 4, Suffolk Square, Cheltenham, late 44th and 76th Regts., by his wife, Madeline Mary, dau. of John Augustus Hessing; b. Dover, 6 June, 1866; educ. Cheltenham College, and Sandhurst; gazetted to the 2nd East Kent Regt. 5 Feb. 1887, promoted Lieut. 21 Nov. 1889, Capt. 25 Oct. 1895, Major, 4 April, 1903, Lieut.-Col. 7 Feb. 1911, and Col. 7 Feb. 1915, with Seniority from 15 June, 1914; was Adjutant, 16 Feb. 1898 to 8 April, 1900. He passed through the Staff College 1902 to Dec. 1903; served in the South African War, 1899–1901; was present at the actions of Klip Drift, and Paardeberg (27 Feb. 1900), where he was severely wounded, and received the Queen’s medal with three clasps. On his recovery he was Staff Officer to the base Commandant (graded D.A.A.G.) in South Africa, 9 April, 1900, to 5 Jan. 1902, and Staff-Captain, Intelligence Department at the War Office, 21 Jan. 1904 to 31 Jan. 1908, and General Staff Officer, 2nd Grade, 1 Oct. 1908 to 6 Feb. 1910. He had also passed as Interpreter in Russian. After the outbreak of the European War, he was in command of the 2nd Buffs, and went to the Front, 17 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action during the 2nd Battle of Ypres, 28 April, 1915, while in command of 4 composite battns. at St. Jean. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir (now Lord) John French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915. He obtained a Junior Classical Scholarship at Cheltenham College, and a Senior in 1882, a Silver Medal for Classics and the Jex Blake prize for English Literature, and was Cox of his College Boat, 1881–83. He m. at All Saints’ Church, Dearne, co. Hants. 3 March, 1908, Vera Colville (residing at Oakley Hall), dau. of William Oswald Gilchrist, of Oakley Hall, Basingstoke: s.p. His two brothers, Brigadier-General John Gordon Geddes, C.B., R.A., and Lieut.-Col. George Hessing Geddes, C.B., R.A., are both (1916) on active service.

=GEDDES, WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10500), 209339, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GEE, FREDERICK WILLIAM THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 838, H.M.S. Hawke, s. of Charles Frederick Gee, of Mill House, Whitfield, Dover; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=GEE, ROBERT FRANCIS McLEAN=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd, attached 1st, Battn. Wiltshire Regt. (The Duke of Edinburgh’s), eldest s. of George Francis Gee, of Wellington, New Zealand, and of Te Whare, St. John’s Road, Eastbourne, by his wife, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of the late Hon. George Buckley, of Christchurch, New Zealand; granddau. of Capt. William Henry Buckley, 82nd Regt., and great-granddau. of Capt. William Buckley, Royal Scots Regt., who was killed at Quatre Bras; b. Wellington, New Zealand, 29 April, 1894; educ. at Wellington, New Zealand, and Eastbourne College, and had entered at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was in the Eastbourne College O.T.C., and having volunteered his services at the outbreak of the war, was given a commission in the 3rd Wiltshire Regt., 15 Aug. 1914. He joined on 3 Sept. 1914, and after four weeks’ training at Weymouth, was transferred to the 1st Battn. and went to France. He received his fatal wound--a sniper’s bullet in the head--a few days after his arrival at the firing line, during an attempt to capture the village of Ilies, and died at Netley Hospital, 27 Oct. 1914, being buried in Ocklynge Cemetery, Eastbourne; unm. His younger brother, Alan, is a Lieut. in the R.H.A.

=GENERY, HUGH THOMAS WATSON=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7382), S.S. 102512, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GENT, EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3823), S.S. 101485, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GEORGE, ALEC=, Private, No. 21145, 7th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest s. of John George, of Granite House, Eversfield Place, St. Leonards-on-Sea, by his wife, Annie, dau. of Thomas Allen; b. Narborough, near Leicester, 3 Feb. 1893; educ. The Wyggeston School, Leicester; and became a Sanitary Engineer. He left for Canada 19 March, 1914, and settled at Winnipeg, but on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, immediately volunteered and joined the Expeditionary Force. After going through a course of training at Valcartier, he came over with the first Canadian Contingent on 15 Oct., went to the western front 27 April, and died 8 June, 1915, from wounds received in action on 6 June, 1915. He was buried at Lillers; unm. At Wyggeston, George was in the cricket XI and football XV, and afterward played both for Hendon and Golders Green, He won several medals for boxing, including one at the St. Pancras Boxing Club and one at Lark Hill--Canadians v. A.S.C.

=GEORGE, BERTIE AARON=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2779C, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GEORGE, ERNEST FREDERICK=, Corpl., No. 51, A Coy. 8th Battn. (90th Winnipeg Rifles), 2nd Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, elder s. of Arthur Atherton George, of Leverington, near Wisbech, by his wife, Sarah, sister of Capt. Thomas Elson-Ivey, 1st Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I. (taken prisoner at Kut), and dau. of Samuel Ivey, of Bristol; b. Leverington, co. Cambridge, 23 Sept. 1889; educ. Church School, Wisbech; was employed for five years with Messrs. Dawbarn & Sons, Wisbech; went to Winnipeg, Canada, in April, 1912, and worked on the Canadian Pacific Railroad; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force; came over with the 1st Contingent in Nov. 1914; trained at Valcartier Camp, Quebec, and Salisbury; went to France, 8 Feb. 1915, and was reported missing after the heavy fighting at Ypres, 22–24 April, 1915. On this occasion the 8th Battn. commanded by Lieut.-Col. Lipsett held the extreme left of the Brigade position at the most critical moment. The Battn. was expelled from the trenches early on Friday morning (23 April) by an emission of poisonous gas, but recovering in three-quarters of an hour, it counter-attacked, re-took the trenches it had abandoned, and bayoneted the enemy; and after the 3rd Brigade had been forced to retire, Lieut.-Col. Lipsett held his position, though his left was in the air, until two British regts. filled up the gap on Saturday night. It would seem that George was wounded and taken prisoner, for, according to a postcard received from Corpl. W. S. Pozer of the same Battn. (himself a prisoner), George died of wounds or gas poisoning, in the Red Cross Hospital at Roulers, 26 April, 1915. He was unm. His yr. brother, Private John Robert George, served with the 1st Northamptonshire Regt. in France, Aug. 1914 to March, 1915, and is now (1916) with the 3rd Battn. at Gillingham.

=GEORGE, MAXIM=, Stoker (Native), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GERMAN, THOMAS=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1884T, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GERRANS, CHRISTOPHER DAVIES=, Private, No. 4220, Australian Field Artillery; b. Peckham, S.E., 1870; educ. Rye College, Peckham Rye; enlisted; served through the South African War, and was in Ladysmith during the siege; went to Australia about 1907; joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force after the outbreak of war and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 2 Dec. 1915; unm.

=GERRISH, FRANK=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 7615, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GERRY, ALBERT JOHN=, Private, No. 13632, 5th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd s. of Albert Gerry, of Heward, Saskatchewan, Canada, by his wife, Edith Jane, dau. of George Rowland; b. Souris, Manitoba, 9 Jan. 1893; was in a Livery business; volunteered on the outbreak of war, Aug. 1914; left Canada with the First Contingent, 23 Sept., and after training on Salisbury Plain during the winter of 1914–15 crossed to France, 15 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action there, 24 May, 1915; unm. His commanding officer wrote: “Private Gerry was a wonderfully cheerful man, nothing seemed to damp his spirits. Even in those days at Ypres, when things looked so black, he was cheerful. He was killed when we made a charge on a strong German position which we captured on 24 May. We were able to get his body and bury him near a little village called Festubert. He met his death like a hero, his face to the foe.”

=GETHING, HUGH BAGNALL=, 2nd Lieut., Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Yeomanry (T.F.), yr. s. of James Edwards Gething, of Siddington Hall, Cirencester, by his wife, Maria Llewellyn, dau. of James Bagnall, of Castle Hill House, Carmarthen, J.P.; b. Letherllistry, Llanddarog, co. Carmarthen, 7 Oct. 1883; educ. Elstree (1892–1897), Harrow (Bushnell’s and Graham’s Houses) (1897–1902), and Trinity College, Cambridge (1902–1906), joined the Gloucestershire Hussars Yeomanry 25 March, 1911, volunteered with them for active service, and was killed at the Dardanelles 21 Aug. 1915. Writing to his father, Col. Playne, who was himself wounded in the same action, said: “Your son was one of our best officers and the whole regt. will feel his loss keenly.” Major Yorke wrote: “Poor Lusty, as we always called him, was most gallantly leading his troops, setting them a splendid example, when a shell burst close to him, inflicting injuries to his head, which must have caused instantaneous death”; and Capt. Turner, the second in command of his squadron, also wrote “the whole division was ordered to advance across a stretch of about a mile and a half of open country after a heavy artillery preparation. They had only started a few minutes, when heavy shell fire was opened, and we began to suffer pretty heavy casualties amongst officers and men. Lusty had survived almost the whole way across, and had just faced forward, after turning to say a few encouraging words to his men, when he was struck by a shrapnel, and killed instantly. He was later buried in a grave by himself, close to where he fell, nearly under the shelter of a hill, the one we are now on, ... he was ... always cheerful, and was always ready to do anything that was going.” Gething was a keen sportsman, was captain of the cricket and football eleven at Elstree, played five years in the House Cricket Eleven at Harrow and four years in the football eleven, and was captain one year. He passed the Dolphin (swimming) test, 1899, and won the Beale Cup for diving, 1901, and the middle-weight boxing in the Public School Competition at Aldershot, 1902. He played in the Freshman’s Association Match at Cambridge, 1902, and in the Seniors’ Match, 1903, 1904, played regularly for the Trinity Harrovians A.F.C., and was secretary of the club from 1903 till its extinction. He won the Freshman’s middle-weight boxing, 1902, the C.U. middle-weight boxing, 1903, and the same event for Cambridge v. Oxford, 1903–1904 (beating Gardner in 1903, and Sheepshanks in 1904). He hunted with the Fitzwilliam, the Oakley and the Drag, and also played polo at Cambridge; won the Fairwell Cup at Cottenham on Mr. Pemberton’s “Hector,” and rode the same horse against Oxford over the Whaddon Chase Country, 1907, &c. He hunted with the Old Berkshire, V.W.H. and Lord Bathurst’s hounds after leaving Cambridge. His elder brother, Lieut. J. S. B. Gething, South Wales Borderers, was killed in the South African War.

=GIBB, WILLIAM ALEXANDER=, M.D., Lieut.-Col., Royal Army Medical Corps, eldest s. of Alexander Gibb, of the Capital and Counties Bank, Ipswich, J.P., by his wife, Jessie Violet, dau. of Donald Coghill, of Wick, Caithness; b. Ipswich, 17 June, 1872; educ. Ipswich School, Edinburgh University, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, London University, and Vienna; Matriculated at Edinburgh and London, 1889; M.B., C.M., 1895; M.D., 1900, and was successively House Surgeon, Royal Infirmary and Skin Dispensary, Edinburgh; Gloucester Royal Infirmary and Eye Institution, and Noble Hospital, Douglas, Isle of Man; Clinical Assistant to the Ear, Throat and Nose Hospital, Golden Square, and the Children’s Hospital, Great Ormond Street, London. He then took up practice in Ipswich about 1900 and became Assistant Hon. Surgeon to the Ipswich and Suffolk Hospital, and Public Vaccinator for Ipswich Union; Member of the Red Cross Council of the County of Suffolk and the Scout Council; District Staff; District St. John Ambulance Brigade, and Lecturer to St. John Ambulance Association. While at Edinburgh he joined the University Coy. of the 1st V.B. Edinburgh Rifle Volunteers in 1898, serving for four years in the ranks, and later becoming Lieut. in the Harwich Infantry Brigade Bearer Company, R.A.M.C. He was gazetted Capt. to the 1st East Anglian Field Ambulance at its formation, and on 16 July, 1912, was transferred to the 6th (Cyclist) Battn. Suffolk Regt. as Medical Officer. He was promoted Major, R.A.M.C. (T.F.), 3 Dec. 1913, and after the outbreak of the War, was made Lieut.-Col. of the East Anglian Casualty Clearing Station, 22 Dec. 1914. He raised the unit solely through his personal influence, both with regard to officers and men. He died at the Eastern General Hospital, Birmingham, 10 March, 1915, of pleurisy and pneumonia, contracted on active service. Dr. Gibb received the Coronation medal and was Honorary Associate of the Grand Priory of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England. He m. at St. George’s Church, Hanover Square, London, 20 Sept. 1905, Rosina Sarah, only dau. of James Bullock, of Westbury, co. Wilts; s.p.

=GIBB, WILLIAM JAMES=, Private, No. 12/1214, 2nd Auckland Battn. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, s. of David Neneen Gibb, of Karanganake, Thames, New Zealand; b. Auckland, New Zealand, 1886; educ. Thames Gold Fields, New Zealand; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and enlisted 1 Nov. 1914; went to Egypt, took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there the same day; unm.

=GIBBARD, WILLIAM=, Private, No. G. 3504, 2nd Battn. East Surrey Regt., s. of William Gibbard, of 12, Bride Street, Kilburn; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 25 April, 1915.

=GIBBINS, HENRY EDWARD=, Private, No. S. 5356, 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt., s. of William Gibbins, of 61, Mansfield Street, Kingsland Road, N.E.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died at Boulogne, 15 Feb. 1915, of enteric fever while on active service.

=GIBBINS, JOHN=, Signalman, J. 3246, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=GIBBONS, CHARLES=, Private, No. G. 120, 7th (Service) Battn. East Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 28 July, 1915; m.

=GIBBONS, CHARLES WILLIAM CROWNE=, Private, No. 1518, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest s. of the late Charles William Gibbons, by his wife, Emily Marion (now wife of Charles Emery, of 35, Wandle Road, Wandsworth Common, S.W.), dau. of William Johnstone Harris; b. London, 2 Dec. 1884; educ. Tennyson Street Council School, Queen’s Road, S.W.; enlisted, 2 Sept. 1914; went to France, 7 Oct. 1914, and was reported missing after the fighting at Ypres, 29 Oct. 1914, and is now assumed to have been killed in action that day; unm.

=GIBBS, ALBERT WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7975), S.S. 103638, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GIBBS, ALFRED=, Officer’s Steward, 3rd Class, L. 5326, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GIBBS, ERNEST=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9189, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=GIBBS, RONALD CHARLES MELBOURNE=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Scots Guards, yr. s. of the late Hon. Henry Lloyd Gibbs, of 10, Lennox Gardens, London, partner in the firm of Anthony Gibbs & Sons, of 22, Bishopsgate, E.C., by his wife, Alice Mary (10, Lennox Gardens, S.W.), yst. dau. of the late Gen. Charles Crutchley, of Sunninghill Park, Ascot, co. Berks, and gdsn. of Henry Hucks, 1st Baron Aldenham; b. Salisbury, South Yarra, Melbourne, Australia, 26 Aug. 1894; educ. Wellington House, Westgate-on-Sea, and Eton College (P. L. Broke’s House, where he was in the O.T.C. and received certificate A); gazetted 2nd Lieut., Special Reserve of Officers, 27 Sept. 1913; served with 1st Battn. Scots Guards at Aldershot; and on declaration of war with 3rd Battn.; passed Army Examination, 1914; posted to the 2nd Scots Guards, 1 Sept. 1914; went to France, 4 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 28 Oct. 1914; unm. Buried at Chateau Gheluvelt. His Commanding Officer, Lord Esme Gordon-Lennox, wrote: “He was a splendid young officer.... He had a charming disposition, and showed such keenness and ability as an officer that the blow was all the harder. Liked by everybody he came in contact with, both officers and men, his death has been a great loss to the Regt.” 2nd Lieut. Gibbs rowed in the boats at Eton, 4 June, 1913, and also rowed when their Majesties visited Eton, 16 June, 1913.

=GIBBS, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 12701, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GIBBS, WILLIAM CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4719), 205068, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GIBSON, ALBERT EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5181), 207006, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GIBSON, JOHN=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1638T., H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GIBSON, MUNGO CAMPBELL=, Lieut.-Commander, R.N.V.R., eldest s. of the late Campbell Gibson, of Messrs. George Gibson & Co., of Leith, Shipowners; b. Edinburgh. 11 May, 1890; educ. Cargilfield, Loretto, and in France; was before the war employed in his father’s firm; hon. secretary of the Leith Dock Labour Employers’ Association from its formation, and Commissioner of the Leith Boy Scouts. On the formation of the Forth Division, R.N.V.R., he was appointed its commanding officer, and in Sept. 1914, was promoted Lieut.-Commander of the Nelson Battn., with which he served in the Antwerp Expedition, and afterwards in the Dardanelles. He was killed in action near Cannon’s Post, Gaba Tepe, while leading his company at daybreak, 3 May, 1915, and was buried where he fell. Writing to his father, the Colonel of the Nelson Battn. said: “Your son was a keen and zealous officer and was doing splendidly.” He m. Edinburgh, 11 July, 1914, Isabel Esmé (23, Dean Park Crescent, Edinburgh), yr. dau. of James Cornwall, late Postmaster-General of the United Provinces, India, and left a dau., Helen Valerie, b. 18 April, 1915.

=GIBSON, ROBERT=, Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, Capt., 2nd Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, eldest s. of James Gibson, of 28, Park Gardens North, Glasgow, M.A., late Headmaster of Woodside Higher Grade School, Glasgow; by his wife, Grace, dau. of William Gott; b. Glasgow, 30 Nov. 1885; educ. Glasgow High School, and Glasgow University, where he graduated with First Class Honours in Classics in 1908. He gained the Snell Exhibition and Newlands Scholarship and entered Balliol College, Oxford, where he graduated at the end of his course with First Class in Moderations and Greats, and was elected a Fellow and Tutor of Balliol. He was a member of the O.T.C. there, and when war broke out, was gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the 3rd Battn. K.O.S.B. 15 Aug. 1914, and was afterwards attd. to the 2nd Battn. He was promoted Lieut. 9 Nov. 1914, and Capt. ... and was killed in action near Hill 60, 5–6 May, 1915; unm. Lieut. Gibson was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. [London Gazette, 17 Feb.] 1915.

=GIDNEY, EDWIN=, Engineer Sub-Lieut., H.M.S. Empress of Russia, R.N.R., s. of Charles Gidney, of Jarrow-on-Tyne, Builder, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of William Allison, of Sunderland, Engineer; b. Jarrow, 23 Dec. 1873; educ. Higher Grade School there; and served his apprenticeship at Messrs. Palmer’s Engineering and Shipbuilding Works, where he was highly esteemed and gained considerable experience in destroyers and torpedo boats. He was afterwards a Marine Engineer, and was latterly employed by the C.P.R. After the outbreak of war he was appointed to H.M. Armed Merchant Cruiser Empress of Russia, and died on her 10 June, 1915, from syncope, following wounds received in action while serving in the Persian Gulf; unm. He was buried at sea with full naval honours.

=GIFFORD, GEORGE EDWARD=, Leading Stoker (C.G.), 300296 (Devon.), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GIGG, HENRY ALBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1293), 206559, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GILBANK, CHARLES=, Stoker, 2nd Class, S.S. 112085, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GILBERT, JAMES WILLIAM=, Private, No. 2362, 7th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of Horace Gilbert, of Lower Edmonton, Cabdriver, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Thomas Locke; b. Holborn, London, 26 Oct. 1882; educ. Holborn Council School; worked for some time as an engraver in Fetter Lane, and was then for three years a Packer at Gamage’s, and then for two years at Selfridge’s, leaving there to enlist on the outbreak of War in Aug. 1914; went to France, March, 1915, and was killed in action there, 25 Aug. 1915. He was buried in the Beauchamp Military Cemetery (Grave No. 47). His Lieut. wrote: “I had known him for the whole time he had been in the Battn. and one could not have wished for a better or a braver soldier.” He m. at Holborn, 25 Sept. 1904, Clarissa (4, Studd’s Cottages, Montague Road, Edmonton, N.), dau. of James Wright, and had issue: Horace Bert William, b. 30 Nov. 1914; Mary Elizabeth, b. 22 Jan. 1906; Dora, b. 16 June, 1908; Eugene Margaret, b. 11 Dec. 1909; and Ada Martha, b. 1 July, 1912.

=GILBERT, NELSON=, Sapper, No. 2167, R.E., s. of Nelson Gilbert, of 31, Waterloo Road, Tonbridge, Carpenter, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of George Longley; b. Cranbrook, co. Kent, 20 March, 1895; educ. Council School there; was a Grocer’s Assistant; enlisted 19 April, 1915; left England, 11 Oct. 1915, and was drowned on H.M.S. Hythe, 28 Oct. 1915; unm.

=GILBERT, WILFRED VALENTINE=, Sub-Lieut., Royal Naval Division, 3rd s. of the late John Brettell Gilbert, of Longfleet House, Poole, co. Dorset, formerly of Chadwick Manor, co. Warwick, by his wife, Sara Elizabeth (Ferndene, Parkstone, co. Dorset), dau. of John Suckling; b. Abergwynant, Dolgelly, North Wales, 2 March, 1889; educ. Eastmans, Southsea; and when War broke out, was a member of the staff of the Rio Tinto Co. in Spain. He immediately returned to England and was given a commission in the Royal Naval Division, 7 Oct. 1914, and joined the Nelson Battn. He was with the first party to land in Gallipoli, 25 April, 1915, and was four times wounded whilst carrying ammunition to the firing line, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 4 June, 1915, whilst superintending the digging of a trench linking up the firing line of the Naval Division and the 42nd Division, the enemy trench at that time being about 250 yards distant, and about 1,200 yards S.S.W. of Achi Baba, or about ... S.S.E. of Krithia. On this occasion they had gallantly gone to the support of the Lancashire Division, which had advanced further ahead and now found itself exposed to an enfilade fire. The Nelson men got between the enfilading Turks, and the right of the Lancashire Division joined up the line and dug themselves in under fire on a front of about 500 yards. The trench was completed that night, and was for a time a permanent force of our front line. He was buried in the rear of this position in a small burial ground at the back of the Reserve Trenches; unm. His Commanding Officer, Lieut.-Col. Evelegh, wrote of him, and of his brother, Sub-Lieut. Robert Evelyn Gilbert, who was severely wounded: “The loss of these two good officers was a severe blow to the battn. I always said W. V. had a charmed life. He was wounded through the nose on the 3rd May. On the 1st June he had a very narrow escape, a large shell bursting within a few yards of him. I am glad to say he was unhurt. On the morning of the 4th June he was shot through the head whilst superintending some work in the firing line. His death was almost instantaneous.” He was very fond of painting, and exhibited several of his pictures in Spain. His seven brothers are all serving. Commander Archibald Gilbert, R.N., has specialised in gunnery and is at present on Sir Percy Scott’s Staff for the Defence of London; 2nd. Lieut. Vivian Gilbert, Machine-gun Corps, is at the Front; Lieut. Robert Evelyn Gilbert, R.N.V.R., was seriously wounded in Gallipoli, since recovery transferred to the Admiralty; Lieut. Gilbert Richard Gilbert, R.N.R., in command of H.M. Torpedo Boat 077; Lieut. Guy Gilbert, 7th Dorset Regt. attd. to Royal Flying Corps; Lieut. Geoffrey Gilbert, R.N.V.R., Nelson Battn. Royal Naval Division, now at the Front; Private Garnett Gilbert, Inns of Court O.T.C., at present stationed at Berkhampstead.

=GILBEY, ERIC=, Lieut., 5th Battn. Rifle Brigade, yr. s. of Sir Walter Gilbey, 2nd Bart., by his wife, Ella, dau. of the late John Coutts Fowlie, of Surbiton; b. London, 26 Dec. 1888; educ. Harrow and Sandhurst; joined the Grenadier Guards in 1910, but afterwards resigned. On the outbreak of war he was gazetted Lieut. in the 5th Battn. Rifle Brigade, 23 Oct 1914; went to the Front with the 2nd Battn., and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915; unm. Writing to Sir Walter Gilbey, Corpl. W. Smith said: “I am proud to say that I was in Lieut. Gilbey’s platoon from the day he joined us until the time he fell, a few feet from my side. We considered ourselves, with your son as our leader, the luckiest platoon in the regt., if not in the whole Army. He was just like a father to us, and our interests were always his first thought. Each one of us would have followed him in the most forlorn hope, had he wanted us. He was the bravest man I ever saw, and I am sure you will know by now that it was while performing a brave deed that he fell. When we had made the charge at 2 p.m. on 12 March, we were met by the most awful fire of shells and bullets, and Lieut. Gilbey was the first to leap over the parapet, and shouted to us to make for another parapet 100 yards in front. Lots of men fell in that 100 yards, but Lieut. Gilbey, Sergt. Rann, the majority of the men and myself reached cover safely. The next instant I happened to look round, and there was your son, who had run back for about 10 yards, in the open. He was bending over a young fellow, and the next second he fell. I am sure there never was more feeling shown over the fall of an officer than there was by No. 10 Platoon. He had been badly wounded some hours previously, but refused to go to the dressing-room, and so home to England invalided, saying, ‘Where my men go, I go.’”

=GILBEY, WILLIAM EDWARD=, A.B., 221975, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=GILBRIDE, THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5154), 210720, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GILCHRIST, ROBERT CROOKS=, Capt., 46th Punjabis, Indian Army, yr. s. of Brig.-Gen. Robert Alexander Gilchrist, Indian Army; b. Aurangabad, Deccan, India, 24 June, 1878; educ. Dover College and Royal Military College, Sandhurst, where he passed with honours; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Indian Army, 4 Aug. 1897, promoted Lieut. 4 Nov. 1899, and Capt. 4 Aug. 1906. He was appointed to the 33rd Punjabis, and afterwards to the 46th Punjabis when that regt. was raised. Served for five years with the Burma Military Police, and took part in two frontier expeditions, and was awarded the King’s Police Medal for service in the Burmo-China Boundary Delimitation Commission. When war broke out he was attached to the 59th Scinde Rifles in France, and was killed in action at La Bassée, 19 Dec. 1914, when most gallantly leading a storming party up a German sap under heavy fire. He was buried in Beuvry Cemetery, near Bethune; unm. Writing to his father, Major T. L. Leeds, commanding 59th Scinde Rifles, said: “Your son was killed yesterday morning in a night attack on the German trenches. He was most gallantly leading a storming party up a German sap under heavy fire when he was hit in the head by a rifle bullet and killed at once. He was officiating as my second in command, and was an exceptionally able and gallant officer, and he is a great loss to us,” and Col. J. ffrench Mullen, Deputy Inspector-General Military Police, Burma, wrote: “He served under me in the Myitkyina Battn. for five years and on two expeditions, so I had occasion to know of his sterling qualities and character.... I have never heard anything but the most kindly mention of him, and his death is mourned by his old battn., the Military Police.”

=GILDERTHORP, HARRY STANLEY=, L-Corpl., No. 9771, 1st Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt., s. of Benjamin Gilderthorp, of Birmingham, National Reserve, late Sergt., 1st Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt.; b. Hockley Hill, Birmingham, 3 Oct. 1886; educ. Lozells Street Board School there; enlisted in Nov. 1903; transferred to the Reserve in 1906; was called up on mobilisation, Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at Hill 60, 2 May, 1915. He m. at Sparkbrook, Birmingham, 6 Aug. 1910, Alice, dau. of William (and Alice) Herrick, and had two children: Harry Stanley, b. 8 Aug. 1912, and Doris May, b. 18 May, 1911.

=GILES, FRANK WILLIAM=, Leading Signalman (R.F.R., B. 9960), 201561, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GILES, JAMES=, Stoker (R.F.R., B. 1866), 160023, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=GILES, SIDNEY=, Leading Stoker, K. 1042, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GILES, SIDNEY DUNCAN=, Private, No. 707, 1st Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.); educ. St. John’s School, Red Lion Square, Holborn, London; joined the 1st London Regt., and died 13 July, 1915, of wounds received in action; buried in the Military Cemetery, Bailleul (Grave No. 1488). He m. at All Saints’ Church, Caledonian Road, London, Isabella, dau. of (--), and had a son and a dau.: Sidney Walton, b. 14 Aug. 1908; and Dorothy Constance, b. 1 Aug. 1914.

=GILHAM, HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7611), 102992, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=GILL, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 8734 (Po.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GILL, GEORGE ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8912), S.S. 105666, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GILLAM, CECIL THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7686), S.S. 103002, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GILLARD, WILLIAM JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5641), 191989, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GILFILLAN, JOHN ALFRED ALISON=, Private, No. 2528, 14th Battn. (The London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), s. of Archibald MacAlpine Gilfillan, of Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, by his wife, Mary Elliott, dau. of John Brown; b. Edinburgh, 9 Sept. 1881; educ. Tollington Park College, and Finsbury Technical College, and was an electrical engineer by profession. He had joined the London Scottish, rising to the rank of Corpl., but had to retire in 1910, owing to pressure of work. On the outbreak of war, however, he rejoined in Aug. 1914; went to the Front, 13 Sept. 1914, and was wounded and taken prisoner at Messines, 1 Nov. 1914, and died a prisoner of war at Gustrow, Mecklenburg, 6 Dec. following; unm.

=GILLESPIE, ALEXANDER DOUGLAS=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Princess Louise’s (93rd) Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, elder and only surviving s. (see next column) of Thomas Paterson Gillespie, of Longcroft, Linlithgow, by his wife, Elizabeth Hall, dau. of Thomas Chalmers, of Longcroft, and gdson. of the late Alexander Gillespie, of Biggar Park, co. Lanark; b. at Woolaston, co. Gloucester, 23 June, 1889, and was educ. Cargilfield and Winchester College, for which latter he took a scholarship, winning among other honours while there, the King’s Gold and the King’s Silver Medals; passed on from Winchester to New College, Oxford, again with a scholarship, and also an exhibition, and there in 1910 proved himself the 1st Classical Scholar of his year by taking the much-coveted Ireland and 1st Craven Scholarships. On leaving Oxford he travelled for nine months, visiting East Africa, China, Korea, Japan, and returning by Canada and the United States. When war broke out he was reading for the Bar, International Law being the branch which he hoped ultimately to follow. Some months previously he had joined the Inns of Court Cavalry, but impatient of delay in getting a commission in a Cavalry Regt. he enlisted in the 4th Seaforth Highlanders, and after training with them at Bedford for two months, was given a commission in the 4th (Extra Reserve) Battn. of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 21 Oct. 1914. He went to the Front, Feb. 1915, being there attd. to the 2nd Battn., and was killed in action near La Bassée, 25 Sept. 1915, being seen to fall on reaching the German trench, the only officer to get there. He was unm.

=GILLESPIE, FRANKLIN MACAULAY=, Lt.-Col., 4th (Service) Battn. South Wales Borderers, 2nd s. of Lieut.-Col. Franklin Gillespie, of Health Hollow, Camberley, R.A.M.C., by his wife, Harriet Eliza Phillis, dau. of the late General Sampson Freeth, R.E., and granddau. of General Sir James Freeth, K.C.B., K.H.; b. Colchester, 19 Aug. 1872; educ. Dover College, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd. Lieut. South Wales Borderers, 25 July, 1891; and promoted Lieut. 22 Feb. 1893, Capt. 6 March, 1898, and Major, 26 Sept. 1909. He was on special extra regimental duty from 14 Nov. 1896 to 5 April, 1897, and from 5 Feb. 1898 to 31 March, 1900, was employed with the West African Frontier Force; was sent up the Niger on Special Service in 1897 to Egbon, Bida, and Ilorin, when the growing menace of the great slave-trading Fulah Power threatened to drive us into the sea. He was in the fight at the capture of the capital of Nupe and the subjugation of the smaller States, and was awarded the medal with three clasps. He then served in Borgu with the West African Frontier Force, 1897–8, being mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 2 Jan. 1900], and receiving medal with a clasp. He remained with them until March, 1900, when he rejoined his regt. and went to South Africa, and served through that campaign. He was Commandant at Roodeval Spruit to 10 Feb. 1901, and took part in the operations in the Orange Free State, July, 1900 to June, 1901, and in the Transvaal, June, 1901 to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps and King’s medal with two clasps). After the war he was Adjutant of the 5th Volunteer Battn. (now the 7th Royal Welsh Fusiliers) of his regt. from 18 April, 1903 to 14 July, 1908, at Newtown, and on relinquishing this appointment, was posted to the 2nd Battn. at Aldershot, later going with it to Chatham and Pretoria, South Africa. He next joined the 1st Battn. and returned to Chatham, and from Feb. to Aug. 1914, was in Command of the Regimental Depôt at Brecon. After the outbreak of war he was appointed (19 Aug. 1914) to the Command of the 4th (Service) Battn. and went with it to the Dardanelles, 30 June, 1915. He was killed in action there, 9 Aug. 1915, and was buried in the 39th Field Ambulance Cemetery. Col. Gillespie m. at Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 27 July, 1905, Agnes Rose (Bromley, Camberley), dau. of Sir Pryce Pryce-Jones, of Dolerw, Newtown, Montgomeryshire, and had issue, two sons and a dau.: Rollo Franklin Freeth, b. 11 Feb. 1910; Henry Pryce, b. 16 April, 1913; and Phillis Eleanor, b. 5 Sept. 1915. His brother, Lieut.-Col. E. C. F. Gillespie, C.B., A.S.C., is now (1916) on active service.

=GILLESPIE, NORMAN ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 27342, 15th Battn. (48th Highlanders) Canadian Expeditionary Force, yr. s. of the late Johnston Hunter Gillespie, of The Mount, Belfast, by his wife, Mary Clarke (Eastbourne Cottage, Whitehead), dau. of Hugh McAlery; b. Rathfriland, co. Down, 14 Jan. 1892; educ. Methodist College and Queen’s University, Belfast. He accepted a post in the Canadian Bank of Commerce, Toronto, where he remained until the outbreak of the war. He immediately volunteered and enlisted, 15 Aug., 1914; came over with the first contingent in Oct. 1914; went to the Front, Feb. 1915, and died a prisoner of war in a German Hospital at Oostnieukerke, 25 April, 1915, from wounds received at the Second Battle of Ypres. He was buried in Oostnieukerke Churchyard; unm. Capt. McLaren wrote: “Norman always did his duty, and he was one of the best men I had, he was in the first line trenches on 24th April. I got wounded, and so lost sight of him.” Sergt. Wells also wrote: “I was Norman’s platoon Sergt. and I can assure you Norman always did his duty and was never in trouble with anyone.” Private Gillespie was a very fine baritone and his teacher predicted a great future for him.

=GILLESPIE, THOMAS CUNNINGHAM=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, yst. s. (see preceding column) of Thomas Paterson Gillespie, of Longcroft, Linlithgow, by his wife, Elizabeth Hall, dau. of Thomas Chalmers, of Longcroft, and gdson. of the late Alexander Gillespie, of Biggar Park, co. Lanark; b. Alvington, co. Gloucester, 14 Dec. 1892; educ. Cargilfield School, Cramond Bridge; Winchester College, and New College, Oxford, where he took his degree in June, 1914. Both at Winchester and Oxford he was a keen member of the O.T.C. He obtained a University commission, 29 July, 1914, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 2nd Battn. Scottish Borderers, 4 Aug. 1914, and after three weeks’ service at home, joined his regt. in France in time to share in the advance from the Marne. He was for 17 days in the trenches at Missy-sur-Aisne, on the northern bank of the River Aisne, exposed night and day to the enemy’s fire from their heavy guns, and afterwards took part in the advance to the Belgian frontier, and was killed in action, near La Bassée, 8 Oct. 1914; unm. It was 2nd Lieut. Gillespie’s great desire to win a commission in a Scottish regt., and his last letter spoke with pride of the praise which the Scottish Borderers had received from Sir Charles Ferguson, commanding the 5th Division, “all the prouder of us because we were all Scotsmen.” He was a fine athlete, rowed three years in the New College Eight, and twice had the satisfaction of keeping his boat at the head of the River; also, he represented the United Kingdom in the New College Olympic Crew at Stockholm in 1912.

=GILLESPIE, ANDREW=, Private, No. 8107, 2nd Battn. Highland L.I.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc; killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915.

=GILLESPIE, WILLIAM JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10369), S.S. 107919, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=GILLHAM, BENJAMIN=, L.-Corpl., No. S. 64, 2nd Battn. Royal West Surrey Regt., served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 16 May, 1915; m.

=GILLINGHAM, FRANK=, Private, No. 10234, 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt., s. of William Gillingham, of 9, Little Preston Street, Brighton; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 18 April, 1915.

=GILLS, GEORGE=, Sapper, No. 102480, Royal Engineers, 2nd s. of John Gills, of Bishop Auckland, Miner, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of George Etherington, of Bishop Auckland; b. Bishop Auckland, co. Durham, 1 Aug. 1871; educ. Board School there; was employed at the Hylton Colliery; enlisted 4 June, 1915; was sent to the Front at once, and was killed in action, 2 Aug. 1915, being buried in the Canadian Cemetery at St. Eloi, Belgium. He m. at St. Mary’s. South Shields, Isabella Ann (Clive Street, Southwick-on-Wear), dau. of William Stevenson, of Seaham, and had six children: John William, b. 19 Dec. 1893; George, b. 13 July, 1898; Robert, b. 2 March, 1913; Margaret Jane, b. 29 Oct. 1891; Isabella, b. 16 April, 1899; and Emily, b. 4 June, 1903.

=GRAHAM-GILMOUR, HERBERT JAMES=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. Worcestershire Regt. only s. of the late James Graham-Gilmour, of Whittingdon Lodge, Worcester, by his wife, Ethel (now widow of William Price-Hughes, of Red Hill, near Worcester), dau. of the Rev. James Cook, of Peopleton, Pershore; b. Southport, co. Lancaster, 2 Aug. 1883; educ. Hartford House, and Radley College, Oxford; served with the Worcestershire Militia through the South African War, receiving the Queen’s medal with two clasps. After his return home, he was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Worcesters, 28 Jan. 1903, receiving the last free commission presented, and was promoted Lieut. 15 June, 1906. He joined at Tipperary, served at the Depot at Norton Barracks, 1904–6; in South Africa, 1906–7; and at Dover, 1907–10, when he transferred to the 4th Battn. at Bareilly, India. He came home on leave in February, 1914, and on the outbreak of war was ordered to join the 3rd Battn. at Tidworth, 4 Aug. and went with it to France, 13 Aug. He served through the retreat from Mons, and was killed in action at Soissons, during the Battle of the Aisne, 19 Sept. 1914, and was buried at Maison Rouge, Vailly, in the valley of the Aisne; unm. Lieut. Graham-Gilmour was an enthusiastic cricketer, hockey player, and steeplechase rider, had played cricket for the gentlemen of Worcester, and on two occasions won regimental point-to-point races in Ireland and England, and was third in the Army Cup in India on “Exchange” in 1912.

=GIRARDOT, PAUL CHANCOURT=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I., only child of the late Lieut.-Col. John Francis Girardot, 43rd Oxfordshire L.I., J.P., by his wife. Mary I. (10, Waterloo Crescent, Dover), dau. of the late James Evans, of Trevaughan, co. Carmarthen; b. Southampton, 17 Nov. 1895; educ. Ashampstead, Eastbourne; Cheltenham College (where he was a member of the School VIII at Bisley), and Sandhurst; gazetted to the 52nd Oxford and Bucks L.I., 25 Feb. 1914; went to France, 12 Aug., and was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 16 Sept. 1914; unm. He was buried at Soupir-sur-Aisne. 2nd Lieut. Girardot’s father was one of the survivors of the Birkenhead disaster in 1852.

=GIROUX, THEODORE=, Private, No. A 871, 1st Battn. (33rd Regt.), (Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest s. of Napoleon Giroux, of Tilbury, Essex co., Ontario, Canada, by his wife, Philomene, dau. of Antoine Barrette; b. St. Joachim, Ruscom, Ontario, 7 March, 1894; was a Farmer; enlisted 15 Feb. 1915; came over with the 2nd Contingent, and was killed in action in Flanders, 13 Oct. 1915; unm.

=GLADDISH, EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3826), 290188, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GLADMAN, JOHN OWEN=, Private, No. 2874, 5th (Cinque Ports) Battn. Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of John Owen Gladman, of 21, Tower Street, Eastbourne, Gardener, by his wife, Elizabeth Ellen, dau. of George Griffin, Baker at Ardingly College for 39 years; b. Ardingly, co. Sussex, 20 June, 1896; educ. Christ Church School, Eastbourne; was employed in the Glass Houses at Compton Place; volunteered on the outbreak of War and enlisted 9 Nov. 1914; trained at Hastings; went to France, 14 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Richebourg L’Avoué, 9 May, 1915.

=GLADSTONE, WILLIAM GLYNNE CHARLES=, of Hawarden Castle, M.P., 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, only s. of the late William Henry Gladstone, M.P., by his wife the Hon. Gertrude, née Stuart (41, Berkeley Square, W.), 4th dau. of Charles, 12th and last Lord Blantyre, and gdson. of the Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone, P.C., M.P., the distinguished statesman; b. 41, Berkeley Square, London, 14 July, 1885; educ. Eton, and New College, Oxford, and was President of the Oxford Union in 1907. He succeeded his grandfather in the Hawarden Estates, 19 May, 1898, and was assistant Private Secretary to the Lord Lieut. of Ireland, 1909, and an Honorary Attaché to the British Embassy in Washington, 1911. In 1911 he entered Parliament as Liberal Member for Kilmarnock Burghs, and when in the following year he made his first speech in Parliament, in seconding the motion for an address in reply to a speech from the Throne, he frankly acknowledged that it was a handicap to bear the name of Gladstone, observing: “I feel that every effort is doomed to fall short of the expectation which may conceivably and very incautiously be formed by some of one who bears the name that I do.” During the short time he had been a member, however, he had already by his own marked individuality gained the attention of the House, and given evidence of abilities which promised a distinguished future. He was appointed Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of Flintshire, and President of the County Territorial Association in 1911, and after the outbreak of war volunteered for Imperial service. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 15 Aug. 1914; and promoted Lieut. 7 April, 1915; went to the Front, 15 March, 1915, and was killed in action near Laventie in France, on Tuesday, 13 April, 1915, being shot dead while in the trenches endeavouring to locate a sniper. A doctor was with him immediately but he never regained consciousness. His body was brought back and interred in the Churchyard at Hawarden, 23 April. He was unm. Writing to his mother from the trenches he said: “You will be wrong if you regret my coming, for I am very glad and proud to have got to the Front. It is not the length of existence that counts, but what is achieved during that existence, however short.”

=GLANVILLE, ALBERT ANDREW=, Gunner, R.M.A., 12208, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=ROBERTSON-GLASGOW, ARCHIBALD WILLIAM=, Capt., 2nd Battn. 39th Garhwal Rifles, Indian Army, yst. s. of the late Robert Bruce Robertson-Glasgow, of Mountgreenan, co. Ayr, J.P., D.L., formerly 74th Highlanders, by his wife, Deborah Louisa Grace, 2nd dau. of Simon George Purdon, of Tinerana, co. Clare, b. Mountgreenan afsd., 24 May, 1880; educ. Wellington House School, Westgate-on-Sea (Sept. 1889 to July 1894), Marlborough College (Sept. 1894 to Dec. 1897), and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (Jan. to Dec. 1898); gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the unattd. list for the Indian Army, 25 Jan. 1899, and promoted Lieut. 25 April, 1901, and Capt. 25 Jan. 1908. He was attd. to the Royal Scots, and was posted to the 16th Bombay Infantry in April, 1901, and appointed Double Company Officer, 1 Aug. following, and the same year took part in the operations against the Ogaden Somalis in Jubaland, British East Africa, and received the medal with clasp. On his return from this expedition he was transferred to the 39th Garhwal Rifles. He left India with his regt. in the 7th Meerut Division for France, 21 Sept. 1914, and on arrival was detailed Railway Transport Officer until early in Nov. when he rejoined his regt. in the trenches. He was killed in action at Bethune a few days later, 13–14 Nov. 1914. Numerous letters from his brother officers all bear witness to his splendid qualities. His Col. wrote: “He had charged right up most valiantly to the enemy’s trench and in a yard or two more would have been in it.... The regiment has suffered a double loss in losing a first-rate officer and generous hearted friend.” and a brother officer: “I spent a good time on the afternoon of that disastrous night attack with him. He was as cheery as ever, and told me all about the exciting time he had digging out some men who had been buried by the exploding of a heavy German shell. The trench was knocked in and cover practically nil, so the operation had to be carried out in full view of the Germans, who put a lot of shrapnel over him and his men. Of course, he joked about it, but poor old ---- said it was a very fine show and one needing a great deal of pluck. I am sure his coolness and pluck then must have been a good example to the men, and just the sort of example they needed in the early days when everything was new and very terrifying to them.” He m. at St. Peter’s, Cranley Gardens, London, 19 Jan. 1911, Philadelphia Constance Violet Flora Macdonald, dau. of Major Francis Fraser, of Tornaveen, Aberdeenshire, and has a son, Archibald Francis Colin, b. 31 July, 1914.

=GLASS, ERNEST GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, 304260, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GLASS, ERNEST GRAHAM=, Trooper, No. 743, A Squadron, Queen’s Own West Kent Yeomanry, only s. of Ernest Glass, of Crofton, Galmpton, Kingsbridge, Devon, Retired Civil Servant, by his wife, Francis Emma, dau. of the late Thomas Cowel, of Scarborough; b. Lewisham, co. Kent, 20 Nov. 1892; educ. Colfe Grammar School there; was a Clerk, Prudential Assurance Company; had joined the West Kent Yeomanry in 1912, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered for foreign service; left England for the Dardanelles in Sept. 1915, and was killed in action there, 27 Dec. 1915; unm. He was buried in Y Ravine, S.W. Slope, Gallipoli. The Commanding Officer wrote: “E. Glass has always been a universal favourite amongst both officers and men, always cheery, always willing, his loss will be severely felt by the whole squadron. He had only just returned to Squadron duty from the signal troop, and was killed, shot through the head while on sentry in the firing line during the night. The loss of such a plucky, cheery soul, the very best type of young Englishman, is a loss not only to you, his regiment, his squadron, but to the country for which he so gallantly gave his life”; and another: “I saw a great deal of your son, as he was one of my signallers, and his unfailing cheerfulness always kept everyone happy, even when they were most uncomfortable. Your son was one of the keenest men there, he was always out to learn any new job that was going, and wanted to have a hand in anything out of the ordinary routine.”

=GLASS, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 8659, 1st Battn. East Kent Regt. (The Buffs); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 19 June, 1915; m.

=GLAZEBROOK, HENRY=, L.-Corpl., No. 9383, 2nd Battn. East Yorkshire Regt., eldest s. of William Henry Glazebrook, of 16, Mildmay Road, West Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne, now in the postal service, late Battery Sergt.-Major, R.F.A. (who served throughout the South African War, and received the Queen’s and King’s medals with clasps), by his wife, Mary Ellen, dau. of Samuel Stephenson; b. Newcastle-on-Tyne, 11 March, 1892; educ. Council School Sandyford; joined the Army, 15 July, 1909; served five years (1909–14) in India; came home with his regt. after the outbreak of War, going with it to France in Jan., and was killed in action near St. Eloi, 5 Feb. 1915; unm. Buried at Chateau Rosendale, near Ypres. His two brothers are both (1916) serving, one in the Army and the other in the Navy.

=GLEGG, ARTHUR LIVINGSTONE=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Batt. King’s Royal Rifles, 2nd s. of the late Arthur Thomson Glegg, Advocate Sheriff Substitute of Lanarkshire, by his wife, Margaret Livingstone, dau. of W. L. Douie, of Moira, J.P.; b. Edinburgh, 23 Sept. 1895; educ. Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow; St. Bee’s, and Corpus Christi, Cambridge; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Jan. 1915; went to France, March, 1915, and was killed in action in the trenches near La Bassée, 10 Aug. 1915; being buried in Cambrin Cemetery; unm.

=GLEN, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, Ch./308855, s. of Walter Glen, by his wife, Mary (Stenton Prestonkirk, co. Haddington), dau. of John Scott; b. Glenfoot, Rymors Glen, near Melrose, 15 July, 1885; educ. Wiston, Lanark; joined the Navy about 1904, and was lost when H.M.S. Cressy was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; unm.

=GLIDDON, FRANK CHARLES=, Gunner, R.M.A., 11898, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GLITHRO, FRANK WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 1707), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GLOSSOP, ERNEST EDWARD=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Somersetshire Light Infantry, 3rd and yst. s. of the Rev. George Henry Pownall Glossop, Hon. Canon of St. Albans Cathedral, by his wife, Frances Mary, dau. of Major John James Gape, of St. Michael’s Manor, St. Albans, Herts Militia; b. Romeland House, St. Albans, 21 Feb. 1896; educ. Sandroyd School, Cobham; Repton School, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, passing out at the end of his first year; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Somerset L.I. 12 Aug. 1914; went to France on Sept. 12, and joined the 1st Battn. during the Battle of the Aisne; was wounded at Le Gheer on 24 Oct., a bullet striking him in the spine, and was invalided home. He returned to the Front in March, and was wounded again at the 2nd Battle of Ypres, on 2 May, when he was hit in the head by a fragment of shell, and died in Hospital at Bailleul two days later, 4 May, 1915; unm. His two elder brothers, Lieut. Bertram Glossop, 9th Devon Regt., and Lieut. Francis George Glossop, R.N., are (1916) on active service.

=GLOSTER, HENRY COLPOYS=, Lieut., 6th (Banff and Donside) Battn. The Gordon Highlanders (T.F.), only s. of James Cockburn Gloster, of 15, Upper Phillimore Place, Kensington, B.A., M.B., by his wife, Aphra Jane, only child of Henry Keane; b. 15 Upper Phillimore Place, Kensington, 3 Aug. 1894; educ. St. Paul’s School, and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he was a medical undergraduate, and a member of the O.T.C.; volunteered on the outbreak of the war and received a commission in the 6th Gordon Highlanders, 15 Aug. 1914, being promoted Lieut. 31 Oct. following. He joined the regt. at Perth and went from there to Bedford for training, leaving England for the Front, 9 Nov. 1914. He was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 13 March, 1915, and was buried in Esterre Cemetery; unm. His Col. spoke highly of him as an officer whose work in the trenches deserved special praise. He suggested improvements and saved several lives of his men when wounded by close attention and skill. He was very popular with his men who respected, admired and loved him for his kindness and intelligent command in times of great danger. He was in command of his platoon in a German trench on the morning of his death. Lieut. Gloster was a good tennis player, and won the Caius College Fresher’s Tournament in 1914.

=GLOVER, FRANCIS LUTHER=, Leading Stoker, K. 5618, H.M.S. Monmouth; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GLOVER, JOSHUA=, Sergt., No. 6756, 6th (Service) Battn. Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 15 Sept. 1915; m.

=GOACHER, STEPHEN FRANK=, Private, No. 3890, 2/4th Battn. Royal West Kent Regt. (T.F.), s. of James Goacher, of New Cottages, Iron’s Bolton, near Reigate; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force; died 11 Aug. 1915, of wounds received in action at the Dardanelles.

=GOATER, JOHN ROBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9739), 210862, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GOBLE, ALBERT EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 22061, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=GOBY, WILLIAM=, L.-Corpl., No. G. 1964, 2nd Battn. East Surrey Regt., s. of Isaac Goby, of Fernhurst, Heathfield, Sussex; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 23 April, 1915.

=GODDARD, ALBERT BERTIE=, Private, No. 7204, 1st Battn. Royal West Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died a prisoner of war at Gustrow, 4 March, 1915; m.

=GODDARD, ARTHUR HAWKINS=, Private, No. 2500, 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), s. of George Thomas Goddard, of 22, Calvert Buildings, Wapping, London, by his wife, Susannah, dau. of Amos Prior; b. Brightlingsea, co. Essex, 14 July, 1895; educ. L.C.C. and Raine’s Foundation Schools, Stepney; was a Clerk in the employ of Girling Bros. for four years; enlisted with some fellow scouts from Toynbee Hall, Whitechapel, 1 Sept. 1914; went to France, 10 Feb. 1915; served through the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in April, and died 10 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at Festubert the previous day; unm. Buried at the Military Cemetery, Rue Petillon.

=GODDARD, JAMES=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 632), 152278, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GODDARD, JAMES=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 92), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GODDARD, THOMAS=, Private, No. G. 789, 7th (Service) Battn. East Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died 25 July, 1915, of wounds received in action; m.

=GODDARD, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 3257, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of the late Joseph Goddard, of Reading, by his wife, Harriet; b. Windsor, 3 Dec. 1880; educ. Royal Schools there; enlisted 23 Jan. 1900; served in the South African War, 7 Nov. 1901 to 4 Oct. 1902; obtained his discharge, 6 Nov. 1902; re-enlisted, 9 Sept. 1914, went to France, 7 Oct. and died 29 Oct. following, of wounds received in action. He was buried in the lawn in front of the Chateau at Gheluvelt, west of the village. He m. at Windsor, 1 June, 1905, Mary Ann (3, Waterloo Square, Spital, Windsor), dau. of Thomas Redrup, and had three daus.: Ena, b. 27 Aug. 1906; Laura, b. 27 Sept. 1907; and Vera, b. 27 Jan. 1910.

=GODDEN, ARTHUR HENRY GRIFFITHS=, Officer’s Steward, 3rd Class, L. 5087, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GODFERY, ERNEST HERBERT=, Sapper, No. 241, Wireless Section, 2nd South African Rifles, s. of Masters Godfery, of Norwich, by his wife, Esther, dau. of (--) Chapman; b. Norwich, 21 May, 1867; educ. Yarmouth Grammar School; went to South Africa on 18 July, 1893, and settled at Durban, Natal; volunteered for service in German South-West Africa, and went through that campaign and died in Hospital at Durban, 24 Nov. 1915. He m. at Johannesburg, 29 July, 1897, Frances (Sea View, Natal), dau. of John Siems, and had two children: Ernest M., b. 7 April, 1901; and Ivy E., b. 29 Aug. 1898.

=GODFREE, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2989), S.S. 100453, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GODFREY, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4267), 277922, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct 1914.

=GODIN, MOÏSE=, Private, No. 61042, 22nd Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 3rd s. of Philippe Godin, of St. Anne de la Pérade, Champlain co., P.Q., Canada, by his wife, Rebecca, dau. of (--) Côté; b. St. Anne de la Pérade, Champlain co., P.Q., 29 Jan. 1896; educ. Collège de la Pérade; enlisted in March, 1915; left Canada with the 2nd Contingent and was killed in action at Belgium, 23 Sept. 1915; unm.

=GODSAL, ALAN=, 2nd Lieut. and Battn. Machine-gun Officer, 7th Battn. Rifle Brigade, 2nd s. of Edward Hugh Godsal, of Winnersh Lodge, Wokingham, by his wife, Marion Grace, dau. of the Rev. Florence Thomas Wethered, Vicar of Hurley, Berks; b. Hawera, New Zealand, 4 May, 1894; educ. Oundle School; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 7th Rifle Brigade, 22 Sept. 1914; went to France in May, 1915; appointed Battn. Machine-gun Officer in July, 1915, and was killed in action at Hooge, 30 July, 1915; unm. He was buried in Sanctuary Wood, Hooge. His Col. wrote speaking of him as a most promising officer. The circumstances of Lieut. Godsal’s death were as follows: The battn. on leaving the trenches for rest had left their machine guns for the use of the relieving Battns., from whom they were captured by a sudden enemy assault, and on the 7th Battn. being brought back from their billets seven miles away to recover trenches the Col. ordered Lieut. Godsal to take up a position with his machine gun men, from whence when opportunity offered to advance and regain possession of the guns. It is now clear from the statement of Corpl. Molloy, who was within 20 yards of Lieut. Godsal when he was killed, that Lieut. Godsal did himself advance from this position and get possession of at least one of the guns, for the Corpl. saw him firing it at the enemy, and later saw him firing his revolver--probably when he recovered the gun he picked up only a small amount of ammunition--and later still heard a shout that he was killed, a shell having struck him in the face. Private King gallantly endeavoured to pull his body back into trench and was himself killed instantaneously. Corpl. Molloy accounts for Lieut. Godsal’s recovering the gun by saying that he knew every yard of trench and ground as he was out frequently day and night making daring reconnaissances. The Corpl. added if ever anyone deserved the V.C. he did.

=GODWARD, ERIC JAMES=, 2nd Lieut., 1/7th Battn. Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of the late William Godward, Accountant, by his wife, Agnes (Godward, Newthorpe, Enfield), dau. of John Davison; b. New Thorpe, Enfield, co. Middlesex, 19 Feb. 1895; educ. Merchant Taylors’ School; and was in business until the outbreak of War, giving up the whole of his spare time to work among lads in Enfield. He held a commission as Cadet Lieut. in the St. Andrew and St. Mary Coy. London Diocesan Church Lads’ Brigade (Cadet Force), and when war broke out was transferred to the 2/7th Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), together with Capt. Perks, and most of the senior lads in his brigade company, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 13 Oct. 1914. He was transferred to the 1/7th and went to France, 25 July, 1915, and was killed in action there, 25 Aug. 1915, being shot while on patrol duty, and was buried at Fleurbaix; unm. His Col. wrote: “Your son had not been with us very long, but in that time he had earned the liking and respect of everyone with whom he had come into contact. He was absolutely fearless, and a very gallant young officer, in whom I had the utmost confidence”; and Col. Drew, 2/7th Middlesex, wrote: “During the ten months he served with me, I formed a great admiration for him. He was a boy of exceptional character.”

=GOFFIN, HERBERT CULLIS=, Sergt., No. 2849, 16th (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), s. of the Rev. Herbert James Goffin, of Walteur, Burford Gardens, Palmers Green, N., late Missionary of the London Missionary Society, by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of Edmund Cullis, of Gloucester; b. Vizianagaram, South India, 4 Feb. 1887; educ. School for Sons of Missionaries, Blackheath; enlisted in the Queen’s Westminsters on the outbreak of war; served with his battn. in France and Flanders, and was killed in action by a shell bursting in his trench at Ypres, 4 June, 1915; unm. He was buried at Cross Roads, Potyje, near Ypres. His commanding officer wrote: “His help has been invaluable with the company, while his amiability and pleasant manner endeared him to every one with whom he came in contact. Few men have made themselves at one and the same time so respected and so popular, and no man so thoroughly justified his rapid promotion.”

=GOGGS, FRANK=, Private, No. 430264, 31st Battn. 6th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force; eldest s. of the late Arthur Harry Goggs, of the City of London, Wine Merchant, by his wife, Annie Jane (31, Fore Street, Tiverton, Devon), dau. of Henry Briggs, Yeoman of the Guard; b. East Dulwich, London, 7 April, 1884; educ. Cranley County School and the City of London School; emigrated to British Columbia in 1903, and bought a ranch at Fort Steele, but after the outbreak of war, gave this up, joined the 31st Battn. of the Canadian Expeditionary Force 19 Feb. 1915; came over with the third Contingent in July, 1915; went to the western front 16 Sept. 1915, and was killed in action at Kemmel, 13 Oct. 1915; unm.

=GOLDBAUM, HARRY=, Bugler, No. 1149, Kent Fortress Royal Engineers (T.F.), 4th s. of Solomon Goldbaum, of 26, Maroon Street, Stepney. E., by his wife, Sarah, dau. of Harry Trager; b. Edinburgh, 23 Feb. 1898; educ. Beth Street Council School, E.; was a sergt. in the Boys’ Brigade at Tunbridge Wells and enlisted on the outbreak of war; left for the Dardanelles, Oct., and was lost on H.M.S. Hythe, off Cape Wells, 28 Oct. 1915. His Commanding Officer wrote: “We had sailed from Mudros at about 4 p.m. in a small sweeper, the Hythe. It was a rough and squally day, and before we had gone very far a great number of the men were sea-sick. However, we had almost reached our destination at Cape Wells, and were beginning to think of disembarking, when suddenly a large vessel boomed out of the darkness, and in spite of all efforts to avoid a collision it ran into us, cutting deeply into our port bow and bringing down our foremast. In ten minutes our vessel sank, leaving numbers struggling in the water or hanging on to spars and other floating matter. The boats of the other vessel did all they could and picked up many poor fellows--but it was all too few, for nearly 130 were drowned.... As Trumpeter he acted as my mounted orderly and many are the days we have been in the saddle together. He was always cheerful and willing, and knew how to use his head.”

=GOLDIE, BARRE HERBERT=, 2nd Lieut., Reserve of Officers, Indian Army, attached 32nd Lancers and Imperial Service Cavalry, elder s. of Col. James Ord Goldie, of 12, Tisbury Road, Hove, by his wife, Florence, dau. of Gen. Cumberlege, Madras Cavalry; b. Jubbulpore, India, 27 Jan. 1877; educ. Rottingdean, Wellington College, and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he graduated M.A. with honours, and was engaged in scholastic work in Hyderabad when the European War broke out. He obtained leave from the Nizam to leave his post, was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Indian Army, Oct. 1914, and attached to the 32nd Lancers at Jubbulpore, whence he went to Egypt to join the Imperial Service Cavalry. He died 29 April, 1915, of wounds received in action during the repulse of the Turkish attack on the Suez Canal; unm.

=GOLDING, WILLIAM RICHARD=, Petty Officer, 178836, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GOLDSMID, SYDNEY ALEXANDER=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. Worcestershire Regt., only s. of the late Sydney Goldsmid, by his wife, Julie (now wife of Lieut.-Col. George Annesley-Smith, of The Chase, Camberley, late Worcestershire Regt.), dau. of the late William S. Hart, C.S., retired, and great nephew of Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, 1st Bart.; b. Southsea, 6 May, 1893; educ. United Services College, Windsor, and R.M.C., Sandhurst, gazetted 2nd Lieut. 4 Sept. 1912, promoted Lieut. 20 Sept. 1914, killed in action with the Expeditionary Force at Ypres 7 Nov. 1914; unm. He was mentioned for reconnaissance work in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 8 Oct. 1914, and his commanding officer, Col. Stuart, wrote: “I cannot speak too highly of him. He had done such excellent work throughout the campaign and was a capital officer and good comrade.”

=GOLDSMITH, BERTIE HURR=, A.B., Chatham R.F.R., B. 7484, R.N., s. of Henry George Goldsmith, of Southwold, Dealer, by his wife, Elizabeth Ann, dau. of John Hurr, of Southwold, Fisherman; b. Southwold, co. Suffolk, 17 April, 1885; educ. St. Edmund’s School there; joined the Navy, 5 Jan. 1903, and after serving his time passed into the R.N.R., and when War broke out was in the Birmingham City Fire Brigade; mobilised Aug. 1914, and was lost in H.M.S. Aboukir, when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. He m. at Chislehurst, 21 Sept. 1912, Minnie Maria (41, Albany Road, Chislehurst, Kent), dau. of Thomas Witherden, and had a dau., Florence Irene Bertie, b. (posthumous) 15 Dec. 1914.

=GOLDSMITH, THOMAS MARK=, Private, No. 18199, 1st Suffolk Royal Field Artillery; s. of Henry George Goldsmith, of Southwold, Dealer, by his wife, Elizabeth Ann, dau. of John Hurr, of Southwold, Fisherman; b. Southwold, co. Suffolk, 29 May, 1888; educ. St. Edmund’s School there; was a butcher; enlisted 30 Jan. 1915; went to France 3 March, 1915, and died 25 April, 1915, of wounds received in action there. He m. in London, 26 Dec. ..., Matilda Kathleen, dau. of (--) Shaw, and had a son, Thomas Olaf, b. 6 April, 1914.

=GOLDSTON, LIONEL EMANUEL=, Rifleman, No. 2130, 21st Battn. (1st Surrey Rifles) London Regt. (T.F); 2nd s. of the Rev. Nehemiah Goldston, Minister (for 26 years) of the South East London Synagogue, New Cross, S.E.; b. New Cross, 29 Sept. 1895; educ. Mantle Road Secondary School, S.E.; at the age of 17 joined the staff of the “Société Generale” Bank in Regent Street, where he showed great ability; joined the Surrey Rifles three days after the declaration of war (7 Aug.), went to the Front with them in March, 1915, was present at the Battle of Festubert and was killed in action at Givenchy, 30 May following; unm. He was buried at Windy Corner near that place. His company commander, Capt. C. W. B. Hislop, in reporting his death, wrote that he “had fulfilled his duties thoroughly,” and that his last words were: “I am all right, Sir.”

=GOLDSWORTHY, ALFRED ERNEST=, Private, No. 18194, 1st Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, yst. s. of William Goldsworthy, Miner, by his wife, Ann; b. Frizington, Cumberland, 10 Dec. 1886; educ. Church School there; went to Canada, 18 March, 1907; enlisted on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 30 April, 1915. He m. at Laxey, Isle of Man, 3 Jan. 1915, Ellen Elizabeth (Sea View Bungalow, Maughold, Ramsey, Isle of Man), yst. dau. of the late John Keen, Joiner; s.p.

=GOLIGHTLY, WILLIAM=, A.B., S.S. 3110, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GOLLOP, ALPHONSO=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 806), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GOLPHIN, JOHN RENNER=, Private, No. 2304, 6th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.), only s. of George Golphin, of 14, Holme Avenue, Walkerville, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Foreman Shunter, N.E.R., by his wife, Mary Murdie, only dau. of the late Anthony Renner, Farmer; b. Heaton, Newcastle, 26 Aug. 1888: educ. Council Schools there and Skerry’s College, Newcastle-on-Tyne; and on leaving the latter in 1903, became a Clerk in the Forth Goods Station, N.E.R. He was a bugler in the Band of the Royal Engineers Volunteers, Newcastle, 1906–09, and when war broke out, enlisted 6 Sept. 1914; went to France with his regiment, 19 April, 1915, and died 28 April, 1915, of wounds received in action in the heavy fighting at St. Julien on the 26th. He was buried in Hazebrouck Cemetery, France; unm. Private Golphin was a member of the N.E.R. cricket and footballers clubs, and also played for the Hexham County Association Football Club, 1912–13, and was a prominent member of the N.E.R. Institute Billiard Team.

=GOMES, MANOEL ANTONIO=, Gunner, No. 40530, 2nd Battery, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest s. of Manoel Gomes Beinhos, of the Island of Madeira, by his wife, Joqina, dau. of Antonio de Jesus, of Nossa Senhora da Monte, Madeira, and nephew of Manuel de Jesus, of 14, Pitt Street, New Amsterdam, Berbice, British Guiana; Merchant; b. Madeira, 24 May, 1892; went to British Guiana in 1902 and entered the employ of his uncle there; joined the B.G. Militia (No. 2291, No. 7 Coy.), 5 Oct. 1909; went to Canada, 5 May, 1913, and entered the Ontario Business College in Belleville, and on leaving there obtained a post with the Grand Trunk Railway; volunteered on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914 and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force; left for England with the 34th Battery in the first contingent Oct. 1914; went to France in Feb. and was killed in action at the second Battle of Ypres, 24 April, 1915, a shell bursting directly under his horse, when bringing up ammunition. He was buried near the wagon lines between the Brielen Road and the Yser Canal, and a cross with his name, etc., was erected by his comrades. He was unm.

=GONELLA, JOSEPH WILLIAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 9716, Machine Gun Section, 2nd Battn. Rifle Brigade, eldest s. of Joseph William Gonella, of 82, Pomeroy Street, New Cross, by his wife, Juliet, dau. of Charles Perkins, of St. Lukes]; b. Nunhead, S.E., 20 June, 1890; educ. Kender Street Council School, New Cross; enlisted 6 Oct. 1909, and at the time war broke out was a Fitter at the Brixton Garage, of the British Motor Cab Co.; mobilised 4 Aug. 1914; went to the Front with the First Expeditionary Force, served through the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne, etc., and was severely wounded in the attack on Hill 60 on 22 April, 1915, and again later in the day while being carried off the field, the two Ambulance men being killed. He was sent to the First Eastern Hospital at Cambridge, where he died, 6 May, 1915. He was a fine all round athlete and winner of many boxing competitions. He m. at St. Jude’s Church, Peckham, 10 Sept. 1911, Rose, dau. of William French, of Falkner Street, New Cross, S.E., and had two daus.: Martha Juliet, b. 18 July, 1912, and Alice Rose, b. 18 Dec. 1914.

=GOOCH, ALFRED=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 34), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GOODAIR, HUGH JOHN=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17409, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=GOODBODY, HENRY EDGAR=, Capt., 4th. attd. 1st. Battn. Leinster Regt., eldest s. of Thomas Henry Goodbody, of T. H. & E. Goodbody, Tea Merchants, Tower Street, London, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of (--) Paterson; b. Dublin, 10 Nov. 1884; educ. Monkton Combe Senior School, Bath and Trinity College, Dublin; gazetted to the 4th Battn. Leinster Regt., was promoted Lieut. in the Reserve Battn., 16 Dec. 1911, and Capt., 1 Feb. 1915; was attached to the 1st Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 1911–12, and was seconded for service as Assistant Commissioner of Police, Gold Coast Colony, West Africa, from Oct. 1913 to July, 1914. On the outbreak of war, he was home on leave; rejoined his old regt. and went to France, Jan. 1915, attached to the 1st Battn. He was killed in action near Ypres, 12 May, 1915. Capt. Goodbody was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatches of 31 May, 1915. He m. at St. Philip’s Church, Milltown, Dublin, Jane Evelyn (Sheerwater, Monkstown, Co. Cork), dau. of Dep. Surg. General Thomas Beaumont, I.M.S., and had a son, Errol Beaumont, b. 21 May, 1911.

=GOODBURN, JOHN JAMES=, Private, No. 8606, B Coy., 2nd Battn. Northampton Regt., 3rd s. of John James Goodburn. Midland Railway Carpenter, and nephew of William James Cox, of Melton Mowbray. b. Melton Mowbray, 26 Oct. 1887; educ. British School there; enlisted 1907; served in India, Aden, Malta and Egypt, where the regt. was when war broke out. They returned to England early in Oct. and went to France the following month. He was shot through the shoulder by a sniper, being killed instantaneously, while drawing rations for comrades, 27 Jan. 1915. Capt. L. Robinson wrote: “He was a good soldier.... I was with him when he died, and buried him myself.” His sixth brother, Sergt. George Henry Goodburn, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and his yst. brother joined the Canadian Cavalry in Ontario.

=GOODCHILD, FRANK=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 16829, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GOODCHILD, JOHN WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 9752), 204966, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=GOODE, ERIC RALF=, Private, No. 420, 10th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, yr. s. of the late William Goode, of Port Pirie, South Australia, Merchant, by his wife, Marion, dau. of Edward Jones, of South Australia; b. Port Pirie, South Australia, 30 May, 1893; educ. Kyre College, Adelaide, South Australia; was a Clerk in the employ of Messrs. Elder, Smith & Co., Adelaide; on the outbreak of war he volunteered and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force; left for Egypt in Oct. 1914; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles on 25–26 April, 1915, and was killed in action at Anzac on the 26th; unm. Private Goode was a good cricketer and was captain of the cricket eleven at school.

=GOODE, GORDON POWELL=, Corpl., No. 528, 3rd Australian Light Horse Regt., 1st Light Horse Brigade, Australian Expeditionary Force, 4th s. of the late William Goode, of Port Pirie, South Australia, Merchant, by his wife, Marion, dau. of J. Edward Jones, of South Australia; b. Port Pirie, South Australia, 22 Jan. 1886; educ. Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, South Australia, and studied medicine subsequently for some years at Edinburgh University, but returned to Australia without completing his course. On the outbreak of war he volunteered and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force; left for Egypt in Oct. 1914; served at the Dardanelles, July to Oct. 1915, being promoted Corpl. in Aug., and died in the Military Hospital at Alexandria, 16 Oct. 1915, of enteric, contracted while on active service in Gallipoli; unm. At Prince Alfred College he captained the tennis, football and cricket teams, and was also Capt. of Athletics and of the School Gymnastic Team.

=GOODE, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 4094), 190573, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GOODHART, ERIC JOHN, D.C.M.=, Med. Milit., Sergt., No. 28055, 2nd Signal Coy. R.E., and Motor Dispatch Rider, only child of John Stella Goodhart, of Heath House, Donyland, Colchester, Colonial Farmer, J.P., Lieut. Essex National Reserve, Acting Intelligence Officer, 3rd Army Central Force, by his wife, Florence Marian, dau. of late Francis Cramp, of Beckenham, Kent; b. Fox Bay, Falkland Islands, South America, 13 Nov. 1893; and was educ. at Haileybury College and Clare College, Cambridge. He was in the O.T.C. at Haileybury, and got certificate A on leaving; he then joined the Cambridge O.T.C., in which he served for nearly a year with the rank of Corporal, and on the outbreak of war enlisted in the R.E. at Chatham, 6 Aug. 1914, as a Dispatch Rider. He was appointed Corpl. in charge of the 2nd Signal Coy., Motor Dispatch Riders, and soon after promoted Sergt. After three days at Chatham and four at Aldershot, he went to France, was a few days at Rouen, and then went up to Mons. During the famous retreat from that place he was in the rear guard, and afterwards was at the 2nd Division Headquarters at Ypres until Nov., when he was given five days’ leave. He arrived home at Colchester on the 24th; was taken ill with typhoid fever on the 27th, and died on 10 Dec. 1914; unm. He was buried in the old churchyard, East Donyland, on the 15th. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s despatch of 8 Oct. [London Gazette, 19 Oct.] 1914: “For conveying messages under very dangerous circumstances by day and night, and never failing to deliver his messages,” and was awarded the Medal for Distinguished Conduct in the field on 8 Oct. 1914. He also received the French Médaille Militaire. He spoke German fluently and French, and in consequence of the former on several occasions (see article in London Magazine, July, 1915, p. 631) got safely through the Germans by telling them that he was masquerading in English uniform, but was really in the German Secret Service. Capt. Trench was standing talking to him when the first shell came into the 2nd Division Headquarters and killed Capt. Trench and two or three other officers, the only damage he then sustained was a cut thumb, broken revolver handle, and two spokes of motor cycle. Letters of high appreciation were received from General Sir C. C. Monro, General H. Heath, C.B., and General F. J. Maxse, etc.

=GOODHEW, THOMAS HENRY=, Stoker (R.F.R., B. 649), 353191, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GOODINGS, JOHN=, Private, No. 5579, 1st Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, s. of William Brown Goodings, of Southwick, Shipwright, in Messrs. W. Pickersgill and Son’s Yard, by his wife, Isabella; b. Southwick, Sunderland, 26 March, 1880; educ. Southwick Board School; served his apprenticeship at Pickersgills; enlisted in the Army in 1898; served through the South African War 1899–1902, and Mauritius 1903–06, and after serving his term, joined the Reserve, 1906. On the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, was called up, and left for the Front with the 1st Battn. of his regt. and was killed in action at the Battle of Ypres, 6 May, 1915. Buried in La Clytte Cemetery; unm. Immediately Lord Kitchener made his appeal for recruits, Goodings’ four brothers enlisted. Following this their mother was taken very ill, and eventually appealed to Capt. John Smith, of the Salvation Army, to get her boys home. He made an appeal direct to Lord Kitchener, who wired a reply that the matter would have attention. The four boys arrived home on the same day, and the day following the application a wire came from John saying he had arrived at Southampton, being sent direct from the trenches to his dying mother. He arrived; the mother died; he returned to duty, and was killed a week later.

=GOODREAN, GEORGE HENRY=, Rifleman, No. 238, 2nd South African Rifles, s. of George Goodrean, of 164, Washington Street, Fall River, Mass., U.S.A., by his wife, Alice; b. Pawtucket, Rhode Island, U.S.A., 16 Aug. 1889; served for some time in the American Navy; afterwards went to South Africa; joined the South African Rifles after the outbreak of war; and died at Luchenza, 10 Nov. 1915, from injuries sustained while on active service; unm. On 5 Nov. while bathing was taking place, he dived from the ship they were on in very shallow water and severely injured his head and spine.

=GOODRICH, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7953), S.S. 103620, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GOODSELL, CHARLES LEWIS=, Sapper, No. 2084, 1/3rd Kent Fortress Royal Engineers (T.F.), s. of Samuel Goodsell, of Netherfield, Kent; b. Netherfield, 11 Dec. 1875; educ. there; was a Wood Merchant; enlisted 12 May, 1915; left England for Salonica 1 Oct. 1915, and was drowned in H.M.S. Hythe, 28 Oct. 1915, when that ship was sunk off Cape Wells. He m. at Mountfield Church, 31 March, 1900, Caroline (45, Salisbury Road, Bohemia, St. Leonards-on-Sea), dau. of Henry Selmes, of Mountfield, and had three children: Charles Henry, b. 24 Dec. 1901; George Samuel, b. 27 Feb. 1904; and Winnifred Lucy, b. 3 Aug. 1906.

=GOODSELL, PERCY=, Corpl., No. 2233, 5th (Cinque Ports) Battn. Royal Sussex Regiment (T.F.), 3rd s. of Thomas Goodsell, of the Laurels, Ruck Hill, Horsmonden, Kent, Gardener to Mr. P. Manwaring, of Horsmonden, by his wife, Annie, dau. of William George Kingham; b. Higham, Salehurst, Sussex, 31 May, 1893; educ. Salehurst and Brenchley Council Schools; was an Under Gardener to Mr. P. Foster, of Frant, Sussex; joined the 5th Sussex Territorials in March, 1910, and served four years; volunteered on the outbreak of war and rejoined 14 Aug. 1914; appointed Corpl. Nov.; went to France with his regt. in Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Ypres, 9 May following; unm. Buried in the Souvenir Cemetery, St. Omer. While with the Territorials he won the Silver Medal and held the Silver Cup for shooting for a year. Three of his brothers are on active service: Private Ernest Charles Goodsell, M.T., A.S.C.; Private Herbert George Goodsell, 3rd Reinft. 50th Battn. South Australians; Francis Edward Goodsell, Sig., H.M.S. Egmont.

=GOODSHIP, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2608), 177348, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GOODWIN, JOHN HENRY=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 183350, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GOODWIN, SIDNEY ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 17481, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=GORBEY, FRANK REUBEN=, Corpl., No. 8930, 1st Battn. Royal Irish Regt., s. of John W. Gorbey, Constable (retired), Royal Irish Constabulary, now of 92, Main Street, Carrick-on-Suir, by his wife, Ellie, dau. of I. Huddy; b. Villierstown, Waterford, 13 Nov. 1889; joined 1st Battn. Royal Irish Regt. at Dublin, 22 March, 1906; promoted Corpl. 15 Feb. 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action at Hooge, near Ypres, 23 April, 1915; unm. Buried in the grounds of the Chateau at Hooge. He distinguished himself at Ypres, 15 Feb. 1915, by bringing in wounded under fire and blowing up an enemy mine. Two of his brothers, one in the Irish Guards and one a Corpl. in the 7th Dragoon Guards, serving with the Expeditionary Force. Corpl. F. R. Gorbey had not met the latter brother for eight years, but a few days before he was killed they met during an action. A comrade wrote that: “A braver soldier or truer comrade never lived. He died as a brave man, with a smile on his face, and was mourned by his regt. as a true comrade.” His comrade placed a cross over his grave giving full particulars of how he died. His brother-in-law, Coy. Sergt.-Major Charles Abbot, 1st Royal Irish Regt., was also killed in action in May, 1915.

=GORDON, ALEXANDER=, L.-Corpl., No. 2409, 14th Battn. (London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), 4th s. of the late Andrew Gordon, Farm Steward at High Ashurst to Lord Harrowby (died 1899), by his wife, Edith Ellen (19, Parkhurst Road, Sutton), dau. of Daniel Sharp; b. Warren Farm, High Ashurst, Mickleham, Dorking, co. Surrey, 14 Aug. 1896; educ. London Orphan School, Watford, Herts (1904–7), and on leaving there entered the employ of Messrs. W. H. Smith & Son; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the London Scottish in Aug. 1914; went to the Front, Jan. 1915, and died of wounds received at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915, being buried in Noeux les Mines Cemetery; unm. His Platoon Sergt. wrote: “He was a splendid fellow and esteemed by everybody.”

=GORDON, GEORGE DUFF=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., s. of Robertson Barclay Gordon, Procurator Fiscal of Elginshire; b. Elgin, 16 July, 1894; educ. Elgin Academy; Ardvreck, Crieff, and Dover College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 24 Jan. 1913, promoted Lieut. 15 Nov. following, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915. He was buried in Estaires Cemetery; unm.

=GORDON, JAMES WILLIAM NUGENT=, Lieut., 5th (Angus and Dundee) Battn. (Royal Highlanders) The Black Watch (T.F.), elder s. of William Montgomerie Gordon, Assistant Colonial Secretary of the Colony of Trinidad, by his wife, Constance Lucretia, yst. dau. of the late Sir Oliver Nugent, and gdson. of the late James Loudon Gordon, of Brechin, Solicitor; b. Island of Montserrat, West Indies, 18 Oct. 1894; educ. Aldenham School, co. Herts, where he was a member of the O.T.C.; and went to Birmingham University in 1913, to study mining engineering. He obtained a commission in the 5th (Territorial) Battn. The Black Watch, 19 July, 1913, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for active service; was promoted Lieut. 1 Sept. 1914; arrived in France with his Battn., 1 Nov. 1914, and was killed instantaneously in action, in the trenches at Neuve Chapelle, 22 Feb. 1915, being shot through the head. He was buried with many others of the Battn. in an orchard close to the billets of the 5th Battn. Black Watch, near Neuve Chapelle, in “Black Watch Lane”; unm.

=GORDON, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 24483, 13th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd s. of the late William Gordon, by his wife, Alice (40, Princess Street, Consett, Durham), dau. of Joseph Turnbull; b. Murton Colliery, 188-; was a Miner; went to Canada in 1910; joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force on the outbreak of war; came over with the first Contingent; went to France in April, 1915, and was killed in action at St. Julien, 22 May, 1915; unm.

=GORDON, ROBERT FREDERICK=, Corpl., No. 3223, 14th Battn. (London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of the late Capt. Robert Keith Gordon, R.A.M.C. (died 17 Jan. 1892), by his wife, Caroline (59, Hunter Road, Southsea), dau. of John Standing; b. Gibraltar, 6 April, 1875; educ. St. Ignatius College, Malta, and Collegiate School, Aldershot; and was a Printer’s Manager at Gale & Poldens. He joined the London Scottish about 1897, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service; went to France, 17 Aug. 1915, and was killed in action, 13 Oct. 1915; unm.

=GORDON, SIDNEY EUSTACE LAING=, Lieut., 4th Battn. Royal Fusiliers, elder s. of Henry Laing Gordon, M.D., formerly of Florence, by his wife, Maud; b. Witheridge, co. Devon, 5 June, 1892; educ. Pelham House, West Folkestone; Harrow (Druries, 1906–11, Head of House, Monitor; Captain of House XI); and Brazenose College, Oxford (1911–14; Scholar; rowed in College Eights 1913; graduated with 3rd Class Honours, 1914); gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 5th Battn. (Special Reserve of Officers) Royal Fusiliers, 15 Aug. 1914, and transferred to the 4th Battn. in Dec.; left for the Front, 2 Dec., and was killed in action at Ypres, 13 March, 1915. While giving an order to his platoon he was hit by a bullet, which striking a sandbag glanced off and shot him through the lung. He was buried outside the Regimental Headquarters dug-out, Verbrandenmolen, Flanders; unm. His Col. wrote: “He was indeed a natural soldier. Such charming gentlemen are now becoming rare. His loss will be very much felt by the regt. He was greatly loved by his men, and had a happy tact in dealing with them which was a credit to his Harrow education.” The Major: “I cannot tell you how much I feel his loss. He was always cheery and bright; he had no fear of anything, and whatever work he had to do there was no fuss about it, he went off and did it. I looked on him as one of my most experienced young officers”; and his Capt.: “He was an ideal subaltern in every way; always willing and reliable. Your son was a man without fear and on one or two occasions I had to check his wishes to do something which might have cost him his life.”

=GORDON, WILLIAM JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7458), S.S. 102575, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GORE, SYDNEY KINGSTON=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt., s. of Dr. Alfred Joseph Gore, of Ballarat, Australia, and Kingston, Cherry Garden Avenue, Folkestone, by his wife, Edith, dau. of the late Henry Tompkins, of Abingdon Street, Westminster; b. Barry, co. Glamorgan, 12 July, 1889; educ. Grammar School and Penfillan House, Folkestone; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd (Special Reserve) Battn. Royal West Kent Regt. May, 1910, transferred to the 1st Battn. 14 Dec. 1912, and promoted Lieut. 17 Sept. 1914; killed in action near Neuve Chapelle, 28 Oct. 1914; unm. There had been severe fighting for three days, and only three officers were left in the battn. Sergt. Elson stated that the regt. was surrounded, that Lieut. Gore and A Coy. went forward to take up flank fire after the Wiltshires and Irish Rifles had retired, and that Lieut. Gore was shot through the head, and his body was found the next day. Col. Martyn, his commanding officer, wrote: “He was a gallant officer, beloved by the whole regt., who greatly mourned his loss.” He was buried in a wood close to the spot where he fell.

=GORMAN, CHARLES JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 108091, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=GORMAN, JAMES TOLAND=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10520), S.S. 2796, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=GORMAN, MICHAEL=, L.-Corpl., No. 7712, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.), s. of Michael Gorman, of Edinburgh (died July, 1907), by his wife, Jessie, dau. of James Pollock; b. Canongate, Edinburgh, 1886; educ. St. Michael’s Roman Catholic School there; enlisted during the South African War, and served in that campaign, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action, 14 Dec. 1914. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Dispatch dated 14 Jan. [London Gazette, 17 Feb.] 1915. He m. at Edinburgh, Sarah (401, Great Eastern Road, Glasgow), dau. of Thomas Wood, of Glasgow, formerly of Edinburgh, and has issue two children: Thomas Wood, b. 15 Feb. 1910; and Jessie, b. 28 April, 1907.

=GOSLING, ERNEST ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9016, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=GOSLING, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3312), 210078, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GOSLING, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2785), 341006 Chatham, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov 1914.

=GOSS, ERNEST=, Gunner, R.M.A., 7695, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GOSS, HENRY THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 12656, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GOTCH, DUNCAN HEPBURN=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. The Worcestershire Regt., 2nd s. of Davis Frederic Gotch, of Bassingburne, Abington Park, Northampton, Assistant Secretary for Education for Northampton, by his 2nd wife, Ethel, dau. of Frederic Hepburn; b. Kettering, Northants, 25 Aug. 1891; educ. Oundle School and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he obtained a Natural Science Scholarship and a special County Council Scholarship, and, in 1913, took an honours degree in natural science, after which he was appointed to the Imperial Bureau of Entomology. He joined the Artists Rifle Corps in Feb. 1914, and when war was declared volunteered for Imperial Service and left for France in Oct. After going through his course of training there he was gazetted to the 1st Worcestershires, 1 Jan. 1915, and joined them at the Front on 15 Jan. At the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, on 11 March, 1915, he was the last officer left in action with his company, and he was killed as he led his men to the charge. He was buried one mile N.W. of Neuve Chapelle; unm. Col. May, of the Artists, wrote: “He splendidly upheld the best traditions of the British Army and possessed the goodwill of all of us who came into contact with him. His name will always be remembered in this regt. with pride as well as sorrow”; and a brother officer in the Worcesters: “He had only been with us a month or two, but in that time, by his cheeriness, by his keenness, and by his hard work and enthusiasm we had all got to like him immensely. His cheerfulness was catching.... He was very plucky and would insist on exposing himself unnecessarily, generally in the hope that he would spot the enemy or find some better place for his platoon. His loss is a real one for the regt. for he was one of the right stuff and of the sort we want in the Worcestershire Regt. A brave, cheery, kindly, popular officer and we can ill afford his loss.” The Principal of the Imperial Bureau also wrote: “He was one of the keenest and most willing assistants I have ever had, and showed every promise of making a name for himself as a scientific worker. His cheery enthusiasm and charm of manner endeared him to all who had the pleasure of working with him, and his place will be hard indeed to fill.”

=GOUGH, ERIC JOHN FLETCHER=, Capt., 1st Battn. Irish Guards, only s. of the late Major Thomas Armstrong Gough, 1st King’s Dragoon Guards, and afterwards Adjutant of the 3rd (Militia) Battn. Royal Fusiliers, by his wife, Blanche (now wife of Claude Langley, of 9, Onslow Crescent, S.W.), dau. of John William Fletcher, Bengal Army; b. 20 Nov. 1888; educ. Westgate (Mr. E. M. Hawtrey’s) and Eton; joined the (then) 7th Battn. Rifle Brigade (Special Reserve), 17 Feb. 1906, entered the Irish Guards as a probationer in 1909 and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 28 April, 1911, and promoted Lieut. 25 Nov. following, and Capt. 14 Sept. 1914; went to the Front, 12 Aug. 1914 with his Battn. in the 4th (Guards) Brigade, served through the retreat from Mons, and the Battles of the Marne, the Aisne and Ypres, and was killed in action between Bethune and La Bassée, 30 Dec. 1914; unm. He was mentioned in Sir John French’s despatch of 5 April-31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915.

=GOUGH, JOHN EDMOND, V.C., C.B., C.M.G.=, A.D.C., Brig.-Gen., yr. s. of the late Gen. Sir Charles John Stanley Gough, V.C., G.C.B., by his wife, Harriette Anastasia, dau. of the late John William Power, of Gurteen le Poer, co. Waterford, M.P., J.P., D.L., and nephew of the late Gen. Sir Hugh Henry Gough, V.C., G.C.B.; b. Murree, India, 25 Oct. 1871; educ. Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Rifle Brigade, 12 March, 1892, and promoted Lieut. 6 Dec. 1892; Capt. 5 Dec. 1898; Brevet Major 29 Nov. 1900; Brevet Lieut.-Col. 22 April, 1903; Brevet Col. 14 Aug. 1907; Major 6 May, 1908; Col. 23 Dec. 1909, and temp. Brig.-Gen. 9 Oct. 1913; was employed in British Central Africa Protectorate, 26 Aug. 1896 to 9 Dec. 1897; took part in expeditions against Chikusi and Chilwa (medal with clasp); also in the Nile expedition 1898; present at Battle of Khartoum (medal, Egyptian medal with clasp); served in South African War, 1899–1902; was A.D.C. to Major-Gen. Infantry Brigade, 19 July to 9 Sept. 1900, and Brigade Signalling Officer (graded Staff Capt.), 10 Sept. to 31 Oct. 1900; took part in operations in Natal, 1899, including action at Lombard’s Kop; defence of Ladysmith, including sortie of 10 Dec. 1899, and action of 6 Jan. 1900; operations in Natal, March to June, 1900, including action at Laings Nek (6–9 June); operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to 29 Nov. 1900, including actions at Belfast (26–27 Aug.) and Lydenberg, 5–8 Sept.; and operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900 to 31 May, 1902; was District Commissioner of Lydenberg from Nov. 1900 till the end of the war (three times mentioned in despatches, [Sir G. S. White, 23 March, 1900; Sir R. H. Buller, 9 Nov. 1900; London Gazette, 8 Feb. 1901]; Brevet of Major; Queen’s medal with three clasps, King’s medal with two clasps); in East Africa, 1902–3, during operations in Somaliland; on Staff (as Special Service Officer) with Field Force, 30 Oct. 1902 to 10 Jan. 1904 (twice mentioned in despatches [London Gazette, 7 Aug. 1903 and 2 Sept. 1904]; Brevet of Lieut.-Col.; medal with clasp; awarded the Victoria Cross [London Gazette, 15 Jan. 1904] for conspicuous bravery at Daratoleh, when with Col. W. G. Walker and Major G. M. Rolland, of the Indian Army, he succeeded in rescuing Lieut. Bruce, R.N., mortally wounded during the retreat of the small column he was commanding of 200 men who were short of ammunition and exhausted by want of food and water, before a large force of Somali. They rode back with four soldiers through a hail of bullets and, being cut off from the retreating column, fought through the enemy and succeeded in mounting Lieut. Bruce on a camel. Eventually they brought him and Capt. Godfrey, who was mortally wounded, into camp); D.A.A.G., and Gen. Staff Officer (2nd Grade) Irish Command, 23 Dec. 1905 to 30 Sept. 1907; A.D.C. to the King, 14 Aug. 1907; Inspector-Gen. King’s African Rifles, 1 Oct. 1907 to 22 Dec. 1909; in command during operations in East Africa (Somaliland), 1908–10 (again mentioned in despatches [London Gazette, 17 June, 1910], clasp); General Staff Officer (1st Grade), Staff College, 23 Dec. 1909 to 21 Jan. 1913; C.M.G., 24 June, 1910; Brig.-Gen., General Staff to Sir Douglas Haig, Aldershot Command, 9 Oct. 1913 to 4 Aug. 1914; Brig.-Gen., General Staff, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France with 1st Army Corps; served through the retreat from Mons and in the subsequent advance to the Aisne (mentioned in despatches by F.M. Sir John French [London Gazette, 19 Oct. 1914]; created C.B. for services rendered in connection with operations in the field [London Gazette, 18 Feb. 1915]); severely wounded in action, 20 Feb. 1915, and died at Estaires on the 22nd. Sir John French in his despatch of 5 April [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915, said: “I wish particularly to express my deep sense of the loss incurred by the Army in general and by the Forces in France in particular in the death of Brig.-Gen. J. E. Gough, V.C., C.B., C.M.G., A.D.C., late Brig.-Gen. General Staff, 1st Army, which occurred on 22 Feb. as the result of a severe wound received on 20 Feb. when inspecting the trenches of the 4th Corps. I always regarded Gen. Gough as one of our most promising military leaders of the future. His services as Staff Officer throughout the campaign have been invaluable, and I had already brought his name before your Lordships for immediate promotion.” On 20 April, 1915, the posthumous honour of a Knight Commandership of the Military Division of the Bath was conferred on him by the King “in recognition of his most distinguished service in the field.” He m., 29 June, 1907, Dorothea (The Pightle House, near Farnham), eldest dau. of the late Gen. Sir Charles Patton Keyes, G.C.B., and had a dau., Diana.

=GOUGH, RICHARD=, Private, No. 2488, 3rd Battn. The Monmouthshire Regt. (T.F.), s. of James Gough, of Cwm; enlisted on the outbreak of war; went to France in Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Ypres, 8 May following; unm.

=GOULD, ALBERT STANLEY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5313, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GOULD, CLAUDE=, Acting Chief Yeoman of Signals, 199951; H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GOULD, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4424), S.S. 103418, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GOULD, JOHN MILLS=, Private, No. 1135, N.E.R. Coy., 17th (Service) Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, 2nd s. of George Gould, of Warnford House, Thoralby Aysgarth, co. Yorks, Boarding-House Keeper and Farmer, by his wife, Isa, dau. of the late John Mills, of Sunderland, Shipbuilder; b. Masham, co. Yorks, 18 Feb. 1889; educ. Driffield and Thoralby; and was a Clerk in the N.E.R. Stationmaster’s office at Ferrybridge; enlisted 5 Jan. 1915, and died at Ferrybridge, co. Yorks, of pneumonia contracted while training; unm.

=GOULD, LIONEL BERTRAM=, Shipwright, 1st Class, 342695, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GOULD, RICHARD WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3249), S.S. 100944, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GOULD, ROBERT STEPHEN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10033), 226881, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GOULD, ROLAND=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4305), S.S. 1383, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GOVER, FREDERICK THOMAS=, Officer’s Steward, 3rd Class, L. 4894, (Devon.), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GOWER, ARTHUR JOSEPH=, Private, No. 2423, 1/10th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.); eldest s. of Joseph Gower, of 31, Delorme Street, Fulham Palace Road, S.W., Fitter’s Mate, by his wife, Emma, dau. of Thomas Dicheson; b. Walworth, London, S.E., 4 Aug. 1896: educ. Everington Street Council School, Fulham; was Booking Clerk at Down Street Station; enlisted 28 Aug. 1914, went to India with his regt. 29 Oct. 1914, and died at Jalapahar, India, 5 June, 1915, of pneumonia, contracted while on active service; unm.

=GOWER, FRANK HERBERT HENRY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 12685, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GRACE, JOHN LEYBOURNE=, Trooper, No. 11/264, Wellington Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, only s. of the late Nathaniel Grace, of Gladstone, Carterton, Sheep Farmer, by his wife, Emily (Carterton, New Zealand), dau. of James Sexton; b. Gladstone, Carterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand, 4 Nov. 1895; educ. High School there, and Wellington College; was learning sheep farming; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Wellington Mounted Rifles, 12 Aug. 1914; left for Egypt with the main force, 16 Oct.; went to the Dardanelles, May, 1915, and was killed in action there, 30 May, 1915; unm. His Chaplain wrote: “Your boy has fallen at his post like a good soldier, fighting against overwhelming odds. One of our outposts was cut off for a long night and day, and extricated on Sunday evening. Happily the enemy was desperately afraid of our boys or not one would have returned alive, as it was your son was killed in action along with others.”

=GRAHAM, CYRIL=, Lieut., 5th Battn. Border Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of Capt. John Graham, manager of the London Joint Stock Bank, at Whitehaven, by his wife, Allie, dau. of Joseph Saudert Barnes; b. Bank House, Aspatria, Cumberland, 8 Sept. 1895; educ. St. Bee’s School; obtained a commission in the 5th (Cumberland) Battn. of the Border Regt. (T.F.), 13 June, 1913; volunteered on the outbreak of war for Imperial service; went to France 1st Nov. 1914; was promoted Lieut. April, 1915; took part in the Second Battle of Ypres in Whitsun week and was shot by a sniper, 27 May, 1915, the day his Battn. was relieved. He was buried in the grounds of a Chateau at Potyje; unm. His Commanding Officer wrote: “Your son was a most promising young officer and is a very great loss to us all. He was a great favourite with his brother officers and his men had implicit trust in him.”

=GRAHAM, DAVID=, Stoker, 1st Class, 307260, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GRAHAM, HENRY=, Private, No. 7931, 3rd Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, s. of the late Ralph Graham, of Jarrow-on-Tyne, by his wife, Mary (52, Pearson Place, Jarrow), dau. of Alexander (and Jane) Coulter; b. Jarrow-on-Tyne, 14 Oct. 1890; educ. Dunn Street Council School there; enlisted 21 June, 1908; served six years with the colours, then worked as a Labourer at Hawthorns Leslies; was called up on the outbreak of war, 6 Aug. 1914; went to France in Sept., and was killed in action in France, 1 March, 1915; unm.

=GRAHAM, JAMES=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 12576, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=GRAHAM, JOHN=, Jun., Capt., 10th Battn. (Liverpool Scottish) King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), elder s. of John Graham, of Mohrcroft, Aigburth Drive, Liverpool, and the Croft, Hoylake, Sugar Refiner, by his wife, Mary Gilkison, dau. of James Allan, of Glasgow; b. at Liverpool, 3 April 1877; educ. Marlborough, and became a partner in the firm of Macfie & Sons, the well-known Sugar Refiners of Liverpool. He had joined the old Liverpool Scottish Volunteers in 1900 and continued with them after they became the 10th Territorial Battalion of the King’s Liverpool Regt., retiring with the rank of Capt. On the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he immediately rejoined as a Private and was given a Commission as Lieut., 25 Sept., and promoted Capt. 13 April, 1915; went to France, Oct. 1914, and was killed in the great charge of the Liverpool Scottish near Hooge, 16 June, 1915; unm. He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915] by F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French, for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field. Though good at racquets and cricket, it was as a golfer that Capt. Graham was best known in the sporting world. He was in the first flight of amateur golfers, and had attained international honours, and, while never getting further than the Amateur Championship semi-final, he had won most of the Club and open prizes. The Times said: “Not only was he one of the very finest of amateur golfers, but his most delightful and modest nature had endeared him to everyone who ever met him. ‘Jack’ Graham will be remembered in golfing history as the one really great player who never won a championship. It would not be right to call him an unlucky golfer. He had good chances and a natural genius for the game, but there was something in his temperament that prevented him from playing his best game in the crucial rounds towards the end of a championship. It was certainly not lack of courage in the ordinary sense of the word. No one who knew him could doubt that, and he has given the finest and most conclusive proof to the contrary. But the strain of hard matches day after day always proved too great a strain on his powers of endurance, and though he five times reached the final of the Amateur Championship he never got any farther. He was more successful as a score player than a match player. Only last year at Sandwich he won the St. George’s Vase at Sandwich by truly magnificent golf; his record in the Hoylake medals was one of many successes and he several times finished first amateur on the list of the Open Championship. On one occasion in particular at Muirfield he finished immediately after the great ‘triumvirate’ and gave Taylor, who was drawn with him, one of the most agitating days of his long career. Capt. Graham was a great golfer. He could not but have been sometimes disappointed on account of his comparative lack of success, and he knew that his friends at Hoylake were more bitterly disappointed on his behalf than he ever was on his own. Not only did no word of complaint or excuse ever escape him, but he never for one moment fell into the opposite error of pretending that he did not care. He took his ups and downs with perfect modesty and quietness, and was always interested in the play and the success of others. At Marlborough he distinguished himself at football, cricket and racquets, and if he had had time to play might have made a name for himself as a cricketer, but he always worked very hard at his business. Indeed he played comparatively little golf, but it was remarkable how he could so constantly play a very fine game with so little practice--an occasional Saturday afternoon and perhaps an evening walk on the links with two clubs under his arm, being apparently all the practice that he needed.”

=GRAHAM, MALCOLM HEWLEY=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regt., only s. of Hewley Smales Graham, of Oxley-Woodhouse, Huddersfield; b. New Mill, near Huddersfield, 22 Nov. 1894; educ. Repton and Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he was studying for the medical profession; on the outbreak of war volunteered and was gazetted to the 3rd Yorkshire Regt., 15 Aug. 1914; went to the Front the following March, and was there attached to the 2nd Battn. He was promoted Lieut., 2 Feb., 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, near La Bassée, 15 June, 1915, and was buried close to Givenchy Church; unm. His Colonel wrote: “He was most gallantly leading his platoon when he fell, shot through the neck. Your son was a most excellent officer, very keen and hard working and he will be a great loss to the battn. Please accept the deepest sympathy of all ranks in your great loss.” Lieut. Graham was a fine athlete. At Repton he shot at Bisley for his school, and at Cambridge he rowed in the “Lents” and “Mays,” and was in the boat that won the Clinker Fours. He also rowed at Henley in 1914, where his boat won the Ladies’ Challenge Plate, and he was elected a member of the Leander Club.

=GRAHAME, JOHN GORDON=, L.-Corpl., No. 1894, Honourable Artillery Company)(T.F.), yr. s. of the late Thomas Grahame, Canadian Government Agent for Scotland, by his wife, Margaret Elizabeth (Cumberland House, Horley, Surrey), only dau. of William Tyrwhitt, sometime of Nantyr Hall, Denbighshire, and grandson of the Rev. James Grahame, author of “The Sabbath”; b. Glaudhall, Chryston, Glasgow, 12 March, 1885; educ. Glasgow High School and Dulwich College; and was in the employ of Harris & Dixon, Shipowners; on the outbreak of war volunteered and joined the H.A.C. in Sept. 1914; went to France in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action near Ypres, 24 April, 1915; unm. He was buried behind the trenches of St. Eloi near Voormezeele, in the grounds of the Chateau of Elsinvelles. His Commanding Officer wrote that he was much loved and respected by all his platoon, and he as well as others would miss him both as a friend and a soldier.

=GRAINGER, ALBERT VICTOR=, Private, No. 2336, 4th Battn. The Suffolk Regt. (T.F), yst. s. of Henry Rampling Grainger, of 94, Kemball Street, Ipswich, Gardener, by his wife, Hannah, dau. of James Brown; b. Ipswich, 16 Oct. 1889; educ. St. John’s School there; and was a Boiler Maker; volunteered after the outbreak of war and enlisted in Sept. 1914; went to France, 6 Nov., and died, in No. 7 Clearing Hospital, 13 March, 1915, of wounds received in action at Neuve Chapelle on the 11th. He m. at Buckersham, 12 March, 1911, Grace (4, Tennyson Road, Ipswich), dau. of William Edward Colthorpe, and had two children; Albert Victor, b. 2 Jan. 1914; and Grace, b. 30 March, 1912.

=GRAMSHAW, ROBERT WILFRED RALEIGH=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt., only s. of the Rev. Robert Michael Oginski Gramshaw, of Fittleworth, Sussex, by his wife Emily, dau. of Dr. Richard Hughes, of Brighton; b. Enfield, Middlesex, 18 Dec. 1890; educ. at St. Cyprian’s, Eastbourne (1901–4), Charterhouse (1904–9), and at Exeter College, Oxford (1909–13). He gained a classical scholarship at Harrow in March, 1904, which he refused, and a junior classical scholarship at Charterhouse in June of the same year, which he accepted. On the expiration of his junior scholarship he gained a senior scholarship at the same school, and in 1909, his last year there, won the Thackeray and Elder prizes, a leaving exhibition, and the Talbot Medal and Exhibition. In the same year he gained an open classical scholarship at Exeter College, Oxford, being the senior scholar of his year. He read Honour Moderations and Literae Humaniores, obtaining a second class in both schools, and took his B.A. degree in 1913. He took a keen interest in rowing, and was spare man for both his College Torpid and Eight, only doctor’s orders forbidding him an actual place in the boat. He had intended to take Holy Orders, and had been awarded a Liddon Studentship, but on the outbreak of war, was offered and accepted a commission in the 3rd Royal Sussex Regt., 15 Aug. 1914. He left for France on 1 Jan. 1915, where he was attached to the 2nd Battn. of the Regt., and was seriously wounded when leading his platoon in an attack on the German trenches at La Bassée on the evening of the 25 Jan. 1915, and died in hospital two days later; unm. Buried in Béthune Cemetery. His Commanding Officer wrote: “He died a soldier’s death of wounds received in a very brilliant little operation, by which our brigade recaptured some important ground which had been lost earlier in the day.”

=GRANGER, JOHN ROBERT CLIFFORD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2563), 208749, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GRANT, DUNCAN=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, eldest s. of Archibald Grant, by his wife, Anne (Nevis Cottages, Fort William), dau. of Angus McMillan; b. Fort William, Inverness, 8 July, 1880; educ. Fort William Public School, afterwards being in the service of the Scottish Meteorological Society at their Ben Nevis Station. He joined the Camerons in Nov. 1899, and was posted to the 2nd Battn. at Gibraltar, leaving there with a draft for the 1st Battn. in South Africa, and served through that campaign, 1899–1902, and received the Queen’s medal with five clasps (Cape Colony, Orange River Colony, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, 1902). On the conclusion of the South African campaign, he returned with his Battn. to England, but after two years in various stations in Scotland and Ireland, offered himself for foreign service and was sent to the 2nd Battn. then doing duty in Natal. He afterwards accompanied his regiment to China, and from there to Bangalore, India, and was present at the Delhi Durbar (medal). On the outbreak of the European War he held the rank of Coy. Sergt.-Major, being stationed near Poona, and before leaving India was offered a commission in his own company, which he accepted and was gazetted, 14 Dec. 1914, proceeding to France about a week later. He was killed by a shell during the bombardment of Hill 60, Ypres, 28 April, 1915, and was buried at Zillebeke, near Ypres, Belgium; unm. Lieut. Grant was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field.

=GRANT, ERNEST WILLIAM=, Private, No. 3311, 12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), yr. s. of William James Grant, of 7, Courtfield Mews, Courtfield Gardens, South Kensington, Private Chauffeur, by his wife, Alice Louisa; b. London, 16 June, 1896; enlisted 17 Dec. 1914, following the outbreak of war; was wounded in the trenches, 3 May, 1915, and died on board the hospital ship Salta during the crossing from France, 19 May following. He was buried in the military cemetery at Netley. Before joining he remarked to his mother: “I am not quite military age, but I have thought a lot about this war, and I feel it my duty to go, as I am a big, strong boy, and there will be plenty that can’t go.” His elder brother served in the 8th Battn. (Post Office Rifles) The London Regt. with the British Expeditionary Force in France.

=GRANT, HAROLD CHARLES=, Private, No. 2553, 1/7th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of James Duff Grant, of 63, Nelson Road, Stroud Green, N.; b. Highbury, 9 June, 1883; educ. Crouch End School; was a Clerk with Messrs. Leslie Booth & Booth, Chartered Accountants [both partners, W. L. Booth and A. M. Booth, were Territorial officers, and both were killed in action]; after the outbreak of war, enlisted 3 Sept. 1914; went to Gibraltar, and then to France, and died in a Field Hospital near Sailly, 16 June, 1915, from wounds received in action the previous day. His Platoon Officer wrote: “Your son was hit in the head on Thursday morning and became unconscious. He died in hospital at 10 o’clock on Friday morning, never having regained consciousness.... I shall never be able to replace your son in my platoon”; and the Chaplain (the Rev. Richard Griffiths): “We buried him this afternoon [near Sailly] in a little soldiers’ cemetery with pretty green hedges around it, and a little orchard beyond.” He was unm.

=GRANT, JAMES=, Drummer, No. 976, 13th (Princess Louise’s Kensington) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), 6th s. of James Albert Grant, of 131, Kilburn Lane, Willesden, N.W., by his wife, Anne, dau. of (----) Clark; b. Kensington, W.; educ. Board School, Buckingham Terrace, Kensington, W.; was a keen member of the Cadet movement, and was a Lieut. in the Knightsbridge (St. Paul’s) Co.; joined the Kensingtons on the organisation of the Territorial Force; volunteered on the outbreak of war for foreign service; left for the Front, Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 10 March, 1915; unm.

=GRANT, THOMAS=, Private, No. 2243, 8th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), s. of William Grant, of 61, Albany Road, Brentford, Hawker; b. Brentford, co. Middlesex, 5 Nov. 1894; educ. St. John’s School there; joined the Middlesex Territorials in March, 1914; volunteered for foreign service and mobilized 6 Aug. 1914; went to France and was killed in action there, 11 May, 1915; unm.

=GRANT, THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6993), 196834, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GRATTAGE, SAMUEL THOMAS=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10246), 299157, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GRAVETT, CHARLES DAVID=, Ordinary Seaman, R.N.V.R. (Sussex 1/334), H.M.S. Hawke, s. of George Gravett, of 19, Coleridge Street, Hove; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=GRAY, ALBERT JOHN=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 22930, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GRAY, JAMES=, Major, 4th Battn. The Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.) (T.F.), s. of the late Robert Sclater Gray, of Leechman and Gray, Leith, Distiller and Wine Broker, by his wife, Barbara Mann, dau. of (----) Peterson; b. 22 March, 1875; educ. Royal High School, Edinburgh, and was a Wine Broker and Distiller. He joined the old 5th Highland Coy. of the Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles, afterwards the 4th Territorial Battn. of the Royal Scots, in 1891, and received his commission in 1896; was promoted Lieut., 1898, and Capt., 1901, and Major, 1 May, 1913, after which he was placed in the Reserve of Officers. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for Imperial Service; left for Egypt 19 May; went to the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, when 2nd in command of his Battn. 28 June, 1915. Buried at Krithia. Colonel Younger, late Commanding Officer 4th Battn. Royal Scots, wrote: “None but myself can know how large a part James Gray played in the training of the Battn. in the first few months of the war. Only those who have had the experience can know the trials and difficulties which Territorial Commanding Officers were faced with on suddenly becoming professional soldiers. The help and strength I received from Major Gray were beyond all praise.” Major Gray had the Coronation Medal and the Long Service Medal. He m. at St. Cuthbert’s Parish Church, Edinburgh, 4 Jan. 1912, Grace E. (28, Scotland Street, Edinburgh), dau. of the late Robert Naismith, of Leith; s.p.

=GRAY, MARY SUTHERLAND BROWN=, Sister in charge of a Ward, Hospital Auxilliare 301, Abbaye de Royaumont, dau. of James Gray, of Oakleigh Lodge, Leven, Fife, Secretary of the Fife Coal Co., by his wife, Mary Sutherland, dau. of William Brown, Manager of the Colliery of Oakley, near Dunfermline; b. Oakleigh, Dunfermline, 17 Nov. 1869; educ. privately in Scotland and then trained as a nurse at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary; and after leaving there nursed among the working classes at Kilmarnock and later at Crief; on the outbreak of the European War she went to France with her sister, Miss Margaret Gray, in Nov. 1914, and helped to found the Scottish Women’s Hospital for French wounded soldiers at Royaumont Abbey, Seine et Oise, and died there while engaged in her duties, 25 Jan. 1916. The Secretary of the Hospital, Miss Cicely Hamilton, wrote: “She was essentially a woman of character, a humorous, brave individual, a woman who over-worked with a smile and wore herself out as if the process amused her. She laughed with her men while she worked for them, she had the charm of good manners--those real good manners that come without teaching at the dictation of real good nature. She was buried in the cemetery at Asnieres-sur-Oise to the distant mutter of guns.”

=GRAY, PHILIP=, Leading Cook’s Mate, M. 1818, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GRAY, ROBERT HENRY=, Private, No. 1157, 24th Battn. 6th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, eldest s. of Horace Frederick Gray, Chauffeur, by his wife, Annie Eliza (Goddingog, Llanfairfechan, N. Wales), dau. of Charles Henry Lowe; b. Rilton Mews, Brompton Road, London, 16 April, 1891; educ. Llanfairfechan National School; went to Australia 27 Aug. 1914; was a Valet and Footman; enlisted 15 April, 1915; left for Egypt 7 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Anzac, Gallipoli, 16 Sept. 1915; unm.

=GRAY, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 7969, 2nd Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 6th s. of the late Henry Gray, of 3, Queen’s Road, Aberdeen, J.P., Merchant, by his wife, Helen Mackay, dau. of George Mackay, Aberdeen; b. Aberdeen, 1 Jan. 1882; educ. Aberdeen Grammar School and University Art Classes; went to Winnipeg, Canada, in 1903, and afterwards settled at Vancouver, B.C., as a Real Estate Agent; enlisted in the C.E.F. on the outbreak of war; left Valcartier for England with the 2nd Battn. 1st Brigade Contingent; went to France, Jan. 1915, and was killed in action by a bullet through the brain, 23 April, 1915; unm.

=GRAY, WILLIAM JAMES=, Private, No. 426330, 10th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 3rd s. of Thomas Gray, of Simpson, Saskatchewan, Canada, by his wife, Margaret Helen, dau. of Joseph Moore, of Caulmet Island, Quebec; b. Thorne Centre, P. Quebec, 26 Jan. 1894; educ. Quebec; was a Farmer; volunteered after the outbreak of war and enlisted in the 46th Battn. at Regina, 26 Jan. 1915; left Camp Sewell, Manitoba, with the 200 men of the 46th Battn., sent as reinforcements 30 June; trained at Shorncliffe with the 32nd Battn.; went to France between 1–5 Sept., and was there drafted to the 10th Battn., and died in No. 2 Casualty Clearing Station, at Bailleul, 1 Oct. 1915, of wounds received in action the previous day; unm.

=GRAY, WILLIAM THOMAS=, Private, No. 19749, 4th Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt., s. of William Gray; b. Kirkdale, Liverpool, 3 Aug. 1879; educ. Ashfield Street Board School there; was a Carter; joined the 6th King’s Liverpool Volunteer Regt. 12 July, 1897; volunteered for the South African War, 9 March 1900; served in that campaign one year and 79 days (medal with three clasps), invalided home; retired 20 Dec. 1902; on the outbreak of the European War re-enlisted 11 Sept. 1914, killed in action at Hill 60, 27 April, 1915. He m. at Liverpool, 8 Jan. 1907, Elizabeth (3, Penrose Street, Everton, Liverpool), dau. of James Thompson, and had issue three daus.: Florence, b. 28 Jan. 1910; Edith, b. 3 Feb. 1911; and Gladys, b. 20 Sept. 1915.

=GRAZEBROOK, CHARLES ALVEREY=, Capt., 6th, att. 1st, Battn. The King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 3rd s. of Francis Grazebrook, of Stourton Castle, Stafford, by his wife, Isabella Mary, dau. of George Grazebrook; b. Dudley, 5 Sept. 1887; educ. Marlborough College and Sandhurst; gazetted to the 3rd K.R.C.C., 7 Feb. 1908, and promoted Lieut. 1 April, 1911; joined his regiment at Crete, where he served for a year or so, then went with it to Malta, and India, where he was stationed at Dagshai till 1912, when he came home. He retired in the beginning of 1914, and joined the Special Reserve, but on the outbreak of war immediately rejoined and was promoted Captain, 14 Aug. 1914. He took out a draft to the 1st K.R.R.C., 10 Nov. 1914, and was in the North of France all the winter. He was reported wounded and missing, 10 March, 1915, and was later unofficially reported killed in action on that date. Ordered to charge the enemy trenches near Givenchy that day, “He led his men magnificently, they covered themselves with glory and their charge will always be remembered as one of the finest deeds of the regt. Everyone says they were magnificent,” so wrote his Commanding Officer. He m. at St. Mary Abbots, Kensington, 18 April, 1912, Katherine Arthur Mary Violet, dau. of Arthur Percy Hickman, of Hagley, co. Worcester, and had a daughter, Diana Katherine Mary, b. 19 May, 1913.

=GREAR, JAMES=, Private, No. 637, 1st Battn. 1st Infantry Brigade Australian Expeditionary Force, 4th s. of the late John Grear, of the firm of John Milner & Co., Iron Merchants, Manchester, by his wife, Alice; b. Mobberley, Chester, 21 Nov. 1891; educ. Mobberley and Urmston Secondary Schools; went to Sydney, Australia, in 1911, and was a Farmer with his brothers; enlisted immediately on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 10 May, 1915; unm. Four other brothers are (1916) on active service, two with the Australian Field Artillery, one in training with the Infantry Reserve, and the other as 1st Class Stoker, R.N.

=GREATHEAD, CLARENCE ROYAL=, Private, No. 1850, 4th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.), Machine Gun Section, only s. of George William Greathead, of Cleadon, North Eastern Railway Official, by his wife, Ada, dau. of William Greig, of West Hartlepool; b. West Hartlepool, 5 June, 1897; educ. Henry Smith College there; was an apprentice with Messrs. Grabham & Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne; enlisted after the outbreak of war in Sept. 1914; went to France in April, and was killed in action near Ypres, at 5.30 a.m., 16 June, 1915, while in charge of a machine gun. Buried at Wieltge; unm. His officer wrote: “He was a brave, fearless soldier, and will be missed by his battalion. We had him carefully buried and a cross bearing his inscription marks the place.”

=GREAVES, BENJAMIN HERBERT=, Private, No. 3024, 8th (Liverpool Irish) Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), s. of (--) Greaves; b. 28 Dec. 1883; educ. Oxford; enlisted soon after the outbreak of war in Oct. 1914, went to France, and was killed in action, 16 June, 1915. He m. at Brounton Hill, Liverpool, 6 June, 1908, Constance (11, Woolman Road, Blackpool), dau. of (--), and had three children: Charles Walter, b. 18 Aug. 1909; Leslie Herbert, b. 14 Feb. 1915; and Dorothy Irene, b. 5 May, 1911.

=GREEN, ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14516, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GREEN, ALBERT=, Private, No. G6084, 3rd Battn. Middlesex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died at Rouen, 19 April, 1915, of wounds received in action.

=GREEN, ALBERT JOHN=, Private, No. G. 695, 2nd Battn. Royal West Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action near Fleurbaix, 18 Dec. 1914; m.

=GREEN, ARTHUR=, Seaman, R.N.R., 4873A, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GREEN, ARTHUR ADELBERT LINGARD=, Sergt., No. 2623, Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians), Canadian Expeditionary Force, elder s. of Lieut.-Col. Alfred Lingard Green, D.S.O., formerly Commdg. 3rd V. Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., by his wife, Isabel, dau. of the late Robert Thorburn, of Vancouver, British Columbia; b. Oatlands, Fort Qu’Appelle, N.W. Territory, Canada, 3 June, 1889; educ. Quy Vicarage, near Cambridge, and St. Edward’s School, Oxford, and on leaving there went to British Columbia, where he joined the British Columbia Horse. He was promoted Sergt. after a very short period, and when war was declared, finding that the B.C. Horse were not going out as a regt., immediately joined Lord Strathcona’s Horse as a Private, but was soon promoted to Sergt.; came over with the first contingent, and died in the 16th General Hospital, Le Treport, France, 16 July, 1915, of wounds received in action at Givenchy. Buried in the Military Cemetery, Le Treport; unm.

=GREEN, CHARLES WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, 195688, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GREEN, ERNEST=, Private, No. 2308, Brecknockshire Battn. South Wales Borderers (T.F.), s. of Joseph Green, of 77, Watton, Brecon, late Q.M.-Sergt., 2nd Battn. South Wales Borderers; b. Brecon, 14 Jan. 1887; educ. National School there; enlisted after the outbreak of war, 5 Sept. 1914; went to Egypt, and then to Aden; and died of heatstroke during the forced march through the Desert, to La Hy and back on 4 July, 1915. Private Green was a well-known Mid-Wales football player. His three brothers, Sergt. Frank Green, Royal Marines, who took part in defence of Antwerp; Private Harry Green, South Wales Borderers; and Private Monty Green, Brecknockshire Regt., are (1916) on active service.

=GREEN, CLIFFORD WHITTINGTON=, Capt. 1st Battn. Royal Berkshire Regt., only s. of Ernest Henry Green, of Bayworth Manor, Bagley Wood, co. Berks, by his wife, Maud, dau. of Col. George John Charles Whittington, C.B.; b. West Lavington, co. Wilts, 16 Aug. 1890; educ. Cothill House, Radley College, and Lincoln College, Oxford; joined the 3rd Militia Battn. of the Berkshires in 1912 as 2nd Lieut.; promoted Lieut., and on the outbreak of war received a regular commission in the same regt. 14 Aug. 1914. He joined the 1st Battn. in France on 27 Nov., served with them through the winter campaign, 1914–15, including the fight at Givenchy, 22 Dec., also through the spring operations and at Richebourg, 20 May, 1915, where he distinguished himself leading his company in the attack, being promoted tempy. Capt. He died in hospital at Lillers, 27 June, 1915, of wounds received in action at Cambray, near La Bassée, the preceding day; and was buried at Chocques Military Cemetery; unm. A brother officer writing of him said: “Capt. Whittington Green was a brave officer, and one whose first thought was always for his men.” At the time he was killed he was directing his men to take cover, as the enemy had started shelling the headquarters. He played hockey for the Berkshire and Oxfordshire county teams.

=GREEN, FREDERICK=, A.B. (B. 4154), 200824. H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GREEN, HORACE EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16692, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GREEN, HERBERT WILLIAM=, Corpl., No. 9185, 1/5th South Staffordshire Regt. (T.F.), 3rd s. of Arthur John Green, of West Bromwich, Builder, by his wife, Annie, dau. of John Berry; b. West Bromwich, co. Stafford, 19 Nov. 1894; educ. Lodge Estate Schools there; was an Engineer; enlisted 4 Sept. 1914; promoted Corpl. Jan. 1915; went to France 1 March, 1915; and was killed in action near Hill 60, 25 Aug. 1915, while observing the effect of our artillery fire on the enemy’s trenches; unm. He was well-known in the Birmingham District as a fine swimmer and was a clever amateur dramatic actor.

=GREEN, JAMES THOMAS=, Private. No. 14405, 4th (Reserve) Battn. Coldstream Guards, only s. of James Green, of the Royal Lodge Gardens, Windsor Great Park, Gardener to the Hon. Lady Ellis, by his wife, Annie, dau. of the late Thomas Martin; b. The Gardens, Royal Lodge, 17 March, 1893; educ. Royal Schools, Windsor Great Park; enlisted 29 Dec. 1914; invalided home 29 Jan. 1915, and died 5 Feb. 1915, of spotted fever contracted while training at Caterham; unm. Buried at St. Jude’s Cemetery with full military honours.

=GREEN, JOHN EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4229), S.S. 103203, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GREEN, PERCY ERNEST=, Seaman, R.N.R.. 4171A, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GREEN, SAMUEL JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7761), 292356, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=GREEN, THOMAS MICHAEL=, Stoker, P.O. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9821), 297718, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GREEN, WILLIAM LAMBEY THORNE=, Private. R.M.L.I., Ch./17611, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GREEN, WILLIAM STANLEY=, A.B., J. 2660, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=TOWNSEND-GREEN, HENRY RUSSELL=, Capt., 1/16th Battn. (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of James Henry Townsend-Green, of 5, Addison Road, Kensington, and Chesham, Bucks, P.P.A.I., F.S.I., by his wife, Cornelia Augusta, dau. of the late Samuel W. Russell; b. Kensington, 31 Jan. 1890; educ. Uppingham, and was by profession a Surveyor. He obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Queen’s Westminster Rifles, from the Uppingham O.T.C., 30 Jan. 1908, and became Lieut., 1 Nov. 1910, and Capt., 26 Sept. 1914. In 1910 he secured a place in the King’s Hundred at Bisley, and passed the Hythe School of Musketry in 1912, with distinction in the Maxim Gun Course. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for Imperial service; left for France, 1 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action near Armentières, 3 March, 1915, only a few days after returning from a week’s leave in London. Buried at Armentières; unm. The Adjutant of his Battn. wrote: “He was one of those people who inspire confidence, and I have always felt that if we were asked to send out any party of men under an officer needing more than ordinary intelligence, decision, and coolness, I should unhesitatingly have chosen him; he has ever since he came out here been the man one felt one could rely on in any emergency”; and his Commanding Officer wrote: “He was always one of our very best, keenest, and most capable officers, his work and his mark will remain in the Regt. which he loved so well, and which loved him so well and in which his memory will always be so affectionately cherished.”

=GREENAWAY, SIDNEY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./13484, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=GREENER, WILLIAM ERNEST=, A.B., 234657, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GREENHALGH, EDWARD=, E.R.A., 1st Class, 269845, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GREENHAM, ERNEST ALBERT=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 8820), 209091, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=GREENLAND, FREDERICK JOHN=, A.B., 197040, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GREENSTREET, ROBERT SMITH=, Private, No. 2535, 3/4th Battn. Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt., s. of the late Richard Reynolds Greenstreet, of Lydd, Kent, Fisherman, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of (--) Smith; b. Hythe, 8 June, 1880; educ. Lydd; was a Fisherman; enlisted 23 Sept. 1914, and died in No. 2 Division War Hospital, Selhurst, 5 Oct. 1915, of illness contracted while training. He m. at Beckenham, 16 Oct. 1904, Beatrice Annie (109, Ecclesbourne Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey), dau. of Charles Albert, and had three children: Beatrice Elizabeth, b. 1 Sept. 1905; Florence Edith, b. 12 June, 1909; and Emily Winifred, b. 6 June, 1914.

=GREENWOOD, ALFRED EDWARD=, Stoker, 2nd Class, S.S. 115507, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GREENWOOD, GEORGE JESSE FRANCIS=, Sergt., No. 89, 4th Battn. Suffolk Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of George Joseph Greenwood, Foreman at Messrs. Brackett & Co., Engineers, Colchester, by his wife, Emma Ann, dau. of John James Butler, of Chelmsford; b. Colchester, 7 Sept. 1883; educ. Colchester Bluecoat School; and for many years up to Aug. 1914, held a position of trust with Brown & Co., Timber Merchants, Ipswich. He joined the 1st Vol. Battn. Suffolk Regt. (which in 1907 became the 4th Territorial Battn. of the Suffolks) 6 Feb. 1900, and reached the rank of Sergt. On the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service, and went to France 6 Nov. 1914; was home on a few days’ leave in April, returning to the Front on the 6th, and was killed in action near Neuve Chapelle, three days later, 9 April, 1915. Lieut. Pretty wrote: “At the time he met his death he was just turning away from examining the enemy’s position through his glasses, and was necessarily exposing himself to some risk. He was doing his duty cheerfully and bravely.... His body rests in a military graveyard [at Rouge Croix] about half a mile behind the firing line.” Sergt. Greenwood was a well-known member of the Felixstowe Rifle Club, and a prize winner at the county meeting, and had the Volunteer Long Service Medal. He m. at St. Botolph’s Church, Colchester, 2 Sept. 1907, Nellie May (53, Newton Road, Ipswich), eldest dau. of George Woods, of Colchester, and had two children: George Charles, b. 24 June, 1908; and Millicent Alice, b. 11 April, 1912.

=GREENWOOD, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4866), S.S. 104269, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GREENWOOD, JOHN FRANCIS BERNAL=, Lieut., 1st Battn. King’s Own (Royal Lancaster) Regt., eldest s. of Lieut.-Colonel Joseph Greenwood, R.E., by his wife, Clara, dau. of John Bernal, of Albert Lodge, Limerick; b. Limerick, 22 March, 1885; educ. Military College, Plymouth; joined the Army, 13 July, 1903, and was given a commission 18 Jan. 1908, and promoted Lieut. 21 May, 1911. He served in India, 1908 till Nov. 1912, and while there obtained Cavalry Higher Equitation (with Royal Dragoons, Lucknow, 1 Oct. 1909), Mounted Infantry (Umballa 1911–12), and Supply and Transport (Rawal Pindi) Certificates, and commanded a section in the Mounted Infantry School, Umballa. He passed Higher Standard examinations in Hindustani (24 April, 1911), and Pushtu and Lower Standard Persian (13 July, 1911), and held a certificate as an interpreter in French (gained June, 1914). In Jan. 1913, he was seconded for two years’ service with the Army Pay Department, but rejoined his Regt. in Jan. 1915, being attached to the 3rd Battn. from which he was drafted to the 1st Battn. at the Front in April. He was killed in action at St. Julien, during the Second Battle of Ypres, Sunday, 2 May, 1915, and was buried by the Germans about 2 miles N.E. of Ypres. Major Wilson wrote: “On 2 May, at about 3 p.m., the enemy used gas, and under cover of the gas they advanced (about 700 strong) against a position (a farmhouse) held by 10 men of C Coy. 1st Battn. Lieut. Greenwood, a Corpl. and three men, all of C Coy., rushed to the farmhouse (about 200 yards) to assist the 10 men holding the farm. The enemy continued their advance under rifle and machine gun fire to within 300 yards of our position and placed their maxim guns behind a hedge. During the attack Lieut. Greenwood, using his revolver, and the men with rifles, accounted for a good number of the enemy. Lieut. Greenwood, after using all his revolver ammunition, took up a rifle and fired a few rounds, when he was shot in the head by enemies’ maxim gun. His death was instantaneous. The enemy having partly surrounded our small party, we were eventually ordered to retire as it was impossible for so few men to hold the position any longer. His body was unavoidably left behind together with about 10 men. He showed great gallantry during the fighting.” He m. at the R.C. Garrison Church, Lucknow, India, 20 July, 1910, Frances Mary Georgina, eldest dau. of the late James Watson Anderson, of Saltburn-by-Sea, York, and of Bacon’s Crescent, Exeter, Devon, and had one child, Henry Vincent Bernal, b. 16 Aug. 1911.

=GREENWOOD, LEWIS LEONARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8929), S.S. 2077, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GREENWOOD, ROBERT=, L.-Corpl., No. 6222, A Coy. 1st Battn. 1st Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest s. of the late Robert Greenwood, of Camberwell, by his wife, Rosetta, dau. of (--) Burley, and gdson. of Edwin Greenwood, of 244, Haydons Road, Wimbledon, S.W.; b. Leytonstone, Essex, 25 Jan. 1895; educ. John Ruskin Council School, Camberwell; went to Canada in Feb. 1914, and settled at Thamesford, Ontario, as a Farmer’s help; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914; came over with the first contingent in Dec. 1914; trained at Bustard Camp, Salisbury; went to France, Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at, or near, Givenchy, 15 June, 1915, being blown to pieces by a shell; unm.

=GREER, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7916), S.S. 103607, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=GREGORY, BERT WALTER=, A.B., J. 699, H.M.S. Laurel; killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.

=GREGORY, CHARLES ARTHUR=, Private, No. 20023, C Coy., 11th Battn. (Pioneers) King’s Liverpool Regt., 2nd s. of Tom Jackson Gregory, of London, Master Mariner, by his wife, Helena; b. Liverpool, 18 Aug. 1893; educ. Our Lady of Mount Carmel School there; enlisted 17 Sept. 1914, and on the night of 21 June, 1915, while in the trenches, off the Menin Road, one and a-half miles from Ypres, was shot through the head by a sniper. He was taken to Bailleul Casualty Clearing Station, where he died the following day, and was buried in the military annex to Bailleul Cemetery (Grave No. 1420). He m. at Liverpool, 29 Dec. 1914, Catherine, dau. of Thomas Standish, of Liverpool.

=GREGORY, ERNEST=, Leading Seaman, 209700, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GREGORY, JAMES WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R.), B. 3896), 185803, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 1914; m.

=GREGORY, NATHANIEL=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 12747 (Ports.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GREGORY, THOMAS=, Officer’s Cook, 2nd Class, L. 3030 (Ports.), H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=GREGSON, DAVID WALKER=, Private, No. 6221, 1st Battn. 1st Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, s. of John Gregson, of Fergus, Ontario, Canada; b. West Garafraxa, Wellington Co., P. Ontario, 10 June, 1898; educ. Fergus, Ontario; enlisted 16 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres between 22–30 April, 1915. He was buried beside a house in a small garden seven miles S.E. of Ypres.

=GREIG, JOHN WILLIAM HENRY=, 2nd Lieut., attd. 25th Punjab Cavalry, Frontier Force, 5th s. of Hunter Hepburn Greig, of 71, Heathfield Road, Wandsworth Common, S.W., formerly of Perth, by his wife, Phœbe Jane, dau. of Alexander Elliot, of Kelso; b. Perth, 6 May, 1886; educ. Perth Academy and Denstone College, Stafford, and was a member of the staff of the Chartered Bank of India. He had joined the Indian Army Reserve of Officers, and after the outbreak of the war was attached (Feb. 1915) to the 25th Punjab Cavalry at Calcutta. He was killed in action at Tochi Valley, near Miranshah, North Western India, 26 March, 1915, while fighting against the Zadrai Tribes, and was buried at Miranshah; unm. His 6th brother, the Rev. George Anthony Greig, Chaplain to H.M.S. Russell, died at Malta Royal Naval Hospital, 28 April, 1916, from gas poisoning, caused by the Russell striking a mine the previous day.

=GREIG, STEWART=, L.-Corpl., Ch./15295, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GRENFELL, FRANCIS OCTAVIUS, V.C.=, Capt., 9th Lancers, 8th s. of the late Pascoe Du Pre Grenfell, of Wilton Park, Beaconsfield, by his wife, Sophia, dau. of Vice-Admiral John Pascoe Grenfell, Brazilian I.N., and nephew of Francis Wallace, 1st Baron Grenfell, P.C., G.C.B.; G.C.M.G., Field-Marshal; b. Hatchlands, Guildford, 4 Sept. 1880; educ. Eton (Mr. Durnford’s House, 1894–99); received a commission in the 3rd (Militia) Battn. Seaforth Highlanders, 13 Dec. 1899; gazetted 2nd Lieut. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 4 May, 1901, and Lieut. 28 Jan. 1905; transferred to 9th Lancers 6 May, 1905; promoted Capt. 7 Sept. 1912; was Adjutant 1 Nov. 1912 to 13 Jan. 1914; served (1) in the South African War, 1901–2; took part in operations in Cape Colony and Transvaal, 1901, and in those in Orange River Colony, Jan. to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with five clasps); and (2) with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; was twice mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 20 Oct. and 16 Nov. 1914] by F.M. Sir John French, and was killed in action, after being twice wounded at Hooge, 24 May, 1915; unm. He was awarded the Victoria Cross “For gallantry in action against unbroken infantry at Audregnies, Belgium, on 24 Aug. 1914, and for gallant conduct in assisting to save the guns of the 119th Battery, R.F.A., near Doubon, the same day,” being the first officer to receive it in the European War. At Eton he was in the Cricket XI in 1899, and Master of the Beagles. Like his brother, Capt. R. N. Grenfell, he was one of the finest polo players of his day. He did much for modern polo with his brother, was in the Champion side several times, and was instrumental in forming the Old Etonians Polo Team, which at one time was nominated as the Polo Cup Challenger. One of the best known men in the army, he enjoyed a popularity that few men achieve.

=GRENFELL, HON. GERALD WILLIAM=, Lieut., 8th (Service) Battn. The Rifle Brigade, 2nd (and at the time of his death elder surviving) s. of William Henry, 1st Baron Desborough, K.C.V.O., by his wife, Ethel Anne Priscilla, Lady of the Bedchamber to H.M. the Queen, dau. of the Hon. Julian Henry Charles Fane, and granddau. of John, 11th Earl of Westmorland; b. 4, St. James’s Square, London, S.W., 29 March, 1890; educ. Eton (where he gained an entrance scholarship and the Newcastle scholarship) and Balliol College, Oxford (where he obtained the Craven scholarship in 1911), and was about to be called to the Bar; volunteered after the outbreak of war and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 8th Rifle Brigade, 12 Sept. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from May, 1915, and was killed instantaneously by machine gun fire at Hooge, Flanders, 30 July, 1915, while leading a counter-attack; unm. Capt. A. C. Sheepshanks wrote: “He died splendidly, leading his men over open ground up hill in the face of a tremendous fire from machine guns. His Platoon Sergt. saw him pitch forward with a bullet in the head, and thinks he was hit again in the side as he fell. He must have been killed instantaneously as he was not seen to move afterwards. Both as his company commander and his friend I shall miss him enormously. His platoon all loved him, and he had somehow inspired them with a fighting spirit, and it was only a few days ago that I told the Col. that Bill’s platoon was the best fighting platoon I had”; and A. A. Tod, second in command of the 8th Battn.: “We were great friends, and though I didn’t know him before he joined, I, like all the others, was immediately drawn to him by his delightful personality. I know you must be inundated with letters, so feel rather diffident about adding to the number, but somehow it seems to help to write about a dear friend that has gone. We all loved Billy, and his men, to my certain knowledge, adored him. It couldn’t have been otherwise, because ever since he went to France he was always to the fore, and what the men always like, never expected them to do anything he couldn’t do himself. His gallantry was remarkable, and fear was a word he didn’t know the meaning of. As you know, he died at the head of his men leading a counter-attack. It’s but poor consolation, but I am positive that of all deaths it is the one he would have chosen.... That was a fearful day, and no one can describe the horror of seeing 20 officers and well over 500 men fall in one Battn. in about 14 hours.” His elder brother, Capt. J. H. F. Grenfell, and twin cousins, Capt. F. Grenfell, V.C., and Capt. R. N. Grenfell, were also killed in action, and his yst. and only surviving brother, the Hon. Ivo G. W. Grenfell, is now with the Coldstream Guards. His sister, the Hon. Monica Grenfell, is a Red Cross Nurse in France.

=GRENFELL, HON. JULIAN HENRY FRANCIS=, Capt., 1st (Royal) Dragoons, D.S.O., eldest s. and h. of William Henry, 1st Baron Desborough, K.C.V.O., by his wife, Ethel Anne Priscilla, Lady of the Bedchamber to H.M. the Queen, dau. of the Hon. Julian Henry Charles Fane, and granddau. of John, 11th Earl of Westmorland; b. 4, St. James’s Square, London, 30 March, 1888; educ. Eton and Balliol College, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st Dragoons, 15 Sept. 1909 (24 Aug. 1910); and promoted Lieut. 6 Oct. 1911; temporary Capt. 15 Nov. 1914, and Capt. 31 Jan. 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 7 Oct. 1914; was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 20 Nov. 1914–14 Jan. 1915 [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915] for gallant conduct in the field; was severely wounded in the head by shrapnel, 13 May, while reconnoitring near Ypres, and died in hospital at Boulogne, 26 May, 1915; unm. He had made a special study of reconnaissance work, and was awarded the D.S.O. [London Gazette, 1 Jan. 1915] for having on 17 Nov. “succeeded in reaching a point behind the enemy’s trenches, and making an excellent reconnaissance, furnishing early information of a pending attack of the enemy.” A poem, “Into Battle,” written by him in the trenches appeared in “The Times,” and of it Sir W. Raleigh, Professor of English literature at Oxford, wrote: “I don’t know if you really know that Julian’s poem is one of the swell things in English literature. It is safe for ever, I know it by heart, and I never learned it. It has that queer property which only the best poems have, that a good many of the lines have more meaning than there is any need for, so that new things keep on turning up in it.” At Eton he ran well in the steeplechase in 1905, and at Oxford rowed in the college crew. In 1907 and 1908 he was three in the Balliol eight in the Ladies Challenge Plate, and in the following year he was bow in the Balliol four which won the Wyfolds at Henley, and rowed for the O.U.B.C. coxswainless fours. He was a member of the Belsize Boxing Club and proved himself a formidable opponent. His chief sport was shooting. His next brother, Lieut. G. W. Grenfell, and his cousins, Capt. F. Grenfell, V.C., and Capt. R. N. Grenfell, were also killed in action (see their notices).

=GRENFELL, RIVERSDALE NONUS (“RIVY”)=, Capt. Buckinghamshire Yeomanry (Royal Bucks Hussars), att. 9th Lancers, 9th and yst. s. of the late Pascoe Du Pre Grenfell, of Wilton Park, Beaconsfield, by his wife, Sophia, dau. of Vice-Admiral John Pascoe Grenfell, Brazilian I.N., and nephew of Francis Wallace, 1st Baron Grenfell, P.C., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., Field-Marshal; b. Hatchlands, Guildford, 4 Sept. 1880; educ. Eton; received a commission as Lieut. in the Royal Bucks Hussars, 1 Sept. 1908, and was promoted Capt. Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 18 Aug., att. to the 9th Lancers, and was killed in action at Vendresse during the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914; unm. He was one of the best known players in English polo. He was a member of the Hurlingham Committee, which is the governing body of the game, and was among the best Nos. 1 in English polo during the past decade. He played twice in English teams that beat Ireland, and was No. 1 in the Roehampton side that won the Championship Cup in 1909, while three years before he was one of the Freebooters who secured the championship. In 1909 he organised an Old Etonians team, which played a prominent part in London polo. With his twin brother, Francis, he played in the final match for the House Football Cup in 1898, when Durnford’s won by a narrow margin. He was whip of the Beagles, Francis being Master of the Beagles at Eton. He was Founder, Chairman and Treasurer of the Islington branch of the Invalid Children’s Aid Association, and a Memorial Fund is being raised to endow this branch, now called the Francis and Rivy Grenfell Branch. His twin brother and his two cousins were also killed in action in the European War, while his elder brother, Pascoe St. Leger, was killed in the Matabele War, 1896, and his seventh brother, Robert Septimus, Lieut. 12th Lancers, was killed at Omdurman, 4 Sept. 1898.

=MORGAN-GRENVILLE, THE HON. RICHARD GEORGE GRENVILLE=, Master of Kinloss, Capt., 1st Battn. The Rifle Brigade, eldest s. of the late Major Luis Ferdinand Courthope Morgan-Grenville, York and Lancaster Regt., by his wife, Mary, 11th Baroness Kinloss, Lady of the Crown of India, dau. of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd and last Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, 10th Lord Kinloss, P.C.; b. Chandos House, London, 25 Sept. 1887; educ. Eton and Sandhurst; gazetted to the 1st Battn. Rifle Brigade, 24 Jan. 1906, and promoted Lieut. 22 Jan. 1910, and Capt. 5 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force; was twice wounded, but each time recovered and returned to the Front; was twice mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French [8 Oct. 1914, and 10 Jan. 1915] for gallantry in the field, and was recommended for the D.S.O., but was killed in action at Ploegsteert, 19 Dec. 1914. He was unm., and was buried in the wood there. His brother, Lieut. the Hon. Thomas G. B. Morgan-Grenville, 4th Battn. Rifle Brigade, is now (1916) on active service.

=GREY, GERALD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3266), S.S. 100998, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GRIERSON, SIR JAMES MONCRIEFF, K.C.B., C.V.O., C.M.G.=, Lieut.-Gen., R.A., eldest s. of the late George Moncrieff Grierson, of Glasgow, by his wife, Allison, dau. of George Lyon Walker, of Garemount, Dumbartonshire; b. Glasgow, 27 Jan. 1859; educ. Glasgow Academy, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted Lieut., R.A., 9 Oct. 1877, and promoted Capt. 20 Jan. 1886; Major 11 Dec. 1895; Brevet Lieut.-Col. 12 Dec. 1895; Brevet Col. 1 March, 1900; Col. 28 Oct. 1901; Major-Gen. 12 Feb. 1904, and Lieut.-Gen. 6 May, 1910; was D.A.Q.M.G., Indian Contingent, Expeditionary Force, Egypt, 9 Aug. to 17 Oct. 1882; on special service with the Expeditionary Force, Suakim, 20 Feb. to 5 March, 1885; D.A.A. and Q.M.G., Egypt, 6 March to 12 June, 1885; Station Staff Officer, 1st Class, Bengal, 17 Feb. to 7 July, 1889; D.A.A.G. (Intel.) H.Q. of Army, 1 July, 1890, to 14 July, 1894; Brigade Major, R.A., Aldershot, 1 Jan. 1895 to 19 Feb. 1896; Military Attaché, Berlin, 1 March, 1896, to 2 Feb. 1900; on special service, South Africa, 3 Feb. to 27 Feb. 1900; A.A.G. South Africa, 28 Feb. to 23 Aug. 1900; Staff Officer (graded D.A.G.), China, 24 Aug. 1900 to 21 Oct. 1901; A.Q.M.G., II Army Corps, 28 Oct. 1901 to 3 Sept. 1902; Chief Staff Officer (Brig.-Gen. on Staff), II Army Corps, 4 Sept. 1902 to 11 Feb. 1904; Director of Military operations, Army H.Q., 12 Feb. 1904 to 5 Oct. 1906; Major-Gen., 1st Division, Aldershot Army Corps, and G.O.C., 1st Division, Aldershot Command, 6 Oct. 1906, to 6 Aug. 1910, and G.O. Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command, 4 April, 1912, to Aug. 1914; Hon. Col., 2nd London Brigade, R.F.A., 1912–14; A.D.C. Gen. to H.M. the King, 1 July, 1914, and Commander of the 2nd Army Corps of the Expeditionary Force in France, Aug. 1914; created M.V.O. (4th Class), 23 Nov. 1899; C.B., 29 Nov. 1900; C.M.G., 26 June, 1902; C.V.O., 1 July, 1904; and K.C.B., 19 June, 1911; served in Egyptian War, 1882; took part in action at Kassassin 9 Sept., and Battle of Tel-el-Kebir (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 2 Nov. 1882]; medal with clasp; Khedive’s Bronze Star; 5th Class Medjidie); with Sudan Expedition, 1885; took part in actions at Hasheen, and on 26 March, and advance on Tamai (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 25 Aug. 1885]; clasp); with Hazara Expedition, 1888; was D.A.Q.M.G., 2nd Brigade (mentioned in Despatches; medal with clasp; Brevet of Lieut.-Col.); in South African War, 1899–1900; took part in operations in Orange Free State, Feb. to May, 1900. including actions at Poplar Grove, Dreifontein, Vet River (5–6 May), and Zand River; operations in the Transvaal, May-June, 1900; including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Diamond Hill (11 June); operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July-16 Aug. 1900 (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901]; Queen’s medal with four clasps); in China, 1900; including service as British Military representative on the Staff of the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces (medal, C.B.); and died on active service, of heart failure, while travelling in a train in France, 17 Aug. 1914; unm. Gen. Grierson made a reputation with the 3rd and 4th Divisions at manœuvres. During the manœuvres in Cambridgeshire in 1912, he so concealed the 4th Division that it remained entirely lost so far as the opposing side was concerned, until it developed its fighting line in action on a flank. The Division made a long march, and when hostile aircraft came near it the troops halted and took shelter in woods, ravines and hedges, remaining perfectly still. The guns and wagons were covered with sheets, hay, straw, and so on, and the aircraft failed to discover the presence of the force. He was again complimented by Sir John French on those in Northamptonshire in 1913. He was the author of many works on Military subjects, including “Armed Strengths of Armies of Russia, Germany and Japan,” published by the War Office; “Staff Duties in the Field,” “Handbooks of the Russian Army,” and “Records of the Scottish Volunteers, 1859–1908.”

=GRIEVE, WILLIAM PERCIVAL=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regt.), yst. s. of William Grieve, of 13, Fenchurch Avenue, London, and Rockcliffe, Dalbeattie, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of the late Rev. George Hodgkinson, of Louth; b. Croydon, 11 Nov. 1885; educ. St. Andrew’s School, Eastbourne, Cheltenham College, and Edinburgh University. On the outbreak of war he joined the 2nd King Edward’s Horse as a Trooper, received a commission in the 5th Middlesex Special Reserve, 14 Nov. 1914, and was transferred from that battn. to the 3rd Middlesex; served in France and Flanders, and was killed in action near Ypres, 14 Feb. 1915; unm.

=GRIFFIN, ERNEST JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class S.S. 111025, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GRIFFITH, THOMAS FRANCIS=, Gunner, R.M.A., 9569, R.F.R., B. 1266, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GRIFFITH, JOHN GWYNNE=, Major, 32nd Lancers, Indian Army, and Brigade Major, 9th Cavalry Brigade, 3rd s. of the late Lieut.-Col. John Gilbert Erskine Griffith, of Fairfield House, Cheltenham, and Hodges, Jamaica, by his wife, Fanny Augusta (Newland, Coleford, Gloucester), dau. of George Harrison; b. Taraghur, Ajmere, India, 23 June, 1874; educ. Stubbington House School, and Dulwich College; joined the 3rd Militia Battn. South Wales Borderers in 1893; gazetted from it 2nd Lieut. to the Unattached List, Indian Army, 28 Nov. 1894; served his year with the 2nd Durham L.I. at Poona, and then was posted to the Indian Staff Corps, 2nd Bombay Lancers, 24 Feb. 1896, and promoted Lieut. 28 Feb. 1897; Capt. 28 Nov. 1903; and Major 28 Nov. 1912. He was successively on plague duty, Bombay; officiating Inspecting Officer, Imperial Service Cavalry, Kathiawar, and Military Attaché, Bombay Command H.Q., and was one of the eight senior subalterns selected for service in South Africa, and was temporary Capt. commanding 63rd Imperial Yeomanry from 1 Jan. to 23 March, 1902. He took part in the operations in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, and was awarded the Queen’s medal with four clasps, and then returned to India and resumed his post as Military Attaché for another year. He was then S.S.O., Nasirobad; Officiating Brigade Major, Kamptee, for nine months; S.S.O. and Cantonment Magistrate, Pachmahri, for a year; Brigade Major, Jubbulpore, 23 Feb. 1906 to 14 Feb. 1909; and then passed through the Staff College, Quetta. In 1911 he went to Australia for two years and acted as Director of Military Training on the Headquarters Staff, Melbourne, and was so successful that the Australian Government asked for an extension of his services, which was granted for another year. The Hon. W. M. Hughes, Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, writing to his widow on hearing of his death, said: “Major Griffith’s extensive military knowledge, his capacity and soldierly attributes, combined with his charming personality, provided an inspiring example and earned him the respect of all ranks of the Australian Army”; and Gen. Kirkpatrick and Major-Gen. Chauvel both expressed their high appreciation of his services to the Commonwealth during the critical period of Australian Military development. He returned to India in 1913, and was home on leave when war broke out. He joined the 7th Cavalry Reserve at Tidworth, and on 18 Oct. was gazetted D.A.A. and Q.M.G., 2nd Cavalry Division, becoming Brigade Major, 9th Cavalry Brigade, by special request of the General Officer Commanding; went to France, 20 Oct. 1914, and was killed instantaneously, S.E. of Ypres, 24 May, 1915, while giving orders to his Brigade. Gen. Greenly wrote: “He was a brave, good soldier, an unfailing cheery companion, and the kindliest and most sympathetic of friends, the sort of English gentleman who has made the Empire what it is,” and added, “the loss to me is not only that of a perfectly invaluable staff officer, but of a very great friend, with whom I have been associated now, as you know, for a very considerable time, both on the staff together of the 2nd Cav. Div. and in this Brigade. On active service one gets to know one’s friends in a few months or sometimes even days in a way which years of peace would never bring. I can only say that in these months of sometimes hard and strenuous time I have got to know and value and love your husband in a way which it is difficult to convey to you”; and a brother officer: “The old regt. fairly bursts with pride even when we are saddest. I never saw anything like the feeling shown by the Indians, they all loved Johnnie, even as we all looked forward to the day when he got command. What a wonderful C.O. he would have made.]” Major Griffith was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. He m. at Cheltenham, 15 June, 1899, Florence Ethel (29, Park Place, Cheltenham), dau. of the late Major George Anthony Aufrère Baker, 6th Bengal Cavalry; s.p.

=GRIFFITHS, ALLEN RHYS=, 2nd Lieut., 53rd Battery, R.F.A., elder s. of Llewellyn Edward Griffiths, of Great Abshot House, Titchfield, formerly of Drayton Park, Longparish, by his wife, Bertha Mina, dau. of Thomas Allen Hickley, of Walton-on-Thames; b. Rookley House, King’s Somborne, Hants, 15 March, 1893; educ. Horris Hill, Newbury; and Winchester College; was a tea planter in Ceylon when war broke out, but came home immediately and enlisted in the Rifle Brigade in Dec. 1914; was given a commission, being gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.F.A. 27 Feb., 1915; went to France early in July, and was killed in action near Ypres, 9 Aug. 1915; unm.

=GRIFFITHS, BASIL GWYNNE=, Sergt., No. 41567, 56th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, s. of Isaac Griffiths, D.C.M., Quartermaster-Sergt. (W.O.), Welsh Regt. (who served in the Boer War, with the South Wales Borderers, and was mentioned in despatches and awarded the Distinguished Conduct medal), by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of Martin Walsh, of Kilrane, co. Wexford, Farmer; b. Aldershot, 16 Jan. 1892; educ. Intermediate School and Christ’s College, Brecon; enlisted in Jan. 1906; was promoted Sergt., Aug. 1914; went to France, Aug. 1914, and was killed in the fighting around Hooge, near Ypres, 3 Nov. 1914; unm. Major B. Crozier, commanding 56th Battery, R.F.A., wrote: “He was killed while in charge of his gun ... and was buried by his comrades the same evening, at the same spot as three other men of his battery, at the edge of a wood about 800 yards south of the village of Ekstenest. I served with him previously in the 47th Battery and had a great regard for him. He did well while out here and will be a great loss to the battery, which he served so well. He was always so cheery and helped to cheer many when depressed.” Sergt. Griffiths was an expert “Rough-Rider,” swimmer and boxer.

=GRIFFITHS, GEORGE HENRY WHITMORE=, Private, No. 12946, 25th Battn. Royal Fusiliers Frontiersmen, eldest s. of the late George Summers Griffiths, Barrister-at-Law, Middle Temple, by his wife, Emma Lucy, dau. of the late Henry H. Cowper, H.M.’s Consul-General at Havanah, and grandson of the late Lewis Griffiths, of Marl Hill, Cheltenham, J.P.; b. Handsworth, near Birmingham; educ. Whitby, and Stamford Grammar Schools; at the age of thirteen went to sea as an apprentice in the Merchant Service, and when the South African War broke out joined the 18th Hussars and served through that campaign. He was awarded the Queen’s medal with five clasps, and on his return married and settled down in Wiltshire. When the European War started he immediately tried to rejoin his old regt., but finding that it already contained its full complement he enlisted in the 25th Fusilier Frontiersmen. He was killed in action at the Battle of Bukoba, German East Africa, 22 June, 1915. He had volunteered for a dangerous duty which he fulfilled at the cost of his own life, thereby saving the lives of many of his comrades. Gen. T. wrote: “It will be a consolation to you all to know that he died in such a gallant way.... The War Office ruled some time ago that no posthumous honours, except the V.C. were to be granted during this war, so that many gallant men, including your brave brother, are ineligible for posthumous D.C.Ms. Should at any time the rule be revised, I will remember what your gallant brother did for his country”; and Col. D.: “His company held an advanced position close up to the enemy; they were suffering loss from a machine gun posted on a small hill. Several men volunteered to work round and try to silence this gun. Griffiths was the first to volunteer. The bravery and dash of these volunteers was beyond all praise, but unfortunately most of them were either killed or wounded whilst successfully carrying out what they started to do. They saved many lives of their comrades. He and other brave comrades were buried in Bukoba alongside the Fort, with full military honours. We have marked the spot.” He m. at Lavington, Wiltshire, 8 Oct. 1906, Alice Riddell (Down View, West Lavington, Wilts), dau. of Edwin Burgess, of St. John’s Wood, London, Artist, and had two sons: George Edwin, b. 10 July, 1907, and John Whitmore, b. 15 May, 1913.

=GRIGSON, FRANCIS HENRY=, 2nd Lieut., 9th (Service) Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt., only s. of the late Henry Francis Grigson, of Watton, Norfolk, Accountant, by his wife, Gertrude Alma, dau. of William Cooper, of Bury St. Edmunds, M.D.; b. Watton, co. Norfolk, 1 Oct. 1890; educ. Gorse Cliff School, Boscombe, Hants, and Lancing College, Sussex; and on leaving there went to London in Nov. 1908, to learn accountancy. In May, 1910, he went to Ceylon, where he spent several years tea planting, and in the early part of 1913 joined the firm of George Steuart & Co., of Colombo. On the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he gave up his post with them and returned to England at the end of the year. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 9th Warwickshires, 1 Feb. 1915; left for the Dardanelles on 19 June, and was killed in action at Anzac Cove, 9 Aug. 1915, during the fighting for Hill 971 (Sari Bair); unm. One of his officers, Major Gordon, wrote (20 Aug.): “I feel I cannot resist writing to tell you how sadly we all (such as survive) feel the loss of your brother. He was most popular with officers and men alike and was such a capable officer”; and again (Oct. 1): “I made your brother Regimental Transport Officer whilst at Helles, and he was invaluable in managing the pack mules (often under fire) and getting up our water, rations, etc.”; and another (Capt. Agar): “The circumstances of his death were given me by another of my subalterns who had charge of the company after I was ‘knocked out.’ They had been ordered to advance up a hill, which could only be done in single file; the subaltern in charge led the way, when they suddenly came under a heavy fire from machine guns, which made further progress impossible. The subaltern in charge ordered the company down the hill under cover, and whilst doing so was himself badly wounded and left behind. When the men had got back under cover, your brother and the wounded officer’s servant crawled up again and tried to bring him in; they bandaged him up as best they could, when your brother was hit and instantly killed. There is no doubt that if he had not been killed he would have been rewarded for his gallant action.”

=GRIFFITHS, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9826), 207832, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GRIFFITHS, WALTER HENRY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17349, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GRIMBLE, WALTER=, E.R.A., 2nd Class, 271598, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GRIMSHAW, CECIL THOMAS WRIGLEY=, B.A., D.S.O., Major, 1st Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 6th s. of the late Thomas Wrigley Grimshaw, C.B., M.D., M.A., Registrar-General for Ireland, by his wife, Sarah Elizabeth (The Lodge, Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire); b. Dublin, 22 Oct. 1876; educ. Eastmans’ School, Southsea, and Trinity College, Dublin (B.A.); joined the 5th (Militia) Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers in Dec. 1893, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 15 May, 1897, and promoted Lieut., 28 Dec. 1898; Capt., 14 July, 1904; and Major, 14 Dec. 1914. He served through the South African War, 1899–1902, being employed with the Mounted Infantry, and was present at the action at Talana and took part in the operations east of Pretoria, July-Nov. 1900, and in the Orange Free State and the Transvaal. He was twice mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901, and 29 July, 1902], and was awarded the Queen’s medal with three clasps and the King’s medal with two clasps, and the Distinguished Service Order. In 1903 he took part in the operations in the Aden Hinterland, and on 11 Dec. 1911, was appointed Adjutant of his Battn. He left England with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 15 March, 1915, took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action the same day at Sedh-el-Bahr, being at the time in command, the Colonel, Adjutant and other officers having been shot in the boats. He was shot in the head while leading the remnants of the regt. in a charge up the hill. He m. at St. Mary Abbots, Kensington, 3 Oct. 1906, Agnes Violet (Hawera, Dunsford, Surrey), dau. of George Benton Alderson, of Alexandria, and had three children: Thomas Cecil, b. 6 July, 1907; George Cecil, b. 8 Sept. 1910; and David Cecil, b. 13 Oct. 1915.

=GRIST, ROBERT GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3397), 191485, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GROMETT, CHARLES=, Sergt., No. 8713, 1st Battn. East Yorkshire Regt., 2nd s. of Charles Gromett, by his wife, Sarah (Bridge Street, Downham, Market), dau. of Michael Walsh; b. Downham Market, co. Norfolk, 26 June, 1888; educ. there; enlisted 22 Oct. 1907; became Sergt. 20 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 6 Sept.; was wounded in the thigh at the Battle of the Aisne, 20 Sept., and died 26 Sept. 1914, at St. Nazaire Hospital. He m. at St. Mary’s Church, Beverley, co. Yorks, 1 Dec. 1913, Edith (2, Victoria Villas, Queens Gate Road, Beverley), yst. dau. of the late George Marshall Cobb; s.p.

=GROOM, WILLIAM SYDNEY=, Acting Chief Petty Officer, 165578, H.M.S. Hawke; s. of Charles Groom, of 58, Prospect Place, Woolwich; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=GROOME, FRANK=, Private, No. 221, 17th Battn. 5th Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, s. of Frederick Groome, of 7, Queen’s Avenue, Watford West, Herts, Printer, by his wife, Mary Ann Elizabeth, dau. of William Saunders, of Walthamstow, Essex, Bricklayer, and grandson of John Groome, of the City of London, Cordwainer; b. Upper Sydenham, S.E., 21 March, 1895; educ. Sydenham Hill Council School; began life as an assistant at Mudie’s Library and later was assistant operator at the Watford Cinema; emigrated to Australia, 21 March, 1914, and became a farm hand to Mr. John Paton, of Mundarloo, Tumblong. After the outbreak of war he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force, Feb. 1915; was drafted to Egypt, and from there to the Dardanelles, where he was severely wounded in the head by a bomb; he was admitted to the 1st Australian General Hospital, Cairo, 9 Sept. 1915, and died there 6 Oct. following; unm.

=GROOME, STANLEY GEORGE=, Corpl., No. 207, 5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of William Groome, of 317, Bethnal Green Road, E., Boot and Shoe Manufacturer, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of George William Wilcox; b. London, 10 Feb. 1888; educ. Sir John Cass Foundation School, Minories; was on the Stock Exchange, but on the outbreak of war threw up his position and enlisted in the London Rifle Brigade, 31 Aug. 1914. He went to France on 13 Jan. 1915, and during the spring and summer of 1915 was with his company in the trenches at Plugsteert, St. Eloi, Ypres and Poperinghe. In the autumn of the same year he worked on the lines of communication and it was on returning to the trenches for the first time that he was accidentally shot at Poperinghe, 3 Dec. 1915. He was buried in the soldiers’ cemetery close to the main line between Hazebrouck and Poperinghe. An iron cross sent out from England, subscribed for by the men of his old platoon, and engraved “In memory of a good comrade,” marks the spot. Capt. C. W. Trevelyan, London Rifle Brigade, wrote: “I visited the grave, and when Sergt. Ford came back from leave he took out and placed on the grave a very nice iron cross as a small tribute of affection from some of the members of No. 4 Platoon. We all felt that we had lost one of our best and most trusted friends.” Groome was a good athlete, and was a member of the Leytonstone Rugby and the Albion Rowing Clubs. He was a great lover of Nature and all Nature’s gifts.

=GROVES, FRANCIS NEVILLE=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. Monmouthshire Regt. (T.F.), s. of John Francis Groves, of 5, Llanthewy Road, Newport, Monmouth, F.R.I.B.A., Architect to Lord Tredegar, by his wife, Frances Matilda, dau. of Albert Gill, of Blandford; b. Newport, Monmouth, 7 July, 1889; educ. Intermediate School there; obtained his commission in the 3rd Battn. Monmouthshire Regt., 9 Sept. 1914, joining it at Northampton and afterwards going to Cambridge. He was promoted Lieut., 23 Nov. 1914, and in Feb. 1915, was sent with his regt. to Flanders, and was killed in action at Frezenberg, near Ypres, 8 May, 1915; unm. The division in which the Monmouthshire Regt. was placed assisted very materially in defeating the furious attack of the German forces on 8 and 9 May, in which all battns. of the regt. suffered so heavily. Major W. S. Bridges, now Lieut.-Col., the senior officer left after the battle, wrote that he met his death whilst holding, with his company, a trench under the most terrific shell fire, and in a letter to his father, said: “I did not know him for long, only since my joining the battn., but long enough to have realised his value as an officer and that he had a high opinion of his sense of duty.” Col. H. Worsley Gough, who was wounded early in the action, stated that he fell doing his duty very gallantly, and that he could not speak too highly of his work as an officer of his battn., and that his untimely death was a great loss to the regt. and was deeply deplored by all who were privileged to serve with him.

=GROVES, GEORGE=, Private, No. 9432, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots, s. of George Groves, Office Porter, H.M. Office of Works, Windsor Castle, by his wife, Fanny, dau. of Henry Deaton, of Eton; b. Clewer, near Windsor, 12 March, 1888; educ. Windsor National School; enlisted 22 Nov. 1904; served 10 years; went to France, 12 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Petit Bois, near Kemmel, France, 14 Dec. 1914; unm.

=GROVES, GEORGE=, Leading Seaman, 211975, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GRUBB, WALTER BOUSFIELD WATKINS=, Lieut.-Commander, R.N., and Gunnery Lieut., s. of Lieut.-Col. Alexander Grubb, of Elsfield House, Hollingbourne, Kent, late Royal Artillery, by his wife, Sara Mary, dau. of the late Rev. Henry George Watkins, Vicar of Potters Bar, Middlesex; b. Knockrobin, co. Wicklow, 1 July, 1879; educ. The Grange, Cowes (Rev. A. Watson), and H.M.S. Britannia, 1892–95, and appointed Midshipman, H.M.S. Trafalgar, 1895, and promoted Sub-Lieut. July, 1898, Lieut. Jan. 1901, Gunnery Lieut. 1 Jan. 1907, and Lieut.-Commander, Jan. 1909. He was appointed to H.M.S. Cressy as gunnery officer, March, 1914, and was lost in the North Sea when that ship was torpedoed by a German submarine, 22 Sept. 1914. He had King Edward’s Coronation medal. He m. at St. James’ Church, Clapham Park, 22 April, 1914, Marguerite Evelina Fairlie, only child of Dr. J. J. McWhilter Dunbar, of Hedingham House, Clapham Common, S.W., and had a son, Walter Dunbar Watkins, b. 3 June, 1915.

=GRUCHY, ARTHUR GORDON=, B.A., Private, No. 74040, Machine Gun Section, 28th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 3rd s. of Charles Gruchy, of Jersey, now farming at Strassburg, Saskatchewan, Canada, formerly of the firm of Redfern’s, of Paris, by his wife, Mary A..., dau. of (--) Hicks, of London; b. Asnières, Seine, France, 16 Jan. 1889; educ. first at Asnières, then in England, and in 1905 went to Canada with one of his brothers. He entered the University of Saskatchewan in 1912, and became a member of the affiliated Presbyterian College, taking the Arts course preparatory to his theological training. During the long summer vacations he performed valuable services on various mission fields, and he obtained his B.A. degree in May, 1915. He had enlisted in Oct. 1914, and left Canada with the second contingent, and was accidentally drowned, 7 July, 1915, while bathing near Shorncliffe, where his battn. was in training. Lieut. Manville, Commanding Officer, Machine Gun Section, wrote: “Your son, Sir, was a splendid soldier, and I had just some few days ago appointed him to the most important post on the section. I feel his death creates a vacancy that cannot be replaced, for his work and personality were such that he endeared himself to all of us.”

=GRUNDY, GEOFFREY STEWART=, Private, No. 1362, No. 1 Coy. Honourable Artillery Coy., only s. of George Graham Stewart Grundy, of Whernside, Headingley, Leeds, Iron and Steel Merchant, by his wife, Joanna, only dau. of George Taylor, of Leeds and Ripon, and grandson of the late Edmund Grundy, of Bridge Hall, Bury; b. Leeds, co. York, 1 Dec. 1886; educ. Rugby, and on leaving there was articled to Messrs. Barr, Nelson & Co., Solicitors, of Leeds. He was admitted a Solicitor in Jan. 1911, and at the time war broke out was with Messrs. Spyer & Sons, Austin Friars, E.C. He immediately volunteered and joined the H.A.C., 6 Aug. 1914; went to France, 19 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action near Ypres, 11 April, 1915; unm. He was buried in the grounds of the Château Elzenwalle, Voormezeele. His Platoon Commander, Capt. M. M. Schiff, wrote: “He was a great favourite, as he was always so cheerful and bright, under the worst conditions. He was on guard at the time, in the trench, that is, standing with his head above the parapet, keeping a look-out against the Germans. Unfortunately, a shot caught him, and his death was practically instantaneous. He suffered no pain at all. He was taken down by the stretcher bearers, and was buried next evening in the grounds of a chateau, some distance behind the line”; and a comrade (Private M. Phillips, who was killed exactly one month later, 14 May): “We had a most terrible time on the above-mentioned night, the Huns mined a trench on our left, and that started it, rifles, machine guns, artillery, trench mortars and a few other atrocities, and for about three-quarters of an hour we were very lively. It died down after a bit; but, unfortunately, during that time poor old Grundy went under (my special chum, of whom I was very fond, and I have mentioned him many times to you in my letters); he was on the ‘look-out’ and took a bullet straight through the head, dying instantaneously; it was perfectly awful, as he was next to me in the trench, and was joking and laughing up to the very minute. He was such a topping good fellow.”

=GRUNDY, GEORGE EDWARD=, Lieut., 9th (Service) Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt., yr. s. of the late Rev. William Grundy, Headmaster of Malvern College, by his wife, Margaret (School House, Abingdon), dau. of Adam Mitchell, of Heathcot, Kincardineshire; b. School House, Warwick, 26 Feb. 1883. He was educ. at Malvern College, where he got his cricket colours. He won a Classical Scholarship at Brasenose College, Oxford, and took a second class in Classical Moderations. He was captain of his College cricket and football elevens and represented the University at golf for three years, being captain of the team in 1906. He played cricket for the Authentics. For a year he was a master at Pocklington School, and while there he played cricket for the Yorkshire Gentlemen. In 1908 he was appointed to Haileybury College and became House master of “Batten.” He was appointed 2nd Lieut., Haileybury College O.T.C., 16 Nov. 1910, and, volunteering on the outbreak of war, was gazetted Lieut. to the 9th Warwicks, 4 Sept. 1914. He left for Dardanelles in H.M.S. Royal Edward, June, 1915, and was killed in action in the front trenches at Gallipoli, 22 July, 1915; unm. He was buried in Trolley Ravine, on the edge of the Ægean Sea. A wooden cross was put up by the men of his regt. Col. Palmer, who was killed two days later and buried beside him, wrote: “He was one of my best officers. He was always thinking of the welfare of his men and was much loved by his comrades, who could not fail to appreciate his unselfish devotion to their interests.” Major Gordon, who succeeded Col. Palmer in command of the regt., wrote: “Mr. Grundy was a splendid officer, energetic, capable, cheerful and brave.” His influence with his men is illustrated by the following extract from a letter: “He does everything for us and we would do anything for him.” A brother officer concludes his letter: “Let it be some consolation that his end was worthy of his life and that he left behind him an example that we should like to follow.” The Master of Haileybury College wrote of him: “He was a keen scholar; he was a fine athlete; but what we loved him for was the boyish laugh, the unfailing cheeriness, the constant goodness of his heart. He had that real charm of ‘personality’ which is given to but few men; but it is perhaps the best of God’s good gifts. I cannot put my feelings better than in the words one wrote to me: ‘All the sunshine seems to have gone out with Grundy’s death.’”

=GRUNDY, THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1442), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GRYLLS, DESSE EDGAR=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1849U, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GUERNSEY, HENEAGE GREVILLE FINCH, LORD=, Capt., 1st Battn. Irish Guards, eldest s. and h. of Charles Wightwich, 8th Earl of Aylesford, by his 2nd wife, Ella Victoria, widow of Capt. James Wingfield Linton, of Hemingford, Hunts, yst. dau. of John Ross, of Benena Abbots; b. 2 June, 1883; educ. Eton; joined the Militia, Aug. 1901; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Irish Guards, 4 June, 1902, and was promoted Lieut. 1 Sept. 1904; served in St. Helena during South African War, 1901 (Queen’s medal); was A.D.C. to Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Gibraltar, 1 Sept. 1905; retired 1906, became Capt. Warwickshire Yeomanry, Aug. 1910; and Capt., Reserve of Officers, 15 April, 1914; rejoined the Irish Guards on the outbreak of war; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed while leading his coy. into action at Soupir, 14 Sept. 1914. He m. at St. Michael’s, Chester Square, London, 11 June, 1907, the Hon. Gladys Cecil Georgina, née Fellowes (9, Sussex Square, W.), 2nd dau. of William Henry, 2nd Baron De Ramsey, and had a son, Heneage Michael Charles, Lord Guernsey. His brother-in-law, Major Eustace Crawley, 13th Hussars, was killed in action, 2 Nov. 1914.

=GUEST, RICHARD THOMAS=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 1103, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=GUEST, SUNNY FRANK=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10259), 239771, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GUILL, RAYMOND JAMES=, Petty Officer Telegraphist, J. 269, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=GUMBRELL, CHARLES EDWARD LEOPOLD=, A.B. (B. 1630), 206977, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GUMMER, FRANK EDWARD=, A.B. 232154, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=GUNN, FREDERICK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 8687), 206529, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=GUNN, JOHN ANGUS=, Private, No. 3781, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest s. of Peter Gunn, of Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, by his wife, Alice dau. of James Ridley; b. ----; enlisted 18 Sept. 1900, and served 12 years; re-enlisted 17 Feb. 1915; went to France 7 May following, and was killed in action at Cambrin, 21 June, 1915, while on sniping duty. He m. Mary Ellen (26, Washington Street, Sunderland), dau. of (--). His 3rd brother, Peter, was killed in action, 29 Oct. 1914 (see his notice), and his 2nd brother, James, is now (1916) on active service with the R.F.A. The yst. brother, Albert, Durham L.I., was wounded at Ypres, 28 June, 1915, and invalided home.

=GUNN, JOHN HEDLEY=, Corpl., No. 3160, 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensington Battn.) The London Regt. (T.F.), only s. of James Hedley Gunn, of 54, Solent Road, West Hampstead, one of the Head Office Staff of the Prudential Assurance Company and retired Colour-Sergt. of the original 4th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers (Kensington Rifles), with long service (24 years) medal, by his wife Sarah Jane, dau. of the late James Downer, of Alum Bay, Isle of Wight; b. West Hampstead, 23 Aug. 1890; educ. privately and at the Haberdashers’ School, passed the Students’ and Intermediate Examinations, becoming an Associate of the Auctioneers and Estate Agents’ Institute, and was in business as Managing Clerk of a firm of auctioneers and surveyors. After the declaration of war he joined the Kensingtons, 3 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Aubers Ridge, Fromelles, 9 May, 1915; unm. He was last seen leading his platoon and calling out, “Come on, boys of A Coy.--let them have it!”

=GUNN, PETER=, Private, No. 7007, 1st Battn., Coldstream Guards, 3rd s. of Peter Gunn, of Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, by his wife, Alice, dau. of James Ridley; b. Sunderland, 12 June, 1886; educ. Garden Street School there; enlisted 2 Nov. 1906; went to the Front with the first Expeditionary Force, and was reported missing after the heavy fighting at Ypres on 29 Oct. 1914. Later his widow was advised from Geneva that he was on the German list as dead, and he is now assumed to have been killed on the above date. He m. at All Saints’, Clapton, 15 Jan. 1910, Margaret (86, Bayston Road, Stoke Newington, N.), dau. of John Simons, and had two sons: Peter, b. 18 June, 1911; and John, b. 23 April, 1913.

=GUNTER, HENRY THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 7275, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GURDEN, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17119, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GURNEY, BERNARD FRANK=, Private, No. 1536, 3rd Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 5th s. of James Gurney, of Chalfont St. Giles, F.S.I., by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of the late James Stratton, of Princes Risborough; b. Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks, 16 March, 1890; educ. Selhurst Park College, Norwood, and on leaving there was articled to an elder brother, R. G. Gurney, P.A.S.I., Ledbury; emigrated to New South Wales in 1910, and took up farming; volunteered on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force; left for Egypt with the main Force in the 1st Brigade; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25–26 April, 1915, and was killed in action there three days later, on the 29th; unm. Buried at Anzac.

=GURR, JOHN HENRY=, Ship’s Corpl., 1st Class, No. Ch. 190332, Royal Navy, 3rd s. of John Gurr, of 2, Galley Hill Road, Northfleet, Kent, General Dealer, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of William Bullock; b. College Street, Northfleet, Kent, 20 Jan. 1881; educ. Board School there; joined the Navy, 7 Aug. 1896; was promoted ship’s Corpl., Sept. 1907, and was lost in the North Sea when H.M.S. Cressy was torpedoed by a German submarine, 22 Sept. 1914. He m. at St. Mark’s Church, Gillingham, Kent, 13 Aug. 1905, Eva (14, Melbourne Road, Chatham), dau. of Arthur Robert Sutcliffe, of Rochester, and had three children: John Arthur, b. 30 Sept. 1906; George Herbert, b. 27 Sept. 1908; and Thelma, b. 17 Oct. 1910.

=GURR, STEPHEN=, Second Cooper, 296892. H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=GUTHRIE, WILLIAM CAMPBELL=, Petty Officer, 156609, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GUTTRIDGE, DAVID WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./15789, H.M.S. Cressy, lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GUY, ARTHUR CHARLES JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2606), 181667, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GUY, HARRY ALBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6191), 181815, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GUY, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109628, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=GWYDIR, THE VERY REV. CANON ROBERT BASIL, O.S.B.=, Acting Chaplain, R.N., Rector of St. David’s, Swansea, only child of the late Robert Clarke Gwydir, of Cartron, Longford, by his wife, Sarah Annie (20, Quex Road, West Hampstead), dau. of Benjamin Jackson; b. Cartron aforesaid, 20 Jan. 1867; educ. Breewood, co. Stafford, and the English College, Douay (1878–87), and on leaving there went to Belmont Monastery, Hereford. After spending four years here he returned to Douay, where he distinguished himself as a clever professor in classics and English, and by his exceptional intellectual gifts. In 1899 he started his career as a mission priest at St. Augustine’s, Liverpool, and after some time there he was moved to St. David’s, Swansea, and later became Rector, and in 1914 was made a Canon of the Diocese of Newport. When war began Canon Gwydir immediately offered his services as a Naval Chaplain, these were accepted, and he left Swansea in Sept., and after serving in several ships, was appointed to H.M. Hospital Ship Rohilla, and was drowned when that ship was wrecked off the Yorkshire coast, 30 Oct. 1914, when on her way to Belgium to bring back wounded soldiers. It is stated that when the impact came Canon Gwydir was on deck. He realised the danger immediately and hurried below to the sick-bay where a man (Naval Gunner) lay helpless with a fractured leg. He had hardly gone below when a huge wave struck the vessel and damaged her so severely that the infirmary was flooded. The Canon being drowned before he could complete his noble task. His body was recovered same day when the ship finally broke up. He was buried in the Benedictine Priory at Belmont. An eloquent preacher and a brilliant scholar, he read a paper at the National Catholic Congress at Cardiff in July, 1914, and had also read one before the International Eucharistic Congress at Vienna.

=GWYNNE, JOHN FITZGERALD, M.B., Ch.B.=, Capt., Royal Army Medical Corps, elder s. of the late Charles Nelson Gwynne, M.D., M.A. (Trinity College), Senior Surgeon of Christ Hospital, Sheffield, by his wife, Grace Maunsell (11, Prince of Wales Mansions, Battersea Park, S.W.), dau. of Samuel Hanna, Resident Magistrate, co. Wicklow; b. Sheffield, 29 Aug. 1888; educ. Stancliffe Hall, co. Derby (1899–1901), Loretto, Musselburgh (Choral Scholarship, 1901–6), and Sheffield University (Scholar M.B. 1906–11); was House Surgeon at Sheffield Royal Infirmary, 1911–13, and afterwards Assistant Medical Officer of the Southwark Union Infirmary, East Dulwich. He first served in the Territorial Force, in which he was gazetted Lieut. 3 June, 1912, being transferred to the Royal Army Medical Corps 3 Feb. 1914, and was promoted Capt. 30 March, 1915. On the outbreak of war he served with Field Ambulance in Flanders, and was attached to 1st Hampshire Battn. at Ligny, 2 Sept. 1914. He was killed in action in the execution of his duty at Ypres, 9 July, 1915; unm.; and was buried in Division IV Cemetery, Bosinghe. The “Hampshire Regimental Journal” (Aug. 1915), says: “We have to record another heavy loss to this battn., which has suffered so many. Our ‘doctor,’ Capt. Gwynne, was shot through the head by a sniper when on an errand of mercy. On the night of 8–9 July, the battn. was relieved ... in the trenches captured by the brigade from the Germans on the 6th. Capt. Gwynne went up to the trenches shortly after daybreak, to ascertain whether all the wounded had been evacuated. Several had not been observed in the dark, and he attended to each of them. He was informed that a bomber of the Rifle Brigade was lying with his hand blown off in a shallow trench, which was not approachable in daylight. Reckless as ever of his personal safety when a wounded man was in question, he proceeded there and had accomplished his task, when a sniper shot him through the head. Capt. Gwynne, with one exception, was the senior member of the battn. in point of service out here, he having joined us at the Chateau de Fontenelles, near Ligny, during the retreat. We all considered him as one of the battn., and for a long time he had been performing the thankless task of Mess President. A friend of all, with the true sympathy to suffering, as all doctors have, we regarded his death as our last and one of our greatest sacrifices to the Ypres salient.” A brother officer wrote: “Gwynne seems to have made an enormous reputation for his courage. The whole district round here resounds with his name. The men who knew him here will talk of him to their dying day. I’ve heard of him all along the Front now. Everywhere he has been excellent at his work, and made a tremendous reputation for courage. And it requires courage to do the things he has done.” Capt. Gwynne was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, and was awarded the Military Cross. The incident which won him this decoration was the rescue of a soldier under heavy shell fire, whose leg he saw was shot off by a “Jack Johnson,” whilst his comrade was blown to pieces. Capt. Gwynne instantly rushed out and carried the man to safety. His yr. and only brother, Lieut. Owen Perrott Gwynne, 92nd Punjabis, was killed on active service at Mesopotamia six months later at the age of 25.

=GWYNNE, OWEN PERROTT=, 2nd Lieut., 92nd Punjabis, Indian Army, s. of the late Charles Nelson Gwynne, M.D., M.A., Senior Surgeon, Christ Hospital, Sheffield, etc., by his wife, Grace Maunsell (11, Prince of Wales’ Mansions, Battersea Park, S.W.), dau. of the late Samuel Hanna, Resident Magistrate, co. Wicklow; b. Sheffield, 19 May, 1890; educ. Lorretto, Musselburgh (1903–7) and afterwards had five years’ training in engineering at the Sheffield University Technical School and with Vickers, Maxim & Co., Sheffield. On leaving there in 1913 he was appointed Engineer to the Dunsinane Tea Plantation, Ceylon. On the outbreak of the European War he joined the Ceylon Planters’ Rifle Corps, 7 Sept. 1914, and was sent to Suez. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 92nd Punjabis, 7 Jan. 1915; accompanied the relief Expedition sent to Mesopotamia, 11 Dec. 1915, and was killed in action there, 7 Jan. 1916, being shot through the head while in charge of two machine guns at Sheik Saad, on the Tigris; unm.

=HABBLETT, HAROLD=, Private, No. 396, B Coy., 16th Battn. 4th Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, 2nd s. of the late George Habblett, of Goole, Platelayer on North Eastern Railway, by his wife, Hannah, dau. of Anson Bowskin, of Barrow-on-Humber, Lincolnshire; b. Goole, co. York, 1 March, 1892; educ. Skelton; emigrated to Western Australia in 1911; worked in the bush; volunteered on the outbreak of war; left for Egypt with the second contingent; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and died at sea on board H.M. Hospital Ship Gascon, 4 May following, of wounds received in action there.

=HACK, CHARLES EDWARD=, Capt., 1st Battn. Connaught Rangers, 2nd s. of the late William Lionel Frederick Hack, of Silk Willoughby, by his wife, Emily Elizabeth Louisa (The Cottage, Thruxton, Andover), dau. of the Rev. Jacob Montagu Mason, Rector of Silk Willoughby (by his wife, Louisa Maria, eldest dau. of Sir Joseph Burke, of Glinsk, 11th Bart.); b. Silk Willoughby, co. Lincoln, 29 Aug. 1877; educ. Bedford School, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to 1st Connaught Rangers from the Sligo Artillery (Militia), 1 Dec. 1897; and promoted Lieut. 9 April, 1900, and Capt. 17 May, 1904. He served in the South African War, 1899–1902, took part in the advance on and relief of Ladysmith, including the action at Colenso; the operations of 17–24 Jan. 1900, and action at Spion Kop; operations of 5–7 Feb. 1900, and action at Vaal Kranz; operations on Tugela Heights (14–27 Feb. 1900, including the assault of Hart’s Hill, when the Connaughts’ casualties were over 600), and action at Pieter’s Hill, operations in Natal, March to April, in Cape Colony, April; in the Orange Free State, May; and in the Transvaal, May and June, and east of Pretoria, July to Dec. 1900, including action at Riet Vlei; also in those in Cape Colony and the Orange Free State, Dec. 1900 to June, 1901, and in Cape Colony, June, 1901, to 31 May, 1902, and was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901], and awarded the Queen’s medal with five clasps and the King’s medal with two clasps. From June, 1911, to 1914, he was Adjutant of his battn. in India, and had the Delhi Durbar medal, and on the outbreak of war left for France with the Indian Expeditionary Force, under Lieut.-Gen. Sir James Willcocks, in Sept. 1914. He was killed in action while leading an attack on the German trenches near Laventie on the night of 4–5 Nov. following; unm. He fell in the enemy’s trench, and his body was not recovered. His commanding officer, Lieut.-Col. Ravenshaw, C.M.G., wrote: “No braver or more well-liked officer ever served in the Connaught Rangers, and though personally I only knew him for a short time, there was no officer in the regt. of whom I had a higher opinion.” And the Acting Adjutant wrote: “It is useless to try and express what we feel, to all of us as it were he represented the battn.”

=HACKER, ARTHUR ALFRED=, Trooper, No. 13/487, 3rd Auckland Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, s. of Thomas Hacker; b. Swindon, co. Wilts, 29 Dec. 1886; educ. Sandford Street School there; went to New Zealand; volunteered and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the autumn of 1914; left for Egypt in Oct., took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there, 19 or 26 May following; unm.

=HACKETT, JOHN HENRY=, 2nd Yeoman of Signals (R.F.R., B. 2433), 205808, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HADFIELD, WILFRID JOHN MACKENZIE=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. (Prince of Wales’ Volunteers) South Lancashire Regt., only s. of Major-Gen. Charles Arthur Hadfield, by his wife, Florence Elizabeth, dau. of the late Rev. Octavius Bathurst Byers, Vicar of Christ Church, Croydon; b. Southsea, 11 Jan. 1889; educ. Norman’s Preparatory School; “The New Beacon,” Sevenoaks; Repton School; “Army School,” Stratford-on-Avon, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the South Lancashire Regt. 6 Nov. 1909, and promoted Lieut. 17 April, 1912; went to France with his battn. as Battn. Transport Officer, and was seriously wounded in the Battle of the Marne on 6 Sept., dying in the Civil Hospital at Angers, France, four days later, 10 Sept. 1914; unm. Buried in cemetery at Angers the following day, the French garrison attending and rendering full military honours. Lieut.-Col. C. Wanliss, commanding his battn., wrote: “He was a splendid officer, and his loss to the regt. is irreparable. He worked day and night with the transport, and had he lived would certainly have received special recognition”; and Lieut.-Col. G. Ashworth, who succeeded to the command, declared: “Whenever he was ordered to do anything he did it thoroughly, and put all his energies into it.” Brig.-Gen. D. G. Prendergast, who had previously for four years commanded the battn., wrote from Cairo: “Wilfrid was a splendid soldier and an English boy. I took the greatest interest in him because I could see he meant to go ahead and rise to the top of his profession if possible.” Lieut. Hadfield was a keen rifle shot, and winner of the first prize at the Officers’ Competition, Salisbury Rifle Meeting, in July, 1914.

=HADLEY, ALFRED THOMAS=, S.P.O. Stoker, P.O., 305457, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HAGGARTY, PATRICK=, Private, No. 16717, A Coy., 11th (Service) Battn. The Royal Scots, s. of John Haggarty; b. Greenock, 2 Nov. 1885; educ. St. Mary’s Public School there; enlisted 24 Dec. 1914; and was killed in action at Ypres, at 8 a.m., 4 July, 1915, by a shell. “He had just drawn his breakfast and was on his way back to his part of the trench, when a high explosive shell came over and struck him in the mouth, killing him and the Sergt. of his Coy. They were both buried beside the Headquarters about 30 yards from where they were killed.” His commanding officer, Capt. R. Wemyss-Campbell, wrote that “he was a good soldier and did his duty to the last.” He m. at Greenock, 17 Feb. 1911, Helen (34, Shaw Street, Greenock), dau. of (--) (and Mary, née McIntyre) Sweeney; s.p.

=HAGUE, JAMES=, Private, No. 10890, 2nd Battn. Durham L.I., s. of the late George W. Hague, of Newcastle, by his wife, Katie; b. Newcastle, 4 June, 1884; educ. Gateshead; was a Miner; served six years in the Army; re-enlisted 3 Oct. 1914; went to France 24 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action 12 June, 1915. He m. at Mount Pleasant, Gateshead, 4 June, 1904, Jane (21, Derwent View, Rowlands Gill, Newcastle), dau. of the late John (and Isabella) Holmes, and had five children: John, b. 8 Feb. 1907; Katie, b. 2 Oct. 1905; Florence, b. 29 July, 1909; Maud, b. 18 Sept. 1912; and Jenny Armentières, b. 4 June, 1915.

=HAGUE, OWEN CARSLEY FREDERIC=, Lieut., 7th Battery, 2nd Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery, eldest s. of Frederic Hague, of Montreal, Advocate, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Samuel Carsley, of Montreal; b. Montreal, 23 Feb. 1889; educ. High School, Montreal, and McGill University, where he took the degree of B.Sc. in 1909, and M.Sc. in 1914. He was an electrical engineer, and practiced his profession in Montreal. He joined the 2nd Brigade, Field Artillery, in 1912, and with the rest of that Brigade volunteered for active service as soon as the first Canadian Contingent was formed, going to the Front with the 7th Battery. His brigade took part in the severe fighting in April and May, 1915, near Ypres. It was on 2 May he was killed. On the morning of that day he was near his battery on the bank of the Yser Canal, St. Julien, with Lieut. Helmer, of Ottawa, when a German heavy shell burst near them. Lieut. Helmer was killed instantly, and Lieut. Hague died that evening. He was buried at Hazebrouck; unm. Col. J. J. Creelman, commanding the 2nd Brigade, wrote as follows: “It is with extreme regret that I write with regard to the death of your son, and let me express my sincere sympathy with you in your great loss. Between 22 and 28 April, when I went into hospital, Owen had done really wonderful work as Section Commander and Forward Observing Officer. His work was splendid, and he showed an absolute disregard of personal safety at those times when his duties required that he expose himself. When in hospital at Rouen I took occasion to write to General Burstall calling attention officially to your son’s excellent services and marked bravery during the first six days of the fight at Ypres.”

=HAIGH, JOHN HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4803), S.S. 104151, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HAINES, ALEXANDER CRICHTON COOPER=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, only s. of John Crichton Haines, of St. James’s Gate, Dublin, London Manager, Messrs. A. Guinness, Son & Co., Ltd., by his wife, Caroline Anne, elder dau. of Austin Damer Cooper, of Drumnigh House, St. Douloughs, co. Dublin, J.P.; b. Dublin, 9 Dec. 1894; educ. Cholmeley House, Eastbourne, and Elstow School, Bedford; volunteered as a motor despatch rider in Sept. 1914, and after a week at Chatham and another at Aldershot, went straight to the Front. He was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 1 Nov. 1914, and was promoted Lieut. in April, 1915; was dangerously wounded at St. Julien during the Second Battle of Ypres, 25 April, 1915, and was put into a “Jack Johnson” crater by some men of his platoon and lay there many hours before being picked up by the ambulance. He died of wounds at No. 7 Base Hospital, Boulogne, 8 May following, and was buried in the military cemetery there; unm.

=HALDANE, ROBERT PATRICK=, Lieut., 6th (Perthshire) Battn. Black Watch, eldest s. of Sir William Haldane, of 55, Melville Street, Edinburgh, and Foswell, Auchterarder, co. Perth, W.S., Crown Agent for Scotland, by his wife, Edith, dau. of Thomas Nelson, of Ach-na-Cloich, Argyleshire, and nephew of Richard Burdon, 1st Viscount Haldane of Cloan; b. Edinburgh, 21 July, 1893; educ. Edinburgh Academy, and Balliol College, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 12 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 26 Jan. 1915; went to France 2 May, 1915, and died in the Field Hospital at Locon, 13 June, 1915, of wounds received the same day in the trenches near Festubert, France. Buried in the British Military Cemetery at Locon; unm.

=HALE, FREDERICK THOMAS=, Rifleman, No. 2466, 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria Rifles) The London Regiment (T.F.), 2nd s. of Thomas Gardiner Hale, of Salisbury, Woodriffe Road, Leytonstone, by his wife, Beatrice Mary, dau. of the late Edgar Adams, of Brixton; b. New Cross, London, S.E., 29 April, 1892; educ. privately, and Leyton Technical Institute, and on leaving there entered the service of Henry S. King & Co., Bankers, 65, Cornhill; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and joined the Queen Victoria Rifles in Aug. 1914; went to the Front, 27 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Hill 60, 21 April, following; unm.

=HALEY, RICHARD ERNEST=, Chief Shipwright, 166625, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HALFACRE, HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3269), S.S. 787, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HALIBURTON, BORTHWICK=, Sapper, No. 4/1247, 1st Field Coy. New Zealand Engineers, yst. s. of the late Thomas Haliburton, Milton, Estate Overseer, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of the late George Bruce, of Haddington; b. Dunoon, co. Argyle, 15 July, 1888; educ. Dunoon; went to New Zealand in April, 1910, and settled at Napier, Hawkes Bay; was a Road Contractor; volunteered for Imperial Service after the outbreak of war and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Oct. 1914; left for Egypt with the second reinforcements; went to the Dardanelles, 12 April, 1915, and was killed in action there, 11 Dec. 1915; unm. Buried in Connaught Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli.

=HALL, ALBERT=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 4562), 293310, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HALL, ARCHIE CLYDE=, Private, No. 18775, No. 4 Coy. 1st Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest s. of the late (--) Hall, by his wife Lydia Ann (2, Brookline Avenue, East Lynn, Mass., U.S.A.), dau. of Joseph Lambertson, of Marblehead, Mass.; b. Brocton, Mass., 13 June, 1893; educ. Taunton, Mass., and Charlestown, Mass.; worked several years for the N.B. Durkee laundry and the Allerton laundry, both of East Lynn, and on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, immediately joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He left Canada with the first contingent in Oct.; went to France in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 26 May, 1915, by a shell; unm.

=HALL, ARTHUR=, A.B., 197316 Chatham, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HALL, ARTHUR GORDON=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., s. of Edward Hall, of 17, Southfields Road, Eastbourne, formerly of Santaveri, Mysore, India, by his wife, Annie, dau. of William Ferguson, of Banbridge, co. Down, and grandson of Arthur Hall, of the Madras Civil Service; b. Shimogah, Mysore, India, 20 Nov. 1879; educ. Brailfield College (May, 1891–July, 1897); joined the Militia Battn. of the Middlesex Regt., and on 20 May, 1899, passed into the Bedfordshire Regt., then in Dublin; became Lieut. 5 April, 1900; Capt. 6 Dec. 1906, and Adjutant, 6 June, 1909; served in the South African War, 1899–May, 1902, with the Mounted Infantry; took part in the operations in Cape Colony, 1899–1900, and in the fighting at Colesburg (1 Jan.-12 Feb. 1900) and in those in the Orange Free State, Feb.-Nov. 1902, including the actions at Wittebergen and Witpoort (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901], Queen’s medal with two clasps and King’s medal with two clasps). After the close of the South African Campaign, he served with his regt. at Gibraltar and Bermuda and then again in South Africa, whence they were ordered home on the outbreak of war. He was killed on the seventh day of the First Battle of Ypres, 26 Oct. 1914; unm. The Adjutant of the regt. wrote he was “killed by a sniper while in the trenches. I am told he was looking through his glasses for the sniper when he was shot. The bullet entered his neck and killed him instantly. His was a very great loss to the Army and to the battn. especially, he was always so cool under fire and so careful of his men”; and in another letter his Sergt.-Major (now 2nd Lieut. F. J. Whitemore) said: “A and D Coys. of our regt. were ordered to take up positions in the firing line (this was at the first engagements at the First Battle of Ypres). The attack was carried forward to a certain point ... the forward movement was duly carried out, with the loss of Capt. Bassett, of A Coy., wounded, also of about 36 other officers and men killed and wounded. Capt. Hall, at great risk to himself, proceeded to give what help was possible to all the officers and men of A Coy., and after seeing all the wounded back, the Capt. and I took up a position in advance, whilst the battn. entrenched in the rear, and the words he said were to the effect that if possible we must have revenge for the loss that was inflicted on Capt. Bassett and his company. After waiting for some time, satisfaction was obtained by dropping three out of a patrol of six. After the event we had a very rough time, being continually under shell fire and fighting with heavy odds against us--it would be impossible to enumerate the acts of bravery ... by all ranks of our company, needless to say Capt. Hall being the first to set the example. The night before his death he was talking with me over the previous night’s attack and remarking how lucky the company was to get back safely with so few casualties, and at that time he passed a few remarks on what to do in the event of him becoming a casualty. Unhappily he became one the following morning about 8.20 (this was on the morning of 26 Oct. 1914). At the time we were sitting in the trench talking over our escape earlier in the morning ... when a stray bullet struck him and he instantly fell on me, and on examining him I found the vein of the right side of the neck was severed and he never spoke a word after being struck, and as nothing further could be done, he was buried where he fell. Capt. Wetherell and Corpl. Crouch and myself know the exact spot where he was buried. Previous to this incident, no night passed without he and I going round the company to look after the welfare of his men, and on most occasions bullets were striking all around him, and I never once saw him show any signs of fear.”

=HALL, BURTON HOWARD=, Capt., 98th Infantry, Indian Army, yr. s. of the Rev. Samuel Howard Hall, M.A., Rector of Sproatley, Hull, and Senior Divisional Chaplain (1st Class) T.D., 49th (W.R.) Division (who retired after 27½ years’ service in the vol. and T.F., including mobilisation and active service in France and Belgium, 20 Aug. 1915), by his wife, Helen Hamilton, dau. of Dr. Burton Kendell, of Heath House, near Wakefield, J.P.; b. Chesham, co. Bucks, 10 Jan. 1882; educ. Twyford School, near Winchester, Haileybury College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Yorkshire Regt. 8 Jan. 1901, and promoted Lieut. 19 Feb. 1904; transferred to 98th Infantry, Indian Army, the same year, and became Capt. 8 Jan. 1910; took part in the expedition to German East Africa, and was killed in action there, at Tanga, 4 Nov. 1914. He m. at Grove Park Church, Chiswick, 11 July, 1907, Lucie Gertrude, dau. of the late Thomas Bannerman Grainger, and granddau. of the late Thomas Bannerman Grainger, of Bridge House, Cuckfield, Sussex, and had two daus.: Mollie Helen Valerie, b. 20 May, 1908; and Aline Betty, b. 4 Jan. 1911.

=HALL, EDWARD=, E.R.A., 2nd Class, 271121, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HALL, ERNEST ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111024, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=HALL, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 6779, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 4th s. of George Hall, of Wickham Market; b. Wickham Market, co. Suffolk, 15 May, 1884; educ. National School there; enlisted, 22 May, 1906; served three years with the Colours, then joined the Reserve; mobilised 5 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug. following, and was killed in action at Zonnebeke, 23 Oct. 1914. He m. at Lopen, 28 Oct. 1909, Rosa (Pear Tree Cottage, Lopen Seavington, Somerset), dau. of William Harris, and had three children: William Frederick, b. 3 May, 1910; Ethel Florence, b. 1 Oct. 1912; and Winifred May, b. 29 April, 1915.

=HALL, GEORGE WALTER=, Stoker, P.O. 309236, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=HALL, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 3209 (Ports), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HALL, GERALD PERCY=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Highland Light Infantry, 2nd s. of Robert Hall, of Glen Mervyn, Glanmire, co. Cork, by his wife, Isabel Travers, dau. of the Very Rev. R. W. Forrest, D.D., Dean of Worcester; b. Glanmire, 11 Feb. 1894; educ. Clifton College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 4th (Extra Reserve Battn.), 23 Aug. 1913, and promoted Lieut. 21 Aug. 1914; went to France on the outbreak of war, and was killed in action at Ypres, 13 Nov. 1914; unm.

=HALL, HARRY FRANK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5034), 180634, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HALL, HENRY=, A.B., 223106, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=HALL, HENRY JOSEPH=, Private, No. 81347, 30th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, s. of James Hall, of 146, Maynard Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia; b. Halifax, N.S., 1889; educ. there: joined the Canadian Militia about 1913, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered for service overseas; left Canada with the first contingent, and was killed in action, 22 Nov. 1915; unm.

=HALL, JOHN FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11551, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=HALL, SYDNEY ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4056), S.S. 103873. H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov 1914.

=HALL, THOMAS ALLISON=, Armourer’s Crew, M. 3951, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HALL, THOMAS HOWARD=, Private, No. 10798, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest s. of Thomas Hall, of 47, Broadwell Road, Oldbury, Worcester, Blacksmith, by his wife, Annie, dau. of Dixon Parsons; b. Cradley Heath, co. Stafford, 19 July, 1894; educ. Oldbury National Schools; enlisted 16 July, 1914; went to France, 24 Oct. and was killed in the heavy fighting at Guivenchy Brickfields, 6 Feb. 1915; unm.

=HALL, WALTER CHARLES NELSON=, Leading Cook’s Mate, M. 922, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HALL, WILLIAM=, Rifleman, No. 5312, 2nd Battn. The Rifle Brigade, 3rd s. of the late Charles Hall, of Macclesfield, by his wife, Jane (28, Bridge Street, Macclesfield), dau. of George Lane, of Bollington Cross, co. Cheshire; b. Macclesfield, co. Cheshire, 9 Nov. 1895: educ. Hurdsfield Boys’ School there; enlisted Jan. 1914; went to France in Nov. and was killed in action, near Neuve Chapelle, 9 May, 1915, while bomb throwing; unm. A comrade wrote: “Although he was but a youngster, he was a little hero all through and knew no fear.”

=HALL, WILLIAM FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9080), 294862, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HALLAM, WALTER, D.C.M.=, Private, No. 7540, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Samuel Hallam, Private Estate Steward; b. Horsham, co. Sussex, 11 May, 1886; enlisted 25 Nov. 1907; killed in action at Rentel Woods, 11 Nov. 1914. The officer to whom he acted as servant wrote: “We were holding the trenches in front of Ypres in a wood just by a place called Rentel. There was a German attack in progress, and they were firing hard at that part of the line. Hallam, with his accustomed fearlessness, was firing, with his head well above the parapet, and was most unfortunately shot right through the head.” He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, 17 Dec. 1914, the official record [London Gazette, 17 Dec. 1914], stating that he “always volunteered and carried out successfully duties of an extraordinary dangerous character, such as sniping and patrol work. Has shown great qualities of nerve and resource in difficult situations.” He m. at Paddington, 13 Dec. 1913, Harriette Matilda, dau. of Henry George Shore, and had a dau., Lily Edith Walter Jessie, b. 12 Aug. 1914.

=HALLAN, ROWLAND=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11413 (Ports), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HALLER, JOHN HENRY LYLE=, Lieut. and posthumous Capt., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 2nd, Battn. East Surrey Regt., elder s. of George Haller, of Langham House, 197, Albany Street, Regent’s Park, N.W., and 52, Leadenhall Street, E.C., Chemical Merchant, by his wife, Agnes Mary, dau. of the late David Watts, of 17, Albert Road, Regent’s Park; b. Regent’s Park, London, N.W., 21 Dec., 1894; educ. Merchant Taylors’ School, and Lancing College, and afterwards in France and Germany. Intended for a commercial career in connection with applied science, he worked for some time in the laboratory of Dr. Danysz at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, and attended a full course of lectures in the same institution, besides doing practical work in a manufacturing laboratory. At Lancing he had joined the O.T.C., and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd East Surreys, 11 May, 1912. and served for six months in Ireland with the 1st Battn. of that Regt.; gazetted Lieut. to the Special Reserve of the 3rd Battn 3 May, 1913, he rejoined the 1st Battn. on the outbreak of war and went to France in Sept. 1914. There he was transferred to the 2nd Battn. and was killed in action near Lindenhock, Flanders, 12 March, 1915; unm. Capt. S. P. White, 1st East Surreys wrote: “I had known Lyle before the war, and for a time he was my subaltern out here. I never had a better officer serving with me or a braver comrade. Soon after our 2nd Battn. came out, they had great losses in officers, and needing experienced officers to help them tide over their temporary difficulties. Lyle was ordered by name by the Corps Headquarters to be transferred. This battn. lost a good officer then, and one of the cheeriest and best of companions, and now the regt. is the poorer.” Capt I. L. Le Fleming, temporarily commanding 2nd East Surreys, wrote: “Lieut. Haller was shot through the head by a German bullet, whilst himself firing over the parapet at the Germans. His death was instantaneous. Lieut. Haller had just been recommended by me for promotion to the rank of Capt. and the letter was in my pocket-book when he was shot. I valued his services immensely, and in him I have lost a most gallant and competent officer. He was also my subaltern in the 1st Battn. at the end of Oct. last year. Lieut. Haller was buried in Kemmel Churchyard, Belgium [Grave No. 12],” and Lieut. Gudon, 2nd East Surreys: “I was within a few yards of your son when he died. He was killed about 4.20 p.m. on March 12, whilst actually firing at a German from over the parapet. The exact place was about 120 yards south of Lindenhoek and about 150 yards N.E. of a hamlet called Sparnbrook.” He was gazetted Capt. 9 April, 1915, to rank as from 2 Feb. and was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallantry in the field.

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TEMP. CAPT. (ACTING MAJOR)

CECIL CHARLES HATFIELD HALL, D.S.O.

On the afternoon of the 26th April, orders were received that all enemy machine gun nests and snipers were to be killed or captured in VILLERS BRETONNEUX, and this duty was assigned to a certain unit in the Brigade to carry out.

Major Hall happened to arrive at the railway station in the above village when the last of the enemy were being dealt with.

The enemy suddenly opened up with a very heavy barrage on the railway station, and a call was made for 20 men of the Durham L.I. to reinforce another unit in a house which was about 50 yards from the railway embankment. Major Hall immediately got on to the railway, and displaying the utmost coolness and disregard for personal danger, got together some men with a L.G. and M.G., and led them forward over the embankment and across a road, which was being badly sniped, to the assistance of the Regt. occupying a house, and firing on an enemy M.G.

This Officer again returned from the house and brought forward more men, and at the same time took across a most important message from Brigade H.Q., and at this time the occupied house was then being shelled very heavily by the enemy, he again came back to the railway, and took across to the French troops on the right a message as to the dispositions, etc., of our own men, he then returned for the third time to the house, and organised the men he had led across, and rendered most valuable services in withdrawing men of another unit and helping the wounded.

Without doubt, the cool and brilliant example set by this Officer at a very critical moment inspired all the men with the greatest confidence.

B. C. JAMES, Lieut.-Colonel, Cmdg. 22nd Bn. Durham L.I. (Pioneers).

=HALLETT, ARTHUR=, Ship’s Steward’s Assistant, M. 1451, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HALLETT, THEO BENNETT=, Trooper, No. 1884, Royal Horse Guards, yst. s. of the late George Henry Hallett, for many years H.B.M. Vice-Consul at Ghent, by his wife, Clara, dau. of the late John Lewis, of St. Albans; b. Ghent, 22 Feb. 1897; educ. L’Athenée Royal, Ghent; after the German occupation came to England with his family, 21 Aug. 1914; volunteered and enlisted in the Royal Horse Guards, Oct. 1914; went to France, April, 1915, and was killed in action on the Menin Road, Hooge, near Ypres, 13 May, 1915, while crossing an open space with his regt. with three machine-guns firing on them; unm.

=HALLETT, WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman, 202703, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HALLIDAY, JAMES STOREY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5791), 177204, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=HALLIDAY, JOHN ALEXANDER=, Capt., 11th Hussars, eldest s. of the late John Halliday, of Chicklade House, co. Wilts (d. 13 Feb. 1915), by his wife, Maria (d. 25 Feb. 1916), dau. of Richard Brown, of Ebbw Vale, Monmouth; b. 10 April, 1875; educ. Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. from Militia to the 11th Hussars, then in India, 5 Jan. 1898, and promoted Lieut. 3 March, 1900, and Capt. 18 March, 1905; served in the South African War on the Staff as Special Service Officer, 25 July to 22 Aug. 1901, and as Signalling Officer, 23 Aug. 1901 to 14 June, 1902 (Queen’s Medal with five clasps); was Adjutant 11th Hussars, and afterwards of the Leicestershire Yeomanry; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 15 Aug. 1914; served through the retreat from Mons, the Battle of the Marne, the 1st Battle of Ypres, &c., and died in the Duchess of Westminster’s Hospital at Le Touquet, 13 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action at Messines, 31 Oct. previously; unm. Capt. Halliday was a good all-round athlete, and was in both cricket and football elevens at Harrow; capt. of the Gymnasium eight; champion heavy weight boxer for the Public Schools Competition at Aldershot, 1894, and threw the hammer for Cambridge in the University Sports, 1896–7. He was well known in the hunting-field in Ireland and South Wiltshire.

=HALSALL, EDWARD=, Private, No. 3817, 10th Battn. (Scottish) King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), only surviving s. of Frederick Halsall, of Hougoumont, St. James’ Road, New Brighton, co. Chester, General Merchant, by his wife, Caroline Elizabeth, dau. of Frederick (and Caroline) Middleton; b. Rock Ferry, co. Chester, 27 Oct. 1882; educ. Wallasey Grammar School; joined the Liverpool Scottish when the Battn. was first formed and served five years. He was in business with the Johnstone Line, Liverpool, and on the outbreak of war when some of their ships were taken over by the Government for military purposes, asked for and obtained permission to join the s.s. Rowanmore to assist in transport work. At the end of two months the Rowanmore was recalled and he then rejoined his old regt., and though offered a commission elected to serve as a private. He left for France in Jan., and was shot by a sniper in action near Ypres, 17 March, 1915; unm. Halsall was a member of the New Brighton Football Club and of the West Cheshire Yachting Club, and in connection with the latter had held the cup and won several prizes; he was also a keen golfer.

=HALSEY, JOHN=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., B. 3747), 299252, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HALSTEAD, ARTHUR FREDERICK=, Lieut., 15th Rifle Brigade, attached to 1st Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, only s. of Arthur Frederick Halstead, of Sale, co. Chester, M.I.Mech.E., A.C.I.S.; b. Rosario de Sante Fé, Argentine Republic, 26 May, 1893; educ. High School, Sale, and Shrewsbury School; was an articled pupil with the firm of Jones, Crewdson and Youatt, of Manchester, chartered accountants, but enlisted in the 8th Rifle Brigade following the outbreak of war, 30 Aug. 1914; was given a commission two months later, 1 Nov., and promoted Lieut. the 14th of that month. He was killed in action on the night of 28–29 June, 1915, during a counter-attack by the Turks on the British lines, and was buried on the west side of the Saghir (Dene) Mullah, Gallipoli; unm. His commanding officer wrote to his father that on this occasion “he was sent out with a platoon to reinforce the left of our line.... It was a very dark night and a very unfortunate one, as we lost 10 officers killed and one wounded”; and added: “The regt. being in the open and enveloped by Turks, I should like to tell you it was due to the gallantry of your son and other officers on that flank that a very serious situation did not arise.” Sergt. P. Doyle, No. 7 Platoon, X Coy., in sending Lieut. Halstead’s identity disc, said “his untimely end created a terrible blow to us (the platoon), who absolutely idolised and admired him for his fearlessness. There is scarcely a day that passes in the trenches but what his name is not mentioned in loving memory by those with whom he came in contact.” Lieut. Halstead was a fine athlete and had won his colours at Shrewsbury both for long distance running and cricket. He was a member of the Liverpool Ramblers, Brooklands Cricket Club and Sale Golf Club.

=HAMBRIDGE, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 399 No. 1 Coy., 9th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), s. of Thomas Hambridge, of Oxford, Gas Stoker, by his wife, Frances, dau. of William Harper, of Oxford; b. Chelsea, 9 Nov. 1871; educ. Edinburgh Road Board School, Notting Hill; enlisted about 1887; and served 10 years with the colours, buying his discharge in 1897; joined the National Reserve on its inception; rejoined the colours 29 Dec. 1914; and died in the Military Hospital, Neasden, 4 April, 1915, of syncope. He m. at Christ Church, North Kensington, 29 Dec. 1889, Emma Elizabeth (16, Appleford Road, North Kensington), dau. of Robert Rogers, and had eight children; William. L.-Corpl., No. 6347, 3rd Dragoon Guards, now on active service, b. 9 Nov. 1890, m.; Frederick Thomas, b. 6 April, 1893, m.; Joseph Robert, b. 17 Aug. 1905; Amy Emma, b. 6 May, 1895, m. to a sailor; Elizabeth Rose, b. 9 Aug. 1897, m. soldier; Eleanor Mary, b. 20 Feb. 1900; Ada Alexandra, b. 1 Dec. 1902; and Vera Grace, b. 26 March, 1914.

=HAMER, HUBERT JAMES TUDOR=, Lieut., 108th Infantry, attached 101st Grenadiers, Indian Army, 2nd s. of the late John Parry Hamer, of Glan-yr-Afon Hall, co. Salop, J.P. (formerly 8th King’s Regt.), by his wife, Sarah Margaret (Bronheulog, Llansilin, Oswestry), dau. of the late Owen Davies Tudor, Barrister-at-Law; b. Glan-yr-Afon Hall aforesaid, 12 Feb. 1883; educ. privately owing to delicate health; enlisted in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in 1904, having previously held a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 4th (Militia) Battn. of that regt.; served for three years in the ranks, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to his father’s old regt., the King’s Liverpool Regt., 28 Aug. 1907. He obtained his transfer to the Indian Army in Feb. 1909, entering the 108th Infantry, in which he was promoted Lieut. 28 Nov. following. In Sept. 1914, he was attached to the 101st Grenadiers (link battn. to the 108th Infantry) for service in East Africa, and was killed in action at Tanga while leading his men in the attack on that place, 4 Nov. 1914. The official communiqué states that “as an important German railway terminus was reported to be weakly held, a force was sent from British East Africa to seize it. On the evening of 2 Nov. one and a-half battns. were landed within 2 miles of the place and at once advanced. This small force became heavily engaged just outside the town, but as the enemy were in much superior strength it was compelled to fall back and await reinforcements. At 11 a.m. on the 4th the attack was renewed. When within 800 yards of the position the troops engaged came under very heavy fire. On the left flank, in spite of heavy casualties, the 101st Grenadiers actually entered the town and crossed bayonets with the enemy. The North Lancashire Regt. and Kashmir Rifles on the right pushed on in support under very heavy fire, and also reached the town, but found themselves opposed by tiers of fire from the houses, and were eventually compelled to fall back to cover, 500 yards from enemy’s position. The losses were so heavy and the position so strong that it was considered useless to renew the attack, and the force re-embarked and returned to its base to prepare for future operations. From recent reports just received the total casualties in this unsuccessful operation were 795, including 141 British officers and men.” Lieut.-Col. Baldock, 108th Infantry, wrote that Hamer was “a very able and zealous officer, and it is only a few weeks ago that the good work done by him in the training of the regimental signallers was the subject of favourable comment in regimental orders. As his commanding officer I always found him keen on his work and honest and straightforward in all his actions, in fact, a true officer and a true gentleman, whose loss will be deeply felt by the regt.”; and Capt. M. L. A. Gompertz, 108th Infantry, attached 101st Grenadiers, in a letter giving particulars of the action, wrote: “Unfortunately the regt. was widely extended and we were on opposite flanks, so that I can only give you hearsay news about your son, and as after the engagement, which was extremely heavy, we had to retire, we were unable to recover our dead, who were buried by the Germans (who treated our wounded with the greatest courtesy and kindness). I could not see his body. We lost seven British and six native officers, but one of the native officers who was with your son escaped, wounded. He tells me your son was leading his men on when he was shot in the throat and died instantaneously.” Two of his brothers are on active service: John Lawton Parry Hamer, of Glan-yr-Afon Hall, Lieut., 4th Battn. King’s Shropshire L.I. from 1909, now Capt. 2nd Garrison Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt.; and Lieut.-Commander Richard Lloyd Hamer, R.N., lately Flag Lieut.-Commander to Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Peirse, Commander-in-Chief, East Indies.

=HAMER, WILLIAM SHADRACH=, A.B., 215151, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HAMILTON, CHARLES=, Stoker (Native), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HAMILTON, FREDERICK CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6099), 192278, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HAMILTON, JOHN GEORGE=, Stoker, R.N.R., 2128T, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HAMILTON, ROBERT, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8575), S.S. 104942, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=HAMILTON, ROBERT PEAT=, Private, No. 29555, 16th Battn. (Canadian Scottish) Canadian Expeditionary Force, only s. of William Mackintosh Hamilton, of Forres, co. Moray, draper, by his wife, Helen Anne, dau. of Robert Peat of Forres, Solicitor; b. Forres, 16 Aug. 1881; educ. Forres Academy; was for several years in the office of Messrs. T. & R. Ranken, W.S., Edinburgh, and passed as a solicitor before going to Canada in 1913. He enlisted at Vancouver on the outbreak of the war in Aug. 1914; came over with the first contingent in Oct., trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter; went to France Feb. 1915, and was killed in action, near Ypres, 22 April, 1915. He was a Brother of the Lodge of Edinburgh (Mary’s Chapel) No. 1. He m. at Edinburgh, 1 Nov. 1914, Mary Cowie Ford, yst. dau. of the late Robert Lawrie, of Edinburgh.

=BUCHANAN-BAILLIE-HAMILTON, ARTHUR=, Capt., 1st Battn. Seaforth Highlanders, 2nd surviving s. of the late John Baillie Buchanan-Baillie-Hamilton, of Arnprior, co. Perth, J.P., D.L. [gt.-gdson. of the Hon. George Baillie, of Jerviswood, yr. brother of Thomas, 7th Earl of Haddington], by his wife, Catherine Elizabeth Grace (Cambusmore, Callander, and Strathyre), only dau. and heir of Alexander Buchanan, of Arnprior; b. Cambusmore, Callander, co. Perth, 2 June, 1876; educ. Winchester. On the outbreak of the Boer War he joined the City of London Imperial Volunteers in Jan. 1900, taking part in operations in the Orange Free State, the Transvaal (including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria, Diamond Hill, and Lydenberg), and Cape Colony (Queen’s medal with five clasps). Gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs), 22 May, 1901, he was employed with the West African Frontier Force from Nov. 1902 to March, 1906, rendering signal service in the Kano-Sokoto Campaign (medal and clasp), and was promoted Lieut. 17 April, 1905, and received his company 8 Nov. 1911. From March, 1911, to March, 1914, he was Adjutant of the 6th Battn. Black Watch, Perthshire Territorial Force. Arriving with his regt. in Flanders in Oct. 1914, he was constantly in the trenches from that date, including the fighting before and at Neuve Chapelle, till he fell leading his company into action at the commencement of the attack on Festubert, 9 May, 1915. Buried south of Neuve Chapelle, close to the La Bassée Road. Capt. A. B.-Baillie-Hamilton was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915. He m. at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Edinburgh, 8 March, 1906, Ina Erskine, dau. of Sir Malcolm McNeill, C.B., Edinburgh, and niece of the late Sir John McNeill, of Colonsay, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., V.C.; s.p. Two of Capt. B.-Baillie-Hamilton’s brothers, Commander M. B.-Baillie-Hamilton, R.N., and Major N. A. B.-Baillie-Hamilton, Black Watch, are now (1916) serving with the Forces.

=HAMMOND, FREDERICK=, Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 926), 283493, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HAMMOND, GEORGE THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 7153), 192160, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HAMMOND, GILBERT PHILIP=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, elder s. of the late Frederick Hammond, formerly a partner in the firm of Hammond & Co., Bankers, of Newmarket, by his wife, Florence Amy (The Cottage, Great Finborough), dau. of the Rev. John Denny Gilbert, Chedgrove Manor, Norfolk; b. Newmarket, co. Cambridge, 24 Nov. 1891; educ. Sandroyd, Cobham, Surrey, and Culvers Close, Winchester, where he played football for Commoners XV’s, and was described by the school magazine as one who is “never beaten and knows no fear”; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd K.O.S.B. from Special Reserve, 4 Dec. 1912; was in Dublin with his regt. during the street fighting in July, 1914, and gave evidence at the subsequent inquiry; went to France with the Expeditionary Force the following month, and was killed at the Battle of Le Cateau, 27 Aug. 1914, his Coy. being cut off during the retreat; unm. A brother officer wrote: “He showed great bravery in the fight at Mons, and saved three women from a house under very heavy shell fire.”

=HAMMOND, HARRY=, Blacksmith, 341183, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HAMMOND, MARK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1379), 197787, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HAMMOND, SAMUEL HENRY=, A.B., 195418 (Chatham), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HAMMOND, THOMAS VERRAN=, Private, No. 406, 2nd Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 2nd s. of William Charles Hammond, of Clyde, Australia, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of (--) Verran; b. Orange, New South Wales, 21 July, 1894. On the outbreak of war he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force, and left with the 2nd Battn. for the Dardanelles, where he was wounded in action. He died, after having his leg amputated, at Valletta Hospital, Malta, 24 July, 1915, and was buried in Malta; unm.

=HANCOCK, ALBERT EDWARD=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24704 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=HANCOCK, CHARLES WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., 7691 (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1050), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HANCOCK, ERNEST WILLIAM=, Signalman, 236455, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HANCOCK, JOHN=, Ordinary Seaman, R.N.V.R. (Sussex), 296, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=HANCOCK, RALPH ESCOTT, D.S.O.=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Devonshire Regt., only s. of Francis Escott Hancock, of Ford, Wiveliscombe, Somerset, by his wife, Guita, dau. of Patrick Vans Agnew Reid; b. Llandaff, co. Glamorgan, 20 Dec. 1887; educ. Rugby; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Battn. Devonshire Regt. 29 Jan. 1908, and promoted Lieut. 1 Feb. 1911; served with his regt. at Crete, Malta, and Alexandria, returning to the depôt at Exeter in 1912; went to France, 30 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Festubert, 29 Oct. 1914, whilst endeavouring to reinforce another company who were in difficulties. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, and was awarded the D.S.O., having “on 23 Oct. displayed conspicuous gallantry, in leaving his trench under very heavy fire, and going back some 60 yards over absolutely bare ground to pick up Corpl. Warwick, who had fallen whilst coming up with a party of reinforcements. Lieut. Hancock carried this non-commissioned officer to the corner of a haystack, and then returned to his trench.” At Rugby he played for two seasons in the first XI, and at Malta played in the polo team that won the Regimental Cup, and also captained the Army Polo Team v. the Navy at Malta. He won several prizes for rifle shooting, and played cricket and football for the County of Somerset. He was a well-known follower of the West Somerset and East Devon Foxhounds, and won the East Devon Heavyweight Point-to-Point in 1913 and 1914, on horses taught and trained by himself. He m. at Milverton, 17 Sept. 1913, Mary Hamilton, dau. of the Rev. Philip Palfrey Broadmead, of Olands, Milverton, Somerset, and left a son, Patrick Frank, b. 20 June, 1914.

=HANCOCK, WALTER=, Corpl., No. 1603, 14th Battn. (Mounted Military Police) Australian Imperial Force, only s. of the late William George Hancock, of 379, High Street, Brentford, Refreshment House Keeper, by his wife, Fanny (27, Wingfield Place, Halfway Street, Sidcup, Kent), dau. of William Holness, of Hartford; b. Mile End Road, London, 26 Feb. 1887; educ. Private School (Mrs. Saunders), Brentford; went to Australia, 23 April, 1912, and settled at Sandringham; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and enlisted in the Commonwealth Force, Sept. 1914; left for Egypt, Jan. 1915, and died in No. 15 General Hospital, Alexandria, 8 Jan. 1916, of enteric fever contracted while on active service; unm.

=HANDFIELD, CHARLES REGINALD=, Corpl., No. 579, Natal Light Horse, 6th s. of the late Frederick Oliver Handfield, by his wife, Mary Ellen (Hampton, near Melbourne), dau. of Edward Tatham, of Leeds, England; b. at South Yarra, Melbourne, 26 Aug. 1878; educ. East Malvern Grammar School; went to South Africa 1901, joined the Natal Light Horse 1914 at outbreak of war, and died of wounds received at the Battle of Gibeon, German South-West Africa, 6 May, 1915; unm.

=HANDLEY, THOMAS FREDERICK JAMES=, Driver, No. 2225, Kent Fortress R.E. (T.F.), s. of the late Thomas Richard Handley, East Surrey Regt. (who died at Moori River, 29 May, 1900, in the South African War), by his wife, Eliza; b. Old Kent Road, London, S.E., 23 April, 1896; educ. High Brooms Council School, Tunbridge Wells; was in the employ of the Tunbridge Wells Co-operative Society; enlisted 25 May, 1915; left England for the East 20 Sept. 1915, and was drowned in a collision in H.M.S. Hythe, 28 Oct. 1915; unm.

=HANDS, ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1393), 126838, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HANDYSIDE, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4304), S.S. 102571, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HANES, GEORGE=, C.P.O., 151083, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HANKINSON, HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109526, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HANLON, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2161), 228961, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HANNA, JOHN WEIR=, Leading Seaman, S.S. 2626, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HANNAN, HENRY MONTEITH=, Jun., Lieut.-Col., 1/8th Scottish Rifles (The Cameronians) (T.F.), s. of Lieut.-Col. Henry Monteith Hannan, of 2, Huntly Gardens, Glasgow, formerly 8th Scottish Rifles, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Francis Hay Thomson, of Glasgow, M.D.; b. Glasgow, 9 Jan. 1874; educ. Kelvinside Academy, and was a member of the firm of Stewart & Lloyd, of Glasgow. Like his father and five brothers, he began his military career in the 1st Lanark Rifle Volunteers, about 1894. He joined A Coy. 1st L.R.V., and was for two years a member of the mounted detachment of that regt., during which time he took the Army Ambulance Certificate and passed his Sergt.’s Proficiency Examination. He afterwards joined the 4th Lanark Rifle Volunteers, now the 8th Scottish Rifles; received a commission as Lieut. 13 March, 1895, and had charge of D Coy. for several years, and on being promoted Capt. 16 Jan. 1901, was reposted to his old F Coy. On the outbreak of the South African War he reverted for the time being to the rank of lieut. in the 2nd Volunteer Service Company of the 2nd Battn. Scottish Rifles, and served through that campaign, 1901–2. He took part in the operations in Cape Colony and the Orange Free State, April, 1901; in the Transvaal, April to Sept. 1901, and on the Zululand Frontier of Natal, Sept. to Oct. 1901, and received the Queen’s medal with five clasps and the honorary rank of Lieut. in the Army, 23 June, 1902. On his return home he underwent courses of training at Maryhill and Hythe, and was appointed Brigade-Major of the Scottish Rifle Brigade, 22 May, 1905, which appointment he held for six years. On 2 Nov. 1907, he attained his Majority. On the formation of the Territorial Force his appointment was extended until 1911, when he became second in command, and two years later, 12 Feb. 1913, was gazetted Lieut.-Col. Commanding the 8th Scottish Rifles. When the European War began he volunteered for foreign service, and left with his regt. for the Dardanelles, 17 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Cape Helles, 21 June, 1915. Brigadier-General W. Scott-Moncrieff (since killed in action), wrote to his widow: “I looked on Col. Hannan as perhaps the best Commanding Officer in my Brigade, and I am sure that we shall all feel his loss very deeply. It may perhaps be a little comfort to you to know how well he has done his duty since we landed here, but especially in the last two days, whilst he has been in the front trenches. We were tried a little high, as we had to take over the trenches, knowing little of trenchwork, immediately after a pretty sharp fight. The people we relieved were too dead tired to hand things over very regularly, and after taking over in the afternoon we were told to expect a Turkish attack at sunset. I found, however, that the 8th Scottish Rifles were thoroughly ready for any amount of Turks. Col. Hannan’s arrangements and organisation were excellent, and it was perhaps a pity that the Turks did not attack that night. I have paid a visit each day to Col. Hannan, and found him always with a thorough command of the situation, always cheerful and quite ready to stop in his very uncomfortable dug-out as long as he might be required to be there. This morning, I hear, he was watching a French attack through his glasses, and then stepped off the banquette, putting his hands into his pockets, when a bullet pinged over the traverse and caught him in the neck just below the ear. It passed clean through his neck, and he fell unconscious. He died very soon, never recovered consciousness, and had no pain. Deep as your grief must be, you will always have reason for pride in that your husband, without being a professional soldier, has twice from the highest patriotic motives undertaken risks which only rightly appertain to the regular soldier, that he has done his duty to the satisfaction of all, and that he has died a straight clean soldier’s death, deeply regretted by all his brother officers of the 156th Brigade whatever their rank.” Col. Hannan took the keenest interest in every branch of soldiering, and was most assiduous and successful in recruiting for the Glasgow Territorial regts. and managed to make spare time to help the Boys’ Brigade and the Boy Scouts. He was a military member of the City of Glasgow Territorial Force Association, and president of the Glasgow Division of the Boy Scouts, and had the Territorial Decoration and the Long Service Medal. He m. at Ayr, 14 Sept. 1912, Francis Ada (30, Highburgh Road, Beaumont Gate, Glasgow), only dau. of the late David Ramsay Thomson, of Melbourne and Walhalla, Gippsland, Australia; s.p.

=HANRAHAN, THOMAS FREDERICK=, Private, No. 634, 1st Battn. Australian Imperial Force, s. of the late Joseph John Hanrahan, by his wife (now wife of (--) Buckles, of 28, Great Barlow Street, High Street, Marylebone, W.), dau. of (--); b. Marylebone, London, 16 Aug. 1886; educ. St. James’ C.E. School there; went to Australia, and volunteered on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force; left for Egypt with the main body; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and according to the official statement was killed in action there on 2 May. A friend and comrade, Private W. J. Pastoors, however, gives the date as 25 April. Writing 9 Nov. 1915, he said: “As I was not clear about the exact time and place where he was hit, I referred your letter to Coy. Sergt.-Major Wicks. He gave me full particulars as follows: On 25 April, that memorable day of landing in Gallipoli, our Coy. went into action, and Tom being with me in the advance, we reached the fire line together, and he occupied a position slightly on my left, forming part of a line that held a long ridge all that day. The position we held was well over the ridge and a couple of hundred yards down the slope. It was an impossible position for stretcher-bearers to work upon, and a man who could not crawl away himself would have to wait for nightfall and help, as it was the duty of every able-bodied man to push forward. We suffered heavily from the enemy’s fire all the time, and at 2 o’clock, being shot in the arm myself, I had to withdraw. At 2.30 a shell burst, caught Tom, our officer, and a number of our men, and it appeared that Tom was mortally wounded. Nothing could be done to move him, but what could be done by bandaging him up was done. Shortly after, the officer, Mr. May, was hit again, and this time disabled, but he managed to retire. Tom was then sinking fast, and that night when the rest pushed forward, Tom had passed away. After the big attack by the Turks on 19 May, an armistice was granted on the 24th. Poor Tom was buried on that day, 24 May, 1915. The Burial Service was conducted by Chaplain McKenzie.” He was unm.

=HANSEN, ELWIN=, Trooper, No. 11/286, Wellington Mounted Rifles, 3rd s. of John Frederick Adolph Hansen, of Mangapapa, New Zealand, Farmer; b. Gisborne, 11 Nov. 1892; educ. Gisborne and Kaiti Schools; was Manager of a sheep farm at Pouawa, for Mr. T. Fraser; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force; left Gisborne with the main body for Egypt in Oct.; went to the Dardanelles in May, 1915; was wounded and reported missing along with 31 others of the Wellington Mounted Rifles, after the big advance on Hill 871 on 27 Aug.; and later was returned as killed in action there, 28 Aug. 1915; unm. His brother Rudolph enlisted with him, but after 11 weeks in camp was sent back as under age, but is now on active service. Another brother, Lionel, left with the third reinforcements and was wounded at the Dardanelles.

=HANSFORD, WILLIAM GEORGE EDWARD=, Leading Cook’s Mate, 347552, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HANSON, ERNEST=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4314), S.S. 103168, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HARDACRE, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 5827, 2nd Battn. East Lancashire Regt.; native of Burnley; killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915, aged 37.

=HARDEN, ALLAN HUMPHREY=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Oxford and Buckinghamshire L.I., 2nd s. of the late Lieut.-Col. John Edward Harden, of the Munster and Leinster Fusiliers, by his wife, Alice Mary (Lexden Villa, Shrub End, Colchester), dau. of the late Major-Gen. Edwin Henry Atkinson, Madras Army, and gdson. of the late John William Harden, Barrister-at-Law, Inner Temple, Judge of the Chester County Court, by his wife, Angelina, 2nd dau. of Sir John Salusbury Piozzi-Salusbury, of Bryn-bella, co. Flint; b. Ealing, 23 March, 1881; educ. Colchester, and Dulwich College; joined the 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt. 6 Sept. 1899; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Oxford and Buckinghamshire L.I. 5 Jan. 1901; was promoted Lieut. 2 Sept. 1903, and Capt. 22 Jan. 1910; served through the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in the operations in Cape Colony, Dec. 1900 to Jan. 1901, and in those in the Orange River Colony, Jan. 1901 to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with two clasps and King’s medal with two clasps); and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 12 Aug. 1914 to 21 Oct. 1914, on which date he was killed instantly by a sniper between the villages of Langemarck and Roelcappel while bravely leading his company into action at the First Battle of Ypres. His body was placed in a farmhouse, which in the course of the action was destroyed by fire. His commanding officer, Col. Davies, wrote: “Your son was one of the best company commanders I have ever seen. He was very good in peace, and the war gave him more opportunities of showing how a company should be commanded. I had noticed his good work and the great trouble he took from the very first, and I have great hopes that his name may be mentioned in the next Despatches. He was commanding his company in an attack, and had shown great skill in conducting the advance. At the moment he was killed I was talking to him about the next thing to do, when a chance bullet hit him in the head. He is a great loss to us, for he was a fine soldier. He was fearless in action and always did the right thing.” And Capt. Blewitt wrote: “He was never downhearted in the depressing days of that retreat from Mons, and was so brave and capable in all the jobs we were given to do. I shall always be proud to have served under him, and had absolute confidence in his judgment and arrangements”; while Lieut. Tolson declared him to have been the best officer he had ever served under. “I shall never expect to serve under a better one, and he inspired confidence in us all.” Capt. Harden was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915. He m. at Holy Trinity Church, Brompton, 3 July, 1905, Daisy, only dau. of the late Capt. G. Scott, late Scots Greys, and had a son and dau.: Robert Allan George, b. 11 Sept. 1908; and Daphne, b. 20 Aug. 1910.

=HARDES, JOHN=, Private, No. 2438, 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd s. of the late Alfred Hardes, 4th Hussars, by his wife, Matilda, dau. of William Loose; b. Fulham, S.W., 3 Sept. 1895; educ. Ashburnham Higher Grade School, Chelsea, S.W., and being left an orphan at 16, made his home with Mr. and Mrs. Satchell, of Marlborough Buildings, with the former of whom he went to Canada in 1912 to work on the Canadian railways. Returning to England in 1914, he was employed by Messrs. Bull, Builders, Vauxhall, but when war was declared volunteered and joined the Kensingtons, 1 Sept 1914. He went to France, 6 Jan. 1915, and died in No. 7 Clearing Station, 12 March, 1915, from wounds received at Neuve Chapelle on the 10th; unm. A comrade wrote: “It happened in the morning of the bombardment of Neuve Chapelle, where we were in the support trenches. We were all mad with excitement, and it appears that while Jack was jumping up to see the effect of our shells a sniper shot him through the head.” Buried in Merville Cemetery. When 15 he joined the Christ Church Chelsea Athletic Club, and became a member of the Young Men’s Class, and on his return to England he rejoined and played for the second eleven of the Melton Cricket Club, which won the Cup in the 4th Division of the Clapham Common League.

=HARDING, ALFRED=, Private, No. 2124, 3rd Battn. Australian Imperial Force, s. of Worthing Harding, of 53, Lewisham Avenue, Lewisham Road, Smethwick, Labourer; b. Blue Street, Walsall, 14 Feb. 1903; educ. Smethwick and Handsworth Council Schools; emigrated to Australia in March, 1914; volunteered and enlisted, 8 Oct. following; and died in Malta, 21 July, 1915, of sunstroke received while on active service at the Dardanelles, 15 July, 1915; unm.

=HARDING, ERNEST FRANK=, Private, No. 1630, 7th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), yr. s. of George Edwin Harding, of 68, Clonmell Road, Tottenham, by his wife, Beatrice Emma, dau. of the late Richard Flawn, formerly of the Metropolitan Police; b. Friern Barnet, co. Middlesex, 17 April, 1895; educ. St. James’s School there and Downhills (Tottenham) Council School; was a Pianoforte Maker; joined the Middlesex Territorials in the early part of 1912, and was recalled with his battn. from his third annual training on the outbreak of war and sent to Gibraltar, Sept. 1914; returned to England, Feb. 1915, and was sent to France in March, 1915, and was killed in action at Fauquissart, France, 17 June, 1915; unm. He was buried in the Rue Tilleloy there (Graveyard Square M 24A 9.7., Map 36, 3rd Ed.). The Sergt. of his platoon wrote: “He was shot in the side whilst on water-carrying fatigue early this morning, and died less than half an hour after being struck.... He was under me all through his career as a soldier, and was one of the oldest men, as regards service, in my platoon. He will be missed by all as a hard working and efficient soldier and a true comrade.”

=HARDING, GEORGE=, Chief Stoker, 285296, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HARDING, HARRY=, Private, No. 9244, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Harry Harding, of 17, Rhoda’s Terrace, Strickland Street, Hull, by his wife, Mary Ann; b. Hull, 15 Nov. 1894: educ. Daltry Street Board School there; enlisted 2 Sept. 1911, went to France 10 Aug. 1914, and died in No. 11 General Hospital at Boulogne, 3 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action near Ypres, 26 Oct.; unm. Buried in Boulogne Cemetery.

=HARDING, LIONEL COX=, 2nd Lieut., 5th Mountain Battery, R.G.A., eldest surviving s. of the late Judge Herbert Olive Denman Harding, Madras Civil Service (who was murdered on the verandah of the District Court, 22 Feb. 1916), by his wife, Sophia Louisa, dau. of Col. H. W. H. Cox; b. Westward Ho, Devon, 23 Aug. 1895; educ. Westward Ho Junior School, Blundell’s, Tiverton, and Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Garrison Artillery from Woolwich, 17 Nov. 1914; left for the front with the 5th Mountain Battery, 8 Feb. 1915, and served with the Expeditionary Force in France, Feb.-June, 1915. At Neuve Chapelle, after the capture of the village, he spent the rest of the day under fire building bridges across trenches and channels. On the evening of the 15 June he successfully took his gun up a shell-swept road and got it into position. Next morning he bombarded and destroyed a German trench opposite for an hour and a half. His gun was then damaged and he had to retire. He got all his men away safely and was himself leaving when he was struck by shrapnel in ten places. He lay in the trench till evening, unconscious most of the time--only woke twice--once to inquire how the battle was going and once to wish to help his men to put on the gas masks. He was removed to hospital that night, and died on the evening of the 18th; unm. He was buried in a separate grave (No. 1360) in the British Military portion of the Cemetery at Bailleul.

=HARDING, PERCY=, A.B., 221776, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=HARDING, STANLEY CUTHBERT=, Sapper, Divisional Engineer, R.N.D., s. of Edwin Banks Harding, of Manchester, Chartered Accountant, by his wife, Eliza Gertrude, dau. of Jasint Colson, Professor of Music; b. Trunk Farm, co. Hants, 1 April, 1886; educ. Collegiate School, Aldershot; enlisted 22 Sept. 1914, following the outbreak of war; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and died of enteric on H.M.S. Dongola, 24 Aug. 1915; unm. He was buried at sea between Malta and Gibraltar. The Major-Gen. wrote, speaking highly of his zeal and devotion to duty, and a testimonial from General Paris was presented to him on the field at Gallipoli on 29 July, 1915.

=HARDISTY, WILFRED=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 22817, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=HARDMAN, GEORGE=, Stoker, Petty Officer, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HARDY, LEONARD BASIL=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Worcestershire Regt., only s. of Basil Edward Hardy, of 66, Ladbroke Grove, London, W., Solicitor, by his wife, Janet, dau. of Dr. Leonard Yelf, of Moreton-in-Marsh; b. Kensington, 19 March, 1895; educ. Wootton Court, near Canterbury; Radley College, where he was Prefect and head of his house, Colour-Sergt. in the O.T.C., in which he obtained Certificate A., and represented the school at both cricket and football; and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted to the Worcestershire Regt. on 30 Sept. 1914, temporarily joining the 5th (Reserve) Battn., then stationed at Plymouth, 1 Oct. 1914. He was promoted Lieut. on 15 Nov. 1914, and went to France on 1 Jan. 1915, where he was attached to the 2nd Battn. He was killed in action at Festubert, 11 Feb. following, while in command of two platoons in the front trenches, and was buried at Gorre Chateau, near Bethune; unm. He was very popular in the Regt. amongst both officers and men, and letters from his superior officers speak of him in very high terms.

=HARDY, RICHARD JOHN=, Private, No. 760, C Coy., 1st Newfoundland Regt., 2nd s. of James Hardy, Tallyman and Weighmaster, at Goodridge & Sons, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Abram Bartlett, of Brigus, Newfoundland; b. St. John’s, Newfoundland, 28 Sept. 1894; educ. Bishop Field College there; was an Engineer at Reid; volunteered after the outbreak of war and joined the Newfoundland Expeditionary Force, 16 Dec. 1914; left for England, 5 Feb. 1915; went to the Dardanelles, 20 Aug., and died on the Hospital Ship Neuralia, 14 Oct. 1915, of wounds received in action there; unm. Buried at sea.

=HARDY, VICTOR HARRIOTT=, Lieut., 1st Battn. York and Lancaster Regt., att. 1st Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., yst. s. of the late Capt. Harmer Hardy, 18th Hussars (who served with the 97th Regt. in the Crimea), by his wife, Helena Hester (now wife of Arthur Nightingale), of West Hill, Sandown, Isle of Wight, dau. of John Jacob Cruywagen, of Newlands, and nephew of the late Major-Gen. Frederick Hardy, C.B., Col., York and Lancaster Regt., b. London, 26 June, 1887; educ. Farnborough Park and Eastman’s Royal Naval Academy; was at first intended for the Navy, but after Lord Selborne nominated him was found to be a fortnight too old, so he instead applied for a commission in the Army. He was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Militia, 1 March, 1907, and was gazetted to the York and Lancaster Regt., 20 March, 1909, and was at Blackdown with the 2nd Battn. until Sept. of the same year, when he left for India to join the 1st Battn. at Quetta; was promoted Lieut. 4 Oct. 1911, and after three years in India, returned home for a while; he then went back in Sept. 1912, and having served there a year, fell a victim to some climatic illness, and was invalided home, during which time he passed the examination for promotion to Capt. On mobilisation he was ordered to the 65th Regimental District, Pontefract, and was selected for duty with the 6th (Service) Battn. of his regt. at Belton Park, near Grantham. After the Lincolnshire had had some severe losses he was sent to the Front with a draft of the 1st Battn. of that regt., about 30 Sept.; served in France and Flanders, and was, it is believed, killed in an attack on a strong German position across a tract of open country, 27 Oct. 1914. He was buried at Neuve Chapelle; unm. Lieut. Hardy was keen on all forms of sport, especially riding, and was very fond of animals; he won the Regimental Cup in the Officers’ races while in the Special Reserve, and when a 2nd Lieut. carried the King’s Colours on the occasion of the visit of King George and Queen Mary to India for the Coronation Durbar. While a boy, Lieut. Hardy won the First Prize in Sandown in a demonstration to celebrate King Edward’s coronation in 1902.

=HARDY, WILLIAM FRANK=, Private, No. 179, 1st Newfoundland Regt., eldest s. of George Francis Hardy, of 60, Monroe Street, St. John’s, Newfoundland, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of William Reid; b. St. John’s, 23 Sept. 1893; educ. Springdale Street School, St. John’s, was a Truckman; enlisted after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; left for England, 4 Oct. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 23 Sept. 1915; unm.

=HARE, ALBERT HENRY=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 1863), Ch./11963, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HAREWOOD, GEORGE=, Stoker (Native), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HARGRAVE, GEOFFREY LEWIS=, Private, No. 41, 13th Battn., 4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, only s. of the late Lawrence Hargrave, of Sydney, N.S.W., Engineer, by his wife, Margaret (Wunulla Road, Woollahra Point, Sydney), dau. of David Johnston, of Sydney; b. Sydney, 21 March, 1892; educ. Sydney Grammar School; was an Engineer; enlisted soon after the outbreak of war, Sept. 1914; left for Egypt in Dec.; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April; and was killed in action there about 24 May, 1915, being buried in Anzac Cove; unm.

=HARGREAVES, HARRY=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch./1762. H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=HARGREAVES, ROBERT=, Private, No. 12/307, 6th Hauraki Coy., Auckland Infantry Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, s. of the late Peter Hargreaves, of Napier; b. Waipawa, New Zealand, 15 Dec. 1879; educ. Napier, Hawkes Bay; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Sept. 1914; left for Egypt, 16 Oct., and was killed in action during the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915; unm.

=HARKER, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4915), S.S. 104332, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HARLAND, REGINALD WICKHAM=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Hampshire Regt., 7th s. of the Rev. Albert Augustus Harland, Vicar of Harefield, Uxbridge, by his wife, Louisa Ellen, dau. of Henry Wilson; b. Harefield Vicarage, co. Middlesex; educ. Temple Grove, East Sheen, Wellington College, and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Hampshire Regt., 22 April, 1903, and promoted Lieut. 22 Dec. 1905, and Capt. 9 Aug. 1911; went to France, 20 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Ploegsteert, 30 Oct. following; unm. Buried in the churchyard there. A brother officer wrote: “It was a day of very hard fighting, in spite of very heavy fire he continued to watch with his field glasses the movements of the enemy in order to direct the fire of his men, when a bullet struck him in the head.” Capt. Harland won Lord Roberts’ Prize at Sandhurst as winner of the competition at drill.

=HARLAND, WILLIAM JAMES=, Seaman, R.N.R., A. 4422, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HARLAND, WILLIAM THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6014), 226744, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HARLEY, GEORGE ALEXANDER=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 22631, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=HARLING, WILLIAM JAMES=, Leading Signalman (R.F.R., B. 1057), 143377, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=HARLOW, THOMAS HENRY=, Acting Leading Stoker, 311600, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=HARMAN, CHARLES EDWARD=, Brevet Colonel and Lieut.-Col. Commanding 9th (Service) Battn., Royal Dublin Fusiliers, s. of the late James Harman, of Great Marlow, co. Bucks, by his wife, Anna Louisa, dau. of Capt. Smith, of Bath; b. London, 10 June, 1855; educ. Victoria College, Jersey; gazetted Sub-Lieut. 82nd Foot, 21 Sept. 1874; transferred to 89th Foot (2nd Royal Irish Rifles), 28 Aug. 1875: promoted Lieut. 21 Sept. 1875; Capt. Connaught Rangers, 30 March, 1881; Major, 21 Jan. 1890; Lieut.-Col. 8 Feb. 1898, and Brevet Col. 8 Feb. 1902; was Adjutant 89th Foot, 30 Nov. 1878 to 29 March, 1881, and of the 3rd Battn., 16 Sept. 1882, to 15 Sept. 1887: was sometime second in command of the 1st Connaught Rangers, and from 1898 to 1902 was in command of the 2nd Battn. in India, where he was for a short time A.A.G. in the Bombay Command, and in Sept. 1902, was appointed Acting Brigadier-General, Southern Command, India; was on Extra Regimental Employment, 27 Nov. 1902 to 13 Aug. 1904, when he retired. On the outbreak of the European War he at once offered his services, and on 7 Sept. 1915, was given the command of the 9th (Service) Battn. of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, and died at Buttevant, Ireland, 5 Jan. 1915, while on service with his regt. He m. at St. James, Dublin, 2 Aug. 1883, Edith Jane Gertrude, only dau. of the late George Edward Newland, Commandant and Inspector-General, R.T.C., and had two children: Henry Newland Harman, 2nd Lieut., R.F.A., now (1916) on active service in France, b. 9 Jan. 1886, m. 15 Jan. 1914, Sidney Georgina, eldest dau. of Lieut.-Col. James Lowry Cole Acton, and has two children: Ruth Edith, b. South Africa, 14 Nov. 1914, and Cicely Elizabeth, b. 6 March, 1916; and Lilian Ethel, m. 22 Sept. 1904, Col. E. P. Smith, R.F.A., who was killed in action at the Dardanelles.

=HARMAN, GEORGE MALCOLM NIXON, D.S.O.=, Major, 2nd Battn. The Rifle Brigade, eldest s. of the late Lieut.-General Sir George Harman, K.C.B., by his wife, Helen Margaret, dau. of John Tonge, of Starboro’ Castle, Edenbridge; b. London, 14 Nov. 1872; educ. Marlborough and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Rifle Brigade, 7 Nov. 1891; promoted Lieut. 11 Oct. 1893, Captain, 1 Jan. 1898, and Major, 26 June, 1907; was employed in Uganda with the King’s African Rifles, 19 Jan. 1900, to 9 Nov. 1904, being engaged on the Anglo-German Boundary Commission, west of Victoria Nyanza, 8 July, 1902, to 9 Nov. 1904; took part in the Expedition under Col. Delm-Radcliffe into the Lango country, and was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 12 Sept. 1902], and awarded the medal with clasp, and the D.S.O., for exceptional services both military and political. On returning home in 1905 he was posted to the 4th Battn. Rifle Brigade at Chatham, and later joined the 2nd Battn. in India. On the outbreak of war he came home with his Battn., went to France, 6 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Laventie, 27 Nov. following, by a shell; buried in the cemetery there. He m. at St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington, 21 Oct. 1913, May, eldest dau. of Evan Davies Jones, of 6, Addison Road, W., and Pentower, Fishguard, co. Pembroke; s.p.

=HARMAN, HERBERT REGINALD=, Private, No. 669, 9th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, only child of the late Herbert James Harman, of Windsor, by his wife, (--), dau. of (--) Butler; b. Windsor, co. Berks, 17 Dec. 1882; educ. St. Stephen’s, Clewer, Windsor; was a Private in the old Volunteer Battn. (The Buffs), East Kent Regt., being for three or four years battn. shot, previous to his departure for Australia. There he was a motor mechanic at Lismore, N.S.W., but on the outbreak of war he enlisted and left with the first contingent of the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force for the Dardanelles. He died there on the S.S. Ionian, 6 May, 1915, from wounds received in action, and was buried at sea. A comrade stated: “I saw him at Gaba Tepe, at 2 o’clock, in the thick of the fight, doing his duty manfully.” Private Harman m. at Holy Trinity Church, April, 1908, Susanna Elizabeth (16, Albany Place, Cowgate Hill, Dover), sister of Private H. C. Hart, who died of wounds, 17 Jan. 1916 (see his notice), and dau. of John William Hart, Master Mariner, and had one son: John Herbert Granville, buried 4 April, 1909. His brother-in-law, Private H. C. Hart, of The Buffs, was killed in the Persian Gulf (see notice).

=HARMAN, JOHN BOWER=, 2nd Lieut., R.F.A., only s. of the late Lieut.-Col. James Frederick Harman, R.A., by his wife, Ellen S. (22, Egerton Terrace, S.W.), dau. of late James Norris of Castle Hill, Bletchingley; b. Blackheath, 24 April, 1893; educ. St. Christopher’s, Eastbourne; Charterhouse, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, where he was placed 2nd for riding and obtained the Benson Memorial Prize and Cup; gazetted to the R.F.A., 19 July, 1912; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 15 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at the Battle of Le Cateau, 26 Aug. following; unm. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, for “gallant and distinguished service in the Field.” He was devoted to hunting. While stationed at Bulford, the winter before the war, he obtained his Flying Certificate. He wished to join the Flying Corps, but was not allowed to leave his Battery (29th) as he had so little service.

=STAFFORD-KING-HARMAN, EDWARD CHARLES=, Capt., Irish Guards, eldest s. of Sir Thomas Stafford, of Rockingham, co. Roscommon, 1st Bart., C.B., J.P., D.L., by his wife, Francis Agnes, only surv. child of the late Col. the Right Hon. Edward Robert King-Harman, of Rockingham, P.C., M.P.; b. Belfast, 13 April, 1891; educ. Eton and Sandhurst; gazetted to the Irish Guards, 9 Sept. 1911, and promoted Lieut. 11 June, 1912, and Capt. 15 Nov. 1914; went to France, 20 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Klein Zillebeke, 6 Nov. following. “He came to Mr. Vaughan’s house in 1904. Even as a Lower Boy he had a quiet dignity, which made him as much respected as he was liked, and this was always a characteristic which gave him a certain distinction wherever he went. Though he was much hampered by ill-health, he gained the House Colours, and many will remember his dashing game. In 1910, he was in the Shooting VIII, and a Colour-Sergt., and brought the Section Cup to his House, in the same year winning the Scott Cup and Bucks County Cup. No boy had ever a higher standard of conduct; devoted to all manly sport (he kept a pack of harriers in Ireland after he left Eton), and full of Irish humour, he had at the same time the refinement of mind of a saint, though few knew the thoughts which underlay his life. Any boy who was weak found in him a protector, and his presence was a silent rebuke to all meanness” (Eton College Chronicle). He m. at the Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks, 4 July, 1914, Olive, only child of Capt. Henry Pakenham-Mahon, of Strokestown Park, co. Roscommon, Ireland, and had a daughter, Lettice Mary, b. 10 April, 1915.

=HARMER, HORACE WILLIAM=, E.A., 3rd Class, M. 3062, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HARNEY, JOHN=, E.R.A. (R.N.R.), 1038 E.A., H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HARPER, GEORGE EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I., P.O. 14886, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HARPER, WILLIAM JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8353), S.S. 104430, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=HARPER, WILLIAM PERCIVAL JOSEPH=, Stoker, 1st Class, 235017, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1915.

=HARRELL, HERBERT WILLIAM=, Stoker, P.O., 287426, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HARRIES, ERIC GUY=, Capt., Machine Gun Section, 1/7th Royal Welsh Fusiliers (T.F.), yst. s. of Thomas Davies Harries, of Grosvenor House, Aberystwyth, F.R.C.S., M.R.C.P. (London), J.P., by his wife, Annette, dau. of Lionel Benson, of Royal Avenue, Chelsea, and grandson of David Harries, of Llaneast, near Fishguard; b. Grosvenor House, Aberystwyth, co. Cardigan, 30 Oct. 1892; educ. Highgate School, London, and on leaving there served his apprenticeship as an engineer at the Cambrian Railway Works, Oswestry. He received a commission in the 7th (Merioneth and Montgomery Territorial) Battn., Welsh Fusiliers, 1 April, 1913, was promoted Lieut. 2 Sept. 1914, and Capt. April, 1915; went to the Dardanelles, July, 1915, was mortally wounded on Chocolate Hill, Suvla Bay, 10 Aug. 1915, and died on board the Hospital Ship Euripides, on the 17th; unm. Buried at Mudros East, Lemnos (Grave 49). His commanding officer, Col. Jelf-Reveley, wrote: “I am proud to say that your son’s behaviour on Aug. 10 under fire has been most favourably reported on by several officers. He was perfectly cool, and led his men like a veteran.”

=HARRINGTON, JOHN JOSEPH=, 1st Class Air Mechanic, No. 486, Royal Flying Corps, s. of John Harrington, of Newport, co. Monmouth, Master Plasterer; b. there 24 Feb. 1888; educ. St. Mary’s Roman Catholic School in that town; joined the Royal Monmouth Engineers in 1905 as a Sapper, obtained his discharge in 1908; for some time drove the mail between Tredegar and Newport, and was afterwards employed at the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company’s works at Filton, Bristol. He joined the Royal Flying Corps, 20 Nov. 1912, and was killed in action in the fighting around Ypres, 13 Nov. 1914; unm. He was buried at a farm 1,000 yards north of Zillebeke, south-east of Ypres.

=HARRIS, ALFRED HENRY=, Petty Officer, Tel., 239886, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HARRIS, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 11622, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of James Harris, of Chaffecombe, Chard, Somerset, Farm Bailiff, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of John Keener; b. Ottery St. Mary, co. Devon, 26 Dec. 1889; educ. there; was a Mason’s Labourer; enlisted 2 Sept. 1914; went to France 21 Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at Vermelles, Belgium, 4 Oct. 1915; unm.

=HARRIS, BERTRAM PAGE=, L.-Corpl., No. 263, Machine-gun Section, 13th Battn., 4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, only s. of Page Harris, of St. Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, by his wife, Sarah Lucy; b. St. Leonard-on-Sea, 12 Nov. 1887; educ. National School there; went to Australia in 1912, and was up country when war was declared, and at once went to Sydney to join the Commonwealth E.F. then forming; left for Egypt in Dec. 1914; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action at Gaba Tepe four days later, 29 April; unm. His officer wrote that he was universally liked and respected by his section; as a soldier, he considered he had no better man, adding “he was the senior number in his gun crew and was the first man into their gun position after the long and distressing struggle from the shore forward, and he was our first casualty.”

=HARRIS, CHARLES EDWIN=, Acting Chief Yeoman Signalman, 186240 Devon, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HARRIS, ERNEST GEORGE=, E.R.A., 2nd Class, 271658, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HARRIS, FREDERICK ALBERT=, Petty Officer (T.), 173534, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HARRIS, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3716), 185125, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HARRIS, HENRY JOHN=, Petty Officer, 155005, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HARRIS, JOHN AUGUSTE EMILE=, L.-Corpl., No. 2251, 2nd Battn. Australian Imperial Force, and 2nd Lieut. Sydney Senior Cadets, eldest s. of Alfred Thomas Harris, of 165, Denison Street, Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales, Pharmacist, by his wife, Camille Marie, dau. of Henri Prudhomme, Lieut. French Navy; b. Sydney, 6 Oct. 1899; educ. at the Cleveland Street High School there. On 31 Jan. 1913, in his 14th year, he was registered among the senior cadets, Sydney, in compliance with the Commonwealth Defence Act; was promoted Corpl. 1 May, 1914; passed and promoted to Colour-Sergt. 17 June, 1914, and passed for 2nd Lieut. 28 March, 1915, his appointment being confirmed a few days before he enlisted, so that he was the youngest commissioned officer in the Australian Commonwealth Forces. He enlisted on 2 June, 1915, and as he had passed in Musketry as “Marksman” in the cadets, his former training held good, and he only remained a few days in the Liverpool Training Camp, and left Sydney on 16 June, as L.-Corpl. of the sixth reinforcements for the 2nd Battn. of the 1st Infantry Brigade. He was about a fortnight in Cairo and was hurried off to Gallipoli, arriving at Anzac and joining his battn. on 5 Aug. Next day, 6 Aug., he took part in the big charge on, and capture of, the Turkish trenches at Lonesome Pine, and was officially reported killed in action on 8 Aug. The officer in charge of the sixth reinforcements, Lieut. La Touche, wrote to his mother from the transport in the Mediterranean: “Your son, L.-Corpl. Harris, is with me, and I shall try to keep him with me throughout the campaign. He is a gallant little fellow, with the greatest of military virtues--faithfulness--and as such is of very great assistance to his officers. If he had only a few years more to his credit, he would make a fine officer. Meanwhile he is doing his duty without a thought of self, and will serve his country as an Australian gentleman should. I will try to keep him with me, and to see after him so far as I can. Of course, my power is very limited, but we are both in God’s hands, and He doeth all things well.” [Lieut. La Touche was killed on 6 Aug.] Lieut.-Col. Cass, commanding the 2nd Battn., wrote: “But you may rest assured that he took part in one of the outstanding features of the Gallipoli fighting, and did his duty well.” Like many other Australian boys, he was full of enthusiasm in military matters, but his career was an all too brief one. He was only 15 years and 10 months old when he died. “Purpureus cum flos succisus aratro.”

=HARRIS, JOHN FREDERICK=, Private, No. 14902, 1st Battn. The Welsh Regiment, s. of the late John Henry Harris, Shoemaker, by his wife, Agnes Florence, dau. of Gabriel Evans; b. Neath, 11 March, 1894; educ. Council Schools there; was a steelworker; enlisted at the outbreak of war, 29 Aug 1914; went to France, Jan. 1915, and died at Zillebeke, 8 May, 1915, of wounds received in action there on the 3rd; unm. Buried Hazebrouck Cemetery. He was a member of St. Thomas’ Choir, Neath.

=HARRIS, JOSEPH WALTER=, Lieut. 3rd (Reserve) Battn. Lincolnshire Regt. (attd. 1st Battn.), s. of George Harris, of Swallowbeck, Lincoln, Secretary of the Lincoln Co-operative Society, by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of John Thacker; b. Lincoln, 19 June, 1889; educ. Lincoln Grammar School, at which he won a scholarship from an elementary school, and Nottingham University where he was a member of the O.T.C.; graduated B.Sc. with First-class Honours, London University, 13 Dec. 1911; devoted himself to chemical research and became F.I.C. 15 May, 1914; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Lincolns, from the Nottingham University, O.T.C., 15 Aug. 1914; promoted Lieut. 30 Jan. 1915; went to France 2 Dec. 1914, was attached to the 1st Battn. of his Regt.; and was killed in action at Hooge, 3 June, 1915. He m. at Grimsby, 3 Oct. 1914, Mabel (Swallowbech, Lincoln), dau. of Joseph Laughton, of North Somercotes; s.p.

=HARRIS, LANCELOT GRAHAM=, Private, No. 1112, 1st Battn. Honourable Artillery Company, only s. of Robert Jefferson Harris, of 21, Alexandra Road, Finsbury Park, London, formerly of Mysore, India, Coffee Planter, by his wife, Maud Ellen, dau. of Orlando Edmonds, of Northfields House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, J.P.; b. Lymington, co. Hants, 17 May, 1894; educ. Denstone College (1908–13, 6th Form Prefect; Sergt. in O.T.C.; shot at Bisley for school); Berlin (1913); and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (1913–14, to which he obtained an open Exhibition); joined the Honourable Artillery Company two days after the declaration of war, 7 Aug. 1914, left for St. Nazaire, 19 Sept.; was in the trenches from October until 27 April, 1915, when he was mortally wounded at Dickebusch by shell fire, having both legs broken, and died there the following day, and was buried at La Clyte Cemetery; unm. His Platoon Commander wrote: “His bravery was absolutely magnificent, he was perfectly splendid all the way through--thoroughly keen, and willing to do anything. My platoon has lost a good soldier and a favourite companion”; and a comrade, writing to his own father, said: “I am very sorry to say they killed a young fellow called Harris, one of the old stagers of St. Nazaire. He Was frail looking and slim, and quite a boy, with an almost girlish face, but had the spirit of a bulldog and the soul of a saint. The grit with which he stuck the hardships of the winter, and his continual cheeriness and helping of others, when he was almost done up himself, used to make me proud to be in the regt. with him. When a spirit of such temper as that of young Harris is lost from among us, I tell you it leaves a very big gap indeed.”

=HARRIS, NORMAN=, Midshipman, Royal Navy; only surviving s. of William Birkbeck Harris, of the White House, Hayes, Kent, by his wife, Kathleen Marion, dau. of Edward Carey, of Shortlands, Kent; b. Hayes, 7 Nov. 1898; educ. Parkfield, Hayward’s Heath, and at Osborne and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges; joined H.M.S. Bulwark, 4 Aug. 1914, and was lost when that vessel was blown up off Sheerness, 26 Nov. 1914. He was the Senior Midshipman.

=HARRIS, NORMAN ELTON=, Corpl., No. 603, 4th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, only s. of George Copley Harris, of Wallandra, Parkes, N.S.W., Landowner [4th s. of the late William Harris, co. Limerick], by his wife, Kathleen Spring, dau. of (--) Spring-Rice; b. Bathurst. N.S.W., 2 Dec. 1887; educ. Sydney. After the outbreak of war enlisted in the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, 1 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 19 June, 1915; unm. Writing to his father, Major Storey said that he had distinguished himself twice previously and had acted with great bravery.

=HARRIS, WALDRON=, E.R.A. 1st Class, 269689, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HARRIS, WILLIAM=, S.S.A., M. 1034, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HARRIS, WILLIAM CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10031), S.S. 107618, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea 22 Sept. 1914.

=HARRIS, WILLIAM HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3468), 187321, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HARRIS, WILLIAM THOMAS=, Private, No. 11862, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards; only s. of George Harris, of South Newington, Banbury, Oxon, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Thomas Nash; b. South Newington, aforesaid, 18 Jan. 1887; educ. there; was a Farm Labourer; enlisted 11 Sept. 1914; went to France, 9 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 30 March, 1915; unm.

=CARR-HARRIS, ERNEST DALE=, Capt., R.E., eldest s. of Robert Carr-Harris, of The Vale, Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada, Professor of Engineering, Royal Military College of Canada, by his wife, Ellen Jane, dau. of Robert Wiley Fitton, of co. Cork; b. Thurso, P. Quebec, Canada, 14 Feb. 1878; educ. at Queens University, and after four years’ course at the Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, graduated in 1899 at the Head of his Class, taking Honours in 13 subjects out of the 15 subjects of the course of the College, and received the Gold Medal of the year for subjects of instruction, and the Sword of Honour for distinction in Conduct and Discipline; gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.E. 19 June, 1899, and promoted Lieut. 29 Dec. 1901, and Capt. 19 June, 1908; served in China, 1900, during the Boxer rebellion (medal with clasp), and was detailed to construct the defences of the British Legation Grounds at Pekin; was then for two years Senior R.E. Officer at Singapore, and was afterwards engaged in the construction of the Military transfrontier road across the zone of the independent tribes between India and Afghanistan, on the completion of which he was nominated to the India Staff College at Quetta by the Gen. Commander-in-Chief. He completed his course in Sept. 1914, and was immediately detailed for service in East Africa, and was killed in action there, 3 Nov. of 1914; unm. Capt. Robertson wrote: “Capt. Carr-Harris was the first to land to examine Culvertsand Mines. It happened in the dark--he was surrounded in the Bush and put up a splendid fight. He seized a rifle and with a few others, whom he had collected on the spot, made a counter-attack and drove them back. He was found shot through the head. Our casualties were bigger in proportion than those suffered in European fights.” His two younger brothers are now (1916) taking their course at the Royal Military College of Canada. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church.

=WILLIS-HARRIS, RALPH CLAUDIAN=, Private, No. 65418, 24th Battn. (Victoria Rifles), 2nd Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force, s. of the late William Willis-Harris, of Midhurst, by his wife, Ada Sarah (now wife of Thomas Charles Popplewell, of Easebourne, Midhurst, Sussex), dau. of Ezra Battell; b. Pulborough, co. Sussex, 7 Aug. 1892; educ. Midhurst Grammar School; was an employee of the Bank of British North America, first in London and then at Montreal; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and joined the Canadian E.F. in Oct. 1914; came over with the 2nd Contingent, 20 May, 1915; went to France in Sept., and died 9 Nov. 1915, of wounds received the previous day, while assisting to carry a wounded comrade to the dressing station; unm. Buried in the Military Cemetery at Bailleul. Major R. O. Alexander wrote: “Your son was a very gallant soldier and a very fine man. I feel as if I had lost a great friend, and undoubtedly one of the most valuable men in my Company”; and Lieut. A. L. S. Mills wrote: “In case you have not heard the details, he was helping to carry one of his comrades (Private Diver), who afterwards died, to the dressing station, when they were seen by the enemy, who opened fire on them with machine-guns. Your son was hit, and had himself to be carried to the dressing station with Diver. He bore any pain he may have suffered with such wonderful nerve that everyone expected him to be up and about again in a very short time. Your son was one of my finest men, and ever since the sad news of his death came out, his friends have seemed absolutely stunned. He never shirked any work that came his way; in fact, time and again he volunteered for extra duties. He could always be entirely depended upon, and could easily have become a non-commissioned officer, but preferred to remain a Private with his friends.”

=HARRISON, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9598), S.S. 106971, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HARRISON, CECIL EUSTACE=, Major, 1st Battn. The Rifle Brigade, eldest s. of Robert Hichens Camden Harrison, of Shiplake Court, Henley-on-Thames, co. Oxon, J.P., by his wife, Helen Mary, dau. of the late Eustace Smith; b. London, 29 Jan. 1878; educ. Eton and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Rifle Brigade, 27 July, 1898, and promoted Lieut. 7 April, 1900; Capt. 12 April, 1904, and Major, 1 Dec. 1914; served (1) through the South African War, 1899–1902, being employed with the Mounted Infantry and as Station Staff Officer from 23 July, 1901; took part in the operations in Natal, 1899, including action at Lombards Kop; the defence of Ladysmith, including sortie of 10 Dec. 1899, and action of 6 Jan. 1900 (slightly wounded); operations in Natal, March to June, 1900, including action at Laings Nek (6 to 9 June); operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to 29 Nov. 1900, including actions at Belfast (26–27 Aug.) and Lydenberg (5–8 Sept.); operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900, to 31 May, 1902 (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 25 April, 1902], Queen’s medal with four clasps and King’s medal with two clasps); and (2) with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 27 Aug. 1914, to 12 March, 1915; was wounded at the Battle of the Aisne and invalided home, but returned to duty in Jan., and was killed in action at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915. He m. at the Oratory, Brompton, 23 Jan. 1912, Alice (29, Royal Avenue, Chelsea), yr. dau. of Major Sir Edwin Frederick Wodehouse, K.C.V.O., C.B., late R.A., Assist. Commissioner of Police [grandson of the Hon. Philip Wodehouse, Vice-Admiral of the White, 2nd s. of John, 1st Baron Wodehouse, of Kimberley], and had two children: Ralph Armine and Philippa Jane (twins), b. 2 Oct. 1912.

=HARRISON, CHARLES BREWSTER=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2275), 200443, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HARRISON, CHILLION BOOTH=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1168), 203776, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HARRISON, FRED=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Kimberley Regt., eldest s. of the late Ralph Seddon Harrison, of Halifax, co. York, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Thomas Moore; b. Halifax, 23 Feb. 1873; educ. Halifax Technical Schools; went to Africa in 1895, and entered the service of the De Beers Consolidated Mines in July of that year, and when war broke out had been for a long time chief of the data department of the Engineering Staff. He joined the Kimberley Volunteers soon after going to Kimberley; was made Sergt. in March, 1896; Sergt.-Major in 1897; Lieut. Oct. 1899, and promoted Capt. in 1900. He resigned his commission on the close of the Boer War in 1902, but on the formation of the 2nd Battn. rejoined and was given his old rank. He served (1) in Buchuanaland, 1896–97 (medal and clasp); (2) in the South African War 1899–1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps, “Transvaal,” “Orange Free State,” “Kimberley,” and King’s medal with two clasps “South Africa 1901,” “1902”), and (3) in the Expedition against German South-West Africa, 30 Sept. 1914–26 April, 1915. He was killed in action at Trekkopjes, German South-West Africa, 26 April, 1915, and was buried there. His Col. wrote: “He fell in the forefront of the line and he died a soldier’s death.” He and the late Cecil Rhodes were the first to meet the relieving force at Kimberley, 15 Feb. 1900. Capt. Harrison m. at Kimberley, 3 April, 1899, Adelaide Emma (4, Elsmere Street, Kimberley, South Africa), eldest dau. of William Henry Good, Westport, co. Mayo, and left three children: Frederick William, b. 30 Sept. 1900; Ralph Benjamin, b. 28 July, 1910; and Eileen Mary, b. 19 May, 1903.

=HARRISON, HENRY=, E.R.A., 1st Class, 269895, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HARRISON, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 836), 285301, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HARRISON, JOHN BAILEY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2392), 182829, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HARRISON, LEONARD JOHN=, Lieut., Indian Army, attd. 2nd Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers, elder s. of the Rev. Arthur Leonard Harrison, Rector of Yelverton, Norfolk, by his wife, Ethel, dau. of the late Major-Gen. John William Younghusband, C.S.I.; b. Burton, co. Pembroke, 21 Nov. 1895; was for five years a chorister at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, then went to Haileybury and passed into the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in Dec. 1912. He received his commission in the Indian Army, 8 Aug. 1914, and on the outbreak of war was attached to the Lancashire Fusiliers; went to France 16 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Shell Trap Farm about two miles N.E. of Ypres, on the road to St. Julien, 24 May, 1915; unm. His Colonel wrote: “Your son lost his life in endeavouring to retake some trenches which were lost. He behaved most gallantly, and nobody could have possibly shown a better example to the men. I am afraid his body was not recovered, as it lies between our lines and the Germans.” His Major also wrote: “Your son did sterling work for us, and we missed him badly when he was sent off to the Front. The officers and men deeply regret his loss.”

=HARRISON, THOMAS=, Ch. E.R.A., 2nd Class, 270750, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HARRISON, WILLIAM GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6606), 197077, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HARRISON, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 16459, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=HART, EDWARD JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7915), S.S. 103600, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HART, FREDERICK JOHN=, Gunner, R.M.A., 9811, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HART, HAROLD GEORGE=, Rifleman, No. 1767, 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), s. of G. I. Hart, of The Gables, East Acton Lane, W.; b. Collingham, Newark, co. Notts, 16 Jan. 1880; educ. St. Mark’s, Windsor, and Salisbury School, Salisbury, and was admitted a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Jan. 1914; enlisted 1 April, 1908, and was discharged (time expired) 31 March, 1914, but on the outbreak of war re-enlisted in Queen Victoria’s Rifles, 5 Aug. 1914; left with his regt. for the Front; served in France and Flanders, and was killed by a bullet wound received in a trench near Messines, Belgium, 8 Jan. 1915; unm. His Col. wrote to his parents: “Your boy was always splendid in his earnest endeavours to benefit the Coy. in every way. Not long ago a member of the Coy. got embedded in the mud of the trench, and whilst others waited to be ordered to help the man, your son got to work and largely by his exertions the man was released.”

=HART, HORACE CECIL=, Private, No. 2365, 5th Battn. The Buffs (East Kent Regt. (T.F.)), 2nd s. and 5th child of John William Hart, Master Mariner, by his wife, Eliza Jane, dau. of (--) Nowland, of Praze, Penryn, Cornwall; b. Dover, 7 June, 1895; educ. Holy Trinity Boys’ School, Dover; was in business with Messrs. Baker & Clarke, but on the outbreak of war enlisted, and after a period of training at Canterbury, Ramsgate, and Sandwich, sailed for India, 30 Oct. 1914. Here he remained until 15 Nov. 1915, when he left for the Persian Gulf, and died of wounds received in action there, 17 Jan. 1916; unm. His elder and next younger brothers also enlisted after the outbreak of war, the first in the R.F.A. and the latter in the Buffs, and are now (1916) on active service. A brother-in-law, L.-Corpl. H. R. Harman, Australian Imperial Force, died of wounds at the Dardanelles (see notice), and another, Drummer M. J. Ford, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt., is a prisoner of war in Germany.

=HARTNELL, CUTHBERT=, Capt., 8th Battn. West Yorkshire Regt. (T.F.), only s. of Wilson Hartnell, of Aysgarth, Roundhay, Leeds, M. Inst. M.E., M. Inst. E.E., M. Brit. Ass., F.R.S.S.A. Edinburgh, F.R.S.A. London, Managing Director of Wilson Hartnell & Co., Ltd., Leeds, Manufacturers of Dynamos, motors and electrical machinery, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Giles, of Manchester, and grandson of the Rev. Mark Antony Hartnell, M.A. Oxford; b. Leeds, 26 Aug. 1887; and was educ. at Bedford Grammar School and Leeds University. After leaving Bedford, he spent three years in the works of Messrs. J. & H. Maclaren, Ltd., Messrs. Kitson & Co.’s Airedale Foundry, and Messrs. Hathorn, Davy & Co., and then attended a two years’ course in Engineering and Science at the Leeds University. Subsequently he became a director of Wilson Hartnell & Co. (Ltd.), and was a member of the Leeds Court of Referees under the Insurance Act. At Leeds University he was a member of the O.T.C., and after rising to the rank of Col.-Sergt. was given a commission in the Leeds Rifles in 1911; and on the outbreak of war immediately volunteered for Foreign Service, and went to France with his battn. 15 April, 1915. He was promoted Capt. 10 June, and was killed in the trenches by a shell near Ypres, 16 July, 1915; unm. Capt. Hartnell was an Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers of London, and took a keen interest in boating and Rugby Football. He was capt. of the Leeds Rifles football team and also played for the University team.

=HARTNOLL, HUGH PETER=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Worcestershire Regt., s. of Sir Henry Sulivan Hartnoll, Puisne Judge of the Chief Court, Lower Burma, by his wife, Grace, dau. of the Rev. Peter Dodwell Digges La Touche; b. Bassein, Lower Burma, 16 Sept. 1893; educ. The Wells House, Malvern Wells, and Clifton College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Battn. Worcesters, 3 Sept. 1913, later posted to the 1st Battn.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and promoted Lieut. while serving there; killed in action, near Neuve Chapelle, 12 Dec. 1914; unm.

=HARTRIDGE, FRANCIS HENRY=, A.B., Acting Chief Stoker (R.F.R., B. 4499), 192177, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HARVEY, BERNARD MATHESON=, Lieut.-Commander, R.N., s. of the late Hon. Augustus William Harvey, of St. John’s, Newfoundland, by his wife, Elizabeth Gertrude; b. St. John’s, Newfoundland, 4 July, 1882; entered H.M.S. Britannia and obtained his naval cadetship in Jan. 1908, became Midshipman April following, sub-Lieut. Oct. 1901, Lieut. 31 Dec. 1903, and Lieut.-Commander, 1912; held various Torpedo Boat Commands, including T.B. No. 6, 1908–10 and the Destroyer Foyle, May, 1910–11; joined H.M.S. Cressy, 27 Jan. 1912, and was lost on 22 Sept. 1914, when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea. He m. 4 Aug. 1910, Hester, dau. of His Honour Josiah Wood, Lieut.-Governor of New Brunswick, and had issue a son: Maurice, b. 11 Oct. 1911.

=HARVEY, CHRISTOPHER EDWIN=, Rifleman, No. 2113, 17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd s. of Robert Charles Harvey, of 102, Whitehorse Street, E., Foreman, Stepney Borough Council, by his wife, Martha Charlotte, dau. of Benjaman Morris; b. Forest Gate, co. Essex, 8 Oct. 1894; educ. St. Mark’s School, Whitechapel, and on leaving school entered the employ of Messrs Lawrence & Sons, Hounsditch, Wholesale Toy Merchants, and was with them when war broke out; joined the Poplar and Stepney Rifles, 7 Aug. 1914; left for France 9 March, 1915, and was killed in action by shell fire at Pont Fixe, Givenchy, 16 May, 1915; unm. Buried in an orchard just behind the spot where he fell.

=HARVEY, EMMANUEL=, L.-Sergt., R.M.A., 9497, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HARVEY, JOSEPH VICTOR=, Private, No. 61974, C Coy. 22nd (French Canadian) Regt. Canadian Expeditionary Force, s. of Elie Harvey, of Murray Bay, P. Quebec, Canada, Merchant, by his wife, Liveadis, dau. of Louis Batti; b. Murray Bay, 8 Dec. 1891; educ. there and at St. John’s College, St. John’s, Quebec, and for ten years was employed in various departments of the Intercolonial Railways of Canada, and at the time of the declaration of war was Chief Clerk in the Master Mechanics Office. He joined the 22nd Regt. at Amherst, N.B., about 25 April, 1915, left Canada about 22 May, and died at East Sandling Camp, England, 29 July, 1915, from an accident; unm.

=HARVEY, LESLIE=, Lieut., 8th Battn. The Duke of Cambridge’s Own Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), only s. of Cecil Allenby Harvey, of Highgate House, Hawkhurst, Bank Manager, by his wife, Annie, dau. of Thomas Amey of Petersfield; b. Windsor, 3 Jan. 1884; educ. Eastbourne, and Isleworth; and was a Solicitor; joined the Inns of Court Officers Training Corps and obtained his B Certificate; and on the outbreak of war at once volunteered and was given a commission in the 8th Middlesex Regt., 28 Aug. 1914; and promoted Lieut. Feb. 1915. He was sent with his regt. to Gibraltar in Oct., returning to England the following Feb., and went to the Front a fortnight later; was killed in action near Ypres, 25 April, 1915, while leading a bayonet charge. He was buried at the level crossing about 11 kilometres east of Ypres; unm.

=HARVEY, RICHARD PRENTICE=, Major, 3rd (Reserve), attd. 2nd, Battn. Royal Berkshire Regt., 4th s. of the late John Harvey, of the firm of John Harvey & Sons, Ltd., Wine Merchants, Denmark Street, Bristol, by his wife, Mary Russell (3, Sion Hill, Clifton, Bristol), dau. of George Prentice, of Strathore, Fifeshire; b. Clifton, Bristol, 10 Dec. 1873; educ. Lambrook, near Bracknell, Marlborough, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Royal Berkshires, 7 March, 1894, and promoted Lieut. 25 Aug. 1897, and Capt. 12 March, 1904; served in the South African War, 1900–1902; was Railway Staff Officer from 30 Nov. 1900; took part in the operations in the Orange Free State, April to July, 1900; in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to Nov. 1900, and west of Pretoria, July to Aug. 1900, including action at Zilikat’s Nek; in the Transvaal, Nov. 1900 to July 1901; Orange River Colony, July, 1901 and in Cape Colony, July to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps and King’s medal with two clasps) and afterwards Egypt, Soudan and India. He retired 3 June, 1911, to join the family business of John Harvey & Sons, Ltd., and became a Director in 1914, and also a director of Charles Harvey & Co., Ltd., Kidderminster, but retained his connection with the Army by joining the special Reserve of Officers. On the outbreak of war he joined the 3rd Royal Berkshires at Portsmouth, and was promoted Major 26 Sept. 1914, and took out a draft to the 2nd Battn. at the Front, 18 March, 1915; and was in command of that battn. for a month, being gazetted temp. Lieut.-Col. from 3 to 4 May inclusive. He was killed in action near Fromelles, during the advance against the Aubers Ridge, 9 May following. Major Harvey m. at St. Mary’s Church, Leigh Woods, Bristol, 11 Aug. 1904, Eleanor Frances (Summerlands, Nailsea, Somerset), eldest dau. of the late Col. John Whaley Watson, Bombay Staff Corps, and had four daughters: Eleanor Nancy, b. 18 June, 1906; Jeanie Elizabeth, b. 19 June, 1908; Joan Mary, b. 29 March, 1911; and Marjorie Prentice, b. 3 Oct. 1914.

=HARVEY, WICKHAM LEATHES=, Lieut., 7th Duke of Connaught’s Own Rajputs, Indian Army, 2nd s. of Arthur Henry Harvey, of Hoon-Hay, the Drive, Belmont, Surrey, late P. & O.S.N. Coy. by his wife, Emily, dau. of the late Alfred Stanger-Leathes, of Leamington Spa, and Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; b. St. Margarets, Twickenham, co. Middlesex, 8 Jan. 1888; educ. Quernmore, Bromley, Kent, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. unattd. list for Indian Army, 9 Sept. 1908, and attd. to the 1st South Wales Borderers for his first year, joining them at Quetta, 9 Nov. 1908; was posted to the 7th D.C.O. Rajputs, at Dinapore, 7 Nov. 1909; and promoted Lieut. 9 Dec. 1910; served with his regt. at Jask and Chabar on the Persian Gulf, stopping the gun running, for a year, and went to Mesopotamia with it on the outbreak of the European War; took part in the fighting before and in the occupation of Basra, and the Battle of Kurna, where he was wounded, and was killed in action during a reconnaissance near Ahwaz, Persia, 3 March, 1915, while endeavouring to rescue a wounded brother officer, Lieut. Burgoyne Wallace; unm. His Col. wrote: “I brought to the notice of the ‘General Officer Commanding’ the plucky way he handled the machine-guns under a hot fire (at the Battle of Kurna); the regt. has lost a keen, zealous, and promising young officer. Personally he was a great favourite of mine and he showed great ability in the Gulf three years ago, when at Jask acting as Quartermaster.” Lieut. Harvey was mentioned in Despatches [Gazette of India, 25 June, 1915] “for the very efficient manner in which he brought up his machine-gun section in support of the 120th Infantry, and acted throughout with conspicuous bravery and coolness. He was wounded in this action just after adjusting a jam in one of his guns,” and again in General Sir John Nixon’s despatch of 1 Jan. [London Gazette, 5 April], 1916, “for gallant and distinguished service in the field.”

=HARVEY, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, 309477, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HARVEY, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Sergt.-Major, No. 361, 9th Australian Light Horse, Australian Expeditionary Force, eldest s. of Surgeon Lieut.-Col. Charles Albert Harvey, Indian Medical Service, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of the late Edward Jones, of Clonmel, co. Tipperary; b. Nagode, Central India, 9 Oct. 1875; educ. Galway Grammar School; went to South Africa in 1895; served in Matebeleland (medal) and in the South African War, 1899–1902, with Driscoll’s Scouts, and was twice wounded; and in 1902 was one of the picked men sent over to represent South Africa at the King’s Coronation and received the Coronation Medal. He afterwards went to Australia in 1912, and on the outbreak of the European War, volunteered and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force; left for Egypt in Jan. 1915; arrived at the Dardanelles, May 10, and was killed in action at Walker’s Ridge, Gallipoli, 7 Aug. 1915. Buried at Ari Burnu; unm.

=HARVEY, WILLIAM EDWARD=, S.P.O. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10437), 299944, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HARWOOD, ARTHUR EDMUND=, 2nd Yeoman of Signals (R.F.R., Ch. B. 325), 130190, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HARWOOD, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9496), S.S. 106874, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HASKELL, ERNEST BONE=, Private, No. 19815, 2nd Battn. Wiltshire Regt., s. of the late Harry Haskell, a Painter on Sir George A. Cooper’s Hursley Park Estate, by his wife, Anne, dau. of John Bone; b. Ampfield, co. Hants, 30 April, 1891; educ. Church of England School there. Had served four years in, and had just left, Romsey Coy. of the Hants Territorials when war was declared; enlisted in the Royal Warwickshire Regt., 24 Aug. 1914, being the first Ampfield lad to respond to the call for men; was subsequently transferred to the 2nd Wiltshires, and was killed in action in France at the Battle of Hulluch, 25 Sept. 1915; unm. A comrade (Private H. Wiltshire) wrote: “He was shot with a bullet through the lungs and he only lived a few minutes, and he did not speak to anyone.... He was a nice fellow, and he was liked very much in the company.... He was buried next day and a cross put on his grave, with his name and regt.”

=HASKELL, FRANK=, Gunner, R.M.A., H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HASKELL, HARRY JAMES PAYNE=, Private, No. 10977, 5th Battn. Dorsetshire Regt. (T.F.), s. of the late Harry Haskell, a Painter on Sir George A. Cooper’s Hursley Park Estate, by his wife, Anne, dau. of John Bone; b. Ampfield, co. Hants, 4 Sept. 1893; educ. Church School there; enlisted 7 Sept. 1914, and died in Malta, 30 Aug. 1915, of wounds received at the Dardanelles; unm. He was reported missing about 11 Aug., but there appears to be some confusion about this date, as a letter dated 10 Aug. was received from him saying he had a bad foot. The officer in charge of the Wounded Information Bureau in Malta, writing about it, said: “He arrived in Malta on the hospital ship Heuralia on the 29 Aug. suffering from a bullet wound in the left leg. The leg was amputated above the knee, but tetanus intervened, and he died at 6 p.m. on the following day. He was buried on the 31st in the Piela Cemetery.... His grave is No. 3, Row 7B.”

=HASLER, JULIAN=, Brigadier-General, The Buffs (East Kent Regt.), Commanding the 11th Infantry Brigade, 2nd s. of the late William Wyndham Hasler, J.P., of Aldingbourne House and Barkfold Manor, Sussex, by his wife, Selina Sarah, dau. of Lionel Charles Hervey; b. Halnaker House, Chichester, 16 Oct. 1868; educ. Winchester College and Sandhurst; gazetted to the Buffs, 19 Sept. 1888, and promoted Lieut. 4 Feb. 1892, Capt. 12 March, 1898, Brevet Major, 22 Aug. 1902, Major, 7 Feb. 1907, Lieut.-Col. 28 April, 1906, and Col. 11 Jan. 1910; was employed with the West African Frontier Force, 17 June, 1899, to 23 Feb. 1900; with the Rhodesian Field Force (on special service) 6 April, 1900 to 10 Oct. 1901, and with the West African Frontier Force, 17 June, 1903 to 25 April, 1910; served (1) with the Chitral Relief Force, 1895 (Medal with clasp); (2) in the Malakand Expedition on the North-West Frontier of India, 1897–8, took part in the operations in Bajaur and in the Mamund country, Utman Khel and Buner and in the attack and capture of the Tanga Pass (clasp); (3) in the South African War, 1899–1902, was severely wounded (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 15 Nov. 1901], Queen’s medal with four clasps and King’s medal with two clasps, Brevet of Major); (4) In West Africa (Northern Nigeria) 1903, during the Kano Sokoto Campaign (medal with clasp), and (5) again in West Africa, in command of operations in Northern Nigeria (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 18 Sept. 1906], Brevet of Lieut.-Col.). After the outbreak of the European War he was promoted Brigadier-General Feb. 1915, and was appointed to command the XIth Infantry Brigade. He went to France Sept. 1914; was wounded 21 Oct.; returned 20 Dec. in command of The Buffs, and was killed in action at St. Jean, near Ypres, 29 April, 1915. He was twice mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French [London Gazette, Feb. 17, 1915, and 22 June, 1915]. General Sir Charles Wilson, commanding the 4th Division wrote: “The 4th Division, and the whole Army has suffered a great loss in your husband’s death; he was not only a splendid soldier, but he was loved by everybody,” and General Lynden-Bell: “We all recognised him as one of our very finest Brigadiers. His bravery was extraordinary, and wherever the bullets and shells were thickest, he was sure to be found. I cannot express to you the terrible grief his death has caused to the whole of his Brigade, every man of which knew him and loved him.” General Hasler raised and commanded Hasler’s Australian Scouts, who did such excellent work in South Africa. He m. at Aldingbourne, 11 Aug. 1908, Edith Gwendoline, eldest dau. of Capt. John Orr-Ewing, 5th Dragoon Guards, and granddau. of Sir Archibald Orr-Ewing, 1st Bart., and had two sons: William Julian, b. 11 Oct. 1912, and John Wyndham, b. 21 April, 1914.

=HASLETT, JAMES HOLMES=, Private, No. 30, 3rd Field Ambulance, 1st Division Australian Imperial Force, eldest s. of John Haslett, of 37, Clooney Terrace, Waterside, Londonderry, by his wife, Hannah, dau. of Archibald Rosborough, of Inchna Park, co. Derry; b. Londonderry, 15 Dec. 1889; educ. Ebrington National School and Model School, Derry; emigrated to Australia, 1 April, 1910, and settled at Sydney; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the 3rd Field Ambulance in Queensland; left for Egypt with the Main Force; took part in the landing at Gallipoli, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there 9 Aug. 1915; unm. His Capt. wrote: “He was engaged in his usual duties as stretcher-bearer when a shrapnel burst came into our lines, and he and a friend with a stretcher ran across to give help to a man who was wounded. While attending to him, another burst came over them and wounded his friend and Jim. The former was not severely wounded, but your son was, and lived only half-an-hour afterwards. I attended him myself, and at one time his condition improved, and he flattered our hopes, but it was only temporary, and he went out as he lived--a fine, brave chap. He was one of my best and most willing workers, and was beloved by all the men in camp, who, in their votes after the action placed him at the top of the list as having done the best work. He thus gave his life in doing his duty, and I have no doubt he will meet with his just reward. I knew him before he joined the Ambulance, in Brisbane, where I was Medical Officer to an Amateur Athletic Club, and so I feel his death more than usual. He was known by all the men here as ‘Irish,’ and his friends were greatly affected by his death. They have put up a fine cross where he was buried on the beach. The bullet entered his neck, and must have almost severed the spinal cord.”

=HASLUCK, SIDNEY VANDYKE=, 2nd Lieut., Indian Army Reserve of Officers, attd. 14th Sikhs, eldest s. of the Rev. Ernest Edward Hasluck, of Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, by his wife, Agnes Milborough, dau. of Richard Holliott Eliot, J.P., D.L.; b. Handsworth, Birmingham, 11 Nov. 1888; educ. Marlborough College, where he was in the Cadet Corps, and served three years in the Dorset Yeomanry. In 1909 he went to Ceylon and became a Tea and Rubber Planter. He had joined the Ceylon Mounted Rifles, and on the outbreak of war, he volunteered for active service with the Ceylon Contingent, and accompanied this force to Egypt. In January, 1915, he obtained a commission in the Indian Army Reserve of Officers, and being attd. to the 89th Punjabis, took part in the fight at Kantara. Subsequently he proceeded to the Dardanelles, became attd. to the 14th Sikhs, and was killed in action, 4 June, 1915. The Officer Commanding 89th Punjabis wrote: “During the time your son was with us, both in Egypt and in the Dardanelles, he worked hard, both at Hindustani and at his military duties. During the fight at Kantara, he showed himself cool under fire. Again in the Dardanelles, when Capt. Scruby was wounded, he and Lieut. Masters carried on under a heavy fire, while the Double Company dug itself in, and he gave a good example to everyone near him. I may mention that I sent both his name and Lieut. Masters’ to the General Officer Commanding Brigade for a ‘Mention in despatches,’ though it is probable that owing to the large number of recommendations their names have gone no further.” Capt. Scruby wrote: “We were together in a trench for 3 days, and at the time I got hit we had gone on to take up a new position in front of the old line. He was left in charge all day; we had fairly heavy casualties and I feel sure that if it had not been for his influence our company would not have held the new line. Your son made the men dig a hole for me and looked after me until we were relieved that night.”

=HASTINGS, CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 6833 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HASTINGS, FREDERICK STEWART=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27391 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=HATCH, WILLIAM LEONARD RINGROSE=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria’s), elder s. of William Keith Hatch, Lieut.-Col. (retired) I.M.S., of 8, Earlham Road, Norwich, by his wife, Clare Catherine, dau. of Deputy Surgeon-Gen. S. Homan; b. Bombay, India, 27 Nov. 1890; educ. Shrewsbury and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Irish Fusiliers, 25 March, 1911, and promoted Lieut. 13 April, 1913. On the outbreak of war was at Quetta with his regt.; returned to England in Oct., and after a short stay went to France, and was killed in action near Vierstraat, 25 Jan. 1915; unm. Buried at Vierstraat.

=HATCHELL, THOMAS=, Acting Chief Stoker, 278685, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HATCHER, FRASER=, Rifleman: No. 2790, 12th Battn. (The Rangers), The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of Leonard George Hatcher, of 7 Dorville Road, Hammersmith, Clerk in Charge, West Kensington Station, District Railway, by his wife, Helen Johnston, dau. of Patrick Barry, Member Institute Journalists; b. Shepherd’s Bush, London, W., 2 Nov. 1898; educ. William Street Central School; was for some time a member of the Hammersmith Branch of the Lads’ Naval Brigade, and entered the Great Western Railway Co.’s service (Chief Accountant’s Office) in March, 1914; joined the Rangers, 1914, and showed so much keenness and energy in becoming efficient that he was selected for the service battn. and was one of the first to join it. He went to France, 8 March, 1915, and was killed in action north-east of Ypres, 4 May, 1915, and was buried near Fortuin; unm.

=HATCHER, GEORGE ERNEST=, Leading Stoker, 299240 (Dev.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HATFIELD, ROY BERRIMAN=, Lieut., 8th Battn. (Post Office Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), yr. s. of George Frederick Hatfield, of 11, Bedford Square, London, and The Old Lighthouse, South Foreland, Dover, Solicitor, by his wife, Ada Sophia Lucy, dau. of James Berriman Tippetts, and grandson of the late Charles William Hatfield, of Hall Cross, Doncaster; b. London, 6 Oct. 1885; educ. Merchant Taylors’ School, and Brasenose College, Oxford; was admitted to the Livery of the Merchant Taylors’ Company, 9 April, 1908, and a Solicitor in Jan. 1912; and obtained a commission in the Post Office Rifles on -- Jan. 1912. In 1914 he was appointed Private Secretary and additional A.D.C. to the Governor of Hong Kong with the local rank of Capt., but on war being declared he applied for leave and rejoined his regt., and went to France with them on 17 March, 1915. At Festubert he was acting as Bomb Officer; was mortally wounded while leading his men down a German trench, 24 May, 1915, and died in the Bethune Hospital the same day. He was buried in the Military Cemetery there. His Commanding Officer wrote: “He had most gallantly led an attack when he was mortally wounded. The success of our operations that night was very largely due to the most gallant way in which Roy had organised and arranged the bombers and gone into the minutest details with them before starting off. Needless to say Roy is one of the greatest losses the regt. has had, and will be mourned by all ranks.” He m. at Marylebone, London, 7 April, 1914, Florence Elizabeth Elaine, dau. of William Brownhill, of Dawson City, Alaska; s.p.

=HATHAWAY, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 1446, 4th Battn. East Yorkshire Regt. (T.F.), s. of Joseph Hathaway, of 17, Fleet Street, Stepney Lane, Hull, Plasterer; b. Hull, 7 Aug. 1894; educ. Beverley Road Council Schools there; was an employee in Messrs. Holmes’ Tannery, Hull; joined the 4th (Territorial Battn.) East Yorks Regt., in Feb. 1912; volunteered for active service on the outbreak of war; went to France, and was reported missing after the fighting, 4 May, 1915, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on that day; unm.

=HATHORN, GEORGE HUGH VANS (“Jerry”)=, Lieut., R.M.L.I., eldest s. of the late Charles Hugh Vans Hathorn, of Seconce Tea Estate, Assam, by his wife, Emily Rose (5, Ravenlea Road, Folkestone), dau. of the late Benjamin Bensley, and grandson of the late Admiral George Hathorn, R.N.; b. Tezpur, Assam, 30 June, 1887; educ. Pretoria House Preparatory School, Folkestone, and Dover College; joined the R.M.L.I. 1 Sept. 1906, promoted Lieut. 1 July, 1907; served in the West Indies, Gibraltar, and Home Waters; was appointed to H.M.S. Formidable, 25 Jan. 1914, and lost his life in the disaster to that ship, 1 Jan. 1915; unm. In forwarding the following report by Lieut. V. C. V. Soutter, senior surviving executive officer of the Formidable, the Admiralty added that had Lieut. Hathorn survived, an expression of their appreciation of his conduct would have been conveyed to him. The report is as follows: “Lieut. George H. V. Hathorn, Royal Marines, collected volunteers and searched the Marines’ mess deck for any gear that would float. At a time when things became critical, this officer penetrated as far aft as the ward room, using the after hatch in the port battery and aided solely by the light from a small electric torch. His passage was greatly impeded by strung hammocks. His conduct was extremely plucky, for he continued to work there collecting chairs, etc., though it was apparent to all that the ship might capsize at any moment without warning. To add to this, the water was at a dangerous level on the starboard side of the same deck.” Hathorn had passed for his Captaincy while in the West Indian Station. His yr. brother, 2nd Lieut. N. McD. Hathorn, was killed in action, 14 July, 1915 (see following notice).

=HATHORN, NOEL McDOUALL=, 2nd Lieut., 76th Punjabis, Indian Army, 2nd s. of the late Charles Hugh Vans Hathorn, of Seconce Tea Estate, Assam, by his wife, Emily Rose (5, Ravenlea Road, Folkestone), dau. of the late Benjamin Bensley, and grandson of the late Admiral George Hathorn, R.N.; b. Seconce, 26 Dec. 1891; educ. at Pretoria House, Folkestone, Dover College, and Wye Agricultural College; went to Ceylon tea planting in 1911; volunteered for service on the outbreak of war; joined the Ceylon Contingent, and was sent to Egypt. While there he was offered a commission in the Indian Army, and was gazetted to the 76th Punjabis, then at Suez, Jan. 1915. From Suez he was sent to the Persian Gulf, and was killed in action, being shot through the forehead, near Nasar-i-yeh, Mesopotamia, 14 July, 1915; unm. His colonel wrote to his mother as follows: “Your son was shot when most gallantly leading his men, much ahead of them, and in so doing had to swim a creek under fire. This was at night, and such fine action requires not only great nerve and determination, but splendid bravery in addition, and your boy has, I am gratified to learn, been recommended by the General for posthumous honour. The regt., of which I am proud, is proud of your son, and feels honoured that his name was on our rolls.” While at Wye College he won the champion light-weight boxing cup for one year, and in Ceylon was considered one of the leading sportsmen of his district. He won the quarter-mile race in record time for that country, and was one of the football fifteen for his province. His elder brother, Lieut. G. H. V. Hathorn, R.M.L.I., was lost in the Formidable, 1 Jan. 1915 (see preceding notice).

=HATTERSLEY, HENRY WILLIAM=, Ordinary Seaman, S.S. 4739, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HATTON, LEONARD NELVINGTON=, P.O., 198556, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HAVERY, RALPH SAINT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2892), S.S. 100180, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HAWKES, JOHN CORNOCK=, Lieut., R.A.M.C., attd. 8th (Service) Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 2nd s. of William Hawkes, of Bank House, Castletown, Berehaven, co. Cork, Manager, Munster and Leinster Bank, by his wife, Martha Elizabeth, eldest dau. of William Gillman; b. Castletown aforesaid, 3 March, 1885; educ. Cork Grammar School and Edinburgh University, and qualified as L.R.C.P., and S.Ed., and L.R.F.P.S. Glas. in 1910, and then went as a Ship’s Surgeon to West Africa, and afterwards to Canada. On the outbreak of war he volunteered and was gazetted Lieut., Royal Army Medical Corps, 6 Dec. 1914, and went to the Front the following May. He was killed in action at Hooge, 31 July, 1915, by a shell. His Col. wrote: “Your gallant son was beloved by officers and men for his genial pleasant manner and his genuine Irish wit, and his devotion to the wounded. He was a splendid professional man, and the battn. has suffered a severe loss by his death,” and Col. Thompson, writing on behalf of Surgeon-Gen. Porter, Director of Medical Service: “He was killed instantaneously by a shell, when advancing with his regt. near Hooge. They were about to take part in an assault on some trenches previously lost by another brigade. He bore the reputation of being a very gallant man, and one devoted to the care and succour of the wounded. He has now joined our band of heroes of the R.A.M.C., and his name will live on our annals and he himself in our memories as one who has conferred honour on the corps.”

=HAWKES, RUEBEN ERNEST=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9297), 203656 (Chatham), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HAWKINS, BENJAMIN=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111196, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HAWKINS, CHARLES FRANCIS=, Major, 46th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, only s. of the Rev. William Webster Hawkins, of Acomb, York, formerly, British Chaplain at Foochow, China, by his wife, Kate, dau. of Philip Leyburn, of London; b. Amoy, China, 16 Jan. 1880; educ. Haileybury; joined the Royal Artillery from the Militia, 17 March, 1900, and was promoted Lieut. 3 April, 1901, Captain 20 March, 1909 and Major 30 Oct. 1914; served (1) in the South African War, 1901–2; took part in the operations in the Orange Free State, March, and in the Transvaal, April-May, 1902 (Queen’s Medal with four clasps); and (2) with the 1st Division Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, Aug. 1914–25 April, 1915, and was killed in action on the latter date in France; unm.

=HAWKINS, CHARLES VINCENT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7332), S.S. 10225, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HAWKINS, FREDERICK ROBERT=, No. 5761, B Coy., 2nd Battn. Royal Fusiliers, 2nd s. of James Hawkins, of 2, Cumberland Street, Staines, by his wife, Maria, dau. of William May; b. Egham Hythe, co. Surrey, 22 June, 1881; enlisted Aug. 1897; served through the South African war (Queen’s medal with five bars and King’s medal with two bars), 1899–1902, and with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action, 4 June, 1915; unm. His eldest brother, William George, was killed in action (see following notice), and two other brothers are now (1916) on active service.

=HAWKINS, GEORGE AUGUSTUS=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 19106, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HAWKINS, HAROLD GEORGE=, 2nd Lieut., 11th (Service) Battn. Middlesex Regt., eldest s. of Francis Henry Hawkins, LL.B., Solicitor; Foreign Secretary, London Missionary Society, by his wife, Frances Lydia, dau. of George Dugall, of Birmingham; b. Wrexham, co. Denbigh, 10 Nov. 1890; educ. Colet House, Rhyl; Mill Hill School, London (to which he obtained an open entrance scholarship in 1904), and Hertford College, Oxford (where he obtained Open Classical Scholarship and took the Honours School in Classics, July, 1914); gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 11th Middlesex, 22 Aug. 1914; went to the Front, 31 May, 1915, and died 24 July, 1915, of wounds received at Armentières on the same day; unm. At School and College he had a good athletic record and was captain of his College Hockey Team and played hockey for the University.

=HAWKINS, LEONARD=, Corpl., No. 614, 5th Battn. (The London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd s. of Samuel James Hawkins, of 109, Whipps Cross Road, Leytonstone, Printer, by his wife, Lizzie, dau. of the late Thomas Hunt; b. Walthamstow, co. Essex, 13 Jan. 1891; educ. Newport Road Council School, Leyton, and the Worshipful Company of Carpenters School, Stratford; was an Accountant’s Clerk; enlisted early in Sept. 1914, after the outbreak of war; promoted Corpl., Feb. 1915; went out to France with a draft, 14 March, and was killed in action at Wieltje, during the Second Battle of Ypres, 13 May, 1915; unm. He was buried near the front trenches at Wieltje. Letters speak of his having “done extremely well” and having “died fighting bravely.”

=HAWKINS, LIONEL HOPE=, Lieut., 1st, attd. 6th, Dragoon Guards, only s. of Isaac Thomas Hawkins, of 90, Drayton Gardens, S.W., C.E., late Colonial Civil Service, by his wife, Mary Hope, yst. dau. of Richard Butterworth, of Lancaster; b. Chichester, 28 July, 1886; educ. Waynfleet; Winchester, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st Dragoon Guards, 2 Feb. 1907, going to India with his regt. the following Nov., and was promoted Lieut., 18 Feb. 1908. He passed his Captain’s examination in Oct. 1912, and did good work with the signalling, having charge of a brigade for two years. Being in England on leave when war broke out, he volunteered and was attached to the 6th Dragoon Guards, and went to France, 15 Aug. 1914. He served through the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne, and was killed in action on the night of 31 Oct.-1 Nov., when the Germans broke through our lines between Messines and Wytschaete in the 1st Battle of Ypres. The two forces had got mixed up, and Lieut. Hawkins observing a party approaching the trench which he held with his troop, got out of the trench and went forward. According to a statement made by a brother officer they shouted “Don’t fire! We are the London Scottish!” and he therefore continued to go forward. He had not gone more than 30 yards when he fell, shot through the right side. Two of his men immediately went out and brought him back to the trench, and he was carried back by his own men and the London Scottish towards Kemmel, but died shortly afterwards; unm. His Adjutant, Capt. P.M.A. Kerans, wrote: “Your son, of whom we had all grown very fond, was killed in an attack by the Germans in a line between Messines and Wytschaete in Southern Belgium on the night of 31 Oct. and 1 Nov. It appears that after the enemy had penetrated our line a party was observed by your son approaching the trench which he held with his troop. He ordered fire to open on them, but they shouted ‘Don’t fire, we are the Scottish’ and he ordered his men to cease fire; himself, bravely, but incautiously, got out of his trench and went towards them. He had gone about 30 yards when the Germans--for it was the Germans and not the London Scottish--opened fire and your son was seen to fall. Two men at once went out and brought him back to the trench. He was seen to be badly wounded in the right side and he was carried back by our men and the London Scottish towards Kemmel. On reaching a place of comparative safety two of the men went off to try and find a stretcher and two remained with your son who died very shortly afterwards. He had been unconscious from a few minutes after he had been hit and passed quietly away. The men were unable to bury him then and were obliged to leave him covered with a blanket at the edge of a wood, where I have no doubt, he has since been buried, but as, unfortunately, the Germans now hold the piece of ground, it has not been possible to do what would otherwise have been done. You have lost a gallant son and we a brave and well-beloved comrade who showed military qualities of a high order”; and Major S. W. Webster: “The farm we held was rushed by the Germans about midnight on 31 Oct. I at once went to the trench in which your son was. We retired from there to some reserve trenches about 200 yards in rear. I was there with him for about half an hour, I then left him to go and see a troop who were holding a trench on his right. After I had gone I believe he went forward a little to see if they really were Germans, as he seemed to think they were our own troops--it was pitch dark at the time. He was shot through the body, and some of my own men carried him back. He died when they had carried him about ½ mile to the rear. My man, Private Willings, then left the body under a fence. It was impossible to recover the body or even the wounded, as we had to evacuate the position at dawn. I am perfectly certain from what the men told me, that your son died within half an hour of his wound. It must seem strange to you, that we could not recover the body, but we were fighting for our lives through the night, in the pitch dark, over a front of at least half a mile. Three of our own officers and many men were left behind, and we do not even know if they are dead or prisoners.” Col. I. Annesley also wrote (12 Dec.): “Had your son lived it would not have been long before he earned great distinction, for he was very brave and a fine leader of men. On the night of the poor fellow’s death there were so many heroic actions on the part of my officers and men that it was impossible to pick out anyone in particular as being better than his fellows. As I say, had your son lived I should certainly have sent his name in for consideration at a later period for his splendid work as a troop leader from the beginning of hostilities, and I have written to this effect to the Brigadier General Commanding the 4th Cavalry Brigade, as I now hold a Staff appointment”; and Brigadier-General the Hon. Cecil Bingham, 4th Cavalry Brigade: “I only met your son, Lionel, when he became attached to the 6th Dragoon Guards, but I got to know him pretty well, and my regard for him grew as we got to know each other. During the retirement, and subsequently, he had several difficult patrols to carry out, and he always did his part with conspicuous success. He was a very brave man, and was careful of the lives of his men. On the night of his death, he, in company with many others, performed acts which redounded to their everlasting credit, but you will understand that all cannot be rewarded, the number was limited to two per unit, and a selection made from the reports.” In India he was known as one of the finest polo players, and was in the winning team of many tournaments, and besides was a good all-round sportsman. He played cricket for his school, won the steeplechase for his House at Winchester, and ran with his troop in the Marathon Race in June, 1908, when they won the Harkness Shield. “An excellent report which reflects great credit on Lieut. Hawkins, the Signalling Officer,” was the remark of the G.O.C., Ambala Cavalry Brigade, on Individual Tests, 31 March, 1913.

=HAWKINS, WILLIAM DAVID=, Leading Seaman, 195918, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HAWKINS, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Private, No. 1901, 8th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of James Hawkins, of 2, Cumberland Street, Staines, by his wife, Maria, dau. of William May; was an old Volunteer; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, was wounded at Hill 60, and died in King George’s Hospital, London, 28 June 1915. He m. at Egham, Surrey, Elizabeth, dau. of (--) May, and had four children: Frederick, b. 23 Oct. 1899; William, b. 25 Sept. 1900; Alfred, b. 9 Dec. 1902; and Bessie, b. 22 March, 1901.

=HAWKRIDGE, JOHN=, Rifleman, No. 2358 C Coy. 1/17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles), The London Regt. (T.F.), s. of Robert Hawkridge, formerly of the ... Regt.; b. 21 Aug. 18--; and was in the Special Reserve; joined the Poplar and Stepney Rifles, 1 Sept. 1914; went to France, and was killed in action at Loos, 26 Sept. 1915. Capt. E. A. B. Chandler wrote to his widow: “Our Battn. did its share in the great advance and your husband too did his part in the very best way, and it grieves me deeply to tell you that he fell while in the front line.... The life and soul of his platoon, always full of fun, ‘Tosh,’ as he was called, is very much missed. Fearless, too, he was, and I had often occasion to admire his coolness in dangerous positions. As far as I know he lies near the chalk pit at Loos.” He m. at St. Mark’s, Victoria Park, E., Daisy Florence (48, Mandeville Street, Clapton Park, E.), dau. of (--), and had a dau., Florence Lilian, b. 10 Jan. 1915.

=HAWORTH, BENJAMIN=, Signaller, No. 131, B Coy., 3rd Battn. 1st Division, Australian Imperial Force, eldest s. of Thomas Haworth, of 29, Bridge Street, Freetown, Bury, Lancashire, by his wife, Harriet, dau. of Thomas Ashworth, of Rossendale, Lancashire; b. Freetown, Bury, Lancashire, 21 Aug. 1891; educ. there; emigrated to Australia early in 1913, and settled at Morisset, N.S.W.; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, with his brother John Edward; left for Egypt on the Euripides, 20 Oct.; went to the Dardanelles, 29 Mar. 1915, and died of wounds received in action there, 9 Aug. 1915; unm. Buried at sea. His brothers, John Edward, now Sergt., No. 135, 3rd Battn. Australian Expeditionary Force, and Corpl. James Arthur Haworth, Machine Gun Section, 13th Battn. (5th Royal Highlanders), Canadian Expeditionary Force, are now (1916) on active service.

=HAWORTH, FREDERICK=, Corpl No. 3210, 10th Battn. (Service) Rifle Brigade, s. of Lister Haworth, of 10, Swan Street, Blackburn, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of John Macmillan, of Ayr; b. 2 June, 1879; educ. Christ Church School there; was a weaver; joined the 5th (Blackburn) Lancashire Artillery Volunteers in 1898, and was seventeen years with them (Medal) and was a Corpl.; volunteered for Foreign Service on the outbreak of war, 7 Sept. 1914. and died at the Isolation Hospital, Aldershot, 31 Mar. 1915, of spotted fever], contracted while training there. He m. at Christ Church, 1 Nov. 1902, Mary Alice (16 Swan Street, Blackburn), dau. of Richard Lang, and left two children: Maggie, b. 22 March, 1904; and Annie, b. 2 Feb. 1906.

=HAYDEN, HARRY=, Rifleman, No. 2083, C Coy., 1st Battn. Rifle Brigade, only s. of Arthur Hayden, of Haddiscoe, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Signalman for 35 years on the Great Eastern Railway, by his wife, Sybilla Smythe, dau. of William Edward Snare, of Brandon, Suffolk; b. Weeting, co. Norfolk, 19 Jan. 1887; educ. Somerleyton, Suffolk; enlisted at Winchester, 6 May, 1907; served in Ireland 1907–08; India, Oct. 1908–Oct. 1914; and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 8 Nov. 1914–15 March, 1915; was wounded in action at Neuve Chapelle, on the latter date, and died in No. 2 British Red Cross Hospital at Rouen on the 17th; unm. Buried in Rouen Cemetery. He was present as a special messenger at the Delhi Durbar, 1911.

=HAYDON, LEONARD FLAXMAN LEE=, Private, No. 2446. 5th Battn. Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of the late Flaxman Haydon, of Blomfield House, London Wall, Chartered Accountant, by his wife, Anne Juliana (760, Stanlake Road, Shepherd’s Bush), dau. of the late Henry Lee Hogg, of Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, Surgeon; b. Coleridge House, Lady Margaret Road, Kentish Town, 6 Aug. 1886; educ. Lewes Grammar School; was a Clerk in Barclays Bank, Lewes; enlisted, Sept. 1914; went to France, 18 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Richbourg L’Avoué, 9 May, 1915; unm. Major G. H. Courthope wrote: “He and his comrades joined with the utmost gallantry in the assault on the German lines at Richbourg L’Avoué. His dead body was found not far from a road known as the cinder track, by search parties of the Lahore Division. He and hundreds of others were buried close to the Rue du Bois, and I am informed that all the graves are carefully marked.”

=HAYERS, ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10686), 216178, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HAYES, ERNEST DE LANNOY=, Major, 2nd Battn. The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 2nd s. of Vice-Admiral John Montagu Hayes, C.B., by his wife, Julia, dau. of Richard Atkinson Coward; b. Southsea, co. Hants, 8 July, 1869; educ. Stubbington, near Fareham; Westward Ho!, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted to the Cameronians, 3 May, 1890, promoted Lieut., 5 April, 1893, Capt., 22 Dec. 1897, Brevet Major, 22 Aug. 1902, and Major, 24 June, 1908; served (1) in the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in the Relief of Ladysmith, including action at Colenso; the operations of 17–24 Jan. 1900, and action at Spion Kop; operations of 5–7 Nov. 1900, and action at Vaal Krantz; operations on Tugela Heights (14–27 Feb. 1900), and action at Pieters Hill; operations in Natal, March to June, 1900; including action at Laings Nek (6–9 June); operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to 29 Nov. 1900; operations in the Transvaal 30 Nov. 1900 to Aug. 1901, and Nov. 1901 to 31 May, 1902, and on the Zululand frontier of Natal, Sept. and Oct. 1901 (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 29 July, 1902], Brevet Major; Queen’s medal with four clasps and King’s Medal with two clasps); and (2) with Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 4 Nov. 1914 to 10 March, 1915, on which day he was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, while bravely leading his Company, “A,” which was literally mown down by machine gun and rifle fire; our Artillery having failed to cut barbed wire defending the section of German trench. A fellow officer wrote: “His name will go down in the history of the Regt. as the officer who led the attack in the severest fight the battn. has ever had to take part in.” He m. at Edinburgh, 1904, Constance Frances, dau. of the late Sir Thomas Macdonald Miller, of Glenlee, co. Ayr, and had a son, Montagu Ernest, b. 16 Jan. 1905.

=HAYLES, EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1999), 197731, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HAYMAN, JAMES GEORGE=, Private, No. 7574, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 5th s. of the late Amos Hayman, of High Brooms, Tunbridge Wells, Farm Labourer, by his wife, Eliza, dau. of (--) Coorke; b. Longford, co. Oxford, 3 July, 1889; educ. Tunbridge Wells National School; enlisted, 16 Dec. 1907; served three years with the Colours, then passed into the Reserve and worked as a Gardener; mobilised, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 11 Aug.; served through the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Marne, the Aisne, Ypres, Landrecies, &c. and was killed by a shell while sitting talking in the trenches at Rue du Bois, Belgium, 20 May, 1915. He m. at Tunbridge Wells, 4 Feb. 1911, Mary Louise (164, Portland Street, Walworth, S.E.), dau. of Moses Baker, of Walworth, and had three sons: Amos George, b. 29 July, 1911; Albert William, b. 23 March, 1913; and John Edward, b. 28 May, 1914.

=HAYMES, ALBERT=, A.B., 219142, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HAYNES, ERNEST GEORGE=, Stoker, R.N.R., 790U, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HAYNES, HENRY AGULAR=, Private, No. 878, 18th Battn. Australian L.I., 2nd s. of the late Commander W. Clarke Haynes, R.N.; b. 187-, served through the South African War with the Cape Mounted Rifles (medal); went to Australia; joined the Australian Imperial Force after the outbreak of the European War, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 21–25 Aug. 1915; unm.

=HAYTER, CYRIL=, Lieut., 8th South Canterbury Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th and yst. s. of Commander Francis Hayter, R.N., later a run-holder in New South Wales and New Zealand, by his wife, Eugenie Elizabeth, dau. of Frederick Huddleston; b. Rollesby, Burkes Pass, South Canterbury, New Zealand, 4 Feb. 1890; educ. Christ’s College, Christchurch, New Zealand, where he was a member of the College Cadet Corps; served sometime in the Mackenzie Mounted Rifles (Volunteers), and was gazetted Lieut. 8th South Canterbury Mounted Rifles when the Territorial system came into force in New Zealand. On the outbreak of war he was one of the first to volunteer for Imperial service. He left for Egypt 16 Oct.; afterwards going to the Dardanelles, and was killed in action in the brilliant attack by the New Zealand Mounted Rifles and the 5th Connaught Rangers on Hill 60, on the Azmak Dere, Gallipoli, 27 Aug. 1915. At the time of his death he was the only officer of his squadron left, all the others having been killed or wounded in the previous fighting; unm. Lieut. Hayter was mentioned in Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 11 Dec. 1915 [London Gazette, 28 Jan. 1916], for gallant and distinguished service in the field. He was a very keen sportsman; in 1908 and 1909 respectively he won the featherweight and middle-weight boxing championships at Christ’s College, Christchurch, and was an excellent shot. Two elder brothers of his are now (1916) at the Front, one with the Royal Engineers in France, and the other with the New Zealand Force.

=HAYTER, GEORGE ALFRED=, Cooper Pensioner, 167166, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HAYTHORNTHWAITE, RYCHARDE MEAD=, 2nd Lieut., Special Reserve, 3rd. attd. 2nd. Battn. The East Kent Regiment (The Buffs), elder s. of the Rev. John Parker Haythornthwaite, of Agra Lodge, Northwood. Middlesex, M.A., Principal of St. John’s College, Agra, 1890–1911; Fellow of Allahabad University; by his wife, Izset, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., dau. of Samuel Mead, of Stratford-on-Avon; b. Agra, India, 4 Jan. 1894; educ. C.M.S. Children’s Home, Limpsfield; Haileybury College (Scholar, Head of the School 1912–13; Colour-Sergeant O.T.C.), and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (Oct. 1913–July, 1914, Exhibitioner in History); gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Buffs, 15 Aug. 1914; trained at Dover Sept. 1914–May, 1915; went to the front on 5 May, and was killed in action at the Second Battle of Ypres on the 24th of that month; unm. He was buried outside the garden gate of a ruined cottage on the right-hand side of the Menin Road, about 1,000 yards beyond the level crossing of the Ypres-Roulois Railway in one of three graves. In a letter written to his parents the day he was killed he said: “At 2.30 a.m. this morning the Germans started a terrific bombardment, using their vile gas. Our lads were splendid and stuck it. About 5.30 a.m. we got a message to reinforce the firing line, with my Company, ‘B.’ Unfortunately there was very bad communication, and our 1st Platoon did not reinforce. I went out to try and find out what was happening, and worked my way up to the front line, about 1,000 yards ahead, and found out what was happening, and then returned to our trenches. ‘B’ Company immediately pushed forward, as the line wanted reinforcing, but I stayed back to report to Headquarters. After doing that I started with one other fellow to work my way up. The shrapnel was terrific, but our luck was in, and we reached a ruined house just behind the firing line, and found there a good many wounded, poor beggars. I got a stretcher party together and we pulled in several badly wounded fellows in a field, but unfortunately they sniped at us, the brutes! Two of our poor chaps were hit. Since then we have done what we can to make them comfortable, but it is awfully hard for them. We can do so little for them till dark, and even then it isn’t safe. The shelling is something terrific, one burst on this house knocking bits over our wounded, and gave a few more nasty cuts. All we can do is to keep boiling water--it is not safe to drink otherwise--and give them sips of tea and Bovril, of which we have luckily got a certain amount. Unfortunately it is very hot, and their thirst must be terrific. I know mine is. It is just that fiendish gas. I have had nothing to eat since 7 p.m. last night, it is now 4 p.m. Only a few sips of different things, and this gas keeps up a horrible choking feeling, which prevents one working as hard as one wants to. What will happen to us I do not know. I think we are advancing now, and in that case all ought to be all right”; a Sergt.-Major W. Dunlop, Durham L.I., wrote: “I was with him on that memorable day. ‘Whit Monday,’ for about 10½ hours, at about 500 yds. from the Germans, without a British soldier in front and about 1,000 yds. from the nearest troops behind, attending to the wounded. First, I set away with a stretcher, my companion was either shot or fainted, so I went across to the ruins of an old cottage. There were a dozen or so wounded, with a wounded Corporal trying to dress the other poor souls. I could get no assistance there, so had to go to our reserves behind for someone to help me to get the stretcher in. I returned with two brave chaps, and on my return met Lieut. Haythornthwaite. He asked particulars and said it was certain death to venture out. I said, ‘I’m risking it.’ His answer was, ‘If you go, I’m coming also.’ The four of us set out, but could not find man or stretcher, and it was only by the protection of God Himself that we returned, for nothing human could have protected us from the murderous fire the brutes sent towards us, but not one of us was hit, thanks to God. It was after that I found the qualities of your son. The dressings of the wounded were not as they should have been, bandaged by little experienced hands, so your son and myself set about to try to stop the bleeding of the wounded.... After a while we got all made as comfortable as we could under the circumstances.... So he set to, and got a fire going, and we got some Bovril made. It was a God-send for the poor souls, as the water was not fit to drink if it had not been boiled, and the continual cry of the wounded was ‘water.’ It was during the time the water was boiling I saw your son sitting and writing the letter you eventually got, but the contents he did not mention at the time. After a while, the counter-attack started. Our troops started to advance. What a sight! Men falling right and left, but still the advance continued until they reached our cottage. Your son collected men on one side of the cottage, myself the other, and got them to dig themselves in so as to stop the brutes from advancing, and after a while we got a position formed which seemed strong enough to hold them in check. And then came more work, the poor souls who had been shot were either helped, or carried to us for ‘First Aid,’ and on several occasions your son and myself went out and brought men in, and it was on one of these that he got hit, the bullet passing through his left shoulder. I was dressing a chap with a finger blown off when it happened, but two men--I don’t know their names--carried him in, and set about dressing him. He called for me, and asked me to adjust his bandages, and said, ‘If there are any men about doing nothing tell them to try and get a rifle as every man is needed.’.... He was hit somewhere about 5 p.m., and after he was wounded he was as calm and cool as ever. He ordered a man--I don’t know his name--to take everything from his pockets, spectacles included, with the instructions, ‘See these things handed over to my people.’ The man repeated the words as he gave me the things I forwarded on to you.” Private James White, Royal Fusiliers, who brought him into the ruined cottage after he was wounded, in an interview with Lieut. Haythornthwaite’s father said that shortly after 4 p.m. the British counter attack began in great force. The Northumbrian Brigade led the attack, and one platoon as it drew near to the ruined cottage in one of its rushes, was left without its officer. He fell wounded and was brought in and laid with the others. Lieut. Haythornthwaite then said to him “Shall I take your men on?” He went forth to do so, and was almost immediately shot himself, and was left on the field until brought in by Private James White. This account is not inconsistent with that given by Sergt-Major Dunlop, as he admits that he did not actually see him fall, as he was busily engaged with the wounded. Lieut. Haythornthwaite was a keen athlete and long-distance runner at Haileybury. He won the half mile, under 16, in 1910, and the open mile in 1912. He also won his College Colours at Sidney Sussex, Cambridge, for athletics and football, and organised the Regimental Sports whilst in training at Dover.

=HAYWARD, ARTHUR CHARLES=, Private, No. 51231, 16th Battn. (Canadian Scottish), Canadian Expeditionary Force, s. of Richard William Hayward, of The Mount, Hooe, Battle, co. Sussex, Mercantile Clerk, by his first wife, Susannah, dau. of Joseph Bleak; b. The Mount, Hooe, 29 Oct. 1882; educ. Castle Gate School, Lewes; and went to Canada in 1904. He had always had a strong desire for a military career, and had been a member of a voluntary corps both in England and Canada. On the outbreak of the European War he threw up his post of ranch manager in California, proceeding to Victoria, B.C., where he enlisted with the Victoria Fusiliers, and was one of a draft from that regt. despatched to England to reinforce Princess Patricia’s L.I., but on arrival on Salisbury Plain was attached to the 16th Battn. Canadian Scottish. He took part in their historic action in the wood near Ypres for recovery of the French guns on the night of 22–23 April, 1915, receiving his mortal wound immediately after that action, in which he had borne a gallant part. He was buried in the new military cemetery at Poperinghe; unm.

=HAYWARD, HARRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6706), 220756, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HAYWARD, THOMAS ALEXANDER=, A.B., S.S. 3057, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HAZEL, JOHN THOMAS=, Private, No. 12019, 5th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest s. of the late William Hazel, of 40, Sutherland Street, Middlesbrough, by his wife, Mary Eliza (43, Lloyd Street, Middlesbrough), dau. of James Hutchinson, of Whitby; b. Middlesbrough, 13 Jan. 1891; educ. Linthorpe Schools there; went to Canada in 1908; and was a Farmer; volunteered after the outbreak of war and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force; came over with the first contingent; went to France in Feb. 1915, and died in No. 11 General Hospital, Boulogne, 26 May, 1915, of wounds received in action; unm.

=HAZELDEN, JAMES=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 4555), 167431, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=HEAD, GEORGE FREDERICK=, Rifleman, No. 1874, 1/18th (London Irish Rifles) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of George Head, of Vine Cottage, Limpsfield, Surrey, Decorator, by his wife, Annie M., dau. of Walter Miles; b. Limpsfield, 17 Dec. 1894; educ. there; was a Draper’s Assistant at Sir Frederick Cook’s, in St. Paul’s Churchyard; volunteered on the declaration of war and joined the London Irish Rifles, 11 Aug. 1914; went to France, 9 March, and was killed in action at Loos, 26 Sept. 1915; unm. Buried at Noeux-les-Mines. His officer (to whom he was acting as servant) wrote: “He was a splendid little fellow. Absolutely without fear and the cheeriest man in the Company. He was by my side as we left the front line trench for the attack on Loos, and he fell very early in the charge.”

=HEAD, REGINALD=, Capt., 1st Battn. The Border Regt., only s. of the late John Oswald Head, of Hackwood, J.P., by his wife, Dorothy (Hackwood, Hexham), dau. of William Kirsopp; b. Hackwood, co. Northumberland, 25 Nov. 1885; educ. Harrow and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to The Border Regt., 24 Jan. 1906, and promoted Lieut., 13 April, 1909, and Capt., 20 Dec. 1914, and served with his regt. in India and Burma. On the outbreak of the European war he was serving with the Border Regt. in Maymyo, Burma, and in Jan. 1915, returned with it to England, where they were stationed at Rugby, afterwards going out with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25–26 April, 1915, and was killed in action near Krithia, 28 April, 1915. He m. at St. Ambrose Church, Bournemouth, 5 Feb. 1914, Agnes Margaret (Sedaw, West Cliff Road, Bournemouth), yst. dau. of the late William Naunton Waller, of Bealings, Suffolk, D.L., and had a dau., Margaret Dorothy Pamela, b. 21 March, 1915.

=HEAD, WILLIAM ARTHUR=, Private, No. 169, B Coy., 4th Battn. 1st Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, eldest s. of the late William Head, of Bristol, Carpenter, by his wife, Charlotte (Stafford Street, Bristol), dau. of Robert Groves; b. Bristol, 26 April, 1890; educ. there; went to Australia 4 Oct. 1912, and entered the service of the Hospital at Parramatta; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, 17 Aug. 1914; left for Egypt in Oct.; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, and was killed in action there, 10 June, 1915; unm. Buried in a small cemetery behind the firing line. Major Charles M. Macnaughton wrote to Mrs. Head: “You have probably before this heard of the death of your son, and how he died gallantly fighting.... Your son very nobly stopped with me until the stretcher-bearers came and took me down to the beach. Believe me, I am very grateful ..., and as I am unable to thank him personally, I write to you to express my gratitude.”

=HEAL, WILLIAM FRANCIS=, A.B., J. 13229, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HEALY, THOMAS=, Private, No. 5195, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest s. of Edward Healy, of Russelstown, Milltown, co. Galway, Farmer, by his wife, Mary, dau. of James Hughes, of Ballyglass, co. Mayo; b. Russelstown, March, 1876: educ. Dalgin School; enlisted 1 Oct. 1903, and after serving his time joined the Reserve; was employed in some iron works at Sheffield. On mobilisation he rejoined, went to the Front 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Rentel, 1 Nov. 1914; unm.

=HEARN, CHARLES JAMES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./8592, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HEARN, EDGAR FRANK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7604), S.S. 102977, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HEARN, JAMES SAMUEL=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 10371), 299889, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was sunk in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=HEASTMAN, JOHN EDWARD=, Private, No. 12/1428, 16th Waikato Regt., Auckland Infantry, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, eldest surviving s. of the late John Edward Heastman, of Clapton, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of Christopher Saunders; b. Clapton, London, N.E., 24 Oct. 1887; educ. at Homerton Row Elementary School; was a Dairy Farmer. Served some time in the Essex Territorials; went to New Zealand in 1911, and finally settled at Hobsonville, Auckland; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force on or about 24 Oct.; left for Egypt with the second reinforcement in Dec.; was drafted into the main body in or about March, 1915, being one of five men chosen to reinforce the main body; was taken ill and had to remain in hospital during the landing of the main body at Gallipoli, 25–26 April, 1915, but joined his regt. there 8 May, 1915, and was reported missing after the fighting on 8 Aug. following. On 25 Jan. 1916, he was reported “believed killed in action at Gallipoli on 8 Aug. 1915” by a Court of Inquiry held in Egypt. He was unm.

=HEATH, ALBERT ARTHUR=, Private, No. 11854, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest s. of Arthur Heath (18, Wilson Street, Winchmore Hill, N.), Gardener at Carter Page’s, 52–53, London Wall, by his wife, Kate, dau. of the late Jesse Knight, of Lodsworth, Sussex; b. Chichester 8 May, 1896; educ. Central Boys’ School there, and worked first at a Dairy Farm and then in a Greengrocery business at Winchmore Hill. After the outbreak of war he enlisted on 9 Sept. 1914, and made rapid progress with his training and was complimented by his company officer for good marksmanship. He left England with a draft for his regt. on or about 14 Jan., went straight into the firing line and was killed in action at Cuinchy, 7 Feb. 1915; unm.

=HEATH, ALFRED JAMES=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10771), 205750, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HEATH, GERALD COUSSMAKER=, Corpl., No. 29524, 16th Battn. (72nd Canadian Seaforths) Canadian Expeditionary Force, 3rd s. of the late Col. Lewis Forbes Heath, Indian Army, formerly commanding 10th (now 110th) Mahrattas, by his wife, Susan Wilhelmina (Failand, Grosvenor, Paignton, Devon), dau. of Ezekiel Charles Petgrave; b. Mount Abu, Rajputana, India, 3 May, 1888; educ. Wellington College, Berks, and on leaving there went out to Canada, and for the five years before the war had been in Vancouver City, where he joined the 72nd Seaforths in 1911. On the declaration of war in August, 1914, he volunteered for service overseas, and left Canada with the first Canadian Contingent on 3 Oct. 1914; went to France early in Feb. 1915, and was mortally wounded in action at Langemarck, 25 April, 1915. He was carried off the field, but died shortly afterwards without recovering consciousness; unm. The Major of his regt. wrote: “His work in the hard fighting in which we were engaged on 22 April, and afterwards, was most excellent, and he had been noted for distinction for his gallant conduct.” Another officer who joined with reinforcements after the action, wrote: “Major Rae and all his comrades have nothing but praise for his work. Several times he volunteered and took out stretcher parties with wounded officers and men, always under fire. His efforts were evidently of the finest. He has been recommended for distinguished service recognition.” Heath was a fine athlete, and won many medals and prizes for hurdling and the broad jump. In 1912 he won the championship of British Columbia for hurdling, and the following year became champion hurdler of Canada. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatches [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915].

=HEATH, VOLTELIN PERCY=, 2nd Lieut., Royal Horse Guards, only s. of Sir James Heath, of Oxenden Hall, Market Harborough, 1st Bart., M.P., North-West Stafford (1892–1906), by his wife, Euphemia Celina, 2nd dau. of Pieter Gerhard Van-der-Byl, of Cape Town, and Elsenwood, co. Surrey; b. Clayton, Newcastle, co. Stafford, 10 Jan. 1889; educ. Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford; gazetted to the Royal Horse Guards, 21 Oct. 1911, and promoted Lieut., 13 April, 1912; left for France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914; was wounded in action at Néry, near Compiègne, 1 Sept., during the retreat from Mons, and was taken to the Château Baron, where he died, 4 Sept. following, and was buried in the garden of the Château; unm. His Colonel, Viscount Crichton, wrote: “Volly was wounded yesterday in a skirmish we had. He led his troop most gallantly, and first got a bullet in his thigh, breaking the bone, and then was hit again in the head, so we had to leave him behind. The doctor tells me when he got up to him he was conscious and most awfully plucky.” Lieut. Heath took a Second in History Schools at Oxford, and was a great leader of all social and political movements of the time. He was Master of the Oxford Drag for two years, and Capt. of the polo team, and in 1914 played for his regt. in the Inter-regimental Polo Tournament.

=HEATLY, HENRY FRANCIS=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Yorkshire Regt. (attd. 2nd Battn. East Lancashire Regt.), s. of Henry Louis Heatly, of 89, Tufnell Park Road, London, Artist, by his wife, Kate Sophia, dau. of Charles Simmonds; b. London, 30 Aug. 1890; educ. University College School, and London University (B.Sc.), and on leaving the latter received a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 2nd Yorkshire Reserve of Officers, 2 April, 1913, and joined at Farnborough. On the declaration of war, he joined the 3rd Battn. at West Hartlepool; was attached to the 2nd East Lancashire Regt. in Oct. 1914; went to France with them that month, and was killed in action at Croix-Barbée, 22 Feb. 1915; unm. Buried in the East Lancashire cemetery there. Major A. A. Sanders wrote: “He was on duty with the company under my command on Monday, 22 Feb., and at about 2 p.m. he went with an Engineer officer to visit and inspect an advanced trench which is situated at no great distance from the German lines. He was talking to the Engineer Officer, Lieut. Drew, and also a subaltern, Lieut. Daw, of my company, when inadvertently he must have raised his head above the level of the parapet, and he was shot in the head by a German bullet. He became unconscious immediately, and passed away about five minutes later. Your son has been with my company ever since we left Hursely Park. He was a very good officer and very brave and fearless, and popular with the men under his command. I feel his loss in my company very much.” Both at School and University he took a keen interest in the O.T.C. At school he was the best shot during his last year, winning the Thompson Silver Rifle, and shot for the school three successive years in the Ashburton Competition at Bisley. He gained the “A” Certificate at school, among the first under Lord Haldane’s scheme for Reserve of Officers, and the “B” Certificate at the University.

=HEATON, EVELYN=, Private, No. 58005, 20th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest s. of William Heaton, of 33, Victoria Road, Garswood, Lancashire, Colliery Engine Winder, by his wife, Anne, dau. of Joseph Barton; b. Ashton-in-Makerfield, co. Lancaster, 5 Aug. 1893; educ. Ashton Church of England School; went to Canada, 8 Aug. 1913, and in 1913 became Assayer of Silver at the McKingley Darragh Mine, Cobalt, Ontario; volunteered after the outbreak of war, and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Jan. 1915; came over with the second contingent, 24 May, 1915; went to France, 13 Sept. 1915, and was killed in action at Dickebusch, near Ypres, 14 Nov. 1915; unm. A comrade wrote: “Will you forgive me intruding on your sorrow just to tell you how much we, Tim’s comrades, sympathise with you in that sorrow, and how fully we share it with you. We have lived, shared blankets and grub with him, ever since he came to us in Toronto. And we got to love him for his cheerfulness, his courage, his generosity. There isn’t a man in the section who has ever had a quarrel with him. On our route marches in training, when we were cold and wet and tired--almost played out--it was Tim’s smile and Tim’s song that earned for us the name of the ‘singing section.’ There was not a nicer fellow, a kinder fellow, or a cleaner fellow than Tim, and I would like you to know, as I do, that he was an example to us all, not only in cheerfulness under hardship, and courage under pain, but clean living in barracks. In all the months he was with us there isn’t an episode that you would not be proud to know of. And there isn’t a man that isn’t keenly feeling the loss of our lovable laughing Tim. He was shot coming in on Sunday morning. Our trenches here are all filled with water and caved in, and there is an open space of perhaps 20 ft. that a man must cross to get to his gun. Three men crossed in safety, but the Germans must have seen and they got him just about half-way across. The bullet broke his arm and spine, though we didn’t know his spine was broken at first. He laughed when we went to help him, saying he had got his ticket for England. But he felt his legs dead, and he knew though no one told him. He was singing to himself going down on the stretcher, and never a word about his pain, nor was there to the end. He only lasted a few minutes after we got him to the dressing station. The stretcher-bearers say he was the best wounded man they have handled. So he died as he was, ever an example to the rest of us. And we, who loved him and miss him hourly in our work and fun, want to offer you, his mother, our deepest sympathy in your bereavement. And we wanted to tell you how he died bravely in his duty. Throughout this letter I have used the name we gave him, the one we knew him best by, though, of course, I know his real name was Evelyn. In Toronto there is a big firm, Timothy Eaton & Co., and we adopted that name for him because of the similarity in Heaton and Eaton. This letter is written by one of his comrades on No. 4 gun. The sentiments are those of us all; it is at the request of the others that I am writing.”

=HEATON, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 5698, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest s. of William Heaton, of 1/11, Stoke Street, Birmingham, by his wife, Alice, dau. of John Gregson; b. Birmingham, co. Warwick, 8 Sept. 1883; educ. Severn Street Council School, Birmingham; enlisted, 1 Sept. 1904; served in Egypt, 29 Sept. 1906 to 23 March, 1911; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914; died in No. 12 General Hospital, Rouen, 6 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action at Soupir; unm. Buried in the Cemetière des Brugeres, Rouen.

=HEDEN, ALFRED HOWARD=, Sergt., No. 1226, 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), only s. of Alfred Henry Heden, of 11, Grove Road, Barnes, S.W., by his wife, Hannah, dau. of Samuel Skeats; b. Peckham, 25 Oct. 1894; educ. Wandsworth Secondary School; was a Clerk; joined the Kensingtons, Oct. 1911, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for active service; trained at Abbots Langley, and went to France, 3 Nov. 1914. He took part in the actions at Neuve Chapelle in March and at Aubers Ridge on 9 May, 1915, and was seen to fall shot through the lungs at the latter, and was reported killed. Two months later a letter was received from him saying he was wounded and a prisoner of war; he died of his wounds at Valenciennes, 25 July, 1915, and was buried there; unm.

=HEDGE, LEONARD AUGUSTUS=, L.-Corpl., No. 2471, and Dispatch Rider, 2nd Montgomery Yeomanry (T.F.), 3rd s. of the late Charles Edward Hedge, of Stoke-on-Trent, Brewer, by his wife, Mary Ann (54, Broomhill Road, Ipswich), dau. of George Thomas William Mugliston, M.D., of Hatch End, Pinner, Middlesex; b. Stoke-on-Trent, 14 June, 1888; educ. Dean Close School, Cheltenham; and when war broke out was Senior Bank Clerk at the United Counties Bank, Ltd., Brecon, South Wales. He volunteered, and joined the Montgomery Yeomanry, 29 Sept. 1914, and was killed in a motor cycle accident at Welshpool, co. Salop, 16 June, 1915, while going through his course of training; unm.

=HEDGES, HENRY THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 8916, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HEDGES, HERBERT=, Private, No. 9798, 1st Battn. East Kent Regt. (The Buffs); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died 20 Oct. 1914, of wounds received in action.

=HEDGES, RONALD EGERTON=, Rifleman, No. 2869, 12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of Frederick John Hedges, of The Shrubberies, George Lane, South Woodford, by his wife, Charlotte Elizabeth, dau. of John Abraham, of Dunstable, Beds; b. South Woodford, co. Essex, 9 Dec. 1896; educ. Woodford College and Loughton School; was a Marine Engineer; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the London Rangers, 9 Sept. 1914; went to France, 9 March, 1915, and was killed in action at the Second Battle of Ypres, 29 April, 1915; unm. Buried at Verlórenhock. His Adjutant wrote of him that: “He was brave and cheerful, one of our best ... a keen soldier, eager at all times to do his duty.”

=HEELEY, ARNOLD=, Private, No. 3426, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Abraham Heeley, of 20, Eastfield Place, Sutton Mill, near Keighley, Yorks; b. co. York; enlisted 10 March, 1900; served in South Africa, 15 April, 1902, to 4 Oct. 1902 (Queen’s medal with two clasps, “Cape Colony,” “South Africa, 1902”), and in Egypt, 16 Jan. 1908 to 23 March, 1911; obtained his discharge, 9 March, 1912; re-enlisted following the outbreak of the European War, 22 Aug. 1914; went to France, 11 Sept., and died 23 Oct. following, of wounds received in action at St. Julien; unm. Buried in St. Julien Churchyard.

=HEFFERNAN, WILLIAM PATRICK=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Royal Irish Regt., attached 1st Gloucesters, 2nd s. of William Kickham Heffernan, of Riversdale, Killenaule, co. Tipperary, and Harlow Moor Drive, Harrogate, M.D., J.P. co. York; b. Riversdale, 10 Dec. 1885; educ. Ampleforth College, Yorkshire, and Trinity College, Dublin, where he took honours in Mathematics. On leaving Trinity he settled down at Brittas Cashel, co. Tipperary, and kept a number of hunters, but on the outbreak of war applied for a commission, and was gazetted to the 3rd Reserve Battn. of the Royal Irish Regt. 15 Aug. 1915, being later attached to the Gloucesters. He was wounded at La Bassée in Feb. and was invalided to the Hospital de Cimiz, Nice, but rejoined, and was killed in action at Festubert, 9 May, 1915, leading the company, his company officer having been previously killed. While at Trinity he won a number of prizes, including the ’Varsity heavyweight at boxing and the Viceroy’s quarter-mile, which in 1911 he did in 51 seconds. Lieut. Heffernan was a regular follower of the Tipperary Hounds, and was noted in the south of Ireland as a keen and fearless rider in the Point-to-Point.

=HEGARTY, DENNIS=, A.B., 234197, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=HELLIWELL, JOSEPH GRANT=, B.A.Sc., Capt., 1st Battn. 1st Infantry Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd s. of Grant Helliwell, of 526, Confed. Life Building, Toronto, Canada, Architect, by his wife, Anna Maria, dau. of the late Isaac James Biggs Fitzsimons; b. Toronto, 26 Nov. 1888; educ. Toronto Public School, Collegiate Institute, and Toronto University, from which he graduated in the department of applied science with the degree of B.A.Sc. in 1910, and was an engineer. He was a member of the Cadet Corps at Jarvis Street Collegiate and of the Engineers Corps at the University, in which he held rank of Lieut., and joined the 21st (Essex Fusiliers) Regt. at Windsor, Ontario, in 1911. After taking his course at London, Ontario, he was gazetted Capt., 1 April, 1912, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, was the first officer in the Windsor Regt. to offer his services. He left Windsor with his regt. on 21 Aug., and after a few weeks at Valcartier, crossed to England with the 1st Contingent and went into training on Salisbury Plain, where he was given command of the Salisbury Piquet. They went to France in Feb., and he was killed in action at the Battle of Givenchy, 15 June, 1915; unm. Lieut. Brian Henderson wrote: “At Givenchy the 1st Battn. did the attack. His company and D Coy. were to start the attack. Our artillery had been shelling the German trench and had made a very good job of cutting the wire. On Tuesday, 15 June, the artillery opened up a terrific bombardment of the German trench and kept this up for three hours when at 5.58 p.m. a mine was blown up. One minute later these two companies went over our parapet and in a few seconds had arrived at the German trench which contained only a lot of dead; but machine guns on the flank were working, also the German artillery was doing terrific damage and the men began to fall in large numbers. At this trench Capt. Wilkinson was hit, and Joe took over the company and led them on to the next trench. An officer who saw him leading his men said it was magnificent, especially as he thought Joe had already been hit in the arm. He got as far as the next trench, but was seen to fall with a bullet through his head. The trenches taken had to be given up as the supporting divisions were unable to get on, and it was impossible to stay out with both flanks unprotected.” His younger brother, Lieut. M. R. Helliwell, is now (1916) on active service.

=HELLYER, GEORGE PEABODY=, Corpl., No. 1972, 1/5th Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), only s. of John William Hellyer, of Western, Kirk Ella, E. Yorks, by his wife, Sally May, dau. of John Harris, of Brixham, Devon, and the nephew of Charles Hellyer, of Brixham; b. Hull, 24 Nov. 1889, and educ. by a private tutor there. He enlisted the day war was declared, 4 Aug. 1914; was promoted Corpl., and died of wounds received in action at Boulogne Hospital, France, 21 May, 1915, and was buried in the Boulogne English cemetery; unm. Sergt. Benbow, of his Coy., wrote: “I was with Corpl. Hellyer when he received his wounds. It happened on Sunday, 16 May, when our company were ordered to charge the German position in front of us. It was while charging that he received a slight wound in the foot which compelled him to drop down. I was bringing in wounded comrades when I found him and a brother N.C.O. dragging a wounded sergt. of another regt., and I went to their assistance. While doing so a Maxim gun was turned upon us and poor George got it all. One through the right thigh and two in the arm. We dressed him in the open field and then brought him safely to our trench. He was then carried out by the stretcher-bearers to the dressing station, and it was with deep regret we heard of him dying of his wounds. He was a true soldier and bore his wounds with great strength as we fetched him in. He gave us every assistance and did not murmur. He was quite conscious and cheerful. He was well liked by the men of his section and platoon, and we all feel his loss greatly.” His cousin, Lieut. Sidney H. Hellyer, was killed in action, 28 April, 1915 (see his notice).

=HELLYER, JAMES=, Btn. Leading Stoker, C.G., 308293, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HELLYER, SIDNEY HANNAFORD=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. The East Yorkshire Regt. (Machine Gun Section) (T.F.), yst. s. of Charles Hellyer, of Wolborough, Brixham, Devon, formerly of Lamwath Hall, Sutton-on-Hull, J.P., late Managing Director of Hellyer’s Steam Fishing Co., Ltd., Hull, by his wife, Jane Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. William Hannaford; b. Hull, 15 Aug. 1889; educ. Malvern College; was a director and partner in the well-known firm of Hellyer’s Steam Fishing Co., Hull, leaving on the outbreak of war to join the Territorial Force. Having taken an active part in the Cadet Corps at Malvern College, he soon qualified for a commission, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 4th Battn. The East Yorkshire Regt. 12 Sept. 1914. The 4th East Yorks first went into action on 24 April, 1915, in the neighbourhood of Pilkem and St. Julien. In a letter, written 26 April, Lieut. Hellyer gave the following description of this action: “On Thursday night we got the order to parade in full marching order just as we were turning in, and we could tell from the bombardment that was going on that something was doing. We marched the men immediately from our various billets to our alarm post, which was a grass field adjacent to Battn. Headquarters in the little village, and were there ordered to lie down and sleep as we were. Dawn came, and we unstiffened our dew-damp limbs and got some coffee. I then commenced to shave, and was just wetting my brush when the order came to march off immediately. In went our mess tins and gear, rolled our coats, and marched down the road where (Friday morning) rations (a little tin of beef each, six biscuits, bacon, cheese, tea and sugar) were issued. A train of 40 London motor buses came up marvellously from somewhere, and we were run out to a town which was being heavily bombarded, where we lay down in some huts. At 2 a.m. on Saturday morning we were ordered out to line some trenches by a canal which were bombarded with shrapnel at about 8 a.m. At 11 a.m. we were marched to a concentration point under shrapnel fire, causing some casualties. At the point of concentration one of the Divisional Staff Officers ordered me back again to guide up as quickly as possible another battn. of our brigade, as the situation was critical. This I did in as quick time as I could, and I was lucky enough to get back with them to the concentration point before our battn. was in action. As soon as I arrived back our battn. went into action in the open (not in trenches) against a section of the enemy who were occupying a village on a ridge and who were backed by excellent artillery--by this time I was tired. The 4th East Yorks went into action at about 4 o’clock on that afternoon (Saturday, 24 April, 1915) for the first time in the history of the battn., and a bloody battle it was. We advanced in artillery formation across half a mile of open country and under a very heavy bombardment both of shrapnel and high explosive shells, and many men fell--fell absolutely heroically, there is no other word for it. I would never have believed that hardened men would have marched on under that bombardment, and these men, already very tired and two nights sleepless, having carried a load weighing 60–70 lbs. since we left Newcastle, and hardly having their boots off since that time, saw battle for the first time as if they were just going to the barber’s for a shave. Three times within 20 minutes a shell struck the ground near the men I have the honour to lead, once within 10 yards, and when the high explosive shells strike they dive into the earth and the end of the world seems to come. They blow a hole just about the size of the pond in the back field at Lamwath, and the contents of the hole are blown right up into the skies, much higher than a trawler’s mast, so high that one has to lie on one’s face what seems like 20 seconds until all the earth and fragments have fallen. When one strikes as near as that one is covered with earth, so that there is a little difficulty in rising under the weight of it. The noise deafens and slightly stuns one. One shell blew us down in a body without killing one of us. This bombardment went on incessantly, not a shell now and then, but all the time shells bursting, sometimes two or three coming near the same spot at once. After the third time we were covered with earth, and a man of mine shouted to me: ‘If these B----s don’t ring the bell soon we’ll go and give them their money back.’ After advancing 20 minutes thus the high explosive shells ceased, and we went into the zone of the rifle and machine-gun fire, still in daylight and over open fallow land. They never worried a bit, never faltered, never even laid down to the shrapnel, a moment longer than was essential; when they heard the shriek of a coming shell just walked determinedly on into the jaws of it. Col. Shaw was shot dead at about this stage. My Capt., B. Farrel, was shot through the heart a minute or two after. Major Thielmann met instant death, and the man who went to help him was shot as he rose to do it. When we had advanced in rushes sufficiently near to the village, bayonets were fixed, and the Germans went back from the village without waiting for the assault. It was then dusk. We collected our men, gathered up and carried back what poor fellows we could, and marched the remainder back to some trenches about 500 yards in rear, leaving the position to be occupied by other troops, who dug themselves in. We laid down in some shallow trenches in a wood in the rain that night too tired to eat. Next morning (Sunday) we called our rolls, and then marched our weary, stiff heroes to occupy some trenches about a mile away, 500 yards in rear of some trenches which were being heavily attacked. We had to march to these trenches over a shrapnel-swept road, doubling over the most dangerous portion--at this stage Major Easton and Capt. Easton were both slightly wounded in the head, just grazes and not serious--and resting in the ditches occasionally at the sides. The Germans saw that we were entering these unoccupied trenches and bombarded them heavily. The trench my platoon occupied was dug in a clean grass field. Before we had been in it one hour there was not a blade of grass to be seen growing for 30 yards in rear of it; the front of it we could not see. A dug-out at one end disappeared in the air. Another dug-out in which were Lieut. Grindell (a fellow-subaltern of A Coy.), myself and about five men was blown in on us. I had to extricate poor old Grindell from the wreckage, and his knees were badly bruised, but he will be about again in a day or two. As soon as dusk came they ceased shelling us, and we then set to and worked like blazes to rebuild the broken parts of the trench. We could also get some doubtful water then, and sent Grindell to the dressing station. Water has been our trouble. At 11 p.m. (Sunday night) we were ordered to come out of the trenches and march back to a rest camp five miles in rear, and a terrible march it was. The road was swept with shrapnel for three of the miles. The villages which in times of peace had been on it were mere broken skeletons of their former selves. Many of the houses were in flames. The road had great shell holes in it, which parties of men were filling in with the broken houses in order to make it passable for transport, which crossed it at the gallop. Capt. Morrill, at about this stage, I think, got three shrapnel holes in one leg. Dead horses, broken wagons, mules, and occasionally men, strewed the road throughout its length, and the smell of them was sickening. The men at this stage were so tired that every time we got into the ditches for a rest we had difficulty in waking them to move on again, even in the roar of the shell bursts; many were being helped along by their pals. At 1 a.m. this morning (Monday, 26 April) we arrived at this camp for our well-earned rest. We walked into our huts, put our heads on our packs, and fell asleep with the roar of the battle still going on, and our artillery, part of which has a position near here, roaring away for all it was worth. I woke 10 hours afterwards stiff and hungry, and with a thirst I haven’t yet succeeded in quenching, in spite of the eight pint-mugs of tea I have drunk at intervals to-day.” Two days later, 28 April, his platoon had orders to entrench west of Gedde’s detachment, between the canal and the Pilkem road, supported by a brigade of a north country Territorial Division, which had arrived from England only three days before. He was encouraging his men to dig themselves into the ground when a shell fell in their midst, killing four outright and wounding eight, including 2nd Lieut. Hellyer, who died in consequence of his wounds at No. 7 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, France, 8 May, 1915; unm. His body was brought home and buried at Brixham, South Devon. Sergt. T. Hurd, A Coy., 4th Battn. East Yorkshires, thus wrote of his death: “No doubt you have heard of Lieut. Sidney Hellyer being wounded. I will tell you how it happened. We had been in the trenches two days, when we received orders to move nearer the enemy’s lines. Just as we reached the new position and were digging ourselves in, shrapnel shells burst right into the middle of our company, killing four outright and wounding eight, including Lieut. Hellyer, who had his arm blown off at the shoulder, the other arm, both legs and cheek injured. But wounded as he was, he would not let any one touch him until all the others had been attended to. I have never met a braver man in my life, and men in our platoon owed their lives to him time and time again by the way he handled them. After he fell he still exhorted his men to hurry up and cut themselves into the ground. I have gleaned that he was courageously fetched from the exposed position to the trench, where every possible care was exerted to alleviate his terrible sufferings. On a trench ambulance he was carried towards the clearing hospital, but in the darkness the bearers lost their way. No portion or stump of the left arm remaining, the men of the Medical Corps strove to stop the bleeding by pressing their fingers to the wounds. At the clearing hospital he dictated a letter to his parents, telling them he was wounded, but that he should find his way to England by easy stages, and not to worry about him. But not one word as to the terrible nature of his injuries nor of the awful sufferings during the tedious and prolonged transference from the battlefield to the hospital.” Numerous other letters from his superior officers and men attest in the highest terms his lovable qualities and ability as a leader of men in camp, in trench, and in action. His cousin, Corpl. G. P. Hellyer, also died of wounds (see his notice).

=HELPS, FRANK BOVETT=, Rifleman, No. 2471, 16th Battn. (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of Edward William Helps, of Westleigh, Durleigh Road, Bridgwater, Incorporated Accountant, Overseer for Borough of Bridgwater, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of E. J. Bovett, M.R.C.V.S.; b. Westfield, Bridgwater, co. Somerset, 11 May, 1894; educ. Dr. Morgan’s School, Bridgwater, and Royal Grammar School, Colchester, and on leaving there was apprenticed to Mr. A. J. Beare, of Taunton, Draper, and after serving his time, went to the Brixton Bon Marché; enlisted, 11 Aug. 1914; went to France, 24 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Ypres, 23 July, 1915, while on outpost duty; unm.

=HELYAR, MAURICE HOWARD=, Capt., Rifle Brigade, elder s. of Francis John Helyar, of 11, Royal Crescent, Bath, late Royal Bodyguard, by his wife, the Hon. Ursula Georgiana, née Addington, 2nd dau. of William Wells, 3rd Viscount Sidmouth; b. 78, Eaton Place, London, S.W., 18 Nov. 1879; educ. Horris Hill, and Eton; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Rifle Brigade, from the Militia, 20 Dec. 1899, and promoted Lieut. 18 Dec. 1900, and Capt., 30 May, 1905; served in the South African War, 1902 (Queen’s medal with clasp), and Somaliland, 1903 (medal with clasp), and with the Expeditionary Force in France, 21 Dec. 1914, to 25 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action near Ypres on the latter date, and buried at Dickebusche. Capt. Helyar m. at Winchester, 21 Nov. 1914, Vera, dau. of Edward Evans-Lombe, of Bylaugh Park, and Rickthorn, Norwich, and had a dau., Maureen Howard, b. (posthumous), 25 Aug. 1915.

=HEMMING, FREDERICK THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 14309, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=HENCHER, JOSEPH=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21848, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=HENDER, JOHN HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4914), S.S. 104378, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HENDERSON, ALEC STEWART=, Capt., 1st Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), only s. of Robert Stewart Henderson, of 18, Rutland Gate, London, S.W., by his wife, Laura, dau. of John Cooper Forster; b. Dacca, Eastern Bengal, 28 Jan. 1888; educ. Eton, and Trinity College, Cambridge; joined the Territorial Force in 1908, and was gazetted Capt. Territorial Reserve of Officers, 25 July, 1913, and posted to the 1st City of London Royal Fusiliers in Aug. 1914, after the outbreak of war, his appointment to rank as from 5 Aug. After eight months in Malta he went to France with his regt. on 10 March, 1915, and was shot through the head, 24 April, 1915, by a stray bullet, while in a trench superintending the throwing of bombs on the barbed wire entanglements, and died the next day, 25 April; unm. He was buried at Sailly-sur-Lys. His Colonel wrote: “The regt. lost in him one of its best officers. I do wish to express to you my highest appreciation of what he did for the regt. through his conscientious work and great ability. As such his memory will live in the regt.”; and the Adjutant: “He was a universal favourite, his company really loved him. He was a good keen soldier, and we can ill afford to lose an officer of his experience.” He had qualified for appointment as instructor of musketry.

=HENDERSON, ALFRED CECIL=, Private, No. 23150, 3rd Battn. (82nd Regt.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, s. of Henry William Henderson, of Union Road, Charlottetown, P.E.I., Canada, by his wife, Eudevilla, dau. of Francis Simmonds, of Crapaud, P.E.I.; b. Royalty Junction, Prince Edward’s Island, 12 April, 1895; joined the 82nd Regt. in 1911, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for service overseas, and left P.E.I. for Valcartier in Aug. 1914; came over with the first contingent in Oct., and was drafted into Princess Patricia’s C.L.I.; crossed to France, 16 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action from the concussion of a shell at Hooge, during the Second Battle of Ypres, 8 May, 1915; unm.

=HENDERSON, JOHN McLUCKIE=, Private, No. 13564, Telephone Section, 12th (Service) Battn. The Royal Scots, eldest s. of Thomas Brownlie Henderson, of Ballingry Place, Newmains, Lanarkshire, late of Hamilton, by his wife, Agnes, dau. of Alexander McKay; b. Burnbank, Hamilton, 28 Aug. 1897; educ. Glenlee Public School there, and at Fallin Public School, Stirling; enlisted, 4 Sept. 1914; went to France, 29 April, and was killed in the charge of the Royal Scots at Loos, 25 Sept. 1915, at the same time as his friend, John Baxter, who had enlisted with him. At Fallin School he won the Dux Medal, and was patrol leader in the Boy Scouts.

=HENDERSON, ROBERT HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6216), 187023, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HENDERSON, WILLIAM SLATER=, Armourer’s Mate, M. 4203, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HENLEY, FRANK=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 23584, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=HENLEY, FRANK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9147), S.S. 103968, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HENLEY, GEORGE CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class (M.) 304539, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HENNESSY, IVAN THOMAS=, S.B.A., M. 877, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HENRY, CHARLES BURRELL=, Leading Seaman, 172972, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=HENRY, FRANK=, Private, No. 2092, 1/5th Battn. Royal West Kent Regt. (T.F.), s. of William Henry, Bootmaker; b. 7 June, 1867; died at Jhansi, India, 21 July, 1915, of heatstroke, while on active service. He m. at Dartford, 17 Oct. 1914, Frances Annie (9, Priory Hill, Dartford, Kent), dau. of Harry Longhurst; s.p.

=HENRY, JOSEPH=, Stoker (Native), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HENRY, WALTER=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 4971), 200091, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HENSELEIT, FREDERICK=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 16799, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=HENSHAW, WILLIAM FREDERICK=, Sapper, No. 1617, 2nd Home Counties F.C., R.E. (T.F.), s. of William Frederick Henshaw; b. Ashford, co. Kent, 27 Aug. 1874; was a Bricklayer; served in South Africa with the 1st Cinque Ports Rifle Volunteer Corps (Sussex Regt.), 1901–02, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 22 Dec. 1914, to 20 April, 1915; took part in the attack on Hill 60, and was killed by a shell on returning to billets, 20 April, 1915. He m. at Crowborough, 16 Aug. 1902, Lilian Mary (23, Cornwall Road, Bexhill-on-Sea), dau. of George Martin, and had three children: Harold William George, b. 9 May, 1903; Arthur Roy, b. 21 June, 1907; and Gladys Evelyn May, b. 12 May, 1911.

=HENSON, HERBERT EDWARD=, Ship’s Corpl., 1st Class, 187848, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HENSON, LEONARD=, Private, No. 7290, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of the late Frank Henson, of Loughborough, Labourer, by his wife, Ann; b. Loughborough, 7 Aug. 1890; educ. Emmanuel Boys’ School there; enlisted 11 June, 1907, served seven years and then joined the Leicestershire Constabulary, and at the time of the outbreak of the war was stationed at New Swannington. He rejoined on mobilisation, was wounded on 23 Sept. 1914, by a shell at the Battle of the Aisne, and died in Claridge’s Hotel, Paris, two days later; unm. The doctor wrote that he was brought in on the night of the 23rd, and that after being “very brave and patient, he passed away quietly at half-past four on Friday the 25th.” He was buried in the Plantin Cemetery; a company of French soldiers followed and fired the last shots.

=HENSON, STANLEY BENSKIN=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Somerset L.I., only s. of William John Henson, of 2, Derby Street, Mayfair, W., and Elmsett Hall, Wedmore, co. Somerset, Physician, by his wife, Minnie, dau. of the late George Niesigh, of Beckenham, Kent; b. Upper Norwood, 17 June, 1888; educ. King’s School, Bruton, Somerset, and Pembroke College, Oxford; and obtained a commission in the Colonial Police in 1909, and was stationed at Singapore and Penang. He joined the Special Reserve of Officers of the Somerset L.I., 17 Sept. 1913, and failing to obtain leave from the Straits Authorities, resigned his post there, came home to England at his own expense, and obtained a commission in the 1st Battn. Somerset L.I., in Oct. 1914; went to France in Nov., and was killed in action in an attack on the German trenches at Ploegsteert, 19 Dec. 1914. In this attack, made over 200 yards of open ground, he (in the words of his Commanding Officer) exhibited such dashing bravery that he outstripped his company by a full 20 yards, but fell with a bullet through his heart. Buried in Ploegsteert Wood; unm.

=HEPBURN, ARCHIBALD JAMES=, Capt., 8th (Ardwick) Battn. Manchester Regt. (T.F.), only s. of William Archibald Hepburn, of Dane-in-Shaw, Elms Avenue, Lytham, Bleacher’s Manager, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of the Rev. William Burnett, of Half Morton, Dumfriesshire; b. Ramsbottom, co. Lancaster, 26 June, 1882; educ. Sedbergh Preparatory School and Manchester Grammar School; and from 1906 to 1914 was Manager under Bleachers’ Association, Ltd., of Hepburn & Co., Ltd., Square Works, Ramsbottom, succeeding his father in that position. On the institution of the Territorial Force, he obtained a commission in the 8th Battn. Manchester Regt. and received his Captaincy 5 Feb. 1913. On the outbreak of war he was in command of C Coy.; volunteered with his regt. for foreign service, and left for Egypt, as part of the East Lancashire Division, 10 Sept. 1914. Part of the battn. was ordered to Cyprus, 19 Oct. 1914, and till its return to Egypt three months later (including the annexation of the island, 7 Nov. 1914), Capt. Hepburn was officer commanding troops at Nicosia, the seat of Government. The Division left for the Gallipoli Peninsula, 2 May, 1915, and he was killed in action there, 29 May, 1915, being shot through the head while strengthening parapet of front line trench south of Krithia. He was buried at “Clapham Junction” military cemetery there. Capt. Hepburn qualified as a musketry instructor at Hythe in Nov. and Dec., 1911, and was well known as an amateur actor in the Manchester district. He m. at Altrincham, co. Chester, 28 Feb. 1911, Lilias Una, only child of Alfred Tarbolton, of Bowdon, co. Chester, and Manchester, J.P., Solicitor, and had a son and dau., Philip Archibald, b. 23 March, 1915; and Patricia, b. 6 March, 1915. At the outbreak of war they resided at 2, Crumpsall Green, Manchester.

=HEPINSTALL, GEORGE=, Private, No. 10959, 6th (Service) Battn. Yorkshire Regt., eldest s. of the late George Hepinstall, of Southwick-on-Wear, Riveter, by his wife, Mary Ellen (13, Brougham Street, Southwick-on-Wear), dau. of John Leach, of Southwick; b. Southwick, 15 Jan. 1894; educ. Southwick Board School; was employed at the Sunderland Bottle Works; enlisted 24 Aug. 1914, trained at Grantham and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 21 Aug 1915; unm. The same day his great friend and schoolfellow, J. C. Robinson, with whom he had been brought up, enlisted, and gone to the front, was killed at Chocolate Hill.

=HEPWORTH, PERCY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 1843), 293062, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=HERBERT, ERNEST=, A. B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2093), 189862, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HERBERT, FREDERICK DANIEL=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 10169, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HERDMAN, ARTHUR WIDDRINGTON=, Lieut., 1st Battn. King’s Own Shropshire L.I., only s. of the late Rev. Robert Morrison Herdman, Vicar of Holy Trinity, North Shields, by his wife, Mary (Sunnyholme, Ripon), dau. of Thomas Wearmouth, of Gainford; b. Holy Trinity Vicarage, North Shields, 31 Jan. 1886; educ. Trent College, and Corpus Christi College, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st Shropshire L.I., 18 Sept. 1909, and promoted Lieut., 30 Oct. 1913; went to France with the 6th Division, Sept. 1914, and was killed in action near Lille. 25 Oct. following; unm. The Commanding Officer and Major of his regt., in their letters to his mother, spoke of his popularity with his men, and his orderly, who, when he was missing, went out to look for him and found him dead, and was himself wounded while looking for him. wrote: “When I told his men that he was dead they all took it very hard, because he was the best friend we ever had.” By his will Lieut. Herdman left £1,000 to the Council of Trent College, £500 to the K.S.L.I. Regimental Aid Society, a recreation ground for Ewhurst, and other bequests.

=HERION, ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9319), S.S. 106537, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HERN, WILLIAM HENRY=, Leading Stoker (Boatman, C.G.), 310613 (Dev.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HERON, WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 1753, 3rd Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 6th s. of Richard Heron, of Dryden Place, New York, Newcastle-on-Tyne, by his wife, Ada, dau. of Amos Wright; b. New Seaham, co. Durham, 2 Feb. 1891; educ. there; was in the Special Reserve; emigrated to Australia about 1913, and settled at Fremantle, West Australia: volunteered at the outbreak of war, and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force; left for Egypt, 17 March, 1915; went to the Dardanelles about July, and died at sea, 11 Aug. 1915; unm.

=HERRIDGE, WILLIAM=, Gunner, R.M.A., 8569, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HERRING, EDWARD EDGAR=, L.-Corpl., No. 939, D Coy., 3rd Battn. 1st Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, 4th s. of Gerard Edgar Herring, of Cromer, England, late Under-secretary for Mines Department, Sydney, N.S.W., by his wife, Caroline Elizabeth; b. Gladesville, New South Wales, 26 April, 1891; educ. Sydney Grammar School; was a Bank Accountant, and volunteered on the outbreak of war, and enlisted 20 Aug. 1914: left for Egypt with the 1st Division, 30 Oct. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915; was wounded in the assault on Lone Pine Hill, 6 Aug. 1915, and died of wounds on the hospital ship Delta, on the 9th; unm. Buried at sea.

=HESTER, WILLIAM HENRY=, Chief Sick Berth Steward, 350550, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HETHERINGTON, JOHN ROBERT=, Private, No. 10176, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Joseph Hetherington, of 49, Ancrum Street, Spital Tongues, Newcastle-on-Tyne, by his wife, Frances, dau. of William Pallan; b. Spital Tongues aforesaid, 5 May. 1896; educ. Newcastle Council School; enlisted 5 June, 1913; went to the Front 8 Oct. 1914, and was reported missing after the fighting at Givenchy, 25 Jan. 1915. Confirmation of his death was received in June, when Sergt. F. Millman reported that he had been by his side when he was mortally wounded and added, “he was a fine type of manhood and a credit to the regt.” He was unm.

=HEWETSON, GEORGE HAYTON=, Chaplain, R.N., elder s. of the late Rev. John Hewetson, Vicar of Chadworth, by his wife, Isabella (Dromore, Putney, S.W.), dau. of the Rev. George Henry Heslop; b. Chester, 26 Jan. 1877; educ. Bradfield and Worcester College, Oxford; entered the Royal Navy, 1 Aug. 1906, and was Chaplain H.M.S. Britannia, H.M.S. Minotaur, the Flagship of the China Squadron, Feb. 1910–12, and to the Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth, 1912 to July, 1914; appointed to H.M.S. Bulwark, 29 July, 1914; lost when that ship was blown up at Sheerness, 26 Nov. 1914. He m. at High Harrogate, 3 Feb. 1914, Lilian Mary (The Vicarage, High Harrogate), dau. of the Rev. Douglas Sherwood Guy, Vicar of Christchurch, High Harrogate, and had a dau., Mary Hayton, b. 10 Jan. 1915.

=HEWETT, JOHN EDWARD=, Private, No. 862. 1st/5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade), The London Regt. (T.F.), only s. of the late George Hulbert Hewett, of 61, Rathcoole Gardens, Hornsey, N., a Mercantile Clerk in the employ of the British India Steamship Navigation Co., by his wife, Olivia, dau. of William Clarke; b. Highbury, N., 15 Jan. 1894; educ. Hornsey County School, enlisted 9 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 28 April, 1915; unm. He was buried near Fortuin.

=HEWITT, ERNEST HENRY=, Lieut., 1/4th Battn. King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of James Henry Hewitt, of Altamont, Bangor, co. Down, Ireland; b. Belfast, 5 Nov. 1885; educ. Bangor Grammar School; St. Jude’s School, Belfast; and the Royal Academical Institution, Belfast; was a member of the Queen’s University Officers Training Corps, and Vice-Capt. of the North of Ireland Rugby Football Club; offered his services to the War Office the day after war was declared; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 22 Aug. 1914; and Lieut. 1 Dec. 1914; went to France with his Battn. in April, 1915; took part in the attack on the enemy near Festubert, on the night of 15 June, 1915; was seen to fall on his left side, apparently mortally wounded, while heroically leading his men between the second and third German trenches, and not heard of since. He is officially reported missing. His Commanding officer wrote: “Lieut. Hewitt since he joined us has become the most popular officer in the Battn. He was a splendid soldier.” He was mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French [London Gazette, 1 Jan. 1916], for gallant and distinguished service in the field.

=HEWITT, JAMES FRANCIS=, Lieut., 1st Battn. The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), eldest s. of the Hon. William James Hewitt, of St. Colme House, Aberdour, Fife [s. of 6th James, 4th Viscount Lifford], by his wife Evelyn Frances, yst. dau. of Lieut.-Gen. Francis Carey; b. Gatehouse-of-Fleet, co. Kirkcudbright, 22 Jan. 1888; educ. Winton House, Winchester and Haileybury College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. from the 3rd Battn. to the 1st Cameronians, 26 Feb. 1908, and promoted Lieut., 12 March, 1910; went to France, 26 Aug., and was killed in action at La Boutillerie during the first Battle of Ypres, 26 Oct. 1914, and was buried there; unm. His Colonel wrote: “We have lost one of our very best officers and most lovable of comrades. He was always so capable and keen at all work and sport.”

=HEWITT, ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 8192, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HEWITT, WILLIAM GEORGE=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. The Royal Scots, 2nd s. of the Hon. William James Hewitt, of St. Colme House, Aberdour, Fife [6th s. of James, 4th Viscount Lifford], by his wife Evelyn Frances, yst. dau. of Lieut.-Gen. Francis Carey: b. Gatehouse-of-Fleet, co. Kirkcudbright, 7 June, 1892; educ. Edinburgh Academy and Christ Church, Oxford; gazetted from the Officer’s Training Corps to the 3rd Royal Scots, 7 Aug. 1914; went to France, 27 Sept. and was killed in action near Neuve Chapelle during the 1st Battle of Ypres, 13 Oct. 1914, while helping a wounded soldier; unm. Whilst at Christ Church he ran with the beagles, and eventually became 1st Whip; he was also a member of the “Loders Club,” and interested himself keenly in all sport. Of him it was said: “He was most charming in manner, and it was always a pleasure to be with him; he has died nobly, and in his short time has lived a simple, straight life.” His eldest brother, Lieut. J. F. Hewitt, was killed in action, 26 Oct. 1914 (see his notice).

=HEWLETT, WILFRED ARTHUR=, Chief Electrical Artificer, 2nd Class, 345053, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HEYS, ARTHUR=, Petty Officer, 189420, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HEYWORTH, HEYWORTH POTTER LAWRENCE=, Capt., 2nd Battn. (98th) North Staffordshire Regt., only s. of the late Col. Lawrence Heyworth, Commanding 3rd Welsh Regt., by his wife, Rosina Kate (Colne Priory, Earl’s Colne), dau. of John Baskerville Mortimer, and grandson of Lawrence Heyworth, of Yewtree, Liverpool, J.P., M.P. for Derby, &c.; b. Wain Vaur, Risca, co. Monmouth, 20 Nov. 1877; educ. Aysgarth, Harrow, and Trinity College, Cambridge; received a commission in the 3rd South Wales Borderers (Militia), 1899, and was gazetted to the 2nd North Staffordshire Regt., 21 April, 1900, and promoted Lieut., 7 Jan. 1901, and Capt., 11 Sept. 1908. He served in the South African War, 1900–1902, taking part in the operations in the Orange Free State and in the Transvaal and Cape Colony, and received the Queen’s medal with three clasps and the King’s with two clasps. He went to India with his regiment in 1903, being stationed at Umballa, Multan and Peshawar, and was Master of the Peshawar Vale Hounds, 1911–12. In 1913 he returned to England on sick leave and retired on half-pay (21 Sept.), but on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, rejoined his old regt. and was appointed Adjutant of the 7th Battn. in Sept. They left for the Dardanelles in June, and he was killed in action there, near Sari Bair, 6 Aug. 1915, and buried in the Australian and New Zealand Cemetery, Gallipoli. His Commanding Officer wrote that he had proved “a very good adjutant,” and the second in Command: “He is a terrible loss to us, as he was quite the most popular man in the regt.” He m. at Partney Church, Lincolnshire, 21 Jan. 1915, Cecily Mabel (Dalby Hall, Spilsby, Lincolnshire), 2nd dau. of Major Bartholomew Claypon Garfit, of Dalby Hall, Lincolnshire, J.P.; s.p.

=HIBBERT, SEPTIMUS=, M.A., M.B., B.Ch. Oxon, Surgeon, R.N.V.R., s. of Charles George Hibbert, of Marenioh, Talbot Avenue, Bournemouth, Merchant, by his wife, Clara, dau. of John Heseltine; b. Brasted, near Sevenoaks, Kent, 31 July, 1886: educ. Tonbridge School, University College, Oxford, and St. George’s Hospital, London, where he was House Surgeon and Physician; joined the Navy on the outbreak of war, was appointed Surgeon to H.M.S. Formidable, and was lost when that ship was sunk in the Channel, 1 Jan. 1915; unm.

=HICKLING, EDWARD ROBERT EYRE=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. Gloucestershire Regt., att. North Lancashire Regt., only s. of the late John Bird Hickling, by his wife, Clara (4, Chestnut Avenue, Bournemouth), dau. of the late Alderman Robert Eyre Applegate Eyres; b. Lymington, 17 Aug. 1895; educ. privately (Mr. John Murray); Langharne House School, Victoria Road, Southsea and Bournemouth School (Dr. Fenwick) where he joined the School Corps in Jan. 1908; becoming L.-Corpl. Sept. 1911 and Corpl. Jan. 1912. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Gloucestershires, 8 Oct. 1913; and promoted Lieut. in Aug. 1914; went to France in Sept., and was att. to the North Lancashire Regt. He died at No. 4 Clearing Hospital, Poperinghe, about 2 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action, 27–28 Oct. A brother officer wrote: “On the night of the 23rd we were in billets at a village quite near to ..., when we got the order to go forward suddenly and turn the enemy out of some of our trenches which they had captured near ..., and so we pushed forward at dawn of the 24th, and came under fire, and then I was told off with Hickling to act as a left flank-guard while the rest of the Battn. advanced, and there he and I stayed with half a company (100 men) until about 7.30 a.m. Then we, in turn, had the order to advance, and went forward over the turnip fields and then out on to open ploughed land without a vestige of cover anywhere, and bullets flying round us like bees. Then as we got to within 300 yards of the enemy’s trenches I got hit just above the knee and was, of course, to all intents and purposes, ‘down and out.’ But I yelled to Hickling to take the men on. Whether he heard me or not I can’t say, but I saw him afterwards running forward with his men, and I was told later that he got through alright. Then I lay there for about seven or eight hours unable to move until some ambulance people came along about 4 p.m., and took me back on a stretcher, and when I got back I heard that Hickling had been badly shot in the hip.”

=HICKLING, WILLIAM CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3046), S.S. 100493, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HICKS, FREDERICK RICHARD=, Lieut.-Col., 1st Battn. Hampshire Regt., only surviving s. of the late Francis Hicks, of Lanhainsworth, St. Columb, co. Cornwall, by his wife, Catherine, dau. of the late John Hicks; b. Plymouth, 10 Sept. 1871; educ. Sherborne and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and received his commission in the Hampshire Regt. 8 Oct. 1890, being promoted Lieut. 10 Aug. 1892; Capt. 17 April, 1898; Brevet-Major, 22 Aug. 1902; Major, 8 Aug. 1908; and Lieut.-Col. -- Dec. 1914. He served in Uganda, 9 Jan. 1898, to 27 May, 1900 (medal), and was on Special Service in South Africa, 9 May to 26 July, 1900, being afterwards on the Staff of the Military Governor of Johannesburg (Major-Gen. Colin Mackenzie), and later (1 Dec. 1901 to 30 Nov. 1902) was employed with the Rand Rifles. For his services in this campaign he was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 29 July, 1902], and received the Queen’s medal with three clasps and the King’s medal with two clasps. He served with the 2nd Hampshires at Malta and Bermuda, and with the 1st Battn. at Londonderry and Colchester, and from 10 Oct. 1909, to 8 March, 1912, was Brigade Major, 16th Brigade, Irish Command, and from 9 March, 1912, to 9 Oct. 1913, General Staff Officer (2nd Grade), Coast Defence, Southern Command. He was a Staff College Graduate, and a first-class interpreter. On the outbreak of the European War, he went to France, 22 Aug. 1914. and assumed command of the 1st Hampshires (the old 37th) after Col. Jackson was taken prisoner. He was wounded at Le Cateau a few days later (26 Aug.), and invalided home, but returned to the Front on 9 Nov. and was again wounded in action near Ypres on 8 May. He was sent home, and died in Guy’s Hospital, of enteric and wounds, 12 June, 1915. Col. Hicks m. at Winchester Cathedral, 2 Nov. 1903, Grace Winifred (Lanhainsworth, St. Columb, Cornwall), yst. dau. of the late Rev. William Henry Hewett, and had issue: John Nettleton, b. 3 May, 1906; Roger Bertram Nettleton, b. 27 Dec. 1909; and Mervyn Nettleton, b. 28 Jan. 1911.

=HICKS, JAMES THOMAS WILLIAM=, Private, No. 1849, 5th Batt. Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), s. of Albert Hicks, of 3, Clyde Villas, Ladbore Road, Rye, by his wife, Emma, dau. of James Tapp; b. Rye, co. Sussex, 16 Jan. 1895; educ. Rye Council School; enlisted 22 May, 1914; went to France 18 Feb. 1915, and died of wounds received in action at Cambray, 24 May, 1915; unm.

=HICKS, WALTER GERALD=, 2nd Lieut., 8th (Service) Battn. Royal Fusiliers, only s. of the late Walter Hicks, of St. Austell, by his wife, Kattie, dau. of the late Samuel William Cooke; b. St. Austell, co. Cornwall, 2 Oct. 1893; educ. Blundell’s, and London University (at both of which he was a member of the O.T.C.); was studying at the University when war broke out; obtained a commission in the 8th Royal Fusiliers, 26 Aug. 1914; went to France 31 May, 1915, and died at Armentières, 11 Aug. 1915 of wounds received while scouting. His Colonel wrote: “He was one of the most gallant boys I have ever met and would go anywhere and do anything. His men adored him, and his Captain could not speak too highly of him. He was intensely gallant and did not know the word ‘fear.’” A brother officer wrote: “His men worshipped him, and no words of mine can describe to you what he did for them. I remember the platoon from the very start, and had never thought it possible that it could have been brought up to the pitch of efficiency that he had attained. He set a fine example of cool courage to us all--officers and men.”

=HIGGINBOTTOM, FRANK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3228), S.S. 754, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HIGGINBOTTOM, THOMAS=, Private, No. 1635, 14th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, s. of James Samuel Higginbottom; b. Salford, co. Lancaster, 10 Nov. 1886; educ. St. Bartholomew’s Schools there; and served four years in the Manchester Territorials; went to Australia early in 1914, and being there when war began, volunteered and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, 13 Sept. 1914; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and served there continuously for four months, being killed in action, 25 Aug. 1915, and was buried in Australia Valley. He m. 12 Sept. 1909, Margaret Ann (9, Crokell Street, Salford), dau, of Timothy Leniham, and had issue three children: Thomas, b. 17 Jan. 1911; Stanley, b. 19 Feb. 1913; and Margaret, b. 1 July, 1910.

=HIGGINS, FREDERIC=, Shipwright, 1st Class, 345691, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HIGGINS, HARRY=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1987), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HIGGS, CHARLES=, Leading Stoker, 300794, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HIGH, GEORGE HENRY=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 22784, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=HILEY, HERBERT=, Stoker, R.N.R., 2196S., H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HILDYARD, NONA MILDRED=, Nurse, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, dau. of William Hildyard, of Lyttleton, New Zealand, by his wife, Betsy Ann, dau. of John (and Harriet) Libballie; b. Lyttleton aforesaid, 4 Nov. 1890; educ. Lyttleton Public Schools; entered the Christ Church Hospital, New Zealand, where she soon attracted the attention of her superiors, and on the outbreak of war was one of the nurses specially selected by the Government to go to the Front with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. She left for Egypt 11 July, 1915, and was for some time engaged in the Base Hospital, Port Said. When the New Zealand troops were being transferred to Salonika, she sailed for that port with the other nurses of the hospital, and was lost on the troopship Marquetta, when that ship was torpedoed in the Gulf of Salonika 23 Oct. 1915. Doctors who were eye-witnesses of the disaster affirm that she displayed wonderful courage and fortitude, and sang “Tipperary” and “Are we downhearted? No!” to the last to keep up the spirits of her comrades.

=HILL, ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, 225607, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=HILL, CHARLES HAYDOCK=, Private, No. 28739, 16th Battn. (Canadian Scottish), Canadian Expeditionary Force, yr. s. of the late James Catesworth Hill, of Barnwood, Gloucester, by his wife, Frances, dau. of Charles Bird; b. Hereford, 5 Sept. 1890; educ. South-Eastern College, Ramsgate; qualified as an Electrical Engineer at the Central Technical College, London; went to Canada in 1912, and entered the employ of the British Electrical Co.; joined 50th Gordons at Victoria in 1913; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and enlisted in the Canadian Scottish; came over with the 1st Contingent in Oct. 1914; went to France, Feb. 1915, and died at No. 8 Casualty Clearing Station, 28 April, 1915, of wounds received in action the previous day near Ypres, when a shell took off his right leg. Buried in Bailleul Cemetery; unm.

=HILL, CHARLES WILLIAM JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9149), 204395, H.M.S. Aboukir, lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HILL, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5058), S.S. 1835, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HILL, GEORGE PAYNE=, Sergt., No. 391, North Riding Battery, 2nd Northumbrian Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (T.F.), 3rd s. of Thomas Hill, of West Pier, Whitby, Sculptor, by his wife, Catherine, dau. of John Waller; b. Whitby, co. Yorks, 27 May, 1884; educ. Mount School, Whitby; was a Monumental Mason; joined the Volunteer Force in Feb. 1903, and transferred to the Territorials in 1908. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for foreign service; went with his battery to the Front, Sunday, 18 April, 1915, and died in hospital at Bailleul, 24 May, 1915, from wounds received in action at Ypres the same day. The gun detachment under Sergt. Hill was completely wiped out by a bursting shell, all the men who belonged to the Scarborough section being killed, the Sergt. surviving for a short time only. The gun which was damaged was eventually saved and brought safely back to the British line, by a detachment of the Whitby Territorial Force, who were supplying the guns still in action with ammunition, amidst a veritable hail of bursting shells. He was buried in Bailleul Cemetery. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 30 Nov. 1915. Sergt. Hill m. at St. Mary’s Parish Church, Whitby, 5 June, 1907, Margaret, dau. of the late Thomas Stott, Mariner, and had three children: Thomas Stott, b. 25 July, 1910; George, b. 31 March, 1913: and Mabel, b. 2 Jan. 1909. He had been a ringer at Whitby Parish Church since the formation of a change ringing company in 1909: he had taken part in peals of Plain Bob Triples and Major, Grandsire Triples and Caters, and Kent Treble Bob Major and Royal, and previous to the outbreak of war was looking forward to scoring his first peal of Stedman Triples.

=HILL, LEONARD AUGUSTUS=, Private, No. 1967, 1/8th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), s. of the late Edmund Hill, Engine Driver, G.W.R., by his wife Martha (38, Dudley Road, Southall Green, Middlesex), dau. of Richard Castle; b. Gloucester, 21 Sept. 1896; educ. Featherstone Road Boys’ School, Southall; was an Engineer; joined the Middlesex Territorials, 17 Feb. 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 8 March, 1915, and died in No. 10 Stationary Hospital, 29 April, 1915, from wounds received in action the previous day near Ypres. Sergt. A. Cornwell wrote: “He was one of my best men, and one of the most popular in the Coy.... Only two days before he shared the contents of his parcel amongst the boys. Always cheerful, always willing, one of the best of workers. We all miss him.... He was one of the first over the parapet after the Germans when he was killed.”

=HILL, LESLIE BROWNLOW=, Private, No. 28744, 16th Battn. (50th Gordon Highlanders, of Canada), Canadian Expeditionary Force, s. of the late Elvis Ford Hill, of London, Cigar and Tobacco Merchant, by his wife, Marie Klara (620, Battery Street, James Bay, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada), dau. of the late John Mathias Lerner, of London, England; b. Portland Place, London, W., 1 July, 1889; educ. Margate College; served for a short period with the North Staffordshire Regt. and afterwards in the Royal Navy, and having received his discharge, went to Canada in 1913, and settled at Victoria, B.C.; joined the 50th Gordon Highlanders, 16 June, 1914, and when war broke out, immediately volunteered for Imperial Service. He left Valcartier, for England, 28 Sept. 1914; went to France, 22 Feb. 1915; came safely through the Battle of Ypres, 25 April, 1915, but was wounded in the trenches by a fragment of shell two days later (27 April), and died the same day in No. 8 British Field Ambulance; unm. He was buried in Vlamertinghe Cemetery, Ypres (B192, Sec. 4). His brother, Elvis Ford Hill, No. 9352, is now (1916) on active service with the R.A.M.C.

=HILL, WALTER EDWARD=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. North Staffordshire Regt., only s. of the late Rev. Charles Rowland Haydock Hill, Rector of Holy Trinity, Dorchester, and Canon of Salisbury, by his wife, Ellen Maria (68, King’s Gate Street, Winchester), 2nd dau. of Hon. Edward Bennet Wrottesley [5th s. of John, 1st Baron Wrottesley]; b. Dorchester, co. Dorset, 6 Sept 1892; educ. Winchester; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Special Reserve, 3 May, 1911, and promoted Lieut. 17 April, 1913; went to France 8 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 25 Sept. 1914; unm. Buried in Soupir Churchyard.

=HILL, WILLIAM DUDLEY=, Capt., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st, Battn. Loyal North Lancashire Regt., yst. s. of Col. Frederick Jacob Ponsonby Hill, of Cambridge Lodge, Southbourne, Hants, late 1st Royal Scots (who served in the Crimea and Indian Mutiny), by his wife, Elizabeth Newnham, dau. of Solomon Watson, of Ballingarrane, co. Tipperary; b. Cheltenham, 24 March, 1882; educ. Saugeen Preparatory School, Bournemouth, and (owing to temporary failure of eyesight) privately; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd South Lancashire Regt. 11 June, 1900, and transferred to the 1st North Lancashires, 4 May, 1901; served in the South African War (Queen’s medal with three clasps and King’s medal with two clasps), and retired, 9 Oct. 1903. On the outbreak of war he rejoined his Regt. and was promoted Lieut. 9 Oct. 1914, and Capt. 3 Feb. 1915; was stationed at Felixstowe with the 3rd Battn. Sept. 1914 to March, 1915, when he went to France attd. to the 1st Battn. and died in hospital at Bethune, 13 May, 1915, of wounds received in action on the 9th at Rue du Bois, during the advance against the Aubers Ridge. Wounded at the commencement of the attack, he remained at the head of his men, until, again wounded, he fell. He was buried in Bethune Cemetery. His Commanding Officer wrote: “In your husband the Battn. has not only lost a keen and valuable officer, but a friend who had endeared himself to us all by his kindly and sympathetic nature.” The Commanding Officer of the 1st Battn. to which he was attd., wrote: “He was wounded in the spine and stomach on Sunday last, gallantly leading his company into action ... his loss is deeply deplored by all of us.” Other letters from his brother officers and the men of his regt. testify to his great popularity. A Sergt. wrote: “We all loved and respected him.” Capt. Dudley Hill was a keen sportsman and was particularly interested in steeplechasing. He trained many winners under National Hunt Rules, and rode winners himself in South Africa. He m. at Farnham, Surrey, 21 April, 1903, Florence Rachel (River View, Marlow, Bucks), yst. dau. of the late William Snow Clifton, of Houghton, Hants, and had two sons: Patrick William Dudley, b. 1 July, 1904; and Anthony Ponsonby Dudley, b. 17 April, 1907.

=HILLAND, JOSEPH=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9522), S.S. 106892, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HILLIER, ERNEST ALFRED=, Private, No. 9275, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Alfred Hillier, Gunner, No. 19392, No. 3 Battery, 1st Brigade, Lancashire Division, R.A.; by his wife, Mary (7, Sydney Place, Bathwick, Bath), dau. of John Martin, of Tiverton-on-Avon; b. Walcot, Bath, 3 June, 1892; educ. Bathwick Parochial School and the Blue Coat School, Bath; enlisted 13 Oct. 1911; went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914; served through the retreat from Mons, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 4 Oct. 1914; unm. Buried at Braisne. He had the Crossed Flags for signalling.

=HILLIS, JAMES HERBERT=, Leading Stoker, K. 4837, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=HILLIS, SAMUEL DENYS=, M.Sc., Private, No. 3583, 10th (Liverpool Scottish) Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt. (T. F.), s. of Samuel Hillis, of 2, Green Lawn, Rock Ferry, Cheshire, Cotton Broker, by his wife, Emma Melene, dau. of the late George Benjamin Keyworth, of Marr Grange, Doncaster; b. Liverpool, 9 Oct. 1892; educ. Birkenhead School and Liverpool University, where he graduated B.Sc. in the Chemistry Honours School in July, 1913, and after a year’s research in Metallurgy, obtained the degree of M.Sc.; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and joined the Liverpool Scottish in Sept. 1914; went to Flanders the following January, and was killed in action in the great charge at Hooge, 16 June, 1915; unm.

=HILLS, ALFRED THOMAS=, Private, No. 1248, 8th Battn. (90th Winnipeg Rifles), Canadian Expeditionary Force, yst. s. of Charles Thomas Hills, of Hornchurch, Essex, by his wife, Emily, dau. of John Webb; b. Hornchurch, 14 May, 1891; educ. Hornchurch; went to Canada in Feb. 1911, and settled at Fort William; volunteered after the outbreak of war, and joined the Canadian E.F. at Fort William in Aug. 1914; came over with the first contingent; went to France, 9 Feb. 1915, and died at Oxford Military Hospital, 2 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at Ypres, 23 April. He m. at Romford, 21 Dec. 1914, Ada Agnes, dau. of George Miller, of Chelmsford; s.p.

=HILLS, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7257), S.S. 102186, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HILLS, WILLIAM JESSE=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17045, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=HILLYER, THOMAS JAMES SELBY=, Sergt., No. 46007, 13th Battn. (Royal Highlanders of Canada) Canadian Expeditionary Force, only s. of Thomas Frederick Selby Hillyer, of London, Butler in private service, by his wife, Annie, dau. of Malachi Davis; b. Winkfield, near Windsor, 29 Nov. 1878; educ. Cranbourne Ranelagh School; enlisted in the 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers, 4 June, 1895; served in the Soudan Expedition, 1898 (Queen’s medal with clasp, also Khedive’s Star), and in the South African War, 1899–1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps, “Tugela Heights,” “Relief of Ladysmith,” “Transvaal,” and King’s medal with two clasps, “South Africa, 1901,” “1902”), and after leaving the Colours in 1903, was nine years in the Reserve, and was employed during that period as a postman in Winkfield village; went to Canada, 1912, and settled at Amherst, Nova Scotia; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, and came over with the first contingent, Oct. 1914; went to France, Feb. 1915, and was killed in action near Festubert, 21 May following. Buried at Festubert. He m. at Cranbourne, Winkfield, 1 June, 1903, Kate (Lovel Road, Winkfield, near Windsor), dau. of the late William Sharpe, of Cranbourne, Winkfield, and had three children: Thomas William Selby, b. 8 July, 1905; John Ernest, b. 11 Sept. 1912; and Joyce, b. 11 March, 1908.

=HILSON, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Private, No. 9910, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Joshua Thomas Hilson, of 44, Middle Street North, Driffield, co. York, formerly Royal Marine Artillery, by his wife, Harriet, dau. of William Burriell; b. Driffield, co. York, 29 April, 1895; educ. National School there; enlisted 1 Jan. 1913; went to France, Aug. 1914; died of wounds in No. 4 Clearing Station, Lillers, 24 Dec. 1914, and was buried in the cemetery there; unm.

=HILTON, HERBERT PHILIP=, Capt., 3rd Battn. Middlesex Regt., eldest s. of Ernest P. Hilton, of 188, Cromwell Road, S.W.; b. Sydenham, 13 Aug. 1873; educ. Malvern College, where he was in the Cadet Corps, and went to Canada, and served with the North-West Mounted Police for four years. He then returned to England and studied for the Bar at the Inner Temple and Gray’s Inn. In 1899 he went to South Africa and joined Roberts’ Horse, being given a commission as 2nd Lieut. Middlesex Regt., 19 May, 1901, and promoted Lieut. 12 Oct. following. He served through that campaign 1899–1902; took part in the advance on, and relief of, Kimberley; the operations in the Orange Free State, Feb. to May, 1900, including the actions at Paardeburg (17–26 Feb.), Poplar Grove, Dreifontein, Karee Siding, Houtnek (Thoba Mountain), Vet River (5–6 May), and Zand River; operations in the Transvaal, May-June, 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Diamond Hill (11–12 June); operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, July to 29 Nov. 1900; including actions at Zilkaats Nek, Elands River (4–16 Aug.), and Venterstroom (7–9 Aug.); operations in the Orange River Colony, May to 29 Nov. 1900, including actions at Lindley (26 June), Bethlehem (6–7 July), and Wittebergen (1–29 July); operations in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, 30 Nov. 1900 to 31 May, 1902, and those on the Zululand Frontier of Natal, Sept. and Oct. 1901, and was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 16 April, 1901] and awarded the Queen’s medal with six clasps and the King’s medal with two clasps. He was with his regt. in India when the European War broke out, and returned to England in Dec. 1914; went to France the following Jan., and was killed in action, near Ypres, 14 Feb. 1915. He m. at Singapore, 1911, Hylda (53, Kenilsworth Avenue, Wimbledon Park), dau. of (--), and had three children.

=HILTON, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4658), S.S. 103860, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HILTON, WILLIAM ERNEST=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 16301, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=HINDMARSH, ALBERT=, Private, No. 10268, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 4th s. of the late Charles Hindmarsh, Fireman, Monkwearmouth Colliery, by his wife, Mary (28, Fulwell Road, Sunderland), dau. of James Archibald; b. Southwick-on-Wear, co. Durham, 25 Oct. 1893; educ. Southwick Board School; was a Miner, Monkwearmouth, enlisted 7 Aug. 1913; went to France, 10 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 29 Oct. 1914; unm. His four brothers: Robert Hindmarsh, Private, No. 5454, 3rd Durham L.I.; William, Private, 14th Durham L.I.; John Hindmarsh, Driver, No. 690, R.G.A.; and Arthur Hindmarsh, Private, No. 15488, 14th Durham L.I. (wounded), are all on active service; and his brother-in-law, Thomas Elliott, Private, No. 14373, 10th Yorks, was killed in action.

=HINGSTON, FREDERIC LEONARD=, Capt., 1st Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, only s. of the late Frederic Hingston, of Cardiff, Banker, by his wife, Mary (St. Oswald’s, Selwyn Road, Eastbourne), dau. of Joseph Rome; b. Leicester, 6 June, 1877; educ. Llandaff Cathedral School and Malvern College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. from the Militia to the Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., 18 Oct. 1899, and promoted Lieut. 13 May, 1901, and Capt. 13 Feb. 1909; served in the South African War, 1900–1, and took part in the actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein, Vet River, Zand River, Johannesburg, Pretoria, Diamond Hill and Belfast (mentioned in Despatches and Queen’s medal with six clasps); and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 11 March to 26 April, 1915, and was killed in action on the latter date, during the second Battle of Ypres. The General commanding the Brigade wrote to Capt. Hingston’s widow: “I wanted, as Brigadier-General Commanding the Brigade, to tell you how very deeply and sincerely I sympathise with you in the heavy blow that has fallen upon you. Your husband belonged to a great Regt. which has given consistently splendid service throughout the campaign, and, if I may say so, he was one of the finest officers of a fine Regt. I had often spoken to your husband on the occasions of my frequent visits to the trenches, and had always been much struck by his earnestness and thoroughness, and by the keen interest which he took in all matters relating to his company and his men. To them I know his loss is a severe one, as it is indeed to all of us”; and a friend (“Eastbourne Gazette,” 26 May, 1915): “He was good and thorough in whatever he undertook. As an athlete he was just what a British Officer should be, strong, active, bold, enduring and honourable. In Switzerland he was well known as a remarkable fine ‘ski-er.’ In the winter, 1913–14, he had won the British Ski-ing Association Cup at Wengen; and he had won other trophies at this winter sport as well as at ice-hockey, at which he was an adept. He was also a keen lawn tennis player and golfer.” Capt. Hingston m. at St. James’, Piccadilly, 30 Nov. 1911, Essy, yst. dau. of the late Col. William Charles Plant, Indian Army; s.p.

=HINMAN, ARTHUR GURR=, Lieut., 15th Battn., 4th Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, 2nd s. of Arthur Hinman, of Moina, Elphin Road, Launceston, Tasmania, by his wife, Lucy Maud, dau. of William Gurr, of Launceston; b. Newstead, Launceston, Tasmania, 19 June, 1890; educ. at Launceston Church Grammar School, 1903–March, 1909, and on leaving there went to Ormond College, Melbourne University, for the course of Metallurgy and Mining Engineering. When he had finished his course there he did his practical work with the Mount Bischoff Tin Mining Company, Waratah, Tasmania, and took his degree of Bachelor of Mining Engineering at Melbourne University, 5 April, 1914. War breaking out the following Aug., he immediately volunteered for Imperial service; was given a commission, and left Melbourne for Egypt, 22 Dec. 1914. He took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25–26 April, 1915, and was killed in action at Quinn’s Post, 10 May, 1915; unm. On that night the 15th Battn. were ordered to carry the Turkish trenches directly in their front. This was accomplished but with heavy loss, and it was while gallantly leading his men in the charge that Hinman was shot dead. Writing to Mrs. Hinman, a brother officer, Capt. J. A. Good, said: “We landed, as no doubt you are aware, on the first day, and the various companies and platoons of the 15th Battn. were separated. Arthur’s platoon being out on the left, and apparently had a bad time. A few days after this we all rejoined the Battn., and took up our position on Pope’s Hill, but on the seventh day we were ordered to occupy the now famous position of Quinn’s Post. At this time he and I were the only officers of the original Tasmanian Companies in the 15th who remained, and often at night, as we sat in our dug-out, we wondered who would be the first to go, for it seemed impossible that we should remain long unwounded when so many had been hit. Arthur did splendid work on the post, and everyone sincerely regretted his death. The post was exceptionally difficult to hold owing to the close proximity of the Turkish trenches, which were only about 15 yards away in places. The position on the day prior to his death was as follows: The Turks held a line of trenches directly in front of our trenches; at either flank we were separated by about 50 yards, but in the centre our trenches were only 15 yards apart. Orders were issued that we were to go forward and occupy these trenches, and instructions were issued accordingly. Three parties, consisting of about 50 men each, were to be sent forward, one party to each flank and one to the centre. The intention being to occupy these trenches and dig communication trenches from our old lines to the new one. Lots were drawn by the Battn. officers to decide who would take charge of these parties, but Arthur drew a blank, and did not go with the first party, who had a comparatively easy time, as they surprised the Turks and captured the trenches, with the exception as we afterwards discovered of about 30 yards of trench in the left centre. Without capturing this extra line it was impossible to hold the remainder, and Arthur gallantly collected a number of men, and charged forward with the intention of securing this position. It was in this charge that he met his end. Although the conditions in Gallipoli were severe I never heard him once complain. He was ever ready and anxious to perform any work that was required. By his splendid work and control of his men (who speak highly of him and sympathise with you in your loss), he gallantly assisted to hold a position which was recognised by all as being the most difficult of all positions to hold”; and an officer of the 3rd L.H. Field Ambulance (Capt. G. Aberdeen) wrote: “The 15th Battn. had a bad time. It was owing to this fact that maybe none of them have been able to let you know details of Arthur that I am writing this. The 15th Battn. were stationed at Quinn’s Post, probably the most vulnerable and certainly the most dangerous part of our firing line, and had been stationed there almost since the day of landing. The Turkish trenches approach very closely to ours, at one spot being only 20 yards away. They are on the crest and we occupy the side of the hill. From the first day the position has been a real hell for our boys. A moment’s exposure meant a bullet, snipers, machine guns, shrapnel, high explosive, and hundreds of bombs are in almost daily use by the Turks in their endeavours to drive our men out of this important position. But in spite of the fact that about 40 officers and over 1,000 men out of a total of 1,400 have been hit, the 15th Battn. has never yielded up one inch of ground. The performance speaks for itself. Since our landing the Turks have been making persistent counter-attacks, and about 11 May they made a very determined and sustained one. At Quinn’s Post they were driven off time after time, and finally in a fine counter-attack our men went forward and seized their firing trenches. Arthur was in charge of ‘Supports’ who were brought up almost at once to dig in. Our men worked hard to make the trenches good. But the enemy had dug them very cleverly, and when daylight came commenced an enfilade of fire with hidden machine guns. The position soon became untenable. The order was given to retire to our own trenches, and our men obeyed it most unwillingly. Arthur saw all his own men safely started, but on the way back the hail of lead from the machine guns caught him, and in an instant he was gone. The Turkish losses had been so heavy that shortly after this fight they asked for an armistice to bury their dead. This was arranged. It may be some small comfort to you to know that Arthur’s body was recovered by his men, and that he was given a Christian burial by one of our Padres. He lies about 10 yards in front of No. 5 post, Quinn’s Post, a position which will be historic in Australian military history.” He was unm.

=HINSON, OLIVER FRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5073), 180810, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HINTON, ERNEST HENRY=, Officer’s Steward, 3rd Class, L. 3046, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HINTON, SIDNEY ARTHUR=, Acting Bombardier, R.M.A., 12189, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HINVES, ALFRED EDMUND=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 67213), 206243, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HIPPISLEY, HAROLD EDWIN=, 2nd Lieut., 1st. Battn. Gloucester Regt., yr. s. of William John Hippisley, of Northam House, Wells, Somerset, Land Agent, by his wife, Mary, dau. of the late Samuel Barnes, of Surlingham, Norfolk; b. Wells, 3 Sept. 1890; educ. King’s School, Bruton, Somerset, from which he passed the London University Matriculation Examination; and at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, where he was Gold Medallist (Estate Management and Forestry), and obtained the National Diploma of Agriculture; admitted Professional Associate of Surveyors’ Institute and passed Fellowship Examination; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Special Reserve of Officers, Gloucester Regt., from the Royal Agricultural College, O.T.C. 3 Aug. 1912; and was attached to the 1st Battn. on the outbreak of war; went to France with the 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, of the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914; took part in the Battle of Mons, the subsequent retreat, the fighting on the Marne and the Aisne, and the advance into Belgium, and was killed in action at Langemarck, 23 Oct. 1914, on which occasion his platoon lost three-fifths of its strength, but succeeded in holding the position. Buried near Langemarck. He was an excellent all-round sportsman. He was capt. of the cricket and football teams at King’s School, Bruton, and of the cricket and hockey teams at the R.A.C., Cirencester, and played cricket and hockey for Somerset, and cricket for the United Kingdom. He m. at St. Cuthbert’s, Wells, 5 Aug. 1914, Ivy Gwendoline, dau. of the late J. Hussey Cooper, of the Lodge, Wheatley, Oxford; s.p.

=HIRST, EDWARD=, Sick Berth Steward, 351015, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HISCOX, THOMAS ANDREW=, Private, No. 1369, 15th Battn. (Civil Service Rifles), The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of William Thomas Hiscox, of H.M. Customs and Excise, and 18, Somerville Road, Bishopston, Bristol, by his wife, Jane E., dau. of Andrew Paterson, of Ayr; b. Charlestown, co. Cornwall, 4 Feb. 1891; educ. privately at Penzance and at Clark’s College, London; was appointed a 2nd Division Clerk in 1911, and when war began was a Clerk in the Treasury, Whitehall; joined the Civil Service Rifles in 1911; volunteered for foreign service; went to France, 17 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 27 May following, being shot by a sniper while in an advanced trench; unm.

=HITCHCOCK, EDWARD WILLIAM=, Stoker, P.O. 308869, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=HITCHEN, ARTHUR BENJAMIN=, Rifleman, No. 2804, 1/7th Battn. (Leeds Rifles), West Yorkshire Regt. (T.F.), s. of John William Hitchen, of 35, Meanwood Street, Leeds, by his wife, Charlotte Adelaide, dau. of Charles Smith Butcher, of Leeds; b. Leeds, 18 Dec. 1896; educ. St. Peter’s Square Board School there; joined the Leeds Rifles, 19 Sept. 1914; went to the Front, 15 April, 1915, and was killed in action at Laventie, 7 May, 1915; unm.

=HITCHINS, HENRY WILLIAM ERNEST=, Lieut.-Col., Commanding 1st Battn. The Manchester Regt., only s. of the late Major-Gen. Henry White Hitchins, R.E., and grandson of the late Lieut.-Gen. Benjamin Hitchins; b. London, 31 May, 1865; educ. privately and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1st Battn. The Manchester Regt. (the Old 63rd), 25 Aug. 1886. He was promoted Capt. 11 May, 1895, and in Nov. 1897, was appointed Adjutant of the 3rd Volunteer (now the 9th Territorial Battn.) of his regt. In addition to his work us Volunteer Adjutant, he voluntarily performed the duties of Adjutant of the Depôt, and made great efforts throughout the district in recruiting. His organising powers were much appreciated by Col. Gunter, Commanding 63rd Regimental District, to whom he generally acted as staff officer. The number of volunteers increased from 600 to over 1,000, which fact proves his zeal and popularity. Later he commanded the Regimental Depot. To quote the local press: “As a Regimental Officer he enlisted the affection and respect of all with whom he had been associated. Officers and privates appreciated his high sense of duty, and loved him for his kindness of disposition and his chivalrous unselfish nature.” On 1 July, 1901, he obtained his Majority, and from 1 June, 1906, was second in command. He was thus 13 years and 9 months a Major, 8 years and 10 months of which as “appointed second in command;” his double period in that appointment being due to the absorbing of the senior second in command of the two battns., which were disbanded in 1906. During his 28 years of close association with the Regt., especially during his long period as Major and second in command, his zeal, good work and influence must have greatly helped to form the character and efficiency of the battn., qualities which were to be so splendidly demonstrated in France and Flanders. In 1906 Major Hitchins proceeded to India, serving with his old battn. the 1st Manchesters; was at Delhi for the Coronation Durbar; and for a time Commandant of the Pachmarhi Depot. On the outbreak of war in 1914, Major Hitchins was temporarily in Command of the 1st Battn., in the absence of the then Lieut.-Col. He was responsible for the mobilising of the battn. which left India with the Lahore Division at the end of August, and was first in action at Picantin on 23 Oct. 1914. In Nov. he was again in temporary command. The battn. had its full share of long and laborious work in the trenches, and on 20 Dec., at the critical fight for Givenchy, it was in action for 30 successive hours, and earned from the Gen. commanding the Lahore Division the name of “The Gallant Manchesters.” In his thanks to them and the 4th Suffolks, the Gen. paid a tribute to their “splendid work and gallant conduct first in recapturing some of the lost trenches at Givenchy on 20 Dec., then in holding those trenches on 21 Dec. against overwhelming attacks of the enemy.” He said: Givenchy was the most important point in the whole of the line held by the Lahore Division, and that its retention in our hands was due to the courage and steadfastness of the officers and men of those two brave battns. The General commanding the Indian Army Corps, addressing the 1st Manchesters, thanked them for “their very fine bit of work in the fight.” He described them as “a very gallant battn. holding the most important point on the right of the British line, and by their gallant conduct in holding on to it, rendering greater service than they probably realised.” Field-Marshal Earl Kitchener, in the House of Lords in Jan. 1915, in his survey of the then recent fighting, mentioned the engagement at Givenchy as the only important event of that period in which the British and German forces were concerned. At the taking of Givenchy, for which the battn. earned this praise, Lieut.-Col. (then Major) Hitchins was in actual command of three and a half out of four double companies of the Regt. During this action he was shot through the thigh. Arriving in England on Christmas Eve he was sent to hospital, where he received his Colonel’s thanks for his good work, and the valuable and very loyal assistance he had given him all along, and he expressed the hope that such “splendid services” would receive reward. On 1 April, 1915, he embarked again for the Front, and on the 19th the Commander-in-Chief inspected the 1st Manchesters, and spoke in the highest terms of their gallant behaviour, and congratulated Major Hitchins on being at the head of such “a splendid Battn.” Subsequently he was appointed to the Lieut.-Colonelcy of his own battn. (being gazetted two days before his death, to date from 10 March), and was in command at the Second Battle of Ypres. Col. Hitchins directed operations till on the night of 26 April, 1915, he was shot through the heart. He was carried by his men to a ruined farm house, where it was ascertained life was extinct. The imperturbable courage and coolness shown by Col. Hitchins impressed all ranks. To quote a brother officer, Capt. Buchan, D.S.O.: “The Colonel was as brave as a lion.” He is justly described as “the gallant Colonel of the Gallant Manchesters,” who met a soldier’s death whilst commanding with conspicuous bravery the battn. he loved so well, who trusted him so thoroughly, and who followed him so loyally to the death. A Military Memorial Service was accorded to Lieut.-Col. Hitchins at the depôt of his regt. at Ashton-under-Lyne, in the presence of the troops, the mayor and corporation and public bodies. Col. Hitchins was twice mentioned in despatches “for gallant and distinguished service in the field,” first on 31 May, 1915, and again on 1 Jan. 1916. General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien specially named the 1st Battn. The Manchester Regt. as deserving of the highest praise for its great services at the end of April, at Ypres. General Sir James Willcocks, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., K.C.S.I., D.S.O., commanding Indian Army Corps, in his personal tribute, wrote: “I had the honour and pleasure of knowing Col. Hitchins and his glorious battn. of the Manchesters very well.... His zeal and affection for his corps were remarkable; he was a very fine specimen of a soldier and a man, and commanded one of the finest battns. I ever served with. It is impossible to beat them at anything, and I always felt sure that any task they had to perform would be carried through, no matter at what cost. Col. Hitchins died as he had always lived, doing his duty nobly.” Lieut.-Gen. Sir Henry Watkis, K.C.B., late commanding Lahore Division, thus expressed himself: “He was an officer whose soldierly qualities came to be recognised at once under the great test of active service.... No one more deserved the promotion he received than Col. Hitchins, who so gallantly led the repeated charges of the battn. which I was so proud to address as ‘The Gallant Manchesters’ on that occasion. Five months afterwards he again led his battn. against the enemy in the second Battle of Ypres.... In him the service and his country lost a very brave officer and gentleman.” Major-Gen. Carnegy, C.B., late commanding the Jullundur Brigade, in his long personal tribute, mentioned: “Col. Hitchins was known as a very gallant officer, frequently exposing himself at the call of duty in the trenches with almost reckless bravery, and consequently was greatly admired by the men. He died as a gallant British officer and gentleman, laying down his life for his country, and I feel I have lost a good friend and comrade.” To these and other great testimonies to his fine qualities as a soldier is added the knowledge that he won the confidence and devotion of his men. A message from His Majesty was received by the family again graciously expressing his sympathy and condolence, and informing them of His Majesty’s high appreciation of the services of the late Lieut.-Col. H. W. E. Hitchins. Col. Hitchins was a zealous Freemason and belonged to several lodges in England and in India. His favourite sport was hunting, he was known as a fine horseman, a keen judge of a good horse, an enthusiastic polo player, he was interested in racing and devoted to animals. Col. Hitchins was unm.

=HOAD, HENRY JAMES WILLIAM=, Cook’s Mate, M. 3079, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HOAD, PERCY EWART=, Private, No. 2196, 1/5th Battn. The Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), s. of George Hoad, by his wife, Sarah (now wife of (----) Parsons, of White Cottage, The Strand, Rye), dau. of John Hoad; b. King’s Gate, Wittersham, co. Kent, 10 July, 1898; educ. Rye; enlisted 15 Aug. 1914; went to France, 10 July, 1915, and was killed in action there by a shell, 28 July following; unm.

=HOARE, THOMAS=, Private, No. 9067, 2nd Battn. The Buffs (East Kent Regt.), s. of James Hoare, of North Street, Sheldwick, Faversham; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 3 May, 1915.

=HOARE, WILLIAM HENRY=, A.B., 238331, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HOBAN, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 6468, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards; b. Castlerea, co. Roscommon; enlisted 23 Nov. 1905; served in Egypt, 16 Jan. 1908 to 23 March, 1911, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 12 Aug. 1914; killed in action at La Tretoire, 8 Sept. following. Buried by the side of the road through La Tretoire Wood; unm.

=HOBBS, ALFRED HERBERT=, Signalman, No. 183651, R.F.R., Ch. 4295, R.N., 2nd s. of Harry Edward Hobbs, of 20, North Road, Brighton (for many years second officer of the Brighton Volunteer Fire Brigade), by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of William Johnson; b. Upper Holloway, 20 Nov. 1877; entered the Navy, 1894; served in the Somaliland Expedition (medal); passed into the Reserve, 24 Nov. 1906, and was caretaker at the Croydon Gas Offices; mobilised Aug. 1914, and was lost on H.M.S. Cressy when that ship was sunk in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. He m. at Spurgeon Tabernacle, West Croydon, 10 March, 1904, Frances Kate (102, Albert Road, Lower Addiscombe Road, Croydon), 2nd dau. of James Mugridge, of Brighton, and had four children: Herbert Lionel James, b. 13 May, 1913; Kathleen Eva Rose, b. 7 July, 1907; Vera Irene May, b. 24 March, 1909; and Eugenie Violet Joyce, b. 7 May, 1911.

=HOBBS, FRANK MATTHEW=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. The Royal Fusiliers, only s. of Frank Henry Hobbs, of Carnarvon, Claremont Road, Tunbridge Wells, by his wife, Jane Ann, dau. of Matthew Vowles; b. Tunbridge Wells, co. Kent, 5 June, 1895; and was educ. at Ardingly College. There he was in the O.T.C., obtained Certificate A. and won the silver cup three years in succession for efficiency, also the silver medal, and was in the cricket XI and played goal for the College football team. He was also awarded the bronze medal for life saving from drowning, and the certificate as an instructor of the same. On 11 Dec. 1913, he was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 4th Royal Fusiliers, and went to France with the first Expeditionary Force on 13 Aug. following. He served through the retreat from Mons, the Battle on the Marne, and retirement on Paris, and was killed at Vailly, near Braisne, during the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914, by shrapnel wounds in the head; unm. The late Brigadier-General McMahon wrote of him: “He is a very great loss to me, as he has done his duty most nobly and gallantly, always calm and thoughtful, and a most excellent and promising officer.”

=HOBBS, HERBERT=, Leading Signalman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 4295), 193651 H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HOBBS, JAMES WILLIAM BIGGS=, Gunner, R.M.A., 12509, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HOBBS, JOHN=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.), yst. s. of the late William Hobbs, of Toddington, co. Bedford, Butcher, by his wife, Millicent, dau. of John Carr; b. Toddington, 8 Feb. 1890; educ. Toddington National School; enlisted in Sept. 1908, in the Royal Scots, won his third, second and first certificates in the Army, and left for India in Oct. 1900; while there was sent to a college at Bangalore to qualify for the higher education, and received his certificate for acting schoolmaster. On the outbreak of war he returned to England with his regt. and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 14 Dec. 1914, leaving for France 19 Dec. the same year. He died of wounds received in action at Armentières 28 June, 1915, and was buried at Bailleul. Lieut. Hobbs was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field and received the Military Cross in June. He m. at St. Mary Bolton, South Kensington, 26 Nov. 1914, Helen Coote (8, Crown Road, Maldon), 2nd dau. of Arthur Brady, of Maldon, Essex; s.p. She is now a nurse at the Essex County Hospital.

=HOBBS, JOSEPH LEVINE=, Sailmaker, 167871, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=HOCKING, FRANCIS JAMES=, D.C.M., L.-Sergt., No. 1027, 1/7th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), only s. of William Hocking, of The Gardens, Copley Dene, Cholmeley Park, Highgate, Head Gardener, by his wife, Fanny, dau. of Richard Lovejoy; b. Kentish Town, N., 8 Oct. 1893; educ. Whittington School, Highgate Hill, and Acland Higher Grade School, Fortress Road, N.W.; and subsequently obtained an appointment at the Railway Clearing House; joined the 7th Middlesex Territorials, 3 Jan. 1910; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; left England with his battn. for Gibraltar, 4 Sept. 1914, returned to England 13 Feb. 1915; was appointed L.-Sergt. 9 March; went to France four days later; was severely wounded on 7 May, and died in the 1st London General Hospital, Camberwell, 18 May, 1915; unm. He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal [London Gazette, 5 Aug. 1914] “For gallant conduct and resource on the night of 7 May, 1915, when with a party covering important new works between our own and the German lines. The enemy stalked the party, and rushed on them from flank and rear. L.-Sergt. Hocking continued to act with the greatest courage and coolness, although severely wounded, and gave a fine example to his men of steadiness and devotion to duty.” Capt. (now Major) S. C. Smith, Commanding “A” Coy., wrote: “I have known your son since he joined and I think can give no higher praise than to say he was thoroughly worthy of the rank he held; he was trusted and respected by all of us, both below and above him in military rank. Although under the recent double company organisation I did not, perhaps, come into such personal touch with him as I did before, nevertheless I was able to watch closely his military career, which was in every way as successful as it could possibly be; his platoon commander, Lieut. Groser, I know, respected him highly as a section commander. I saw him directly after the affair in which he was wounded and was struck by the heroic way in which he was bearing the pain of his wound, which one could see was, at the time, great. His behaviour during the fight was magnificent, and although wounded, he did much to help drive off the Germans; he has in consequence had his name sent in to Army Headquarters for special recommendation, and had he lived he would have had the satisfaction of knowing that he was not wounded in vain.” Lieut. Groser also wrote: “As you know I was with your son when he was wounded, and as his platoon commander, I was much in contact with him the whole time that we were in France, so that I probably knew him as well as anyone in the battn. He was a most valuable non-commissioned officer to me, and I always felt that he was absolutely to be relied upon, if at any time we should find ourselves in difficulties. The men in No. 3 platoon liked and respected him, and he was always a friend to every private, even the newest joined. On the night of 7 May, when he was lying wounded on the ground, he continued to fire at the Germans (who at that point were 15 against 7), and was largely instrumental in driving them off. I repeat that incident because that was typical of your son--he did not know when beaten, even when wounded and all odds against him.” He was buried in Highgate New Cemetery, with full military honours and a memorial was unveiled there, July, 1916.

=HOCKING, WILLIAM JOHN=, Private, No. 13506, 5th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest s. of the late William John Hocking, of St. Budeaux, Devonport, Coy. Sergt.-Major, R.E., by his wife, Annie (1, Waverley Villas, Vicarage Road, St. Budeaux, Devonport), dau. of Richard Slemon, of Bull Point; b. Halifax, Nova Scotia, 10 Sept. 1889; educ. Devonport; returned to Canada in 1905, and settled at Moose Jaw, Sask.; was a Clerk; joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; came over with the first contingent in Oct.; went to France in Feb. following, and died at Rouen, 21 May, 1915, from wounds received in action at Hill 60, on 28 April. Buried at Rouen; unm.

=HODDEN, HENRY ERNEST=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./12473, H.M.S. Hawke, s. of Thomas Hodden, of 66, Ifield Road, South Kensington; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=HODGE, DORRIEN EDWARD GROSE=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Suffolk Regt., 2nd s. of the Rev. Edward Grose Hodge, Vicar and Rural Dean of Paddington and Prebendary of St. Paul’s Cathedral; b. Anningsley Park, Chertsey, co. Surrey, 25 May, 1893; educ. Marlborough College (treble scholar) and Pembroke College, Cambridge (graduated with Classical Honours), was a member of the O.T.C., joined the army following the outbreak of war, gazetted 2nd Lieut. 29 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action near Ypres 27, April, 1915. Buried behind the trenches; unm.

=HODGES, HAROLD=, Private, No. 2948, 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of the late Robert Hodges, of Charmouth, Dorset, by his wife, Sarah (23, Redesdale Street, Chelsea, S.W.), dau. of James Turrell; b. London, 12 Oct. 1893; educ. Holy Trinity School, Chelsea; was a Clerk; joined the Kensingtons in Sept. 1914, after the outbreak of war; went to France, Feb. 1915, and was killed in action during the attack of the 8th Division on the German position at Fromelles and Aubers Ridge, 9 May, 1915; unm.

=HODGES, HAROLD WARDALE=, 2nd Lieut., 6th (Reserve) 2nd Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, elder s. of Herbert Chamney Hodges, of Watton-at-Stone, Hertford, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Lond. by his wife, Dora Katherine, dau. of the Rev. John Wardale, and nephew of Lieut.-Col. Aubrey D. T. P. Hodges, C.M.G., M.D. Lond., P.M.O. for Uganda and Director of Medical Supplies in East Africa; b. Watton-at-Stone, 14 Oct. 1893; and was educ. at Epsom College, at which he obtained senior, junior, and leaving scholarships, and Hertford College, Oxford, where he obtained an Exhibition, took “First” in Classical Moderations, and was made an Hon. Scholar. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 6th K.R.R.C. from the University O.T.C. 15 Aug. 1914; left for France in Dec. having been attd. to the 2nd Battn. (1st Division), which formed part of the 2nd Brigade, and was killed in action near Rue du Bois, during the advance on Aubers Ridge, 9 May, 1915; unm. His Commanding Officer wrote: “Hodges was one of my best subalterns, and is a very great loss to me. Besides being a first-rate officer, he was a charming boy and deservedly popular with his brother officers.” Lieut. Hodges excelled at all games, and represented both his school and his college at cricket, football, and hockey, and at Epsom was Captain of his hockey team.

=HODGES, HENRY BURDEN=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, yr. s. of John Frederick William Hodges, of Glenravel House, Glenravel, co. Antrim, J.P., by his wife, Mary, dau. of the late Henry Burden, M.D., F.R.C.S. (Eng.), and gdson. of the late Professor John Frederick Hodges, M.D., Queen’s College, Belfast; b. Newtownreda, Belfast, 13 Nov. 1895; educ. Mostyn House, Cheshire; Sherborne Preparatory, and Sherborne School, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Y.L.I., 23 Dec. 1914; went to the Front, 6 March, 1915, and after five weeks in the trenches was killed in action at Hill 60, 18 April following. He fell, as his Col. wrote: “Gallantly leading his men in a charge against the Germans.” The regt. lost six officers killed and seven wounded that night, and as they were forced to retire before they had time to bring in the dead and wounded and Hill 60 fell to the Germans shortly afterwards, his body was not recovered. He was a keen golfer and footballer, and had won several medals for swimming and life-saving. He also won the light-weight championship at the Public Schools Boxing Competition at Aldershot in April, 1914. His elder brother, Capt. J. F. Hodges, 2nd Battn. Royal Irish Fusiliers, was wounded at St. Eloi, and was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915] and awarded the Military Cross, 24 June, 1915.

=HODGES, HENRY THOMAS=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 183316, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=HODGES, WILLIAM SYDNEY=, Corpl., R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 916), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HODGKINSON, JOHN FRANCIS=, Capt., 3rd (Prince of Wales’s) Dragoon Guards, only s. of John Grundy Hodgkinson, of Rose Hill Farm, Baslow, co. Derby, Farmer, by his wife, Elizabeth Catherine, dau. of Francis Walker, of Sheffield; b. 25 July, 1879; educ. Mount St. Mary’s College, Chesterfield, co. Derby; enlisted in the Bakewell Coy. of the old 2nd V. Battn. Sherwood Foresters, 21 March, 1901, was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 26 March, 1902, and Capt. of D Coy. of the same regt. in May, 1905. With a view to getting into the Regular Army he obtained his transfer to the 4th Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 11 Oct. 1906, and on 25 May, 1910, was gazetted Capt. to the 3rd Dragoon Guards. He served with his regt. in Cairo for two years, and on the outbreak of the European War returned with it to England, whence after a month spent on Salisbury Plain he proceeded to the Front at the end of Oct. A few days later he was severely wounded in the head by a bullet whilst in charge of the regimental machine guns at Zillebeke. He was removed to Boulogne, where he died in hospital 10 Nov. 1914, and was buried in Boulogne Cemetery; unm. Capt. Hodgkinson was a keen fisherman, a good shot, a good bat at cricket, and an excellent polo player. He was a man of no small parts, and amongst the list of his varied accomplishments had an excellent knowledge of French, Spanish and Russian; added to which he possessed a working knowledge of the Caffre and Hindustani languages. While at the Infantry School of Instruction, Dublin, 1907, he passed first on the list and was granted a special certificate.

=HODGKINSON, SAMUEL CHARLES LINDSEY=, Lieut., Royal Australian Navy, H.M.A.S. Australia, 3rd s. of the late Edmund Hodgkinson, of Baslow, J.P., by his wife, Elizabeth Millicent, dau. of the late Thomas Heathcote, of Eyam, co. Derby; b. Baslow, co. Derby, 9 Oct. 1886; educ. Lady Manners Grammar School, Bakewell, Derbyshire, and on leaving school was apprenticed to the Merchant Service, and made several voyages to South America and Australia, obtaining his master mariner’s certificate, 29 July, 1910. On 25 Aug. 1905, he entered the Royal Naval Reserve as Midshipman, and served in H.M. ships Psyche, Scylla, and Irresistible, and when the Australian Navy was formed was appointed Lieut. 31 May, 1912. He served for some time in H.M.A. ships Protector, Pioneer, and Yarra, and for about 12 months acted as assistant navigation officer at Garden Island, Sydney (H.M.A.S. Penguin). He was appointed to H.M.A.S. Australia, flagship of the Australian squadron, on 1 April, 1914, with seniority, 1 Dec. 1912, and took part in the capture and occupation of the German Islands in the Pacific, by the Australian and New Zealand forces, and died at the Royal Naval Hospital, South Queensferry, 1 Aug. 1915, after undergoing a second operation rendered necessary by internal injuries, sustained while at gun practice in Jan.; unm.

=HODGSON, FRANCIS FAITH=, Capt., 84th Punjabis, yst. s. of Henry Hill Hodgson, of Escote, Shortlands, Kent, J.P., formerly of Brathay House, Anerley, S.E.; b. Brathay House, Anerley, 14 Oct. 1880; educ. Arlington House (Mr. Burmann Prep. School), and Tonbridge, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. unattd. Indian Army, 28 July, 1900; and was attd. to the Cheshires for his first year and joined the 27th Madras Infantry (reconstituted in 1902 as the 84th Punjabis), 6 Oct. 1901. He became Double Company Officer, 16 May, 1902; was promoted Lieut., 28 Oct. 1902, and Capt., 28 July, 1909; served in the operations in the Mohmund Country, N.W. Frontier, India, 1908, including the engagement at Kargha, and received the medal with clasp. On the outbreak of war, he left for France with the Indian Expeditionary Force, under Lt.-Gen. Sir James Willcocks, 1 Nov. 1914; being attd. to the Headquarters staff of the Bareilly Brigade, in the Meerut Division as Brigade machine-gun officer, and died in the Field Ambulance at Vielle Chapelle, 17 May, 1915, of wounds received at Festubert the previous day. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatches of 31 May [London Gazette, 23 June], 1915. Capt. Hodgson passed the Staff College with honours, 1914. He m. at Rawal Pindi, 5 March, 1914, Katherine Anna, dau. of Frederick Rowlandson, of Madras [and a descendant in the fifth degree of Elizabeth Fry], and had a dau., Katherine, b. 13 March, 1915.

=HODGSON, FREDERICK=, Chief E.R.A., 1st Class (Pensioner, 16328), 141300, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HODGSON, GEOFFREY MITCHELL=, Private, No. A. 10993, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, s. of the Rev. John Henry Hodgson, Vicar of Swanmore, Bishop’s Waltham, Hants, by his wife, Frances Helena, dau. of Capt. Clayton Mitchell, R.N.; b. St. Swithun’s Rectory, Winchester, 10 June, 1892; educ. Downsend, Ashtead; and Haileybury College; went to Canada in Nov. 1910, and settled at Montreal, as a Bank Clerk; volunteered after the outbreak of war and joined Princess Patricia’s L.I. in Oct. 1914; came over with the 2nd Contingent, 8 June, 1915; went to France, 16 July, 1915, and was killed in action at Frise, 14 Oct. 1915; unm.

=HODGSON, GEORGE GRAHAM=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s) Royal Berkshire Regt., elder s. of George Graham Hodgson, of Curfew House, Chertsey, co. Surrey, M.D., by his wife, Josephine, dau. of Joseph Iredale, of Carlisle; b. Devonshire House, Bootle, near Liverpool, 20 March, 1889; educ. Mulgrave Castle School (Rev. the Marquis of Normanby), Whitby, Rugby School and the Army House, Wiesbaden, and received his first commission in the 7th (Special Reserve) Battn. of the Royal Fusiliers. Passing out third on the list, he was, on 7 Dec. 1910, gazetted to the 2nd Berkshires, then stationed at Meerut. He served in India for four years, and was promoted Lieut. 10 Sept. 1913. After the outbreak of war he left India with his battn. in Sept. 1914, reaching England, 22 Oct. 1914, and after a few hours’ leave with his parents, went to the Western Front on 6 Nov. Subsequently he was attacked with pneumonia, necessitating his return to England, but was able to rejoin his regt. in the early part of April. He was for a time at the Base, near Havre, and on reaching the firing line found the Berkshires guarding the same trenches they had under their charge when he was invalided home. There was, however, a sad change in the personnel. Of the officers but two remained of those with whom he had served in India. He was killed in action at Fromelles, near Festubert ridges, on 9 May, 1915. Ordered to take a strongly fortified German trench, situated scarcely a couple of hundred yards away, he moved forward at the head of his company. When something like half the distance had been traversed he was hit in the hip or groin. The wound was bandaged by a Private, and he was urged to make his way to the rear. This advice he declined. His orders were to take the trench. On getting over the parapet they were met by a murderous fire from shrapnel and machine guns. They struggled on and arrived at a disused trench about 30 yards from the German position. Here Lieut. Graham Hodgson rallied the remnant of his men, together with some of the Rifle Brigade, and led them in the final attack on the enemy trench, in which his body was ultimately found. The trench was captured, but had to be evacuated later in the day, and his body was never recovered. Confirmation of his death was received from a German officer, who on 24 Nov. 1915, returned a photograph on which an address had been written in Lieut. G. Graham Hodgson’s handwriting (in English and German), saying: “In the event of my death will the finder kindly send the enclosed to the address given.” The German officer wrote: “It was found on the body of an English officer. Perhaps it will be of value to the person to whom it belongs.” Officially returned as “Missing, believed killed,” his commanding officer wrote: “I am afraid there is no doubt now that your son was killed in the fight of 9 May. The only definite information I have is that he was hit in the hip or groin while leading his men against the German trenches. A private soldier bandaged him up with a field dressing, and your son said he could manage. Nothing more has been seen of him since, and from all accounts the rifle and machine gun fire was so intense that anyone moving must have been hit several times. Since the action it has only been possible to get in those who fell quite close to our original breastwork, as no ground was held in front of that after the day itself. I am sorry to say we have several similar cases, and though everything has been done to trace the officers we can get no further. To the best of my belief two or three were actually killed in the German trench, which was temporarily taken. I am so very sorry that all this uncertainty exists. For some time it was hoped that some of our officers had been taken back during the confusion, but no trace of them can now be found in the field ambulances and clearing hospitals. Your son used to be in my company when we first came out, and I know how much we shall all miss him.” Out of 24 officers of the Berkshires who went into action that day, only four came out. Lieut. Graham Hodgson was an expert German linguist and scholar. He was unm. A memorial tablet, erected to his memory in Chertsey Parish Church, was unveiled by Col. Sir Lorenzo Dundas, K.C.B., on 19 Dec. 1915. His yr. brother, Harold Kingston Graham Hodgson, served as a Motor Cyclist Despatch Rider in the early days of the war until wounded by a shell explosion, and is now a Lieut. in the Royal Army Medical Corps.

=HODGSON, PHILIP ORMISTON=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. East Lancashire Regt., 4th s. of the late Lieut. Thomas Tarleton Hodgson, R.N., and only s. by his 2nd wife, Georgina Julia Helen (11, Barne Park, Teignmouth, South Devon), 4th dau. of the late James Ormiston McWilliam, M.D., C.B., R.N., F.R.C.P., F.R.S., Surgeon R.N., Medical Inspector of H.M. Customs, and gdson. of the late Rev. William Hodgson, D.D., Master of Peterhouse College, Cambridge; b. London, 8 March, 1887; educ. Stubbington and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; volunteered and applied for a commission on the outbreak of war, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the East Lancashires, 15 Aug. 1914. He joined the 3rd Battn. at Plymouth, 8 Oct. following; went to the Front, 19 Feb., and was transferred there to the 2nd Battn. and died in No. 25 Field Ambulance, 13 March, 1915, from wounds received in action at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, while gallantly leading a charge against a farmhouse held by the enemy with machine-guns. He was buried in Estaires Cemetery, France; unm.

=HODGSON, ROBERT=, Private, No. 10571, 1st Battn. The Royal Scots, 2nd s. of the late Edward Hodgson, by his wife, Mary; b. Auckland Park, co. Durham, 22 Dec. 1893; enlisted, 14 Dec. 1909; went to France, 29 Dec. 1914, and died, 8 Feb. 1915, of wounds received in action at Doorstraat; unm.

=HODSDON, HARRY=, Sergt., No. 19, 8th Battn. (Post Office Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), s. of Henry Hodsdon, of 33, Concannon Road, Brixton; b. Islington, 22 March, 1885; educ. Mathias Road Board School; joined the Post Office Rifles in 1903; became Sergt., volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed at the Battle of Festubert, 21–26 May, 1915, in which his Battn. greatly distinguished itself; unm.

=HODSOLL, GEORGE BERTRAM POLLOCK=, Capt., 3rd Battn. (Special Reserve), the Suffolk Regt., 2nd s. of Charles Maxfield Hodsoll, of Farm House, Capel, Surrey, formerly of Loose Court, Kent [descended from the old Kent family of Hodsoll]; by his wife, Georgiana Mary, elder dau. of George Kennet Pollock, granddau. of Sir David Pollock, Chief Justice of Bombay, and grandniece of Field-Marshal Sir George Pollock, of Khyber Pass celebrity, b. Loose Court, co. Kent, 18 June, 1875; educ. Maidstone School and University College, Oxford; obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Cambridgeshire Militia, then the 4th Battn. Suffolk Regt., Dec. 1902, and subsequently transferred to the 3rd Battn. Special Reserve, Suffolk Regt., and obtained his company 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 23 Oct. following, and was there attd. to the 1st Cheshires, and was killed in action at the First Battle of Ypres, 7 Nov. 1914, while gallantly leading his men in a counter-attack. The Adjutant, Capt. L. Frost, wrote: “On 7 Nov. about three o’clock in the afternoon, the regt. on our left fell back and the Germans came through their trenches, so Capt. Hodsoll, Mr. Anderson and myself, with the supports of our regt. made a counter-attack. Your husband had not gone more than 100 yards when he, poor fellow, was killed, he died instantaneously and could not have suffered any pain at all. He died giving his life for his country at a very critical moment, if this counter-attack had failed, it would have meant the whole line coming back. He died a glorious and magnificent death. Capt. Pollock Hodsoll was buried the same evening on the ground where he died, in a wood near a chateau about 3½ miles east of Ypres. A wooden cross with his name was placed on the grave.” Capt. Pollock Hodsoll was well known to all followers of Association Football, having played many years for both the Casuals and Corinthians, touring with these teams both on the Continent and in South Africa, and captained the Army team on several occasions. He was much interested in political matters, and frequently spoke in public on this subject, and in support of the Unionist cause, and in favour of National Military Service. He m. at Edinburgh, 1 June, 1914, Olive Margaret, eldest dau. of the Rev. George Milne Rae, of Edinburgh, D.D.; s.p.

=HODSON, DANIEL=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10644), 210650, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HODSON, EDWARD WILFRID=, Rifleman, No. 298, 5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of Gilbert Hodson, of Broomfield Avenue, Palmer’s Green, N., Secretary of Public Company, by his wife, Alice, dau. of George F. Snook; b. Highgate, N., 12 July, 1891; educ. Enfield Grammar School; was Junior Salesman in the Mantle Department of a London Wholesale House (Bradbury, Greatorex & Co., Ltd.) before the war; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the London Rifle Brigade, 2 Sept. 1914, went to France, March, 1915, and died in the Military Hospital, Wandsworth, 22 May following, of wounds received on the 14th, near Verlounhock, during the Second Battle of Ypres, where his battalion greatly distinguished itself, and sustained terrible casualties, losing in one day 170 men; unm. Owing to the heavy losses which the L.R.B.’s machine gun section had suffered, Rifleman Hodson had been attached on 5 May to the crew of one of the guns, and a comrade wrote: “That one machine gun was soon put out of action by a shell, but another was soon put into its place. It was while standing by this second gun that a shell exploded which killed several of the fellows, and so badly wounded Wilfrid. I understand he calmly took the bandages from his pocket and put them ready for the fellows to bind him up. It is probably this coolness that misled our men, and although we knew he was hit in many places, his extraordinary cheerfulness and pluck gave us high hopes of his ultimate recovery.”

=HODSON, HUBERT BERNARD=, Private, No. 15256, Princess Patricia’s Canadian L.I., 6th s. of the late Rev. Thomas Hodson, M.A., Rector of Oddington, Moreton-in-the-Marsh, Glos., by his wife, Catherine Anne, dau. of the late Rev. T. R. Maskew, Rector of Thornbury, Hereford; b. The Slad Vicarage, near Stroud, 22 June, 1892; educ. Ormond House Preparatory School, Dursley, and Cheltenham College, where he gained a classical scholarship, and the Hornby Prize for French; went to Canada for the second time in March, 1914; joined the 22nd Canadian Light Horse on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; came over with the first contingent in Oct. 1914; transferred at his own request to the P.P.C.L.I. in April, 1915; went to France the same month, and was killed instantly in action near Ypres, 8 May, 1915, by shell fire; unm. His coy. commander wrote that: “No braver life was ever given for his country. Ever since he joined the regiment he has shown the true spirit of the soldier, he was always ready for any duty, no matter how trying or dangerous, and generally did a little more than his share. On several occasions he was placed in positions where not only courage was required but judgment of the situation and quick action, and he never failed us.”

=HODSON, ROBERT=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21974, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HOFFMAN, FRANCIS EDWARD CHARLES=, Seaman, R.N.R., 3257B, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HOGAN, JOHN=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2505 B., H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HOGAN, ROBERT GARRETT ROCHE=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s) Royal Berkshire Regt., only s. of William John Alexander Hogan, of Saharanpur, United Provinces, India, Civil Surgeon, and his wife, Evelyn Christine, dau. of William FitzGaskin Roche, of Mallow, co. Cork; b. Fyzabad, United Provinces, India; educ. St. Joseph’s Irish Christian Brothers, India; Wimbledon College, Edge Hill, Surrey; and qualified for the Army with Mr. Bullin-Spicer, Army Coach, Eastbourne. He was gazetted to the Special Reserve of Officers 11 March, 1914, was attached to the 1st Royal Berkshire Regt. at Aldershot. He received his commission in the regulars 2 Oct. the same year, serving with the 3rd battn. at Portsmouth on home defence till transferred to the 2nd Battn. Royal Berks for service in France, Feb. 1915. He was killed in action, being shot through the heart while leading his platoon in an attack at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915. He was buried in an orchard a few yards from where he fell, about 200 yards east of the village of Neuve Chapelle; unm. Letters from his brother officers speak in the highest terms of his efficiency and great courage. One wrote: “He fell with a bullet through the heart while leading his platoon in an attack at Neuve Chapelle on 12 March at 5 p.m. He was a good lad, so fearless and brave--most popular with everyone.”

=HOGG, ALBERT GEORGE WILLIAM=, Corpl., No. 932, 12th Battn. (The Rangers), The London Regt. (T.F.), only s. of the late George Hogg, of London, Merchant, by his wife, Julia (11, Cornwall Gardens, Willesden Green, N.W.), dau. of William Hill, of Nottingham Street, Marylebone; b. London, W.; 3 Jan. 1888; educ. Brondesbury College and the Polytechnic, Regent Street, W.; joined the Rangers, 1909, and was secretary of the Polytechnic Coy. of that Corps; retired 1913, but rejoined on outbreak of war; went to France, 23 Dec. 1914, and was killed in action near Ypres, 21 Feb. 1915; unm. Buried in a little cemetery just outside Ypres. Lieut. G. F. Rickett wrote: “As an officer of the Polytechnic Coy. of the Rangers I am writing to tell you of some incidents that took place in the fighting of 20 and 21 Feb. We were ordered to go up to some very exposed trenches at dusk and remain until just before daybreak. We succeeded in taking up our position and remained all night under a fairly heavy fire, but managed all right and got away quite safely to our dug-outs in rear just before dawn. We stayed in those dug-outs all day and again at dusk took up our position at the trench. We were relieved by another battn. during the night, and I regret to say our second attempt was not so successful as the first, for we had several casualties. Amongst those killed I grieve to say was your son and my friend. He was killed in action, doing his duty, and I am thankful to say his death was instantaneous.”

=HOGG, ANDREW=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9574), S.S. 106959, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=HOGG, HARRY PAUL=, Private, No. 2633, 9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Battn. Highland L.I. (T.F.), only s. of James Hogg, of Ellangowan, Bo’ness, J.P., partner in the firm of Messrs. Love, Stewart & Co., Shipowners and Brokers, Bo’ness, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Peter Hastie, of Grangemouth; b. Bo’ness, 5 July, 1894; educ. Bo’ness Academy, and on leaving there entered the office of Messrs. Love, Stewart & Co.; on the outbreak of war he volunteered and enlisted in the 9th Highland Light Infantry, 1 Sept. 1914; went to France early in Jan. 1915, and died at Lillers, 1 April, 1915, of wounds received in action at Festubert, 31 March; unm. Buried at Lillers. A comrade, L.-Corpl. Herbert Bain, wrote: “Ever since the day we joined the ranks, Harry and I have been together and in danger many times, and I could always look to him as a cheerful and bright comrade, optimistic at all times, and always looking on the sunny side. Hence he endeared himself to all those of his comrades with whom he came in contact.”

=HOGG, IAN GRAHAM, D.S.O.=, Lieut.-Col., 4th Hussars, 2nd s. of the late Quintin Hogg, founder of the London Polytechnic; and grandson of Sir James Weir Hogg, 1st Bt., P.C.; b. Whitehall, London, S.W., 2 Feb. 1875; educ. Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 15 Jan. 1896; transferred to the 4th Hussars, Feb. following, and was promoted Lieut., 5 Sept. 1896; Capt., 3 Nov. 1900; Major, 7 July, 1904, and Lieut.-Col. 13 May, 1913; was employed in Niger Coast Protectorate, 23 Sept. to 31 Dec. 1899, and with the West African Frontier Force, 1 Jan. 1900, to 23 May, 1905; served (1) in South African War, 1901 first as Commandant at Wellington, then attached to the Intelligence Department and later on was one of Sir Bruce Hamilton’s Staff Officers: took part in the operations in the Orange River Colony, June-Oct. 1901, in the Transvaal, Oct. and in Cape Colony, Nov.-Dec. 1901 (Queen’s medal with four clasps); (2) in West Africa (Southern Nigeria) 1901: operations in the Ishan country (medal with clasp); (3) in West Africa (Southern Nigeria) 1901–2: Aro Expedition (clasp); (4) in West Africa (Southern Nigeria) 1902: in command of operations in the Ibekwe country (clasp); (5) in West Africa (Northern Nigeria) 1903: Kano-Sokoto Campaign (clasp); (6) in West Africa (Southern Nigeria) 1903 (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 28 Oct. 1904], awarded the D.S.O.); (7) in West Africa (Southern Nigeria) 1903–4: in command of expeditions against towns of Osea, Oriri and Ndoto (clasp); (8) in West Africa (Southern Nigeria) 1904: in command of operations against natives of Asaba Hinterland and in those in the Kwale country (mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette, 25 Aug. 1905], Brevet Major, clasp); and (9) in West Africa (Southern Nigeria) 1904–5: in command of operations in the Irua Patrol on the West of the Niger. After leaving Nigeria, in 1905 he rejoined his regiment in India, and went with it to South Africa. He passed through the Staff College in 1910–12 and after filling a Staff appointment at the War Office was appointed Lieut.-Col. of the 4th Hussars, in May, 1913. He went with his regt. to France, 16 Aug. 1914, and was mortally wounded during the retreat from Mons on 1 Sept. He was shot through the lungs in some wood fighting just north of the little village of Haramont, near Soissons. His Second in Command wrote: “We were retiring, and the Germans were following so close that our men were often only 10 to 20 yds. distant from the enemy. Ian commanded the rearguard and in spite of the protests of his Staff insisted on being himself the last to withdraw. Actually, when shot, he was standing in an open clearing, signalling with his hat for some men to retire, and though urged by two of his officers to retire, he declined to budge till certain that all his men were back.” They carried him to the village of Haramont and at his express command left him there, the enemy entering the village ten minutes after our troops had left it. He died the next day, 2 Sept., 24 hours after he was wounded, and was buried in the Haramont Churchyard.

=HOGG, IVAN DAYRELL MEREDITH=, Capt., 101st Grenadiers, Indian Army, 3rd and yst. s. of General George Forbes Hogg, C.B., Indian Staff Corps, by his wife, Elizabeth Maria Chevallier (Cromer House, Brentwood), dau. of Harry Teverson Purkis, of Abbot’s Hall, Sturmer, Essex; b. London, W., 2 April, 1884; educ. United Services College, Westward Ho and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted to the Indian Army (unattd. list), 21 Jan. 1903, and was attd. first to the 2nd Oxfordshire L.I., and then to the 1st Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders; joined the 101st Grenadiers, 18 April, 1904; promoted Lieut., 21 April, 1905, and Capt., 21 Jan. 1912; went to German East Africa with the Indian Expeditionary Force and was killed in action there, 4 Nov. 1914, during the attack on Tanga. He m. at the Cathedral, Allahabad, U.P., India, 28 Dec. 1911, Bridget Eyre (18, Goldington Avenue, Bedford), yst. dau. of the late William Henry Lloyd, of Droitwich; s.p.

=HOGG, JAMES=, Private, No. 2553, 3rd Battn. The Royal Scots, s. of William Hogg, of 61, Main Street, Armadale, Coal Miner; b. West Calder, co. Midlothian, 16 June, 1892; educ. there; enlisted 1911; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., was wounded in action at Hill 60, 14 May, 1915, and died in Hospital on the 20th; unm.

=HOLBECH, WILLIAM HUGH=, of Farnborough Hall, co. Warwick, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Scots Guards, elder s. of the late Lieut.-Col. Walter Henry Holbech, King’s Royal Rifles, and one of H.M.’s Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms (who served in Red River Expedition, 1870; was Brigade Major, Egyptian Campaign, 1882, and was mentioned in Despatches, and died v.p., 6 March, 1901), by his wife Mary Caroline (The Grange, Farnborough, Banbury), widow of Lieut.-Col. Sir George Clay, 3rd Bart., and 4th dau. of Sir John Walrond Walrond, 1st Bart.; b. Murray Bay, Canada, 18 Aug. 1882; educ. Eton and Sandhurst; suc. his grandfather in the family property, 20 March, 1901; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Scots Guards, 30 April, 1902, and promoted Lieut. 7 March, 1904; retired 20 Feb. 1907; and passed into the Reserve of Officers; joined the 3rd Scots Guards on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, transferred to his old Battn., the 2nd, 2 Oct., and went to France with it as part of the Seventh Division, two days later; reached the firing line on the 18th, took part in the first Battle of Ypres; was severely wounded at Kruseid on the night of the 25th, and died in the Herbert Hospital, Woolwich, 1 Nov. 1914; unm. Col. Bolton wrote: “From the time Willie joined us at Southampton until he was mortally wounded, he was one of the most cheery, unselfish, capable, and keenest of the officers in my Battn. We all deplore his loss more than I can say. I look back on both him and poor young Cottrell Dormer as two of the best officers in every way.” Major Cator wrote: “He defended his trench all night at Kruseik when the Germans got through our line. He and Capt. Paynter had the Germans all round them and defended their trenches most gallantly--I only wish I could tell you more; in him we have lost a gallant soldier and a great friend.”

=HOLBROOK, HENRY GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 17531, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=HOLDBROOK, JOSEPH=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 22681, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=HOLDER, GEORGE STEPHEN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2078), 154330, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HOLDING, FRANK=, L.-Sergt., No. 9025, No. 4 Coy., 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest s. of Christopher Holding, of 25, Edmund Street, Exeter, late Corpl., Royal Engineers, by his wife, Bertha; b. Exeter, 18 June, 1891; educ. Exeter; enlisted, 7 March, 1911; appointed L.-Corpl., 6 June, 1913; promoted Corpl., 27 May, 1914, and appointed L.-Sergt., 7 Aug. 1914; left for France, 14 Aug. 1914; and was reported wounded and missing after the fighting at La Cour de Soupir, on the Aisne, 14 Sept. following. He m. at St. Peter’s Church, Dumbleton, near Evesham, 3 Aug. 1914, Ethel Mary (85, Shakespeare Road, Stoke Newington, London, N.E.), dau. of Thomas Sallis, of Dumbleton; s.p.

=HOLFORD, ALFRED FREDERICK=, 1st Class Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7986), 292960, s. of William Holford; b. Camberwell, 6 Aug. 1880; served through the South African War, and completed his 12 years’ service in Aug. 1911; was called up on mobilisation in Aug. 1914, and was lost in the North Sea when H.M.S. Cressy was torpedoed, 22 Sept. 1914. He m. at Swanscombe, co. Kent, 28 Oct. 1911, Ada Almira (25, Stanhope Road, Swanscombe, Kent), dau. of George William Weller, of Swanscombe, and had a son, Jack Leslie, b. 19 Nov. 1913.

=HOLLAMBY, ALBERT EDWARD=, Private, No. 47187, 13th Battn. (Royal Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Expeditionary Force, only s. of Ely Hollamby, of Queen’s Road, Maidstone, Carter, by his wife, Lucy Elizabeth, dau. of the late George Henry Marchant; b. Maidstone, co. Kent, 22 Aug. 1892; educ. St. Michael’s School there; and was a Grocer’s Assistant. He enlisted in the Nova Scotia Highlanders in the 1st Canadian Expeditionary Force on 28 Nov. 1914, after the Canadians came to Maidstone; went to Belgium 26 April, 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 23 May, 1915. He m. at Maidstone 22 July, 1914, Ada (37, Chillington Street, Maidstone), dau. of the late James Portman, and had a daughter Barbara Gladys, b. 20 Dec. 1914.

=HOLLAND, FRANK DAVENPORT=, Private, No. 51225, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, eldest s. of Frank Bernard Holland, of 6th Avenue East, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, by his wife, Ada, dau. of William Turner-Whitlow, and great gdson. of Peter Holland, of Knutsford, co. Chester, Physician to her late Majesty, Queen Victoria; b. Great Warford, Alderley Edge, co. Chester, 13 Sept. 1895; went to Canada with his parents, 11 April, 1905; educ. privately and at King Edward School, Prince Rupert, and was on the Staff of the Bank of British North America when war began. He had joined Earl Grey’s Own Rifles in Nov. 1911, and immediately volunteered for Imperial service. He left Canada with the 30th Battn., and in Jan. 1915 was drafted to the Princess Patricia’s L.I. They arrived in France on 11 March, and were immediately sent up to the Front. He took part in the fighting at St. Eloi, and was killed in action at Ypres, 4 May, 1915, when trying to bind up the wounds of a comrade, and was buried the same night at Bellewaarde. His Commanding Officer wrote that “He was a splendid soldier”; and three comrades: “He was beloved by us all, and his behaviour when in action proved that he was both a son and a soldier to be proud of.” He had had a brilliant school career, and was an expert shot and was a member of the rifle team that won the Corporation Cup and the Northern British Columbia Championship in 1913. A memorial tablet was erected in St. Andrew’s Church, Prince Rupert.

=HOLLAND, JOHN WILLIAM=, Seaman, R.N.R., 3646D, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HOLLAND, JOSEPH=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6528), 183900, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HOLLICK, WALTER STANLEY=, Private, No. 1619, 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s, Kensington), The London Regt. (T.F.), s. of Walter Charles Hollick, of 15, St Anne’s Road, Barking, E., by his wife, Eliza Ann, dau. of William Charles Saunders, late Sergt., 8th Hussars (King’s Royal Irish); b. Barking, co. Essex, 13 Feb. 1892; educ. C.E. Schools there; was a Clerk; joined the Kensingtons in May, 1914, and on the outbreak of war, volunteered for foreign service; went to France, 7 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Laventie, 21 Dec. 1914. Buried on the west side of the road, Aux Quatre, Paroises, between Ypres and Armentières.

=HOLLINGWORTH, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9174), 295342, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HOLMAN, FRANCIS WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./7572, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HOLME, ALEXANDER CHARLES=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Gloucestershire Regt., 2nd s. of Charles Henry Holme, of Rawburn, co. Berwick, by his wife, Eva Magdalen, dau. of the Rev. Richard Beverley Machell, Canon of York, and gdson. of Bryan Holme, of Paull Holme, co. York (late Capt. 88th Regt.), by his first wife, Catherine Margaret, dau. of Gen. the Hon. Sir Patrick Stuart, G.C.M.G.; b. Mussoorie, N.W.P., India, 26 Sept. 1888, educ. Charterhouse and Sandhurst, gazetted 2nd Lieut. Gloucestershire Regt. 20 Mar. 1909, and promoted Lieut. 15 July, 1911. He served for a year in India and on the return of the battn. to England applied for service in Southern Nigeria, and was employed with the West African Frontier Force, 1912, to May, 1913, when he came home on leave. He returned to Nigeria the following Nov., and was killed in action at Nsanakang, Cameroons, 6 Sept. 1914; unm. A memorial cross was erected to his memory at Longformacus in the Lammermuir Hills, Berwickshire. His next brother was killed in France (see following notice); and another brother was private secretary to Sir Hugh Clifford, Governor of the Gold Coast, and has now received a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 8th K.O.S.B. (Aug. 1915). The eldest brother enlisted Sept. 1914, in the 11th Service Battn. (Lonsdales) of the Border Regt., commanded by his uncle, Col. Machell, C.M.G., and is serving abroad.

=HOLME, RONALD HENRY PAULL=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, 3rd s. of Charles Henry Holme, of Rawburn, etc., and next younger brother of the preceding; b. Rurki, N.W.P., India, 1 Jan. 1890; educ. Haileybury and Sandhurst, and received his commission as 2nd Lieut. 5 Oct. 1910, and as Lieut. 19 Feb. 1914. He was in the first Expeditionary Force and served through the Battle of Mons and other engagements until wounded in action at Messines 31 Oct. 1914. He died in a nursing home in London 9 Nov.; and was buried at Longformacus aforesaid; unm. He was an exceptionally good shot, having gained the distinction in 1911 of being the best shot in the battn., and of being one of the team which, in the same year, won Lord Roberts’ Young Soldiers’ Cup at the Curragh Rifle Meeting.

=HOLMES, CECIL CRAMPTON=, Lieut. and posthumous Capt., 1st Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., 2nd surviving s. of Capt. Harry William Holmes, of Rockwood, Galway, late 3rd North Staffordshire Regt., by his wife, Anna Blake, dau. of Edmond Concanon, of Waterloo, co. Galway; b. Galway, 21 Jan. 1888; educ. Bedford Grammar School, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 9 Oct. 1907 and promoted Lieut., 21 Nov. 1911, and Capt. (posthumous), 15 Nov. 1914, and served five years with his regt. in India. On the outbreak of the European War, he left Portsmouth for France with the Expeditionary Force on 13 Aug. as machine-gun officer, and was wounded in the fighting at Frameries, near Mons, on the 24th of that month, and died in hospital there two days later, 26 Aug. 1914; unm. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 8 Oct. 1914, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. The news of his death did not reach the War Office till 27 Dec. and then unofficially, and it was not till the end of Feb. 1915 that it was confirmed in a letter from a brother officer, Capt. Rose, a prisoner in Germany, who wrote to his wife: “Poor old Holmes was in my hospital, but not in the same ward. He died two days after he was admitted, and was buried in the cemetery at Frameries, near Mons.” Capt. Holmes distinguished himself as an athlete at Bedford Grammar School, where he got his colours for rowing, water polo, rugby and boxing. He passed direct into Sandhurst, and was a Sandhurst cadet in Woolwich where he played in the Rugby team and came second of his year in the boxing team. He passed out of Sandhurst in the shortest time possible, getting special praise for his riding. Two of his brothers, Lieut. Edmond Concanon Holmes, R.N. on the Agamemnon, and Capt. Noel Galway Holmes, Royal Irish Regt., are (1916) on active service.

=HOLMES, FRANCIS LENNOX=, Lieut., 1st Battn. South Staffordshire Regt., yr. s. of the late Major-General Ponsonby Ross Holmes, R.M.L.I. (who served in the Baltic, 1854, and was mentioned in Despatches), by his wife, Clara Bernell (Evesham House, Cheltenham), dau. of W. G. Nixey, and gdson of Lieut.-Col. Steven Holmes, 24th, 78th, and 90th Regts. (who served in the Peninsular and at Waterloo, and was mentioned in Despatches by the Duke of Wellington for his conduct at the siege of Burgos); b. Stoke, Devonport, 11 Oct. 1887; educ. Cheltenham College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st South Staffordshire Regt., 19 Sept. 1908, and Lieut., 14 July, 1909; passed through Hythe with distinction, and was appointed Signalling Officer to the Battn.; went to the Front in the 7th Division, 4 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action at the first Battle of Ypres, 21 Oct. 1914; unm. His Commanding Officer, Col. Ovens wrote: “As his Commanding Officer I can truthfully say the Army has lost a fine and promising young officer, who, as Signalling Officer and in other capacities, brought credit and honour to his regt. He was killed instantaneously, poor fellow, and had been exposing himself and working hard all through the operations. Capt. Dunlop (his Capt.) told me he had been the greatest assistance to him in defending their position and he wished particularly to mention him”; and the following passage is taken from this officer’s diary: “Lieut. Holmes was killed this day. He was taking observation and instructing the men when and where to aim. He was in command of a half company of B Coy. and had been doing excellent work the whole day. He had been looking after and superintending a machine-gun which did very good service. He also had done a lot of very dangerous work in scouting through the wood in front of his section of trenches, and had shown much pluck and coolness.” Capt. Evans also wrote: “On Tuesday and Wednesday, 20 and 21 Oct., the Germans attacked our position in point of the outskirts of Zonnebeke. Lennox was in charge of half a company, and was hit on the Wednesday afternoon by a ricochet. Hayward told me afterwards that he was doing extraordinarily good work and was absolutely fearless in the way he moved from trench to trench to direct the fire against the Germans. It was while he was close by the machine-gun that he was hit. He was simply adored by the men, and, of course, his death upset them terribly and they fought magnificently to avenge his death. So that his example lived after him. Hayward’s own words to me were, ‘If ever a man deserved the V.C. he did’”; and Corpl F. Barrett: “On 22 Oct [this should be the 20th] 1914, I was working my machine-gun when Mr. Holmes came up and acted as my No. 2, also my observer, and we got over that day all right. On the 23rd [this should be the 21st] he visited me again, and I shifted my position close to where Mr. Holmes was killed about three o’clock. He was at the back of his trench taking cover, bandaging up Private Millar, after that he was taking aim at the Germans, and was just going to pull the trigger when a bullet hit him straight between the two eyes. I shall never forget him as long as I live.”

=HOLMES, FREDERICK HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 17488, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=HOLMES, JOSEPH=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3984), S.S. 102041, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HOLMES, LOUIS GORDON=, Capt., 3rd Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, only s. of Dr. Louis Saenger Holmes, of Norwood, Adelaide, by his wife, Lucy Mary, dau. of the Rev. John Mewton; b. Launceston, Tasmania, 7 July, 1892; studied for the Army, and took special subjects at the Adelaide University and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 79th Infantry Battn. of the Commonwealth Army 28 Feb. 1913, and after the outbreak of the European War, Lieut. to the 10th Infantry Battn. of the First Australian Expeditionary Force, with which he left Australia in Oct. 1914. Arriving in Egypt, he spent several months in training with his battn., and early in 1915 was appointed A.D.C. to the Brigadier. He took part in the famous landing and the opening engagements of the Australians at Gaba Tepe in the Dardanelles. He landed on 25 April and the following day was promoted to a captaincy. He died 23 June, 1915, on board the Hospital Ship Gascon, near Gaba Tepe from shrapnel wounds received in action. Col. Maclagan, writing of the loss the brigade had sustained, said, “Capt. Holmes was beloved by all and one of the most unselfish of men, brave and courageous under all circumstances.” Capt. Holmes excelled in nearly every branch of athletics and was endowed with an extraordinarily good physique. He got his “Blue” as head of the river at the Wesley College Public School, Melbourne, and also his “Blue” for rowing and football as an Undergraduate of Adelaide University. For three years he was captain of his school Scotch College, Launceston, Tasmania. He was chosen in 1912 to row in the inter-state “eight” for South Australia. To his other athletic accomplishments it may be added that he was distinguished in his regt. for his expert use of the gloves.

=HOLMES, ROBERT=, Leading Seaman, 140749 (Dev.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=HOLMES, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 7873, 1st Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, s. of Thomas Holmes, of South Street, Jarrow-on-Tyne, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Joseph (and Barbara) Burnett; b. Hebburn-on-Tyne Colliery, 26 Oct. 1891; educ. St. Oswald’s School there; enlisted 10 Nov. 1910; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 28 Nov. 1914, to 16 June, 1915, and was reported missing after the fighting at Hooge, on the latter date. He m. at Jarrow-on-Tyne, 12 March, Wilhelmina (54, Pearson’s Place Back, Jarrow), dau. of Jonathan Craik, and had three children: Jonathan, b. 15 Feb. 1911; William, b. 30 Dec. 1912; and Margaret, b. 30 Oct. 1914.

=HOLROYD, JOHN GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 110089 (Po.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HOLT, CECIL WILLIAM=, Midshipman, R.N., 2nd s. of Thomas Holt, of the Hall, Burnham, co. Somerset, by his wife, Margaret Jane, dau. of Edward Webb Edwards; b. The Hall, Burnham, 13 Sept. 1899; educ. Morgan and Halton’s Connaught House, Portmore, Weymouth; entered the Navy as a Cadet in May, 1912; appointed to H.M.S. Hogue at the beginning of the war and promoted Midshipman, 14 Sept. 1914; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HOLTBY, ARTHUR WILLIAM=, Private, No. 27812, 15th Battn. (48th Highlanders), Canadian Expeditionary Force, s. of Mitchell Holtby, of North Coate Farm, South Cave, Hull, by his wife, Charlotte, dau. of James Smith; b. Pickering Marshes, York, 17 May, 1890; educ. Hilnwick-on-the-Wolds; went to Canada, 20 April, 1911, and settled at Toronto as a Railway Rullyman; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force at Toronto; left for England with the first contingent, 26 Sept. 1914, arriving 16 Oct.; went to France, 29 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Hill 60, 27 April, 1915; unm.

=HONEY, ALBERT TOM=, Sergt., No. 1144, Royal Gloucestershire Hussars (Yeomanry), 4th s. of the late Colour-Sergt. Thomas Honey, of Usk, co. Monmouth (who served in the Crimea), by his wife, Sarah; b. at Beech Hill, Usk, 8 Feb. 1876; educ. at Usk and Bristol; was Manager of Liptons, Ltd., at Pontypool; joined the Royal Gloucestershire Yeomanry, 19 March, 1903; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in Egypt; went to the Dardanelles, 14 Aug. 1915, and was killed in the charge of the Yeomanry there on 21 Aug. following. His four brothers were all in the Regular or Auxiliary Forces, and a nephew, Stewart Hardy, is serving in the Yeomanry.

=HONEY, HERBERT=, Armourer’s Crew, M. 7486, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HONEYWILL, HERBERT CECIL=, Private, No. 10955, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards; s. of Samuel Honeywill, of Ashburton, Devon; b. Hampshire; killed in action at Givenchy, 19 April, 1915; buried Windy Corner there.

=HOOD, CHRISTOPHER THOMAS=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 5691), 180094, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HOOD, JOHN THOMAS=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 294844, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HOOD, LEWIS REGINALD=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16032, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=HOOD, GEORGE=, Private, No. 3465, 12th (Service) Battn. The Royal Scots, s. of the late Richard Hood, of Tranent, Coal Miner (died 30 Aug. 1912); b. Tranent, East Lothian, 12 Sept. 1867; educ. Tranent Public School; and was with the South East of Scotland Militia for the training when war broke out; enlisted 11 Aug. 1914; went to France and was killed in action at Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; unm.

=HOOD, STUART CLINK=, L.-Corpl., No. 21847, 5th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 4th s. of William Hood, of 61, Cowane Street, Stirling, by his wife, Helen, dau. of William Clink; b. Stirling, 24 Sept. 1880; educ. Territorial Public School; joined the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Volunteers in 1898, and served with a Volunteer Contingent of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in the latter stages of the South African War, and received the Queen’s medal with four clasps. He emigrated to Canada in Oct. 1905, and latterly held a responsible position in the Saskatchewan State Telephone Service. When the European War broke out, he at once volunteered, and joined the 5th Battn. at Regina in Aug. 1914; came over with the 1st Contingent, Sept. 1914; trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter of 1914–5; went to France early in Feb. 1915; served through the 2nd Battle of Ypres, and in the various engagements in the spring of that year, and was killed in action at Festubert, 24 May, 1915, after his Battn. had carried out a successful attack on a strongly fortified position known as K5. A comrade wrote: “On the morning of 24 May, our regt. made a charge, captured our objective, and held it in spite of a heavy bombardment until relieved. Early in the morning Stuart went out into the open and brought in a badly wounded man, and a few minutes later assisted in bringing another wounded man to safety in spite of great danger, and immediately after was hit by a sniper at a low part of the parapet. His loss is greatly felt, not only by myself who was his friend, but by all his platoon, who had all learned to love and respect such a fine manly spirited comrade.” Buried in an orchard at Rue de L’Epinette, on the right of the road from Rue du Bois; unm.

=HOOKE, JOHN HUON=, Sergt., No. 274, C Coy., 6th Battn. 2nd Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, elder s. of the late Charles Frederick Hooke, of Auburn, Victoria, Manager, N.Z.L. & M.A. Co., by his wife, Maude (Ravenshoe, Ravenswood, Victoria, Australia), dau. of John Francis Huon Mitchell, of Ravenswood, an authority on the Australian native races; b. Thurgoona, Auburn, 6 Oct. 1889, and was in the Bank of Australasia. He volunteered immediately when war was declared, joined the 6th Battn. 2nd week in Aug. 1914, was promoted Sergt., left Australia with the Main Force and died from wounds received in action during the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915. Sergt. (now Lieut.) D. A. McLean, of his company, wrote: “I was near your husband when he was hit. We had just got into the firing line on the first day of landing (25 April), when he was shot through the leg, but refused to leave his post. About an hour afterwards he was shot through the head, and remained unconscious from the moment he was hit till he died. Everything that was possible was done for him, but his case was hopeless from the first. Before he was killed, Sergt. Hooke did some very good work, proving himself a very brave man and good soldier. We all feel proud that he belonged to our company. During the nine months he was with us he won for himself the esteem and regard of every member of the company, and, believe me, we all regret his death very much.” He m. on the eve of embarkation, at Holy Trinity Church, Kew, Victoria, 17 Oct. 1914, Florence Constance Phipps (22, Grandview Grove, Armadale, Victoria), dau. of William Huon, of Kerilliere, Wodonga, Victoria, and granddau. of Paul Huon, a French squatter.

=HOOKER, ALFRED=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 10125), 205654, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

=HOOKER, HENRY GEORGE=, Private, No. 11123, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action at Ypres, 29 July, 1915.

=HOOKHAM, HENRY CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2137), 207156, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HOOKHAM, JAMES=, otherwise =DAVID=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 180225, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=HOOKHAM, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8015), 309231, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HOOPER, DAVID=, Cook’s Mate, M. 5524, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=HOOPER, DAVID ERNEST=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. East Lancashire Regt., eldest s. of Dr. David Hooper, of Weston-super-Mare, F.I.C., F.C.S., F.L.S., late Economic Botanist to Government of India, by his wife, Hannah Carr, dau. of the late Rev. Thomas Evans, of Mussoorie, U.P., India; b. Ootacamund, Nilgiri Hills, India, 21 Nov. 1893; educ. Switzerland, Birkenhead, Weston-super-Mare and Bristol University; was to have entered the P. W. Department, India, but volunteered on the outbreak of war, and while waiting for a commission was actively engaged with the O.T.C. at Bristol; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 2nd East Lancashires, 10 Oct. 1914; went to France, 14 March, and joined his regt. at Neuve Chapelle, and was killed in action near Fromelles, at midnight, 30 April, 1915, while inspecting patrol; unm. Buried in La Trou Cemetery, in the Rue Petillon, near Neuve Chapelle. He was specially praised by Sir Francis Davies, the General of his Division, for his bravery and good work. In a letter to Dr. Hooper he said: “You will, I am sure, not be surprised to hear that he gave great promise, and had secured the approbation of his seniors by the way he was doing his work.” He distinguished himself as an amateur in Wireless Telegraphy, gaining the Marconi Company’s 2nd Prize in Britain in 1914.

=HOOPER, GEORGE ALBERT=, Private, No. 9924, 2nd Battn. East Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 30 March, 1915.

=HOOPER, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 93606, 2nd Battn. Royal West Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 16 May, 1915.

=HOOPER, THOMAS EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9526), 209135, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HOOPER, THOMAS HENRY=, A.B., 216988, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HOOPER, WALTER WILLIAM=, Private, No. 8178, 1st Battn. Dorset Regt., only son of Hugh Walter Hooper, of 12, Sussex Street, Grangetown, Cardiff, Haulier, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Timothy Gosling, Fisherman; b. Beer, co. Devon, 25 Sept. 1890; educ. Cardiff Elementary School; was an employee in the Health Dept. of the Cardiff Council; volunteered after the outbreak of war, and enlisted in the Somersetshire L.I. 3 Sept. 1914; transferred to the 1st Dorsets; went to France in Feb. and was killed in action in the fighting at Hill 60, near Ypres, 5 May, 1915; unm.

=HOPCRAFT, ARTHUR WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5778), 182221, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HOPE, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 2332, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 3rd s. of Thomas Hope, of Driffield, Hull, by his wife, Mary, dau. of William Harding; b. Stockton-on-Tees, 1877; educ. there; enlisted 11 Jan. 1899; served in South Africa, 9 Aug. 1900 to 4 Oct. 1902, including the Boer War (Queen’s medal with three clasps and King’s medal with two clasps); and with the Expeditionary Force in Flanders, 3 Feb. to 31 Oct. 1915; and died in hospital at Rouen on 31 Oct. 1915, of wounds received in action on 17 Oct. 1915. Buried at Rouen. He m. at St. Luke’s Church, Kensington, 16 July, Harriet, dau. of George Medlock, of Yew Tree Cottage, Charing, Kent, and had two children: Donald George Hope, b. 29 July, 1903; and Harriet Florence Hope, b. 17 Feb. 1907.

=HOPER, ERN SYDNEY JOSEPH=, Cook’s Mate, M. 3901, H.M.S. Hawke; s. of Richard Hoper, of Teston Halt, Nr. Maidstone, co. Kent; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=HOPEY, EDMUND EUGENE=, Private, No. 22750, 14th Battn. (62nd Royal Montreal Regt.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, only child of George Allen Hopey, of 13, Granite Avenue, Dorchester, Massachusetts, U.S.A., by his wife, Ida Tedella, dau. of the late David Crandel Corey; b. Dorchester, Mass., 25 June, 1893; educ. there; was a Carpenter by trade; joined the 8th Massachusetts Militia at Cambridge, 6 May, 1914, but after the outbreak of war went to St. John, N.B. and offered his services and was accepted for service with the 14th Batt. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 17 Aug. 1914; left for England in Oct. 1914; trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter, 1914–15; crossed to France, 7 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Ypres, 4 March, 1915; unm. He was buried in the regimental Cemetery at the junction of the Rue Petillon and the Sailly-Fromelles Road. Capt. George T. Jones of the 8th Massachusetts Militia wrote: “While he was connected with this company (A), he proved himself reliable, quiet and an earnest worker and one whom I was sorry to lose,” and Capt. Curry of the 14th Battn. wrote to his mother, speaking highly of his bravery in the trenches at Ypres. He met his death while covering a parapet.